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"Hey Benny! Are you ready for your first day at the new school?" My mother said enthusiastically. She beamed at me like I had just opened up her favorite present on Christmas. Only there were no
presents and this was no holiday.
"If I say yes, will you leave me alone?" I grumbled. I know it wasn't the nicest thing I could've said but it was morning and I was tired. Heck, I was in a totally new place as a stranger and I was about to enter the devil itself Middle School being the new kid. You can't blame me.
"You are sour this morning. Well, you better put on a smile and make friends. It's a fresh new start. You'll love it!" She said to cheery in my opinion," I'm starting my job. I will try my best. You do the same." She set her coffee down and planted a yucky kiss right on my forehead. I made a disgusted face and squirmed out her hold in protest. She laughed.
"Lunch is in the fridge. You know the bike route to the school right?" She questioned. I nodded, signaling her I knew it and she didn't need to ask any more of her irritating questions. Well, maybe just 'I knew.'
Five minutes after my mother had left, I was dreading my soon to come day. My thoughts were darkened by terrible events that could happen - and I was pretty convinced it would happen. If all truth, I was scared as heck.
I dragged my mountain bike out of the dusty garage and kicked up the kickstand. My backpack slumped on my shoulders as I loaded on. Here we go, I thought. I started pedaling as slow as I could. I was in no hurry to get to school.
After about a minute of biking slower than a snail some idiot zoomed his bike onto the sidewalk, cutting me off.
"Hey!" I yelled, in protest of his action. The brakes squeaked on his bike and his head shot around to me. He was about to snap at me when his face suddenly lightened.
"Benjerman!" He called out, and I swear my head shook like I couldn't remember something.
"George! Do you always ride your bike?" I probably sounded like a chump but George didn't seem to notice. He held his bike up and waited for me to catch up. At a steady pace, when began biking alongside each other, like we were best buds.
"How is it?" I smirked. A confused look spread across his face.
"How's what?" He asked, like I was from Planet Mars. How I can ruin such a normal moment. It's one of my many skills.
"School," I said simply, like it was his fault he didn't understand. I know, a little rude. "How are the teachers?"
He frowned in a thinking way. It was like he was going to give his answer some thought. That's a first. "Um, I guess it depends on the student you are. Good grades, nice behavior, things like that will send you to the top of their list. One specific teacher, the Math teacher, judges a little more on personality. He doesn't care if you are an excellent student, you just have to have a personality he likes. For instance, none of the teachers adore me. I am not saying they hate my guts but they only like me. Mr. Rhodes, the Math teacher, does adore me because of my personality. That's how a Math teacher actually ended up being my favorite."
You can only guess what happened next. We laughed. It wasn't a 'Haha, that was funny' laugh it was a 'We have been best friends forever' laugh. You know what was really funny, though. I hadn't had that laugh in a long time and I had it right now with almost a total stranger. It really started out the day wonderful. I thought this day couldn't get any better. Turns out I was right. The happiness dropped by about 25% by the end of the school day.
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Skip to comments.Man hit by vandals after helping Sandy cleanup [Okie gets New York welcome]
Posted on 12/02/2012 6:13:09 PM PST by Incorrigible
Art McFarland, 1202/2012
HUNTINGTON (WABC) -- Paul Nosak, a tree-servicer owner says he had always dreamed of bringing his company to New York and making a difference.
Nosak was part of a clean-up outside the Huntington Baptist Church, where several huge trees had fallen on the roof. A local tree service originally said that the removal of the trees would have to wait until January...
Nosak then saw the damage as he passed through the neighborhood by chance. He then walked into the church to offer his immediate services...
A team of eight workers joined Nosak and got the job done in 48 hours, but with his tractor trailers and other equipment parked outside the church overnight, Paul returned Saturday morning to serious vandalism - tires were slashed, a major piece of equipment was damaged, diesel fuel was siphoned and air hoses that are part of a brake system were cut.
(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...
They had enough time to damage this kind man's equipment but not enough time to actually do the work.
Not all New Yorkers are like this but enough are that contractors need to be very vigilant about security.
Full story and video at the link.
Ah, the union thugs.
Smells like union thugs.
Let Barry be their Messiah.
Same response, same second. ;-)
..hard to fathom why folks want to help NY'ers...
...if they want their own companies do the woik, why should i care if it takes 20 years to clean up?..
I am sick and tired of reading and hearing about these worthless thugs that are permeating our society. The USA has lost its way. May the Lord have mercy on us!
The thugs can expect a little bad karma in their future.
Sounds like local contractors protecting their turf.
This is not a crime area where one gets mugged randomly like in NYC
This is a town 50 miles east of NYC. It is a commuter town and is extremely community minded, if you will. Also inhabited by some with much wealth, but who enjoy relative anonymity.
Heard of a guy back in the seventies who went against a union and was flattened, to death mind you, by a steamroller in his parent's driveway. My - at the time- steady date told me about this the morning after it happened and was upset. Can't imagine what else the story could have been, but I guess no way of really knowing.
Your "May God have mercy on us" prayer is far less than appropriate. "Us", that is us non-union Americans are not the source of the evil in this case.
How about: "May God rot the unions and their members."
Just a suggestion.
The good folks in this particular town after ahurricane when they need help do not take the time and effort and abuse to their equipment to "vandalize". read between the lines an dunder the headline. This is a turf deal.
I ran across a tree trimming crew filling up their truck at a convenience store just west of STL about a week ago. They said that they just returned from the NYC area where they spent long days handling down trees for the electric utility and spent their nights almost camped out at a nearby college. they were fed by the Red Cross. They looked tired.
They also told them that one of their crew was assaulted while working and had his jaw broken.
If there is another disaster anytime soon, do you smug people in NYC think the rest of us will be as eager to come to your aid? You vote like you worship big government. Let big government rescue you!
I live in Western New York and the suburbs around cities is predominately Republican or Conservative. Just because the cities are controlled by the Democrats doesn't mean we like it. In some districts, there are not enough Republican's to control the elections.
During the Governor race (Cuomo) I noticed quite a few thugs hanging around my polling place. Never noticed that happening in the past.
the human race is really pretty putrid isn't it.....
I haven't sent a dime to this tragedy, and I won't....sorry for the people but they have to face what the real problem is ....their govt and their unions....
I'm well equipped, as a ham radio operator, logger, have a Unimog, generators, and equipment and skills for such things.
After reading here and elsewhere how things are getting, I'll be doing other things now.
Several days before the vandalism, Nosak received a hostile voicemail on his cell phone saying,
"You're out here trying to take our money. That's kind of hard, man. We wouldn't go to Oklahoma and do that to you guys."
IF Michael Bloomturd had sons, they's act like these vandals and look like John Gotti.
IF Michael Bloomturd had sons, they's act like these vandals and look like John Gotti.
Huntington, Long Island, north shore - maybe not quite 50 miles east of Manhattan.
Raised there from 1939 to 1949, in the Soundview/Westbury/Carley Ave. area. . .
Almost always drive thru there when visiting from our residence now in So. CA.
And always amazed by the convenience of using the Long Island Rail Road!
When I was a kid, I overheard adults talking about enemy soldiers being held prisoners around there. (Germans? Italians?) Don't know. Very scary. We had blackouts, recycling, ration books, war bond drives, etc., and then heard this.
Thought about that a few years ago, and realized I never knew if this was true or not.
Haven't researched it to this day!
It's a cautionary tale to all parents to be very careful what you say around kids.
I have observed parents nowadays - including our daughters - talking about everything under the sun in earshot of kids - not good. Why burden kids with your ap-cray - ??
(For the most part, my parents said very little 'adult stuff' in front of my brother and I. Believe they waited until in their bedroom).
Sorry to hear all the troubles disaster workers are having in the New York area.. Don't blame them one bit for not going back.
In situations like this, I think what's called for is just to bring a little more equipment. Night observation equipment. And ballistic equipment.
Youre out here trying to take our money. Thats kind of hard, man. We wouldnt go to Oklahoma and do that to you guys.
If the Yankees would actually do the work efficiently (instead of strectching it out to pay for TWO Christmas seasons) then these out-of-state crews wouldn't be here.
Normally we have "out of country" people (Mexicans) doing this stuff; I suspect whoever left the message was using them while billing as though American unionized workers were being used.
Actually the Long Island suburbs haven't voted Republican in a presidential election since 1988, and even Staten Island voted for Obama this time. Even upstate votes overwhelmingly for Schumer, as you know.
Any bets that the bastards that did this were working for a local tree service.
Only folks I'm remotely sorry for are the Staten Islanders.
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Asking the Right Questions - Content Over Style
Kent Wilson
May 04 2012 01:49PM
In previous entries in this series, we've discussed how GM's and coaches can fall victim to certain fallacies that result in bad decision paths. In part one, we looked at mistaking correlation for causation in small sample sizes and fabricating narratives to explain randomness. In part two, the topic was overly weighting the effect of vague, unquantifiable factors in players and teams.
I want to expand on that latter point this time around to cover how player categorization plus qualitative scouting reports can lead folks sometimes to value style over content.
One of the reasons I began to use advanced stats to evaluate players years ago is I found many of the conventional methods didn't really tell me anything. Let's take a look at a couple of standard (but hypothetical) scouting reports that lists all of a guys apparently strengths and weaknesses:
Player X
- Big body who hits hard and is strong on his skates
- Relatively quick stride and good acceleration
- Average offensive acumen and puckhandling
- Good defensive awareness
- Unafraid to block shots and defend teammates
Player Y
- Smallish guy but with low center of gravity who can keep up with physical play
- Agile with good escapability
- Good puck handling and quick release
- Decent defensive awareness, although tends to cheat for offense
Etc, etc. you get the idea.
There seems to be a lot of information there. Most hockey fans could probably construct a reasonable vision of the guys in question just based on those few bullet points. Naturally, the subsequent evaluation of them as potentially useful players will depend on the evaluators own preferences, perception of team needs, etc.
Here's the issue: the above is primarily a description of the style of game each guy plays which is not necessarily indicative of how effective he is at providing value on the ice. It's kind of like asking how fast a car can accelerate from 0-60 and getting a laundry list of it's various qualities and specifications (such as wheel size, interior space, color, engine size, transmission type) in response. There might be suggestions and clues buried within the descriptors, but the question remains largely unanswered.
Because no one is perfect, positive and negative scouting reports can be constructed about the same guy and be completely accurate. Jay Bouwmeester is big defender with huge, fluid strides who can glide effortlessly around the ice. He can play on both special team units, he makes incisive headman passes and is one of the most durable athletes in the league. He is also far less physical than one would expect of someone who stands 6'4", is sometimes prone to give-aways in his own zone when pressured and has a below average shot from the point.
So...based on those competing descriptions: is Jay Bouwmeester a useful player?
Of course, the answer depends on the proportion to which his strengths stand to his weaknesses; in how the sum is constructed from those disparate parts. Two of the most dominant all-around players in the modern era are Pavel Datsyuk and Nik Lidstrom. Neither guy is overly big or physical or known for blocking shots or dropping the gloves. You cold build an intimidating list of the conventional hockey areas/tools which both guys lack. What they do, though, is essential - drive the play. When Datsyuk and Listrom are on the ice, their team outshoots and outscores the bad guys by a wide margin, which is why Detroit wins so often.
The Red Wings pair does it with puck skills and smarts. Some guys, though, employ a mix of strength and physicality others have great shots or are blindingly fast. There are various ways to skin the cat and what ultimately matters, of course, is that the cat gets skinned.
Which isn't to say a players physical tools, assets or shortcomings should be wholly ignored, just that his outcomes are ultimately more important. It's valuable to know how a guy gets around the ice just as long as that doesn't obscure where he's going, if you catch my drift.
One area I think where the focus on player qualities over player outcomes can muddle things is in team building, specifically when it comes to player categorization, ie; "roles" on a club. For example, NHL teams primarily employ bigger, tougher players in their bottom six forward rotation, especially when it comes to the the 4th unit. This is often an area where folks stop asking pertinent questions (can this guy outplay his opponents? Does he drive goal differential?) are instead start focusing on particular qualities (is he big? Is he mean? Can he fight?). This is how a person decides, for instance, to buy out Nigel Dawes after a 15-goal season only to to sign Raitis Ivanans.
Again, this is not to say being big and tough is bad or that tough guys can't be useful - instead, the issue is that being tough also doesn't necessarily mean a player has any value. Being tough is merely a potential asset, a tool that has utility only insofar as it helps drive play, goals etc. If a guy is big and can hit but bleeds shots and goals against because he's completely miserable at everything else, then he is a liability. And deploying liabilities because their scouting report coincides with a conventional role or category is ineffective.
To put it more plainly: toughness for the sake of toughness is dumb.
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This error can be replicated in other ways. For example, a team with a slower, less skilled defender corps might decide it needs more mobility on the back-end and so will pursue players whose scouting reports list those assets. Of course, there are plenty of defenders who can skate but can't sufficiently advance play. The error is looking at a team in aggregate and deciding it needs more of "positive quality X" and that acquiring a player with "quality X" will be like adding some salt to a bland pot of stew.
Again, it doesn't matter as much if a guy can skate: it matters if he puts that skill to use in a meaningful fashion. Otherwise he'll likely be detrimental even if it seems the club could really use some speed. It's not wrong to desire a mix of qualities or to try to build a team with a balance of abilities. But those concerns should ultimately be subordinate to the question of how effective a guy is at driving possession and goal differential.
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Great article and easy to understand.
I was always surprised no one else ever picked up Dawes. What's your evaluation of his overall game? I thought he could outplay most other team's 3rd lines and certainly 4th lines.
If you're tough, you win battles offensively, or are able to get more puck touches in front of the net. That leads to winning puck possession and creating shots. If you're tough, and that translates to defensive won battles, blocked shots, or good hits that dislodge the puck, that takes the puck away from the opponent that could prevent a shot or possession for the other team.
Toughness/physical play does factor into "driving the play." I think trying to pretend it's something else that gets away from the core of the game, essentially is a negative against whatever element you're advocating for.
There's nothing wrong with being tough and good in the physical game, it is a significant positive for a player. However if it their ONLY positive is where you really need to question their overall value.
Another great article Kent...
Have you ever played against someone who is tough? How about just physically dominate?
Driving the play is a great statistic to look at and it is very important, but there are intangibles in every game that you can't explain with statistics. When you play against someone who is physically intimidating, it changes the way you play. Having someone on your team can also allow you to play with more confidence.
Dave Semenko didn't drive play, score goals or really do anything statistics will show other than pim's. But ask any oiler in that era and they will all say he was an integral part of that team and allowed players like Gretzky and Kurri to utilize their skill.
All I am saying, don't discount toughness. Statistics do not tell the whole story.
May 04 2012, 05:04PM
If the intangibles were bankable, they wouldn't be intangibles. I think stats DO tell the whole story, at least as far as what a GM can encompass in his plans. Intangibles like locker-room-whatever and mental toughness are the sort of things that you just have to cross your fingers and pray for.
But they do (or rather can) tell the whole story. It's pretty easy actually, just make a determination on what wins games and then measure whether that person actively contributes to whatever that is.
Frankly, I don't buy that Dave Semenko was an integral part of the early Oiler dynasty success. It's not like they didn't go on to win the cup in three of the next 4 years.
May 04 2012, 05:53PM
So someone who is tough, or has other intangibles will possibly be able to drive the play. This will reflect positively in their corsi rates, advanced stats, whatever.
They also may just be tough, and not be able to do very much with that toughness as far as possession. Like a Brashear.
So, instead of looking at those intangibles, just look at the stats. Numbers tell the story. If you want to try to get more advanced from there, I guess you could. Would you rather have a Lucic who drives the play and is physically dominating, or a Datsyuk who drives the play without being physically dominating? Does it make a difference as long as the play is in the bad guys end?
I guess what I'm saying is instead of taking the approach of "He's tough, and that's why he gets results", why can't you just look at the numbers and say "He gets results. Good". Why assign qualitative reasons to quantitative results?
great piece kent.
Great article Kent. I think you and I would agree on quite a few points when it came to team-building and valuing assets, even though we may come to that agreement by divergent paths.
Such a shame you cheer for the wrong team.
@kent You got me. I don't know stats, I don't even know what corsi means. Can I give you stats to prove my point... No, not at all. I don't even care enough to go research it. Stats are for economists and bloggers.. That's why your not a nhl coach and daryl sutter is. And he's winning.
All I can say is when I played, it was great having a tough guy on the team. It added to your confidence when the battle really got going. That's why most nhl teams still employ a some sort of "tough" player.
There is obviously a reason guys like semenko, tim hunter, dale hunter, ron stern, sandy mcarthy, bob probert, tie domi, etc have had jobs for years. Its because guys who play the game know their value. But your arguement tends to paint a picture that nhl people don't know anything and that they should listen to your stats to build teams.
Your asking me to defend my point using stats, when my arguement is stats don't tell the whole story. Things like team work, chemistry, etc cannot be given a statistic value. Can you show me stats that show that you love your wife? No, its a feeling. And like sports, positive emotion and confidence level are a major reason teams win.
Which team has the best corsi this year? And how are they doing so far in the playoffs?
Hi Kent and all, First, nice article Kent. Great example you gave as I never understood buying out Dawes when he helped give us a 3rd line that could score and out chance and outplay the opposition, I think beside Moss and someone else on the line (Glenny?) it was a trio with chemistry as well so why did it get busted up by Dutter? Because big guys are automatically better checkers that take the puck away from other teams? I think that is silly because skill on lines 3 and 4 means more goals for by that line as you more eloquently said! There is some value to size as Gussey says but only if accompanied by skill...like Lucic or Franzen or eve checkers like Brian Boyle, etc who have some skill to go with their into ideation factor.
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J.D. Martinez was scratched from the Tigers' starting lineup on Saturday due to tightness in his pectoral muscle.
Lewis Brinson started his spring off with a bang, blasting a pair of home runs as the Brewers clobbered University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 11-0 in exhibition play on Friday.
Cubs signed RHP Pedro Strop to a one-year, $5.85 million contract extension with a $6.25 million club option for 2019.
Adrian Beltre (calf) will do some jogging on Friday.
Marcell Ozuna is nursing some tightness in his shoulder.
Nationals signed C Matt Wieters to a two-year, $21 million contract.
Max Scherzer (finger) will throw only his secondary stuff in a bullpen session Saturday.
According to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports, the Dodgers "asked" about Justin Verlander this offseason but ultimately thought his price tag was too high.
Red Sox manager John Farrell said it was "disappointing" to see Rusney Castillo jog down the line on a doubleplay grounder during Thursday's exhibition game against Northeastern.


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Saracens pivot Nils Mordt helped Saracens to a narrow 19-11 LV= Cup win over Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park on Sunday.
Saracens pivot Nils Mordt helped Saracens to a narrow 19-11 LV= Cup win over Cardiff Blues at Allianz Park on Sunday.
The Blues led 8-6 at the interval, thanks to a try by number eight Robin Copeland and a Ceri Sweeney penalty, with Mordt providing all the points for Saracens.
In the second half, Mordt made the most of his opportunity whilst Owen Farrell is on England duty by booting the hosts in front with less ten minutes of the match remaining.
Saracens wing James Short then crossed the whitewash for a late five-pointer that was dualy converted by Mordt to seal the deal.
The scorers:
For Saracens:
Try: Short
Con: Mordt
Pens: Mordt 4
For Cardiff Blues:
Try: Copeland
Pens: Sweeney, Davies
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Joe Maddock, 13 Duncan Taylor, 12 Adam Powell, 11 James Short, 10 Nils Mordt (c), 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Tom Jubb, 7 Nick Fenton-Wells, 6 Maro Itoje, 5 Mouritz Botha, 4 Eoin Sheriff, 3 Carlos Nieto, 2 Jamie George, 1 Nick Auterac.
Replacements: 16 John Smit, 17 Darren Fearn, 18 Petrus du Plessis, 19 Alistair Hargreaves, 20 Justin Melck, 21 Ali Price, 22 Sam Stanley, 23 Jack Wilson.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Jason Tovey, 14 Owen Williams, 13 Gavin Evans (c), 12 Dafydd Hewitt, 11 Harry Robinson, 10 Ceri Sweeney, 9 Lewis Jones, 8 Robin Copeland, 7 Rory Watts-Jones, 6 Luke Hamilton, 5 Macauley Cook, 4 Michael Paterson, 3 Beniot Bourrust, 2 Kristian Dacey, 1 Sam Hobbs.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Williams, 17 Nathan Trevett, 18 Taufa'ao Filise, 19 Cory Hill, 20 Thomas Young, 21 Alex Walker, 22 Gareth Davies, 23 Tom Williams.
Referee: Rhys Thomas (Wales)


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Written by David Richards
14/10/2007 | 06:41 |
Category: HOME
As Sony cranks up marketing for its Blu-ray offerings in Australia, it has been revealed that the next generation of the Sony PlayStation is set to incorporate new Blu-ray management features as well as new software for the storing and management of content in the home. Don Eklund, executive VP of advanced technologies for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment let the cat out of the bag at a recent conference in the US.
Sony is adamant that Blu-ray will win the HD format war and as such is each quarter rolling out new features and upgrades. However GfK research shows that Australians are not adopting the new HD formats quickly, particularly if one takes out the PS3 Games Console and the attached Xbox 360 HD DVD player.
PS3 is expected to soon offer a firmware upgrade to boost its Blu-ray interactivity functionality, noted Sony's Eklund.
The Managing Director of Sony Pictures Michele Garra claims that Sony will win the Blu-ray Vs HD DVD war, however several analysts and Toshiba General Manager Mark Whittard disagree. Last week Whittard dropped a time bomb under Sony's plans by dropping the price of the entry level HD DVD player to sub $500. Sony is expected to follow Toshiba's lead.And while supporters of the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc high-definition formats lock horns all participants ultimately agreed they were heartened by the fact that consumers are adopting high-def discs, even slowly.
"The chances are pretty slim" that high-def won't succeed, said Don Eklund, executive VP of advanced technologies for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. "There are obstacles in getting consumers to appreciate it, but it's inevitable.When it was put to Michele Garra that fast broadband and an abundance of downloadable HD content from the web may impact both Blu ray and HD DVD in the future she said "It could do but no one knows. What is key to the battle is content and the support of movie studios for Blu ray".
Currently, high-def stand-alone players comprise a 5% unit share within the total DVD player market, according to DisplaySearch. Although that is small, that share has significantly improved in recent weeks. Between April 2006 and August 2007, next-gen set-tops totalled just 1.3% of the overall DVD player market.
By year end, this could change with the introduction of a low cost Sony PS3 at $699 and a sub $500 HD DVD player. On a global revenue basis, next-gen players carved out a 27% share of the overall market during the month of August. That marks a rise from next-gen's 11% share between April 2006 and August 2007.
Software is in a similar boat, selling a relatively small amount within the greater home entertainment landscape, with $150 million in cumulative Blu-ray and HD DVD revenue to date. Unit sales are at 4.5 million at this point. Research comes from a combination of findings from sister companies DisplaySearch and NPD Group.
"Without a format war, adoption might be higher," said Ross Young, founder and president of DisplaySearch. "But [high-def] is coming."
Russ Crupnick, VP and senior industry analyst for NPD, said just 11% of people surveyed by NPD said they planned to purchase a next-gen set-top in the next six months.
Also, PlayStation 3's dominance within the high-def player field has not yet translated to strong viewing of compatible Blu-ray titles. Less than half of PS3 users are watching Blu-ray films.
Plus, standard-definition up converting DVD players, still attractively priced below high-def players, are growing faster in overall DVD market share than next-gen players. Up converting player's command 27% of the market on a unit basis, dwarfing high-def's 5% share.
But Crupnick believes that once people try high-def packaged media playback, they will become cheerleaders for the new formats.
"How do we go from confusion to forecasts that say that in a few years half the market will be high-def?" he asked. "It's the experiences of people with next-gen. About 90% [of those recently polled] said they were extremely satisfied with their next-gen player purchase. You don't usually see those kinds of numbers."
High-def hardware owners said that every two of three packaged media purchases were next-gen, according to NPD research.
Despite proof of some progress, studio executives remain concerned over the format war stifling sales. According to NPD polling, 54% of people said they didn't want to go high-def because of the format war.
In the name of eventually ending it, Blu-ray and HD DVD executives tried to convince conference-goers of the superiority of their respective camps.
HD DVD participants were quick to needle the Blu-ray folks over PS3 gamers' measured use of the system's Blu-ray player. They also claimed victories in software, as the only Web-enabled titles released to date are on HD DVD. Universal Studios Home Entertainment's Evan Almighty, which was released on Tuesday, is the first home entertainment title to extensively offer e-commerce.
Striking back, Blu-ray supporters insisted that consumers adopt high-def because of great content resolution, not bonus features. Regardless of gamers' film activities, Blu-ray titles are out-selling HD DVD titles by a two-to-one ratio.
Warner Home Video's 300 HD DVD titles, one of the first releases to offer Web-based interactivity, sold half as many copies as the 300 Blu-ray versions, which lacked those advanced features. Also, Warner VP of high-def marketing Dan Silverburg primarily credits PS3 users for what the studio believes are an impressive quarter of a million units sold of 300 on Blu-ray.
"For people who buy HDTVs, the intent is not to interact with it—it's so they can have high-definition viewing," said Andy Parsons, senior VP at Pioneer Electronics and chair of the Blu-ray Disc Assn.'s U.S. Promotion Committee. "Interactivity is nice, but it's not causing people to say I won't watch the movie [if it's absent]."
However, HD DVD's interactivity best mirrors the lifestyle of today's growing YouTube, MySpace and Facebook fan base, countered Alan Bell, executive VP and chief technology officer at Paramount Pictures.
"Each of the formats creates great picture and sound, but we need something more to sell next-generation," he said. "For younger folks, their choice of entertainment is to interact with others. Also, [Web interactivity] is an exciting transition between playing DVD and five to 10 years from now when things are digital."
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I'm pretty sure I had a dream about Nicole Kidman last night that is kind of freaking me out
You drank everclear and moonshine again last night amirite?ReplyCancel
Dude, that wasn't a dream.
You'll get the "Thank You" not from Keith shortly.ReplyCancel
Are you LITERALLY freaking out, or is it just a virtual situation? Was it LITERALLY Nicole Kidman or did you eat too much fried food before bed? Maybe you just burped and woke yourself up? LITERALLY.ReplyCancel
I had a dream about NOT Nicole Kidman! I feel much betterReplyCancel
I've even heard there are dream forums, Sugar. For realsReplyCancel
I have to say it: i dreamed i was in a mall and gave my baby to stranger to hold , took off my baby's shoes, while i sobbed for 20 minutes. Then i took baby and all the kids shoes home, and brought them back 2 hours later. All the mothers were waiting for me with pitchforks, and they poked me. I woke with shoes off, sobbing.ReplyCancel
I dreamed a few weeks ago Clooney died which was weird because I really have nothing against the dude.
What's that noise about?
I'd rather have dreamed of Krysten Ritter wearing a sexy uniform.ReplyCancel
Hey, pitchfork bearers – back off my AuntLiddy! I will throw my coffee on the floor and scream at you in incomprehensibly intoxicated English for an hour!ReplyCancel
Is someone bringing ASIAN food?ReplyCancel
Tom and Nicole going at it and Nicole's lovely bum.ReplyCancel
Details, Enty?
I had a very vivid sexual dream of brad pitt and me a long time ago that I still remember. Ange and him were on a break and he's a wildcat in the sack . Who knew? I had an obam dream twice but it was vey appropriate and weird. No sex involved. Im sure Michelle is happy her husband behaved.ReplyCancel
I have been having some incredibly vivid daydreams. Is there a forum for them?ReplyCancel
Lainey is obsessed by Bennifer
Enty is obsessed by Kidman
Is one of Enty Ted C?
I think so. LolReplyCancel
@Eros – Kidman and Clooney did make that Peacemaker movie together.
Now I'm getting freaked out.ReplyCancel
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PRICE-Don R (Rex) Gardner, age 93, passed calmly in his sleep in Price, Utah on Oct. 6, 2011. Don was born to Denzel Rex Gardner and Alice Fern Greenhall on Sept. 22, 1919 in Hayden, Utah.
Memorial service was held on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011 at 3 p.m. at Fausett Mortuary (680 East 100 South - Price.) His final remains will be taken to the Neola Cemetery next July during the Gardner family reunion. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Family and friends may sign the guest book and share memories of Don at www.fausettmortuary.com.