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She'll be falling down the mountain…
Despite having reviewed a ton of snowboarding games, I still can't
snowboard. I can fall down really well and am something of an expert on shattering
certain small bones, but if the definition of snowboarding includes standing up
for longer than 10 seconds, then my likeness will never appear in the dictionary.
But I kick ass at snowboarding video games, and few let you kick as much ass
as SSX 3. The game is based on its two excellent predecessors,
but is also completely redesigned, adding in a fantastic new mode, new moves
and updating the graphics to near ludicrous levels of cool. And most importantly,
even those of us with the snowboarding skills of a blind, one-legged pigeon
can rule the virtual mountain without hurting anything more than our thumbs.
the most part, the game plays like the other SSX titles.
Tricking is handled with the shoulder buttons and works as well as ever, which
in turn fills up the boost meter to increase speed and eventually leads to big
Uber tricks. Now, however, there are three levels of Ubers, the last one resulting
in the biggest tricks and unlimited boost for a while. Much of the gameplay
lies in you deciding how and when to use your boost.
The other key gameplay concern is keeping yourself in line for jumps and staying
on your board. The former is handled better than before by giving you two control
types: a Pro setting which is just like the lock-on from the other games and
a new default that dumps rotation over on the D-Pad. While it sounds ungainly,
it works wonders. You rarely get into the snafu of lining up a trick, unable
to move while heading towards a wall. It was a great move by EA to fix this
small but noticeable issue.
SSX 3 also adds the ability to do a nose press, which functions
much like a manual in the Tony Hawk
games and is primarily used to link tricks for big combo points. It's pretty
easy to use and its only major drawback is that it messes up your turning a little.
Once you figure it out and start linking tricks, your scores move into the stratosphere.
You can also pull off handplants, but these aren't particularly useful. Like
SSX Tricky, the PS2 control edges out the Xbox
and Gamecube due to the easier-to-reach four shoulder buttons.
If pleasant kudos should be given to the control tweaks, then EA Big should
get dinner and a movie for changing the ubiquitous set up of snowboarding games.
You can partake in standard single Race or Freestyle events, but you probably
won't. In these games you usually go from track to disjointed track, seemingly
unaware that in reality, these things are built into mountains.
Succinctly put, SSX 3 gives you a mountain. Three, actually,
all connected and fully stocked from breathtaking start to glorious finish.
To be fair, this isn't totally unheard of, as THQ gave it to us in Dark
Summit. However, THQ also gave us crummy control and a retarded story and
the continuous mountain format was lost in the snow. Here, it's the basis behind
the innovative, preposterously fun new Conquer the Mountain mode.
Instead of just tackling a bunch of set tracks, you take one of the
game's riders to the three peaks. You do not create your own boarder,
an omission that is a little annoying and forces you to deal with the smartass
personalities of the "extreme" characters. It's forgivable, but hurts. At least
they allow you to build up character stats and buy plenty of new gear, though
that's entirely cosmetic.
Each of the three peaks has a number of races to complete and goals to accomplish; meet a certain requirement on one and you'll open up the next peak. But the three are actually connected, so that eventually you'll have the chance to race from the top of the highest peak down to the very bottom of the first one, a task that will take " and I'm not exaggerating " a full half-hour of uninterrupted snowboarding gameplay.
Before you meet that staggering race, you'll enjoy some of the best level design in any game on the planet. The drops are huge, the jumps enormous and the plummet at times nearly vertical. The sensation of speed is palpable and exhilarating; there's nothing quite like launching yourself into the air for what seems like 10 seconds while the ground is rushing up at you. This game will literally make you gasp.
The races
include Big Air, Half-Pipes and standard Slopestyle timed courses, but linking
them all together is tons of "back country' overflowing with cleverly hidden
jumps and shortcuts. It's like you're in the middle of nowhere for a while,
just cutting up a mountain alone, until you eventually reach one of the race
areas and start to see rails and signs of life.
When it all works together, especially during the massive downhill races from
a peak to a bottom, SSX 3 is video game synergy at its finest.
This is in many ways thanks to the great streaming technology that allows the
game to preload the entire mountain so that you can burn down it without any
loading times (specific races will load up, however).
Part of the reason it gets away with this is that you only see other boarders
during the races. The mountain is entirely devoid of life, and then you start
a race, and suddenly there are a bunch of other guys around you. It would have
been much, much better had there been random boarders, skiers or really any
life at all on the mountain. At times, you get a little, uh, lonely.
One solution is to hop out of Conquer the Mountain and try some split-screen
multiplayer, which works well enough, but another option (for PS2 owners only)
is to go online. Unfortunately, you can only play against one other person and
it's pretty much just a straightforward Freestyle or Race event. Stats are recorded
and you can use your beefed out Mountain mode character, however, so there's
at least some incentive. The game also supports voice chat if you have a USB
or SOCOM headset.
But while once again the Xbox and Gamecube get the online shaft from EA, both
of those versions look a little better than the PS2. Which isn't to say the
PS2 looks shabby; in fact, SSX 3 looks outstanding on all three
platforms. The snow effects are unrivaled, the framerate is consistently high
and the colors are vibrant. Add to that great animations (particularly during
tricks) and an intense sense of speed, and you wind up with one of those rare
games that can be as much fun to watch as to play, provided you have some "party
favors' for the watchers.
It also sounds terrific, thanks to a good, varied soundtrack and great effects. Tying it together is the EA Big Radio station, which advances the thin story of you becoming a hotshot and gives witty, fun updates on the track conditions and how things are going on the circuit.
And if you ask me, things are going just peachy for EA Big's star pupil. SSX
3 is the best in the series so far and is an easy recommendation for
vets and newbies alike. Though the gameplay is still mostly the same as it ever
was, the awesome new mode and fantastic delivery crown a new king of the mountain.


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Passed Over for CEO Seat, Levinsohn Bids Adieu to Yahoo
Jul 31, 2012 10:51 AM PT
Weeks after Marissa Mayer was hired as the new CEO of Yahoo, her predecessor has stepped down.
No, not Scott Thompson. He left in May amid a resume scandal involving a false computer science degree.
Yahoo's latest defector is Ross Levinsohn, the person who briefly held the position of interim CEO of Yahoo after Thompson was pushed out.
Levinsohn ran the company's media, business development and sales operations. Levinsohn did not announce any plans for his professional future.
Before he joined the company in 2010, Levinsohn worked in the media industry for Fuse Capital and Fox Interactive Media at News Corp. He had particular success negotiating revenue gains for the once-prominent social network MySpace.
Levinsohn did a great job as interim CEO and kept the company moving during a transition period, Mayer wrote in a company memo reprinted by AllThingsD. She wished Levinsohn well but did not indicate where she might look for his replacement, whether one will come from within Yahoo's ranks or if she plans to pick executives from her former company Google.
Yahoo did not respond to our request for comment.
No Go if Not CEO
Given that Levinsohn was not picked as the company's next chief executive, his departure didn't come as much of a surprise, said Joseph Pastore, professor emeritus at Lubin School of Business at Pace University. But the initial buzz at bringing in Mayer was surprising and exactly the reaction Yahoo wanted, he said.
"Some say it was a bit of shock," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Shock is apt. This appointment is all about shock, contrarian behavior, new direction, transformation."
Yahoo leadership probably felt it needed an announcement that could breathe new life into the company rather than have a familiar, albeit knowledgeable, face take over as its permanent leader, said Pastore.
"To move from interim CEO to permanent doesn't have quite the same sizzle as pulling in a fresh face," he said. "Also, Yahoo doesn't have the financial resources nor the revenue momentum it will take to achieve a turnaround. As such, it's best chance is strategic renewal -- probably in the form of penetrating its strongest suit, which is its global brand, and also energizing its tired and pale image."
Energy Can't Do It All
That energy is what the struggling company needs, said Brian Wieser, analyst at Pivotal Research Group, although it probably won't be a cure-all. The Internet pioneer has fallen from its golden days and now faces competition from Google, Facebook and other Internet giants in web presence and advertising. While Levinsohn may have been better technically suited for the job, it's possible he wouldn't have given the company the sparks it needs to enter a new growth phase, said Wieser.
"With their core operating business, there is a very limited range of growth plausible even under the most realistic of circumstances," Wieser told the E-Commerce Times. "There is a limited ability for even the best leader to overcome. To that end, I can see how the board could iterate that the business needs to be taking someone in new directions. Levinsohn may have a greater knowledge of their core business, but he has been passed over for that job on two occasions and understandably wants to move on."
Mayer already seems to have employed some methods of breathing fresh air into the company. She instated free lunches, better swag and put an emphasis on hands-on staff meetings on Fridays -- all similar to characteristics found at Google. Morale-boosters are important for a company that has undergone executive CEO and layoffs recently, but they will ultimately be useless if Mayer can't also energize the company's bottom line, said Wieser.
"Levinsohn may not have had such a favorable impact on morale," he said. "But his orientation is where the business is, so it can be a double-edged sword. It's great to celebrate the company and all things product, but we have to hope they don't forget what business they're in. They need to figure out how to triangulate the Yahoo portal, its cash pool and the Asian assets to grow something out of Yahoo Inc."

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From the Garden: Five Lemon-Scented Herbs
My herb garden is flourishing again in the fresh spring sunshine, and I'm so happy to have it back. Fresh herbs are one of the most important ingredients in my cooking, and it's so lovely to have a little patch out back and on the porch where I can snip mint, basil, and oregano. Some of my favorite herbs in this little garden are lemon-scented — so fresh and citrusy! Here's a look at five lemon-scented herbs and how to grow them.
None of these herbs are direct substitutes for real lemon, but they certainly have their own similar citrus scents and freshness of flavor. They are all easy to grow and great for the garden.
Most of these, in fact, are only going to be found in your garden. That's one benefit of gardening: You can grow specific varieties of herbs (and other things too) that can't be found easily in the stores. Other than lemongrass, I've never seen any of these lemony herbs for sale. So pick one (or more!) and grow something lemony this summer! All of these grow just great in pots.
- Lemon verbena - We've talked about lemon verbena before, and this is still one of my all-time favorite herbs. It's a summer necessity in the garden. It has probably the brightest, tangiest lemon flavor of all these herbs. It has beautiful flowers in the spring, as seen above, and it makes a delicious tisane. Steep in hot water and add a splash of St. Germain liqueur if you're feeling fancy. You can also steep this herb in cream or milk for flavored pudding, panna cotta, or whipped cream.
- Lemongrass - Lemongrass may be the most well-known of all these herbs. It's used extensively in Asian cooking, especially Thai and Vietnamese. It has a fresh lemon scent, and a slightly grassy flavor. It grows marvelously in the garden when provided with steady warmth and water. (In Florida and tropical locations this can grow into a bush of enormous size!) In the northern garden, you can grow this as an annual herb.
- Lemon thyme - This is one of my favorite varieties of thyme. It's less intense than other varieties, and it has a strong lemon taste. It also has these lovely variegated green and yellow leaves, so I grow it for the color as much as for the taste. I use it in soups, stews, and even salads.
- Lemon balm - Lemon balm is in the mint family. It has rounded serrated leaves, and it grows in mounding clumps. Now, since lemon balm is a mint, you should know two things: 1) It will grow just about anywhere as long at it has a good amount of water. 2) For the love of Pete, don't put this stuff in your garden! Grow it in a pot, or a pot sunk in the ground, but don't put it in the soil. It will grow like a weed, and you'll never get rid of it. Having said that, if you do grow this (in moderation!) it makes a soothing tea when steeped in boiling water and a pretty garnish for desserts.
- Lemon basil - There are so many flavored varieties of basil (chocolate, cinnamon, licorice, lime...) and lemon is another favorite. This makes a wonderful pesto. It also is great over fish or other seafood dishes. Like all basils, lemon basil needs plenty of sun (mine gets about 8 hours of direct sun per day).
Do you have any of these in your garden? What's your favorite? Do you have any good recipes or uses for these (or other!) lemon-scented herbs?
Related: Eating From the Garden: Meyer Lemon Spring Salad with Baby Greens, Herbs, Almonds and Goat Cheese
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Can I use iDye for tye dying????
December 2009
I recently purchased the tie dye kits and had some brilliant results so decided that tie dye shirt for neices and nephews are on the list for xmas presents. I went back to the shop and proceeded to purchase 6 different colours of iDye to which the sales lady assured me I could use for tye dying. Anyway I get home only to find out that there are no instructions re mixing for the tye dye bottles on how to use in the washing machine etc. If anyone knows how much powder to water ratio for tye dying and if using the iDye is possible for this process I would greatly appreciate any advice.
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iDye is a type of
direct dye
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tie dye with direct dye
, you can tie your fabric and then drop the tied items into a simmering pot full of dye mixed with water. This is the original form of tie-dyeing, but the results are much less exciting and colorful than those you can get with a modern tie-dyeing kit. For multiple colors, you remove the fabric from the dyebath after half an hour, rinse it out, tie, and then repeat with another pot full of a different color of dye. Alternatively, you can apply the dye where you want each color, and then steam the dye by wrapping the fabric up in unprinted newsprint and steaming it for half an hour over boiling water, just as you steam vegetables, but this still will not give as good results as the tie-dyeing you did before.
Once you're done, you'll have tie-dyes made with relatively poorly washfast dye. No direct dye can be nearly as bleed-resistant as the Procion MX dye in a good tie-dyeing kit. The bright colors will tend to bleed onto each other; when opposite colors bleed across each other, you end up with dull, muddy colors. A good cationic
dye fixative
, such as Retayne or iDye Fixative will stop the problem of dyes fading in the laundry, but can't keep the different colors on one garment from muddying each other when you first apply it. You can see why direct dye is more suitable for dyeing solid colors.
If I were you, I'd save those iDye dyes for doing solid colors, or return them for a refund from the store whose employee lied to you. If you're in a hurry and can't find Jacquard or Tulip Procion MX type dyes at your local stores, you can mail-order some good Procion MX dye from a supplier that does overnight shipping. (Dharma Trading Company is one.)
January 2010
This is exactly what happened to me as well. The shop assistants have been told that these dyes will work as well as the Procion ones. Even the Head Offices of two major retailers believe this to be the case. Luckily having read the processes for both i-dye and the tie dye kit, I was doubtful that the process would work in the same way. Does any one know where Procion can be bought over the counter in Victoria, Australia? Thanks
January 2010
Most of us buy our dyes by mail order. Look for a local dye retailer or mail-order supplier by using Jacquard's
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Hi, what dye would be best for a 50% cotton , 50% poly blend? Thanks
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Hi Paula,
If you are tie dyeing you'll have to use Procion MX dyes.
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Following five years of hard work, Bill Freeze announced this week that his efforts have seen fruition � Gulf Cemetery has officially been designated as a historic site by the state of Florida.
Freeze's journey down this path began when he moved here in 2002 and purchased eight lots in the cemetery for his family.
In 2006, developers announced plans to get a right-of-way to cut a road through the cemetery so homes in their planned development just west of the cemetery would have access to County Road 393. The property to be developed was 40 acres, which Freeze estimated would have resulted in 200 houses being built, which would mean about 400 automobiles would pour onto the road through the cemetery. He was not fond of the thought of his family's final resting place being desecrated in that manner.
Freeze wrote a letter to the local newspaper stating his objections, which was printed. The letter resulted in 11 people contacting him who were in agreement, and all felt it was against standing laws.
The group collected $10,000, mostly of their own money, hired an attorney, and took the matter to court. A cease and desist order against the developers resulted, and a new cemetery board of directors was elected. One of those was Freeze.
The quest was then to find out everything they could about the cemetery's history.
Freeze learned a patent was signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 stating the grounds at Gulf Cemetery could be used for burial only. This was fodder for Freeze to pursue a historic designation.
He and the other board members have spent the past five years filing forms with the state and piecing all information together that they could find about the cemetery in a quest to garner the coveted status.
Copies of hand-written minutes of board meetings held in 1913, the patent signed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914, and ground and aerial photos of the cemetery's 40 acres were collected. They discovered that of all the patentees east of the Mississippi, Gulf Cemetery and Alango Cemetery in St. Louis County, Minn., are the only two still in operation.
They found that in the past century, while managed by all-volunteer help, the cemetery was sold in error three times for delinquent taxes, records were destroyed by fire, and the property was recently threatened by private developers.
On Oct. 22 the Freezes got up at 3 a.m. to prepare for the drive to Tallahassee and their 9 a.m. meeting with the Florida Historical Marker Council. After reviewing the material, the council voted to designate The Gulf Cemetery Association Inc. as a State of Florida Historic Site.
"This is very prestigious," said Freeze. "The normal length of time to get this designation is never. It is almost impossible to get. Very few get it. It took a lot of work as there are only so many historic sites in the state of Florida. Perseverance was the key."
However, Freeze said it is well worth the effort.
"It pays tribute to the volunteers who have taken care of the cemetery through the years and it shows we have not forgotten our veteran heroes, as well as all our loved ones who are at rest in the cemetery. This is an accomplishment of which the community can be proud of well into the future,� he said.
Manufacturing the marker takes approximately three months. Plans are to combine the annual Memorial Day service, the cemetery's Centennial Celebration, and the unveiling of the Historic Marker on May 26, 2014, which is Memorial Day.


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This week's Courier Herald column:
A couple of weeks ago we observed Memorial Day, the day set aside to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of our country and what we stand for. Last week, we observed the 70th anniversary of D-Day, perhaps the most pivotal battle involving American forces of the last century that day. Thousands died during that campaign. Tens of thousands more lived to continue on and liberate Europe.
Those that came home reinvested their efforts into making our country what it is today. We also invested in them with programs such as the GI Bill and the Veterans Administration. Such has been the history to those who have served.
We sent them to places named Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other places around the globe. For more than a generation those who have gone have done so voluntarily. But they do so with a promise from us for certain things. Pay, benefits, medical care during service, a specific retirement plan, combat pay bonuses, and when they leave the service benefits from the Veterans Administration.
For much of the last century we've largely kept our promises to veterans. We generally as a country recognize that we didn't initially treat our Vietnam era vets well enough. Frankly, we still have some making up to do there.
With the end of the Vietnam War also came the end of the draft – and with that, a lot of the personal closeness that many of us had with the U.S. military. Fewer of us now have military service in our personal history, or even close family members serving. This sort of detachment has allowed us to view Veterans and the promises that we've made to them to be less and less personal. As such, the VA, to many, is just another government agency.
To the Veterans who rely on the VA, it's more than just another bureaucracy that occasionally makes headlines. It's all about maintaining any sense of quality of life. For many, it's about life itself.
Because of that, the recent headlines about the widespread cover-up over wait times and care our veterans are experiencing cannot be shrugged off as just another political scandal or exercise in government ineptness. If we allow that to happen, then we are missing the opportunity to not only fix the problem properly, but examine what this scandal says about us as a country.
We've known that there were problems at the VA for quite some time. Recent scandals at the Atlanta and Augusta VA were treated as isolated incidents. Clearly, the problems are systemic. As such, a Cabinet level Secretary has resigned. Resignations don't usually solve problems. Rather, they are merely a sign that a problem has been acknowledged.
These problems will not be fixed overnight. Talk to a veteran that relies on the VA and they'll tell you about constant turnover with doctors. They'll talk about inability to schedule an appointment with a specialist for months if not years – and then likely to have those appointments delayed or deferred multiple times. They'll tell you that no one in the system has an incentive for it to work well, or to deliver patients the best care possible. They'll tell you the system just doesn't work.
It's fair to question whether the VA system is even required to fulfill its mission, or if those who depend on it would be better served with insurance plans that would allow them to find the private medical providers of their choice. If nothing else, those depending on the VA should be allowed to see private physicians at the VA's expense if the VA is unable to see and/or treat them in a timely manner.
The problems are broad, and the solutions must be transformative and comprehensive. This isn't something we can allow to become yet another log on the fire of partisan sniping. We must allow the discussion to be bigger than that, because the promises we have made to these folks is bigger than that. It's bigger because of the sacrifices they have made – and the ultimate sacrifice that each was willing to make – was to allow the rest of us to live "normal" lives free of these worries.
The solution to this problem will ultimately come from political channels. As such, regardless of your party or relationship with your Congressman or Senators, you need to let them know that this is not an issue to be demagogued or used as a partisan weapon. Instead, insist that they roll up their sleeves, work with those on the other side of the aisle and the White House, and get this issue fixed.
How long we let these problems remain will say a lot more about us as a people and the value of our promises than it will about politics or who can score the most points heading into the next election. The clock is already running.


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Factor in, too, at least in the Christian belief, that these "defects" were not part of the original design. Things went wrong and got corrupted.
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
Do Christians have access to the original design?
If not, then what scientific basis do they have for this belief?
I completely disagree with you. Contrary to what the ToE claims, there is nothing random or unguided in a living organism's ability to develop the mechanisms and controls for adaptation when it cannot know that adapting to different environments is necessary. This is not just some accidental development. The theory comes awfully close to suggesting an element of intellect at work capable of storing information for future use when necessary. And this says nothing of the biological processes that would have been required to even develop these mechanisms and controls. Although the Wiki article you linked to indicates this theory refutes ID, I think it does quite the opposite.I find it rather peculiar, given its plausibility, that the theory hasn't received more attention. I suspect it may be because it excludes the level of random mutation which is so embedded in evolutionary thinking that it will take time. On the other hand, it could be because many are seeing it the same way I am?
Death was not part of Adam and Eve's existence until after sin occurred...
which is when God declared that shall surely die.
These "defects" were not likely present until after God's original design was corrupted by the entrance of sin into the world.
Religions need books because they don't have gods.
Not that I am aware of.
By way of inference and deduction. Death was not part of Adam and Eve's existence until after sin occurred...which is when God declared that shall surely die. These "defects" were not likely present until after God's original design was corrupted by the entrance of sin into the world.
Contrary to what the ToE claims, there is nothing random or unguided in a living organism's ability to develop the mechanisms and controls for adaptation when it cannot know that adapting to different environments is necessary. This is not just some accidental development. The theory comes awfully close to suggesting an element of intellect at work capable of storing information for future use when necessary. And this says nothing of the biological processes that would have been required to even develop these mechanisms and controls. Although the Wiki article you linked to indicates this theory refutes ID, I think it does quite the opposite.
On the other hand, it could be because many are seeing it the same way I am?
but it's my prerogative to expect you to provide real evidence to support your assertions, especially since you want them to be taken seriously..................................You claim that this must mean it was put in deliberately in order to anticipate environmental changes. With no evidence, of course, only your own emotional beliefs that it must be so.
Despite what many claim, Intelligent Design is not interested in negating the entirety of the ToE. Rather, it offers a scientific alternative view for explaining how complex life came to be.
Unless some other scientific discipline can prove that life arose and developed as a result of some other process or event, ID presents a plausible alternative view.
At best, depending on how you want to apply what ID science offers, it helps us get a closer look at the level of complexity and intricate detail of the world we live in.
Intelligent Design does not imply nor promote "perfect" design....which is what you are using as an argument against it.
Until you, or someone, can demonstrate otherwise, then I can most certainly interpret what I have examined in a manner I feel is reasonable, logical, and rationale. And, with all due respect, this applies to much of the rest of your post, too.
It sure looks like it was...... but I do not recall at this moment what specific processes are involved in the making of a snowflake so I cannot answer your question short of what would be nothing more than my opinion.
You (not me) introduced "Facilitated Variation" into this discussion with nothing more than a link to a Wiki article and a comment that indicated it refutes Intelligent Design. No real argument for its merits or an analysis on why you felt it refuted ID. When I asked you for some additional reference material to help me gain a better understanding on what you had introduced, you impolitely suggested I use Google.
I found several articles that explained in more detail what the theory intended to demonstrate. After reading through this material, I determined that it favored Intelligent Design and I explained why….and I could continue to elaborate but I know how you will receive it as you've made it crystal clear already that you find it supportive of evolution theory.
I find it rather puzzling that you lecture me on what is necessary to demonstrate my position when, as I pointed out above, your original argument came in the form of an unsupported comment and a Wiki article. You have made additional subsequent comments but nothing along the lines of what you are demanding from me.
Since my last post, I have located an article that provides a rather thorough evaluation of 'Facilitated Variation' with a conclusion very similar to mine. Seems I am not alone in my assessment. If you would like to read it, here is the link:http://creation.com/how-life-works
You haven't yet demonstrated your position on intelligent design effectively,
Another argument pulled from a creationist website? I'm not surprised that another creationist (and for all your talk about how it's really "intelligent design", your reference to Biblical creation makes it clear what you really think) would come to similar conclusions, but you need to find someone who comes to those conclusions using actual science that they thoroughly understand for it to be even remotely convincing.
How would you suggest I go about doing that....effectively?...in light of the fact that ID has been rejected as a form of science.
Wait, wait, wait. What about all that "fine-tuning" crap and "odds" on the order of 10600? Not to mention being created in "His" image and all that crap about Adam being perfect before the fall.I call bullshit.
Quote from: Cyberia on February 09, 2012, 06:28:18 PMWait, wait, wait. What about all that "fine-tuning" crap and "odds" on the order of 10600? Not to mention being created in "His" image and all that crap about Adam being perfect before the fall.I call bullshit.ID in its truest form does not imply that a deity was responsible for life on this planet, merely that some form of intelligence was.
ID in its truest form does not imply that a deity was responsible for life on this planet, merely that some form of intelligence was.
Bullshit.Where did the "alien" intelligence come from? Another "alien" intelligence? Where did that one come from? And on and on...
ID simply inserts an arbitrary number of intermediate steps in the hopes that the reader will forget the ultimately religious conclusion.
Theists merely draw that conclusion due to their own bias.
That's why it was created, but it is not presented as such. Theists merely draw that conclusion due to their own bias.
By the way, BS. I'm still waiting for a response on the fact that ID clearly advocates a Christian theistic agenda and the Christian God. I provided evidence showing that you were wrong. Where is your evidence to the contrary, or do you concede the point?And furthermore where is your evidence of an ad hominem that you backhandedly tried to claim that I engaged in?While we're on the subject, I forgot to also point out that the courts don't seem to agree with you about it not being about god either. That's why it was rejected from being taught over and over again. That's why even in the Dover trial the conversative Christian judge said that it was advancing a religious agenda and threw it out.ID is based on the teleological argument, which is one of the three basic religious arguments for the existence of god. The same tired argument that Aquinas tried to use. It is an attempted redefinition of creation science after they realized that they couldn't get it past the courts. At the dover trail the lawyer for the evolution side pointed out that many of the old creationists documents had just had a find replace done to change a few words around. As Wikipedia says:The modern use of the words "intelligent design", as a term intended to describe a field of inquiry, began after the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Edwards v. Aguillard (1987), ruled that creationism is unconstitutional in public school science curricula.[35]A Discovery Institute report says that Charles Thaxton, editor of Of Pandas and People, had picked the phrase up from a NASA scientist, and thought "That's just what I need, it's a good engineering term".[36] In drafts of the book over one hundred uses of the root word "creation", such as "creationism" and "Creation Science", were changed, almost without exception, to "intelligent design",[13] while "creationists" was changed to "design proponents" or, in one instance, "cdesign proponentsists". [sic][35] In June 1988 Thaxton held a conference titled "Sources of Information Content in DNA" in Tacoma, Washington,[23] and in December decided to use the label "intelligent design" for his new creationist movement.[37] Stephen C. Meyer was at the conference, and later recalled that "the term came up".[38]Of Pandas and People was published in 1989, and was the first book to make frequent use of the phrases "intelligent design," "design proponents," and "design theory", thus representing the beginning of the modern "intelligent design" movement.[39]Or we can take the words from the Discovery Institute itself."Design theory promises to reverse the stifling dominance of the materialist worldview, and to replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions".This is a statement from the infamous "Wedge Document". This outright states the Institutes every intention to use ID to promote Christianity. The document then proceeds to say this:""I have built an intellectual movement in the universities and churches that we call The Wedge, which is devoted to scholarship and writing that furthers this program of questioning the materialistic basis of science. [...] Now the way that I see the logic of our movement going is like this. The first thing you understand is that the Darwinian theory isn't true. It's falsified by all of the evidence and the logic is terrible. When you realize that, the next question that occurs to you is, well, where might you get the truth? [...] I start with John 1:1. In the beginning was the word. In the beginning was intelligence, purpose, and wisdom. The Bible had that right. And the materialist scientists are deluding themselves." This very well indicates the nature of what ID really is. They are not interested in anything intellectual. Their stated mission starts off by just assuming that anything science says about evolution is false right out of the starter gate. They say that it's false and terrible logic but by their own admission they are taking that as the default position, with no mention at all of the evidence involved. They then go on to state that the only way to get the truth is to start from the position of the bible being true, and that anyone who doesn't use that position is automatically in delusion.So where exactly in this so far is the evidence that ID isn't really about promoting Christianity? Why didn't you mention any of this when you were trying to tell everyone about ID? Did you just not know? You who claims to know so much about ID.Let's move onto another ID proponent. The aforementioned Philip E. Johnson who also stated: "My colleagues and I speak of 'theistic realism'—or sometimes, 'mere creation'—as the defining concept of our [the ID] movement. This means that we affirm that God is objectively real as Creator, and that the reality of God is tangibly recorded in evidence accessible to science, particularly in biology."This man (who I remind you is one of the leaders of the movement) not only says that the Christian god is one of the defining concepts of ID, but also declares his god to be objectively real and that the reality of his god is tangibly recorded in science and biology. Funny how that evidence is never actually presented, but I digress.He also defines realism itself along the lines of his theistic views.I would also point out that he's clearly lying here when he says that god is 'objectively' real, as an objectively real god would be undeniable to everyone and we would not actually have over 40,000 different religions in the world. So not only is he wrong but he is obviously, stupidly, and easily verifiably wrong. More to the point we once again have rather clear evidence that ID truly is all about promoting the Christian God, despite what they might attempt to say in public.So how exactly do you support your claim that ID is not at all about promoting a Christian agenda? Did you need more evidence because I can most assuredly provide it. As an aside, I'm also curious about what you have to say about the words and testimony that Barbara Forrest gave during the Dover trial when she was asked about ID.""What I am talking about is the essence of intelligent design, and the essence of it is theistic realism as defined by Professor Johnson. Now that stands on its own quite apart from what their motives are. I'm also talking about the definition of intelligent design by Dr. Dembski as the Logos theology of John's Gospel. That stands on its own. [...] Intelligent design, as it is understood by the proponents that we are discussing today, does involve a supernatural creator, and that is my objection. And I am objecting to it as they have defined it, as Professor Johnson has defined intelligent design, and as Dr. Dembski has defined intelligent design. And both of those are basically religious. They involve the supernatural".
Life is not a naturalistic phenomenon with unlimited evolutionary potential as Darwin proposed. It is intelligently designed, ruled by immutable laws, and survives only because it has a built-in facilitated variation mechanism for continually adapting to internal and external challenges and changes. The essential components are: functional molecular architecture and machinery, modular switching cascades that control the machinery and a signal network that coordinates everything. All three are required for survival, so they must have been present from the beginning—a conclusion that demands intelligent design. Life's built-in ability to adapt and diversify looks like Darwinian evolution, but it is not. Darwin's theory of speciation via natural selection of natural variation is correct in principle, but it cannot be extrapolated to universal ancestry. What we see instead is different kinds of organisms having been designed for different kinds of lifestyles, with enormous potential for diversification built-in at the beginning, but with time this potential for diversification has become depleted by selection and degraded by mutations so that we are now rapidly heading towards extinction. Intelligent design and rapid decay point to recent Creation and Fall, as the Bible tells us.
So how do we end up with all the imperfect stuff again?
Yeah, some intelligence dumber than a sack of hammers.
Quote from: screwtape on February 09, 2012, 02:50:14 PMahem?http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/forums/index.php/topic,21206.msg476221.html#msg476221It sure looks like it was......
He then discusses inverse causality, which he claims is necessary because facilitated variation requires the "basic processes" described earlier in order for life to happen at all. This is an assumption, which I have already demonstrated is not a valid one; self-repair and self-maintenance can have developed as the need arose (an organism without those will not instantly die), and reproduction can happen due to external processes rather than internal ones. It does not need to be present in an organism[1]. He further describes the development of characteristics in a zygote which are only "useful" in an adult as being inverse causality, which is incorrect. The true cause of those developing characteristics is their usefulness in the adult, passed down through genes into offspring. The "future need" that Williams talks about is a red herring; in actual fact, a zygote does not "prepare" against future or anticipated need, it reacts to past need, expressed in its parents. That is how traits are passed down, and it is how traits that are not present in the adult can be in the offspring, because the pressures of the environment facilitate variation in the adult's gametes in order to increase the likelihood of those future offspring surviving.


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At Lice Happens, our image and our brand is differentiated by our highly professional manner, and I'm all for it. After all, I pick nits for a living, so I'm going to grab any straw that helps bolster my self-image, and hold on to it–tight. I know it's true that clients make a quick judgment about us when they open the door—after all, what kind of person actually CHOOSES to be in this business, doing work that sends sane people into fits of face-scrunching and head-scratching? Some luckless soul who is otherwise unemployable? No wonder they are always visibly relieved to see an appropriately attired adult arriving at their home. Recently, a client threw open her door, took one look at me, and in a perfect Linda Richman "Cawfee Tawk" accent blurted out, "Oh! You're perfect!" I took it as a compliment. It is nice to know that I'm the embodiment of nitpicking perfection. I realize that it's equally likely she was just relieved that I didn't show up in a pickup with "Lice Happens" emblazoned on the doors, or a giant head louse riding atop the cab, but I prefer to think the former is true.
Alas, there are days when perfection fails, and though my mind tells me, "You are professional and strong and compassionate (not to mention hot) like Michelle Pfeiffer in 'I am Sam,'" my body says, "How about Steve Martin in 'A Wild and Crazy Guy?'" Nothing like a reality check from The Voices That Live in My Head to keep a nitpicker humble.
Picture one such day, when I visited the exquisite home of a Philadelphia-area client. I, too, have certain expectations about what a treatment call will be like, and based on the zip code, have developed a reasonably good sense for what it might look like from my own perspective when the door opens.
I am sometimes very wrong.
Picture another Steve Martin movie, Parenthood—the associated chaos of multiple kids (six, in this case) with the wild energy of lab puppies who have in fact just returned from a raucous sledding outing, bantering adults (two sisters and a husband) in full-on head lice freak-out mode, and now, one professional nitpicker at the door gazing, stunned, into the madness, my expectation of a certain level of decorum shattered.
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It might have been the unchecked pandemonium that led to the distraction that led to the enormous knot on my head that is the actual subject of this post, but I prefer to think that it was my singular focus on the job at hand. Supporting this contention, I followed the Lice Happens protocol that dictates creating an atmosphere of gentle calmness and light humor before beginning the tedious work of picking lice and nits from a fidgety child. (This isn't an insult; try getting any child to sit still for an hour while a stranger combs her hair repeatedly.) The adults set the tone, and getting them to release their anxiety is an art which we can talk about in detail some other time, but it sometimes involves encouraging said adults to have a cocktail in another room.
After a while, my efforts to set the stage for a successful head lice removal treatment paid off, and the ornate dining room where I was to work now exuded the serenity of a yoga studio. A few minutes into the treatment, I turned, my head still bent over from nitpicking, to clear the comb of its ghastly bounty onto a paper towel laid out on the dining room table. As I straightened my back to stand upright, I felt the sledgehammer connect with the back of my head. Wham! I had whacked my head on the huge, heavy, yet somehow invisible metal chandelier that graced the dining room. The magnifying goggles I wear had turned from indispensable tool to evil prankster, blocking my view of the metallic behemoth. I felt the top of my head for what I was sure would be a gusher of blood, based on what I read in the stars that now flickered before my eyes. Nothing but a goose egg, and a bruise to the "professional" component of my job description. "Oh!" exclaimed the wife, "my husband does that all the time!" which should have been my first clue that more peril loomed ahead.
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Twenty minutes later, the comb again brought forth a treasure trove of lice, nymphs, and nits. Once again, I cleared the comb onto the paper towel and to my horror, stood up and slammed my head into the chandelier, this time hard enough to send it into a jaunty dance, like a 200-pound skeleton at a Halloween party. Certainly, there would be blood this time!
Happy me, just an ostrich egg adorning the goose egg. My eyes stung with tears and my magnifying goggles began to fog. But, being the professional that I am, I continued my work, confident that the righteousness of my nit removal mission would stand me in good stead at the Pearly Gates, should I drop dead any moment from internal swelling. So engrossed was I in the performance of our 100% quality guarantee, that twenty minutes later, I triumphantly cleared the last of the beastly abundance from the nit comb and stood up to declare victory.
The chandelier rocked as if an earthquake had hit, and I hit the deck. From my graceless position, prone on my client's handsome tapestry rug, I asked, in a small voice, "Do you think we could move the table over a bit?"


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I'm going to be working with a FIRST team this year and wanted the kids (and myself) to get a leg up on programming the controller. In years past, they have used an Innovation First FRC controller and sample code from Kevin Watson.
I wanted to play around with the controller myself. But, the controller is about $450, and we don't even know for certain if it will be used this year. However, it is based on a PIC18F8520, so I ordered a sample from Microchip and a PicProto80 board from MicroEngineering Labs (I also picked up a serial programmer while I was at it.)
Soldering the 80 pin chip to the board was somewhat of a challenge. I got some liquid flux and .015 silver bearing solder and a really fine tip. Still, I felt like I was using the blunt end of a baseball bat and solder was everywhere. So I just used solder wick to clean up and everything turned out O.K. in the end. I actually got 3 chips: an 18F8520 18F8620 and 18F8720 (different size FLASH in each one.) I felt that I might have damaged the first chip, so there is actaully an 18F8620 on the board right now.
Tonight we have the AHRC RBNO. I'm going to take it to the lab at Norcross High School where they have the PIC18 compiler and see if I can blink an LED or something. If it all works, I'm going to give it to one of the kids to take home and mess around with.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Award-winning author and yoga instructor Matthew Sanford will visit the University at Buffalo April 26 to discuss his groundbreaking teaching methods, which approach the discipline from a perspective that creates new levels of awareness and lead his students down previously unexplored avenues of understanding concerning the mind-body relationship.
For nearly two decades, Sanford, a T4 paraplegic, has taught yoga, not just as a health strategy, but with techniques that he says can move consciousness in ways that have the capacity to change people's lives.
Sanford's 10 a.m. presentation, A Mind Body Approach to Healing and Recovery" will take place in Diefendorf Hall on the South Campus. A reception will immediately follow the free talk, which is open to the public.
Afterward, he will meet with UB students and the Student Affairs Book Club in the Student Union for a 1 p.m. discussion of his book, "Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence." (This event is by invitation only.) Sanford's visit will conclude with "Opening Yoga to Everyone," a weekend training session on the UB North Campus for registered yoga teachers and professionally licensed health care providers.
Information about Sanford and photos of him are available at http://www.matthewsanford.com.
His use of yoga as a means of such exploration is the result of Sanford's personal life-changing moment. At 13 years old, he was paralyzed from the chest down in an auto accident that killed his father and sister. Doctors told him that his spinal cord injury had broken his mind's connection to most of his body. But Sanford would discover that yoga established a different kind of connection, one that not only elevates consciousness, but is within everyone's reach.
Following his injury, Sanford said he spent 12 years listening to doctors who were telling him what could go wrong with his body, before he started to understand what was still there and could still go right.
His goal is to get people more involved in the healing process for both physical and emotional injuries while understanding that recovery is as much an art as it is a science. It's a difficult mindset to achieve, but he says understanding that the unthinkable is possible is inherently part of what he knows.
Susan Mann Dolce, assistant director of accessibility resources at UB and an occupational therapist who was introduced to Sanford's work after reading a magazine article, was intrigued, but originally skeptical of Sanford's claims.
"I bought his book, Waking, the day after defending my dissertation," she said. "I may have been tired, but I finished the book in one night.
She talked to occupational therapists and yoga teachers who didn't think Sanford could accomplish what he was claiming.
"I went to the Midwest Yoga Conference in Chicago and took one of his classes," she said. "It was amazing -- 120 people were there taking instruction from Matt as he effortlessly moved into and out of his wheelchair."
Mann Dolce says reading Sanford's book and participating in that class were the beginning of Sanford's continuing relationship with UB, going back to 2008 when the university started its Universal Design Yoga program. Many of Sanford's techniques have been melded into the program, but over the last four years, feedback has been offered in both directions, with Sanford contributing to what UB offers, while the university has informed Sanford's programs about the concepts of universal design.
"Yoga is the beginning of the process," said Mann Dolce. "But we are also interested in creating models for teaching the community how to develop programs in universal design -- programs that are inherently accessible to anyone who wants to participate."
Mann Dolce says the Universal Design Yoga program at UB builds on accessibility by creating a physical environment and an attitudinal environment that is welcoming, safe and comfortable. She points out that universal design concepts have also been added into Sanford's yoga videos, which are now captioned. His yoga classes, meantime, originally developed for people with paralysis are now open to advanced traditional students as well as beginners with physical limitations.
"We all live on a continuum of abilities and disabilities," Sanford says. "The principles of yoga apply to all people, to all bodies."
Mark Shaw, a UB senior in the interdisciplinary social sciences program, who is the Western District board member of the Brain Injury Association of New York State and was also seriously injured in an auto accident, said Sanford is an inspiration and his programs are a great benefit.
"This is how I relax," said Shaw. "For me, the yoga classes take away the things that are bothering me."
Mann Dolce said that point is critical, since stress, along with anxiety and depression, are the three biggest impediments to academic success.
Sanford's UB visit will also provide the final segment of footage for a soon to be released Universal Design Yoga training video being produced by the UB Office of Accessibility Resources.


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COUGAR THE MUSICAL Hits the Right Notes on the Older Woman-Younger Man Dating Phenomenon
Off-Broadway Musical Review by Stephen Hanks
Unless Cougar the Musical turned out to be a show with absolutely no redeeming value, I knew it was going to be tough for me to maintain objectivity for a review. You see, I've been a big fan of "cougars"-or as I call them "mature women"-since I was a mere cub. Growing up in the Bronx in the early '60s, I was fawned over by my grandmother's friends, who during the spring and summer months would sit kibitzing the day away in folding chairs outside our building. Whenever I walked by or had to search for my Spaldeen ball among the chairs, they would pinch my cheeks and tussle my thick mane of red hair. It was like running a geriatric gauntlet, but I kind of liked it. During my early elementary school years, my mom was just in her mid '20s and would regularly have a couple of her gorgeous girlfriends over for some schmoozing and fussing over Stevie. Guess what I dreamt about? Of course, during the school day there was one lovely student teacher after another to gawk at and worship. In college, I dated a fellow student who also happened to be a mom about 10 years older than me, and as a student intern on a magazine during my senior year, I had a relationship with my boss who was almost twice my age. Naturally, I ended up marrying a woman just a tad older than me.
So I've always been kind of proud being way ahead of my time when it came to appreciating "mature" females, but I never cottoned to the "Cougar" tag, which infiltrated the lexicon a bit more than a decade ago, and which stereotypes women of a certain age as desperate and predatory. Author Valerie Gibson attempted to set the record straight with her 2001 book "Cougar: A Guide for Older Women Dating Younger Men," and tried to redefine the label as a word that stood for empowerment, independence, and an open-minded approach to sexuality among women over 40 who date younger men in their 30s, perhaps even in their 20s.
In Cougar the Musical (which actually is more of a revue than a full-blown book musical), librettist and lyricist Donna Moore (photo, right, who in 2007 performed The Cougar Cabaret at Don't Tell Mama) humorously embraces that same idea with the declaration that "inside the word C-O-U-R-A-G-E is Cougar," a notion that-at least for me-goes down as easily as the "Cougartini," the vodka and pomegranate juice cocktail the audience is served before the show. Thankfully, you don't have to be tipsy to enjoy this whimsical social commentary and musical tribute to mature women and the men who love them-or who at least want to bed them.
The show starts with a bang (sorry!) as three attractive women in their prime wearing dominatrix-like black trench coats with cougar print collars and belts dominate the stage for the pulsating "On the Prowl" (what else?). Moore sets the lyrical tone right out of the box with "Life is the rage in menopause stage/But I'm too young to throw in the towel/I'm out of my cage/A modern day sage/Just don't ask my age when I'm on the prowl."
The casting of the women could not have been better. Catherine Porter (Next to Normal on Broadway; Sunset Boulevard in London's West End) plays the attractive and reluctant cougar Lily, a two-time divorcee and children's birthday party entertainer, who shows up at "Over 40 and Fabulous" meetings wearing her Wizard of Oz Dorothy costume. Brenda Braxton (who played Velma Kelly opposite Usher in Chicago on Broadway, and who won a Tony nomination for Smokey Joe's Café) is Clarity, a smokin' senior financial analyst in her mid-40s with a side job at a Women's Crisis Center, who decides to write a thesis on the "cougar phenomenon," but in the end comes around to embrace her inner cougar. And the adorable Babs Winn plays Mary-Marie, a 50ish oversexed Southern Belle, who recites daily affirmations, owns a cougar bar called the "Elder Grille and Younger Boys Lounge," and in her dating website profile writes, "So into myself that being with me will be like being in a threesome." The cast is rounded out by the versatile Danny Bernardy (Moore's co-star in Cougar Cabaret), who plays a variety of different cougar prey (including guys named "Buck," "Twilight Dude," "Bourbon Cowboy," and "Naked Peter") and does a wonderfully funny turn as a beauty salon worker named Eve during one of the show's best musical numbers, "Shiny and New." (Please click on Page 2 below to continue.)
While you can see some of the jokes coming from a mile away ("I'd like to start a social media site called 'Facelift Book'," insists Lily early in the show), the messages about the dating double-standard get a bit redundant ("What do you call an older man who dates a younger woman? He's called 'man'"), and the score is dotted with unmemorable melodies (including Moore, there were six different composers, never a good recipe for musical consistency), Moore's book and her lyrics are often clever, witty, sensitive and inspirational, and-most importantly-non-judgmental. Her script even conveys a healthy affection and respect for the young guys who are way out of their league in dealing with these vital and vibrant women.
The three female stars do a superb job selling the songs, especially Porter (who is leaving the show after the September 16 performance for a Next to Normal tour and will be replaced by Mary Mossberg) on "Gary's Right," a poignant number about her recent travails with ex-husband number two, Winn on the humorously provocative "My Terms" ("So we should now get laid, my boy/No matter where you've been, I'll make you howl and scream for joy . . . As long as you're young, and really well hung/You can be a Muslim, a Jew or a Goy!"), and Braxton on "Julio," a hilarious ode to her battery-operated love toy, before she eventually settles on a real boy toy.
Cougar the Musical is a fun, fast-paced, intelligent, sexy show (with fine direction and choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett) that could have a long run at the St. Luke's (or any other Off-Broadway house), not the least of which because it should be extremely popular with middle-aged women tourists looking for a guilty pleasure they can take back home and talk about with their friends. Heck, if my wife lets me, I may even go back a few more times just to watch those would-be cougar ladies in the audience enjoy themselves. Who knows? They may even think I'm still cute enough that they'll want to pinch my cheeks-all four of them.
Cougar the Musical is playing at the St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues). Performance times are: Wednesday and Friday at 8pm; Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. For tickets call: 212 239-6200


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It's Packers week! That means it's time for fans in Chicago and Green Bay to go bonkers over the oldest rivalry in NFL history. But what do the players know about this time-honored abhorrence? RedEye sat down with fourth-year cornerback D.J. Moore and rookie safety Jeremy Jones to see how quickly players learn about the importance of beating the Packers.
We'll start here [pointing to Jones]—what do you know about Bears-Packers?
Jeremy Jones: I just know it's the most heated rivalry in Bears history.
D.J. Moore: It's the oldest rivalry in NFL football. I think the record is pretty close. I think we're up, though. Do you remember the record they showed us?
JJ: No.
DJM: It's pretty close. It's like 90-something to 80-something, a couple ties. It's pretty close. [Editor's note: Bears lead the series 91-85, with six ties.]
What was your first experience learning about Bears-Packers?
DJM: In the meeting room, pretty much. The first thing they threw up on the board was you gotta beat Green Bay. That's the first goal. And when you see "Beat Green Bay" and you see the Super Bowl under it, you know it's real important.
Wow. What was your first Bears-Packers game?
DJM: The year we went to the NFC championship game we played them here on Monday night, and we beat them 20-17. That was the first year I played them. I was on the team the year before that, but I didn't play.
OK, so what can you tell a new Bear like Jeremy about Bears-Packers?
DJM: [To Jones] It's a fun game to play. You'll see the coaches. Watch. They gonna be tight. After Monday gets here, they're going to be tight. Everybody will be tense. Just watch. [Jones laughs.] We ain't beat 'em in a little while now. We've got a losing streak going. So it's going to be tense.
[To Jones] But you know that it's important.
JJ: Oh yeah. They're not big Packers fans around here. They want us to beat 'em, flat out. Flat out beat 'em. No excuses.
Have you learned anything from the veterans like D.J. about how to handle Packers week?
JJ: Take it serious, just like every other game. But go out there with a chip on your shoulder and beat 'em.
DJM: To me it's just like any other game, but I think it's more important to the fans. [To Jones] That's all they want you to do. If you have a losing season but you beat the Packers twice, they kind of feel like, "Hey, this was a winning season!" [Jones laughs.]
Yeah, we did that in '07.
DJM: Yeah, so that's about it.
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