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Reason to Play Video Games
It helps dyslexics, dyslexia is a widely used name for disorders involve trouble reading writing memory detainment and general brain functionality dyslexia is much more common than most would think with approximately ten percent of the population having some form of it of course. The severity of dyslexia is different for everyone with some common symptoms including difficulty spelling difficulty understanding punctuation difficulty understanding audio and visual cues dyslexia is commonly treated through long hours of practice with reading writing or speech there and just to keep in mind these lessons aren't cheap.
Usually costing parents thousands of dollars a year but recent studies show that there may be a better cheaper and more enjoyable way of treating it recent studies have actually shown the games particularly action games have helped dyslexic children react quicker to audio and visual stimulation.
And skyrocketed reading rates in a test performed Alex for the University dyslexic children are recently played an action game had a quicker response time reading rate and we're more attentive in class the best runner video games for dyslexics are active games like WII sports. Games like Scrabble and pretty much any action game that requires quick thinking number nine distraction school got you down and parents fighting trouble with siblings have you recently read the communist manifesto and are now too depressed about the inequality of capitalism function. No problem video games are here for you why were able to school work when you can worry about the political fate of Bioshock Infinite's Columbia or the ethics of synthetic humans and follow force Commonwealth or the fate of tubs arteries in neck.
Soon I mean like seriously it's probably on the verge of stroke by now jokes aside video games providing excellent distraction from life events and like any other distraction video games have been found to reduce stress. And if you ever get around to putting them down boost productivity in creative thinking puzzle and strategy games have proven the top the list and distractibility but oddly enough they also topped the list in terms of addictiveness. So play but don't play too much the best runners for distracting our puzzle games that can you crash strategy games like civilization and mind-numbing games like liquor heroes.
The sociability don't misinterpret this one you know we're not in any way saying spending eight hours a day in front of a computer screen playing video games while making social in fact current cultural evidence proving excessively playing video games is detrimental to real-world social interactions. But at the same time not saying the video games will completely robbed you of social interaction either like any hobby video games provide a new source of social opportunities. Like the game clubs land parties online play and of course long arguments over your favorite characters but consists of social interaction is up to you some would say being social means going out with friends to movies or parts but others could defend the online gaming friendships are just as important and. No we're not talking about some dating simulator and on the Xbox dashboard the only difference is how you think about it besides which is better going up to a club and buying $14 shots or staying home blasting zombies with friends either way some great co-op games are at the Saints Row serious GTA series Borderlands 2 or pretty much any FPS MMO that you like.
It teaches about consequences have you ever played a game and come to a tough choice do I save NPC a or MPC B side with the Stormcloaks for the Imperials. Do I choose the cholesterol filled bacon omelet or the high Carb Belgian waffle? Regardless of the players morals political ideology or even the situation actions have consequences for children this isn't always quite office how do you teach a child consequences well the obvious choices to take them into the room and just be the show. I mean have a stern conversation I no wrongdoing and then send them to the room or in favor of that consider the effect that choice in video games. Have on developing or even fully developed minds video games that incorporate choices are usually set up with lovable characters and harsh settings choices can be as simple as a progression of conversation. What weapon you grab or even as hard as choosing who lives and who dies no matter the severity of the choice they're always unfavorable outcomes just had to say that snarky remark about the waitresses.
More well now you've missed out on important information that you would have me to say father now we said in the Communist substance plunge the world into chaos. The joke was pretty funny wasn't it some good games for learning about consequences are the Mass Effect series like the strange and pretty much anything by Telltale Games. Sense teaches problem solving skills and gaming it's not too uncommon for players to come to a problem which the player my soul this could be as simple as figuring out how to unlock a door reaching a door or even to feeding a difficult boss.
Either way most problems will involve the player having to use their brain or something or another problems like he's actually have proven have real-life effects you know how going back and be playing game usually makes it easier. That's because you have already solved every problem there is to solve you already know the answers these skills translate into real life – as evidence by study conducted by Florida State University in the study test subjects. Who are more prone to playing video games displayed an attention span and significantly improved problem solving skills video games provide challenging problems player who must quickly discover adapt and improve their skills. As they progress in layman's terms video games train our brain by steadily increasing the difficulty which in turn encourages players to solve problems quicker and increasingly unique ways the best honors for training your problem solving skills are FPS is like Call of Duty. Puzzle games like Tetris and strategy games like civilization number five determination skipping over the undertake joke video games are one of the best sources of determination students feel determined to do good in school because they want good grades workers feel determined to work because they want a promotion. Gamers feel determined to be a game because well they want to it's just the principle head that's it they can put down the game grab another one never looked back and nothing would have changed there is no reason for them to be determined but they don't start angry commenting just yet.
We don't mean that there's no point playing video games were just saying that all in all being determined to be a difficult boss or level isn't back by any form of obligation it is truly pure determination of play determination to finish determination to stand up and both the edicts this battletoads. Nobody beats battletoads usually determination for one pass can be easily transferred to another task like school work or their jobs. Well that is if they ever get around to put in the controller down anyway some good games I'll keep you determined our Undertale battletoads ghosts and goblins and of course dark souls number four word learning culture / history what video games educational yep and enriching the majority of games are seven worlds other than our own there are a fair.
There are seven key store parts of our own world's history and while they may not follow our timeline to a team they are usually still fully packed with historical content and fax a prime example of this is the assassins creed series in which the player travels to various time periods through the memories of his ancestors well that's not exactly right but for our purposes it's close enough series has long been credited for the historical accuracy. And immersion well for the most part they've been a little spotty on bias and not any more than American history. So was good anyway the game seek to immerse players in the designated time and are actually fairly good at working historical facts into the game though players really realizing it some gaming magazines have actually gone as far to say that's an excellent game to play.
Before history test to refresh your memory of course there are many other games to teach history besides Assassin's Creed like the Total War series and civilization series. Button sits case only the wonders themselves are historically accurate saying the Queen Elizabeth built the pyramids in 1952 and the Egyptians built everything else in less than a thousand years will not get you a passing grade.
No disappointment you ever lost the game baseball or any other game which involves a winner and a loser you probably know the feeling that losing really sucks not only is it disappointing it's discouraging to say the least sports site the competitive edge sites that competitors who repeatedly lose competitions are three times more likely to never play in those competitions again. This makes sense is after months of training and practicing leads two nothing but disappointment it's all but two easy to just throw in the towel and stop playing video games provide an excellent source of competition.
It much disappointment in real life you'll train for months and prospect of a game but in video games like Call of Duty you learn by playing practicing competing can score the highest in the game no problem you can try again. In two minutes while the server changes lobbies the fact that more and more games are always available immediately actually finish provides the perfect competitive experience had no real disappointment factor. Some great series with quick competitive matches are battlefield call the duty and of course halo. It has a confidence-boosting games have been proven to boost confidence and to decrease confidence and to do really nothing at all in relation of confidence he'll researching pretty much anything related to live video games are good for you leads to nothing about contradictions.
It somehow repeals and angry forum posts luckily it's fairly easy to pinpoint the effects of video games on confidence by just using it out of common sense liking the video parent effects of video games Barry's heavily based on for example sports heavily rely on physical strength. But well I guess the sport – and unless you count the muscles need to lift the chest piece you really don't need much strength but likewise playing single player games like solitaire won't boost your confidence. Just as building games like Minecraft won't help you build two halves what has been proven to boost confidence is multiplayer games like World of Warcraft, counter-strike and even god damn competitive tic-tac-toe with teamspeak what matters is human interaction.
You've probably experienced some form of confidence boosting were playing online you hop into a game text chats going nuts people are screaming at each other and voice chat you just stay silent but eventually start using the voice chat or text chat slowly ease into being social. And interacting and there you go you build confidence don't really need to suggest in game series play something fun that will get you talking to strangers number one this reaction time probably one of the most cited benefits of gaming. The link between reaction time in video games has long since been proven and it's been proven for a reason it's completely logical reaction time is a skill probably one of the most important skills for a hammer to have a trademark ability of professional players.
Who need instantaneous reaction times in order to properly react enemy movements and strategy according to government documents from the NCBI yep that's the national center for biotech information training your reaction time by playing video games and high speed up yes games causes reaction speeds – absolutely skyrocketed and with virtually no loss of accuracy ever wondered why experienced players are better than newbies. It's a mix of strategy in game knowledge and the ability to react quickly and accurately strategy and memorization of the maps and cold he won't help you outside of the game faster reaction times are beneficial sports work and even conversation some series that will definitely increase your reaction time or any FPS game like counter-strike call duty difficult skill intensive games like dark souls or blood-borne even simple games like Tetris and snake.
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546 pages, diagrams
This landmark book looks in detail at advances made in fisheries science since the publication in 1957 of On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations (Beveton and Holt) regarded by most fisheries scientists as the most important fisheries book yet published.
Subjects covered include declines and changes in fishing fleets, fisheries management, behavior of fishers, reproductive dynamics and fish stock assessments, quantitative methods, modelling, statistics, fisheries ecology and ecosystem management and change, fish life histories and new technologies.
This important book, edited by widely respected fisheries scientist Andrew Payne and containing contributions by world-renowned fisheries scientists, including many based at CEFAS (where Beverton and Holt's original work was carried out) is an essential purchase for all fisheries managers and scientists, fish biologists, marine scientists and ecologists.
Foreword by Sidney J. Holt
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FLSmidth and Helwan University in Egypt launch new education programme, paving the way for a cement plant career
Operating and maintaining cement plants requires a high level of competence, and a critical shortage of skills in some local regions has made it difficult to operate plants at maximum efficiency.
One of those regions was Egypt, where FLSmidth has had difficulty employing qualified engineers with the right experience and skillset. This is a key reason behind FLSmidth's drive for a postgraduate cement engineering diploma degree programme in Egypt. Launched in February 2014, the degree has been put together in partnership with Helwan University.
Cristina Holmark, General Manager of Global FLSmidth Institute, has led FLSmidth's development of the degree. She explains, "The idea was to create a graduate level degree that could bridge the educational and qualification gap for engineers and prepare them adequately for a potential career in the cement industry. We also saw it as a good opportunity to play a very positive role in the local community as well as nurture loyalty among FLSmidth Group employees."
Promotional launch of the Postgraduate Cement Engineering Diploma Degree, offered by Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt in cooperation with FLSmidth, Copenhagen, Denmark
The degree is a combination of academic theory and practical experience, which is designed to equip cement plant engineers with the knowledge and hands-on experience required for cement plant operation and maintenance. It makes effective use of different learning styles to stimulate and motivate students.
"Students are exposed to lectures with professors from Helwan University, group work and plant visits. The plants involved are Ramliya and Wadi el Nile where students will be exposed to our high safety standards and on-the-job challenges." - Cristina Holmark
The Helwan Postgraduate Cement Engineering Diploma Degree
This is a diploma degree course offered by Egypt's Helwan University and created in partnership with FLSmidth. The degree is taught by the University's staff and provides three semesters of academic teach and a practical project supplemented by short cement-specific courses. Sixteen students from different Egyptian cement companies are enrolled in the programme for 2014 and 2015.
Successful knowledge transfer
The diploma degree is part of an extensive education programme that started in late 2009 with the search for an academic partner.
Cristina Holmark says, "We looked into and spoke with several universities in Egypt and the choice fell on Helwan University relatively quickly. Apart from being located close to cement plants, Helwan University showed the most interest and demonstrated high commitment. The university is a large public university with around 100,000 students and 21 faculties, so we are very pleased to be partnering with Helwan."
Less than a year after an agreement was reached, the first phase of the programme was launched by the FLSmidth Helwan Cement Institute. This involved a pilot project of two semesters that was an essential part of developing a workable, sustainable educational programme resulting in the diploma degree.
"We wanted to create this degree according to established academic processes," explains Cristina. "This involved extensive train-the-trainer programmes, including formal training sessions in Denmark and Egypt as well as peer-to-peer training.
During the pilot project, FLSmidth Group engineers did the student lectures, while the university's professors observed and learned. We feel this process has equipped the professors well, so they would be able to teach the course material independently following the pilot project."
And the pilot project was quite a success. Of its 33 graduates, 11 have been employed at three different plants operated and maintained by FLSmidth and others have found employment in related industries.
A world-first for the cement industry
Meanwhile, during the pilot project, extensive preparation was taking place for the full implementation of the cement diploma degree. This involved obtaining approval from Egypt's Higher Counsel of Ministry of Education, a process that took one year. With the ministry's blessing, the degree was sanctioned allowing 16 students to begin their new educational venture in February 2014.
Cristina Holmark emphasises that the programme is now owned by Helwan University, following the success of the pilot project and handover process: "FLSmidth's role in the future is to help with marketing and promotion as well as training the professors. We will provide any necessary support, but it is the university's programme now."
"We are very happy that the goal we set out to achieve in 2009 has come to fruition. Helwan is now the first university in the world to offer a degree like this, so we are proud to be behind it," she adds.
Professor Yasser Sakr, Helwan University President, sees many benefits for the university, claiming, "This degree provides an attractive value proposition for the university. Our partnership with FLSmidth has enabled us to prepare an innovative curriculum and a commercially viable offering to the private sector, and it has meant we have developed state-of-the-art facilities for our students."
Students after a day of class room lectures outside of the training centre
Professor Sakr is also convinced that it provides significant benefits to students: "The degree will provide the students with marketable skills and almost certainly a stepping stone to employment. The international environment offered through the collaboration with FLSmidth is very valuable, in particular."
Bonding with the local community
The cooperation between Helwan University and FLSmidth is a public-private partnership in Egypt. It is expected to benefit the industry, the tertiary education system, local society in general, and FLSmidth's profile in Egypt. Indeed, Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has identified this as a role-model example of CSR, and the Danish governmental aid organisation, DANIDA, has supported the project under its 'Innovative Partnership Development' (IPD) Programme.
Cristina Holmark is convinced the programme has strengthened FLSmidth Group's ties to the local community by playing an active role in raising the education and skill levels of cement plant engineers: "We want the partnership to make a long-term difference for the community. It is a sign of our commitment to the country and the plants that we operate and maintain for our customers."
"We're not just operating a plant, we are supporting the community and working actively within it. Transferring knowledge is a fundamental part of this." - Cristina Holmark
Initiating and developing local programmes such as these is the FLSmidth Institute's core business. Other similar projects currently underway internationally include an energy efficiency training programme in Vietnam and a vocational programme for unemployed youths in India.
"For FLSmidth as a whole, it's important to realise that we're not just operating a plant, we are supporting the community and working actively within it. Transferring knowledge is a fundamental part of this," asserts Cristina Holmark. "I believe we have 33 graduates and 16 current students on the FLSmidth Helwan Cement Institute programme who can attest to that."


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A People with Passion series
Chicago journalism
December 9, 2011: Chuck Swirsky
We are meeting at the Billy Goat Tavern on lower Michigan Ave., and when Chuck arrives we spend the next 45 minutes eating double burgers and talking about broadcasting, Chicago sports, Ron Santo, Bill Wennington, and the glory days of WGN. I am soaking up Chuck's brand of passion and enthusiasm — he is definitely one of those "What you hear on the air is what you get in person" sorts of people. He spells out tricky last names for my later reference, hops in and out of memories, laughs at old stories, and speaks seriously about his work.
Chuck's storied career has taken him through the Chicago Stadium, DePaul University, University of Michigan, up to Toronto and back again to the Chicago Bulls. Since the 1980s he has worked as a P.A. announcer, a radio sports director, and a play-by-play man on both radio and television. Since 2008 he has worked as the radio voice of Chicago Bulls basketball.
In the 19th installment of my Chicago journalism People With Passion interview series, ESPN personality Chuck discusses his early announcing days in Bellevue, WA, his view on whether or not play-by-play broadcasting is an act of journalism, and tells the story of Ron Santo's 1989 hiring at WGN.
When I grew up, there were two newspapers. There was the morning newspaper in Seattle called the Seattle P.I., for Post Intelligencer, and the evening paper was the Seattle Times. I delivered newspapers as a kid – the Seattle P.I. I would get up every morning at 4 o'clock, I would go to the corner of 164th and northeast 8th in Bellevue, Washington. They would give us the newspaper. I remember I would get home and I would read it before school – the sports – and then when I would get home from school the afternoon paper was delivered around 4:30, 5 o'clock. This was the days before the internet, days before cell phones, days before anything, social networking – and I just read and read and read.
I would buy newspapers. My mom, for my birthday when I was 8 years old, bought me a subscription to the Sporting News. Sporting News would come weekly in a brown paper cover, and you'd pull it out of the sleeve, and it always arrived Friday. That was one of my big highlights.
As the years evolved, I got a job in 6th grade at a radio station called KFKF. It was in Bellevue, Washington, and it was a low-wattage station. If you made a left hand turn on northeast 8th you'd pick it up, and if you made a right hand turn you couldn't.
I was polishing records – we had records back in those days! – polishing records, taking out the trash, keeping stats for the Friday high school football game of the week. The sports director told me that when I turned 14, I was 12 at the time, "When you turn 14, I'll let you do some halftime announcing, and you can read off the stats." I was so excited when I turned 14. I remember on my 14th birthday, January 30th, I went to him and said, "You know what? You gotta keep your promise." And he goes, "Absolutely."
So I would keep stats for him in high school basketball games, and he would say, "Okay, here's Charlie Swirsky, and what do you have for us?" at halftime. And I'd say, you know, "John Doe, six points, two fouls." My mom would be listening and she got all excited.
I was a horrible athlete. I got cut from every team. I was the smallest kid in my class. But I did the P.A. announcing for football and basketball. I was the sports editor of the high school newspaper. It was great. I mean, I made, literally, nothing out of something. That's the way I looked at it.
Most people would say, "P.A. announcing, whatever. We need a body." I knew I wanted to get into sports broadcasting since I was 5 years old, and I'm gonna look at this as a tremendous opportunity. I'm going to do my homework. I'm going to do my research. I want to make sure that before the game I go to coaches and say, "How do you pronounce this name?" or "Are the numbers correct?" I really embraced it. I just didn't say, "I'm going to show up two minutes before a game." You have to put the work ethic in.
So you were always more drawn to radio? Or was that how it came and then you liked it after the fact?
It just evolved that way. I did weekend TV at WGN-TV, and that was great, but once it got to November, I was on the road with DePaul and they said, "We need somebody full time." I was doing P.A. for the Bulls, and I had too many satellites floating around in my universe so to speak.
I like a game atmosphere. There's something about the adrenaline rush that gets you so pumped. I still have the same enthusiasm today, looking back on my life, that I did walking into a high school gym doing P.A. for Interlake and Bellevue High School. The day I lose my enthusiasm for what I do, I'll get out.
Harry Caray became the Cubs' broadcaster in '81, and I'll never forget this: for the '84 playoff series with the Padres, he pulled me aside and said, "You know what kid?" – he never called me Chuck, just (Harry Caray voice) "Hey kid!" And he goes, "You know what? You're a rare breed. You're going to die in the booth." He saw consistency – that to me, there is no such thing as a bad day. Don't get me wrong – it's sometimes stressful, and you've got issues and all those things like everyone else, but there's that little boy in me that I never want to lose.
I knew I wanted to be an NBA broadcaster from day one. As a little boy, I would take the NBA register and memorize all the names, where they went to school, where they played, everything. I was doing the University of Michigan, I was happy, everything was great, and out of the blue the Raptors and the Sacramento Kings called, actually the same week. The Kings were offering only a part-time package, and the Raptors said, "You can do all the games." And so I said, "Done."
And of course, when you were dreaming about this as a boy, this wasn't a team that was anywhere near to being around. It wasn't a glint in the NBA's eye, so to speak.
Absolutely. In fact, I remember driving from Ann Arbor to Toronto. At the border, the Canadian customs attendant said, "What are you going to be doing in Canada?" I had to present what turns out to be the Canadian green card, the work permit. I said, "I'm the new broadcaster for the Toronto Raptors." And she goes, "The Toronto Raptors? Oh, we love you boys. You guys play great soccer." (Laughs.)
To me, the NBA was the NBA. The lockout year, that year, we had Vince Carter as a rookie, and he was spectacular, and we had Charles Oakley, and Kevin Willis, and Doug Christie, and Dee Brown, and we had Tracy McGrady, and it was awesome. Every time it was going into a new venue, it was like, "Hey, I've never done a ballgame in Boston." "I've never done a Raptors-Knicks game at the Garden." I'd been at the Garden with DePaul and Michigan, but never in an NBA setting. So it was great. It really was.
I love Toronto. I love the city. I love the organization. We had a tremendous ownership. Larry Tanenbaum and Tom Anselmi were salt of the earth. One's the owner and the other was my direct boss, the vice-president. That was a ten-year period that was outstanding, it was fun, but there comes a point where you have to turn the page.
If someone told me in my lifetime that I would be the play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Bulls, I would have said, "You're kidding, right? Seriously?" The Chicago Bulls brand – obviously it was created with the Jordan era – but still, they've led the league in attendance every year, their presentation, game presentation, game opps, is first class, world class. They treat their employees – Jerry Reinsdorf is an unbelievable human being, and now with his son Michael as our president, it's great. I take it as an honor and as a privilege knowing that there's no such thing as entitlement in our business, and so I never take anything for granted.
You've had a bit of luck – you came for the rookie seasons of Vince Carter and Derrick Rose. I was reading that Stacey King calls Derrick Rose his muse. Do you feel that when you're announcing exemplary talent that that brings something more out of you as an announcer?
Here's the way I look at it. It's two-fold. Number one, I don't think you can allow a player or the degree of success or failure dictate how you're going to call the game. I've been with teams that won 23 games. You can't allow a player or the greatness or the ineptness of a club dictate your approach.
Now, when you watch Vince Carter and he's dunking on everybody his rookie year, and it's like, Wow, and you see Derrick Rose take over a game as a 19-year-old kid, you're thinking, You've got to be kidding me. So that does add to the flair. I'm not going to lie to you. But at the end of the day, you're still broadcasting the Chicago Bulls.
Okay. This is a series on journalism, and like I said when we spoke on the phone, until now I've been strictly print, and now I'm going into broadcasting. I would guess that if you asked most people who their favorite journalists are, few would mention play-by-play announcers. Do you consider what you do to be an act of journalism?
No. I think I am a sports communicator. I don't look at myself as a journalist when I'm calling a play-by-play for a team. I was given a lot of advice when I started doing play-by-play. They said "Chuck, report what you see." If you didn't see something, you can't report it, and you can't guess, and you can't assume. So report what you see. Never cross the line where you compromise your profession for personal objectives or reasons or agendas, which I don't.
Do I want the Chicago Bulls to win? Absolutely. I feel that I am an extension of the club. But I am not going to compromise my values. If they're not playing well, you can't sugar coat it. But at the same time, it's one of 82 games, and I'm not a judge and jury. I don't know if a player's hurt or not hurt. Sometimes the information isn't available. So at the end of the day, I always try to give someone the benefit of the doubt, because if I was walking in their shoes…
This is not solving the issues of Occupy, and this is not solving what's going on with our economy. There are people listening to the radio who want to be entertained, they want to be informed, they want to find out what's going on. To me, it's kind of a package that should be kept confined to that, not where I'm going off and starting to pontificate, because I don't think people really want to hear that.
Okay, but journalism is in the seeds of announcing, because once upon a time it was a guy reading the ticker tape.
And you're talking about what are basically journalistic ethics, about reporting what you see and keeping people informed. So is there some sort of –
Well, the basic staples, I guess, from your view, is correct, that there is a journalistic hallmark of making sure that integrity is kept, because I think that is important. And the players are aware of this: if a guy has a bad night at the office and goes 0-10, you can't say, "Hey! He's having a spectacular – " you can't do that. You can't lose credibility. On the other hand, you state it, "Hey, he's 0-10, he's having a bad shooting night," and you move on.
Is there more importance in radio broadcasting than in television broadcasting, because you have to fill in more of the information?
That's Bill Wennington's thing. Here's my role: I report what I see. I describe the play. Bill played. He knows, This guy is out of position, he had a bad angle, this guy did a great job because he was able to recognize a double team coming before the double team actually came. He played. I need to bring that out of him.
I think Bill has grown so much in the three years I worked with him. I want to give him the platform to express to the fans that, number one, he doesn't big-time people on the radio because "I played the game." He's put that hat aside. My role and my challenge and objective is to bring, "Okay Bill, it's 96-95, you got six seconds to go. What do you call here? They've doubled Derrick Rose. They're not going to let him catch the inbounds pass. What option is on the floor? Because you played with Jordan and they tried to take him away by doubling him. Where do we go with this?" If I don't do that, then I'm not doing my job.
It's possible for people to look at players that become announcers and say "They're just there because they're players."
Do you feel like there's sort of a symbiotic relationship between you and Bill? You're bringing out the broadcaster in him and he's giving you knowledge about the game that allows you to do what you do? Do you see that as the foundation of the partnership?
I do not look at Bill as a broadcaster. I look at Bill as someone who has played the game, who can analyze the game, who is an entertainer – because he is fun. When you're up by 20 or you're down by 20, you've got to keep our listeners semi involved. I've given him the green light. I said, "Bill, you can come in any time." I said, "When there's a key play and it's a one point, two point game, and there's an inbound, talk it up until the official hands the inbound passer the ball. I need to describe it, and as soon as I'm done saying 'Bulls win! Bulls win! Bulls win!' take a deep breath, pause for a second, let the crowd inhale the broadcast, and then boom! It's all yours."
This is going to sound really weird, and I mean this: our first preseason game three years ago, it was almost like we had worked together for ten years. I remember I was in the car driving back from the United Center after the first game, and I'm in the car and I'm thinking, You know what? I didn't step on him. He didn't step on me. He kind of got the gist of my cadence.
There were times when I think he was surprised that I wanted him to speak more. Maybe it's because of my TV background, close to ten years in Toronto, but I like to use my analyst. I don't want him sitting there just going numb for four or five plays. It's important for the broadcast to have a second voice where he's engaging, he's active, he's involved, because I think it helps his focus. From a self-esteem standpoint, he feels that he's wanted and needed, which he is, that he is not a cartoon character, some guy that's there just to be there, or he's got little quips and sayings without substance. I want him to know that his role is vitally important to the broadcast.
The announcer is very much the voice of the fans –
I would agree with that.
And it's part of what endeared so many people who never watched Ron Santo play baseball, because when he was in the booth, you felt like everything that you were going through –
You know, I was in the hiring practice. I was there when GN hired him back in 1989. Dan Fabian deserves all the credit in the world. Dewayne Staats left after the '89 playoff series. The Cubs played the Giants. Dewayne got a huge offer to leave for the Yankees, and Dave Nelson I think wanted to get back on the field. He was our radio analyst, and he wanted to get back into baseball, back in a uniform. Dan Fabian, Lorna Gladstone and myself said, "Where are we going with this?" and [Dan] said, "Chuck, I want you to put a list together, get some tapes." I said, "I really want Bob Brenly. I grew up with Bob in college, I've known Bob since 1972, and we've got to get him in the booth. He's retiring. We got to get him in." And he goes, "Well, we gotta get a Cub. The play-by-play announcer is probably not going to have Chicago ties, so we need a Cub, and I'm going after Ron Santo."
I'll never forget one of the meetings Ron Santo had in Dan Fabian office. Dan Fabian says to him, "Ron, I want you in the booth because people love the blue hat," meaning the Cubs hat, "and no one wore that hat better than you." There was silence, and I'm looking at Dan and Dan's looking at me and Ron's looking at Dan, and I thought, Wow, he gets it. Dan got it.
Dan put him in that position because he did not want Ron to become, "Well, you know, on that 2 and 1 pitch, the guy really had to turn and use those legs – " He didn't want to hear where his hips need to be, you know? Just, "Ron, be a Cub. Just do your thing."
*** Dan Fabian tells the Santo hiring story, and other Santo stories, on WGN sports ***
So what made Santo a great announcer? When you look at him –
He's not an announcer. He's a Cub. He's a Cub who happens to be in the booth. His passion, you know what I mean? The first two years, he tried so hard to still be technical, but then all of a sudden he couldn't help himself, in a good way. "I got to be myself." It was almost like that little boy who clicked his heels in '69 took off that broadcasting jacket, and the Cub jersey #10 came in.
It was a great period. At GN, I worked with Jack Brickhouse, Milo Hamilton, Harry Caray, Ron Santo. We went through Dewayne Staats, we went through Thom Brennaman. It was unbelievable for me at 28-years-old to go through that period. I mean, we had Lou Boudreau and Vince Lloyd. It was like an encyclopedia.
I'll never forget the day John Elway was drafted, and he didn't want to play for the Colts, and I'm doing a talk show with Jack Brickhouse and Jack says, "I'm gonna get Bob Irsay on the phone." Bob Irsay actually lived in Chicago. He was the owner of the Colts. I said, "Jack, you can get Bob Irsay?" And he said, "Hey my boy! Gimme the phone!" and (snaps fingers) gets Bob Irsay. I will never forget the day when there was all this stuff going on about Artis Gilmore – is he gonna be traded? He goes, "I'm gonna get Arthur Wirtz on." Not Bill Wirtz. Arthur. And Jack picked up the phone. Jack picked up the phone and got George Halas. It was like, Woo! You know, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, they're in the booth. Just, wow.
I love the people connected with sports, because I do believe they're very passionate, whether it's a player, a coach, a GM. I like the electricity of walking into an arena and not knowing the outcome of a game, where you have the theatre played out. When you go to the Chicago Theatre, the actors know what the final act is. You go to the Bulls playing the Dallas Mavericks, you have no idea what you're going to see that night. When you go to a ballpark, you don't know if a guy's going to pitch a no-hitter or get shelled in the first inning. I think that alone, the majestic side of sport and the uncertainty of the outcome is something that still is very alluring. You go there and you hear the national anthem and the Bulls theme song and the ripples of the emotions just go right down your spine, and you think Whoa! I get to be a small part of it. It's still the players. It's still about them. It's not about the broadcasters. But I get to describe what's going on.
Jack M Silverstein is an oral historian working in Chicago. His non-fiction novella Our President about Barack Obama's inauguration is available at Amazon. Say hey on Twitter @ReadJack.
Check back every Wednesday at Eye on Chi for more of Jack M Silverstein's People with Passion interviews with Chicago journalists. We're taking a week off in the series. Coming up Wednesday, January 11: Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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August 15, 2011: Mick Dumke, Chicago Reader, investigative reporter (EXCERPT, FULL)
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Schoolgirls lobbying for the rights of goldfish have 9,000 names on a petition and support from four MPs.
They want to stop fairgrounds giving children goldfish as prizes.
Emily Hirst, 13, began the petition last year after winning a goldfish at Witton Park, Blackburn, Lancashire, and becoming horrified at the conditions they were kept in.
With the help of fellow St Bede's pupils Emma Conway, Bethany Coward, and Laura Nickson, the group have managed to collect 9,000 signatures.
Their Saving Goldfish Forever petition has also received the backing of Jack Straw, her local MP, and other MPs Lindsay Hoyle, Nigel Evans and Jake Berry.
The girls, who gather petitions from shoppers at Blackburn market every Saturday, are urging the Government to stop the practice of giving away live animals at fairgrounds as prizes.
The ruling would stop the practice of bagged fish being prizes at 'hook a duck' type carnival stalls across the country.
They have now been invited to share the story of their campaign with other youngsters up and down the country by appearing on Blue Peter.
Currently goldfish should not be given to under-age children without an adult present. But Emily said when she returned to Witton Park Fair this Easter she was given a goldfish in spite of playing without an adult.
She said: "They just don't care. When I won the goldfish last year I was just horrified at the conditions they were in. "They were in dirty bags, their fins were coming off. They were stored next to really noisy and distracting rides which is too stressful a place to keep goldfish.
"We have worked so hard for 12 months to get this many signatures and it's really exciting to get such great feedback from people".
Emily's dad Ian said: "She was given it as a prize at her local fair but she told them it was cruel and refused to accept it, taking home a cuddly teddy instead.
"I'm so proud of her, fighting for something that means so much to her and getting so far doing it."
RSPCA are opposed to giving goldfish as prizes, saying they are likely to suffer from shock, oxygen starvation or even die from changes in water temperature.
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text: Hunting: Story Story Posted 03-06-2012 Presidential Candidates Talk Sportsmen's Issues with USSA USSA Staff Discussed Key Issues with Candidates By: from the U.S. Sportmen's Alliance COLUMBUS, Ohio – Like so many other states during the last 90 days, Ohio has taken its turn as the center of the political storm. The Republican candidates for the White House were crisscrossing the Buckeye state to make their case to voters for the "Super Tuesday" primary. This full court press, in the backyard of the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance's national headquarters, provided staff leadership a chance to visit and have dialogue with the campaigns and candidates. On Monday, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum agreed to sit down to talk about the most important issues facing sportsmen with USSA staff. Bud Pidgeon, USSA president and CEO; Rob Sexton, Senior Vice President; Doug Jeanneret, Vice President of Marketing; and Evan Heusinkveld, Director of State Services, spent 30 minutes with the presidential hopeful at an American Legion hall. "I have spent my career fighting to preserve the Second Amendment and the traditions of the sportsman, and I will continue working to ensure these rights are never infringed upon," Sen. Santorum said. "I have to admit though, that one of the best things about being on this campaign was the Iowa pheasant hunts – and the high point for me was watching my oldest son take his first pheasant." Before the meeting, the Santorum campaign provided information on his views on hunting and Second Amendment rights. Click here to read the Santorum document in its entirety. USSA will publish Sen. Santorum's responses to questions asked by USSA leadership on the organization's website www.ussportsmen.org. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's campaign also provided information explaining his views on hunting and the Second Amendment. Click here to read the Romney document in its entirety. Governor Romney recently addressed his feelings regarding our outdoor heritage during a campaign stop in Ohio on Feb. 29, 2012. "My own view is, lets protect the second amendment, lets protect the right of Americans to bear arms, whether for hunting, for sportsmen, for personal protection, for whatever legal purpose someone might have," Romney said. The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance was pleased to have a discourse with both candidates. "Given that one of these two men could very likely lead our country, it is vital for sportsmen to have every chance to learn more about where they stand on hunting, conservation and gun rights," Bud Pidgeon said. "We are very pleased to have had the opportunity to visit, and will continue to provide information on the candidates whenever possible." About USSA: The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance's watchdog efforts protect hunters' rights and the interests of anglers, trappers and recreational shooters in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress, and through many public education programs. The USSA has more than 150,000 registered Sentries that regularly receive information about conservation issues, and then they actively work to promote and protect scientific conservation through calls and contacts. For more information about the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and the Sentry program, call (614) 888-4868 or visit: www.ussportsmen.org. Photo credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Share This Story Next From Story Didn't Draw a Tag: 7 Tips for 'Plan C' Western Hunting Success Related Comments Categories News Stories Recipes Tips Gear Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features Deer Season Outdoors 365 with Lynn Burkhead Everything Deer with Jeremy Flinn Short Stories by Larry Potterfield Opening Days Live Hunts Hunting Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


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Reviews | Written by Cleaver Patterson 28/05/2011
Movie Review: Insidious
Renai and Josh Lambert (Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson), move into a new house with their three kids. For a while everything seems perfect, until one of their sons, Dalton (Ty Simpkins), has an accident whilst exploring the attic. As a result the child falls into a coma, and the couple, particularly Renai, find it increasingly difficult to to deal with the pressures of their new home, young family, and a son who is now in a virtual vegetative state, permanently confined to his bed.
Things however are about to take a turn for the worse. Renai begins to see and hear things, when she is alone in the house, and as the strange happenings increase she becomes convinced that the house is haunted. Eventually, though still not sure that the problems are supernatural, Josh agrees to move into a rented house, in the hope that a change of environment will help his wife. However, after only a few days in their new house the supernatural occurrences begin again, with even more unsettling manifestations. At the recommendation of Josh's mother Lorraine (Barbara Hershey), they call in a group of psychic investigators, who have some disturbing news. It's not their houses which are haunted, but their son Dalton, who is acting as a gateway for a particularly unpleasant demon to enter our world, which he intends to do at all costs.
I believe as a critic you should as far as possible do just that, criticise. No film is flawless, and there will always be something to find that lets it down (and believe me, with some modern films that isn't difficult to do). As a result, I looked desperately for a fault in Insidious. But to no avail. It is quite simply one of the most nerve shredding, edge of your seat, shockers I have seen for... well, ever!
There are so many sharp, original and hauntingly beautiful things about this film, that I'm at a loss as to where to begin. I also don't want to say too much, as to do so would be to spoil the sinister air which the film sets up so effectively. One thing I will highlight though is the clever method it uses to achieve the sense of menace that permeates the film. You never see the same 'ghost' twice (except at the end), which helps unnerve the viewer even more. You come to the point that you literally don't know what to expect next.
Having said this, I will admit to a couple of small niggles (well it is as I said my job, as a critic, to find some fault, somewhere). Firstly, from the outset, the character of Renai is irritating. She appears to be rather highly strung, a trait which makes it hard for you as the viewer, to have sympathy for her plight as the story progresses. You almost feel it would be a relief to be spirited away, if just to get a break from her. However I guess being left at home with a screaming baby and a new house, whilst trying to concentrate on your day job as a composer and song writer, would be enough to test the patience of a saint.
Then there is the fact that the film as a whole doesn't quite manage to sustain until the end, the promise of its first two thirds. The problem is that it falls into the trap that so many promising horror movies do, by showing too much. It is much more effective at the beginning, when all you see are fleeting shadows, or the suspicion of something just out of view. One of the most unsettling scenes involves a record player that starts to play an old period song, when Renai knows the house is empty. There's always a sinister air about empty, sunlit rooms, and old gramophone records, which even the most terrifying monster can't achieve, and the demon which Josh and Dalton eventually confront doesn't quite hack it, being reminiscent of the winged protagonist from Jeepers Creepers. The film also loses some of the wonderful tension it has built, when the characters cross to the other world. Poltergeist did a similar parallel dimension thing, but much more effectively because it didn't show as much, leaving it up to the viewer's imagination. Finally the twist at the end is a little limp, as I saw it coming a mile off. And believe me, if I can see a twist coming, then it must be weak.
If I'm honest though, I'm just fishing for failure. There is really nothing bad to say about this film. I loved every minute of it, and am green with envy that I can't enjoy it again for the first time.
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i lost the password to it and it wont let me do annythig reboot nothing. i have that problem too the thing i am trying the thing i am trying to get past is called Utimaco Safeguard Easy V4.30.0... will removing the battery for the CMOS work for that too?
Is this a work laptop??? That is data protection software, usually installed by company's and people who wish to protect their data in case the laptop is stolen. If this is a work computer you should have your IT dept do this. If this is your own computer how did this software suddenly become installed and lock you out? You could call the manufacturer if you have proof of ownership, they may be able to help. but otherwise I don't think you'll find much help here because we cannot tell an honest person who is locked out from a stolen laptop on this forum...sorry.
here is the link to sophos, pretty expensive...how did it get on there?
they make Safeguard easy.
@ really ibought this laptop latitude e6400 of amazon and no one told me about a safeguard easy thimg. i look on the internet for a solution and couldnt find and you want to accuse me of stealing
No, that is not correct......no one is accusing you of stealing, I said we cannot tell legitimate owner's from one's stolen. I have no way of proving you own the laptop.....everyone who comes here swears on a stack of bibles to be the owner....but since we don't know, we don't usually provide password cracking type help. But no one is accusing you of anything. Believe me, we feel bad when people are in these situations. can it be returned, or can you contact the seller to see if he knows the password.
If you just bought this....I would contact pay pal or whoever and see if it's possible to stop the transaction........as I said, I would be contacting the person who sold this to you on Amazon, report them if needed and see if this can be undone through Amazon and the pay co. I find it difficult to swallow that the person who sold this to you did not even turn it on to test if it worked...or they would have run into the same issue, or perhaps they did...decided they didn't want to try to get around it and sold it on-line to someone who was just interested in purchasing a good laptop at a reasonable price. Not everyone is honest as much as we like to think no evil.


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SOURCE: American Academy of Ophthalmology
March 02, 2009 11:30 ET
Research Highlights of the March 2009 Issue of "Ophthalmology"
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 2, 2009) - Studies published in the March issue of
Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology,
provide new warnings on risks for melanoma of the eye as well as
reassurance on infection risks following cataract surgery.
Skin Moles May Indicate Higher Eye Melanoma Risk
It is well known that people with light skin and numerous moles and
freckles -- which develop when skin is over-exposed to UV light -- are at
higher risk for skin cancer (cutaneous melanoma). But the evidence was
less clear on whether moles and freckles also indicate a higher risk of
uveal melanoma, cancer of the eye's iris, ciliary body, or choroid. The
iris is the colored area in the front of the eye, and the ciliary body and
choroid supply blood flow and perform other vital functions deep within the
eye. Some earlier studies found a relationship between moles/freckles and
higher uveal melanoma rates, but others did not.
A research team led by Ezekiel Weis, MD, MPH, Department of Ophthalmology,
University of Alberta, Canada, performed a meta-analysis that adjusted for
factors that might have skewed results of earlier studies. His team's
analysis showed associations between atypical moles (which appear different
in shape or color from common moles), common moles, freckles, moles on the
iris, and risk of uveal melanoma. For example, people with atypical moles
are 2.8 times more likely to develop uveal melanoma than people with no
such moles. This study suggests that doctors need to be extra vigilant when
patients have numerous moles or freckles and that further research into the
role of UV
light in susceptible populations is required exposure.
Uveal cancer occurs in 6 persons per million annually and is the most
common non-skin melanoma in the United States. It most often strikes
people 70 or older who have light skin and eye color and a tendency to
sunburn; these risk factors were identified by Dr. Weis and colleagues in
earlier research. Caucasians are most susceptible, and risk levels decline
as skin pigmentation increases across ethnic groups. Uveal melanoma may
also result when melanoma from another site metastasizes. In the early
stages the disease usually has no symptoms. Although treatment is
available, the mortality rate remains high, especially when the ciliary
body or choroid is involved.
"We want to confirm risk factors that people will be able to modify, so
we'll have a better chance of preventing uveal cancer, and we want to know
which patients are most susceptible so we can begin treatment, when needed,
as early as possible," said Dr. Weis. "Our study points to an interaction
of genetic susceptibility and an environmental insult in the form of UV
Infection Rates Low with New Cataract Surgery Techniques
A large study by Canadian researchers has found that endophthalmitis, a
serious infection of the inner eye, continues to be rare following cataract surgery. Because surgical techniques and patient selection criteria
have evolved rapidly in the past several years, the researchers wanted to
learn whether infection risks were changing as a result. The largest
previous study, completed in 2001 using records of half-million United
States Medicare cataract patients, had documented very low infection rates.
Chaim M. Bell, MD, PhD, and Wendy Hatch OD, MSc, University of Toronto,
Canada, and their colleagues reviewed records for more than 440,000
consecutive cataract surgeries performed in surgical facilities in Ontario,
Canada, between April 2002 and March 2006. Facilities where more than 50
cataract surgeries were performed annually were included. To estimate
infection rates, the study tracked post-operative procedures to treat
suspected infections that occurred within 14 days of cataract surgery.
The overall rate of suspected acute endophthalmitis was very low: 1.4 per
1,000 surgeries. Patients who required procedures to correct ruptures of
their lens capsule, the structure that contains the eye's lens, during
their cataract surgery were about 10 times more likely to develop suspected
infection, but fewer than 1 in 200 sustained such a rupture. The highest
rate of suspected endophthalmitis occurred in patients over age 85 (2.18
per 1,000). Men were at somewhat higher risk than women (1.7 vs. 1.19 per
1,000). No differences in rates were found between patients living in
rural vs. non-rural settings, nor were differences noted among
socioeconomic groups. No upward or downward trend in suspected
endophthalmitis related to cataract surgery was evident during the study
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The late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, was only the 31st individual to ever lay in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. Now, the World War II hero and former Senate Appropriations Committee chairman is about to join an even more prestigious list.
The White House on Thursday announced Inouye will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Inouye lost an arm in WWII, earning the Medal of Honor, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
"Daniel Inouye was a lifelong public servant. As a young man, he fought in World War II with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, for which he received the Medal of Honor," the White House said in a statement. "He was later elected to the Hawaii Territorial House of Representatives, the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Senate. Sen. Inouye was the first Japanese American to serve in Congress, representing the people of Hawaii from the moment they joined the Union."
Inouye was interviewed by Ken Burns for the World War II documentary "The War." In the early 1940s, Washington had banned Americans of Japanese descent not already in the U.S. military from serving. When that changed in early 1943, Inouye told Burns he was eager to prove "that I was a good American."
Later during his Senate tenure, Inouye was dual-hatted as the full Appropriations Committee chairman and the chairman of its Defense subcommittee.
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The Warriors head home for Game 5 with a 3-1 lead, but without their star forward, Draymond Green tonight, will the Warriors be able to close out Cleveland without one of their best players?
Harrison Barnes O/U 17.5 points and rebounds
We talked about it some on the Odds Couple show this morning, but the one player who absolutely has to step up for the Warriors with Draymond Green out is Harrison Barnes. Not only is he their next best forward, he is coming up on a contract year. Barnes has been making the case that he is a max player, but with Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala becoming free agents after next season, Golden State is more than justifiably skeptical about giving Barnes that kind of money.
However, if Barnes has a big showing tonight in a potentially close out Game 5, the Dubs may not want to break up the chemistry they have been building over the last three seasons. There have been rumors of the Warriors letting Barnes walk in favor of bringing in Kevin Durant if he wants to come, but that actually becomes a conversation if the Warriors win tonight and Barnes has 15-20 points.
Barnes' Usage Rate in the playoffs has been 14.1 percent, which is lower than both the regular season and in last year's title run. However, with Green out tonight, and after playing 40 minutes in Game 4, I am confident he sees a few more shots and three pointers. He has been stellar over the last two games even with Green on the floor, and I think he is ready to prove he is worth max money tonight.
My Pick: OVER 17.5 (-125) at Bovada
Andre Iguodala O/U 19.5 points, rebounds and assists
Andre Iguodala knows all about stepping up when his team needs it, and once again I think he is another player who will have to play big in Green's absence. This may be the game that Iguodala steps into the starting lineup with Green out, and while he may still come off the bench, he has played huge minutes in the two games that weren't blowouts in this series.
In this series, in the two games where Iguodala has played at least 36 minutes, he is averaging 11 points, 6.5 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game. With Green out, Iguodala will also have to add to his 12.1 Usage Rate from the postseason, which has also been a career low in both the regular and postseason for Iguodala. The fact that he got double-digit shot attempts in Game 4 is encouraging now with Green out. He will easily get more than that number tonight even if he doesn't slide into the starting lineup.
Iggy's other contributions to this series though have been fantastic he is averaging nine total points and rebounds per game in the NBA Finals, and as long as he gets to nine or 10 tonight, this should be a nice ticket casher for the over with Iggy.
My Pick: OVER 19.5 (-115) at Bovada