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Killer Instinct is a day-one digital-only release on Xbox One, and features -- get this -- one character. Jago is free to play on launch day. Everyone else -- unspecified returning characters as well as original fighters -- will cost money. Price is to-be-determined (of course).
Well it's official.You have killed KI.Thankfully i can still play my full versions of yesteryear.
Edit:Is M$ being run by brainless people or what??
Just sell rare back to Nintendo or Sony along with this IP.Cuz it's obvious you guys don;t know how to use a studio too it's full potential.
Microsoft found a way to screw this up. Something told me it was too good to be true.
Depends on the price of the characters. I mean, it's free to play. So if there's 30 characters for example and they're $2 a piece, that's $60. Normal price. Which would benefit gamers who only choose to play a handful of the roster.
This could be very good, or very bad depending on the pricing model. My guess? Very bad.
Yeah what phear said. If the cost of unlocking all the characters is that of a full game anyway then this just operates as an extended demo albeit one that you can play online against other players with different fighters.
If the game turns out to be more expensive than buying a retail game.....well then MS....you're the masters of fudging things up.
he was so proud to say "we listen"!! i'd love to punch his arrogant face right now!!!
What a big disgrace to gaming! As a Nintendo fan i feel insulted
Is buying with real money the only way to get characters? It would be really shitty if it is.
F2P games need to use a proper F2P model like League of Legends where points you earn can be saved up to purchase new characters and buying with real money is just an extra option. The only thing LoL requires real money for is cosmetic changes to characters.
online play will be:
and now JAGO VS.........JAGO
I'm pretty mad about Killer Instinct, I waited forever to play this game, and this is what they do to it? MS is turning into a bigger joke all the time. I completely agree with you. MS has the ability to do some bad ass games, but then they do shit like this and it totally pisses me off.
Woooooow. Bomb after bomb after bomb. Good luck geeting this game included in EVO. And correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not even being made by RARE: it's being made by the same people who did the GI Joe game and the Battleship game, so don't expect the fundamental gameplay to be deep or polished.
Also, the point of a fighting game is to have polish and balance. What do you think will happen when they involve the pay-to-win....er, excuse me, what do you think will happen when they involve the free-to-play model in a fighting game?
??? Pay to win? Looks like you purchase the characters you want to play with... sounds like pay to play... it's an interesting concept though I wish they would have also released a full version
How the hell are you going to know which characters you want to play as when you don't get to try them out? You know, like a real, full fighting game.
"Killer Instinct Is a Fun Free to Play Xbox One Launch Game"
I was surprised Microsoft was offering a free game... then a read the article.
Microsoft only thinks of ...
Now I'm down to only 2 games I'm interested in for Xbone now. Nice going MS, fucked up KI, what else can you destroy?
Lol this game is NOT even made by Rare! Haha what kind of joke is this? So what, Rare is still relegated to Kinect work? Hey, Microsoft, nice job! I'm pretty sure the guys who made Battleship The Board Game The Movie The Game is worthy of working on a game so beloved by fans right? Because we all know Battleship was an awesome game, and so was its movie, and Rare's much more untalented that they can only work on Kinect Sports Rivals!!
What next, you gonna make Halo 5 a game made by Gearbox Studios, the company that made such great and Game of The Year worthy games as Duke Nukem Forever and Aliens: Colonial Marines?
plus...the RARE we know is no more! instead of continuing to taint the name of RARE, they should just change their name to MKS, Microsoft Kinect Studio as that's all they have been doing these days!
Well it's not 1998 anymore
A shell of there Former self
The majority of the rare team went to free radical that are now called Crytek UK.
We saw it and were like for real?
Looks like a game I would play on my vita
Next gen? I think not
Dude watch your mouth, Vita's got
Marvel vs Capcom 3
Mortal Kombat
BLazblue CS Extend
Street Fighter X Tekken
Dead or Alive Plus
Dive Kick
Playstation Allstars BR
The Vita is 100 times the fighting game console the XSux One will ever be.
You guys! You guys! Microsoft really did listen! They're bringing back the Killer Instinct we all know and love! Remember how we used to not have the full roster of characters out the gate and we had to buy them all separately? Just like the good ol' days amiright?
Now I bet if sony was doing this with one of their games you would think it was genius. there is absolutely nothing wrong with what microsoft is doing with killer Instinc if the characters are priced right. 2 bucks a character is 40 bucks which is a deal.
If Sony did this, nobody would agree with it. Stop defending Microsoft.
You have to buy the rest of the characters?! What the...what are they thinking?!
Okay, this is not the KI I grew up with. I had KI for Gameboy and Super Nintendo. That was my favorite fighting game along with the SF and MK series.
...-shakes head-
Rare is not developing this game and the Original Rare developers have been long gone. No one cares if you play your N64 this game rocks and kicks ass on the xbox one.
This is not what I expected. Thanks MS! You just completely killed Killer Instinct.
I kind of sensed something was up with that "Round One" subtitle. It didn't fit for a big budget title.
i'll pay whatever it takes to have Jago's ninja blade back.
Jago is no Longer a match against Leonardo like this .. .
One character...
All in one , input for one .... one character . Welcome to Xbox One !!
this is only bad if they fuck it up by over pricing the characters but you Sony fans are going to make something that isn't a negative a negative any ways.
this is basically letting you customize the game with the characters you want to play with.
How do I know what characters I want to play if I can't try them?
I bet the people complaining weren't going to buy an Xbox One anyway
I was until i learned of all thier dumb retarded xbox crap.
Here's my GT: http://www.xboxgamertag.com...
Maximillion isn't going to be happy.
I'm impressed... looks like you rented a console for a few days http://www.xboxgamertag.com...
So if someone had been waiting for the return of a game after xx years, only to be told they have to buy it in pieces, that should be cause for celebration?
As normal MS is likely to be selling characters in different fashions.
Individual character choices will likely be an option. But bundles character choices and complete bundled selection is most likley going to be the sales choices.
So see a complete character selection available for purchase at a reasonable low price.
It's almost like you guys have never purchased anything on XBL before?? Wait... let me guess... most of you are PS3 users and don't know any better?
Just pissed that you don't get to play KI?
Yeah, I'm betting all the Killer Instinct fans out there WANTED their beloved franchise to be revived as a free-to-play, right?
@ below
smh. smh.
I like the idea. I never used all the characters. Orchid and Kim Wu were my main characters so i like the idea it is free to play and i will only pay for the characters i use.
for those who only play a couple of fighters it seems like a deal...
Their conference actually impressed me and Sony's drove me dull but man that 399€ price point and those used game announcements put Microsoft to absolute shame
LOL how did they leave this one tiny little detail out?
They left it out because look what's happening here??? PEOPLE ARE BITCHING ABOUT IT!!! MS just screwed one of my favorite games. PS needs to buy the property and do it right.
Awww what the heck? this was one of the Xbox One games I was actually excited about. Still, not enough to put up with the actual console with no used games, DRM and all the spyware crap. Seriously Microsoft what are you doing?
When I saw KI, I was like, "Oh, damn. That'll draw in some people, for certain."
Then I saw it action, and I was like, "Oh, damn. It looks so much like Street Fighter IV."
Then I read this, and I'm like, "Oh, damn. Monetizing an entire game now. And a fighting game, of all things."
Exactly my thoughts.
What a way to kill any hype for a new Killer Instinct. It's a damn shame Microsoft own Rare.
I knew something was fishy. Fucked the series up. Great going.
That's good for me. Will just download Orchid, Kim Wu and Jago and i am good to go.
Just when i thought MS couldn't do anything more stupid!
just when you thought they were going to screw you they give you the option of only buying the characters you want to play as... you can spin it in both directions
*I'm impressed... looks like you rented a console for a few days
Regarding your top comment.I don't use it anymore cuz i get more use out of my PS3.
dude... don't sit here and lie to me... you clearly don't own a 360.. there are plenty of games that you'd have played if you did own it... unless you're not a gamer and only a shill for Sony... it's fine if you just played it a little at a friends house there is nothing wrong with that
What about my friends who might want to play as other characters as me? And can I try the characters before buying them? Because I have no idea which character I'll like playing as, or am I supposed to go by looks?
I am spinning nothing. A game that fans have been waiting for for a long long time, the best they give us is a f2p model. It's a launch title, then might as well give it all the bells and whistle.
How about MS holding some things with some respect. MS has nothing but shit on Rare's games.
Anyone who defends this crap is not a gamer, plain and simple. I remembered the days where characters were available in the game ALREADY.
They killed my KI, damn you Microsoft and damn you Nintendo you should have just bought RARE, but I wished Sony would have bought them we probably would have gotten good games by now from them.
Free to play makes it even nicer, can try before i buy.
Free to Play is a glorified demo. They should rename it pay to play. Just wait. Then they will say, "Jago is out of energy, please buy more stamina. 99 cents will get you 10 stamina slots so you can continue." F&*k Microsoft.
Free to play is the same everywhere, PC, Ps4, etch.
So its not MS only that charges for it.
And you killed JAGO Microsoft, WTF was that, RIP JAGO and RIP KILLER INSTINCT, it was too good of a day I knew something bad had too happen. :-( well at least I have the old versions so I can relieve those good moments
I guess this is why MS did not approve of Harada's tekken f2p game.
How can you kill KI? For a few hours I thought "finally a game on Xbox One that I'd like on PS4"....
Then I heard its not made by Rare....and now this?
Way to go Microsoft!
This was the one game I kept wanting for the 360. good job microsoft, you're cementing my change to PS only. Wow
Its like the people on here share one brain.. So you download the basics for free. Then i suppose if you want 100& of the game you arrive st retail price. Options and choices.
Yet the same whiners are here moaning about something were never going to buy
probably 1 level and it's confirmed to be only 1 character for free...sounds like a deal to you? the free version is Jago vs Jago if that is even possible!
lol the basics ? Today they release a f2p version i couldnt care less about (tekken revolution) with 8 characters , and you call that the basics ?
The basic and gentleman thing to do , has usually been so far to include min 4 chars in a demo /trial version for a game with 20+ chars , or 2 for a game with a cast of 8 to 12.


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William H. Gates Sr., father of Microsoft gazillionaire Bill Gates and a wealthy man himself, recently argued in The Washington Post for keeping the death tax. He said repealing the tax, which is levied on all assets, including family homes, farms and businesses, would widen the gap between rich and poor and necessitate cuts in government programs that help children and the elderly. About 120 wealthy folks have sided with Gates, including financier George Soros and investor Warren Buffett (worth a combined $33 billion).
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Go Ahead, Tax Me. Arguments to keep the tax by the rich may sound persuasive, but actually carry little weight. Let's face it: Unless the government creates a tax that soaks 99.5 percent of their incomes, changes in tax law don't affect them. They can literally afford to take any position they want.
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The death tax must die, no matter what Gates and his billionaire buddies think. It's killing the American Dream.
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President: Faye Cormier (2016-2018)
Faye's life began in the best of both worlds; born a Texan and raised right across the state line in Louisiana. Life in a small town is much like life in Wells Branch; great neighbors, community tradition and pride as well as the freedom to directly impact community growth and quality of life. Faye currently enjoys a career with a large managed care corporation as medical social worker. Faye's other responsibilities include her position as the treasurer for the Wells Branch Neighborhood Association, Block Captain for Castle View Drive Neighborhood Watch group, Brown Santa volunteer, Coalition member for Ready by 21/Travis County, liaison for Friends of the Wells Branch Community Library and a very proud past recipient of the "Honorary Reference Librarian" for Well Branch Community Library. Email Faye
Treasurer: Jill Traffanstedt (2016-2018)
Jill is a native Texan who grew up in the West Texas town of Abilene. She graduated from UT with a degree in Psychology. Like many UT graduates, she stayed in Austin and bought a home in Wells Branch in 1985, back when Wells Branch Parkway did not exist. Jill was part of the staff that published the first Wells Branch Word newsletter in September, 1985, and she served as editor until 1988. During those early years, she was a member of the Wells Branch Neighborhood Association Board and volunteered for many activities in Wells Branch. She enjoys gardening and reading historical fiction and fantasy. Jill lives close to the library with her husband and two cats. Email Jill
Vice President: Wanda Holcombe (2015-2017)
Wanda is a native Texan who was born in East Texas but grew up in Dallas. She and her husband George have been residents of Wells Branch since 2000 upon returning from the Philippines and their work throughout Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America since 1970. She graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in Elementary Education. Libraries have been a part of her life since she was a young girl in Dallas going regularly to the local library for story time and to check out books. She continued this passion for learning and reading and use of libraries wherever she lived and worked. It was the international community in Wells Branch and the wonderful park that attracted their family to Wells Branch. She loves to travel and recently returned from a cultural journey to China & Tibet. Wanda started the Birding Group in Wells Branch and has worked closely with the Library to host classes at the Library on birding with Travis Audubon Society. She is a member of two WB Book Clubs: Wine, Women & Books and Clueless Mystery Book Club. She loves reading "how to" and history books as well as listening to fiction and mystery audio books as she walks in the park. Wanda served on the WB Board of Trustees from 2013-2014 and looks forward to serving a new term for 2015-2017. Email Wanda
Secretary: Matt Sims (2016-2018)
With a love for history and books, he wants to help the library continue as good stewards of our tax dollars while growing alongside our community. He served in the United States Army for three years before being honorably discharged in March 2006. He has since obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Stephen F. Austin State University and his Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) from Texas Tech School of Law. For the past six years, he has worked as a legislative staffer in the Texas House of Representatives. He and Amanda, his wife of ten years, have one child, Rileigh age 5. Email Matt
Friends of the Library Liaison: Ralph Simon (2015-2017)
Ralph was born in Detroit MI but raised in the San Fernado Valley/Hollywood area of Los Angeles. He moved to Wells Branch in 1998. He was the first president of the Brattonwood HOA and is currently an active volunteer with the FOL and the WBNA. He has served on the board and as an officer of many professional, educational, social and fraternal organizations. His career was that of a buyer/ manager for many major retailers, an owner of a small chain of shoe stores and a Series 7 licensed financial advisor. He and his wife have been traveling extensively worldwide the last few years. He is an avid and accomplished duplicate and tournament bridge player. Email Ralph
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The independent city of West Hollywood, which is over 40 percent LGBT, once flew a rainbow flag atop City Hall. Officials took it down in January after complaints that it was exclusionary, leading to even more complaints that its removal was a slap to the city's queer community. City leaders didn't return the rainbow flag to City Hall, but they came up with a solution that pleases almost everyone: WeHo emblazoned its city flag with rainbow colors and is now flying that version at City Hall.
The banner features the logo, made up of the city's borders, covered in red, orange, yell, green, blue, and purple, and with a white background. The logo is now part of the official city flag and will fly with the U.S. and California flags at City Hall. The city is now considering placing a rainbow flag and a transgender flag at the Matthew Shepard Memorial at Santa Monica and Crescent Heights Boulevards.
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Ebates Review: the great Frugal Debate
Ebates Review
Have you been following the great debate? The great debate is who is the best shopper? We are giving you a real Ebates review. They gave us $150 and told us to shop. You can see round one here I am totally winning Ms. Pittsburgh Frugal mom. I already won because I am an Ebates shooper . I got paid $120+ using Ebates you can see my Ebates check.
Ebates Review…..
I need Work Clothes on a Budget so I decided as part of my challenge through Ebates. The company that provided me with an awesome gift card to preform shopping feats of heroic proportions. You can check out my new dress that I bought for a song. think buying a dress is super but the secret to building a wardrobe is accessories they change any look.
I logged into Ebates and I went to Claire's where I got 3.5% back. I then selected 3 pairs of earrings, two bracelets and hair clips. I spent $11.84 and $6.00 shipping so $17.84 plus my dress…. $34.99. That is just $52.84 of the total. That means I have $98 left to spend so far I have over.
Dress So I spent $34.99 and saved $54.51 and that 3% back is an even bigger savings. Can you tell why I think teaching people about Ebates and a Giftcard would make a super advice to college grad.
The jewelry was$11.84 and $6.00 shipping so $17.84 the retail was $52.50 so I saved $40.66 +3.5%
So I have spent $52.84 total on the dress and jewelry.
Saved 54.11+40.66 (dress+ jewels) $94.77 I wonder what I can do with the $97.16..
I will total up the amounts with the cash back at the end just to show you that it does add up.
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Cache aims to bolster revenue via new mobile app
The app is available for free download in Apple's App Store. The optimized site is powered by Usablenet.
"Cache's new mobile app is a powerful tool for the brand to differentiate itself from its competitors," said Carin van Vuuren, chief marketing officer of Usablenet. "Cache understands that its target audience is a smart, but deal-oriented shopper.
"With the mobile app's push notification offerings, loyal customers are now offered key engagement and communication with the brand through opt-in pop-up deals and relevant promotions delivered directly to their mobile device," she said.
"When the mobile app is combined with the in-store shopping experience in this way, Cache is able to provide clear value to the consumer."
Mobile shopping
The mobile app features geolocation capabilities and targeted messages and offers based on where the consumer is in proximity to a Cache store.
The app also has in-store mobile bar code scanning capability that lets consumers receive ratings, reviews and other information about a product immediately.
Furthermore, the app includes push notifications that deliver relevant information based on what Cache knows about the customer's preferences.
Consumers can browse and receive relevant content and promotions from Cache, as well as browse the company's full range of products.
Additionally, the app features a streamlined checkout process paired with stored member registration information to simplify the shopping process.
"In regards to the app launch, Cache began testing the app out earlier in the month and plans to promote the app across Cache's digital properties after the holidays," Ms. Vuuren said. "Cache has been using the push notification feature throughout the holiday season to inform customers about special offers and holiday deals.
"It's clearly now a multi-screen world where shoppers are using multiple devices to browse and shop," she said. "In 2013, retailers will need to focus on creating a 360-degree mobile experience.
"Apps will play a large role in this experience, as will tablets. We expect the role and significance of tablet will increase, with many – and more affluent – consumers preferring to shop on their tablet rather than desktop."
Future plans
In 2013, Cache plans to make an even more concerted and integrated marketing approach using all channels – the mobile Web, apps and in-store.
"Retailers will also continue to understand that every channel has a unique purpose, and apps will play a key role in supporting frequent and loyal customers," Ms. Vuuren said. "Retailers need to be more strategic with app design, as the main reason apps fail is by not presenting a clear value to the consumer.
"Personalization is a huge trend, but we expect to see more sophisticated technologies come into play, as well as the use of data to create more context within mobile offerings," she said.
"At minimum, apps need to offer some form of localization, such as localization services and push strategies – which will prove to be effective strategies to turn engagement into mobile commerce.
"Finally, mobile payments and streamlined checkouts are going to be a huge trend in 2013. We will see consumers being offered more choices – from Paypal to Google Wallet to potentially even Passbook, which at present is more of a loyalty and discount aggregator."
Final Take
Rimma Kats is associate editor on Mobile Commerce Daily, New York


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Pristine Environments and KBM Facility Solutions Announce Strategic Merger
Enhanced specialized services is one of many new benefits to customers
SAN DIEGO — In an agreement that will enhance opportunities for building owners and managers nationwide, Pristine Environments (PEI), a Washington D.C.-based provider of specialized facility maintenance solutions, announced a strategic merger with San Diego-based KBM Facility Solutions (KBM), a specialty provider of facility and maintenance services.
"As we continually look for ways to expand our partner portfolio, KBM is the perfect complement to our growing business," said Brian Snow, CEO of Pristine Environments. "With its focus on sustainability and results-driven performance, this merger will provide each company with access to a new suite of solutions that will enhance the level of service we can provide our customers."
Updated service offerings will include specialized cleaning and maintenance programs for new and existing Pristine Environments and KBM customers. Pristine Environments offers facility management services that are ideal for maintaining highly sensitive environments such as corporate real estate facilities, data centers, secure government buildings, biotech, pharmaceutical, healthcare and other specialized industries. KBM is a national Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS)-certified provider of sustainable facility solutions, including janitorial and day porter services, floor and carpet care, facility maintenance and construction services.
"With a corporate culture and business approach that mirrors our own company ethos, merging with Pristine Environments will only enhance our value and service to customers," said Eric Miller, chief development officer, KBM. "We want to thank all current and potential customers who stopped by our booth during the recent BOMA show to learn about the new relationship and better understand how the relationship will enhance their own operations."
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text: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that detainees being held at the navel base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba can challenge their confinement in U.S. court. The case is considered a setback for the Bush administration, which has held terror suspects at the base and has maintained that it is beyond the reach of American courts. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Minneapolis-based lawyer Joe Margulies, who was the lead counsel on the case.


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On a recent trip to that retail Mecca known as Target, a sign grabbed our attention like a 4-year-old holds onto an ice cream cone for dear life. The letters spelled out opportunity, inspiration and glee with a simple message: Now Hiring Part Time/Seasonal Help. As a mid- to late-20s consumer, Target has an appeal like no other place to spend money. What's the attraction? Why the crazed look in the eye of any friend we invite to join us on our big chain-store excursion?
Target, especially now with Super Targets sprouting up, has just about everything you need in one brightly lit, spirit-sustaining and well-priced location. We were already smitten...and then Swell came along. With a swirly pink logo adorning its products, Swell is a girly-yet-mature, hint-of-'50s line of home décor exclusively sold at the store and developed by designer and Glamour style contributor Cynthia Rowley and former New York Times Sunday Styles editor and fellow Glamour style contributor Ilene Rosenzweig. Stripy sheets adorn our bed, washcloths and towels in assorted bright colors pepper our powder room, and we may or may not have picked up some snazzy Swell skivvies. That's our business. Thanks. The point is: We're converts.
The duo single-handedly has made it impossible to look to Target for holiday-season employment. If we donned the red and khaki to earn some gifting cash, they may as well just make our checks out to Target. The money would go right back in to support our obsession with impulse buys in the Swell department...and maybe clearance makeup. In short, we don't have a great amount of disposable income, so the holidays are a little stressful. An additional part-time gig doesn't leave a lot of time for shopping and wrapping, so we turn to Team R to give us some ideas.
Ilene Rosenzweig discusses her book Swell Holiday at a luncheon and book signing at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Adolphus Hotel, 1321 Commerce St. Cost is $36 including tax and gratuity. Copies of the book are available for purchase. Call 214-742-8200 for reservations.
Enter Swell Holiday, Rowley and Rosenzweig's latest tome on making the season merry and bright. For a little cash, we can snaz up our party wear, give memorable re-gifts (admit it, everyone does it) and host a festive party that doesn't break the bank. For instance, a wide velvet ribbon can allegedly dress up a pair of favorite jeans for comfortable party wear (dunno about that one, as the first challenge would be finding the jeans). Nieces and nephews might appreciate a re-gift of our childhood books (if we weren't so attached to them). Wrapping couch pillows and furniture with ribbon to make them look like presents is an easy way to decorate without blowing funds (we can get into that one).
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The book also details great combo gifts with themes like The Godfather and Audrey Hepburn style, unique wrapping ideas with no purchase required and recipes for snockering our guests appropriately. One-half of Swell, Rosenzweig, makes her way to Dallas for a luncheon and book chat/signing and will no doubt offer up some additional suggestions on filling stockings and maintaining sanity. Forget the list for a day and head to the Adolphus (after making reservations, as this lady takes "popular" to a new level) for a bite and a book. And with re-gifting allowed, who's to say that after we read that autographed copy, our sister won't enjoy finding it perched in alternative wrapping under the festively decorated palm tree in true Swell style?


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The Kaplans in Morocco: Distinctive duo realizing a dream as they live politics and protocol 24/7
RABAT, MOROCCO — Homemade fudge in the refrigerator and sweet corn planted in the formal garden are among the telltales signaling that a Minnesota couple occupies the stately mansion reserved for the highest-level American dignitary in this African nation.
It is just over a year since Sam and Sylvia Kaplan left their home near the Mississippi River in Minneapolis to move into Villa America, the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to Morocco.
And despite the demands of politics and protocol, they're doing it in their own distinctive fashion. He is the ambassador. But they insist on operating as a couple, as they had done for decades in Minneapolis.
"We don't divide up very much," she said.
Indeed, they even talked as a unit during their interview with me in November, interrupting each other and finishing each other's sentences.
"We bicker a lot over the details of things," he confided to me.
'Bickering' with 'His Excellency'
Take, for example, this exchange.
Sam: "We have three responsibilities here in Morocco: furthering the bilateral relationship, furthering the economic interests of America and protecting the interests of Americans."
(Sylvia interrupts, reminding him that his website lists four main responsibilities, not three).
Sylvia: "You probably didn't even put them on your website yourself."
Sam: "Sylvia! We are trying to be supportive of me here. I'm His Excellency, you know. People call me 'Your Excellency'!"
Sylvia: "My major job is to be the person to keep him from getting carried away with this role, because when you have all of those people surrounding you all of the time and saying, 'Yes, Sir!' it's heady stuff."
Sam: "And, believe me, she does a magnificent job of it."
Rest assured, dear friends back home. The Kaplans have not changed where it matters — in the humor, spirit and drive they bring collectively to this new challenge, in the dynamic combination of her bluntness and his diplomatic style.
"Bickering" aside, the Kaplans are nearly inseparable. Most high-ranking diplomats spend weeks or months each year away from their families. After 13 months on the job, the Kaplans had yet to spend a night apart.
"If we didn't like each other, this would be hell," Sylvia said, because close friendships outside the family don't develop. "The people at the embassy are really wonderful, as are the people on my staff at the house," she said. "But they all defer to you. They call you 'Ma'am' or 'Mrs. Kaplan.' You can't be friends with someone who is calling you 'Ma'am' or 'Mrs. Kaplan.' The conditions for friendship — in the words of Bud Grant — do not exist. So we spend a lot of time together."
While she showed off her sweet-corn patch to another visitor, he turned to me and said, "She is wonderful. No one has more energy or more animation."
Mansion/nursing home?
The mansion that is their new home sits close to the American embassy in a westernized neighborhood of upscale diplomats' residences and international schools.
After I passed the scrutiny of guards at a security station outside, a house manager asked me to wait in a reception room just off the grand dining room.
In addition to the manager, the house came with a butler, a chef and two maids. It's a level of service that is common in many developing countries but rare in Minneapolis, where the Kaplans sometimes stayed up until 2 a.m. straightening up their house after a big political fundraiser.
A granddaughter back in the States wrote to tell them about a classroom discussion of nursing homes for the elderly. "Do any of your grandparents live in nursing homes?" the teacher asked. Not at all, the girl replied. Her grandparents were the ambassadors to Morocco.
"I e-mailed her back, and said it's pretty much like being in a nursing home," Sylvia said. "They make your bed. They wash your clothes. They serve you breakfast. When we are out with the ambassador's security team ... they are walking in front of us saying there's a step, there's a rug."
Don't get this wrong. The Kaplans aren't complaining. They talk in terms of realizing a dream.
"For us to have the experience of a lifetime at this stage of our lives, it just doesn't happen. It doesn't happen," said Sam, who is 74. "People have the experiences of a lifetime, and then when they get to our age they reflect on it. We're not reflecting on it. We're doing it."
Morocco: wonderfully diverse and confusing
Follow any boulevard leading downhill from Villa America to the Atlantic Ocean, and you pass through layers of culture reflecting the wonderfully diverse and confusing mix that is Morocco today.
In some places, the country is as worldly and modern as its many European-chain hotels, where alcohol flows freely in the bars and wi-fi is ubiquitous in the rooms. Morocco is in many other places as old and intriguing as the ruins of Rabat's fortress wall, ordered built in the 12th century by a powerful caliph who used the city as a base for military conquests in Spain and Portugal.
This is a country where women are encouraged to run for seats in the Parliament. But they're not always welcome to sit with men in the tea houses of a conservative casbah.
This is a land where you can find a severed camel's head and a computer flash drive in the same market.
It's a country that courts business dealings and warm diplomatic relations with Arab neighbors to the East and European neighbors to the North — but closes the door to international criticism of its tight control over the territory known as Western Sahara.
Against that backdrop, Sam had a ready answer to the question of what's been the toughest part of his experience so far.
"Anyone who tells you it is anything other than understanding the complexities of the host country is being disingenuous," he said. "I'm not sure I would use the word 'toughest.' It is the largest challenge. ... One must adjust to the fact that your host country has a different style of government and a different history."
Not Europe
Kaplan, a top cash "bundler" for President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign finance committee, stepped into his diplomatic career along with more than a dozen other political appointees. Most of the others went to European countries. Initially, the Kaplans expected to do the same.
"They gave us a list and said these were the political opportunities," Sylvia said. "We chose European countries like Portugal and Hungary. Then I looked at the last minute, and said, 'Put Morocco down.' We had never been here, but I had always wanted to go to Morocco."
In taking over the U.S. mission to Morocco, he was taking on grave responsibility. In some respects, overwhelmingly Muslim Morocco is more important to U.S. interests than many European countries.
I asked them to describe the learning curve for someone who is not a career diplomat.
Sylvia answered first: "The ambassador has spent his whole life as an attorney who dealt with negotiations and bringing people together to arrive at solutions. ... Do you think the National Football League was easy?" (He was co-counsel for the Minnesota Vikings for years.)
Then he answered, "I've had a number of family-owned businesses that I represented. And in the various going away parties they gave for us, they all took credit for my becoming an ambassador because of the lessons I learned in dealing with their family disputes."
One thing he hadn't anticipated, though, is the relentless pace of the work.
"It's been much harder than I expected in terms of the hours," he said. "This is not a walk in the park, not a vacation. ... We play a role, and we're playing that role every day."
Strong U.S. ally
Morocco's strategic value overshadows its size — slightly larger than California.
"This is one of the most reliable allies of the United States," Sam said. "It is reliable in all of the major issues — counterterrorism, defense cooperation, law enforcement, economic development."
Morocco was among the first Islamic states to denounce the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Its king has collaborated with U.S. intelligence and led initiatives to thwart terrorism in the region. In 2003 and 2007, suicide bombers staged attacks in Casablanca, the nation's largest city.
King Mohammad VI also has ordered extraordinary security for the U.S. ambassador.
Surrounded by security
While the Kaplans welcome the security, it does crimp the very public and often spontaneous lifestyle they enjoyed in Minnesota, where they were free to stroll along the Mississippi River on the spur of the moment, take in a movie or try a new restaurant.
A 10-man security team goes everywhere with the American ambassador. That's not counting drivers and outdoor guards at the home and the embassy. He travels between a lead car and a chase car. And extra police cars, sirens blaring, often greet and accompany him through the cities he visits.
"It is a life changer," he said. "I'm always surrounded by people. We can't go walking unless we have six guys with black suits surrounding us."
Of course, the security is reassuring in these tense times.
But it also is confining.
"We were told before we came here that if you do want to go out and you hadn't told the security team in advance, you call Mustafa (the head of the security team), and he calls the team and they all come," Sam said.
"We haven't done that once," he added. "We would be taking them away from their families and whatever plans they have. They are like firemen. They come running, and that's wonderful. But to go down to the corner to have coffee? I don't think so. ... We do nothing on the spur of the moment."
Sylvia stressed the upsides: "You walk into a theater, and you have a place reserved in the front. ... And when we go to the medina (marketplace), nobody gives us bad deals. They make sure we get a fair price."
Jewish in a Muslim land
The Kaplans are Jewish. That, alone, might present a security concern in some Muslim countries.
Not in Morocco, home to some 4,500 Jews.
"As Jews in Morocco, we have felt extremely comfortable," Sylvia said.
Jewish families have lived in Morocco since ancient times. At the Hebrew Cemetery in Fez, I saw white tombstones dating back more than 200 years — and also stones marking the graves of Jews who died last year.
In September, the Kaplans celebrated Yom Kippur with a large and vibrant Jewish community in Casablanca.
"At 3 o'clock on Yom Kippur, the service is suspended, the doors are opened and the leaders of the Muslim community — the mayor, the governor and others — all march in and pay their respects to the Jewish community," Sam said.
Each year, the American ambassador is required to report to Washington a detailed summery of human rights in Morocco.
"Every section of that report has some pluses and minuses except for the Jewish one," he said. "There are no minuses. There are no known exceptions to the rule that the Jewish community is treated well, with respect, and generally prospers."
Christians expelled
A different human-rights issue surfaced early this year when Morocco expelled a group of aid workers from the United States and three other countries. They were accused of illegally spreading Christianity. The practice of Christian worship is accepted in officially Muslim Morocco, but proselytizing is a crime.
Advocates for the expelled workers have criticized Kaplan and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not doing more to intervene.
I asked Kaplan what he could tell me about the aftermath of that incident.
"Nothing," he said.
I reminded him that he had spoken publicly at the time, describing the incident as "jarring." He also had expressed concern about the due-process rights of the aid workers.
"That was then, and this is now," he said. "I believe the situation has calmed itself and now we must move on."
Working for women's rights
The Kaplans were more eager to talk about a human-rights front where Morocco stands out among Muslim countries: advancing the status of women.
Led by King Mohammed VI, Morocco has revised its laws during this decade to enhance women's rights — for example, doing away with old code that required a wife to obey her husband. The government also has promoted the election of women to Parliament and high-level local offices.
The United States and many private aid organizations are eager partners in this effort. So are the Kaplans, who go out of their way to support literacy programs for girls and visit factories where women have landed jobs.
One reason they insist on working as a couple is the example set by Sylvia's strong presence at public functions.
"When Sylvia and I give a speech together, the women all cluster around Sylvia afterward," he said. "They want to talk to her about her background, about what she has done."
Typical day
There is no such thing as a typical day in the life of an ambassador.
The day I interviewed the Kaplans was an official holiday honoring veterans.
They left the house early that morning to visit a group of Peace Corps volunteers who were finishing their service in Morocco.
The next stop was a historic French cemetery, where ambassadors from many countries presented wreaths honoring veterans.
"I marched to the front with the colonel who is my defense attaché," Sam related. "He saluted, I bowed and they played the drums. This is a new world. … I was standing next to the German ambassador, and I said, 'Are those uniforms on your men new? He said, 'After World War II, they certainly were.' "
The next stop took them past stately columns marking the entrance to Morocco's Parliament Building. There they discussed major issues with the official who serves a role similar to that of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Morocco is a monarchy where the king has absolute power. But it also has a constitution providing for elections and a parliament.
"I'm always amazed at, No. 1, how His Majesty is all powerful, and No. 2, how His Majesty has ceded power to others," Sam Kaplan said.
He has met the king in person five times.
(I interviewed the Kaplans before WikiLeaks released classified cables from diplomatic posts. At least one of the cables is from Kaplan — one pertaining to a former Guinean junta leader who had been hospitalized in Morocco. WikiLeaks released other cables critical of the Moroccan king's business dealings, the Guardian reported, but Kaplan's name was not associated with them.)
Familiar faces on Moroccan TV
After leaving the Parliament on their typically atypical day, the Kaplans went back to their residence for lunch with key members of their diplomatic team.
Then they sat for the interview with me. While a reporter from Minnesota doesn't cross their threshold every day, the press availability was not that unusual. By now, the Kaplans' faces are familiar on Moroccan television.
When I arrived, several bloggers were interviewing U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who was in Morocco for an international forum on development and security issues in which the United States plays a role.
Later that day, journalists from a Moroccan wire service came by.
Those journalists were part of a parade of people who pass through the mansion almost every day.
Others in that parade represent U.S. businesses. One of the ambassador's main responsibilities is to promote the interests of American companies in Morocco, which operates under a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
That includes Minnesota businesses. As I was leaving, representatives from Cargill, 3M and one other Minnesota company arrived.
Sure, it's a home. But it also is a venue where the Kaplans can practice their smooth arts of cementing political connections and culling information from guests — the same skills that made them stand out in Minneapolis.
Kitchen command
The Kaplans chose a pool-side patio for their interview with me, but later we moved into the kitchen, where Sylvia made tea and fetched a plate of homemade fudge from the refrigerator.
"I take food very seriously," she said, explaining her role in that kitchen and the kitchen's role in diplomatic work.
The chef makes "perfect ice cream," she said, as well as great lemon meringue pies, paella and other dishes.
But Sylvia wanted to widen the repertoire, adding dishes she has served in Minnesota.
"When we are doing that, I'm in the kitchen with him every moment," she said. "He's there being a great sous chef."
In other words, she takes control — something that will surprise no one who knew her in Minnesota, where she ran popular restaurants and commanded the entertainment of up to 800 people at a time in their home.
In Morocco, she bears down on every detail — like the glaze for the carrot cake she served last year. The recipe called for cooking the glaze. The chef served it uncooked.
"So that was like a crisis," Sylvia said. "There are various crises and sometimes we're sitting here in a formal dinner and they've asked me how to serve the dessert. So you're telling them how it's supposed to be done. But then you're sitting there, and it comes out differently than you would expect."
It's been very hard for her to loosen up.
"You know how you want each plate to look and the style in which it will be served," she said. "I've learned to give up some, and they've learned to accommodate me. ... You have such a feeling of warmth and generosity from this household staff."
Disarming diplomacy
Working for years as an international correspondent, I have attended functions at embassies around the world. Generally they are stiff and impersonal affairs.
The Kaplans don't do it that way. Any Minnesotan who has emptied a pocket at one of their political fundraisers knows that their style is more personal — and more disarming.
Guests at their table often are carefully selected to serve a specific purpose. There are necessary formalities, of course. An embassy protocol chief suggests the seating charts.
"The formality mostly is pretty amusing," Sylvia said. "Once in a while you wonder, 'Why are we doing this?'… It's like being in a play."
But the Kaplans control the conversation — sometimes connecting visiting Americans with key local leaders, sometimes introducing American officials to diplomats from other countries, sometimes courting diplomats from very small countries. (They tell you things, she said.)
"To be able to make something happen where you get beyond the small talk and do the real stuff — that is so gratifying," Sylvia said.
"I'm such a busybody," she said. "I always like to know what is going on, so we try to find out any way we can. … What you are trying to do is figure out other people and communicate. That's what we are doing here."
In other words, pretty much what they did in Minnesota.
Sharon Schmickle writes about international affairs, economics and other topics for MinnPost. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Thanks for giving us a glimpse of the life an ambassador (couple!) is living. And, thanks too, for showing how the combination of career diplomats and appointed ambassadors with honed political skills can further American diplomatic interests around the world. The Kaplans are most likely "above average" (as Minnesotans always are) political appointees, but their selection and placement in Morocco gives me confidence that the political appointment process is being used well in the Obama administration.
Okay, I know the Kaplans and have enormous respect for them and this is a good story. But what about the role of the Moroccan government in rendition and torture. But how about a little perspective from the underside?
Great job Sharon. I just spent two weeks with the Kaplans and have been trying to cull the extensive emails I sent home into a coherent narrative. I've struggled with it because it's hard to capture their whirlwind (and slightly surreal)new life as diplomats as well as their unique personal dynamic. You got it just right and the flavor of Morocco as well. You did a far better job than I ever could -- and your photos are better than mine too!
Well, now I can stop fussing with it and focus on this holiday thing. Thanks, I really enjoyed reading it.
I've met the Kaplans at fundraisers too, and am not surprised to read that they have brought their unique partnership and style to the role of ambassador of Morocco. What a nice reflection on Minnesota! Hope to make it over there while they are in residence and maybe even get a chance to see the ambassador and Mrs. Kaplan in action.
An interesting profile of a Minnesota couple working in Africa. I've met the Kaplans, and I've been in Morocco (Tangiers and Fez), so I know how traditional the Medina (Marketplace) is, selling wares that probably haven't changed much in 200 years. Perhaps Sylvia was the "tipping point" that made Morocco the Kaplans diplomatic assignment, being an excellent role model for women and showing Moroccan women how an activist woman can find her place, even in diplomatic residence with "His Excellency."
The length of the article seems to provide space for some missing details. ". . . an official holiday honoring veterans" should have been named specifically, as a U.S. Holiday (Veterans Day?) or a Moroccan Holiday. LIkewise, the "other Minnesota company" should have been named, along with Cargill and 3M.
Just my opinion that if you're going to travel the long distance to do the interview, you should get the details correct.
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500 wow!!!
I was watching some hunting show a television. I didn't catch the begining so I don't know where they were, but they were hunting Bison. It looked like they were either in Montana or Wyoming. One of the guys was using a Smith & Wesson .500 Magnum revolver with a scope of some sort. He was about a hundred yards from a Bison when he shot.
The Bison just dropped as though it was hit by a bolt of lightning. I realize the .500 mag is a big cartridge, but the Bison is one big animal. I must say, I was quite impressed.
Has anyone here taken any game with this round?
|September 14, 2009, 12:11 AM
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well the .50 cal round cap and ball or modern is designed to drop nearly every animal in its path so why should the 500 be any diffrent?
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The anatomy of the buffalo is such that they fold right up when hit through the lungs. I can't remember the whys and wherefores though.
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Yeah.....a lot bigger
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They are more a cattle than anything... Heck, the pinkertons and the sort were hired to clear the rail lines of bison while also starving out the indians... Many used lever guns in .35 and .30-30 for the high capacity...
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All I can say is WOW what a mass of misimformation about the American bison is in this thread. First off I saw the shot he is talking about, too bad the shooter didnt describe what load he used and where he placed the bullet. Usually the only shot that will instantly drop a big animal is a spine or brain shot. With these shots even a 223 will drop one. Second point they arent a little bigger than a deer. In fact they are the heaviest land animal on North America. Next they dont just drop from lung shots, their lung capacity is huge and to take any animal with a lung shot the lungs must fill up with blood, and seeings they are so huge they actually die slower with a lung shot than most animals. Next they were not shot out by the Pincketons. The Pinkertons were detectives not buffalo hunters. Lastly they were not shot to near extention by 30-30's or 35 high capacity guns. By the time the buffalo hunting was done @1884 the 30-30 wouldnt be invented for another 11 years.The buffalo vanished by large caliber single shot Sharps and Remingtons mainly.
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Well it musta been the Winchester 1873 in .44wcf I seen in those paintings... Sorry to misinform... Pinkertons may not have been hired but companies were contracted for the job as well as letting settlers kill and harvest for the hides...
I was under the impression that buffalo killing took place up to 1900 or so to be sure the indians were defeated and unable to sustain the numbers that could threaten the white man and his "Iron Horses"...
Again I wasn't trying to quote exacts but apologize for misinformation...
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HOTDOGS i would like to make a public apology to you for my above post. After I posted it I realised it could have taken as insulting to you, this was NOT my intent. I am an avid student of the old west and there was some misimformation I was trying to correct. While I have never heard of the Pinkertons shooting buffalo it doesnt mean it didnt happen. What was done many time was a railroad would load sportsmen and take them out west and shoot herds from the safety of the trains. The buffalo havest only lasted for less than 20 years and was over by the mid 1880's with an ocassional small shoot now and then. While buffalo was shot with everthing concievable, all proffesionals used either Sharps or Remington single shots along with the "trapdoor" Springfields. All Indian resistance was over by 1891 while most Indians were starved onto reservations by the early 1880,s. And yes the object of the buffalo slaughter was to rob the Indians of their food supply and this was incouraged by the government. The fact buffalo robes, then later the buffalo bones could be profitable was the final nail in the coffin. If you ever get a chance to hang out around buffalo dont miss the chance they are interesting beasts. Again my reply was not meant to be insulting, if you or anyone took it that way I apologise.
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