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The Unfinished Swan
The Unfinished Swan releases on PS4 and Vita next week
Giant Sparrow's The Unfinished Swan will be released next week on PlayStation 4 and Vita.
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The Unfinished Swan hits PS4, Vita next week - in Japan
The Unfinished Swan has a release date on PS4 and Vita – but not for us.
Journey and The Unfinished Swan out soon on PS4 in full 1080p
An extremely short video for Journey on PlayStation 4 has been released by Sony. In between clips it also shows various accolades from critics.
Looks like Journey, Unfinished Swan and Until Dawn are coming to PS4
It looks as though the list of playable games from Sony at gamescom next month will include a PS4 versions the teen horror adventure Until Dawn,Nom Nom Galaxy and Journey.
One of the PS3's most beautiful games is coming to PS4 and Vita
According to the Korean Rating Board, The Unfinished Swan is headed to PS4 and Vita.
Journey and Unfinished Swan not coming to PS4
Sony Santa Monica's Nathan Gary has clarified a comment this weekend which seemed to suggest that Journey and The Unfinished Swan were headed to PlayStation 4. No such luck, I'm afraid.
Unfinished Swan half price in PSN flash sale
The Unfinished Swan has been discounted on PSN from now until May 6. You can now grab it for 50% off, or more if you're a PS Plus subscriber.
The Unfinished Swan and Journey join 12 Deals of Christmas offer
The PlayStation Network's 12 Deals of Christmas is drawing to a close, but this tenth offer is a doozy. You can grab indie favourites The Unfinished Swan and Journey in a bundle for just £10/€13, or £9/€11.70 for PlayStation Plus subscribers. That's down from £20/€26. As usual the deal is only available for two days […]
The Unfinished Swan now available on PSN in the US
The Unfinished Swan is now available to those in the US who didn't get it early through PS Plus. The game will be made available tomorrow in the UK for £9.99. A launch trailer is below.
The Unfinished Swan - new developer diary focuses on art and design
The Unfinished Swan has a new developer video available which discusses Giant Sparrow's creative process, the challenges faced during level creation, and artistic influences. You can have a watch below, and bask in some screenshots as well. A few of them are new, and the others will serve as a memory refresher. The game is […]
Unfinished Swan reviews begin, all the scores here
The Unfinished Swan is launching tomorrow for PS Plus members, and October 22nd for everyone else. It's a stunning indie title from developer Giant Sparrow, and should restore the faith of anyone bored by sequels. Get all the review scores below.
The Unfinished Swan developer diary discusses the game's lovely music
A new developer diary for The Unfinished Swan has been released in which Peter Scaturro, music supervisor at the Santa Monica Studio,discusses the game's lovely soundtrack. It's below. The game is out October 24 for £9.99, and PS Plus users get it a bit earlier on October 17.
Unfinished Swan dated and priced for PSN Europe
The Unfinished Swan developer Giant Sparrow and publisher Sony have revealed that the game is hitting PSN this month. More details below.
The Unfinished Swan - meet the king who created the world
The Unfinished Swan has a new trailer which introduces you to The King, who created the entire world players will be exploring. You can check it out below. Giant Sparrow's PSN adventure title remains without a date.
The Unfinished Swan trailer vies for most beautiful gamescom asset
The Unfinished Swan is a strange adventure game requiring you to paint your way through the otherwise featureless environment. Everyone who's loked at it came away raving, so you'd better check out this trailer, too.
The Unfinished Swan Comic Con video shows concept art, discusses inspiration
Those who attended Comic-Con 2012 over the weekend and sat in for the Unfinished Swan panel where given a look at some never-before-seen concept art for the title. The team at Giant Sparrow also chatted about where some of its ideas for the game came from, such as Pottery Barn of all places. Watch the […]
Unfinished Swan dev says true open worlds are "the opposite of fun"
The Unfinished Swan combines exploration and linear elements in a way that makes the player feel free, even though they're not – because freedom without constraints isn't fun.
E3 screens: The Unfinished Swan still looking pretty
Giant Sparrow's upcoming PSN title is still looking in fine form ahead of its release later this year. Get a look at new screens below the break.The Unfinished Swan is the first of a three game deal between Giant Sparrow and Sony.
The Unfinished Swan: Dallas and Chen on PSN indie dev
Giant Sparrow's The Unfinished Swan continues Sony and PSN's support for the artistic indie. Johnny Cullen talks to creative director Ian Dallas and thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen.
Sony to publish Giant Sparrow's Unfinished Swan
Sony has entered into a three game deal with indie studio Giant Sparrow that'll see it bring its next few titles as PlayStation Network exclusives, beginning with the release of The Unfinished Swan.
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The Unfinished Swan – new developer diary focuses on art and design
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The Bible, the most influential book in America, has been made into a ka-jillion films over the years, so isn't it about time someone turned the second-most influential book into a film?
The trailer for "Atlas Shrugged" arrived late Friday and we're at a loss. Ayn Rand's opus, like all influential books, is wildly divisive and inflammatory, and the book was vilified anew upon the global economic collapse, as people like former Rand acolyte Alan Greenspan were among those blamed for the applying her free-market philosophies to disastrous effects.
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Without getting into the merits of Rand's ideas, the trailer looks, well, cheesy. Stars Taylor Schilling and Grant Bowler are virtual unknowns whose careers have been marked by bad movies and mediocre TV, though there are a couple of great character actors, like Jon Polito and Patrick Fischler. We find it odd that they didn't set the film in the '50s, when the story of a railroad magante would make sense.
Here's the synopsis from the film's official site:
Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling) runs Taggart Transcontinental, the largest remaining railroad company in America, with intelligence, courage and integrity, despite the systematic disappearance of her best and most competent workers.
She is drawn to industrialist Henry Rearden (Grant Bowler), one of the few men whose genius and commitment to his own ideas match her own. Rearden's super-strength metal alloy, Rearden Metal, holds the promise that innovation can overcome the slide into anarchy.
Using the untested Rearden Metal, they rebuild the critical Taggart rail line in Colorado and pave the way for oil titan Ellis Wyatt (Graham Beckel) to feed the flame of a new American Renaissance.
Hope rises again, when Dagny and Rearden discover the design of a revolutionary motor based on static electricity - in an abandoned engine factory - more proof to the sinister theory that the "men of the mind" (thinkers, industrialists, scientists, artists, and other innovators) are "on strike" and vanishing from society.
If you read the comments, mostly from fans of the book, they are already convincing themselves that the press will either ignore the film or dismiss it as garbage. All we can tell you is the we will not be ignoring it.


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Thanks to Paul and Wayne, it would appear that prior to Ovation customizing Glen's GC12 and prior to producing the Ovation Glen Campbell 12 string, Ovation customized a regular 12 string for Glen.
Ovation first introduced their 12 string in late 1967, the Ovation Balladeer 12 String (Credit: Dave Witco ). Its' most eye catching feature was a smaller sound hole, bordered by the soundboard and surrounded by an inlaid rosette.
It appears that Ovation had customized a regular soundhole 12 string for Glen during this period.
The 68 picture of Glen by the pool reveals a glimpse of the Ovation 12 (which, btw, is the ONLY Ovation Glen is showing off by the pool).
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And thanks to Paul Moody, this picture, of Glen playing the custom 12, was in a souvenir picture book he had:
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Infamous Tiger Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel has finally settled down.
TMZ reports the nightclub hostess -- known for her alleged affair with the golf pro and for receiving a $10 million settlement in hush money -- impulsively got married to younger boyfriend Matt Hahn in Las Vegas on Sunday after another friend's wedding.
"We are really happy and feel extremely fortunate to have one another," Uchitel told Us Weekly in a statement.
Local news from across Southern California
The two obtained a marriage license at a court house and tied the knot at the famous Little White Chapel -- the same place where Bruce Willis married Demi Moore and Britney Spears wed childhood friend Jason Alexander. The papers were filed the next morning, according to documents obtained by TMZ.
The festivities reportedly kicked off at 11 p.m., when Uchitel, Hahn and 12 buddies danced into the chapel to Beyonce's "Single Ladies." The ceremony concluded with the song, "That's What You Get for Waking Up in Vegas," and the newlyweds were back at Uchitel's grandma's house at midnight.
Hahn, a 26-year-old businessman and former football player at Penn State, has been living with Uchitel, 36, in San Francisco for several months.
Uchitel was a wife once before in 2004, according to The New York Times. She wed childhood friend and Wall Street trader Steven Ehrenkranz a few years after her fiance, Andrew O'Grady, tragically died on Sept. 11. Their marriage ended after a year and four months.
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After finishing his shift managing a Gold's Gym in Boise, Idaho, Brad Duke pulled into a Jackson's gas station to check some numbers he had played in the Idaho State Lottery.
He'd already spotted the winning Powerball jackpot number and "some numbers looked familiar," he recalls. "I thought I had won $1,000, maybe $5,000. The girl behind the counter ran the numbers, and usually when you win there's this little 'We're in the Money' jingle that plays. There was no jingle, and after a few seconds the girl started screaming and jumping around."
He panicked, grabbed the ticket, and bolted, forgetting to pay for his gas. As he pulled out, news trucks were pulling in. He had won $220.3 million.
Panic isn't the first thing that most people might feel after coming into sudden money, whether through winnings, an inheritance, or a big sports contract. But maybe it should be. While there are strategies to turn sudden riches into lasting wealth, the landscape is littered with people who lost their way among the trappings of affluence and requests from friends and family.
The National Football League's most recent tale of woe is Mark Brunell, a Pro Bowl quarterback who earned $50 million in his career. In 2010, he filed for bankruptcy, citing $25 million in debt from bad business deals. It's a common problem for pro athletes. The average pro football player earns a median $845,252 a year in a career that lasts 3.5 years, according to the league and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). Just two years into retirement, by some estimates, 8 in 10 former NFL players are either bankrupt, jobless, or divorced (which creates its own financial burden). Pros in other major sports face similar problems.
"More times than not, you look at this young guy, and at the end of this ride he's broke or divorced," says Frederick Hubler, president of Creative Capital Wealth Management Group in Phoenixville, Pa., and one of 257 financial consultants registered with the NFLPA. "It's a short earnings window, and not everyone can be a broadcaster. After they're done playing, guys are older than new applicants in other job markets, and they don't want to be at the bottom of the mountain."
It's no picnic for many lottery winners, either. Take Jack Whittaker, the West Virginia man who won a $315 million Powerball jackpot in 2002 ($114 million after taxes). By 2007, it was gone. Alex Toth, who won $13 million from the Florida lottery in 1990, was broke and charged with filing fake tax returns by the time of his death in 2008.
Why is a windfall so difficult to keep? Sudden money is rarely a solution to preexisting financial trouble. Florida lottery winners facing bankruptcy before winning big were just as likely to be facing bankruptcy again three to five years later, according to a 2009 study. Then there are the emotional challenges associated with trying to maintain the rush of happiness that comes from sudden money.
"Let's say you come into money and you decide to buy a Porsche," says Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at Duke University in Durham, N.C., and author of "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions." "The first day of driving a Porsche is fantastic, but then you've gotten used to it and it's not as good. You get tired of owning a Porsche, so you renovate the countertops. But the happiness always goes back to its original level. So we keep buying and buying to get that original level of happiness."
Then there's the pressure to help out family and friends. Newly wealthy people often have an "inability to say no to family, friends, and cousins," Mr. Hubler says. "There's a feeling of guilt for the person who has all the money."
Mr. Duke was well aware of such pitfalls when he won the lottery in 2005, so he set in motion a plan to grow his wealth. Here are six steps for anyone who comes into a windfall, even a modest one:
1. Pay down debts. As his first step, Duke paid down $25,000 worth of student loans, a bit of credit-card debt, and his mortgage: "50 percent of it should go towards servicing debt, and the rest of it towards growing long-term goals," he says.
2. Let a team (not an individual) invest. "You want multiple people not working under the same umbrella," Hubler says. "Be leery of agents who do everything, because there are no checks and balances." Hubler also suggests using financial advisers who charge a flat fee rather than a commission.
3. Space out your spending. Until two years ago, Duke kept working part time for Gold's Gym, lived in his pre-Powerball-win house, and drove a used car. "Buy a house one year, then the car the next, then the new wardrobe," Mr. Ariely says. "That way, you don't use your happiness all up at once."
4. Be kind but inflexible with family and friends. One option is to have a go-to outsider fielding all financial requests. "I'm the person the brother-in-law talks to with the idea to put the movie theater in the carwash, or whatever stupid idea," Hubler says.
Ariely advocates allocating a fixed amount of money to give away, and putting it into a separate bank account. "When it runs out, it runs out," he says, "and it's not personal."
5. A flashy investment is a bad investment. "Players like to see the money – a car, art, a new business – rather than a well-managed portfolio," Hubler says. His firm tries to steer clients toward annuities specifically designed for people who get a large lump sum. "Those programs are like forced savings accounts – like putting $500 under the Monopoly board so you can't see it until you want to buy Boardwalk," he says.
6. Set aside 'fun' money. It's OK to have a little fun with newfound wealth. Duke allowed himself one big splurge: bicycles. "It's sort of embarrassing, but I spent $100,000 on cycling equipment," he laughs. Still, he only allows himself 2.5 percent of his income for "discretionary spending."


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In Schaefferian theory, typo-morphology is the initial phase of the programme of musical research, which regroups as complementary the two procedures of typology and morphology: these actually constitute a stage of exploring, assessing and describing sound; whereas the two procedures of analysis and synthesis arise from an analysis and an exploitation of the musical capacities of the sound object. Thus, typo-morphology is a descriptive inventory which precedes musical activity.
The three tasks of typo-morphology are: identification, classification, description.
- Identifying sound objects, that is, isolating them, cutting them into sound units.
- Then, classifying them into basic characteristic types.
- Finally, describing their characteristics in detail.
Typology takes care of the first two; morphology the third. (Paraphrase of Michel Chion (1983). Guide des Objets Sonores. Eds. Buchet/Chastel, Paris. 1995 translation by John Dack/Christine North.)


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Off and (Hitting and) Running
It all started with Bill James.
More specifically, it all started with an article introducing James to the world, written by Daniel Okrent for Sports Illustrated in 1981. I was an 11-year-old third-generation Dodgers fan riding the wave of Fernandomania. I devoured box scores for breakfast, bought packs of baseball cards with my allowance on the way to school and read every baseball book in sight, not to mention my weekly copy of SI. Good at math -- I understood batting averages before I knew of fractions -- I was fascinated by the ways in which the bearded bard of Lawrence, Kansas, made baseball statistics dance, built rational arguments that questioned conventional wisdom and brought order to a sometimes chaotic game.
A strange and wonderful destiny set in motion by that Okrent article has brought me to SI.com to create a new blog called Hit and Run. It will offer a mix of quick hits and substantial takes on news or issues of interest in the world of baseball, and will be updated daily, often multiple times.
Much as James has done, I will make use of, but not rely solely on, statistics. The lessons of sabermetrics —what James defined as "the search for objective knowledge about baseball" — have been ingrained in me since my days as a pre-teen stathead, when I computed Runs Created on my mom's calculator every time I updated my stat sheet for the Salt Lake Gulls, the locally-based Triple-A affiliate of the Angels.{C}
After mostly laying dormant during college, my love for the game was rekindled by my move to New York City in 1995, and when it came to reading about baseball, I veered toward the sabermetric bent. Inspired by Rob Neyer (a James assistant back in the day) and years of arguing about baseball with close friends and virtual strangers, I hung out my shingle at The Futility Infielder in 2001, setting in motion my evolution from graphic designer to full-time baseball writer.
Along the way, I've gotten to run in the famous Milwaukee Brewers sausage race, cursed the new Yankee Stadium's high ticket prices in the Wall Street Journal, created a Hall of Fame evaluation system called JAWS (for the Jaffe WARP Score) that real voters actually pay attention to, gained entry into the Baseball Writers Association of America and got my mug on television in the service of a first-of-its-kind show about sabermetics, MLB Network's Clubhouse Confidential. Some pretty cool stuff.
Most of those things wouldn't have happened without the work I've done over the past eight years at Baseball Prospectus, a subscription-based site devoted to carrying on the sabermetric tradition, with an eye towards informed decision-making. My Hall of Fame analyses at Futility Infielder first brought me to BP's attention, and I debuted the system that would become JAWS in January 2004. In 2005, I launched my first weekly column, the Prospectus Hit List, an objectively based power rankings driven by BP's Pythagorean-based Adjusted Standings page. In 2007, I launched a second, more general column, Prospectus Hit and Run, and last year, I transferred power of the Hit List to our junior staff to focus my energy on multiple Hit and Run columns per week.
Though I am still contributing to BP, my regular home will be here at SI.com. Having waded into the mainstream, I'll take the lessons I've absorbed from James and his disciples, and pass them along to a new readership — ideally without drowning us all in too many numbers. I hope you'll follow along.


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One in a series of posts on how to decorate your huppah…
Add color and movement to your huppah with long ribbons that catch the breeze. Ribbons make simple and inexpensive wedding decorations.
You can keep the look simple with one color, or combine ribbons in all the colors of your wedding to draw the huppah into the rest of your wedding décor.
To create the best effect, ribbons should hang down one-half to two-thirds the length of the huppah poles. And rather than matching up the ends of the ribbons, vary their lengths by a half inch or so to encourage them to move independently of each other.
Take a look at the joyous combination of ribbon colors that Barbara Hoffman of Maryland chose for her daughter's Simplicity Huppah earlier this month. Each pole was tied with three ribbons chosen from a palette of orange, baby blue, ivory, pink, white, and apple green.
Here's another decorative option that works well in combination with ribbons: Scatter Flower Petals on the Ground


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With the hustle and bustle of the holidays now beginning to slow down, a simple pot of warm, healthy soup is the perfect thing for these last few wintery days of 2011. So go ahead and cozy up with a new book, movie, (or iPad!) and enjoy yourself a steaming bowl of incredibly delicious cauliflower soup.
Now, cauliflower isn't the most flavorful of vegetables... That is, unless it is cooked just right. I particularly love roasted cauliflower, how it transforms into a richly caramelized treat. And now this. This is my new favorite way to enjoy the delicate little "snow-covered trees."
This soup might seem plain, but trust me. Paul Bertolli, often referred to as one of the greatest American chefs, knows exactly how to make a vegetable become the best it can be. This recipe makes for a soup that's delicate, sweet, and silky smooth.
I hope that you enjoy the simplicity and deliciousness of this soup. And most importantly, I hope you (whoever you are!) have a very, very lovely rest of 2011!
Notes: Be sure to use the freshest cauliflower you can find, as it is the star of the dish. Also, the extra-virgin olive oil and fresh black pepper complete the soup, so I advise against being shy.
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Created in the late 80s and one of the last supercars to leave Maranello under Enzo's guidance, the Ferrari F40 was designed for one thing… speed. And for that it has recently gained cult status and a big price tag amongst collectors.
Preservation of this legend, however, doesn't seem to be the worry of one Japanese driver who was more concerned about reaping as much use from his F40 as possible.
Publicly revealing the off-road adventure on its Facebook page, CarGuy published pictures of a contributor who took to Japan's great outdoors with an F40 lugging the appropriate camping gear on its roof. To go a step further, come breakfast time the driver transformed its exhaust manifold in to an egg-fryer.
Normally a Ferrari flagship with race-track suited ride height wouldn't survive such scenery, but the pictures tell this F40's equipped with height adjustable suspension that became available on later models.
We're not sure whether we admire or despise taking an F40 bush, but one thing's for sure — you can't accuse the bloke of neglecting the supercar to storage. Take a look at the gallery above and let us know what you think.


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Software to easily convert photos into either black- or white-board sketches.
The sketching phase is preceeded by steps where the user can select both the part of the image to be sketched and whether or not to apply color-enhancing filters to it.
At the sketching phase, besides being possible to choose between a black-board or a white-board sketch, it is possible to choose the accuracy of the found edges and whether the sketch is a gray-scale or a black-and-white one.
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I remember a little conversation I had with myself on December 31, 2011. I made a mental note, almost a declaration, that I was going to do all I could to slow down. I was not going to rush from one calendar event to the next. There would be no talk about "how time flies."
I was about as determined as I could be to savor the moments and enjoy the year.
Despite my self-talk, time DID fly. In fact, this year passed in what feels like record time, and yet I discovered that at the same time I DID savor so many precious moments. This was a challenging year for our family, but it was also a very good year. A happy year.
I don't always have time to follow WordPress topic prompts, but when it was suggested I might enjoy the weekly photo challenge: My 2012 in Pictures, I thought that would be fun. I spend a lot of time looking back at favorite photos, so I decided to play along.
Here are some of my favorites in a 12-month review. Just scroll over the photos to reveal the caption.
So here we are at another year's end, December 31, 2012. Tonight Jay and I are headed to the Disney Concert Hall for a New Year's Eve performance. Pasadena is gearing up for its famous Happy New Year Party with marching bands and majestic floral floats, the 124th Annual Rose Parade, themed, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" If you are unfamiliar with this marvelous event, I shared some photos last year and you can review them here.
This year I won't bother to have the discussion about slowing down. It's going to be a very full year, and anyway, I have had to take a closer look at myself. I am always on the go to somewhere, and I don't do a lot to invest in slowing down. Time to get real!
And I'm tremendously pleased and looking forward to our son getting married this year. We will be welcoming a new daughter into the family sometime this spring or early summer. There's a ring and a promise…and they're working on the details.
So another year comes to a close and seamlessly a new year begins. And I'll wish everyone a year of finding happiness and contentment in each day whether you're interested in slowing down or not. Simply put, Happy New Year!
A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
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Olfaction and the Neurodevelopment of Psychotic Disorders in Adolescence and Adulthood
The purpose of the proposed project is to study neurodevelopmental processes in schizophrenia during the risk period using tissues obtained from living individuals through olfactory epithelial biopsy. Olfactory function and clinical symptomatology will be correlated with the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms in the development of psychotic disorders in adolescence. This study will be performed in youths and adults (ages 10-55) with psychotic disorders, those at risk for the development of a psychotic disorder, and those with Asperger's Syndrome or other autism spectrum disorder, in comparison to age matched healthy volunteers. The study design is longitudinal (5 years). Subjects will be undergo an assessment of olfactory function every 6 months; the epithelial biopsy will be performed at enrollment - a follow-up biopsy will only be requested if the subject converts to a psychotic disorder. The study consists of measurements of olfactory function (~2-3 hours) and a biopsy of olfactory epithelium under local anesthetic (~30 minutes). Participants will receive $35 for each visit to test olfactory function; they will receive $50 for the biopsy of olfactory epithelium. There are no more than minimal risks associated with this study.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Karin Borgmann-Winter, M.D.
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Vote in 2012 against The Fool's Game
The elements are worth reviewing in the context of the "Occupy" movement. Unless those in the movement are purposely hiding their planning, I'm seeing very little evidence of it.
What we get are shards, fragments and chucks of vital issues, but there is no evidence of systematic strategic planning.
Rather than go into the requirements as Sharp lays them out, I urge you to download the pamphlet from the Albert Einstein Institute web site. The essay and several others by Sharp are available free on-line.
Here is just one example of a fundamental missing element in the "Occupy" movement: "Develop a grand strategy for the overall conflict. Identify the objective of the struggle in clear, specific terms."
Unless I'm missing something, we are still waiting to learn the "objective of the struggle in clear, specific terms."
So here's one attempt to define an objective and describe a strategy to achieve it:
We, fellow citizens, are playing a fool's game called "Democracy American Style." It is literally rigged for and by the rich and has produced a plutocracy/kleptocracy.
Here's just one way it works: our system can't represent or understand the will of the people because the major means of communication is paid for and controlled by wealthy vested corporate interests. The U.S. Constitution legalizes media domination and distortion by a wealthy elite.
Democracy requires an informed, thoughtful public making rational — not emotional — decisions. Our capitalist, controlled system of communication is not providing that information or that opportunity for full discussion and reflection.
I also believe that the size of our government makes it so diffuse, impenetrable and powerful that it cannot be responsive to the people it governs. We should be a nation of small regional or local governments. At most the "national" government should be an alliance of these small, responsive, local governments. The United States cannot be both "a major power" and a major force for good. The two have been proven to be incompatible.
The over-arching objective of the nonviolent movement should be to put an end to this Fool's Game and to create a truly representative, fair, responsive and compassionate system of governance based on local representation and involvement.
At the end of his essay, Sharp lists 198 methods of nonviolent action. The sheer number boggles the mind. The diversity is likewise staggering, everything from strikes (he lists 21 varieties) to various kinds of boycotts, to rent refusal, to mock funerals, to marches and pilgrimages, to prayer and worship. The list goes on and on.
But one, number 124, intrigued me in light of the above objective. It reads, "Boycott Elections."
What if we boycotted the elections of 2012? What if we "voted" by submitting blank ballots. The tally of unmarked ballots submitted would wildly exceed the number of votes cast for candidates. The tally of blank ballots would constitute the vote against "The Fool's Game."
What would the consequences be? Exactly what we'd get if we did cast ballots for candidates — more of the same. A continuation of the Fool's Game.
But by voting against the system, we would have proclaimed that we, the majority, are no longer party to it — that, in fact, the resulting government does not represent the people or their "will." These "minority unelected" representatives are hence illegitimate.
The only way to restore legitimacy is to establish a new constitution creating a truly representative government (or governments) that can address this society's needs. A true "government of, for and by the People."
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SpaceIL is a non-profit organization established in 2011 aiming to land the first Israeli spacecraft on the Moon. The organization was founded by three young engineers: Yariv Bash, Kfir Damari and Yonatan Winetraub who answered the international challenge presented by Google Lunar XPRIZE: to build, launch and land an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon. SpaceIL was the only Israeli representative. In October 2015, SpaceIL reached a dramatic project milestone by becoming the first team to announce a signed launch contract, that symbolizes an actual "ticket to the Moon". In January 2017, SpaceIL became one of the competition's five finalists. The competition officially ended with no winners in March 31, 2018, after Google ended their sponsorship.
Regardless of the competition, SpaceIL is committed to continue and complete its mission, to land on the Moon and to the advancement of science and technology education in Israel.
SpaceIL is actively working to create an Israeli "Apollo Effect." SpaceIL is committed to inspiring the next generation in Israel and around the world to choose to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The launch will take place on an American SpaceX rocket in first quarter of 2019, and the Moon landing will be at the end of a two-month journey in space, after the launch. Read More


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 30, 2012) – The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team defeated Argentina, 25-20, 22-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-13 on Sunday in an exhibition played at JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Both teams are preparing to compete in their confederation Olympic qualifying tournaments. USA Volleyball will host the NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualifying Tournament on May 7-12 at the Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. For tickets and more information, click here.
The U.S. Men will play a Red vs. Blue intra-squad scrimmage at 7 p.m. on May 4 at the Pyramid. Tickets will only be available at the door and will be $8 for adults and $5 for seniors (60-plus) and youth (4-14).
On Sunday, the U.S. Men led in attacks, 59-54, in blocks, 11-10, and had seven aces to Argentina's five. Setters Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) combined to set the U.S. Men to a 47.2 kill percent and a .344 hitting efficiency. Argentina had a 46.6 kill percent and a .405 hitting efficiency.
Opposite Dave McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.), who started the last three sets, led the U.S. Men with 15 points on 13 attacks (48.1 kill percent, .370 hitting efficiency) and two blocks.
Outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) and middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) scored 12 points each. Priddy, who started the first three sets, scored on eight attacks (44.4 kill percent), one block and a match-high three aces. Millar added 11 attacks (84.6 kill percent, .769 hitting efficiency) and one block.
Opposite Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.), who started the first two sets, scored 10 points on eight attacks and two blocks. Outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.), who started the first two sets, scored eight points on six attacks and two blocks.
Outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.), who started the final three sets, scored seven points on six kills and one ace. Middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.), who started the final two sets, scored seven points on four kills, two blocks and one ace.
Middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.), outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) and Thornton each scored two points. Lee scored on two kills while Lotman and Thornton each had one block and one ace.
Libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) was credited with 27 receptions, which were 44 percent positive, and seven digs. Anderson had 16 receptions, which were 44 percent excellent.
Argentina's Federico Pereyra led all scorers with 31 points on a match-high 24 attacks, a match-high five blocks and two aces. Gabriel Arroyo added 10 points on eight kills and two blocks. Argentina did not sent its full squad to California, as half is traveling to Cuba for friendly matches.
U.S. Men's Head Coach Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) started Priddy and Rooney at outside hitter, Lee and Millar at middle blocker, Thornton at setter, Gardner at opposite and Lambourne at libero.
Anderson started the final three sets at outside hitter. Lotman started the last two sets at outside hitter. McKienzie started the last three sets at opposite. Hansen started the final three sets at setter. Holmes started the last two sets at middle blocker.
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Treating Allergy in Contact Lens Patients
Recognizing symptoms and creating an individual treatment approach are keys to success.
An estimated 20 percent of the U.S. population experiences allergies - and this percentage seems to be growing. Some surveys (Gallup Poll 2003-4) suggest that this number may be as high as 50 percent of the population and that 90 percent of these individuals experience ocular symptoms as well. Moreover, studies have shown that eye allergies are under reported.
Along with these statistics, patients in our practices report significant negative effects from increased healthcare-related costs due to decreased productivity and quality of life. In fact, consumers' out-of-pocket costs and the indirect costs of productivity reductions and lost workdays have had an economic impact estimated to be at least $5 billion a year.
Within this population of allergy sufferers are many of our patients who wear contact lenses of all types. We, as practitioners, must be cognizant of our patents' trials and tribulations in attempting to wear contact lenses in the midst of suffering symptoms of allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis and dry eye-related allergies. Let's examine the effect of this problem on our contact lens wearing population, which is more than 30 million in the United States alone.
In one study, allergic rhinitis patients reported being bothered by their allergy symptoms, both nasal and ocular, on an average of nearly four days during the week before they were questioned. Each patient reported experiencing ocular symptoms on at least one day of that week, and approximately 20 percent reported experiencing ocular symptoms every day of that same week.
As contact lens wearers, these individuals would experience continuous ocular symptoms during their entire wearing schedule each week and would eventually either give up on contact lens wear or, at best, become partial wearers who might wear their lenses only on social occasions. But even these individuals most likely would not be comfortable in this situation, and eventually they, too, would choose to give up on contact lens wear if no long-term solution was found.
It's become increasingly evident in clinical practice that there's no one solution for any contact lens wearer experiencing ocular allergy. Many contact lens wearers blame the contact lens fit for the problem. Many blame dryness as the cause, and others realistically know that the root of their problems lies in the systemic allergic response and its further effects on their eyes.
Establishing the Goal
As practitioners, we have a treatment goal with any allergic patient, contact lens wearer or otherwise. That goal is an approach that targets all aspects of the allergic response with optimal efficacy, immediate onset, extended duration and the utmost comfort and safety. This may involve a pharmacologic approach, holistic approach, allergen avoidance approach or an environmental lifestyle change approach. When the complication of contact lens wear is also present, further changes may be necessary in contact lens material, lens type or lens solution to try to enhance wearing comfort.
The Ocular Allergic Mechanism
It's important to understand the allergic cascade and ocular allergy mechanism of action when dealing with contact lens patients. Most of the allergy we deal with as ophthalmic practitioners is of the Type I hypersensitivity variety mediated by the immunoglobulin IgE. There are four phases of this complex process: sensitization; mast cell degranulation; activation, or early phase; and late phase response.
Active ocular allergy is a specific and narrowly focused form of ocular inflammatory disease. The primary cell involved is the mast cell, of which there are some 50 million in the human eye. During allergic episodes, mast cells move or migrate to the superficial tissue layers where they are degranulated by immune or mechanical stimuli. Once degranulated (Figure 1), histamine, the principal mediator of allergic conjunctivitis, releases into the blood stream and causes vasodilatation and erythema, increased vascular permeability (edema) and neural stimulation (itching - the hallmark of allergy) (Figure 2).
Figure 1. Mast cell degranulation is one of the complex allergy processes.
Figure 2. Ocular allergy symptoms.
Other pre-formed mediators are also released during this cascade: tryptase, chymase and heparin to mention a few. In addition, other newly formed mediators are also released: prostaglandins, leukotrienes, cytokines, etc. All of these play a role in the allergic response, but to reiterate, the principal mediator is still histamine.
We see allergic patients seasonally (SAC), episodically (EAC) or perennially (PAC) depending on what allergen affects them. These are generally acute conditions, but if an individual is affected by more than one entity, this condition may be present all year. Of the chronic allergic conditions we see giant papillary conjunctivitis in contact lens wearers more than we see either vernal keratoconjunctivitis or atopic keratoconjunctivitis. Patients have also reported ocular symptoms from unilateral irritation of the nasal mucosa. In the nasal-ocular reflex (also called the ocular-nasal reflex), allergens in the nose stimulate inflammatory mediators, which in turn stimulate the trigeminal ganglion. This often results in ocular vasodilatation, erythema, plasma leakage and tearing. In this situation a nasal anti-inflammatory agent may offer relief of both nasal and ocular symptoms.
Any of the above conditions may occur in contact lens wearers, complicating what may be an ill-fitting lens, an improper lens material for that patient or an incorrect contact lens solution for that type of lens or patient (Figure 3). Our job is to rule out the obvious and to investigate the not-so obvious to properly diagnose the condition for each individual patient.
Figure 3. Symptoms of an allergic reaction to a contact lens solution
The Role of Dry Eye
Complicating this further is the condition of dry eye syndrome, which practitioners must differentially diagnose before applying any treatment regimen. It used to be said that if the eye burns, it's dry eye; if the eye itches, it's allergy; and if the eye has mucus discharge, it's bacterial until proven otherwise. While this old adage still may hold some water, the diagnosis is much more complicated than that because of the various mechanisms of action described above in the allergic cascade.
In differentiating dry eye from true allergy, you need to take some important steps. First and foremost, good history taking is paramount. Does the condition the patient describes involve itching vs. burning or dryness? If so, obviously the diagnosis would be more simplified and targeted to allergy. However, let's assume that you had nothing so specific to guide your initial impression. In this case, what would you do? A complete battery of dry eye tests would be in order, beginning with biomicroscopic evaluation of the tear layer for its composition (thickness, debris, meibomian gland oil and sebaceous secretions) as well as the tear meniscus for its apparent volume. Obtain a tear break-up time (TBUT) to help assess the quality of the tears. Next, stain the conjunctiva with fluorescein dye, use a Wratten filter and evaluate the cornea. Also evaluate whether the conjunctiva has dry spots or dry areas. Use lissamine green dye to additionally evaluate staining on the conjunctiva. Then use a Phenol Red Thread Test (Zone Quick) to evaluate the amount of fluid present in the conjunctival sac. I don't recommend a Schirmer analysis because I don't believe in its level of accuracy or repeatability.
These simple procedures will reveal if the patient's complaint truly results from a dry eye component or whether you can rule that out and direct your focus to allergy related issues.
A Stepped Approach
Once you make the differential diagnosis, treatment for contact lens patients may be as simple as cold compresses and ocular lubricants. If this fails the next method of choice is to prescribe a multi-action eye drop that at least would stabilize the mast cell wall from further degranulation and additional release of histamine, along with an antihistamine to specifically bind with the histamine receptor and relieve the itch. These multi-action drops are highly prescribed. The most popular drugs in this category are Patanol (Alcon), Zaditor (Novartis), Elestat (Inspire Pharmaceuticals) and Optivar (MedPointe). Alcon has also introduced an ocular allergy eye drop approved for once-a-day dosing called Pataday.
Tailor Your Treatment
Practitioners must treat every contact lens-wearing patient individually based upon his working and living environment, lens type, lens schedule and lens solution. Reduced wearing time may be necessary until the acute symptoms are alleviated, but patients remaining in lenses will probably also be on some ocular pharmaceutical agent as described above.
When deciding what pharmaceutical agent to use, you must be aware of your patient's wearing schedule and how acute the symptoms are so you don't prescribe an agent that could possibly exacerbate the problem. Topical ocular anti-allergy medications are generally more effective than systemic medications are for contact lens wearers. In our clinical practice, it appears that using these agents helps keep more patients in lenses during allergic episodes. Having noted that, it's also important to realize that many of our contact lens patients are also using systemic anti-allergy medications prescribed by their physicians as well as intranasal steroids for general allergic rhinitis symptoms. When this is the case, as it often is, I wouldn't counsel a patient to stop taking a systemic drug without first talking with his physician. The physician needs to know that even non-sedating antihistamines can cause drying, and this may complicate the treatment plan in the contact lens wearer.
Assessing the Contact Lens
As far as lens types and lens materials go, we need to assess whether the current contact lenses meet the intrinsic needs of the patient.
We all know that GP lens materials vary in Dk values, which will certainly affect oxygen transmission and ultimately long-term comfort. In the soft lens arena, we have daily wear lenses that have indications for allergic patients. We have lenses that have added properties such as phosphorylcholine to help address dryness and discomfort. We also have lenses that are aspheric in design and, by virtue of their added movement, aid with the oxygen pump upon blinking.
We now have several new silicone hydrogel contact lenses that have higher Dk values than older soft lenses, which again aids in oxygen transmission to the cornea. Because these silicone hydrogel lenses are traditionally lower in water content, lens manufacturers have incorporated additives to help create softer-feeling lenses or lower modulus, which may ultimately be more comfortable. Moreover, we now have contact lens solutions formulated for increased levels of moisturizing and comfort for longer wearing times.
All of these newer products have brought with them a level of awareness that we, as practitioners, didn't previously have. This has ultimately led to improvements in lens wearing comfort and longer wearing schedules for our patients, even for those who have ocular and systemic allergies.
Diagnosis is Key
The difficulty in determining what's best for each patient is in the proper diagnosis of the allergic condition in the first place. Once diagnosed, the practitioner needs to base the treatment plan upon the individual lens wearer and his individual desires and wishes.
No one approach will work for everyone. Much of this may be trial and error at the outset, but patience and persistence can prevail. You can attain the desired outcome with the patient once again becoming a happy contact lens wearer, symptom-free or controlled.
Finally, most of us in a primary care setting realize that getting to the proper end-point may involve increased costs to our patients. Of course there's a cost-benefit ratio to any treatment regimen, but for our contact lens patients, who have already spent and continue to spend lots of money on their lenses and solutions, it's imperative to remember that they want results.
When adding drug therapy for an existing contact lens wearer, I believe it's efficacious both from a treatment and monetary standpoint to prescribe the best drug for the patient, no matter what the cost. The bottom line is that our patients want to have the best effect. If a patient experiences a positive result from a particular drug and will ultimately be more comfortable in contact lens wear, he'll be less concerned about the cost.
Ultimately, what we're trying to provide to our contact lens patients is an overall improvement in their quality of life. When allergies begin to interfere with a patient's ability to wear contact lenses in addition to making him physically miserable, this quality deteriorates in some cases to what appears to be a point of no return.
It's critically important that we recognize our patients' symptoms and not treat these allergic conditions in a cavalier manner. A happy patient will refer many other patients to us to solve their problems as well. You can build a handsome practice when keeping this ultimate goal in mind.
Dr. Schachet has a large group primary care and contact lens practice specializing in dry eye, allergy and Corneal Refractive Therapy in Englewood, CO. He has lectured widely in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Japan and Canada. He has authored numerous articles; and been an FDA clinical investigator for many manufacturers from 1974 to the present.
To obtain references for this article, please visit http://www.clspectrum.com /references.asp and click on document #137.


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Dr. Gibson, a Covington, Ky., native, has been with Mayo Clinic since 1986 and is board certified in dermatology, dermatopathology and immunodermatology. He is a professor of dermatology at Mayo Medical School and a consultant in the Department of Dermatology.
Dr. Gibson has served as the fellowship director for dermatopathology and as chair of the Laboratory Division in the Department of Dermatology. He is especially interested in inflammatory disorders of the skin, including vasculitis, and in lymphoma affecting the skin.
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Recently I had the opportunity to attend two events organized by Adobe users in South America: Adobe En Vivo and Flash Camp Brasil.
Adobe En Vivo (Buenos Aires, Argentina) – http://www.adobenvivo.com/argentina2011
Now in its fourth edition, "Adobe En Vivo" ('Adobe Live') was organized by Maximiliano Firtman and Mariano Carrizo, co-managers of ARFUG (Argentina RIA and Flex User Group). Hosted in beautiful Buenos Aires (Argentina), this well-attended event was targeted at Spanish-speaking developers and designers using Adobe's tools and technologies in these regions.
Most event sessions focused on mobile development. Presentations covered topics such as how to get started with mobile development, game development, 3D development, multiscreen development, monetization, as well as content creation and management using Adobe tools. Most speakers were managers of Adobe user groups from throughout Latin America and Spain.
I had the pleasure of meeting and socializing with most of the event speakers. I was impressed by their mastery of Adobe tools and technologies, their presentation skills, and overall, their ability to work together in raising the profile of the Spanish-speaking Latin American community of Adobe users. This must be no easy feat, given that they come from 8 different countries.
Flash Camp Brasil (Maceió) – http://flashcampbrasil.com.br
Once again, beautiful Maceió, located in the tropical state of Alagoas in Northeast Brazil, hosted Flash Camp Brasil, a professionally-organized event led by Demian Borba, CEO of Action Creations and manager of the Jornada Adobe Brasil user group.
Some big industry names, from both Brazil and abroad, shared their expertise with the crowds here. This highly-publicized conference attracted many professionals from throughout Brazil, and featured sponsor stands, professional video makers and photographers, a user group stand, and even a space for attendees to unwind and play videogames.
I had the privilege to meet many Adobe Brazilian users, and I was impressed by their passion for Adobe and its products, and their energy. Also, I was surprised by a last-minute invitation to join John Koch in delivering the welcome keynote to an audience of aprox. 500, which proved to be an exciting experience.
If you haven't attended one of these user-organized events yet, you should definitively consider it. It's not only a great place to learn, but also to meet and network with industry peers. Check out Adobe's groups site for the user group of interest nearest you, there you will find information about upcoming events.
I also want to acknowledge the great work by John Koch, Adobe Community Manager for Latin America and Asia, who invited me to these events, and who gives these communities enormous support and encouragement.
Leandro Reis,
Senior Program Manager, Globalization


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Mike Grell wrote a lot of issues of Green Arrow. But were any of them any good? Let Tegan take the wheel. Continue reading
The Comics Journal No. 91, July 1984
Featuring interviews with pencilers Brent Anderson, Gil Kane, Joe Kubert, Steve Leialoha, Jerry Ordway, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Trevor Von Eeden; interviews with writers Max Collins, Peter Gillis, Archie Goodwin, Bruce Jones, Paul Kupperberg, Roger Slifer, and Marv Wolfman. Continue reading


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You've heard that saying about wisdom from the mouths of babes. Yeah, well, since when do kids know anything about anything, much less walk around with pearls of wisdom dripping from their childish lips? When I was a kid, I believed that I could will myself to fly, that I was the reincarnation of St. Francis of Assisi and that paste made a perfectly fine afternoon snack. In short: I didn't know jack.
And yet, having recently spent some time with a couple of adorable moppets and a new Nintendo DSi, I'm thinking, you know, these kids … maybe they're onto something.
There I was, playing the DSi — the third iteration of the massively popular DS handheld gaming machine — and honestly, I was wondering: What's the big deal? Launched on Sunday for $169.99, the DSi is not an entirely new device, but an upgrade. The most obvious changes from the previous version (the DS Lite): The DSi comes with two tiny cameras — one installed on the outside of the clamshell and one installed on the inside. It also comes loaded with applications that let you manipulate your photos as well as record tiny sound clips and manipulate them, too.
But the cameras seemed gimmicky to me. They take preposterously small photos (a mere .3 megapixels) and the photo-editing program offers nothing but some goofy gags — you can add a moustache to a picture of yourself or you can twist and tweak your photo until it looks like something you'd see in a funhouse mirror. The sound recording program amused me, but only for about 15 minutes. I couldn't imagine returning to those features, and I was struggling to understand why anyone would feel compelled to upgrade from the good ol' DS Lite, which costs $40 less.
And then a couple of pint-sized pals dropped by my place and I let them have a go at the DSi … and well, they loved it. I mean, they loooooved it.
Despite my DSi skepticism, Sophia Eisner and Ivy Galloway — both 10 years old — assured me repeatedly: "It's cool!"
Wisdom from the mouths of babes? Quite probably. That is, I realized something … apparently I still don't know jack when it comes to what's cool in the eyes of the preteen set.
Nintendo on the other hand …
… knows a thing or two about what kids these days (and quite a few adults) think is, like, totally cool. After all, they've sold 100 million DS machines worldwide (the original DS launched in 2004 and the svelter DS Lite launched in 2006).
With its sassy dual-screen design, a touch screen and a lineup of family-friendly titles like "Nintendogs" and "Anything Pokemon," the DS has been a mega hit with young gamers. Meanwhile, titles like "Brain Age" and "Personal Trainer: Cooking" have made DS owners out of non-gamers and grandmas. And many veteran gamers love the DS too, reveling in the machine's hefty library of well-crafted titles.
Clearly Nintendo hopes the DSi will help extend the life of this gracefully aging lady. In addition to the cameras, she's been given a slimmer shape and bigger screens (3.25 inches vs. 3 inches). She loses the slot for GameBoy Advance games but gains a slot for an SD memory card. The DSi can also play music files. Using an SD card, you can import your music — that is, as long as your music is in AAC format because MP3s are not supported (a real head scratcher).
But Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive VP of sales and marketing, says that what's more important than having the ability to play your music, is being able to take your favorite songs and tweak them. The DSi allows you to change up individual tunes by altering the pitch and speed and by adding various sound effects. You can show off your creations to your pals though you can't permanently save these changes.
"The DSi is really designed to be a very personal gaming experience and to the take interactivity to the next level," Dunaway says. Interactivity, creation, customization … she insists that's what people want nowadays.
You know what else people want nowadays? They want to make farting sounds. Or at least, they want to be able to download bite-sized applications that allow them to break digital wind (and maybe do some other humorous and helpful things as well). And Nintendo might just have that covered too. Allow me to explain.
DSi Fart?
When it comes to sales, the DS has been thumping its only portable gaming competitor, Sony's PSP — this despite the fact the PSP is a beefier machine and has a gorgeous 4.3-inch screen. The PSP has been sorely lacking in the software department and, despite an upgrade in October, its brickish, button-centric design just hasn't inspired the masses the way the DS's snappy clam has.
But this rivalry took a new turn last summer when Apple strode smack dab into the fray, presenting the handsome iPhone and the iPod Touch as viable gaming machines and serious competitors to the DS and PSP. With their tilt-sensitivity and multi-touch screens, Apple's gadgets suddenly offered some interesting new gameplay opportunities. More importantly, Apple launched the App Store — an easy-to-use online store that allowed just about anyone who wanted to make programs for the iPhone to provide those applications to just about anyone who wanted to use them … and for very reasonable prices (mere pocket change and sometimes even for free).
Since then, everyone and their second cousin's sister's Chihuahua has started making applications for the iPhone — no small number of those applications being dedicated to the art of fake flatulence. But games! Games are even bigger than farts. In the few months since the App Store's launch, multiple thousands of games (zoinks!) have been created for Apple's handheld devices.
Quality vs. quantity
Nintendo seems to have taken notice. When the DSi launched, so did the DSi Shop — an online store not so different from the App Store. On opening day, this store — a snap to access via Wi-Fi — provided not only a free Internet browser, but five bite-sized games that can be downloaded for $2, $5, and $8. "Brain Age Express: Math," "Bird & Beans" — these DSiWare games (like most App Store games) are lightweight fare meant to be lightweight fun.
But unlike Apple, Dunaway says Nintendo is going to be more selective about what's sold through its online store. While the App Store sees up to 50 new games arrive every day, Nintendo will launch a few every week.
"The focus is on quality rather than having thousands of applications, a few of which may be terrific but many of which are disappointing after you play for a few minutes," Dunaway says. "We want experiences that people are going to enjoy time and time again and that they're going to have fun sharing with others."
I may not be intimately familiar with the mind of today's preteen, but if there's one thing I do know about youngsters (and even some oldsters I know), farting sounds are something they enjoy sharing with others. So I asked Dunaway … might we see a DSi Fart app in the future?
"If it was really fun and innovative and something that people had never seen before, you might," she said.
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Swedish goregrind legends GENERAL SURGERY will release a brand new seven-inch EP entitled "Like An Ever Flying Limb" this fall via Relapse Records. The limited-edition EP, which contains five new tracks of the band's gut-splattering gore, was recorded in October 2011 at Audiogrind Studio in the band's hometown of Stockholm. An official release date will be announced shortly.
Commented GENERAL SURGERY's Dr. Carlsson: "These five splatter-dripping tunes are designed to deeply disturb all mere mortals, be it the poor departed in the bowels of the morgue or some unfortunate soul catching us playing live during the festival season.Please hold on to life and limb."
In other news, GENERAL SURGERY has announced a string of festival appearances plus rare U.K. club shows, including Czech Republic's Brutal Assault, Germany's Party.San Open Air and Denmark's Kill-Town Deathfest.
Earlier this year saw the release of "A Collection of Depravation", a compilation of 30 GENERAL SURGERY choice cuts digitally remastered by PIG DESTROYER's Scott Hull.
GENERAL SURGERY plans to enter the studio in the new future to record its long-awaited third full-length album.


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Woodstock Plan of Conservation & Development (POCD)
Sponsored by the Planning & Zoning Commission
The Woodstock Planning & Zoning Commission approved the Plan of Conservation and Development Update with some minor changes at the Special Meeting of March 12, 2015.
Woodstock's Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD)
- What is the POCD?
- Why does Woodstock need one?
- How is it related to A Plan of Open Space and Conservation (APOSC)?
- How is the POCD created?
- How can I get involved?
- Where can I learn more (links)?
What is the Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD)?
The Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD), as it is called in Connecticut, is similar to what is called the 'Master Plan' or the 'Comprehensive Plan' in other states and prior to 1995, it was called the 'Plan of Development' in Connecticut. The POCD is a visionary document created by the Planning Commission with the input of the community (residents, property owners, business owners, Town Boards and Commissions, etc.) that serves to guide future development of the Town.
The POCD has broader significance than Zoning within the Town and is not interchangeable with the Zoning or Zoning Regulations. Instead, it serves as a guide for when amendments are proposed for the Subdivision or Zoning Regulations or for the Zoning Map.
The Connecticut General Statutes, Ch. 126 Municipal Planning Commissions, Section 8-23 details the requirements for how to create a POCD. POCDs are required to be updated at a minimum of every ten years.
Why does Woodstock need one?
There are at least two big reasons why Woodstock needs a POCD.
- To meet requirements of the Connecticut General Statutes (Sec. 8-23). The penalty for not having a plan or for not updating the plan by the ten-year deadline includes that the Town "shall not be eligible for discretionary state funding unless such prohibition is expressly waived by the Secretary of OPM."
- A POCD is an important tool for the Town to use when determining the desires of the community at large for how growth and development should occur. The POCD is an advisory document that guides important decisions in the Town such as the desired density, which in general terms is about how many households are appropriate for a given part of Town. The Town should determine what the appropriate density should be, based on such factors as soil type, water quality, and other important natural and cultural resources, etc.
If there are no clear goals and objectives guiding the development of the community, the future of the community may depend on factors out of the community's control such as what the regional, state-wide or even larger-scale market demands. Leaving the evolution of the Town to the whims of the market could lead to great difficulty in meeting the needs of the Town's residents for the desired quality of life.
The new Woodstock Plan of Conservation & Development Update was completed and approved by the Planning & Zoning Commission on March 12, 2015 with an Effective Date of June 1, 2015.
How is it related to A Plan of Open Space and Conservation (APOSC)?
A Plan of Open Space and Conservation (APOSC) was prepared by the Woodstock Conservation Commission and last revised on December 3, 2003. The APOSC is an advisory document that is used by the Conservation Commission when reviewing proposed development applications that go before the Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC). The document is also a guide for the PZC when considering community planning projects regarding land use such as regulation amendments.
How is the POCD created?
The Planning Commission works together and may create advisory committees to aid in facilitating participation of the community in drafting the update to the POCD. Some Planning Commissions hire consultants to aid them in this lengthy project, while others do the job with the assistance of their Town Planner. It is often a joint venture with many volunteers. There are many steps to writing the update, including information gathering and meetings where the public is invited to provide input on important aspects of the Plan such as how municipal developments occur, the general welfare and prosperity of the community, recommendations for the most desirable use of land throughout town, whether zone changes would be appropriate in addition to current traffic flow / road layout, etc. The input guides decision makers when they consider regulations and policy changes that will affect future Town growth.
The PZC or POCD Update Committee will also review how the Town population has changed since the last update. They will evaluate how the needs of the community have changed and in what ways they may change in the future, specifically in the way that these needs relate to or affect land use.
The current and past economic development of the Town is one of many areas of concern especially in light of the challenging economic climate we are facing now and possibly in the coming years. Another area of concern is the level of environmental or natural resource protection and how that is an important element in planning for a community that maintains a high quality of life for all current and future Woodstock residents.
The strategies used to manage the change in land uses and resource protection shapes the community character and can greatly affect the lives of residents and property owners long into the future.
How can I get involved?
Come to meetings and get involved! We want your input.
Even though the Planning & Zoning Commission has completed the recent POCD Update, they still want input from the community on the planning and zoning of land use matters. Please come to the meetings and get involved! We want your input.
The Planning & Zoning Commission can update the POCD at any point but are required to do so at least once every ten years, thus you are welcome to come to meetings and share your ideas with PZC or to contact Delia Fey, the Town Planner.
Where can I learn more (links)?
- General Statutes of Connecticut, Chapter 126 – Municipal Planning Commissions, Section 8-23 - Preparation, amendment or adoption of plan of conservation and development http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap126.htm#Sec8-23.htm.
- The Center for Land Use Education and Research http://clear.uconn.edu/.
- The Green Valley Institute http://www.greenvalleyinstitute.org/planning.htm.
- Check out the Documents/Forms tab, in the Planning and Zoning section, to see Agendas, Minutes, various other documents, and Applications related to Planning and Zoning and the POCD.
- Contact the Town Planner at (860) 963-2128 x332.
POCD MAPS for your viewing: Town of Woodstock Fire Districts, Woodstock Roads, Woodstock Aquifer Potential, Woodstock Land Use, Woodstock Non-Land Use Districts, Woodstock Open Space 10/21/14, Woodstock Zoning Map-Lake Districts, Woodstock Historic District Composite Map, PA 490 Map, Zoning Map


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A former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader has avoided prison time by acknowledging in a plea deal that she had sexual relations with a 17-year-old student while she was teaching English at a Kentucky high school.
"I began a romantic relationship while he was a student and I was in a position of authority," Sarah Jones, 27, told the court in Covington, Ky., the Associated Press reports.
During the hearing, the former English teacher at Dixie Heights High School admitted to engaging in a "sexual relationship and sexual intercourse," WCPO reports.
Under the terms of the deal, prosecutors dropped a felony charge of first-degree sexual misconduct that could have brought Jones five years in prison.
Instead, Judge Patricia Summe granted prosecutors' recommendation to sentence her to five years of diversion but no prison time, the AP reports. The diversion requires Jones to report to a probation officer, undergo drug tests and never apply for a teaching job again.
WCPO-TV reports that Jones will not have to register as a sex offender.
Prosecutors said they were willing to make the deal because the teen, now 18, and his family were uncooperative with them and took Jones' side, the AP says.
A second felony charge of unlawful use of electronic means -- texting -- to induce a minor to engage in sexual or other prohibited activities, was dropped in favor of a misdemeanor charge of custodial interference.
Jones' mother, Cheryl Jones, also accepted a deal in which she pleaded guilty to tampering with physical evidence, her attorney Eric Deters tells 9 News.
Cheryl Jones acknowledged in court that she advised the teen victim to "get rid of the phone" on which incriminating texts had allegedly been sent.
Sarah Jones still has a pending civil lawsuit against the gossip website TheDirty.com after it posted comments about her sexual behavior in 2009, The Enquirer reports.
In a 2010 interview with The Enquirer, Jones, who had defended herself against allegations in the website, said she used the post as a "teachable moment" after her students started looking it up on the Internet and asking questions.
"It was then I decided I had nothing to hide," she told The Enquirer. "There is nothing I need to back down from."


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Joshua was commanded by The Lord to be strong and courageous. It was not a suggestion, but it was an order.
The Lord knew that Joshua would have to stand on His Word in order to attain the victory.
Joshua 1:5, "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I swear unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whither soever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."
Joshua knew that the Lord would fight the battle for him.
Jericho's wall fell down totally through the power of almighty God. It came down through the power of total obedience to and trust in God.
The Promised Land could not have been taken without these two crucial elements being in place.
The Promised Land had been taken over by the nephilim. Nephilim are hybrids bred from a human woman and a fallen angel.
Goliath, the giant was a classic example of an ancient nephilim. However, the modern versions are much more disguised and more humanoid.
Because of the evil deeds of the nephilim hybrids; God's creation had to be destroyed with the great flood in Noah's time.
The only people that had not been defiled by interbreeding and various, hideous mutations were Noah and his family.
The nephilim hybrids were cannibals, and they engaged in all types of occult sacrifices and the killing of innocent blood.
The Lord told Joshua to kill "all of the nephilim who were the inhabitants of The Promised Land.
Why? Because God loved His people, and He knew that the nephilim would defile them and end up destroying them if they were allowed to live.
However, some escaped and intermingled with God's people. This attempt to change the human DNA and to demoralize all human people is still in progress to this day.
The nephilim were and are the terrorists we see throughout our societies. They are now called psychopaths, sociopaths and schizophrenic psychotics. They are our modern day criminals, coven members, cult members, secret society members and many of them are considered "The Elite".
They are controlled by demon spirits, and they take their marching orders from Satan.
However, their size has been scientifically altered to become more like the average human being on the surface. However, internally they are cold-blooded.
Satan's main weapon is deception and trickery. His "people" come as normal looking people; the same way that he sends and disguises his evil angels as angels of light.
However, they have the nature of their father, who only comes to kill, steal, deceive and destroy.
Today, God's people need to have the same strength and courage that Joshua needed. Before the Lord returns; it will be like the days of Noah when the nephilims were defiling and destroying mankind.
In the coming time; we will see many "people" who are being controlled by satanic powers. They will be committing every type of atrocity and heinous crimes.
We, Christians do not need to be afraid. Jesus was continually warning His disciples, "Do not be afraid".
God uses weak people to do His great exploits. When we are weak; then we are strong in The Lord Jeaus.
2 Cor. 12
9 And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
The Bible tells us that perilous times are coming in the last days. The Word of God tells us that men will faint because of fear.
Just like Joshua conquered the Promised Land. We, God's people can conquer our Promised Lands.
Our Promised Land is comprised of all of God's glorious promises in His Word, The divine handbook for all saints.
We are more than conquerors through Jesus Christ.
He has already conquered Satan; the world and everything in it. To the extent that we trust in Him; we will overcome satanic beings, the world and our flesh to the glory of God.
The name Joshua means Yeshua or Jesus. We, like Joshua are commanded to be strong and courageous. We are not only required to stand and hold our position, but we are ordered to "take back" the territory that we have abdicated to enemy forces.
God is calling more and more Joshua's to occupy until He comes back.
Let's put on our full armor and fight the good fight of faith through praise, prayer and spiritual warfare in the Name of Jesus Christ, the blood of The Lamb, The Word of our testimony,and we do not love our lives unto the death.
Jesus Christ came and died for our salvation, to set the captives free, and to destroy "all" the works of Satan. He wants to use us to accomplish this end, just as He did Joshua.
Let's be strong and courageous in behalf of our wonderful Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As we conquer our areas of influence, more people will be won for the Lord and His Kingdom. Hallelujah!
Dear Father,
Help all of us to have supernatural strength and courage through our faith in You and Your great power.
When the enemy comes in like a flood The Spirit of The Lord will raise up a mighty standard against him and his dupes.
Father, You always cause Your beloved saints to triumph.
Thank you, and may all glory go to God in Jesus Christ's precious Name! Amen and amen.
Margaret (Peggy) Kannaday,
Managing Editor
Church Growth International
Regent Park/Glen Ridge, 707 Torrey Pines Lane, Fort Mill, SC 29715, 803 547-2164


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The neon-green Slovenians continue to be the feel-good hockey story of the Olympics. The team that has just one NHLer on its roster shut out Austria on Tuesday, 4-0, to advance to the quarterfinal round.
While many thought Team Slovenia would be one-and-done in the elimination round, Anze Kopitar and Co. proved them wrong by beating their neighbors from Austria.
It was just Slovenia's second-ever Olympic victory. The first came in early-round action against their Slovakian rivals.
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Kopitar got Slovenia on the board early in the first period against Austria, and the team never looked back.
"It feels great," Kopitar told NBC's Brian Engblom. "Going into tonight's game, we definitely felt it was doable."
Slovenia now moves on to a much more difficult task -- facing an NHL-laden Sweden squad -- in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Two things are working in Slovenia's favor: Sweden has suffered a ton of injuries to some of its best players, and all of the pressure will be on the Swedes to advance. No one expected Slovenia to be here, so anything from this point on is just a bonus.
Kopitar said the team felt the same way before the game against Austria.
"The outside pressure was not big at all," he said. "Half the people didn't even know us."