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Tron 2.0 Review
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The idea of a new Tron game that acts as a sequel to the cult 80s movie is just plain cool. Of course, plenty of movie-derived games wind up terrible in practice, but luckily, Monolith has done a great job with Tron 2.0. The game delivers a great Tron atmosphere, excellent visuals, and lots of light cycles & disc throwing.
The newest version of LithTech's Triton engine is used in Tron 2.0, and the game looks just plain wonderful. Much of this, of course, is due to the excellent design and art done by Monolith. Still, the frame rates are very consistent even with full screen antialiasing turned up, and many of the levels are large and open.
Since the game's art is made up of many straight lines in what in some area looks almost cel-shaded, FSAA really makes it look great. For this reason, it's probably worth it to turn it on for this game, even if there is a significant performance hit on your video card. This is one of those games that, in my opinion, would look better at 800x600 with 4X FSAA than it does at 1280x1024 with FSAA off.
For those running closer to the minimum specs than they would like, Tron 2.0 offers quite a few options for turning down the detail. The art style is quite forgiving of this as well; any one texture may not look so hot, but it's the overlapping of them and the overall effect that are what really impressed me.
Note that even though the game's system requirements show "Nvidia GeForce FX" as a recommended video card, the game works and plays perfectly on my Radeon 9500 Pro. The game also has one of those "Nvidia / The Way It's Meant to Be Played" logos upon the game's startup. Coincidence? - probably not. I can't really say I like it when the marketing actually leaks into the official system requirements, especially when the game runs great at 1280x1024 on a $130 ATI video card.
Tron 2.0 includes several very unique additions to its standard gameplay, all of which are controlled by a very intuitive, rounded interface. The controls are just fine; they basically feel like most Lithtech-engine games. As before, turning down the mouse smoothing will make the game feel more like's running on the more familiar Quake engine.
Weapon switching is a bit tricky in Tron 2.0; as you might expect, your disc is your primary weapon, but if you throw it and then decide to switch weapons, you're out of luck - you are pretty much helpless (save dodging enemy attacks) until the disc returns.
Monolith has done an admirable job in taking the classic Tron visuals, updating them for the modern day, and then presenting it all with such an authentic feel. This really feels like a great extension to the movie, complete with the black-and-white faces and that overglow that bleeds into other things onscreen.
I can't really say that there are a whole lot of different enemies to fight; the game does rotate them out every level or two, but you'll have seen most of the game's enemies (in one form or another) after only a few hours of play. Weapon effects are particularly cool to check out, as some weapons actually construct themselves when you select them. Others have some decent effects when you fire them; overall, they fit in very well with the rest of the game's atmosphere.
It's the levels that are the most visually impressive in Tron 2.0; they're large, very imaginative, and span the whole range of colors. Of course, many of these levels will focus around one specific color, but Monolith still managed to make it a very unique experience for gamers.
Visually, Tron 2.0 delivers an excellent, unique style, but the gameplay is very similar to other FPS games you've likely already played. Aside from the disc, you get a selection of weapons that usually translate to the usual shotgun / machinegun / grenade / sniper repertoire seen in so many other action titles.
The actual plot for Tron 2.0 moves along at a brisk pace. Alan Bradley, one of the original movie's characters, gets kidnapped after making a huge discovery; you play as his rebellious son, Jet, who gets "digitized" into the computer world to figure out from the inside how to save him. The story is much better than your average shooter plot, even if it is farfetched. Then again, it's obvious right from the start that this is a farfetched sci-fi game, so it's not really a big deal.
Tron 2.0 also includes plenty of little touches that the movie fans will love; as you go, you can download emails sent back and forth between key movie and game characters. Even though you are stuck in the computer world, these emails (along with cutscenes in the "real" world) help you understand what's going on outside the computer. Many of the game's made-up computer terms stem from real technologies; in one section, you even get to overclock a computer's CPU - from the inside.
Combat is usually made exciting by the environments you're in rather than by the enemies themselves. Aside from a few bosses, your opponents aren't particularly smart or intriguing to fight - especially since you'll mainly be using the disc as your primary weapon. Still, the plot and cool levels kept me hooked to the single player game.
Tron 2.0 allows you to use stealth if you like, but rarely does it totally force you to sneak around if you don't want to. The game also includes some RPG-like qualities where you can level up to gain health or "download" new programs (which come in the form of armor, weapons, static abilities, and more) and even upgrade them as you go. These programs fit into an interface which changes for each new area you enter; some levels will allow plenty of combat programs, or maybe none at all. It's all set up very well and really adds to the game's overall atmosphere.
Tron 2.0 also includes a few simple puzzles, but the biggest problem with the game will likely come from the game's large number of jumping puzzles. Many have a major problem with any form of a difficult jump in a first-person game, although I have to say that I actually didn't mind them at all. Still, if you are a person that hates falling to your death in these games, you might want to avoid Tron 2.0. At least you can save your game as often as you want.
Throughout the game, you'll also be doing a few lightcycle races that look like they came right out of the movie (and even better than that in some cases). In the most recent patch for the game you are allowed to skip them - I imagine that this is because people would buy this for the FPS part, and they might not be as good at a twitch racing mode. It's probably a good move; Illusion Softworks waited roughly a year before fixing Mafia's highly difficult racing mission that was only a few hours into the game.
The Tron 2.0 multiplayer mode includes both lightcycle matches as well as a disc arena; Monolith only suggests doing the cycle races over a LAN, as the lag over the internet would make such a twitch game less fun. You can still try it if you want, and I found that over the internet it wound up being a decent gameplay mode. It was fun for a short while, but I can't see myself playing it for that long.
The disc arena modes were better suited for internet play, and they generally were also quite a blast for the first hour or two. You really need more than a couple of players to make it interesting, though, and to be honest, I found this one boring after a couple of hours of gameplay. Overall, these modes weren't terrible, but they probably won't be summoning me back for weeks of gameplay.
Monolith did a great job with Tron 2.0's sound, and it really adds to the game's overall production quality. The sounds are quite well done considering the in-the-computer setting, and the EAX support was also used to full effect. Rebecca Romjin Stamos does some voice work, and the original actor for Alan Bradley, Bruce Boxleitner, reprises his role for Tron 2.0.
The music is a diverse mix of strange ambient tunes and bits of electronica. It does a great job of setting the mood without taking it over. While none of this stuff will fall into the game music hall of fame, I found it fit in well with the rest of the game's excellent visuals and sounds.
Tron 2.0 is a great example of a well executed movie-based game that exploits our nostalgia in all the right ways. The visuals are breathtaking, and while the gameplay is pretty standard fare for the FPS genre, the plot is great. The jumping puzzles might infuriate some people, but if you're a Tron fan or even just a shooter fan, you should definitely check this game out.


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At least one person hospitalized following early Friday crash in Northwest Bakersfield
Happened at 2:30am at Brimhall Rd. & Calloway Rd.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - At least one person was hospitalized following an early morning crash in Northwest Bakersfield.
According to Bakersfield Police Sgt. Jason Townsend, the accident happened at approximately 2:30am Friday morning after two trucks collided at the intersection of Brimhall & Calloway Roads.
A witness spoke to 23ABC's Lauren Titus moments after the crash and said one of the trucks ran a red light.
"The white truck came out of nowhere and just caught him on the front end," said Peter Ricapa. "I remember... pulling over and hopping out, trying to get [the driver] out of the vehicle as quickly as possible just to make sure he was OK."
A woman in one pickup truck was unresponsive and taken to the hospital with moderate injuries.
Townsend said investigators are trying to determine whether alcohol played a role in the accident.

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This Trails Illustrated topographic map for Denali National Park in the Alaska Range, crowned by Mounty McKinley, which at 20,320 feet is America's highest peak. The map includes the entire national park area, with a close up view of the area in an around Mount McKinley. It also includes information about Denali National Park and Preserve, as well as useful tips about animal encounters, river crossings, hypothermia, and more.Includes UTM grids for use with your GPS unit.


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Typing double
I have a wireless keyboard that has suddenly gone nuts. Now, whatever I type, types double. If I type an 'R', I get 'RR'. If I go to copy/paste something, it gives me 2 of the item. Has anyone ever had this happen? More importantly, how do I make it stop. I've tried rebooting it, shutting it completely down and then restarting (both the keyboard and the computer). Unfortunately, I don't know what I did prior to this happening. Any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated. Altho I have an extra keyboard, I want my good one back. Thanks.
posted 10/29/09 by Rob Huddleston | Report Abuse

Have you changed the batteries? A lot of devices will start acting weird when the batteries are dying.

posted 10/30/09 by Mtndi | Report Abuse

Actually, this happened after I changed the batteries. I did change them again, twice, just in case. Still happens. The keyboard isn't that old. It's a Logitech Wave, if that makes a difference.

posted 10/30/09 by Rob Huddleston | Report Abuse

Well, that was the extent of my ideas. If it's new enough, you might contact Logitech.

posted 11/05/09 by Mtndi | Report Abuse

Hi Rob,

Thanks for your help on this. I researched it further and found out that it's a thing that happens and there is no resolution except to change keyboards. So that's what I did. I appreciate your time in trying to help me.


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Day of Shining Star Commemorated in Various Countries
|Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- On the occasion of birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il a meeting was held in France, lecture given in Guinea, a seminar on his feats and a book exhibition in Italy and a film show in Russia between Jan. 20 and 25.
On display in the venues were works of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, photos showing their undying feats and books and photos of the Korean people's socialist construction.
Participants of film shows watched "Fireworks for a Thriving Nation" and other Korean films.
The president of the France-Korea Friendship Association said the great feats performed by Kim Jong Il for the Korean revolution and global independence would always be remembered by the world progressives.
Abdoulaye Diallo, chairman of the Guinean Society for the Study of the Juche Literary Idea, said Kim Jong Il, regarding the idea of believing in people as in Heaven as his motto, devoted his whole life to the happiness of the people.
A secretary of the Milano City Committee of the Communist Party of Italy and a chief of the teachers and students union of Milano said Kim Jong Il made a great distribution to friendship and solidarity among countries, the strengthening and development of the international labor movement and the progressives' anti-imperialist struggle and the struggle for building a new society.
Leontsiyev, general manager of the Stroimashintorg Company and Kiriyev, deputy general manager of the Maksimet Company of Russia, praised Kim Jong Il as an elder of the world revolution and universally recognized leader.
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Teens arrested after bomb found at county fair in N. Ind.
LAPORTE, Ind. - Two teenagers are accused of making a bomb and taking it to a county fair in northern Indiana, police said.
A fairgoer at the La Porte County Fair Thursday night told police that a juvenile at the fair had an explosive and was planning to detonate it near the carnival rides, the La Porte County Sheriff's Department said.
Minutes later, police found a teen matching the person's description and found a suspicious device in his backpack.
A bomb squad was called to dismantle the device that was found in the backpack, and they confirmed it was an explosive device, police said.
The boy, 16, was arrested on a felony charge of possessing a destructive device.
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I adore Stitch Fix. Here's why: I'm not a shopper. I've admitted it on here before. I just hate going into stores and wandering through aisles, going into dressing rooms, trying to match pieces with other pieces and ending up in with a huge headache from it all.
Yet there is a part of me that does want to look dressed up – not always the mom in jeans and a Target shirt (not that there is anything wrong with that. Target for life.)
So then I found out about Stitch Fix and my style life changed. Basically you go to their site, fill out some questions about your current style, what you want your style to be, what your body shape is, colors you like/don't like (nix on the leopard or neon), choose a few outfits from some Pinterest type pics, add your budget, and schedule a "fix."


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At the recent Infosecurity Europe conference in London, Drew Amorosi was joined by representatives of ISACA (Peter Wood), the SANS Institute (Eric Cole), and City University London (David Stupples) for a discussion on state-sponsored cyber activities.
The panel considers nations that are active in this area, the information they are targeting, and why – also discussed are legal frameworks and the recently published Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare.
The panel concludes that, contrary to assertions by the US government and other recent reports, China is not the only nation-state active in this arena; any nation with a viable capability can be found battling it out on the cyber front.
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"The Thrill is Gone" is a blues song written by Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins in 1951 and popularized by B. B. King in 1970. The song was first recorded by Hawkins and became a minor hit for the musician. King recorded his version of the song in June 1969 for his album Completely Well, released the same year. The song's polished production and use of strings marked a departure from both the original song and King's previous material. When released as a single in December of 1969, the song became the biggest hit of King's career (#3 R&B / #15 Pop) and his signature song. B. B. King's recording earned him a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and a Grammy Hall of Fame award in 1998. King's version of the song was also placed at number 183 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs ever. Memorable live versions of the song were included on King's albums Live in Cook County Jail (1971), Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live (1976), and Live at San Quentin (1991).
The song has been covered by numerous artists since B. B. King's hit version, including Peggy Lee (1970), Luther Allison (1979), Dishwalla (1995), Aretha Franklin (1970), Little Milton (1973), Willie Nelson (2000), Stan Webb (1973), Jerry Garcia and David Grisman (1990s), Buckethead (2004), Steven Brown (Half Out, 1991), the Eric Steckel Band (Havana, 2006), Diamanda Galas, Leslie West (Got Blooze, 2005), and Pappo (Buscando un amor, 2003).
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Lamar (4-7-1, 1-3-1 SLC) vs.
Nicholls (9-2-1, 3-2 SLC)
Date: Oct 04, 2013 Attendance: 117
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy, rainy
Win-Fontenot, Bailey (4-7-1). Loss-Mosley, Taylor (3-1).
Win-Fontenot, Bailey (4-7-1). Loss-Mosley, Taylor (3-1).
|[00:00] Fontenot, Bailey at goalie for Lamar.
|[00:00] Mosley, Taylor at goalie for Nicholls.
|Corner kick by LU Moore, Jennifer [04:19].
|Corner kick by LU Yacuta, Jennifer [04:50].
|Corner kick by LU Bos, Kristin [06:37].
|Foul on Lamar.
|[08:12] Shot by NICH Flores, Erin, SAVE Fontenot, Bailey.
|[08:40] Shot by LU Campbell, Megan BLOCKED.
|Foul on Nicholls.
|Corner kick by LU Bos, Kristin [09:21].
|[09:32] Shot by LU Campbell, Megan WIDE.
|Foul on Nicholls.
|[14:07] Shot by LU Johnson, Shavonn WIDE LEFT.
|Foul on Nicholls.
|[16:56] Shot by LU Campbell, Megan, SAVE Mosley, Taylor.
|[17:00] LU substitution: Pearce, Danielle for Miroballi, Stefanie.
|[17:11] Shot by LU Hernandez, Jannet, SAVE Mosley, Taylor.
|Foul on Lamar.
|[20:10] NICH substitution: O'Neil, Miranda for Daniels, Kaylie.
|Foul on Lamar.
|[23:53] Shot by NICH Pestalozzi, Melissa WIDE LEFT.
|Foul on Lamar.
|[25:44] Shot by NICH Valdespino, Spencer WIDE LEFT.
|[27:00] LU substitution: Albeno, Kimmy for Yacuta, Jennifer.
|Corner kick by LU Moore, Jennifer [29:29].
|[30:04] Shot by LU Albeno, Kimmy, SAVE Mosley, Taylor.
|[31:14] Shot by LU Campbell, Megan HIGH.
|[32:11] NICH substitution: Baugher, Briana for Bruns, Renee.
|[32:28] NICH substitution: Tani, Sarah for Coates, Jess.
|[33:27] Shot by LU Campbell, Megan, SAVE Mosley, Taylor.
|[34:53] Offside against Lamar.
|[36:00] NICH substitution: O'Brien, Lauren for Tatom, Kristy.
|[36:30] Shot by LU Campbell, Megan BLOCKED.
|[36:44] GOAL by LU Hernandez, Jannet (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Johnson, Shavonn, goal number 4 for season.
|Lamar 1, Nicholls 0
|*scored on cross from left side
|[39:10] Shot by LU Pearce, Danielle WIDE LEFT.
|[42:00] Offside against Nicholls.
|[42:11] Shot by NICH Pestalozzi, Melissa, SAVE Fontenot, Bailey.
|[44:08] Shot by LU Hernandez, Jannet, SAVE Mosley, Taylor.
|End of period [45:00].
|Start of 2nd period [45:00].
|For LU: #3 Bowman, Grace, #12 Burden, Morgan, #10 Bos, Kristin, #1 Fontenot, Bailey, #18 Campbell, Megan, #11 Johnson, Shavonn, #15 Amador, Alejandra, #9 Albeno, Kimmy, #19 Thornhill, Amber, #4 Frank, Nicole, #20 Pearce, Danielle.
|For NICH: #6 Coates, Jess, #30 Valdespino, Spencer, #4 O'Neil, Miranda, #19 Flores, Erin, #13 Pestalozzi, Melissa, #22 Cunningham, Kirsten, #5 Doherty, Nicole, #17 Baugher, Briana, #29 Tani, Sarah, #1 Mosley, Taylor, #23 Moore, Amber.
|[45:28] Shot by NICH O'Neil, Miranda WIDE RIGHT.
|[47:26] Shot by NICH Valdespino, Spencer, SAVE Fontenot, Bailey.
|[47:28] Shot by NICH Valdespino, Spencer WIDE RIGHT.
|Foul on Nicholls.
|Foul on Lamar.
|[50:35] Header Shot by NICH Tani, Sarah BLOCKED.
|[51:25] Shot by NICH Valdespino, Spencer, SAVE Fontenot, Bailey.
|[55:07] Shot by LU Bos, Kristin WIDE.
|Foul on Lamar.
|[58:39] Offside against Nicholls.
|[60:25] Shot by LU Campbell, Megan HIT CROSSBAR.
|Foul on Lamar.
|[61:37] Yellow card on LU Johnson, Shavonn.
|[62:05] Shot by NICH Coates, Jess BLOCKED.
|Corner kick by NICH O'Neil, Miranda [62:27].
|[63:38] Shot by NICH Doherty, Nicole, SAVE Fontenot, Bailey.
|[63:42] Yellow card on NICH Valdespino, Spencer.
|[64:17] LU substitution: Mitchell, Taylor for Johnson, Shavonn.
|Foul on Nicholls.
|[66:01] Offside against Lamar.
|[69:27] LU substitution: Hernandez, Jannet for Burden, Morgan.
|[70:18] NICH substitution: Tatom, Misty for Doherty, Nicole.
|[70:54] Shot by LU Mitchell, Taylor WIDE RIGHT.
|[74:23] Shot by NICH Coates, Jess, SAVE Fontenot, Bailey.
|[75:34] LU substitution: Miroballi, Stefanie for Thornhill, Amber.
|Corner kick by LU Bos, Kristin [77:08].
|[77:37] GOAL by LU Albeno, Kimmy, Assist by Bos, Kristin, goal number 6 for season.
|Lamar 2, Nicholls 0
|*scored on cross from right side
|[78:03] NICH substitution: O'Brien, Lauren for Baugher, Briana.
|[78:03] LU substitution: Moore, Jennifer for Pearce, Danielle.
|[78:03] LU substitution: Yacuta, Jennifer for Albeno, Kimmy.
|Foul on Lamar.
|[78:24] GOAL by NICH Valdespino, Spencer, goal number 11 for season.
|Lamar 2, Nicholls 1
|*scored through scrum 4 yards away
|Foul on Nicholls.
|[79:51] Shot by LU Hernandez, Jannet HIGH.
|[81:06] Shot by NICH O'Brien, Lauren WIDE.
|[83:50] NICH substitution: McGuire, Missy for O'Neil, Miranda.
|[83:50] LU substitution: Albeno, Kimmy for Mitchell, Taylor.
|Foul on Nicholls.
|Foul on Nicholls.
|[87:27] Yellow card on LU Moore, Jennifer.
|[87:27] Yellow card on NICH Pestalozzi, Melissa.
|[87:46] LU substitution: Thornhill, Amber for Moore, Jennifer.
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Who am I? Life Schemas, Cognitive Dissonance, and Post-Trauma Adjustment
Thursday, March 27
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Allen Auditorium, Warfield Hall
Research on exposure to trauma and subsequent adjustment and quality of life has historically focused on maladaptive responses (e.g., avoidance, substance use) and psychological consequences (e.g., depression, anxiety). However, several researchers are now investigating the positive psychological changes associated with exposure to and processing of traumatic events. The concept of posttraumatic growth – psychological transformations that are perceived to be positive, constructive, or beneficial and exceed what was previously considered normal for the trauma survivor – will be presented within the framework of cognitive dissonance and identity narrative.
Steven Schmidt joined the Wilson faculty in the fall of 2013. Following a 15-year career in Information Technologies, he received his B.S. (2008) in Psychology from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and his M.A. (2010) and Ph.D. (2013) in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Connecticut. He also received graduate certificates in Health Psychology, Quantitative Research Methods, and College Curriculum and Instruction. His doctoral dissertation was titled Posttraumatic Growth Reported by Emerging Adults: A Multigroup Analysis of the Roles of Attachment, Support, Coping, and Life Satisfaction.


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UT Registers 12-5 Win Over EMU to Earn No. 2 Seed in MAC Tournament
TOLEDO, OH - Toledo capped off its regular season with a convincing 12-5 triumph over Eastern Michigan (24-29, 14-13 MAC) on Saturday at pleasantly warm Scott Park. With the dominating win, the 2012 Mid-American Conference West Division champion Rockets complete the sweep for a second consecutive weekend and improve to 30-25, 19-8 in the league.
UT will be the No. 2 seed in next week's MAC Tournament in Avon, OH and meet No. 7 seed Miami in the first round on Wednesday, May 23 at approximately 4:00 p.m. The other first-round matchups are No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 8 Buffalo, No. 3 Central Michigan vs. No. 6 Eastern Michigan and No. 4 Ohio vs. No. 5 Western Michigan.
Junior 3B Wes White (3-for-4, 3 RBI) led the Rockets offensively in today's regular-season finale with three hits and three RBI. Senior 1B Mark Lapikas (2-for-4, 2 RS, 2 RBI) and senior DH Jeff Cola (2-for-5, 2 RS, RBI) also posted two-hit outings as part of UT's 12-hit attack. In addition, senior 2B Joe Corfman collected his 53rd career double to tie Drew Hoisington (2005-08) for the most two-base hits in school history.
Junior RHP Mike Hamann (3-5) picked up the win for the MAC West Division champs, allowing three runs (one earned) on seven hits with three strikeouts in 5.0 innings.
The Rockets wasted little time in jumping all over EMU starter Collin Taylor, scoring five runs in their opening at-bat. Toled batted around in the frame and took advantage of three hits, one walk, one hit by pitch, one balk and one wild pitch to build an insurmountable cushion.
EMU countered with one run in the second inning on a solo roundtripper off the bat of Lee Longo to make the score 5-1.
The Eagles threatened to further cut into the deficit in each of the next two frames, putting runners on first and second base with only one out. Fortunately for the Rockets, Hamann made the necessary pitches in both innings to keep the visitors off the scoreboard and maintain their four-run lead.
Eastern Michigan stayed aggressive at the dish and benefitted from a pair of hits and two UT errors to close the gap to 5-3 in the top of the fifth inning. The first three EMU batters reached base against Hamann, with Brent Ohrman and Sam Ott collecting RBI.
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In the past, watching a movie downloaded off the Web meant viewing it on a PC. Soon, people will be able to copy a digital movie onto a specially made DVD under rule changes expected to be adopted by the DVD Copy Control Association, the group that produces the technology designed to prevent DVDs from being copied.
Digital movies, which are offered by such companies as CinemaNow and Movielink, have so far failed to catch on with the public. One of the big complaints from consumers has been that downloaded movies are prevented from being copied to disc and, thus, watched on TV sets.
The reason for this is that Hollywood studios feared downloads would be easily pirated. Despite the precautions, unauthorized films continue to be distributed on the Web.
The latest move by the association fits with Hollywood's overall strategy to combat piracy by offering consumers a legal, inexpensive and convenient way to obtain digital movies so they won't bother to steal them.
"We want to give people the entertainment they want and offer it to them in the ways they want to use it," said Greg Larson, the association's spokesman.
Retailers in the video-on-demand business say this is only the first of many upgrades to the video-on-demand business. Tom McInerney, founder and CEO of Guba, a video-sharing site that recently negotiated deals with Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. Entertainment to sell downloadable movies, implores critics of the video-on-demand market to be patient.
"This is only the first minute of the first quarter in this industry," McInerney said. "Now you can burn movies to DVDs, and soon broadband improvements are going to allow a speedier delivery of films over the Net. It's all coming together."
To allow copies to be made, the DVD Copy Control Association will have to make "adaptations" to the group's encryption technology, which is called the Content Scramble System, or CSS, Larson said. The association, made up of Hollywood studios, consumer electronics and software companies, licenses CSS to those in the DVD industry to protect content.
In a statement, the association said that an updated version of CSS could allow retailers to place kiosks on showroom floors and allow consumers to watch as a digital movie recording is placed on a blank DVD while they wait. The association didn't say whether any merchants were considering such a plan, but McInerney said he predicted that retailers might find such kiosks appealing because no longer would they need to stock shelves with prepackaged copies of movies.
"A retailer could increase the size of their movie libraries without taking up additional floor space," McInerney said.
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- baby steps
- Well I think it's a step in the right direction, hopefully this will be a trend in the media industries. Sure people steal their work but finding it does get tiresome for most and it's generally easier to purchase it. Everyone has to just realize they have to get products to people with as much instant gratification as possible, that's all we ask, hehe.
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- Somehow, the studios will screw it up
- You just know that even though this sounds like a
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good idea, the studios will manage to screw it up, offend users and this will end up being a disaster.
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- a little late in the curve
- With new DVD players sporting a USB port for connecting flash drives and USB drives and playing media files off those devices, do-it yourself DVD discs are behind the curve.
In a year, hardly anyone will want to bother with burning a disc of their media files when they can plug their 400GB hard drive based movie collection directly into a console DVD player.
The filmmakers need to revise their business models so the content file itself secures the revenue stream.
Advertising tickers, perhaps? Old-fashioned commercials built into legally free files. Related product order links, perhaps?
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- They let you make one dvd...than that dvd fails to burn correct
- or gets easily damaged, or just simply doesn't play after several months, which happens to many burned dvd's vs pressed dvd's...than you're back to square one and the studios will want you to buy another download.
Just more bs from the studios.
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- Not only one copy.
- The FluxDVD software burns a copy with errors
that will still play but is hard to copy. I
imagine their software must maintain a database
of titles burned to restrict you to burn one
copy, but you could always roll-back the
database or burn it in a VM that doesn't save
the changes to disk.
Further, the content is simply MPEG4 with AC3
audio. You could always use software to split
out the streams and remux them external to their
application. It's a pain, but once scripted you
can go from FluxDVD image to DRM-free unlimited
copy DVDs.
I'm not interested in doing it myself, but I
imagine it wouldn't take someone that cared to
more than a few days to whip up a utility with a
nice GUI to do it for you.
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- Another bad idea.
- Ok, so they're suggesting that stores will have a kiosk where people can go and order the movies to be burned while they wait. I guess they're following the fast food restaurants technique. Now, is this going to be cheaper than buying the $5.99 already available on the shelf, or is it going to cost the same or more? I mean, we all want savings. New technology is supposed to bring savings and convenience.
Now, I think my memory serves me well, but I remember Tower Records back in the 90's, when cd burners were coming out, offering a service in which buyers will approach this automated machine, punch in the songs they want, pay, and then get those songs burned onto a cd-r. Walk away with your tunes in a cd-r. That didn't seem to have lasted very long. So, where's the innovation in offering these "burning" services for movies.
I think what Circuit City is offering is a better idea; selling the movies converted into PSP and iPod formats. I'm sure the MPAA will have an issue with it.
This whole thing of selling burned dvd's is just nonsense.
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- underwhelmed, if that's a word
- I hate to be a party pooper, but people who download movies off the web have been able to burn them to DVD for a very long time now...
Of course you're referring to those who actually "did the right thing" and paid for their download. But who cares? The unpleasant fact is that these services are directly competing with the less legal alternatives and the studios are going to have to do better than give the paying customers a limited, half-assed approximation of the value a "pirated" content provides. It did cost more afterall, so the customer has an expectation that it is going to provide more value than the free alternative. Part of that value is being legal, but that's not enough on its own.
Their restrictions are making ZERO headway against content being posted online. I can rip ANY disc I want into whatever format I want. If I were inclined to post it online there is no barrier to doing so.
Crippling the paying users is not an effective way of stemming online file swapping. Going after the file swapping sites (much as I hate to acknowledge it) is one step. Giving paying customers the incentive to remain paying customers by providing the value and convenience they desire is the other. I don't know why this is so hard to understand.
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- already reality
- "A retailer could increase the size of their movie libraries without taking up additional floor space," McInerney said."
--> that is already reality in fareast countries like Vietnam, thailand, etc.
I was offered a library of 15.000 dvd titles on a store as big as my bathroom. and the half of it was occupied by the two daughters of the inhabitor -sitting on the ground a burning my dvds. it was amazing - they worked with hightec highspeed dvd recorders that i would expect in a highsecurity lab - but the shop barely had windows, airconditioning and was located in kind of a slum :-)
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- Strategy?
- I thought Hollywood's digital "strategy" consisted of prosecuting
teenagers and putting scary FBI warnings in movies that you can't
skip through. They have always seemed more interested in
browbeating and restrictions than consumer convenience and fair
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- Special DVDs?
- So now not only will we have to pay inflated prices for crappy movies but we will get raped with inflated prices for the special DVDs that will have to be used. Hollywood can go diddle themselves.
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Gates said Microsoft is working on two products, "Windows Live" and "Office Live," that create opportunities for the company to sell online subscriptions and advertising. Both are targeted at smaller businesses and consumers.
The products won't replace the company's ubiquitous operating system or productivity suite, and people don't need to have that software loaded to tap into the Web versions. "They are not required to use Windows or Office," Gates said at a press event here.
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Gates said that Windows Live is a set of Internet-based personal services, such as e-mail, blogging and instant messaging. It will be primarily supported by advertising and be separate from the operating system itself. Office Live will come in both ad-based and subscription versions that augment the popular desktop productivity suite.
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- Microsoft/Google competition is great for consumers
- I believe Microsoft and Google are destined to compete for the hearts and minds of developers and users, and maybe someday enterprise customers. I don't think it will be a head to head battle for a while since Microsoft and Google approach the market very differently.
I am reminded of a quote "In a fight between a grizzly bear and an alligator, the terrain determines the winner". Meaning, each company has its strength and position in the market. The company that crosses over to fight on the others turf is likely to lose...but probably not die. These giants are too strong and too smart to battle to the death over any one market. It will be a battle for first place versus second place, with each making money in its own way.
My guess is this will be a battle of the titans fought on many different fronts for a very long time...like decades. This is great for customers and users. Innovation will flourish and prices will decline. Competition is a great thing.
Microsoft has already entered the battle for Search supremacy. MSN Search is awesome. In fact, it is hard to pick a winner in terms of relevance of results for any particular search. Internal to Microsoft we have a search site that simultaneously sends a search query to MSN Search and Google, and displays the results side by side. Internal users vote on which results were more relevant. This feedback helps us tweak the ranking and relevance algorithm. I was director of engineering at AltaVista so I have a real appreciation for search. I have got to tell you that I think MSN Search is equal to, or better than Google. Now it is a matter of gaining user market share and building out the Ad Network revenue model.
I wrote a blog today on this subject and how I think it will play out. See http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/11/microsoft_vs_go.html
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- True, but
- It is odd that both companies seem to be inventing ways to compete. On the surface, they do not appear to be competitors at all. Now, Google is contributing developers to OpenOffice.org, and Microsoft is making some kind of online Windows and Office products.
It is as if they each want to say "aha, we are beating the competition!" But, in order to do that they each have to purposefully jump from their core businesses into the other's. It is just weird.
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- Sorry, your not objective...
- Competition is good, but MS does the most to decrease
competition of ALL tech companies hands down. You work for a
bad company and can't admit it.
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- Bias...
- "MSN Search is awesome." -- Done Dodge
I am a consumer not connected to Microsoft or Google. I like working with Microsoft products. But when I search online, I use Google to save time simply because Google shows the most relevant results most of the time.
This is by experience. In the wild! Not in some control group or laboratory experiments organized by people connected to Microsoft.
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- MSN search vs Google search
- I find that Google typically returns 8-10 times more relevant results than MSN does for most common searches. Typically surfers tend to follow only the top 50-100 results which are kind of uniform for most search engines, Google, MSN or Yahoo!.
However, when it comes to depth of search and the number of indexed web-pages I see that MSN is nowhere close to Google. You can see this typically in image searches. Google tends to deliver images across a broad spectrum associated with the keyword(s) whereas MSN mostly delivers only images associated to the most popular interpretation of the keyword(s).
MSN search is also lacking heavily in the number of images in its index. A Google image search for "MSN" returned around 2,630,000 results whereas the same on MSN returned only 148,795 results, nearly 17 times lesser.
If MSN search is awesome, then Google search is simply amazing. You can blog all night on how awesome MSN search is, but the fact is it has a lot of catching up to do both in sheer size and scale, if it is to be comparable to Google.
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- Microsoft the follower...
- Microsoft has done well over the years in following others and cleaning up because of its scale. Following a company such as Google, won't work for Microsoft. I spoke with one of MSFT's lead engineers recently and he was telling me about the fantastic search that they have in the labs. But, the conversatin has moved on: it's about search-enabled applications now, it really is a SEA change :-)
Rebranding some MSN stuff and adding layers of subscription based services is not going to get MSFT very far.
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- the flagship website of this effort
- ive.com is a joke. MS is now following Google in making big announcements about ridiculous products that lack any substance.
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- Windows Re-Live.
- Sounds remarkably like Apple's .Mac service, Apple's own Address
Book will send out updates to one's Card when updated. Microsoft
are inventing things all over again, lets try something 'New'.
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- Gates is trying to remain relevant
- Yawn.
Me too, me too.
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- Follower
- Always a follower, never an innovater! All software supplied has numerous security flaws as a standard feature!
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- Wow
- Microsoft actually did something productive.
Too bad it looks just like Google Home, including the google-esque name/beta logo.
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- Unbelievable
- MS are so backward ... Apple has ben providing live updates to its software (that are user controlled not filled with spam and ads) ever since they launched OSX .. where has this company bene the last 5 years? Patching ....
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- You can get a whole live desktop at Cosmopod.com
- Why have a half live service when you can get an entire free online desktop with office and everything at http://www.cosmopod.com
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- MORE advertising?! just what we need
- The 'new' business model of ad-based software/services is
following the 'known' business model of canned software.
Yikes. Do people really want this? Not likely. This is about
Microsoft putting the conditions in place to generate more
income. Trouble is, it doesn't offer the consumer any value, as
far as I can see. The consumer and the small business will be
the launch pad for this new direction and soon it will be
universal. When I imagine the future I don't see the myriad of
advertising that will be the norm for this kind of business plan.
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- And this brings the number of "live" Microsoft demo failures to...
- ..................oh, who knows? I lost track.
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- Me Too
- How come the " Me Too" becomes bigger and accepted wider than the original leader? Any way who is the widely used leader?
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- I think it is exciting...
- ... to see how Microsoft will play out this "Web 2.0" game (whatever that means) targetting desktop and mobile users. Looks good though the UI's not as cool or as flashy as Microsoft Windows Vista...
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- IE + MS Live + Ads = More Security Nightmares
- Thanks but I'll pass on this Chairman Gates. No doubt this will be "optimized" for IE, and the combo of all Microsoft all the time plus ads is just too inviting for those pesky virus writers that plague Windows.
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- Business Risk, Sarbanes-Oxley etc.
- I agree.
There is certainly an argument to re-assess distributed systems, but does anyone really think it prudent to place the responsibility for the security of company data with an "online" service like Mojo?
I can just hear Data Security groups saying "I don't think so." when someone from Marketing asks if would be okay to...."
MicroSofts success in this space will be marginal at best - there are just too many security issues.
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- MS CANT innovate
- Microsoft is screwed they cant REALLY offer full webbased services because if they did you could use them from any platform using any browser that includes linux unix osx etc . so instead they offer crappy watereddown *extras* microsoft cant innovate because it will ruin their way of locking people into to their operating system and their office products.So now google is free to innovate and lead the way especially since they are a proponent of open source and have allied themselves with sun/openoffice
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So the railroad expects coal demand to stabilize in 2014, because utilities still need to burn some coal to meet electricity demand.
In the first quarter CSX coal revenue dropped 13 percent to $726 million.
At the same time revenue from intermodal, chemical, automotive, construction and agricultural shipments grew nearly 3 percent to top $2.1 billion.
CSX officials are optimistic the railroad will be able to increase the number of shipping containers and other merchandise it carries faster than the economy is growing.
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Mityana, Uganda — Having failed to beat the December 31, 2012 East African deadline for the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, Uganda's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has said that it will switch in February 2013.
The East African partner states had set an ambitious target for the switch but as it appears, none of the EAC member states has been able to hit the deadline.
Kenya which was on course to beat the deadline faced a setback last week after a temporary order was issued stopping, the migration to digital broadcasting in Nairobi that was set for December 31, 2012.
The High Court said that this was to allow for the hearing of a case filed by Cofek challenging the migration. The case will be heard on January 11th. The Information Minister, Samuel Poghisio was quoted by press as saying that the government is willing to dialogue with stakeholders.
Speaking to the East African Business Week on the sidelines of a Startimes' Corporate Social Responsibility last week, Hon. Nyombi Tembo, the Minister of State for ICT said that by February 2013, Uganda will hit the target.
"Yes we have delayed but by February 2013, Kampala and the neighboring areas will be switched on. By extending the transmission to a radius of 150km from Kampala, we shall have covered over 60% of all TVs in the country," he said.
He added that the delays were caused mainly by procurement challenges and the policy which allowed for only one signal distributor. Operators had opposed government's move of making Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) the sole signal distributor.
"We are reviewing that policy so as to allow for a second signal distributor so as to allow for competition. As you know competition brings out the best results," Nyombi said.
He also added that UCC has formulated a framework that will have punitive measures to telecom companies for unsolicited calls and messages.
Kevin Chen, the CEO Startimes Uganda also added that the company will work closely with the Uganda Communications' Commission (UCC) to ensure that they cover about 90% of the country in 2013.
The company has also introduced mobile devices that can be used to watch most of the channels on the Startimes platform so as to watch TV on the 'GO'.
The Startimes CSR dubbed 'Keep malaria out of our homes' saw the company distribute mosquito nets and other household items valued at over Ush10m to the elderly in Mityana district.


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Test your Super Smash Bros. knowledge by yourself or against a friend!
Player discovers "PikAmp" exploit that could ruin the competitive future of Nintendo's new cross-series fighter.
List of games includes Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, full list inside.
Video Game History Month 2014: GameSpot editors celebrate the Super Smash Bros. 15th anniversary by reflecting on some of their favorite memories of the series' past.
Smash Bros. designer Masahiro Sakurai adds that the pain of the "life-changing struggle" of development goes away with time.
Luigi joins his elder brother in the next Super Smash Bros. game for Wii U and 3DS.
Taylor Hicks ties for 257th place during Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament last weekend.
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament draws 144,848 concurrent viewers; Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament attracts 134,000.
DM Mad Catz's Ho Kun Xian fights against Japanese, Korean, and American top players to earn first place in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.
Stay tuned this weeked as the World's best fighting game players duke it out at EVO 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12th-14th.
EVO founder Joey Cuellar says Nintendo not only wanted to deny Smash Bros. streaming, but also the event itself.
[Update] Super Smash Bros Melee reinstated in fighting game tournament; matches will not be streamed online as planned.
NorCal Regionals take place this weekend on April 26-28 in Sunnyvale, California. Stay tuned this weekend for IPLAYWINNER and TeamSp00ky's Streams.
Ghostbusting fans and rhythm junkies are well catered to this week, while Nintendo releases a little brawling action on the world.
Major League Gaming's president talks about dishing out $1.25 million in contracts, Ohio churning out the best Halo 2 players, and pro gaming as the next NASCAR. Say what?
Professional gaming league will be shown on USA Network, Boost Mobile; Boost, Scion sign on as major sponsors.
City by the Bay is the next stop for console gaming league; competitive games include Halo 2, Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter.
W-Pack line will pair up seven GameCube games into double-packs that will sell for the price of one game.
The creator of Kirby plans to pursue other opportunities.
Super Smash Bros. Melee and other Nintendo games will be offered for a reduced price.
Nintendo issues a press release outlining sales of the GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
A survey of US retailers predicts that the PlayStation 2 will be this year's winner during the holiday shopping season.
We have new screenshots of Nintendo's GameCube brawler.
When will games such as Pikmin, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Wario Land 4 arrive in the US? Read on.
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When I made a batch of Tuxedo Meringues a few weeks ago, my dear friend the Lady Otter and I got to talking about cookies. Our conversation went something like this: "Hey Mouse, you know what would be really cool?" "What would that be, Otter?" "Meringues in the shape of sea urchins. You could make […]
Devil's Delight Chocolate Pudding Cake
I swear I'll post a salad recipe one of these days. I do eat green things. Honest. This cake is one of my all-time favorites. It's dense, moist, and rich. It's not a molten cake, but it's plenty gooey with pudding-y goodness (call it a cross between cake and fudge). It's bursting with four different […]cake, chocolate
Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream
This week seems to be ice cream week. If vanilla ice cream is my favorite, chocolate is the next runner up. This ice cream tastes like frozen chocolate mousse. It's rich and creamy—with a boozy double dose of flavor from vanilla extract and chocolate liquor. Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream 5 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped 5 […]chocolate, how to make ice cream, ice cream
Tuxedo Meringues
Sometimes the sternest methods yield the most whimsical results. Such is the case with meringue cookies. Nothing makes me feel like I'm Baking (with a capital "B") like making these meringues. The separation of the eggs. The melting of the chocolate. The multiple water baths. The whisking. Oh, the constant whisking. These cookies only have […]chocolate, cookies, egg white, meringue
Spice Trader's Reserve Vanilla Ice Cream
On the topic of vanilla ice cream, you can, of course, also make your own. It's really easy to do. I've found that the key to making really good vanilla ice cream is to start with the best ingredients you can get your paws on. If you can get your cream and eggs from a […]cream, custard, ice cream, vanilla
Peachberry Ice Cream Drizzle
I love vanilla ice cream. It's kind of boring, but it's true. I love Haagen-Dazs. I love Brighams. I love almost everything in between. Give me a Hoodsie cup on a hot afternoon or a dish of plain French vanilla, any brand, in the evening, and I'm a very happy mouse. Vanilla ice cream is […]drizzles & dressings, ice cream, peaches, raspberries
Blueberry Cakelettes
This recipe is a happy accident. I was planning on making my Coconut Bomb cookies this afternoon, and realized a little too late that I was out of, well, coconut. I had a container of fresh blueberries in the fridge, so I changed a few things and tossed them in instead. And man, am I […]blueberries, cookies, sour cream
Lemony-Glazed Cream Cheese Cookies
In our house, we make these cookies around Christmas, but they're great year round. They're soft and sweet—and slightly tangy. This recipe is a family heirloom. (I actually called my mother to ask for permission to share it with you. No joke.) You'll need a standard cookie press to make them. If you don't have […]baking, cookies, cream cheese, lemon, mom
Coconut Cake for Old Man Richard
The first time I made this cake, we were up visiting an old friend who rents a cottage every summer up in Gloucester, Mass. We spent the greater part of the evening out on the deck, catching up and listening to the waves wash up on the rocks. The drinks were cold. The dogs were […]cake, coconut
Buttery Greek Apple Tart
Fall is coming. Boston's been on the cold side. The stores are starting to fill up with back-to-school supplies. This means one thing to me: Apple-picking season is on its way. And I couldn't be happier. I have a handful of apple recipes I love. Here's one of my favorites. It's amazingly simple to make—and […]apples, easy entertaining, mom, phyllo, tart


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July 28, 2005
Dreamworks Ani, McDonald's cook up deal
By Gail Schiller
DreamWorks Animation and McDonald's on Wednesday announced a two-year global partnership that will cover the studio's two CG-animated releases per year beginning with "Shrek 3" in 2007. The relationship is exclusive to DreamWorks but not to McDonald's, and does not preclude the quick-service restaurant from continuing its relationship with Disney after the companies' 10-year alliance expires at the end of next year, executives from McDonald's and DreamWorks said.
"We're proud today to announce a two-year global partnership with DreamWorks Animation that begins in 2007 with an option thereafter to renew," said McDonald's president and COO Mike Roberts. "I'm very excited to work with DreamWorks as they share our commitment to quality, innovation and fun. We all know that it will bring great value to our brand as they have successfully reached moviegoers of all ages around the world with such hits as "Shrek," "Shrek 2," "Sharktale" and "Madagascar" just to name a few." As part of the deal, DreamWorks will create custom animation based on its films for McDonald's marketing campaigns.
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said the partnership will cover "Shrek 3" and "Bee Movie" in 2007 and "Kung Fu Panda" and a yet-to-be-announced holiday title in 2008. "There is no company in the world that is more prestigious than McDonald's. It's the number one brand throughout the world and we are very thrilled and honored to be part of their future," he said.
"McDonald's understands the importance of creating a terrific customer experience and we believe they've developed some of the most innovate promotional campaigns that communicate that experience on a worldwide scale. That global reach is particularly important to us at DreamWorks. We are committed to releasing two CG-animated pictures each year throughout the world. We believe our new relationship with McDonald's will enhance our worldwide marketing efforts, giving us much, much greater reach and impact."
DreamWorks said it will continue working with its longstanding partner Burger King until its new relationship with McDonald's kicks off with "Shrek 3" in 2007, but after that will work exclusively with McDonald's.


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Take a look at new plan
December 17, 2014 We hope Gloversville residents get the information they need about the proposed comprehensive plan. more »»
Bill would aid transparency
December 16, 2014 With all the worry over a "government shutdown" predominating news from Capitol Hill last week, one failure by Congress passed almost unnoticed. more »»
Climate issues not settled
December 15, 2014 During a visit to California earlier this year, President Barack Obama linked the lengthy drought there to climate change. more »»
A better way to help state
December 14, 2014 Christmas comes early with Santa Cuomo. The governor likes to give out gifts before the actual holiday, through the Regional Economic Development Council process, now in its fourth year. more »»
Cheers and jeers
December 13, 2014 CHEERS — To treating animals as animals. A New York state appeals court ruled last week a chimpanzee is not entitled to the rights of a human. more »»
Troubling questions
December 12, 2014 Much of the contents of a Senate report on use of torture by the CIA was known before the document was released this week. more »»
Eye change to Scaffold Law
December 11, 2014 If Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature want to show New York state is open for business, one way would be to reform the Scaffold Law. more »»
Management matters
December 10, 2014 What if a key, prestigious position in the federal government was open — but the president was having trouble finding someone interested in filling it? That would — or should — send a message to the... more »»
Gloversville a safe city
December 9, 2014 People who live or work in Gloversville know it is a safe city. However, city officials and residents should dispel the damaging myth that Gloversville is dangerous. more »»
U.S. must tackle issues
December 8, 2014 Rioters in Ferguson, Mo., held the attention of most in the media and the public recently. more »»
CRG taking good step
December 7, 2014 It took far too long, but it is good the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth finally seems willing to admit it is a public agency. more »»
Cheers and jeers
December 6, 2014 CHEERS — To the snowplow crews. We take the plow drivers for granted all winter, but their job isn't easy. So far this season, the local crews have been doing a nice job. more »»
Congress can get work done
December 5, 2014 Time is running out for Congress to act on critical pieces of legislation. more »»
Re-evaluate public pensions
December 4, 2014 Local lawmakers would be wise to support the drumbeat for pension reform at the state level. more »»
Listen to professionals
December 3, 2014 As leaks from the Pentagon grow in the wake of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's decision to step down, it becomes apparent part of the problem has been White House micromanaging of the military. more »»
Governor's plan overkill
December 2, 2014 In the wake of the historic 7-foot snowfall in Buffalo last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has criticized the federally funded National Weather Service for not doing enough to predict the damaging storm. more »»
EPA must be accountable
December 1, 2014 White House aides say that if Congress attempts to establish new requirements that the Environmental Protection Agency disclose information such as the scientific basis for its rulings, President... more »»
Leave pay where it is
November 30, 2014 One of the main reasons it is good to be a lawmaker in New York state: you can basically vote yourself a raise. more »»
Cheers and jeers
November 29, 2014 JEERS — To holiday season scammers. 'Tis the season for scams, unfortunately. Amid the hustle and bustle of the season, be careful about the hustle. more »»
Support small businesses
November 28, 2014 Small Business Saturday is this weekend. The campaign encourages people to take advantage of local, independent shops, showing that a concerted effort to do so boosts each community's econom. more »»
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"Drawn Together'—the basic cable series that invited us to "find out what happens when cartoon characters stop being polite … and start making out in hot tubs"—is scheduled to return in 2010 with a direct-to-DVD release, "Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!"
For three seasons, Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein's mash-up of reality TV parody and knock-off cartoon characters (Toot Braunstein = Betty Boop) pushed the boundaries of good taste with explicit dialogue, gratuitous violence, kinky sex and black humor that made light of such issues as abortion, spousal abuse and anti-Semitism. (Such good Jewish boys….)
Comedy Central cancelled the show in November 2007, and the creators say the last episode, an "American Idol" parody, isn't how they envisioned the end of the series.
"That's not how we wanted to go out," Silverstein said at Comic-Con.
Going the "Futurama" series-to-film route, Jeser and Silverstein say the "Drawn Together" movie is currently in production, scheduled for a March 2010 release.
"Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!" marks the return of The Jew Producer, who cancels the show without telling the housemates. He continues the reality TV-style competitions for his own amusement until Foxxy Love notices all the housemates can suddenly cuss without being censored. The characters (including Adam Carolla as Spanky Ham) venture to lands like Bedrock, a Fairy Tale Village and the fantastical Make-a-Point Land, hoping to get the series renewed, all the while outrunning enemies hell-bent on keeping them off the air.
In scenes aired at Comic-Con, the film skewers shows like "The Flintstones" and "South Park," with gross-out humor that managed to make me wince a few times (and that's saying something!). The executive producers hope strong DVD sales will get the series renewed, so they begged the Comic-Con audience to not share it online .. shortly before a live table read of a not-yet-produced 3D sex scene from the film that was to graphic to recount on this blog.
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Asus T101MT
SpecificationsNotebook: Asus T101MT
Processor: Intel Atom N450
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
Display: 10.1 inch, 10:6, 1024x600 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 1.3kg
Price: 500 euro
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Reviews for the Asus T101MT
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I've been waiting for the Asus T101MT for more than an year now. I can say this T101MT has made me realize having a touch-display on a small computer is actually pretty useful, especially for browsing, watching photos, videos, etc. But, the technology for this is still in its early days, both in terms of software and hardware. Especially if you plan to keep the prices low.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/02/2010
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Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% performance: 30% features: 30% display: 30% mobility: 30% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 70%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150: Integrated (shared memory) graphics card in the intel Atom N4xx CPUs. Minimally faster than an old GMA 950 and therefore not suited for 3D games or HD videos (only MPEG2 acceleration).
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).
Intel Atom CPU for Netbooks with integrated memory controller and GMA 3150 GPU. The performance of the system should be only minimally faster than the previous Atom N280 / GMA 950 combination.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
10.1": The netbook/subnotebook has a quite small display format. Nonetheless, it is a common format for netbooks. The advantage is, that the subnotebook/netbook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes. It is difficult to use high resolutions. » To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.3 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist only few sub-notebooks, which weight less. 10 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated, a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, servers, networking products, mobile phones, computer cases, computer components, and computer cooling systems. The company's 2007 revenues reached US$6.9 billion. ASUS also produces components for other manufacturers. The Eee PC initiated the netbook boom in 2008.
65%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.
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Hey Everybody! I hope all of you guys are enjoying the festive season. Winter is already round the corner, which means that we get less time to spend outdoors. This is also the time when we start missing our families and friends, and seek alternative ways to keep in touch with them. In this blog I have shared some of the resources that could help you keep in contact with your loved ones.
Skype: It can make your living so easy as it lets you chat and video conference with your family and pals. These features are FREE as long as both the parties have access to the internet. In addition to that, skype also lets you make national and international calls at a fairly cheap rate.
Social networking websites: Websites like Facebook, MySpace and Orkut, have become more like a household name today. These websites let you share pictures, videos and messages with your friends and relatives. In addition to that you can even customize your privacy settings, and make your posts and pictures visible to only selected friends.
Emails: Very useful to keep in touch with those friends who don't own an account on any of the social networking websites. Emails are the best way to transfer large-sized files and folders to other people.
Phone: It is the most expensive option out of all. However, it can be really useful at times of emergency or when we don't have access to the internet. Companies such as AT&T, Verizon and Vonage offer international calling options from the United States.
Technology has truly made our lives simpler and easier by revolutionizing long-distance communication. I hope that you make full use of these resources to stay in touch with your loved ones :)


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Market Research: The Engine that Powers the Federal Acquisition System
Market research is often referred to cavalierly as "easy"--yet it is complex, nuanced, and can be extremely powerful. If you are not prepared to take the time to do it right, be prepared to take the time to do it over.
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A coastal kitchen
Interior designer Kathryn Rayward brings a touch of the coast into a south London kitchen. This makeover was featured in the series, Get the Look, which is exclusive to the Home TV channel.
Updated January 2012
Coastal kitchen
Natural materials such as weathered wood, rope, driftwood beach finds and shells are worked into this nautical kitchen diner for a cosy seaside feel. A white and blue marine colour palette was used on the walls and key furniture pieces were painted or limed. Items supplied by: Accessories – ASDA and Next, Worktop – Barncrest, Paint – Dulux, Flowers - Floral Symphonies, Kitchen - Homecraft Kitchens, Cushions - Lots of Cushions, Advent Vega - PC World, Blinds - 247 Blinds. For more coastal inspiration, see our beach cottage kitchen gallery.
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As an officer of a technology association/user group, you and your
members are invited to attend the Angelbeat wireless/security/voip
seminar in Silicon Valley
<http://www.angelbeat.com/buildpage.cgi?file=SV05> August 9 (at
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