With the 4-0 thrashing in the last Clásico still fresh in the club's mind, you would've forgiven Zidane for instructing his side to be cautious, but the way Madrid went about it in the opening 25 minutes was too cautious. From the first second, Madrid refused to tread into Barcelona's half, not straying far from the 40 yard-line. Ronaldo, Benzema, and Bale looked to cut out passing lanes, while Modric, Kroos, and Casemiro, waited to snap at the heels of Barcelona's midfielders (particularly Busquets, who was zonally marked by whoever was near him) and attackers. The formation was essentially a defensive 4-5-1, with the focus being on clogging the midfield in order to prevent Barcelona from playing through the middle. This was all well and good, but Real Madrid were so conservative, that they couldn't even spark an attack until Ronaldo carried the ball up the field, taking on the entire Barcelona defense himself around 8 minutes 30 seconds (it resulted in a goal kick, but it was Real's first attack). But such a run couldn't spark anything from Madrid, as BBC remained isolated and Barcelona's press suffocated any passes attempting to be played from the midfield. Kroos called for more pressing from his teammates on 13 minutes, leading to some braver play that coincided with the applause for Johan Cruyff, which then led to Modric slipping in Bale on the counter on 15 minutes. But that was an isolated moment, as Madrid still struggled to create after that moment.
But perhaps, even more worrying than Madrid's toothless play, was the fact that Barcelona were working their way around Madrid's low block.
Suarez dragged Madrid's CB's out of position, leaving gaping holes for a Barcelona attacker to exploit at the heart of Madrid's defense.
The movement of Suarez in particular, dragged Madrid's center backs and midfielders all over the place, allowing Barcelona to dink balls over the top, which one of Barca's forwards would then control, and then either switch play or link-up with a joining attacker. Barcelona had seemingly found Madrid's weakness, Los Blancos were not positionally sound. Too often in the opening period did balls slip in behind Modric, Kroos and Casemiro, and too often were Pepe and Ramos charging up recklessly to try to win the ball. This left gaping holes in Madrid's defense that Barca looked more ready to exploit as every second passed by. But then, something changed.
A counter released Ronaldo down the right flank, who used some brilliant trickery to ease past his man and release Madrid's first shot on goal. This seemed to give some belief to the rest of the team, as Madrid suddenly emerged from their shell.
After Ronaldo's shot, Madrid began to institute a sporadic press, carefully started by either Modric or Kroos in select moments, so as not to constantly leave too many gaps behind them. This shift in tactics, possibly started by Zidane on the sidelines, disturbed Barca, as they became wary of Madrid's threat on the counter. The release of pressure periodically also gave Madrid's back-line their confidence back, as they began to shut-out MSN in one-vs-one situations, and made crucial interceptions on through balls. The offside trap also came into effect more consistently, as Luis Suarez was caught out in key moments.
Real Madrid also started to play the ball more effectively down the flanks. Players began to receive the ball with a purpose, as they immediately turned to switch the ball to Bale's flank whenever they had the opportunity. Marcelo for his part, made sure that Ronaldo got his fair share of touches, and as Madrid began to attack, it soon became clear that Madrid's explosive wingers had a handle on Barcelona's fullbacks. Ronaldo in particular was on fire, completing a match high 3 dribbles and drawing 2 tackles in the first half. Yet as the first 45 minutes came to an end, Zidane must've known there was still a lot of work to do. BBC had only a combined for 45 touches between them, with all of Madrid's 5 shots coming from them. BBC were still too isolated, and Madrid were relying on them to do everything in attack. Part of the problem was that Benzema was not on top form. His usual link-up play was missing, as he was sloppy on the ball, making 4 bad controls in the first half, and he skied a brilliant chance to give Madrid the lead. Yet there was reason for hope for Zidane going into the second half. Barcelona were rattled, and their penetrative play had disappeared into long balls or sideways passes. The match was there for Madrid's taking, and boy did they take it (well, eventually).
The second half started off shakily though for Madrid, as Pepe had a mad moment where he rushed out with the ball, only to lose it and give Barcelona a chance. But after that heart-stopping moment, Madrid recovered somewhat, and began to exploit space down the flanks more efficiently, as a Ronaldo challenge on Rakitic and a Casemiro challenge sparked two counters. But Madrid were still warming up, as Benzema and Ronaldo looked too isolated at times and The Whites' attacks began to break down too easily. Barcelona got back into it because of this, and just like Ronaldo's shot in the first half, Messi's lobbed attempt on 54 minutes, which was denied brilliantly by Navas, sparked some belief back into Barcelona. Only a minute later, Pique scored from a corner, dancing easily past Pepe (who did a poor job marking his man), and therefore irritating every single Real Madrid fan across the globe to no end. I mean it's sorta okay if MSN does it, but Pique?!! Why Pique?!!
Thankfully though, the goal spurred Madrid into top gear as they replied only 8 minutes later. Marcelo started the counter-attack on a brilliant winding run, as he left defender after defender for dead, and just when he looked like he was going to shoot, he slipped in Kroos, who's deflected cross arced into the air uncomfortably in front of Benzema. But without breaking a sweat, Benzema acrobatically lept into the air, and executed an astonishing bicycle kick that silenced the Camp Nou into submission. From then on Madrid were the dominant force.
They formed two banks of four, pushing Ronaldo slightly higher, and released BBC on devastating counter after counter. Aside from the occasional mistake by Real Madrid's own personnel (that Benzema ball to Suarez was a horrific moment), Barcelona rarely threatened. Things got even better for Madrid when the ever-hungry Jese came on for Benzema in the 78th minute (aside from the goal, the Frenchman had been poor, and had really been unable to establish himself as Real Madrid's fulcrum in attack). Only minutes later, Marcelo helped spark another counter, that Ronaldo turned into a chance when he picked out Bale smartly on the right-hand side of the box. Real Madrid thought they had scored as Bale dominated Alba in the air, but the referee made a poor decision in adjudging that the dimunitive fullback was fouled. But Real Madrid continued to push and push, as Ronaldo went close by nearly arrowing a goal into the top corner. Then Bale poked a ball through Bravo's legs, which Alba cleared. It seemed inevitable that Real Madrid would score, but one other inevitable happened first.
Ramos slid in rashly on Suarez, who milked it for all it was worth, giving no choice for the referee but to send Los Blancos' captain off in the 83rd minute. But if you thought that would kill Real Madrid's momentum you were wrong. One minute later, Carvajal sprinted up the center of the pitch, fed Jese, who in turn fed Bale, who then crossed it to Ronaldo. Without losing a single ounce of concentration, Ronaldo controlled the ball brilliantly off his chest and slammed the ball throughClaudio Bravo's legs. It was sheer footballing brilliance from everyone involved and the boos and whistles that had rung out resoundingly whenever Ronaldo touched the ball were utterly silenced. Calma, calma, Barcelona fans, your favorite player Ronaldo is here.
Hindsight is 20/20, but I could see problems in Barcelona's tactics well before the end of the match.
Unlike Madrid, who were disciplined in their defensive duties from Ronaldo to Pepe, Barcelona featured a top heavy side with no defensive commitment from MSN. Take a look at Barcelona's shape on the flanks (it's not pretty viewing for fans of La Blaugrana).
Messi played into Madrid's hands by drifting centrally.
Neymar's positioning shows almost no movement in his own defensive third.
Barca's fullbacks pushed up way too high.
Firstly, Messi's forays into the center of the pitch, which was an attempt to help Barcelona in build-up, proved useless. He never found a scything ball across the floor, and instead had to resort to lobbed passes that really only came off once (in the 80th minute, where Suarez volleyed past the post). Instead, Messi's positioning had a destabilizing affect on Barcelona's shape, as he left Barcelona's right flank completely open to Real Madrid's most lethal player on the park, Cristiano Ronaldo. Dani Alves was also pushing up insanely high (as can be seen on the heatmap, is average positioning is above the halfway line), which is almost as bad as putting a neon sign on Cristiano Ronaldo's forehead that says, "pass the ball to me, I am totally free."
But Messi's positioning also did more than hurt Barcelona defensively. It arguably weakened Barca's attacking options, as he refused to combine with Alves on the flank and provide width to Barcelona's attack - which would've stretched Real Madrid's back-line.
All of Messi's passing options were either cut off, or were useless back passes or sideways passes.
Instead, his central positioning played straight into the hands of Madrid, as Los Blancos' defensive block could clog the center of the pitch. There is also the small matter of the fact that Messi's positioning allowed Casemiro to hound him day and night.
Overall not a good night for the Argentinian genius. It remains to be seen whether Messi made these decisions himself, or whether Enrique instructed him to position himself that way. But based on these post-match quotes by Enrique on MSN, you'd have to guess that Messi decided things for himself.
But let's not let Neymar or Jordi Alba get away with it! Jordi Alba was also positioned insanely high, refusing to time his runs with Dani Alves, causing Barcelona to have a back tow instead of a back three at all times. The Spaniard's positioning gave Bale total autonomy down the right flank, which was only exacerbated by Neymar's total lack of defensive effort in shutting Bale down. With such poor preparation buy Enrique, and no defensive effort on Messi and Neymar's part, it is easy to see how Ronaldo and Bale tore Barcelona to pieces down the flanks.
It was a long time coming in this article, but Casemiro was brilliant. In the first half he was slightly shaky positionally, but that was no different from the rest of the team. He made 5 tackles in the first half and was Madrid's strongest performer in the first 45 aside from Bale and Ronaldo. But in the second period of play, Casemiro took things to the next level. Zidane's tactics of clogging the midfield and Messi's unwillingness to use the flanks played straight into Casemiro's hands, as he used his physicality to dominate Messi and others off the ball. Simply put, there was no route through the center (Barcelona's main avenue of attack not only in this game, but in many others) because Casemiro was an absolute brick wall. This allowed Madrid to stifle Barcelona and win the ball with ease, allowing the likes of Modric and Kroos to release Ronaldo and Bale down the flanks. He ended the match with an eye-catching 8 tackles, 3 interceptions, 1 clearance, and 2 blocked shots; proving Zidane right for choosing and possibly cementing himself as the centerpiece to any counter-attacking scheme Real Madrid plan in the future.
The final mention must go out to my favorite winger-duo in world football. For all of Real Madrid's heart and grit in midfield, the win would not have been possible without the stunning wing-play and discipline of the Flying Welshman and the Dark Invader. Firstly, Bale and Ronaldo were the outlet of pretty much every single Los Blancos attack.
As you can see above, Kroos and Modric centered their passing around the flanks, as they dumped imagination into the dumpster and simply made the right decisions, as they pumped all of their attack-minded passes towards the flanks. This put a lot of pressure on Ronaldo and Bale, as Benzema was off-form and the only support they received was from their fullbacks. This meant that CR7 and Bale needed to carry the ball up the pitch themselves, which would not only have been exhausting but extremely difficult technically. Yet they carried out this duty with ease, and tortured Barcelona's fullbacks with their pace and their invention (Ronaldo in particular). It all paid off in the end, as Bale got his assist and Ronaldo got his winning goal, to help a 10-man Madrid bury Barcelona.
But their unnoticed and possibly more important work, was what they did without the ball on defense, as they positioned themselves carefully to cut off passing lanes and prevent any attacking inroads down their flanks. This was crucial to Zidane's scheme of compressing the pitch and clogging the midfield, as Barcelona was then forced to play the ball through the middle. The few times the ball was played down the flank, Bale and Ronaldo helped shut out the danger immediately, with Ronaldo's tracking run on Jordi Alba in the 40th minute a particular highlight. Such commitment was just outstanding to see, and in hindsight you can see why our wingers were so important to Real Madrid's victory.


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We foster new artistic creation in Switzerland by means of work grants. Support is provided for compositions, literary publications, visual artwork, productions by theatre, music and dance ensembles, as well as projects with an artistic take on new media and digital technologies.
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Amidst a pandemic-inspired economic downturn when many small business owners are questioning if they can afford to remain open and aspiring entrepreneurs are surveying whether conditions will ever be right to invest in their dream, Bangor Region's startup community just received a major vote of confidence from three local funding sources.
Grants totaling $69,500 awarded to UpStart Maine from the Maine State Office of USDA Rural Development, Maine Community Foundation, and Bangor Savings Bank will spearhead a strategic effort to accelerate its work to grow the Bangor Region's startup economy.
Upstart Maine, founded in 2016, is a volunteer-led coalition of programs and facilities consisting of pitch competitions, business accelerators, professional coaches and advisors, lenders, technical training, incubation and coworking spaces. The coalition brings under one umbrella the independent yet like-minded ventures of Top Gun, Scratchpad, Big Gig, MaineStream Finance, University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation, Bangor Innovation Center, UpStart Center for Entrepreneurship, and CoVort Coworking.
USDA Rural Development State Director Timothy P. Hobbs shared, "I am pleased that USDA Rural Development can assist Upstart Maine by providing essential funding that will help connect start-up businesses in the region to resources that will help them grow."
Bangor Savings Bank's gift of $10,000 will allow UpStart Maine to launch an independently-run assessment of how the greater Bangor Region (defined as an hour in each direction, MDI to Millinocket to Dover-Foxcroft to Waterville) is currently viewed as a center of innovation, as well as gain additional insights related to the community's current awareness and impressions of the coalition's eight entrepreneur-support programs and facilities.
Insights collected from the independent assessment will give the organization valuable direction on where and how to target their efforts to achieve the greatest impact.
Their long-planned search to engage an "ecosystem builder" is now underway, thanks to $34,500 from the USDA Rural Development Office and $25,000 from Maine Community Foundation earmarked for this initiative.
Over the next year, the ecosystem builder will vigorously forge connections between entrepreneurs leading innovation-driven startups affiliated with UpStart Maine's programs with mentors, senior executives in established organizations, companies that can serve as first customers and industry contacts, early-stage investors, and other entrepreneurs who have achieved commercial success.
"We have a growing number of startups in the Bangor Region," said Jason Harkins, vice president of UpStart Maine and co-founder of Scratchpad Accelerator, "but it is only through deep connections with the larger community that startups can grow – especially innovation-driven startups that are developing products and services for sale to the nation and world. They need quick market traction, talented teams that can navigate the business side of the enterprise, and eventually equity investors to scale their businesses. That's the role of an ecosystem builder, to help entrepreneurs and the programs that support them to forge those connections."
Differentiating itself from the multitude of effective programs around the state that support "Main Street" businesses that primarily serve local and tourist markets, UpStart Maine focuses on "innovation-driven" enterprises with the potential to reach statewide, national, and even global markets. The unique assistance often needed by these enterprises – such as executive expertise, b2b marketing, or outside equity investment – is not readily available outside of Portland, yet.
As the ecosystem builder work gets underway later this fall, entrepreneurs enrolled in UpStart Maine's programs will directly benefit from the connections forged. UpStart Maine leadership will involve startup founders directly in these efforts. They will meet potential sources for technical assistance, mentorship, executive advice, customers, and seed capital to help them meet their business objectives.
A region's economy typically grows on a foundation of exports beyond its geographical boundaries. Unfortunately, the Bangor Region falls well below the average of most other metropolitan regions of comparable size on this metric. Built on a conviction that the region actually has the capacity and assets to "grow from within" but just lacks the critical mass of resources to drive such innovation, UpStart Maine's purpose is to grow the regional economy through scalable enterprises with global market interest.
Local business leaders champion this mission as one that is beneficial for the entire community. Growth generates income that circulates through the area's economy – fueling spending on groceries, eating out, household goods, and everything else that goes into everyday living.
"UpStart plays an essential role in helping to diversify our economy by supporting the growth of innovative companies reaching markets outside of Maine," said Maggie Drummond-Bahl, Senior Program Officer at the Maine Community Foundation. "And we know now more than ever before, a more diverse economy is a more resilient one."
This article is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Maine Technology Institute, supporting UpStart Maine's effort to increase awareness of its programs and facilities available to start-up entrepreneurs in the Bangor Region.

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William Myles Thomas and Thomas Robert Stockley collaborate for the second Graduate Residency of 2016 supported by Falmouth University.
After the fates positioned their graduate works 'Cheese Over Land and Sea' and 'Art Is Eggs, Eggs Is Art' next to one another at their graduate show, Will (artist and lactose enthusiast) and Tom (former child and occasional statue) are pleased to invite you to their debut collaborative show.
Eggspect audio/visual confusions, highly talented displays of photoshop and food where it shouldn't be.
In Cuisine, an omelette or omelet is a dish made from beaten eggs quickly fried with butter or oil in a frying pan (without stirring as in scrambled egg). It is quite common for the omelette to be folded around filling such as cheese, chives, vegetables, meat (often ham or bacon), or some combination of the above. To obtain a fluffy texture, whole eggs or sometimes only egg whites are beaten with a small amount of milk or cream, or even water, the idea being to have "bubbles" of water vapour trapped within the rapidly cooked egg.
Featuring new individual and collaborative works, OMLET plays on the concept of food as art; whilst simultaneously being disrupted by digital works – a balance of comfort (eating) and discomfort.
In the space the viewer becomes participant. We are confronted by our immediate physical presence in time and space, manifest through art objects and the visceral act of consuming food. This reality is contrasted by the act of being transported out of the physical world, into a virtual reality where computers sing to themselves, eggs give birth and the very space you occupy is cracked and distorted.


The following monologue by Sean Hannity last night is a must see/hear. Note: I sped past the first 30+ seconds of the video because Hannity's introduction leading into his monologues often unnerves me.
Nevertheless, kudos to Hannity for sharing not only his opinions but holding steadfast in his efforts at bringing to light acts committed by the Deep State against not only a sitting President elected but against the very Americans who elected him.
For more on this very subject, check out Jim Campbell's FBI interview makes big news — so why is it still secret?


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Q: Removing pentathletes and digits from string in a pandas dataframe Within my column I have several country names that contain numbers and/or parenthesis in their name that I need to remove.
my df,
   city
0  Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
1  Switzerland17

Expected output df,
   city
0  Bolivia
1  Switzerland

A: df=pd.DataFrame({'city':['Bolivia (Plurinational State of)','Switzerland17']})
df['city']=df['city'].str.extract(r'([a-zA-Z]+)',expand=True)
print(df)
    city
0   Bolivia
1   Switzerland

A: You could use replace combined with a regex:
import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({'city': ['Bolivia (Plurinational State of)', 'Switzerland17']})
df['city'] = df['city'].replace(to_replace='\(.+\)|\d+', value='', regex=True).str.strip()

for e in df['city']:
    print(e)

Output
Bolivia
Switzerland

Also you can remove the trailing whitespaces (str.strip()).

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My Grade 6 ESL students have been learning about the scientific process, its steps and we they have been focusing on scientific reporting. Writing a science report can be challenging and require special attention and scaffolding for English language learners. In the previous post, I explained how ESL teachers can scaffold a procedure.
Now, I would like to focus on writing a conclusion!
I have put together a number of sentence frames that help English language learners to get their thinking going and offer them a template for their writing. I have had a really great experience with them. Even beginning English language learners are able to "puzzle" together very good conclusions.
In this investigation, I learned ……..
My hypothesis was… My investigation proved this hypothesis is true/not true.
All of these sentence frames are quite basic. However, the students can only use these sentence frames successfully if they have a very good conceptual understanding of their experiments. I usually run a simple experiment with my students in my ESL class so that I can make sure that my ESL students understand the experiment including its scientific results and conclusions.


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True Love at Starbucks
Alex Bain wrote this big blog post on Starbucks about how it's the greatest customer service company because they gave him and his wife a free mug. Then he talked about how they go to Starbucks 5 times a day but they're actually really frugal. A few minutes later I checked out this blog I read by a girl named Rach and she had this video posted. Seemed appropriate.
Friday Chill Music (February 29, 2008)
Friday Chill Music is back with a bang today thanks to NPR's Podcast of Wilco. I'm a big fan of NPR's All Songs Considered. I love it when the crowd goes crazy as the band comes on stage and Bob Boilen does the play by play from the 9:30 Club. "The lights are going down..." is one of my favorite phrases.
The concert starts out with Sunken Treasure, stark and wonderful. Then gradually picks up steam until it's rocking with You Are My Face a few songs later. Wilco is just unstoppable right now.
By the way, I heard about this podcast from Greg Mercer, the old fashioned way, via email. But I also heard about it via a Beth Steven's Facebook newsfeed. These newsfeeds are incredibly powerful. A company called FriendFeed is trying to take the idea of a Newsfeed and free it from Facebook. So far I like it. Try it out, and connect to me, Scott Orn, so I can learn from you.
Practically Retired
http://heg.tumblr.com/post/27551068 linked to a Blog Value Calculator. Well guess what, I can practically retire off the value of Kenny Kellogg. It was a fun ride while it lasted. Who wants to buy it?
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The Broken West
Ariel and I went and saw The Broken West at the Independent last night. Here is a picture.
Good solid band. My favorite song was Brass Ring. Find them here.
Dr. Randy Pausch
My brother is having a kid soon and he's become a big softy. He sent this along. I thought it was pretty cool though and wanted to share it with you.
Tesco Update
You'll recall that we recently discussed Tesco, the Britsh Grocery Store chain that is busy invading the U.S. That piece generated a pretty good amount of emails and comments from you, Dear Readers.
Now a well placed operative embedded in the Grocery Industry has passed this little tidbit on Tesco's invasion to Kenny Kellogg. Enjoy.
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets have not yet come close to achieving the sales levels Tesco officials were originally hoping for, according to an industry consultant here. Speaking yesterday with investors in the U.S. and the United Kingdom in a conference call sponsored by New York-based Citigroup, Jim Prevor said the 52 Fresh & Easy stores that have opened since November are averaging weekly sales volumes of $50,000 to $60,000, or about $5 a square foot — below the goal of $200,000 a week and $14-$22 in sales per square foot the company had projected. A spokesman for Fresh & Easy declined comment when contacted by SN. Prevor said the volume estimates are based on discussions with competitors, vendors, industry observers and Fresh & Easy store managers, "who all confirm each other." Prevor also said Fresh & Easy is paying rent on stores in the Bay Area in Northern California after deciding to open them early in 2009 instead of later this year as originally planned. The Tesco spokesman told SN the company never intended to move into the Bay Area until 2009. In other comments, Prevor said Fresh & Easy is not laying off employees but is not replacing any who leave. The company spokesman declined comment on that assertion.
Few Cool Pics
A few more cool pics from my trip to Chicago. Includes Wilco and Andrew Bird, on stage, together.
Rishi Chandra just had a baby (actually his wife did). And he's blogging about it. Rishi is one of the funniest guys you are ever going to meet anyways, but he's especially funny when he's sleep deprived and talking about his kid. Check him out.
My favorite quotes so far:
Ever heard the phrase "sleeping as soundly as a baby"? Well, it is all a lie unless "soundly" refers to tons of grunts, gurgles, and wimpers throughout the night. It took us a few nights to not panic on every noise during the night. Be warned.
Parents who say their babies sleep through the night are liars. That is what I plan to believe.
The poop schedule, or lack thereof. We diligently tracked all of his dirty diapers for the first few weeks to learn...he goes through a lot of dirty diapers (10 a day!). We even started measuring his "poops" on a 1-10 scale, until we started hitting a few elevens and twelves and had to reset our scale.
Sadly, rumors of baby boys peeing on you during a diaper change are true (with surprising distance!). Roshan even got our doctor.
Sleep deprivation has some interesting consequences. Short-term memory is history. One time I soaped myself three times in the shower before I realized what I was doing...luckily I ran out of body wash or I could have been in there for hours.
Reblogging More Than Words
I'm reblogging a post by a guy named Bijan. He writes a good blog (lot's of music) and is an investor in Tumblr. We need some type of Reblogging Bridge between Blogger and Tumblr, but that is not the point of this post.
The point of this post is to put up a neat little anecdote about Obama. I'm not sure which way I'll go in the election, but little things like this push me towards Obama. I believe in open dialogue, and Obama does too.
More than just words
This excerpt from the recent Obama/Clinton debate is quite significant in my mind. It was in response to the question about a possible meeting with Rahul Castro of Cuba.
CLINTON:I would not meet with him until there was evidence that change was happening because I think it's important that they demonstrate clearly that they are committed to change the direction.
Then I think, you know, something like diplomatic encounters and negotiations over specifics could take place.
But we've had this conversation before, Senator Obama and myself, and I believe that we should have full diplomatic engagement, where appropriate. But a presidential visit should not be offered and given without some evidence that it will demonstrate the kind of progress that is in our interest and, in this case, in the interest of the Cuban people.
OBAMA: I would meet without preconditions, although Senator Clinton is right that there has to be preparation. It is very important for us to make sure that there was an agenda and on that agenda was human rights, releasing of political prisoners, opening up the press. And that preparation might take some time.
But I do think that it is important for the United States not just to talk to its friends but also to talk to its enemies. In fact, that's where diplomacy makes the biggest difference.
CLINTON: But there has been this difference between us over when and whether the president should offer a meeting without preconditions with those with whom we do not have diplomatic relations, and it should be part of a process. But I don't think it should be offered in the beginning because I think that undermines the capacity for us to actually take the measure of somebody like Raul Castro or Ahmadinejad and others.
OBAMA: Because the problem isn't — is if we think that meeting with the president is a privilege that has to be earned, I think that reinforces the sense that we stand above the rest of the world at this point in time, and I think that it's important for us, in undoing the damage that has been done over the last seven years, for the president to be willing to take that extra step. That's the kind of step that I would like to take as president of the United States.
I think this difference is more than just words. It's a big deal and why I'm in Obama's corner.
More every day.
One Llama
Cool company coming out of Chicago via Kapil Chaudhary called One Llama. It's an online music service similar to Pandora. However, Pandora employs a bunch of people to listen to music and categorize what they hear. There is no arguing that it has resulted in a great service.
One Llama has taken a different approach and has built software to classify music. It's not quite People vs. The Machines but it's a step in that direction. Personally, I'm fascinated by the thought that there good be little intricacies inside of a song that make me want to like it, but that I can't consciously pick out. One Llama would solve that problem for me. It would be even cooler if they could expose what those little things are. I say "would" because One Llama is still in beta so it's a little rough around the edges. Be gentle with it.
The Chicago Tribune wrote an article on One Llama today if you are interested in reading more.
Haircut Beware
Next time you go to get a haircut at a place with a picture like this on display, be very, very careful.
Rising Costs
Interesting article in today's Chronicle titled CPI is More Miss Than Hit for Prices by Sam Zuckerman. It seems like there is a huge disconnect between real world inflation and government statistics showing moderate inflation.
"Most people do not believe the numbers"
-- Oakland Economist John Williams
Things are just plain getting more expensive. This is what happens when we try to bail the housing mess out with lower and lower interest rates. What we're really trying to do is inflate away the debt burden, but it comes back and hits us with higher prices in other things, like my small M&M's and small Fiji water for $6.25 at the movies today. Wow.
Tired of this Yet?
Anyone else tired of this yet? I can't believe Ticketmaster captures 35% of the value from a normal, everyday concert.
Another Reason to Love California
Just one more reason to love California. You don't even have to ask the barrista for it. The Soy milk is just sitting out there, looking to bring some love to your coffee.
Quick Friday Chill Music today. Sorry for not doing one last week but I was traveling to Chicago all day. I'm embedding an Imeem playlist from now on so you don't have to click on individual links. You just click on the "Launch Stand Alone Player" at the bottom to listen to the whole song. If you are reading this in Google Reader, you'll probably need to click to the page because it's not supporting Imeem yet.
Now to the music. It's been a rainy few days in the Bay Area so I chose the songs accordingly.
1) Most of the Time (Bob Dylan) - Beth Stevens recommended this song for Friday Chill Music and she nailed it. The song is one of my favorites, even appearing on Sunday Morning 6 and who could forget it in John Cusack's High Fidelity.
2) Muzzle of Bees (Wilco)- One of the highlights from the Chicago show. It has this great underlying beat and at times the guitars are just frenetic enough. The lyrics are tender and compliment the music perfectly. My favorite line: "Sun get's passed sea to sea; Silently, and back to me."
3) Purgatory Line (Drive By Truckers) - Bryan Kenna introduced me to this band and their new album is awesome. Definitely check it out. It's mostly hard rocking but there are a couple slow songs on it that I really like. This is a real southern rock band and I love the twang in her voice.
Saber Sherrard sent us this article on Millennials. Millennials are basically people in their early to mid 20's.
I thought this article had some valid points about how "the kids" are great with technology, view work time as something more fluid (look at me, I'm writing this at nearly midnight), and need to be challenged.
However, I thought it was quite patronizing in the generalizations about how Millennials can't take criticism and how they need clear definitions for work. In my experience, most people are poor at direct criticism, not just people in their 20's. And as for clear job definitions? You can't blame them for wanting jobs defined for them. Ambiguity is a favorite management technique of poor managers.
I guess this article struck a nerve for me because I always cringe when people glorify "the old days" or some variation of it. Kids these days are wicked smart. They have access to the Internet...and they use it. And people these days work incredibly hard, but it's a different motivation nowadays. Most Millennials (and my friends for that matter) just love their jobs.
Get the Best Out of Millennials by Tweaking Habits
Managers Have to Adjust Expectations and Approaches
By Carol Phillips
The Millennial Generation is being closely watched as it begins to fill the entry-level ranks at advertising agencies, law firms, investment banks and corporate offices. Many believe it will be unlike other generations both in its work expectations and in its impact on the workplace.
Early indications, however, are not entirely glowing. A recent "60 Minutes" segment portrayed a generation unwilling to make even the most routine sacrifices, such as staying late after work. Perhaps the failure to impress reflects a failure on the part of managers to adapt their expectations and approaches.
Here, then, are six lessons I've learned about what it takes to get the best performance from a sophomore.
1. ELIMINATE AMBIGUITY.
Millennials are experts at calculating what it takes to meet expectations. Once locked in, they have a GPS-like approach to navigating toward the goal. I have learned that the flip side of this laser-like focus is a lack of patience for any hint that the rules are being changed midstream.
LESSON: Set clear goals and timelines -- and resist modifying them. Once the syllabus is printed, I never change it.
2. THINK OF TIME AS A 24/7 RESOURCE.
College students don't look busy or frantic; they look tired. Millennials regard time as a 24-hour resource. Thanks to time stamping, I know students complete their work closer to 5:00 a.m. than 5:00 p.m. I have come to admire this as an exquisite sense of time management rather than a lack of forward planning.
LESSON: Focus on results, not process. Tell them when it's due, not when to do it.
3. COMBINE WORK WITH PLAY.
I suspect Millennials will think of a job less as a place you go from 9 to 5 than as a place where you get to hang out with a great team of friends prior to meeting them later to hang out and continue the conversation somewhere else.
LESSON: Allow Millennials to form their own work teams when possible.
4. MAKE IT WORTHWHILE.
Students are sick of busy work and exercises; they long to do something "real" and meaningful. What's more, they are convinced they are ready for it. Whenever possible, I incorporate real-world consulting problems and clients into class assignments. Many students have told me years later that those were among the most meaningful experiences they had in their college careers.
LESSON: Assign the tough problems, not just the ones you think they can handle.
They look like adults, talk like adults and (usually) think like adults. So it's easy to forget that emotionally they have more in common with high-schoolers than young professionals. They take everything very seriously. Many Millennials lack the resilience to shrug off setbacks; a misdirected frown or a curt e-mail can send them into a tailspin.
LESSON: Use criticism sparingly, frame feedback positively -- and keep the Kleenex handy.
6. PLAY TO THEIR STRENGTHS.
Millennials find technology effortless, the result of growing up in a world where computers, cellphones, iPods, navigation systems and digital recorders are ubiquitous and essential. They exhibit an unusual breadth of experiences and a deep sense of social responsibility. Their perspective is entirely global. In the classroom, I try to leverage these strengths by giving them choices and encouraging them to follow their interests. Student work often astonishes me with its professionalism and creativity.
LESSON: Let their creativity, technology skills and brainpower loose. There's no telling where it will lead.
Carol Phillips is president of BrandAmplitude and a marketing instructor at the University of Notre Dame.
Sports Guy on the Warriors
I'm a big Golden State Warriors fan. It took us about 15 years to reach the playoffs but we're back with an exciting team. I also love the Sports Guy on ESPN. Put those two things together and you get a hilarious (and interesting from a basketball perspective) column.
Brooke Wins!
Scotty Fausel alerted us to Brooke Miller's incredible cycling win in SF this weekend. Incredible because when I first met her in 1997, she was a volleyball star at CAL taking a summer off to be a camp counselor (just like me, except the sports star part). I got to know Brooke throughout the years and especially at Kellogg (she's married to Andrew Miller of Kellogg intramural softball fame). Now Brooke is an international cycling star and we couldn't be more proud of her!
Funny Mortgage Presentation
Funny finance presentation courtesy of Sterz on the mortgage bond disaster. It's really only funny if you are a finance dork like me. Give it a look though.
One quick question: When I was a young finance buck taking classes at CAL Berkeley in 97', I learned all about CDO's and even how to price them. I also learned about default risk, prepayment risk, etc. I also learned about tranching these types of securities.
So what changed from 97' to 07'? Pretty much only ridiculously low interest rates and a willingness to bail institutions out -- both from the Fed.
Wilco in Chicago
Wilco was as magical as I hoped it would be. The show was smoking. They played a full set or about 3 hours.
I'll never forget the encores. These were real encores with the crowd demanding they keep playing. The last one came about 5 minutes after they had already turned on the house lights and were playing music over the loud speakers. I was watching and not a single person moved. People were going nuts and the band was kind enough to come back out for a rockin' Hooodooo Voodoo that the guitarists just rocked.
Here is a link to my Tumblr blog for a couple pictures I snapped. I'm having technical difficulties so a few more might appear.
Full song list here. The songs that stand out for me are below and I've embedded a playlist here but these aren't the live versions that I love so much.
Hell is Chrome - song number two of the concert and off of Ghost is Born album. I've been meaning to write a review of this song alone. Basically I think it's one of the best fusions of lyrics and music that the band has. More later but I think this song deserves a lot of attention. It might not jump out at you though.
Handshake Drugs - amazing undertow to this song. the guitars are fantastic but the real story is the baseline and drums.
Via Chicago -love song to the city of Chicago. I certainly connected, this being my first visit back since I graduated from Kellogg in June 07'. I sang my lungs and heart out to this one.
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - this song started it all for me and Wilco. After I heard this on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, I was hooked. It was raucous to say the least.
Jesus Etc - Andrew Bird, an epic chicago guy, came on stage. Tweedy made fun of him a bit and then they played this amazing song.
Kingpin - Songs is incredible and the audience participation is so much fun. "I want to be your Kingpin..."
Hooodoo Voodoo - pure rock and a great time. Can still hear it playing in my head...
President...
Conservatives have Ronald Reagan. Liberals have Bill Clinton. Me? I have President Palmer.
Courtesy of Nick Walmsley, who incidentally is a proud papa now.
Courtesy of Matt Belloni, and you get some bonus Defamer coverage.
Drive By Truckers Pics
Saw the Drive by Trucker's last night. Amazing show.
Here are the pics.
The Mezzanine is an ultra cool venue in SF. Can't wait to see many more shows there.
Pics via Tumblr
As you, faithful reader, can probably tell, I'm really getting into this Tumblr Blog thing. I may even move this blog over there. Don't worry, you'll just be able to go to the same address and I'll give you plenty of warning.
Tumblr is so easy, and it has a Follow function for adding people who post cool stuff to your "news feed." It's easy to take photos from your camera and email them into Tumblr. Did I mention there is also a "Reblog" button that takes the contents of one blog and immediately puts it onto yours, and gives you a spot to comment on it. That's amazing. Today, I reblogged two amazing photos. One of Miss Natalie Portman and another of Obama and emailed in one of Danville.
Click here to see the photos.
My Morning Jacket & A Thousand Pictures
Super cool project project by Current TV. They had the fans of Lollapalooza take pics of My Morning Jacket's performance. Then they patched them together for this video.
How long until those phones are broadcasting the actual performance? My bet is not that long. Enjoy.
Pics from the Weekend
Posted a few pics from the weekend on my tumblr blog. Here is the link. It was beautiful in Berkeley and SF!
Here's to Your Health
"An apple and a good band a day, keeps the doctor away."
--Kenny Kellogg
Andrew Miller tipped me off to his brothers band, Health, and I'm officially a fan. BJ, Andrew's Brother, joined the band as a drummer and you can hear him everywhere on the disk.
My favorite song is Perfect Skin, which you can listen to below via Hype Machine. Health just played at the Great American Music Hall in SF (unfortunately I missed them) and in front of 700+ in LA. They're getting some pretty good buzz. See here.
A word of warning for you 30+ old's out there. This is the kind of music that "the kid's listen to." It's rocking but the guitars are pretty experimental. For those of you who are at the stage of life where you are more into Eddie Vedder acoustic, than Eddie Vedder from Ten and Vs., you aren't going to love Health. What the heck though, give it a shot.
For those younger ears, Health sounds like a rough, rocking, kick butt band.
Health - Perfect Skin
Health's MySpace page is here.
Lost Hotline
If you are a fan of Lost, call this number 1 888 548 0034.
Thanks for the heads up Dan Roiter.
Friday Chill Music (February 8, 2008)
Chill Music Friday is picking up steam with some great comments and emails last week. I hope you like the following tracks. Suggestions are always appreciated.
Pearl Jam - Oceans (the MTV Unplugged version with epic video)
Eddie Vedder's been getting a lot of well deserved love with the Into the Wild disk. I figured we should kick it old school (and video-style) for this song, which has some of my favorite lyrics. Warning, sensitivity alert!
Pearl Jam will be playing Bonnaroo this year, along with Metallica, Jack Johnson and My Morning Jacket. Holy cow. Tickets go on sale very soon.
Ryan Adams - English Girls Approximately
Bryan Kenna introduced me to Ryan Adams while at Kellogg. I stumbled upon this song by buying the soundtrack to Elizabethtown, a Cameron Crowe movie. Crowe always has great soundtracks.
Jack Johnson with Alo - I Shall Be Released
About a year ago I got a little tired of Jack Johnson, but over the last 6 months I've had the pleasure of watching Tucker play Jack Johnson songs on the guitar for his 1.5 year old son. The kid loves the music and watching him dance to the guitar has really rejuvenated my love of Johnson's music. Jack (we're practically on a first name basis) put out a new disk this week. I haven't had time to fully digest it so I'm throwing out one of my favorite songs from the tribute CD to The Band.
Southwest Productivity
I like this campaign by Southwest. If you follow as much sports as I do, you're probably really sick of the whole steroid thing. It's not mind blowingly funny, but this campaign brings a little humor to the whole situation.
Interesting Picture - Tumblr
Interesting picture of a woman on my tumblelog.
Hardly Working - Tumblr
"Hardly Working" video on my Tumblelog
Foo Fighter Cover Songs
Cool article by Aidin Vaziri in the SF Chronicle on Sunday. He goes over the Foo Fighters favorite cover songs. I'm a huge fan of covers. Pearl Jam does Babba O'Riley and Rocking In The Free World (this version with Bono of U2) amazingly well.
My favorite video-ed covers by the Foo Fighter? Here you go.
Keep the Car Running by the Arcade Fire
Tiny Dancer by Elton John
Born on the Bayou - Credence Clear Water
Today was a big day for me, I started back at work at Lighthouse Capital Partners. Lighthouse was my gig before Kellogg and I really loved it. I walked back in the door today and it was fantastic to see everyone. We got right down to business and I immediately loved it again. I think it's going to work out great.
One funny thing though, when I left 2+ years ago my email was deactivated. Since I returned to the same job, I reclaimed the my trusty scott (at) lcpartners (dot) com email address and what was waiting for me, but the spam from eBay below. They're so considerate, they just kept spamming me while I was gone...or did they know how this whole thing was going to play out? Hmmm.
Microsoft Strategy Team
Funniest blog post I've seen in a long time, courtesy of Heg.
Microsoft strategy team returns to work
Fake Steve Nails MSFT & Yahoo Merger
Fake Steve has a great editorial on the downsides of the Yahoo & Microsoft merger. Money quote:
Scariest to me is that in all the articles I've seen the one thing Ballmer keeps bringing up is how he'll be able to save $1 billion a year in costs. Are you kidding me? Is this Microsoft or Dunder Mifflin? I mean, I don't doubt he could save a billion a year. But it says a lot about the kind of company Microsoft has become that this is what they're thinking about.
Yeah Colby, Medtronic
Big congratulations goes out to Colby McGavin and the rest of the Medtronic crew. The Company's drug-eluting stent just got FDA approval yesterday. It's big news in the world of Healthcare. Colby has been working really hard on this since graduation from Kellogg. She'll be "evangelizing," as they call it in the business, for a while, and then hopefully she'll take a much needed break.
A lot of people are going to live healthier and longer because of this new technology. Congrats Colby and Medtronic.
Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
Cool little article on Radiohead's lead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, and his latest composition, the soundtrack to There Will Be Blood, in the New Yorker.
Until now, Greenwood, a thirty-six-year-old native of Oxford, England, has been known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Radiohead. But he shouldn't be mistaken for one of those rock stars, like Paul McCartney, who get by in the classical realm with a little help from their musically literate friends. Greenwood is better understood as a composer who has crossed over into rock. Trained as a violist, he worked seriously at writing music in his youth, and had just embarked on studies at Oxford Brookes University when, in 1991, Radiohead was signed by the EMI record label. He dropped out of college to join the band on tour.
Here are a few of the songs. I haven't seen the movie yet but I dig the soundtrack.
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood - Proven Lands
There Will Be Blood - Prospector Arrives
Tesco in California
I lived in London last year and quickly found two things, 1) London was even more expensive than I imagined, and 2) A student can only afford a couple pints at the pub if he eats a lot of peanut butter, soup and cheap but tasty food from Tesco, a supermarket chain in the UK.
Well guess what, Tesco is invading California. They've made some announcements but the PR machine kicked into gear a few days ago as they announced they'll be opening a bunch of stores in the East Bay.
I love Safeway because the service and food are good, the people are nice (Novita) and it was a great investment for me a while back. However, Tesco, is a very creative company and will surely bring some grocery innovations to California. These two companies duking it out will be fun to watch.
True Wisdom
Jessica has been a little concerned for me lately. She found this guy to talk some sense into me.
Why Pay So Much for Yahoo?
I had a nice little back and forth with two friends this morning over the Yahoo deal. "The Walm," a hedge fund guy who covers Tech in London, and Heg, a guy pretty familiar to this blog are two of the smartest guys I know, or maybe it's just the English and Irish accents.
Anywhoo, there was a lot of debate as to why MSFT paid so much. Here is my take, pre-reading any articles on it (I woke up a little late after celebrating my buddy Tucker closing some big deals).
Regarding the 60%+ Premium:
I think it has to be high cause Google will come in and bid. Basically, they're trying to make it high enough so they don't get into a bake-off and Yahoo just excepts immediately. If you look at every deal these two have competed on, it's gotten ridiculous valuation wise. [Adding to the discussion: I know there would be anti-trust issues if Google bid, but at the very least it really slows down the merger. Believe me, Google would make noise.]
One Argument: Premiums to Historical Yahoo Stock Prices makes the premium look ok:
I think looking at Yahoo's old stock price is a false argument. A lot of hope was priced into it. Now mediocre returns are priced in.
Market Share, Market Share, Market Share:
This is really about having enough search market share to matter to advertisers and less about monetization (someone said that because Yahoo monetized search better, it would improve MSFT monetization, which is true but a smaller point, in my opinion). Google is pretty damn close to achieving a monster network effect where people say, "I'm reaching 80% of search/ad traffic with Google, I'll cut my complexity and just work with them." There are services like Clickable that are trying to be a bridge between the two systems, but I'm not sure it will work. MSFT needs Yahoo to remain viable from a market share perspective. The better monetization will help make the deal payoff better but first order of business is remaining viable.
Big Picture:
It's really interesting to watch the consolidation phase start. Audible is getting bought on the same day by Amazon. I think we're officially in consolidation mode now. Amazon, Google and MSFT are going to come out of this as super powerhouses.
The day before this deal, Google missed Wall Street projections. You have to worry about the other advertising "networks" that have been popping up over the last few years. When the slowing economy is impacting Google, it could really hurt the smaller guys.
Thanks for humoring me on my thoughts. More professional thoughts can be found at Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed Blog.
Friday Chill Music got a great response last week so I'll try it as a weekly feature for a while. If you have suggestions, please make a comment or shoot me an email at scott (at) gmail (dot) com.
The Shins - Gone For Good - I forgot how much I like the Shins and this song especially. They have better songs, but this one just felt right today. I saw them live in Chicago, along with Dutch Evans, and a big Kellogg crew. Incidentally, Dutch recognized the Chicago Tribune music critic next to us and we got to rap about his favorites. Pretty cool. Anyways, it was a great cincert at a cool, but creepy venue in the dead of winter. Listening to the Shins always brings back that great night while at Kellogg.
Eddie Vedder - Society - Vedder is the man. Amazing song off the Into the Wild soundtrack. Love listening to this song when driving at night. Can't wait to listen to it while driving to Tahoe in the summer time.
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa - Vampire Weekend is the best CD I've bought since Into the Wild. Love this song and I think it's going to have huge crossover appeal because I gave a copy to my stepdad who is 60+ and he loves it too. I wish I could buy stock in Vampire Weekend. How do we make something like that happen?


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Bethesda Softworks — американский издатель компьютерных игр. Основана в 1986 году Кристофером Уивером в Бетесде, штат Мэриленд. В 1999 году вошла в медиакомпанию ZeniMax Media и была перемещена в Роквилл, штат Мэриленд.

21 сентября 2020 года Microsoft объявила о приобретении родительской компании ZeniMax Media за 7,5 млрд долларов США.

История
Bethesda Softworks была основана Кристофером Уивером, как подразделение Media Technology Limited в 1986 году, где он стал генеральным директором. Он основал данную компанию для того, чтобы «посмотреть является ли рынок ПК жизнеспособным местом для разработки игр». Влатко Андонов, президент Bethesda Softworks, вспоминает, что Уивер изначально хотел назвать компанию просто «Softworks», однако обнаружил, что данное название уже занято. «Итак, наш основатель, решил после долгих размышлений добавить слово Bethesda к Softworks!».

В том же году Bethesda Softworks выпустила свою первую игру — симулятор американского футбола Gridiron!. Портал The Escapist в 2007 году назвал данную игру первой «современной» спортивной компьютерной игрой, так как её игровой процесс базировался на взаимодействии игроков и мяча. Данная игра так впечатлила Electronics Arts, что они наняли команду Уивера для того, чтобы закончить работу над первой игрой в серии John Madden Football, а также приобрела права на издательство будущих версий Gridiron!. Однако, когда в следующий год порты Gridiron! не вышли на других платформах, Bethesda прекратила работу над John Madden Football и подала иск на Electronics Arts с претензией в 7,3 млн долларов, заявляя, что EA намеренно приостановила выход новой версии, чтобы включить её элементы в Madden. Претензия была урегулирована вне суда.

В 1992 году в компании началась работа над The Elder Scrolls: Arena, первой главой знаменитой серии action RPG, несмотря на то, что за 6 лет с момента выпуска Gridiron 6 из 10 выпущенных игр Bethesda Softworks были спортивными симуляторами. Arena имела огромный успех, несмотря на смешанные отзывы критиков на момент выхода.

Через 2 года после выхода The Elder Scrolls: Arena Bethesda Softworks выпускает продолжение — The Elder Scrolls Chapter II: Daggerfall, которое, по мнению портала The Escaptist в 2007 году, было наиболее амбициозной игрой из всех на тот момент вышедших 4 основных частей. Для исследования игроку был доступен открытый мир размером в 2 раза больше, чем Великобритания, где можно было посетить 15 000 городов и пообщаться с 700 000 неигровыми персонажами (NPC). Однако из-за багов некоторая часть пользователей не смогли запустить игру. Несмотря на коммерческий успех, игра имела статус игры с плохим кодом. В 1997 и 1998 годах состоялся выход двух спин-оффов основной серии — An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire и The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard. Однако оба ответвления не пользовались таким же успехом, как Daggerfall и Arena. Снижение продаж не ограничивалось только франшизой The Elder Scrolls, что в результате угрожало компании банкротством. По мнению Тодда Говарда, ныне исполнительного продюсера и игрового директора Bethesda Game Studios, «годы, следующие после выхода Daggerfall, были самыми трудными для компании. Мы принимали несколько неправильные решения и сделали несколько плохих игр». В 1999 году ZeniMax Media, холдинговая медиакомпания, основанная Крисом Уивером и Робертом Альтманом, приобрела Media Technology (также основанную Уивером), которой принадлежала Bethesda Softworks.

Покупка компании не прошла незамеченной для компании Microsoft, и третья глава в истории The Elder Scrolls, Morrowind, разработанная уже Bethesda Game Studios (Bethesda Softworks выступала издателем), получила версии для 2 платформ — для Windows и для новой консоли Microsoft, Xbox. На обеих платформах было реализовано 4 миллиона копий, и вместе с оригинальной Halo: Combat Evolved Morrowind сделал Xbox конкурентоспособной альтернативой PlayStation 2.

В 2002 году Кристофер Уивер оказался втянут в судебное разбирательство против своих деловых партнеров из ZeniMax. Согласно юридическому заключению по делу, Уивер подал иск против компании, утверждая, что он был «конструктивно уволен» (что означает, что он был вытеснен его новыми деловыми партнерами после предоставления им доступа к его бренду) и ему было выплачено выходное пособие суммой в 1,2 миллиона долларов США, когда ZeniMax не возобновила трудовой договор с ним.

В том же году в Bethesda Game Studios началась разработка The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Игра была выпущена в марте 2006 года и повторила успех Morrowind: уже к январю 2007 года количество проданных копий равнялось 3 миллионам.

В 2004 году к Bethesda Softworks и ZeniMax Media перешли права на серию Fallout от Interplay Entertainment, которая на тот момент находилась на грани банкротства. Спустя 4 года была выпущена первая игра в приобретенной франшизе — Fallout 3, разработкой которой занималась Bethesda Game Studios. В 2010 году под издательством Bethesda Softworks была выпущена очередная игра серии Fallout: New Vegas, разработка которой была доверена независимой студии Obsidian Entertainment.

В 2011, 2014 и 2015 годах вышли продолжения серий The Elder Scrolls и Fallout. Основные части обеих серий имели коммерческий успех.

С 2009 года ZeniMax Media сделала ряд крупных покупок студий: в 2009 году была куплена id Software, в 2010 году — Arkane Studios, Tango Gameworks и MachineGames, в 2017 году — Escalation Studios. С покупкой id Software к Bethesda Softworks перешло право на издание находящейся в то время в разработке игры Rage, а также франшиз Doom, Wolfenstein и Quake. Первые игры по перечисленным франшизам вышли в 2016, 2014 и 2010 годах соответственно. Также в 2009 году была куплена торговая марка Prey и находящаяся в то время в разработке игра Prey 2 соответственно. Несмотря на отмену прямого сиквела игры Prey 2006 года, Bethesda Softworks издала идейную наследницу, игру Prey 2017 года.

С 2015 года компания проводит собственные презентации в рамках выставки E3.

21 сентября 2020 года корпорация Microsoft приобрела ZeniMax Media (в которую входит и Bethesda) за $7,5 млрд и получила контроль над всеми ее дочерними компаниями.

Игры

Bethesda Softworks занимается изданием проектов, разработанных дочерними компаниями ZeniMax Media. На данный момент компания известна за счет таких проектов, как: серии The Elder Scrolls, Fallout и игра Starfield от Bethesda Game Studios, серии Doom, Quake и Rage от id Software, серия Wolfenstein от MachineGames, серия The Evil Within от Tango Gameworks, серия Dishonored и игра Prey от Arkane Studios. Кроме игр внутренних компаний ZeniMax Media, Bethesda Softworks иногда издаёт проекты в своих франшизах, разработанные при участии сторонних студий. Например, игра Rage 2 разрабатывается силами дочерней компании id Software и компании Avalanche Studios.

Кроме издания игр, компания занимается поддержкой собственной платформы цифровой дистрибуции Bethesda.net, а также имеет собственную платформу для выпуска модификаций для игр The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (только Special Edition) и Fallout 4 под названием Creation Club. Моды для обеих игр могут быть выпущены как на ПК под управлением Windows, так и для игровых приставок PlayStation 4 и Xbox One. Часть модификаций продается за определённую плату и позиционируется как «маленькие DLC».

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Ссылки
 Moby Games — Содержит биографию и резюме основателя Bethesda Softworks Кристофера Вивера.

Производители компьютерных игр США
Появились в 1986 году в США
Поглощения Microsoft

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ringrit
10:11a, 3/26/21
Brazoshub now open for vaccines for next week. Front page says anyone over 18 is now eligible to register for vaccine. HOWEVER when you go to fill out the form, you will have to lie to get through to an appt because they do not have the form updated to reflect this.
tu ag
I haven't posted in years but need to vent. How hard is it to update a form?
Wife and I logged in, got through the whole thing and "were not qualified" because we aren't 1a or 1b.
Goodness, this is terribly organized.
In reply to tu ag • 10:21a, 3/26/21
Going crap, you're alive!
Just kidding, I obviously know you are alive since we are facebook friends and all.
In reply to trouble • 10:33a, 3/26/21
No thanks to Brazos County am I still alive!
But the new name suits me.
watcholady
I was able to schedule appointments as an 18+ member of the public on the form. You just choose "none of the above" (or the equivalent- I can't remember the wording.) It sends you right through to the scheduling page.
In reply to watcholady • 10:45a, 3/26/21
Then they changed the form after messing up a bunch of us.
Seriously, it is ridiculous how many errors like this have been made. The whole lot of them need to be thrown out. Give me Washington County officials any day over Brazos.
Maybe. I logged in at 10am and waited 10 minutes. Then got appointments.
SchnauzerMom
Does anyone know how I can cancel my appointment with WashCo? I was able to get an appointment at Brazos Center earlier. I replied to one of the emails, but it got kicked back, which I figured it would.
They did it just to mess with you.
cavscout96
tu ag said:
musicforall
How does it work with second dose? Do we still sign up or does the Hub do it for us? My first date eligible for a second dose is on a Saturday. The Hub does not vaccinate on the weekend. If I find another Moderna location, can I go there and get a second dose? Want it as soon as possible to match up closer to the rest of my family.
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In reply to musicforall • 1:11p, 3/26/21
musicforall said:
They sign you up on the day of your first dose. Or at least that's how it was for my wife.
How does it work with second dose?
My son received his first dose at the hub a couple of week ago. On the back of the vaccination card is a note that you will receive an email for your 2nd-dose appointment. However, there is no problem making a 2nd-dose appointment at CVS or someplace else.
theNetSmith
In reply to MiMi • 2:15p, 3/26/21
MiMi said:
I received my first dose at the Brazos Center on 2/24. On 3/19 (3 weeks + 2 days later), I received an email notifying me that an appointment for my second dose was scheduled for 3/25 (yesterday -- 30 days after my 1st dose). I did not have to (get to?) schedule the date and time, but that didn't matter much to me.
My shoulder area is very sore from the shot and I had a headache come on in the afternoon yesterday, but thankfully, I have not yet experienced the misery that my SO and others have gone through on the day after.
In case it hasn't already been mentioned.. it appears that all doses at the Brazos Center hub are now being administered via drive thru.. and, depending on the arm you choose, you don't have to open the door of your car. Everyone is doing a super job over there and it was very efficient. We were on our way right about 30 minutes after arriving.
meteorag06
Joined: Mar 9, 2005
In reply to theNetSmith • 8:52a, 3/27/21
In case it hasn't already been mentioned.. it appears that all doses at the Brazos Center hub are now being administered via drive thru...
1st dose is Inside.
2nd dose Outside
In reply to meteorag06 • 12:10p, 3/27/21
I received my 1st dose inside, but when I was there on Thursday at 11:30am for the 2nd, nobody was going in or out of the Brazos Center. All cars were being routed through the drive-thru on arrival.
I suppose they might have been doing only 2nd doses on Thursday, but it doesn't make sense to me that they would still be doing 1st doses inside when the drive-thru setup is working so well and so efficiently. There is no difference in the administration of the 2 shots. Still have to wait 15 minutes after receiving, but now you're doing it in a parking lot instead of inside.
In reply to theNetSmith • 12:19p, 3/27/21
Someone posted earlier this week that they were only doing first shots M-W
In reply to trouble • 12:28p, 3/27/21
Well, there ya go. Thx for going to the trouble, trouble.
Nosmo
https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news/updates/COVIDVaccineAllocation-Week16.pdf
Week 16 1st dose allocation Brazos county.
8,040 doses
5,300 Moderna (5000 hub)
2340 Pfizer (all TAMU)
400 J&J (mostly HEBs)
77% of 65+ have at least one shot
Update 3/29 (Monday) total for county on state dashboard for 1st doses is 10,980. I assume the extra 3,000 is part of "Federal Program", which is not listed on the weekly 1st allocation sheet.
Just part of the game trying to figure out what's going on.
doubledog
As was said, you are automatically registered for the 2nd dose. In two-four weeks you will get an email that will give you a date and time (you do not have a choice).
On that day and time you will proceed through the gauntlet (in your car). They will check the paperwork and mark your windshield. You then drive to the "shot stations" . Here you fill out more paperwork (bring a pen). You will then produce your vaccination card , your identification (Drivers license) and the filled out and signed paperwork.. They will mark your windshield again and you will proceed to a table. There they will administer the shot and write the time on your windshield. You will then drive around to a parking lot (up from target) where your wait your 15mins.
You know that the vaccination worked if you have a mild fever and your arm is sore for a few days. My recs is to take the next day off.
(Results may vary)
Walk-ins welcome at Washington County vaccination hub on Tuesday
Interesting that Washington County didn't get any more vaccines this week (especially as they supposedly walk on water according to many here). Curious as to why.
Glad to see the pace has picked up (and been sustained) here in Brazos County. The more shots in arms, the better we all are.
Curious as to why Walgreens here never has gotten any. They were supposedly gearing up, but I don't think that they've gotten anything so far.
TommyBrady
In reply to Goose83 • 1:32p, 3/30/21
They've been taking shots away from some rural counties due to wanting a more equitable amount of people having the ability to get the shot. Basically cities getting more and rural people wait your turn
techno-ag
In reply to TommyBrady • 1:35p, 3/30/21
TommyBrady said:
Not sure if it was that or a surplus of unused shots in some places. WashCo is still distributing vaccines left over from their last allottment.
Buy a man eat fish, he day, teach fish man, to a lifetime.
- Joe Biden
They've vaccinated 20.4 % of the county already. Most counties are below that number. They will get more allocations next week I'm sure just like the counties who didn't get some last week got them this week
Yes; it's called working yourself out of a job. It's a good thing in this instance. Maybe BC will catch up soon.
Retusaf94
Joined: Dec 5, 2017
My wife got her second shot at the Brazos Center this morning. The appointment was for 8:00. We left the parking lot at 8:23. It was a very smooth operation. A lot of people were getting their shot.
FIL got shot 2 this AM at Washington County. He drive from Austin because Travis county can't get their collective @#$! together.
Edited for geography gaff
In reply to cavscout96 • 3:23p, 3/31/21
cavscout96 said:
FIL got shot 2 this AM at Washington County. He drive from Austin because Harris county can't get their collective @#$! together.
Austin is Travis county. Harris is Houston.
In reply to trouble • 4:17p, 3/31/21
trouble said:
Maybe he wanted to drive from Austin to Houston for his shot.
In reply to theNetSmith • 4:48p, 3/31/21
In reply to Retusaf94 • 5:19p, 3/31/21
Retusaf94 said:
Doing okay with dose 2 side effects so far?
Brazos county residents at least one shot. Using 2019 census.
age----------population-----%vaccinated
>16---------185,835---------30%
>50-----------50,093---------61%
18-24 age group 57,127 (30% of county population. State average for age group is 10%)
Washington county residents at least one shot.
>16---------28,737---------27%
>65----------7,674----------60%
18-24 age group 3,268
Hubs are regional. Residents of counties vaccinated are not necessarily vaccinated in their home county.
Ugh.... Yes.
Oddly, a good buddy of mine told me this AM:
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Le tumulus de Tumiac est situé à Arzon, dans la presqu'île de Rhuys, au sud du golfe du Morbihan, en Bretagne. Il est aussi connu sous le nom de butte de César car, selon la légende locale, il aurait servi d'observatoire à Jules César pendant sa guerre contre les Vénètes en  Cet édifice appartient aux grands tumulus "carnacéens", sépultures des élites néolithiques, comme le tumulus Saint-Michel, à Carnac, et le tumulus du Ruyk, à Locmariaquer.

Historique
Le site a été fouillé en 1853. Le cratère visible au sommet du tumulus correspond au trou vertical pratiqué à l'époque pour son exploration. Il a fait l'objet de nouvelles fouilles et travaux en 1934, qui ont mis au jour plusieurs sépultures secondaires.

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Le tumulus, de forme elliptique, est constitué de couches d'argile. Il mesure  de diamètre et  de hauteur.

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Selon une datation par le carbone 14, le tumulus de Tumiac aurait été érigé entre 4790 et

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La chambre funéraire renfermait un riche mobilier composé de 11 haches en jadéite, 26 haches en fibrolithe et 249 perles en callaïs. Ces objets sont conservés au musée archéologique de Vannes.

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Le tumulus de Tumiac fait l'objet d'un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le .

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Annexes

Articles connexes
 Sites mégalithiques du Morbihan

Tumiac
Monument historique classé en 1923
Arzon


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Fall 2017 Sports Roundup
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Hanna Kuhlkamp '20 won a Fifth Singles title at the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships, giving W&J a singles champion for a third-straight year.
Jordan Toohey '18 set a new program record for most career goals (66), which propelled her to the All-PAC and All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) First teams in addition to being named an All-Great Lakes Region Second Team. Tatiana Ruzzini '18 became the fifth player in program history to surpass 100 career points, concluding her W&J career with 117 points.
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Rachel Buyan '19 was selected to the All-E8, All-ECAC, and All-North Atlantic Region First Teams.
Head Coach Jo Coghlan earned the Empire 8 Coach/Staff of the Year Award for the third time in her career (2007, 2010).
Four Presidents were named to All-Presidents' Athletic Conference teams, led by Madison Lydic '19 on the First Team; Makenzie Coughlin '20 and Abbey Eich '19 garnered Second Team recognition from the conference while Mallory O'Brien '20 earned an Honorable Mention.
The 2017 season marked the fourth straight year that the Presidents appeared in the PAC Tournament.
Jason Yobbi '18 was named an Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Star and earned All-Great Lakes Region Second Team and All-Presidents' Athletic Conference First Team accolades.
The Presidents finished with an 11-7 overall record, the most wins since 2010 (12). They also tied the longest single season winning streak since 2010 at seven wins.
MEN'S WATER POLO
Nikola Malezanov completed his first year as the head coach of the men's water polo team after previously serving as the women's head coach.
Tyler Francis '21 was named to the College Water Polo Association Division III Eastern Championship All-Tournament team.
Harley Moyer '19 finished first individually at the Presidents' Athletic Conference Fall Championships, followed by a fourth-place effort at the 2017 NCAA Mideast Regionals, the highest finish by an individual in program history at the event and best by a PAC runner since 1987. Moyer missed All-America honors at the NCAA National Championships by one place and 0.29 seconds.
Daniel Velasco '20 tied for medalist honors at the Presidents' Athletic Conference Fall Championships with a score of 150 (six-over par). Velasco led the Presidents to a team victory at the Peter C. Rossin Memorial Invitational Oct. 9, 2017, firing a two-day score of 149 to pace the field.
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