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It is fun to go back and forth between the 1995 and 1996, two superb vintages for Haut-Brion. The 1995 seems to have sweeter tannin and a bit more fat and seamlessness when compared to the more structured and muscular 1996. Certainly 1995 was a vintage that the brilliant administrator Jean Delmas handled flawlessly. The result is a deep ruby/purple-colored wine with a tight but promising nose of burning wood embers intermixed with vanilla, spice box, earth, mineral, sweet cherry, black currant, plum-like fruit, medium to full body, a high level of ripe but sweet tannin, and a finish that goes on for a good 40-45 seconds.
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Sweet tobacco, blackberries and violets on the nose. Subtle. Full-bodied and very tight, with fantastic tannins and a long caressing finish. Wonderful texture. All in reserve still. Give this time. (2007)
Very good deep red-ruby. Sweet, highly expressive aromas of redcurrant, hot stones, roasted plum, woodsmoke and tobacco. Fuller and more textured in the middle palate, with a chewy, tactile mouth feel that suggests strong extract and a wonderfully pliant texture. A firm mineral underpinning and sound acids frame the fruit. Expansive and seductively sweet in the mouth. Finishes very long and ripe, with thoroughly civilized tannins.
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Just lovely wine, and the only one that was not dominated by a single variety, being a Cabernet/Merlot blend. Excellent lustrous, nuanced ruby... Clearly a very fine mature wine. Strong liquorice notes (Haut-Brion 'warm bricks' earthiness?) For a second I wondered if it was a 1998 Hermitage. Very complex. Spread across the palate.
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Chateau Haut Brion is one of the 5 First Growth wines of Bordeaux, and the only one from Graves. Located on two hillocks of gravel over clay and sand in Pessac--classic Graves terroir--it consists of 51 hectares of mostly red varietals (Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot). Haut-Brion is the oldest wine estate in Bordeaux; its wines were served to Charles II of England in the 1600s! The estate is now owned and lovingly managed by the Dillon family, the royal family of Luxembourg. 95 points Neal Martin: The 1995 Haut Brion has a gorgeous bouquet: less opulent than the bottle encountered in March 2011, here offering a more sedate, but somehow "languid" bouquet of tertiary black fruit, cigar box and autumn leaves that are all beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, open for business with fine tension shimmering throughout. It does not quite possess the breeding or clinical focus of the 1996, but it is a generous Haut-Brion, rounded in texture with Morels and tobacco lining the finish. I would broach bottles of the 1995 before reaching for the 1996. Drink now-2025. Tasted November 2013. (Wine Journal, 05/2014)
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Officer charged for stun gun use
A former Ste. Anne police officer has been charged with two counts of careless use of a firearm and of pointing a firearm -- specifically, a stun gun.
Randy Chudyk, a former sergeant, has resigned from the Ste. Anne force.
In January, Manitoba's director of policing asked the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) to conduct an independent investigation into the actions of a police officer with the Ste. Anne Police Department.
The ASIRT investigators' report was sent to independent Crown counsel in Manitoba for review. After considering the completed report and the Crown opinion, the ASIRT executive director said one officer from the Ste. Anne Police Department should be charged criminally in relation to his conduct.
ASIRT investigators operating in Manitoba charged Chudyk on Wednesday. His first court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 10 in Steinbach.
ASIRT is an independent body led by a civilian director with the mandate to investigate incidents or complaints involving serious injury or death and matters of a serious or sensitive nature that may have resulted from the actions of a police officer.
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I think W.W. is overlooking the data about how much of the new wealth is in finance vs. people who actually worked for a living, such as his auto repair magnate. Perhaps that auto repair magnate is income 1% but not wealth 1%, or 1% but not 0.1%.
Yes, there are people who are "just rich" and apolitical on the national stage. These people often do exert a great deal of influence on state and local affairs, though, as "local elites." But the concern today is about the 0.1% wealth. Maybe not all of them use their wealth to sway the political process, but those who choose to do so exert a great deal of self-interested influence.
If you think people in finance don't need to "actually work for a living" to become 1% rich, you are welcome to enter finance and see for yourself. The Goldman bankers I know regularly work 70 hour weeks, and have been doing so since age 25. Many burn out, aren't promoted, or, if they manage to make the 1%, hate themselves by age 50 because they have nothing but $2 million; no youth, no family, few friends, and these days no love from the rest of society.
The income 1% are mostly lawyers, doctors, executives, and business owners/entrepreneurs, who have generally outsmarted and out-worked their peers for decades to get to the positions and income level they are at. Yes, the people in finance and business spend some of their money trying to preserve the 15% capital rate, and have a few good reasons for doing so. In any case, it's ignorant to suggest that the majority of the 500k-1.5million per year earners haven't "worked for a living". Raising capitals gains and inheritance taxes will probably be helpful and necessary to reduce our exploding deficit, but accusing the industrious isn't.
I agree, finance workers shouldn't be called lazy. But it appears to many that those 70 hour work weeks are spent orchestrating further inequality (purposefully or not).
Your argument falls apart in two ways. First, TE did an article recently that includes the information you're talking about in regards to what portion of the top 1% are in finance. I believe it was 13% of the top 1% and 17% of the top 0.1% (I'll post a link to the article if I can find it). Second, I can give you two examples of extraordinarily rich people that not only don't participate in what you would brand as "self-interested influence," but also come from a finance background; they are George Soros and Warren Buffet. Either way, the idea that there is some sort of direct, mutually-understood transaction mechanism that involves the exchange of a certain amount of money for a defined policy stance or action is nonsense (just like the belief that Obama isn't actually an American).
I know people in finance put in long, miserable hours. But W.W. was making a distinction, and however you want to describe the difference, that type of work is distinct from building a chain of auto repair shops.
The article you're referring to is this one: http://www.economist.com/node/21543178 The headline of the article was about the increase in the amount of wealth concentrated in the financial sector.
The influence of wealth on politics is no less insidious for being indirect.


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PRO FOOTBALL; Williams's Career May Be Finished
By BILL PENNINGTON
Published: November 27, 1997
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Nov. 26— The shouts on that sunny morning of July 21 were uneasy and frightened. Across the grassy expanse where the Giants were practicing, players were screaming: ''Trainer! Trainer!''
The clamor came from a group of Giants linemen on a distant field. At their feet, lying face down with his right hand clasped across a bloodied right eye, was the team's best lineman, center Brian Williams. Accidentally poked below his eye by his teammate Bernard Holsey during a routine blocking drill, Williams was yelling, ''I can't see!''
Today, inside a small room used for news conferences at Giants Stadium, it was very quiet when Williams followed Giants Coach Jim Fassel to the podium. Fassel announced that because of persistent double vision caused by the July injury, Williams's season was over. And when Fassel left the podium, it was up to Williams to acknowledge that not only was his season over, but perhaps his career, too.
''It hasn't gotten any better, and I can't play like this,'' Williams said. ''But it's very hard for me to think a finger can end my career.''
But today, Giants officials said that Williams's doctors had told the team that Williams's vision problems could be permanent, and that there was no more than a 25 percent chance that he would improve enough to play next year.
''They said they'll examine me every two months,'' Williams said. ''I don't know if there will be improvement anyone can notice.''
In July, in the days after Williams's injury, the Giants said he could be back in less than a week. The swelling around the eye went down, but the accompanying double vision did not get better.
There was surgery on Sept. 12, but only slight improvement after that, and none for the last several weeks.
Team doctors said today that there was a muscle-related scar that was causing Williams's vision problems. But no additional surgical remedy was suggested. The hope was that time would bring improvement.
Williams said there has been significant buildup of scar tissue near his injury, which included an infra-orbital fracture. He added that one of the muscles near the eye had lost its elasticity, causing the double vision.
Today's announcement was made, Williams said, ''to put a closure for me and my family on this year.''
The 6-foot-5-inch, 315-pound center is in his ninth year with the Giants, and was the team's first-round draft pick in 1989. He has been considered a Pro Bowl candidate for the past two seasons.
''It may help me to get away from this right now,'' Williams said. ''It's killing me that we're winning and I'm not a part of it. To go to meetings that don't involve you and to watch film that you're not in, it's just very difficult.''
Williams, who plans to go home to Minnesota, added: ''I don't want to think about next year. I came in here with my family and talked with Ronnie Barnes and it was very emotional. So to talk of the future right now, it's just too hard.'' Barnes is the Giants' trainer.
Williams said that when he stares straight ahead, his vision is reasonably good. He can drive a car, he said, and function normally in most everyday ways.
''But when I get down in my stance,'' Williams said, ''I have to look up. And I have double vision right away. I can't see clearly above the other guy's ankles.''
Williams said he had discussed the frustration of his absence and his injury with his teammate Rodney Hampton, who has missed all of this season with a knee injury.
''I told Rodney I'd give anything to have a bad knee right now,'' Williams said. ''He can go on the treadmill and work it out. He can ice it. He can make it better. I can't do anything.
''I've been told to wait. First, it was two to four weeks. Then six to eight weeks. Now, more waiting. I'm going to stop and try to get away from this for a while. It's the best thing for me, and the best thing for my family.''
On the day the Giants announced that BRIAN WILLIAMS was out for the season, RODNEY HAMPTON, the most prominent veteran Giants starter who hasn't played this season, said he felt he was ready to play again. Hampton had knee surgery on Aug. 18 and had looked sluggish in practice in his rehabilitation. He has not been activated for a game, and Giants Coach JIM FASSEL said Hampton would not be until he showed he could run more effectively on his repaired right knee.
Fassel held TIKI BARBER out of practice Wednesday because of a left hamstring strain, but said he expected Barber to play Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Linebacker COREY MILLER practiced after missing two weeks with an ankle sprain.
Photo: Giants center Brian Williams, hurt in the preseason, will not play this season, and his career may be over, too. (Associated Press)


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"You gotta love Brockmann's Navy SEALs"
This is an enjoyable, easy listen.
You can't help but fall for the tough Navy SEAL who makes a dying girl's wish to meet a prince a reality. Despite the inner emotional turmoil he feels, he's able to maintain his regal bearing and leave her feeling like she is a princess worthy of any prince's attention.
Joe Catalonotto is one extremely talented man!
"Not my style"
This was my first - and will be my only - Jen Lancaster book. I listened for over an hour hoping it would get better but I gave up on all "the f* bombs" and count it as a credit wasted.
"Wasted my credit"
John, I wish I'd read your review before I wasted a credit on this book. You're a better (or stronger willed) person than I am if you listened to the end.
There may be people out that that can relate to Isadora Wing, but I am definitely not one of them.
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Drents Museum
In the former Government building, built in Gothic style (1882-1886), the Drents Museum is situated.
In the museum are permanent and temporary exhibitions of archaeology (artefacts of the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Roman Era, found in Drenthe), silver, textiles, art including Vincent Van Gogh.
Interesting is the story about peat, the moor corpses and the girl of Yde. You can also use an interactive geo-explorer with touch-screen, to go back in time.
In 2004 the museum exists 150 year. There wiil be an impressive temporary international exhibition "The mysterious Bog People'' (September 2004 till January 2005). See for more information www.bogpeople.org.
In the museum you can also find a nice shop and the ''Cafe Krul'' in Art Nouveau style for a drink and special dishes connected with the themes of the exhibitions.
Opening hours of the museum:
11 AM to 5 PM
Entrance fee:
5 euro for adults
For more information check the museum website.
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Kloosterstraat, one of the oldest streets
The Kloosterstraat, meaning monastery street, is just south of the place of the former monastery. This street is by its name a remembrance of the origin of Assen, being the building of the monastery of ''Maria in Campis'' in 1258.
At the time the monastery still existed there were allready buildings at the southside of the Kloosterstraat, like the farmhouses of the monastery in the 17th century.
The present building, you see at the picture, is a former farmhouse, built in 1820 and restored in 1972.
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At the corner of the Brink and Kloosterstraat is the ''Drostenhuis'' situated.
The Drostenhuis is built in 1774-1778 in the Louis XIV style at the place of the former house of the abbot of the monastery .
The Drostenhuis is the official residence of the Drost of the province Drenthe, the president of the provincial board. Later the same building stayed till 1940 the official residence of the following provincial governors, named the Governor of the King and later the Queens Commissionar.
Nowadays the Drostenhuis is part of the Drents Museum, like the most historical buildings at this side of the Brink.
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- Historical Travel
- Museum Visits
Ontvangershuis or Tax Collector's House
At the Brink of Assen you can also find the Ontvangershuis (Tax Collectors House), now part of the Drents Museum. The Ontvangershuis is the oldest house in Assen. Only a wall survived the huge fire in 1676. This wall with Roman bricks, you can only see from the Brink side. The house is rebuilt in 1697.
The best view at the building you will have from the other side, from the Oostersingel. From here you can also see the garden designed in the Dutch style in the 17th century.
The Ontvagenrshuis was the house of the Collector General of Drenthe, but was also used as "Prinsenhof", the place where the Dutch Stadhouders (Stadtholders) stayed the night. So King Louis Napoleon slept here in1809, when he came over to give Assen the municipal rights.
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Record office of the Governmental Archives
Just east of the Abdijkerk (abbey church) is situated the Rijksarchief, the Recordoffice of the Governmental Archives, built end 19th century in the Dutch Renaissance style.
You can't miss the entrance in the striking tower.
The tower and building look rather old, because they were built with the old bricks of the former monastery.
The cloister from the middle ages is still there.
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Kloosterstraat, waterpump
Walking in the historical centre of Assen, it´s worth to look around for some details.
In the Kloosterstraat you can see the gardenwall belonging to the Drostenhuis (18th century).
Allthough the wall looks much older than the Drostenhuis, it´s built later in 1848. It looks older, because they used old bricks of the former prison.
In the wall you can find an old waterpump, placed in 1895 at the same place as a medieval well was situated.
So history in Assen is like a puzzle.
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- Historical Travel
Drents Oorlogs & Verzetsmuseum
At the north side of the Kloosterstraat is the Drents Oorlogs & Verzetsmuseum in one of the old houses. You can easily miss it, so look out for this interesting sign beside the entrance door.
The Drents Oorlogs- & verzetsmuseum (War & Resistance museum) gives information about the Worldwar II and Resistance Movement in the North of the Netherlands.
In the museum you can also see an authentic place, where people went into hiding during the occupation.
Opening hours: tuesday & thursday 1-4 PM or call for an appointment.
Entrancefee: 2 euro
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Huize Tetrode
In the centre of Assen you can find many historical buildings. Don't worry, I have not the intention to describe them all. Only some striking ones or with an interesting history or with personal memories.
This neoclassical house, Huize Tetrode is built in 1822 and bought by the family Tetrode in 1825.
Later in 1930 this house became part of the town hall. In the largest room are wonderful wall paintings of landscapes. This room is used as weddingroom. After the townhall moved to another place, the weddingroom is still in use. My brother and his wife are married here.
And in the building annex I got my first passport. So that was the start of my travelling abroad.
Brink in Assen
The centre of Assen has a green heart. Like all the traditional villages in the province Drenthe have a Brink (village green) with old oaks, Assen has its Brink.
Around the Brink you can find the many historical buildings like the former Abbey Church, the Ontvangershuis and the provincial governmental buildings. All these buildings are part of the Drents Museum now. also the former, but now removed monastery, founded in 1258, was situated east of the Brink.
I made my picture of the Brink in this direction, because so I crossed the Brink by bike every day in the first year after I left the primary school and went to a new school in Assen. The cycle path is not there anymore.
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Abbey Church
The history of Assen started in the 13th century, when the monastary ''Maria in Campis'' was founded. The monastery is gone, but the abdijkerk (Abbey Church) is still there. The present church is built in the 17th century, only one wall has still some remains of the 1258.
The church is used as municipality hall later, but is now part of the Drents Museum. The building has a romanesque porch at its north side.
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- Museum Visits
Huis van Bewaring
At the Brink near the Tetrode house (former municipality hall) is the house where they took people in custody in former days, the "Huis van Bewaring''.
This building is built in 1842-1844 in the neoclassicist style in substitution for the tumbledown prison, built in 1609, at the Kloosterstraat.
Since 1992 the function of this building changed like of most buildings in its historical surroundings.
The former ''Huis van Bewaring'' is now part of the Court of Justice in the building annex.
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Court of Justice
North of the Brink of Assen the ''Paleis van Justitie'' or Court of justice is situated.
It is a majestic building in the neoclassicist style with yellow Ionian columns and a fronton.
In the fronton you can read in the Latin language '' sine justitia nulla libertas'' , meaning ''without justice no freedom''.
When I went to the grammarschool in Assen, I liked it to discover these Latin words on this building in Assen.
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Gouverneurstuin, historical review
In the citycentre of Assen, just south-west of the Brink you can find the Gouverneurstuin, meaning the ''Garden of the Governor''.
In the past it was the vegetable garden of the monastery. Later this garden belonged to the Drostenhuis, the house of the Queen's Commisionar (provincial governor).
When I was a kid, this park was the ''Verkeerstuin" (Traffic Park). Now this Traffic Park for kids is moved to the TT-circuit. During my Primaryschool I passed the practical part of my traffic exam here in the Gouverneurstuin.
In the 80s the Gouverneurstuin in re-arranged as a city park. The pond in the park is a remnant of an old brooklet ''de Weiersloop''.
- Historical Travel
- Arts and Culture
Gouverneurstuin, lovely citypark
The Gouverneurstuin, originallly the garden of the provincial governor, is since the 80s a city park.
It's a nice park for a small walk. Most of the times I walked in this park, I see young and old people visiting the park. The old trees are impressive and the many colourful flowerbeds are lovely.
During the summer months there are interesting art-exhibitions in the open-air.
There is also an old tiny summer-house, just near one of the entrances to the park, coming from the Torenlaan.
This building was originally a waitingroom for trainpassengers. In that time it was situated opposite the railwaystation at the Overcingelllaan, not far from the Overcingel estate.
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Buitenplaats Overcingel
The buitenplaats (estate) Overcingel is built in 1777-1778 for the Tax Collector, J van Lier. The historical building in Louis XIV style, was one of the first buildings, outside the moats or cingels of Assen. The estate is a cultural heritage site.
The buitenplaats (estate) includes 5 hectare garden, park and forest, designed in 1823. The green area is now a nature reserve.
The estate includes, except the mainbuilding, also a chinese summerhouse, a gardeners house, a barn, a witches ball at a wrought iron standard and a sun-dial.
Nowadays the Overcingel Estate is still the property of the same family van Lier. It is possible to visit the grounds on request.
As a kid, I could enter a part of the estate every saturday, because the building of scouting was just near the gardeners house. Sometimes we were even allowed to walk in the park and forest.
- Historical Travel
- Architecture
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says the U.S. Supreme Court striking down a California law to regulate the sale of violent video games to minors has vindicated his stance for government to stay out of policing home entertainment.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 to throw out California's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The law would have prohibited the sale of such games to anyone under 18 and fined retailers up to $1,000 for each infraction. In a given day, a video game seller could face thousands of dollars in fines.
Shurtleff said much like R-rated movies and adult-language music, regulation should rest with parents and businesses.
"Nobody likes the fact that there are violent video games out there, and no one likes their kids watching them," Shurtleff said, adding parents and the gaming industry need to take responsibility for keeping violent games away from minors, just as with movies and music.
"Parents, that's the key. That's what is going to control what movies they see and what music they listen to. Video games are no different," Shurtleff told the Deseret News. He said he believes that the government shouldn't step in and substitute for parenting.
"Parents need to wake up and be aware," he said.
Still, Shurtleff got some political heat two years from proponents of a Utah bill that would allow parents to more easily sue video game retailers if they advertise that they don't sell violent games to minors and then do. Shurtleff also filed a friend of the court brief in opposition to the California law.
Bill sponsor Rep. Michael Morley, R-Spanish Fork, along with other lawmakers and the Utah Eagle Forum, criticized Shurtleff and then Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. for being politically "moderate" in opposing the bill. Morley could not be reached for comment Monday.
The bill passed with broad support by the Utah Legislature only to be vetoed by Huntsman in March 2009. Huntsman cited concerns over free speech and impact on businesses.
Shurtleff said the Supreme Court ruling was the right decision in protecting First-Amendment rights. "The government isn't always able to step in and take over the role as parent," Shurtleff said, adding he is happy with the way the video game industry has self-regulated itself. He also encouraged parents to screen their kids' games by going to the ESRB website to check a game's content rating.
He said a recent national "secret buyer" study showed that Utah's video game retailers did a better job keeping mature games away from minors than movie theaters did with R-rated movies.
The Supreme Court's ruling falls in line with past rulings regarding the regulation of movies and music. Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the majority opinion, said violent content has never been limited by the courts, comparing violent video games to fairy tales, such as Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella and Snow White.
Hansel and Gretel push their captor into an oven, Cinderella's evil stepsisters have their eyes pecked out by doves and the evil queen in Snow White is forced to wear red hot slippers and dance until she is dead. "Certainly the books we give children to read — or read to them when they are younger — contain no shortage of gore," Scalia said.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer dissented from the majority, saying the First Amendment doesn't grant "a right to speak by minors" or a right of minors to access speech.
One Utah lawmaker said the issue isn't settled. "I think that the debate is not over, because while the opinion seems strongly in favor of striking the law down, I still think there's room to work with this," Rep. Julie Fisher, R-Fruit Heights, said.
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Chocolate Honeycomb Muffins
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Bought that Chocolate Honeycomb Bar but don't want to eat it all at one shot? Here's a smarvellous recipe to use it up! Recipe extracted and edited from AWW's "Muffins".
15 15 muffins US
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 100 g chocolate-coated honeycomb candy, chopped
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 60 g unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup milk (low-fat okay)
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius Line 15 muffin tins with paper cups, or grease the bottoms only.
- Sift together the flour and salt into a large bowl. Add the Chocolate chips and Chocolate coated honeycomb and make sure they are evenly spread out in the dry ingredients.
- In a medium sized bowl, mix together the brown sugar, vanilla extract, egg, melted butter and milk.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined.
- Divide batter into prepared muffin tins.
- Bake for about 20 minutes; cool on a wire rack.


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PS3 has HDCP implementation because of blu-ray movie playback (as I understand) and because of that we don't get to record HD gameplay over HDMI. That's just a side effect of implementing HDCP over HDMI (this is what I want clarified.)
I know the movie industry mandate to be true based on what I read around the internet when looking into buying elgato (almost bought blackmagic but decided against it since I won't be recording that much.) I just want to confirm if HDCP protection implemented for movie playback is causing the issue.
So, we can't record gameplay because of HDCP which was implemented because of movie playback? I am correct in thinking this right?
Xbox 360 isn't this way because they don't have blu-ray and aren't required to implement HDCP and the positive effect of that (not having HDCP) is you can record HD gameplay using HDMI.
Oddly enough, I bought elgato to record some gameplay. I am using S-Video from the PS3 to the device and then using HDMI to the TV and my settings on the PS3 have the following checked: 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p and it does let me record in 1080p even though the instructions say to uncheck 1080p.
I am not saying that I am bypassing the HDCP protection because I'm not....but I would assume since the TV recognizes it as 1080p, it's letting me record in 1080p.
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That is why many court cases get thrown out and people get off on murder...because the word reasonable is so different for so many people. People last gen could have said they weren't buy a PS3 because it didn't come with a standard hdmi cable. Yes..thats reasonable decision albeit one I would disagree with...but if its something that factors into their decision and is consistant with their purchasing behavior that is all that matters. So many factors go into purchasing a consumer product and the company releasing them has to take as many as possible into consideration. They know they can't satisfy 100% so they have to focus on features, price, quality, and design that will be reasonable for as many as they can. I imagine most people on here aren't being honest on the reasons behind their purchasing decisions for fear of others opinions but regardless of the reasons...they are all reasonable to that individual..and thats what matters to Sony and MS in terms of sales.
As for being off topic...I apologize..after a couple pages of reading I forgot what the topic was. I think people can put enough info that has been leaked out there to conclude that it was reported last year MS was having yield issues, couple that with the change of policy and design it has caused delays in getting the drivers and dev tools to the developers and thus they are further behind Sony. Thus developers are working with more advanced tools and yes more powerful hardware are able to see significant differences in their games so far...thus leading them to conclude the PS4 is faster to develop for and the more powerful of the two consoles..perhaps even by 50% at this point due to specs and dev tools. Sure I assume that will change as MS gets caught up but it would be hard to ever get them to an even ground with Sony with the difference in components and Sony's improved relationship with the development community.
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It's like running a restaurant. Whether your cooks cooked the food wrong OR someone got a dirty dish cuz of a bad dishwasher OR your server was rude and not attentive... guess who's reputation is going to be tarnished or ruined? The name of the restaurant and it's owner.....that's who. You can fire that rude waiter, but the damage is already done to your business's name and reputation. And anything major like implementing DRM RootKit in ANY of your divisions, you best BELIEVE the parent company....SONY... gave it their blessing. Cuz doing DRM can have a MAJOR impact on your parent company's financials (and stock price) and your company's reputation. So of course Sony the parent company is gonna weigh in on things and have a say as to if it's green lighted or not.
i.e. Just because someone didn't like Hanna Montana, doesn't mean they will not want to go to Disney World. Get it? The two have very little to do with one another.
RROD...... was caused by a design flaw that was unknown at the time of the 360's production.
No company is going to DELIBERATELY put in a flaw in the design that is later gonna cost them $1 BILLION to fix.
They may have ignored the signs that it was a problem in the early days thinking it was small problem.
But as the numbers increased, MS realized it was in fact a design flaw. As a result.... 1 1/2 years after the console's launch, they implemented a free replacement and 3 year extended warranty as a result. And also set out to fix the flaw.
RootKit DRM..... this is a completely different situation. Unlike the RROD design flaw.....the DRM was a DELIBERATE ACT, not any result of an unintended design flaw. Unlike the RROD, Sony didn't need to figure out why it was bad.... they KNEW IT WAS BAD because it was no accident. And while it took Microsoft 3-6 months of RRODs to realize they had an UNINTENDED problem, Sony took 2 FULL YEARS to address a problem that was INTENTIONAL from the get-go.
MS's DRM 180 reversal..... The DRM on the Xbox One, like the Sony's RootKit DRM...was INTENTIONAL. But with TWO major differences......
#1: Microsoft NEVER IMPLEMENTED their DRM......Sony DID IMPLEMENT their DRM.
#2: Microsoft reversed their stance on the DRM only 30 DAYS LATER. Sony's reversal time on their DRM stance? A full 2 YEARS later!
Yet Sony is given a pass for playing their customers for suckers and treating them bad with their DRM, yet Microsoft is not given the same leeway for simply ATTEMPTING DRM....even though the reversed stance in 30 days Vs. Sony's 2 years. Acting like Sony is the MORALLY superior company when in fact they were the DIRTIER company cuz they actually went through with their DRM and had the NERVE to stick with it for 2 years DESPITE the backlash. And people are calling Sony the company that listens to it's customers.
So even if the DRM didn't happen in Sony's Playstation division, it STILL goes to the heart of THE KIND OF COMPANY Sony REALLY IS. That is....Sony WILL screw their consumers with DRM IF THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT. Cuz they did it for 2 years DESPITE the backlash.
Oh.... and speaking again on RROD. What about Sony?
Does anyone remember the PS1 design flaw? You know... the one because of a plastic part pertaining to the step motor that moves the CD-ROM's lens to read across the disc? It would wear down over time on ONE SIDE and people had to turn their PS1 on it's side OR upside down in order for it to keep reading the disc or otherwise you couldn't play games. They did fix the design flaw in later manufactured PS1 consoles, but they never offered a free fix or extended warranty because of it.
The PS2 had the DRE problem.
The PS3 had the YLOD.
That's 3 different console generations of HARDWARE DESIGN FLAWS..... all made by SONY. So why aren't you guys ditching Sony over 3 generations of "SHODDY HARDWARE"? Again...... Sony given a pass.......MS crucified.
So in SUMMARY....It comes down to the CHARACTER of two companies....
Microsoft: Because of a design flaw, they replace the RRODed 360 consoles for FREE (even if it was out of warranty) and extend the warranty for 3 years. They TRIED to implement DRM, but reversed it in 30 DAYS due to backlash from consumers.
Sony: DESPITE a design flaw in the PS1....PS2.....and PS3. Did their consumers get a free repair outside of their console's warranty? NOPE! Did they get extended warranties as a result? NOPE! They actually IMPLEMENTED DRM on their consumers. Did they reverse their stance on DRM due to a backlash? Yes........ 2 years later VS. Microsoft's 30 DAYS!
When a console launches, it's losing money for it's PARENT company, not it's division, cuz the division is in the hole as soon as a new console is launched. So if a division is in the red, yet has money to spend, who is REALLY the one making the decisions? The parent company ultimately. Sony's parent company controls the Playstation's purse strings and ultimately the decisions made.
Have you NOT read the book on the making of the Xbox? The Xbox division heads were at war with the top brass at the parent company over a lot of decisions. The parent company has the ultimate say in the end. Same with Sony. And if you can be mad at Microsoft's parent company (since they, not the division, have ultimate say) for TRYING to implement DRM, then you should be just as mad and slander the character of Sony's parent company too, because Sony's parent company approved of DRM in one of their other divisions.
That same Sony parent company would have approved of DRM on the PS4 IF...and ONLY IF... they thought they could get away with it. Not because they are somehow of a higher moral character than Microsoft.
I don't care what Microsoft had PLANNED, I care about what they ultimately DO. Doesn't matter if it was only because of low pre-order numbers, backlash from the press or consumer complaints. The fact is.... DRM isn't happening and likely won't happen.
It's the same with Sony. I don't care what DRM they pulled in their music division, did they ultimately put it on the PS4? NO! So if Sony didn't implement DRM on the PS4 and Microsoft didn't implement DRM on the Xbox One console, why should I make EITHER of them pay?
For someone to boycott a company's product for an entire console generation for a DRM policy that lasted all of 30 days before being completely reversed, on a console that hasn't even been released yet.... is CHILDISH.
Well I'll use your own logic against you. Even though there were 3 generations of shoddy hardware from Sony, since it didn't AFFECT you, you are fine with still buying their hardware?
Well Microsoft's DRM was never actually IMPLEMENTED......so it never did give it's consumers problems. Consumers may have had problems with the IDEA of implementing such a DRM policy, but it never affected anyone cuz the console will never be released to the public with a DRM system in place.
So you may have a problem with Sony releasing shoddy hardware, but since their design flaws never affected YOU, you will continue buy their hardware. Well Microsoft's DRM policies didn't affect YOU, so why are you NOT gonna continue to game on the Xbox platform?
Punish them for what they DO to you, not over something that never happened to you in the first place.
Sony used to be somewhat the same with the PS2. They stopped listening to developers. They did the same with the PS3 with its hardware but they proved us that they wanted to work with the developers with the software side. Now they have shown us that they want to listen to the developers as far as the hardware-side as well.
What has MS shown so far? they're not going balls deep?
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Is this thread this even on topic anymore?! haha
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As long as people aren't calling each other names, does it matter? Conversations drift at times. I'm not saying this should be the rule but sometimes that is okay.
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Well okay, let's scrap everything I said in my previous reply to you and just remember that Sony did this earlier this year (one has to ask 'why' and 'when did they make THEIR u-turn')
Now I resume my 'Happy hunting..' ending
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Yeah it would have been bad if that was implemented.
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this isn't a reply to you just in general, but i quoted you to prove my point.
just because a company patents something doesn't necessarily mean they're going to use it. just putting the good word out there. I heard this too when it was released and didn't believe for a second that Sony would do that, that was why I was shocked when MS did it because I knew of the backlash it would get. safe to say I was right
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I think Sony was smart to wait out and see. This proves even more that they're level headed (PlayStation Division) when it comes to serious $#@! like this.
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That's ignorance. I dislike the 360, does not mean I won't stick with Windows, which I do. I also dislike the Wii, does not mean I can't like their handheld more, which I do. You should judge a product based on how it's handled, rather than who the parent company is. EA for example, I detest a lot of things about them but that doesn't make me stop buying BF games. As long as EA doesn't $#@! it up, I will keep supporting it.
No it's not like running a restaurant. Unless you mean to say that a restaurant was one of the things that are done by the company. In which case, your logic is false. That's not the only thing Sony does.
i.e. Just because someone didn't like Hanna Montana, doesn't mean they will not want to go to Disney World. Get it? The two have very little to do with one another.
Every big decision in each division is approved by the parent company. There is no getting around that. And if you buy a product from one of Sony's other divisions... you are saying to Sony.... I'm willing to put money in your coffers
and overlook how you were willing to screw over consumers in another division as long as you don't screw over your consumers in the division I like.
Kinda like telling a thief that you are cool with him stealing from people as long as he ain't stealing from people in your household. As long as it doesn't affect you, you are willing to over look his crimes on others.
lol wrong.
The latter wasn't their original plan but they did deliberately do that in order to push out the launch asap.
that's not how QC works. you would know this if you ever worked for a manufacturer. ignoring signs to a problem, regardless of being small or large, is a deliberate failure.
The RROD was a result of the solder being heated and cooled back and forth over time that weakened it and caused the pins to eventually separate from contact to the motherboard. In QC they would stress test a motherboard either in all heat or all cold. They don't cycle it from hot to cold to hot to cold over and over again in a way that simulates the hours of use and hours of cool down a console encounters over the course of a year.
Tungsten incandescent light bulb filaments last longest when left on all the time or when left off all the time. Where they weaken and become brittle is the constant heating and cooling that comes with turning a light off and on. This is well known in light bulbs. This is not well known in consoles. If they had known this was gonna be an issue, they would have come up with a fix or delayed. Letting it go out knowingly defective only opens you up to expensive warranty repairs and a hit to your reputation.
yes, or they were going to lose their customer base
If you can show the amount of back lash Sony got from the consumer threatening to stop buying their product, to be nearly as much as MS did, then you have a point there.
show the relevance here and you got it dude. why should i be worried about Sony's rootkit scandal when buying the PS4?
If that's the way you want to go then sir, please do not even compare Sony to MS because MS has a lot more $#@! piled under their rug than Sony. lol funny you should bring this. digging a hole buddy.
did it happen within a year? within a month? within a week? several times a year? not to mention, this problem can be fixed, granted that doesn't give them any reason to do it but CD errors were pretty common issues back then and my PS1 lasted for years.
I agree but the severity of the issue and its frequency is the difference here. Since you are so good at speaking about severity and how long something took, you're conveniently ignoring that rule here. is that fair?
still you are comparing minor issues to probably the biggest hardware failure in the console history. Sony is seen as a better hardware company by the general public
They make the bigger decisions (parent company) but the divisions have control over their decisions. If you're doing poor, you'll just not get funding and i'm sure there are things that happen at the higher level but generally they let you do it your way if you're doing well. if this is your attempt to tell us that there is a risk that Sony will somehow do a worse job with DRM with the PS4 then you're probably not looking at it from the right perspective. Sony has already been making the right decisions looking at the PS3...they have a precedence now. Other than their online passes, I can't think of anything where they were more strict than their competition.
So it's MS that wanted the DRM? interesting, I didn't know that. Well, I blamed SONY (parent company) for blu-ray and the cell. So yeah, when the shoe fits. do you think i or half the gamers were going to take that $#@! again with the PS4? lol think again. loyalty only lasts as long as the company is doing the right thing. sure there are hardcore loyalists but majority will move on. i was just about on the fence the entire generation. and i was skeptical before the PS4 reveal. you have to convince most gamers...there's no loyalty there.
who's disagreeing with that? the point is that Sony played it well, that's all there is to it.
what? yea but one of them tried it. and MS has always been strict with their console, this is not the first time they tried to restrict their console. are you forgetting Live?
yea i agree somewhat but honestly that's still scary to me. we will see once the console is released, people will ease into it. we still don't know what's there that might be silly. i don't honestly trust MS, especially after all that ruckus.
3 years of shoddy hardware? rose-tinted glasses for MS I guess. Sony has never made anything that didn't outlast MS' equivalent product. disprove me
it doesn't have to happen to you. it's the ideology that affects people. do you think people are just going to forget it and trust MS? good luck with that, that's not how the world works. i.e. GM isn't going to regain its reputation over night. They have to prove it first. DRM was part of MS' philosophy they have with the Xbox and Live, they want control over everything.
Sony used to be somewhat the same with the PS2. They stopped listening to developers. They did the same with the PS3 with its hardware but they proved us that they wanted to work with the developers with the software side. Now they have shown us that they want to listen to the developers as far as the hardware-side as well.
What has MS shown so far? they're not going balls deep?
To davin_g.....
Of course the person making the decision thinks their reason is REASONABLE. But when they make public their reasons for something, I have just as much right to declare their reasoning as being UNREASONABLE and argue my case as to why.
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10-02-2013 #149But the FACT is.... none of what MS announced was implemented. Again.... hold them accountable for what they DO...not what they ANNOUNCE and 180 30 days later. You are convicting them of a crime they merely TALKED about doing, not a crime they actually committed. Just because you didn't like what they announced doesn't mean you have to boycott the product if the stuff you don't like isn't in the product in the end.
It is like a restaurant. Consider each employee in their job positions as different divisions of a company. And if one of those employees (divisions) screws up, it affects the whole restaurant's (company's) reputation.
Every big decision in each division is approved by the parent company. There is no getting around that. And if you buy a product from one of Sony's other divisions... you are saying to Sony.... I'm willing to put money in your coffers
and overlook how you were willing to screw over consumers in another division as long as you don't screw over your consumers in the division I like.
Kinda like telling a thief that you are cool with him stealing from people as long as he ain't stealing from people in your household. As long as it doesn't affect you, you are willing to over look his crimes on others.
I have worked in QC as a matter of fact. I worked for a hard drive magnetic head manufacturer. We made sure to not let problems go into the final product. Otherwise the hard disk companies would return defective product and would reduce their future contracts with us as a result.
The RROD was a result of the solder being heated and cooled back and forth over time that weakened it and caused the pins to eventually separate from contact to the motherboard. In QC they would stress test a motherboard either in all heat or all cold. They don't cycle it from hot to cold to hot to cold over and over again in a way that simulates the hours of use and hours of cool down a console encounters over the course of a year.
Tungsten incandescent light bulb filaments last longest when left on all the time or when left off all the time. Where they weaken and become brittle is the constant heating and cooling that comes with turning a light off and on. This is well known in lightbulbs. This is not well known in consoles. If they had known this was gonna be an issue, they would have come up with a fix or delayed. Letting it go out knowingly defective only opens you up to expensive warranty repairs and a hit to your reputation.
Like any other company would do....except Sony of course. They didn't fix out of warranty flaws for free or extend the warranties on their defective products
That's years ago. Go type in Sony DRM ROOTKIT and look for the backlash yourself. I'm not gonna go looking for it for you. The backlash was there. Go look for yourself.
Cuz the parent company approved of the DRM and you aren't making them pay a price for such awful treatment of their customers by purchasing a PS4 and it's games. Again... being okay with a thief as long as they are stealing from everybody but YOU.
The time frame doesn't matter. If it's a design defect, they should pay for it's replacement....NOT the consumer paying for THEIR mistake.
Doesn't matter severity or frequency. Their $#@! up.... they should fix it for free...PERIOD! It shouldn't be "well.... we will fix it for free if enough people have issues with it". Microsoft not only fixed the current 360 failures due to RROD, but offered REIMBURSEMENT for those that had already fixed it with their own money. My friend was reimbursed for his RROD fix.
Microsoft HAD to do that. You know this too. You won't admit it, however.
A Playstation that stops wiorking is a MAJOR issue. Doesn't matter how little or often it happens. Sony felt it enough of a problem to redesign the consoles. So if it's a design problem on their part, fix those that have it for FREE. Don't $#@!ing charge them for your $#@! up!
I am not going to respond to the rest of your post. After responding to the above I am seeing a pattern and it's just you in defense mode.
I've been there so I am going to stop here.
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It has been my specialty for many years of sitting and listening to what happens in our nations courtrooms. (Even as a cop I would sometimes sit and listen, you learn stuff.) I have spent hours in courts both here in California and in numerous states. New York is just wild, there the criminal courts are open 24 hours a day and you will see inmates being brought in, all chained together for their moment in court.
How about this, I remember Municipal Courts and Justice Courts….I loved Justice Courts as I could bring someone that I had just arrested and have them standing in front of a judge within hours of being arrested. (The Honorable Judge Scott, Fresno, Ca.)
So when people who know me assume that I am up to some big case when they see me sitting in the hallways. I always have a reason for much of what I do, and spending time in the hallways and in the courtrooms I always learn something.
(For instance, why would a CHILDREN's Monitor be flashing a badge and carrying a gun? I swear, this is happening as I type and another HUGE issue is this. It would appear that HIRING a big well dressed smile and getting a third stringer who shows up to " Monitor", and it appears with the court's blessings, I am just saying)
Well the other afternoon I decided to sit in the Honorable Christine W. Byrd's courtroom, Dept 65. Who do I see looking dynamic in an all black suit and great shoes is Melanie Shornick, Esq. Ms. Shornick is an associate of the Trope and Trope firm, (since 2006 ). Well let me tell you this, she was up against Mark Vincent Kaplan, Esq., Mark has been a lawyer since 1974, (was at one time employed by Trope & Trope, hundred years ago). Mark is as tough as it comes when he is working the court and he is very well versed in all the great lawyer tricks. I always find watching Mr. Kaplan very entertaining, today his voice was very low, not sure why. Mark Kaplan also has a great sense of humor and his years in the DIVORCE racket is obvious.
All I can tell you is this, Kaplan was pitching and Shornick was batting those pitches out of the park. Shornick, obviously has a few tricks up her sleeve and to watch these two champions of L.A. Divorce was fun. Now, keep in mind, the pitching and hitting, the ultimate 'ump' is sitting and listening. Better than an umpire is Judge Christine Byrd, and she is smiling as in 'are you kidding', and Her Honor is also catching all of what I love to call is lawyer 'Shenanigans', not a bad thing keep in mind. Judge Byrd is making her thoughts on some of the issues and you can see Kaplan slowing the pitches and Shornick is leaning on her bat……this was some great stuff to listen to and observe in Dept. 65.
Once again to watch and listen to Judge Christine Byrd make comments to these two very capable lawyers, it is very obvious that she is reading between the lines. So much that Judge Byrd corrects some of the testimony with what the facts actually are. LMAO I can only guess that Her Honor did some reading before taking the bench.
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