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Hello dhewg!
Where is our 1.2.1 official build for Wii?
Being serious, can we expect an official build to be released for this version? Or will you only mantain the SVN nightly builds from now and on?
Thank you!
heya, wasn't around for a long time, i just missed the release
i have yet to check a few hundred commits to our base libraries, so i can integrate as many fixes as possible.
release will come, uhm.. "soon"
I believe you've been too busy with real life and your other projects, because its been past one month already and this has not come out to light yet
I hope you can find some time soon to work on this.
I hope we'll see 1.2.1 soon, it's now May almost 3 months since dhewg's last post with no releases.
I'm dying to play toonstruck on the wii..
erm... well, yeah
1.3.0 for wii will come, promised!
but even with my absence, buildbot still offers fresh daily builds
ScummVM 1.3.0 is out and Official build for Wii is missing again
I already contacted Andre by email, and he confirmed that he is planning to make official 1.3.0 binaries for Wii and GC soon. Let's hope .
That is great news, fingolfin! Thank you very much, and thank you for keep supporting this wonderful project through all these years.
The Wii definitely suits ScummVM like home. It is so far the best way to play point and click adventures on a modern TV set. Let's hope dhewg does not abandon this port and continues to support it.
yeah, i know... sorry, real life and stuff
but the release is finally uploaded, enjoy!
You rock Andre!
Thank you very much for dedicating time to this!


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Thank you guys for the 5.11 feedback, sounds like that's the direction I'll likely go.To answer 'endurance's question: steel plates. Background: My car BOB, once fully loaded, came in at 70 pounds. Though it is modular and can be easily distributed among three people, I had to ask myself if I needed to could I carry it? It was heavy; doing some walking around testing it out, I realized I had a choice to make: lower the weight in the BOB or get use to carrying that much weight.So I got one of my old packs, loaded it up with my GHB gear and it weighed about 35 pounds. I then slowly worked my way up adding weight in 10 pound increments until I got to my goal of 70 pounds. I now go out three times a week, walking for an hour, taking the dog on a walk through the woods.
I'd love to see whats in this pack
I'd hate to be your knees when you're 50.
Can we see a pic?
The entire kit could be carried all together a relatively short distance and then repacked as needed. Or divided among 2 or 3 people. Again, predominately a car BOB but packaged in such a way it can be transported if necessary. (Both of our primary vehicles have basically identical kits.)
Great blog Trace - I got nothing on the bag issue.... except you get to carry what you want to carry.


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Jeff Soto takes a trip this year's Comicon convention in San Diego that went down July 24th - 27th, 2007. For those that don't know, Comicon is the largest/ most complete/ original comic book/ pop art covention that takes place every year for the last 38 years... Below are Jeff's words and images.
Me and Dan Santat at the Comicon on Friday, the only photo I got before my camera died. This is gonna be a decent sized entry.
Left early Thursday morning so I could make the 2 hour drive and still get parking under the convention. The night before I came down with a cold, I had serious stuffed up sinuses, runny nose and just felt like shit in general. The drive down really sucked, not to be a whiny byatch but I'd only slept a couple hours at most the night before, and I just felt like curling up and sleeping. I almost turned around twice.
Once I got to the Con, I decided to sleep in my car down in the parking dungeon. Yeah, it was stinky, hot and humid down there. I tried to sleep but I was feverish and very sweaty. So I put my seat back, and thought, I'm a man, I can be shirtless in public (besides, who'd see my fishbelly white flab down in a dank parking garage anyway?) I took off my shirt and put my arms up to air out my sweaty pits (wow, this is turning out gross). I fell asleep like that and woke up suddenly an hour later unable to move my arms which were dead asleep. I jumped up, and looked to my right and there were three guys looking back with surprise in their eyes. Hi. Shit. So I layed back in my seat and clumsily put my shirt on with asleep limbs.
I crawled out of my car. Smiled at the three asian guys that saw me jolt awake. And headed to find a bathroom.
I got into the exhibitor's hall right when it opened at 10, went and found Mark Murphy where I'd be sharing a booth. This is my 12th year attending the Comicon, and only the second time I've had a booth to park all my stuff. So nice to be able to stash my backpack and walk around. This booth was to be our home base for the next 4 days, this was where we laughed, cried, ate our lunch (usually overpriced mediocre cheeseburgers with buns the size of floatation devices), and overall had a pretty fun time.
That first day I did a ton of drawings but I was really feeling pretty ill. I probably spread colds to everyone in the Toy Growers Garden or whatever they're calling it. I was trying not to shake hands but people wanted to. It doesn't matter, I handled so many sketchbooks, sharpies and giant Qees that were then passed around to more artists that I wouldn't be surprised if half the Con got my cold. Sorry.
I missed a couple parties because after drawing hundreds of drawings and being nice to so many people all I wanted to do was take some Nyquil and crawl into bed. It's not hard being nice to so many people, I enjoy meeting my fans, it's just exhausting to always put on your happy face and draw good stuff when your feeling under the weather.
I made it through the first two days somehow and by Saturday I felt awesome. I had a little nagging cough but cough drops work wonders. My pal Jon came out from Vista and we got to walk around for a couple hours. All this time I didn't really get to take any photos. I took a couple then my camera ran out of batteries and I couldn't find anywhere in the convention that had them for sale. So I did some drawings. Mark Murphy was a great booth partner, we had a lot of fun. What a generous guy. Saturday night he threw a party at his place. Here's what happened:
Mark Todd and I got a ride from San Diego illustrator Pamela Jaeger. On our way to the party Mark saw some indie comics guys and waved. Jacob Covey promtly flipped us the bird so we busted out our guns and started shooting. I think Jordan Crane got hit in the shoulder. Suckas.
When we arrived Mark Murphy had the serious food and drink setup going. This dude knows how to throw a party. Taquitos, self serve tacos, chips, salsa, guacamole, rice & beans etc. Very good stuff. Someone made me a pretty strong Marguerita.
I decided to show people around Mark's place. He has an awesome art collection, some Joe Sorren pieces, a big Tim Hussey, a Manuel O'Campo, etc. and some weird hand molds that are actually pretty cool.
I ended up making friends with artist Gin Stevens and his girl Elizabeth. Super rad folks. (note: He doesn't look dead in real life, it's just the picture). He's part of the Igloo Tornado, an artist collective. The other guys never showed up.
John Goff played his bagpipes for everyone. Pretty sweet, I've never heard them up close like that. Afterwards the Goff brother provided the music- check their stuff- SSI.
I talked to my booth neighbor Jermaine Rogers about Texas.
The Munson smoked some herb on the Murphy front porch.
I was cold because I didn't think to bring a sweatshirt (who knew? It's still hot at night where I live). Mars-1 was there and we finally got to talk for a while. Great guy, I can't say enough about Mario. And I got to meet David Choong Lee who was also really cool. So Mars was telling me UFO stories, creeping me out on a foggy full moon night and then Mark Murphy comes up and starts telling ghost stories. Ask him sometime.... creepy stuff. I was pretty freaked out- was i shivering in fear or from the chilly SD air?
A lady died in Mark's house a long time ago. It was in the upstairs bathroom, and her ghost is around....
Joe Ledbetter came by and introduced us to this guy Jack who's a world champion yo-yo guy. I looked him up online- Jack Ringca. Wow, this guy was doing some crazy shit with that yoyo.
I ended up talking with Martin McIntosh from Australia, Mark Todd, husband and wife duo Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas, and Joe Ledbetter. I was still really cold. Woops I forgot to draw/paste a head on myself.
Towards the end of the night these guys came looking for the Igloo Tornado.
After everyone was gone we found that someone tracked dog poo into Mark's house. Sonoffa! There are some reports it was Mike Bertino (sorry really dumb inside joke).
The last day I brought my camera. I didn't want to take photos of all the people dressed up as the same shit every year. So I just shot friends mostly.
Jeremy Kove and Jermaine Rogers guarding our booth Sunday morning.
Aaron Mason and family came out. Gavin had fun.
Eric Nakamura from Giant Robot is always so nice.
Nichole (AKA ToyBaroness) from KidRobot had me draw some stuff in her secret sketchbook. Only the chosen few know what's in there...
Never did end up saying hi to old pal Tara McPherson. Every time I came by she wasn't around.
Mitch O'Connel was there in Artists' Alley with copies of his book. When I came back to pick one up they were sold out.
Dov Kelemer got half the attendees their badges.
Kozik's sign. Hmm..
Ron English cow chick. Is that Ron next to her? I didn't even notice when I took the photo.
Roman Dirge and Steven Daily looking sharp over at Slave Labor.
Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas seemed to be pretty swamped with fans.
Gary Taxali Vader helmet.
Grasshut had the coolest booth as always. (That's also Martin from GR on the left making a guest appearance)
Bwana and Martin had a good Con (and they deserve it!)
Annual Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson Comicon photo. Thanks for the ride back to my hotel Mark!
Tom Neely and Levon Jihanian from Igloo Tornado. Some guys were looking for you last night.
By Sunday afternoon I was ready to go home; actually I was kinda ready after that first day. The convention is a lot of work and stress, it's getting crazier every year. Our booth did really good, and I'm hoping to do the same thing next year. Thanks goes out to everyone who came by, we appreciate the support.
Good to be home again... and now back to finishing work for my September solo show!!
For more on Jeff, check his site: jeffsoto.com
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February 16
Arris Pizza, Around the Clock DJ
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Chances R', Mike Benne, 8-12
Chevy's Bar & Grill, Phat Mike & the Bartenders, 8 p.m.
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It seems remarkably unprofessional on a club and player level that Emmanuel Adebayor will be allowed to flee north London for South Africa next week for the Africa Cup of Nations, but regardless of which party you feel is most responsible, it leaves Tottenham in an arduous position after a summer of neglect last year.
The vigorous one-eyed pursuit for Adebayor between seasons felt strange, particularly after the appointment of Andre Villas-Boas. The Togolese striker had played his best football for years in last season's fourth-place campaign under Harry Redknapp and was a popular member of the squad, but was he the right fit for Villas-Boas?
With Daniel Levy, the Spurs chairman, overseeing Tottenham's summer transfer business, it hardly mattered.
The fallout from an unhappy time at the Etihad Stadium left Manchester City looking to sell for peanuts and Levy salivating at the prospect of securing an impossibly cheap deal from the Premier League champions. The deal was done and initially it seemed a wise move – he had after all, contributed 17 goals and 11 assists in the league, the fourth highest combined contribution.
But reports of an early season disagreement suggested Adebayor had not warmed as much to Villas-Boas as he did to Redknapp's arm-round-the-shoulder approach and recent evidence suggests this relationship is set to deteriorate further.
He hardly endeared himself to the club by spending a sizable portion of the summer in the United States, returning to Tottenham woefully out of shape and short of fitness. By the time he was deemed ready to contribute to the first-team, Adebayor looked off the pace, overweight and quickly picked up an injury.
Fast forward to the present day and although he started the last six league games, scoring once, as part of a 4-4-2, he will jet off to the Africa Cup of Nations after Saturday's match at QPR, despite initially informing the club and his nation that he would boycott the tournament on account of unpaid bonuses and the absence of security promises.
Further still, after Villas-Boas' public claims that he would not stand in Adebayor's way, the striker told the Togolese Football Federation: "So that's what he told the press, but this is not what he told me. There is a difference between what is said face to face and what is said to the press. So I will go there and I will discuss it with Daniel Levy after I get back."
In the cold light of day, his U-turn is hugely unprofessional and puts the ambitions of the White Hart Lane outfit in jeopardy, as well as having the makings of the first spat between Adebayor and the club. That said, this brings us to the wider and far more long-running debate about the manner of Tottenham's transfer dealings.
In signing Adebayor and allowing Louis Saha to leave the club after a six-month spell, Levy, Villas-Boas and everyone working behind the scenes would have been aware of the possibility that the 28-year-old would be unavailable for a portion of the season (if Togo reach the final, he will miss four league games and one FA Cup tie). In fact, everyone in the stands, armchairs and on forums would have seen this scenario coming months ago.
Tottenham are in a mess. It may only be temporary, but the league is as finely balanced as it has been in the Premier League era (if you discount the two Manchester teams) and dropped points in this period could well prove damaging when the final scores are totted up in May.
Jermain Defoe will be the club's only senior striker for almost a month (Clint Dempsey may be labelled a striker by the manager and coaches, but that is merely PR spin), and the more cynical supporters will be expecting an injury to sideline the 30-year-old as soon as Adebayor disappears.
Defoe has netted just one league goal since he was regularly partnered with Adebayor, which may, perversely, give fans hope, if Spurs return to Villas-Boas' preferred 4-2-3-1. Prolific in the opening stages of the season, Defoe confounded those who expected him to be marginalised by a new more intricate system. Perhaps Tottenham will see the best of Defoe when he is asked to carry the goalscoring burden once more.
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There have been commendable aspects to his dealings – namely the swoop to bring Rafael van der Vaart to the club and the low cost approach to building a top four capable squad, all the while planning a multi-million pound stadium and regeneration of the area. But he also failed to secure Joao Moutinho, Villas-Boas' number one target – a player they are pursuing once again – and an intelligent target man capable of leading the line as a 'one'.
Reports of an official bid for Internacional's striker Leandro Damiao offer encouragement, but for a saga that has dragged on for almost three years, no-one will be anticipating a swift conclusion to this move – particularly after the player distanced himself from a January switch.
Though the wheels have been set in motion commendably early, the Brazilian club are notoriously tricky to deal with as well, despite being a club partner. No-one expects this to be tied up in January.
So it leaves Tottenham with one striker, and an out-of-form striker at that. Yet, the problem is not with Defoe, it lies somewhere between the club and Adebayor.
For his part in this mess, it was always possible that he would change his mind and represent Togo at a major tournament.
The club, therefore, can only blame themselves for not devising a contingency plan for a situation they should have seen coming well in advance. Spurs will have to hope they get by without him.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (September 20, 2005) - The East Tennessee State volleyball team swept in-state rival Chattanooga, 3-0, Tuesday night, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Lady Bucs took three-straight nail-biters from the Mocs, winning 33-31, 30-28, and 30-28. With the win, the Lady Bucs stand at 7-5 on the season.
Sophomore Callie Kiselich (Colorado Springs, Colo.) led a balanced ETSU attack, hitting .400 with 12 kills, while junior trio Jennifer Sartor (Toronto, Ontario), Brittany Kessel (Libertyville, Ill.) and Sarah Buhr (Stockton, Calif.) chipped in with 11 kills apiece.
"Chattanooga has always been a rival of ours, so it's great to get a win," said head coach Lindsey Devine. "We played well and executed the things we've been working on in practice."
Kessel and Jennifer Emerson (Santa Clara, Calif.) were nearly even in the setting column, with 25 and 24 assists, respectively. Emerson also
led the Lady Bucs in the digs with 16, followed by Kiselich with 15.
"When our opponent pushed and our backs were against the wall, we pushed through with confidence and really fought back," said Devine of her team's effort.
The Lady Bucs outhit the Mocs .258 to .199, while Chattanooga committed less hitting errors, making 19 miscues to ETSU's 22.
Lindsey Galloway paced the Mocs with 17 kills, as her team fell to 5-7 on the year. Teammate Michaela Huff contributed 21 assists.
The Lady Bucs begin conference play on Friday, Sept. 23, as the Fighting Camels of Campbell University come to Brooks Gym for ETSU's first-ever Atlantic Sun match. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m.


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Clarkson University's ben-Avraham Named "Outstanding Referee" by American Physical Society
Clarkson University Physics Professor Daniel ben-Avraham has been named an "Outstanding Referee" by the American Physical Society.
The American Physical Society recognizes a small number of their 42,000 referees each year as "Outstanding Referees" in order to show their appreciation for the essential work that anonymous peer reviewers do for their academic journal. This year they will recognize 534 outstanding referees as their inaugural group and then choose additional 130 or so referees each subsequent year for this lifetime award.
ben-Avraham has been a member of the Clarkson faculty since 1987. Prior to this appointment, he was a post-doctoral research associate at Boston University. He has held short appointments as a visiting professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, the University of Granada, Spain, Heidelberg University, Germany, and at the Los Alamos National Laboratories. ben-Avraham holds a Ph.D. and master's and bachelor's degrees in physics from Bar-Ilan University.
ben-Avraham is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He is the author of over 130 research papers and coauthor of a graduate textbook. His long-time refereeing for several journals of the American Physical Society has earned him the present award.
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.


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Yanina Cywinska has improved her Holy Hoax fairy tale.
At only 10 years old, Yanina was taken to Auschwitz.
Her job at Auschwitz was as a "sonderkommando", in which she had to drag dead bodies out of the gassum chambers.
One day she was horrified to see that she had pulled her own mother out of the chamber!
Another time Yanina says she was forced by the Nazis to dig a big ditch that was to serve as their own mass grave. They worked digging the ditch for five days without any food or water!
The Nazis tried to holocaust her by shooting her and then dumping her into the mass grave. But the firing squad's bullets missed! The Nazis then pulled her out of the ditch and took her to Auschwitz for holocausting.
Yanina was then taken to the gas chamber to be deathed. She held her father's hand inside the gas chamber as he died!
Yanina passed out inside the gas chamber, but somehow survived! Carbon monoxide was used, and not Zyklon B. She was then secretly resuscitated by an inmate!
Yanina now lives in the United States and spends her time telling her fairy tale to young school children.
Article: A night to remember: Holocaust survivor recounts story of horror and hope
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- Yanina Cywinska's Hoaxacaust tale-"Nazis paraded around briefcases and lamps made of human skin while washing their bodies with soap from Jewish bone"
- Yanina Cywinska's holo-fable - Survives Auschwitz gas chamber when dead jews fall on top of her, protecting her from poisonous gas


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jdw35 wrote:it says those only run through the 19th, which we just passed.
Whoops! That's my mistake - I meant to give you 3 days - the 17th, 18th, and 19th. Fixed now.
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jdw35 wrote:it says those only run through the 19th, which we just passed.
sempaispellcheck wrote:rdsrds2120 wrote:jdw35 wrote:so does anyone know who is in the lead for games won so far?
No idea, but the map is closed, so good luck to the winner!
rds, I apologize if I'm stepping on your toes or anyone else's, but I stated in the first post of this thread that the map would be open until the end of the day on March 23rd, and I will not be made a liar.
The map has been reopened.
As far as who is in the lead, I have not been keeping track, and there are already almost 10 full pages of finished games, so counting them all up will take time that I do not have right now.
I will try to get you a count sometime tomorrow, but you may have to wait until the map closes again on Sunday.
smithallan wrote:I won round 1, ready for round 2
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Since its founding in 1919, the College has established many meaningful traditions, including Founders' Day, a significant College event commemorating the founding of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDs) by St. Julie Billiart in 1804 and the founding of Emmanuel College by the SNDs in 1919. Other Emmanuel customs include the annual Christmas Tree Lighting on the Quad; the 100 Days Celebration, during which the Chapel bells ring 100 times, signifying 100 days until graduation; International Hospitality Night in the fall and the Clambake in the spring.
Each Emmanuel class also has its own tradition, from the First-Year Student Ceremony on Move-In Day to Senior Cap and Gown Day.
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WASHINGTON — President Obama, speaking from the hallowed place where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech 50 years ago, called on the nation Wednesday to build upon the accomplishments of racial justice and complete the journey to economic equality.
In some ways, the moment marked a dream fulfilled, with the nation's first black president embodying how far the country has come. As Obama paused and looked at the masses from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he sought to link the history that he celebrated to the hope that he promised in his presidential campaigns.
"Because they kept marching, America changed," Obama said of those who fought for civil rights along with King. "Because they marched, the city councils changed, and state legislatures changed, and Congress changed. And yes, eventually the White House changed."
But as Obama and a parade of speakers before him made clear, King's dream remains a work in progress, with voting rights issues again at the forefront and with black Americans facing the same kind of high unemployment rate and other problems that helped spark the march a half a century ago.
Former president Bill Clinton, who spoke before Obama, urged the crowd to fight the gridlock in Washington with actions rather than rhetoric.
"Martin Luther King did not live and die to hear his heirs whine about political gridlock," Clinton said. "It is time to stop complaining and put our shoulders against the stubborn gates holding the American people back."
Clinton and Obama were joined by former president Jimmy Carter and a number of other prominent Democrats. No Republicans delivered remarks, which was variously attributed to GOP members' declining invitations or not receiving them. Some Republicans did speak at other events associated with the anniversary.
On a cloudy, drizzly day, hawkers set up on street corners, selling T-shirts and handbags with Obama and King on them, with text that read: "I have a dream. That dream has come true." Streams of people — young and old, black and white — headed to the Mall. Some who were there 50 years ago brought the same signs they had then. The crowd appeared to be number in the tens of thousands.
"Today we are freer but less equal," the Rev. Jesse Jackson said in an interview.
Jackson said Obama is the crown jewel of the political aspects of King's dream, but he also called upon the president to do more to help black Americans.
"He's good and will only get better," Jackson said. "But we need a response to our pain from him. [There are] 2.5 million Americans in prison, half of them African-Americans. Respond to that. These urban ghettos, foreclosed homes, closed schools, closed libraries, closed medical units — we need a response."
Obama stressed in his speech that much progress has been made, saying that to believe otherwise would tarnish the memory of King and other civil rights workers.
"To dismiss the magnitude of this progress, to suggest as some sometimes do that little has changed — that dishonors the courage and the sacrifice of those who paid the price to march in those years," he said.
But while some of the political and legal goals of the civil rights movement may have been realized, Obama said, the goal of economic equality remained elusive.
"In some ways, though, the securing of civil rights, voting rights, the eradication of legalized discrimination — the very significance of these victories may have obscured a second goal of the March," Obama said. "For the men and women who gathered 50 years ago were not there in search of some abstract ideal. They were there seeking jobs as well as justice, not just the absence of oppression but the presence of economic opportunity. For what does it profit a man, Dr. King would ask, to sit at an integrated lunch counter if he can't afford the meal? The gap in wealth between races hasn't lessened, it's grown."
A Pew Research Poll released last week found that only 26 percent of African Americans think the situation for blacks is better now than it was five years ago. That is down from 39 percent in 2009, when Obama first took office.
The survey, called "King's Dream Remains an Elusive Goal," also found that while gaps between whites and blacks have narrowed on measures such as high school completion and life expectancy, on other key indicators they have widened.
Black men were six times as likely as white men in 2010 to be incarcerated, an increase from 1960, when black men were five times as likely as whites to be in jail.
Consistently since the 1950s, the unemployment rate has been about double for blacks than it has been for whites.
"As much success President Obama has had as president, the fact remains he is still only one person," said A.J. Franklin, a Boston College professor who was at the King speech in Washington 50 years ago. "We're talking about the black community that still has an enormous number of barriers to overcome. The dream is partially fulfilled."
Obama's experience was a different one, in many ways, from those of many African-Americans. He was a 7-year-old in Indonesia when King was shot in Memphis in 1968. His mother, a white woman from Kansas, would bring home books on the civil rights movement and recordings of King's speeches.
"If I told her about the goose-stepping demonstrations my Indonesian Boy Scout troop performed in front of the president, she might mention a different kind of march, a march of children no older than me, a march for freedom," he wrote in his memoir, "Dreams from My Father."
But he also noticed that there was nobody who looked like him in the Sears Christmas catalogue. As president, he has spoken about being followed in a department store, or hearing people lock car doors as he walks past,experiences he says he shares with most black men.
As a politician, he has delicately approached the issue of race. During his 2008 presidential campaign, he devoted a speech to the topic after coming under criticism for the harsh rhetoric of his pastor Jeremiah Wright, who made several racially charged statements from his pulpit. Upon being elected as the nation's first African-American president, he played down the significance as he sought to appeal to all Americans.
Still, he put a framed program of the March on Washington and a bust of King in the Oval Office. And at times he tried to educate white Americans on what black Americans were feeling, as he did in the aftermath of the ruling that acquitted George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin. He could have been Martin, Obama said, recounting ways in which he had been racially profiled.
The event on Wednesday followed a similar one on Saturday, where civil rights leaders held a separate march. But the one on Wednesday was more star-studded. Oprah Winfrey came and spoke. Caroline Kennedy — the only surviving child of John F. Kennedy, who was president during the march 50 years ago — made an appearance.
Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary were there to sing "Blowin' in the Wind," as they had 50 years ago.
Marking the moment King delivered his speech, bells began ringing at 3 p.m. — from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where King family members rang a bell, from Birmingham, and from the Old South Meeting House in Boston, where Governor Deval Patrick pulled the rope.
Many on the Mall had come far to participate in this marking of history.
"This is my mecca, in my lifetime," said Steven Harrison, 53, who traveled from his home in Pensacola, Fla.
Edith Hill Cannon, 73, a retired elementary school teacher who grew up in Mississippi, remembered that her parents paid a poll tax to vote. She received secondhand books from white students at her school in Greenville, Miss., and watched a cross being burned on campus at Tougaloo College.
"But I've also had a chance to see us gain a great deal," she said.
She is planning to have her children and grandchildren to her house this weekend for brunch, to tell them what she has seen and to talk about the civil rights movement.
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RYAN Griffiths said the lure of a million-dollar contract from Chinese club Beijing Baxy and the chance to set his family up for life outweighed his desire to help the Jets push for a place in the A-League finals series.
Griffiths completed a whirlwind 72 hours when he put pen to paper yesterday on a one-year deal, the most lucrative in his career, with the ambitious second-tier Chinese club after the Jets agreed to a ''modest'' transfer fee to release the 31-year-old from his contract.
''It is a difficult time of the season to be leaving,'' Griffiths said. ''But when it came down to the finances and the difference in what you can earn and be able to set up your family and your future ... it was pretty hard for me to say no. The money is 10 times more than on offer here.''
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Griffiths acknowledged the timing of the move was poor for the Jets, who are clinging on to sixth place before their game against Wellington Phoenix in the New Zealand capital tonight.
''I was brought up to finish the things that I have started,'' Griffiths said. ''This is the first time I will break that rule. If you were put in the same situation, it is something you have to do.
''The Chinese transfer window closes tomorrow and the season starts in three weeks.''
Griffiths was contracted to the Jets until the end of next season, and his departure leaves an enormous hole.
He was the equal leading goal-scorer with nine and had also provided five assists.
Jets chief executive Robbie Middleby said Griffiths had made it clear he was desperate to go.
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This time a year ago, Joe Flacco was still viewed as a quarterback who couldn't get his team to the Super Bowl. He was still playing for a big contract after betting on himself by declining the Ravens' initial offers.
He was still waiting for the Ravens to put their full faith in his right arm and open up their offense.
What a difference a postseason makes.
Today, Flacco enters the 2013 regular season with a Lombardi Trophy on his growing resume, a nine-figure contract and the respect of the football world after taking home the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player...


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stockstef needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 60 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
I am working on a new skydive fashion brand and I need your help!!! The shop will be embedded on my skydive website http://skydivedudes.com.
The Skydiving Scene can be a bit compared with the Surfing and Snowboard Scene and this means, that the brand has to be something unique!
I am just using high quality T-Shirts and Pullover, the designs need to fit these requirements!
Skydiver are very social and like to show other people that they are Skydiver!
The T-Shirt designs should always combine something with this sport, this could be something on the images:
Maybe you could try to combine typical Skydiving Pics (
Planes, Parachutes, Wingsuits, Free Fall Positions etc) with palm trees, pin up girls, flowers etc. This should give enough room to show your creative thinking!
Please take my photos as a hint, maybe you can play around with the images! It is important, to remove the logos and fonts (Adidas, Skydive Chicago etc) from the pics! Please don´t take the original colours of the pics, try to make something special out of them!
What T-Shirt designs are we looking at:
Designs should reinforce our brand positioning:
Fashion Forward
What I want to see:
-urban typographic art (including hand drawn) [preferred style- see suggestions below] -logo/badge styles -abstract urban art/pattern/shapes/motifs - branded styles using the brand name
- practical considerations. Will be screenprinted so can fill up whole space of the tee. Ideally limited to 3-4 colours (max 6), digitally layered. Vector files are best. We have access to a wide variety of specialty inks and can also embroider.
When I am 90% satisfied, I would maybe need some changes on the designs! Then I will give some extra money (100 USD) to the winner!
Thank you very much for your help!!


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\"Lean In,\" Sheryl Sandberg's best-selling memoir, will soon be a movie.
Sony Pictures has acquired the film rights to the Facebook chief operating officer's book, the movie outfit confirmed to MarketWatch. The movie deal was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.
Nell Scovell, who helped Sandberg write the book, will write the screenplay, the entertainment site said.
The report also said the upcoming film will not be a biography of Sandberg, but will focus on the themes she tackled in the book.
In "Lean In," Sandberg took on such issues as gender equality in the workplace and women's rights and empowerment. Sandberg is donating proceeds from the movie project to her foundation, Deadline Hollywood said.
So who should play Sandberg, Michelle Pfeiffer or Angelina Jolie? asks MarketWatch columnist Therese Poletti.
Do you have other ideas? Let us know in the comments.
— Benjamin Pimentel
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High School Roundup: Central ends Portsmouth's streak
December 16. 2017 12:58AM
Manchester Central turned on the jets in the second half to take a 63-46 season-opening win from defending Division I champion Portsmouth on Friday night at Simon Gym.
The loss ended the Clippers' win streak at 43 games.
Kyler Bosse scored 22 points for the Little Green, who outscored Portsmouth 39-16 after intermission. Yansel Reyes contributed 12 and Antoine Revere scored 10. Alex Tavares led the Clippers with 16 points. Mike Sanborn added 11 and Cody Graham scored 10.
Salem 65, Keene 50: In Keene, Trevor DeMinico paced the opening win for Salem with 21 points, six rebounds and seven assists. The Blue Devils, who jumped out to a 13-3 lead and never trailed thereafter, also got 10 points from Nick Hayes. Alex Opsahl posted 13 points for Keene (0-1).
Windham 58, Plymouth 56: In Windham, Joe Shields hit one of two free throws with 10 seconds left to get Windham up two and Plymouth's final chance slipped out of the shooter's hand before time expired. The Bobcats roared back into the game late, outscoring the Jaguars 23-8 in the fourth quarter. Jake Teixiera registered a career-high 21 points for Windham while Tom Splagounias posted a double-double (11 points, 11 boards). Owen Brickley scored 17 for Plymouth.
Moultonborough 93, Canaan-Pittsburg 69: In Moultonborough, Reese Swedberg's return to NHIAA basketball was a good one for the Panthers as he notched a triple-double with 39 points, 17 rebounds, 10 steals and six assists. Joey McClay added 14 points and four steals for Moultonborough (3-0), which scored at least 23 points in three of four quarters. Canaan-Pittsburg is 0-2.
White Mountains 60, Winnisquam 37: In Whitefield, Jack Curtis led all scorers with 19 points and Zeke Pribbenow finished with 17 to help White Mountains (1-2) pick up its first victory. Kyle Mann led Winnisquam (0-2) with 14.
Exeter 70, Spaulding 69: In Exeter, a Spaulding miss as time expired helped Exeter sneak away with an opening win. Cody Morissette pumped in a team-high 16 points while little brother Josh, a freshman, scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter. Arie Breakfield led Spaulding with 24 points and 12 rebounds.
Girls' basketball
Manchester Memorial 57, Nashua South 48: In Nashua, a 20-point third quarter helped the Crusaders (3-0) get the breathing room they needed to get past the Panthers (1-1). Haleigh Shea dropped a game-high 19 points for Memorial, including 9-of-10 shooting from the free-throw line. Lyric Grumblatt and Mollie Simpson followed Shea with 14 and nine points, respectively. Freshman Aryanna Murray topped Nashua South with 17 points.
Windham 64, Plymouth 22: In Plymouth, Ali Schiebel's 17 points propelled the Jaguars (2-0). Sam Adamson added 11 for Windham, which led 38-10 at halftime and never allowed more than 10 points in a quarter to the Bobcats (0-2).
Sunapee 57, Derryfield 36: In Manchester, Kalleigh Durkee tossed in a game-high 17 points to lead the Lakers. Shawna Lesmerises led Derryfield with 11.
Hanover 37, Bow 33: In Hanover, the Marauders overcame a third-quarter deficit to escape with a win to open their season. Julia Golder had nine points for Hanover, which also got seven points apiece from Lois and Diana Schwarz. Lea Crompton and Patricia Nordin each came away with a game-high 11 points for Bow.
Hollis/Brookline 71, Pelham 67: In Hollis, Christina Balsamo scored 26 points and Brodie Kelley scored 22 for the Cavaliers (2-0). Balsamo and Kelley each made three 3-pointers. Pelham (2-1) received a career-high 27 points from Danielle Sirois.
Campbell 75, Conant 68: In Litchfield, Jonah Crema tossed in a team-high 16 points and Spencer Stanium added 12 to lead the Cougars (2-0). Conant (1-2) trailed 35-27 at halftime and 52-45 entering the fourth.
Monadnock 51, Mascoma Valley 30: In Swanzey, the Huskies had three scorers in double figures on their way to making it four consecutive wins to start the season. Caitlyn Boucher led Monadnock with 14 points while Abby May and Baylee Smith dropped 13 and 10 points, respectively. Mascoma Valley is 1-3.
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Girls results: Timberlane 95, Salem 74
200 medley relay: 1 Timberlane 2:08.27; (Bogdanovich, Marika; Whittaker, Lindsey; Hogan, Emily; Mills, Madison); 2. Salem 2:18.00 (Richards, Courtney; MacIver, Emily; Souza, Carmela; Day, Kallie); 3. Timberlane 2:31.33 (Baker, Michayla; Howard, Isabella; Huberdeau, Julia; Collins, Lily)
200 freestyle: 1. Bogdanovich, Marika, Timb, 2:28.18; 2. Porter, Molly, Salem, 2:35.00; 3. Lancaster, Kerin, Timb, 2:40.74
200 IM: 1. Whittaker, Lindsey, Timb, 2:39.88; 2. Souza, Carmela, Salem, 2:42.12; 3. Coppeta, Ava, Timb, 2:46.15
50 freestyle: 1. MacIver, Emily, Salem, 27.97; 2. Mills, Madison, Timb, 29.06; 3. Collins, Lily, Timb, 31.67
100 butterfly: 1. Hogan, Emily, Timb, 1:07.40; 2. Lopez, Osirys, Salem, 1:41.48; 3. Perry, Jillian, Salem, 1:57.33
100 freestyle: 1. MacIver, Emily, Salem, 1:03.95; 2. Mills, Madison, Timb, 1:07.73; 3. Day, Kallie, Salem, 1:12.65
500 freestyle: 1. Hogan, Emily, Timb, 6:26.65; 2. Huberdeau, Julia, Timb, 7:02.23; 3. Craig, Madeleine, Salem, 7:32.97
100 backstroke: 1. Richards, Courtney, Salem, 1:15.29; 2. Porter, Molly, Salem, 1:15.55; 3. Bogdanovich, Marika, Timb, 1:16.32
200 freestyle relay: 1. Timberlane 1:59.21 (Coppeta, Ava; Whittaker, Lindsey; Hogan, Emily; Mills, Madison); 2. Salem 2:17.30 (Day, Kallie; Bucciero, Emily; Lopez, Osirys; Porter, Molly); 3, Timberlane 2:18.63 (Bogdanovich, Marika; Landry, Olivia; Pettengill, Madison; Lancaster, Kerin)
100 breaststroke: 1. Whittaker, Lindsey, Timb, 1:19.68; 2. Souza, Carmela, Salem, 1:20.63; 3. Huberdeau, Julia, Timb, 1:24.55
400 freestyle relay: 1. Salem 4:37.15 (Souza, Carmela; Porter, Molly; Richards, Courtney; MacIver, Emily); 2. Timberlane 4:54.61 (Huberdeau, Julia; Collins, Lily; Lancaster, Kerin; Coppeta, Ava); 3. Timberlane 5:21.34 (Moley, Emma; West Geary, Phoebe; Hammond, Briana; Howard, Isabella)
Boys results: Timberlane 64, Salem 37
200 medley relay: 1. Timberlane 3:14.17 (Einarson, Jonathan; Casey, Joseph; Doherty, Joseph; Bates, Tyler)
200 freestyle: 1. Einarson, Jonathan, Timb, 2:27.67
200 IM: 1. Sheedy, Nicholas, Salem, 2:41.97; 2. Casey, Joseph, Timb, 2:42.88; 3. Parsons, Syd, Salem, 3:44.01
50 freestyle: 1. Bates, Tyler, Timb, 28.53; 2. Doherty, Joseph, Timb, 30.21; 3. Beutler, William, Salem, 34.34
100 butterfly: 1. Sheedy, Nicholas, Salem, 1:20.51
100 freestyle: 1. Casey, Joseph, Timb, 1:02.88; 2. Bates, Tyler, Timb, 1:07.21; 3. Beutler, William, Salem, 1:18.12
100 backstroke: 1. Einarson, Jonathan, Timb, 1:21.70
200 freestyle relay: 1. Timberlane 2:06.67 (Einarson, Jonathan; Murphy, Liam; Doherty, Joseph; Casey, Joseph); 2. Salem 2:23.26 (Beutler, William; Krahn, Logan; Parsons, Syd; Sheedy, Nicholas)
100 breaststroke: 1. Doherty, Joseph, Timb, 1:30.16; 2. Murphy, Liam, Timb, 1:41.43
400 freestyle relay: 1. Salem 5:36.42 (Beutler, William; Krahn, Logan; Parsons, Syd; Sheedy, Nicholas)
Manchester Central turned on the jets in the second half to take a 63-46 season-opening win from defending Division I champion Portsmouth on Friday night at Simon Gym.


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For Nashua student walkers, commute may soon be saferBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
March 13. 2014 9:00PM
NASHUA — In response to concerns from parents about the safety of students who walk to and from city schools, officials are moving to remedy some of the problems.
This week, the aldermanic Committee on Infrastructure recommended that three flashing speed limit signs be placed within three separate school zones throughout the community.
The proposal, which still needs to be reviewed by the aldermanic Budget Committee, would station the signs at Mount Pleasant Elementary School, New Searles Elementary School and St. Christopher School.
"This is nothing short of a miracle," Tracy Pappas told the committee on Wednesday. "From the bottom of my heart, I thank everyone who was involved in this."
Sponsored by Alderman Ken Siegel of Ward 9, the proposal is expected to cost about $30,000 for the purchase and installation of the three signs.
He is suggesting that money saved from the vacant community development director position be used to purchase the signs.
Siegel, who said there were several roadblocks in getting the proposal drafted, said the initiative has been a high priority for him.
"It is clearly a good thing," he said, adding the possibility of purchasing signs for other local schools should also be explored.
Alderman David Deane, president of the Board of Aldermen, agreed that the flashing speed limit signs are highly effective.
"It is a nightmare to cross Concord Street," said Deane, adding Manchester Street is also a busy and fast roadway for young pedestrians to maneuver. There is a lot of people and activity in that area, coupled with blind spots that make it very dangerous when students are released from school, he said.
Danielle St. Hilaire, who has a child attending Mount Pleasant Elementary School, said the safety of student walkers is critically important.
"It only makes sense that we have enough signage on that street," she said.
Despite the hurdles, which included confusion with pricing estimates and delays in speaking with city employees, Siegel said he hopes to get the proposal expedited in an effort to help improve safety around the schools.
"This is kind of a no-brainer," agreed Pappas. "… I cannot say how appreciative I am."
Last month, city officials accepted a federal grant to make adjustments to the pedestrian infrastructure around Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, at which time concerns were raised about walking routes around other city schools as well.
The Board of Aldermen authorized the $100,000 grant from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation as part of its final round of funding for the Safe Routes to School initiative. The grant, which includes a $36,500 match from the city, will likely be used to install flashing lights and speed indicators in the area of Charlotte Avenue school, as well as a new crosswalk, sidewalk and drainage improvements.


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Hillary Clinton's way ahead in the race for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination and the Republican field is scrambled with no clear front-runner, according to a new Fox News poll.
The April 13-15 survey found that among Democrats, the former Secretary of State was far ahead with 69 percent. Vice President Joe Biden trailed with 15 percent and Sen. Elizaveth Warren of Massachusetts was next at 6 percent.
Republicans were led by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at 15 percent, trailed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, each with 14 percent.
Behind them were House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, 9 percent; Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, 8 percent; Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, 7 percent and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, 5 percent.
In head to head matchups, Clinton wins with 50 percent or more when pitted against Christie, Bush and Paul.
The poll was conducted by Anderson Robbins Research and Shaw & Company. It included a national sample of 1,012 registered voters, and full samples have a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.


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The Chicago-set "Watch_Dogs" is heading to the PS4. (Ubisoft)Link
Indie-puzzle game "The Witness" will make its debut on the PS4. ( Thekla)Link
"Infamous: Second Sun" is an upcoming PS4 title. (Sucker Punch Productions)Link
"Killzone: Shadow Fall" is an upcoming action title for the PS4. (Guerrilla Games)Link
"Knack" is a PS4-exclusive game. (SCEA)Link
On Wednesday evening in New York, Sony threw one of the biggest magic shows of the year.
"PlayStation wants to win the war against reality," the company declared at the start of two-hour press conference to introduce its new video-game console, the PlayStation 4. Moments later, Andrew House, president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., declared that the machine "represents a significant shift from thinking of PlayStation as merely a box or console to thinking of PlayStation as a leading authority on play."
That may very well prove to be the case when the PS4 is released this holiday season. For now, however, it remains an illusion.
The period between the announcement of a new system and its launch is one that typically provides more questions than answers. As it was with Nintendo's Wii U, the answers likely won't come until the system is out and in the hands of players. Nintendo waited until September to unveil pricing for its November console, and Sony similarly withheld any pricing info from the budget-conscious on Wednesday.
Sony didn't bother to show gamers what the system looked like, instead focusing on too-brief-to-analyze clips of upcoming games — games that largely looked an awful lot like current console games. Sony deserves every benefit of the doubt, as speculation over how the system looks, works and plays is just that. For instance, it wasn't until I had the Wii U and its GamePad in my apartment for a good two weeks that I was fully convinced the system and its new multi-screen control schemes were truly an appealingly different way to play.
So I watched on Wednesday not to pass judgement on Sony's new system, or to see where it stands on the spectrum between hard-core gamers and casual gamers. The PS4 will in fact be impressive. Its design specifications, described Wednesday as a "supercharged PC," nearly guarantee it. So instead, I tuned in simply to see if Sony's new console could excite by teasing new game experiences and fresh, unusual development opportunities.
This is where Sony's extravagant press conference disappointed.
One by one, the company withheld details on new features and instead highlighted the ever vague — and increasingly dull — social-networking additions. Who knows? I may come to love the fact that the PS4 controller comes with a "share" button, allowing me to instantly record and post snippets of my game online, but chances are I will despise and de-friend anyone on Facebook who considers it worth my time to watch clips of their game playing.
Likewise, the ability to tune in and watch my pals play games, even if I don't own the games, seems right now like a complete misjudgment of how much time gamers have. Gaming, after all, is not a spectator sport, but Sony detailed in its press release the appeal of live gaming broadcasts.
As an example, the system will make it a snap for gamers to toss what they're playing up in real time on a streaming site such as Ustream, and friends watching can then offer "health potions or special weapons when a player needs them most during actual gameplay." Forget co-op play, maybe the future of gaming is co-op watching. These — as well as the ability for those who own Sony's $250 handheld machine, the Vita, to play PS4 games divorced from the TV — are nice perks, but not changing the way I experience a game.
Yet there were times Sony hit on something I was genuinely curious to learn more about. For one, the company has revamped its controller. This isn't a complete re-imagining, a la Nintendo's tablet-inspired GamePad, but Sony has instead re-made its Dualshock so it has a small touchpad on the top of the controller. Again, Sony promises that this "offers gamers completely new ways to play and interact with games."
If Sony knows what those ways are, it's not telling. There was no game showcased Wednesday that made use of the controller's new touchpad and no live demonstration of its abilities. It raises numerous questions, from the types of hand motions it recognizes to how it will integrate the abundance of buttons on the controller. But with no system on display, the one major design change from the PS3 to the PS4 was oddly downplayed.
The end result was a conference that not only raised questions about Sony's PS4, but the future of console gaming in general. And they're coming at the exact moment the PS3 has matured into a rather desirable little system. This year promises multiple reasons to be excited about the PS3, from the already released "Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch," which is part animated film, part old-school RPG, to the upcoming thriller "The Last of Us," which based on early play sessions emphasizes character interaction over killing.
With the PS3 exclusive, Ellen Page-starring "Beyond Two Souls" also due this year, I would even have recommended that this would be a fine time for those who waited to buy a PS3 to consider purchasing one. But less so after Wednesday's conference. That's because the PS4 does not "natively" support PS3 games. Essentially, PS3 discs won't be playable on the PS4.
Sony is touting its use of Gaikai Inc's cloud technology to eventually make all PS3 titles playable, via streaming and/or download, on the PS4. Yet there's still no word on whether there will be a way for players to register what games they own — or their saved game data — to ensure they don't have to re-purchase a PS3 game.
The streaming plan is ambitious and worth a closer, more extensive look in a separate piece. Sony promises that the technology will enable gamers to play a title as soon as they purchase it rather than have to wait to download it, and the ability to do so on the PS4 and the Vita would be versatility at its finest. But the gleam of the new bells and whistles will be tarnished slightly if there's no option for backward compatibility.
Another concern: While the new controller "incorporates a new highly sensitive six-axis sensor" as well as a nifty new light bar that will communicate game data to players, Sony said nothing about whether current PS3 controllers will be recognizable by the PS4, but Polygon later reported that old Dualshock controllers won't work on the new system. It's an important point that should have been addressed. Nintendo's Wii U uses a new control scheme, but old Wii peripherals all work with the system, making an upgrade a more budget-friendly decision.
Now let's get to the games showcased. Games are always on their best behavior at a conference such as this, but a little more unpredictability rather than a lineup heavy on standard shooting and fantasy fare was in order. Also, some of the titles such as "Diablo III" and "Destiny" will be available for the PS3 and PS4, undercutting the mission of the whole night. I went in looking for glimpses of game experiences I couldn't achieve on the current generation consoles, a message that's diluted when two key titles will also work on the older system.
Better was Mark Cerny's "Knack," a cartoonish-looking title that aims to merge platforming and puzzle mechanics, complete with references to the weirdly wonderful and experimental "Katamari Damacy." Better still was Jonathan Blow's "The Witness," an abstract, open-world puzzle game. Blow was out of place at the conference for numerous reasons. He himself recognized one.
"I really don't know what I'm going to do to follow up all those explosions," he said when he took the stage.
Yet while "The Witness" will debut on the PS4, it won't be dependent on it. Ultimately, "The Witness" is expected to make its way to Apple's iOS system as well as the PC. "The Witness" is not a next-gen game, but it happens to play nice with next-gen systems. Simply put, the most fascinating game shown on Wednesday, then, wasn't one that even needed the PS4.
More out of place were the comments made by David Cage, the founder of the excellent Quantic Games, the studio behind the upcoming "Beyond Two Souls." He said, "When people ask me what is the feature I want most on future hardware platforms, my answer is always the same: emotion." Yet there's plenty of emotion to be had on games that are currently available, if one knows where to look.
Storytelling isn't constrained by technology. Already in 2013 there have been some wonderful games. I love "The Cave," "Kentucky Route Zero" and "Fire Emblem: Awakening," all titles that emphasize story, character and arguably out-of-date gameplay over technology. Great characters can even be found on game machines as simple as the iPhone, as proven by BitMonster's "Lili."
In the six-plus years since the PS3 was released, mobile, downloadable and downright more affordable games have expanded the audience of those who play and have made it easier for developers to take more bite-size risks. Couple that with Nintendo's bold choice to essentially pull out of the arms race to create bigger, badder and faster systems, and the biggest lie of the console-era of gaming has been exposed: One doesn't need more expensive technology to build a better game.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Blessed with natural resources, including significant gas reserves and precious gems, Myanmar has the potential to more than quadruple the size of its economy by 2030 if it manages to diversify, build infrastructure and maintain political stability, a report said Friday.
The McKinsey Global Institute said Myanmar has the land, manpower and resources to expand the size of its economy from $45 billion in 2010 to more than $200 billion by 2030.
Growth potential rests mostly four key areas — energy and mining, agriculture, manufacturing and infrastructure. Of these, manufacturing is by far the most important since companies could conceivably relocate to Myanmar from China and other Asian countries where wages are rising, said the report by MGI, the research arm of management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
"Myanmar is coming of age in the digital era. If it uses technology fully and innovatively — in banking, government, health care, agriculture, education, and retail — Myanmar could leapfrog interim development phases to become one of the world's fastest-growing economies," Fraser Thompson, an MGI senior fellow, said in the report.
Myanmar's gross domestic product is now less than 1 percent of Asia's GDP or roughly equivalent to cities such as New Delhi and Johannesburg. It is the poorest country in Southeast Asia, its economy stunted by decades of international sanctions and strict import controls imposed by its former military junta.
Labor productivity is 70 percent lower than other countries in the region, and the population has only an average of four years of schooling. Only 4 percent of Myanmar's population has enough income for discretionary spending, compared with 35 percent of the global population, the report said.
But the potential is high for growth. Myanmar has arable land, water and a large but unskilled workforce, the report said. What the country needs now to fulfill its potential for sharp growth is political stability, infrastructure development, and the rule of law.
Myanmar had one of the region's strongest economies in the 1950s but plunged into a decline after a coup in 1962 instituted military rule with a socialist bent. Myanmar, then called Burma, was declared a least-developed nation by the United Nations in 1987. The status is given to countries with the lowest indicators of socio-economic development according to the U.N.'s Human Development Index.
The country began undertaking political reforms in 2011 after the country's military junta handed power to a nominally civilian government. But new freedoms of speech and assembly have provided opportunities for some groups to disseminate radical views, sparking violence between religious and ethnic groups. Buddhist-Muslim tensions are particularly high.
Still, foreign investors have been rushing in. In April, Ford Motor Co. announced its entry into Myanmar, saying it plans to open its first sales and service showroom for new vehicles by August. The U.S. automaker joins PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, GE, Caterpillar and Danish brewer Carlsberg, which have all signed distribution deals in Myanmar.
Longtime ally China has been one of Myanmar's biggest international backers for years, pouring billions of dollars into the extraction of gems, timber, oil and gas. Thailand has also been a significant investor. Japan, meanwhile, is stepping up its investment and has canceled billions in old debt and is doling out new low-interest loans.
"For much of the 20th century, Myanmar largely missed out on the spectacular growth seen across most of the global economy and most recently in its Asian peers," Richard Dobbs, a McKinsey director, said in the report. "It now has the potential to be one of the fastest-growing economies in emerging Asia."


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This is a story about a lady named Margaret and her relationship with a fellow who did her wrong.
This is a story about a lady named Margaret and her relationship with a fellow who did her wrong. You shouldn�t do people wrong � especially when they are smart enough to make you look foolish. This is even more the case when it�s a woman with a �mad on� at you for doing her wrong.
This lady�s name was Margaret and she was born on Valentine�s Day back in 1838. I bet you haven�t heard of her, but you really ought to know about Margaret Knight and her experience with men or at least one man in particular.
Margaret�s daddy died when she was very young leaving her with no choice other than to join her brothers working in the factory after very little schooling. Born in Maine, Margaret went to school until she was 12.
Then she went to work in a cotton mill�
You would have to imagine that working in a cotton mill wouldn�t be fun, especially for a 12 year-old girl.
Margaret kept working and never got married. Maybe you could say, �She was married to her work.�
Not that she needed to get married; I guess some folks are just as happy not getting married.
But she was born on Valentine�s Day�
Surely, she had some love interests or experiences with men.
She did.
You see, Margaret didn�t have much time for men. She was busy inventing things. She started when she was 12 years-old. At 12, while working in the cotton mill, she invented a safety device for the mill after witnessing a spindle fly off its moorings and injuring a worker.
These accidents in the cotton mills were common, and Margaret solved the problem by creating a stop-motion device. Margaret being young and her family uneducated was unable to patent the idea and make money from its use and sale.
Believe it or not, it�s still in use today.
In fact, Margaret came up with close to 90 different inventions. She became known as the �woman Edison,� in reference to Thomas Edison.
What does this have to do with Valentine�s Day and her relationship with men?
It goes like this.
You know those brown paper bags you use for taking your lunch to work and the big ones you get at the grocery store and even the ones that children drop their Valentine�s Day cards in?
Margaret is responsible for those�
While working with a paper bag manufacturer in Massachusetts, she invented paper bags with flat bottoms and a way to make them. We take things like this for granted, but at the time it was a pretty big deal. Honestly, it still is.
This fellow by the name of Charles Annan tried to steal Margaret Knight�s idea about the flat bottom paper bags and even hired a spy to steal her secrets.
Charles was successful at first and even received credit for the patent.
Margaret was tough.
You�d expect her to be tough working in factories all those years and helping her widowed mother hold a family together.
Margaret took this �invention stealing fellow� to court to get credit for the patent that was really hers.
The fellow who stole her invention was ready � or at least he thought he was ready. He had prepared to face Margaret in court. When asked for proof that the invention was his and not Margaret�s, Charles Annan�s explanation was something to the effect of, �She�s a woman; a woman could never come up with such an innovative idea or machine.�
For about the umpteenth time in history � a woman made a man look like a fool.
Margaret Knight explained everything about the design including things that the other fellow had no idea about.
Folks understood that Margaret was the inventor and she was given credit for the patent in 1871.
The next time you are at the grocery store or your children are cutting hearts out of red construction paper to glue on a white paper bag to put Valentine�s Day cards in � think of Margaret and that fool man who thought he could steal her idea.
The next time someone says, �Girls can�t do that� or �Girls aren�t good at that,� think of Margaret.
She was born on Valentine�s Day, 1838.
Margaret Knight�s inventions included things like rotary engines, shoe-cutting machines, numbering machines, dress shields and flat-bottomed paper bags.
You just have to love smart women like Margaret � maybe that explains why she never got married.
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Johnson '13 Serves as Development Intern at Philadelphia Museum
The Rosenbach Museum and Library may be one of Philadelphia's best kept secrets. Founded by brothers Philip and Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach in 1954, the museum holds what is perhaps one of the most preeminent assemblages of rare books, manuscripts and European artifacts of any private institution in the United States. This impressive collection and the constant fundraising needs of a non-profit museum like the Rosenbach captured the attention of Rachel Johnson '13, who interned there this summer.
The collection, which is located in the brothers' two adjacent Philadelphia townhouses, includes such rarities as the first published copy of Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richards Almanac, the manuscript for James Joyce's famed Ulysses, a number of Maurice Sendak original drawings and a collection of silver, gold, antiques and portraits from the Stuart monarchs of England. Much of the museum's original turn of the century décor and grandeur is also preserved, allowing patrons to experience both a house museum and a collection of artifacts at the same location.
As a history concentrator who aspires to a career in development, Johnson was excited to find a career related experience that would allow her to combine her two passions. Her internship is supported by a stipend from the Richard and Patsy Couper Fund, which is administered by Hamilton's Maurice Horowitch Career Center.
The Rosenbach Museum is distinctive not only for its collections, but also for the unique approach the museum takes to giving tours. Curators allow museum visitors to have a hands-on experience with certain manuscripts and artifacts, and nearly all of the museum's collections are accessible to scholars for use in research.
Johnson works as a research and development intern at the Rosenbach Museum where her work consists or projects aimed at gaining publicity for the museum and increasing donations. She said that through her internship, "I was provided with the opportunity to help promote and preserve the importance of these manuscripts and pieces of art … [and] to ensure that individuals have access to these collections."
Her work includes individual research and development projects, including the updating and streamlining of museum tour methods, the creation of new membership materials and the creation of a database of high-level donor information. Johnson remarked that she was most surprised by "how different museum development officers are from higher education development offices. "From size, to focus and operation, museum fundraising must target donors in a very different way because they do not have the automatic loyalty that comes from alumni," she said. Many of her projects will go on to be presented directly to the Rosenbach Museum's board of directors. The small size of the Rosenbach Museum allowed Johnson to witness nearly every element of the institution's operation, making her experience truly useful in preparing her for a career.
While she believes that this internship has made her more likely to pursue a career in development, Johnson said that she's also now more open to exploring other options. She said, "I will leave my internship with a more flexible mindset as I apply to jobs after graduation."
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Ed Bonilla didn't hesitate. He formed a band.
Ed Bonilla didn't hesitate. He formed a band.
"As soon as Middagh (Goodwin) said it, I was all over it," said Bonilla, a punk-rocking Stockton teacher.
"The Clash was my No. 1 band since high school. I remember when Joe died, it took the breath right out of me. I couldn't believe it."
It's been 10 years since Joe Strummer, the outspoken voice and co-founder of England's Clash, passed away at 50 on Dec. 22, 2002.
Goodwin, like Bonilla, was a Clash man.
"I figured it would give people something to do before the end of the world," Goodwin said of Friday, the final date on the ancient Mayan calendar. "Well, the day after the end of the world. Joe Strummer showed a big influence on a lot of bands and people's social consciences. It makes sense."
So, six bands are getting together Saturday for Stockton Calling - a riff on "London Calling," the title of the Clash's signature 1979 album - at Stockton's Plea for Peace Center. They only can play songs Strummer wrote for the Clash or during his solo career. Maybe cover tunes recorded by the Clash.
Bonilla, for seven years lead singer in Ed & the Educators - a rock band of Lincoln High School teachers - responded to Goodwin's idea by forming Rudie Can't Fail, a "one-time project" named for a "London Calling" song.
His insta-group "worked out" a couple of tunes - "a lot of beer and Irish whiskey were involved" - after Thanksgiving.
"Punk rock always has been kind of my heart and soul," said Bonilla, a 40-year-old father of two boys who teaches at Lincoln Unified School District's Civic Pride Independent Academy.
"I have to go back to writing original punk."
He's now doing that with Red Devil Lie.
His Rudie Can't Fail improvisation, though, includes guitar player Clint Menasco, 31, a Lincoln High graduate and former member of Ed & the Educators; drummer Jared Tunison, 29, a Lincoln grad and Bonilla's para-professional aide; and Rachel Orimo, 23, Bonilla's cousin who's a "go-to" bassist and substitute teacher in Stockton.
The Clash legacy encompasses vast stylistic and attitudinal territory. A vital force in Britain's 1970s-'80s punk-rock period, Strummer, Mick Jones and the Clash - during a defiantly anti-establishment decade (1976-86) - didn't constrain themselves stylistically, expanding punk's possibilities.
On the landmark "London Calling" (a double-LP) and the sprawling, three disc "Sandinista!" (1980), the Clash explored punk, rock, ska, reggae, dub, rockabilly, jive, Motown, world music, Phil Spector-ish pop and jazzy influences, among other permutations.
Strummer - a diplomat's son with little use for tact or aristocratic niceties - was a harsh critic of British society (it was the Margaret Thatcher era) who defied injustice, racism and imperialism.
During a Feb. 26, 1984, show at University of the Pacific's Spanos Center, Strummer kept taunting: "You bloody effing cowboys, yah."
Bonilla - he called his wife, Jeni Laybourn Bonilla, a teacher at Mable Barron Elementary School, a musical "folkie" - said the soundtrack to "Repo Man," a 1984 film, "changed my life."
Now, the Lincoln High grad thinks and writes "a lot" about his troubled hometown.
"I get so angry about what's going on," he said. "I want to show love. I don't wanna complain about it. I want to change it. As long as I'm here and breathing I'll be doing music and teaching kids. Trying to do something to move it in the right direction."
Another long-simmering injustice finally has been rectified. Rush is in the Rock and Roll of Fame.
The power trio of Geddy Lee, 59; Neal Peart, 60; and Alex Lifeson, 59, had endured the snob effect for 13 years. First eligible for inclusion in 1999, the 44-year-old group - known for its thunderous sound, sci-fi predilections and Lee's banshee vocals - finally was nominated this year. Guess what? The hall's 1,000 voters put them right in. Funny about that.
The validity of an institution such as this seems antithetical to the once-rebellious origins of the music. If there must be one - the Cleveland, Ohio-based hall's foundation was established in 1983 - groups such as Rush belong.
Too often, the nominating clique, led by Jann Wenner, Rolling Stone magazine's founder and publisher, ignores popularity while seeking its impression of - or preference for - what's "cool."
Rush, from Toronto, never was considered that, despite its Beatles/Rolling Stones-level record sales and equally devoted following.
The group remains active - a boxed-set of its landmark "2112" album (1976) was released Tuesday - and influential (England's Muse). Rush - circa 1976 - retains the distinction of being the loudest three-piece band ever heard at Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium.
Other performers who'll join the Hall of Fame during HBO's April 18 broadcast: Heart, a Seattle-bred band led by California-born sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson that's been eligible for 11 years; bluesman Albert King (1923-92); singer-songwriter Randy Newman; rap/hip-hop pioneer Public Enemy - in its first year of eligibility; and Donna Summer, the disco-era dynamo. The non-performers are record producers Lou Adler and Quincy Jones.
Artists become eligible 25 years after their first album is released. Next grievances to redress: the Moody Blues and the E Street Band.
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The body of research in this volume offers a detailed account of the success of young immersion learners of Irish in becoming competent speakers of the minority language. Taking account of in-class and out-of-class factors, it examines the variety of Irish spoken by the pupils, the extent to which the Irish spoken deviates from native-speaker norms, the degree to which pupils are aware of and attempt to acquire a native-like variety and the extent to which issues of identity and motivation are involved. The results highlight the limitations of an immersion system in generating active and accurate users of the language outside the immersion setting and will help immersion educators to gain a greater understanding of how young immersion learners learn and acquire the target language. The findings are placed in the context of other one-way immersion programmes internationally with a particular focus on minority language settings, and make an important contribution not only to our understanding of the Irish issues, but how the Irish situation can be placed in a broader scholarly and socio-political context.
This book makes a substantial contribution to the literature on immersion education by exploring students' Irish language development and attitudes while proposing possibilities for change both within and beyond the classroom. Pádraig Ó Duibhir's welcome contribution is indispensable reading for anyone interested in understanding the full potential of immersion education.- Roy Lyster, Professor Emeritus, McGill University, Canada
Drawing on data from a wealth of studies along with his many years of experience as a successful teacher and acclaimed academic, Ó Duibhir presents an honest account of the current, changing status of the Irish language, the prognosis for its future, and the pivotal role of education. This fascinating volume is a must-read for anyone interested in the Irish language, minority language survival, bilingual education, language policy and planning, and/or applied linguistics.- Enlli Môn Thomas, Bangor University, UK
This book is an important addition to the body of research on immersion education. Pádraig Ó Duibhir, a respected academic and former practitioner in the sector, provides an insightful analysis of four research projects on the subject, bringing together both Irish and international perspectives and charting a way forward based on empirical evidence.- Anna Ní Ghallachair, Maynooth University, Ireland
Pádraig Ó Duibhir is Deputy Dean and Professor of Education, Dublin City University Institute of Education, Ireland. He has worked as an immersion teacher and now researches teacher education and second language teaching, with a particular interest in the teaching of Irish as a subject and as a medium of instruction.