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Hyannis Holiday Cape Cod Blog
5/13/12 to 6/10/12 19th Annual Cape Cod Maritime DaysCape-wide Enjoy a month-long celebration of Cape Cod's rich maritime history! Lighthouse & walking tours, nautical art exhibits and lectures on maritime lore, boat-building exhibits, kayaking excursions, and the Maritime History Symposium. Maritime Days will culminate June 9-10 witht he 11th Annual Cape Cod Maritime Festival on the Hyannis waterfront. More information and a schedule of events: www.capecodmaritimedays.comMonth of June Tours at Nauset Lighthouse Nauset Lighthouse, Eastham 2012 schedule is as follows: Operates every Sunday from May 13-June 24 (1 to 4 p.m. on May 13 & 20 and 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 3-24). Operates every Wednesday and Sunday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 4-August 19. Operates 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Sundays on September 2 & 9; operates 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays September 16-October 28. Tours open to the public. Donations accepted. Parking fees may apply. www.nausetlight.org/NLtours.htm
6/2/12 to 6/10/12 CapeWalk 2012Cape-wide Cape Cod Pathways is hosting a week-long hike around Cape Cod! CapeWalk 2012 is for those interested in trekking "off the beaten path" through the diverse natural landscapes found across Cape Cod. Short walks and longer hikes led by historians, naturalists, and other outdoor enthusiasts. Walks are featured across the Cape, providing the opportunity to discover new places, and explore Cape Cod! www.capecodcommission.org/resources/naturalresources/CapeWalkJune2012.pdf
6/3/12 through 6/29/12 Opening of the 17th Annual All Cape Cod Art ShowCreative Arts Center, 154 Crowell Road, Chatham Art Show runs June 3-29. (508) 945-3583 or www.capecodcreativearts.org
6/4/12 to 6/10/12 Nantucket Spring Restaurant WeekNantucket Island Visit www.nantucketchamber.org for more info!
6/6/12 to 6/16/12 History Along Route 6AOld King's Highway, Cape Cod A series of programs and events presented by organizations and businesses along the Old King's Highway on Cape Cod, including Historic Inns of Route 6A, Friday Club, Historical Society of Old Yarmouth, Sturgis Library, Tales of Cape Cod, and Yarmouth Port Library. Events change daily and include guided tours with local historians, a visit to the oldest library in the USA, open houses at historic inns, workshops on architecture, a strawberry shortcake festival and a haunted history walking tour. For more information, visit www.yarmouthportlibrary.org or call 508-362-3717.
6/7/12 Artini PartiniCultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth Join the Cape Cod Symphony and Conservatory of Music & Arts from 6 to 9 p.m. for an entertaining and delectable evening at the first annual Artini Partini! Sample martinis crafted by favorite local bars and restaurants, as they compete for the coveted Most Artistic Martini award! Also enjoy live music, vibrant artwork, silent auction and more, accompanied by a lavish array of culinary delights. $50 per person (tax-deductible donation). All proceeds benefit the Cape Cod Conservatory of Music & Arts. RSVP to www.capecodconservatory.org/store/Product.asp?pid=205.
6/8/12 to 6/11/12 Founders WeekendChatham The town's museums and historical organizations will collaborate to lead the town in a weekend long journey back in time to experience life as it was at different critical episodes in Chatham's 300 year past. A focus on each of Chatham's three centuries will be explored, highlighted by a very special dinner dance with an early 20th century Roaring 20s theme hosted by one of Chatham's larger inns. www.chatham300.org
6/9/12 Annual Strawberry DayGreen Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen, 6 Discovery Hill Road (off Route 6A,) East Sandwich 11 am to 2 pm. Enjoy fresh strawberries in a homemade dessert served in the historic Jam Kitchen. View old-fashioned strawberry jam making. Visit the resident animals, stroll the paths of the Wildflower Garden or walk the trails of the Old Briar Patch. Fee for dessert is $4. 508-888-6870. www.thorntonburgess.org
6/9/12 to 6/10/12 11th Annual Cape Cod Maritime FestivalCape Cod Maritime Museum, Hyannis Harbor Explore the tall ship Peacemaker, book a sail on the catboat Sarah or the Black Dog Tall Ship Alabama, enjoy colorful and exciting exhibits, arts and crafts, children's entertainment, musical performers, pirates and of course - seafood! Festival admission is free and open to the public! For more information, visit www.CapeCodMaritimeMuseum.org.
6/13/12 to 6/17/12 13th Annual Provincetown International Film FestivalProvincetown The Provincetown International Film Festival offers seven exciting screening venues in Provincetown, most within a short walk from town center, and a special event night at the Wellfleet Drive-in. Further venue information is available at (508) 487-FILM. For all venues and more info, visit http://www.ptownfilmfest.org.
6/14/12 Opening Day of the Cape Cod Baseball LeagueFor a schedule of games and game locations, visit www.capecodbaseball.org.The Cape Cod Baseball League celebrates its 128th season in 2012 and continues to provide fans with competitive baseball entertainment, where the country's top college players display multi-dimensional skills in their purest form. The Cape League became the first collegiate summer league to return to wood in 1985 and became even more popular with major league scouts and college players and coaches.
6/16/12 to 6/17/12 Hands on the Arts FestivalWindmill Green, Eastham www.handsonthearts.com
6/17/12 18th Annual Father's Day Auto Show Main Street, Hyannis Main Street will be closed to accommodate the over 400 show car participants! Annual tradition. More information: www.hyannis.com.
6/20/12 to 6/24/12 Nantucket Film FestivalNantucket More information and a schedule of events: www.nantucketfilmfestival.org
6/20/12 4th Annual Cape Cod Quahog Day The Skipper Restaurant, South Yarmouth Join Doug and his sidekick Johnny Quahog on June 20th as they gather at the Skipper Restaurant for Doug's much-anticipated summer prediction! The ceremony will be followed by a Quahog Day bash, and will kick off a week of Quahog-related activities Cape-wide, including a Stuffed Quahog Eating contest at the Quahog Republic Dive Bar in Falmouth. Visit www.QuahogDay.com for updates on this fun harbinger of summer!
6/21/12 to 6/24/12 Annual Provincetown Portuguese Festival & Blessing of the FleetProvincetown More information: (508) 487-3424 or www.provincetownportuguesefestival.com
06/22/12 to 06/24/12 Arts Alive Festival' 12Falmouth Library Lawn, 300 Main Street, Falmouth A 3-day celebration of the arts in Falmouth and the Upper Cape. Opens with a Town Dance on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Continuous entertainment throughout the weekend, with over 60 performances of theater, spoken word, dance and music for all tastes - jazz, classical, folk and fiddle, show tunes and a special Rock Fest Saturday Night from 6 to 9 p.m. Also, 50+ artisans and crafts people will display and sell their wares. All free and everyone welcome - rain or shine!
6/24/12 to 6/29/12 Yarmouth Summer Celebration Kick-OffYarmouth Events during this fun 5-day festival include professional and amateur Sand Sculpting contests, Kite Fun with Archie Stewart & Friends, "Sunday Salsa By the Sea" with dance couple Doug and Kimberlee McHugh, Nature Walks, a Fishing Derby, Cape Cod Sailing Regatta, a Summer Celebration Festivalm Stunt Bicycle Riding Demonstrations, and a Fireworks Finale. For a full list of events, visit www.yarmouthcapecod.com.
6/29/12 to 7/01/12 Annual Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Pow WowBarnstable County Fairgrounds, Falmouth The Powwow is a traditional celebration of Mashpee Wampanoag culture featuring Native American dancing, drumming, games, food, art, jewelry, wampum, gifts, craftsand clothing. http://mashpeewampanoagtribe.com
6/29/12 to 6/30/12 Crazy Quilters Guild of Cape Cod 2012 Quilt ShowFalmouth High School, Falmouth Hundreds of quilts on display! Boutique Table, Demos, Door Prizes, Raffle Quilt and Vendors. $5 Admission. Free parking, handicapped accessible, buses welcome. Friday 10-4, Saturday 10-3. www.crazyquiltersofcapecod.com
06/30/12 to 07/01/12 10th Annual Art in the VillageBarnstable Village Call (508) 362-2909 for information, or click here!
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Sebastian Baverstam takes the stage at The Center for Arts in Natick on Sunday, March 24 for an afternoon of duo and trio music. He recently chatted about his art by phone from his home in New York, where he moved last December after graduating from New England Conservatory.
Newton native Sebastian Baverstam is quickly rising up the ranks of renowned cellists. A small sampling of honors he's garnered in recent years includes winning the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, nabbing first prize in the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Concerto Competition, taking the top spot for contemporary interpretation at the Johansen International Competition for String Players. The list goes on and on. Baverstam just turned 24.
He'll take the stage at The Center for Arts in Natick on Sunday, March 24 for an afternoon of duo and trio music. He recently chatted about his art by phone from his home in New York, where he moved last December after graduating from New England Conservatory.
"I started on a one-eighth size cello," he said of the first instrument he got at age 4. "I started playing a full-size cello when I was 12, because I grew early. I'm now playing the same cello my grandfather gave me when I was 15.
"It was made by Fiori in 1812, and is really big, larger than any cello I've seen. It's kind of nice for me to play because I'm big and I like to dig in," added the 6-foot-2-inch Baverstam, whose name translates as "beaver's log" in Swedish.
In an interview he gave for The TAB a decade ago, as he was preparing to perform Schumann's Cello Concerto, Op. 129, with the Concord Orchestra, Baverstam mentioned that his two favorite composers were Bach and Shostakovich.
Reminded of that, he was kind of surprised.
"Really? It's the same now! I didn't realize that they were also my favorites when I was 13." But he caught himself, then said, "Actually now I would say Beethoven is first but then definitely Bach and Shostakovich. And I had a Led Zeppelin phase in the middle."
"Well, I listen to rock, but I don't play," he said, then caught himself again. "Actually about a year ago I did play some on a radio station. They asked me to do some rock 'n' roll thing, so I played a segment of the guitar solo from 'Stairway to Heaven.' I think I pulled it off."
There won't be any rock at his TCAN show, nor is he planning any Beethoven, Bach, or Shostakovich. But he's quite excited about the two-piece program.
"The first half I'll play the Brahms F Major sonata, with [pianist] Yannick Rafalimanana. And the second half we have a guest performer, violinist Emily Smith, who's also my girlfriend. We'll do the Dvorak piano trio. Those are two really large works, and I think they'll complement each other well. I like to think of the Brahms as sort of a symphony for cello and piano because there are so many different things weaving in and out, and there's so much activity and vitality in the piece. The Dvorak is less well known than his Dumky Trio, but it's really a fantastic piece."
Baverstam has taken part in all kinds of musical performances, usually working in chamber settings, but equally comfortable with orchestras and playing solo recitals. He spoke about his approach to the different formats.
"When I'm playing, I have to feel that I'm connecting to the people around me," he explained. "So if I'm playing chamber music, that means I'm connecting with the musicians I'm playing with, and trying to connect to the audience at the same time. It's a sort of back and forth. But if I'm just playing solo, then I don't have other musicians to bounce ideas off of, so I have to look to the audience for that connection which is, for me, necessary in order to play. If I'm playing by myself I can just enjoy playing. But if there are people watching, I can't just pretend that I'm by myself. I'm aware of the people, so I have to sort of connect to them."
He also has plans to start featuring his own compositions in his performances.
"I've been composing a lot, but I haven't been presenting my stuff, because I don't really feel ready yet," he said. "But this summer I'm going to start performing my stuff in small, quiet bars in Brooklyn, where people can listen. I'm trying to get to a place where I can write a piece very quickly, and not worry about editing it or making it perfect, but just enjoy writing it, enjoy playing it, then move on to new things. I'll be writing lots of small chamber music pieces, and then I'll have friends come into the bar and we'll sight-read the piece for whoever is there."
Despite the busy schedule he's putting together, Baverstam always manages to find some downtime, and his use of it has nothing to do with music.
I'm an avid poker player," he said. "It's a huge world and there are so many fantastic players, but I'm pretty good!"
Sebastian Baverstam
WHEN: March 24, 3 p.m.
WHERE: The Center for Arts in Natick, 14 Summer St.
INFO: 508-647-0097, www.natickarts.org


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In those first white-hot years after "Heartbreak Hotel," guardians of American virtue passionately hated [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Elvis Presley[/lastfm] for corrupting the youth of America and threatening All We Hold Dear. In 1957, Elvis committed the greatest blasphemy of all.
In October, Elvis released a holiday album titled Elvis' Christmas Album to a predictable storm of outrage.
According to Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave's Anti Rock: the Opposition to Rock 'n' Roll, one Los Angeles disc jockey refused to play any of the songs on it, claiming it would be like having a stripper deliver Christmas presents to his kids. In Portland, Oregon, a radio station forbid its DJs to play the album because it was in "extremely bad taste." When the overnight jock played a track anyway, he got fired. A station in Canada called the album "one of the most degrading things we have heard in some time."
Songwriter Irving Berlin is said to have hated Presley's version of "White Christmas," and had his staff call radio stations across the country demanding they not play it.
The album is split between secular and sacred numbers — and it was the sacred songs that made the haters especially crazy. The album contains two traditional carols, "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "Silent Night," as well as three gospel numbers. Elvis performed them respectfully, but the mere fact that he went near them caused controversy. (One station claimed that he "panted" while singing the carols, but we don't hear it.)
Despite the controversy, history has rendered its verdict: Elvis' Christmas Album is the best-selling holiday album of all time with something like 13 million copies sold. Here's the first track, Leiber and Stoller's "Santa Claus Is Back in Town."


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If you'll remember, the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees moved forward last Thursday with a new bullying policy that would specifically protect LGBT students. The LGBT-inclusive bullying policy, which would be the first in the state, was brought forward by trustees Lew Blackburn and Bernadette Nutall after a previous proposal from the administration failed to enumerate protected groups.
Today, Blackburn was kind enough to send over a revised draft of the LGBT-inclusive policy, which reflects some minor changes suggested by trustees during Thursday's meeting.
"The changes are mostly formatting, with a few wordings that individual trustees wanted to add for greater clarity," Blackburn said. "We are scheduled to vote on the policy next week."
Read the revised draft of the policy by going here. Next week's meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18 in the Ada L. Williams Auditorium, at 3700 Ross Ave. in Dallas.


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Arrangement Notes: The collection uses the following order: Miscellaneous Materials, Photographs, Slides, and then Programs. Within these materials, chronological order is kept wherever possible.
Processing Notes: Materials are minimally processed. Duplicates have been removed where found and materials have been minimally arranged and verified. Materials still may be missed filed or misidentified. Further processing should be undertaken at a later date.
Description Notes: The photographs are undated and the slides are from 1990.There are miscellaneous materials from 1941 to 1990, including alumni information and crew club information. and a 1941 Men's Crew program from the Dad Vail Rowing Association Regatta at Marietta College held on May 17, 1941 (a picture of the Springfield College varsity crew is in the program).
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The undated Miscellaneous Materials (2 folders) came out of the Campus Ministries Collection. Appears to have been created/collected by Father Leo Hoar. Exact date of receipt and where these materials came from is unknown.
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Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, who attended the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 premiere in L.A. on Monday, is apparently sad to see the series come to an end.
The singer, a huge fan of Stephenie Meyer books and movies, said the ending of Twilight is bittersweet and compared it to Bronte classics like Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.
"It's bittersweet… because I really would be happier if it was not ending," Nicks told Digital Spy of the popular series. "I wish it could go on forever."
Nicks continued, comparing the film to some of the most beloved literary works in history. "It's a huge love story," Nicks said. "It's like 'Wuthering Heights,' it's that kind of story. It's like 'Jane Eyre' … it's a totally timeless kind of story that we can relate to."
Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and Twilight are all coming-of-age tales that deal with forbidden love, though if we recall correctly, there are fewer sparkly vampires in the Bronte sisters' classic works.
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 hits theaters Friday, November 16.
– Maria Bonello & Joe Cingrana, WCBS-FM/NYC


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Charlie Austin headed his 20th goal of the season to seal a 1-0 win for Burnley
Charlie Austin headed his 20th goal of the season late in the game to seal a 1-0 win for Burnley over Leeds
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Charlie Austin headed his 20th goal of the season to seal a 1-0 Championship victory over Leeds at Turf Moor on Tuesday night.
Leeds goalkeeper Paddy Kenny made a superb early double save, first keeping out Ross Wallace's 20-yard shot and then blocking Dean Marney's follow-up.
The visitors had to wait until the 13th minute for their first effort when El-Hadji Diouf's shot from inside the penalty area was deflected for a corner.
Burnley striker Martin Paterson lashed a shot from the edge of the area straight at Kenny in the 29th minute, while Diouf spurned a gilt-edged chance at the other end 60 seconds later, pulling his shot wide from 12 yards.
Kenny dealt comfortably with McCann's shot from outside the area and Wallace's long-range free-kick early in the second half, and Leeds responded through Rodolph Austin, who fired in an angled shot from 20 yards.
Leeds were enjoying their best spell of the game when winger Aidy White forced Burnley goalkeeper Lee Grant to spill the ball with a venomous shot from the edge of the area.
Leeds' Austin tested Grant again from outside the box in the 68th minute.
Burnley striker Austin finally broke the deadlock in the 83rd minute, heading sweetly into the bottom corner from Kieran Trippier's fine right-wing cross.
Leeds defender Jason Pearce went close to snatching an equaliser from close range in the 89th minute following Brown's free-kick, but Burnley held on to register their first win over Leeds in six matches.


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Hello 00's, got some more of your lot trying to sneak into the teens with their outdated and antiquated tech.
Facebook's campaign against the Apple iPhone has moved up a notch: staff are urged to grab an Android gadget and bug test the social network's mobile app as more punters plump for Google's operating system. Facebook employees are now told to eat their own "droidfood" - a reference to the software development approach of using …
Hello 00's, got some more of your lot trying to sneak into the teens with their outdated and antiquated tech.
The primary motivation I've always had for rooting every Android phone I've ever gotten was to get FACEBOOK & TWITTER off the thing ASAP. Getting the rest of the bloatware crap off is just a side benefit.
As much as I dislike iPhones, the employees should have a choice in the phone they want. Unless Facebook is picking up the tab for the handset and mobile plan in its entirety, which is doubtful.
Forcing a choice will bite them in the butt.
So er..you would ragequit your job if they wouldn't let you use the phone of your choice?
What is it with this incredible false sense of self-entitlement most folks seem to think they have nowadays?
Who said anything about rage quitting? Also, what does a personal choice such as a mobile phone have to do with self-entitlement?
Would you like your employer to dictate what car you drive, or the brand of cereal to eat in the morning?
Just because you gave up on being individual, it doesn't mean that everyone else has to.
At your own cost Eadon?
You seriously think Facebook don't buy employees who test mobile solutions a mobile phone. Really. You think that. Wow.
As much as Fandroids (as distinct from those who simply prefer Android) hate to hear it, the problem is precisely that Facebook were buying their employees the phone. They started out buying iPhones and found when Android took off, staff were already bought into the iOS ecosystem and were not switching to Android. With no cost constraint, iPhone was remaining the phone of choice for Facebook staff. That's not surprising, since it has the highest satisfaction ratings in the industry plus, as mentioned most of the staff had bought into the iOS ecosystem. Now it's "harming" their understanding of Android so they have a campaign to encourage more staff to get Android phones. Simple really, though you don't get the undistorted story from The Register who are applying their usual spin.
So if they told you to take off your Hublot Big Bang and wear a Patek Calatrava you would think that's OK?
As far as I'm aware, FB isn't forcing anyone to change their personal phones - or even their work phones. From what I've read elsewhere it looks as if they're just encouraging use of Android stuff.
Your mistake was taking a Reg headline as being more than tangentially-related to the truth... :P
"Would you like your employer to dictate what car you drive"
That's pretty much what company cars do.
Granted, they're paid for, but it's not often that you get a choice about what to have!
"Would you like your employer to dictate what car you drive"
Many do: No SUVs, no two-doors, no tinted windows, no petrol engines...
...I wasn't referring to personal phones.
I was referring to whatever kit the company issues as standard.
You take what you are given and get on with it.
Individual...as in owning an iPhone like everyone else?
Me? I don't have a Windows/iOS or Android phone. Pre2, now that's individual.
"Many do: No SUVs, no two-doors, no tinted windows, no petrol engines..."
Some don't. My cousin had a 2 litre Renault Clio Sport Cup (with everything on it) as a company car because it was actually cheaper than what the company usually offers... and a LOT more fun for him.
The automakers in Detroit give preferential parking to their own marques. Competing vehicles have to use way out lots. Even for visitors and contractors.
You work for a company trying to roll out a mobile interface, it would be beneficial to the company's bottom line and employee bonus plans to maximise the end user experience. Customer first. Otherwise your business model is faulty.
This could, you know, be a way for fb to show some metrics to investors, "Ooh, look...88% of our employees use the fb-based android phones, err, umm, android-based facebook phones. That translates into love and trust in the fb offerings..."
People thinking they have the nerve to choose their own phone with their own money! The nerve of them!
If they are buying the phones, I fail to see the problem. The relevant department simply contacts the employee with a date for their switch to a new mobile phone, in the same way as for desktops, notebooks, desks and any other piece of company equipment. All this has no bearing on any mobile phones that employees choose to buy for themselves.
Coward @ 14:52
The customer satisfaction reports rate the satisfaction of owners of Galaxy Ace alongside owners of Galaxy SIII and The Iphone 4S. In other words, they are useless. It doesn't say anything about Samsung or Android that Galaxy Ace is less satisfying than Galaxy SIII, and it doesn't mean anything for Ios or Apple that Android phones are "less satisfying" than An Iphone.
I'm not cost constrained and I wouldn't choose an Iphone. I don't work for facebook though.
Yes, but us webOS users (I have both a Pre2 as backup, and a Pre 3) are watching the browser slowly fade into irrelevance, which is annoying, and Open webOS won't be retrofitted. At some point the annoyance of this will exceed the pleasures of having an easy to use, efficient piece of equipment - but by then hopefully RIM will have got out its BB 10 phones.
By then, I hope that the EU Data Protection people will be stomping all over Facebook. With big, heavy boots.
Been there, had to hire an Oldsmobile to visit the plant. It just makes you go away thinking "Would I buy a car from a company as childish and immature as this?"
"It just makes you go away thinking "Would I buy a car from a company as childish and immature as this?""
On the other hand, if they -didn't- have that policy, the internet would be flooded with pictures of Hyundais parked outside Chevy offices, with 'FAIL' written on them in Impact. They're in kind of a no-win situation.
@AC Most people have no analytical ability, which leads them to conduct customer satisfaction surveys badly or to repeat the results as if they were true.
If it favours only android then we risk getting into the same mess that we are in with PC's and Windows where everything else (apart from OSX) has less than 1% of the market.
This would give them the widest reach of customers.
Unless the new paymasters at Facebook are demanding even more advertising popups.
Not that it matters to me, I don't use Faceblotch or Twatter.
Soon it will be cool NOT to use these things (sorta like not having a plethora of Tattoos covering ones body)
Ok, let the deluge of downvotes from Fandroids begin.
Have a down-vote.
Not from a fan-droid, but from someone who thinks your wildly out of date opinion of tattoos needs an update.
I thought he was being sarcastic. I, for example, saw some really poor tattoos on one of the losing NFS quarterbacks, on tv, yesterday. I think it was SF. I don't remember who he was, but it looked like he lost a fight with an old QMS printer cartridge.
"...Not from a fan-droid, but from someone who thinks your wildly out of date opinion of tattoos needs an update..."
Au contraire I think his opinion of tattoos is completely up to date. Once a badge of non-conformity and rebellion, they're now just another bland must-have fashion accessory. My favourites are those laughably refered to as "tribal". There's nothing quite like having a splodge of random curves and semi-circles with points on the end permanently inked onto your body to mark you out as having absolutely no individuality or imagination whatsoever.
Oh wait.... you've got a "tribal" [snigger!], haven't you?
Nope, wouldn't be seen dead with a tribal tattoo - it doesn't mean anything to me. My Maori friends on the other hand, have a different view.
Given my tattoos aren't in any way on show, they hardly count as a fashion accessory either.
As far as i'm concerned tattoos are another form of art.
You seem to think that only a "fandroid" would downvote a comment along the lines of "serving other systems as well as Apple's is the opposite of platform independence". Did you read the article? It might have been helpful it the Reg had shown some of the posters put up in FB HQ. Instead of a picture of a Nazi telling the serfs to throw their iphones away or be terminated, they used a picture of an Android and information on how to upgrade from an iphone to Android. It's optional.
To be honest an employer should be glad their employees are using something that will get the job done and not have to mess around with a complex device. More time for working then.
If they are supposed to be supporting a wide variety of devices, they need to be testing on the wide variety of devices.
So far the Facebook Android app always seemed to lag behind the iOS version, even though Android is the dominant mobile phone OS.
So they needed to do something to give their staff a kick up the behind to at least get them to more accurately reflect the real world user base.
It's not just FB. How often do you see "The hit app now available on Android!!!", answer, a lot. How often do you see "The hit app now available on iPhone!!!", answer not much. For whatever reason, iOS always seems to get the initial attention. It will be interesting to see if this changes if the ipads dominance of the tablet market is threatened.
Now if only the BBC could be given a similar kick... Their Android iplayer is horrendously low bitrate, and their news app doesn't even do basics like rotate, let alone take advantage of larger tablet real-estate.
Developers develop first for the platform that makes them more money. That is still iOS, even with Android selling far more devices now. iPhone/iPad owners are far more willing to pay money for an app, so a lot of 99 cent iOS apps are free w/ads Android apps. You can blame that on Apple owners being suckers, Android owners being cheap, or just an obvious outcome of the market - Apple devices exist only at the high end of the market, while Android devices cover the whole spectrum from low end to high end, and it seems reasonable that the lower price band of the market you buy in at, the less willing you probably are to pay extra for apps.
Given how crappy the iOS Facebook app is, if this is the one getting all the loving attention of the developers, I hate to think how awful the Android version is. It is much better than it was earlier this year before leaving behind HTML5, but it is always slow (quite annoyingly so at times) randomly decides to skip hours worth of updates for no reason, has a few glaring bugs that surely FB employees must run into on a daily basis, and plenty of missing functionality compared to the web site.
I always figured the reason the mobile app was such crap was because they wanted to make people use the web site where they make money from advertising. Now they've got some ads inline with the updates on the mobile app, so maybe they have decided to actually care about mobile now.
Steve, you need to update your app! It does rotate, works well on tablets and even lets you play video now.
I wonder how many of the iOS devs actually do make money. If they weren't already a Mac owner, they would have had to purchase one before they could even start developing. Not a good start to the bottom line!
The Android dev suite runs on anything, and costs nothing. Maybe this explains why a lot of apps are decidedly amateur.
Now that is odd. What version do you have? I've just checked on my vanilla Nexus 7, JB 4.2 and there is no update. BBC News Version 1.1 is what I have.
A recent news report said about 50% of facebook users in Australia were fed up with the bullshit and being hooked into the crap....
Thirty-one per cent of Australian Facebook users feel that they spend too much time on the site. This number doubled to 61 per cent among those aged between 18 and 29.
Forty-three per cent of users have thought about closing their accounts, with slightly more - 47 per cent - of those aged between 18 and 29 admitting to considering disliking Facebook for good.
I have dealings with used car salesmen, and many of them are great people who are very savvy - very smart people. And most of them are not hopping around wetting themselves going, "Oh facebook - it's so wonderful."
The fact is that when presented with the fine points in the paperwork, and the total fucking bullshit of a scam fest this ADVERTISING COMPANY and it's management actually is - most facebook users are just plain too fucking stupid - and of the "Me Too" spineless variety of consumers.
As one fule lamented, "If I don't use facebook, then how do I get invited to parties?"
As much as I despise facebook and the people that run it, and their total dishonesty and lack of ethics - they are doing the work, that the idiots are consuming... and paying for in the process....
There seems to be a great parallel between making and earning, and using and paying.
Or smart with money and stupid without.
Sadly, it's not "Linux" enough to be truly open. Another harm from the "do no harm" setup.
Let me tell you what you need to be compatible with: Open Standards. As a service provider it is fantastically stupid to isolate yourself from any platform, so keeping it open makes it easier to be cross compatible. That way it's less relevant what mobile platform you're dealing with, which also isolates you from the fanboi crap in either camp (which is, to me, the most irritating aspect of any discussion about any platform).
the total fucking bullshit of a scam fest
I would like to compliment you on probably the shortest, yet very eloquent and correct description of Facebook ever. Bravo.
The fool is the one who sends party invites only on facebook, not the one who acknowledges the issues this raises.
Maybe with this new push to actually use the POS apps they have been downdating*, they might just start to see why pretty much all the reviews on the facebook apps are slating them for not doing the basics you'd expect to be able to do, ie post a status and reply to other people's statuses.
Facebook are on the slippy slope down to oblivion, and the sooner the next great social network comes along the better everyone will be, until that goes the same way.
*downdating as updating implies that things have been fixed/actually work better than before the update.
Did Apple's crippling of the web forced Facebook to stick to IOS apps?
The success of Android open web model maybe caught Facebook cold footed.
You seem to have an odd definition of "Crippling" there. You mean "wouldn't let Flash on the iPhone" I assume. Other than that mobile Safari is a pretty good, standards compliant browser (and probably better off for its lack of flash)
Facts about IOS's slow web browser got published by Blaze last year.
Don't worry, the abuse they got probably means they won't dare real benchmark again.
Whilst it is well known IOS web apps get stymied to funnel developers onto proprietary apps, publishing the the data is maybe a kamikaze act.
Fanboys, and that sad excuse for a tech (copy) 'writer' Charles Arthur, will be holding wakes, crying in their beer and tearing their hair out.
Only three more years? Millions of people standing around with aged fondleslabs. Just how humiliating can that be?
Possibily for the first time "dogfood" reflects the experience well.


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US Public Debt as a percentage of GDP
Original post made by Anonymous, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Nov 19, 2007
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a resident of College Terrace
on Nov 20, 2007 at 4:39 am
I don't think it's so much Republican Presidents as it is idiot Presidents. Barry Goldwater and old time Republicnas must be spinning in their graves to see what Reagan/Bush have done.
That said, we are in big trouble economically due to Bush treating spending on his war like Monopoly money.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:14 am
For a really great and enlightening time, go look at the public debt as a percent of GDP of all the European countries, especially the ones who are anti-"voodoo" supply side economics...
As a PS, our public debt comes from our rapidly escalating entitlement programs. Thankfully our "voodoo" economics have helped us keep up with our overall debt, or we wouldn't be able to keep spending tax money like we do on health care, education, welfare, aid to dependent children, and subsidized housing.
Look at the graph again and note when the percentage of GDP debt decreases...gosh, do you see the correlation with tax cuts?
good grief
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:15 am
Janette, try reading the federal budget since 2000...notice any massive increases in Medicare and Education spending? BTW, compare the health, education, welfare spending to the military spending..you will be shocked.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:24 am
My bad. I foolishly assumed that the graph was going to have all the info.
Here is a link to the full info up to 2005.
Web Link
Remember...Democrat presidents DROP military spending ( 30% of budget decrease under good ol' Clinton was military..which is why we were caught flat-footed after 9/11). So, of course Reagan and now Bush have had to beef up the military.
Also remember, by the end of Democrat pres runs, we have recession, which the Repubs have to fix. We get the economy rolling again, build up our military, so that people get complacent and vote in a Dem to destroy it all again.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:29 am
That said, we must decrease our spending. Here is a good paper on how.
Web Link
Soon we will be France where people strike because their full retirement at age 50 is threatened. Oh...go look up France's debt to GDP sometime. And all the other left-leaning (ie democrats) European countries. France's would be even worse except they count on everyone else's military for their protection.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:29 am
Okay, good grief. Let's compare education spending to military spending. Which one serves our country better? I know where I'd like the bulk of my money to go.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:30 am
hmmmm....the more we spend on education, the worse we do compared to most of the developed world.....which depends on us to protect them with our money.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:32 am
Gee, maybe it's the way we spend it??
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:42 am
of course it is!
If education outcomes had half the scrutiny of military outcomes, we would have the best education system in the world.
with one caveat-you can't legislate out bad families, which is the single biggest factor in student failure.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 20, 2007 at 9:55 am
'bad families'. O-kay. Maybe this is an education issue, too. And if you agree, then you agree with my argument that spending - smart spending - on education serves our country better than the irresponsible military spending currently going on.
btw, health and welfare spending are right up there with education in priority. Shall we weed out the 'bad families' for those benefits, too?
a resident of Downtown North
on Nov 20, 2007 at 11:54 am
good grief: "If education outcomes had half the scrutiny of military outcomes"
You just detroyed your credibility. Where are the $55K toilets in public schools? The military budget serves the rich, while the education budget goes begging.
a resident of Downtown North
on Nov 20, 2007 at 12:24 pm
These debt vs. GDP charts and graphs are fairly meaningless. The following link is a table that shows the ratio for various countries.
Web Link
Canada, France and Germany all have higher levels of debt to GDP than the U.S. Chile has a very low ratio. So what?
There has been wild talk, recently, about denominating oil in terms of a mixed bag of currencies, especially the Euro. It won't happen, because the oil market is extremely committed to the oil index, as is (in dollars). However, suppose it did? The Euro is completely vulnerable to a natural gas shut-off by the Russians. The United States lacks such vulnerabilities. If one was to follow the implied logic of debt/GDP it would make sense to denominate oil in terms of the Chilean currency. Any fools out there that want to do that?
The United States is the lone superpower. That means that we end up paying for the wars that are necessary to shape the world in a better way. Jimmy Carter had a relatively low debt/GDP ratio and he fiddled while the world turned red with the communist tide. Ronald Reagan increased that ratio, but he fought back, and won the cold war. FDR and Truman increased the ratio tremedously, but they won WWII. Bill Clinton, like Carter, fiddled, and he improved the ratio a little. George Bush fought to liberate Iraq, and his ratio increased a little. If Iraq is successfull, as it currently looks to be, Bush will be seen in a very favorable light, despite the small uptick in the ratio.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 21, 2007 at 9:21 am
Thanks Gary, ran out of time, but that was going to be my next posting..comparing debt to GDP of other countries.
The point is more along the lines of ...If I make 100,000/year and owe 30,000, it is a lot less of a burden than if I make 50,000/year and owe 30,000. Percent of debt is important for that reason.
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a resident of Country Fair
on May 19, 2009 at 4:52 am
tax revolt 2 is a registered user.
New solutions are already being offered including raising by 5 years the time it takes for a new state employee to receive lifetime health benefits, laying off 30,000 state employees, moving undocumented immigrants from state prison to federal authorities, and more.
I'm betting there is a better round two possible.
No on Propositions 1A-1F.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 5:40 am
And don't forget to come back in two weeks to vote NO ON MEASURE G. Or better yet, do it by mail today.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on May 19, 2009 at 5:54 am
Here is my favorite part from the editorial:
"The problem with defeating these measures is what might happen if they don't pass. The whole mess would go back to legislators and the Governor who are already likely facing a multi-billion dollar additional shortfall they must deal with, even if these measures pass. Hard-line anti-tax forces in the legislature would claim an even greater anti-tax mandate even though they don't have any other solutions. If these measures are defeated we wouldn't bet on a better resolution in round two than we have here. Which is why, painful as it may be, the Pleasanton Weekly recommends a Yes vote on all six propositions."
The legislature probably is counting on that kind of thinking. "We can't do our jobs, so please just vote for this stuff and save us the trouble."
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 7:26 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger, you have risen as a powerful voice of reason. I hope you consider running for school board because you would get my vote!
And my favorite part of the editorial:
Hard-line anti-tax forces in the legislature would claim an even greater anti-tax mandate even though they don't have any other solutions."
They do in fact have solutions. The problem is, many of us who have become addicted to the entitlement society refuse to believe that the music has finally stopped and it's now time to get off the carousel - there is no brass ring to grab -the carnival has shut down - time to roll up our sleeves and do some heavy lifting. Those that came to our state in the past 30 years and take and don't contribute, I suggest going back to where you came from, since you aren't contributing, just taking. Harsh perhaps, but a dose of medicine that few of us are willing to hear and fewer still will act on.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 8:54 am
Voting for something out of fear is simply not a good idea.
Read the fact sheet from the governor's office:
Web Link
Even if the propositions pass, we face a 15 billion dollar deficit. If the propositions fail, that deficit goes up to 21 billion.
The propositions do not solve the problem! We need real solutions, so I say let's allow the propositions to fail and send a message to the clowns in Sacramento to get the job done and come up with a real solution.
If the propositions fail, the governor has said that on top of the cuts to be made (to solve the 15 billion dollar deficit), he will have to, among other things:
- release illegal/undocumented prisoners into federal custody
- layoff 5000 employees
Those are good things that should happen even if there is no budget deficit! Too many people employed by the government, and why should California pay for illegals to be in our jails? Send these illegals to federal custody or back to their country.
NO on all propositions except for 1F.
a resident of Birdland
on May 19, 2009 at 10:05 am
Please read this very important editorial in today's Wall Street Journal - Web Link
Compare the WSJ's logic to the PW logic -- night verses day!
a resident of Downtown
on May 19, 2009 at 10:06 am
VOTE NO on measures A-G. Hold our legislators accountable for doing their jobs...they demonstrated their desire for the job by asking for our votes...now that they have it, they should be held accountable. Don't let them scapegoat the residents of California for something THEY failed to do. VOTE NO AS MANY TIMES AS LEGAL!
a resident of Carlton Oaks
on May 19, 2009 at 10:09 am
I'm wondering if they're smoking a controlled substance at the Pleasanton Weekly, or whether they're just your garden-variety left-wing journalists.
I especially liked the line, "Hard-line anti-tax forces in the legislature would claim an even greater anti-tax mandate even though they don't have any other solutions."
Hard-core anti-tax forces??? California already has the second-highest taxes in the country, behind only the socialist swill pot of New York (dominated by NYC); yet we are consistently in the bottom 2-3 on spending for education, transportation, infrastructure, and vital services (excluding social services). Where is all that money going? A good place to look first is social spending, state worker unions, the bloated state government, medical care for the uninsured, and the flood of illegal immigrants getting services. Companies and individuals are fleeing California because the taxes are so onerous, which only makes the situation worse.
Left-wing politicians totally dominate the state government, including Gov. SchwarenKennedy, the grossly incompetent Legislature, and the public-employee unions. So please, don't blame the handful of Republicans that are still left.
Pleasanton Weekly, your socialist roots are showing. You best wise up before you suffer the same fate as a number of other left-wing newpapers - going of business.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 10:16 am
Does your lefty loonism come from going to journalism school or being from (famously corrupt) Chicago? That's it, lets raise taxes some more so the ruling-class lefties can reign over the pions.
a resident of Harvest Park Middle School
on May 19, 2009 at 10:16 am
Robert F., you meant to say the Pleasanton Weekly is in danger of going OUT of business.
I agree with EVERYTHING you said!
a resident of Carlton Oaks
on May 19, 2009 at 10:27 am
Thanks for catching my typo. I certainly did mean going OUT of business. Cheers!
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 19, 2009 at 10:31 am
MainStreetDiva is a registered user.
Allen, thank you for posting the link to the WSJ article.
a resident of Birdland
on May 19, 2009 at 10:41 am
MainStreetDiva, all thanks to Ken, who posted it first.
Please understand - I have two kids in PUSD schools, I support my schools and teachers and love my place of birth, California. What's shocking is the meltdown of our system. I'm confident that we can correct our direction. However, as long as the vast majority of people are unwilling to take responsiblity and realize that the entitlement society is unsustainable, our state and our nation are in for a long, hard slog. And don't think for a minute that our enemies don't see how weak and exposed we are.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 19, 2009 at 11:15 am
Stacey is a registered user.
I'm actually voting no also on 1F. It's just another stupid ballot measure that does nothing in the big picture.
a resident of Birdland
on May 19, 2009 at 11:17 am
Correction, it was Pleasanton Dad who first posted the WSJ editorial today. Thanks Pleasanton Dad!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Stacey: my friend did the same as you: voted NO on everything, to send a strong message to the clowns in Sacramento. She says there are always loopholes and she was not taking any chances. I voted YES on 1F but NO on everything else.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 4:19 pm
by the way, I received a call (recording) this past weekend, from the very liberal mayor of San Francisco. Even he asked people to vote NO on 1B and 1E... I was surprised, given that he is such a liberal, but it goes to show these propositions are opposed by many regardless of political affiliation.
a resident of Mohr Elementary School
on May 19, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I can't wait for the onslaught of comments my post will elicit, but here goes...
Our state is like a controlled explosion of an unwanted commercial building...it is going to implode from the inside.
We are doing everything we can to grow the dependance on government as a state. We are even growing the population that is most dependant on government - illegal immigrants.
We don't enforce the borders, we don't require documentation for any social services.
My 77 year old mother works for Stanislaus county and daily gives out the food stamps to all the illegal immigrants. No one asks for proof of anything. And just a month ago, my mother handed a woman $1700 in food stamps for her family. What?! Multiply that times the hundred that flood that one office daily.
Now consider that any public school CANNOT ask for proof of citizenship before a child is enrolled. Only proof of RESIDENCY.
Now look at the cost of healthcare and that you cannot be denied care for your lack of being able to pay. The money comes from somewhere.
We have ample issues that are rampant throughout the state, but this is a huge issue that is consuming our resources.
Considering south american nations are literally instructing their citizens how to come here and get on the dole, can we really afford to be thier paycheck? We need to start asking TOUGH questions of ourselves if we are going to ever get serious about our state fiscal situation and exactly where all the money is going. Other issues have been raised in this thread, but this needs to be strongly considered and rectified.
I'm not against immigration...just get in line and take your turn. And for goodness sakes, let's make policies that reinforce that!
a resident of Carlton Oaks
on May 19, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Glad to see I'm not alone on the NO vote. I don't understand, if $5 billion can be borrowed from the "education" lottery, why not put that money where it belongs in the 1st place. Stop using our children as a means of leverage.
a resident of Country Fair
on May 19, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Maybe California simply cant be governed.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 8:41 pm
"Here we go",
I like your analogy of the implosion. The bigger disaster is that the Obama administration is using California as a model to run the federal goverment. It probably will continue, California will lead the way to bankruptcy, and the Feds will follow. Both Sacramento and Washington are totally focused on the multitude of ways they can raise taxes. California can't keep up on two counts -- they can't print money, and its tougher to move out of the U. S. than it is to move out of CA.
a resident of Livermore
on May 19, 2009 at 9:23 pm
You are correct and it is completely unsustainable. I just came back from working for 4 years in Canada and now that Barack is trying to remake the US healthcare system in the Canadian image the Canadians are laughing out loud as their healthcare system is a joke. In Canada you are going to die if you are over 55 and have Cancer, need a heart transplant, diabetic because of extreme obesity, cancer via smoking, etc. 3 doctors decide your fate. Canadian women cannot get a timely ultrasound so they go across the border into the US and find out the sex and if they do not like the sex of the baby go back across into Canada and abortion on demand.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 10:01 pm
So far, with 27% of the vote counted, all propositions are failing except for 1F:
Web Link
Let's hope we keep this up. Let's hope all propositions fail - as for 1F I hope it passes but I am more concerned about 1a-1e
And as for Obama.... I agree, his health care reform is simply ridiculous.
Here is an interesting article about California and today's propositions from CNN:
Web Link
a resident of Livermore
on May 19, 2009 at 10:06 pm
does it say how much they are losing by?
a resident of Civic Square
on May 19, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Well, well, The PW missed on 5 of 6 Props.
Here we go, I couldn't agree with you more.
Julia Chung, good points.
Peter, more people need to understand the dark downside of socialized healthcare. Thanks for the grim truth.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Yes, click on the individual propositon. Most are losing by more than 60 percent. 1F is winning by more than 70 percent.
For example, prop 1A:
Web Link
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm
I am so pleased the the PW posted this original and well-appointed voter guide!
I was so lost today at how to vote when I couldn't find my sample ballot.
Fortuneately, the Editor's of PW thought it important enough for our community to post their thoughtful recommendations, based on critical insights only afforded to the Press. Yep, I printed it and used it as a voter guide at my polling place!
It was wholly useful, I voted exactly the opposite of what the PW Editors recommended!
Thanks again!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 20, 2009 at 12:30 am
Well the people, once again, got it right. Let's hope our local voters continue the trend and do the right thing.
Vote NO on G
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 20, 2009 at 7:08 am
I disagree with resident.
I voted NO on all propositions except for 1F. I was happy to see that 1a-1e failed with a bit over 60 percent of the vote, and 1F passed with more than 70 percent of the vote.
I support Measure G.
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on May 20, 2009 at 7:16 am
Now that 5 of the 6 have been defeated, we can now vote these inept idiots out of office, whether it be school board, county, state or federal representatives. That is OUR responsibility! I am often amazed at who comes out of the woodwork when a war occurs. Now that we are broke, out of work and essentially giving our country away you would think the hardworking, tax paying, law abiding citizens of this counry would be in the streets "demonstrating". How bad do things have to get?
a resident of Downtown
on May 20, 2009 at 7:35 am
I believe we are beginning to see the demonstration needed change things around. The next thing we will see is the incumbents voted out of office and referendums to remove elected officials who are not running the business right and that should start here in town with our Mayor, Council, and School Board. We need people elected to these postions who have some level of experience running something other than their mouth.
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Temis the Vorta, Oct 10, 2011.
Oops. Must have missed that post. It's the first time I've seen it.
Temis has been MIA for a couple months.
Hope she's okay. Not like her to miss the announcements of next season's schedule.
Rumor has it she's been active on Facebook, so perhaps she has just (wisely) broken the TrekBBS habit.
I think the TrekBBS would be a sadder place w/out Temis...I don't always agree with her-but I love reading her takes on things.
That's good to hear.
^^ That's what somebody in Misc said, so I hope it's true.
I agree. I don't agree with her always, either, but it's an honest kind of disagreement.
Billy Campbell cast as lead in SyFy's Helix
Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles trilogy has been optioned for television. Deadline Hollywood has the story here.
Here's a teaser trailer for Helix and some reporting from Comic-Con on what Ron Moore and some of the other producers and writers had to say about the show.
Mark Stern, Syfy's President of Original Content, said the following at the Comic-Con panel for Helix (via io9 again):
That's good to hear -- I hope they stick with it. At the moment, with Defiance and Warehouse 13 done with their seasons, every scripted drama currently airing on Syfy is an import from Canada or England. And W13 is ending next year. True, they've still got Being Human and Haven, neither of which I watch, but the original scripted shows have been getting a bit thin on the ground. So this is just what I wanted to hear from Syfy -- more scripted shows, embracing their science fiction roots. Hopefully that means a space show or two sometime in the next couple of years.
Very happy to hear about that. Isn't Syfy doing Brian Fuller's Moon show, or did that not get picked up?
High Moon was ordered to pilot in April. We should hear casting news pretty soon.
Good talk. Now let's see if they walk the walk.
So would that make it a show for next summer or next fall?
Probably summer if it gets picked up.
Syfy is developing an adaptation of 12 Monkeys as a potential series. From The Hollywood Reporter:
Syfy's Mark Stern spoke to THR about their plans in general:
Sounds good, but we'll see what the payoff is.
Yeah, if they do actually do this it could be cool. It would be nice to see more scripted Sci-Fi/Fantasy on Syfy.
Irish actress Ruth Bradley has been cast as the lead in Horizon, Gale Anne Hurd's sci-fi pilot for the USA Network. Meg Steedle has been cast in a supporting role. Here's the description of the show:
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Hi, I posted this thread some time ago, theorizing a bit on if Kishi was foreshadowing, here's the link if you'd like to check it out: http://narutobase.net/forums/showthr...+foreshadowing
However, I was browsing through some chapters now, and noticed this page here
Now, I'm not gonna start with the same old "slug, frog, snake, sannin, etc" stuff, but check this out...Look at between Naruto's legs...yup, you're right, Sakura is holding an axe. This might seem like a random decision that won't matter in the future, but if you look at my old thread, you can see a picture of the three, and in that one, Sakura is also holding an axe (or two for that matter)
Just wondering, how do you think this will go, do you think it's possible that Sakura's next powerups might include the an axe ? :shrug: I mean, it just seems kinda random for Kishi to draw her with the same weapon twice...


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Matheny, Cards laud young players on pickoff
By Jenifer Langosch and Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- Rookie Cardinals right-hander Carlos Martinez's pickoff in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series was so deft, so daring, it was still worth talking about a day later at Dodger Stadium.
"It's a big risk," said shortstop Pete Kozma, who was on the back end of the play, "but that's what the postseason is about."
In the seventh inning, the 22-year-old Martinez and the Cards were nursing a 4-2 lead. Dodgers pinch-hitter Nick Punto awakened the sellout crowd with a one-out double. With Punto leading toward third base and Carl Crawford batting, Martinez wheeled and fired a fastball to Kozma covering second for an enormous out.
Martinez then breezed through the eighth inning, Trevor Rosenthal worked around a single in the ninth and the Cardinals wrapped up the victory to move within one win of the World Series.
"That all happened so fast that I'm not involved, [catcher Yadier Molina is] not involved," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "That's Pete Kozma. Really, if Carlos doesn't turn around and take a peek, that is probably an easily stolen base.
"Nobody could hear anybody at that particular time, because the noise was so loud. But Pete saw an opportunity. Really, hat's off to a young player to not just try to get the pitcher to step off, but try to create a play. Now, after that, it goes straight into the hands of Carlos, which more often than not, you're going to see even a veteran pitcher who has had a lot of experience step off and just try to stop him from running.
"But Carlos' athleticism took over. His instincts and aggressiveness and faith and trust in himself turned into an incredible play. I think you really have a handful of guys at most in this league that could pull that play off in any situation, let alone the situation we were in last night."
"I felt relaxed in the game," Martinez said through a translator, "and thank God I was able to focus on that play and focus on the game that allowed me to pick off Punto."
Was it a risky play?
Darn right it was, said right fielder Carlos Beltran.
"Oh my goodness," said Beltran, who actually missed the play. "I was kidding when I came to the dugout, because I said, 'What happened?' I just put my head down, and all of a sudden, the guy was out. ... It's a risky play, man. Every time you make a play like that with pitchers, when they have to turn -- and Martinez, a guy throwing 99 -- I was like, 'Wow, if he made a bad throw, it's going to be terrible.' Thank God he made a perfect throw and Kozma was there to get the guy out.
"I don't really like to see it in tight ballgames, but I guess he felt it was a good time to [try] that play. That kid [Martinez] is a special kid. He doesn't seem scared on the mound. He wants to have the baseball. He wants to be there. I really enjoy watching him, because for being so young and so confident, that's very nice."
Cards' reserves trying to make most of sporadic ABs
LOS ANGELES -- As majestic and crucial as Matt Holliday's third-inning home run may have been on Tuesday night, the long ball that garnered most of the postgame attention was the one Shane Robinson poked over the left-field fence in his seventh-inning pinch-hit at-bat.
It wasn't nearly as authoritative a blast, but there was an appreciation for how difficult it is to do damage off the bench with such sporadic appearances. For all the effort manager Mike Matheny makes during the regular season to give his bench players spot starts, that playing time all but disappears in the postseason.
Coming into Tuesday's 4-2 win in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, Robinson had taken just two at-bats since Sept. 29.
"There is a little challenge there," Robinson said a day after his career highlight. "It's more mentally challenging than physically. I mean, everyone out there on the bench can go out there and produce and hit and whatnot, but mentally staying sharp and trying not to do too much when you get your opportunities is the tough thing."
The Cardinals' five-player bench is not viewed as a strong suit on a team that entered Wednesday one win away from advancing to the World Series. No team had a lower pinch-hit batting average than the Cards' .201 during the regular season. That was when they had contributions, too, from Matt Adams, who hit .314 with three homers and nine RBIs as a pinch-hitter.
With Allen Craig still recovering from a foot injury, Adams has been thrust into the everyday lineup. This postseason, the Cardinals are 2-for-12 off the bench. Robinson's homer was the first RBI produced by the unit.
"One of the most difficult positions in this game [is] not the guy that gets to go out and grind every day, [but] the guy that tries to stay sharp without having game experience," Matheny said. "But you look at Shane Robinson walking into a game last night and being able to do what he did, that just shows the extra effort he's had to put in to try and be ready.
"You don't want anybody complacent with being the guy that's going to be out there every once in a while. They all need to want to be out there. That takes a whole lot of work to try and stay sharp, which, hats off to our staff for the guys and the work they're putting in -- [assistant hitting coach] Bengie Molina and [hitting coach] John Mabry -- with trying to keep these guys ready to go when the time comes."
Matheny manages with urgency in Game 4 win
LOS ANGELES -- A day after taking the opening game of their National League Championship Series against the Dodgers last Friday, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny remarked that a series of non-moves loomed large in his team's ability to eventually capture the 13-inning win. If that game was defined by moves not made, Tuesday night's Game 4 victory was built upon a series of decisions that went right.
Matheny stuck with Lance Lynn just long enough. The manager inserted Pete Kozma as a defensive replacement in the sixth and then watched Kozma make a handful of key plays late at shortstop. Carlos Martinez handled a two-inning relief assignment. And there were no repercussions for taking out three-hole hitter Matt Holliday for defensive purposes in the seventh inning.
"I think it was just one of those games. Yesterday, some things fell into place," Matheny said. "Yesterday, we ended up doing them and some guys came in and did some very special stuff. ... I'm a hypocrite if I start preaching urgency and I don't manage with urgency."
The riskiest move, Matheny conceded, was pulling Holliday, who had earlier put the Cardinals ahead with his second postseason homer. It's a move that Matheny made several times this season, though usually not until the eighth inning. He had also seen it backfire, in particular in an August game against the Pirates where Pittsburgh twice pitched around the top of the batting order once Holliday's middle-of-the-order spot had been assumed by a pitcher.
But with Shane Robinson having just been used a pinch-hitter, Matheny had to make the change in the seventh or not make it at all.
"It's a gamble," Matheny said. "That's something that I've spent a lot of time talking to not just our coaches, but coaches through the Minor Leagues, coaches in other organizations; [they] talk to me about improving your defense late in a game. Some of them said they will do it no matter what. I don't like it ... especially when you're talking about replacing three- and four-hole hitters. It's a big move. You're taking the risk of that offensive spot coming back up and not having a key guy in there."
Worth noting
• After giving Daniel Descalso the start in Game 4, Matheny turned back to Kozma for Wednesday's Game 5 start at shortstop. Kozma made several key defensive plays late in Tuesday's win, and the Cardinals know that Game 5 starter Joe Kelly has a propensity to induce a lot of groundouts.
• Though the Cards did not hold batting practice before Wednesday afternoon's game, injured first baseman Allen Craig did take to the field to run. Craig has been increasing his level of baseball activity since getting clearance from a foot surgeon last week.
• The Cardinals are the first team in Major League history to have four rookies make at least four relief appearances in one postseason. Carlos Martinez, Seth Maness, Trevor Rosenthal and Kevin Siegrist have each already surpassed that threshold. Combined, they've posted a 1.67 ERA in 16 2/3 innings.
• Robinson estimated that he received about 70 calls and texts from family and friends after hitting a pinch-hit home run in the Cards' 4-2 win over the Dodgers in Game 4. It was the first postseason pinch-hit blast by a Cardinals player since Chris Duncan went deep in Game 5 of the 2006 NLCS.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.