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The game of fiction
After finishing my review of Goldengrove, I came across an interesting passage by Martin Amis on Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short, who are so good that even grandmasters do not understand them, and the spectacle of high-level chess on TV:
Whether Francine Prose plays chess I do not know. In the "exclusive extras" appended to the paperback edition of A Changed Man, she confesses to playing a lot of computer solitaire. "You know what?" she adds. "I could, without thinking for half a second, tell you about a half dozen writers I know who are completely addicted. Computer solitaire—it's the dirty little secret of the literary world."
Solitaire is not always dignified as a game; it is often dismissed as a "puzzle." When it comes to writing, though, this is a distinction without a difference. Wittgenstein ought to have banished for all time the search for an all-embracing definition of "game." In the Philosophical Investigations, he famously said that you will find nothing that is common to all games; what you will find instead are "similarities, relationships, and a whole series of them at that." He called these "family resemblances." Games resemble one another in much the same way that two brothers and a sister resemble one another.
A certain kind of fiction belongs to the same extended family as chess and solitaire (or what the British call "patience"). I prefer the phrase game of fiction to the more familiar genre-labels "metafiction," "self-conscious fiction," "postmodern fiction," "parody fiction." Writing is played solitaire (despite clever attempts to make it seem otherwise, it is not, in Amis's phrase, "savagely and remorselessly interactive," like chess), but it can still be played as a game. Like chess, a literary text is set off from the practical, workaday world; it is experienced as a wholly different realm; it has an opening gambit and an endgame; and nothing depends on the outcome. Unlike chess, it is not governed by preexisting rules (a text develops its own set of rules, which is part of the fictional game), although both depend upon traditions, conventions, and "classic moves" while also seeking to unveil originality. The game of fiction is not competitive, because there is no opponent. A literary text may be written against another text. According to Charles Simmons, its style is a record of every style not selected for it. But this belongs to the text's discursive element, not its gaming. Simmons has not defined a text's style, but its argument for a certain specific way of writing. A literary text just seems competitive sometimes because writing is so difficult.
In the genre of fiction-as-game, Francine Prose is rare in not calling attention, with loud snorts of self-congratulation, to the endless deferral of reference in which, in place of the physical world, her characters must necessarily live. For her, the game consists of masquerading the game. (She makes it seem as if she is satirizing the actual world, but she is conning her critics.) She takes full advantage of the weariness that many readers feel upon opening the pages of latter-day "metafictionists" like Barth, Barthelme, Coover, Gass, Mailer, Vonnegut, Heller, Robert Stone, David Foster Wallace or, God forbid, Toni Morrison or Joyce Carol Oates. Great work has been done in the mode, but after Borges, Nabokov, and Calvino, enough is enough.


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"Kate?" There's suddenly a very tall, very irritated man standing behind the fiery redhead, staring daggers into me. I can't help but laugh.
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Today, I would like to complain about the following two groups of people who are cheap:
- Developers
- Users
Ok, not all of them, some of you are quite lovely. But I've been noticing a couple of trends of late that I think deserve comment, and a couple of people today really pushed me to the point of anger. If I blame everybody equally, it cancels out, right?
Firstly, universal iPhone / iPad apps, or the lack of same – particularly in the field of games.
When the iPad came out, there was a slew of seperate HD versions of apps with appropriately HD pricing. "No", said the developers, "we're not just price gouging because there is a shiny new device out there which we think we can make a vast profit from. Look, we need to create these lovely high resolution assets. That costs real money!".
And that was, on the whole, entirely true.
Then the iPhone 4 came out, and a lot of iPhone games have been updated recently for free with Retina display support with lovely high resolution assets. Some strangely familiar high resolution assets in some cases.
So, you might now be paying twice for exactly the same game, with exactly the same assets. These games are crying out to be universal apps. By all means charge more money for a universal app, that's not the problem – I like paying money for good software – but don't charge me a second time for the same thing.
Now this doesn't apply to all games, and certainly doesn't apply to all apps. A complex, well thought out UI on the iPhone doesn't always scale to the iPad, and vice versa, even if they now have a similar number of pixels. But some games are pretty much identical on both. And those, my friend, should be universal apps.
I think what bothers me most is games that start out on the iPad, and then migrate to the iPhone. They've already done the hard work making it look amazing on the iPad, and I gladly paid the HD price for it. But now there's an iPhone 4 optimised version coming and you want me to pay a second time? That makes me unhappy.
A recent example that did this right was Geometry Wars – they started out as an iPad app and added a universal app in a recent update. This made me feel even happier about my original iPad purchase. Pleased to the point that I'm telling you about the game now. Go buy it, it's great fun.
Osmos is another really great game I bought for my iPad, and it sounds as if they are about to bring out a separate iPhone version, rather than a universal one. That makes me feel worse about my original purchase. They are both great games from great developers, but making your customers feel happy is an important thing.
Angry Birds is a more complex example – they've been great at doing lots of free updates to their iPhone version, and have earned a hell of a lot of customer loyalty from it (and a shedload of money as a result). But they also have a separate "pay again" HD iPad version, which I'm told frequently lags in updates behind the iPhone one. Boo, and boo.
Every time I buy a new game on the app store that isn't universal, I sigh a little bit more, knowing it's constrained to one device for reasons which are not always purely technical. I'm informed by the always wise Neil Inglis that universal apps bought in iTunes only count in the iPhone sales charts, and that could account for one reason why developers like having two separate apps. But that seems like it could be easily fixed by Apple. But then, Apple gets 30% of all the extra sales of the other versions… CUE CONSPIRACY THEORY!
Anyway, yes, developers are just after your money. But you know who else is cheap? Users.
This week, I saw a comment about my PCalc which basically said "How come the Mac version is twice the price of the iPhone version? I think all Mac software is overpriced."
No, no, NO.
PCalc is $19 on the Mac, $9.99 on iOS. Leaving aside the fact that buying the iOS version of PCalc gets you a code which gives you a generous $9 discount on the Mac one, a more correct conclusion that they could have come to is "Perhaps all iPhone software is underpriced, and it might not be a sustainable market in the long term". Or perhaps "I wonder why people will pay more for something, the bigger a screen it comes on?".
I expect Apple will bring out an App Store for Mac OS sooner rather than later. I wonder what will happen to pricing then, if it will stay the same, or be more in line with the iOS apps. And I also wonder whether Apple will be able to ask for 30% of all sales. It would be a major shake up for the Mac software market, and I'm willing to bet 59p that it will happen.
Finally, I got an email today from somebody who had been running the Mac version of PCalc for many years, and had been faithfully clicking the "Not Yet" button every time he launched it. He decided he wanted to pay up, but when he finally saw the price, he decided against it, because he only ever really used the widget. For all of the many years he had been running the software without paying for it.
Oh, and the best bit? He was an indie developer as well…
I think I might be too generous with the trial periods in DragThing and PCalc. When the two week trial is over, they both keep working on the whole, requesting politely that you pay, but not being too obnoxious about it. They were both created in a different age, where that approach was normal and expected. Should I change them to stop working completely as soon as the trial period expires? The user in me says no, the developer says yes.
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For many students, writing a novel summary is not exactly a glamorous assignment. But writing a novel summary using a timeline-based storytelling platform with embedded original content, hyperlinks, videos, and pictures might just make developing re-cap of A Christmas Carol interesting, argues Lake Geneva Middle School language arts teacher Rob Granger.
In lieu of standard re-caps, Granger asks his students to create Meographs, four-dimensional narratives that contextualize stories using maps to provide time and place references to original content. A part of the growing BYOD initiative in schools, Meograph is just one of the hundreds of apps designed to reshape storytelling.
T.H.E. Journal asked eduTecher founder and FETC speaker Adam Bellow and Donna Criswell, an instructional integration specialist at the Sudbury (MA) Public School District, for the most creative storytelling apps available, and we did a little digging on our own, too. The results, listed below, turn students into novelists, artists, and moviemakers, with each tool bringing its own powerful mechanism for transforming the traditional narrative--both inside and outside the classroom.
According to Bellow, students can share these stories with, at the very least, their peers, but also with friends and family and on social networks, "So there's a real audience out there who can find their stories as well."
1. Popplet Popplet is a virtual mind-mapping tool that allows users to create digital mind webs by embedding content from the internet. The app features bright colors and clean design, and can nudge students along as they create their own narratives by serving as a brainstorming tool. "Some teachers use it to frame a story they have read, but I love the idea that [students] can map out their writing," Bellow said.
2. My StoryMaker Colorful characters (think pirates and little blue men), whimsical props and scenery (think cotton candy and lightning storms), and an endless number of ways to put them together make My StoryMaker Bellow's favorite web app for youngsters. "My StoryMaker lets you scaffold what you're doing with the app," Bellow said. "For instance, if you have two characters--a witch and a genie holding an apple--you can click on the genie and say 'give,' and the app will write, 'The genie gives the apple to the witch,'" Bellow explained. "But what I love most about it is that you can actually alter the story in any way you want. You can incorporate vocabulary words and all sorts of material." Full disclosure: it's kind of fun for adults, too.
3. StoryLines for Schools Described as a "game of 'telephone' with pictures" on the iTunes store, StoryLines for Schools encourages students to develop stories collaboratively. One student types a sentence on the mobile app before passing it to a classmate, who illustrates an interpretation of the sentence. A third student describes the sketch, and so forth. Bellow recommended that StoryLines for Schools be used as a "story-planning app" rather than a "story-creation app."
4. ZooBurst ZooBurst brings stories to life through virtual 3D pop-up books. Students write scripts, record videos and voiceover, and arrange characters and props by uploading original artwork or selecting items from a gallery of more than ten thousand free images. They can then watch their work, animated, on screen. But the app's real trick is an augmented reality QR code that, when held up to a webcam, sends the scene into the room. As the characters dance in front of students' eyes, they can turn the pages with the motion of their hands. "Every teacher that sees it gives it an 'ooh' and an 'ahh,'" Bellow noted.
5. Sock Puppets An homage to those endearing creatures from the pre-iPad era, this mobile app lets students record their own dialogue to be acted out by--you guessed it--sock puppets. Features like drag-and-drop scenery and a voice modifier that adapts a speaker's tone of voice to a character make it a great tool for younger kids learning the foundation of story, Bellow said.
6. MeographCriswell commends Meograph's method of "four-dimensional storytelling" by adding time and place to stories. "I think the multi-modal digital timeline that is connected visually with geography is very powerful," she said. Users construct geographic "Meographs" by embedding content, hyperlinks, pictures, and videos onto map-based timelines.
7. XtraNormal In-depth animations and dozens of stage directions equip students to become mini- moviemakers by choosing everything from the accents of their actors to the number of camera angles in their films. Bellow recommends the tool for middle and high school levels.
8. MentorMob An easy way to think of MentorMob is to envision "an eBook with the steps being the chapters," said Kristin Demidovich, MentorMob's communications director. The web tool allows teachers to aggregate content in sequential steps by organizing lessons and supplemental learning materials into "learning playlists," compilations of videos, articles, and uploaded files such as PDFs or images that are "easy to learn from and share," Demidovich said. Learning playlists can be tailored to individuals, groups or classes, and come with a feature that allows teachers to choose whether or not the content can be edited privately or publicly as a class. Learning Playlists can then be embedded in blogs or Edmodo, or shared with other communities.
9. Storybird Art and story entwine in Storybird's virtual stories. Students can create narratives by dragging and dropping illustrations from artists chosen by the site and writing text on the page. They can select imagery either by theme (such as "forest" or "home") or by artist. Once the story is complete, it reads as a full-screen novel. Criswell personally recommends the app for her teachers.
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Friday, April 20
A History of #5
1. Shelden Williams (Inc.)
2. Raymond Felton (B)
3. Devin Harris (B)
4. Dwayne Wade (A+)
5. Nikoloz Tstchivilli (D)
6. Jason Richardson (B+)
7. Mike Miller (B)
8. Jonathan Bender (D)
9. Vince Carter (A)
10. Tony Battie (C+)
11. Ray Allen (A)
12. Kevin Garnett (A+)
13. Juwan Howard (B)
14. JR Rider (C)
15. LaPhonso Ellis (C+)
16. Steve Smith (B+)
17. Kendall Gill (B)
18. JR Reid (B-)
19. Mitch Richmond (A-)
20. Scottie Pippen (A+)
The grades in brackets are my own, non-scientific grading of each player. You can feel free to disagree with the rankings, and they're not based on anything more than a cursory look at statistics and my own memory of the players.
It broke down like this:
A's: 6
B's: 8
C's: 3
D's: 2
Inc: 1
That's pretty good, on the whole. It means in the past 20 drafts, the #5 pick has yielded a B or A type player 70% of the time. Plus, only two real duds fell to #5 (Nikoloz and Bender), meaning there was a 90% chance the player at least started some of the time and wasn't a "what a f*&^ing waste!" kind of pick.
The next couple of months will bring more draft goodness, but I thought I'd start off by taking a look at the history. After all, when was the last time you thought about JR Reid?
11 comments:
- Gold said...
Yi = Nikoloz.
Gabe, would you like a "jump to conclusions" matt? Yi could potentially be an impact guy in this draft. Just because you've never seen him doesn't mean he can't play.
Just sayin'.
But on the post, your grading is solid overall, but your calling Jonathon Bender a bust is not completely fair.
He was a very good young player when drafted and had horrible luck with injuries and bad knees. Had his career not derailed due to injuries, he would have been one of the better #5's on this list.
He shouldn't be a "D"-- if you are going with "grades" he should be a "N/A withdrawn from school."
I can see your argument, but I'm looking at it from the perspective of the team drafting the player. That is, what sort of return did they get from their pick? You're right, Bender COULD have been a much better player if he hadn't been injured, but unfortunately, it didn't happen. In the end, the Pacers were left with practically nothing to show for the #5 pick, which means, to me, it was a bust.
- DSA said...
Really good post. It almost feels like a science when you see it all out there in black and white.
For the record: I loved watching JR Reid with NC as a kid.
There have been some brilliant picks at 5: Ray, Mitch, Wade. I would be thrilled with a Devin Harris type from this draft.
But I think your middling grades are far too generous.
Tony Battie is pure D territory.
JR Rider was a cancer to three teams. (But, it was a cool slam dunk contest.) D.
Kendall Gill is a C+ in my book-- for incessant complaining about not getting the rock (after signing for top dollar for miserable teams)-- and then getting into a boxing career.
I could keep going-- but my point is that it feels less surefire once you give things a little more scrutiny. For example, did you really want to trade your 5 for Olden Polynice. (Ouch!)
Maybe we could talk about the 1s, 2s, and 3s in the coming days? I am fired up. Give me Durant! - 4/21/2007 11:21 AM
Understood 'Nuss. But I would counter with nearly seperate classifications-- "logic of pick vs. talent available" and "hindsight outcome."
Kind of like the arguments thrown around at USSM about the validity of a trade, i.e. the Reed pickup at the time was excellent, but the end result has been horrible.
In that dual format, which truly is the best way to rate moves, you get far more insight.
Which lends itself to a couple irratations of mine that are half off topic. 1) MJ was cut from his HS team. 2) MJ was the 3rd player chosen.
With regards to #1-- he was cut from the varsity as a sophomore, but played JV ball-- like most sophomores at large schools. It's not like he was cut from the program.
But re:#2-- the first overall pick ahead of Jordan was Hakeem, and if I was in Houston's spot, I'd probably draft the elite C ahead of the elite SG.
The other player taken before Jordan was the oft maligned Sam Bowie. This pick was a mistake at the time, but looked worse in hindsight as Bowie had substantial injury issues that shortened his career and sapped his potential.
But even so, the non-picking of Jordan is defendable. The Blazers had an elite SG already in Clyde "The Glyde" Drexler. What the Blazers could have netted in hindsight--some very solid players drafted in this order with some real dogs between them not listed- Sam Perkins, Charles Barkley, Otis Thorpe, Kevin Willis, Michael Cage, John Stockton and non-1st rounder Jerome Kersey.
And in this draft we are seeing this year, I have NO DOUBT that many players drafted outside the top 5 will go on to have long solid and even spectacular NBA careers. The 2nd round will be loaded with guys that in other years could very well be mid-1st-rounders.
Our key will be not only to get a strong 1st pick, but potentially reload with 2-3 NBA caliber players who can contribute immediately.
Hindsight is a strange thing, illuminating truth as fiction, and darkhorses as frontrunners. Let's hope whatever the Supes do, it can be graded well both in the moment, and down the road... - 4/21/2007 3:26 PM
- Gold said...
I didnt mean to imply that Yi will be as worthless of a pro as Tstchivilli is. However, I think he would be a massive reach at the 5 spot, and a gargantuan mistake for a sonics team that needs to put butts in seats and get competetive right now if they want to save the franchise. The Supes have taken a project three years in a row, and Horford/Noah/either Wright, even Brewer or Green to fill in for Rashard would be much more solid picks. It's not often that a team, and particularly this team, gets a top 5 pick. I think that the national media has the Sonics all over Yi because theyve been known to take international players before, and because seattle would be an "easy transition city" for an Asian player, neither of which are even remotely good reasons to make another raw upside pick. the sonics need to get tough, and play defense NOW, not potentially 4 years from now in oklahoma or vegas.
- Unknown said...
Unless the Sonics can get Oden, I don't see why they would draft, yet, another center. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the Swift works out because that is all I've got.
If we stay at #5 there will be two excellent looking point guards available, Acie Earl and Mike Connely, Jr. I've seen more of Connely then I've see of Earl, so I lean that way. I love his speed and quickness and I'm thinking Chris Paul all over again. But I acknowledge it's a crapshoot to draft a freshman point guard. What do the rest of you know about Earl? As you can tell I've given up on Luke and Watson as anything more than a serviceable back-up.
Here's a couple of other ideas I have been floating around in my head for the #5 pick. Randy Brewer as a future replacement for Ray Ray. What do you think? Also, what do you think of trading Ray, Ray and one of the PGs to Cleveland for Larry Hughes (a suitable replacement that can play D) and Anderson V in a sign and trade. I think AV can deliver what Collison can on a good night, but on a consistent basis. And AV has a bit of attitude as well.
In the big picture, the current configuration has talent, but just doesn't gel as a team. The only way to fix that is to move some of the parts. Now that I'm way off topic, I'll shut up and wait for your input. - 4/22/2007 3:17 PM
Harry, I like your creativity, but disagree with your construct ideas.
I think Ridnour's problems are as much an issue with the coach than his ability. I still see him as a poor man's Steve Nash, but with the wrong roster construct and philosophy around him.
If you trade Ray Ray, you better get more than Larry Hughes and AV. You saw a "good night" Hughes today, and his bad nights are simply ugly... and our 3 headed young post monster has the potential to develop to a point equal to if not superior to AV.
You actually are referring to Corey Brewer, Ronnie was drafted last year out of Arkansas, and Randy Brewer-- not sure who he is.
But Corey is a not a great shooter, and is a small forward. In fact, on some levels, he is a cross between Scotty Pippen and Larry Hughes, and may end up being a lock-down defender with a decent "O" game, or a complete bust that never develops since he refuses to use his left hand.
Conley is intriguing, and Acie Law is a solid player that will be ready to play immediately, but may never be anything more than an average starter at best. He is not "NBA quick" and will struggle to match up defensively, perhaps even more so than Ridnour.
If we draft either PG, we need to move (please!) Watson and split time with Ridnour. If we do trade RayRay, that will mean we don't win the lotto-- if we do, we make the run with RayRay and Oden.
If Rashard leaves, hopefully it is in a sign and trade so we at least get a draft pick out of it... but that issue is looming and makes Brewer/Green a logical if weak choice.
I just hate the way the Sonics have played everything out... NOT trading Rashard for the stretch run when there was value and interest. NOT tanking late in the season. NOT playing the young centers they drafted even in a rebuilding year. NOT giving either PG confidence and making both look over their shoulder every time they make a mistake.
This offseason, between Rashard, the lotto, aging RayRay and the whole "Seattle/OKCity" issue, is the most pivotal in team history. A series of wrong moves (and luck) and the team will be doomed to years of mediocrity, most likely in OK City. The right moves (and luck) and we have a new title contender and a new permenant home in the works. - 4/22/2007 5:44 PM
- Gold said...
I think that the most productive thing that could happen for the Sonics is to get rid of Sund immediately, and to hand over the keys to a new GM (RC Buford??) with a clean slate and a green light. Coaching and the impending move are important, but smart moves could be made by this team objectively whether or not the move happens. Someone without investment in the franchise needs to look at it with fresh eyes and decide what works. Watson should be gone, we should see what we could get for Petro, and there's no way that Sund gets a sign and trade for Rashard because the other GMs know what an inactive pussy he is. Rashard is great, but there's something to be said for moving in a 3 that can play some D. I think that there could be a market for Ray with the Celts (if they get KD or Oden), Bulls (if they lose early and dont feel he's redundant with Gordon), and a number of other teams. Lets hope we dont need to have this discussion because May 22nd goes our way.
- LotharBot said...
I'm pretty sure the sucky guy who played for the Nuggets spells his name Tskitishvili
Not only did the Pacers get very little out of that #5 pick, but they also traded Antonio Davis to the Raptors in exchange for it.


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Paul R. Raabe is an associate professor at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, where he lives. He is the author of Psalm Structures (Sheffield University Press, 1990) and coeditor of Fortunate The Eyes That See (Eerdmans, 1995). He received M.S. and M.Div. degrees from Concordia College an M.A. in Classics from Washington University, St. Louis, and a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Everyone has a combination of all three constitutional dosha, but one of them is usually primary, one secondary and the third less prominent. Thus each person has a particular pattern of physical characteristics that make up their individual constitution known as 'prakriti'. If you look at any current imbalances in your health, known as 'vikriti', you can help to correct this imbalance by choosing the correct food, herbs or yoga posture for you.
The kapha dosha is dominated by the elements of earth and water. The key seasons at which a kapha is most at risk are the cooler, wetter months during winter and early spring. After the hotter summer months, a kapha often feels more revived and rejuvenated as the hot heat has helped melt away excess moisture and damp that may have accumulated over the winter and spring.
Autumn is cooling and drying, the cool dry air can actually help keep a kapha less congested. The risk of being tipped out of balance can occur towards the end of the autumn months, during the onset of winter, so it's important to keep the cold out throughout the autumn.
A balanced kapha gives a person strength of mind, solidity, protection and endurance. They are very robust and strong individuals both physically and mentally. If we allow kapha to become out of balance in late autumn then we will start to see signs of excess. When kapha builds to excess in the body, it can lead to a wet cough, stagnation, congestion, growths, sluggish digestion, slow bowels and an excessive desire to sleep.
In order to balance kapha, we need to balance kapha's heavy, dense qualities by increasing movement and stimulating the system to keep the hot heat of summer flowing for as long as possible and to prepare for the cold damp of winter. The kapha diet is all about reducing congestion and fluid build-up. This diet is most beneficial towards the end of autumn and throughout the winter months.
Top tips for those with a dominant kapha dosha
Eat only when hungry, allow the body plenty of time to properly digest its food
Emphasise foods that are light, dry or warming to stimulate movement and heat
Favour foods that are spicy, bitter or astringent to power through sticky congestion
Reduce foods that are heavy, oily, cold, sweet, salty and sour. These are considered to be energetically 'cooling' for the body
Avoids stimulants, dairy and highly fatty or processed foods
Kapha will benefit from more stimulating exercise that gets the blood flowing. Yoga postures that are more stimulating and invigorating such as the sun salutations and cat pose can be especially helpful
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Friday, July 27
Presto! Orlando conjures up new arena
As mentioned at Third Quarter Collapse, the Orlando Magic have gone and got themselves a new toy as the Orange County Commission ("Now with more pulp!") approved funds to construct a new facility.
Along with wondering what dorky names they can call this new palace (Orlando Orena? Amway Pyramid Scheme? Suburban Blight Palace?), the locals are already giddy with the thought of luring ... an East Coast Hockey League team! Because you know the only thing less popular than a National Hockey League team is an East Coast Hockey League team!
Best of all was this quote from Alex Martins, the COO of the Magic, swiped from Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel:
"We want to have the newest, greatest, best facility in the country," Martins said.
Gee, I wonder where I heard that before? Just a metaphysical question here: If the Sonics' new arena is the best facility in the country and the Magic new arena is the best facility in the country, can they exist in the same universe? Would there be an Arenamania, where the buildings battle to the death to determine who gets the right to call himself The Best?
Just curious.
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The world's best basketball facility will be whichever one the Seattle Supersonics play in in the year 2011.
Assuming that venue is somewhere in Washington State. - 7/27/2007 4:01 PM
- mcwalter44 said...
Lol... love the last poster's name.
I sure hope they're in Seattle beyond to 09-10 season too. - 7/27/2007 4:09 PM
- Ben Q. Rock said...
The SuperSonics have Jeff Green.
The Magic will have a green-certified arena.
Which would you prefer?
I like the idea of the future venues duking it out. Would they take different shapes, like Transformers? Or would they stay in arena form and just throw themselves at each other? - 7/27/2007 5:50 PM
- mcwalter44 said...
I just caught Durant on ESPN NEWS doing an interview from the rookie picture day wear a nice yellow Sonics jersey. It was a great interview. They him about the Team USA game, his expectations for the season, what he thinks of Seattle's possible relocation, etc. Man he just killed this interview. He said all the right things, even complementing Seattle fans as being some of the most loyal fan in the NBA and he know they'll fight to the end to keep there team from moving. Considering he's the new face of the franchise it was great hear that he didn't give the "well it's a business" answer about Seattle situation with it's basketball team.
Anyways, EPSN news replays all their interviews over and over again, so if you have a chance check it out. - 7/27/2007 7:08 PM
- Ben Q. Rock said...
It's refreshing to see Durant take that kind of responsibility. It's not refreshing to see him in that awful yellow alternate jersey. Yikes!
"Remember kids, anonymous=LOSER! Make sure to post your name, so we know who to make fun of. -Editor"
This is a minor thing that has spun bigger than it should be.
I explained before that I didnt know how the other option work until very recently. I suggested it might be better for the notice to explain how to use "other" rather than feeding a go negative vibe so I posted anon a few more times in protest. But that feed negative behavior and didnt change the editorial note.
The negative behavior is going to be there if that's what folks are into. I am tired of that stuff. But do whatever.
If the anon option is there, to me it is a valid choice. If it upsets folks that much, remove it. I dont care about anon, I came for basketball talk but I don't have to have it. The negative stuff has ruined plenty of places. It would be too bad if the better places fell too. - 7/28/2007 11:59 AM
Orlando arena designed by same company HOK that Bennett used for his sketch and it seems like largely the same design
This story was largely humorous and is still somewhat relevant to the sonics. I can understand someone getting upset if a sonics site is dominated by incessant complaints about our arena situation, but that is hardly the case here. It is downright foolish to think that a site dedicated to the soncis is going to turn a blind eye to our arena situation as that is such a huge factor in the teams future and, subsequently, our interest as fans. SSS does a great job of avoiding negativity while still covering everything that is relevant and keeping the focus on what is important to real sonics fans, all while still maintaining an upbeat and humorous approach.
I would hope even the most critical of readers would afford the authors of this site at least some degree of creative freedom seeing as they maintain it on their own time. If that isn't the case, however, I'm sure there is a site that would be able to satisfy you somewhere (else).
Keep up the great work, SSS! - 7/28/2007 2:26 PM
The arena issue and talk of various things about it isnt a problem to me. The dust up on the other board over it was unfortunate and I see both sides. Maybe the parties can work it out.
I am not anti-freedom, in fact my mini-protest about the anon option here was in part about tolerance for choices but the other side had a valid argument too and it became a no-win circular argument. A distraction.
I am not anti-fun or anti-contact, though I prefer less than some others. Get a group for anything and there is going to be some different styles and disagreements. Various things happened and folks move on however they see fit.
Thanks for the board hosts. It is not easy but the opportunity created is appreciated. - 7/28/2007 3:15 PM
from yahoo: "With Oden and Shane Battier probably out, J.J. Redick likely being moved to the practice squad that will scrimmage against the Americans next month, and Nick Collison joining the team at that time, the U.S. roster should be at 16 when camp reopens. The roster has to be down to 12 the day before the FIBA Americas tournament starts on Aug. 22."
Hell yeah! My favorite (surviving) Sonic will be joining the country's best ballers. He totally deserves it. - 7/30/2007 12:36 AM
"He totally deserves it."
Why? On the strength of a few very good games last season? I don't think a guy who doesn't even start on his own team deserves to play with the country's supposed most elite players. But I guess if J.J. Reddick is allowed to play than anybody can. - 7/30/2007 10:16 AM
He's an intelligent young player who is a solid garbage man. The coaches of the USA team believe that he could fit the mold better than anyone else provided he is surrounded with a roster that has talent (and a good big man to free him up to do his thing).
While i don't deny I was supprised myself, I have faith that team USA knows what it's doing - they are way smarter than me. - 7/30/2007 2:36 PM
No matter how nice those arenas are when they first open, the team owners will be declaring them obsolete after 10 or 15 years.


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Trend Line breaks can be very powerful indications that a move is about to occur. Here's how the Bollinger Band on a higher timeframe can approximate a trend line break. To do this, apply a Bollinger Band on the 30 minute chart. When the previous 30 minute bar drops below the lower bollinger band, and the current 5 minute bar closes above the middle bollinger band, this approximates a trend line break on the 5 minute chart. Not only is this a good algo to use for trend line breaks, it's easy to implement and automate a trading system like this in the Kairos Platform.
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The S&P has been very volatile lately, but the major turning points have been following Earth Tides quite well recently. The S&P had it's first turn from the fall that started on 8/16 on 8/24 , 2 days after the Earth Tide bottom on 8/22. The S&P then made a swing top on 8/28, coinciding with the Earth Tide top made over the weekend on 8/29. Earth Tides are now showing a bottom on 9/4, up until 9/12. My guess is that it will be up to sideways up. However the Earth Tides down move was larger than the previous down move, but the S&P move was shorter relatively. This could indicate a stronger move up.
There is a major bottom indicated on Oct 3 and a higher bottom on 11/2, so we could see a double bottom situation over the next couple of months, before a larger move up can occur.
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The 77 Minor Signs of Qiyamat
77 minor signs before day of judgement day
When the Day of Judgement, or Youm-al Qiyamah, approaches, the world will come to an end and all will be destroyed. Each and every individual will have to account for his/her actions, and their final fate will be decided by Allah. We have been warned about the approach of Qiyamat in many Quranic verses and Ahadith. There many signs that will tell us that the Day of Judgement is near, and in the recent times these signs have become more evident. Thus, the Muslim Ummah should be aware of this and each person should prepare himself by being virtuous and abstaining from sin.
The 77 Minor Signs of Qiyamat
1. Time will pass rapidly. [Bukhari, Muslim, & Ahmad]
2. Good deeds will decrease. [Bukhari]
3. People will become miserly. [Bukhari]
4. There will be much killing and murder. [Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Ahmad]
Hazrat Abu Huraira narrates that the Holy Prophet said, "Time will pass rapidly, good deeds will decrease, miserliness will be thrown (in the hearts of the people), afflictions will appear and there will be much 'Al-Harj.'" They said, "O Allah's Messenger! What is 'Al-Harj?' He said, "Killing! Killing!"
[Sahih Bukhari, Hadith no. 183]
5. Power and authority will be given to wrong people. [Bukhari]
6. Honesty will be lost. [Bukhari]
Hazrat Abu Huraira narrates that, while the Holy Prophet was saying something in a gathering, a Bedouin came and asked him, "When will the Hour (Day of Judgement) take place?" Allah's Messenger continued his talk, so some people said that he had heard the question but did not like what the Bedouin had asked. Some of them said that Allah's Messenger had not heard it. When the Holy Prophet finished his speech, he said,"Where is the questioner, who enquired about the Hour (Day of Judgement)?" The Bedouin said, "I am here, O Allah's Messenger ." Then the Holy Prophet said, "When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour." The Bedouin said, "How will that be lost?" The Holy Prophet said, "When the power or authority comes in the hands of unfit persons, then wait for the Hour."
7. The disappearance of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance [Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, & Ahmad]
Narrated Hazrat Abdullah and Hazrat Abu Musa: The Holy Prophet said, "Near the establishment of the Hour, there will be days during which religious ignorance will spread, knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and there will be much Al-Harj, and Al-Harj means killing."
[Sahih Bukhari, Hadith no. 184]
8. A mountain of gold will be disclosed from beneath the River Euphrates, but we are not to take anything from it.
Narrated Hazrat Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger said, "Soon the River Euphrates will disclose the treasure (the mountain) of gold, so whoever will be present at that time should not take anything of it."
[Sahih Bukhari, Hadith no. 235]
9. The appearance of 30 false messengers. [Bukhari]
10. Two large groups, adhering to the same religious teaching, will fight each other with large numbers of casualties. [Bukhari & Muslim]
11. Earthquakes will increase [Bukhari & Muslim]
12. Wealth will be in abundance, to the extent that it will be difficult to find someone in need of Zakat. [Bukhari]
13. When people begin to compete with others in the construction of taller buildings. [Bukhari]
14. A man will pass by a grave and wish that he was in their place. [Bukhari]
Narrated Hazrat Abu Huraira: Allah's Messenger said, "The Hour will not be established (1) till two big groups fight each other whereupon there will be a great number of casualties on both sides and they will be following one and the same religious doctrine, (2) till about thirty Dajjals [liars] appear, and each one of them will claim that he is Allah's Messenger, (3) till religious knowledge is taken away [by the death of religious scholars] (4) earthquakes will increase in number (5) time will pass quickly, (6) afflictions will appear, (7) Al-Harj, [i.e., killing] will increase, (8) till wealth will be in abundance – so abundant that a wealthy person will worry lest nobody should accept his Zakat, and whenever he will present it to someone, that person [to whom it will be offered] will say, 'I am not in need of it, (9) till the people compete with one another in constructing high buildings, (10) till a man when passing by a grave of someone will say, 'Would that I were in his place (11) and till the sun rises from the West. So when the sun will rise and the people will see it [rising from the West], they will all believe [embrace Islam] but that will be the time when: [As Allah said] 'No good will it do to a soul to believe then, if it believed not before, nor earned good [by deeds of righteousness] through its Faith.' (Holy Qur'an 6:158) And the Hour will be established while two men are spreading a garment infront of them, but they will not be able to sell it, nor fold it up; and the Hour will be established when a man has milked his she-camel and has taken away the milk, but he will not be able to drink it; and the Hour will be established before a man repairing a tank [for his livestock] is able to water [his animals] in it; and the Hour will be established when a person has raised a morsel [of food] to his mouth but will not be able to eat it."
[Sahih Bukhari, Hadith no. 237]
15. The conquest of Constantinople by the Muslims. [Ahmad, Muslim]
Hazrat Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying: "The Last Hour would not come until the Romans would land at al-A'maq or in Dabiq. An army consisting of the best (soldiers) of the people of the earth at that time will come from Madinah (to counteract them). When they will arrange themselves in ranks, the Romans would say: Do not stand between us and those (Muslims) who took prisoners from amongst us. Let us fight with them; and the Muslims would say: Nay, by Allah, we would never get aside from you and from our brethren that you may fight them. They will then fight and a third (part) of the army would run away, whom Allah will never forgive. A third (part of the army). which would be constituted of excellent martyrs in Allah's eye, would be killed and the third, who would never be put to trial, would win and they would be conquerors of Constantinople. And as they would be busy in distributing the spoils of war (amongst themselves), after hanging their swords by the olive trees, the Satan would cry: The Dajjal has taken your place among your family. They would then come out, but it would be of no avail. And when they would come to Syria, he would come out while they would be still preparing themselves for battle drawing up the ranks. Certainly, the time of prayer shall come and then Jesus, son of Mary, would descend and would lead them in prayer. When the enemy of Allah would see him, it would (disappear) just as the salt dissolves itself in water and if he (Jesus) were not to confront them at all, even then it would dissolve completely, but Allah would kill them by his hand and he would show them their blood on his weapon (the weapon of Jesus)."
[Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 6924]
16. Stones and trees will help the Muslims fight against the Jews.
Hazrat Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger as saying: "The last Hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allaah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews."
[Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 6985]
17. The consumption of intoxicants will be widespread. [Bukhari & Muslim]
18. Adultery and fornication will be prevalent. [Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah]
19. Women will outnumber men, eventually the ratio will be 50 women to 1 man. [Bukhari, Muslim, & Ahmad]
Narrated Hazrat Anas bin Malik: I heard from Allah's Messenger a narration which none other than I will narrate to you. The Prophet said, "From among the portents of the Hour are the following: General ignorance (in religious affairs) will prevail, (religious) knowledge will decrease, illegal sexual intercourse will prevail, alcoholic drinks will be drunk (in abundance), men will decrease and women will increase, so much so that, for every fifty women there will be one man to look after them."
[Sahih Bukhari, Hadith no. 483]
20. People will strive for power about mosques.
Narrated by Hazrat Anas bin Malik: The Holy Prophet said, "The Last Hour will not come until people vie with one another about mosques."
[Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 2, Hadith no. 449]
21. Adultery and fornication will be prevalent. [Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah]
22. People will cheat with goods. [Ibn Majah]
23. Paying Zakat becomes a burden and miserliness becomes widespread; charity is given reluctantly. [Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah]
24. Leaders will not rule according to the Commands of Allah.
Hazrat Abdullah ibn Umar said, "The Prophet came to us and said, 'O Muhajirun, (emigrants from Makkah to Madinah), you may be afflicted by five things; God forbid that you should live to see them. If fornication should become widespread, you should realise that this has never happened without new diseases befalling the people, which their forebears never suffered. If people should begin to cheat in weighing out goods, you should realise that this has never happened without drought and famine befalling the people, and their rulers oppressing them. If people should withhold zakat, you should realise that this has never happened without the rain being stopped from falling; and were it not for the animals' sake, it would never rain again. If people should break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, you should realise that this has never happened without Allah sending an enemy against them to take some of their possessions by force. If the leaders do not govern according to the Book of Allah, you should realise that this has never happened without Allah making them into groups and making them fight one another."
[Ibn Majah]
25. Only the rich receive a share of any gains, and the poor do not. [Tirmidhi]
26. The leader of a people will be the worst of them. [Tirmidhi]
27. A trust is used to make a profit. [Tirmidhi]
28. When a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother; and treats his friend kindly while shunning his father. [Tirmidhi]
29. When voices are raised in the mosques. [Tirmidhi]
30. People will treat a man with respect out of fear for some evil he might do. [Tirmidhi]
31. Men will begin to wear silk. [Tirmidhi]
32. Female singers and musical instruments will become popular. [Tirmidhi]
33. When the last ones of the Ummah begin to curse the first ones. [Tirmidhi]
Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib said, "The Prophet said: 'If my Ummah bears fifteen traits, tribulation will befall it.' Someone asked, 'What are they, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'When any gain is shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to the poor; when a trust becomes a means of making a profit; when paying Zakat becomes a burden; when a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother; and treats his friend kindly whilst shunning his father; when voices are raised in the mosques; when the leader of a people is the worst of them; when people treat a man with respect because they fear some evil he may do; when much wine is drunk; when men wear silk; when female singers and musical instruments become popular; when the last ones of this Ummah curse the first ones – then let them expect a red wind, or the earth to swallow them, or to be transformed into animals.' "
34. The nations of the Earth will gather against the Muslims like hungry people going to sit at a table full of food. This will occur when the Muslims are large in number, but "like the foam of the sea".
Hazrat Thauban reported that the Messenger of Allah said, "It is near that the nations will call one another against you, just as the eaters call one another to their dishes." Somebody asked, "Is this because we will be few in numbers that day?" He said, "Nay, that day you shall be numerous, but you will be like the foam of the sea, and Allah will take the fear of you away from your enemies and will place weakness into your hearts." Somebody asked, "What is this weakness?" He said, "The love of the world and the dislike of death."
[Sunan Abu Dawud]
35. The Muslim conquest of Jerusalem. [Bukhari]
36. A great plague will spread over the land – may be in reference to the plague of Amwas during the Caliphate of Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab. [Bukhari]
37. Wealth will increase so much so that if a man were given 10,000, he would not be content with it. [Ahmad & Bukhari]
38. A trial will arise in Arabia which will not spare a single household. [Ahmad & Bukhari]
39. A treaty will be made between the Muslims and the Westerners – which they will breach with an army of 12,000 soldiers under 80 banners. [Bukhari]
Hazrat Auf bin Malik reported: "I came to the Holy Prophet during the battle of Tabuk while he was in a leather tent, and he said: 'Count six things before the last hour: my death, then the conquest of Jerusalem, then the contagious disease that will overtake you like the disease of cattle, then the excess of wealth, so much that when a man shall be given a hundred dinars he shall remain dissatisfied, then trial from which not a single house in Arabia shall be spared, then a treaty between you and the Westerners (Banu Asfar – the Romans), but they shall cheat you and march against you under 80 banners with 12,000 soldiers under each banner."
Other signs mentioned in Hadith Sharif include:
40. Books/writing will be widespread and (religious) knowledge will be low. [Ahmad]
41. People will beat others with whips like the tails of oxen – this may be in reference to the slave trade. [Muslim]
42. Children will be filled with rage. [at-Tabarani, al-Hakim]
43. Children will be foul. [at-Tabarani, al-Hakim]
44. Women will conspire. [at-Tabarani, al-Hakim
45. Rain will be acidic or burning – reference to acid rain. [at-Tabarani, al-Hakim]
46. Children of fornication will become widespread or prevalent. [at-Tabarani, al-Hakim]
47. When a trust becomes a means of making a profit. [Tirmidhi, Al-Haythami]
48. Episodes of sudden death will become widespread. [Ahmad]
49. There will be people who will be brethren in public, but enemies in secret. (When asked how that would come about, he replied, "Because they will have ulterior motives in their mutual dealings, and at the same time they will fear one another.") [Tirmidhi]
50. People will walk in the marketplace with their thighs exposed.
51. Great distances will be traversed in short spans of time – reference to vehicles, aeroplanes.
52. The people of Iraq will recieve no food and no money due to oppression by the Romans (Europeans). [Muslim]
53. People will hop between the clouds and the earth.
54. When singers become common. [Al-Haythami]
55. People will dance late into the night.
56. People will claim to follow the Qur'an but will reject Hadith & Sunnah. [Abu Dawood]
57. People will believe in the stars. [Al-Haythami]
58. People will reject al-Qadr (the Divine Decree of Destiny). [Al-Haythami]
59. Smog will appear over cities because of the evil that they are doing.
60. People will be carrying on with their trade, but there will only be a few trustworthy persons.
61. There will be attempts to make the deserts green.
62. Women will be naked in spite of being dressed, these women will be led astray & will lead others astray. [Muslim]
63. The conquest of India by the Muslims, just prior to the return of Prophet Jesus, son of Mary. [Ahmad, an-Nisa'i, Tabarani, al-Hakim]
64. There will be a special greeting for the people of distinction. [Ahmad]
65. Wild animals will be able to talk to humans. [Ahmad]
66. A man will leave his home and his thigh or hip will tell him what is happening back at his home. [Ahmad]
67. Years of deceit in which the truthful person will not be believed and the liar will be believed. [Ahmad]
68. Bearing false witness will become widespread. [Al-Haythami & Ahmad]
69. When men lie with men, and women lie with women. [Al-Haythami]
70. Trade will become so widespread that a woman will be forced to help her husband in business. [Ahmad]
71. A woman will enter the workforce out of love for this world. [Ahmad]
72. Arrogance will increase in the earth. [Tabarani, al-Hakim]
73. Family ties will be cut. [Ahmad]
74. There will be many women of child-bearing age who will no longer give birth.
75. There will be an abundance of food, much of which has no blessing in it.
76. People will refuse when offered food.
77. Men will begin to look like women and women will begin to look like men.
May Allah protect us all from such Fitna!
Source : Haqqanisoul


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