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Ticket to Ride
The official adaptation of Days of Wonder's best-selling train game, Ticket to Ride takes less than one minute to learn but a lifetime to master.
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MILWAUKEE – The Brewers could be forgiven if they were beaten by a sharp Cole Hamels, or couldn't climb out of the hole caused by a lousy start from Wily Peralta.
However, when you lose your third straight home game to the soon-to-be-dismantled Phillies, 4-1, Wednesday, and manage just three hits in eight innings against Roberto Hernandez … that is probably when a first-place team with a dwindling lead might need to set off the alarms.
For the third straight night the final three outs of the Phillies' win were delivered by Jonathan Papelbon, who has 22 saves, a 1.24 ERA, a 0.853 WHIP and hasn't allowed a long ball all year.
Those are dominating closer numbers, the type the more than a few contending teams could use as they try to patch their spotty bullpens. A year ago no one wanted to touch Papelbon, who had two years remaining on a four-year, $50 million contract.
You would think a healthy hip and a return to dominance would change that thinking. Papelbon certainly hopes it has.
'Of course, what kind of question is that?' the quippy closer queried when asked if he wants contenders to came calling for him. 'Some guys want to stay on a losing team? That's mind-boggling to me. I think that's a no-brainer.'
It isn't to every player (see: Jimmy Rollins), but at least Papelbon is honest about his desire to find a path back to October baseball as soon as possible. The right-hander nodded his head in affirmation when asked if he would waive his no-trade clause for pretty much any contender who wanted to make a deal to land him.
Papelbon didn't have any insight into any possible landing spots. He knows Detroit could use his help. Pittsburgh and Anaheim also are scrambling for ninth-inning consistency.
'My gut hasn't told me anything,' he said about where he will land. 'I go day by day. Whatever happens, I cross that bridge when it … I don't have that crystal 8-ball.'
Although Papelbon has made it plain that he would like to leave a team that is an also-ran for a third straight season, there are things about the Phillies he would miss.
'You know, I came here for a reason,' he said. 'But I'm with a group of guys in the bullpen that can do very special things in the future. I've been waiting for that, you know what I mean? It's fun to be a part of that, it really is. We are there finally with our bullpen. So that aspect of it would kind of suck to leave. But at the same time, winning is the cure-alls of cure-alls.
'One word explains it all – inconsistent. It's just the way we've been all year.'
The Phils actually had one of those not-frequent-enough good days Wednesday.
Hernandez had been 1-6 with a 5.45 ERA in his previous seven starts, yet was nothing short of baffling against the Brewers (52-40), who have lost four straight and allowed the National League Central to turn into a log jam.
The Phillies got all the runs they needed off Kyle Lohse via home runs by Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins. Utley gave the Phils a 1-0 lead in the first with his eighth homer of the season and second of the series. Rollins snapped a 1-1 tie in the sixth when, after Cameron Rupp opened the frame with a single, he drove a two-run shot that just cleared the fence in right-center.
But the real star of the game for the Phils was the starter.
Hernandez allowed just three hits, with two of them coming in the bottom of the second when Aramis Ramirez had an infield single, moved to second on a soft groundout to third, then scored on a broken-bat single to center by Lyle Overbay. In truth, Ramirez – as slow a runner as you'll see – had no business scoring on that hit since he got a lousy jump off second. However, every team in baseball has a run-no-matter-what alert on Ben Revere in center field, so Ramirez headed home anyway as Revere's throw took two hops and sputtered up the third-base line harmlessly.
That would be all Hernandez would allow, as his sinker was heavy and dancing. He had thrown just 84 pitches through eight innings, but Ryne Sandberg let Papelbon fluff his trade value by working the ninth and picking up his third save in as many days.
Soon, he might be heading to the Motor City.
'I don't drive anything by a Mercedes,' he said when asked about Detroit, 'if I'm not in a limo.'


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Today's Music: Squeeze – Goodbye Girl
Days Til Spring: 55
SNOWPOCALYPSE!!!! (Sorry, we're still in negotiations with Cato. Apparently he won't appear until we promise to spell his name correctly or something.) Anyway, what can you do when the fluff is flying and you're out of whipped cream for your hot chocolate (true story!)? Why, read blogs of course!
Here are some great posts I saw this week. Jazzy Beat Chick posted a beautiful ode to her father.The Waiting had a hilarious grade school run-in with beer (though she handled it completely differently than I would have). And Kina Diaz wrote a fantastic post about seeing herself from a completely different perspective
And Spreading Crazy Smiles nominated me for a Shout Out Award! (Possibly because of my catcalling during Chris Christie's inauguration…) Anyway, I hope you check out her site. I've spent some time there, and am already enjoying the hell out of myself.
Thanks to them, and everyone else for giving me great stuff to read this week!
But the question this week is actually the question from last week, or last week's poll, which asked what does the cow say?. And wow, were your cows talkative! Here's what you said. (As always, my comments are grain fed in italics.)
"what does the fox say? " what? its curious..oh did you say COW? damn LizzieC
(Cow hopes curiosity doesn't do to him what it did to the cat.)
It's not what it says, it's what it wears! (Stacy)
(Cow has a leather fetish.)
baa when he's trying to pass for a sheep.
(Cow looks like a young William Shatner with that perm.)
you just squeezed my tit..sexual harassment! (SnB)
(Whew! I was afraid I was milking the boy cow!))
What does the fox say?
(The fox says Ylvis should be slapped vigorously about the jowls.)
(The blogger says WHY DID YOU MAKE ME LISTEN TO THIS???)
Chocolate Fondue. ~Maddie Cochere
(The cow wishes he had something to dip besides grass.)
Something really droll in a British accent –The Waiting
(Cow says we are very a-moo-sed.)
That farmer has a fetish for stools, and grabbing my teets… Andro
(Better then the farmer grabbing the cows…stool…)
Stop pulling my tits you great oaf 😦 Andro
(Cow prefers drinks and whispered sweet nothings first. Perhaps some lemongrass…)
To milk is human; to grill bovine. – Hotspur
(I really don't want to know what Cow is cooking over there.)
go ahead, audition for jersey shore. I dairy ya! polysyllabicprofundities
(GTL, BABY! (Grass, thatch, lawn.))
Your hands are cold. Red.
(The better to stiffen the udders!)
You're not touching me with those cold hands! Benzeknees
(It'll hurt you more than it hurts Cow.)
(He kicks.)
"For 'Moo' Press 2. For 'Moo Moo' Press 3. For 'woof' Press 4" – calahan
"Sanjay–I am your father!"
(Darth Holstein? Is that you?)
Isosceles triangle or, failing that, moo. Linda Vernon
(Cow studies hyperbolic arcs because moons are difficult to jump.)
take the batteries out of this damn thing before your mother loses her mind.Maggie O.C.
(Cows's aunt will be giving calf a drum set this year.)
Jack! Jack! I'm safer than a beanstalk! Elyse 54.5
(Jack should have just gone to Grandma's house…)
I told you not to bother me when I'm jumping over the Moon! Elyse 54.5
(But Cow!!! That's my laundry bag, not a parachute!!!)
My poop is full of nutrients. In 62 days, you can put some in your garden.
(Cow says his doesn't stink.)
brickhousechick says: "Why buy me when you get my udders for free!"
I bet I taste freaking fantastic. thematticuskingdom
(Cow is known for his good…taste.)
ting tang walla walla bing bang. thematticuskingdom
(Cow says he loves you. And chipmunks.)
The cow says you keyed my car. Is that true? Ross Murray
(Cow is lashing out because he's still jealous I stole his girlfriend in high school.)
Would you like a fresh pie? (Frank)
(Cow definitely belongs on the menu instead of serving it.)
Get your hand off my nipples! Twindaddy
(Cow appreciates warm hands.)
Oi – I'm good with horseradish sour cream. Rutabaga
(Cow just wants to bathe in a Calgon demiglace before she's taken away. To the dinner table.)
how now but only if it's not brown.
(Is there a Brown Chicken to go with that Brown Cow?)
(Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?)
Lets all go to the mooovies. Yeah that's all I got. Kayjai
(And enjoy our popcow! Yeah, right there with ya…)
"Moo. Milk my teats. Harder…harder..YES! Moo." Not A Punk Rocker
(Umm…I'm not sure that's milk coming out…)
Congratulations to brickhousechick for this weeks winning answer! And from the offered choices, the most popular was I'm the subject of a poll??? That's udderly ridiculous! So it…behooves me to congratulate all you merry punsters!
Sadly, I spend a lot of time at my desk. And sometimes, I get frustrated with my coworkers or need to get their attention, so I flick a rubber band to catch their eye.
But that got me thinking…what else could I throw at them? Well, that's this weeks poll. Answer as often as you like, and other answers up to three times. You even have extra time this week, as I will be out in the real world, and offline next weekend. So get your answers in by Monday, 3 Feb, at 2359 EST. Because that's when this one closes. Oh, and if you leave an "other" answer, leave an ID if you like, or a mention of it in the comments, and I'll link back to you next week.
And in parting, enjoy this.
I really don't drink this much anymore. And I probably wasn't near as funny when I did…
Have a fantastic weekend, y'all!
(The Foolishness will return in two weeks.)


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Double-stranded DNA Viruses
This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms.
The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of the other groups in the tree. This ancestor diversified over time into several descendent subgroups, which are represented as internal nodes and terminal taxa to the right.
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Defense lawyers' absence also prolongs case that court wants closed.
MALATYA, Turkey, April 21 (CDN) — On the eve of three-year commemorations of the murders of three Christians in southeast Turkey, defense lawyers' absence and new evidence kept a Malatya court from concluding the case here on Thursday (April 15).
Two defense lawyers excused themselves from the hearing, rendering the judges unable to issue a verdict to the five defendants charged with the murders of three Christians in Malatya on April 18, 2007. Turkish Christians Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel and German Christian Tilmann Geske, who worked at a publishing house that distributed Christian material in this southeastern Turkish city, were found murdered three years ago.
At Thursday's hearing, prosecuting lawyers presented a 28-page detailed request that the Malatya case be joined to a plot called Cage Plan, believed to be part of Ergenekon, a "deep state" operation to destabilize the government led by a cabal of retired generals, politicians and other key figures.
The Cage Plan centers on a compact disc found a year ago in the house of a retired naval officer. The plan, to be carried out by 41 named naval officers, termed as "operations" the murders of the three Christians in Malatya, the 2006 assassination of Catholic priest Andreas Santoro and the 2007 slaying of Hrant Dink, Armenian editor-in-chief of the weekly Agos. The aim of the Cage Plan was to destabilize the government by showing its inability to protect Turkey's minority groups.
Last week newspapers reported that the Cage Plan, aimed at Turkey's non-Muslim minorities, not only contained a list of names of Protestant Christians who would be targeted, but also named some of their children.
Judges will announce a decision on whether to combine the Malatya murders with the Cage Plan at the next hearing, scheduled for May 14. Hearings for the Cage Plan are expected to begin on June 15.
"If you ask me, unfortunately at this exact moment we are exactly where we started," said prosecuting lawyer Orhan Kemal Cengiz. "I'm not talking about public awareness. In terms of public awareness, of course our contribution is something substantial. But in terms of evidence and exposing the real network, we couldn't get anywhere."
Judges also decided to call a new witness in May. Burak Dogru, a convict serving time in Sivas, wrote a letter to the court accusing suspect Varol Bulent Aral of organizing the murders and offering him money to kill the three Christians.
"When I refused the offer, he told me to forget what I knew, otherwise I would not see the sunlight again," he wrote in his letter, reported the Hurriyet Daily News.
In the last court hearing two months ago, the court rejected the prosecuting attorney team's appeal that the Malatya murders be joined to the Ergenekon file, despite a police report showing links between the two cases.
Cengiz said he believes that the Malatya prosecutor is missing an opportunity to collect more evidence that could connect the Malatya murders to the Ergenekon case.
"The Ergenekon prosecutor is drowning in the files," said Cengiz. "This [Malatya] prosecutor has enough time and resources because he is in a position to have direct contact with first-hand evidence. But I think he is intimidated and is just trying to get rid of the case as soon as possible. This case is a hot potato for the prosecutor, and he just wants to throw it away as soon as possible."
In February's hearing, prosecutors detailed accusations against the five young men accused of slaughtering the Christians – Emre Gunaydin, Salih Gürler, Cuma Ozdemir, Hamit Ceker and Abuzer Yildirim – and demanded three consecutive life sentences for each of them if convicted. The five men are charged with murder, being part of a terrorist organization, holding citizens against their will and stealing.
"We may not have proved that this case is linked to Ergenekon and other shadowy networks," said Cengiz. "But I think we convinced everyone in Turkey that this murder was not committed by [just five men]. We may not convict them, the network, before the court, but we already convicted them in the eyes of the public. I wish, of course, that we could also do that before the law. But at this stage this evidence and this file doesn't seem to me capable of doing this."
Graveyard Memorials
In churches and at various memorial services on Sunday (April 18), Christians around Turkey commemorated the deaths of the three slain men.
Scores of people came to the graves of Aydin in Izmir, Tilmann in Malatya and Yuksel in Elazig, an hour northeast of Malatya, to commemorate the deaths. The Malatya murders have become a milestone for the Turkish church, which is also eager for closure on the murder case and justice for those responsible.
"For the church, it's another one of those events in life which we don't understand but entrust it to the hands of a loving God who we believe in," said Zekai Tanyar, chairman of the Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey. "I think one aspect is that the church in Turkey said this does not pull us away from the Lord; we continue to follow Him. It's probably brought in sort of a depth in some ways, and it has certainly brought in awareness from the worldwide church, and therefore more prayer for Turkey."
Tanyar said that while churches want to see closure for the sake of the families who lost their loved ones, they also want "the truth, the real culprits and mindsets behind the killings to be revealed somehow. So in a sense, our prayer is that God who is the worker of miracles will work these two contradictory expectations out; a closure and an exposure at the same time."
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Volunteers come rushing to Greensburg
By Emilie Arkin
GateHouse News Service
GREENSBURG, Kan. -- An eerie silence that settled over Greensburg, Kan., after residents walked away from their tornado-toppled homes and businesses Friday night was replaced Tuesday with the buzz of a busy city on the mend.
Volunteers have joined the 1,400 Greensburg residents in their recovery from the F-5 tornado that left a mile-wide footprint an estimated 22 miles long.
Volunteers handed out food and water, gave tetanus shots and cleared debris.
"We would all be in very bad shape (without the volunteers)," said Patty Christman, who lived 1.5 miles out of town on Route 1. "We need the basics; it's all been taken away."
A steady stream of volunteers checked in with Americorps volunteer Hillary Holstein on Tuesday morning, and she continued registering those who wanted to help throughout the day.
Pushing a cart filled with bottled water, Kansas All Hazard Behavior Health volunteers Gail Sullivan and June Barger, of Great Bend, Kan., and Larned, Kan., respectively, were doing double duty. As part of the disaster health organization, the pair were offering much needed beverages to residents and workers while gathering information about residents' needs.
"We're finding out what people need — gloves, hats, sunscreen, whatever — and we report back and try to provide those things," Sullivan said.
They also lend a sympathetic ear. Sullivan, a psychologist, said she
hadn't seen anyone break down, but had seen some teary eyes during her curb-side sessions.
"Anyone who is really in distress – well, really everyone is — but those who are especially distressed, we direct them to available resources," she said.
The American Red Cross is among the organizations present, serving people in shelters in the neighboring towns of Haviland and Mullinville, among other things, according to Karyn Yaussy, American Red Cross national spokesperson.
Besides offering meals and a bed to those whose homes were destroyed, volunteers are giving people a shoulder to cry on if necessary and helping people obtain vouchers to fulfill their basic needs.
"Assistance is needs based," Yaussy said. "Some just need a couple of sets of clothes, while others need help locating housing."
With loads of donations coming in, the Red Cross and volunteers from other organizations spent hours Tuesday sorting the items for distribution.
Joining the constant hum of FEMA trailers and television news vans for the first time since the tornado were the grind of chainsaws and the churn of backhoes.
An Americorps emergency response team has been on hand in Greensburg since early this week lending a hand wherever needed. But with cleanup beginning, they are gearing up to focus on their specialty — debris removal.
Before jumping into the debris, though, a group of Harvey County Health Department officials are on hand to administer tetanus shots to anyone who needs one, according to Rita Flickinger, who was among the group.
She said more than 300 shots had been administered by 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
"Just walking down the street, people are getting injured," Flickinger said. "People are stepping on things or stepping on nails in the debris and puncturing their shoes."
She was encouraging all residents, volunteers and workers to get the shot before even trying to maneuver the town's wreckage.
"It's the best preventative medicine we can do for the rest of cleanup
time," Flickinger said.
The group teamed up with Heart to Heart, which offered basic medical
treatment, such as dealing with splinters and nail punctures, said Marge Malkames, field coordinator for the organization's global crisis response team.
"We can even do some minor (stitches), but there is also advanced life
support here so if things get hairy an ambulance can transport people," she said. "If you spring a leak and start bleeding, come here."
As residents grieved their losses — both personal possessions and nine
neighbors — and looked to the future by digging through the past, an
unforgiving sun beat down Tuesday, making beverages and food a commodity in a town still without water service, electricity, gas and sewer.
Salvation Army canteens staffed with volunteers whose only goal is to fulfill the needs of residents and disaster recovery crews served up cold water, Gatorade, soda and a host of snacks. The organization had four canteens in Greensburg on Tuesday, according to Brian Carroll, service extension director for The Salvation Army, Kansas and Western Missouri Division.
"This is just what I do," said Douglas Strieby, a Olathe, Kan., resident and retired law enforcement officer. "I used to get paid (to help people); now I do it for people for free."
As he set the drinks in the window and people one by one grabbed their choice, he said he would drop anything to get out to a disaster to help its victims.
With an influx of volunteers already in Greensburg and more on the way, Holstein said a volunteer reception center will be established later this week but details were not available yet.
"We want to make sure no one is falling through the cracks," she said. "We want to make sure everyone is getting the help they need."
And the people of Greensburg were grateful for all the assistance and
attention, said George Hagen, a Salvation Army volunteer from Kansas City.
"They're very positive and so thankful for everything we offer," he said.
"I'm amazed by them. Compared to the Katrina people, they almost seem, well, happy."


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Snowstorm hits NYC, Boston; 1 to 3 feet feared
A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books began clobbering the New York-to-Boston corridor on Friday, grounding flights, closing workplaces and sending people rushing to get home ahead of a possible 1 to 3 feet of snow.
From New Jersey to Maine, shoppers crowded into supermarkets and hardware stores to buy food, snow shovels, flashlights and generators, something that became a precious commodity after Superstorm Sandy in October. Others gassed up their cars, another lesson learned all too well after Sandy. Across much of New England, schools closed well ahead of the first snowflakes.
"This is a storm of major proportions," Boston Mayor Thomas Menino warned. "Stay off the roads. Stay home."
The wind-whipped snowstorm mercifully arrived at the start of a weekend, which meant fewer cars on the road and extra time for sanitation crews to clear the mess before commuters in the New York-to-Boston region of roughly 25 million people have to go back to work. But it could also mean a weekend cooped up indoors.
Rainy Neves, a mother of two in Cambridge, just west of Boston, did some last-minute shopping at a grocery store, filling her cart to the brim.
"Honestly, a lot of junk — a lot of quick things you can make just in case lights go out, a lot of snacks to keep the kids busy while they'd be inside during the storm, things to sip with my friends, things for movies," she said. "Just a whole bunch of things to keep us entertained."
In heavily Catholic Boston, the archdiocese urged parishioners to be prudent about attending Sunday Mass and reminded them that, under church law, the obligation "does not apply when there is grave difficulty in fulfilling this obligation."
Halfway through what had been a mild winter across the Northeast, blizzard warnings were posted from parts of New Jersey to Maine. The National Weather Service said Boston could get close to 3 feet of snow by Saturday evening, while most of Rhode Island could receive more than 2 feet. Connecticut was bracing for 2 feet, and New York City was expecting as much as 14 inches.
By Friday evening, the New York-to-Boston corridor was getting blowing, swirling snow and freezing rain. Early snowfall was blamed for a 19-car pileup in Cumberland, Maine, that caused minor injuries.
The snow was expected to be at its heaviest Friday night and into Saturday. Forecasters said wind gusts up to 75 mph could cause widespread power outages and whip the snow into fearsome drifts. Flooding was expected along coastal areas still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, which hit New York and New Jersey the hardest and is considered Jersey's worst natural disaster.
Meteorologist Jeff Masters, of Weather Underground, said the winter storm was a collision of two storms and may end up among the Boston area's Top 5 most intense ever.
"When you add two respectable storms together, you're going to get a knockout punch with this one," he said.
It could break Boston's all-time snowstorm record of 27.6 inches, set in 2003, forecasters said. The storm also comes almost 35 years to the day after the Blizzard of '78, a ferocious storm that dropped 27 inches of snow, packed hurricane-force winds and claimed dozens of lives.
Masters said the region could get a break from warmer air trailing behind that is expected to push temperature up to the 40s by Monday.
"It's going to be not that difficult to dig out, compared to maybe some other nor'easters in the past, where it stayed cold after the storm went through," he said.
Drivers were urged to stay off the streets lest their cars get stuck, preventing snowplows and emergency vehicles from getting through. New York City ran extra commuter trains to help people get home before the brunt of the storm hit.
Amtrak stopped running trains in cities around the Northeast on Friday afternoon. Airlines canceled more than 4,300 flights through Saturday, and New York City's three major airports and Boston's Logan Airport shut down.
Interstate 95 was closed to all but essential traffic in Rhode Island, where the governor said outages remained the biggest threat.
"With tree branches laden with heavy, wet snow, the winds picking up and the temperatures plunging all at the same time, it's a bad combination," Gov. Lincoln Chafee said.
In Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick enacted a statewide driving ban for the first time since the Blizzard of '78. Hours before the ban went into effect at 4 p.m., long lines formed at gas stations, some of which were almost out of fuel.
James Stone said he was saving the remaining regular gas at his station in Abington, south of Boston, for snowplow drivers.
"It hasn't snowed like this in two years," Stone said. "Most people are caught way off-guard."
In New York, Fashion Week, a series of designer showings with some activities held under tents, went on mostly as scheduled, though organizers put on additional crews to deal with the snow and ice, turned up the heat and fortified the tents. The snow did require some wardrobe changes: Designer Michael Kors was forced to arrive at the Project Runway show in Uggs.
For Joe DeMartino, of Fairfield, Conn., being overprepared was impossible: His wife was expecting their first baby Sunday. He stocked up on gas and food, got firewood ready and was installing a baby seat in the car. The couple also packed for the hospital.
"They say that things should clear up by Sunday. We're hoping that they're right," he said.
Said his wife, Michelle: "It adds an element of excitement."
The snow was too much of a good thing in some places. In New Hampshire, the University of Connecticut's Skiing Carnival was canceled because of the snowstorm. In Maine, the National Toboggan Championships in Camden were postponed from Saturday to Sunday, and the Camp Sunshine Polar Plunge was put off until March.
At Rosie's Liquors in Abington, customers were lined up eight to 10 deep Friday, snapping up rum, wine and 30-packs of beer.
"We've been absolutely slammed. It's almost been like Christmas here," manager Kristen Brown said. "A lot of people are saying, 'I'm going to be stuck with my family all weekend. I need something to do."'
Associated Press writers Denise Lavoie in Whitman, Rodrique Ngowi in Watertown, John Christoffersen in Fairfield, Conn., and Bob Salsberg in Boston contributed to this report.


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Poll shows Roger Goodell divides opinions of NFL players
- Roger Goodell earned a 39%25 approval rating from players in a recent poll by USA TODAY Sports.
- Steelers LB James Harrison said he believed Goodell was not truly interested in player safety.
- Bills LB Kirk Morrison said Goodell%27s relationship with owners will always bother players.
NEW ORLEANS -- As the Super Bowl comes to town, the sentiments here toward NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell aren't too welcoming after his rulings in the bounty scandal wrecked the New Orleans Saints' 2012 season.
They're not so great inside locker rooms, either.
In a recent poll of NFL players conducted by USA TODAY Sports, 61% said they disapprove of the job Goodell has done overall, with most focusing on the increased fines of players for dangerous hits on defenseless receivers and quarterbacks and the perception of the commissioner's investigation into the bounty matter.
The poll of 300 players on active rosters or practice squads was conducted from Dec. 19 to Jan. 12, with a margin of error of plus-minus 5%. If requested, players were granted anonymity because they were concerned about fallout or reaction to their vote going public.
Goodell's 39% approval rating came from a number of respondents noting his role in making the game the most popular of U.S. sports, plus those who realize it's a thankless job, no matter who is in charge.
"I think it's obvious that I disapprove," said Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison, who has been fined more than $100,000 for hard hits throughout his career and has been one of the most outspoken critics of Goodell in recent years.
"I feel like what he's doing is not totally for the safety of players. ... A lot of stuff they've done, (such as) fining guys crazy amounts of money for helmet-to-helmet hits and all that and saying you're doing this for the safety of players. But yet you want to add extra games to the regular season.
"In the true interest of player safety, I would have no issue with it. But that's not what it's about. It's about money. Who hired Roger Goodell?"
A contentious relationship
The answer is the owners, and Goodell has stood as their public representative on some serious issues these past few years:
- The lockout, which was an ugly verbal battle but ended before any games were missed, which is more than the NBA and NHL can say.
- Growing concerns over the effects of repetitive head trauma, highlighted by a handful of suicides, such as Junior Seau shooting himself in the chest last year.
- Increased fines and the resulting bounty rulings to show the league is doing all it can to prevent serious injuries.
- HGH testing, which has yet to be agreed upon.
The lockout of the NFL officials, which resulted in poor quality of play for the first three weeks of this season and the "Fail Mary" in Seattle, a ruling in the Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks game that cost the Packers a victory and ultimately a bye in the playoffs.
Buffalo Bills linebacker Kirk Morrison noted Goodell serving as the face of the owners on such issues is always going to lead to a strained relationship with the players, because he's the ultimate liaison between employers and employees. (The phrase "billionaires vs. millionaires" was a common one during the lockout of players that preceded last season.)
Goodell is the figurehead, which means he'll take on plenty of criticism when things don't go the players' way. During the lockout of NFL referees this season, owners were responsible for the league's initial refusal to bend to the officials' demands. But Goodell was perceived by many of the players as being the roadblock in negotiations.
"Roger Goodell has tremendous respect for NFL players and always seeks their views on a wide range of issues," league spokesman Greg Aiello said in response to the poll. "He values their input tremendously in working to make the game better. Roger broke into the league 30 years ago working closely with players, and he hasn't changed that approach
Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been extremely critical of Goodell's rulings in the bounty case and also appeared to pin the referee situation on him. Though he didn't mention Goodell by name, Brees tweeted, "Ironic that our league punishes those based on conduct detrimental. Whose CONDUCT is DETRIMENTAL now?" Goodell acted alone in suspending Saints players and coaches for the bounty system.
Goodell initially upheld his ruling on appeal.
"When you create a system where you're both the judge and the jury and you preside over it in that manner, it seems inherently unfair," Arizona Cardinals kicker Jay Feely said.
Taking responsibility
Goodell has taken steps toward dispersing power. He appointed predecessor Paul Tagliabue to hear the second round of appeals in the bounty case. Tagliabue confirmed Goodell's factual findings but vacated all suspensions.
When Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed was suspended for a hit to a defenseless receiver in November, it was VP of football operations Merton Hanks — as agreed upon in the CBA — that decided the punishment. NFL hearing officer Ted Cottrell lowered it to a $50,000 fine on appeal.
"Anyone who has that position, who's trying to protect the league and what it stands for, is going to run into controversy," said Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who approves of the job Goodell is doing. "There are always going to be positives and negatives that go with it, but I know that Roger in his heart has the best interests of the league. ... If you're appeasing everybody, you might not be doing the job well."
Romo's teammate, linebacker Brady Poppinga, noted if the players can't do the time, they shouldn't commit the crime.
"I know there are a lot of guys who think (Goodell is) abusing his power, but we kind of let him. ... I think it's on us to curb how much power he has in wielding punishments."
Still, players such as Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Shaun Smith think Goodell is overstepping his bounds.
"I miss Paul Tagliabue. The league has changed," said Smith, who has played nine years in the NFL. "Bountygate was all 'he-said, she-said' stuff."
As for the player safety issue, there are those such as Seahawks fullback Michael Robinson who think Goodell should stop trying to turn the game into glorified two-hand touch.
"You talk about helmet-to-helmet collisions. I get about 18 to 25 a game; you're not going to be able to stop that," said Robinson, who disapproves of Goodell's performance. "That's what my job is; it's what makes us different. Not everybody in America can play this game, can take these hits and keep getting up.
"I know what I signed up for. If you want to protect us, why not mandate mouthpieces."
Goodell and the league have voted to make thigh and knee pads mandatory, starting next season. They became optional in 1994 when Tagliabue was in charge.
For every player who thinks Goodell is making that decision with the safety of the players in mind, there will surely be those who complain about the feel of the pads or say he should just back off entirely.
"Fines, this and that, that's part of the business. Everybody has to deal with it; somebody has to do it," said Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola, a 12-year veteran who approves of Goodell. "It's easy for outsiders or people to say this guy ain't doing a good job, but I think he holds people super accountable for their actions — and that's not a real bad thing."
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Today's Music: Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
*Note on Today's Music: Phil Collins? And Miami Vice??? Don't get more 80s than that!
Up on the Concert Log/Music link at the top, you can see the quick mini review of Fitz and the Tantrums at Irving Plaza Sunday night.
They were fantastic.
But that's not what I want to talk about today.
There were two opening acts. The first was Ivy Levan, who, I'm sorry to say, we missed. She only did a twenty minute set, and dinner was too good to rush (duck breast! braised short ribs! warm lava cake!).
We got there in time for the second act, and that's the lead in to today's post.
THE 80's ARE OVER!!!
I've seen Duran Duran. They weren't bad, and Rio has surprising legs this far down the road.
I've seen Depeche Mode, and while they aren't my cup of tea (industrial angst? Really?), they did put on a good show.
I've seen Kiss, Psychedelic Furs, hell, I've even seen Heart and Huey Lewis and the News, and enjoyed them.
All in the last decade.
And a lot of 80s music is fun. In small doses, even the syrupy stuff is nice.
But I've never seen one band encompass everything wrong with 80s music in one shot.
Until last night.
Their name is Hearts. I haven't been able to find out anything about them online at all.
And while some may think I've been letting this one fester under my skin until I could write this down, fortunately I have "of the moment" proof, courtesy of twitter.
I'm not sure what burned me about this band. I think it was the fact that there was nothing original. Every riff, every trope, every move was taken from bands that did it earlier, smoother, better.
I felt like I was watching a cheap imitation of something that had earned its place in our culture, and doing a poor job of it.
So here now, are the as-it-happened tweets of myself and TMWGITU under her twitter handle @FredWallaby:
I hope this suitably expresses how god-awfully 80s this band was.
If not, I'll see if I can't get Phil Collins to lay down a track to describe it.
As soon as Marty McFly brings his synthesizer sustain pedal back in the DeLorean.


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This is probably the last (intrauterine) picture of my boy:
It's not the best picture, not least because he's a bit squished up in there and he wouldn't hold still and so what might otherwise be a sweet sideways view of his wee face turned out to be a sweet sideways view of a wee face with two noses and four eyes. Which, you know, wouldn't stop us from loving him with all our hearts, but still. It doesn't matter, though, two eyes or four: it's a picture. It's him.
This picture was taken two days ago, when I was 36 weeks and 4 days pregnant. His estimated weight, at time of picture taking?
With over three weeks to go until my supposed due date, he weighs 7 lbs and 12 oz. And he's been trying to punch and kick his way out for days now. No wonder my body has started advanced labor training already: I just might be facing childbirth on a par with the Battle of Thermopylae, where my nether regions are the pass at Thermopylae and this child is the Persians.
Whether I end up like Leonidas remains to be seen. At this point, I'm already conquered, so it doesn't really matter, does it? Take the pass, my fetal Xerxes, and just try not to break anything, please.


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Fox is pulling Ben and Kate from its Tuesday night schedule and replacing the freshman sitcom with extra episodes of Raising Hope, the network announced Wednesday.
Ben and Kate will return at a later date, according to Fox. Throughout February, the network will double up on episodes of Raising Hope in the 8 to 9 p.m. timeslot (except for February 19, which will feature one Raising Hope episode and then a rerun of New Girl). The one-hour season finale of Raising Hope will air on Thursday, March 28 after American Idol.
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Tonight Jews around the world will celebrate the first of the eight days of Chanukah. Does the celebration solely commemorate a miraculous military victory? Does the festival of lights merely reflect a historical re-enactment of the providential discovery of a tiny jug of consecrated oil which relit the Temple candelabra, and whose miraculous radiant flame lasted eight days instead of one?
After years of serving as a temple to some Greek idol, the Holy Temple's service was reinstated in 167 BCE; why then, do we concentrate on the miracle of the Menorah instead of the renewal of proper worship to Hashem? What is so special about the Menorah? As we read in Mishley – Proverbs (20:27): Ner Hashem nishmat adam – Hashem's candle is the human soul; the candle is a representational symbol of that soul as Hakadosh Baruch Hu shines His divine light upon us through the Menorah. The essence of that divine light is Torah!
It is customary, even praiseworthy, to use pure olive oil when lighting the Menorah. Why? Ve'atah tetzaveh et Bney Yisrael: Vayikchu elecha shemen zait zach… And you will command the Children of Israel thus: Take to yourself pure olive oil… (Shmot 27:20)" ChaZa"L likened learning Torah to olive oil; they taught that living within those teachings makes us pure. Just as pure olive oil enhances the flavor of the food it is combined with, so too does the pure learning and living within the Torah's teaching enhance our lives, enabling each and every one of us to reach his/her true potential.
In Ohev Yisrael, the Apter Rebbe – Avraham Yehoshu'a Heschel of Opatow, writes that the reason the word "elecha – to yourself", is used instead of just saying "vayikchu shemen zait zach… – take pure olive oil…" is in order to stress that one must do more than just just follow a command. Hakadosh Baruch Hu wants us to go beyond simple obedience, He wants us to absorb His word until it totally melds into and becomes one with our being, therefore the individual is told "take to yourself," even though vayikchu is plural!
The Boreh Olam, The Creator, stresses and reminds us, year after year, what is of greatest intrinsic value to Him. It is the absorption, saturation, and reflection of His message within us. It is the purity and beauty with which we bring ourselves to and act out His guidelines without defiling ourselves amidst the galut of our own history making as we talk, walk and act out the roadways of our individual and collective lives. May this Chanukah rekindle in each of us His the brigh lights of Torah and re-establish our own internal worthiness and sense of purpose. May our hearts and spirits become again that pure consecrated olive oil empowered to light and return us to our former greatness meriting the rebuilding of His Holy Temple in Yerushalayim, bimherah biyamenu. Amen!!!
A freilachen Chanukah, Chag Chanukah same'ach, a happy Chanukah!


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[My good friend Ilan Barniv, from Providence RI, presents an easy way to prepare Rainbow Trout. It's a MUST WATCH! CS]
Oven Baked Rainbow Trout
- Season the fish fillet with salt, pepper, fresh lemon juice, fresh thyme and extra virgin olive oil.
- I use well oiled stainless steel baking rings to hold the fish together in the oven. Ring measurements: 2-and-3/4 inches diameter x 1-and-1/2 inches height. The rings are quite expensive, therefore, for home use; an oiled nonstick cupcake baking pan should do the trick.
- Bake at 350F for about 12 minutes.
- Serving suggestion: Serve the fish over warm wilted Spinach with salt, pepper, and minced garlic
Enjoy, gentle reader, enjoy; I certainly did!!!


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As we abjure from physical pleasures for 25 hours this Tisha B'Av, fasting, mourning, deep in contemplative prayer, reading the Kinot and the Book of Lamentations (Eicha), commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples and other calamities that befell the Jews, I give you the strange case of George R. Price.
Several weeks ago, I caught the tail end of an NPR (820 am on the radio dial) segment. The piece described George R. Price- physical chemist, population geneticist, science journalist, mathematical and theoretical biologist, a quirky eccentric genius. He worked on the Manhattan Project, acted as consultant on graphic data processing for IBM, and even worked as a cancer research assistant.
George Price was also a man obsessed with the apparent altruism found in nature (a term coined by August Comte) and its negation drawn from the Darwinian Theory of natural selection and the survival of the fittest. (Don't leave just yet, there is a point drawn from the reference.) Unlike reciprocal symbiotic relationships typified by the primate behavior of 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours', biological altruism refers to cases in nature where life forms as divergent as bacteria and dolphins exhibit behaviors analogous to kindness and sacrifice for the greater good. The honey bee, for example, may perform 100 times or more a 'waggle dance' -a pin-pointing signal for beehive members to spot food and new nesting sites. Essential for the colony's survival, it does not directly benefit the waggle dancer worker bee. There are cooperative behaviors found in social insects like bees, wasps and ants; for example, sterile females in the colonies assist reproducing females with their offspring. The loud squawk of the 'watchman' bird alerts other birds to the approach of predators like hawks, giving the flock time to fly off, while drawing the attention of the prey to itself. Wolves, lions and other animals risk their lives hunting prey, bringing back food for other members of their pack. The pelican will provide fish for blind pelicans within their flock. "The Arabian babblers (small birds) dance and take baths together, offer themselves gifts, clean themselves, and sometimes enter into conflict with each other for the privilege of helping another babbler. They may also feed their counterparts" (wiki) Dogs and other 'sympathetic' creatures often adopt strays or orphaned animals outside their species. Dolphins support sick or injured animals, swimming under them for hours at a time, pushing them to the surface so they can breathe. Darwin knew of these altruistic behaviors and it is said to have vexed him. Others came up with game theories (see John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern, John Maynard Smith) that mathematically tried to quantify, rationalize and find equilibrium (see Nash equilibrium) to behaviors in humans and in animals in which one individual benefits at another's expense.
George Price, expanded on game theory, and spent years trying to come up with a mathematical equation to express altruistic behavior in nature and how such traits are genetically passed on. Eventually he did, and it became known as the Price Equation. The ability to quantify such an equation actually depressed George Price, for it meant that altruism was now a quantifiable, pre-determined, not chance or willed action, but rather inevitable. He abandoned his deep-seated atheism, coming to believe that it was beyond coincidence, but rather an act of Divine intervention, that led him to such a highly improbable equation. He obsessively spent his remaining days trying to prove that the human spirit was greater than any random probability or equation; helping the poor, giving all his possessions to street beggars and drunks. The depletion of his funds to aid the needy, the cruel actions of others, along with his physical/emotional deterioration, resulted in the tragic taking of his own life in 1975.
What struck me so strongly in all of this, was how a heretofore atheist came to see the 'spirit' of man to have the powers to dominate above all scientific reason or postulate. That in spite of the pre-programmed altruism in nature, such a brilliant mind could come to cherish the notion of a human spirit capable of willful good and selfless kindness toward others as such a strong driver that man can free himself from his animalistic, limited, determined nature and spirit the cause of something higher than himself.
The Jewish concept of sympathetic altruism whether reciprocal in nature or not is one of the cornerstones of the Jewish people. The reward system and reciprocal benefits of the world to come is secondary to the obligation of each Jew to act for the well-being of his fellow Jew. "Kol Yisroel arevim ze laze". We are intertwined, arms and legs of the same tree trunk rooted to His will and divine Torah. What affects one affects us all. We are responsible for one another and are obligated in demonstrating kindness and sympathy toward our fellow man, even at the expense of ourselves or possessions. If altruism is evident in animal behaviors, what can the collective conscious collaboration of man accomplish if his actions and goals are acclimatized for the greater good?
Absorbed in the minutia of our lives and practices, we may become misdirected; missing emotional, physical, spiritual cues of others in our midst or beyond our normal perimeters. The jig of quantifiable causes, 'meaningful' actions, or pursuit of golden idols and placards often distracts us. Our 'on loan' possessions, tools and talents are by our choosing capable of manifesting sweet harmonics of creation of the highest human endeavors. May we never lose sight of our altruistic capabilities and may we collectively rebuild a binyan adei ad bimhera biyamenu.


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To me, this weekend is the official kick off for summer. To celebrate, here are my top five favorite things about the upcoming season!
Sun-warmed tomatoes, straight from the garden. We have thirteen varieties this year. I truly, truly can't get enough.
Farmers markets Even though we have a big garden and a CSA membership, I really love strolling around a Saturday farmers market. We always come home with a treasure. Like the time we bought five kinds of mushrooms – just because. Or some late-season strawberries that we had eaten practically before we left the stall. Amazing breads, greens to die for, radishes in the colors of the rainbow. And all the varieties of squash at the end of the season. Such an adventure.
Dining alfresco Whether an impromptu picnic lunch with the kiddos, a late-night backyard BBQ with friends or an everyday dinner on the back patio. Eating outside is fun. Bonus points for cooking outside too. Sun tea, s'mores, and grilled corn on the cob to name a few. Through some experimentation, we've managed to grill a few somewhat unusual things too, like pizza, biscuits and peach cobbler.
The Fourth of July I love, love, love the fourth. A BBQ with friends, sparklers and spinners with the kids, popsicles, watermelon, staying up late. One year (2005) we saw fireworks from the beach with our friends in San Diego. Last year it rained, so the neighbor invited us all to pile into his Volkswagen Bus. We drove to an empty parking lot, popped the top and watched the fireworks display through the window of the top bunk. We're hoping for a repeat (with or without the rain) this year. Every year, I can't wait to get my patriot on.
Bare-feet and Line-dried Clothes Ok… I know it's really two things. But I love being barefoot in the cool grass. I'd run around barefoot everywhere if I thought I could get away with it. And I love the smell of line-dried clothes in the summer time. Particularly sheets. We hang clothes to dry throughout the year, but laundry that's been crisped by the summer sun and kissed by a warm breeze is just better.
What are your favorite things about summer?


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"American officials who have assessed the likely Iranian responses to any attack by Israel on its nuclear program believe that Iran would retaliate by" not only firing missiles at Israel, but, write Thom Shanker, Helene Cooper, and Ethan Bronner in a New York Times articles titled U.S. Sees Iran Attacks as Likely if Israel Strikes, "terrorist-style attacks on United States civilian and military personnel overseas."
Gen. James E. Cartwright, former commander of U.S. Strategic Command (which includes nuclear weapons) told the authors:
The Iranians have been pretty good masters of escalation control. … The balance [they] will try to strike is doing damage that is sufficiently significant, but just short of what it would take for America to invade.
Still, the attacks, "General Cartwright and other American analysts believe, would include petroleum infrastructure in the Persian Gulf, and American troops in Afghanistan, where Iran has been accused of shipping explosives to local insurgent forces."
Sounds familiar, right? Yes, but usually those are Iran's presumed responses to an American attack. Now we're told that even if the United States sat out an Israeli attack on Iran, it would still be the object of retaliation. Obviously, because of the military aid it gives Israel, the United States is complicit — would that be Iran's reasoning? Or would Iran hold the United States responsible for not making more of an effort to stay Iran's hand? Here's the only light that the authors have to shed on this (emphasis added):
… administration, military and intelligence officials say Iran would most likely choose anonymous, indirect attacks against nations it views as supporting Israeli policy, in the hope of offering Tehran at least public deniability.
If this is the case, Iran would be guilty of a lack of foresight. If the United States figures it will be attacked, what then is to stop it from joining in the initial attack on Iran? In an ideal world, of course, the United States could try harder to convince Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when President Obama meets with him Monday (March 5) at the White House.
After all, as Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who participated in a Brookings Institution simulation of an Israeli attack on Iran told the authors, "as for long-term consequences, it's way too murky to say anything but this: It will be ugly."


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There are a lot of things I'd love to tell you about the Wii U. I'd love to tell you how the Miiverse social networking service lets you play games and exchange messages with friends. I'd love to tell you how the GamePad's built-in camera works for video chatting with other Wii U owners all over the world. I'd love to tell you about the transfer process for content from your old Wii, or how the new system handles old Wii retail games, or how easy it is to expand the storage space with a USB hard drive, or what the sign-up process for the new Nintendo Network ID is like, or how functional the Web browser and free video apps are, or how the new eShop compares to other digital download services.
Unfortunately, I can't tell you any of that. As of mid-day Saturday, mere hours from the system's North American launch, Nintendo had not yet pushed out a promised firmware update to activate all of these features (and maybe a few that I'm not aware of). (Note: Nintendo did push the firmware update at about 6pm CT, five hours before the company's embargo on reviews of the hardware was set to lift. We'll have reporting on the extra features as soon as we've tested them.)
As a result, this first review of the Wii U is going to be necessarily incomplete. While I can offer an extensive review on the Wii U hardware and the unique new touchscreen GamePad controller (Ars reviewed some of the system's big launch games earlier this week as well), I can't yet offer an opinion on many of the system's promised features.
Of course, we'll be sure to update our thoughts as these features are introduced post-launch. But until then, a large portion of the Wii U is best exemplified by the screen that greets me when I turn on the system: my Mii standing all alone in a vast expanse of nothingness, waiting for stuff to do.
The Hardware
One of the biggest questions dogging the Wii U in the run-up to its release was how its processing power compares to that of other current-generation consoles. Unfortunately, the verdict on that is still largely out.
One thing is clear, at least—the HD graphics on the Wii U are at least on par with those of current HD systems. I loaded up the opening cut scene for Mass Effect 3 simultaneously on both my Xbox 360 and the Wii U, switching TV inputs to compare the rendering between them. If there was any difference in the quality, I couldn't make it out.
But if the Wii U is capable of generating graphics more detailed than those of other current systems, the launch games I've seen so far don't do a great job showing that off. First-party titles like New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land capture the company's signature bright, cartoony style, but they come across as high-definition versions of games that would have been possible on the original Wii. Third-party titles like ZombiU and Tank Tank Tank! show more detail and have more moving elements than what was possible on the original Wii, but those titles are far from out-classing complex games on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. Most of the other launch titles are direct ports of games actually available on those systems. These look indistinguishable on the Wii U.
I'm willing to believe the Wii U is more powerful than the older HD consoles though, primarily because the system is also pushing a lag-free wireless image to the Wii U GamePad while it generates those HDTV graphics. Sometimes that touchscreen image is just a mirror of what's happening on the TV, but often it's a totally different viewpoint of the same scene, or a different scene entirely. I'd have to imagine ignoring the touchscreen altogether might actually give developers more horsepower to spend on the image being pushed to the TV.
We covered our first impressions of the physical hardware when we first got our hands on the system, but it's worth noting again how small the Wii U is compared to even the reduced-size revisions of other HD consoles. At 1.8" high and 6.8" wide, the unit is barely bigger than the minuscule Wii when viewed from the front and is only noticeably larger when extending to the 10.5" depth. If you already have a Wii in your entertainment center, the Wii U should fit in as a fine replacement with no problem.
Nintendo has added a lot of nice small touches to the system, too. The power and eject buttons rest flush with the front of the system, making for a nice, smooth surface that is quite pleasing to look at. The cover that conceals the front USB ports and SD card slot retracts into the system, rather than protruding out when opened, to preserve those flush lines.
There's also a small LED light to indicate when there's a disc in the system, a head-smackingly obvious addition I hope other system makers will copy from here on out. My only real complaint with the physical hardware is that the shiny finish on my black, Deluxe system is a magnet for thumbprints. It's quite easy to smudge any time you move the system around.
Load Times
One of my first thoughts when playing the Wii U was that the games appeared to take a long time to load. Games like Just Dance 4, Madden NFL 13, and Ninja Gaiden seem to take forever to load even basic menus and scenes. But when I actually broke out a watch and compared the Wii U's load times to launch window games for other recent systems, I found the delay was generally within historical norms.
You can see the results of my testing in the table below. The first column is the number of seconds from first loading the game to seeing the first warning message or company logo displayed by the game itself. The second number shows the total time it takes to get from the Wii U menu to the first interactive in-game menu (after skipping all skippable logos and intros). The third number is the amount of time it takes from choosing "new game" or "continue game" on the first menu to getting actual controllable gameplay. I'll let the numbers speak for themselves.
|Time to logo
|Time to menu
|Time to load gameplay
|Nintendo Land
|New SMB U
|Just Dance 4
|Batman: Arkham City
|Ninja Gaiden 3
|Mass Effect 3
|Sing Party
|Epic Mickey 2
|Madden NFL 13
|Wii U average
|Oblivion (Xbox 360)
|Heavenly Sword (PS3)
|Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)


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