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The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend by Glenn Frankel, Bloomsbury, 405 pages, $28. Even now, when the number of film books is severely reduced from the not-at-all-distant past, one has to admit that there is nothing remotely special anymore about a book about a single cinematic masterpiece. You'd call it the "bread and butter" of film culture, if the world were still a place where people actually ate bread and butter.
Here is an exceptional and extraordinary rarity: a great book about a great American film and the historical circumstances that spawned it. It begins with a drunk John Ford punching Henry Fonda in the mouth during the filming of "Mr. Roberts" and ends in 2011 among the Native American Texas descendants of one of the most troubling American legends. The film is John Ford's "The Searchers," by almost universal modern agreement the greatest of all American Westerns and an admitted primary influence on many of the most important of American film directors who came after it (Scorsese, Lucas and Spielberg, just to name three.)
The author is former Washington Post reporter Glenn Frankel, now an academic at the University of Texas but a former foreign bureau chief for the Post and a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1989. Previous Frankel books have been about Jews and Arabs and South Africa.
What distinguishes "The Searchers" is its stark portrait of the main character, played by John Wayne, who was for so long American cinematic heroism incarnate. Ethan Edwards is a violent, murderous racist motivated by revenge for his family's senseless slaughter to spend years searching for his family's killers and for his niece, whom they kidnapped and raised as a Comanche. He intends to kill her rather than permit any further despoilment by "savages." The film's ending is one of the great primal moments in American movies, notwithstanding Ford's partiality to musical corn.
Frankel counterpoints Ford's haunting film with the real 19th century Texas that inspired Alan LeMay's original novel. It is, in fact, a sophisticated journalist's elegant counterpoint to Ford's dictum in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence": "When a man becomes a legend, print the legend." – Jeff Simon


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TOWN OF NIAGARA – Investigators were called to the scene this afternoon after a suspicious fire that destroyed an abandoned mobile home at 185 Paul Drive in Sabre Park.
The home was one of only a handful left in the rundown park near Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls.
Niagara Active Volunteer Assistant Fire Chief Assistant Shawn Jasper said fire crews were called to the scene at 2:15 p.m.
Jasper said eyewitnesses reported seeing one to three males running away from the scene prior to the fire. The assistant chief did not know who owned the home.
"The abandoned trailer was fully involved when we arrived. There was heavy fire and heavy smoke conditions," Jasper said. "As of right now, this is under investigation. Police, fire investigators and cause and origin are looking into this."
Jasper said investigators are taking everything into the lab to determine what may have started the fire.
"Due to the nature of the fire and size of the fire, they are leaning towards [arson]," he said, "but nothing has been officially reported."
No injuries were reported and no other homes were exposed, Jasper said, adding that about 30 to 40 trailers remain in the park.
The Fashion Outlets II bought the 32.65-acre trailer park in a foreclosure auction on Oct. 5 and the few remaining residents who attended the auction told The Buffalo News they expected to lose their homes.
Jasper said there about 25 residents remain at the park, most of the homes were in arrears and remaining residents have been served eviction notices and told to be out of the park by February.
Sabre Park had once been home to about 268 mobile homes, but had fallen into disrepair before last month's auction.
The park manager sought to demolish 130 home several months ago because of their poor condition, and the park's management office was fire bombed on June 18, a crime that remains unsolved.
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Living On a What, Now?
After yesterday's heart-ripper-outer of a game, the Cubs have lost seven of
eight for the first time since last June. They still have a four-game division
lead and an 84.5% chance
of winning the division, thanks to the Brewers losing five of their
last seven, so things are not actually as bleak as they may seem.
(And yes, the chances of them missing the playoffs entirely are very, very small. But we're not discussing that. Yet.). Still, with Zambrano and Harden in various levels of gimpitude, the
collective angst here in Chicago is not unfounded. As Rob wrote earlier today, Harden is scheduled
to pitch on Thursday, and Zambrano on Saturday, so we'll know more (and
know just how freaked out to be) in a week or so.
In the meantime, maybe WXRT's Lin Brehmer
is right and the Cubs are suffering under The Curse Of Jon Bon Jovi.
Apparently the Cubs are playing "Living on a Prayer" during pitching
changes. "Living on a Prayer"? Seriously?
It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not. We've got each other and that's a lot for love We'll give it a shot. Whoah, we're half way there Whoah, livin' on a prayer
I don't think "it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not"
adequately captures the true feelings of Cubs fans (not to mention players
and management). The Cubs aren't "living on a prayer," either; they're
living on strong pitching (expect for the 9th inning yesterday), solid defense (ditto), and the best offense in the
National League.
Of course, a textual analysis of the problems with "Living On a Prayer" doesn't address just how crappy Bon Jovi is. I mean, seriously, I understand how the desire to appeal to the widest possible audience often manifests itself in a rush to the lowest common denominator, but this is ridiculous.
I wish I had a long list of viable, higher-quality alternatives to offer,
because we're all about solutions here at TCR, but alas the last few weeks have
reduced my brain's capacity for that sort of critical thinking to
almost nil. But for starters, how about "Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself)" by Oingo Boingo?
I await better suggestions in the comments. In the meantime, I will officially add my voice to Lin Brehmer's: no more Jovi at Wrigley. Not
now, not ever. Life's too short to listen to bad pop metal.
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Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
Dont stop believin
Hold on to the feelin
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Queen "Princes Of The Universe"
"Here we are.born to be kings.
We're the princes of the universe.
Here we belong.fighting to survive.
In a world with the darkest powers.
And here we are.were the princes of the universe.
Here we belong.fighting for survival.
Weve come to be the rulers of your world.
I am immortal.i have inside me blood of kings.
I have no rival.no man can be my equal.
Take me to the future of your world..."
Does this exaggerate the life and death importance of baseball?
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I nominate just about anything by Kings of Leon. How 'bout "Molly's Chambers"? As long as it's a fast-moving song, it really doesn't matter; you can't tell what the fuck they are saying anyway. It was good enough for a Volkswagon commercial in 2003, why not good enough for pitching changes in 2008? Maybe some "King of the Rodeo," "Pistol of Fire," or "Four Kicks."
I'd like to second the "Anything But Bon Jovi" movement, regardless.
Also, I'll be honest, I could do without "Go Cubs Go," mostly just because it's bad music.
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As someone cleverly posted last year in late May:
The Benny Hill theme song
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I heard "LOaP" when I went to a game a couple of weeks ago and similarly shook my head in disbelief. (I think it's "It doesn't really matter if we make it or not," not that it really matters what the lyrics to a damn Bon Jovi song are).
A modest proposal for a replacement, made regardless of the likelihood that the band would approve the song's use, or that non-indie-snobs actually dig the song: Fugazi, "KYEO" ("The tools, they will be swinging / We will not be beaten down").
Wrigley needs nothing less than a little Dischord.
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Off the top of my head I'd probabaly have to go with the Heartbreakers:
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about,
All mixed up about you
And no I can't find no reason
To explain the way that I feel
I remember things being clearer
At one t ime things were more real
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about,
All mixed up about you
I'm not lookin' for sympathy
I'm just frightened by this apathy
Like footsteps way in back of me
On a narrow street of stone
And if time will answer all questions
Then perhaps a film will be shown
Everyone could mail-order tickets
Yeah, you could sell a lot of shirts
For the last picture show
I'm all mixed up, I'm all mixed up about,
All mixed up about you
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The New Pornographers, "The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism"
Scary Mansion, "Sorry We Took All Yr Money"
And for Mr. Whipple...
Radiohead, "Down is the New Up"
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Now you must die.
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ATHF loves Radiohead. I have no proof of that, I'll just assume it.
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Crunch... Radiohead will withstand the test of time much better than Anal Cunt. Just sayin', bro.
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Was that music?
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amazing they've never been grammy nominated, imo.
it has to at least be on par with milli vanili.
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The band logo still cracks me up.
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I saw A.C. live at an Iowa City club once. It was unique. My buddy had to leave a few "songs" into their set.
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I almost forgot that I angered the great unwashed by calling Radiohead overrated.
For motivation, there's nothing better than Tommy Seebach. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFGzGfym-7Y. This is Western Culture's version of the 72 virgins that terrorists are promised. Remind the Cubs that this is what awaits them in heaven and they'll fight to the death.
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If we're talking Boingo, I prefer "Dead Man's Party:"
I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go
Walkin' with a dead man over my shoulder
Waiting for an invitation to arrive
Goin' to a party where no one's still alive
I was struck by lighting
Walkin' down the street
I was hit by something last night in my sleep
It's a dead man's party
Who could ask for more
Everybody's comin', leave your body at the door
Leave your body and soul at the door . . .
(Don't run away it's only me)
All dressed up with nowhere to go
Walkin' with a dead man
Waitin' for an invitation to arrive
With a dead man . . . Dead Man . . .
Got my best suit and my tie
Shiny silver dollar on either eye
I hear the chauffeur comin' to the door
Says there's room for maybe just one more . . .
Don't run away it's only me
Don't be afraid of what you can't see
Don't run away it's only me . . .
Seemed appropriate, given the Cub's recent difficulties.
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I knew what that was, but I clicked anyway...that video just makes me feel good.
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How in the hell did that thing get 20 million views?
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You are familiar with rickrolling, right?
But to answer your question...because it's awesome! Check out that dancing! the trenchcoat! the shades! the wall of hair, the black man observing and ultimately admiring Rick's moves! That video is brilliant.
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"You are familiar with rickrolling, right?"
I guess I've been living under a rock, I've never heard of that! Very cool though!
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Rick just did a concert in Manila. He was way awesome dude! Definitely at par with Milli Vanilli.
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Welcome to the internet!
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ha...ive been there.
it smells funny.
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News flash, crunch: it might not be the internet :)
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The student has become the master. Well played, Andrew. Well played.
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Cubs fans: "Never gonna give you up"
Cubs: "Never gonna let you down"
Cubs fans: "Never gonna run around and desert you"
Cubs: "Never gonna make you cry"
Cubs fans: "Never gonna say goodbye"
Cubs training staff: "Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you"
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Best. Rickroll. Ever.
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Father Pinella jumped the shark?
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Volquez stinking up the joint. 2 Run HR to Jason Kendall (WTF?!?!)
3-1 Brewers.
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Merle Haggard:
I'll Prob'ly Never See You Eye To Eye A-gain
This Letter's Meant To Be My Last Fare-well
But You Need To Under-stand I'm Nearly Crazy
You Need To Know My Life Has Gone To Hell
Write Me Back And Tell Me Why It Ended
Send A Letter That I Can Show My Heart
I'll Be Somewhere Between I Love You And What You're Feeling Now
Lookin' For A Place To Fall A-part
Looking For A Place To Fall A-part
Trying To Find A Place That I Can Leave My Heart
I Need To Be Somewhere Hidin' When I Feel The Teardrops Start
Lookin' For A Place To Fall A-part
I Can't Seem To Justify Your Leavin' Me
I'm Be-wildered As To How It All Came Down
I Thought Everything Was Fine Until Your Phone Call
The Call That Turned My World A-round
Send Me Word And Tell Me Why It Ended
I Need Some Final Proof To Show My Heart
I'll Be Somewhere Between I Love You And What You're Feelin' Now
Lookin' For A Place To Fall A-part
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-1 for capitolizing all the words.
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I just copied and pasted:-)
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Oh that was just one song? I thought it was a long list of song titles cleverly ordered to rhyme.
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Nope, all Merle Haggard doing what he does best, which is sing some really, really depressings songs. I figured a song about falling apart would be apropos though.
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A song about falling apart will be more appropriate on a Brewers blog.
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Reds Blow bases loaded - 0 out opportunity.
Still 3-1 Brewers, Bottom 4
5-4 Phils, Bottom of 7.
So despite the Phils and Brewers not doing well, they will have gained 3 and 3.5 games respectively over the last 9 days with wins today.
Cubs need to turn it on. Now.
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oh, and the Astros will have gained 6.5 games over that period.
I wonder why for years they only decide to play baseball after the all-star break? The runs they go on at the end of seasons is amazing for an otherwise crap team.
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Reds Blow bases loaded - 0 out opportunity.
more specifically, Paul Bako blows...
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I can't believe I'm sitting here waiting to see if a team with Bako, Corey Patterson, and Jerry Hairston Jr. on it can come back from a 4-1 deficit. It's like it's 2006 all over again.
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Lance Berkman just got whacked directly in the forehead on a throw by the catcher on an attempted bunt that got deflected by the runner. He has a welt the size of an orange on his forehead although he's staying in the game (7th inning). Weirdest thing I've seen in awhile.
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Also from the Reds game tonight
filed under "some things never change, no matter how absurd..."
Corey Patterson was Dusty's leadoff hitter tonight. 0-4.
Ended the night hitting .202, OBP around .239
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5-4 !!!!!!!!
pays to taunt CPat!
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Reds causing two blown saves in two days...
of course this isn't in cincy and the irony of Cordero having to close it out is apparent.
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Wow. Who woulda thought of the Reds as heartbreakers? Guess that Dusty Baker really is a good manager huh?
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w00t! Bizarre backwards anti-faith rewarded. Go F-Cord!
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5-4 final
Reds are a nondenominational spoiler. Great catch by Jay Bruce for the 2nd out.
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That's huge!
Now, if I'm the Brewers...I start to panic. Only 3 ahead of the Phils for the WC.
Absolutely amazing that the Astros are now within 5 of playoff spot.
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magic number for division title is down one, to 15
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NL Central: What the hell is going on?
I will sleep well tonight!
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Dear Reds,
Yesterday I hated you, I cursed your very name, I wished for the obliteration of your franchise. Today I say, and I mean this in the most heartfelt of ways, boo yah.
Pell Mell
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I saw Mark Saccomano homered for the Astros. Any relation to Bob?
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Obscure Seinfeld reference ignored. Shucks.
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Is he the one who sells the rat hats?
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Among a thousand other things that Kramer tells us about. But just like Lomez he is never seen.
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2-6 homestand for the Brewers so far. Hopefully the Reds win tomorrow as CC & Sheets to follow on Wed & Thu.
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I don't know about you, but I'm thinking that with the standings the way they are after the Reds' terrific win tonight, the Cubs are halfway there, whoa-oh, living on a...oops
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CC & Sheets to follow on Wed & Thu.
Here's the probables as best as I can tell:
Tues vs Reds, R. Ramirez (0-0) vs Suppan
Wed vs Reds, Arroyo vs Sabathia
Thurs vs Phillies, Sheets vs Moyer (although he pitched on sunday because of the sat. rainout...so they might use someone on a spot start)
Friday vs Phillies, Parra vs Santana
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it that what you get from eating too much cabbage cake?
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Naked chicks farting on cakes.
I shit you not (no pun intended). As crunch would say,
"Go internets!"
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We all know crunch has some pretty weird fetishes, but what do you expect, the guys a douche, remember?
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I think cakefarts is Carlo's thing, not crunch's. I was just borrowing crunch's saying 'go internet'.
But yes, crunch is douchetastic.
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Seems like this would be a trifecta:
Beloved former broadcaster, the home park, and our hopes for the sturdiness of Cub pitchers.
Astros pre vs. post all star break.
Astros are 30-11 since July 26, including two 8 game win streaks.
moved from 9 under .500 to 10 over.
Before/After all star break:
2002: 4 under/10 over
2003: 6 over/6 over
2004: 0 under/22 over (48-26)
2005: 1 over/15 over(45-30)
2006: 3 under/5 over
2007: 11 under/5 under
2008: 7 under/17 over
7 straight years with a better record 2nd half.
18 under .500 in 1st half
82 over .500 in 2nd half
The difference between 1st half and 2nd half is startling in itself...but more startling considering that they aren't good teams that get great...they are middling mediocre teams that suddenly wake up and can't be beat.
Odd coincidence year after year after year.
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I dreamt last night the Cubs signed Sosa. He would do in the Astros at Tenrun Stadium.
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i wondering about this weekends games in houston
there seems to be a hurricane alert for texas
looks like it will go south of houston but
has mlb acknowledged this yet.
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>looks like it will go south of houston
Not SoHo! My favorite little art boutiques are there! And a charming little Italian bistro!
George W. Bush doesn't care about beatniks!!
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Points for Brick.
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Just close the roof on the juice box. it will be fine.
Pujlos opting for surgery
No one will think you are a quitter if you get the surgery tomorrow Albert.
Right guys?
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I will never truly defend the crap that is Bon Jovi, BUT the chorus of the song is actually appropriate:
Whooah, were half way there
Livin on a prayer
Take my hand and well make it - I swear
Livin on a prayer
It's basically about having faith that everything will turn out right.
Now, excuse my while I go puke.
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I believe the objection, beyond the main idea that Bon Jovi is crap, is that the lyrics imply in their relation to the Cubs that this team needs a prayer. However, they've been in first place for a while and have been the best team in the NL. Needing a prayer isn't the right attitude anymore. They need something that implies they are working on total domination, not that they are hoping that they might actually win the game.
43 to Instructs
Ryan Acosta, RHP
Jeff Beliveau, LHP
Alberto Cabrera, RHP
David Cales, RHP
Chris Carpenter, RHP
Andrew Cashner, RHP
Miguel Corletto, RHP
Diego Encarnacion, RHP
Erik Hamren, RHP
James Leverton, LHP
Oswaldo Martinez, RHP
Toby Matchulat, RHP
Dan McDaniel, RHP
Tommy Mejia, RHP
Tarlandas Mitchell, RHP
John Muller, RHP
Jake Muyco, RHP
Andres Quezada, RHP
Jayson Ruhlman, LHP
Dustin Sasser, LHP
Brian Schlitter, RHP
Aaron Shafer, RHP
Luke Sommer, LHP
Larry Suarez, RHP
Steve Vento, RHP
Mike Brenly
Matt Cerda
Robinson Chirinos
Luis Flores
Juan Medina
Rebel Ridling, 1B
Josh Harrison, 2B
Jake Opitz, 2B
Starlin Castro, SS
Junior Lake, SS
Carlos Morales, SS
Jovan Rosa, 3B
Josh Vitters, 3B
Logan Watkins, 2B/SS
Tony Campana
Brandon Guyer
Dylan Johnston
Looks like the 8/16 game vs Brewers will determine the fate of the universe-
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9/16...but thanks for noticing.
Means I'm doing my job well. (No joke)
mlb.com would be doing their job better if the vader head was clickable to what it's supposed to be promoting.
Soto Wins Rookie of Month for August
Soto won ROM for August.
(don't see it posted yet)
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Pie is getting called up.
VA Phil - I thought you said he wouldn't be coming up?
UPDATE: Bruce Miles confirms it.
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I'd have to check but I think I started that sentence with the words "I'm not sure"--as in, I'm not sure that Pie will get a call-up.
If Pie is his old self, he doesn't add any value, since Reed Johnson already deserves more playing time and does the things that Pie was supposed to, including (or especially) baserunning.
Of course, if Pie is able to reinvent himself as a major-league-ready hitter, that's a different story.
Since Pie may not get many at-bats this month, a lot is riding on how well he hits in the DR league this winter, where he usually bats .220-.230, just like in the majors. If he struggles again in the DR, he won't be a Cub next April, since according to AZ Phil they can't send him to the minors again.
Frankie says Relax! (actually Gordon says it)
"Just do the math. If they win only one game in each series the rest of the way for a 6-13 finish, the top challenger in a would-be wild-card race, Philadelphia, would need to go 13-5 to tie the Cubs."
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While certainly unlikely, I don't think it's out of the question that the Phils go 13-5 and the Cubs go 6-13 given the competition.
No matter...it's all about 1 game at a time. Win 2 of 3 in STL, and we buy ourselves a bigger margin of error to stink up the joint somewhere else.
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doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.


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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, fresh off his self-styled "basketball diplomacy" mission to North Korea where he spent quality time with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will be representing the United States at the funeral of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who succumbed to cancer Tuesday afternoon in Caracas.
"Yes, it's official. We're sending Dennis Rodman," State Department spokesman Carmen D. Battery told reporters late Tuesday evening. "We feel that Rodman will set the proper tone of respect and bring a measure of dignity to the memorial services."
A teary-eyed Rodman appeared Tuesday evening on a professional wrestling program airing on a cable access channel in San Bernardino, Calif., to pay his initial respects to Chavez.
"Guess what? I never met him but hey, you know, he was like, hey man…he didn't want to do war, no, he didn't want that," Rodman said, tears streaking the heavy mascara on his face. "He would have been my friend. He … me… we… I…I will cry at his funeral. But you know, guess what? He did not want war."
Rodman, best known for his defense and rebounding prowess while playing in the NBA, said Chavez inspired him with his cool red beret. "Man, he was style. You know, dude, like, in style. Guess what? I am not a diplomat, but man, Chavez, he looked good in that beret. He looked like a man. Like a strong man, and humble, too."
The mostly Republican crowd booed Rodman, as scripted, and local wrestler Uncle Sam Whoopass, who wears a red, white and blue top hat, a loincloth sporting the "Don't Tread on Me!" logo and turquoise cowboy boots when wrestling, threatened the former NBA star by picking up a chair and throwing it in his general direction. The chair broke into several pieces.
"Don't hate me!" Rodman barked, reminding the crowd that he would be returning for a steel cage match with Whoopass on Mar. 17 in a much-ballyhooed St. Patrick's Day Showdown.
The St. Patrick's Day Showdown also features a women's match (no hair-pulling) between former half-term governor of Alaska Sarah Palin and 1994 Olympic hopeful Tonya Harding. Former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank will be the special referee for both matches, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will be on hand to sell snow cones and bags of candy corn. Proceeds from the event will go to the North Korean bobsledding team, which is in dire need of bobsleds.
Rodman has come under criticism in some quarters for his North Korean trip, but he has vowed to return to spend more time with Kim. He has described the 28-year-old dictator as both a kid and a man. "He is like a man to me, but he's a kid. He's 28, man. Twenty-eight. He does not want war, but Obama should call him. They both like basketball. Why not? Why not?"
At press time, Rodman's travel agent was reportedly checking the price of flights from Caracas to Pyongyang.
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CHESTER-Tuesday's arrest of a suspected methamphetamine maker was the first involving a clandestine laboratory in northern Hancock County in more than 10 years, a drug task force official said.
"We've been fortunate not to have that in the county the last few years because it seems like it's all around us," said Hancock County sheriff's Sgt. Robert Connors, an officer of the Hancock-Brooke-Weirton Drug Task Force.
But, Connors cautioned, "it seems like it's coming our way. It's getting closer to us, but it's not an epidemic here as with other counties in Ohio or other parts of West Virginia."
No counties in the Northern Panhandle currently are listed in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's National Clandestine Laboratory Register. At the other extreme is Kanawha County/Charleston, which has 221 entries on the register-dating from 2004 to as recently as November 2013.
The register contains addresses where local law enforcement agencies have reported finding chemicals or other items that suggest the presence of a clandestine laboratory or dumpsite, according to the DEA website.
Officers with the drug task force arrested Eric J. Ulbrich, 40, of 300 Arner Road, south of Chester, early Tuesday morning after finding "several items indicative of methamphetamine production and the operation of a clandestine drug laboratory," Hancock County Sheriff Ralph Fletcher said.
The arrest came after officers executed a search warrant at the rural property, which is owned by Ulbrich's mother, Connors said. The drug task force had received a tip from "concerned citizens" about suspicious activity at the residence, he said.
Ulbrich was arrested without incident after initially denying, then admitting, that he was manufacturing meth, according to a complaint filed by Connors in Hancock County Magistrate Court. Ulbrich said he was making meth by mixing Sudafed and water together in the kitchen stove, the complaint said.
"Ulbrich stated that his motivation for making this was that the counseling he was receiving was not working and he was 'self-medicating' ... a way that he knew how," the complaint said. "Ulbrich stated that he was doing good (staying off of the 'meth') until a few weeks ago."
Officers do not believe Ulbrich was involved with dealing or trafficking, Connors said. "The evidence to this point does not indicate that he was manufacturing for redistribution to others; however, we will not rule out the possibility that others were partaking in his product with him," he said.
Although Ulbrich said he had thrown everything away, officers searching the property found "adulterated lithium battery ribbons, battery package containers, a chemical mask insert, as well as three bottles of what appeared to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamines," the complaint said.
West Virginia State Police officers were called to identify the items, which were collected and photographed. Samples from the three bottles will be sent to the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory for testing, according to the complaint.
Ulbrich is being held in the Northern Regional Jail in Moundsville on a $50,000 bond. His next scheduled court appearance is at 9 a.m. Friday.
Connors said the last time the location of a meth lab was confirmed in northern Hancock County was in 2003.
In both cases, the suspects apparently learned their skills in other states-Arkansas and Georgia, Connors said. Although Ulbrich is from Hancock County, he has a prior criminal history with illegal methamphetamine production in Georgia, according to the sheriff's department.
"They seem to make their way to this region," Connors said, "but they never seem to take off."
By comparison, the Columbiana County Drug Task Force has closed down 13 suspected meth labs in the last two years, said Lt. Brian McLaughlin, drug task force director. However, the DEA register currently shows only two in Columbiana County-one in East Liverpool and one in Salem.


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dmg :: events has appointed James Drake-Brockman as the Head of EMEA for their Digital Marketing Division. The Digital Marketing Division runs ad:tech, iMedia Summits, iMedia Connection, Digital Collective and CMO Collective, totalling 37 events in 12 countries. He moves from his role of Director, Business Development where he was focused on launching into emerging markets. Drake-Brockman will continue to work on international launches whilst also taking over the portfolio of events that currently run in EMEA.
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Drake-Brockman has 14 years trade show experience, specialising in technology events, including 6 years as Event Director of Internet World in London from 2005 to 2010. He has worked on a range of exhibitions including The Windows Show, Windows Enterprise, Linux Expo, WebMaster, WebStrategy as well as launching/chairing conferences including the iMedia Online Retail Summit, The Future Of Social Media and Harnessing The Power of Twitter.
"ad:tech is an exceptionally strong event and I am excited to be running the UK event as well as being given the opportunity to take it to new markets throughout EMEA. I had the chance to launch an iMedia Summit whilst in Australia recently and its unique format creates a compelling proposition for attendees and sponsors alike. Together they are the perfect vehicles to serve the needs of the digital advertising and marketing community. Having spent years admiring the events from the outside the prospect of running them for this region is one I am relishing."
"We are excited to have James as part of the dmg :: events team and look forward to his leadership of UK Digital Marketing team and expansion into new markets," says Susan Macdermid, President, dmg :: events Digital Marketing Division. "James is a rare find, combining deep market knowledge with years of event industry experience. His work turning around Internet World and then launching an extremely successful iMedia Summit in Australia speaks for itself and we are extremely excited to have him on board."
dmg :: events was founded in 1989 and now organizes over 80 events in 25 countries each year. Headquartered in Stamford, Conn., it is currently active in North America, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia, employing more than 300 staff. dmg :: events is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc, one of the largest media companies in the United Kingdom.
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Univera Healthcare and its parent company paid out more than $26 million in performance bonuses last year to 54 upstate New York hospitals – 19 in Western New York – to reward them for reduced medical costs by improving the quality of care, the insurer said Wednesday.
The No. 3 health insurer in Western New York, which is part of Rochester-based Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield, awarded the payments as part of its Hospital Performance Incentive Program. The payments are on top of the reimbursements the insurer already pays to the hospitals to cover the actual costs of medical care for its members under its provider contracts.
Specifically, Univera paid $2.2 million to Kaleida Health's five hospitals and Catholic Health System's three hospitals in Buffalo and the suburbs, Erie County Medical Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Lake Erie Regional Health System of New York's two hospitals in Irving and Dunkirk, Chautauqua Integrated Delivery System, Eastern Niagara Health System's two hospitals in Lockport and Newfane, Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia and Women's Christian Association (WCA) Hospital in Jamestown.
Hospitals and other providers have long complained that reimbursements are too low to cover their costs. That's especially true of Medicare and Medicaid, which often pay even less, forcing the providers to rely on private insurance or uninsured patients who pay the full cost to make up the difference.
So the bonus payments become an attractive supplement to bolster the providers' bottom line. Over the past nine years, the Excellus and Univera program has paid out more than $145 million in quality incentives, including $24.6 million in Western New York. And that's also seen as good preparation for the new business and operating models envisioned under federal health care reform.
Other insurance carriers also use incentives to improve medical care at hospitals and providers, but specifics vary.
HealthNow New York, the Buffalo-based parent of BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, no longer pays out "lump sums" to hospitals, but rolls in quality payments to hospitals in addition to regular reimbursements, said spokeswoman Julie Snyder.
Williamsville-based Independent Health Association has given out incentives of $2.5 million to $3.5 million a year. But "we've been migrating away from that" because they've become outdated, said Dr. Thomas Foels, chief medical officer.
Foels said that as quality improved and benchmark scores in specific areas reached high levels, continuing to focus on those measurements became less useful. Also, the focus by Medicare and Medicaid on the same areas made it redundant for the insurer to devote resources rather than redirecting efforts elsewhere.
Instead, Independent Health is moving toward a risk-sharing model in which the hospitals, providers and even employers can share in extra health care savings at year-end. That effort is taking particular aim at reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and readmissions, by addressing problems earlier and in lower-cost ways outside of hospitals and by better caring for patients so they don't have to return.
"That's where we're headed," Foels said. "We're slowly retiring these incentive programs that are narrowly focused and getting into the next generation of tackling the more important problems, and we've now found an effective way to start doing that."
Established in 2004, the Univera and Excellus program evaluates hospitals on over 300 performance measures, taking specific aim at four areas.
Those include better clinical results for heart attack care, heart failure and pneumonia care; better safety for patients through fewer infections in hospitals, better processes for coordinating medications and better surgical care; more use of a national survey tool to measure patient satisfaction; and more efficiency by using more generic drugs, reducing the length of hospital stays and preventing the need for readmissions.
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Father says daughter, 11, set fire to brush
Girl may face charges in brush fire
Published 8:40 AM EDT Apr 02, 2013
A Flagler County father says his 11-year-old daughter is to blame for a fire on a Palm Coast street.
The girl allegedly set fire to a vacant lot on Pine Grove Drive on Saturday night.
Flames shot 20 feet into the air, but crews were still able to quickly contain the blaze.
The father said he believes his daughter took a lighter from the garage to set the blaze.
Officials say the girl could face charges.
The girl and her father will not be identified because of the child's age.
Copyright 2013 by WESH.com The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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quote: Hybrids may rule city/start-stop driving, but a diesel engine is just more efficient than petrol on highways.
quote: I own a 2011 Elantra and EPA says 29/40 MPG however I typically get 25 MPG and I drive 50/50 city and highway
quote: but a diesel engine is just more efficient than petrol on highways.
quote: why didn't they add the hybrid system to a diesel engine?
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Well, it turns out that the title insurance follows the loan and the insurance policy expires when the loan is paid off. When you refinance, the new lender pays off the old lender, which means the old loan is paid off, and the title insurance expires… and you get the opportunity to pay for title insurance all over again. Talk about a scam that is totally legal…{ 80 comments, please add your thoughts now! }


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Obamacare ad appeal backfires
November 26, 2013
Americans don't seem to want? Appeal to heavy drinkers and promiscuous women. That's what some in Colorado are trying in an attempt to get more people to sign up for Obamacare health insurance....
I think they should trash the whole thing.
Then we can set back and see what your solutions to the rising healthcare costs in this country would be !
And how we could cover the 50 + million without , Those who I pay for indirectly .
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ladybug, They had no solutions before now, they have no solutions now, and the will have no solutions for the future. They truly are the party of 'no'.
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Your right
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You two just have bad, biased memories. It's a bad law, crammed down everyone's throats and no discussion with anyone but those trying to find a way to do the cramming.
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Nope !
Trash it and lets go with the alternate plan, Oh that's right there isn't one
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First of all to have a discussion require both sides willing to set down and give and take.
Already heard rumors of kicking the can down the road again over the budget talks,
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I still look back at that secret meeting held the night of Obama's 1st. innoc. where top GOP senators and congressmen to make plans to see that he failed,
That must be the give part.
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Kozy !
There is no way you can say or put that will ever convince me the republican party ever had any plans what so ever to cooperate with Obama or the democrats.
All the other issues affecting this country and none are being addressed,
It's Obamacare 24/7 only
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Bug...cooperating to you must mean agreeing. The democrats just shoved it down our throats. There was no desire to negotiate or come to any agreement.
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Kozy62, Please stop trying to rewrite history. The ACA was the result of more than a year of congressional committee hearings in which progressive ideas like single payer or a public option were jettisoned, and hundreds of GOP amendments to the law were accepted, in exchange for zero Republican votes. Sen. Max Baucus, in particular, drove an eight-month bipartisan process via the Senate Finance Committee in which he and ranking Republican Chuck Grassley held dozens of hearings, released joint "policy option" papers and finally presided over 31 meetings lasting 60 hours with the so-called "Gang of Six" – Baucus and Grassley plus Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. — to try to hammer out a compromise that would attract GOP support. In the end after doing everything they could to sabotage the law, the Republicans decided to continue their strategy of being the party of 'NO'. Can you honestly say you do not remember any of that???
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According to a HELP Committee document about bipartisan aspects of the health reform bill the committee passed July 15, 2009, its final bill included "161 Republican amendments," including "several amendments from Senators [Mike] Enzi [R-WY], [Tom] Coburn [R-OK], [Pat] Roberts [R-KS] and others [that] make certain that nothing in the legislation will allow for rationing of care," and reflected the efforts of "six bipartisan working groups" that "met a combined 72 times" in 2009 as well as "30 bipartisan hearings on health care reform" since 2007, half of which were held in 2009 [HELP Committee document, 7/09]. And according to the Senate Finance Committee's September 22, 2009, document detailing the amendments to the Chairman's Mark considered, at least 13 amendments sponsored by one or more Republican senators were included in the bill.
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I remember quite well how the republicans were branded the party of no by the media as they tried to include amendments to protect we the people while the democrats worked to ram this terrible law down our throats. In the end, democrats, without any input, ramed it.
I remember it well...you, on the other hand just want to continue branding and spinning. Sorry, but it doesn't fly any more.
I just hope the American voter wakes up and votes out those who passed this law.
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Kozy, "You two just have bad, biased memories." Your continued statements concerning the bipartisan negotiations over the ACA indicate to me that you have no memory at all. Normally I would advise someone exhibiting your symptoms, to have a full neurological work up done. As a liberal, I have to say that we on the Left see this selective amnesia with people on the Right all the time, so I guess in your case it is probably nothing to worry about.
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As I age, I am losing memories!--how this all came about is way back there.
But I truly believe that even if I were a die-hard Democrat, I wouldn't approve of these ads.
"Let's hope he's as easy to get as this birth control. My health insurance covers the pill, which means all I have to worry about is getting him between the covers.'
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Okay, so there were some Republicans that are just as responsible for this mess as the majority of Democrats. That still doesn't make it better and it certainly doesn't offer any insight on how to fix this thing.
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"And how we could cover the 50 + million without , Those who I pay for indirectly ."
That's the question I keep asking myself. Why do we need Obamacare when these people are STILL going to be on Medicaid? It certainly appears that Obamacare is nothing more than a shell game. If successful, it shuffles money around and eventually gets used to help pay for entitlements for the non-working class (who are experiencing a population explosion as a result of easy to get entitlements) while the tax payers are led to believe it is being used to benefit them.
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No rpm...it's much more than a shell game, it's a take over. We have been taken hostage by a minority who have duped some unsuspecting people that they need big government to take care of them.
Why do you think the latest poll in Ohio shows so little like Mr. Obama and his policies. His failure is now hurting us big time.
And, his backers are so desperate that they are stooping to these ads. SAD!
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questioner, I agree with you on the substance of these ads. In defense of Obamacare I would like to point out that these ads are the product of ProgressNow in Colorado. ProgressNow Colorado and Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, supporters of Colorado's health insurance exchange, said their "Got insurance?" campaign was paid for with donations and individual contributions, like their organizations. They also denied association with state agencies.
This is not the first time that a particular group has embarrassed either party with a distasteful ads over the ACA.
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Oh My! Can it be true that not a single Republican speaker mentioned the word 'Repeal' on any of the weekend news shows for the last two weeks? It looks like they put their big bet on the web site not working and now that it is they really have nothing left. Healthcare costs are coming down and more and more people are finding out that they like Obamacare. What a shocker! :>)
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Settled in prehistoric times, colonised by the Romans, plundered by barbarians, coveted by barons: thrilling traces of the civilisations which have shaped this region can be found, for example, in the reconstructed Neolithic village of Gletterens and in the nearby Roman museum. In Estavayer you can see many signs of its rich history: the Savoy castle from the 12th century, the Gothic abbey church and the cobbled streets. If you take a walk along the former town walls, you have a good view of the town. It is from Moudon Square that you have the finest panorama over the Jura mountains to the north of the lake. Numerous rural inns and bars serve regional specialities.
Estavayer, with its yachting marina and two bathing beaches is also a water sports paradise. Two camping and caravan sites form an important part of the available accommodation. Sailing, surfing and pedalo boating are all popular. One special adventure is to try the water-ski lift: here all the family, including children who can swim, can go water-skiing.
There are many varied footpaths and cycle tracks so you can discover the rural surroundings of Estavayer. The gentle hills in the hinterland form the backdrop for an enjoyable excursion by covered waggon that will ultimately take us to Portalban, a fishing port.
The nature reserve of "Grande Cariçaie" – one of Europe's finest nature reserves – extends all the way along the south bank of Lake Neuchâtel. This damp habitat is home to 1000 plants and 10,000 species of animal, about a third of all the flora to be found in Switzerland and a quarter of all species of animal known in Switzerland. Viewpoints have been set up along the paths, and there are special observation huts in the woods and on the moorland areas for watching birds. You can learn more about them in the two nature centres - BirdLife in La Sauge and Pro Natura in Champ-Pittet.
- Old Town – a well-preserved Old Town with beautiful medieval buildings.
- Frog Museum – stuffed frogs arranged in satirical "human" scenes, dating from about 1850.
- Lake Neuchâtel – the largest lake situated entirely within Switzerland's borders, well provided with ferries which also carry bicycles.
- Grande Cariçaie – Switzerland's largest wetland area and a unique paradise for birdwatchers, it extends over 40 km along the entire south side of Lake Neuchâtel.
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BURNHAM - It's time to celebrate, Adventures in Odyssey fans.
For the radio drama's 25th birthday, producers decided to give their listeners a present - the chance to be in a show.
Auditions are being held across the country this summer, including at Friendship Bookstore in Burnham.
For those who aren't familiar with Odyssey, the faith-based radio series follows characters who visit the town's ice cream shop, Whit's End, and its kindly owner, John Avery "Whit" Whittaker.
Through stories about tests in school and summer camp pranks or intriguing sagas about international conspiracies, Odyssey writers aim to both entertain and teach lessons of faith.
In 1987 when the show began, many were skeptical about its successful in an age of television, movies and other visual entertainment, according to a press release from Focus on the Family, which produces the show. But the show proved the critics wrong.
Today, Odyssey airs in 45 countries and in three languages. More than 2 million listeners tune in weekly.
When thinking about Odyssey's 25th anniversary, Brock Eastman, resource marketing manager for the show, said they wanted to do something to thank their fans.
"We decided to turn the celebration around on fans and make the celebration about the fans," Eastman said. "The 'Get in the Show' auditions ... are the opportunity to give one child a voice."
The "Get in the Show: Ultimate Casting Call" auditions are a first for Adventures in Odyssey, and stores across in the U.S. are hosting events, he said.
Friendship Bookstore in Burnham is one of about a dozen audition sites in Pennsylvania.
"We do quite well with the (Adventures in Odyssey) product," owner Theil Kauffman said. "I thought the auditions were a neat thing."
Auditioners are welcome to try out any Saturday this summer at the store. They must be between age 6 and 15, and must bring a video recording device such as a cell phone or camcorder.
The two-part scripts are available online or at the bookstore. All contestants will receive a free CD with two dramas and a song by Phil Joel.
The top 12 auditions will be announced Oct. 1, and fans will get the chance to vote for the top three voices. One winner will be chosen to participate in Album 58. More information is available online at www.whitsend.org/getintheshow.
Eastman offered two tips for auditioning: Practice before you go, and remember to let your emotions show in your voice.
Just like everything else they do, the Odyssey producers want the auditions to be a teachable moment, Eastman said.
Though there will be only one winner, the contest is meant to encourage every child to use their talents for God - the ultimate call, Eastman said.
The show's website has tips for parents about encouraging their child's talents, and more ideas will be uploaded throughout the year, he said.
Eastman, who grew up listening to Odyssey, said God even gave him an opportunity to use his talents for the show - not as a voice actor or a producer, but in marketing.
One of his favorite moments on the job was getting to redesign the album packaging for his favorite show, Camp What-a-Nut.
He also gets to see some of the fanmail - letters, photos and even cookies. Many people share stories about how their lives were changed through the show, he said.
"Recently, we received a letter from a fan about how Whit filled the role of a dad for him, because his real father wasn't there," Eastman said.
The characters become alive in listener's imaginations, he said. The writers strive to develop that connection to children's lives often going through multiple drafts, Eastman said.
The popularity of the show he attributes, in part, to its uniqueness.
"It allows listeners to use their imaginations in ways that TV and video games don't, to see a story in a different way," Eastman said.
Odyssey has achieved a status as one of the longest running radio dramas in history thanks to its fans.
"God has clearly blessed this program," Eastman said. "Thank you to the fans ... for what they've done for Odyssey."
To listen locally, Adventures in Odyssey airs from Monday to Friday at 6 p.m. on WGRC 90.9 FM, at 4:30 p.m. on WQJU 107.1 FM, or 4:30 p.m. on WTLR 89.9 FM. For more listings, visit www.whitsend.org.


text: Does this hacker ever sleep? The prolific Jeri Ellsworth is at it again. Here, she builds a 52″ Etch a Sketch with the screen from a rear-projection TV, some tent poles, screen door pulleys, some cheap Harbor Freight drill motors, a golf tee (for the stylus), and some aluminum powder. They also designed a web interface for their USTREAM live chatroom and are working on hooking up the device so that people in chat can operate the Etch a Sketch. Let me guess how many naughty grade-school squiggles and "bad words" are going to show up on that screen?


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What exactly is a Game Engine?
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Posted 05 September 2012 - 08:49 PM
someone would like to help me out I just have this one simple question: What is a Game Engine? Please be precise and explain exactly what it is.
Thanks in advance!
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Posted 05 September 2012 - 08:55 PM
If you want fast results, then a game engine is for you. If you want to learn and learn every single piece of programming a game, then they are probably not.
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Posted 05 September 2012 - 09:52 PM
Code at it's lowest level is very general. You build layers and layers of code to hone in on what you specifically want to do. The more layers you add, you (ideally) get more specific towards one field or problem domain.
A library is a set of code that abstracts certain tasks to make it easier to do that task. A library could just be a collection of functions and classes, or it could be an actual lib/dll/so/module file.
(An API is another name for a library or set of libraries)
In my opinion, an engine is a collection of libraries (and tools) abstracted to the point where they start handling and abstracting logic and interaction, and not just data and algorithms.
A game engine is a collection of engines that usually contains some or most of these:
- Physics engine
- Rendering (2D or 3D) engine
- Input handling
- Messaging system
- GUI system
- Resource system (loading, saving, and lifetime management)
- Networking system
- Scripting system
If you replace the word "system" and the word "engine" in the list above with 'module', then it helps you further see the distinct collections (or libraries) of code, that are each individually "layer upon layer" of code abstracting specific problems to make them easier to use.
Not every layer of code actually is beneficial. Sometimes a layer of code is written that is too general, and doesn't actually help abstract the problem and hone it with a specific solution. The best library is the one that knows what kind of problem it is solving, and goes and solves it in a succinct and non-bloated way - otherwise it's just a renaming of the functions belonging to the layer under it.
Not every game engine does a good job of abstracting and honing in to solve the problem of the type of game you are making. Some just wrap a bunch of libraries, to provide a common interface, but don't actually abstract them any further.
A good game engine should be focused on a set category of games. Then a game engine should be built over that, that abstracts it for a specific genre of games. Then, a game engine should be built over that, that abstracts it for a specific sub-genre of games. Then, the game should be built over that, to abstract it to your game itself.
Sometimes multiple layers of abstractions are actually often compressed into one actual layer of code, because (from a lack of good engines perfectly tailored to our sub-genre) we have to go from a generalized engine for "3D Games" and leap over "First Person Action Game Engine" or "First Person RPG Engine" on the way to get directly to our game itself, and what we consider our game, actually contains (compressed into it) the sub-genre specific code and the genre-specific code that should (ideally) be abstracted as a layer between (or modules alongside) the general "Game Engine" and the game itself. Also, this abstraction process doesn't always have to be done in programming code - it can also be done through scripting languages, config files, and other data-driven methods - but it should be (again - ideally) mentally distinguished from other layers or modules, for better reuse.
Another way that I think of it, is that where "Libraries" abstract problems to provide solutions, thus narrowing and honing down more and more through layers. Game Engines are the layers that actually start compiling separate libraries back together to actually make the project. Layers of libraries reduce the options from the layers below it, to hone it on solutions (so each successive layer should be less general than the one below), but the game engines start expanding (while still honing in and getting less general) by compositing libraries together.
Edited by Servant of the Lord, 05 September 2012 - 09:56 PM.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 04:28 AM
It makes more sense when you actually make a small game, and then another small game... you can take a few things from your first game and use them in the second game... in C++ and SDL that would be your initiating SDL functions, blitting functions, loading art functions, probably your text functions... stuff that doesnt change that much and each game can use.
The more games you make the more 'tools' (tricks, techniques, methods) you aquire and the more you put into your next game... eventually you have a nice set of tools.
A Game Engine allows you to bypass that building up of your tool collection and presents you with the tools (but you do now have to learn how to use the tools as you didnt aquire them normally).
A Game Engine is usually coded in a more robust manner concentrating on ensuring the interfaces provide only the actions that were intended, and not allow for unintended calls... proper encapsulation, whereas most beginner coders are more concerned with getting damn thing to run and dont worry if someone else uses the code.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 05:44 AM
Games (more often than not) consist of a variety of media, eg: audio, graphics, models, etc. The game 'engine' is what coordinates grabbing user input, and creating the actual game experience itself via the screen and speakers. This does not require anything other than creating an interactive experience through the use of programming.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 06:40 AM
However, once in it's embrace, this fell creature injects an insidious venom into it's unsuspecting prey, paralysing them with horrors of architectural decisions and designs that lie far beyond the reach and comprehension of mere newbies. With it's victim doubled over in pain, crying out to veterans to help slay this fearsome beast, it mockingly laughs, triumphantly declaring "Where is your game now?".
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 08:13 AM
Afterwards you should try play around with one:
http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque-3d (click on demo download)
All three about is free to try out and the last one comes with a free version. You can read all you want about what an engine is but their is really only two ways to find out what a game engine is and that is to one: make a small game from the scratch(a small engine) or two try out a game engine already done and ready for use.
Most engines wont do you any good unless you have some basic programming skills as scripting is a pretty common way of making them do what you want. The world editors are more point and click though.
Have fun
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 03:36 PM
C dominates the world of linear procedural computing, which won't advance. The future lies in MASSIVE parallelism.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 05:53 PM
I kinda feel that game engines are now a little bit deprecated. For example we no longer need a large monolithic "thing" to control our games logic.
If we say split our example game's core tech up into the libraries used. e.g...
OpenGL (graphics)
OpenAL (sound)
Glut (OS/Graphics binding layer)
ODE (physics collision)
Lua (entity scripting)
Would all of the above class as an engine?
Lets say I created a very small hierarchical entity management system to add objects and screens to the world easily... Would this very small bit be the engine and the other stuff be kinda like the plugins? Or maybe the shader manager defines an engine? This afterall, is generally where I spend the most lines of code.
Perhaps in the days of Quake 1 when there wasn't really the OpenGL or DirectX there is today, an "engine" had much more of a meaning. Now, games development is often more about integrating other libraries suited best to their role. An engine would be a limitation since it would get in the way if I wanted to use an alternative sound system for example..
Edited by Karsten_, 06 September 2012 - 05:57 PM.
Mutiny - Open-source C++ Unity re-implementation.
Defile of Eden 2 - FreeBSD and OpenBSD binaries of our latest game.
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Posted 07 September 2012 - 02:08 AM
You can share engine code between different games, but game code is unique for concrete game.
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What is Army Gold?
Army Gold - A Financial Literacy Game integrates creativity, education and fun, making it a great way to learn about the financial world.
You will learn about checking and savings accounts, loans, credit ratings. And, you can put your knowledge right into action because the game provides a way for you to demonstrate what you've learned through interactive game play. You can purchase a variety of different things, such as furniture for your home, gifts for your friends and family, haircuts, clothing and more. By increasing your financial understanding, you can increase your rank and salary, giving you more spending power to make in-game purchases!
For more information visit the following link: https://www.myarmyonesource.com/CommunitiesandMarketplace/FinancialLiteracyGame/default.aspx