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Your pregame update from the Coliseum, where we have pretty ideal weather for a ballgame right now. We'll see if that's still the case at first pitch …
Dallas Braden was limping around the clubhouse pretty good today, the result of a rash on his left ankle that's become inflamed. According to Bob Geren, Braden has been wearing a neoprene toe guard while pitching because he's been dragging his left foot. The rash stemmed from him wearing that.
At any rate, Braden is questionable for his start tomorrow, so the A's will have a Plan B ready. Geren said Edgar Gonzalez is one possibility, or they could pull somebody up from Triple-A Sacramento. Jerome Williams would be on turn to pitch for the River Cats, and the A's have room on the 40-man roster for him. But Williams is just 1-4 with a 6.60 ERA in 20 appearances (9 starts). Dana Eveland is an option, but he'd have to go on three days' rest and he threw 101 pitches on Saturday. Shawn Chacon is out — he started today.
If Gonzalez isn't needed in relief tonight, my money's on him.
–Can't say I was surprised that Jason Giambi wasn't activated from the DL today. He wasn't around the clubhouse before batting practice to offer his take on things, and Geren was tight-lipped as ever regarding Giambi's situation. Geren flat-out avoids addressing Giambi's physical condition. "There's no change in his status. It's the same as yesterday. We'll go day-to-day with it," Geren said.
What is it that's holding Giambi back? "We're just not ready to activate him," Geren said. Remember, Giambi has been saying the past few days that his right quad feels OK.
It seems pretty obvious to me that the A's want to go with Tommy Everidge and (when he's healthy) Daric Barton at first base. But who knows? Maybe they truly aren't convinced that Giambi is ready to go.
Anyway, here's tonight's lineups, featuring Rajai Davis in the leadoff spot w/Adam Kennedy getting a day off. I know some of you out there have wondered about plugging Davis into the top spot regularly. Enjoy!! At least for one day … Geren said he still likes Kennedy leading off …
Davis CF
Suzuki C
Hairston LF
Garciaparra DH
Cust RF
Everidge 1B
Crosby 3B
Ellis 2B
Pennington SS
Gonzalez LHP
Arias 2B
Young 3B
Byrd CF
Jones DH
Blalock 1B
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Promises have been made. Promises haven't been kept. There have been lots of promises on ENDA.
While members of Congress are asking us to help them keep their jobs, they're not doing much to help LGBT Americans keep their jobs. ENDA isn't moving, despite repeated commitments from leading Democrats to move the legislation.
So, tonight, Rep. George Miller, the Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, will be hearing from LGBT activists on ENDA. From Chris Johnson at the Washington Blade:
Activists affiliated with GetEQUAL were set on Thursday to interrupt a debate between Rep. George Miller (D-Calif) and his Republican opponent in an effort to push for passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
According to a statement, GetEQUAL was set to stage an act of non-violent, civil disobedience during the debate between Miller and GOP candidate Rick Tubbs at the Travis Credit Union Auditorium in Vacaville, Calif.
Protesters were set to silently walk to the front of the auditorium holding a sign reading: "Miller Markup Employment Non Discrimination Act Now."
Set to work in conjunction with GetEQUAL was One Struggle One Fight, another LGBT civil disobedience organization, and Pride at Work, an LGBT constituency group of the AFL-CIO.
Miller has made promises that haven't been kept. Chris linked to this Blade article from March 18, 2010:
Moments after the arrested protesters were taken away, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) was seen walking along a nearby street. He chairs the House Education & Labor Committee, which is handling ENDA. Asked by DC Agenda when ENDA would advance to a markup, Miller replied, "Right after health care."
Health care passed in the House on March 22, 2010.
There's not much time left to pass ENDA this year. And, as noted in the post below, DADT appears to be in peril. And, Democrats wonder why the base isn't enthusiastic.
We're all supposed to do everything we can to make sure these "supportive" members of Congress keep their jobs. It's really a one-way relationship.
But, sure looks like GetEQUAL and its allies aren't going to be silent. I'm thinking things could get interesting.

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Friday, November 04, 2005
That Explains It
No wonder Michigan QBs were never very mobile. Look at the size of those shoulder pads! Sweet Mother of God! He looks like a hang glider.
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Hey Yost! Dang, I bookmarked you incorrectly. I have been checking everyday for a new post. So some of those 154 hits were me! I must say, I thought I was a huge Michigan Fan .....ya'll intimidate me! I have you bookmarked correctly now...GO BLUE!
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FORMER Australian Supersport champion Troy Herfoss has opted against returning overseas to race, citing a lack of integrity in the sport as motive for his decision.
The 25-year-old announced his intentions to get away from motor racing competitively on Thursday and unleashed on the sport's upper echelon.
"I'm not forced to stay at home, I just don't like what racing's becoming," he said.
"I can win every race next year, but if I don't have the money, I can't go to the world champs."
Herfoss in February joined Dutch outfit RAC Racing eager to make a name for himself in the German-based IDM Superbike Championship.
His contract was terminated in September despite reasonable on track performances and without thorough explanation from the team's management.
Herfoss returned home to Goulburn to settle down and ponder his next move.
Now, it seems, he has no desire to head back overseas.
The 2010 Australian Supersport champion and 2008 American AMA Supermoto winner, last year inducted into Goulburn's Sporting Hall of Fame, broke the news with a letter posted on his website on Thursday morning.
"This is a small letter for the people who have supported me through many years of striving for my goals of making a career from racing at the highest level," he wrote.
"I am sad to say I will not be going back overseas in 2013. For eight years now I have devoted my life to racing professionally, I feel blessed to have raced in different motorcycling disciplines all around the world and have been able to meet a lot of great people. I have my reasons and they are my own."
Herfoss says the decision wasn't down to a lack of options.
"I am not doing this because I have been forced to, I have a contract in front of me as I write this letter," he wrote.
"The enjoyment I get from racing hasn't changed, I love everything about it from winning a national championship down to trail riding with my dad, the problem is winning is no longer enough.
"Gone are the days that you win your national championship and have options to move on."
Instead of tearing around tracks in Europe, he'll take life a little slower.
"I'm only going to something that suits me… Something that's fun," he said.
"I've done really well with racing. Not only did I not get anything out of it, I got the sack."
Herfoss doesn't regret his eight year tenure overseas, both in the United States and Europe.
Performing to a high standard and winning on foreign tracks for which he had little knowledge are highlights.


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"Check My School" and the Power of Openness in Development
There has been a lot of buzz lately around open development, and new initiatives seem to be popping up everywhere. My colleague Maya [1] talks about what open development means exactly in her blog [2] and Soren Gigler [3] discusses [4] openness for whom and what. Soren points out that "openness and improved accountability for better results are key concepts of the Openness agenda." However, he cautions that openness is not a one-way street. For positive impact, citizen engagement is crucial and it's important to "close the feedback-loop" through the facilitation of information flows between citizens, governments, and donors.
In light of this, a prime example of a successful initiative with an innovative citizen-feedback mechanism is "Check My School" [5] (CMS) in the Philippines. Launched by the Affiliated Network for Social Accountability East Asia and the Pacific (ANSA-EAP) [6] just a little over a year ago, it has managed to get real results on the ground. The results and lessons learned were shared at an event [7] held last week at the World Bank. The speaker was Dondon Parafina, ANSA-EAP's Network Coordinator.
CMS is an interactive and hybrid online platform used to validate the government's educational services on the ground, report on issues, and provide solutions. With access to the Department of Education's database, citizens can monitor funds and report on any discrepancies that are fed back into the platform through various channels, including Facebook and SMS. For those who don't have internet access, CMS has mobilized infomediaries to interact with stakeholders, and facilitate community involvement. CMS has also attracted a thousand plus volunteers, including students, to disseminate and validate information offline.
For easy monitoring, the platform is using Google Maps [8] to map schools. So far 8,687 schools have been mapped (out of some 44,000+ schools) and 251 practical issues have been raised from 84 schools. Data variance was found in a number of areas, including textbooks, seats, toilets, teachers and computers. To report on discrepancies, volunteers wrote letters and took pictures that were fed back into the online platform and brought to the Department of Education's attention for action. Requests so far have been responded to fairly quickly.
There are several contributing factors to CMS's success, which were addressed at the event. First of all, the strong commitment and support from the people behind the initiative as well as the use of technology have been invaluable. Also, ANSA-EAP's level of influence has been helpful as well as the initiative's efficiency and effectiveness. For example, they have been very effective in building on previous partnerships with the government. It was mentioned that at first there was resistance from the government as they thought CMS was merely duplicating the existing database. However, once the benefits were specified, including a feedback-mechanism that was missing from the pre-existing system, a Memo of Understanding was agreed upon. This has allowed CMS to work directly with officials in the government.
Parafina presented some specific lessons learned from the CMS:
- information and innovation on using ICT must adjust to people, not the other way around
- Government could be convinced of benefits of opening up information to citizens
- citizens need some handholding to optimize access and use of information
- community-based initiatives are the most effective ways of transmitting the measure of transparency and social accountability
Other countries, such as Moldova, Indonesia and Kenya, are currently looking into replicating CMS. For a similar system to take off, however, there needs to be an enabling environment. As a preliminary step, political economy analysis can help identify domestic opportunities and threats, as well as provide solutions to implementation. This can be very useful in building both public and political support for similar initiatives. Also, a stakeholder mapping exercise can be used to specifically identify support and buy in from different stakeholder groups. CMS was very effective in this regard. It was particularly effective in engaging and mobilizing various citizen groups.
The bottom line is that for openness to provide real results on the ground there needs to be a mechanism in place to engage citizens. CMS in the Philippines has generated a great amount of excitement, and for a good reason. It's truly remarkable what this rather small initiative has been able to accomplish in a short period of time. Its model is an inspiration for other social accountability initiatives.
Photo Credit: moyerphotos on Flickr [9]
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- Information and Communication Technologies [12]
- Education [13]
- Transparency [14]
- Stakeholder Mapping [15]
- social accountability [16]
- Political Economy Analsyis [18]
- Openness [19]
- open development [20]
- Facebook [21]
- citizen feedback [22]
- Citizen Engagement [23]
- Check My School [24]
- accountability [26]


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Welcome fellow African American Paranormal Author, T.P. Miller author of Out for Blood, this week on Paranormal Wednesday!
T.P. Miller, a newcomer to the literary game has been writing since she could remember. As a long time reader, she decided to pick up her pen as a hobby and decided that she wanted more. She sat down and penned her first novel, "Out for Blood: The Chosen One Has Come and signed with Anexander Books where she's working on more paranormal drama. She lives in a hole somewhere in Birmingham with her husband and two kids.


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Here is a brief list of upcoming activities.
Art Conservation Show and Sale with an Exclusive Artist Reception and Western Rouondup Dinner. June 25th starting at 4pm. For more information call (760)873-4554
34th Mono Council of the Arts presents
Mammoth celebrate the arts July 2,3,4
24th Annual Kids Fishing Festival
July 30th 8am-Noon At the Snow Creek Ponds on Old Mammoth Road
42nd Annual Labor Day Festival fo the Arts
September 3,4,5 at the Sam Wood Site
2nd Fiesta Caliente
September 16 &17
Blue Sky Fest July 8-10
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Shakespeare Summer Kids Camp
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Jazz Jubilee July 13-17
10th Annual Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua June 17-19 Lee Vining.
Mammoth Lakes Farmers Market coming back to Main Street.Starting June 15th 4-7pm on Wednesday.
June Lake Loop Festival Kids Camp
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RecStrats: The final two RecStrats public workshops, "High-Altitude Training and Trails and Linkages & Priorities, are set for June 8 and June 23, respectively, from 47 p.m. at the Community Center. Follow all of the action at www.recstrats.com.
Summer of Stewardship MLTS Trail Days: MLTPA and Friends of the Inyo are bringing you a third season of this popular trail-stewardship series, kicking off six Trail Day events at 8:30 a.m. on July 2 at the Sherwin Lakes Trailhead/Mammoth Rock Trail. Bring a friend, get dirty, and be rewarded with lunch and free prizes for your hard work! Email email@example.com for the complete schedule and details.
Sherwins Area Recreation Plan (SHARP): Two very exciting things are in the works! First, were reconvening the SHARP Trails Technical Committee for season #2. Help us refine the original SHARP alignments for a group of trails in the Mill City Area using inclinometers, flagging, and lots of tromping around in the sagebrush. Second, were gearing up to build our first section of trail in the fall, a link between the Lakes Basin Path and the Panorama Dome Trailhead. Get your name on the list for either or both committees by sending an email to email@example.com.
MLTPA Photo Library: Going for a hike or a ride? Putting together a recreation event in Mammoth Lakes and need it photographed? MLTPA and Mammoth Lakes Tourism are working together to establish a photo library of all that goes on here in Mammoth Lakes, and all we need are things to shoot! Send us an email at email@example.com to let us know where and when to show up!
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A measure to require online merchants affiliated with companies such as Amazon and Overstock.com to collect state sales taxes cleared the Senate on Tuesday.
The bill - sponsored by Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr., R- Augusta County, and backed by the Virginia Retail Federation - would require state-based businesses that affiliate with major multinational online retailers to collect 5 percent state and local sales and use taxes. The Senate approved the measure 28-12.
In such cases, the major online firms serve almost as wholesalers for Virginia-based Internet businesses that feature their hyperlinked banner ads. The local company receives a share of the sale, a transaction on which no sales tax is paid.
The legislation would put these online retailers on the same footing as online and brick-and-mortar shops that collect sales taxes.
"This is a situation that has been allowed to continue for far too long," Retail Alliance President and Chief Executive Susan Milhoan said in a news release. "Most Internet retailers are in compliance with state law, and this legislation gets at those few who are benefiting from a small loophole and costs Virginia millions in lost revenue."
The bill could generate as much as $17 million for the state, but that depends on whether online retailers participate, the economic impact statement said. Online retailers might sue, as Amazon and Overstock.com did in New York. In that case, the revenue gains would be offset by litigation costs, the impact statement said.
The AP contributed to this report.
For more business news, follow Veronica Chufo at twitter.com/veronicachufo and search for Daily Press Business News on Facebook.
Legislation that would compel insurers to pay for expensive but effective treatments for children with autism won overwhelming passage Tuesday in the state Senate despite opposition from insurance and business lobbies.
On a 27-13 vote, Sen. Janet Howell's bill advances to the House, where a companion measure died on a tie vote in a subcommittee two weeks earlier.
The bill would mandate coverage by certain employee health plans for applied behavior analysis, the treatment that psychiatric and medical officials say is the most effective and promising for children with autism. Insurers say ABA is an educational service, not a medical one that should be covered.
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In a recent syndicated column, the economist Jean Pisani-Ferry had a generally reasonable discussion of the problems with the "troika" (made up of the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund) that has managed European rescue policies.
But I was struck by this: "Three years later, the results are mixed at best," he wrote. "Unemployment has increased much more than anticipated and social hardship is unmistakable. There is one bright spot: Ireland, which is set to recover from an exceptionally severe financial crisis. But there is also a dark spot ... "
What's the Irish for "Et tu, Jean"? As best I can tell, Ireland has been universally (that is, by all the Serious People) proclaimed a successful role model at least once a year since the crisis began. Meanwhile, unemployment remains spectacularly high, although down a bit.
See the chart on this page. This is a "bright spot"?
True, in his column Mr. Pisani-Ferry doesn't actually say that Ireland is recovering, only that it is "set to recover." But we've heard that before, and before, and before. And much of the data that is used to tell the recovery story is suspect — not because it's wrong, exactly, but because of Ireland's odd economic structure, in which so much of the nation's reported exports come from companies that add little value to its economy, which means that the usual numbers have to be treated with great caution.
So look: maybe Ireland really is going to recover soon, for real. Let's hope so. But the repeated declarations that this is already a success story — which we've been hearing for at least three years — are just weird.
And yes, it seems obvious to me that Ireland keeps being proclaimed a success because it's supposed to be a success: they did the austerity thing forcefully, with a minimum of complaints, so there must be a pot of gold at the end of that rainbow, right?
Debt and Growth: The State of the Reinhart-Rogoff Debate
There are three points that have been established in the debate about the paper written by the Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff, which officials have used to justify austerity policies. I'm not sure that everyone understands that any one of those points is enough to refute most of the debt/deficit discussion of the past three years.
1. There is no threshold at 90 percent, even though the claim that economies were likely to stagnate when debt levels exceed 90 percent of gross domestic product has dominated a lot of the policy discussion for three years. The appearance of such a threshold in the original paper was an artifact of missing data (not deliberately, and perhaps unavoidably, but that's not the issue here) plus an odd statistical technique.
2. There is a mild negative correlation between debt and growth. Even if this is interpreted as a causal relationship, however, the correlation is not strong enough to justify the debt panic of recent years. As the economist Brad DeLong wrote in his blog: "as best as I can tell we are talking that an increase in debt from 50% of a year's G.D.P. to 150% is associated with a reduction in growth rates of 0.1% [per] year over the subsequent five years ..."
3. There is pretty good evidence that the relationship is not, in fact, causal, and that low growth mainly causes high debt rather than the other way around.
We've spent three years letting unwarranted fears dominate policy decisions.


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Portugal Ventures in the Bay
AICEP & Leadership Business Consulting
Thursday, November 7, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PST)
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Come an network with entrepreneurs, investors and corporations and interact with promising start-ups from Portugal. This will also be an opportunity to meet Prof. Jose da Franca, CEO of Portugal Ventures, as well as Bruce Taragin from Blumberg Capital who will share his thoughts on the Portuguese start-up ecosystem.
4-4.30pm: Registration
4.30pm: Welcome by Nuno Mathias, Consul General of Portugal in San Francisco
4.35pm: Introduction by Jose Epifanio da Franca, CEO of Portugal Ventures
4.40pm: An outside view of the Portuguese start-up ecosystem by Bruce Taragin, Managing Director at Blumberg Capital
4.45pm: Pitches by 4 Portuguese start-ups
5.15pm: Networking
6.pm: Pitches by 4 Portuguese start-ups
6.30pm: Networking
7pm: Close
Check our website at www.portugalventures.pt to follow Portugal Ventures and get to know the start-ups that will be pitching.
Don't miss this opportunity to jointly celebrate entrepreneurship, and to foster an even stronger entrepreneurship community open to the world.
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About Portugal Ventures:
Portugal Ventures is a Venture Capital and Private Equity firm, with approximately 600 million euros in asset under management, focusing its investments in innovative, scientific and technology-based companies as well as in companies from the more traditional Portuguese Tourism and Industrial sectors, with significant competitive advantages and export oriented to global markets. We partner with exceptional entrepreneurs, assisting them in achieving new levels of competitiveness and success at all stages of development of their companies and operating in a number of different sectors.
About Blumberg Capital:
Blumberg Capital is headquartered in San Francisco with team members and advisors in Tel Aviv and New York. Their focus is on Enterprise Software, Digital and Social Media, Mobile and Consumer Internet. Since inception Blumberg Capital has invested in 70 start-ups, managing 23 exists – of those 19 have been acquisition and 4 have been IPOs.
Blumberg Capital specializes in leading Seed and Series A rounds in syndication with angels, venture capital firms and strategic investors. They are active investors and board members – operating as an extension of the entrepreneurs' network. Typical investments range from $500,000 to $3 million with additional amounts reserved for follow-on investments.
We look forward to seeing you on the 7th November!
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM (PST)
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AICEP Portugal Global - Trade & Investment Agency is a government business entity, created in 2007, focused in encouraging the best foreign companies to invest in Portugal and contribute to the success of Portuguese companies abroad in their internationalization processes or export activities.
About Leadership Business Consulting
Leadership Business Consulting is an international management consulting company that helps businesses and entrepreneurs reach their goals. We have worked on over 550 projects covering strategy and finance, organization and change management, human capital management, performance and operations, marketing and sales, and business technology. Our presence in the Bay Area is intended to build ties with the Portuguese speaking world. Leadership Business Consulting is proud to be managing the Portugal Ventures Acceleration program at nestGSV in Silicon Valley and bringing the most promising portuguese start-ups to the Bay Area.


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A Greene County woman says she's been forced out of her rental home by bats, and there's nothing she can do about it.
Krystale Holloman says the rental home she shared with her boyfriend and 2-year-old daughter on Railroad Street in Walstonburg is overrun with bats that have soiled the inside of the home.
Holloman says animal control and state wildlife officials told her there's nothing she can do about the problem. That's because bats are a protected species in North Carolina, and the owner of the house says she will not get a special permit required to remove the bats from the living quarters.
Holloman says she had no choice but to move out of the rental property and is staying with family for the time being.
She recalls seeing the first bat after returning home from a Father's Day weekend trip. She says, "It honestly was laying on the floor and it looked like a rat. And then I took my flip flop off and I chunked it at it and when I did the bat flew up at me. So I took off running naturally and I left everything in the home. I was scared."
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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Rock Valley College has announced that a new app has been developed and successfully published by a current RVC student.
The name of the App is Midwest Fishing Adventures and was developed by RVC student Josh Glovinsky. The app was designed for people who love to fish. It provides USGS (United States Geological Survey) water data, fishing maps, and fishing how-to videos. Glovinsky went through Apple's strict app screening and submittal process starting in December 2013. After waiting a few weeks, he received an email from Apple stating that his app was accepted.
Midwest Fishing Adventures was published to the Apple App Store in early January 2014 and is now ready to download. The app is free and designed for the iPhone, iPad or iTouch.
Midwest Fishing Adventures was developed by Glovinsky while taking the fall 2013 Mobile App Development course (CIS-280) at Rock Valley College. CIS-280 was first offered in spring 2013 and is now offered each semester by RVC Professor Chuck Konkol. Professor Konkol requires all students to create an iPhone/iPad app they would one day want to publish to the Apple App Store. Furthermore, students learn the skills to not only design and program apps but also the steps it takes to publish to the Apple App Store.
Professor Konkol says another app very close to reaching the Apple App Store is called Bubble Baller. Bubble Baller is an underwater basketball game and was developed by three RVC students who took the course in spring 2013.
For more information on the Mobile App Development course (CIS-280) at Rock Valley College, please visit iosatrvc.us or if you have questions please email Professor Chuck Konkol at email@example.com.


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When Don Biglow gets belted into the Dauernheim-Biglow-Davis AA/Gas Lakester's streamlined cockpit at Bonneville this month, his mission will be clear: Run over 300 mph to trigger a $5,000 donation to Autism Speaks, average 315 mph on two successive runs (to set the AA/GL record), and get inducted into the exclusive 300-MPH Club.
Since 2006, Team 608 has raced at Bonneville and raised approximately $100,000 for charities: Susan G. Komen For The Cure (Breast Cancer), Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) and Autism Speaks. In 2011, they are once again supporting Autism Speaks. To date, this year they have garnered an anonymous $10,000 donation and the Peter & Kate Kend family, Darien, CT, has offered a $5,000 donation if the Lakester goes over 300 mph during Speed Week.
Bob Dauernheim, owner and constructor of #608, has been building and racing dragsters since the 1960s when he and Team member and racer Tony Feil were members of the Chatham (NJ) Squires hot rod club. He's been hooked on land speed racing after running a belly tank Lakester, The Flying Pickle, on the Salt Flats in 1998.
"Team 608 is self-funded and self-sustaining and 100% of the money we raise goes to charities. It's our way of pursuing our passion for hot rods and racing, challenging the record books, and giving something back to society," said Dauernheim.
The #608 Lakester was redesigned this year after setting the AA/Fuel record (290.49 mph) at Bonneville in 2009. After locking in the record, it topped out at 297, hitting an aerodynamic wall. Bob Cuneo, Chassis Dynamics, Oxford, CT, was brought in to consult with artisan Rob Ida, who was fabricating the Lakester's new fiberglass upper body. Cuneo had designed and built the 'sleds used by the medal-winning USA Olympic Bobsled Team.
"I suggested to Ida and Dauernheim that the racecar body needed a longer, tapered tail, necessitating that the frame be lengthened and a completely new body fabricated," said Cuneo, an aerodynamics specialist.
Ida, a modern-day coachbuilder who creates show-stopping customs, hot rods and prototypes at Rob Ida Concepts, Morganville, NJ, took Cuneo's input when designing and handcrafting the Lakester's wind cheating upper body. Dauernheim fabricated #608's aluminum side panels and steel floor.
When the body was completed, Jeff Davis, and his painter and crew at Specialized Autocraft, Chatham, NJ, prepped it and applied waterborne DuPont Hot Hues paint: Cromax Pro Blue plus silver and black. Lettering and striping is by Dennis Smith, Davis' striper for almost 40 years.
Powering the 25-foot-long, 3,100-pound Lakester is a 582-inch, 1,150-horsepower big-block engine, built by the legendary Chevrolet engine builder and drag racer, Tony Feil. Retired for more than a decade, Feil has been inducted into the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame and, while running Tony Feil Competition Engines, accumulated an impressive collection of national records.
The dry-sump-lubed 582-incher sports a Dart Big M cast-iron block, Brodix Big Duke aluminum heads, Callies forged crank, JE 15-to-1 pistons, Crower billet rods, Comp Cams roller, Jesel & Manley valve train, and is topped off with a pair of Holley 1,150-cfm Dominators. Redlined at 7,800 rpm, it thrives on a diet of 114-octane ERC race gas.
A ratchet-shifted Long four-speed and Quarter Master 7 1/4-inch triple-disc clutch covered with a Lakewood shield, transmit power to a Winters quick-change with a 3.08 ring & pinion (Bonneville final drive ratio is 2.19-to-1) and narrowed tubes fitted with Strange 31-spline axles.
Dauernheim fabricated 608's 194-inch-wheelbase space frame using 1 3/4-inch, .130-inch-wall mild steel tubing and fitted the 3/8-inch-wall mild steel tube front axle with 1937-'40 Ford spindles and bearings. Steering is VW and the front suspension has cantilevered, horizontally mounted Ohlins coil-over shocks.
At the rear, Dauernheim installed a four-bar suspension with 5/8-inch anti-roll bar and vertical Ohlins coil-overs. Brembo donated ventilated disc brakes that had been used on Dale Earnhardt Jr's Sprint Cup racecar. The Lakester rides on Goodyear 15-inch front, 18-inch rear Eagle LSR tires. A Stroud dual-chute system fits in canisters mounted in the tail section.
Michael Alan Ross is offering a fine art photo of #608 on the Salt Flats, valued at $750, for any donation over $250 to Autism Speaks. Michael can be contacted at, www.michaelalanross.com/
Checks for donations (fully tax deductible) should be made payable to AUTISM SPEAKS and mailed to Team 608, c/o Rob Gibby, 9 Timothy Lane, Bloomfield, CT 06002.
For more information about Autism, which affects 1 in 110 children, and the work that Autism Speaks does, please visit, www.autismspeaks.org/
#608 Dauernheim-Biglow-Davis AA/Gas Lakester Big-Block Engine Specifications
- Builder: Tony Feil, Whitehouse Station, NJ
- Displacement: 582 cubic inches
- Dyno Output: 1,150 horsepower
- Redline: 7,800 rpm
- Block: Dart Big M, cast iron
- Bore: 4.60-inch Stroke: 4.375-inch
- Pistons: JE 15-to-1, forged aluminum
- Crank: Callies, forged steel
- Rods: Crower 5.535-inch, billet steel
- Heads: Brodix Big Duke aluminum, CNC-ported
- Camshaft: Comp Cams Roller
- Valves: Manley titanium; titanium springs & retainers
- Valve Train: Jesel .904 Dog Bone rollers, 7/16-inch pushrods, aluminum Mohawk shafts, steel stands
- Induction: Holley dual 1,150-cfm Dominator carbs
- Exhaust: Dauernheim headers
- Lubrication: Dry sump, 11 quarts, Stef's custom pan & four-stage pump
- Ignition: MSD 7A
- Fuel Pump: Magna
- Fuel: 114-octane ERC race gas
Team Scorecard
- Owner-Constructor: Bob Dauernheim, Flemington, NJ
- Team Manager: Nick Morris, Somerset, NJ,
- Body Design & Fabrication: Rob Ida, Rob Ida Concepts, Morganville, NJ
- Driver: Don Biglow, Stuart, FL
- Engine Builder: Tony Feil, Whitehouse Station, NJ
- Aerodynamics & Suspension Advisor: Bob Cuneo, Chassis Dynamics, Oxford, CT
- Paint & Bodywork: Jeff Davis, Specialized Autocraft, Chatham, NJ
- Cockpit Canopy: Todd's Canopys, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Team Photographer: Michael Alan Ross, Michael Ross Fine Art
- Photography, Rowayton, CT
- Media Relations: Marty Schorr, PMPR, Inc., Sarasota, FL
Team 608 Supporting Members
- Terry Cook, Deco Rides, Long Valley, NJ
- Robin Dripps, Dripps & Gibby Racing, Batesville, VA
- Rob Gibby, Dripps & Gibby Racing, Bloomfield, CT
- Wayne Jesel, Jesel, Inc, Lakewood, NJ
- Dan Jesel, Jesel, Inc., Lakewood, NJ
- Hank Manley, Manley Performance Products, Lakewood, NJ
- A.B Shuman, author, COOL CARS, SQUARE ROLL BARS, Hillsdale, NJ
- Bill Wilson, Montrose Molders, South Plainfield, NJ


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More stars could become lifers with long-term deals
Trend of commitments to young talents could continue with Posey, Trout and the like
By Anthony Castrovince
Lifetime commitments have made a profitable business for many photographers, florists and wedding planners of the workaday world. But they're still pretty rare in a sporting world in which fame can be fleeting and stability is not assured.
Still, that hasn't prevented certain Major League clubs from locking in their franchise faces for the bulk -- if not the entirety -- of their remaining playing days.
You saw it years ago when the Rockies signed up for 11 years of Todd Helton and the Yankees went 10 deep with Derek Jeter. The Rox did it again when they committed to Troy Tulowitzki for a decade, and the Brewers followed with a similar deal with Ryan Braun.
In the past year alone, the formula has been followed multiple times. The Reds went all-in on a 10-year extension with Joey Votto that will last at least through his age-39 season. The Mets signed an eight-year pact with David Wright that keeps him under team control through his age-37 season. And Evan Longoria will be 36 when the final guaranteed year of his newly signed extension with the Rays runs out.
Under the right set of circumstances, then, players and clubs have been known to tie the knot, until trade or retirement do they part.
"You evaluate where the team is, the players' appetite for staying there long-term, the security aspect of it, and if it's truly a place he wants to play," one player agent said. "The interest of both the player and the organization have to match up. Teams don't like to lose those cornerstone players."
Maybe -- and it's admittedly a big maybe -- recent and coming increases in media revenue will improve the likelihood of such cornerstone commitments. And when you consider that MLB salaries have risen an average of 4.75 percent per year since 2004, there is value in committing to your stars at present-day prices.
"There are a lot of teams," said another agent, "that have resources they didn't have before, and tying up the core players is a priority."
Then again, there is this to consider:
"That average salary," said one general manager, "has climbed to such a degree that the break point is so different than it was before. There has to be some thought on the part of the player, "If I just wait for two years, the pot of gold on the end of the rainbow is a lot different than it used to be."
So, yes, it's complicated, as are most things on the business side of the game. A guy like Bryce Harper, represented by Scott Boras, is probably more likely to take a wait-and-see approach on his contractual value than to commit to anything just yet. And certainly, as teams mull their extension candidates this arbitration season, most of those considered commitments won't be of the "lifetime" variety.
But a few examples might fit the formula of buying out the rest of a player's perceived peak years, or even the rest of his career. And in conversations with several agents and executives about homegrown players who might not be changing uniforms for quite a while, the following names came up a time or two:
Buster Posey, Giants: In his first three seasons at the Major League level, Posey has won an MVP, a Rookie of the Year Award, a batting title and two World Series. So, yeah, the Giants might want to keep this guy around for a while.
Posey is eligible for arbitration for the first time this winter, so his contractual case is a front-burner topic. Even though he's a catcher, and catchers are inherently prone to durability issues, a 10-year commitment to the 25-year-old is far from out of the question, as one evaluator explained.
"He has an athletic body, so he can eventually be a third or first baseman," the evaluator said. "If he has to change positions, he's still going to hit."
And Posey's impressive 2012, in which he made a rousing return from a debilitating leg injury the previous year, has plenty believing he's going to hit for a long, long time. With arbitration on the way, the Giants just might ensure those hits come in a Giants uniform for the foreseeable future. If talks get into the 10-year territory, as they have for some of the game's other bright young stars, that would take Posey into his mid-30s.
Robinson Cano, Yankees: By any objective measure, Cano is one of the best players in the game today. And under normal circumstances, one would assume the Yankees would want to ensure Cano, entering his free-agent walk year, never dons another uniform.
But when are circumstances ever normal with the Yankees?
As it stands, the club is making every attempt to get payroll under the luxury-tax threshold of $189 million by 2014. And given that they already have major commitments with Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, Alex Rodriguez for at least the next four seasons, there's no telling how aggressive they'll be in attempting to extend Cano at year's end.
So Cano's is clearly a complicated case, made all the more complicated by the fact that second basemen don't age particularly well. But he makes this list because, at the end of the day, he is the best player on one of the game's most lucrative teams, and it would not be at all surprising if he remains with that team the rest of the way.
Felix Hernandez, Mariners: Conventional wisdom leads you to believe that if the Mariners were going to trade King Felix, they would have done so a while ago, because they've been honest about their contention hopes and Hernandez is a trade chip who could have netted them a bounty of bats.
The Mariners have held on, though, because they view Hernandez as the face of the franchise, the rock they are attempting to build around. And Hernandez, who is eligible for free agency at the end of the 2014 season, when he'll be 28, has been adamant in his public remarks that he loves Seattle and wants to stay there.
Plenty of players have backed off such statements in the past, of course, but Hernandez and general manager Jack Zduriencik both appear to be sincere.
"There seems to be a particular interest," one agent said, "in getting a deal done there."
Of course, with pitchers -- even pitchers of Hernandez's caliber -- the 10-year-type commitment simply isn't going to happen. But it might just happen with the next guy on this list.
Mike Trout, Angels: Trout put up some amazing numbers for a rookie last season -- 30 homers, 83 RBIs, 49 stolen bases, 129 runs scored. As first impressions go, his was a stunner.
The more stunning number, though, might be yet to come. Because if Trout demonstrates the ability to near, repeat or, dare I say, improve upon those statistics in the coming years, his paycheck possibilities are stratospheric.
So already, there are some people in the industry who think Trout, still two years shy of arbitration, is worth a long-term look. Granted, it wouldn't be a career-long commitment (he's only 21, after all), but the Angels could certainly buy out a significant portion of his career.
"If I'm them," said one exec, "I'm already talking about a crazy long deal. I don't think anybody knows what his ceiling is. You could be looking at the greatest modern player in the game."
The most money ever committed to a player with a similar amount of service time came was in Braun's eight-year, $45 million extension with the Brewers in early 2008. Given today's rates, and the historic nature of Trout's rookie season, would a similar number of years require a nine-figure investment? It certainly seems plausible.
"If he goes another year [like 2012]," said an agent, "you'd have to think he's one of those [$100 million-plus] guys."
Justin Verlander, Tigers: As with Hernandez, this one's made difficult by his position.
"There is a threshold with pitching," said an exec, "where every guy is going to break down at some point."
That said, it's hard to imagine a scenario in which the Tigers let Verlander sniff free agency. He's currently eligible for it after the 2014 season, when he'll be 31. His next long-term contract, then, could be his last, and it is not at all unreasonable to suggest that contract will come from the Tigers. They've already been rumored to be exploring the possibility.


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Americans are getting a little taller and a lot fatter. Adults are roughly an inch taller than they were in the early 1960s, on average, and nearly 25 pounds heavier, the government reported Wednesday.
The nation's expanding waistline has been well documented, though the new report is the first to quantify that trend, based on how many pounds the average person is carrying.
The reasons are no surprise: more fast food, more television and less walking, to name a few. Researchers this year reported that obesity, aided by poor diet and lack of activity, threatens to overtake tobacco use as the leading preventable cause of death.
In 1960-62, the average man weighed 166.3 pounds. By 1999-2002, the average was 191 pounds, according to the report from the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report said the average woman's weight rose from 140.2 pounds to 164.3 pounds.
The trends are the same for children, the report said. Average 10-year-olds weighed about 11 pounds more in 1999-2002 than they did 40 years ago. That means the next generation of adults could turn out to be even heavier, said Dr. Samuel Klein, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
"All the kids who are obese now will become obese adults," Klein said. "What will happen with the next generation of adults is really scary."
Obesity can increase the likelihood of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol and lead to other health problems.
The report documented an increase in weight when measured by body mass index, a scale that takes into account both height and weight. Average BMI for adults, ages 20 to 74, has increased from about 25 to 28 over the 40-year span.
Anyone with a BMI from 25 to 30 is considered overweight. Someone with a score of 30 or more is considered obese.
Although less dramatically, Americans also getting taller.
Men's average height increased from 5 feet 8 inches in the early 1960s to 5 feet 9 1/2 inches in 1999-2002.
The average height of a woman went from just over 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches.
Even that is a big jump in a short time, said Dr. Meir Stampfer, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard's School of Public Health.
The height trends begin in childhood and are evident through adolescence and into adulthood, said the report's author, Cynthia Ogden, an epidemiologist at the National Center for Health Statistics. Taller children grow up to be taller adults.
Height, while determined largely by genetics, also is influenced by childhood nutrition. Adults in the early 1960s grew up during tougher times when they may not have had enough to eat, Klein said.
"Things were not so plentiful here," he said. In recent years, there have been "very few starving kids." On the contrary, many are being overfed.
The weight gain trend is typically reported as what portion of all children or all adults are overweight. Those numbers are also alarming. In 1999-2002, 31 percent of adults had a BMI of 30 or more, double the rate from the early 1960s.
About two in three adults in 1999-2002 were considered overweight.
The explanations center on too much food or not enough exercise.
More television channels and remotes to surf them. Computers and video games. E-mail. Technological advances often mean people move around less.
"Everyone has a leaf blower. Ten years ago, people had rakes," David Katz, director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center.
Changes in neighborhoods can contribute to the trend. People stay inside if it is not safe on the streets and may not go to the store if sidewalks are lacking.
Food is to blame, too. Portions have gotten bigger. People go out to eat more. Junk food that stays fresh for a long time is more readily available, meaning it is easier to find a bag of cookies or potato chips in the cupboard than an orange, which may go bad in a few days.


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Beverly Mae Kirby Reigel
Beverly Mae Kirby Reigel, 70, of Elgin, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Born in Erie, she was the daughter of Myles Kirby and Mildred Ishman. She was formerly employed with Rice Creek Elementary School and was of Baptist faith.Surviving are her husband of 48 years, Daniel Alvin Reigel Sr.; her children, Daniel A. Reigel Jr. (Sally), Sherry Branham, David Reigel (Iva), Susan Sims (Vince), Shelly Bagwell (Tony), Sandi Brassell (Marty), Sunny Boucher (John) and Donald Reigel (Melissa); 21 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three sisters; and one brother.Funeral services celebrating the life of Beverly Mae Kirby Reigel will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 at Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel. Burial will follow at Greenhaven Memorial Gardens. Reverend Virgil Bagwell will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 at Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel.Memorials may be made in Mrs. Reigel's memory to the American Heart Association of SC, Memorials & Tributes, PO Box 5216, Glen Allen, Va. 23058.Online condolences may be sent to the Reigel family by visiting www.kornegnayfuneral.com.Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff-Elgin Chapel, is assisting the family.


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The Drive to Collect 100,000 pounds of food
The Tecumseh Council Scouting for Food Campaign kicks off on Saturday, March 10th. Local Boy Scouts will distribute bags alerting communities of the effort to collect non-perishable food items for local pantries. On the morning of Saturday, March 17th Scouts will return to the same neighborhoods to collect the food and deliver items to local food pantries.
As an alternative, food items can be dropped off at the following Logan and Champaign County locations:
* In Bellefontaine - Steve Austin's March 10 - March 16th
Tractor Supply Co. (TSC)- March 17th
* In Urbana - Urbana Library & Security National Bank March 10 - March 17th
Help the Scouts help our neighbors. Let's together Drive to Collect 100,000 lbs. of Food!


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Instructor(s) Charo, R. Alta
Bioethics & the Law will focus on the interplay between common law doctrine, constitutional law and medicine. It will not cover medical malpractice or health insurance coverage, but it will cover the doctor-patient relationship; new reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy; contraception and abortion; pregnancy and childbirth; experimental treatments; assistance in dying; and organ transplantation. Legal concepts touched on include kinship, personhood, liberty, equity and autonomy. The course will be conducted in a traditional lecture/discussion format. Readings will be taken from published cases and articles, and may include non-legal materials, such as essays in philosophy or history of science. Prior knowledge of constitutional law and administrative law helpful but not required. Course may be taken for 2-credits (for which a 20-page paper is required) or for 3-credits (for which an additional 10-page paper is required). No exam. Course may be taken pass/fail.


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plasma pong...except atari had the creater take it down because of property rights
plasma pong...except atari had the creater take it down because of property rights
There are doubtless countless clones, derivatives and clever variants of Pong. The fact that the current "Atari" (i.e. owners of the name/IP) will bless one as official probably makes little difference. It's common for such companies to produce numerous "official" sequels to famous arcade games over the years. Those are generally forgotten when they want to sell the *next* pointless update of the original.
It's like Space Invaders. That's a very simple game- you can tart it up or add gimmicks, but they're either going to end up as (a) Space Invaders with shiny graphics, bells and whistles that just exaggerate how simplistic the core game is or (b) something so modernised and far from the original that it's an "in name only".
The "truest" sequel would be a game that started from the same basic concept as Space Invaders, retaining what made it work, but moving it on and enhancing it, making the original look slightly staid in the process. But Namco basically did that (unofficially) already... 30 years ago with "Galaxian" and then "Galaga".
Tetris is probably *the* uber-example of a simple game that works well *because* of its simplicity and absolutely doesn't need bells or whistles- the game was probably perfected with the Game Boy version. However, that hasn't stopped them making countless official sequels and spinoffs that add nothing but gimmickry to justify the sale of a game we've already bought many times. I appreciate that Alexey Pajitnov got shafted on the rights early on, and probably wants to make some money from his creation, but it doesn't change the fact that it's all pointless.
What I don't get is why they gotta rehash the SAME ones over and over AND OVER like Joust, Pong, Frogger, Defender, when there was tons of cool and quirky ones that haven't be run so deep into the ground its right next to fucking dinosaur bones. like how about Vanguard? That was fun. or Pleiades? that was fun too, or Outlaw? And how about not just mining old arcade games, but what about old PC games as well? Its not like mobile phones don't have more than enough juice now to run the graphics in something li
"Be the ball!"
It's all about different perspective!
I want a pong where game play is I'm the ball and I choose the amount of english on the spin
I want frogger from a first person view. I want an turn based "defender" where I control a massive army against an overpowered computer AI player.
Dammit, I want a lunar lander where I am fucking gravity......
I want frogger from a first person view.
It's not exactly first person, but they did do a somewhat 3D version of Frogger [youtube.com] in the late 90s.
I remember hearing about Hasbro's 3D version of Centipede [youtube.com] at the time and thinking "typical gimmicky attempt to 'update' a classic", but having looked it up, their 3D Frogger appears to have done something interesting with the idea, even if it's more of a sequel that expands on the idea (see my comment on Invaders/Galaxians above) than the remake of the original it presents itself as.
I want an turn based "defender" where I control a massive army against an overpowered computer AI player
Back in high school, a friend and I drew up designs for a game called "Offender", where you played the aliens trying to steal the humanoids from the planet. We got as far as designing sprites, but never coded anything.
What I don't get is why they gotta rehash the SAME ones over and over AND OVER
Here's why... you said it yourself. It's to exploit...
some sense of nostalgia
And even though
anybody that played any of the originals are probably just as damned sick as i am of these rehashes
you have to realise that it's in the nature of entertainment corporations that they're going to exploit the heck out of any IP that has made them a lot of money previously, so long as they think they can make a bit more money out of it. They won't stop until long after this has stopped paying off.
Then after some time someone else will think they can exploit the "franchise" again, and given how the media reports (and people perceive) thin
Go ahead, punk.
Touch my Pong.
It needs to be first person, it needs to have blood, also needs to have dubstep music.
Oh, and don't forget DLC with new tennis balls and racket designs.
You can't deny it Atari, this is the only way to go.
It needs to be first person, it needs to have blood, also needs to have dubstep music.
And bonus levels! Don't miss the pong faq [musenet.org]!
It needs to be first person, it needs to have blood, also needs to have dubstep music.
Oh, and don't forget DLC with new tennis balls and racket designs.
You can't deny it Atari, this is the only way to go.
Add in a pointless MMO element, and make the ball "angry" too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWltQ9UN5vE [youtube.com]
You have to get a Government form completed. You bounce backwards and forwards between departments. The only difference is that you never get out and the game lasts forever.
and at the 7th level, Kafka says hi
They should call it Ms. Pong, and it should be essentially the same game, except the ball has a ribbon in its hair.
already been done... http://www.addictinggames.com/sports-games/curveball.jsp
Didn't they already do a kind of modernized pong.
I actually remember it not being too bad. Remember playing it on the playstation (back when I actually liked Sony as a company). Had powerups and a 3D camera system that was actually pretty impressive for it's time. Was a good party game.
Ah yes, "Pong - The next Level" I love that version, still play the original disk thanks to emulation (and a BIOS dumper). Each board was a different variation of pong. There were themed worlds. The first level even had Penguins. [youtube.com]
Spoiler alert! After you beat the game you could play the original Pong game in the stars... The last level on the side of the Atari Symbol was a bit frustrating and NOT very pong like. [youtube.com]
Apparently everything, as it turns out. Atari is nothing but a name, bought and sold like something found at Best Buy, and now brandished by a company with no resemblance or heritage to the company that defined the name.
Apparently everything, as it turns out. Atari is nothing but a name, bought and sold like something found at Best Buy, and now brandished by a company with no resemblance or heritage to the company that defined the name.
There seems to be some respect for its heritage. From the summary: "The judges for the contest include Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, who came up with the original idea for Pong."
To be fair, even if never sold companies change over time. Apple run by founder Steve Jobs in 2010 was quite different than Apple in 1980.
It's now a company in another country so far away that it's across an ocean and with employees that speak a different language.
That is not only stupid, it's manipulative and misleading. Everyone might know that certain trademarks like 'Memorex' are a scam, but I doubt the same is true (yet) of this one.
Apparently everything, as it turns out. Atari is nothing but a name, bought and sold like something found at Best Buy, and now brandished by a company with no resemblance or heritage to the company that defined the name.
Yep- the current "Atari" is really just the company formerly known as Infogrames, who bought the name from Hasbro Interactive around a decade back.
The original- and most famous- Atari Inc. was split in 1984. The computer and home division became Jack Tramiel's Atari Corp. (legally separate, but an obvious successor in interest) which fizzled out in the mid-90s and merged with a second-rate hard drive manufacturer that went bankrupt soon after. The arcade division (Atari Games) was sold to Midway who dropped the "Atari" name in the late 90s, and closed it altogether a few years later.
IMHO that's where anything resembling a true continuation of the original Atari ended.. Hasbro Interactive and Infogrames were/are connected in name and rights only, but obviously it serves Infogrames', er... *Atari's* retro-credibility better if they get to present themselves as the "classic" Atari and present Bushnell as- or at least imply that he was- their founder.
Bushnell is and was a whore.
That fact alone makes the "new" Atari like the old one in the most important way possible. Except this one has sustainable ideas on how to structure it's business.
Just like Commodore.
Arkanoid is breakout, not pong.
I see something more along the lines of https://xkcd.com/117/ [xkcd.com]
1. Have the ball transmit damage to a paddle on each successful return so that divots are taken out of each paddle. As each paddle becomes more fragmented, a player's ability to successfully return the ball decreases.
1a. Introduce a healing ball that appears at random intervals headed from the middle of the pong field toward the outside. Capturing this healer would restore some portion of sustained damage.
2. That's all I got for now.
If they won't hire you as an employee why would you help them?
Instead of a contest for $100,000 why not offer employment? I know a programmer for Atari working on Pong will make $100,000 a year+. They want to get you to do all the hard work of designing the game so they can come along and give you $100,000 to steal it.
Know what your ideas are worth. They are cheap and this is a complete scam.
Know what your ideas are worth.
Assuming that the ideas are original, most peoples ideas are worth about $0.00 dollars, many even less than that.
Do you remember that old advice: never work with an idea man? There's a reason that still rings true today.
If they won't hire you as an employee why would you help them?
Because I do not want to work for Atari but still think it'd be neat to see an idea of mine implemented. Also because I have lot and lots of ideas (except in this one case, heh), and giving this one away doesn't really matter to me.
Read the rules. First, this isn't just an "idea". You have to submit a final game to them if they like the idea. So really you're just a contractor.
Now, the rules. You don't get $100k in cash. You get $50k in cash:
The highest-scoring Winner will receive up to One Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars ($100,000.00), comprised of a Prize of Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars ($50,000.00) with the opportunity to earn a Prize Maximum of up to an additional Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars ($50,000.00), in connection with sales of
This was my first thought. And it's only that good if you win. If you don't win, you get nothing. How many entries might you be competing against? 100? 1000? More? Might as well play the lottery.
Maybe Atari is also looking for more people and is using this as a way to find those who are interested and talented? Odds of that aren't good either. If they are searching for people, they can't hire but a handful even if they wanted to hire more.
Contests leave me feeling cold.
Some rough calculations. Let's say Atari sells your game for $2.99. $3 to make it easier.
$3.00 x 70% = $2.10. That is the profit after Apple takes their cut.
$2.10 x 2% = $0.042. So Atari's generous 2% profit share nets you about 4 cents off of every app purchase. 4 cents!
Okay, so how many app purchases would it take to make that other $50,000?
1,190,476. Almost 1.2 million. Huh.
And how much does Atari make from those 1.1 million app purchases?
$2,449,999. Yup. You get $50,000, they get $2.4 million. Seems f
2. That's all I got for now.
Sounds like you need to level up, ideasman.
Get on our level. [youtube.com]
No further comment. Just read it!
Atari is offering up to $100,000 in a contest for a new version of Pong
You realize that the people with the really good ideas are not going to answer your question given the prize money at stake? You are going to have to wait for the end of the contest to get your answer.
Use the accelerometers such that the entire phone is your paddle.
"The contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columba, eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of their entry who have an Apple developer ID and have published a valid and proper Apple iTunes U.S. App Store game prior to the date of their entry...."
I was semi-excited there for a minute.
That sucks, that limits the potential quite sharply.
What I really like is that the rules say that Atari becomes the owner of your entry. So if you don't win, you can't even throw your game on the app store and see it makes a few bucks there instead.
Without limiting the foregoing, each Eligible Entrant agrees that upon completion of each stage of production of his or her Entry until final completion of such Entry, such completed stage of production, all materials used in the production of such completed stage of production, the Entry, all derivatives thereof, Eligible Entrant's contributions thereto, and all right, title and interest pertaining thereto, including without limitation the copyright and renewals and extensions thereof, shall be entirely the property of Sponsor.
You'd have to be some kind of moron to enter this contest.
They've restricted the contest to people who already have an Apple Developer ID, so they be used to this kind of abuse.
Seriously, anyone entering this should read the rules very carefully. First of all, it isn't a straight 100k. It's 50k with POTENTIAL for 100k depending on how well it sells. Also, they take all rights for anyone who even enters the contest. Why is that? That's because they aren't going to just sell a new Pong. They're selling a Pong Pak (c) according to the rules. So they're going to take all the entrants that are decent and create a PAK of Pong games and sell that for pure profit.
Oh, and bonus, the whole
"Atari Wants To Reinvent Pong" is incorrect. It should be:
"Foreign company that owns the Atari trademark wants someone else to reinvent Pong for them, because they blew it trying to reboot a few of Atari's classic titles themselves."
Doubly so considering Atari didn't invent Pong, they stole it from Magnavox [wikipedia.org] and the original developer Ralph Baer [wikipedia.org].
I have had ideas for new versions of pong and for many games but I damn sure am not going to give my idea to Atari or any game company. Atari if you want my idea for pong hire me for $100,000 a year and I'll even help you code it.
Otherwise fuck off
Would be Wii Sports tennis game.
Or if they can make a kinnect responsive enough.
Duh! Any modern tennis (or table tennis) video game is a modern Pong!
Don't you mean the people who bought the name/rights after the real Atari quietly disbanded and had its "brains" scatted among silicon valley, to be absorbed into the gray corporate goo? ( http://www.atarihq.com/othersec/dthomas/100496.html [atarihq.com] )
This is just another investment firm trying to profit off the past of others. Just say no.
Ya, i'm still resentful, even after all these years.
I just implemented a pong game in Minecraft.. 21st century = you implement games inside other game worlds.
I didn't think it was possible, but they already made a great pong remake. It was on the PS1 and had a ton of different tables/variations. They ever had a four player (2 vs 2) coop option!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se5gYQ8wURQ [youtube.com]
Looks like this [maniacworld.com].
Don't just make it classic pong + AI because then this happens. [irancartoon.com]
Gamasutra covered how much of a scam this contest is [gamasutra.com].
The executive summary: Atari gets full ownership and rights to every submission, winning or otherwise, and you'll never earn anywhere near $100k even if you win the top prize.
All of this is rather unsurprising, given the dirty tricks Atari Legal have been playing lately. [slashdot.org]
It was cheap, like 15 bucks, which is why I got it. Autorun did not wok, installer crashed 3 fucking times, had to sign in to steam, installer crashed, uninstall, crash crash, fuck this copy disc to hard drive, uninstall, actually installed and got notice that a update HAD to be installed, thats 400 megs larger than the fucking game on the disc
that new chip is just a micro running software, not a dedicated thing that someone sat down and designed at the silicon level JUST for pong, though its probably masked so you cant reprogram it
A tablet game where you look through the tablet and see the ball.
There's NO good reason to reinvent Pong, it still works fine. And the only worthwhile reinvention has already taken place, and it is called Arkanoid. You may notice that this occurred quite some time in the past.
But AR is a fad right now so you could probably SELL a Pong game based on AR, which is why I think it's a "good" idea... for them, not for a game.
Arkanoid wasn't a direct reinvention of Pong, it was a reinvention of Breakout, which- while quite obviously descended from Pong- wasn't the exact same game.
yeah I meant to say the "last" iteration but failed.
Pretty much like a 21st century buggy whip.
Each of you has a paddle shaped object, and you use a physical ball, see, and... oh never mind.
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PRINCETON, N.J. - After a long rain delay, Princeton officials decided to reduce the tournament to 36 holes, with only 18 on Saturday. The Bulldogs are only 11 shots back of leader Rutgers (294), and seven shots back of Ivy rival Columbia (298). Princeton (301) sits alone in third with Harvard (304) and St. Bonaventure (304) tied in fourth. The Bulldogs (305) are in a tie with Penn (305) for sixth.
Leading the Bulldogs was sophomore Thomas Mccarthy who shot a round of 75 (+4), putting him in a tie for 16th. He was followed closely by senior Taylor Hakes and junior Ben Wescoe who are in a tie for 22nd after shooting rounds of 76 (+5). Rounding out Yale's scoring team was sophomore Michael Fader who shot a round of 78 (+6). Yale's fifth player, freshman Jeffrey Hatten, finished in a tie for 44th after shooting a round of 79 (+7).
The Bulldogs will try to close the gap Sunday morning with 18 holes, starting at 9:35 a.m.
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BRIDGEWATER, Va. - Bridgewater College erased a five-point halftime deficit, built a 14-point lead in the second half and then held on down the stretch to defeat Washington and Lee, 81-78, in ODAC action at Nininger Hall.
The win was the second straight for the Eagles who improved to 7-16 overall and 4-10 in the ODAC. The loss was the second in a row for the Generals now 12-11, 5-9 in the ODAC.
The Generals led for most of the first half and took their biggest lead when J.D. Ey threw down a dunk and Clay McLean followed with a layup to put W&L on top 26-16 with 6:50 left in the opening half.
The Eagles fought back and used some inspired defensive work from Ronnie Thomas to go on a 10-0 run.
After Kenneth Waugh hit 1-of-2 at the foul line, a steal and layup by Thomas cut the margin to nine, a steal by Ed Reddick led to a 3-pointer by Thomas that cut the lead to 28-22. After two free throws by Matthew Hunter, another steal by Thomas led to a layup by Hunter as the Eagles pulled to with two 28-26.
Ey powered inside to convert a three-point play, but Thomas answered with two foul shots, making the score 31-28. Layups by Ey and Whitaker pushed the margin back to seven before Hunter scored in the paint to pull the Eagles within five, 35-30, at the break.
"We were really struggling on the offensive end in the first half and we were down by 10 or 12 and the game was in danger of getting away from us," Bridgewater head coach Don Burgess said. "Ronnie came up with three big steals and we were able to get some points in transition and that helped us cut the lead down to five at the break."
The Generals held the upper hand early in the second, but foul trouble for Ey and Bridgewater's use of a smaller, quicker lineup turned the momentum in BC's favor.
"W&L was killing us on the boards," said Burgess. "With Ey and Whitaker, they have two of the best offensive rebounders in the ODAC. We decided to go small, hoping our quickness would be an advantage."
Two foul shots by Whitaker gave the Generals a 43-36 lead with 16:38 to play, but the Eagles outscored W&L 12-2 over the next 4:30 to take the lead.
Adams started the run with a short jumper and Reddick added a layup to pull the Eagles within three. Adams knocked down a baseline jumper to make it a one-point game, but Javon McDonald hit two foul shots to put the Generals up by three, 45-42.
A short jumper by Reddick and two free throws by Hunter put the Eagles up by one and a layup by Reddick gave Bridgewater a 48-45 lead with 11:56 left.
The score was tied at 48, 50 and 52-all before the Eagles took the lead for good with a 7-0 run. A layup by Romie Powell gave BC a 54-52 lead and two foul shots by Reddick extended the margin to four. Hunter then drained a long 3-pointer to give the Eagles a 49-42 lead with 7:14 left.
After a jumper by McDonald trimmed the margin to five, the Eagles scored the next nine points to lead by 14. Adams scored from in close and Reddick threw down a big one-handed dunk in transition off an assist from Hunter to give the Eagles a 63-54 lead. A layup by Hunter and a 3-pointer by Thomas pushed the advantage to 14 points, 68-54, with 4:14 left.
The Eagles seemed to have control of the game when Reddick hit two foul shots with 1:55 left to put the BC lead at 13, 74-61. Then, the Generals began chipping away at the deficit.
The Eagles fouled the Generals on three straight trips and W&L converted all six free throws. Meanwhile the Eagles were missing half of their free throws as the lead dwindled to seven, 76-69, with 39 seconds left.
After Benaiah Wise hit 1-of-2 foul shots, Clay McLean scored on a driving layup to make it a six-point game, 77-71. Waugh hit 1-of-2 at the line before McDonald drilled a long 3-pointer to pull the Generals within four, 78-74, with 26 seconds left.
Stapleton hit two big free throws for the Eagles, but the Generals converted with a four-point trip on its next possession to make it a two-point game. McDonald drew a foul driving to the hoop and made the first foul shot. He missed the second foul shot on purpose and Ey batted the rebound back toward midcourt. McDonald chased down the tip and hit a big 3-pointer to make the score 80-78 with 5.4 seconds left.
Bridgewater inbounded the ball to Waugh and he hit the second of two foul shots to give the Eagles a three-point lead, 81-78. McDonald dribbled just past the midcourt line and his desperation 3-pointer was well short as the Eagles escaped with the three-point win.
Reddick scored all 18 of his points in the second half to lead four Eagles in double figures. Thomas scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half and Hunter added a career-high 17. Adams finished the game with 10 points.
"Ed is a tough guard," said Burgess. "He's quick and he's strong and he was able to get to the rim and finish in the second half. I thought our guards, Ronnie, Hunter and Benaiah Wise really played well. We turned it over just nine times and we created 24 turnovers. Romie Powell gave us some really good minutes and finished with eight points.
"We have to be better down the stretch," Burgess continued. "You've got to make free throws and we have to be smarter at the defensive end. But. we'll take the win. It was another great team effort as a lot of different guys stepped up with big plays."
Ey led the Generals with 19 points and 12 boards and Whitaker also posted a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. McDonald finished with 19 points and McLean scored 17.
Bridgewater is back in action Wednesday when the team makes the long trek south to play at Emory & Henry. The Eagles close out the regular season next Saturday when they host Roanoke College.


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Today we feature a portrait of the Civil War Raider, and Old West outlaw Cole Younger. He rode with Jesse James, and was a raider in the Civil War. Younger joined the notorious guerrilla fighter William Clarke Quantrill in the Civil War. After the war, he joined up with Frank and Jesse James, and formed the infamous James-Younger gang. On September 7, 1876, the gang attempted to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota. Cole Younger and his brother Bob would both later say that they selected the bank because of its connection to two former Union generals Benjamin Butler and Adelbert Ames. Cole was captured and pleaded guilty to avoid hanging. After he was released from prison, Cole became a popular speaker across the country. Cole Younger died March 21, 1916.
Each day we bring you one stunning little glimpse of history in the form of a historical photograph. Enjoy!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Cheyenne Warriors
Today we feature a photograph of Cheyenne Warriors on horseback. It was on this day, November 29, in the year 1864, that US military forces massacred hundreds of Cheyenne noncombatants in the Colorado Territory.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
War Effort
Today we feature a photograph of a Woman Worker in the War Effort in World War II. During the war, a large fraction of the United States workforce was occupied in fighting the war. At the same time, there was a huge demand for workers to build the planes, tanks, and other equipment needed to fight the war. In order to fill the jobs, many women entered the workforce in jobs previously reserved for men. This picture shows a woman working on the B-24 Liberator bomber.
The first Liberator bomber rolled off the Willow Run production line on this day, November 28, in the year 1942. Today we tip our hats to all the women stepped forward to new and difficult jobs to help the Allies win the war.
Monday, November 26, 2007
The War Horse
This is a nice portrait of General James Longstreet. Robert E. Lee called Longstreet his "Old War Horse". Historians consider Longstreet one of the best corps commanders in the Civil War. After the Civil War, he applied for a pardon from President Andrew Johnson. Johnson refused to pardon him, stating, "There are three persons of the South who can never receive amnesty: Mr. Davis, General Lee, and yourself. You have given the Union cause too much trouble."
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Two American Legends
This is a wonderful photograph of two American Legends . . . Buffalo Bill Cody, and Chief Sitting Bull. The picture was taken in 1885.
Sitting Bull is remembered as the great Sioux Chief who led the Native Americans at the Battle of Little Big Horn, and the defeat of General George Armstrong Custer. In later years, Sitting Bull exploited his fame and notoriety, and even worked in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for about four months. Sitting Bull was killed by Indian police on December 15, 1890. They feared that his alleged involvement in the Indian Ghost Dance Movement would lead to an Indian uprising.
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
Railroad Depot
Today we feature a picture of the Railroad Depot at Nashville, Tennessee. It was taken in 1864. I love these old train pictures.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Mexican Emigrant
This picture shows a Mexican Emigrant entering the United States. The picture was taken near Nuevo Laredo, in 1912. I can remember visiting Mexico in the 1960's and 1970's and you would see many examples of this type of cart and burro set up being used as transportation.
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
We would like to wish everyone a happy and Blessed Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Thomas Edison
This is a nice picture of Thomas Edison, as a young man. He is shown with his recording device. It was on this day, November 21, in the year 1877 that Thomas Edison announced the invention of the phonograph.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Child in School
Today we feature a photograph of a young boy in school. the picture was taken in 1938.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Gettysburg Address
This is not one of the clearest pictures we have ever featured, but it might be one of the most interesting. The picture shows Abraham Lincoln, just as he was about to give the Gettysburg Address. He is pictured in the center. He is seated on the platform. The Gettysburg Address was given to dedicate the memorial at the Gettysburg battlefield.
Abraham Lincoln gave this famous speech on this day, November 19, in the year 1863.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Family in the Great Depression
I am really fascinated by these pictures of people in the Great Depression. It is hard to believe the level of poverty people endured. I often reflect on the things that annoy me, and ruin my day, and ponder how small those things are compared to what this family had to endure. My Dad grew up in the Great Depression, and it affected him his whole life. The generation that lived through the depression is fading away, and soon will be gone. Sometimes I fear that there are important lessons that our generation is not learning. We should cherish each day for the abundance we enjoy. The photograph was taken by Dorothea Lange.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
1940's Gas Station
Today we feature a photograph of a Gas Station from the 1940's. I grew up in the 1960's and can remember when they had full service gas stations like this one. You drove up, and they would come out, fill your tank, wash your windshield, check your tires and oil level.
Friday, November 16, 2007
New York Crowd
Today we feature a photograph of a crowd in New York's Union Square in the 1910's. I find all the hats interesting. Have you noticed that people don't wear hats much anymore? Only a few people wear hats these days, and usually it is only a baseball cap. Even the real cowboys that I know don't wear cowboy hats . . . they wear baseball caps. I think it would be neat if hats came back as a fashion item, what do you think?
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Black Child
This picture shows a Black Child. It was taken in 1939 in North Carolina. When I see pictures of poor children like this from the Great Depression, I always wonder what the rest of their life was like. Were they able to overcome the poverty of their youth, or does the picture pretty much sum up their whole life.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
First Flight from Navy Ship
This photograph shows the first successful flight from the deck of a US Navy Ship. This historic flight was made on this day, November 14, in the year 1910. The pilot was Eugene Ely, and he is flying a Curtis Pusher aircraft. The ship was at Hampton Roads, Virginia, and shortly after takeoff, the pilot landed at Willoghby Spit.
It is amazing how far things have come over the last hundred years. I would bet the Eugene never dreamed of how far this little thing would go.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Sharecroppers in North Carolina. The picture is from 1939.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Spring Plowing
Today's picture shows spring plowing. The picture was taken in 1939 near Marshall Texas.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Day they Burned Atlanta
It was on this day, November 11, in the year 1864 that General William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta to the ground. The picture above shows Union Soldiers in the midst of the task. The picture shows the smoke in the city, as a group of soldiers destroy the railroad tracks. This was the opening chapter in Sherman's March to the Sea, where he destroyed everything in his path between Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Sturgis, Dakota Territory
Today we show a picture of the town of Sturgis, in the Dakota Territory. The photograph was taken in 1887.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Jefferson Davis
This is a portrait of Jefferson Davis. It was on this day, November 6, in the year 1861 that Jefferson Davis was elected to his first term as President of the Confederate States of America. I always like the Davis Quote:
"I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came. "
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Sunday, November 4, 2007
President Calvin Coolidge
This picture shows Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge, and Senator Curtis in an open top car, on their way to the capitol. Mrs. Coolidge had a pretty smile, and she seamed to be a neat first lady. She was the only first lady to have a pet raccoon at the white house.
Anyway, Calvin Coolidge was elected the 29th president of the United States on this day, November 4, in the year 1924.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
President Taft
Today we feature a photograph of William Howard Taft, as he campaigns for the office of President of the United States. Taft was elected president on this day, November 3, in the year 1908.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Nez perce
Today we feature a photograph of a Nez Perce Native American. The photograph was taken in 1910. It is really sad to me to look at pictures of Native Americans from this time period. This man would have no doubt remembered the traditional way of life, and he has lived to see that way disappear.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Union Commander George McClellan
Today we feature a photograph of General George McClellan. It was on this day, November 1, 1861 that Abraham Lincoln appointed McClellan as commander of the Union Army. This was after the Union's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Bull run.
Abraham Lincoln's first choice to lead the Union army was a brilliant general named Robert E. Lee. Lee declined Lincoln's offer, having other priorities in mind.
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