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Any ideas about funding sources for smartboards? I would like to obtain this technology to use in my middle school media center, but am hearing conflicting reports on its usefulness. My thought is introducing this technology into the library would serve as a teaching tool as well as give the students a place to spotlight their own technology creations. I have used the technology with a grade one class and see the benefits. Any middle school experience?
The list of potential funders is a great resource as we are constantly looking for ways to get funding. The GLEF is a wonderful addition to my technology based work.
This is a great resource! Thanks
I have seen 5th & 6th grade classrooms use it at schools I have subbed at (Mainly Ravenna in Ohio). The kids really seem to like it. I have not personally played around with it enough to know how to use it.
I have been using a smartboard for five years and absolutely love it. I think your idea of highlighting student generated media is great. Since you are a media specialist, when seeking a grant don't forget to mention that you will also be exposing your faculty to this diverse teaching tool.
On more high quality reference to add to links.episd.org, a popular local (El Paso TX) resource. Thanks for sharing!


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Exercise effect on motor coordination on a walking grid in the chronic MPD. Two and 10 weeks after MPTP/probenecid treatment, the chronic MPD group of mice had significantly higher percentage of limb slips over steps than the controls while walking on a perforated grid (*P = 0.037 and *P = 0.01, respectively). Continuous exercise for 10 weeks after MPTP/probenecid treatment did not significantly improve the grid walk performance in the chronic MPD (**P = 0.485).
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|Mar 27, 2009, 03:43 PM
Game loop help?
Ok, I am making a game in Java, (but this is overall code design help, not specific to Java) and I have made a (poorly designed) primitive version of a future game. It has no loop, when it detects input it re renders. At first this worked fine... But I want to add an AI. I tried making it into a game loop but it freezes and dies. Can someone give help on this sort of problem? It gets consumed by the while loop and nothing else happens. HELP!
Thanks, Awesomeness
Pseudo code:
import window stuffs; import painty stuffs; public class NewGame { public static void main() { new window; new GamePanel(width, height) inside; make window visible; } } public class GamePanel extends Canvas { GamePanel(int width, int height) { set bg to green; // only once, I use dirty rects player = new Dot(x, y, width, height, dotColor, bgColor); if key pressed: move player according to key pressed; repaint(); } //note that Dot is just a square class that I made. //It's very useful! It uses dirty rects. I left out //some of thew painting code because it doesn't matter. }
Ok, with mufflon's post (thanks!) and a little help from the internet, I found the answer! Hooray!
Last edited by Awesomeness; Mar 28, 2009 at 12:09 PM.
|Mar 27, 2009, 04:08 PM
What is happening during the loop?
What is the loop supposed to do?
The user starts something, re-render, the AI does something, re render.
Wait for user input, re-render, the AI does something, re render.
Or is the game not turn based?
|Mar 27, 2009, 09:41 PM
the best idea, atleast in my book, is splitting everything a much as possible into the model-view-controller pattern wikipedia link, what this would mean is to rely on threads - atleast for the rendering, so that it's asynchronous against the AI and player (whose calculcations might interfere with proper rendering of the game).
To make certain the more sensitive data won't be read/written at the same time make it syncronized...
To express it in code (a bit tired, but it should be ok)
import java.util.LinkedList; public class MyMain { public static void main(String[] args) { Model model = new Model(); View view = new View(model); Controller userInterface = new Controller(model); } } public synchronized class Model extends Thread { LinkedList<Integer[]> events = new LinkedList<Integer[]>(); public Model() { } public boolean hasChanged() { return true; //returns true if anything has changed } public synchronized theData getData() { } private synchronized void readData(theData data) { } private synchronized void addEvent(Integer[] coords) { this.events.add(coords); } public void run() { while(true) { if(this.events.size() > 0) { //do input to the game } //do whatever needs to be done try { sleep(50); } catch(Exception E) {} } } } class View extends Thread { private Model model; public View(Model model) { this.model = model; } public void run() { while(true) { if(this.model.hasChanged()) { //render } try { sleep(50); } catch(Exception E) {} } } } class Controller { private Model model; public Controller(Model model) { this.model = model; } //mouselisterners and whatever, can easily be included in the other classes } class theData {}
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Okay here come some dumb questions (dont hate me).
I finished the three missions for ascension and killed my mirror.
Am I now ascended?
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The Bruins aren't exactly in a position to lose a skill center. Given Marc Savard's latest concussion, the team can play the "been there, done that" card with regard to such a scenario.
That's why when David Krejci took a hit from Rostislav Olesz, crashed into the boards and remained down for a few minutes before leaving and making toward the tunnel in the first period, it was a clear-cut case of something the Bruins didn't need.
"When he first went down, the last thing you want to see is [him] not come back," coach Claude Julien said after the game. "We're already minus one pretty good centerman so you certainly don't want to lose that second one."
Yet Krejci, who appeared to be in shoulder pain while down on the ice, didn't end up missing a shift for the B's. He was back on the bench shortly after the play and knew he was good to go.
"It wasn't my shoulder, it was like my whole arm getting tweaked going for position and it was a little uncomfortable for a few seconds, so I stayed on the ice," Krejci said. "It got a little better so it's sore but obviously nothing major.
"I waited on the ice a long time and when I was skating off it felt a little better. I didn't know if it was the shoulder or something. But when I was skating off the ice I knew the shoulder was fine so I was pretty sure I would come back."
Krejci returned to make a huge play for the B's, winning the faceoff that set up Milan Lucic's second-period goal, the tally that proved to be the game-winner when all was said and done.
If any of the soreness lingers for Krejci, it couldn't come at a better time. Teams now break for All-Star weekend, and the center and most of his teammates will have the next five days to rest up.
"There's no doubt these next five days will be good for him and probably a lot of the other players too that are playing a little banged up," Julien said. "It is, I guess, a break that we needed. We certainly didn't need him going down and not getting him back."
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Gwinnett's top junior football players will have a new all-star game option later this year.
Organizers announced this week that the inaugural Georgia Elite Junior Classic will be Dec. 28 at McEachern High School with a 1 p.m. kickoff. The game will feature 70 of the top high school juniors in the state and will be broadcast on TV by Comcast Sports South. Longtime Brookwood football coach and athletic director Dave Hunter is one of the event's organizers, along with Score Atlanta's I.J. Rosenberg and McEachern's Jim Dorsey.
The RisingSeniors.com Georgia Junior Bowl has been the primary all-state showcase for junior players in past seasons. It will be Dec. 31 this year at Grady High School.
"We're not trying to compete with (the RisingSeniors.com game)," Hunter said. "We just think there is plenty of talent to go around. ... There are 150 to 200 top recruits in Georgia every year, so there will be plenty of talent to go around."
Walton's Rocky Hidalgo and Berrien's Ed Pilcher have been named as the first Elite Junior Classic head coaches. Their coaching staffs will include North Gwinnett's Bob Sphire, Brookwood's Mark Crews, Mays' Corey Jarvis (previously at Duluth), Lowndes' Christian Hunnicutt (previously at Buford) and St. Pius' Paul Standard, a Gwinnett resident.
The showcase's release stresses that players will be chosen based not only on athletic performance, but also must meet a certain academic requirement and demonstrate integrity in the classroom and community.
"We want kids that coaches feel are good models of their program," Hunter said.
Teams will host practices at McEachern and they will be housed at the Marietta Conference Center. Practices will be Dec. 26 and 27, with a combine planned for Dec. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The players also will participate in a community service event and will be honored at a banquet.
Hunter said McEachern is the event's home for now.
"In utopia, you would like to play it at the Georgia Dome," Hunter said. "But we can't afford it now and the dates don't work out with the Chick-fil-A Bowl and the Falcons."
More information on the new event is available at www.elitejuniorclassic.com.
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Hamāvāyān Ensemble (Persian: همآوایان) is a renowned Persian music group.
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|Hossein Alizadeh (tar)
Afsaneh Rasaei (vocal)
Majid Khaladj (tombak)
Ali Boustan (setar)
Pouria Akhavass (vocal)
Nima Alizadeh (robab)
Saba Alizadeh, (Kamancheh)
Led by Iranian master instrumentalist and composer Hossein Alizadeh, the Hamavayan Ensemble performs new interpretations of classical Persian music.[1] The ensemble features male and female vocalists, tar and setar (ancient plucked lutes from Persia), and percussion.
Maestro Alizadeh's most recent recording, Endless Vision, featuring the Hamavayan Ensemble with the Armenian master duduk player Djivan Gasparyan, was nominated for a Grammy.
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Veterans at Severn in Metairie
The free festival happens on the neutral ground across from Lakeside Mall along with the parking lots on the other side of Veterans.
Headliners this year include Hot Chelle Rae! Plus the band featuring Cory Monteith (Finn from "Glee") Bonnie Dune, The Downtown Fiction, Amanda Shaw, SafetySuit, Cowboy Mouth and more! The event is free. Details here
Saturday, February 11th, 10pm-2am
New Orleans Marriott Convention Center
After parade party for the Krewe of Pygmalion with live music from The Topcats and Groovy 7. General admission tickets are $25.00, VIP Passes are $75.00 (includes food & open bar), children VIP Passes $40.00. Details here
Free Concerts
February 16th - 20th
Howlin' Wolf in the Warehouse District
Rebirth Brass Band & Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk all performing free shows courtesy of Miller & Coors! Details here
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Saturday, February 18th, Noon
Orleans Avenue (at Olympia) in Mid-City
Performances from: The Topcats, Category 6 and The Bucktown All Stars!
Grand Marshals Anderson Cooper and Adam Levine (from Maroon 5) will arrive at approx 3:15pm to address the crowds. Endymion rolls at 4:30. Free event. More details
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Sunday, February 19th, 12n-8pm
Generations Hall, 310 Andrew Higgins Dr in the Warehouse District
A new location this year for the all-day party with The Topcats, Chee Weez, Kung Fu Pineapple and The Burgundy Collective. Free and open to the public (VIP Grandstand tickets are aprpox $100 and include food, bar, restrooms). Details here
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Live music all day before the meeting of Rex and Zulu. Details here
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This year's headliners are Cyndi Lauper and Brett Michaels (Poison). They'll be joined with the other celebrity monarchs for the parade; Harry Connick Jr, Hillary Swank, Mariska Hargitay, Walton & Johnson, Jonathan Silverman & more. The post-parade ball is open to everyone with tickets available for $145. Details here
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He added, "Together we will restore integrity to City Hall. Together we will put an end to the dysfunction and get our city working again for the taxpayers of San Diego. And together we will heal our city and create a community where every neighborhood is strong and every San Diegan has the opportunity to reach their full potential."
Faulconer made his announcement on Harbor Island alongside his wife, Katherine, and their two young children, Jack and Lauren. Faulconer also gave part of his speech in Spanish, a sign that he plans to compete for votes in the minority-rich neighborhoods south of Interstate 8 where Republicans typically fair poorly in elections.
Mayoral candidates have until Sept. 20 to qualify for the ballot. If no one receives a majority in the November election, the top two candidates will compete in a runoff in January or February.
Faulconer was the clear choice of the downtown business establishment and others on the Republican side after deliberations over the holiday weekend. That was then followed Tuesday by other major Republicans -- DeMaio and county Supervisor Ron Roberts -- saying they wouldn't run for mayor.


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When an alien bacteria infects and takes over half the population of the Earth, the other half aren't going to go down without a fight. This online multiplayer shooter from 5th Cell depicts the war between the Variant alien-human hybrids and the Paladin, the remaining humans immune to the pathogen.
Future Soldier is the latest in Ubisoft's long-running Ghost Recon series of tactical shooters, taking place in the near future and utilizing technologies that, while not existing in the real world, have been utilized by videogames for decades.
Freelance vigilantes in superhero garb take on psychopathic criminals wearing clown makeup in this (now free-to-play) Batman-themed multiplayer first-person shooter.
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Rolling Stones Announce Surprise Small Club Show
They call Paris the City of Light, but tonight (Oct. 25), it'll be the City of Stones. Rolling Stones, that is.
They call Paris the City of Light, but tonight (Oct. 25), it'll be the City of Stones. Rolling Stones, that is.
In order for the upcoming Rolling Stones shows to take place, Keith Richards apologized to Mick Jagger for what he said about the singer in his 2010 autobiography, 'Life.' In a new interview, Richards says that incidents like these have happened repeatedly throughout the band's 50-year history, but could never break up the Stones.
Prior to kicking off major tours, the Rolling Stones like to play an intimate club date to get a feel for an audience once again. Eleven days before the 2005 Bigger Bang tour began the rockers piled into the Phoenix Concert Theater in Toronto to play new music and test a few covers on fans. That show is now available for download at the band's archive website.
We know for certain there will be four Rolling Stones performances this year, but that doesn't mean you might not see the band playing somewhere other than London's O2 Arena or New Jersey's Prudential Center. Guitarist Ron Wood just stated that there might be some warm-up dates using one of the band's fake names.
Forty eight years ago, the Rolling Stones made their first appearance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' The date was October 25, 1964 and Sullivan was on a roll. Earlier in the year he brought the Beatles into our living rooms, followed by the Dave Clark Five. Soon enough, every invading British rock band was making their way to the CBS studios for their moment in the spotlight.
One of the great myths in rock history is the rivalry between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. In fact, despite their sonic differences, the groups were good friends and often timed their releases so that they wouldn't coincide with each other.
Understanding that overfishing is a serious problem in today's world -- and that the easiest way to raise awareness for a cause is to convince pretty girls to take off their clothes in support of it -- Mick Jagger's 28-year-old daughter Lizzy has taken it all off for Fishlove.
The Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary year has brought fans a new book, a new greatest hits compilation and a new song, 'Doom and Gloom' -- but it's also been filled with a lot of rumors, and now we can add one more to the list: That the band will headline next year's Glastonbury festival.
Abstract pseudo-political lyrics and the best rock and roll rhythm section around drives the Rolling Stones' new song 'Doom and Gloom' through three meaty verses and one must-hear-live chorus. It's a song that will stand up to the hits on the band's new 'Grrr!' album when it's released on Nov 13. Breathe easy. After seven years away from the studio, these legends still have it.
New music from the Rolling Stones will be heard at 8:15AM BST on Thursday (3:15AM ET), but Mick Jagger is already hinting at what 'Doom and Gloom' may sound like. In a series of tweets today, he talked about the single, which was recorded in Paris in August.
Rolling Stones fans can circle this Thursday (Oct. 11) on their calendars, as the band will release a new single called 'Doom and Gloom' in advance of their 'GRRR!' greatest hits collection.
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Springbok Morné Steyn's long-range kicking capability took centre stage as Stade Francais overcame the early Red Carding of captain Sergio Parisse to beat Parisian rivals Racing-Metro 28 / 19 in Top 14 action on Sunday.
The win leaves Stade in 4th in the table behind leaders Toulon, Clermont and Toulouse, with Oyonnax in 5th above Racing in 6th.
With just 2 games of the regular season to play, the pressure will be on in the fight to nail down a spot in the top 6 for the end-of-season play-offs.
With 3 of the 4 quarterfinals taking place on french soil, and all 3 of those against English opposition it could feel somewhat like the Hundred year war for the Premiership sides.
In the only non Anglo-French encounter, Bath travel to Leinster while the remaining fixtures sees Clermont Auvergne take on Premiership table-toppers Northampton Saints, Racing Metro will play last year's finalists Saracens, and finally champions Toulon will face Wasps.
The record books show that in 72 quarterfinal encounters in Europe's top flight, 54 have been won by the home club – a staggering 75% success rate for those sides on home soil.
Premiership clubs make up half the Champions Cup quarterfinalists, although all have to play away from home.
English teams have a 20% success rate away from home in the tournament, winning only 4 times in 20 quarterfinal games to date.
For the 9 away matches against French opposition, the success rate is as low as 11%, with only 1 win – Northampton Saints' 7 / 6 victory over Biarritz Olympique in San Sebastian in 2007.
The only other English away victories in the last 8 have been Leicester Tigers over Leinster Rugby at Lansdowne Road in 2005, Bath at Leicester in 2006 and Saracens against Ulster at Kingspan Stadium last season.
The 3 French clubs in the Champions Cup quarterfinals have never lost at home in the last 8 of Europe's top flight.
Toulon and Clermont have won home quarterfinals in the past 2 seasons, while Racing Metro have reached the knockout stage for the 1st time in their history.
The odds are definitely stacked against the English clubs, but that does not mean that any of the French teams will take them lightly.
Jake White's Montpellier bounced back from their comprehensive loss away from home to Glasgow Warriors last week by beating fellow French team Toulouse in their final European Rugby Champions Pool 4 match on Sunday. Montpellier won a closely contested match by the narrowest of margins with a final score of 27 / 26 in their favour.
This victory for Montpellier meant that Saracens qualified for the last eight of the Cup in spite of losing their last Pool 1 match against pool winners Clermont Auvergne. The score in that match Clermont Auvergne 18 / 6 Saracens.
The 5 pool winners along with the 3 best second placed team advanced and Saracens made it through as the last qualifying with the lowest amount of points from their 6 matches (17). Had Toulouse won they would have qualified as Pool 4 winners along with Bath who won their Pool 4 match against Glasgow Warriors. Toulouse also ended the pool stage on 17 points but Saracens got through via a superior points difference, +14 versus Toulouse's +2.
Racing Metro's South African flyhalf Johan Goosen is set to be out of action for up to three weeks, after injuring his knee while coming down the stairs of the team bus, his club said Sunday.
The 22-year-old, was set to be in the starting line-up to face Toulouse on Sunday, but missed the 9-15 defeat, after his mishap on arrival in the south of the country.
Daniel Carter, world rugby's leading points scorer and one of the greatest players to ever don the All Blacks jersey, is to leave New Zealand rugby at the end of the 2015 season.
The All Blacks and Crusaders flyhalf has announced he has signed a three-year deal with French Top 14 club Racing Metro. It will be Carter's second stint in France after he played five games for Perpignan in 2008-09 during his sabbatical from New Zealand rugby.
32-year-old Carter said it was exciting to confirm his future post 2015.
"It's going to be an awesome adventure for me and my family. Having visited France many times, including my time with Perpignan, I know what the French culture and their rugby culture is like and it's something I really love.
"Having said that, it's the immediate future that is exciting me at the moment. 2015 is going to be a big year and I'm looking forward to getting into it, firstly with the Crusaders and then hopefully with the All Blacks.
George North has insisted he is not planning to return to regional rugby any time soon but backed the new dual-contract system which has attracted Dan Lydiate to return from France.
The Northampton wing hailed Welsh union and regional bosses for finally agreeing a "feasible option" that will boost chances of top stars remaining in the domestic game.
Lydiate capitalised on the new contracts by return from Racing Metro to the Ospreys and will make his debut against Ulster this Saturday.
North believes more top stars could follow suit but stressed his current situation at Northampton suits him "down to the ground".
The Saints release North for all his Wales commitments, a situation he admits allows him to gain the best of both worlds.
French club Racing Metro are reportedly winning the race to sign All Blacks star Dan Carter in a deal that is tipped to make him the highest paid player in the game with a £1 million contract.
European media is awash with speculation around Carter as the veteran No 10's future beyond next year's World Cup continues to grab headlines.
All the various sources were tipping glamour Paris outfit Racing Metro to lure Carter back to the French competition after his painful previous experience of an injury-plagued sabbatical in 2009 with Perpignan.
The Times suggested Carter 'is close to becoming rugby's first £1 million man' with Racing Metro owner Jacky Lorenzetti prepared to 'break the bank' for a move that would finally end Carter's All Blacks career.
Racing Metro backline coach Laurent Labit has been handed a 15-week ban for his disparaging comments against the referee in his side's loss against Stade Francais.
Labit will be banned from all access to grounds, dressing-rooms and entry areas in all Top 14 and European Cup games up until February 15, the French Rugby League Union announced.
Racing Metro were also hit with a 50,000 euros fine for his words which were seen as tainting the reputation and integrity of South African referee Jacob van Heerden.
Flyhalf Johan Goosen said he has come to France to adapt his game and hopes it will help him earn a Rugby World Cup spot with the Springboks next year.
Former Cheetah, Goosen, 22, has played five times for South Africa, but made the radical decision to up sticks and move to Racing-Metro to help improve his kicking game.
He went with the blessings of Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer after an injury-ravaged start to his career that has seen him spend more time on the treatment table – he has undergone three knee operations and one each on his shoulder and arm – than the pitch.
Ireland fly-half Jonathan Sexton faces a race against time to be fit for the autumn internationals after breaking his jaw while playing for Racing Metro.
The 29-year-old British and Irish Lions star was injured in a heavy clash with Craig Burden in Sunday's French top-flight contest against Toulon.
South African hooker Burden was sin-binned for the challenge.
Wasps statement on stadium move:
Wasps have responded over growing speculation regarding their possible future stadium in a statement on Sunday.
The Rugby Paper has linked the club with moving their games to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
Quick to address any speculation given possible negotiations to move away from Adams Park in High Wycombe remain sensitive, Wasps have moved quickly to discuss the rumours.
"Wasps are aware of media reports in recent days linking the club to a number of possible new stadiums," read the statement.
"Wasps has made no secret of a desire to find a permanent home which reflects the ambitions of the club.
French rugby powerbrokers have confirmed no decision will be taken on the Florian Fritz concussion saga until the LNR Executive Committee meets in early September – some four months after the Toulouse centre was led bloodied and reeling from the Stade Ernest Wallon pitch.
In the wake of the incident during the club's Top 14 barrage against Racing Mètro on May 9, the player's ill-advised return to the game and the apparent misconduct of head coach Guy Novès are the subject of an investigation from a panel of doctors assembled by the LNR.
Repeated attempts from the IRB – who requested the French bodies launch the investigation – to press both the FFR and LNR for answers proved fruitless until Tuesday (yesterday), when a spokeswoman for the professional league administrators confirmed no action will be taken until after the September meeting.
Springbok flyhalf Johan Goosen is on the verge of announcing a move to France at the end of the current Vodacom Super Rugby season.
Goosen has been eyeing a move since early in the season, and is likely to sign for French club Racing Metro in the next few days, leaving his Toyota Cheetahs side with a massive dilemma.
On Friday night Toulouse locked horns against Racing Metro in the Top 14 playoffs for a much-anticipated game at the Stade Ernest-Wallon.
Nineteen minutes in, with Racing Metro 6-3 up, Toulouse's centre Florian Fritz was tackled and as a result made contact with the onrushing knee of Racing Metro's Francois Van Der Merwe.
It was a sickening blow, with the results clearly shown on television, as Fritz had blood pouring down his face and splattered on his arm. As play stopped and Toulouse's medics tended to Fritz, it was clear he was visibly dazed. He had to be escorted off the pitch and stumbled onto the ground when he decided to walk off instead of being carried off on a stretcher.
The Eastern Province Kings are chasing the signature of Springbok prop Brian Mujati ahead of the start of the Currie Cup.
The Kings have already been bolstered by the recent signings of lock Izak van der Westhuizen (Edinburgh), hooker Michael van Vuuren (Stade Français), centre Tim Whitehead (Sharks), scrumhalf Kevin Luiters (Cheetahs) and wing Paul Perez (Samoa).
The Cheetahs are fighting tooth and nail to retain the services of Springbok flyhalf Johan Goosen, but know they are in a tough tug-o'-war.
Cheetahs backline coach Hawies Fourie, speaking to this website during the team's bye week, admitted they are aware of reports that Goosen has dashed off to France for talks about his future.
Springbok and Cheetahs flyhalf Johan Goosen has secretly flown to France to explore possible future career opportunities, the Volksblad website reports.
The Cheetahs have a bye weekend in Super Rugby which enabled the 21-year-old to head abroad.
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harlequins and Racing Metro did battle in the Heineken Cup at
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Struggling Racing-Metro have been given a boost with news that Welsh centre Jamie Roberts is finally ready to play again after a 12-week injury absence.
The barn-storming back sustained a ligament tear in his left ankle, and has had to watch as his team has struggled despite a raft of big-name signings including Ireland fly-half Jonathan Sexton and Welsh teammates Dan Lydiate and, more recently, Mike Phillips.
Racing Metro's dire performance in Saturday's 8-32 Heineken Cup thrashing by English side Harlequins prompted the directors to announce that they had switched the mouthwatering Top 14 clash with European champions Toulon away from Stade de France to its own more modest stadium.
On the European and UK rugby front preparations for the Six Nations tournament of 2014 is gathering momentum, with news trickling through of injuries at this stage ruling some players out of the start of the Six Nations whilst others might miss the whole tournament.
England fullback / wing Ben Foden will likely miss only the start of the Six Nations, with a knee injury suffered for Northampton on the weekend against Newcastle.
England and Wasps wing, Christian Wade is out for 6 months after suffering a foot injury against London Irish over the past weekend.
Wales scrumhalf and "naughty boy" who was axed by Bayonne, Mike Phillips has reportedly signed a two and a half year deal with Racing Metro in France and will be available from Tuesday 3 December 2013.
The Blue Bulls have confirmed that scrumhalf Ruan Snyman has been released with immediate effect to join his new club Racing Metro in France.
The transfer fee has already been paid and Snyman will be able to play as soon as he is selected.
There was much annoyance among Springbok fans when it was announced not long before South Africa's test match against Argentina in the Rugby Championship that the release of Bryan Habana was required by his new club Toulon. This increased even more when it came to light that five of the players in the current Springbok Squad for the Rugby Championship were being 'released' to go back to their clubs in France while the rest of the players would return for a break to South Africa.
Racing Metro have admitted their chances of obtaining the services of either Dan Carter or Jonathan Sexton are slim to none.
The world's best player, All Black flyhalf Dan Carter, is the latest target of the cash-flush French clubs.
Vodacom Bulls lock Juandrè Kruger did not extend his contract with the Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd beyond the the 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby season and will leave the Vodacom Bulls to join up with French club Racing Metro 92.
Struggling French outfit Racing Métro is chasing the signature of the Bulls' Springbok lock Juandré Kruger.
Saracens will be playing at "home" in Brussels against Racing-Metro in an intriguing second round of European Cup action this weekend.
Racing-Metro's Springbok utility back Frans Steynwill be fit to play the Top 14 playoff tie against Toulon on 26 May after recovering from a thigh injury, his club confirmed on Wednesday.
Springbok utility back Frans Steyn could be on his way back to South Africa at the conclusion of his contract with French club Racing Metro, which expires at the end of June next year.
Springbok Sevens' coach Paul Treu has made four changes to his squad for the Sevens World Series tournaments in Wellington and Las Vegas, the SA Rugby Union said on Monday.


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Technology postsFriday April 10, 2015
This was my week to begin to work from home. It's been a steady increase—working from home. Ten percent of the time. Twenty percent of the time. But office space is now at a premium, particularly in downtown Bellevue, so Tuesday and Wednesday I moved the kit and kaboodle to my home office on First Hill, where I'll be working 90 percent of the time. I know: Nice if you can get it.
It necessitated making room, of course. That was something else I was doing Tuesday and Wednesday: clearing the detritutus off the bookshelves (books I'll never read, or read again), as well as cleaning and straightening up. A clean place, well-lighted or not, helps me think. There's still work to be done, but by Wednesday evening it wasn't looking bad, and Thursday morning I actually woke up with a sense of excitement. A new day!
And around 9 a.m. the internet went out. Really? I checked the router. Yellow light. I turned it off and on. I turned the whole thing off and on. I checked the cable TV—I get both through Comcast—and that was out, too. I called Comcast, and after about 10 minutes of various "press 1 for .../ press 2 for ..." hurdles, I talked to a poor customer rep—surely the lousiest job in the world. She told me there was an outage. In my building? I asked. In the neighborhood? In the world? She only knew "outage" but said it would most likely be fixed by 4 PM.
Wait, what? 4 PM? Most likely?
After this call, I went down to the basement of our condo building, where the cable-box is located, and lo and behold, a Comcast rep was already working on the problem. Nice! Except, no, he was trying to activate service for a new resident, and wasn't getting a signal. And knew less than I did. So I filled him in while he tried to reach somebody to confirm. It took a while. Apparently even Comcast technicians are put on hold forever when calling Comcast.
Eventually he found out that a colleague of his in Southwest Seattle was running into the same issue. Eventually I found out that a friend of ours, half a mile away, was also without internet. Soon, #ComcastOutage was trending on Twitter. But it wasn't until mid-afternoon that I got the full story via The Seattle Times:
An estimated 30,000 Comcast customers in the Seattle area were affected by an extensive outage Thursday caused by a construction crew cutting through a fiber-optic line in South Lake Union.
(That headline, by the way, used to read: DAMAGE TO FIBER-OPTICS CABLE CAUSES COMCAST OUTAGE. Now it reads: COMCAST SERVICE RESTORED TO THOUSANDS OF SEATTLE-AREA CUSTOMERS. The happy-ending approach to journalism.)
Anyway, that was my first exciting day working from home. Another reason—as if I needed one—why Charlie Brown is my patron saint.
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(But Who is Alan Turing?)
The first time Alan Turing was referenced in The New York Times was 20 years after his death, and his name was just a passing reference in an essay by Guy Davenport over the shameful obscurity of another man, the Canadian critic Hugh Kenner, whom Davenport assumed, or hoped, future generations would admire more than the rabble in 1973. Of Kenner's 1968 book of literary and cultural criticism, Davenport writes:
"The Counterfeiters" is a lesson in how to see. Not how to see surfaces but the inside of things and the astounding affinities of things which heretofore seemed to have nothing to do with each other. Vaucanson and Yeats, for instance (but who is Vaucanson?), metaphysical poetry and Babbage (but who is Babbage?), Buster Keaton and Alan Turing (but who is Alan Turing?).
Do first references get any better? A writer mocking critics for not knowing the name of a man the publication he's writing in—and which calls itself "the paper of record"—has never printed.
At this point, even to Kenner, Turing was a genius and/or "eccentric" mathematician and no more. The story of Ultra, and the Enigma machine, didn't break until a year later, 1974, with the publication of F.W. Winterbotham's "The Ultra Secret." That story, which makes up most of the Oscar-nominated "The Imitation Game," was unknown but to a few. Indeed, in the mid-1960s, in a long essay on computers in The New Yorker, in which Turing is liberally mentioned, we get this puzzled query near the end:
Turing's story has gained traction as computers became part of everyday life and mainstream culture became more accepting of homosexuality. In the 21st century, when you first hear his background, it seems impossibly dramatic. Wait, a father of the modern computer? And gay? And builder of the machine that broke the code that brought down the Nazis and saved millions of lives and potentially all of us from speaking German—or not speaking at all? And persecuted for his homosexuality after the war? Despite saving all of those lives? Why have I not heard of this guy before?
Derek Jacobi was the first to play Turing, on a BBC-2 TV series called "Micro Live," in 1983. He was also the second, in 1996, recreating his Tony-nominated performance from the 1987 Broadway play, "Breaking the Code." Benedict Cumberbatch is the seventh. There will be more.
Derek Jacobi as Alan Turing, with Claudius' stutter.
Tags: Alan Turing, The Imitation Game, Homosexuality in CinemaPosted at 09:30 AM on Jan 31, 2015 in category Technology
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Google Reviews ... the U.S. Supreme Court?
I came across this last week during a Google search on SCOTUS and did a double-take:
Um ... 3.5 stars? Because? Well, because the justices have no idea about the Constitution! And they're a bunch of ring-wing religious nuts! No wait, it's because their [sic] not Christians!
America, sometimes you make me long for censorship.
The bigger question is why Google users even have the option of reviewing the U.S. Supreme Court.
Well, it turns out, they're not reviewing the U.S. Supreme Court. They're reviewing the U.S. Supreme Court building. At least, that's what they're supposed to be reviewing.
It's via Google+/Local. You see some sight, post your thoughts. But among the Google+ review policies is this: "Reviews aren't meant to be a forum for general political or social commentary or personal rants." Which means no one's policing this thing. They're just placing it all prominently next to any Google search on the topic. No biggee.
Here are a few other famous sights, ranked, along with "reviews." Basically if it's a political institution, people aren't refraining from political talk:
- The Lincoln Memorial: 4.7 stars
- The Empire State Building: 4.5: "Also WTF with making people climb 6 stories to reach the observation deck."
- The U.S. Capitol: 4.3: "Dear Congress. You suck. Re-elect NO ONE!"
- The White House: 4.2: "I don't think I will go back since the current administration is balls."
- The Space Needle: 4.2
- Experience Music Project (Seattle): 4.1
- The Smith Tower (Seattle): 4.0
- The Wells Fargo building (Minneapolis): 3.2
One of my favorite parts of this supreme waste of time? Finding Google's tips for writing great reviews. Apparently you're supposed to be "informative and insightful," and you should "write with style" and "keep it real." Sadly, nothing on "avoiding being obvious."
Tags: Google, US Supreme CourtPosted at 09:49 AM on Oct 20, 2014 in category Technology
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Technology Killed the Video Store: Remembering Minneapolis' Last Blockbuster
The last video store in Minneapolis, a Blockbuster in the Uptown area, is closing. My friend Jim Walsh wrote a good article about it for MinnPost.
It's hard to get nostalgic about a Blockbuster but I went to this store a lot when I lived in Minneapolis from 2005 to 2007. It was only about six blocks from my apartment. It's where I rented some of the old Superman movies that allowed me to write this Op-Ed for The New York Times. If they hadn't had them, I wouldn't have had it.
But I only went there because Minneapolis didn't have any good video stores. I arrived searching for something approximating Scarecrow Video in Seattle, and friends steered me to a place called Discount Video a few blocks south on Hennepin, which, every year, invariably won "Best Video Store" in the local alt weekly.
The place was smaller than I'd imagined. Outside there was a sign trumpeting its 15,000 titles, a fraction of Scarecrow's, and inside it was cramped. At the time, I was writing an article about political thrillers, so I searched through their thrillers section but couldn't fathom a method. I turned to a clerk, a tall man in his 50s, who may have been one of the owners.
"Are these in alphabetical order or ... ?" I asked.
"We can't do that."
"You can't ... ?"
My eyebrows shot up.
"Look, here's what happens. Someone comes along and they're thinking about renting a video and, oh no, they decide not to get it, so they put it back—in the wrong place. Now it's out of order. We've got 15,000 titles. It would be impossible to alphabetize them all."
I nodded and thought: Except everyone else does it. Scarecrow, with its 70,000 titles. Libraries, with their hundreds of thousands of titles. Volume, in fact, would seem to indicate a greater need for alphabetizing rather than a lesser need. But I just went back to my search.
That's when I noticed something else. Not many DVDs; mostly VHS.
"Is there a special section for DVDs?" I asked.
Oops. Another sore spot. I later learned Minneapolis hadn't adopted the DVD readily; many people, particularly video-store owners it seemed, nostaligized VHS cassettes as if they were LPs. As a result, even though it was 2005, this store was still mostly VHS. The clerk explained all this to me in a slightly impatient tone. Then he complained about the upcoming high-def format. New technologies kept swamping old ones, he said. In such a world, what was the point of keeping up?
At this point I just decided to ask outright. I was looking for "The Kremlin Letter," a 1970 movie directed by John Huston. One problem: I couldn't remember the name of the movie. Second problem: it had never actually been released in any video format. But I didn't know that at the time.
"I'm looking for a political thriller," I began.
"We've got those," he said.
"It's from 1970 and directed by John Huston."
"Uh ... I think that came out in 1974."
"Well, that's close to 1970."
"Right. But Huston didn't direct it."
"Yes he did."
My eyes shot up for the third time. What I was about to do, for movie buffs, was akin to correcting someone on the name of the president of the United States. "I think Roman Polanski directed 'Chinatown,'" I said.
"Well, John Huston was in it."
"True. He was in it."
But I'd had enough, thanked the man, and fled. I never went back. I went to the Blockbuster instead.
Unsurprisingly, Discount Video went under in 2006. Now it's Blockbuster's turn. Eventually, it'll be Scarecrow Video in Seattle with its 70,000 titles. New technologies keep swamping old ones.
In his piece about Blockbuster, Jim writes:
When it's all gone, something else will be in its cavernous place, and a couple generations' ritual of going to the video store to physically pick and choose and congregate with other customers or employees will go with it.
I have no love for the ritual of the video store—even when the clerk I'm talking to knows who directed "Chinatown." But here's to congregation in all its forms.
Tags: Minneapolis, Seattle, Video Stores, Jim WalshPosted at 06:58 AM on Nov 21, 2013 in category Technology
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The Case of the Buffering TV
This is a post about modern problems, first world annoyances. I suppose it's the not knowing that's the annoyance. It's the not knowing where to begin.
Here's the problem: Buffering issues while streaming content (movies, TV shows) via Netflix.
Here are the suspects:
- Netflix, the content provider
- Comcast, the internet service provider
- Apple AirPort, the router
- Motorola Surfboard, the modem
- Sony, the Blu-Ray player
- Sony, the TV
We've had this problem for years, ever since we started streaming a few years back. 2009? 2010? When did that begin? It's part of the reason why I don't use the feature much. Too annoying.
"No, my dear, the REAL murderer is--"
"No, Luke. I am your--"
This year, for different reasons, we got a new wireless router, the Apple AirPort. But no change on the buffering front.
We also bought a brand-new, high-speed modem to replace the 5-year-old thing we rented from Comcast. Better. At least it would start better. Ten megabytes per seconds. Maybe 15 or 20 or even 25. Then, poof, right in the middle of the show:
"Yo, Mr. White, I said--"
From 20 beautiful MBPS we'd be down to 2. Less than 2? Less than 1? C'mon, buddy. Pull up, pull up, pull up!
"Is your network password protected?"
"Of course."
"Does the buffering happen during primetime?"
"Now that you mention it ..."
That was a techie friend last month. He explained about fiber optic cable, and how Comcast, sure, uses it, but into neighborhoods, not homes; and once people get home they tend to use it, and all that use weighs on the system. Everyone's sharing, so everyone has a little less. That was the problem. That was the culprit. Comcast.
Comcast didn't think so. According to them—when I could finally reach them—we were getting a nice ... whatever. Count. Number. Head of steam. Head of stream. They were delivering what we had bought.
I began to doubt Comcast was the culprit, too. I began to realize (derrr) we had three items sharing our wireless network: two computers and the TV/Blu-Ray player. And the computers were fine. Always. I streamed, via Netflix, without issue on the computer.
But maybe streaming via HD TV takes a bigger hit?
So I decided to test it. One Friday. At noon, my computer, via the Ookla speedtest, was delivering 33.35 MBPS; the TV, via steaming, 18.1 MBPS. At 6 PM, it was 30.45 vs. 16.9. And at 9 PM? 23.37 and 2.
Whoops. Bit of a drop there. Even the computer took a hit during primetime. But not like the hit the TV took.
So now we were down to two culprits.
Both the TV and the Blu-Ray player had been bought about the same time. 2009? Not 2008, was it? Was it that old? Either way, I assumed Blu-Ray player, since that's what we streamed through, and since it was cheaper and easier to replace than the TV.
Or should I get an Apple TV? A complication. But not much of one. It would be another device next to the TV. It would be more wires added to my wireless network.
The ending, being without problems, was anticlimactic. I searched online for good 2013 Blu-Ray players. I bought one online. It arrived. I plugged it in and set it up. It works like a dream. A Hollywood ending.
And it only took 9 months.
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By Paul Frysh and Johnny JacksonMeet The Benoits. When Lashonda Benoit came to McDonough from the west bank of New Orleans with her husband and five daughters to escape Hurricane Katrina, she thought they would be back before the holidays. But three months later, the family is still here. They just spent Thanksgiving with Mary and Doug Malcomb of McDonough. The Malcombs were volunteers with the Henry County American Red Cross where the Benoits first came to escape the storm and where the two families became friendly. "We are just so grateful that we were able to spend it (Thanksgiving) together and that we had somewhere to go," said Benoit. Benoit would like see her mother, brothers and sisters for the holidays, but they are in Oklahoma and there are other priorities for the family right now. "Money is tight ... we are cramped in a five-seater car and we need a seven-seater," says Benoit who is working while her husband, who is still searching for work, cares for the children. To make matters worse, the Benoit car was recently damaged when it collided with a deer. But some things are going well. Ms. Benoit has found employment and her five girls ages 13, 11, 8, 7, and 6 have settled nicely into Luella middle and elementary schools in Locust Grove. The family has rented a house and the community has welcomed them with open arms. "There are a lotta good people here, we have made a lotta good friends," said Benoit. The Benoits like it so much, in fact, that in spite of the obstacles, they are planning to stay. Asked about her plans for the Christmas holidays, Benoit said "I don't know what we're gonna do for Christmas, but I know it'll be here." She added, "It just feels like home here." Meet The Baptistes. Romona Baptiste had not spoken to her mother since Aug. 28, when she evacuated to Atlanta from her New Orleans home with her two sons Paul, 13, and Cody, 5. When she finally got her mother on the phone about two weeks ago, Baptiste was overcome with emotion. Baptiste's mother arrived at her new Forest Park home this week for a huge Thanksgiving dinner, along with more than 15 other native New Orleans family members, now scattered all over the country. "We had a beautiful Thanksgiving. It was something to remember," Baptiste said. In addition to the traditional Thanksgiving turkey, family members brought hard to find ingredients to make Creole specialties like New Orleans style sea food gumbo. Baptiste considers herself fortunate because the company that employed her in New Orleans transferred her to the Atlanta area. Her children currently attend Forest Park Middle and Edmonds Elementary schools in Clayton County and the family has settled easily into their new community. She has done better than many in her position, but she does not take personal credit. "The thing about it is I trust in my savior Jesus Christ, and that was my strength and my back bone," she said. "That's what made being here in Georgia a second home to us. We wound up getting out of New Orleans by the grace of God. He put us here." And here, said Baptiste, is where she plans to stay.
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