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Ludum Dare 26
Ludum Dare 25
Ludum Dare 24
Ludum Dare 23
Ludum Dare 22
About recursive frog (twitter: @RecursiveFrog)
My Ludum Dare 48-Hour Compos
LD#22 -- HUGMONSTER (-o^_^)-o (Unity Web Player)
LD#23 -- Burning Platform (Android app (written on an Android tablet))
My Ludum Dare 72-Hour Jams
LD#24 -- One Last Chance (Unity web & Android .apk)
::Post-Compo builds::
- (-o^_^)-o HUGMONSTER o-(^_^o-)
- Burning Platform (on Google Play)
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If you're like me, you look about at everything that exists and realize that it always has existed since the beginning of time, just in a different form than it exists at this particular moment. We all have untold experience as collections of atoms and subatomic particles in infinite space. This moment in time is all too fleeting, and while the collection of physical matter that makes this body will assuredly continue to exist in perpetuity on into the future farther than can be determined, its existence as a biomechanical unit driven by a series of biochemical reactions has entirely too little time for its own liking.
When I saw the theme "You only get one", I immediately had a couple of game ideas, but more than that it hit a certain existential note for me. I've had a lot of transformative experiences in the past few months that have hammered home a number of hard lessons, and I've come to view all manner of interactions and activities in an entirely new light. You only get one life, and its duration is only so long, so you need to act like it. Was I acting like it? Well, yes and no.
In terms of technical knowledge and inspiration, absolutely. If I wanted to learn something I would throw myself at it until it stuck. If I had trouble I'd put it down and come back to it, and ultimately find some way to make it work. On the other hand, and I'm sure there are plenty of you out there in the game developer community who can identify with this, I've had a lot of trouble throwing myself at and sticking to learning and implementing social knowledge.
Quick show of hands. Who here was the ugly kid growing up? The fat kid? The unpopular kid? The poor kid? The outcast? Of you all, who has struggled against the legacy that your formative experiences left you with? I'd be surprised if none of you could say the same for yourselves. That fear of being rejected, ostracised, ridiculed… it denies a person so much over time. What once felt like a valid defense mechanism as a child becomes a maladaptive behavior as an adult. Truly, it stood in my way of treating this one life as though it is the only one I'll ever live.
So to honor the theme "You only get one", I did not spend my weekend programming a game in 48 hours, or even in 72 hours. Instead, I made it my goal to meet and talk to as many strangers as I could bring myself to, in possibly one of the coldest and least social cities in the continental USA. If I could find something about their outward appearance that I could relate to, or if there were some situational shared event, or if they had an Android phone that looked like it would run one of my games, and failing that if they just looked my way and smiled, I would immediately approach them, introduce myself, and say hello. Some people aren't in the mood to talk. Some people are exuberantly in the mood to talk. It helps if you are confident, or at least can feign confidence long enough to get the ball rolling… but it's fun! And scary! But fun!
So that's my game jam for this Ludum Dare.
I didn't submit it as a Ludum Dare Jam entry, but if even one of you guys really want me to, just leave a comment and I'll make a Ludum Dare submission with the few rules of this game. If not, that's no big deal. You probably have an idea how it's played anyway.
So, I've got a few favorites from this competition. Oddly, they were mostly games I found on the very first day after submission, totally at random.
Staring Contest
Laugh all you want, but this game pretty much nails the theme. Say what you will about the technical achievement, but I think it's probably my favorite entry from the entire competition so far.
Fair King
Another game where the simplicity really shines through, and a nice instance of a contestant stretching his comfort zone successfuly. The mobile version is a bit difficult to play, so stick with the desktop/laptop version.
Playing this one on my phone was a really interesting experience. I liked the thought of an old style terminal interface on my phone… which suddenly was overtaken by a mysterious being.
Judging by the screenshot you would think this to be a creepy entry, and in some ways it might be… but it's also a really colorful and wonderful entry, that's wrapped its colors up under a cloak. NEEDS HEADPHONES and is worth it!
Chez Angelou
While this one feels incomplete, and probably off-theme, I enjoyed its style and presentation. I enjoyed the "Catherine" reference at the bar. And I enjoyed the reference to the author's previous LD entry in the framed portrait of the mediaval world. I hope there's a sequel forthcoming!
City-States Lives
:: Play and rate City-States here ::
And so goes my 5th Ludum Dare, with what is really a very new experience for me : inventing a card game.
The first hours, after theme selection
What is a 48 / 72 hour jam if not minimal already? As themes go I felt this was an incredibly poor one as it offers no particular guidance. I didn't think there was a theme in the list that would have been worse than Potato until I saw the actual winner. My very first instinct was "I'll just submit an empty page with a link to a 404. Total work time, less than 5 minutes. Minimal to the core."
Fitting as that would have been though, it's not the reason we take part in these jams. So I asked myself what I could do that would be minimal in the context of a video game. Then I realized that it probably shouldn't be a video game at all.
My original thought was to make a card game based on the Rider-Waite Tarot deck, but as I started to come up with ideas for gameplay I realized that the cards simply had too much personality and too many pre-conceived associations tagging along with them. The game was shaping up to be a narrative guided by random card draws, and I realized that I'd be spending all my time writing up how narrative flows for a ridiculous number of card scenarios.
That wouldn't be minimal.
So I took it a step backwards and picked up a deck of 52 playing cards at the store. I looked at them and pondered the suits. I realized that there are a number of similarities in playing card suits and Tarot suits:
Diamonds easily translates in meaning to Pentacles
Clubs easily translates in appearance to Staves
Hearts easily translates in meaning to Cups
Spades has linguistic connections to the Spanish "Espada", which is a Sword.
So I laid all the cards out in front of me and imagined what each of these things could really represent. It occurred to me that they all were elements of a State:
Diamonds / Pentacles : Riches, Treasury, Natural Resources
Clubs / Staves : Knowledge, Power, Skill, "Magic"
Hearts / Cups : Happiness, Bounty, Emotional contentment
Spades / Swords : Insight, Conflict, Tumult
I considered how states use these things to gain advantage over others, and how without one of the four states historically have trouble with continued existence. So the idea then is to get a lot of each of these and to steal them from your opponents. But how? There's got to be some method to this or else you'd just aim for the one place your opponent has the least of at any given time.
So if the idea is that a state falls if it has no resources left in one of the four categories, perhaps there's a way to make sure the category is well defended? That's where the idea behind the advisors came in. The royal cards, rather than ruling the city directly, ensure that no matter what happens a city won't be defeated by running out of their given resource. So a famous, skilled general (King of Spades) will ensure that no matter how battered your City-State's military, it will never be an avenue by which the state will fall. In mechanical terms, this means the Advisor offers a +1 bonus, permanently, to their suit.
I wanted the actions to be highly constrained because of the "Minimalism" theme.
- You must attack some other player
- You must choose a means of attack
- You must choose a resource to plunder
I wanted attacking to be completely unrelated to plundering, and to make sure that attacking and plundering both are related only to one suit at a time. Therefore, if you use swords to attack, the defender must use swords to defend. Likewise, if your goal in victory is to gain Treasures/Diamonds, then you can't just steal Guilds/Clubs and put them in your treasure column. If you want Treasures you have to take Treasures.
Base Game Complete : 3 hours in
Ummm… huh. Wow, it's only 3 hours in and I've finished the game rules. Well, I guess I could submit it now!
But is that really why we're here at Ludum Dare?
So in 3 hours I had the card game…
In 3 days I had the video game.
The Good
For a strategy game conceived in 3 hours, this actually is not that bad. I've played a few rounds with other people and while there are some balance issues with the rules as written there's a really solid core idea. I think that had I spent more time on the initial card game rules and less on the video game, it would be a stronger concept… but then the video game wouldn't have been completed. But again, maybe that would have been for the best?
It's really interesting to build narratives out of the actions people take in this game. How do states use Guilds to steal Farmland? I can think of a few ways, and it's fun to leave it to the imagination.
As far as the video game goes, my use of finite state machines made coding the game flow a total breeze. There's a lot of content and a lot of states, but they are pretty well arranged such that it's easy to keep track of the flow, or insert new states into the flow.
The Bad
Balance. The 2 player version really isn't well balanced at all. Would more rules help? I don't know… more rules would surely break the "Minimalism" requirement…
Explanation. The rules are *really easy* to demonstrate because there are so few things you can actually do. On the other hand they're *really hard* to explain with words alone. When I show people how to play the game face-to-face I can do it easily. With the video game though, I struggled hard to come up with a good way to explain the actions to someone not already familiar with the game.
Unity was kind of crashy and unstable. I don't know if it was my project structure or if it was some combination of plugins, but when I tried to export for Android my Unity editor would crash and burn in a firey mess. I sent a bug report to Unity, and they actually wrote back with a workaround and also a note that the bug would be fixed in the next release. On the other hand, once Android did finally publish I found a rendering bug. Ultimately this meant that the Android release was not ready in time to submit… just the web player version. I have since solved the issue, however.
The Interesting
So, I've never invented a card game before. You can probably tell! This was a very different experience from my "typical" (as much as you can call them that) video game development. It surely did lead down a totally different path of ideation and implementation. I think overall it was good.
Also, I notice that when the rules of a video game are awful, people just complain about it. When the rules of a card game are broken, people don't have to hack your source code to fix it… they just house-rule and experiment themselves and tell you what worked for them. That was the really interesting takeaway for me.
:: Play and rate City-States here ::
City-States is Complete.
"Screenshot" 1
Screenshot 2
I've got a lot of thoughts to share about this one, but not just now. Once ratings begin for the 72 hour Jam I'll ba back with some notes and a Post-Vivium.
Goodness, I'm not sure I can deploy my entry to all the screens I wanted.
For some reason the rendering for my game is very wrong on Android, and Unity crashes when attempting to export a Mac build. All I really have is the web build, which isn't quite as much fun. It does at least function correctly, but it's still somewhat disappointing.
I was already going to submit it as a Jam entry, but within the 2 days alloted for compo… but the technical issues might push me out into Monday. Oh well.
Minimalism? Really?
Isn't it already sufficiently minimalist to participate in a 2 or 3 day jam? I have to say, I didn't think there would be a theme that would make me wish for Potato to have won, but this surely was it.
So, what did I do? I made a card game. That's minimal, right? The rules took only a few hours to come up with.
And just as a bonus
I even decided to make a playable video game version. There's no AI, though. It's purely multiplayer/single client.
The frog may not recurse for this LD.
Given the schedule constraints of working a job as well as continuing work on Agents from the last Ludum Dare, there's not a lot of time to throw at another game jam just now.
That said, I'm keeping an eye on the theme. Does the frog have an idea for another interesting game mechanic or two? Or three?
Oh yes indeed, he does.
And if the stars are right, and if the time is available, and the theme works out… well… who knows?
frog.recurse("Agent 2 here.");
AGENTS : Update
You might remember the voice-controlled game Agents from Ludum Dare 25. You might also remember that there were a lot of devices that it simply did not play well with, and a distressing number of them were modern and popular phones!
You can see here that I've put in the time to fix these issues. I've tested on other popular Jellybean-running devices as well, and the problems appear to be resolved there as well.
Now that the code is in a state such that it is fit for wide distribution, I've removed the original game from Google Play. When next we see it, the game should be quite a bit more interesting (and less frustrating) for everyone.
frog.recurse( HUGMONSTER_ANDROID );
(-o^_^)-o HUGMONSTER is now available on Google Play for Android o-(^_^o-)
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the HUGMONSTER has snuggled his way into your tablets and phones!
frog.recurse( HUGMONSTER (-o^_^)-o );
In another lifetime, four Ludum Dares ago, I entered my very first game jam with a little platformer called "HUGMONSTER"
HUGMONSTER was a Unity web player game (yes, there was a time when I wasn't making only Android titles!) It had a title screen, and ending, and six or seven levels. It also had art completely composed of typefaces.
Very soon, HUGMONSTER will have its official, world debut as a mobile game, specifically designed for tablets! It features:
- 20 Levels of puzzle platforming pandemonium!
- 5 Animated movie intermissions!
- An awesome soundtrack!
- A touchscreen-friendly UI!
- Art still mostly composed of typefaces!
And here's a quick trailer
More details to come!
– Agents –
Post Partum
I've been considering what I would have to say about Agents in a 'post-mortem.' I find that I'm beginning to really dislike the term 'post-mortem' in this context, as it implies that the project is dead when it is anything but.
Positive Traits
Theme :
I think this theme brought out the best in a lot of us as designers, and I know I was thrilled when I saw it end up as the selection, even despite the recent tragedy that had occurred only days prior. I had thought to do an audio-only game for a while, but was not settled on a concept or a storyline. After the theme was announced, and after spending a couple of hours formulating (and disposing of) some very dark concepts that I ultimately wasn't comfortable with, I came across the idea of commanding field agents on a clearly nefarious infiltration mission. I feel this concept was much stronger than any of the others that came to me, so the theme really worked to my advantage.
Atmosphere :
The sound designer I worked with did an incredible job with the ambient sound effects, and as the voice of Agent 1. HE ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY DID THE SOUND DESIGN FOR THE GAME "The Fall of Mr. Wily" (Which won 3rd place Overall in the Jam). He managed to keep this a secret from both teams until the contest ended. Neither I nor Stone Monkey Studio had any idea that our audio guy was double-jamming.
Also, I had way too much fun doing the voice for Agent 2.
Drawing a map :
Yes, a game with no graphics actually has a world map. I found it impossible to arrange in my mind the world or its features without drawing it out on paper first. Once I did that, I was able to place guards, lay out a sensible building, and weave a scenario that at least makes some sense.
Inspiration :
This is not my first time making a game, or even my first Ludum Dare. My old blog handle and contestant name was "dr_soda" if you're curious. The change to "recursive frog" reflects a newfound sense of inspiration and outlook.
Some of you remember from my older LD entries that the little froggy has been my mascot for a while, and you might also notice the endless sequence of frogs drinking coffee, posing in front of computer screens with wallpapers of frogs drinking coffee, posing in front of… (ad infinitum). I call it "Looking down the ribbit hole" It is also reflective of how I approach most things these days.
Negative Traits
Fragmentation :
You probably guessed by now that I am in fact a reasonably experienced Android developer. Normally I don't call out fragmentation as being particularly troublesome, as I find that for most applications and games it's an overblown concern, and that people normally think only of screen dimensions when they express fears about it.
But this… this time it was pretty awful.
It wasn't lost on me that a lot of users had trouble running the game. There were a number of reasons for this, some of which were easily fixed by just handling audio playback differently, but others were much more insidious and in fact endemic to the particular devices or OS versions. I'll say it right out : Speech recognition in Android is fragmented and it's a real challenge to compensate.
Conveyance :
You might wonder "How did you get around the classic Zork problem in which people hit a situation and they don't know what to say to get out of it?" And the answer is that I didn't! I ran face-first into that problem and got clobbered for it. My biggest failing here, I think, was to properly set up the situation such that players can know what to do, or at the very least know how to ask for help. It's not a technical issue, but rather one of design.
Breaking the "rules" :
No, not cheating at the rules of the competition. Rather, defying conventional wisdom. The two biggest rules broken were…
- Only use toolchains and APIs you're familiar with
- A game requires visuals
These factors all were double-edged swords. While I always choose a language I'm familiar with when I make an LD game, I almost always use some API or toolchain that is completely unfamiliar to me. Prior to this LD, I had never before touched speech recognition. Because I had not, and did not know the dangers and limitations, I actually tried this concept, and that was clearly a good choice based on the first place Innovation award, and with a 4.74 total score at that! Were I aware ahead of time the issues that Jellybean presents, I might have passed the idea over… and that would have been bad. This sense of bravery in terms of tackling unfamiliar concepts has served me well not just in Ludum Dare, but outside as well.
Likewise, a game with such a minimal UI takes incredibly poor screenshots, so I had to be creative in how I expressed the progress of the game and "advertised" it (because of course, what are our screenshots other than advertisements). The YouTube video was a great success, and I'm happy that you all enjoyed it. I honestly was very reticent about posting video of myself for this project, but ultimately I think it was the right decision to show the game in action for the benefit of those who could not experience it for themselves.
Every one of you who played these games, left feedback about them, told me what was right and what was wrong about them have helped me more than I can express adequately. Thank you all for your feedback, and for helping a little froggy to find the fun hiding under his little lillypad.
Thank you everyone!
I'm glad you all enjoyed seeing the results of Agents as much as I enjoyed conceiving the idea. I've been holding off on doing a post-mortem for a while now. I might just have to write one up after this.


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bone-in chicken breast halves, fat and skin trimmed
1 teaspoon
garlic powder
1 teaspoon
chili powder
salt and ground black pepper to taste
onions, thinly sliced
potatoes, thinly sliced
6 tablespoons
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle
3/4 cup
shredded Cheddar cheese
The cook times are way off on this recipe. It had a very onion taste and was just not good. Sorry! It took a lot longer to cook than indicated and it was too late to make something new. I wouldn't even waste my time modifing.
Really, really tasty! Cook times were a little off as the other reviewer mentioned, but pretty easy to figure out. Chicken had great flavor.
4 Ratings
This was actually pretty good. And as the other's said a little onion-y, but nothing that couldn't be fixed.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Tuesday was a roller coaster day that started with talk of a cease-fire, and ended with fire that would not cease.In the early hours of the day, however, when it appeared – at least in theory – as if the Egyptian- brokered cease-fire might lead to an end to Hamas's rockets and Operation Protective Edge, diplomatic officials said that the security cabinet agreed to the Egyptian proposal in order to "give an opportunity for the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip."The idea of a demilitarized Gaza Strip is an idea that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his spokesmen began talking about last week, and that he has raised in his numerous conversations over the last few days with leaders from around the world.Netanyahu, by design, has kept the goals of the recent Gaza campaign modest.Unlike his foreign minister, Avigdor Liberman, he never spoke about taking over Gaza or toppling Hamas – but rather of restoring quiet and delivering a severe blow to Hamas's infrastructure.But what, exactly, does delivering a severe blow to Hamas's infrastructure mean? In addition to knocking out command centers, rockets, storehouses and factories where the rockets can be produced, it means keeping Hamas from being able to rearm once this round ends.Or, in other words, it means demilitarizing Gaza.But, at least at this point, there does not seem to be an operative plan for attaining this goal, or in getting the international community to join in the effort.There is the recognition of the need to put this issue high up on the international agenda, but regarding how actually to strip Gaza of its rockets, that is a different issue altogether.Diplomatic officials mandated with drawing up Israel's messages abroad have had a bit of difficulty over the last few days formulating the idea, because – one official said – it seems so far fetched."I can't say demilitarize Gaza," one official said, "People will laugh in my face."Instead, the terminology being used is to "dismantle" the rockets and the tunnels.The idea of demilitarizing Gaza has its roots in the Syrian precedent, and the fact that the US and Russia managed to successfully dismantle Syria of the vast majority of its chemical weapons stockpile.Netanyahu likes that model, and has repeatedly praised US President Barack Obama for it.Indeed, he has called for the same paradigm to be used with Iran: dismantling their nuclear infrastructure.And if it worked in Syria, and is a goal for Iran, then why not extend the pattern to Gaza? Because Gaza is not Syria. It is not a state, it does not have a recognized governing authority, and it is hard to imagine the US, Russia or even the Arab League monitors waltzing into Gaza and getting Hamas to voluntarily hand over their rockets.That being the case, those advocating demilitarizing Gaza argue that it is clear that when this round of fighting eventually ends, Hamas's capacities will be severely depleted.The question will then be how to keep them from re-supplying, either by smuggling arms into Gaza or manufacturing their own rockets, and that is where the international community comes into play.Over the years the main smuggling route was from Sinai into Gaza through the tunnels, but that is a route that will be much more difficult now, as Egypt under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has clamped down.Even so, Israel wants to see the international community more effectively intercept the arms coming from Iran and Sudan before they even get close.The second issue has to do with the weapon production capacities that exist inside Gaza.Israel expects that many of these facilities will be destroyed by Operation Protective Edge, but then wants the international community to become involved in taking measures – as yet undefined – to prevent them from being rebuilt.Anyone counting on international efforts to demilitarize Gaza should, however, remember UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006.That resolution included a clause stipulating that the area from the Israeli border to the Litani River be "free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon."And the result: Before the war Hezbollah had some 6,000 missiles; today that number is estimated at more than 60,000. Sobering figures, indeed.
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It may not have been her intention, but the public editor of The New York Times transported me back to those heady days of my youth, when I attended anti-war rallies in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, listened to the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and protested against the Nixon administration.
Margaret Sullivan was too young to experience those days, but she apparently wants to live them vicariously.
In last weekend's column, she muses about the importance of leaks by government officials to the press as a cornerstone of democracy. "[A] world without leaks -- the secret government information slipped to the press -- may be the direction we're headed in," Ms. Sullivan writes. "Since 9/11, leakers and whistleblowers have become an increasingly endangered species."
To support her case, she has apparently become a supporter of the man who leaked more than 700,000 documents about U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. She writes about the case of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who provided the massive cache of documents and some videos to WikiLeaks.
Unfortunately, she runs roughshod over some critical facts in her column.
Manning, who was arrested three years ago, has pleaded guilty to 10 charges, including the misuse of classified material. He has maintained his innocence on 12 other charges, including violating the Espionage Act. You can hear his defense of his actions in a recently released audio recording.
But if he is innocent, why did he plead guilty?
Ms. Sullivan trots out the Pentagon Papers as an example of how to measure the current environment toward whistleblowers. I can imagine "Ohio" or maybe "For What It's Worth" playing in the background.
Her defense of Manning is an incredible stretch of logic and fact: His case involved ongoing military operations, while the Pentagon Papers dealt with the history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Released in 1971, the title was technically "United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense."
Furthermore, the private was an active analyst in the military while Daniel Ellsberg, the purveyor of the Pentagon Papers, was a civilian working for the RAND Corp., albeit under a CIA contract.
Ms. Sullivan also cites the case of former CIA official John Kiriakou, who is serving a 30-month sentence for revealing the name of an intelligence officer to the media. But again, if Mr. Kiriakou was innocent, why did he plead guilty?
He did so to avoid prosecution on more serious charges despite excellent legal representation.
Furthermore, Ms. Sullivan in her column failed to provide a few other pertinent facts:
• Manning's actions reportedly occurred as a protest against his inability to publicly state he was gay.
• WikiLeaks made public many documents that revealed the names of individuals engaged in sensitive clandestine and military operations.
• The case of Mr. Kiriakou involved a leak to The New York Times' Scott Shane, who's quoted in the column, but there is no reference to the relationship between Mr. Kiriakou and Mr. Shane.
• A source quoted in the column was publicly reprimanded for his anti-war comments by his former employer, The New York Times. Ms. Sullivan failed to mention that fact.
Back in Golden Gate Park in 1969, I was a naive 18-year-old. I didn't know better. The public editor of The New York Times should know better than to try to make a case while avoiding key facts about the issue at hand.
Ms. Sullivan declined to comment, stating in an email that the column stood for itself.
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Robert and Arlene Holmes arrive at district court for a hearing in the case of their son, Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes, in Centennial, Colo., on Monday. The prosecutor announced he will seek the death penalty against Holmes.CENTENNIAL, Colo. Prosecutors on Monday said they will seek the death penalty against the man accused in last years movie theater attack that killed 12, injured 70 and spurred new gun control laws in Colorado.
The much-anticipated disclosure came in a court hearing held four days after prosecutors publicly rejected an offer by James Holmes attorneys that the former neuroscience graduate student would plead guilty to avoid execution.
Prosecutors had said the defense proposal wasnt a valid plea bargain offer, although they could still agree to a plea before the case goes to trial.
The decision to seek execution will delay the start of the trial until at least February, and the judge acknowledged even that might not be enough time for all sides to prepare. The trial had been planned to begin in August.
Its my determination and my intention that in this case for James Eagan Holmes justice is death, Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler said at the Monday hearing. He spoke quietly and deliberately without any hesitation.
There was no audible reaction from Holmes, who sat in court with his back to reporters.
Holmes parents sat side by side in the gallery, clutching hands with fingers intertwined.
They were also quiet, as were the victims in the courtroom when Brauchler disclosed his decision, which he said he had shared with no one.
He said he had personally discussed the case with 60 people who lost relatives in the shooting. Overall, prosecutors have consulted with 800 victims and relatives.
Bryan Beard, whose best friend Alex Sullivan was killed in the attack, was in an overflow courtroom during the announcement.
I had a huge adrenaline rush, he said. I love the choice, I love it, I love it ... I hope Im in the room when he dies.
Holmes attorneys are expected to argue he is not guilty because he was legally insane at the time of the July 20 shooting. They balked at entering that plea last month, saying they couldnt make such a move until prosecutors made a formal decision on the death penalty.
Investigators say Holmes methodically stockpiled weapons and ammunition for his assault on a packed midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises and booby-trapped his apartment to explode and distract any police who responded.
Last week, prosecutors said they had rejected an offer from Holmes attorney to have him plead guilty and serve life in prison, saying the offer wasnt a serious attempt at plea bargaining. They accused the defense of trying to gin up public support for a plea deal.
In a sign of how long the case could drag on, District Judge William Sylvester on Monday named a new judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. to take over the case. As chief judge for the district, Sylvester is responsible for the overall running of the court. He said he couldnt do that and oversee a complicated death penalty case.
In his order, Sylvester said a final resolution of this case is now likely years away.
The timeline disturbed victims.
It could be 10 or 15 years before hes executed, said Pierce OFarrill, who was shot three times in the attack. I would be in my 40s, and Im planning to have a family, and the thought of having to look back and reliving everything at that point in my life, it would be difficult.
Prosecutors said they want the case wrapped up by spring of next year. But defense lawyers objected, saying the trial alone would take at least nine months and cant even start until numerous pretrial issues are resolved.
They are trying to execute our client, and we will do whatever it takes to defend his life, said Tamara Brady, an attorney for Holmes.
The judge tried to strike a compromise with a trial starting on Feb. 3 and ending in June but acknowledged that schedule might have to be pushed back.
Prosecutors could eventually accept a plea deal but would want to ensure that its air-tight, said Karen Steinhauser, a former prosecutor who is now an adjunct professor at the University of Denver law school.
Holmes would give up his right to appeal by pleading guilty, she said. He could ask to change a plea if new evidence surfaced or he claimed his lawyers were ineffective, but its very, very hard to withdraw it, Steinhauser said.
In addition, the judge would want assurances from defense lawyers that Holmes is mentally competent to plead guilty and accept a life sentence with no parole, Steinhauser said.
The judge could order a mental competency evaluation before accepting a guilty plea, but Steinhauser said thats unlikely unless Holmes showed some sign of incompetence.
The theater massacre was repeatedly cited by gun control advocates who pushed a hotly contested package through the Colorado Legislature last month. The bills include a ban on the sort of high-capacity magazines used to spray the theater with dozens of bullets in a matter of seconds.
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He looked at the writing on his portrait.
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While paying off my bill on AmericanExpress.com last night, I noticed there were new offers in the "My Offers" tab on the bottom of the screen. When I clicked on it, I saw the mega offer of $50 off $100 Fleming's Steakhouse. What immediately came into my mind was that I received one of these offers in the prior years, but it was in the form of a paper coupon that was snail mailed. I guess technology has caught up to the masses and snail mail is no longer an acceptable medium.
After clicking on "Get Offer", you will see that your card is immediately synced and ready to be used.
If you prefer to sync your card with Twitter, tweet #AmexFlemingsOffer (case sensitive) and you will receive immediate confirmation with @AmexSync.
To maximize this deal, it is ideal to purchase a $100 gift card from Fleming's Steakhouse. Find a Fleming's Steakhouse nearest you and physically go into the establishment to buy the gift cards as online purchases do not qualify. Since this deal expires on 5/24/2013, you might want to hurry and this works with the $20 promotional card bonus that Fleming's is offering those who purchase $100 worth of gift cards. After physically going into the establishment to buy the $100 gift card, ask for the $20 promotional bonus which is valid for a future use (5/13/13 – 7/15/13).
If you live in the Los Angeles area, you can receive a $50 dining credit by reserving a table at the new Beverly Hills Fleming's Steakhouse before 5/31/13.
All of these promotions are stack-able, but be sure to read the terms and conditions. Fleming's DO anyone?
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About 30 people gather around the new peace pole beside Galloway Memorial Episcopal Church in Elkin for a candlelight vigil to lift up Ferguson, Missouri.
Nov. 27-28• No programs at the Elkin Public Library. Nov. 28-29• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Yadkin Valley Senior Center in Jonesville will host a Christmas Craft and Gift Show organized by the Jonesville Historical Society. For more information, call 336-428-2160.Nov. 29• 6 p.m., New Horizons Adult Day Services will present The Christ
Nov. 29• 6 p.m., benefit gospel singing for the David Neal family at New Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2242 Caudle Mill Road, Yadkinville, with the Rev. Jesse Hunt. Bring canned food and nonperishables. An offering will also be received for the family. Nov. 30• 8:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. ,Elkin First United Methodist Church will have
ELKIN — Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Stroke Care Coordinator Emily Parks RN, CCRN and Emergency Medical Services Assistant Director Myron Waddell RN, BSN, EMT-P lead a nationally web-based presentation on behalf of the North Carolina Stroke Care Collaborative on Oct. 29. Mary G. George MD, MSPH, FACS, FAHA, senior medical officer and deput
On Oct. 27, the Friends of the Elkin Public Library made a special presentation at the Ark. The Friends donated bookshelves and filled them with books for the children and families to use while living at the Ark. The project was the brainchild of Carol Vanderpool, a member of the Elkin Public Library staff. She had seen some similar projects, plac
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Maxine Burgess Davis received a master's degree in Christian ministries from Liberty University, Lynchburg, in May. She is a theologian and has graduated from the Baptist Theological Seminary of Liberty University on Oct. 23, and received a B.S. degree in religion from L.U. in May 2012. Davis graduated from Starmount High Sc
JONESVILLE — The Yadkin Valley Senior Center in Jonesville will host a Christmas Craft and Gift Show on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is organized by the Jonesville Historical Society. One of Santa's helpers will be there from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday for photos and gift orders. A limited number of vendor spaces remai
RALEIGH — This autumn, tons of seed from many different tree species have hit the ground in record amounts. And squirrels weren't the only ones looking for it. N.C. Forest Service staff from across the state collected the seed used to grow more than 50 types of tree seedlings for the agency's nursery program. The NCFS sells these native seed
Nov. 24-25• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Surry Community College Clay Club is offering a holiday fundraiser pottery sale in the J Building, first floor lobby, on the Dobson campus. There will be a large variety of handcrafted gifts and decor for the holidays available for purchase. The money raised will support a club field trip to Washington, D.C.
Nov. 24• 5 to 7 p.m., free community meal at Christ Lutheran Church, 451 Winston Road, Jonesville. This month's menu includes ham, green beans, potatoes and desserts. Nov. 29• 6 p.m., benefit gospel singing for the David Neal family at New Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2242 Caudle Mill Road, Yadkinville, with the Rev. Jesse Hunt.
Birthdays are a way for these Casstevens brothers and sisters to get together and catch up with each other. Each are older than 80 years, and all of the brothers are veterans. Visiting recently are, seated, from left, Billy Ray Casstevens, Nellie Casstevens Vestal, Ellen Casstevens Cheek, Frank Casstevens; and, standing, Ernest Casstevens and Tommy
Town of Elkin employee Randy Gilliam makes sure a holiday wreath is placed securely atop the street lamp on Main Street in downtown Elkin Thursday morning as town employees got downtown in the holiday spirit. Gary Childress, an Elkin employee, places a wreath atop a street lamp Thursday morning as the town decorated for the holidays.
MOUNT AIRY — WorkForce Carolina, Inc., a full service staffing firm, announced that it will begin operating under the name of its affiliate staffing firm, WorkForce Unlimited, LLC. The name change will be effective Dec. 22. WorkForce Unlimited was founded by WorkForce Carolina owner and operator, Teresa Lewis, in March 2013 to focus on market
RALEIGH — Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and the staff of SHIIP, the Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program, are reminding Medicare beneficiaries of a very important deadline. The Annual Election Period to review, compare and Medicare prescription drug coverage ends Dec. 7. Medicare beneficiaries are encouraged to call SHIIP at
Mountain Park Elementary School holds hat day to support United Fund recently.
STATE ROAD — Mountain Park Elementary School has announced its honor roll students. A Honor Roll: Connor Schuyler, Haley McElveen, Dario Bello, Laken Coe, Amber McDevitt, Spencer LeClair, Lailo Vo, Dante Watson. Abigail Garza, Casey Key, and Natalie Garcia Correa. A/B Honor Roll: Betsy Martin, Cassie Sneed, Chandler Branch, Gracie Weaver, K
Jocelyn Noel HarrisNicole Triplett and Joshua Harris of Yadkin County announce the birth of a daughter, Jocelyn Noel Harris, on Nov. 17 at 9:56 p.m. at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and measuring 20 inches in length. Jocelyn has two siblings, Elijha and Abigail. The grandparents are Steven and Patricia Luffman of Wi
Nov. 21• 10 a.m. to noon, Surry Community College will host a Health Care Job Fair. There are vacancies for certified medical assistants, certified nursing assistants, registered nurses, patient access specialists, and home health aides. There is no cost for this event. To register for the job fair as an employer, go to surry.edu/health-care-
WINSTON-SALEM — Yadkin Riverkeeper has announced that Will Scott is now a Yadkin Riverkeeper and Terri Pratt will serve as executive director. Scott will be the lead advocate for preserving and protecting the Yadkin River basin. He holds a B.A in political science from the University of North Carolina and a Juris Doctor from the University o
RALEIGH — A pilot program that allows hunters to sign up for waterfowl blinds when they apply for permits is earning high marks from hunters who are participating in the program. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission implemented the pilot program last fall on three game lands in the coastal region — the North River Game Land, which is
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Sony's episodic horror, Siren: Blood Curse, will release on PSN on July 24 - in its entirety.
The game will come in four chapters, each one containing three episodes (making a total of 12 episodes).
You can buy chapters individually for £4.99, or the whole lot for £19.99, even though getting them that way actually costs you a whole three pence more.
It seems the 'episodic' structure of the game, which we presumed would mean it would release in sections on differing dates, simply only amounts to you being able to buy the game in smaller, pocket money-friendly chunks.


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New Atomic Clock Reaches the Boundaries of Timekeeping
Re: Old saying (249 comments)
I think it is wrong to say simultaneity is wrong. The fact that the two clocks are correct does not mean simultaneity does not exist, it only means that we cannot measure simultaneity with clocks.
The fact is thinga happen in parallel in the universe, and so simultaneity exists, because for any event another event would have to have happened at the same time.


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Upper West Restaurant To Host A "Miracle On 34th Street" Fundraiser Dec. 7
Posted Nov. 24, 2014, 9:17 am
Upper West restaurant in Santa Monica starts the holidays off in the spirit of the season with a fundraiser feast set for Sunday, Dec. 7 to benefit Miracles for Kids Foundation.
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Homemade Cookies Donates To Starlight Children's Foundation
Posted Nov. 21, 2014, 9:42 am
A scrumptious win-win situation has arrived in all Whole Foods locations in Santa Monica, as well as stores in the Pacific Southwest region. There is now a way to enjoy the essence of homemade cookies, contribute to a worthy cause, and take part in a family legacy.
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The Rema Hort Mann Foundation To Host Benefit Auction At Lexus Santa Monica
Posted Nov. 19, 2014, 9:47 am
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Santa Monica's P32 Gallery On Target To Raise $15,000 For Chase Foundation
Posted Nov. 16, 2014, 9:34 am
The newly opened P32 gallery in Santa Monica raised $9,000 for the Chase Foundation in the first week of its exhibition, "Filling the wHole." The exhibition runs until Dec. 4 with a goal of raising $15,000. More than 150 people attended the opening reception on Oct. 25.
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CLARE Tribute Dinner In Santa Monica Honors Hollywood Trio
Posted Nov. 15, 2014, 9:23 am
The 17th Annual Friends of CLARE Tribute Dinner honored actor/producer/director Joe Manganiello, talent agent Steven Glick, and screenwriter Craig Borten on Thursday, Nov. 13 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.
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Meals On Wheels West Monster Bash At Loews Santa Monica A Success
Posted Nov. 7, 2014, 6:00 am
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SideChef HQ In Santa Monica To Bake Halloween Treats For OPCC Clients
Posted Oct. 23, 2014, 9:13 am
SideChef, the step-by-step cooking app that rocketed into the iTunes Top 10 list of Food & Drinks apps during its iPhone launch, is baking Halloween treats at their Santa Monica headquarters as part of a Halloween Bake-Off on October 27 to give to the Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC).
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BAM Fest (Beer Art & Music Festival) Returns To Santa Monica Sunday, Oct. 26
Posted Oct. 14, 2014, 9:35 am
Tickets are selling fast to the 18th Street Arts Center's renowned BAM Fest (Beer Art & Music Festival) on Sunday, Oct. 26 from 1 pm to 5 pm.
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Santa Monica Conservancy To Host Fundraising Salon Today At Bundy House
Posted Oct. 12, 2014, 9:45 am
The Santa Monica Conservancy will host its annual fundraising salon at the historic Bundy House today, Oct. 12, from 3 pm to 5 pm.
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30th Annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles Returns Sunday
Posted Oct. 11, 2014, 9:07 am
The 30th annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles will be held Sunday, with 25,000 people walking 10 kilometers through West Hollywood and the Fairfax district to raise funds for AIDS Project Los Angeles and more than 20 other Los Angeles County-based AIDS service organizations.
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Santa Monica Charity Makes A Difference In The Lives Of Navajo Children
Posted Oct. 8, 2014, 9:21 am
The Spirit of a Giving Heart, a Santa Monica and El Segundo-based foundation that provides annual holiday gifts, clothing, and school supplies to children of the Navajo nation, benefits from the generosity of three local chief executive officers (CEOs) who are working to impact the lives of more than 300 disadvantaged school-age children in Arizona.
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The Samburu Splash Bash In Santa Monica A Big Success
Posted Oct. 4, 2014, 7:30 am
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Party On The Pier Fundraiser Returns To Santa Monica This Sunday
Posted Oct. 3, 2014, 9:01 am
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Cyclists Take To The Santa Monica Mountains, Italian Style
Posted Oct. 3, 2014, 9:00 am
The Santa Monica Mountains have played host to more than 800 cyclists in one of the most prestigious international amateur cycling events, Gran Fondo Italia.
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Have You Visited The Assistance League Of Santa Monica Thrift Shop?
Posted Oct. 2, 2014, 8:21 am
Local residents can decide when they shop at the Assistance League of Santa Monica Thrift Shop. They have great merchandise, excellent prices, pop-up sales, and friendly member-volunteers to help.
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Santa Monica Chorus To Support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Posted Oct. 1, 2014, 9:36 am
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Santa Monica Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, is proud to announce its support through several public appearances in the month of October where the group will perform the "Mammogram" song.
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Reef Check Foundation To Host Gala Fundraising Event Thursday In Santa Monica
Posted Oct. 1, 2014, 9:33 am
Reef Check Foundation, the world's largest volunteer reef monitoring and conservation organization, will host its gala fundraising event, "Save the Reefs, Save the Oceans" this Thursday, Oct. 2 at the Jonathan Beach Club in Santa Monica.
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The Bay Foundation Launches New & Improved Website
Posted Sep. 27, 2014, 9:22 am
The Bay Foundation (TBF) launched its new website recently, a more thorough, easy-to-read and visually-engaging presentation of the organization that announced a new Executive Director in June and its new shortened name last Fall.
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Samburu Project's 2nd Annual Splash Bash In Santa Monica This Saturday
Posted Sep. 26, 2014, 6:00 am
The Samburu Project will host its 2nd Annual Splash Bash fundraising gala this Saturday, Sept. 27 from 7:30-10:30 pm at the Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club in downtown Santa Monica.
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OPCC To Host 50th Anniversary Celebration This Weekend In Santa Monica
Posted Sep. 26, 2014, 6:00 am
OPCC is celebrating 50 years of providing hope to the most vulnerable members of our community on the Westside of Los Angeles County with a 50th anniversary celebration this weekend.
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5,000 People Expected For Heart Walk In Santa Monica This Sunday
Posted Sep. 18, 2014, 8:46 am
The American Heart Association will host its second annual Heart Walk at the Santa Monica Pier this Sunday, Sept. 21. An estimated 5,000 people are expected to attend.
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Community Food Drive Starts Monday At 123 Moving & Storage In Santa Monica
Posted Sep. 13, 2014, 7:57 am
Move For Hunger is partnering with 123 Moving & Storage in Santa Monica to host a community food drive to help end hunger in the L.A. County community.
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Santa Monica Farmers Markets Donate Unsold Produce To Worthy Causes
Posted Sep. 10, 2014, 9:23 am
Ever wondered what happens to fresh produce that's left over each week at farmers markets across Santa Monica?
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WISE & Healthy Aging To Host Volunteer Orientation Friday, Sept. 19
Posted Sep. 9, 2014, 9:40 am
WISE & Healthy Aging will host a volunteer orientation on the morning of Friday, Sept. 19 from 9:30-11:30 am at 1527 4th Street, second floor, Santa Monica.
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AMF Bay Shore Lanes In Santa Monica To Host Cause For Celebration Fundraiser
Posted Sep. 9, 2014, 9:35 am
Registration is now open for the third annual Bowling for Birthdays fundraiser at the AMF Bay Shore Lanes in Santa Monica, a charity event that raises funds to throw birthday parties for homeless and foster youth living in the greater Los Angeles area.


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Now that the rain is over and the 1st cold front has blown by we can expect some cooler weather for the next 48 hours. Lows tonight will be in the mid to upper 40s. Thanksgiving will be sunny but cool with highs only in the mid to upper 60s well below the seasonal average.
The Nor'easter will sweep another cold front our way but this one will be dry. It will move through Thursday afternoon and keep temperatures below average on Friday. Lows again on Friday morning will be in the low to mid 40s.
By this weekend we should begin to see a warming trend start with highs back at least into the 70s. The long range forecast is calling for dry weather through all of next week.
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SECTION: The liverMany of the functions of the liver are not known. It is a complicated organ that produces the clotting factors and many other vital substances in the blood and that removes many wastes and poisons from the circulation. It is, in effect, a chemical factory. The two categories of fatal liver disease that may be treated by liver grafting are nonmalignant destructive diseases of the liver...
Andersen's disease
Andersen's disease...tone, becoming lethargic. The liver and spleen become enlarged, and progressive liver failure occurs prior to death, usually before age three, caused by heart failure or bleeding from the esophagus. Liver transplants have proved successful in treating the disorder. Donated livers are often able to produce enough of the enzymes necessary to stop the accumulations of abnormal glycogen. Andersen's...
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SECTION: Disorders of amino acid metabolism...catabolic pathway, prevents the production of toxic metabolites. Although this leads to improvement of liver, kidney, and neurological symptoms, the occurrence of liver cancer may not be prevented. Liver transplantation may be required for severe liver disease or if cancer develops. A benign, transient neonatal form of tyrosinemia, responsive to protein restriction and vitamin C therapy, also...
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M&A Roundup: KentuckyOne Health forms $1.4B JOA
The agreement caps a year-long effort by UMC and the University of Louisville to find a suitable partner while allowing them to retain local control of the facilities. All UMC policies for women's health, end-of-life care, and pharmacy remain unchanged. UMC will continue to manage and operate University Hospital's Center for Women and Infants. All women's health services, which includes the full range of reproductive services, will continue to take place at CWI, at the same location and provided by the same people.
The JOA is scheduled to take effect on or before March 1, 2013. KentuckyOne will oversee most of the day-to-day operations, while UMC will retain ownership of its assets. UofL, UMC, and KentuckyOne Health have also entered into an academic affiliation agreement.
The JOA has the support of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway, who said his review of the plan addressed concerns raised about transferring ownership of a state asset.
"The executive branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky retains authority to oversee the new agreement. It also appears that the same health services will continue to be available on-site at University Hospital," Conway said in prepared remarks. "This partnership will help University Hospital secure financial stability, protect care for the indigent, and continue the excellent research and teaching that is conducted at our hospital."
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