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"In a stark counterpoint to the Slate editorial entitled 'World of Borecraft,' Gamasutra has their own feature – this one on the rise of serious games and …"
To support the point: we see more and more science-based "serious games" used for brain training to improve cognitive skills: MindFit and Posit Science, Cogmed, Basketball IntelliGym, emWave in Golf Digest. And more are coming. You can keep informed by reading our brain health blog and Brain Fitness Topics section.


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Fans thought they were getting a good deal for the hottest shows next month.
Little did they know they were allegedly buying non-existent tickets from a 21-year-old scammer from Ingleburn.
Police arrested the 21-year-old man last week, claiming he sold fake tickets to the Swedish House Mafia concerts in Sydney and Melbourne; the Soundwave music festivals in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane; and tickets to the AFL grand final in September.
Police allege the man was selling the tickets on online trading sites for between $200 and $800.
Over 18 months, the man requested his victims deposit their payment into one of three bank accounts, police say.
The man was charged with 11 offences, including nine counts of dishonestly obtaining property by deception.
Police said they were still searching for some unlucky fans who unknowingly bought the fake tickets.
"We have identified nine people so far, and detectives are appealing to the public for any further information in relation to the matter," Detective Chief Inspector Mark Brett from Macquarie Fields Local Area said.
A spokesman from Totem OneLove, John Curtin, who is promoting the Swedish House Mafia concert on February 2 in Sydney, said they had already experienced "five to 10" scamming incidents for the popular Swedish DJs, whose concerts sold out in two and half hours.
"It's getting more prevalent," Curtin said.
"Events are getting more and more popular so we are getting to the point where we are working really closely with the ticketing agencies to really try and stamp it out.
"I would never suggest to buy tickets from Gumtree or eBay because... you don't know whether it's legitimate or not," he said.
With the rise of ticket agencies using electronic tickets, fake tickets were increasingly hard to track, Curtin said.
Under Victorian legislation, it is illegal to re-sell any AFL tickets "at face value", the league's spokesman Patrick Keane said.
"We would urge all people at all times to only buy tickets through a registered outlet because they are the only ones who have the right to sell them," he said.
A Consumer Affairs Victoria spokesperson said it was increasingly hard for people who had been scammed to get their money back.
"If you can't contact that person or they refuse to pass on the refund, you will need to take legal action to recover your money."
All five Soundwave festivals have now sold out, including the Sydney show on February 24 at the Olympic showgrounds.
The man was granted conditional bail to face Campbelltown Local Court on February 13.
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At long last, Derrick Rose is back. Not just playing preseason games, either. The Bulls' game Tuesday at Miami is the most anticipated Chicago season opener since, well, maybe ever. What did everyone miss most? You can start with this list.
Andrew Barber, Fake Shore Drive owner/creator
For Rose, I respect the way that he cares so deeply about his city. The day he broke down in tears during his Adidas press conference because of the violence in Chicago, more specifically in Englewood, was so powerful and sincere. You could feel his pain. It wasn't an act. He really wants to change things and make a difference.
Christopher Cason, Bulls beat reporter
In spending several years now around Derrick Rose and getting to see him both as a competitor and a person, the one thing I admire about him is that he truly gets it.
There's an unbelievable amount of pressure that comes in playing in your hometown. You add on being a No. 1 pick, the youngest MVP in league history, the indisputable face of the franchise since MJ and playing under those six [championship] banners, and for some, it could become claustrophobic just coming in to work every day. Derrick understands all of that and embraces it. The love and loyalty he has for his family and the city of Chicago is second to none.
Matthew Cassell, Evanston native and Middle East journalist
It would take someone special with just the right mix of skills and leadership, not to mention that unique off-the-court charisma, to ever fulfill Chicago's desire to be able to cheer greatness again. Of course, being a hometown kid wouldn't hurt either.
Derrick Rose has all of that. But just when the Bulls looked they might be able to repeat what their predecessors from the '90s had done, our star went down. His thud on the court was echoed with a thud in our hearts. It was a tragic moment captured in the pain stricken face of the young athlete as he went down with a knee injury.
I know for many Chicagoans, Rose is something more than just a basketball player. Coming from Englewood, the city's most notoriously dangerous neighborhood, Rose is an inspiration for so many youth.
Where classrooms contain two or three times as many students as they should, where work opportunities are almost nonexistent and where young people are gunned down on a weekly basis, Rose overcame all the odds to become a homegrown hero. Knowing all that and just how tough of a city Chicago can be, it's impossible to not tip your hat to everything that Rose has already accomplished. And that reverence will be blatantly obvious by the deafening screams of Chicagoans the next time D-Rose's name is announced in the starting lineup.
Billy Dec, entrepreneur
I remember before D-Rose was 21 some of his more rambunctious teammates tried to drag him to Underground. I will never forget how awkward it was for me as a huge fan to have to tell them he couldn't get in because I knew he was underage and I don't break that rule, and interestingly, I could see the awkwardness in Derrick's face looking like he didn't even want to be out like that.
I really don't think he gets distracted or fazed by the nightlife scene or other things he probably has full access to. Every time we run into each other he is just a super kind, courteous gentleman who you can tell is always focused on his game.
Sean Elliot, retired NBA player
Too many things to name, to be honest with you. I love the fact that he's a team player. He's a good kid. He seems to have his head on straight. He plays really hard. And he respects the game. and it seems to me that he respects what came before him, and that's becoming more uncommon.
Adrian Griffin, Bulls assistant coach
Derrick is humble. Everyone loves a guy who wants it and puts in the time and energy and focus. He wants to be great. And you gotta respect that. I've never seen a more humble All-Star, or superstar, we'll say. He's definitely himself a superstar in this league, but he doesn't carry himself with the ego. He's all about the team, and all about doing whatever it takes. … He reminds me of Kobe, and MJ. Guys like that. Guys that you're gonna have to cut their hearts out because they're going to keep coming.
Tim "Sgt. Tibs" Hanrahan, GoWhereHipHop founder
The two things I most respect about Derrick Rose stem from two moments I actually cried along with him. Rose was overcome with emotion at the release of his new shoes this past fall in appreciation of everything and everybody that's helped him get to where he is today. And also over a city—his city—plagued by gang violence and an ongoing public school strike. It hit home and pierced his heart.
As much as Rose loves his city, he loves his family. And when he accepted the MVP trophy just a year before, I couldn't help but shed tears as Rose did the same - not over winning an award, but tears of gratitude for his mother, Brenda. It's that love and appreciation for a support system that starts with mom, and extends to us all, that we should admire Derrick for. Putting the orange ball through the hoop is all a bonus.
Mikkey Halsted, Chicago MC
What I respect most about D. Rose is the humility and selflessness that is attached to such an other-worldly talent. He has such a knack to make his teammates better and to rise to the occasion in the biggest moments. I've watched him since high school and I know one thing: any team with Rose on the roster has a legitimate shot at winning every time he steps on the floor. This is due to the fact that his incredible humility is only matched by competitive nature and drive that all the great ones have.
Darren Haydar, Chicago Wolves
I respect D-Rose for being an elite player who truly makes his teammates better, a player willing to take the big shot, but also willing to give it to a teammate if they are in an open position. He's an exciting talent to watch!
Bill Jacobs, owner of Piece
Derrick Rose is a man of few words who speaks volumes through his incredible work ethic, his burning desire to excel, and his dedication to his team and fans. I'm fired up to see him back on the floor elevating this exciting Bulls team!
DeAnna McLeary-Sherman, co-founder of True Star Foundation
The one thing that I like about Derrick Rose is he seems authentically humble. A lot of people seem humble because they know they should be, but it seems like it just really comes from an authentic place. You just really want to root for this guy, especially in the midst of his injury and what he's gone through for over a year now.
Ed Pinckney, Bulls assistant coach
Everybody talks about how humble he is, and he definitely is that, but he is extremely competitive. Very, very much so. You really get a chance to see it anytime we're down in games, and he doesn't feel we should be losing. It's almost as if I'm most comfortable when I'm sitting, watching the game, because I know, "He's angry now, so we're getting ready to win this game." [Laughs.] That's the thing I love the most about him.
Exavier Pope, on-air legal personality
Chicagoans are a loyal bunch. We still love Mike Ditka and eat up his steaks to this day even though he left the Bears unceremoniously. We support the Lovable Loser Cubs even though they have been the laughingstock of baseball for 100-plus years. The Tim Floyd-coached Bulls continued selling out games because fans just wanted to sit and cheer in the house where Michael Jordan played. The Blackhawks remained at the top of the NHL's list of jersey sales even before the team's recent success. We love the biggest homer in the world, White Sox announcer Hawk Harrelson.
It's what we do here. Like WGN, Derrick Rose is one of Chicago's very own. Rose has been a role model by saying and doing the right things. His humility is unmatched in professional sports, all while being a hard working, tough, little guy carrying a franchise. We are eating it up just like Rose with a Giordano's deep dish slice. No matter what happens to Rose post-surgery, he is still ours.
Jack M Silverstein, RedEye special contributor
There's so much to admire about Derrick Rose's character, but one thing I'll never forget about how special Rose is on the court was the way he closed out his rookie year. The Bulls were floundering in mid-March: they were eight games under .500 and a game back from the Eastern Conference's final playoff spot. I remember distinctly not feeling worried, knowing somehow that Rose – just a rookie – would drag the Bulls into the playoffs.
Sarah Spain, ESPN Chicago
I'll skip over all the off-the-court stuff that has made the whole city admire Rose since his first day. Instead, I'll say I admire his ability to explode off the ground and slam the ball through the hoop with the force of a rocket. His above-the-rim game is simply astounding for a 6-3 point guard. Watching a power forward with legs and arms for miles throw down sick jams is entertaining—watching Rose do it is art.
Chuck Swirsky, Bulls announcer
The story takes place on Jan. 17, 2011 in Memphis. It was a nationally televised ESPN event featuring the Bulls and Grizzlies on Martin Luther King Day at the FedEx Forum. As is the case on national games prior to the contest, media relations directors usher coaches and star players in and out of a nearby production room to meet the game day announcers as well as conducting a sit-down interview.
Rose was accompanied by a Bulls staff member and an ESPN crew. I saw Rose open the utility room door and allowed others to enter before he did. Manners. Grace. Respect. That's Derrick Rose.
At the end of his rookie season the Bulls lost a heartbreaking seven game series to the Celtics on May 2, 2009. Leaving the arena to the bus for a flight back to Chicago, his brilliant rookie season over, Rose stopped me and said, "Chuck, thanks for the support this year. I appreciate it." Not a lot of athletes would do that. Not a lot of players even remember broadcasters' names. Rose is a class act. He's always treated me with professionalism and respect. That's all I can ask or receive.
Trey the Choklit Jok, radio personality
When they were seniors, I had Rose and fellow Simeon senior Tim Flowers on my morning show. Me, not knowing how good Rose was, or was going to be, I dropped the ball and didn't care to network with him. Thought he was just a regular ol' high school hooper. … Four years later he's the freaking NBA MVP. From what I can remember he was a very well-disciplined young man. Spoke to everybody, shook everyone's hand, all that. I remember [the Bulls] knocked Atlanta out of the playoffs and Larry Drew, head coach of the Hawks, said he had a bright future ahead of him. Rose replied "Yes sir. Thank you." He replied as if he was a still a teenager acknowledging his elders.
Bulls fan Jerome Marshall, 27, Humboldt Park
His humble character and solid determination. He doesn't gloat, he's no assface like LeBron. He's determined to win, he's determined to get better, he's determined to master his craft. He conveys it all with a sense of appreciation to play on the same team as Jordan, in his hometown. He doesn't revel in these things, he's just happy to play the game he loves. That demands respect.
Bulls fan Ashleigh Johnson, 27, South Shore
His passion and his drive to succeed. I feel like even if he wasn't a basketball player he would still have the same fire in his heart, and I respect that.
Bulls fan Jared Honn, 30, Logan Square
Bulls fan Kenneth Akins Jr. 31, Englewood
Bulls fan Abeni Shaw, 31, Lakeview
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He seems down to earth, humble, and passionate about the game. Maybe that's what I respect most about him is that I don't hear his name attached to anything negative, i.e. reckless behavior, etc. I also appreciate his calmness, on the court and off. Seems like that added a nice balance to the team when he was playing. Overall, he just presents himself as a "real" person, not portraying a certain image, not perfect, but dedicated, passionate and appreciative.
Compiled by RedEye special contributors Bryan Crawford, Matt Lindner, Evan F Moore and Jack M Silverstein.


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Region's defense base wary of potential cuts
New London — The superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy said Friday she is postponing hiring new employees because of the threat of automatic spending cuts.
"We're trying to maintain and be aware that there's a lot of uncertainty out there," Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz said. "It causes us angst."
The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut met Friday at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital to discuss what's at stake if $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts — known as sequestration — take effect Jan. 1, and how the process could unfold.
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, briefed the group, telling them that while he believes there will be some sort of a resolution after the presidential election to prevent the "chainsaw," southeastern Connecticut would feel the impact "if reasonable people don't get together to find a compromise.
"We're here with a ticking clock," he said.
Several at the meeting said the "shadow of uncertainty" sequestration casts will influence local entities' decisions on staffing and investments.
The uncertainty is "like cancer" and could affect small firms statewide, said Bob Ross, executive director of the state's Office of Military Affairs. "The sooner it gets resolved, the better," he added.
After sequestration was used in 1985 to force a compromise on deficit reduction, Stosz said, the Coast Guard moved the Leadership Development Center to New London to "hedge against the threat" that the academy could be cut. Today, she said, the academy is modernizing, renovating and trying to expand.
"Everyone wants to hear jackhammers going," Stosz said. "It means progress."
Stosz said she's hoping the academy can continue to "deliver value to America" and hoping America will realize that value so the academy will remain intact even as the budget is cut.
Tony Sheridan, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, said sequestration "impacts everyone," which is why he wanted to meet on the topic to educate people.
Because the automatic budget cuts do not allow for prioritizing, Electric Boat would face changes to its submarine construction and design programs if the cuts occur.
The Navy would have to cut about 50 ships and submarines from its inventory if Congress allows sequestration to go forward, resulting in a 235-ship Navy that is 78 ships short of what the Navy has said the nation requires, Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., said in July.
But EB spokesman Robert Hamilton said after the meeting that it's "business as usual" at the Groton shipyard.
The secretary of defense repeatedly has said sequestration would be devastating and the department is not planning for it. Half of the cuts would come from defense.
"If the DOD doesn't plan for it, what can we plan for?" Hamilton said. "It's business as usual until we're told otherwise."
There are 50,000 defense-related jobs in Connecticut and defense industries have a $25 billion statewide annual economic impact, accounting for 10 percent of the state's economy.
While the defense industry is often the focus of the concerns over sequestration, Courtney said cities including New London and Norwich would receive less federal education funding, Medicare reimbursements would take a hit and the Department of Labor would serve fewer job seekers in Connecticut.
"That's why we have to diffuse sequestration and come up with a balanced resolution," he said.
To do so, the president and Congress could enact a replacement deal into law, postpone sequestration, or retroactively restore the cuts after sequestration is triggered.
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- The think tank has close links to Israel's government and military
- The "war game" simulated reaction to an Israeli strike on Iran after U.S. elections
- The think tank says its scenario developed "in the direction of containment and restraint"
An Israeli think tank with close links to the government has simulated what would happen in the Mideast and internationally if Israel attacked Iran's nuclear facilities -- and concluded that reaction would be "in the direction of containment and restraint," not the trigger for a larger war.
The Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) says it held a "war game" several weeks ago -- when "it appeared that the fall of 2012 would be a critical period" -- simulating the initial ramifications of Israeli airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
"This sense of an imminent decision has since abated somewhat, but after the U.S. and Israeli elections, the question of an attack will undoubtedly resurface," the think tank says in a report published this week in its online "INSS Insights."
For its war game, INSS used ex-Israeli diplomats and military officials who played different roles, such as pretending to be the heads of state from Israel, the United States, Russia and Iran, reacting to developments in the first 48 hours after such an attack.
The war game was planned and enacted in September -- the same month that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the United Nations General Assembly to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, holding up a picture of a spherical bomb and drawing a red line below the fuse.
In the Institute for National Security Studies' scenario, Israel informs the United States of its attack plan after its planes are in the air, but the United States later "stood by Israel's side and did not expose its differences in opinion with Israel," the think tank said in its summary of the simulation.
While some analysts predict "the outbreak of World War III" after such an attack, the think tank said the September simulation aimed for a different approach: "containment and restraint."
"The intention was not to predict developments, rather to examine the significance and implications of one possible scenario," the think tank said. "The players acted very rationally, demonstrating preventive policies and motivated by crucial interests alone."
The Israeli Institute for National Security Studies is based at Tel Aviv University and describes itself on its website as an independent, nonpartisan academic institute but adds that it has "a strong association with the political and military establishment" in Israel.
The think tank's analysis of its simulation doesn't go into details about how Barack Obama or Mitt Romney might respond as U.S. president if Israel attacked Iranian nuclear sites.
Iran insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but the program came up in last month's final presidential debate between the two candidates.
"As long as I'm president of the United States, Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. I made that clear when I came into office," Obama said.
Romney also said a nuclear-capable Iran was unacceptable, and said he would support tighter sanctions.
"We need to increase pressure time and time again on Iran because anything other than a solution to this ... which stops this nuclear folly of theirs, is unacceptable to America. And of course, a military action is the last resort. It is something one would only consider if all of the other avenues had been tried to their full extent," the Republican presidential candidate said.
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Andrew Cuomo released his transition committee on transportation and infrastructure issues, and some environmental and transit advocates are saying that they lack representation on it.
"What is most notable about this list is some of the people that are not on it," said Kate Slevin, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. "No transit advocates and none of the advocacy groups are on it and some of the most innovative thinkers about transit issues are not on it."
Slevin named city transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Port Authority head Chris Ward as two innovative leaders that would have been good additions to the committee.
While some transit advocacy organizations have a reputation for a certain stridency–as anyone who has tried to get around the city on Critical Mass Fridays knows–others are more mainstream and focus on broader infrastructure issues. But those groups–like the Regional Plan Association, the Straphangers Campaign and Slevin's Tri-state Transportation Campaign–have been left off as well.
Cuomo has laid out a fairly progressive transportation agenda, one that includes expanding transit and support for sustainable communities, but advocates fear that his transition committee is sending the wrong signal.
Instead, Cuomo has added the CEO of JetBlue, two legislators, and the head of the New York State Motor Truck Association, along with a a handful of other academics and industry heads.
In 2006, then Gov-elect Eliot Spitzer appointed RPA president Robert Yaro, former Transportation Alternatives head Jon Orcutt (now one of Khan's deputies) and Straphangers head Gene Russianoff to his transportation transition committee.
For his part, Russianoff seemed relieved to have not been tapped again.
"It's a little like Disneyland," he said. "I am glad I got to experience but I don't need to do it again."


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Friday, July 23, 2010
Whirlwind East Coast Tour
Our first stop on our east coast vacation was Montreal. And to be honest we wish we could have spent much more time there. Montreal is by far and away Ariel and my #2 favorite city right after Portland. If it weren't for the harsh winters It'd be too close to call.
We at at a cafe called Cagibi which had one of the biggest zine collections I've ever seen. It also had a copy of Zine Arcade #1 which I had a small comic strip in.
There was also a small mini comic by Marc Bell and Owen Plummer that I enjoyed finding.
The cafe and stack of zines also appeared as background in the film Les Amoures imaginaires which we saw and recommend.
In Montreal the best way to get around are the bixi bikes which you can rent for 5$ for 24 hours. Each trip you take you have 30 minutes to return the bike to one of a bazillion bike stations. There are bike stations on almost every two blocks. The weather was great and so was the biking even when we got soaked by a surprise rainstorm.
We went to the Drawn and Quarterly store where I picked up a copy of Dave Kiersh's Xeric book, Dirtbags- Mallchicks and Motorbikes. We also met the friendly Rory who invited us out to a show that night. This is Ariel's rendering of Rory and the store.
We ended up taking the Greyhound to Burlington VT where we rented a car and drove through White River Jct. where the Center for Cartoon Studies is located. Alec Longstreth was gracious enough to say hi even though he was in the middle of teaching a summer workshop. Robyn Chapman gave us a tour of the school along with the Charles Schultz Library where Chuck Forsman was working. We picked up copy of his newest issue of Snakeoil called WOLF along with his girlfriend Melissa Mendes's book Freddy. Both books were great of course. That's Robyn and Chuck.
We then went to New York.
We did a lot in NY but we were both grumpy because of the heat and how long we had to spend transferring trains in the subway. We did eat some amazing food of course and here is the best vegan crepe I've ever had courtesy of Atlas Cafe.
We also saw a great flick called Alamar at the Film Forum which helped us escape the midday heat and suffocation of people everywhere.
My fourth trip to New York and I finally got to go to the MET. I think Tim Burton stole a lot from the African and Polynesian exhibitions. This strange statue is from New Caledonia. I finally know where that is.
This drawing Ariel made pretty much sums up our thoughts on New York this time out.
One of the best parts of our trip was staying out in Chester New Jersey where the trees outnumber the people 10000 to 1. We then drove back to Maplewood to visit my super cool publisher, Blue Apple Books. Their offices were so inspiring. I wish I had taken more pictures to show you. This is a display they made for the Balloon Toon series The Super Crazy Cat Dance is in.
We spent a day in Baltimore where we saw Inception (which was pretty good) and I got to acquire some issues of Blammo and Derf's Punk Rock and Trailer Parks at Atomic Books. The center book is actually a Yuichi Yokoyama book that I found at the Kinokuniya bookstore in NY. I'm nore sure if Picturebox has any plans for publishing it but they should. You actually don't need it translated because the only words are sound effects.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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|Fraggle Rock
|Air Date
|January 9, 1984
|Written by
|B.P. Nichol
|Norman Campbell
Boober is tired of all the noise in Fraggle Rock, so he decides to move to the more peaceful Caves of Boredom, where he sets up his own personal community, "Boober Rock." The Caves of Boredom are nice and quiet, but the apparent serenity disguises a deadly threat - the bright purple flowers in the caves emit a gas that induces forgetfulness.
Meanwhile, Doc gets frustrated when Sprocket makes a mess of his drafting table and decides to split the room in two with a rope - one side for Doc and one for Sprocket.
Uncle Traveling Matt's latest postcard tells of how Silly Creatures use underground caves and tunnels to travel around Outer Space, just like Fraggles. Unlike Fraggle Rock, however, these caves and tunnels are boring. That is, until a giant transportation vehicle comes along and frightens Matt so much that he passes out.
Fraggle Facts
- Fraggles never go to the distant Caves of Boredom. In fact, it's said that two Fraggles went there once and never returned. The plants in the cave emit a gas that makes Fraggles forget everything they've ever known, so if you're planning a trip there, make sure to write down everything you'll want to remember, and take the list with you. But make sure you don't forget how to read.
- The effects of the gases from the Caves of Forgetfulness are counteracted by Boober's mixture of dirty laundry, a twig, rock soap and a bleach nut.
- Wembley's name stands for "one who easily makes up his mind".
- The Storyteller, performed in the first season by Richard Hunt, is performed from the second season on by Terry Angus. The Muppet performers pride themselves on consistently pairing characters and performers, and this is one of the very few times in the series' five-year history in which two puppeteers play the same character.
- The Storyteller seems to suggest in this episode that she had a crush on Travelling Matt when she was younger.
- "Remembering Song (Na-Na-Na)" has the same tune as "I'm a Little Stewpot" from the later episode "Boober Gorg."
Supporting cast
- "I'm Never Alone"
- "Remembering Song (Na-Na-Na)"
- "Boober Rock", parody of the Fraggle Rock Theme Song
Video releases
- Fraggle Rock: Complete Second Season (HIT!, 2006)
- Fraggle Rock: Complete Series Collection (HIT!, 2008)
International episode titles
- UK: "Booberock"
- France: "La Caverne de Boubeur" (The Cave of Boober)
- Germany: "Boober-Felsen" (Boober Rock)
- Netherlands: "De Bobbie grot"
- Spain: "El rock de Bombo"
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Rapper Kevin Gates has been sentenced to 180 days in jail after being convicted of kicking a female fan at a Florida concert last year.
A Polk County jury found Gates, who was sentenced Wednesday, guilty of battery after he was captured on cellphone video kicking 19-year-old Miranda Dixon at Lakeland's Rumors Nightclub, where he performed last August.
Dixon, who was in the crowd, testified that she tugged on Gates' pants twice to get his attention for her friend. After the second time, she says Gates kicked her so hard that she fell back and passed out. Dixon reportedly admitted herself to the hospital and had a CT scan.
Gates' attorney Jose Baez argued his client was battered by the woman before Gates kicked her and that Dixon has a financial motive in the case, saying that she had a civil lawyer.
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Gates has been touring in promotion of his first studio album, which has gone mutli-platinum with hit songs like "Really Really" and "2 Phones," both of which reached the top 15 of both the hip hop and rap charts.
The Baton Rouge rapper was scheduled to perform Friday at the Voodoo Fest music festival in New Orleans. Voodoo Fest organizers announced the schedule change in a tweet Thursday, writing "Unfortunately Kevin Gates is unable to perform at #VoodooFest due to an unforeseen incarceration. Keep an eye here & on the App for updates."
Gates' record label, Bread Winners' Association, apologized to fans "on behalf of Kevin," and promised to make up the shows that were cancelled due to his imprisonment.


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Last year, I posted this around Thanksgiving:
I'm Thankful.....
.....for the recent sickness in our house.....because it has helped remind us to be ever appreciative of our normally good health.
.....for NOT having television.....because it has given us the gift of time with each other.
.....for the few extra pounds around my middle.....because it means we certainly are not lacking for food in our home.
.....for the zoo that will by my in-laws' house at Thanksgiving, with over 30 people attending.....because I know there are many who spend this day alone, with no family to surround them.
.....for the fact that I came from what the world would call a "broken" home (though, it never seemed broken in any way to me at the time).....because now, I really know the value of keeping my family together.
.....for the times I want to pull my hair out when my children are just NOT getting a concept I am trying to teach them.....because it makes it that much sweeter once they finally own that concept for themselves, and put it into practice without Mommy's prompting.
.....for Cameron shouting "poop" in the middle of Wal-Mart.....because that word was preceded by the sentence, "P says 'puh', like.....Poop!" and it means all our phonics lessons are really sinking in.
And, this year....
.....for the many nights I've spent alone over the last several weeks.....because it means that God is abundantly providing work and income for my family.
.....for the dust that is on almost every surface of my furniture and
taunts me daily is just waiting on me to clean it off.....because it means that I have a house to collect dust in, and 'stuff' to collect dust on.
the leg cramps
the heartburn
the constant weariness
the middle of the night 'attacks' of sickness
the shortness of breath
the incredibly achy back
the inability to bend
the vein 'issues'
the sleepless nights
the 17 extra pounds
.....for the sweet little girl that's growing in my belly--need there be an explanation for that one?
I'm so thankful--to the Lord, of course, from Whom all blessings come--for all the little things, and all the big things.
Happy Thanksgiving,


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I am NOT trying to 'one-up' my sister-in-law.
I swear.
Nevertheless, I have a tale to tell. It just so happens that this tale is true; it also just so happens that the event surrounding this tale happened to me only days after a very similar event happened to her. (You can click here to read my sister-in-law Aimee's hilarious tale of a little critter that she discovered in her car while driving.)
Last night, after getting all of the boys settled down in bed, Shane and I decided to relax on the couch for a few minutes before going to bed ourselves. We popped a DVD in, and were watching intently, when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. Now, we have had our windows open alot lately, and with the cooler weather, the boys have been coming in and out of the house a lot, so we have been getting a lot of bugs and such. No big deal....but I could have sworn that this movement was on the floor. I said to Shane, who I noticed was looking in the same direction as I was, "Did you see that?"
Well, he had seen it--that was why, obviously, he was looking in that direction.
Neither of us had a clue what it was, but Shane was convinced it was not a bug, but something much bigger than that. "A bug doesn't make that kind of shadow," he said to me.
I instantly went into jittery mode....you know, that feeling you get when you just know something is wrong, but you aren't quite sure what it is? If you have just recently started reading this blog, you may have missed my post in June--when Shane found a four foot Black King snake INSIDE of our wall while remodeling. (Click here if you are just dying to get your hands on that tale.) I had that feeling that day, too.
I believe, after the snake incident, that I was justified to be a little on edge.
So, being the man of the house, Shane gets up and walks over to the light switch, and flips the light on. I, on the other hand, stayed put on the couch. We aren't sure at this point what kind of creature we were dealing with, but Shane decided he needed some kind of weapon in case it darted at him. We both began looking around, and the best solution we could come up with was.....Colin's foam bat. It was big, and it was close, and it could probably do significant damage if it needed to.
So, Shane grabbed the bat.
All of a sudden, I saw it again. It darted out from the couch where I was sitting, and over to the other couch and then underneath it.....you guessed it. A MOUSE.
Yuck, Yuck, Yuck.
I know that a mouse won't hurt me, but Yuck. I certainly don't want the furry little thing roaming loose in my house. Yuck.
I am sure that many of you reading this post right now have probably had this situation happen to you. You could probably tell me all about it...and maybe even laugh about it, now that that it is behind you. But I will tell you something--that doesn't make me feel any better. Yuck.
I decided that I was going to be brave and help capture this little creature, so I got up and ran into the kitchen to get the flashlight to be able to see under the couch. However, the flashlight batteries were dead (thanks to my Colin, who loves to pretend with it all the time, and turns it on and leaves it on for who knows how many hours). As I was examining the flashlight, standing right in the middle of the floor between the kitchen and the couch, our little friend decided to make his move again....and came running RIGHT for me! I kid you not. I think it was deliberate. I screamed--yes, like a little girl--and jumped into the air so that it ran underneath me and not up my leg or something. Gross. Then, I yelled for Shane, and directed him to where it had gone--into the kitchen.
Have you ever really looked around your kitchen, or around ANY room in your house for that matter, to see all of the places a thing that little could hide? I am not going to point them all out to you, but we found like six places he could have gone--and we didn't even look that hard.
Did you get that? ...places he could have gone..... No, we did not catch him. *sigh*
Guess who was calling Terminix and buying mouse traps today?
So now, for an undertermined amount of time, I am forced to share my house with a mouse. Yuck, Yuck, Yuck. Aimee--I REALLY DO feel for you now!!
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Not again.....
I am NOT trying to 'one-up' my sister-in-law.
5 comments:
- Unknown said...
DEVIN! ok so I never found our mouse either and I keep my feet up still when I am in the car. makes it kind of hard to drive! in your house though.... oooooo I think I would wear shoes everywhere I went in the house and turn the lights on for midnight trips to the bathroom. I would be checking the sheets too! ewwww!! I am getting jittery just thinking about it. good luck!
- October 2, 2007 at 9:15 PM
- The Boe's ~ said...
YOU ARE SO RIGHT-------YUCK YUCK YUCK! We had a mouse a month ago, but it was hurt (poor thing) and couldn't really move so it was easy for Jason to scoop up, thank goodness! I was on the table the entire time not even looking at the thing... I'm such a wimp when it comes to that stuff!!
- October 3, 2007 at 3:01 PM
- Karie said...
One question, what is up with your house? J/K. Its just funny, first a snake now a mouse, gross..........
- October 3, 2007 at 3:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Dev, your brother in law Jay here,
but the "vicious monster black king snake" you killed a few months back is good for eating mice and keeping their population in check. Just a funny bit of snake irony if you ask me.
- October 9, 2007 at 4:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Jay again,
Also, your and Aimee's story's don't compare with my exotic sugar glider experience at our first apartment.
- October 9, 2007 at 4:36 PM


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Before NBA Draft, Andre Drummond finds comfort in home court
MIDDLETOWN -- Andre Drummond's basketball story is a winding road.
There was Capital Prep in Hartford. Then powerhouse prep school St. Thomas More. Then the University of Connecticut, where he played all over the country. Soon, the big man will have an NBA arena where he can settle down.
But the setting in Drummond's heart hasn't changed since he was 7. You see, there's no court like home court.
Drummond's basketball home is nestled in the Northern Middlesex YMCA, on the east side of the old YMCA building off Main Street in Middletown. Wooden backboards. High ceilings. Rims sagging with the weight of past dunks. A chorus of echoes as basketballs bounce on the polyurethane floor.
That's where Drummond was Saturday morning, less than a week before the NBA Draft. No paparazzi. No autographs. Just good friend and former Xavier star Mike Boornazian and some old-fashioned one-on-one. And everything felt just right.
"I feel like I'm home," Drummond said. "Coming here and shooting around, it makes me feel like a little kid again."
PHOTOS: Before NBA Draft, Andre Drummond returns to home court
The 18-year-old Drummond isn't a Middletown product per se -- he didn't go to Xavier or Middletown High. He moved to the city at 7 with his mother and sister, then went to Woodrow Wilson Middle School before starting high school at Capital Prep. His family still lives on Summer Hill Road, not far from Xavier. And his favorite basketball spot in the world continues to be the Middletown YMCA.
It's where he met Boornazian, a Portland native, seven years ago. It's where he learned to adjust as his wingspan grew and grew (7-foot-6, at last measurement). It's where he once had his ankles broken so badly by Wethersfield great Victor Anderson that he couldn't play for three days.
It's the court where, just days before the biggest step in his basketball career, he can feel completely at home.
"The last six months have been crazy," said Drummond, who's been all over the country working out with Portland, Sacramento, Cleveland and Charlotte. "I was starting to forget what my house looks like. But it all comes back driving by the YMCA -- this is where it all started."
On Saturday, Drummond and Boornazian had a relaxed workout in the gym, something they did almost every day last summer. There was a little one-one-one, a mini-dunk contest (drawing the attention of the preteens on the other side of the court), and some 3-point shooting.
The friends were the same age, 11, when they first met at the YMCA. Drummond was already 6-foot-6 or so.
"I knew he had NBA potential," said Boornazian, who will play at Bates College this fall. "We were both young and had a long way to go, but he always put in the work."
Boornazian and Drummond continued their basketball careers together on the AAU circuit with Connecticut Basketball Club, joining Cromwell's Isaiah Salafia.
When it came time for high school, Drummond picked out Capital Prep, while Boornazian went to Xavier. Drummond, just about fully grown at 6-foot-10, stuck around the Hartford magnet school for two years before transferring to Oakdale's St. Thomas More School. In his senior year, he led St. Thomas More to the national prep school championship and was named MVP of the tournament.
That's when the spotlight really started.
In 2011, Drummond made plans to play at Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Massachusetts (alongside Boornazian).
But when an opportunity to play at UConn arose, he couldn't pass it up. Soon-to-be teammate Michael Bradley gave up his scholarship so Drummond could join the squad, and suddenly, Andre was a Husky.
As his freshman season kicked into gear, Drummond said it became more and more clear the NBA was a viable option after one year -- "I started to see that if I worked hard all season, I could make it," he said.
His statistics were up and down, but Drummond said the defining moment was on Jan. 9, a 20-point, 11-rebound performance in a win against West Virginia.
After the season wrapped up in a disappointing loss to Iowa State in the NCAA Tournament's first round, Drummond declared for the NBA Draft.
"To walk away is tough," Drummond said. "I love UConn, I love everyone I've been around. The fan support is amazing. I wish all those guys the best next season."
Drummond is currently taking summer classes, and said he still plans to get his degree in software engineering.
The few months since his draft declaration have been a whirlwind of activity. Drummond's name is on every ESPN draft board, the number of autographs he signs daily continues to increase and, yes, his Twitter account is verified.
"It's a humbling experience," Drummond said, recalling a trip with Boornazian to the mall when he couldn't take three steps without signing an autograph. "Coming where I'm from, to actually make it -- it's a great feeling."
Drummond will be the first area draftee since Old Saybrook's Vin Baker in 1993. Current Cromwell boys basketball coach John Pinone is another -- he was drafted in 1983. The last Middletown player to be drafted was former UConn star Cornelius "Corny" Thompson in 1982.
The draft starts at 7 p.m. Thursday on ESPN, where the New Orleans Hornets will make the No. 1 pick, then Charlotte, Washington, Cleveland and Sacramento.
"I'm prepared, wherever I end up," Drummond said. "Not nervous -- more excited than nervous. Ready to get this thing going."
And, of course, the all-important question: What's he going to wear for the draft Thursday?
"That's a secret," Drummond laughed. "You'll have to wait and see."
PHOTOS: Before NBA Draft, Andre Drummond returns to home court


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healer requesting addons on non-healers
I'd like to request that if you're a non-healer working with healers, you put two addons into your pile. Oh, they aren't mandatory, and I've talked of them before, but still.
Please add omen. Please add visualheal.
Omen – so many have discussed it before, but it's so important. Oh, you can use KTM, but I prefer omen. Regardless of which, if you're running it, we know how far we can push our healing with you. We know if we're in danger of pulling aggro – and can maybe pop a preemptive fade. Or – better from your point of view – we can better anticipate if you're going to need a heal Real Soon Now. And whether we can afford it (in terms of pulling aggro our own selves.) Please, add a threatmeter – KTM or Omen.
VisualHeal is a bit trickier. See, it won't tell us a darn thing. What it WILL do, however, is tell you if there is a heal on the way, and how heavy it's going to be. How often have you watched your health drop below 50 and still declining and wondered if you needed to drop out and grab a pot? And grabbed the pot only to see a Big heal hit you just a second later? Here's your answer. One simple bar, showing your health and any incoming heals (and how much they're going to deliver – or overdeliver in some cases).
But if it doesn't tell me, the healer, anything, why am I asking you to put it on? It saves me mana and/or grief. Lack of communication kills – or at least severely maims. No more more seeing 80% of a heal wasted because you potted at the last second. No more seeing you die because last time you potted so I didn't heal you this time, but you thought…. Trust. Communication. And easy, non-intrusive. It makes things go a lot smoother for us all.
Go have fun.
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Phobos-Grunt was the chosen one. It was said that it would bring an end to Russia's Martian curse, not extend it. But now, Russia's once-promising spacecraft — the country's first bid at interplanetary exploration in 15 years — is coming home earlier than planned.
Phobos-Grunt — the spacecraft designed to put a lander on the surface of Martian moon Phobos, acquire soil samples from its surface, and return to Earth in 2014 — launched successfully back in early November only to malfunction shortly after launch, leaving it stranded in Earth's orbit. (What caused the malfunction? Nobody is certain, though New Scientist reports that Valdimir Popovkin, head of Russia's space agency, has alluded to foul play on US's part.)
Since then, PG has been spiraling closer and closer to earth. Now, estimates say it will break Earth atmosphere on January 15th. Where and when it will make land(sea?)fall, however, remains something of a mystery. (PG is predicted to crash back to earth somewhere between 51.4 degrees north latitude and 51.4 degrees south latitude. See the blue region in this diagram? Yeah. Somewhere in there.)
Most of the craft is expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere (much like NASA's UARS satellite, which came hurtling back to Earth back in September), and odds are high that it'll land somewhere that you aren't. Remember: even though 20-30 pieces of debris are predicted to make it to the planet's surface (weighing in at 440 pounds total), Earth is a big place, and most of it is covered in water.
Via SPACE.com. Top image is from Michael Carroll's awesome rendering of PG's re-entry. See the full image here. Crashdown prediction video by AGI.


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How do I figure the cost basis of stock that has split, giving me more of the same stock, so I can figure my capital gain (or loss) on the sale of the stock?
How do I figure the cost basis when the shares I'm selling were purchased at various times and at different prices?
How are reinvested dividends reported on my tax return?
How do I compute the basis for stock I sold, when I received the stock over several years through a dividend reinvestment plan?
How do I report participation in a § 423 employee stock purchase plan on my tax return?
I purchased stock from my employer under a § 423 employee stock purchase plan. Now I have received a Form 1099-B from selling it. How do I report this?
Should I advise the IRS why amounts reported on Form 1099-B do not agree with my Form 8949 for proceeds from short sales of stock not closed by the end of year?
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Professor Phil Jones has today announced that he will stand aside as Director of the Climatic Research Unit until the completion of an independent Review resulting from allegations following the hacking and publication of emails from the Unit.
Professor Jones said: "What is most important is that CRU continues its world leading research with as little interruption and diversion as possible. After a good deal of consideration I have decided that the best way to achieve this is by stepping aside from the Director's role during the course of the independent review and am grateful to the University for agreeing to this. The Review process will have my full support."
Vice-Chancellor Professor Edward Acton said: "I have accepted Professor Jones's offer to stand aside during this period. It is an important step to ensure that CRU can continue to operate normally and the independent review can conduct its work into the allegations.
"We will announce details of the Independent Review, including its terms of reference, timescale and the chair, within days. I am delighted that Professor Peter Liss, FRS, CBE, will become acting director."


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Kia Sorento SLi diesel AWD (winner)
Ford Territory TS TDCi RWD
Audi Q3 2.0 TFSI AWD
Hyundai Santa Fe Elite CRDi AWD
Mercedes-Benz ML250 BlueTEC
VW Touareg 150TDI AWD
Barrelling out of left field like a seven-seater juggernaut, Kia's new Sorento beat a high-quality range of fancied names in its category to take out Drive's Best SUV over $40K prize.
The judges' 6-3 vote for the Sorento over the closely related Hyundai Santa Fe made it look like a clear winner, but it wasn't that simple. An earlier tie between the two prompted a recount, from which the Kia came out on top.
From a value-for-money perspective, it isn't difficult to see why. The Sorento SLi diesel costs $43,990 yet comes with a swag of features including all-wheel drive, seven leather-clad seats (powered for the driver), dual-zone climate control, airbag protection for all seating spots, plus most of the usual gizmos.
Better than that, it drives really well. The 2.2-litre diesel engine may seem small for a 4.7-metre, two-tonne SUV but with 145kW of power and 435Nm of torque it provides effortless (if a little noisy) performance and more than acceptable fuel and emissions figures. It works well with the six-speed auto, giving family drivers the kind of acceleration and ease of operation they expect.
The ride is comfortable and the road-holding remarkably composed; so much so, the Sorento didn't feel out of its depth on the racetrack, a perennial graveyard for SUVs with dynamic aspirations. The interior design is restrained yet classy with plenty of thoughtful touches including rear passengers being serviced by air vents and fan controls. The rear seat can also be raised simply by the pull of a handle.
All up, the Sorento nailed each segment of the COTY criteria better than the other contenders, but that's not to say it's perfect. Some judges thought the dashboard fascia too plain and the central touchscreen display too small for easy operation, while items such as keyless entry, electric handbrake (there's a dated foot brake) and satnav were all missing on the SRi version.
All those could be found on the Santa Fe, which missed out on the award by a whisker. Not surprising considering it shares a platform, drivetrain and basic dimensions with the Sorento, albeit presented with a different body, interior, suspension tune and more.
At $45,990 the Santa Fe also offers brilliant value given its high equipment levels. Everything that's good about the Kia's identical 2.2-litre diesel and six-speed auto applies to the big Hyundai.
Some judges preferred the added bling of the Santa Fe's instrument panel and, more importantly against the criteria, its bigger touchscreen. Then there were neat details such as the integrated sunscreen blinds for the rear windows and storage space for the cargo blind that needed to be stowed when the (easily erected) third row was raised.
The Santa Fe's flaws against the criteria were small: a slight lack of handling body control and grip compared with rivals, small windows at the rear making it claustrophobic for third row passengers and keyless entry that only seemed to work on the driver's door.
The super-smooth and remarkably frugal version of Ford's seemingly perennial Territory was the carry-over champion, but 2012 was not to be its year.
The Territory scored big points for practicality. Its 1153-litre cargo area is usefully massive; with the centre row folded flat it is cavernous, and storage pockets and drawers are to be found everywhere. Five passengers have sprawling space aplenty, but the third row is a little tight on legroom, has no air vents and crucially against the safety criteria, doesn't get curtain airbag protection.
Otherwise, the 2.7-litre V6 diesel is smooth and quiet but perhaps a little disappointing in terms of outright performance and fuel use. The Territory's combination of handling prowess, comfortable ride and tactile steering is class-leading in any SUV category and remains so. It's a big car that also feels big, but actually grips and handles well.
The interior was updated a couple of years ago but still looks plain and, at more than $50,000 for the TS model, you might expect leather trim, powered seats or keyless ignition thrown in but they're not there. Even all-wheel-drive costs extra.
The Touareg has all that, but then at $62,990 for the 3.0-litre diesel version it would want to be well-equipped to impress in the value stakes. As one judge said: "it feels more expensive than it really is," a good enough definition of value as any.
There's certainly very little missing from the Touareg's specification list, especially as it has picked up a standard reversing camera since last year, and goes the step extra with things like double sun visors for the driver to provide shade from front and side. Charging $1500 for metallic paint seems like piracy by comparison.
Money doesn't buy you spaciousness in this case, though, because despite being lengthy - at almost 4.9 metres - the Touareg has a relatively paltry 580-litre cargo area and no third row of seats. That said, the rear seat is roomy and shapely and the cabin's levels of design integrity and build quality are up to VW's usual high standards.
As is the driving experience, headlined by the gutsy and relatively frugal diesel four-cylinder diesel backed by a luscious, smooth and precise eight-speed auto. Lovely steering, a solidly planted feel on the road, balanced and grippy handling on the track and delicate stability control intervention complete the picture. A somewhat firm ride detracts from it.
For safety, try eight airbags (including side bags for all outboard seats) and a rollover sensor system.
It's a similar story in the new Mercedes ML250 diesel, which also gets a driver's knee airbag, and an active pop-up bonnet to help protect any pedestrian who may have missed a three-pointed star heading their way.
Safety isn't this SUV's only strong point. The 2.1-litre diesel is also massively impressive, pumping out 150kW of power but also (and probably more importantly in a 2.2-tonne behemoth) 500Nm of torque, while using a ridiculously low 6.4 L/100km and producing just 168g/km C02. That's a big tick for the criteria: if it was quieter and less grumbly it'd do even better.
The interior looks luxurious and fairly ritzy with its high centre console, dial-controlled display and impeccable build quality but there were some problems. Judges complained the stalk-operated gearshift selector for the seven-speed auto was too easy to confuse with the indicators, even if the latter are mounted on the left. One other judge got that bit right… but kept hitting the cruise control stalk instead.
The back seat is roomy enough but not overly so given the vehicle's size. There isn't as much boot space as other comparably sized SUVs, and you can forget about a third row of seats.
Then there are the road manners. The ride may be lush and noise levels commendably low but the ML250 was a handful on the track with ample body roll and a lack of grip at either end reined in by violent application of the stability control.
The $81,900 price tag might seem enticing for so much Mercedes and the ML250 does come well-equipped, but in absolute terms there are some that better it in many areas and cost almost half as much.
Some, like the Audi Q3 2.0 TFSI, almost seem to be half the size and that can have its advantages. Hundreds of kilograms lighter than bigger SUVs, shorter by 50cm than most and powered by an eager, 125kW turbocharged petrol engine, the Q3 was plenty of fun on the track. Hearty acceleration, great grip and steering, almost prescient stability control and a willingness to change direction rapidly made it seem more like a high-rise hot hatch than a family wagon.
That manoeuvrability helps accident avoidance and therefore active safety, while six airbags added up to a solid safety score.
Less delightful is the choppy, almost harsh ride. The optional 18-inch wheels probably didn't help comfort either.
The Q3's interior is beautifully appointed and front seat passengers would have difficulty picking a quality or ergonomic flaw. Back seat passengers are not so lucky: not only is there a lack of width and legroom, there's no seat-back map or door pockets for storage and no centre armrest. The boot is OK for a vehicle the Q3's size but not exceptional, and forget about seven-seat capacity; put two poodles in there and they'd never talk to you again.
At $47,000 the Q3 2.0 TFSI is getting expensive for its size, especially given satnav, a reversing camera and bi-xenon lights are all optional.
In the end, despite the impressive line-up of competitors, the Sorento shone through as the SUV that delivers the most for the money.
Large SUVs get a bad rap for handling prowess and historically, that's fair enough. Lurching LandCruisers and rolling Explorers have done little to alleviate many buyers' concerns that road manners go out the window as vehicle height and ground clearance increase.
Eight years ago the Ford Territory proved that didn't have to be the case and neither did buyers have to reach for an expensive European SUV if they wanted grip, steering and driving enjoyment together with comfortable ride quality.
This year's COTY provided the rare opportunity to drive these types of vehicle on a race circuit and proved that some others have caught up. Most notably, Hyundai and Kia with their Santa Fe and Sorento. The latest Touareg is also an improvement on the last.
But what about Mercedes-Benz? The new M-Class wallows and loses grip like an old off-roader. To fix the problem, the stability control clamps the brakes hard on the offending wheel. It might be safe but it ain't clever and it ain't fun. Looks like this time it's the Germans who need to play catch-up.
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History of Seattle (part 1)
Seattle lies on a narrow strip of land between the salt waters of Puget Sound and the fresh waters of Lake Washington. Beyond the waters lie two rugged mountain ranges, the Olympics to the west and the Cascades to the east. It is a city built on hills and around water, in a mild marine climate that encourages prolific vegetation and abundant natural resources.
White settlers came to the Seattle area in 1851, establishing a townsite they first called New York, and then, adding a word from the Chinook jargon meaning "by-and-by," New York-Alki. They soon moved a short distance across Elliott Bay to what is now the historic Pioneer Square district, where a protected deep-water harbor was available. This village was soon named Seattle, honoring a Duwamish Indian leader named Sealth who had befriended the settlers.
The new town's principal economic support was Henry Yesler's lumber mill at the foot of Mill Street (now Yesler Way), built in 1853. Much of the mill's production went to the booming city of San Francisco, but the mill also supplied the fledgling towns throughout the Puget Sound region. A brief Indian "war" in the winter of 1856 interrupted the town's development, but when the Territorial legislature incorporated Seattle in 1869, there were more than 2,000 residents.
The 1870s were fairly quiet, despite the discovery of coal near Lake Washington, and the consequent growth of another extractive industry whose product also found its way to San Francisco. In the early 1870s the Northern Pacific Railway Company announced that its transcontinental railroad western terminus would be at Tacoma, some forty miles south of Seattle. Despite local leaders' disappointment, Seattle managed to force a connection with Northern Pacific shortly after its completion in 1883, and the town's population soared in the late 1880s. Lumber and coal were the primary industries, but the growth of fishing, wholesale trade, shipbuilding, and shipping also contributed to the town's economic expansion and population growth. One estimate is that in the first half of 1889, Seattle was gaining 1,000 new residents per month; in March alone, there were 500 buildings under construction, most of them built of wood. The explosive growth was slowed but not stopped by a devastating fire on June 6, 1889, which leveled the buildings on 116 acres in the heart of the city's business district. No one died in the fire, but the property damage ran into millions of dollars.
Enthusiasm for Seattle was little dampened by the fire. In fact, it provided the opportunity for extensive municipal improvements, including widened and regraded streets, a professional fire department, reconstructed wharves, and municipal water works. New construction in the burned district was required to be of brick or steel, and it was by choice on a grander and more imposing scale.
The 1890s were not so prosperous, despite the arrival of another transcontinental railroad, the Great Northern, in 1893. A nationwide business depression did not spare Seattle, but the 1897 discovery of gold along and near the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory and in Alaska once again made Seattle an instant boom town. The city exploited its nearness to the Klondike and its already established shipping lines to become the premier outfitting point for prospectors. The link became so strong that Alaska was long considered to be the personal property of Seattle and Seattleites.
During the early 1900s, Seattle, now having discovered the rewards of advertising, continued to experience strong growth. Two more transcontinental railroads, the Union Pacific and Milwaukee Road systems, reached Seattle and reinforced the city's position as a trade and shipping center, particularly with Asia and the North Pacific.
The city's population became increasingly diversified. Scandinavians came to work in fishing and lumbering, African Americans to work as railroad porters and waiters, and Japanese to operate truck gardens and hotels. There were significant communities of Italians, Chinese, Jews, and Filipinos. The International District, home to several Asian ethnic groups, was largely developed during this period.
With its population now approaching 240,000, Seattle announced its achievements by sponsoring an international fair in 1909. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition celebrated the economic and cultural links Seattle had forged along what is now known as the North Pacific Rim. The forty-two story L.C. Smith building was completed in 1914. For more than four decades it was the tallest building in the American west and a symbol of Seattle's booster spirit and metropolitan aspirations.
World War I transformed the city's shipbuilding industry, which turned out 20 percent of the nation's wartime ship tonnage. The war also brought Seattle national attention when, early in 1919, workers struck the shipyards to maintain their high wartime wages. This event soon led to the Seattle general strike of February 6-10, the longest such strike in American history. The strike lacked a cogent objective, but its success fueled postwar American fears about radicals and socialists. Along with the city's early ventures into municipal transit service and public electrical power, the general strike helped establish Seattle's reputation as a hotbed of political radicalism.
Seattle also had a reputation for a boom-and-bust economy, and the twenties brought depressed conditions in shipbuilding and the lumber trade. The Depression of the 1930s hit Seattle particularly hard, and a "Hooverville" of shacks and lean-tos housing nearly 1,000 unemployed men grew up at an abandoned shipbuilding yard south of Pioneer Square. World War II sparked an economic rebound as shipyards flourished again. The Boeing Company, a modestly successful airplane manufacturer founded in 1916, increased its workforce more than 1,200 percent and its sales from $10 million to $600 million annually during the war years. The war's end, however, brought an economic slump to the area that persisted until the middle 1950s.
When Boeing successfully introduced the 707 commercial jet airliner in the late 1950s, it heralded another burst of municipal optimism. In 1962 Seattle sponsored a full-fledged world's fair, the futuristic Century 21 Exposition. The fair left the city a permanent legacy in the Seattle Center and its complex of performance, sports, and entertainment halls, as well as the Pacific Science Center, the Monorail, and the Space Needle.
Since Century 21, the city population has remained fairly stable around the half-million mark, while suburban areas have grown explosively. The Boeing Company suffered a slump in the early 1970s that severely depressed the local economy. The region's economy has subsequently been steadied and diversified. Weyerhaeuser and Boeing have been a part of that development, along with such high-technology firms as Microsoft. The political strength of Washington Senators Warren G. Magnuson and Henry Jackson in the postwar decades greatly contributed to growth at such research institutions as the University of Washington, and in defense related activities. Seattle has also enjoyed an expanded air and sea trade with Asia, Alaska, and the North Pacific.
Seattle has always exhibited a spirit of optimism, enterprise, and self-promotion. At one time this was institutionalized as "the Seattle Spirit," a movement that enabled the city literally to move mountains by washing down high hills to improve building sites, to connect Lake Washington and Puget Sound with locks and a canal, and to build the world's largest man-made island at the mouth of the Duwamish River. More recently, this spirit can be credited with accomplishments like the Forward Thrust program of the 1970s, which built the Kingdome arena and numerous parks throughout the city, including Freeway Park that spans the I-5 freeway with waterfalls and hanging gardens.
Seattle is proud of its arts and cultural institutions, the many live theaters, and the downtown art museum. It is proud of its parks, of its professional and collegiate sports, of Pioneer Square and the Pike Place Market, and, above all, of the beauty of its surroundings. Seattle is also a city of parades, not always respectful of its own brief heritage, not as radical as its legend would have it; a city of homes that has many who are homeless, a city that wants great growth but demands that somehow the setting remain untouched.
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After days of gazing at the reefs, watching the waves and spotting the occasional fish. We were anxious to take a peek at the reefs. We put the goggles we bought to use.
It was so neat to catch a glimpse of this world beneath the sea. We went from reef to reef until we tired. We rested in our cabana. Filled the morning and afternoon with the usual.... we had a drink and snack. And we got our daily dose of boobies.
Frank caught a crab scurrying across the sand. He went to check it out.
He took hilarious video, too. He uploaded it to his FB, but I can't figure out how to share. I'll have to upload to vimeo and share later.
Later that afternoon, Frank asked the hotel to borrow snorkle gear. They brought it over, and we were off to further investigate the reefs.
I've never in my life used snorkle gear. I had a HUGE learning curve. Huge. The flippers were killing my ankles because I was trying to stand. The mask was suffocating me because I kept breathing through my nose. I never even got to the mouth piece before I started hyperventilating - it was mix of laughter and terror from thinking I could not breathe. Thankfully, Frank stayed calm and walked me through each step. I figured if he could be patient with me the least I could do was try. I'm so glad I didn't give up. It was so neat to see all those fish! It was like swimming at the top of Mirage's fish tank. I used up most of my battery that morning so the photos I took only show a small bit of what we saw.
Check out the size of that conch shell. I saw another move. It was wild watching it squirm across the ocean floor.
It was a really neat experience. I told Frank it's worth looking into our own gear, and I'd really like to get a wet suit type thing to protect me from the sun. There is no way my fair skin could snorkle for any length of time. As it was, I only swam early morning and late afternoon to keep sunburns at a minimum. It was only this day I was pinkish. I fared well.
We showered and headed up to Playa for dinner. We had El Fogon, again. It's cheap and damn tasty. Plus, their tacos al pastor are the best! I let Frank in on this treat, and created a monster. He's now a big fan! We also shared a plate of goodies: grilled pork chop, ham, onion, bacon, chorizo y queso, potato, guac and soup.
We were beat, and retired soon after returning to the hotel.


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CINCINNATI (AP) — Mike Kickham isn't sure why his pitches seem to wander when he gets past the first inning.
Todd Frazier homered off the rookie starter and drove in four runs Monday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds out of their offensive slump to an 8-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants in a game shortened to six innings because of rain.
Frazier had an RBI single and a three-run homer off Kickham (0-3), who has been hit hard in each of his three major league starts.
"It seems the first inning has gone really well for me for whatever reason," the left-hander said. "In the second and third innings, I'm just kind of struggling."
He struck out two of the first three batters he faced on Monday, then fell apart again.
"When he's getting into the stretch, it seems he has a tough time getting the ball where he wants and getting it down," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "He's got great stuff. This is all a growing process you have with a young pitcher like that."
Derrick Robinson singled home a pair of runs, and Zack Cozart added a sacrifice fly and a run-scoring double as the Reds piled up their most runs since a 12-2 win at Wrigley Field on June 11.
Bronson Arroyo (7-6) gave up a pair of hits in six innings, including Brandon Belt's homer.
Rain halted the game after the sixth. The umpires waited 1 hour, 28 minutes before calling it. By then, water was cascading down the dugout steps and flooding the tunnels as well as the field.
"You want to play but with what we're looking at — it's coming down harder, it's flooding in there — at some point we've got to draw the line," Bochy said. "You want to play the game, but it's pretty bad out there. The field's in bad shape."
It was the first game shortened by rain at Great American Ball Park since Cincinnati's 4-2 win over the Cubs in five innings on Sept. 22, 2006. The Reds had a game suspended overnight because of rain earlier this season.
The Giants returned to the place where they pulled off one of baseball's biggest playoff comebacks. After falling behind Cincinnati 0-2 in their NL division series last season, they won three straight at Great American to advance and eventually win the World Series.
Bochy got a good feeling as he walked into the ballpark on Monday, remembering those moments. His club hasn't had many good ones lately, going 10-17 in June, its worst month since July 2008. That included a six-game losing streak that was San Francisco's longest in three years.
July hasn't started any better for the defending champions, who have lost nine of their last 11 games. They've scored two runs or less in eight of those 11.
The Reds, too, were struggling to score runs and win games. They went 2-6 on a trip out West, getting shut out twice while falling 5½ games out in the NL Central, their biggest deficit in two years.
No such problems against a struggling rookie starter.
The Reds scored four times in the second inning off Kickham, more runs than they managed in four of their last five games. The 24-year-old pitcher has gotten a rough introduction to the majors, making his first three starts on the road and losing all of them. He's given up 21 hits and 16 earned runs in 10 1-3 innings.
Jake Dunning had just started warming in the Giants' bullpen when Frazier hit a three-run homer in the third on Kickham's 56th pitch. It was the fourth homer Kickham has given up in his three starts.
That marked the first time the Reds had scored more than five runs at Great American since an 8-2 win over Cleveland on May 28.
Belt's homer was his ninth, tying his career high from his rookie season of 2011.
"It tells me I'm getting better," Belt said. "That's the main thing. You want to make progress each year. I've been getting better from last year to this year, and from the start of this year until now."
NOTES: Kickham doubled in the second inning for his first major league hit. ... Giants RHP Ryan Vogelsong played catch before the game. He broke bones in his hand on a swing May 20 and needed surgery. He's still several weeks away from returning. ... Buster Posey was back behind the plate after playing two games at 1B to rest his tight legs. He left with rain falling in the sixth. ... Arroyo was coming off his worst start, a season-high seven runs in a season-low four innings of a 7-3 loss in Oakland.


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LMC Oncology Social Worker, Chris Gibson, featured in The State.
LMC's Chris Gibson, oncology social worker, outpatient services at Lexington Medical Center is a source of strength to those in her well attended cancer support group. Read about Chris and her inspiring philosophy on career and life.
By MINDY LUCAS — firstname.lastname@example.com
LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC — It's a Wednesday afternoon, and members of a cancer support group at Lexington Medical Center are gathered around a conference table talking about "chemo brain," the mental fog patients often have after chemotherapy.
Suddenly one member quips he never had much of a brain to start with.
Everyone, including the cancer support group's leader Chris Gibson, bursts into laughter.
It's the kind of thing members say happens often at the meetings.
"I've been in here crying and I've been in here laughing," says Jill Revis, who recently finished a round of chemotherapy to treat colon cancer.
The women say they wouldn't have found each other had it not been for Gibson, a social worker in Lexington Medical's oncology department who founded the group in 2003.
"Chris is the only reason I started coming to the meetings," says Kathryn Ward, who has been in remission for more than five years. "I kept saying, 'I don't need support. I don't need support.' But then I realized, I did need support."
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Hey there,
I recently reinstalled TMNF on Steam so I can access it from my Steam library. But every time I start the game using the "Play" button, instead of directly starting the game, Steam shows me a small window looking like this :
I'm not sure, but I think it might be possible to set a launch condition that can bypass this with this Steam option :
But I have no idea how I could do this, and neither if it is even possible.
I know this is not a very problem, but when you have to confirm this every time you want to play old school TM, you start to get more and more angry.
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