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A brief history of commercial gaming on Linux (and how it's all about to change) | Opensource.com
A brief history of commercial gaming on Linux (and how it's all about to change)
I'm excited. I mean really excited. Excited to the point that I can hardly think. I'm talking six-year-old trying to go to sleep on Christmas Eve excited. But before I get to why, let's take a trip back to 1999.
It was in that year that Loki Software released their first port of a major commercial game (Civilization: Call to Power) to Linux. Shortly thereafter, Loki published another 18 ports of blockbuster titles for Linux. For a brief moment, one of the last major hurdles for real Linux adoption had been solved--gaming. Then, in 2001, Loki Software filed for bankruptcy and promptly closed its doors.
This proved to be enough fodder for Microsoft to use in order to really push DirectX, and particularly their flagship Direct3D, over the edge as the de facto API for which almost all games going forth would be based on. In doing this, Microsoft was able to secure a decade-long lock on computer gaming. I mean, after all, who would want to invest time and money into porting games over to a platform that ultimately failed to prove viable? It's pretty easy to state that when you cannot make a successful model with Bungie, iD, Sid Meier, and Epic backing you, then likely the platform you are supporting just isn't ready for gaming. This is largely where Linux stood in 2001.
Yet to much fanfare, iD Software (literal pioneers in the freeware industry) released Linux ports of Doom 3 and Quake 4 in the mid-2000s. Many titles, such as Unreal Tournament 2004, still had their Linux ports. Some of the ports were even done by former Loki programmers such as Icculus. But those became fewer and farther between. They were simply tiny blips on the commercial gaming timeline. Linux users had even begun to grow used to false hope. For example, Epic Games released Unreal Tournament 3 in 2007 with the promise that, eventually, a Linux installer would be released. It's now mid-2010 and the installer has yet to surface. Earlier this year, Sony even removed the ability to install alternative operating systems on the Playstation 3--much to the chagrin of free software fans the world over. Things simply were not looking good for gaming in Linux, let alone other free operating systems.
All the while, there have been plenty of good, fully open source titles released to the community. Yet attempting to convince a die-hard World of Warcraft junkie to switch to open source and begin using free online RPGs is going to be tough. Even if you can convince him to try Wine and run World of Warcraft in Linux, they will likely be turned off by the instabilities and performance drops experienced with this solution.
So with all this doom and gloom that I am writing about, why am I so excited? Over the past three days, I have read the following headlines online:
Number 1: Android is now the number two smartphone OS in the US. Unless you've been under a rock, you've probably read that the mobile gaming market is booming. Don't forget that RIM's Blackberry OS (the current number one smartphone OS) is designed around business and that it is quickly losing steam to Android. And if you consider that Android is a Linux distribution, well, you can connect the dots.
Number 2: Steam, the popular online game delivery service, is definitely coming to Linux. It could even be here by the end of August. And what good is a game delivery service that can't deliver games to the platform it supports? (Hint--it sucks) So this essentially states that much like the recent announcement of the Source engine (Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2) making its way to OSX via their shiny new OSX Steam client, Linux should receive the same love.
Now I realize there are some problems with these headlines. While the foundation is open source, the games running on Android are generally not open. The same goes for Steam and most of the games Steam delivers. Which brings me to the third and most incredible headline:
Number 3: The Humble Indie Bundle (THIB) hit the one-million USD mark (as of 5/11, $1,205,772). For those who are unaware of this little project, several indie game developers decided to package their games together with no digital rights management (DRM) and a pay-what-you-want business model. In other words, they implemented a merit-driven payment system that actually trusted the users (read: owners) of the games. Included in this pack are the highly acclaimed Penumbra and World of Goo titles (which, if you recall, had a very successful Linux release). To further emphasize how amazing this 1.2 million dollar mark is, the sale only lasted one week. Because this bundle is designed for Windows, OSX and Linux, Linux users were a part of this audience.
But what exactly does this have to do with open source as the games themselves are still closed? *Drumroll please* Because of the overwhelming support of this project, four games from THIB are being open sourced. In fact one of the games from THIB, Lugaru, is now open source. (Interestingly enough, Icculus is behind the released code base)
I started getting into open source in the Fall of 2001, installing my first Linux distribution my first semester of college. This is literally months after Loki Software shut their doors. I have spent a decade pining for better support for the operating system I love and the movement behind this operating system. Can you tell why I'm excited?
We're about to tackle one of the last barriers in truly making Linux, and subsequently other free operating systems, a real option in everyone's homes for everything they do on their personal computer. We cannot let the same thing that happened in 2001 happen in 2010. Support these companies however you can. Donate cash, or code, or simply promote their wares. The commercial games industry is one of the largest industries in the history of the world. These developers are taking a risk by attempting to put to rest the last vestiges of FUD from the closed source camps. Let's show them that there is a Linux base that is begging for triple-A titles. We no longer want to dual-boot to Windows, and we no longer want to emulate. We want the real deal--native support for Linux in commercial games. This is why I have trouble sleeping. We're on the verge of something big here--even bigger than the industries involved--and you have a chance to make yourself heard. Don't let this chance fade.
I know these are far from the only headlines out there dealing with open operating systems and commercial gaming. If you're aware of similar projects, leave a message! We'd love to hear from you.
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Hi Travis,
Seems like I have finally found someone as excited as I am about gaming under Linux.
Great article! A lot of recent information I didn't know about. Going to try Lugaru (which you misspelled, btw). Lugaru is pronounced the same way as "Loup Garou" in French, which means werewolf.
Keep that kind of posts coming and passing them on opensource.com's twitter.
1) I'm interested in Android and very pleased that it exists as an alternative to AAPL's store, but I'm not sure much of the success it enjoys will translate to success for Linux. It uses a fairly different software stack and dev environment, so it's non-trivial to port a successful game from Android to Linux or any other OS for that matter. It's marketed to consumers in such a way that they have no idea it's Linux under the hood (indeed, why should they care?), so it's market share without mind share.
2) Though it's clearly in the works, Valve hasn't confirmed Steam for Linux yet - Phoronix saw the article you linked and jumped the gun. "All but certainly coming" would be more accurate language.
3) To your later call, "Let's show them that there is a Linux base that is begging for triple-A titles.", the whole point of the Humble Indie Bundle is that the games aren't triple-A - they're wonderful, idiosyncratic niche games from small or individual creators. The outreach should be twofold, to big studios like Valve and also to indies. You need both to have a vibrant scene - "legitimacy" and visibility from the majors, true innovation and personality from the indies.
Which brings me to my main point - as PC gaming starts to take interest in Linux again, the community needs to do everything in its power to make the OS attractive to developers. Standards implementations need to be consistent, APIs need to be solid, IDEs and debuggers need to be competitive with those of win/mac, preferably even art tools need to be competitive (GIMP and Blender make steady but very slow progress).
My day job is making AAA console action games, and I've seen firsthand how much MSFT and Sony invest in thinking strategically about their platforms and working to make to make them as easy as possible to develop for. Linux needs to think and invest comparably, but often I get the impression there is very little will to within the community. This post and its comments by indie developer Jon Blow show that when people try to do real game development on Linux they run into shortcomings, and sometimes the answer the community gives back is a pigheaded "you're doing it wrong". Attitude is the first and most important thing here, and it's the easiest to change.
In addition to pro level tools, we also need a world class entry level platform like MSFT's XNA that allows newbies to easily learn the ropes and experienced devs to get stuff done very quickly. There are some good starts with things like PyGame, but again this is one case where using the proprietary leader as a yardstick of progress will help.
Linux has a theoretical agility advantage here. XNA was MSFT trying its hardest to make a good game dev kit, and while it does many things very well it's still a pain to distribute your games using it, because it requires a certain version of the .NET framework and some other headaches - their game department's good work was undermined by the giant company's platform strategy! Linux has a real chance to outflank the competition here, but we have to want it.
I really really want there to come a day when a kid in high school who wants to learn game design or programming can download 100% free (in both senses) tools, make games with none of the strings attached you get with XNA or iphone, and find a supportive community of like-minded artists. This is actually a relatively simple challenge compared to some that open source has already overcome - remember when IE had >95% market share?
So you're right, the future is bright - but only if we work hard and stick to the vision.
> It uses a fairly different software stack and dev environment,
> so it's non-trivial to port a successful game from Android to
> Linux or any other OS for that matter.
While all of that is true, you forget one detail. It isn't all that hard to get an Android app running on a generic Linux configuration. As soon as there is demand distros will ship that capability 'out of the box.' So the only remaining obstacle is Android apps are written with assumptions about screen size and touch vs mouse that can be a problem. But if those are the only obstacles standing between a developer and a 'port' to a new platform that might raise some revenue I doubt it will pose anything like the effort of porting from DirectX.
Now factor in that cheap tablets and netbooks are already starting to appear at trade shows running Android and it means the profit motivated developer is going to be writing his apps to cope with at least the displays on a 10" netbook and the possibility of a pointer instead of a touchscreen. For the WIN!
Ah yes I can relate to your excitement. I remember my excitement in 2001 after 7 years of longing for games on Linux since games are the only reason I have a Windows machine. Well 9 years later and still playing games in Windows. I can't wait to see what Steam will put up for Linux but I wont be getting rid of Win 7 or getting too excited until I can download a game.
Just another beaten down Linux guy.
Open source gaming will never fly. No one is going to invest the $$$ to make a real game that they cannot sell, nor for an OS that no one makes money on either....No profit = no games. What we really need is someone to build an OS and development kit that is cheap but well built(not like MS which is poorly built and waaay overpriced.) Make a solid OS with a strong game development kit to go with it for a fraction of the big guys and you'll have a multibillion dollar sales boom. $50 OS that works. $250 dev kit that can make high end games, and a gaming price cap of $60 THAT would be something to get excited about. Anything else is just an unrealistic utopian dream.
first off open source gaming is doing very well thank you and the point your missing (you really should find out about what you post on) is that games (and software as a whole) released for linux does not have to be free. There is a whole host of software you have to pay for available natively for linux. And a few really good games. Linux would make a much better gaming platform then almost any other operating system due to the fact that you could install a lean distro and window manager and get way more out of your hardware then windows ever will. Personally i see gaming once the linux market opens up and gamers see what they can do in linux being primarily on something like slackware with fluxbox all packaged in a gaming package you just load your games on and btw for all the people who talk about their being too many distros urban terror is launched from any distro from a single file theres only two file options to launch the client 64 bit or 32 so apparently the distro is not that important. Also the newest video cards are now being supported in linux and ati and nvidia seem to be battling it out over the linux market. As well there are no development packages for linux because none are needed all the software is available free and easy to install.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but "open source" means openly available without paying for it. Not sure where you grew up, but where I'm from no one gives everything for nothing. Until there's a marketable-and by marketable I mean people will actually pay to own it-OS with games worth paying for, the Linux gaming community will be fanboys and techno savy people with extreme patience for figuring out why when you push this button it does the opposite of what you want-due to little or no standardized libraries. Until we all stop trying to give everything away, or vice versa charge up the wazoo, nothing's going to change and we'll ALWAYS be limited to the imagination of executives at Sony, Microsoft and the other major gaming system manufacturers. I stand by what I said. $50 OS that actually works, $250 dev-kit, and a $60 game title restriction. That's the only way games will get better, more abundant, and readily available to the common shmoe with small paycheck.
You see the problem is you are totally ignorant on the subject your talking about. (1) Open source does not mean free, see this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software
(2) just because the operating system is open source does not mean that the software created for that operating system is free, while there is a lot of free "open source" software there is a lot of software that you have to pay for (Ubuntu software center has some you have to pay for)
(3) There are tons and tons of programs, editors and packages you can use to create programs for Linux all available free and get this you can use this free program to write software then compile it and sell it for 100% profit.
(4) when you compile a program in Linux it uses the x11 window system which is standard to all Linux distro's that use a window manager so it will work on any distro.
(5) as i have stated before executable files have been created for Linux that work on any distro which is the equivalent to a windows .exe file
(6) Linux being free is what makes it so popular for developers as most software is written in Linux then compiled in windows, mac, or Linux.
(7) you use Linux everyday due to the fact that almost 90% of the servers you connect to on the internet are linux based.
(8) I am not a fanboy I think people should use the operating system that suits them best and I have suggested people stick with windows i have suggested some to use a mac and others to use Linux.
(7) My computer is running ubuntu 10.10 and it does exactly what i expect it to do cause i use a program that came with it to customize it to what i want. Windows 7 however did not and there was nothing i could do to change that.
btw mac is based on bsd and so can be considered a proprietary Linux distribution but that is a discussion for another day.
So as a closing thought next time you use a site such as Google think of Linux.
Very nice article I had similar excitement but since I am playing WoW on an ATI display, I have to stick to the usual, of course you know what I mean.
One other issue that I faced is error recovery after a power outage on a fake raid 0 array. :)
I have to echo DSmith, another beaten down Linux guy.
yes unfortunately ati's drivers suck but they are getting better, especially in linux. I know someone with an ati card who is linux exclusive and its working rather well for them. I believe tho the difference is ati is going with entirely open source ( probably since that way eventually it will require very little expense on their part for drivers for their hardware eventually) while nvidia has decided on using both. I personally like the choice and love nvidia's control panel but cudos to ati for supporting open source.
Sounds really exciting to me although I never tried any of these games so far. Some new competition on the market will only bring good things. I am worried about one thing though and you didn't mention anything about it here, do these games came fully packed with security features too? There are all on a new platform, I doubt many people will know how to handle a virus removal under these circumstances. Where can we find out more about that?
Just to answer your question best i can. As i understand it in order for a virus to affect the main part of the operating system in any way you would have to install it as root which is why it is so hard to create a virus for Linux. In order for you to get a virus on Linux you would have to Install the virus your self and give your administrative password and if it tried to hang your computer it would only succeed in hanging that one program. Cool huh?


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That happened nearly half the time the state of Ohio provided business incentives from 2005 through 2010, according to an investigation by Attorney General Mike DeWine's office. His staff reviewed 420 awards to businesses that were required, in exchange, to meet certain conditions such as creating new jobs.
In 200 of those situations, businesses receiving incentives failed to comply with the state's conditions, DeWine's staff found.
State Department of Development officials say they are looking into how much money was handed out to non-compliant businesses. Clearly, in view of the number involved, the amount was high.
Ohio is not the only victim of businesses that accept economic development incentives, then fail to meet requirements for them. Virtually every state has at least some unpleasant experience with the phenomenon.
Especially now, with the state's budget finally being put back in balance, Ohio cannot afford to hand out incentives with little or no return, however.
Development department officials indeed should determine how much money was flushed away through bad deals involving incentives. Information on how many new jobs actually were created through incentives, with per-job figures, should be provided.
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• Ashwood Drive, Georgina A. Fisher; Georgina A. Ferrara to Tricia Dianne Hall-Malcolm; Paul Stephen Malcolm, $323,000.
• Skylark Lane, Ryan Homes of New York; Nvr Inc. to Joseph A. Beale, $230,775.
• Skylark Lane, Ryan Homes of New York; Nvr Inc. to Jennifer L. Raimondo; Charles F. Raimondo, $218,660.
• Meadowbrook Acres, Linda J. Perrin; Gregory W. Perrin; Linda J. Markovich to Troy D. Baker; Kelly J. Baker, $215,000.
• Skylark Lane, Ryan Homes of New York; Nvr Inc. to Michael A. Queeno, $202,960.
• Joann Court, Paul Wert; Elissa Wert to Robert A. Lynch; Andrea K. Hurley-Lynch, $185,000.
• Ontario St., George Merkling III to Sue Ertl; Gregory Ertl, $204,000.
• Maple Road, William J. Dykstra; Anne M. Dykstra to Kristy L. Carpenter, $200,000.


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Local business having effect on neighborhood
January 23, 2013
I live directly across from the Tango Down Gun Range. I would like the owner to think about the impact of your business on our neighborhood....
How long has this range been open?
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Zoning would have prevented this range in close proximity to residences. But county residents want the freedom to dump anywhere, discard anywhere and build anything anywhere. So it's only a matter of time before the no zoning affects the voters who support no zoning. Then they will complain and have themselves to blame.
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Patriot2192, I could not agree more!
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And here I thought the good citizens of the panhandle embraced no zoning.
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Zoning has no guarantees. There's a certain amount of administrative discretion under building codes and zoning ordinances that allow projects to flourish regardless of the zoning requirements.
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Witness: victim of hit-and-run acted as a 'hero'
December 4, 2013
BEVERLY — An eye-witness believes the victim of a recent hit-and-run incident should be considered a hero for pushing another potential victim out of harm's way....
This young man continues to fight for his life in Ruby memorial Hospital and Matthew Blake has a 30,000.00 bond? He was driving under the influence of not only alcohol but illegal and prescribed drugs by his own admittance and answering a cell phone. Then he chose to take the cowards way out and run off instead of helping Joseph when critical seconds count the most! This man is a poor excuse of a human being to walk the earth and I pray to God all day that he hold joseph in his arms until Joseph has the strength to return to this world and once again be with his family and that God holds his hand in his recovery once he does recover. The man that hit him will never know what Joseph or his loved ones are going through nor does he seem to care since he didn't care enough to not drink and do drugs or answer a cell phone call while driving.I pray that God returns the pain and suffering to him that he has caused Joseph and his loved ones!I pray that God gives Joseph back to all that love h
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* Torque output both when driving and standing still.
Net output according to: ISO 1585, Dir. 89/491/EEC, ECE Reg 85
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Basic (TP-BAS)
Supplied as standard with I-Shift and gives the gearbox its basic functions.
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Tailors the gearbox's work for distribution and construction operations. Features include functions that aid the driver when starting and in close-quarter manoeuvring.
Long Haul & Fuel Economy (TP-FUEC)
Contains intelligent functions that minimise fuel consumption. This makes the program package particularly suitable for long-haul operations.
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Optimises I-Shift for heavy gross combination weights (>85 tonnes). Only available for AT2612D.
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This is my favorite picture from the whole trip. Me & my Aunt Susie talking as we hike at Chautauqua Park. I was wearing Gray in the mei tai on my back. It was beautiful there.
June 13, 2007
I Left My Heart In Colorado
This is my favorite picture from the whole trip. Me & my Aunt Susie talking as we hike at Chautauqua Park. I was wearing Gray in the mei tai on my back. It was beautiful there.
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What a beautiful picture!ReplyDelete
We are partners for the gift swap! I just got back from DC, so I will email you with my info asap! I'm excited!!
Happy Wednesday!
Beautiful picture. Thanks for sharing and Happy WW.ReplyDelete
Smiles and Blessings,
Angel Mama ():)
those are really beautiful mountains. Have a great Wednesday.ReplyDelete
Great picture! Love the Mountains :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous view.ReplyDelete
I love how Gray always seems to be in tow somewhere. :o) It's kind of like where's waldo. I know you cherish this time of having him so close to you.
Many blessings.
pictures have been great from your vac. makes me want to take a trip out west. I have to say I only wish I could have more baby to get a mei tai so I could wear a baby I wish those were around when I had my baby, so neat.ReplyDelete
Great shot... Looks so serene and peaceful! I am so glad that you had such a good time!ReplyDelete
My WW is up, too. Come by, if you get a chance! :)
Oh so beautiful. I love anything green, especially that beautiful view.ReplyDelete
Great WW!
Breathtaking! Your vacation photo's look fake, it's so beautiful... I'm putting Colorado on our list of must go to's!ReplyDelete
WOW WOW is all I can say.ReplyDelete
Happy Wednesday
Oh.... so pretty! What a beautiful picture! Thanks for sharing! Happy Wednesday!ReplyDelete
Beautiful picture indeed. Looks very relaxingReplyDelete
That's gorgeous! What a neat trip.ReplyDelete
this is just stunning..I would love to visit!ReplyDelete
Love this picture...So glad you got to spend quality time with your Aunt Susie...ReplyDelete
Love the pic!ReplyDelete
What a peaceful picture!!ReplyDelete
Have a great Wednesday!
"Purple mountain majesties...."ReplyDelete
That is beautiful. I was thinking "is he in a wrap or Mei Tai" hard to tell :-) but I could tell you were wearing him!ReplyDelete
Stunning! Looks like a perfect day for a Mei Tai. ;)ReplyDelete
Beautiful Picture!!ReplyDelete
Great picture! I'd love to visit Colorado...ReplyDelete
Happy WW!
Beautiful Scene!ReplyDelete
BTW I have 2 Aunt Sues myself. : )
Happy WW!
What a beautiful picture. Colorado has been on our "places to visit" list for awhile now. It's going to have to wait a few years, but I'll get there!ReplyDelete
That IS a beautiful photo!ReplyDelete
That IS a beautiful photo!ReplyDelete
I love Colorado... I want to pack up all my stuff and move to Boulder one day.... just because they have bike lanes everywhere...We'd never need a car- I guess except when it got really cold.ReplyDelete
I know, I absolutely love Colorado. It's one of the most beautiful places. I'm so glad you had a great time. : )ReplyDelete
You confirm everything I've heard about Colorado. Can't wait to get there one day. Thanks for sharing the happy memory with us (and managing to advertise the mei tais all at the same time! Well done!).ReplyDelete
Colorado looks gorgeous! I want to go there someday. That's a great picture. thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Wow, what a great pic! The scenery is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
See? You can wear babies in my beautiful state, too. Beautiful photo, Steph.ReplyDelete
I can't get, "The fields are alive..." out of my head now!!ReplyDelete
Great photo!
Happy WW!
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That is soooo pretty!ReplyDelete
That is so pretty, and what a wonderful time it sounds looks like you had.ReplyDelete
Happy WW
So beautiful!!!ReplyDelete
What a great picture that is. I'm sure you'll tresure it always!ReplyDelete
Wow, what a beautiful picture!ReplyDelete
Very beautiful! We enjoyed Colorado a few years ago, it was nice. (of course we only brought one child with us, who was a baby, so that could have made everything a bit more beautiful, or at least quieter, lol)ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous shot!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous picture! I love how it is framed.ReplyDelete
breathe taking.ReplyDelete
What an INCREDIBLE photo!! Oh, I miss the mountains...ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous setting!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! I can imagine how special the picture is to you. Happy WW!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful pic! And did you see my post about AP Kid's books last week? There is a great book in that list about "A Ride on Mama's Back: A Day of Baby Carrying Around The World." I thought of you when I found that book!ReplyDelete
Love it, Steph. There is nothing like Colorado. I never take pictures of inanimate objects...that is until I went to Colorado! It's breathtaking!ReplyDelete
And who could blame you...beautiful.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful photo, both the scenery and the memory you will treasure.ReplyDelete
I can see that I've missed something by not visiting CO (yet).
Its very pretty, i can see why its a favorite.ReplyDelete
Happy WW.
Beautiful pictures...I feel so blessed to have been born and raised there.ReplyDelete
so beautiful there.. i cant wait to one day visit it!!!>. thank you so much for the thoughts for my little boy.. they released him this evening and he is doing soooo much better!!!ReplyDelete
WOW - what a beautiful picture - and such an incredible place! :)ReplyDelete


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Friday, February 7, 2014
Wando had 12 wrestlers advance in their respective weight classes, with three first-place finishes, in the Region VII tournament Wednesday at Cane Bay High.
Alex Cullen finished first in the 120-pound class, Ben Crutchfield first in the 132-pound class and Brandon Robinson first at 170 pounds. Crutchfield is a four-time region champion, while Cullen wins his second.
"It feels awesome to know that all that hard work paid off and to have my two other teammates win first also," Crutchfield said. "And to have 12 total wrestlers going to Lower State is a great bonus."
To advance to Lower State, wrestlers had to finish third or better in their weight class. Darren Scott (106) placed second, Rob McAdams (138) third, Joey Paragano (145) third, Tyler Egonut (152) third, Jeremy Petit (160) second, Ryan Williams (182) second, Zola Davis (195) third, Hunter Allen (220) second and Love Scott (285) second.
All will move on to wrestle in the Lower State tournament, beginning Feb. 21 at Beaufort High School.
"It gives us some added momentum and shows everyone that we can go toe to toe with the teams we'll be seeing this weekend," Crutchfield said.
Saturday, Wando will begin competition in the Class 4A state duals, the SCHSL team playoff tournament. Wando is the No. 1 seed out of Region VII and will host Region VIII No. 4 seed Beaufort in the opening match.
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on October 5, 2012 - 12:15 AM
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi was holding his daily pregame dugout briefing last weekend in Toronto's Rogers Centre when a reporter asked him how critical it would be for the Yankees to avoid finishing as a wild-card team rather than as the winner of the American League East.
Arms crossed in front of him, Girardi shook his head. Everyone around baseball is happy two more teams were added this year to the postseason party but nobody really wanted a part of the new slots.
"I do think it's a good thing there's two more," Girardi said. "And I enjoy what it's meant to September. But I am not a fan of the one-game playoff. I think teams work too hard to get to that point. To have it come down to one game? That's tough. We said it was going to be a very competitive American League and it has been. This group of teams has gotten closer together."
Two years ago, of course, it didn't matter how you got into the playoffs so the Yankees chose to get their pitching in order and basically ceded the division to the Rays over the season's final days before eventually losing to Texas in the American League Championship Series. Largely because of the Yankees' indifference, Bud Selig & Co. made sure the division was made paramount again with this year's change that adds a second wild-card to each league but makes them play off to get to the division series.
Girardi's team avoided the one-game showdown by clinching the East Wednesday against against the surrender-mode Red Sox, leaving the upstart Baltimore Orioles to travel to Texas in tonight's inaugural AL wild-card playoff. In the National League, St. Louis will travel to meet the Chippers, er, Braves in what amounts to a grudge match over last year's wild-card race.
The Braves and Cardinals will certainly take their one-game shot, as they couldn't catch the Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds, respectively, in their divisions. The Orioles haven't been in the playoffs since 1997 so they're fine with it too.
The Rangers? No way.
The two-time defending AL champions blew the West Division by going 4-9 in the final 13 games and dropping the final three games in Oakland. That allowed the upstart A's to claim the crown and a direct path to the division series opener in Detroit.
So in addition to not winning the division and having to play an extra game, the Rangers have to run out Yu Darvish to start tonight's game rather than having him open Game One of the division series and be available for a potential Game Five. The Orioles, meanwhile, are taking a huge risk by starting lefty Joe Saunders. He's 0-6 with a 9.38 ERA in his career at Rangers Ballpark. He'll likely be on a very short leash.
"The opportunity is still there," Texas manager Ron Washington said after Wednesday's stunning 12-5 loss in the winner-take-all AL West showdown in Oakland. "We just have to go out and play our style of baseball."
The Rangers, remember, went into the playoffs last year with huge momentum off a 10-1 finish to the regular season. Pretty different scenario this time. The Rangers are trying to become the first team to go to the World Series three years in a row since the Yankees went to four straight from 1998-2001, and but Texas is trying to become the first three-peater to lose the first two since the Yankees of 1921-23.
Odd standings note: Under the old format, Texas and Baltimore would have tied for the lone wild-card and been forced to stage a one-game showdown anyway.
One thing the extra game will do is make longer odds for the wild-cards to go deeper in the playoffs if they use top starters to pitch the game and not be available twice in the division series. Since beginning in 1995, the wild-card has won the World Series five times (Florida in 1997 and 2003, Anaheim in 2002, Boston in 2004 and St. Louis last year) and lost it five times.
But there's plenty of bad karma around for favorites too. Don't look for the team with the best record to win the Series. That's only happened three times since 1990 (by the Yankees in 1998 and 2009, and by the Red Sox in 2007). So that's a piece of bad news for the 98-win Nationals, who are going deep into October for the first time since they were the 1981 Montreal Expos.
Tonight's National League game is an interesting one. What better retribution is there for the Braves than the chance to knock out the Cardinals? After all, they were team that came out of nowhere to steal the wild-card from Atlanta on the last night of 2011 and then went all the way to a World Series title. And with Chipper Jones' career hanging in the balance, the Braves will call on Kris Medlen to pitch and hope to continue his incredible streak of 23 straight winning starts.
The Yankees await the winner of the Orioles and Rangers, while the Stephen Strasburg-less Nationals await the Braves-Cardinals survivor. Perhaps the worst thing for the Yankees might be three days rest before their opener cooling off the ridiculously hot bat of Robinson Cano, who finished the season 23 for 38 and tied his career high with six RBIs in Wednesday's finale.
The division series rules have been changed this year, allowing teams from the same division to meet in that round. So we could see Yankees-Orioles and Nationals-Braves, matchups that were not allowed in the past.
The format has also been changed this year to a 2-3 rotation of games, with the Yankees and Nats in the odd position of having to open on the road despite having their league's best record. The late addition of the second wild-card and the tight calendar to try to finish the World Series by Nov. 1 meant the normal 2-2-1 was not possible this year. But it will return in 2013.
Two other division series matchups are already set for Saturday and don't get impacted by the extra game. In the American League, Detroit and Oakland meet in an intriguing rematch of their 2006 ALCS won by the Tigers on Magglio Ordonez's Game Five walk-off home run in Comerica Park. In the National League, the 97-win Reds meet the 94-win Giants, who are trying to win a second World Series in three years after going 0 for their first 52 years out West. The Reds have not won a playoff series since a 1995 NLDS sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
As for predictions, a Tigers-Giants World Series was this corner's thought back in the March preview editions. The last several weeks had a Reds-Rangers matchup percolating but Texas' late-season struggles KO that. Original thoughts prevail.
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4 vehicles stolen from home near Albion
ALBION -- Four small vehicles estimated at being worth $8,000 were stolen from a garage at a Conneaut Township home, police said.
State police at Girard said at least one unidentified person broke into the garage of a home in the 9500 block of Porky Road and took two red and black Honda ATVs and two small, white, off-road motorcycles.
Police said it is unclear exactly when the burglary and theft happened. They estimate it was between 5:30 p.m. Thursday and 7:20 a.m. Saturday.
Police said they believe the vehicles were pushed through a man door at the garage, then loaded onto a pickup truck.
The person also apparently smashed a mailbox at the home.


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Source: Microsoft [TechNet]
quote: They are large markets, but they're markets operating at a loss. Microsoft/Nokia/HTC are most likely losing money selling phones in Russia/China/India. This isn't a design win for them.
quote: The people in India and China aren't buying these phones because they think they're better, they're buying them because they're being sold cheap. The Chinese and Indians with money are buying Apple or Samsung phones, and those are the only phones making a profit.


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Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5-33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year. Over 40 different foodborne microbial pathogens, including fungi, viruses, parasites, and bacteria, are believed to cause human illnesses. For six bacterial pathogens, the costs of human illness are estimated to be $9.3-$12.9 billion annually. Of these costs, $2.9-$6.7 billion are attributed to foodborne bacteria. These estimates were developed to provide analytical support for USDA's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems rule for meat and poultry. (Note that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is not included in this report.) To estimate medical costs and productivity losses, ERS uses four severity categories for acute illnesses: those who did not visit a physician, visited a physician, were hospitalized, or died prematurely. The lifetime consequences of chronic disease are included in the cost estimates for E. coli O157:H7 and fetal listeriosis.
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Source: Eurogamer
quote: Corporations exist to make money. Government's should not.
quote: I love how corporate sympathizers love shove the "don't buy it" argument in the face of consumers, while attacking government for the exact same behavior that corporations exhibit (money grabbing) while ignoring their own cardinal rule that they impose on consumers: if you don't like it, don't buy(in this case, do business).


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and didst finally confess, after taking Muche Tea:
> The Secretary of HomIntern wrote:
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>>>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:23:13 -0500, Archie Leach sat in thee Comfee
>>>>>>Chaire, and didst finally confess, after taking Muche Tea:
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something incredibly lame out there and I ramming it right back down
your throat. And you wonder how I just did what I did to you. You wonder
how I can make something so lame that you tossed out there so gosh darn
amusing when I fling it back at ya.
"Here's the secret: Unlike you, I am *not* retarded. You're tardness
gets in your way every single time, fagboi.
"Are you still crying over your keyboard, c0ckslurper? Is your mouth
wide open and drool falling out. Is your chunky body convulsing as you
think about how you were once again made a fool of? Are yellow boogie
snots running out of your unnaturally large nose down your triple chins?
"Look at what I reduced you too, tard.. I thoroughly enjoy owning and
abusing you.. Thanks for being so tarded and so easy to beat." -- The
PorchMonkey4Life has gone on to re-define red as yellow, black as white,
and being run over by a truck as just a scratch. Message-ID:
"And no, I did not have sex with my son. But if I did I certainly
wouldn't tell you. Something so beautiful and precious should be kept
private." -- Kathy L. Mosesian, or possibly not really her, confesses
she may be a liar and committer of incest with her own son, in MID:
The reporter asked Colin Powell (or George Bush), "What proof do you
have that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction?"
He replied, "We kept the receipts." -- Bill Hicks
Looney Maroon nominee for August 2006 Johnny D Wentzky foamed:
"You never asked someone who goes into areas of the internet that are
only for adults who has an underage id somehow or another if they are a
cop posing as an underage person online?
I guess lots of people just don't watch dateline or read stories much.
Why don;t you go to pervertedjustice,com and see what they do. They are
awash in their self-proclaimed glory after they lied to membners of the
They are awash in their self-proclaimed glory after they posed as an
underage person and agreed to do all sorts of sex acts wioth adult
males, and they are adults posing as teenager themselves. They make
themsleves into liars by falsely impersonating underage persons and by
not fuilfilling the words they tell the victims online in their chats.
Why don't you read it where they tell these victims of their deceit
about how they have been with grown men and such? Why don't you read it
where they say, "That would be cool." after someone makes an advance
towards an adult who is posing as a teenager? And, where they agree to
meet the person, etc.
Lost control, didn't you?
Is that why you feel as if you need to lie so much now? I see where lots
of these false impersonation games are not sticking. They feel as if
they can lie and then order the victims to get counseling in the
gayblade, governmental, pro-choice tax leech counseling centers. They
are doing nothing more than usury and fraud in many cases." -- Wentzky
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ELKO, Nev. -- It was a battle of two evenly matched teams, but in the end, the short-handed Fallon boys soccer team could not upset Truckee in a semifinal game of the Northern I-A regional tournament.
After the Greenwave lost a player due to a pair of yellow cards, the Wolverines were able to wear them down for a 1-0 win Friday at Adobe Middle School.
"They beat us a man up," said Fallon coach Nate Waite, who was disappointed in the officiating. "I'm really proud of the way my guys played. I felt our guys worked hard."
Nash McMullen scored the Wolverines lone goal. Jose Sarabia deflected the ball to McMullen, and the senior captain put the ball into the back of the net in the 64th minute.
Even with the win and spot to the state tournament locked up, Truckee coach Casey Eberhardt was not entirely thrilled with his team's play and gave a lot of credit to the Wave.
"Fallon played with a lot of heart," Eberhardt said. "I think they came out with more tempo. I thought we expected it to be an easy game and it wasn't."
Both teams had opportunities throughout the contest. Truckee had a chance to notch a goal in the early going with a direct kick just outside of the box. The Wolverines' Jesse Fereira, however, kicked it right into the Fallon wall, and the two went into halftime scoreless.
In the second half, Fallon's Chuy Lopez picked up a pair of yellow cards and was ejected from the game. The Greenwave were forced to play the remainder of the contest with just 10 players on the field.
"I felt the possession was quite even but feel a lot of the momentum was changed by fouls that were called," Waite said.
Fallon keeper Ian Foster made several nice saves to keep the game close.
While Fallons (13-9-5) season comes to end a win short of state, Truckee (24-2) advances to the regional final Saturday against Sparks at 10 a.m. The winner will take the top seed at state from the north, while the loser will have to play the southern champ in the state semifinals.


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Was this article posted on April 1st?
Was it in the satire section?
Ken Holland.....and the phrase "best GM".....should have a minimum 3-sentence separation, required by law. (Which I just broke).
The parity of this league means that with shrewd management, any team can win in any year. Ken Holland has let this team crumble, afraid to do anything of significance, and a could-have-been dynasty has been reduced to the rubble of mediocrity.
There is no more "rebuilding" in this league, save for the horrendous cases (Edmonton). In any given year, a team can make a few shrewd moves and win. If Holland was as good as people say he is, given the core we had, we should've been MORE successful. Pointing to the team's success and saying, "well, it was still better than most" is a cop-out to the fact that it should've been better.


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The "official" API is REST. The SDK ships with a sample client library that gives you some .NET goodness on top of the REST API.
I'll turn it around... do you see it as necessary for us to support a client library? Is the sample enough to make you comfortable? We'd love feedback on this.
By the way, if you want the code (or want to find out what I did wrong), you can get it on my blog at http://blog.smarx.com/posts/windows-azure-blog-source-code-from-pdc.
I think that the REST API's are a good foundation to build upon because it makes Azure equally accessible regardless of the tools or platform that you choose to build your application. However, I also think that an object-based library built on top of the
REST API is important.
This is not about being unable to understand how to use an HTTP request to call the REST api, but rather why should everyone need to write this code?
Without the an object-based API, everyone will either copy/paste your samples into their application or they will manually rewrite nearly identical code and create unnecessary divergence. That seems wasteful to me.
I think that Microsoft should provide at least a .NET library on top of the REST api so that everyone doesn't need to waste their time building the plumbing. It could be a simply wrapper on top of the REST API and you could open source the wrapper code so that other platforms can see how to implement it.
Good talk. I was just wondering, how I could connect to the local db that was created to browse the content.
thanks alot
I think it was agood session,
seconde , I'm new in azure I think it's the first day to me I setup azure and create application and publish it but while registeration it asked me the invitation token key [ I don't know where I get it ] ,when cancel I found 0 hosting service and 0 storage service
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quote: How about if you cause an accident becasue you were distracted you lose your driving privledges for a year?
quote: This idea that people are inherently rational and always make the right decisions under the guise personal responsibility is downright fantasy (like the gold standard).
quote: Rather than putting in false safety nets...
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She's famous in Japan and in the U.S. since she debuted in 1999. Does anyone listen to her music?
iv never listened to her
ive never listened 2 her either
has a beautiful voicei am nothing. i am betsuni
where is a good place to listen to her
I only started listening to her after playing Kingdom Hearts. But yea, she really has a beautiful voice. Likes headphones... A lot.
Hikari is prolly my favorite. Likes headphones... A lot.
she is on kingdon harts i think i have heard her
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Yes. Hikaru Utada is awesome!!! One of my favorites is the song "Traveling". I can listen to that all day XD
It's called, "Baby come back to me". it's from her new album."I love anime and manga! Also J-Rock!"
i have her music on my mp4...and she is quite good
when i first heared utada hikari it was from the original kindom hearts game i got. it was japanese english subtitle. but i did love it. so i started listening to her more and more now i think she's awesome. favorite song is sakura.««∂σηt ℓєt tнє ƒα¢є ƒσσℓ уσυ.tιѕ ιт αℓℓ αη α¢t»»


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Ignacio resident Max Joseph Aragon, III, died of liver failure Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in Durango. He was 66.
Known as �Boy,� he was born to Marie (Romero) and Max Aragon II on Jan. 29, 1946, in Durango and grew up in Durango and Ignacio. Mr. Aragon graduated from Durango High School and played football for Fort Lewis College.
He worked as a heavy-equipment operator for Burnett Construction and the city of Durango, then for Imperial Valley County in Brawley, Calif., where he retired.
He married Shirley Lucero in Durango. The marriage later ended in divorce.
Mr. Aragon was involved in the Catholic Church, where he was a member of Knights of Columbus for many years in Brawley, also serving as grand knight.
He moved back to Ignacio 2� years ago.
�His obsession with the Denver Broncos infuriated his friends in California, but he was a diehard fan until the end,� his family said. �He loved riding motorcycles with his son, Max, until he passed away three years ago. He enjoyed his friends and meeting new people. He also loved Durango, and the lakes, rivers and the mountains were his home.�
Mr. Aragon was preceded in death by his son Max �Jojo� Aragon.
He is survived by his companion, Margaret Herrera, of Ignacio; mother, Marie Romero Barfell, of Indio, Calif.; daughters Geraldine Aragon of Ignacio and Ami Aragon of Los Angeles; son Perfecto Aragon of Tucson, Ariz.; brother, Eddie D. Aragon, of Vista Center, Calif.; sister, Charlette Zomora, of Denver; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 254 East Fifth Ave. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, also at Sacred Heart. The Rev. Joseph L. Gallegos will be the celebrant. Burial will take place at Greenwood Memorial Lawn in Phoenix.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Liver Foundation at www.liverfoundation.org.


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text: Ernest F. Oakwood, 96, Warriors Mark Township, died Monday. He was born in Tyrone, son of Franklin A. and Elizabeth May Oakwood. Surviving are a daughter, Linda Soellner; four grandchildren; a sister, Amber Walizer; and his ex-wife, Lasca McCahan. He was preceded in death by siblings: Elizabeth LaBraque, Ruby Dubbs, Barbara Elder, triplets Alice, Lottie May and John Oakwood and Albert Oakwood. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Friends will be received from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 10 until the 11 a.m. funeral service Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at Richard H. Searer Funeral Home Inc., Tyrone.


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The Williamsport Sun-Gazette was named a Top 10 daily section and honorable mention Sunday section in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest during judging this past week in Orlando, Fla.
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"I know how important this is to our many readers to provide a lasting record of their team or child's achievement." Oravec said. "Sun-Gazette articles and photos are part of the sports history of our area and will continue to be a prized piece of scrapbook memorabilia throughout Lycoming County."
The contest, which judged entries from 2012, marked the third consecutive year the Sun-Gazette's sports section has captured APSE awards in its category of under 30,000 circulation.
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Highlights in the Sun-Gazette's daily entries were the Little League World Series, the PIAA baseball and softball championships, a look at the Montgomery football players' positive attitudes despite a winless season and preseason defections, as well as the District 4 cross-country and soccer postseason.
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Wait....ISN'T he confirmed for the alumni game? I remember reading a bunch of stuff saying he'd be there.
He was confirmed for the original alumni game when it was supposed to take place last year. The lockout took a s*** on everybody, and now we don't know if he'll be playing this year.


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The Mets were already losing 15-0 when it started raining. They cancelled the game, my hot dog got wet, and a fat person stepped on my toes on the train ride home. What a crapwreck.
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Arkansas lawmakers have sent to Gov. Mike Beebe legislation setting up a program to use federal Medicaid money to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents. A separate budget bill still is pending.
Senators approved setting up a "private option" as an alternative to expanding Medicaid's enrollment under the federal health care law. Tuesday's vote was on a bill the House had amended.
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In collaboration with SRI International, one of the nation's foremost research institutions, the Museum has been developing and testing an observation tool for science, mathematics and reading. The handheld tool allows users to collect data from multiple classroom visits, aggregate data using a Web server application, and analyze the aggregated data using a series of online reports. To date, this versatile tool has been used in several different contexts, including helping to identify staff development needs; providing feedback to future teachers completing their internships (see STEPS project); supporting peer coaching efforts (see SUPI project), and providing data in support of research studies (see ECHOS project).
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CIL developed and completed comprehensive field-testing of eight thematic units, designed to enhance hands-on investigative science in after-school programs run by local community-based organizations. CIL staff delivered training to after-school providers at all 87 participating program sites, and also developed and distributed APEX Science Toolkits to each site.
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For this 3-year initiative, the Center is collaborating with University of Miami's Department of Psychology and SRI International on a research study aimed at obtaining evidence of the potential efficacy of a museum-developed early science readiness curriculum and related teacher professional development. ECHOS builds on an existing core of science curriculum units already developed by the Museum and pilot tested with selected preschool centers in Miami. By expanding the existing units across the learning domains of early math, language, literacy, social, and motor development, the proposed project will demonstrate the potential of the ECHOS curriculum and professional development program to improve teacher practice and student achievement at the preschool level.
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