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- Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment
- Release Date: Nov 20, 2012
- Also On: PlayStation 4
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Dec 1, 2012
Dec 2, 2012This game is massively overrated, this game is rushed as hell, giving the devs less time to weave out the massive imbalances and bugs. The RPGs are equivalent to Nerf Water guns, the Max is unfair to play as and against, players are complete **** it's just a mess. Though the maps are nice, and what is does well, it does really well, not to mention it's a guilty pleasure.
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Nov 21, 2012Had great potential. Seems to have very bad optimization for Amd processors. Very low frame rates and game looks blurry even with settings maxed.
I'm sure that it's a decent game, but it is unplayable on a mid range desktop. -
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Nov 21, 2012Bugs, screen flickering, graphical distortions and lag issues make this an horrible experience. This game feels rushed and unfinished which seems strange because of the lengthy beta.
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Jan 25, 2013Game is broken. Full of cheats and hackers - they can even teleport other players to their death now. Bugs - lots and lots of bugs, like falling through the floor, the ground, gun turrets that sometimes work and sometimes don't. I could sit and list all the bugs in the games, but I just don't care. SOE doesn't care - why should we care.
Nov 28, 2012
Dec 17, 2012Planet Side 2 is a "free-to-play" but "pay-to-win" game which is so far away from entertaining me. A huge sized map with no enemies around, sucking game mechanics, bad spawn locations, buggy graphics and horrible fun factor make the game unplayable for me. You can give it a try like me; I tried it and gave it 3/10.
Dec 9, 2012
Jan 5, 2013Soo many hackers. every big battle has atleast one hacker. You can even find live streams of them, it's rediculous. The game feels so bland too, all people do is spawn kill and capture and recapture the same **** all day.
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Feb 4, 2013This game has a great premise, but unless you wanna shell out money in the cash shop, you'll never get anywhere... I'm all for pay2play, but not pay2win. Plus, getting team killed by frustrated beginners or douchey vets its a pain in the ass; and don't even get me started on the lag... It's not horrible... but it feels like a game thats still in beta.
Nov 21, 2012Keeping the original game's thoughts in mind, I feel they have completely disregarded the fan base in which brought this game into being. I will not be spending the dozens of hours in which I did during the original PlanetSide, just my opinion.
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Jan 5, 2013So for whatever reason I can run BF3 on nearly high settings, but this game won't even run on the lowest. The devs did not optimize this game very well at all. FTP should also not be the future of PC gaming.
Jan 25, 2013Lol at this game "becoming" an esport. The dev's made a terrible decision in this route. The game is far from competitive in the sense that there is absolutely no accomplishment in winning or losing. It is more of a marketing campaign than an actual competitive campaign.
Feb 13, 2013The cheaters are out of control. The game is pretty boring. Every battle not at The Crown ends up being the more populated faction spawn room camping the less populated faction. There is little to no metagame. There is no reason to really play this game for more than a week or two. I like to call this a FTP throwaway game. Try it, toss it, go onto the next FTP game.
Dec 21, 2012its fun if you pay for better things but if you want to play a balanced F2P this is not your game its gameplay is unbalanced, graphics are ok, this game is boring and unbalanced, this game had a chance for it to be good but its not, most f2p's arnt anyway, wait till survarium or warface
Feb 10, 2013Countless bugs, almost no friend/foe ID unless you mouse over for 5 seconds, so by that time, if it was a foe, you are dead. Also, you die in 3 hits unless your armor is built up. Another free to play, free to die, pay to win, pay to survive game. Don't waste your time on this one.
Dec 8, 2012what's wrong with the critics?? this game is painfully dull and pointless. fps on a mmo scale? great idea except for the massive lagg which kills the whole zergfest. even being free this does not worth the bandwidth to download
Nov 25, 2012...seriously just an "OK" game. Mostly a place for spam players and campers. Playing as a team or solo, you feel useless. If you're a fan of Black Ops, Modern Warfare, or the old Counter-Strike, this isn't the game for you.
Dec 24, 2012This game is just amazing. But he is killed by his community. In fact, on my server 85% of Terran use hack. More than, cheat engine is available on all server, it is very stupid and destroy the game. Maybe 1 month for this game if nothing happen...
Jan 5, 2013This game is dying. Steam stats show a near 50% decrease in users over the last month. One month ago it read out 19,299 peak Planetside 2 now it reads 11,299 peak Planetside 2. Its obvious as to why all the players are leaving. The game is not worth spending even $15 on. The servers are becoming increasingly smaller and some are just plain out unplayable.
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Jan 26, 2013A game should be fun, not a tedious grinding experience. In general it's an abusive environment with absolutely no immersive content. It's filled with hackers and players exploiting the unoptimized engine. There is absolutely no reason to spend any amount of money on this game and certainly is not worth the disk drive space on your PC.
Feb 11, 2013Bad: Buggy, hackers, counter intuitive if you've played a lot of FPS games, over hyped, terrible hit registry, waste of time, download speeds are terrible.
Good: it's free, it's good for pointing out BF3's failings, might be passable if you social life purely exists online. -
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Jan 29, 2013You play for 4 hours to capture or defend a base, next day its lost again. yes the battles are epic but it all seems so pointless. Air dominates, spawn camping gets frustrating. pay 2 win scheme. it was fun for a week but i'll be moving on to games with actual progress
Nov 23, 2012Bad attempt to make awesome multiplayer. First this game have one of uglier graphics this year, but this is not crucial for multiplayer game anyways. But, game fail in all other aspects. Glitchy, bad spawn points ruining the action, bad shooting are only few of bad thins this game bring to the table. Only good thing is free to play because if they charge for this would be really cheating.
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Feb 2, 2013Oh god when will the bugs end? I've put up with it since release, but I'm done now. After the most recent game update the game has become unplayable for me. I highly regret the money I've spent on this game as things continue to grow worse. In large battles I'm lucky to get 4-10 fps when a month ago I was getting 30-40. I have a Phenom II 960T and a 6870. It's ridiculous.
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Jan 17, 2013My rig can play all the F2P games with no issues, except for this game. The FPS is so bad I could not be bothered to finish the training level. Optimization for this game is typical for many PC titles very poor as usual.
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Jan 26, 2013John Smedley failed with SWG sinking it into the ground. Within one year he took a game with 1,000,000 copies sold down to nearly 10,000 subscribers still playing, then lied to the public on his failures. Why anyone let him be in charge of Planetside 2 is beyond me..
Dec 11, 2012Planetside 2, some mix Massive shooter with RPG (?), in my opinion idea this game is great and underdone.
On the + : Big maps, vehicles, graphic (not bad textures for that big game maps), re-spawn protect (!),
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Jan 16, 2013The game is only free to play if your intentions are dying to spawn campers and the constant feel of losing. The game ultimately feels like a massive grind-fest if you do not give into their high priced bonuses and items.
Jan 21, 2013Hackers. Hackers everywhere. Now the new hack added to all the regular ones is to somehow mess with the collision in the game to send you flying from the spawn half way across a continent to fall and die. This game is riddled with bugs and hackers everywhere.
Feb 15, 2013I would like this game. If it wasn't so much pay to win. Say, you want a gun so you play for 5 hours straight and then you get it (only if you play good) BUT if you have the money, you buy expensive credits and get the gun instantly. Game should be called Pay 2 Winside 2
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Oct 14, 2013Could have been a good game but the pay to win structure of the game ruins it. Don't bother trying to earn anything by actually playing the game unless you're willing to blow a week or more just to get a gun. I found the more I played it the more futile any efforts towards progressing became. Frustrating and not fun.
Nov 28, 2012
Feb 19, 2013This game is free to play as a spectator, If you want to help your team or be anything other than cannon fodder then you have to spend money. I was looking for a game to play that I wouldn't mind paying some money for a couple extras, but, being defenseless and building my char around my credit card, terrible.
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Mar 3, 2013If you like being frustrated and annoyed, play this game. If your sadomasochistic, spend money on this game. What I find most frustrating is the huge potential of this game, SOE just doesn't have what it takes to make this game into what it could have been, it's a shame really. I have been playing and waiting for it to deliver since the game first came out, but I have given up on PS2 and SOE.
Jun 21, 2013
Feb 19, 2013Instructions: none. Tutorial: none. Upgrades after 4 hours of gameplay unnoticeable. Constant prompting to buy cert points via cash shop: annoying. Hacks: prominent. Maps poorly designed: windows everywhere in buildings. Support classes: easy targets. Spawn in middle of rocket blast: instantly dead. So many glaring issues: will not pay to play.
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Mar 25, 2013Planetside 2 is one of those games that drops you in the battlefield without any experience or knowledge over what to do and how to do it. You're often wondering where the action is going on, and when it's there you're powerless. I had to give it a three because, for a free to play game, it looks stunning, but it's a dead hamster hidden in a beautiful box.
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Sep 18, 2013A decent free-to-play team based shooter with elements and influences taken from a variety of sources but a game completely ruined by pay2win mechanics. Disappointing.
May 16, 2013Based off my personal experience with this product it wouldn't be too far fetched to say Planetside 2 is used to torture political dissidents in Iranian prisons.
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May 10, 2013The shooter fundamentals are all there. The visuals are great but the progression just doesn't seem to deliver any payoff for players outside of the hardcore. It's not quite as much of a shameless cash grab as something out of Zynga, but it definitely sours the experience.
Feb 19, 2013Planetside 2 is a good free-to-play, strong functional and very funny, which does not envy anything to the founders of the first-person shooter genre.
Feb 4, 2013It might look overly complicated, but PlanetSide 2 is nothing more than your average class-based, objective-oriented competitive FPS. What makes it stand apart from other F2P games (aside from the huge servers, of course) is the co-operation factor with other players. [February 2013]


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Jack Sheldon's 80th
It's Jack Sheldon's 80th birthday today. The trumpeter is unique among jazz musicians in having enjoyed a second career as an actor (Run Buddy Run), and as the iconic voice of "Conjunction Junction" on the children's television series School House Rock. For nearly 20 years, Sheldon traded quips with Merv Griffin from his seat in the trumpet section of the orchestra on Griffin's daily TV show. Here he is with Merv singing "I Won't Dance."
Sheldon came to prominence in the mid-50's with West Coast jazz artists Curtis Counce, Art Pepper, and Gerry Mulligan. Lenny Bruce was a sidekick too. Counce led what was deemed an anomaly during the heyday of West Coast cool jazz: a predominately black, California-based hard bop combo, one fueled by the crisp stroke of drummer Frank Butler. Sheldon shared front line duties with saxophonist Harold Land on the band's Contemporary recordings, Landslide and You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce, while his own dates for Pacific Jazz featured Joe Maini, Kenny Drew, and Zoot Sims. Sheldon's natural gifts as a comic and cut-up tend to overshadow his excellence as a trumpeter and effectiveness as a ballad and blues singer, but his 1950's work is all first rate and unencumbered by his show biz persona. Sheldon also turned out some fine work at Hollywood nightclubs in the mid-60s that VSOP has reissued, and he made a masterful duo record with pianist Ross Tompkins for Concord Jazz, On My Own, in 1991. He continues to record with his L.A. based combo.
Sheldon's a survivor in more ways than one. As he attests in this footage from the documentary Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon, he's battled alcohol and drug addiction, and he's happily outlived the rumor of his death that went viral earlier this year. Happy birthday, Mr. Sheldon! We'll hear his music in tonight's Jazz à la Mode.
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Thanks to the anonymous fact-checker who pointed out the errors in my first draft about the spelling of Lenny Bruce's first name and listing Mork and Mindy as a TV show that Jack Sheldon appeared in.
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Thrilled you are remembering this unique guy and playing him tonight. You left out, though, what may be Sheldon's high moment as an actor, his performance in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye. (He also sang the title song). Hope you'll be playing his moving rendition of "Over the Rainbow", with Ross Tompkins, from his Concord album, On My Own. Not to mention his very funny duet with Rosemary Clooney of "The Road to Morocco".
Jack Sheldon, happy 80!
Jack is still a favorite of the Kenton crowd, and he often appears at the west coast big-band festivals that are produced by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. He appears on several albums with the Stan Kenton band, recording many memorable solos on such releases as Kenton's "Live at the Las Vegas Tropicana," among others.


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Japan's stock market is staging its biggest rally in years on optimism that a faltering yen and economic-stimulus measures will revive corporate profits.
The Nikkei Stock Average vaulted 3.8% on Wednesday to a four-year high of 11463.75. The main catalyst has been the steady slide of the yen. The falling currency has increased the competitiveness of Japan's exports, providing a respite for Japan's big industrial conglomerates.
Japan's stock market is staging its biggest rally in years. The WSJ's Daniel Inman talks about how the country's weakening currency has increased the competitiveness of Japan's exports, providing a respite for its industrial conglomerates.
Investors' optimism centers on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was elected in December after he promised stimulus measures to weaken the yen. Some analysts predict the currency will hit 100 yen against the dollar this year, so there is a strong incentive to keep buying, investors say. The yen traded at 93.39 to the dollar on Wednesday.
The Nikkei has surged 32% since mid-November, a climb reminiscent of Japan's 1980s-era "Bubble Economy." The yen has declined 14% against the dollar over the same period. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 11%. The gains in Tokyo have made Japan the world's best-performing major stock market over the past three months.
"The stock story has mostly been a yen-driven phenomenon, no question," says Naoki Fujiwara, fund manager at Shinkin Asset Management with ¥500 billion ($5.4 billion) under management. "Some investors are finding that they can't afford to remain on the sidelines."
Investors are homing in on shares of companies that are most likely to benefit from a weaker yen. Analysts at Goldman Sachs Inc. GS -0.27% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE $170.49 -0.46 -0.27% Dec. 17, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.86M AFTER HOURS $170.49 0.00 0.00% Dec. 17, 2013 6:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 7,187 P/E Ratio 9.80 Market Cap $77.27 Billion Dividend Yield 1.29% Rev. per Employee $1,228,950 12/17/13 Goldman Dances to the New Stre... 12/16/13 SEC Asks Ex-Goldman Trader to ... 12/16/13 Wall Street Lags on Women's Ro... More quote details and news » estimate that for every 10 yen the currency weakens against the dollar, profits of exporters would rise by 7% to 10%. Car maker Toyota Motors 7203.TO +1.64% Toyota Motor Corp. Japan: Tokyo ¥6200 +100 +1.64% Dec. 18, 2013 3:00 pm Volume : 11.66M P/E Ratio 13.89 Market Cap ¥20894.86 Billion Dividend Yield 1.94% Rev. per Employee ¥71,033,100 12/17/13 Holman Jenkins: Will Tort Law ... 12/16/13 Japan's Auto Market Gets Tough... 12/12/13 Toyota Warns Australia That Au... More quote details and news » is up 35% in the past three months. Electronics company Sharp Corp. 6753.TO -0.60% Sharp Corp. Japan: Tokyo ¥330 -2 -0.60% Dec. 18, 2013 3:00 pm Volume : 37.84M P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap ¥561.40 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee ¥53,634,700 11/20/13 Sharp, Hon Hai Scrap China Sma... 11/14/13 KKR and Google to Invest in Si... 11/06/13 Class-Action Curbs, States' Ri... More quote details and news » more than doubled over the same period. Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. 2502.TO -0.17% Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. Japan: Tokyo ¥2893 -5 -0.17% Dec. 18, 2013 3:00 pm Volume : 2.50M P/E Ratio 22.59 Market Cap ¥1397.56 Billion Dividend Yield 1.49% Rev. per Employee ¥94,504,200 More quote details and news » has risen 8%.
Lorne Steinberg, chief executive of Lorne Steinberg Wealth Management in Montreal, added to his Japan holdings recently. His $150 million fund now is 33% invested in Japanese stocks, with that proportion rising from as low as 25% in 2010. "We could be looking at a two-to-three year equity market rally," he said.
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Investors have poured money into Japan equity funds in 10 of the last 12 weeks, according to EPFR Global. Net inflows over that period totaled $3.09 billion.
Wednesday's rally, the biggest one-day move since March 2011, was sparked by the decision by Bank of Japan governor Masaaki Shirakawa to step down three weeks before his term was to end. Many stock investors saw the move as a victory for Mr. Abe, who is expected to select a candidate more in tune with his calls for radical action to revive Japan's ailing economy.
But other investors are backing away from the market, even as the Nikkei's gains have accelerated, noting that past rallies quickly fizzled. Mr. Abe struggled to improve the economy during his previous stint as prime minister, which began in September 2006 and ended a year later after a series of scandals involving his cabinet.
"I would be very surprised if it's different this time," said David Ruff, a portfolio manager at San Francisco-based Forward Management LLC, which has $5.2 billion under management.
The central bank can inject more money into the economy by increasing purchases of bonds and other assets. But Mr. Ruff says that isn't likely to translate into bank lending needed to fund new business because lending remains constrained by regulations. Mr. Ruff started selling Japanese shares over the past few weeks. He has reduced his holdings of Japanese stocks to 7% of his Forward International Dividend Fund, from 9%.
Investors had been attracted to Japanese stocks because they have been cheap relative to stocks in other Asian markets. But the rally has brought valuations in line with the rest of the region. The 225 stocks in the Nikkei index now trade at a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.5 times four quarters of forward earnings. The stocks in South Korea's Kospi Composite index have a ratio of about 9 times.
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Starting June 11, 2012, East Lansing city staff will conduct re-inspections at a number of properties in the city. They say it's simply a routine effort to keep city records up-to-date.
"It's necessary to meet the requirements of law regarding assessing properties and what we do is try to get a percentage of the community each year," said Tim Dempsey, director of planning for the City of East Lansing.
Assessing staff will ask to walk through about 20% of the properties in the city, collecting information such as the square footage, number of bedrooms and other improvements around the home.
"It's strictly making sure that the information the assessor uses to determine the assessed value is accurate," Dempsey said.
The assessed value of the home will then determine how much the homeowner pays the city in property taxes and according to the city, doing a fair assessment is a top priority.
"Should they decide to sell their home in the future, a lot of realtors use that public information to put their marketing data together. People who are researching homes on their own look up city records," said Dempsey.
Most homeowners could expect to get a re-assessment about every five years. If you're one of them this year, there's a couple of things you can do to make sure the person at your door is a legitimate city staff.
"They [homeowners] would have received an official letter from the city on our letterhead signed by our assessing department," Dempsey said.
The staff will also have a city-issued I.D. badge worn so that it will be visible.
If you have any concerns about the process, you can call the City Assessor's Office at (517) 319-6880.
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The plane lands at 3pm. The heat is searing, a breeze blowing across the runway like air blasting from an oven. The Cessna's thermometer is peaking at 42°C but maybe it's broken; it's mid-October, the end of the dry season in Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe and temperatures can hit 50°C at this time of year. Clint meets me with ice cold drinks, driving the African Bush Camps open-sided jeep along dusty roads, over dry sandy river beds and past a kudu lying resplendent in the shade of a tree.
Thank you for your amazing hospitality in Zimbabwe. Sanganai was a great experience and I saw a lot of Harare during my stay including Mbare, the balancing rocks at Epworth and the city. I was so happy to find that Zimbabwe has not changed. It's an incredibly beautiful country full of welcoming, fun and happy people. And of course there is even more to do there now.
I found the music of Zimbabwe very energetic and participative.. The audience is encouraged to clap and sing along. Most of the songs are about everyday life or conveying social angst and the problems that a person has encountered in his life. The Mbira, often called a 'Thumb piano' is an integral part of Zimbabwean music.
I had a wonderful time in Zimbabwe and would definitely like to share my feelings. I must confess that I had reservations about the country before I landed there. In the two weeks that I spend there I met some amazingly warm people, was floored by the wildlife at the Hwange National Park, dazzled by the magnificence of the Victoria Falls, enjoyed the mystic feel of the Matobo National Park and loved the cultural heart of Bulawayo. Zimbabwe definitely feels really like the REAL Africa! I particularly enjoyed the art and craft
that I saw around the country which is a testimony to the creativity of the Zimbabweans.
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) says it will use the Sanganai/Hlanganani Tourism and Travel Fair as a platform for the industry to market its products to the domestic market as the sector works hard to achieve growth and regain lost markets.
SANGANAI/Hlanganani —World Travel and Tourism Africa Fair is an annual Tourism trade fair organised by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA). It showcases the widest variety of Africa's best tourism products, and attracts international visitors and media from across the world.
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief executive officer Mr Karikoga Kaseke (left) briefs journalists on preparations for the country's premier tourism expo Sanganai/Hlanganani on Tuesday while Zimbabwe Council for Tourism vice president Mr Francis Ngwenya (second from right) and reigning Miss Carnival Zimbabwe Dananai Chipunza look on.
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority will next month host another mega tourism conference - the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) forum ahead of Sanganani/Hlanganani 2013, as part of the country's premier tourism and travel exposition. MICE tourism is a type of tourism in which large groups are brought together for a particular purpose.
Zimbabwe set to host the first ever MICE Tourism Symposium during Sanganai/Hlanganani
As preparations for the country's premier tourism and travel exposition, Sanganai/Hlanganani 2013 gather momentum, Zimbabwe is set to host a Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) forum on Thursday 10 October 2013. Building on the recent successful co-hosting of the UNWTO General Assembly in August 2013 and many other varied conferences, Zimbabwe has the potential to become a preferred destination for MICE tourism business in Africa and beyond.
The day-long programme to be held at the HICC, Rainbow Towers Hotel is aimed at exploring various opportunities and benefits presented by MICE tourism, particularly in Zimbabwe as well as Africa in general. The forum will work towards putting together a well-rounded chapter that will advance the development, positioning and promotion of Zimbabwe as a MICE destination.
The forum will also engender a healthy and open discussion on ways of enhancing Zimbabwe's capacity and capability in driving this type of tourism business. Thus, the platform will bring together a panel of global and local experts, tourism players and other relevant stakeholders to share knowledge and experiences on the issues of MICE tourism business.
Speakers to highlight the forum include the Chief Executive of Gaining Edge, Gary Grimmer, an international MICE consultant who has worked with leading MICE destinations such as Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Berlin, Cape Town, Dubai, Singapore, Melbourne, Vancouver, couston and San Juan. He also was the lead consultant on the development of a national convention and events strategy for South Africa. Also, on the panel is Dary Keywood, the former President of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives, an international body of MICE experts.
Zimbabwe's own leaders in the MICE sector to be on the panel include, Glen Byrom - The former owner of Green Route and the current Chief Explorer at Twiice, Daniel Chigaru – the Vice Chairperson of Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Company (former ZITF General Manager), and the ZCT President, Glen Stutchbury, among others.
Speaking on the hosting of the MICE Business forum, the ZTA Chief Executive, Mr. Karikoga Kaseke expressed confidence on Zimbabwe's potential in driving MICE tourism business which will in turn posit immense benefits to the country.
' I have no doubt that developing MICE tourism would bring benefits, not only to the tourism sector, but also to general trade and the promotion of the image of Zimbabwe,'' he said.
He also re-iterated that Zimbabwe has almost all necessary elements to strongly develop MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing and Exhibitions) tourism, ranging from social and political stability, meetings infrastructure, convention centres, resorts that meet international standards as well as an attractive culture and enthusiastic as well as hospitable customer-care services.
MICE tourism is a type of tourism in which large groups usually planned well in advance, are brought together for a particular purpose, be it conferences, meetings, exhibitions, conventions, among others. This has become a major marketing tool and a key driver of destination development, an important generator of income, employment and foreign investment. Beyond economic benefits, the MICE Tourism industry presents opportunities for knowledge sharing, networking, capacity building and regional cooperation. The development of MICE Tourism requires collaboration from the whole nation as MICE activities cut across all sectors of the economy and as such can be created by all.
Meanwhile, registration for the forum is underway at ZTA offices and 31 September has been marked as a deadline.
For more information, contact:
Sugar Chagonda, the ZTA Head of Corporate Affairs on
– 0712 324058
You are kindly requested to spread the news and invite your contacts to attend the forum. Please note that deadline for registration is 31 September; attached is the registration form. Should you require any additional information, clarification or presentation please contact the Managing Director of the National Convention Bureau, Mrs T. Chikaponya on email;
, Tel: 04 758730-4/ 758712-4.
Harare — At least 137 exhibitors have so far registered to showcase their products at the annual premier tourism expo, Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel and Tourism Africa Fair that runs from October 10 to 12 this year.
Zimbabwe is a song which, once heard, is never forgotten; a mood to suit the needs of any soul, any time; a spell that binds all those who know her. Her voice brings forth many melodies. Welcome to Zimbabwe, a land rich in diversity ranging from low-lying semi-desert to lush highlands strewn with forests and lakes. Situated on a high plateau in Southern Africa and covering 390 245 Km.
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National Hockey League Game Capsules (Saturday, December 21st)Final Score: Pittsburgh 4, Calgary 3 Pittsburgh, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - With Sidney Crosby's goal and two assists leading the way, the Pittsburgh Penguins ran their home winning streak to 10 games with a 4-3 decision over the Calgary Flames at CONSOL Energy Center. James Neal scored once and assisted on another for the Penguins, with Pascal Dupuis and Harry Zolnierczyk also lighting the lamp to support a 27-save effort from Marc-Andre Fleury. Pittsburgh held on for its seventh straight victory overall after jumping out to a 4-1 lead late in the second period. Paul Byron, Mike Cammalleri and Jiri Hudler all had goals in the loss, Calgary's fourth straight to close out a five-game trip. Karri Ramo stopped just 19-of-23 shots in defeat. Final Score: Phoenix 4, Ottawa 3 (OT) Antoine Vermette finished off his second career hat trick with 2:37 remaining in overtime, as Phoenix slipped past Ottawa, 4-3, on Saturday. Following a left-circle faceoff win, Derek Morris received the puck at the point and put a shot on net which Craig Anderson stopped, but the rebound popped out to Vermette and he slid the puck home to end the contest. Radim Vrbata netted the other score and Mikkel Boedker added two assists for the Coyotes, who snapped a three-game slide and finish their four-game road trip in Buffalo on Monday. Mike Smith stopped 37 shots, including one on Clarke MacArthur earlier in the extra session which allowed Phoenix a shot to win the game. Marc Methot posted a goal and an assist for the Senators, who got other tallies from Kyle Turris and Zack Smith. Anderson took the loss despite 34 stops. Final Score: Los Angeles 3, Colorado 2 (SO) Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Anze Kopitar recorded the only goal in the shootout allowing Martin Jones to grab a share of an NHL rookie record, as Los Angeles claimed a 3-2 victory over Colorado at Staples Center. Kopitar bested Semyon Varlamov to kick off the second round, and Jones backed it up by stopping Matt Duchene, PA Parenteau and Ryan O'Reilly in turn to record the eighth straight win to start his career. Bob Froese held the record since beginning his rookie campaign (1982-83) with the Philadelphia Flyers by winning his first eight appearances. Jeff Carter and Justin Williams tallied in regulation for the Kings, who have won three in a row and nine of their last 10. Jones made 23 saves over the first 65 minutes. Erik Johnson and O'Reilly scored to wipe out a 2-0 deficit and Varlamov came up with 37 saves for the Avalanche, who have lost six of 10. Final Score: Boston 4, Buffalo 1 Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) - David Krejci recorded a goal and an assist as the Boston Bruins topped the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Saturday. Krejci broke a 1-1 tie early in the second period and assisted on Milan Lucic's insurance goal in the third. Reilly Smith scored a pair of goals, including an empty- netter in the closing seconds. Tuukka Rask made 34 saves to help Boston get revenge for a 4-2 loss in Buffalo on Thursday in the first game of the home- and-home. Zemgus Girgensons netted the lone Buffalo goal, while Jhonas Enroth yielded three goals on 38 shots in the setback. The loss snapped the Sabres' two- game winning streak. Final Score: Detroit 5, Toronto 4 (SO) Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - The shootout drought is over for the Detroit Red Wings. Daniel Alfredsson and Pavel Datsyuk both scored during the penalty shot tiebreaker to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in a preview of the 2014 Winter Classic. The Red Wings had lost six shootouts this season and an NHL-record 11 straight overall. Final Score: Tampa Bay 3, Carolina 2 (OT) Tampa, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Radko Gudas scored 2:16 into overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Gudas potted his second goal of the year after skating into the Carolina end and unleashing a rising shot that beat Justin Peters high to the glove side from the right circle. Victor Hedman scored in the first period and Martin St. Louis tied the game with a power-play marker in the third for Tampa Bay, which won its fourth in a row. The Lightning also moved to 6-1-0 against Carolina since the beginning of the 2012-13 season. Ben Bishop made 25 saves for the Lightning, while Peters stopped 47 shots. Jiri Tlusty scored both goals for the Hurricanes, who have lost two straight and five of their last six contests. Final Score: Anaheim 5, NY Islanders 3 Uniondale, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Kyle Palmieri potted the game-winner as part of a four-goal third period and Ryan Getzlaf recorded a hat trick to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-3 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday. Mathieu Perreault added a goal and Frederik Andersen stopped 18 shots for the Ducks, who have won a franchise-record eight straight games. Thomas Vanek scored twice and Frans Nielson added a goal for the Islanders, losers in 14 of their last 16 games. Evgeni Nabokov allowed four goals on 30 shots in the setback. Final Score: New Jersey 5, Washington 4 (OT) Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) - Andy Greene notched the game-winner 43 seconds into overtime, as the New Jersey Devils edged the Washington Capitals, 5-4, on Saturday at Verizon Center. On the deciding goal, Jaromir Jagr ripped a shot from the high slot that Braden Holtby sticked away, but Greene got his shaft on the disc and deflected it into the back of the net out of mid air to send New Jersey to victory. Greene and Jagr each finished with a goal and two assists, while Marek Zidlicky scored twice and Dainius Zubrus added a goal and an assist for the Devils, who have picked up at least one point in four straight games (3-0-1). Martin Brodeur backstopped the victory with 18 saves. Joel Ward registered a goal and an assist, while Alex Ovechkin and Jason Chimera potted a marker apiece for the Capitals, who have lost three of their last five games. Holtby stopped 32 shots in the setback. Final Score: Columbus 6, Philadelphia 3 Columbus, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - David Savard, Boone Jenner, Ryan Johansen and R.J. Umberger picked up third-period goals to help Columbus claim a 6-3 victory over the Flyers in the back end of a home-and-home set. Corey Tropp and Nikita Nikitin each recorded a pair of assists for the Blue Jackets, who responded well after wasting a three-goal lead and surrendering five goals in the final period in a 5-4 loss in Philadelphia on Thursday. Curtis McElhinney was strong in the crease with 33 saves. Wayne Simmonds tallied twice and Sean Couturier once for the Flyers, who have a home game on Monday against Minnesota before embarking on a six-game holiday road trip. Ray Emery was shelled for five scores on 28 shots in defeat. Final Score: Montreal 4, Nashville 3 (OT) Nashville, TN (SportsNetwork.com) - David Desharnais' unassisted goal 1:43 into overtime lifted the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday. The Canadiens coughed up a 3-0 lead over the last two periods but were saved by Desharnais, who collided with Mattias Ekholm at the left boards and plucked the puck from the Predators defenseman before rifling a slapshot past Carter Hutton from the left circle. P.K. Subban, Max Pacioretty and Tomas Plekanec also scored for the Canadiens and Carey Price had 31 saves. Shea Weber's power-play goal tied the game for Nashville with 6:20 remaining in regulation. Gabriel Bourque and Nick Spaling had the other goals and Hutton made 17 saves after coming in for starter Marek Mazanec, who was lifted after giving up three goals in the first period. The Canadiens had lost four of their last six coming in, scoring just seven goals in those six games. They are 1-1 on a six-game road trip but won't play again until facing the Tampa Bay Lightning next Saturday. The Predators have lost three in a row. Final Score: St. Louis 6, Edmonton 0 Edmonton, AB (SportsNetwork.com) - Chris Stewart registered his third career hat trick to back Brian Elliott's shutout performance in the St. Louis Blues' 6-0 thrashing of the lowly Edmonton Oilers. Stewart set up another goal, while Elliott made 23 saves. Jaden Schwartz and Patrik Berglund both had a goal and one assist for the Blues, who have won five of their last seven games. Ilya Bryzgalov surrendered all six goals on 33 shots in Edmonton's season-high sixth consecutive loss. Final Score: San Jose 3, Dallas 2 (SO) San Jose, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Joe Thornton scored the lone goal of the shootout in the fifth round, lifting the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 triumph over the Dallas Stars on Saturday at SAP Center. San Jose trailed 2-0 early in the second period, but got a goal apiece from Jason Demers and Joe Pavelski to tie the tilt and force an extra session. After neither team lit the lamp in overtime, the first eight shooters came up empty in the shootout before Thornton ripped a wrister past the blocker side of Kari Lehtonen to put the Sharks in front. Alex Stalock, who stopped 44 shots through the first 65 minutes, turned away all comers in the shootout to send the Sharks to their third victory in five tries. Ray Whitney and Antoine Roussel each scored once, while Lehtonen allowed two goals on 39 shots for the Stars, who had won two straight. 12/22 01:39:29 ET Powered by The Sports Network. |


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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As travel company Reserve Direct celebrates 13-years of providing travel reservations for customers and booking solutions for travel suppliers, it is also celebrating another milestone- it's first 10-year employee. Ashley Dickey, Reserve Direct's Destination Content Manager, started with the company in 2003 and, besides the three owners of the company, has been the longest running employee to be part of the growth of the company over the bulk of its history.
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"Ashley started with us as a customer service representative and quickly became a valuable part of the call center team," said John Johnson, President of Reserve Direct. "So we offered her a full-time position and she flourished from there."
Ashley was promoted to Destination Specialist, where she began generating content for all of the Reserve Direct destination Travel Guides, focusing on news, events, and travel tips.
After completing a B.A. in English with an emphasis on Literature and Mass Media at Missouri State University, Ashley was promoted to Destination Content Manager, the position she currently holds. This new job gave her greater control over the content generated on all of Reserve Direct's websites. Ashley has been instrumental in leading content creation for products, blogs as well as social media and product reviews.
"Ashley has taken her in-depth travel experience and turned it into experiential content, giving our customers inside information to make their trips better," said Kevin Weidemann, Creative Director. "Our customers really get a sense of what to do when they visit, and that's part of the reason why they choose to book with us."
"I started with Reserve Direct, thinking it was just a job to benefit my college education. I soon found I was part of a small business on the verge- and I was excited to be involved. Over the years, Reserve Direct has continued to grow, and the evolution of this small business has been inspiring," said Dickey, upon reflection of her tenure. "It has given me creative and intellectual freedom while also instilling a family and community-like environment in which I thoroughly enjoy to work."
Reserve Direct congratulates Ashley on 10 years of dedicated service.
About Reserve Direct
Reserve Direct is a travel reservation technology company that focuses on specific travel destinations, offering local expertise and reservations for shows and attractions, as well as hotel reservations to vacationers, families and businesses. The company also offers fulfillment tools to travel suppliers and other regional travel resources. Reserve Direct provides travel service in a variety of markets like Branson, Missouri; Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; Williamsburg, Virginia; the Hawaiian Islands; and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Artists who walked away without a Grammy Sunday night can take solace in the fact that more than a few legendary bands and singers also got shut out by the Grammys.
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Final result: CNN projects Tester wins
Democrat Jon Tester knew he'd have an uphill battle to a second term against six-term Rep. Denny Rehberg. Both are known quantities with high favorables in the state. Both campaigns went negative in the fight over Social Security, and both said the other is distorting their views.
Nebraska: Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D) vs. Deb Fischer (R)
Final result: Deb Fischer wins
Republicans argued that Kerrey, once a popular governor and two-term senator, lost touch with the conservative state after spending years living in liberal New York City, where he worked as president of the New School. The conservative super PAC American Crossroads began running ads against Kerrey even before he launched his campaign.
For his part, Kerrey tried to overcome the state's GOP tilt in a presidential election year by stressing his commitment to entitlement reform, a balanced budget, and other conservative fiscal issues. He also won a surprise late endorsement from former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, considered by many to be a GOP renegade.
Republicans began eyeing Nelson's seat even before he announced his retirement. Fischer surprised GOP leaders by squeezing out a primary win over two opponents considered stronger at the start of the year.
Nevada: Sen. Dean Heller (R) vs. Rep. Shelley Berkley (D)
Final result: Dean Heller wins
Democrats' strength in Nevada was put to the test once again in this Senate election. With voter registration numbers on their side, seven-term Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley had hoped to deny Republican Sen. Dean Heller a full Senate term (Heller was appointed to the seat after Republican John Ensign resigned).
A House ethics investigation and a lackluster debate performance kept Berkley below Heller in recent polls. Heller's strong fund-raising ability also helped him keep the advantage in a state with a heavy Latino population that normally overwhelmingly votes Democratic.
North Dakota: Heidi Heitkamp (D) vs. Rep. Rick Berg (R)
CNN projects Heitkamp wins
Former state Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp gave Democrats their best opportunity to keep the seat of retiring five-term Sen. Kent Conrad. Republicans hoped first-term Rep. Rick Berg will repeat the party's success of 2010, when they took over retiring Democrat Byron Dorgan's seat.
The state with the lowest unemployment in the country has a history of split-ticket voting, giving Heitkamp an opportunity to show her independence from national Democrats. She's publicly disagreed with Obama on issues like energy, which she points to as evidence she won't be a rubber stamp. She enjoyed high favorables and solid support from Republican ticket-splitters and has hammered Berg for his connection to a controversial real estate company.
Ohio: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) vs. Josh Mandel (R)
Final result: Sen. Sherrod Brown wins
Primarily because of those frequent trips from President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney, the contest between Brown and Mandel played out in Ohio against the backdrop of the presidential election.
Fueled by Super PAC money and advertising, the race got nasty at times. In total, $67 million dollars was spent in the election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Much of that -- $34 million -- was sent by outside groups advocacy groups.
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Brown was first elected to the Senate in 2006, during a wave of Democratic victories in the Senate and House. Throughout most of the 2012 race, especially in September and October, Brown led Mandel by around 10 percentage points in independent poling.
Pennsylvania: Sen. Bob Casey (D) vs. Tom Smith (R)
Final result: Sen. Bob Casey wins
Though recent polls gave Republicans hope where they previously had little, freshman Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania was re-elected Tuesday.
GOP candidate Tom Smith, a wealthy business executive, lagged far behind Casey for much of the race.


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Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman, Ramban (Nachmanides), wrote what is considered the most important commentary on the Chumash after that of Rashi. But as brilliant as it is, as important as it was in the development of Jewish thought, for many English speakers it remained, quite literally, a closed book – inaccessible because of the author's concise style, his frequent and sometimes obscure allusions, and his classical Hebrew, which was difficult even for those well-versed in the language. Those who courageously delved into the Ramban tended to focus on certain well known pieces, but the commentary in its entirety was rarely studied, even by the Torah-observant public.
With the publication of the first volume of ArtScroll's Ramban on the Torah five years ago, the closed book began to open wide for the English-speaking public, and tens of thousands of readers discovered the magnificence of Ramban's thought. To convey Ramban's commentary required an international team of Torah scholars: translators, editors, and readers who ensured that the final product was both faithful and clear. The translation followed the innovative and enormously successful style of the Schottenstein Talmud and the Sapirstein Rashi: an original Hebrew phrase, followed by a literal English translation in bold-face type, followed by an "elucidation" that explained in greater detail just what the words were meant to convey. In addition, most paragraphs are preceded by an "introductory comment," that introduces the reader to what Ramban is trying to tell us.
In the past five years, six volumes of this extraordinary work have been issued: two on Sefer Bereishis, two on Sefer Shemos, one on the entire Sefer Devarim and, the most recent, one on the entire Sefer Bamidbar. (The final volume, on Sefer Vayikra, is in preparation, and will be available next year.)
In the weeks to come, as the Torah portions of Sefer Bamidbar and Sefer Devarim are read, thousands will gain new insight into the words of the Chumash, as they learn – and, yes, understand – the immortal words of Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman, through the pages of the ArtScroll Ramban on the Torah.
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Peter Schweizer |
As part of a six month investigation into the job creation impact of the $840 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) on technology companies, CRN Editor News Steven Burke spoke with Peter Schweizer, a William Casey Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, who was the first to document the stimulus windfalls for companies and politically connected one-percenters in his landmark 2011 book "Throw Them All Out -- How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals and Cronyism That Would Send the Rest Of Us To Prison."
Schweizer's book was instrumental in shining the spotlight on congressional insider trading, leading to the passage of the STOCK Act earlier this year, which makes it illegal for members of Congress to trade on non-public information.
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For a closer look at how companies are playing the political game, see a preview of our exclusive report, "5 Companies That Milked The Stimulus." The full article will run Monday exclusively in the CRN Tech News app, available now in the Apple App Store.
Below is an excerpt from the interview.
Has there been a marked increase in corporate cronyism under President Obama given the $840 billion ARRA?
It has been huge. There is no question about it. And it is the stimulus. We were at a point where there was a very serious crisis, a financial crisis, and we're still debating now what the roots of that were. There is just no question that people were concerned about what the future was. This Keynesian economic notion -- which I don't tend to agree with -- the idea that if you spend money you are going to stimulate jobs, people are attracted to that idea.
And then, if you layer on top of that the attractive notion, for example, let's lessen our dependence on fossil fuels, fossil fuels from overseas and clean up the environment, that is a very, very attractive idea. And, that is really how it was packaged. So, with the stimulus you really had for the first time in American history an American president and his administration that had the opportunity to literally hand out hundreds of billions of dollars to companies whether it was related to infrastructure, whether it was related to high-speed Internet in rural areas or whether it was related to clean energy. So, this is an unprecedented level of cronyism.
Is the technology industry unusual in the level of corporate cronyism vs. other industries?
I think part of the reason too that cronyism prevails in the technology sector is that for politicians, the idea that you are spending money to help America's technological development sounds very exciting and very attractive. That is why I think there is more money in those areas, and here cronyism tends to be more prevalent.
You talked in the book about the success rate of companies backed by technology venture capitalist John Doerr in receiving government money. How unusual is that hit rate?
There is no question that John Doerr is a very smart investor. That is how he has made his money. But in this particular case, you have highly risky investments in this sector, and he has benefited from the political connections that he has enjoyed. This is extraordinary. I don't really know of any other single investment house -- and there are many that invest in green technologies -- that has anything even remotely approaching the success record that he has had in securing access to government money.
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