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Posted by Anonymous on 04/21/2007
Really tasty tapas with bold and interesting flavor combinations. Excellent drinks and not even that pricey
Posted by fooddude on 04/09/2007
I mom made brussel sprouts like these...we would have ate them.....a must get! sat at the bar...it gets packed so get there by 8 or wait.....the staff is super cool too......a great place!!
Posted by tbonealex on 02/01/2007
Many tapas places (although I would hesitate to call this one) tend to feature overpriced & under-portioned food which, on a good night, will deliver a few high points in a sea of mediocrity while also featuring a loud, cramped & yuppy-fied atmosphere. Alta, on the other hand, offers food that is unique & delicious with portions that are generally not tiny (5 small dishes were enough for me and my companion). I highly recommend the bistilla, lamb meatballs & bacon-wrapped dates. The atmosphere is relaxed with a European feel, vaulted ceiling & nice lighting. Overall, a really satisfying experience.
Posted by Sarah on 01/31/2007
I'd like to describe Alta as a "hideaway" since it's tucked away on W. 10th and masquerades as a private residence. BUT, it's almost always crowded. No wonder--the food is amazing (though a little too salty last night) and it's the perfect spot for a group (taste everything!), a date (charming and romantic but not contrived), or an after work drink (perfect sized bites and impressive wine list). I insist upon trying the fried goat cheese and the brussel sprouts. They make brussel sprouts feel like a serious indulgence. It's hands down the best tapas I've had in Manhattan. Bon Apetit!
Posted by Anonymous on 01/17/2007
Had dinner at Alta last night - appetizers: the truffle suprise (very good) lamb meatballs (boyfriend loved them, I thought they were fatty), and spinach salad (excellent). For the main, I had the braised rabbit pasta which was excellent, and he had the shortrib which was also good but I think the rabbit was better. The atmosphere is great - sit upstairs for a quite date, downstairs for more lively scene. Great bar area as well.
Posted by ec on 12/18/2006
I love the spot - it's incredibly cozy and the food is delicious. I just have to reply to the previous poster who commented that the portions are small. It's a small plates, tapas-style menu. There really aren't any entrees, just many appetizer-sized selections, designed to share. I am definitely looking for an opportunity to take advantage of the "order everything on the menu" deal... best to be shared with 7+ people.
Posted by Patricia on 12/03/2006
The atmosphere of the restaurant (layout, lighting, decoration) is amazing. The staff is also ver kind and helpful. My only complaint is that the portions are very small, after sharing an appetizer and having a an entree, I was left craving for more. Suggest the lamb meatballs!


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Monday, August 25, 2014
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released late July their National Immunization Survey for Teens (NIS-Teen) data showing that Human Papillomavirus (HPV) coverage increased "significantly" from 2012 to 2013 in only five states, with South Carolina among those states and heralded as an example of positive response to advocacy.
South Carolina was mentioned by Anne Schuchat, M.D., assistant surgeon general, United States Public Health Service, and director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, in the July 24 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) media telebriefing and in a corresponding CDC article. In responding to media questions, Dr. Schuchat specifically noted Cervical Cancer Free South Carolina as an example of strategies states have used to help increase HPV coverage rates.
Cervical Cancer Free South Carolina was co-founded by MUSC assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Hollings Cancer Prevention and Control Program member Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., along with Heather Brandt, PhD., of the University of South Carolina. Hollings Cancer Center sponsored the first Cervical Cancer Free South Carolina Summit in January to bring together stakeholders from the medical community, public health, community health workers, lawmakers and HPV-related-cancer survivors to discuss issues related to HPV-related cancers and the need for greater awareness of the HPV vaccine.
While South Carolina continues to lag behind national rates of coverage for many other recommended vaccines, the state is now above the national HPV vaccination coverage rate in females receiving one or more HPV vaccines and for females receiving the full course of three doses of HPV vaccine.
Officials are quick to note that there is still much work to be done. "We are excited to see that our efforts to educate the public on the need to protect our children from a variety of cancers with the HPV vaccine is making a difference in South Carolina," said Dr. Young Pierce. "However, there is much more to be done. Half of South Carolina females ages 13 to 17 years still have not received all HPV vaccine doses, and eight out of 10 South Carolina males ages 13 to 17 years old have not received the HPV vaccine. We can do better."
The HPV vaccine is now recommended by the CDC and major medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and other medical societies, for 11- or 12-year-old boys and girls, for protection from HPV infection and HPV-related disease. According to the CDC, HPV causes more than 20,000 cancers in women and about 12,000 cancers in men annually in the U.S.
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HENAGAR, Ala. (WHNT) — Cecilia and Stephanie Gifford did not know what to expect at an afternoon school assembly. They only prepared for singing "God Bless the USA."
Then their father, Army Specialist Stephen Gifford, walked into the school gymnasium.
"I thought we were just going to sing and that would be it," 8-year-old Cecilia said.
"I saw him walking in, and I was so glad, I went running up and was hugging him."
Specialist Gifford enlisted in the Army four years ago, fulfilling a life-long dream.
"I've always wanted to since I was little. I got married when I was younger, I had my kids and when they got older I said I have to do it now," he said.
"I wanted to provide for them, support them, and let them see that they can do whatever they want, no matter what it is, only if they put their mind to it."
He deployed Summer 2012 to Qatar, where he worked on security force missions.
"We did base security, site security, we had a secret site where we had to ensure all threats were eliminated, basically deterred them before they ever tried anything," he said.
Six-year-old Stephanie said she is eager for "Daddy and girl dates", and even though her three-year-old brother Samuel heard her say that, he didn't seem to mind.
He kept repeating one phrase over and over. "He's home," Samuel said. "He is home."
DeKalb County superintendent Hugh Taylor and Henagar principal Stevie Green presented Gifford and his wife Christina with a plaque thanking them for service and sacrifice.
The soldier said the school's display overwhelmed him more than anything else.
"Just to have the support of the community and the school, having them all behind me this whole time has been a real help with my wife and everything, with the three kids by herself. They've all pitched in and helped support us while I've been off supporting them," he said.


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Perrysburg High School's (PHS) 28th annual Winter One Acts is a show that changes each year and has received eight superior ratings at the Ohio Theatre Alliance play festival.
"These plays appeal to anyone, whether they're 1 or 100," said Robert Gentry, director of the PHS theater department and founder of Winter One Acts. While selecting plays for the program each year, Gentry said one of his main considerations is variety. A range of offerings allowed him to cast 48 students in roles that suit their unique styles.
The show will be performed in the round, which means the audience is seated onstage facing the actors from three sides. Gentry said this creates an intimate atmosphere where the students can engage with the audience more easily.
"It's a real 'secrets revealed' experience," Gentry said. "The audience can see where the actors enter from and who's behind the scenes controlling the lighting."
The show is set for 8 p.m. Jan. 23-25, 30-31 and Feb. 1 with 2 p.m. matinees on Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 at Perrysburg High School, 13385 Roachton Road. Tickets go on sale Jan. 20 at the PHS box office, open Monday-Thursday from 7-8 p.m. Cost varies from $6-$7, depending on seat location.
Two of the plays are comedic, but each offers different humor. The first, "10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse," demonstrates survival strategies such as "romance the zombies" and "reason with them," while parodying popular horror clichés such as overstating emotions and discovering an arsenal of secret government weapons.
"My favorite part is the two brainless characters who don't get attacked," said Zach Ibarra, the show's student director. Ibarra has previously directed two short plays, and said his main challenge for this production was finding ways to give each zombie a specific character trait.
The second comedy, "Of Widows and Vegetables," follows the downfall of a man who marries widows for their riches and then promptly disposes of them. This show is written in the tradition of commedia dell'arte, an improvisational style with humor comparable to "The Three Stooges." The narrator is Harlequin, a devious but charming character who leads the old man to "death by tap-dancing" with the aid of his slapstick companion, Pedro.
"It makes no sense, so it keeps everyone guessing," said Connor Leupp, who plays Harlequin.
His best friend Noah Tye was cast as Pedro, adding to their characters' chemistry.
"We were really able to play off each other and build it up," Leupp said.
The third show, "Thistle Blossoms," details the emotional weight placed on a teacher when his student turns in an essay describing her planned suicide, prompting him to intervene.
"The biggest challenge was getting serious and connecting with a character who's unlike me in most ways," said Connor Treece, a junior at PHS who plays the teacher. He said his favorite part of rehearsals has been working closely with Gentry and developing his process. Treece previously played Seymour in "Little Shop of Horrors," another PHS production directed by Gentry.
"He focused on each one of us and our acting abilities," Treece said of Gentry's style.
During rehearsal, Gentry and his student directors hone in on every detail, finding ways to play up the humor while leaving room for the audience to process more serious moments. The teamwork put into each show, as well as the optimism of the students as they listen to Gentry's post-rehearsal notes, leaves little doubt of their enjoyment of the process.
"Before I came here, there was only reader's theater at the high school," Gentry said, referring to the style of reading from a script with little audience interaction. "Students interested in performance were hungry for opportunity. It's got to be fun for them, but they also want to be part of something great."
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What are ways that a dedicated aide can assist in the implementation of a teacher teaching elementary students about fractions in their lesson?
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Whenever a school administrator dedicates an aide to a particular student, or classroom, the expectation is that such aide will serve as a facilitator to the student for which they will facilitate. In other words, they are "dedicated" because they are expected to look after any want or need of a specific student or selection of students.
As the mainstream teacher delivers the lesson, the dedicated aid should be providing one on one examples to the student. Let us suppose that the mainstream teacher is introducing a lesson where she is showing the difference between halves and thirds. As the mainstream delivers her lesson, she should also provide the aide with materials to differentiate for the student assigned for the aide. Remember that aides can go as far as having Master Degrees, but if they are employed as dedicated aides, they have to follow the lesson plan of the mainstream teacher.
In the case of a highly-qualified aide, the best course of action is for the aide and the lead teacher to collaborate for strategies and interventions in hopes of creating the best learning experiences for all children. However, if this is not the case, then the best-case scenario is for the lead teacher to create a differentiated instruction center for students who are at the same learning level as the student who has the dedicated aide, and allow the aide to conduct activities geared toward remediation or enrichment as the case may be.
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"In neurofiction, the story's effect on the reader's brain – electrical activity of their neurons – is captured using an electroencephalography headset. Using an algorithm that learns what themes and elements engage each reader, our neurofiction engine turns this data into a unique path through the story. The reader can be guided to one of multiple possible endings or allowed to explore a new region of the story space."
In short, you get given the story that the neurofiction engine thinks you'll enjoy or respond to most and "neurofiction readers become subconscious collaborators in the creation of a new narrative."
In itself, the idea of being a 'subconscious collaborator' is fascinating. A technological development like this seems to take the Extended Mind Hypothesis to its extreme logical conclusion. If elements of our environment (including computers) can be considered part of the mind, then our minds can interact with them to shape our experiences.
To any writer of fiction, the initial reaction to neurofiction is likely to be one of scepticism, or even fear. Surely one of the great things about literature is the way it can challenge our expectations and open us up to new experiences, rather than giving us what we want in response to perceived preferences. But since we often choose to buy books that we predict we'll like anyway, is this really much worse than the way we often limit our own exposure to literature, picking books we 'know' we'll enjoy?
Some of my favourite pieces of writing do just the opposite, challenging our idea of 'what happens next'. A poem that springs to mind is Don Paterson's 'An Elliptical Stylus', in which, after recreating a scene of family humiliation in a record shop, the narrator bluntly resists "any attempt to cauterize this fable / with something axiomatic on the nature / of articulacy and inheritance" and finishes by offering to swing for the reader. Often, good poems wrongfoot us, albeit in less violent ways than 'An Elliptical Stylus', making us realise we don't quite know where we are after all. In his essay 'My marmalade passion or remembering Proust's gloves', poet Alan Buckley goes further, suggesting that good poems often traumatise us in some way.
If it only succeeds in giving us what we want, neurofiction may never give us what we need.


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Florida Republicans look to shorten the early voting period, make it harder to change your voting address, and force more people into provisional ballots, which are often not counted. Meanwhile, they find ways to make absentee voting easier. Guess which party does better on absentee, versus early, voting?
They're not even hiding it anymore. Florida Republicans are taking outrageous steps to turn Florida into Mississippi — a ruby red state where Democrats can't win, even with a sizable minority population — and they're doing it by any means necessary.
From packing the courts by literally splitting the Supreme Court so Gov. Rick Scott can score three appointments, the better to game redistricting, to their latest schemes that would hobble the kinds of voting options that have historically favored Democrats: early voting and same day registration, which have been critical to getting sizable numbers of black, Hispanic and young voters to the polls, particularly in presidential elections.
Florida Republicans are going on offense to ensure that the 2012 election is over before it even begins.
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TALLAHASSEE — — With Florida a crucial state in the 2012 presidential election, the state Legislature wants to overhaul election laws in ways critics say would help the Republican Party maintain its dominance.
The Senate is pushing a bill to cut early voting time by half, make it harder for grass roots groups to register voters and require people to vote provisionally if they moved since the last time they voted — a change elections supervisors say would affect college students the most. The bill, SB 2086, passed the Republican-controlled Rules Committee on Friday on a 10-2 vote.
Legislators say their goal is more convenient and less expensive voting machinery. But with President Barack Obama needing Florida's 29 electoral votes to win a second term, skeptics say the GOP-dominated Legislature is showing it has more than a passing interest in how the next election is run. All 160 legislative seats also will be up for grabs in 2012 because of reapportionment.
The 140-page Senate elections amendment was sponsored by Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, who chairs the Rules Committee and is the immediate past chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.
Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, R-Miami, defended the bill as voter-friendly, noting that it makes it easier for voters to request absentee ballots. But the proposed changes drew fire from election supervisors as well as the League of Women Voters, which successfully sued the state to block a previous round of restrictions on third-party voter registration efforts.
"We would hope to avoid going back to court," said Ben Wilcox of the League of Women Voters. "We believe that citizens should be active, engaged, and informed participants in democracy."
The bill also would push back the primary election by one week to Sept. 4, the day after the three-day Labor Day weekend holiday. Supporters said the change is needed so that the election won't conflict with the Republican National Convention in Tampa, scheduled the previous week. Moving the primary would allow fundraising to continue during the GOP convention.
The bill would force voters who do not go to the correct precincts to cast provisional ballots — which are only counted in some cases. Since 1973, Florida has allowed voters to update their address at a polling place.
Elections supervisors oppose a provision that allows Secretary of State Kurt Browning, an appointee of Gov. Rick Scott, to issue written orders to supervisors, who are elected constitutional officers.
But what drew the most heat Friday was the Senate's insistence that early voting be curtailed from two weeks to one. A surge in early voting was widely cited as a major factor in Obama's 2008 victory in Florida, and then-Gov. Charlie Crist extended early voting hours because of long lines at early voting centers.
"Generally, early voting in Miami-Dade County has not been very efficient," Diaz de la Portilla said. "What you see more often than not is that there is a trickle of two or three people a day at a very high cost to keep those public libraries and polls open. … We felt it was an efficiency measure."
Sen. Gwen Margolis, D-Aventura, said the crush of early voters in the last presidential election showed that two weeks of early voting is not enough. She called the bill a "Machiavellian" act by Republicans.
"It will disenfranchise and really anger a lot of people who are standing in line," Margolis said. "I just think that it's a very, very bad thing to do."
And that's not all:
Friday's developments came a day after the House advanced its own controversial election bill, HB 1355, which also imposes new registration requirements and time limits on third-party voter registration drives that do not also apply to political parties.
Early voting was crucial to Barack Obama's presidential win in Florida and other key states in 2008, and Republicans know it. The Florida Republican Party has always been aces at turning in absentee ballots. And they've also lagged behind Democrats in year over year voter registration, so they've got to put a stop to that. And Rick Scott has already killed former Gov. Charlie Crist's easing of felon rights restoration, setting Florida back to the Jim Crow era and preventing even more people from "voting for the wrong party."
By the way, Gary "Jump the Fence" Siplin of Orlando, who supposedly is a Democrat, but who votes more often with Republicans than any Democrat I've ever seen, also voted for this. (He also voted for the Republicans' "kick the walkers out from under the disabled kids and slash the schools" budget, and he's on the record as an "aye" on the woman-humiliating a href="http://pushingrope.blogspot.com/2008/04/ultrasound-abortion-vote-near.html">forced ultrasound bills, and for the "leadership funds" cash for politics bill that Charlie Crist vetoed, but which the "for sale" crew in Tallahassee overrode this spring. Micheal Hussey has more on him, including his "saggy pants" crusade.)
How Siplin, who is black, could vote for something that will directly, negatively impact African-American voters, who rely heavily on early voting, is beyond me. And how he continues to call himself a Democrat at this point is, too. The party should cease to help him ever get elected or re-elected to anything, ever, again. He's an embarrassment.
Meanwhile, I certainly hope the League of Women Voters, the ACLU, and the Florida Democratic Party are prepared to file immediate lawsuits to stop this nonsense. Otherwise, Republicans' next gambit might be to immediately disallow anyone from voting who does not produce a GOP loyalty oath at the voting booth.
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Cruise back to Puerto Maldonado, and now begins our trip back to reality -- tomorrow we will be home and telling and retelling all the stories of this trip.
On our flight to Cusco, KT and I make a list of the many modes of transportation we have experienced over these 16 action-packed days:
tricycle taxi
wooden canoe
motor launch
Avon raft
and miles and miles on foot!
So ends the PERFECT trip -- A gorgeous country; plenty of activity and excitement, which was our goal; delightfully hospitable people; only one day of rain (and that was on the day we rafted and would be wet anyway!); guides and staff who couldn't have been more wonderful, knowledgeable, and amusing. The food exceeded our expectations (we are vegans who eat a bit of fish). And, not one moment of altitude sickness or any other problems. Like we said, ''Perfect''.


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Posted by Katyayan Gupta on the eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals Blog on November 23, 2014
Indian consumers are more likely to own a mobile phone and use it to access the Internet than own a PC or laptop and use a wired Internet connection. The stats speak for themselves: As of September 2014, India has more than 930 million wireless subscribers against just 27 million wireline subscribers. And while just 8% of these 957 million subscribers have a broadband connection (with download speeds of 512 kbps or better), fully 80% of them are mobile users.
This is leading to the mobile mind shift: the expectation that consumers can get what they want in their immediate context and moments of need. This trend is particularly evident in retail; today's consumers are increasingly using their mobile devices to accomplish a variety of shopping-related tasks online – from researching a product to buying it.
Forrester has developed a global retail segmentation framework to identify, assess, and compare the behaviors of shoppers in various countries. Five segments identify the most prevalent and regular shopper behaviors (see figure below). According to this framework, 6% of metro Indian online users fall into the Mobile Shoppers segment. In comparison, only 4% of online users in the US are Mobile Shoppers! Even the percentage of Super-Shoppers in India is more than twice that in the US.
Posted by Julie Ask on the eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals Blog on December 1, 2011
I've written a lot about the notion that the "Future Of Mobile Is Context" this year at Forrester. Since publishing this research this spring, I've been searching for examples and case studies of innovative uses of context. (See how marketers and eBusiness pros can leverage context.)
Coca-Cola is allowing consumers in Hong Kong to enter a sweepstakes by virtually collecting bottle caps from a 3rd screen (TV, movie theather). The audio signal from the commercial triggers the application/ syncs the user's motion with the video. The acclerometer is used to assess the quality of the motion of the user's mobile phone — the device that is used to catch the bottle tops virtually. See video.
Why is their use of context sophisticated?
In the research, I describe the four phases of evolution.
Phase 1: the basics — leveraging location, time of day, etc.
Phase 2: layering intelligence — so, not just time of day, but time of day relative to an event
Phase 3: using new technology in phones (e.g., sensors, two cameras, etc.)
Phase 4: more sophisticated use of the sensors and technology to control the device
Coke's campaign is what I would call a v 2.0 use of mobile (they are enhancing another touchpoint - see research) with some Phase 3/4 context. They enhance the video/commercial experience by getting the consumer to be active. The act of collecting the bottle tops gets the consumer off the couch and to interact with the ad directly. I think it's very cool.
Posted by Stephen Powers on the Application Development & Delivery Professionals Blog on August 18, 2011
There has been a great deal of talk over the past few years about what acronym will replace WCM (web content management). Web experience management? Web site management? Web engagement management? Web experience optimization? The list goes on and on.
Certainly, the evolution of the WCM term makes sense on paper, since traditional content management functionality now only makes up a portion of the products that WCM vendors now offer. WCM vendors are also in the content delivery/engagement business, and are even dipping their toes into web intelligence. However, Forrester clients still overwhelmingly ask about "WCM" and that term isn't going away any time soon.
But even without changing the acronym, it is time to start thinking about WCM beyond just managing content or siloed websites or experiences. Instead, we need to think of how WCM will interact and integrate with other solutions – like search, recommendations, eCommerce, and analytics – in the customer experience management (CXM) ecosystem in order to enable businesses to manage experiences across customer touchpoints.
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Good trade for Wes. He needed to get out of Minnesota and onto a real basketball team. He was being wasted in MN.
They are wasting his talent and time on that team. Just like they did Kevin Garnett and Jonny Flynn and every other decent player they have had. Flee there as fast as you can Wes...
Where did Lang ever say this happened on campus? There is also no actual evidence of a crime being committed. All I have seen so far is a bunch of unfounded, unsubstantiated allegations that Lang was diddled by Bernie at the Fine residence.
so basically this article is saying that all your top shelf D1 talent got beat by OCC. Nice...
yeah, well 150,000 users are asking National Grid to lower our rates... right back at ya...
The ACC should be screaming at the Orange Bowl officals right now about how they would be letting an ACC team get screwed over by ND after just signing an agreement with them. If ND wants a guaranteed bid, join a conference instead of looking for a handout. No one is impressed with your mediocrity anymore ND.
Anyone catch that the Saints agreed to a 4 year contract this past week with Andrew Tiller? Unrelated, I know, but it falls into the SU football news category...
I still can't get on to the etix website. What a piece of junk that is....
Dems tend to act more like adults unlike the GOP who throw hissy fits and call people nasty names
Don't forget that the scalpers also buy large blocks of the good seats to sell off at inflated rates. Our NY legislature was kind enough to let the anti-scalping law expire.
$3.75 service charge. Nice.
Put one in Carousel Mall. Huge revenue for Onondaga County. Maybe help drop our taxes for a change. Casino gambling has been here for years. It is about time the other NY folks benefit from it
Put one in Carousel Mall. Huge revenue for Onondaga County. Maybe help drop our taxes for a change. Casino gambling has been here for years. It is about time the other NY folks benefit from it
i'm an onondaga county taxpayer.... pay them both and be done with it
Bunch of animals
When the women left the scene some of the merchandise was left behind in the carts, along with a purse containing the identification of, Cynthia D. Beauvais, 24, of 506 Cable Road, Williamstown.
I'm guessing that Cynthia is the brains of that group. Leaving her purse in the cart was all a part of her wel executed master plan.
"I tried to use Bernie for whatever I could," Lang said. "I know he used me. I figured he owed me a little bit of something."
You mean, like, money?
Not smart at all. She opens EVERYONE up to depositions under oath. That is going to be messy for everyone. Save the tantrum and let this issue die on the vine like it should. Move on, already.....
Um.. we're voting today? which districts? How much are they asking for? What % will my taxes go up (again)?
If I had to offer a guess.... I'm guessing that it hurts to get shot. I don't need someone to punch a hole in me to prove it
170 mph and still couldn't outrun a radio.
I'm guessing you will end up reading about this guy again someday when he splatters himself or someone else


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Google is pushing for their Fiber server to be profitable, could break into new markets soon
Two years ago if you had told me Google would be pushing their own super-fast Internet service around the United States, I would've been hesitant to believe you. Now, they're looking to expand their Fiber service, by cementing that it isn't just an expensive research project, but it is a great and profitable business for the search giant.
Google Fiber head, Milo Medin, talked to CNET, noting that Google had kept the costs down by partnering up with cities that are interested in bringing Google's gigabit fiber network to their residents. These partners have helped Google build a less expensive, and less time-consuming network. The search giant are also keeping the bills from going sky-high by building their own network in select neighborhoods, which are known as "fiberhoods", where the demand for their gigabit Internet access is strong, versus entire cities.
Medin talked about the challenges the company faced when they launched Fiber, where the executive noted that the biggest headache was offering TV service, which is some what of a must when trying to attract new customers away from the usual phone and cable companies. The TV service has cost Google the most money, as they've had to sign programming agreements, build their own set-top-boxes and create an entire system for delivering TV through their fiber network.
Continue reading 'Google is pushing for their Fiber server to be profitable, could break into new markets soon' (full post)
Google wants to deliver Internet to emerging countries with 'wireless balloons'
Google could provide Internet access to "emerging markets" like Africa and Asia, not by using the usual cables, but by balloons. Google would use "high-altitude platforms" in order to blast a wireless signal across a gigantic area which would span hundreds of square miles.
These aren't just normal Wi-Fi routers sitting in balloons, but they would use frequencies different than those used for usual television broadcasts, which is an area that Google would need governmental approval before they could take to the skies. Why would Google do this for emerging markets? Well, they do have countless services that they could provide to hundreds of millions of customers, and with half of the world's population without Internet access, this could be a large, untapped gold mine for the Mountain View-based giant.
BlackBerry will come out with BlackBerry Messenger apps for iOS and Android this summer
BlackBerry is attempting to stay relevant with its latest offering of smartphones. While there is some debate as to whether or not it's working, BlackBerry is charging ahead with other attempts at stay relevant. BlackBerry has announced that they will be releasing BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) apps for both the iOS and Android platforms sometime this summer.
The app will be a free download for both iOS and Android. At the start, BBM will only support text communication, but BlackBerry has plans to add voice and screen sharing sometime down the road. Investors weren't too happy with this announcement and BlackBerry's stock price dropped by about 6 percent.
BlackBerry says the service currently handles around 10 billion messages every day, sent by over 60 million users. The mobile messaging market is heating up with WhatsApp being the messaging app currently on top. Why BlackBerry has just now decided to release BBM for other platforms isn't clear. It could be a good thing, or it could be the signal of a dying company.
Google announces Gladstone, Missouri will be getting Google Fiber
Google seems serious about its Google Fiber endeavor as it has been announcing upcoming cities left and right. The latest city to join Google's growing list of cities that will be getting Google Fiber is Gladstone, Missouri. Gladstone is just north of Kansas City, as you can see on the map provided by Google:
Like the other cities currently pending for Google Fiber, Google needs to plan, engineer, and build the infrastructure. Not even a timeline or projected date has been provided to residents, but this should allow them to rest easy knowing that they will soon be getting super-fast and reasonably priced Internet access.
Samsung to deploy 5G network by 2020, will be capable of 1.25GB/sec
I'm not even enjoying 4G yet, and all I keep hearing is talk of a 5G network being deployed within the next decade. Samsung are behind the new talks, with an under-development wireless network to be capable of giving users the speed to stream data faster than ever dreamed before, even from current wired networks.
You might want to sit down to hear this, but Samsung's 5G network will be capable of 10 gigabits per second, giving users download speeds of around 1.25GB/sec. Considering 4G LTE provides around 75 megabits per second, or around 9.375MB/sec, it is a gigantic leap that can't be frowned upon. We're talking about downloading a Blu-ray movie in under one minute over your mobile Internet connection.
Syria regains Internet connectivity after 19 hours, outage believed to be caused by 'optical cable malfunction'
Internet connectivity is returning to normal in war-torn Syria. Multiple different sources have confirmed that connectivity has returned to the region, though a specific cause can't be determined as of yet. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency is reporting that the outage was a result of an optic cable malfunction.
Of course, being a state-run media, it's very possible this report could be inaccurate. What I still find extremely scary is the fact that an entire country can drop off of the Internet just like that. This is a case where we need to come up with a more redundant and reliable network.
Continue reading 'Syria regains Internet connectivity after 19 hours, outage believed to be caused by 'optical cable malfunction'' (full post)
Google bringing Fiber to Grandview, Missouri, a city just south of Kansas City
Google has announced that Grandview, Missouri will join the growing list of cities in which Google Fiber will be available. This announcement comes just five days after Google announced that Shawnee, Kansas residents could expect Google Fiber to become available in the coming months and years.
Like the last announcement, the details were a bit on the light side. Residents know that they will be getting Fiber, but they don't know when. Grandview is located just south of Kansas City, the first city to get Google Fiber. This will make the expansion easy and makes logical sense as to why Google picked it for Google Fiber.
Google shows no signs of slowing down Fiber roll out. In fact, the announcements seem to be speeding up, suggesting that Google ultimately wants to be an ISP. Keep your fingers crossed that Fiber soon makes its way to your city.
Apple iMessage suffers from weird glitch, causes last word of texts to be deleted...sort of
Apple has never been very good when it comes to Internet-based activities. MobileMe and other offerings by Apple have often fallen by the wayside as Google and others produced better--and cheaper--alternatives. Apple's iMessage service makes use of the Internet to transmit text messages between iPhones and other Apple devices.
Apple's iMessage is also suffering from an interesting, if not too problematic, glitch that results in the last word of phrases to be replaced with spaces. The glitch only affects certain phrases and it's not clear why the glitch is even occurring. Even more interesting, if you copy the message and paste it into the compose window, the full, unadulterated phrase will be shown.
To trigger the bug, you have to use certain phrases with a trailing space. For instance, "I could be the next Obama" results in Obama being removed and replaced with spaces. You can also try "the best prize is a surprise". If you find any other phrases that trigger the bug, let us know!
Thanks to slow LTE rollout, T-Mobile could be first to offer LTE-Advanced, or '5G'
We covered T-Mobile's 4G LTE launch and Uncarrier event pretty closely. At the time, all of the other major networks in the country already had operating LTE networks in multiple markets. T-Mobile now believes that it could end up being the first carrier to roll out 5G LTE-Advanced.
In a recent interview with Venture Beat, T-Mobile's head of radio network and evolution strategy, Yasmin Karimli, said that this is due to their slow rollout of 4G:
I think we'll probably be able to move faster [to LTE-Advanced] because we have the latest hardware in place. Others may have hardware that's two years old, so they may have to rip and replace.
We don't fully know what it will take for the other networks to roll out 5G LTE-Advanced, though what Karimli says makes sense. 5G LTE allows for theoretical speeds of up to 300Mbps, around three times faster than LTE. T-Mobile plans to cover 100 million people by mid-2013 and 200 million by the end of 2013 with 4G LTE.
Sprint continues expansion of 4G LTE network, announces LTE in 21 new markets
Sprint is a bit behind the other major US carriers in terms of LTE availability because they originally went with WiMax as their 4G technology. Not wanting to be left behind, Sprint has been pushing out LTE as quickly as possible. We previously announced that Sprint was ready to bring LTE to 21 new markets and now they have officially announced its availability.
Joining the ranks of LTE-enabled markets are the following:
- Albemarle, N.C.
- Bloomington, Ind.
- Charlotte, N.C.
- Contra Costa County, Calif.
- Denison, Texas
- Greeneville, Tenn.
- Joplin, Mo.
- Kerrville, Texas
- Lafayette, Ind.
- Lincolnton, N.C.
- Los Angeles
- Mankato/North Mankato, Minn.
- Memphis, Tenn.
- Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Newport News, Va.
- Palm Bay, Fla.
- Port St. Lucie, Fla.
- Rochelle, Ill.
- Salisbury, N.C.
- Shelby, N.C.
- Tullahoma, Tenn.
- West Palm Beach, Fla.
These new additions bring Sprint's total LTE market count up to 88, still far behind the other carriers. Sprint has said that there will be more than 170 markets getting LTE in the coming months as they play catch up. Some cities, such as San Francisco, already have LTE, though they haven't been officially announced.


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Levi Hyams hit two home runs in Sunday's 7-6 win.
May 15, 2011
LEXINGTON, KY.-----Levi Hyams hit two home runs and drove in four while Tyler Maloof collected his NCAA-leading 16th save to lift Georgia past Kentucky 7-6 Sunday at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
With the victory, Georgia (26-26, 15-12 SEC) clinched a spot in the eight-team Southeastern Conference Tournament, May 25-29 in Hoover, Alabama.
On Sunday, the Bulldogs grabbed their first lead of the series in the second inning, exploding for four runs on four hits. Junior right fielder Chase Davidson got it started with a leadoff double. He went to third on a base hit by designated hitter Brett DeLoach. First baseman Jonathan Hester made it 1-0 with a sacrifice fly. After freshman catcher Brandon Stephens struck out, sophomore third baseman Curt Powell delivered an RBI-single. On a 1-0 pitch, Hyams extended the lead to 4-0 with a two-run blast to right field.
Kentucky (24-28, 7-20 SEC) cut the deficit in half in the third inning. Right fielder Neiko Johnson notched his second home run of the year. Taylor Black followed with a double and scored on a one-out single by third baseman Thomas McCarthy that closed the gap to 4-2. In the fifth, a leadoff walk to Hyams led to another run. He moved in to scoring position on a two-out single by Zach Cone. Then Davidson lined a 3-2 pitch to centerfield to bring Hyams home for a 5-2 advantage. That hit chased Kentucky starter Jordan Cooper as the Wildcats looked to Nick Kennedy who got them out of further trouble. Cooper allowed five runs on nine hits in 4.2 innings pitched.
Sophomore Blake Dieterich and the Bulldogs thwarted a Wildcat rally attempt in the fifth, loading the bases with one out. After a mound visit by Georgia coach David Perno, Dieterich battled back to strikeout catcher Michael Wlliams on three pitched. Then on a 3-1 count to designated hitter Braden Kapteyn, he got him to bounce into an inning-ending fielder's choice to keep it 5-2.
In the sixth, Georgia reverted to its second inning formula for a rally. With two outs, Powell kept the inning going with a base hit hit and Hyams followed with his second, two-run home run of the contest. He blasted this one off Kennedy to give the Bulldogs a 7-2 lead. It was his fourth home run and gave him a career-tying four RBI in the game and 34 for the year.
Georgia turned to sophomore Earl Daniels to start the bottom of the frame in relief of Dieterich who allowed two runs on eight hits in five innings of his first career SEC start. It was Dieterich's first start of the year after leading the team with 24 relief appearances. The Wildcats greeted Daniels with a leadoff triple from Luke Maile and a run-scoring double by Lucas Witt. McCarthy continued to haunt the Bulldogs, smacking a two-out two-run double in the frame as he improved to 10-for-13 in the series. By the time the inning finished, Kentucky had scored four runs on five hits and pulled back within one at 7-6. Sophomore right-hander Bryan Benzor started the seventh for the Bulldogs who also inserted junior Peter Verdin in right field for Davidson.
In the eighth, Hyams came up with one on and two out. With a 3-1 count, home plate umpire Todd Henderson called a strike on inside pitch that Hyams had to move out of the way to avoid being hit. It brought Perno out of the dugout and shortly thereafter he was ejected by Henderson. Hyams would draw a walk on the next pitch. After a pitching change to bring in Alex Phillips, Welton singled to load the bases for Farmer. However, he lined out to McCarthy at third. Benzor did a nice job in relief, pitching two innings, retiring all six Wildcats he faced.
Georgia carried a 7-6 lead to the bottom of the ninth and sophomore closer Tyler Maloof came on to face the heart of the Wildcat order in Wright, McCarthy and Williams. Verdin, who made a leaping catch at the wall for the first out of the Kentucky eighth, made a diving catch on a liner by Wright for the first out of the ninth. Maloof struck out McCarthy for the second out. Then, he got Williams to bounce one back to him that he fielded and tagged him for the final out. For Maloof, he is now 16-for-16 in save situations this season, which ranks in a tie for first nationally.
"I'm very proud of the team, I've never felt better about winning just one game in a series, but we had to have this one for a lot of reasons including clinching a spot in the SEC Tournament," said Perno. "Blake did a fine job in his first start and Bryan (Benzor) and Tyler held the Wildcats the final three innings and we made some fine defensive plays too. Now, we have to have a winning week to finish the regular season and get some momentum going to the SEC Tournament and have a chance to keep playing further in the postseason. "
Georgia begins a four-game home stand Tuesday when it plays host to Kennesaw State (28-21) at 5 p.m. Then, the final SEC regular season series opens up Thursday at Foley Field as the Bulldogs battle top-ranked Vanderbilt (42-7, 20-6 SEC).


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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A Texas woman is suing Blockbuster Inc.,
alleging the video rental company transmitted her personal
information to Facebook.com without her permission.
Cathryn Elaine Harris of Dallas County claims that Beacon,
Facebook's marketing program, got the information from Blockbuster
through computer tracking programs.
Her complaint was filed April 9 in the U-S District Court for
the Eastern District of Texas. Harris claims Blockbuster violated
the Video Privacy Protection Act by allowing Facebook to get at
information on her movie renting and buying habits.
Randy Hargrove, a spokesman for Dallas-based Blockbuster, said
the company denies the allegations.
Beacon, which members could always opt out of, tracks purchases
Facebook members make online and sends members' "friends" alerts
about the transactions.
Within a few weeks of its November launch, thousands of
complaints poured in from Facebook users who hadn't realized it
would share their commercial activity. Now users must opt into the
program if they want it.
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class action, claims the damage is already done and that
Blockbuster continues to share her information.
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2002 U.S. aircraft since Jan. 21 have struck Iraqi targets three times in the southern no- fly zone, DoD officials said Jan. 24.
Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that U.S. aircraft enforcing U.N. resolutions on Iraq dropped precision-guided munitions on anti-aircraft artillery and missile sites Jan. 21, 23 and 24. The attacks responded to Iraqi anti-aircraft gunfire and radar targeting on patrolling coalition aircraft.
Myers said U.S. and coalition aircraft that patrol in both the northern and southern Iraq have been fired on by Iraqi air defenses. "Sometimes it's Triple-A and sometimes it's missiles," Myers said. " In the last few days we've reacted as we can anytime we can ascertain where it's coming from."
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Guide to the Frederick Joerg Papers, 1942-1967
Frederick Joerg joined Duke University in 1948 as an assistant professor of Economics. He later became a professor of Business Administration and Forest Management, and he worked in university administration as the Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Assistant Provost for Academic Administration starting in the 1960s. Joerg retired in 1983.
Material includes lecture notes, papers concerning the Southeastern Personnel Conference, and papers related to Joerg's administrative duties at Duke.
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- Repository
- University Archives, Duke University
- Creator
- Joerg, Frederick.
- Title
- Frederick Joerg papers circa 1942-1967
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 3.0 Linear Feet, 2000 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
Material includes lecture notes, papers concerning the Southeastern Personnel Conference, and papers related to Joerg's administrative duties at Duke.
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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Contents of the Collection
Container List, circa 1942-1967
Historical Note
Frederick Joerg joined Duke University in 1948 as an assistant professor of Economics; he retired in 1983. During his time at Duke Joerg taught as a professor of economics, business administration and forest management. Additionally he served as assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and as assistant provost for Academic Administration. Joerg passed away in 1983.
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|Received Bachelor's Degree from Fordham University
|Worked and Taught at the Army Finance School
|Received Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University
|Becomes Assistant Professor of Economics at Duke University
|Awarded a Fulbright Grant to Lecture and Study in Finland for the 1959-1960 Academic Year
|Becomes Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
|Becomes Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs
|Retires from Duke University to Live in New Hampshire
|Passes Away
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[Identification of item], Frederick Joerg Papers, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Frederick Joerg Papers were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1979.
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WALHALLA - The Oconee County Sheriff's Office has arrested ten more people in the second phase of Operation Infinity, which began Aug. 22.
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Making Lessig Plans
Publication Date:February 20, 2008
Source:National Journal: House Race Hotline
The National Journal reports on Professor Lawrence Lessig possible run for the late Tom Lantos' congressional seat.
Jackie Speier has the inside track. But some "dems ... want a competitive primary," and they've "started an effort to draft" Stanford Law Prof. Lawrence Lessig (D). Lessig "has been a strong critic" of the Iraq war and the "influence of lobbyists' money" in politics. Lessig said that he'd pledge "to refuse money" from lobbyists and PACS, and "noted that Speier had accepted donations" from insurance companies" in a previous race. He's already started a campaign cmte, and said he'll decide "this week" whether to run.


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Jammy Dodger vehicle tax.
Posted: November 16, 2012|
As a near octogenerain with my wife wheelchair user I suggest East Lindsey District Council adopt the practise of imposing an official medical certificate
and £50 annual licence excise duty fee on all motorised battery operated 'Jolly-trolley' scooters. Also, that owners be compelled to take out minimum third party insurance cover against injury or damage. They are a menace on the road and nuisance on the pavement. Frankly, a fair proportion of the users don't really need them being just too idle to walk. Evident by the large number left outside shops jamming the pavement while the owners are inside browsing. The tax would encourage more people to walk, help keep fit and combat obesity. There are even double-header tandem scooters now with couples seemingly forming club groups dodging in and out while 'tanking' up and down Lumley Road, Skegness like demented teenagers with a care for no-one. It really does take the biscuit! Hands-up all those agreeing.


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I've read a lot of posts like this one over the last twenty-four hours since the UCSB shooter incident. I'm going to add my voice to what I hope will become a cacophony because it's important that we – women – are heard. It's also important to remember that each of us has his or her own unique experience, that these problems are faced by other minorities and oppressed classes besides women, and that it is vital that any and all people who experience abuse, harassment, and threat for being who and what they are deserve basic human dignity, be they men or women or trans, be they gay or straight, be they white, black, purple, blue, yellow, tan, brown, orange, red, pink, green, or multicolored.
As far as life experience goes, I've led a fairly privileged one. I am white, from an upper-middle-class background, went to private school, and am overeducated (I'm an academic, that last one goes without saying). I have a job, cats, a husband. The life I lead is heteronormative and privileged. I have food every day, whatever I want, and I own more electronic devices than I know what to do with. In the grand scheme of things, I have it pretty damn good.
But none of that means I'm immune from the plethora of things that are now being hashtaged #Yesallwomen. I stopped counting the number of catcalls and offers of dates I've received a long, long time ago. Some were polite. Many were not.
In grade school, my best friend and I were taunted for being lesbians because we only ever hung out with each other.
In high school, I was verbally harassed on a daily basis. Sometimes sexually, sometimes not.
When I was 19, I was groped in a bar in England. Yes, I'd been drinking. This is when I learned that my instinctive response to this is violence, and I left the groper lying on the floor while my companions hustled me out of the club. That same year I was thrown across a room in my dorm for refusing to obey orders from one of my drunken "friends."
While at work on the Freedom Trail, I received a variety of offers to "do it like the Puritans," offers to help me out of my colonial dress, and to "engage in reenactment" with a man in a Redcoat uniform from another site whose response when I said "No thanks, I'm married," was "That's okay, me, too."
Once on my way home from work (while in grad school), I was used as a masturbatory aid by a man whose face I never saw on a very crowded T.
Over the last two years, I have dressed up as a gold statue and been harassed repeatedly while working. One man pressured me for my hotel room number. Another offered to help scrub the gold paint off me. Others just made general lewd comments. Most of us had our butts grabbed more than once per evening.
Last week, while wearing running shoes, jeans, and a rainbow tie-dyed tshirt, I was told to "work it baby, yeah" while walking down the street to the grocery store.
I am not a particularly "sexy" person. If you saw me on the street, that horrible phrase that should never be uttered ("She's asking for it") would never occur to you. I use power tools, I play videogames, and I lift weights. I'd rather be called buff than hot. And yet, I can't go to the grocery store closest to my house after 8pm without being propositioned (in three years – if I go after 8pm, someone has to hit on me, sometimes politely, more often not).
I am not telling these stories for pity. There are far more people out there who are far more deserving of sympathy than I am – I tell these stories precisely because they are seen as so very banal. Because I don't really think about them unless someone brings up the fact that our culture not only permits, but even encourages such behavior.
These stories of mine are so ordinary, so pervasive, that every woman who reads this will have a dozen more just like them, and many women will have stories that are far, far worse.
That that is unacceptable.
TLF: Digital Comedy
Let's Be Critical
So I've recently started doing more research into what's been written about games, and games and gender in specific. The answer, sadly, is "not much," and I'm not only speaking about volume, but also depth. While there certainly are some worthy pieces out there in the aether, they are few and far between.
For one thing, some of the best criticism I've read about games and gender has been journalistic; this isn't in and of itself a problem, but it does raise the question why academic works touching on the question aren't doing as good a job as journalists – especially when academics generally pride themselves on critical rigor. Journalism also doesn't rely on research and theory nearly as heavily as the academy, which means that even brilliant pieces of journalism lack some of the components academics look for simply by virtue of genre. And it's great that there are good critical journalistic pieces out there – but they aren't the kind of criticism I'm looking for (neither, by the way, is this blog – nor is it meant to be).
Nick Yee's The Proteus Paradox (2013) has theory, research, and thoughtful criticism, but it isn't focused on the parts of games that I, as an academic with training in literary criticism, am looking to find. It's a good book, but I want to find more pieces that engage not only in social scientific inquiries, but also humanities-based research. In short, I want to see more of what I want to do: narratological (with or without ludological) analysis of games with regards to their impact on questions and discussions about gender and identity.
I've seen a couple of well-done pieces in the Approaches to Digital Game Studies series edited by Gerald A. Voorhees, Josh Call, and Katie Whitlock, although not generally focused on gender questions, and I was hoping to find (but didn't) similar pieces in From Barbie to Mortal Kombat and Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat. Instead, I find repeats of the same, tired, and (I believe) misleading idea that women don't play games because there's something different about women and girls. Maybe it isn't that we can't play games, maybe it's that we just don't like them…yadda yadda.
It's disappointing to find that even the critics to whom I would turn for a good critical feminist analysis are coming back with "Look, a damsel!" as the most complex example of criticism they can produce. Yes, there are a lot of damsels in games. Let's move on now to something more interesting, like, say, examining the precise nature of how this particular damsel functions as social commentary, either positive or harmful.
I try to do some of this in my reviews, and do it moreso in the pieces I have published on Dragon Age (although not on gender, yet), but most places I look don't have that kind of critical depth. Instead, most writers seem to feel obligated to defend their choice to write on games for at least the first three pages of their article. I think that by now we need to move past that defensiveness and start doing the kind of critical work that many of us have been trained to do – focus in on details and context, do the research, invoke the theory, and analyze the games.
And that means, for the love of all that is and is not holy, that you must play the games in order to write about them. As both a gamer and an academic who writes on games, there is nothing more infuriating than realizing someone is analyzing a game that they haven't played. If you want to talk in general terms about it on your blog or in a catalog piece, then fine, but if you're going to present yourself as a gaming academic and write on a game in academic circles, you had better have played that game. Repeatedly. Maybe even on legendary.
The point is, we can't both complain that people don't take our work seriously as feminist critics and then not play the very games that we set out to analyze. Our voices are dismissed because we become enmeshed in social justice projects to "get more girls to game" or "desexualize female characters" and lose our ability to explain why those things are problematic to begin with. We can't criticize games for objectifying women without also demonstrating that those games do objectify women and that, in doing so, those games are doing harm to the social perspective of women. If we want to call ourselves feminist critics of games, then we need to go back to the games, analyze the games as texts, and play them with every bit as much attention as we would read our Butler or Foucault or Irigaray.
Pink and Purple Unicorns
Several recent things have come together to spur this post, including the always-unfortunate reading of internet comments, my Twitter feed, and my academic research. First, I've recently read From Barbie to Mortal Combat, published in 1998, and have started working my way through Beyond Barbie and Mortal Combat, published in 2008. Second, I recently read a news story about how women are no longer to be permitted to teach Bible classes at some Christian colleges. Third, the following tweet:
Q: What do you all think is the biggest change e-sports devs/publishers could do to make them more women-friendly? @_lilchen #thenewmeta
— Todd Harper (@laevantine) May 17, 2014
What they all have in common is the assumption – or, in Todd's case, challenging the assumption – that women must somehow want something inherently different than men, or, as the next sequence of tweets suggests, that women are somehow biologically deficient when compared to men:
"the reason women aren't on equal footing in fighting games is pure science.They don't enjoy the same interests&the same genetic advantages"
— Maddy Myers (@samusclone) May 17, 2014
I love how this whole thread is about how there are NO barriers for women to compete, other than bad reflexes & bad spatial recognition ofc
— Maddy Myers (@samusclone) May 17, 2014
Maddy's tweets (and I did skip several intervening ones that illustrate rather colorfully just how angry this concept makes her) show another fundamental problem facing not only women, but all minorities in most situations (not just gaming). It's the kind of warped Darwinian logic that was used in prior centuries to explain why people from Africa were intellectually inferior to people from Europe – and, like that argument, the claim that women have poor reflexes is the consequence not of genetics, but socialization.
Men have better game-playing reflexes in general because more men than women play games from an earlier age. More boys are expected to play videogames than women. More boys are taught to play sports. All of which hone coordination and reflexes. Mythbusters recently did an experiment about the myth of "throwing like a girl" in which they learned that men and women throw exactly the same with their off hand – meaning that men's supposed natural ability is conditioned by their expectations, both taught (in playing) and observed (watching men play professional baseball, for instance).
That aside, the notion – which seemed to be accepted without much problematization in From Barbie to Mortal Combat – that women must necessarily want something different than men (physical abilities aside) is equally ludicrous. While it is true that women are socialized to like pink sparkly things, unicorns, and rainbows, women and girls are not genetically programmed to like them. In fact, a few centuries ago, blue was considered feminine (one of the reasons the British Army wore red).
Women and girls are no more genetically predisposed to like Barbie Fashion Designer than they are anything else; their supposed preferences are entirely socialized. Socialization doesn't make those desires any less real, of course, or any less valid, but the point I'm making here is that there is no intrinsically "feminine" way that games must be in order to attract female players.
The answer to Todd's question above shouldn't be "What can games do to be more attractive to women?" but "How can games be less hostile to women?" Really, that's the point where we (still) are in games; games objectify women, they victimize women, they place women in positions of little to no agency or control. And the gaming community is no better – perhaps even worse.
If you are a developer who wants more female gamers, then make your community and your game inclusive of women, rather than exclusively for women. Men and women don't have to be dichotomized, and in fact shouldn't be. Instead, games – any component of a modern and egalitarian society – should include everyone, catering not to a generic player (who is by default white, male, and straight), but to all players.
Keep Your Kinect to Yourself, Thank You
This week, Xbox announced that they would be offering an XBox One (not-so-affectionately known as the Xbone) without the Kinect system, something they had originally said would not be an option. This is the only way I will ever be convinced to purchase one, so the news makes me rather happy, since I expect that sooner or later my Xbox 360 is going to go the proverbial way of all electronic devices and flesh.
Here's why I abhor the Kinect. It isn't that I don't want to play games involving wildly flailing limbs (although I'm not really big on that idea), nor is it that I don't want to give my Xbox voice commands (although, again, given its propensity for misunderstanding things, that also isn't really a big thing for me), it's really more that I find it profoundly creepy that any of my electronic devices that aren't also medical devices (and, really, I don't own any of those) might be interested in my basic vital statistics.
The Kinect can tell my body temperature, my heart rate, the distribution of heat on my body, and the difference between me, my husband, my cats, and any friends we might have over (and if they have Xbones with Kinect, it might even be able to tell who they are). Since it is not a certified medical professional, I don't want it knowing that much about my person, thank you. I don't want to be able to walk into someone else's house (with a Kinect), and have their Xbone recognize me based on biometrics. That's just a little too far in the direction of an Orwellian Big Brother to make me at all comfortable, and when the original Xbone announcement was made, I remember thinking, "No, thank you. I guess I'll be buying a PS4 when my 360 dies."
Well, although I am most likely going to purchase a PS3 in the next year or so, Microsoft just managed to make it 100 times more likely that when my 360 dies (or when developers stop making games for the 360, whichever happens first) I will bite the proverbial Kool-Aid bullet and buy an Xbone instead of a PS4. And it won't be able to tell me when I have a temperature or suggest that perhaps I need to cool down and take a drink of water. I guess I'll just have to figure that out all on my own.
TLF: 'Proteus, that god of shapes'
My review of Nick Yee's recent book, The Proteus Paradox, is up over on TLF. Bonus points to anyone who can identify the reference in the article title.
(Yes, I'm that much of a nerd.)
Life Choices
A few days ago, Border House writer Gunthera1 posted a review of the new Nintendo 3DS Tomodachi Life that highlights one rather glaring absence, the ability of players to choose to "marry" someone of the same gender in the game. The premise behind Tomodachi Life is life simulation; the Miis in the game interact with the other players' Miis as friends, enemies, and even romantic partners, as long as both Miis are straight, of course. Same-sex couples – or even bicurious Miis – need not apply.
In response to a fan outcry and hashtag #Miiquality campaign (started by Tye Marini), Nintendo released the following statement:
Nintendo never intended to make any form of social commentary with the launch of 'Tomodachi Life'. The relationship options in the game represent a playful alternate world rather than a real-life simulation. We hope that all of our fans will see that 'Tomodachi Life' was intended to be a whimsical and quirky game, and that we were absolutely not trying to provide social commentary.
Aside from the at-best-privileged-ignorance-and-at-worst-bigoted assumption that the vast majority of their players would have no interest in pursuing virtual same-sex relationships (which is a strange assumption), Nintendo's insistence that "we were absolutely not trying to provide social commentary" does a couple of highly problematic things. First, it assumes that games do not inherently contain "social commentary" simply by virtue of being cultural artifacts. They do. (So do tv shows, movies, books, and every other form of popular culture in existence.)
Second, it assumes that their audience isn't smart enough to realize that someone had to code in heterosexuality as not only the default, but as required. Including a "romance" mechanic between Miis without gender distinction seems to me (and I'm admittedly not a programmer) to be a simpler thing to code than a "romance" mechanic with prohibitors based on the gender identity of a Mii. In other words, somebody made the choice to make all the Miis straight. Somebody (maybe the same somebody, maybe a different somebody) approved that choice, or even demanded it. Which means that even if the company at large didn't mean "to provide social commentary," somebody did.
Gunthera1 rightly suggests that this is an obvious, glaring, and even deliberate oversight on the part of Nintendo's design team: "They decided who is included and who is excluded." Games writer Samantha Allen made a similar post on Polygon, saying that "The more words a company needs to use to justify its exclusionary choices, the more simple its motivations. Call it a queer version of Occam's razor. Behind all the corporate jargon and flowery public-relations language lies hatred, pure and simple."'
Whether or not Nintendo's exclusion of non-heteronormative couples is "hatred" or privileged ignorance or a horrific miscalculation of audience demographic may be debatable, but – no matter how you read Nintendo's intentions – it nevertheless sends a harmful, hurtful, and even (yes) hateful message to players. Those whose preference for same-sex Mii romance is precluded are rejected from fully participating in the game. Those whose personal preference might include same-sex partnerships feel insulted and marginalized (even more so than they already are). And, perhaps worst of all, those whose paradigmatic view of the world suggests that anything outside of heteronormativity is condemnable have their warped ideological position ratified.
To be fair to Nintendo, following the posts from Gunthera1 and Allen, the #Miiquality campaign, their PR department issued a second statement on May 9, 2014:
We apologize for disappointing many people by failing to include same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life. Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to change this game's design, and such a significant development change can't be accomplished with a post-ship patch. At Nintendo, dedication has always meant going beyond the games to promote a sense of community, and to share a spirit of fun and joy. We are committed to advancing our longtime company values of fun and entertainment for everyone. We pledge that if we create a next installment in the Tomodachi series, we will strive to design a game-play experience from the ground up that is more inclusive, and better represents all players.
Gunthera1 also posted a follow-up on Border House, stating that although
I am disappointed that this was not included in the original game. I am angry and hurt by the words of that first press release…I am hopeful for the future. This new statement shows that Nintendo realizes that lesbian, gay, and bisexual players ARE their fans and that their representation in games (or lack thereof) does matter. My hope is that this realization spreads within Nintendo and into the mindset of other companies. This is a matter that goes beyond Tomodachi Life and into all games.
I'm not sure that I feel the same sense of "hope" that Gunthera1 does, although perhaps that is simply a matter of my generally jaded response to PR statements that seek to shove dirt and grime under the rug by wailing "we didn't mean it!" as loud as they possibly can. But I do see the point here; at least Nintendo did make a second statement that recognizes the diversity in their player-base. I'm skeptical of the claim that Tomodachi Life can't be patched to permit non-heterosexual relationships, although I do understand that it may more be a matter of "we've already moved on to our next project" than it is "we can't do it." This is even more likely to be true of the company doesn't expect Tomodachi Life to be particularly lucrative.
The May 9 follow-up is, as Gunthera1 suggests, better. It is more hopeful than a dismissal of diversity or a claim that – as we so often see in response to demands to include more women in games – "that's not what fans want." While I'm hesitant to call it a step forward, it at the very least is not a step back, and I suppose that's something worth validating, even if not celebrating.
For now, I'll wait to pass judgment until the next game is released, and will continue to look forward to games – like BioWare's Dragon Age: Inquisition due out in October – that deliberately embrace diversity instead of (deliberately or not) excluding it.


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Keeper of the Fishby Erica Liszewski
Prompt: Keeper of the Fish
This is a finished version of a sketch!
8.5" x 11", Watercolor pencil on colored paper. Not entirely happy with how this turned out, but not entirely unhappy either. I recently got a betta fish who is black and red, which is why I chose those colors for the cloak. That may not actually have been the wisest decision.
Alisha Christian says: I think this is beautiful! I love the colors. Your talents of shading and drawing are amazing! ~ Reply?Erica Liszewski replied to this: Thanks!
Amy Clark says: That's a really neat design on the robes! Very creative! ~ Reply?
Elizabeth Barrette says: I think the colors work. They certainly make the character pop out of the background. ~ Reply?
Carole Graham says: Beautiful work, Love the colours and the detailing on the dress. ~ Reply?
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