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Meet and Eat: Cleo von Siebenthal, Serious Eats Editorial Intern
Getting to know the folks behind the food and drinks you love.
Editor's note: Give a warm welcome to Cleo, one of our fall editorial interns. The FIT student grew up around the world, so she's got a serious palate we can't wait to tap into!
Name: Cleo von Siebenthal
Location: New York
Occupation: Nomadic fashion student and eater.
Guilty pleasures? There's something about spaghetti bolognese from hotel room service that always seems to hit my soft spot. Due to my father's job, I grew up living in almost 10 different hotels around the world. The hotel he works for has worldwide standard recipes for their spaghetti bolognese, so whenever I'd move to a new place, I would order spaghetti bolognese to soothe my homesickness. Another one of my guilty pleasures is the NYU dining hall. My friend sneaks me in and we use his swipes to hook ourselves up with countless meals. I truly don't understand why students complain about NYU dining hall food. The Palladium flatbread pizzas are very tasty.
Describe your perfect meal. Restaurant hopping. Why eat at one place if you can eat at five or six?! Chinatown is the perfect place to do that. Char siu rice at one place, pork and chive dumplings at another, hand-pulled noodles at another, and egg tarts at yet another. Now that's what I call a meal.
What food won't you eat? I'm far from a picky eater. Moving around the world meant that I always had to tweak my palate. The more exotic, the more inclined I am to dig in. That being said, there is one exception: Balut. I just can't get myself to eat a duck embryo.
Favorite food person? Anthony Bourdain. I would expand on why I love him so much, but that would result in red cheeks and a pounding heart. I guess you could say I'm a bit obsessed. Anthony, if you ever read this: ...*faints*
When did you first realize you were a serious eater? It has always been a known fact amongst my family and friends that I can eat...a lot. I was always that awkward kid who ordered steak tartare and foie gras over chicken nuggets and fries. I was also that kid who waited until everyone was done eating, spitting out the classic, "Awwww, it would be such a shame to waste that!" line before digging in to my friend's half-eaten plate of pasta. But I've only trulycome to realize my passion for food after moving to New York City. One of the perks of growing up in hotels was that we would order our groceries through the hotel's kitchen. Coming to New York City meant that I had to actually come face to face with my grocery options, and that's been a big challenge—I have zero self control. Learning to cook has definitely intensified my relationship with food.
What do your family and friends think of your food obsessions? My parents are perfectly aware of the fact that they are the reason my stomach is a bottomless pit. My mother has a very unhealthy habit of over-ordering and over-cooking—it's an Asian thing. My dad is a hotelier and trust me, he knows his food. My brother's appetite is almost as impressive as mine. He came to visit me in the spring and we stuffed ourselves silly for 10 days straight—lunch at five different restaurants was a given.
Favorite food sites or blogs? To feed my constant hunger for food-related news, I turn to Serious Eats (obviously), Grub Street, Eater NY, Foodiggity, and First We Feast. For recipes, Yummly is my soulmate. I also constantly find myself scrolling through #foodporn pictures on Instagram, especially right before I go to sleep (it's a terrible idea. Don't do it).
Everyone has a go-to person they call for restaurant recommendations. Who's yours? One of my best friends from my high school in Dubai, Vinay, has always been my munching companion. Lucky for me, he also happens to go to school here in New York, so I always turn to him whenever I feel like going on an eating escapade. I like to think of him as my private Zagat guide.
What is your favorite meal of the day and where do you get it? I'm a big luncher, purely because I get the whole day to digest ridiculous amounts of food. I have a rule of never going to the same restaurant twice (of course, there are exceptions), so I can't really pinpoint a specific place that I head to.
Do you ever cook? What's the best dish you make? Cook? Me? The kitchen is my haven. Ma Po tofu and spring rolls are my specialities. I've noticed that my meals get more creative as the end of the week approaches and I have to work with what's left in the fridge. I overestimated what I needed to bake a batch of fall-esque cookies, so I ended up making very tasty pot of cranberry, almond, and pumpkin spice barley pilaf.
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Blendover Episode One Hundred and Eleven:
Peter Egan highlights a bill hitting the US Senate targeting hate crimes that may impact freedom of speech. We salute Cynic this week, as two of their founding members come out as gay – drawing much support from metal fans. We ponder why that demonic tween Beiber hasn't been deported, and find out what happened about the Black Mass at Harvard.
Topics Discussed:
- Shout-Outs
- Batman vs. Superman: The New Batmobile
- Nigeria
- Hate Crime Reporting Act 2014
- Cynic
- Deport The Tweens
- The Satanic Temple
BlendoveR is a fun, hard-hitting podcast where rules are regularly thrown out the window in favor of honest, open commentating opinions. Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), and Terr Ciavarra (Media Nox from medianox.bandcamp.com), we stray on to any topic that presents itself or wanders off onto its own tangent.
Batman vs. Superman: The New Batmobile
Batman Vs Superman: First Look At New Batmobile
Zack Snyder Teases BATMOBILE Reveal
Boko Haram demands release of fighters for girls
Missing girls: US shares satellite images
Nigeria refused help to search for kidnapped girls
Nigerian Girls Seen in Video From Militants
Nigerians demand better government response to schoolgirl abductions
US in aerial search for Nigeria schoolgirls
Hate Crime Reporting Act 2014
S.2219 — 113th Congress (2013-2014)
Internet in bull's-eye for new Hate Speech plan
CYNIC/Ex-DEATH Members PAUL MASVIDAL, SEAN REINERT Publicly Discuss Their Sexuality For First Time
Cynic's Paul Masvidal, Sean Reineert are out and ready to be loud
The 11 Most Shocking Reactions To CYNIC Members Coming Out As Gay
Cynic @ Encyclopaedia Metallum
Deport The Tweens
Justin Bieber, mom Patti Malette booed at Clippers game
The Satanic Temple
Amid outcry, black mass called off
Cardinal O'Malley disappointed that Harvard won't stop Black Mass
Harvard Club Drops Much-Criticized Satanic Event
Harvard University to Hold Satanic Black Mass on Monday
Harvard's satanic black mass canceled after outrage
Music Featured:
- "Veil of Maya" by Cynic from the album Focus
- "Ave Satani" by Jerry Goldsmith from the soundtrack The Omen

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Our Story
Mad Science was founded in 1985 in Montreal, Canada, by two brothers, Ariel and Ron Shlien. Their hobby of conducting spectacular science experiments, to the amazement of the children in their neighborhood, grew from a passion into a thriving business. Mad Science is now a global enrichment company that brings the love of science in a unique, hands-on way to millions of children every year!


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Former Duke All-American Abby Johnston opened action at the 2014 FINA Diving World Cup Wednesday, July 16 at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai.
Johnston paired with Laura Ryan to earn a 14th-place finish in the women's synchronized 3-meter preliminaries. The duo rebounded from a 27.60-point dive in the first round to earn more than 60 points on each of the three optional dives. Johnston and Ryan concluded the preliminaries with a total award of 262.50, falling just 8.7 points short of advancing to the finals.
Junior Jaimee Gundry will represent her native country of South Africa in the women's 10-meter preliminaries Friday morning in Shanghai, while recent graduate Nick McCrory is slated to compete in the men's 3-meter event later that afternoon.
Universal Sports is offering daily delayed television coverage of the FINA Diving World Cup at 8 p.m. ET each night. Coverage is also available on universalsports.com.
Diving News / Swimming News courtesy of Duke Swimming and Diving.


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It is that time again. Time to polish up you presentation skills on your favorite language or technology features. The Chicago Code Camp is accepting proposals for presentations. Show everyone in the Chicago area what you know and submit your own.
I really enjoyed presenting last year and just had to submit a proposal for this year. This time around my topic is Increasing Collaboration with Windows Phone 7, SharePoint 2010 and Office Open XML. I had a much longer title but the site forced me to shorten it up. I guess that is a good way to tell people not to get too wordy.
If you don't feel like presenting mark the date and come out and enjoy the company of your fellow geeks and learn about some new technologies.
How did we get to March already? My how time flies when you are having fun. We had a spirited discussion on Enterprise Architecture at the February meeting. Well lets keep the fun rolling.
The hottest technology right now is anything to do with mobile computing. We had an arm wrestling match to decide who was going to present on Mobile Architecture. Come see the winner (actually the guy who had time to put the presentation together) on March 15th at the Chicago Information Technology Architects meeting. You can register at the link below.
If have a topic you would be interested in presenting at a future event please contact me through this blog.
As I have been working on SQL Server Reporting Services reports the last couple of weeks I ran into a scenario where I needed to present a parent-child data layout. It is rare that I have seen a report that was a simple tabular or matrix format and this report continued that trend. I found that the processes for developing complex SSRS reports aren't as commonly described as I would have thought. Below I will layout the process that I went through to create a solution.
I started with a List control which will contain the layout of the master (parent) information. This allows for a main repeating report part. The dataset for this report should include the data elements needed to be passed to the subreport as parameters. As you can see the layout is simply text boxes that are bound to the dataset.
The next step is to set a row group on the List row. When the dialog appears select the field that you wish to group your report by. A good example in this case would be the employee name or ID.
Create a second report which becomes the subreport. The example below has a matrix control. Create the report as you would any parameter driven document by parameterizing the dataset.
Add the subreport to the main report inside the row of the List control. This can be accomplished by either dragging the report from the solution explorer or inserting a Subreport control and then setting the report name property.
The last step is to set the parameters on the subreport. In this case the subreport has EmpId and ReportYear as parameters. While some of the documentation on this states that the dialog will automatically detect the child parameters, but this has not been my experience. You must make sure that the names match exactly. Tie the name of the parameter to either a field in the dataset or a parameter of the parent report.
Tim is a Solutions Architect for PSC Group, LLC. He has been an IT consultant since 1999 specializing in Microsoft technologies. Along with running the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group and speaking on Microsoft and architecture topics he was also contributing author on "The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library".


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Taking inspiration from the lunar events at the start of this week, the new 5:4 mixtape is devoted to music related to the moon. i've crammed it with a veritable shed-load of personal favourites, small and great, old and new. The mix encompasses a broad spectrum, from the kind of soft delicacy heard in pieces by Toshio Hosokawa, Tor Lundvall, Pram, Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, Implex Grace, Sunken Foal, Andrew Liles, Aun and The Noisettes to more abrasive expression in works by First Human Ferro, Philippe Petit (& Friends), Paul Dolden, John Williams and Chelsea Wolfe. Wolfe's is one of a number of moon-related songs featured in the mix, alongside the very lovely Cemeteries (with one of my favourite tracks of 2015), Betty Ween, Radiohead and—heard in a miniature epic of gorgeous proportions—Julia Holter. The timebound yet timeless Johnny Howard Orchestra adds a bit of froth, immediately followed by its more sour hauntological answer courtesy of The Caretaker; Ochre and some vintage Multiplex bring a bit of play to the proceedings, while Eric Serra adds a brief note of cinematic grandeur and Natasha Barrett dives into a strange but exquisitely light soundscape. A sumptuous bit of nocturnalism from Richard Strauss acts as a coda, leading into the night proper via Chris Watson. Serving as structural markers throughout are the four parts of Harry Partch's hilariously mental Ring Around the Moon. Lycanthropes might want to give this particular mix a miss.
A little under two hours of sound from the lunatic fringe; here's the tracklisting in full. If you enjoy the mix, there are links below to buy the music. Read more


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Picturelife Looks to Simplify Photo Storage
A new, cloud-based photo-storage startup looks to take on iPhoto and other services with an app that imports all of your photos stored in other accounts -- including your social network -- and wirelessly syncs your mobile photos. AllThingsD's Lauren Goode reports.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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FTL is so hard. I can get to the final boss (on easy only!) but can only beat his first form.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 23:45 (seven years ago) link
Scores don't seem to matter that much cuz it basically only counts your money, which you can spend
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 02:54 (seven years ago) link
that's why they matter. you have to be circumspect about what you spend your money on
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:04 (seven years ago) link
For me the challenge is how far I can get. I guess I also collect money for shortcuts. But life is about more than that maaaaan
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:06 (seven years ago) link
life is about having the highest score in difficult video games
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 03:19 (seven years ago) link
Accidentally just set a new high score, also accidentally crushed by Olmec on 4-4
― JCL, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:22 (seven years ago) link
ftr i am the boss of ftl fwiw
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:34 (seven years ago) link
u beat it? i think i had a big breakthrough last night when i realized how devastating boarding party strategy can be. i was rolling around w/ an amazing ship very early when i accidentally left my boarding party on a ship that FTL'd away. OOPS.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 15:39 (seven years ago) link
yeah, i beat it with 2 different ships before i had to stop playing it, on normal both times. i was comboing 1-2 low maintenance regular guns to take shields out and then hit with beam weapon, trying to focus on their guns and shields. power also into shields and manoeuvre and not much else. made sure i had numbers on crew but never bothered with boarding myself. honestly though, while these things helped, you can't do anything but play enough times over until you get a few breaks and a decent start.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:02 (seven years ago) link
whats ftl
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:13 (seven years ago) link
kickstartered sci fi rogue-like that is pretty great
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:18 (seven years ago) link
what platform(s)?
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:20 (seven years ago) link
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:22 (seven years ago) link
gotta give props to whoever made it, i think that is the only website for a video game in existence that features zero screenshots
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:46 (seven years ago) link
ha - i hadn't noticed that, but you're right
― Nhex, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:51 (seven years ago) link
thank you for making me feel inadequate roberto, u inspired me and i finally beat the game! (on easy)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 21:07 (seven years ago) link
How long does it take to play through & win a game of FTL (is it comparable to Spelunky i.e. under 20 minutes or so)?
― JCL, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 21:24 (seven years ago) link
yay mord
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 21:47 (seven years ago) link
xp it's about half an hour i think
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 22:36 (seven years ago) link
Title update, tons of stuff changed or fixed: http://mossmouth.com/forums/index.php?topic=2907.0
― JimD, Sunday, 23 December 2012 04:41 (seven years ago) link
Coming to PS3 and Vita this summer. Portable Spelunky :)
― JCL, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 02:35 (seven years ago) link
Portable is a good fit
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 16:53 (seven years ago) link
true. but I think I'm having a panic attack contemplating re-doing some of those tunnel man fetch quests.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 19:03 (seven years ago) link
Hah - I still have to do that damn one where you drag the key from the first world to the fire temple
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:07 (seven years ago) link
yeah, that was exactly what I was thinking of. very satisfying when I finally pulled it off but a nightmare for sure.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 18:03 (seven years ago) link
yall up on that rogue legacy yet? like a spelunkyvania
― adam, Sunday, 21 July 2013 16:21 (seven years ago) link
hoping it gets a surprise discount on the steam sale, been hearing good things. i'll probably wait though
― Nhex, Sunday, 21 July 2013 16:48 (seven years ago) link
this just dropped for ps3. Worth $12?
― YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 21:04 (six years ago) link
Currently trying to beat New Game++
― Mordy , Tuesday, 27 August 2013 21:10 (six years ago) link
― Mordy , Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:00 (six years ago) link
i never even scratched the surface of this game, did I? haha
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 November 2013 16:08 (six years ago) link
Same guy managed to kill the ghost this week!
― JimD, Saturday, 30 November 2013 23:26 (six years ago) link
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained 'wow'. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 November 2013 23:35 (six years ago) link
got this on sale yesterday... gonna find out what the big to-do is i guess
― Hungry4Ass, Saturday, 30 November 2013 23:36 (six years ago) link
i think without a gamepad, playing this looks pointless
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained 'wow'. (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 November 2013 23:41 (six years ago) link
I've never played with a gamepad. Got as far as the temple in the original free version. It might feel weird to use a gamepad now.
― bamcquern, Sunday, 1 December 2013 00:40 (six years ago) link
i played a million hours of this w/o a gamepad and i loved it
― socki (s1ocki), Sunday, 1 December 2013 00:43 (six years ago) link
okay. maybe i'm just not a pc/mac gamer.dl'd the demo to ps3 and have enjoyed it but this kind of precision platforming is mostly out of my touch gaming wheelhouse these days
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained 'wow'. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 1 December 2013 01:49 (six years ago) link
o man this game is so MEAN
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained 'wow'. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 1 December 2013 04:48 (six years ago) link
four bucks for ps3 this week, will be getting it
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained 'wow'. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 18:19 (six years ago) link
tempted to rebuy for that price
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 18:40 (six years ago) link
so good on vita
so hard
― =(3 Ɛ)= (cozen), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 19:37 (six years ago) link
Just popping in to say that after playing the game pretty steadily lately (since they added the daily challenges to ps3/vita), I have FINALLY got to hell. Feels good (even if i only got to 5-2 because I had no bombs and only two hearts when i entered 5-1). I was so close so many times, so to finally get there is such a relief.
― JCL, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 06:25 (six years ago) link
man i can't get past 1-3
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained 'wow'. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 06:26 (six years ago) link
― Mordy , Friday, 20 December 2013 20:21 (six years ago) link
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 15:14 (six years ago) link
spelunky 2!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 30 October 2017 20:31 (two years ago) link
i'm sorry that i posted that video. it shows absolutely nothing. it just says "coming to ps4."
god i fucking hate videos like that. it is worse than nothing.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 30 October 2017 20:33 (two years ago) link
despite yr faux pas this is v exciting news that i thank you for sharing
― Mordy, Monday, 30 October 2017 20:36 (two years ago) link
Loved Spelunky, never got anywhere close to beating it though. Imagine the same thing will happen with this one
― Nhex, Monday, 30 October 2017 20:47 (two years ago) link
Spelunky 2 - Gameplay Trailer!!!And you'll have a chance to play a demo in two days at the Sony @PlayStation booth at #PAXWest2018. See you in Seattle! ✈https://t.co/Ti2lrOvD8j— Derek Yu (@mossmouth) August 29, 2018
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 17:38 (one year ago) link
That would be more exciting news if I'd ever gotten further than the third stage (and only rarely, at that) of the original game.
― Just eat a hamburger, it'll hit the spot. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 17:42 (one year ago) link
heh, i'm with you. however, i've only played the original game on my mac, using a keyboard. so i'm optimistic that using a real controller will help quite a bit.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 17:46 (one year ago) link
did they ever port the improved XBLA/PSN version to Mac? i only played the OG freeware version on Mac
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 August 2018 04:02 (one year ago) link
and personally i never made it to the end either, which also dampens my enthusiasm
Never finished it either, but I got to the point where I could reach the temple more often than not. And did get into Hell a couple of times. Dipped back into the original last week actually and I still love it (even though I've forgotten how to make any progress at all). If the soundtrack is by whoever did the first then that'll be enough to convince me to play 2.
No mention of a handheld release though - I quite liked the original on X360 and PC but it was the Vita port which really got its claws into me. Just works so much better as a pick-up-for-10-minutes kind of thing, which never feels right on a full console. Vita port seems unlikely this time round though so I guess I'm going to hold out for a Switch release?
― JimD, Thursday, 30 August 2018 10:26 (one year ago) link
I never got past the first level, lol. I remember getting this as part of the games with gold promotion. I only gave it a few hours attention, but that was enough to realize I suck at games.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 20:09 (one year ago) link
I heard Earthnight was inspired by Spelunky but I'm not seeing much similarity. Looks amazing!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHuTdck718s
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 6 June 2020 18:54 (two months ago) link
Looks like Sonic and some of the modern Donkey Kong games to me.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 6 June 2020 18:57 (two months ago) link
that looks great, but also i want the foreground graphics that sometimes cover up the action to go away, completely
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 6 June 2020 19:02 (two months ago) link
coming out on ps4 on september 15! not sure about other platforms.
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 August 2020 21:54 (one week ago) link
good trailer
― Nhex, Thursday, 6 August 2020 23:32 (one week ago) link
definitely - i guess most games don't have such a figurehead developer, but it's really nice to hear a normal-sounding person talk about what's new in the game
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 August 2020 23:45 (one week ago) link


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For example, a free market requires perfect knowledge. Supply and demand works to optimize the price only when buyer and seller have perfect knowledge of the availability of goods and the distribution of prices. But that rarely happens in a market larger than a village. If there is a large supply at a low price just down the road and you don't know about it, you will pay an incorrect price. So there is a role for government in requiring transparency and fair distribution of information about pricing. That's why insider trading is illegal. That's why there are laws about what may be advertised as a "sale price". And that's why there is a minimum wage. Business can't be trusted to treat customers or employees fairly. If we want a fair economic system, we need government regulation to prevent fraud, price gouging, etc.
i'm not sure why liberals have such a hard time understanding how the economy works. it's not that hard.
Shame on those who spread lies for the puppet masters.
FYI; the original plan with OWS was to 'occupy' the park in front of JP Chase at Chase Plaza, you know, those guys (and gals)who stole billions, helped crash our economy, took billions in tax payer payoffs, passes out multimillion dollar bonuses, refuses to lend capital (despite being charged a NEGATIVE RATE by US), and is still lobbying Congress to gouge us more and kill recent regs that might put them all in jail if they continue the present course), but the CEO (Jamie Dimon) caught wind of it and wrote a check out to the NY Police Foundation for 4.6 million and the Chase Plaza was 'pre-emptively' shut down.
those banks paid back what they took...some under duress, with interest....unlike the auto industries, who have not, and will not, pay back what they were "loaned".
...and again....google is your friend. fact checking is a simple thing.
yes, as a technical matter, they paid the loans,


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Talk:Ron Paul
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I don't think a blog that criticizes a libertarian because he's not a conservative is a very relevant source for an encyclopedia article. If you absolutely think it's necessary, at least place it after the official Ron Paul sites. Jazzman831 14:33, 2 August 2007 (EDT)
Running against Paul
How can Dondero be running against Paul for Congress, if Paul is running not for Congress but for President? Pandeism 17:34, 2 August 2007 (EDT)
- Err? I did some research about it. I couldn't really find much about it, but I did find this. As far as I can tell, he's going to run against Paul in D14 if Paul drops out of the primary race and runs for Congress again? That's as good a guess as I can figure. Jazzman831 18:25, 2 August 2007 (EDT)
- He's running for both president and congress. Many politicians do so. It's not a conflict because the presidential election process tends to give you a pretty good idea pretty early on if you're going to get your party's nomination, and as such would still have several months to organize your congressional campaign if your presidential campaign falls through. And he has done a little campaigning in Texas, if I'm not mistaken. Warhawk 10:53, 13 August 2007 (EDT)
- Thank you! That's what I figured, but he obviously is only talking about the Presidential race right now. Thanks for clarifying it for us. Jazzman831 10:58, 13 August 2007 (EDT)
- He's running for both president and congress. Many politicians do so. It's not a conflict because the presidential election process tends to give you a pretty good idea pretty early on if you're going to get your party's nomination, and as such would still have several months to organize your congressional campaign if your presidential campaign falls through. And he has done a little campaigning in Texas, if I'm not mistaken. Warhawk 10:53, 13 August 2007 (EDT)
Conservatives against Ron Paul link
On the Mitt Romney article there is a "conservatives against Romney link." So why can't there be a conservatives against Ron Paul link here? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chippeterson (talk)
- See above for why I removed it. There is nothing wrong with links of conservatives who are against Ron Paul, though I will reiterate that the specific site you chose isn't a great one. (Thanks for putting it below the official links though). That site's main concern with Ron Paul is that he is not a conservative; but he never pretends to be a conservative. That would be like me placing a site on Barack Obama's page complaining that he's not a conservative. I left the link up anyway, but I wouldn't mind keeping it only as a placeholder until we find a better one. Jazzman831 18:08, 3 August 2007 (EDT)
- Oh man I just took another look at the site. What I thought was the first page of posts was in fact the only page of posts. And if the name gives us a clue, it's your own site, Chippeterson. I now think there's no reason to keep this on an encyclopedia article. Feel free to find a more established blog, or better yet a news source or something to that effect. Jazzman831 18:22, 3 August 2007 (EDT)
If somebody really wanted to post something against Ron Paul, they could post this. [1] I'm not saying I agree with all this; I disagree with this author's opinion on an Iraq pullout, but this would be more "legitimate". DanH 18:25, 3 August 2007 (EDT)
I would also like to go on record as supporting the removal of the aforementioned blog. DanH 18:27, 3 August 2007 (EDT)
It's much more then just one page. On top of the blog you find pages about Ron Paul's voting record and how it differs from what he says his political views are. It should have stayed on and I would put it back up if I thought it wouldn't result in me be being blocked from writing here on conservapedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chippeterson (talk)
- Ah you are correct, I didn't see those tabs at the top. Still, there are only 6 posts to the blog (it is correct to say it's your personal blog, right?). It's not the content that makes me feel this is an unacceptable source, but the authority. The blog's only two days old and it has 0 comments. It also has no credited author. I'm sure you would like your blog to be on here, but it just isn't right for an encyclopedia. (Also, it doesn't bother me, but some people around here get miffed if you don't sign your post. You can do this by typing ~~~~.) Jazzman831 21:55, 3 August 2007 (EDT)
I think that this article should mention that Ron Paul is a traditional conservative, as opposed to a neo-conservative. anticommie
Since this is now protected, could someone please dewikilink the dates? Thanks. JazzMan 23:49, 30 August 2007 (EDT)
Introducing new legislation
Is there any evidence to support the claim that Ron Paul introduced lots of legislation "probably more than any other single member of Congress." Seems like speculation to me. TRipp 15:06, 16 December 2007 (EST)
I'm not comfortable calling Ron Paul a "libertarian". He left the Libertarian Party over a decade ago and has been serving in Congress as a conservative Republican. His voting record is 100% conservative and he does not endorse libertarian positions such as legalized drugs. Why should be be called a "libertarian"?--Aschlafly 18:24, 30 December 2007 (EST)
- He used to endorse the legalization of drugs, although he personally detests their use. [[2]] -- Jose83
- "Used to" means he doesn't anymore, which is why I said a "former libertarian."--Aschlafly 18:34, 30 December 2007 (EST)
- It seems that he used to endorse legalization and still does today [3]. That Youtube clip only shows his views in 1988, and I don't think they've changed all that much. I think he (like me) is personally a conservative, but doesn't believe in the government pushing his personal views. u8
- When asked why he's a libertarian running as a Republican he usually responds something to the effect of "I'm the only true conservative running." HelpJazz 17:45, 31 December 2007 (EST)
What a glowing article!
Why, you'd think it was directly from his own website(s). Why, in fact, you'd be right. See here and here. (Among other things, the "Congressional Record" list and the line about being "proud parents" were dead giveaways, particularly with their lack of citation.) A lot of this also appears to be copied from a defunct version of his Wikipedia article. I think Conservapedia can do a little better than this. Jinxmchue 15:18, 8 January 2008 (EST)
- I know. I also know what will happen if I try to change anything. Jinxmchue 00:10, 9 January 2008 (EST)
- What will happen is that even with factual, sourced, original edits, it will end up degenerating into an edit war with the Paul supporters. I don't want to get anywhere near that action. Jinxmchue 12:07, 11 January 2008 (EST)
I believe Ron Paul is technically actually more conservative than the mainstream conservatives as wanting to get rid of things like the federal resrerve, FBI, etc. and return much of the country to the way the country was when it was founded is conservatism. He also has a very old view of a less power to the federal government and more power to the states that was a big argument when the country was founded and then the argument eventually just went away and it seemed both democrats and republicans agreed on having an overly authoritative federal government. RobertBobkins 15:32, 23 June 2008 (EDT)
Is Paul Conservative?
I think so.
1. Strict constitutionalist
2. Christian, pro life
3. Loves the second amendment
4. Dislikes govt spending NotALiberal 23:29, 31 January 2009 (EST)


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Democratic wins in three recent special elections for House seats, and expectations that Democrats will pick off even more Republican slots in November, are good news for Nancy Pelosi.
What House speaker wouldn't smile about a bigger majority with which to drive the legislative agenda? But it's also likely that a larger herd of Democratic lawmakers will mean a more diverse group that could prove harder for Ms. Pelosi to control.
Whether she can manage a caucus that is even more diverse than the current one may well become a defining test of what so far has been a disciplined speakership. Already, House Democrats are split on major issues such as how to wind down the Iraq war, domestic spending, and control of US borders. Moreover, many Democratic freshmen represent conservative districts: They're wary of government spending; oppose gun control, gay marriage, and abortion rights; and campaign at arm's length from national Democratic leaders, including Pelosi.
Pelosi calls these conservative Democrats her "majoritymakers," and she has so far taken care to accommodate their political needs. They've received visible committee assignments, early infusions of party money to campaign war chests, and an open door to their concerns.
For former GOP Speaker Dennis Hastert, the rule was to never allow a vote that would not be supported by most of the Republican caucus, or "a majority of the majority." For Pelosi, the calculus is more complex, say colleagues who have worked with her on tough issues.
While she won't move a bill to the floor that will fracture the Democratic coalition, she is allowing recorded votes or hearings on controversial issues that can help vulnerable Democrats point to stands they have taken in reelection campaigns.
Take freshman Rep. Heath Shuler (D) of North Carolina, who won his seat in a former Republican district despite a campaign linking him with "San Francisco liberal Nancy Pelosi" and illegal immigrants. Early on, Mr. Shuler sought out the speaker to let her know that there would be votes where he could not back her, especially on issues related to his anti-abortion beliefs. Pelosi told him what she tells all caucus members, her aides say: that their job is to represent their district.
"He was very upfront with leadership folks when he was recruited to run, and they've done nothing to go back on their word in 1-1/2 years," says Andrew Whalen, a spokesman for Shuler. who is a member of the so-called Blue Dog caucus of conservative Democrats.
But freshmen Democrats in former GOP-dominated districts also need a record to bring back to constituents. For Shuler, that meant sponsoring a bill to get tough on border enforcement. Supported by most Republicans and many conservative Democrats, the bill proposed adding 8,000 border patrol agents to the US-Mexican border and mandating a verification system for employers to check the legal status of workers. But the bill riled members of the Hispanic Caucus, who dubbed it anti-immigrant, and set up a leadership crisis for Pelosi.
On the one hand, Pelosi didn't want to upset Hispanic voters just months before a general election, but she also didn't want to send a message to conservative districts that Democrats can't deliver on issues that matter to them. When Democratic leaders balked at moving the bill through committee and to the floor, Shuler and other Blue Dogs forced the issue by backing a petition to force a floor vote. The bipartisan bill has 226 sponsors, but only 189 to date have signed the discharge petition, short of the 218 needed to move the bill to the floor.
"A discharge petition is a tool of the minority," said a House leadership aide. But after the petition began gaining Democrats' signatures, Pelosi worked out a compromise: a series of three hearings on issues underlying the bill – but no committee markup or floor vote.
House GOP leaders say the move gives conservative Democrats a bragging point to constituents but won't advance legislation or change conditions on the border.
"Democrats have made a choice in the last 24 months to be politically successful rather than legislatively successful," says Rep. Roy Blunt, the House Republican whip. "To some extent, this has been created by their success ... in finding Democrats willing to run like they were Republicans on the issues. That may be a good political strategy, but it's not a good strategy in terms of achieving the agenda that the speaker herself is for," he adds.
In response, House GOP leaders have tried to force "vulnerable Democrats to choose between Nancy Pelosi and their constituents, who clearly don't share her views," says Kevin Smith, a spokesman for House Republican leader John Boehner.
The next test for Pelosi could come early next week, when the House returns to take up a $165 billion war-funding bill. The Senate stripped out language in the House bill that linked President Bush's war-funding request to troop withdrawals. It also added domestic spending, including $51 billion in new education benefits for veterans, which are not offset by spending cuts or new revenue sources.
For many conservative Democrats, the failure to pay for the new benefits is a big problem.
"If a board for any major company acted like that, they would be removed or fired immediately. We'll just have to dip in to the 'Republic of China kitty' again – until they say no," says Rep. Allen Boyd (D) of Florida, a leader of the Blue Dog coalition.
But asked if the Blue Dogs would vote against the bill, Representative Boyd said they would "wait to see what House leadership wants to do and how they will handle it."
"We believe this generation of Americans should pay and not future ones," he said.
Pelosi isn't signaling how she will respond to this bill. "With today's vote, the Republicans have shown that they are confused and are in disarray. House Republicans refused to pay for a war they support, and by voting against the GI [education] bill, they refused to support our veterans when they come home," she said.


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Sen. Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana and the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, wants to cut corporate tax rates. But he's finding that corporations are lining up to criticize his proposal.
As it happens, they're right to: Baucus' misplaced priorities have resulted in an unnecessarily complicated and self-defeating plan.
There's bipartisan support for lowering the 35 percent federal corporate tax rate, which is among the highest in the developed world. Both parties see the rate as a burden for the economy because it pushes investors � American and foreign � to seek their returns in other countries. Economists argue that the tax therefore depresses wage growth in the United States, a claim supported by numerous studies.
Yet business lobbyists are still complaining, for several reasons. The details of Baucus' plan involve adding complexity to the tax code. It's vague about where the rate would end up, aiming to get it somewhere below 30 percent. And it doesn't make the clean shift that some activist groups (and economists) favor away from "worldwide" and toward "territorial" taxation.
The U.S., unlike most countries, taxes multinational companies based here on all their income as soon as it enters the country, regardless of where it was made. Most countries tax these companies on the income they make inside their territory. The Baucus plan generally moves away from territorial taxation, imposing significant levies on income before it even enters the country.
These features are not, however, the plan's main defect. To pay for the reduction in the tax rate, the Baucus plan slows the rate at which companies can write off the cost of investment. This trade-off may have been made merely to get the numbers to work, but its effect is to favor past investments over future ones.
Consider a company that is still seeing payoffs from an investment it made and wrote off years ago. It enjoyed a relatively speedy depreciation schedule and will now face lower taxes on its returns: a clear-cut tax reduction. Companies that made investments pretty recently and are still in the process of deducting the expenses will be grandfathered in and the cost of those investments will be written off on the old schedule. So they, too, will get a clear-cut tax reduction.
A company that makes investments under the new rules, on the other hand, will have a lower rate on its future profits but will also get slower write-offs on its investments. Because the reform is designed to be revenue-neutral, the lower taxes on old capital will have to be balanced by higher taxes on new capital. That means the reform will favor older and established companies over startups. So the startups will have a higher total tax burden than they would have had without the reform.
This feature of the plan vitiates much of the purpose of the reduction in the corporate tax rate. Today's high corporate rate harms the economy by inhibiting investment. To reduce the rate in a way that raises taxes on new investment is self- defeating.
That's another way of saying that reducing the corporate tax rate shouldn't be the most important objective of reform. Baucus isn't the only one to overemphasize that goal. Republicans have tried to differentiate themselves from Democrats on tax reform chiefly by driving the corporate rate even lower. But if what you want is a corporate tax code that applies a lower rate than the current one but raises the same revenue, increasing taxes on new corporate investment becomes hard to avoid.
A better approach would be to scrap this whole way of thinking about corporate taxes and start over. The goal should be better treatment of business investment, which the current code treats much worse than consumption. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has a proposal that would treat business investment much better and sustain revenue by ending the tax break for corporate debt. Nunes also wants the corporate rate to decline, but his idea would be a step in the right direction even if it did not.
Businesses that rely heavily on debt would oppose anything resembling this idea, of course. That's fine. The goal of reform shouldn't be to make any group of businesses happy but to create a more rational tax code and a stronger economy. Like the Baucus plan, a pro-investment, anti-debt reform would produce winners and losers in the business world. At least in this case, though, they would be the right winners and losers.
Ramesh Ponnuru is a Bloomberg View columnist, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior editor at National Review.


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Welcome to the January/February 2012 SRB2 Official Level Design Contest voting topic! In this contest we have two single player, four match, and two capture the flag entries.
To vote, play a few games of each stage in a division in the intended gametype for judging, and give each map in the division a vote from 0 to 10, no decimals and with 5 as average. You can not vote on your own map, but if you vote on the rest of the stages in a division the lowest score on your map for that division will be dropped. For votes to count, the voter must vote on every map in a division (excluding their own entry if they have one). Votes where the voter obviously did not play the level in its intended gametype, or where the voter did not play the multiplayer maps with other real players will be discarded. Please be as unbiased as possible for the author or the look of the map. It's all about how good the map plays, nothing else. For reference, the scale is as follows:
10 - Epic
9 - Awesome
8 - Great
7 - Good
6 - Decent
5 - Average
4 - Mediocre
3 - Bad
2 - Awful
1 - Horrendous
0 - Unplayable
Although it's not required for votes to count, it's very helpful to make comments about what you liked and didn't like about the map, so the author can improve his skill for future attempts. If your votes are dramatically different from the rest and you don't describe why, you may be asked to justify your reasoning.
Judging will end March 15, 2012 at 7 PM local time in the eastern time zone of the United States. Like the entry deadline, this counts the United States's daylight savings time between March and November. Votes submitted after this time by the forum timestamp will NOT be counted in the average, so if you want to be counted, don't vote at the last minute. After the deadline, the scores will be then averaged, and the person with the highest score in each division is the winner.
The entries are as follows:
Single Player:
Sapphire Coast Zone, Act 2 by Blade
Eggmansion Zone, Act 2 by KO.T.E
Pacman by EternallyAries Red X
Oiler Outpost Zone by Katmint
Generic Field Zone by csmgiw
Techno Rush Zone by KO.T.E
Capture the Flag:
Jungle Ruins by Kuba11
Rush Flower CTF by Spherallic & KO.T.E
Last edited by Mystic; 03-01-2012 at 07:15 AM.
aka Sutekh94
Whoa, low turnout this time. Probably should've finished the Match map I was working on... Oh well. Good luck to everybody!
Reviews coming later...
Other places I'm usually on:
YouTube | DeviantArt.
Sapphire Coast Zone, Act 2 - 8/10
Eggmansion Zone, Act 2 - 9/10
Last edited by Shiron; 03-01-2012 at 01:04 PM.
footure semen
Single Player
- Nothing here, please move on.
Sapphire Coast Zone, Act 2 by Blade - 7/10
- Visuals are nice
- I liked the custom enemies, although the Buzzbomber should have been a bit less numerous and/or easier to see in darker areas.
- Kind of short though (Although this is intentional)
Eggmansion Zone, Act 2 by KO.T.E - 8/10
- Visuals and music complement the overall theme of the map.
- Mirror gimmick is pretty cool, although it could have been used more.
- Pinkie is a bit cheap at times, and the ghosts are even moreso.
- The secret's pretty good, but easy to memorize
Pacman by EternallyAries Red X - 1/10
will get the others in a while
Jungle Ruins by Kuba11 - 5/10
- looks really nice but that's all overshadowed with the fact that there's too much goddamn clutter in the map
Rush Flower CTF by Spherallic & KO.T.E - 7/10
- Visuals are a nice contrast from the previous map
- lolredmonitorsinbluebase
Last edited by Scizor300; 03-04-2012 at 08:05 PM.
Here come the single player votes, as usual:
The level looks and plays nicely. I like the detail you put into the colormaps and the overall environment. Unfortunately, there really isn't anything else much to say about it. It can easily be thokked through and finished if you don't bother exploring, which I fortunately did.
Sapphire Coast Zone, Act 2 by Blade: 8/10
Yup, another Blade map. As usual, you did a really nice job with this one. The custom badniks were used well, the level was gorgeous, and it all goes by smoothly. Unfortunately, the level suddenly ends. Even after trying all of the split paths, the level felt short to me. It was very fun while it lasted, though, and I just wished it would have lasted longer.
Eggmansion Zone, Act 2 by KO.T.E: 8/10
Okay, so THAT was pretty good...
In all seriousness though, I really liked this one. The level has a lot of really cool ideas put into it, and getting past each puzzle was loads of fun. The ghosts were just a tad annoying, though, and I could barely even hear the music. The portraits were a very nice touch, and added some variety into the level's visuals, though in some parts the textures felt too basic. It was fun playing this, and I think you did a pretty awesome job. You really improved since your previous maps.
The quality of the Single Player maps [B]really[B] makes up for the amount of levels we had this contest. It was fun playing each map. Good job everyone.
Not sure what to put here.
Add me on Steam!
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Sapphire Coast Zone - 8/10
Custom enemies, varied gimmicks and looks great to boot. Knuckles has a hard time using the mushrooms without assistance, though. It's also somewhat unmemorable, the only image that really springs to mind after playing it twice is the lighthouse.
Egg Mansion Zone - 9/10
well that was certainly a thing
You nailed just about every aspect of the level. I have no real criticisms for this level, other than the music was a too quiet and I wish there was less emphasis on ponies. It's a little off putting to be going through this creepy mansion and then suddenly look a pony.
Pacman - 3/10
Chaotic gameplay mixed with terrible visuals and awkward design.
Oiler Outpost Zone - 1/10
Visuals are uninteresting as shit, oil is actually death water and cramped hallways plus terrible item placement.
Generic Field Zone - 2/10
Huge, open, and flat with terrible ring placement and awkward vertical movement make this map hard to play.
Techno Rush Zone - 5/10
While it plays decently well, it status as a rush job is clearly evident considering the bland visuals and uninteresting set pieces. Too bad this was only a rush job, I could see it doing well if it had more time spent on it.
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The Daily Browser
Contest already? That was quick. Does not seem like many entries this time. Hopefully there is a better turnout next time.
Single Player
Oops... Still consider the critique for next time nevertheless.
Sapphire Coast Zone, Act 2 by Blade 9/10
There not really much else to say except this is very well built. I really like how there are more areas that take place inside caves more than the first act, it looks really nice. I replayed the 1st act of Sapphire Coast and noticed how much of an improvement this was from it and it was definitely a good improvement. The placement of all of the shields and 1-ups were actually pretty creative, it was surprising to see some areas that were possible to reach. The custom badniks still add to the level a great deal.
The mushrooms, however could use some work. It became annoying when you keep on bouncing off the sides of the mushrooms. Even though the level was an improvement from the previous act it felt like it could have had a bit more areas to further itself even more from Sapphire Coast Act 1, I remember the first act had breakable walls and they seem like they would fit well in this act since it dealt more with being in cave areas than the previous act.
Eggmansion Zone, Act 2 by KO.T.E 7/10
The atmosphere and aesthetics in this level are absolutely impressive. You really got the spooky, supernatural theme down in this level, but the gameplay is felt like more could have been done with it.
The invisible floors and platforms, the fake walls, and mirrored rooms or objects were creative. The Sandopolis ghost were a nice touch, I really like how they reappear as well since that added to the feel of the level. There were areas that they were annoying, one of the most notable examples was the room you had swing on the CEZ chain.
I really did enjoy this level, but it felt like a bit more could have been done in certain parts. Some ideas like that one button that makes the invisible platform appear in the top path in the beginning of the level could have been expanded upon to make a real interesting section of its own. The secret boss would of been okay if it was not for the Rebound Rings, they take away from the fight. A grenade type projectile or an original projectile would have fit better.
Last edited by Daywalker; 03-04-2012 at 07:35 PM.
That Aries Title
Lol Pacman zone. I know its a fail map. =P
Anyway I did have a single player map that did look awesome in my pic I shown back in a feel days ago. But did not finish it
So I made this map as a place holder for me. After all its better having 4 then 3. ^_~
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it's lamp for supper, kids
It's not actually a good thing to have 4 crap maps instead of 3 crap maps. But we'll forgive you this time because pac-man somehow managed to be entertaining. ;)
Planning ahead is for ninnies who think they can predict every possible outcome. The future is mutable! Go with the flow!
Formerly SRB2PlayerFan
Single Player
Viridity Woodland Zone 1 by Metal Fighter - 7/10
Time: 1:05:85
The level's not bad, but it's flat and the long hallways are in need of help. You can change them into something useful and the open areas could use some work. If you add more paths, then it'll be interesting. Good level, but it needs a slight fix-up.
Sapphire Coast Zone 2 by Blade - 9/10
Time: 1:28.00
This... I... loved it. The visuals are good and the texture is beautiful. When I use Knuckles, he'll have a hard time with the mushrooms. I'll finish this review later.
Eggmansion Zone 2 by KO.T.E - 10/10
I'll get around to reviewing this soon.
Pacman by EternallyAries Red X - 5/10
EternallyAries, I have to say, you did a pretty good job on making the level exactly like the arcade game some people love, but the main complaint is that the area's too wide. Players with rail rings are going to have fun here because straight hallways calls for easy pickings. Also, the texture you used kinda makes the level confusing.
Oiler Outpost by Katmint - 2/10
I was expecting this level to be an outpost, but I see nothing but cramped walls and oil pits at every end with no way to get out. This level does make good use for Bounce Rings. However, about the oil pits, once you jump in, there's no way out. The oil is supposed to act like quicksand.
Generic Field Zone by csmigw - 3/10
When I start the level, one of the players get crushed and must therefore have to respawn. For the level, it is too wide open with nothing but rings, springs, and waterfalls. Next time, please be sure to add scenery to your levels.
This is a good level even though it was made in 2 hours. Bounce Rings would make a good use here, but since there wasn't a panel for it, I couldn't use it.
Jungle Ruins Zone by Kuba11 - 5/10
It's good, but the level's cluttered. Also, all of the monitors in this level are just rings. (No shields or anything else. :P) Also, is there any particular reason why you used rain in this level? Lava and water don't mix.
Rush Flower CTF by Spherallic & KO.T.E. - 7/10
The visuals in this map are very good, but one complaint is that you put the bases too high up. Players with rail rings are able to wait at the base and strike the player with the flag.
Graphic & Sprite Modder.
Well, here I go.
Author: Metal Fighter
Score: 5/10
Comment: This felt like a fairly decent level, but it felt short in my opinion.
Map: Sapphire Coast Zone, Act 2
Author: Blade
Score: 8/10
Comment: Well what do you know... a Blade map, and those usually come out good. I liked the custom badniks here and there, but you might want to make the Buzz Bombers a bit less annoying especially when you're trying to bounce on the mushrooms.
Speaking of which... the mushrooms are buggy as for no reason, sometimes you stop bouncing on them, which happens near the tips of them.
Map: Eggmansion Zone, Act 2
Author: KO.T.E
Score: 10/10
Comment: Now here's a map that pretty much nailed it, although the music is slightly quiet and such, which isn't that much of a big deal to me, really there are some parts that I enjoyed here and there.
Before I get to that... can I ask why there's a checkpoint about 5 seconds into the level at the start? Now with that out of the way...
The mirror gimmick could of been used more but if there's one thing that I have to say... that this map did actually scare me at one point only because I wasn't expecting it to happen. There's also that one place, which... is the white room? It goes dark as you get far through the room and I didn't want to find out what happens there because after all... "I see you..." just before you enter it.
When I went to the room which I think is behind the bookshelf, I didn't want to take the stairs that go into the basement at first, but it had to be done, so... yea.
Zombie Pie... as if the insane part of her wasn't enough. "I see you..." then about 10 seconds later... well, you'll see... and no, this isn't the reason I am giving it a 10, it was going to be a 9 but because I enjoyed this level and replayed it just to see what else it holds, I bumped it up to a 10.
Single-Player was good this time, I might do multiplayer, but with my parents torrneting... yea, lag.
Currently thinking of something to put here.
Last edited by SonicX8000; 03-01-2012 at 04:39 AM.
Well I was certainly surprised when I found my unfinished SP level in the contest. It was definitely a mistake and I probably should have advised earlier to remove it since it was terribly unfinished(still is too). Well I'll just have to sit here and watch how this older copy does, but from looks of things I guess I already know what the outcome will be.
EDIT: Just remembered that I am required to vote. Guess I'll be doing that later on.
Viridity Woodland Zone Act 1 by Me:
I really have nothing to say other than the level itself is unfinished.
Sapphire Coast Zone Act 2 by Blade:
Act 2? I think I forgot to play Act 1. Either the way, the map was awesome in terms of visuals. I really liked the vines and the custom flowers, although there were several times when I thought a yellow flower was a spring. Guess I need glasses. The custom enemies were pretty good too. I really loved how that enemy with the spring on its back could be used to access new paths. That bee was pretty bothersome at times and I'd find myself falling or getting hit by their lasers. In terms of level design I think the level was pretty great. I do think it could have been slightly bigger though. I kind of thought it was just a bit too small. Overall I enjoyed going through your level and in my eyes it was certainly above average.
Rating: 8/10
Eggmansion Zone Act 2 by KO.T.E:
What is this terrifying piece of art, and I mean that in a good way of course. Your map will forever haunt me..especially that one pony that I'd find in random spots in the mansion. Creepy indeed. I loved the design in your map. This would definitely be something that I'd see in a haunted mansion. The secret passages, the paintings(loved that Eggman one), and those flying ghosts...oh yea those ghosts. I found them to be quite annoying. I'd be walking around and then suddenly have one smack me right in the face. I do love the nostalgia I got from seeing them since they reminded me of the ghosts from Sandopolis Zone. The music was a tad bit too soft, but it did contribute to the feeling I got as I was playing the map. Everything in the map seemed to be executed correctly. Map size was just right in my eyes and the map itself played handsomely. Your map was a pure masterpiece and it really gave me a sense of fear, nostalgia, and just plain old fun. Just please do something about those annoying ghosts. Those things are pretty evil. Also, you should have waited to enter this map around Halloween, it would have had a greater effect in terms of fear. I know it would have on me.
Rating: 9/10
Last edited by Azure; 03-01-2012 at 04:28 AM.
Single Player
Not voting. I can't decide on a score to give EMZ2 and I've been too busy to write reviews.
Pacman by EternallyAries Red X - 1/10
This is way too flat, it's ugly, it's impossible to tell where you are, and random monitors do not belong in match. The constant teleporter monitors going off was very annoying.
Oiler Outpost Zone by Katmint N/A
Mine. Hope you like suffocating in oil.
Generic Field Zone by csmgiw - 2/10
People keep dying on spawn here, not sure what's causing that as it's yet to happen to me. You might want to check over the player starts. :P
Anyway, the map itself seems to be mostly copypasted circles with different heights. The level is just too empty and bumpy, it's hard to get around due to the excessive bumpiness and the highest ledge with the rail ring is a bit too easy to defend.
Techno Rush Zone by KO.T.E - 5/10
Jungle Ruins by Kuba11 - 2/10
This level is way too complex for its own good. The excessive visuals cause a noticeable frame lag and the colormap needs to go because it makes it harder to tell which team someone is on. The layout is also somewhat cramped, which isn't helped by the scenery abuse. Oh, and the bases are extremely awkward. They are super cramped, and it's really hard to hit anyone in the bases with anything other than a bomb ring.
Rush Flower CTF by Spherallic & KO.T.E - 4/10
The square-ness of this map gives it a unique charm which I rather liked. The layout is slightly confusing at first but it's fairly easy to learn. I think the main problem causing the confusion is that it's really hard to tell which side of the map you are on without using the team-colored rings.
Unfortunately, there is a major flaw in this map: there are red team monitors in the blue team base, which means that the blue team almost always loses due to it being much harder for them to drive out campers. It really disrupts the team balance, which is a very bad thing in CTF.
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I would be very thankful if you did actually. I'll make sure to pay closer attention so things like this won't happen again in the future.
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Sapphire Coast Zone, Act 2, by Blade - 9/10
This level contains all the things we've come to expect from Blade...nice path structure, plenty of secrets, unique enemies, and absolutely stunning visuals. I loved all the creative twists in this level, like the lighthouse. The only thing I can possibly complain about is one section near the beginning where the way forward leads to a dead end, and the real path branches off a ledge to the side; that was confusing. But I can absolutely forgive that in light of everything else this level has to offer. I'm looking forward to whatever you come up with next!
Eggmansion Zone, Act 2, by KO.T.E - 10/10
Sorry, Blade...as much as I loved your level, it's your brother's time to shine. This level is absolutely amazing. Great visuals and gimmicks, traps that surprise you without being cheap, and a very polished, professional atmosphere. There are only two possible faults I can find with it. First, you made a goof that, if not a "rookie" mistake, is certainly an intermediate-level one: making sure the paths are equally balanced for each character. The spike crushers are very, very hard to get past as Knuckles. Second, I found a trail of rings on one staircase that don't float. But the rest of the stage is so epic that I'm still prepared to award it full points. I don't do this too commonly, so be proud. You earned it.
Pacman Zone Zone, by EternallyAries Red X - 1/10
You must have been doped up on power pellets while designing this one. This might be a rush job and a straight port, but neither of those let you off the hook for bad design. Even a rush job should be well-constructed...KO.T.E released two rush jobs in this contest alone, and both of them are decent. And, as the SRB2 Wiki makes very clear, when it comes to direct ports from other games, the first thing you should do is make absolutely sure that it translates cleanly into SRB2. Pacman does not. The level cannot possibly function well if you don't have an overhead view. This level came out as nothing more than a symmetrical labyrinth of straight tunnels with no discernible landmarks.
Even leaving all of that aside, you made some truly atrocious design choices. At this point, it should be very clear to all level designers that Random Monitors should never be used except in Circuit (which means they no longer have any business appearing in the OLDC). To make matters worse, every single weapon panel has two corresponding weapon pickups right next to it. Why the hell would you do that? Weapon pickups should typically be far away from the panel, so that people don't get overloaded with ammo. And what was with all the scatter rings? Scatter is a very powerful weapon on this map, and it should be hard to find. You put it everywhere. And nice job with the level header too--"Pacman Zone Zone"? I think you need to check out Level Design 101 on the wiki.
Oiler Outpost Zone, by Katmint - 3/10
The name is pretty cool, but the level failed to live up to my associated expectations. It's just a bland, nonsensical mesh of ERZ and ACZ, with a few uninteresting oil spills used for inconsistent purposes. And dear lord, why did you repeat that one ERZ texture over and over and over again? It's meant to be used for small steps or grooves along the floor and ceiling; it's certainly not supposed to be plastered on every wall.
Generic Field Zone, by csmgiw - 5/10
Well, it's ugly as sin...but the layout isn't terrible. It's nice and open, which encourages lots of conflict, and there are plenty of rings to support really big netgames. All in all, a very average piece of work.
Techno Rush Zone, by KO.T.E - 6/10
This, kiddies, is how to do a proper rush job. Bland visuals are okay, but even a rush job shouldn't compromise on competent layout. This level certainly didn't. As I've made clear in previous reviews, I don't at all care for square structure when we're dealing with grass and rocks, and in my own personal level design I can drag things around to randomize the angles in a couple minutes, so it should have been possible to fix that even in a rush job. But this is just my personal opinion, and in any case it doesn't really change how well the level plays. All in all, this is a solid piece of work.
Jungle Ruins Zone, by Kuba11 - 7/10
Like the typical Kuba11 creation, it's chock-full of sector detail, and in this case it's done tastefully. My only real complaint is that if the flag carrier fails to make that jump into the base, it's really annoying to scramble around for the nearest spring that takes you back up.
Rush Flower CTF, by Spherallic & KO.T.E - 7/10
Another solid rush map. But I must say that the bases are a little hard to find.
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...And the reviews!
Single Player:
Meh. Visuals were very nice but the gameplay was boring. The level itself is very bland and it is a bit short IMO.
Eggmansion Zone Act 2, by KO.T.E -
I so wanted to give this an Over 9000 rating, but I couldn't. This is the definition of a perfect map - the gimmicks were well executed, the visuals were epic, the music was good... The only thing that bothered me any at all about this map was the zombified Pinkie Pie you managed to shoehorn into this map.
Sapphire Coast Act 2, by Blade - 8/10
Typical Blade map in typical Blade fashion - awesome visuals, good music choice, plenty of unique enemies to go around... Awesome level overall! However, that part where the path ahead dead ends and the main path goes off to the left kinda stumped me for a bit.
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Looks like a really really tiny OLDC!
I'll give the maps a whirl, and return with my scores and comments. By looking at the names of the entrants, something tells me it's gonna be a fun one!
EDIT: Holy crud, the Coop division is rocked this month.
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The Short-Sightedness Of Wall Street When It Comes To Broadband Infrastructure Investment
from the short-term-thinking deptKarl Bode, over at Broadband Reports, absolutely destroys stock analyst Craig Moffett for doing his usual song and dance. If you're unfamiliar with Moffett, Bode has the details:
Like any good short-sighted investor, Moffett has urged companies to not upgrade their networks, insiting that caps and overages are the "next generation of communications." The irony of course is those telcos who listened and didn't upgrade their networks are now having their lunch eaten by cable providers on a massive scale, which, if Moffett's firm and client investment interests lean heavily toward cable operators, is something that's working out rather well for him and them.Bode's piece focuses on Moffett's silly analysis that the DOJ's interest is in how Comcast and Time Warner are trying to stifle Netflix and Hulu and that will somehow increase prices (huh? what?!?) because they'd take away Moffett's preferred solution of anti-consumer data caps.
Less network investment, less competition, higher prices. Great for investors, not so great for you
However, I wanted to focus in on the larger issue here: the idiocy of short-term Wall Street thinking over long term strategy. Wall Street functions on a quarterly basis mostly -- with an occasional nod to looking out a full year, but rarely anything further than that. This creates stupidly short-sighted incentives that are deathly towards anyone with any long term goals or strategy. It argues that any big strategic investments don't make sense, because they cost lots of money in the short term, but you won't see payback until outside the myopic window of vision of these Wall Street analysts.
Perhaps that's great for day traders, but as Bode notes, it's bad for the public. And here's the thing: it's actually even worse for companies. It's unfortunate how many companies find themselves slaves to Wall Street analysts views in making their strategic planning efforts. Because that holds them back from actually making the important big strategic investments they often need for the future. Every so often you have a more visionary leader who simply ignores the folks like Moffett. You get situations like Ivan Seidenberg at Verizon, who ignored Moffett and invested in fiber -- which is why it's still competitive today. Unfortunately, as Seidenberg got closer and closer to retirement (which happened last year), the company backed away from continuing its build out. Short term thinking over long term thinking.
In some ways, this is the flipside to the Innovator's dilemma. It's an explanation for why big legacy companies fail to respond to disruptive innovation: because they can't. Because they can't put in the effort to be ready for disruption and instead leave themselves wide open to such disruption by not investing in their future, but rather by listening to the Craig Moffetts of the world -- such that the money that could be building a company for the future instead ends up in the hands of Moffett's real clients: the short-term investors.
If we want to build a stronger economy that builds jobs and continues to innovate, we have to figure out a way to diminish the power of Wall Street's short-term focus, and how to incentivize companies to understand what investing for the long run means.
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Tender Brown Sugar Muffins
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes1 dozen
I made these today but subbed room temperature butter for the shortening. I also warmed the milk slightly before adding to the butter mixture to keep the butter soft. I filled the muffin cups half way, then swirled in some left over cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving. I filled the rest of the way, added some more cranberry sauce to the top and sprinkled with chopped pecans. Fantastic!
This is one of my favorite muffin recipes. It is quick and easy to prepare using ingredients I always have on hand. Very moist, great flavor. Definitely a keeper.
I've been making this recipe for years..ever since I first saw it in TOH..It's foolproof and goes with everything!
Tried this recipe today and was very disappointed. It was probably my changes to the recipe in an effort to cut the calories. Instead of the shortening I used 1/4 c. unsweetened applesauce and 1/4c. butter; 1/4 c. brown sugar and 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract. It had no flavor and was tough. I used paper cupcake holders and they wouldn't come off the muffin. I may give the recipe one more try using the original ingredients listed and hope for a better ending.
I've had a recipe similar to this one for 40 years. However THIS recipe with only a few different tweeks is MUCH better! I've made it twice and my bunch just loves them! So glad I decided to judge a new recipe next to my old standby. The family verdict went with the new version! Yum!!
I tried these because I had more brown sugar than granulated. Glad I did! They're wonderfully wonderful. I'm going to share, thanks!


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We all owe a debt of gratitude to the Democratic operatives that have risked their lives to bring us this first haunting photo:
Here we can obviously see a seemingly innocent piece of playground equipment that has been twisted by the right-wing propaganda masters into some sort of sick political metaphor…
Undercover operatives for the Democratic Party have told us that Republican parents force their unwilling children up the molded plastic stairs into the GOP's "Indoctrination Machine." These children remain inside for up to 48 hours until they are fully processed. The children, once they are completely transformed into a smelly mass of waste material, will eventually tumble down the chute behind the Indoctrination Machine fully prepared to carry-on the Neocon Agenda.
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The Straight Fit NATS Short Sleeve Concert Tee
Outfit yourself with the be-all-end-all classic T-shirt. The NATS Concert tee is a Bella+Canvas 4.2 Oz., 52% combed and ring spun cotton, 48% polyester, 30 singles t-shirt featuring shoulder taping, fitted at bicep, and side seamed. Unisex fit.
Color: Deep Heather
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Why be involved with the TLT Group?
We find ways to improve teaching and learning with technology in colleges and universities - ways which take advantage of new resources and new ideas without sacrificing the principles that matter most.
Our perspective is especially valuable when external pressures (like the continuing financial crisis) compel many to make - and others to accept - wild claims for the educational possibilities of technology.
Our approach always builds on respect for what has been accomplished in the past, balanced evaluation of new options, and enthusiasm for emerging possibilities.
We provide resources and ideas that support collaborative change. We help faculty members and other academic professionals to share their expertise and insights.
We "walk the walk." We use, demonstrate, and advocate low-cost, low-threshold resources: tools and activities that are easy to learn, easy to begin using, and have low incremental cost in dollars, time, and stress. We make Frugal Innovations.
The TLT Group helps people in educational institutions to improve teaching and learning by making more appropriate and cost-effective use of information technology without sacrificing what matters most to them.
PO Box 5643 Takoma Park, Maryland 20913
Phone: 301.270.8312
To learn more about our work or our organization contact: Sally Gilbert