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Tesla's Surging 2013: Up 410%
There are companies out there that have had a better year than Tesla Motors, but none of them are worth more than $10 billion. In that club, Tesla is by far the best performer, up 410% this year (the next best in the >$10 billion crowd is Netflix, up 286%).
As MoneyBeat's Steven Russolillo reported in early August, Tesla's surging stock has started to demoralize the short sellers that have long been betting against the company, looking to reap a reward when the stock begins to fall. Plenty of them have given up, as this chart showing how much of Tesla's shares are out on loan — a metric of the level of betting against the company:
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FILE This May 16, 2011 file photo supplied by the South African Government Communications and Information Services, GCIS, shows former South African President Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel after they cast an early ballot in upcoming local elections at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa's president has visited former leader Nelson Mandela in a hospital, and the presidency says Mandela continues to respond to treatment. The office of President Jacob Zuma says he saw Mandela on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, in Pretoria, the capital, and assured the anti-apartheid icon that he has the support of all South Africans and the world. Mandela, who is 94, has been hospitalized since Dec. 8. He was diagnosed with a lung infection and also had gallstone surgery. (AP Photo/Elmond Jiyane-GCIS, File)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africa's presidency says Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon and former president, has been released from the hospital.
The 94-year-old had been in the hospital since Dec. 8. He was diagnosed with a lung infection and also had a procedure to remove gallstones.
In recent days, officials have said Mandela is improving, but doctors have taken extraordinary care with his health because of his age.
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Loeda Cochran, age 92, of LaRussell, Mo., passed away at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, Sept., 15, 2012, at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Lockwood, Mo.
She was born Feb. 12, 1920, in rural Lawrence County, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Miller) Fieker. Loeda was a longtime resident of Lawrence County and was a member of the Fellowship and Blake Baptist Churches. She was a typical farm wife and homemaker, and even a member of the Happy Homemakers Club.
On Nov. 19, 1938 she married Perry Cochran in Mt. Vernon. He preceded her in death on Sept. 25, 2006. Her parents and brother, Raymond Fieker and sister, Elsie Chorum also preceded her in death.
She will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her two sons, Don Cochran and his wife, Sue, of Lockwood and Dennis Cochran and his wife, Marsha, of LaRussell; one brother, Howard Fieker of Sapulpa, Okla.; five grandchildren; nine great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home with visitation from 1 p.m. until service time. Burial will follow at the Miller Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Blake Baptist Church in care of the funeral home.
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Youngest Figure Skaters May Still Only Get One Olympics
SOCHI, Russia — Sitting in the "kiss and cry" area after skating Thursday night, Polina Edmunds of the U.S. waved two stuffed animals at the camera. One was a gift from California's Archbishop Mitty High School, where she is a sophomore, and the other was from a San Jose synchronized skating team, whose mascot is an elephant and whose good luck motto is "Trunks up!"
The gesture was a reminder of just how young the youngest figure skaters are at the Olympics. Edmunds, as well as Russia's Julia Lipnitskaya, are 15 years old. Gold medal winner Adelina Sotnikova is only just their senior, having turned 17 last July.
While they have years of skating ahead, competing in the Olympics may truly be once in a lifetime. During the next four years, their bodies could change so significantly that they have to rework the mechanics of their jumps. "Girls grow every day," said Sotnikova's coach Elena Buyanova. "Every day is a fight against a growing body."
In that fight, Sotnikova has sounded the battle cry. "I want all the gold that exists in all competitions," she said, noting that her next quest is to win skating's World Championship. "And I want to win it several times."
Edmunds expressed her future plans with less bravado: "I'm going to keep competing, of course. And school."
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CENTRAL III Iel.1 G A NUN VRRSITY
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March 6, 1987
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Cen t ral Mi c h i gan Univer s ity Board or T rustees
Dea rbo rn , Mich iga n
Marcb 6 . 1987
Members prescnt: Dr . Gordon N. Lambie, ChaIr; Dr. Bernadine N.
Denning; Mr . Mitchell D. Kehethn; Mr. Raymond A. l~aBounty;
Ms . Rachael E. Moreno: Mr . William C. Odykirk; Mr . Arthur E.
Ellis. President.
Members absent: Mrs . ttargaret Ann RieckeI', ttl'S. Aliee
Tomboul1an .
Also attending: Mr . Russell L. Herron, Secretary to the Roard ot
Trustees; Mr . James L. Hill, Vice President for Student Atfai rs;
Dr. Janice M. Reynolds, Acting Provost; Mr . Jerry R. Tubbs,
Treasurer ot the Board ot Trustees and Vice President for
Business and Finance .
The meeting was ca lled to order Ilt the Dearbo r n Inn by Chair
Lambie at 10:05 a . m.
It was moved by Ns . Rachael Moreno , seconded by Ur . Mitchell
Kehetia n , a nd carried , that the minutes of the Janua r y 23. \987
meeting be approved as submitted.
Dr . Leo Erickson, Ma r keting a nd Hospitality Services and
P resident's Otfice, and 'alker Johannso n , preside n t of the
National Institute ot Orga nizational Research and Problem
Solving, Ann Arbor, p resented a r epo r t on research findings ot
eMU marketing study .
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It was moved by Mr . Raymond LaBounty, seconded by Dr . Bernadine
Den ning, and carried, that the follOwing resolution be adopted.
• • Mathis Schola r s hi p con ti nued
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Paul Carl Mathis II Hemorial
Scholarship Fund be approved and that the following be
printed in the University Bulletin:
Paul Ca r l Ma t his II Memo ri a l Scho lars h i p Fund
Established in 1987 1n memory of Paul C. Mathis, Professor
ot Economics at Ce ntral Michigan University from
1962 to 1985 . The scholarship will be awarded annually
to an outstanding student in Economics .
It was moved by tlr . Raymond LaBounty, seconded by Or . Bernadine
Denning, and ca rried, that the following resolution be adopted .
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Olson L. Ande r son and Cathe r ine
Bastow Anderson Scholarship Pund and the John and Jennie •
Bastow Scholarship Fund are establLRhed and that the
follOwing statement is approved for pr inting in the
University Bulletin:
The Olson L. Anderso n and Catherine Bastow Anderson
Scholarship Pund and John a nd Jennie Bastow Scholar_
ship Pund were established through an estate gitt in
1986 from Olson and Catherine Anderson . A trust will
provide annual scholarships to Ce nt ral Michigan
Unive r sity und e rgraduate students . An above average
g rade pOint and need of financial assistance are among
eligibility requi rements . A pr eference will be given
to students from Bay County, Michigan .
STUDBNT RBCREATI ON FACILITY : (S tud e nt Af t airs eom.ittee)
Schematic drawings and a model of the proposed student rec reati on
facility were presented by Vice President James Hill and Dr . Tom
Jones, professor, Cam pus Recreational Services .
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Student Recreation Facil ity conti nued
Vice President Tubbs and representatives trom ~ililer Canfield
and from Nuveen presented an update on tinanci ng alternatives for
the facility ,
COMPUTBR BNHANCBM8NT : (Fi nance Ca..i t tee)
It was moved by Mr . William Odykirk, seconded by ~s. Rachael
Moreno, and carried, that the foll09ing resolution be adopted.
Unive r s ity Computi ng Plan
'HEREAS, liaJor enhancements are needed to computing
resou rces i n administrative, academic and library
areas; Now be it therefore
RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees endo rses the
unive rsity-wide computing plan and instructs the
administration to present spending authorization
requests for specific components of the computing
plan as deemed appropriate •
It was moved by Ilr . William Odykirk , seconded by Hs . Rachael
Moreno. and carried, that the following resolution be adopted.
IBM Ma i nfraae and Software Purc base
WHEREAS, The current mainframe computers are outmoded
and in need of replacement; Now be it therefore
RESOLVED, That contracting authority tor the purchase
of an IBM 3090 computer, related equipment and
software be granted to the President or his des is nee
for an amount not to exceed $3,650,000.
It was moved by Mr . William Odykirk , seconded by Mr . Mitchell
Kehetian, and carried, that the tollowing resolution be adopted ,
Fous t Hall Remode ling
BE IT RESOLVED, That contracting authority tor the
remodeling ot Poust 27, 27-A and contiguous hallway
to house the new IBM computer and related equipment
be granted to the President or his designee for an
amount not to exceed S100,000 .
REPORTS OF INYKSTMENT ACTIVITY: (Finance Commi t tee)
The Board received Reports of Investme nt Activity for December
1986 and January 1987.
ACADEMIC SENATE ACTIVI TIES: (Academic Aftairs Committee)
Ms. Barbara Dixon, c hairperson of the Academic Senate , presented
a repo rt on Senate activities.
GRADUATE ASSISTANT STIPENDS FOR 1987 88: (Academic Afta i r s ca.)
It was moved by Dr . Bernadine Denni ng, seco nded by Mr . William
Odykirk, and carried, that the following resolution be adopted .
BE IT RESOLVED, That effective with the 1987-88 academic
year, Graduate Assistant stipends be estahlished as
Degree Purs ued
Specialist, MFA or Doctorate
(with 30 hours beyond baccalaureate)
Stipe nd Raoges
Stipends for individual g r aduate aSRistants will be
determined at de partmental/school/college discretion.
All graduate assistants are classified as Michigan
residents for tuition purposes.
Graduate assistants pursuing a doctoral degree
receive full tuition waiver fo r up to 20 semester
credit hours in addition to their stipend . All other
graduate ass i stants receive tuition waiver prorated
in accordance with the extent of their responsi_
bilities as graduate assistants .
This is a 4 . 6S increase in graduate assistant stipends .
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GRADUATE fELLOWSHIP STIPENDS FOR 1987-88: (Acada-ic A~tair s Coa)
It was moved by Dr . Bernadine Denning, seconded by Ms , Rachael
Moreno. and carried, that the following resolution be adopted .
BE IT RESOLVED, That effective with the 1987-88 academic
year a maximum of fifteen (15) fellowships he authorized
with the goal of awarding:
4 Doctoral Fellowships at ~5,700 each
11 Graduate Fellowships at $4,700 each
All fellowships will e ntail full tuition and fees for
up to thirty semes t e r hours per year .
DEPARTMBNT OF ADMINISTRATIVB SERVICBS: (Academic Affairs Ca-)
It was moved by Dr . Bernadine Denning, seconded by Us. Rachael
Moreno, and carried , that the following resolution be adopted .
BE IT RESOLVED, That the name of the Depa rtment of
Administrative Services and Business Teacher Education
is cha nged to Department of Administrative Services,
effect ive immediately .
CLAR~g HISTORICAL LIBRARY BOARD APPOINTMERTS:
It was moved by Or. Be r nadine Denning, seconded by Nr. William
Odykirk, and carried, that the fol l owing resolution be adopted.
BR IT RESOLVED. That the Board of Trustees approves the
election of Robert P. Croll and William J . Strickler
and the reelection of Russell Kirk to the Cla rke
Historical Libr~ry Board of Governors .
Or. Bernadine De nning, Acting Chair of the Academic Affairs
Committee , reported that staff members presented reports aD
~Writing Across the Curriculum" (Interim Vice Provost Mary
Senter) and specialized accreditation by the National Association
of Schools of IIusic (Department Chairperson Sue Gamble) .
Ms . Rachael Moreno, Chair of the Assessment and Development
Committee, reported that Acting Pr ovost Janice Reynolds presented
an update on needs assessment tactiltator selection .
It was !!lOved by ~'r . William Odykirk, seconded by Dr . Be r nadine
Denning, and carried, that pe r son nel recommendations as submitted
on pages I-lOot the agenda be approved . .
It was moved by tlr. 1Hlliam Odyklrk. seconded by Dr . Bernadine
Denning, a nd carried, tha t gif t s received during Ja nuary in the
amount of $384,461 . 32 be acce pted with appreciation .
It was moved by Dr . Bernadine Denning, seconded by 'Jr. Mitchell
Kehetian, and carried , that grants awarded during Deeember 1986
i n the amount of $452,337 and January 1987 in the amount o f
$100,440 be acce p ted .
President Ellis co ngratulated Mr. Kehetian and Or. Lambie on
their re appoi ntme nts to the Board of Trus tees .
Chair Lambie asked that Trustees se rve on committees 45
indicated .
Academic Affairs Committee :
Alice Tomboulian (chair )
Bernadine Den ning
William f)d yki rk
1987 Commit tee As s ignme nts continued
Assessment and Develop!ent Com: Rac hael Mo reno (chair)
Mitc hell Kehetlan
Raymo nd LaBounty
Margaret Ann Rlecker
Pinance eo-ittee:
Student Affai r s Committee :
IIAGB Delegates:
William Qdykirk (chai r )
Bernadine nenning
Margaret Ann Riecker
Raymond LaBounty (chair )
Mitchell Kehet!an
Rac hael Moreno
Alice Tomboulian
William Odyk! r k
It was moved by Ns . Rachael Nore no , seconded by Mr. William
Odykirk , and ca rried, that the Boa rd move into c losed session t o
discuss pendi ng lItigation . Fo r : Denning, Kehetian , LaBounty ,
Lambie, Noreno, Odykirk . Against : none. Absent : Riecker,
Tomboulian .
It was moved by Dr . Bernadine Denning, seconded by Mr . Raymo nd
LaBounty, and ca rried, that the mee ting adjourn immediately
following the closed session.
The meeting moved into c l osed session at 12 : 10 p . ~.
The meeting adjourned at 12:34 p.m.
~<rX='~_ Russell L. He rron
Secreta ry to the Boa rd of Trustees
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6.5 Introduction to Kidnapping and Unlawful Restraint
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In State v. Salamon, 287 Conn. 509 (2008), the Supreme Court announced a reinterpretation of the statute defining second degree kidnapping, General Statutes § 53a-94. The Court's new view of the meaning of "abduct," embodied in that statute, eliminates from the scope of kidnapping restraints that are incidental to the commission of other crimes. Distinguishing the statutory definitions of "abduct" and "restrain" by the inclusion in the former of an "intent to prevent a person's liberation," the Court concluded that in order to establish an abduction in conjunction with another crime, the state must prove that a defendant intended "to prevent the victim's liberation for a longer period of time or to a greater degree than that which is necessary to commit the other crime." Id., 542.
The Court emphasized that this holding did not alter the basic underpinnings of its prior kidnapping jurisprudence. "First, in order to establish a kidnapping, the state is not required to establish any minimum period of confinement or degree of movement. When that confinement or movement is merely incidental to the commission of another crime, however, the confinement or movement must have exceeded that which was necessary to commit the other crime." Id., 546. "Second, we do not retreat from the general principle that an accused may be charged with and convicted of more than one crime arising out of the same act or acts, as long as all of the elements of each crime are proven. Indeed, because the confinement or movement of a victim that occurs simultaneously with or incidental to the commission of another crime ordinarily will constitute a substantial interference with that victim's liberty, such restraints still may be prosecuted under the unlawful restraint statutes." Id., 548.
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When your child doesn't sleep well at night, is constantly cranky or seems overly sleepy during the day, your child may have a sleep disorder such as sleep apnea. At Nemours, our sleep medicine experts are board-certified pediatricians and pulmonologists (lung doctors) with special training in evaluating the causes of, and treating sleep disorders such as sleep apnea in children.
Most children have a restless night every now and then — but when it becomes a habit and your child is not getting enough sleep or quality sleep because of sleep apnea, it could lead to other physical and mental problems. Sleep apnea in children occurs when kids stop breathing during periods of sleep.
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Children participating in a Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) or daytime nap study – requiring five naps in two-hour intervals throughout the day – will be given breakfast and lunch. These tests should be completed by 4:30 p.m.
Overnight sleep studies are typically completed by 6:30 a.m. You and your child will be given a food voucher to be used in the Baptist Medical Center cafeteria.
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Although your child should sleep alone in the sleep study bed, you can be right there at the bedside the whole time. You can sleep in the same room on a couch that converts into a bed.
The sleep study begins with a registered sleep technologist attaching painless, sticky sensors to your child's head, nose, mouth, chest, abdomen, index finger, and legs. When the sensors are removed, the sticky glue comes off easily in the bath. These sensors allow us to record your child's breathing and sleep patterns. Once your child is connected to all the monitors and the study is being recorded, the lights will be turned off.
The pediatric sleep study will last the entire night while we record your child's breathing and sleeping for up to eight hours.
It's a good idea to talk to your child a few days before the pediatric sleep study appointment. It may help to know that during the sleep study, you will be in the same room and your child can:
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- Wash your child's hair before the sleep study and do not use gels, mousse, sprays or lotions, as they may interfere with the testing.
- Make sure to feed your child dinner before arriving at the Sleep Center.
- Check with the nurse practitioner before you give your child any over-the-counter cold or medications the day of the study.
- Do not allow your child to drink caffeinated beverages or eat chocolate after noon on the day of the study.
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One of Terrebonne's sentinel chickens has tested positive for West Nile virus near Schriever.
Parish President Michel Claudet said additional spraying and other measures are being taken to prevent the disease from spreading.
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Autism in the News – Friday, 05.28.10
Gay Tompkins Honored By Thompson Foundation For Autism (St. Louis, Mo.)
The Thompson Foundation for Autism recognized former Affton School District superintendent and autism advocate Gay Tompkins with the Foundation's Distinguished Service Award. Read more.
Immune System Troubles Could Spark Behavior Woes (HealthDay News)
In the first scientific illustration of exactly how some psychiatric illnesses might be linked to an immune system gone awry, researchers report they cured mice of an obsessive-compulsive condition known as "hair-pulling disorder" by tweaking the rodents' immune systems. Read more.
New Equipment Helps Law Enforcement Locate Missing People (Panama, Fla.)
The Panama City Police Department has purchased Project Lifesaver equipment using grant money. The set of equipment can track anyone who is a participant in the program if they are wearing the transmitter. Read more.
Compulsive behaviour in mice cured by bone marrow transplant (Science Centric)
Scientists earlier found that mice missing one of a group of core developmental genes known as the Hox genes developed an odd and rather unexpected pathology: the mutant animals groomed themselves compulsively to the point that they were removing their own hair and leaving self-inflicted open sores on their skin. Now, they've found a surprising connection between the Hoxb8 gene and the behaviour that looks an awful lot like that of people with an obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder (OCD). Read more.
Longtime PSD volunteer preps for new activities (Colo.)
During the past 15 years, Don Fronk filled his days watching preschool-aged children rub peanut butter on his sleeves and helping them get over their fears. Read more.
Seniors look ahead — and behind (Richmond, Ind.)
As high school graduation season begins this week in the Richmond area, Susan Golliher is savoring the time she has left with her three boys before they embark on the next chapter of their lives. Read more.
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I have a 6 yr old son with Autism, I have no problems vaccinating the only problem I do have is with the MMR I would like to give this shot to my son but Im not until they separate the 3 so what are others doing that feel the same way I do and is it possible that the 3 can be separated?


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HERCULES -- A growing public campaign is putting pressure on the Contra Costa County district attorney to drop battery charges against a transgender teen -- filed after a fight at Hercules High that occurred after the student had endured days of taunting and harassment by classmates.
A petition on Change.org posted Wednesday by the sister of Jewlyes Gutierrez has garnered media and public attention from around the country, said Charles Ramsey, president of the West Contra Costa school district. He questioned why the district attorney's office, which has limited resources, is pursuing a matter that he believes had already been resolved.
"People are talking about this," he said. "It doesn't seem to be fair. You're prosecuting a victim here? It seems like this is really a school issue. They took care of it at the school site."
The students involved in the fight were suspended and later apologized to each other, Ramsey said. Since the incident, there has been no further harassment, he added.
The petition by Valerie Poquiz says Jewlyes was taunted and bullied because of her gender identity. After one of her classmates spit gum in her face, Jewlyes, 16, sought help from the assistant principal, but the issue was not properly addressed, the petition states.
"On Nov. 15, 2013, Jewlyes was pushed over the edge," according to the petition. "Due to continued harassment, a fight ensued. Out of fear of physical violence, Jewlyes finally stood up for herself. Several girls who were tormenting my sister then physically attacked her. This was captured on video and shown on the news."
Deputy public defender Kaylie Simon said several people sympathetic to Jewlyes have written letters to the District Attorney's Office asking that the charges be dropped. If the district attorney decides to follow through with the charges, Jewlyes will face a misdemeanor hearing Feb. 5 -- just one week after a Jan. 29 school board meeting where trustees are expected to unveil revised policies aimed at creating safer campuses and protect against sexual and gender-based harassment.
Jewlyes said what's happening to her isn't fair.
"I was getting picked on and bullied and it doesn't seem right that I'm getting charged for anything," she said. "If anything, it seems pretty messed up. I got badly injured from this incident because there were three people against one and it really affected me. I'm still emotional about it. I don't feel safe at school."
Deputy district attorney Daniel Cabral said he could not discuss the case, including why Jewlyes was charged with a crime, because those involved are juveniles. He disputed Simon's assertion that she could speak to the press about the case because she had received permission from Jewlyes.
"The only way anyone can talk about it is under the authority of the juvenile court," he said.
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It appears Kevin Hart's time has finally arrived.
The 34-year-old comedian, who's been seen in movies and TV series for nearly a dozen years, charted his first co-starring role in a $100 million-grossing film with the January release "Ride Along."
That came the heels of his record-breaking comedy concert films "Laugh at My Pain" (2011) and "Let Me Explain" (2013), and a role in the ensemble 2012 hit "Think Like a Man." The sequel to that film is scheduled for a June release. But now, there's "About Last Night," a remake (in name mostly) of the 1986 Brat Pack dramedy based on David Mamet's play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago."
The new movie is set in downtown Los Angeles, and Hart assures us that it reinstates some of the perversity from the play, while adding more raunchy laughs.
"Of course, it's a remake of the original 'About Last Night,' " Hart says by phone from an airplane awaiting takeoff. "We took the mold from the original (film) but kind of followed more of the actual play. We just went edgier. We modernized it, made it something our generation can relate to a little more by referencing ... real aspects of relationships today ... the good side and the bad side. This is the much more adult version, I guess you could say."
Yes, you could definitely say that. In the movie, Hart re-teams with "Think Like a Man" co-star Regina Hall. Playing a couple named Bernie and Joan, they have a very active, imaginative sex life whose passion is exceeded only by their outrageous fights. Soon their respective best friends, Danny (Michael Ealy, another "Think" alum) and Debbie (Joy Bryant), meet, hit it off and struggle to establish a domestic bond.
Hart says the film "captures how men converse about their relationships to one another, and how women converse about (them). I guess you can say (it) is universal to the point where anybody and everybody can watch it. And it's a great conversation piece, because it touches on so many real aspects of today's relationships."
Like, um, the erotic potential of poultry costumes. Or Bernie showing up at a Halloween party as Channing Tatum from "Magic Mike."
Sheer verisimilitude, the actor says. "You know, me and Channing Tatum basically favor each other," says Hart, who is 5-foot-4 and well muscled. "We're close to each other in features as well as physical assets. I think that's probably the most amazing thing in the world, for him ... to be along the same lines as me, physically. Now I'm showing the world that that's true."
In the movie, Hart does a male stripper bit that was shot at a downtown L.A. bar. The film is one of the few productions actually shot in L.A. last year.
Those familiar with Hart's comedy act know that bragging doesn't come naturally to him. He builds his humor around jokes about his height and his other insecurities. He was pretty much raised by his strong-willed mother in Philadelphia, while his dad dealt with substance abuse issues. He later had a day job selling shoes while trying to make it in comedy clubs at night.
Hart's humility comes out when he discusses his success. "I definitely didn't do it by myself," he says of the buddy-cop phenomenon "Ride Along." "Ice Cube played a large part in it, and he's a great co-star. He's been around for a long time, and it takes two people to make a movie of this stature. He was great to work with, and the result was we got ourselves a great movie and possible franchise."
Well, actual franchise. Hart confirms that "Ride Along" sequels were written before the movie opened, and the first of them will be shot this summer.
In the meantime, there's the "Think Like a Man" follow-up and another movie, "The Wedding Ringer," plus a new season of his reality show satire "Real Husbands of Hollywood," guest spots and live appearances.


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Cut cable causes 5-hour headache
Published: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 6:38 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 6:38 a.m.
An Internet outage crippled businesses in Henderson County for at least five hours Tuesday after an AT&T fiber optics cable was cut by a third party about 8:30 a.m.
"Earlier today, some AT&T customers in Hendersonville may have experienced an issue with wireline and wireless services when a cable was cut by (a) contractor doing work for a third party," AT&T spokesman Josh Gelinas said. "Technicians worked to quickly repair the damage, and service is currently running normally. We apologize for this inconvenience."
Service was restored by 1:30 p.m.
Henderson County employees working inside the Historic Courthouse relied on their Morris Broadband connection for some Internet capabilities, but they lost their in-house network for functions such as billing.
County Information Technology Director Becky Snyder said Tuesday morning that they still had access to email, which is filtered through the Henderson County Public Library. Internet service remained up and running at all of the county's public libraries, except for the Fletcher branch, she said.
Snyder added that agencies such as the Department of Social Services and Department of Public Health, which use programs routed through the county's main network, were limited in their work without Internet.
The outage also caused a nuisance for city employees relying on the Internet, but as with past outages, smartphones came in handy. Workers facing darkened computer monitors turned to their phones for Google and email.
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News 12 First at Five / Monday, Dec. 10, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta city employees may be getting another paid holiday. Commissioners are discussing adding Veterans Day to the holiday calendar, but that could mean more money out of your pocket.
They're talking about paying more than 2,500 workers for an additional holiday, which also means overtime pay for those who have to work, but with such a strong military community, is it worth the extra money?
It's a day set aside by the federal government to honor those who have served in the armed forces, people like retired military man and Augusta Commissioner Bill Lockett.
"I'm a 20-year disabled veteran, and this past Veterans Day I was here doing commission business, and you know, that's not going to cut it," Lockett said.
He wants to add Veterans Day to the list of paid holidays for city workers.
"We did at one time celebrate Veterans Day in Augusta, and I think it is the appropriate thing to do," Lockett said.
But the economy isn't exactly what it used to be, and paid holidays cost taxpayers money.
"We would have to pay for public safety people that would be working or covering those shifts, fire, police, water treatment personnel, stuff like that, so there would be some cost there," said City Administrator Fred Russell.
But Lockett says, for this community, it's silly not to honor such an important day.
"This is a military town," he said. "We have quite a few active duty military on Fort Gordon, we have a large retirement community here, we got the VA."
Commissioner Joe Jackson says he has nothing against Veterans Day.
"But with the budget restraints that we have, we're not going to be able to accomplish and still maintain the budget," he said.
And even with next year's budget already approved, there's still some wiggle room to possibly add in a raise for city employees.
Jackson warns with Veterans Day on the table, "That could potentially cut out the employees' raises, if we're looking at that."
"I think if this holiday is put in place, and we make an adjustment on the pay increase, I think this will work out just fine," Lockett said.
Commissioners will pick up the discussion at the beginning of the new year, so it will be up to the new group of commissioners to decide the holiday's fate for employees.


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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
May 25, 2011
Innovation at DOE's Los Alamos Unlocking a New Source of Domestic Oil
DOE's sustained investment in biofuels technology is unlocking the huge potential for extracting homegrown oil from algae. One significant challenge of using algae is cheaply separating it from the very thing that allows it to grow: water. It's well known that under most cultivation conditions, microalgae reach a typical cell density of less than 1 gram per liter of water; that's 999 parts water to 1 part algae. Removing that quantity of water to get to the algae is an uphill battle. Adding to the problem is scale; the optimal size of the commercial "open-pond" algae production facility is envisioned at more than a million liters of culture each. This means the harvesting technology not only has to concentrate the algae cheaply and effectively, but it must do so at a robust flow-through rate.
Enter the team of DOE researchers led by Babetta Marrone of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bioscience Division, this is taking this challenge head-on. Marrone's team is busy perfecting the Ultrasonic Algal Biofuel Harvester, which modulates the frequency of sound waves to separate oils, proteins, and water from algae. See the Energy Blog post.


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In the latest issue of World Vision magazine, we examine the issue of gang violence in El Salvador. Violence cuts short the lives of many teens and young adults. Some allow themselves to be tied down by these pressures; others use this weight — these emotions and experiences — as a stepping-stone to a better future. Below is an excerpt from this story.
Daniel Cuellar, 18, sits in the front row of his crowded high school accounting class, looking like a model student. He is clean-shaven, wears neat clothes, follows instructions, and even has good penmanship.
This Daniel is a far cry from the person he was just a few years ago. Although his childhood was relatively happy, he started down the wrong path with his friends.
When he was 13, older kids on his soccer team offered him alcohol and drugs.
"I let myself be influenced by them," he says.
Some of Daniel's newfound friends joined gangs, and even though Daniel didn't, his association with them was enough to put his life in danger.
On two occasions, gang members threatened to kill him.
"It's an ugly feeling," he says. "[Knowing] that someone wants to kill you…because several of my friends have been killed by the gangs."
Others have been shot or are in jail. "They are disappearing," he says of former friends and classmates.
Recently, a friend of Daniel's left the community to study in a nearby school known for gang activity.
The 18-year-old boy was killed, and while his death is still under investigation, most community members assume gangs played a role.
"It hurt a lot. He was our friend. He got along with everyone," says Daniel, tearing up as he visits his friend's grave.
Daniel, a former sponsored child, was invited to a leadership workshop organized by World Vision.
"They talked about life goals, always accompanied by biblical values, and this started changing my way of thinking," he says.
Daniel stopped drinking, doing drugs, and hanging out with the wrong people. He started going to church, reading the Bible, and realizing the importance of rooting his identity in Christ.
"Having God present gives meaning to other things," he says.
Once Daniel turned his life around, he focused his attention on helping other teens in his community to do the same.
One of the problems Daniel identified was the lack of options and activities for teens.
"There isn't anything to do, so you go to the streets," he says. With World Vision's support, he started a youth club to provide kids with a positive alternative.
During Saturday club meetings, Daniel guides more than 20 teens between ages 13 and 20 through discussions, activities, and games about developing goals, avoiding temptation, and rooting their lives in the Word of God.
"I want to help other youth," he says. "I have changed, and they can change, too."
He hasn't given up hope that his former friends can change as well.
"They still don't want to come [to the club]. But, I am going to convince them to come," he says with a smile.
To fight violent gangs, El Salvador's government has tried direct attacks and repressive measures.
Several thousand gang members are in El Salvador's jails, about a third of the prison population.
According to El Salvador's major newspaper, the result has been that prisons are at 300-percent capacity, and gangs are even more organized.
Just as in fighting wildfires, the work has to focus on preventing flames from raging out of control.
World Vision is addressing the issue of the "fuel" by empowering teens to reach out to their peers through youth-led clubs — providing young people with a viable alternative to joining gangs.
By keeping teens like Jonathan and Daniel out of the gangs and equipping them to encourage and inform their peers, they are helping to protect children and change society for innocent families.
"[El Salvador] would be a different country, and that is what we are dreaming about," says Marla Gonzales, World Vision's advocacy coordinator in El Salvador.
"A country where we can resolve our problems without conflict, where we can have peace, and where the children can live safe and healthy [lives]. The worst thing we can do is lose hope."
With reporting support provided by Laura Mata, Baltazar Ventura, and Gustavo Chacon of World Vision El Salvador.
Read the story in its entirety in the digital version of World Vision magazine.
Pray for children around the world who are at risk of being pulled into gangs and violent activities. Pray for positive influences in their lives that will help them reject a life of violence.
Sponsor a child in El Salvador. By sponsoring a child, you help provide a child in need with basics like food, healthcare, and education. Additionally, sponsored children gain access to programs that help point them toward positive activities that lead to a brighter future.


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Local reaction mixed on Obama gun proposals
January 17, 2013
PARKERSBURG — Local gun retailers are looking through the points President Barack Obama introduced Wednesday as part of his initiative to try to curb gun violence to see how they may impact busines....
we need to stop bickering along party lines and come together as a country to solve this grave problem. i'm glad your excited about president Obama's swearing in, i'm sure you worked hard for his re-election, now lets work together to find a compromise and help save lives. name calling only serves to divide us and diminish our collective potential. there are a lot of different views out there and i'm sure the best solution will be a combination of ideas from the left and the right
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101 just stop talking. nobody really cares what you have to say.. there's a difference in voicing your opinion and just being a jack***. you are doing the latter of those.
go ahead and make your smart remark to this too
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Reality.... you should change your name on here. The Romney/ryan ticket isn't working out for me at the moment, but when push comes to shove we'll see who has the upper hand.
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stop the presses i am totally shocked: hindsight101 has threatened yet another citizen with the police, you sir are a one trick pony, no-one so far as i know has tried to "ban" you from posting, in fact several of us real veterans have defended your right to say whatever you like whether we agree with it or not. however we have the right to criticize and disprove your statementsand we are not required to be "police groupies" to do so, in fact i enjoy your posts and also enjoy the fact that my 11 year old daughter can tell you have no principles
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"Society needs to take a good look at itself and the children its raising nowadays (kids with no respect or empathy for others) AND FIX THAT PROBLEM. Once society is fixed the gun control debate will be a moot point."
Well said, but sadly it won't be addressed. Modern "progressive" thinking is not to hold individual wrong-doers accountable, because that's against their human rights and their privacy.... but to push blanket nanny-state feel good laws that infringe on law abiding citizens' rights.
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I see people ranting about tougher gun laws and then cite Sandy Hook, Chicago, New York City, and the nation's capital repeatedly. Connecticut, New York, Illinois, and New York have the toyghest gun laws on the books and yet still have unstoppable gun violence. It's obvious new laws aren't going to do anything because criminals don't rerad law books and don't care about them anyway. Criminals hope the left-wing gets its way and neuters America's ability to defend itself from them. Besides, the root of the problem is the yahoo behind the gun, not the gun itself. Society needs to take a good look at itself and the children its raising nowadays (kids with no respect or empathy for others) AND FIX THAT PROBLEM. Once society is fixed the gun control debate will be a moot point.
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In the 1789 first gun debate in Congress,Thomas Jefferson agreed that"standing armies in a time of peace were dangerous to liberties".Jefferson wrote to Thomas Cooper in 1814 "The Greeks and Romans had no standing armies,yet they defended themselves.The Greeks,by their laws,and the Romans by the spirit of their people,took care to put into the hands of their rulers no such engine of oppression as a standing army. Their system was to make every man a soldier and oblidge him to repair to the standard of his country whenever that was reared. This made them invincible,and the same remedy will make us so."
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Suttle do you really believe that a few 10 round only magazines would have stopped the insanity??? This idiot was shooting 6 year olds. That could have been done with a revolver. It isn't the weapon, but the nut shooting. This country has lost its backbone. What happened to institutions for the mentally disturbed? Oh no, those poor kids must be integrated into society so we can all pay the price for their instabilities.
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Who will be next to sacrifice their child as the next gun victim to die a horrible death? No more birthdays...no more Christmas...just because some guys like to play with and have access to assult rifles. The price is too much...your fellow citizens do not want another Sandy Hook or Columbine. Support the end of assult rifles for citizen use. Support the end of magazine clips of 10 bullets or more. Support meaningful background checks so that criminals and mentally ill people can no longer have easy access to guns. Be brave like the teachers who died to protect their children...Speak up and stop the killing of our children...NOW!!
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I guess Armstrong, Manti Te'o and OBUMMER got a lot in common. Nothing but lies. Funny thing is the sports stars lies make more news time than the illegal office holder and his lies.
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Plese refer to the wannabe as 101 because that is roughly the number of user names he has and I would rather not be associated with the puppet.
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hindsight.... the answer to your question is that you all 3 only have one onion!!!! haha
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What constitutional scholar would be ignorant of Jefferson's famous assertion, made in a letter to William Smith in 1787, that the "tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants"? "The most important reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, if necessary, at last resort to protect themselves from tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson - 1787
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"I do not think the 2nd Amendment's intent was protection from the government."
Then you don't know your history. Protection from tyranny was precisely why many of the founders insisted the 2nd amendment be included.
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There obviously needs to be something done about all the gun violence but trying to take away the right to bear arms is not the answer. You don't have to be the president of the US to know this or any other high ranking politician to comprehend this basic premise. I can't wait till the day a political party that thinks between democrats and republicans. Each party seems like it is concerned on certain issues just so it can shove other issues down peoples throats. God pray for the american political system.
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People interested in talking on this topic need to take history in perspective. If you look at the great civilizations of history you will notice some patterns in their demise. Also, by the way, there is not a country or militia or any other group in the world that can compete with the United States military, but all of these soldiers, airmen, marines, etc are sisters, brothers, uncles, dads, sons, cousins, etc of everyone else in America and also have some of the same opinions and if push came to shove would decide not to take arms against there fellow man. I am currently in the military and know many others in the military and have had intense discussions regarding these issues. These issues of gun control will only end bad for the anti-gun establishment and will alienate thousands of people that would otherwise support parts of their movement. Back when I was graduating high school, there was a song that stated the only people left with guns will be cops and criminals.
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Question: What do Manti Te'o, Lance Armstrong and me have in common?
Answer: We're all liars and think that people are too stupid to notice.
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"They're not out to take anyone's guns." Yeah, right. Just have your doctor tell them how many you have and see how long it takes them to knock on your door. I believe this will happen. I don't know how soon it will happen but it will happen. Let the Odumma fools unite!!! Kool-aid, anyone?
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Never Learn...start cracking the door... it ALWAYS...ALWAYS.. goes wide open.
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Where in the second amendment does it say "we the people" have the right to own the weapon of our choice? When the constitution was written semi automatic weapons didn't exist. Let alone an ammo clip with 30 rounds in it. I am sure our forefathers never dreamed we would have wackos shooting up schools, movie theaters, shopping malls etc.
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Our Founding Fathers were scared senseless of standing armies. It was well accepted among the Members of Congress during the first gun debate of 1789 that "standing armies in a time of peace are dangerous to liberty".
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I do not think the 2nd Amendment's intent was protection from the government. If that were true,the 2nd Amendment would allow you to own a cannon and a warship. Then,America would certainly look more like Somalia with well armed warlords running their own little fiefdoms in defiance of the federal government
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such a shame that tsmearman and hindsight put out falsehoods hoping to look brilliant. hollow points are not banned by geneva convention & police like them as they don't go thru the body and hit bystanders. U.N. doesn't want world gun regs. Conference will aim to set regulations on the global, crossborder trade in various conventional weapons,
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You are a treasonous********that everybody here knows exactly what is needed for you.
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Yeah, hurry, run and GO vote some more Sorry ******** into office Denver, you've got us on the Hot Rails to H3ll now, don't slow down...hurry run go now.....
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One business model that I'm surprised hasn't been further explored for funding free software is advertising. Ads have been a standard way to make "free" media pay in countries like the USA, where advertising-based commercial television broadcasting has been the dominant medium for decades.
Many have tried (and a few have succeeded) to make the medium work on the web. Even "public" television in the USA can be largely regarded as advertising financed, through grant-based sponsorships which generally include recognition between programs. It's much more polite than interrupting the show in the middle, but it's still basically an advertising business model. More recently, advertisers have discovered the power of freely-disseminated video as a means of spreading an advertising message, and a free-licensed video can spread further and faster than one which is not. These so-called "viral" advertising campaigns indeed put one in mind of the "viral" GNU General Public License—both may deserve that name because they encourage sharing and replication of the works by users.
There is, of course, "adware", distributed as closed-source software which can be freely downloaded, but forces the user to sit through advertisements before the program will do anything useful. That's a little bit interesting, but such software is certainly not "free". On the other hand, most free software does start up by default with some kind of splash screen (a habit learned from proprietary software, where the screen is meant to promote the brand of the software and encourage buyer loyalty—it serves a similar purpose for free software developers who also want users to come back to their work). Similarly, there are many opportunities to communicate a visual message when installing a package: usually this is used to identify the author and the licensing. Some GPL software even uses a "click-thru" license screen to ensure that you know you are using it under the GPL.
So, it clearly is possible to put an ad into the install or start up procedure for a program. Of course, it'd better be a nice polite "sponsorship" style ad, or perhaps an ad the users, packagers, and distributors find both amusing and tasteful, so that they will be encouraged to leave it in. With GPL licensing, there's very little that can be done to legally ensure that a sponsoring organization is credited: however, if I install a package, knowing that organization X paid the developer for ad space, and it keeps the program actively developed, I'm unlikely to spend extra time and effort removing such an ad, unless it becomes a real nuisance.
Most programs include some means of seeing the "credits", which is generally limited to the people who actually wrote it, though it's not unreasonable to also list who paid them for their time. Most of the time, that happens when existing employees of a company develop software on company time (which usually means the program technically belongs to that company, so attribution rules actually do insist on keeping the name). But is there really anything to stop, say, a game developer, from selling install, splash, or credit space in exchange for money needed to develop the program?
I mention games in particular, because they can be one of the harder things to write under a free license. Games are a hybrid by nature: consisting of both program software (the "game engine") and creative content (the "game content"). Some commercial games approach the sophistication of motion-pictures. I personally got a lot more out of Enter the Matrix because of the performance of the actors who were involved, the music, and other production values which were very high, since it was developed in conjunction with the Matrix movies. Those kind of production values don't come cheap.
Now, of course, we might argue that such games simply can't be made as free software. Maybe they can't. Others might argue that such games lack merit compared to games which have better "game play" and lower "production values". Maybe they're right—after all, I'm not your most sophisticated gamer. But I think these are excuses. First of all, it may simply be a matter of genre: some of us like the atmosphere of a game as much as the actual playing of it. We're looking for a movie we can interact with, not a game with a few plot inserts to tie it together.
Furthermore, dare I suggest that maybe—just maybe—coupling the high production values of a bigger budget game project with the bazaar environment of free software might result in a game which has both high production values and sophisticated game play?
But can't they delete the ads?
Critics of course, will immediately recognize one fault in this idea: you can't force the ads to remain with the software. Obviously, someone could delete the ads from the package before passing it on—the GPL license would explicitly permit that kind of behavior.
But here's the thing: people hardly ever do. Most applications that are configured with a GPL click-thru stay that way. Most splash screens are left on by default. Every time I open up gvim, it reminds me that the author wants to help people in Uganda.
For that matter, is this really any different from ads on videotapes? I know that I usually fast-forward through them, though I often do watch them the first time I watch a tape. I want to know what's there. And a customer who wants to watch your ad is the one you want. Despite increasing sophistication of video distributors mechanism to take away viewer choice in watching such ads (I didn't use DVDs as an example, because some of them make it quite difficult to skip the ads, at least on a conventional player).
At an even more sophisticated level, I could duplicate a commercial tape onto a blank tape. I believe this is perfectly legal, so long as both tapes remain in my possession: it's a case of fair use. So in fact, it's never really been the case that users are forced to watch these ads. Advertisers have been willing to buy, based on the fact that people usually will watch the ads a few times, even if they aren't forced to. And when you think about it, how good is it, really, to force your audience to read your ads? Surely the feeling of coersion is detrimental to your message? The best audience for an ad, is the willing audience. The ones who watch it, either because they're interested to see what you're selling (this is why movie previews are the main thing sold through video-tape advertisements, right?) or because they find the ad itself amusing (this is the secret to a viral video advertising campaign, of course).
Now, of course, free software introduces the extra wrinkle that the software can have the ads stripped and then be re-distributed without them. But who's going to do that? Especially, if it's a big package, like a game with lots of multimedia files, most users will want to get the original. Stripped-down copies will always have the reputation of being "bootleg", and somehow less valuable than the originals, just because they aren't the originals. Some people will use them, but not enough to cut into the audience significantly.
And, of course, if you're the author or packager, you can promise that all of the original package files will contain the ads, so that's going to be a fairly big market. Since most people who pass the files on will simply pass the whole file, the mere matter of convenience will encourage people to leave the ads in. Something like this is going on with many Linux distributions, which have original branding which may be removed if the user wants to redistribute the material.
"Tasteful" commercialism
Another factor of course, is that if the ads are sufficiently tasteful, it is not the ad content itself, but the fact that the reader learns that the advertised company is sponsoring development that would matter. Just as PBS sponsorship ads remind us of who underwrites their major production. I certainly am unlikely to forget that "ARCO Petroleum Products" sponsored Cosmos (why oil companies want or need to sponsor upscale PBS programs is a whole other topic—the point here is that they do), for example, even though they are only briefly mentioned at the end of each episode.
The fact that they can be removed, in fact, provides a simple soft-limit on how invasive such ads could be, so I don't think there'd be a need to fear excessive commercialization. Just as with PBS, the question of sponsorship would probably be more abstract and less in-your-face with free software advertisements, simply because that's the nature of the medium.
It would also, of course, be a matter of savvy marketing. One of the more subtle aspects of advertising is that it is often a "you're worth what you charge" market. Excessive quantities of ads reduce the value of each individual ad, so setting the right amount of available ad space, and finding sponsors willing to pay enough for it might be a challenge. Maybe somebody with much more advertising knowledge than me will read this, and have a brainstorm. If it pays for more and better free software, that would suit me just fine. Regardless, I'm interested to hear what readers think about the idea.
producing games in a bazaar
I think that's a quite good idea. Someone like Sourceforge could even make a business out of bringing the developers and the advertisers together and get similar to Google some percents of.
About free software games: I don't understand why there aren't more 'bigger' ones. Because I think it would fit the bazaar quite good to produce the engine and the content as free (as in freedom). The game would be created as a commons-based peer production. The engine being free software and developed as usual for free software projects, the content (levels, characters, story, etc.) would be created more like Wikipedia.
In this way a truly free game could be developed by many people, each contriguting what he/she can do best. Look how many mods are made for commercial and proprietary games - all of them by fans that just wanted to habe their ideas in the game. I imagine that it would be a lot easier to create mods for a totally free game, and if we could provide a place where these could be shared easily, a lot of content could come together quite fast. If the game were to be for example a role-play game, different users could create different story-lines or quests that the gamer just could download and play.
Look how fast Wikipedia grew, wouldn't that be possible for a computer game too? We just have to come up with a development strategy to coordinate the effort volunteers are willing to spend. What do you think?
Good idea
I think this is a really good idea. I think it could be pretty successful. I expect this kind of approach will start to be used quite soon, as more and more people realise that free (as in freedom) software and other creative works aren't "anti-commercial" or "communist". This approach has recently started to be used by Revver for free (and partially free) videos under Creative Commons licences.
On the topic of free software games, I think the reason they get less attention than other programmes is probably because they're made for their aesthetic value rather than their functional value, as artistic works are, which is why people are less interested in modifying them. There are an increasing number of big ones being released though. The developers of Second Life are planning to release the game as free software after a while, and switch to using free and open protocols, and id Software release the game engine to games such as Quake III under the GPL after a while (although not the actual game content). There's also a campaign to buy the source code of the MMORPG Ryzom and release it under a free software licence (ryzom.org), as the company that develops it is in financial trouble. I think MMORPGs are probably the genre of game most likely to be released as free software in the near future because of their democratic nature, and because most of the money made from them is often from subscriptions to the game servers, rather than from licence fees from proprietary software.
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