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Future Shop Games Trade-In Experience
Last night I paid a visit to my local Future Shop with a handful of older video games I was looking to trade-in. Up until that point, I hadn't engaged with the program as my games trade-in activity was primarily with EB Games. So you may be asking what prompted me to alter my behaviour this time around? Well, a couple of factors. One, Future Shop was offering some fantastic trade-in values on various titles and two, I wanted to purchase an iPod Touch and the opportunity to receive in-store credit for my trade-ins was very appealing.
So off I went with the following games in hand.
- Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360)
- Little Big Planet (PS3)
- Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)
- Gears of War (Xbox 360)
- NHL 09 (Xbox 360)
- Tomb Raider: Underworld (Xbox 360)
- Need For Speed: Undercover (Xbox 360)
- Grand Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)
- Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360)
I already had a sense for the trade-in values I'd receive for the first 3 games on the list above as they were premium trade titles. I wasn't sure what the rest would bring in and so I really had no expectations. Lets just say I was pleasantly surprised. In total, I received $171.80 of in-store credit. I was literally taken aback for a few seconds when the sales rep relayed the good news to me.
So here are the trade-in values for my games:
- Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360) - $40.00
- Little Big Planet (PS3) - $37.00
- Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) - $30.00
- Gears of War (Xbox 360) - $13.20
- NHL 09 (Xbox 360) - $13.20
- Tomb Raider: Underworld (Xbox 360) - $13.20
- Need For Speed: Undercover (Xbox 360) - $13.20
- Grand Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3) - $8.40
- Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360) - $3.60
I was quite impressed with the games that yielded $13.20 as I didn't expect titles such as NFS: Undercover, Tomb Raider: Underworld and Gears of War to be valued that high. In addition to the fantastic trade-in values, the sales rep who assisted me with the transaction made my first interaction with Future Shop's games trade-in program an efficient and positive experience. But best of all, the in-store credit I received was well utilized towards my purchase of a 16GB iPod Touch. Now I can begin playing some very cool iPod Touch games and likely do some future reviews.
The next time you are considering trading in some old games, I would recommend giving your local Future Shop try. You may get some great trade values and more importantly can use the in-store credit you receive towards the purchase of anything in the store.(NOTE: In Calgary, in-store credit received from games trade ins must be used towards a video game purchase).
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hummm...sounds like a plug :/
- July 28, 2009 at 9:41 PM
- Paul Hunter said...
Hey Anonymous,
Andrew came and told me about this experience this afternoon so it's definitely not a plug. I don't trade-in games (and rarely buy used too) so I can't comment on Future Shop's program.
I did write an article back in September where a member from the CheapAssGamer forum claimed to know the TIV formula, and if true, then I would say they give more $$$ than some other video game retailers out there.
Anyhow, there's nothing wrong with having a positive experience and writing about it. Heck, I should do the same -- I had an amazing experience this month buying all these door crashers from EB Games. I picked up FEAR 2, Guitar Hero 3, Last Remnant, and Project Gotham Racing 3. All those titles I bought for under $65 with tax. Amazing.
- July 28, 2009 at 10:04 PM
- Andrew Shin (Drumega) said...
Hi there.
This was absolutely in no way a plug for Future Shop. Let me be clear that this was purely my assessment on my first interaction with Future Shop's games trade-in program. I wanted to share my experience with our readers.
Ultimately, one of the things we here at NextGen Player strive to do is provide our readers with our experiences and reviews related to the gaming industry in Canada. This includes any first hand experiences/interactions any of us engage in.
At the end of the day, I had a positive experience and wanted to share it and thus provide our readers with a more detailed assessment.
A plug would have been if I'd just arbitrarily given Future Shop's games trade-in program a thumbs up without even having engaged in it personally.
- July 28, 2009 at 10:25 PM
- Clinton said...
That's a very generous return on your trade-ins, Andrew. Personally, I don't think there's any substitute for doing some legwork and posting ads on the buy n' sell, but your experience has made me look at Future Shop's trade-in program a little more favourably.
I'm sure a lot of gamers would like to have more options when it comes time for them to offload some of their unwanted titles. Just from reading your experience, FS looks like a valid option at that.
- July 28, 2009 at 10:31 PM
You should disclose that you work for FutureShop in some way shape or form.
- July 28, 2009 at 11:13 PM
- Andrew Shin (Drumega) said...
In case you haven't read my previous statement, this is an objective review based on my personal experience with Future Shop's game trade-in program. I am NOT an employee of Future Shop.
We've done numerous reviews and news coverage for various retailers that provide game trade-in programs. This is just another in that manner.
- July 28, 2009 at 11:24 PM
- Andrew Shin (Drumega) said...
Btw, in Paul's comment above, he meant "Andrew does not work for Future Shop."
- July 28, 2009 at 11:26 PM
- Paul Hunter said...
[you're right Andrew, edited]
Andrew does not work for Future Shop. I contribute three times a week to their Tech Blog, but I'm completely independent from Future Shop and they don't dictate the content I write for them in any way, shape or form. I'm not sure how more obvious I can get about my contributions to the Future Shop Tech Blog, not only do I state it in every post I write that links to their site, but at the top right corner of the website there is a very visible logo that reads "Paul Hunter - Future Shop Tech Blogger". How much more clear do you want me to be?
- July 28, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Shame on you for trading in Little Big Planet.
- July 29, 2009 at 1:09 AM
So the owner of this blog is somehow financially compensated by Future Shop? That makes objectivity convoluted does it not? Even if it's a different author.
- July 29, 2009 at 2:29 AM
- Paul Hunter said...
@ Anonymous
I find it interesting that you're questioning our integrity when you first of all don't even sign your name to your post and secondly you make wild accusations without even asking the facts first.
To make things clear, Andrew is an owner of this site and he's not associated with Future Shop in any way. If you care to read Andrew's other posts on the site you'll see that he writes about all video game retailers and has good or bad things to say about them. In fact we all do.
It sounds like you're letting the Kane and Lynch fiasco on Gamespot get to your head. Not every media outlet is corrupt you know.
- July 29, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- VancityAllie said...
Heh, a lot of fuss about nothing. The guys that work here are good guys, and definitely aren't promoting their own interests.
That looks like an AMAZING deal though. EBGames has slowly lost my business over the past few years with messed up pre-orders/pick-ups, VERY low trade-in value, and slow service.
I had no idea Future Shop trade-in was so good! I know where I'll be going now ;)
- July 29, 2009 at 5:38 PM
- The Outcast said...
My biggest issue with Future Shop and their trade in's is that they have to match a specific UPC. I get games from US publishers and not just from Canadian Retailers and any that I have traded in usually don't scan, so they don't take them.
This can be frustrating that given the game is identiacal, it just doesn't have bilingual packaging. Unless this has changed recently it is my biggest gripe.
In terms of Mr. Anonymous, I can see part of his argument when you have a staffer who is a tech blogger for Future Shop. I think that is where he is getting it mixed up. I am not saying I agree with him or her, just that I see where their view is partially coming from as the link is up in your top right corner.
Anyhow, if there policy has changed I may think about going back there as I can buy some much needed Blu-rays.
- July 29, 2009 at 10:00 PM
- Paul Hunter said...
@ VancityAllie thanks for the vote of confidence, we certainly like to advocate openness and transparency here at NextGen Player.
@ The Outcast I didn't realize that games traded-in needed to be the Canadian versions but I guess it makes sense since I'm sure there's a preference here for the bilingual version. Too bad it doesn't work out in your case though.
I also see your point about how Mr. Anonymous could get mixed up as I clearly do write for Future Shop's Tech Blog. That is a completely independent freelance thing and has absolutely no bearing on the content here at NextGen Player. I just write about stories that are newsworthy.
Just look at all those EB Games articles I wrote in July (there's at least 5 of them!)
- July 30, 2009 at 12:05 AM
@Paul Hunter
I should disclose that I'm not the original "Anonymous". I just followed up with his chain of thought. So I'm all the Anonymous post after the first.
I did this because a little disclaimer at the top of any post I read offering full disclosure of an authors position to possible objectivity gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
I don't sign my name because I'm not a registered user here (call me Lazy, or better I'll now be referred to as LazyDude53).
Now per your comment:
"I find it interesting that you're questioning our integrity when you first of all don't even sign your name to your post and secondly you make wild accusations without even asking the facts first. "
So here's what I want to know. Are you or any members of this blog compensated in someway by FutureShop or it's affiliates? This is pretty important to know don't you think?
Ohh and I've never got to use this saying before, so here goes "don't sh_t where you eat". Awesome.
Now nobody get me wrong, I love this blog. I don't question anyones integrity. And I certainly don't think this post is less than honest. My experience at future shop trade-in was quite good as well. I would even add that they, from time to time, offer additional compensation on trade in by giving you a 10-15 dollar off coupon for the purchase of a new select title... pretty cool.
Long story short, a little disclaimer never hurt anybody..
Signed LazyDude53
- July 30, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Sorry, I didn't realize I could put a name without associating it to an account.
- July 30, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Drew said...
Thanks for clarifying. I think we can put this whole thing to rest now.
Oh but Andrew, 3 bucks for Bad Company? I would have given you 5 dude :P
- July 30, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- Paul Hunter said...
Thanks for the longer comment and for stating your question.
At first I was taken aback by what you asked, simply because your question does seem to imply that you are questioning our site's integrity. But then I thought that even though you're intentionally asking a loaded question, it's always good to be critical of what you read. Since we value openness and honesty so much here at NextGen Player, I thought it was only appropriate to respond.
To answer, we do not accept paid blog entries here on NextGen Player, and no one here will ever accept compensation from any source in exchange for a write-up. We value original, unbiased and engaging content above all else on this site.
- July 30, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Paul, you've been very accommodating thus far with my constant berating, definitely respect that.
However, I think you missunderstood my question.
To clarify: I wanted to know if you receive any form of compensation for your work on the FutureShop Tech Blog.
Now this is of course none of my business. But... that fact dictates the objectivity of any content on NextGen Player related to FutureShop.
And now for the analogy. If I worked for Pepsi, and also wrote a blog called cola-review.com and in there said that Pepsi is the very best cola ever. I would certainly have to clearly indicate my relationship to Pepsi and any reasons I may be biased, allowing my readers to take my opinion regarding the delicious cola with a grain of salt.
We can certainly lay this to rest now. Thanks for playing along. Again, love this site. Come every day.
- July 31, 2009 at 1:05 AM
- Paul Hunter said...
The work I do for Future Shop is freelance and is completely indepdendent from the work we do on this site. I'm not allowed to directly answer the question you asked because that information is confidential between me and Future Shop. Really I think it's pretty intrusive to be asking those sorts of things.
Let's go with the assumption that I volunteer my time on their Tech Blog -- would that change the situation in any way? No, not really. I'd still be writing for Future Shop on their site and therefore any mention I make of them on this site could be perceived as a conflict of interest.
Personally, I will not be writing opinion pieces of Future Shop because that would be a grey area for sure. What I will continue to do is talk about any hot deals they have or gaming events they might be hosting. I treat Future Shop no different than any other retailer here on NextGen Player. In other words, if there's something newsworthy going on, I'll be sure to let our readers know.
As you said (and Drew above) let's lay this one to rest now.
- July 31, 2009 at 11:09 AM
The most value of used games you can get : when selling on e-bay. The cheapest used games you can get are from Willow Video (most of the times).
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MACON, Ga. – Ashley Southern and Chandler Cooper were both honored on Monday by the conference for Atlantic Sun women's basketball postseason awards.
Southern, redshirt sophomore, was named the A-Sun Newcomer of the Year and also earned a spot on the 2014 Atlantic Sun Second Team All-Conference Team.
The 6-foot-1 forward finished the year as the league's second-leading scorer at 15.9 per game. She is also the A-Sun's top glass cleaner, pulling down 11.3 boards per contest. Her rebounding average is 15th best in the nation.
The Tuscumbia, Ala., native leads the league and ranks 11th nationally with 21 double-doubles this season. She has led the team in rebounding in every game this season except one. She tied for the team-lead with Cooper on Thursday against ETSU.
Southern is the first Lady Bison to make All-Conference since Jenna Bartsokas earned a second-team selection in 2010-11.
Her Newcomer of the Year honor is the first time in program history a Lipscomb player has earned that distinction.
Cooper was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team after averaging 14.4 points per game. She is one of the A-Sun's most deadly 3-point shooters, draining 2.9 per contest. If she were eligible for conference rankings, Cooper would be the sixth-best scorer and would lead the league in threes per game.
The Clarksville, Tenn., native tied the school record with eight made treys at Mercer on Feb. 8 on her way to a career-high 31 points, which is the third-highest single-game point total in Lipscomb's NCAA era.
Cooper made three-plus 3-pointers in 11 games this season.
The 5-foot-11 guard also contributed 3.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
Lipscomb head coach Greg Brown had this to say about his two athletes:
"Both of those kids are so humble and hard-working," Brown said. "I am so proud and happy for them. It is good for the kids, because they get to see that reward for themselves.
"But both of them would trade those honors in a heartbeat for team success. These honors will help build our program here at Lipscomb and I wouldn't trade either of them for anything."
The Lady Bisons (6-23, 3-15 A-Sun) will be in action Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Championship against the top-seeded Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (23-7, 17-1 A-Sun)in a 6 p.m. CT tip inside Alico Arena.


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Reading First (I-B-1)
Reading has always been a key ingredient for students to be successful in school, yet the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows serious deficiencies in children's ability to read, particularly in high-poverty schools. Even in wealthier schools, more than a fifth of fourth-graders were unable to reach NAEP's basic level in 2000 and about two-thirds of fourth-graders in high-poverty schools were unable to reach the basic level in that year's survey. Reading First is designed to help states, school districts, and schools address this issue and to ensure that every child can read at grade level or above by the end of third grade through the implementation of instructional programs and materials, assessments, and professional development grounded in scientifically based reading research.
WHAT'S NEW--The No Child Left Behind Act
Focuses on What Works
- Uses scientific evidence to enhance children's reading skills. Professional development, instructional programs, and materials used by a state education agency (SEA) or school district must focus on the five key areas that scientifically based reading research has identified as essential components of reading instruction-phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and reading comprehension.
- Provides professional development for teachers. Reading First will provide increased teacher professional development to ensure that all teachers have the skills they need to teach scientifically based instructional programs and to effectively screen, identify and overcome reading barriers facing their students. States will have significant funds to support professional development statewide, not just to school districts receiving Reading First subgrants.
Increases Accountability for Student Performance
- Reports on improved student performance. States must provide evidence annually on the extent to which the SEA and school districts have significantly increased the number of students reading at or above grade level.
- Sanctions lack of improvement. If an SEA is not making sufficient progress by the end of the third year, the secretary of education may withhold all or part of the additional funds or take other actions that the secretary considers appropriate.
Closes the Achievement Gap for Disadvantaged Students
- Targets services to districts that are low-performing and high-poverty. Eligible school districts are those in each state with the highest numbers or percentages of K-3 students reading below grade level, and include an empowerment or enterprise zone, have a significant number of schools identified for Title I improvement, or have the highest number or percentages of Title I children. States competitively award subgrants to districts, with priority given to districts that have at least 15 percent of students from families with incomes below poverty or at least 6,500 poor children.
How It Works
Reading First is a formula grant program to states based on the number of children between the ages of 5 to 17 who come from families below the poverty line. States submit an application to the U.S. Department of Education. Grants are awarded based on the recommendation of an expert review panel selected by the Department, the National Institute for Literacy, the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. SEAs receiving grant awards will then make competitive grants to eligible school districts. SEAs must make subgrants of sufficient size and scope to enable local districts to improve reading instruction. The amount of the award will be related to each local school district's share of the state's Title I, Part A, funds distributed during the preceding fiscal year, and to the number or percent of K-3 students in the district reading below grade level.
Key Requirements
In addition to developing a process by which to award competitive subgrants, SEAs must develop a plan for how they will assist districts in using scientifically based reading research to improve reading instruction and raise student achievement. States must provide technical assistance to school districts to help them identify instructional assessments, programs, and materials. States also must develop a statewide professional development strategy to improve instructional practices for reading while ensuring coordination among other literacy programs in the state. In addition, the state must develop strategies for evaluating Reading First.
How It Achieves Quality
Reading First will ensure quality by focusing on what works and providing the support needed by SEAs and districts to use the scientifically based reading research to improve reading instruction in kindergarten through third grade. SEAs receiving Reading First grants will support quality by providing professional development that ensures each K-3 teacher will have the skills necessary to teach scientifically based instructional programs and to use screening, diagnostic, and classroom-based assessments to measure where students are and to monitor their progress. School districts and schools will select instructional programs and materials that support the essential components of reading, leading to a comprehensive reading program. Finally, quality will be achieved as the SEAs and districts provide continuous monitoring and reporting to give feedback on how well schools, districts and the state as a whole are progressing toward meeting their goals of having all children reading on grade level by the end of third grade.
How Performance Is Measured
The goal of the program is for all children to read at or above grade level by the end of third grade. In order to determine if progress is being made toward the goal, each SEA is required to report annually on the progress of local school districts, including identifying districts that are significantly increasing the number of children who read at or above grade level. Beginning in fiscal year 2004, targeted assistance grants will be available on a competitive basis to SEAs that demonstrate an increase in student achievement related to the Reading First program. At the completion of the third year, SEAs must send a midpoint report to the secretary describing their progress toward meeting the goal. There are consequences for not making sufficient progress. The expert panel convened to review state applications will review these progress reports. SEAs that are not making significant progress may lose all or part of the remaining funds or be subject to other actions deemed appropriate by the secretary.
Key Activities For The State Education Agencies
State education agencies must:
- Identify eligible school districts and develop a process by which to award subgrants to them. The process must clearly describe the selection criteria.
- Develop and implement a statewide program of professional development for teachers, including special education teachers, for kindergarten through grade 3 that will prepare them to teach all of the essential components of reading instruction.
- Provide technical assistance to local districts in selecting and implementing instructional programs and materials based on scientifically based reading research, selecting screening, diagnostic, and classroom based assessment instruments and identifying eligible professional development providers.
- Submit annual reports to the secretary on the implementation of the program and student achievement outcomes.
- Submit a midpoint report that identifies districts that are making progress to increase the number and percentage of students reading at or above grade level, as well as the statewide progress toward this goal. This interim report is due 60 days after the end of the third year.
- Establish a Reading Leadership Team that will assist in the oversight of the SEA's Reading First program.
In addition to the specific state requirements, the local school districts have a number of requirements that the SEA is responsible for monitoring.


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The NFL has some skeletons in its medical closet, which could be exposed if the recent painkiller lawsuit goes to trial. But there are a few things bothersome about the case. Those issues, plus answering readers' mailbag questions
If I were an NFL attorney, I'd be concerned with former 49ers center Jeremy Newberry's claims about routinely getting shot up with the painkiller Toradol—and not being told, according to Newberry, that he risked kidney failure by taking the drug. Newberry has lost much of his kidney function now, and he claims it's because he took painkillers that were prescribed indiscriminately by team physicians, without regard to what they meant to his long-term health.
That's a sordid and damaging case, if true and if it can be proven in court. It's the kind of case the NFL cannot explain away, and there should be some nervous physicians in San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego, where Newberry (pictured above) played from 1998 to 2008.
The other part of the case that should concern the league is the purported systemic use, years ago, of cocktailing drugs to make their effects different than what their individual intentions were meant to be. To mix Toradol with even a minor pain-relief medication like Aleve is dangerous, and if it can be proven players were advised to do this and risk major organ failure … well, that's a gigantic lawsuit.
I am bothered by a few things in this lawsuit, filed last week by eight former players against the NFL, claiming that teams didn't properly notify them about the risks of taking painkillers during their careers. The attorneys for the eight players claim they are the name plaintiffs, and they represent 500 other players. I am bothered that players sued the league rather than individual teams; if it's team doctors that willy-nilly handed out drugs to keep players on the field, why not name names and sue team doctors? Keith Van Horne, Jim McMahon and Richard Dent are three of the eight plaintiffs, and they played mostly for the Chicago Bears. Why is it the NFL that's getting served here and not the doctors who handed out the medication?
I also am bothered by the timing of it. I do understand it often takes time for symptoms to emerge in retired players, but 37 years? Plaintiffs J.D. Hill and Ron Pritchard last played 37 years ago. They just got a lawyer now? What should the statute of limitations be for retired players to seek damages against either the NFL or their former teams? I don't know, but two generations is too long. Way too long. I doubt Keith Van Horne, the former Bears tackle, is just now noticing health problems—21 years after last playing—and a quarter-century after learning he played a season with a broken leg without being told of the consequences. But now is when he's suing.
Newberry and former offensive lineman Ron Stone stopped playing less than a decade ago, and it seems reasonable to suggest that six and nine years after players stopped playing is a fair window to file a suit. But 37 years?
It's clear the NFL has some skeletons in its medical closet, and I wish Newberry well in his struggle to be adequately taken care of if it's proven that drugs were dispensed without regard to his future health. And I also wish that the case won't be settled with a multimillion-dollar payout. I want to see and hear what really happened in NFL trainers' rooms, so the game can be sure—similar to bounty payouts—the same stuff never happens again.
But whacking team physicians from the seventies and eighties, which is most of what we're talking about here … how far back will attorneys go to let the sun shine on bad medical practices? A liberal pill dispenser in the sixties? Some crazy trainer in the fifties? That part of it bugs me, not to be unsympathetic to the cases of Pritchard and Hill. But how are we going to get to the bottom of what happened in a trainers' room 40 years ago? Who is still alive from then? Who has the memory to determine whether Hill or Pritchard is telling the truth—and how many witnesses can be brought forth to tell the truth about something that happened in 1973, or 1985?
I know there is strength in numbers, but if I were Newberry, I'd have flown solo on this case. I don't see how massing these cases together helps his cause. I'd have sued the teams and their medics who allegedly gave him Toradol without adequate warning. But however it is done, I hope his testimony illuminates a part of football that needs klieg lights shined on it.
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ON RAY RICE. I usually love your column, but I was troubled by the section in today's MMQB on Ray Rice's press conference with his wife regarding their infamous Atlantic City elevator incident. Domestic violence against men by women is a huge problem in our society due to our culture of male bravado and toughness leading to most cases going unreported, allowing the violence to continue. While it's hard to conceive of a situation in which Rice was justified in knocking Palmer out, it is important to remember that if she was being violent with Rice, his first reaction (as with many people) could have been to fight. If that was the case, that his body's first reaction to being attacked was to fight back, then it isn't so hard to picture how he, a top-tier athlete, might have accidentally knocked out his wife before he could stop his initial bodily reaction. Saying that there is never any excuse to get physical with a woman is exceedingly ignorant and propagates the stereotypes and ideas that make life a living hell for men being abused by their wives or girlfriends. Women are just as capable as men of physically abusing their significant others, and should therefore be under the same scrutiny as men in a situation where both parties seem to be the obvious victim of domestic violence.
—Ben C.
Sorry, Ben. I cannot see the argument the way you see it. It certainly is reasonable to suggest that the woman could have been at partial fault here. However, she was the one who was dragged unconscious out of an elevator by Rice. Are there cases in which females are overly aggressive and hurt males? I am sure there are. But there is absolutely no evidence in this case to suggest that.
ON A TOUGHER DUI SANCTION. While I would commend the players' union for adding appropriate punishment to the substance abuse policy, a one-game suspension for a DUI conviction is a laughable deterrent. I would suggest at least four games, if not six. Make these coddled players seriously think about what repercussions their actions may cause by getting behind the wheel after a night of drinking.
—Jared, Silver Spring, Md.
Thank you for writing. While I agree with you that drunk driving should be penalized by the NFL more severely than it currently is, I cannot view a first-time DUI offense as being justifiable to miss 25% or 40% of the season. A one-game suspension is a good start and I believe it will be a better deterrent then the current system.
ON DAN SNYDER. Seems to me that the Washington football team's name issue has been going on for many years and there is always going to be a stalemate because Dan Snyder won't change the name. Has any thought been given by Roger Goodell and/or the other owners that if/when Snyder sells majority ownership of the team or if ownership is otherwise transferred, that a condition of sale or transfer would be a name change? Of course, you run the risk of the team not changing hands for years on end, but at some point, Snyder will either sell or pass away (sorry, I know that sounds morbid). In the meantime, hopefully they can negotiate for a name change, but this way, there is a guarantee that it will occur at some time in the future.
That is an interesting concept. But if Dan Snyder owns the team for, say, the next 25 years, and I believe that's quite possible, this certainly won't help the situation the league and the team is in now.
MORE ON SNYDER. The fundamental flaw in your Redskins argument is that you assume Daniel Snyder should, or would, do what is in the best interest of the NFL. After the way the team was treated in the salary cap episode, why in the world would he do something that is in the best interest of the league as a whole? At least without massive compensation from the league?
—Stephanie, Evansville, Ind.
The only motivation Snyder has to do something now, other than listening to his conscience, is that he risks the wrath of the other 31 owners by continuing to make this a story for the next two or three years. I am not saying that he will continue to make it a story. The outside world will. But a headline is a headline, regardless of who prompts it.
ON OTHERCAT. I am offended by the name "Othercat." I hope you will join me in a crusade to persuade Mr. Benoit to change the name to a more cat-respectful name. Like "Mr. Fizzles."
—Mike Y., Concord, N.C.
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This beautiful old large square poster is considered a "stock" poster with no words printed on it.
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Providence Spokane Heart Institute provides the highest quality care to patients with heart or vascular disease. Our highly skilled providers practice at five clinics and two hospitals, covering every aspect of Cardiovascular care, including structural heart, transplants, and disorders of the heart, arteries, veins, valves and peripheral blood vessels. We continuously enhance our diagnostic testing, medications, interventions and surgical techniques. PSHI is integrated and innovative, striving always to provide exceptional service.
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Native patterns explores the aesthetics of the environment and the naturally occurring patterns that we often neglect or overlook. I live on a property that is bush land, thus nature is my world. Through the processes of selection and manipulation each sculptural piece forms an individual acknowledgement of nature and its expressive beauty. The uniqueness of each piece will generate a diversity of observational opinions, symbolising the individuality of nature and also revealing the attitudes of society that define what is aesthetically pleasing and what is not.


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There have been concerns about riders using different kinds of brakes in the same peloton but the UCI announced that "all teams will have the opportunity to use bikes with disc brakes at two events of their choice during August and September."
On one hand it's ridiculous the UCI has waited this long, because there's no reason pro racers flying down mountains at high speeds in wet weather on crabon rims shouldn't be using more sophisticated braking systems on their plastic bikes.
On the other hand, it's too bad the bike companies are going to force dick breaks on everybody else too, because 99% of us wankers don't need them, and the inconveniences will most likely outweigh the benefits:
The testing will continue in 2016 at all events on the UCI professional road calendar, with the UCI confirming that "if the experience is satisfactory, disc brakes will be officially introduced to the UCI WorldTour in 2017. The aim is to eventually introduce disc brakes to all levels of road cycling."
If only Freds could distinguish between pros and themselves, admit that they suck, and stop buying this crap. As it is, too many Freds can't fix a puncture, even though it's currently a simple matter of flipping open a quick release and replacing a tube. So you can rest assured that in the next five to ten years when all bikes have thru-axles, tubeless tires, and disc brakes the concept of roadside flat repair will be all but forgotten.
Sure, you might think that the upside to all this will be more versatile road bikes with clearance for wide tires and fenders, but that's not how cycling works. If anything it's going to lead to more specialization, and there's no way any company is going to forfeit the opportunity to sell you a road bike and a gravel bike and a cyclocross bike.
Come on, everybody knows you can't use a road bike for gravel. You need that extra 5mm in the wheelbase or else you could die.
For some reason though the UCI thinks that braking systems matter to spectators:
This step is part of the UCI's desire to encourage innovation in order to ensure cycling is even more attractive for spectators, riders, bike users and broadcasters."
Do they honestly think anybody gives a shit how the riders slow their bikes? If they want to make the sport more attractive then they should do away with brakes altogether. Between the constant doping scandals and the interminable length of the races cycling is practically unwatchable, but 200 riders screaming down an Alpine descent on freewheel bikes with no brakes would liven things up considerably.
And road racing isn't the only aspect of cycling experiencing innovation. Meet the "world's safest bicycle," which is totally going to revolutionize human transport and make both the car and the standard bicycle completely obsolete:
Just kidding, it's basically a Giant Revive semi-recumbent:
By the way, here's why you should never read about any kind of vehicle on a site called "TreeHugger:"
It frankly doesn't look like that much fun to ride, but then cars are not that much fun to drive these days either.
Yeah, I'm sure driving this is no fun at all:
So what makes the Babel Bike so safe anyway? Well, just watch this video:
Not only does it have built-in lights, and indicators, and hazards, and brake lights, and mirrors, and a "loud car horn," but it also has a roll cage, seatbelts (!), a "custom made safety seat," and "steel foot protectors" that double as a bike lock. Oh, and an electric motor:
Frankly at that point you might as well just say "fuck it" and lease a Hyundai, but it should be fun to see people trying to right themselves on these things after they've fallen over at stoplights.
Also, I'm not sure what this is supposed to be:
Though it appears to be some sort of rectal inflator.
Still, the Babel Bike is a thousand times more sensible than the so-called "Pedi-Scope," which is just fucking stupid:
Naturally, it comes from America's insufferable Breadbasket of Douchery:
Unfortunately they don't know the first thing about them, which is why some guy came up with the idea for a cockpit-mounted periscope:
Here is that guy:
The problem with "biking" is not that it's a pain in the neck. The problem with "biking" is that people who haven't ridden a bike since they were nine years old move to Brooklyn and immediately buy some stupid ill-fitting my-first-fixie-type bike, which they then ride around town while wearing an overstuffed and improperly-adjusted messenger bag.
To support his claim, he references some obscure medical condition which afflicts only the sorts of deranged enduro-Freds who participate in freakshows like RAAM:
If you're getting Shermer's Neck from riding around gentrified Brooklyn you don't need a fixie with a periscope. You need a Babel Bike, or, more likely, surgery.
But check out this panoramic view:
Safely? Are you fucking kidding me!?! Have you ever ridden on Flatbush or Atlantic Avenues?
You might as well swallow a make-up mirror and stick your head right up your ass.
Oh, he also says it's good for triathletes:
Which I suppose is true, inasmuch as triathlon is the swimming, biking, and running manifestation of every wrongheaded cycling impulse it's possible to have, and so is this.
Of course, instead of affixing a periscope to your bullhorn handlebars, you could also obtain a bicycle that places you in an upright position. They're not too hard to find. You can even get them from the same place you got your fixie:
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Kane says he's the same, but numbers show growthby Dan Rosen
CHICAGO -- Patrick Kane's first reaction is to laugh when he hears people talking about the perceived maturity and growth he's shown both at the rink and away from the ice this season.
"I don't understand how they would say that or how they would know that," Kane told NHL.com Friday from United Center, where the Chicago Blackhawks will go for a record 17th straight game with a point to start the season against the San Jose Sharks. "I think there are spots where I have to watch myself a little bit more, that's for sure, but when I'm at the rink, when people see me, I'm definitely the same kid so I really don't know where that comes from."
Others will attest to the fact that Kane is, indeed, the same fun-loving and free-wheeling guy he was when he first entered the League five-and-a-half years ago as an 18-year-old No. 1 draft pick.
For instance, forward Patrick Sharp said nothing has changed with Kane and Blackhawks' television analyst Eddie Olczyk told NHL.com that he's still just one fun guy to be around.
Sharks forward Adam Burish, who remains close to Kane after the two played together in Chicago for parts of four seasons, had perhaps the strongest comments about the public perception of Kane, who leads the Hawks with 22 points in 16 games, putting him on pace for 66 points in 48 games; the same amount of points he had in 82 games last season.
"Everybody else is saying, 'Oh, he's a different player.' He's not," Burish told NHL.com. "He wants to be the best in the League every year, and he can be. He's a dynamic player and he's proud. When people write stuff about him that us people who know him closely read, it hurts. People think it doesn't bother him. It does. It hurts, and it hurts us to read about it because we know that's not who he is. He's an elite player."
The difference -- and it's notable, according to Olczyk and Kane himself -- is how Kane has been going about his business this season knowing full well the spotlight is on him and his team, and the pressure to perform is still as high as it always has been.
Olczyk, who has two kids Kane's age, said the Blackhawks' star is, simply put, "becoming a man."
"He's still a fun guy to be around, but you can just tell that there is a sort of grown-up-ness about him that I think is going to bode well," Olczyk said. "There's just no doubt."
"If you look at everyday 18-to-22 year olds, those kids are in college without a care in the world," added Sharks forward Tim Kennedy, whose relationship with Kane traces back to their days as kids in Buffalo. "It happens. People grow up."
Kane's growth is paying significant dividends for himself and the Blackhawks. He's been a driving force behind the Blackhawks' 13-0-3 start. Kane not only leads the team with 22 points, he has at least one point in all but two games this season and seven multi-point games.
Olczyk said Kane has been noticeably more aggressive, and commented about how he's changed from the pass-first player he was when he came into the League into a shoot-first guy now.
Not everything is going on net, but he's been a pretty good marksman at 21.4 percent (9-for-42). His career-best shooting percentage is 12.5 percent.
"He wants the puck. It seems like he has it a lot of times and he's dangerous," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "I think he's skating better and shooting the puck as well as I've ever seen him shoot it."
Kane still thinks he did some good things last season, too, but while most players in the NHL would take 66 points over an 82-game season, for him it wasn't even close to good enough. There was a lot of talk in Chicago and across the League about his lack of production.
Olczyk chalks some of it up to the fact that Kane was moved to center for a portion of the season and was worn out by the end.
"Physically he got worn out and didn't have anything left in the tank," Olczyk said. "He's not a center. He's not."
Not long after the Blackhawks were eliminated from the playoffs, Kane was in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons due to pictures that surfaced of him at a Cinco de Mayo party in Madison, Wisc.
The Blackhawks publicly condemned his behavior in Madison, as general manager Stan Bowman said the organization was "disappointed" with Kane. There was some talk in this town of the team potentially looking to trade Kane, but the Blackhawks never admitted to that.
One way Kane has tried to move on from that experience is to reflect on what got him to the NHL. He admitted that alone has affected how he's playing and acting.
"I tried to look back a little bit when I was a kid and playing my best, having the most success or when I was at the U.S. program, what I did there to have success," Kane said. "Mostly, I was just focused on hockey and not really anything else, maybe not even school. I just love the game, being at the rink, practicing. I have a chance to do that now for a living, so might as well take advantage of it."
So much so that Kane admits he's even somewhat out of touch with what is happening in the rest of the world.
"I try not to look too much," he said. "You hear different things, but to be honest with you a regular day would be going home, making sure I'm eating right, taking a nap, maybe going to dinner, hanging out with my girlfriend. That seems like it's pretty much an everyday occurrence, but it's fine with me."
How is that different than before?
"It's definitely more peaceful and relaxing now," he said, smiling. "It keeps me at ease."
The Blackhawks like it that way.
"His play speaks for itself," Sharp told NHL.com.


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Microsoft's Internet Explorer must die. Let me explain why …
Over the years computer technology has delivered many good ideas and even a few that could be considered "insanely great." But along with these successes have come some notable and occasionally epic failures mostly because someone, in some company, somewhere, thought they knew better than everyone else what we needed or thought they could change our minds to see things their way.
Now it's true that there have been successful novel applications and devices that on first glance most people thought were irrelevant or, worse, were a waste of time, yet they eventually transpired to be really amazing products. For example, I'd put pad computing and the iPad in this category.
For years the idea of pad computing seemed really cool yet every device that attempted to be a solution – for example, the Apple Newton – failed to a greater or lesser degree. Then along came Apple with the iPad and, seemingly overnight, the much derided pad concept became the New Hotness.
But for the spectacular surprise successes there have been many more spectacular failures: Microsoft Bob, Real Networks Real Player, Sony BMG's digital rights management … it's a long, sad list. And there's one more product that deserves inclusion in the list of world class failures: Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The most infamous version of Internet Explorer has to be version 6 which was released in 2001. The security and standards compliance of this browser were simply terrible and various fixes were generated and released by Microsoft at a pace that seemed glacial given how crucial IE was to both users and Microsoft's market presence and ambitions online.
Amongst the bad things about IE6 there was one that particularly stood out: IE6 introduced what can only be viewed as a seriously ugly hack called "quirks mode" to fix the problems caused by IE6 not being compatible with the previous version of IE! They were, in effect, putting a bandage on a wound they weren't going to fix!
In fact, IE6 is such a bad example of product engineering that PC World rated the browser the eighth worst product of all time and by the end of last year most large companies including Google and their subsidiary YouTube had dropped any pretense of support for users visiting their Web sites with that version.
IE7 was released in 2006 and the issues with standards compliance were still present. IE8 followed in 2009 and, while it fixed a whole range of problems, the release still had issues with key Web content standards and with backwards compatibility.
And now we have IE9. Released in March this year, IE9 fixed many of the problems that previous versions either glossed over or didn't address. While some reviewers have praised IE9 I still have problems with the user experience because I find it slow and clumsy to use.
But beyond that, there's one thing about IE in all versions that really annoys me: Page layout that works great in the Firefox, Chrome, and Safari browsers will, unless you are very careful, be broken when rendered by Internet Explorer.
I ran up against this problem when I recently built a Web site for my friends who run a non-profit organization called the Fire Safety Training Institute.
FSTI was established to provide quality firefighter training and promote safety. This new site, fsticert.org, is intended to provide a common scheduling and contact platform for Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) groups initially in Santa Barbara County, California, but potentially for CERTs anywhere.
If you haven't come across the concept of CERT before it's very interesting and, I'd suggest, its importance is severely under recognized. The purpose of CERT is to train citizens in basic emergency response techniques including first aid, firefighting, search and rescue, and so on, the theory being that should a serious large-scale emergency arise, professional first responders may be in short supply. It is, as the name suggests, a community effort and CERT training programs are available in counties and cities all over America.
Anyway, back to the tale: So, I built the site and we went through a number of iterations to figure out what was going to work best for the users. Then we tested the final design: Lo and behold, it was "broken" under IE. All the other browsers render the site just fine but IE … meh!
(If you check out the site using IE and it looks OK it will be because the fixed version has been deployed.)
The problem is with what is called the "box model" which is the way that you specify regions on a Web page to place text, buttons, images, etc., so they appear where you want them in a Web page. It turns out that IE's idea of how the box model should work is just a little different from every other browser's idea!
I've talked with a number of Web designers and programmers and these problems with IE are a huge irritation to everyone and, worse, they add significantly to the time and cost of building Web sites.
The statistics for November this year show that IE, with at 21.2% share, is slowly declining in popularity as is Firefox which is currently at 38.1% while Google's Chrome, at 33.4%, is showing steady gains while Opera at 2.4% is holding roughly level and Safari at 4.2% is showing very slow growth. But even though Microsoft is losing ground it's still a major market force and will be for a long time to come simply because of Microsoft's market power.
So, what to do? Well, I'd like to see everyone who understands the issues to start boycotting all versions of IE and begin explaining to their less geeky friends and family why they to should use any browser other than Internet Explorer.
But do I want to see one less browser in the market? No! Diversity breeds competition and competition fosters innovation so losing a significant player like Microsoft would not be a good thing. On the other hand, to have a major player that is willfully out of step with everyone else is just wrong.
If Microsoft were to fix the incompatibilities and issues I'd be really happy and welcome them back to the way of Web righteousness. Until that happens, IE must die!


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