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Public underestimates oil, gas role in energy future, survey finds
Although Americans recognize that the United States will need more energy, they still underestimate the amount of oil and gas which will be needed, a survey commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute found.
Although Americans recognize that the United States will need more energy in coming years, they continue to underestimate the amount of oil and gas which government experts say will be needed to meet that demand, a survey commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute found.
Conversely, respondents in API's third annual Energy IQ survey which Harris Interactive conducted for the oil and gas industry association, overestimated renewable energy sources' contribution to meeting future energy demand, the amount of oil the United States imports from the Middle East, and oil and gas industry earnings, API said on June 29.
"The American public wants to believe there is a silver bullet answer to our energy challenges despite what government experts predict," said Jim Hoskins, a Harris Interactive senior vice president. "Americans have become more aware of how current policies limit increased domestic production, but they also continue to subscribe to common, yet critical, misperceptions about how the industry operates and the energy we'll need to meet growing demand."
API said that it commissioned the online research of 1,298 US adults between April 30 and May 8, and compared results with responses from the two previous years. It said that while the US Energy Information Administration projects that domestic energy demand will increase 9% in the next 20 years, most respondents said that they thought demand would climb 16-21%. Only 5% chose the correct answer, API said.
The survey found that when asked what percentage of global energy demand would be met by oil, gas, coal, and other fossil fuels, only 10% responded correctly that it would be 85%. API said that this was the second consecutive year the number has dropped, even though EIA's number for reliance on fossil fuels has risen by 5% since 2008.
Similarly, it continued, while EIA projects that more than 55% of energy demand in 2030 will be by oil and gas, only 16% of the survey's respondents gave the same answer.
Other misconceptions
Respondents generally overestimated the amount of US oil and gas imports from Persian Gulf producers, according to API. It noted that the US Department of Energy has said that 12% of the oil consumed in the United States in 2008 came from that region, and that 7% of the survey's respondents chose that number. "More than 40% of respondents believed that over 30% of our oil supply comes from the Persian Gulf," it said.
API said that 53% of the survey's respondents said that they believed Saudi Arabian is the United States' biggest foreign oil supplier when, in fact, Canada is, according to DOE.
"Only 5% of respondents knew that more than 73% of oil and gas consumed in the US was produced in North America. This is down 3% from last year's survey," said API. "A surprising 42% were under the misconception that the answer was less than 35%."
It said that the survey's responses also indicate that the public underestimates the oil and gas contributions to the US economy through jobs and taxes, while overstating the industry's profits.
"Only 15% of respondents knew that 6 million Americans are employed directly or indirectly by the oil and gas industry," API said. "Only 9% of respondents knew that oil companies pay more than 40% in income taxes as a share of their income. The majority thought that it was less than 30%, with one-third of all respondents under the misconception that companies pay less than 15% in income taxes."
It said that the complete survey and more information are available online at www.energytomorrow.org/energyiq.
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The developers at Treasure sure know their way around shooters. With classics like Gunstar Heroes under their belt and the launch of Sin and Punishment: Star Successor for the Wii, Treasure has been giving gamers around the world a serious taste of action for years. Shooter fans are in luck, because the developers aren't stopping there -- Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury is heading to Xbox Live Arcade this November.
A sequel of sorts to Bangai-O Spirits for the Nintendo DS, Missile Fury is meant to represent the true Bangai-O experience by offering players a wealth of levels and some of the most action-packed challenges around. I had the opportunity to play a pre-alpha version of Bangai-O HD a few weeks ago and, despite suffering death on more than one occasion, I had a great time with the game.
It should be noted that the build I was shown was very early and there's a lot that could change by the time the final game is released. But at its core, Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury is a 2D shooter that puts players in control of a heavily armed robot. By using the left stick to move and the right stick to shoot, players will need to survive an absolutely insane amount of projectiles in order to clear the game's 100 or so levels.
Even in its early form, Missile Fury seems to have it all. The game comes equipped with a full level editor which will enable gamers to share their creations online with friends. There will also be the standard addition of leaderboards and more. There isn't any multiplayer to speak of, but there looks to be plenty of content to keep people busy.
Most levels have targets that need to be destroyed, which are marked on the mini-map in the corner of the screen. In order to get to those targets, some thought needs to go into solving in-game puzzles. Gates will often block the player's path, which need to be opened by triggering an explosive fuse, for example. This might sound like an easy puzzle to solve, but with hundreds of missiles on screen, there's a lot of action to keep track of.
Don't worry though; your trusty war machine has a few tricks up its cybernetic sleeve. There are three different weapon types that can be picked up during play: Bound, Break and Homing. Bound power-ups give your mech a beautiful collection of lasers, which bounce off of walls and down corridors with devastating results. Break missiles chew through enemy fire like a hot knife through butter, and Homing missiles (as you might have guessed) track nearby enemies. I originally assumed that Break missiles would always be the best choice, as their potency against incoming fire is absolutely critical in a pinch. But after playing a level that was set in very tight passages, I soon came to appreciate the Bound power-up as well.
The mech can also use a short-range dash to smash enemies, but this is only useful in close quarters. The most devastating technique the mech can employ is a super move which fills the entire screen with missiles (or lasers). This technique needs to be charged and players can't move during this charging phase, but pulling off the attack is immensely satisfying.
Bangai-O controls well and seems like a lot of fun, from what I've seen so far. I love how much happens on screen at one time and I'm equally taken with how much giant fruit needs to be picked up to keep alive (Fruit refills your health meter, obviously!). Shooter fans should keep Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury on their radar, because this action-packed downloaded has some serious potential.
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COLUMBIA - Plans to build a massive geriatric care facility in Bluffton are expected to receive a sizable boost, if a pending partnership is forged with a Beaufort Memorial Hospital subsidiary.
The Pace Healthcare Commons has struggled to raise capital. One financing deal fell apart, which in part forced project developers to ask state regulators for more time.
"The project has had some ups and downs," Pace executive Brian Cain told the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control board Thursday.
He said a partnership with BMH subsidiary Broad River Healthcare, Inc., could allow them to jointly manage and develop the project and build a stronger base on which to raise capital.
"It gives us much more credibility in financial markets, which are very tough today in terms of scrutinizing how things are put together," said Cain. "We have been given assurances this will be strong enough to get the funding."
Responding to Cain's and his partner Elizabeth Lamkin's request, the DHEC board granted the project nine-month extensions on two of the four certificates of need.
The real estate costs are pegged at $55 million, but with $25 million in necessary operating capital, the project leaders are estimating it to total in the mid-$90 millions.
The complex is slated for a 16-acre parcel with south frontage on Bluffton Parkway, half a mile from the west termination at S.C. 170.
Beaufort Memorial Hospital officials on Friday could not be reached for comment.
The massive Pace Healthcare, post-acute facility has had various names attached to it, from Sunnyside Healthcare Commons to Beacon Harbor, which confused some DHEC board members Thursday.
Adding to their questions were references in paperwork to a North Carolina firm Pace executives had initially worked with on plans to tap immigrant investors. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services administers a program to stimulate the U.S. economy by allowing foreigners to receive a green card if they chip in $1 million toward a new venture. But Cain said that route remained an option but wasn't a key focus of their efforts, in part, because of timeline concerns.
As for other costs, he said $50,000-$75,000 were spent on the state's certificate of need process. CON regulations are in place to control costs, prevent redundant medical facilities and offerings, and ensure that poor, rural communities have accessible care.
The DHEC board's vote in favor of giving Pace more time is the latest step forward in growing the Bluffon area's increasingly lush medical landscape.
This month work began on an urgent care facility planned for Buckwalter Place as a partnership between St. Joseph's/Candler and Georgia Emergency Associates. It's expected to be open in July.
Also this month, Fraser Construction was given the signal to begin site work at Baylor Drive in Bluffton, where Hilton Head Hospital will open a Bluffton Outpatient Center.
Pace has not been unique in its capital challenges.
In November the state board reluctantly granted Kershaw Health a nine-month extension on its certificate to build an outpatient center. It was the project's fifth extension.


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The Night Led Zeppelin Became 'The Nobs' for One Show
When are Led Zeppelin not Led Zeppelin? When a descendant of the inventor whose aircraft gave the band its name threatens to file a lawsuit if the group plays a concert in her home country.
It all went down on Feb. 28, 1970, when the band's scheduled Copenhagen show hit a snag courtesy of Eva Von Zeppelin, who'd first clashed with them the year before, when Led Zeppelin visited a Danish television show to tape a performance. Already unhappy that someone else was making money off her family name, Von Zeppelin criticized the group for sounding like "shrieking monkeys."
Things got even worse backstage, when a pleasant conversation over tea led to an uncomfortable gaffe. "We invited her backstage to meet us, to see how we were nice young lads," Jimmy Page later recalled. "We calmed her down but on leaving the studio, she saw our LP cover of an airship in flames and she exploded! I had to run and hide. She just blew her top."
Faced with a Copenhagen date on the calendar and the threat of a lawsuit from Ms. Von Zeppelin, the band improvised. "Then we shall call ourselves The Nobs when we go to Copenhagen," shrugged Page. "The whole thing is absurd." And thus did Led Zeppelin become The Nobs for one night.
As author Roy Carr later noted, this wouldn't be the only time the band had fun with its name; they later printed up 'Red Zepperin' t-shirts making light of an emcee's pronunciation during a Japanese tour. And as far as drummer John Bonham was concerned, they could have kept right on being The Nobs.
"Personally speaking," Bonham cackled to Carr, "we should have continued as The Nobs. Just think what our album covers could have looked like!"
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After making the first estimation, the students were asked to calculate how many steps it would take if they were to walk from the Koi building to Pasar Modern. We decided that we take two steps in a meter so if one kilometre equals 1000 meters then it will equal 2000 steps.
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Bhaja caves date back to 200 B.C., a period of the 'Satavahana' dynasty. Artistically, these caves are not as decorative and grand as the other Indian rock cut architectural sites like Ellora, Elephanta caves or Mahabalipuram, but for me, they have always held a mesmerizing appeal. For a long time I failed to understand what fascinated me so much in this relatively plain looking architecture and I visited Bhaja several times searching for the explanation. Finally, I realized that the answers were hidden in the 'Cultural history' rather than the 'Architectural history'!
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Sebastian Korolczuk, University of Greifswald, Germany
The effects globalization exerts on domestic policies are widely debated in political discussion and political science research. Despite an extensive and cumulative portfolio of literature we still lack systematic and comprehensive comparative analyses of globalization processes and their political impact. Focusing on policy areas which are to a greater or lesser extent assumed to be affected by internationalization we try to establish if and to what degree globalization effects can be observed in highly developed industrialized democracies by means of aggregate data analysis. For this purpose globalization is conceptualized as a diffusion process that can take different form and thus allows for the gathering of more nuanced conclusions about the effects of globalization on domestic policies. Apart from the prominently discussed diffusion effects which stem from competition on world markets we also analyze other diffusion processes and their respective impacts (e.g. learning and emulation, trans- border contagion, coercion or imposed takeover and erosion of domestic economic assets). In this talk I discuss how the different diffusion effects are conceptualized and operationalized in our project, and describe some results from implementing these spatial lags into existing data sets.
Friday December 7, 2012 * lunch will be provided
Robert Lipton, Manya Newton, and Jason Goldstick
Understanding the environmental and social context in which violence occurs has been an increasingly important area of research with broad applicability in public policy bearing on violence mitigation reaching far beyond purely research issues. Increased theoretical understanding of the spatial/environmental context of violence, such as theories relating alcohol outlets to violence, have gone hand-in-hand with improvements in spatial techniques and computing power, transforming this area of research. Further, although there has been research on violence related to alcohol outlet type and density there has been less research attempting to include measures of drug arrests and to more fully include spatial features such as characteristics of adjacent geographic areas on target area violence. In this presentation, by way of example, we will examine the relationship between alcohol outlets, drug markets (approximated by arrests for possession and trafficking) and violence in Boston as well as presenting related research in the city of Flint. An important emphasis for this talk will be on the process of doing spatial/geographical research in a public health setting, examining how to conceptualize and implement such analysis, including developing data layers, mapping and spatial/temporal approaches.
Tuesday January 15, 2013 * lunch will be provided
Eitan Hersh, Yale University
Recent scholarship has applied multilevel models and survey data to examine how income-based voting varies across states. Due to limitations of survey data, we know little about sub-state variation in income-based voting. New, geocoded registration records representing 73 million voters and a data set of 165,000 precincts-level election returns permit us to analyze income-based political behavior within small geographies. We find sub-state differences in income-based voting are explained by measures of racial diversity. Within homogenously non-Black areas, the wealth of the area bears no relationship to the income-partisanship correlation. The correlation between income and partisanship is strong in rural, heavily black areas of the Old South and weaker nearly everywhere else, including in modernized areas of the South. State-level differences in income-based voting are explained not by state-level factors, but by differences across a small number of racially diverse areas.
Friday February 1, 2013
Daniel Hopkins, Georgetown University
One justification for both American federalism and its heavy reliance on geographically defined legislative districts holds that Americans' political interests are spatial, and are thus affected by their place of residence. Yet research on the effects of local context has primarily considered only a small subset of potential contextual influences, such as local political or racial demographics. This paper aims to expand the examination of contextual influences on political attitudes by developing hypotheses about the contextual attributes that are more or less likely to prove influential. It then analyzes public opinion on several issues with clear spatial implications. Among these issues, the paper examines the influence of living near coastlines or farmland on attitudes related to climate change; the influence of proximity to a nuclear power plants on support for nuclear power; the influence of living in a heavily polluted area on attitudes toward environmental regulation; the influence of living in a high-crime area on anti-crime attitudes; and the influence of proximity to wolf populations on attitudes about wolf hunting. In keeping with models emphasizing partisanship and symbolic politics, the central finding is of little spatial influence, although local crime rates do correlate with attitudes when crime is a nationally salient issue.
Friday March 15, 2013
Srinivas (Chinnu) Parinandi
A large literature has looked at the determinants of the diffusion (or spread) of policy without analyzing why state policymakers innovate (create unique policy) or emulate (copy existing policy) in the first place. I argue that innovation and emulation are spatially-defined concepts and theorize about why policymakers in the legislature choose to innovate versus emulate. I illustrate my theory using data from the adoption of renewables portfolio standards over the last three decades.
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The 53-year-old Sutter (born August 19, 1958) has a career head coaching record of 409-320-131 in 860 regular season games. Sutter's teams have eclipsed the 40-win mark four times, 100 points twice and his clubs have finished in first place three times. He is also only one of nine head coaches in NHL history to lead three different teams to 100 wins. Only Scotty Bowman and Ron Wilson have coached four different teams to 100 wins.
|Sutter's teams have qualified for the postseason 10 of his 11 seasons. He led Calgary to Game 7 of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals and Chicago to the 1995 Western Conference Finals. Overall he has a 47-54 record in 101 career postseason games.
Sutter was previously the general manager of the Flames and he held that position from the 2003-04 season until he resigned on December 28, 2010. Sutter also served as Calgary's head coach from 2002-03 through 2005-06 (he held dual roles as head coach and general manager from 2003-04 through 2005-06).
As the head coach of the Flames for three seasons, Sutter compiled a 107-73-30 record in the regular season and an 18-15 record in the postseason. The Flames increased their point total all three seasons he was head coach. He led Calgary to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals and a first-place finish in the Northwest Division in 2005-06, when the Flames finished with a 46-25-11 record (103 points). On July 12, 2006, Sutter stepped down as Calgary's head coach to focus solely on his GM duties.
Sutter was the head coach of the Sharks for parts of six seasons (1997-98 through the start of the 2002-03 season), where he worked under current Kings President/General Manger Dean Lombardi, then the GM of the Sharks. Sutter was 192-167-75 in the regular season and 18-24 in the playoffs during his time in San Jose. Like Calgary, the Sharks increased their point total every season Sutter was the head coach. He led San Jose to a first-place finish in the Pacific Division in 2001-02 with a 44-27-11 record (99 points). Sutter was relieved of his duties with the Sharks on December 1, 2002.
Sutter was the head coach of the Blackhawks for three seasons (1992-93 through the shortened 1994-95 lockout season) and served as Chicago's assistant coach in 1987-88 and as associate coach in 1990-91 and 1991-92. As the Blackhawks head coach he compiled a 110-80-26 record in the regular season and an 11-15 record in the postseason. He led Chicago to a first-place finish in the Norris Division -- and the best record in the Campbell Conference -- in 1992-93 with a 47-25-12 record (106 points). The following season he led Chicago to the Western Conference Finals.
Sutter's head coaching experience also includes two seasons in the International Hockey League, where he coached the Saginaw Hawks in 1988-89 and he led the Indianapolis Ice to the Turner Cup Championship in 1989-90.
As an NHL left wing, Sutter played in 406 career NHL regular season games (all with the Blackhawks), recording 279 points (161-118=279) and 288 penalty minutes. He scored 20-plus goals in five of his eight NHL seasons, including a career-high 40 goals in 1980-81. Sutter, who served as Chicago's team captain from 1982-85 and again from 1986-87, also had 43 points (24-19=43) and 26 penalty minutes in 51 playoff games.
Darryl is one of seven Sutter brothers, six of whom played in the NHL. His son Brett currently plays in the Carolina Hurricanes organization..


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May Day is such a whimsical holiday - secretly sharing spring blooms on friends' and neighbors' doorsteps. It is one of those things I say I'm going to do but never remember to do on the first of May. I do, on occasion, leave special treats outside my friends' doors throughout the year - cookies on valentine's days, homemade candy during the holidays or farm fresh sweet corn in the summer.
When Mike and I got engaged, I left these "Will you be my bridesmaid?" peony bundles on my bridesmaids-to-be doors. Hello old camera and old front door!
I do realize it is not May Day today, as I write this. However, Mike and I owe our neighbor a big "Thank You." So, as I was documenting this Cherry Blossom inspired Thank You gift, I thought it would be great inspiration for May Day, as well.
My gift bag included a loaf of Cherry Almond Pound Cake and a bundle of Blooming Cherry Branches, along with a thank you note.
The recipe for the Cherry Almond Pound Cake will be posted tomorrow (update : here is recipe the link!). I hope everyone is not bored of pound cake posts yet - they are just so great, the perfect little sized cake for me to whip up during the week... and I always have all of the ingredients on hand.
As I said in my Banana Cream Pie post, I really need a nice wide window sill in my new kitchen...
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No printer or computer needed to create this Thank You Card.
I used a stamp with a chalk inkpad. I love that with this stamp I can turn anything into a Thank You gift.
I wrapped the branches in clear cellophane - it is one of the things I always keep in the house. I use it as filler in bags and baskets, too.


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Compiled from The Canadian Digital Elevation Data (CDED) 23m source data, and featuring 19.2m resolution for provinces (except Nunavut), border to border (default resolution is 1223m), FSGenesis 19m Canada terrain mesh will bring familiar simulated detail to all those spectacular topographical features from the Yukon to Nova Scotia. Most anywhere in Canada, go there on your desktop. Simply add to cart, checkout, download, install, and you'll soon be on your way to new adventures through spectacular terrain!
Technically, this product has been derived from the 23m CDED dataset provided by Natural Resources Canada, Centre for Topographic Information (corrected in-house where anomalies were found).then compiled into LOD11 (19.1m) BGL files. Best results are obtained when also using the FSGenesis Global Coverage products as well as the FSGenesis Continental 76m and Continental 38m products for the regions covered by these files.
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The world is not flat…it comprises mountains, valleys, rolling plains, etc. I.E. topographical features. These bumps, dips, and flat areas all need to be translated into a surface understood by your flight simulator. Terrain Mesh is the name given to the Digital Elevation Model, (DEM), that represents these topographical features. This is the surface of the earth over which the user flies in the simulator (or crashes into!) For more than a decade, FSGenesis has been the leader in highly realistic, high resolution terrain mesh for flight simulator. So to make your simulator world and scenery as realistic as possible, you need terrain mesh!
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WALTHAM, Mass. – In their first major meet of the 2012 season, the Brandeis women's cross country teams finished tied for fifth out of 38 squads at the UMass Dartmouth Shriner's Invitational .
Junior Victoria Sanford (LaGrangeville, N.Y./Arlington) led the way with an 11th-place finish out of 293 runners. Sanford ran the 5K course in 18:50. She was within 25 seconds of first place and was just six seconds out of the top six. Graduate student Erin Bisceglia (Durham, Conn./Coginchaug) was next, placing 31st overall with a time of 19:18. Junior Ali Kirsch (Sharon, Mass./Sharon) placed 48th overall with a time of 19:46.
Brandeis's next two runners were both rookies. Kelsey Whitaker (Kington, Mass./Notre Dame Acad.) just missed the 20-minute barrier, placing 73rd with a time of 20:03, while classmate Maggie Hensel (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) was just five seconds behind, placing 84th. Sophomore Kristi Pisarik (No. Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) and rookie Molly Paris (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth) rounded out the Brandeis competitors in 118th and 129th place, respectively.
The Brandeis women finished with 232 points, tied with Division I Bryant University. Both squads were nine points behind Coast Guard in fourth place. They return to action on Oct. 6 at the Open New England Championships at Franklin Park in Boston.


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Happy St. Patrick's Day folks!
Now, admittedly, I'm not overly knowledgeable about the patron saint of Ireland, but his holiday encourages me to celebrate by drinking copious amounts of beer and putting Flogging Molly on the jukebox - that's my kind of holiday brother!
In honor of the day I thought I would feature a unique little Irish-themed arcade game that I saw when I was at the American Classic Arcade Museum last October – Leprechaun.
Leprechaun was introduced in 1982 by Tong Electronic as one of the Moppet Video series of games that targeted a younger audience than the typical arcade rat. The cabs were a little under 4 feet tall, only weighed 110 pounds, and the difficulty level of the games was reduced so as to make it more amenable to the average 4-8 year-old.
In the game you play as a boy running around a forest searching for gold. You gain points by touching the trees which changes their color (and slows your pace as you are walking through them) and then you complete the level and get bonus points by diving into the pot of gold. Of course the wiley leprechaun is out to stop you so he chases you around and if he touches you you're dead. He also occasionally picks up the pot of gold and moves it. There are a couple of houses or similar structure on the screen that you can duck into to escape the leprechaun momentarily - you go in one house and you come out the other.
I'd never even heard of this game, but I stumbled across it in the kiddie area at the ACAM and the tiny size of the cab caught my eye so I popped in a quarter out of curiosity.
I wish I could say it was a gem and you gotta check it out, but no - it sucked. It was pathetically easy and excruciatingly boring. I didn't even finish my game, I just left it there on auto-pilot. And there wasn't even a kid around for me to let play and be the big shot - darn!
Jean Baudin holds the official record for the game with 412,690 points on June 8, 2001. There is even a picture of him on display at the ACAM – at least I assume it was him. I don't know how long it took him to get to that score but I salute his fortitude for hanging in there on this dull and mind-numbingly easy game - I couldn't do it. Apologies to any Leprechaun fans out there – but c'mon, you know it's true.
After I got back home I read that Leprechaun had a big-boy version called Pot of Gold that was the same game but in a full-size cab and with increased difficulty, so I pulled it up on MAME to see if I liked it any better.
Nope it pretty much sucks too- just sucks a little faster. But the increased difficulty at least adds a little challenge, so if you are above the age of 5 and feel the need to check out the game go with Pot of Gold instead of Leprechaun. Just be sure to take a few shots of Irish whiskey first to grease the wheels a bit and don't expect to find a new favorite because, well, it is just like Leprechaun.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Happy St. Patrick's Day folks!
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Labels: Arcade, Leprechaun
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Mommy, Why is That Man Taking Pictures in the Washateria? (and Strikers 1945 Plus)
When I was a kid I spent a decent amount of time in arcades - when I could actually get to them. But in my pre-driving days I was more often relegated to the offerings within walking distance of my house. The primary destination of my strolls in those days was the neighborhood washateria. I played several great early 80's games there like Gorf, Astro Blaster and Star Castle. And the convenience store next door had more classics like Defender, Tempest and Pole Position so it was a decent little gaming corner.
I visited that same washateria a while back when I was in the old neighborhood and although it still displayed the same "Video Games" sign out front I was disappointed when I went in and discovered it was a lie - no video games in sight.
So I struck out there, but it stirred a curiosity within me which has led me to develop a rather odd habit of late. If I'm driving around in no particular hurry to be somewhere and I happen to see a washateria I will often pull in and go inside to see if they have any arcade games. And more often than not they do. What kinds? Well it varies, but I can tell you that I have had more than enough of Ms. Pac-Man and Neo Geo Puzzle Bobble.
I pretty much never see any games from the 80's (other than Ms. Pac-Man and the occasional Galaga) but every once in a while I stumble across an uncommon find from the '90s. Last weekend Mrs. MP and I were driving down Westheimer in Houston and I spotted a washateria so I ducked in and saw an arcade machine in the back with a Windjammers marquee. Windjammers is kind of a glorified pong with frisbees - not a GREAT game but I'd never seen one in the wild so I went over to check it out. Turns out it wasn't actually Windjammers but was something better - a dandy little vertical shoot 'em up from Psikyo called Strikers 1945 Plus.
Strikers 1945 Plus is sort of a cross between 1944: The Loop Master and Gunbird 2, which is pretty high praise in my book. If you've never played any of those 3 shooters I suggest you add them to your list of games to check out.
At the outset of Strikers 1945 Plus you choose between 6 different planes each with signature attack moves and special weapons. The gameplay is pretty much standard 1942 fare - nothing particularly innovative but great execution of the formula. You acquire various weapon power-ups by shooting the red enemy planes, pick up bombs to use and gold bars for points. In addition to your regular shots - which depending on your power-ups can be a very impressive display of firepower - you also have a "supershot" which gets charged as you shoot enemies and you deploy by holding down the fire button for a second or two and then releasing it. The bombs call in some sort of squadron or giant bomber - again depending on your plane - that typically block enemy fire for a few seconds while also shooting away at the baddies.
Like most shoot 'em ups there isn't really a story - just blow the hell out of everything unlucky enough to get in front of your guns.
If you've never played a "bullet-hell" game before then you might be intimidated by the huge amount of glowing death slowly making its way toward your plane, but Psikyo makes their bullets large and glowing pink or blue so they stand out well against the background to help you avoid them. And this game isn't quite as hellish as some I've seen. Colliding with any of the bullets is instant death, but if you collide with the enemy fighters it doesn't kill you it just progressively removes any power ups you may have acquired.
You can continue by pumping in more quarters which is fine, but it also keeps adding to your score which is an approach I always disliked. But the final number on your score is increased by one with each continuation so the high score table will tell if your score was a result of crazy skill or deep pockets.
All-in-all it is typical Psikyo - pretty graphics, chaotic fire, nice sound, and the most impressive 2D explosions you'll see on any arcade game.
Strikers 1945 Plus was also released for the PSP in 2009 although reviews were not very positive. Personally I can't see how you would be able to successfully navigate your way through all the bullets with the small screen and d-pad or tiny joystick nub, it's challenging enough with a full-size arcade screen and controls. So if you have a gamepad or joystick to use I suggest you check it out on MAME. The ROM file is rather large - about 75 MB - if you want to download it you can get it here.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Charlie Sheen Winning at Call of Duty: Black Ops
How much cocaine can Charlie Sheen snort in one sitting? Enough to kill Two and a Half Men...
If you have watched any of the recent lunacy that is Charlie Sheen you might find this video the guys over at IGN made amusing like I did. Thanks to Stee at Botchweed for pointing it out.
Some of the sound bytes are so insane it is hard to believe he truly said them, but I heard most of them actually fall directly out of his drug-addled head before I got sick of listening to him so it's really him.
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Dead Space 2 and Game Difficulty
I completed Dead Space 2 last night. I liked it quite a bit but near the end I was pretty much ready for it to be over. I completed 14 of the 15 chapters on the "Zealot" difficulty setting (the most difficult) and there was this one part right before the endgame where I kept getting killed over and over again. It was annoying the hell out of me so even though I was very near the end I said screw it and changed the difficulty level to "Casual" so I could go ahead and get through and see how the story wrapped up. I won't throw out any spoilers but turns out chapter 15 is VERY short. So after I completed the game on Casual and saw how little I actually had left I went back to a previous save before I switched difficulty levels and went ahead and completed the game on Zealot. It actually wasn't that difficult after I was armed with the foreknowledge that there wasn't much left and I could really cut loose with my ammo and stasis.
But it made me think about my selection of difficulty levels on games. I used to always play my games on the normal or default difficulty level even when a more difficult choice was available. Then somewhere along the way I switched over to always selecting the most difficult level available. And although some games on the most difficult level did prove challenging - like God of War III if I recall - most were more or less doable without TOO much trouble. But there were a few parts in Dead Space 2 where I got killed quite a few times before I got through them and it started to interrupt the flow of the game. The emotions of frustration, anger, and impatience that I felt at those times were not really compatible with the fear, panic, and dread the game's story was supposed to be immersing me in.
A while back I finally got around to playing Kung-Fu Panda which came with my XBox 360. It's not a game I would have purchased and I didn't really take it too seriously so I played it on Easy mode to just blow through it. And what do you know I quite enjoyed that little game. The absence of any significant challenge did not impede my enjoyment of the game. Now I'm thinking I might switch back to Normal difficulty on my games for a while and see how that goes.
So I'm curious - when presented with the option of choosing a difficulty level, which do you typically select?
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Cardapter for the VIC-20
[Updated: 3/5/2011]
OK this is starting to get annoying. First I got hoodwinked by the fake Atari Foghat 8-track and now this!
I was familiar with Colecovision's Expansion Module that let you play Atari 2600 games on the Colecovision and I had heard of the Intellivision's System Changer too, but when I came across this old magazine advertisement for the "Cardapter" for the VIC-20 it was totally new to me.
It was supposedly designed by The Computer Works and manufactured and distributed by Cardco, Inc to "explore a new galaxy of entertainment pleasure with your VIC-20 computer". Well that may be a bit of advertising hyperbole, but it would allow you to play Atari 2600 cartridges on your VIC-20 and I thought - hey! I've got a VIC-20 and lots of old Atari games - this thing would be cool! (I've also got 2 working Atari 2600s but that's beside the point).
So I started searching high and low on the internet to see if I could locate and buy this obscure little device. But it didn't take long to discover that these things were nowhere to be found. Then I stumbled onto a forum where they referred to the Cardapter as a famous piece of vaporware in the classic computer scene. Even though these ads ran in a number of magazines it appears that they may never have actually been manufactured. At least no one on the internet seems to have seen one anyway. So it's just a cool little old ad for a device that never existed I guess.
Damn - I have to start reading magazines that were published within the last 10 years.
I came across another ad for the Cardapter in the Spring 1983 edition of Commodore Power Play which offered the device for $89.95.
Sorry Cardapter, fool me once...
But a few pages later in the same magazine was an ad for a different product that also offered a way to play Atari 2600 cartridges on your VIC-20! And this one shipped with a free Atari cartridge to boot! It was called the Game Loader from Protecto Enterprizes - and I had actually heard of them before!
My curiosity was stirred once again and I hurried off to do some searching. And... according to the experts on the net this one was never actually manufactured either. Dammit!
Still I did find another ad where the Game Loader was being sold along with several other items from Protecto that I know definitely existed - so maybe it's out there SOMEWHERE...
Ah screw it - I'll keep playing Radar Rat Race on my VIC and if I feel like playing Chopper Command I'll just break out the real 2600.
End of line.
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InFAMOUS 2 Will Have User-Created Levels
I mentioned before how I quite enjoyed the 2009 PS3-exclusive title InFAMOUS and was strongly considering buying the sequel that is set to release in June of this year. Well, yesterday I heard that developer Sucker Punch sweetened the pot by taking a page out of the Little Big Planet playbook and providing the tools to allow user-created content. Here is an excerpt of what they had to say about it on the Playstation blog yesterday:
"We thought inFAMOUS 2 would be better if it didn't end—if you never ran out of missions and mini-missions to play and things to do. So… we spent the last two years adding a User-Generated Content feature to the game. With User-Generated Content, inFAMOUS 2 players can build new missions, then share them with the world. I think you'll all quickly discover that while building missions is a lot of fun, seeing people play and enjoy those missions is even better!
There really aren't a lot of limits to the sorts of missions you can build. Sure, you can build the sort of missions that will ship on the inFAMOUS 2 disk. Mission creators have access to the same set of characters, creatures and props—so if you want to set a pack of Hive Lords rumbling after Cole through the streets of New Marais, you can do it. If you want to have Cole and Zeke face off against Nix and Kuo, you can do it.
If you want to bend the rules of inFAMOUS 2 to create new kinds of missions, you can do that too. Wish I2 had pure stealth missions? No problem, you can create stealth missions. Looking for more of a challenge? Try taking away some of Cole's powers—see how the player does facing a platoon of Militia wielding only his Amp. Or add an old-school platforming challenge, or a race, or… I could go on all day.
It's pretty easy to do missions that are more like mini-games, too. Skeet shooting? No problem. Disc golf? Assuming you're happy tossing around cars instead of Frisbees, sure. How about a mission where Zeke just tells you bad jokes until you shoot him? Um, yeah, you can do that, too.
Building missions is only half the story, of course—we make it super easy to upload your missions to the network, so other players can see your cool new missions. User-generated missions show up in the world just like regular missions. When you walk up to them, you see the PSN tag of the mission creator, plus extra information like the mission's current rating. And back at Sucker Punch headquarters, we'll be watching—missions that get high scores will get promoted to the Sucker Punch Featured Missions list, and those missions will end up just about everyone's copy of New Marais."
They released a little video as well:
Looks pretty cool to me. I was still a little on the fence before but I guess now it's settled. I'm going to buy Infamous 2.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Yars' Revenge Rebooted
Atari is rebooting a few old Atari 2600 classics, and one of them is an old favorite of mine - Yars' Revenge. In fact I have this commercial playing on my emulator frontend at home before it boots up the Atari 2600 menu.
Lord help me I fear I probably looked a lot like that kid at that age - just darker hair.
I like it when old franchises from the arcade and early consoles of my youth get a reboot nod, but I'm often disappointed in the product. So I'm trying to decide if the new Yars' Revenge (or Yar's Revenge now it appears) looks like it will be worth downloading or not. I think I would have preferred if they had stuck with the 2D shooter model and just given it a new HD facelift with some new features, but they went with a 3D rail shooter along the lines of Panzer Dragoon or Rez. Here is a video of some of the gameplay:
Did you notice when she activated her shields they used that same multicolored static affect as the safe zone in the Atari 2600 version? I thought was a nice tip of the hat. The new Yar's Revenge is scheduled to be available sometime this spring on the Playstation Network and XBox Live. It will cost $10 which is right at my limit for gaming curiosity micro purchases so I might just get it.
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Starting Friday, travelers going through Colorado Springs Airport better drop their pot stash in an "amnesty box" before boarding the plane or risk up to a $2,500 fine and jail time, city officials warn.
Possession of marijuana at the airport is prohibited, said Mayor Steve Bach.
"We are enacting this rule in the best interests of public safety and in compliance with federal law," he said.
Bach said state Attorney General John Suthers advised that if Colorado Springs did not prohibit pot at the airport, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration might step in and require action.
"We have to comply with this, and we think it is the right thing to do," Bach said.
It is legal to possess up to one ounce of pot in Colorado for adults 21 and older.
But don't try to take that marijuana on the airplane; even those who have a medical marijuana prescription would be in violation of federal law, said Dan Gallagher, interim Colorado Springs aviation director. And it does not matter if the passenger is flying to another Colorado city.
Pot still is considered an illegal, controlled substance under federal law, he said, and cannot be taken on commercial aircraft.
"We are going back to meeting our federal obligation, and the federal government does not recognize medical marijuana versus recreational marijuana. So, to stay in compliance with federal law, it is marijuana, and marijuana will be prohibited," Gallagher said.
The Colorado Springs Airport is an enterprise overseen by the Colorado Springs City Council. But the airport director has the authority to make this rule without going to the council for approval, Gallagher said, because the city must respond to federal mandates.
Colorado Springs City Council is expected to discuss whether it will be illegal to smoke pot in city buildings or other areas at its Jan. 28 meeting. Denver City Council recently banned pot smoking in residential front yards.
Colorado Springs City Council president Keith King said the council also might consider an ordinance to complement the airport director's rule banning pot.
"It's fair to warn people," he said. "They shouldn't have the marijuana at the airport and how that plays out with federal issues and creates problems with the airport's federal funding."
There are three working dogs at the airport trained to detect bombs and explosives, but not necessarily drugs, said police chief Pete Carey. But all checked bags are screened by Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security agency that screens airline passengers and baggage for weapons and other contraband.
If passengers pack the pot and TSA officials find it, they will call Colorado Springs Police, Carey said.
Passengers will have the opportunity to give up the pot without penalty, he said. All the marijuana placed in the special amnesty boxes will then be destroyed.
But once the doors on an aircraft are closed, the passengers are under federal law, Carey said. And, if they get caught with weed they can be fined and jailed, he said.
Denver International Airport also has banned marijuana on DIA property, and enforcement is expected to begin this month.
Signs will be posted at the Colorado Springs Airport alerting passengers of the rule, Gallagher said. Passengers could leave the pot in their cars or give it to someone to take off the airport grounds.
"The airport wants to ensure that visitors know and understand what the rule entails and make every effort to provide education and awareness," he said. "The goal is to offer a safe environment at the airport."


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To determine whether a planet could support life, astronomers first look at whether it falls within its star's habitability zone, the Goldilocks distance that is not too hot or too cold. But that range can change as a star evolves. A recent estimate of the lifetimes of the habitability zones of Earth and various exoplanets suggests Earth could become unable to support life as soon as 1.75 billion years from now, when the sun brightens before dying out.


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*blinks...then grins wickedly* You have NO idea...
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Hm...I don't know....I can't even close my fingers all the way around....*eyes Tharic* *giggles and shrugs* Ah what the hell - why not!
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For more information about the global free public transport movement, please visit freepublictransport.info.
Download a flyer on how to start your own solidarity fund! [.print version]
In Stockholm and Gothenburg commuters are taking the initiative in the public transportation. Buses, trams, commuter trains and subways are necessary for us to get around in society. We cannot choose to walk 5 kilometers if it does not suit us to pay the fare. The public transportation should be like the sidewalk paid by all, free to walk on. It would be as absurd to charge for it, as charging for public transportation.
Freeriding insurance
United we stand strong! P-kassan the freeriding insurance is a cooperation between people in similar situations. We do not afford the fare or do not want to pay it. You pay a small amount to the fund and if you get caught freeriding your bill is payed. The idea of this insurance is not new. It has been tried before and for quite some time, especially by students in the university cities, and has worked well even though in a small scale. The difference is that we have a greater goal than just helping each other to freeride. We want free public transportation, owned by us together and controlled by the workers in it.
Everyone will benefit from free transports
In Stockholm, all those who make less then 75 000 kronor per month (about 8300 euros) would benefit by letting a small tax raise finance the public transportation. Free public transportation is a way of taking from the richest and giving to the rest of us. It is about time for that kind of redistribution in our segregated cities.
And think about the socioeconomic gains that could be achieved by getting rid of all the ticket lines, tickets and control systems. Lots of money goes to these systems which leads to nothing but a bad mood in our common spaces.
We need to prioritize public transportations instead of cars
In the long run free public transportation would lead to other positive effects, like a better urban environment with less traffic jams. Today car traffic is prioritized at the expense of public transportation. Roads are financed by tax money and are free to use, but the public transportation is financed by fares. It is rather strange that the authorities punish those who choose the means of travel that suits the environment best.
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I guess that's just January! Okay, January you can go now. Let February do its thing. Snow is okay, just a little gentler winter.
Good news – with all the snow, we've averted the first mud season of the year. And the snow continues. The kiddos had snow days with full blown, don't bother to come to school day on January 28 and February 4. Lots of folks got an extra long weekend with Sunday's snow storm. If roads are closed it's hard to make it to town and school and work. Oh, sorrow! Its been a year or few since the schools had a snow day. Fun!
Whether you were cheering for New England or New York on Sunday you have to admit it was a nail-biter of a game. Even non-football fans had to enjoy the excitement. And the commercials were good too – some of them.
The kids at La Sal Elementary are missing their favorite aide, Miss Lilly. She is home on maternity leave for a few weeks after the arrival of her new little baby boy. More details on the little one next week. Filling in during her absence is Miss Viv, who also wears the local bus driver hat. The kids should be comfortable with her, don't you think?!
Okay, it is nearly Valentines Day so let me again remind you of the Valentines pot luck on February 16 at the LDS Church. Eating commences at 6:30 La Sal standard time. Bring something red or pink to share and be prepared to tell how you met your sweetheart. Actually I guess this is a post-Valentines party. Who cares, come on out and enjoy a good time. Red food, that's an open invitation for some local folks to take creative license which can lead to disaster. Be careful that night.
Speaking of disasters – some folk finally took Jim Blankenagel up on his invitation to try out a little snowmobiling in the new powder last Saturday between storms. I have to admit it was a real kick – except the keep getting stuck part.
(Editor's note: Don't miss the pictures at sjnews.com.)
Thank goodness for a grandson-in-law and sort of adopted son who kept digging me out of the two foot plus powdery powder and up-righting my sled. Yep, it was great fun. Sure beat a nap in front of the fire.
I'm signing off with a good-bye (and go away) to January. Lets have a little milder February.


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