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There's no period like your first period.
That's the message sent loud and clear in My Little Red Book, a collection of 92 first-period stories by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Nalebuff, 19, initially pulled the stories together as a senior project for high school. But with a little help, her project turned into a real book.
It all began when Rachel got her own first period during a waterskiing outing with her grandfather. Not exactly the companion or the attire (yellow swimsuit) any girl would choose for that particular moment.
Stranded without supplies, Rachel improvised with paper towels and attempted to return to the waterskiing.
"Let's just say that waterskiing while trying to cover your butt could be classified as a new kind of dance," Rachel writes in the introduction.
She eventually reached her mom, and her grandfather drove her to the drugstore. Rachel survived and she's here to tell girls that they need not feel alone or ashamed. Millions of women have come before you and millions more will follow.
As Rachel puts it, "even your bingo-playing grandma was once in your same situation." The identities of the 92 women give the book its heartbeat; they include:
So all these women got their periods and lived to tell the tale. And we know it's a normal and natural thing. Yet the the subject still causes such embarrassment — why?
"I think it all has to do with the fact that we don't talk about it," said Rachel, who will start college in the fall.
Some girls know so little about how their bodies are supposed to work that they think they're dying when they get their first periods. (Several stories in the book verify that.) Also in the book, one woman tells of being given just a box of supplies, no explanation.
But Rachel doesn't want only girls and women to speak more freely about periods. She thinks boys need to know more about them. Boys!? She explains: If boys knew more, maybe it would be less embarrassing for girls.
"Fifty percent of the population doesn't know what's going on," she said. "Educated men and boys will make better friends, boyfriends, and dads."
Some stories in the book are sad. Rachel's aunt tells the story of getting her period during World War II as a young Jewish girl fleeing Poland. Another writes how losing a loved one affected her first period moment.
And one of Rachel's classmates, Thatcher Mweu, writes about how lucky she was to have sanitary supplies in her native Kenya. Girls who don't have them in Africa often stay home from school during their periods "and if you miss school for that long, everyone knows why," she writes.
All of the proceeds from the sale of My Little Red Book will go to women's and girls' charities, including some that are trying to provide sanitary supplies in less-developed countries. The book's raised $85,000 so far.
"Girls end up missing a week of school per month," Rachel said. "That's 20% of a rightful education lost to that problem."
Yet plenty of the period stories remind us that the whole situation can be funny. It's natural and normal, yes, but the first period also has a lot of comic possibilities. There's the element of surprise — poor Rachel in the middle of waterskiing! And there's always confusion, especially for newbies.
Contributor Barclay Gang writes that when she got her first period one Thanksgiving, she wondered aloud if there was any way that cranberry sauce had somehow infiltrated her underwear. Writer Patty Marx titles hers "Can I Just Skip This Period?"
And then there are all the funny names for periods. You may have heard "The Curse" and "Aunt Flo." But Rachel's list stretches over two pages. There's "Big Red," "Falling Off the Roof," "Getting My Friend," "Miss Dot," "Cleanup on Aisle One," or Rachel's personal favorite: "Arts and Crafts Week at Panty Camp."
With honesty and humor, Rachel hopes more girls will feel fine about their periods, even if they don't want to go public and share stories about them. She also hopes that girls will see how the drama fades as time goes by. It comes, you figure it out and move on.
"Maybe 10 years from now, you won't even remember what a big deal you thought it was," Rachel said.
Though she earned the nickname "the period girl" while working on this project, Rachel too is moving on to different topics. She took a gap year — a year off between high school and the start of college. In the spring, she was at a writers' workshop in California. She also went to culinary school because she loves cooking. She's not 100% sure, but she thinks she wants to be a writer. And she'll write about stuff other than periods!
Reviewed by: Mary L. Gavin, MD
Date reviewed: October 2012
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Sean Herman: Jeff Ensminger Interview (Part I)
By Sean Herman So what did I do that night? I get home, I got the needle, the india ink, the thread, and here I am trying to poke a cross into my hand. I am like a weenie little kid, and I don't want to poke myself with needles, so I'm trying to do it, but it just didn't seem to want to go in. So what made the most sense to me was, 'How do you INJECT the ink into the skin?' I couldn't figure that out. I was like, 'How's a needle going to INJECT the ink?' So the only thing that made sense to me was to get a syringe... --Jeff Ensminger...With those words from Jeff, I spit my food out laughing, well, not really, but I thought I was going to. Jeff Ensminger has been a friend of mine for years. He has always been one of those guys that I identify with. I really enjoy his work and he has been the inspiration for countless tattooers, but even more than that I enjoy his stories, especially about how he got into tattooing, and the people who influence him. Tattooing has a strong history of oral tradition, it's the ability to tell a story that kept many early American tattooers busy. Early 20th century fair and carnival tattooers had a great quote, that's been quoted by many amazing tattooers, it comes from W.C. Fields, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit." Every good tattooer has that magical time, while they are tattooing someone, that that person is in the palm of their hand. The person getting tattooed is listening to every word you say, and you're giving them a memorable experience, a story that they won't forget. Here are some of the stories that Jeff told me about what tattooing means for him, how he got into it and where he has gone. Jeff has enough stories to write a best-seller, so here are a few of my favorites... Sean Herman: Like all of us involved in tattooing, Jeff remembers the time when he knew he loved tattoos. Here's the first time he saw one... Jeff Ensminger: Okay, it's definitely... The first time I saw tattoos and thought, "That's a piece of art work on the skin," where I really realized what that was, was on one of my uncles. He was a biker and had all these crazy black and grey biker tattoos. I remember, I was five or six, seeing that stuff and thinking it was freaking amazing, wizards with crystal balls and grim reapers with shot guns. It was a grim reaper forced perspective with a double barrel shot-gun pointed out at you with smoke coming out of it. Kind of Southern California Chicano, Jack Rudy style black and grey biker mix. He had them all over him. I thought they were the most freaking amazing things I had ever seen. Even being that young, I thought it was the most amazing thing you could ever have, these tattoos. Even if they were a skeletons, because if it was a skeleton -it was so much better. I asked Jeff if this is where his affinity for skulls and wizards comes from. Why not? It's classic and it works, and wizards are always good, the world doesn't exist without wizards. Truer words were never said. I asked him to tell me the story about the first thing he ever drew. Okay... The first time I remember sitting down and doing a drawing (for real) as in, I felt as though I was sitting down and doing a piece of artwork, I was eight or nine and I was just getting into 80's metal… I had an older step-brother who was really into that stuff. He was in his 20s and had a room I wasn't allowed in because it was filled with posters of a half-naked Lita Ford, Judas Priest and naked chicks in general. It was awesome, it was like the specials they used to have on the Christian channel about the bad kids. It was locked but I used to sneak in there and see the stuff… some of it was cheesy stuff like Poison, but I loved it. So I remember the first tape I ever bought myself was Poison, Every Rose Have Its Thorn single... Maxi-single, it wasn't even in a sleeve. It had a pictures of Brett Michaels on the cover and his tattoo of a rose with a dagger through it. I was like, "TATTOO!" It's amazing. So I sat there and drew a picture of that tattoo. I probably drew it 20 times so it would look exactly like that tattoo. It's funny because the first drawing I remember doing, not the kind in school that you have to draw but the first one I sat down and wanted to draw, was a tattoo… Jeff also tells a lot of great stories about doing things that all kids do, such as taking art classes, getting kicked out of class for not saying the pledge of allegiance, or hating one of your teachers. But there's one thing that not most kids do -get arrested in the 6th grade. I couldn't go to that art school anymore because I got arrested when I was in the 6th grade. That sounds bad ass… (laughing) but it wasn't. He continues, saying why he got arrested... Just for being a kid... My mom didn't have money. We didn't have a lot of money, and I don't want to blame it on money but I didn't get a lot, no toys. Didn't get the things that I felt like everyone around me was getting. So what did I do, I stole them. I was just stealing a lot at the time. Obviously it was bad... It was great I got arrested, I got what I deserved. I became a little thief with a bunch of kids doing the same crap, being wild. Kids usual start that in high school… I got started early. (Laughs) I got started and blamed it on Mötely Crüe. That was a pivotal moment in my life, I got in trouble. Enough trouble that I had to pay off all these fines by doing manual labor when I'm in the 6th grade. (Laughs) I make a comment about it sounding like a child chain gang, which is just hilarious to me... I was definitely in a chain gang. It was the equivalent to a chain gang. You could rent youth labor, and that's how we would work off our restitution. So I had to spend time at a juvenile facility and do this outsourced labor, it was churches that would rent the kids to do this stuff. The money went to pay for the juvenile facility. I remember digging a trench for a pastors hot tub (laughs), at his house. It's hot as hell and we're out there with a pick axe digging a trench. A pick axe.

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I ponder the unknowable
I do it all the time
I introspect and navel-gaze
And most of it in rhyme
It gives me job security—
A niche to call my own—
Unknowables are permanent,
Unlike the mere unknown.
Unsolvable conundrums
Are my favorite sorts of stuff
Impossibly attractive, I
Just cannot get enough
They have no real solution,
So you can't get too involved—
It's really so much easier
Than solving the unsolved.
A question that's unanswered
Is an open invitation
To poke around, to sniff for clues,
Begin investigation
I much prefer unanswerables
And have since just a pup
Cos none can know the answer, so
I get to make shit up.
A bit of context, after the jump:
PZ pointed out a New York Times article on Richard Dawkins, and I (as is my nature) have been reading the comments to that article. Oh, it's not nearly as bad as reading the comments after some Fox News story on science vs religion, but much of it is predictable. For those of us who feed on this sort of thing, it's a fairly substantial meal.
Anyway, I noticed a few comments that touched on a pet peeve of mine. They chastised science (or Dawkins, or each other) for not being able to answer the unanswerable questions about unknowable topics. Actually, sometimes they only thought they were doing this–they were actually pointing out their own ignorance of well-known answers. But sometimes, they were arguing for the superiority of religion in answering the unanswerables.
And I have a problem with "unknowable", "unanswerable", "unsolvable" and the like. They are not merely adjectives; they are conclusions. And while we know that there are limits to what we can know (and thus, "known unknowns"), these are not the things commenters were speaking of. Mysteries (or at least, mysteries to them) of biology, psychology, and physics should best not be termed "unknowable", but "unknown" (assuming it is, actually, unknown, or perhaps it is simply "unknown to me"), not "unsolvable" but "unsolved", not "unanswerable" but "unanswered". The former in each pair is a conclusion, a dead end. The latter is an invitation. An adventure.
The downside is, if you just make shit up, you get called on it.


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For the last few decades the mainstream press have extolled the virtues of moderate red wine consumption, particularly the possible cardioprotective benefits of resveratrol, found in the skin of red grapes. Sales of red wine have increased dramatically as the masses have embraced the notion of 'healthy' drinking but it seems only those truly appreciating the wine reap the cardioprotective benefits.
Once resveratrol reaches the gut it is rapidly converted into another compound called piceatannol and so does not enter the bloodstream. Sipping wine slowly, however, allows the resveratrol to be absorbed intact via the mucous membranes in the mouth, which greatly increases resveratrol blood levels. So perhaps the quaffers should pay heed to the wine connoisseur and pause to appreciate the taste and mouth-feel attributes of the wine, improving their health all the while.
Although many wine drinkers already delight in savouring a good red on the palate, it's not all bad news for the quaffers. New research by scientists at Purdue University, Indiana, indicates that piceatannol, the breakdown product of resveratrol, might have its own health benefits. The study, published in this week's issue of The Journal of Biological Chemistry, reports that piceatannol prevents fat cells from maturing, thereby arresting fat cell formation. Although still in its preliminary stages it has potential implications for combating rising obesity levels and preventing weight gain.
As noteworthy as the research is, it presents a serious dilemma to the red wine drinker: sip to save your heart or quaff to quell the weight? Sciencegirl thinks it's probably wise to have two glasses on the go, one for sipping and one for quaffing. Just to be sure, of course.


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Cor PowerSports 20/21 season
Cor PowerSports has acquired the USXC race series
Racing for an Eternal prize
Cor PowerSports is a group of motorsport enthusiasts concentrating on the 3 F's of racing:
- Faith
- Family
- Fun
The name Cor PowerSports come from the foundation of our program: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize."
Cor is the biblical abbreviation for Corinthians.


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The Morgan County Sheriff's Office is investigating the apparent drowning of a teenager at a private pond northeast of the Fort Morgan City limits Monday afternoon.
Deputies, Fort Morgan Police and Fire and Morgan County Ambulance responded to a 3:35 p.m. 911 call reporting the drowning at the pond east of Barlow Road, north of I76, and were met on Barlow Road by a private vehicle transporting two victims to the hospital.
One teenager was in full cardiac arrest and advanced life support measures were begun by responders. A second teen was conscious but suffering from apparent near-drowning. Both were transported by ambulance to Colorado Plains Medical Center where despite efforts of emergency room staff, 16-year old Andres Rodriguez was pronounced dead about an hour later.
Seventeen-year old Ramiro Bayardo of Fort Morgan, was admitted to CPMC in apparent stable condition.
Preliminary investigation indicates the teens and another man were swimming across the pond and the man tired and began to swim back. Romero became distressed and the man came back and attempted to rescue him but Romero nearly overcame him as he fought to keep from drowning.
Another man swam out to Romero and began to pull him to shore. Meanwhile Andres, who was further away but closer to shore, also became distressed and began to go under.
After rescuing Romero, the second man began to look for Andres who had gone underwater. After several minutes of searching, he was able to see Andres underwater, dive down and pull him up and help get him to shore. He and others then put both teens in a vehicle and drove them to Barlow Road where they met rescuers.
Andres, who is from Vallejo, California had lived in Fort Morgan over the summer.
Investigation continues by the sheriff's office and Morgan County Coroner's Office. Anyone with information should contact Investigator Kelvin Bernhardt or Lt. Jon Horton at 970-867-2461.
Investigation continues into drowning of Fort Morgan teenager
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office is investigating the apparent drowning of a teenager at a private pond northeast of the Fort Morgan City limits Monday afternoon.


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FYI: a similar figure can be found on page 26 of Mary Morrison's BIG BOOK of SNOW BABIES. And I included a picture from the aforementioned book, as Mary Morrison is a friend of mine & gave me permission a long time ago to use any of her pictures in her books for use on the 'net, as it is illegal to post pictures from books without the author's approval. Thanks for understanding.
***NOTE: the first picture includes almost all of the snowbabies I am in the process of selling, as my collection has grown too vast, and now it's time for me to share my treasures with my fellow snowbaby collectors. Please feel free to contact me about any piece you may be interested in. Thank you. :)***
P.S. I honestly cannot emphasize enough how RARE it is to find a pair still together after all these decades, usually one is lost or broken, so whomever becomes the next owner will be extremely lucky indeed! :)


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Graham King is personal trainer in Washington DC. Cross fit, boot camp and other physical training has no secret for him.
We had the chance to meet in Washington DC during our last trip in the US. He maried Carolina, good friend of us already subject of this blog. They gently hosted us during our stay in DC.
We had the
Not only to thank him for hosting us but also because he realy is an interesting person, I asked Graham to take the pose for my canon G10 and my new lumopro LP 160 speedlights.
I only had twoo speedlights, one camera stand, an umbrella and a snoot to shoot Graham. When in travel you always have to make cruel decision by leaving most of your gear at home. Actually its pushing your creativity behind his limits. You can't prepare your shooting either. In a journey you have to take the opportunities and do it with the material you have with you.
For the top post picture, I used one LP 160 on stand with an shoot thru umbrella and 1/4 CTO as main light. The other LP 160 is placed behind Graham camera right.
The walls of the gym gave a lot of reflections and that's not always a bad thing. You just have to handle specular light. In this case, the umbrella's reflections alowed me to have a separation between the background and the right side of the wheel. I also used specular light to light the hudge wheel. To do that you just need to pay attention to the reflection angle of the light. Most of it has to be sent right to the lens. The other thing is to flag the flash to avoid any flare.
This second picture has kind of the same setup with the same attention to the specular light. But for this one I wanted reflection but no burned highlight, I still needed details on the weight disc. You see at the shadow that I'm not right in the flash's direction. I kind of moved to the right to avoid direct reflection.
For the next picture I asked Graham to sit on the floor, holding a kettlebell in front of him. The kettlebell is one of the emblematic gear crossfitterq use. I wanted him to hold it like a precious object. He's looking at me like "don't even think about touching that bell, you don't know what I'm capable of"!
A blue gelled LP 160 was placed behind him, zoomed to 50 mm to light the wall with the right triangle shape. The main light still is an LP160 soot thru a wescott umbrella.
Here is the setup shot in the gym:
Some other pics can be seen here on flickr.
More to come ...


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jginsberg necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 50 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Design is for web site that will include 100 pages of content. Web site will be built on Drupal content management engine.
Ginsberg Law Offices
- I am looking for a design template for a web site for a law firm that offers personal legal services to the public (consumer bankruptcy, workers' compensation, etc.) I need 2 templates for the site.
- Template 1 will be for the "home" page of the web site only. The top of the home page should be a banner with the firm name and tag line. Underneath the banner, I need a horizontal navigation bar with 5 or 6 buttonsUnderneath the navigation bar, I need 3 columns for content, with a ratio of 25% left, 50% center, and 25% right. The top part of the right column will be an information request form. At the top of the middle column, there needs to be a dollar bill shaped space for a video.
- Template 2 will be just like template 1, except that under the navigation bar, I want 2 columns for content with a ratio of 75% left and 25% right. Template 2 will be used for all of the pages of the site except for the home page. The top part of the right column will be an information request form.The web site http://www.burnslawnj.com/divorce/ will give you a general idea of what I am looking for in Template 2.
- must include an information request form on all pages- each page of site will include 400 to 800 words of copy
- should be room for video clip on every page
- professional feel - this is for a lawyer
- the navigation bar should have room for no more than 6 buttons. The buttons will be drop down, with 4 or 5 choices
- there needs to be a site search box
- social bookmarking tags
- see http://www.burnslawnj.com/divorce/
- should not have a "corporate" feel - the law that I practice is personal services law, like bankruptcy, divorce, on-the-job injuries, disability
- should not be a traditional "lawyer web site" look
- no scales of justice


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One guy to watch today is David Wright. He's hitting .339 in his last 15 games against the Pirates, with five hits (one homer) and four RBIs so far in this series. Even worse, he's 11 for 14 (.786) with three doubles and two homers off Kevin Correia.
The lineup: Starling Marte LF, Josh Harrison 2B, Andrew McCutchen CF, Garrett Jones 1B, Pedro Alvarez 3B, Travis Snider RF, Rod Barajas C, Jordy Mercer SS, Kevein Correia P.
The Kid is down; hopefully he'll be put on ice now that the playoff race has officially ended. And my goodness, a Jordy Mercer sighting!
- Pedro Alvarez had his seventh four+ RBI game of the year in Tuesday's 10-6 victory. That's tied with Texas' Josh Hamilton for the most in MLB.
- One place the Pirates didn't improve: The Buccos have gone 34-46 away from PNC Park this season after posting a 36-45 road record last year. Today's their last road game of the season.
- Starling Marte has swiped 10 bases since being called up on July 26. It's the fourth straight season a Pirates rookie has stolen at least 10 bags in a season. Chase d'Arnaud pilfered 12 last season, Jose Tabata had 19 steals in 2010 and Andrew McCutchen committed larceny 22 times in 2009.
- Pittsburgh is 13-32 (.288) over their last 45 games.


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The question of low end disruption should be a concern to any manager. It's one of the most important sources of growth and has led to a vast amount of wealth creation.
Apple was an early low end disruptor by selling personal computers at a fraction of mini-computer prices. Toyota also offered "cheap" cars as an entrant in the market. Pixar made blockbusters for a lot less than live action studios. Google offers good enough office software without a license. Finally Microsoft built its whole business on low-end business software at knock-down prices.[1]
All these entrants made fortunes often at the expense of entrenched incumbents. Disruption grows the pie but also transfers a lot of value away from existing competitors.
So it should not be surprising that new products like the iPad should be scrutinized for their vulnerability to low end disruption. Brian Caufield asks the question if Apple has any future with the iPad given the potential for $99 tablets.
The question is indeed why not introduce an ultra-cheap tablet, for example from Amazon, which makes up for the low price with an innovative business model like selling content or user behavior data. After all, game consoles are sold this way. This is the classic razor/razor-blade business model.
The answer to why not is actually not simply that the economics don't work. They might work some day even if they really don't today.
The answer to why not is that the iPad is not good enough.


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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city state and country in South-East Asia. Part of the Malay Peninsula, it is only 137 North of the equator; so hot and humid weather conditions are the norm.
Seriously jet-lagged, I dragged myself to the daily Singapore Light-show a few nights ago.
Travelling with my new Fujifilm X-T1 and a my lightweight MeFoto tripod, I set up shop just before 8pm on one of the Helix bridge viewpoints. In hindsight, there was quite a bit of movement induced by several hundred people on the bridge, leading to a degradation in image sharpness.
Next time around, I would also consider using a neutral density filter in order to capture more of the laser beams during the show. I guess being awake for more than 24hrs didn't help!
The tall building on the left is the Marina Bay Sands resort; a hotel and casino that is probably best known for having an amazing infinity pool on the roof of the building.
The image below is a result of blending three images in Photoshop. One of the hotel and bridge, one for the futuristic Art Center and a last one for the laser beams.
Image details:
Fujifilm X-T1 with the 14mm 2.8 prime lens
ISO 200, 14mm (21mm full frame equivalent), f4, 2.5s
3 images blended together in Photoshop CC
Nik ColorEfex pro for detail enhancement
Lightroom 5.3 for further contrast and sharpness adjustments
More of my Singapore images can be found here.
Remember; " It takes darkness to be aware about the light" - Treasure Tatum


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We limit the tour to 14 passengers to allow everyone plenty of room without being crowded.
See the islands like you've never seen them before on a smaller boat!
Members of his family have shared a house on Kidd Island since 1903, so Dave's stories reflect his knowledge of the history of the Thimble Islands.
Captain Dave has been offering tours of the Thimble Islands since 1986. During the winter months you can see Dave's wildlife cruises in Florida which he has been doing for the last 21 years.
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Hello everyone;
I am new to OpenGL and I just wanted to ask a couple of questions about manipulating windows.
Firstly; if I create two windows and move the current one around then the current one will create a "skid mark" of itself. How can I move the window(s) around cleanly?
Secondly; I want my program to be in full screen mode when it starts up. How can I do that?


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The Joker Returns in Arkham Asylum 2
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The Joker Returns in Arkham Asylum 2
Surprise, surprise, the best Batman videogame of all time has spawned a sequel.
The Spike TV 2009 VGAs hosted the reveal of Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, a sequel to what many call the greatest superhero game of all time. Arkham Asylum 2 looks to take Batman to an even greater videogame height.
From the language used in the game's press release, and due to a lack of any title at all in the trailer, it seems that Arkham Asylum 2's official name is still very much up in the air. What's not up in the air is the return of the Joker, shown cackling and almost coughing up a lung alongside the also returning Harley Quinn.
What many gamers undoubtedly desired after the release of Arkham Asylum was the ability to explore the area of Gotham City outside of the crazy house. An open world videogame in the style of Grand Theft Auto may be too much to expect here, but at the very least we know Arkham Asylum 2 is not taking us back to the same environment. The trailer shows the Joker lording over a dark and exploding Gotham City, which must need to be saved somehow. The last clue we have on the game is its official website, hinting that Arkham has moved, whatever that may mean.
Batman: Arkham Asylum was both a critical and financial success, so it'd be silly to place the sequel in any company's hands other than original developer Rocksteady Studios. Most importantly, when videogames make money a developer often earns the leeway to develop an even better sequel, giving Arkham Asylum 2 a whole lot of potential.
UPDATE: Also, The Lost Gamer has a theory that Two Face will make an appearance in the game. Looking at this picture from Arkham Asylum 2's website, I'd say that's just about confirmed.
Two face definitely will be making an appearance. Not only do the signs on the website hint at it but at the end of AA, batman gets the following transmission:
RADIO: Gotham PD, do you copy. We have reports that Harvey Dent a.k.a. Two Face has been causing trouble amongst Gotham. All forces are needed immediately.
(Batman drives off into the horizon of Gotham city)
More Mark Hamil goodness...
Open world Gotham Game? Yes please.
Be great if it can manage to become an open worlded game!
Joker is getting old...
Put Harley back in her original threads dammit!
As long as Mark Hamil, Kevin Conroy, and Arleen Sorkin (Harley Quinn...MMMM!), reprise their roles, I'll buy this one without a second thought.
They moved the Arkham mental institution to another building.
Thats the only way to justify playing in a place with the same name but completely different geography from its predecessor. (unless you want to be Batman running through the same place again...)
Sounds good, perhaps this is a chance to really expand the Rogue Gallery
I hope it doesn't become open worlded. Linear is much better because then it will have proper pacing and storytelling and cinematography.
Open - ended superhero games don't work well. Linear ones make you feel like you're making a difference. Look at Spiderman 2, how many criminals are loose in that city?
Linear gameplay is practically essential. Evil does not run on the protagonists clock, and the feeling of a fractured storyline is compounded in a situation where the action is supposed to be fast paced.
oh god not another one :/
The trailer also shows references to the Penguin and Black Mask. Just an fyi.
well sign me up for this. i loved the first one, probly the best batman game i've ever played. probly one of the best comic book games i've played as well
I still can't believe that of all people, Luke-freaking-Skywalker does one of the best Joker voices. I found it out years ago and it still blows me away.
Well it was inevitable. I'll have to pick the first one up at some stage. I enjoyed the demo...
If you watch it carefully you can see that it seems they moved Arkham to the same location that it is in the Nolan Batman Saga, in the middle of the Narrows. That would be my assumption as there really isn't another location for it that is located in the middle of Gotham from any of the other mediums (Batman: The Animated Series, Comics, other movies, etc.)
A freind of mine and I have been discussing this, we're pretty sure this is probably moving to Gotham, maybe specifically the narrows. You can do the Metroidvania style game with a large area if you plan carefully (as in Metroid Prime).
Having a Plan Z is a very Joker thing, as the Joker himself is forgotten to be a friggin genius often. His condition in the trailer makes me wonder, perhaps it's a reimagining of The Last Laugh (The Joker thinks he's dying, so he goes to 11)
Remember that as of the first game, Joker still knows the Super Venom formula. And he's a chemistry GENIUS. All he has to do is tweak it and BAM...Jokerized villains.
i really hope that they get Kevin and Mark back to do the voices...cause for me they're the definitive Batman and Joker.
Same here, just blows my mind when I think about it.
What were her original threads again? The ones from the cartoon series?
Please explain to me how both the Mark Hamil Joker and the Heath Ledger Joker be so radically different, but both be so successful? (I know i'm going to have death and destruction rained upon me by a bunch of fan boys) I thought that Heath Ledger didn't do a very good job. But, it wasn't necessarily his fault. Alot of that had to do with the script and also the look. When you look at Arkham Asylum you see the Joker. It didn't have the same feel in The Dark Knight.
It's because everyone has thier own idea of what the Joker is. It's part of the awsomeness of the character, that he's so different in all his mediums and yet they all fit the Joker. Heath Ledger did an awsome job as the Joker, in a sort of "what might a person like this be like in real life" where Arkham Asylum Joker was more of an extension of the animated series with a more serious vibe added. It's the same reason people love Jack Nicholson's joker as well as Ledger's Joker. They both did an awsome job, they were just different depictions of the same clown.
People loved Jack's Joker? Personally I found him boring
Yes. She didn't exist prior to her introduction in the series. I like the new one better. The old one was stupid, and wouldn't look very good in fully-rendered 3d.
People crapped their pants over Jack's Joker. The only people who don't like Jack's Joker are unpleasable fanboys and people who weren't born yet when the movie was released.
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And for me, I will always love Mark Hamill's Joker the most because I grew up watching the DCAU, so he was the first and definitive Joker that I knew. And the same goes for Kevin Conroy, I'm glad the producers were smart enought to get them for the games.
Also, am I the only one who would love to see the Riddler? I loved his characterization in the first game, even if it was only through audio files and puzzles, I loved the dark humor how he slowly got angrier and angrier the more riddles you solved. I think there's a lot of potential for him to actually be a scary/cool villain.
I was alive when Jack's Joker was around and the only reason he made anyone crap their pants was because their only other likely exposure to the Joker was the Batman TV show with Adam West. Every Joker I've seen since has been better than Jack's Joker (with the exception the Straight Jacket wearing kick boxer Joker from The Batman).
As for the Arkham Games, the best part was their use of the DCAU voice actors, when I imagine The Joker's voice I hear Mark Hamil, it's just that simple.
But what did they crap their pants over exactly? and what does being born after the movie have to do with anything? (Im assuming you mean watching the movie while young so things are boring) but even when I watch it now, it's boring, I mean I do think Jack is a very good actor and does his role well, but....it's just not funny (then again I did grow up on Cesar Romero and Mark Hamill jokers)
Oh, God not another tasteless gamer, with a terrible avatar. :/
Yes. He did a good job, although he's not my favorite. There were scenes where the Joker really shined through but for me, watching Jack Nicholson play something is watching him play Jack Nicholson. He was still a good Joker, but he wasn't as high up there as Mark Hamill Or Heath Ledger.
Now Legder's Joker was great at being scary and definately his dark humor was great. He's not my favorite because I don't really have one, but he's definately up there. I only wish they'd taken time for him to have more humor in his character.
Yeah Mark Hamill's Joker was the one I grew up with too, so he's definately one of my favorites. I love watching the old series and I think he's got the perfect blend of crazy and funny, although in the shows he usually leans more towards the comedy side. Now in the DCAU movies (and these games) I think he's almost perfect. To me, the voice actors in the DCAU for the Batman series were the best voice actors they could find for thier characters, and since the AU is gone now, I hope they keep them for this series at least.
And yeah, I'd love to see the Riddler! He was really interesting as just a voice in the last one, I'd like to have to actually aprehend him in some way...although given how the last game's boss fights usually went, I'm not sure how he'd play out.
Personally, something like the way Crysis was done, ie; Linear storyline though multiple ways to approach most situations, might be the way to go for this.
nehh it will be the after affects of the titan he used in the first BAA...well...i hope o.O
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Sorry, fashion industry: The shape of things to come for women will be shorter and plumper, and it's all thanks to natural selection. Or, at least, that's what some scientists are claiming.
A team of researchers at Yale University, led by evolutionary biologist Stephen Stearns, studied 2238 post-menopausal women chosen from the Framingham Heart Study - which has tracked the medical history of the residents of Framingham, Massachusetts since 1948 - to see whether factors like height, weight or cholesterol impacted the number of children women had. Even with other, social, factors accounted for, the team found that on average, shorter, heavier women with lower cholesterol tended to have more children, and started having children earlier... and that they also tended to pass these traits onto their daughters. But what does this mean? According to Stearns, a lot:
If these trends continue for 10 generations, Stearns calculates, the average woman in 2409 will be 2 centimetres shorter and 1 kilogram heavier than she is today. She will bear her first child about 5 months earlier and enter menopause 10 months later.
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A power outage darkened the Superdome in the third quarter of the Super Bowl on Sunday night, an unnerving experience for a stadium that had been the refuge of last resort for many when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
The 34-minute outage seemed to halt the Ravens' momentum, coming almost immediately after Jacoby Jones returned a kickoff for a touchdown to start the second half. The Ravens had led 28-6, but the previously sluggish San Francisco 49ers went on to score two touchdowns and a field goal in the third quarter.
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, among the thousands of Ravens fans here to watch the team, was baffled that a power outage could befall such a major event so long in the planning.
"How could this happen?" he said. "You think they would have tested it repeatedly."
Ulman had just left the deafening Mercedes-Benz Superdome to call his wife back home so they could enjoy the Jones touchdown together, and she knew more about the outage than he did. "I was facing away from the building, and she's like, 'Everything's dark in the stadium, the game's off,'" he said.
"They locked the doors, which was fine with me," said Ulman, leery of being in a darkened stadium with tens of thousands of people and recalling conversations he just had about the hurricane. "We were talking about Katrina and infrastructure and the things no one is paying attention to until they break."
For some spectators, the incident recalled the week that people were trapped in the Superdome with no power for a week. The storm sent 30,000 residents to the dome, where they sweltered in fetid conditions when the stadium's roof was damaged and the electricity went out.
In the stadium, spectators were left in the dark, literally, as announcements simply repeated that play would resume "momentarily."
Power officials with Entergy and the Superdome's management company said in a joint statement that equipment designed to monitor electrical load sensed an "abnormality" in the system and caused power to be partially cut to isolate the issue. Officials continued to investigate the "root cause" of the abnormality.
Eric Eagen, Superdome spokesman, apologized for the outage, during which spectators increasingly grew restive and players stretched to stay warm.
Jennifer Sabatelle, vice president of communications for CBS Sports, said the network lost several cameras and some audio but used backup power. "At no time did we leave the air," Sabatelle said in a statement, adding that "all commercial commitments during the broadcast are being honored."
Meanwhile, spectators in the stadium groused.
"It's a little unprofessional," said Mario Urquilla, 32, a San Francisco banking consultant. He did think, though, that it was insensitive to make references to Katrina. "I heard a comment, 'It's happening again,'" he said.
For some fans, it was frightening but luckily a fleeting experience.
"I was scared, I'm not going to lie," said Rachel Deckelbaum, whose brother Brian, 33, bought their Super Bowl trip as a 30th birthday present for her. One of the vendors, though, reassured the Canton resident. "If it was really bad, I wouldn't be here,'" Deckelbaum said the vendor told her.
With the lights coming back on, their main concern was the effect on the Ravens.
"We lost all momentum," said Brian Deckelbaum, who lives in Pikesville and is director of leasing for General Growth Properties. "But these guys are professional."
At least one New Orleanian working in the stadium was momentarily worried.
"I got a little scared," said Daryn Johnson, 21, who was manning a beer stand in the stadium. "I thought there would be a rush, people knocking other people over. But they didn't panic. They started buying beer. That was the only thing to do."


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Haha, baby prostitute 😛 It's probably too chemically for you but I am really into Pacifica's body butters lately.
Some cheezy kale chips (can't remember the brand name) I found at Whole Foods are totally blowing me away. I was a huge fan of rotel (and now I am totally not putting Velveeta anywhere near me or my fridge) and when I took my first bite, I was blown away. Tasted EXACTLY like rotel. I need more now.
Mmmmm I'll have to check that out! Thanks!
Most welcome. It's Alive & Radiant Foods Kale Krunch. They had a chocolate one I should have bought as well. Delish.


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Marianna- After 50 years of service, the Jackson County Courthouse was showing some wear and tear. The four sets of stairs leading to the building's doors were crumbling and unsafe. And the general appearance had become shabby.
"This building in the past was not, you know, necessarily something people would come to downtown and point out" Senior Court Program Specialist, Amber Baggett explained. "But now it is. It's a focal feature."
The project included improvements to the courthouse's exterior. Not only did it improve the look of the courthouse, but it's also improved it's safety and convenience.
A fresh coat of paint, new stairs, landscaping, new windows and retro fit roof were just a few of the changes made to the courthouse in under a year, and also under budget.
The county had all of the work done without spending taxpayer dollars. The money came out of the general fund.
"All the monies that were spent, none of that comes from general revenues from the county. We had $1.1 million that had accumulated over time from grant funds" Baggett said.
The county also used money from fines. County officials told us they tried to do everything they could to cut costs without cutting corners.
"We utilized direct purchasing so that the county could do purchase orders on materials and that saved us sales tax" Baggett said to explain some of the methods the county used to try and scale back funds.
As a result of keeping a close eye on spending, Baggett told us the project was wrapping up at about half a million dollars under budget.
She said the project itself even put money back into the local economy.
"Our project was done by 75% local workers" Baggett explained. "So, the money stayed here and we're really proud of that."
Baggett said planning for a grand opening of the renovated courthouse was underway.


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The Court handed down three decisions today, none of which were the ones most have been waiting for. We did, however, get Justice Sotomayor's first authored dissent.
The milestone is more exciting than the dissent itself. In Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. v. U.S. ex rel. Wilson, the Court considered whether the False Claims Act bars qui tam–or whistleblower–actions based on information in "administrative" sources from state and local governments along with those from the federal government. Justice Stevens wrote for a 7-2 majority that the FCA's qui tam bar does reach state and local sources. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Breyer, would have held that the statute only implicated federal sources.
Both Stevens and Sotomayor divined their decisions by applying the maxim of "noscitur a sociis," in which an unclear word in a statute "may be known by the company it keeps." The two sides battled over the word, "administrative," in the middle of the FCA's phrase, "in a congressional, administrative, or Government Accounting Office [(GAO)] report, hearing, audit, or investigation." Stevens did not find "congressional" and "GAO" dispositive of a federal limitation to the whistleblower bar.
Sotomayor disagreed, noting that
[t]he three terms…the Court concludes, are "too few and too disparate" to justify invocation of noscitur a sociis. We have not previously constrained the canon in this way, and I would not do so here. […]
Here, application of the noscitur a sociis principle readily yields a common feature: The sources at issue are federal in nature, not related to state or local governments or private entities.
As I wrote above, nothing too exciting in the substance of Sotomayor's dissent, perhaps except in the fact that her opinion would have allowed for greater access to Courts for whistleblowers under the FCA.
In the unsurprising nonmilestone file, Justice Scalia wrote a concurrence rejecting both sides' reliance on legislative history:
it is utterly impossible to discern what the Members of Congress intended except to the extent that intent is manifested in the only remnant of "history" that bears the unanimous endorsement of the majority in each House: the text of the enrolled bill that became law.
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I agree with your analysis. Scalia's felt need to repeatedly concur separately on the point brings to mind B/M and Stevens doing so for their causes as well.
SCOTUSBlog adds another reason the ruling is pretty minor.


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|Release: Nov. 2, 2010
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Throughout the game, Bond's mission takes him all across the world, and the varied level environments also keep Blood Stone from getting too predictable. During the action scenes, the game is at its best when you're doing something big and momentous, like blowing up a biological weapons facility, but thankfully the developers allow you negotiate most situations either with full action or just with stealth (much like "action" hand-to-hand, playing entirely stealth can also be a lot of fun). The AI is a little ridiculous when you're sneaking around like a proper spy, but at least you don't run into situations where you're spotted while completely hidden; if you get caught, it's your own fault.
Coming from the team that made Project Gotham Racing, you would expect the vehicular bits of the game to really stand out, and for the most part, this is where Blood Stone really shines. When you're inevitably forced to chase a bad guy or escape a situation, chaos usually reigns, with buildings and towers falling down around you, oncoming traffic to weave through, and a lot of scripted destruction wreaking havoc on your path. It's pretty clear that Bizarre took some cues from Split/Second, because these volatile setpieces feel ripped straight from that style of design. And, boy, does it work. Sadly, these moments of automotive mayhem are all too brief, though they do a great job breaking up all the third-person shooting.
If there's one area where Blood Stone is a bit disappointing, it's that everything that it does, while well-made and thoroughly polished, is fairly basic. A few minutes into the game and you've basically seen almost all of the major mechanics of the game, from the basic shooting to the "focus shot" one-hit kills you earn for takedowns. The weapon selection doesn't change much from the outset, so it's only what 007 is doing in the later levels that keep the game fresh. And to Bizarre's credit, the six-hour single player campaign actually keeps things pretty varied. Blood Stone's narrative, which follows Bond tracking a bioweapon attack to its source, is pretty basic as well. Still, Daniel Craig and Judi Dench's voicework is excellent, and it's nice to see more of the cold, borderline-sociopathic edge Craig has brought to 007. Needless to say, you won't see MI6's top agent getting too cozy with any ladies this timeâit's all espionage on display here. That being said, Blood Stone isn't worth $60, but 007 fans will probably get a kick out of it after the inevitable price drop.
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The dollar rose Wednesday after a report from the Federal Reserve hinted that the central bank may be closer to slowing or ending its efforts to support the economy.
The Fed released minutes from its January meeting disclosing that several policymakers said they were concerned about the risks of the Fed's policy of buying bonds to keep interest rates low. The bond-buying could eventually cause inflation or unsettle financial markets, they said.
If the Fed ended its program, it would likely lead to higher U.S. interest rates and a stronger dollar.
Foreign exchange analyst Kathy Lien of BK Asset Management said the minutes suggest Fed policymakers could end the bond purchases "way before" the unemployment rate falls below the Fed's current target of 6.5 percent.
"While we are not surprised that Fed officials talked about phasing out asset purchases again...we were surprised by how willing they are to look beyond the 7.9 percent unemployment rate," Lien wrote in a client note.
The dollar added to its gains against the euro in the afternoon, up about a cent in late trading. The euro fell to $1.3281 late Wednesday from $1.3389 on Tuesday. The dollar also rose to 93.81 Japanese yen from 93.44 yen.
The British pound deepened its decline. It fell below $1.52 Wednesday for the first time since July 2010 after a report showed that the Bank of England was more concerned about Britain's economy. If the country takes on more economic stimulus measures that result in lower interest rates, the pound could fall further.
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Fated is shortlisted for the 2020 teen category of the Redbridge Children's Book Award: yay!!
Who is the Slated trilogy cover girl? Meet Hayley here, and find out what it is like to be on a book cover.
Contagion was runner up in both the Hounslow and Ealing Teen Book Awards 2018, and shortlisted for the Crime Fest best YA crime novel
Books of Lies has been short listed for the Lancashire Book of the Year, the Redbridge Book Award, and the North East Teen Book of Award.
Mind Games won the Portsmouth Book Award! It also won the SCBWI Crystal Kite for the British Isles, and was runner-up in the Oxfordshire Book Award. It is short listed for the Sussex Coast
Schools Amazing Book Award, the Staffordshire Book Award, and the Wirral Paperback of the Year.
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Google goes by foot to capture images of Australia's famous icons for Street View
Google has brought its all-seeing eyes to Australia mounted on a backpack contraption called ''Trekker'', and plans to collect imagery of places only accessible by foot to incorporate into Street View on Google Maps.
On Tuesday, a Google employee captured scenes along the Bondi to Bronte walk in Sydney, using Trekker, which looks like something from outer space and captures images every 2.5 seconds with 15 cameras that are five megapixels each. Trekker weighs 18 kilograms and its cameras are situated about 60cms above the head of its collector.
The images it produces allows Google Maps users to virtually explore the locations it visits.
Google Australia spokesman Shane Treeves said the internet search giant had two trekker devices in Sydney and hoped to take them to some of the state's most famous locations, starting with Bondi Beach, Jervis Bay and Manly Beach.
''We're starting in Sydney and then looking to go across Australia,'' Mr Treeves said.
''Hopefully it [will] encourage more people to jump on a plane and see [the locations] in person.''
The imagery collected from around Sydney will be incorporated into Street View later this year, once the pictures have been run through special software which stitches them together and blurs peoples' faces.
In the future, Mr Treeves said Google Australia hoped to allow groups such as tourism boards, non-profit organisations, universities, and research teams to borrow trekker from Google as they are able to do in the United States.
Google launched its Street View feature using cars in 2007 and has expanded from five US cities to more than 3000 in 43 countries, including many in Australia. So far Google teams and volunteers have covered more than 8 million kilometres with the Street View vehicles and the company has since expanded its collection methods to using cameras mounted on tricycles, snowmobiles, trolleys, underwater scooters, backpacks and even boats.
Places the backpack Trekker has visited to date include the Galapagos Islands, Venice, the Eiffel Tower, Mount Fuji, Everest and the Grand Canyon.
Ben Grubb is a Desk Editor/Locum Homepage Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald.


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The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won
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Analyzes hidden influences and subtle biases that shape sports plays, covering such topics as performance pressures, the "home field advantage," and the overpayment of athletic talent.
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Excerpt: Scorecasting
In 2004 Richard Thaler, a professor of behavioral economics at the University of Chicago, and Cade Massey at Yale were watching the NFL draft. With the first pick, the Chargers chose quarterback Eli Manning, the brother of perhaps the best quarterback in the league, Peyton Manning, and the son of longtime NFL quarterback Archie Manning. The Giants held the number four pick and were in the market for a premier quarterback as well. It was no secret they coveted Manning.
During the 15 minutes the Giants had to make their selection, they were ambushed with two very different options. Option 1 was to make a trade with San Diego in which the Giants would first draft Philip Rivers — considered the second best quarterback in the draft — and then swap him for Manning plus give up their third-round pick (number 65) that year as well as their first- and fifth-round picks in the 2005 draft. Option 2 was to trade down with the Cleveland Browns, who held the seventh pick and also wanted a quarterback. At number seven, the Giants probably would draft the consensus third best quarterback in the draft, Ben Roethlisberger. In exchange for moving down, the Giants would also receive from Cleveland their second round pick (number 37) that year.
The Giants chose the first option, which meant they effectively considered Manning to be worth more than Roethlisberger and four additional players.
To the two economists, however, this seemed like an extraordinarily steep price. But after collecting data from the NFL draft over the previous 13 years and looking at trades made on draft day as well as the compensation — salaries plus bonuses — paid to top picks, they found that the Manning trade was anything but unusual. As a matter of routine, if not rule, teams paid huge prices in terms of current and future picks to move up in the draft. They also paid dearly for contracts with those players.
Not only did Manning cost the Giants four other players — one of whom turned out to be All Pro linebacker Shawne Merriman — but he was also given a six-year, $54-million contract. Compare this to Roethlisberger's compensation. Ultimately drafted 11th by the Steelers, he received $22.26 million over six years.
Thaler and Massey found that historically, the number one pick in the draft is paid about 80% — 80%! — more than the 11th pick on the initial contract. The economists also found that the inflated values teams were assigning to high picks were remarkably, if not unbelievably, consistent. No matter the circumstances or a team's needs, teams routinely assigned the same value to the same pick.
Thaler and Massey compared the values teams placed on picks — either in terms of the picks and players they gave up or in terms of compensation — with the actual performance of the players. They then compared those numbers with the performance of the players given up to get those picks. For example, in the case of Manning, how did his performance over the next five years compare with that of Rivers plus the performances of the players chosen with the picks the Giants gave San Diego? Likewise, how did those numbers stack up against Ben Roethlisberger's stats and those of the players the Giants could have had with the additional picks they would have received from Cleveland?
The economists looked at each player's probability of making the roster, his number of starts, and his likelihood of making the Pro Bowl. They found that higher picks were better than lower picks on average and that first rounders on average post better numbers than second rounders, who in turn post better stats than third-round draft picks, and so on.
The problem was that they weren't that much better. Even looking position by position, the top draft picks are overvalued. How much better is the first quarterback or receiver taken than the second or third quarterback or receiver? Not much. The researchers concluded the following:
• The probability that the first player drafted at a given position is better than the second player drafted at the same position is only 53%, that is, slightly better than a tie.
• The probability that the first player drafted at a position is better than the third player drafted at the same position is only 55%.
• The probability that the first player drafted at a position is better than the fourth player drafted at the same position is only 56%.
In other words, selecting the consensus top player at a specific position versus the consensus fourth best player at that position increases performance, measured by the number of starts, by only 6%. And even this is understating the case, since the number one pick is afforded more chances/more starts simply because the team has invested so much money in him. Yet teams will end up paying, in terms of both players and dollars, as much as four or five times more to get that first player relative to the fourth player. Was Manning really 50% better than Rivers and twice as good as Roethlisberger? You'd be hard put to convince anyone that Manning is appreciably more valuable than Rivers or Roethlisberger; in any event, he's certainly not twice as valuable.
Yet this pattern persists year after year. Is having the top pick in the NFL draft such a stroke of good fortune? It's essentially a coin flip, but not in the traditional sense. Heads, you win a dime; tails, you lose a quarter. Massey and Thaler go so far as to contend that once you factor in salary, the first pick in the entire draft is worth less than the first pick in the second round.


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It's hard out there for a mass murderer, ya'll. He kills 77 people via bombing and mass shooting, is sentenced to a term of merely 21 years (although, if he is still considered dangerous, a.k.a. flipping insane, it isn't likely he'll ever be released, thank the Lord), and is serving out that term in one of the rather accommodating prisons on which Norway prides itself. He's kept in isolation for security reasons (in his own suite, complete with gym equipment and laptop), and since his behavior so far, he argues, has been so very "exemplary," he'd be super appreciative if he could finally stop being treated so poorly and get some better amenities. Like, you know, a PS3 — because the PS2 he's been living with is just not up to par. Oh, the humanity:
Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik threatened to go on hunger strike for better video games and other perks to alleviate his "torture"-like prison conditions, in a letter received by AFP Friday. …
The demands include better conditions for his daily walk and the right to communicate more freely with the outside world, which he argues are in line with European rights legislation.
He also demanded the replacement of a PlayStation 2 games console for a more recent PS3 "with access to more adult games that I get to choose myself" as well as a sofa or armchair instead of a "painful" chair.
"Other inmates have access to adult games while I only have the right to play less interesting kids games. One example is "Rayman Revolution", a game aimed at three year olds," wrote the 35-year-old convicted killer. …
Breivik also wants his standard weekly allowance of 300 kroner ($49, 36 euros) to be doubled, particularly to cover his postal charges for written correspondence.
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Is Acceptance a Big Deal in Pro Locker Rooms?
Nine-year NFL veteran Rocky Boiman played in four NFL locker rooms; Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Tennessee. Last week, he told me what it was like to walk in those locker rooms.
"It was a great experience. Racially, it was very good. I was lucky. Race relations were the best I've ever seen. All in good humor and nature. It never got to the extreme. Maybe it helped I was on good teams that went to AFC championships."
Boiman never saw any type of hazing while playing in the NFL. He played for Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards, Jeff Fisher, and Mike Tomlin.
"They weren't micro-manageable, and they set a system. They signed and drafted good guys. They brought in good people and set an environment that works its self out. Fisher was not going to all any of that hazing stuff. If you're not doing football stuff, then it was get out now. I 100% agree," tells Boiman.
Experiences can vary as a player, and Boiman was lucky to have a great NFL experience because he had great coaches that were also great leaders.
At the same time, there are times in organizations when leadership is lacking.
In Miami, Jonathan Martin was bullied and harassed by teammates Richie Incognito, John Jerry, Mike Pouncey, and an athletic trainer. Martin was targeted with racial slurs, racially derogated language, homophobic name-calling, and improper physical touching. Martin would leave the team as a result.
In a different situation, Missouri Tigers defensive lineman and NFL prospect Michael Sam was treated as a football player, and was not judged by his sexual orientation last fall. He publicly announced he was gay in February, but his teammates in college actually found out in August. He was fortunate to have his family at Missouri accept him for who he is, and allow him to focus on football.
Sam could become the NFL's first openly gay player, and he has still has big hurdles to climb. NFL players will have to learn to respect Sam, and he will have to have tough skin.
While there wasn't a good locker room presence in Miami for Martin, and Sam was blessed by his Missouri teammates and coaches, I believe for both of these guys, acceptance was huge. Both common in sports, and in life.
For me, I have never been the most athletic guy. I played soccer and basketball growing up in elementary and middle school. Middle school basketball provided a memorable memory for me. I was in the eighth grade when I was on the 'B' team. I didn't score any points all year, but in the last game when I got the ball, fans cheered for me to shoot the ball. Sometimes, I'd get nervous, and pass the ball. Finally in the fourth quarter, I had a wide open jumper. I nailed it. Everyone cheered my name. It was pretty cool.
When I got to high school, I went to basketball tryouts. I was cut my freshman year because I wasn't one of the biggest players. However, even though I wanted to play basketball, I didn't let it hold me back. I remembered the positive memories sports gave me, and took advantage of opportunities that led to my passion for sports journalism. Now, I have a few jobs in sports. I love recognizing athletes, and giving honor where it's due. I've found my acceptance by highlighting others talents and abilities.
I wanted to be an athlete, but I had different talents. Everybody does. As a society, in sports, and life, respect and encourage each other whether are an athlete, non-athlete, African-American, White, straight, gay, or have a disability.


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I Never Said Goodbye
To whomever may be still following this blog. Holy shit dudes. Talk about persistence OR you seriously need to clean your RSS feeds. lol.
To whomever may be still following this blog. Holy shit dudes. Talk about persistence OR you seriously need to clean your RSS feeds. lol.
Posted by Alachia at 4:43 PM
I just wanted to thank you for the awesome podcast when it was going strong.
I have been out of WoW for a few years as well, but I will always fondly remember joining the community with wide eyes and having your podcast to bridge those tedious work hours as I fed the beast that wanted to consume as much information as it could.
I hope you have been well and wish you luck on your future endeavors.
I do still love listening to your archived podcasts and I still follow you in various social networks. I do have to say, seeing the REAL Alachia is awesome.
I have also stopped playing but have gone back and forth with trying to play. Plus, trying to catch up with updates and expansions is a bit much for my brain to figure out.
Actually, me and my hubby were just talking about playing again which I think I might in the next couple weeks as I will be recovering from a foot surgery I'm having on Tuesday and will be stuck in front of the TV & computer.
Regardless,I do still want to get a tattoo of your WoW4Life because I know I can always go back and play.
I, too, hope you are well and know you will do awesome in anything you do.


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Perhaps our favorite moment so far of the long-awaited new season of "Futurama" came in the fourth episode when the preserved head of George Takei moderated a debate on the hot-button issue – at least in the 31st Century – of robosexual marriage.
After Bender's plea in favor of Proposition Infinity, which would allow human-robot weddings, "Star Trek" legend Takei became emotional.
"I haven't heard such an eloquent speech since Bill Shatner explained why he couldn't pay me back," he said.
The topical humor-driven satire proved beyond any doubt that reprobate robot Bender and the rest of the "Futurama" gang didn't take on any rust during the seven years between regular-season installments. Recruiting Takei, half of the first same-sex couple who applied for a marriage license in California, pre-Proposition 8, was a great touch. Plus, we're always a sucker for a good Shatner joke.
But the "Star Trek" reference also worked on another level: Like "Futurama," "Star Trek" was infamously canceled before its time. Unlike "Star Trek," the cult comedy, thanks to its animated form, has returned largely intact in its new life on Comedy Central.
The cartoon, set in 31st Century New York, will mark its 100th episode Thursday – capping an unlikely comeback season that was well worth the wait.
Highlights in recent weeks have included a clever "Da Vinci Code" parody, which can be forgiven for being a little late. A recent episode involving multiple characters exchanging bodies drew buzz because the writer, Ken Keeler, reportedly used the farcical device to prove a theorem on group theory that we'll never understand. We just thought the bit was funny.
In the most recent episode, "Futurama" creator Matt Groening – or at least his preserved head – gets the last laugh.
Groening, who is better known for giving us "The Simpsons," (which, unlike "Futurama," wasn't canceled by Fox after five seasons) appears at Comic-Con in the Year 3010. He shows the assembled geeks a preview of a new program – "Futurella," set in 4010 – that gets canceled during the opening credits.
"Wow – Fox has really streamlined the process," Groening says.
We're not expecting the revived "Futurama" to last as long as "The Simpsons," which is into its third decade. But with at least one more season of Fry, Bender and Co. on the way and the writing still strong, the future looks good for a few more laughs.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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