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The door to my prison cell is open, but I did not open it. The guard is dead, but I did not kill him. Instead of music, there is silence, and I am transfixed by my own fear as I hesitantly creep from the jail.
The numbered walls are rent with claw marks. Bodies are everywhere: slumped by bookshelves, crumpled under desks, flung against doorways. Suddenly, from somewhere close, a ghostly violin begins a stagnant and mournful un-melody. Warily, I tiptoe on.
Hojo's Lab shows signs of struggle. Shards of glass are everywhere, and lying a few feet from the dais is a mutilated guard. The door to the holding tank is gone, ripped aside and crushed like so much paper; in its place glows a strange Mako light that is simultaneously pink and green. But Jenova - Jenova has evaporated, disappeared but not without a trace: she has crawled out of the laboratory, onto the elevator, and up, and up, and up, leaving behind a wide and thick river of dried blood.
I know I have to follow. I do not want to.
With the taste of metal in my mouth, I slowly wind my way up the abandoned staircases of Shinra Tower, up to where something beastly inevitably lurks, something that has carved out such destruction, that has painted a trail so horrible and long, that has murdered all of these people, something that waits with Sephiroth and Jenova and who knows what other Mako monstrosities to kill me too, something evil and desperate and unknown.
This is one of the most terrifying moments of my life.
Yes, it was a scene from FFVII, which is an RPG - and not a particularly scary one, either. But in the five years since I first played the game, I've yet to encounter a moment more frightening. I still have nightmares occasionally where I am following a bloody purple carpet, wading among the dead. Ascending those stained staircases in Shinra Tower messed me up for life.
But why? What is it that makes a scary game truly scary, and why do so few games succeed at the task?
It's easy to pinpoint the tactics that don't work; for instance: some games attempt to frighten the player by hurling armies of skeletons, mummies, and zombies in her general direction. These can be fun games, of course, but they rarely accomplish their primary directive - that is, to be scary - because they don't take it seriously enough. If creating a horror game were as easy as cobbling together an army of appropriately spooky monsters, then Stubbs the Zombie would be The Exorcist of video games. Zombies alone just aren't scary, no matter how grotesque their rotting flesh.
Other games try to scare the player by drenching the screen in gore - the basic premise being that if only enough blood is squirted about, then the gamer has no choice but to be frightened. Remember House of the Dead? There was so much blood in that game that even a vampire would feel slightly grossed out. Yet, rather being frightened by the airborne body parts, the player is merely disgusted. (That is, up to a certain point - then it just becomes funny). Game developers, if you're trying to build fear, here's a rule of thumb: when it comes to body parts exploding into showers of gristle and blood, less is always more.
However, the most common miscalculation in creating terror, I think, is an over-reliance on spooky atmosphere. Resident Evil 0 had all the elements of a frightening game: ripped curtains, ill-lit hallways, dim fog, shadows flickering in the dust. It even had a Phantom Train. However, I was moved by RE0's atmosphere as much I would be by, oh, say, a particularly ominous grove of cacti. Dusty windows and ill-kept furniture are rarely spine-chilling - unless, of course, you are my stepmother.
These tactics fail because they demonstrate creative laziness. Terror is more than just the sum of appropriate parts. It can't be demanded of a gamer; it must be earned.
What makes a successful horror game are not legions of scary monsters or buckets of blood or asthma-inducing atmospheres; true horror originates by carefully manipulating our fear of the unknown. The phobia is universal; humans are utterly terrified of not-knowing. When we don't have the answer to a question, we just make it up, because any answer is better than no answer. The tragedy is that what we construct in our minds is inevitably more terrible than whatever the truth may be. Skillful horror games effectively probe this response, building upon our ignorance an entire framework for fright while, at the same time, relinquishing control of that fear to the players themselves. Good horror games let us scare ourselves.
The reason I found Shinra Tower so frightening was that I had no idea what awaited me at the top. Since I'd spent the previous seven hours hearing vague whispers of the name Sephiroth, I guessed it might be him on the 70th floor, but where did that leave me? In all my time in Midgar City, I'd never learned anything actually useful about the man. What did he look like? What weapon did he wield? What did he eat for breakfast? The lack of information made me uneasy, insecure. In my unrest, I postulated all sorts of ideas about Sephiroth and his mythic powers, each one more fanciful and pessimistic than the last, none of which could be confirmed or denied. And then, just when I think I'm about to get some answers, just when I can't possibly be more confused - instead of explanation, I get a blood-stained carpet to follow.
Goddamn Shinra Tower. Goddamn game. Messed me up for life.
yay, you're becoming a frontpage regular! great read, next one about FFVIII?
Back in the early part of the 90's (I think ) I was big into Robert Jordan. Of course at that time he was maybe 3-4 novels in and I thought he was the next great fantasy writer.
At the same time I had just dropped and new SoundBlaster Live card into my PC. It featured 5.1 sound, and the only game I had that supported it was The Wheel of Time.
To be honest I never really gave that game a good shakeout. If memory serves me I was deeply involved in the bowels of the latest Bioware release.
But I wanted to test out the 5.1 sound. I had picked up some additional speakers and had the whole system set up.
It was probably close to midnight when I entered Shadar Logath, I knew Mordeth was waiting for me in the fog.
As I crept around the city, sounds would come drifting out of the fog from different directions. Claws on cobblestones, a dismbodied wail. Each time I heard the sound from behind me or to the right or the left, I swing around to peer into the fog. The suspense was building, Having read the books I was anticipating an encounter with Mordeth. I was but a babe with my powers and had no idea how I was going to survive anything that Shadar Logath would throw at me.
As I wandered down the a darkened ruined alley once again I heard the sound of claws on cobblestones. The sound came from directly behind me. I spun my character around to see a pair of red eyes rushiung out of the fog towards me.
I scremed a little girlie scream. I also died rather quickly in game.
To this day, that remains the most nerve wracking frightening gaming moment of my life.
I never played it myself, but I seem to remember Clive Barker's Undying having a reputation for being genuinely scary.
Glad to see you on the front page again, Kat. Keep up the good work.
Scariest game I've ever played: Fatal Frame 2.
Do not play in a dark room with surround sound in first person. Really. Don't.
Thanks for an enjoyable read, Kat. I don't know that I've ever been truly scared by a game, but I've had some awfully tense moments. You are right on target saying that it's what we don't see that messes with us the most. Anyone who would contend otherwise has never played the AvP games.
I wonder, if Squaresoft ever decides to do the re-make of FFVII, will they be able to re-capture the same feeling that was imposed on players that were playing the game at the time of the original.
I didn't get past the house in Undying. It's one of the first levels. I was too stressed out by walking down a hallway, with the windows open, the curtains blowing, and the creepiest sound ambience ever. There was just something wrong there. I actually felt relieved when monsters showed up, because at least I was firing at something.
Scariest game I've ever played: Fatal Frame 2.
Do not play in a dark room with surround sound in first person. Really. Don't.
Interesting. I played some of the first Fatal Frame and it wasn't scary, just boring.
Is FF2 that much better?
The first paragraph made me think of BioForge.
You are right on target saying that it's what we don't see that messes with us the most. Anyone who would contend otherwise has never played the AvP games.
Walking up a ramp in a little tower as a marine and hearing alien claws chitter closer, and closer, and closer, and having you radar going batsh*t but not being able to see anything and then looking up and seeing the -------- on the bottom of the ramp above you before it eats your head... I will never forget that as long as I live. Or until I get very, very old.
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...made me freeze in my tracks many times over. Granted, the graphics for System Shock 2 weren't the most jaw-dropping, even when it was initially released, but the sounds, the sheer audio atmosphere pouring out of the speakers is what managed to consistently make me hesitate from peeking around a corner. It's not what was right in front of me that was terrifying me, it was what, at any moment, could be right in front of me. To this day, it's the only game that has managed to give me nightmares (and no, seeing Tetris blocks fall in my dreams does not constitute a nightmare).
And just thinking of one of those Cyborg Midwives going Little Ones need meat to grow big and strong" , and humming that tuneless, mechanical lullaby still makes my spine tingle.
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Scariest game I've ever played: Fatal Frame 2.
Do not play in a dark room with surround sound in first person. Really. Don't.
Interesting. I played some of the first Fatal Frame and it wasn't scary, just boring.
Is FF2 that much better?
I've been holding off getting FF2 for the same reason.
Also, if Call of Cthulhu doesn't scare the crap out of me, I'm going to be very annoyed.
Agree @ OP. That part of FF7 messed me up! The CG sequence in his past where he discovers the experimented-on people in the old reactor up top horrified me, too.
I don't know if anyone played it, but Metroid 2 on the gameboy was the scariest game I've ever played. They did a horrible thing, which is to randomly throw both expected and unexpected situations of the metroids jumping out at you, so even in the case where you think you're going to get jumped, you're freaked out because you can't tell if you're going to know or not. Combine that with a small viewing radius and you actually felt like you were in a cooped-up cave with deadly stuff just waiting to suck your life away.
GOD. I can't even look at the cartridge without wanting to shrivel in a blanket.
Wow, Legion, I totally thought Fatal Frame was scary. Then again, I only ever played it late at night, in the dark, with the surround sound cranked. I would play for an hour or so and leave the room with goosebumps.
Probably because I would totally buy into the story and I probably allowed my imagination to exaggerate the horror elements a bit more than others may, but I totally thought Fatal Frame was the scariest game I ever played. I finally bought FF2 the other day and can't wait to play it.
Is FF2 that much better?
Never played the first one, but the second one I played in a dark room with surround sound in first person and (don't tell anyone), I jumped when the doorbell rang while I was playing.
Not sure if it was the unknown, the mood, or a combination of all of the above, but to this day I curse Bill Harris for doing a write-up on it and making me want to play it.
Nice article Kat. I loved FFVII, you're making me want to fire it up again. I can't say I was scared during the Shinra Tower part, but in all fairness, it takes a lot to creep me out. I may have to give Fatal Frame a try. I do like to be creeped out, by harmless things that is. There are a few movies and books that have done that for me, but no video games up to this point. I mean, I've been startled a lot, but not really scared.
You know, I've been fighting off the urge to play this game again all summer, and everyone keeps bringing it back. Can't we all just go watch Advent Children? There is no damned way I'm gonna pry the 50 hours it takes to do the game justice out of my schedule for the next two months. Razzle-frazzin'.....
For a good creep, I'd recommend F.E.A.R. Just the machinima the Rooster Teeth guys did creeped me out. The demo creeped me out. I have reason to suspect that the real game is inspiring a steep increase in Depends sales in my area. I love it.
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Thief 3. That damned abandoned orphange just about made me pee myself.
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The first paragraph made me think of BioForge.
Awesome game.
The phobia is universal; humans are utterly terrified of not-knowing. When we don't have the answer to a question, we just make it up, because any answer is better than no answer.
I thought they made little Jenova statues in kindegarten these days. Complete with fingerpainted trails of blood.
If I've ever said anything bad about you or made you feel like I don't respect you... I take it all back and I'm sorry!
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You'll find the experience sobering.
Chalk up another. That scene from FF7 could still give me nightmares. Couldn't agree more. As for Fatal Frame 2...
Scariest game I've ever played: Fatal Frame 2.
Do not play in a dark room with surround sound in first person. Really. Don't.
Oh dear god, I got scared WATCHING someone play that game. When I actually picked up the controller, I played skittishly and covered my eyes whenever there was a cutscene lol.
There were a couple of spots where I spooked myself silly in Daggerfall. Something about walking into an empty small room in as purely routine mode I could muster. Then I pull a 180 in disgust at another barren room to have a few hooded female (face completely covered) right in my face. It was around 3 am and I practically jumped out of my seat.
Also, there were some creepy children moments in Silent Hill. I was watching someone else play and felt the hair on my arms stand on end.
Now you've got me thinking of games that really scared me.
Resident Evil 2 was a solid horror game. I didn't play much of RE1, so all I can comment on is RE2.
Half-Life 1 had some scary moments. Mainly I just wasn't expecting head crabs to jump out from behind boxes, but they made me jump.
Doom 3 actually worked well as a horror game, but only the first time through. People complained about the flashlight thing, but I liked how I sometimes had to put down the flashlight and use just a gun and actually listen to sounds around me in the dark. Few games have ever used sound as well as Doom 3.
Nice job picking out the often under appreciated tension of FF7.
Undying, Shock2, those were classics of horror.
I too admit to jumping and WTF-ing when I first played Resident Evil.
Strangely, I found Doom3 particularly scary, even when I knew where everything was. The ambience, the sound, everything conspired together to make that game creepy. I think it was because it was the closest I've seen to getting to play Event Horizon - one of the creepiest movies I've seen.
Best Doom 3 moment:
turning a corner, only to find a dead end, when suddenly everything goes red, the walls start bleeding and you hear a woman's voice say "you took my baby..."
I basically stopped, got up and took a break for a few minutes after that part. Sure enough, not long after, the killer demon babies showed up. very freaky.


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Three Buffalo men were separately indicted by a grand jury for bank robbery, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced Friday. Each faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines.
Jason Berg, 22, is accused of robbing three banks in April, May and June; Jeffrey Turner, 23, allegedly robbed two banks in June and July; and Donovan Devost, 20, is accused of holding up three banks in April and June, officials said.
The eight robberies were similar, authorities said, though the defendants were charged separately. In each case, the suspect passed bank tellers a handwritten note threatening the use of a firearm, according to Hochul.
The defendants will be arraigned on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.

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By Jocelyn Gilmore The Amish: A Subculture One of the main reasons that the Amish are considered a subculture instead of a counterculture is due to the fact that this group of people chooses to live separately from the rest of society and is content with society having other ideas. A counter culture tries to convert others in society to their way of thinking. Why are they a subculture,
and not a counter culture? The Amish group was created by Jacob Amman, and originated in Europe. At first, this was a reform group of the Mennonite movement. However, the Amish and Mennonite people separated due to a discrepancy over how disciplined each group was. The Amish and Mennonite subcultures have many of the same beliefs, but there are also some differences. How was this group formed? The Amish people have a Christian faith, but there are some differences compared to everyday society. They are considered to be a conservative Christian group. First, they do not feel that salvation is guaranteed due to a baptism, or from joining the church. They support the separation of church and state as well. The Amish are a more peaceful people and choose to live separately from the world and also not have any type of military involvement. They do not believe in going outside of their districts to recruit others, and having converts to the Amish practice is rare. Most people are born into the Amish society. Lastly, there are certain practices when is comes to men and women. Although they feel that women are equal to men, the women are still always controlled by their fathers and have household
duties as well. What are some of their beliefs? One of the main things that separate the Amish from common society is the fact that they do not use electricity at all. They also refuse technology in their lives as well. The Amish use a horse and buggy as means of travel, and do not enjoy using cars but will ride in one if necessary. Also, the Amish do not have telephones in their homes. There is usually one telephone that is only used when needed within an Amish community. They do not have the common luxuries that are taken for granted by the average American person. What are some activities that separate
them from common society? I chose to research the Amish for a few reasons. First, I find their ways of life quite interesting and quite frankly remarkable. It is remarkable because they are able to thrive without the use of technology which our culture has become so dependent on. I also chose this group because I felt it would be easy to get information about, because they are so well known. Lastly, I chose this topic because I enjoy the television show, Breaking Amish, and wanted to learn more about their culture. Why did I choose to research the Amish?
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Hoffman early Travelers leader with 9-under 61
Updated 12:53 am, Friday, June 21, 2013
CROMWELL -- Standing on the 17th tee Thursday afternoon, Charley Hoffman was experiencing a severe case of dejà vu. Last year, holding a two-shot lead on Sunday, Hoffman imploded with a drive into the lake and a double bogey. He followed that up with a bogey at 18 and handed the 2012 Travelers Championship trophy to Marc Leishman.
This time, however, he kept his drive in play, walked off 17 with a par and then stiffed a wedge for a tap-in birdie that gave him a 9-under-par 61 and a one-shot lead over Hunter Mahan after the opening round of the 2013 Travelers.
Before 17, Hoffman had been devouring the TPC River Highlands course with four birdies and two eagles. But when he got to that now-infamous hole, and knowing that tying the course record of 60 was in sight, Hoffman suddenly had visions of 2012 dancing in his head.
"Of course (I was thinking about it). I played some good golf coming into 17 and I was thinking about it a little bit," Hoffman said. "I hit a very average tee shot and it stayed out of the water today."
And the birdie for 61?
"That was nice," he said. "I was in the first cut of rough and I didn't have total control of the golf ball, I was just trying to land it short and have it run back there. It's nice when it stops a couple of feet from the hole."
Mahan, the 2007 Travelers champ, also flirted with the course record in the morning and finished at 8-under. Right behind Mahan is 2010 Travelers winner Bubba Watson, who eagled 15 en route to a solid 7-under 63.
In a pack at 5-under are Camilo Villegas, Rod Pampling, 2012 U.S. Open champ Webb Simpson, Zach Johnson and John Merrick. Padraig Harrington and defending champ Marc Leishman were among eight at 4-under.
Fairfield's J.J. Henry, the 2006 Buick Open champion, shot a 2-under 68. Other notables included 2013 U.S. Open champ Justin Rose, Jerry Kelly, Lee Westwood and Stewart Cink, all at 67. John Daly shot 68 and Vijay Singh 70.
Mahan got the show started early, blowing out of the gate at his 7:40 a.m. starting time with eight birdies, including five on the back side, his front nine.
"I felt when I stepped on the first tee today, I was mentally ready to play," Mahan said. "I was into it from the first shot and I thought that was a key for me today. Just a good attitude and mentally focused on what was in front of me. I wasn't really thinking about anything except the next shot. I wanted to hit good, quality shots and give myself a lot of opportunities and I was able to do that."
After his second eagle at 13, Hoffman started thinking about possibly going after the course record of 60, set in 2011 by Patrick Cantlay.
"It sort of crossed my mind," Hoffman said. "But not for long. I knew there were some chances coming in but as I displayed last year, 16, 17 and 18 aren't easy tests. I was just trying to make some pars and I happened to get a birdie coming in, which was nice."
After spending last Sunday playing in the final pairing with Phil Mickelson at the U.S. Open and struggling -- like everyone else did, except winner Rose -- to a 5-over 75 that left him tied for fourth, Mahan and his wife, Kandi, hopped in the car and spent the next two days soaking up Philadelphia and its nightlife.
He came to the Travelers late Tuesday and spent pro-am day Wednesday just going over the layout, recharging his batteries and coming out Thursday refreshed and confident.
"The putter was strong today, I made a lot of putts," Mahan said. "I made some tricky ones, so I'm very pleased with how I played.
"I think this place is the most comfortable place on Tour for me. I feel like I can hit a lot of fairways and a lot of greens. I have a good sense of these greens, I can read them really well and when you have confidence, it makes your stroke a lot easier."
Someone else who feels confident here is Simpson, who is making his sixth straight appearance at TPC River Highlands. His opening-round 65 is the third time he's posted that score here.
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A 40-year-old man was killed and his stepson was arrested after a domestic dispute in Spring Valley Tuesday night.
A woman called authorities about 9:50 p.m. to a home on Tyler Street near Sweetwater Road and said her husband and adult son had been involved in a fight, sheriff's homicide Lt. Glenn Giannantonio said.
When deputies arrived, they found Irvin Harris Jr. on the ground outside the home suffering from stab wounds, Giannantonio said.
Harris was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest, where he died a short time later.
About two hours after that, deputies searching the area located 24-year-old Thomas Wayne Guss III about a half-mile away and took him into custody on a murder charge, the lieutenant said.
Investigators searched the home on Wednesday after obtaining a warrant. The lieutenant said he did not know what led to the pair arguing.
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Cisco studies Canada
The chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc. appears to love Canada, so much so that he's considering investing in what he calls "the easiest place in the world to do business."
Of course, there's more at play here, primarily his failed attempts to change the U.S. government's mind on how it taxes companies and the amount of money they hold outside the country.
But, hey, if John Chambers wants to put some of that $46-billion (U.S.) to work here, it's okay with us.
Mr. Chambers said in an interview with The Financial Times that he was studying the possibility of investing part of Cisco's cash in Canada and Europe, having given up on pressing the U.S. government on double-taxing repatriated cash.
The chief of the tech giant did not say where or how the cash could be used, only that Canada and Europe would be "likely" targets and that the move could be soon, according to the business publication.
"In terms of our overall approach we're going to go wherever the start-ups are and where the governments are that really want us," Mr. Chambers, in Barcelona for a conference, told The Financial Times.
"The easiest place in the world to do business is Canada. Their prime minister gets it. They make it easy for me to invest and do acquisitions there; they have a great education program and they have a great immigration policy."
- Financial Times (subscription): Cisco looks to invest in Europe and Canada
- Careers: 'Transformation' guru takes Cisco from the server room into the boardroom
Apple faces shareholders
And on the subject of cash mountains, that's certain to be an issue at today's annual meeting of Apple Inc. shareholders.
Apple's, of course, is huge, a bit more than $137-billion (U.S.), and the company is under attack from hedge fund chief David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital, who has sued the tech giant, pushing for new preferred shares with dividends.
"Investors over the past few years have seen the stock only going up during a series of very successful product introductions," Michael Obuchowski, a portfolio manager at North Shore Asset Management, told Bloomberg News.
"Now there are a lot of questions being raised about Apple's future, and with good reason."
Business investment projected to rise slowly
Canadian businesses plan to boost their investments by just 1.7 per cent this year, and may well rekindle the debate over "dead money" with the smallest increase since the recession.
Public and private concerns, along with the residential real estate industry, expect to spend $398.2-billion on construction, machinery and equipment this year, Statistics Canada said today in an annual survey.
"This would be the smallest increase since the economic downturn in 2009," the federal agency said, The Globe and Mail's Tavia Grant and Richard Blackwell report.
"The main contributor to the slowdown is an anticipated decline in investment reported by the mining and oil and gas extraction sector," it added.
"Declines are also anticipated in the information and cultural industries as well as in educational services. Strong increases in investment were reported in the utilities sector and in transportation and warehousing."
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has urged Canadian companies to invest, or return to shareholders, what he calls "dead money" that is sitting unused.
Of note is that spending increases by the public sector, at 5 per cent, are forecast to outpace those of the private sector, at 0.8 per cent.
Also noteworthy is that investment in the mining and energy sector is forecast to actually decline, by 2.7 per cent, in the first drop since the recession. This is largely because of a pullback in Ontario, to the tune of more than 30 per cent, and British Columbia, by almost 26 per cent. Spending in Alberta is forecast to remain flat, while Newfoundland and Labrador would see a gain of almost 83 per cent.
Investment in housing is projected to rise 0.2 per cent, which would mean the industry would represent more than 26 per cent of all spending.
"While the survey isn't a precise estimate of future spending intentions as plans may change through the year, it has been a decent barometer of overall trends in investment recently, and suggests that the Bank of Canada's hope for a 'rotation' in growth from housing to exports and business capital spending is going to face at least a one-year gap, since housing is already slowing," said chief economist Avery Shenfeld of CIBC World Markets.
- Canadian business to hold back on investing this year
- 'Dead money' may be smart approach, report says
- Free up 'dead money,' Carney exhorts corporate Canada
Fitch warns on U.S.
One of the Big Three credit-rating agencies says time is running out for the United States to secure its triple-A status, The Globe and Mail's Kevin Carmichael reports.
London-based Fitch Rathings said today that the U.S. is on track to rack up debt that is "inconsistent" with a ranking among the dwindling number of countries deemed certain to repay their debts.
Fitch's intervention comes at a crucial time. On Friday, across-the-board spending cuts worth $85-billion (U.S.) over the remainder of the fiscal year will be set in motion unless Democratic and Republican leaders find a compromise. There are few signs an agreement is in the offing.
- Fitch says U.S. rating at risk as spending cuts deadline looms
- Barrie McKenna's Economy Lab: Governments pile on debt in good times and bad. 2013 no different
Caisse return almost 10 per cent
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec posted a return of 9.6 per cent last year, boosted by a strong performance in global equity markets in the second half of 2012, The Globe and Mail's Bertrand Marotte reports.
That beat the giant fund manager's internal benchmark of 9.3 per cent and fell within the pension fund median for 2012.
Signs of economic recovery in the United States, China and some emerging markets helped equity markets close out the year on a positive note, offset by weaker Canadian stocks in the underperforming materials and energy sectors, the Caisse said today.
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Your ESPN football-talking people for '11
Here's a release on ESPN's broadcast teams for the 2011 season, per ESPN release:
ESPN 2011 College Football Commentator Assignments
What's New: Urban Meyer on Saturday afternoons; Cunningham & Griese in prime-time roles; Mowins & Bellotti on ESPN2 noon; and Wischusen & Davie on ABC afternoon
Returning: Musburger & Kirk Herbstreit on ABC Saturday Night Football; Brad Nessler & Todd Blackledge on ESPN Saturday in prime time; Davis, James, Palmer & Brown on Thursdays; and McDonough & Millen on ABC Saturday afternoons
The addition of two-time BCS National Championship coach Urban Meyer and several returning commentators in new roles highlight the lineup of announcer pairings for college football game telecasts across ESPN platforms. Meyer, who resigned from Florida at the conclusion of last season, will work Saturday noon ET games on ESPN with commentator Dave Pasch and analyst Chris Spielman. In addition to calling ESPN's University of Texas spring game together, Meyer was an assistant coach at Ohio State when Spielman was a player.
Highlights of new assignments:
• ESPN2 and ESPNU Saturday prime-time telecasts will include analysts in new roles.
• Ed Cunningham, who called ABC afternoon games last year, will partner with Mark Jones for ESPN2's weekly telecast.
• Brian Griese will move from ESPN2's Saturday noon game to ESPNU's evening game with returning announcer Clay Matvick. Allison Williams will serve as reporter.
• Beth Mowins will assume the role of play-by-play on ESPN2's Saturday noon telecast with analyst Mike Bellotti, who worked primarily ESPN and ABC West Coast games last year.
• Analyst Bob Davie will move from ESPN2 Saturday night games to ABC Saturday afternoon telecasts with Bob Wischusen, who worked Saturday noon games on ESPN2 last year.
• Former Georgia offensive lineman Matt Stinchcomb will join announcer Rob Stone on Saturday afternoon ESPNU telecasts. Stinchcomb was primarily a studio analyst last year.
The assignments of returning commentator pairings includes Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit calling the Saturday Night Football series on ABC, broadcast television's only weekly primetime game (8 p.m.), for their sixth consecutive year. Erin Andrews will report from the sidelines of the broadcast for her second season. The weekly Saturday ESPN College Football Primetime telecast will pair leading play-by-play voice Brad Nessler with analyst Todd Blackledge and reporter Holly Rowe. Additional highlights:
• For the second straight year, game and studio host Rece Davis will call the Thursday ESPN College Football Primetime series with analysts Craig James and Jesse Palmer, and reporter Jenn Brown.
• Commentator Sean McDonough and analyst Matt Millen will team up for a third season to work the marquee Saturday afternoon telecasts on ABC.
• Analyst Brock Huard and commentator Carter Blackburn will continue to work ESPN and ABC Saturday games, primarily featuring West Coast sites.
• ESPN Friday night telecasts will be called by Joe Tessitore and Rod Gilmore for the fourth year.
• Danny Kanell, in his second year with ESPN, will serve as an analyst on the ESPNU afternoon game with announcer Pam Ward.
• Announcer Bill Rosinski, analyst David Norrie and reporter Joe Schad will work ESPN Radio's weekly Saturday broadcast.
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN 3D and ESPN Regional Television Game Pairings
Note: Additional commentators will contribute throughout the season.
Game Telecast Play-by-play Analyst Reporter
Saturday Night Football (on ABC) -- Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews
ESPN College Football Primetime (Saturday) -- Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe
ESPN2 College Football Primetime (Saturday) -- Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham
ESPNU SEC Saturday Prime Time -- Clay Matvick, Brian Griese, Allison Williams
ESPN College Football Primetime (Thursday) -- Rece Davis, Craig James and Jesse Palmer, Jenn Brown
ABC Saturday Afternoon -- Sean McDonough, Matt Millen, Heather Cox
ESPN College Football (Saturday afternoon) -- Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman and Urban Meyer
ESPN2 College Football (Saturday afternoon) -- Beth Mowins, Mike Bellotti
ABC Saturday Afternoon -- Mike Patrick, Craig James
ABC Saturday Afternoon -- Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie
ABC or ESPN Saturdays (primarily West Coast) -- Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard
ESPNU Saturday Afternoon -- Rob Stone, Matt Stinchcomb
ESPNU Saturday Afternoon -- Pam Ward, Danny Kanell
ESPN and ESPN2 Friday -- Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
ESPNU Thursday -- Anish Shroff, Jay Walker
ESPNU late Saturday (WAC) -- Adam Amin, David Diaz-Infante
ESPNU late Saturday (HBCU) -- Adam Amin, Jay Walker
ESPN 3D (Saturday) -- Joe Tessitore, Tim Brown
ESPN Radio -- Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad
SEC Network (ESPN Regional Television syndicated games) -- Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Cara Capuano
BIG EAST Network (ESPN Regional Television syndicated games) -- Mike Gleason, John Congemi, Eamon McAnaney
ESPN Regional Television MAC Syndication -- Michael Reghi, Doug Chapman
** Additional reporters to be used include Jeannine Edwards, Quint Kessenich, Shelley Smith and Tom Rinaldi
The 2011 college football season on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN 3D, ESPN3.com, ESPN Radio, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN Regional Television and ESPN GamePlan will total more than 400 regular-and post-season games, concluding with the entire Bowl Championship Series, including the National Championship, on ESPN. The schedule will include weekly Saturday night games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, weekly ESPN and ESPNU Thursday night contests and telecasts every Friday and select Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
So, as far as I can tell, here are the possible announcers for known Iowa kickoffs:
Iowa's TV times
09/03/11 – Tennessee Tech — 11 a.m. BTN
09/10/11 – at Iowa State — 11 a.m. FSN
09/17/11 – Pittsburgh — 11 a.m. ESPN/ESPN2 (So, I think that means Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman and Urban Meyer OR Beth Mowins Mike Bellotti)
09/24/11 – Louisiana-Monroe — TBA
10/01/11 – Open – Relax on sofa with the clicker
10/08/11 – at Penn State — TBA
10/15/11 – Northwestern — 6 p.m. BTN
10/22/11 – Indiana — 11 a.m. (TV TBA)
10/29/11 – at Minnesota — TBA
11/05/11 – Michigan — TBA
11/12/11 – Michigan State — TBA
11/19/11 — at Purdue — TBA
Fri. 11/25/11 — at Nebraska — 11 a.m. ABC (So, that's Sean McDonough, Matt Millen, Heather Cox OR Mike Patrick, Craig James OR Bob Wischusen and Bob DavieSat. 12/03/11 – Big Ten Championship — 7 p.m., FOX Sports
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Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
Our daughter is 21 and has a 2 1/2 year old child who has lived with us since birth. our daughter recently started working but has been homeless for 2 weeks. She's currently staying on the couch of a friend. she has no car insurance and vehicle registration is expired. I'm concerned she may get picked up if she's stopped by the police. The baby's father is in another city and mostly works off shore - we were wondering if there's anything legally we need to be doing to be prepared in case she continues her downward spiral or gets incarcerated?
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The obvious answer seems to be to help make sure she has a stable home and can travel to her job without risk of being incarcerated. Unless there is something else involved that you have not disclosed, she should not be incarcerated for driving with an expired registration and no insurance (although the car may be impounded).
If there are concerns that she may find herself incarcerated for an extended period of time then you probably want to talk to a family lawyer (and your daughter) about obtaining custodial rights over your granddaughter so you can provide your granddaughter medical care, make educational decisions, etc. It's not about taking rights away from your daughter. It's about making sure your granddaughter can be provided necessary care.
I absolutely agree with Attorney Kielich. He gave you a great & thoughtful answer.
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Instead of keeping him in big prison, why don't they just put in his willy in prison like in the olden days?
Instead of keeping him in big prison, why don't they just put in his willy in prison like in the olden days?
You've got to start thinking that he has some mental health issues, really.
Or just very stubborn?
Just cos the guy likes to be naked does not mean he has mental health issues!
Or just very stubborn?
maybe but I can't see how 60 seconds of standing outside with no kit on is any sort of payoff for the consequent 2 years in prison.
fact is most people don't want to see some blokes meat and 2 veg swinging along as he strides down the street. If he can't empathise with their point of view and modify his behaviour accordingly after all this time then he's got 'issues' imo.
Just cos the guy likes to be naked does not mean he has mental health issues!
imo if he wants to be naked everywhere in spite of the rest of society then he's got issues. He could put a speedo on and achieve 95% nakedness...
He may not be 'mad' but he's clearly not understanding that his behaviour will continue to be met with imprisonment and no one wants that, probably including him?
He has been repeatedly arrested in the street outside Perth Prison by police waiting for him to be released at the end of each sentence.
This is a bit wrong though. I though breach of the peace required people to complain about him or for him to offend some one. Having the police wait for him outside the jail isnt giving him much of a chance is it... or is it just proactive policing?
any constable or citizen can make an arrest in order to prevent a breach of the peace.
The common law power to prevent a breach of the peace is enjoyed by every constable and citizen. It is subject to a duty to seek to prevent by arrest or other action short of arrest any breach of the peace occurring in his presence, or any breach of the peace which, having occurred, was likely to be renewed, or which was about to occur. The leading authority being Albert v Lavin [1982] HL.
It's a joke.
Let him go about his business...if he's naked whilst going about said business, So ****! Not like he's wandering around school playgrounds with a boner.
If I cycled past him, he'd get a cheery 'hello' like everyone else gets, I'm sure he would wave back.
With what though
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He may not be 'mad' but he's clearly not understanding that his behaviour will continue to be met with imprisonment and no one wants that, probably including him?
i'm guessing if he didn't want the sentence he would just put some togs on?
maybe carry a fig leaf for special occasions such as court appearances?
Breach of the peace is a different kettle of fish in Scotland.
I really don't get what the fuss is about...so he likes to walk around naked, so what?
Having said that, I was a little shocked to see a man taking a dump on the pavement with everything from waist down on display on the Brighton Road in Croydon yesterday morning but I put that down more to the act he was performing rather than the nakedness. If he hadn't stood up to wipe his arse and faced oncoming traffic, I think it would have been a little more discreet.
95% nakedness
I dont see why the naked form is vulgar tbh. Personally I dont understand what he is trying to achieve by his constant actions.
Is he naked in prison?
The guy is an idiot,. It has been made totally clear to him that his antics will not be accepted in scotland. He will continue to be jailed until he behaves. its a simple as that. don't try to out stubborn scottish law
don't try to out stubborn scottish law
Good job you're not a criminal then TJ
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I'm hoping they at least TRY to provide the poor guys with clothes before he leaves prison, otherwise they may just be arresting him as he makes a desperate bid for the nearest clothes shop
If he's always naked, in Scotland, then he must have mental health issues, as it's always bloody freezing up there!
In fact many Scottish folk are in fact a strange pale blueish colour.
No it's true.
nice spot of racism there fred.
It is, isn't it?
Probbly mentalistist as well...
a smiley?
that wouldnt be the hackney defence would it?
Stoner defence - to make a BS pithy point you dont even believe to score points on a long running feud.
we get points for this? why didnt someone tell me?
Leave the guy alone FFS, what harm is he doing to anyone. Ridiculous.
I saw a naked rambler on farleton knott once - well, I say naked, he had walking boots and a rucksack on.
I say naked, he had walking boots and a rucksack on.
the word for 95% naked is clothed which is not naked
not naked then in JY world.
live and let live who is he harming and sure i would nt want to see him but hey its not that long ago that we all walked around nkaed ( they still do in some parts)
no its a free country let him do as he likes i'd rather he was walking the streets than someone who mugged me.
not naked then in JY world.
Not naked in British Law, either, if he's got his cobbly bobblers covered up.
The Law is about 'indecent exposure'. Not every situation where someone is naked will be an offence; only if there is some form of intent to offend, afaik.
Case in point: Naked Bike Ride. People don't get nicked on that, do they? Even though they are riding stark bolly naked around London. Might be something to do with it being a demonstration, I dunno.
Mind you, we're a bit more open minded to such things down here, so maybe we're just not as easily offended as the prudish Scots...
(I do hope that isn't offensive; tried to find as inoffensive a pic as possible and it's in context of the discussion but mods please feel free to remove if necessary)
In fact many Scottish folk are in fact a strange pale blueish colour.
No it's true.
But it is true! We tested a Scottish person at the weekend!
Indeed, Podster.
And at no point was the Race Card played.
Typical Booties...
They can't wait to get naked...
Typical Navy
I was in Croatia last month and there were naturists galore. Loads of old wrinklies cruising round in their boats giving a cheery wave to the tourists-it would be cheaper for tax payers if we just packed him off to a holiday home there. Is it actually against the law to get your danglies out in Britain or have they just got it in for the guy?
Nudity itself isn't actually against the Law afaik; it's all about context, behaviour of the nudist, etc.
Hence why the cyclists above aren't breaking any laws.
So what did he do on the way out of prison then that was considered poor behaviour - wave it around like a lasso to try and snare one of the waiting plods!?
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This paper deals with competition in communications markets between an incumbent and a competitor. We analyse the effect of bundling strategy by a firm that enters an incumbent market. This market dimension has deep implications on the sustainability of collusion. In an infinitely repeated game framework, we show that the bundling strategy of the entrant might hinder collusion. Furthermore, we consider a setting in which the competitor uses a one-way access that the incumbent possesses. In such a situation, we show that when the competitor bundles its products, a low access charge might increase the feasibility of collusion. This result has an important policy implication.
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MEXICO CITY, June 24 (UPI) -- Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano, the leader of the once powerful Tijuana cartel, has been arrested.
The Mexican army seized Sanchez Arellano on Monday, timing his capture with the Mexico-Croatia World Cup match, reportedly at a time when the target and bodyguards would be less vigilant.
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Ok, here's the scenario, I'm a cop's son, I rear end you, I run to my dad who's on duty when I rear ended you, my dad locates you, grabs you by the neck and shoves a gun in your neck with his other hand then arrests you for assaulting him.
Then I grab you by the neck and push you, then my dad lies to a judge about what happened, then the DA doesn't prosecute my dad even though what my dad did was a lie and captured on video tape.
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Store video catches cop bullying woman
By DAVE DAVIES
Philadelphia Daily News
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WHEN AGNES LAWLESS and three friends were inside a Lukoil convenience store in the Northeast at 3 a.m. last August, they'd all but forgotten the fender-bender in which they'd been involved moments earlier.
There was little damage, and the other driver had left the scene, near Northeast Philadelphia Airport .
What they didn't know was that they'd been rear-ended by the son of a police officer who was on duty, and dad was about to get involved.
Lawless was standing at the counter of the store, at Comly Road and Roosevelt Boulevard , smiling and chatting with the clerk, when she was grabbed from behind and violently pushed back with a police officer's gun in her face.
"He hit me with his left hand, and he had his gun in his right hand," Lawless said. "He pushed his gun into the left side of my neck. It caused a scrape-type bruise on my neck."
After a chaotic struggle, Lawless was arrested and charged with assaulting the officer.
Lawless and her three friends, all in their early 20s, filed complaints with the Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau. But in cases in which it's a defendant's word against a police officer's, the benefit of doubt often falls to the cop.
Except when there's video.
Once surveillance video from the store's four security cameras was released, the case against Lawless collapsed, and disciplinary action commenced against the officer, Alberto Lopez Sr. A lawsuit against the city is likely.
The incident provides a vivid example of how the countless video recordings generated today by security cameras and cell phones are affecting police work.
Drexel Law School professor Donald Tibbs said that video recordings are capturing more criminal activity and assisting prosecutions, but they're also monitoring police conduct.
"Police are now aware they're more accountable for their actions, because these tapes may be used against them in misconduct cases or civil-rights lawsuits," Tibbs said.
And Tibbs said that there are numerous cases of police seeking to confiscate and destroy tapes that may have captured a police action.
Internal Affairs probe
The clerk on duty the night that Lopez confronted Lawless told investigators that three times after the incident, police officers spoke with him about the security tape and that two asked if he would erase it.
An Internal Affairs investigation found no misconduct among officers who spoke with the clerk about the tape. But it concluded that Lopez had verbally abused Lawless, had jammed his gun into her face and had violated departmental procedures that night.
A hearing to determine what discipline, if any, will be imposed on Lopez is still pending.
Lopez's attorney, Gerald Stanshine, declined to comment and said that Lopez couldn't discuss the incident. Lopez's son, Alberto Lopez Jr., didn't respond to messages seeking comment.
Although some details of what happened are in dispute, it's clear that the Lukoil encounter occurred a few minutes after the blue Mazda in which Lawless was riding was rear-ended at Decatur and Comly roads by a Buick Century driven at slow speed by Lopez Jr.
Lopez Jr. left the scene and drove to the Eighth District police station, at Academy and Red Lion roads, to report the incident to his father. Officer Lopez and his son then left in his patrol car and soon saw the blue Mazda in the Lukoil parking lot.
Officer Lopez entered the store with his son and got into a physical confrontation with Lawless. Lawless ended up in cuffs, charged with assaulting Lopez.
At a preliminary hearing four days later, Officer Lopez testified that he'd come into the store and ordered Lawless and the three young men with her to the floor, and that "she freaked out, started punching, slapping and kicking me multiple times."
Based on the officer's testimony, Judge Robert Blasi ordered that the case proceed to trial.
But four days later, investigators from Internal Affairs got the store's surveillance video of the incident, and things changed quickly.
Lopez was assigned to desk duty and his weapon was removed. He failed to show up at three trial dates for Lawless' assault charges, which then were dropped. Images from four security cameras at the store reveal an encounter consistent with the accounts of Lawless, her three friends and Carlos "Tito" Ruiz, the clerk on duty at the time. ….
A night in jail
She [Lawless] spent the night in a jail cell, where she counted 23 mice and saw feces on the walls, she said.
"Somebody had probably had s--- on their hands and smudged it all over the wall," she said. "In the morning I threw up. It smelled so bad."
She said that she was emotionally traumatized for months, and afraid of the police. She moved to Florida earlier this year.
The District Attorney's Office reviewed the case and declined to prosecute Officer Lopez in December. Eight days later, he was reissued his weapon and returned to full duty. ….
(To follow the extended details of this horrid police event, go to http://www.philly.com/philly/news/51196597.html?viewAll=y
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has tried to explain Russia's veto against the Arab - Western UN Security Council resolution on Syria. According to Russia's top diplomat, one of the problems with the draft, is the demand for Syrian authorities to withdraw their forces from all towns. In fact, it calls for the legitimate government to unilaterally withdraw from cities and villages and hand them over to "illegal armed groups," he said. The Russian delegation, according to Lavrov, has offered a "complete and natural draft," including the cessation of violence by armed groups.
Meanwhile, the veto by China and Russia drew sharp criticism from the West. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated the Russian-Chinese veto forces them "to take responsibility for the horrors that occur in Syria." "Without a joint action by the international community, I fear that the end will be a civil war," she said.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy "strongly deplored" the double veto and said that "Syria must stop the tragedy".
Moscow and Beijing, in vetoing, "bear a terrible responsibility", said the French foreign minister Alain Juppe.
British Foreign Minister William Hague has accused Russia and China of "abandoning" the Syrian people and "encouraging the brutal regime of President (Bashar) Assad to commit more killings as was done in Homs ".
On his part, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed regret that the role of the UN is "gated".
On the ground, the violence in Syria continues. At least 48 people have died since Saturday, including 24 civilians and 18 soldiers of the official army. Six deserters were also killed in clashes, according to opposition sources.
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"Because you know when you've seen the first robin but you don't know when you've seen the last robin. Now sit down and shut up."
Cidu Bill on Dec 4th 2012
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15 Responses to ""Because you know when you've seen the first robin but you don't know when you've seen the last robin. Now sit down and shut up.""
Mary in Ohio Dec 4th 2012 at 07:01 pm 1
The headline basically covers what I would have told the little pr**k if he were in my class. Thanks, CIDU Bill.
John DiFool Dec 4th 2012 at 10:17 pm 2
I'm probably the only CIDU'er who would notice the last bird of fall…
Fluffy Bunny Slippers Dec 5th 2012 at 12:11 am 3
I say infect all the robins with bird flu and then we should see the last of them pronto
Kamino Neko Dec 5th 2012 at 12:21 am 4
Strips like this are half the reason I stopped reading Frazz. (The other half was Frazz's 'your hobbies suck, be a runner and spend most of your time achy, miserable, and wet, that's much more worthwhile'.)
If Caulfield were a character who existed in a more geeky genre than newspaper comics (fanfic, superhero comics, sci-fi TV, etc), he'd have been almost universally called a Gary Stu the moment he appeared. The universe deforms itself around him to make him look like the smartest person in the room, even when his nonsense has an obvious answer like this.
Kamino Neko Dec 5th 2012 at 12:29 am 5
… OK, now it's just silly to flag a single use of that word…stupid auto-moderation.
Proginoskes Dec 5th 2012 at 02:51 am 6
"Ignorance is bliss" is NOT the actual saying. It is: "IF ignorance is bliss, THEN 'TIS FOLLY TO BE WISE." Which, on the whole, is much more logical.
fj Dec 5th 2012 at 08:40 am 7
Actually, the original is "Where ignorance is bliss, then 'tis folly to be wise."
See http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=odec for the full poem.
farmer Dec 5th 2012 at 10:06 am 8
@John #2,
That'd be two of us. Wife & I are pretty serious birders, and do our best to track fall departures as well.
Daniel J. Drazen Dec 5th 2012 at 10:47 am 9
Caulfield is the kind of student who makes teachers want to have the words "Nobody likes a smartass" tattooed on their forehead.
Cidu Bill Dec 5th 2012 at 11:04 am 10
John and Farmer, in hindsight you can identify the last robin before winter: you don't know it when you're seeing it, though.
John DiFool Dec 5th 2012 at 01:19 pm 11
"Strips like this are half the reason I stopped reading Frazz."
Overclever desert-dry humor quickly wears my welcome out too.
farmer Dec 6th 2012 at 10:35 am 12
@CIDU Bill #10,
Point taken in general, though there are cases where you can be pretty sure for some migratory birds. Robins remain in my area year-round, though some still migrate through, so there's no such thing for us anyway. But the real migrants often pass through in large masses in conjunction with powerful storm systems, and there are times we're pretty sure that the passage of a front combined with a big mass of birds means we've seen the last of them for the year. Case in point is Snow Geese, which this year passed through our part of the Midwest in one massive pulse, just constantly overhead all night, then never again once the front passed through.
But yes, you never KNOW. Some poorly organized goose with directional issues could still some straggling through, screwing up my neat little story.
Adam Dec 6th 2012 at 01:36 pm 13
@ Kamino Neko
THANK YOU! I enjoy the strip and have been reading the archives when I don't feel like studying, but strip like this one: http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2004/04/21 leave me wondering why I read stuff that just belittles me.
Keera Dec 6th 2012 at 04:51 pm 14
…And then there's always that migratory bird that doesn't leave at all.
Kamino Neko Dec 7th 2012 at 01:50 am 15
@Adam - it was the strip where he pulled the battery out of the kid's handheld video game and this was treated as a good thing that made me give it up.


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Christian Music Festival postponedThe Gause Baptist Church Community-wide Christian Music Festival and note burning celebration that was set for Sept. 25 has been postponed until a later date due to a scheduling conflict. I will have more information on this in a later column.
Skylar Lagrone and friend James from Spring visited here over the weekend with her dad, Jereald Lagrone and family. Skylar has enlisted into the military and will be leaving for her basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri on Sept. 21. Our best to her.
Dorsie Wilson is home after spending several days in the hospital in Bryan. She has been having some problems with her blood pressure. Hope that she is feeling much better real soon.
Gause Junior High volleyball teams will play in a tournament Friday and Saturday in Anderson. On Thursday, the football team will play in Rogers.
The soccer fields at the Gause school were full Monday afternoon as the youth from here and surrounding towns have started their practices. First games will begin on Saturday, Sept. 25 and they will play each Saturday until Nov. 6. For the younger ages, all games will be played here in Gause with one older age team playing in Bryan. We are pleased to have the youngsters from surrounding towns coming to play on the teams here in Gause this season.
Gause Community Improvement Program met Sept. 7 at the Gause Community Center. Founders Day activities were reviewed. Plans were discussed for upcoming projects including repairs on the windows and a new heating and cooling system. All members of the community are encouraged to become members of this organization and help plan for what we can do to make our community even greater than it is. The next meeting will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4.
4-H MEETING– Gause 4-H Club met on Sept. 13 and was called to order by president Holly Kornegay. Cameron Cooper led the pledge to the US flag and Ginny Cunningham led the pledge to the Texas flag. Lynsie Kornegay led the 4-H motto, pledge and prayer. Connelly Cooper read the minutes and treasurer report. Seth Vinton passed out enrollment forms. It was reported that the club made $144 at the drink booth at Founders Day.
4-H members that participated in different Founders Day contests were recognized. It was voted that club members will now help at the concession stand during soccer season. If you are a Gause 4-H member, please get enrollment forms in soon, review the county 4-H calendar and start getting together items for the auction for the fall carnival, set Saturday, Oct. 23.
The next 4-H meeting is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 11–Ginny Cunningham, reporter.


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Low Testosterone and Muscle Mass
Testosterone helps build muscle, and low testosterone can cause loss of muscle mass. "Loss of muscle is called muscle wasting, and it's a late sign of low testosterone. But even before you notice muscle wasting, you may feel weaker and less energetic," said Ronald Tamler, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, and Clinical Director of the Mount Sinai Diabetes Center at the Mount Sinai Health System. "Muscle cells have receptors for testosterone called androgen receptors. When testosterone binds to the receptors, muscle fibers are maintained. Without testosterone, maintenance stops and muscle is degraded."
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September 29, 2008 Board of Selectmen Meeting Summary
1. Joint Meeting with Light and Water Board of Commissioners
- Audit/Financial Issues - Town's Finance Department is addressing cash reconciliation issues raised by recent audits. Town Audit Advisory Committee established by the Board of Selectmen on 7/14/08 will be convening a first meeting shortly.
- Energy - Littleton Electric Light Department indicates it is looking to increase the percent of "green" power sources in its mix from 10% currently to 13% by 2013; LELWD to undertake pilot program for solarvoltaic; LELD's residential rates are 35% to 37.5% lower than the average of private utilities in Massachusetts; the State's new Green Communities Act will be explored, considering potential costs and benefits for Littleton ratepayers.
- Water Usage/ Sale - Littleton Water Department forecasts a 20% drop in revenues as water conservation efforts and state-mandated summer water restrictions are implemented. LEWD sees out-of-town water sales as source of supplemental revenues, to avoid significant rate increases.
- Sewer issues: (1) Septic System at 20 Foster Street - place on the Selectmen's agenda for after October Town Meeting the formation of a committee to come up with a recommendation for a septic system at 20 Foster Street, to bring a plan to the May 2009 Town Meeting (as discussed with the Board of Health on 9/23/08). (2) LHS Septic System - FAST system repaired; odor control work to be undertaken by November.
- Using Town water in Town facilities - explore with LELWD the use of Town water in drinking water dispensers in all municipal facilities.
2. Public Input
3. Police Station Project Update - vote to schedule a special meeting for Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 7 PM in Room 103, to make a pre-town meeting informational presentation on the new police station construction project.
4A. October 20, 2008 Special Town Meeting- Determine Order in which articles appear - vote to direct the constable to post the warrant for the October 20, 2008 Special Town Meeting, with ordering as directed by the Board of Selectmen, by placing the rezoning amendment to follow Article 3 (Police Station) and renumber the others accordingly.
4B. Refer zoning amendment to Planning Board - vote, pursuant to MGL C. 40A,§5, to refer to the Planning Board the proposed zoning amendment relative to use variances submitted by voter petition for the October 20, 2008 Special Town Meeting.
- Planning Board hearing held after November 4, 2008 would fall within six months of the May 4, 2008 Annual Town Meeting, when the article could be heard and voted upon.
5A. Highway: Plowing/Sanding Services for Private Ways - vote, pursuant to its August 28, 2000 policy on plowing/ sanding private ways to approve the list of roads as recommended by Highway Operations Manager Jim Clyde in his report dated September 17, 2008, as follows:
- private roads not approved for plowing/sanding services: Oakridge Road and Pine Road.
5B. TIF Agreement – IBM - vote, pursuant to Article 5 of the November 14, 2006 Special Town Meeting, to:
(1) designate the location on Littleton Assessors Map U8, Parcel 10, as an Economic Opportunity Area known as the "550 King Street Economic Opportunity Area";
(2) adopt a Tax Increment Financing Plan designating the Economic Opportunity Area at 550 King Street as a Tax Increment Financing Zone under M.G.L. c.40, §59, and to authorize execution of a 20-year Tax Increment Financing Agreement between the Town, International Business Machines Corporation, and AG/ND King LLC, for said 550 King Street with year exemptions as follows: FY 2009, 0.25; FY 2010, 0.20; FY 2011, 0.15; FY 2012, 0.10; FY 2013 through FY 2028, 0.05, for the increased value on the property above and beyond the current base;
(3) authorize the Town Administrator to prepare and submit the TIF Agreement, an Economic Opportunity Area Application, Tax Increment Financing Plan, and Certified Project Application to the Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (the "EACC") all relating to the project proposal as described in the TIF Agreement and the Certified Project Application to be located in the 550 King Street Economic Opportunity Area, and;
(4) authorize the Town Administrator to make any determinations and representations required in connection with the certification of the project and take such other actions as may be necessary to obtain approval of the TIF Agreement, Certified Project Application, the Economic Opportunity Area Application, the Tax Increment Financing Plan and to implement the TIF Agreement.
- Note: the job creation chart submitted by IBM lists 2,009 jobs relocated to Littleton from elsewhere from Massachusetts; plus 42 new jobs to be added between 2009 and 2018.
[UPDATES: Selectmen amended its vote on 10/20/08; State's Economic Assistance Coordinating Council approved TIF agreement at its 10/29/08 meeting in Boston.]
6. Town Board Appointments - vote, pursuant to Article 14 of the May 8, 2006 Annual Town Meeting, as amended, to appoint Julianne Lucas and Richard Carter as alternate members of the Agricultural Commission; vote to appoint the following members of the Sign By-law Review Committee established by the Board's vote of July 14, 2008:
Richard Crowley as the representative of the Planning Board; Rod Stewart as the representative of the Zoning Board of Appeals: Janet Wilkinson as the representative of the Board of Selectmen; citizen members Carla Smith and Henry Christle; and business owner members Lisa Hesch and Joyce Halloran.
- have the TA draft a proposed charge for the Sign By-law Review Committee, for consideration at Selectmen's next meeting.
7A1. One-day Beer & Wine License: Indian Hill Music – 10/15/08 - vote, pursuant to MGL C.138,§14 to issue special one-day beer and wine licenses to Indian Hill Music, 36 King Street, Littleton, for an event to be held on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 from 5 to 9 PM, with issuance subject to the applicant's first obtaining host liquor liability insurance coverage.
7B. Minutes Approval - vote to approve the minutes of September 15, 2008.


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Minn. boy undergoes treatment Thursday
MINNEAPOLIS--A 13-year-old boy cancer patient who fled the state with his mother rather than face chemotherapy underwent a round of the treatment he feared Thursday, a family spokesman said.
Jim Navarro said Daniel Hauser attended his second chemotherapy session at Children's Hospitals and Clinics but he had no immediate update on the teen's condition. The hospital wouldn't release information about the procedure, citing patient confidentiality.
The boy's parents, who initially resisted chemotherapy out of a preference for alternative treatments, faced legal consequences if they skipped the appointment. Daniel also attended an appointment a day earlier.
Phil Spector to be sentenced this morning
LOS ANGELES--Phil Spector's six years in the L.A. justice system, an odyssey that began with his arrest for shooting an actress in 2003 and included a grand jury presentation and two trials, will conclude Friday morning when he is sentenced to prison for murder.
Judge Larry Paul Fidler, who presided over the music producer's trials, has little discretion in punishing Spector, 69, for the fatal shooting of actress Lana Clarkson, a death jurors decided last month was second-degree murder.
Because the conviction carries a mandatory 15 years to life in prison, the judge's only choice will be whether to tack on three, four or 10 years to the minimum sentence for the use of a firearm. The prosecution has recommended four more years; the defense has asked for three. The judge's ruling will determine whether Spector is first eligible for parole at age 77, 78 or 87.
Time Warner to spin off AOL to shareholders
CHICAGO Time Warner Inc. said Thursday it would move ahead with plans to spin off AOL, ending a tumultuous association that began when AOL acquired the world's largest media company eight years ago.
AOL will operate as an independent, publicly traded company, Time Warner said.
Time Warner will acquire the 5 percent of AOL currently owned by search engine giant Google Inc. Once the separation is completed, Time Warner's 100 percent ownership of AOL will be spun off to shareholders.
The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2009.
Toys R Us acquires high-end FAO Schwarz
NEW YORK Geoffrey the Giraffe became a knight in shining armor for toy retailer FAO Schwarz, as Toys R Us Inc. said it acquired the troubled high-end retailer, which has struggled for years through bankruptcies amid tough competition from discount stores.
Analysts said privately held FAO Schwarz immortalized in the 1988 Tom Hanks movie "Big" was in danger of closing if a buyer did not materialize. Privately held Toys R Us the largest U.S. toy retailer meanwhile, will get an opportunity to work with smaller toy vendors, cut costs and operate a marquee store on 5th Avenue. Toys R Us announced the deal late Wednesday.
Toy retailers have been increasingly squeezed by discounters such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. as well as online retailers.
U.S. to host next G-20 summit in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh is known for steel. For sports. For smoke and smog. For a spectacular downfall. But not often for recovery.
For years, political leaders, community activists and ordinary residents tried to convince the world beyond its three rivers that this former industrial powerhouse was on the rise with an economy built on higher education, medicine and new technology.
From Sept. 24 to 25, it will get a chance to prove its point to the world leaders representing 85 percent of the world's economy. Barack Obama decided to host the next Group of 20 economic summit in Pittsburgh as a way of illustrating what success can look like.
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This recipe is one I made up last week after getting inspiration walking through the aisles of the grocery store. Chocolate Covered Cashew filled Caramels. It's beyond simple and only takes 3 ingredients. Yes! That's right, people. THREE! Anyone can make this. Seriously. These are good gifts around the holidays, for teachers, for that special someone or if you need a little pick me up. Heaven knows we all need pick me ups here and there! Ah, the simple pleasures of life.
Basically {because I'm lazy} I used the microwave to make these. You unwrap the caramels and melt them down. Stir in the cashews and scoop them out. Let them cool a little and then roll them into balls. Dip them in chocolate and that's it! Easy as pie. Except easier. Pie crust is finicky stuff.
So, did you guys have a good weekend? What do you like to splurge on when you're a debbie downer? I'd love to hear it!
Here's to a better busier week! Happy Monday!
Chocolate Covered Cashew filled Caramels
yield: 24 large
Print This Recipe
1-16 oz. bag caramels
1/2-9.5 oz. container salted cashews + extra for garnish
5-1.55 oz. Hershey chocolate bars
Unwrap all caramels into large bowl. Microwave on high for about 3 minutes, stopping to stir every 30 seconds or so. Once caramel is completely melted, stir in cashews. Scoop into small mounds and place on lightly greased wax paper. Once they have cooled enough to handle, roll into balls. Place in refrigerator to cool.
In a different bowl, melt chocolate completely in microwave. {Do this on low heat, stirring every 30 seconds until completely melted.} Using a fork, drop each caramel into chocolate and move around to coat. Remove from chocolate and tap fork against side of bowl to remove any excess chocolate off caramel. Place onto wax paper lined baking sheets and top with half a cashew for garnish. Repeat this process until all caramels are covered. Place into refrigerator until chocolate has set. Remove and bring to room temperature before serving. Store in air tight containers until ready to eat. Good for 1 month.0


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Rebuilding and restyling? Palestinian-American entrepreneur Farouk Shami plans Farouk Systems hair care factory in Gaza
In addition to wanting to bui;f university and mosque, Farouk Shami also hopes to open a Farouk Systems hair-care branch in Gaza. (Photo via Texas Tribune)
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Prominent Palestinian-American businessman Farouk Shami announced Wednesday a decision to build a university, mosque, and a branch for his hair-care company Farouk Systems in the Gaza Strip.
According to a statement by the Diaspora Affairs department of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Farouk Shami announced his decision Wednesday following a meeting with active members of the Palestinian community in the United States.
Shami's decision to invest in the Gaza Strip, according to the statement, stems from his willingness to help develop the Palestinian economy and create job opportunities through practical steps.
This willingness, has been strengthened after the Israeli military offensive against the coastal enclave which destroyed facilities and infrastructure, greatly increasing unemployment.
The intended university, according to the PLO statement, will have close relations with the Farouk Systems factory to be created in Gaza. A portion of the factory's profits will cover the running costs of the university, whose students will be entitled to training and employment at the factory.
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Randy Houser Earns Third No. 1 with 'Goodnight Kiss'After visiting the top of the country singles charts twice last year with "How Country Feels" and "Running Out of Moonlight," country artist Randy Houser is back in the No. 1 spot on the Mediabase country singles chart this week with "Goodnight Kiss."
Interview: Randy Houser Is In 'A Whole Different Place' After Two No. 1 HitsCountry Jet Set Tour is seven days of music in seven cities. On day three we caught up with Randy Houser in Charleston, South Carolina, where he talked about songwriting, his career turnaround and his latest single "Goodnight Kiss."


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So I'm selling one of my machines that I bought used and have had nothing but trouble with it. I had it up for a 99cent starting bid but a $40 reserve. Shipping was around $40 I think (was going with what other machines had listed although it was high)
In the last 3 minutes of the auction, some one messages me complaining about the shipping price and that they wanted to buy the machine.... They only bid the starting bid O.o
I gotta say, would some one REALLY think that I would let a machine go for less than a dollar? I'd like to at least get back what I paid for it.
The funny thing is that ebay does say when the reserve has not been met......