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tag:destructoid.com,2006:blogStevil's Blog :: DESTRUCTOIDul/user/4/40485-0861jpg-avatar.jpgStevilhttp://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Stevil2011-02-22T14:53:41Ztag:destructoid.com,2008:222896"Previously on (insert episodic game here)..."2012-02-28T14:19:27Z2012-02-28T14:19:27Z

Way back in the early 00s, developers became enamoured with the idea of episodic content. It was a dream everybody could believe in. Well, believe in more than, say, the VR storage system in the Michael Douglas/Demi Moore turkey, Disclosure.

Skip forward to the 10s, and the dream has become something of a struggle. Its still alive, but entangled in a conundrum. Its realisation is a stylistic approach, at best.

By now, were aware that videogames aim for a visual acceptance through the cinematic portrayal of events, but structurally, they share more in common with long form television shows. Alan Wake has become the poster boy of episodic gaming, with its TV box set style. Yet, its certainly not the first. As well see, its just one example in how television has been increasingly influential, even so far as overtaking cinema, in that area of storytelling.

Whilst developers set their sights on the big screen, strong narrative titles do tend to suffer from a dead air syndrome. The length of game, and its need to constantly engage, far surpasses the run time of your average cinematic experience. It cuts off when the player has decided to have enough, rather than when an act, or a break, dictates such actions.

Episodic gaming is a strange beast that, once employed correctly, delivers an intensity that wouldnt normally be there. A perfect example was having to wait mere weeks for the resolution to Alan Wakes predicament in The Signal.

Telltale Games have done a decent job with its monthly narratives. Sam & Max: Season One is a far cry from The Devils Playhouse, where the later disposed of the tenuously connected mini-adventure format, in favour for the ebb and flow dynamics of one larger arc, peppered with cliff-hangers and call-backs.

The reason why The Devils Playhouse works so well, in that regard, is because Telltale Games plan entire seasons, in advance. They dedicate themselves to reworking minor issues, rather than total reinvention; all confined by a monthly deadline.

Its a balance of feedback and self-imposed restriction; a working approach that was mishandled by the original champions of episodic gaming, Valve.

Seeing the Half Life 2: Episode trilogy as a scheduled series, like The Blair Witch Project before it, probably would have made a huge impact on our gaming habits. Instead, it shook faith in what episodic gaming could achieve.

Episodes wasnt to be because Valve had approached each instalment as separate entities, influenced by their improvements to the Source Engine. They failed to think like real show-runners; people who have entire seasons planned out before production. Valve gave up on the idea, and reminded us that to emulate outside media, you have to treat your own in a similar fashion.

Luckily for Valve, theyre the popular choice; an ideas factory that gets by on constant innovations. The same cant be said for Ritual Entertainments SiN: Episodes, though.

SiN never had the popularity of Half Life, and to buy into a similar episodic fashion was a risky business. It bombed; not enough people were interested in seeing the vision through to the end. Maybe, David Cage realised such risks, after consolidating his episodic vision for Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy into an interactive movie.

Its hard to test the waters if nobody is willing to take the plunge, but theres nothing that says developers/publishers cant treat the selection process like television executives, either. Going back to Telltales successes, it was fascinating to see them set up a pilot season; the end result being the deliciously surreal Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent.

Obviously, the digital domain is the right way to go, and faith on both sides can get a product a long way.

Sony bungled it with Siren: Blood Curse. It had the suitable narrative, but it was never immensely popular. It didnt help that Sony released the entire game as a hard copy within months; defeating the entire point, and losing face in the process.

BioWare had hopes for building small bridges between larger titles. Yet, they never ran with it after Mass Effect: Bring Down The Sky. Accessibility was probably the major factor; a sequel had to involve everyone, including those who didnt buy the DLC.

Money does eventually play a big part in how seasons and episodes are formed. After the initial sales figures, Remedy were reluctant to refer to each Alan Wake game as a season, but theyre still more than happy to use the medium for their storytelling gains; as weve seen with American Nightmare. As it should be, episodic gaming is not solely about buying instalments, but how we assimilate that structure, be it one game or a series.

Episodic gaming works, and not just for the television tie-ins of 24: The Game, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary/Judgement Rites, The X-Files, and Lost: Via Domus.

Deadly Premonitions narrative plays heavily on shocking conclusions, recaps and Previously... montages. Despite being a bad game, Alone in the Dark 5 circumvented its problems with DVD menus. L.A. Noires cop drama was akin to Dragnet, or to some, a mini-movie marathon.

It doesnt even have to end in specific genres, such as survival horror or adventures.

Resonance of Fate is an underrated tactical JRPG that deserved a little more recognition on release. It shares more in common with Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo and Outlaw Star than it ever does with its RPG peers; focusing on characters and relationships in a tightly directed fashion. It shouldnt work, but it does, railing against the predictable conventions of the epic quest.

There was a time when television played fast and dirty; still does for the majority. Recently, shows become more sophisticated, with an understanding that viewers wanting to invest in more than one-shot tales. Its now working towards its potential, increasing its advantages over Hollywood.

Video games have taken televisions old mantle. The industry finds itself filling a hole, hungry to prove itself, before it implodes.

Whilst, its not a case of following in exact footsteps, or having an all-encompassing outlook for every title (that would be strange), if it strives to understand the beauty of the small screen, and not be strangled by money, then video games might just have a better chance against the critics of narrative, and create better immersions in the process.

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For all its low budget faults, and lack of ambition, theres a mesmeric quality to Grasshopper Manufactures Michigan: Report From Hell. Your role is strictly supportive, as the only true requirement is to keep filming for a news networks audience; complete with a simmering subtext concerning the current state of journalism, and the selfishness of our passive nature.

Fascinating as it sounds, Michigan is not the first (the similar, live action, the FEAR preceded it), or even the last, videogame to deal directly with our love of voyeurism. Yet, in an industry that increasingly assimilates the cinematic gaze with an interactive medium, rarely is the act dissected beyond a brief epiphany.

Voyeurism has been, ironically, pushed to the fringes of videogames.

Arguably, the obvious spotlight of voyeurism was at its strongest during the FMV era. Those titles were mostly a technological excuse to put film on to CD, and even though, it was deemed an evolutionary dead end, those years bore some broken delights, e.g. Night Trap, Double Switch, Psychic Detective, The X Files, and Voyeur.

The latter is an intriguing case of turning the passive gaze into an interactive investment, at its purest form. You play a private investigator, hired to dig the dirt on a presidential candidates associates, which quickly escalates into a potential Rear Window scenario.

All with the acting finesse of a Shannon Tweed erotic thriller.

The idea was that you watched a movie, with simultaneous scenes, and had to decide which ones were important for the narrative whole. In an effort to engage the player, the metaphorical carrot on a stick was introduced in the form of soft-core nudity and the need to zoom in on documents.

Night Trap wouldnt have been remembered the way it was without the Scooby Doo events and multiple paths. As a by-product, Night Traps campiness did more harm than good to the serious discussion of voyeurism. It had an interesting concept, stalking the villains that, in turn, stalked their victims, but everybody talks about that shower scene, instead.

The X Files went further, thus proving that FMV was utilised in the wrong way, by handing full investigative reins over to the player. The first act involved Agent Wilmore staking out a warehouse, and accumulating footage for analysis. He even had to wait for lab results. Yet, for every glacial procedural, there was a tense situation; searching a truck cabin, before the owner came back.

Its this rare balancing act, of watching in the shadows and taking chances in the open, which interests developers. Its a formula that works well for players, too.

Tom Clancy titles, like Rainbow Six, always have a mission where one character is sent into a heavily guarded mansion, to place bugs and cameras on key objectives, without being seen. The problem with that is you never really see the fruits of your labour, unless, youre stacking up outside a door, and marking targets for a tactical breach.

Information gathering doesnt need to be relegated to intensive combat, though. Personally, a co-operative videogame based on wire-tapping would be an amazing prospect.

You can almost visualise the multiplayer aspect of character classes, working together to set up the perfect sting, gather information, and finally, burst into an explosive situation. A perfect formation of tense and release dynamics waiting to be experimented on.

Forget the idea of searching for the Citizen Kane of videogames, try The Wire, The Anderson Tapes, or The Lives of Others, instead.

The forthcoming Spy Party is a deadly game of Guess Who?, but from an indie developer. The fact its not another financially safe retro-platformer suggests people do want to explore the idea of surveillance in unexpected ways.

Its reminiscent of Gregory Horror Shows selling point of working out everyones routine, by following their daily schedule, preferably without being seen. Throw a spanner in the works with a curious staff member giving away your position, or a disgruntled guest out for your blood, and the whole process of spying becomes an intelligent slow burner; one that was published by Capcom, of all companies.

Certainly, theres a reluctance to come up with such dedication for minimum gain, and yet, we experience voyeurism in many genres.

Players have watched others through a sniper scope, or a drone, on a mini-LCD screen, attached to a snake camera. Theyve also seen ghosts through magic cameras, spied on peoples routines (solely for FBI purposes, Zach), watched someone elses survival through security cameras, and surveyed portals to other worlds.

In essence, weve observed the actions of others, human or AI, and shaped their fates with the press of a button; usually without them ever knowing.

Though, the act is one of patience, it doesnt mean that the entire lead-up has to be time consuming, too. There just has to be enough enticement in any given situation, one that can be cut up and returned to on a regular basis; as was the case with Silent Hill 4: The Room and Forbidden Siren.

When voyeurism doesnt work, its when the title is ambitious, and the element is diluted in a competition of ideas. As discussed, the times when we become aware of our stop and stare instinct, the games are intensive. Theyre set in small locations or situations that arent always in the distance.

For all the manic release in a bank robbery during The Heist or Kane & Lynch: Fragile Alliance, there's the feeling that a more methodical approach awaits in the shadows.

Then again, maybe because of the fluidity of voyeurism, an act that permeates every videogame, it really is better off outside our minds eye, rather become a gimmick in the spotlight. Well never know, unless, people are willing to examine it in such naturally sinister detail.

Oh, FYI, if theres ever a Sneakers multiplayer game, dibs on being Sydney Poitier.tag:destructoid.com,2008:194796Groundhog Day: One DeSoto, Two Carefree Owners2011-02-22T14:53:41Z2011-02-22T14:53:41Z

Friends?!! Weve only been out together three times, and youre already telling me you just want to be friends?!

And so began a crazy obsession of mine. One that featured a Bogart-esque dog and a rabbit-thing chasing a Bigfoot across the tourist traps of America.

Without endlessly waxing nostalgia, Sam & Max Hit The Road is a perfect coalescence of my youthful interests. Growing up in the Welsh Valleys as an awkwardly dry outsider, I didnt help my cause by discovering bands like Pavement, having an interest in noir, reading Image comics, drooling over Bettie Page and watching Nickelodeon on a (presumably stolen) satellite dish when everybody else settled for their lot. When you get down to brass tacks, a Welshman enamoured with American culture rather than his own roots is pretty absurd.

Yet it goes a long way in explaining why I adore Steve Purcells surrealist road trip and the way it trivialises glamorous infatuations. Its reminiscent of my family outings to holiday camps and the vacuums of entertainment they became as I grew older. Sure, the targets are painted with broad strokes, but its a perfect representation of derivative tourism and invigoration through desperate diversification.

Personally, its a viewpoint the US fans of Hit The Road take for granted.

Sam and Max are thoroughly entrenched in US culture. Their world lies with corn dogs, ice lollies, guns, banjos, their beloved DeSoto, Dragnet-style vigilante justice and made up sports like Fizzball. Their actual job as Freelance Police is ultimately inconsequential, merely an excuse to exist in exploitation surroundings. Only Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and The Adventures of Pete and Pete come to mind as suitable peers.

Hit The Road is a genuinely hilarious videogame and one I still find intelligently layered. To deconstruct the humour would be pretentious, but the reason why it works is the way it entwines puzzles with jokes.

Take the scene at The Mystery Vortex, for example. Max makes a throwaway comment about the areas telekinesis being powered by huge magnets underground and Sam berates him for such nonsense. Low and behold however, just as youve nearly forgotten about the remark, they discover that Max is spot on with his assumptions and in turn, this becomes a new obstacle.

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Puzzles in adventure games can kill the momentum instantly, especially in a comedy. Make one too tough and a humorous moment collapses amidst frustration, turning the payoff into a damp squib. Its this sole reason why Ive never rated Grim Fandango as a great comedy adventure. Controversial maybe, but many LucasArts adventures were unbalanced in a similar fashion. Sam & Max Hit The Road and Full Throttle have always been harangued for their simplicity, but that seems unfair.

Hit The Road is forthcoming with most solutions, but the whole point is that its an interactive comedy first and a brain-teaser second. Steve Purcell, creator of Sam & Max, understands the need for balance:

You try to be aware of the amount of time you have players sitting and watching as opposed to interacting. Fortunately a lot of the humor came out of the way that the characters would respond to the players actions. Even observing something in the room could produce a funny response in which case the interactivity IS doing the work of the story

Even if the puzzles were difficult first time around, Hit The Road wouldnt stop you dead with an uncharacteristically cold response like Monkey Island. In fact, it encourages experimentation; opening up new avenues of observational one-liners though mistakes.

My personal favourite being, This is a completely un-usable thing-a-ma-bob!

As the 90s came to a close, I became despondent replaying Hit The Road, knowing that after destroying half of America for the salvation of a Bigfoot tribe, it was truly the end of the Freelance Polices adventures. Purcell had all but quit drawing them, the cartoon only lasted one season and the Americana I found to be unique in the Valleys became prevalent in everything outside my fishbowl town (hell, maybe it already was). It was weird transition and maybe thats why Hit The Road has stayed with me for so long; a brilliant reminder of the things that shaped me as a person and as a writer.

The John Muir Song taught me the word edutainment after all.

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That sadness eventually became a moot point when Telltale Games started making the Sam & Max series. As much as Im equally obsessed with them, admittedly, they dont have Hit The Roads scattershot charm. The closest they came to recapturing the spirit was the amazing Abe Lincoln Must Die!

Hit The Road lacks some of the darker aspects of the comics (which have only just been explored in The Devils Playhouse) and is somewhat shallow, but I put it to you that most videogame humour is weak material and centred around forced-upon memes anyway. For that, Hit The Road entirely successful and a rarity in the way it creates comedy on its own terms.

After all, its a game featuring a Woody Allen lookalike being terrified by a fibreglass fish, eggplant carvings of celebrities, the horrors of country music, bungee jumping out of George Washingtons nose at Mount Rushmore, Gator Golf, The Worlds Largest Ball of Twine, a rock that doesnt look like its Frog Rock namesake and an obscure Talking Heads reference.

Are there any reasons why I wouldnt want to make that trip again and again?

I cant think of a reason not to, little buddies.


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Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach) announced the Assembly passed legislation he authored that would prohibit children under the age of 18 from using indoor tanning beds (A.1074). This measure was introduced to help protect younger generations from developing skin cancer from overexposure to UV rays. "With prom season heightening the appeal of bronzed skin, more teenagers turn to tanning beds without understanding the severe consequences," Weisenberg said. "The skin damage that is inflicted from tanning early on in life is 100 percent preventable. My wife and I are both skin cancer survivors, and I am determined to protect young people from this disease." "There are so many cancers that we can do nothing about," said Colette Coyne of the Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign. "For the most part, melanoma is a preventable disease through education and early detection. I am proud to live in New York State where we have leadership willing to make a difference." Melanoma is the most fatal form of skin cancer, responsible for over 80 percent of skin cancer deaths, according to the Medical Society of the State of New York. According to the New York State Department of Health, Nassau County has a 15 percent higher rate of melanoma than the rest of the state.i Repeated exposure to the UV rays produced by tanning beds can damage skin and increase the chances of developing melanoma or other skin diseases. Studies show that the use of indoor tanning by teenagers has increased from 1 percent to 27 percent since 1998.ii "Our current law, allowing teens as young as 14 to enter tanning booths with their parents' permission, doesn't go far enough," Weisenberg said. "This measure will better protect our children and families, and I look forward to its passage in the Senate before the end of this session."
i www.health.state.ny.us/statistics/diseases/cancer/skin/report/2010/#melanoma_in_new_york ii American Cancer Society. "Indoor Tanning Beds Increase the Risk of Skin Cancer. March 2010.
i www.health.state.ny.us/statistics/diseases/cancer/skin/report/2010/#melanoma_in_new_york ii American Cancer Society. "Indoor Tanning Beds Increase the Risk of Skin Cancer. March 2010.

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Osho,Why does everyone want to pretend to be what they are not? What is the psychology behind it?
Everybody is condemned from his very childhood. Whatever he does on his own accord, out of his own liking, is not acceptable. The people, the crowd in which a child has to grow, has its own ideas, ideals. The child has to fit with those ideas and ideals. The child is helpless. Have you ever thought about it? The human child is the most helpless child in the whole animal kingdom. All the animals can survive without the support of the parents and the crowd, but the human child cannot survive, he will die immediately. He is the most helpless creature in the world, so vulnerable to death, so delicate.
Naturally those who are in power are able to mold the child in the way they want. So everybody has become what he is, against himself. That is the psychology behind the fact that everybody wants to pretend to be what he is not. Everybody is in a schizophrenic state. He has never been allowed to be himself; he has been forced to be somebody else that his nature does not allow him to be happy with.
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Bursting with Summer Sweetness: 19 Blueberry Desserts
There's no better way to celebrate summer than by making a fresh, fruity, seasonal dessert. When it's your turn to host a cookout or summer bash, try one of these delectable blueberry desserts.
Can't get enough sweet summer fruits? Neither can we! Which is why we also have loads of recipes for fruity summer treats, like this collection of fruity upside-down cakes, or this bunch of homecooked cobblers.
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Blueberry-Lime Parfaits
Tart, sour, and just a bit sweet, these creamy parfaits make a refreshing summer dessert.
Recipe: Blueberry-Lime Parfaits
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thats not bad, my cat has turned into an attention *****, and just sits next to me and stares at me constantly deep into my soul. ugh cat go chase a bug.
she needs to meet up with my evil lil kitty! somebody just dumped her off and Im figurin out why she did! she is small,cute,fluffy,but dont let her cute looks fool ya!! My older cat HATES HER! she walks over while he is eating peacfully and she mewss at him!! He hisssess at her! and runns offffff!!!!!! matter of fact I think she plots this out cause when she scares him off she jumps up and eats his food!!

She is lookin at me right now! I think she is reading my thoughts as I type!! now she is mewwin at me!! she is driving me crazey all night with this constant mewwin!!

My other cat doesnt want to come into the house!! when he does he looks hisses then runs out of house! I think he is terrified!!
Bark like a dog...see what she does :o can you videotape it too, good laugh it would be.
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National All-Nike Camp team
Reuben Foster, the No. 2 recruit in the ESPN 150, named Top Performer
More than 3,000 athletes nationwide participated in the 12 Nike Football Training Camps this spring.
And although more than 200 attendees have now committed to FBS schools, and another 800 uncommitted athletes in attendance with offers are still searching for the right school, only 24 could be named to the National All-Nike Camp team.
Note: Selections are based on camp performance as well as past and projected on-field performance. Athletes are in the Class of 2013 unless otherwise noted.
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LB Reuben Foster, 6-1, 246, Auburn (Ala.)
The nation's No. 2 overall prospect in the ESPN 150 entered the Atlanta NFTC with top billing and he cemented his lofty status by earning LB MVP and top performer nods. Foster starred in drills, displaying great short-area burst and explosion, and was very fluid in his movements despite already checking in at a rocked-out 246 pounds.
DL Da'Shawn Hand, 6-3½, 238, Woodbridge (Va.)
There is early talk that Hand could be the top recruit in the country for the Class of 2014, and he showed why at the Baltimore NFTC, displaying the tools to play anywhere on the line. He was outstanding with his hands and showed great ability to get his hips turned while rushing. He had a dominating sophomore year with 21 sacks and already has more than 20 offers.
QB: Brice Ramsey, 6-2½, 196, Camden County (Kingsland, Ga.)
Breakdown: Ramsey, a Georgia pledge and Elite 11 finalist, took home QB MVP honors at the Charlotte NFTC.
RB: Ryan Green, 5-10, 187, St. Petersburg Catholic (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Breakdown: Green, who committed to Florida State over the weekend, was the top performer and RB MVP at the loaded Orlando NFTC.
RB: Alvin Kamara, 5-10, 195, Norcross (Ga.)
Breakdown: The No. 56 overall prospect in the ESPN 150 dominated the Atlanta NFTC on his way to RB MVP honors.
WR: Ryan Jenkins, 5-10½, 182, Lassiter (Marietta, Ga.)
Breakdown: Jenkins was a no-brainer MVP at the WR-loaded Atlanta NFTC.
WR: Steven Mitchell, 5-10, 177, Bishop Alemany (Mission Hills, Calif.)
Breakdown: Mitchell, who committed to USC last weekend, was the WR MVP at the Los Angeles NFTC.
WR: Laquon Treadwell, 6-3, 195, Crete-Monee (Crete, Ill.)
Breakdown: The ESPN 150 member (No. 42) easily earned position MVP honors and an invite to The Opening at the Champaign NFTC.
TE: Jake Butt, 6-6, 231, North (Pickerington, Ohio)
Breakdown: The Michigan pledge was outstanding at the Champaign NFTC.
OL: David Dawson, 6-3½, 290, Cass Tech (Detroit)
Breakdown: The Michigan commit dominated the Columbus NFTC, taking home OL MVP honors and a top performer nod.
OL: Ira Denson, 6-3, 316, Madison County (Madison, Fla.)
Breakdown: Denson's status skyrocketed after taking OL MVP honors in Orlando, earning an invite to The Opening and eventually committing to Florida State.
OL: Cameron Hunt, 6-4, 263, Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Breakdown: Hunt busted out at the Oakland NFTC, earning OL MVP honors and a ticket to The Opening.
OL: Laremy Tunsil, 6-5½, 295, Columbia (Lake City, Fla.)
Breakdown: The nation's top-rated offensive tackle was his dominant self at the Orlando NFTC.
DL: Kenny Bigelow, 6-3, 297, Eastern Christian Academy (Elkton, Md.)
Breakdown: The nation's No. 9 overall prospect and USC recruit dominated the deep DL group at the Baltimore NFTC.
Breakdown: The recent Clemson commit was the DL MVP at the Champaign NFTC en route to an invite to The Opening.
DL: Carl Lawson, 6-2, 251, Milton (Alpharetta, Ga.)
Breakdown: The No. 5 overall recruit in the ESPN 150 was unblockable at the Charlotte NFTC on the way to DL MVP honors.
DL: Torrodney Prevot, 6-3, 206, Alief Taylor (Houston)
Breakdown: Prevot, a speedy rush end, was the overall top performer at the Dallas NFTC in March.
DL: Eddie Vanderdoes, 6-3, 303, Placer (Auburn, Calif.)
Breakdown: Vanderdoes combined freakish athleticism with great size to dominate the Oregon NFTC.
LB: Larenz Bryant, 6-½, 204, Vance (Charlotte, N.C.)
Breakdown: Bryant's showing in Charlotte was impressive as any LBs all tour long, earning LB MVP and top performer honors.
LB: Kevin Palma, 6-2, 240, Misson Oak (Tulare, Calif.)
Breakdown: Palma was great at the Los Angeles NFTC and even better in Oakland, taking home LB MVP and top performer awards.
DB: Chris Hawkins, 5-10½, 159, Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.)
Breakdown: Hawkins was named top performer at the Los Angeles NFTC, then announced his commitment to USC post-camp.
DB: Leon McQuay, 6-1½, 182, Armwood (Seffner, Fla.)
Breakdown: McQuay had several interceptions in half-skelly and one-on-ones in winning DB MVP honors at the Orlando NFTC.
DB: Shaq Wiggins, 5-10, 160, Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Ga.)
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ATH: Holland Fisher, 6-1½, 203, Manchester (Midlothian, Va.)
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Piotr Czerski is a Polish writer and commentator. Here, he lays out the kind of political/literary manifesto that seems to pop up from time to time, usually in Europe. The essay, as translated by Marta Szreder, was posted to Pastebin under a Creative Commons license. I repost it here with the first several paragraphs excised, so that we can hasten to the meat of Czerski's analysis about how the expectations of young people have been conditioned by their experiences of the Internet.
1. We grew up with the Internet and on the Internet. This is what makes us different; this is what makes the crucial, although surprising from your point of view, difference: we do not 'surf' and the internet to us is not a 'place' or 'virtual space'. The Internet to us is not something external to reality but a part of it: an invisible yet constantly present layer intertwined with the physical environment. We do not use the Internet, we live on the Internet and along it. If we were to tell our bildnungsroman to you, the analog, we could say there was a natural Internet aspect to every single experience that has shaped us. We made friends and enemies online, we prepared cribs for tests online, we planned parties and studying sessions online, we fell in love and broke up online. The Web to us is not a technology which we had to learn and which we managed to get a grip of. The Web is a process, happening continuously and continuously transforming before our eyes; with us and through us. Technologies appear and then dissolve in the peripheries, websites are built, they bloom and then pass away, but the Web continues, because we are the Web; we, communicating with one another in a way that comes naturally to us, more intense and more efficient than ever before in the history of mankind.
Brought up on the Web we think differently. The ability to find information is to us something as basic as the ability to find a railway station or a post office in an unknown city is to you. When we want to know something - the first symptoms of chickenpox, the reasons behind the sinking of 'Estonia', or whether the water bill is not suspiciously high - we take measures with the certainty of a driver in a SatNav-equipped car. We know that we are going to find the information we need in a lot of places, we know how to get to those places, we know how to assess their credibility. We have learned to accept that instead of one answer we find many different ones, and out of these we can abstract the most likely version, disregarding the ones which do not seem credible. We select, we filter, we remember, and we are ready to swap the learned information for a new, better one, when it comes along.
To us, the Web is a sort of shared external memory. We do not have to remember unnecessary details: dates, sums, formulas, clauses, street names, detailed definitions. It is enough for us to have an abstract, the essence that is needed to process the information and relate it to others. Should we need the details, we can look them up within seconds. Similarly, we do not have to be experts in everything, because we know where to find people who specialise in what we ourselves do not know, and whom we can trust. People who will share their expertise with us not for profit, but because of our shared belief that information exists in motion, that it wants to be free, that we all benefit from the exchange of information. Every day: studying, working, solving everyday issues, pursuing interests. We know how to compete and we like to do it, but our competition, our desire to be different, is built on knowledge, on the ability to interpret and process information, and not on monopolising it.
2. Participating in cultural life is not something out of ordinary to us: global culture is the fundamental building block of our identity, more important for defining ourselves than traditions, historical narratives, social status, ancestry, or even the language that we use. From the ocean of cultural events we pick the ones that suit us the most; we interact with them, we review them, we save our reviews on websites created for that purpose, which also give us suggestions of other albums, films or games that we might like. Some films, series or videos we watch together with colleagues or with friends from around the world; our appreciation of some is only shared by a small group of people that perhaps we will never meet face to face. This is why we feel that culture is becoming simultaneously global and individual. This is why we need free access to it.
This does not mean that we demand that all products of culture be available to us without charge, although when we create something, we usually just give it back for circulation. We understand that, despite the increasing accessibility of technologies which make the quality of movie or sound files so far reserved for professionals available to everyone, creativity requires effort and investment. We are prepared to pay, but the giant commission that distributors ask for seems to us to be obviously overestimated. Why should we pay for the distribution of information that can be easily and perfectly copied without any loss of the original quality? If we are only getting the information alone, we want the price to be proportional to it. We are willing to pay more, but then we expect to receive some added value: an interesting packaging, a gadget, a higher quality, the option of watching here and now, without waiting for the file to download. We are capable of showing appreciation and we do want to reward the artist (since money stopped being paper notes and became a string of numbers on the screen, paying has become a somewhat symbolic act of exchange that is supposed to benefit both parties), but the sales goals of corporations are of no interest to us whatsoever. It is not our fault that their business has ceased to make sense in its traditional form, and that instead of accepting the challenge and trying to reach us with something more than we can get for free they have decided to defend their obsolete ways.
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It is a smooth 40-minute drive down to Madhuban Resort and Spa from Vadodara airport. I am warmly welcomed when I reach the resort spread across 22 acres of lush greenery in Vallabh Vidyanagar, on the outskirts of Anand district. The most striking feature of this five-star resort is that it combines ethnic architecture and design with modern facilities.
The resort is dotted with trees and sprawling gardens. I am tempted to explore. I stay in a room in Mandavdi Gom Cottage. After freshening up, the first thing I take a tour of is Gom Ni Sheri, the entrance to the cottage. Lined with trees and structures boasting of old-world architecture, the Gom Ni Sheri is divided into Amba Ni Pol and the Chickoo Ni Pol, which comprise mango trees and chickoo trees respectively.
Next, I head to see the other rooms and suites, which comprises deluxe rooms, Mandavdi Gom cottages, Mandavdi Gom deluxe cottages, built in the traditional Gujarati style, Zanzariyu or deluxe suites, Zulaniya or bridal suites and presidential suites. The most fascinating accommodation is the Madhuban tents, the Zamkudi Gom. The entrance, lined with guava trees, is called Jamfal Ni Pol.
Each of the rooms and suites has a beautiful view, overlooking the pool, the sprawling lawns or the spa. The Gom No Otlo, in particular, catches my attention. It is inspired by a tradition where villagers would gather in the evenings to talk about those villagers who hadn't turned up. I spend some quiet time there, taking in the sights and scenes, before heading to the swimming pool, Gom Ni Talavdi. This is no regular pool. The 300-ft-long pool, said to be one of the largest in Gujarat, snakes its way through a number of mango trees, designed to accommodate the trees.
There are a number of activities that one can indulge in at the resort — from sports and water polo to karaoke. I set out to explore the tennis academy, activity centres, a yoga deck, kid's zone and the amphitheatre. Families gather at these places and the sound of laughter and cheers fills the air. It's late afternoon by the time I reach the Italian, Mediterranean bistro Kouzina for lunch. I am served a sumptuous meal of cheese chilly soup, Greek salad, pizza and ravioli. The other joints include The Banyan Tree, a multi-cuisine restaurant; Tapas, a Mexican Bar; Chai Bar that serves 11 varieties of tea; Wellness Bar — the juice bar; 24 Seven, a coffee shop; and Bake A Cake, a bake and confectionery shop. There are a variety of cuisines to choose from. Besides, there's room service too.
In a mood to be pampered, I make my way to the Sohum Spa and The Signature Salon Spa, where I am treated to a relaxing massage and beauty services, respectively. By the time I retire to my room, night falls, and it begins to rain. I sit in silence, with a cup of tea in hand, all the while enjoying the serenity of the resort.
(The writer was at the resort on invitation)
Name: Madhuban Resort and Spa
Contact: Anand-Sojitra Road, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120. Visit www.madhuban.com or mail email@example.com
How To Get There: The nearest airports are the Vadodara and Ahmedabad airports from where it is a roughly 40-min to one-hour drive
Tariff: From Rs. 6,500 to Rs. 7,500 for deluxe rooms to Rs. 55,000 (approx) for Presidential suite
We Like: The resort's ethnic architecture and décor


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A Lancaster County deputy coroner is calling the death of a man found on a local pond "a medical condition" not a drowning.
The body of Gerald Deaton, 77, of 2558 Beckham Lane was found Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 6201 Parker Drive in a 12-foot aluminum boat in Kershaw, said Lancaster County Deputy Coroner Tony Broome.
"The boat was partially submerged and he was in the front of the boat," Broome said. "We're thinking it (Deaton's death) is medical."
A man was seriously injured after he jumped from an eighth-floor window at Springs Memorial Hospital on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 26.
A trio of Lancaster County senior high school football players have been named to play in the 67th annual North-South All-Star game at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach on Saturday, Dec. 13.
The three players from Lancaster County include Lancaster High School senior wide receiver Jay Hood, Andrew Jackson High School quarterback Kolby Whitley and Indian Land High kicker Shea Rodgers, who will play for the North team.
The North coaching staff also includes AJ veteran head coach David Moore.
S.C. Sen. Brad Hutto, Richland County Councilwoman Joyce Dickerson and Dr. Tom Thompson attended the Indian Land Democratic Club meeting Sept. 25.
Hutto, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, said it was time for South Carolina to have a U.S. senator focused on the needs of the state.
"Lindsey Graham is talking about everything but South Carolina," Hutto said.
"You see him on Sunday talk shows constantly and none of the time is he talking about us. I am running to be a U.S. senator for South Carolina, not to be the junior Secretary of State."
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S.C. Rep. Mandy Powers Norrell (D-44) has been named grand marshal of the 2014 city of Lancaster Christmas Parade, "Red Roses and Candy Canes." The parade is 6 p.m. Dec. 13 in historic downtown Lancaster, said Caroline Hasty, events and promotions manager for See Lancaster SC.
Hasty said the city's selection committee for the Christmas Parade brings about 10 names for the honorary grand marshal position each year.
On Nov. 4, residents in eastern Lancaster County and Chesterfield County will choose between Democrat Amy Brown and Republican Richie Yow in a race to fill the open S.C. House District 53 seat currently held by Rep. Ted Vick (D).
Vick, who served as a state representative for the past 10 years, decided to not seek re-election in 2014.
Amy Brown
Though this is Brown's first try for the District 53 seat, she does have a history in politics.
Brown has served the last 18 years on Chesterfield Town Council, including a stint as the town's Mayor pro tem.
A Lancaster pastor and community activist spoke before the Lancaster County school board for a second time Tuesday evening, Oct. 21, maintaining allegations of racism in the district's recent hiring of a new secondary education director.
The Rev. AnThony Pelham, pastor of Faith, Hope and Victory Christian Church pastor says county school district officials and board members intentionally disregarded two better qualified black female candidates in July by hiring new secondary education director Butch Dutton, who is white.
A tax agreement that will eventually result in better Internet connectivity for local Comporium customers was approved by county officials earlier this month.
Minutes after revealing that a company previously known only as "Project Rock" was actually local Internet, telephone and cable provider Comporium, Lancaster County Council unanimously approved final reading of a fee-in-lieu of tax agreement for the company during council's Oct. 13 meeting.
For one Indian Land resident, the Ebola crisis in Liberia is very personal. Edith Kpaeyeh moved to America in 1991, fleeing the West African nation's second civil war, but many of her family members remain there.
They face hunger and disease in the midst of current crisis as the nation shuts down in response to the deadly virus.
Kpaeyeh knows how challenging life can be in Liberia during a crisis, having lived through several before coming here.
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The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) released unemployment figures for the month of September earlier this week.
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That's a wrap.
Another successful event has come but will not be gone. We must thank Mother Nature for giving us yet another year of good weather. Yes, there was mud and yes, there was a rain (the next day) but what's a Fat Tire ride without a bit of the gooey stuff. We're taking a break but we'll be back to planning for 2015 here soon. Thank you to everyone involved including our riders for being supportive of our charity and the ride and to our sponsors and volunteers.
You are all the Best. Hands Down.
See you next year!!
Photos will be posted on this site as well as our Facebook page. Check back throughout the week for continual updates.
We're still taking donations. You can donate online directly here:
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We love to have fun, but most important this ride is also about raising funds for our charity – The Marine League Charities. All money raised is used to support the charity. See a video of "Operation Havasupai" – The Toys for Tots toy drop into Havasupai Grand Canyon.


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92 points Wine Spectator: "Beautifully focused and refined, with Gala apple and raspberry aromas and flavors that are crisp yet layered, with creamy lemon and lime notes and a finish that lingers with mineral and a hint of yeast. Drink now through 2012." (11/08) And, according to Wine Enthusiast: "...dry and crisp and elegantly constructed, with rich flavors of citrus fruits, yeasty baked dough and vanilla. Drink now." (07/09)
Below is a listing of the wine review scores we frequently reference in our notes. While these sources remain an excellent source of information, we always recommend that you trust your own palate. Scores in these publications often represent the personal taste of an individual critic, which may not always coincide with your own. We have a huge team of excellent wine professionals that can match wines you've had in the past with new arrivals that meet your flavor profile.
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The fifth season of a reality competition series celebrating the culinary arts with a fascinating window into the competitive, pressurized environment of world-class cookery and the restaurant business at the highest level. Showcasing some of the brightest up-and-coming talent in the culinary world, the competing chefs will met in New York and battle for the title of Top Chef.
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"This Hungarian favorite is cabbage, onions, and egg noodles cooked in butter. Salt and pepper to taste. So easy, so good."
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1 large
onion, chopped
1 head
cabbage, cored and chopped
salt and ground black pepper to taste
The secret to this recipe is to cook the cabbage for a very long time over very low heat until it is all light brown and carmelized. This gives it a delicious sweet flavor that is not cabbag-y at all. If the cabbage seems to be sticking, add more butter or a little oil. I add salt while it is cooking to help sweat out some of the water inside the cabbage leaves. I also do not use onion but it would definitely be a nice addition. My Hungarian grandma always made this and now I make it for my family. No matter how much I make, we eat it all in one sitting. It is also very inexpensive. Can be a side dish or main dish.
There is nothing really wrong with this recipe - it just isn't much is the flavor department....even with the butter it was just middle of the road for us.
48 Ratings
My Grandma made this all the time when I was growing up. She started with a pound of bacon diced. Brown the bacon and remove it, SAVE the bacon grease. Next, saute the cabbage and onion in the bacon grease. Meanwhile, cook the noodles al dente, then drain and add in the bacon and cabbage/onion mixture!
Not exactly the healthiest dish in the world, but she lived to be 93 years old. And, you know it's gotta be a good recipe when the directions start with "Brown a pound of bacon and SAVE the bacon grease"
This is exactly how we make our cabbage and noodles, except I add some garlic powder for extra flavor. This recipe is super simple and satisfying...YUM! :)
My son gave this 5 stars...and he almost never does that! I should start by saying that I don't know if I should even review this recipe because I did not stay true to it as written (we gave it 4 stars as written but did make some changes this 2nd time through). I started by browning a pound of diced bacon and when it was crisp, removed it and then sauteed the cabbage and onion together slowly in the bacon fat until nice and carmelized. The I added the bacon back in plus 3 cloves of minced garlic. Then added in cooked homemade noodles. It was sooo good. Thanks rlecook!!
I'm from western PA, and many, many moons ago, my step-grandmother (who is hungarian) and another friends mother taught me to make this, however they taught me to add potatos to this, it is wonderful! I still make it many moons later!
Best.Stuff.EVER! I actually chopped up about 3/4 of a pounds of lean corned beef and added it to this recipe. OMG...SOOOO good!!
I'd heard of this but never tasted it before. It was OK but I think I'll add more cabbage next time I make it. I love cooked cabbage and as written, it didn't have enough flavor for me. I did add a tad of garlic, some bacon grease and used shredded cabbage for ease of cooking but it seems to need something more to give it some flavor lift.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Cabbage Balushka or Cabbage and Noodles
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 482
Calories from Fat: 170
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