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One of the (many) great things about Windows Live Writer is the SDK for building your own plugins. For reference, see some example Plugins, download the Plugin SDK, or read an article on building plugins.
Once you have built and tested your plugin, it would be nice to wrap it in an installer before distributing it to others. At MS, our build system is using WiX to build installers. You too can use WiX, it is available on SourceForge. There is also a pretty good online tutorial available. (****Edited 8/31: Turns out the version of WiX we are using here and the latest one on SourceForge are not quite the same. Their various releases seem to be changed directory structure and library names. So to use the sample file below, you will want to download version 2.0.4103.0 from this page, the 5-03 release.****)
Here is a sample .wxs file to wrap a basic plugin (one DLL). The generated installer checks that Windows Live Writer is installed and adds your DLL to the plugins folder. Now your plugin can be managed through add/remove programs, is upgrade ready, and includes a license agreement. The sample assumes you are pointing at the WiX Minimal UI and their localization files (i.e., including flags for {path}\wixui_minimal.wixlib -loc {path}\WixUI_en-us.wxl). To change the sidebar image during installation, just replace the Bitmaps\dlgbmp.bmp image included with WiX; to use your own license agreement replace License.rtf.
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This analysis was written by Gary Martin of the Washington bureau.
Despite his health care victory, President Obama's renewed pledge to overhaul immigration laws this year remains in serious doubt.
Thousands of pro-immigration activists attending a recent rally in Washington heard Obama vow to forge a bipartisan consensus to overcome the gridlock and bickering that has doomed reform legislation in the past.
But the reaction to that promise has been a cold dose of political realism in and out of Congress.
"The need for practical change is so obvious," said Kelly Allen, pastor of University Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, who attended the rally. "There is determination, there is hope, but there is a real sense that this is an uphill battle," Allen said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has said she wants the Senate to address the issue first, but there is no Senate bill.
With the legislative calendar crowded with other priorities and with most lawmakers working with an eye on the November elections, the political will to tackle such a divisive issue is nowhere in evidence.
"You would be strained to argue there is great momentum behind getting this done this year," said Thomas Mann with The Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank.
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., have drafted broad outlines of what they think a Senate bill should include. Following the raw feelings of the health care debate, even Graham, the one Republican working with Democrats on immigration reform, is threatening to retreat.
Nearly a third of Senate Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted to block the bipartisan bill in 2007 that would have granted citizenship for the roughly 11 million unauthorized immigrants in this country.
Graham has openly challenged Obama to find the Democratic votes necessary to pass reform before he seeks Republican support.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs responded by saying immigration reform will not be decided by Democrats alone.
"There have to be Republicans that come aboard, too," he said.
It's hard to foresee other GOP lawmakers crossing the aisle for that. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the archbishop for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, earlier this year that he would work in good faith to fix the broken immigration system.
But Cornyn, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, said last week that he has "not seen any proposals" to change immigration law.
He, like some other Republicans, say they still are smarting from the health care debate.
"The president virtually exhausted his political capital pushing through this health care bill on a partisan vote," Cornyn said. "It may take some time for these wounds to heal."
Democrats, meanwhile, are being pushed to act by pro-immigration groups.
One of them, America's Voice, has launched a TV advertising campaign to sway wavering lawmakers. Frank Sharry, its executive director, noted that health care reform was once considered dead, only to be resurrected and passed.
"Conventional wisdom has proven wrong time and again on immigration reform, as it was with health care," he said.
But the legislative agenda is full of other big-ticket domestic items on the president's wish list. There is a climate change bill, which seeks to limit greenhouse gas emissions, regulatory reform for the financial industry, education reform and an overhaul of campaign finance laws.
And Democratic leaders in Congress will be careful to shield their more vulnerable members from tough votes.
"They gave him health care, financial reform will be an easy vote — but forget about immigration reform and cap-and-trade and all these other things they are talking about while they are feeling their oats. It's not going to happen," said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
Sabato said that in a mid-term election, lawmakers of both political parties must worry about stirring up the opposition. Republicans, he said, "are already stoked."
"Add immigration on top, and you're looking at record turnouts among your opponents," Sabato said.
Immigration reform supporters warn, however, that failure to act on the issue could diminish November support for Democrats. And only 40 percent of Hispanic voters, who helped Democrats win the White House in 2008, are enthusiastic about voting in the mid-term elections, a Latino Decisions poll suggests.
"Just as the hope of genuine immigration reform motivated Latino voters to vote for Barack Obama and Democrats in 2008, the lack of hope threatens to keep them at home in the pivotal 2010 elections," Sharry said.

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Another Minnesota basketball recruit is in trouble: Freshman forward Royce White faces misdemeanor charges of theft and fifth-degree assault for allegedly shoplifting and shoving a security guard at the Mall of America.
Coach Tubby Smith announced indefinite suspensions Tuesday for White and senior guard Devron Bostick for violations of team rules he wouldn't identify. According to the Bloomington city attorney's office, White has a Nov. 17 arraignment scheduled stemming from the Oct. 13 incident at the mall.
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Christopher Johnson scored 17 of his 22 points in the second half, including a three-point basket with 8.3 seconds remaining, and Division II Le Moyne stunned host Syracuse, 82-79, in an exhibition game. Wes Johnson, who led Syracuse with 34 points, made a three-pointer to put Syracuse ahead 79-78 with 22 seconds left. Christopher Johnson responded with his sixth three-pointer of the game.


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The Carcass Catcher hinges cleanly and secures with just two buckles (half metal, half plastic), making it one of the easiest and fastest pads to pack up and relocate. A small, velcroed pouch sewn into one of the three closure flaps was a squeeze for shoes, chalkbag, wallet, snacks and brushes, and, inexplicably, was stitched across the middle of the flap, cutting the pocket's potential size in half. A few snips with the scissors eliminated the stitching, creating a super-size pocket large enough to stow a small child. As a landing pad, the Carcass Catcher is among the firmest and largest—Allah help you if ever fall from high enough to actually punch through the padding. Auto carpet, a good scruffy surface for your boots, is on the deck side and cleans up with a hose. Reinforced corners protect these wear points and two grab handles make the pad easy to scoot around.


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Everyone's favorite photo filtering and sharing app for iOS got a significant update on Friday afternoon. Version 2.1 of Instagram adds a new filter, a tool for easily enhancing low-lit photos and a redesigned navigation.
Sierra, the latest filter to join the Instagram family, is a white-bordered filter that adds a lightened, low-contrast vintage look to photos. As far as Instagram filters go, it's pretty standard stuff, but it's always nice to have new options. The more substantial addition to the app is a feature called Lux, which lets users automatically increase the brightness of photos and boost the contrast. The option is meant to offer a way to improve underexposed photos and make them more Instagrammable.
The visual overhaul of the navigation UI comes five months after the app's camera was redesigned in version 2.0. This iteration appears to complete a larger redesign process was undertaken last year. The new version uses new icons and UI elements that feel like iOS-centric, which suggests an Android version may be up next.
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom confirmed last year that building an Android version of Instagram is "a major priority" for the company, and the company is known to be working on such an app. It's really not a matter of if, but when. Last week, rumors began swirling that Instagram for Android could be imminent. We reached out to Systrom, who declined to give any specifics about a timeline.
For Instagram, Android is the most logical next step for growth. Having stirred early buzz in the tech press and later named Apple's iPhone app of the year for 2011, the service has done quite well, especially considering it only exists on iOS. It now boasts over 15 million users on Apple's mobile operating system alone.
Launching an Android app will expose it to a massive number of potential new users. Android commands more than 46% of the smartphone market, according to Nielsen. If its success on iOS is any indication, the service can expect to see its user base flourish once the Android version drops.
The other top priority at the company's headquarters is building out a Web version of the service. This one is a little less urgent, because they are so many third party Web UIs for Instagram, and probably not as much demand for an official one as there seems to be for an Android app.
Source: Instagram Gets a Prettier UI and New Features – Prelude to an Android App?
There was a lot of speculation as to whether Apple would develop a web interface for its cloud services. All that speculation had been put to rest when Apple clarified that iCloud services would be available on the web and today, iCloud.com is finally live albeit in beta. It is primarily meant for developers to test iCloud features with their apps.
The web apps available through iCloud.com are Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Find My iPhone and iWork. As you would expect from Apple, the iCloud interface looks fantastic, right from the login screen to the web apps themselves. Apple has, at the same time, made no compromise in terms of speed and responsiveness of the web interface. In fact launching web apps like Contacts and Calendar (yes launching, because it is so familiar to the iOS Home Screen paradigm) take almost the same time as their native counterparts on iOS and OS X. The supported browsers are Chrome, Safari 4+, Firefox 4+, IE 8+, Opera and of course Mobile Safari.
iCloud.com borrows a lot of UI elements from iOS and OS X. Icons, alerts and the web apps themselves would look very familiar to iOS users making them feel at home while using the iCloud web interface. In the long run, this is what Apple wants to do, make their products feel the same throughout, be it on mobile devices, PCs or the web.
Since the service is currently in beta, it doesn't offer a way to sign up for a free me.com account or use features like Photo Stream. According to MacRumors Apple has also cut off access to iCloud.com for non developers. So if you're not a developer and can't wait until the full fledged release of iCloud here is a video walkthrough of all that is available through the web interface currently.
Apple has also unveiled pricing plans for iCloud, which you can find below stacked up against other major players in this space.
As you can see Apple's pricing is more expensive than Amazon's Cloud Drive and is also limited to 55GB storage. But even heavy users would find it difficult to go past the 55GB mark since Apple doesn't count purchased music, apps, iBooks, and Photo Stream towards the storage quota. Most users would in fact be content with the 5GB of free space Apple provides all its users.
iCloud and iOS 5 will be released later this fall.
We can't wait to try out iCloud in its full glory, what about you?
[via MacRumors]
Source: iCloud.com Beta Now Live With Mail, Contacts, Calendar, iWork Web Apps; Pricing Revealed
One of the main limitations on touchscreen interfaces these days is that all you can do is poke at them. We do all kinds of things with our hands, but when it comes to screens, we just poke at them all day. UIs are doing all right, since our phone OSes still mimic mouse-based desktop OSes to some extent, but Microsoft is looking to ways to integrate more natural hand gestures incorporating more than just a "click" derived from a fingertip.
Hrvoje Benko, a researcher at Microsoft, is working on methods of recognizing shapes formed by hands and equating those with spatially-consistent gestures. Putting the side of your hand down like a wall forms a straight line that could be used for a boundary, cropping, or "pushing" objects. Forming an O with your hand could automatically call up the magnification loupe, and so on. It's a very natural extension of how you interact with a surface, since really, that's how you interact with most surfaces. Right now "Rock and Rails" only includes support for three gestures: a fist, which holds things down, a straight hand, which sets a line to which UI elements can move perpendicular, and a "curved rail," which sets a pivot point. But I'm sure you can imagine a few more.
Speaking of surfaces, the video shows the tech being demonstrated on a Surface, which uses a different detection method than your average smartphone or tablet — it can detect shapes far more easily. And the new Surface units, as we learned at CES, have thousands of pixel-sized cameras that can even detect patterns and text. So don't expect this kind of special recognition to come to iPads any time soon, although it would be similarly unwise to underestimate developers who might want to make it happen.
The whole paper is being published later, so unfortunately this video is pretty much all there is right now, but if you head over to Hrvoje's page, you can keep track of this and his other projects.
Source: Microsoft Research Looking Into Better, Whole-Hand Touchscreen Gestures
Mari Sheibley, the lead designer at Foursquare, has created a resource of inspirational mobile user interfaces for the benefit of the mobile design and development community. The website, available at Mobile-Patterns.com, offers dozens of screenshots of popular mobile applications showing how they implement various UI elements like comment boxes, splash screens, lists, sign-up flows and more.
We recently discovered this resource via Twitter, but Sheibley says she launched it back in mid-February. "I'm always looking at other apps for inspiration on how things look, but more importantly how things work and interact," Sheibley told us. "There are a lot of great pattern resources for websites, such as patterntap.com, but I couldn't find anything quite like this for mobile."
Sheibley also noted that while there were a lot of different design-oriented blogs, they only touch on a few things and were hard to organize. And while design websites like dribbble and forrst are great for inspiration, she found them more useful for questions like "how do I make this button look really hot and 3D?" and less for questions like "how do other apps handle EDU for their first time users?" or "how do other apps handle notification systems?"
To fill this void, she launched Mobile-Patterns.com, a site dedicated to organizing screens of various mobile applications' user interfaces. The site was created using the collection of screenshots she has taken over the years.
Much of what's currently featured on the new website is related to what Sheibley works on and researches for Foursquare, she says, which explains the site's focus on activity feeds, check-in screens, user profiles and other aspects of social applications.
Recent additions to the site include sections on Settings and Sign-up Flows, while a section featuring Venue and Place Detail Pages is forthcoming, she says.
Overall, the Mobile-Patterns website is great resource for mobile designers and developers looking for inspiration and ideas on how to craft the interfaces for their own mobile applications. To stay tuned regarding future updates to the website, you can follow Mari Sheibley here on Twitter.
Source: Mobile-Patterns: New Resource for Mobile App Makers from Foursquare's Lead Designer
This afternoon, we wrote a post about the popular RSS feed reader, Reeder, calling out rival MobileRSS for design theft. As we noted, the community was starting to rally around Reeder, as both Read It Later and Instapaper, two of the most popular bookmarking services which work with both apps, blocked MobileRSS from using their APIs as a show of support for Reeder. But MobileRSS had yet to respond. Now they have. And they're going to do the right thing.
They've just sent the following statement to us:
We are submitting an update to MobileRSS immediately which will include modifications to the UI elements that most mimic Reeder. We respect the work that Reeder has done but are most concerned with serving users and improving MobileRSS for everyone. These improvements include ideas pioneered by Reeder, but we have current and upcoming features which are unique to our app not found in other RSS readers.
But to be clear, we're taking immediate action to correct this and will remove the similarities to Reeder at once.
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While that's obviously not an explicit admission of any wrongdoing, or even an apology, the move to re-submit and the statement alone are a clear acknowledgment that so-closely mimicking the design of Reeder was not a good idea. The first part of the statement is a bit vague with the idea of "modifications" and talk of doing what's best for their users, but the second paragraph directly states that "similarities" to Reeder will be removed at once.
I've reached out to Reeder developer Silvio Rizzi for his reaction and will update when I hear back.
Source: MobileRSS Backs Down, Will Remove Similarities To Reeder
You can get TweetDeck, the popular realtime stream reader, as a desktop client, on your iPhone and iPad, or Android phone. But up until now, there was no Web browser version (unlike Seesmic, which is best known as a browser-based app). Today, TweetDeck released its first Web client as a Chrome app in the new Chrome Webstore.
"It's definitely our best version of a desktop TweetDeck so far," says CEO Iain Dodsworth. You can sign in with your existing TweetDeck account, and add different realtime streams in different columns—Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare checkins, Google Buzz. Soon it will support Gmail as well. ChromeDeck, as it was codenamed during development, borrows some UI elements from its most recent Android app. There are combined columns labeled Home (all timelines from various accounts), Me (all mentions and messages directed at you such as Twitter @replies), and Inbox (direct messages, and soon Facebook and Gmail messages).
The Chrome app is supposed to be faster, more stable, and less of a memory hog than the desktop AIR version. Once you "install" it onto your browser, it exists within its own tab. And it is always available for you, with any other apps you install, when you launch a new blank tab.
The first thing you notice if you are a regular TweetDeck user is that it is completely silent. That silence won't last long, however. Dodsworth & Co. is working on "getting some TweetDeck sounds recorded and added to all the apps" in an effort to try to "create a social soundscape whereby you don't even need to look at your screen and you have a sense of what's going on." Oh boy, my wife is going to love that. Bleep, Zoink, Boop.
Source: ChromeDeck: TweetDeck Finally Comes To The Web As A Chrome App
Tomorrow, Google is hosting a Chrome event in San Francisco for the media. While they won't say exactly what it's about, it seems likely that both the Chrome Web Store and Chrome OS will make an appearance. But no shortage of bug reports in the open source code area make me wonder if the latter is sort of a rush-job.
Since they first unveiled Chrome OS to the world last year, Google has said that they wanted to release it this year. And despite some talk of delays, Google reiterated recently that they would indeed have something to show this year. But they would not say if such a product would be in beta form — even though there are many indications in the aforementioned bug reports that indicate that will be the case. And some of those bug reports are a little worrisome.
Further, a report from a few days ago in Engadget had the following to say about netbooks based on Chrome OS:
Again, we've heard that the Atom-powered laptop isn't going to be a mass market device — there will only be around 65,000 units available to Google's closest "friends and family" — and that the Cloud-based OS is still very much in a beta, non-consumer-friendly state.
So is Google simply rushing the product out there to technically meet their promised 2010 deadline? They had also originally named a number of OEM partners at the launch. But it would appear that this first iteration will be a Google-branded netbook produced by one of the partners (codenamed "Mario" perhaps?), while other units will have to wait until 2011.
Simply scan this page to find any number of bugs currently hampering Chrome OS leading up to tomorrow's launch. Many are minor UI elements, but plenty are not-so-minor software/hardware problems as well, it seems. For example, check out this report by a Google employee two days ago:
I become mad with rage because the trackpad is so flaky. Sometimes it loses a click, ending a drag somewhere in the middle. Sometimes it decides that I clicked even though my fingers aren't even close to the trackpad. Sometimes the mouse cursor jumps around randomly.
That's not good. He continues to say that "The trackpad is way way better than it used to be, but it's still very hard to use." As of yesterday, Google had yet to address this issue.
It's not clear from the report if it's just one type of machine affected, but the latter quote would seem to suggest that it's a wider issue. Further, while the report didn't state the exact device in the correct place, it does note that it's a "dev x86-mario" machine, likely the one we're going to see tomorrow, running the latest build of Chrome OS.
And there's more. According to this bug, as of today, sync isn't working. This is a vital feature to the whole OS, obviously. Here's an issue with the power button. Here's a pretty big cellular/wifi switching issue. Here's a system update bug. A battery calculation problem. The list goes on and on.
Now, obviously the open-source nature of Chrome OS gives people like me a huge peek into issues I wouldn't normally see if say a Windows manufacturer or Apple was about to launch a machine. But some of these alongside the various reports of the system launching in early beta mode do have me concerned.
And it's fine if Google only intends for these machines to go to "friends and family", but presumably some members of the press are going to get their hands on them as well (we'll be there tomorrow, for example). Certainly Google has to know that if the machines aren't up to snuff, journalists are going to call that out.
But maybe Google is confident enough in the big-picture idea of Chrome OS. That is, an OS that is only the web browser, none of that other clutter. An OS that you can sign in to from anywhere and from any machine (with Chrome OS, of course) and have access to all of your stuff. Maybe they just mean tomorrow to be an early taste of what to expect from the OS. And if that's the case, expect them to reiterate that over and over again. "This is just a test."
Or perhaps they'll just make some last minute executive decisions to kill of certain features that aren't working yet. Clearly, that has already been going on behind the scenes as you can also see in the bug reports. But some of the hardware/software issues will definitely need to be resolved, not pushed.
A lot has changed in the past year since Google first gave us the rundown of Chrome OS. Netbook sales have cooled, the iPad has come into existence, and Android has exploded in popularity. Oh and the key architect of the entire Chrome OS project, Matthew Papakipos, left Google over the summer — for a job at Facebook.
At the time, Google said not to read into that too much, that they have a very deep bench of talent. That's undoubtedly true, but given the current landscape, Chrome OS needs to be polished at launch, not tarnished.
Source: Is Google About To Push Out A Very Unpolished Chrome OS?
Sencha, the Sequoia-funded company behind Ext JS, has hit a big milestone today: it's releasing the 1.0 edition of its Sencha Touch framework. Sencha Touch allows developers to build web-based applications with the polished look of native iPhone apps, but with the benefit of being cross-platform (the same web apps will run on Android's browser too).
Today's 1.0 release brings with it some big news: the framework's commercial license, which was previously $99, is now free (customers who already paid will receive refunds). This is a big change, and one that Sencha hopes will lead to a landgrab of developer mindshare.
So how will Sencha monetize? The company plans to sell its tools, like Sencha Animator, at a premium. It'll also offer premium support plans.
Sencha Touch first launched in beta this summer, and has since added some key new features, including improved Android support (UI elements that had some quirks now work fine on both Android and iPhone) and a MVC pattern that should be familiar to anyone who has used Ruby on Rails. The beta was downloaded 160,000 times — you can see some of the applications developers have built so far on this App Contest site.
I'm very optimistic on Sencha's future (and that of similar web frameworks). Native applications may dominate much of the mobile smartphone and tablet experience these days, but the development challenges associated with maintaining apps on multiple platforms are substantial. Web apps solve that problem, and while they aren't yet up to par with native experiences in most cases, they'll get there eventually.
Source: Sencha Launches Touch 1.0 With A New Price-Point: Free


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With two kids, an amazing husband, and an incredible family, Emma's life was everything she'd ever hoped it would be. But there was a downside to having everything you've ever wanted, a downside that Teren and Emma couldn't possibly have been prepared for. When you have everything you want…then you also have everything to lose.
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"I'll Remember This Story Til Death"
After listening to the first two books, I knew I'd love this final audiobook in the series. The author and the narrator are both favorites of mine. And this last part of the story was just as good as the first two.
"great series"
I'm not much for vampire books. but for my very first series, I have to say, I'm in love. I really enjoyed it.
"A wonderful conclusion to Emma & Teren's chapter"
Everything! Well, to be more specific I loved the balance between the mythology, romance, sexy times and drama that made up Emma and Teren's new reality post babies.
I'd compare Til Death to Twilight because one) Twilight is my top favorite vampire romance series ever, and two) because SC Stephens succeeded as Stephenie Meyer did. Both created their super unique vampire universe and then added in cool realistic touches, humor and delightful sexy times. I wanted to be part of the family in each series and I loved feeling that way.
Narrator Piper Goodeve nailed it. She added all the right vocal tones to highlight the emotional moods and she gave each character a very distinct vocal personality. She is simply one of the best narrators in the business, and I'd listen to any book narrated by her in the future without hesitation.
My initial reaction upon starting Til Death was, man, I'd missed this vampire universe. I laughed many times throughout the novel. I was tense when things got crazy and I was happily relieved when their drama came to a satisfying end. I will definitely read Conversion: The Next Generation if SC Stephens is indeed able to write the spin-off series.
II really loved the additional couple pairings in the series: Hot Ben and Tracy, Gabriel and Helena, and 2 other couples whose names I won't identify since that would be too spoilery. I'll be curious to find out more about their HEAs in the spin-off series.
"Good book"
It was well written and sweet. It is a good end to the series. Wasn't trashy or over the top. The narrator is a great reader.
"Good story; bad editing"
Most of the content could've been excluded. I started listening at 1.25 speed then went to 1.5 speed. That helped. The author over explains and has too much of Emma's thoughts which are repetitive. For the entire series I liked the story but it gets lost in fluff and there's hours between interesting events.
I loved this series. I kept my attention the entire time. I just wanted it to keep on going. Thanks for writing this wonderful trilogy
"Ran Out of Steam!"
Not after this last one.
Reading was a bit stilted.
Most of the cute kiddy bits and a lot of the wining.
Needed to move much more swiftly and didn't keep the reader's interest. The author seemed to lose the plot.
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Summer Peach Cake
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Author Notes: This cake is adapted from an Ina Garten recipe. Don't tell her, but I think it's even better than the original. I swapped the butter in the original for olive oil, the pecans for walnuts, and the sour cream for almond milk, and upped the amount of cinnamon, plus a hint of ginger, which complements peaches so well. Not only is is moister than the original, but it also showcases the peaches better and somehow seems breakfast appropriate. —Laura Dembowski
Serves 8
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, divided
- 3/4 cup almond milk
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 large peaches, peeled and sliced
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Oil a 9 inch round cake pan. Line the bottom with parchment and oil the parchment.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ginger, and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon.
- In a large bowl, stir together the olive oil, 1 cup sugar, eggs, and vanilla until emulsified. Alternately add the flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with the flour. Mix until combined.
- In a small bowl, stir together remaining 2 teaspoons cinnamon and ½ cup sugar.
- Pour half the batter in the prepared pan. Top with roughly half the peach slices, placing them in a decorative pattern. Sprinkle with half the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Pour the remaining batter over the peaches. Top with the remaining peaches using a decorative pattern. Sprinkle with walnuts, pushing them gently into the batter, and sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Bake for 65-75 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs. Tent the cake if at any time it is getting too brown during the baking process. Cool cake completely in pan or serve warm (which I recommend). Cake may be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, or frozen, wrapped in parchment and foil and placed in a zipper bag for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature about an hour or in the microwave about 1 minute.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for The Best Thing You Ate This Year
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Chromebook Reviews, Specs: Google, Samsung Laptop Tops Apple MacBook Air on Amazon Bestsellers List
Bigger isn't always better -- even when it comes to hardware. That's the bet Google and Samsung make with the companies' third iteration of its Chromebook laptop computer. And so far, consumers look to agree. The Wi-Fi only version of the Google Samsung Chromebook has captured the No. 1 spot on Amazon's best-seller list, beating Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air.
Reviewers: Microsoft's Surface Tablet Disappoints
The Google, Samsung 3G Chromebook comes in at third place on Amazon's bestsellers list, followed by the 13-inch MacBook Air. Google has not yet shipped the computer to retailers, but Best Buy estimates that those who pre-order the device will receive theirs in six to 10 days .
"To us, Chrome OS represents the most distilled form of cloud computing we can find," said Google Senior Vice President of Chrome Sundar Pichai introducing the new Samsung Chromebook at a San Francisco event Oct. 18.
Instead of using locally stored programs, Google and Samsung's Chromebook relies on Web-based apps like Gmail, Google Docs and Google Drive to extend its storage capacity. Unlike the previous Chromebook released in 2011, apparently you can now do quite a bit offline, but the Web is definitely the platform's main focus.
Google and Samsung are marketing the laptops as one of the most user-friendly computing devices available. Google emphasizes that Chromebooks automatically install security updates and require minimal maintenance from users. Google claims the new model boots up in less than 10 seconds, and offers 1080p video. While the device includes 16GB of local SSD storage, buyers also get 100GB of cloud-based Google Drive storage for two years.
"For folks living entirely in the cloud, the Chromebook is now a primary computer", said Pichai, implying that most users were not yet ready for the new machines. "Many people use the Chromebook today as the perfect additional computer for their home," he said.
The Chromebook is squarely aimed at people who want another device lying around the house, but don't expect it to do much more than browsing, word processing, and maybe watching the occasional video on Youtube.
Chromebook runs on Chrome OS, which, for those unaware, puts a version of Google's Chrome browser on top of a Linux foundation, where Linux PCs run Linux apps, though, Chrome OS devices run browser apps. But you can't run several popular programs -- iTunes, Skype, Portal 2, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Spotify, or Netflix.
Despite a few shortcomings such as poor display quality at certain viewing angles, and the Chromebook's flimsy plastic casing, reviews for the laptop are overwhelmingly positive, stressing that there is plenty of value packed into that $249 price tag.
"This is a solid machine -- build quality and materials are fantastic for the price. We're happy with the display which is bright and crisp. Viewing angles could use some improvement, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a better laptop screen at this price."
"The keyboard and trackpad feel great and two-finger scrolling works like a charm. Performance is somewhere between the original Atom-based Chromebooks and the current Celeron-equipped Series-5 model."
"Ultimately, this is a phenomenal device for the price. If you're used to working in the cloud, you're basically getting 80 percent of the entry-level MacBook Air experience for a quarter of the price."
Slash Gear
"A value offer you might just need to think about, if only because the quality matches the price so very closely," says the site. And alternatives to the Chromebook cost several hundreds more: "Where this device leaves off at a price of $249, the MacBook Air picks up - starting at $999"
"If you've got a need for an internet machine for school, for fun, or for a present for your mother who doesn't use her desktop anyway, this device might just be perfect."
Slash Gear was also not impressed with Chromebook's display quality. "What you've got here is Samsung providing you with the amount of pixels you'll need to watch relatively high definition videos without making a case for having a display that's mind-blowing. The viewing angles on this device are also far from perfect, but certainly usable in most single-user situations. You won't want to use this for a YouTube party, if you know what I mean."
Information Week
"Gives and flexes in a way the metal MacBook Air doesn't. It's also more easily scuffed and scratched. But for the price, that can be forgiven."
"As a tool for accessing Google Apps, the Chromebook works better because it has a built-in keyboard. For e-book reading, you'll probably be happier with a tablet. As a portable video screen, it's probably a toss-up--some viewing scenarios may favor a tablet but having a keyboard to keep the screen in a fixed position can be useful too. Like many Android devices, but not Apple's iPad, it can accept external storage cards card through its 3-in-1 multi-card slot (SD/SDHC/SDXC)."
"Google's Chrome Remote Desktop software, available from the Chrome Web Store, enhances Chrome OS even further. It allows users to easily access OS X or Windows computers through their Chromebook or any Chrome browser. And that's to say nothing of the value of Google's cloud-based services, like Google Apps, Google Drive, and Google+ Hangouts, which run in any modern browser, on devices running Chrome OS, Android, OS X, iOS, Linux, or Windows."
"It's not perfect, but it's very good, even excellent compared to what else you can get for $249. It would make a fine additional computer, if you need a second or third, or if you need a device for traveling abroad but don't want to risk the loss or theft of the data on your laptop. It's also well-suited for teens and tweens, or anyone disinclined to enjoy computer maintenance and security-related twiddling. It's a viable alternative to a tablet, particularly if you do a lot of typing. It's not a replacement for high-end laptops. But Chrome OS keeps getting better, and Chromebook hardware is headed in the same direction."
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The Jarred Mind 3 v0.9 PS3 Homebrew Game is Now Available
Following his source code updates last month, today PlayStation 3 developer ThatOtherDev has made available a new PS3 homebrew game entitled The Jarred Mind 3 version 0.9.
Download: The Jarred Mind 3 v0.9 PS3 Homebrew Game
To quote: By popular demand: I now present to you the shocking third installment in the episodic trilogy known as Adventures of the Jarred Mind! The banana ball is you! The chocolate rabbit is your friend! The zorbing zebra is your enemy!
So, yeah... Im not really sure what else to say about this. It's a gameish thing that runs on PS3. I'm curious of what people think of it. I expect that most people won't like it.
For the haters though I'll probably be making and posting something else thats simple but more of an actual game and less lolwut some time soon.
PS3 controls:
- Left analog stick = Move
- X Button = Jump
More PlayStation 3 News...
01-09-2012 #2ChaoticTissue Guest
LESS Lolwut? Nonsense, the Lolwut roxxorz. Keep it up.
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01-09-2012 #3NTA Guest
How are people creating homebrew games? I would like to experiment with that
01-10-2012 #4ChaoticTissue Guest
ThatOtherDev, my 3-year-old LOVES this. It's teaching him how to use the controller. Kinda.


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Balref bit his tongue at the presence of the fourteen figures the next day when he and his grandparents received the news. Ruinei was playing quieting in the adjacent room, unaware that she'd lost both her parents within minutes of each other. Their father had been sick for some time in the hospital and suddenly succumbed to a stroke that killed him while their mother was on the way to visit him and drove off the side of the cliff after swerving to avoid a family of straying rabbits. Balref realized that such a situation was quite unbelievable and knew that no force of nature was behind this. He stalked into an empty room, despite the protests of the officers and his grandparents. The figures followed him without question, sensing his anger.
"Why?" Balref asked simply. His voice quivered none and his gaze strayed not from the view of the garden fountain through the window. The perfect day outside sickened him – the perfect composer of these monsters fed his rage. At least Ruinei was not there to see it. Balref couldn't hide the fact that their parents were no longer going to be there, she would find it too obvious after some time and if she knew, no one would know what could happen. They held up the titles by which they called themselves so perfectly, he could not help but hate himself for ever trusting them like he did. Trusting them not to harm anything.
"Lord, it was to separate your lamine in preparation for the transfer," one shadow spoke.
"Shut up!" he roared, spinning on his heel to face them. "We agreed that not until she was the same age as the sacrificed one, not until she was nineteen, would she have anything to do with this more than knowing your existence. You never had to have them killed, Marunia."
His icy glare was fixed onto the most vocal of the figures. "And the rest of you should have known better than to allow this. The deal is off."
"We cannot change what has already happened! It is impossible even if you combined all the magic of the world," Marunia exclaimed. "Ask your lamine, kaistru. Ask her what she wants for once instead of being what your kind call high-handedness. She may be young, but if the Lady Ruinei is meant to, she will do what fate instructs."
"She's a child, and you are nothing but murderers. Get out."
"But—" Marunia protested only to be cut short.
"Mare," Thera clamped her hand over Marunia's mouth. "I hope that one day you may forgive our insolence, Lord Worswind." With those words, the figures pulled into the shadows and disappeared.
Just then, Ruinei ran into the room, tears running down her face. "Kaistru," she cried over and over again, burying her head into his chest. "Mommy and Daddy," she said softly. Balref patted her head softly and cried too. He wasn't certain who would have told her when even he couldn't grasp the situation with a calm face. Perhaps it was the police. Oulio and Oumio would never have told her – they would have left it to Balref. His lamine never knew such a close death before. The closest was the classroom hamster keeling over after one of the other students decided to feed it human junk food. The teacher had a burial for the thing, but it wouldn't have been like anything to come. "Lrana… nice," she murmured just before falling into a weeping sleep.
Lrana, Balref thought to himself, the caliginous one, it must have been they that told her, those bastards.
Balref's parents had a very traditional Raptnacdaran funeral, everything excluding the horses, was done for them in the same manner as they would have buried any royal of Raptnacdar, save for the parents of Erif and Elaira. They were so embedded into the thoughts and hopes of Raptnacdar that they would have not wanted anything less. If it were solely up to his parents, Balref and Ruinei probably would not even speak English or any other Earthen language – only the languages and dialects of Raptnacdar. Of course, that wouldn't be allowed, thereby giving the result of both children knowing six total languages, only one of which could be spoken to the outsiders, the Earthen people.
Balref looked around for Ruinei but saw no sign of her. Knowing her, Balref thought that she would probably be in some small corner, crying again, this time all alone rather than with him. She should be there with everyone else for the prayers to the Essences. No one had to know that they died because of a Faest f Strul, a shame that their souls would have to carry for eons — that the family was even wished ill by the Essences themselves so powerfully that they would intentionally kill. The Essences that the elders and everyone knew came from story and legend. They didn't know about the Essences like Balref did. He detested them for everything they'd done to him and the life his family could have had. The Essences were nothing more than monsters, but no one else could see that. And Ruinei loved them; she would never call them monsters.
He was just about to search for her when he heard her voice, talking to people so softly in the forest. "Did you fight with kaistru?"
"He never did much like us to begin with," he heard Ruzin's voice.
"Especially once you were born," Orthos continued seamlessly.
"He loved you so much, and he used to trust us," Atkane.
"Until we chose you; he begged us not to," Marunia.
"But it was not even for us to decide," Lrana.
"We love you, milady," Alhan.
"He told us to leave forever when he found out," Eyjnna.
"That we killed your birth parents," Thera.
"And when he found that you knew about this," Shmyhft.
"So soon after he found out himself," Iieay.
"So soon after he banished us," Luika.
"He assumed we were the informants," Mortioul.
"Doing something to twist you, milady," Rothasynd.
"And now, we cannot show ourselves," they were all there. Poisoning her thoughts with their side of a story that was not true; they were masters at telling lies without lying. That was their only positive point – they couldn't lie to those that saw them when they don't want to be seen. If it wasn't for that tiny fact, Balref would have never trusted them and banished them the moment they wanted near his sister. Now it was too late, "Not to him at least."
"How much longer do I have to pretend to be…?" Ruinei trailed off, her voice taking on a tone that Balref did not recognize. "I'm sick of it – it's been six years of tomfoolery already and I hate to play this façade any more than I already have. I realize that I'm the one that started it, this little game, but I never would have thought it to go this far."
Shmyhft sighed and then spoke. "It will be soon, milady. But, why do you not try to tell him? Why do you just not start it already?"
"And tell him who I really am? He would think I got the idea from that story and was just playing make-believe like any other little kid. How could I tell him about what I've done, what I've been asked to do, what I've pretended to be? I can't. To him, I am his lamine, the precious Ruinei that he's looked after for seven years."
When Balref heard this, he sucked in a breath and then darted away. That wasn't his sister; not in heart at least. It may have been her voice and her body, but it was not her. He did not fully understand what was going on, but he knew that something was far more amiss than them killing his parents, and it was something that involved this person that was inside of Ruinei. But he could not think of that now. Balref replaced whatever expression that was on his face with that of calmness and sadness so that the funeral could finish properly.
Two weeks later, Balref still had no understanding of the situation, of the scene he'd witnessed. He was sitting at the kitchen island bar with his oumio, Neamia, who was preparing dinner. That event consumed all his attention. Everyone mistook his distraction for mourning even though his kind did not treat death that way. The Raptnacdarans believed that in death, unless the person died by a Faest f Strul, that the soul would be cared for by the Essences until it was given another life somewhere, with a fresh start and a new hope. It wasn't farewell that they would say at the burial, it was "until we meet once more".
Tourn, Balref's oulio, came in to the kitchen holding the worn out book with their family's story in one hand, a mug filled with some sort of steaming liquid in the other hand. "Oulio, what would you do if you found out that someone you love isn't who you thought they were?"
"School girl problem?" Tourn asked with a soft chuckle.
Balref said nothing, just blushed a bit, hoping that his oulio would not inquire any further. He didn't want them to know about Ruinei any more than he wanted to find out about her. It was not something that he was proud of, eavesdropping on his little sister, or finding out something that he'd rather never know. All he knew was that it sounded like she was into something deep, abysmally so for a seven-year-old. And as far as he understood, it'd been going on for six years, which would have made her a little over one at the time.
"Well, I guess that doesn't matter," Tourn said, taking the bait. "I think that you have to realize if you really love them unconditionally – like despite how that person might act. If that person loves you, and they've been keeping a secret from you, then you've got to think that there's a reason for it, right? I mean, if they love you, why would they ever want to hurt you? They might be embarrassed to tell you, it might be to keep you safe, it might be for a future plan; do you get that idea, Balref? In any case, I'm sure that whoever's causing your heart to be muddled will help fix everything in the end and it'll all work out. I'd even bet with the Essences of Fate and Love that it will be a happy ending."
Balref smiled, still not entirely sure what could come out of this, especially since the Essences weren't made out of happy fluffy things any longer. Ruinei came in then, a little girl smile plastered on her face. "Kaistru," she squealed. "Come with me, I want to show you something."
She grabbed his hand pulled him off of his chair in the same flurry that she came with, without stopping to greet her grandparents properly.
"What is it, Rune?" Balref asked as she led him into the garden. "Where are we going?"
Ruinei stopped suddenly, close to the fountain at the far corner of the garden. "Right here," she said, still cheery. And then her eyes and voice changed, as though she were another person entirely. "I want to show you the truth that you've been blind to for six years."
A/N: Chapter 12 was supposed to be part of chapter 11 originally, but I couldn't bear to smush all the stuff into one really really long chapter. Like, when you read chapter 13, know that it was supposed to be a part of this chapter but I couldn't think of how to make that transition. Oh yeah, lamine means little sister, kaistru means older brother, oulio and oumio are in this case meaning grandfather and grandmother, and a Faest f Strul is a final death of the soul and the soul's vessel that's been delivered by all of the Essences. It's usually not a good thing to have such a thing happen to a character. :P


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• Minister Gene Kearns. • Sunday school from 10 to 10:45 a.m.; worship service at 10:45 a.m. and evening worship at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 859-824-6470.
Bethany Baptist
• Sunday school at 10 a.m.; worship service at 11 a.m. and evening worship at 7 p.m.
• Pastor - Donald Joe Kannady. The church is located at 7770 Lawrenceville Road in Holbrook. For more information, call 859-391-5993.
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A few weeks ago, we as Christians celebrated the most amazing weekend in the history of the world.
The weekend Jesus Christ was crucified and arose from the dead. The sad part about this weekend is often times it's the only time we think about the resurrection of Jesus, it is often the only time we think about the low point (for the followers of Jesus) of Friday and Saturday but also the high point of Sunday! It is often the only time many people read through the resurrection texts such as 1 Corinthians 15.
Annual and perennial vines can be a colorful answer to many landscape problems. Do you have an unsightly wall, hate that chain-linked fence or mail box? Or maybe you just have a spot that needs some summer color? Perennial vines like clematis, honeysuckle and the non-blooming, deciduous Virginia creeper can add color and texture to any area were a climbing environment is offered.
Lilyanne Thoroughman, a 10-year-old violinist of Williamstown, will appear on an upcoming episode of "From the Top", the hit NPR radio program featuring America's best young classical musicians and hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O'Riley.
The Captain John Lillard Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met April 18 the Williamstown Senior Center. During that meeting, the chapter held an award ceremony. The chapter handed out two awards to exceptional students.
Ron Poole of Central City was recently appointed to the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy by Gov. Matt Bevin.
The Kentucky Board of Pharmacy consists of six members appointed by the governor and serves the Commonwealth to promote, preserve, and protect the public health, safety, and welfare through effective regulation of the practice of pharmacy.
Sunday, May 14, is Mother's Day, a day in which we honor our mothers. A day we observe, setting apart other days to give favor and precedent to all our mothers spanning the history of time.
According to www.history.com; Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but the clearest modern precedent for Mother's Day is the early Christian festival known as Mothering Sunday.
Church of Christ
• Minister Gene Kearns.
• Sunday school from 10 to 10:45 a.m.; worship service at 10:45 a.m. and evening worship at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 859-824-6470.
Bethany Baptist
• Sunday school at 10 a.m.; worship service at 11 a.m. and evening worship at 7 p.m.
• Pastor - Donald Joe Kannady. For more information, call 859-391-5993.
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After a long wait we are now eligible to take our first step to the process of international adoption from India, with my husband having obtained his US citizenship. We are looking at selecting an agency with India program from the list provided in CARA. We are based in California Bay area. 1.Can persons in this thread please provide me information on HOLT as an agency to go with for adopting from India. I was also looking at Children's Home Society Mn and BAAS(California) as well which his local to me. Would greatly appreciate any feedback on these agencies and also any other agecies for India programs. 2. I was also wondering whether it is important to have these agencies local to your state or city. Does it make any difference with ease of processing. 3. I am looking at adopting from South India most likely Tamil Nadu. That being said, do I need to check if these agencies have social workers or good tie ups with orphanages in these places? Does the wait time vary accordingly? Thanking you for your time.
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Members of the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust have voted the hospital governors in the latest round of elections, with the results were confirmed this week. The successful candidates will officially take up their seats on the Board of Governors on April 1 for a three year term.
In the Doncaster Public constituency Maureen Young, George Webb, Eddie Dobbs and Howard Taylor held on to their seats and were re-elected for a further term of office. New to the board of governors are Dev Das, Dennis Benfold, Michael Addenbrooke, Bruce Lowis and William Skelley.
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I would also want an adjustable posture. Alot of the male characters are hunched over and look terrible, and so armor doesn't look like its painted on my well-toned rock solid body
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I would also want an adjustable posture. Alot of the male characters are hunched over and look terrible, and so armor doesn't look like its painted on my well-toned rock solid body
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Also i don't think many people would like loosing all their gear, mounts, pets, levels and having to start again, i'd certainly hate to loose my 200+ mount collection and my paladin :s
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Anywho! back to the models.
Models could go either way, remember the druid models ? Some prefer the new to the old ones but personally i think they made the cat and bear too 'cute' compared to the old ones.
i hope the models have full voice / lip sync capabilities so that we can get more detailed ingame cinematics and so that machinima creators can make truly epic work
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The problem with taking their time is that if it takes too long, no one will be around to care. Their last comment on it made it sound like it's not taking that long after all, though.
What scares me is that they really make it sound like they're trying to make these model upgrades as literal as possible, as to not upset people who might really like the way their characters look now. It's a noble goal, but part of the reason most people want model upgrades is because they have a lot of issues with the current models and animations. My personal example is the tauren. I liked the tauren in Warcraft III, I like the tauren in the lore, and I still like the tauren in the art. In game? They're these hideous, no-necked, hunchbacked abominations that run like bouncy plantigrade muppets, and not like a big noble race with hooves. They look like a sports mascot, not a minotaur.
Blizzard uses so much "in-house only" tactics with these things that they end up with those silly, red-faced-from-laughter, awful excuses like "well, if we added another layer of texture to this city, the next raid will be delayed." Meaning they use the same teams for everything and have almost no one who's ever not booked for months at a time.
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The difficult task which blizzard has is finding a way to piss off the least amount of players.
(Off topic i love your create-your-own-Ogre-character link)
So you use screencaps where the majority were unintended bugs to show that players don't like silly texture bugs that make their characters look like shit. How does that have any bearing on the character model updates at all? Like.. at all? Plus the female human thing, while intentional, was a DOWNGRADE, so of course it looked worse.
If 25% in two-three years constitutes "taking their time", then I'm NOT glad that they're working at a pace where it'll take 6 more years to get all vanilla models and 2 extra years for the TBC ones.
I'm surprised how many people forgot (or never knew) about the human female "SUPRISE BUTT SECKS" model fiasco.
That's kinda my whole point then, right? If they stick to the pace from before, it will take way too long.
So yes, I want them to pick up the pace. Doesn't mean I want them to botch it or that I don't know how big a job it is. Like I said.. around this pace (if this is from 4.3-5.4 that they worked on them) we'll get them in 5-6 years and then 1-2 more years for the TBC ones. So it's of the essence that they put more focus on it. That's why I don't agree with the thread. It implies that the current pace is acceptable. (under the guise of "taking their time")
People will tell you it's hyperbole, or strawman. But yeah, I'm sick of this "5 minute thing" rule someone invented conveniently to make their argument against updated player models more valid; because it doesn't. Transmog is solely aesthetic too. Loads of people love it. There are roleplayers who care about what their characters look like. Every NPC in the past and future using player models will be altered to look better. And not all of them wear armor. In fact, a minority do.
Aside from updating the player models, it also updates NPC models, and overall gives WoW a sleeker, more updated feel.
It might also pave the way to more 3D/modeled armor and geosets. Actually, since MoP, every NPC races started using armor geosets, so that's a good hint that Blizzard might be willing to try it with player models too.
It sure does! And of course gameplay matters. But every patch, every content patch, every expansion has new gameplay content, raids. This model update? Only once in the lifetime of WoW, if we're going to be realistic. Don't be selfish and take that from people who actually care about the player models just because you want a few extra raid assets. One extra boss per raid, or something.
And this won't even affect gameplay. People have nothing to whine about this update that is long overdue.
Hell, they could hire 200 guys to do it and get it done next month for 5.4.1, doesn't mean it would be good.
Once again, it's damn you do damn you don't for Blizzard. Release run of the mill just "Money tossed" or "We did the best we could just to make it on time" models and people will lose their minds because they are not high quality. Take their time, do it right and try to make it be the most satisfying things ever and people complain that it's taking too long.
On another side of that you have people saying "Just reallocate people from the AD to do this full time get it done faster!", come patch when the environmental and actual patch(es) art is lacking because of missing members you'll see "BLIZZARD HOW DARE YOU SKIMP WHERE IS MY MONEY GOING?!"
Working in Film I know tossing more money at it is NOT the solution, in fact, many times it causes more problems. I've had producers offer up tons of more money we apparently didn't have in an initial budget to do some crazy feat, when it just simply doesn't make things happen on the level of quality they want. Like recently a co-worker of mine got offered a crazy stipend to edit a feature film from scratch in 2 weeks. In theory, it could get done, sure, but in practice, what they would have gotten would have been a pile of massive crap.
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Vince Verhei points out just how much the Giants' Week 1 loss hurt them when it comes to winning a tight division. Based on a simulation run yesterday, the Giants' playoff odds dropped from 45.7 percent to 19.8 percent in one day. (This may be different from the odds posted later today due to Monday Night Football results.)
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Couldn't have happened to nicer guys.
Meaningless stat is meaningless
It's not meaningless that the Giants lost a home game to a division rival.
The Giants lost to Vince Young and Rex Grossman (not to mention a Tavaris Jackson/Charlie Whitehurst combo) at home last season.
They'll survive.
I think they will make the playoffs also. Once the secondary gets healthy, I think the Giants will turn it around
What effect could MNF have possibly had on the Giants' playoff odds? Both games were all-AFC.
Those games affect the strength of schedule for other teams in the NFC, thus affecting the playoff odds for all NFC teams.
Since they weren't just AFC, but divisional games, and any NFC team that plays a team from one of those games will also play their opponent, the strength of schedule can't help but go up by 1 win and 1 loss from such a game (or 2 ties, which I believe are calculated as the same thing). Right?
FO doesn't see each game as zero-sum. If San Diego and Oakland had both played like crap, for example, that would make SoS easier for the NFC teams that play them both.
I love this site, but these are the kind of stats that really put off a lot of people that Football Outsiders are trying to convert.
This is only meaningful if Week 1 playoff odds are compared to actual year-end results for prior seasons.
Ye of little faith! The unbelievers will convert or burn in the fires of ESPN. Now begone! And spread the word.
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Not to say that your machine is broken, but are you saying that the loss of that one game drops the playoff odds of the Giants by more than 25%?, and that the Redskins now have better odds of making the playoffs than the Giants? I know its jump to conclusions week, but I thought the machine was supposed to be immune to that kind of a swing (over the course of a few weeks, maybe, but not due to one game).
IMO, here's why:
Generally, a team should win it's home games, and lose its away games. Giants lost one they should have won, WAS won a game they should have lost. WAS' game was also a conference game, giving them a tiebreaker advantage over a team that will prob. be involved in the playoff hunt. NYG lost a DIVISION game, which would hinder them in any tiebreaker scenario. So the odds machine sees that WAS is a game ahead, plus a tiebreaker ahead=2 games, and says that WAS has a better chance of making it.
At this point, the swings WILL be large (as well as at the end of the season), because the playoff odds machine has so LITTLE info on every team. WAS looks much better than they were expected to be, and the Giants looked worse than they were expected to be, and prob. will be. If NYG wins in convincing fashion, and WAS loses next week (I don't know who their opponents are, nor where), then I bet the odds swing back the other way.
Yep. Think of it this way: the simplest way to make the playoffs is to win more games than the three other teams in your division.
One week ago, the Giants were on even ground with those three teams. FO's numbers also figured they'd be a good, if not particularly great, team.
Now, they are a full game behind all three of the other teams in their division. They also played a sub-standard game, so FO's projection of them moving forward has been impacted negatively.
Worse than that; the potentially decisive divisional tie-breakers are now against them. Dallas are effectively 1.5 games ahead of the Giants already. If Dallas were to beat the Giants again in the return (home) fixture, that means NYG would have to win 3 more games than Dallas on the rest of the schedule to get ahead. Putting it that way, it is obvious that their playoff chances have been dealt a big blow already.
The readers commenting above have the right idea. Notice how much more the Giants' loss cuts their playoff odds compared to Green Bay. The Giants were in a tight packed division with three other teams that won. The Packers, on the other hand, are assumed to be way ahead of two of the other three teams in their division, and they lost a conference game but not a division game. So the Packers' odds drop about 10% less than the Giants' odds.
Thanks guys. Those are all relevant factors, and should have dropped the Giants' expectaions, but I guess what surprised me was the magnitude of the swing. To that, how can I have any faith in the playoff odds in week #1, if this result causes that much of a swing (Giants drop by 20%, Cowboys rise by 19%). Aren't you really just running an "ESPN Power Ranking" chart, where only last week's performance governs?
Last week's performance is the entirety of the season right now.
Here's the thing: last week's performance is the *only* performance to base these on!
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There is one calming mineral that some reports say 90% of the population is deficient in: magnesium.
While our ancestors had an abundance of magnesium from organ meats, seafood, swimming in the ocean, and rich soil, it isn't uncommon to be depleted today. The modern diet is sufficiently lacking in magnesium and our soil is no longer as healthy as it once was. Stress is also a factor – not only does it worsen anxiety and depression symptoms, it rapidly depletes magnesium from the body. In a time when most people eat poorly, work long hours and stress is commonplace – it's no wonder why most people are magnesium deficient. But could this also be the reason why so many people experience anxiety?
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Quo vadis, Moblin?
The Linux Foundation has taken over the helm of the Moblin Project, which was previously run under the Intel flag. Will other manufacturers be joining the project now that it's no longer owned by Intel, or could the split-off from Intel be the beginning of the end of the open source platform?
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The excursion of the processor giant Intel into the world of operating system production seems to have ended less than two years after it began, as Intel is handing over control of the Moblin Project to the Linux Foundation. This opens up new prospects for the Project in terms of supporting partners and hardware platforms, but it also involves the risk of Intel's commitment slacking off in the future, thus bringing further development to a juddering halt.
Moblin began with the advent of MIDs (mobile internet devices), a new class of particularly small mini-PCs designed for surfing the web. They were intended to be fitted with the very low-power (for an x86-compatible CPU) Atom processor instead of the usual industry standard of an embedded processor or system-on-a-chip (SoC), as Nokia did at the time with its 770 and N800 Internet Tablets. It was also hoped that the Atom processor would find a place in the domain of in-vehicle entertainment systems. Like Nokia, Intel wanted to use a version of Linux adapted to mobile devices as an operating system.
So some developers on the Intel payroll started working on porting Linux to the up-coming MID platform. When, in the middle of 2007, the basic system had been completed and the application framework had also been defined, Intel lifted the Moblin Project from the baptismal font in order to further develop the future Linux platform with help from the Linux community.
But Intel hadn't reckoned with Asus. The Eee PC, also fitted with Intel's Atom processor, became an astonishing top seller. Suddenly there was no further demand for an MID costing several hundred euros when a netbook could be had for 300 euros. That also induced the Moblin Project to change its focus so that it now officially supported netbooks as well as MIDs.
Over time, the options available in netbooks have steadily advanced. Given large SSDs (solid state disks) or conventional notebook hard disks, more RAM and larger displays, it was no longer necessary to use a particularly lean version of Linux – even Windows XP could now be installed. That brought about a dramatic fall in the number of netbooks sporting Linux.
For Intel, as a chip giant, it may be immaterial in the end whether Atom processors are fitted to MIDs or to netbooks – apart from the fact that a netbook needs no dedicated Linux system. And, in the automobile sector, Intel can rely on its collaborator and specialist in embedded Linux, Wind River, and its Wind River Linux for Atom, so it no longer appears imperatively necessary for development to be carried on in-house. If Intel had wanted to withdraw from developing Moblin, it could have shed its responsibility for the project elegantly on handing Moblin over to the Linux Foundation. It is admittedly said that Intel programmers will be continuing to help out with work on Moblin, but that isn't something written in stone.
On the other hand, the hiving-off of Moblin from Intel also offers the prospect of other manufacturers, such as Nokia, being persuaded to cooperate by porting Moblin to other hardware architectures. It's another matter, of course, whether a company like Nokia would want to be involved in a project run by Intel, or whether Intel and Nokia would work together on an open source project under the neutral leadership of the Linux Foundation.
A further advantage for Intel is that, by passing Moblin to the Linux Foundation, Intel again gets out of the operating system business and remains primarily a hardware manufacturer, rather than a competitor to some of it's good clients, like Microsoft for example.
The near future will show how things will proceed with Moblin. As far as in-car entertainment is concerned, the prototype of the newly hatched Genevi consortium is to be published as open source this summer. In any case, there are no specific indications at the moment of Intel's wanting to drop Moblin.
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