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The Game Master Speaks: Hudson's 'Takahashi-Meijin' Goes Retro
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Hudson was, during the '80s and early '90s, one of the most stalwart and popular game publishers. As the first third party to work on Nintendo's Famicom (NES) system in Japan, the company quickly established itself as a purveyor of popular games, and developed the persona -- seen here in ridiculously over-the-top '80s video form -- of one of its marketing staff, Toshiyuki Takahashi, to help promote them.
He was known as Takahashi-Meijin -- or Game Master Takahashi -- to his young fans, and became famous for being able to hit the NES' controller button 16 times a second (aka 16-Shot), an important tactic for succeeding at shooters -- a genre Hudson was, incidentally, pushing hard. In 1986, Takahashi himself starred in his own game: Takahashi-Meijin no Boukenjima, or Hudson's Adventure Island in the west.
The company eventually developed its own video game hardware, the PC Engine (aka TurboGrafx-16) and partnered with NEC Home Electronics to release it. Hudson became the system's de facto first party, and moved heavily into development for the system and continued releasing action games -- but came up short in the next generation, when Sony's PlayStation completely changed the gaming landscape.
Here, Takahashi discusses his background, the rise and fall of the PC Engine, and how the company's background in accessible action games without flashy CG graphics has enabled it to rise once again on the Wii -- and bring Takahashi renewed fame. His official job title is now "Game Master" for the company's publicity department.
Can you talk about your background and what you did before you actually joined Hudson? What are the highlights of your life? How did you join Hudson in the first place?
Takahashi Meijin: First, I entered college, but I got so bored. I dropped out after three months. I got a part-time job at a local supermarket, then I became full-time. I worked for about three years. The personal computer back then... we're talking back in 1981. Just about a year back before I quit my job, I bought myself a computer and started teaching myself BASIC programming.
Was this PC-88, or before that?
TM: Sharp MZ-80B. My interest in computer programming was only growing, and one day, I was flipping through a computer magazine in Japan, and I saw a Hudson ad. I checked the address, and it was close to me, so one day I knocked on the door and got in.
Was that all in Sapporo?
TM: Yes. I thought I was going to work in Sapporo, but I only lasted four days. On the fourth or fifth day, they told me, "Okay. You're going to Tokyo." Twenty-seven years later, I'm still in Tokyo. (laughter) I thought I was going to be able to work close to home, but it ended up being very far.
So you weren't actually in the main office in Sapporo, then?
TM: Yeah, just four days.
I figured. When you started with Hudson, were you doing programming, or did you go straight into marketing or publishing stuff?
TM: The first year, I joined Hudson as a sales person, so I did that for about a year. But I was doing the sales job between 9 AM and 6 PM, and from about 6 PM to 10 PM, I was also involved in the advertisement area, which leads up to now. After 10 o'clock, from 2 or 3 AM, I would do some programming.
Back then, depending on the type of computer, you have a whole different type of commands, so you had to convert everything manually. So I was doing that kind of thing. After a year, I got transferred more toward a marketing type of department, and in that department, my first thing was to put together a guide book for [Nintendo's] Family BASIC.
Do you think that the BASIC stuff took off with people at the time? I know that there were a number of different computers that allowed you to program things for it, like the NEC PCs. Was that actually popular at the time for amateur coders?
TM: I think that back then, there weren't actually many people doing it hands-on. However, there was a lot of demand, obviously, because when we first started selling those programs on cassette tapes, they really sold a lot of them. So there were many users, but not many hands-on programmers, I think.
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Irresponsible leaders risk the unthinkable. Media scoundrels cheerlead mindlessly. So do neocon think tanks. Ordinary people are more concerned about mundane trivia than survival.
Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned. The violin wasn't invented for another 1,500 years. Today's officials go where earlier ones wouldn't dare. They risk regional or global disaster. War on Syria and/or Iran may ignite more than leaders bargain for.
Imagine blowing up the world to control it. Imagine forces able to stop it staying sidelined. Imagine the unimaginable. Imagine it before it's too late to matter.
World War II weapons were toys compared to today's. Before war ended, tens of millions died. Estimates range from 50 - 70 million. No one knows for sure. Preventing war would have saved them. Hoped for never again became perpetual conflicts.
Obama replicates hardline neocon extremism. He did what supporters thought impossible. He surpassed the worst of Bush. Imagine what'll do in a second term.
He's risking the unthinkable. He's lurching toward potential nuclear war. He's mindless about likely consequences.
Only America used nuclear weapons. It's not working to avoid potential catastrophe. It wants advantageous geopolitical positioning and dominance. Mutually assured destruction so far worked. Fail safe days may be ending.
Attacking Syria risks Russian and perhaps Chinese intervention. War on Iran entails that risk and more. Washington's arsenal includes weapons too dangerous to use.
One around for several years is called "the Mother of All Bombs (massive ordinance penetrator, or MOP)." At 30,000 pounds, it's able to penetrate 200 feet of concrete before exploding. It's America's most powerful non-nuclear weapon. Use will cause horrific casualties and destruction.
Tactical nuclear weapons may also be used. Called bunker busters, their explosive power ranges from less to more than bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Using them assures retaliation. Prime targets include Israel's nuclear sites, US bases, and America's nuclear armed vessels. Imagine the potential consequences. Armageddon is risked. The unimaginable may become reality.
Plans have been in place for years. Washington and Israel have them. Perhaps coordinated strikes are planned. Russian and Chinese intervention ups the catastrophic odds.
Dangerous signals are increasing. On August 19, Obama promised US military intervention if Syria repositions or uses chemical or other nonconventional weapons. At a White House news conference he said:
"We have been very clear to the Assad regime but also to other players on the ground that a red line for us is, we start seeing a whole bunch of weapons moving around or being utilized."
"That would change my calculus. That would change my equation."
At the same time, Mossad-connected DEBKAfile (DF) said US, UK and French special forces are positioned in Israel, Jordan and Turkey. They're on standby to seize Syrian chemical weapons.
Doing so means invasion. DF said they'll "engage Syrian troops attempting to" reposition nonconventional weapons. Allegedly it's to prevent them from falling into insurgent hands or supplying them to Hezbollah.
Obama, Britain's David Cameron, and France's Francois Hollande "wrap(ped) up the details of their combined operation…." They plan direct intervention. Air strikes are involved.
DF said "American reconnaissance teams are already on the ground, marking out landing sites and setting up bridgeheads for the incoming US, British and French special forces."
Direct US intervention began. Stepped up actions will follow. Obama's acting on his own. Congress remains on summer recess until early September. Republicans hold their national convention from August 27 - 30. Democrats have theirs the following week.
All's quiet on the home front. What better time perhaps for more war. National attention will be minimal. Perhaps Obama thinks he can wrap things up and declare victory before most people notice. He hasn't been able to do it for over 18 months.
No end of conflict is imminent. Attacking Syria may involve Hezbollah, Iran, Russia and China. Imagine then what follows. All-out war repercussions can't be predicted. Embroiling the entire region and beyond is possible.
Syria won't use chemical weapons except in self-defense. It won't give Washington pretext to intervene. Its statements left no ambiguity. On August 24, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said:
"We, for our part, have already worked with the Syrian government and have raised this issue. We have been given very strong assurances that everything possible will be done to stop it happening. Guarantees were also given that the chemical weapons will remain in their current place."
"They assured us that very serious control is being exercised over the safety of these weapons, and there is no threat today that something could happen to them or the situation could get out of control."
At the same time, Gatilov expressed concern about Washington perhaps instigating insurgent nonconventional weapons use blamed on Assad. Doing so gives America pretext for war.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said France will help enforce no-fly zone authority. Doing so without Security Council approval is lawless. It also involves bombing Syrian air defenses and command and control sites.
Libya 2.0 may be imminent. Imagine the horrific casualty count and devastation. War with Syria assures it. Planners, of course, say nothing. Media scoundrels suppress what everyone needs to know.
Another nonbelligerent nation is on America's target list for total destruction. Imagine public inattention while it's happening.
Attacking Iran may follow or occur simultaneously. On August 24, Haaretz headlined "Heading for an iceberg called Iran," saying:
Netanyahu/Barak want support to attack. Cabinet members are evenly split pro and con. Shimon Peres went public. He's concerned about something too dangerous to risk. Unfortunately he thinks so only if Israel acts unilaterally He calls going solo potentially suicidal. Alone or otherwise is madness.
Fourteen ministers comprise Israel's security cabinet. Eight have most say. Currently Netanyahu/Barak favor war. Two others support them - Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz. Four others are opposed.
Netanyahu/Barak need one more on their side. How all cabinet members feel is important. Six want war. Another six don't, and two remain undecided. Decisions this grave should be no-brainers. Mindless officials risk possible armageddon Haaretz spelled out as follows:
Though unlikely, if Israel goes it alone, Washington will be "furious. The price of oil soars. Thousands of missiles strike Tel Aviv, Haifa, Dimona and other Israeli cities. The economy collapses."
"Hundreds are killed, thousands wounded. A mass flight of Israelis abroad. Tent cities. In this scenario, a senior figure in the ruling party said this week, Netanyahu will certainly lose the next election. Not even avowed Likudniks will vote Likud."
Does Netanyahu know the risks? "Of course," said a senior unnamed source. "He is not stupid." He just acts that way. "He sees the whole picture and all its parts."
Will that give him pause? "No. He believes that this is his reason d'être in life." That's why he was elected, he thinks. He and Barak are committed. Others are worried for good reason.
Haaretz downplayed potential disaster. At issue is irradiating Israel, causing vast destruction, killing thousands, injuring many more, and putting the entire population and others in neighboring countries at risk.
Nightly anti-war demonstrations target Barak's home. Former adviser Eldad Yaniv participates. He said Yitzhak Rabin made a mistake allowing them weekly where he lived. They affected public opinion.
Yaniv thinks if he and others persist nightly, they'll become "permanent fixture" enough perhaps to prevent war. He and other believe it's too important not to try.
Hawks say waiting ups the dangers. Inflammatory reports lacking credibility and/or designed to enlist public support circulate.
On August 23, Reuters headlined "Iran expands nuclear capacity in underground bunker - sources," saying:
More underground uranium enrichment ability "potentially pav(es) the way for a significant expansion of work the West fears is ultimately aimed at making nuclear bombs."
Doing so "de(fies) international demands to curb its nuclear program."
Unnamed sources lack credibility. Inflammatory reports advance the ball for war. Reuters shares guilt with other media scoundrels.
On August 23, The New York Times ran the same story in more detail with more deception. Writer David Sanger's been waging war on Iran. Instead of truth and full disclosure, he features pro-Western misinformation.
He calls Iran's peaceful nuclear program "a direct threat to the US." He lied but won't admit it. He's at it again stoking fear instead of allaying it.
IAEA head Yukiya Amano will soon report more on Iran. He's a pro-Western tool. Washington got him installed to serve its interests. He'll say what Obama officials want to hear. He'll stoke more baseless Iranian threats.
He'll stop short of saying Iran decided to produce nuclear weapons. Perhaps he's saving this type punchline for a later time. Claiming it doesn't wash. It won't deter him saying anything to debase Tehran unjustifiably.
Nonetheless, he'll likely "renew the debate over Iran's intentions at a time when Israeli officials are stepping up their warnings that the window to conduct a preemptive military strike is closing."
His views may affect US voters in November. In July, Romney said Obama wasted time negotiating. Iran took full advantage, he claimed.
Inflammatory reports make negotiated solutions less likely. Sanger and others like him increase chances for war. They'd feel otherwise if bombs fell on them. They're brain-dead about human costs of war. Proliferating propaganda only matters.
Amano plays the same dirty game. He'll say Iran made substantial enriched uranium progress. They've got enough to produce five or more bombs.
Ordinary people have enough power with their bare hands to inflict harm. Few go around doing it. Headline stories don't suggest they might. Spurious reports mischaracterize Iranian intentions.
Amano's bottom line is how close is Tehran's ability to produce nuclear weapons? Every nation operating commercial reactors can do so if they wish. Only Iran is called threatening. Accusers have other fish to fry.
At issue is regime change. Pretexts are easy to contrive. Repetition stokes fear. Public support for what's unthinkable may follow. Imagine a worst case scenario. Imagine leaders risking it.
Imagine fears becoming reality. At that point it's too late to matter. What better reason to stop potential catastrophe before it happens.
Obama's bully pulpit can prevent it. Instead, he's furthering belligerence, not deterring it. On March 7, House Congressional Resolution (HCR) 107 was introduced. It was referred to committee. No further action was taken.
It "(e)xpress(es) the sense of Congress that the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under Article II, section 4 of the Constitution."
It states:
"The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
What greater crime than aggressive war. Obama and other US leaders are guilty. Invoking constitutional power more than ever is urgent to prevent the unthinkable. If saving humanity isn't reason enough, what is?
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Vogue Italia is at it again.
Earlier in the summer, the magazine stirred controversy with cover featuring plus-sized models.
The September issue goes the opposite way, showing Stella Tennant wearing a corset that cinches her waist to 13 inches.
The Steven Meisel shot - featuring a cover line that simple reads "avant-garde" - is an ode to Ethel Granger, the woman with the "smallest waist in the world."
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Penhaligon's Opus 1870. Superb cedar fragrance, less than average longevity, however. :/
For many years, my daily wear cologne has been Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte and, on occasion, Terre d'Hermes. Several months ago, I took up traditional wet shaving with a DE safety razor and started using Castle Forbes Cedarwood and Sandalwood cream and aftershave. The scent is very heavy on the sweet cedar side (almost like a cedar chest or closet) with a little sandalwood underneath. I really like the cedar scent and I have been trying to find a similar cologne. I have recently tried Moonshine and, although I like it, it is not quite quite what I'm looking for. I've also tried Cedar L`Occitane en Provence, but again, not quite what I have in mind. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.
Best regards,
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Penhaligon's Opus 1870. Superb cedar fragrance, less than average longevity, however. :/
Perhaps Noble Cedar by Chopard or Cedre by L'Occitane
Lalique Equus
There are too many perfumes that use cedar as a note and for sure you will find at least one of you liking.
Personally I like very much Puig Silver Quorum, the cedar note is dominant but no overpowering, and is a very inexpensive juice.
No sandalwood on that one .
Visit for men by Azzaro is another cedar dominant perfume, to me it is an outstanding fragrance, but to many the inciense note is too powerful. No sandalwood on this one either.
I would also investigate any Dsquared perfume.
Daddy yankee may be a celebrity scent, but give it a shot.
For a more powerful cedar/sandalwood combo consider RSVP by Kenneth Cole, the extreme woodyness of it is a turn off for many though.
If money is of no concern try Cedro by Campos de Ibiza, Bois de Cedrat or Bois du Portugal by Creed. Cedro by Campos de Ibiza has a noticeable sandalwood note on it, Bois du Portugal has hints of sandalwood whereas Bois de Cedrat does not.
Good luck on your quest.
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Cacharel pour L'Homme is my recommendation.
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4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
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Thank you very much for the warm welcome and the suggestions. I certainly have some new avenues to explore now.
+1 Opus 1870 - I get a good several hours from this.
+1 Tam Dao - Lots of Cedar with some Sandalwood.
I don't know the smelling of your aftershave but my favorite cedar is probably, it's a little bit sweet/ vanilic with a hint of fruit and spices (cinnamon).SL - Bois oriental
The atlas cedar is naturaly honeyed.
If you like cedarwood I strongly suggest you to explore Comme Des Garcons. Other stuff you might want to check...
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Not a big one here but I find Armani Mania to a really linear cedar and cashmere musk scent. I enjoy the cedar in it. I've always enjoyed it.
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As much as I appreciate all of the suggestions...I'm still looking! I tried samples of several of the suggested scents. I really like Penhaligon's Opus 1870 as a scent, but it does not have that really pure, woody cedar scent I'm looking for. The descriptions of the Castle Forbes colognes don't sound as though they mirror the aftershave at all.
Any further suggestions for that cedar chest/fresh woods scent would be greatly appreciated.
If you haven't tried Equus, why are you posting? It's nearly pure cedar in character.
I find By Kilian's Straight to Heaven to be a great cedar scent. It's a very addicting scent
DSquared's Rocky Mountain Wood
ointments and perfume delight the heart....
Pure cedar/sandalwood: Diptyque Tam Dao.
Pure wood as genetically engineered for a colony in outer space: Escentric Molecule's Molecule 01 (people around you will love you for wearing this - its pure wood but clean smelling - like a "perfect" idea of wood that exists only in the imagination and not in nature.
Also test Comme des Garcons "Hinoki," Comme des Garcons "Kyoto", Gucci pour Homme (2003 - brown juice in blocky bottle), Balmain Carbone for variations on the cedarwood theme.
But really, Tam Dao is probably what you are looking for. It's straight up cedarwood/sandalwood and not much else.
A further budget recommendation: Zara Cedarwood.
If you can find it (it's discontinued but available on ebay), try Tumulte pour homme by Christian Lacroix :wonderful cedar scent !
Even Eau des Baux has a hefty dose of cedar in the opening. And then you get that delicious vanilla drydown.
Depending on your pocketbook, Krigler Cozy Cedar Wood has an outstanding cedar note, but it is pricey(samples can be had from their website for $7.50). Gucci Pour Homme has a decent cedar note. Again at the upper end of the scale: Armani Prive Cedre Olympe is a special take on a woodsy cedar scent.
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And thanks to everyone else for their suggestions as well.
...I don't understand the love for cedar: to me it smells identical to sweat: Horrible! I avoid cedar dominated scents. In spite of that I ordered a Tam Dao sample last month and again I was confronted with this dislike: I gave it away after 1 wrist spray: aaaarrrrggghhhh! So for the cedar lovers I must advise Tam Dao (please don't come too near!)...!
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1. House of Matriarch - Blackbird
2. Brückner - Aoud 1
3. Armani Privé - Oud Royal
4. Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 - Generation Man
5. Creed - Royal Oud
6. by Kilian - Straight to Heaven
7. Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 - Mortal Skin
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- On his first day on the job, Kevin Lewis almost didn't make it into the White House.
CNN's Dan Lothian, left, talks to White House press assistant Kevin Lewis.
"I tried to go though the EEOB [the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located next door to the White House] because I didn't actually know I could walk through the front gates of the White House."
Lewis, 26, is a White House press assistant, wrangling the press from event to event and traveling with President Obama across the country and around the world.
The journey through those White House gates was far away for Lewis when he was a boy in Brooklyn. Raised by a single mom, he didn't have many role models but he did have the drive.
"I knew there was more outside of my section of Brooklyn," Lewis said, "and the challenge is I didn't have enough people around me to tell me, I didn't have the example, I didn't have another person in policy saying, 'Hey, this is what you should be doing.' I pretty much just went."
And away he went. Kevin traveled with Obama's presidential campaign around the country to states like Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. He now travels with President Obama to places like Egypt, Trinidad and Germany.
But even with a passport full of stamps he still remembers his hometown roots and the responsibility he feels as an African-American.
"I lived right down the block from a housing project and not just that, I mean, folks from my block, they're still there, and a lot of times I need to be the one -- the one to pretty much set the example.
"So now I'm in that position where I can do that and it's not just young people, but just about everyone. They see me, I'm walking through the gates, I'm walking in, and I see older folks just look at me, and they say, 'Wow, he's in the White House.' "
Lewis feels the importance of what his presence at the White House means. He sees the pride that many people feel -- especially older blacks who once faced harsh discrimination -- and believes he provides a connection between ordinary people and an extraordinary place.
"It's sort of like they see their young son, whether their young son is there or not, it's almost like they take, they adopt me." Lewis said. "[It's like] well, their son is there, some one they know is there.
"You can't really put a price on what I'm doing and you can't put a price on what it represents [to the African-American community]."
Lewis said the possibility of an African-American president "wasn't in my imagination." But now he sees the possibilities for him in this administration and beyond.
Whether he could have imagined it or not, Lewis knows what having an African-American president means to him and others.
"The conscience of everyone in this nation and around the world has changed about African-Americans. Period. He's us, he represents us, now that we have that, it changes the game, he's a game-changer."
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A messy, behind-the-scenes battle is underway in Minnesota over the way the electric car and its gas-powered adversaries are sold.
Tesla Motors, the California-based electric car manufacturer, said Tuesday that for the first time it will sell its cars directly to Minnesota consumers through a retail store in Edina slated to open in August, bypassing traditional car dealerships. A Mall of America store is scheduled to open in 2014.
But Tesla's pending arrival has outraged the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association, which has threatened to sue over the company's plans. The group already fought a losing battle in the Minnesota Legislature last week when it tried to strengthen the state's 1970s dealership law to prevent Tesla and other car manufacturers from selling cars directly to consumers.
"We think everybody should play by the same rules,"said Scott Lambert, executive vice president of the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association in St. Paul. "Tesla is trying to sell cars on the cheap, and it's just not fair because they don't have the cost of running a dealership."
Tesla sells the $57,400 Model S electric car that it claims can go more than 300 miles on a single electric charge. It is the first production automobile to use lithium-ion battery cells, which the company claims makes it twice as energy-efficient as a Toyota Prius.
Although Tesla has yet to turn a profit, it already has sales or service locations in 19 other states, and says it sold 2,650 cars in the United States last year. For now, Minnesota customers can only order a Tesla car by calling the company in California or using its website.
The car dealers argue that Tesla would have an unfair cost advantage over auto dealers, who must maintain lots full of cars and advertise while also complying with recalls, warranty work and the state's "lemon law" that deals with defective cars.
Tesla says it simply has a different business model.
"We're cutting out the middleman," Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla's vice president of corporate and business development, said in an interview. He compared the Tesla retail stores to Apple's direct-to-consumer electronics stores.
Tesla Motors of Palo Alto, Calif., was founded in 2003 by South African entrepreneur Elon Musk, the inventor of PayPal and founder of a private space program. An earlier Tesla "proof-of-concept" roadster came with a sticker price of $109,000. Tesla says it hopes to sell a $30,000 electric car by 2016.
Tesla won the legislative battle last week when the auto dealers gave up on strengthening the dealership law after a House bill appeared destined to languish in a committee. A similar Senate bill was defeated in February.
And on Tuesday, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety ruled in Tesla's favor, saying the original dealer law still on the books "does not prohibit a [car] manufacturer from becoming licensed as a dealer in Minnesota," said Bruce Gordon, a department spokesman. As a result, Tesla's application for a car dealer license is being processed.
Undeterred, the Dealers' Association has threatened to sue to prevent Tesla from becoming a Minnesota car dealer, although it was unclear whether the group would sue Tesla or the state.
"We think the law is vague," Lambert said. "We don't think it's that cut and dried."
Tesla officials say its retail-store business model is unique in the automotive market.
"That can disturb the status quo because it can change consumer expectations, which can lead to more competition," O'Connell said.
"That sounds appealing at first," countered the Dealers Association's Lambert, "but when you get into what consumers and state regulators expected of a dealership, you realize [retail stores] are not such a hot deal for the public."
"We're not opposed to electric vehicles," Lambert added. "If consumers want to buy them, we'd love to sell them. We're opposed to electric vehicles not being sold by a franchised dealer, because if manufacturers run the market, it will be far less competitive for customers."
The original Minnesota dealer law was intended to prevent Ford or General Motors from selling the same car models in competition with their own dealers, and it worked, Lambert said.
The differences in Tesla's case appear to be that it has never had Minnesota dealers and would be selling cars that are completely different from those sold by existing dealers.
O'Connell said Tesla's retail business model reflects the fact that it is a small company that can't afford expensive dealerships or big advertising budgets. The publicly traded company lost $396 million last year on sales of $413 million, but is projecting its first profit in the first quarter.
"We sell cars directly because it serves our business purpose and supports new technology," O'Connell said.


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Berbatov downs slumping Spurs
Dimitar Berbatov came back to haunt his former club as Tottenham's chances of Champions League qualification took a huge blow with a shock 1-0 defeat against Fulham.
Having scored three goals in his last four matches, Berbatov was always going to be Fulham's main goal threat, but even he could not have imagined how easy it would be to score his first goal at White Hart Lane since leaving Spurs in 2008.
The Bulgarian, who scored 46 goals in two seasons at Tottenham, easily spun off his marker and his mis-timed shot flew past Hugo Lloris to give the Cottagers their first win at White Hart Lane in 10 years.
Andre Villas-Boas' side have now lost three successive games for the first time under his stewardship and they sit four points above Arsenal having played one more game.
Gylfi Sigurdsson found Gareth Bale from a corner, but luckily for Fulham Sascha Riether cleared the forward's goal-bound header off the line and the only other event of note in the first period was that Bale needed treatment on an ankle injury after being clipped by Giorgos Karagounis.
Tottenham had much more energy about them in the second half and Bale drew Mark Schwarzer in to his first save of the game.
Fulham then stunned the home crowd by taking the lead through Berbatov. The Bulgarian lost his marker to meet Ashkan Dejagah's cross and bundle the ball past Lloris.
Brede Hangeland almost doubled Fulham's lead moments later when he met Karagounis' corner at the back post, but his effort flew just wide.
Jermain Defoe almost levelled after his introduction as a substitute, firing a low shot which Schwarzer saved well after some good work by Steven Caulker down the right.
Schwarzer pulled off a brilliant save to deny Defoe in the final minute and Fulham held on in the four minutes of added time as Spurs left the field to a loud chorus of boos from their support.


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School president says it's not a 'Penn State scandal'
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- A plan designed to soothe angry Penn State University alumni may instead be sowing seeds of outrage.
School President Rodney Erickson appeared Thursday night at a hotel near Philadelphia for the second of three town hall events aimed at repairing the school's image in the wake of child molestation charges filed against former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, but the 650 alumni in attendance for the sometimes heated 90-minute session didn't receive him well.
Erickson laid the blame for the school's crisis on Sandusky.
"It grieves me very much when I hear people say 'the Penn State scandal.' This is not Penn State. This is 'the Sandusky scandal,"' he said. "We're not going to let what one individual did destroy the reputation of this university."
Alumnus Joseph Weiss, from the Class of 1988, challenged Erickson on that point. He said he needs more information from leaders at the school he loves so he can defend it to friends who ask him about the scandal.
"It's a shroud of secrecy still," Weiss said. "You said it's not a Penn State scandal, but it is, because perception is reality."
The vast majority of the questions from the alumni who turned out concerned legendary head coach Joe Paterno and the deep pain his firing has caused them. Several asked if Erickson plans to apologize to Paterno.
Erickson said it was not his place, since the board of trustees had fired the coach. He frequently reminded the audience that he reports to the board and can't tell its members what to do.
The response elicited groans and heckling. But several alumni thanked Erickson for holding the sessions, the third of which will be held in New York on Friday, when board members have not.
"They seem to be hiding under a rock someplace," said John Lagana, a Class of '62 member from Chester Springs.
Many alumni called for the board members to resign or worried about their diplomas being tarnished. Several said they were astonished that more wasn't done to manage the crisis during a grand jury investigation. Two Penn State administrators are facing charges they lied to a grand jury investigating Sandusky and failed to properly report suspected child abuse.
Retired journalist Francine Cheeks, of Philadelphia, said she was surprised at the "unrelenting" focus on Paterno, 85, and his wife.
"Sue and Joe Paterno are not the primary victims in this whole scheme," said Cheeks, from the Class of '65. "It's children whose lives have been affected, and maybe destroyed, allegedly."
Former Penn State and pro football star Franco Harris held a competing event at the King of Prussia hotel after broad dissatisfaction with Erickson's first talk in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. He criticized school leadership and said he found it difficult to believe all 32 board members wanted Paterno fired.
"The present leadership thinks it right what happened and how this was handled, and we all know it was wrong," he said.
Harris, who played for Paterno from 1968 to 1971 before helping the Pittsburgh Steelers win four Super Bowls, castigated the board for showing "no courage" by firing the longtime coach. Harris stepped down as chairman of the Pittsburgh Promise, a scholarship foundation, after Mayor Luke Ravenstahl complained about the statements, but he was reinstated in December.
But even some critics say Erickson, who received some polite applause Thursday, shouldn't be getting so much blame for what many view as a floundering public relations effort amid a scandal that has brought controversy, criticism and contemplation to Happy Valley.
A 2002 alumnus, Ryan Bagwell, who's seeking a trustee seat in voting that will start next week, said Erickson "takes his marching orders from the Board of Trustees," which has "sent him out on this three-day spree."
"We want to hear from the trustees," Bagwell said. "We want them to explain why they made the decisions they did."
The chairman and vice chairman of the Board of Trustees released a statement Thursday evening responding to questions raised at the Pittsburgh meeting, including about the firing of Paterno. Paterno, they said, was removed in November instead of being allowed to retire after the season because of "extraordinary circumstances."
"The details of his retirement are being worked out and will be made public when they are finalized," said the statement from Chairman Steve Garban and Vice Chairman John Surma. "Generally speaking, the University intends to honor the terms of his employment contract and is treating him financially as if he had retired at the end of the 2011 football season."
Representatives for the Paterno family said Thursday the trustees' statement came as a surprise. Paterno's son Scott Paterno responded it was becoming apparent that the coach's firing Nov. 9, "with no notice or hearing, was not handled well."
The alumni meetings come as investigators re-interview current and former employees of Penn State's athletic department as part of the case against the 67-year-old Sandusky, who's charged with sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. Sandusky, who maintains his innocence, remains out on $250,000 bail while awaiting trial.
Paterno has described the scandal as one of the great sorrows of his life and has said that in hindsight he wishes he had done more after allegations against Sandusky were raised.
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The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) advocates premises registration as a means of prevention and protection against disease outbreaks in the U.S. livestock and poultry industries. NAIS' aim is to trace data within a 48-hour window, in order to contain the potential spread of an outbreak.
"Premises registration is absolutely necessary to rapidly and reliably trace and eradicate animal disease," said Bruce Knight, under secretary of USDA's marketing and regulatory programs. "As the number of registered premises continues to grow, it emphasizes the growing support for animal identification, and I applaud these producers for making a choice that is crucial to the health and economic well-being of commercial livestock and poultry industries in the United States."
Previous to Nebraska, nine other states have already reached the halfway point in premises registration including: Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wisconsin.
Estimates place the number of premises nationwide at approximately 1.4 million. To find out more about NAIS and premises registration, go to www.usda.gov/nais.


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To outline training program components, rules, regulations and procedures for Pre-Service Training, In-Service Training, Special Duty requests, the maintenance of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) licenses, and training record management.
On-going training is essential to providing a professional level of service in law enforcement. Training offered by the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) Training Unit will be consistent with the MPD's goals and objectives.
The mission of the MPD Training Unit is to develop and present relevant and pertinent Pre-Service and In-Service training programs, special courses and seminars to all employees.
Minneapolis Police Department training will be provided in compliance with federal, state and city mandates, including use of force, legal update training and competency testing.
It is the responsibility of supervisors to ensure that subordinates are trained and able to carry out assigned tasks and responsibilities.
A. Recruit Officer Program Training (01/25/02) (04/14/05) (08/23/10)
- Recruit Officer training consists of a Police Academy and Field Training program.
- The Recruit Officer must pass Police Academy requirements prior to admission into the Field Training Officer (FTO) Program.
- The Recruit Officer will work one-on-one with a Field Training Officer during a six-month Field Training period.
- FTO Program requirements must be satisfactorily completed prior to the end of a Recruit Officer's probationary period.
B. Recruit Officer Program – Uniform and Personal Appearance (01/25/02) (08/23/10)
- The Recruit Officer will wear the Recruit Officer uniform or other specified attire as directed by Training Unit personnel.
- The Recruit Officer's personal appearance and uniform standards shall conform to the regulations specified in MPD Policy and Procedure Manual, Section 3-100 Personal Appearance and Uniforms.
C. Recruit Officer Program – Firearms (01/25/02) (08/23/10)
- The Recruit Officer shall successfully complete the MPD Range Qualification course.
- The Recruit Officer is prohibited from carrying ammunition and/or a loaded firearm during academy training unless they are under the direct supervision of range personnel.
- The Training Unit may authorize the Recruit Officer to carry his/her firearm while participating in academy training classes.
- The Recruit Officer is not legally authorized to carry his/her firearm while off duty until he/she is sworn in as a peace officer.
D. Field Training Officer (FTO) Program (01/25/02) (08/23/10)
- Selection of Field Training Officers (FTO's)
- Precinct staffing supervisors, following FTO program guidelines, shall recommend officers who are eligible to be Field Training Officers.
- Field Training Officers and Field Training Sergeants will be selected and trained by Training Unit personnel.
- The Field Training Sergeant at each precinct shall be selected by a Sector Lieutenant.
- Field Training Officer Program Scheduling – FTO and Recruit Officer
- The Recruit Officer will rotate to a new FTO each pay cycle.
- The Recruit Officer shall work the same schedule as his/her assigned Field Training Officer (FTO).
- A special request by a Recruit Officer to deviate from his/her assigned FTO's schedule must be approved by the assigned FTO, Field Training Sergeant and the Training Unit.
- Evaluation
- The Recruit Officer's progress will be evaluated by his/her assigned Field Training Officer (FTO) and Field Training Sergeant.
- Recruit Officer evaluations shall be reported to the Training Unit in the format prescribed by the Field Training Manual.
- The Performance Evaluation and Probationary Report for each Recruit Officer shall be completed by the Commander or his/her designee, to whom the Recruit Officer is currently assigned.
- The Performance Evaluation shall cover the time period from the Recruit Officer's completion of the FTO Program through the end of his/her probationary period.
- The Probationary Report shall be completed at the same time as the performance evaluation.
- The Performance Evaluation and Probationary Report shall be forwarded together to MPD Human Resources.
E. MPD In-Service Training (01/25/02) (08/23/10)
- MPD In-Service Training is provided each year to meet or exceed the requirements of the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), the MPD, and the City of Minneapolis.
- All employees shall attend and participate in In-Service Training, as assigned, regardless of the number of POST Credits or Continuing Education Credits accumulated.
F. Special Duty, Schools and Seminars (01/25/02) (08/23/10)
- Employees applying for Special Duty time, department funds, or MPD sponsorship must forward a properly completed Special Duty Approval Form (MP-1002) to the Training Unit.
- Training requests which involve funding beyond the endorsing Commander's training budget shall be reviewed and approved or denied by the Deputy Chief of Professional Standards.
- Employees attending specialized schools or seminars authorized by the MPD will provide event information, reports and a class syllabus to the Training Unit.
- Employees may be selected to attend or instruct advanced training programs in which the MPD participates.
- MPD employees may attend specialized training schools and/or seminars on their own time.
- Probationary employee requests for special training shall be forwarded to the appropriate Bureau Chief for review and final approval determination.
G. Professional Development Program (01/25/02) (08/23/10)
- The Professional Development Program, administered by the Training Unit promotes the professional growth of MPD employees. The program includes the following components:
- Career Enrichment Programs
- Career Paths
- Community Service
- Higher Education
- In-Service Training
- Leadership Development
- Mentoring Program
To reinforce that it is the responsibility of sworn employees to maintain a valid and active Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) license.
All sworn employees shall maintain a valid and active Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) license as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain a valid and active POST license will result in an employee being relieved of enforcement duty and discipline, up to and including termination.
- Sworn employees will report changes of name and/or address to the MN Post Board.
- Sworn employees must pay the required fee and complete 48 hours of POST-approved training every three years, prior to June 30, for re-licensing.
- The MPD is not obligated to provide this training; however, participation in annual In-Service Training may meet or exceed licensing requirements.
- Upon request, the Training Unit will provide appropriate forms and assistance to officers seeking MN POST Board credit for any training received.
- The MN POST Board requires law enforcement agencies to maintain and retain records of all POST-approved training for police officers in accordance with POST Board requirements.
- The MN POST Board recommends officers maintain their own documentation to prove successful completion of their required credits.
- Sworn employees who have instructed in MN POST Board approved training may apply for POST credit. The number of POST credits granted will be determined by POST guidelines. The Training Unit will provide officers with requirements and forms . For more information regarding POST, officers may go to the following website: dps.mn.gov/entity/post/
- Sworn employees who do not have a valid and active POST license shall not represent themselves as a police officer, whether on duty or off duty, and shall not take enforcement action under the authority of being a police officer.
- Sworn employees who do not have a valid and active POST license shall not carry a firearm unless they have an additional Permit to Carry as a private citizen issued by the jurisdiction in which they live.
- Any formal action that is taken or pending against an employee's POST license shall be immediately reported by the employee to his/her Division Commander and the Internal Affairs Unit. Notification may be made through the chain-of-command.
- Upon being notified that an employee's license is no longer valid or active, regardless of the reason, Division Commanders shall take action to ensure that the affected employee is not acting in a capacity that requires them to be a licensed police officer.
To establish procedures regarding the management of and access to Minneapolis Police Department training records.
Records shall be maintained to document training of all Minneapolis Police Department employees.
Course ID: A pre-authorized number assigned by the In-Service Training Unit for identification of training courses or programs.
Department Training: Denotes any training instructed or coordinated by the Minneapolis Police Department (e.g., in-service, pre-service training).
Human Resources Information System (HRIS): A computer information system that provides employee pay, benefit, and training management programs.
Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST Board): Oversees law enforcement licensing and training requirements for law enforcement agencies and officers.
Outside Department Training: Denotes training provided to employees away from the department (e.g., college courses, seminars in another city, IACP, FBI National Academy).
Unit Specific Training: Training instructed by specialty units. This includes but is not limited to PowerPoint presentations, scenario-based training, practical exercises and videos.
Training Liaison: The employee responsible for scheduling and organizing department training with instructors from inside and/or outside the MPD.
Training Records: Job-related training documentation received throughout an employee's career including, but not limited to, in-service training, firearms training, unit specific training, seminars/workshops, courses which are law enforcement related or for development of administrative skills taken at accredited colleges/universities.
Workforce Director (WFD): A computer information system that provides employee scheduling and timekeeping functions, personnel data management, training management, inventory management, Internal Affairs management, performance reviews, recruiting, and support for Field Training Officer programs.
- Training Records Management - Training Unit Responsibility
- The Training Unit shall:
- Assign a Course ID for all training that is to be documented.
- Perform data entry and editing of training records in Workforce Director. Items to be stored in WorkForce Director for each training: (05/03/13)
- Instructor biography/resume
- Syllabus of the training
- Handouts
- Training materials (e.g. PowerPoint)
- Sign in sheet
- Grades (if assigned)
- Respond to Data Practices requests for MPD training records.
- Maintain training records in accordance with data retention guidelines.
- Generate the Training Record Verification Report upon request.
- The Training Unit shall:
- Training Records Management - Employee Responsibility
- Employees shall sign an attendance roster at training sessions where one is provided and the employee is present for the training.
- Employees shall periodically review their training records for completeness and accuracy and contact the Training Unit if changes are necessary.
- Employees wishing to have Outside Department Training (e.g. command schools or City training) documented in their respective MPD training and personnel files shall provide:
- To the Training Unit: Proof of course completion, handouts, agenda and certification (if applicable).
- To MPD Human Resources: Proof of course completion and/or certification
- Employees seeking POST certification credit for Outside Department Training shall contact the Training Unit upon receiving Special Duty approval, to ensure POST eligibility requirements are met.
- Training Records Management - Supervisor/Commander Responsibility
- Unit Specific Training:
- To be considered verifiable Department Training the lesson plan, training material (e.g. PowerPoint presentation) and instructor qualifications/resume must be documented and forwarded to the Training Unit.
- Prior to conducting Unit Specific Training a Course ID number shall be obtained from the Training Unit.
- In the event that Unit Specific Training is required and prior notification of the Training Unit is not practical, the supervisor/commander will be responsible for documentation of the lesson plan and attendance roster.
- Upon completion of Unit Specific Training the attendance roster shall be forwarded to the Training Unit.
- To be considered verifiable Department Training the lesson plan, training material (e.g. PowerPoint presentation) and instructor qualifications/resume must be documented and forwarded to the Training Unit.
- Training Verification
- Commanders shall be responsible for reviewing subordinates training records to ensure compliance with required certifications and mandated Department Training.
- The Training Record Verification Report is available from the Training Unit upon request.
- Unit Specific Training:
Last updated Oct 31, 2013