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Angry German Kid / Keyboard Crasher
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Are your kids playing too many violent video games? What are the side effects of these games? What will happen to my child? These types of questions were all around Germany. The hysteria surrounding video games prompted this one boy, supposedly named Leopold to make a video making fun of what people thought was going to happen. This is the result, posted April 12, 2006.
When English speakers saw the video they saw the following things.
- A kid.
- An angry kid.
- An angry kid playing video games.
Becoming the target of a German TV news network
A German news network (Called Focus TV) got the rights to this clip and made up a backstory. The backstory goes a little like this: a father secretly recording his angry, ADHD son playing his favourite violent video game.
You can find a translated version of an article about it posted in November 2006 here. In it, there is a comparison made between him and a school shooting that took place in Emsdetten at that time.
"Journalists" from Focus TV (Germany) used this as an example of an internet addict, claiming the kid to have been secretly taped by his father and to be undergoing therapy in addiction clinic. Naturally, this was not what "Leopold" understood to have agreed on when he gave approval for airing it on TV.
By 2009, Focus Online, the Internet version of Focus, posted a video where the Angry German Kid made an appearance among other media. Here, he is presented as one of the most successful Youtube videos posted in German.
Then someone would say he's speaking German and no one would be surprised. Because he was yelling a foreign language, it looked awfully legit. It turned out it was staged, which became apparent when you see his other videos where he is calling himself a "gangster".
Actually, according to this AGK takes a lot of flak because of his videos. He says he gets beaten up and made fun of.
Moreover, Leopold as written a note on his blog clearly explaining that it was a staged impression (translated):
"I am not sick or mad, I only have a sense of humor not everyone immediately understands. In addition, I have acting talent. I can do something so real that many think it is real. For this reason I will be insulted by many and hated. The aim of my videos or movies is to entertain people, not provoke. Nobody should take my short videos on the Internet seriously – they are merely for entertainment. No matter what people think or say, I am a very normal boy with acting talent."
- N. K. (aka "Slikk" or "Der echte Gangster")
Subbing parodies
Staged or not, the initial video had a gigantic impact on the web. This was first materialized by many attempts at translating what this kid must be saying to English.
This first attempt was posted on Youtube the 5th of August 2006:
It's basically describing the Angry German Kid checking his e-mail, with some soundtracks added.
More than an accurate translation, it's a video that launched a new way of making fun of that kid, by creating fake subtitles and inducing any token situation.
Jumping on it, another video followed the trend, presenting the Angry German Kid looking at the Numa Numa Guy and Star Wars kid videos, and was posted the 9th of August 2006:
Many parodies has then ensued, mainly using homemade subs as a key element. In a manner similar to The Downfall parodies. Because people are facing a foreign language difficult to understand, adding fake subtitles typically transcripting nearly every situation provided a great source of appeal and parodies (non-exhaustive list below):
AGK meets GLaDOS
He's going to jail
Going to church
Getting a girlfriend
Here's a constipation joke
He meets Hannah Montana
Playing Guitar hero
He sees himself on Youtube.
Even if the subtitled trend was the most important part of this meme, some reenactments can be seen as well:
And, to finally have a glimpse at what Leopold is really saying in his original video, it has been assumed that one of most accurate translations made about it seems to be the following video, where he is trying to play Unreal Tournament on his computer:
Nico Nico Douga's draw: Keyboard Crasher
On March 6th 2007, the Unreal Tournament translation was posted on Nico Nico Douga. As a result, he was first nicknamed "Unreal Gamer" there, name that was going to fade away pretty quickly and being replaced by its most famous version on the Japanese Web, Keyboard Crasher (キーボードクラッシャー), having even his own Japanese wikipedia article.
His videos were going to lead to more than 2 100 Nico Nico Douga alterations related to it.
One of the key components of the Japanese version of the meme is a phonetic translation of Leopold's shouts, which were reused in MADs. Notable phonetic translations are "Tapioka Pan ( Tapioca bread )", "Tennō heika Banzai! ( Glory be to His Majesty the Emperor! )" and "Manko! ( Pussy! )".
Here are some Youtube examples of that phenomenon:
Aside from these peculiar videos, Keyboard Crasher was used in many other MAds as well:


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Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
Before discussing guidelines on how to use Linux or Unix security features, it's useful to know what those features are from a programmer's viewpoint. This section briefly describes those features that are widely available on nearly all Unix-like systems. However, note that there is considerable variation between different versions of Unix-like systems, and not all systems have the abilities described here. This chapter also notes some extensions or features specific to Linux; Linux distributions tend to be fairly similar to each other from the point-of-view of programming for security, because they all use essentially the same kernel and C library (and the GPL-based licenses encourage rapid dissemination of any innovations). It also notes some of the security-relevant differences between different Unix implementations, but please note that this isn't an exhaustive list. This chapter doesn't discuss issues such as implementations of mandatory access control (MAC) which many Unix-like systems do not implement. If you already know what those features are, please feel free to skip this section.
Many programming guides skim briefly over the security-relevant portions of Linux or Unix and skip important information. In particular, they often discuss ``how to use'' something in general terms but gloss over the security attributes that affect their use. Conversely, there's a great deal of detailed information in the manual pages about individual functions, but the manual pages sometimes obscure key security issues with detailed discussions on how to use each individual function. This section tries to bridge that gap; it gives an overview of the security mechanisms in Linux that are likely to be used by a programmer, but concentrating specifically on the security ramifications. This section has more depth than the typical programming guides, focusing specifically on security-related matters, and points to references where you can get more details.
First, the basics. Linux and Unix are fundamentally divided into two parts: the kernel and ``user space''. Most programs execute in user space (on top of the kernel). Linux supports the concept of ``kernel modules'', which is simply the ability to dynamically load code into the kernel, but note that it still has this fundamental division. Some other systems (such as the HURD) are ``microkernel'' based systems; they have a small kernel with more limited functionality, and a set of ``user'' programs that implement the lower-level functions traditionally implemented by the kernel.
Some Unix-like systems have been extensively modified to support strong security, in particular to support U.S. Department of Defense requirements for Mandatory Access Control (level B1 or higher). This version of this book doesn't cover these systems or issues; I hope to expand to that in a future version. More detailed information on some of them is available elsewhere, for example, details on SGI's ``Trusted IRIX/B'' are available in NSA's Final Evaluation Reports (FERs).
When users log in, their usernames are mapped to integers marking their ``UID'' (for ``user id'') and the ``GID''s (for ``group id'') that they are a member of. UID 0 is a special privileged user (role) traditionally called ``root''; on most Unix-like systems (including Unix) root can overrule most security checks and is used to administrate the system. On some Unix systems, GID 0 is also special and permits unrestricted access to resources at the group level [Gay 2000, 228]; this isn't true on other systems (such as Linux), but even in those systems group 0 is essentially all-powerful because so many special system files are owned by group 0. Processes are the only ``subjects'' in terms of security (that is, only processes are active objects). Processes can access various data objects, in particular filesystem objects (FSOs), System V Interprocess Communication (IPC) objects, and network ports. Processes can also set signals. Other security-relevant topics include quotas and limits, libraries, auditing, and PAM. The next few subsections detail this.
In Unix-like systems, user-level activities are implemented by running processes. Most Unix systems support a ``thread'' as a separate concept; threads share memory inside a process, and the system scheduler actually schedules threads. Linux does this differently (and in my opinion uses a better approach): there is no essential difference between a thread and a process. Instead, in Linux, when a process creates another process it can choose what resources are shared (e.g., memory can be shared). The Linux kernel then performs optimizations to get thread-level speeds; see clone(2) for more information. It's worth noting that the Linux kernel developers tend to use the word ``task'', not ``thread'' or ``process'', but the external documentation tends to use the word process (so I'll use the term ``process'' here). When programming a multi-threaded application, it's usually better to use one of the standard thread libraries that hide these differences. Not only does this make threading more portable, but some libraries provide an additional level of indirection, by implementing more than one application-level thread as a single operating system thread; this can provide some improved performance on some systems for some applications.
Here are typical attributes associated with each process in a Unix-like system:
RUID, RGID - real UID and GID of the user on whose behalf the process is running
EUID, EGID - effective UID and GID used for privilege checks (except for the filesystem)
SUID, SGID - Saved UID and GID; used to support switching permissions ``on and off'' as discussed below. Not all Unix-like systems support this, but the vast majority do (including Linux and Solaris); if you want to check if a given system implements this option in the POSIX standard, you can use sysconf(2) to determine if _POSIX_SAVED_IDS is in effect.
supplemental groups - a list of groups (GIDs) in which this user has membership. In the original version 7 Unix, this didn't exist - processes were only a member of one group at a time, and a special command had to be executed to change that group. BSD added support for a list of groups in each process, which is more flexible, and this addition is now widely implemented (including by Linux and Solaris).
umask - a set of bits determining the default access control settings when a new filesystem object is created; see umask(2).
scheduling parameters - each process has a scheduling policy, and those with the default policy SCHED_OTHER have the additional parameters nice, priority, and counter. See sched_setscheduler(2) for more information.
limits - per-process resource limits (see below).
filesystem root - the process' idea of where the root filesystem ("/") begins; see chroot(2).
Here are less-common attributes associated with processes:
FSUID, FSGID - UID and GID used for filesystem access checks; this is usually equal to the EUID and EGID respectively. This is a Linux-unique attribute.
capabilities - POSIX capability information; there are actually three sets of capabilities on a process: the effective, inheritable, and permitted capabilities. See below for more information on POSIX capabilities. Linux kernel version 2.2 and greater support this; some other Unix-like systems do too, but it's not as widespread.
In Linux, if you really need to know exactly what attributes are associated with each process, the most definitive source is the Linux source code, in particular /usr/include/linux/sched.h's definition of task_struct.
The portable way to create new processes it use the fork(2) call. BSD introduced a variant called vfork(2) as an optimization technique. The bottom line with vfork(2) is simple: don't use it if you can avoid it. See Section 8.6 for more information.
Linux supports the Linux-unique clone(2) call. This call works like fork(2), but allows specification of which resources should be shared (e.g., memory, file descriptors, etc.). Various BSD systems implement an rfork() system call (originally developed in Plan9); it has different semantics but the same general idea (it also creates a process with tighter control over what is shared). Portable programs shouldn't use these calls directly, if possible; as noted earlier, they should instead rely on threading libraries that use such calls to implement threads.
This book is not a full tutorial on writing programs, so I will skip widely-available information handling processes. You can see the documentation for wait(2), exit(2), and so on for more information.
POSIX capabilities are sets of bits that permit splitting of the privileges typically held by root into a larger set of more specific privileges. POSIX capabilities are defined by a draft IEEE standard; they're not unique to Linux but they're not universally supported by other Unix-like systems either. Linux kernel 2.0 did not support POSIX capabilities, while version 2.2 added support for POSIX capabilities to processes. When Linux documentation (including this one) says ``requires root privilege'', in nearly all cases it really means ``requires a capability'' as documented in the capability documentation. If you need to know the specific capability required, look it up in the capability documentation.
In Linux, the eventual intent is to permit capabilities to be attached to files in the filesystem; as of this writing, however, this is not yet supported. There is support for transferring capabilities, but this is disabled by default. Linux version 2.2.11 added a feature that makes capabilities more directly useful, called the ``capability bounding set''. The capability bounding set is a list of capabilities that are allowed to be held by any process on the system (otherwise, only the special init process can hold it). If a capability does not appear in the bounding set, it may not be exercised by any process, no matter how privileged. This feature can be used to, for example, disable kernel module loading. A sample tool that takes advantage of this is LCAP at http://pweb.netcom.com/~spoon/lcap/.
More information about POSIX capabilities is available at ftp://linux.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs.
Processes may be created using fork(2), the non-recommended vfork(2), or the Linux-unique clone(2); all of these system calls duplicate the existing process, creating two processes out of it. A process can execute a different program by calling execve(2), or various front-ends to it (for example, see exec(3), system(3), and popen(3)).
When a program is executed, and its file has its setuid or setgid bit set, the process' EUID or EGID (respectively) is usually set to the file's value. This functionality was the source of an old Unix security weakness when used to support setuid or setgid scripts, due to a race condition. Between the time the kernel opens the file to see which interpreter to run, and when the (now-set-id) interpreter turns around and reopens the file to interpret it, an attacker might change the file (directly or via symbolic links).
Different Unix-like systems handle the security issue for setuid scripts in different ways. Some systems, such as Linux, completely ignore the setuid and setgid bits when executing scripts, which is clearly a safe approach. Most modern releases of SysVr4 and BSD 4.4 use a different approach to avoid the kernel race condition. On these systems, when the kernel passes the name of the set-id script to open to the interpreter, rather than using a pathname (which would permit the race condition) it instead passes the filename /dev/fd/3. This is a special file already opened on the script, so that there can be no race condition for attackers to exploit. Even on these systems I recommend against using the setuid/setgid shell scripts language for secure programs, as discussed below.
In some cases a process can affect the various UID and GID values; see setuid(2), seteuid(2), setreuid(2), and the Linux-unique setfsuid(2). In particular the saved user id (SUID) attribute is there to permit trusted programs to temporarily switch UIDs. Unix-like systems supporting the SUID use the following rules: If the RUID is changed, or the EUID is set to a value not equal to the RUID, the SUID is set to the new EUID. Unprivileged users can set their EUID from their SUID, the RUID to the EUID, and the EUID to the RUID.
The Linux-unique FSUID process attribute is intended to permit programs like the NFS server to limit themselves to only the filesystem rights of some given UID without giving that UID permission to send signals to the process. Whenever the EUID is changed, the FSUID is changed to the new EUID value; the FSUID value can be set separately using setfsuid(2), a Linux-unique call. Note that non-root callers can only set FSUID to the current RUID, EUID, SEUID, or current FSUID values.

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Bowling 'party' to raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters
By RANDY GONZALES
There still are some spots available to form teams for Thursday's bowling fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ellis County.
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There still are some spots available to form teams for Thursday's bowling fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ellis County.
One of five fundraisers each year, Bowl for Kids' Sake will be Thursday at Centennial Lanes, 2400 Vine. Teams of no more than five people are asked to sign up pledges to raise money, then bowl Thursday. There is a noon slot for business people to bowl. Then bowling resumes at 5:30 p.m.; matches can bowl at that time also. Free pizza will be provided. For more information or to sign up a team, call Big Brothers Big Sisters at (785) 625-6672.
"It's just a party," said Nancy Jeter, executive director of BBBS of Ellis County.
Bowl for Kids' Sake is one of five BBBS fundraisers each year.
"Funding is always a top priority, because we're not a federally funded agency," Jeter said. "We apply for grants and do fundraisers throughout the year, rely on contributions from individuals and businesses to fund our program here."
BBBS has approximately 150 matches, with approximately 40 more matches needed, Jeter said. She said there are benefits to being matched.
"Once kids are matched, their grades improve, they have their relationships improve with teachers, with their parents, with kids on the playground," Jeter said. "They gain in self confidence."


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BRIDGEPORT, CT — Joe Whitney scored a goal and setup two more, helping the Albany Devils to their fourth consecutive win Tuesday against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Goaltender Keith Kinkaid made 22 saves in the Devils 3-0 victory during the 11 am outing at Webster Bank Arena.
"We are playing well as of late," Whitney said. "We are taking it one game at a time. It's every guy in the rooms and it's a complete team effort. We are really breaking it down to every shift, playing as a five-man unit. It seems to be working for us and hopefully it will continue."
Whitney increased his team-leading point total to 26 points with his seventh multi-point game of the season. Reece Scarlett and Raman Hrabarenka also scored as Albany improved to 15-7-2-2.
Kinkaid registered his 10th win by making seven saves in the first, six in the second and nine in the third. He is now 10-3-1 on the season with a 2.11 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage.
"The boys did a great job keeping it outside and made my job really easy," Kinkaid, who leads the AHL with three shutouts, said. "I don't think they had many inside chances or grade-A chances, which is what we wanted to improve on. I think we did a really great job."
Scarlett opened the scoring with a power-play goal 14:47 of the first. The tally, which featured assists from Artem Demkov and Whitney, was Scarlett's team-leading fourth man-up goal of the season.
In the second, Seth Helgeson and Corbin McPherson sprung Whitney for a breakaway at 10:02. The Devils winger fought off a Bridgeport defender and scored far-side for his ninth goal of the season.
Before the end of the period, Whitney sent a pass through a crowd of bodies, finding Hrabarenka for a one-timer at 18:37. The goal was Hrabarenka's second of the season and extended his point streak to five games. Brandon Burlon registered the second assist.
Albany now has at least one power-play goal in nine straight games. The team went 2-6.
"There are good players on the power play," Whitney said. "It starts in practice and we are building chemistry. There is a lot of talk out there and on the bench. Even during the week in practice, we are always talking to each other. We have a close-knit team and I think you can see that on the ice."
The Devils, who improved to 12-1-0-0 when scoring first, outshot the Sound Tigers, 31-22. Albany went 3-3 on the penalty kill.
The two teams will meet again at Times Union Center Friday at 7 pm. Fans can follow the action at ahllive.com or at 104.5 "The Team" ESPN Radio.


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Peter Wehner News
Peter Wehner Rejoins EPPC
The Ethics and Public Policy Center is delighted to announce that, after serving as a senior adviser to the Romney campaign, Peter Wehner is rejoining EPPC as a senior fellow.
Peter Wehner Departs EPPC for Romney Campaign
Peter Wehner, a longtime Senior Fellow at EPPC, has recently disaffiliated from EPPC in order to join Mitt Romney's presidential campaign as a senior adviser.
Peter Wehner, White House's Director of Strategic Initiatives, To Join EPPC
The Ethics and Public Policy Center takes great pleasure in announcing that Peter Wehner, who is completing his White House service as Deputy Assistant to the President and as Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives, will join EPPC next month as a Senior Fellow.


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Dating Superman And A Man Named Suh
Fox ends its summer celebrity dating experiment for now.
The Choice has finished its six-week summer run, and while it may or may not be back at some point, Fox could do worse. Get some bachelors who can banter a little bit, and women with something to offer other than sex kitten vamping, and you wind up with a perfectly decent disposable hour of fun, or at least a fun-like substance.
Unfortunately, the final batch of bachelors wasn't the most exciting, even by the standards of recent weeks. Dean Cain's only real claim to fame came in the 1990s, and he's not really age-appropriate anymore for most of the women on The Choice. Dr. Robert Nettles is apparently some kind of New Age-y "plastic surgeon to the stars," as opposed to being a star himself. And Ndamukong Suh is a football player best known for losing his temper on a weekly basis. As for the fourth bachelor, Tyson Beckford … well, he's still very pretty – it's no surprise he was the first man to get a full slate of three ladies choosing him.
Some of the highlights of the evening:
The way to a man's heart: Bikini model Amanda was in danger of not getting any man to turn around for her until she said the magic words "I'm known in the industry for my butt," which got the attention of Cain. She ended up as his final choice, so at least we know what his type his.
Alert Bartlett's Famous Quotations: When asked why he turned around for an attorney who called herself simply J, Suh said, "I mean, shoot, look at her, damn."
Chauffeur needed: Suh mentioned that he turned his chair for a woman named Nicole because he was intrigued by her knowledge of cars. He didn't mention why the notion of a designated driver might appeal to him.
Let me repeat that: Neither Nicole nor Jenny seemed to remotely understand Nettles's last question for them, which asked the women to describe an event that had changed their lives for the better. Jenny cited the death of her grandparents, which wasn't really a pleasant occasion for me, but hey. For her part, Nicole rambled on forever about vehicle safety and never did get to a point. Robert picked her anyway, presumably because she reminds him of most of his patients.
Not just a pretty face: Few of the speed choice questions have gone much beyond "What's your favorite color," but for some reason, Beckford decided to ask Nishi what her feelings were on stem cell research – and she gave a perfectly coherent and thoughtful answer. The audience applauded, possibly out of shock.
Since this was the final night, we got an update not only on last week's set of dates, but the ones that resulted from this episode. Rob Kardashian was the one total strikeout from last week – short-term relationships run in the family – while Olympian Steven Lopez seems to have legitimately started something with the cute virgin Angelica (no surprise, as he appeared hit with Cupid's arrow at first sight). From this week, Dean and Amanda bonded over their shared appreciation for her butt, Tyson and Nishi talked about the Higgs boson over dinner, and Dr. Nettles wasn't interesting enough for Nicole, which is sad indeed.
Here's hoping we get a marriage out of this show before the next one on the Bachelor franchise. Would you like to see The Choice come back eventually?


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I say as I allways said: CK will be announced next week. They want to read these kind of comments. They are feeding on our comments. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP HOPE!
I say as I allways said: CK will be announced next week. They want to read these kind of comments. They are feeding on our comments. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP HOPE!
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Like they announced HoI3 before Rome was finished? And like they announced Victoria 2 before HoI3 was finished?I don't share that optimism. If CK2 were planned for after Vicky 2, they'd have started on basic assets and compiling historical data for the game, already. It would be in enough of a conceptual state to announce.
The chances of getting a CK2 announcement before V2 is finished have always been slim. I don't say it is impossible, but we will hardly get a CK2 announcement before V2 is released, at least not this early on (V2 will be released in Q3).
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Only thing of interest which did happen during the PIC2010 was announcement of HoI3 patch. If it's a major patch then I might actually buy the game. The demo didn't impress me, but PI has the tendency to improve their games a lot after publishing.
Third party titles didn't really interest me at all. I'm member of this forum only because of the PI games.
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Ok, the lack of a CK2 announcement is indeed disapointing...
That said I think it was probably a major event for Paradox on it's way to growing into a major gaming company.
The whole 1 annoucement per day was a bit...hmmm...forced. I would have been much more interested if there was a summary of the day instead of some of the less interesting announcements that were made.
Still...not even a bit of talk about CK2 is rather disapointing. At the very least I would have expected Frederik to come forward and tell us we are lunatics and dreamed about this announcement and it won't happen soon.
No Paradox game announcements? Really dissapointing.... Should have kept the Vic2 announcement for this event.
Magna Mundi is the only good thing we got from this event it seems.
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The announcements were pretty underwhelming, but oh well. The stuff I'm most excited about (Vainglory of Nations) I knew about before anyway, so...
I didn't expect a new in-house game, but I was hoping for an add-on or another outsourced old engine game, like a refreshed Vicky or CK.
so these are all of the "big" announcements?, thanks paradox
I'm really disappointed. A freaking Paradox convention, and NO Paradox games, only games they publish. A whole announcement on the fact that PI has got a new web page that I can't even see what's changed on. It looked much like the last time I checked their main page, some months ago. Seriously, who cares? Magna Mundi was the sole ray of light. But no CK, no Vicky2 news, no Rome XP, no nothing.
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. -Isa 41:10
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16
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I agree, prehaps they should have called it the overhype convention 2010
Not realy that dissapointed realy. I would have expected a AoD/FtG type game at most, so Im only marginaly miffed. I think I saw someware that Paradox now makes more money on publishing then on their own titles, so as a company this convention was realy important. Yay for Paradox becoming the new Strategy First who burnt them and was their reason for getting into publishing in the first place
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The thing is, I'm sure it was really exciting from Paradoxes point of view. I'm sure they spent a lot of time on the website. They got to hobnob with the press and government ministers(!) and dine out and have fun. They're making lots of money expanding their publishing arm with third-party stuff they're excited about.
But no new core games or expansion packs (CK2 was a dream, but I was hoping for at least a XP announcement) were announced, and we hoi polloi have to depend on the gaming media to feed us little tidbits when they can be bothered to focus on niche stategy games. Thus the whole thing seems a bit 'meh' to some of the hardcore fans, I guess.
Sure sometime in the next few weeks I'll be able to read a brief article on Victoria 2 at ACTIONGAMINGNEWS.COM written by someone who got to sit in on the presentation. Half of it will be recapping the basic concept of the 'strategy game' and 'Victoria'. Yawn. In this day and age the exclusive press soiree just seems a bit old fashioned. All the presentations should have been streaming live and then posted up on YouTube IMHO. That would have been much more exciting and interesting.
Sometimes I don't get posters on this forum.
Are you aware that almost ALL reviewers of strategy games for major sites have forum accounts here and have posted here. If people actually knew that there are famous reviewers that have mentioned to be "well, I am XXXX at your forums" and I go, well.. I know THAT name.
We basically had 20-30 discussions in deep details about game-mechanics in Victoria today and yesterday with press people. All working on articles for the next few weeks. You'll have enormously fun.
True. I know a person in RL who has written reviews about Paradox titles and who has been writing to these forums too. Once I asked that person to tell me how do you pick games for review and that person said that the one who is most fanboy of that particular genre writes the reviews and articles about the topic, because it doesn't help average gamer if someone whose favourite game is Super Mario writes review of Europa Universalis.
I don't know how they do it elsewhere, but around here most reviews and articles about the Paradox titles have been good (at least if you read those from PC gaming sites/magazines and not from Nintendo sites etc.).
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You don't get that I'd rather see the presentation streaming directly then hear about it second hand?
I'm sure there will some good interview and stuff, and I'm looking forward to reading them. But I can understand why people might be disappointed by getting hyped up by news of 'BIG' announcement which end up being a patch, a new website, and some third-party titles, and we have to wait weeks while info dribbles out from gaming news sites.
I mean we're not in a deep depression or anything, just rolling our eyes a bit and feeling like we opened our christmas present and got socks from grandma.


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Scheduled for Feb. 20, the TVH Womens Heart Health Luncheon will be held at the City of Temecula Conference Center and features a special discussion by physicians on heart disease and women and an inspiring story from a heart disease survivor to encourage and educate the audience about taking charge of their heart health. The event features Dr. Carla Soler, Dr. Andrew Ho, Nurse Practitioner Rebecca Rogers and heart disease survivor Denyse Wilson. The speakers will also participate in a panel to provide an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. In addition to dynamic speakers, the event features health education and screening booths such as "Ready for Red-Know Your Numbers" checklist to aid women in assessing their heart healthiness, blood pressure checks, EKG and ECHO screenings, assorted point of care tests, EKG and ECHO screenings, nutritional education and heart healthy recipes, exercise and your numbers, and smoking cessation support. The cost of the luncheon and health fair is free. Reservations can be made at (855) 859-5209. This event will be an important forerunner Advertisement The Heart Walk celebrates those who have made lifestyle changes and encourages many more to take the pledge to live healthier lifestyles. The hospital cannot stress enough the need for exercise as a critical component in heart healthiness. A daily regime of walking and good nutrition can forestall many potential heart problems. The walking does not stop there, Temecula Valley Hospital is also actively participating in the "Walk to the Moon with our Community" to challenge residents to come together and walk the 238,000 miles to the moon as a community. The four month campaign will land at the Lake Elsinore Storm Stadium with a ceremonial crossing of the finish line at home plate, health fair, and game on April 27. For more information on the Walk to the Moon campaign, visit citybyapp.com/walktothemoon2. The new Temecula Valley Hospital located at 31700 Temecula Parkway opened on Oct. 14, 2013 and brings advanced technology, innovative programs, patient-centered and family sensitive care to area residents. As the regions newest acute care facility, the hospital features 140 private patient rooms, 24 hour a day emergency care, advanced cardiac and stroke care, orthopedics and general medical care and surgical specialties. 0 comments Be the first to share your opinion on this article!
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But I did have the pleasure of meeting more of the people behind the restaurant, including one big surprise that explained a lot of things.
Chef Bradford Thompson is the corporate chef at the Grimaldi's organization, working behind the scenes on the food at Coal Burger.
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Chef Thompson is the James Beard Award-winning chef who has numerous other accolades to his credit, including a AAA Five Diamond Award (at Mary Elaine's in Scottsdale), A Wine Spectator Grand Award, and multiple recognitions by Food and Wine Magazine.
Thompson also worked with the legendary Chef Daniel Boulud in Manhattan, helping plan and develop both Cafe Boulud and DB Bistro Moderne. Chef Thompson also was in charge of private dining at New York's famed Restaurant Daniel.
Thompson also worked with the legendary Chef Daniel Boulud in Manhattan, helping plan and develop both Cafe Boulud and DB Bistro Moderne. Chef Thompson also was in charge of private dining at New York's famed Restaurant Daniel.
What is a chef of this stature doing working for a small burger chain? Developing the menu. I spoke with Chef Thompson about his participation, and his enthusiasm was palpable. Here is a man who has built a superb French kitchen in Manhattan, but he is pouring his heart into creating a superlative burger concept, one that can both deliver a $4 burger and be run in a socially responsible manner.
Listening to the chef talk about why the burger was designed as it was, and the other myriad decisions that went into creating Coal Burger was like taking a master class in designing a burger joint. Clearly, Chef Thompson knows his burgers, and those of us who eat at Coal Burger are the happy beneficiaries of his knowledge and skill.
The chef spoke in detail about why the burger features quarter-pound patties instead of the larger ones favored by many steak houses. (It's all about the multiple layers of char.) He detailed the benefits of Niman Ranch beef and the other ingredients he selected. He even talked about the decision to make Coal Burger an environmentally conscious restaurant, but not to overwhelm the customer with a "green" message.
Clearly, the vision of a world-class chef has resulted in a very impressive product. But his knowledge of the entire restaurant business is shaping Coal Burger to be considerably different than its competitors in the burger arena. His culinary knowledge is a formidable secret weapon.
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Dilshan fifty propels Sri Lanka to victory in 3rd T20I
Tillakaratne Dilshan's unbeaten 80-ball 75 propelled Sri Lanka to a 6-wicket win over South Africa in the third and final T20I at Hambantota.
Going into the 3rd T20I with a 2-0 lead in the series, South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first, putting up a total of 163 for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. Faf du Plessis top-scored with 85, along with JP Duminy who remained unbeaten on 51.
In response, Sri Lanka got off to a blistering start with openers Tillakaratne Dilshan (74) and Mahela Jayawardene (33) putting up a 67-run first wicket stand in just inside 6 overs. Kusal Perera departed early (1), but Dinesh Chandimal (14) and Angelo Mathews (14) supported Dilshan with some quick runs, followed by Thisara Perera (25) who remained unbeaten till the end. Sri Lanka comfortably chased down the target in 18.1 overs.


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Risky Decisions and Decision Support - Does Stress Make a Difference?
Gloria Phillips-Wren Loyola University Maryland, USA |
Monica Adya Marquette University, USA |
Studies of human decision making have demonstrated that stress exacerbates risk taking. Since all decisions involve some element of risk, stress has critical impact on decision quality. Decisions are found to improve with stress up to an optimal threshold beyond which deterioration is observed. However, few studies have examined the psychological experiences underlying risk-taking behavior in conjunction with stress creators. In this paper we propose a research framework that integrates pre-conditions of stress (perceptions of high gain/loss, risk, complexity, and organizational pressure) with observed psychological experiences (time pressure, uncertainty, information overload, and dynamism) that potentially result in risky decision making. This framework suggests that decision support systems have the potential of mitigating or enhancing the psychological perceptions of stress and, hence, impacting decision quality. Empirical testing of a component of this framework provided interesting preliminary results. Subjects experiencing high stress indicated the same levels of perceived uncertainty and dynamism as subjects exposed to low stress, suggesting that use of a decision support system mitigated the perceptions of dynamism and uncertainty for the high stress group. Contrary to hypotheses, the use of a decision support system did not mitigate perceptions of information overload.
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Coco Rocha | |
Rocha at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Mansome | |
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | September 10, 1988
Spouse(s) | James Conran (m. 2010) |
Modeling information | |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Blue |
Measurements | 33-24-34 (US); 84-61-86.5 (EU)[1] |
Dress size | 4 (US); 34 (EU)[1] |
Manager | ModelQuest (mother agency) Wilhelmina Models Storm Model Management Elite Milan Elite Copenhagen Spot 6 Management UNO Barcelona Marylin Agency Model Management Hamburg Specs Model Management |
Website | |
www.cocorocha.com |
Coco Rocha | |
Rocha at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Mansome | |
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | September 10, 1988
Spouse(s) | James Conran (m. 2010) |
Modeling information | |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Blue |
Measurements | 33-24-34 (US); 84-61-86.5 (EU)[1] |
Dress size | 4 (US); 34 (EU)[1] |
Manager | ModelQuest (mother agency) Wilhelmina Models Storm Model Management Elite Milan Elite Copenhagen Spot 6 Management UNO Barcelona Marylin Agency Model Management Hamburg Specs Model Management |
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www.cocorocha.com |
Coco Rocha (born Mikhaila Rocha; September 10, 1988) is a Canadian supermodel.[2]
Rocha was born Mikhaila Rocha in Toronto, Ontario, and grew up in Richmond, British Columbia where she attended Hugh McRoberts Secondary School.[2] Her family is in the airline industry.[2] She is of Irish, Russian, and Welsh descent.[3]
In 2002, agent Charles Stuart approached Rocha at an Irish dance competition and asked her if she would consider modelling for him. At that point, she had never thought of modelling before.[2] When she did begin to model, her knowledge of fashion was limited.[3] She eventually gained insight into the fashion world after her best friends crammed in fashion study sessions in between studying for exams.[3]
Rocha started her professional career in 2004, signing with SUPREME in New York City. Two years later, Rocha met fashion photographer Steven Meisel. Soon, she was featured in an editorial with Gemma Ward and Amanda Moore. The editorial kickstarted her career, landing her the cover of the February 2006 issue of Vogue Italia. The week after, she walked the Spring/Summer 2006 New York City runways for a handful of designers, most notably Anna Sui and Marc Jacobs. Backstage at the Anna Sui show, Rocha met model Naomi Campbell, who held her hands and told her she was "her new favourite model".[4] After the New York Fashion Week, she soon followed by taking part in the Paris Fashion Week as well. She walked for esteemed designers like Stella McCartney, Shiatzy Chen, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, and Marc Jacobs.[5][6]
During Jean Paul Gaultier's Scottish Highlands-inspired Fall/Winter 2007 show in February 2007, Rocha opened the show by Irish-dancing down the runway; American Vogue dubbed this the "Coco Moment" and suggested it as a sign that the fashion industry misses the "supermodels".[7]
In the May 2007, issue of Vogue (US), she was featured on the cover with models Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Agyness Deyn, Jessica Stam, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as the new crop of supermodels.[8] In 2008 casting agent James Scully said of Rocha:
" | I will be the first to admit I did not believe the hype, but within five seconds of meeting her, I was totally charmed and understood why everyone loves her. Some people feel her look is specific, but I find her to be the most chameleon-like of all the girls.[9] | " |
Rocha has been on the covers of many top fashion magazines including American, Brazilian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish Vogue, Flare, Fashion, Numéro, French, W, Harper's Bazaar, Dazed & Confused, i-D, Time Style & Design, among others.[10]
Since her debut, Rocha has been the face of a variety of advertising campaigns including Versace, Americana Manhasset, Balenciaga, Chanel, D&G, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Lanvin, The Gap, Ports 1961, Tommy Hilfiger, Yves Saint Laurent, Esprit, Liz Claiborne, Calvin Klein, Nicole Farhi, DeBeers, Zac Posen, and Rimmel. She has appeared in editorials for American, Italian, Korean, French, Russian, Spanish, Brazilian, Japanese, Mexican, and British Vogue, British, Canadian, Czech, French, Quebec, and Italian Elle V, W, French, Korean, and Japanese Numéro, British and Japanese Dazed & Confused, i-D, Time Style & Design, and Ukrainian, Russian, Korean, and American Harpers Bazaar.[2]
In July 2010, Rocha appeared on the Vogue website daily for an entire month in a feature named "Today I'm Wearing".[11] The following month, Rocha appeared on a billboard in Times Square for an ad campaign with Marie Claire magazine in partnership with Project Runway in which she modeled a contestant's winning design.
In spring of 2011, it was announced that Rocha would again be the face of a limited edition Karl Lagerfeld designed Coco Cola light campaign. She previously collaborated with Lagerfeld and Coca-Cola in 2010.[12] In July 2011, Coco Rocha became the first high fashion model to be photographed by the Lytro Camera, the camera takes what the company calls a "living picture," meaning that it captures enough visual information in a single exposure so that the focus and zoom can be adjusted even after the picture is taken. Rocha said she reached out to the company after reading about them on the website Mashable.[13]
In August 2011, it was announced that Coco would be the face of an upcoming Karl Lagerfeld for Macy's collection.[14] In mid-February 2012, Coco appeared in a commercial for White House Black Market created by New York advertising agency Ceft and Company in which she was featured tap-dancing.[15]
Rocha is one of the few models who has spoken out against the prevalence of eating disorders in the modelling industry. In an open letter to The New York Times on her blog, she wrote, "How can any person justify an aesthetic that reduces a woman or child to an emaciated skeleton? Is it art? Surely fashion's aesthetic should enhance and beautify the human form, not destroy it."[16] In an email to the Associated Press, she wrote: "I'll never forget the piece of advice I got from people in the industry when they saw my new body ... They said, 'You need to lose more weight. The look this year is anorexia. We don't want you to be anorexic but that's what we want you to look like.'[17]
In June 2011, Coco announced a partnership with Canadian fashion retailer Jacob for a "Photoshop-free" campaign. On her blog Rocha said she hoped the shoot could "balance the scales a little by pulling so far back from what has been the current trend of total digital model manipulation."[18]
On October 11, 2011 Coco Rocha appeared on Anderson Cooper's daytime television show Anderson, where she said models are scouted too young and put under pressure to stay thin and behave unnaturally, while they are "still minors".[19]
On November 1, 2011 Coco launched Coco Rocha for Senhoa, a collection produced together with Senhoa, an organization helping Cambodian survivors of human trafficking. The capsule collection contained 7 unique pieces designed by Rocha and hand crafted by the survivors of human trafficking. All proceeds went directly to the Senhoa program. To help raise awareness for the cause, Rocha brought in additional models Chanel Iman, Caroline Trentini, and Behati Prinsloo. In the first of two campaigns, Iman, Trentini and Rocha were photographed by Nigel Barker.[20]
She appeared as herself in The September Issue, a fly-on-the-wall documentary film about American Vogue magazine.
Rocha hosted the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards white carpet. On October 19, 2011 she appeared as a guest judge on America's Next Top Model, where host and head judge Tyra Banks referred to her as "The Queen of Posing". The short documentary Letters to Haiti featured Rocha and fellow model Behati Prinsloo delivering supplies to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake; it was shot by Rocha's husband, James Conran. The movie premiered in Toronto in October and New York in December 2011.[21]
In 2013, Rocha was one of three coach/judges (along with Karolina Kurkova and Naomi Campbell) on the first season of the Oxygen network reality show The Face. She did not return for the second season.
Rocha wrote the foreword to Canadian fashion reporter Jeanne Beker's book Struttin It!, about the modeling profession.[22] In March 2011, Coco announced the launch of her new website.[23] The site was said to contain almost 10,000 pictures covering her entire career as a model so far.[23]
In April 2012, Coco Rocha became the first high fashion model to have more than 1 million followers on the social media platform Google+.[24]
In October 2010, Coco Rocha was given Marie Claire's Prix d'Excellence as their model of the year at a ceremony in Paris.[25]
In November 2010, Rocha was awarded the Seventeen Body Peace award by Seventeen magazine. Rocha had contributed a number of articles to Seventeen on the topic of girls' body image and self-esteem.[26] On February 14, 2011 Coco was awarded the Elle Style award for 'Model of the Year' by Boy George in London.[27]
On June 16, 2011, Coco Rocha and husband James Conran both received awards for their philanthropic work at the Pay It Fashion Forward event in Manahattan, NY.[28] In 2012, Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.[29]
On February 1, 2014, Rocha was awarded the "Model of the Year Award" at the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards in Toronto, Canada.[30] On April 24, 2014 she will receive the prestigious Vienna Fashion Award as Style Icon at a lavish ceremony at Vienna's Museumsquartier.
Coco Rocha was one of twenty high fashion models mentioned on Kanye West's 2010 song "Christian Dior Denim Flow".[31]
Rocha has been a devout Jehovah's Witness since childhood, and in a 2013 interview stated that she still follows the Jehovah's Witnesses tradition of preaching door-to-door. She calls herself "a Christian first and a model second", and says that due to her faith she will not pose nude, with cigarettes, nationalistic emblems or religious icons.[24]
Rocha married artist James Conran on June 9, 2010.[32] Conran later became her part-time manager.[24] On October 6, 2014, Rocha announced via her Facebook page, that she and her husband are expecting their first child, due in Spring of 2015.[33]
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First time, first place for rider
By DIANE GASPER-O'BRIEN
Cole Weiser said sitting atop a horse this weekend made him feel like he was "on top of the world."
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Cole Weiser said sitting atop a horse this weekend made him feel like he was "on top of the world."
Weiser was all smiles as he got down off that horse following Sunday's open class horse show at the Ellis County Fair in Hays.
But it might be a long time before the 22-year-old former Hays resident comes down from the high he experienced in his first horse show.
By winning the disabled rider division in the show, an inaugural class this year, Weiser made Ellis County Fair history.
It almost was too much for him to wrap his mind around on the pleasant summer morning with temperatures in the 80s at the rodeo arena of the Ellis County Fairgrounds.
He bubbled with enthusiasm as he sat straight and tall in the saddle in the middle of the arena, and he stretched his left arm high with his index finger pointing to the sky.
"I got first," became Weiser's mantra of the day as he showed everyone he came in contact with his purple first-place ribbon.
That, and the fact he will turn 23 on Aug. 14.
Weiser lives with his dad, Troy Weiser, in Hutchinson but often visits his adoptive mother, Christy Stejskal, in Hays.
Stejskal is manager of supervised living homes for Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas in Hays, and Johanna Musgrove, a local self-proclaimed horse lover, works at one of those group homes.
Musgrove came up with the idea of adding a class for disabled riders to the open-class horse show this year and got it approved by the fair board.
Stejskal asked Musgrove if Weiser could enter the contest and if Musgrove would give him tips beforehand.
Weiser's first time -- ever -- on a horse was Saturday.
He and Musgrove's horse, Kota, hit it off immediately.
"He picked up a brush and started brushing her right away," Musgrove said. "Then we helped him get right up on her -- no fear."
"This young man went from never being on a horse to being in a horse show in two days," said Musgrove, who believes strongly in the theory that bonding with animals is therapeutic. "Riding a horse allows you to lock a door on things that cause you stress and open another one that lets you enjoy the moment."
A lot of people enjoyed Weiser's moment of stardom Sunday, and Stejskal said she "was truly amazed how he adapted to the horse."
Weiser has been surprising people for more than 18 years.
When he was 4, he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a vehicle accident north of Hays in which his birth mother died in a head-on collision with another car.
Weiser was flown by air ambulance to a Wichita hospital, where he spent four and a half months fighting for his life.
His family had signed papers to donate his organs when doctors told the Weisers he probably wouldn't survive the first night.
If only they could see him now.
The injuries left Weiser with disabilities similar to a stroke victim, his mom said, and he had to relearn how to walk and talk. He has undergone multiple surgeries and hours of speech, occupational and physical therapy.
"The left side of his head was cracked open, so it injured the left side of his brain, affecting the right side of his body," Stejskal said.
Weiser's right arm has atrophied through the years, and he wears a brace on his right foot for stability. His cognitive skills are similar to those of a 7- or 8-year-old.
It doesn't slow him down much, though.
"Uncle Vern, I got first," Weiser told Vern Herrman from La Crosse as family members walked up to greet him after he picked up his ribbon.
"They spelled 'last' wrong," Herrman teased while inspecting his nephew's new prize.
Weiser is active in many sports in the Special Olympics program in Hutchinson and has won many medals at a variety of competitions through the years.
But that one purple strip of silk that read "first place" with "Ellis County Fair" imprinted on it forever will be a treasure, Weiser's mom said.
So, too, will that feeling of being on top of the world.
"Seeing how happy that made Cole," Stejskal said, "we were all on top of the world today."


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I have never posted comments before, but I just had such a terrible experience with El Rocio, that I felt the need to warn fellow travelers. In April 2010 I booked a room (months in advance, since my trip was going to be during the holidays and I knew it would be very difficult to get reservations during that period) for 2 nights between Christmas and New Years. I paid a $375 deposit for the room - in cash (by wire transfer), which is the only payment they accept. The balance of the room charge was due this week (also in cash), so I sent an e-mail confirming that the wire transfer information was still the same. I did not hear back for a couple of days, so I called them and was told that since they had not received enough reservations for that time that they had rented the entire place out for the month of December to a single family and that my room was no longer available. I happen to know that they also did this to other people who were clients of a major travel agent who will not be sending people there again. Please bear in mind that the ONLY reason I learned about this was that I contacted THEM. They did NOT contact me to tell me this. They offered to try to find me a place nearby, but I had booked the nicest room at the estancia, and needless to say, this close to the holidays there is nothing comparable available (which is why I made my reservation months in advance). Because they failed to honor the reservation (and my deposit, which they say they will return - I think they should at least have also offered to pay for wherever I end up staying for those 2 nights, but they didn't), I now have nowhere to stay during those 2 nights, and pretty much everything desirable is already long booked. So buyer beware, these people clearly have no consideration for their guests.


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Tiger Woods moved past Jack Nicklaus into second place on the PGA Tour's all-time wins list Sunday by capturing the $6.5 million AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The 36-year-old Woods now has 74 victories and trails only Sam Snead with 82.
Woods closed with a 2-under-par 69 to outlast Bo Van Pelt by two strokes and earn his second AT&T National title. Tiger finished with a 72-hole score of 8-under 276 and became the first three-time winner on the PGA Tour in 2012.
Woods earned 500 FedExCup points to climb to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings, a position he hasn't held since 2009. It marked his 22nd come-from-behind win. All told, Tiger has won 74 out of 271 pro starts on the PGA Tour, a winning percentage of 27.3.
To make the triumph even sweeter, Woods serves as host of the event, which donates proceeds to college-access programs of the Tiger Woods Foundation and local youth organizations.
Starting the final round in a three-way tie for second place, one stroke behind leader Brendon de Jonge, Woods was paired with de Jonge and Bo Van Pelt in the final threesome. Once again, temperatures were in the low 90s. But unlike Saturday, when spectators were not permitted on the course due to a fierce overnight thunderstorm that leveled 40 trees and created numerous safety issues, the fans were out in full force.
"What an incredible week," said Woods, who pocketed $1,170,000. "Everybody, thank you for being patient with us. Yesterday was a silent day. I think everyone saved up for today. What an atmosphere to play in front of."
At one point during the front nine, five players were deadlocked for first place. Tiger pulled ahead by a stroke with a 10-foot birdie putt at the par-4 fifth, but Van Pelt caught him with a birdie at the par-5 sixth. Woods rolled in another 10-foot birdie at the long, par-5 ninth to retake the lead, but again Van Pelt answered with a birdie at par-4 11th.
The back nine boiled down to a tight match-play situation between Woods and Van Pelt.
Tiger recorded five consecutive pars, thanks to a near-miraculous second shot on the par-4 12th hole, where he hooked his drive near a big tree. Somehow, he flushed a 9-iron from 193 yards onto the middle of the green, the shaft glancing off the tree, and two-putted from 30 feet.
At the 490-yard, par-4 15th, Tiger hit a 9-iron from 152 yards that finished 22 feet above the cup, and his slick, right-to-left putt just barely reached the cup for a birdie. Van Pelt countered with a nine-foot birdie putt, and they remained tied.
Both players bogeyed the 579-yard, par-5 16th hole, snapping a streak of 41 consecutive holes without a bogey for Woods. He made a mistake on his third shot from 98 yards, the ball failing to check near the back pin placement and scooting down an eight-foot slope on tightly mown grass. Tiger almost holed the difficult fourth shot, the ball catching part of the cup and rolling 14 feet past, but he couldn't convert for par.
Fortunately for Woods, Van Pelt was having problems of his own. After a big drive, he came up just short of the green with a 6-iron, the ball taking a bad bounce into heavy rough on the left. Faced with an awkward stance and lie, his third shot came up short of the green, and he wasn't able to get up and down after that, bogeying to stay deadlocked.
The momentum swung at the 437-yard, par-4 17th, where Tiger hit a fairway wood into the first cut of the right rough and Van Pelt drove into the left primary rough. Woods came up just short of the green from 172 yards with an 8-iron, while Van Pelt airmailed the putting surface with his approach. Van Pelt was unable to save par, but Tiger chipped six feet short of the cup and poured his par putt into the center of the hole.
"It was just on top of the right edge," he said. "I felt very comfortable with it."
Moving to the tough, 523-yard, par-4 finishing hole, Woods pulled out driver and hit his best shot of the day, a 345-yard blast that found the right side of the fairway. From there, he hit a beautifully-judged 9-iron from about 190 yards down the hill and wound up pin-high, 15 feet left of the hole. Van Pelt missed the green with his second shot, gave his third shot a bold run at the pin, and was unable to save par, closing with three straight bogeys.
After easily two-putting for a par, Woods raised both arms skyward and acknowledged the huge crowd, most of whom gave him a standing ovation.
"He's an amazing player," Van Pelt said. "We've known each other for a long time, probably 20 years. He's fun to play with. That's why you travel 30 weeks a year, why you get up in the morning and you make the sacrifices you do, to have the opportunity to play the best player in the world in the final round with a chance to win the tournament."
On the day, Tiger hit 83 percent of the greens and 57 percent of the fairways in regulation, and used 31 putts.
Woods returns to competition next week when he makes his first appearance in The Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.


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Beach front, cool staff, service A+, nice area. We enjoyed the stay will be back.
The only thing I would say is the bathrooms are small. AB needs to get a local sports bars. Everything is within walking distance besides that.
Nice oceanfront property with updated interiors and guest rooms. Staff was friendly enough, though we had little interaction.
From the second we arrived, we were corralled in to valet parking, an added $25 not mentioned when we booked and self-park in their lot was not an option. It appeared as though someone had just used the bathroom in our room prior to check-in. We quickly dropped our things, sprayed the room and went to dinner. Upon waking we noticed the floor-to-ceiling windows were streaked with possibly months of filth, rendering our view to a salt-stained picture. After using the shower we noticed the glass enclosure allowed water to collect on the floor outside the shower, many gallons of it.
great location for our purposesthe pool looked lovely
smell of cigarette smoke in the hallwayscould hear conversations through the walls in the eveningthe worst bed I have experienced in quite some time.
The location was perfect, I was there for a Navy Retirement onboard NS Mayport and the hotel was right out the front gate.
Room smelled like a wet ashtray. The room was so damp that the metal bases of the lamps were beginning to rust. There was a burn hole in the comforter and it was stained. I should have turned around and told staff that it was unacceptable.
I loved the location
The bathroom was disgusting. I found a used qtip in between the "clean" towels, hair and urine all over the toilet, hair on the tub and floor of the bathroom, and it looked like everything was thrown in the room in a hurry.
Being so close to the ocean.... loved it. Everyone was friendly and helpful, and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies in the evening was a nice touch. Thanks
Location is good
We loved the location - Jacksonville Beach oceanfront is unlike any tourist city, instead you have beautiful, clean beaches, along with the charm of a residential / shopping town (no tourist shops at all). You are in walking distance to a ton of restaurants, which is ideal. The hotel itself is really nice - the staff is extremely friendly and helpful. The pool was amazing. (Our kids preferred that to the beach.) Everything was clean and looked great. The breakfast buffet was also really good, and it wasn't the same thing every morning either. Plus, free WiFi, free parking, fitness center (cardio and dumbbells), business center, free breakfast and the amazing pool makes it well worth it.
The one and only weightlifting machine in the fitness center is broken. The WiFi is free, but it was extremely spotty. We were on the 6th floor, oceanfront, and we never had more than one bar of service - it also dropped often. The walls are really thin, so if you have loud neighbors, be ready to hear everything they are saying. There were never enough towels at the pool, so we ended up having to wait 20 minutes for clean towels on more than one occasion. Also, in our room at least, the weather insulation on the door leading to the balcony is missing in several places, so our room got pretty warm and humid as the day got hot. BUT - all that being said, none of those was a deal breaker, and overall I would stay here again.
Loved the hotel! It's the first time I've been there since it was converted from a Comfort in. The lobby seems dark n not very open. The room was clean & comfotrable.
That I probably over paid- it was $230 for a Sat night but the same room is about $100 cheap during the week
My grandson and I enjoyed our stay immensely. It's hard to pick just one facet so I will list them all: Beachfront balcony and view overlooking the pool, Jacuzzi, fire pit sitting area and the beach. The morning sunrise and nighttime moonlight over the ocean is indescribably beautiful. We loved the beach and my grandson loved the pool, that he was able to stay in even though it rained (no lightning, of course). I loved having my cousins come and dine with me at the fire pit. We just had pizza and an enjoyable evening. They said we have to meet there every time I come back! The housekeeping staff was very helpful even though I did not need them to come in and clean daily. They always took the dirty linen and provided clean towels when we asked. The Front Desk staff were very friendly and often provided suggestions on upcoming events for kids, so that my grandson could participate. Definitely will be coming back for future vacations!
The only thing that might be an improvement is to have a screen door so that we can have the ocean sounds without the bugs. Another improvement might be a economical breakfast menu. The prices were a little extreme for a breakfast sandwich. But not to worry too much, there were many good places nearby. And you pay for convenience, right?
All of the staff were incrediably nice. The bartender even shared a pie he was taking home with me because it was my birthday! I highly recommend this property!!!!!!
location staff and cocktail and food prices
Breakfast ended at 10
The staff is outstanding, great golf resort
Water stain in shower ceiling, bathroom doors don't lock.
Cigarette smell all over the hallway. Uncomfortable beds. Outdated rooms.
Location was good. Room and breakfast were adequate to meet my needs, at a decent price.
I stayed twice - 3/6/14 & 3/12/14. Hot water was lacking on the second stay. On the 3/12 stay I was charged $1.50 for a safe I did not use. I did not see this charge until I got home.
location, view and the room was a lot nicer than I expected
it took an hour to get breakfast on the day of checkout, and they still added a $5.00 delivery charge to the breakfast bill
Clean, modern, with great design. It's right on the beach and close to a ton of great bars and restaurants. We loved having a living room space and balcony. It felt like we had our own studio apt.
Great location. It was an easy walk to the beach. About a 15-minute walk or an easy drive to a variety of restaurants. Room was clean and quiet.
Th elocation, one block from teh beach
The rooms need a painting. The bedding was torn. The window lock was broken. No exhaust fan in the bathroom.
Great place, even though we were a local couple, staying here was like staying in a totally different town.
We loved the overall feel of this hotel. The retro theme was fun, our kids especially loved this aspect. The management was very accommodating and friendly. The beach was within walking distance, even with a younger kid in tow.
Like a blast from the past. Nice location close to the beach. Rooms were very clean and beds were comfortable. Lot of intersting 50s memerobilia to look at in the room (slightly hokey :-). Cool light-up showerhead in small shower. Beautiful courtyard.
Funky, cool breakfast room with retro packaged snacks (including pop tarts and moon pies) but not much if a healthy breakfast. Settled for an overripe banana. Still fun to see some of the offerings, many I have not seen in years.
Staff friendly and helpful overall. Service good overall.
Housekeeping very sloppy. Didn't vacuum room for seven days. Cleaned all food out of my refrigerator a day early.
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- When Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- Where Balboa Theatre, San Diego
- Age limit 13+
- Categories Arts, Family, Theater
- Cost $41.50 - $91.50
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From the producers of the stage hit, "The Screwtape Letters" comes the highly anticipated theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis' "The Great Divorce."
In this dantesque celestial journey from Hell to Paradise, Lewis draws some of the most fiercely funny characters he ever created.
This is C. S. Lewis at his imaginative best! Several of Lewis' most provocative characters take a bus ride from Hell to Paradise.
But the bizarre question the play asks is: Will they like it? Do some people really prefer Hell to Heaven? Are the gates of Hell locked from the inside?
Three actors transform into over a dozen characters to tell this fantastical morality tale about good and evil. On the bus is a man going to demand his "rights", a woman who can't stop grumbling, a gentleman who "likes" Heaven but staying there means giving up his precious pet lizard, and a world traveler who believes Heaven and Hell are just a propaganda stunt run by the same people. As each ghost is welcomed by a celestial spirit, the choice of staying or going back brings vivid clarity to the "great divorce" between Heaven and Hell.
Dates & Showtimes:
Saturday October 25, 2014 at 4:00 & 8:00 pm
Run Time: 90 minutes (no intermission)
Children: Appropriate for ages 13 and older.
Children under 4 will not be admitted into the theatre.
Pricing (includes a $2.50 Facility Fee):
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Hack for Change Louisville is being held as the city's formal National Day of Civic Hacking event, one of over 119 simultaneous events across the United States. The day will bring together local government leaders and staff, local organizations, businesses, visitors, and community members and is focused on civic innovation. Here's what to expect:
The initiative is a united national effort to connect citizens and government in a partnership focused on improving people's daily lives through technology. This event will bring together techies, entrepreneurs, do-gooders, activists and others like you from across the nation to collaboratively create, build, and invent tools using publicly-released data.
Civic hacking as a form of citizen engagement and volunteerism is gaining momentum reaching cities across America not those known for technology and innovation. Civic hackers are already active and contributing to the betterment of your community.
Louisville's Code for America brigade has volunteered to organize this year's event. Called the Civic Data Allliance (CDA), we are the public's voice for open data, interested in liberating, improving, gathering, defining, and reporting on public data.
Hack for Change Louisville has these main goals:
Nucleus is this year's gracious host and location sponsor. Last year Nucleus hosted the event as well, at their nearby iHub coworking space.
Enter in the parking lot off Floyd St directly across from iHub. Then walk in these doors:
The space is great and we'll have a projector, mics, speaker system for music, Wi-fi, fridge, food, power strips and more!
8am – Doors open, mingling, coffee, breakfast, setup
9am – Introductions and overview, project tracks review
9:30 – Data, project/app ideas, non-profit pitches
10 – Break into self-organized groups to work on projects
12 – Lunch on site
1 – Continue working on ideas, finish prototype
3:30 – Present prototypes and successes
4:30 – Next steps, mailing lists/groups, wrap-up
5 – Civic Hacking end, head off to dinner and drinks with your new friends
6 – Everything cleaned up (help if you can) and venue closed
We are pre-planning a number of projects for this year's event, idenifying resources and laying the groundwork in advance. You can align yourself with one of these projects we hope to ship by the end of the day, or come with your own ideas.
At this event, we are going to focus on finishing a product in just 7 hours. Just like at Hacktucky, the motto will be "if it doesn't ship, it doesn't exist!" So we'll work together to make a MVP and cut features as needed. Idea, design, data, coding, UI, and hosting all needs to come together, so we need everyone's help!
Big News! Google is providing $500 in Google Cloud Platform hosting for each and every attendee!
Amazon is providing $50 in free AWS credit to all attendees again this year!
And we've got some cool wrist bands, stickers, and a few hoodies to hand out.
Your laptop, power cables, software, smart phones, chargers, monitors, mice, ideas, and half finished projects.
Familiarize yourself with at these data sources to see what's out there:
The event is meant to be a technical programming, app building, hacking experience. We will be working together to build actual apps during the event.
If you are non-technical, we still need your help. During the event entrepreneurs business, marketing, and regular citizens can help steer the direction of the development and explore great ideas with the techies, and work on the presentation and communitating the idea clearly. You can also spend some time updating your neighborhood's Open Street Map data using the new iD online editing tool.
We are looking for volunteers for this year's event to help with organizing, planning, day-of activities, picking up food and drinks, etc. Contact us at the Civic Data Alliance, Louisville's Code for America brigade and the organizing body for this year's NDoCH. Sign up and post at the official Civic Data Alliance forums and look there and on Twitter for meetup times.
Our hashtag is #hackville. Our local organizer's handle is @CivicDataAlly. The national hashtag is #hackforchange. The national organization is @civichackingday.
As a national contributor for NDoCH, YourMapper has made its open data and CrimeScore APIs open to all hackers for free!
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CLICK: See a RECAP of last year's event.
Contact us to become a food, in-kind, monetary, or sponsor, and get your logo below and shout outs at the event!
Contact one of your local organizers (listed below) to find out how to help, sponsor, or if you have questions. About National Day of Civic Hacking On May 31 and June 1, 2014, we'll be making history all over again. For the second time, the National Day of Civic Hacking will unite technologists, entrepreneurs, developers and other citizens in using open data to improve communities and the governments that serve them.
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Now that your holiday shopping is underway you may be thinking about getting packages mailed out to your friends and family. If that includes shipping to military members overseas there are some things you should know.
Starting today really starts our Christmas rush with the packages. In the age of e-mail packages, letters and cards can take a back seat to technology. But not in December.
In the coming weeks the US Postal Service will deliver 20 billion pieces of mail for the holidays.
We have to trust the post office to get it to him for us, they are our Santa Claus this year.
Over the next three weeks, mail-by deadlines will countdown the post office's ability to deliver your packages by Christmas. The first deadline is December4. Ship a package to military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan after Tuesday and it won't make it by the 25th.
Sherri Phelps is sending mail to Iraq. She said, "They're not here with there loved ones and it's especially important that they know they are being thought of. Especially on Christmas."
One military father said, "It's the only link they have to being home. It's her first Christmas away."
Both gift-givers beat the deadline to ship Christmas cheer halfway around the world to their military loved ones, and postal workers say that's the right idea
Asheville postmaster Gary Richardson said, "The earlier you get it in here the better chance it's going to get there."
On average the postal service processes 703 million pieces of mail a day. But not this month. From now until Christmas USPS workers will sort through one billion pieces of mail a day.
You can see why earlier in December is often better. Tuesday's deadline only pertains to shipping parcel post. You have until December 11 if shipping priority mail.
Mondays and Fridays are typically the busiest during the holiday season. And the postal service expects December 17 to be the busiest mailing day of the year.


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The US$7 Dinner Challenge
Posted by kathryn in Blogging, Desserts, Salads and Dinners
Bananas, custard and asparagus are not the most obvious elements on which to base a meal.
And when I started thinking about Sarah Cucina Bella's $7 dinner challenge they were far from my mind.
Originally I was planning a red lentil dal with yoghurt and rice. Good bargain fodder. Until I saw asparagus for a dollar and realised bananas were the cheapest fruit in the supermarket.
Which is when my plan changed.
Instead my meal is a barley, fetta and asparagus salad followed by a healthier take on bananas and custard.
The salad is based on a wheat berry version in Heidi Swanson's Super Natural Cooking. While the bananas and custard are based on a recipe I've used before in David Scott's Penniless Vegetarian.
Converting US dollars to Australian money meant I had a budget of A$10. In the rules of the challenge, this money has to make a two-course dinner for four people. My main course and dessert come in at $9.92, just under budget. I've put the details of costs and where I shopped below.
Barley, fetta and asparagus salad
Serves 4
- 180g pearl barley
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 onions, cut in half & sliced into half-moons
- 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed & cut into 1cm slices
- 2 carrots, grated
- ¼ bunch fresh coriander
- 50g fetta cheese
- 20g pumpkin seeds
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
Cook the barley: Rinse the barley well, as it tends to be dusty. Place in a saucepan with 2½ cups of water and a pinch of salt. Bring to the boil and gently simmer for about 35 minutes.
Sauté the vegetables: When the barley is half way through cooking put a small saucepan over a medium-low heat. Once warm add the olive oil and onions. Cook gently for 10 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent them from sticking. The onions should be soft and slightly browned. Add the asparagus. Cook for a further 3 minutes, until the asparagus is softened but still crunchy.
Finish the salad: Whisk together the dressing ingredients. Drain any excess water from the barley. When the vegetables are cooked add to the barley, with the carrots, coriander, fetta and pumpkin seeds. Pour over the dressing and toss to combine. Serve this while still warm.
Banana custard puddings
I made these puddings in small ramekin dishes. You could also make one larger pudding, in an oven-proof bowl. While I had the idea of custard in my head, the final version is not very custard-like. But it is delicious.
Serves 4
- 3 ripe bananas, peeled
- 250g (250ml) natural yoghurt
- 2 free range eggs
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Prepare the puddings Cut the bananas into chunky pieces. Whisk together the yoghurt, eggs, sugar and spice. Add the banana and mix together. Spoon this batter into four ramekin dishes.
Cook the puddings: Stand the ramekins in a roasting tray. Pour water into the tray, until it comes half way up the side of the dishes. Place in the oven and cook for 35 – 40 minutes, until the custard is cooked and golden brown on top.
The shopping
I bought ingredients from the Woolworths in Balmain on Monday 13 October. I've prorated the costs where I didn't use the whole packet.
- 180g pearl barley $0.87
- 2 tablespoons olive oil $0.26
- 2 onions $0.76
- 1 bunch asparagus $1.00
- 2 carrots $0.51
- ¼ bunch fresh coriander $0.49
- 50g fetta cheese $0.61
- 20g pumpkin seeds $0.42
- ½ lemon $0.51
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano $0.11
- 3 ripe bananas $1.74
- 250g natural yoghurt $1.30
- 2 free range eggs $1.01
- 1 tablespoon sugar $0.04
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice $0.28
- Total: $9.92