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Halted Montana Wolf Hunts Overturned by Judge
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has blocked the state from shutting down gray wolf hunting and trapping near Yellowstone National Park. Wednesday's restraining order from Judge Nels Swandal allows hunting and trapping to resume in areas north of the park. State officials halted the practice last month after the deaths of several wolves collared by park scientists for research.
The closure prompted a Wednesday lawsuit from sporting groups that said the public was not given enough chance to weigh in. Swandal says the lack of public notice appears to violate state law and the Montana Constitution. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim says state wildlife commissioners followed proper public notice requirements before closing the areas on Dec. 10. Swandal scheduled a January 14 hearing in the case.


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UC Presents Fall Open House
Prospective Students, Families Come to Campus
Written By Alexis March '13, PR Intern
Opportunity to meet faculty, tour campus, learn more about programs
Utica, NY (11/01/2012)- Interested in attending Utica College? Come learn what Utica College is all about at the Annual Fall Open House, presented by the Utica College Office of Admissions, on Friday, Nov. 9 from 1 to 5 p.m.
The open house allows prospective students and their guests to discover the many opportunities the college as to offer through interactive discussions regarding admissions, financial services, academics and student life.
Registration will take place in Ellen Knower Clarke Lounge located in Ralph F. Strebel Student Center. Following registration, Patrick A. Quinn, vice president for undergraduate admissions, will open the event in the Library Concourse.
The "Your UC Experience" segment addresses many topics that can be confusing to incoming freshman: the college admissions process, paying for your college education, achieving academic success, athletics and student activities, residential life, study abroad, and much more.
The open house also allows prospective students meet the faculty they could potentially be learning from during the "Meetings by Major" portion of the day.
"Establishing relationships with professors early on is great; it helps students to feel more comfortable when they arrive," said Quinn.
The day will finish with dinner and a pep rally.
There is no cost to attend; however, you must register by calling 1-800-782-8884 or visit www.utica.edu.
For more information, email Admissions at firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Utica College – Utica College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive private institution offering bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees. The College, located in upstate central New York, approximately 90 miles west of Albany and 50 miles east of Syracuse, currently enrolls over 3,700 students in 37 undergraduate majors, 27 minors, 22 master's and two doctoral degree programs.

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zcaley 9/26/2003 6:13:18 PMA most interesting collage, Andrew. #62116
Roseann E. Dreasher 9/26/2003 7:18:22 PMI love collage and this one is wonderful! Did you take all the images yourself or compile them from other sources? #212999
Colette M. Metcalf 9/26/2003 7:40:13 PMWonderful! #213009
Andrew McClintock 9/26/2003 8:11:52 PMYes, I took all of the pictures used in the image myself. I used things around the house that were recognizable yet would fit well in the collage. Thanks for your comments. #213019
Evy Johansen 9/27/2003 12:13:55 AMWonderful collage, Andrew! Great work! #213099
Mette Vendelboe Allison 9/27/2003 3:23:43 AMReally well put together. Very arty and pro look! #213219
Debbie S. 9/27/2003 6:47:17 AMGreat collage...it has a very Cubist look to it...I find myself staring at it as I would a Picasso or Bracque painting, trying, to find recognizable objects and logos...I love the greenish-yellow coupled with the b/w...really stunning, a real piece of art worthy of hanging in a very special place! I'm curious, how large is it and have you printed it yet? And why is it called "Smiley"? This is a very sellable work. #213379
Andrew McClintock 9/27/2003 9:54:10 AMIt's interesting that you should mention Picasso and Bracque. I just learned a great deal about the two in my art class and a video I watched about them gave me the idea for this piece. I have not printed it yet, but I'm not sure how large it would print and still look sharp. It's called smiley because if you view it from a distance, or squint your eyes at it, it is supposed to look like a smiley face. Thanks for you interest, I appreciate the comments. #213680
Roseann E. Dreasher 9/27/2003 12:42:36 PMI see it : ) #213813
Debbie S. 9/27/2003 5:52:41 PMI see it too now!!!! Again, beautifully done and SO interesting that you've just been studying Braque and Picasso! You are obviousely a very astute student. #213966
Amie 10/3/2003 7:01:20 AMHow did you create this?? #220019
Andrew McClintock 10/4/2003 10:33:53 AMLike I've said, I took all of these pictures individually, specifically for this image. Each picture was imported into photoshop where it was resized and cropped accordingly. Each picture is it's own layer, with a drop shadow. That is how I created this image. Thanks for the recognition. #221433
Leanne M.E. Boyd 10/17/2003 8:21:57 AMGreat image Andrew - Congrats! #235630
Dan S. Coquia 10/17/2003 9:44:17 AMCongratulations, Andrew! #235844
Debbie S. 10/17/2003 12:15:52 PMThis is a winner in my book! Congrats Andrew!! #236089
Evy Johansen 10/17/2003 2:33:52 PMMany congratulations and best of luck, Andrew! #236344
Gabriela Cunha 10/17/2003 5:24:37 PMCONGRATS, Andrew!
Robert Mann 10/18/2003 8:48:48 AMYou don't want to know how many times I've look at this marvelous image and neglected to comment....How rude of me! Many congrats on this well deserved finalist selection, Andrew, and good luck! RoB #237556
Mette Vendelboe Allison 10/18/2003 9:21:27 AMCongrats from me! #237611
Judith G. Secco 10/18/2003 2:10:09 PMCool collage, Andrew. Congratulations.
Susana Matos 10/18/2003 2:28:54 PMCongrats and good luck,
Darren K. Fisher 10/22/2003 11:39:19 AMYep I can see the smiley face....Really an outstanding image and a well deserved win!!!! #242103
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Every Sunday, Boston Globe photographer Stan Grossfeld asks the subject of one of his photos to explain what's happening in the shot.
Who's up today: Alex King, 11, of Chicago walks on his hands in a swimming pool in Hollywood, Fla., Dec. 27, 2012.
King: "I was having fun doing gymnastics underwater. I've been swimming for 10 years. I'm like a fish, because I love to swim and I'm a Pisces, too. That's my favorite thing. I've scuba dived in Mexico, I've snorkeled. If I was home, I'd be shoveling snow. Instead I get to relax and be in the sun. Its fun, it's like standing up underwater but your feet are on the roof. Sometimes I have my parents count for me. Sometimes 16 seconds, sometimes a minute. I just go fast and the air doesn't go into my nose."


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A new case was just opened in the Bankruptcy Court. The case number and the debtor's name/adversary complaint plaintiff(s) and defendant(s) are: 16-03336- Guevara et al v. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY et al.
This is a breaking news story. More details about this bankruptcy court filing are available on Chapter11Dockets.com.


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Linux System Programming 98
|Linux System Programming
|Robert Love
|O'Reilly Media
|Jon Mitchell
|The Linux system call and C API explored in depth.
This doesn't mean it is necessary to read it from cover to cover. Logically organized into chapters around "things you want to do", such as file access, memory management and process management it will lead you in with a survey of techniques you might be familiar with, before drilling down with advanced methods.
Knowing advanced methods for performance is great, but not at all costs. One of the most useful and practical lessons this book gives is to encourage you to think about error conditions that may occur during a system call. Early on, in the section on reading files, a detailed example is given on reading from a file. Every possible case of return code from the read call is described together with what it means and how you should handle it — it can be surprising that 7 possible outcomes are listed, with good descriptions of what to do with each of them.
This good practice by example continues throughout the book. Every system call described also lists the errors that may occur. This does show up a slight weakness: many system calls share a common set of errors which are repeated many times in the text. If you are not paying attention it may feel like you are just flipping through man pages. However you are soon halted by the easy introduction of an advanced concept to get your teeth into.
These are done in a nicely graded level for each topic. In "file access" to give an example, you are lead from simple read/write calls, through to what the C library can provide in buffering, to improved performance using mmap. The techniques continue with descriptions of I/O schedulers and how the kernel will order hardware disk access, scatter/gather, and ends up with how it is possible to order block reads/writes yourself bypassing any scheduler.
You are hardly aware of the progression, as the pacing is very well done. New concepts clearly fit into what you have seen so far — current sections signpost the practical use of what is being explained and at what cost, allowing clear consideration of the use of advanced features against any consequences.
For process management discussion starts with fork and exec, before moving onto user ids and groups, covers daemonification and goes onto process scheduling, including real time scheduling. Throughout the book each new call is illustrated with a short code snippet showing the call being used in a practical situation.
Not everything is present and correct. The author immediately states that networking is not covered at all. This is a shame as this subject would benefit from the depth of coverage given to the topics in this book — although no doubt would increase the number of pages considerably. Perhaps scope for a second volume. The length of some sections seems odd — Asynchronous file I/O is whizzed through in a page with no code example, whereas I/O schedulers gets a luxurious 12.
On the other hand there are some unexpected and useful extras, such as a discussion in the appendix of gcc C language extensions and how they might be used to fine tune your code.
The books stated target is for modern Linux development, a 2.6.22 kernel, gcc 4.2 and glibc 2.5. Many calls have been standardized by POSIX, and where this is so it are noted in the text, so a large portion of the content is useful on other systems. There is even the occasional mention of non-Linux system calls, the use of which is not encouraged, but shown so you know how they function if you come across them in older code.
I recommend this book to anyone who has a need to developing Linux applications. The book is not a primer in C on Unix, so you are expected to be familiar at least to the level of K&R. From this level though the journey into getting the best from the kernel and C library into your programs is easy going and enjoyable.
You can purchase Linux System Programming from amazon.com. Slashdot welcomes readers' book reviews -- to see your own review here, read the book review guidelines, then visit the submission page.


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Of all Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's films, "A Matter of Life and Death" (1946) is the most rhapsodic, so three cheers and then some to see it bow on DVD in such a spectacular transfer. Yet it seems a false step to couple the pic with the vastly inferior "Age of Consent" (1969) as Sony does for "The Films of Michael Powell," its second collaboration with Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation.
Powell directed both movies but Pressburger wasn't involved in "Age of Consent," and that matters. So does "A Matter of Life and Death's" vintage because the 1940s were Powell and Pressburger's golden age, when they conjured landmark efforts such as "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," "Black Narcissus" and "The Red Shoes," films that exude a unique ethos. Boldly colored, unapologetically romantic and fiercely English, they remain endlessly watchable even 60 years after their debuts.
"A Matter of Life and Death" (originally titled "Stairway to Heaven" in America) tells of a downed English Royal Air Force captain (David Niven) who is accidentally lost by an angel of death (Marius Goring). Once found, the flier refuses to be taken heavenward because he's found love on earth with an American gal (Kim Hunter) assisting the war effort in Blighty.
The magic comes as the film, lensed by the great Jack Cardiff, toggles between the earthly romance, in blazing Technicolor, and the somberness of Niven's heavenly trial, shot in gauzy b&w — a cheeky upending to "The Wizard of Oz's" depiction of fantasy versus reality.
"Age of Consent," Powell's last feature, will interest only those wanting to follow the helmer's career to its disappointing end. It's an old man's film in the worst sense, an indulgent island romp in which a middle-age painter (James Mason) attempts to recapture lost vibrancy, a quality personified in the feral girl he enlists as a model (Helen Mirren, in her first film). It's beautifully, though not imaginatively, shot in vibrant color, with ample underwater shots of the Great Barrier Reef.
What's notable about this issue is that the pic's "risque" original title sequence has been restored, as has Peter Sculthorpe's beguiling original score — both foolishly jettisoned by nervous Col execs prior to the film's debut.
As for the extras on this two-disc set, Scorsese's intro to "A Matter of Life and Death" is sweet but too personal. (It's not about you, Marty!) The full audio commentary by preeminent Powell and Pressburger scholar Ian Christie, though, couldn't be more authoritative and compellingly delivered. Fans of the Archers (as Powell and Pressburger called themselves) are certain to learn much.
The extras for "Age of Consent" are in some way more engrossing than the film itself. "Making 'Age of Consent'" features the director's son, Kevin Powell, who worked on the film, as well as editor Anthony Buckley and scorer Sculthorpe. In the 12-mintue "Helen Mirren: A Conversation With Cora," the Oscar-winning actress speaks endearingly of how intimidated she was by filmmaking generally and how touched she was by Mason's kindness and Powell's tender concern.


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Building the Infinite Digital Universe of No Man's Sky 100
An anonymous reader writes: Hello Games is a small development studio, only employing 10 people. But they're building a game, No Man's Sky, that's enormous — effectively infinite. Its universe is procedurally generated, from the star systems down to individual species of plant and animal life. The engine running the game is impressively optimized. A planet's characteristics are not computed ahead of time — terrain and lifeforms are randomly generated on the fly as a player explores it. But, of course, that created a problem for the developers — how do they know their procedural generation algorithms don't create ridiculous life forms or geological formations? They solved that by writing AI bot software that explores the universe and captures brief videos, which are then converted to GIF format and posted on a feed the developers can review. The article goes into a bit more detail on how the procedural generation works, and how such a small studio can build such a big game.


text: If you've never seen a video by the band Red Fang then you haven't lived. Since the release of their 2011 album "Murder the Mountains" they've put out one awesome video after another and their latest one if for their track "Hank Is Dead" which you can peep below followed by a couple of their other great works. I'll warn you, the video starts with the gruff gentlemen taking a shower together but don't worry it gets even more awesome after that.


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June 10, 2014 through June 15, 2014
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Skip to comments.Cancer screening delayed by Obamacare
Posted on 02/05/2013 1:42:49 PM PST by Rusty0604
The federal government has once again driven a wedge between patients and physicians by creating its own criteria for the screening of these two prevalent malignancies. Instead of trying to improve on something that was working pretty well, Washington decided to scrap the idea because it did not fit the current agenda.
Our own government is avoiding early diagnosis and treatment of these two known killers, turning a blind eye as these malignant terrorists invade our bodies. Only Washington could take something as straight forward as cancer screening and turn it into a complicated quagmire, and a deadly one at that.
(Excerpt) Read more at medibid.com ...
President Obama, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Congress have no major investment in the new cancer screening guidelines. They will be getting mammograms and prostate-specific antigen tests whenever their doctors recommend. Its not about them and their husbands and wives and sons and daughters. Its about you and yours."
Dr. Constance Uribe is a general surgeon and author of The Health Care Providers Guide to Facing the Malpractice Deposition (CRC Press, 1999).
Naturally, Obama exempted himself from Obamacare.
My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer when he was 50. It was initially stage 2, but was upgraded to stage 3 after surgery. So far, his PSA is undetectable, so hopefully the surgery got it all. If not, he'll have a very tough time. No real cure after surgery or radiation.
I'm so thankful for the PSA test. My husband did not have symptoms. His cancer was aggressive, so I'm sure he would have died if we just waited for him to be symptomatic.
I hope your husband is and stays cancer free. Be thankful it was caught before Obamacare denies the testing for it.
"Although none of YOU will not get the cancer screening tests,
WE, and our families, and staff, do and will --- forever.
And all Moslems, too. Now, pay your taxes and fines, dhimmis."
Continued healing blessings for the both of you.
Come on people, get your priorities straight.
There is no way in the world you can make the point that screening people that have worked their entire lives, for cancers they had no part in causing....
is anyway as important as reconstructive surgery for people that willingly and deliberately broke the law to use meth.
You just need to listen to fearless leader more closely.
The politicians all exempted themselves. It obamination is so good for all of us then why aren't they rushing to take part?
The answer is that they are all National Socialist Democrats of the German model; only they are worthy of life and extended care.
We are fast approaching a 1776 moment.
If you haven't already, try reading The Emperor of All Maladies by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. Cancer research is very fast moving field and you should be aware of how to find the right channels to find the latest in research in case you need it.
As I type this reply, I choke back the bile in my mouth after reading this. Obama and his syncophants want to take away the ammunition used by the medical profession to protect our health yet at the same time point a loaded gun at our collective heads as we try to maintain good health and quality of life. Were it not for a PSA test, I might not be here at all. Fortunately, my cancer, an aggressive one, was caught just before it broke through the gland wall. Pathology indicated it was further advanced that the biopsy showed. Sarah Palin was truly right when she said Obama's "health" plan was implementing "death panels".
His majesty has eliminated, or delayed screening for, the inherently cancerous terrorism that is islam...
All the while building a 10-story bunker beneath the WH and EOB to protect his holiness and her buttness.
I am happy that your cancer was caught by the test. I hope enough Doctors will speak up about this travesty and maybe something could be done.
Dr. Uribe was the surgeon that performed my ex-wife's mastectomy. The mammogram detected a shadow but not a mass that was 'palpable'.
Just hit 5 years since chemo and she's got no sign of recurrence.
If these rules had been in place then the mammogram probably would not have been ordered.
So, we all get to pay for competent medical care off-shore now, if we want it.
Thank you. My cancer support group meets tomorrow night. Oddly, the doc giving the talk will be discussing "PSA Screening Data - To use or not use the PSA screen". I'm really curious what he'll say (probably PC) but he's going to get an earful from me.
I'd be interested and probably other FReepers would be in what the Doc has to say at your meeting.
I recommend paying for the testing if insurance won't cover it. The good thing is that it isn't an expensive test. It's much cheaper than a mammogram.
Count me as another whose cancer was detected by the PSA, and whose father died a painful death from prostate cancer before the test was developed.
The untold story of the Death Panels is the savings to SocSec and Medicare from reducing the average lifespan. It will be a huge financial issue.
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Every year, I become more interested in Baseball's Hall of Fame selections. As a child, I remember players like Duke Snider and Al Kaline going in to Cooperstown. They were typical of the legends of the game—names that seemed so distant because I became familiar with them only after their retirement, not in their youthful glory.
While I enjoyed the selection process and hearing stories about the great players enshrined in the Hall, the whole process has become more special as the players being considered for election are those you've actually watched play.
Almost without exception, the players who have been inducted in recent years are players who came through the draft, which was instituted in 1965. While I did not see any of the players as amateurs, I do remember most as big-league rookies.
I grew up in Michigan, and I can still recall Detroit Tigers radio announcer Ernie Harwell pronouncing "Kirby Puckett" for the first time and wondering who this guy was who kept running down fly balls in the cavernous center field of old Tiger Stadium. When I first saw on TV what the unusually-built Puckett looked like, I couldn't believe my eyes. I also remember Wade Boggs' first career home run, a game-winner against my Tigers. The talk among my Little League teammates the next day was, "How did we get beat by a rookie?"
January is a special time of year for many of us baseball fans because the current year's Hall of Fame inductees are identified. It's a time to relive and reflect on the memories of some of the game's great players. That not only includes Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice, this year's inductees, but players like Andre Dawson, Alan Trammell, Bert Blyleven, Dave Parker and Lee Smith, and so many more that come into our collective conscience. Simply debating the merits of these players with your friends or listening to talk shows rekindle the joy you had watching them do what they did best in years gone by.
So with Hall of Fame fever upon us, we turn to what we like to do best. Look at the Hall of Fame through the perspective of the baseball draft.
23 Draftees In Hall
With this week's selection of Rice and Henderson, Cooperstown can now boast 23 bronzed plaques for players who are products of the draft.
Catcher Johnny Bench was the first Hall of Famer drafted, and the first to be enshrined. A second round selection of the Cincinnati Reds in the inaugural draft, he was inducted into the Hall in 1989.
Now that we have accumulated a nice sample of drafted Hall of Famers, it gives us an opportunity to investigate the player's backgrounds. In other words, how were some of the greatest players that the game has produced perceived as amateurs by the scouting community?
It would be natural to assume that most future Hall of Fame players would be easy to identify prior to being drafted. Obviously, we're not speaking simply of major league players, but some of the greatest to ever play the game. Surely, such players were standouts as amateurs.
But the truth is, scouting is not an exact science—no matter how dominant players appear to be as amateurs or as major leaguers. For instance, no No. 1 overall pick in any year in the draft era is in the Hall of Fame—though Ken Griffey (1987) and Alex Rodriguez (1993) will be slam dunks five years after they retire, and Chipper Jones (1990) is a strong first-ballot candidate. The highest draft pick ever to reach the Hall of Fame is Reggie Jackson, the second overall pick in 1966.
In chronological order, here are the 23 drafted Hall of Famers. The year they were drafted, the clubs that picked them and the round are noted. We've also added an extra wrinkle by including the players' signing bonuses.
Year Player Pos. School Hometown Club (Round) Bonus Inducted
1965 Johnny Bench C Anadarko HS Binger, Okla. Reds (2) $6,000 1989
1965 Nolan Ryan RHP Alvin HS Alvin, Texas Mets (10) $12,000 1999
1966 Tom Seaver RHP U. of Southern California Fresno, Calif. *Braves (Jan./1) $40,000 1992
1966 Reggie Jackson OF Arizona State U. Wyandotte, Pa. Athletics (1) $80,000 1993
1967 Carlton Fisk C (No school) Charlestown, N.H. Red Sox (Jan./1) $10,000 2000
1970 Goose Gossage RHP Wasson HS Colorado Springs, Colo. White Sox (8) $8,000 2008
1970 Bruce Sutter RHP Donegal HS Mt. Joy, Pa. Senators (21) did not sign 2006
1971 Jim Rice OF Hannah HS Anderson, S.C. Red Sox (1) $30,000 2009
1971 George Brett 3B El Segundo HS El Segundo, Calif. Royals (2) $25,000 1999
1971 Mike Schmidt 3B Ohio U. Dayton, Ohio Phillies (2) $32,500 1995
1972 Dennis Eckersley RHP Washington Union HS Fremont, Calif. Indians (3) unavailable 2004
1972 Gary Carter C Sunny Hills HS Fullerton, Calif. Expos (3) $35,000 2003
1973 Robin Yount SS Taft HS Woodland Hills, Calif. Brewers (1) $60,000 1999
1973 Dave Winfield RHP/OF U. of Minnesota St. Paul, Minn. Padres (1) $65,000 2001
1973 Eddie Murray 1B Locke HS Los Angeles Orioles (3) $25,500 2003
1976 Rickey Henderson OF Technical HS Oakland Athletics (4) $10,000 2009
1976 Wade Boggs 3B H.B. Plant HS Tampa Red Sox (7) $7,500 2005
1977 Paul Molitor SS U. of Minnesota St. Paul; Minn. Brewers (1) $77,500 2004
1977 Ozzie Smith SS Cal Poly Los Angeles Padres (4) $5,000 2002
1978 Cal Ripken SS Aberdeen HS Aberdeen, Md. Orioles (2) $20,000 2007
1978 Ryne Sandberg SS North Central HS Spokane, Wash. Phillies (20) $25,000 2005
1981 Tony Gwynn OF San Diego State U. Long Beach, Calif. Padres (3) $25,000 2007
1982 Kirby Puckett OF Triton (Ill.) JC Chicago Twins (Jan./1) $20,000 2001
Here are some interesting facts about the 23 former draft picks, including Henderson and Rice, who are now in Baseball's Hall of Fame.
--Only five of the 23 players (Jackson, Molitor, Rice, Winfield and Yount) were selected in the first round of the traditional June regular phase while three others (Fisk, Puckett and Seaver) were first-rounders in the long-abandoned January phase. So 15 Hall of Famers were bypassed in the first round of the draft.
--Only five of the 23 are pitchers and all are righthanders (Eckersley, Gossage, Ryan, Seaver and Sutter). It should be noted that several clubs considered drafting Winfield, one of only two players to be drafted in three different sports, in the first round as a pitcher.
--Not a single pitcher drafted in the first round of the June regular phase has been inducted into the Hall. The most obvious candidate to end that distinction is Roger Clemens, a 1983 first-round pick of the Boston Red Sox, but his Hall of Fame candidacy has come into question since his retirement.
--Of the four Hall of Fame pitchers selected in the June draft, Eckersley was the earliest pick in the third round. Seaver was the 20th and last pick in the first round of the January 1966 draft.
--Sandberg is by far the lowest draft pick of the position players. His 2005 induction-mate, Boggs, was a seventh-rounder and the other 16 non-pitchers were taken within the first four rounds. As a three-sport phenom at a Spokane high school, Sandberg had visions of playing baseball, football and basketball at Washington State. It's apparent that signability was the issue that kept him out of the early rounds and, according to Sandberg's autobiography, the Phillies had initially intended to select him in the third round. It's interesting to note that Sandberg received a larger signing bonus than Ripken, a second-rounder in the same 1978 draft.
--The 1971 (Brett, Rice and Schmidt) and 1973 drafts (Murray, Winfield and Yount) are the only ones that have produced as many as three Hall of Famers thus far. Interestingly, Brett and Schmidt were selected with consecutive picks in the second round in 1971, while Yount and Winfield were taken back-to-back in '73.
--Eight of the 23 Hall of Famers signed out of four-year colleges—not an unimpressive number considering most college players in the first 20 years of the draft went to college because they were deemed unworthy of playing professional baseball when in high school. In fact, only two of the eight college-developed players (Winfield and Molitor, both University of Minnesota products who attended high schools in nearby St. Paul) were even drafted out of high school. Fisk is considered a college product, though he dropped out of school at the University of New Hampshire in order to be eligible for the January 1967 draft. Puckett remains the only Hall of Famer drafted and signed out of junior college; he had gone undrafted out of a Chicago high school in 1980 and attended Bradley University as a college freshman.
--The Padres (Gwynn, Smith and Winfield) and Red Sox (Boggs, Fisk and Rice) are the only organizations to draft as many as three Hall of Famers to this point. The Orioles, Athletics, Brewers and Phillies have drafted and signed two Hall of Famers.
Scouting: An Inexact Science
The cliché 'Scouting is an Inexact Science' is as old as the game itself, and the results of some of the research we've compiled on Hall of Famers in the draft era only serves as confirmation. For me, it was a learning experience when I realized how many of these great players were not highly thought of in the draft.
If a scouting director picks first overall and firmly believes there's a future Hall of Famer in the pool, he's going to pounce on him. Yet we've shown that this has not been the case, that not a single one of these inductees was a first overall pick.
With only five Hall of Famers taken in the first round of a possible 19 that were selected in the June regular phase, that represents roughly the same percentage (20-23 percent) of all major leaguers who were first-round picks. In other words, a major leaguer who was originally taken in the first round has about the same odds of being inducted into Cooperstown as any other major leaguer taken in the draft.
And what about some of the players drafted just before or just after some of these Hall of Famers? How easily could another team have selected them instead?
Eckersley and Carter were both chosen in the third round in 1972, three picks apart. Taken one spot ahead of Eckersley was Alabama high school shortstop Gary Walls, whose career fizzled in the minor leagues. Taken with the two picks between Eckersley and Carter were California high school infielder Rickey White and Illinois high school righthander/catcher Jeff Scott. Taken right after Carter were Roger Alexander and David Embree.
If you've never heard of those five names, that is the point. They have zero days of big-league service. The only thing of consequence is Scott became a future major league scouting director.
So how on earth do two Hall of Famers fall into the cracks between five players whose careers peaked out in the minor leagues? And yet, the best scouting minds at the time had Walls, White, Scott, Alexander and Embree in the same ballpark as prospects as Eckersley and Carter.
Perhaps "inexact" is not a strong enough word when describing what a crapshoot baseball scouting can often be. Treacherous may be the more appropriate term to describe the nature of decision-making in the draft room.
Many times I have had one of my former scouting supervisors make a comment to the effect that, "All the impact players are gone after the first 10 (overall) picks". Or, "We're not trying to hit a homerun on every pick because there aren't any major leaguers left". Not only are there potential impact players and major leaguers still available beyond the first round, but there might even be a future Hall of Famer among them.
Nonetheless, there aren't any terribly late picks among the Immortal 23. Sandberg and Sutter (a 21st rounder out of a Pennsylvania high school in 1970, but signed as a free agent in 1971) are the lowest drafts by a considerable margin behind Ryan. We've touched on Sandberg's story to explain why he slipped in the draft, but Sutter may be even more a fluke to reach the Hall of Fame.
Sutter didn't sign after the one and only time he was drafted. In fact, Sutter actually gave up on baseball to attend college strictly for academics. But a year later, he dropped out of school and began playing semi-pro ball around his home in Pennsylvania. With the Senators' draft rights expired, the Cubs were able to sneak him away as a free agent in the fall of 1971. They signed him for a minimal sum.
Sutter pitched effectively in relief to begin his pro career, but an arm injury took away what limited fastball he had. On the verge of being released in 1973, Cubs minor league pitching coach Fred Martin introduced Sutter to the forkball. That pitch was the difference-maker in his rise from a release candidate to a Hall-of-Fame closer.
In defense of my scouting brethren, I can say that all of the Hall of Famers were at least "first day" draft picks. But just wait until Mike Piazza, a lowly 62nd-round pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988, gets inducted!
Future Hall of Famers
Speaking of Piazza, we should see a flood of draft-era players being inducted into the Hall of Fame with practically every vote from here on out. I suspect that many of the patterns we've unearthed to date will change with time.
For instance, we should expect that either Tom Glavine (1984) or Randy Johnson (1985), both second-rounders, will become the first lefthander inducted from the draft era. Curt Schilling could join Puckett as another junior college-developed draft pick. Righthander John Smoltz (22nd round, 1985) would become an even later pick than Sutter if he is inducted.
The 1985 draft could conceivably produce more Hall of Famers than any other as Johnson, Smoltz, Barry Larkin (Reds, 1st round), Barry Bonds (Pirates, 1st round) and Rafael Palmeiro (Cubs, 1st round) all have the credentials to be enshrined—though the candidacy of Bonds and Palmeiro will be open to scrutiny.
And then there's that losing streak with the No. 1 overall pick. Griffey and Rodriguez will obliterate that barrier. On the flip side, Piazza would become the lowest draft pick ever inducted.
Still, the inexactness or treacherousness of the draft is graphically evident. Hall of Famer Ted Williams often said that hitting a baseball is the toughest task in sports, but finding players who can hit a baseball (or throw a baseball) is its equivalent on the scouting end.
The NFL draft is much less inexact as it essentially deals with finished products, and the Pittsburgh Steelers, in a draft for the ages, took four Hall-of-Fame selections in the 1974 draft alone. The Steelers selected wide receiver Lynn Swann in the first round, linebacker Jack Lambert in the second, wide receiver John Stallworth in the fourth and center Mike Webster in the fifth. Their 1970s dynasty was driven largely by those four players.
To take nothing away from the phenomenal work of the Steelers in their windfall '74 draft, the baseball draft is a vastly tougher nut to crack. If a team can draft a single Hall of Famer every 15 years, it's considered way ahead of the curve.


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Our learners have to feel safe at their schools as well as within their communities. The Safer South Africa Program capacitates the young people and learners in particular with information and skills that they need to stay safe and protect themselves and their families. This is a great empowerment initiative as our learners are the future leaders of tomorrow and thus need to grow and live without fear that is imposed by criminals.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled two California laws enacted through the initiative process are unconstitutional because they retrospectively increase the punishments for crimes committed before the laws came into effect.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton of Sacramento issued a 58-page order on Friday, ruling that the so-called "Victims' Bill of Rights" and another law that allows the governor to reverse approved paroles cannot be enforced.
Voters passed Proposition 9 in 2008, mandating longer periods of time between parole hearings.
The Sacramento Bee reports (bit.ly/NKj5UW) Karlton found that law "creates a significant risk" of longer sentences for prisoners than those they faced when their crimes were committed. His conclusion, Karlton said, was based on evidence presented at a non-jury trial before him last year as well as evidence submitted by prisoners' attorneys showing terms that had been lengthened by the law.
His injunction effectively blocks state enforcement of the law. It also instructs the Board of Parole Hearings to revert to a statute in effect before Proposition 9 passed that governs the spacing of parole hearings and guaranteed thousands of prisoners an annual suitability hearing.
In 1988, voters passed Proposition 89, allowing governors to review and reverse paroles in murder cases that the board had already approved by the board.
Karlton's ruling Friday said that every governor has abused that power since the measure passed by blocking many of the paroles they reviewed.
"In practice," he wrote, "the governors have used it to tip the scales against parole. Thus, while the governors could use the law to review parole decisions to ensure that they are accurate and fair, they appear to have no such concern about decisions that deny parole."
The judge also ordered the governor to stop reversing already-approved paroles and to apply the same factors considered by the board.
One of Karlton's previous rulings also had blocked elements of Proposition 9 from going forward, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down his decision.
Information from: The Sacramento Bee, http://www.sacbee.com
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Back in 2012, I wrote a blog piece about internet polls and surveys, asking whether internet polls and surveys could be – or should be – considered valid or scientific. I concluded, after researching the question, that, since the vast majority lack any scientific basis and are created by amateurs – often with a goal to direct rather than measure public opinion – that,
Most internet polls are merely for entertainment purposes. They harmlessly allow us to believe we are being engaged and are participating in the process, and they make pollsters happy to receive the attention. They are, however, not appropriate tools for making political or social decisions unless they are backed by rigid, scientific and statistical constraints.*
Earlier that year, an editorial in a local newspaper wisely drew similar conclusions (emphasis added):
It's said that there's lies, damn lies, and statistics. You could also throw Internet polls into that mix. …
But anyone who takes the results to heart, or attributes any level of credibility to them, is horribly mistaken. We post those polls to gauge how the community feels about one issue or another, but otherwise there is little to no scientific basis to them.
And unlike a poll that's usually conducted by the likes of Ipsos, Leger and Gallup – who use scientific principles to conduct many of their public-opinion polls – the results of an Internet poll can easily be 'plumped' by one side or the other enlisting family, friends and associates to vote, regardless of their level of understanding of an issue.
I wanted to follow up my earlier piece with some more information from the professionals in the polling and statistical analysis fields, as well as some journalistic comments. The reasons internet polls are unscientific and lack credibility has been addressed by many universities, professional polling companies and associations.
The National Council on Public Polls weighed in on this question, stating (emphasis added):
While different members of NCPP have different opinions about the potential validity and value of online surveys, there is a consensus that many web-based surveys are completely unreliable. Indeed, to describe them as "polls" is to misuse that term.
The NCPP then suggests a list of ten questions for journalists to ask to help clarify the results and the scientific methods used to create and assess the poll:
- Is the internet-based survey designed to be representative, and if so, of what population? If not, it is not worthy of being reported.
- What evidence is there that the sample is representative of the population it claims to represent? Unless the internet-based survey can provide clear evidence that the sample is representative by demographic and/or other relevant information it is not worthy of being reported.
- How was the sample drawn? Many internet-based surveys are just "call-in" polls or are asked only of people who happen to visit a particular web site. These surveys usually do not represent or make any pretense to represent any other population, and are not worthy of being reported.
- What steps does the organization take to prevent people from voting more than once? Any poll which allows people to vote twice, or more often, is not worthy of being reported.
- How were the data weighted? Survey data may contain biases from a variety of causes. The magnitude of these biases and random errors are usually unknown to the researcher. Even so, weighting may minimize these biases and errors when there is a strong relationship between the weighting variable and data in the survey. If there is not a strong relationship weighting may make the survey results worse. Demographic weighting of internet-based surveys is essential but is not sufficient. Some firms, in addition to demographic weighting, are weighting on other variables in an attempt to reduce the biases of online data.
- What is the evidence that the methodology works and produces accurate data? Unless the organization can provide the results of their other internet-based surveys which are consistent with other data, whether from the Census or other surveys, the survey results are not worthy of being reported.
- What is the organization's experience and track record using internet-based polls? Unless the organization can demonstrate a track record of obtaining reliable data with other online surveys, their online surveys should be treated with great caution.
- What is the organization's experience and track record as a survey researcher using traditional survey methods? If the organization does not have a track record in designing and conducting surveys using the telephone or in-person surveys, it is unlikely that they have the expertise to design and conduct online surveys.
- Does the organization follow the codes of conduct of AAPOR, CASRO, and NCPP (whether or not they are members)? If they follow none of these, they are probably not a qualified survey research organization. The more of these Codes they follow, the more likely their data are to be reliable and be trusted.
- Is the organization willing to disclose these questions and the methods used (as required by the codes of conduct referred to in #9 above)? If the organization is unwilling to disclose, or unable to provide, the relevant information the survey is probably not worthy of being reported.
The NCPP also has a list of 20 questions journalists should ask about all poll results. They state in the introduction (emphasis added):
The only polls that should be reported are "scientific" polls. A number of the questions here will help you decide whether or not a poll is a "scientific" one worthy of coverage – or an unscientific survey without value. Unscientific pseudo-polls are widespread and sometimes entertaining, but they never provide the kind of information that belongs in a serious report. Examples include 900-number call-in polls, man-on-the-street surveys, many Internet polls, shopping mall polls, and even the classic toilet tissue poll featuring pictures of the candidates on each roll.
One major distinguishing difference between scientific and unscientific polls is who picks the respondents for the survey. In a scientific poll, the pollster identifies and seeks out the people to be interviewed. In an unscientific poll, the respondents usually "volunteer" their opinions, selecting themselves for the poll.
The results of the well-conducted scientific poll provide a reliable guide to the opinions of many people in addition to those interviewed – even the opinions of all Americans. The results of an unscientific poll tell you nothing beyond simply what those respondents say.
Continue reading "Internet Surveys: Bad Data, Bad Science and Big Bias"


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RE[6]: Awesome!
by Tuishimi on Mon 30th Jan 2012 23:55 UTC in reply to "RE[5]: Awesome!"
Neither of those operating systems were in the same category as OS/2. I love VMS... but I'd hardly be running it at home (tho' admittedly I would love to ).
I should qualify what I mean... I mean symbian being mobile and GEM is more of a UI layer on top of an existing core OS, or am I mistaken?
Either way, I could be revealing my own personal bias for desktop and mainframe operating systems.
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RE[7]: Awesome!
by Lorin on Tue 31st Jan 2012 09:40 in reply to "RE[6]: Awesome!"
Just came back from a vacation in the Philippines, while on Cebu I came across an ATM that is still using OS/2 Warp, the ATM was far from old but it shows how solid the OS still is today. Why IBM will not release it is beyond me since they have said they have no intention of doing anything with it.
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by zima on Mon 6th Feb 2012 23:51 in reply to "RE[6]: Awesome!"
GEM is more of a UI layer on top of an existing core OS
Which wasn't that unusual ...OS/2 (initially at least) wasn't far from it, IIRC. Plus: isn't modularity good, isn't random DE + Linux just like that?
(though I associate GEM more as "the" OS of 16bit Atari)
Anyway, I'm not sure if that different - OK, GEM is sort of not relevant for a long time. But whatever its technical characteristics are, it was open sourced many years ago - when, at the end of 90s, it was approximately as disconnected from contemporary developments as OS/2 would be now... perhaps not that different category.
With Symbian... there aren't that many ~mature open source mobile OS - but seemingly it took only the earlier (open) existence of Android to steal virtually whole community momentum, and make other (not only Symbian) not very viable.
Yeah (@edit), depends which aspect we look at (so we might show pretty much anything ). I could be revealing my personal bias, my views that came after some years of toying with various niche tech (also operating systems) - namely how it perhaps matters more what we do via technology, instead of with the technology itself.
BTW viability - while making sure I didn't confuse things with Atari I clicked also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiNT
Germany had always been an Atari stronghold so it was not surprising that most Atari software development was happening here. One of the projects to create a new AES was initiated by programmer Martin Osieka. [...] While enthusiastic Atari magazines had stated that over 50 developers had teamed up helping Osieka with the project, things came to a grinding halt when his Atari machine broke.
Srsly, WTH? :p
And I think I stumbled once at least at one OS/2 reimplementation "project" (change log didn't look encouraging) in the style of Haiku. It didn't look very sustainable.
Also, add RISC OS to that short list, it's also kinda being open sourced, I think, some limited revival.
Still, dead or dying (or at least without forward momentum); don't expect comebacks after "just a little work" (that's usually the sentiment, it seems) as OSS - it would have to be a major undertaking (and most likely having problems attracting enough competent devs - I guess many of them also not seeing much point to direct their efforts where they would be felt by very few)


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An official in the Brazilian Foreign Ministry is hinting Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez will not attend a Mercosur trade bloc meeting in Brazil's capital Friday. That raises new questions about Chavez's health.
The official says the hotel reservation for the Chavez delegation has been canceled and his security team has left Brasilia.
The official insisted on not being quoted by name, saying Thursday that he wasn't supposed to speak on a matter that hasn't been made official by Venezuela. Venezuela's embassy has declined to comment.
Chavez spent much of the last 18 months under treatment for cancer and has said he's free of the disease. He traveled to Cuba last month for hyperbaric oxygen treatment that Venezuelan officials have said was meant to further restore his health.


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The head of the Illinois State Board of Education says proposed cuts in education funding could be �devastating� to school districts, which need more � not less � money.
State Superintendent Christopher Koch�s comments come as lawmakers consider a potential $1 billion funding decrease. ISBE had asked for a $1 billion increase.
�That would be certainly devastating,� Koch said of the decrease. �We have currently 22 percent of our school districts that have a hundred days� cash or less on hand. We could have districts simply not make it through the school year.�
Last month, Koch asked for another $1 billion in education funding. But a preliminary revenue blueprint released by lawmakers could leave schools with less money for the fiscal year that begins in July.
It�s not immediately clear how much the proposed cut would affect the Springfield School District, which recently slashed $5.5 million from its budget for the 2014-15 school year.
Interim Superintendent Bob Hill echoed Koch�s feelings that further cuts in state funding would be devastating, but noted it�s still early in the budgeting process.
�Everyone needs to understand that it is March, and the current conversations about state revenues are preliminary and part of a political process,� Hill said in a statement. �As that process plays out, we will all learn more about actual school funding next year.�
The potential cuts come as state officials debate whether to change Illinois� school funding formula, which hasn�t been updated since the mid-1990s.
That proposal would put almost all state education funding into one pot and require districts to demonstrate need.
The current method factors in poverty for some types of state aid, but not others. It also treats Chicago school funding differently.


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The Supreme Court of the United States is expected to rule on Brown v. EMA (formerly Schwarzenegger v. EMA) next week, most likely on Monday. The case extends from a 2005 California law drafted by state senator Leland Yee, which restricts the sale of violent video games to anyone under 18, and would require special labels on offending games.
The law was suspended, then struck down, in a California district court due to a violation of the First Amendment. California appealed, but it was struck down again by the Ninth Circuit Court. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, which went to the SCOTUS bench in April 2010.
The law attempted to use a variation of the Miller Test, which can be used to circumvent the First Amendment if a state can provide a compelling government interest in doing so, and in cases of obscenity. The Ninth Circuit Court rejected this argument, claiming that a compelling interest hadn't been shown. Obscenity laws generally refer strictly to sexual content, not violence.
When argued before the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia noted that obscenity law has never applied to violence, and expressed concerns about the First Amendment being undermined. Justice Ginsberg asked why video games are set apart from other forms of mass media like movies and comic books. The Justices seemed skeptical of the case on the whole, but grilled the EMA side on where one draws the line with protecting violent content.
While it is a state case, the ruling has the serious potential to impact the video game industry as a whole. A decision in the EMA's favor would grant video games the protection of the First Amendment from the highest US court, while a decision for California could inspire other states to draft similar laws. We'll be watching for the results.


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Evansville, IN Stomps Out Parkinson`s Disease - 7th Annual Awareness Walk
The Stomp Out Parkinson's group in Evansville, IN was started seven years ago by Karen Smith and a small group of friends. They wanted to raise awareness and support for people like Karen, who live with Parkinson's disease every day. Our first walk was held on October 21, 2006, and is now in its seventh year. The walk is our largest fundraiser, with several smaller fundraisers taking place throughout the year.
The first fundraisers we did this year were a jeans day at a local credit union, and a crazy hat day at an elementary school. At the credit union, employees who donated $5 were allowed to wear jeans to work. At the elementary school, students who donated $1 were allowed to wear a "crazy hat" to school. These two fundraisers raised more than $555 for Parkinson's research!
Another fundraiser we held this year was a charity day at a restaurant. This is the second year we've partnered with this restaurant to host a fundraiser. The restaurant gives us tokens to pass out in the weeks and days before the fundraiser, and donates 20% of any food, bar, and gift card sales from anyone who presents the token when paying. This fundraiser raised just shy of $200. Several restaurants offer these types of fundraising nights, and we're hoping to hold several more next year.
The other fundraiser we held for the first time this year was a Zumba class. We contacted a local Zumba instructor who was willing to donate her time and teach a class, and were able to get use of a gym donated as well. Due to the time of year that this fundraiser was held and other activities happening in our community, our turnout wasn't as we'd hoped. We did raise $140, and hope to turn this into a quarterly fundraising event in 2013 with several more participants.
These events gave us a good head start on our fundraising before our walk, which was held October 20, 2012. This was our biggest walk yet, with 200 registered walkers (plus three dogs!). In addition to the walk, we hold a baby crawl and children's foot races, and have a DJ that provides music throughout the morning/afternoon. This year's walk raised over $7,000 in registration fees. Combining registration totals with our corporate sponsors and previously held fundraisers, we raised over $8,000 to donate to Parkinson's research this year, and we're still counting!
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The Independent Games Festival is different from many award-o-ramas in that it allows unfinished games to be entered, meaning it can champion games we won't even get to play for years. Such was the case with Monaco, which lifted the Grand Prize at the 2010 IGF. After a long wait, developer Pocketwatch Games yesterday confirmed platforms for its co-op heist 'em up: PC, Mac and Xbox Live Arcade. We still have no release date, though.
The PC and newly-revealed XBLA editions will launch simultaneously, whenever that happens. Majesco is publishing the newly-revealed XBLA edition, but Pocketwatch is self-publishing the home computer versions, selling them through Steam and its own site. That Mac port might possibly launch alongside PC and XBLA, or not.
Check out January's level walkthrough to see the intricacies of pulling off a heist in Monaco, or just watch this trailer celebrating the platform announcement if you want flashy excitement:


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The seemingly imminent war with Iraq does not lend itself to number-crunching, but there are a few questions that have a numerical aspect to them.
One of them is: How do we measure popular support for the war with Iraq? Paying undue attention to media pundits, Hollywood celebrities, or retired military officers is probably a bad idea. Trying futilely to count protesters or listening only to government officials is not much better.
But what about polls, about which we usually hear much more than we do now? Let's start with Europe.
Does Europe Support the U.S. Position?
One hears repeatedly that 16 of 19 European countries (including the big three of Albania, Bulgaria, and Croatia) support the U.S. position on Iraq. There is the implicit claim that Europe therefore supports the U.S. point of view.
A more modest conclusion is that for a wide variety of reasons the administrations of 16 of 19 European countries have decided to follow the Bush administration's lead. National polls indicate, however, that in almost all these countries there are solid, and in some cases huge, majorities opposed to war at this time. Even in the United Kingdom there is strong popular opposition.
Given the polls, it seems safe to say that the majority of Europeans agree with the minority position of the much-derided French, German, and Belgian governments. Since the questions of the various national polls differ and since different countries have different concerns, comparing them is a bit like comparing Camembert and Gorgonzola.
Nevertheless, the claim that Europe supports the U.S. position on Iraq is misleading at best.
What About Here and Elsewhere?
One problem with gauging war sentiment here and elsewhere in the world is that the situation is complex and volatile.
Most people's reasons for supporting or opposing the war depend on the rationale for it. A few of the possibilities: Is it that we're enforcing U.N. resolution 1441 on weapons? Is it that we're attempting regime change? Is it that we're planning to break the alleged Iraq-al Qaeda nexus? Is it that we're going to liberate the Iraqis? Is it that, like the man looking for his car keys under the street lamp after having lost them by the trees, we're attacking the street lamp of Iraq because the al Qaeda trees have been so maddeningly elusive?
Polls are always better than loud-mouthed talking heads when trying to assess public sentiment, but they're useful only to the extent that the samples are representative of the population, that the questions are neutrally phrased, and that the choices are independent and opinions about them not changing too fast.
As mentioned, the latter two conditions are especially problematic with regard to Iraq, and poll results often appear inconsistent as a result. For example, many recent polls in this country (such as that conducted in late February by the Pew Research Center) find majorities favoring an attack on Iraq as well as a second U.N. resolution before such an attack.
Even when the issue is uncomplicated, it's difficult to characterize a whole nation's beliefs or a whole continent's. This is all the more true in regions where polling and democracy are absent. What the "Arab street" thinks, for example, is often pure speculation. Who really knows the range of Iraqi, Egyptian, or Saudi opinion?
Is the Enemy of an Enemy a Friend?
Polls can't easily capture complexity, especially when there is a willful narrowing of perspectives.
One small, but telling example of the latter is the belief that al Qaeda and Iraq are linked simply because of their common enmity toward the U.S. Many who believe this subscribe to some version of "An enemy of my enemy is my friend." But if this proverb were literally true, it would be impossible for there ever to be three mutual enemies since any two of them, by virtue of having a common enemy, would be friends.
In particular, since both we and Iraq have been enemies of al Qaeda, we might just as easily conclude from the proverb that we're friends with Iraq. This is absurd, but no more so than the simplistic either-or mentality that seems to underlie so much discussion of the war.
And just as we can have a variety of enemies, we can have a variety of friends, which suggests that excoriating traditional allies for not immediately signing on to war is most unhelpful.
What Is the Price?
Finally, what might the price of war be? Estimates for its costs and for the more arduous post-war occupation and rebuilding range from $100 billion to three-quarters of a trillion dollars over five years. (Compare this with average annual U.S. foreign aid of approximately $10 billion.)
No matter one's position on the war, one has to acknowledge that this money could buy a lot of Iraqi containment, not to mention homeland defense.
In addition to these monetary expenditures are a variety of imponderable costs associated with an American-led war that lacked a broad international consensus. These latter — increased terrorism, gas attacks on Israel, damage to the rule of law — can't be quantified, but may nevertheless be the more significant.
In short, although numbers may be helpful, what's really needed is wisdom for which, alas, there is no formula. Every course of action can lead to a variety of outcomes — some good, some bad — whose probabilities we can only guess at.
Professor of mathematics at Temple University and adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University, John Allen Paulos is the author of several best-selling books, including Innumeracy, and the forthcoming A Mathematician Plays the Market, which will be published in the spring. His Who's Counting? column on ABCNEWS.com appears the first weekend of every month.


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No. 19 ODU and UNCW Battle To A 0-0 Tie
By ODU Athletics
Oct. 3, 2009
NORFOLK, VA-- The 19th ranked Monarchs of ODU (6-1-1/1-0-1) and the Seahawks of UNC Wilmington (4-2-2/0-0-1) battled to a 0-0 tie through 110 minutes and two overtime periods.
The Monarchs outshot UNCW, 13-10 overall and 5-3 in shots on goal as goalkeeper Evan Newton (Virginia Beach, VA.) came up with three saves on the night. UNCW's Brock Duckworth had four Saves.
Chris Harmon (DowningtownPa.) and Ambane Emmanuel (Yaounde, Cameroon) led ODU with three shots each, while Allen Lomax, Tyler Clare and Tyler Wheaton each had two shots for the Seahawks.
Both squads had scoring opportunities, but the defense's came up with big plays.
With the shutout,his fifth, Newton is now ODU's all-time career leader with 24 shutouts. The previous mark of 23 was held by Sam Cameron from 2000-03. Newton lowers his goals against average to 0.49.
The Monarchs return to action on Wednesday when they travel to Williamsburg for a 7 p.m. match at William and Mary.
Shots: ODU (13), UNCW (10) SOG: ODU (5), UNCW (3) Corners: ODU (5), UNCW (6) Saves; ODU- Newton(3); UNCW-Duckworth(4), TM(1)


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Even crazier, the story of the woman above is remarkably similar to that of FSU football fan Jenn Sterger. As rumor has it, the young Brazilian lady was on her way to the big soccer match when somebody spilled beer all over her and she was like, "Que a foda!" So she just threw on her yellow bathing suit top and took one for the team. No way was this Brazilian bombshell going to miss the game. Hell no!
But wouldn't you know it, when she got to the match, her nipples started to itch. All because of that damn yellow top which she never wore - unless people spilled beer all over her on the way to soccer games. So, she had no choice - like the yellow top itself - but to whip those suckers out.
Now, as luck would have it, the soccer match was being televised by Brazil's largest network, TV Globo. And when a TV Globo cameraman happened to turn his lens her way and Brazilian sports commentator Bernardo Musburger famously said, "Duas razões vir a Brasil" ("Two reasons to come to Brazil) - an Internet sensation was born.
All because somebody spilled beer on this poor girl. All by accident. Just like Jenn Sterger.


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Fun with the AP Poll
Pick Six 2012
Just a note: Writing your picks in the comment section is NOT a valid entry. You must enter your picks using the form below or at this link. Feel free to discuss your picks here, but you must submit the form in order to enter the contest.
[ED: Bump. Get your picks in!]
After a great first year of Pick Six on MGoBlog, we're back by popular demand. Unfortunately, we never had a results post in order to honor the original creators . (The MGoBlog summary will be posted after Blue-Gray Sky releases their results from 2009) This year I will be handling the technical details but we are going to have somebody else write the recaps. If you are interested in the job of writing the weekly summaries send an email to [email protected].
Onto the contest. Here's how it works.
1. We divide the top 25 into 5 groups of 5 based on the preseason AP Poll: 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, etc. For this year's poll, the groups are:
- A: Southern Cal, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, Oregon
- B: Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, South Carolina, Arkansas
- C: West Virginia, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Clemson, Texas
- D: Virginia Tech, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, TCU
- E: Stanford, Kansas State, Florida, Boise State, Louisville
2. Before the season starts you pick one team from each group, plus one unranked team. You're trying to pick the teams you think will finish highest in the final AP poll (after the bowl games).
3. Each week we'll try to update and publish the standings in a spreadsheet so you can track the progress of your teams. You get 25 points for having the #1 team, 24 points for the #2 team, on down to 1 point for the #25 team. Unranked teams get zero points.
4. The winner is the person with the most points (i.e. the highest ranked teams) after the bowl season. The midseason standings are only for entertainment purposes. Only the final AP poll counts.
5. And the grand prize? I will personally give the winner 10 meaningless upvotes. Plus, last year some guy named Brian offered a small prize.
Throughout the season someone will hopefully give regular updates on the progress of the contest in the Diaries.
That's it for the Pick Six: short, sweet and simple. The entry form closes on Thursday August 30 before the first kickoff, so get your picks in now. Good luck!
AP Poll Voters - by state and how they vote
not sure if you guys have already been aware of who votes on the AP Poll, and who they vote for each week - AP and was able to find who votes, what state they are associated with and what they're individual poll is.
AP Polls Individual Ballots- Interesting
I was reading an article on ESPN, and was directed to a link which allows you to see the individual polls of all 60 voters. The state of Michigan has 2 people voting, Angelique Chengelis (The Detroit News) and Joe Rexrode (Lansing State Journal). Angelique has Michigan ranked 22, Rexrode has them ranked 24. Michigan clocked in at #23 in the poll.
Here is the link- http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/top25_front/voters.html?SITE=AP
After looking at all of the polls here are some quick observations.
-Michigan was ranked in 46 of 60 polls. 6 Southern polls, 3 Western polls, 4 Midwest Polls, and 1 East Poll (W.Virginia FWIW) excluded them.
-They got some nice national love. Of the 4 national media members with votes, all of them ranked Mich. Craig James (ABC) and Tom Hart (CBS CSN) had them ranked 12th and 11th respectively.
-Doug Lesmerises (Clev, OH) had Mich ranked 10th
Just thought this was a fun way to see how people around the country view different teams. I really wish this was the case with the Coaches Poll too.


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→ The Halls of Montezuma
The Halls of Montezuma
Rules booklet
Deck of 110 Strategy & Action cards
One 22x34 mapsheet
Player aid cards
Quick Start card
Two 5/8-inch counter sheets
Final Rulebook
(Updated March 5, 2009)
DESIGNERS Michael Welker & David Fox
DEVELOPER William Cooper
ART DIRECTOR/PACKAGE DESIGN Rodger B. MacGowan
COUNTER ART Rodger B. MacGowan & Mark Simonitch
MAP ART Tim Schlief
CARD ART Mike Simonitch
PRODUCERS Gene Billingsley, Tony Curtis, Andy Lewis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch
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Garth G.
on 12/24/2013, said:
Poorly organized rules and too much errata made this a "get rid of" game for me. I see what the designers are trying to do and that's clever, but the trouble caused by the rules overrule their good work.
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on 12/25/2009, said:
Lots of period feel. Very comprehensive, yet simple. One of the best card-driven games in my collection. Living rules with consolidated errata / clarifications would be welcome, though.
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Richard L.
on 8/18/2009, said:
With vastly reworked rules, and additional or corrected player-aides, this could be a very compelling game. It is a shame that such an elegant design was married to a product rife with the most fundamental errors, and embraced by shabby and untested rules.
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on 8/11/2009, said:
HoM is an interesting design that takes elements from the classics "For the People" and "Wilderness War" and adds a number of innovative - or at least original - new elements. Admittedly, the game is very chrome-heavy, with a lot of detailed event chains and sub-plots that can easily distract a player, but most of the chrome adds depth, replayability or historical context to the game. Overall, there's a lot to like here, so you won't mind having to play it several times to learn which actions and strategies are most effective. And the components are beautiful, which doesn't hurt!
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on 5/31/2009, said:
As someone who followed the development of Halls of Montezuma on the CSW and BGG forums and looked forward to its release with much anticipation, I had high hopes for the success of one of GMT's newest CDGs. Despite the maps "muddy and dull" appearance and the confusing color scheme of its spaces, the rest of the components (counters, play-aids and cards) are top notch and typical of what I have come to expect from GMT's products. ******** The rules (THE HEART OF ANY GAME), however, are another story. While at first glance the rules are fairly well laid out, organized and easy to read through, when one puts them to practice in actual play holes and omissions become apparent and confusion reigns. Despite numerous play thrus since release my opponents' and I are still confused by a number of the rules processes, if we are playing correctly, or even what the purpose of some rules are. Designers–Developers who live with a project for years can fall into the trap of seeing how to play their creation very clearly in their mind while the final rules do not convey the same clarity to someone seeing the finished product for the first time. HoM seems to suffer from this effect or perhaps just from a lack of actual playtester or especially non-tester input to the final as released rules contributing to their non-clarity and other problems. ******** Balance also seems to have suffered from lack of late testing. One example allows the US player to declare War early (turn 2) suffering little to no penalty to its victory requirements due to the maximum allowable level of Political Will (PW) points undermining a primary and vital part of the game. This may not ALWAYS lead to a US win (it sure helps though), but it defiantly takes away from the tension the US player would feel if there was a reason NOT to declare war early. The Designers–Developer repeatedly miss the point of why creating such a "No Brainer" option in a CDG takes some of the "FUN" out of playing…. ******** From the credits the Designers–Developers seem to have relied quite heavily on other Designers and Developers to play test HoM. I can't help but wonder what the quality and amount of feedback was that they received from these individuals. Maybe they just need to rely more on just plain folks and get more of a common players opinion of their creation? ******** Another MAJOR failing of the Designers–Developer (and yes GMT too) is the total lack of any method for internet play at release through Vassal or Cyberboard leaving it to "Fans" of the game to make their own. In this day and age and given GMT's support of internet play this omission is practically unforgiveable! The good news is that with the effort of Gene at GMT and others, the necessary game Vmods and GameBoxes are now in the works. It is hard to understand why today's Designers–Developer would not use these vital tools for playtesting, not to mention to drive sales, and such out of date paper & pencil testing as must have been used for HoM may be one of the reasons for HoM's problems. ******** While Some errata has been supplied and the Designers–Developer frequent the forums, their at times incomplete/off-hand answers to honestly asked and non-hostile questions from confused customers quite often lead to more confusion and more questions. To make matters worse the Designers–Developer seem to take offense to these requests for clarification of their answers and their responses at times have become insulting, included the Deletion of questions/comments and the Threat of banning from the forum those who ask questions they do not like or who do not use the "Proper Tone." This "attitude" on the part of the Designers–Developer has very likely driven many individuals away from the forums and away from HoM! I do know that most of the members of my gaming group (29 weekly regulars) have chosen to pass on HoM. ******** I had planned to give HoM a 3 (Ok) rating on GMTs scale despite its short comings and because my opponents and I have had some fun playing later games using "House Rules." But given the Designers–Developer post release Attitudes towards GMT's customers I CANNOT recommend HoM to others and am giving it a 2 (Bad) rating. Even worse I have regulated my copy of HoM to the dust bin of "The Shelf." Perhaps some day we will give it another try ….. ******** UNFORTUNATELY, in the case of HoM the Designers and the Developer have managed to shoot themselves in the foot while at the same time stabbing GMT in the back! :-(
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on 5/4/2009, said:
This game is a very tense game that creates a fairly accurate depiction of the tension between Mexico and the United States. One of the neatest concepts is the use of "officers" to boost army capabilities. Both sides build up on the border and have to create solid supply lines. This is a great game with a lot of historical chrome. Highly recommended!
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The Halls of Montezuma
is a fast paced game of the Mexican War which takes you back to the era of Manifest Destiny.
The Halls of Montezuma
is a
Card Driven Game
allowing players the opportunity to recreate the various events and actions in Mexico from 1846 to 1848. The historical cast of characters is here, from Doniphan to Arista, Scott to Santa Anna. Even Lee, Jackson, Beauregard and Grant make cameo appearances.
Strategy card play allows you to move your forces, make events happen, activate the fleet, secure control of your lines of communication, and even invade Mexico with General Scott.
The outcome is never a foregone conclusion. Victory comes from driving Mexico's political will down to zero; but each battle's outcome is in doubt - a few troops performing superbly can defeat many troops performing poorly. Mexico can achieve a quick sudden-death victory before the U.S. has declared war and can bring its force to bear.
Will Santa Anna arriver early and retake Tejas?
Can General Scott take Mexico City?
The Halls of Montezuma
and find out!
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