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Where the First Raindrop Falls
Managing watersheds on a regional scale, involving multiple landowners, is the key to meeting Texas' water needs.
By Larry D. Hodge
John Graves said it best in Texas Rivers: "The loss of our primeval forests and prairies, the extinction or increasing rarity of many species of living things, the disruption of our waters' flow and their pollution — all these evils and more … are the price we have paid for progress and prosperity and our nation's power, for getting to the point we have reached today."
What point have we reached? Gunnar Brune's Springs of Texas (1973) gives a clue. "Texas originally had 281 major and historically significant springs, other than saline springs. Of these, four were originally very large springs (over 100 cubic feet per second flow); however, only two, Comal and San Marcos, remain in that class today. Sixty-three springs, many with important historical backgrounds, have completely failed."
Why does this matter?
Spring flow is a barometer of underground water supply. "A spring is normally a spillway for an underground reservoir," Brune said. It is those reservoirs, through seeps and springs, that provide what hydrologists call base flows, the water that courses through streams after runoff from rainfall ceases. Underground reservoirs also supply water to lakes, ponds and wells. The fate of springs is ours as well. Graves was right. We have paid a tremendous price — not out of our own pockets, but borrowed from future generations — for getting to where we are today.
So where do we go from here?
In 1947, former President Johnson recognized that private landowners are the key to conservation when he said, "Saving the water and the soil must start where the first raindrop falls." This is especially true in Texas, where more than 90 percent of the land is privately owned. Finding ways for landowners to work together while maintaining their autonomy and private property rights is perhaps the central challenge of conservation. Fortunately, it is being done in watersheds all over the state. What follows is far from complete, but it broadly sketches how Texans in different parts of the state are working to improve their little piece of what is still, despite several centuries of abuse, one of the best places to live on the "water planet." The challenge now facing us is how to move to the next level. Increasingly scientists and land managers are coming to the same conclusion: Successfully managing our water resources requires acting on a broader scale than we are accustomed to. We need to manage entire watersheds, not just pieces within them.
Watershed or water catchment?
"Watershed" describes land where most rain quickly runs off, temporarily swelling streams and perhaps eroding adjacent lands. "Water catchment" depicts land where most rain soaks into the soil after moving slowly through grasses and other vegetation, replenishing aquifers before being released slowly through seeps and springs, feeding streams over the long term and nourishing coastal estuaries and bays. It's a vision for the future as well as the way the landscape functioned in the past.
Wayne Elmore, a riparian specialist from Oregon, preaches converting Texas watersheds to water catchments. "What you do on your land in the upper part of a watershed influences conditions throughout," Elmore says. "After the rain stops and water no longer runs over the surface, all the water in a stream comes from the ground. The condition of riparian areas and their associated catchments affects how much of that rain goes into the ground and how fast that water comes out of the ground. The opportunity is to increase our water storage area and volume and keep water on the land longer by managing our catchments together."
The Nueces River Authority, with funding from the Dixon Water Foundation, conducted a number of landowner riparian workshops in 2008. It plans additional headwaters stewardship programs through 2010.
"The Dixon Water Foundation funded the Nueces Riparian Network to help people work together to create a riparian whole that is greater than the sum of the individual parcels of land," says Executive Director Robert Potts. "Good land management along our rivers and creeks can create an environment in which water brings neighbors together for their mutual benefit. Better water retention in our state's rivers benefits everyone by providing cleaner, healthier rivers and more usable water for Texas."
Brush: villain or victim?
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service estimates that brush in Texas uses about 10 million acre-feet (3.5 trillion gallons) of water annually. In comparison, total human use in the state amounts to about 15 million acre-feet.
It seems obvious that if we get rid of the brush, we will have all the water we need. Not necessarily so, say the experts.
Salt cedar, juniper and mesquite trees have been variously charged with using between 20 and 200 gallons of water daily, and until recently conventional wisdom held that if you clear the brush and let grasses take its place, more water will flow into streams, lakes and aquifers. That thinking led the Texas Legislature to create the Texas Brush Control Program in 1985.
Brush clearing in the North Concho, Upper Colorado and Pedernales River watersheds did lead to increased runoff and rising aquifer levels in some places. Brush control, where it does work, increases water yields only where soils and underlying bedrock are highly permeable. But recent research indicates that the gains may not be permanent and may have resulted more from improved range conditions due to lower livestock stocking rates than from brush control.
"Our results suggest that for many semiarid rangelands (where baseflow is a small component of streamflow), large-scale shrub clearing in combination with sound range management will not lead to significant — if any — increases in streamflow," says a report coauthored by Bradford Wilcox, Yun Huang and John Walker of Texas A&M University at College Station. "This is because proper management will enable a vigorous vegetation cover to be maintained, which means that infiltration rates will remain high and water will be retained in the soil and eventually used by plants."
It should be noted that the plants that replace brush may well be forbs and grasses with higher value for wildlife and livestock than the brush they replaced. And more water in the soil is not a bad thing. Think springs and baseflows.
Brush clearing can also have unwanted side effects. The endangered golden-cheeked warbler depends on bark from mature cedars to build its nests, and the southwestern willow flycatcher adapted to salt cedar as it crowded out the native willows. Clearing brush can destroy their habitat. Brush clearing can also lead to increased erosion and lower water quality until grasses grow up to anchor the soil.
"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink."
San Antonio gets most of its water from the Edwards Aquifer, a crescent of intensely fractured and faulted limestone that arcs across the heart of Texas from Hays and Travis counties in the north to Bexar near the center to Kinney in the west. The recharge zone, a relatively narrow band, lies on the northern rim of the aquifer at the edge of the Texas Hill Country — one of the fastest-developing areas in the nation.
In addition to feeding two of the largest springs in the state, Comal and San Marcos, the aquifer also provides habitat for a number of endangered species, some living in underground caverns. Development poses a serious threat to the aquifer both from possible pollution and from diminished recharge due to increasing amounts of impervious cover.
Water flows downhill, so pressure from water entering the aquifer through the recharge zone forces water downward and southward to San Antonio and other users. Ironically, although the level of water in aquifer-monitoring wells reacts quickly to recharge and pumping, most water in the aquifer lies too deep for economic access. Usage is basically restricted to recharge, which varies greatly depending on rainfall.
In 2000 and 2005, San Antonio voters approved a 1/8-cent sales tax to fund the protection of lands over the recharge zone. Through outright purchase and conservation easements, more than 80,000 of the nearly 1 million acres in the recharge zone are protected from development in perpetuity. Those funds have now been exhausted.
In 2007 the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 3, which establishes the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program. The law gives the Edwards Aquifer Authority the power to implement water management practices to ensure the continuous minimum flows of Comal and San Marcos springs and to develop a recovery plan for threatened and endangered species associated with the aquifer.
The San Antonio Water System has been approached by landowner groups offering to pump groundwater from aquifers to the east and sell it to the city. Naturally, San Antonio is very interested.
But what of the people who live over those aquifers, who fear their wells might go dry because of massive pumping? Texans like to think of themselves as always being willing to help a neighbor in need, but when you start talking about taking water from one part of the state and sending it to another, you can expect a catfight.
Ranching fourth-graders
The Trinity River flows through the heart of the most heavily populated part of Texas, linking its two largest metropolitan areas, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. Two-thirds of the state's population lives within its watershed. If ever there was a poster child for the need to manage water in an entire watershed rather than on separated bits and pieces of land, the Trinity is it.
Fortunately, the Trinity also serves as an example of how to do it. Combining technical guidance from TPWD biologists, financial support from private landowner organizations and public water suppliers, cooperation from landowners, the expertise of educators and the enthusiasm of kids on field trips, the Texas Wildlife Association and the Trinity Basin Conservation Foundation are leading an effort to link urban and rural Texans by showing how they are all connected by water.
The Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) pumps water from Richland-Chambers Reservoir to supply Fort Worth with water. Ranchers with land in the watershed, like Gary and Sue Price of Blooming Grove, can get grants from TRWD for management practices that improve the quality of water coming off their land.
"What happens in the watershed drives not just the quantity of water in our reservoirs, but also water quality," said Darrell Andrews, TRWD assistant environmental director. "That in turn affects the water we sell to our customers. It translates to reduced costs because the water is cheaper to treat, because the water going into the reservoir is cleaner." TRWD also partners with TPWD on the operation of constructed wetlands that clean Trinity River water, which is then added to Richland-Chambers Reservoir. Private landowners along the Trinity are banding together for projects that will benefit people throughout the watershed.
If it stopped right there it would be a commendable project. But public and private land managers realize they need public support to achieve their goal of making the Trinity River Basin a model for how to manage a watershed.
For that they've enlisted some most unlikely allies: fourth-graders. Through field trips cosponsored by the Texas Wildlife Association (TWA) and the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, fourth-graders get to see land and water management as it's being practiced, meet with ranchers like the Prices and even roll hay bales after a picnic lunch under huge bur oaks. They leave with a better understanding of where their water comes from and what it takes to get it to them.
"Young people are the most impressionable. By starting with fourth-graders perhaps we can get to their parents as well," Gary Price explains. "We have to show them the things we do, and the things they do, that connect them to the land. Our biggest challenges in the next few decades will be centered around water. Everything is connected to that. If we don't have the quantity or quality of water we need, we will have problems that can radically change lifestyles. We need to get urban dwellers onto the land to see what happens here firsthand and take that knowledge back home with them. And we need to see their side of things, too. We have to take the big picture approach. If we don't do that, we'll never bridge the gap."
TWA engaged Conrod Associates of Washington, D.C., to develop a plan and secure funding for a Web-based educational pilot project to give schools and landowners the tools to connect with each other and create a continuing dialogue about urban-rural issues.
"The vision for the Trinity River Stewardship Project is for a partnership among various agencies, organizations and private landowners," says TWA's Tamara Trail. "We want to expand the project to more schools in the Trinity River Basin. The long-term goal is to change our conservation ethic."
Some final words
Henry David Thoreau wrote, "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Brush control, interbasin transfers, conservation easements and even conservation itself all address branches of the water problem, but we shouldn't forget the root. Ultimately it all comes down to managing Texas watersheds (catchments) in such a way that springs and streams will flow and underground aquifers will be recharged; making water available for use in reservoirs and wells; providing habitat for fish and wildlife both endangered and common; supporting recreational use; and freshening the coastal bays and estuaries that serve as nurseries for marine life. We know the way. Do we have the will?
How to Get Help for Your Piece of Watershed
In recognition of the importance of managing watersheds, TPWD has set up the Watershed Policy and Management Program within its Inland Fisheries Division. However, the program is more wide-ranging than its name implies, says Gary Garrett, the senior scientist/program director. "What TPWD is going to do is have a holistic approach to managing the resources of Texas," Garrett explains. "Even though the Inland Fisheries Division will provide staff dedicated to the effort, we want to utilize all the resources we have within and outside the department."
Garrett stresses that TPWD will be providing advice and technical assistance, but it will be up to stakeholders within the watershed to develop and implement a plan. "The way a rancher does business on his ranch, the way industries operate, the way other people affect land use, is all part of the picture, and you can't separate them. We will identify areas throughout the state that could benefit from management plans, meet with community leaders and stakeholders, put together an advisory team and advise them on what they need to do and what we can do to help them. In addition, we know where the money is to help them make things happen. But it's their program. They have to make it work."
The challenges are huge, but Garrett points out that the rewards amount to nothing less than keeping Texas a place we want to live. "If we don't do this, we are going to lose this resource — if somebody is not taking care of it, it will go away," he says. "Water is important to tourism, to health, to recreation, to farming, to ranching, to hunting, to sustainable cities and industry. If communities will take care of their water, it will be their legacy for the future. Clean, flowing water. Who's not for that?"
Interested in learning more about watersheds and water conservation? Here are some informative Web sites you can visit:
• Texas water matters in general: (www.texaswater.org)
• Nueces River and its Headwaters Stewardship Project: (www.nueces-ra.org)
• Brush control: (www.tsswcb.state.tx.us/brushcontrol)
• Land and water management: (www.nrcs.usda.gov;www.ucratx.org;www.texaswatermatters.org)
• Edwards Aquifer: (www.edwardsaquifer.net)
• Trinity River Stewardship Project: (www.trinityfix.org)
• Conservation easements and land trusts: (www.texaslandtrustcouncil.org;www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/texas)
• EARIP: (http://earip.tamu.edu)


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Jim Brown, all-time NFL great and social activist, dead at 87
By TOM WITHERS
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Jim Brown was virtually unstoppable in every arena.
Whether on the field, as a Hollywood film hero or civil rights advocate, Brown was a force.
One of the greatest players in NFL history, Brown, who retired at the peak of his playing career to pursue acting and remained in the public spotlight as an activist — and due to off-field transgressions that included allegations of violence against women — has died. He was 87.
A spokeswoman for Brown's family said he died peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night with his wife, Monique, by his side.
"To the world, he was an activist, actor, and football star," Monique Brown wrote in an Instagram post. "To our family, he was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Our hearts are broken."
One of pro football's first superstars, Brown was a wrecking ball while leading the league in rushing for eight of his nine seasons with the Cleveland Browns. He never missed a game, playing in 118 straight before his sudden retirement in 1965 — after being named Most Valuable Player.
Brown led the Browns to their last championship in 1964 before quitting football in his prime at age 30 to make movies. He appeared in more than 30 films, including "Any Given Sunday" and "The Dirty Dozen."
A powerful runner with speed and endurance, Brown's arrival sparked the game's burgeoning popularity on television and he remained an indomitable figure well after his playing days ended.
Brown was also a champion for Black Americans and used his platform and voice to fight for equality.
"I hope every Black athlete takes the time to educate themselves about this incredible man and what he did to change all of our lives," NBA star LeBron James said. "We all stand on your shoulders Jim Brown. If you grew up in Northeast Ohio and were Black, Jim Brown was a God."
In June 1967, Brown organized "The Cleveland Summit," a meeting of the nation's top Black athletes, including Bill Russell and Lew Alcindor, who later became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, to support boxer Muhammad Ali's fight against serving in Vietnam.
In later years, he worked to curb gang violence in LA and in 1988 founded Amer-I-Can, a program to help disadvantaged inner-city youth and ex-convicts.
On the field, there was no one like Brown, who would blast through would-be tacklers, refusing to let one man take him down before sprinting away from linebackers and defensive backs. He was also famous for using a stiff arm to shed defenders in the open field or push them away like they were rag dolls.
Indeed, Brown was unlike any back before him, and some feel there has never been anyone better than Cleveland's No. 32. At 6-foot-2, 230 pounds, he was relentless, fighting for every yard, dragging multiple defenders along or finding holes where none seemed to exist.
After Brown was tackled, he'd slowly rise and walk even more slowly back to the huddle — then dominate the defense when he got the ball again.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell offered his condolences on behalf of the league.
"Jim Brown was a gifted athlete — one of the most dominant players to ever step on any athletic field — but also a cultural figure who helped promote change," Goodell said. "During his nine-year NFL career, which coincided with the civil rights movement here at home, he became a forerunner and role model for athletes being involved in social initiatives outside their sport."
Off the field, Brown was a contentious, complicated figure.
While he had a soft spot for those in need, he also was arrested a half-dozen times, mostly on charges of hitting women.
In June 1999, Brown's wife called 911, saying Brown had smashed her car with a shovel and threatened to kill her. During the trial, Monique Brown recanted. Jim Brown was acquitted of a charge of domestic threats but convicted of misdemeanor vandalism. A Los Angeles judge sentenced Brown to six months in jail when he refused to attend domestic violence counseling.
He also feuded with Browns coach Paul Brown and later with the team's management, although he played his entire career with Cleveland.
When his playing days ended, Brown set off for Hollywood and eventually settled there. Brown advised Cleveland coach Blanton Collier of his retirement while the team was in training camp and he was on the set of "The Dirty Dozen" in England.
Among his films were "100 Rifles," "Mars Attacks!" Spike Lee's "He Got Game," Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday," and "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," which parodied the blaxploitation genre. In 2002, Brown was the subject of Lee's HBO documentary "Jim Brown: All-American."
In recent years, Brown's relationship with the Browns was inconsistent. He served as an adviser to owner Randy Lerner and was hired to counsel the team's younger players. However, in 2010, Brown parted ways with the team after having his role reduced by incoming team president Mike Holmgren. Brown felt slighted by the perceived demotion — when the club unveiled a "Ring of Honor" inside its downtown stadium, Brown didn't attend the ceremony in protest.
The Browns erected a statue of Brown outside their stadium in 2016.
Brown made only a few public appearances in recent years. In February, he attended the NFL Honors ceremony when the league announced it had renamed its league rushing title as The Jim Brown Award.
Brown was an eight-time All-Pro and went to the Pro Bowl in each of his nine years in the league. When he retired, he held the league's records for yards (12,312) and touchdowns (126).
"He told me, 'Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts,'" said Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey. "He lived by that philosophy and I always followed that advice."
Born on Feb. 17, 1936, in St. Simons Island, Georgia, Brown was a multisport star at Manhasset High School on Long Island. He averaged 14.9 yards per carry in football and once scored 55 points in a game.
A two-sport star at Syracuse — some say he is the best lacrosse player in NCAA history — Brown endured countless racist taunts while playing at the virtually all-white school at the time. Still, he was an All-American in both sports and lettered in basketball.
Brown was the sixth overall pick of the 1957 draft, joining a team that routinely played for the title. He was the Offensive Rookie of the Year that season.
Running behind an offensive line featuring Hall of Fame tackles Lou Groza and Mike McCormack, Brown set a league mark with 1,527 yards and scored 17 TDs on his way to the league's Most Outstanding Player award — a precursor to the MVP — in 1958. Over the next three seasons, he never ran for less than 1,257 yards before finishing with 996 in 1962.
He led the NFL in rushing eight times, gaining a career-best 1,863 yards in 1963. He averaged 104 yards per game, scored 106 rushing touchdowns and averaged an astounding 5.2 yards per carry. A dangerous receiver as well, Brown finished with 262 catches for 2,499 yards and another 20 TDs.
"I've said many times, and I will always say, Jim Brown is the best," Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers once said, "and he will still be the best long after all his records are broken."
Brown's No. 32 was retired by the Browns in '71, the same year he entered the Hall of Fame. But he rarely visited Cleveland during the 1970s and '80s. He and Cleveland owner Art Modell were at odds over his sudden retirement; the two later patched up their differences and remained friends.
Brown supported Modell's decision to move Cleveland's franchise to Baltimore in 1995. It was both a reflection of his loyalty to Modell and another sign of his fierce independence. Brown was one of the few former Browns players not angry with Modell for moving the team.
Many modern players couldn't appreciate Brown or his impact on American sports.
"They have grown up in a different era," former Browns coach Romeo Crennel said. "He's one of the greatest players in NFL history and what he was able to accomplish in his time was tremendous. I don't know that anybody could do what he did, the way he did it, under the circumstances that he had to operate and the things that he had to endure.
"And for him to go out on top, that's something that not many guys are able to appreciate either."
Brown is survived by his wife and son, Aris; daughter, Morgan, son, Jim Jr.; daughter, Kimberly; son, Kevin; daughter, Shellee; and daughter, Kim. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Karen Ward.
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A member of the studio audience sent me the following question:
I would love to know how you manage to know that god and the supernatural don't exist. i am an atheist myself yet i believe(not claim) that god does not exist, but not claim that "god does not exist" is a fact. i am therefore an atheist agnostic and i would assume that you're a gnostic atheist?
I would love to know why, when conversations turn to God, people shift the meaning of the word "know" to something entirely at odds with the way the term is used everywhere else.
If I were to say, at work, that I know that the meeting will take more than an hour, I am not going to be jumped by co-workers asking me how I could possibly know that. Nobody is going to assert that, because of factors I have not considered or am not aware of, it is possible that the meeting will take less then an hour, so I am making a mistake in claiming to know that it will last more than an hour. Our regular everyday use of the word "know" is quite compatible with the possibility of error.
If it turns out that I am mistaken - that the meeting lasts 30 minutes because a key member has to catch a plane - then I have to retract my claim to have known that it would take more than an hour.
However, the point is that "know" claims in regular conversation are retractable claims. Whenever a person makes a knowledge claim in any conversation not having to do with God, it is with the understanding on the part of the speaker and the listener that the know claim might ultimately have to be retracted.
This seems not to be true when we talk about God. Here, when I say that I know that a God does not exist, I am accused of using the term "know" improperly unless it is an unretractable claim.
"You cannot justifiably claim to know that a God does not exist unless you are willing to assert no possibility of error that might force you to retract that claim."
Why is there this double standard?
"If I use the standard, retractable concept of 'know' when I talk about God, then the phrase 'I know that God does not exist' would be a true and sensible statement to make about myself. However, that would mean that I am an atheist. My friends and family would freak out if I were an atheist. In fact, all the time I was growing up I was taught to look down on atheists and view them as inferior who are beneath us good religious folks. I certainly do not want to apply this term 'atheist' to myself. Therefore, when it comes to claims about God, I am going to shift to a different definition in which 'know' claims are not retractable. Since it is not the case that I 'know' that God does not exist in the non-retractable sense (a sense that actually prohibits me from knowing anything at all, including my own name), I can avoid the label 'atheist'."
This description is not true of the person who sent the original question. However, it does explain why he has come to think that, when it comes to claims about God, we must use the non-retractable concept. It explains why he thinks it is proper to accuse me of claiming that I have non-retractable knowledge that God does not exist when I claim to know that God does not exist.
The other reason we have this non-retractable definition of "to know" when we speak about God is the theist reason.
The theist wants to believe in God. To do this, in light of what we see around us in the real world, she needs to set the evidence bar low enough that it is possible to get over it. In a universe with absolutely no evidence for the existence of God, one argument that a person can still use is to claim, "I am justified in claiming that God exists as long as non-retractable knowledge that God does not exist is impossible."
This form of argument is not logically valid, but it can be psychologically comforting. To the person who is afraid to let go of God, either for personal reasons or because this would lead to his being an outcast in his community of friends and family, this rationalization serves its purpose. This person can join his friends and family in looking down on those atheists who claim that God does not exist when they cannot possibly have non-retractable knowledge that God does not exist.
Of course, there are some theists who set the evidence bar even lower than this. For them, the evidence bar is not sitting on the floor, it IS the floor. These are the faith-peddlers, the people who claim that one can know that God exists without any evidence at all - that there is absolutely no bar to clear.
If these people were applying this standard only to beliefs that have no effect on others, then there would be little reason to complain about it. However, many of those who use the faith standard are using it to decide how they are going to treat other people, what laws they are going to vote for and against, and what politicians are worthy of holding power. In fact, many insist that the only politician worthy of holding power is one whose standard of evidence is as low as theirs - which provides a very dangerous foundation for public policy.
I am not saying that these are the conscious thoughts of individuals involved in these ways of thinking. In fact, as conscious thoughts they would fail. Rather, the way these arguments work in practice is in the form of beliefs grounded on emotion.
An individual experiences a learned aversion to the atheist label. Because of the discomfort of this learned aversion, he finds that he is more comfortable thinking that atheism requires a non-retractable definition of "to know". Because this non-retractable definition is comfortable, the agent adopts it.
The same is true of the person who is afraid to let go of God. She is more comfortable holding onto the belief, and finds that she is comfortable thinking that atheism requires this non-retractable concept of "to know". Because these beliefs are comfortable to her, she adopts them as being true.
For these reasons, we find ourselves in a culture that allows a retractable concept of "to know" everywhere other than when we talk about God, and a non-retractable concept when we talk about God. We are surrounded by such a culture because it helps people to avoid conclusions they do not like. It helps atheists avoid the stigma of thinking of themselves as atheists, and it helps theists hold onto a belief in God that they are desperate to hold onto.
I know that no God exists. I know it in the same sense that I know who my biological parents are and I know on what day I was born. It doesn't mean that there is no chance that I am wrong . . . only that I consider the chance of error to be remote.
The non-retractable sense of "know" we are supposed to use when we speak about God's existence has two major uses. It is used to escape the sigmatism that is attached to something that deserves no stigmatism worthy of escaping - the "atheist" label. And it is used as a foundation for unfounded beliefs that the harms and injustices one seeks to inflict on others is justified by faith - or something very near to it.
These are not good reasons to insist that people use such a definition.
They are not good reasons for much of anything at all.


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What is Midcoast Park Lands?
Midcoast Park Lands (MPL) is a non-profit organization, staffed by volunteers, that promotes land stewardship, conservation and recreation on the San Mateo Coast. As the manager of Quarry Park until mid-2008, MPL directed a variety of volunteer work projects which maintained and improved park quality. The county assumed operating responsibility for Quarry Park in 2008. During that transition, support from the County, volunteer projects and the Lions Club brought major improvements for the park, including new picnic tables and benches, a tree house, a kiosk, barbecue pits, and a vault toilet.
News Bulletin: Help Choose New Play Structures for Quarry Park: Meet at the Park Monday, June 7 - 7 p.m. >>click here for more info
MPL continues its support for Quarry Park through a "Friends of Quarry Park" group. The group advises the county on detailed issues of park operations and possible improvements. In 2009, the primary focus has been on starting a Community Garden. San Mateo County Parks worked closely with the Friends of Quarry Park and established a formal agreement with the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) that let MPL establish a community garden on a section of POST's Wicklow Property across from the Quarry Park meadow. A generous initial grant from a community member's family foundation enabled a solid start to garden operations, including fencing, raised beds, and site preparation and maintenance.
In the future MPL hopes to take this same multi-level, grass-roots approach to foster effective volunteer work to support other projects that create or sustain parks and trails on the Midcoast.
For more information about MPL please click on About MPL. To contact MPL, or to make a tax-deductible donation to MPL, visit the Contact page. The Links page contains links to related organizations whose activities affect parks and recreation developments on the Coastside.
Granada A Synonym for Paradise - New Printing from MPL
Now available in a new printing, the story of El Granada, California. A detailed look at the creation of El Granada — a little known, but fully realized design by Daniel H. Burnham. Click on image for more information.
- "There has long been in my mind a dream of a water-side improvement … Nowhere on earth is the ocean availed of by men as it should be. Perhaps we can set the pace and inoculate the men of the Pacific coast with the right ideas."
- "I will … leave as much space as possible for the proper development of the future resort."
........ Daniel H. Burnham, quoted in Granada, a Synonym for Paradise


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Get in Fantastic Shape with this 4‑Minute Workout
Are you spending a lot of time at the gym but not seeing the results you want? Maybe you want to get in better shape but can't find time to go to the gym? What if you could get in fantastic shape exercising only 4 minutes each day, 4-5 days week? What if you could do all the exercises at home without buying any equipment? You can. This article will teach you how.
Tabata interval training is a highly effective training protocol designed to produce exceptional results in a very short period of time. In 4 short minutes, you get a complete workout that will improve your fitness performance, build muscle, and burn fat.
Tabata interval training is very simple. Perform 20 seconds of maximum intensity exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest. Repeat 8 times without pause for a total of 4 minutes. The 4 minutes are challenging and very intense, but yield better results than 60 minutes of aerobic exercise.
The Science
In his ground breaking study, Dr. Tabata had two different groups of athletes perform two different exercise regimes, and then he compared the results. The first group exercised for 60 minutes, 5 days/week at an intermediate intensity. The second group exercised using short but very intense intervals (20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 rounds, for a total of 4 minutes). After 6 weeks, Dr. Tabata found:
- Group 1 improved their aerobic capacity by 9.5% but got no improvement in anaerobic capacity
- Group 2 (the interval trained group) improved their aerobic capacity by 14% and their anaerobic capacity by 28%
Later, a 2007 study in the Journal of Applied Physiology found high intensity interval training (HIIT) increased fat burning capacity in women after only 7 sessions over a 2 week period.
In 2009, a study found that men performing HIIT doubled their metabolic rate and increased glucose and fatty acid oxidation (burned fat) for three hours after exercising.
In 2013, Dr. Olson found that a 4-minute Tabata routine of jump squats burned 13.5 calories per minute, (5 times the calories burned in the average cardio workout) and doubled the subjects' metabolic rate for 30 minutes after the workout ended.
What Exercises Can Be Performed in Tabata Interval Training?
A variety of exercises can be performed, but they must be compound movements that activate a lot of muscle mass. So think squats, not calf raises. Bodyweight exercises like squats, sit-ups, and push-ups can be done as well as full body movements like burpees, sprints, or jumping jacks. You can also use weighted movements like deadlifts or power cleans. You can mix and match exercises depending on your fitness goals.
How to Perform a Tabata Interval Workout, Step by Step
Step 1: Plan the Exercises
Determine the exercises you will perform. No equipment or gym membership? No problem. Bodyweight exercises are perfect for Tabata interval training. Go here for a periodic table of bodyweight exercises complete with instructional videos on how to correctly perform each exercise. They are arranged by difficulty, so you can pick exercises that fit your fitness level. Don't have time to plan the exercises? You can use Strength Stack 52 bodyweight exercise cards. Simply shuffle the deck and deal yourself 8 cards.
Step 2: Warm up
Start with some dynamic stretching and then perform full body movements (jogging, rowing, etc.) that increase your body temperature until you achieve a light sweat.
As you warm up, get fired up and mentally prepare for an intense 4 minutes. Remember, a 4 minute workout is more fun than a 60 minute workout, and it's more effective too!
Step 3: Get a Clock
Get a clock or stop watch handy. Better yet, if you have smartphone or computer go to http://www.tabatatimer.com/ for a Tabata timer with voice commands that tell you when to start, stop, and rest between intervals.
Step 4: Workout
Set the timer, get in position for the first exercise, and wait for the beginning bell to ring. Without sacrificing technique, get as many reps as possible for each exercise in 20 seconds. So if you're doing squats, try to get as many squats as possible using good technique before the 20 second timer is up.
When the timer rings, stop the exercise, breathe deeply, and get in position for the next exercise. Repeat this for all 8 intervals at the highest intensity you can manage.
Step 5: Cool down
Yes, you just finished an awesome workout, and it only took 4 minutes! You will be thoroughly exhausted. Breathe deeply and walk briskly until your heart rate and breathing returns to normal. Finish by lightly stretching your muscles.
The Stack 52 4-Minute Workout
Want to get started right away? Try the Stack 52 4-Minute Tabata Workout. First watch the video of each exercise and practice a few reps to make sure you know how to perform the exercise. This will help you warm up to a light sweat. Then get your Tabata timer ready and go for it!
Round 1: 20 Seconds of bodyweight Squats
10 Seconds of Rest
Round 2: 20 Seconds of Push-Ups
10 Seconds of Rest
Round 3: 20 Seconds of Mason Twists
10 Seconds of Rest
Round 4: 20 Seconds of Burpees
10 Seconds of Rest
Round 5: 20 Seconds of Diamond Push-Ups
10 Seconds of Rest
Round 6: 20 Seconds Vertical Crunches
10 Seconds of Rest
Round 7: 20 Seconds of Clock Lunges
10 Seconds of Rest
Round 8: 20 Seconds of Mountain Climbers
10 Seconds of Rest
Not only can you get a great workout in only 4 minutes, you will get results faster than anyone doing 60 minutes of cardio at the gym. Tabata interval training is wonderfully challenging and extremely effective. After a few weeks, you will notice your overall fitness has dramatically increased, and you have burned a lot of fat. I worked out for 10 years at gyms, and I never had 6-pack abs until I started doing Tabata interval training. If you play sports, you will notice that you can play with much more intensity for longer periods without getting winded. You will run circles around your friends who will think you're some kind of freak who doesn't get tired.
You can become extremely fit and love the way you look working out for just 4 minutes a day, 5 days a week. That's only 20 minutes a week! You can do this, and if you use bodyweight exercises, you can do it anywhere without equipment!
If you have preexisting health problems or are not used to performing exercise at a high intensity, be sure to check with your doctor before attempting Tabata interval training. Remember to start at your own pace and increase the intensity as you are able.
This article was written by Kurt Boyd, fitness fanatic, and director of Strength Stack 52, a unique way to transform bodyweight exercises into fun, competitive workouts that can be performed anywhere.
Tabata I. et. al. Effects of moderate-intensity endurance and high-intensity intermittent training on anaerobic capacity and VO2max. Med Sci Sports Exerc. (1996) 28(10):1327-30.
Talanian J. et. al. Two weeks of high-intensity aerobic interval training increases the capacity for fat oxidation during exercise in women. Journal of Applied Physiology Apr 2007, 102 (4) 1439-1447
Gibala M. et. al. Brief intense interval exercise activates AMPK and p38 MAPK signaling and increases the expression of PGC-1α in human skeletal muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology Mar 2009, 106 (3) 929-934
Olsen, M. O. Tabata Interval Exercise: Energy Expenditure and Post-Exercise Responses
Scharff-Olson Kinesiology Lab, Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, AL


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Entrepreneurs and their teams drop in or set up shop, advice flows freely (so does beer and pizza), angels appear, relationships blossom, and the likes of Jimmy Wales or Eric Ries may even pop in for a chat.
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TechHub puts you in touch with the people who matter to your business, from investors to politicans to journalists. We've hosted Joel Spolsky, Eric Ries, Jimmy Wales, Josh Kaufman, Nicholas Negroponte, Eric Schmidt, Ken Segall and Tim Ferriss.
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Beginning in Fall 2015, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Mattel join forces to launch "DC Super Hero Girls," a new universe of Super Heroic storytelling that helps build character and confidence, and empowers girls to discover their true potential. Featuring DC Comics' most powerful and diverse line-up of female characters as relatable teens, DC Super Hero Girls will play out across multiple entertainment content platforms and product categories to create an immersive world.
Developed for girls aged 6-12, DC Super Hero Girls centers on the female Super Heroes and Super-Villains of the DC Comics universe during their formative years—prior to discovering their full super power potential. Featuring a completely new artistic style and aesthetic, DC Comics' icons such as Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Bumble Bee, Poison Ivy, Katana and many more make their unprecedented teenaged introduction. Each character has her own storyline that explores what teen life is like as a Super Hero, including discovering her unique abilities, nurturing her remarkable powers and mastering the fundamentals of being a hero.
"DC Entertainment is home to the most iconic and well-known Super Heroes including Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Batgirl," said Diane Nelson, President of DC Entertainment. "DC Super Hero Girls represents the embodiment of our long-term strategy to harness the power of our diverse female characters. I am so pleased that we are able to offer relatable and strong role models in a unique way, just for girls."
The initial launch of DC Super Hero Girls in Fall 2015 will include an immersive digital experience, original digital content and digital publishing—providing opportunities for girls to interact with characters, learn about the storylines, and engage in customizable play. TV specials, made-for-videos, toys, apparel, books and other product categories will begin to rollout in 2016.
"Developing a Super Hero franchise exclusively for girls that includes all of the key components of a comprehensive entertainment experience—from content to consumer products—is something we are excited to be doing in conjunction with our great partners," said Brad Globe, President of Warner Bros. Consumer Products. "It's really an honor to be part of this cultural moment and to be delivering a concept so rooted in a relatable and empowered theme that the characters of DC Comics are uniquely able to present."
As master toy licensee, Mattel is collaborating with DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Consumer Products on DC Super Hero Girls' narrative creation, interactive digital activations and ultimately a toy line launching in 2016. Mattel category-leading firsts include a line of characters for the action figure category, an area of the industry that has been primarily developed with boys in mind, and fashion dolls featuring strong, athletic bodies that stand on their own in heroic poses.
"Partnering with the best and being the best partner is of paramount importance," said Richard Dickson, President, Chief Operating Officer, Mattel. "Together with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment, the DC Super Hero Girls franchise will further expand our already powerful girls portfolio. We know Super Hero is a culturally relevant theme and the DC Super Hero Girls franchise will engage and inspire girls, providing cues to explore heroic acts through play and into real life."
The Random House Books for Young Readers imprint of Random House Children's Books has been appointed the master publishing partner for the franchise and will be creating a portfolio of books that will bring the DC Super Hero Girls world to life, beginning in Spring 2016. Random House's publishing program will be complemented by a series of original graphic novels from DC Entertainment. The LEGO Group will also be key to building the DC Super Hero Girls franchise, leveraging their experience and success engaging girls in creative construction play to bolster this universe through an array of LEGO® building sets designed to inspire girls' imaginations. Additionally, consumer products partners around the world will be engaged in creating a merchandise line dedicated to DC Super Hero Girls across all key categories.


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Nobels machinefabriek bv was founded in December 1955, by Mr. Arnold Van Nobelen.
He started to develop a sorting machine for the agricultural industry from a 300 m2 greenhouse in Holland. Nobels produced the first prototypes of the planting and lifting machines in 1958. Three years after that, the greenhouse was getting too small and Nobels moved to a new building in the same village.
It was at this time that Javo and Nobels began to work together, extending their production lines with agricultural and horticultural machinery. Nobels moved two more times, in 1975 and 1986, and is located in Katwijk, Holland. The factory has grown to 11,000 m2 and Javo BV was purchased by Nobels in 2000.
Javo BV was founded in December 1947. The name JaVo is an abbreviation derived from the name of the founder: Jacques Vonk.
Javo was a limited liability company until 1972, but in December of that year it became a private company. Although involved in other business pursuits, Javo was originally an export company dealing mainly in the exportation of fruits and vegetables.
In 1966 Javo moved to Noordwijkerhout where it first settled in the Zeestraat; the following year, Javo produced its first machines. At this time the company became listed as a wholesale company, also involved in the import and export of horticultural machines. Because of its continued growth, Javo moved two more times within Noordwijkerhout before finally settling at the Westeinde.
Currently Javo is the market leader in the area of potting and re-potting machines, robotic systems, and pot handling automation for the pro- duction and handling of potted plants, bedding plants and nursery stock.
Agro Techniek Holland BV was founded in 1959, to be a company for the flower bulb branch. They produce and sell quality machinery to customers all over the world, built in their own factory and at Nobels machinefabriek bv.
The program contains quality (trademark) machinery from New Holland, Nobels, Kawasaki and other machinery for the worldwide agriculture industry. Agro Techniek Holland also produces its own special ATH machinery that fits the needs of their agricultural customers.
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A recurring motif here at InsureBlog is Consumer Driven Health Care. In general, this means avoiding plans with expensive "first dollar" benefits (such as $20 office co-pays and $10 prescription cards). By choosing plans with high deductibles, and using one's insurance as a safety net for large claims, more dollars stay in one's pocket. And, in many cases, result in favorable tax benefits, as well.
Inherent in this philosophy is the idea that consumers will become more pro-active in deciding how and where to spend their health care dollars. For example, Provider X charges $100 for a mammogram, while Provider Y's is only $85. Assuming equal quality, why would one choose Provider X?
The challenge is that, for the most part, health care costs are like airline fares: one never really knows ahead of time how much a given service will cost, and different patients (with different plans) will pay different amounts.
Confusing? You bet.
Some carriers, like Aetna, are coming around, and making this information more accessible to insureds. But not all:
These mystery shoppers soon learned what most of us already knew: the folks at the doctor's office rarely (if ever) knew how much the service or procedure would cost. In fact, less than a third of these shoppers could get firm prices in a single call. I have no reason to suspect that it's much different for actual shoppers, either.
Of course, this is a national phenomenon, not limited to the Golden State:
"A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and USA Today found that 52 percent of people polled nationwide said their doctors never or rarely discuss the costs associated with the procedures they recommend."
Of further course, one wonders whether or not most patients ever ask about those costs. But those patients who've bought into the CDHC model, generally through Health Savings Accounts (HSA's), probably do. I went poking around the net, but have thus far been unable to find a study of how many HSA'ers [ed: you just made up that word!] do, in fact, ask about these costs. In an admittedly informal and non-scientific survey, I asked some of my HSA clients whether they asked about these costs. To my surprise, only about half of them said they do.
Yet there is evidence that older "tried and true" treatments can be just as effective as the newest, at far lower cost. Now, your provider may have a very good and valid reason for suggesting the latest technology or purple pill, but that's really another reason to discuss the issue.
Last winter, for example, my daughter experienced the thrill of a kidney stone. I am assured that this pain is second only to that of childbirth, and seeing her retching, I can believe it. At the hospital, a very brusque resident put her on the fast track for a certain procedure, somewhat akin to an ultrasound, but more invasive. He was quite taken aback when I called an immediate halt to the proceeding. "But she must have this procedure," he exclaimed. "Fine," I replied, "please explain to me why it is preferable to the old sonic blast method."
Which rendered him quite speechless.
My point was that, before we go for the latest tech, let's examine the options for both cost and efficacy. Eventually, the chief urologist came in to explain, to my satisfaction, why this procedure was, in my daughter's case, superior and ultimately, more cost effective. At which point she underwent it, and has been quite the happy camper since.
The lesson here is not that I don't care about my daughter's welfare, but that I wanted to be an informed consumer. The resident was apparently unaccustomed to having his word (or authority) challenged. But that's really the point: if we are to be informed consumers, we have to act as informed consumers.
Judy Rupp, information and assistance case manager with the Northern Oklahoma Development Authority Area Agency on Aging, recently wrote:
Couldn't have said it better myself.
UPDATE: Hospital Impact blog has another take on this subject. Recommended.


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Revisting Let's Play Videos
In the early part of last year, we wrote an article about our thoughts on Let's Play videos and fair use. This was written in response to Nintendo's choice to use YouTube's Content ID system to claim ad revenue on user created videos of their games.
In that we wrote that fair use trumps any claim we may have on video's depicting our games.
But for us, we don't think that creating a video of you playing our game is anything but fair use. How can it not be? You are not creating direct copies of our games. So you are not infringing our right to be the sole distributor of our game. The videos are clearly transformative. Meaning, it is not a substitute for people buying our game as watching a video is a vastly different experience than actually playing it. Additionally, the majority of let's play videos include content, such as commentary, that is not created by us. That is the copyright of the person creating the video. We provided a canvas, they made the painting. That is how we see it.
Because of these thoughts, we chose not to give explicit permission to create let's play videos of our games because we have no to right to do so.
But now another issue has come up, one that was at issue back then, but didn't make the headlines as it is now. This issue is whether game developers have any right to claim money made by let's players. Why is this an issue now? Two reasons.
One is the news that PewDiePie made roughly $4million on let's play videos last year alone. That is seriously a lot of money. I would love to do something that brought in that kind of cash.
The second reason is Fez creator Phil Fish's response to that news. On Twitter, he wrote that Let's Play video creators owe game developers a large portion of any money they make from those videos. This did not go well among a lot of people.
So we gave our general thoughts on this matter last year, but wanted to respond further. So we wanted to answer a few questions about our thoughts on this money issue. Questions are thanks to Oklahoma Game Developers (which I write for and own)
In general, how do you view Let's Play videos? Do you find them beneficial or detrimental to game developers? Why?
I already wrote my general thoughts about this above. In short, creating let's play videos is fair use.
But as for how they impact our business? Free advertising is awesome. Word of mouth is the most effective form of getting the word out about anything. If you were to ask anyone in the world who they trust more, their best friend or a marketing agent, when it comes to recommendations for buying something, I feel confident they would choose their best friend 100% of the time.
The same goes for trusted personalities. Just look at someone like Oprah. When she recommends a book on her show, that book becomes a best seller within the week, if not hours after the show. That is because she has a lot of sway on the decisions made by those who watch her show regularly.
A lot of let's play creators have built up a personality and a following that grants them similar pull with gamers. If a YouTuber such as PewDiePie or TotalBiscuit creates a positive video about a game, no matter how obscure, that game will often see a spike in sales. Why? Because they have a "trusted friend" status in the minds of many of their viewers.
So yes, game videos on YouTube can be very beneficial to a game developer's sales and career.
Do you allow Let's Plays of your games? Why?
To quote our previous article:
So why not write up an explicit license or statement allowing for such use? Because it is not in our right to grant you permission to do something in which you have a legal and natural right. That would be like me giving you permission to breathe or eat. We couldn't stop you if we wanted to. Even if we wanted to, we would have no right to prevent you from doing it.
Are you in favor of allowing Let's Play video creators monetizing their videos? If not, under what conditions or restrictions would you allow monetization?
This is a situation that seems to rankle a lot of feathers in the games industry. It is a very divided issue. Who is allowed to make money off these videos. Even those game developers who are in favor of allowing let's play videos, there is a division over if they should be monetized.
Some would argue that fair use can only be non-commercial in nature. However, we do not agree with that and there have been numerous court rulings to that effect. Fair use does not prevent someone from making money off that fair use. You can create a money making business based around fair use of other people's copyrighted work.
When it comes to money, one of the tests over whether fair use is in play is the impact that use has on the market of the original. So if, as I posted above, that impact is beneficial, then fair use is a go. That means if I am not directly taking business away from you, there is no harm being done.
So in that case, monetization is allowed. If they are acting as an advertiser and driving customers my way, they deserve to be paid for that work. We are getting paid via the increase in business, they are getting paid via YouTube advertising. It is a win win.
But, you might say, what if the Let's Play is a negative portrayal of our game and people are choosing not to buy the game? My answer to that, make a better game next time. Nothing frustrates me more than a game developer that feels entitled to sales regardless of the quality of the product. Would you be happy with the purchase of a steak if said steak is dry, over cooked and bland? No you would not. You would probably ask for a refund. So if someone tells you not to order a certain steak from a certain restaurant, that restaurant has no claim that you are "stealing money" from them. They made the bad steak, they should live with the consequences.
What are your thoughts on the DMCA and Google's Content ID systems for YouTube?
Frankly, I think copyright law in general and the DMCA specifically is entirely screwed up in the US. The DMCA needs to be culled from copyright law entirely. Are there some good parts in it? Sure, but when taken as a whole, there is no redeeming aspect to it.
The primary thing that impacts the games industry and YouTube is that of the DMCA's notice and takedown system. Under that system, the target of the DMCA notice is presumed guilty until proven innocent. That is antithetical to our justice system. Our justice system was founded on the idea that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. But for some reason that idea was tossed in the trash with the creation of the DMCA.
A better alternative that would give the benefits of the DMCA while still protecting the rights of the target is that of a notice and notice system. In this, the copyright holder would send YouTube a DMCA notice. YouTube would then send the uploader of the video a copy of that notice and give them a specified amount of time to respond. If they respond with a claim of fair use or some other statement to the effect that the video is not infringing, then it is up to the copyright holder to sue them in court to remove the video. Only after winning that court case should the video be removed.
As for Content ID, this is probably the worst extrajudicial system I have ever seen put in place. This system is ripe for abuse and is openly abused on a regular basis. One aspect of this system is that it allows someone whose work is used for mere seconds to claim ad revenue on the entire video. Often the videos don't have to include any of the copyrighted work. They simply have to claim it does.
So I think that needs to be scrapped entirely and YouTube never should have created it in the first place.
Anything else related you would like to add.
Just some general thoughts about copyright law. Copyright terms are far too long. There is no reason why terms should extend beyond the life of the author or something along the lines of 20-50 years. Specifically with games. Most games have a life cycle of about 5 years at most. There are a few occasions where a game's life extends beyond that, but that is rare.
However, so many of the games created 10+ years ago are dead to the modern world. This is primarily due to the hardware required to play them becoming obsolete and hard to find. There are some efforts to bring older games back to modern audiences, but they capture only a small part of the more popular games. The less popular games fall by the wayside and are forgotten.
We see the long term effect of these extreme copyright term lengths in the book industry. There the impact of orphaned works, or works whose copyright holder cannot be found or determined, is felt tremendously. Such works cannot be republished because they are still covered by our life+70 year terms but no copyright holder can be found to grant permission. Because of this, such works are left to fester in obscurity and are eventually forgotten.
The same is happening in the games industry. I wrote a lengthy article about this over on Random Tower.
The lack of a public domain for games is hurting the modern gamer by denying them classic games outside of costly and time consuming collecting. Considering the finite number of working cartridges and discs for those games, many gamers are out the ability to play them completely.
How much better would it be for gamers if we didn't have such a dirth of games. Imagine if we pulled the ROM industry out of the shadows and brought it into the light and allowed those games to be freely and widely distributed. That is the power of the public domain. Instead of having fewer than 10% of games available through legal means, you will have closer to 100% of those games available.
So there you have it. My thoughts on Let's Plays, monetization and copyright. I hope that you got something out of this.
I would like to leave one last thank you to all the hard working let's players who dedicate their time and effort to promoting the games they love. May you continually have a system in place that awards you for your hard work.


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I have been in the RSS camp for many years. Originally, I really panned twitter. Then I joked that pownce was the new twitter, and eventually that twitter was the new twitter. But lately I've been embracing twitter, though mostly as a travel tool. This got me thinking...
Media companies have been wrestling with RSS for quite some time. People who 'get it,' get it. People who don't, just don't. And so it has been for quite some time.
I think the problem has been in getting people to use special readers. Maybe RSS isn't the right tool for getting a general audience to subscribe to your various feeds. What if the problem is that subscribing to RSS feeds feels too much like interfacing with machines? How can we humanize RSS? Right now I'd say the answer is Twitter.
What if, instead of publishing RSS feeds for everything, you pushed your updates to a system like twitter? Would that help? The geeks of the world could still use your RSS feeds, or even just grab it from twitter saving your the bandwidth.
The problem, of course, is supporting all of the twitter-clones. It might be worth it or it might not. Would it really be so bad to only support twitter? Why not FaceBook? -- FaceBook is too all-consuming.
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That was not the worst injury news the Royals received last week.
So the Royals have to have a legitimate left-handed hitting option on the bench. It's hard to see how Bourgeois could take Maier's spot.
It's a shame they have to give up a guy like Chapman, because while he might not have earned a spot with the Royals, and while he wasn't going to bring back big talent in a trade on his own, he's the perfect third or fourth guy to throw in a trade when the Royals are ready to cash in their prospects for an elite player, and they need one more guy to get the deal done. Think Jeremy Jeffress in the Zack Greinke trade, or Brad Boxberger from the Reds in the Mat Latos deal. A strong-armed reliever isn't worth much on his own, but he makes for a nice clincher. Chapman won't serve that role for the Royals going forward, which is a shame. But you have to give something to get something, and Chapman was something.


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This article also appears in Canadian Developer Connection.
The Race to Market Challenge
Here's a quick little video that explains what the just-announced Race to Market challenge is all about:
If you've been thinking about developing for Windows Mobile, now's the time! We're now accepting submissions of applications for Windows Marketplace for Mobile, the on-phone store where people with Windows Mobile phones can buy and install mobile applications easily. Better still, we're making it a contest – submit your Windows Mobile app between now and 11:59 p.m. on December 31st and you'll automatically be entered in the Race to Market Challenge where you'll have a chance to win one of 4 Surface tables (developer edition, of course) like the one pictured below with the dashing Developer Evangelist…
…along with a lot of online marketing and promotion for your application and a really cool trophy.
Winning applications will fall into one of these categories:
- Most downloaded
- Most valuable (where "value" is the number of downloads multiplied by the price)
- Most useful, as judged by a Microsoft panel
- Most playful, as judged by a Microsoft panel
The Race to Market Challenge runs from now until December 31st, and the sooner you get started, the more likely you shot at one of the grand prized. For full details about the contest, visit mobilethisdeveloper.com.
Getting Started with Windows Mobile Development
Between now and the end of the contest, I'll be posting articles on Windows Mobile development and the Race to Market Challenge. In the meantime, here are some tips that should help you get started.
What You Need
Here's a snippet from an earlier article of mine that shows you what you need in order to get started with Windows Mobile development. In order to build an application for Windows Mobile 6, you'll need the following things:
Visual Studio 2008, Professional Edition or higher |
This is the development environment. It's not the only one that you can use to develop Windows Mobile apps, but it's the one we're using.
You can also use Visual Studio 2005 – if you do so, Standard Edition or higher will do. If you don't have Visual Studio, you can download a trial version of Visual Studio 2008. |
The Windows Mobile 6 SDKs |
The Windows Mobile 6 SDKs contain the templates for building Windows Mobile 6 projects and emulators for various Windows mobile phones.
There are two such SDKs to choose from: I recommend downloading both SDKs. You never know where you'll deploy! |
.NET Compact Framework 3.5 Redistributable |
The .NET Compact Framework 3.5 Redistributable is the version of the .NET framework for mobile devices. It only needs to be sent to the device once. |
A Windows Mobile 6 Device |
You can get by in the beginning with just the emulators, but you'll eventually want to try out your app on a real phone. I'm using my phone, a Palm Treo Pro.
As the saying goes, "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice, there is." |
The mobile device syncing utility that works with your operating system |
If you've got a Windows Mobile 6 device, you'll need the application that connects your mobile phone to your OS:
Previous Articles on Windows Mobile Development
Here are links to my earlier articles on Windows Mobile development:
- Upwardly Mobile, Part 1: A Brief Tour of Mobile App Development
- Upwardly Mobile, Part 2: Your First Windows Mobile 6 Application
- Upwardly Mobile, Part 3: Exploring Windows Mobile 6's Built-In UI Controls
I'll be posting more soon, but these should help you get up and running in the meantime.
If you've got any questions or comments about Windows Mobile development or the Race to Market Challenge, feel free to drop me a line or leave a note in the comments!


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created 2002 · complexity intermediate · author Max Ischenko · version 6.0
While creating scripts and other executable files with Vim you need to set the Unix executable bit on the file.
You can do this from inside Vim with :!chmod a+x %
. The %
represents the current buffer's file name.
The problem is that Vim will notice attribute changes and prompt you to reload the file. If you do this, your undo history for the file will be lost.
The following function facilitates changing executable attributes without reloading a buffer. It accomplishes this feat by setting up a FileChangedShell autocmd that does nothing before running the external command, which means Vim will take no action when it detects the changed attributes. After making sure that Vim has detected the new file attributes using :checktime, the script removes the FileChangedShell autocmd again so that Vim acts normally for future file attribute changes.
function! SetExecutableBit() let fname = expand("%:p") checktime execute "au FileChangedShell " . fname . " :echo" silent !chmod a+x % checktime execute "au! FileChangedShell " . fname endfunction command! Xbit call SetExecutableBit()
Now you can type :Xbit
to make the file executable.
Using Max's idea, I came up with this code to toggle the read-only state of a file on Windows.
function! ToggleReadOnlyBit() let fname = fnameescape(substitute(expand("%:p"), "\\", "/", "g")) checktime execute "au FileChangedShell " . fname . " :echo" if &readonly silent !attrib -r % else silent !attrib +r % endif checktime set invreadonly execute "au! FileChangedShell " . fname endfunction command! XRU call ToggleReadOnlyBit()
Note that a simple let fname = expand("%:p")
doesn't work on Windows since autocmd patterns need /'s instead on \'s. It also seemed prudent to escape the filename in case it had embedded spaces. 18.104.22.168 21:08, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
- Does this command interfere with other FileChangedShell autocmds?
Another option could be to use 'undofile' - will this not persist the undo history?
Inspired by the above, I made the following modifications: You could use a variable to keep track of how the file change should be handled:
"Change read/only files to read/write when they are edited au FileChangedRO * !start attrib -r % au FileChangedRO * :let s:changedRO = 1 au FileChangedRO * :set noro "Don't ask about the modified read-only file au FileChangedShell * call s:HandleChangedROFile() function s:HandleChangedROFile() if exists('s:changedRO') && s:changedRO == 1 let s:changedRO = 0 let v:fcs_choice='reload' else v:fcs_choice='ask' endif endfunction


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