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The Oscars: In Summary
Being on the Paramount lot was a dream turned into reality for me, a young girl fascinated with the news and entertainment world. Fresh out of university, I went to Los Angeles and lived in a hostel with my friend until I chose to leave early to accept a job offer back home. I repeat: I stayed. In. A. Hostel. Shudder.
The Academy Awards have always been a special night, despite the fact that since becoming a mom I've only seen like, half the nominated films for Best Picture, year after year. Still. I wouldn't miss The Oscars for anything. Except maybe a trip to Paris.
Miraculously, I put my children to bed at 8 p.m. so I was able to watch funny man Billy Crystal host the Oscars for ninth time. I'm so glad he was back, because James Franco and Anne Hathaway last year were... let's just say... a weird combination with zero chemistry.
I'm still trying to figure out what the biggest story of the night was: Billy Crystal and his Botox? Or the fact that Christopher Walken and Billy Crystal are, in fact, twins separated at birth? Jennifer Lopez and her accidental nipple? Or Sandra Bullock wearing a dress that was too horrible to even define? There were some laughs, but overall, it wasn't the most exciting Oscars ever.
Here's what I thought about the 84th Annual Academy Awards: Who looked hot, who did not, and everything in between.
Best Dressed, from the waist up: Michelle Williams, in a coral Louis Vuitton dress.
It's all a big DO for the most part, but those ruffles do nothing for her. Or that dress.
Stunning in white: Rooney Mara, aka The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, in Givenchy. (Also, she's my biggest crush right now.)
Most likely to be mistaken for a Greek Goddess: Gwyneth Paltrow, also gorgeous in white.
Scariest arms: Angelina Jolie. Enough said.
Weirdest pose: Again, Angelina. Please see Jennifer Aniston for tips on wearing a black dress with a sexy thigh slit.
Most in need of a hair-cut: Brad Pitt.
Most in need of a woman shorter than himself: George Clooney.
Tighest ponytail or is it Botox: Sandra Bullock
Best in Gucci: Cameron Diaz
Overall best dressed and most beautiful: Natalie Portman
Confident lady in red: Emma Stone
Best beard: Sacha Baron Cohen
Lovely in lilac: Penelope Cruz
Flawless funny lady: Tina Fey
Most unoriginal: Jennifer Lopez.
Couldn't take my eyes off of: Ellie Kemper
Actors I've met who were in attendance at the Academy Awards: Pharrell and Mario.
Best dressed Greek (after Tina Fey): Maria Menounos
Honourable mention, just because he's an awesome Greek: Zach Galifianakis
Best hair and shoes: Miss Piggy
Miss Piggy is wearing a dress by Zac Posen and shoes by Christian Louboutin. I'm totally jealous!
As for the actual winners, well, out of the nine films nominated for Best Picture, I have only seen two: The Help and Moneyball. The person I wanted to win the most was Rooney Mara for her amazing role in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but the always incredible Meryl Streep took home her third (really, only third?) Oscar for Best Actress, and well, Meryl is in a league of her own. She is glamorous, beautiful, classy, and talented, beyond beyond.
Best Actor went to Jean Dujardin, and The Artist won Best Picture. Guess I'll be seeing that in theatres soon!
Who did you think deserved to take home an Oscar last night?
Did you agree with the winners?
Who did you think was Best Dressed?
What was your favourite movie this year?
16 comments:
- Stephanie said...
I didn't get to watch the entire show but have to admit I'm not really crushed about it. Doesn't sound like I missed much. As far as I'm concerenced the most interesting story of the night is that you lived in a hostel? lol I can't imagine!
- February 27, 2012 at 9:10 AM
While most folks seem to be listing her as one of the worst dressed - I actually loved Melissa McCarthy's look. I think she did a beautiful job pulling of a plus size look in a skinny industry.
- February 27, 2012 at 9:42 AM
- sharon said...
You crack me up Loukia! I thought Gwyneth looked stunning!
- February 27, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- Nenette AM said...
A hostel?! Holy moly!
I didn't watch the Oscars, but I'm glad to hear that Billy Crystal was back at the helm. He's one class act.
I agree with everything. Natalie Portman, love! Angie Jolie's arms, not so much. Cameron Diaz, gorgeous. Michelle Williams' ruffles, yikes!
- February 27, 2012 at 11:05 AM
- the mama bird diaries said...
Love your recap! I really wish Eddie Murphy had hosted. We just need someone funny and fresh in there, although BC is always sweet and mildly funny. I never saw JLo's nipple and I rewinded! Not sure what everyone is talking about.
- February 27, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- Marilyn (A Lot of Loves) said...
Angelina on stage was so awkward with her leg sticking out so obviously. I thought it was distracting but not in a good way. And oh, the botox on Billy. My, my.
- February 27, 2012 at 1:00 PM
- Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell said...
I thought the same thing about Angelina. She was skeletal and so very weird in the way she was posing. I was cracking up at how that guy was making fun of her by mimicking the stance when he accepted the award from her. LOL!
- February 27, 2012 at 2:49 PM
- Elaine A. said...
I about died when we saw JLO's aeriola!! And yes, Angelina scares me for many reasons! Love your list. I thought Glenn Close looked amazing too. Oh and Viola Davis...
- February 27, 2012 at 4:10 PM
- Angella said...
I didn't get to watch any of it, because the kids wanted to hang out with me and watch a movie. I love that you and Ali posted pictures and commentary - I don't feel like I missed everything!
- February 27, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- Lady Mama said...
Confession: I realized at about 10:00 pm last night I'd completely missed the entire thing! Oops. Agree about Natalie Portman - she is ridiculously gorgeous. Damn her.
- February 27, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- Shana said...
I totally agree with all your picks! LOVE Natalie Portman!
- February 27, 2012 at 9:07 PM
- Kathryn Caldwell said...
Thanks so much for putting up pics! For me that is the best part I didn't get to watch the Oscars this year! But, I have to say that Penelope Cruz looks like she is wearing my mom's prom dress. The color is nice but the cut??? And now I see what the hype was about Angelina! Yikes! But the best? That polka dot dress! How original while still being beautiful!
- February 28, 2012 at 3:33 AM
- Nap Warden said...
I LOVED Natalie Portman's dress...she was just perfect.
Angelina...she needs more help than I can give:/
- February 28, 2012 at 12:13 PM
- Elisa @ Globetrotting in Heels said...
OMG, I LOOOOVED Emma Stone's dress. And her whole look. She was my fave!
Roony Mara was a close second!
- February 28, 2012 at 6:13 PM
- Jessica Heights said...
I don't have cable, so thanks for the re-cap! I have to say, the fact that Miss Piggy made your list is awesome! You cracked me up!
- February 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM
- Sara @ Domestically Challenged said...
I agree with your fashion verdicts! I also agree with the Jennifer Lopez thing. find something new lady, we get it. You are over 40 and hot.
- February 29, 2012 at 11:19 PM


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Tasting Blog: Ethiopia Sidamo Haile Selassie by La Grange Coffee Roasters
A few months back we came up with the idea to start writing regular blogs that would feature different roasters from around Louisville, the Midwest, and even nationally that we felt were doing great things in coffee. Like we stated in the first blog, we hope that we are able to bring exposure to these roasters, and we love tasting new coffees!
La Grange Coffee Roasters is the work of Chris Cockrell of La Grange, Kentucky, an historic railroad town in Oldham County, just outside of the metropolitan area of Louisville. The folks here at Prima know Chris very well, as he stops by the office from time to time to talk roasting, brew methods, or to kindly drop off a bag or two of coffee!
You can find Chris and the crew of LGCR at the La Grange Farmers Market every Saturday morning from May through October in downtown La Grange. What is so great about what LGCR is doing is the focus to educate the community on coffee, from the farm to the cup. I remember Chris telling us stories of letting folks taste a freshly roasted coffee just days off roast, and comparing it to a several month old coffee, and noting the difference. You will also find examples on the table of green coffee, and the same coffee roasted, so that people can get a visual of coffee beyond the dark fines of store bought coffees they may be accustomed to at home.
We have had several of Chris' roasts either in the office, at home, or at the Bashes in town. Most recently we were able to enjoy some dry processed Haile Selassie from the Sidamo region of Ethiopia, taken to probably around a City + to Full City roast. We first brewed for the office in a Chemex, at 60 grams to a liter, at around 200 degrees. This was an incredibly sweet coffee, a classic Sidamo. The aroma was one of the more enjoyable I have experienced, with sweet cinnamon and nutmeg, like a fresh baked pie. This coffee had notes of cardamon and fructose sweetness in the beginning, but as it cooled strawberries, peaches, and various dried fruits came to the forefront.
We had a great time with this coffee. We had some great syphons with parameters of 370 ml to 28 grams at 202 degrees that brought out more spice from the coffee; I tried an aeropress at about 20 grams to 300 ml with a 45 second dwell time which produced a very clean cup with more clarity on the fruit notes, and we pulled some excellent shots of espresso about six days off roast that were surprisingly great shots; fruit bombs, yet not too bright. We were also able to test out the Bunn Trifecta using the Haile Selassie, and after some tinkering to find the right parameters, really enjoyed our cups.
La Grange Coffee Roasters is a great representation of the exciting things going on recently in Louisville coffee. If you haven't had the chance to make it out to La Grange on a Saturday morning, do yourself a favor and grab an iced v60, perfect for a hot Kentucky summer morning! For more information about Chris and La Grange, check out their website here.
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WASHINGTON – You can call it a snowstorm of historic proportions. You can call it the return of New England's blizzard of 1978. You can call it simply dangerous. And you can even call it Nemo.
But don't call it hype.
The new director of the National Weather Service says some may be getting carried away in describing the winter storm bearing down on the Northeast. But he says the science is simple and chilling.
Louis Uccellini (LOO'-ee oo-chih-LEE'-nee) is an expert on snowstorms. He says meteorologists are telling people that this is a dangerous storm because it is.
He says he's confident that this storm is "a very dangerous situation and people need to take proper action."
Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private Weather Underground, said the storm deserves the attention it's getting. "This is a serious life-threatening storm if you're trying to travel in it and getting stuck."
One of the big differences between this one and the 1978 blizzard is that the one 35 years ago surprised people and stranded them on the roads, said Keith Seitter of the Boston-based American Meteorological Society. This time preventive steps, like closing schools and an early order for people to be off Massachusetts roads before dark, should save lives and make roads easier to clear, experts said.
For more than a week, forecasters have seen it coming. New Englanders compare it to the 1978 storm that hit that region so hard. Meteorologists put it in the category of those that earned nicknames like the even bigger East Coast blizzard of 1993 dubbed the "storm of the century." The Weather Channel is even giving it a name — Nemo.
The National Weather Service has rejected the cable TV network's decision to give The weather service uses names for hurricanes and tropical storms created by the World Meteorological Organization, but not other types of storms.
Snowbound MIT meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel agrees that forecasters are telling it like it is. But he adds that extreme weather like this fascinates not just weather geeks, but the media and everyone.
"People sort of like it," says Emanuel, who is stuck in his Lexington, Mass., home. "It's the weather porn phenomena. There are people glued to The Weather Channel."
Heidi Cullen is a climate scientist who once worked for The Weather Channel. Now chief climatologist at Climate Central, a nonprofit science journalism group, says our fascination with this storm is normal and this is a blizzard worthy of the attention.
"This is historic. This is a big one," Cullen says. "When you have a good forecast and a long lead time... You see it form and develop a personality. And if you name it, it has even more of a personality. It's the intersection of science, technology and media."
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1m pensioners would hit financial crisis with a £200 bill
Figures from Age UK have revealed that it would only take a £200 bill to push one million retirees into a financial crisis. For many of them this would mean they have to go into debt to pay the bill, and for others it would mean potentially life-threatening cutbacks.
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CrisisThe charity found that more than 12% of people aged 65 and over wouldn't be able to pay if faced with an unexpected £200 bill. That equates to roughly 1.245 million pensioners.
They have been dealing with spiraling costs for so long that now their finances are stretched to breaking point, with nowhere to turn and nothing left to cut back on if they have a bill out of the blue.
According to Age UK 26% of pensioner couples have less than £1,500 in savings. For single male pensioners, the figure is 37% and for single female pensioners, it is 43%. It means there's just no safety net any more.
In some cases, this has pushed them into debt. Debt among older people is a growing issue. Some 12% owe money on credit cards, and 3% have a bank loan.
VulnerableThis vulnerability is particularly alarming given the shocking size of so many household costs at the moment. It means that nearly one in eight are living financially so close to the edge that just having to repair a broken boiler or even having pay an unexpectedly large heating bill could push them over the edge into debt or lead them to cut back on essential items.
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In some instances they will go into debt. However, this generation is less likely to opt for debt, and many will cut back on basic essentials, like keeping warm and fed at this time of year.
HelpMitchell says that anyone in this position can get help. She explains: "Many of them may well be entitled to get benefits to help them make ends meet. We'd urge any older person who is finding it difficult to get by to see if they are eligible for additional income such as pension credit. It could make the difference between being able to pay a bill that arrives out of the blue and spiraling into debt."
Pension Credit provides a top-up to the state pension of £33 a week, which could make all the difference, and in the cold and wet weather, could make a life-or-death difference. At the moment between 1.2 and 1.6 million people who are entitled to the credit are not taking up their entitlement.


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Life is rough: In Jonathan Tolins' "Secrets of the Trade," closeted New York teenager Andy Lipman has only a celebrity mentor, a pair of wonderfully supportive parents, and an Ivy League education to see him through his coming-out experience. How will Andy survive? Pretty easily, it turns out, although it's a little harder to understand how this production survives its extraordinarily low stakes and thematic shallowness. Somehow, though, between uniformly excellent perfs and just enough charm to squeak by, survive it does.
At least one key to the show's success is pretty obvious: Noah Robbins, late of David Cromer's blink-and-you-missed-it revival of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" on Broadway, brings such a winning authenticity to the part of Andy that it's impossible to dislike him or resent his tremendous privilege, even when he's angsting about it. John Glover, too, plays fashionable, fictional playwright Martin Kerner with a leonine grace that renders bearable even his most pretentious musings on a life in the theatah.
What's missing from "Secrets of the Trade" is a sense of something deeper than one guy's quest to overcome his fears about himself. Explored in greater depth, maybe that would be enough to keep "Secrets" going. Tolins keeps hinting that he'd like to say something larger about the theater itself, but it never gets said.
Kerner, for instance, has a lot of grandiose observations about how you should always be true to yourself in your theatrical work and so on ad nauseum, but he doesn't manage to convey how these observations about a theatrical life worth living get lived by someone like Andy. That, in fact, is the point of several scenes in which Andy longingly begs his older friend for advice and gets name-dropping anecdotes instead.
This isn't to say that Tolins fails at working some smart theatricality into the play. In act two, for example, we get to see Andy's avant-garde play about his well-meaning parents, which is downright hilarious(Alejo Vietti's costumes are particularly good here). Mark Nelson and Amy Aquino do double duty as both Peter and Joanne Lipman and the play-within-a-play's hamfisted parody parents, and they get some of the biggest laughs of the evening, first as caricatures of themselves, then as people offended by the caricatures.
The best advice comes from Bradley, Kerner's prim assistant (nicely played by Bill Brochtrup). In the homey lobby of Kerner's office (set designer Mark Worthington wisely keeps the eerie office door on stage through most of the play), he demands respect from Andy, saying that a life as an artist isn't necessarily a fuller life than his own. It would be a great place for the play to end up, but alas, Andy keeps jonesing for his art fix and Bradley's advice turns out to be merely a brief detour.
Ultimately, a lot of the credit for making the slight play work is due to helmer Matt Shakman. There's not a loose moment in the production, which covers a multitude of sins. It's just a shame that a play with snappy dialogue and competently drawn characters tells such a generic story.


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Since it is the last day of the month I have updated the starring system on my surname list that indicates the newest names. Stars have been removed from the names added in March. A single star now highlights names added in April. All new names that I add in May will have double stars until the month end. Here is a summary of the names that were new to my genealogy database in April:
Pedigree: Hunter, Other: Air, Burke, Clark, Garland, Lochead, Luckhurst, Marsh, Morgan, Morris, Tiller, Tomlin, Wood, Zulfi


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Official Police Report Showing Draya Michele Was Arrested For Child Endangerment
I am straight shooter who doesn't take sides or play favorites.
If I am wrong about something I will admit it.
At the end of the latest episode of Basketball Wives: LA, Laura Govan and others are digging for dirt on Draya. Specially they are searching for evidence that she was arrested on Child Endangerment charges. If you currently Google "Draya Michele Police Report" BlackSportsOnline comes up pretty high.
If you recall Draya had been leaving her 7 year old son home alone in a filthy house with only TV dinners to eat all night while she was out stripping.
Draya has already lied once on the show about the arrest and I pointed that out (Video: BBWives Draya Michele Says Son Never Taken From Her..Police Say Otherwise). You can read how her son was left in a house that had dog poop and urine all over the floor, but lets get back to the topic at hand.
But as I looked at the comments on that article I notice a lot of people were questioning my credibility as if I would falsely accuse someone of a crime that they didn't commit.
Hopefully this will end all that speculation right here and now.
Also you can download the PDF of the case here.
Now you can feel free to call your courthouse yourself, but how much more evidence do you need? As long as Draya has learned from this, I don't care about her past.
The point is don't lie.
As someone told me recently you have to tell a million lies to just cover up the first one. It is much better to be upfront and honest especially when you have a bunch of 40 year old bitter husky jealous almost basketball wives after you.
Draya should heed that advice.
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Don't Eat Pete {V-Day Style}
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OK you got me laughing out loud right now because I used to babysit a lil boy who would call his dad, "PETE" very LOUDLY! and this just took me back. Can just hear our kiddos shouting, "Don't Eat Pete!" They would come unglued! This is hilarious. Certainly a perfect game for Vday when they are so sugared up on candy anyhow (it's become like Halloween). Love it!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing Lindsey!
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Fluttering Through First Grade
We LOVE this game too! Thanks so much for the adorable Valentine version of it! My boys will be thrilled! What a lucky bunch of first graders (and nieces and nephews) you have! Have a great day!ReplyDelete
Cute game! I love when activities rhyme! :)ReplyDelete
Hi Lindsey- This looks like so much fun. I just thought of a way I can extend the fun after the party. I think I will put sight words on each monster and the children will take turns reading and keeping them until they get to Pete. Once they try to read the sight word on that monster they have to stop. The child with the most sight words "wins". Does that make sense? I know my kids will love it.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing.
OH, I can see the fun & hear the giggles now! Thank you for this!ReplyDelete
Amy Howbert
Little Miss Organized
How cute! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
First Grade and Fabulous
Thank you so much! My niece asks to play Don't Eat Pete often. She will love the Valentine version.ReplyDelete
Nice game. New follower in town!ReplyDelete
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Fonts 4 Teachers in TPT
Thank you for this new game! Love itReplyDelete
This is toooooo cute!! Thank you for sharing,I love your blog!ReplyDelete
Science for Kids Blog
I love this game...it was always a FHE favorite. I made a couple for winter and Christmas. Now I don't have to make one for Valentine's Day. THANKS!!ReplyDelete
My kids grew up playing Don't Eat Pete...and when they were teens loved to make their own "Don't eat Pete" game boards for others. I love your Vday one! I'd use jelly hearts or jelly lips,to play with, instead of conversation hearts, just a preference, we like chewy things much better!ReplyDelete
Mine keeps printing in weird colors! I checked my ink levels and nothing else I print is doing it?ReplyDelete
Very cute printable!ReplyDelete
Thank you. I love the monsters on this. So cute!ReplyDelete
I love it! I downloaded the halloween and the valentines version and I think that my son will have a blast playing this! I am headed to your TPT store to check it out so you will probably see a new follower on your blog and your TPT site :) Thanks for the great ideas!!!ReplyDelete
Super cute, Lindsey. I'm the room mom this year and the kiddos loved a Christmas version I printed out (:ReplyDelete
Such a cute printable for this game! We'll be using it for our first grade Valentine's Day party this year! Thanks!ReplyDelete
thank you for this cute printable!!! My kids love the Don't Eat Pete game and this is absolutely adorable!! Thanks again.ReplyDelete
Thank you for this adorable printable! It was perfect for our family night. My girls LOVED the cute little monsters.ReplyDelete


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Burma is ruled by one of the world's worst regimes, a military dictatorship which is guilty of every possible human rights violation. In 1990, elections were held and overwhelmingly won by the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The junta, now known as the State Peace & Development Council (SPDC), rejected the results and intensified its grip on power. The winners of the elections were either imprisoned or exiled. Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest has ended, but over 1,200 political prisoners are in jail, subjected to the worst forms of torture. Burma has the highest number of forcibly conscripted child soldiers in the world, estimated to be 70,000.
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Mission Impossible: Tom Cruise and Sara
By Ibrahim
December 2, 2010
Sara who? No, I am not announcing the name of the chick who will be riding behind Tom Cruise on the motorbike in his coming movie. The issue simply is that a lot of my beloved friends here on TheBody.com have applauded me for doing what they see as a great mission! Therefore, I wanted to give that credit to those who really deserve it.
After all, I do live in the U.S. It's relatively safe for me to blog, talk and advocate. But I would like to talk about those heroes who still live in the Middle East, yet are working tirelessly to bring justice to HIV patients. They deserve credit more than I do -- they are the heroes of what some see as Mission Impossible.
Nevertheless those advocates don't care if it's Mission Impossible, simply because the word "impossible" is missing from their dictionary. They are brave enough to engage in what could be the most stigmatizing issue in the Middle East, declaring themselves as "Al-AIDS" patients. Amongst the bravest of all, in my opinion, is Sara, who is known in Saudi Arabia as "Al-AIDS child." Sara represents an important voice for the most affected category when it comes to HIV in the Middle East: women.
Living in the U.S. makes us associate HIV with MSM; yet in the Middle East and especially in Saudi Arabia, it is not a "gay disease" as some Saudi straight men engage in sex tourism every summer. This with a deep lack of sexual education makes the perfect combo to get infected with HIV, which they bring home with them ... to their wives.
Of course testing is not common among Middle Easterners; after all, it's only required for foreigners to obtain a job and residency -- it's not our thing, right?!! Some guys tell me that they are terrified of the results of being tested; well, let me tell you the results of not getting tested:
In Saudi Arabia, for example, the person will progress to AIDS, then they die, leaving their pregnant wife infected and passing the virus and the stigma to their unborn child. Do you still think it's terrifying to get tested?
But Sara refused to submit to this tiny virus or to this huge stigma. She rebelled like an Arabian horse would do, when it is treated with disrespect, and kicked off to do Mission Impossible! Sara decided to become an advocate for people with HIV/AIDS in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
Cultural tip: In Saudi Arabia, women do not have to cover their faces always -- it's an option, and it's never required for young girls. But for Sara, she had to do it to be able to advocate for HIV patients without being further rejected by her society. She had the option of covering her face the traditional way, and she would be like everyone else; but she refused to wear the traditional cloth that covers her face and decided to wear a white mask so that people will know that she is not covering her face due to traditions, but due to fear of the HIV stigma that is killing people. Her white mask strikes everyone who sees it, just as she wants.
In one of her speeches, Sara said: I am not here to ask you to pity me; I just want you to treat me like a human being with respect. I don't want to be served food in disposable dishes anymore; I want to eat like all of you, because I am like all of you.
Later at a TV interview, when she was advocating for an event held by the Saudi AIDS committee, Sara was asked about her dreams. She said that she hopes to be a journalist to write more about HIV patients and especially women suffering from it. Well, God is good: The Chairman of Al-Watan Newspaper in Saudi Arabia heard her words and decided to ... APPOINT SARA AS A JOURNALIST AT THE AL-WATAN NEWSPAPER IMMEDIATELY! Hurray for Sara ... Hurray ... Hurray ... I wish I could see her face when she heard the happy news, but I can only hear her voice describing how happy she is to write her first report to the newspaper. She must have cried with happy tears, just like I did!
Now this Mission Impossible will not generate the same amount of money, the other Mission: Impossible generates.
Recently I just learned that Tom Cruise chose Dubai to be the new scene for the shooting of the film. This choice is supposed to make me happy -- after all, Dubai has a special place in my heart ... but I wonder if Tom Cruise has any HIV-positive persons among the film crew? Because he better be careful, as the law in UAE bans HIV-positive people from working and living in Dubai, and those intending to reside in Dubai or other UAE cities are forced to pass an HIV test and if proven positive, they are arrested and deported.
I wonder if these ethical issues did come up when the choice was made for Dubai to be the city where the events of Mission: Impossible will happen? And no, I am not a self-hating Arab. I love Dubai more than anyone can imagine. Dubai to me is not another Las Vegas: Dubai to me is the heritage and culture ... the children and family ... the values and compassion ... the wisdom you see in the eyes of old men ... the compassion in the stories of old women when they tell the children the tale of "Sari" -- the shepherd who got sick with a dermal sickness and his tribe decided to get him out and leave him in the desert to die alone before he passes the sickness to the rest; the tribe name was tarnished forever with disgrace for abandoning one of their own when he was sick. These were the stories that plant the compassion in the hearts of children to the sick -- and this is the face I wish to see for Dubai, not the image of the high skyscrapers built by immigrant workers who get deported because they test HIV positive.
Thank God, Obama revoked the ban on HIV-positive people from entering the U.S. Even though many advocates are still hoping for a more comprehensive legislation that is stronger in preventing discrimination on the basis of HIV status that still exists in the immigration system in the U.S., at least now we can ethically call upon Tom Cruise and others to stop shooting this film in Dubai until UAE stops targeting HIV-positive people -- and starts implementing a better policy in dealing with the cases of infected people. I say this with all the love that I hold in my heart to Dubai, UAE, the Middle East and its people.
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I'm Ibrahim, a 35-year-old professional Muslim man from the Middle East, living in the US. I want to fulfill my big dreams while holding strongly to my culture. My new identity as HIV positive changed my life in a strong way that I am still trying to understand and deal with. By sharing my experience, I'm trying to help myself and others in similar situations to find some peace -- and working on bringing the good change I believe every human must bring to this world. In my attempt to introduce TheBody.com's readers to my part of the world, I won't be taking you far -- I'll start right here, in the US.
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Our Point of View, by MEA-MFT President Eric Feaver
Feb/March 2008
Primary election day, June 3, is not so far away.
In fact, it is almost tomorrow.
Between now and almost tomorrow, each and every one of us has a personal, professional, and political obligation to learn more about the four Democratic Party candidates running for superintendent of public instruction.
Learn more and then go vote...June 3, primary election day.
In the spirit of Nancy Keenan
Twenty years ago, MEA-MFT helped elect Nancy Keenan to serve as our superintendent of public instruction. She did so with tremendous enthusiasm and skill through 12 difficult years of school funding cuts and unrelenting, savage, right-wing attacks on public education and the educators who work therein.
In 2000, Nancy ended her political career in Montana with a spirited campaign for Congress, losing a hotly contested race to current Congressman Denny Rehberg.
Nancy had a wonderful profile: teacher, legislator, MEA-MFT member, and friend. She was smart, articulate, and engaged. MEA-MFT members loved her. She contributed mightily to Montana public education.
Eight years ago, MEA-MFT helped elect Linda McCulloch to serve as our superintendent. She has done so with tremendous enthusiasm and skill through eight difficult years dominated by the unwarranted, unprovoked federal intrusion into how we teach and test our children, cynically sloganed "No Child Left Behind."
Unfortunately, Linda is termed, prevented from running for re-election by term limits. Fortunately, she is now a candidate for Montana secretary of state. MEA-MFT COPE has recommended her candidacy.
Linda has a wonderful profile: teacher, legislator, MEA-MFT member, and friend. She is smart, articulate, and engaged. MEA-MFT members love her. She has contributed mightily to Montana public education.
As I write, there are four announced candidates* for superintendent: Claudette Morton, Denise Juneau, Holly Raser, and Sam Kitzenberg.
All four enjoy wonderful profiles: all current or former teachers, all Democrats, two termed-out legislators, two with experience in the office of public instruction, all MEA-MFT members, and all friends. All smart, articulate, and engaged.
This really is amazing stuff. What other union of professionals anywhere has four of its own running against each other to head up a state's public school system?
Saturday morning, March 29, 2008, all four will address the MEA-MFT Representative Assembly in Missoula. Every MEA-MFT local affiliate should send a delegate to hear what these candidates have to say and then share points of view and, maybe, give us a clue as to who among the four would be the best to succeed Nancy Keenan and Linda McCulloch.
More members running for public office
But we are not done with MEA-MFT members running for office.
MEA-MFT member John Parker, Cascade County deputy county attorney and current minority party leader in the Montana House of Representatives, is running for the Democratic Party nomination for attorney general.
And to date, 18 MEA-MFT members plan to run for the 2009 Montana Legislature. Some are incumbents and some new political faces, but all with considerable work history in state government, k-12 schools, and higher education.
Generally speaking, MEA-MFT members make great legislators. They know from personal and professional experience what we-all our members-do on behalf of the citizens of this state, other peoples' children, and our own.
We are all empowered by our members who run for public office. We are all enriched by those we help elect.
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BROOKLINE, Mass. – No. 9 ranked MIT scored the game's first eight points and led 17-2 en route to a convincing 93-50 win over Newbury College in non-conference men's basketball action on Thursday night. Senior Noel Hollingsworth (Salt Lake City, Utah) was dominant in the pivot, scoring 33 points and collecting 14 rebounds to help the Engineers improve to 7-0 on the year. Newbury drops to 3-3 with the loss.
Tech raced out to the early lead, as Hollingsworth scored 10 points in the game's first 5:11 to put the Cardinal and Gray on top, 17-2. The Night Hawks would close the gap to five, at 29-24, after Steve Rosemond's (Everett, Mass.) layup with 5:49 to go in the first half. Tech would take a 34-28 lead into the break thanks in large part to Hollingsworth's 14 first-half points.
The Engineers came out of the locker room with the same urgency as the start of the game, scoring seven straight points, capped by senior Jamie Karraker's (Morgantown, W. Va.) three-ball to lead 41-28, forcing a Newbury timeout. Three straight shots from long range by junior Mitchell Kates (Colts Neck, N.J.) and Karraker extended MIT's lead to 50-33 with 15:24 to go in the game.
After a Cameron Owen (Concord, N.H.) layup, Tech would outscore the Night Hawks 17-1 over the next 4:30 to lead 67-36, as Hollingsworth accounted for 11 points during the run. Hollingsworth extended MIT's lead with three more buckets to put the Cardinal and Gray ahead, 73-38. From there the Engineers would cruise to their seventh straight win to start the 2011-12 campaign.
Junior Will Tashman (Atherton, Calif.) posted his fifth double-double in seven games, recording 12 points to go along with 10 rebounds. Karraker had 15 points on five-of-10 shooting from long range. Tech enjoyed a significant 48-22 advantage on the glass, which helped lead to 25 second chance points.
The Engineers shot 55.9% (33-59) from the field while holding Newbury to just 32.7% (18-55) for the game.
MIT will return home to host Lesley University on Saturday, December 3. The Engineers and Lynx will square off in Rockwell Cage at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Newbury travels to Trinity College on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.


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A million Britons are unaware that they have type 2 diabetes, and in 80 per cent of cases the condition is linked to obesity, Huw Alban Davies, a hospital consultant, has warned that we are raising a generation in Britain today who will die before their parents.
"They will have developed diabetes at a young age and they will die of strokes or coronary heart disease in their fifties," he said.
Research has shown that excess amounts of fat around the midriff are particularly linked to heart disease and diabetes. Also researchers in Boston have that found that people with high insulin levels tend to gain weight.
So the secret to losing weight may be to adopt healthy habits that stabilize insulin levels such taking plenty of exercise and avoiding processed junk food especially high sugar foods.
(Britney Spears had a notorious junk food craving and her daily diet consisted of primarily empty calories. The pop star had been seen consuming Red Bull energy drinks, and Starbucks Frappuccinos. Recent pictures reportedly featured the singer looking bloated and chunky, until they were digitally slimmed down to resemble her trademark svelte body. A source reports that Britney was devastated by her appearance in the photos, and complained to her promoters, "I look like a blimp, so do something about it. I need to look perfect - better than perfect").
Is dieting the answer?
No - because most people pile the pounds straight back on after dieting. The world's largest study of weight loss has shown that diets do not work for the vast majority of slimmers and may even put lives at risk. More than two-thirds pile the pounds straight back on, raising the danger of heart attack, stroke and diabetes.
Indeed most dieters end up heavier than they did to start with, the researchers found. They warn this type of yo-yo behaviour is linked to a host of health problems. And they say the strain that repeated weight loss and gain places on the body means most people would have been better off not dieting at all.
The findings follow other research that shows the UK is in the grip of a dieting frenzy, with one in four Britons at any one time trying to lose weight. The average woman is estimated to lose and gain 251/2 stone during her lifetime - putting on 151/2 stone for the ten stone she loses through dieting. Last night, the U.S. scientists behind the latest research - the most thorough and comprehensive analysis of its kind - said that dieting simply does not work.
The University of California researchers analysed the results of more than 30 studies involving thousands of slimmers. Although the overview did not name specific weight loss plans, popular diets in recent years include the low carbohydrate, high protein Atkins diet and the GI diet, which is rich in slow-burning wholegrain carbohydrates.
Pooling the results of the various studies clearly showed that while people do lose weight initially, most quickly put all the pounds back on. In fact, most people end up weighing more than they did to begin with. Researcher Dr Traci Mann said: "You can initially lost 5 to 10 per cent of your weight on any number of diets.
"But after this honeymoon period, the weight comes back. We found that the majority of people regained all the weight, plus more. Sustained weight loss was found only in a small minority of participants, while complete weight regain was found in the majority."
Dr Mann's research showed that up to two-thirds of dieters put on all the weight they lose - and more - over a four to five-year period. Half of those taking part in one study were more than 11lb heavier five years later, while dieters taking part in another study actually ended up heavier than other volunteers who hadn't tried to lose weight.
A four-year study into the health of 19,000 men revealed that most of those who put on weight had dieted in the years before the start of the study. The analysis, published in the journal American Psychologist, concluded dieters may actually be damaging their health.
Research has shown the repeated rapid weight gain and loss associated with dieting can double the risk of death from heart disease, including heart attacks, and the risk of premature death in general. Such yo-yo weight loss has also been linked to stroke and diabetes and shown to suppress the immune system, making the body more vulnerable to infection.
Studies consistently find that people who report the most exercise also have the most weight loss. Dr Beckie Lang, of the Association for the Study of Obesity, said: "Maintaining a healthy weight isn't about going on a diet and coming off a diet when you reach your target weight. It is about adopting skills that change your eating habits for life."
The Parsons Acupressure Technique (PAT) approach to weight loss:
The important question is why does a person holds on to weight in different places as compared to others. The next question to be asked is what imbalance is creating these distortions? In the Parsons Acupressure Technique (PAT) for Weight Loss we firstly look at where in the body an individual is carrying extra weight.
For example, some people hold weight in the stomach, others carry weight in the hips and thighs, while others carry weight more evenly through the body. This indicates different imbalences in the body and in PAT we address these specific imbalences by tapping on the acupuncture meridiens. This procedure also addresses the emotional reasons that people overeat (and choose the wrong foods).


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Scott Boras, Motherhood, and Apple Pie
Summarizing baseball's feelings about Scott Boras, the sport's most successful player agent, the Chicago Tribune's Rick Morrissey once wrote, "He is a very, very bad man. Exquisitely bad, in a foreclose-on-the-farm sort of way." When Boras brokered his latest jaw-dropping contract—a 10-year, $252 million "merger" between the Texas Rangers and shortstop Alex Rodriguez—the animus only intensified. Writing in the April issue of Esquire, Scott Raab called Boras "the Most Hated Man in Baseball, the heartless bastard hell-bent on destroying our National Pastime, the keen-eyed pimp of ball-hogging, bat-whipping, splitter-hurling youth."
Sportswriters usually save this kind of stuff for major-league owners, the commissioner, or the head of the players union—the people who run things. But now Scott Boras runs things. He's the Most Important Man in Baseball. He produced the most important change to the sport's salary structure since Marvin Miller won free agency for players in 1977. But that change has nothing to do with Alex Rodriguez, Greg Maddux, Kevin Brown, or any contract Boras has brokered in the past few years. In fact, Boras instituted this change nearly 18 years ago, when Rodriguez was still playing tee-ball.
In 1983, six years after free agency engulfed the sport, baseball's owners still exerted tightfisted control over one institution: the amateur draft. Unlike top prospects in the NFL or NBA, amateur baseball players rarely found agents willing to represent them. The agents who did show up were usually handpicked by team owners, ensuring that players signed whatever contract a team put in front of them. Salaries stagnated: Rick Monday, the first pick in the 1965 draft, earned roughly the same bonus, $100,000, as Shawon Dunston, the first pick in the 1982 draft.
That changed when Boras courted Tim Belcher, a pitcher from Bethany Nazarene College in Ohio, whom the Minnesota Twins drafted with the first pick in 1983. When the Twins offered a $100,000 signing bonus, Boras told Belcher to reject it. Belcher then entered the sport's winter draft and elicited a better offer, just over $150,000, from the New York Yankees. In one swift stroke, baseball's amateur draft went from the owners' cheapest and most reliable way to hoard talent to a system heavily tilted toward the players.
Today, if Boras' clients don't like the size of their bonuses, he tells them to return to college or, if they've run out of eligibility, to play a year of semi-pro ball. The owners howl about this strategy—and a few of them refuse to draft Boras clients altogether—but as with Boras' major-league clients, the agent always finds at least one owner who will fork over the cash. In 1997, the Philadelphia Phillies used their first pick on Boras client J.D. Drew and offered him $3 million. Boras told Drew to pass. After a year in semi-pro ball, Drew re-entered the draft, was again selected in the first round, and snagged an $8 million deal from the St. Louis Cardinals.
When it comes time for Boras to renegotiate the contracts of major-league superstars—many of whom he has represented as amateurs—he's working from a higher starting point. In large part, that's why contracts rocketed toward the $20 million-per-year range. And that's given Boras an entrée into a few major-league front offices, places agents once feared to tread. Bob Daly, the chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers, admits that he consults with Boras about personnel decisions because Boras represents nine of his best players. The press regards this unprecedented access with fear, but is it so awful to have a front-office regular who cares about the players' well-being?
Granted, Boras doesn't care quite as much about players' well-being as he claims. He says he began representing amateurs to help the minor leaguers who get cut before they ever receive a lucrative major-league contract. In the late 1970s, Boras was a minor-league ballplayer himself, enduring four mediocre seasons in the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals organizations. It was his time in the minors that Boras says inspired his no-holds-barred negotiating style. He told 60 Minutes last month that minor-leaguers "have no jobs, no education, they've signed out of high school. All of a sudden the guy who is the brilliant athlete is going home to nothing." (Boras was slightly better off. The Cubs paid his way through law school at the University of the Pacific after he was forced to retire because of three knee surgeries.)
But Boras represents only five or six of the best amateur athletes each year. While that almost guarantees that those players will receive a huge initial signing bonus, the vast majority of amateurs drafted between the fifth and 50th rounds—i.e., the Scott Borases of the world—still make only slightly more than the minimum wage.
Still, Boras is in pretty good company. Back in the '70s, the press thought Marvin Miller was going to ruin baseball, too. Now, he's rightly viewed as one of sport's most influential (and positive) figures of the past 25 years. Scott Boras is the Marvin Miller of his age—the man the owners claim they can't afford, but the players can't afford to live without.
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Dub, is that what happens to your disappearing/re-appearing beard! I thought your back seats looked like it had some stubble when I drove it.
Someone send me directions..
Boris, if you just want to follow me and you want to meet me at my place at 9am, we can go up together. Let me know.


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If you are now the proud owner of a brand spanking new Nintendo Wii U console, we have a feeling that one of your launch games purchased was Black Ops 2. It's now available to play on Nintendo's new system for the first time and we already have a fantastic video for you to watch, giving you an initial look at how those 'next gen' Wii U graphics compare vs the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game.
Something positive at least to be said about the system for a change. I can see it now, the fanboys will come out and say "So what, it's only CoD". But if that is the case, then it's insulting that the current systems look poorer when running something as simple as CoD.
But this is what happens when a developer takes their time and doesn't rush stuff. Bare minimum they achieve parity, but in a case like this, the graphics seem to have a slight bump. It doesn't 1up the competition, but it's at least good to know that the visuals "look to be" slightly enhanced.
My only question is - What version of the game was it being compared to. Because we all know that the 360 and PS3 versions have been compared and there are differences between the two of them. But in this comparison, they are lumped together like they are the same visually, which isn't necessarily the case.
It's the PS3 version that it is being compared to. You can see the button prompts show up during the video.
Let us understand that this is a game not built to utilize the Wii u hardware but to run on current gen systems.
this can't be the PS3 version because I don't see freezes in the video
Let me start by saying the Wii U version looks great, but the comparison says PC/XBOX/PS3 that it's being compared against, but it's really just being compared to the PS3 version... that's kinda stupid to generalize the other versions when they are in fact a bit different visually too. Kinda biased.
It runs favorably to the worst version of the game. Whoopee!
I'll bet it compares to the 360 version like the 360 version compares to the ps3 version.
Frankly, I smell agenda. Why would you say "PC version and 360 version" when you're using the worst version as the example?
thing is is that with the texture etc instal because im pretty certain when installed it looks better than when not installed- infact i'd pretty sure when I play it with textures installed both games loo the same minute the ps3's slight because of the native AA on the ps3 that often affects the colours slightly in screenshots anyway; less so when the game in motion though.
Wake me up when they show me something that actually matters, and where the developer has said that they have optimized a game to take advantage of the full capability of the WiiU hardware. Either way, the Wiiu is a current generation console, next generation starts when Sony says.
how can PC version be with x box and ps3... isnt PC more powerfull than any console... weird..
I didnt see any difference, maybe that small window was the case..
For a second, i thought it was hiphopgamer... remember those videos?
Yep, it depends what version it has been compared to. With the blur on the textures too we are seeing the PS3 version with the QAA blurring patch.
However that still means that it does look crisper than the PS3 at least. Slightly better alpha textures like the smoke/fire especially with the helicopter landing and the trucks burning as well. I suspect that it won't beat the 360 version very much and that they will look very similar. But generally it seems quite crisp and stable framerate wise.
Its not very in depth this analysis but its one of the earliest comparison videos I could find.
I am sure later we'll see a bunch of professional in depth comparisons.
I think the fact you can even compare the WiiU version to the ps3 version is something that most people would have never thought that could happen. I'm happy with this gen's current graphics, i don't need games to look like real life. Games like that are sure to cost alot, and also the man power it takes to make a game look close to reality is probably time consuming and cost alot
yeah it was a little hard to notice but I saw sharper geometry (higher res) and sharper textures on the Wii U.
Its the PS3 version. Which is the worse looking version of them all because of lazy development.
In order in terms of graphics:
PC > Xbox > WiiU > PS3
EDIT: Im probally getting disagreed by PS3 Fanboys.. Just admit that Treyarch fucked up with the PS3 version
PC > Wii U/Xbox > PS3
In all fairness, the differences between all of them are quite small. Nobody's stopping to to think "damn, that grass looks a bit blurry, I wish it looked sharper" on the PS3 version.
I can't see any difference really between the Wii U version on this video, or the Xbox version from Eurogamers 360 vs PS3 video.
It's a small difference to me, it's CoD. Nobody has ever cared about the graphics. It's a noticeable difference, but nothing that's gonna stop me from enjoying the game.
THIS is a big difference
Well if Wii U has as good a framerate as Xbox 360 but runs at a higher native resolution which we might find out soon for sure, then Wii U has the best console graphics for this game.
Does look higher rez. Could still be 880 x 720 tho like 360 and ps3 and be claimed by activision as 'native 720p' cos well...they are sneaky like that.
@ Blastoise..
The diffrence in Black Ops 2 for the PS3 is NOT a small diffrence..
Its horrible. Blurry, resolution is way lower, and the textures are alot blurrier too.
Thanks blastoise. That pic brought back a lot of great memories with the only truly great COD game on the planet IMO. I was soo addicted to the online in MW1.....sigh....
It didn't help that with PS3 patch 1.02 things went from reasonably crisp to blurvision due to turning on x2aa which really isn't anti-aliasing at all.
This should have been made a selectable option as in BF3.
The Wii U version looks very clean and playable much closer to a mid/low range PC (Dual core + NV5800GTS).
The only real difference is the resolution from what I can see. Other than that it seems carbon copy. But the fact that a port can look better than the original in any aspect is telling. When devs really start to dig into what the wii u can do I'm sure the visual gap will widen. But the ps4 and nextbox will be out by then.
and the fact that each time the direction is changed on the PS3, everything become totally blurred.
If they don't make the PC look amazing compared to the consoles, why do ppl think the Wii U is gonna look any much better then a PS3 or 360.
Rick Ross looks a lil better on wiiU.
It's Cod so who cares. Now if BF3 was for wiiU that would be a game to see compared to ps3 & 360.
Also is this video saying wiiU is better than pc verson? They must sell nintendo crack in nintendo land.
If I liked cod I would still get the 360 version since it's bound the most stable.
Looks much better on WiiU. Why are you guys afraid to just say it. :)
Does not the grass looks dark and not green on the U plus the colors do look darker even the helicopter and the big tree looks dark
Textures are worse on WiiU.
Compare the gun skin (simpler on WiiU), scope reflection.
Of course the video's not exactly very high-res since they're using exactly 1/4 of my screen for each video feed. There's no wait to get a better comparison.
its black ops graphics will always be crappy lol
1. That's not the PC version! Looks like the PS3 version!
2. It's just call of Duty. Don't expect great graphics!
3. COD is meant to look the same on all platforms cause frame rate is important!
4. the PC version however is capable of looking better thanks to the capabilities of the PC
5. Wake me up when a second generation Nintendo WiiU game gets released.
6. No first generation game on new consoles really look all that great anyway!
7. Can the Wiiu Run Crysis PC? We don't know cause Ninty has been so secretive about the GPU specs! Give me an article on that instead of a stupid comparison!
8. Hows the WiiU COD MP online capabilities? are they as good as the other platforms!
9. WiiU vs. PS3/x360 = Graphics Challenge and comparisons but....... PS3/X360 vs. PC = "Oh graphics don't matter", why is that lol?
10. Laughs at another half arse article about a generic shooter.....then goes back to playing Chivalry: Medieval Combat
Yes Crysis can run on Wii U. In fact "beautiful" on Wii U.
Nothing to write home about. I think I noticed a bit of lens flare that was not in the ps3 version... What I want to see is a more detailed analysis that shows native res, FPS, etc.
To those saying "this isn't a game made to take advantage of the Wii U", of course it isn't. If it was it wouldn't be running on the other systems also, as any multiplatform title has to cater to the lowest common denominator in order to ensure that it can run on every system that it is made for. It is possible to add higher res textures or something like that, but it's rare that developers will take the extra time (and therefore money) to add features to one console that the others will not get, especially for a console with a small install base like Wii U currently has when compared to the other 2. The fact remains that, because Wii U is launching at the tail end of the current generation, it's going to have current gen ports for at least another year. So, such comparisons are valid, for now. However, this person completely ignored what resolution or frame rate the game is running at, and that can make all the difference in the world when the PS3/360 version are running at sub HD natively (then upscaling to 720p @30fps, as many COD games are well known for) and the Wii version is hitting 1080p60 (not saying this is the case, but these things need to be pointed out when making a comparison). You can't really pick out native resolution from a heavily compressed "1080p" youtube video running at just over 3.5mbps. For those of you that don't know much about video encoding, blu-ray 1080p runs at between 16-40mbps (and even that is heavily compressed from uncompressed 1080p, which clocks in at just over 186MBps). That's a LOT of quality loss going on, and not good for comparison.
Wake me when the Wii U/Orbis/Durango comparisons start coming out.
This video lost all credibility when it included PC in the mix (especially without even showing the PC version)... A top of the line gaming PC today would EASILY smoke anything Wii U could do... without even breaking a sweat.
The gamplay is smoother an faster plus it rendering a 720p image and a 480p image not to mention 2 gamepad support is around the corner and Nintendo has only allowed 50% of power to devs for first wave of games this was said around E3 so when that 50% is maxed out expect Battlefield4/Aliens/Project cars and Beyonetta2 to show you whats what but yeah Treyarch have stated wiiu has best textures/lighting/resolution ect so no need to compare in my eyes Fifa13 has l2/3 times the textures resolution in crowd/pitch/players so comparing is quite stupid fair enough with AC3/Batman/ect but most ports are superior in every way and this is on games tht have been optimized for 7 years on ps3/360.
Why have they lumped PC with PS3 and 360? Sure the PC version isn't great thanks to being a port but still looks 10X better than console version thanks to PC hardware and still blows the WiiU version out the water.. These guys obviously are out to try and prove something and ignore the obvious facts.
I had to explain this to everyone with the Batman comparisons, it's pretty dumb that I do.
It's completely moronic people don't understand that a game that has more time to be developed of course is going to look marginally better.
It is pathetic they are even comparing anything as of now really.
Like I said when games are released on all systems all at the same time, then I will care to see a comparison of the Wii U. If they keep ending up like this and Wii U always has longer development times then no wonder why those versions of those ports will look better, they have been updated to look better simply because they had more time to improve the games from past versions.
It honestly doesn't have crap to do with the Wii U and for sure is not any proof that it's graphics are better than it's competitors at this time.
Not like I care that much about graphics or like I buying one but still these comparisons are crap and I would like to see better ones in the future.
Wait you are saying that Black Ops 2 had a longer development time over the other systems because it came out 5 days later? Are you serious? If anything, they had less time to work on this version since Treyarch was working on BLOPS2 as soon as BLOPS was done. I doubt Treyarch even had a dev kit for a Wii U then.
5 days is 5 days. Especially when someone as crappy as Nihilistic can make a CoD game in literally 5 months. So yea I am sure a lot can be done in five days with an entire dev team that is far better than Nihilistic.
Thing is they had probably finished other versions first before the release date regardless which probably gave them more than just 5 days from other releases to work on it. That is common sense as well but ok.
Trust me they also had dev kits ages ago and BLOPS is not my main issue all the other ports that had a ton of fucking time are which are always being the only comparison shots like Batman and AC3.. now BLOPS.
Did I even mention BLOPS 2 before though really? No, don't think I did. Sure I implied what I did and it's here but I was speaking in general obviously but I never directly said anything about it.
I mean it's pretty clear this is once again another really crappy comparison. On top of the fact I am watching this crap in 1080p and there is no significant difference other than slightly better coloring and the blur seems to lacking while the PS3 still has it, the textures are also more pixelated on the Wii U not by much but it's noticeable, I can notice that right off the bat with the weapons and scope during the fighting and don't forget the added flames to cars.. wow how stunning..
So unless you are also watching this in 1080p I don't want to hear it. I am very sure they could do all that in a measly 5 days, sorry.
So yea it doesn't help that the Wii U's version is not technically better other than better coloring and runs at lower texture resolutions.. Wow.
When you bump the texture resolution down like that it's noticeable and I could careless if the Wii U was better at the point, it clearly runs at lower texture res than a PS3 does still.
What is sad people are arguing about graphics when the Wii U clearly has no big jump on any of the older systems. From a graphical perspective that just blows, as those systems are really old and can still do just about the same if not better from what I notice.
I just don't understand why anyone would even buy Black Ops 2 or any of these ports on the Wii U, I am pretty sure everyone owns them all practically already on other systems.
I mean I understand if Wii U is your first big console but I seriously doubt that.
What a difference though.... I have 20/20 vision and a 60 inch LED, 1080p HDTV and set at 1080p res... which my computer is connected to.. So I guess if it isn't looking better than the PS3 on this TV.. I don't know when it ever will.
Why did he put the PC in the same category as Ps3/360?
Because NINTENDO BEATS ALL!!!!!!1!!!!!!1!
...in his mind.
That's exactly what I was thinking while watching the video. I mean, do you imply that the PC version runs exactly THE SAME as the PS3/360 version? That's completely incorrect.
While it can run better on a high-end configuration, it can also run poorer on a computer which has aging hardware. You can't simply come up and say "Hey, here's the PC version", as there's no definitive PC version of ANY game, with trillions of different configurations existing. You can say "it's how the game looks on a high-end system" though, which would give you a rough representation of the game's visuals on high detail, but again, it wouldn't give you any indication regarding the game's performance, as there's no single, definitive hardware representing the PC platform as consoles do.
Not that they show the PC version in this video, but do the PC footage on comparison videos use DX11 or DX9? How about advanced graphics options like texture sizes, shadow detail, anti-aliasing, resolution? You have to be extra careful when you compare the console version with the PC version, or else you'd be comparing apples to oranges.
So "next-gen" Nintendo is marginally improved graphics on an old engine?
yes.....because Blops2 which still has the graphics, clunky animations, and very very bland gameplay of a game from 2005 determines the WiiU's graphical capabilities.
OK, so what game does? This is the best looking one out right now, so what else do we have to go on? Face it, only thing next-gen about this thing is it's release date.
"Face it, only thing next-gen about this thing is it's release date."
that's the only thing that makes any console any generation, lol.
@Janitor, The launch titles on a console are never much better than the last games on the generation before it. Wait till this time next year or the year after then we'll see what the Wii U can really do.
the new ps and xbox will be out then lol so who cares.
"This is the best looking one out right now, so what else do we have to go on?"
Have you seen Assassin's Creed 3? This is definitely not the best looking game for the Wii U.
I have seen both. I rented AC3 on PS3 and bought it on WiiU. PS3 is much worse. Even more than this. PS3=low res, bad color and choppy framerate.
It's much more pronounced when you view on a 60" TV in person then on youtube.
What I'm trying to say is... Assassin's Creed 3 is a much better looking game than Call of Duty Black Ops 2, so the person saying that Black Ops 2 is the best looking game on the Wii U is an idiot. Assassin's Creed 3 looks way better (I'm talking about the Wii U).
I have AC3 for PS3 and I can only imagine it looks even better on the Wii U with a more stable framerate. It already looks killer on the PS3.
Also, for the record, playing AC3 on the PS3 was fine. Yeah, it slowed down in some areas but so what, it was still an amazing experience. I'm not going to buy a whole new console and get used to a new controller just for a smoother framerate. It was still fun.
AC3 on PC looks beautiful. Also, it runs 60fps :)
No1 this is only 30% of the wii u's power, and again anyone remember what the ps3, and 360 games looked like at launch? Oh it was the ps2, and xbox1 right? Only a little bit better.
lool no why don't you try playing some early PS3 and 360 titles like Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter and Resistance FOM, Heavenly Sword they took a dump on everything the gen before.
Nothing we've seen on the Wii-U out and upcoming trumps anything this gen, not saying that it never will, but from what we've seen the Wii-U's hardware isn't looking very powerful.
PS3/360 launch titles mainly looked better because they were in HD so it tricked people into thinking they were amazingly better but they weren't. You never know how good graphics a console is capable of until it's been out for a couple of years.
There much improved it renders 2 images 1 at native 720p and a 480p image as well so even with some ports only being slight improvements just shows how powerful wiiu is as these are release day games,games like Aliens and Bayonetta will show you what wiiu is all about even though them games still wont be anywhere near wiiu at MAX.
what i want to know id is running at hd or sub hd resolutions
I'm going to guess sub-hd given their history and attitude toward making games.
720p native just like all wiiu games except a few that run 1080p native.
I want a performancd review Overall, not just the graphics...
Is the framerate high and stable?
How does off tv play work?
Are there any bugs?
This is the closest anyone seems to
Want to get to overviewing the wiiu version... but pop-up ads keep me out of even this...-_-;
My son and I were playing this on Wii U yesterday. The graphics are great and it plays great on either screen. Even Zombies two player (1 on TV, 1 on Gamepad) was awesome. When playing online today my son said that he preferred the Gamepad screen over the TV while playing.
Wii U version looks less artificial, crisp, and the colors are not all over the place.
1:35 Wii U the soldier approaching the general is wearing gold rimmed glasses, PCS360 = no glasses.
Next gen can render eyewear...so there!
Yup. Was worth the millions of dollars investing in that automatic sunglasses creation tool for devs in the Wii U SDK.
I can just see the next Top Gun game being a Wii U exclusive because other consoles simply can't do aviators nearly as well.
laughed my arse off. I hope these "next gen" jokes about the Wii U never end.
You can't even tell much of anything from those tiny little low-res screens in the video.
I have the PS3 version and i'll be damned if it looks anywhere near that blurry. I know they have a blur filter on it after the first patch but no way in hell does it look that bad.
The ps3 version does not look that bad in this video they are using some low end tv and composite cables. I have a 240 hz sony 60" and the graphics don't look like that.
I also have a 240hz Sony 46" TV and your right the PS3 does not look that bad, but the WiiU looks even BETTER on my Sony, so the rule apply s both ways
Hope the Wii U can do better because if this it then come nextgen Nintendo is going to have a tough time competing, then again this is COD.
Its a port.... Let me repeat... Its a port of a game that was built for the Xbox360/PS3. So it will not have significant improvement since it was not built for the WiiU... just simply ported over. If you and other want to see what the WiiU hardware can do.. you will have to wait and see what Retro is developing. For example, most multiplatform games look better on Xbox360 when compared to PS3, but when you look at PS3 1st and 3rd party games... then the PS3 dominance in graphics and physics shines.
Once again it is just a simple port. THATS IT.


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New procurement tool generates millions in savings on life insurance and pre-paid dental in Maricopa County
Maricopa County has found a new use for reverse auctions: employee benefits contracts. The Arizona county has used online reverse auctions to save 32 percent on a new employee life insurance contract and another 36 percent on a pre-paid dental contract.
The county had already been successful using reverse auctions during the last couple of years for several commodities — from flour to inmate shoes to canned fruit [see "Total Transparency in Real Time," Government Procurement, June/July 2011]. More recently, conversation in Maricopa County turned to how the procurement tool might be used for employee benefits contracts.
The county uses a BidSync software system to administer online reverse auctions. Multiple pre-qualified suppliers openly bid against one another electronically in an allotted time frame, prices decrease as the auction progresses, and suppliers are allowed to see each other's bids. The BidSync system notifies suppliers of the auction and provides a link to allow them to bid.
Matthew T. Bauer, procurement supervisor for Maricopa County, Phoenix, Ariz., managed the reverse auctions with Steve Dahle, a part-time strategic procurement officer who handles benefits procurement for the county since his retirement. Bauer says Dahle was especially helpful in getting executive buy-in for the plan. "Steve has been here forever and understood how this is a good benefit for the county," said Bauer.
Mercer, the county's employee benefits consultant, had never heard of reverse auctions being used for employee benefits but projected the county might save 10 or 12 percent by using the tool. Results of the reverse auction exceeded everyone's expectations, and the consultant confirmed the county's new prices are among the best they have seen.
A key to successful reverse auctions is to provide a strict and standardized set of requirements that the contractors/vendors have to meet to eliminate variables and ensure that any bids are apples-to-apples comparable, said Bauer.
More benefits, less cost
The county used reverse auctions for a $12 million employee life insurance contract and a $859,093 pre-paid dental plan, both covering three years.
The county provides basic life insurance equivalent to each employee's yearly salary free as a benefit. In addition, employees may purchase supplemental life insurance at multiples of their pay for an additional premium. Premiums are computed at a fixed rate per $1,000 of salary.
The county saved almost 63 percent of the county-paid portion of employee life insurance, and employees will save just over 26 percent. The total savings for the next three years is more than $5.8 million, which is more than 32 percent lower than previously paid. The county is also increasing plan coverage; specifically, the maximum electable coverage has increased from 4x salary to 5x salary, with the ceiling increasing from $500,000 to $750,000.
In the reverse auction, the rate for basic life insurance (paid by the county) decreased from 12.5 cents per $1,000 in salary to 4 cents per $1,000. The vendor also provided supplemental life insurance rates in ranges covering anyone under 25 and up to 70 and older, with separate rates for smokers and non-smokers. The employee-paid rates of the winning bid ranged from a low of 3.2 cents per $1,000 in coverage for non-smokers under 25 to a high of $1.80 per $1,000 of coverage for smokers over age 70. The county passes the full costs of the supplemental premiums on the employees, who benefit from the average 26 percent savings.
The life insurance contract calls for a fixed price for three years and an option to renew for an additional three years. Escalator language allows negotiation of an increase in the event of renewal. Eight vendors competed for the contract, and there was a total of nine bids during the reverse auction, which was held between Sept. 16 and October 18, 2011. ING won the contract.
Pre-paid dental reverse auction pays off
The reverse auction for pre-paid dental services is projected to save $1 million (over the next six years, compared to a previous contract and taking into account the yearly escalator.) The savings are 36 percent without a reduction in plan design. For example, the current rate of $10.67 for a single employee will be lowered to $7.99 under the new plan, and the $30.63 rate for an employee and his or her family will be lowered to $22.03.
Some of the savings will benefit the county, depending on how much the county decides to subsidize the premiums; the rest will benefit the 1,700-plus plan participants. The reverse auction was held between May 31 and July 17, 2012, and there were 10 bid changes during the auction. The new pre-paid dental plan will begin in July of 2013 with Cigna as the supplier.
Bauer says education of the vendor community is critical. Maricopa County held a pre-proposal meeting of suppliers before deciding to go forward with the reverse auction approach, and there was initially some resistance from vendors, although they ultimately participated.
"In a time when many companies and its employees are paying additional money for less comprehensive benefits, it is a great success for the county to be able to lower its premiums," said Bauer.
'Define what you're looking for'
Timing is everything, says Bauer. "Especially with life insurance, the market is opening up. Agencies are competing for a lot more business, so it's an opportunity in terms of timing to go out to bid. The reverse auction just further increased the competition we had." Bauer speculates that suppliers might lower prices to enter new markets or to boost market share. Participating suppliers likely have a range of prices they would agree to, including an optimistic and a pessimistic price.
Seeing what other suppliers bid provides transparency. Bidding tends to escalate toward the end of an auction with contractors waiting until the end so as not to "show their hand" too early in the process, says Bauer. "In the end, vendors ask themselves: How much do I really want this business?"
Having specific parameters is important to ensure a reverse auction is fair to everyone, says Bauer. "What you need is a predefined plan and understand what you're putting out there," he said. "If you're looking for them to propose different services, it's very hard for vendors to bid apples to apples. One vendor might provide a super-premium package and another a bare-bones option."
"You have to define what you're looking for so as not to have vendors misunderstand," Bauer said. "You need to develop specs to meet the needs of the county and try not to be unduly restrictive, which can limit competition." Because there are many variables in plan designs from one vendor to another, the upcoming renewal of Maricopa County's health benefits contract will be handled through an RFP.
Look for new opportunities
It's also important to confirm that the winning bid has the resources to fulfill the contract, Bauer noted. If the contract specifies at least 200 dentists available to provide services in Maricopa County, that number should be verified before awarding the contract, he said.
Also, conformance to minimum bond ratings or overall financial stability is important. "We may ask for additional financials if we have never worked with them before," said Bauer, given that there is a lot at stake providing benefits for Maricopa County's 13,000 employees. In the end, respondents to the reverse auctions were solid, nationally based firms such as ING, Hartford and Prudential
"It just shows there are a lot of opportunities to use reverse auctions," said Bauer. "It's not just for commodities. You should look at different types of services. Ultimately, you're spending taxpayer dollars so you want to spend them as wisely as possible. It's another tool individuals can use to reduce their contracted spend."
In Maricopa County, construction-related procurement has just been brought into Bauer's department, and he says there may be opportunities to save in the construction area with reverse auctions.
The news related to employee benefits is encouraging. "Costs are skyrocketing in the area of benefits for county employees, and benefits are getting reduced," said Bauer. "We were able to reduce the costs to the employees and county and increase benefits."
"It made sense that it would work, but we had never seen it before," he said.
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