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Minnesota's Anoka-Hennepin school district, infamous for a high degree of LGBT bullying and related suicides in recent years, has announced they may change policies relating to discussions on sexual orientation in the classroom.
The current policy mandates teacher neutrality in discussions relating to sexual orientation, but a potential new policy would stress a little more the importance of discussing controversial topics like sexuality. Teachers would still have to keep from advocating their personal opinions, of course. Interviews from the Advocate.com article:
Jonathan Plotz, an English teacher at Anoka High School, told the Associated Press the proposed new policy seems like a positive move. "I felt like before, I was prevented from having frank discussions take place in my classroom regarding sexual orientation," he said. "I think that now, based on my initial reading, it has become what I've always tried to do when discussing any controversial topic."
Another teacher, Jefferson Fletek, who is a gay-straight alliance adviser, expressed reservations. "My concern is with the use of the word 'controversial.' … What exactly does that mean and who decides?" he told St. Paul's Pioneer Press newspaper. He hopes there will be ample and clear training on how to apply the policy, he added.
Given its history, this school district needs to take the lead in opening up discussions about LGBT issues in schools. The policy will be discussed in a meeting tomorrow - stay tuned for updates.
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Homophobia exacts a chilling price as hate crimes climb
Hate crime towards gay and transgender people is on the rise across Britain, with thousands of people suffering abuse for their sexuality every year. Crimes against transgender people went up by 14 per cent during 2010 and, in some cities, attacks motivated by sexual prejudice are up by as much as 170 per cent annually.
The rise in homophobic crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland went from 4,805 offences in 2009 to 4,883 in 2010. Campaigners say the figures are just the "tip of the iceberg" as research suggests three out of four people are still too afraid to report these crimes.
The police now record any crimes they believe are motivated by homophobia – anything from persistent harassment to serious assault and murder. Experts believe the reason for the increase may be in part because more people feel able to be open about their sexuality, making them easier to be picked out by thugs. Vic Codling, national co-ordinator of the Gay Police Association, said: "People have got more confidence in themselves and, when you get people who are openly gay, that provokes homophobes. There is still stigma in Britain and, if you're open about your sexuality, that encourages people to take up arms and act on homophobia."
The gay rights group Stonewall says there is anecdotal evidence that unprovoked attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are on the rise. The results can be fatal. The story of 62-year-old Ian Baynham, who was killed by drunken teenagers screaming "Faggot", while they bludgeoned him to death in London's Trafalgar Square in September 2009, is one of many. The Independent on Sunday is aware of at least nine people who have been killed by attackers because of their sexuality – or who committed suicide after being bullied – since 2009.
A growth in more extremist religious views has also contributed to the increase in attacks. A homophobic campaign, launched by extremist Muslims in east London earlier this year, featured stickers declaring the area a "gay-free zone" and that Allah would be "severe in punishment". "A lot of the problems come when people believe their religion encourages them to be homophobic," said Mr Codling.
The rise in recorded attacks may partly be attributable to an increasing willingness among the LGBT community to go to the police and report crime. Police have also been better trained in recording crimes as homophobic, rather than just robberies or muggings.
The most dramatic increase is in Scotland, where homophobic abuse has risen fivefold in five years, police statistics show. There were 666 crimes against LGBT people recorded in Scotland in 2009/10 – almost double the 365 reported in 2007/08.
In Oxford, homophobic crimes reported to police rose by more than 170 per cent last year; and in London's West End, still a focal point for the capital's gay nightlife, crimes motivated by homophobia increased by 20.9 per cent.
Experts say a dramatic growth in the number of transgender people seeking medical sex changes has made those born into a different gender more visible and therefore more vulnerable. In 2010, there were 357 incidents of hate crime against transgender people, up 14 per cent from 2009. The number of people medically changing their sex is growing at a rate of around 15 per cent every year: 1,200 people now undergo gender realignment procedures annually.
Bernard Reed, of the Gender Identity Research and Education Society, said: "The more people who feel the need to reveal their condition, the more people put themselves at risk. Our research shows 90 per cent of transgender people do not report abuse, so this is the tip of a very large iceberg. Society's acceptance and understanding of trans people is up to 20 years behind LGB; we know people who are spat at every day."
While numbers of reported incidents rise, police forces nationwide are closing down specialist LGBT liaison officer posts in response to budget cuts.
Sam Dick, of the charity Stonewall, believes the problem starts in school. "I think there's a misconception that because the laws have changed, social attitudes towards gay people have changed. But it's clear that people are leaving school feeling that homophobia and violent homophobia is acceptable: 17 per cent of gay students who have experienced homophobic bullying have received death threats. It's clear this behaviour is going on in schools unchallenged."
Lynne Featherstone, the Equalities minister, said: "Targeting a person purely because of gender identity or sexual orientation is a shameful act and will not be tolerated. We are working with the police to improve our response to hate crime. For the first time, forces are recording data centrally, which will help target resources more effectively and better protect victims. Everyone should have the freedom to live without fear of hostility or harassment."
Case studies…
Rachel Maton, 56
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Rachel has suffered systematic abuse since she began her sex change in 2007
"I became a target because I'm transgender. Youths would pelt my house with eggs, smash my windows and shout at me. One day, I was hit from behind and the lights went out. Then they set upon me. My nose was smashed flat and I couldn't breathe. Now I'm careful not to get in a vulnerable position."
Chas Anderson, 20
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Chas, a former model, was assaulted in April outside a gay bar in Clapham
"My partner and I were queuing at a cash point after leaving the bar when a group started making abusive comments. They started saying the shorts I was wearing looked ridiculous, and one of them said that because I was gay, I deserved to be dead. Next thing, a man punched me in the face and I fell to the ground. There was a lot of blood and I had to go to hospital. The police said there had been a spike in similar incidents at the time in Clapham and south London."
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Why conservative Christians flock to a Chicago gay bar
Can one man build effective bridges between evangelical Christians and Chicago's gay community?
That is the hope of Andrew Marin - who has spent the last decade living in Boystown, Chicago's officially-designated neighbourhood for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) residents.
He works to try to bring Christians and gay people together in open conversation about sexuality and spirituality - and that includes running a large-scale meeting four times a year at Roscoe's, one of America's most famous gay bars.
That is no small achievement in a culture where openly gay people and evangelical Christians have long viewed each other with suspicion.
But Andrew Marin's determination to bring polarised opposites together in dialogue has grown in ways he never imagined.
From small beginnings 10 years ago, he now takes his message around the world and has worked with governments as well as churches.
He is fast becoming a well-known figure in the United States, and has collaborated with one of the country's largest Christian publishers to produce a course for churches wishing to address questions about sexuality.
Cutting ties
His main concern is to build trust between unlikely conversation partners.
He believes that too many Christians don't understand the complexity of the small number of Bible verses that mention homosexuality - he also thinks that gay people are often too quick to dismiss Christianity.
But why did he feel the need to address these concerns by moving into Chicago's gay village, with its sex shops, gay bars and saunas?
The answer lies in a series of conversations Andrew Marin had with his three closest friends over a period of three months.
One by one, each friend told him that they were gay - and he says the news came as a complete surprise.
He had grown up in a conservative Christian household, and says he was "the biggest Bible-banging homophobic kid you ever met".
He was absolutely clear that Christianity and homosexuality were incompatible.
"I didn't know what to do. I thought there was no way my theological belief system could ever line up with my friends' way of life, so I ended up cutting ties with them."
But Andrew Marin says that over the following months, he believed God was asking him to get back in touch with his friends and apologise to them.
A few weeks later, along with two of the three friends, he moved into Boystown.
Christian presence
The early years were extremely difficult, he says, as he struggled to work out whether he could reconcile his friends' sexuality with his Christian convictions.
"When I went to gay bars or events with my friends, I felt bad, because I felt that I should have been saying to people: 'You're wrong and you need to change.'"
But rather than condemning local people, he decided that he should be an open-minded Christian presence.
That decision brought with it some unexpected results - and an unanticipated nickname.
"For the first three years, everybody just called me Straighty Straighterson - because I was literally the only straight male [they met]. People would start talking to me about God and church and the Bible - people would just bring their questions to me."
So chance conversations in bars and clubs spelt the beginnings of what is now an organisation at work throughout the United States.
'Creative tension'
One of the most unusual aspects of the Foundation's work are its Living in the Tension gatherings, where people from all perspectives gather together to explore questions about Christian faith and sexuality.
I met some participants from a recent meeting - including a married Christian couple who minister to male prostitutes, and a woman who self-defines as "queer" and who left the church because of its attitude towards homosexuality.
Most intriguing were two gay Christian men who had reached dramatically different conclusions about faith and sexuality.
Will is an openly gay man, and a pastor in the United Methodist Church.
He says he has resolved a "creative tension" he initially felt between his calling to ministry and his sexuality.
Sitting opposite him was Brian, who also says he's always known he was gay - but whose traditional theology meant he chose to marry a woman and has since fathered a child.
He says that falling in love with his wife was "an experience that I can only say was through God himself bringing my wife and me together".
'Judgement of God'
The two men's stories could hardly be more different.
But the Marin Foundation believes that polite, honest conversation between people of all perspectives is essential if Christians are to address questions about sexuality more effectively.
Not everyone is convinced that Christians are ready - or able - to have many such discussions.
At Harvard University, a theologian who specialises in Christian understandings of sexuality has convened an international group of scholars to try and get beyond what he calls an "impasse" in current debates about religion and sexuality.
Professor Mark Jordan suggests that it may be time for "a kind of ceasefire - a disengagement, where we stop spending all of our time sniping at each other".
And he says that each Christian faces a personal, spiritual question about how they involve themselves in such discussions.
"My hope is that I would be willing to kneel at a communion table with my bitterest enemy in these debates."
"There comes a moment when you have to shut up - you have to silence your angry conversation and submit yourselves in some way to the judgement of God."
Sexual morality
So does Andrew Marin's work in Boystown genuinely offer a way forward for Christians at war with each other over questions of sexuality?
That may depend on how many Christians are willing to tolerate the Marin Foundation's refusal to define its own position on Christian sexual ethics.
Andrew Marin admits it is a criticism he hears frequently, but he insists that his focus is on enabling gay people who wish to explore Christianity to be able to do so.
He admits that some churches will continue to focus on "healing" gay people of homosexuality - while others will simply welcome and affirm gay people on their own terms.
He says that the Marin Foundation simply wants to get gay people thinking about Christian spirituality in its broadest sense, without a disproportionate emphasis on sexual morality.
"What we try and do is help the person live the most faithful, God-honouring life that they can through their understanding of where God is leading them."
This open-ended approach will frustrate both traditionalist and progressive Christians.
But few can argue with the fact that Andrew Marin's foundation has enabled many conservative churches to begin open discussions about sexuality for the first time.
And there is little doubt that the relationships that he has built between Christians and gay people in Chicago would, for now, be unimaginable in many cities around the world - and may just offer a hopeful model for the future.
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The truth about social smoking
When I was growing up, my father bribed my brother and sister and me not to smoke. He offered us £100 if we could stay off the ciggies till we were 21. Despite this incentive, I naturally experimented. I have, however, only ever smoked two whole cigarettes in my life, both when I was 16 and on holiday with my mate, Hugh, in France.
On the first occasion, I only just made it back to the youth hostel where we were staying before passing out. I was comatose for 12 hours. On the second occasion, a few days later, I became a gibbering wreck within minutes. My father's bribe was wasted on me. There was no way I could have become a smoker.
When my two boys were growing up, I made them the same offer, upgraded for inflation to £500. Did it have the desired effect? This is hard to say. Both smoke, but they are occasional smokers. They do not smoke every day and when they do, it is one or two in the evening. A fag with a drink after work.
One of the frustrations I feel about the debate over smoking is the way the world is divided into smokers and non-smokers. Are all smokers the same? Clearly not. Some smoke 60 a day, some 20 a day and some, like my sons, one or two, and not every day.
So when we talk about the risks of smoking, what do we mean? They cannot be the same for all smokers. Sir Richard Peto, Britain's foremost expert on smoking, told me a decade ago that this was not a problem because all smokers eventually end up as 20-a-day smokers. But this is not the case.
Occasional or social smokers exist – but they are rare. They are defined in two ways: either as not smoking every day or as smoking an average of less than one cigarette a day.
Surveys suggest that between 10 and 18 per cent of smokers smoke five or fewer cigarettes a day. The surveys are now 20 years old but there has been little recent research.
Professor Robert West, an expert on smoking at University College London, is updating a study of light smokers he made with his colleague Peter Hajek in 1995. They found occasional smokers were predominantly middle class, better educated and viewed smoking as a social activity. However, they were still addicted. Some 80 per cent of occasional smokers find they cannot stop when they try. But this challenges our understanding of addiction. How can you be "occasionally" addicted?
Professor West says: "Nicotine addiction is not just about keeping the level of the drug topped up to avoid withdrawal symptoms. One way addiction works is by forming an association between situations where a person would typically smoke, which then creates the impulse to smoke when they find themselves in that situation again. A lot of daily smokers report very strong situational cravings."
Not all occasional smokers are the same, however. Some used to be 20-a-day smokers who are trying to give up, while others will be 20-a-day smokers in a few months' time. Relatively few are stable occasional smokers.
Switching from daily smoking to occasional smoking is possible – but it's hard. Most smokers can't do it for the same reason that most alcoholics can't return to controlled drinking. It is all or nothing.
Yet some can remain occasional smokers – neither increasing their consumption nor reducing it. Figures suggest there are high numbers in North America, though this is unexplained. What protects them from escalation into dependence on nicotine and prevents the development of tolerance and withdrawal discomfort? There may be genetic factors, family influences or what experts call "dimensions of social adjustment that may accompany higher levels of educational attainment". Or it may be down to simple bribery.
Occasional smokers pose another question. What are the health risks? Clearly they must be smaller than those faced by daily smokers – but they are not as low as you might think.
Smoking causes a wide range of diseases but the key ones are cancer and heart disease. With cancer, the risks are proportionate to the amount smoked. "The excess risk of cancer for a daily smoker is 15-fold higher than for a non-smoker," Professor West says.
Heart disease is different – the risk is not proportional to the amount smoked. It is much higher, proportionally, for the first one or two cigarettes – hence the risk from passive smoking.
There is some fascinating evidence that demonstrates this. Helena, a small city in Montana, banned smoking in public in June 2002, only to have the ban rescinded six months later. During the ban, heart attack admissions to the local hospital fell by a staggering 40 per cent. After the ban was lifted, the heart attack rate increased to its former level.
Following publication of this research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta warned that even 30 minutes of exposure to other people's smoke might be enough to trigger a fatal heart attack in people at risk of heart disease.
Scientists have been puzzled by this disproportionate risk. A non-smoker who lives with a person who smokes 20 a day has one-third of the risk of their partner, even though they are actually exposed to only 1 per cent of the smoke.
Laboratory evidence suggests this is because toxins in tobacco smoke peak at low levels of exposure, increasing the stickiness of the blood (the tendency of the platelets to aggregate) and inflaming the arteries, increasing the risk of thrombosis – a blood clot that can trigger a heart attack. What applies to passive smokers, of course, also applies to occasional smokers.
Professor West says the mechanism is similar to that which puts people with heart disease at risk on days of high pollution. "Inhaling particulates has an immediate, same-day effect on people whose vasculature [the state of their arteries] is compromised. Getting an increase in the stickiness of the blood affecting millions of people means that, by the law of averages, some will hit the dust."
Figures published last month show smoking continues to decline among young people. Nevertheless, 27 per cent of school pupils had tried smoking and 5 per cent smoked at least one cigarette a week, girls more than boys. Most of these will become 20-a-day smokers.
Pupils who were regular smokers were likely to show signs of dependence on the habit. Around two-thirds reported that they would find it difficult not to smoke for a week, while almost three-quarters said they would find it difficult to give up smoking altogether. Almost two-thirds of regular smokers had tried to give up smoking.
The proportion of pupils who thought it was OK for someone of their age to try smoking to see what it is like has steadily decreased from more than half in 1999 to around a third in 2010.
Of course, it is not a good idea to smoke. Apart from anything else it makes your legs fall off (I find this morsel of information works especially well with children). More people undergo amputations because the circulation in their limbs has been destroyed by smoking than for any other reason.
But if you have to smoke, it is better to smoke occasionally rather than regularly and it is better to smoke a little than a lot. It confers some health advantages, though they are not great. It may be easier too to give up, though not much.
And yes, bribery works – but only a bit.
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In 1520, kings Henry and Francis met for 17 days of celebration and pomp. We'll explore the musical side of this meeting. Plus a release by the Boston Camerata.
A look at the poetry behind some of the most popular Renaissance vocal music. Plus, Nigel North performs in a featured release of music by Robert Johnson.
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FRIENDSHIP, Wis (WSAU) There was a court appearance yesterday for the Adams man accused of shooting his girlfriend earlier this month.
Coleman Dybul sleeps with a shotgun next to his bed. He shot and killed 27-year-old Toni Voss thinking she was an intruder.
Prosecutors say they're still waiting for toxicology reports, and want to delay a formal arraignment until then. He'll face more serious charges if he was intoxicated. The case was continued until Friday.
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY - When Mike Monahan began working for the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, deputies worked without cell phones or computers in their vehicles.
The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office and the jail were in downtown Fort Pierce.
Nearly 37 years after starting as a deputy in November 1975, he retired as a major last week, although officially his retirement begins in late September.
Maj. Monahan described himself as a "rags to riches kid."
When he started his career, which involved working under three sheriffs, he said, "I didn't know anything about being a cop."
"I leave basically running all the (law enforcement) operations," Maj. Monahan said.
St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara praised Maj. Monahan's work for the sheriff's office.
"He's been a great asset to the sheriff's office," he said.
Sheriff Mascara said that Maj. Monahan's historical knowledge of the office by itself has helped.
He also said Maj. Monahan was instrumental in the office providing services following the hurricanes of 2004 and in mobilizing response to the murder of a family near Florida's Turnpike in 2006.
That was a long way from when Maj. Monahan started his career at the jail, which was then a narrow four-story building near the current location of the public defender's office.
The sheriff's office was housed within the jail, but divisions of it were located in scattered locations in the Fort Pierce area, he said.
Detectives were on Depot Drive, narcotics officers were at the St. Lucie County International Airport and the road patrol was stationed on Edwards Road, he said.
"We were all over the place," he said.
Later the sheriff's office was housed in what is now a business location in the downtown, before moving to Midway Road in the 1990s.
At the time when Maj. Monahan started in the 1990s, the jail's staff per shift included three jailers and a matron who dealt with an average of 150 inmates.
Thirty-five years later, the jail, which is on Rock Road, houses more than 1,100 inmates typically and more than 50 people are on duty each shift, he said.
Within several years of starting work at the old jail, Maj. Monahan became a road deputy.
"Pretty much, if you were a new deputy, you were assigned to Port St. Lucie," he said. "Port St. Lucie hardly existed in those days."
Some homes existed in the Prima Vista Road near U.S. 1, he said, adding that the area south was largely undeveloped until you reached the area near Club Med, he said.
Development west of Florida's Turnpike was scattered, he said.
Port St. Lucie was incorporated, but did not have its own police department until 1981, he said.
The city contracted with the sheriff's office and deputies drove cars with the name Port St. Lucie Police Department on them, he said.
Ironically, the biggest crime during that period was in the least populated areas of Port St. Lucie, he said.
The developed roads in areas with no homes served as secure landing strips for criminals smuggling huge shipments of drugs, he said.
He said he worked in narcotics for 10 years following patrolling Port St. Lucie and was involved in big busts of criminals carrying in shipments of drugs to isolated areas of Port St. Lucie.
But during that period, drug smuggling was a big problem throughout the county, he said.
Shipments of drugs would arrive by plane, boat, vehicle and wash up on the beaches, he said.
Airplanes transporting drugs would land not only in Port St. Lucie, but also west of Fort Pierce, including on Orange Avenue, Maj. Monahan said.
After working in narcotics for 10 years, he worked as a detective and then started rising in the ranks, becoming sergeant, captain and then major.
Law enforcement today in many ways is like that of when he started, he said.
"A lot of the work is the same, but is much more technologically advanced," he said.
Computers have replaced typewriters and cell phones offer an alternative source of communication to radios and walkie-talkies, he said.
When he started deputies wrote reports on paper, he said.
Now they print out reports, he said.
They used to carry .38-caliber revolvers; now they have semi-automatic weapons, he added.
"There's also a lot more training than there ever was," Maj. Monahan said.
Officers used to go through the law enforcement academy and that may have been their only training, he said.
Now, they receive continuous training throughout their careers, Maj. Monahan said.
Another change is that in the past most people never called law enforcement in a lot of cases involving family or neighbor disputes, he said.
Now, they do and officers must handle social problems, he said.
As his career came to an end, Maj. Monahan dealt with shrinking resources because of the economic downturn.
But, he said, everyone at the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office picked up the slack and maintained good law enforcement.
"They've all carried a bigger load and that's what made it possible," he said.
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Ever wonder where Heath Ledger took his inspiration for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight? It's been said that Ledger based his chaotic disheveled look on Sid Vicious, and incorporated some of Malcolm McDowell's mannerisms from A Clockwork Orange. But what about the very distinct voice Ledger created for the Joker? Well, take a look at this Tom Waits interview from 1979 and see if it reminds you of anyone…
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Creative Assembly reveals free-to-play MOBA-style Total War: Arena
"Total War house Creative Assembly has announced a new game called Total War: Arena. It's a free-to-play online MOBA-style spin-off.
In it you "pitch history's greatest commanders and their armies against each other in massive team-based battles", announced the announcement.
Arena is entirely online and mixes RTS and MOBA gameplay. It's in development at Creative Assembly's UK HQ, is presumably a PC game and you can sign up to help with the closed beta now."


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Let's face it, the original computer game developers didn't have any specialized education. A lot of the game developers from Sweden that started out in the 80s and 90s didn't stick around after high school. They got the skills they needed on their own and got cracking. Why should you go to school in order to become a game developer?
Learning is a life-long challenge. We live in the information age, when information is constantly available and constantly updated. The time between the discovery of a problem solving method and your being able to share it is reduced to seconds, hours, or days. However, Information is only useful to a person who has the framework of reference, the discipline and the skills to translate the information into fruitful action.
Some people learn best alone, studying books. Others want to pick things apart and figure out how they work. Most people learn well in groups and from people with previous experience.
We humans are leaning machines. If you haven't already, go read Raph Koster's excellent book "A Theory of Fun for Game Design". Just look at society and the development curve of the human race. Learning is fun. It rewards us with dopamine and also with new skills. Learning is necessary. If we don't learn, we quickly become unable to function within the game industry.
I myself am fairly well educated, but I have no formal training in game development. I have 3 years of art school and 4 1/2 years at university level for at total of 7 1/2 years of post high school training. I've also helped organize and manage game development educations at the University of Skövde and at The Game Assembly, which is a vocational training program.
The games industry of the 70s, 80s or 90s is no more. Teams today are larger and many more people work in the industry. The individuals who can and will acquire tier one skills on their own are usually entrepreneurs or savants, and/or come from very strong backgrounds with easy access to equipment, money and knowledge outside of formal education. The game industry of today relies heavily on schools to train the majority of new talent.
When I went to university in pursuit of my master's degree in sociology, I was told that a wide knowledge base is helpful to research work. The actual skill set for collecting and arranging data is not huge. It can be taught in a couple of months. It's analysis, as well as the formulation of a hypothesis, that is the real challenge. Data in itself is neutral information. In order to make good use of it we have to put it into the correct context, conduct correct analysis and draw well-founded and fruitful conclusions. To do that we need knowledge of different theories and methodologies. That's why scientists tend to be well-read, often in and outside of their narrow specialty. Information is power, but only if it can be put to good use.
Creativity is sometimes defined as taking something from one context and putting it in a different context. Say, applying musical theory to painting, asking a car designer to draw a house or wearing a top hat with a t-shirt. Creativity is not always successful, or even inspired, but sometimes it strikes gold. Trying to piece things that don't normally go together into a new whole is easier and more fun the more pieces you have to chose from.
Look at some iconic moments of discovery. Archimedes in his bath tub (Eureka!), or Newton under the apple tree. (Well, arguably he watched apples fall. He didn't get bopped on the head by one.) They were doing unrelated things, but they had the knowledge and the focus to relate their experiences to their primary work.
The context of discovery reflects a creative process. It is close to what psychology calls "hunching"; the process of discovering or inventing a possible solution. The context of justification describes what comes after, when you prove how and why something works. Justification cannot help you to invent anything, only to understand it after the fact. Justification allows greater confidence in a new solution and makes it easier to iterate and troubleshoot around it. If you want to be creative, learn many different things. If you want to justify and be an expert, learn a few disciplines well. If you can, try to do both, i.e. learn a few things well and keep a wide range of interests on the side.
Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, worked in an amusement park after gambling away his college tuition money. Day in and day out, while working a stand, he saw people willing to pay good money for quick entertainment experiences. He was already in engineering college, where he had come across a copy of Space War by Steve Russell on the campus PDP-1 computer. The idea struck him: a computer game could be an attraction people would pay for, like pinball machines or raffles. That's why computer games were first commercialized as arcade machines. This is a good example of context of discovery.
Calle Lundgren, my co-founder at Junebud, lives by a "rule of new". It's a simple sorting device he applies to all things in life. If there's a choice situation he always picks an alternative he hasn't tried before. That means new food, new equipment, new people. A simple everyday rule like this can keep you supplied with new stimuli and keep your life from getting boring.
French mathematician Jean-Marie Constant Duhamel once put it this way, "The definition of a thing is the expression of its relations to other known things". Having a wealth of experience will allow you to contrast and compare. That's how we understand most things: by comparing them to something we're already familiar with. Then we decide what's different and what's similar.
In Sweden, every bachelor or master level program has to have a plan for imparting not only the specific skills and theory associated with, for instance, game development, but it also has to teach general skills like report writing, presentation skills, scientific method, et cetera. This serves two purposes: 1) It promotes communication skills by ensuring every student can explain their work to layman and specialist alike 2) it teaches abstract skills, such as documentation, analysis and research, that can be of use in many different situations throughout a lifetime.
Abstract thinking skills improve our ability to improvise. Abstract means non-specific and is the opposite of concrete. Abstract thinking allows us, for instance, to recognize all the different types of chair as 'chairs'. It allows us to understand how non-chair objects can be used to fill the same function as a chair, because we've determined the abstract qualities of a chair; you can sit on it and get up off the ground: it offers some back support. Abstract thinking skills are what allow us think of things that don't exist yet. All higher education is designed to train your skills in abstraction and abstract reasoning.
Theory is a tool in your tool box. Most of the time when we work, creatively or in production tasks, theory is not needed. We need practical skill, energy and motivation. Theory comes into its own when we come across a problem we can't just work through.
For example: I often think of art theory in particular as a de-bugging tool. Perhaps that drawing seems off, and nothing you do will get it to work. It's time to go over basic theoretical considerations: color temperature, complimentary colors, composition, direction, perspective, et cetera. More often than not that will produce a good clue as to what's wrong, so you can resolve the issue and get back to your production task.
Vocational training programs like The Game Assembly focus on concrete skills: writing code, painting textures, building 3D models, and so on. Abstract skills, such a math, are taught only when necessary to allow for use of the concrete skills. This means students from a vocational program will typically have stronger concrete skills, but weaker abstract skills. Some people, such as myself, invest the time and money to attend both kinds of education. What will work out for you is an open question. The important thing is that you're able to make informed decisions on what types of skills you want and where to get them.
Importantly, all good game development educations feature game projects as part of the curriculum. If a school is any good, these student game projects will include working together with team members from both your own discipline as well as other disciplines.
Game projects represent the concrete application of the skills necessary to develop games. They're the only way to get familiar with the practicalities of game development. Familiarity and experience reduces stress and allows for iteration and personal taste. If you're looking into a game development education and it has no real game project courses, be wary.
For example: at the University of Skövde, all students participate in at least two mandatory game development projects over three years. One five week project, and later on one ten week project. There are optional, additional projects available depending individual choice. At The Game Assembly, all students participate in no less than six game development projects over two years. At any school, most of the ambitious students will have additional projects of their own, on the side.
If you go to school, you will probably learn the most from your classmates. They will be of your general age and experience level, and they will be solving the same problems as you. The teachers and the courses will merely be the framework around which you learn.
Here's a summary of my current, abstract understanding of how skill acquisition works.
Acquiring demonstrable skills requires
- Information
- Focus
- Time
- A framework of reference
- Feedback
- Experimentation (including failure)
Acquiring demonstrable skills benefits from
- Complimentary existing skills
- Other people to work as sounding boards
- Mentoring
Because these are abstract specifications, we can use them for all skill acquisition. This includes professional training later in life, but the really important part is the learning that's going on every day. The things you learn at the office or when you spend time with your hobbies. Ideas you discuss with a casual acquaintance on a train. Things you see on YouTube or practice at webinars.
Let me close this post with two anecdotes.
When I was a university teacher, a 2nd year student came up to me with a pressing concern. Though he had completed one whole year's worth of education, he did not feel that he was 33 % complete as a game designer. I could almost see the progress bar he was imagining.
I tried my best to explain to him that learning takes time and does not happen in a linear fashion. Some skills need to "take root", and many skills are not useful until they are complemented with other skills. Beyond that, some skills are complex. That means they only manifest once a person has mastered several other skills – some of which may themselves be complex. This is why a correctly designed educational program tends to "come together" toward the end.
My second anecdote is also from my university teacher days. I would often receive complaints when students encountered courses that weren't clearly applicable to game development, like cognitive psychology, or human-computer interaction. These courses were abstract, designed to be of use to students from different disciplines such as industrial engineering, health care or game development.
I used to answer such questions by offering the simile of a boxer trying to stay competitive. A boxer does not just spar and compete. A boxer skips rope, runs, does push-ups, sand bag training, as well as agility, speed and endurance training of many descriptions. A top tier boxer adheres to a mental training regimen. A game developer, too, needs a diverse skill set in order to attain peak efficiency. We cannot simply make games to get better at making games. The people with the talent, discipline, structure and organization to put together a synergetic skill set similar to the boxer above are most likely to rise to the top.


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Deputies with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Community Policing Unit take time out to help deliver turkey dinners to families in need.
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Deputies will meet and begin loading meals at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at the IRB Publix.
Sheriff's Deputies from the Community Policing Unit along with teen volunteers from the Calvary Episcopal Church will be loading Sheriff's Office vehicles with turkey dinners destined for dozens of families in need. The project is an annual event which partners the Sheriff's Office with a number of community groups to reach out and help families who might not otherwise be able to afford a traditional meal this Thanksgiving Holiday.
Calvary Episcopal Church is heading the event by bringing together government agencies, community clubs, and private companies. Deputies with the Community Policing Unit have identified the families in need through their daily work in the community.
Publix is providing the meals at a discounted rate. The meal includes a fully cooked turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, bread, apple pie, cranberry-orange relish, mashed potatos and gravy and juice. The meal, which is fully prepared, also includes heating instructions. The Indian Rocks Beach Rotary Club, Calvary Episcopal Church and Pinellas Suncoast Fire & Rescue donated money they raised to help with the purchase of the turkeys and all the trimmings. Pinellas Suncoast Rescue will also help deliver the meals.
In all, 60 families will benefit from the generous contributions from the organizations involved. The deputies will begin loading their vehicles at 3:00 p.m. behind the Publix at the loading dock located at the Indian Rocks Road Shopping plaza, on the corner of Walsingham Road and Indian Rocks Road. The deputies will then be traveling to dozens of homes in the Ridgecrest/Baskins, Highpoint, French Villas/Crystal Lakes Manor areas as well as the Cities of Seminole and Madeira Beach.
This is the ninth year for the event, and the partnership between the organizations. They also partner to conduct similar events for Christmas and Easter. Of course Christmas is only a month away, and the Calvary Episcopal Church's Holiday Meal Ministry is actively accepting donations.
Feeding families in need isn't just a holiday project for the church. Throughout the year the church continues their work through the Beach Community Food Pantry. The pantry is open every week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at the Calvary Episcopal Church. The pantry is always accepting monetary donations and all non-perishable food products to keep the pantry going. If anyone would like to help with holiday meals, or the food pantry, please contact the Calvary Episcopal Church at 727-595-2374, or see their website at www.calvaryirb.org for additional information.


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Little girl: I like bookshops. They are houses for stories.
Little girl: I like books because they're like the stories in my head … but better… and with more dragons.
—————-Little girl: I've written a book.Me (Jen): Have you? What's it about?Little girl: I don't know. It's in my head. I haven't read it yet.


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Each year, children are encouraged to enter the Connecticut Higher Education Trust's (CHET) Dream Big competition, where kindergarten through third-grade students are told to draw a picture of what they want to do when they grow up.
For second-grader Ann Seltzer, it was an easy choice. She drew a picture of herself as a kindergarten teacher, a job she knows she wants.
"That's what I want to do," said Seltzer, who is 7-years-old. "I like working with the younger kids."
The CHET judges must have felt Seltzer's resoluteness, as they named her the winner for her bracket, second-grade girls from New London County. As part of the prize, she received a $300 college savings account.
"I was excited," said Seltzer, describing her reaction when she first heard she won. "It felt good."
Seltzer went to an award ceremony on Monday in Hartford, and will be honored by the Waterford Board of Education next week. The middle child of three children, Seltzer said she likes playing softball and math, and starred as both Rapunzel and Cinderella in the school play.


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Feb5-13, 12:13 AM
Hi guys, I am sure you receive hundreds of posts like this all the time so please be patient :). I need to apply for university and I'm very lost. Originally I was thinking of doing Math and Physics but then my brother (an E. Eng.) confused me. He says that since Eng. is so similar to Math & Physics, I should just do Eng. because there are more job opportunities. I really like math (doing Cal III at college now) , more than bio or physics and the applied math major looks very interesting (and the related careers such as cryptanalysis).
So I'm back at square one. Here are my interests:
1. Math (I've always liked and done very well in it. However, I'm not interested in spending the rest of my life doing pure math research or teaching)
2. Physics (not as much as math but its alright)
3. Neuroscience (computational neuroscience seems VERY interesting. don't know about the career prospects though. maybe math & neuro double major?)
4. Engineering (probably electrical. R&D jobs might be interesting) But apparently the career opportunities are really good compared to the choices above.)
By interest: Math>Neuro>Eng=Physics
I'd like to study something that will allow me to do research (I will probably do at least a masters, regardless of what I choose) in an interesting applied field (either physical or bio related). Most importantly, my interests change very often. So I'd like to study something that, at least for the first couple years after graduation, will allow me to work in many different fields. From what I've read online, applied math seems to be a very versatile degree. Finally, a degree that won't make finding a decent paying job too hard.
Sorry for all the info. :) Does anyone have some sort of suggestion as to what major(s) I should choose? Thanks.
Feb5-13, 12:30 AM
I don't know about salaries right now, or how that will change in roughly 5-10 years, when you have a PhD, but I do know that a math degree *can* be versatile.
Check this out. You can apply to the program in computational biology through the math department. There is also a program in probability. Atmosphere and Ocean Science. And even materials science. All from the perspective of applied math.
This guy's research looks pretty awesome though. I don't have the necessary background to understand it, but just reading about it sounds cool.
Engineering degrees are quite versatile as well. You could major in engineering, and take extra math courses (which shouldn't be a problem because you're already 3 classes ahead), and then apply to applied math PhD programs. From what I gather, the entry requirements do not usually specify a bachelor's in math. And the good thing is if you change your mind by the time you graduate, you would have an easier time finding employment than if you had graduated with a degree in math, physics, or neuroscience.
At least, the path to a job would be much more linear. Engineering grads get hired for engineering jobs. Simple.
Feb5-13, 07:06 PM
If math is what interests you most, then do math. You won't have trouble finding a job. There are literally hundreds of branches and all are very exciting (knot theory etc.) I am doing an applied math major and I would say that if that is what you find interesting, take linear algebra and Diff. Eq. next semester if you haven't already, and then try out Partial Differential Eq's. PDE's are really interesting and applicable to real world problems.
Or if you are more into the discrete math/ CS/ cryptographjy stuff go for it (I always hated that stuff).
Feb6-13, 09:48 AM
Hi guys, I am sure you receive hundreds of posts like this all the
Thanks for the advice Mépris and Hercuflea. I am always to open to more suggestions.
Feb6-13, 10:52 AM
I don't think I'm fit to give out any advice. It's just some things I know, or have heard, and I put it here.
As Hercuflea, math majors do get hired. One question I asked myself is: "If not a math major, then what kind of major would be required for a business-type roles?" And as it turns out, no specific major is required.
It's just that the typical math major wasn't writing jokes for the school paper, playing lacrosse, volunteering to teach inner city kids twice a week, and didn't intern as a business analyst over the summer.
Instead, he probably pulled straight As in his math classes, didn't care too much about his general ed requirements, took a couple of grad courses, and did research over the summer.
Who sounds more employable for a "regular" job?
If you wanna get a more "technical" job, then everything changes. But if that's what you want, it's just so much more straightforward to major in engineering or CS. Look up ParticleGrl's posts in the career guidance section. Lots of useful stuff there. And if you just search for "physics" in career guidance, you'll find lots of threads popping up with people finding it difficult to find work.
What I did here was just echo what everybody else said, as well as add in a few of my own thoughts. They could be wrong, but they sound pretty reasonable, and not far-fetched at all.
Feb8-13, 08:44 PM
After considering my options, I realize that I don't like engineering or physics enough to major in one or the other. I want to study something neuroscience related or will prepare me for graduate studies in this field. Since I like math a lot, I'd really like to tie it in somehow. Turns out that the university I'm applying for (McGill) does not allow you to do a double major in Neuro & Math. However, they do offer a couple interesting joint programs and some major/minor combinations. Which one of these would you suggest? (Please refer to the provided links. It contains the list of classes one can take) Thanks.
Major Biology and Mathematics
Within this stream, one may choose the neurosciences stream.
Major Physiology and Mathematics
Don't think there is any "stream" that one can choose.
Honours Applied Mathematics + Minor in Neuroscience
Not so sure if this is will allow me to do graduate studies in Neuroscience but it will give me a much broader foundation in Math. They also have some classes that look very interesting.
If graduate studies in neuroscience is possible with this combo, I'd personally be inclined toward this option.
Applied Math
Neuroscience Minor
Neuroscience Major + Math Minor is NOT an option because I'm missing a biology prerequisite for the former.
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For some reaon the title of this thread is not what I had typed in originally "Math/Physics/Neuro/Eng". Would someone be kind enough to please change this? Thanks.
Feb9-13, 01:38 PM
Many (most?) Canadian universities will allow you to change your major part way through your degree. I don't think you need to plan out your exact path before applying, just declare something close to what you think you want. Neuroscience and math sounds pretty cool, but you might develop new interests along the way.
Also, if you are missing a prereq, it should be possible to fill the gap in your first year.
Feb10-13, 12:54 PM
My advice would be not to major in "just" an academic subject if you don't want to go to graduate school in that area. Since you say that you aren't interested in pure math research, I'm guessing you probably want a job after you graduate, or at most after a masters. In that case, I'd go for something engineering related. Then depending on your school and how easy it is to do something like that over there, you could maybe double major in math and engineering. A common combination at my school is mathematics and computer science double major. From what I can tell, those dudes make a lot of money straight out of college. A physics BA (at my school that means a much easier version of a physics BS) and an engineering double major is also something pretty common. Math and economics is another one that quite a lot of people seem to be doing.
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Colombo, March 14 (PTI) Facing the heat at home and abroad for its alleged complicity in the war crimes during the last phase of war with LTTE, Sri Lankan Army today said it will come out with its own action plan for the implementation of a government probe on the incidents.
The Ministry of Defence said that an action plan detailing as to how the recommendations of the government appointed Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recommendations could be implemented will soon be handed over to the ministry by the Sri Lankan Army.
The Army is under fresh pressure after a documentary on Britain''s Channel 4 alleged that troops executed Velupillai Prabhakaran''s 12-year-old son at close range in the bloody finale to the civil war in 2009.
The Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya said earlier in the week that a board comprising senior Army officers were formulating the plan and its draft would soon be readied.
The proposal on the action plan came in the wake of a US sponsored resolution at the on going 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva against Sri Lanka.
The resolution seeks to bind the Sri Lankan government to LLRC recommendations in order to achieve full implementation.
The LLRC recommendations are being cited as key to Sri Lanka achieving reconciliation with its Tamil minority at the end of the decades old separatist campaign.
The LLRC while asserting that the military had not deliberately targeted civilians, recommended that Army should investigate excesses if any during the final battle with the LTTE which ended three years ago.
Jayasuriya last month appointed a Court of Inquiry as an initial fact-finding mission which he said was akin to a non-summary inquiry by a magistrate. If there is a prima facie case disclosed against any person from the evidence led before the Court of Inquiry, a General Court Martial, is convened to try the alleged offenders, the army said.
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Can you re-look your flour, sugar and oil ratio? I made this cake and it was strange. Too much flour, too sweet and not enough oil for the cake to be cakey. I make very good muffins so I am sure I didn't over mix it.

Can you shed some light here? I have to ask as the recipe sounds tasty and delicious. Thanks!

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You can use the saved cup of juice for fruit salads etc. It does not need to be used here. I have no idea where you can buy such scales in the US. I live in Germany ;-) But try any place that sells kitchen appliances.

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The bread looks yummy. What is to be done with 1/4th cup manderin juice that was saved as written in the recipe.
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September 03, 2009
As part of orientation into the Rollins Community, new students spent time on August 20 working with over 21 local community partners on service-learning projects. The day's events, known as SPARC, furthered the development of Service, Philanthropy, and Activism at Rollins College.
The Office of Community Engagement implemented the program in 2006 and maintains that this service-learning component is key to "Igniting Lives of Service" in incoming freshman that will last their years at Rollins and beyond. Service-learning includes any method of teaching, learning, and reflecting that combines academic classroom curriculum with meaningful and reciprocal engagement by faculty, students, and the local community.
"During orientation, our goal is to ignite an initial passion in our incoming class – to show them that there's so much more even beyond Rollins in our Central Florida community," said Meredith Hein, assistant director for the Office of Community Engagement.
This year, Rollins' community partners included: Give Kids the World, the Beta Center, A Gift for Teaching, the Apopka Farmworkers' Association, The Center: GLBCC, Second Harvest Food Bank, the Maitland Arts Center, Camp Ithiel, the Jewish Community Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Downtown Orlando, Fern Creek Elementary, and Keep Winter Park Beautiful. Freshman RCC Classes were assigned to individual projects for the day, which ranged from the sorting of canned good and school supply donations to the outdoor restoration of buildings and natural areas.
Senny Lu, a sophomore peer mentor for the 2-D Foundations RCC class, was excited about the way her mentees reacted to the day of service they spent at the Genius Reserve. "In the discussion time we had afterwards, I could tell that the students were really affected by their experience," she said. "They were exhausted because it was a long day, but it was just so exciting to see that each of them understood why what they did was important to the community."
In addition to SPARC, the Office of Community Engagement pioneered its first "Welcome Back Week of Service" during the first week of classes. The week's projects included working with the Salvation Army, bingo at the DePugh Nursing Center, and a Five-Minute Difference activity outside the Cornell Campus Center.
The most telling sign of the week's success was the more than 40 students who voluntarily woke up at 6:30 a.m. on the first Saturday of the semester to serve breakfast at the Saturday Sharing with the Homeless free meal program downtown. Already the class of 2013 has proven to be a group eager to lead lives of service both on and off the Rollins campus.


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Huffington Post: Making E-books Is Harder Than It Looks
An interesting perspective, though the comments have some quibbles with the argument put forward.
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An interesting perspective, though the comments have some quibbles with the argument put forward.
Unglue.it works by allowing the rights holders of an already-published book to set a funding threshold—generally between $5,000 to $25,000—and a deadline for a funding campaign. If supporters pledge sufficient funding prior to the campaign deadline, the book will be released as an "unglued" ebook edition, free of digital rights management (DRM) software, and free to copy and share under a Creative Commons license.
If I understand correctly, it's basically Kickstarter for converting books into DRM-free ebooks.
Today is International Day Against DRM
Let's recap. Customers today are expected to buy into a format that locks down their content into a silo, limits their purchasing choices based on where their credit card happens to have been registered, is designed to work best on devices that are rapidly becoming obsolete, and support only a tiny subset of the functionality available on any modern website. Nonetheless, publishers are seeing their e-book sales skyrocket and congratulate themselves on a job well done. How come?
Even though the decision could possibly signal a lessening of fear among some publishers, DRM will remain an integral part of the library lending workflow for the foreseeable future. Whatever rethinking is going on among publishers, and that in itself could be a positive, it still remains that what a publisher decides to do with DRM on the retail side does not necessarily correlate to anything they will do with DRM on the library side.
A number of publishers, such as Osprey Publishing (parent of Angry Robot), F+W Media, and O'Reilly Media, make books available without DRM, but this does not translate to the library channel, which relies on DRM as the mechanism to control one of its quintessential functions – the loan—as well as to impose the one-book, one-user lending model.
It's a good point that the way library ebook lending currently works actually requires DRM, despite the problems with DRM in the public marketplace. I would argue that DRM used in that context makes some sense in that it allows us to lend ebooks. But how long are we going to cling to the old metaphors that require us to treat ebooks as if they are physical books (i.e. one book, one user)? Is there a better way we could be doing this? The only comparison I can think of offhand is to PDFs of journal articles… should libraries and publishers be figuring out a way that libraries can allow patrons to download ebooks like they do PDFs? (What would the pricing for that look like?)
Recently, I began chatting with a publishing industry executive about this. This person — who I'll call Exec — was interested in learning how to break DRM on e-books. About a month later, Exec is a convert and was ready to talk about the experience, albeit anonymously. I don't think Exec is the only person in the publishing industry breaking DRM on e-books they buy…and those who aren't doing so already might want to give it a try, if only to see what readers go through. Here is Exec's story.
Has DRM prevented piracy? That seems unlikely, since it is relatively easy to get around those locks and copy a book if you really want to. What is pretty clear, however, is that those rights-management locks have cemented Amazon's control over the publishers' content. In other words, it has given the online retailer a stick with which to beat them, as Stross described it recently. And it has also made it more difficult for some independent e-book sellers, because publishers won't let them sell their books without DRM.
Following up on comments last week in which the RIAA finally admitted that innovation is the best tool for tackling piracy, Brin said that the piracy problem would continue as long as people found it easier than using legitimate offerings.
"I haven't tried it for many years but when you go on a pirate website, you choose what you like; it downloads to the device of your choice and it will just work," Brin explained, adding that the restrictive mechanisms employed by authorized sites only represent artificial walls and "disincentives for people to buy."
In 2011, Macmillan made headlines during its tense standoff with Amazon over e-book pricing, but the publisher was able to sway Amazon because it could make a credible threat that it might get up from the negotiating table and take all its books, too—and others might follow. But Macmillan's edge—its scale—is also its undoing. Every day, Macmillan sells more e-books that have been locked into Amazon's format. The millions of dollars that Amazon customers spend on Macmillan's DRM-locked e-books represent millions of dollars of e-books Macmillan customers lose if they wanted to follow Macmillan away from Amazon. Publishers believe DRM protects their books. But DRM has created a world where publishers who walk away from negotiations with a DRM vendor like Amazon leave their customers behind.
Imagine buying a car that locks you into one brand of fuel. A new BMW, for example, that only runs on BMW gas. There are plenty of BMW gas stations around, even a few in your neighborhood, so convenience isn't an issue. But if one of those other gas stations offers a discount, a membership program, or some other attractive marketing campaign, you can't participate. You're locked in with the BMW gas stations.
This could never happen, right? Consumers are too smart to buy into something like this. Or are they? After all, isn't that exactly what's happening in the ebook world? You buy a dedicated ebook reader like a Kindle or a NOOK and you're locked in to that company's content. Part of this problem has to do with ebook formats (e.g., EPUB or Mobipocket) while another part of it stems from publisher insistence on the use of digital rights management (DRM). Let's look at these issues individually.
There's plenty of excellent reasons to stagger the release of a new piece of software on an international scale: Doing so keeps servers from melting into pools of unusable silicon, and preserves the sanity of help desk agents, if only for a little while. That said, if a game's not available in the states, even though the Italians have had it for a week, you know that someone, somewhere is going to be pirating that bad boy. By giving consumers what they want simultaneously on an international level, developers could strike another reason for illegally downloading an application from the the litany of excuses pirates have been employing for years.
This is also the case for movies and some TV shows.
For various reasons the major publishers don't sell direct to the public themselves — they go via external retail channels. Of these channels, Amazon is the 500kg gorilla of internet sales. Amazon has ruthlessly used its near monopoly of online sales to exert monopsony buying pressure against suppliers, forcing the likes of Holtzbrinck or Penguin or Hachette to give them a deep discount on ebooks. In the past they have de-listed publishers' paper editions during negotiations, chopping their sales off at the knees in an attempt to force them to grant favourable sales terms. When Amazon extract deeper discounts from their suppliers, they pass some of the discount on to the public — this expands their monopoly position on the retail side by undercutting their rivals. It's good for customers in the short term, but it's not good for anyone in the long run: they're sweating their suppliers, all the way back down the supply chain (read: to authors like me) and sooner or later they'll put their suppliers out of business.
Anyway, my point is that the Big Six's pig-headed insistence on DRM on ebooks is handing Amazon a stick with which to beat them harder.
A second major publisher has altered the deal by which libraries can lend ebooks via libraryland über-vendor Overdrive. In February, the first publisher, Harper Collins, restricted the number of checkouts of its ebooks. Yesterday, word came down that Penguin Group USA is suspending libraries' lending of the publishers' new ebook titles. Given that with Kindle format ebooks, both new and backlist titles are affected, Penguin's move essentially eliminates Kindle support from a subset of Overdrive's collections.
Of course, I can't help but think, "here we go again," because this latest situation reinforces what we learned during HCOD about the weaknesses in the agreements through which libraries can lend ebooks. Libraries get handed restrictions major restrictions on content from publishers, without evidence of legitimate threats to their content; and yet libraries have no voice: Overdrive negotiates ostensibly on behalf of libraries; but when Penguin advised Overdrive to suspend lending of some of its ebooks last week, libraries were not advised. As Overdrive says it is "working with Penguin on this issue", libraries are not part of that process: we cannot state our case and advocate for our patrons. Because libraries have given so much control to Overdrive, our relationships with publishers have been compromised. Libraries are not partners, we're customers. So, Amazon can build ads into Overdrive, but we can't build our values into Adobe Digital Editions.
Trying to consume an e-book can be an infuriating experience.
Consumers like me want to enjoy the digital version of a book when, where and how we want. We love to be able to read it from multiple screens, search it automatically, share annotations, even have the text read aloud as we drive or do dishes.
In theory that's the promise of the new world of book publishing. But in practice, we're blocked at many turns and end up looking for other solutions. For publishers and booksellers, that's not a good thing, and can even be quite costly.


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Dave Matthews Band Inspires With $1 Mil Relief Pledge & Hurricane Sandy Concert Benefit
Jumping generosity!!
Dave Matthews Band has pledged ONE MILLION DOLLARS to regional Hurricane Sandy relief efforts!
The band has decided to turn their November 30th winter tour opener in East Rutherford, NJ into a benefit concert! All proceeds from the show will go toward helping the storm-ravaged area!
Ah-mazing! Beyond ah-mazing!! Quadruple ah-mazing!!!!
We ADORE artists who give back to the their fans, especially in times of need!!
And we sincerely hope other other community leaders follow suit!
Hopefully the band isn't being generous out of guilt, we doubt Sandy hummed Crash Into Me as she crashed into Manhattan and the Jersey coastline.
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SYDNEY (AP) -- By the time the ambulance showed up to the house, the old woman's screams were, as the paramedics would later tell it, already at a 10 out of 10.
On a bed in the foyer lay 88-year-old Cynthia Thoresen, her eyes screwed up in agony, her skin covered in feces, with a broken leg gone untended for weeks.
The fact that Cynthia even lived in the house was a surprise to the neighbors. None had seen her. None had any idea she'd spent her final days in hellish pain after a fall. None knew that her daughter and caretaker, Marguerite Thoresen, had waited at least three weeks, and up to three months, before calling for help.
In the end, Cynthia Thoresen joined a large and growing cohort of elderly people across the world who live, and increasingly die, in silence, left to fend for themselves against a problem society has barely begun to notice: Elder abuse.
This type of abuse, which often includes neglect, is still so hidden that it is hard to quantify. But the broad picture gleaned from hundreds of interviews and dozens of studies reviewed by The Associated Press is clear: Tens of millions of elders have become victims, trapped between governments and families, neither of which have figured out how to protect or provide for them.
EDITOR'S NOTE -- As the world ages faster than ever, who will care for the old? This story is part of an occasional series about elder neglect and abuse worldwide.
Most of the elderly live with family or at home, and researchers estimate at least 4 to 10 percent of them, and probably a lot more, are abused. Even by the lowest count, that means 30 million people.
The demographics alone show the problem is growing. By the year 2050, there will be more old people than children for the first time in history.
Australia, where Cynthia Thoresen lived, is a wealthy nation and considered progressive, but even in high-income countries, the abuse rate is 4 to 6 percent, according to the World Health Organization. And even here, the system repeatedly failed Cynthia, in life and in death.
"Nothing in the past has disturbed me like this job disturbed me," paramedic Christopher Curtis told police. "I've not seen anyone, regardless of their age, that could withstand the level of pain inflicted by a fractured femur for five seconds, let alone three weeks."
In a way, aging in today's world can be a slow slide into invisibility: Older people often say they exist in the shadows, their words dismissed, their cares unheeded.
Information on elder abuse lags decades behind research on child abuse. Only a handful of countries legally require the reporting of suspected elder abuse, compared to dozens for child abuse. In the U.S., the government passed the Elder Justice Act in 2010, compared to 1974 for its counterpart on child abuse.
The data varies wildly across cultures because researchers can't agree on who is an elder, let alone what elder abuse is. But other statistics are telling: Only one in five older people worldwide has a pension. Elders figure prominently among the more than 100 million who fall into poverty each year because of health-care expenses. And the suicide rate among men over 75 is the highest in the world.
Cynthia Thoresen's story can be pieced together through legal documents, newspaper clippings, interviews and police testimony. Marguerite Thoresen did not answer repeated requests, by phone, email and letter, for comment.
Cynthia's world began to shrink with a fall that left her dependent.
She moved into Marguerite's home in Perth, and in 2001, Marguerite applied for a government carer's benefit that came to around $500 every two weeks. Once the payments started, the government welfare agency, Centrelink, never asked for further medical updates on Cynthia, Marguerite said.
Cynthia vanished from the health care system. Medicare records show that for years she saw doctors and took prescription medications. But in 2003, Cynthia's medical treatment stopped.
Marguerite's explanation: "Well, she didn't say she was ill."
In 2007, Marguerite moved with her husband, daughter, grandsons and mother to a Brisbane suburb.
There, Cynthia's world shrank to a pinpoint.
In the 18 months Cynthia lived there, no visitors were invited inside. Cynthia did not talk on the phone or write letters. Her only other close relative, her son Thorolf, lived nearly 1,700 kilometers (1,000 miles) away, and dementia left her confused at times.
One morning, probably in late November 2008, the family found Cynthia on the floor next to a pool of liquid.


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The next-generation Explorer will be built at the Chicago Assembly Plant on a flexible assembly line alongside the new Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS sedans. Ford is investing nearly $400 million in its Chicago manufacturing facilities to launch production of the new, fuel-efficient Ford Explorer. The company also will add 1,200 new jobs to staff a second production shift at Chicago Assembly Plant and increase production at the nearby Chicago Stamping Plant.
"The new Explorer will redefine the SUV for the modern era – retaining the capability customers want while delivering superb fuel efficiency, comfort and convenience," said Mark Fields, Ford President of the Americas. "This investment underscores Ford's commitment to building world-class, fuel-efficient vehicles in America and creating new jobs that will contribute to our nation's economic recovery."
The new Explorer is expected deliver at least 25 percent better fuel economy than the current model. The vehicle will feature unibody construction, Ford EcoBoostTM engine technology, a six-speed transmission and lightweight materials. Ford will provide full details about the new Explorer later this year.
In addition, the next-generation Explorer will debut the auto industry's first-ever production inflatable seat belts, designed to provide additional protection for rear-seat occupants – often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to head, chest and neck injuries. The available inflatable rear seat belts spread crash forces over five times more area of the body than conventional seat belts, which helps to reduce pressure on the chest and to control head and neck motion for rear-seat passengers. Ford eventually plans to offer inflatable seat belt technology on other vehicles globally.
In planning for the company's future manufacturing presence in the state, Ford worked closely with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who led an effort in passing legislation that allows Ford to participate in Illinois' Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE) program, which provides tax incentives to businesses that commit to new investments and create or retain jobs in the state. This legislation allows Ford to participate in the EDGE program through payroll tax credits rather than corporate income taxes.
Ford investment of $400 million in Chicago-area manufacturing facilities and Explorer fuel economy improvement of at least 25 percent is also supported by Ford green relationship with the U.S. Department of Energy. Chicago Assembly Plant is one of 11 Ford facilities in the U.S. participating in the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentives Program initiated by Congress and implemented by the Obama administration. The program is helping to develop advanced technology vehicles and strengthen American manufacturing across the country. Ford, Nissan, Tesla, Fisker and Tenneco are all participants in this initiative.
Ford has sold more than 6 million Explorer vehicles since the vehicle was originally launched in 1990; Explorer has been America's best-selling midsize SUV for 15 of the past 19 years. Production of the next generation Explorer will begin in the fourth quarter of 2010.
The current Explorer and Explorer Sport Trac models are built at the company's Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky. Shifting production of the next-generation Explorer to Chicago Assembly paves the way for Louisville Assembly to undergo transformation to a flexible, fuel-efficient small car plant from a truck-based SUV plant. Ford will begin producing new vehicles at Louisville Assembly based on its global C-car platform in 2011. The specific models will be named at a later date.
The Chicago Assembly Plant, opened in 1924, currently has approximately 1,200 employees working on one shift. Ford's Chicago Stamping Plant, which opened in 1956, has approximately 700 employees on two shifts. Opened in 1955, Louisville Assembly Plant has approximately 1,000 employees operating on one shift.


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Cardinals trim their roster to 53; Find out who made the cut
The Arizona Cardinals are still making their roster cuts, but here are the guys that have already been released. WR Dan Buckner, LB Marcus Benard, DT Isaac Sopoaga, OL John Estes, S Curtis Taylor, CB Bryan McCann, RB Jalen Parmele, S Anthony Walters. The post Cardinals trim their roster to 53; Find out who made the cut appeared first on NFL Draft Diamonds.
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- The Cardinals signed five players to their practice squad on Sunday, the day after cutting their roster down to the 53-man limit. Three of them had been released by the Cardinals in recent days: former Arizona State wide receiver Kerry Taylor, safety Curtis Taylor and linebacker Kenny Rowe. The other two players signed were centerguard Philip Blake and linebacker...
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The Arizona Cardinals have signed five players to their practice squad. Three of them were cut by the Cardinals in recent days: wide receiver Kerry Taylor, safety Curtis Taylor and linebacker Kenny Rowe. The other two who signed are center-guard Philip Blake and linebacker Donte Moch. Blake was a fourth-round draft pick of Denver last year out of Baylor. He was inactive for two...
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Chef Patrick Hershorn, right, director of culinary services and corporate executive chef for Sysco Foods of Dallas, will be the fall guest chef Nov. 9 at The Club at Gateway Center.
Hershorn's three-course menu will include seared beef tenderloin and a dark chocolate and toffee brownie ... yum. The $9 meal will be served from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
The Club at Gateway Center, is an integral part of the educational experience for the Hospitality Management program. The restaurant is a training laboratory for students enrolled in two restaurant operations courses. In these courses, students learn fine dining service techniques, menu planning, financial management, marketing and food production. A guest chef is invited to the restaurant for a day each semester.
Hershorn has been executive chef of the Dallas Museum of Art and at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, corporate chef for Cheddar's Casual Cafes and for Westcott Communications.
He is a certified executive chef and member of the American Culinary Federation and the Texas Chef's Association. He serves on the advisory board at El Centro College for Food and Hospitality Services.
On regular lunch days, the campus community can enjoy a variety of menu options ranging from chicken cordon blue to gumbo and beef bourguignon.Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Enter to win a pair of tickets for lunch through Dec. 2 (except Nov. 9) by sending an email by Nov. 4 with "The Club" in the subject line. Winners will be selected at random from all responses.
Lunch includes an appetizer, entrée, dessert and beverage for $7 per person. Season tickets for $56.70 are available and include a book of nine tickets which can be used in any combination for any meal each semester. Cash, checks and UNT IDOs are accepted.
Reservations are recommended. Make reservations online or call 940-565-4144 or send an email to Gateway Club. The Club is open to the public.
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EaseWrapper library lets you use DirectX 9 or the OpenGL API thorugh one wrapper
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EaseWrapper library lets you use DirectX 9.0 or the OpenGL API through a consistent interface. The library is easy to include in a project and supports: renderstates (matrices, texture stages, blending, alpha, zbuffer, stencil), static and dynamic vertex-buffers, with an internal memory management, index buffers with automatic face stripping, window management, fullscreen / windowed / border configuration, callbacks on system events (mouse, keyboard), shader support with an unified interface for HLSL and Cg, and materials, textures and lights.
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