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Halloween is a great time of year for declaring your gaming passions to the world. Not only can you purchase or create the perfect costume, but it's also an excellent opportunity to decorate your abode and throw a Halloween-themed gamer party. In this article I'll offer tips for Halloween decor, costuming and make-up, party themes and ideas, and inspirations for expressing yourself online.
Decorating Your Space for Gamer Halloween
Your local dollar or discount store is chock-full of affordable decorations this time of year. With any video game theme you prefer, you can also add Halloween elements like spiders and spiderweb, bats, and other creepies and imagine your universe taken over by scary paranormal elements.
For a quick transformation of your space, hang colored sheets on the walls, or purchase wall decals inspired by your favorite video games. Also check out my previous article: Keeping House, Gamer Style for decorating tips and sources for decor products.
Etsy.com has a huge gallery of Halloween decor items. Body parts are also easy to come by, and outdoor decorating items like fences and tombstones help create terrifying ambience.
Don't forget your pumpkins can reflect your gamer passions. Here's a cute alien-inspired creation and a gallery of gorgeous gaming pumpkins, as well.
Costumes and Make-up
Costumes and make-up can be as easy or complicated as you're up for. Taking inspiration from cosplay (costume play involving video game, anime, and super-hero characters) will kick your efforts up a notch. The cosplayers dress up regularly, and take the notion of costuming to an entirely new level. You can visit the forums on Cosplay.com to participate in discussions about specific game franchises, and share your own creations.
If you're seriously creative, the reality show Face Off (SyFy, Hulu) shows you how Hollywood make-up effects are created:
Sources for video game inspired costumers:
- If you'd prefer to buy costumes pre-made, you can find dozens of them on CosplayShopper.com.
- Gamer Halloween costumes on PCWorld.com.
- Costume ideas from GameInformer.com.
- Don't forget your pet! Etsy lets you dress the little darling up like Luigi!
- Check out Pinterest for great gamer costume ideas.
Quick and easy Halloween make-up
- Anime, manga and gamer make-up.
- Dead girl (or guy) Halloween make-up.
- Halloween make-up on Pinterest.
Gamer Halloween Parties and Party Ideas
As usual, Etsy is a perfect place to go for novel decorating items. There is a Decor and Party category, and another full of handmade novelty items you can use to decorate or to hand out to your guests.
Party themes
- Zombie Apocalypse
This one is easy and fun. Encourage guests to come dressed as zombies and play horrible zombie b-movies in the background. Food can involve body parts (like this gross hand meatloaf), of course, and gross everyone out with bodily fluids punch. A GAME OVER wall decal will drive the message home.
- Gothic Halloween parties
An excellent approach to take if you're a fan of gothic horror or steampunk. WikiHow has a useful article full of spooky ideas.
- Retro gamer Halloween
Mario, Luigi and the Princess have been spooked! A balloon wall creeped out with cobwebs and spiders can also add some gamer whimsy and provide late-in-the-party fun. You can fill the balloons with novelty items before blowing them up. You can also layer gamer wall decals with Halloween ones for maximum scare factor.
- Halloween games LAN party
Have your friends come to the party with laptops loaded with Halloween games. Big Fish has several fun titles, like Amelie's Halloween Cafe, Halloween: The Pirate's Curse, Haunted Hotel, and Halloween: Trick or Treat. You can even turn the party into an alternate reality game by slipping guests scary messages and having game-related flash mobs in the living room.
- Minecraft Halloween
This one is easy to do with boxes and other simple elements, and you can always create a Minecraft worm cake.
- Vampires Take Over party
Encourage guests to dress like vampires and spend the evening drinking blood.
Party games and decorations
Role-playing or solving a mystery
These games are fun anytime of year, but especially relevant around Halloween. Get your guests solving a murder – you can always change a game so that it follows your video game theme (Who killed Master Chief?!)
Gamer scavenger hunt
Have your guests scour your neighborhood for video game items. It's best to enroll your neighbors in this one, and guarantee that you'll return borrowed items, or limit the finds to photos. Some suggested items:
- A skull
- Cobweb
- Pumpkins carved or stenciled with video game themes
- In-game items like powerups (make them yourself)
- Video game controllers (increase the challenge by asking for one of each kind!)
- Specific game titles
- A house where they are playing a Halloween-inspired video game
- Someone dressed in a game-related costume
- Any items that are orange or black (keep it simple!)
Play witch's straw with your own video-game cut-outs.
Do a mummy wrap by passing out rolls of toilet paper and encouraging guests to get creative.
Play 'What Am I?' with video game characters.
The Withered Corpse is a body parts guessing game where guests feel their way to victory.
Party edibles and treats
- There are zillions of cakes and cupcake varieties you can make. Spook up any theme with sugar spun cob-webs, candy pumpkins and other Halloween bling. Items like these cheesy crescent ghosts can be transformed into video game items, or even your favorite characters (dripping with blood and guts, of course).
- I love these eyeball lollipops, chocolate brains, and do-you-dare apothecary vials on Etsy.
- Turn your kitchen into a creepy cooking laboratory and let everyone join in. A quick and easy way to add video game elements is to print cupcake wrappers, placemats, labels, and other items on your printer.
- Want to up the ante? Here's a prosciutto head on a platter you can weave into any zombie apocalypse theme.
- Need still more ideas? Halloween food on Pinterest.
Express yourself online!
You should definitely plan to show off your creations online, and even participate in some costume contests or at least post your creative work on Flickr, Pinterest or Tumblr.
- Costume Works 2013 Halloween Contest
- Halloween Express DIY Costume Contest
I hope you've found some inspiration here! Please add your comments and other ideas for an excellent gamer Halloween.


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Shane Larkin named Lute Olson POY
The awards keep rolling in for the University of Miami Mens Basketball team. Just a few days ago, Coach Jim Larranaga took home the AP Coach of the Year award. Now, his sensational point guard (and someone he hopes returns for another year) has some more hardware to add to the trophy case.
Shane Larkin Named Lute Olson Player of the Year He's first recipient of Lute Olson Award in program history
ATLANTA –The ACC Player of the Year added more hardware Friday. Sophomore guard Shane Larkin was named the Lute Olson National Player of the Year at theCollegeInsider.com awards banquet in Atlanta, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.
The sophomore, who was selected to the Lute Olson All-America team, is the first recipient of the Lute Olson Award in Miami history.
Larkin was instrumental in Miami's run to the Sweet 16. The Orlando, Fla., native led the Canes in scoring (14.5 ppg), assists (164), steals (71) and 3-point percentage (.406). A finalist for the Cousy Award, Larkin's stellar play helped Miami accomplish several program firsts, including rising to No. 2 in the pools, beating No. 1 Duke and winning both the ACC regular season championship and the ACC Tournament championship.
The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons with his respective team. Freshmen and first-year transfers can be named to the All-America team, but are not eligible to receive the Player of the Year honors.
The award is named in honor of coaching great Lute Olson, who won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
Shane Larkin's 2012-13 Awards • Lute Olson National Player of the Year • AP Second Team All-American • John Wooden All-American • Bob Cousy Award finalist (top 5) • Naismith Player of the Year candidate (top 30) • Wooden Award finalist (top 15) • Third Team All-American – The Sporting News • Second Team All-American – NABC• Lute Olson All-American • Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American• USBWA All-District IV Team • ACC Tournament MVP • ACC Player of the Year (Coaches) • ACC All-Tournament First Team • All-ACC First Team (Coaches) • All-ACC Defensive Team (Coaches) • All- ACC First Team (ASCMA) • All-ACC Defensive Team (ASCMA) • ACC Player of the Year – Sports Illustrated (Seth Davis) • Second Team All-American – ESPN (Jason King) • ACC Player of the Year – ESPN (Jason King) • All-ACC First Team – ESPN (Jason King) • Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week – Feb. 4 • ACC Player of the Week – Feb. 4
About Ed
Ed is one half of the Sports Brothers. He has been in the radio industry for 14 years working in several formats including urban and talk. Upon returning to Miami in 2006 and working at WTPS, he and Jeff Fox were paired up and started The Sports Brothers.

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Advocates who demand non-judgmental public policies out of a sense of guilt only lead vagrants into dependence.
Back in the days of TV's Andy Griffith, Otis Campbell, the town drunk, would put himself in jail so as not to bother anyone in Mayberry. The sensibilities back then were straightforward: Show compassion to Otis' humanity, but hold him accountable for his decisions and behavior while protecting private and public property.
Today, this idea is anathema to many homeless advocates in Sarasota who favor more government support and protections. Others, however, are concerned about the unintended consequences of allowing people to live at will on the streets.
According to The Heritage Foundation, homelessness is usually a transitional condition, with individuals who lose housing typically residing in an emergency shelter for a few weeks or months before re-entering permanent housing. In 2009, one out of 180 poor people was homeless in the literal sense of being on the street and without shelter. Studies also show that on a typical night, shelters have an average vacancy rate of 10%, so there are enough beds to meet the need.
Because more people become temporarily homeless over the course of a year than are homeless at any single point, most homeless people are one-time victims.
As you can see, "the homeless" is a poor description of the individuals the community is concerned about. A more accurate description would be: vagrants. Granted, some individuals are wandering the streets because of psychiatric or substance-abuse problems. For them, many avenues of help are offered in the community. No one is begrudging private charities, churches and families that historically have taken the lead offering assistance and hope to those whose freewill is broken.
But it is unacceptable to defend those who defecate in public, commit crime and engage in behaviors that violate property rights. Advocates who demand loose non-judgmental public policies out of a sense of guilt, pity and self-promoting compassion only lead vagrants into dependence and despondence instead of personal responsibility and dignity.
The role of government is to protect people and their property, so government's responsibility addressing the vagrant issue must defend a larger moral principle. Morality is based on the simple idea that anything that harms a person or his property is immoral. For example, murder, rape, theft or vandalism is immoral, and there are criminal laws against such acts. Even behaviors that cause property values to be diminished can be seen as immoral so consistent laws must also be applied to protect abuses that are seen and must be foreseen.
People, homeowners and businesses have the right not to have their persons or property harmed, damaged, disrupted and capital destroyed as a result of the free choice made by vagrants. Citing and arresting vagrants who cause property to be harmed by direct or indirect means is morally right and as such is lawful policy.
Likewise, public property also has a moral component attached. The government has the responsibility to regulate and protect public property so it can be used and enjoyed equally. Vagrants who behave in ways that negate this social contract should be cited and removed just like any other citizen who is violating the rule of law on public land.
In short, vagrants have the right to their persons and property under the rule of law, but they do not have the right to harm the property of others.
Soaring rhetoric to protect "the homeless" based on feelings of social justice violates the rights and moral basis do-gooders claim they want to protect. Policies that create the incentives for more dependency and despondence epitomize what can only be called immoral compassion.
T.S. Eliot summed up the psychological reality of those who want government policy to embrace vagrants."Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves."
Even Barney Fife understood these lessons.
Dean Kalahar teaches economics at Sarasota High School.


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Howard County Executive Ken Ulman made good on a bet Wednesday about Sunday's Battle of the Beltways. The Ravens fan wore an RG3 jersey as he picked up trash. As Prince George's County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports, Ulman's loss is a win for more than football fans.
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CPE is pleased to announce that we now offer access to a list of our Child Welfare Resource Library holdings through the CPE website! This service is different from the links to the online publications available through the Child Welfare Information Gateway that we offer in each edition of the Excellence in Training Quarterly. Rather, these are books, journals, articles, and movies that you can check out from our library in the Dolloff Building in Concord. This means that staff will be able to quickly and easily browse the library's holdings and then reserve resources that address a wide variety of topics. The CPE Resource Library includes items that cover topics including Substance Abuse, Training, Gender, LGBT issues, Management, Professional Development, Resources, Children's Literature, Journals, Social Work topics, Mental Health, Cultural Competency, Adolescent topics, Child Development, and many, many more.
In order to access the library, simply surf to the CPE website (www.unh.edu/cpe), choose Library from the menu at the top of the page, and then click CPE Resource Library from the drop down menu.
To receive a book, simply identify the resource you'd like to request (search by Title, Author's Last Name, or Topic), and then either call 603-271-4732 or email your request to Diane Behrens at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Turn Genius Hour Into Genius Year
Genius Hour is exciting. Instead of giving students assignments with predetermined topics and step-by-step instructions, teachers set aside a designated amount of time during the week for students to engage in self-directed projects that allow them to pursue their own questions, interests, and passions.
But is it really about genius? What's ultimately most important about this movement?
Revolution, Nurturing, and Empowerment
Let's start with the word "genius," a label usually reserved for those with extraordinary intellectual abilities.
Jack Andraka embodies this type of genius. At 15, this "medical entrepreneur, education activist, and global change maker" won the top award in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The sensor he devised for diagnosing pancreatic cancer is "168 times faster, over 26,000 times less expensive, and over 400 times more sensitive" than existing methods of detection.
Most Genius Hour projects don't result in revolutionary breakthroughs. But they might result in the launch of a YouTube fashion Vlog that gets picked up by Seventeen, or a campaign to raise funds for climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro that turns into a "National Find Your Mountain Day," which helps everyone "find their mountain and try and climb it." Read more about them on Nicholas Provenzano's blog The Nerdy Teacher.
Here are a few ways of understanding Genius Hour and recognizing its potential.
Genius Hour projects are revolutionary. They change students' lives even if the projects don't pan out.
Genius isn't just about intellectual ability. It's about action. As Ralph Waldo Emerson pointed out, "the book, the college . . . the institution . . . stop with some past utterance of genius." "[T]hey look backward and not forward." But "genius looks forward" -- "genius creates."
Genius Hour awakens and nurtures this creative, forward-looking energy within students.
All students -- even seemingly apathetic ones -- are fascinated with certain things. What they don't know how to do is take productive action on their interests. Here's where we're getting to the essential value of Genius Hour.
Students learn how to transform their interests into project-based actions. They realize that they don't have to stand on the sidelines. They can join conversations and shape them. They can discover the broader implications of their desire to scale a mountain and build campaigns around those implications.
Genius Hour can turn engaged students into engaged citizens, making a difference in the world.
So it's not just the projects that are important -- it's how they cultivate underlying skills that empower students to transform themselves into active participants in their educations and their lives.
But how can we help students turn Genius Hour into Genius Year and hopefully their own Genius Life?
Engage in Creator Conversations
Most students are entering uncharted territory when they start engaging in self-directed projects. Major questions begin popping up:
- How do I design a project?
- What are my options?
- How do I narrow them down?
- What's the right scope?
- Am I doing this right?
- What if there's something wrong with my approach?
Confusion, doubt, and fear also emerge when you're no longer following someone else's formula. Yet if we want to nurture their growth as creators, we must resist solving their problems and alleviating feelings of discomfort. They have to learn how to cope.
I recommend Creator Conversations.
Students take turns discussing what's coming up for them in the various phases of creation, such as:
- How they're inundated with ideas for projects.
- What they're going through when trying to choose one.
- What they experience when they can't seem to come up with the right form for a project.
Their fellow creators respond supportively by commiserating, sharing insights, and even laughing at the quirkiness of the creative process. The value of Creator Conversations is that it's important to experience the complexity of creation and to understand that struggle is often crucial to the process, not something to be avoided.
Conversations don't have to be "heavy." We often watch Gever Tulley's Life Lessons Through Tinkering and laugh when he says:
When faced with . . . setbacks or complexities, a really interesting behavior emerges: decoration. Decoration of the unfinished project is a kind of conceptual incubation. From these interludes come deep insights and amazing new approaches to solving the problems that had them frustrated just moments before.
These conversations open up a new world for many students, because they're so used to seeing other people's finished products that they don't have insight into what it really takes to create something. Students emerge from Creator Conversations with an awareness of the rhythms of their process, which they can draw on when working on future projects.
But it isn't enough to just cultivate this consciousness and these skills.
Dare Your Students
If we want students to take what they're learning and apply it in other contexts, we have to be explicit about it.
I issue dares. They're fun and great for motivating teenagers. While we're talking about what they're going through to find just the right scope for their projects, I might dare my students to use the strategies we've been discussing to come up with interesting angles on an assigned topic for their World History class.
The trick is to work dares into Creator Conversations. It's easy for students to forget about them if they're tacked on at the end of projects. It's also important to be there for students as they integrate this new way of being into the rhythms of their daily life.
Let's Discuss
I'm curious about other people's experiences with Genius Hour, the connections between Genius Hour and project-based learning, the tensions between self-directed and teacher-led learning, and more. So please leave a comment below, and let's get our own conversation going!
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Hi Jennifer, thanks for the suggestions. I've encountered some complex texts in the two essays you recommend. I don't think I had ever read them, but I've heard of them. I'm wading through them bit by bit. I guess I'm encountering complex texts, which is good for me as a lifelong learner!
I just wrote a blog post about what I've been reading about learning and brains and metacognition. I wonder if the formal demands of the educational system can be met without self-directed learners?
I know this thread is almost 2 years old (and I hope you, Jennifer, will reply) however, I thought that if you do not have time for Creator Conversations within your classroom you could issue a homework project where they have to make a blog entry once every month with an attached resource they found useful or part of their project, as well as answering some basic questions or just venting their problems / roadblocks that they have encountered along their journey.
I would love to do this full time in my classroom as I am an ESL (English as second language) teacher within a private program and I have no strict educational goals or requirements other than the ones I set for my students, however my program is within a public school and the school itself and therefore the program are about 10-15 years behind on technology and has 3 computers rooms in the entire school or 1400-1500, and do not allow mobile phones, tablets or personal laptops in the classroom. So my question is, How would you or how could I implement this effectively with the lack or technology and access to the internet??
I can use the student's mobile phones in the classroom but it isn't always as easy or as productive.
I will be using this concept in my all of my classrooms (to a certain degree - depending on age level) next year, I just want to get my head completely wrapped around the idea first and be armed with all the information to help other teachers in my program implement it as well.
Chris--I think using Genius Hour projects for ESL is such a great idea! Do you already have a blog set up for the course? If not, you could have Creator Conversations in a Closed Facebook group, which would probably be a very easy way to facilitate regular conversations about the projects. To me, there's something very valuable about the casualness of the conversations. A more formal assignment (like a blog entry) is more stiff and it's unlikely students will continue to engage in that kind of written conversation after your course is over. There's definitely a place for more formal assignments, but I think the casualness of them is important. I'm assuming kids will have access to Facebook outside your class. Does this help?
That is one of the options nad probably the leading on because it is simplely the easiest for my students, they are on it all the time and would be nothing to post something on fb for them, however a formal blog entry would require designated time and effort. I have not got anything set up yet, however I will be doing this shortly / during the summer ready for next year.
And YES, they all have Facebook access.
This was a big help, thankyou.
Chris, One thing I love about Creator Conversations is that they allow students to engage in casual conversations (written or spoken) about their process. You could create Facebook threads like "Challenge I'm facing. . .," "Question I have. . .," "Something I finally figured out. . ." and students could respond to it and to each other. Think about great this is. They get on Facebook-- a place they normally associate with just socializing--and engage in conversations that extend learning outside the class. Ultimately, we don't want them to be completely dependent on classes as sites of learning or as places for intellectual conversations. We want them to integrate it into their daily life. Then, once the conversations get juicy, you can ask them to develop one or two of their responses into a more formal blog entry. Honestly, many times formal blog entries are dry--boring. However, if they emerge out of an interesting conversation, there's more potential.
Jennifer, by threads, I am guessing you are talking about a post that students comment on, correct?
No not at all, they should be looking to learn both inside and outside of the classroom and if using facebook is a tool for that then more the power to us as teachers.
Ok I can see how you are structuring it, to start with small tasks that then lead into bigger and bigger tasks eventually making something that is the product of all the time dedicated to it. I will be doing this along side other projects that I believe should spark their interests and could help link each other together so that the students feel and are producing something of substance.
Thankyou, you have been a big help. If I have any other questions or ideas I will be sure to float them by you.
Great! Yes, you can start threads that students respond to on specific issues/questions. Ideally, they'll also be responding to other students' responses. I find that staging assignments (having all activities leading students step-by-step to a larger project) really helps kids develop a first-hand understanding of the creative process. Many times, they're not even aware of the staging until later, but then the connections start popping and it's really cool. :-)
Yer I totally understand, I have used this staging technique with my younger students and they just think they are doing yet another class on countries for example, and then a month later i get them to compile everything and they are amazed at the amount of work they have done and the amount of knowledge they now obtain.
I am curious how you do this with older students where they have the freedom to study whatever they want?
Creator conversations sound like a great way for getting kids to discuss ideas to help inspire their own. I'm curious if you follow up with student to student discussions once the project is completed? As pointed out in the article, not every project ends up on the desk of "Seventeen," the magazine or as Youtube top 20; I"m wondering what space is given for exhibition of these projects. We currently have a genius hour that we call "passion project." We have just begun implementing "speed geeking" as a way for students to discuss projects with classmates including: "What were the major triumphs?" and "What were the major challenges?" We have found this to be a great way to to both build student ideas for the next round of projects, and ensure all projects have an audience. Would love to hear more of your ideas!
I love the idea of "speed geeking"! I used to follow up with student-to-student discussions after projects were completed by integrating their insights and experiences into my lectures and our larger class discussions. There's no need for projects to have some massive external impact. I mean, it's nice if they do, but the most important thing (from my perspective) is to give kids the chance to discover the complexities and pleasures of the creative process.


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The lights are on
The Xbox 360 port of Mojang's Minecraft has been a big hit for the console, selling more than a million copies in less than a week. As it turns out, the folks who downloaded the game actually played it, too.
According to the most recent chart of Xbox Live activity, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has racked up a substantial number of unique users. How many? Well, Microsoft isn't spilling that info. They are, however, saying that there were enough Minecraft players the week of May 14 to knock Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops off its usual number two position. Here's the complete list:
Not surprisingly, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition was the number one game on Xbox Live Arcade, with Trials Evolution, The Walking Dead, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II, and Castle Crashers rounding out the top five.
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Bicycles As Art
Summer's preferred mode of transportation just got a whole lot cooler. Next week, Rob Forbes, the trendsetting founder of Design Within Reach, is launching Public Bikes. The collection is inspired by the classic city bikes popular in Europe, but with a hot new look, updated technology and modern materials. The bikes will be offered in four fashionable colours, from lady-like pale blue to look-at-me lime green, and each style will come with a chain guard, fenders, kickstand and reflective stripes on the tires.
Here's the bad news: Public, which is based out of San Francisco, won't be shipping to Canada right away. But the design's high chic factor got me thinking about bikes as objets.
In just the right spot, their unmistakable shape stands in for art, and brings interiors to life by suggesting a life lived beyond the confines of home. Stacked on a wall, for instance, two stripped-down styles make a handsome collection.
New York brand consultant Cindy Gallop cheekily keeps her haute Gucci cycle in her bathroom (see the first pic in this post). Behind a glass railing in a narrow hallway, above, a high tech version functions as contemporary art.
In Toronto, Umbra design director Matt Carr's crisp black and white cycle mirrors his kitchen's checkerboard floor.
So, if you have to bring your bike inside, don't worry about it being an eyesore. Leave it by the front door, prop it against some shelves, hang it in the hallway. Then fill the front basket with blooms and call it a beautiful day.
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1. Cindy Gallop's New York City home, The Selby
2-3. Public Bikes
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5. From Condos SIP 2008 issue of House & Home, photography by Ted Yarwood
6. From January 2010 issue of House & Home, photography by Per Kristiansen
7. From October 2008 issue of House & Home, photography by Kim Christie


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Car show draws fans of the original, duct-tape-mended upholstery and all
Jeff Helenbrook considered restoring his Pierce-Arrow sedan, but he decided the torn upholstery patched with tape is part of the charm – along with rusted holders for flower vases by the windows and the little backseat clock with the hands stuck at 24 minutes after 1.
"It's kind of shabby, but this is original from 1936," he said of the car built at the long-defunct Elmwood Avenue factory in Buffalo. "It's been said if you have enough money, anybody can restore a car, but you can't go back to the original. They're only original once."
Helenbrook drove from Alexander with his son to park his Pierce-Arrow, which weighs about 6,000 pounds and can cruise comfortably at 65 miles an hour, and join the display along with 420 other relics for the Antique Automobile Club of America's "National Eastern Spring Meet," hosted by the Lake Erie Region for the first time in a decade.
Cars gleamed with polished chrome, buffed steel and sparkly paint, warming in the Saturday afternoon sun at parking lots on the University at Buffalo's North Campus. It was one of a series of events that included contests for how intact a car's original equipment was and a presentation about the 1908 Great Race from New York to Paris, won by George Schuster of Buffalo in an American Thomas Flyer.
People drove from as far away as Wisconsin and Virginia to show off cars, as old as a single-cylinder, 1904 Oldsmobile and as young as a 1987 Buick Regal. They booked up the rooms at the Buffalo Marriott Niagara for the weekend and stopped in at the Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum. A crew filming a pilot for new Discovery Channel TV show about appraising cars even made an appearance, said Tim Cryan, president of the local division of the AACA.
A highlight for him was the blue 1914 Detroit Electric, powered by battery.
"It's silent. Everyone's talking hybrid now," he said. "A hundred years ago they had a hybrid in the Electric."
John and Mary Kay Birtch of South Wales were surprised by the reception their 1953 DeSoto Firedome got from fellow car aficionados. The black car, with a front grill that looked like a toothy chrome smile, was the same kind used in the 1950s-based "Happy Days" TV show. Lots of people stopped to talk and tell them it was the kind their fathers drove.
Birtch had a more basic goal when he discovered his prize while shopping for an old car he could afford. "I just thought it would be fun to cruise around in," he said.
The colors in the car show's palette ranged from the subdued forest green of a stolid 1931 Model A Ford to a rounded, cartoony 1955 Customline Ford in brilliant turquoise and a sharp-edged midnight blue Jetson-like 1963 Oldsmobile Starfire with white leather seats slightly cracked with age.
"You float down the highway," said its owner, Dave Decker of South Buffalo, pointing out the foot button by the brake pedal that could adjust the radio dial. "It's like sitting in the living room in the recliner and driving it."
For Decker and his brother, one of the best sights of the day was a 1950s-era Chevy truck, Australian built and one of the first made to looked like a car.
"That's something you'll never, ever see," said Mike Decker.
Old car collecting is their hobby of choice because they love the unique designs. Modern cars aren't as distinctive, they said.
"You can't tell a Honda from a Chevy," said Dave Decker, whose brother turned to the Starfire, with a round red light set like a star in the center of squared red taillights.
"This is art," said Mike Decker. "It's a sculpture, man."
Dave Birchmire drove up from Pennsville, N.J., in a golden 1985 Corvette that accelerates to 100 mph with ease. It has cost him a few speeding tickets, but not too many.
"I'm an old man," he smiled, thinking of police who have not ticketed him. "They give me a break."
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Some Glad Day We Shall MeetInscribed to the sacred memory of little Welton C. Gott, who departed this life, Sept. 26th 1919.
- By Rev. L. A. Berrie, Jefferson, Texas
He has gone to join the members In that Heavenly glory land, where he´ll wear a crown of glory, And with Christ walk hand in hand.
Chorus Some glad day that soon is coming We shall meet beyond the sky. Where there´ll be no more sad parting Where we´ll never say good-bye.
Here on earth we all shall miss him, While he´s on the golden shore. But we know that we will meet him Where sad parting comes no more.
We shall never know no weeping, Over in that glory land. All our sorrows will be ended when we join the Angel Band.
Some glad day we shall meet him, Where no parting we shall know. In that land of endless glory In the home Christians go.
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Donna Marlar English´s notes: Welton died at the age of 7 years and 7 months of appendicitis.
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Mary Kay Ash was a tremendous leader who carved out a unique niche in the business world for women. In honor of her, we are starting a new series on our blog about leadership. For the next few weeks, several of Mary Kay's female vice presidents and C-level executives will share their thoughts on leadership. The inaugural leadership post is from Carrie Adams, Mary Kay's Vice President of Human Resources.
One of our public relations managers asked me what I thought about having our female vice presidents and executives do a leadership series on the blog. I told her that I thought it was a great idea. Even gave her recommendations on a few people she should ask to write the post. Little did I know that she had already penciled me in to write the first post. So here we go …
As the vice president of human resources, I am fundamentally invested in developing leaders. Every leader must have certain skills to succeed, but it may surprise you that I think skills are actually secondary. Values are at the top of my list. The way people lead is based on what they value. And the way people follow is based on what they value. The values that a person treasures will be a part of that person's career regardless of where he or she may work. You know why? Because these values are inherent to who that person is and strives to be.
This is my second time working for Mary Kay. I left Mary Kay in 1999 after working here for three years. While it was the right decision for my family and me at the time, I was so grateful to have the opportunity to return in 2006. Even though I had spent a relatively short amount of time with Mary Kay, it was the company that I always was most proud to be associated with.
When I left in 1999, it never occurred to me that I would come back. So I made it a point to take a little piece of Mary Kay wisdom everywhere I went. If you were to ask someone at one of the other companies I worked for about the "Mary Kay Way," they could tell you. And not just because I made them read the book, The Mary Kay Way. It wasn't so much the book as it was the values represented in the book. The values emphasized in that book are some of the same values that a great leader should have - hard work, compassion, strategic thinking, helping others, solid judgment, treating people with respect and leading by example.
Mary Kay Ash always said, "The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang." I'll never forget the one time I actually met her in 1997. I believe this was her last public appearance at the Mary Kay office. She had suffered a stroke the previous year but wanted to come to the corporate building for her birthday so we could all celebrate with her. My supervisor asked me if I wanted to meet her and I felt so honored. I was a fairly new employee and still learning about the company. I was surprised that the owner and founder of a company would meet with any and all employees. She did not care about your title or level. She just cared about you.
When I met her, she looked straight into my eyes, took my hands in hers and made me feel so important. The stroke had ended her ability to speak, but it did not end her ability to communicate and to lead. I also was amazed at how petite she was considering she was, and always will be, larger than life to me. She led by example by greeting each person warmly. She made every person feel special, unique and valued. The other thing I noticed is that she insisted on putting on her heels before taking a group photo. Once again she was leading by example because what woman doesn't love her high heels!!!
The fact that Mary Kay took the time to make others feel appreciated has left a lasting impression on me. The fact that Mary Kay founded her company based on a certain set of values has influenced my approach to my job. I always want every person to know that their work is appreciated. It is one of the many attributes I value. And because I value it, it shapes how I lead.
A great reminder of who we should all strive to be! Thanks.
Well said, Carrie! I'm so excited that you came back to Mary Kay. Thanks!! I enjoyed "hearing" the enthusiasm in your blog!
What a wonderful way to kick off this leadership series Carrie! I'm glad that your journey brought you back to Mary Kay!
Couldn't agree more Carrie - our values really do drive us. And even though our individual values may vary from person to person, the thing that pulls us together are the core MK Values we all believe in. Thanks for reminding us why we Love Our Mary Kay!
Love the blog! This is a great reminder for all of us. Thank you!
It's a great reminder for all of us, and thanks so much for sharing!!
Thank you Carrie. This is also the key message we share with the sales force. One consistent message is so important.
Carrie, thank you for these great thoughts. I love the description of your meeting with Mary Kay after she had lost the ability to speak. During that time, it had also impressed me how beautifully she conveyed her thoughts - even without her voice. She was a born communicator, for sure!
What a well-written reminder that our values and actions speak louder than any of our words!
I want to say thanks for the amazing posts you are writing on this website. I feel fortunate to have this blog and look forward to many more brilliant posts. Thanks!
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Your password is your most prized possession online. It is the barricade that keeps your personal information safe from outsiders. Changing your password on a regular basis will help keep you secure and your information away from prying eyes. Or maybe you just forgot it. Either way, scroll to step 1 to change your password on Kik, either through the app or on your computer.
1Log out of your Kik account if you're already signed in. Tap the Settings button at the top of the app. The icon looks like a gear.
- Click the "Your Account" option. This will open your account settings, but you can't change your password from this screen. Instead, you'll need to tap the "Reset Kik Messenger" button at the bottom of the list.
- This will not erase your history. *As of the new kik update.
2Click the "Log in" button. Kik will ask for your username and password. Tap the "Forgot your password?" link below the fields for your username and password. You will be taken to a webpage where you can input the email address associated with your Kik account.
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Credit cards that offer airline miles are some of the oldest and most popular types of reward cards, and people are lured into these products by the tantalizing prospect of a free flight. But how do cardholders pick the right reward credit card? Here are a few of the most important questions to answer when considering one of these cards.
Which airline do you use most?
The obvious choice is the airline that you fly the most often so that you can combine miles earned in the air with those gained as credit card rewards. In addition, most airline mileage cards now offer valuable perks such as priority boarding, discounts on in-flight purchases and free checked bags.
What is the annual fee?
Most airlines offer several different credit cards. Those with the lower fees return the fewest perks and benefits while the higher fee cards tend to offer elite qualifying miles and even lounge club memberships. Occasional travelers will find the lower fee cards to be adequate while only the most frequent travelers will be able to exploit all of the benefits of the high-fee cards.
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United MileagePlus Explorer card from Chase
This card offers new applicants 30,000 bonus miles after spending $1,000 within the first three months of opening an account. Cardholders then earn one mile per dollar spent on all purchases, and double miles for spending on United. Perks include priority boarding, free checked bag fee waiver and two day passes to United Club lounges every year. There is a $95 annual fee that is waived the first year.
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For each dollar spent, cardholders receive one point in American Express's Membership Rewards program. Points can be transferred to miles with more than a dozen different airlines. Cardmembers also receive several travel insurance and purchase protection policies. There is a $125 annual fee for this card that is waived the first year.
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World Cup: Uruguay's Luis Suarez wary of Mario Balotelli threat for Italy
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez believes Mario Balotelli will pose a significant threat at the 2014 World Cup.
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Last Updated: 07/03/14 1:45pm
AC Milan striker Balotelli looks set to feature in Cesare Prandelli's Italy squad, who were drawn alongside Uruguay, England and Costa Rica in Group D.
Having played against Balotelli during his time with Manchester City in the Premier League, Suarez acknowledged the strengths of the 23-year-old.
Suarez believes the striker is one component of a strong Italian side but believes Balotelli has even more to offer.
"Italy's backbone is of a sublime level," he was quoted as saying in the Gazzetta dello Sport.
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"I played against Balotelli when he was at [Manchester] City. Mario has an incredible talent, he should exploit it more.
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If first-time director Angelina Jolie was nervous while making In the Land of Blood and Honey, she sure didn't show it.
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"It came really natural to her," Graham King, Blood and Honey's Oscar-winning producer, told us at last night's premiere of his latest flick, The Rum Diary.
"For her first time on set, she'd go on that set, she knew how to act to the crew, she knew the shots she wanted, she got rehearsals out of the actors. She did a really, really great job."
Angie's flick, a love story set during the Bosnian War, is "extremely real," King said. "That's what Angelina wanted to portray."
No surprise, but King is confident that Jolie is well on her way of becoming the next big acting-directing double threat.
"I honestly think she's fantastic at both," he said. "Ben Affleck did it in The Town, right? He acted and directed and stuff. So who knows?"
Jolie's famous family was in tow.
"The kids were around," he said. "Brad [Pitt] was around...It was a real kind of independent movie which means a family atmosphere."
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Is it Pacman? Or is it a blob of mustard? Who knows, but it's damned cute!!
LocoRoco. A simple game which first started off as a doodle by its Japanese creator whilst on a trip. The concept is simple: make it to the end. The execution is simple too. In fact, nearly EVERYTHING in the entire game is simple!! And it works. It works very well. LocoRoco, probably best described as Pacman after eating some mushrooms, is probably a game best designed for kids and kids at heart. Therefore, I loved it to bits! If youre into blasting the guts out of some guy online in First-Person with a shotgun rather than making your way through puzzles, turn back now, this aint for you.
The story in LocoRoco is very simple, and is almost like a storybook. You are a planet, located far, far away (but not in that far, far away galaxy we all know about), and live a peaceful life. The LocoRoco, little coloured bloblet things who come in various varieties, work with the MuiMui, small men-things, in building, shaping and growing the land. All is peaceful until a Moja craft comes from outer space and the Mojas eat the LocoRoco! Being ever-peaceful creatures, the LocoRoco dont know how to defend themselves, so its up to you (the entire planet) to help them!
The story isnt much, but its enough to get you interested in the game enough to play it, and also sets the theme of the rest of the game due to its childish nature.
Probably my favourite aspect about the entire game is the sound(track). The sound effects themselves are very cheery and light-hearted (helium light, metaphorically speaking). The LocoRoco dont actually talk in any known language, rather this cheery language with simple lyrics and sounds of the mouth. These sounds are used rather helpfully in the gameplay. If you hear your LocoRoco say Canonca, then you know there are some nuts nearby to eat. If it says Boray, then you know theres a bush nearby which you can ruffle to reveal things. One particulary handy one is Moja, which sounds more like Mocha, but when you hear this you know a Moja is nearby, which is of course never good.
The music is my favourite aspect, however. As you play, various pieces of the music join the original tune, and the tune is very childish and fun loving. The lyrics are actually sung by the LocoRoco, however (you can tell my looking at their mouths). The neat thing is that if you have a large collection of LocoRoco together, they will sing together like a choir, which is very nice for me to hear. The various species of LocoRoco also all have different voices and accents, so you can hear the same music and lyrics but the voice is different, even in the menus. Sadly, theres no volume control or on/off switch for the music and sound as was present in the demos.
The graphics can be summed up in one and a half words: Flash-like. The graphics are 2-D and involve no shading whatsoever, making it look flat and Flash-like. This works to LocoRocos advantage in the gameplay aspect as youll see later. The best part however is the liquid-like effects applied to the LocoRoco and other objects in the game. Its like ragdoll physics for semi-liquids. As the LocoRoco get bigger (explained later), they turn from a small blob like chewing gum and into this large mass that swells about as you move and hit walls. Certain levels, like the ones where youre inside the body of something, and all the walls move and resonate about as you hit them and it all looks very fluid and great to look at.
Level graphics are neat as well. They dont use an entire colour set in any level, they just pick a few and stick with them. They all fit well too, the ice levels have whites and pale blues, the Jungle levels have greens and browns (and blue for water of course), and the Moja areas have blacks, greys and dark purples. This all combines for a very pretty environment to jump around in and explore.
The gameplay for LocoRoco is, for me, simple yet great. As mentioned earlier, you only play as the game world. So how on Earth (pun not intended) do you help the LocoRoco? Well, you use L and R to tilt the level about to the sides to make LocoRoco roll off to the sides to progress. If you have some obstacles in the way, you can press L and R at the same time to jolt the world up and launch LocoRoco into the air for a little bit. As you explore each level your main goal is to get to the end, but also with as many LocoRoco as you can. You get more by eating these red berries scattered throughout the level, making LocoRoco grow by one, erm, LocoRoco. When you press Circle, youll make a lighting strike, giving the LocoRoco a fright and causing it to split into as many LocoRoco as you have.
This move is used most often purely to progress to the next segment in the level, but these are usually cool to watch. Its sort of a mix between factory production lines of bottles and newspapers combined with a rollercoaster. Often your individual LocoRocos will be going through gears, traveling winds, and making their way through slippery narrow areas at high speed. The disadvantage to splitting your LocoRoco at any other point in the game and making your way through it like that is that often, in fact, ALWAYS, your LocoRocos will fly off in all directions and go for runners and get hurt. To solve this, all you have to do is hold down the Circle button and your LocoRoco will jump together and fuse back into one big one again.
One neat subtlety in the game is that, when you split your LocoRoco into little bits and leave them static, theyll start jumping about and playing together and talking to each other. This is actually kinda neat to look at and Id imagine itd be a nice screensaver.
The level design in the game is quite neat, and youll often find yourself in various puzzles to figure your way out of. While the game doesnt introduce new puzzle elements into the game after the first set of levels, the way you have to solve the puzzles with what youve got is never often the same. Youll have things that shoot you like a gun (though not with any of the violent things guns are associated with), slippery half-pipes, little gear things that move your forwards, vines, sticky walls and ceilings, bounce-balls and other elements to play around with.
The levels are, in classic platforming style, all themes, with ones like Jungle and Ice, a red palm tree theme, the Moja theme, and a flower theme just to name a few. The levels are peppered about and randomized however, and each world (or rather, section) of the game never has enough levels to include all of them (apart from the Moja theme, which is always last). Mojas themselves are both simple and hard. They look like they are thick dread-locked things, and all you need to do is give them a quick jolt by jumping and their out of the way. However, if you miss, or you dont hit them with enough force, theyll bite you and pull out a LocoRoco from you and start to devour it, and youll only have a few seconds to knock the Moja and free your LocoRoco bit. This is easier said than done, because often the Moja will drag you up into the air, and when a LocoRoco will be pulled off, youll have to jump a bit high to knock it. This makes Mojas both simple yet a bit frustrating to deal with.
Other opponents include a spiky thing called Burrs, which are a bit more annoying than Mojas. One slight touch and a LocoRoco will split off in a tremendous fright and jump away rapidly. You have to chase them down and touch them to get them back, but after a short five seconds their gone forever. This can get increasingly annoying when you come across clusters of Burrs, as when you get hurt youre flown up into the air, most likely onto the original or other Burrs, and so you lose more LocoRoco. The final few enemies are more simple to avoid, and include a fly-trap sort of plant, a fake berry which if you eat too much will then eat YOU, and a tunneling whats-it which is unavoidable for me and will take a LocoRoco, so you have to hit it before it eats its prize. Two half-opponents are these shouters, which split your LocoRoco, and these brown owl things which chew your LocoRoco like gum and spit them out in different shapes, from Triangle to a tall oblong (thats a rectangle).
Throughout the levels youll find two other things. The first is the previously mentioned Mui Mui. Like the Chaos Emeralds in Sonic (except much easier to find), these little guys will, as you collect more and more, unlock content such as bigger houses for your LocoRoco and music tracks for it (explained later). When you do find one, you get whats called a House Piece Pickorie, which you can use in the Loco House (also explained later). Scattered throughout the levels are three other varieties of Pickorie, and these guys serve as the games currency to pay for two of the three minigames (once again, explained later).
Another thing youll come across in levels are sleeping characters. These are rarely in the way, and if theyre not in the way, theyll give you a Loco House piece. Depending on what it is, they take a certain amount of LocoRoco to wake up. Simple things, like waking up a block or a Mui Mui sleeping in its house only need five, moving a big block required 10, but waking up a Sun or Moon (which are never in the way) requires a big 15 LocoRoco.
When you complete a level (marked by tall red reeds), a house will spring up for the LocoRoco to stay in, and the progress screen shows up. Your LocoRoco amusingly drop from the top of the screen and into a glass jar, and your Pickorie and Mui Mui count is also shown, along with your time to complete the level. When you complete a level with the maximum 20 LocoRoco, you unlock a Time Attack option for the level, plus a Loco House piece. Time Attack is just what it says, ignore all side-areas and dash (er, I mean, roll) your way to the finish within a set time. If you manage to do this, youre rewarded with 1,000 Pickories.
As you progress through the game, youll find other species of LocoRoco. These are simple varieties of the yellow one you see around a lot and are themed well, with the child yellow one, the motherly pink one, the African-American blue one (offensive content sold separately at no places whatsoever), and my personal favourite grunge cave-man like one. All the LocoRoco have different voices, and some are clearer and more fun to hear than others depending on your tastes. The neat this is that when you find a LocoRoco, you arent restricted to just that one in the levels, you can choose and type of LocoRoco youve found so far. Also cool is that the menus, which feature little LocoRocos, are also affected by this change, and subsequently the menu music and loading screens, which is a bunch of your selected LocoRocos jumping about and playing together. The menus are actually like little levels in themselves. The title screen has about six or seven LocoRoco bouncing about trying to touch the four circles present in the logo.
The final neat feature is that, when playing the game or during a Loco House simulation, you can press Select to capture a screenshot and save it into a gallery, which you can view later on. Once in the gallery, you can choose to save the image itself onto your Memory Stick in the pictures area (obviously) so you can view them outside of the game itself and also set it as your wallpaper.
LocoRoco is, aside from getting to the end of the levels, all about unlockables. The fisrt is the Loco House, which is a small area that is bare, but you can use House pieces youve unlocked to brighten it up a bit. You cant tilt and play the level, its more like a simulation, like this old computer game I used to have called The Incredible Machine (or TIM, for short), where you construct a level using various pieces and press Go to simulate what happens and achieve a goal. The Loco House works in much the same way, except theres no goal (except probably to make it a loop).
The House pieces are all various pieces already found in the game and a few Special ones, from the basic land bits to the complicated wheel pieces and you can even have letters to form sentences for the LocoRoco to jump across when you press Start to simulate it. This sort of thing is purely optional, but if you want to see if you can get something to work, it can be quite fun to see what you can come up with. As you collect Mui Muis, you unlock music tracks from various levels to play in your house and bigger houses for more room.
When youve completed your house, you can save it to your Memory Stick as a separate file. Then you can trade house plans with others who have them via Wi-Fi. Building and sharing a Loco House is much like one of the three minigames, which is the Loco Builder. Essentially its a small room where you can lay out pieces and the like, but its not very versatile for building something with challenge. Still, you are able to trade these as well.
The other two minigames are unlocked with a certain amount of Mui Mui. One is Mui Mui Crane, which is essentially a 2-D version of those Crane games you see in arcades to pick up soft toys. Here though, you pick up blocks and grouped LocoRocos. The blocks have the liquid physics the LocoRoco have, and this can make them hard to pick up, but once you do, you earn a Loco house piece, and its rarity is shown with the amount of stars on it. The LocoRoco will, once collected, play in the Loco House when you simulate it.
The other one is Chuppa Chuppa. Using a gameplay element called the Chuppa (that gun-launcher thing), you have to launch a single LocoRoco though various obstacles to get to a Loco House piece. This is difficult and a bit frustrating to play, but if you like the Learn how to do it while youre failing type of gameplay, youll like this one.
The final Wi-Fi feature is that you can connect to a PSP and send two levels to your mate so he can try it out. You are also able to play the chosen levels separately yourself. This is handy because I own the demos of the game and my friends oft ask me to have a go, so I can send two levels for them to play on their PSP so I can get back to what I was doing. This also encourages them to buy the game themselves.
Despite all of these features, LocoRoco actually has little to make you come back to it once youre done. All this stuff turns out to be a bit shallow. However, this is not so if youre young, because youll find this stuff so much fun and charming that youll be stuck on it for days on end.
Final Word
LocoRoco isnt for everybody. Its childish and simple nature may detract for those who would like to do more in their games and the music may be annoying for some. However, if you do take to this game, youll take to it FAST, and itll be a great ride. It also happens to be quite unique in its gameplay in a way Ive never seen before for a puzzle game.
The Good
= Lovely and charming graphics
= Unique style of gameplay
= Charm will drag you in
The Bad
= It isnt for everybody (but probably deliberately so)
= The unlockables tend to be a bit shallow
= Difficulty spikes a bit after a while to a degree that makes it frustrating for its intended audience.
Final Score
9/10 if you fall for it
6/10 if you dont
FINAL Final score
8/10 (rounded from 7.5)
(oh and just so you know, the LocoRoco count for this review totals to 60)
(Im not kidding)
Rating: 4.0 - Great
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PRODUCT HOW-TO: Differential line driver with excellent load drive
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Differential signaling is the undisputed champion for conveying analog signals, audio or otherwise, across distances with minimal noise pickup. One of the big concerns during the design of differential drivers is the capacitance at their output. This capacitance comes from actual capacitors added to the line as well as the parasitic capacitance of the cable itself.
Differential drivers can be built around either conventional op amps, or the preferred solution of a fully differential op amp. However, both of these amplifier types have limited capacitive drive capability.
Another issue with op amps is the low-impedance termination at the end of the cable will often cause significant die temperature rise above ambient. One approach which mitigates these problems is to include a high-speed, high output-current buffer inside the op amp feedback loop. An example of this is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. A differential amplifier with buffered outputs.
The circuit of Figure 1 is built around a fully differential op amp U1, the LME49724 (LME49724 information page). A fully differential op amp has a differential input similar to conventional op amps, but has two complementary outputs. Fully differential op amps use dual feedback paths, maintaining signal balance. An additional pin on a fully differential op amp sets the output common mode voltage, ground in this application.
The two outputs of the LME49724 drive the inputs of a pair of U2 and U3, LME49600 (LME49600 information page) high-speed open-loop buffers. The LME49600 provides up to 250 mA of output current, and has a 110-MHz bandwidth as configured. Resistors R1 and R5 close the loop around U2 and U3 back to U1.These resistors in conjunction with R2 and R4 set the gain to 20dB.
Although the circuit of Figure 1 could be considered complete, in actual application it will often have capacitors added to its outputs. These capacitors, usually in the 47-pF to 470-pF range, suppress EMI, both radiated and received. Furthermore, the other piece of equipment which receives the differential audio signal will usually have capacitors on its inputs to protect against EMI.
In addition to the capacitors intentionally added to the circuit, the parasitic capacitance of the cable also loads the differential driver outputs. In a shielded twisted pair cable, this capacitance appears as both differential (OUT+ to OUT-) as well as single ended (OUT+ to Ground and OUT- to Ground).
Figure 2. A measurement circuit to reproduce real world conditions.
In order to reproduce real world conditions, the circuit of Figure 1 was loaded as shown in Figure 2. A 10-m piece of cable was attached to the amplifier outputs. This cable has 90 pF per meter of differential capacitance, and 190 pF per meter of single-ended capacitance. Four capacitors, each 220 pF, were added to make the circuit EMI tolerant. The end of the cable was terminated into 600 Ω. The design was tested by measuring at the end of the 10-m cable to simulate the signal as received in an actual application. The THD+N plot as a function of output signal amplitude is shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. THD+N measured at the end of 10-m cable.
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John Guy is an application engineer who joined National Semiconductor in October 2007. Prior to National, he worked for Maxim and Analog Devices. John obtained a BSEE from San Jose State University in 1992. In his spare time he enjoys woodworking, crafts and constructing esoteric devices. He lives in San Jose, CA, with his wife and two daughters.
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Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of acute diverticulitis in adults
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- John H Pemberton, MD
John H Pemberton, MD
- Professor of Surgery
- Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School
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- J Thomas Lamont, MD
J Thomas Lamont, MD
- Editor-in-Chief — Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Section Editor — Anorectal Disorders and Misc. Lower GI Disease; Nutrition, Malabsorption, and Misc. Upper GI Disease
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- Harvard Medical School
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- Deputy Editor — Gastroenterology/Hepatology
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Part-time
- Harvard Medical School
Approximately 4 percent of patients with diverticulosis develop acute diverticulitis (algorithm 1) [1,2]. Diverticulitis results from a microscopic or macroscopic perforation of a diverticulum due to diverticular inflammation and focal necrosis.
This topic will review the clinical manifestations and diagnosis of acute diverticulitis. The epidemiology of diverticulosis, diverticular disease, and diverticular bleeding and the management of acute diverticulitis and diverticular bleeding are discussed in detail, separately. (See "Colonic diverticulosis and diverticular disease: Epidemiology, risk factors, and pathogenesis" and "Acute colonic diverticulitis: Medical management" and "Acute diverticulitis complicated by fistula formation" and "Colonic diverticular bleeding".)
●A diverticulum is a sac-like protrusion of the colonic wall.
●Diverticulosis merely describes the presence of diverticula.
●Acute diverticulitis is defined as inflammation, generally considered to be due to microperforation of a diverticulum.To continue reading this article, you must log in with your personal, hospital, or group practice subscription. For more information on subscription options, click below on the option that best describes you:
Subscribers log in hereLiterature review current through: Oct 2017. | This topic last updated: Apr 19, 2017.The content on the UpToDate website is not intended nor recommended as a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions. The use of this website is governed by the UpToDate Terms of Use ©2017 UpToDate, Inc.References
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- - Abscess
- - Obstruction
- Fistula
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- Laboratory findings
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- - Computed tomography scan
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"We will get a goalie."
Quote-unquote, that's what you want to hear from Kevin Lowe.
The Edmonton Oilers GM wouldn't stand up, on the record, and put those exact words out there yesterday after making two deals for defencemen. But he might as well have.
"We will take care of our needs," were the words Lowe was willing to go on the record as saying. "We are addressing our needs. Goaltending is not at the level we need to be successful. It's not like we're hesitating about doing something.
"Make no mistake, we are not trying to protect our goaltenders by making our defence better with these two trades. We know what our needs are. Today we took care of one. We still have to address another one."
Translation: "We will get a goalie."
You could make a case, and I definitely do, that the two moves the Oilers made yesterday to acquire Dick Tarnstrom from Pittsburgh and Jaroslav Spacek from Chicago, improved the Oilers' bargaining position to get a first rate netminder.
"There is not a team in the league not looking for a top four defenceman," said Lowe.
The Oilers, prior to the trade, had four. Five if you count Chris Pronger, with his ice time, as two. You have to give up something to get something. And Lowe just got something, short term, to be able to give up something everybody wants.
This ought not make Marc-Andre Bergeron in particular, or maybe even Steve Staios or even captain Jason Smith, sleep better. But it's there. Lowe has sent the message that if that's what it takes to get somebody to make a deal to give up a goalie, the area code to phone is 780.
Both Tarnstrom and Spacek are free agents at the end of the season. In adding them now, Lowe has added just under a million in salary toward this year's budget.
In giving up Cory Cross and Jani Rita, the Oilers cut down on the popcorn consumption in the press box. You could even make a case that they've given Pittsburgh an even better chance of having the first pick in the draft yet again. Spacek cost the Oilers minor leaguer Tony Salmelainen.
Spacek is making $2.25 million US this year. Tarnstrom's contract is for $1.6. The Oilers are on the hook for $1,502,439 of that for the remainder of this season.
Cross is making $874,000 and Rita the $450,000 minimum. Work it all out and the Oilers are adding $985,756 in salary to go from $33,737,740 to $34,725,496.
"Both are pretty experienced," said Lowe of the newcomers. "The best assets of both are their puck-handling abilities. We like our forwards. They have a lot of speed and a lot of skill. We need to get the puck up to them and in their hands more often. Both are good on the power play. Both can play in all situations."
Both are 31. Lowe says this gives both a chance to try on the team and the team to try on them to see if they like each other. Spacek will play for the Czech Republic in Turin, his third Olympic Winter Games. Tarnstrom played for Sweden in the World Cup of Hockey.
"It's ironic how the deals came together on the same day," said Lowe.
An Oiler trade is always big news in the Heartland of Hockey. But these two weren't the trade Edmonton fans have been waiting to hear about.
The Oilers, with first rate goaltending, could be leading their division instead of trying to cling to the final playoff position. Lowe doesn't want Edmonton to assume that he thinks these two deals will quiet the customers on the goaltending front.
"We are constantly assessing the needs of the club, including goaltending. Now we can assess that one," said the GM who now has eight defencemen here.
"We feel really good about our defence," he said. "We are flush at that position."
Lowe said "goaltending is critical, no question," but says doing the right goalie deal now isn't easier said than done.
"If there is an opportunity in front of us, we'd do it tomorrow or yesterday. But the opportunity isn't there. Inside the next month there may be different options."
With the moves he made yesterday and the promise he will get a goalie, Edmonton now knows the Oiler GM isn't in any form of denial about what he has to do if his hockey club is going to do something this season.