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NEW ORLEANS - D.J. Williams was sitting at a table with his mother and sisters at Disney World when it hit him.
NEW ORLEANS - D.J. Williams was sitting at a table with his mother and sisters at Disney World when it hit him.
The Arkansas tight end was in Orlando, Fla., this month to accept the Disney Spirit Award as college football's most inspirational player.
"I was eating with my family, and my sister Valerie said something and everybody started laughing," Williams said yesterday as the Razorbacks prepared for the Sugar Bowl against Ohio State. "I sat back and was kind of amazed (realizing) where we've come from to where we are now, sitting in Disney."
In 1999, Williams' mother, Vicky, fled her abusive, drug-addicted husband along with D.J. and his younger sister, Vanessa. At a homeless shelter in Dallas, workers told Vicky that she wouldn't be safe from her husband even there.
So they pulled out a map. Vicki asked D.J. to point to a spot where they might go. D.J.'s finger landed on Little Rock, Ark. Off they went to Arkansas to start a new life with nothing but a few suitcases.
Eleven years later, that decision is now the stuff of Razorbacks legend. After not even liking football until high school, Williams has developed into the Mackey Award winner as the best tight end in college football and a certain high NFL draft pick.
"It's really hard to sit back and dwell on those times when everything ahead of me looks so promising," Williams said. "What I have now is so great. I really try not to look back at those times."
With his effervescent personality, that hasn't been hard to do.
When a reporter joked about Williams supposedly cheating to beat quarterback Ryan Mallett in a team bowling competition Thursday, Williams was ready with a quick response.
"If being talented at everything I do is cheating, yes, I did cheat," he said with a big smile. "I'm just kidding - kind of."
He said he loved visiting Disney World because he got to "kick it with Mickey and Minnie" and was thrilled that he got to get a picture with "my life love, Princess Jasmine."
"D.J. is one of the best dudes I've ever met," Arkansas running back Knile Davis said. "He's always got a smile on his face, like nothing ever really makes him mad."
Davis said that if he'd had Williams' experiences as a kid, "I don't even know if I could keep my head up. I'd be mad at the world.
"He's a phenomenal person, and you know he's a phenomenal athlete."
The athleticism is beyond question. The 6-foot-2, 251-pound senior leads all active college tight ends with 147 career receptions and 1,817 yards. His 49 catches this season lead the Razorbacks.
"Well, it's always good to have the best tight end in the country, from what everybody says," Razorbacks offensive coordinator Garrick McGee said. "He can move the chains on third downs. He's a definite matchup problem for linebackers."
Williams acknowledged bittersweet feelings about his college career coming to a close.
"It's sinking in every day that my days as a Razorback are coming to an end," he said. "I'm not complaining at all at the way it's ending. It's ending on a great note."
The Sugar Bowl is Arkansas' first Bowl Championship Series game.
"The coolest thing," Williams said, " is walking places back home and people not asking for autographs but just shaking our hands and saying, 'You and your teammates have made us proud to be a Razorback.'"


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#B032 Miller Family Cemetery, Brookhaven Hamlet, Suffolk County, Brookhaven Town, NY, USA
The Miller Family Cemetery is an approximately 50 ft. east-west x 85 ft. north-south plot located about 400 ft. east of Fire Place Neck Rd., between the Brookhaven Elementary School property and Brook Nursery Rd. (at the rear of 19 Fire Place Neck Road, just east of the large sump). While there is a right of way from Fire Place Neck Rd. to the cemetery just north of the residential property at 19 Fire Place Neck Rd., it is not passable; access the the cemetery is gained through a gate in the chain link fence on the north side of the Brookhaven Elementary School parking lot.
This land was once all the Miller family farm, then became the Brook Nursery. It is now mostly residential housing.
The cemetery also contains two pet gravestones. See key map.
The cemetery is surrounded by its own chain link fence in fair to good condition. Some maintenance is provided by members of the Fire Place History Club, No recent maintenance appears to have been provided by the Town of Brookhaven. The gravestones are in relatively good condition, considering the age of some of the stones, although two have become difficult to read.
This cemetery is #32 on the c. 1939 Town of Brookhaven Historian's Cemetery List and has Historic Site ID Br30C.1-S.
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|#32.00 Miller Family Cemetery, Aug 2008
.. from the southwest corner. Scrub growth has taken over about a quarter of the site, which could be easily controlled by 2-3 times a season mowing.
|#32.00 Miller Family Cemetery, August 2008
.. looking south. Pictured is local resident Faith McCutcheon.
|#32.00 Miller Family Cemetery, November 2005
.. from the southwest corner looking north. The four headstones in the foreground are nos. 11, 12, 13, and 14.
|#32.00 Miller Family Cemetery, November 2005
.. looking north from about midway. The headstones in the immediate foreground are Nos. 11 and 12. In the background is no. 1, Nathaniel and Ellen Miller's monument.
|#32.00 Miller Family Cemetery, August 2008.
.. looking north. The three stones to the left are nos. 11, 12 and 13 on the key map. While the gravestones remain in fairly good condition, the lack of routine maintenance is evident in the increased amount of brush growth.
|#32.00 Miller Family Cemetery, November 2005
.. from the northwest corner looking to the south. The small stone in the foreground is the pet stone No. 16, Jinx. To the left is No. 9.
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Madden Problems- EA Responds.
I got this link off PFT. It looks like the Xbox 360 version will be buggy and patched later. I hope rushed products and online patches aren't Microsoft's big contribution to console gaming. I'm starting to wonder if it'd be too much work to build 2006 rosters into NFL2K5. I've never played that game, but I'm bored with Madden and frustrated by their "improvements" since getting exclusive rights.
EA responds to Madden NFL 07 concerns
Posted Aug 17th 2006 10:20PM by Robert Summa
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Online, Sports, Business
There have been a couple issues pop up on the Internet recently regarding the 360 version of Madden NFL 07 (Aug. 22). Two different Madden fan sites have gotten copies of the final product and each voiced specific worries with what they were given. 1Up contacted EA and got their response to the problems addressed.
The first problem:
Operation Sports claimed that Hall of Fame players started appearing on the rosters of other teams. While hardcore Madden fans don't seem to like this, that's how their inclusions is actually supposed to work. "It's working the way we intended it to," said Mr. Ortiz. "Whatever players you unlock, they are the players that will actually be available when you start the franchise mode. If you've already unlocked 10 Hall of Famers, they'll be available for players to sign... It's there for users to take advantage of." Mr. Ortiz recognized that this troubled some players, and mentioned that there is a in-game fix available, where players can save off the roster when they're booting up, and then proceeding to load it once they're in-game -- effectively eliminating the old-timers from the rosters.
Now the second:
Madden Nation says that players weren't fatiguing at all. The initial posting stated they "broke like 3 tackles and laid on the turbo... he's not even in the yellow." (Players fatigue from green to yellow to red.) We asked Mr. Ortiz about this as well. "That's actually not the case. The UI isn't registering it... You fatigue at a lower pace than in the past, but it isn't reflected in the UI. [It's] Something we're addressing and fixing right now." He explained that this fix would be delivered in the way of a patch to the game for 360 users, but didn't have a specific date as to when it would be available. "Very soon. Around the release date," he said, adding "We don't just shove the fix out there. We don't want to slide [the balance] it too far in one direction."
So, EA is aware of these issues yet they feel it is OK to just wait to release a patch? While we're glad the 360 affords publishers the luxury to update or patch their product, they shouldn't be using it as a crutch to mend broken games that appear to be nothing but rushed products. For gamers spending $60 a pop on these things, it's not exactly fair to the loyal customer base to take advantage of them like this -- especially those not lucky enough to have broadband to fix the problems.
Link: http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/17/ea...l-07-concerns/
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I remember this being a big issue before. Was something actually done to get this resolved? Or did they just leave it at that?


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Smyly set to face Angels in his first start of '14
DETROIT -- Tigers left-hander Drew Smyly's first start of the season is now set for Friday's series opener against the Angels.
Smyly was originally slated to face the Indians on Wednesday, but Tuesday's postponement pushed Anibal Sanchez to that game and forced Smyly to be pushed back yet again. Unlike the rainout against the Royals last homestand, which knocked Smyly out of the rotation for more than a week, the difference this time is just a couple of days.
The difference will be more about the opponent than the day. While Cleveland's lineup is loaded with left-handed batters and switch-hitters, the Angels' lineup leans right-handed, especially now with Josh Hamilton and Kole Calhoun out. Their two primary run producers, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout, both bat right-handed, as do David Freese, Howie Kendrick and Erick Aybar.
That said, the Angels have so far hit right- and left-handed pitchers about the same.
Max Scherzer will follow Smyly in the rotation, facing the Angels on Saturday. Rick Porcello, who had been on track for Friday, will instead pitch Sunday's series finale. Porcello will now miss next week's four-game series against the White Sox, a team he beat four times with two no-decisions last season and a 2.13 ERA.


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SAP, Oracle Holding Out on Ubuntu?
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Linux vendor Canonical is working hard to get more software and hardware certifications for its Ubuntu Linux distribution. In its latest round of partnerships, Canonical is expanding its relationship with IBM (NYSE: IBM), Alfresco, Zimbra, Likewise, Centrify and others.
Yet though Canonical is trying valiantly to show momentum in its alliances, at least two notable companies are missing from its partner lineup for Ubuntu. Neither Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) nor SAP (NYSE: SAP) currently support Ubuntu, and both lack immediate plans to do so.
Linux competitors Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) and Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) are both certified by Oracle and SAP, which could potentially leave Ubuntu on the outside looking in for large Linux deployments.
Oracle's support for Linux in 1998 has been cited by experts as one of the key reasons why Linux has become successful in the marketplace. Ubuntu has been gaining fans and adoption over the past four years, often topping the popularity scales at Linux distribution tracking site DistroWatch and elsewhere. Despite that apparent community popularity, Oracle isn't too interested in Ubuntu.
"Oracle has no current plans to support Ubuntu Linux," an Oracle spokesperson wrote in an e-mail to InternetNews.com. "Oracle's supported distributions are Novell's SLES, Red Hat's RHEL, Asianux and Oracle Enterprise Linux. These decisions are based on customer demand and Oracle's focus on enterprise Linux usage."
Oracle Enterprise Linux is Oracle's own Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Earlier this year Oracle claimed that it had more than 2000 customers on its version of Linux. All told Oracle's Linux initiatives are worth at least $500 million in revenue.
"We've spoken to them [Oracle] before," Canonical's Yates said. "I think that Oracle is in a different situation than most ISVs because they have their own Linux. I think that it's easier for them to sell their own Linux than it is for them to start selling Ubuntu."
Yates added that Oracle support is something he would like, but that it's not on his short-term hit list.
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Around the World Photographers Thursday
|Rocky Neck ~ Cultural District on Cape Ann MA
K is for keel for Alpahbe Thursday ~ 'timber of plate running length wise along the center of the bottom of a ship' ~ even smaller boats have keels.
without my keel where?
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self off course often.
I live in a coastal town on the Northeast coast of New England. We have our rural areas and yet you can find a tiny rural piece near the center part of town that suggests Rural Thursday as in this photo below of a tiny sparrow that seemed to pose for me.


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Selena Gomez Cancels Concerts as Mom Suffers Miscarriage
We're sad to report this news. Selena Gomez's mother suffered a miscarriage yesterday, causing the 'Who Says' singer to cancel concerts this weekend.
E! Online reports that Gomez was in the audience at Power 106.1 Cali Christmas concert when she learned of the devastating news. Gomez immediately left the show to go home to be with her family.
Gomez had announced via Twitter in late November that her mother Mandy and stepfather Brian Teefey were expecting. "Momma and Brian are finally letting me share the news," Gomez wrote. "My mommys carrying my baby brother or sister : ) I'm the happiest girl in the world!"
Gomez cancelled tonight's scheduled performance at the B96 Jingle Bash 2011 at the Allstate Arena in Illinois. Her 106.1 KISS FM Jingle Bell Bash that was originally scheduled for tomorrow at the WaMu Theater in Seattle is postponed due to OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder's vocal rest.
While Gomez is still slated to appear on MTV's New Year's Eve special, it is unclear if she is still attending.
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Oscar Pistorius applied for firearm licenses for six more guns weeks before the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp inside his house on Feb. 14, according to official records obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The applications were made on Jan. 22, just over three weeks before Pistorius shot his girlfriend dead in his home with a licensed 9 mm pistol.
The athlete says the killing of Steenkamp was accidental as he thought she was a dangerous intruder inside his bathroom. Prosecutors say the double-amputee athlete intended to kill his girlfriend and have charged him with premediated murder.
In details obtained from the South African Police Service's National Firearms Center and given over the telephone, Pistorius applied for licenses for a Smith & Wesson model 500 revolver, a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, a Vector .223-caliber rifle and three shotguns: A Mossberg shotgun, a Maverick shotgun and a Winchester shotgun.
The details were given to the AP by two separate officials at the government department. They refused to give their names because they were not authorized to speak to the media, although the records are available to the public.
Pistorius registered the 9 mm handgun used in the Valentine's Day killing for self-defense, the firearm center officials said. The six outstanding applications listed those guns for Pistorius' private collection.
The six recent firearm license applications were sent back to a police and firearms station in Johannesburg to be reapplied for on Monday, four days after Steenkamp's killing, the officials said. No reasons were given why the applications were sent back to be refiled.
Pistorius' license for the 9 mm Parabellum pistol that was used in Steenkamp's shooting was issued to Pistorius on Sept. 10, 2010 on appeal after an initial application in 2008 was rejected. One of the officials said the rejection was procedural as Pistorius had passed his competency test and had no criminal record.
The 9 mm pistol license card was printed on Sept. 16, 2010 and received by Pistorius on Sept. 27, 2010, the officials said.
Under South Africa's strict gun laws, you need a license for every firearm you own. An applicant must undergo a competency test - which includes gun safety training - before a license can be issued.
Pistorius would also have had to provide three character referees, one of the firearms center officials said, one of whom must be a family member and one of whom must be a neighbor.


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First impressions mean everything in life, and for most Lowriders, a first encounter with a modified street cruiser means a lifelong addiction to riding slow and low. Such is the case with one aficionado we caught up with. Back in 1987 as Rolando "Big Tito" Belloso was walking home, he had that intoxicating encounter; he saw his first Lowrider. "I was walking from 24th Street to where I lived on 21st Street and I saw a 1964 Chevy Impala on Mission. I remember seeing [the driver] lifting the rear of the car and lowering the convertible top at the same time. Ever since then, I've been hooked," says Big Tito with a smile.
Given his new found passion, he couldn't wait to get started and the first car Big Tito began building was a '76 Impala. "I thought I would be able to go pretty far with that car but I never did," he says woefully. "I was nineteen years old and I got a girl pregnant. I had to sell the car for the family," says Tito. Five years down the line after he was a little better established, Tito bought himself a 1964 Impala. "It was silver and had a chrome undercarriage; I was really proud of that car." The car fed even further into Tito's addiction and his time behind the wheel also served to motivate him.
In 2002, Tito and his friends Che, Gordito, and Chepe started up a car club called Blvd Kings. The idea to start up a club came after Tito left his former club; one of many that fell more into the big wheel trend and veered away from the traditional Lowriders. "I wanted a club that would stay as a traditional car club," says Big Tito. During the club's inception, Big Tito had a 1964 Impala convertible that he used to show quite often. After garnering much attention on the circuit, the car was sold to a buyer in New Orleans and was featured in our March 2012 issue of Lowrider Magazine. The mother chapter of the Blvd Kings is the Bay Area chapter and shortly after the chapter's initial success, Blvd Kings opened up a San Jose chapter, followed by three more chapters in Fresno, Vallejo and Orange County. Tito acknowledges the mentorship and guidance of two friends, Kita from USO and Glen from Low Creations, for helping him to create such a successful club so quickly. The club's responsibilities not only led Tito to fulfilling relationships, they also led him to another build!
After meeting a Lowrider in Arizona named Bobby who aspired to open up a chapter of the club there, Tito made the trip to speak with him about the matter. The fateful trip produced another project for Tito; a Glasshouse. "Bobby told me that he bought it from a guy who was fixing it up for his wife and something happened to where they ended up getting divorced. Bobby purchased the car from him and it wrecked his home life, and sure enough, when I got it, the car wrecked my home, too!" The events gave Tito an easy idea for the car's name; "Home Wrecker." "When I got it from Bobby, the car had no engine, no transmission, no paint, and it needed interior. The only things that were finished were the exterior paint and chromed undercarriage," Tito explains.
Currently, Big Tito has a 1958 Impala Convertible on his to-do list, and he hopes to finish that project soon. Since the Glasshouse was a home wrecker, Tito ended up selling the car to one of his club members from Orange County. "I hope the Glasshouse will give Rob a better turn around than it did for the rest of us. I don't like letting this car go, but I think what I really need to do is to finish that '58 convertible," Tito says with a laugh.
Tito would like to thank all of his club members that came over and helped out. "I want to thank Chris, Mike, Calisto, Jesse's brother, Rick Gomes, my son, Angel, and my family," he says. "I really appreciate all my Blvd Kings club members."
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"The Home Wrecker"
Owner: Rolando "Big Tito" Belloso
Vehicle: 1974 Chevy Caprice
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Car Club: Blvd Kings
Engine: Mike, Chris, and Rick Gomes assembled the 350 engine, which is now fully chromed-out.
Body/Paint: Bobby Jaerqui, from Arizona, painted the car an elegant candy Brandywine color, while Angelo lent a hand by adding his pinstripe work.
Interior: Tito got the interior work finished in Arizona by an excellent mom-and-pop shop, Arizona's Finest Interiors. The crew there complemented the Glasshouse's elegant exterior with their own keen combination.
Sound System: Tito decided to keep the system simple, so he threw a bazooka speaker box in the trunk, which he had painted to match the car. The head unit is a JVC stereo, and the system is grounded thanks to a pair of 6×9's.
Setup: Since the car looked old school, Tito decided to make the setup look old school as well. He and the club members installed the two chrome pumps in the trunk.
Tires: 155/80R13.
Wheels: 13×7 painted Luxors.


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The new iPhone is longer, sleeker and with a 4-inch display that trumps the iPhone 4S, according to reports.
The news, complete with photos of a prototype, first came on a Japanese blog, but some American tech bloggers have their doubts about the photos. "I'm very skeptical in regards to these videos simply because rapid prototyping and sourcing is getting so simple these days anyone can carve out a convincing iPhone shell and take some good footage of it," wrote TechCrunch's John Biggs. But yet he still wrote about it.
Others claim that Apple will be using the new nano-SIM card standard, which is nearly half the size of a regular SIM card, Computerworld reported. This could mean the new iPhone will be significantly thinner than the last iPhone, even if it's a bit longer. And if both phones were animate, then the iPhone 5 could arguably swallow the iPhone 4S, although the skinny new iPhone may not want to put on any more weight.
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News from around the country and around the globe
I still don't know how many of these reports carry are credible, so readers should view them all skeptically. However, I do think that Apple will be having a big announcement shortly.


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Smithsonian Celebrates the Star-Spangled Banner Bicentennial
Contact: Laura Rodini [email protected] 410-685-3750 Ext. 322
BALTIMORE, March 6, 2014 - The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is joining with national partners to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired the national anthem. Festivities begin March 6, with a ceremony for the new Star-Spangled Banner Forever Stamp in partnership with the United States Postal Service. Continuing throughout the summer, events include the presentation of the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal to cultural icon Ralph Lauren and a naturalization ceremony; uniting the banner with Francis Scott Key's original manuscript; a call to millions of Americans to participate in simultaneously singing the "Star-Spangled Banner"; and a cocktail program, "Raise a Glass to History," in 15 cities.
The museum is proud to be the home of the flag that inspired lawyer Key in 1814, after the relentless but ultimately unsuccessful British bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry, to pen the lyrics to what later became the U.S. national anthem in 1931.
"Americans have used the Star-Spangled Banner, both the flag and the song, to express diverse ideas of patriotism and national identity," said John Gray, director of the museum. "The historic events we are planning around the Star-Spangled Banner will create shared moments in our nation's history."
When the museum opened its doors to the public Jan. 23, 1964, as the National Museum of History and Technology, its Flag Hall was among the first 10 original galleries on view. Today, the Star-Spangled Banner remains at the center of what is now the National Museum of American History and is among the most popular objects with the museum's 5 million annual visitors.
The March 6 First-Day-of-Issue Ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. in the museum's Flag Hall with Kristin Seaver, vice president, Area Operations, Capital Metro Area, U.S. Postal Service, serving as the dedicating official. Seaver will reveal the new Star-Spangled Banner Forever stamp with Gray and special guests, including Tina Cappetta, superintendent of the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. A Key reenactor will recite the anthem and present American flags to the public.
In June, the Smithsonian will present Lauren, the youngest son of immigrant parents, with the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal in a ceremony that also welcomes 15 new Americans. The medal recognizes Lauren's lifetime contributions to American entrepreneurship, artistry, creativity and vision. Additionally, Lauren played a leadership role in the preservation of the Star-Spangled Banner. Established in 1965 to honor the 200th anniversary of Smithson's birth, Lauren will be the 70th recipient of the medal since 1990.
The Maryland Historical Society is loaning Key's original manuscript for a short-term display, from Flag Day, June 14, through July 6. According to Society President Burt Kummerow, the marriage of the two national treasures is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for visitors to Washington. The manuscript will be displayed within the flag's environmentally controlled chamber, which depicts the flag as Key saw it, at "Dawn's Early Light," on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814. The museum is also working with the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission to promote the flag's and the anthem's anniversary, culminating in September with the Star-Spangled Spectacular in Baltimore.
Also on Flag Day, the Smithsonian will invite Americans around the globe to join Raise It Up!, a worldwide commemoration of the flag and anthem. Raise it Up! Anthem for America will be a call to millions of Americans to simultaneously sing "The Star-Spangled Banner," led by a celebrity artist on the National Mall, steps from the original flag. Groups and individuals can register their official participation and get tips on how to plan a Flag Day celebration at www.anthemforamerica.si.edu.
On June 15, the museum will kick off its "Raise a Glass to History" cocktail event, which will challenge mixologists across 15 cities to create beverages inspired by the Star-Spangled Banner.
Founded in 1844, The Maryland Historical Society Museum and Library occupies an entire city block in the Mount Vernon district of Baltimore. The society's mission is to "collect, preserve, and interpret the objects and materials that reflect Maryland's diverse cultural heritage." The Society is home to the original manuscript of the Star-Spangled Banner and publishes a quarterly titled "Maryland Historical Magazine." Visit www.mdhs.org.


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Earth from Space: Uluru/Ayers Rock, Australia
The vast rock formation Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) emerging from the flat desert landscape of central Australia, as seen by ESA's Proba microsatellite.
Uluru is the second largest monolith – or single stone block - in the world after Mount Augustus (also known as Burringurrah), also in Australia. By comparison however Mount Augustus is heavily eroded and has plants growing across its lower slopes.
Uluru's hard coating of feldspar-infused sandstone has enabled it to better withstand the ravages of time. Even so, there are many grooves, holes and caves on the surface of the rock due to wind and rain run-off, plus flaking off of 'plates' of rock from alternate heating and cooling. Gradual rust occurring within Uluru's coating is responsible for its reddish colour, which is famous for seeming to shift with the time of day.
The monolith is located within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located 350 kilometres southwest of Alice Springs. Explorer Ernest Giles was the first European to discover Uluru but it has been a sacred site to local Aborigines for thousands of years: there are many ancient paintings on its slopes. In 1985 ownership of Uluru was returned to the local Aboriginal people, the Anangu, who leased it back to the Australian government as a National Park.
Uluru stands 318 metres above the surrounding desert and measures eight kilometres around. The monolith also extends at least 2.5 kilometres down into the ground. From around 900 million years ago this part of Australia was a shallow sea and multiple layers of mineral-rich sandstone were laid down on the ocean floor. About 550 million years ago these hardened sandstone layers were uplifted to form mountains, which then gradually eroded and washed away into number of large sediment-rich alluvial fans – one of which formed the basis of Uluru.
Some 500 million years ago the area was again inundated by a shallow ocean, compressing and cementing Uluru's sandstone. The sea receded between 400 and 300 million years ago and the rocks folded and fractured once more. The horizontal layers of Uluru's hardened sandstone were tilted almost 90 degrees upward to their present position, eroding more slowly than surrounding softer deposits until the monolith stood high above an otherwise flat surface. A comparable formation in the National Park called Kata Tjuta (formerly known as the Olgas) formed in much the same way.
This image was acquired on 20 August 2005 by the Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS). Built by UK-based Sira Technology, CHRIS is the main payload on ESA's Proba microsatellite, designed to acquire hyperspectral images with a spatial resolution of 18 metres across an area of 14 kilometres.
The size of a washing machine, Proba was originally launched in 2001 as a technology demonstrator, but is now operated as an ESA Earth Observation Third Party Mission.


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Jackman, Kidman lead Oscar acting races
As the 45th annual Telluride Film Festival begins to wind down, the landscape of lead acting Oscar contenders is beginning to materialise in the early days of the film awards season.
On the actress side, Nicole Kidman is turning a lot of heads with her de-glammed performance in Karyn Kusama's uneven noir Destroyer.
The film has been a bit divisive, but most agree that the Australian Oscar winner, 51, delivers in a role completely unlike anything she's ever tackled. It's a true anti-heroine, though, a character that could put some viewers off. But it's thrilling to see Kidman go to such a bold and dangerous place at this stage in her career.
Fox Searchlight has at least a pair of possibilities, maybe a third if the reigning best-picture champ opts to widen the net for The Favourite. Yorgos Lanthimos' outrageous period-piece comedy has critics going gaga (though that could fade somewhat if it becomes a love-it/hate-it film in the season).
The performances from Olivia Colman, Emma Stone (receiving a tribute here at the fest) and Rachel Weisz are outstanding, but at the moment it appears Colman's uproarious depiction of Queen Anne is the leading contender. She's been rather universally declared the stand-out, but like her two co-stars, it's a role that could be perceived as supporting.
If either of the other two ladies gets the upgrade, it would be Stone as Abigail Masham, one of the queen's intimate companions. The 29-year-old knows how to grab the spotlight when she's on camera, and indeed, that's what the film is about in some ways.
Also from Searchlight is Can You Ever Forgive Me?, with Melissa McCarthy as author Lee Israel. Israel, who was struggling for work in the early 1990s, found herself the most unlikely of criminals when she launched a campaign of forging (and stealing) intimate letters from famed writers like Dorothy Parker and Lillian Hellman, then selling them at top dollar. Marielle Heller has made a charming film that expertly balances drama and comedy, and McCarthy delivers her best performance to date as the scorned and conflicted Israel. (Watch for Robert E. Grant in the supporting actor race as a rowdy friend and confidante.)
In the lead actor arena, Robert Redford highlights an assortment of star players. His swan-song work in David Lowery's The Old Man & the Gun could contend if that into-the-sunset narrative really takes hold. It's not that the performance really stands-out in his filmography -- after all, it's built on the charm and charisma of so many of his other turns throughout the years -- but it taps the nostalgia beautifully, and moreover, his chemistry with Sissy Spacek is too delightful to resist.
In Damien Chazelle's First Man, Ryan Gosling tackles the role of astronaut Neil Armstrong with a kind of stoic ease. It's a bit more passive than the stuff that usually pops for Academy voters, but it's no less compelling. There are no "Oscar clip" moments, but so much drive and grief and pain is happening beneath the surface. Co-star Claire Foy brings the electricity, though, and could be a better bet in supporting actress.
Finally, director Jason Reitman wrangles with a number of zeitgeist-y themes in The Front Runner, about politician Gary Hart's failed campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination of 1988. Hugh Jackman nails the role and all its naivete as Hart struggles under the spotlight of a press obsessed with his private dalliances.
Other performances of note include Victor Polster in Lukas Dhont's transgender portrait Girl, Lukas Hedges in Joel Edgerton's gay conversion therapy drama Boy Erased and even the late John Huston in Orson Welles' finally completed The Other Side of the Wind, among others.
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Orlando Brown Charged After Reportedly Threatening to Kill Woman and Her Familyby Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
Former Disney Channel star Orlando Brown has reportedly been charged with two counts of disturbing the peace and one count of public drunkenness after allegedly showing up at a woman's apartment and threatening to kill her and her family.
TMZ reports that Brown — who is most well-known for starring as Eddie on 'That's So Raven' — will not be charged with making death threats to the woman and her family due to "insufficient evidence to prosecute him for the threat," as well as the fact that the woman allegedly did not fear for her life.
Last month, the actor allegedly showed up at the woman's North Hollywood apartment and allegedly threatened to kill her, her daughter and her mother — NSFW threats that were caught on tape. According to Brown's side of the story, the woman is a stalker and he claims he did not make any threats against her.
If convicted on his three charges, he could face up to nine months in jail.
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WINNER! The University of Gravel Roads has been awarded the bronze medal in category of Travel Essay at the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Rene Cormier was in New York City to accept the award.
WINNER! The University of Gravel Roads has won the 2011 DaVinci Eye Award for Cover Art. Congratulations to Chris 'Swani' Swanson for design.
At the end of a great day of riding and exploring, have you ever wanted nothing more than to fall asleep, exhausted from new experiences, only to wake up the next day and do it all again? And again? And again?
Join the adventure as 33-year-old Rene Cormier politely removes himself from the working world that surrounds him and cashes in what few possessions he has to finance a three-year-long motorcycle journey around the world. Never one to let excessive planning get in the way of a good ride, Rene runs out of money half way through the tour and ultimately takes five years to cover his 41-country, 154,000-kilometre (95,000 mile) route. Written with equal measure of cultural insight and travel logistics, this light travelogue brings you alongside Rene as he pulls off the ride of a lifetime, doing it the old-fashioned way; no sponsors, no support vehicles, and no idea about what he is going to learn along the way.
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As the Internet continues to expand its reach into every facet of our daily lives, so too does the speed with which we want to connect to it. One recent analysis confirms this trend, revealing that both Internet reach and connection speeds are on an upward trend around the world.
Akamai Technologies is a Massachusetts-based provider of cloud platforms. Recently, Akamai released its fourth-quarter 2012 "State of the Internet" report, which analyzes data on Internet usage gathered from traffic through the company's platforms.
Akamai reveals that Internet usage is expanding at a meteoric pace. According to the report, nearly 700 million unique IP addresses from 240 countries and regions came online in the fourth quarter of last year. That is an increase of 13 percent from the same quarter the year before. Brazil, Italy and China had some of the highest rates of growth in this category, with year-over-year increases of 33 percent, 21 percent and 19 percent, respectively. The United States saw a growth rate of 1.7 percent.
As the number of users increased, so did their connection speed. According to the report, the global average connection speed and the global average peak connection speed grew by 25 percent and 35 percent, respectively. Akamai sees average peak connection speeds as a better measurement of Internet connection capacity. On both average and average peak measurements, the United States showed strong growth of 28 percent and 25 percent, respectively.
Within the United States, connection speed growth showed some interesting patterns. In particular, Akamai notes that Kansas measured a whopping 89 percent annual increase in average peak connection speed. The company suggests this may be attributable to the deployment of Google's ultra-high-speed fiber service in Kansas City. Despite not being adopted by a significant number of users, the service's mere presence may have prompted competitors to boost connection speeds, driving up the average.
Besides Kansas, Wyoming and New Jersey saw an annual increase in average peak connection speeds of 51 percent and 40 percent, respectively.


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Abby is a 2008 graduate from the College of St. Benedict, with a major in Communications and a minor in Management. While attending St. Ben's, Abby studied and traveled abroad in Spain and China. Abby was actively involved during her time on campus, especially in the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) organization and as an aerobics instructor for St. Ben's campus recreation. During her summers as a college student, Abby was a nanny for four girls and also worked as a financial representative for Northwestern Mutual.
Today, Abby works for OptumHealth, a UnitedHealth Group company. She is part of the Innovative Health Solutions group: designing, developing and implementing new market solutions with her team. Abby's favorite interests include traveling, spending quality time with family and friends, and yoga. She feels fortunate to have attended St. Ben's and participated in the Entrepreneur Scholar program, as it has provided her with a strong base with valuable skills for starting her career.


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What Price Advice?
This story appears in the July 1997 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
Entrepreneur Gerard Powell attributes his success to a simple strategy: Take a product or service that is sold only to the wealthy and make it affordable to the masses.
Following this formula in the early '90s, Powell parlayed a modest investment into a small fortune with his Y-Rent program, which allowed consumers to buy homes for no money down, with monthly payments not much higher than their rental payments.
So in late 1994 when Powell learned that cosmetic surgery was something only very wealthy consumers underwent, a light bulb went off in his head. He joined with partners Charlie Lynn and Vincent Trapasso in their fledgling venture, Cooperative Images Inc., which markets elective surgeries on behalf of physicians.
"The key to the market was making the procedures affordable," says Powell. Through elaborate financing mechanisms and tight credit controls, Powell reduced the price of some surgeries to just $38 a week.
But to put the business over the top, Cooperative Images wanted an infusion of capital to ramp up marketing efforts and increase the number of physicians under contract. While Powell was certain of his ability to create a sales and marketing dynamo, he was less certain in the arena of high finance. "I began to question exactly what I needed," says Powell. "Was it just capital, or was it something more?"
What Powell had hit upon was the great divide in early-stage financing. Did he need a passive investor who would simply deliver a check at the closing table? Or did he need a more active investor--sometimes referred to as a value-added investor--who would help guide the company to the next growth plateau?
The distinction is vital to consider. After all, some entrepreneurs don't appreciate advice at every turn from what appears to be a meddling investor. At the same time, a business owner who wants help from a new shareholder and doesn't get it might flounder his or her way into bankruptcy.
For Powell and Cooperative Images, these considerations were more than academic. Offers of capital came from two investors occupying opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of their involvement in the company--and left Powell searching for the answer to his happy dilemma.
Attracting Opposites
One of the potential investors was Richard Gwinn. Gwinn's company, Radnor, Pennsylvania-based The Abbotts Organization, has been buying, selling and investing in companies for more than 20 years. Gwinn's approach to early-stage investing is hands-on; he not only invests in companies but also offers strategic management services.
The other potential investor was a much larger competitor from Powell's home-building days. This investor had enjoyed substantial success but, in Powell's opinion, didn't have as much knowledge of or connections with the capital markets Powell felt would be critical to Cooperative Images' long-term success.
While Gwinn concedes that value-added investors are not right for every entrepreneur, in most cases, he says, they can play an important role in shaping a company's destiny. "The reason an early-stage company should seek a value-adding investor rather than simply a source of funds," says Gwinn, "is that management, financing, cash management and marketing hazards are absolutely critical to overcome, and an experienced value-adding investor, if he or she is the right one, will spot costly problems early on."
In the case of Cooperative Images, Gwinn brought big guns to the offering table in the form of other experts and professionals who would invest along with him. These included a former partner from a Big Six accounting firm, a corporate attorney, and a successful entrepreneur who had done well in the telemarketing industry.
The expertise in telemarketing was more than a little relevant since a good part of Cooperative Images' success relied on effective telemarketing operations. In Powell's mind, these investors possessed not only a deep well of related experience but also the contacts in investment banking that would help him attain his ultimate goal of setting up an initial public offering or selling the company.
Hands Off
While Gwinn espouses a hands-on approach to investing, he knows it doesn't work in every situation. "If you're autocratic or egocentric in nature," he says, "you don't want the kind of investor who is going to challenge your thinking on sensitive and critical areas."
In addition, Gwinn says that entrepreneurs who can afford the price of outside assistance can also forego seeking out value-added investors. "You can get all the expertise, guidance and counsel you need from accountants, attorneys, marketing and financing consultants," says Gwinn.
There's an important distinction between advice from shareholders and consultants, however. "The consultant is often passive, providing advice, which if followed, should generate a successful result. The value-added investor, on the other hand, will provide advice but has a vested interest in its successful implementation."
If all this sounds a little too touchy-feely, there is a more concrete reason for considering what type of financial partner you really want. In general, hands-on, value-added investors require more equity in a company than strictly passive investors. Why? The value-added investor is taking the same financial risk as the passive investor but with the additional investment of his or her time. This added investment generally translates into owning a bigger piece of the company.
This was true in Powell's situation. Gwinn and his co-investors offered a package that would give them about 18 percent of the company. The passive investor's deal would cost Powell just 12 percent of his equity. Powell feels that 6 percent difference may someday soon be worth $6 million. Knowing this, he is reluctant to give it up unless absolutely necessary.
What's swaying Powell in the value-added direction, however, is the other great elixir of wealth: time. "I can grow the business," he says. "But if at the end of three years we want to sell it, the company will not get the highest possible price unless it's packaged properly right from the beginning, which is what I hope a value-added investor would help us do." In other words, getting the highest possible price on the back end might be worth some sacrifice on the front end.
Though at press time Powell was undecided about which offer he would take, he believes going with hands-on investors might pay big dividends down the road. "All schooling requires tuition," he says. "Mine might be 6 percent. But with the knowledge I acquire, I'll make it up 10 times over my lifetime."
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The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state Thursday but success could exact a high price: Israel and the United States warn it could delay hopes of achieving an independent Palestinian state through peace talks with Israel.
UNITED NATIONS — The Palestinians are certain to win U.N. recognition as a state Thursday but success could exact a high price: Israel and the United States warn it could delay hopes of achieving an independent Palestinian state through peace talks with Israel.
The United States, Israel's closest ally, mounted an aggressive campaign to head off the General Assembly vote. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly declared Thursday that the Palestinians would have to back down from long-held positions if they ever hope to gain independence.
In a last-ditch move Wednesday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns made a personal appeal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promising that President Barack Obama would re-engage as a mediator in 2013 if Abbas abandoned the effort to seek statehood. The Palestinian leader refused, said Abbas aide Saeb Erekat.
Ahead of Thursday's vote, thousands of Palestinians from rival factions celebrated in the streets of the West Bank. Although the initiative will not immediately bring about independence, the Palestinians view it as a historic step in their quest for global recognition.
In a statement Thursday, Abbas appealed to all nations to vote in favor of the Palestinians "as an investment in peace."
"We remain committed to the two-state solution and our hand remains extended in peace," Abbas said in a statement read by Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki after the start of the General Assembly session. Abbas is expected to address the assembly in the afternoon.
With most of the 193 General Assembly member states sympathetic to the Palestinians, the vote is certain to succeed. Several key countries, including France, have recently announced they would support the move to elevate the Palestinians from the status of U.N. observer to nonmember observer state. However, a country's vote in favor of the status change does not automatically imply its individual recognition of a Palestine state, something that must be done bilaterally.
The Palestinians say they need U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, the lands Israel captured in 1967, to be able to resume negotiations with Israel. They say global recognition of the 1967 lines as the borders of Palestine is meant to salvage a peace deal, not sabotage it, as Israel claims.
The non-member observer state status could also open the way for possible war crimes charges against the Jewish state at the International Criminal Court.
Netanyahu warned the Palestinians Thursday that they would not win their hoped-for state until they recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland, declare an end to their conflict with the Jewish state and agree to security arrangements that protect Israel.
"The resolution in the U.N. today won't change anything on the ground," Netanyahu declared. "It won't advance the establishment of a Palestinian state, but rather, put it further off."
While Israel argues that Abbas is trying to dictate the outcome of border talks by going to the U.N., the recognition request presented to the world body in fact calls for a quick resumption of negotiations on all core issues of the conflict, including borders.
Netanyahu's predecessors accepted the 1967 lines as a basis for border talks. Netanyahu has rejected the idea, while pressing ahead with Jewish settlement building on war-won land, giving Abbas little incentive to negotiate.
For Abbas, the U.N. bid is crucial if he wants to maintain his leadership and relevance, especially following the recent conflict between his Hamas rivals in Gaza and Israel. The conflict saw the Islamic militant group claim victory and raise its standing in the Arab world, while Abbas' Fatah movement was sidelined and marginalized.
In a departure from previous opposition, the Hamas militant group, which rules the Gaza Strip, said it wouldn't interfere with the U.N. bid, and its supporters joined some of the celebrations Thursday.
In the West Bank city of Hebron, some in a crowd of several thousand raised green Hamas flags, while in the city of Ramallah, senior figures of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, two militant groups normally opposed to Abbas, addressed the crowd.
"It's the right step in the right direction," Nasser al-Shaer, a former deputy prime minister from Hamas, said of the U.N. bid.
The Palestinians chose the "International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People" for the vote. Before it takes place, there will be a morning of speeches by supporters focusing on the rights of the Palestinians. Abbas is scheduled to speak at that meeting, and again in the afternoon when he will present the case for Palestinian statehood in the General Assembly.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Wednesday that the U.N. vote will not fulfill the goal of independent Palestinian and Israeli states living side by side in peace, which the U.S. strongly supports because that requires direct negotiations.
"We need an environment conducive to that," she told reporters in Washington. "And we've urged both parties to refrain from actions that might in any way make a return to meaningful negotiations that focus on getting to a resolution more difficult."
The U.S. Congress has threatened financial sanctions if the Palestinians improve their status at the United Nations.
Ahead of the vote, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch filed an amendment to a defense bill Wednesday that would eliminate funding for the United Nations if the General Assembly changes Palestine's status.
But Israeli officials appeared to back away from threats of drastic measures if the Palestinians get U.N. approval, with officials suggesting the government would take steps only if the Palestinians use their new status to act against Israel.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev affirmed that Israel is willing to resume talks without preconditions.
U.N. diplomats said they will be listening closely to Abbas' speech to the General Assembly on Thursday afternoon before the vote to see if he makes an offer of fresh negotiations with no strings, which could lead to new talks. The Palestinians have been demanding a freeze on Israeli settlements as a precondition.
As a sign of the importance Israel attaches to the vote, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman flew to New York and was scheduled to meet Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before the vote.
Unlike the Security Council, there are no vetoes in the General Assembly and the resolution to raise the Palestinian status from an observer to a nonmember observer state only requires a majority vote for approval. To date, 132 countries — over two-thirds of the U.N. member states — have recognized the state of Palestine.
The Palestinians have been courting Western nations, especially the Europeans, seen as critical to enhancing their international standing. A number have announced they will vote "yes" including France, Italy, Spain, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland. Those opposed or abstaining include the U.S., Israel, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands and Australia.
The Palestinians turned to the General Assembly after the United States announced it would veto their bid last fall for full U.N. membership until there is a peace deal with Israel.
Following last year's move by the Palestinians to join the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, the U.S. withheld funds from the organization, which amount to 22 percent of its budget. The U.S. also withheld money from the Palestinians.
Associated Press writers Amy Teibel in Jerusalem and Karin Laub in Ramallah, West Bank, contributed to this story.


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Willie Nelson, 'Let's Face the Music and Dance' – Album Review
'Let's Face the Music and Dance' is a great place for a young country music fan to meet Willie Nelson. It won't be his most famous, and it won't create any hit singles. This wonderfully consistent effort proves what longtime fans of the legend already know: At 79 years old (80 on April 30), Nelson is still as important and skilled a vocalist as there is in country music.
This is an album for fans who admire country music as an art form. Nelson covers pop, jazz and rock songs from the past century -- most will be new to the younger generation -- and, along with the family band, puts a distinctive stamp on each. "Smooth" is the one word that defines this collection of 14 songs. From the first ('Lets Face the Music and Dance') to the last ('Shame on You') song, Nelson's voice and easy guitar melt together like butter on fresh-cooked biscuits.
His trusty guitar is featured early and often. The introduction to the title track sets a tone that one can really lean on to decide if they'll enjoy the entire project. At times, Nelson crosses the Rio Grande and borrows from old Mexico. 'South of the Border' is an obvious example of this Tex-Mex fusion, but it's palpable in many other places throughout.
There's a French influence as well, most clearly on the Django Reinhardt song 'Nuages,' but also on 'Vous Et Moi.' Both these songs are instrumentals that hold up well to those that feature Nelson as a singer. The Family Band helps create an inspired looseness around these compositions. Close your eyes and it feels like you're in a private club watching them share their craft. "Sister Bobbie," Nelson will say, and off she goes on a solo as delightful as anything the more famous Nelson does or says.
Much like 'Heroes,' this album proves that Nelson -- who will be headlining the Taste of Country Music Festival June 13-15 -- is as strong a singer as ever. He uses he voice differently than he did during the '70s and '80s, but the result is still inspiring. File this album as one to enjoy when the night is quiet and you and your lover have time to reflect on a busy week gone by.


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|Dev: Telltale Games
|Pub: Telltale Games
|Release: February 17, 2011
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The puzzles themselves aren't as clever as some might expect from Telltale. There's nothing, for example, like the scene from the first episode where Marty has to figure out a science experiment while a young Doc argues with his father. Most of the problems you'll encounter here are straightfoward, and the more difficult ones are often badly designed rather than cleverly counterintuitive. I'll confess I resorted to the hint system a couple of times, but in my defense, my response to the solutions I found was usually, "How would you come up with that on your own?" rather than "Man, I feel stupid for looking now." And in the end, the entire idea behind the genre is that you walk around clicking on stuff, which isn't exactly exciting.
But back to the real draw here: the story. I won't spoil the ending, but I will say that you're headed back to 1986 in the final cutscene. No doubt, it will turn out in future episodes that even more repair of the past is needed. I'm still hoping to see some other time periods, though.
There are two kinds of people who might be interested in this game. Fans of Telltale won't be completely disappointed, though they will wish the puzzles were more challenging and more interesting. Fans of the movie series, however, absolutely must check this out, even if they're not big gamers. The cinematic elements of Back to the Future: The Game—from the carefully presented graphics, to the superb voice acting, to the well-crafted storyline—make it essentially the fourth installment in the overall Back to the Future timeline. Even if you just look up all the puzzle solutions in the hint system so you can watch the cutscenes, this is worth it.
Several decades after Marty and Doc left the pop-culture scene, who doesn't want to hop back into the DeLorean, floor the gas pedal, accelerate to 88 mph, and leave nothing but fiery skid marks in their wake?
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A 28-year-old man was killed Wednesday morning when his motorcycle crashed on Route 400 in Elma, state police in Boston said.
Thomas R. Vogt, of South Wales, was traveling north on the 400 when he took the northbound Transit Road off ramp, lost control of the motorcycle and struck the guardrail, police said.
A motorist passing the scene at about 7:30 a.m. spotted the 2007 Honda motorcycle on its side and called 911.
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School District's Costly Decisions Protect Union Interests
Fruitport school union, board of education, cut deal that pushes more than $240K back on taxpayers
In less than a year, the Fruitport Community Schools Board of Education made two decisions involving union contracts that cost the district hundreds of thousands of dollars.
On the day before a state law would have mandated its employees pay 20 percent of their health care costs, the school board unanimously approved a teacher union contract that called for 12.5 percent health care contributions in 2011-12, and 15 percent to 17.5 percent in 2012-13.
If government union school employees paid the same amount toward their health care costs as federal employees in Michigan (27 percent), taxpayers would save at least $500 million a year.
Then, in June 2012, the school board agreed not to privatize its custodians, which cost $240,000, according to MLive.
At issue is a potential conflict many critics of government union collective bargaining say is widespread. Two members of the Fruitport School Board have strong ties to unions.
School board member Benjamin Gillette unsuccessfully ran for state representative in the 91st district in 2010 and had a laundry list of union support. The SEIU, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and several other unions were among his top campaign donors. Gillette has also been a featured speaker at Michigan Education Association events.
Board Member Steve Keglovitz is a representative of the West Michigan Labor Council AFL-CIO.
The National Federation of Independent Business is critical of such arrangements, saying it sets up a potential situation where union-sympathetic board members are approving union contracts in an "elect your own boss" scenario.
"The people who get left out are the taxpayers," said Michael Van Beek, director of education policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. "They don't have a seat at the table."
However, Fruitport Superintendent Bob Szymoniak said Gillette's and Keglovitz's "union orientation" did not affect the two deals.
Szymoniak said the motivation was not to force anything upon the union but to get them to work toward selecting a less expensive form of insurance.
By negotiating in good faith, "we were able to still make gains with an eye toward greater gain down the road."
Gillette said the school board wasn't involved with the negotiations and just got updates.
"If the union is in agreement and the administration is agreeing to a contract, it must be pretty good, right?" Gillette said. "I'm one of seven (board members). I have no extra power or influence."
The school districts broke even on the teacher's contract despite not getting the teachers to pay 20 percent of their health care premiums because the union gave up other concessions, Gillette said.
"That move was a goodwill move with the unions and it wasn't going to cost the district money because what we agreed to was going to give us a comparable savings," he said. "When it comes to making decisions on the board, to me it is students first."
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- Adam Kalkin Old Lady HouseWe've seen outstanding container structures from cargotecture-prodigy Adam Kalkin before, and now we have one more to add to the list. The main living space of the light-flooded home in Califon, NJ is three shipping containers wide by two shipping containers tall with two sides made almost entirely of glass. Named (rather misleadingly) the Old Lady House, the bright, airy home has modern finishes that are anything but granny-like.1
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- Adam Kalkin Old Lady HouseOne third of the floor space in the main living area is occupied by a 12-foot long kitchen island where the owner can prepare food while gazing on peaceful views of the forest.4
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You could start a new blog, setting up a pseudo-world scenario where we begin life without patents and see what happens. I am getting enthused about this. Your world has a town, farms, etc. Initially your world is unpopulated, but citizens move to your world by being registered on the blog. You might be able to recruit citizens from TechDirt and other similar blogs, explaining that your goal is to see whether how a world would evolve without IP protection.
While your world is small, your world has lots of technology. So, people will build businesses and industry, and eventually competition will kick in. So, as your world grows, two people will be producing product X, and one will "invent" a product. It might be interesting to see how people behave in this world and whether the world continues to grow without IP protections or whether there comes a point where someone demands them. Then you can have town hall meetings to debate the merits (if it gets to that point). It would be quite an experiment.
I admit I'm too lazy to actually do such a thing, but it is an interesting idea. As the basis for further discussion, I pointed out that there is one experiment ongoing, and another that may be upcoming:
The virtual world without patents is an interesting idea. There is one experiment going on right now in the non-virtual world, and perhaps soon to be one in the virtual world. Both highlight some problems with the idea. In the non-virtual world open source/free software effectively does not use either patents or copyright. It competes pretty successfully with the closed source/proprietary world and is a serious business drawing in companies such as Sun and IBM. It does well in the business world, less well in the consumer world. At the most extreme end of the consumer world is the computer game world which is heavily dominated by proprietary software - mostly protected by technical means, though, not so much by legal means.
In the virtual world, the world you describe is somewhat like the MMORPG secondlife. However, secondlife has some sort of IP implemented through technical means. Apparently though they are opening up their software to competitors, which raises the possibility of compatible worlds which don't have IP. [I don't know much about how all this works - if there is someone out there familiar with secondlife, post a comment.]
Let me point out the problems with these types of experiments:
1. Industries are different. That the open source business model works well for software tell us little about pharmaceuticals. It's hard to find anyone in the software industry who defends software patents. Innovations in software are inexpensive and relatively easy to protect anyway so the upside effect of patents is weak; software builds a lot on existing software, so the downside effect of patents is very strong. It is possible in a virtual world it would be possible to do a more controlled experiment; for example by introducing an industry with development costs more like pharmaceuticals. Much as I'd like to wave the flag and say "see patents don't work for software, let's get rid of them all" this is a non-sequiter.
2. People can choose which world to participate in. On the one hand this favors the patent free world, because people who are most altruistic are drawn to that world; a world in which nobody had patents would have a lower proportion of altruists. On the other hand, as an innovator if I had to choose between a patent free and world with patents, I might well choose the world of patents in hopes I could earn more. Historically this was the major use for patents: not so much to promote innovations, as to encourage skilled artisans to immigrate by promising them short-term monopolies.