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Gender equality in the post 2015 UN development agenda
Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012
Speech by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme of UN Women at Preparing for the 2014 Development Cooperation Forum Vienna Policy Dialogue: Advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women: the role of development cooperation. 13 December 2012.
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Thank you very much Under-Secretary Wu Hongbo.
We have a very eminent panel with us today, and some very eminent people. I will introduce the panel shortly. But before I do, I would like to briefly outline a few thoughts about where we are on gender equality and the women's empowerment agenda in the post-2015 discussion.
The MDGs undoubtedly had their strengths. As we know, they are simple, clear, easy to communicate, were localized in many countries, and have measurable targets and indicators. Where they've worked, accountability is key. But from a gender equality perspective they have not been successful for three key reasons:
- The gender goal is somewhat superficial and quite narrow,
- With the exception of Goal 5 (on maternal mortality) gender is not well integrated in the other goals, targets and indicators, and
- As Mr Wu has already noted, one of the most serious human rights violations, violence against women and girls, is not included at all.
We have learned from the MDG experience. As we've heard already this morning, gender equality advocates want to see women's rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women fully integrated in the post-2015 development framework.
On the one hand, one might argue we're well placed. There is a gender goal in the current MDGs, gender equality was recognized as central to sustainability at Rio +20, and is seen as critical to development in the UN Task Team report "Realizing the Future We Want For All".
But there are some real risks and tensions ahead of us:
- First, if we end up with a technocratic "MDG plus" agenda, a truly transformative approach to achieving gender equality will be sidelined, along with human rights, equality, greater accountability and a new approach to development that would replace the current growth model that is driving many of the problems we currently face.
- Second, if we end up with two tracks – the SDGs and a post-2015 agenda – we won't be able to properly tackle the intersections between poverty, sustainability and insecurity, and the structural inequality and discrimination that underpin gender inequality that many people have already spoken about today.
- Third if we take extreme poverty as the main focus, we may end up with a post-2015 agenda that is about developing countries and excludes developed countries and many MICS. Gender inequality exists everywhere, and must be dealt with universally.
- And finally, if we fail to address freedom from violence and security, we will fail the world's poorest, who are increasingly going to be in fragile states, as well as women who are disproportionately affected by conflict and violence everywhere.
So as I see it, collectively we have two choices ahead of us. We can aim for a post-2015 framework that really establishes a new rights-based development paradigm which addresses issues of equality, non-discrimination, participation and accountability.
Such a framework would have gender equality and women's empowerment at its heart, because it is simply not possible to achieve any of these "common goods" if women are not equal or empowered.
Or we can settle for business as usual; by simply tinkering with the current MDG framework, coming up with "MDGs plus", and – perhaps – a goal on inequalities.
If we choose to aim high, this would mean, first that we don't accept the push to simply update the MDGs because we know this won't go far enough and won't address structural inequality.
Second, that we don't yet identify goals without first working out the "narrative" for development, because the narrative is critical to thinking through conceptually what a new development paradigm should look like.
Third, that we don't just identify goals and targets based on the data we already have, because the most serious human rights violations, such as violence against women, are often the hardest to measure.
And finally it would mean that the push for convergence between the SDGs and the post-2015 framework becomes paramount; because we know that the issues of sustainability, extreme poverty, freedom from violence, inequality, and human rights are inextricably linked, and have increasingly morphed into one set of problems.
So it's about choices, and I believe the intense energy and interest in the post-2015 process is not about wanting to see "more of the same" or "business as usual".
Thank you.
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Evolution Hoax
DİDEM ÜRER: In a statement about their fight against terror, U.S. President Obama said: "Our fight is not against Islam, but against al-Qaeda and the Taliban." He then went on to say that some extremists think that "the West can never be reconciled with Islam" and that they regard violence as justified. "However, America is not at war with Islam; this ideology and terrorist attacks are rejected by the majority of Muslims," he said.
ADNAN OKTAR: Now, they are not wrong, of course. Various things have gone wrong. The expressions in some classic works are terrifying. According to what these works say, anyone who shaves every week should be killed. That is written explicitly, so why do you deny it? People who do not pray are to be killed according to three of the sects. In the fourth sect they are to be beaten till the blood flows. Until the person goes into a coma, in other words: Then if he still persists in not praying he is to be killed.
If someone who believes in these expressions then says, 'Islam is a religion of love,' people will not believe him because you do not practice what you preach. Allah says, "There is no compulsion in religion." The other wide make things up and say, 'I will beat you to death with sticks. I will make you pray." Yet Allah says, "There is no compulsion in religion." Do you not believe what Allah says. "I do not believe, and I have found these things for myself," these people say. "I have discovered this idea of beating you until you pray" they say.
This contravenes the Qur'an and Islam but they ignore this. These fabricated hadiths say, 'When you see a Christian, you must force him into a corner.' Treat him with contempt, in other words. In their eyes, what must we do if we realize that someone walking along is a Christian? We are meant to shoulder-barge him. So where is he expected to walk? "Force him to the edge of the road and humiliate him," they say.
Why do you deny it? That is what you think. You have added things to Allah's religion. What are you trying to turn our luminous Islam into? Then they say, 'Islam is a religion of peace.' But nobody will believe them. Of course Islam is a religion of peace. But is what you describe, filled with nonsense, a religion of peace? What you describe is savagery. You talk of savagery. You do not speak of the religion of the Qur'an. You have established a fabricated faith. You then add provisions from your own head that you say are Islam. You should espouse the pure Islam based on the Qur'an. You should scrupulously abide by Allah's commands. But if something does not suit them, may Allah forbid, they say, 'No, Allah has revoked this.' You have lost your senses. How can a verse of the Qur'an cease to apply? The Qur'an is valid until the Day of Reckoning.
The true faith will defend itself. The Qur'an will defend itself. But, by Allah's leave, we must try to win these people over as quickly as possible. We cannot get anywhere with exclusion and contempt, insha'Allah. (Adnan Oktar, 24 May 2013: A9 TV)
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Archive for Thursday, February 18, 2010
Accidents snarl highways
Winter storm causes pileups on Interstate 70
February 18, 2010
As she stood on a hill past the bridge just west of Kansas Highway 7 and Interstate 70, watching a massive accident unfold, Lawrence resident Jessica Boehle couldn't believe her eyes.
Boehle was one of the first drivers to be in a Valentine's Day pileup involving at least 40 vehicles that occurred on the bridge near mile marker 223 on I-70.
Boehle had been driving back from visiting her mother in Kansas City, Kan., when she hit a car that had spun out in front of her. She then was hit from behind by another car. After feeling the impact of each car that couldn't avoid sliding into the growing pile, Boehle said she got out of her car, a 2002 Honda Odyssey van, and ran up the hill.
"It was just, you know, scary," Boehle said. "There were several people standing up on the hill. From up there, we actually saw quite a few of the cars come into the pile. We actually watched the cars that were going underneath other cars. There was a stack of cars four high in the back (of the pileup)."
Kansas Turnpike Authority and Highway Patrol officials earlier this week were still trying to piece together the events that resulted in Sunday's barrage of multivehicle crashes that occurred in and around the Kansas City metro area, including another pileup on eastbound I-70, two and-a-half miles west of K-7.
Both accidents happened in the same time frame — between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The nature of the accidents and the amount of time it took to clear the cars away caused both westbound lanes and one eastbound lane of I-70 to be closed until about 6:30 p.m.
"This is the biggest (accident) we've ever came upon," said Dennis Hubbel, assistant chief with the Bonner Springs Fire Department. Hubbel was the first member of the Bonner Fire Department on scene at the westbound pileup.
Organizations assisting with the accident rescue included Troop G of the Kansas Highway Patrol, Bonner Springs Emergency Medical Services, Fairmount Township Fire Department and Leavenworth County Emergency Medical Services.
Hubbel, who organized the Bonner Fire Department's efforts, said he had 12 firefighters on scene on the westbound accident helping to get people out of cars that had been sandwiched in during pileup.
"The cars were so compacted together, (accident victims) had to come mostly out windows and doors that were open," Hubbel said.
Miraculously, no serious injuries have been reported in either pileup, but John Claxton, Bonner Springs EMS chief, said the westbound accident resulted in several impact injuries. Fifteen people, he said, were transported to area hospitals. He said paramedics worked the accident for about three hours.
AInt the eastbound accident, 10-12 people have been reported as being transported to a hospital. Gayln Gorup, public information officer with the Fairmount Township Fire Department, said about 40-50 people had to be freed from their vehicles by firefighters.
When the collisions finally ended, Gorup said, the overriding feeling among all the drivers was one of relief.
"I think they were happy to be alive after what they went through," Gorup said.
Claxton said a priority system was used when dealing with the accident victims. Those who were most injured were helped first, while others were told to wait in their car to stay as warm as possible in the frigid temperatures. Two Bonner school buses, Tiblow Transit vehicles and buses from Leavenworth transported people away from the scene so tow trucks could start clearing vehicles away.
Lt. Joe Bott of the Kansas Turnpike Authority said several wreckers were used to clear the highway, including Tiger Tow from Bonner Springs. Bott said to get the vehicles off the highway as quickly as possible, vehicles first were towed to the KTA maintenance yard at the southeast corner of K-7 and Canaan Drive in Bonner Springs. Phil Smith, owner of Tiger Tow, said later many of the vehicles were towed to his lot. Four tow trucks were used, he said, to help clear the I-70 accidents and another pileup that also occurred Sunday along Interstate 435 in Kansas City, Kan.
Smith said he and his workers were out until about midnight, clearing cars and debris and taking care of any oil, transmission or antifreeze spills. Still, he said, the close to 11-hour workday was strangely routine.
"I think everything went very smooth, the way it was done," Smith said. "I think it went very smooth, as bad as it was to get the interstate open."
Hubbel noted the accident's cause — icy conditions — also might have prevented any more serious injuries than those that occurred. Pprior to the accident, people had been driving slower than posted speed limits because of the ice, he said.
"It seemed like it was a lot of impact, but it wasn't a 70-miles-per-hour impact," he said.
He noticed people waiting in their cars seemed to be "antsy," but calm at the same time — despite the nightmarish afternoon.
"Once the buses started showing up, everybody was very equitable," Hubbel said. "Everybody worked with us pretty well."
A Tiblow Transit vehicle took Boehle away from the scene to the Waffle House in Bonner Springs, where a friend picked her up. On her Twitter account after the accident, she tweeted she was having a hard time finding her van, which was one of the cars that had to be towed away. She said she later located it at a tow truck company in Basehor.
Asked Monday whether she expected her car would be totaled out as a result of the accident, Boehle said, "I just got ahold of the insurance (company) today, but I would say probably."
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Ever been Pop'd?
With the Spurs, sometimes you have to be lucky not to get Pop'd - CBSSports.com
I finally got Pop'd.
For those who don't know, "getting Pop'd" is when you ask a question that San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich refuses to answer while giving you a bit of a biting quip.
It's almost every journalist's rite of passage in the NBA world when you're dealing with one of the most successful coaches in league history. And I'm pretty surprised it didn't happen earlier in dealing with Popovich. I've been in media scrums a few times with him over the past couple of years, but the last two times I asked him a question, I figured one of them would leave him momentarily exasperated.
Back on Feb. 6, the Spurs were visiting Minneapolis and I asked Popovich before the game about adjusting their attack with just Tony Parker on the floor (Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili were out). At the time, I was worried I'd get Pop'd and not receive a real answer, but he gave me a great answer about not asking his players to do anything out of the norm for their system.
Watch: Can anyone beat streaking Heat?
Tuesday night, the Spurs returned to Minneapolis and I found myself in the pregame media scrum. The questions from the reporters weren't really flowing like they normally would with a coach before the game. Everybody seemed hesitant, so I decided to ask him about how you defend a 3-point shooting team like the Spurs, who are so good at attacking from the corners. And that's when Pop got me:
"If I had that answer, do you think I'd give it to you?"
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Manchester United defender target Ashley Cole could be in-line for a large fine and lengthy ban after venting his anger at the Football Association on Twitter.
The England international was responding to the release of an FA report, which called into question the defender's change of evidence in John Terry's racial abuse case against Anton Ferdinand.
Chelsea captain Terry was found not guilty by a Magistrates Court, but handed a four-game ban and given a £220,000 fine by the heads of English football.
Cole tweeted: "Hahahahaa, well done #fa, I lied did I #BUNCHOFTWATS"
The tweet has since been deleted, and an apology followed soon after. However, the damage at Stamford Bridge has already been done, with Roberto Di Matteo immediately fielding tough questions in his press conference.
His remarks come just days after a transfer link to Manchester United, with an ESPN insider revealing that Sir Alex Ferguson still had the player on his radar.
"Manchester United cannot be discounted from the equation," he said.
"There are plenty of interested clubs, and Manchester United might well be one of them."
The Red Devils had been linked with a move for Cole in the summer, but it's now hard to see Ferguson bringing the player to Old Trafford, given the Scotsman's stance on Twitter.
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Softball splits again in Louisiana
Kori Seidlitz pitched all five innings and went 2-for-3 at the plate with 3 RBI and a homerun to lead the Jackrabbits in the win over UMBC in the opener. Elyse Eitel also hit a homerun, the first of her career, as the Jacks pounded out 12 hits in the win.
Seidlitz scattered six hits, struck out six and walked two in picking up her first win of the season, but got plenty of help on offense, as her and two other Jackrabbits recorded multiple hits. Emily Weber went 2-for-4 with a run and 3 RBI, while Lauren Chirnside posted a perfect 3-for-3 game at the plate with a run scored and 2 RBI.
Eitel knocked in three runs with her first-career homer, the first three of six runs posted by the Jacks in the sixth inning to seal the win.
SDSU fell into a 2-0 hole in the second game of the day against the host Lions, but tied things up in the top of the third inning on a Sammy Bingham double that scored Eitel and Alex Landon.
The Lions got one back in the bottom of the third, and then put the game away with four runs on three hits and one SDSU error in the sixth inning.
Jennifer Sutton took the loss in the circle, giving up three runs on six hits with two strikeouts and two walks over four and a third innings before giving way to Landon for the final inning and two-thirds.
The Jacks close the tournament on Sunday with a single game against Texas Southern at 10 a.m., and then head to Bowling Green, Ky., next weekend for five games at the Holiday Inn Hilltopper Classic, hosted by Western Kentucky.


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TAMPA – In the wake of a call by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and others the state has given university researchers more time to continue an investigation into dozens of young boys' deaths and burials in unmarked graves at a now-shuttered reform school in Florida's Panhandle, a lead researcher said today. The researchers will be meeting with Nelson here tomorrow.
The senator will be in Tampa to get an update, view documents and see research material from a University of South Florida lead scientist on the project, Dr. Erin Kimmerle. They'll be joined by Ovell Krell, an 84-year-old former Lakeland police officer, who lost her brother at the school.
"The only way to know what happened, and to bring closure to some of the families, is to give these researchers the time and access to finish what they started," Nelson said. "We absolutely must get to the bottom of this."
Anthropologists and archeologists, including Dr. Kimmerle, began an investigation last year into gravesites at the now defunct Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. In December 2012, the researchers announced they had found evidence of almost 100 deaths and 50 gravesites at the school – way more than previously found by law enforcement.
Scientists examined historical documents, used ground-penetrating radar, analyzed soil samples and performed excavations at the site to uncover the 50 unmarked gravesites – or, 19 more than identified in a previous investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The researchers also found that more deaths occurred at the school than previously known. They uncovered 98 deaths of boys between ages 6-18 in the years from 1914 through 1973.
The previous state law enforcement inquiry - ordered by then-Gov. Charlie Crist to investigate allegations of abuse from students in the 1950's and 1960's - found that 81 students died at the school over the years and 31 were buried on the site. But, the agency said it found no evidence to support allegations of physical and sexual abuse.
Nelson referred allegations of abuse at the school to state police shortly after he received a letter in October 2012 from a Lakeland, Florida man who said his uncle died at the reform school years ago under mysterious circumstances. The man, Glen R. Varnadoe, wants to now find and exhume his uncle's body. He is suing the state to stop it from selling the land until a full investigation is complete.
Nelson wrote to the U.S. Department of Justice last December asking it to support USF's anthropologists in broadening the search for more graves, as well as look for forensic evidence of possible crimes. Nelson wrote to Gov. Rick Scott a month later asking him to re-issue permits that will allow scientists to continue their research on school grounds at least through the middle of this year. The state granted that permission Thursday morning.
Since becoming involved in the case, the Florida lawmaker has also heard from other families and former residents of the school, which closed in 2011 amid allegations of abuse there.
"I want to thank you for your interest in finding the truth about what went on at the Dozier School," wrote one woman married to a man who in his youth was a resident of the school. "All you have to do is listen to these men and watch their faces to know that these men suffered the brutality and horror that they describe happened there. While many of the physical scars have gone, the mental scars remain. Many men from all over the country have the same story, have the same pain on their faces and deserve vindication."


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Mark Webster claimed a sensational 4-3 win over five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld to reach the quarter-finals of the PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace on Friday night.
The 30-year-old former world champion was trailing three times but managed to win the last six legs to secure victory and set up a last-eight clash with Michael van Gerwen or Gary Anderson.
Van Barneveld took the first set before Webster levelled at 1-1 as the Dutchman began looking frustrated and missed a couple of throws.
After a short break, Van Barneveld returned with a different shirt on and began to look more comfortable as he took the third set with a 101 finish.
Again his Welsh opponent struck back immediately, hitting back-to-back 180s and following with a clinical 101 finish to level the match once more.
But it started to look like his luck was out as Van Barneveld, a two-time winner here, raced to a 3-0 leg victory to take the lead for the third time.
Webster, nicknamed Spider, then hit back from the brink of an exit as he won three legs to level the score at three sets all before successfully seeing out the deciding set.
A double 11 provided the crucial break he needed, and he moved further ahead after Van Barneveld missed 130 on the bull.
But, with the Dutchman sat on 40 after 12 darts, Webster held his nerve to take out 68 and record an excellent win.
Webster told Sky Sports 1: "I just felt the game was away from me - every set, every leg. I was just struggling, trying a bit too hard maybe.
"But I held myself together really well at the end. I'm over the moon. I can't believe I won... but I never envisaged I'd lose, if that makes sense. I'm contradicting myself, to a degree!"
The Welshman added: "The way the circuit works, my career was hanging by a thread coming into the tournament. So not only to win a game, but to get to the quarter-finals... I've done really well.
"My career's back on track. I'm still in the biggest tournament in the world, and who knows now?"
Earlier on Friday evening, Peter Wright played out an entertaining seven-set match against world youth champion Michael Smith to advance to the quarter-finals.
Wright claimed a 4-3 victory to set up a match against Wes Newton, who earlier saw off Scot Robert Thornton 4-1, while Australian Simon Whitlock beat Kevin Painter 4-0.
Ian White produced a thrilling comeback to defeat Richie Burnett 4-3 after trailing 3-1 in sets, while, on Friday afternoon, Devon Petersen pulled off a shock 4-1 win over world number 11 Justin Pipe to complete the third round.


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Pre-Season High School Football Poll Recognizes Area Teams
The Watseka Warriors and the Milford Bearcats are among area high school football teams getting some pre-season attention as the new season kicks off Friday night.
Wilmington and the Momence Redskins topped local teams in the Illinois High School Football Associated Press preseason polls this week.
The polls are voted on by an Associated Press panel of statewide sportswriters.
Wilmington took the fourth spot in the Class 3A poll. The Wildcats earned 67 points, placing them behind top-rated Aurora Christian, Unity (Tolono) and Newman Central Catholic (Sterling).
Momence also earned a fourth-place position in the Class 2A poll. The Redskins picked up 67 points, which put them behind No. 1 Morrison, Mercer County and Maroa-Forsyth.
Coach Steve Lucas' Watseka club picked up a vote in the Class 2A poll.
Other area teams showed up in the Class 4A rankings. Coal City was rated No. 9 in the classification with 31 points, while both Manteno (18 points) and Bishop McNamara (17 points) showed up in the others receiving votes category.
Milford picked up one vote in the Class 1A poll.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Renovation to the UK locker rooms at Rupp Arena got a boost on Wednesday with the arrival of the Final Four court used by the Wildcats to win the school's eighth national championship.
Northwestern Mutual, a corporate sponsor of the Final Four, purchased the floor and donated it to UK. Part of the floor will be used in the new look locker room, other parts of the court will be used to raise money for charity.
"This is the third locker room we've done," coach John Calipari said at a news conference at Rupp Arena. We did one at UMass, we did one at Memphis and now, this one."
Calipari said the center jump circle will be the centerpiece of his team's new digs, while the free throw lanes will be used in the entry ways.
"It's more of a suite that a locker room," he said. "The center circle, if you remember how big it was, that is laid right in the center of the locker room."
The coach has been on the road recruiting, saying he was in six state in one day, and hopes the addition to the locker room will help entice players to come to UK.
"It does motivate, when we're bringing families in there, and recruits in there, and all of sudden they're like, 'Wait a minute!'" he said. "It's going to be a motivating factor for us continuing to bring in the best and brightest players here."
Calipari reiterated his stance that UK is a players first program.
"They drag us to where we want to go and they dragged us to a couple of Final Fours, an Elite Eight and a national title, and that's what we want."
The parts of the floor that aren't used inside the locker room will be cut into 1,000 pieces, signed by Calipari, then auctioned off. Calipari said proceeds will benefit the state.
"I'm not sure I've ever heard of any other locker room doing anything like this, but then again, it seems like here at Kentucky, we're doing a lot of things that haven't been done," he said. "It's good stuff."


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Michele Clements (1929-2002) was a specialist in hearing in foetuses and young children. She was originally an ear, nose and throat specialist. She became interested in foetal hearing by accident. A pregnant woman came into the hospital, convinced her baby had died. Dr Clements' pager bleeped and the foetus reacted with a strong kick. Clements used this example of an audiometer. An audiometer tests hearing. She developed the novel Pre and Post-Natal (PPN) Detector. Her research suggested the unborn foetus is not as isolated as initially thought.
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Now that the world has moved on from making giant sharks float around by the magic of fancy air, we can move onto more interesting things like Portal personality cores.
Thinkgeek are selling two variants of the item you see above, Wheatley or Space, for $20 each. Sadly, they're not remote-controlled. They're basically glorified balloons. But they're glorified Portal balloons.
Portal 2 Inflatable Personality Core [Thinkgeek, via Copiously Geeky]
The fancy "In Motion" DLC for the PlayStation 3 version of Portal 2 is available today.
We last saw "In Motion" at E3 this summer, where a Sony representative demonstrated how the Move works with the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. The DLC adds new kinds of controls to the game, including, notably, the ability to scale a cube in size while holding it. (Just when you thought you had mastered thinking with portals, along comes a whole new mechanic to trip you up.)
The "In Motion" DLC also includes new levels to go along with the new controls, and that, of course, require features like portal surfing and item scaling to solve.
Portal 2 In Motion DLC Launches Today on PSN [PlayStation Blog]
Designed For Danger is a Portal 2 mini-campaign created by Patrick Murphy, which adds eight new levels and around 1-2 hours of gameplay to Valve's first-person puzzler.
These aren't just random levels, Murphy has actually carved a little alternate reality storyline out here, which, considering the pack is free, should make it worth a look for Portal fans starved of new content.
You can download the campaign below.
Update - While we're on the subject, I'm being pointed towards 12 Angry Tests, which looks even better.
Designed For Danger [Site]
Cortana bickering with Wheatley: think about it. The two are strong personalities in their own rights, but put together they make for some hilarious banter.
I would never have imagined Wheatley's deadpan humor to work so well under the seriousness of Halo's plotline, but apparently Toadking07 did and I'm all the happier for it.
Wheatley is 343 Guilty Spark - Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition [YouTube]
Mark Oshiro does things. He has, in a sense, made a professional life out of being a fan. For several years, on his sites Mark Reads and Mark Watches, he has tackled fan favorite TV shows (like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doctor Who) and novels (Harry Potter, His Dark Materials) one episode or chapter at a time. The catch is that he only reviews stories for which he is completely unspoiled. The results are generally hilarious, and Oshiro has developed a fan following of his own.
He has now added Mark Plays to the trilogy of sites, in which he experiences and reviews video games (again, games that he has somehow always managed to avoid spoilers for) one chapter or section at a time. And in fine fashion, the site has started with Portal and Portal 2.
Following along with the experience of an unspoiled, new player brings back fond memories of experiencing a game oneself for the first time. And Oshiro's chronic unpreparedness for the twists stories throw at him often rings familiar:
Look, this was a 19 level puzzle game. I THOUGHT YOU BEAT IT, YOU GOT CAKE, AND THAT WAS IT. And suddenly, I'm in passageways looking in on the very game I just played, and my mind can't handle it. That 19th level pulls your right out of the world you were once in, and you have to force yourself to accept that you've been manipulated, not only as Chell, but as the player.
Anyone who has ever enjoyed introducing their friends to a favorite game, and waiting with pent-up glee for the friend to hit THAT MOMENT OMG, will probably enjoy reading along, as Mark discovers more classic and current titles.
Just don't ever leave any spoilers. That wrecks all the fun.
Realm Lovejoy is an artist currently working at Half-Life and Team Fortress developers Valve Software. Having helped create student title Narbacular Drop, which later evolved into what we now know as Portal, she's also interned at Nintendo.
So, yeah, dream career path right there.
Among her current projects is Valve's DOTA 2, for which she's done stuff like character design, while she's also worked on games like Portal 2. Oh, and if you want someone to thank for the adorable art that ran during Steam's Autumn sale in 2011, Realm's your target.
You can check out more of her work at her personal site.
To see the larger pics in all their glory (or so you can save them as wallpaper), right-click on them below and select "open in new tab".
Wow. I have never been terrified of GLaDOS, but that human-looking version of her is quite creepy. I think it's the eyes.
Wheatley, on the other hand, is basically what I'd expect if he were a human.
You Monster [YouTube via not-quite-normal]
Valve artist Realm Lovejoy tweeted this video earlier in the week, saying "Look at what I helped unbox today at work". Which is a lot calmer than how I would've said it.
"Oh my GOD look at this just LOOK AT THIS" is all I'd be able to manage, before ducking behind a couch for cover. Just in case.
Realm Lovejoy [Twitter, via Venus Patrol]
Among the many highlights from the Erik Wolpaw/Tim Schafer panel at PAX this past weekend was a brief exchange where an audience member asked what Wolpaw thought about the disconnect between authored single-player games and games that allowed truly personal stories to emerge, like Notch's Minecraft and Dean Hall's DayZ.
"It's not [about] single-player vs multiplayer," Wolpaw said, "it's more, can you have an authored story in that situation? It gets tough. I look at stories coming out of Minecraft or something like DayZ, and honestly… it makes me just despair. If I had any guts or honor, I'd leave the industry." The audience started laughing. "It seems like it's the promise of games. It's like, 'I have full agency. Total, total agency.'"
Wolpaw paused. "I'm not actually quitting my job," he clarified, and smiled.
Schafer picked up the joke: "He'll be pulling a paycheck, but he's not going to care anymore. Because DayZ and Minecraft are so good… and they have better stories than Portal. He was off-mic, and I just wanted to make sure everyone heard that." More laughter.
When co-host Jason Schreier (you may know him from such publications as: this one) asked Wolpaw if he thinks there will always be room for narrative-driven games, The Portal 2 and Psychonauts writer said, "Oh, I think there will be. But, at some point, you're going to go into the kinda 'artisan cheese-maker' model." He then nodded to Schafer, half-jokingly. "Like Tim. You're going to be making these games that directly appeal to a [specific audience]. It may not be one of these 20 million dollar massive productions."
Schafer contributed his own thought on the matter: "I think [that kind of player-driven experience] is maybe the promise of games. But not everybody wants the same thing from games. There are definitely people who like something carefully crafted for them, cheese or games."
At PAX Prime in Seattle, Double Fine's Tim Schafer and Valve's Erik Wolpaw gave a panel called "Plot vs. Play" in which they discussed the ongoing debate about gameplay and story. The panel was co-hosted by Kotaku's own Jason Schreier.
The whole thing was as much fun as you'd imagine. At one point Wolpaw, who tends to be something of a fount of hilarious unrealized Portal ideas at these sorts of panels, recounted an eventually canned sequence in Portal 2 in which players find (and kill) Aperture founder Cave Johnson. Well... they kill his brain, anyway. See, his consciousness is trapped inside a computer.
"There was something in Portal 2 where originally, for a while, you were going to find Cave Johnson.' He would be like, 'Hi, this is Cave Johnson. No really, this is Cave Johnson, look down here.'
And then we'd put him in this crummy box that was plugged into the wall. And the whole thing was that he'd been put into this computer, and he just hated it, and he just wanted to die. And so he wants you to unplug him, and meanwhile there's a ledge that you can't quite jump onto… and you have to stand on Cave Johnson, you have to unplug him and carry him across the room.
But it was hard to communicate what was going on—we maybe could have eventually worked it out, but that was something where it seemed like a good fictional idea and we just never quite worked the gameplay out to where it actually got where it needed to be—it didn't work out."
A while back, a Steam forum poster pulled out some unused dialogue from the game and posted it here, where you can find some lines that seem to reference the sequence Wolpaw was talking about.
"Now, before you say no, I want you to remember that I've lived a full life. Also, if this helps seal the deal, livin' in a computer this long's made me crazy. That's right: I am insane.
"Wait. I suppose tellin' you I'm not in my right mind could sway you to not unplugging me. Let me round back on the important parts: in a computer. Ceaseless torture. Monster in the eyes of god. So why don't you get on over here and unplug ol' Cave."
Ha. File that all under "Things I really wish had made it into Portal 2."


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The claimed attackers wrote, 'We aren't acting extremely maliciously, we've used this database to target disgusting corporations who deserve to be brought to justice.. and we are getting there, slowly but surely.'"
1-what crime?
2-Who died and made them the long arm of the law?
Exactly. NVidia hasn't done anything of note except produce good video cards and GPUs.
Exactly. NVidia hasn't done anything of note except produce good video cards and GPUs.
They must be disgruntled about 3DFX like I am.
I can still remember my Diamond Monster 3D card, Then later added a second one with the SLI(?) cable. Good old times.
You must be talking about the Monster 3D II. The original Diamond Monster 3D was a Voodoo 1 card. SLI wasn't implemented until the Voodoo 2 series.
Ok, turning back the wayback machine here. But here's a breakdown (from memory) of my old but much loved gaming rig. The year was late 1996
CPU = Intel Pentium 166
Motherboard = Biostar AT with 430FX chipset
RAM = 24MB of EDO
Audio = Sound Blaster AWE34 PnP (long ISA card with upgradable SIMM banks)
Modem = USRobotics Sportster 33.6 (internal ISA card)
Storage1 = 1GB Conner IDE HDD
Storage2 = 4x CDROM IDE
Storage3 = 3.25 1.44MB Floppy drive
Video1 = Diamond Stealth64 Video S3-Vision968 PCI with 2MB (upgradable to 4MB) of VRAM.
Video2 = Diamond Monster 3D
Input = Microsoft serial mouse and some generic AT keyboard.
That machine was a BOSS for its time. It owned all gaming back then. Never broke a sweat when playing Duke Nukem3D.
Total cost = shitloads. Actually, I don't remember. My parents paid for the base build as a graduation present. I just paid for the gaming upgrades.
I think I've built upwards of 100 of those machines in my time as a young tech in a small computer store. Here in AU, something like that would have been in the $3000-$4000 range, depending on brands used. Such a glorious time in computers... for retailers.
If any of my computers had ever started sweating, I think I would have just quietly stood up, and backed away from the damned thing. Very quietly. And, backed very far away. Scary idea . . .
Yep, Monster 3D II indeed. My primary card was the same as you, but I invested in a Gravis Ultrasound card for music since I liked the Assembly demoscene and that was a must have
And I wanted a big harddisk so I spent about $600 on a 2G Quantum Bigfoot
I think my phone now has better specs than my system back then, but yeah, gaming ruled!
Also I upgraded my mobo and CPU (a 486DX2-80) to a P1 133 MHz so I could play Moto Racer without a problem.
Exactly. NVidia hasn't done anything of note except produce good video cards and GPUs.
They must be disgruntled about 3DFX like I am.
3DFX has no one to blame for their downfall but themselves. (This is coming from a former 3DFX fanboy.)
They blew a TON of cash buying the card maker STB, a manufacturer that had major quality issues.
Their Direct X support was rubbish, instead they concentrated on Glide.
They took waaaay too long to get the Voodoo 4/5 to market, and then another 6 months of paper release.
And lastly they concentrated solely on the high end market. Nvidia made bank from their low cost Riva and TNT lines selling to OEMs which
To be fair, DirectX was still in it's infancy with version 2.0 that came with Window 95 OSR2. If you had the original version of Windows 95, DirectX was not included. It got installed with whatever application used it. Also, the Direct3D portion was extremely limited in functionality. Glide on the other hand was a very close cousin of OpenGL if I remember. In fact, a Voodoo1 card could run QuakeGL without trouble. Although it does beg the question as to why 3Dfx didn't just stick with OpenGL as the standard
Ha, you said good video cards!
Sorry, I had to post it before someone else would. Really I don't hate on Nvidia, being second to AMD in the desktop gaming market has caught them a bit of flak, but they still perform great. And they're top when it comes to mobile graphics (not that mobile gaming is all that big a market).
So alright, their marketing may be a bit overzealous, but that's no reason to hack them over. Hackers are probably just mad their nvidia cards melted when they figured out what overclockin
Huh. I guess you haven't heard about the 5xx or 6xx lines of Nvidia cards? AMD's falling further and further behind, and as an avid supporter and exclusive buyer of AMD cards myself, I can understand why you're feeling defensive. But I'm afraid the benchmarks don't lie - AMD is in trouble.
Context doesn't lie either. They were second for a long time. Did I say, "catching some flak" or "caught some flak"?
Another reason why grammar is important.
Another reason why grammar is important.
Indeed, which is why your post was wrong if you meant it to be in the past tense. I read it as the present tense because that's the way you wrote it.
What you said: "Really I don't hate on Nvidia, being [present participle] second to AMD in the desktop gaming market has caught [present perfect] them a bit of flak, but they still perform great."
What you should have said was: "Really I don't hate on Nvidia. Having been second to AMD in the desktop gaming market caught them a bit of flak, but they still perform
And they're top when it comes to mobile graphics
As far as I am concerned they blow, at least in mobile.
Lately I have been looking at high end laptops with docking ports capable of running multiple screens. They are marketed for engineers/CAD, etc. and specifically talk about and show multiple screen setups (docking port required of course). NVidia can't deliver. *Only* AMD delivers the multiple screens.
NVidia can add thousands at the high end to the cost of the laptop as well, and not even add multiple screens. AMD is the bottom offering every time,
Exactly. NVidia hasn't done anything of note except produce good video cards and GPUs.
... And obscene gestures from Linus Torvards.
Well, and me, for that matter. Although I think the main video glitches I see have something to with Flash already having mucked things up to begin with.
Still, that's a "crime" that doesn't deserve quite that severe a punishment.
... And obscene gestures from Linus Torvards.
Which is why no Linux game player would EVER use an nVidia card, they all use ATI/AMD cards.
Oh wait.
And wood screws.
1-what crime?
2-Who died and made them the long arm of the law?
Despite that I'll be modded into oblivion for this. This isn't any different that what OWS protesters have been doing for months on end, and it hasn't been any different than what the student protesters have been doing in Quebec have been doing for months on end. In both cases they've been going off the deep end and getting more violent, believing that "corporations" or "schools" or "wall street" need to be brought to justice for crimes against who knows what. I'm sure the grievances are very valid in their minds, and whatever they tell themselves, or are being told by whatever professor or community organizer or handler is telling them to believe, but that doesn't make it so.
As for the question of "who died and made them the long arm of the law?" Well that's obvious, they made themselves the long arm of the law. This is the pure anti-corporatism of the left.
1-what crime?
Making profit.
2-Who died and made them the long arm of the law?
Nobody died and they aren't the law.
This isn't vigilantism, this is simple defacement and theft. Vigilantism is motivated by a desire for justice, and a perceived indifference or selective enforcement of laws. They haven't stated what crimes NVidia should be held accountable for; which means there probably aren't any. Some examples of what 'proper' vigilantism might be motivated by would be illegal dumping of toxic waste, mistreatment of their workforce, manipulation of stock prices, colluding with other manufacturers to fix the prices of key information commodities, or excerting monopoly powers over a market.
target disgusting corporations who deserve to be brought to justice.
So.... they pick nVidia, and NOT Google, Apple, Sony, or Microsoft?
Seriously? nVidia isn't perfect, but they don't seem remotely as evil as the above four.
Hacking Sony isn't exactly impressive, or new. I don't think there is anything left of Sony that hasn't been hacked already.
On the other hand, Google and Microsoft have sufficient security that any significant hack would be quite legendary. Dunno (or care) about Apple.
how exactly is Google being evil?
they sell ads that pays for your use.
they collect your information they do that to target adds to pay for your use of their service. don't like that don't use them. unlike a os or hardware you can switch services to any competitor with a couple key strokes, just type WWW.bing.com or WWW.ask.com or WWW.duckduckgo.com or WWW.yahoo.com etc,etc,etc...
"but their scripts are embedded in web pages i visit" then talk to the page owners about it. maybe that i because they use them fo
http://pastebin.com/G21ytATD [pastebin.com]
So in summary, it's a bunch of dopey hackers justifying their actions because the world isn't perfect. *golf clap*
Nevermind that these "disgusting corporations" give these turds the computers that they hack with and jobs to their parents so that they may live in their basements.
Let me get this straight. They're not acting extremely maliciously, they're only acting very maliciously?
That caught my attention, too. "I'm not going to murder you--I'm not that evil. But I will help myself to your stuff. Can I come in?"
What's disgusting about NVIDIA? Is this related to Linus' public flogging of the company?
I interned there a few years ago and their explanation for the driver not being open sourced is true, though it might not please people. The bulk of the driver code is in a platform-agnostic library used by Windows, OSX, and Linux. This code is then adapted to each platform by a small separate team. This means that the Linux driver doesn't lag the Windows driver in support. Unfortunately it also means that to add the dr
So NVIDIA doesn't support your preferred OS in exactly the way you'd like, and therefore they deserve to have their systems broken into?
"Oh, and nVidia forgot to tell you that shop.nvidia.com has also been compromised. nVidia minimizing the affect that the hack will have on its stock price? SHORT SELL, SHORT SELL."
I'll hang on to my stock, I have several thousand dollars tied up in it, but don't see why I should be worried. NVIDIA's web store doesn't seem like a major source of revenue.
"Think for yourself, and question authority." -- http://pastebin.com/G21ytATD [pastebin.com]
Was there much thought put into the rant? I had difficulty trying to figure out
I'll watch their stock carefully over the next few days and buy some if it drops. And the "hacker" who did this? Obviously either very young or very dumb. Fool, if you are going to write your message to the world, learn some grammar. It is "too" not "to", "surprised" not "suprised", and you should have used malicious, not maliciously. You also used commas where periods should be, and you've created numerous run-on sentences. This should pass even second grade. You fail.
If graphics hackers are so smart, why can't they get the bugs out of fresh paint?


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Mayo, Mavericks use big third quarter to surge past Pistons
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Dec. 1, 2012
DALLAS -- Hoping to shake off a week's worth of bad games, O.J. Mayo took a pass in transition and headed straight for the rim.
The resulting three-point play jolted the guard out of a shooting slump late in the first half, and he dominated the third quarter on his way to 27 points, helping Dallas celebrate Derek Fisher's Mavericks debut with a 92-77 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.
Mayo's transition bucket got the Mavs' offense running again, and he fed off the pace by hitting four 3-pointers while scoring 16 points during a 17-4 run that stretched into a 25-6 surge and erased a nine-point Detroit lead in the third quarter.
"I passed up some open shots in the second quarter, came into the locker room, said, `Just go out there and play your game,"' said Mayo, who was 10 of 21 overall and 6 of 9 from long distance. "So I just went out there, started shooting and tried to be aggressive."
Brandon Knight led Detroit with 20 points, including 18 in the first half. But the Pistons still fell to 1-10 on the road. Mayo, who shot 32 percent and made just one of 10 from 3-point range the previous three games, scored the first 11 Dallas points in the third quarter, including a trio of 3s punctuated by a timeout as disgusted Detroit coach Lawrence Frank stomped onto the court well before the whistle even blew.
The Mayo surge started on defense for Dallas, which held the Pistons to 20 percent shooting while outscoring them 25-11 in the third quarter.
"Well, guys, did you see the type of shots we were getting?" Frank said. "We missed 29 shots within two feet of the basket. So, the problem is, we've got the make those shots. Then the next thing is we've got to get back."
Fisher got the start a day after the 16-year veteran's first practice with the Mavs. His presence seemed to spark Darren Collison, the struggling young point guard he was brought in to help. Collison had eight assists and no turnovers.
"He enhances our situation a lot of different ways," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "He gives us more options, and his experience, you just can't substitute what that means."
Fisher's stat line was modest -- two points on 1-of-8 shooting and three assists -- in his first action since helping Oklahoma City reach the NBA Finals last year. But Collison looked much better. He hit a 3-pointer when the Mavericks were struggling in the first half, and assisted on dunks by Bernard James and Shawn Marion in the second half.
Collison, who missed a game with a sprained finger, said he wasn't thrilled to be coming off the bench after starting the first 14 games but would "do what I can for the team."
"The biggest stat is that we won the game and that's all I'm happy about," Collison said.
Once Mayo gave the Mavericks the lead, Vince Carter and Elton Brand made sure they held onto it. Carter hit four 3-pointers -- three after halftime -- for all 12 of his points, while Brand matched his season highs with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Brand had eight points in the fourth quarter, when Dallas had another 13-0 run to put the game away.
Knight scored five more points than his average just in the first half. He hit a 3-pointer that started a 9-0 run for a 38-30 Detroit lead midway through the second quarter. But he missed all six of his shots in the second half, when the Pistons shot 28 percent.
Center Greg Monroe was 4 of 17 from the field, and Dallas blocked nine shots -- four by Brand and three from Chris Kaman.
"I'm not a jump shooter, so it feels even worse when shots are not falling because I know all of them are relatively close to the basket," Monroe said. "There's no excuse for that. I have to finish."
Kaman led the Mavericks with 10 points in the first half despite going to the bench with 5:54 left in the second after his third foul.
- The Mavericks play six of their next seven on the road.
- Carlisle started his head coaching career with the Pistons and was there for two seasons. He was NBA Coach of the Year the first season (2001-02) and led Detroit to the Eastern Conference finals in 2003.
- Mayo is the only Dallas player to start every game. A season ago, he was a reserve for all 66 games with Memphis.
- Monroe and Jason Maxiell combined for 27 rebounds for Detroit.


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Arsene Wenger is reported to have dispatched scouts to run the rule over young midfielder Davy Klaassen during Ajax's victory over NAC Bredain the Eredivisie on Saturday.
The Daily Mail claims Arsenal representatives were in attendance at the Amsterdam Arena with Klaassen their main focus, and the 20-year-old will have undoubtedly impressed after netting a hat-trick in the 4-0 victory.
Klaassen has scored six goals in 10 appearances for Ajax this season and, perhaps even more exciting for Arsenal fans, the Dutchman has been compared to Gunners legend Dennis Bergkamp.
The player may operate more regularly in midfield, but his creativity and eye for goal has drawn comparisons with Bergkamp, who is currently on the staff at Ajax.
Klaassen's breakthrough this season has predictably led to a plethora of scots making trips to watch him in action, but Arsenal will surely hope their relationship with Bergkamp may place them ahead of competitors for the player's signature.
It remains to be seen whether the Gunners will formalise their interest in Klaassen during the January transfer window, but Wenger is expected to make reinforcements before the deadline.
The recruitment of another midfielder is likely to be a low priority, with the acquisition of another forward to support Olivier Giroud more of a pressing concern.
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A 26 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after an incident in Ballymena.
Detectives are investigating the death of a 64 year old man in the Carnvale area of Ballymena during the early hours of this morning.
A 59 year old woman has been taken to hospital suffering from stab wounds. Her condition is described as serious.
The man arrested is currently in custody assisting police with their enquiries.
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Wow, thanks for the insight! We'll definitely need to consider that. We were looking at a number of places in the area, but Manassas had looked really good. No, he's not with IBM. He's in the military and will be working in the DC area for a while.
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The Painted Turtle, a Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (founded by Paul Newman), is a special place for children with life-threatening diseases. Opened in 2004 in Lake Hughes, California, the camp's mission is to inspire these children to reach beyond illness to become their greater selves, by allowing them to have an authentic camp experience while supporting their medical needs.
I spent that first summer season as the executive chef, creating the daily meal program and serving healthy, organic, and great-tasting dishes that children love and expect to eat in a camp setting. Working with the camp's medical director, Wendy Cook, I lowered the fats and sugars of traditional favorites and created tempting menus for children who required special diets. All this was done with organic ingredients.
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I just finished John J. Miller's "The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football" which describes how intercollegiate football almost became banned 100 years ago. Reading in your blog about the double standard regarding effigies in the latest Madison demonstrations, I thought you might enjoy this excerpt from Miller's book (p. 211). The year was 1906.Fascinating! Pro-football protests! These effigies were burned, not hung. We've been debating about whether the Prosser effigy was actually hung, since it is sitting down. Obviously, there are many ways to torment an effigy. There is hanging. Burning. And, as commenter EDH said:
"At the University of Wisconsin, frontier historian Frederick Jackson Turner railed against football, calling for its prohibition or at least its suspension, and tried to mobilize administrators and professors against it. On the night of March 27, when a rumor hit campus that football would be banned, hundreds of students took to the streets, chanting "Death to the faculty!" They surrounded Turner's home. The professor faced them on his porch. "When can we have football?" shouted a student. "When you can have a clean game," he yelled back. Turner tried to engage the young men, but they replied with catcalls. Later in the evening, they built a bonfire. The fire department showed up as the mob tried to burn three professors in effigy. The firefighters managed to save the last one. It was labeled 'Prof. Turner.'"
The garrote, a specific form of execution, is often performed seated.The garrote, unlike a proper hanging, kills by suffocation, so it is, in fact, much closer to the choking accusation leveled by Justice Prosser's character assassins.
But enough about effigies. Let's go back to the history of football. Here's Nick Gillespie of Reason Magazine interviewing John J. Miller about "The Big Scrum." A very substantive interview with crisp, quick speaking, so... worth clicking.


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Dear Heloise: Our dog is a large, 13-year-old in good health for her age, but she was rapidly becoming deaf.
Dear Heloise: Our dog is a large, 13-year-old in good health for her age, but she was rapidly becoming deaf.
We learned to use hand signals to communicate. Facial expressions and eye contact are important to dogs, especially those who really know and trust us. She caught on to the hand signals right away.
� A reader in Bellaire, Texas
Dear Heloise: To dust my keyboard and the back of the computer, I use my old but cleaned makeup brush. The bristles can get into the tiny, hard-to-reach crevices.
� A reader, via email
Dear Heloise: Information about retiring flags via cremation by funeral homes recently was published in your column. I am writing to tell you about Stars for Our Troops.
Flags are sent to Stars for Our Troops from all over the country. The canton (blue) area is removed and washed, then the stars are cut out and placed in a small pouch with a note to let our military personnel know that they are not forgotten.
The stars are placed in care packages sent to those who are currently serving. Stars also are given with thank-you cards to veterans in hospitals, nursing homes, etc.
� Susan Wells, organizer, Stars for Our Troops
Dear Readers: What a heartwarming effort by Susan and volunteers all across the country, repurposing a flag that otherwise would have no further use. To learn more and find out how you can help, visit www.starsforourtroops.org. To donate a flag, send it to: Susan/Stars for Our Troops, Gettysburg Flag Works, 715 Columbia Turnpike, East Greenbush, NY 12061.
Dear Heloise: I recently purchased a large bag of coffee beans at a big-box store. As I left, I forgot to grind the beans in the store�s grinder.
I used the short metal blade on my food processor and was able to grind the coffee just as I like.
� Jackie H. in Texas
Dear Heloise: After replacing a TV remote control (iced tea was spilled on it) I came up with an idea: Wrap your remote controls in plastic wrap, and they will be safe from any spills.
� Helen B. in Florida
Dear Heloise: When eating at a restaurant without tablecloths or at a counter in a diner, I use my unfolded paper napkin as a place mat and ask for another napkin. This eliminates concern about the cleanliness of tables.
� Elizabeth E., Boca Raton, Fla.
Dear Heloise: I have two dogs that I take for a walk around my neighborhood every night. To help us be more visible to traffic, I purchased red blinking lights at a pet store for about $5 each. The other day, I found children�s blinking necklaces. I bought a couple and found that they work just as well as the more-expensive ones from the pet store.
� Lisa P., Somersworth, N.H.
Dear Heloise: I found a wonderful way to make children�s Christmas stockings memorable year after year.
Our children have received ribbons and church, academic and sports awards. I attach them to their Christmas stockings. They can proudly show off their accomplishments each year.
� Margie R. in Arkansas
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Christmas is less than a week away and there are still some last minute needs for one local charity. Wesley House Community Center is on track to serve a record number of people for the holiday. Ginger Grissom is executive director for the center. She says she's never witnessed the need being so great.
'This year it's kind of overwhelming.'
In the week or so leading up to Christmas, Wesley House officials usually receive a few requests for emergency assistance. However, this year the number of people requesting this type assistance is up drastically. Within the last two weeks, enough people have requested emergency holiday assistance to fill two folders. Officials say all of the people listed in the folders have legitimate needs.
'These are people who have been in the hospital; had a burnout; had a robbery or some type of victimization. They've lost a job, that kind of thing. They have to show these things on paper.'
To help meet the need, Grissom says people can make donations in honor of someone else.
'So we do that and the person it honors will receive a nice card saying that in lieu of a present a donation has been made in their honor.'
Donations can also be made in memory of individuals.
'We still need bikes and balls and jewelry sets and something for middle school age children.'
Wesley House officials will continue preparing packages for people in need up until Christmas Eve. For more information on how you can help, call Grissom at (601) 527-5633.
Last year Wesley House served more than 1,800 people. This year it will serve even more. Grissom says there's a checks and balances system the agency uses to verify the needs and make sure that recipients are not receiving duplicate services.


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Elizabeth Cawein is getting set to host a party at Minglewood Hall's 1884 Lounge in two weeks in honor of her public relations firm Signal Flow PR hitting its two-year anniversary.
There will be performances by Myla Smith and Chris Milam, two clients of Cawein's firm. A disc jockey will be spinning tunes until late in the evening, and Signal Flow is launching a new website shortly before the party.
"I want people to come out to see Myla and Chris and just celebrate with us," Cawein said. "We're so happy we've been able to make this work for two years."
Indeed, the party represents a milestone worth celebrating but also comes at a time when the firm's founder, a hyper-kinetic fan of Memphis music, is thinking about tomorrow, in a manner of speaking.
Signal Flow, for example, is soon taking on its first TV-related client. Teasing a few details now, Cawein said it's actually a Web series, and she already sees lots of possibilities on the horizon because of it.
"It's exciting, because we've strictly been music before, and that's definitely where my passion is, but I think this is going to be a cool project with tons of opportunities to do things from a marketing perspective we haven't gotten to do before and to interact with fans in a new way," she said. "We're starting that on July 1, so I'm excited about that."
Since starting the firm in 2011 after leaving her job at the Memphis Music Foundation when that organization restructured, Signal Flow has added an account manager and will have two interns this summer.
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The firm recently revamped its logo – it's now in the image of an equipment knob. In the recording industry, signal flow refers to the path a signal follows from a source, like where an instrument is plugged in, all the way to output.
That's not unlike how Cawein's young firm operates. Musicians, bands and music businesses all can plug in with her, and she'll help generate an image and story that complements their sound.
Few things are certain in life, and building a business is one of the tasks especially fraught with uncertainty. So it's no surprise Cawein doesn't fail to strike a note of gratitude over longtime clients.
"It's so great to still be working with a lot of the same clients who've been with me from Day 1," she said. "Actually, I think that's one of the best things about what I'm doing. We've grown those relationships, and we're still doing a lot together."
Signal Flow started out of Cawein's idea of being a publicist. That morphed into what Signal Flow became, and she's thinking of expanding the firm even more.
"I think I'll always want us to remain under the umbrella of entertainment," she said. "For example, I've worked on and off with a festival that's coming up, which, strictly speaking, isn't music, but it's definitely entertainment. Music is my No. 1 passion, that's the majority of what we do and that's the way I want to keep it. But I think it's obviously good from a business perspective to diversify. It keeps us on our toes. So we're looking for new and different ways to do our job, to engage with people interested in a product and connect with fans. It's a constant challenge, and that's the best part."


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A transcription of Raiders coach Tom Cable's press briefing with the local media Monday:
Intro: After getting a chance to look at it on tape, my feelings after the game were justified on film. It's disappointing, it's a setback, but it's not going to determine what we are. The most disappointing thing was just coming out and not cutting it loose. I think that, probably more than anything, bothers me on film. But every issue that's on that film, we've been through and probably had it happen already during preseason and have been able to fix it, so we need to be a little more focused, a little more attention to detail, and don't let this one beat you again. That's really the big issue.
Q: Any injury updates?
Cable: I'll do that all on Wednesday.
Q: Tough day for Jason Campbell in his debut, how did he handle adversity?
Cable: You know, he seemed fine on the sideline. I couldn't tell you in terms of the huddle. He didn't mismanage anything or anything like that. He was fine. I think he just kind of represented our whole football team, just really not able to turn it loose and play. A little too cautious for all of us, and that's just unfortunate, especially in your opener, because you really thought you'd go down there and make a statement, and we didn't do that.
Q: Something with the snap count that allows them to get off the ball so quickly?
Cable: It's loud. It's really loud. Maybe they see something, but that's really kind of that deal in that stadium, if you do your homework, you kind of know they lead the league in false starts and all those kinds of things.
Q: Did you identify any tipping off of the snap?
Cable: That's a great crowd. Seriously. Guys, if you do your homework, they've led the league for years now in opponents' false starts, pre-snap penalties.
Q: Did you see a change in Jason's demeanor and confidence?
Cable: No, no, no, no no. Jason's fine. Just we had a bad day. We're not going to sit around and overanalyze it or overcook it. We're going to look at what the issues are and fix it. We feel great about our team. We just really did not play very well yesterday, but the cool thing is you can put your hand on what it is. It's unfortunate at the same time.
Q: Was Jason gun shy at all after getting sacked a few times?
Cable: No.
Q: How do you fix the protection issues?
Cable: Keep working at it. We've got to play better at tackle. That's the bottom line here. We'll do that. We'll keep working at it, putting it together, using different ways to help them. We'll just coming up with a process to help those two guys with their issues.
Q: Will you keep the same starting line this week?
Cable: I don't know. We'll see about all that as we get down the road. There were some positives in that game. We ran the football pretty good and consistently with a nice average. Darren I thought played extremely well when you got a chance to go look at the film. There was some improvement in that area. If you remember in preseason, that was my concern. I didn't think we were very consistent in running the football, and certainly I think showed up well yesterday. Just their ability to throw and make some chunk plays that we didn't do.
Q: Jason at one point used the word "flat." How can a team be flat for the opener?
Cable: I don't know. I don't think you can sit around. It's funny because there's 16 of us or actually 15 of us today sitting around, wondering the same thing. I've looked at a lot of stuff. We're not the only ones that really kind of feel like we didn't go out there and get done what we expected to get done. And take your hat off to Tennessee. They're a good team. They played their tails off, the runner's good, all those things. Great home-field advantage. All those things. But, no excuses. We didn't play well enough to win.
Q: Some players talked about nerves being an issue, any evidence of that?
Cable: I know who said that, and I wouldn't expect that out of a veteran player. I think we were pretty calm. I looked at the young guys, probably took my key from them, and they were not nervous at all and ready to go. Rolando played a fine game, as did Lamar. There were a lot of positives from the guys you might expect to be nervous, so I don't know that we were nervous.
Q: Do you think in your heart of hearts that this O-line is fixable?
Cable:Yeah, I do. It has to be. I do believe that.
Q: What did you think of Veldheer on film?
Cable: Very competitive. He battled and battled and battled. There were some timing issues with the whole offense, and that starts with the snap. Those are some things to work on.
Q: Some snaps got away – pin those on Veldheer, or were they catchable?
Cable: One was over his head, so that's definitely on the center. The other one was right on his left thigh, and we just mis-handled it.
Q: Do you regret at all putting a Division II center in that kind of environment as the starter for his first game, and is it possible that exposing him to all that will be a good thing?
Cable: Yes and no on the first part, yes on the second part. How he handled himself was good. You always question yourself when you don't win, and some of that was part of the issue, for your ability to operate offensively. So yes and no on part I, do I question whether I should have put him in there in that environment. And as for how he did, he battled his tail off.
Q: What will your biggest focus be in the passing game this week?
Cable: Just relax and go play. Just cut it loose. That's what we are. One thing we know about us is when we just go play fast and cut it loose in any of the three phases, that's when we're a good football team. And I think to come out and to not get busy right away kind of set us back, and we kind of took a backseat approach to it rather than being the driver, and that's what we have to be.
Q: What did this do to the young players' confidence?
Cable: I doubt it does anything, quite honestly. We're kind of pissed off, if I can say that. We're not feeling sorry for ourselves. It's a setback. It's part of life, so that's the way we're dealing with it. We're really kind of angry about what happened. We will expect to go back there and win that football game. Just leave it at that. So our confidence isn't hit at all.
Q: This loss easier than last year's last-second loss to Chargers?
Cable: Absolutely, but also let's be realistic. Because as we talked, that's what we have to, we have to put this behind us. But we've gotta learn from it. We've got to take so much. At the end of the game last night, or in the locker room, I asked 'em, bring your notepads and bring an open mind tomorrow, cause we got a lot of work to do. We gotta straighten some things out. And when you see the film, as we talked in the team meeting, when you guys go look at this film, you're gonna be very shocked and a little bit angry to see yourselves doing things that we used to do. Things we haven't done all preseason. Things we kind of felt we had moved beyond. And there they are again.
It's just things, taking your eyes off your man, making the wrong check in a coverage look, making the wrong protection call, taking a shorter drop rather than a five-step drop. Those kinds of fundamental little issues, you put your hands all over it. But we should put it behind us. Cause you can't do anything about it now, other than learn from it. And it's not gonna determine whether we win this week as long as we handle it the right way. If we learn from it, take from it what we're supposed to, then we'll be fine. Maybe our only setback, who knows? But I know this was a difficult pill to swallow, because we just expect more of ourselves now.
Q: Are you confident that the team from the preseason that wasn't making those mistakes is the real Raiders?
Cable: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. That's a tough place to go and play. We knew it would be, and so we made a kind of a deal about understanding the environment and being able to handle it — the great test on the road and all that. We just didn't do that part. That's what it is, but we're going to have other issues like that down the road. We've got to go to Pittsburgh and go to Jacksonville, Denver, Kansas City, and down to San Diego. We've got to go to Arizona in a couple of weeks, so we'll have that same kind of issue. Maybe not as boisterous a crowd if you will, but we'll have to deal with some of those same things. And so, this can be a great, great deal for us if we use it the right way.
Q: Would you say Sunday was McFadden's best performance since you've been here?
Cable: Yes. Yep, complete game. Quality. Would've liked to have maybe seen him come out and hit a homerun. That would've made even more complete. But consistently ran it hard, read it right, protected it, caught it, but we've already talked about that. When he's healthy, that's who he is.
Q: Even during the Chiefs game, his best yardage game, he didn't have to break tackles and in practice you don't tackle much. So, how did you know that about him?
Cable: Well I think, you know, we actually tackled more this year in camp than we had in the past, but your point is correct that you don't do so much that you really know. I think that's him probably hearing you all question whether or not he's for real. So, good job by you guys.
Q: Run defense was stout early and then . . .
Cable: Yeah but one run. Like we talked about with them, we can't take those back. If you could, you'd say 'Gosh that's a pretty good day, we're making progress.' But you don't miss a tackle right in the hole and give up a seventy-something yard run. Period, end of story. That's what it is. It reflects on all of us. It's not good enough yet.
Q: How do you get Zach more involved in passing offense?
Cable: Again, when you look at the film there's a lot of guys open all over the place. It's just in the first two series he was sacked three or four times. You stand back there with those goons chasing you like that and get hit that many times. We have to fix that first. Let him get comfortable.
Q: What happened on Nate Washington TD?
Cable:Came out of coverage.
Q: Any Michael Bush update?
Cable: I'll let you know on Wednesday. We'll know all of that.


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The protein 'turns off' particular genes, which means that these genes will not be expressed. The organization of which genes are "turned on" and which ones are "turned off" is vital to human structure.
Okay, so this would be like an anit-viagra?
--I'm hungry, time to eat lunch.
Certainly, mitigating or reducing the effects of the natural aging process seems a more realistic short-term goal than waiting for nanotechnology to make cryonics feasible.
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The Center for the Study of Technology and Society [tecsoc.org]
What I don't know is if the scientists see it this clearly, and are looking for specific mechanisms behind the degredation (to see if they can help prevent the problems), or think that there is some preprogrammed mechanism that forces aging (still a possibility, just not without standard wear and tear).
Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.


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By Elizabeth Weise
Reporter, USA Today
SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists monitored the impact as a 13-story building crashed to the ground Saturday in the hopes they could learn more about earthquakes.
Researchers used the demolition of the largest building on the Cal State-East Bay campus in Hayward, Calif., as a natural experiment. The collapse created a small shock wave that they could measure across the region. More than 6,000 sensors were deployed within a mile or two of the building to record the wave as it raced through the ground. Others were as far away as San Francisco, located about 20 miles southeast of campus.
"We got some pretty strong shaking in the general area," said Rufus Catchings, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., who was one of dozens of scientists who had spent the past month getting ready for the demolition.
All 12,500 tons of Warren Hall went down just after 9 a.m. Saturday "without a hitch," said Barry Zepel, a spokesman for the university. About 1,000 people gathered in the parking lot of a nearby Kmart to watch in what became something of a tailgate party.
"Because our library is about 50 feet away, they meant for it to come down with a slight tilt to the west, and that's what it did," Zepel said.
Because shock waves travel through solid rock differently than through the broken rock and soil of fault lines, the researchers hope that when they analyze their measurements they'll get a better sense of the extent of the Hayward fault zone, about which little is known.
USGS staffers had specifically requested television news crews not to use helicopters to film the event because the roar and "thump-thump-thump" of the blades could have drowned out the small signal created by the implosion they were trying to record.
The building was scheduled for demolition after being tagged as the No. 1 earthquake risk in the 23-campus California state university system because of the way it was built and its proximity to the Hayward earthquake fault, Zepel said.
The building "wasn't the most attractive," but it was the campus' signature structure, visible from the freeway and even from across the San Francisco Bay, Zepel said. It will be replaced with a lower building on the other side of campus.