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Technically they're a fourth of a fifth generation vegetable. But vegetables are like software, you never want to work with them on the first iteration. Like you wouldn't want to eat corn, but mash it, broil/fry it and you got something magical going on in the form of tortilla chips.
The other fact: OpenGL ES state trackers for Gallium just went public. That includes both OpenGL ES 1.x and 2.x. Brian just pushed them into opengl-es branch. Together with OpenVG they should be part of the Mesa3D 7.6 release.
At this point Mesa3D almost becomes the Khronos SDK and hopefully soon we'll add an OpenCL state tracker and start working on bumping the OpenGL code to version 3.1.
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- sandsmark said...
It is awesome to see this stuff actually starting to come together! Congratulations to you and the rest of the team!
Oh, and a steak is a second generation vegetable (if you don't feed your cows cow, but that is gross).
- May 16, 2009 at 1:35 AM
- Edward Miller said...
I like first iteration vegetables and software. I think I'll have some carrots as I try to test out this new state tracker
mmm rabbit food.
- May 16, 2009 at 5:37 AM
I challenge you to an ultimate Vegetarian match to the End (tm)!
I am the terror of vegetables everywhere having devoured their kind mercilessly for over sixteen years!
All shall quake at my Molars of Terror(tm) and stand in awe of my phytonutrient count.
Gorilla food has a power that can not be denied... (kind of like open source software, I guess...)
*Ahem* now back to my geeky stuff. Bring on Gallium3D! :)
- May 16, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- bestouff said...
Now that's talking. Excellent news, thanks Zack !
- May 16, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Gallium3D coming together is like magic.. I think trolls should start making a QPainter state tracker and I hope backends will become complete asap. All in all..this is a revolution!
- May 16, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- AndreasFrische said...
go vegan, dude ;)
- May 16, 2009 at 11:33 AM
- Riku Voipio said...
Will this mean mesa3d will support EGL as well as GLX? In any case, great news :)
- May 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- Unknown said...
I just checked Guinness. My beer agrees: you are the best vegetarian ever.
The rest of us need to try harder.
- May 17, 2009 at 3:55 AM
- Unknown said...
It's amazing how quickly the various state trackers are coming together. Gallium is a work of genius.
- May 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM


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The name of the 23-year-old woman gang-raped on a Delhi bus Dec. 16 has not been revealed. But in the wake of her death in a Singapore hospital on Saturday and her cremation in New Delhi early Sunday morning, Indian newspapers wrote about her background, her parents and her studies as a physiotherapy student.
Taken together, they portray a young woman who was, in many ways, the epitome of an up-and-coming Indian success story, just the sort of person that would normally appear in an article about how young Indians, with financial sacrifice from their parents, are moving up with professional aspirations and advanced education, and are making the shift from rural to urban living.
Instead, she has become a symbol not of what is right about India but what is wrong with it as her rape and death prompted a massive outpouring of anger over India's perceived inability to provide public safety.
The Indian Sunday Express said the woman was held up as a role model for young people in the southwest Delhi neighborhood where she lived. "Look at her and learn from her. Look how well she studies, aspire to be like her" was a "typical refrain" that parents told their own children, it said.
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In a village in Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh state, where the family hails from, the woman's 80-year-old grandmother was quoted by the Sunday Times as saying: "They left this village for a better life. Look what they have got."
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I like challenges. I sometimes (and frequently) don't like the failures that follow. Sometimes I don't handle them very well. But this post by Laz made me realize that sometimes success does not mean not failing. Like Laurel Highlands this year. It was a DNF for me, but I was satsified with my performance. I reached! I worked outside of my comfort zone a little!!!
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The colorway on my right food is the one used in the book. They did a marvelous job in photographing it. I always liked the linen stitch, and was pleasantly surprised when I saw a sock with it. This does not mean that this is my favorite sock from this book. I haven't decided yet. I like them all, but we'll see which one I like best, if at all possible. ;o)
After I had such a great time dyeing yarn with turmeric, I wanted to dye this lace weight yarn with rosehip/hibiscus tea bags, lots of them. The brew had a wonderful color, and I left the yarn in it over night, as directed somewhere on the Internet. Next morning, the yarn looked sick, or dirty, or both. I washed it, and it came all out, like nothing happened at all. I had some food coloring kicking around, and but it in the microwave. It came out all mottled and splotschy, real nasty looking - again. O.K. I set up another food color bath and in it went again. It still has some lighter spots, but it's much better. I felt so bad for the yarn, that I decided I could overdye whatever I'll knit with it, whenever. Not a success story, and now I'll take a break from dyeing yarn for a while. But it's still fun from time to time!
I had the urge to bake something and made this "Gugelhupf" without a recipe, just through in all the ingredients I could think of and had at hand. It's good, especially with tea. I used to bake a lot, so there's still some knowledge in my woolly brain left, that it turned out O.K. ;o) It had the potential to be a total disaster.


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Scott Wallace lost his job, his car and then his house, but at the Thanksgiving meal served Thursday at the Hendersonville Rescue Mission, Wallace said he has much to be thankful for.
A year ago, Scott Wallace "made a mistake" and was arrested for driving while intoxicated. He says he's learned a hard lesson. He lost his job of five years, lost his car and then his house. He came to stay at the Hendersonville Rescue Mission about nine months ago.
He stood quietly smiling in the mission's kitchen Thursday morning, watching a host of volunteers fill plates of turkey, cranberries, yams and dressing. In the past 12 months he's lost a lot, but on Thursday he had much to praise.
There was a lot to be thankful for at the mission Thursday. The staff was thankful for volunteers, who offered to give them a day off to be with family. The volunteers were grateful for the chance to serve. And the honored guests for the day's feast gave thanks for much more: a delicious meal and a warm bed in a place of hope that offered the chance of a better tomorrow.
"A year ago… if you would have told me that I would come here and meet friends, I never would have believed you," Wallace said. Now, he thanks God for the friends he found at the mission.
"They've been really good to me here," he said. Wallace has worked with a caseworker to line up a new home he should be in soon.
"It's a very good atmosphere… a Christian atmosphere," he said; a good place to be "when you have no place to go…
"There's a lot of camaraderie here and fellowship. Everybody has their own different lives, but we're all in the same boat," he said.
It's a boat Carol Lacy found herself in for the first time almost two months ago when she made the hard decision to walk away from a troubled relationship.
She was living with her boyfriend, and the two argued constantly. "I just told him, I'd rather be homeless than to have to deal with this anymore. My mom actually looked this place up for me," she said. "She told me I could come here. I fought it at first. But ever since I stopped fighting it, it's an awesome place. They really do help everyone so much. They will do anything to help anybody out… They went above and beyond for me."
Lacy will start a new job Friday. She is going to school to get her CNA license and will soon move into transitional housing. There was a lot to give thanks for Thursday.
Herman Miller, originally of Horry County, S.C., has been homeless on-and-off for about eight years. The frigid cold nights have forced him to find refuge inside the mission. Sharing the meal with his friends Thursday made the holiday special, he said.
Miller moved to Hendersonville about 45 years ago. He was taking care of a gentleman who passed away, and after his death, Miller was left with nowhere to go. But he said he always feels welcome at the mission.
"This place here is a really wonderful place," he said.
The Rev. Tim Jones, director of operations at the mission, said that they serve about 60,000 meals a year, but Thanksgiving is different. Instead of guests lining up to get plates of food in a rush to eat and leave, they are ushered to a seat where they are served all they can eat, encouraged to take their time and enjoy the meal.
"We're doing a little more than just serving meals" here, he told a host of volunteers before the doors opened Thursday, mentioning the cross at the front of the mission. If the volunteers started to feel stressed or overwhelmed in their service, he encouraged them to take a moment and "remember who you're representing."
He thanked the volunteers for allowing the mission to let their staff members have the day off to be with their families.
The Brownes were happy to help. They moved to Hendersonville last December from Alabama. The family attends St. James Episcopal Church, where Jones serves as deacon.
Marla Browne, former director of a faith-based crisis center, now works for United Way in Asheville, directing the center's 211 help line. When they heard about the need for volunteers at the mission's Thanksgiving meal, her family signed up.
Marla Browne's husband, Jamey, provided live musical accompaniment for the meal this year with his friend, Jay Brown. The Brownes' children, Sam, 16, and Marie, 12, helped serve the meals and register the guests for raffle drawings of gift cards donated by local businesses.
John Jackson, home in Hendersonville on a break from his studies at Appalachian State University, and his sister, Kelly Jackson, a senior at Hendersonville High, also came to volunteer with their family. This was their first year at the mission, although their mother, Jill Jackson, said that they have wanted to help for some time.
With grandparents in other states this holiday, John Jackson said that they decided to make this part of their Thanksgiving.
Jill Jackson manned the drinks. Her husband, Mark, served the meals, and their younger son, James, helped fill the plates in the kitchen.
There is something in serving others that makes the giving part of Thanksgiving truly special, Kelly Jackson said. "It's different than the norm."
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Situated in a small city approximately one hundred miles to the north of Paris (fifty minutes by high-speed train), the Arras campus of the Universite D'Artois is one of the most recently created centers in France for the study of the liberal arts. The campus received its first students in the early 1990's and has been rapidly growing ever since.
Arras itself was famous throughout Europe during the Middle Ages for the manufacture of textiles. While few evidences of the medieval city remains, it does boast two of the most beautiful 18th century public squares in all of Europe. Both the city and the campus are of a scale that should appeal to a student who is hestitant about facing the costs and pressures of big-city and big-university life.
All classes will be taught in French by regular faculty of the Universitœ D'Artois. The "Service de Scolaritœ," located on campus, advises all students. The French coordinator for this program is M. Raymond Ledru, Chair of the English Department, who has ties in Chestertown that have led to frequent visits to our campus.
D'Artois does not have student dormitories, however through a student office—called the "C.R.O.U.S."—they provide assistance in locating appropriate off-campus housing, perhaps with other students or with a family. Housing is relatively easy to arrange, although more possibilities are available in June, when the office opens, than in October, when classes begin. A furnished room in a home or an apartment will probably cost $250/month. The "Auberge de la Jeunesse" (Youth Hostel), located on the Grande Place in the center of the city, is the best place to stay while looking for a room.


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Netizens now know what Google thinks of their home state, thanks to the search engine's autocomplete feature.
Twitter account @Amazing_Maps filled in a United States map with the first word that pops up after typing into Google "Why is [state] so" for each state in the union.
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Oh My God, this one is the best so far! The chick inside the egg (no pun intended), the assistant mice, "cut the cable", this is so brilliant and hysterical and depressing and… lifelike.
Great one Em. Love the drawings as usual.
Couldn't stop until I read them all. My wife is an artist, Jew, no ish. Did therapy through cartoons. But the small world thing is we live in NYC and part time in Florence on Via Pinzochere. We will be there again in June. I am a retired Columbia Prof and work at the University in Florence when in Italy. Reading your cartoon felt like talking to family all they way. It will stay with me as a feeling until…..
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Blackberry maker Research In Motion had an awful 2011, losing three-quarters of its market value and further ground to competitors on Google, Apple and even Microsoft's platform. But after founder/CEO Mike Lazaridis and co-CEO Jim Balsillie resisted public calls to change course or resign their posts for so long, now that they've done both, it's still something of a surprise.
The formal announcement will come Monday, but it's official, confirmed in an extended multi-party interview with Toronto's The Globe and Mail: Lazaridis and Balsillie will resign as CEOs, making way for Thorsten Heins, currently RIM's COO of Product Engineering.
It's not uncommon for a COO or another top executive within a company to step in as acting or interim CEO while the board of directors searches for a replacement. But Heins isn't talking like he's an interim anything, and Lazaridis and Balsillie are framing Heins' succession as an orderly and permanent transition, a passing of the torch from RIM's founder to a new generation — more like Tim Cook replacing Steve Jobs at Apple than Tim Morse filling in between Carol Bartz and Scott Thompson at Yahoo.
Balsillie told The Wall Street Journal that the timing was right to transition to new leadership and that the co-CEOs had recommended the changes themselves to the board. According to the WSJ, board members and other executives confirmed that neither CEO was pushed out.
"In every successful company that's developed by founders," Lazaridis told The New York Times, "there comes a time when it enters a new phase of growth and it's time for the founders to pass the baton to new management." Lazaridis also told The Globe and Mail's Iain Marlow that he had found it difficult to relinquish control over the company he founded, but added, "the bigger mistake is waiting too long."
Meanwhile, Heins was confident: RIM is "a fantastic growth story and it's not coming to an end," he told Marlow. "What you will see with me is rigour and flawless execution."
Heins hasn't been an especially high-profile executive at RIM. Like Lazaridis, he's an engineer and product designer, responsible for RIM's hardware and software. He's been given credit for helping RIM's Blackberry become popular in the developing world, one of the main growth areas for the company.
Both Heins and Lazaridis are closer to the engineering side of the business than Balsillie, who joined RIM as co-CEO in 1992 and was charged with corporate strategy, business development, marketing, sales and finance. RIM currently has no chief marketing officer, and Heins says one of his first tasks as CEO is to hire one to help rebuild the company's brand.
Lazaridis and Balsillie will stay on with RIM in a nonoperational capacity as board directors. Director Barbara Stymiest, former director of the Toronto Stock Exchange, will become the board's new chair, and major shareholder Prem Watsa will also join as a board director.
Heins offers continuity with RIM's history, but also a chance to change elements of its strategy. For example, Heins emphatically says that he is open to licensing RIM's new QNX operating system to other smartphone or tablet manufacturers. RIM had resisted this approach in the past, apart from very general statements. But several analysts have argued is the company's best option to boost revenue and grow its platform.
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But it's hard to say how popular a proposition that would be to manufacturers or customers until QNX actually ships on a smartphone — which won't even happen on a Blackberry device until late this year.
The launch of the first Blackberry smartphones featuring QNX will be Heins' first real test as CEO. Even though QNX's acquisition, its flubbed launch on the Playbook and delayed launch on handsets were the consequence of decisions set in motion by RIM's now ex-CEOs, by doubling down on QNX, Heins now owns that platform. That includes owning those decisions and their consequences from now on.
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"Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard," Paul McCartney's 20th studio recording since The Beatles, marks an end to a nearly four-year hiatus since his last studio recording, 2001's platinum certified "Driving Rain." The new 13-track album is produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis and Beck) and McCartney, and was recorded in London and Los Angeles over the course of the past two years. Its release coincides with the September 16th launch of McCartney's all new 37-city "US" Tour, his fastest selling concert tour ever.
"Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard" is a return to the basics for McCartney. The album successfully fuses his undeniable song writing talents with his unparalleled musicianship. In fact, McCartney is credited with playing the majority of the instruments on the album, which is somewhat reminiscent of "McCartney" (1970) when he was credited with playing all of the instruments. They include the drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, as well as many of the less traditional instruments such as block flute, harmonium and flugelhorn.
"Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard" is a mix of up-tempo piano driven McCartney instant classics such as 'Fine Line' and 'Promise To You Girl' and more introspective darker tracks such as 'At The Mercy,' 'Too Much Rain' and 'Riding To Vanity Fair.' One of the many highlights is a track entitled, 'Jenny Wren,' which Paul describes as "daughter of Blackbird," as well as 'Follow Me,' which McCartney debuted at The Glastonbury Festival, while on his '04 Summer European Tour.
But "Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard" would not have been either if not for the suggestion of now legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin. Familiar with Nigel's credentials and with his published desire to work with an established artist, Paul made the call that finally put the two together in the studio. The collaboration seemed an unlikely one and thus the rumours began. What type of album was McCartney making?
"I did not want to rush this album," said McCartney, who despite repeated inquiries, touring commitments and pressure from his record label, managed to maintain his focus. "I think it was worth the wait though. The music became more interesting over time and I'm really proud of what we did."
The results are evident throughout. The songs are sonically robust, the instrumentation and orchestration first rate and the chemistry between Paul and Nigel apparent. The album has an organic feel reminiscent of Paul's first solo release, "McCartney," (1970) and some of The Beatles later recordings.
"We really made a lot of it up as we went along," added McCartney. "I'd try something and if it didn't work I'd try something else until it did. It was like making a go-cart in the backyard."
"When Paul and I got together we had a common goal," said Godrich. "We wanted to make a great album that was true to Paul. I think that's exactly what we did."
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Blackbeard may get all the attention. Black Bart was even more feared. But for my money, the most important pirate to cast a shadow across Hampton Roads was an almost completely unknown Englishman named William Dampier.
Exactly what he was doing in the bustling port town of Hampton in the early 1680s isn't well understood. No one knows how or why he got here. But with Hampton's prime location off the northernmost reaches of the Gulf Stream and its proximity to the transatlantic trade winds, there's been plenty of speculation that, like many other enterprising brigands from as far away as the West Indies, he sailed to Virginia to take advantage of the many opportunities to sell off pirate loot.
Whatever his reasons, Dampier was still here in 1682 when former shipmate John Cooke captained a ship full of amateur English pirates all the way from West Africa in search of a little seasoning from this buccaneering veteran. Careening his vessel on the Eastern Shore, Cooke came to Hampton and recruited both Dampier and another former shipmate, Edward Davis, who would later hang for consorting with the notorious Capt. William Kidd.
Sailing back to West Africa, the crew won a new ship in a card game, then set off back across the Atlantic and around Cape Horn for an astonishingly 5-year-long campaign in which they captured ships, ransomed captives and sacked towns all the way from Chile to Panama. They also explored the Galapagos Islands along the way, with the curious Dampier making drawings and taking extensive notes.
Dampier wasn't among the group of five -- including Davis -- who later returned to Hampton Roads, were captured with their loot on the James River and then bought their freedom by giving 300 pounds to the Rev. James Blair for the establishment of the College of William and Mary. Instead he left the ship and sailed west across the Pacific, where he was marooned on a deserted island for many months before being rescued.
But where his shipmates' adventures have been mostly forgotten, Dampier's live on through the influence of the memoirs he wrote and published after his return to England.
Jonathan Swift used his amazing accounts of exploration and travel as the inspiration for his famous novel "Gulliver's Travels." They also sparked Daniel Defoe to write the equally famous "Robinson Crusoe." And even 150 years later the pioneering naturalist Charles Darwin referred to Dampier's writings during his own milestone voyage to the Galapagos and Easter Island, the experience of which led to Darwin's landmark theory of evolution.
That's a pretty long shadow for a pirate.
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It really isn't her fault. That's the way Kickstarter works. She asked for, what I will on sheer trust in decency assune was a reasonable amount to do the series she wanted (pease don't start with all that "but everyone can do a video for nothing today", production value and proper research still cost money), and then people decided to give her more money. Knowing full well she already had enough money, they wanted to give more. That's not ridiculous, that's awesome. If people want to give money let them, I know for a fact that Bob has a donate button on his blog, why is this different? She hasn't asked for this much to make the videos and hopefully she'll do somethng productive with the leftover money, but the point is people rose up and said that the way some people reacted to that video proved it was necessary, and they said it with their wallets. This is not the worst part, this is the best part.
"Basically Youtube videos"? You've seen them?
You're assuming that these videos will be the same quality as Big Picture, Extra Credits, etc. If that were so, then $150K would be plenty excessive. But she does have $150K. She's working with a pretty big budget and considerably more time than a week per video(I assume), so why assume that the videos themselves will be the same as shows working with weekly web show budgets?
I think you're missing the point of Kickstarter. She's not being paid all that money. People are giving her that money for the videos. Perhaps she could just use the $6000 she originally asked for and pocket the rest, I dunno, but she's clearly not doing that; when the funding started to way exceed the goal, what was originally would have been a 5-episode series along the same lines as her other FF videos expanded to a 12-episode series with a classroom curriculum and professional production values.
So you're trying to say the douchebags are also making videos about the lady? K.
You might have the wrong forum for that.
A fact all too often overlooked, and quite detrimental for professional videographers, photographers, and more than a few other professions that also exist as hobby.
If you're happy with whatever turd your cousin craps out and uploads to youtube, then good on you. If you want professional work, then don't start moaning when you're expected to pay a professional's rate.
I haven't seen her work, but what she's asking is on the lower side of what'd justify professional quality in both production values and research.
Couldn't agree more with the final word of this episode. I disagree with a ton of Anita Sarkeesian's points and dislike her way of expressing them but I still contributed $10 to her project because her right to do so should be unassailable. Having people being critical of the medium and issues like these is vital to pushing society forward and finding acceptable compromise.
Big Boob Panty Ninja 12 will never be as good as Big Boob Panty Ninja 7: Mystical Chainmail Thong. In all seriousness good video and I totally agree.
Does anyone already own a copyright to "big boob panty ninja"? If not I've got a game to make.
She'll be a female protagonist who needs to dress sexy to get close to her assassination targets because her voluptuous physique make all the sneaking around in the dark quite impossible for her. I'll also have her suffer from back problems and self esteem issues. I'll also give her a more realistic looking sister who is an all around better ninja (think protoman in relation to megaman when he is first introduced) that she want to be better than. This would probably make a good manga the more I think this out...
In all seriousness, I've always debunked the argument of the mountain of muscle argument as that is an obtainable goal if you put in the time an effort to get that buff. A female will not however (without surgery) ever be able to turn into Ayane; no matter how much time or effort they put in to transforming themselves. Both images are unrealistic but one is impossible for all but a few.
There's going to be a Big Boob Panty Ninja 12?
My problem with the whole argument is that overhauling the media and portraying all women with "regular" body types wouldn't fix anything.
Attacking all the hot bodied characters isn't really attacking the source, or even a symptom of the problem. It's just an easy target
Also if she wants to use actual game characters and not just inspired look-a-likes she'll have to pay licensing fees.
Seconded! This and Jim Sterling's article on the subject: http://www.gamefront.com/misandry-in-videogames-oh-grow-the-f-k-up/ really make me feel less disgusted with the internet
Can't wait till tropes takes a look at Samus and the Metroid prime games then looks at another M. The horror it burns usssss.
As I recall, you don't have to pay licensing fees to use limited amounts of copyrighted material for the purpose of criticism or parody. It goes under Fair Use or other international equivalents.
Given how I think that MovieBob has mishandled some more serious issues in the past, such as the absurd "double standard is OK because I say so"-episode, I was expecting to have disagreements with him in this video, and yeah, that's how it turned out.
My main disagreement however isn't with the points he makes, which are largely true, but rather that he focuses his entire attention on one argument, the debunking of which is pointless. Two wrongs do not make a right. The fact that men are idealised in video games doesn't make it any more or less valid that women are, too.
In other words, this video doesn't cover any of the important issues in this debate. Moreover, MovieBob goes from talking about video game characters with big boobs to talking about sexism in the workplace, as if the two are somehow related. They're results of the same problem but no one is sitting in an office chair thinking "well, if only she looked liked Ivy from that fighting game, I'd hire her."
This is a widespread cultural issue and the video game industry is not the cause of it. Claiming otherwise is just as absurd as that rather embarrassingly large group of people who think that Resident Evil 5 is racist. Equating a hate-based ideology that has caused and is still causing deaths and suffering to something as utterly trivial as a video game must be insulting to those who live to tell the tale.
Pointing out examples of "sexist" characters in media is easy and pointless. Rather than focusing our energy on trying to make our media somehow more fair and honest (which is in and of itself a laugh, just look at films and TV series) we should focus our attention on how women are actually treated, you know, the stuff that actually matters.
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Ugh. Initially I was hoping this would be an episode about Tvtropes or, failing that, the Jabberjaw episode.
I've said it before and I'll probably have to say it again at some point: the backlash against this woman's entirely reasonable project is atrocious, though I could also do without ever hearing her banal analyses again.
Hopefully the commenters learn that their seething hatred has only made Sarkeesian's case stronger as well as given her more money. And hopefully Sarkeesian reads some more damn books instead of letting this fight go to her head; maybe picks up some queer theory too while she's at it so we can get an analysis of video games that is a little more nuanced than the severely dated second wave stuff she's put out so far.
I agree with bob when regarding that specific argument. But when you look at it, the male and female tropes in video games are both equally sexist. The only difference between the two is how they came into existence.
Now as we all know, Video Game Developers and big name Publishers are very slow to change. Much like Hollywood, they're stagnating and the quality of the games we are receiving is diminishing. Companies are far too afraid to make anything particularly ground breaking, with a few noted exceptions here and there. I'm 100% for more realistically portrayed characters on both sides. I also like my Super Turbo Panty Stripper style games, but that's between me and the game.
Anita is going about her videos in the wrong way. She presents them in an antagonistic light with regards to games. She immediately sets the US VS Them style as if there's some war to be fought. The reality is that there is no fight or war, only consumer response the the games that are being released currently. The best and most effective way to fight off sexism, racism and violence is through proper parenting and education. There is no other way.
TL:DR: I agree with bob, however Anita is going about attacking games in the same way Jack Thompson attacked violent video games and "Murder Simulators". She's certainly educating, but If I wanted to teach my kids about how to treat others in society, then it needs to be a collective effort from everyone to better educate our youth.
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So what would a better education do to solve this particular predicament? Well the idea that video game art is inherently sexist is simply a matter of interpretation. When you educate someone about sex, and that person looks at porn, he/she knows that the porn isn't realistic. Through education we get better at analyzing the information we receive on a daily basis. In a society where violence, sexuality and racism are rampantly portrayed by media, it has become that much more important to address these difficult issues with our children. As long as parents and schools neglect these facts, sexism, racism and violence will exist in our society.
You'd think all those Hunger Games royalties could cover it. I'm thinking this kickstarter was done for one of two reasons: either as a way to incite a flame war and generate free publicity, or to prove that people are willing to hand over money to get this point across.
Off-topic: personally I don't really like fair haired-big bosomed women like Rachel or Ivy. Sure my body likes to look at them, but they're just too superficial for my tastes.
What I got from the video is that we need more fat / ugly female video game characters. I can get behind that.
Isn't it also offensive to men to assume they all want skimpily dressed big-boobed women (or, if we're looking at Japanese stuff, 10-year old girls)?
Not everyone finds the same kind of body-type sexy. For example, I like Ivy's over-the-top design, but she definitely isn't sexy to me. She looks too silly for that.
Female characters I find attractive tend to be more realistically proportioned, even fat by the screwed-up standards of videogames, and even more importantly, funny and smart and interesting characters.
Isn't how an issue is portrayed in the media indicative on how it is viewed in society?
Besides, I'm a fan of video-games, and I'd very much like to have interesting realistic female characters in them.
Not the most important cause in the world, true, but it's not like whining about it on the net (or even playing video-games) is ALL I do with my life.
I generally agree with Bob's points but would like to add 2 things:
While there are plenty of feminist intellectuals who do perfectly fine critiques there are also activists who will just complain about anything to get the attention to their cause. (I don't know which category Tropes V video games lady falls into - I've not really looked, I will assume it's fine).
Secondly, while the United States has strong libertarian vibes and a constitution that takes an earthquake of political will to amend there are plenty of countries that just might get convinced to take away "Big-Boobed Panty Ninja". This is not meant as a knock down argument against critiques, just saying.
I've actually used the "it's not a gender specific issue, everyone is made to look prettier in games" argument in the past. Not that I'm in any way opposed to a better representation of women in pop-culture or anti-feminist in any way, it just seemed to make a certain amount of sense to me at the time. I'll admit, it's not nearly as strong of an argument as I thought it was.
Still, I don't think it's entirely invalid either. Problematic tropes and characters based on sketchy ideals, physical or otherwise, are worth raising an eyebrow at regardless of what gender they affect.
Wow, that was really good! Seriously, some great points that I'd never thought of. Thank you, Bob.
Doctrine of relative filth: It's not as bad here as it is in other places so don't complain.
This is one of the worst put together argument videos I have ever seen. There can be valid counter arguments. This was not one of them.
Regardless of whether or not games or other forms of geek media are responsible for this behavior, it's the symptom of a culture that's formed around them, which at least means that there's something about this segment of the media that appeals to that kind of human being. The combination of the media itself, and the element that's drawn to those factors leads to a normalization of misogyny that could potentially even affect more rational people in a subtle, but still harmful way. In short, I think there is a valid point to be made that while video games might not cause the behavior they could play a role in perpetuating it.
As far as Anita Sarkeesian thinking that women are superior to men, I haven't seen anything in any of her videos that would lead me to believe that, and the idea that the whole thing was a pre-meditated act of flame-baiting is pure speculation on your part.
and deus ex has reduced women to breasts
/joking even when the street hooker rate is damn high
like i said before in another thread
lets hope her 'series' are longer than that. i wonder what she is going to with all the money when her videos already have this kind of quality. she has now over 1/8 of a million dollars.
The entire sexism argument should be flatly ignored.
No progress is ever made and when push comes to shiv the only people left participating are the Women who want all me to die and the Men who think of women as Objects.
The biggest problem with the entire argument is that it is too subjective. The latest Sex Symbol in Japan is Nintendos Office Lady in their ads. Cultural boundaries are so erratic on what would be sexually exploitative of women would be anything and everything.
The ultimate result of the argument isn't any good ether.
Eastern Orthodox Catholics/Russian Catholics view Hair as Sexually Seductive. Therefor, women must wear head scarves.
Islam, any skin showing on a woman is too Sexually Seductive in public. Therefor, women must be fully clothed from head to toe.
Your argument ultimately falls to pieces, because you offer no valid solution, and can be pared down to Attractive Women Shouldn't Be Seen.
So which world do you want?
Do you want a world where women are free to exist as whatever tramp, harlot, stripper, engineer, teacher, or scientist they want to be?
Or do you want a world where women are not to be seen in public?
The path you're presenting Bob is the path that leads to women not being seen even though I know your intention is not to go that far. Your logic is the very logic that has been used to Oppress women the most.
False. How dare you find Alyx Vance better than GLaDOS! Vance is a close second though :-P
However, an argument can be made that GLaDOS is just as much an objectification of women as Big Boob Panty Ninja 12. Many people look at her and see a woman in bondage hanging upside down.
I think the problem with this specific case though is if she was actually as much of a champion of women's issues as she claims to be, why is she focusing on some imaginary woman with big boobs rather than the thousands of real woman who actually fall victim to outdated, sexist cultural ideals in certain parts of the globe every day. I don't see many people in our sheltered little existence being their champion right about now. So, actually, I'd say in relative terms this isn't an issue that really "needs" to be addressed like it's a matter of urgency, and it certainly doesn't require people to throw money at her which she will do nothing with.
The trouble is, while feminism is no doubt an admirable movement that, at it's heart, seeks a fairer society for all, the doesn't stop a lot of feminists from being idiots, in the same way that a lot of people period are idiots. However, in these enlightened times it seems you are unable to call someone who identifies themselves as feminist an idiot, without you being labeled a chauvinist pig, which is a large part what has led to the angry backlash against feminism in general. Does that make the comments on Youtube justified? Hell no, but who honestly cares about what Youtube trolls say anymore. If their opinions aren't worth noting then why are you acting like their petty insults are a big deal? They can spout all the unpleasant sexist comments they like and it will mean nothing because people know by now not to listen to Youtube.
Also, is it just me, or does her whining in her video's about how it's not fair that men get all the 'exciting' jobs in media and entertainment to be painfully immature. In the real world, these 'exciting' jobs, like fire-fighters and soldiers, get people killed, maimed for life and psychologically scarred. I'm not saying there shouldn't be more equality, quite the opposite, but she devolves the argument to 'we want to do all the cool shit too!' when, in the real world, the cool shit isn't cool at all, it's as messy as it comes. That argument, coming from a supposedly mature adult, really grates with me. I want equality, but on the basis of equality itself, not because it 'isn't fair' that more women don't get killed on battlefields or in burning buildings.
This specific woman is treated with a deluge of mysogyny, anti-semitism, racism, and plain insults that beggars belief - all for proposing to make a series of videos on a tendency in video gaming that really is in dire need of an overhaul.
Even by your own arguments there is something preeetttty wrong here.
Read the comments, the disgust will come pouring back
I noticed Bob conveniently ignored that men are indeed objectified in much the same way as women in things like trashy romance novels, daytime soap operas, TV shows like Desperate Housewives and Gray's Anatomy, or even movies like Twilight and I could go on. Last I checked there aren't hordes of men getting in line to buy soap boxes to stand on while they get all indignant on the internet about that though.
The thing is that sex sells. If you have a product aimed largely at men having scantily clad women in the mix somewhere is probably going to help you move product. Similarly if you your product is for women then having men with bodies that look to be chiseled of stone will probably be good for the bottom line. This isn't some huge social issue plaguing society, or even geek culture. It happens on both sides of the fence every single day.
Very well said Bob. Even though I never really understand what this segment is for, you do on occasion have a good thought provoking topic.
For everyone else, i would suggest watching a movie called Miss Representation, which doesn't limit itself to video games but shows how women are treated in all forms of media, and how men don't really have it much better because they are pushed to behave as the tough no feeling man which makes it hard to empathize and be a decent person.
I have always supported equality for all, but after watching this movie I realized how I had been raised to be the stong, emotionally dead type. I won't even give my nephew a hug, but instead had to give him a high 5.
Anyone who thinks women are treated equal, or even worse are one of those misandry is a big problem people, then are completely deluging themselves. It is nice to see people like Bob making statments like in this episode.
Kof has some female portrait variety
I know there's still Mai, Shermie, Blue Mary and Angel
That's certainly true, but totally unrelated to Sarkeesian's project. The premise of her series isn't inherently flawed just because there's also a related issue that she hasn't mentioned.
Why is this subject even that important anyways? Needless to say, if you are dumb enough to buy a game because of big boobie girls on the front, you are about as equal of a fool if you avoid a great game because a fake woman's giant chest. Cut the special attention play, people. If you are upset at a fake woman's rack or body structure, clearly your priorities in life are screwed. And if it really makes a woman upset that their body is out of proportion and (This is a sheer minority for an example I am giving in 3...2....1...) if you are among a group of women who feel like you are being objectified because you cannot measure up--then by all means, you may just have self confidence issues.
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The Flames used the strong running efforts of Aldreakis Allen and Sirchauncey Holloway to wrap up its fifth Big South title in the last six years with a 33-14 win over VMI on Saturday.
Included with today's news and notes are radio highlights from the contest courtesy of the Flames Sports Network's radio crew, plus Coach Turner Gill's postgame interview with FSN radio sideline reporter Nick Pierce.
Throughout the season, LibertyFlames.com ran a similar feature online each Sunday, spotlighting the notable accomplishments and numbers from the previous day's gridiron battle.
VMI News & Notes:
VMI Series Notes: • Liberty now leads the series with the Keydets, 9-3 • Liberty has won the last seven games in the series • Since VMI joined the Big South in 2003, the Flames have won nine out of 10 matchups • The Flames have scored 30 or more points in each of the last seven meetings • Liberty has held VMI to less than 20 points scored in three out of the last four meetings • VMI is one of four teams Liberty has defeated nine or more times in program history (also Charleston Southern: 18-2, Delaware State: 9-5 and Gardner-Webb: 10-8-1)
Big South Notes: • The win over VMI secured Liberty's fifth title in the last six years (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012) • The title was shared between Liberty, Stony Brook and Coastal Carolina (each finishing with identical 5-1 Big South records) • Following several layers of tiebreakers, Coastal Carolina was awarded the league's automatic bid to the NCAA FCS Playoffs based upon its 3-0 Big South road record • Liberty and Coastal Carolina are the only teams to have won five Big South titles in conference history • Liberty finishes the season with a 5-1 record in Big South play for the fourth year in a row • During the six-year run where Liberty has won five Big South titles, the Flames have posted a 29-4 record in Big South play
Other Highlights from the VMI Contest: • The victory secured a winning record for the Flames in 2012 (6-5) • Liberty has now posted a winning record in each of the last seven seasons • In the 40-year history of the Flames' football program, Liberty has finished the year with a winning record 20 times • Liberty was 3-0 during the month of November, marking the 11th time in program history the Flames have finished the last month of the season undefeated (1973, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2012) • The game capped off the playing careers for 15 players: Korrey Davis, Elliott Dutra, Ryan Ferguson, Justin Gunn, Stan Herring, Sirchauncey Holloway, Pat Kelly, Bryant Lewellyn, Aaron Lundy, Nick Martin, Thomas Nelson, Greg Schuster, D.J. Sellman, Brent Vinson and Jay Weatherington • This year's senior class finishes as the fourth winningest senior class in program history with a 29-15 four-year record • This year's senior class posted a 20-4 record in Big South games and won three Big South titles (2009, 2010 and 2012) • Turner Gill becomes the fourth head coach in program history to post a winning record in his first season as head coach • Gill is joined by John Cartwright (5-4 in 1974), Sam Rutigliano (7-3 in 1989) and Danny Rocco (6-5 in 2006)
Offensive Highlights from the VMI Contest: • The Flames scored 33 points against the Keydets, the team's third-highest point total of the season • Liberty finished the year one point shy of 300 points (299), which would been the Flames' sixth-straight year with 300 or more points scored • The Flames finished the VMI with a balanced offensive tackle that led to 351 total offensive yards (179 rushing, 172 passing) • Liberty finished the season surpassing the 300 yard mark in nine out of 11 games • Liberty currently ranks No. 41 in the country in total offense (401.9 yards per game) • The Flames finished the VMI game rushing for 179 yards and four touchdowns • Liberty finished the season rushing for 170 or more yards in six out of 11 games • The four rushing touchdowns were the second most in a game for the Flames this season (season high was seven against Presbyterian College) • Liberty currently ranks No. 36 in the country in rushing offense (175.82 yards per game) • Liberty has one passing touchdown, a seven-yard connection between Josh Woodrum and Justin Gunn • Liberty finishes the season with at least one passing touchdown in each game of 2012 • For the fifth straight game, the Flames did not pass for 200 yards in a game • During the first six games of the year, the Flames averaged 274.8 passing yards per game (1,649 yards) • During the final five games of the year, the Flames averaged 165.8 passing yards per game (829 yards) • Liberty finished the VMI game with 21 first downs (eight rushing, nine passing, four by penalty) • Liberty finished eight games in 2012 with 20 or more first downs • Liberty won the time of possession battle for the eighth time this year (Liberty – 34:17 to VMI 25:43) • Liberty currently ranks No. 8 in the country in average time of possession (33:26) • The Flames entered the red zone six times against VMI and scored on five of those drives (all five were touchdowns) • On the year, Liberty ranks No. 19 in red zone scoring efficiency (87.5 percent/28-of-32) • Of the Flames' 28 red zone scoring drives, Liberty recorded 15 rushing touchdowns, nine passing touchdowns and four field goals in 2012 • Liberty finished the VMI game converting on 8-of-15 third-down plays • The eight third-down conversions was the team's second-highest total in 2012 • Following the game, Liberty ranks No. 28 in the country in third-down conversion efficiency (44.03 percent/70-of-159) • Liberty finished the VMI game with eight penalties for 80 yards, the team's highest penalty total in Big South play • For the third time this season, Liberty did not allow a sack in the game • For the second straight week and the third time this season, Liberty won the turnover battle against VMI (one turnover lost and two turnovers gained)
Defensive Highlights from the VMI Contest: • For the third-straight game and the fifth time in the last six games, Liberty held an opponent to less than 20 points scored in a game (VMI has 14 points scored) • Liberty currently ranks No. 38 in the country in scoring defense (22.18 points allowed per game) • The Flames held VMI to 283 total offensive yards (26 rushing, 257 passing) • Liberty finished the 2012 season by holding five of 11 opponents to less than 300 total offensive yards in a game • Following the game, Liberty ranks No. 19 in the country in total defense (314.73 yards allowed per game) • Liberty held VMI to an opponent season low 26 team rushing yards • The total marked the fifth time in 2012 Liberty held an opponent to less than 100 rushing yards in a game • Following the game, Liberty ranks No. 23 in the country in rushing defense (126.09 yards allowed per game) • VMI finished the game with 257 passing yards, the second most passing yards this season by a Liberty opponent • On the year, Liberty ranks No. 32 in the country in passing defense (188.64 yards allowed per game) • VMI finished the game converting on 4-of-13 third-down plays • Liberty finishes the season have allowed four or fewer third-down conversions in seven games • On the year, Liberty ranks No. 12 nationally in third-down conversion defense (30.92 percent/47-of-152) • Liberty stopped VMI on both of its fourth down plays, forcing the Keydets to give the ball over on downs • On the season, Liberty's opponents finished the year 9-of-20 on attempted fourth-down plays (ranked No. 42 nationally at 45.00 percent) • VMI finished the game with 13 first downs (two rushing, nine passing, two by penalty) • On the year, Liberty ranks No. 3 nationally in first down defense (allowing 14.00 per game) • VMI finished the game with an opponent season-high 12 penalties for 98 yards (the totals surpassed the previous week's game where Stony Brook was penalized 11 times for 73 yards) • Liberty finished the game with two sacks, marking the fifth time in 2012 the Flames have finished with multiple sacks in a game
Special Teams Highlights from the VMI Contest: • The Flames were forced to punt the ball away six times against VMI, which was tied for the team's third-highest punting total in 2012 • For the fifth time this season, the Flames failed to average 40 or more yards per punt (finished the game averaging 36.7 yards per punt) • Despite the lower average punt yards, Liberty's punter Grant Bowden finished the game with four of his six punts pinning the Keydets inside their 20-yard line • All six of John Lunsford's kickoffs went for touchdowns • Liberty currently ranks No. 3 in the country in kickoff return yardage defense (opponents averaging 14.04 yards per kickoff return) • The Flames finished their second game this season with a missed extra point, as John Lunsford finished the game 3-of-4 on point after attempts • The Flames finished the VMI game averaging 13.0 yards per punt return, the team's second-highest punt return average in 2012)
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UnNews:Nation's Five Year Olds Report Candy Deficit
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1 August 2008
DALLAS, Texas: The Federal Organization of Children (FOC) has officially announced an exceptionally dangerous drought of candy nationwide.
"Late summer almost always exhibits a deficit in candy," said Billy Turner, spokesman for the organization. "We're between Easter and Halloween, and suddenly, ice cream just stops being interesting. Recent economic downturns have effected companies that we've invested in and we're running low on personal funding for candy. To combat this, we must announce a new holiday in order to solve this dreadful problem." Struggling back tears, he concluded his statment with, "You grown ups need to help us out, or else we may be forced to stop eating candy altogether."
In order to combat this menace, FOC has introduced Candy Day, which will occur annually on August 6th. "The holiday is more or less just like Halloween," said the official release explaining the nuances of the holiday. "Except there's no need for costumes. People just leave candy outside their homes, and we go pick it up."
This newly introduced holiday is expected to help close the bridge between sugar instances, ensuring that children will consitantly be supplied with a decent amount of candy and then be able to remain hyperactive throughout the entire year. "Someone who uses their candy wisely will never have to be without it," said Jimmy Smith, an expert in the field. "There is now no need to ever run out of pure, sugary goodness."
Despite this stunning and effective plan, some are not quite so enthusiastic about it. "Oh, God," said a parent of two, who wished to remain anonymous. "Both of those brats are going to be hyper all the time now? Fuck me," he said. "Just... fuck."


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After rare game in outfield, Hart starts at first
MIAMI -- Before the Mariners departed for their current two-city, seven-game road trip, Corey Hart packed his first-base and outfield gloves just in case.
That's because Seattle opened a three-game series on Friday night at Marlins Park -- a National League ballpark that negated the use of the designated hitter.
On Thursday against the Rangers, Hart started in the field for the first time this season. It marked his first appearance in the outfield since July 21, 2012, at Cincinnati. Two microfracture knee surgeries kept him out all of last season.
"I wasn't sure about fielding in an American League [game], but I figured here [in Miami]," Hart said. "It was good getting out there. I want to play the field more than not a lot of times. It's been baby steps. Keep me playing and not go backwards with my arms and legs. They've been really patient with me, and hopefully I can continue to progress health-wise so I can stay on the field more."
Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon penciled in Hart, who leads the club with four home runs, as the first baseman Friday. Over nine big league seasons, Hart has played 742 games in right field and 105 at first.
This spring, Hart worked in the outfield and told McClendon he was ready to give it a go after starting as DH in 10 of Seattle's first 14 games.
"It's a couple of things," McClendon said. "Obviously we keep him back in the lineup. I didn't want to put him back in the outfield back-to-back days. We also get a chance to give our first baseman [Justin Smoak] a day off because he hasn't missed a game. We want to make sure he stays strong as well. It's a combination of both things."
Hart hopes he can find his way into the starting lineup at least once more during the series.
"First is fine as long as I can get in there," Hart said. "It's a challenge for me. I like challenges."


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The beards are back.
The third season of �Duck Dynasty,� which quickly became one of cable television�s top-rated shows after debuting two years ago, premieres at 10 p.m. Wednesday on A&E. The reality show follows the Robertsons , a Louisiana bayou family that owns and operates Duck Commander, a thriving handmade duck call business.
While blood, faith and a love of hunting connects the guys running the family business, their colorful personalities and their thick, distinctive beards are what have made them reality television stars.
So, which beard are you?
To help you figure it out, we�ve got 16 yes or no questions based on the characteristics of the four main beards of the Robertson clan � patriarch Phil, his brother Si and his second- and third-oldest sons, Jase and Willie.
Just answer the short questions below. The beard that elicits the most �yes� answers from you is the one that suits you best. Break any tie by choosing the one quote, or �Duck Call,� that most closely suits your personality or life.
Beard No. 1
1. Do you hang onto keepsakes for years?
2. Have you been accused of being easily distracted?
3. Do you fancy yourself a good storyteller?
4. Can you get along with just about anyone?
Duck Call: �All of my stories are 95 percent truthful.�
Beard No. 2
1. Are you the first of your friends and family to have the latest gadget?
2. Could you, as the saying goes, sell ice to an Eskimo?
3. Do people listen when you talk?
4. Are you a workaholic?
Duck Call: �I didn�t get the sophisticated gene in this family. I started the sophisticated gene in this family.�
Beard No. 3
1. Do you care about the latest technology?
2. Would you wear the same dirty jersey or socks for good luck?
3. Were you a jock in high school?
4. Do you think you can build a better mousetrap, so to speak?
Duck Call: �Uptown living, you�ve got to call 911. Where I am, I am 911.�
Beard No. 4
1. Do you still carry a flame for your high school sweetheart?
2. Do you do the bare minimum so people don�t expect too much from you?
3. Is sitting behind a desk all day your idea of torture?
4. Do you stretch rules as far as their limits allow?
Duck Call: �When you don�t know what you�re doing, you might as well do it quickly.�
Uncle Si
1. Si is known for the plastic blue tea cup he carries around with him; his mother sent it to him while he was serving overseas.
2. The Vietnam vet occasionally gets everyone off schedule by sharing one of his war stories.
3. He sticks to his story � the mark of a good storyteller � even when confronted by contrasting information, like the time he said he�d seen panthers out in the woods, even though others were convinced he�d just seen an everyday cat.
4. That�s just how the laid-back Si is.
1. He says one of the perks of being �a redneck millionaire� is being able to buy new trucks, swanky suits and the latest devices.
2. As a young boy he sold freshly caught fish at the market with his mom and as an adult he turned his dad�s business into a multimillion dollar operation.
3. He�s is the primary narrator for the show.
4. As the CEO of Duck Commander, Willie occasionally has to refocus everyone on their jobs.
1. Phil dislikes modern technology and is proud that he doesn�t own a cell phone or a computer.
2. He follows a strict routine of no showering, shaving and clothes washing of any kind during the 10-week duck hunting season to ensure a bountiful haul.
3. He played college football at Louisiana Tech University, starting ahead of Hall-of-Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw, and turned down an NFL career in part because it interfered with duck season.
4. He created the Duck Commander Duck Call in 1973 because he thought he could build one that was better than what was on the market at the time.
1. He met his wife, Missy, in high school. The couple has been married more than 20 years.
2. While he could fabricate the duck calls much quicker than he does, he takes his time so as not to raise expectations.
3. He doesn�t like going to the office � he�d rather be out duck hunting.
4. From the age of 8 years old, he spent as much time in the woods as possible, missing the maximum number of days allowed from school each year.


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Under the spell
David Taylor's Edinburgh café draws crowds of Harry Potter fans.
So where exactly did she sit? That's a question I hear every day. Many of my customers are naturally curious to know which of the tables Joanne K. Rowling sat at back in the mid-1990s when she was working on the Harry Potter books. My answer never changes: She didn't have a favorite spot.
In those days, Joanne was one of many regular customers, and she would simply sit down wherever there was a free seat. She usually came in the mornings, ordered a coffee and occasionally a croissant, and jotted things down in a notepad. She often had her daughter, Jessica, with her, sleeping in her pram.
I named my café The Elephant House because I love elephants, and we have quite a number of toy specimens from all over the world here – so far, 732. It's nice that lots of Harry Potter fans make a special trip to my café. Some tourists only take a quick photo. I ask them to pay a pound for the privilege and then donate the money to a children's charity. We have already raised over 20 000 euros this way.
It's been two years since Joanne was here last. She no longer drops by, she gets her assistant to call ahead. But I'm afraid I have to make a confession now: My sons are both avid Harry Potter fans, they grew up with the books, but I have never read a single one. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh, also an occasional patron of mine, is more my style. I also love the crime novels of Ian Rankin, who's really famous in Great Britain. My café often gets a mention in his books.
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