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DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's governor appointed an auto-industry turnaround expert Thursday to steer Detroit back from the brink of ruin. The one-time symbol of America's industrial might became the biggest U.S. city to be placed under state financial control.
Kevyn Orr, a partner in the Cleveland-based law firm of Jones Day who represented Chrysler during its successful restructuring, will have broad powers to control all spending, including renegotiating labor contracts, selling off assets and even suspending elected officials' salaries.
"We can rise from the ashes," Orr told a news conference. "This is a beautiful city and a wonderful state that gave me my start. I feel compelled to do this job."
Under state law, his appointment is to last 18 months. But Orr doesn't expect the turnaround to take nearly that long.
The job "has a fuse on it," he said. "And If I do a good job, I get fired. I am highly motivated. If we work together, we can get this done significantly shorter than 18 months."
Detroit is saddled with a $327 million budget deficit and more than $14 billion in long-term debt — a morass that developed slowly during the decline of the auto industry, the exodus of a quarter million people from 2000 to 2010 and outright mismanagement at city hall.
At the height of its manufacturing boom, in 1950, Detroit was home to 1.8 million people. The 2010 census put the population at 713,000. Some estimates now place it below 700,000.
The city has been making ends meet on a month-to-month basis with the help of bond money held in a state escrow account. The city has also instituted mandatory unpaid days off for many city workers.
When he met with Gov. Rick Snyder, Orr said, he called the manager job "an unsung hero task." He asked the governor why he would bother to help the city. Snyder's response was: "Kevyn, it's the right thing to do, and it's the right time to do it."
The new manager called the job "the Olympics of restructuring" and said he relished the challenge, even though it meant up giving up his job with the law firm.
"It's not that I'm altruistic, but if we can do this, I will have participated in one of the greatest turnarounds in the history of this country," said Orr, who will make $275,000 per year.
Mayor Dave Bing and the City Council, who fought the prospect of an emergency manager for months, will keep their jobs, but the manager will decide all financial matters. And only the manager will have the power to authorize the city to pursue bankruptcy.
Orr said the Detroit's city charter "won't let you do anything by compulsion. You can do everything by consent. ... When I say consensual, I mean ... let's get at it and work together because we can resolve this."
In a possible warning to city unions, vendors and others, he said: "Don't make me go to the bankruptcy court. You won't enjoy it."
A state-appointed review team previously determined that Detroit's cash deficit meant the city would have to either increase revenues or cut spending — or both — by about $15 million per month for three months starting in January to "remain financially viable."
Those troubles, and the struggles of the mayor and the City Council to present a workable turnaround plan, led Snyder to turn to Orr.
"The bottom line here is that we must stop fighting each other," Bing said Thursday. "We must start to work together. I'm happy that now I've got teammates. I've got partners that can help me do things that need to be done in our city."
Led by some of the city's clergy, about 100 people protested outside the office building where Orr was introduced. Many were part of a larger group that opposed a previous version of Michigan's emergency manager law, which was repealed by voters in November.
Orr's appointment "means that (Detroit) residents are losing all of their voting power," Shirley Tolliver said. "We have been in contact with people from Pontiac, Benton Harbor and Ecorse, and (managers) have taken away everything."
Those cities are among the six — including Detroit — under state oversight.
Shortly before Orr was hired, Bing announced that Detroit had chosen Jones Day as the city's restructuring counsel.
The international firm, with more than 2,400 attorneys on five continents, has the experience needed to assist Detroit in its restructuring, according to a news release from Bing's office.
According to Jones Day's website, Orr has practiced law in business restructuring, financial institution regulation and commercial litigation since 1984. He has served as the chief government legal officer of a failed financial institution and a special master to oversee the operations of a real estate development firm.
Orr also has represented health care financier National Century Financial Enterprises in its bankruptcy. The 1983 University of Michigan Law School graduate is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and serves on its law review advisory board.
Orr's success or failure will be part of Snyder's legacy as governor. Race continues to polarize the 80 percent black city and its mostly white suburbs.
Snyder has sought to change that, trying to convince those outside Detroit that the state's fortunes and Detroit's turnaround are inter-related, while making it clear to city residents that the state only is offering a helping hand.
The hiring of an emergency manager is just the latest in a string of embarrassing setbacks to befall Detroit in recent years.
Explicit text messages made public in 2008 revealed the tawdry affairs and other shenanigans by the city's then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, leading to criminal charges and eventually prison time for him.
On Monday, Kilpatrick was also convicted on 24 federal corruption charges, capping a five-month trial that exposed a brazen pay-to-play culture during his tenure.
Associated Press Writer David Eggert in Lansing contributed to this report.

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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Cavaliers and free-agent forward Earl Clark have agreed to terms on a two-year, $9 million contract, the Los Angeles Daily News reported Thursday.
Clark comes to the Cavs off a solid 2012-13 season with the Los Angeles Lakers in which the 25-year-old posted career-best averages of 7.3 points and 5.5 rebounds while starting 36 of his 59 regular-season games. The former first- round pick was acquired by the Lakers from the Orlando Magic as part of last August's blockbuster trade that also sent All-Star center Dwight Howard to Los Angeles.
The Lakers had reportedly been interested in retaining Clark, but the cap- strapped franchise wasn't able to match the $4.5 million annual salary he'll receive to join recent No. 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett in Cleveland.
Clark, who spent the first two seasons of his five-year career with Phoenix, has averaged 4.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 14 minutes over 197 NBA games.


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We've posted a few zillion video game themed cakes on Kotaku, but rarely do they impress as much as this Angry Birds-inspired creation. It's one of the rare birthday cakes that's actually playable.
Mike Cooper from Electricpig is responsible for this interactive confection which he made for his Angry Birds-lovin' 6-year-old son. Cooper writes on his YouTube account "It's become a family tradition that I make increasingly ridiculous birthday cakes for my kids each year. So with my little boy Ben turning 6-years-old over the weekend, and appreciating his love of Angry Birds, I thought I'd have a shot a making him a playable Angry Birds birthday cake with working catapult and iced birds as ammunition."
Cooper has even put together a little tutorial on his Angry Birds dessert, which you can read here. Anyone out there who can provide alternatives to whatever Tunnocks Caramel Wafers are, please let us know in the comments.


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The funny thing is that there are tests out there that show film is still better than both the d800e and IQ 180.
That's me!!! That's me!! woo!! HELLO!!! :-DOh and ... Ermmm..... but it is.... Or are you one of those people who think an 8x10 Portra 400 shot has less resolution, colour depth, dynamic range and poorer lens quality than a D800 (or IQ180)Oh and certain 35mm B&W can still beat a D800E hands downTim
Oh and certain 35mm B&W can still beat a D800E hands down
You are probably thinking about adox cms 20: http://www.adox.de/english/ADOX%20Films/Premium/ADOX_Films/ADOX_CMS_Films.html
Well. a couple of months ago I ended up with a Mamiya 645 AFD II and a ZD Back.... and I compared with Canon 5D MKII, Canon 1DMKII, Nikon D800 and Olympus OMD....and.... if results are that close baring in mind that the Mamiya is several years old.... I would not worry to mucho about Nikon D800 shading out MF:http://www.photographyvideoblog.com/files/mamiya_645_afdII_zdback21mp.php
You note on your blog that the D800 has better shadows and worse highlights. My observations are that the D800 exposes about 1/3 stop hotter than my other cameras. So I used the built-in function to adjust the posemeter and now it has about the same highlights as everyone else.
A question : if you can have a Hassy H or phase one system or Alpa system for the price of a D800 system, wich one will you choose ?
. . . resolution isn't really the reason I'll put the film back onto my Hy6 and shoot film. I just like the look of it, and it handles some lighting situations better. Its really great to have choices.


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It's time to nominate someone for the 2015 TED Prize, a $1 million award to a visionary with a great big idea for creating change in the world. Through Monday, March 31, you can nominate a mentor, a hero, a co-worker, even yourself. TED is looking for someone who has not only a great wish, but a track record that suggests they could accomplish it.
(The winner of the 2014 TED Prize will be revealed on Tuesday, March 18, during the TED2014 conference. Mark your calendar to watch it live online. Check back here for details.)
While nominations open, we were curious: What kind of wishes would TED.com fans make with $1 million? These answers have been edited down from a TED conversation. Join the conversation, or make an official nomination through the TED Prize website.
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Followers of Marc Savard's Twitter feed know that the Bruins center still suffers from headaches and keeps close tabs on his Boston teammates and friends around the NHL.
You also know that he's been coaching his kids' teams this season.
Up until yesterday, the only Boston Bruins players I was aware of on Twitter were Tyler Seguin (@tylerseguin92) and Steven Kampfer (@stevekampfer47), plus a handful of Providence, major-junior and collegiate prospects.
But then one of my loyal followers pointed out @MSavvy91.
BOSTON — While the Bruins are still waiting to here about all the names they petitioned to get engraved on the Stanley Cup, one has been confirmed as included by the NHL.
Center Marc Savard will be on the Cup, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli confirmed tonight during the State of the Bruins town hall meeting at TD Garden.
BOLTON, Mass. — In the back of their minds, many of the Bruins who won the Stanley Cup last June must've been thinking how great it would be to get a chance to go for the Cup again with center Marc Savard in uniform.
It was apparent as reports came out over the summer that Marc Savard was still battling symptoms of post-concussion syndrome that the star center's 2011-12 season would be in doubt.
Here's the answer to a question many of you have asked me in various forms on this blog and via Twitter.
A player's day with the Stanley Cup is usually a day for unbridled joy and celebration.
Obviously, Marc Savard's day today was mixed with a twinge of disappointment because of the Bruins center's current health situation.
As his day with the Stanley Cup draws near, Marc Savard's chances of continuing his career beyond this season aren't looking any better.
Just like this blog, Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports has been receiving numerous inquiries about the status of getting Marc Savard's name on the Stanley Cup.
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said today during his conference call to announce the signing of Joe Corvo that Tuukka Rask and Milan Lucic recently underwent successful surgeries.
The saddest story of the Bruins' 2010-11 Stanley Cup championship season just keeps getting sadder.
BOSTON — He wasn't able to fly across the continent to join his Bruins teammates in Vancouver for their Stanley Cup championship celebration, so Marc Savard did the next best thing.
BOSTON — Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli confirmed today during a press conference that veteran center Marc Savard is scheduled to come to town for tomorrow's "rolling rally" downtown in honor of the Stanley Cup champions.
BOSTON — Just 11:20 into the first period of the Bruins' 6-5 Game 2 win over Tampa Bay tonight, the TD Garden crowd was clued into what many already knew.
Marc Savard was on hand to watch his team battle in the Eastern Conference Final.
BOSTON — Last week Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said he thought injured center Marc Savard might make his way to Boston to catch some games in the Eastern Conference Final, which starts tonight at the TD Garden.


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Bold burglars have city residents uneasy
August 27. 2013 12:50AM
MANCHESTER — A spike in weekend burglaries left residences with broken screens, windows and pushed-in air conditioners with electronics and other items stolen.
The five burglaries happened between 11 a.m. on Saturday and 10:20 a.m. on Sunday.
In one case, a brazen thief broke into a Walnut Street home when the homeowner was outside mowing her lawn.
In another instance, a thief tried to break into a Laurel Street home at night while the homeowner was sleeping. The burglar was thwarted by safety stops on the windows, police said.
Burglars mostly stole electronic items, but coins were taken in one instance, police said.
The city averages 15 burglaries — both commercial and residential — a week in the summer, though break-ins spiked to about 30 a week during a two-week period in mid July. Many of those burglaries since resulted in arrests.
The Aug. 24-25 burglaries are as follows:
• An Elmwood Avenue resident reported finding his side porch door shattered about 11 a.m. Saturday and his house ransacked but nothing appeared to have been taken.
• A Brown Avenue resident reported about 4:30 p.m. that he left the house for about an hour and returned home to find the door unlocked and electronic items taken. No sign of forced entry.
• A Queen City Avenue resident returned home about 5:30 p.m. Saturday to find someone broke into his apartment through a side window. Two gaming systems were taken.
• A 49-year-old Laurel St. woman woke up Sunday morning to find a hole cut in her window screen and the window partially opened. Safety stops prevented it from being completely opened. She believes someone tried to get in overnight as she slept. She had been burglarized Aug. 17 when someone was able to push open a window and steal a laptop just inside the window.
• A Walnut Street woman told police about 10:20 a.m. Sunday that her home had been broken in to while she was in the back yard mowing her lawn. She and a neighbor spotted a man walking in the alley and through yards and decided to check the house. She noticed a porch door screen pushed in, her purse ransacked and coins missing. It appears the suspect may have been scared off since other valuables were left behind.
The city had 77 burglaries reported between Aug. 1-23. This compares with 64 burglaries reported during the same time frame last year.


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CASTANEDA ABASCAL, Ileana Elena et al. Present situation of the formation of Doctors of Philosophy in health sciences. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2011, vol.37, n.4, pp.527-536. ISSN 0864-3466.
Objective To identify the favourable factors and the difficulties in the formation of doctors of philosophy (Ph.Ds) in health sciences. Methods An exploratory study was conducted through in-depth interviews to 22 representatives of Scientific Boards of the Network of Cooperative Centers of the National School of Public Health for the formation of Ph.Ds in health sciences in institutions located in La Habana and in the medical universities of Santiago de Cuba y Camaguey. A brainstorming was held with representatives of the member centers of the network. Results The favourable elements are the presence of a significant mass of doctors of philosophy in health sciences associated to the public health, availability of professionals having potentialities to reach the scientific degree, consolidation of the science and technology system in the sector and the implementation of specific actions for the formation of Ph.Ds. The main difficulties were lack of motivation on the part of professionals to attain the scientific degree, as a result of material difficulties, poor support by their institutions, lack of differentiated treatment to the Ph Ds, absence of integration between the undergraduate and postgraduate levels for the formation of these doctors, non-existence of a real scientific culture in the sector, lack of budget and of a well-established definition of the functions of tutors and poor use of the inter-sectorality in the research. Conclusions The National Health Care System has real possibilities for the formation of Ph Ds in health sciences. The difficulties affecting this process range from the poor motivation of professionals to organizational and training problems found in the participating actors. These problems will be solved to a large extent when the formation of Ph Ds nationwide is taken into account in the domestic health policy and duly articulated with the science and technology subsystem.
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I have Ubuntu on PS3. Problem is, you have very restricted access to the underlying hardware due to Sony's RSX driver prohibiting this. While Sony are better than Microsoft in that they contributed patches to Linux you also have to consider that Sony did this to head off any truly open drivers for the PS3 (since it works "well enough" for most people). Also, Sony didn't add Linux out of altruism, it's because they get a lower import tax/duty in the EU if the PS3 is classed as "computing" hardware rather than "entertainment" hardware only.
That said, the PS3 is an excellent bit of gear and I'm happy it runs Linux very well (despite the restrictions on access to the GPU, which means no hardware OpenGL).


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Gamestop has essentially monopolized the used game trade, and gamers have little other choice but to bow down to the corporate altar. Whenever the suits get involved, you can expect a shiny but soulless experience. Here is a rundown of the 5 most annoying things gamers deal with every time they visit their local Gamestop.
ive never been to a gamespot before, but is it really that bad?
I've been in line behind "the pokemon kid." You'll stand in line for half an hour while he asks about everything pokemon while you wait to pay for your game that takes all of thirty seconds. The only thing worse than them are the dreaded "pokemon parents" because they really don't know anything.
And the used game prices are ridiculous. I went into a Gamestop a few days ago planning on buying a used copy of Motorstorm, and left quickly after seeing a price tag of $45.
Sadly though, I played the role of comment guy once. I had to though. I saw someone picking up a copy of Lair, and I had to stop him. For all I know it might have been the copy I traded in a week after I bought it.
You want to buy used games, then go Ebay. Cut out the middle man. I know I know, some of you don't have credit cards/bank accounts and others simply don't have the patience to wait for the game to arrive but I'm telling you, when you get a used game for 30 bucks (35 after shipping) it makes a difference. Only ten bucks right? Well do that ten times and you see it adds up.
I also only sell my games via auction sites. After Gamestop offered me 25 bucks for Madden 08 the week it launched I sold it on Ebay for 20 bucks more than they offered.
Because of the Smug as$ personnel who work their and know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING of gaming, only to try and convince you to buy the latest copy of the Conan Game or some other non-selling mediocre piece of ish...
....."The JOEY has Spoken"
Agreed; for the most part I don't mind the store as I don't sell my games, and like the idea of just popping in and depositing a little here and there to just pick up the game at no cost when it launches. But my God, some of the employees their take there position as a CSA to be some sort of credential for gaming guru, when half of what they say is wrong. Not all of them mind you, but the bad seeds just seem to stand out so much because they're so much more vocal. Smug, condescending, elitist pains in the butt. And then when I correct them about someting, they have nothing better to say than "no, that's wrong."
This is old.
I have too. Like over 2 months ago and I'm pretty sure it was on N4G.
I was just about to say the same thing. The date says feb 14th 2008 on the article though. A little recycling I guess.
Anyways, yes, Gamestop sucks. I have started buying all of my game related stuff at Best Buy.
Thats because it is an absolute dublicate...
They lifted the article off this other site...
this atricle is older than jesus.
bubble up for making me chuckle...i knew i wasn't crazy, i had definitely read this here before
there employees r cool, they r playing games everytime i go there and its fun to join them. Gamestop is my alternative home.
Dark Sniper hates Gamestop because it is full of a bunch of brainless Xbox fanboys who don't know jack about games or gaming,Dark Sniper suggest taking your business elsewhere
Just look at the comment above Dark Sniper's comment,Dark Sniper can't help but to ponder if jinn is one of them
Wow, you are definitely some kind of loser huh?
In Sweden we have EBGames/Gamestop, but the clerks are very friendly and nice to talk to.
is a list of alternate locations for used games with better prices and options. Columbus Ohio? Westpoint Videogames. Rome-Hilliard rd. hole in the wall? yes. Good deals in trade in and new games? Hell yea.
I live in Columbus, OH now so I will be checking this store out.
To stalkers: Even though now you know where I live also know I carry heat. Yeah, I'm an American. :)
Toyriffic in Minnesota and Wisconsin, a little better then Gamestop and sometimes they break release dates to steal Gamestops buisness, Halo 3 and Madden came out a week early.
I have at least 3 Gamestops by my house in Fl. Some of them have a$$hole employees described in this articles but others actually recommend quality titles...
Its also a place where a whole bunch of gamers in the neighborhood go and hang out and talk about games and stuff...
This article doesnt pertain to every single Gamestop..
the last "new" copy of the game you want is sold to you off the shelf, unwrapped, with a sticker on it.
But u ever wonder what stops them from selling real clean used copies as "new" games, unwrapped, with a "new" sticker on it?
We should leave all of the new copies sealed & live on the floor so everyone can steal them. When the new games come in, we gut 1 to use as the display box on the shelf. The rest go in the cases behind the counter. When someone can come up with a valid, reasonable explanation as to why we would sell a used game as new when we don't make squat on new merchandise, please let me know.
What does selling a used game as new have to do with the fact that you don't make anything on new games? Not the same thing. If you pay someone $25 for a trade on his used game, and re-wrap it as new and sell it for 59.99 instead of 49.99 as used, you make more money. Nothing stopping someone if they're shady.
Because then you have to remove the used item you just took in from inventory & add it to the new. All of which corporate can easily see, which leads to a nice meeting with loss prevention, & you to a new job. Thanks, please try again.
the 3 closest gamestops near my house have some cool employees.
sometimes i walk in there just to check out games, not buy anything, and they are kinda enough to give me promotional artwork or usb stuff for free.
it all depends where you are.
The Gamestop near me has the nicest employees, they know a lot about video games, and they'll talk to you about games and cheats and everything. They're pretty cool.
there's alot of ps3 fans at the gamestop bye me
Ya, customer service blows.... Nothing like a no-it-all gamer....
Gamers should set up a site to sell and trade games themselves..cut out the middle man
amen to that american gangasta style lol
Goozex.com for trading. Or Gamefly.com for used.
Yeah, if I want a used game, I go eBay. Gamestop and EBGames are a bit pricey for, "Used" games.
When you stop by GameStop the day of a game's release and they ask you, "Did you reserve it?" and they give you a scared look like you might not be getting it. Then it's like "sike" as then open a shelf filled with a game. Hate the pushiness of making you get a reservation.
That doesn't really bother me, because it's obvious they just want as many copies available as possible.
Business tactic.
Everyone of them apply to EB Games too :)
That article was feaking hilarious, because it's almost all true. Like Sniper said, they are mostly Xbots. I bought a PS3 there so I could use all my credit, but when I asked for it the guy stared at me like I was a retard or something. And if you ask which is better, they'll say "360 cause it has better games". I haven't heard that before.
the best thing that ever happened to me in gamestop (ebgames up here)
finding Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for PS2 for 39.99
They want $89.99 for it now.
Can you believe that?
The only one I agree with is Used games 54.99. That's a joke and a bad one at that.
Seriously though being mad at them saying Hi and a guy talking about games at a games store? Idiot employees are everywhere and not all Gamestop stores have them. So what if some kid wants to ask questions about Pokemon, it's kind of the employees job to answer customers questions.
There are 2 GameStops and 1 EB Games near my house and they're not that bad, they're only jerks around holiday time around parents or stupid kids askin' for Pokemon Games
If anyone acted like that in my district... --------> There's the door. As a matter of fact, when I hire someone I ask them their 2 current favorite systems right off the bat and then their all time favorite. If the xbox 360 is at the top. They're not getting hired.
I also don't adhere to half the garbage they're talking about. Subs and pre-orders?? Not at my store... Sorry. You can ask anyone of my employees if they work in a decent environment and they love it. Also, 5.75 an hour? That's odd... I'd hate to live in their state.
If you don't like it, don't shop there. There's always wal-mart, target, best buy, circuit city, amazon, and ebay.
The gamestops near me actually have pretty decent employees.
Clearly this poster has no idea how to use Gamestop. Case in point: I just bought, played, and returned COD4 and it cost me $2 total.
I bought the "$54.99" used COD4 and used a 25% off coupon plus a 10% member discount. I paid $35.75 for it. I used store credit -- no sales tax... I played it for a week and traded it in for $30 plus the extra 10% membership or $33. I paid $275 to play COD4. That's cheaper than a blockbuster rental.
Sure, not all deals work out like that, but if you pay attention, they can happen pretty often and I take advantage.
I get so tired of listening to people whining about EB/GS... Don't shop there. They aren't putting a gun to your head and forcing you to buy used or to even shop there in the first place. Feel free to open your own store or go down the street to Wal-Mart and pay $59.97 for the latest release. After all, Wal-Mart employees are top-of-the-foodchain when it comes to gamer knowledge.
It's human nature to moan & complain when they have total control to avoid something. How many times have you heard someone complain about the cost of cigarettes or how cold it is outside during their smoke break?
Not much of a difference at all...
I don't know about most people I find Gamestop to be a great place to buy games. I will one day work there and I wont make the same mistakes past employees make like the "sup" comments.
i cant stand takling to half of these xbots,they make sick.they think that xbox is gonna make it another year.i told your dreaming,its as dead as hd dvd,and they say maybe hes right when i turn my back.they do have some ps3 fans and they just sound smarter when you talk to them.its not shooter this and shooter that.that getting old.PLAY B3YOND!!
i wish they would just take them off the shelfs,im sick of hearing about the RROD.xbox is dead leave it to rest.PLAY B3YOND!
my list is as follows:
1) Pre-Order Whoring
-there's not a single time I've been where I haven't been absolutely hounded to pre-order something.
2) the 360 Fanboy Employees
-they'll shun you into oblivion for going in there and asking to buy the PS3 version of any game...or tell you "that game sucks" to anything you purchase thats PS3 exclusive. They make it their BUSINESS to tell YOU how much the PS3 sucks. As if you asked.
3) The Trade-In Values
-do I really need to explain this?
4) The Ludicrous Used Game Prices
-same as above
5) The Laziness of the Employees
-a few times I'll ask if they have 'blah-blah' for PSP... and an immediate NO comes out...like...you didn't even LOOK for it. And they give me the straightest of faces...
WARNING: If you aren't going in for the sole purpose of PURCHASING an XBOX 360 Video Game, I wouldn't advise stepping through the door.
Sears is much better. The employees in the electronics section are elderly and know nothing about video games, so you just go in and buy. No idiot opinion / bashing of a game you came to buy...and you don't have to pre-order...cuz nobody shops there :-). They have plenty.
How did this get approved.
The exact same thing was published months ago.
Unless those of us who see the issue report it, people will aprove it...
I guess I'm guilty of being the 'comment' guy.
However, I don't recollect on personal stories, and every time I recommend a game people run up to the register to purchase it.
GameCrazy actually gave me 35 dollars for Oblivion, and 35 for UT3! It may not be much, but it is over half price. Gamestop gave me 15 for Resistance >.>. I've been going to GameCrazy lately for my gaming needs and have been completely satisfied. Their used pricings aren't that bad either. it was 40 bucks for Motorstorm(used). Considering the prices they give you for trading games in, the used games are bound to be expensive, but I was very surprised that it's only a 5 dollar difference between the two. I guess it just depended on who worked there too. One time I went into game crazy and hated it. The clerks were tall, bald, fat and muscular henchmen looking people! O_O!!! They made me pay 40 dollars for goldeneye, while my grandma went in there a week before christmas and a teenager was working in there and she got goldeneye for 15 dollars! Gamestop also only offered 25 dollars for an almost new fat PSP. GameCrazy gave me 75. Again, I think it may depend on who is working. If you see a tall, fat, bald guy working... don't do business. If you see a teenager who is unbiased(wearing a PlayB3yond shirt, and an xbox 360 keychain necklace thing) then by all means do business!!!!!
yeah I started goin to gamecrazy too i got some 12 free game rents when i bought a psp and the mvp card gives me a free year subscription but they can be pretty dumb about the prices too sometimes like why the hell would warhawk be 47.99 and doesn't comes with the head set when the download only cost $40?
First of all its $6.15 for starting, some employees...yes they are morons but there are alot of them that know what the heck they are talking about.
and if you dont like gamestop...THEN DONT GO THERE!!
- 30% more value for your trade-ins
- 5% less on new games
when the idiot employee pisses me off but I'll hold off on the whole mothers basement thing more of a small dorm but its just as bad and taco bell gives me gas 0.o
I love the annoying little grin they get when you are trading in a game and they are obviously f**king you.
At least three times I've called them, asking them if they have a certain game in stock. I ask them to hold said game for me until I get there within 30 minutes. I get to the store and turns out they were holding the wrong game for me, and they don't even have a copy of the game I asked them for! Aren't video game store employees supposed to know a little bit about video games?
Recently, I made the mistake of buying into the whole "Pre-order Patapon at Gamestop and get a free demo!" Yeah, so when I called in to pre-order, they had know idea what the fawk Patapon was. I should've known right then and there I was making a huge mistake. So I stupidly made the pre-order anyways. Two times I call them after I read that the Patapon demo was out in stores, and each time the jackass on the other end had no idea what I was talking about!!
Eventually the last phone convo I made with them went like this:
Me: "Hi, do you have the Patapon demo that came with my Pre-Order in stock yet? Yeah yeah, I know *jokingly* 'Patapon?? Wuzz that?' It's a game for PSP spelled P-A-T-A-P-O-N."
Them: "Uhh........let....me...c heck. Let's see here......Oh yeah we have it"
Me: "What?? ARE YOU SERIOUS? I'll be right down to come pick it up! Thanks!"
So I go down there... Only to find THEY DON'T FAWKING HAVE IT IN STOCK. His excuse? "Ohhh...Sorry dude, I was looking at the wrong game demo."
-_-; Needless to say, I cancelled my pre-order with them and plan to head straight to Play-N-Trade as soon as the game comes out. I'm never making the mistake of walking into another Gamestop unless forced to do so by gunpoint.
I really hate Gamestop. When you trade games in they don't give you hardly nothing for them.
Except for on Xbox 360 launch day. I live about 70 miles from the nearest EBgames, and I worked until about 4pm, got off work and called EB to see if they still had any 360's left. To my amazement they had 1 core unit left! Even more amazing is the fact that they said they would hold it for me for 2 hours. Got in my car and cruised up there and sure enough, they had saved it for me : )
don't go to gamestop, you get more money back for your games on ebay.
gamestop is awsome if you have an edge card a new used game is only 50 bucks and where else can you buy a used game and return it within 7 days for a full refund.and this guy who wrote this seems to not only have a problem with gamestop but with people in general he sounds like a whiner.what kind of person calls somebody a crak addict because they turned in a copy of halo 3?the guy is a dummy
Selling your games at Gamestop is the worst. I put that sh*t on eBay, get about 70% of my money back, instead of 10%.


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"And may the odds be ever in your favor."
—Effie Trinket, announcer for the corporate state in The Hunger Games
We live in what will surely come to be called the Citizens United era, a period in which a runaway corporatist ideology has overtaken Supreme Court jurisprudence. No longer content just to pick a president, as five conservative Republicans on the Rehnquist Court did in 2000, five conservative Republicans on the Roberts Court a decade later voted to tilt the nation's entire political process toward the views of moneyed corporate power.
In Citizens United (2010), the Court held that private corporations, which are nowhere mentioned in the Constitution and are not political membership organizations, enjoy the same political free speech rights as people under the First Amendment and may draw on the wealth of their treasuries to spend unlimited sums promoting or disparaging candidates for public office. The billions of dollars thus turned loose for campaign purposes at the direction of corporate managers not only can be but—under the terms of corporate law—must be spent to increase profits. If businesses choose to exercise their newly minted political "money speech" rights, they must work to install officials who will act as corporate tools.
The Court, transformed by the addition of Chief Justice Roberts and Samuel Alito, who were nominated by that lucky winner in Bush v. Gore, took this giant step to the right of all prior Courts without even being asked to do so. The petitioner, Citizens United, sought only a ruling that the electioneering provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (better known as McCain-Feingold) didn't apply to its on-demand movie about Hillary Clinton. But the conservatives sent the parties back to brief and argue the paradigm-shifting constitutional question they were so keen to decide. As dissenting Justice John Paul Stevens observed, the justices in the majority "changed the case to give themselves an opportunity to change the law."
Before Citizens United came down, corporations were already spending billions of dollars lobbying, running "issue ads," launching political action committees and soliciting PAC contributions. Moreover, CEOs, top executives and board directors—the people whose income and wealth have soared over the past several decades in relation to the rest of America—have always contributed robustly to candidates. But there was one crucial thing that CEOs could not do before Citizens United: reach into their corporate treasuries to bankroll campaigns promoting or opposing the election of candidates for Congress or president. This prohibition essentially established a wall of separation—not especially thick or tall, but a wall nonetheless—between corporate treasury wealth and campaigns for federal office.
The Roberts Court's 5-4 decision to demolish most of this wall also bulldozed the foundational understanding of the corporation that had governed American law for two centuries. The Court had always regarded the corporation not as a citizen with constitutional rights but as an "artificial entity" chartered by the states and endowed with extraordinary privileges in order to serve society's economic purposes. The great conservative Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819), "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence."


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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
|Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cover artwork
|Rockstar North
|Rockstar Games
|Take-Two Interactive
|Grand Theft Auto
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC, Xbox 360
|Release date
|PlayStation 2
NA26 October 2004
PAL29 October 2004
Windows and Xbox
NA7 June 2005
EU10 June 2005
Xbox 360 (Download)
NA20 October 2008
|Third-person shooter, Action, Action-Adventure
|Single player
Split-screen Multiplayer
Download (Xbox 360)
|Input methods
|Gamepad (PS2 and Xbox)
Keyboard, mouse (PC)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was released in October 2004, two years after after predecessor Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and is the third 3D game in the series. It uses by far the largest map, scaling three cities, a large open countryside and a baron desert, and proved to be possibly the most successful game on the Playstation 2 of all time, and to most, the best Grand Theft Auto gameof all time, becoming a multi-Platinum game just like Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Like the other games in the Grand Theft Auto III era, the game used the RenderWare engine, and although its graphics were far from the best, it was regarded as such a great game because of its sandbox style.
It's set in 1992, and starts off in Los Santos, one of the three major cities in the San Andreas county. The storyline follows Carl Johnson, ex-gangster and member of the Grove Street Families through the typical "rags to riches" scenario in the largest set missions in the series. San Andreas has only ever been used once in the 3D world of Grand Theft Auto, although it was used in the first game, based on San Fierro (the second of the three major cities).
[edit] Story Overview
Related article: List of missions in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
[edit] Warning: Plot or ending details below!
Carl Johnson moved to Liberty City in 1987, but after five years living there he came home to Los Santos, only to find that his mother was killed in a drive-by shooting and the streets once controlled by the Grove Street Families had been the centre of huge gang wars in which the Ballas and the Los Santos Vagos has taken control. The Families had been reduced to virtually nothing, and on arrival in the city, Carl began to see for himself what had happened, when his own mother's funeral was attacked by rival gangs, and when he ran into his old foe Frank Tenpenny. For the first part of the story, Carl built up contacts around the city to trace the people responsible for his mother's death, and traced it back to a green Sabre owned by a rival gang, and with this the Families once more began to rise. Carl was arrested by Tenpenny and dumped in the middle of Red County, a large open countryside, and began doing work around there, and when he started working with The Truth, he was soon forced to move to San Fierro and take refuge in an abandoned garage which he had won the deeds to from Catalina. His work continued and he met new people, and his travels took him through the baron desert and into the lights of Las Venturas where he took part in a heist on Caligula's Palace. When Carl finally returned to Los Santos, riots had started in the streets, and the Families had once again lost control of their territory, so he began to start taking back control again, and went to tie up some loose ends at Big Smoke's factory, where he saw how much drugs had corrupted Smoke and ended up killing him, and immediately chasing Tenpenny through the streets who eventually came to an end on Grove Street, where he crashed his firetruck. Doing missions will also gain respect from other people for CJ, as will gaining territory (whilst losing territory loses respect).
[edit] Carl Johnson
Carl Johnson is an African American man, who is part of a gang called the Grove Street Families in Los Santos and is known simply as CJ to his homies. Carl moved away from Los Santos to Liberty City in 1987, and returned to his home five years later to find that his mother is dead and his gang reduced to nothing. Not much is known about Carl before he moved to the east coast, and similarly, he has not been heard of since the events in 1992, so it is unknown whether he is still alive or if he is dead. It is known, however, that he moved to the east coast after the death of his other brother Brian Johnson, and spent his time in the east working for Joey Leone of the Leone family. CJ, unlike other protagonists in the Grand Theft Auto series is fully customizable; players can mix and match different clothes as they please (with the default style being a white tank top, blue jeans and sneakers), and can also customize his hair style, get him tattoos, change his weight (which also affects his fitness) and can take him to the gym to give him some muscle. Carl is also the first black protagonist in the Grand Theft Auto series, and one of two in total (the other being Victor Vance).
[edit] San Andreas
San Andreas is a state based on three major cities around the real-world San Andreas fault line. The cities are, in order of being unlocked, Los Santos (Los Angeles), San Fierro (San Francisco) and Las Venturas (Las Vegas) with a large open countryside known as the Badlands separating Los Santos and San Fierro, and a vast desert separating San Fierro from Las Venturas. Los Santos is home to the film studios, and the rich and famous people such as Madd Dogg, but as well as the glamour of Vinewood, there are also the less well off areas, such as Ganton, towards the east of the city where the gang activity is. North and west of this is Red County, which is inhabited by a few people in small towns, and also contains Mount Chilliad, the largest mountain in the county. On the west side of the map is San Fierro, which is a city which revolves a lot more around business, and is home to iconic landmarks such as the Big Prick and the Gant Bridge. To the north of the map is a large baron desert which consists of a few small towns, an abandoned airstrip and a military research facility, whilst the north-east of the map is home to Las Venturas, which is the lights and nightlife of the area, made up of dozens of casinos, some of which players can enter and gamble in.
[edit] Characters
There are a large range of characters in San Andreas, ranging from the gangsters on the streets of Los Santos, to the leaders in the lights and life of Las Venturas. The cast consists largely of rap musicians, due to the main focus of the game being on African American gangs in a stereotypical ghetto scenario, and on top of that, actors such as Frank Vincent also make an appearence. San Andreas was the first game in the series to use multiple characters from other games, bringing back such people as Salvatore Leone, Ken Rosenberg, Claude and Catalina. This allowed players to see what became of characters after the events of Vice City and what happened to some before the events of Grand Theft Auto III, and the use of returning characters was then also made in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, meaning that the storylines mixed and became more like a series than individual games (although no old characters returned in Grand Theft Auto IV). In San Andreas, Carl makes many friends, including Cesar Vialpando, but also loses some older friends, such as Ryder and Big Smoke.
[edit] Vehicles
San Andreas had the largest range of vehicles seen in Grand Theft Auto games to date, with a total of 188 different vehicles available. As well as the usual GTA vehicles, such as cars, vans, boats, helicopters and motorbikes, this game also introduced some new forms of transport. The most prominent new type of vehicle is airplanes, ranging from small private jets through to a large commercial passenger liner. Players must learn during the course of the game to fly by attending a school, and when they have obtained their pilots license, they have the ability to roam into any airport and fly any of the aircraft parked in there. As well as this, players can also steal a VTOL fighter jet in one mission and take it back to Verdant Meadows airstrip, where it will be available for them to use whenever they want, along with the jetpack. Other new additions include the freight trains which run around the county, police bikes, hovercraft, combine harvesters and the SWAT tanks and the FBI tanks, used in the riot missions towards the end of the storyline (they are not available otherwise). Driving in San Andreas more allows players to build up better driving skill stats, and similarly riding a bicycle will allow them to build up bike skill stats.
[edit] Weapons
The weapons system works in the same way as in the previous games - there are twelve different categories of items, and CJ can only carry one of each type at any time. There is a large range of weapons available, many of which (these being handguns, shotguns, SMGs and assault rifles) have different levels of skill, and more skill allows for players to do more. For example, reaching top skill level with a sawn-off shotgun would allow CJ to dual wield and fire two at the same time. There are many new and inventive ways to take out people, including fire extinguishers, spray paint and indeed sex toys (dildos and vibrators).
[edit] Soundtrack
The soundtrack of San Andreas is a costly one, made up of many well known artists of a large variety of genres to suit many different tastes. In alphabetical order, the radio stations and genres are listed below. For more details, click the names of the radio stations.
- Bounce FM - Funk
- CSR 103.9 - Swing
- K-DST - Classic Rock
- K-JAH West - Reggae
- K Rose - Country
- Master Sounds 98.3 - Funk, Soul
- Playback FM - East Coast, Classic Hip Hop
- Radio Los Santos - West Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap
- Radio X - Rock, Alternative Rock, Heavy Metal
- SF-UR - House
- WCTR - Talk
[edit] Game Launch
San Andreas is one of the most highly rated games of all time, being rated as almost perfect by virtually every professional reviewer, and has gone multi-platinum on the PlayStation 2, selling over twelve million units on the one console in just six months and is now the greatest selling PlayStation 2 game of all time.
[edit] Download
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is on offer on the Xbox Live Marketplace as an Xbox Original.[1] It is not on offer in Australia.
[edit] Controversy
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was the victim of lawsuits and accusations, as with its predecessors, with the normal cases where people claimed that the cause of some murders was obsession with Grand Theft Auto, however San Andreas was also the centre of attention in one of the largest video game controversy in modern times. A game modder found a way to reverse an engineered code on the disc which unlocked a hidden feature which Rockstar never intended for the public to see. Normally when girlfriends in the game invite CJ in for some coffee, a view is seen of the outside of the house, and moans are heard, however with the patch known as the "Hot Coffee" mod, players could engage in a sexual intercourse mini-game with the in-game girlfriend, but whilst this was fully clothed it gave the game nothing but bad publicity, and soon had the game removed from the shelves and re-rated as Adults Only by ESRB, the first and only game in the series ever to receive an AO rating.
[edit] See also
100% Completion for San Andreas
[edit] References
This game is part of the Grand Theft Auto Series
| Preceded by
Grand Theft Auto Advance
| This is the sixth game in the
Grand Theft Auto Series
| Succeeded by
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
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Our March Books Plus will be special because Wendy Rubin will be leading a discussion on the book so many Bloomingtonians are reading, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Not only is it our 2013 One Book One Bloomington selection but it's a dystopian novel that focuses on the treatment of women.
This novel offers so many interesting questions to discuss, what makes a theocratic society, can women really be revered when they are policed by men, and how does dividing women into hierarchies based on their domestic tasks affect society. It's basically a book about good and evil. In one passage, Margaret Atwood said, "The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil."
Atwood wrote this novel in 1984-85 while living in West Berlin which was still surrounded by the wall. She handwrote the novel then transcribed it. She later said that the book offered two possible futures, and that either one could have happened. Looking back at it after nearly thirty years, do you find elements of the book still mirrored in our country?
Please join us for a fascinating discussion on a great 20th century book that is still being censored today. For information on this and future programs, please see below.
Books Plus meets the first Sunday of each month. All are welcome. Join the discussion or simply come to listen.
No registration necessary. Drop in.
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See the upcoming schedule below:
March 3
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Discussion Leader: Wendy Rubin
Join us for a discussion of the 2013 One Book One Bloomington! In this dark vision of a future United States, the handmaid Offred is defined solely by her biological function as a child-bearer. Forbidden even to read, she tries to survive in oppressive and dangerous circumstances. The novel explores themes of power, gender conflict, the individual in society, language and storytelling.
April 7
National Poetry Month: Little Songs: Exploring the Sonnet
Discussion Leader: Dory Lynch
For over five hundred years, poets have written enduring sonnets about love, friendship, death, and nature. In only fourteen lines, authors have shared their views of the world. From Shakespeare and Petrarch to modern poets such as Billy Collins, Rita Dove, and Carol Ann Duffy, the sonnet has continued to amaze and inspire. In honor of National Poetry Month please come explore the kind of poem that Dante Gabriel Rossetti called the "moment's monument." If you don't like the tight rhyming structure of the old sonnets, we will include some contemporary ones in modern language. Please bring a poem to share--a favorite of yours--either a sonnet or one in another format that you love.
May 5
Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Discussion Leader: Luann Dillon
From 1913 to today, from England to Australia and back again, generations of a family keep their secrets guarded and their gardens locked.


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Leinster win The Last Stand at Lansdowne
31/12/2006 - 16:39:22Back to Magners League Sport Home
Leinster 20 Ulster 12
Leinster took the spoils in the last ever rugby match at the old Lansdowne Road as second-half tries from Owen Finegan and Jamie Heaslip saw them come from behind to beat Ulster 20-12.
Dubbed 'The Last Stand', this provincial derby marked the end of an era as little over 130 years after these sides played out the first ever rugby fixture at the famous Dublin stadium, they brought the curtain down on Lansdowne Road as it currently exists.
February will see the wrecking ball move in and a new 50,000-seater stadium is projected to be ready in time for the 2009 autumn internationals.
Just as they did on December 16, 1876, Leinster managed to beat the visitors, this time in front of a record Magners League crowd of 48,000. The wind and rain failed to spoil a carnival day for Irish rugby, which even included a half-time marriage proposal.
Disappointingly David Humphreys, who captained Ulster to Heineken Cup glory at the Dublin 4 venue in 1999, had his afternoon cut short by a fifth-minute shoulder injury.
Leinster took their cue from there with Gordon D'Arcy probing and pressing at every opportunity. Malcolm O'Kelly showed well at lineout time and in the loose, but Ulster, with the wind advantage, edged the first half 12-5.
Former Ulster prop Ronan McCormack was caught offside at a 22nd-minute ruck and Humphreys' replacement Wallace speared over the penalty for the game's first points.
Frustratingly for Leinster coach Michael Cheika, the penalty count against his side grew as the half went on and Wallace obliged again with a difficult 33rd-minute penalty kick, drawing it in from the left.
A quick tap penalty from Isaac Boss then set Ulster on the attack and hands in the ruck from Will Green saw Wallace, with the aid of the upright, notch a superb third penalty from the right flank.
Leinster roared right back, winning the restart and man-of-the-match Stephen Keogh was unfortunate not to cross in the right corner after a great build-up from Brian O'Driscoll and Shane Horgan. The former Munster back rower lost control of the ball over the try line as Andrew Trimble put in a hefty challenge.
However Cheika's men regrouped and Horgan popped up on the left wing to put Denis Hickie over from close range for his fifth try in 10 league games, taking the Ireland winger's league record to 27.
Jonathan Sexton's conversion attempt bounced back off the post and Ulster managed to have the last word of the first half with a wonderful drop goal from the on-fire Wallace.
It was effectively a tale of two halves as Leinster succeeded in dominating the second half, with the aid of the elements. Young number 10 Sexton struck a penalty, six minutes in, and was unfortunate to miss another place kick just moments later.
Despite losing Hickie, who was yellow carded for killing the ball as Ulster pressed for a try with numbers out to the right, Leinster picked up their second try while down to 14 men.
Replacement lock Finegan, who clashed with his former Wallaby team mate Justin Harrison in the aftermath of his score, crashed through Paul Steinmetz's tackle on 64 minutes after a barrage of Leinster attacks.
Felipe Contepomi, showing no ill effects of his recent knee injury, converted and the Pumas star showed lovely hands in the build-up to Heaslip's 77th-minute effort.
Ulster, form whom Wallace missed a penalty on the hour, were completely stretched as snipes from O'Driscoll and Kieran Lewis and a timely offload from Bernard Jackman put Heaslip over in the right corner, signalling some early New Year's celebrations for Leinster's fifth win in their last six meetings with their northern counterparts.


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January 18, 2014
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have agreed to a minor league deal with left-hander Rafael Perez that includes an invitation to major league spring training.
Texas announced the deal with the 31-year-old Perez on Saturday.
Perez pitched for minor league affiliates in the Minnesota and Boston organizations last season, going a combined 3-2 with a 2.60 ERA and six saves over 29 relief appearances. He is now pitching the playoffs of the Dominican Winter League.
Perez has a 21-12 record with three saves and a 3.64 ERA over 338 career appearances in the majors, all in relief with Cleveland from 2006-12. He made at least 70 appearances for the Indians three times from 2008-11.


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Nuggets weighing options with No. 27 pick in draft
DENVER (AP) — The way newly hired general manager Tim Connelly sees things, Denver already has a young player on the bench who can instantly step in and step up.
That's why he will consider all options with the No. 27 pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night.
Connelly fully believes that Quincy Miller, a little-used forward last season, could be just the player to give the Nuggets a lift following a year in which the team won a franchise-most 57 games, only to bow out in the first round of the playoffs.
As it stands, the Nuggets are already one of the youngest teams in the league. They're heading into the draft with not only a fresh GM, but a new head coach after Brian Shaw was recently brought on board to replace George Karl.
And any pick they do indeed make may be with this in mind: Andre Iguodala, the team's top perimeter defender, opted out of the final year of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent. There's no guarantee of his return.
Just in case, the Nuggets could be looking for insurance at shooting guard. Some mock drafts have Denver taking either Allen Crabbe of California or Ricky Ledo of Providence. They also could trade the pick.
"We're always trying to improve," said Connelly, who replaced Masai Ujiri after the league's Executive of the Year left to become GM of the Toronto Raptors. "If we can identify a guy that can improve on where we are, by all means we'll bring that guy into the fold.
"But we already feel like we have a first-round pick in Quincy."
The 6-foot-10 Miller only played a total of 26 minutes last season, mostly with games already decided. But he's made progress over the offseason, adding 20 pounds to his lanky frame, growing another inch in height and honing his 3-point shot.
Miller could possibly fill in until the return of Danilo Gallinari, who's expected back in December after knee surgery.
That's a role the 20-year-old Miller insists he's ready for, comparing his style to that of Indiana Pacers standout Paul George.
"I've got a little bit more flair to my game," laughed Miller, who was taken by Denver in the second round in 2012.
The Nuggets should definitely utilize their youngsters under Shaw, which wasn't always the case when Karl was on the bench. The longtime coach simply preferred to lean more on veterans than youth. Guard Evan Fournier, the 20th overall pick in 2012, along with forwards Jordan Hamilton and Anthony Randolph, could figure into the team's plans even more heavily next season.
"That's in the back of my mind on (draft day)," Connelly said of his youthful team. "We'll try to use that pick to better our roster. That could be selecting a guy at No. 27. That could be moving up or down.
"That could be identifying a guy from a different roster."
As a longtime assistant, Shaw was known for his work with younger players, mentoring the likes of Andrew Bynum during his time with the Los Angeles Lakers. He also tutored George, Roy Hibbert and Lance Stephenson in Indiana.
Shaw's message was always the same: Superstars like Kobe Bryant work hard, they should, too.
"When I had a young player come to me like Paul George or Lance Stephenson and they just wanted to cut corners, I would just remind them that the other guy on the other coast in LA that plays your position — that is one of the best to ever play the game — he doesn't cut corners," Shaw said.
Miller can't wait to learn under his new coach.
"I wasn't given the opportunity last year. I feel like I've been under wraps," Miller said. "When people do see me, they'll be like, 'This guy can play.'
"It's cool we have a first-round draft pick. But I doubt he'll be more polished than me."


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In this weeks ad chat we catch up with Vegas-tripping Executive Creative Director of RR Partners, Arnie DiGeorge - who fesses up to leaving the iron on in his @arnied twitter bio. He's burning down the house.
What's your favorite funny story about yourself?
I won a contest singing the old Miller High Life song in college (When it's time to relax). I guess that was my start in advertising.
What piece of art (movie, book, music, painting, etc) has influenced you most? How or why?
My favorite movie is Dr. Strangelove. Sometimes I think advertising is strategic lunacy. And that movie is smart, strategic lunacy. One of my favorite quotes ever -- President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
Who was your favorite mentor and why?
I never really thought I had a mentor. Everyone I've every worked with has taught me something. Sometimes it's what not to do. I will say this... I always wanted to write like Woody Allen. But he has spent very little time with me over the years.
What's one thing that excites you about the future of advertising?
It isn't figured out. It's wide open. I see a lot of smart young people trying to get jobs in Social at agencies. Since it's new and most agencies aren't clear on what it takes yet, it's much harder to blow the interview.
If you could meet with anyone in history (dead or alive), who would it be and why?
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis for dinner, drinks and more drinks. Life isn't all about work. Some play is good.
What's your favorite website/blog, and why?
I follow hundreds of blogs on my Google Reader so it is tough to pick one. Love https://grainedit.com because even though I am a writer, I love great design. I also spend a lot of time on https://www.theworldsbestever.com and https://www.selectism.com
What campaign or project are you most proud of?
Chinchilli Day, It's a cultural obligation and we blew things up.
Who is your advertising hero and why?
A smart client. Without a client who wants to do great work, you have no great work.
Tell us one of the things on your bucket list.
Wine Tours of Tuscany and France.
What piece of advice do you wish someone had told you when you were starting out?
Move out of your comfort zone at every opportunity.
Check out previous Ad Chats:
Andy Kinsella Innovation Director at Glue Isobar
Koert Bakker of Victor & Spoils
Evan Brown, Sr. Copywriter at TBWA\Chiat\Day
Dena Walker, Digital Strategist at Irish International in Dublin, Ireland
Bernie Watt, copywriter at Make, in Sydney, Australia
Ron Smrczek, Executive Creative Director of TAXI Europe
Vincent Vella, Creative Director - Grey Paris, Euro RSCG and Publicis.
Gideon Amichay, Creative Chairman of Shalmor Avnon Amichay Y&R Tel Aviv
Richard Tseng, Freelance Copywriter at CP+B
Claudiu Florea, Managing Partner - Wunderkid, Romania
Snorre Martinsen of Saatchi & Saatchi Oslo
Laura Jordan Bambach, Executive Creative Director LBi
Simon White from Rapp, London
Richard Gorodecky of Amsterdam Worldwide
Ray Page of Tribal DDB
Adam Pierno of Off Madison Ave.
Edward Boches of Mullen
Dirk Singer of Rabbit, UK
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BOSTON, Mass.—For the first time since 2007, the UMass Boston women's basketball team (2-0) can claim the title of UMass Boston Tip-Off Classic Champions.
The Beacons had finished as the runner-up in the Tip-Off Classic in each of the past four years, after winning the season-opening tournament from 2005-2007.
Junior Andrea Suffredini (Milford, Mass.) and sophomore Kirsten Morrison (North Reading, Mass.) joined Murphy on the All Tournament team.
Suffredini poured in 14 points for the second straight day and added five rebounds and a team-high five assists. Inside Morrison was just as dominant, recording a team-high 21 points while chipping in with six rebounds and two steals.
Off the bench, Gabriela Cogliano (Saugus, Mass.) had another big game for the Beacons with nine points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals. Guards Lauren Perra (Taunton, Mass.) and Teresa Pina (Boston, Mass.) chipped in six and five points respectively, while Erica McGreevy (Taunton, Mass.) recorded a steal in five minutes in her collegiate debut.
Senior Taylor Wilson finished with a game-high 26 points for the Valiants, while three other starters finished with double-digit points.
After a back-and-forth first 17 minutes in which the two teams traded leads, Manhattanville College took a 35-28 lead into the break behind an 8-1 run over the final 3:20.
The Beacons would respond in a big way coming out of the half with a 10-1 run over the first four minutes, behind 3-pointers from Perra and Suffredini. But the Valiants wouldn't go away quietly, as Wilson drained two 3-pointers and added a layup to give Manhattanville a 52-45 lead with 8:25 to play.
UMass Boston slowly chipped into the lead behind some intense defensive pressure and offensive rebounding. Three steals and three offensive rebounds keyed a 7-0 Beacons run, as Pina drained a 3-pointer and Morrison scored four straight-a layup and two free throws, to knot the game at 52 all with just 6:14 left.
The Beacons would keep the momentum going, as three new Beacons scored nine straight for UMB, to open up a 61-55 lead with 2:57 to go. Suffredini did the majority of the damage with five points, while Murphy and Cogliano added layups.
The final two minutes involved a procession to the free throw line, as UMass Boston went 5-of-8 to seal the game. As a team, the Beacons finished 17-for-29 (58.6 percent) from the line, but Morrison finished 9-for-12, including 3-for-4 in the waning minutes.
Overall, the Beacons outshot the Valiants 39 percent (23-for-59) to 36.9 percent (24-for-65). UMass Boston held a slight edge on the boards (45-41) and managed to pull down 19 offensive rebounds.
Women's Basketball will play their first game against a Massachusetts team Tuesday, when they travel to take on Framingham State Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.


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|February 2, 2013, 02:49 PM
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I came across a gun store in Yellowbook that advertised reloading supplies. It was about fifty miles away, but I decided to drive over and check it out anyway. It was right in the middle of a residential neighborhood, in the garage/basement of a house. He had a small sign out front. He had about a hundred guns, and quite a bit of ammo and reloading supplies, all priced very reasonably. Several people were there. He filled out paperwork on two guns while I was there. He was doing a pretty good business.
He didn't have any small pistol primers, but he did have one brick of CCI large pistol primers, and a pound of W231, at pre-Obama prices. Like striking gold.
Anyway, that looks like the kind of business model I would like to try, maybe when I retire. Anyone else know of garage operations like that that work?
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|February 2, 2013, 03:30 PM
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I wish. There's nothing like that around here (that I know of anyway). Would much rather deal with a small shop atmosphere.
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|February 2, 2013, 03:58 PM
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I have two on my area that can't normally support one. Right now in the current panic they are making money. In the long run it is closer to a hobby than a business.
|February 3, 2013, 11:57 AM
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I love places like that, wish there were more of them.
|February 3, 2013, 12:08 PM
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I did the same decades ago, but with today's climate, it be a little harder. You would need to be zoned for that in your neighborhood, or the ATF won't allow your FFL app to go through. Security and insurance, fire code,etc.
If that is all cool where you live, and it hasn't been illegal by then, go for it. Start with consignment guns, keeps inventory money available for ammo and supplies
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Sounds great and satisfying but I think the paper work and regulations would be a nightmare. Makes me wonder if he is really up to code or maybe he lives in an unincorporated area. Just don't ask, the less you know the better.
|February 3, 2013, 06:04 PM
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Back in the early 80's I had a very small shop that I ran out of my home near Pittsburgh Pa. Had to get a variance to the zoning law which took about a month to process. I was forbidden by the municipality from storing any ammo on premises. I now live in central Florida and have no idea what the paperwork is involved here, or now in Pa. Back then the paperwork was very very simple. Log any guns you receive into your bound book and log them out when sold. No waiting period on long guns but handguns required that you send buyers info by certified mail to the county sheriff. If you don't hear back from them within 3 business days the buyer could pickup the gun. No waiting if you were a cop. I worked in a large factory with over 3000 employees of which most were avid hunters so I didn't have to do much advertising once the word got out. However, most of my sales were handguns used for home defense.
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If that place is in Western NC where I might be motoring through, I'd be very interested in giving him some business myself. Sounds like a fun place.
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|February 3, 2013, 10:18 PM
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With the regularity of gun ban scares and resultant surge in all out demand for anything in popular calibers it makes me wonder if it would be worthwhile to have a business just for such times. Keep my day job for the intervening years and build up inventory so that when panic periods occur every 3-4 years I could sell a ton of stock in a short period of time. Not with the idea of jacking up prices, but just move a lot of inventory in say 3-4 months.
Right now I am pretty sure I could sell as much ammo or components as I could possibly afford to accumulate over a 3 yr period, or anything else that is in demand. Sort like how most big retailers make all their profits in Decemer but on a multi-year cycle instead of annual one.
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Aug. 8, 2013
Music School Presents 2013 Concerts
The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University of America presents the following events for the fall 2013 semester.
Unless otherwise noted, admission is free and events take place on the campus of Catholic University: 620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. For more information on these events or to purchase tickets, visit http://music.cua.edu/calendar/index.cfm or call 202-319-5416.
"Sweet Charity"
This year's fall musical theatre show, "Sweet Charity," takes place Friday, Oct. 18, and Saturday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m., at CUA's Hartke Theater, 3801 Harewood Road, N.E. Music is by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon. Tickets are $20 for general admission; $15 for CUA alumni; and $10 for seniors, students, and CUA faculty and staff. Tickets can be purchased online at http://music.cua.edu.
Carnegie Hall Concert Series
For the fourth year, performers from the music school will present a series of concerts at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall in New York City, sponsored by the La Gesse Foundation. Concerts will take place Monday, Oct. 28, through Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m., each day. Performing Oct. 28 and 29 will be CUA students chosen as 2013 La Gesse Foundation fellows, and performing on Oct. 30 will be faculty artists Nikita Fitenko, piano and Michael Mermagen, cello, with guest artist Giancarlo Bazzano, clarinet.
The Music of Frank Loesser
The Musical Theatre Division's presentation of "The Music of Frank Loesser" will be Thursday, Oct. 31, at 6 p.m., on the Millennium Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
CUA Chamber Choir
The CUA Chamber Choir performs on Friday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. St. Paul's Parish, K St., Washington, D.C. Leo Nestor, Justine Bayard Ward Professor and director of the Institute of Sacred Music, will conduct.
Composition Program Recital
Student compositions from the music school's Composition Program will be performed on Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., at Ward Recital Hall.
CUA Town and Gown Community Chorus
The CUA Town and Gown Community Chorus will perform on Friday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m., at St. Vincent's Chapel. Kevin O'Brien, instructor, will conduct.
CUA Symphony Orchestra
The orchestra performs on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 4 p.m. at Sligo Adventist Church, 7700 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, Md. Conducted by David Searle, assistant professor and director of orchestral activities. Selections include Mahler, Symphony No. 4 with Arianna Zukerman, soprano.
"Hansel and Gretel"
The fall opera will be performed Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 21-23, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m., in Ward Recital Hall. Music by Engelbert Humperdinck, and sung in English with English surtitles. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $10 for seniors, students, and CUA alumni, faculty, and staff, and can be purchased at http://music.cua.edu.
CUA Wind Ensemble
The CUA Wind Ensemble will perform on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m., in the Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center Great Room, CUA campus. John Mitchell will conduct.
Annual Christmas Concert for Charity
The concert will be held on Friday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. The concert will feature the Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir, University Singers, University Chorus, and Women's Chorus. Leo Nestor, Justine Bayard Ward Professor and director of the Institute of Sacred Music, will conduct. Selections will include Three Carols by Peter Warlock; music of Hassler, Praetorius, Mendelssohn, and Nestor; Christmas villancicos from Spain and the New World; and a premiere of a new work by CUA graduate student Erik Abrahamson. A freewill offering will be taken up to benefit a local charity to be named later this fall.
CUA Women's Chorus
The CUA Women's Chorus will perform Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m., at St. Vincent's Chapel. Kevin O'Brien, instructor, will conduct.


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HAVANA (AP) — Tens of thousands of Cubans streamed past a memorial to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Havana on Thursday in a tribute to the island's most important international ally and a close friend of retired leader Fidel Castro.
The long, snaking, single-file line filed through Revolution Square for hours as islanders paid their respects two days after the Venezuelan leader succumbed to cancer.
Some made the sign of the cross or saluted an oversize photo of Chavez, perched above a bed of white flowers and flanked by an honor guard. Others cried "Long live Chavez!" on exiting the memorial.
A few wept.
"We are all here with him. I'm unable to say much. But I do want to say, 'Always with Chavez,' " said 47-year-old Violeta Lugo.
Similar scenes played out nationwide.
In the eastern city of Santiago, President Raul Castro placed a white rose in front of a picture of Chavez and snapped off a military salute.
Castro called Chavez an important figure in the history not only of Venezuela but Cuba as well.
"What we were able to achieve with his influence in these few years will not be reversed," Castro said before flying to Caracas for Chavez's funeral. "The Venezuelan people will know how to defend their victories, and we will be with them as we have so far, knee on the ground."
Under Chavez, Venezuela has been a key supporter of Cuba, sending billions of dollars of oil to the island on preferential terms and becoming by far its largest commercial partner. The two countries did $8 billion in trade in 2011, the latest year for which figures are available.
Chavez, who was first elected in 1998, was instrumental in helping Cuba emerge from some of its darkest years following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Flags flew at half-staff and official newspapers were publishing in black and white only during two days of mourning in his honor.
Newly named First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Castro's No. 2, presided over the ceremony in Havana. Also present were members of the diplomatic corps including the ambassadors of Argentina and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which has also been the recipient of Venezuelan oil largesse.
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