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Speaking at The Entertainment Gathering conference here, "Sims" creator Will Wright and Microsoft Xbox team head J. Allard both cast a spotlight on the growing role that game players will have in creating content for the biggest games.
Wright's newest game, dubbed "Spore," will populate fictional planets with animals and cities created wholly by other game players. Allard said the Xbox 360 will increasingly encourage developers to let their players add on to worlds, and even sell their creations though a central Xbox store system.
"(Gaming) is the only medium where we yield control of the protagonist. Let's yield control of the director--and the producer," said Allard, a vice president at Microsoft. "We're going to take on the Wikipedia model. We're going to take on...the open-source model, if you will, for gaming."
Indeed, the idea that consumers have a virtually infinite appetite for customized entertainment and are willing to invest both time and money in tailoring their own experience is rippling through the media world far beyond gaming with deep financial consequences.
Record labels see the personalized ring-tone market that brought in more than $600 million in the United States alone last year, one of the most promising bright spots in years of declining revenues. TV companies have finally adapted to the idea that consumer may want on-demand versions of their shows online, and are beginning to release shows in bulk to Apple Computer's iTunes store for sale the day after they air.
But gaming has had the most experience with the power of the consumer-director, and is going much farther than any other medium in opening the process of content creation itself to its customers.
Players' eagerness to go beyond the conventional boundaries has been seen in almost every online game. In the first major massively multiplayer game, Ultima Online, developers saw their swords-and-sorcery stories expanded by players who opened taverns to host online friends and create theater groups to perform "A Christmas Carol" inside the game.
That behavior helps create new content for the game and gives players a stake in the game to keep their interest piqued longer--a critical thing for online games in which players pay a subscription fee every month.
Wright said he had learned the power of the phenomenon by watching players in his "Sim City" and "Sims" games spend hours customizing their characters and creating in-game objects that were traded online.
His new game "Spore," still under development at Electronic Arts, is built wholly around this phenomenon. Players will control a species at it evolves from single-cell organism all the way to interstellar space-traveling "Galactic God," creating the look and personality of the species and, later on, the tools, cities, and even planets they used and inhabited.
The game is created so that simple choices on the part of the consumer--mouth shape, leg placement and so on--will be amplified by the computer's physics and behavior models to create creatures worthy of a Pixar movie, he said.
But the real secret weapon for the game is that each player's creations will be uploaded to the company and then downloaded to other player's computers. Once a species reaches space, for example, it will visit other worlds inhabited entirely by cities full of beings created inside another player's game.
"Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas," Wright said.
Allard told a story of meeting a 12- or 13-year-old inner-city child last year and introducing him to a basketball game on the new Xbox 360. Instead of spending hours dunking or trash-talking with his friends, the boy spent two hours creating a pair of sneakers, saying that was what he wanted to do when he grew up.
Maybe that boy wasn't typical of every single game player, but he didn't need to be, Allard said.
"If only 1 percent of our audience that plays Halo helped construct the world around Halo, it would be more human beings than work at Microsoft corporation," Allard said. "That's how much human energy we could harness in this medium."
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- great idea....
- i think this method would bring costs down greatly.. but it would only work for one or two types of games.. specifically MMORPG's (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games)
myself, i dont really play games.. but i can see the potential
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Community Capital Bank became the state's 22nd financial institution to fail this year when it closed recently, but it has reopened as State Bank and Trust.
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"Everything will continue to operate for customers as they did before Friday, checks, debit cards, ATMs, loans, online banking," he said. "We want to make sure there is a smooth transition."
Nothing will change right away for the two branches' workers, estimated to be fewer than 35.
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State Bank and Trust is headquartered in Macon, but the newly-acquired branches will fall under the holding company's Atlanta office.
"We consider Morrow and Fayetteville to be part of our Atlanta franchise," said Woodbery. "We have two primary focuses, Macon and Atlanta."
State Bank and Trust acquired the state's fourth-largest lender, Macon-based Security Bank, in 2009. On Oct. 11, State Bank and Trust took over Piedmont Community Bank, which operated branches in Macon and Gray.
As of June 30, 2011, Community Capital had about $181.2 million in total assets, and $166.2 million in total deposits, according to the FDIC. The FDIC and State Bank and Trust entered into a loss-share transaction on $141.3 million of Community Capital's assets. State Bank and Trust will share in the losses on the asset pools covered under the loss-share agreement.
FDIC officials estimated the loss to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund $62 million, but pointed out the acquisition is the least-costly resolution.
Woodbery said State Bank and Trust is a thriving institution.
"We are growing in metro Atlanta and will continue to grow," he said. "I think there will be job opportunities, but I don't know yet. We will need to figure out our needs and the abilities of our employees."
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Airbus and Boeing remain under pressure from airlines to define their narrowbody replacement plans. But with strong backlogs for the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, neither airframer appears too terribly worried about would-be successors. Instead they have been developing their current programmes to improve efficiency. Airbus may even opt to re-engine the A320.
That is all fine and dandy but what about the cabin? With narrowbody replacement appearing to be pushed out beyond the next decade, doesn't the six-abreast cabin deserve a revamp too? (Sorry Boeing, the new 'Sky Interior' for the 737 is sweet but it is far from game-changing).
Might there be a way for current A320/737 operators to improve ground rotation capability (a major concern), satisfy passengers (by providing more comfort) and make in-flight service easier?
One chap with a possible answer is Morten Müller, an aircraft engineer who says he is a former member of the Airbus sales squad.
Müller has developed a cabin concept that would turn your average A320 or 737 into something decidedly more appealing than the traditional single-aisle (3+3) layout and yes, as the headline suggests, it involves a twin-aisle configuration.
In a paper prepared for the Crystal Cabin Awards Competition held at the Hamburg Aircraft Interiors Expo in April, Müller made the following argument for his design:
"Iconoclastic perhaps, but not exaggerated, A320/737 six-abreast single-aisle (3+3) cabins are user-unfriendly; unattractive to passengers; dreaded by cabin attendants; [and] a pain-in-the-neck to cabin cleaners!
"Quoting [former SAS Group chief executive] Jan Carlzon ("Moments of Truth", 1985) : 'How would I explain to our passengers that SAS shall invest hundreds of millions in the purchase of new 737 or A320 aircraft, if the only new feature is a line down the full length of the cabin only with middle seats in a triple, where nobody wants to sit?'
"Use the A320 trim-to-trim 146.4″ cabin width to install something closer to Jan Carlzon's (2+2+2) "Passenger Pleasing Plane", e.g. five-abreast twin aisle HP3 (1+2+2) or HQR (1+3+1) seating? Amazingly, it works! ("QuickRotation" HQR (1+3+1) cabins may also be fitted in the 737)."
The picture directly above and below shows the A320 in (1+2+2) configuration, while the cross-section (far bottom of blog) shows the 737 (1+3+1) concept.
Quite obviously, in order to accomplish either new arrangement, a carrier would have to sacrifice some capacity (something the likes of Spring Airlines and Ryanair, which claim to be seriously studying stand-up seats, probably wouldn't get excited about).
But it would allow carriers that care todifferentiate their product (yes, there are still some out there!) todo so in an innovative, crowd-pleasing way while waiting until 2020or beyond for next-gen narrowbodies.
"Ticket yield leveraging is powerful: customers are informed, educated, selective; they will check, compare and vote, with assurance and autonomy, for the best product [and] making profit will be easier with [these designs]," says Müller.
That's a BIG claim. But I wonder if Müller isn't onto something here.
As a matter of interest, ILFC in 2008 notably advocated the development of twin-aisle narrowbody aircraft with seven-abreast seating (let's not talk about what ILFC might be advocating right now, ahem).
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This is my 8th move in 16 years most of which have been international and/or intercontinental. This one is domestic but has its particular challenges. Australia is a big country. This move is through several hours of time-zone, across thousands of miles of desert and from one climate to a vastly different one. But that is not the challenge.
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Those are tricky to pack as well. :-)
I wonder why "I am learning German" is a related group to this one?

You are so efficient that I am sure that everything will come together, even though the move sounds like a daunting undertaking. Depending how many additional effects you are bringing from overseas, it looks as though space, at least, will not be a problem.

I remember an old lady who was downsizing from a large house to a small apartment, who was not organized at all. The day before her move, she was desperately trying to give things away. When I visited her, I found that if I so much as looked at an ob<x>ject, she would try to persuade me to have it, however unlikely it was that I would want it. If she had spoken up sooner, it could all have been less stressful and much of what ended up being thrown away could have gone to good homes.

Good luck and blessings, for the tiring days ahead. Having moved so often, you will be well prepared for possible snags. :-)
Hopefully there will be a point where you will stay in a house for a while.... Good luck on the move...
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You should get yourself a nice tent ;-)
Wish I could come and help!

When I first saw a map of Australia superimposed over a map of the states when I was in school, I was amazed to see that the land mass is about the same and Australia is huge!

Hope the new climate and time zone agrees with you!

Get some rest!
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Bright Blessings to you as you "embrace" this coming adventure! You will give us frequent updates of course? Hugs.
:-) good deal friend!
My husband worked for the government when our children were young, we moved 14 times in 7 years, and we have always had pets. The moving all over the country was exciting and overwhelming at the same time. Twenty years ago we came "home" and have lived here since. With children and pets, it got a little crazy to continue the constant moves. I am excited for you, I remember the fun times and the movers and find our way around new places. Our moves were not international moves, and I have never had domestic help, it wasn't so easy. :-)
I meant "finding" our way around new places, I am tired tonight! :-)


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I think we also need to "motivate" the shyster lawyers, by telling them that if their client loses, they'll have to pay half the claim or forfeit their law licenses unless they've been "batting at least .800". Everyone is going to lose from time to time, but the ones who really KNOW up front they haven't got a leg to stand on--need to be motivated away.
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Writing in the Washington Post, law professors Ian Ayres and William Eskridge of Yale University draw our attention to the fact that there are a number of U.S. states that still carry laws that make it unlawful to tell kids about homosexuality and gay rights. This, they write, doesn't invalidate arguments against Russia's so-called gay propaganda ban, but it does emphasize that the United States has some matters of its own to address.
The underlying ideology of these statutes is the same: Everybody should be heterosexual, and homosexuality is per se bad. This ideology has never rested on any kind of evidence that homosexuality is a bad "choice" that the state ought to discourage. The ideology is a prejudice-laden legacy of a fading era. (In fact, the strategy is daffy: Even if homosexuality were a bad lifestyle choice, state laws are not an effective way to head off such a choice.)
Putin's inability to justify this law puts a spotlight on the inability of Utah, Texas, Arizona and other states to justify their gay-stigmatizing statutes. They should be repealed or challenged in court. Just as judges led the way against compulsory sterilization and racial-segregation laws, so they should subject anti-gay laws to critical scrutiny.
These laws, dubbed "No-Promo Homo" laws crop up in at least eight states. They include: Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah, and are all focused on how teachers and teaching materials should address homosexuality. The laws mostly carry offensive language that dehumanizes gay people, and many are fairly similar.
As an example, the Texas "No-Promo Homo" law can be found in the state's Health and Safety Code and reads:
(b) The materials in the education programs intended for persons younger than 18 years of age must:
. . . .
(2) state that homosexual conduct is not an acceptable lifestyle and is a criminal offense under Section 21.06, Penal Code.
Homosexuality of course is not an offense as the United States Supreme Court has invalidated all sodomy bans. However, sodomy bans remain on the books in a number of states including Texas.
The Arizona "No Promo" law is particularly explicit in its twin agenda against sex education and gay rights, stating:
C. No [school] district shall include in its course of study instruction which:
1. Promotes a homosexual life-style.
2. Portrays homosexuality as a positive alternative life-style.
3. Suggests that some methods of sex are safe methods of homosexual sex.
Some of the states listed here have gradually started to water down their so-called "promotion of homosexuality" bans. Among them, North Carolina recently changed its statute so that it doesn't read as explicitly anti-gay but of course still is by virtue of what it excludes:
Teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous heterosexual relationship in the context of marriage is the best lifelong means of avoiding sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
There is also some debate as to whether more states could technically fall into the "No-Promo Homo" category because they have similarly attempted to forestall discussion of homosexuality by simply banning all kinds of sex education outside of the lines of heterosexual monogamy and no sex before marriage.
It is of course worth mentioning that individual districts within states where these laws do not exist have also been known to use similar bans on discussing homosexuality. Among the most infamous of these is the Annoka Hennepin district in Minnesota which was the subject of a federal court case for its carrying policies that hampered teachers to such an extent that they feared involving themselves with cases of anti-gay bullying, something critics say led to several teenagers taking their own lives.
On top of that, we also have a number of states that have tried to institute what we have come to call Don't Say Gay laws, Tennessee being the state to lead that charge. No word yet on whether ringleader Senator Stacey Campfield will introduce yet another version of that bill which last year carried an extra kick in the pants that basically forced teachers to out gay students to their parents.
So does all this mean the United States is being hypocritical in calling out Russia's gay propaganda law? I'd argue no because there is one quite large difference here. As ridiculous and ignorant as these bans are, they are not capable of being used to systematically silence a minority, unlike the Russian law which is specifically designed to be as broad as possible so that all public demonstrations and gay rights advocacy – even mention of gay rights or homosexuality in books — is now suspect. Even if the intent is the same, and I would argue it is, there remains a substantial difference in the effect of these laws.
That said, the laws serve to degrade the United States' authority on the world stage as a country leading the charge on progressive change, and they inflict harm on LGBT kids by reinforcing their otherization and even in some cases specifically implying that LGBT kids will be criminals for who they may, in the future, love.
The fact that those laws still exist is deeply shameful, and they must be repealed without delay.
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I'm proud of you, Tim!
Quite disgraceful. :-(
By the way. I have been meaning to make a point for a while.
Several people have made statements suggest that those of us in America (USA) should clean up our own house before pointing fingers elsewhere.
Just so those people understand. The LGBT community and their friends and families, have been working hard for many years at doing this, and we continue to do so. However for those of you that do not understand, we have a common phrase we use to describe ourselves. WE ARE FAMILY. That is not just those of us in the USA, UK, Uganda, China, Russia, or any other place on earth. We are family everywhere. We are everywhere, and we will stand up and shout wherever we see this type of unjust tyranny existing. So yes, we do need to clean up our own house here in the USA, but that doesn't mean we should help our neighbors clean house as well. The christian community in the USA didn't keep it to the USA they have sparked hate campaigns all over the globe, so why shouldn't the LGBT community spark a little love campaign?
Of course there are.
These blinders we wear are ridiculous.
Hateful behaviours live and thrive in America.
Thank You Pam W.
Sometimes I wonder if people get it, It is nice to hear from you so I can be reminded there are still good people in the world
-_- Looks like some people are suck in old and stupid ways.
And this is exactly why Americans need to clean up their own dung hill before they worry about a little pile of dust somewhere else. As Americans dive in on Russia's stance toward homosexuality, they totally overlook that nobody authorized them to stand on some pedestal criticizing other countries over something that takes place here as well. Homosexuality isn't the only issue in this respect. Americans also keep harping around on other countries' historic black marks which are even less severe that those in America's past. Until the US becomes flawless, maybe it's high time Americans put duct tape across the mouth, hein?
Please try to be patient as it is only human nature that it is taking a long time for some states and countries to lose their bigotry. Old ideas are very deeply entrenched in their thinking and it will take time for the whole world to adopt new and fairer ideas. The more we petition and the more gay people are seen to be behaving in a normal manner and going about their business like everyone else in society, the stigma and ignorance will gradually dissipate. Think of how long it has taken for the world to adopt new ideas in the past! In some places women are still being stoned! Does it make you surprised at the old-fashoioned attitude of some places still to people being gay? It is a crazy world and we must never give up on our ideal of trying to turn it into a saner and more accepting and loving place! it WILL happen if we don't give up!
I want to be sure you see what Timothy has written:
"Asking for equal rights and treatment is not shoving ones sexuality in someones face, however passing anti gay laws is shoving someones bigotry in ones face. Asking for the same right to marry or adopt is not shoving sexuality in ones face. Forcing me to pay taxes, and then using that money to pay for heterosexuals child care and education, when you won't allow me to have a family....that is shoving your sexuality in my face. Making me pay into social security but not allowing me to know that my loved one will receive it when I die, but rather it will be mixed in with all the money being paid out to straight couples and families...that is shoving it in my face!"
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I'm taking the points with UAB on Thursday.
Mike Davis has the Blazers playing outstanding basketball and on the fringe of a "Big Dance" berth. The Blazers came within one-point of knocking-off last year's national runner-up team in Birmingham, and they played pretty well against the Tigers in this season's meeting in Memphis. UAB was within three points at halftime, and within five points with just over one minute to play, but eventually fell by 13-points. The Tigers have won 54-straight Conference-USA contests. The last loss came against UAB in 2006. The Blazers guard home-court well, going 12-0 SU this season, winning by an average score of 77-58. They are actually on a 26-1 run at Bartow Arena, with their only loss coming in that one-point defeat to Memphis mentioned above. They'll welcome a Memphis team that has not shot all that well away from home. They're hitting about 43% from the field, average only six made treys on 18 attempts per game, and connect on just over 64% of their free throw attempts. Meanwhile, UAB has held their first dozen "guests" to 39% shooting. And they force a lot of turnovers...15 per game to be exact, while allowing just 9 assists per game. I really admire the focus UAB displayed on Saturday against Southern Miss. They beat the Eagles by 30-points in what could have been an easy "look-ahead" situation. Instead, they were all about the task at hand. I expect their player and coaching leadership to come through again tonight. Robert Vaden and his teammates know they can handle Memphis. Tonight, I believe they will. I'm taking the points with UAB, my Conf-USA Shocker. Thanks! GL! Scott
I'm laying the points with UCLA over Stanford.
I have been saying that the Cardinal are an overrated squad since day-one this season and it looks as though reality has caught up to them. The Cardinal have lost three in a row and seven of their last nine. And one of the those two wins came against lowly CSU-Bakersfield. Some will look for Stanford to get revenge tonight for a 34-point annihilation at the hands of the Bruins just last month. But UCLA is fuming mad after dropping one to Washington State last time out. In fact, Ben Howland has challenged his team's toughness after losing three of their last four. Even center Alfred Aboya said the team hasn't always played with a sense of urgency, lately. The Bruins were scorched by Wazzu last time out. The Cougars hit 59% from the field and beat UCLA by a point. That's an important stat because Ben Howland teams, normally strong on the defensive end, have almost always brought their "A-game" following a poor performance. His teams are 12-3, 80% ATS following a game where they allowed at least 55% shooting to their opponent. Howland cited his team's lack of intensity on the defensive end, not to mention a letdown after knocking off Washington. I expect his troops to refocus tonight against a team that doesn't matchup well with the Bruins. UCLA has also been "money" away from home under Howland, going 40-22 ATS. Expect the two "tech trends" to continue in favor of UCLA on Thursday. I'm laying the points with the Bruins. Thanks! GL! Scott.
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I'm laying the points with Illinois on Thursday night.
Talk about a "circle the calendar" game! This one takes the cake. Not only are the Illini in revenge tonight against the poor traveling Gophers, but they were humiliated by them in this season's first meeting. Minnesota took Illinois "behind the woodshed" in a 59-36 whipping. Now Illinois returns home off a fantastic shooting night in a win on the road over Ohio State. That win came off a poor shooting night against Penn State in Champaign. In fact, this will be Illinois' first home game since scoring just 33-points in the loss to the Nittany Lions. They're hosting a team they have handled on a regular basis at home. Minnesota has won in Champaign just twice in 31-years! I had the Gophers in their 27-point win last time out, but now they face an Illini team that's 14-2 at home this season where they hold the opposition to just 52.4 ppg on a stingy 37.9% shooting. In fact, the Illini allow just 27% from area code three on their home floor. This is a place where the Illini also distribute the ball well, averaging 18 apg, while allowing just 10 apg to their "guests" and forcing 16 tpg. That's more bad news for a Minnesota team that averages four more turnovers per game than assists. The Illini are a perfect 3-0, 100% at home this season laying points in a price range that includes tonight's number. Minnesota has covered just 2 of their last 10 overall, and 15 of their last 43 as an underdog. Add it up and we have sweet revenge with Illinois. I'm laying the points with the Illini on Thursday.
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For instance, San Fran, whose coach suspended four players recently, is fresh off a win against Santa Clara, the Dons biggest rival. Now it takes on Marymount and the motivation for going down there is not high. They just beat their big rival, from ten behind in the second half and five in OT. Because of that they figure to let down against Marymount in a game that means nothing. Marymount is a freshman-laden team but it plays hard every night. Max Good demands it. It has shown a lot of fight and this is a winnable game. Getting five-and-a-half is fair and I expect a motivated Mayrmount to beat a flat San Fran team.
Florida International +3.5 at home against Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee has its spot in the conference tourney locked up. And its final game of the year is senior night at home against Western Kentucky. It's going on the road to Florida International, a team that hasn't been healthy all year, until now. Even banged up it beat Western Kentucky at home. Now the Panthers face a Middle team that seems to have mailed it in since losing its chance to win the conference regular season title. Middle's coach says his team wants to build some momentum, but I don't see it, as I have found out the hard way by losing money on this group the past month. I think the player's minds will be on their final game of the season on senior night. International will be super focused because if it wins its last two it might get a chance at a home game in the conference tourney. Even the Middle coach said that when FIU is healthy it could win the conference. This is a chance to salvage a hard luck year by knocking off the pre-season favorite. So I look for FIU to beat my favorite team. Florida International +3.5 is the play
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My 20* College Basketball Underdog Game of the Year is the UAB Blazers plus the points over the Memphis Tigers. This is a long awaited game for me as I have had this particular game circled since the season began, and I couldn�t have asked for a better setup heading into it. The 4th ranked Memphis Tigers visit the unranked 19-8 SU UAB Blazers in a big Conference USA matchup. The Blazers are a perfect 12-0 SU at home this season and 9-3 SU in the Conference. They have won 9 of their last 10 games and certainly are on the bubble as to whether they will be dancing next month or not. They played a solid early season non-conference schedule but only really picked up one signature win and that was a win that has gotten better as the season has progressed against Arizona. Outside of that win they had losses to Oklahoma, BC, Cincinnati, Louisville and Butler. This is an absolute must win spot for them to have any chance at a bubble bid but more importantly this game means a lot more to the Blazers in terms of revenge. Last season Memphis highly ranked and undefeated came into UAB and escaped with a controversial one point victory after UAB had a last second shot waved off. The Blazers were up two at the half in that game and returned basically the same starting lineup from last year�s team. Seniors Vaden, Kinnard and Delaney (who was injured last year) are all on their last hooray and looking at this game as their Championship in their careers. Meanwhile Memphis was supposed to be going through a rebuilding year this season but after a couple losses early have blown through a very bad Conference USA schedule. Blazers have the talent to keep up unlike the rest of the conference and The ESPN cameras will be visiting, the arena is sold out and the school is giving out gold t shirts for a �gold rush�. Home crowd will be rocking and I look for Vaden and crew to get the job done against a Memphis team that comes in vastly overrated and overvalued due beating up on the poor C-USA teams this season. I currently have this line at +4.5. My 20* College Basketball Underdog Game of the Year is the UAB Blazers plus the points.
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Charleston Police had been looking for a murder suspect since the end of October, and he turned himself in on Christmas Day by walking up to a police officer and pointing out that he was wanted for murder. 24-year old Richard Hillard was arrested Tuesday for the murder of David Booker, who was found shot on Milton Street on the East End in October. Arrest warrants were issued in late November for Hilliard, and there are past court records showing Hilliard has had run-ins with police for drugs, assault and credit card fraud. So far the signs in this investigation point to the idea that Booker's murder was drug-related. Hilliard was arraigned before a Kanawha County magistrate and he is being held without bond in the South Central Regional Jail.
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"The number of people in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is going up steadily as a result of lower age limits for both men and women who want to serve as missionaries."
Video courtesy of Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
"The number of people in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is going up steadily as a result of lower age limits for both men and women who want to serve as missionaries."
Video courtesy of Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
I was recently visited by a pair of Mormon missionaries. I wanted to yell RUN, RUN, set yourselves free! -but their young minds were locked up so tightly. It makes me angry to see these young people so deliberately mislead by unrelenting propaganda. Granted, most are better off than the neglected and virtually thrown away children in too many our our unhealthy, unorganized neighborhoods, but this heavy handed programming is hardly an optimum alternative.
I was able to escape the narrow religious programing I was subjected to by my well intentioned parents – but it was not easy and it left huge emotional scars. I was rescued by the free library system, a few caring school teachers, and a University education. Better to teach the young how to behave, and how to learn, and then let them find their own answers.
Samuel & PBS's Religion and Ethics,
Concerning the very well put together report on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, by PBS's "Religion and Ethics, " I have to say thank you. Specifically thank you for the fair and mostly accurate representation you gave of our faith and of missionary work. This is a rare thing, and it seems like your reporters went to great lengths to understand what you are reporting on so that I as a member I recognize what you are saying as accurate and without intentional bias. The time it probably took to produce this level of quality is a rare thing, in regards to most reporting regarding my faith.
Samuel Johnston, I read your comments on the two missionaries and your perception of how their minds were "locked up" and implication that there is some sort of brainwashing going on with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I must say your comments did make me chuckle. No insult is intended Samuel, but you see that your misconceptions of why we believe what we do so strongly and what a benefit living this spiritual standard of conduct, taught to us by Jesus Christ through prophets, gives us. What you said displayed to most any member of the church a remarkable ignorance concerning people of our faith.
I may be able to offer you an alternative point of view and some things to think about. You are of course free NOT to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints regardless of the outcome of my post and its effect on your views, but my goal here is to address some of the ideas about our faith that are not true. This is important because then you will have an accurate idea of what our faith truly is and can make a well informed decision. Briefly, here are some teachings from our faith that you may want to look up and think over. Joseph Smith, the first prophet of our modern age, was asked once about the city he had just established in Nauvoo, Illinois, and "how he could govern so many people, and to preserve such perfect order?" The question was apparently from a curious member of the Legislature, and story told by another church leader John Taylor. Joseph Smith then replied to the Legislator's question with the following:
"I teach them correct principles, and they govern themselves." ("The Organization
of the Church," Millenial Star [Newspaper], Nov. 15, 1831, 339).
This idea that men and women are free to choose for themselves is also contained in other writings of Joseph Smith as well as practices of the church that still exist today. The thing that we are not free from, whether we know about these true ideas or not, is what the real world and even eternal consequences that result from our choices. If we feel a natural tendency to kill someone who has injured us in some way, we still have a choice to do what is right or not. If we kill another, like Cain in Genesis, we suffer Gods consequences for our actions. If we resist the natural tendency toward revenge and make the hard choice, then our life is infinitely better and we find the joy associated with living this way. Using correct principles to make right choices will not only make us happy, but we will have accomplished God's purpose for our life (see Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 2:25, p. 59).
Knowing about these true principles and doing our best to live up to this knowledge we believe came from God through prophets brings about a better life. This road-map through life, or the Gospel of Jesus Christ is what we believe has been restored, and once you have tried it, you will know it is good and it is of God (See New Testament, John 7:17). This knowledge of how much better things can be is why we feel so strongly about what we believe and probably the source for what you call "deliberately mislead by unrelenting propaganda."
Here are two more quotes from the Book of Mormon, in which the ancient American prophet Nephi speaks about this God given freedom given to all mankind as part of the test of this life and the second quote is about how to recognize the truth when it is given to you:
" Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them
which are expedient undo man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life,
through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to
the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable
like unto himself." (Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 2:27, p. 59).
Now for the other quote about how to judge good from evil, and how to know the truth when it is right in front of you. The son of the ancient prophet Mormon, who put most of this ancient record together, adds his own words to the end of this book, and this Moroni being a prophet himself has a few more correct principles about how to know who is from God and who is not:
"5. For I remember the word of God which saith by their works ye shall know them; for
if their works be good then they are good also.
6. For behold God hath said a man being evil cannot do that which is good; for if he
offereth a gift, or prayeth unto God, except he shall do it with real intent it profiteth
him nothing.
7. For behold, it is not counted unto him for righteousness.
8. For behold, if a man being evil giveth a gift, he doeth it grudgingly; wherefore it is
counted unto him the same as if he had retained the gift; wherefore he is counted
evil before God.
9. And likewise also is it counted evil unto a man, if he shall pray and not with real
intent of heart; yea and it profiteth him nothing, for God receiveth none such.
10. Wherefore, a man being evil cannot do that which is good; neither will he give a
good gift.
11. For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good
fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore a man being a servant of the devil
cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil.
12. Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is evil
commeth from the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and fighteth against
him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin, and to do that which is evil
continually." (Book of Mormon, Moroni 7:5-12, pp. 521-522).
I have found these passages on how to judge good from evil particularly useful in my life. For you Samuel, I invite you to look at the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, with this way to judge in mind, and its counterpart verses in the Bible. Simply put, God has given us something of great value in restoring modern prophets and apostles, his gospel, and new scripture. If you want to know if it is true, the Book of Mormon is the key; read it, study it, compare it to the Old and New Testaments, pray to God if it is true, and try some of the true principles for yourself–you will see that it is true.
Samuel, I know that God is real. The truths I have are of great value to me, because to the degree to which I am successful in following the example of Christ and live these commandments, I live a better and happier life. You should know that it is a hard road though. It isn't easy to live these commandments, and I am honestly no better than you or anyone else, but what I do have is repentance, a baptism by someone who has authority from God to take away sin, and I also have a road-map that helps me find joy in this life. In addition to baptism, part of that road-map is the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide me through life and help me make my own best choices–which is given after baptism by someone who has God's authority to do so.
You have already probably guessed that I was a missionary once too Samuel. I served in the Northern Provinces of Argentina 1994-1996. I am not a young man anymore, but as I look back on my time as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (sometimes called by the nick-name Mormons), I have a fondness for this hard time and treasure the memories I have of that place and those wonderful people–especially those whom I was able to make a difference. My dad converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from the Baptist faith years before he met my Mom, whose family has a long history of LDS church membership. I was the first in my family to go and I would not trade my time as a missionary for anything, not a college degree, or my graduate degree, or any amount of money or honor. It is a hard choice to decide to go on a mission, and while there it was a hard life, but it is one choice I am very glad I made. It made me a better, tougher, kinder, and more compassionate person, who is continually determined to self-improve using the true principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ I have been entrusted with.
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Jamey Johnson to Join All-Star Lineup at Historic Farm Aid Benefit Concert
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Farm Aid today announced that Jamey Johnson will join the all-star lineup for its annual benefit concert, Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America, on Saturday, October 2, at Miller Park. Johnson will join Farm Aid president and founder Willie Nelson and board members John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, as well as Kenny Chesney, Norah Jones, Jason Mraz, Jeff Tweedy, Band of Horses, Amos Lee, Robert Francis, BoDeans, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Randy Rogers Band and The Blackwood Quartet. Doors for the event will open at 12:00 p.m. CDT. The music begins at approximately 1:00 p.m. CDT.
Tickets are still available and organizers also announced that limited seats on the field were recently released to the public. Tickets for Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America can be purchased at the Miller Park box office, by phone at (414) 902-4000 or online at www.tickets.com.
What concertgoers need to know about Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America:
- Farm Aid's HOMEGROWN Village at Miller Park will feature hands-on activities that give concertgoers a chance to meet farmers, get their hands dirty, and learn about the ways family farmers are enriching our soil, protecting our water, and growing green energy in addition to bringing us good food.
- Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America will feature food with local or organic, family farm-sourced ingredients at concessions. HOMEGROWN Concessions include burgers, veggie burgers, pizza, hot dogs, veggie dogs, jalapeno corndogs, bratwursts and sausages, cheese curds and French fries, and a farmers market where concertgoers can buy fresh, local fruit and baked goods.
- Farm Aid is calling on concertgoers to bring non-perishable food items with them to the concert for a food drive that will benefit Milwaukee's Hunger Task Force. Suggested donation items include canned fruits and vegetables, cereal, stew and soup, and peanut butter.
Farm Aid's mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual concert to raise funds to support Farm Aid's work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family-farmed food. Since 1985, Farm Aid, with the support of the artists who contribute their performances each year, has raised more than $37 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms. Join the Farm Aid conversation on Twitter at www.twitter.com/FarmAid. For more information about Farm Aid, visit www.farmaid.org.
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From restaurants to City Hall, the announcement Wednesday that St. Elizabeth's Hospital would be relocating to O'Fallon was met with disappointment in downtown Belleville.
Belleville Mayor Mark Eckert said it's a letdown, but he also said the city is not giving up on working with the hospital.
"We're just not going to wave good-bye to them," Eckert said. "They've been here for 140 years."
The hospital's parent, Hospital Sisters Health System in Springfield, plans to build a new hospital in O'Fallon, but continue to provide some healthcare services in Belleville. Eventually, though, the Belleville hospital building itself will be vacated.
Eckert said he has known about the hospital's plans to build a new hospital for years. He said he initially approached administrators about building a new hospital in town in 2005, after he was elected to his first term.
"We were very open," Eckert said. "They have been through six administrators since I have been mayor, in nine years. I have been to Springfield on more than one occasion, and we continue to be willing to work with them. But I'm very disappointed that they made this announcement today, because they've gone from not going to keep anything here to going to keep something here. They've been all over the place. It's just disappointing."
O'Fallon Mayor Gary Graham said the new hospital will spur further economic growth, which will benefit the entire metro-east region.
"They didn't pick us (O'Fallon) over Belleville; they picked the location," Graham said. "This is considered a victory for the metro-east."
He also said that if Belleville were located near the interstate, he thinks St. Elizabeth's would've remained within the city limits.
But Eckert said, "They're looking to go where there are high payers, higher wealth. That's what they're running from. And my question to the sisters and the Order is, 'Is this what this is all about?' I always thought that, if you look at their mission statement, it was about serving the needs of people who needed medical care, no matter what their capabilities were."
"It's just a disappointment," he said. "I think we knew this day was coming. It's a sad day."
Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce executive director John Lengerman also said he was disappointed. He said the hospital has been a good Chamber member, and he understands what their needs are, but he still hopes the hospital can work something out with the city.
"I know the city has actively been trying to pursue ways to help modernize the downtown campus, and we also proposed another site to keep the hospital in town," Lengerman said. "It seems to me that they had their sights set on that area and bought the property prior to us knowing what was going on, to be quite frank."
He added, "From the Chamber's 550 members, their leaving is a tremendous economic impact on us. All of those folks with stores, restaurants, gas stations and things of that nature in downtown, that will be a major disappointment and a major economic shortfall for those folks, if the certificate of need is approved and they move."
On Wednesday, hospital president and chief executive officer Maryann Reese said building a new hospital would be more cost-effective than further renovating the downtown Belleville building.
Reese said HSHS is preparing an application for a certificate of need. Under Illinois law, nursing homes and hospitals must apply for and receive a certificate of need from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board before they can build a new medical building. Reese said she expects to apply for the certificate later this summer and anticipates the board to review it by the fall.
Downtown Belleville business owner Geri Boyer, who owns Kaskaskia Engineering Group at 208 E. Main St. on the first floor and operates a bed-and-breakfast and the Writers' Lofts residences upstairs, said she's concerned about the hospital's move. Boyer said the hospital's new location, located 7 miles away and off Interstate 64, would not serve the poor as well and fulfill the mission of the Catholic-owned hospital.
"I'm not only concerned as a business owner, but also as a Catholic who truly believes that we are all here to serve each other," Boyer said. "This is a terrible reflection on the mission of a Catholic hospital."
Corea Buck, general manager at Fischer's Restaurant in Belleville, said, "We hate to see anything move out of Belleville."
Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois executive director Ellen Kroehne said the new hospital would only further enhance the local healthcare sector, which she said is one of the largest economic engines in Southwestern Illinois.
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O'Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce president Jessica Lotz said the Chamber is excited about the hospital's proposed move and the "tremendous opportunities" it provides.
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Yesterday there was a diary entitled The Coming Right-Wing Clash over the "Half That Pay No Taxes." It examined Eric Cantors bogus claim that 50% of Americans pay no taxes.
It was very well researched and well written. It had all the right graphs and figures and historical facts. As wonkish fact loving its great.
As political rhetoric unfortunately its useless.
Join me below the orange squiggle of death for how to effectively end this republican lie.
Let me lay out for you the tactic that the republicans use often, and with great success.
1) Tell a half truth that supposedly fits their BS Randian dystopian vision of America
2) As the liberal is starting to point out the flaws hit them with another BS talking point
3) By this time the target audience is distracted and is to bored, outraged or otherwise preoccupied to find out the truth.
The liberal is correct but the wingnut wins. Engaging this lie directly plays on their turf. You're at an immediate disadvantage because you have to spend all sorts of time and energy explaining the truth while the other guy is hammering away on other stuff.
There's a better way to fight this kind of lie. Embrace it. Redirect it. And turn it back on its owner. Here's an example of a discussion with a right winger.
Mr Wingnut: "We also know that over 45 percent of the people in this country don't pay income taxes at all, and we have to question whether that's fair. And should we broaden the base in a way that we can lower the rates for everybody that pays taxes."Mr Progress has embraced the half truth.
Mr Progress: "I couldn't agree more. We absolutely must broaden the tax base."
Mr Progress: "It's simply unacceptable that nearly 50% of the hardworking people of this great nation arent even paid enough money to be able to afford federal income taxes.Redirect. From tax rates to income levels.
Mr Progress: "I agree with Mr. Wingnut that congress should do everything it's power to help people at these lower income levels move up into the middle and upper class"Now stick the knife
Mr. Wingnut: " Umm well"
Mr Progress: " We should increase the minimum wage to a living wage so that these people can pay their fair share of taxes. We should invest in affordable higher education so they can get higher paying jobs. We should support the formation of unions to keep good honest jobs with fair wages. These things will increase income levels and broaden the tax base as Mr. Wingnut suggested."Now Mr. Wingnut is on the defensive. You are now playing on the home turf and he's at a disadvantage. He has to explain that what he wanted was to increase taxes on the poor not to raise income levels. Of course now he can't say that. Mr. Wingnut either shows himself to be the sociopathic jerk he is or get into the weeds to try and show the audience a better way to increase income levels.
Wonkish diaries are great. The facts are great. Use them. But don't forget the jujitsu.


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The announcement was made by manager Bruce Bochy on Monday before the defending World Series champions opened a three-game series with the last-place Dodgers. The procedure will be performed by Dodgers team physician Neal ElAttrache at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles, and Pagan is expected be out at least another 12 weeks.
Pagan, who turns 32 on July 2, signed a four-year, $40 million contract in December after helping the Giants win their second World Series title in three years. He is batting .262 with three home runs and 24 RBIs.
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Still graduated from UNC Charlotte in 2013 with a B.M.in Music Performance, studying saxophone with Dr. Will Campbell. An inaugural member of the College of Arts + Architecture Honors Program, he graduated summa cum laude, with honors. Other recent awards include national finalist in the 2015 Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition and finalist in the 2015 Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition.