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...straightforward way. So we are looking for a Google Analytics and Tag Manager expert who can set up the process that leads are being tracked in such a way that they are coming up in Google Analytics as a conversion (which we then can import in Google Adwords as a conversion). Preferably set this up in Google Tag Manager. There are three different type...
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Looking for a Google Analytics and Google Tags manager expert to help setup and add GA, GTM code and configure tags / triggers for buttons on our webpages.
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Hi, After i dissabled a GDPR extension (that controls if the analytics code is shown or not). The analytics code is not shown anymore. I think it's because of the cache or something. But i cleared the cache already and i still see some code of the GDPR extension while i dissabled it. The site is [login to view URL]
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...management. We have attached a requirement document for your reference. The person must have knowledge of various API such as social media "Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin, Google Drive, Dropbox etc." The detailed list is attached in the file. The required algorithm can be built as an API [if available] to fetch the desired results. Please provide
I need my website set up for google analytics & Indexed by google
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• Build talent analytics using a variety of sources of employee data (recruitment, mobility, performance, retention / turnover, engagement, etc.) to identify key themes and patterns related. • We want to use assessment data to explore why female staff progression is being derailed. For example, we want to uncover the route cause(s) that ultimately
On my site users will enter their domain/website and .. I need a button in php that when you click the button, it will use Google oauth to get Google Analytics data from the last 6 months (page views, and unique visits) and insert it into a mysql database, and then add it to a line chart where it shows views month by month. I need this done as fast
Traditional analytics show you where you are losing customers, but not why. The solution I want to build is to enhance digital experience insights platform that helps businesses understand how and why users are interacting with their app, mobile and web sites. Should compute billions of touch and mouse movements and transform this knowledge into profitable
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A reputed research assistance company from India is looking for freelancers (individuals not companies) who have good expertise in implementing data analytics based projects. SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY
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We are looking for two freelancers to hand hold a project team to execute Analytics projects using R and advanced statistical tools. Must be preferably available for 5 hours during office hours during the weekdays in the location you apply for.
A company that does data analysis, Data Analysis Services. So the logo should have DAS in it.
...Lifestyle blog with ecommerce needs an expert in the below: Google tag manager Google Analytics Google Optimize Search Console Facebook Pixel Google Ads You job will be to setup all those services on the blog. Google tag manager is a must here. You will need to setup and implement all useful practices like setting ecommerce for analyti...
Strengthscape requires a functional trainer who has an experience of at-least 10 years in the above mentioned field. Residing in Either Bangalore, Mumbai or Hyderabad. Requesting you to revert with the profile.
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HI, I need a real pro to make sure all sections in GWT are perfect. Structured data, rich cards, AMP, crawl errors, and so on. The default url is done, sitemaps are done, robots is done. Here are the issues we need fixed: Mobile usability is reporting 24 minor issues such as items too close and content wider than screen. crawl errors: we have over 80 crawl errors and 1 server error that looks...
Need an experienced person in NiFi , Hive and Azure with some work experience around Hadoop. Have to work on daily basis max 2 hours a day. Also good to have some experience in Kafka,Spark.
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A less than 2 hours task: I have 5 funnels + goals in my GA that i need you to recreate (transfer) them in Google Report Studio dashboards. List past experience List our certifications
Analyze past 9mos users/customers. Travel services website underwent upgrades with new engine, user interface and design. Email marketing campaign A/B testing, Google Optimize. Primarily Google Analytics, Clicktale. Create dashboards, uncover insights, establish KPIs.
Hello, Our conversions always have been stable (both the quantity and the measurement in Analytics) , untill 2 weeks ago. Then it suddenly dropped. We have the same traffic (even a bit more actually), but less conversions + the data in Analytics is not correct. There's a difference in the conversions in Anaytics and the actual filled in forms and
We have a Online IT website which needs to be revamped with professional easy to use and all types of analytics needs to be added to capture email and marketing.
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I need to create an Analytics engine to show output as report format and on screen for various different queries. Database is sql server. I will provide all sql queries needed. This system should be robust enough to connect to any dbs. I am only looking for someone who have done this before and have a demo of some sort
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Yemen's Wave of Feminism: Women's Growing Role in Politics
Until up to a year ago, most Yemen women were largely invisible on the political scene, preferring to remain in the shadows, away from a world decidedly dominated by men.
As a traditional Muslim society, women politicians are often, or at least were, frowned upon as many felt women's very nature did not match well with politics.
Last year's uprising shattered those beliefs with more often than not, women being seen leading the demonstrations and marches, determined as they were to carve their sons and daughters a new, brighter future.
Women's very role within Yemeni society was redefined by activists, who like their male counterparts, faced the regime's wrath, putting their life on the line for they believed they too, could stand up for justice and democracy.
Tawakkul Karman, the 1st Arab woman to have ever been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, led the youth revolution in Sana'a, urging in her fiery speeches for all Yemeni men and women to join the movement and oust the regime.
Unbending and defiant the young mother of three withstood criticism and sarcasm, forcing her detractors to admit that she too had not only the courage to fight for her beliefs, but had the right to demonstrate amongst men.
Women in Yemen accompanied the revolution every step of the way, putting their skills as doctors, nurses, leaders, writers, photographers, teachers to the service of their country, slowly tearing down the walls that society had built around them.
Who could ever forget Aziza, Yasmin, Tofaha, Zeynab and all the "martyrs" of the revolution who laid down their life with a bravery yet unmet.
Unarmed and peaceful brave Yemeni women looked at death in the face, forever defiant for they believed in the strength of their own heart.
Models and heroes of a culture, which often forgets that it is their wives, daughters, mothers and sisters who are the very foundations of society, Yemen woke up to discover this past year the treasures it was carrying.
Women everywhere from the northern Yemeni mountains to the arid plains of Marib, the greenery of Hadramaut and the sparkling blue sea of the Gulf of Aden, are shaping the Yemen of tomorrow, setting up new projects, promoting constitutional change and becoming more political.
For the 1st time in centuries Yemeni women are remembering that they are all Queen Sheba's daughter, that in their blood it is the strength of a nation which is flowing.
Unlike other women in the region, Yemeni women enjoy a great level of freedom, with no law limiting their choices or desires. With this newfound boldness, who's to say where Yemeni women will be tomorrow or what role they will play. One thing is certain though, there is no stopping them.
As Karman said, "the Revolution returned the principles of equal citizenship between men and women."
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PLAISTOW - The town's former finance director has been charged with theft after town officials say she overpaid herself more than $20,000.
Janet Gallant was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.
According to police, the investigation began after officials became suspicious of payroll transactions that occurred while Gallant was working for the town.
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(ThyBlackMan.com) To this point, the economic growth leader of the 21st century is the wireless communications industry. Millions of people regularly use cellular phones. With today's cell phone, you can talk to anyone on the planet. Inside your cell phone are: a compact speaker, microphone, keyboard, display screen, and a powerful circuit board with microprocessors that make every phone a miniature computer. When connected to a wireless network, this bundle of modern-day technologies allows you to make phone calls or exchange data with other phones and computers around the world.
Jesse Eugene Russell is an African-American inventor who brought the world cell phones. Trained as an electrical engineer at Tennessee State University, at 63, Jesse Russell is recognized globally as a thought-leader, technology expert and innovator of wireless communications. He has over 30 years experience in advanced wireless communications and is the recognized father of digital cellular technology. The Historically Black College and University (HBCU) graduate is former Chief Wireless Architect for AT&T Bell Laboratories and served as Chief Technology Officer for Lucent Wireless. An icon in the industry, Jesse Russell holds over 75 patents in digital cellular technologies, dual-mode digital cellular phones and digital software radio. An American legend, in 1995 Russell was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering for "pioneering work in digital cellular communications technology."
Russell's innovations continue to spark the international economy. The globe expects some 2.5 billion smartphones to be sold from 2010 to 2015. The main reason for cell phones' popularity over the past 20 years is the faster and easier communications it provides. A cell phone is really a very sophisticated and versatile radio. Much like a walkie-talkie, a cell phone receives and sends radio signals. Wireless networks operate on a grid that divides cities or regions into smaller cells. One cell might cover a few city blocks or up to 250 square miles. Every cell uses a set of radio frequencies or channels to provide service in its specific area. In each cell, there is a base station consisting of a wireless antenna and other radio equipment. The wireless antenna in each cell links callers into the local telephone network, the Internet or another wireless network.
African-Americans can take pride in what Russell has achieved in the planet's business advancements. From being honored by the Clinton administration for his work in cell phones and wireless communication, Russell continues to innovate, specifically in the next generation (4G) broadband wireless communication technologies, products, networks, and services. Rising from a disadvantaged background, Russell's career, and knowledge in wireless technology and standards advanced as he served in numerous high-level corporate positions; Director of the AT&T Cellular Telecommunication Laboratory (Bell Labs), Vice President of Advanced Wireless Technology Laboratory (Bell Labs), Chief Technical Officer for the Network Wireless Systems Business Unit (Bell Labs), Chief Wireless Architect of AT&T, and Vice President of Advanced Communications Technologies for AT&T Laboratories (formerly part of Bell Labs).
Jesse Russell's early childhood was spent in economically and socially challenged neighborhoods within inner-city Nashville. Russell says a key turning point in his life was the opportunity to attend a summer educational program at Fisk University. It was here that Russell began his academic and intellectual pursuits. Russell continued his education at Tennessee State University where he focused on electrical engineering and received a Bachelor of Science Degree (BSEE) in 1972. An excellent example of "a Black achiever," Russell was a top honor student in Tennessee State's School of Engineering and became the first African American to be hired directly from an HBCU by AT&T's Bell Laboratories and subsequently he became the first African-American to be selected as the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer of the Year in 1980. Russell continues his personal and corporate leadership in the industry and is currently Chairman and CEO of incNETWORKS,Inc. a New Jersey, USA based Broadband Wireless Communications Company focused on the next generation of broadband services (4G) Broadband Wireless Communications Technologies, Networks and Services.
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BATAVIA – Fermilab computing manager Eileen Berman has had the opportunity to look bison straight in the eye. And she didn't need to travel far from her workplace to do it.
Although Fermilab is known best for its high energy physics research, the laboratory also maintains a herd of bison. The bison are a popular attraction this time of year because of new calves being born.
Fermilab started the spring with 22 animals.
Seven calves recently were born, bringing the size of the herd to 29.
"You don't usually see animals that big outside of a zoo," said Berman, who has worked at Fermilab for 28 years. "You can get a lot closer to them than you can normally."
So what are bison doing at a physics laboratory? Robert Wilson, Fermilab's first director, brought the first American bison – a bull and four cows – to Fermilab in 1969. According to Fermilab officials, Wilson wanted to recognize and strengthen Fermilab's connection to our prairie heritage. Today's bison are descendants of those animals.
The animals have become a hit with visitors to Fermilab's campus, who can watch them roam on 80 acres of land.
Bison are the heaviest land mammals in North America. Adult males stand as tall as 6 feet at the shoulders and weigh between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds, according to The Nature Conservancy's website.
"We sell the offspring to keep from inbreeding," Fermilab employee Mike Becker said. "So typically we sell calves and/or 1-year-olds in the fall. We like to maintain the herd at between 20 to 24 adults."
Becker said when the herd bulls reach 6 to 8 years old, they get larger than Fermilab's equipment can handle.
"So around that age, we sell them and bring in new, younger herd bulls," he said.
Buffalo is the popular name often used to describe North American bison, but buffalo are distinctly different animals from bison. Although both bison and buffalo belong to the same family, Bovidae, true "buffalo" are native only to Africa and Asia, according to the website www.allaboutwildlife.com.
One doesn't have to be a Fermilab employee to see the bison up close. Fermilab is an open campus, and visitors are encouraged to see the bison.
Visitors, including families with young children, can enter the Fermilab site through its Pine Street entrance in Batavia or the Batavia Road entrance in Warrenville. Admission is free, but you will need a valid photo ID to enter the site. Summer hours are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week.
Berman likes the fact the bison at Fermilab get room to roam. She would bring her daughter to Fermilab to see the bison when she was
"It's not a zoo," she said. "They have the ability to roam all around."
Fermilab procurement administrator Sandra Efstathiou said she likes the feel that the bison herd adds to Fermilab's campus.
"It gives a feeling you are out in nature, even though you're doing this very intense scientific work," she said.
The person who helps take care of the bison is Cleo Garcia, senior groundskeeper at Fermilab. But he is sure to keep a safe distance from the herd, including when it comes to feeding them. A tractor is used to bring the food to troughs inside the bison pen. The bison also spend a lot of time grazing.
"We try not to get much involved," Garcia said. "They are wild. They kind of get stressed when you handle them."
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The price of oil rose nearly 3 percent this week on expectations that U.S. drivers would hit the road and drive up demand for gasoline.
Benchmark crude for May delivery rose 34 cents Friday to close at $103.74 in New York. It ended last week at $101.14.
Brent crude, a benchmark for international crude, fell 13 cents to close at $107.33. Brent rose only 61 cents over the week on lower demand for crude in Europe and South Korea, according to energy analyst Jim Ritterbusch.
The University of Michigan reported Friday that its preliminary index of consumer sentiment for April rose to its highest level since July. That suggests U.S. consumers are feeling good about the economy and it could lead to higher gasoline demand as families head out to shop and travel.
They will be paying more at the pump, however. The national average retail price rose a penny to $3.62 per gallon, the highest level since August, according to AAA, OPIS and Wright Express. The average has risen 13 cents a gallon over the last month and is 6 cents per gallon higher than it was a year ago.
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MONTREAL -- Jeff Carter was on the ice for the full morning skate today at the Bell Centre.
The timetable for his return is still unclear, but seeing the Flyers' leading scorer on the ice gave his teammates a boost.
"He's looking good," Simon Gagne said. "That's what I told him. He's feeling better and better. That's good news."
"Jeff is a competitor," Scott Hartnell said. "It was good to see him out on the ice, shooting pucks and putting them in the back of the net."
One thing is for certain: the Flyers will not have Carter tonight for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. General manager Paul Holmgren said Carter is "day-to-day."
That leaves their ultimate focus on tonight's game - and not any possible returns.
"Our eyes are on the prize, and that's getting to the Finals," Hartnell said. "This building is loud and unbelievable. The fans here are crazy. If we're sitting back and trying to make plays, it will be a long night."
Ian Laperriere also skated with the Flyers today, wearing a full facial shield for facial protection. There is no update on his return. He also is considered day-to-day, Holmgren said.
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The Clueless actress passed away in December 2009 from pneumonia, and the tragedy was compounded when her husband, screenwriter Simon Monjack, died just five months later.
Their passings have since been tarred by a series of salacious rumours concerning missing money and claims Murphy's mother, Sharon, slept in the same bed as her son-in-law after the actress died.
Sharon spoke out to deny the rumours at the time and she is now hoping to silence tabloid gossip about her daughter by telling her story in a new picture book.
In a statement released on what would have been Murphy's 33rd birthday (10Nov10), she says, "This book will be my way of celebrating and honouring her extraordinary life and career. Brittany was a kind, loving person who enjoyed each day; she was my life. I am looking forward to everyone reading the accurate account about my daughter, her life, loves and career.?
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For better or worse, Woody Allen turns out a movie every year. Last year's "Midnight in Paris" was better than better; that is to say, sublime. To Rome With Love is worse than worse, as inert as its predecessor was inspired.
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Allen the writer-director has gone tone-deaf this time around, somehow not realizing that the nonstop prattling of the less-than-scintillating characters almost never rings true.
It's neither one of Allen's best, nor among his worst. It is also not likely to win audiences over with the passion that "Midnight in Paris" did.
Woody Allen has become such a beguiling travel agent that he rolls through these stories with a relaxed effervescence that is rather infectious.
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Allen lauds Rome in neurotic but teen-friendly comedy.
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Parents need to know that Woody Allen's ensemble comedy To Rome with Love deals largely with relationship absurdities -- the way we sabotage our connections and get in our own way --- and so may be more interesting to older teens and adults than to younger viewers. Expect cheeky, sexually tinged humor, some swearing (a few "s--t"s and one use of "f-ck"), drinking as a social lubricant, and a healthy dose of Allen's trademark angst.
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Language: Relatively infrequent use of words including "f--k" (said once), "s--t," "bulls--t," "damn," "hell," "oh my God," etc.
Consumerism: Brand/labels seen or mentioned include Alitalia, Canon, and Ambien.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Lots of social drinking, from beer to wine to hard liquor. One character pops pills.
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SAN ANDREAS - Come January, the 100 customers in the Wallace Community Services District will get their water and sewer bills from Calaveras County Water District.
SAN ANDREAS - Come January, the 100 customers in the Wallace Community Services District will get their water and sewer bills from Calaveras County Water District.
On Wednesday, CCWD directors voted unanimously to accept ownerships of the Wallace District's water and sewer facilities.
A small group of Wallace service district members were on hand to cheer.
"This is the best Christmas present ever," Patsy Bailey, president of the Wallace service district board said before the vote.
Bailey said high costs, especially because of state regulations, made it extremely difficult for such a small district to function.
"It is ridiculous for 100 people. And the board is all made up of retired people. None of us should be operating a water or sewer plant," Bailey said.
The Wallace district is transferring its water and sewer property to the CCWD but will continue to care for roads, lights, a lake and small dam.
To prepare for transferring the water and sewer operations to the CCWD, district residents had to first vote to tax themselves in order to raise enough money to allow the CCWD to build required repairs and upgrades.
District residents did that in March. Most homeowners will pay an assessment of $418.20 a year. In all, that will raise more than $45,000 a year for needed construction.
This is not the first time in recent years that the CCWD has been called on to annex a small neighborhood and help solve its water woes. In 2010, residents on Dalee and Cassidy roads in Rancho Calaveras near Jenny Lind voted to pay a hefty assessment of $1,460 a year each for 25 years so they could be annexed into the CCWD. The reason: failing wells in the area were forcing many there to truck in water.
Since then, the CCWD has installed pipes to that neighborhood and begun providing water.
Failing wells, increasing regulatory costs and other challenges operating water and sewer systems will likely force other small public and private operations to seek the CCWD's help, district officials said.
CCWD directors said Wednesday they want to be prepared for those requests.
CCWD General Manager Mitchell Dion said he would create a "process map" for such annexations and bring it to the board in a couple of months.
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Jimquisition: The Creepy Cull of Female Protagonists
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I tend to agree. The only great games I've played with female protagonists or at least co-protaganists (is that a word?) are: Wild arms, Streets of rage, golden axe, Tomb Raider, Perfect Dark and Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Legend Of Izuna: Unemplyed Ninja and if you can claim these games because the playable character doesn't exactly get a script; Portal 1+2. Several of those are older than half the gamers out there! I used to pick Blaze (rage) and Ayame (Tenchu) because I honestly felt they were better, more interesting characters but I can't really think of any case since 20 years ago, where a female character held any interest or lead over a male.
I haven't realised til Jim brough this up but that's really tragic. I can think of a few more with female leads, which I haven't played but you can can them on one hand. I'd like to say that it's teh publishers that are the problem but when I think of how many male gamers I've seen argue rabidly, when anyone tried to ask for a female character in a game, I recoil in disgust. I've seen the flame wars wand terrible excuses given when anyone has suggested the an FPS could benefit from having female toons in order to appeal to female gamers.
And yes, if there is anyone who actually feels that they are put off a game or need to complain because their female toon snogged a guy, they have issues that they need to deal with.
On the upside, @Jim, you turned this around brilliantly at the end, I haven't lauged so much in ages. I think it's the contrast of the humour and the horror, it seems to work well. Best Jimquisition EVAR!
Glad we can come to an understanding, then :)
I prefer, whenever I have the choice, to play as a female character. I just feel more comfortable projecting myself on to them. I think it has something to do with the body shape? I'm a girl myself, and I don't know... I just feel better when playing a female character.
Anyways, amazing episode Jim!
Well, I can't watch the video right now, thanks to an under-equipped computer, but it sounds like I'm in for something controversial when I get home.
Some points that rub me the wrong way about this vid:
Bioshock Infinite box art:
I don't agree with their choice either, but another point is that this is just an example. Mass Effect 3 had loads of commercials with femshep.
Keeping that in mind, Jim makes a poor argument in this case.
Female protagonists:
If a publisher demands a male character instead, I think this is wrong on an artistic level, but I personally don't think it reflects poorly on gaming in general. It's a chicken and egg situation, like Jim said, but this has to come from the audience, not the publishers. Supply and demand.
If the demand goes for male protagonists, then that's how it is. Do not punish the male audience or the industry for this. Voice your opinion, write companies that you miss female protagonists or the option to choose either, but don't accuse people of thinking less of women in general.
Men who feel playing a female protagonist is awkward:
Does this make me a bad person? No.
Is it narrowminded? Sure, but it's outside peoples comfort zone. Patronizing and belittling people for that is a cruel thing.
And by the way, what if I took offense at the portrayal of a man enjoying playing a stereotypical male protagonist, as a homosexual. You just stereotyped all men who enjoy the fantasy of being a hero or a badass, to be secretly gay.
I could take it to heart and condemn all the Jims out there and accuse them of being homophobes(I so hate that word). It's equally folly to assume all women take offense of the state of the market and even worse to assume that men have to change it for them, in order to have things change.
The large amount of female gamers:
My guess is, that the average poster on this forum, focusing on the hot topic of sexism in games and rabidly voicing their opinion, is in no way near 37.
The whole direction of the vid in general:
Do something about it. Don't whine, rage and roll on the floor crying about it.
If you're a female developer, artist, coder, programmer, modeler or business/management/project leader educated/experienced, strive to make a company that shows other companies how it's done.
You change mens opinions and hearts through action, not words. Don't expect anyone to change because you don't think it's right, but can't be assed to do shit about it.
That's it. I'm done. It's my opinion, it's based on my experiences, my surroundings, my friends and family and my world view. I'm sympathetic and I'd like to see change, but it's not my fight, because while I'd like it, I don't need it. Apparently some of you on this forum do, so either get your asses in gear or stop pretending to give a shit.
some heavy internal screaming during this whole video. those are real quotes? this is a true general paradigm of the industry? i struggle to maintain my composure. i may be a special case, but i play straight females in games that allow it, and this is, as an understatement, not a problem for me. -.- and i... am frustrated, by the general insecurity that exists here.
In these debates, particularly on the topic of box art, everyone seems to forget MMORPGs exist, and that most of the most successful ones featured females on the box covers (Everquest, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars and a whole lot more of them), not to mention what a large percentage of males play female characters - remember the joke about what MMORPG stands for: many men online role playing girls. So it's really kind of sad and crazy that they (the debates) even exist.
Why does female characters not get face time on covers, or play second fiddle, or not be the playable characters? Because they don't sell at all, game is a business first, entertainer second. If you want them, you have to buy them, bitching about it won't do a damn thing, as action speaks louder than words, and as far as businesses are concern, most prefer the status qou.
And yet they picked the female Shepard with the long blonde hair.
Come on, denial can be healthy up to a certain point, but look at the fan comments on that poll:
They asked people to pick the Shepard they wanted based on appearance. It was a beauty contest.
Superb video
As for myself, im a straight male, and i tend to pick male characters in my games, simply because thats what i identify with. That said if enjoy a game enough or if the female archetype skill set suits my play style better ill play her just as easily.
However i did a play through of all three Mass Effect games with a Fem Shep, and enjoyed it immensely.
The idea of a female protagonist kissing a male supporting role strikes me as a wierd assertion though. When i played as MaleShep i made it a character who i would have aspired to be morally and ethically, when i made a FemShep i ended up making her the type of woman who'd i'd easily fall in love with. Despite her being my perfect ideal of a woman I had no problems with her hooking up with Kaiden, if anything i made her monogamous to Kaiden over the three games because i cared enough for the character to want her to be happy. (did the same with my male shep and Liara incidentally ) So the idea of a dude being freaked out at his female protagonist character kissing another dude is quite frankly stupid. As a thoroughly average male im perfectly happy with a female character i like finding love or getting nookie, and im pretty sure the legions of other thoroughly average males out there would feel the same way.
As for the Chicken and the Egg, industry or consumers... i largely blame consumers and consumer stereotypes. No offense to the teenagers here, but a large part of the market is insecure teenage boys. The negative stereotype associated with insecure teenage boys reinforces the homophobic anti-female assumption the industry makes about the views of its largest consumers (regardless of whether its true or not). Whether this viewpoint is shared by the majority of teenage boys or not i don't know, but its certainly prevalent with some the most vocal of them....
Whilst I've never agreed with Jim so wholeheartedly I'm kinda not sure what to make of Levine's comments as to why the cover of BI has Booker only on the cover.
I look at the BI cover and it could be any number of games, if I saw that on a shelf in the game store with no prior knowledge of the franchise it just wouldn't stand out, it's pretty generic tbh. Add Elizabeth to it and I think that would change.
And yes, ironically that would be applying the old adage of sex sells because as a male gamer I would notice Elizabeth much more quickly than Booker. But I see no reason why the videogame industry can't take advantage of that if it means getting people to buy the game, especially if the female character is well thought out and the gameplay is great.
Persona 3 Portable does the thing with a female protagonist who engages in romance a lot. It's a very focal part of the entire game too how these relationships interact. Same goes for Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky.
I'm not "picking on" the poll. It's not the fat kid in the playground. I'm mentioning it because it's relevant to the discussion of customisable characters.
If you can customise your character in-game, then it's just silly to offer the fans the choice of customising the character in the marketing as well. It defeats the purpose of the appearance customisation mechanic, which is built off the assumption that different people like different things.
My main point is that they didn't do a poll for the male Shepard's appearance "to know what the players wanted". But when it came to the simple challenge of designing a female character for box art, they were too scared to come up with and decide upon their own ideas and instead resorted to throwing options at their audience and going, "Which lady is the prettiest? Which lady will make you buy the game? Please, please tell us."
The first point is irrelevant. I never said anything about what the fans said. I was talking about the intention of the developers. A handful of idiots doesn't make a difference to the reason for why the competition was done in the first place. Which is what you were criticising.
So what I am supposed to be denying, I don't know.
Also, they didn't ask people to "Pick the Shepard they wanted based upon appearances". They asked the fans to give input into the design of a female character.
A beauty contest is what it says it is. A competition to decide who is the most attractive.
This was a competition to choose the design of a character. "Beauty" doesn't come into it.
The decision was for the character to put on the box art. Because fans were asking for more advertising for Femshep. They didn't do it as a "resort". They did it because fans asked for it.
Oh, and Male Shep didn't get the same treatment, because he was already based upon a Dutch model:
Jim's offer only available for men? You racist*
Good video as always. I have to imagine that Beyond Good and Evil 2 is getting put aside because of this. I'm certain it happened with the original, a sin to the fantastic game, in which the only way I would have ever heard about the game without internet is through a Nintendo Power magazine.
I'm trying to think of even any videogame cover with women on them. The first that come to mind are the Mass Effect games, the first of which tried to make is sexually suggestive, and the second starring the female Assy McGee. Dragon Age Origins, I guess. Catherine, but that game gets a pass, because the game purposefully explores sexuality a bit, although a bit shallow of what it could've been. Having trouble thinking of any that aren't RPGs. Uh, Halo Reach? And thats somebody in power armour, head to toe.
*that was sarcasm there. I have to say that because somebody who will read this doesn't understand that I'm further extending his joke with my own.
So, the industry tries to deliver what it thinks that its main audience wants? I can't really blame them. Maybe that's what most gamers want to play. The fact that after a certain amount of convincing these games do get approved, means that we'll see more of these as long as developers stick to their guns.
Personally, I don't mind playing a game with a deep female protagonist with a male love interest, and wouldn't think less of a game for it.
I've been playing old republic because my friend is a huge star wars fan. My character is female and I'd have to say one of the most engaging parts of the game, for me, is getting Corso to put out. I actually did a victory dance when they finally kissed. I know I'm weird, but still I think it's the idea to some people (especially presented gay/straight terms) rather then the actual situation that gets people riled up. I think once people see what it's about the next time they'll get used to it and it won't be a big deal. It just comes down to ignorance fed by insecurity.
Now I really wish I was going to PAX. I've only ever had the opportunity to kiss a guy as a girl in Dragon Age, and I had no problem with it. I'm working on a few female characters in SWTOR, and at the first opportunity I'll be having some hot alien sex with a dude. Am I gay? No. I'm not a Jedi or a Grey Warden either, so what's your point?
For the time being, why not simply let the player choose which gender their in-game persona should belong to? Doesn't Mass Effect let you do just that? I don't think the additional work would be all that much, except for the need of additional voice acting maybe.
But yeah, that homophobia is silly. I bet most of these people prefer their porn with guys in it, too, so there. Grow the f*** up already, dear game industry.
I;m the same way I try to immerse myself into the role and enjoy the experience whatever it brings. I guess its just an insecurity issue with some gamers.
Offtopic: That Remember Me game keeps looking cooler and cooler.
You keep using the word "design" to avoid saying "appearance". That's what the fans were being polled on: the appearance of the character. What her hair and make-up should look like and what her skin colour should be. It was a beauty contest. It was treated as a beauty contest by the fans who were polled. And the Shepard with the long, blonde (non-military) haircut won.
If you're so insistent that it wasn't a beauty contest, tell me this: why didn't they do the same for the male Shepard?
EDIT: My question stands. They found a male model to base male Shepard on. Why not base female Shepard on a female model?
Also, do you really think it's a healthy precedent for games publishers to decide what their game protagonists should look like by letting their consumers vote on it rather than letting the game designers (warning! crazy idea ahead!) design them?
I never play as a woman, can't get into it for some reason. I do hope that doesn't mean I hate women or am a closet homosexual, who gets to decide.. is it Jim?
All I know is I have lost the will to live with the endless "-ism" debates in modern society, if you don't like something don't read, watch or partake in it and stop trying to convert everyone else to what ever the point of view you are utterly convinced is right.
Above all don't do this relentlessly in the name of "open mindedness". It is the very antithesis.
All this primarily did was remind me how we don't have beyond good and evil 2 yet.
Also, there's not much wrong with simply preferring to play as your own gender, which is an implied vibe I'm getting from some people. I often hear girls bemoan how there aren't enough women to play as. I empathize, surely, but obviously it's that same mentality of wanting a relatable protagonist that drives guys to want to play as guys. Publishers appealing to that mentality also isn't neccessarily sexist, just business. That aside, some good points made in the video here. Woman not showing romantic initiative is a real shame in games, and very limiting overall.
Yeah I don't really think the issue here is one of sexism, but rather it's a basic effect of capitalism when focused on short sighted but immediate profits and what happens when bug publishers start relying more and more on marketing data and focus groups when designing games. If the number of female protagonists in big games have been shrinking then that's just a clearer sign of big business taking over the industry.
I suppose i wouldn't know specifically what this would be like to a female gamer but I certainly feel the same effects, as my preferences for gaming falls well outside the common majority. Though thanks to PC gaming with Indy developers and kickstarters and the occasional console game like Demon's Soul I'm still much better served than the female gamer.
I'm really looking forward to Remember Me, between it and Watch Dogs, I might get my cyberpunk fix this year via video games instead of books like I usually do.
What a waste of time. There's nothing sexier than a power-suit.
Wait something just occurred to me and i don't think anyone else has said it... couldn't they just have reversible covers? In the case of BI would a reversible cover negate some of this stuff, Levine couldn't be like -
"geez, the fans are really up set but we want to attract as many as possible... Oh, I know! A reversible cover, 60% will have Booker and the rest have the original cover"
It might seem like a silly compromise and it doesn't address the real problem but it doesn't seem unreasonable. The Fans get what they want and the developer gets what they want. Did ME3 have reversible covers or where they just separate?
Or is this just adding to the problem?
Portal 2's GLaDOS, Telltale's The Walking Dead's Clementine, Metroid: Other M's Madeline (who was the "mother" of the "Other M"), and now Bioshock Infinite's Elizabeth, destined to save the world or something: all of these have great female characters/protagonists, and I love every time a game creates a new female character done well.
Speaking of Other M, Samus might as well be a robot in it, but hey, big teams mix good and bad ideas. Good ideas like "Super Metroid, but 3D" get mixed with bad ideas like "Adam controls when you power-up."
Agreed, I prefer Jim's delivery and they fact that he can give out more information in 5 minutes than she did in 20 minutes atop her money mountain.
Also very much agreed, I loved that game.
Maybe the fact that I don't care who I play as long as the game-play is engaging enough or the story line grabs me enough to play it all the way through sometimes despite broken mechanics says a lot about me. Or maybe because once I've invested time and money into something I like to see it through.
I don't really care who's on the cover, as long as it isn't the sort of case that needs extracts from reviews and how many stars it got. That sort of thing actually stops me buying some games and movies.
The Irony is Adam was more likeable as a computer :P
Yes, my line of thinking was that they had to historically get used to it or miss out on video games and so there may be a significant cultural difference when the same sort of scenarios are imposed on males. I'd love to see studies done on that since it's only a hypothesis.
Either way, with the target market supposedly being comprised of around 47% women this sort of thing should start happening. It's not a boys world anymore, or so it seems. Like I said, we'd need to know more "genre/market category" specific data to ascertain how valid that percentage holds up across the market but it's not like that study asked men a different question.
Race has always been something intersting to study. If the census bureau data is correct that 78.1% of the U.S. is white and if the 2008 gaming demographics study holds true that 51% or more of white people are gamers then there is quite a monopoly of the consumer market by one race. 51% of that 78.1% is still more than all minorities (gamers or not) combined. Yet, having black avatars doesn't seem to detract from sales as far as I can tell and the practice is only increasing. It's interesting that race doesn't have such a big impact but sex may. (one of my favorite things about the 2008 gaming demographic study is that the black population was also represented by 51% gamers. The same number means gaming transcends race and culture. The hispanic and latino population got 68% but they only surveyed English speakers for some reason which skews results by ruining randomization of the sample data).
I'm not sure how I'd personally respond to my avatar having a romantic relationship with a male. I haven't run into it. I know playing as a female hasn't mattered to me in the past and many males choose female avatars anyways when given a choice. Perhaps it's an immersion breaker? Don't know until I see it. Either way, I'm not about to complain about it, not after growing up in the U.S. as a male and having my media cater to me as one.
I don't use design to "avoid" saying appearance. A competition to choose a characters looks is obviously based upon appearance, so I don't appreciate the condescension. I am not an idiot, so do not treat me as such.
You must have differing ideas of what constitutes a beauty contest than I do, then. Seeing as the physical characteristics were identical, I don't see where the judgement on beauty comes in. As I said, the relevance of what the fans said or how they perceived it is irrelevant, repeating it does not make it more so.
Why didn't they do it for a male Shepard? Already answered. They chose to base him off of a real model.
Why didn't they use a model for a female Shepard? Perhaps to avoid being accused of being sexist by making their female protagonist based upon an attractive woman.
Or more seriously, I couldn't say, but it honestly doesn't have any relevance to the point I was making. I do not agree that it was a "beauty" contest, because I do not see their intent was for them to be judged upon their attractiveness. You think it was based upon beauty. I doubt we are going to change each others minds, so there's not really much more to say.
As for it being a healthy precedent to set?
Well considering most people complaining about female characters are not happy with the developers choosing for themselves what to do with their time, money and by extension, characters. I'd have thought it'd be seen as a good thing to ask for fan input into the creative process.
This is also forgetting that this is Bioware we are talking about. They constantly ask fans what they want, and try to give them it. It's why Tali and Garrus were romance options in ME2. It's why EDI and Joker had that creepy relationship in ME3, and it's why the Citadel DLC had so many options to do with the romances.
Bioware like asking fans for what they'd want to see in their games, as for whether or not it's a "good" thing or a "bad" thing, I don't really care. If that's how they want to design their games, then that's their choice.
I like well done female leads in games, because it gives a guy like me a unique perspective/look into the game.
What was the game with the women with the holographic thing on the back of her neck, it's bugging me.
The problem with Portal is that Chell is not so much a character as she is an empty shell. We hardly (if ever) learn anything about her, we only see her accidently through a portal and not even the other characters refer to her as 'she' or in any feminine sense.
Put this up against the iconic Gordon Freeman, who not only has a first and a last name, a complete backstory (according to wikipedia anyway) and is the subject of most of the posters and box-art. The image is skewed, In portal, there is far more attention to the game, whereas with Half-life this is divided between the game and Gordon.
I would play any game JUST for a Tom Hiddleston lookalike :p
Anyway, I think that the representation of lesbians is an important issue to be tackled specifically because of that 'girl on girl is hot' trope that occurs in so many sleezy games. Making a character 'lesbian' for the sole purpose of being titillating to the menfolk is just as bad as the objectification of the dead-or-alive ladies and does very little to represent actual lesbians in games. Moreover, Giving one character a deep, meaningful homosexual relationship (male or female) is even rarer than a heterosexual relationship from a woman's POV. All of them deserve more attention, but I think that in this case, us straight females have the advantage and personally, I wouldn't mind Lara Croft being gay, as long as it isn't played for the fapping of fourteen-year-olds.
I'd love for it to be. Too bad the only way to have that happen is WITH DISCUSSION. Seriously, anyone who says that there is no sexism problem in gaming is straight-up LYING TO THEMSELVES and crap like this just proves it.
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The 2004-05 Lady Bucs posted a 19-7 record a year ago, tied for second in the regular season standings, and advanced to the conference semifinals in tournament action. The ITA poll is based on coaches' rankings from each team in the region.
"I'm real excited that the team is ranked since it is based on the coaches' choices," said ETSU head coach Steve Brooks. "It's good to know that they recognize we are becoming a competitive team. I hope to carry this over to next year when we'll be a lot stronger."
Of the teams ranked in the Top 15, 13 of those squads are ranked nationally. While the Lady Bucs are not part of that nationally-recognized group, Brooks said it is an indication of the Southeast Region's competition level.
"This is the first time our team has been regionally ranked," Brooks said. "When the rankings came out a few weeks ago, it really made the team eager for the season to start."
Every key players from last year's team will return in 2005-06, and combined with a strong freshman class, Brooks said the team should build on last year's success.
"I think all of our hard work and rebuilding these last four years is starting to pay off," said Brooks, whose team will be competing in its first season as a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference this year.


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Celebrating 75 years of U.S. Catholic
U.S. Catholic magazine is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. From its first days as the Voice of St. Jude through a few name changes to its current incarnation not only in print but also online, a few things have remain the same. With the support of its publishers, the Claretians, U.S. Catholic always has and always will be a place for conversation about the issues that matter most to American Catholics.
In this series of retrospectives, Executive Editor Meinrad Scherer-Emunds looks some of the major stories and topics the magazine has covered over the years. Read more about U.S. Catholic and the church over the past 75 years in our special anniversary issue in August 2010. Order your copy today!
In the beginning: The origins of U.S. Catholic
How U.S. Catholic got its start 75 years ago
Ratzinger on the record
Thirty-seven years ago a future pope told U.S. Catholic what was on his mind.
By Desmund O'Grady
Who are you calling a saint?
In 1966 U.S. Catholic visited Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker in New York.
Read the original articles and learn more about Dorothy Day in our special section.
The end of a violent year
At the end of 1968 a poet and an artist looked back on a tragic year.
Somos el cuerpo de Cristo
U.S. Catholic has helped Latinos claim their rightful place in the church.
Read the original articles and learn more about Hispanic Catholics in our special section (to come).
An early call to get out
In 1967 U.S. Catholic call for a swift end to the Vietnam War.
By the way, the 75th anniversary is diamonds, if you're thinking of sending a gift!


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"The Last Word" show host Lawrence O'Donnell lashed out at the Almighty as well as the Book of Revelation last night on the "Rewrite" segment of his news commentary show.
He's MSNBC's Senior Political Analyst as well as the Emmy-winning producer and writer of NBC's "The West Wing," which explains that show's penchant for portraying believers as freaks, crazies and threats to national security.
During the "Rewrite" segment of his program, O'Donnell criticized other news shows for over-hyping the situation in Japan.
He specifically lampooned Fox News's Glenn Beck for citing the Book of Revelation in a segment, then declared:
"The book of Revelation is a work of fiction describing how a truly vicious God would bring about the end of the world."
But O'Donnell wasn't finished.
"No half-smart religious person actually believes the Book of Revelation," he proclaimed. "They are certain that their God would never turn into a malicious torturer and mass murderer beyond Hitler's wildest dreams."
Then, he had to get out one last jab at Beck, whose audience is about ten times as large as O'Donnell's:
"Glenn Beck, of course, does believe the book of Revelation."
Beck cites the Bible and St. John's vision of the Apocalypse upon occasion, however frequently laments that the end of the world is beyond his expertise.
That, too, annoyed O'Donnell: "Why would anyone listen to a guy who doesn't know if this is the end of the world when there's another guy on MSNBC at eight every night who can tell you with absolute certainty, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this is not the end of the world? What do I have to do, change the name of the show to 'The This is Not the End of the World Show with Lawrence O'Donnell?'"
O'Donnell needs to check out the Tenth Commandment — "Thou Shalt Not Covet."
"Don't listen to Beck. Listen to me," he seems to be screaming.
Too bad O'Donnell doesn't believe the Bible. He might find a role model in the Apostle Paul, who from prison wrote in Phlippians 4:11: "… I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."


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Aili Johanna Lahti
Aili Johanna Lahti, age 88 of Beverly Hills, Mich. passed away Wednesday morning, August 15, 2012 at Tendercare Nursing Home.
Aili was born on Novermber 20, 1923 in Michigamme, Mich. to the late Wilho and Hilma (Worjanen) Numminen, Aili was a graduate of Michigamme High School.
She served her country in the United States Marine Corp. during WWII. She married Carl Edward Lahti in Detroit, Michigan on May 1st 1947. Aili was a member of the Finnish Center in Livonia, Mich. and the Rebekah Lodge. She loved her Lutheran Church and was a avid reader, who enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and playing Sudoku.
She is survived by her two sons: David (Carmen) Lahti of Suger Island and Mark (Cyndy) Lahti of Orchard Lake, Mich.; three grandchildren: Sandy Lahti, Crystal (Rob) Ward, and Hannah Lahti; three great grandchildren: Alexis Savage, Olivia Ward, and Emmitt Ward.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband: Carl E. Lahti.
A graveside service was held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 16, 2012 at Glen Eden Cemetery in Livonia. Condolences may be left online at http://www.csmulder.com/
Maynard Davidson Jr.
Maynard Davidson Jr. was born May 21, 1925 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. to Elva McKay and Maynard Davidson. He passed away August 21, 2012. He was a loving father, grandfather and friend and will be sorely missed.
Maynard, otherwise known to family and friends as "Junie" worked early in life and at 14 years old had a "charge account." By the time he was 16 years old he was "manager" at the "Soo Co-op" Grocery store. He worked at "Dave's Market" as a meat cutter until he was drafted into the U. S. Army.
He was 18-years-old and became a "private first class" in Company B 168th Infantry 34th Division. He was in North Africa, Naples and Anzio, Italy where he was in the second wave of the "beach head" landing. He knew what it was to have to "dig in" in retreat. He and two other men twenty four hours a day were confined to one small "hole" where they ate "C" rations. He never complained and he did what he felt was his duty.
After the war was over he worked as a "lift operator" for the Canadian Pacific Railroad and finally retired from the "Mobil Gas Station" in 1994.
It was after the war (1948) that he married Margaret E. Mackie. He wore a dark green single-breasted suit adorned with a white carnation.
He had a good "sense of humor" and really enjoyed joking with family and friends.
He enjoyed riding his "Harley Davidson" motorcycle, playing cards with friends, riding snowmobile and dancing. His favorite song was "Blue Suede Shoes" by Elvis Presley.
In later years, he found that he really liked reading all the "Louis Lamour" books about the West.
He is survived by his son Craig and wife Marguerite Davidson, daughter Susan and husband Gary Degarmo, grandchildren Scott and Lisa Davidson, Heather (Tristin Allan) and Elizabeth Degarmo, two great grandchildren, and many good friends.
Maynard is preceded in death by his beloved wife Margaret Davidson and a brother Clifford Davidson.
Visitation will be held at Hovie Funeral Home on Saturday August 25, 2012 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday August 25, 2012 with Reverend Rod Case officiating. Burial will be at Oaklawn Chapel Gardens at a later date.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Hospice of E.U.P., 308 W. 12th Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783. Maynard's family extends their heartfelt thanks to all those who were so generous with their love, support and friendship.
Kenneth James Fazzari
Kenneth James Fazzari (Stubborn Italian) born, October 29, 1943, to Rosa (Sylvestro) Fazzari, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. and Michele Fazzari, of Calabria, Italy, passed away on August 22, 2012. Ken was a loving husband, a father of three and grandfather of nine.
He was a life-long resident, raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. and graduated from Loretto Catholic High School, in 1961. He attended Lake Superior State College for two years, before transferring to Western Michigan University to earn a B.S. in Biology.
Kenneth was a long time writer and Editor-In-Chief for the Sault Evening News. After 33 years, his last article was published April 7, 2000; titled, "It was a long run, for the most part a good run." He also had a short stint as a bar owner (of the Belvidere Ship Lounge) and served in the Sault National Guard for six years.
He was a member of different organizations, including the Sports Writers Hall of Fame, Christopher Columbus Hall, U.P. Editors, and the Laker Club.
Kenneth was an avid sportsman and self-proclaimed sport-aficionado. He loved deer hunting, fishing, camping, and spent many evenings crabbing about the Lions, Tigers, and Pistons…. oh my!
He was preceded in death, by his parents, Rosa and Michele; his infant brother, Michael James; and brothers-in-law: Kenneth Kelley and Michael Hoholik.
Ken will be missed by his wife of 47 years, Linda Joy (Otis) Fazzari; sons: Joe (Ruth) Fazzari, Tony (Carmen) Fazzari, and Steven (Kelli) Fazzari; sisters: Nancy Kelley, Antoinette (Jerry) Mancuso, Frances Hoholik, Ann Marie (Jim) Woodall, Carolyn (Joe) Howie, Rose Ann (Steve) Barner; brother, Raymond (Dora) Fazzari; cousin, Brian Short; uncle, Frank Sylvestro; and his nine grandchildren: Nikki, Emily, Ava, Emmett, Liza, Dominic, Annabelle, Sophie Jo, Orran; many nieces and nephews, and lots of friends.
Ken's family will receive friends, Friday, August 24, 2012 from 5-8 p.m. (Prayers to start at 7:30 p.m.) at Clark Bailey Newhouse Funeral Home, 113 Maple St., Sault Ste. Marie. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, August 25, 2012 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 320 East Portage Avenue, Sault Ste. Marie at noon.
The family request that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to: The American Diabetes Association and/or Hospice of the EUP.
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High School Students Selected to Represent the U.S. Physics Team at the 2011 International Physics Olympiad
Traveling team Lucy Chen, Andrew Das Sarma, Ante Qu, Eric Spieglan, and Brian Zhang
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May 31, 2010, College Park, MD — Five students have been selected to represent the U.S. Physics Team as the 2011 Traveling Team at the 42nd International Physics Olympiad, a competition among high-school physics students, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 10 to 18.
Lucy Chen, a senior at Ames High School in Ames IA; bio at http://www.aapt.org/physicsteam/2011/team.cfm?id=835&year=2011
"All twenty students who earned a position on the 2011 U.S. Physics Team are world class. They have tested themselves with the best of their peers for ten days and have proven to be an exceptional group of young people," said Beth Cunningham, Executive Officer of the American Association of Physics Teachers, which sponsors the team. "We are proud of them all and are confident that the five Traveling Team members will continue the tradition of success for the United States as they represent the U.S. Physics Team in Bangkok."
The students attended a rigorous training camp at the University of Maryland, where, through classes, labs and special lectures, they were coached on difficult physics concepts, and then took a series of exams. They also made a trip to nearby Washington, DC to visit their congressional representatives and senators, and meet with Carl Weiman at the White House Conference Center. The coaches for the 2011 U.S. Physics team are: Paul Stanley, Academic Director/Senior Coach, Warren Turner, Senior Coach/Lab Coach, Andrew Lin, Jia Jia Dong, Quizi Li, David Fallest, and Marianna Mao, Junior Coach.
Last year, the team brought home one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals. Eric Speiglan, a returning team member, brought home a silver medal for the 2010 Team.
The U.S. Physics Olympiad Program was started in 1986 by AAPT to promote and demonstrate academic excellence. It continues to be supported as a joint initiative between AAPT, AIP, and the member societies of the American Institute for Physics: Acoustical Society of America, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, American Astronomical Society, American Crystallographic Society, American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society, AVS - Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing, Optical Society America, and The Society of Rheology.
The 42nd IPhO is being hosted by Thailand with the generous support of the Royal Thai Government and the POSN (The Promotion of Academic Olympiad and Development of Science Education Foundation). The nine-day international competition brings together pre-university students from more than 80 nations.
• The official website of the International Physics Olympiad: http://www.ipho2011.org/home


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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Of all the places to live, more wealthy Americans choose to live in Fairfield County than anywhere else.
Almost 18 percent of the households in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk area are what the United States Census would consider to be in the top 5 percent household incomes, or households earning $191,469 or more a year.
The San Jose area comes in second with 15.9 percent of the families considered high income, followed by the greater Washington D.C. area at 14.1 percent. San Francisco comes in fourth at 13 percent and Trenton, N.J. at number five with 11.6 percent households being high-income homes.
Two Danvilles -- in Illinois and Virginia -- tied for bottom at 1.1 percent of their households earning at least $191,000. Pine Bluff Arkansas came in third to last at 1.2 percent and Muskegon, Mich. and Steubenville, Ohio tied at 1.3 percent.
The study shows most of the country's wealth is concentrated along the coast lines, including New England, the Pacific coast and parts of the Mid-Atlantic region. Areas with the lowest wealth concentration were further inland and further south, mainly in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.
"This report addresses one aspect of the growing interest in income distribution by examining the geographic spread of high-income households," said David Johnson, chief of the Census Bureau's Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, in a statement .
The study was conducted using 2007-11 census data from the American Community Survey.
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An interesting outgrowth of the otherwise depressing state of affairs regarding LGBT rights in the South has been the strain it's created between two pillars of the political right: Christian conservatives and big business.
Always a marriage of convenience rather than love, corporations have turned out to be some of the most powerful critics of regressive laws passed in North Carolina and Mississippi—threatening to withdraw billions of dollars in investments from the states if lawmakers don't walk back their discriminatory actions.
As financial columnist James Surowiecki wrote in the New Yorker a few weeks ago, while the Christian right and big business long put up with each other for political expediency, "The LGBT fight shows how far that bargain has eroded. To many conservative business leaders, today's social-conservative agenda looks anachronistic and is harmful to the bottom line."
Which brings us to an announcement today that a large coalition of Washington businesses have filed an amicus brief to the Washington Supreme Court urging justices to uphold a law that bars businesses from discriminating against people based on their sexual orientation. The case pertains to Arlene's Flowers, the Richmond florist that refused to provide wedding flowers for Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed in 2013 because they were gay. A lower court already upheld the Washington Law Against Discrimination and the Washington Consumer Protection Act.
The businesses—including Microsoft, Amazon, and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce—argue to the court that allowing discrimination against LGBT people would make it difficult to recruit top talent to their firms and could open the door to other forms of discrimination.
"The business case for a diverse and inclusive workplace is … generally accepted," the brief argues. "Among companies with more than $10 billion in annual revenues, 56 percent strongly agree that diversity helps drive innovation."
The brief also nods to the purchasing power LGBT people wield.
"In 2012, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults in the U.S. represented $790 billion in total buying power—a significant force in local economies," it reads. "If discrimination against LGBT individuals is justified by religious beliefs, as Appellants urge, LGBT individuals may leave Washington for a more tolerant location."
"What we've seen around the country is business interests weighing in on discrimination, saying clearly this is contrary to their businesses interests," says Doug Honig, spokesman for the ACLU Washington, which is representing Ingersoll and Freed.
This isn't the first time business leaders have weighed in on LGBT issues. The Bezos family donated large sums to Washington's gay marriage initiative. And the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce has weighed in on previous LGBT issues. Among other efforts, it endorsed Referendum 74, which established marriage equality in Washington, and signed onto an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage bans, according to Alicia Teel, director of communications with the chamber.
And as Surowiecki notes, as the religious right begins to accept that big business isn't the ally it once was, the left might have to face another uncomfortable truth: Sometimes it's nice when deep pockets let their presence be known in the pillars of government.


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WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- U.S. policymakers must lift the federal debt ceiling soon, for the sake of the U.S. and world economies, the International Monetary Fund said.
Congress should raise the legal cap on the amount of money the federal government can borrow "well ahead" of the projected year-end deadline to "mitigate risks of financial market disruptions and a loss in consumer and business confidence," IMF economists warned in an update to the fund's regular World Economic Outlook.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, vowed at a fiscal summit meeting in May to hold up another increase in the federal debt ceiling unless it was offset by larger spending cuts.
The monetary fund also projected that failing to extend at least some Bush-era tax cuts, and to reverse some automatic, across-the-board government spending cuts looming in December and January, would cause the economy to stall on the brink of recession, "with significant spillovers."
Under current law, the end of the year will bring about federal tax increases as U.S. tax cuts originally passed during the presidency of George W. Bush expire, along with temporary payroll tax reductions.
The government is scheduled to cut federal spending starting in January because of measures set in motion by Congress' inability last December to come up with plans for long-term fiscal restructuring.
In addition to those components of the so-called fiscal cliff, a federal extension for unemployment benefits ends this year, meaning newly unemployed workers in most states will receive no more than 26 weeks of jobless benefits, the National Employment Law Project says.
Without extended jobless benefits, unemployed workers will have less disposable income, cutting their spending -- and reducing employers' need to hire more workers, The New York Times says.
The IMF said the United States could experience considerably higher borrowing costs if policymakers don't cut the national deficit in the next three years.
"Uncertainties about the fiscal outlook in the United States present a particular latent risk to global financial stability," said Jose Vinals, director of the IMF's monetary and capital markets department.
The fund reduced its estimates of U.S. growth this year and next by 1/10 of a percentage point, anticipating the economy will expand 2 percent this year and 2.3 percent next year.
The IMF maintained its forecast of global economic growth this year at 3.5 percent, but cut its 2013 forecast to 3.9 percent, down from the 4.1 percent estimate it made in April.
The world economy expanded 5.3 percent in 2010.
Speaking globally, IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard said: "More worrisome than these revisions to the baseline forecast is the increase in downside risks.
"The global recovery continues, but it is a weak recovery and indeed a bit weaker than we forecast last April," he said.
Resolving Europe's sovereign debt crisis remains "the utmost priority," IMF economists said, adding the troubled economies of Spain and Italy could be key threats to the global economy.
The IMF analysis pointed to new concerns about the developing world -- nations whose economies had helped prop up global growth but are now slowing and may be nearing crises of their own.
In China, India and Brazil, for example, lending grew so fast in recent years that the current slowdown is raising fears bad loans or falling asset prices could create a banking crisis in those countries, The Washington Post said.


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Location, location, location may be the mantra of the real estate industry, but, when it comes to online retail, it seems to be mostly about price. A Consumer Internet Barometer survey of 10,000 households revealed that bargains are what drive the largest percentage of online purchases. Among online consumers who made a purchase in the last quarter of 2003, the greatest number did so because they found a better deal online than in a store.


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