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How Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh Met in the 1956 Sugar Bowl
Something was amiss. As fine as the Ole Miss-Navy pairing was, something of the old Sugar Bowl matchmaking magic was gone. Not since the 1951 Kentucky-Oklahoma game had a Sugar Bowl been close, and this from an organization, which took extraordinary pride in its thrillers. To be sure, the task was more difficult because of all the tie-ups by the other major bowls: the Orange with the Big Seven and the Atlantic Coast Conferences, the Cotton with the Southwest, and the Rose with the Big Ten and Pacific Coast Conferences.
The Mid-Winter Sports Association still felt it could get the best game possible by remaining "open," but it was also feeling a certain amount of self-imposed pressure to produce the kind of exciting, close games that had become a Sugar Bowl hallmark.
West Virginia, despite the debacle in New Orleans two years before, and Navy were high on the Sugar's checklist for the 1956 game. Mississippi and Georgia Tech were the most desirable Southeastern Conference teams. Paul DeBlance and Claude Simons scouted the West Virginia-Pittsburgh game for the Sugar Bowl. The sixth-ranked Mountaineers had an 11-game winning streak broken, 26-7. Although it had lost three games, two to highly ranked Oklahoma and Navy, Pitt greatly impressed the scouts and newsmen Hap Glaudi and Steve Perkins.
An invitation was extended to Pittsburgh with the worst record (7-3) of a Sugar Bowl team since 1945 – and it was accepted. Georgia Tech would be the opponent.
Then began a period of stormy controversy. Fifteen years after Louis Montgomery watched from the press box as his Boston College teammates achieved one of their school's most stirring moments, a Sugar Bowl team's roster (Pittsburgh) again included the name of a black player, fullback Bobby Grier.
Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin focused a spotlight on Grier and the Sugar Bowl, and the national press made the game a cause célèbre. New Orleans was caught in a no-win situation, although mixed athletics were not new to the city, Loyola University competed against blacks in basketball and, indeed, days before Grier would set foot in Tulane Stadium, a 6-foot black sophomore named Al Avant would play for Marquette in the Sugar Bowl basketball tournament.
The flap roared across national front pages when Griffin said in a telegram to Regent Chairman Robert O. Arnold, "It is my request that athletic teams of units of the university system of Georgia not be permitted to engage in contests with other teams where the races are mixed on such teams or where segregation is not required at such games…The South Stands at Armageddon."
Arnold indicated the board had no control over university athletics policies, and Pittsburgh announced that Grier would be on the Sugar Bowl squad and he would "travel, eat, live, practice, and play with the team." A school spokesman added, "If Grier regains his midseason form he will be our starting fullback. Heck, he intercepted the pass (against Penn State) that put us in the Sugar Bowl."
In Atlanta, Tech was mightily trying to ignore the governor. A Georgia Tech spokesman said, "Our boys voted to play in the Sugar Bowl, and we will not break our contract, especially since Georgia and Tech have played against Negroes before and there has been no criticism."
Security around the governor's mansion had to be increased at night, as it became a rallying area for torch-carrying throngs of protesting Tech students. The Southern press for the most part, joined Georgia Tech professors, students, alumni, and players in the disagreement with Griffin.
The individuals, whose opinions on the matter should have counted most, the Georgia Tech athletes, were finally asked what their thoughts were. Quarterback Wade Mitchell said he considered the entire situation "silly." Mitchell went on, "I personally have no objection to playing a team with a Negro member on it, and, as far as I know, the rest of the boys fell the same way."
The Georgia Board of Regents voted 10-1 to allow the team to participate, although there was a soothing rider attached for the segregationists. It barred future games in the state of Georgia between Georgia colleges and integrated teams.
Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.


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SINGAPORE (AP) — Olivia Munn's love for Wonder Woman may be no secret, but the actress doesn't think she'd be likely to play the superheroine on the big screen.
The Chinese-American Munn says she likely wouldn't be considered due to her heritage as well as competition from bigger-name actresses.
"It would be great, though, if the producers could make Wonder Woman an Asian-American, but that's probably not what they would do," Munn said. "I don't know a lot of Asian-American women who are getting great opportunities yet, and the other actresses (vying for the role) are probably really famous and Hollywood tends to go for the girls who are already in the big movies."
Munn has a fierce following among comic book fans thanks to her love for "geek culture" and regular appearances at San Diego's Comic-Con. The 33-year-old actress born in Oklahoma also has appeared in "Iron Man 2" and "Magic Mike."
While she gushed about feeling "strong and invincible" dressed up as Wonder Woman, she admitted discomfort in the costume, too. "I dressed up as Wonder Woman one year and that was my last; it's not comfortable to dress up in front of all those people," Munn said. "Costumes for superheroes; man or woman, are always very skimpy, so it's not something that you want to wear with a lot of people around you."
"But I love Wonder Woman as much as I love Batman but obviously a little bit more because she's such a strong female figure and there aren't that many strong female superheroes out there," she gushed.
She also carefully explained that the title of her book, "Suck it, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek," was not her idea, but rather an editor's inspiration.
"I did not want to name it that, and I actually did not agree with it because I love Wonder Woman," Munn said. She continued, admitting "it worked out well because the name was so silly that it became memorable and helped my book sell so I stopped complaining about the name."
The self-professed "vigilante superhero" broke into a smile when told about fans wanting her to play Wonder Woman in an anticipated "Justice League" movie. Warner Bros. hasn't confirmed reports that a film was being slated for 2017 in which a medley of DC Comics superheroes — including Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman — come together to fight crime.
Munn was in Singapore on Tuesday to promote the season premiere of the HBO series "The Newsroom," where she plays financial journalist Sloan Sabbith.
She said she always dreamed of being an actress but that Hollywood dreams were not encouraged in her traditional Asian family, where her older sister practices law and her brother is an engineer. "I was never encouraged to go into acting, so I majored in journalism as I love telling stories, and I love doing it but the moment I had the opportunity to pursue acting, I took it," she said.
"Playing Sloan is really nice because in some way, my mom feels I am making good use of my journalism degree," she added with a laugh.


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The Best Spinach Artichoke Dip
Spinach artichoke dip is one of those foods that if I see on a menu anywhere, I have to order. I love the stuff. The good news is – it's fairly easy to throw together at home with delicious results.
My old much-loved recipe that I used to make all the time called for a jar of store-bought alfredo sauce.
Since I am trying my best to avoid prepackaged, processed foods these days (let's not start on how the dip itself isn't exactly health food), I decided I would try my hand at creating my own recipe mimicking that creamy sauce base.
I've forgotten where exactly, but recently, I saw a technique on a spinach florentine recipe that thickened the cream sauce quickly in the microwave. Using that easy step, I threw everything else into the bowl, gave it a quick stir, and it was ready to be baked to golden bubbly perfection.
This dip is as good if not better than any I've had in a restaurant and far surpasses my old recipe. I love it when that happens!
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The Best Spinach Artichoke Dip
- 1 1/2 cups whipping cream, half-and-half or milk (see note)
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 8 ounces cream cheese, light or regular, softened
- 16 ounces frozen, chopped spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry
- 2 (15-ounce) cans artichoke hearts, drained
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce (like Tapatio brand)
- 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup freshly grated mozzarella cheese
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9X13-inch or similar sized baking dish.
- In a large microwave-safe bowl, whisk together the cream, flour, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Microwave the mixture in 1-minute intervals, whisking fully after each minute, until the mixture is thickened, about 4-5 minutes.
- Stir in the remaining ingredients until well combined. Spread the dip into the prepared pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes until bubbling and golden on top. Serve warm with bread or tortilla chips.
This dip is completely luxurious if you use whipping cream for the base. However, I usually lighten it up a bit and use milk and have had great results with 1% and whole milk. You'll need to watch the thickening step a bit more and stir every 30-45 seconds but sure enough, after 5 or so minutes, it's thick and perfect (not quite as creamy and decadent as the cream, but it sure saves a lot of calories).
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Seven-inch Single Turns 50!
The first seven-inch was released by RCA in the US on 31 March 1949. But, even in the era of iTunes, 7" singles are still relevant...
EMI's Abbey Road studios in London, where many iconic UK singles were recorded and mastered, can trace its history back even further, to 1931.
The 7" single is arguably the most important music release format in history - it's the 7" who started the musical revolution that changed the face of pop music: from Elvis Presley to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, it was through the sales of 7"-singles that they first reached stardom!
The 7" started it ALL...
Now, in the 21st Century, the 7" is enjoying a revival. Despite the popularity of MP3 downloads, all major acts still release their singles in the 7" format, and having a 7" release is usually the first important step for an indie band.
Let's face it...7" singles are COOL again! If you're not into it yet, get yourself a cheap turntable and give 7" singles the attention they deserve!
How The 7"-single is made:
This is how all vinyl records start. Whether the finished product is a seven-inch single or a 12-inch LP, the music has to be engraved onto a 14-inch blank disc (or "lacquer") by a cutting lathe.
As the music plays in the mastering room, the cutting needle traces a spiral groove, heading towards the centre of the acetate disc. Two separate discs are needed for the A-side and B-side.
It is also possible to use copper discs in a process known as Direct Metal Mastering. DMM was developed the early 1980s and was the last big advance in vinyl record production before the CD took over.
The finished lacquers go to the factory, where stampers are created by a process known as electroplating. Most of the UK's seven-inch singles are manufactured at EMI's former factory at Hayes in west London, now run by the Portalspace company.
The vinyl granules are heated and turned into a "puck", which is placed between two labels and squashed flat between the two stampers in a huge machine. Pressure of more than 2,000 lb per square inch is needed to turn the puck on the left into the record on the right.
The record that first emerges from the mould is not perfectly round and needs to be cut down to size. As it moves along the production line, it is trimmed of extraneous vinyl by an automatic cutter.
In the early days of vinyl production, all records had to be put into their sleeves by hand. But nowadays, that part of the process is automated as well.
7" sales peaked in the UK in 1979 (89 million sold) but by 2001, annual singles sales dipped below 180,000. Now, however, they are back above one million a year.
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A little late for the thread but I've enjoyed anime since Speed Racer and Prince Planet days and I'm proud to say I'm 50 years old! Love anime and will continue to watch it. I actually gain spiritual knowledge, inspiration and encouragement when I watch it and listen to the theme songs so call me lame but I LOVE it!
My age is already shown,
Reading Momokoseiya's post, there is obvious generation gap between older fans and young fans. Older fans feel left out when most forum topics talk about fresh new shows that some older fans may have hard time connecting to. Younger fans have no idea what older fan are into. Every generation has its own pop culture.
Putting the difference aside, there are so much things that older fans can talk about anime shows that we watched as kids. There are plenty of factoids and behind-the-screen materials for older anime titles. I'm sure some of you older fans are otaku enough to guide other fans what they missed. Also, in my personal opinion, older fans tend have better respect toward anime creators than younger fans and more knowledgeable.
If the subject is not about anime or manga, we can talk about life in general and common things that us older fans deal with.
We're here but not posting in the threads about mid term papers and first kisses as that was a while ago... Come see us in the anime, drama and manga forums!
I grew up watching Force Five (Gaiking, Dangard Ace, Getter Robot G, UFO Robot Grandizer, Starzinger), Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamamoto), Robotech (Macross et al), and Voltron all dubbed on TV. Later when I bought them I always preferred subtitles even though they were more expensive than dubs which didn't add up as hiring english voice actors and sound editors must be more than expensive than adding subtitles; economy of scale I guess.
Later I got into manga as well, eventually in Japanese.
I also belong to the nearly 50 crowd. I have been watching anime since I could speak (Kimba and such)
Wow, I am amaze to see how many premium users are on this thread. This just proves my point that I am not too old to be watching anime. I don't think I'll ever stop watching anime but I will most likely watch less as time goes on and I really hope this site just keeps getting better and better.
There really is no age limit for someone who enjoys a good story and endless creativity. I am constantly impressed with the new art styles and outrageous twists that the different series take. When you look at what counts as "entertainment" on regular TV (I'm talking about you, reality TV), I think most anime series win hands-down in terms of content and execution. Just like hpulley, I started with Space Battleship Yamamoto and Voltron and have been hooked ever since. I don't see that addiction changing any time soon.
Turned 40 this year. My first anime was Battle of the Planets (aka Gatchaman, which I probably prefer) way back around 1979. I am not overly old school though when it comes to anime, and do quite enjoy newer titles.
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I'm 26 - I still think I'm kind of too young to be called "old" but given the average age of CR members, yeah I would be considered part of the older crowd.
Started with DBZ then Kenshin & Bebop ... a nice introduction to anime. I don't think I'll ever be "too old" to watch anime but I may make my viewings more and more private in the future. Not only that, but anime just seems to age really really well. Watching my Kenshin DVD's again after years of having never touched them and it's still good.
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Turned 40 this year. My first anime was Battle of the Planets (aka Gatchaman, which I probably prefer) way back around 1979. I am not overly old school though when it comes to anime, and do quite enjoy newer titles.
I forgot all about Battle of the Planets...
But I love new titles, including the high school ones even though they are always about transfer students, school council and after school clubs... They're still fun! 2012 has been a great year so far for anime.
I have brother 48 and 47 the 48 year old still watch anime. Anime has no age limit and if someone feels like it does then they can't be a true anime fan because if you truly love anime you will be 90 still enjoying it. Hell I watch anime at least 6 days a week enough not 7. Battle of the planets was my first anime even had a lunch box ( ok I feel old now).
If I had to change for someone would I hell no love me as I am.
My first anime was Star Blazers. I am 42.
You are not alone in the 40 + club
oh sorry your only 29 ..
Anime is ageless, timeless, and universal!
Just joined CR (finally!) and have been hooked on anime for about 15 years now. We (wife and I) got started with Starz Animidnight watching Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040! Expanded our viewing from that and now anime is almost all we watch. Broadcast/commercial TV - Nah! Quit watching the Emmy awards years ago as we had no idea who was nominated for what. Our collection includes lots of the high school series - comedy, drama, and romantic - and we actually enjoy those most. (not sure what a shrink would make of that, but hey, hs was fun for me) A fave list would be impossible - everything from Last Exile to Angel Beats to Summer Wars to GITS SAC. It's all good. That's my real age over there too. Glad to see I'm not number one, but anime makes me ageless anyway.
I don't think there's an age limit to watch anime if this is something you really enjoy it doesn't matter how old you are.
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Origami—the ancient practice of paper folding—first arrived at the Museum in the early 1970s, when entomologist Alice Gray became interested in creating paper models of the insects in the Museum's collections. Partnering with the Origami Center of America, now OrigamiUSA, Gray created scores of paper insects, which wound up decorating a small holiday tree in one of the scientific offices. The tree was an instant hit.
Energized by the response, Gray and volunteers from the Origami Center of America re-created the tree the following year in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, adding paper models representing various Museum displays and departments. The public was thrilled, and the Origami Holiday Tree became a beloved annual tradition, both for the Museum and for the thousands of visitors who see it each holiday season.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It was sometime after the Senior Bowl when Eric Fisher realized he was going to be picked early in the NFL draft. He might even have a shot at being the first player selected.
So he sat down with his mother, Heidi Langegger, who had raised him in a single-family home, and gave her a sales pitch: "Mom," Fisher said, "there's a good chance this is going to become a reality, and I want to take care of you. I want you to retire."
Reality set in for Fisher on Thursday night, when the Kansas City Chiefs made him just the third offensive tackle taken first overall since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
And reality set in for Langegger when she sent an email to her boss in human resources at Volkswagen, where she's spent the past 33 years working in the warranty department.
"I have to say, it hasn't set in yet," said Langegger, who will retire at the end of June. "This is something that happens to other people. We're just regular, blue-collar, hard-working people. This is something that happens to others. It's really Eric's dream coming to reality."
The first No. 1 overall pick from the Mid-American Conference never had things given to him growing up.
His mother told him he could ride the bus to school, or he could get a job and buy his own truck. Fisher chose the latter, working on about 20 acres of land just down the road from his own rural home near Detroit, and eventually saved up enough money to buy a used Ford F-150.
He had it until a couple months ago, when he sold it with 200,000 miles on it.
Fisher would mow lawns, cut down trees, paint decks and sell firewood to drum up some extra cash, never shying away from the kind of manual labor that he eventually came to relish.
When the 1940s hunting lodge that he lived in with his mom had a raccoon infestation, it was Fisher who did got rid of the varmints, and then fixed the insulation they had chewed up.
"Growing up that way, you realize how good you have things," Fisher said Friday, "and to be put in this position, it's crazy. But throughout high school, I always did manual labor. Whatever I could do to make a couple bucks, I'd do it. I worked very hard to get in this position."
This position is about as far from the sticks as you could get.
He has spent most of the past week being paraded around the streets of New York City, and was under the brightest of lights at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday night. That's when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell read his name first and Fisher strode confidently across the stage.
The whirlwind hasn't stopped, either.
Fisher got about two hours' sleep after wrapping up his obligations in New York, and then caught an early flight to Kansas City. He was greeted at the airport by a few fans hoping to snag an autograph (he obliged, of course) and a few intrepid TV crews looking for an interview.
Once he arrived at the Chiefs' practice facility, he spent time at lunch with team chairman Clark Hunt, met the coaching staff and some of his new teammates, and then answered many of the same questions over and over for dozens of reporters and television anchors.
"A lot of people are handed things," Fisher said, "and you see that sometimes and say, 'I wish I had that.' But now, I'm grateful I wasn't given that, and look where I am now. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else."
Nor would the Chiefs want him to be anywhere else.
General manager John Dorsey settled on Fisher a couple of weeks ago, ultimately picking him over Texas A&M's Luke Joeckel, another offensive tackle who went No. 2 to Jacksonville.
"We felt everything about Eric represented what the Kansas City Chiefs are all about, as a person and also his ability to play the game," Dorsey said. "That's why it's exciting."
While Fisher has the look - he's 6-foot-7, 306 pounds - of an NFL left tackle, he said he's willing to play wherever new coach Andy Reid puts him. That could mean starting off on the right side as a rookie and eventually switching over to protect the blindside of new quarterback Alex Smith.
"Watching three tackles come off in the first four picks, I think people knew they would go high, but nobody was expecting that," Hunt said. "I think it shows that a lot of teams know that you have to win in the trenches, and we certainly feel that way."
The Chiefs didn't do much winning last season, going 2-14 to land a No. 1 pick for the first time in 50 years. But there's a newfound sense of optimism hovering over the organization these days, and Fisher's bring-it-on demeanor seems to be fitting right in.
"There are a lot of expectations to live up to," he said, "and I'm the kind of guy that takes that on. Very seriously, I'm going to do everything in my power to be the best player and show everybody why I was the first pick. I will back that up the best I can."


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The mystery person is no longer a mystery. She has
been saved from obscurity by family and friends, including Pete Drury, who wrote that the teacher second from the right in the top row was his aunt, Madeleine Drury, a sister-in-law of Violet Drury and Marguerite Murphy. Violet Drury was Pete's mother. He added that Madeleine was also a cousin of islander Mary Frances Byerly.
"I'm not sure what grade she taught in 1944, but she taught in the Carr School. I have a hazy 'recollect' that she was a super substitute and taught several grades in 1944."
In last week's column, Mary Webster wondered about the present existence of the buildings in the background of the picture. Pete responded, "The more prominent house in the background is now the flower shop minus the front porch. My uncle Bill and aunt Mildred lived there. The house shown in the left of the photo was leveled in the early '80s, filled in and is now the medical center."
Eileen Tiexiera, whose maiden name is Drury, called to say the mystery person was indeed Madeleine Drury, her aunt. She said she taught the younger grades. Eileen has other relatives in the picture. Violet Drury, who Eileen confirmed as the kindergarten teacher, was her grandmother, and Marguerite Drury Murphy was her aunt. Eileen's sister Kathy called in with the same information.
Patty Vandal e-mailed identification and said Madeleine lived at the corner of Howland Avenue and High Street, where Bud Head lives now. "Before she went back to teaching, she had a nursery school in her home. I attended her school as well as Neil McGrath, George Vieria, Bobby Clarke, Patty Caswell, and another girl whose last name was Clarke, but I can't remember her first name."
Fred Smyth wrote correctly ,naming seven of the teachers in the photo. He also answered our question of why Richard Hatch won't go away.
"Richard Hatch is going away, 3 hots and a cot."
Thanks to all who responded to the teachers' identifications.
Now, what was the first name of the Clarke girl who went to nursery school with Patty Vandal?
The Rocket Dawgz have emerged from their winter dens and are sniffing around to decide whether or not to add the smell of pyrocellulose to the Conanicut Island air.
The Dawgz agreed it's almost time and voted to put on another shoot, the 11th annual, at a date and place to be announced. Last year's weather-interrupted spectacular was, in our jaundiced opinion, one of the best ever.
It also cost $16,000 and we currently have $1,116 in the bank.
This item officially marks the beginning of the 2006 Rocket Dawgz fund-raising season for pyrotechnic excellence in July.
Give us your money and we'll blow it up. The address is easy, Box 1776, Jamestown, 02835. Write your checks to Fireworks Fund and join us in celebrating the birth of our great nation. KA-BOOM!!!
A visitor to the St. Matthew's Thrift Shop last Saturday thought Shirley St. Germain has such good taste in winter coats that she took Shirley's coat home with her. And, at a bargain. But it wasn't for sale.
Just recently, Shirley, a volunteer worker at the shop, had purchased the new Michael Kors black woolen coat. When she went to work at the thrift shop Saturday morning, she hung the coat on a hanger in the sorting room that is supposedly out of bounds to customers.
There were four coats sold that morning, and Shirley's was one of them. There was no way for the cashier to realize what was happening. It's estimated that the sale took place about 10 a.m.
Anyway, Shirley would like it back and will reimburse the sale's price. She can be reached at 4238096 or the coat can be returned to the Thrift Shop on a Tuesday or Saturday morning.
If there is some question about whether you have the right coat or not, there's a pair of black leather gloves in the pocket.
With St. Valentine's Day on the horizon, listen up out there.
Kim Ferguson wants, "Dinner alone with my husband."
Laura Smith wishes, "Prince Charming would come and sweep me off my feet."
Tony: "Karen wants just five hours at the Cathyrn Jamieson Salon."
Congratulations to John Ragland, Jamestown School fifthgrader and the winner of the school's 2006 Spelling Bee. He took the honor by spelling "isolationism."
Runner up was fifth-grader James D'Alessandro.
Others participating were Danielle Broomfield, grade 5; Nick Lutes, Shay Reilly and Caitlin Schnack, grade 6; Anne Langan, Kaitlyn Marquis, Caia Diepenbrock and Philip Ryng, grade 7; and Matt Boyle, Racquelle Tanquay, Liz Rounds and Sarah Crowell, grade 8. Kudos to all!!
"This one is mine!!!" wrote Betty "Boop" Kinder: "I want to be loved by you, just you, an nobody else but you. I want to be loved by you alone, POO-POOPI DOO!!!"
A slight variation came from Barbara-Ann MacIntosh. "I want to be loved by you, just you, and nobody else will do. I want to be loved by you alone, Poo Poo Pa Do. Ah, the old songs."
Patty Vandal had, "I want to be loved by you, just you, nobody else will do. I want to be loved by you tonight." Patty didn't try the Boop, Boop, Ba Doops. Charlie Masso e-mailed, "wanna be loved by you, just you, and nobody else but you. I wanna be loved by you alone, pooh pooh bee doo! Marilyn Monroe sang that in 'Some Like it Hot,'" Charlie wrote.
Helen Zachadnyk phoned from Cumberland with what she said is the middle verse: "I couldn't aspire to anything higher than to fill a desire to make you my own. I want to be kissed by you, nobody else but you. I want to be kissed by you, Boop Boop Be Do."
So, we have a "Poo-Poo-PiDoo," "Poo Poo Pa Do," "pooh pooh bee doo," and a Boop Boop Be Do. Sheet music anyone?
Dal Sharp called from East Greenwich and sang "Barney Google." Thank heavens he knew only the one line.
Save those empty 2-liter clear soda bottles.
Jamestown School sixth-grader James Mastrostefano e-mailed that his class is working on a science project that has to do with ecological systems. "We are in need of many 2-liter clear bottles to observe what will be happening. Donations may be brought to the school on Lawn Avenue during school hours.
"On behalf of my class and the science teacher, we extend our thanks to all who are able to help."
How many cops does it take to screw in a bulb at the base of the flag pole at the police station?
Include Fluffy in your emergency plans says Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic in his Pet Tip of the Week.
Winter is, unfortunately, the most likely time for house fires, and pet owners should take a few precautions in case of emergency. Please be careful with wood stoves, space heaters, and especially candles because animals can potentially knock them over or burn themselves.
"Owners should also include their pets in fire evacuation plans. This means having quick access to leashes or carriers to gather up the pets (pillow cases work well in a pinch for smaller pets).
"Also, few shelters will take in animals due to health concerns so you should know of pet friendly hotels or friends and family who can take in your pets if needed. Practice evacuation routes to avoid confusion and know who is in charge of gathering up the pets so as to not waste time if there is an emergency." Thank you, Doctor. Woof!
Jane Breakell was named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Syracuse University. Jane is a senior policy studies and international relations major.
Islanders on the dean's list at the University of New Hampshire are Michael Liberati, highest honors; Crystal Leonard and Laurel Post, high honors; and Robert Russ, honors. Kudos to all!!
We're always pleased to report that some things never change. Ivory soap still floats.
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Small world department!
In our Jan. 5 column, we wrote of the Christmas reunion of Dr. Joe Murray and John Casey after 60 years of separation.
On Jan. 16, we received an email from Dick Gallagher on the "left coast" referring to the column in the Press. He said as a boy he followed Joe's and John's sports exploits closely. He asked if we could send him their e-mail addresses.
Unfortunately, Dick's address got scrambled, and we were unable to reach him.
Then last week, he called us on our cell phone, gave us his correct e-mail address and Beth Weisbust was able to get in touch with him on behalf of her dad, John Casey, and Dr. Murray.
During our telephone conversation, we quickly realized that the "left coast" Dick Gallagher is none other than Jamestown's own Dick Gallagher vacationing in LaQuinta, Calif.
In an e-mail to Dr. Murray's son, Link, Dick explained that he was a fan of Dr. Murray's back in high school days. In the earlier column, it was mentioned that Joe Murray and John Casey played high school ball together in Milford, Mass. "I used to watch the baseball games from the bleachers at Milford Park or with my dad from my grandmother's porch across the street. My parents were friends of your grandparents."
He said he followed Dr. Murry's career right up through the Nobel Prize (he performed the first kidney transplant), and was always proud to relate his distant connection to his medical colleagues.
"Now we are all Jamestowners. For me it is retirement. After some 40 years of medical practice (obstetrics and gynecology, mostly in Concord, Mass.), Julie and I have returned to the place of our meeting."
*** Members of Boy Scout Troop 1 will travel to Camp Aquapaug Saturday to take part in the Klondike. According to Scoutmaster Dave Volpe, the Scouts compete as patrols in some 15 events, testing skills from fire building to first aid and always testing for teamwork and Scout spirit.
On Sunday, troop members are urged to wear their uniforms to church in observance of Scout Reverent Sunday.
Scouts of the Catholic faith are asked to meet in the basement of St. Mark at 9:30 a.m. to join Anthony Rafanelli and the Webelos of Cub Scout Pack 1 and attend the 10 a.m. Mass.
Next Wednesday is the day the Boy Scouts were founded in 1910.
Today is Groundhog Day. But never fear, spring will come either way.
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Concord apartment fire displaces family
December 29. 2012 10:23PM
CONCORD - A family was displaced by a fire that damaged a basement apartment at the Morningstar Apartments complex on Loudon Road on Friday afternoon, Battalion Chief Rick Whitney said.
Whitney said fire crews encountered a heavy fire shortly after 3 p.m., "but were able to handle it." He didn't know how many people were in the family that was displaced.
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Athletes go through highs and lows throughout their athletic careers. But in the case of Kansas State junior decathlete Devin Dick, he has dealt with Stage 3 testicular cancer since the spring of 2009 as a freshman at Wichita State.
"I was diagnosed with Testicular cancer on May 27, 2009," says Dick. "I had surgery on May 14, 2009, and that's when the doctors found the growth. The doctors said it had been growing for about three or four months but due to the decathlon training I was doing, I showed signs such as vomiting, headaches and dehydration... normal symptoms athletes would have."
Dick decided to then visit the athletic trainer for the Wichita State track team. Once he did, he found out why his decathlon training was taking such a toll on his body.
"They thought it was an injury due to swelling, so we did regiments to get the swelling down, but that did not work," Dick explained. "Then we did further testing by getting an ultrasound, which allowed me to see how serious this was. What was weird about my situation is that when they dissected it, they found three different types of cancer in one situation, so it was a unique case."
Although Dick could have let his unique case of Stage 3 testicular cancer prevent him from ever running track again, he fought it with a chemotherapy regimen unlike any other.
"I did four chemotherapy regiments for six days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., including a pattern of doing chemotherapy for a week on and two weeks off in a continuous cycle," said Dick. "This was specific to me because if anyone else would have had this regiment, they would have died."
Throughout the entire chemotherapy process, Dick persevered through serious lows. However, one of the things that allowed Dick to keep fighting against his cancer was staying positive.
"I lost all my hair during the second and third regimen. That was also when I got very sick from the chemotherapy as well," Dick said. "During that summer, I lost over 40 pounds and only had enough energy to do an hour of physical activity a day. I had to stay mentally positive and mentally strong. I had to act like I did not even have it."
In order to get healthy from the cancer, Dick took the 2010-11 season off to give himself time to heal. Then, Dick transferred to K-State in 2011 where longtime head track and field coach Cliff Rovelto has continually pushed him to become the best decathlon athlete possible.
"I purposely try to not treat him any differently than anyone else," said Rovelto. "When he came and asked about training and competing with us, he never asked for any special treatment other than saying he wanted to train and wanted to be good."
Throughout all the training over this past season, Rovelto noticed a major difference in how Dick is doing and how his body has reacted.
"He has shown significant improvement from the beginning of the season until now," said Rovelto. "For all of that to happen despite what he has gone through, I have tremendous respect and admiration for what he has been able to do. To me, it is miraculous for someone to come as far as he has come in that amount of time. It is pretty remarkable."
Dick has been able to participate in five outdoor meets this Spring, competing in seven events (100 meters, shot put, long jump, 110-meter hurdles, high jump, pole vault, javelin) as well as two 4x400 relays. He has earned four Top 10 finishes, including a second-place finish in long jump at Emporia State Open on March 31 with a mark of 24-05.50.
Dick's cancer is currently in remission. He was so motivated to continue his career as a decathlon athlete that not even cancer would get in his way. He worked hard, maintained a positive attitude and stayed mentally strong.


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Democrats Routinely Better for the Economy
I have covered this before, but it seems it is always good to review the facts. From the Democratic Policy Committee:
Since 1929:
· An investment of $10,000 in the S&P stock market index during only Republican administrations would have yielded a return of just $10,506 (this includes the abysmal 36.7 percent drop in returns over the eight years of the George W. Bush Administration).
· That same $10,000 invested during Democratic administrations would have grown to $389,320 (this includes the 29.5 percent increase in returns over the [first] 281 days under President Obama's Administration).
[New York Times, Opinion, 10/14/08, updated by author Tommy McCall 10/28/09*]
This is a striking 37-fold difference in performance.
According to this analysis, annualized returns under Republican presidents through the end of the George W. Bush Administration, who presided over a 4.4 percent annualized drop in returns, were only 0.1 percent. By contrast, Democrats presided over a nine percent annualized gain for investors.
Stocks do better under Democrats.
The fact is that the economy has performed significantly better under Democratic administrations than Republican administrations. Between 1960 and 2008, Democratic presidents presided over stronger economic growth, larger increases in median family income and higher job creation, as well as lower federal spending, federal deficits, and inflation. [Slate, 9/16/08; New York Times, 8/30/08]
For example, over the past 48 years, Democrats have presided over:
· Stronger growth in the economy. From 1960 to 2008, real GDP grew faster under Democratic presidents (4.1 percent per year on average) than under Republican presidents (2.7 percent).
Better household incomes for all. Between 1948 and 2008, annual incomes grew for all income classes under Democratic Administrations. By contrast, under Republican Administrations, the richest Americans enjoyed a disproportionate share of income growth.
Over this same period, real median income, representing the exact middle of American households, grew more under Democrats (2.2 percent) than under Republicans (0.6 percent). In fact, under President Bush, real median income actually fell $2,197. Looking back as far as we have data (back to President Kennedy), only two other Administrations have had a decline in real median household income.
· Largest decreases in poverty. Since the census began tracking the poverty rate in 1959, Democratic presidents have often produced the largest drops in poverty rates, while Republicans have seen the largest increases. As an example, during the eight years of William Jefferson Clinton Administration, the poverty rate decreased by 21.17 percent and the number of Americans living in poverty decreased by 19.57 percent. Unfortunately, those gains more than reversed in the George W. Bush Administration, when the poverty rate increased by 12.82 percent and the number of Americans living in poverty increased by 21.04 percent. More than numbers and percentages, these figures reflect that, while more than 7.6 million Americans rose out of poverty during the Clinton years, nearly 7 million fell into poverty during the Bush years.
Economic Growth is BETTER and more EQUITABLE under Democrats
Lower unemployment and more robust job growth. The unemployment rate has been lower under Democratic presidents (5.3 percent on average) than under Republicans (6.2 percent).
Moreover, in the eighty years between the start of the Hoover Administration and the end of the George W. Bush Administration, job growth was higher under all six Democratic Presidents than under any of the seven Republican Presidents.
The statistical probability of that happening through random chance is more than 1,700 to 1.
Democrats Create More Jobs
And let me add (not from the same source): Even in terms of fiscal responsibility, that thing Republicans like to harp on, it is really a Democratic value as proven by the numbers:
Republicans do FAR more deficit spending that Democrats.
The numbers don't lie. It is very clear that Democrats are better for ALL aspects of the economy.
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Three-alarm fire damages city apartment building, 30 displacedBy Damien Fisher
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 25. 2012 2:56AM
MANCHESTER - A city patrolman is credited with helping save the lives of 30 people when he ran into a burning building on Barr Street.
Officer Ben Foster was on patrol around 2 a.m. Sunday when he saw flames on the three-story apartment building at the corner of Granite and Barr streets.
"He saw the fire and then radioed it in," said Manchester Police Sgt. Kristen Taylor. "He then helped get people out."
Bishnu Gurung, 24, was sleeping when police officers started banging on her door and yelling for her to get out of the building.
"He was calling to wake up," she said.
Gurung and her husband, Karna Gurung, 28, grabbed their 2-year-old daughter, Katrina, and headed out into the cold as the fire burned through the roof. District Fire Chief Michael Gamache said there were 20 adults and 10 children in the building when the fire started, all of them sleeping as the fire did not activate the smoke detectors inside.
"That's scary, especially with 30 people in the building," Gamache said.
The fire likely burned for about an hour before it was seen by Foster, Gamache said. The fire is believed to have started in an electrical fixture in an exterior porch. It worked its way through the porch roof and then into the walls of the building and up to the attic without sending any smoke into the living area where the detectors were placed, he said.
"No smoke would have reached the living quarters," Gamache said.
Firefighters then went through the 100-year-old building, rescuing people trapped inside who were unable to get out earlier. There were six people the firefighters found in various parts of the building, Gamache said.
The fire could have easily been much worse, according to Gamache, as the apartment building is located in a densely populated area, and fire crews worked to contain the fire to keep it from spreading, he said.
"We evacuated the adjacent building," he said.
Many of the residents are staying with family and friends. The building sustained more than $250,000 in damage, Gamache said. The Red Cross has been to the scene and offered assistance to all of the residents, he said.
In the coming week, Manchester police will consider whether Foster's actions assisting victims from the building warrant commendation, said Sgt. Taylor.
The fire remains under investigation, but Gamache said it does not appear suspicious in origin, the fire appears to be the result of an electrical malfunction.


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In Bridgeport, Mayor Bill Finch said Tuesday that Connecticut's largest city was making progress but many roads were still not passable. He said the snow removal effort was slowed by hundreds of abandoned vehicles.
Finch said the goal was to get at least one lane open on all roads by Sunday. He said the city had not seen so much snow at once since 1888 and has been scouring the region to get bucket loaders to remove snow.
"It's still very difficult getting around much of the city," Finch said. "It's been a painstaking almost surgical inch by inch approach."
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy acknowledged it's going to take more time to clear the snow in congested, urban areas. He expected at least a path would be cleared on nearly all local roads by Tuesday night.
But he said life in much of Connecticut is getting back to normal after the weekend snowstorm.
The Department of Transportation's main roads were 95 percent cleared of snow. Malloy said the state probably will get to 100 percent by Tuesday night, enabling DOT to then focus on widening more secondary state roads.
Also, the commuter rail system was expected to be fully operational on Wednesday.
Public schools in several cities, including New Haven, Hartford, Waterbury and New Britain, will remain closed Wednesday. New Britain, citing safety concerns for students walking on narrow streets, said schools will remain closed for the rest of the week.
In New Haven, officials said roads were passable and crews were trying to widen them and remove enormous piles of plowed snow. Mayor John DeStefano said officials were trying to figure out when to reopen schools, noting that with all the snow there is a lack of space for children to stand on corners to wait for buses.
As DeStefano spoke, a bulldozer removed 6-foot-tall piles of snow from a narrow, densely populated side street where residents were digging out their cars. Traffic passed slowly on the main road.
Cornelius Washington, a 23-year-old laborer, was among those trying for hours to shovel out his car. He said he hasn't been able to go to work.
"I couldn't afford to wait any more," Washington said.
He said the city plows arrived Tuesday on the side road. The roads still were not safe, he said.
Juan Morales, a 35-year-old resident who was walking nearby, said his street was not plowed. He said two cars got stuck in the middle of his street and were removed Monday, but the factory where he makes brake pads for cars was still closed so he hasn't worked since the storm.
"I got a lot of bills," Morales said. "They're going to have to wait until I get back on my feet and start paying a little by little."
New Haven was towing cars that were abandoned or blocking emergency vehicles and planning to tow cars parked on snow emergency routes. Earlier, the city set up checkpoints at four entry points to discourage non-essential travel so that snow-removal efforts were not slowed.
In Waterbury, the mayor encouraged teens and adults looking to make some extra cash to show up at City Hall on Tuesday for snow removal jobs. He said he'll pay them minimum wage to help shovel out the city's schools.
Malloy, who toured New Haven and other municipalities around the state Tuesday, said the state is providing pay loaders and other equipment and releasing contractors to help cities and towns with snow removal. He said he also asked the state's utilities to assist municipalities with snow removal.
"The parking situation in cities makes picking up 24 to 40 inches of snow very difficult," Malloy said. "It's the urban environments that in these situations have the toughest time."
Associated Press Writer Susan Haigh in Hartford contributed to this report.
Associated Press Writer Stephen Singer in Manchester, Conn., contributed to this report.
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North Tonawanda Mayor Robert G. Ortt is advising residents and businesses that suffered property damage from the severe thunderstorm last Friday to contact their insurance provider to make a claim.
"Even if the claim is denied, residents will need a claim number to initiate the next step in the assistance process, should we get to that point. I have requested emergency assistance from Gov. Cuomo's office due to the number of residents who sustained significant property damage as a result of the thunderstorm this past Friday," Ortt said.
In addition, all residents and businesses are invited to speak with and provide information to members of the state's damage assessment team. State officials from the Department of Financial Services Insurance Division have set up a mobile command center at Niagara Falls City Hall, located at 745 Main St. The command unit is located in the parking lot and will be open today until 6 p.m.
"This mobile unit from the state is here to service any resident or business affected by this recent storm," Ortt said. "It is not only for Niagara Falls residents, and I was upset that more people outside the City of Niagara Falls, who were affected by this storm, were not made aware that these folks from the state would be available. I would like to thank Gov. Cuomo for making them available and for recognizing the seriousness of this most recent weather event."
Ortt reminds residents that the City of North Tonawanda will pick up any bulk items that were damaged as a result of the thunderstorm. In addition, any tree branches, or brush related to storm damage can be placed at the curb. The DPW will make runs throughout the city to pickup this material.


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NowGamer: "I don't think Sony wants to launch behind Microsoft again," says Michael Pachter, as he gives his reasons for predicting October or November 2013 for the launch of PlayStation 4.
my body and wallet are ready! I want a $600 beast!
Well if there's one thing we can count on with Pachter, it's him being wrong. I'll wait for Sony to announce the hardware and release window rather than take his speculation
If the PS4 has specked up versions of Last of Us and Beyond alongside Watch Dogs it will be enough for me.
Also GG and SP have lots of time now and must be up to great things for launch .
I think one thing is want, the other is can.
Can Sony release a console side by side with MS?
I think not, because of two things:
a) Sony's terrible financial situation
b) the current focus on current generation games from first party
c) PSN hasn't had a revamped in ages "suggesting" Sony hasn't seemingly thought of the future at all. There is no glimpse in PSN I can see for the future.
On the flip side though, they could all be only focusing on next generation PSN and entirely ignoring the current one. However, that seems implausible as you want to give users a teaser taste to see their reaction before further investments....
I don't see this as likely. If Sony were ramping up R&D right now in time to get a new product to market by next fall, we would have seen the spike in R&D spending that goes along with it, like we've seen in advance of the new hardware revisions and back when the PS3 was about a year out from it's release. We simply haven't seen that spike in spending yet that would indicate the machine was gearing up.
We did just see that sudden spike in R&D spending from Microsoft though, making a launch next year likely. Maybe if we see R&D ramp up with Sony when they report the next quarter they'll have enough time, but if we don't see it by then I don't think we'll see a new Playstation in 2013.
There will be an improvement to the hardware from the cpu/gpu side but the majority of increase will likely be in the internal memory and storage capacity.
Memory would likely be no less than 2gb but more realistic at 4gb+ and then the internal storage could be a minimum of 500gb. 1tb isnt that hard to imagine.
The media format (bluray) is fine, the cell could either be replaced or have its performance increased but that is up to sony to decide. The gpu would likely be replaced with something more current.
Would they stick with a dedicated video memory though? If they did then the video could be 1gb alone and system memory be 3 or 4gb.
There has to be a sweet spot. a balance so you dont get an increase in latency. Increasin memory is a good thing but you dont want to exceed what the system can handle efficiently or things could get sluggish at times.
People criticize Nintendo and their design of the wii-u but they dont think that they went with their design because it was the sweet spot between the memory, cpu/gpu performance in general. Its understandable.
fine tuning a console is like fine tuning a pc. just because you can have all this memory doesnt mean it will run better. sometimes its better to back off a bit and see where everything works together at a cohesive level.
Im sure sony has been experimenting with different combinations of chips. seeing as cell development has gotten increasingly better over these last couple of years leads me to think they may stick with that chip but increase its efficiency. couple that with the right gpu to create a balanced platform.
Whatever path they choose, they know they cant charge $600 or $1000 for it. They have to make it a cost effective entry point for consumers to purchase.
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"a) Sony's terrible financial situation"
Do you mean Sony couldn't afford to compete head on with Microsoft at the start of next gen, or that they couldn't afford to bring out a PS4 ready for when Microsoft will?
To the first scenario, Sony are a multibillion dollar corp, who's gaming division is their most profitable by far. As to the second scenario, I'm pretty sure the PS4 has been baking since PS3 came out. There's not a large amount of evidence that points towards them being unable to have a new console ready to release this holiday (after 7 or so years), nor is there a lot of evidence suggesting it is even coming out next year. It's all speculation.
"b) the current focus on current generation games from first party"
Most of which are coming out Q1 or Q2 of 2013. Rumour has it that PS4 is coming out lateQ3/Q4.
"c) PSN hasn't had a revamped in ages "suggesting" Sony hasn't seemingly thought of the future at all. There is no glimpse in PSN I can see for the future. "
Have you not seen the new store that shows that Sony has been listening to their audience for the past 2 years shaping a modern digital online focus. Streamlining. The fact that Sony has bought Gaikai for a large sum means they have something big in store for next gen and digital streaming is something they will be looking to nail on day one. They've reshaped the entire SEN to include PSN across all of their devices. Developers have spoken out that PS4 devkits have enough RAM to be able to perform background tasks and functionality easily as well as gaming, which means Sony will have wasted no time incorporating features that they've already implemented into Vita PSN, such as Cross-game chat and plenty more.
Like you suggested, we haven't seen a huge revamp because it's clearly happening behind the scenes with PS4. They have been supporting the improved infrastructure with PS Vita, which is clearly just the start and continues with PS4. Their greatest asset now is how they will approach next gen and that includes the impact they will have with a solid network with great interface and features. Do you not think Sony has learned how important online is? They TOTALLY underestimated the appeal it would have, which is why you can see how much PSN has grown in 6 years.
They don't need to give a teaser to the PS3 audience since that's a waste of resources and working with the PS4 itself and to the device's strength's rather than the PS3's weaknesses is a LOT more plausible.
Agree I could certainly see the PS4 coming out in Fall of 2014.
I was predicting a November 2013 release, but Pachter is never right--which means I must have been wrong. Damn.
PS4 can be a killer if;
- they be more cheap like $400.
- cross game chat for the ones who wants it badly (360fans)
- more RAM like 4GB
- more hard-disk space like 1TB
- updated GPU
- updated CELL
- current BLue Ray is fine
- 4K HD not needed for new gen (global financial crisis at the moment)
- PSN keep it free for online gaming
- PSN PLUS give more free AAA games every month
- Revamp the R2 & L2 buttons also make the controllers cheaper €40.
Yeah I saw this on Game Trailers last week. Pachter is way off on this one. Can't see Sony going head-to-head vs. 720 next November, but it would be Epic if they did.
"Can Sony release a console side by side with MS?"
PS4 is expected for 2013 and the next Xbox is rumoured for 2014 so they won't be releasing side by side if the rumours are true.
Sony is actually in some sort of 'deep water' at the moment.... just putting it out there.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/c2ynu3m
"To the first scenario, Sony are a multibillion dollar corp, who's gaming division is their most profitable by far"
Their gaming division is the only division generating a positive revenue. I dont know what you mean "by far" but if youre under the illusion that their gaming division is able to hold up the other divisions, then you are delusional, BY FAR.
Using the CELL in the next iteration is not really a necessity or even commendable. Letting developers use more time on coding games, and less time on studying new processor architecture, is the way forward.
I agree. I can't wait for the true next gen consoles to arrive.
The Wii U is next-gen regardless if you like it or not. Genarations are determined by console cycles, NOT power. Hypothetically, if the PS4 was the exact same as the PS3, but w/ more RAM it would be next-gen. Like it or not.
1 already has and be prepared to be majorly let down by how much you are setting yourself up on the next sony, and microsoft machines.
The Wii U is nintendo's next generation. You don't know the meaning of "next gen".
"I don't think Sony wants to launch behind Microsoft again," says Michael Pachter"""...te ll me something i dont knnow :/
actually I suspect they don't really care; they tend to not care too much what the competitors are doing and do their own thing for better or worse....
Well true, patcher is not known for been wrong, people are lost in. the hate for this guy, but he is known for been obvious and anyone can do his job plus his personality is easy to dislike.
And sony should care for others and they have always do, sadly the PS3 power was only used by their first party devs, they need to care and make third party devs use they PS4 tech just like they first party devs will do. And going by the rumors, sony is doing just that(they ask first and third party devs what they want and how they want it)
PLUS this is a big teach corporation and they are in the end ruled and planed by the same big guys behind the close doors just like their tvs and etc, is not like they invent a new teach out of a tin air, sony and m$ get help from others and most of the time same corporations.
It matters not to me. I will buy them both, regardless of who launches first.
I can see a release in 2013 towards Christmas but just before the next MS system. I think if they can cut a loss or just work around it, they need to go all out with a bundle featuring a Cross Buy title like Gran Turismo 6 with a PS4/Vita Bundle for something like $500. It would be a great way to have the two together. A PS4 would probably be set in a $300 and $350 model of 500gigs or a TB, so cutting back a little bit for a Vita collection would be a huge success. I also think GT6 on Vita would require CLOUD features and they could blow us away with what they are cooking for the next generation of Cloud gaming with the new PSN. I personally can't wait.
I want a $610 beast!! That would include a $10 god of war usb drive shaped like kratos's sword!
Really sony should sell ps4 + discounted game bundles day 1!
I may be wrong but I have a feeling sony will do something BIG to over shadow the memory of 2006 launch.
why would anyone in there right mind want another 600.00 console ???? meanwhile talk with a friend yesterday who cousin work for MS said 720 has over heating and lazer issues which will delay the 720 released date 2014 earliest. don't know if it true or not. .
Oh 'his cousin', yeah sure, we believe you...
If the console is a significant leap forward, and offers value with that $600 then I would have no problem wanting one. It's a hard pill to swallow, no doubt, but consoles should last for quite a while, so while the initial investment may be high, the long term value is there.
Hard to tell if the next generation will be a significant leap like previous generations, but going off speculation and rumors I'd probably say it's not. I'd personally prefer the go more powerful at a slightly higher cost, but with today's market so heavily dependent on multi-platform support, that's probably not likely, and both MS/Sony will likely focus on profitability over longevity.
yeah well my best friend's mom's aunt's dog walker has a brother taht works at sony who said the PS4 is coming out next week! Ms better hurry or sony will get a 2.5 year head start!
everyone's spending over 500$+ on annual ipad iphone upgrades so I dont see launching at around $500 being a bad deal especially if its a beast
"everyone's spending over 500$+ on annual ipad iphone upgrades so I dont see launching at around $500 being a bad deal especially if its a beast"
Problem is these people aren't gamers, whatever console preference a person has, at least they will usually give a reasonable if not subjective opinion on why "insert system" is too expensive.
@posters About next gens being a beast, no rational individual is expecting a current $250-500 video card in either the ps4 or 720, that is a no brainer.
Having said that jbgamer and all the other 2012 wii u defense brigade members need to stop spreading the misconception that sony and ms will gimp their consoles next gen as bad as the wii u is. Nintendo is known for going with lower priced tech to maximise profits, sony and ms not so much.
The psvita vs 3ds should nullify that argument immediately. But by all means shout to the heavens of the 3ds's sale, when the topic at hand is hardware. Since it is a favorite go to point for nintendo fanboys arguing against sony or ms fans.
No ps3/360 gamer is going to accept a next gen sony or ms console whose hardware is not several generations past it's predecessors. If either of them try to release a wii u(wii 2) it's dead on arrival.
I'm ready but damn why patcher had to jinx it everyone knows he hit the mark once per decade and he already did :'(
I totally see ps4 running the last of us and beyond next year just like the ps3 but on top of the it will offer new exclusives just for the ps4. Guess what I'm trying to say is that backward compatibility will be available.
Did'nt you post that body wallet a while ago too or did you just pick it up? Sounds too familiar ...
That's a little too soon for a full blown PS4 to get released, realistically. I'm still gonna say Spring of 2014.
Btw Pachter predictions haven't been right for a while I mean, a PS4 in less than a year from now? What about The Last Guardian and Agent we have not heard of about those games for sometime now.
Pachter says October or November, I have to disagree that's just too soon. Maybe he knows something I don't but October or November doesn't seem very realistic to me.
I don't think Sony will want to miss out on the huge Christmas sales.
with that sort of money you can get a gaming pc that does everything better. i won't buy a console with that sort of price tag.
So the PC has Sony exclusives..does it?
PC fanboys and their hardware obsession and 1 game...crysis. LOL
@Monstar yes it does have Sony exclusives, it is called emulation. In fact it has more Sony exclusives than the PS3 :S
The problem I have with PC gaming is constantly having to update video cards and other components to stay current. That crap gets expensive just a general pain in the ass to me.
People nees to understand that the $ has a different value now, if they launch a PS4 at $400 witch most want to it will be like launching the PS3 at around $300 on 2006, even if the PS4 is launch at a $600 witch most likely be or I can see it even at $800 launch price, it will be like launching the console at $400 back in 2006, be happy if is launche at $600.
If you can't buy it wait a year and mos likely it will go down to $400 plus it will have more and better games.
PS3 launch when the crysis was starting and it was not the best launch console but it did great for it price, plus if is a hit (iphone is a example) it will sale no metter the price.
My numbers are nor accurate but I bet they are near.
And I saw some saying is ok if does not do 4k, how can you a gamer dare to lower your standards?
PS4 needs to be 4k, to help sony with their 4k tvs and new blu ray teach need to come out to hold on that teach.
I think your inflation numbers are way off.
4K tv's have even less market acceptance than HD TV's did when the PS3 released. TV technology is one of those things where people say, "What I have is good enough". Even blu-ray isn't the mainstream media that DVD became in the same time period. There was a report saying that HDTV acceptance in the home would only break 50% by 2016...3 years from now. That didn't even bother to take into account 4K TV's, which have very limited support.
4K support would be cool for those that have those kinds of TV's no doubt, but I'd rather Sony spend that money for something more suited to the majority, and not the elite.
Wii U = $350
Xbox 720 = $ 350-400
* Price variation is depending on bundles.
Given the lessons that Sony has learnt from this gen, I highly doubt the rice range to reach as high as 600, almost everything that went wrong for the PS3 this gen can be attributed to the launch.
I've noticed that people are speculating a 2014 release, but does anyone see this as way to late ? i mean 8 years into the PS3 life span, thats ridiculous, I think Sony has every reason to release in 2013 especially if they wanna get ahead of Microsoft , the next gen consoles are long overdue, realistically all 3 should have been released anywhere from 2010- to now. But the fact that it's late 2012 and neither Microsoft or Sony has officially announced a console is outrageous.
PlayStation Orbis will go back to its PS One & PS2 roots - $299.99 basic core system
$450 tops, or else it will likely have another slow start. I want Sony to crush Xbox and Nintendo, utterly.
Dude, it's just video games. Nothing to be so serious about.
Although having a $600 beast doesn`t matter all that much nowadays, with the majority of games being released multi-platform port style. If anything, even though I don`t own one, I want the 360`s next gen console to be a beast, that way it might be able to keep up with the PS3 and they won`t have to dumb down the graphics TOO much.
I seriously doubt Sony will go the 600$ console route again.
Personally, I almost hope they do. Because they have spoiled me with the PS3 this gen. When PS3 was first released, it was an 850$ piece of tech that they sold at a lost for 600 and 500$.
i don't think sony is in any position to loose money on ps4. so expect a consumer friendly price point and very easy for developers to work on.
Vita's price point showed that sony understands more than ever before that pricing matters.
also games,games and more games and don't release everything right at launch. spread it out over 6 months, Vita had a Great launch lineup with more than 25 games but what do people always say? Vita has no games.
GT6....Launch title
Uncharted 4....show trailer at E3 with early 2014 release date
Infamous 3....launch title
Killzone 4....launch title
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$349-449 price point. i think there will be 2 models one for $399 and one for $349
"i don't think sony is in any position to loose money on ps4. so expect a consumer friendly price point and very easy for developers to work on. "
Thats probably true. But as a PS3 gamer, that scares the hell out of me.
Unless ms(kinda already have) or sony drastically change their target audience - core gamers to casual i don't really see ms or sony going below $400 at launch.
They would have their previous systems still being supported for either the casuals or the people that are waiting it to hit $299 or less before jumping.
I personally would rather sony and ms to have them be little bit beefer to last slightly longer. Because i think the 5 yr gen console cycle is dead, with development cost skyrocketing from the ps2's era this gen.(Still in the current gen, hardware wise for every console)
Actually, noooo fully.
I want to buy the next Playstation console to pair it with my VITA. Like some fava beans and a nice chianti.
are you god damn retarded maybe you want to pay 600 for a console but the rest of the world wont. you know what happen to the ps3, my god you must really want sony to go under
I'm not buying any of this, The ORBIS's 3rd dev kit spec suppose to come early next year while the final spec suppose to be sometime during the summer months, How in the hell sony suppose to have enough consoles ready for a world wide holiday launch in 2013?
Unless the leaked info from VG247 was put out there to throw everybody off and the console's have already been in production for the past year & change....
Now that Sony proved a 1 year head start can easily be managed there is no reason for Sony to launch PlayStation Orbis before or along side IF the next Xbox launch in 2013 or 2014.
1. They can still make money on PS3 by selling it at $200 the whole of 2013 making the Wii U look very expensive.
2. They can build a better and less expensive PS Orbis by leveraging the rapid development of processor manufacturing in one years time.
3. Gaikai may be fully operational in 2013 making way for more affordable PSOne, PS2 & PS3 games.
It's simple but might turn out to be true.
PS1: Dec 03, 1994
~64 months later
PS2: Mar 04, 2000
~80 months later
PS3: Nov 11, 2006
There's a 16 months addition for the next iteration.
Do this again and you'll get ~96 months = ~8 years.
That would be at the end of 2014.
What else occur at the end of 2014?
The 20th anniversary of the PlayStation brand.
This is hardly proof of anything, just putting it out there ;)
Thats means they would have to reveal it in early Spring to get the hype going...you can't show it off at E3 and expect people to buy in the comming Holiday.
Unless they show it off at the VGAs which I highly doubt...
Xbox 360 was shown at that time frame and then sold in November of the same year. So it can be done.
Was it...I always thought most consoles are shown off at E3 the year before then release a year and a few months later.
Like they get two E3s in the spotlight, one to show the prototype and then the other E3 to see the final product.
No MS showed the 360 in their own special MTV event in the run up to E3 and then launched in November that year.
I have no idea where this 2 E3 things that's being thrown around lately has come from.
I never said it was shown off at E3, I said it was shown during that time frame. The MTV event was May 12th, 2005. E3 was less than 2 weeks later in the same month. Hardly any difference.
I think the 2 E3 things has only been more Nintendo, with the Wii and then the Wii U both showing at 2 different E3's before launching.
Yes this is true about the Xbox 360 but that same year the "Revolution" and the PS3 were announced giving them the 2 E3's cycle of advertising. I think people are confusing announced and demoed. PS3 was unplayable and everything was pre-rendered and the Revolution was nothing but videos as well. They were however "announced" to be in production.
Used to be how it is done. A massive hype building process, but now people want now, now, now.
You mainly have Apple to thank for this. 'Here is our amazing new product - and you can buy it in a week'.
Didn't work out for the Wii, sales dropped away almost straight after they first announced it.
Probably safer to announce it closer to launch these days.
Well I thought in January they always hold the special Playstation Meeting. two years ago they showed the PSVITA there the first time right?
I predict that the PS4 will be released in Europe in Spring 2014. Where's my spot on N4G?
I don't think they'd miss the Christmas period in Europe.
Europe is PS3's heartland.
True but they did dump all over Europe by pushing back the PS3 release date significantly when they struggled with the manufacturing. So it'll be interesting to see how much of a lag we get this time around.


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Jan. 3, 2012
Contact: Andre Kim
The Silent No More Awareness Campaign today unveiled a new website designed to make its three-fold mission immediately understandable and accessible.
The top of the page at www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org features buttons for women who are pregnant and need help, for those who are suffering from the pain of a past abortion and need healing, and for those who want to become more involved in reaching out to pregnant women and mothers and fathers who have experienced abortion.
"When we launched our first site in 2003, we wanted to make sure it had all the information we wanted to get out," said Georgette Forney, co-founder of Silent No More and president of Anglicans for Life. "The new site makes sure we are reaching all the people we want to share that information with. The connection with those we're trying to reach is more obvious."
Janet Morana, co-founder of Silent No More and executive director of Priests for Life, said the updated look of the new site helps make it much more user friendly.
"It allows visitors to clearly and quickly get to wherever they want to go," Mrs. Morana said.
The testimonies of women and men who regret their past abortions have always been a popular draw for site visitors, and are still readily accessible. A new "Featured Story of the Day," brings visitors to the testimony section, which also can be accessed from the "Stories" button at the top of the page.
"The voices of the men and women who have had abortions, and have come to regret it, are the most powerful weapons we have in our fight to end abortion," said Father Frank Pavone, pastoral director of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign and National Director of Priests for Life.
Proof of the Silent No More web site's power came with a phone call to the campaign office the day before New Year's Eve. Mrs. Forney answered a call from a mother of three who said she had an appointment to abort her fourth child the following day. After reading some of the testimonies, she realized "She didn't want to have the regret these women suffer from. And she was concerned that, although she is always able to forgive others, she might not ever be able to forgive herself."
By the end of their conversation, the woman realized she didn't need to "depend on abortion" to solve the challenges the unplanned pregnancy presented. She told Mrs. Forney she was canceling her appointment.
"As we unveil this website, we invite all groups and Churches to use it as a key resource for help after abortion and for strength to those who might otherwise make that mistake," Father Pavone said.
Visit the new site at www.SilentNoMoreAwareness.org. To reach the office by phone, call 1-800-707-6635 or 1-888-735-3448.
Since the launch of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign in 2003, 4,845 women and men have shared their testimonies publicly at over 865 gatherings in 48 states and 10 countries where more than 110,830 attendees have heard the truth about abortion's negative aftereffects. More than 10,100 people representing 57 countries are registered to be Silent No More. Raising awareness about the hurtful aftermath of abortion and the help that is available to cope with the pain are two of the Campaign's goals. The Campaign has over 1,300 testimonies posted here, with over 120 that are shared via video!
The Silent No More Awareness Campaign is a joint project of Anglicans for Life and Priests for Life. For more information, please visit our website: Silent No More Awareness Campaign


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NEW YORK (AP) — CBS' "60 Minutes" apologized on Sunday's broadcast for a flawed story on the 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, and for the discredited source who claimed to have been at the scene.
During brief remarks at the end of the hour correspondent Lara Logan said "60 Minutes" was misled and made a mistake in its reporting.
Logan is the correspondent responsible for the Oct. 27 story. She had interviewed former security contractor Dylan Davies, who claimed he took part in fighting at the mission. But Davies' account unraveled last week, forcing CBS News on Friday to admit its error in running the story.


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Deroy Murdock: Republicans should defund Obamacare nowBY DEROY MURDOCK
August 11. 2013 7:31PM
Congress possesses the power of the purse, but only if it wields it. And it should do so to defund Obamacare before this medical Godzilla grows larger and more ferocious.
Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas are leading a valiant effort to pass legislation in September that will finance the federal government, as is, but zero out Obamacare, officially called the Affordable Care Act. Short of repeal, which President Barack Obama would veto, this may be the last exit before Obamacare's New Year's Day implementation. Once this beast is unleashed, its fire-breathing destruction could become uncontainable.
This initiative, headquartered online at DontFundObamacare.com, arrives just as Obamacare's critics have reached a crescendo.
"One major problem is the so-called Independent Payment Advisory Board. The IPAB is essentially a health care rationing body. ... The IPAB will cause frustration to providers and patients alike, and it will fail to control costs."
Was that Rush Limbaugh? Glenn Beck?
Thus wrote former presidential candidate and Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean, M.D., in July 29's Wall Street Journal. He likes aspects of Obamacare, but considers the board a clinical wrecking ball.
Obamacare "will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40-hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class." So goes an open letter by the chiefs of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers and UNITE HERE. These three labor unions represent some 2.8 million workers.
Even as it paces its cage, Obamacare already is wreaking havoc.
"One thing that we hear in the commentary that we get ... is that some employers are hiring part time in order to avoid the mandate" for insuring staffers who work more than 30 hours weekly, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified July 17 on Capitol Hill.
This worrisome trend dominated June's employment figures. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, part-time jobs rose by 360,000, while full-time positions fell by 240,000.
The term "Affordable Care Act" has become a sick punch line.
Maryland expects individual-market premiums to rise in 2014, up to 25 percent. Ohioans are bracing for analogous hikes averaging 88 percent. Forbes columnist Avik Roy calculates that a typical, nonsmoking 25-year-old California man will see his rates surge between 100 and 123 percent. Coverage for a similar 40-year-old will cost 116 percent more next year.
Because Obamacare's 2010-2019 expenses were back loaded (to ease congressional passage), its initial 10-year price tag was $940 billion. However, the Congressional Budget Office's 2014-2023 forecast incorporates four years of actual operations. Thus, Obamacare's latest 10-year estimate is $1.8 trillion — double the initial sticker price.
Meanwhile, Obamacare's popularity slip slides away. CBSNews.com's Amanda Cochran observed July 24 that 54 percent of adults disapprove of Obamacare, while only 36 percent embrace it. A mere 13 percent believe the program will "help me," while 38 percent think it will "hurt me."
Amid Obamacare's smoldering rubble, it is irritating that GOP senators such as North Carolina's Richard Burr and Oklahoma's stalwart Tom Coburn spurn this defunding bid. Imagine: If Republicans organized a proper anti-Obamacare parade, a deeply disenchanted public just might march with the GOP.
So long as the employer mandate is frozen until Jan. 1, 2015 (rather than 2014), Republicans should echo Lee's flawlessly logical argument: "If the administration will not enforce the law as written, then the American people should not be forced to fund it."
This strategy need not trigger a messy government shutdown. Lee wants to fund the budget, absent Obamacare. The House should consider similar language and make Democrats declare whether or not they still love this monster. Senate Democrats likewise should choose sides.
If this measure reaches Obama's desk, let him decide: "Do I keep Washington running as is, sans Obamacare money, or will my veto force Congress to keep Obamacare alive, even though everyone sees its rotting fangs and hideous, wart-encrusted hide?"
Come on, Republicans: Make Obama and the Democrats sweat!
Deroy Murdock is a columnist with Scripps Howard News Service, a Fox News contributor and a media fellow with Stanford University's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. His email is email@example.com.


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Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a great place to call home. But, that doesn't mean you always have to dine at home. In fact, the town of Chapel Hill has so many epicurean delights that you might be tempted to go out for just about every meal. So what Chapel Hill dining spots are must-visits for locals and visitors, alike? Read on.
Chapel Hill's Lantern restaurant serves up consistently delicious, inspired Pacific Rim fare. They use local ingredients whenever possible, and their wine list is impeccably curated. If you're looking for something quick, tasty, and healthy, the Mediterranean Deli is a great place to stop. Carnivores and herbivores alike will love this place's savory eats and reasonable prices.
If you're looking for that "south of the border" flavor, the locals have plenty of good things to say about Fiesta Grill, a tiny little Mexican place that's worth the wait for a table. If you have a hankering for a taste of Italy, then head over to Il Palio, an intimate nearby jewel that serves up local, organic Italian fare with flavor to spare.
Chapel Hill has plenty to savor from the far reaches of the globe, but what if you're in the mood for something a little less exotic? Local eateries have you covered there, too. The Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen is a long-standing local hotspot. Open for breakfast and brunch, they serve their namesake fare out of an unassuming drive-thru, but don't let that fool you.
Out of this world, Crook's Corner dishes up spicy and savory Cajun and American food. It's often noisy and crowded, but justifiably so. Their take on southern cuisine has garnered acclaim from locals and visiting gourmands, too. If fresh-caught seafood and Southern charm are what you're looking for, check out the Carolina Crossroads Restaurant, notable for its tasty food, attentive staff, and classy atmosphere.