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Nintendo 3DS Review-ish
So my girlfriend got her 3DS yesterday. I was both excited and a bit envious; we have (of course) separate spending accounts, so she could afford one while I couldn't, which annoys me a bit since I'm the biggest game nerd of the two of us. However, she got it primarily to be able to play Pok�mon Black in daylight, since she only has a trusty old DS Phat, while I have a DSi.
The 3DS hardware looks really good; the finish is very glossy but sturdy plastic, and the Aqua Blue color looks really good. It also feels good in the hands.
But the first caveat I noticed was the D-Pad and Slide Pad: Both are very uncomfortable in my hands. I have average-sized European hands, but when holding it comfortably in my palms the D-Pad felt really awkward, as it's pretty far down on the system. The Slide Pad was even worse; it's very close to the top, and my thumb immediately felt strained when I slid it around. It also wasn't that smooth, but that might be because it was new hardware.
The screens are a bit smaller than on the DSi, but they're big enough. However, the 3D effect really leaves you wondering how many people will be able to play this without getting major eye strain and headaches. The effect is convincing � it is 3D without the glasses � but viewed slightly from a different than optimal angle and you see double, and the immersion is immediately ruined. Combine this with the fact that the Augmented Reality games Nintendo ship the 3DS with, where you have to move yourself and the 3DS around targets to shoot them, in real space, and you're bound to experience it pretty quick. It just makes you flip off the 3D pretty fast.
The 3D camera suffers from the same fate. 3D images are really cool to take, and it does look pretty amazing, but when you try to take the pictures in 3D mode, you end up looking at the screen at angles that break the 3D effect. But you need to be able to see the 3D effect to take the pictures properly, because of the 3D autofocus.
Now, my girlfriend didn't buy any games for the 3DS as she didn't want any of the launch titles, so after having played with AR and the camera for a while, she tried booting up Pok�mon Black. While I didn't expect the upscale mode to look great, I was really not expecting it to look this bad; everything is really blurry. Text was painful, crisp lines were turned into half-pixel nightmares and the colors were way off. Contrast and color schemes were very different, leading to gradients looking smudged and colors that should be clear and high contrast to end up glaringly bright and faded. We were not amused.
The next step was to try to play Pok�mon Black in the 1:1 scale mode. You have to hold in Start + Select when launching the game for this to be enabled, which is a silly button combination given the hardware's layout. When played in 1:1, however, the screen area you get is really small. Much smaller than a DS Phat screen, and it doesn't fix the colors either. My girlfriend said she'd play it on the 3DS, since she felt it was better than the DS Phat, but my own verdict is that it's a no-go. It's unplayable. I'd actually prefer my DS Phat over the 3DS to play my Pok�mon White or any other DS game. But since I'm used to my DSi, it really is too many steps backward to be playing a DS game on the 3DS. It looks like shit.
I've been giving the 3DS a spin, and while the 3D effect is good, it's worse than I had expected. I had hoped for at least a little bit higher tolerance of viewing angles. My eyes got strained after about five minutes of playing with it, and while it might have been because the image went "out of focus" a few times while I played, that's still the real world scenario; you never sit perfectly still with the screen at a perfect distance and angle from your face. So, in a real world scenario, I'll probably find myself disabling the 3D effect most of the times.
Playing DS games on the 3DS does not work very well. You get completely botched colors and either an up-scaled blurry image, or a 1:1 image that is too tiny to be anywhere near comfortable. Keep your DS Phat, Lite or DSi about for your DS games.
Hopefully the games coming out, like Zelda and Mario Kart, won't be relying on the 3D effect for their gameplay mechanics. If they do, I might not even buy the console for myself. I am a Nintendo fan boy, and it hurts to admit that for the first time, I am disappointed in a Nintendo console.
on 08.13.2010
[Cogitated Reviews] StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty
The gameplay of SC2 is superb. While some lament its decision to stay true to its old-school RTS roots invented back in the nineties, I cherish Blizzard for being bold enough to let it bask in its own simplistic-but-hard-to-master roots. StarCraft 2 feels like the Tetris of fast-paced strategy games.
It's not the World of Warcraft of strategy games like a lot of people seemed to expect it to be, but it's the best fast-paced hardcore strategy game you'll find. And the campaign does these mechanics a great justice; it plays with the mechanics, easing you into the finer aspects of multitasking and micro-management over time, all the while keeping the gameplay interesting by changing the playing field and the rules constantly. The story supports the gameplay perfectly, giving you an intellectual reason to keep on playing.
You can change the difficulty any time you want in between missions, meaning you're never locked into a tight spot if you find a mission is too hard for you on your current difficulty.
It's great fun while it lasts, and it can last quite a while if you want to get all the achievements and unlock all the extra portraits. Not to mention the fact that the multiplayer aspect is a potentially endless hobby, one that will provide hundreds upon hundreds of hours if you're into the competitive aspects of multiplayer gaming.
There is a problem with the StarCraft II that you won't be aware of if you haven't read a lot about it beforehand, filtering out the preconceptions from the legitimate complaints, which is that the game is not a complete single player game. Although most of us know Wings of Liberty is the first part of a trilogy, I believe few of us were prepared for what this actually means.
You see, the campaign ends so abruptly, there isn't even a cliffhanger to get you psyched up for the next installment. When the last and severely short cinematic faded into black and the credits started rolling, it felt like a fluke. As if watching a movie from a scratched disc that suddenly skipped to the ending, leaving out the essential last minutes of dialogue. My gripe is not that Wings of Liberty does not complete the story, but rather that it doesn't even try to wrap up its own part of it. It was a tremendous disappointment, even for me, who bought the game mostly for the multiplayer aspects.
First of all, if you plan to buy Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty for the multiplayer, you don't really need a reason. This is StarCraft, and it's better than ever.
However, if you plan to buy it purely for the single player experience, you need to ask yourself what's most important; the story or the gameplay. If you buy it for the former, you will be very disappointed. But if you buy it either purely for the gameplay experience or at least for both gameplay and story, you'll feel content even despite its somewhat amputated ending.
on 05.18.2009
[Cogitated Reviews] Super Princess Peach (DS)
[Cogitated Reviews] Super Princess peach (DS)
Name: Super Princess Peach
Genres: Platform / Action game
Mode: Single player
Media: 256-megabit DS card
Input methods: Buttons, D-pad, touchscreen, microphone
Released: February 2006 (US), March 2006 (AUS), May 2006 (EU)
Developer: TOSE
Publisher: Nintendo
Super Princess Peach was released only three months prior to New Super Mario Bros., which was to be the next "proper" installment in the Mario franchise on the Nintendo DS. Upon its release I quickly brushed it off as a cheap series spin- off, and although it was an official title, the videos and images I saw of its gameplay seemed too childish for my taste. That, and I was already waiting for NSMB, so it was even easier to brush it off as a children's version of a Mario game marketed towards girls. Was it a mistake to give it another chance three years later?
When you start the game you are greeted by the Nintendo logo pronounced by Peach's high-pithced voice, and it sets the tone of the game to lighthearted and fluffy. This is quickly confirmed by the start screen, displaying a map of the vibrant Vibe Island with Peach floating on a cloud underneat a large cutesy title. The worlds in Mario games have always been cartoony and often cutesy, but here it is taken a step further. The graphics instantly reminded me of Yoshi's Island without the crayon edges and with a warmer and brighter color palette. The sprites and environments are meticulously crafted, and the presentation oozes of the kind of quality you can expect from a proper Mario title. Visually it is a treat, and there is a stunning amount of variation in environments and enemies; everything from backdrops and platforms to coin boxes vary from area to area, and there are also variations in the environment from level to level in each of the eight respective areas. The game can look childish with all its smiling hills and clouds, strong and warm colours and cheery animations, but it does it with great attention to detail and style, and it fits the tone of the game perfectly.
Speaking of tones, the music in Super Princess Peach is pleasingly upbeat. And although it doesn't contain any of the good old Mario tunes, it manages to deliver a soundscape that fits the cheerful presentation very well. There are a few tunes that feel a bit uninspired, but that would be nitpicking. As for sound effects and voices, it's everything you would expect from a Mario game. From the plings to the stomps, it all sounds right.
The story is typical Mario fare with the usual twist to explain the unique quirks in the game; Bowser and his minions get their hands on a wand that can alter the moods of everyone in the vicinity of it, and they use this to cause panic in the castle and to abduct Mario, Luigi and a bunch of Toads to Vibe Island. Princess Peach herself is out on her afternoon walk, and returns to find the castle in a state of chaos. Since the heroes have now become the victims of Bowser's misdeeds, Peach volunteers to save the brothers and all the Toads from Vibe Island to restore order in the Mushroom Kingdom once again. Her old servant offers her a magic umbrella to protect her on her adventure: a functional sidekick that will prove essential for her success.
Super Princess Peach does what nearly all good Mario games do; it combines various elements from past games in the franchise and introduces new elements and gameplay twists to refresh the experience. Peach can jump on enemies, stomp them, whack them with her umbrella or attack them with one of her four available vibe powers. In many ways, SPP plays very much like a combination of Super Mario Bros. 2 and Yoshi's Island, but it's different enough to not be considered a copy of either one.
The aforementioned vibe powers come in four different flavours; Joy, Gloom, Rage and Calm. Joy will let Peach spin to create a small whirlwind, or fly upwards when holding the jump button; Gloom makes Peach cry waterfalls - literally - and makes her run faster than normal; Rage sees Peach engulfed in a huge flame that can dispatch of almost every kind of enemy, while pouting and walking at a slower pace; and finally Calm, which lets Peach recover hearts gradually unless interrupted by an attack. All of these powers are activated by icons on the bottom screen, and they drain vibe energy from the vibe bar visible in the top-left corner on the upper screen, at varying speeds. These powers are used to solve simple problems like burning wooden bridges so that you can access the areas underneath them, creating a whirlwind to dispatch of deep fog or to run over donut platforms that fall too quickly for normal movement. These puzzles are rarely challenging, but they're nevertheless amusing and help to create some diversity in the platforming.
Like SMB2 you have hearts that indicate your health, but loosing all of your hearts does not deduct a life - it only means you have to restart at the beginning of the level. In fact, lives are not present in Super Princess Peach, and this is logical as there is neither any checkpoints in any of the levels, rendering the need to punish the player by deducting lives meaningless. Falling in a pit, for example, will only deduct from your hearts, and you will restart at the beginning of that room or area in the level. You only ever have to restart the level if you loose all your hearts. It is a very forgiving system, and it reflects that the game is marketed towards children and meant to be accessible by everyone. I didn't really notice the lack of lives until I actually lost all my hearts after over an hour of play or more; only then did I look for the life icon. But it is also an interesting and bold move from a designer perspective; it means that you will actually never see a Game Over screen. The game is intent on keeping up its happy and cheerful tempo even if you should happen to fail.
This brings us to one of the shortcomings in the game, especially if you're an experienced platform player; Super Princess Peach is almost too easy. It is very generous with items to replenish your hearts and vibe meter, and by collecting coins you can increase both the amount of hearts and the vibe meter, reducing the challenge even further. Puzzles are relatively easy and only the last levels really pose any challenge; the rest is literally a walk in the park for any player who has any considerable skill in platform games. But the fascinating thing is that even if it is a bit on the easy side, it just doesn't get boring, because it constantly keeps impressing in visuals and situations. Every new level is a treat both to play and to see, and although not much challenging, the stream of new gameplay elements introduced all the time make it a joy to unlock the next level all the way to the last. And then, when you complete the last one, and the credits have rolled and The End is shown, you are treated to three bonus levels for each area, unlocked by revisiting the old levels and finding all the hidden items on each of them. Suddenly the difficulty increases a little, and it becomes very apparent that the level designers could have created a much more challenging game if that was the goal. When you play through these bonus levels, and you see the way enemies and gameplay elements are mixed in new and interesting ways, it's obvious that this is a game specifically and meticulously developed to be easy and yet enjoyable by everyone. It is almost as if Nintendo created it to experiment with some new internal ideas: less punishment, a return to more varied locations and an increased focus on fun rather than challenge - and suddenly, it sinks in that you've spent a good few hours playing a platform game that was easy but still very much enjoyable!
The game can also be extended even further if you want to complete all the unlockable mini games and jigsaw puzzles, hunt down every bit of musical score you can collect and then unlock the final power that will give you the option to have an infinite vibe meter, enabling you to play with the game mechanics with nothing to gain from it other than pure play. But this is not necessary for the game to be worth its price, especially now that you can probably buy it for a nice discount at your local games shop. The game is a testament to Nintendo's ability to create a solid and enjoyable platformer that actually feels fresh after all these years, and that even if the character it sells is a princess clad in a frilly pink dress with a smiling umbrella in her hand, even a grown-up man can enjoy it for what it is; a great platformer that can hold its own even against the core games in the franchise of which it is arguably a spin-off of.
+ Excellent presentation with vibrant graphics and animations
+ Solid soundtrack
+ Many different enemies, and variations of each depending on their moods
+ Enjoyable boss fights
+ Good replayability if you can accept it for what it is
- Easy
- Could make better use of game mechanics for more elaborate puzzles
- Can be completed in only a few hours
All in all I really enjoyed Super Princess Peach. It felt almost wrong to like it so much when it didn't challenge my zomg awexome platforming skills, but it was a great experience nevertheless. I'd recommend it to anyone who's getting a bit bored of replaying Yoshi's Island yet another time, or for those of us who want a little vacation from playing games where we have to prove how awesome we are at every turn. The game is just that; a nifty and polished platforming vacation.
(PS: If you want to comment on any grammatical hickups, my style of writing or whatnot, I welcome that as well; this is the first video game review I've ever written, so I'm looking for any and all good tips!)
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The semi-annual report on "Re-engagement of Detainees Formerly Held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba" was released on Wednesday by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Out of a total of 614 former prisoners (up from 603 six months ago), intelligence has confirmed that 104 (up from 100) have re-engaged in terrorism/insurgent activities while another 74 are suspected of doing so. The latest report nudged the recidivism rate up to an even 29 percent from 28.9 percent last September.
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JAKKS Pacific® Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results for 2013 Expects Return to Profitability in 2014; Enters Into Commitment Letter with GE Capital for $75 Million Credit Facility Business Wire MALIBU, Calif. -- February 26, 2014 JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) reported results for the Company's fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. Net sales for the fourth quarter of 2013 were $137.7 million, compared to $133.5 million reported in the comparable period in 2012. The reported net loss for the fourth quarter was $16.1 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, which included a restructuring charge of $5.0 million, or $0.23 per share. This compares to a net loss of $119.5 million, or $5.45 per diluted share, reported in the comparable period in 2012, which included a one-time non-cash charge of $91.7 million, or $4.18 per diluted share, related to the impairment of deferred tax assets. Net sales for the full year of 2013 were $632.9 million compared to $666.8 million in 2012. The reported net loss for the full year was $53.9 million, or $2.43 per diluted share, which included charges for license minimum guarantee shortfalls of $14.4 million and inventory impairment of $14.9 million in addition to the restructuring charge of $5.0 million. This compares to net loss for the full year of 2012 of $104.8 million, or $4.37 per diluted share, which included $91.7 million, or $3.83 per diluted share, for the deferred tax asset impairment charge. Stephen Berman, President and CEO, JAKKS Pacific, Inc., stated, "Our sales results for the fourth quarter of 2013 contributed to our exceeding our revised sales and earnings guidance for the full year. Highlights of our fourth quarter sales include Disney Princess dolls and dress-up, including products from the blockbuster Disney animated feature film, Frozen, Sofia the First role play toys, Disney Fairies dolls and dress-up, Cabbage Patch Kids, Black & Decker boys role play, large scale figures, foot-to-floor ride-ons, and activity tables." Mr. Berman continued, "We recently completed our Hong Kong Toy Fair and Nuremberg Toy Fair meetings to preview our 2014 product line-up and the response from our North American and International retailers were very positive. From a product standpoint, we have a broad and robust portfolio this year comprised of evergreen categories and licenses coupled with hot new licensed properties. In Boys, we are looking forward to launching our line of our large-scale figures based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, and the upcoming theatrical release of Godzilla and other top boys' licenses, and our new Hero Portal TV Games platform. For Girls, we are adding even more Disney licensed products to our portfolio, including more dolls and dress-up items based on Frozen. We have added new licenses and distribution channels for our miWorld™ playsets such as top girls' brands, Justice® and Skechers®." "In 2013, we launched our Little Mermaid and miWorld toys with DreamPlay™ apps utilizing NantWorks' recognition technology. Our Little Mermaid Ariel's Musical Surprise app received extremely positive reviews from numerous tech and app sites, both on the quality of the toys and the functionality of the app. The reviews highlighted the incredible graphics in the app, the DreamPlay toy technology and the child friendliness of the app. We are expanding our DreamPlay portfolio for 2014 by doubling our DreamPlay product offerings with brand new innovations that we believe push the boundaries of technology-based digital and physical play experiences and will contribute to our profitability in 2014 and beyond. We are also launching four new toy app initiatives, including a boys' battling app tied to a consumer product activation that will involve key boys play patterns and a standalone app that creates the ultimate virtual pet." Berman concluded, "We are expecting International growth in 2014 through more product offerings in our current territories and new territories for distribution. We continue to nurture our long-standing relationships with key licensors and retailers in 2014 and demonstrate our commitment to product innovation. We strive to keep a tight rein on operating costs, working capital and capital expenditures along with other margin improvements. We believe these strategies and more should position us well for profitability in 2014 and beyond. And lastly, with the traction of our turnaround and product flow coming out of 2013 and heading into 2014, we were able to obtain a credit facility commitment, completion of which will provide financial flexibility to our capital structure." Working Capital As of December 31, 2013, the Company's working capital was $136.3 million, including cash and equivalents and marketable securities of $117.3 million, compared to working capital of $186.6 million including cash and equivalents and marketable securities of $189.5 million as of December 31, 2012. On-hand inventory levels decreased to $46.8 million at year-end 2013 from $59.7 million at year-end 2012. 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February 20, 2009
A few days ago I set up a Google Alert to let me know when any new material appeared on the Internet (or technically speaking, in Google's index of the Internet) with the phrase "Thomas Jefferson." Amidst all the reportage of Thomas Jefferson High School's basketball triumph over West Diddlyfunk...More >>
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Here's something exciting for the foodies among you: "Colonial Hearths, Country Cookstoves: Exploring the Culinary Legacies of Mary Randolph and Edna Lewis" A Special Culinary Program celebrating "Virginia Women in History" and "African American Trailblazers in Virginia History," sponsored by the...More >>
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An interesting work just arrived: Genius Genes: How Asperger Talents Changed the World , by Michael Fitzgerald and Brendan O'Brien (Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2007). Chapter 4 features an "examination" of Our Man Jefferson, in support of the hypothesis that he had Asperger's Syndrome. It's...More >>
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Iconic restaurant was for years an Oklahoma City mainstay, known for its famous coleslaw.
Herman Baggett returned to his Texas home after serving in the Army during World War I with an appreciation for how large the world is. He also came back with a trade. So, he and his wife, Mary May, packed their belongings and migrated north to Oklahoma City in 1925. He'd worked as a cook in the Army and used his experience to catch on in kitchens around the city, including the Black Hotel.
A decade later, he opened his first restaurant, which was a simple sandwich counter at NW 4 and Hudson. But having seen a bigger slice of the world, Herman wanted to bring some of what it had to offer to Oklahoma City. Seafood was the answer. So, in 1939, he opened Herman's Sea Food Restaurant in the same space. "Daddy was bringing in fresh seafood when that sort of thing was unheard of," said his daughter, Susie Gray. "It came packed in ice every day." That included seafood such as pompano, swordfish, soft-shell crab and lobster. Susie Gray's son, Ken Gray, who still makes and sells the Original Herman's Coleslaw, said he used to play in the lobster barrels after the crustaceans were removed. "They were packed in seaweed," he said. "You'd dig out a layer of it, and the lobster was beneath. The barrels were just the right size for me to fit in." After its safe was stolen twice and a couple of fires, the restaurant moved to NW 16 and Classen in the quirky space where, under an outlandish bright sign adorned with a swordfish, it became famous. The Baggetts sold the restaurant to the Val Gene Restaurant Group in 1969, although it continued under the Herman's name through the 1970s. It eventually became Triple's. The space still stands, occupied by a Mexican restaurant. Susie Gray was an only child and as such was spoiled by her daddy. Whenever she showed up for lunch, it was on the house. As a student at Classen High School, which was right around the corner, her entourage of lunch mates grew over time. But even those who didn't tag along were apt to find a free lunch at Herman's. "We used to have crackers and cocktail sauce on the tables, and water was free," she said. "Coca-Cola was only 15 cents." But for dinner, the restaurant was more upscale. "Nobody had a menu like Herman's," Susie Gray said. "People lined up out the door and into the market to get in." She said the market was a common stop for housewives. "Women didn't like to touch the raw fish so much, so Arnold (James) would fillet and clean the fish for them," she said. Places
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I bought it in Kaho San Road, Bangkok, for about 4 Euro. And it worked! In Australia I saved a lot of money in trains and bus journeys, and in museums. I rememebr than in Perth I got 50 per cent discount in my ticket to Sydney on the Indian Pacific.
You can take the Indian Pacific train between Sydney and Perth, but it's also possible to get on at Broken Hill, Adelaide, Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie. You can also start at Melbourne. I started at Adelaide because you miss out on a lot of beautiful scenery when you get on earlier. The most amazing thing about the train ride, which takes 2 nights and a couple of thousand kilometers, is the treeless Nullarbor plain. You can look out of your window in the morning and see some shrubs and look out of the window in the afternoon and see the same. The train leaves twice a week and can cost you between $155 and $1290 depending on the season and the amount of luxury you want. This is really worth the money, it's overwelming how empty this country is, except for some kangaroo's and camels. This train track also includes the longest stretch of straight railway track in the world, 478 kilometers.
Indian-Pacific railway connects Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth. From Adelaide, the train is an excellent way to 'enjoy' the desert, watching at the immensity of the 'Null Harbor Plains' in confort...
in 'Holiday Class' you get a confortable 2 beds cabin, acess to the lounge wagon with video, bar, and the train's restaurant is definitely correct.
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But my main warning is that the Okefenokee Swamp Park which is near Waycross is NOT the same as the National Wildlife Refuge of the same name. It is not even a State Park. There is no camping. There is a steam train tour
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When we came, the water levels were too low for a boat tour, and there was no refund for low water levels
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One horribly hot and humid day last summer, I visited my friend Julia's tiny urban garden.
I didn't go for the copious quantities of iced coffee that we both love, nor for her especially good egg salad, nor even for the effortless conversation we always enjoy.
No, what I really wanted was to dig ginger.
Julia, a chef and restaurant consultant, stores her ginger in the garden during the summer months. She digs it up when she needs a bit for cooking, breaks off a piece, then plants it back in the garden, where it continues to grow.
In the photo above, that's Julia's hand holding a "hand" of ginger, which has sent out new roots. In the front are three "fingers" of new ginger growth, brighter white than the old part, and with new green shoots coming out the top.
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We interrupt our regular programming to celebrate Mothers' Day, which in my kitchen is synonymous with sugar cookies. Three hundred and fifty sugar cookies, decorated by friends in my kitchen, and donated here in Rhode Island to a shelter for homeless women, a residential program for pregnant and postpartum women with addiction issues, and six emergency shelters for women and children who are victims of domestic abuse.
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Attitudes toward online availability of US public records. DG.O 2011: 2-9
- [c42]Seth Cooper, Firas Khatib, Ilya Makedon, Hao Lü, Janos Barbero, David Baker, James Fogarty, Zoran Popovic, Foldit players:
Analysis of social gameplay macros in the Foldit cookbook. FDG 2011: 9-14
- [c41]Kayur Patel, Steven M. Drucker, James Fogarty, Ashish Kapoor, Desney S. Tan:
Using Multiple Models to Understand Data. IJCAI 2011: 1723-1728
- [c40]Jon Froehlich, Eric C. Larson, Elliot Saba, Tim Campbell, Les E. Atlas, James Fogarty, Shwetak Patel:
A Longitudinal Study of Pressure Sensing to Infer Real-World Water Usage Events in the Home. Pervasive 2011: 50-69
- [c39]Ryder Ziola, Shweta Grampurohit, Nate Landes, James Fogarty, Beverly L. Harrison:
Examining interaction with general-purpose object recognition in LEGO OASIS. VL/HCC 2011: 65-68
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- [c38]Saleema Amershi, James Fogarty, Ashish Kapoor, Desney S. Tan:
Examining multiple potential models in end-user interactive concept learning. CHI 2010: 1357-1360
- [c37]Morgan Dixon, James Fogarty:
Prefab: implementing advanced behaviors using pixel-based reverse engineering of interface structure. CHI 2010: 1525-1534
- [c36]Travis Kriplean, Alan Borning, Paul Waddell, Christoffer Klang, James Fogarty:
Supporting agile modeling through experimentation in an integrated urban simulation framework. DG.O 2010: 112-121
- [c35]Keith Grochow, Mark Stoermer, James Fogarty, Charlotte Lee, Bill Howe, Edward D. Lazowska:
COVE: A Visual Environment for Multidisciplinary Ocean Science Collaboration. eScience 2010: 269-276
- [c34]Evan Welbourne, Magdalena Balazinska, Gaetano Borriello, James Fogarty:
Specification and Verification of Complex Location Events with Panoramic. Pervasive 2010: 57-75
- [c33]Kayur Patel, Naomi Bancroft, Steven M. Drucker, James Fogarty, Andrew J. Ko, James A. Landay:
Gestalt: integrated support for implementation and analysis in machine learning. UIST 2010: 37-46
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A comprehensive study of frequency, interference, and training of multiple graphical passwords. CHI 2009: 889-898
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The angle mouse: target-agnostic dynamic gain adjustment based on angular deviation. CHI 2009: 1401-1410
- [c30]Raphael Hoffmann, Saleema Amershi, Kayur Patel, Fei Wu, James Fogarty, Daniel S. Weld:
Amplifying community content creation with mixed initiative information extraction. CHI 2009: 1849-1858
- [c29]Thomas Lin, Oren Etzioni, James Fogarty:
Identifying interesting assertions from the web. CIKM 2009: 1787-1790
- [c28]Jon Froehlich, Eric C. Larson, Tim Campbell, Conor Haggerty, James Fogarty, Shwetak N. Patel:
HydroSense: infrastructure-mediated single-point sensing of whole-home water activity. UbiComp 2009: 235-244
- [c27]Saleema Amershi, James Fogarty, Ashish Kapoor, Desney S. Tan:
Overview based example selection in end user interactive concept learning. UIST 2009: 247-256
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Examining Difficulties Software Developers Encounter in the Adoption of Statistical Machine Learning. AAAI 2008: 1563-1566
- [c25]Daniel S. Weld, Fei Wu, Eytan Adar, Saleema Amershi, James Fogarty, Raphael Hoffmann, Kayur Patel, Michael Skinner:
Intelligence in Wikipedia. AAAI 2008: 1609-1614
- [c24]James Fogarty, Desney S. Tan, Ashish Kapoor, Simon A. J. Winder:
CueFlik: interactive concept learning in image search. CHI 2008: 29-38
- [c23]Michael Toomim, Xianhang Zhang, James Fogarty, James A. Landay:
Access control by testing for shared knowledge. CHI 2008: 193-196
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Investigating statistical machine learning as a tool for software development. CHI 2008: 667-676
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Game design principles in everyday fitness applications. CSCW 2008: 249-252
- [c20]Hao Lü, James Fogarty:
Cascaded treemaps: examining the visibility and stability of structure in treemaps. Graphics Interface 2008: 259-266
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VoiceLabel: using speech to label mobile sensor data. ICMI 2008: 69-76
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Social Access Control for Social Media Using Shared Knowledge Questions. ICWSM 2008
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Zoetrope: interacting with the ephemeral web. UIST 2008: 239-248
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Biases in human estimation of interruptibility: effects and implications for practice. CHI 2007: 50-60
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- [c8]James Fogarty, Andrew Jensen Ko, Htet Htet Aung, Elspeth Golden, Karen P. Tang, Scott E. Hudson:
Examining task engagement in sensor-based statistical models of human interruptibility. CHI 2005: 331-340
- [c7]James Fogarty, Ryan S. Baker, Scott E. Hudson:
Case studies in the use of ROC curve analysis for sensor-based estimates in human computer interaction. Graphics Interface 2005: 129-136
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Presence versus availability: the design and evaluation of a context-aware communication client. Int. J. Hum.-Comput. Stud. 61(3): 299-317 (2004)
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GADGET: a toolkit for optimization-based approaches to interface and display generation. ACM Trans. Graph. 23(3): 730 (2004)
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Examining the robustness of sensor-based statistical models of human interruptibility. CHI 2004: 207-214
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Predicting human interruptibility with sensors: a Wizard of Oz feasibility study. CHI 2003: 257-264
- [c4]James Fogarty, Jodi Forlizzi, Scott E. Hudson:
Portrait: Generating Personal Presentations. Graphics Interface 2003: 209-216
- [c3]James Fogarty, Scott E. Hudson:
GADGET: a toolkit for optimization-based approaches to interface and display generation. UIST 2003: 125-134
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Specifying behavior and semantic meaning in an unmodified layered drawing package. UIST 2002: 61-70
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Tellurex Corporation of Traverse City, Michigan today announced it will deploy tPOD1s to light each of the 80 homes at the Christian Life Orphanage in Seeta, Uganda.
The tPOD1s will be distributed to the orphanage as part of New Hope Church of Traverse City's mission trip during the third week of June.
The partnership between the church and Tellurex formed as a result of a chance meeting between Tellurex Program Manager, Richard Harmon and Patrick Siler, one of the facilitators of the mission trip.
In conversation, one thing led to another and within 30 minutes Harmon was making arrangements to provide enough tPOD1s to provide bright, clean, safe, LED lighting for each of the 80 homes at the orphanage, which is located approximately 30 miles outside of the Ugandan capitol, Kampala.
Harmon stated that he was excited about the partnership and the impact the tPOD1 LED light will have on those living at the orphanage, "The tPOD1 will reduce the cost of lighting at the orphanage which now relies on kerosene lanterns for lighting. It will also improve safety and indoor air quality. tPOD1 lighting will be far superior to their current lanterns."
Siler agreed that the partnership is one that can dramatically help lighting conditions "Our intention for this mission trip was to shine a light, now we can do that both literally and spiritually."
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Lisa Sedlar is running a few minutes behind. The diminutive short-haired woman hurries into her makeshift office apologizing, explaining she slept through her alarm. She's easy to forgive; the former New Seasons CEO has been working 15-hour days as she prepares to launch her new grocery chain, Green Zebra. She looks a little tired, naturally. But fortified by coffee, Sedlar seems remarkably unstressed: She's been sleeping the deep sleep of someone who knows she has a good idea.
Sedlar's elevator speech for Green Zebra goes like this: It's a mash-up between a 7-Eleven and a Whole Foods. The stores will sell convenience-store fare such as candy and soda, and, at approximately 6,000 square feet, they'll be closer in size to a Plaid Pantry than New Seasons. But Green Zebra will also sell organic and local products, and will feature a produce section and a deli. If the concept sounds familiar, it's because the idea is a time-tested one: the corner store. "This is how people used to shop," Sedlar says.
Sedlar got the idea for Green Zebra before she was headhunted by New Seasons in 2005. During her seven-year tenure as CEO, the grocery chain opened eight stores, added about 1,650 employees and tripled its revenue. But the much-lauded executive still had a "burning desire" to open a small-format grocery store.
"I could see there was a market need," she says, "and I could see that if I didn't do it now, someone else was going to do it." Sedlar left New Seasons last fall; her former employer is a minority investor in her new venture. The first Green Zebra, located in Portland's Kenton neighborhood, opened in September, with two more stores, in Woodstock and Richmond, to follow next year.
Sedlar projects sales of $5 million to $6 million per store in year one. She calls that forecast "robust," but when she needs a confidence boost, she looks to convenience-industry trends. "Their growth is coming in large part from expanding their food offerings," she says.
In stocking her stores, Sedlar says she'll follow an 80/20 guideline: 80% Whole Foods-style products, 20% 7-Eleven-style. Her concept reinforces what the strong performance of Oregon's convenience industry suggests — that Oregonians want health and convenience. They want to have their gluten-free cake and eat it too.
"To us, convenience means not sending you to more than one store," Sedlar says. "Natural-food stores: All they do is natural food. So if you drink Diet Coke — which a lot of people do — you have to go to another store to get it. We don't see ourselves as the food police; we do carry Diet Coke and Coke and Cheerios. We just don't carry a lot of that stuff."
Green Zebra may be a whole different animal than your average convenience store. And, though Sedlar says she'd like to eventually open stores beyond Portland, the concept may be too crunchy for most of the country. Even so, this contemporary corner store does take convenience-industry trends to their logical conclusion. If Sedlar is successful, Green Zebra could offer a model for the less gas- and cigarette-dependent and more health-focused convenience store of the future.
As the markup on mini-mart products indicates, convenience itself is a commodity, and these days, it's a hot one. Supermarkets, with the introduction of self-checkout stands, are trying to become more convenient. Starbucks and Subway have turned coffee and sub shops into convenience-based businesses. Even retailers that don't sell food, such as Best Buy and Old Navy, are hawking convenience products like soda and candy at their registers.
This convenience creep means that for actual c-stores, differentiation is more important than ever. "Those are the same products you sell, so how do you add that 'wow factor'?" Lenard says. "You're seeing an evolution away from packaged items toward something else."
Lenard was in Oregon recently to shoot a video featuring a local convenience store that exemplifies that evolution: Bend's Stop and Go Mini Mart. The store's "wow factor?" Beer on draft. The Stop and Go boasts 30 beer taps, not to mention six cider and wine taps, 11 kombucha taps and one root beer tap, selling the beverages in the large glass jugs known as growlers.
The Stop and Go's owners, father and son Kent and Kizer Couch, installed the first dozen taps in 2011 after watching demand for craft beer rise throughout the recession. "I think people found craft beer was a way of indulging themselves when they couldn't afford to go to the movies as often, or whatever it was," Kizer Couch speculates. "We couldn't keep enough craft six-packs and 22-ounce bottles in our store to satisfy the demand."
Beer enthusiasts, excited about being able to take home varieties brewers don't bottle or can, responded positively to the Stop and Go's new offerings, and the Couches rapidly expanded their tap selection. Draft-beverage sales now make up roughly 10% to 15% of the business's total in-store revenue, without affecting sales of packaged beer and wine. "You can't put a value on differentiation," Kizer says. "That's the only reason we dominate in our area. We're constantly asking, 'What's the next thing?'"
Across the state, at his immaculate mini mart in the Coast Range town of Vernonia, Matt Carlough agrees convenience stores must be adaptable. A board member of the Oregon Neighborhood Store Association, a convenience-industry trade group, he also believes the c-store remains a fundamentally sound business.
Whether supermarkets have self-checkout stands or not, he argues, their very size prevents them from truly competing with convenience stores. "At a Safeway, you've got to park 50 feet away and hike all the way to the back of the store to get a six-pack," Carlough says. "That's not convenient."
Speed-metrics studies by NACS bear him out: Car door to car door, the average duration of a convenience-store trip is about three minutes. "There are plenty of stores where that's the time you spend walking from your car to inside — let alone what it takes to navigate the aisles," Lenard says.
Plaid Pantry's executives aren't worried about the industry's sustainability, either, and not only because of c-stores' speed advantage. To Girard, the idea behind the convenience store is too simple to fail. "It's a box," he says. "Is there a place for a 2,400-square-foot box surrounded by people? Of course."
Perhaps the Portlandia picture isn't so complicated. Yes, Oregonians are different. We drink a lot of craft beer, as the flowing taps at the Stop and Go attest. We buy a lot of local and organic goods, a trait Green Zebra's investors are banking on. Apparently, we smoke a lot of American Spirits.
But maybe we're not as different as we'd like to believe. Food-conscious Oregonians might not be among convenience stores' core customers, but that doesn't mean they never pass through those chiming glass doors. Girard believes Plaid Pantry serves foodies "for their needs other than upscale fresh foods" — and why not? Be it a bottle of microbrewed beer or a can of celebrity-endorsed cream soda, "people are always going to have needs they want filled immediately," Cote says. "That's what we do."
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So not only does the ordered-a-size-too-small dress for my sister's wedding fit (the dress shop lady complimented me on my tiny waist - I haven't heard that in about 15 years - I guess my hourglass is slowly revealing itself again), but I was able to wear a dress I bought last fall to work yesterday for the first time. It doesn't fit as well as I would like it to, but putting it on in the morning and thinking, "Hey! You know, not too bad!" was pretty awesome.
I am enjoying the way I'm eating now. I did have some Pizza Hut pizza this week, but I didn't feel guilty about it. I am not what I eat.
I lost another pound or two. Eating real food really is more satisfying than junk food/fast/food - it doesn't take as much to make me full, and I don't snack as much. I love eating fruit and veg everyday, and don't miss sugar - honestly. I went out with some work friends last night to celebrate my friend's 'retirement' (she's 28 - achieving her goal of SAHM, which is awesome for her!), and was not even tempted by the desserts everyone else decided to have. If I wanted some, I would have had a bite, but I wasn't restraining myself, it just didn't sound all that good. Crazy, I know.
I'm not really exercising - can't wait to start walking if THE WEATHER EVER COOPERATES YES I'M TALKING TO YOU NE OHIO - but I have been doing these arm exercises every day before my shower. I seem to be noticing some definition. I just want them to be a little less flabby before the wedding. Coming home last night, it was dark, around 20 degrees out, and there was a person jogging on the side of the road in the slush. I could barely see him/her, even with the day-glo orange safety patch on their back. I just felt sorry for that person - in my mind it was unsafe and so late - why wouldn't you just wait until tomorrow? I hope they were enjoying themselves anyway! Everyone has a different perspective, and that's OK.
Mostly I like myself, my body, and how I look. I just want to do what's best for myself and try to avoid any complications down the road, like diabetes, which runs in my family. It's time to take responsibility for myself, in ways that don't make me crazy. I'm far too busy to be a slave to the gym and my food scale, and I don't enjoy my life when I do that. It's much more fun to cook real food that I like to eat, get a good night's sleep, and take a walk on a pretty day now and then. That's my plan, and if I'm not a size 6 by summer, who cares? I haven't been since high school, and it hasn't ruined my life yet.
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Yay for you. Love your attitude ! So glad you are able to wear the dresses.
I have not been crazy-watching the scale, and am continuing eating healthy...and, like you, my skinny jeans now fit. I am happy, healthy and ... For the first time in my life, not living by the weight dictates of anyone except myself. Enjoy that wedding !
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Filming by Marili Andre for IMG models.
Duration: 1:07
PRADA presents this short film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley.
Duration: 3:30
Quentin Jones redesigns the Victoria by Victoria Beckham line in this colorful animated presentation.
Duration: 2:16


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Accession Number: EH-C6163D
Description: Detail of photograph from Ernest Hemingway's 1921 United States Passport, with his signature across the bottom of the image. Passport number 100585, with stamp and other writing at edges.
Credit Line: Please Credit "Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and M...
Stacey Abrams, 38, is the first woman to lead either party in the Georgia General Assembly, and the first African-American to lead in the Georgia House of Representatives. First elected in 2006, Abrams has made a mark as a thoughtful, open-minded legislator and a master of detail in the formulation of public policy.
In 2010, Georgia House Democrat...
BOSTON – The U.S. Postal Service honored our 12 Presidential Libraries with a commemorative postage stamp to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955. The dedication ceremonies took place today at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston and at all of the nation's Presidential Lib...
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Accession Number: EH-C6163D
Description: Detail of photograph from Ernest Hemingway's...
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