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We are exited to announce the printing of The Defibulators Songbook by Mel Bay Publications! The 116 page book includes songs from Corn Money as well as 6 songs from our upcoming album. It also includes lead guitar tablature, fiddle transcriptions, photos, illustrations, and a bizarre DIY section called Metalbelly's Woodshed.
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To honor the student work, the hospital framed artwork by Rockland students Karen Tarmen and Hailey Petz, along with collaborative artwork created by groups of students -- all of which is permanently on display in the hospital's ICU. Last year, the hospital also worked with District 70 to create a permanent gallery of student artwork in the hospital lobby.
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I've never fully achieved a Wordless Wednesday post. I always end up typing 1,000 and some words, while rambling on and on, defeating its purpose. So, I'm gonna do my best to keep it quiet.
Wednesday/Thursday Lovin,'
My first thought when I saw your post title was no way Maria does a wordless Wednesday - the whole it's Thursday factor didn't cross my mind at all lol
Love all the pictures as always! They always look like so much fun :) I hope your week is going well :)
Wow!!!! Great pictures, lady! I have allllways wanted to check out the art museum. What an awesome place for such a nice party! Everybody looked so nice and beautiful! Made me wanna get all dressed up and hit the town with my mr :). I am still laughing at your comments ab that picture and the frame. Hahahahahaha!
Awww you and Jessica are so funny at pier 1! I am not kidding, I LOVE those masks! That store always has something awesome and different.
And was Gina in your wedding? She looks great! That is funny you two always show up matching :). Aww!
I think u is good at your "wordless Wednesday" post :). U know me, I love pictures. And I am still having dreams ab your camera. AND about winning $25,000 here in AC. It was so real I woke up and thought it really happened! Hahahahahhaha!
Happy Wednesday AND Thursday!!!
You looked beauteous! (and your Husband quite handsome)
It looks like you had a great time!
Have a great day Maria!
You look gooorrrggeeeoouusss!! Steve is one lucky guy, but I know he already knows that :) I love that this post was neither Wednesday or wordless...it made me smile lol. Xosososososo~~~
Darling! I love all your pictures! I have started to carry my real camera with me! Every time I grab it I think today I am going to be like Maria and take lots of really cute pictures! lol! It looks like you had a fabulous time! I am super happy for you! Have a great rest of the week! and try to remember today is Thursday! heheh!
It had been practically a decade since I had an excuse to get really dressed up and party! Unless you count my wedding but that's different. LOL
By the way I totally wanted a bite of the quesadilla. Mmmm...
Promise me that whenever I make it out your way that we go to that restaurant with the quesadilla.
I'm still stuck on that quesadilla. Seriously. Was it awesome?
:) <3 and lots of hugs and prayers!
You have been having a whale of a time Maria! The pictures look great. The dress you wore to the 25th anniversary celebration certainly fits you so well. I love the colour! The women and men looked wonderful in their outfits. I have had lunch just over an hour now but the food on display is making me feel as if I have not yet eaten!:) I see that spring has arrived over there. Look at those trees! Continue to have good times! Lots of Love & Friendship always.
You and Steve looked so great!! Looks like a great time was had by all! You looked lovely in the mask but I much prefer to see your own pretty face! Glad you had a fun weekend! Take care and much love!
BEAUTIFUL pictures! You and Stever are such a gorgeous couple! Ha... I'm not deleting the R typo -- Stever. Ha.
Ok, sorry. I just may have eaten an espresso chip chocolate bar and it might be making me stupid. ;)
ANYWAY, I loved your not-so-wordless not-so-Wednesday post. All of your pictures make me happy! :)
Have a good day, lady!
How fun to get all dressed up and go dancing! Haven't done that with my hubby in way too long! You girls looked fantastic! Glad it wasn't a "wordless" post because I always look forward to hearing what you have to say! :)
Hope you have a great Friday!!
You wordless? That will never do!!!
Great fun post filled with friendships, food, wacky masks and pretty gowns.
You two are a cute couple, seriously!
You looked so pretty, looks like it was a great night out, just what you needed??
Thank you always for your comments and sunshine that you bring to my life Maria xoxo
I love the pictures and it looks like you and the Mr. had a great time. You have the best friends as well. Thank you for your kind words on my post things are getting better and I am getting back to being me again. Love your posts and I might have more time now to read them ;-) now that Annabelle is sleeping more. Big Hugs!
Loving looking around your blog!
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What fun!!! You're making me want to have a fancy night out with my hubby! It's gotta be even more fun when the company is paying though! ;) love the masks.. You are do cute! Hope you have a great weekend!!!
HA HA! Baby Girl, that was NOT a wordless Wednesday post AT ALL. No siree! HA HA! I loved it, though. You have such fun and wonderful adventures. Sadly, my adventures include napping during the day when my kids do because they've been so sick and I've been so wasted, taking them to the doctor, treating their ear infections, and attempting to clean my nasty ass house. *sigh* NOT glamorous. BUT, darling, you looked super glamorous at the par-tay. Loved your dress, LOVED your bangles. And heck yes I noticed your lipstick and nail polish. All of it was AWESOME. I miss you and I love you fo-eva!
Love this post -- and you're not the only one who can't do a total "wordless wednesday" I think I have like once or twice. It just doesn't look right, I'm like it needs words. :) Beautiful post, looks like you and the hubbs had a wonderful time out. And thanks for the comments on my photoaday post :) I was so stoked when my phone captured our reflection.


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Friday, January 22
Yes Sir! Jack Turns 70
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY tributes this week to Jack Nicklaus, who turned 70 on Thursday. Jack was the guy when I took up the game and tuned in to televised golf in those ancient days before cable and the Golf Channel.
Jack won his first major, the 1962 U.S. Open in a playoff with Arnold Palmer, at the precocious age of 22. He won his 18th and last major, the 1986 Masters, at the over-the-hill (or so they said) age of 46.
I found the above 10-minute highlight package of that sixth Green Jacket. It was pure joy reliving those amazing images from nearly 24 years ago.
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Happy birthday, Jack.
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Presenting Gamasutra's Top 10 developers of 2012.
Typically, Gamasutra publishes its Top 5 developers of the year. But not in 2012. This time, we've doubled the size of our list to a nice, even 10 in order to better accommodate the number of developers who exceeded expectations and pushed creative, commercial and cultural boundaries. Of course, even at 10, it was difficult narrowing down who to include.
This is not intended to be a list of 10 developers who happened to make good games in 2012 (though releasing a good game certainly didn't hurt anyone's chances of being included). When selecting the developers on this list (presented alphabetically), Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine editors determined which ones defined the year in a positive way. These are the developers and studios that left their mark on 2012 -- the ones that the industry will be watching in the years ahead.
- Kris Graft, Editor-in-Chief, Gamasutra
For years, one-man show
Jonatan "Cactus" Soderstrom
has been almost embarrassingly prolific, producing a veritable catalogue of the thoughtful, manic and strange. Doing so many short, experimental games tuned his creativity --
but by his own admission
, it highlighted how he's historically lacked the confidence to manage a bigger project, the sort that might actually pull in revenue. You know, for rent and stuff.
This year, he forged an official partnership with visual artist Dennis Wedin, and from Dennaton Games, the sharp and addictive
Hotline Miami
was born, radiant with the surreality and irreverence of the '80s. The game's nearly-universal positive critical reception crowned the commercial debut of a prolific and always-unique underground artist -- and his attitude to software piracy was eye-opening, even revolutionary.
Though naturally he would have preferred the inevitable pirates pay, Soderstrom jumped into the trenches at torrent site The Pirate Bay to offer tech support, advice and even a patch for those that had obtained his game illegally. His embrace of the inevitability of piracy helped start a revolution in the relationship between devs and their community, and even
led to other indies
earning money for their games through pay-what-you-want goodwill. This year, Cactus has been an icon for how the creative agility and adaptability of a small indie can be leveraged against the larger landscape.
It's not often that an entirely new genre segment explodes, but that's something Tokyo-based
has managed in the mobile social space.
Rage of Bahamut
debuted earlier this year for Android and iOS in the West, and its Japanese-inflected collectible card gameplay has proven surprisingly successful. Since its launch, it's stayed parked at the top of the top grossing charts for both Google Play and the App Store. That's quite an achievement for a game that even its U.S. publisher, Ngmoco, was initially skeptical about.
But Cygames has accomplished more than blowing open the doors on a new genre on mobile devices. Fads are fads, and collectible card games will inevitably cool off when the market gets saturated (we're already well on the way to this). No, what Cygame did that will have a more lasting impact is conclusively proving that a niche of dedicated gamers can successfully be induced to pay for a free-to-play game on mobile at high enough rates to support the development of core games for these devices.
Rage of Bahamut
is the mid-core success story of the year, and paves the way for many developers to follow in its footsteps.
Double Fine
It's entirely possible that 2012 will go down as the year that game development finally became democratized by game players and, in many ways, it all started with
Double Fine Adventure
The company managed to smash all of the previous video game crowdfunding records when it managed to raise
$3.3 million dollars
to develop an old-fashioned adventure game, over eight times the $400,000 it was asking for. And it did it merely by being itself.
Crowdfunding has become so commonplace so quickly that it's hard to imagine how weird it would have been, even a year ago, to have a video game designer on camera in his office asking his fans for money. Double Fine paved the way for what appears to be a crowdfunding revolution in 2012.
Add to that its unique
Amnesia Fortnight
project, in which fans were able to vote on which concepts the studio would prototype next (as well as watch them unfold and, at the end, play them), and you have what could be the early stages of what is either a temporary trend or a video game revolution. Either way, you can't look back at 2012 without closely examining Double Fine.
skyrocketed to success on the back of
Bubble Witch Saga
-- becoming Facebook's number two developer in the process -- conventional wisdom was that if you didn't get onto the platform during the gold rush days of cheap virality, it would be impossible to build meaningful audience share. That's one myth shattered.
But there's more to the King.com story. For years now, the company has operated a successful web-based casual games business. It was able to transition over to Facebook with a stack of proven games, and smartly wrap them in what it calls a "social envelope" which powers its success on that specific platform. Delivering puzzle games to an underserved and hungry audience has driven its success.
Then, King.com turned around and spun its triumph on Facebook into a major win on iOS, driving top 10 success for
Bubble Witch Saga
without spending a dime marketing the game. Rather, success was achieved by getting its existing audience to go mobile, thanks to a strategy of smart viral integration and progression and purchase parity between versions of its games. This set the standard for cross-platform integration.
Bubble Witch Saga
certainly wasn't the first bubble-popping game, and it wasn't even the first on Facebook -- but it's shown the world how this segment of the business is supposed to work.
Christine Love
Sometimes the developers that lead new trends in the ways we think about games never set out to make "games", per se, at all. Toronto-based
Christine Love
started out exploring ways to make her writing interactive, and work like
Digital: A Love Story
Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story
gained cult acclaim for their unique storytelling -- while Love herself became known as one of the rare creators experimenting with the visual novel format in the West.
This year's
Analogue: A Hate Story
, launched in February, is her most expansive work yet, tasking the player with mining the diaries of a mysterious lost society -- while engaging and bonding with the AI characters who manage that information. The game caught fire among fans for its thoughtful storytelling, especially as regards the development of romantic relationships through conversation, a subject rarely of focus in indie games.
The popularity of
, of which Love has independently sold more than 40,000 units this year, speaks to demand for Love's attention for themes of social interaction and romance in the digital age -- and is incredibly relevant as storytelling moves to the forefront among the text-oriented niches that are exploding in the age of portable reading.
Obsidian Entertainment
If Double Fine paved the dusty road between game players and game developers, it was Obsidian that turned it into a two-way street.
Double Fine proved that crowdfunding game development is viable, but it was Obsidian that made its fans feel like they were part of the team. Through constant updates, fan forums, and a constant back and forth feedback loop, the team's
"Project Eternity"
feels like a crowd-developed game.
More importantly, Obsidian represents a developer quickly adapting and thriving in what is a rapidly changing game development world. The studio had been struggling with bad deals and draining triple-A work, but thanks to crowdfunding, it may have reinvented itself while playing to its core strengths.
If the studio is able to sustain with Project Eternity, and even have a follow-up developed in a similar way, it will have proven that a decently-sized studio can survive and thrive by independently making the games it wants to make, for fans that want to play them.
It can be tricky to admit your mistakes, learn from them and move on. That's exactly what Finnish games start-up
did in 2011, when it realized that its multiplatform release
wasn't so hot with players. Now, a year on from that false start, the company is one of the most successful mobile studios to date, and currently has two games in the top five grossing apps on the iOS App Store.
So how exactly did Supercell swing from a dud release, to making $500,000 a day from two releases,
Clash of Clans
Hay Day
? The company recently told Gamasutra that it's all down to a mixture of elements, including its tablet-first approach, and its culture of celebrating failure and reveling in zero bureaucracy.
Whether the company will be able to repeat this success with its next upcoming releases remains to be seen, but it's hard to deny that Supercell is keeping its eye on the ball, and scoring success through carefully-planned mobile game execution. Supercell's success should also make other studios question whether attempting to cater for multiple platforms is, in fact, the right approach.
Telltale Games
As the foremost stalwart of the episodic business model, Telltale Games had found success with the format, but the studio lacked a real bona fide blockbuster -- a hit that would prove once and for all that the episodic business model is not only commercially viable, but also a format that is capable of uniquely engaging audiences on an emotional level.
All due respect to previous titles from Telltale, but it wasn't until
The Walking Dead
that the studio really nailed the formula for an episodic series, from a commercial and creative standpoint. It seems that Telltale realized that it was time to identify and leverage the creative advantages of the episodic model, rather than fight against the disadvantages.
The Walking Dead
did this year was reinvigorate (and to an extent, redefine) the adventure game genre. And forget about the episodic format of the game for a minute -- aside from that, its storytelling and narrative were arguably the best of the year, character development was top notch and choices in the game presented a sense of urgency and meaningfulness. All of those aspects added up to one of the most engaging games of the year, one that people could not stop talking about. This list isn't really meant about studios that "merely" released a good game this year, but Telltale made such a leap forward with this series that it likely changed the studio for good -- we suspect other studios have been examining the series closely as well.
is still very much alive and kicking, 2012 felt like the end of an era at the Los Angeles studio. Up to this point, its three-game contract with Sony has yielded remarkable results with
, and swarms of players and the press alike were eager to see how the agreement's third and final release,
, would play out.
As we now know,
did not disappoint, garnering critical acclaim all-round. Like its predecessors,
is not your typical video game release, with a huge focus on visual stimulus and exploration with no hand-holding provided. And yet, while its premise appeared to clash with the types of experiences that the average console player would usually take part in, the game was hugely successful on PlayStation 3, and it soon became impossible to find someone who hadn't at least given it a go.
ThatGameCompany showed that players are in fact open to different experiences outside of their comfort zones, and it's notable that other similar games (such as
The Unfinished Swan
) have also been discussed widely since
's release.
Of course, that's not the whole 2012 story. Following the release of
, and the subsequent end of the Sony contract, various big-name individuals began to peel away from the company, including Kellee Santiago, Robin Hunicke and Chris Bell. Co-founder Jenova Chen remains, however, and the company now plans to develop games for multiple platforms. With all the studios' accomplishments in taking such emotional games mainstream, we can't wait to see what's next.
Ubisoft Montreal
Instead of fretting too much over transitions in the triple-A space, Ubisoft Montreal (backed up by Ubisoft's worldwide network of studios) has been keeping its head down, making big, beautiful games, selling lots of them and simply knowing the kind of customers that it needs to cater to. Better than any other publisher-owned studio this year, Ubisoft Montreal has been able to deftly balance business responsibilities with an evolving creative vision that makes an honest effort to go beyond slapping a thick coat of gloss on tired ideas.
Ubisoft is apparently confident in the capabilities of its Montreal studio, releasing both
Assassin's Creed III
Far Cry 3
into the thick of the highly-competitive 2012 shopping season. The strategy has worked out so far with
Assassin's Creed III
-- the annualized game still has momentum, selling through to consumers 7 million units in one month, the fastest-selling game in Ubisoft's history, according to the company. It's a testament to the game's quality (and to its massive marketing campaign). And when the studio revealed the upcoming
Watch Dogs
this year at E3, for many, it was the highlight of the show.
People are willing to pay $60 for a video game today, but expectations are high, and perhaps players are more demanding, as they have so many choices nowadays. They want to feel respected by developers. That respect is conveyed through a top-tier product that challenges not only their motor skills, but their expectations. There will always be room for triple-A games from the big publishers, as long as studios like Ubisoft Montreal lead by example -- simply inject about $60 worth of value into these games, and perhaps everything will be just fine.
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Standard & Poor's 500 companies could save $689 billion over the same period if they did likewise, the report found. Savings for S&P 500 companies could top $800 billion if health care inflation remains at the traditional 7.5 percent rate over the next decade, the report estimates.
If realized, the larger move to marketplace coverage would shift more of the cost and responsibility for employee health insurance to workers themselves.
"Once a few notable companies start to depart form their traditional approach to health care benefits, it's likely that a substantial number of firms could quickly follow suit," the report noted. "The result would be a dramatic departure from the legacy employer/employee payroll deduction benefit provision relationship, and could quickly be the modern day equivalent of companies moving from defined benefit pension plans to defined contribution programs."
The S&P 500 is a stock market index of 500 large companies with common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. It's considered a bellwether for the larger U.S. economy.
S&P 500 companies employ roughly 138 million people. That's about 20 percent of the U.S. workforce for companies with more than 50 workers.
The transition to marketplace coverage won't take long, the report predicts. Ten percent of S&P 500 workers will shift coverage by 2016, 30 percent by 2017, 70 percent by 2019 and 90 percent by 2020.
Low- and middle-income workers, who already get a sizable federal subsidy to help them purchase marketplace coverage, are the most likely to be steered into the exchanges. But higher-income employees "will eventually be pushed towards the (marketplaces) and will be provided a stipend to help cover costs," the report predicts.
"Over time, these stipends will not likely keep pace with health care inflation, potentially providing companies with a savings compared to the amount of contributions that would have been made under an employer-sponsored plan."
The report predicts those stipends will eventually morph into employee pay, "completing the corporate departure from providing health care benefits."
Shifting workers to marketplace coverage could increase corporate profitability and make job-based coverage more of recruitment tool "as opposed to an expected or assumed benefit of employment," the report noted. Employers could also move retiree health benefits to the marketplaces over time.
Broader employee participation in the markeptplaces could make coverage more affordable and competitive, the report added. It would also allow workers to keep their coverage and caregivers when changing jobs.
"However, the improvements may come at a cost, as individuals could largely be extricated from employer-based plans and contributions. Also, premium costs will rise for some individuals if they do not qualify for government subsidies," the report said.
The projections are not etched in stone. Individual companies will decide when and how any such coverage transitions will be made. The projections could also change over time as the Affordable Care Act is amended and modified.
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That was one of the best yet.
I am still blown away by the simple, yet touching prose in the last panels. The elegant shading. The Kurosawa allusion. The bold use of chiaroscuro. The in-your-face perspective with the cliffs and water. BTW, is that a 14th century Japanese influence?
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The venerable 61-year-old mountain theater company isn't messing around in 2012, with a lineup that includes Peter Shaffer's "Black Comedy," the Denver Center-born "The Laramie Project," and the regional premiere of a new play by local playwright Scott Gibson.
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Brothers Charged with Guiding Illegal Deer Hunts in Southwestern Kansas
WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Wichita, Kan., returned a 23-count felony indictment charging two brothers with conspiracy and wildlife trafficking stemming from the illegal sale of guided deer hunts, the Justice Department announced.
The indictment charges James Bobby Butler Jr., 41, with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, 18 substantive violations of the Lacey Act, and three counts of obstruction of justice. His brother, Marlin Jackson Butler, 35, is charged with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and twelve substantive violations of the Lacey Act. Both men are from Martinsville, Texas.
The Lacey Act is a federal law that makes it illegal to knowingly transport or sell in interstate commerce any wildlife taken or possessed in violation of state law or regulation.
The indictment alleges that from 2005 to 2008, James and Marlin Butler conspired together to knowingly transport and sell in interstate commerce deer that had been hunted in violation of Kansas state law. In particular, the brothers are alleged to have operated a guiding service and hunting camp in Comanche County, Kan., at which they sold guiding services to out-of-state hunters for the purpose of illegally hunting and killing white-tailed deer and mule deer.
According to the indictment, hunters guided by the Butler brothers killed deer in excess of annual bag limits, hunted deer without permits or using permits for the wrong deer management unit, killed deer using illegal equipment, and hunted using prohibited methods such as spotlighting. In addition to selling their guiding services, the brothers are further alleged to have arranged for transport of the deer, or parts of the deer, particularly the antlers, from Kansas to Texas.
The indictment alleges that hunters paid approximately $2,500-$3,500 to hunt using archery equipment, and approximately $5,000 to hunt with a rifle.
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Davis helps Jays edge White Sox in extras
Chicago, IL – Jose Bautista's homer tied the game in the ninth inning and Rajai Davis scored the go-ahead run on a Ramon Troncoso wild pitch in the 10th to vault the Toronto Blue Jays past the Chicago White Sox, 7-5, in the middle test of a three-game set at U.S. Cellular Field.
With two outs in the ninth, Bautista fell behind 1-2, but launched Addison Reed's hanging slider over the wall in left field to tie the game.
After Brett Cecil (2-0) worked a perfect ninth inning, Davis led off the 10th with a base hit to left field and promptly swiped second base. Adam Lind followed with a fly ball to right field to move Davis to third before Troncoso (0-1) bounced a sinker to the backstop.
Later in the inning, Maicer Izturis singled then scored on Munenori Kawasaki's double to give Toronto a two-run edge. Kawasaki laced a line drive to the left-field corner and Alexei Ramirez fired the relay throw to the plate, but catcher Tyler Flowers couldn't hold on to the ball as Izturis slid into him.
"I never had it. It was a tweener hop so I had a choice to catch the tweener hop or make the higher percentage play and shorten the hop," Flowers said. "Shortening the hop shortens the distance from the runner, it just speeds things up. I never had a grip on it and when he hit me it just came out."
Casey Janssen recorded the first two outs in the bottom of the 10th before giving up a base hit and a walk to put two on, but was able to get Adam Dunn to ground out to secure his 13th save of the season.
Chien-Ming Wang made his debut for Toronto. He allowed five runs on 10 hits and three walks while striking out three over 7 1/3 innings. Wang was granted his release from the New York Yankees late last week and officially signed with the Blue Jays on Tuesday.
"The game could have went either way, but he settled in and started the changing the way he was approaching their guys and that made all the difference," said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons.
Toronto scored a pair of runs in the second to take an early lead. With runners at second and third, Jose Quintana delivered a wild pitch that allowed Mark DeRosa to score. Izturis added a base hit to center to bring Adam Lind around.
Dunn cracked a solo homer, his third of the series, to make it 2-1 and the White Sox added four more runs in the fourth.
With two on and two outs, Dayan Viciedo cracked a base hit to center to score Alex Rios. Conor Gillaspie followed with a three-run shot to give Chicago a 5-2 lead.
Toronto answered back in the fifth inning to pull within one run. Melky Cabrera doubled before Edwin Encarnacion drilled a two-run homer to left to make it 5-4.
The Blue Jays had a chance to do damage in the eighth after putting runners on the corners with no outs. Chicago reliever Matt Thornton was able to get out of the jam, however. After striking out J.P. Arencibia, Thornton was able to get Izturis to ground into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play.
Game Notes
Bautista went 10 games without a homer entering the series, but has three four-baggers in the past two games ... To make room for Wang on the active roster, Toronto designated infielder Andy LaRoche for assignment ... Lind, who went 3-for-5, has hit safely in 14 of his last 15 starts dating back to May 23 ... The White Sox had a three-game winning streak snapped ... Quintana gave up four runs -- two earned -- on six hits over 6 1/3 innings.


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The folks at Mozilla are still fuming mad over Safari-gate. The developers behind the popular open source browser Firefox stated flatly that no efforts will be made to port Firefox to iPhone, blaming Apple's Gestapo-like restrictive software license.
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Ninety-four years without a word. That has to be a world record.
Are we talking about an elderly Buddhist monk? Marcel Marceau's autobiography? Neither one.
We're talking about someone much, much more important who just happens to be one of my favorite people in the world, except that he's not a person. He's a peanut. But not just any peanut. He is the nut that is large and in charge, the mother of all peanuts, except that he is a guy, which means he can't be a mother. Yes, we're talking about Mr. Peanut, and now you know.
I am a huge Mr. Peanut fan, and I have been since I was an annoying little brat. I even have a Mr. Peanut collection, including a wind-up Mr. Peanut and a rubber Mr. Peanut, sort of a cross between Mr. Peanut and Gumby. This week, after 94 years of strutting his very stylish stuff in silence, Mr. Peanut spoke. This is huge.
On Tuesday, Kraft Foods, which owns Planters Peanuts, which owns Mr. Peanut, launched a new commercial starring Mr. Peanut on Facebook. Within hours, hundreds of thousands of Mr. P lovers — there are a lot of us — viewed it and gave it two thumbs up.
Here is the scene. Mr. Peanut is hosting a holiday party with an odd assortment of pals including a grasshopper, a mouse, a couple of birds and Mr. P's butler, who is a little peanut, which makes sense I guess.
Looking stylish as always in his top hat, white gloves, monocle and spats, Mr. Peanut says, "At Planters, we know how to throw a remarkable holiday party — just serve classy snacks and be a gracious host."
The world has waited 94 years to hear those words. Once you get over the shock of hearing Mr. Peanut speak, you'll recognize his voice immediately. Yes, that is Robert Downey Jr. Everyone is having fun at Mr. P's party until an uninvited guest shows up — a holiday nutcracker. Yikes. Awkward. They all gasp then wait to see what Mr. Peanut will do, but you'll have to see that for yourself.
Mr. Peanut is very spry for 94. He was born in 1916, in a nationwide contest that Planters held to find a new trademark. A 14-year-old kid from Virginia named Antonio Gentile, which leads me to believe he was Italian, won the big prize for his sketch of a happy looking peanut-man.
The Planters art department added Mr. Peanut's very chic black tie formal duds. But in all these years, Mr. P has never uttered a word, until now. What made the story jump out at me was Mr. Peanut, of course. But I was a little worried that there might not be a local tie-in for the Newport-Mesa-Irvine land. No local tie-in my patoot! Check this out.
The commercial is part of Planters' "Naturally Remarkable" campaign, in which they will partner with The Corps Network, a present day peace corps that works to turn neglected land around the country into community-friendly spaces. The landscape architect in charge of the program will be a major-league, heavy-hitter big-deal New York-based architect named … wait for it … Ken Smith. Ring a bell? It should.
Ken Smith is the master architect for the Great Park, which I'm guessing you've heard of. How is that for a bank shot? Ken Smith, the Great Park and Mr. Peanut. It's a funny old world, no? Yes, it is.
I am glad to report that the Robert Downey Jr. iteration of Mr. Peanut is very true to the traditional Mr. P, which is good, because Mr. Peanut fans do not like to see anyone take liberties with the nattiest nut of them all.
In 2006, Planters conducted a national poll to see if people would like to see Mr. P decked out in a bow tie and cufflinks or have a pocket watch that he could check now and then. The answer came back a resounding, national "no."
Don't touch anything, don't add anything, don't do anything: top hat, monocle, gloves, spats and cane. That's all he needs.
Mr. P, we love you, dude. You may be a genuine nut case, but you are our nut case. You're 94 years old and still stylin'. Now that is one impressive nut. I gotta go.
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This interactive site allows the user to experiment with different factors associated with the science of building - forces, shapes, materials and loads.
Physics revision
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Former NFL player Josh Brent
The Dallas Cowboys have gone out of their way to support Josh Brent, their former defensive tackle who was convicted of intoxication manslaughter following a car accident that left teammate Jerry Brown Jr. dead, and the team is prepared to support him yet again now that his jail sentence is over.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said if Brent is reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, the team will make sure there's a roster spot for him.
"We wouldn't have it today but we would make a roster spot," Jones told the Dallas Morning News.
The Morning News said Brent will meet with Goodell on Thursday.
Brent was released last week from a drug and alcohol rehab facility. He was allowed to spend the last 45 days of his 180-day jail sentence there.
— Frank Schwab
He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of intoxicated manslaughter, though he could also get probation.


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Former roommates help businesses save money
Removing solids first, saves money and produces energy
A. Sue Weisler
Instead of "flushing away" what most people view as unwanted solid waste, two former Rochester Institute of Technology roommates have reunited to come up with a way to make that waste save money for municipalities and businesses.
Founder Terry Wright and CEO Greg Westbrook, who graduated in civil engineering technology from RIT in 1981, created ClearCove Systems in 2013 and are based at RIT's Venture Creations business incubator. They have patented a process that they believe will revolutionize the way wastewater is treated, while creating energy for treatment plants to use.
There has been a lot of interest in their idea, from municipalities, food processors, breweries and theme parks that use water treatment systems. ClearCove has raised more than $1.5 million from investors that believe in the company's potential, and has been promised $300,000 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) which conducted their own research to make sure ClearCove's claims were accurate.
Several successful prototypes have been tested in communities across the state, near Albany, Ithaca and Rochester.
Most of the country's water treatment plants were built some 40 years ago, following the Clean Water Act of 1972. Very little has been done to update the inefficient process to clean the water, Wright and Westbrook said.
"I knew there was a better way to do this," said Wright, who has designed treatment plants for years.
Traditionally, water treatment plants process the raw sewage that flows into the plant, mixing it with oxygen which helps spread the bacteria that eat the organic matter in the water and convert it to sludge. The sludge is removed and chlorine is added to the water, which is then returned to the environment in a lake or stream.
With ClearCove's process, the incoming wastewater is immediately filtered with a 50-micron (.05mm) screen. About 80 percent of the sediment is removed and the remaining water is then treated. The ClearCove process typically allows a treatment plant to reduce energy consumption by 65 percent. The remaining solid material—which is often now hauled to a landfill—could produce three times more potential energy to be used for methane biogas than sludge from a conventional system. The biogas could be used by the treatment plant to produce heat and electricity. Adding food waste would add to the potential energy.
"We know we have energy inside the sewer pipe," Westbrook says. "We're taking that caloric value and now spending money to make it dirt. We pay to throw it away. The industry has been doing the same thing ever since and has not been thinking out of the box."
Cleaning wastewater is a $28 billion-a-year industry in the U.S. It's an industry the American Society of Civil Engineers has given a "D" to regarding current investment for improvements.
ClearCove hopes the recent trend of going green and sustainability will help them with their pitch to have municipalities convert their water treatment process and in return, save money as well. Their system can easily be retrofitted to treatment plants because the existing infrastructure would still be used. And the potential is great in Third World countries building new treatment plants.
"We can see a day when wastewater can be an asset, not a liability," Westbrook says.
About Venture Creations
RIT's Venture Creations incubator is where young companies can advance their concepts to become profitable, viable businesses and use resources such as coaching, networking and connections to potential investors. It also is home to RIT's NYSERDA-sponsored Clean Energy Incubator, a joint industry outreach effort by Venture Creations and the Golisano Institute for Sustainability to assist early-stage clean energy companies in product development, business and marketing planning and technology commercialization. The incubator is one of six statewide and part of New York State's clean energy initiative.
Venture Creations, on Tech Park Drive, off John Street, which borders the east side of the RIT's Henrietta campus. Since opening in 2003, it has housed 57 companies, created 340 jobs and brought in more than $30 million in private capital raised.
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Relations with Serbia
Unlike other Western Balkan partners, Serbia does not aspire to join the Alliance. However, the country is deepening its political dialogue and cooperation with NATO on issues of common interest. Support for democratic, institutional and defence reforms is an important focus of NATO's partnership with Serbia.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić (Belgrade, November 2015)
- NATO and Serbia have steadily built up cooperation and dialogue, since the country joined the Partnership for Peace programme and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 2006.
- NATO fully respects Serbia's policy of military neutrality.
- Kosovo remains a key subject for dialogue, given the presence of the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR), which continues to ensure a safe and secure environment.
- The Allies welcome progress achieved through the European Union-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and the commitment of both to normalise relations.
- In January 2015, Serbia agreed to deepen cooperation with NATO through an Individual Partnership Action Plan.
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Key areas of cooperation
Security cooperation
Training is an important part of security cooperation and Serbian personnel participate in activities organised under the PfP programme. Training and exercises with NATO and individual Allies help ensure that Serbian military personnel are able to work effectively and safely within the UN and EU missions in which they serve.
Moreover, Serbia's Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Training Centre in Kruševac was recognised as a Partnership Training and Education Centre in 2013, opening its activities to Allies and partners.
Kosovo is of course a key subject in NATO's dialogue with Serbia. The Alliance intervened militarily in early 1999 to bring an end to the violence in Kosovo, subsequently deploying the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) to provide a safe and secure environment and facilitate reconstruction.
KFOR remains crucial to guaranteeing security in Kosovo and will remain in Kosovo on the basis of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 to ensure a safe and secure environment, including freedom of movement for all people.
The Serbian armed forces have cooperated with KFOR for many years through the Joint Implementation Council (JIC), based on the 1999 Military Technical Agreement between KFOR and the Serbian armed forces (Kumanovo Agreement).
Defence and security sector reform
Defence and security sector reforms are core elements of cooperation. Serbia is committed to develop, through the reform process, an efficient and economically viable defence system, a modern, professional and efficient army. It is also determined to develop the capacity of its forces to participate in UN-mandated multinational operations and EU crisis management operations. These are areas in which NATO and individual Allies have much expertise to offer.
An important vehicle for this cooperation has been the Serbia/NATO Defence Reform Group (DRG). The group was jointly established in February 2006 to provide advice and assistance to the Serbian authorities on reform and modernisation of Serbia's armed forces, and to build a modern, affordable, and democratically-controlled defence structure.
Serbia also joined the PfP Planning and Review Process (PARP) in 2007. The PARP provides a structured basis for identifying partner forces and capabilities that could be available to the Alliance for multinational training, exercises and operations. It also serves as a planning tool to guide and measure progress in defence and military transformation efforts.
The reforms undertaken within the DRG and the PARP are supported through the selection of training activities and exercises.
Strengthening good governance within defence institutions is a priority for the Serbian defence ministry. It is actively engaged in the NATO Building Integrity (BI) Programme – a defence capacity-building programme aimed at providing practical tools to strengthen integrity, transparency and accountability and reduce the risk of corruption in the defence and security sector. Following the completion of the NATO BI Self-Assessment Questionnaire and Peer Review Process in November 2012, the defence ministry started to implement the resulting recommendations. Furthermore, Serbia contributes to the development of the educational component of the BI Programme by hosting workshops and sharing good practice and lessons learned with NATO members and partner countries participating in the BI Programme.
The Allies have supported a number of NATO/PfP Trust Fund projects in Serbia. These include a project to destroy 28,000 surplus small arms and light weapons, which was completed in 2003, and another for the safe destruction of 1.4 million landmines and ammunition, which was completed in June 2007. A third Trust Fund project for the destruction of approximately 2,000 tonnes of surplus ammunition and explosives is being prepared.
Another Trust Fund project to develop alternative livelihoods for former members of the Serbian armed forces was completed in 2011. The implementing agent for this project is the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This project, carried out over five years and worth €9.6 million, helped almost 6,000 discharged defence personnel in Serbia start small businesses.
Security-related scientific cooperation
Serbia has been actively engaged within the framework of the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme since 2007. The SPS Programme enables close collaboration on issues of common interest to enhance the security of NATO and partner nations. By facilitating international efforts, in particular with a regional focus, the Programme seeks to address emerging security challenges, support NATO-led operations and advance early warning and forecast for the prevention of disasters and crises.
Today, scientists and experts from Serbia are working to address a wide range of security issues, notably in the fields of energy security, counter-terrorism, and defence against CBRN agents. In a recent series of SPS-funded workshops led by Serbia and the United States, experts also developed a scorecard for the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women in Peace and Security. This set of indicators will help to assess how NATO and partner countries are mainstreaming gender in military operations.
Public information
Serbia and NATO aim to improve public access to information on the benefits of cooperation with NATO and the key elements of NATO-Serbia cooperation. A broad and effective communications strategy is an important aspect of PfP cooperation. The NATO Military Liaison Office in Belgrade plays a role in this process.
Framework for cooperation
The Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) concluded in January 2015 is a jointly agreed framework in which a partner nation lays out its reform goals and the areas where NATO can provide assistance to achieve those goals. It will help to organise bilateral cooperation, ensuring that NATO and individual Allies can provide support to Serbia in achieving its reform goals. The IPAP offers an important step forward in the relationship, allowing NATO and Serbia to deepen both their political consultation and practical cooperation.
The NATO Military Liaison Office in Belgrade, established in December 2006, supports Serbian defence reforms, facilitates Serbian participation in activities in the framework of the Partnership for Peace programme and provides assistance to NATO's public diplomacy activities in the region.
Milestones in relations
24 March – 10 June 1999: A 78-day NATO air campaign is triggered by violence in Kosovo.
June 1999: The NATO-led Kosovo peacekeeping force (KFOR) is deployed to maintain security and support reconstruction efforts. KFOR and Serbian Armed Forces sign Military Technical Agreement (Kumanovo Agreement).
2001: NATO and the newly elected government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia cooperate in crisis-management operations in southern Serbia.
2003: Belgrade formally applies for PfP membership.
2003: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is replaced by a looser state union of Serbia and Montenegro.
2003: NATO completes a PfP trust fund project to destroy 28,000 surplus small arms and light weapons in Serbia
2005: Serbia and NATO sign a transit agreement for KFOR forces.
2005: NATO launches a PfP trust fund project to develop alternative livelihoods for former Serbian armed forces personnel as the service is downsized.
2006: Serbia joins the Partnership for Peace.
2006: NATO opens a Military Liaison Office in Belgrade.
2007: Serbia joins the PfP Planning and Review Process (PARP).
2007: NATO completes a PfP trust fund project that safely removed 1.4 million anti-personnel landmines from Serbian territory.
September 2007: Serbia submits its PfP Presentation Document to NATO.
2009: Serbia agrees its first Individual Partnership Programme with NATO.
September 2010: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meets the President of the Republic of Serbia, Boris Tadić, while in New York.
April 2011: The North Atlantic Council approves Serbia's request to undertake an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO.
June 2011: Serbia hosts the Allied Command Transformation Strategic Military Partners Conference, one of the largest NATO partnership events each year.
April 2013: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomes the Belgrade-Pristina Agreement on Normalisation congratulating all parties for their constructive approach to finding a lasting solution through EU-mediated talks. He emphasises that NATO will continue to ensure a safe and secure environment throughout Kosovo and stands ready to support the implementation of this latest agreement.
June 2013: The North Atlantic Council accepts Serbia's offer to make its Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Training Centre in Krusevac a Partnership Training and Education Centre, opening its activities to Allies and partners.
July 2013: Work begins on a project to assist the Serbian Ministry of Defence in the decommissioning of Serbia's stocks of approximately 2,000 tonnes of surplus ammunition and explosives.
September 2014: At the Wales Summit, Allied leaders reiterate their support for the Euro-Atlantic integration of countries in the Western Balkans region and also welcome Serbia's progress in building a stronger partnership with NATO. They welcome progress achieved in Kosovo and the improvement in the security situation, encouraging both parties to continue towards full implementation of the Belgrade-Pristina Agreement on Normalisation. Serbia, represented by Defence Minister Bratislav Gašić, is invited to participate in an Interoperability Platform meeting, as one of 24 partners that have demonstrated their commitment to reinforce their interoperability with NATO.
January 2015: Serbia concludes an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO to deepen dialogue and practical cooperation, particularly in the area of defence reform.
February 2015: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić during the Munich Security Conference.
March 2015: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić and Defence Minister Bratislav Gašić visit NATO Headquarters, meeting Secretary General Stoltenberg and the North Atlantic Council.
16-17 April 2015: The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, General Knud Bartels, visits Belgrade to develop further the NATO-Serbia military relations, following Serbia's agreement of an IPAP with NATO. He meets the chief of the general staff of the armed forces, the assistant to the foreign minister and the state secretary at the ministry of defence.
8 July 2015: The Serbian parliament ratifies the PfP SOFA – a multilateral agreement between NATO member states and countries participating in the PfP programme, which facilitates cooperation and exercises by dealing with the status of foreign forces while present on the territory of another state.
19-20 November 2015: During a two-day visit to Serbia, the Secretary General discusses NATO-Serbia relations and current security challenges with the country's prime minister and other senior government officials. Commending Serbia's strong commitment to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Mr Stoltenberg stresses that "normalisation and dialogue is the only way forward. I encourage both parties to continue on this path." He also welcomes the strengthened cooperation between NATO and Serbia, pointing to the start of a new project to help Serbia safely dispose of up to 2,000 tonnes of surplus ammunition, and announces that KFOR will fully relax the air safety zone, which has been in place since 1999.
13 October 2016: An opening ceremony in Serbia marks the beginning of the implementation of a project to help the country safely dispose of up to 2,000 tonnes of surplus ammunition.
9 July 2016: At the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Allied leaders underline their continued commitment to the stability and security of the Western Balkans, as well as their support for the Euro-Atlantic aspirations of countries in the region. They emphasise that democratic values, rule of law, domestic reforms, and good neighbourly relations are vital for regional cooperation and for the Euro-Atlantic integration process. With regard to Serbia, they welcome the continued progress made in building the NATO-Serbia partnership and support further political dialogue and practical cooperation to this end. They also welcome the progress achieved in the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.
23 November 2016 – Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visits NATO HQ for a meeting with the North Atlantic Council to discuss a range of issues and common challenges as well as the strengthening of Serbia's partnership with NATO. This is the first time a Serbian Prime Minister has ever addressed NATO's principal political decision-making body.
December 2017: A three-week training course of medical experts from Iraq's security forces is conducted at the Serbian Military Logistics Training Centre in Niš, Serbia. The course has been developed within the framework of the NATO Defence Capacity Building Initiative for Iraq.


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I'm sure they'll be carded as part of the standard line, but I'd be pretty happy with a Battle Pack as well.
Let us keep in mind that this is a TRU exclusive, so it should be more reasonably priced than Target's exclusives. So I'd guess $40 or $45 at the most. If I find it, and I usually see all TRU exclusives that come out, i'll get it.
Everyone seems to have missed that the preorder page says it is only available online.
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