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PLASTIC CANALS WONT HELP AGRICULTURE By Dave Harmiiau In 19 7 0 the Soil Conservation Society prepared a statement of its position in a study called "A National Policy for Land Use." A paragraph quoted from that statement says "Unnecessary destruction and waste of our land and natural resources and degradation of the environment is continuing, due in a large part to the lack of an effective national land use policy." The Society feels therej is a great need for more coordination of federal, state, and local government agencies more research, more planning, and much more'wisdomin order to prevent crisis on top of crisis for our children and their children. The name of the game is soil-saving techniques. Without good top soils, an agricultural community will cease to exist. In the last seven or eight years huge farm machinery payments and rising farm and living costs have forced us to the point where every bit of land must be pushed to maximum (turn to PROJECTS on page 14) THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SALISH, PEND d ORIELLES AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION 15 C HA R - KÖOSTA Volume 4 Number 14 FULL MOON OF AUTUMN (November 15, 1974) JURISDICTIONAL QUESTION OVER GAMBLING - LIQUOR ARRESTS Poison: Arraignments for four Tribal Members charged with several state gambling and liquor offenses has been continued in Poison District Court until Dec. 4 th. The "Poison Four" were arrested last month in two Lake County Sheriffs Department raids on the Koot-Nay Re sort...a new dining and gaming facility located just east of Poison on Highway 9 3. Three were charged with violations of the state gambling code and a fourth is alleged to have illegally sold liquor and beer .All four charges involve state laws. E.W.Morigeau, Poison, one of the arrested, does not feel the state has the authority to assert jurisdiction over the bar and gambling facility.Mor-igeau,a Tribal Councilman,appealed to the council Oct. 30 for legal aid in defending the Poison Four on the grounds that the tribe has asserted jurisdiction over reservation gambling and liquor control. Morigeau, the manager of the Koot-Nay Resort and President of the BJ Company which leaser the facility from the tribe, noted that liquor and gambling were not specifically mentioned in the con - current jurisdiction agreement between the tribes and the state of Montana (Resolution 40 A and state house bill 55.) He further pointed out that the tribe has a liquor control ordinance (3 4 A) which calls for a tribal license to sell beer and liquor on the reservation. He also reminded the council that they had issued him a permit to sell beer and operate a 'bottle club", where customers bring their own bottles and are served drinks by the house. Morigeau said that the resort had complied with both requirements within the tribal permit. Morigeau also presented a council resolution signed on March 15 of this year which approved the"general concept" of establishing a gambling enterprise on the BJ company lease.The resolution stipulated that approval was contingent .of existing federal law. Morigeau presented a memo from an official of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service stating that: "There is no Federal gambling tax on poker,black jack or 21, or dice". Morigeau,and several tribal members attending that meeting, argued that the council had steered a course toward tribal liquor and gambling jurisdiction and were committed to defend those who were arrested complying with tribal council resolutions. Morigeau also insisted that the state had "exceeded" its concurrent jurisdiction authority in making the arrests and urged that the (see POLSON council"consider withdrawing" from the ten-year old joint legal agreement. Morigeaus request for legal assistance was tabled pending a review of the situation by tribal attornies. A special meeting was scheduled forNov. 5 ..two days before the Poison Four were to appear for ar-FOUR on page two) INDIANS MAY AGAIN FGET FOOD STAMPS Poison: Food stamps are once again available to Indians on the Flathead reservation from Lake County Welfare Office in Poison.Thus according to county welfare Director Bonny Meuller. The latest change in policy for Indians in the state-operated food stamp program came in a telegram from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the State Director of Social and Rehabilitation Services Jack Carlson. The telegram is being interpreted by Carlson and Ms. Meuller to mean Indians of the Flathead reservation may again choose between stamps and tribally operated commodities on a month to month basis. Food stamps are coupons which needy families purchase at a discount and redeem at grocery stores for food of their choice. Commodities are sur plus foods packaged by the USDA and distributed to families who qualify. Carlson told Char-Koosta that his department is authorizing county welfare offices to "go ahead and issue stamps to Indian families" until the somewhat obscure telegram from USDA is clarified. Ms.Meuller said her office would begin immediately certifying Indian FOOD STAMPS on page three
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|Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.
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|Plastic canals won't help agriculture; Jurisdictional question over gambling - liquor arrests; Indians may again get food stamps; Land - use hearing in Polson; Blood is thicker than talk; Who may accompany members?; CAP now NAP and moved; Projects for aged Indians; Results of the November 5 general election in lake county; MPC Power lines hearing slated; Lakes curfew; New permit rules; Clarice Sanchez appointed to MIEA; Unemployment up on reservation; Tribal cops arrest alleged kidnapper; Trosper on Indian athlete board; Council to use bug to control Tussock moths.
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POSITION: Defenseman
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Saskatoon, SK, CAN
DRAFTED: BUF: 1996-27 overall
|WHL West Second All-Star Team (1998) AHL All-Rookie Team (1999) Traded to Tampa Bay by Buffalo with Wayne Primeau, Brian Holzinger and Buffalo's 3rd round pick (Alexander Kharitonov) in 2000 NHL Draft for Chris Gratton and Tampa Bay's 2nd round pick (Derek Roy) in 2001 NHL Draft, March 9, 2000. Signed as a free agent by Calgary, July 1, 2007. Traded to Colorado by Calgary with Alex Tanguay for David Jones and Shane O'Brien, June 27, 2013.
Appeared in 54 games, totaling 10 points (1g/9a) with a +7 plus/minus rating...Tied Gabriel Landeskog for the team lead in road plus/minus with a +9 rating away from home...His 10 points were his most in a season since 2010-11 with Calgary (4g/13a)...Opened the year by being a "plus" player in each of his first five games, posting a combined +8 rating over those five contests...Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 8 at Toronto, his first tally since Jan. 10, 2012...Recorded a career-high four-game assist/point streak (0g/4a) from Dec. 10-16...Was the first Avalanche defenseman to record an assist in four straight games since Shane O'Brien did it from Dec. 17-23, 2011...Missed 13 games due to a back injury, Jan. 14 to Feb. 8...Was placed on Injured Reserve, Jan. 16 (retroactive to Jan. 11) and activated on Feb. 26...Missed the final seven games of the regular season (back).
2013-14 PLAYOFFS: Was set to make his seventh career appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but an upper-body injury shelved him for all seven of the Avalanche's first-round series with the Wild.
2012-13: Dressed in 28 games for Calgary, recording two assists…Played in his 900th career game on March 26 at Chicago.
2011-12: Appeared in 62 contests for the Flames…Left the game on March 20 at Colorado with an upper body injury and missed four games.
2010-11: Scored four goals, second most of his career, and had 17 points (4g/13a) in 76 games…Finished third on Calgary in plus/minus with a +11 rating…Played in his 800th career game on Feb. 11 vs. Anaheim.
2009-10: Missed 19 games due to injury from Nov. 25 to Jan. 2…Returned to the lineup on Jan. 5…Appeared in his 700th career game on Nov. 4 at Dallas.
2008-09: Recorded a career-high 20 points (2g/18a) with 112 penalty minutes in 76 games for Calgary…Also set personal highs in assists and plus/minus rating (+12).
2008-09 PLAYOFFS: Appeared in five postseason games for the Flames, tallying one assist.
2007-08: Finished third on the Flames with a career-high 135 penalty minutes…Ranked second on the team in hits with 157…Saw his consecutive games-played streak, the longest current ironman streak in the NHL, end at 453 games when he did not dress on March 1 at Phoenix…Played in his 400th consecutive game on Nov. 1 vs. Detroit…Had a pair of fighting majors on Feb. 4 at Edmonton (vs. Z. Stortini and C. Glencross)…Appeared in his 600th NHL game on Feb. 26 vs. Colorado.
2007-08 PLAYOFFS: Skated in all seven postseason contests, registering one assist.
2006-07: Appeared in all 82 games for the fourth consecutive season with the Lightning…Led Tampa Bay in blocked shots (130)…Ranked first among team defensemen and third overall on the club in hits (105).
2006-07 PLAYOFFS: Skated in all six games of the first round series loss to New Jersey.
2005-06: Did not miss a game for the third straight season…Set a Lightning record for most consecutive games played with his 227th straight contest on Oct. 8 vs. Florida, surpassing Rob Zamuner (226)…Logged a career-high 28:15 of ice time on March 30 vs. Atlanta.
2005-06 PLAYOFFS: Had one assist in five postseason games.
2004-05: Did not play.
2003-04: Appeared in all 82 regular season games and all 23 playoff contests for the Stanley Cup Champion Lightning…Was named NHL Co-Defensive Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 23…Scored his first career short-handed goal on March 3 at Chicago…Surpassed Brad Richards for the second longest games played streak in franchise history when he played his 209th consecutive game on March 5 vs. New Jersey.
2003-04 PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all 23 games during Tampa's Stanley Cup championship run, recording two assists while averaging 19:11 of ice time per game.
2002-03: Was one of three Lightning players to appear in all 82 games…Tallied a career-high five goals, including two game winners…Scored the overtime winner on Nov. 17 at Carolina, his first career OT goal.
2002-03 PLAYOFFS: Made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut, appearing in all 11 games for Tampa Bay…Recorded two assists and was +2 during the postseason…Registered his first career playoff point with an assist in Game 2 of the first round series versus Washington on April 12.
2001-02: Ranked third on the Lightning in penalty minutes (105) and hits (112)…Was assigned to Springfield (AHL) on Nov. 20 for a conditioning assignment and returned to the team on Nov. 25.
2000-01: Led Tampa Bay with 106 penalty minutes in 73 games…Was reassigned to Detroit (IHL) on Oct. 26 and recalled on Nov. 4…Scored his first NHL goal on Nov. 24 vs. Florida.
1999-00: Split the season between Buffalo (42 games) and Tampa Bay (17 games)…Tallied his first NHL point with an assist on Nov. 19 at Atlanta…Was acquired by the Lightning on March 9…Also saw action in 15 games for Buffalo's AHL affiliate in Rochester.
1998-99: Spent the majority of the season with Rochester (AHL) but also saw his first NHL action with the Sabres, appearing in four games…Made his NHL debut on Feb. 9 at Ottawa…Was selected to the Bauer AHL All-Rookie Team and also played for the Canadian All-Stars in the AHL All-Star Game.
1997-98: Split his final junior season between Saskatoon and Seattle of the Western Hockey League…Was named to the WHL West Second All-Star Team.
1996-97: Led Saskatoon defensemen in scoring with 33 points (6g/27a).
1995-96: Appeared in 59 regular season games and three playoff contests for Saskatoon.
1994-95: Joined Saskatoon for final six games of the regular season, and appeared in three playoff games.
Represented Canada at the 1997 and 1998 IIHF World Junior Championships…Helped Team Canada capture the gold medal at the 1997 IIHF World Junior Championship…Served as assistant captain for the Canadians at the 1998 tournament.
Cory and his wife, Reagan, have three children: Jada (8), Emmy (5) and Charlie (4)…Named as the Ralph Scurfield Flames Humanitarian Award winner for the 2010-11 season.


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THIBODAUX, La. – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi softball team put together an explosive eight-run, five-hit second inning to end their regular season with an 11-6 victory over Nicholls State, Saturday afternoon at Colonels Softball Complex.
The Islanders snapped a five-game losing streak and move to 17-21 and 11-9 in Southland Conference action. 10 different Islanders scored with nine recording at least one hit against Nicholls State (14-31, 8-12 SLC).
The Islanders tied a career-high 13 hits to outhit the Colonels 13-7. The last time the Islanders tallied 13 hits was against Central Arkansas in the Islanders 7-6 victory. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi also set a new career-best 11 runs. The Islanders broke their previous season-high of nine runs and coincidentally the last time the Islanders scored nine was against the Colonels on March 3 in the Ragin' Cajun Invitational in Lafayette, La. when the Islanders won 9-1.
The Islanders took an early 1-0 lead in the opening frame. Cassie Redman led the game off with a walk and advanced to second on a Hannah Schwarz sacrifice bunt. Meagan McKinney followed with an RBI single through the right side to plate Redman and give the Islanders a 1-0 lead.
The Colonels answered in the bottom of the first. Jordan Trujillo walked the leadoff batter before Megan Gaspard singled for the Colonels' first hit of the game. Nicholls State's No. 5 hitter Leah Andrus ripped a 3-run homer over the left field fence to give the Colonels a 3-1 lead.
In the top of the second, the Islanders exploded for eight runs on five hits to take a 9-3 lead. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi sent 13 batters to the plate and all but one of the nine batters in the lineup recorded a run. Stephanie Vead led the frame off with a single to third but was called out at second on a Mickayla Heller fielder's choice. Heller stole second with her third stolen base of the season. Julia Sanford in her second career start followed with a walk before Hayley Galloway reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases. Jamise Jackson, who pinch hit for Redman, reached on a walk to plate Heller to pull the Islanders within one. Schwarz reached on a fielder's choice while Sanford was called out at home. With two outs, the Islanders scored seven runs.
McKinney started the surge by plating another run after she reached on an error by the shortstop to load the bases. Laura Phillips followed with a three-run RBI single to center field and Sandy Schumann singled up the middle to advance Phillips to second. Both Phillips and Schumann advanced on a wild pitch before Vead walked to load the bases. Heller followed with an RBI single up the middle to score Phillips. Sanford followed suit with a two-run single to right field to plate Vead and Schumann and advance Heller to third. After a Colonel pitching change, Galloway grounded out to shortstop to end the inning and give the Islanders a 9-3 lead.
The Colonels responded in the bottom of the second with two hits and two runs. No. 9 hitter Alaina Guidry singled through the left side with one out and Ashley Bertot followed with a walk before Ashley Gaspard hit a two-run double to left center. Vianca Pesina replaced Trujillo in the circle and retired the next two batters to pull the Islanders out of the jam with a 9-5 lead.
In the bottom of the third, Pesina recorded all three outs and only gave up one hit. Vead tallied the Islanders seventh hit of the game with a two-out single to right field in the top of the fourth.
Galloway and Redman both tallied their first hits of the game in the top of the fifth. With one out, Galloway singled through the right side and Redman followed with a single to right field. Schwarz moved the runners to second and third with her second sacrifice bunt of the game, but the Islanders were left stranded after the Colonels' second baseman recorded the third out of the inning with a diving catch on a McKinney hit.
The Colonels tacked on another run in the bottom of the sixth on two hits before the Islanders scored two runs in the seventh on three hits. Sanford led the top of the seventh with a single to left center for her second hit of the game and she advanced to second on a wild pitch. Pinch hitter Valerie Perez ripped an RBI double to left center to plate Sanford. Schwarz followed with an RBI to score Perez and pad the Islanders lead to 11-6.
McKinney, Phillips, Vead and Sanford all registered two hits apiece while, Redman, Schumann, Heller, Galloway and Perez all chipped in one.
Pesina (2-7, 2-2 SLC) picked up the victory in the circle in 5.2 innings. The senior limited Nicholls State to just one run, three hits, while walking one and striking out four. Trujillo allowed four hits, five runs and three walks in 1.1 inning.
Next up is the Southland Conference Tournament next weekend in San Antonio. The Islanders will find out this evening their seeding and who they will be playing.
For the latest on Islanders Softball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Softball), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersSball) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.
Laura Phillips and Julia Sanford talk about the Islanders 11-6 victory over Nicholls State to wrap the regular season:


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CFO Moves: Hot Topic, Anika Therapeutics, CEDC
Hot Topic, an apparel and accessories retailer based in City of Industry, Calif., said Chief Financial Officer Jim McGinty has resigned, effective March 29. Succeeding him on an interim basis is George Wehlitz, currently vice president of finance. Mr. McGinty received compensation in 2011 valued at $1.5 million, according to a proxy filing.
Anika Therapeutics, a medical supply company based in Bedford, Mass., promoted Sylvia Cheung to chief financial officer. She succeeds Kevin W. Quinlan, who is leaving the company at the end of March to pursue other opportunities, according to a regulatory filing. Ms. Cheung was most recently vice president of strategic processes. Mr. Quinlan received compensation in 2011 valued at $641,384, according to a proxy filing.
Central European Distribution, an alcoholic beverage company based in Mount Laurel, N.J., hired Ryan Lee as its chief financial officer. He succeeds Bartosz Kołaciński, who had held the position on an interim basis since Christopher Biedermann resigned in September 2012. Mr. Kołaciński will now resume his role as deputy CFO. Mr. Lee was most recently CFO of Russian Alcohol Group. Mr. Biedermann received compensation in fiscal 2010 valued at $751,889, according to a proxy filing.


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I'm Mac user and i have a curious case.
One of my movies have a strange behavior. The movie is 2,35:1 and always when a play it local in Quicktime or streaming in PS3 Media Server, the video rescale to ridiculous 4:3. If a play it in VLC, he plays fine!
WTF is this?
The movie: http://www.mininova.org/tor/2417536
I use a portuguese subtitle.
I have other movies in this scale and all movie plays fine.


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Chip Kidd: Remixing Batman And Designing Super-Solutions [Interview]
Chip Kidd is a one of American publishing's foremost graphic designers, a respected novelist and author in his own right, and a life-long comic book fan. He's worked with DC Comics on a number of different projects over the years, writing histories, creating logos, designing books, and even authoring stories like 2012's Batman: Death By Design graphic novel with Dave Taylor. Recently, he produced a "remix" of the first-ever Batman story (which was originally slated to be published in DC's "Detective Comics #27 Special Edition" giveaway, but ended up as a feature in the deluxe hardcover Batman: A Celebration Of 75 Years instead).
While at San Diego Comic-Con last month, we got a few minutes to drop by DC's booth and talk with Kidd about Batman, his design work, and his current (and upcoming) projects.


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When you think of innovation, the companies that make traditional PCs may not be the first ones that come to mind. But Peter Hortensius would argue that Lenovo is not your standard PC maker.
In recent years, Lenovo has been at the forefront of exploring new PC designs, from machines such as the Yoga notebook, which can emulate tablets with a screen that flips around and folds back, to the Horizon tabletop, an all-in-one design that can be laid flat on a table and used like an electronic game board. Unlike other PC makers, Lenovo also has become a major player in smartphones, and its Yoga tablet, which sports a cylindrical handle that packs extra battery power and a built-in stand, was just recognized for an Edison innovation award.
As Lenovo's chief technology officer based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Hortensius oversees the company's research into new areas and development of new products. Consulting with employees at the company's research centers -- which will soon include an office in Silicon Valley -- he scrutinizes tech trends around the world and tries to determine which ones have global potential.
In a recent conversation with this newspaper, Hortensius talked about the company's experience with convertible and hybrid PCs, wearable devices and potentially revolutionary new technologies. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Q: With the launch of Windows 8, there was a lot of buzz about the new PC designs it enabled. But despite all the experimentation with hybrids and convertibles, PC sales have generally declined.
A: Not for us.
I think that's an important element. If you don't innovate in any industry, you will inevitably suffer some level of decline. I think Lenovo has managed to weather that very well, because of this focus on providing innovation where the customers are asking for it.
We're the only PC major that has become successful in smartphones. We are one of two guys that's been successful in broadening our portfolio to include tablets. And when these deals close, we'll be No. 3 or better in every major IT segment -- phones, tablets, PCs and servers. So, we're well positioned for whichever direction the market wants to go.
Q: Is Lenovo working on wearable devices?
A: We don't have any products. In terms of what's going on in my labs and what we're experimenting with with users, absolutely.
We've got some really cool stuff in the labs that I told the team is not ready to release. Not because it's not competitive with what's out there in the marketplace. If you're a health nut, OK. But what have we really penetrated beyond that?
The question is: How do I really crack that usefulness barrier? Because that's when you get that hockey stick of use as people go, "Wow! OK, now I can do something I couldn't do before," or "I can do it so much better than I could before."
Q: If health and fitness is not the killer app for wearables, what do you think is?
A: I think that's part of the challenge in the market. Can they become a more convenient way to stay in constant contact than my smartphone? Some people would say, "Absolutely yes." Some people will say, "But my smartphone's with me all the time, and it's a bigger, better display." We'll see.
Now as an engineer, by the way, I love this challenge, because it's not obvious what the right answer is. So, it's perfect.
Q: In terms of the components used in smartphones and computers, are you seeing any innovations that are going to have a major effect on those products?
A: Displays get really cool and interesting as we get to the point where we can really start to fold them. Suddenly, you can create a small device and a big device. That potentially changes the game. We're still multiple years away from having that foldable, reliable, good-enough display.
I think as we get the human interaction technologies better -- not just voice, but the context of voice.
Context is really the big holy grail. And we're still, again, a few years away from being able to do that well. Because that involves everything. It needs to know what I'm looking at. It needs to get the wording right. It needs to be able to deal with whatever accent or euphemisms I'm using. If I'm pointing at something, it needs to now recognize the gesture. It needs to be able to deal with touch. All of these things have to be together and working well in order to really be the thing I think will move it forward.
Contact Troy Wolverton at 408-840-4285.
Peter Hortensius
Age: 54
Birthplace: Regina, Saskatchewan
Position: Chief technology officer, Lenovo
Previous jobs: Executive positions at Lenovo and IBM
Education: Ph.D., electrical engineering, University
of Manitoba
Family: Married with two sons
Residence: Raleigh, North Carolina
Five Things about Peter Hortensius
1. While growing up in Canada, he enjoyed camping in both summer and winter.
2. He holds several patents, including ones covering pen computing and wireless data systems.
3. Two of the things he enjoys most about his vacation home at Lake of the Woods in Canada is the lack of cellphone reception and the poor Internet connectivity.
4. Despite being from Canada and being a huge hockey fan, the first Game 7 of the Stanley Cup he saw in person was in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2006 when the Carolina Hurricanes won the NHL championship.
5. He enjoyed playing curling, the Olympic sport with the brooms and the stones, until his knees gave out.
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i agree with messiah about the freedom to smoke.
the laws are fine with me, but there is one thing that drives me up the wall when it comes to smoking at certain facilities. i know places where you have to be 20 feet away from the building in order to smoke. i think that's pushing it.
on a side note, i believe "smoking addictions" was a concept started by tobbaco company's to get people to foolishly continue smoking. i mean, i know people who smoked for years and quite cold turkey; they never smoked again. we don't need to smoke like we need food or water. heh.
p.s. i don't like my new name, it's not one bit creative. i think i'm changing it back to my old name.
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what the hell, my day can't get any worse. i hit 'new thread' instead of 'reply' to the smoking thread.
i'm going to kill myself now.
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my day has sucked too
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National Jewish Health is seeking to refine and improve lung-cancer screening by combining a blood test with CT imaging to detect disease earlier and more effectively. The trial combines a CT chest scan and the EarlyCDT-Lung blood test to screen for cancer, and seeks to build on recent research demonstrating that CT screening alone can reduce lung-cancer mortality.
"We have learned that CT screening of high-risk patients can reduce lung-cancer deaths. But we need to enhance screening to detect a greater number of early-stage lung cancers. That is the patient's best chance of a cure," said James Jett, MD, Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health and principal investigator on the trial. "Combining CT screening with biomarker tests, such as the EarlyCDT-Lung, may help us detect more lung cancers at earlier stage while reducing the number of biopsies or operations performed for non-cancerous abnormalities."
EarlyCDT-Lung, developed by Oncimmune, Inc., detects antibodies that a person's immune system produces in its attempt to fight cancer. It has been shown that some antibodies may be detectable as long as five years before symptoms develop.
The National Lung Cancer Screening Trial recently demonstrated that screening patients with a high risk of developing cancer can reduce lung-cancer deaths by 20 percent.
Who Can Participate
* Ages 55-74
* 20 pack-year smoking
* Current or former smoker
who quit fewer than 10
years ago
Who Can't Participate
* History of cancer other
than skin cancer
* Serious illness that limits
life expectancy to less
than five years
* Use oxygen to breathe
If you qualify and want to participate call 303.398.1911
However, the CT screening also produces many false alarms, or false positives, which can lead to invasive follow-up testing, such as biopsy or surgery, that ends up finding only benign (non-cancerous) abnormalities.
Researchers believe that the combination of the two tests, with their different detection strategies, may work together to make a screening method that is effective both medically and economically.
Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in the United States, killing about 160,000 Americans every year, more than breast, colon and prostate cancer deaths combined. Early detection of lung cancer dramatically improves a patient's curative treatment options. Five-year survival for patients with advanced, stage IV disease is only 1 percent, while those whose cancer is detected early at stage I have a 70 to 80 percent chance of surviving five years. Five year-survival of all lung cancer in the United States is only 16 percent, because the disease is usually detected at an advanced stage when it becomes symptomatic.
"Early detection of cancer could dramatically improve survival and reduce the terrible toll it takes on people today," said Debra Dyer, MD, radiologist at National Jewish Health and co-principal investigator on the study. "We believe this study may demonstrate an effective method for doing just that."
The trial will screen 1,600 participants over four years. They will receive both the EarlyCDT-Lung blood test and a low-dose CT scan at no charge.
Participants need to be 50-75 years of age, have a smoking history of at least 20 pack-years (equivalent to a pack a day for 20 years), and be a current or former smoker who quit fewer than 10 years ago. Those who have a history of cancer other than skin cancer, serious illness that limits their life expectancy to less than five years, or currently use oxygen to breathe are not eligible for the study.
Those interested in participating can call 303.398.1911.
Last Updated: 1/2016
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NEW YORK — Hot-hitting prospect Buster Posey remains at Triple-A Fresno because Giants officials are not convinced he is ready to catch in the major leagues yet, GM Brian Sabean said.
The longtime GM also stressed that the decision to promote Posey has nothing to do with service-time concerns, nor will it.
"Let me dispel all that, all right?" Sabean said. "When we think Posey's ready, just like when we thought (Tim) Lincecum was ready, and this starts from ownership, he'll be in the big leagues."
Many smaller-revenue clubs have made a policy to delay promoting top prospects until mid-June, ensuring they will not accrue enough days to be a "super two" player down the road, making them eligible for a potential windfall in arbitration a year earlier.
Lincecum is making $8 million this year after qualifying as a "super two" by one week. If he'd stayed in Triple-A for two more starts in 2007, the Giants would be paying him much less.
"I'll speak to the Lincecum thing," Sabean said. "If we don't bring up Lincecum, how do you know he's on his way to winning the two Cy Youngs or more so helping us win 88 games last year?
"Now, in other places where you don't have a deeper or more consistent budget, I can buy the strict clock. But we can't be on a strict clock. Shoot, we're trying to get back to winning ways and get to the playoffs, and everybody understands it."
Many fans are clamoring for Posey to help in that regard. He hit his fourth home run Sunday, he has a .345 average and is crushing left-handed pitching.
But Sabean said the 23-year-old is "still learning how to catch. Some of that is game calling. Some of that is the consistency that he'll need as, we hope, an offensive catcher."
Besides, Sabean said he doesn't put much stock into Triple-A statistics.
"Triple-A baseball isn't very good," Sabean said. "I'm going to tell you that right now. Especially from a pitching standpoint. Anybody who can pitch is in the big leagues."


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FanControl lets the user adjust the minimum speed of the built in fans. So you can increase the minimum speed to make your Intel Mac run cooler, as well as monitor temperature and fan speed.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: system , fan , control , smc , cooling , intel , macbook , pro , temperature , internal
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Usually I keep my early 2008 macbook @ 2500rpm. It's still quiet and keep the cpu a little colder (which is great). When I play games I put @ max (6200rpm). The fan would increase to max anyways, so I just let it running cooler for a little more.
@enjourni : a minor increase of your fans' rpm from the default value is pretty harmless. of-course bumping it up to twice the default speed is ridiculous, but increasing it 200, 300 or even 500 rpm, is actually beneficial in certain circumstances, especially on some early macbook pros (and other mac laptops).
this program should not be used as a permanent solution for frequent crashes though. if your mac is getting too hot and you're experiencing kernel panics or your system freezes, that is most likely an issue with the logic board.
on the other hand, if your mac is in good shape, a small increase of your fans' rpm speed does no harm.
No, no, no... don't use this- take it from a guy who fixes macs for a living, running this program will screw up your mac. If you're fans aren't running right, call apple or an apple specialist and have them fix your computer. Forcing your fans to run faster then they are supposed to is just asking for trouble.
@othala works fine on my macbook running 10.5.4
This program doesn't work at all. I have Macbook Pro 2.3 ghz, 2 gb ram, leopard OS X.
doesn't change fan rpm at all..
I'm giving up on this app .. I found something better
If someone wants to maintain this .. please claim it .. I dubt I'll be updating new releases
Why, oh God, WHY is it brushed metal?
Works as advertised, though.
This is a good app. It works as advertised. My MBP runs 15 deg C cooler at 3000 rpm.
The UI is just fine - I don't need 7 tabs and 9 submenus to control a few settings. It does what it says - controls min fan speed. If you want to do that - this works. If you're not so fond of the smell of hot plastic - try this.
I find the user 'ninja' 's complaints on the GUI of this app completely unsupported. I think it looks pretty nice, can be run next to other windows, not taking up too much size, and certainly not crammed full. It also utilizes grid design, and thus, goes by Apple's strict HIG (Human Interface Guidelines).
Besides, I love the app. Put my Macbook Pro from the 60-70-ish degrees Centrigrade to 40-50 (went from 1000 to 2500 rpm at idle).
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Hi, I am Danny Batson (Knouse) and I am a lifelong resident of the Chillicothe area. I was born in 1951 and graduated from CHS in 1969. I took over my dad's septic tank business that he founded in 1937. While I have been in every state (except Hawaii and Maine), there is no place like home! I love taking pictures of old and unusual things and sharing them. There is beauty in everything, if we look for it. I have three Facebook pages filled with local pictures that may be of interest: "Where Has Danny Been," Chillicothe Now," and "Danny Batson".
Hi, I am Gary Thomas and I was born just across from Central School in 1942. I graduated from CHS in 1960 and MU in 1964. After two years in Army, I completed a graduate degree at the University of Chicago in 1970. After working in software development for more than 40 years, I retired from Raytheon in 2007. I have an abiding interest in history and in researching past events, places, and people. My latest project is developing a history-based chronology for Livingston County from 1801-2000.
The Red Ball Truck Stop on old Hwy 36 West was one busy place growing up in the 50's and 60's. Some of our readers may recall that behind the Red Ball was a big pond with an island in the middle. It was built to be a "pay to fish" place originally. By the time I was old enough to ride my bike there, it was just a fishing hole open to everyone for free.
The only problem was the fish in the pond were mostly Buffalo, a close kin and brother to the Carp. They would not bite on earth worms or dough bait; we had to snag them with a big treble hook---at least that was what we thought at the time. Being snake infested, we would hardly ever swim in his pond. From time to time, the Grand River would flood the bottoms and would "restock" the pond and bring in more variety. Then we were able to catch some fish that would bite on bait. Buffalo fish or not, It was a kid's paradise.
I remember my buddies and I built a raft to get to the island. Since it was the first time we had ever built one they always sank until we finally got it right. The gallon jugs we used were not enough to make it float, so we had to find bigger and more effective flotation devices. What we could find for free, we used. Our makeshift raft could only carry one of us at a time, so we found a piece of rope and rigged it up like a ferry.
Later on, the owner (Donaldson's manufacturing) started dumping sheet metal scrapes into it so as to fill it in. These jagged scraps were usually in the shape of half-moons and circles, perfect flying saucers for boys. We would have wars with them, a very dangerous game then and now. We would hide behind the dump piles and throw them at each other. Yes, we cut ourselves sometimes but that didn't stop us from playing every day.
Let's get back to the ever present Buffalo fish; we figured out how to "catch" them in quantity. We searched for small glass jars with lids, Remember those tube-like Alka-Seltzer bottles? Well they were the best size for our new fishing method. Back then, I had access to carbide, it was used in miner's lights and old style welding equipment. Trager's Welding shop (next door to us on Leeper Street) had a carbide style welder.
We would fill the bottles half full of water, quickly drop in four or five small pieces of carbide and throw it into the water near where the fish were piping. With carbide you had to be fast because it works just like dynamite, only without a fuse! Some of our homemade grenades would explode inflight and we would hit the ground fast because of the flying glass. If we threw it at just the right time, it would explode under the water with a loud "whump" and the water would shoot up and the fish would float to the top. We even had people buy some from us as carried a wagon full of buffalo fish home. That kind of fishing is illegal now. It probably was back then as well. If our parents knew what kind of stuff we did as kids, they would have killed us. What they didn't know didn't hurt them, or our butts.
Finally, I will tell you this one fact right now. It was not us who burnt the little building down on the island.
Mom and I


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if i use riviet i am able to view the video which is vc-1 however i am not able to hear any sound. this is probably due to the ps3 not supporting wma3. however no matter how i try to play it with ps3mc all i get is unsupported or corrupt messages.
yes i have tried transcoding and the setting in the config for "always transcode" as wmv in there !
has anybody got any ideas


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lead 1
verb (past and past participle led /lɛd/)[with object]
- She pulled the horse to a halt, and led him by the rope.
- He led her with a rope tied around her hands.
- You can also attach a lead rope to him and lead him around with you as you clean.
- He led them to the front gate and used the keycard to open the door.
- Brady walked in front of them and led them towards the cabin.
- She led them to the front desk, where an old man with graying hair sat reading an old newspaper.
- Two sets of double doors lead to a spacious conservatory from where double doors lead out to the lawned back garden.
- 'The routes leading into Leeds from this part of the city are already seriously overcrowded,' he added.
- A gate has been padlocked on an access road leading down to one beach to prevent vehicles getting too close.
- In the rest of this article, we discuss the ideas and reasoning that led us to our final decision.
- Omar's reflections on his wife's motives lead him to contemplate his own life.
- When did the idea for the game first arise, and what were the key reasons that led you to decide to go ahead and develop it?
- Exciting results from early small trials led on to several large studies of low dose aspirin.
- The events of that day have led on to a war.
- Anyway, this then led on to a discussion of the hymns - well, songs, really - which we had to sing in primary assembly.
- Relieved of command, he led IX Corps for much of the rest of the war.
- Firm in our resolve, focused on our mission, and led by a superb commander in chief, we will prevail.
- He led an official Chinese delegation, which visited the northern Black Sea resorts over the weekend.
- The session was organised and led by the Community Librarian for Warminster.
- On Saturday morning there was a meditation followed by a session on healing led by a psychotherapist.
- She had led a £100m management buyout just one year previously.
- The musicians were members of the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, led by violinist Robert McFall.
- Hutchinson, a singer and musician who once led the Straight Ahead Jazz ensemble, does vocals on the disc.
- The group has a wide repertoire and is led by Carol Green, a music teacher, choir trainer and flautist.
- Hungary, Poland and Slovenia may well lead an accelerating regional recovery process.
- Even in Japan, the recent recovery was almost entirely led by exports.
- The current phase of recovery has been led by consumption rather than by investments.
- My parents may watch a lot of television, but they don't care for the local news leading off with murders.
- Two weeks ago, Stewart led off with a news story from CNN.
- For a change, we decided this week to lead off with Good News.
- He charged the man on the left, leading with his right fist and smashing it into the man's jaw dropping him to the floor.
- In the middle rounds, Calderon also began to mix a right hook into his offensive game plan, both punctuating combinations and leading with this rediscovered weapon.
- He led with a wild flurry of punches, but they were blocked effortlessly.
- These games also have strong restrictions on the cards that can be led or played to a trick.
- The person to the dealer's left leads a card, and everyone else plays a card, clockwise.
- In fact it is a normal tactic to lead lower spades to try to drive out the queen.
- Stewart had the dominant car through most of the race, leading for 283 laps.
- By lap 35 he was leading but the race was far from being over.
- He led for the entire race and was only caught in the last couple of strides.
- In pioneering a new sort of scholarly publication the National Trust could lead the world.
- All these considerations indicate clearly why countries like the USA and Japan lead the world in the innovation and exporting of high-technology products.
- Swimming became a popular national exercise in which, for many decades, Britain led the world.
- My aim is to lead a completely nonviolent life, in which I harm nothing.
- Tyler would lead a completely different life from his parents.
- I'll be the first to admit that I've led a somewhat sheltered life since arriving in Bulgaria last January.
- Well done to Wandsworth Council for taking the lead in this initiative.
- I am going to follow the lead of a number of other bloggers and take a break now (another one, I know).
- He said there was no intention to follow the lead of some other professional firms by quitting Bradford in favour of Leeds.
- She said there have been no leads or clues to their whereabouts.
- Officers are looking for new leads and clues as they hunt the sex fiend who assaulted a 17-year-old girl at knifepoint on February 25.
- Detectives searching for a missing Hull woman are following new leads which suggest she may have headed off to see her boyfriend after all.
- Planning an ongoing marketing campaign ensures a steady stream of new business leads.
- The remaining $6 million in sales were brought in by resellers using leads generated from visitors to the site.
- He made it a personal rule to generate at least one business lead for each new contact.
- If it was not the last trick, the lead for the next trick passes to the left.
- The queen may take a trick with more points later or win the lead at a crucial moment.
- The player on the dealer's right has the first lead, and the winner of the trick leads to the next trick.
- The winner of the trick is the last person who played a card of the same rank as the original lead or a wild card.
- If the lead is a trump card all the other players must play trump as well unless they don't have any.
- Most often no one will be able to beat the lead and the led cards will win the trick.
- He missed a series of chances, before and after United took the lead.
- The following week, she took the lead in the overall World Cup.
- Brazil, meanwhile, looked poor on the whole but created five great chances and are unlucky not to be in the lead.
- They now have a four point lead over the Lancashire club and are eight points ahead of Oakworth.
- Going into the final day, Real Madrid had a one-point lead over bitter rivals Barcelona, who had not topped the table all season.
- Ann held a two shot lead over her nearest competitor, Kay Fanning, after the final eighteen holes.
- Considering this is her first lead role in a feature film, she is very impressive.
- Unless it's an outright silent film, you are never going to see a film in which the lead characters have less dialogue than this one.
- In the 1950s, the actor Montgomery Clift turned down the lead parts in four films.
- Luckily, the chemistry between the romantic leads feels real.
- The four leads are not actors that instantly strike me as the master thespians of our age, and yet here they bring unique strengths and gifts to their characters.
- Apart from the two male leads who were professional actors, non-professionals played all the other roles.
- Contemporary music is played by an orchestra that mainly uses European instruments with a lead singer and chorus.
- These three make up the band's trio of lead vocalists and songwriters.
- Four hours before the band was supposed to perform, the lead singer and guitarist was still in New York.
- Again, all the prime minister had to do was call for calm and he was part of the lead news story.
- Both local newspapers published lead editorials calling for the privatization of the system.
- When a story like this is promoted to the lead item on national news bulletins, you know that all perspective has gone out of the window.
- One of the suspects let the animal off its lead and it ran after the victim.
- Her comments have been backed by Bolton council chiefs, who are now advising people to keep their animals on leads.
- The prisoners were lifted to their feet, had their ankle bindings cut and ropes tied loosely round their necks like animal leads.
- There was a large metal case, with various wires, leads, and tubes connected.
- Carry out a safety check: tidy trailing electrical leads, plug electricity points for young children and make sure your smoke detectors work.
- He starts dragging out wires and leads, trying to fix the patching.
- On a single thread screw the pitch and the lead are equal; on a double thread screw the lead is twice the pitch.
- The lead is the reciprocal of the number of turns required to advance the screw axially.
- Winter ice pack consists of a diverse mix of ice of different thicknesses and floe sizes, and of open water in leads.
- They finally got the break they needed when they found a way over the open water lead after a 15-hour slog through the blizzard.
- The drift-ice fields were forced together with such speed, that Johnsen supposed that in a couple of hours the whole lead would be completely closed.
bury the lead
- US see bury the lede.
lead someone astray
- Cause someone to act or think foolishly or wrongly: many people are led astray by strong feelingsMore example sentences
- But I have never lied to you before, nor led you astray.
- I'd been intending to go to the gym, but Andy led me astray and I ended up in the pub.
- He said: 'It was my father who led me astray and gave me a sample of life abroad when we lived in America.'
lead someone by the nose
- informal Control someone totally, especially by deceiving them: the government has been led by the nose by the timber trade so that it suppressed the reportMore example sentences
- As the two start to get drunk, Robby loses what little willpower he has been able to muster (why he is so weak is also unexplained by the film) and Shane leads him by the nose into disaster.
- And what's more, we don't need a politician to lead us by the nose through the ins and outs of what happens when a country is in the process of being colonised and asset stripped.
- Many Europeans, in a way Americans find impossible to understand, are willing to let their elites lead them by the nose.
lead from the front
- Take an active role in what one is urging and directing others to do: in his two appearances as captain, he led from the frontMore example sentences
- He was good to have on your side and a great captain who led from the front.
- He has grown into the role as captain of the club he clearly loves and leads from the front.
- He leads from the front which is what a good captain should do and he is very good at taking care of the younger players.
lead someone up (or down) the garden path
- informal Give someone misleading clues or signals: in a crime novel, the reader has to be led up the garden pathMore example sentences
- He said the people of Achill had been led up the garden path on the scheme.
- And if I've led you up the garden path just to give you a silly acronym by which to remember something simple and obvious, I'm sorry.
- No doubt there were angry phone calls last week from those writers who may have felt the company had led them up the garden path with its hints and spin.
lead with one's chin informal
- (Of a boxer) leave one's chin unprotected.Example sentences
- That's known in boxing parlance as leading with your chin.
- Being out front hasn't always been pleasant for Meeks, who occasionally leads with his chin.
- If you've got a glass jaw and you lead with your chin, you shouldn't be surprised when you wind up unconscious on the canvas.
- 6.1Behave or speak incautiously: she led with the chin and got her own way most of the timeMore example sentences
- He led with his chin, demanding that long-term board members stand down because they were 'too old.'
- And for a man who leads with his chin twice a week, he acts awfully surprised when someone takes a pop at it
- Until it can be clearly refuted, no one wants to take the chance of leading with their chin.
Phrasal verbs
lead off
- Baseball Bat first in a game or inning: Tony plays shortstop and leads offMore example sentences
- In the Braves' half of the first inning, he led off and deposited the first pitch of the game into the left field seats.
- He hit his home run, leading off in the fourth inning.
- He led off for the Giants, and took two fastballs to get ahead in the count.
- 1.1(Of a base runner) be in a position to run from a base while standing off the base.Example sentences
- Then all of the sudden I'd hear Vin coming in clear as a bell talking about Davey Lopes leading off of first base or something, and it was like a free ice cream cone had appeared in my hand.
- A runner leading off second looks in at the catcher's signs and then signals to the batter.
lead someone on
- Mislead or deceive someone, especially into believing that one is in love with or attracted to them: she flirted with him and led him onMore example sentences
deceive, mislead, delude, hoodwink, dupe, trick, take in, fool, pull the wool over someone's eyes, gull;ensnare, entrap, entice, allure, lure, beguile, inveigle, tempt, tantalize, tease, flirt with, seduceinformal string along, lead up the garden path, take for a ride, put one over on
- You led me on, making me believe you actually cared!
- How long would you wait around if the girl you loved kept leading you on and then ditching you to date other men?
- I just couldn't believe I had lead you on and been so insensitive.
lead up to
- Immediately precede: the weeks leading up to the electionsMore example sentences
- Officers are keen to speak to anyone who saw him after that date and in the four days leading up to when he was found.
- Mrs Wood also suggested her son had reduced his medication in the weeks leading up to his death.
- In the weeks leading up to 13 August the Nazis attacked a series of black and left wing meetings.
Old English lǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leiden and German leiten, also to load and lode.
Two entirely different strands come together in the spelling lead, with different pronunciations. The lead that rhymes with 'bead' shares an ancient root with load; the lead that rhymes with 'bed' and means 'a metal' is related to Dutch lood 'lead' and German Lot 'plumb line, solder'. The image in to lead someone by the nose, 'to control someone totally', is of an animal being led by a ring in its nose. Boxing gave us to lead with your chin 'to behave or talk incautiously'. It refers to a boxer's stance that leaves his chin unprotected. See also balloon
Words that rhyme with leadabed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, underfed, wed accede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, mead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, rede, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, weak-kneed, we'd, weed
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- There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.
- Its compounds tend to be found with ores of other metals, such as lead, silver, gold, and cobalt.
- Unknown quantities of mercury, lead, chromium and cadmium are also on board.
- My feet were like lead and I was struggling.
- On the odd occasion I spent an extra hour on the training ground, but my legs were like lead the following day during the match.
- My arms and legs felt like lead, and I immediately collapsed to the ground.
- The ladder was over-short, and it required an effort to heave oneself from it through the casement on to the leads.
- The church was restored by the late Godfrey Allen, who renewed the leads of the roof.
- A man leaped into the chains, and lowering down the lead sounded in seven fathoms.
- Deep soundings above 6 fathoms (11 m) were impracticable so the practice then was to sound the depth using a line and lead.
- You'll feel weed fall against the line and the lead get picked up by the swell.
- The transfer was made by first rubbing the back of their sketch with pencil lead.
- Then I rubbed my lips, my beard, and my hands with pencil lead, and went to bed.
- The sliding motion of those sheets over each other gives pencil lead its properties.
get the lead out
- North American informal Move or work more quickly.Example sentences
- And if he ever gets the lead out and puts the thing online we'll be linking forthwith since it's sure to be a must-read.
- I could hear Sarge's exhortations: 'Come on girls, get the lead out'.
- And if there are any bands out there drawing over one thousand kids a night, please give these guys a call - they're ready to get the lead out and rock yer body to the middle of the dance floor.
go down (or North American over) like a lead balloon informal
- (Of a speech, proposal, or joke) be poorly received: the idea would go down like a lead balloonMore example sentences
- The administration has, in fact, stopped talking about the president's amnesty proposal because it went over like a lead balloon.
- As you can imagine, that suggestion of mine went over like a lead balloon among my fellow journalists.
- Here's hoping this guy's business goes over like a lead balloon.
lead in one's pencil
- informal Vigour or energy, especially sexual energy in a man: Hot Springs water will put lead in your pencil!More example sentences
- I think the English equivalent is - 'it puts lead in your pencil'.
- Now we really will see if Gordon has any lead in his pencil.
- A third term with a decent majority is really going to put lead in his pencil.
Old English lēad, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch lood 'lead' and German Lot 'plummet, solder'.
Two entirely different strands come together in the spelling lead, with different pronunciations. The lead that rhymes with 'bead' shares an ancient root with load; the lead that rhymes with 'bed' and means 'a metal' is related to Dutch lood 'lead' and German Lot 'plumb line, solder'. The image in to lead someone by the nose, 'to control someone totally', is of an animal being led by a ring in its nose. Boxing gave us to lead with your chin 'to behave or talk incautiously'. It refers to a boxer's stance that leaves his chin unprotected. See also balloon
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Thread: Gygax on Realism in Game Design
Wednesday, 5th September, 2012, 09:01 AM #1
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Gygax on Realism in Game Design
Since we're going back to the beginning, I decided to unearth the beginning, and actually read some stuff in high Gygaxese. I'm beginning to think I might have liked Gary, tendency for long-winded, slightly pompous rants aside.
Interestingly, most of the variant systems which purport to improve the game are presented under the banner of realism. I have personally come to suspect that this banner is the refuge of scoundrels; whether the last or first refuge is immaterial. Realism has become a bugaboo in the hobby, and all too many of the publishers TSR included make offerings to this god too frequently.
When fantasy games are criticized for being unrealistic and by fantasy I certainly mean both imaginary science fiction games and heroic fantasy the sheer magnitude of the misconception absolutely astounds me! How can the critic presume that his or her imagined projection of a non existent world or conjectured future history is any more real than anothers? While science fantasy does have some facts and good theories to logically proceed from, so that a semblance of truth can be claimed for those works which attempt to ground themselves on the basis of reality for their future projections, the world of never-was has no such shelter. Therefore, the absurdity of a cry for realism in a pure fantasy game seems so evident that I am overwhelmed when such confronts me. Yet, there are those persistent few who keep demanding it. The camel of working magic, countless pantheons of gods and devils, monsters that turn people to stone or breath fire, and characters that are daily faced with Herculean challenges which they overcome by dint of swordplay and spell casting is gulped down without a qualm. It is the gnat of "unrealistic combat, or unrealistic magic systems, or the particular abilities of a class of characters in the game which makes them gag.
D&D is a make-believe game. It is designed, however, to facilitate close personal involvement in all aspects of play; this makes suspension of disbelief easier for those who can initially accept a game form which does not relate to any reality except a few tenuous areas... It is a game for the imaginative and fanciful, and perhaps for those who dream of adventure and derring-do in a world all too mundane. As a game must first and foremost be fun, it needs no claim to realism to justify its existence.
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Wednesday, 5th September, 2012, 11:37 AM #2
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Many who critised missing realism did not do so about the rules system but about the adventures preented (hello huge hydra in a smallish room with only normal doors).
Wednesday, 5th September, 2012, 12:07 PM #3
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Most of my problems with rules systems aren't about realism, if they do not intend to be set in the real world, but about logic, elegance and internal consistency.
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Wednesday, 5th September, 2012, 12:34 PM #4
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Don't bring Gary into this. He was less than fond of 3e, and we can probably be safe in saying he would have been less kind about 4E. He would be laughing his ass off reading the threads in this forum.
You need to quote Cook, Tweet,Heinsoo, Mearls, and others if you want to Edition War about how 5e is shaping up or should.
Wednesday, 5th September, 2012, 12:54 PM #5
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I wiuld just keep in mind that the discussion about reaism and gaminess were very different at the time he said that. People were making intricate and extraordinary attempts toward realism that you just dont really see today. I dont know that one can take a 30 year old quote from Gary and assume it sheds much light on what the man would have though about current discussions concerning things ike martial encounter powers or putting game play considerations ahead of setting considerations. I think he was really talking more against attempts to break combat into detailed and realistic mechanics.
Wednesday, 5th September, 2012, 02:46 PM #6
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We owe a lot to Gygax...
But, If I were to judge that writing as I do others here and now, well, he didn't seem to have a lot of confidence in his own position. If you have to *start* the piece by calling people names (even highfalutin' names like "scoundrel") then perhaps your point isn't nearly as strong as you think it is...
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And considering the fact that he himself produced several rule-systems that got frequently house-ruled out because they were too cumbersome in attempting 'realism' (notably weapon speed factors), quite possibly he should be less ready to throw stones.
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Wednesday, 5th September, 2012, 03:19 PM #8
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I think he just playfully paraphrased an old quote.. Don't remember the author, but it went like this: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel".
Made me chuckle actually.
Wednesday, 5th September, 2012, 04:10 PM #9
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(...came to the thread because of the sound of a can opening...)
I think the word "realism" is used by different people to mean different things:
- consistency/reliability of the rules, meaning that if I can do X in situation Y, more or less I expect to be able X again if Y repeats at a later date; I don't think "realism" is exactly the same as "consistency" but sometimes the word is used for this
- support of suspension of disbelief: yes, there can be hydras in a small room and it's up to you to figure out how it's possible... but if the DM exaggerates with the quantity (especially if then she repeatedly doesn't deliver an explanation at all) it may just be too absurd for many people to take
- correspondence with real-life expectations: if you crit someone in the eye with a sword and he doesn't die... the problem is if you start feeling unable to make predictions on even basic phenomena, because most of the times predictions are the starting point of a tactical choice
- differentiation of details: having 10 types of rapiers with slightly different rules can be a boon to someone's campaign and totally boring to someone else; you can't really criticise either way, it's just a matter of gaming style and preference
I suppose Gygax had in mind certain gamers who can be obsessed with any of the above, which of course can become detrimental to everybody's fun at the table if they don't share the same preference. But I hardly believe he was against any level of realism... to me his early editions of D&D even had more realism than I can personally take, with all those rules subsystems and tables for everything!
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