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At 10 p.m. on a recent Thursday night, Red Maple, the lounge in Mount Vernon, was as quiet as an Old West movie town before a gunfight. Even the tumbleweeds were away, possibly pre-gaming somewhere else.
Then, at 10:30 p.m. on the dot, like Daniel Craig in "Cowboys & Aliens," the crowds materialized as if out of nowhere, looking just as surprised to be there.
The reason for the sudden change was the lounge's special that night: an open bar until 11 p.m. Yuengling and rail vodkas flew from the behind the bar as an overburdened bartender struggled to keep up with demand.
Thank Posh Cavern, the lounge's new Thursday night dance party, for the special. It's a collaboration between DJs Cullen Stalin and Mark Brown — and lots of guests, like Baltimore club whiz Scottie B — where they get to play an eclectic mix of new dance music.
For nearly a decade, Red Maple has functioned as Mount Vernon's swanky fulcrum, an international fusion restaurant and a good-looking, lazy, after-after-happy hour hangout. Over the years, it's also been host to a steady stable of dance parties — one for every day of the week. Posh Cavern and Electric Marmalade, a New Age-y party on Mondays, are just the latest additions.
What's refreshing — and, perhaps more important, strategic — about Red Maple's parties is that they appeal to different groups of people. By now, each day of the week caters to a specific crowd, which means that if you're in the mood for salsa music on Tuesday and hip-hop on Friday, the club has you covered.
By being this fungible, the lounge risks gaving a distinguishable identity. But Red Maple's trump card is not the music playing inside or its guests. Salsa or New Age, all the parties just conform to the lounge's handsome, austere design.
Inside, Red Maple looks like a Swedish ski lodge. Minus a splashy red wall near the entrance, and the occasional exposed white brick wall, dark oaks dominate. The lighting, consisting of a few accent lights and many candles, is reassuringly protective.
Near the front, you'll find a spacious lounge area filled out with backless felt couches and a secluded loft that could accommodate small groups. Both times I've been there recently, these two were mainly empty.
Then there's the bar area, which faces a long row of benches, and a medium-size dance floor that was filled with dancers on both my visits. A glass wall separates the dance floor from the patio, a roomy, walled-off islet where Red Maple's smokers go to pass the time and gaze at the more athletic dancers inside.
On Thursday, the freeloaders who had come for the open bar filled out the bar, dance floor and patio. They stayed, at least until 12:30 (that's when I left), dancing enthusiastically to whatever the house DJs and LOUISAHHH!, the guest New York/Los Angeles DJ, had to offer.
Service then and on Monday was outstanding; despite the rush, bartenders were quick with drinks and handling credit-card transactions. Beer prices are reasonable during the parties; my Yuengling was $3.
The crowd at Monday's Electric Marmalade could not have been more different. If Thursday is MICA happy hour, Mondays are like a Hare Krishna rave. Guests looked like frequenters of bead stores; the crusty bunch wore neon ponchos, lots of linen, harem pants and Rasta dreads. Some guys wore Phish T-shirts; some girls were decked out in tribal gear, like "Avatar" extras. Fliers for an upcoming music and yoga festival were scattered everywhere.
In an interesting feature, arts and crafts vendors sell their wares at the party — vaguely ethnic jewelry, tie-dye T-shirts and the kind of outsider art you'd find at tattoo parlors. Other vendors sold homemade food (fresh kale, mac and cheese, barbecue chicken — a dinner plate for $7.)
That these two very different crowds felt equally comfortable at Red Maple is a testament not only to the building's design but to the club's nimbleness.
Versatility is too often an underrated quality. It can be easily mistaken for conformity. But Red Maple just feels inclusive. While it lacks an overriding concept, each of its parties is brimming with its own personality. Electric Marmalade and Posh Cavern both have their fans. Me? I prefer the one without the girls in loincloths.
Red Maple
Back story: Red Maple opened in early 2002 and has since established a daily party: the New Age dance party Electric Marmalade on Mondays; Salsa Fuego on Tuesdays; Mediterranean and Middle Eastern music at Wednesday's Internationalism!; house and Baltimore club at Posh Cavern on Thursdays; Top 40 on Fridays; house for a more mature crowd on Saturdays; and soul on Sundays, open only to men over 25 and women over 21.
Parking: There's metered parking along Charles Street and paid lots behind the Belvedere Hotel and on the intersection between Charles and Eager streets.
Signature drink: The Aristocrat, which consists of grape vodka, lemon, soda and a splash of rose.
Where: 930 N. Charles St.
Contact: 410-547-0149; 930redmaple.com
Open: 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Monday through Saturdays; 5 p.m.-midnight Sundays.
Price range: Cover depends on the night; Posh Cavern is sometimes free all night, sometimes only before 11 p.m. Electric Marmalade is free. During parties, beers cost between $2.50 and $5.
Similar to: B&O Brasserie meets the Get Down
At 10 p.m. on a recent Thursday night, Red Maple, the lounge in Mount Vernon, was as quiet as an Old West movie town before a gunfight. Even the tumbleweeds were away, possibly pre-gaming somewhere else.


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2,300 sign up to testify on Texas abortion bill
More than 2,300 people signed up to testify about proposed abortion restrictions before a Texas House committee on Tuesday, but rules imposed by the panel's top Republican mean no more than 100 members of the public would get a chance to speak.
State Rep. Byron Cook imposed an eight-hour limit on the hearing, with each person getting just three minutes before the committee, and he chose a room with only 67 seats. The restrictions come after a similar hearing two weeks ago turned into a 12-hour marathon when 700 protesters slowed the passage of the bill in the first special session. A Democratic filibuster and an angry crowd stopped the bill from becoming law a few days later leading GOP Gov. Rick Perry to call the Legislature back for a second special session.
With Republican majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, the most Democrats can hope to do is slow the bill and create a legislative record that could aid a lawsuit should the proposal become law. Houston Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner asked permission to have a court reporter record the hearing's testimony, but Cook denied it.
Democrats questioned Cook about why he chose such a small room, more than a third of which was reserved for staff, lawmakers and media.
"We wanted to ensure the maximum security for every person who is here," the Corsicana Republican said. Cook also said he was limiting testimony because hundreds of people had already testified during the regular and first special sessions.
Reps. Jessica Farrar and Sylvester Turner, both Houston Democrats, asked Cook to schedule additional hearings to allow everyone a chance to speak, but Cook refused. After Democrats successfully ran out the clock of the first special session, Republicans appeared set on passing the measure as quickly as possible in the new 30-day special session.
Live video of the hearing was fed into nine other hearing rooms, where demonstrators filled up more than 1,200 additional seats and overflowed into hallways. They appeared to be equally split between supporters of the bill wearing blue and opponents wearing orange.
House Bill 2 would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, require that the procedure be performed at ambulatory surgical centers, mandate that doctors who perform abortions obtain admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles and that even nonsurgical abortions take place in a surgical center.
Only five out of 42 clinics in Texas qualify as ambulatory surgical centers and they are in major metropolitan areas. Many clinics would need to relocate to meet ventilation requirements and to have the space required for operating rooms and hallways.
Similar measures have passed in other states, but many are tied up in court. Mississippi's only abortion clinic remains open pending a federal lawsuit over the requirement for doctors to have admitting privileges.
Rep. Jody Laubenberg, R-Parker, insisted the bill is intended "to protect the health and safety of every woman who undergoes an abortion." Under questioning from Farrar, she refused to answer whether the state had data to show that women need the additional regulations.
Farrar then asked Ellen Cooper, the top compliance officer for the Texas Department of State Health Services, if there was any record of complications or deaths in abortion clinics that would suggest the regulations were needed. She replied no.
The Texas Medical Association and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology both oppose the bill.
Stacey Wilson, assistant general counsel for the Texas Hospital Association, noted that admitting privileges are not required for any other procedure performed outside a hospital. Because hospitals generally do not perform elective abortions, either for religious or political reasons, they're unlikely to grant privileges to a doctor for elective abortions, she said.
Turner said the law, therefore, would "outlaw abortions across the board" and fail constitutional muster.
Lt. Gov. David has acknowledged that the ultimate goal is to shutter abortion clinics, though Laubenberg insisted otherwise.
Most of the public speaking in support of the bill echoed the call to ban all abortions. Opponents called the bill an attempt to stop abortions through over-regulation.
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The very few specific reports of human toxicity related to comfrey all come from the period between 1980 and 1990, when a number of cases of veno-occiusive disease were reported.[9] There is no question about the diagnoses. However, it is important to note that in these cases, the connection with comfrey was not considered in the context of other contributing factors. For example, concomitant illness, the use of prescription or over- the-counter hepatotoxic drugs (like acetaminophen, for example), and impaired nutritional status clearly increase the likelihood that PA-containing herbs will cause hepatotoxicity.
With minimal epidemiological data, what insights can be garnered from the laboratory research into toxicity? As with many statements about herbal toxicity, the evidence proffered comes primarily from rodent studies that utilized high levels of purified PAs. No systematic toxicity testing or clinical trials of comfrey have been performed. Although PA poisoning in humans does occur, it is most commonly a consequence of consuming plants other than comfrey.[10]
Such reliance on animal experimentation data and toxicity reports about other plants gives us little insight into the risks and therapeutic benefits of the human use of comfrey. Rode enumerates four limitations of the published research.
Not all PAs have similar toxicity. This group of alkaloids do not pose a uniform risk. Based on structure-toxicity studies, it can be concluded that the PAs in comfrey (such as symphytine, a retronecine monoester) are less toxic than those present in the plants Senecio, Crotolaria, and Heliotropium. These have actually caused human toxicity (for example, senecionine, a macrocyclic retronecine diester).[11]
Not all animals are susceptible to PA toxicity. As with most substances, responses to PAs among different animals vary greatly. Pigs, chickens, and rats are highly sensitive to poisoning by Senecio, whereas mice and sheep are resistant. However, and more significant, the response of one species to Senecio might not reflect its susceptibility to other PAs.[12] In addition, the route of administration can dramatically affect the toxic response. For example, rabbits are relatively resistant to chronic feeding of Senecio, but are killed by a single injection of the purified alkaloids.[13] Although theoretically sensitivity to PAs, pigs readily accept comfrey as a food and show no adverse effects, even when comfrey represents 40% of their diet. Rats, however, appear to be very sensitive to the same PAs. When eating large amounts of comfrey or injected with comfrey PAs, rats develop the hepatic lesions indicative of PA poisoning.[14] This calls into question the validity of using rodent animal models as indicators of human response to PAs.
Comfrey species vary in PA content. Between 85% and 97% of the PAs in Symphytum officinale, the corn- frey commonly grown in American gardens, are built around the less toxic retronecine monoester. However, Russian comfrey (Symphytum x uplandicum), contains higher levels of the diester, which, is known to have a greater toxicity.[15] Bearing in mind the differences in toxicity among various PAs, and the variable distribution of PAs in different comfrey species and varieties, we might conclude that extrapolations of research results from one species to another may be unreliable.
Effects of isolated PAs might not be representative of whole plant use. As with many herbs, it is problematic to assume that the pharmacology of a specific constituent can be used to predict the pharmacology of the whole plant. Veterinary studies have shown that the formation of toxic PA metabolites is reduced by concurrent administration of the sulfur-containing amino acid methionine or cysteine.[16] Similarly, protein-deficient dietsenhance the toxicity of PAs.[17] Most toxicity studies used purified PAs, ignoring the potential protective effects of co-occurring nutrients present in the whole plant. This suggests that studies using purified PAs probably overstate the health risks associated with comfrey extracts or the whole plant.
0tyugh a écrit :Je me sens un peu comme un "climato-sceptique" à te répondre Sebcop, mais je trouve que c'est... Insuffisant pour conclure à la toxicité per se de la consoude.
0tyugh a écrit :Si tu me trouves biaisé, merci de dire où, parce que je m'en voudrais :x
Non mais des fois?!!!... Y a pas pire aveugle que celui qui ne veut pas voir comme disait ma Grand-mère!
0tyugh a écrit :On le sent bien la génération XXI ; on ne peut quasiment plus se faire un savoir par soi même tant il y a de choses écrites sur le sujet. 0_0
Malheureusement, comme tant d'autres choses, on est réduit à faire confiance plutôt qu'à se faire son opinion qui est trop coûteux en temps et en energie, au fond
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- 1/2 cup soy sauce, plus more for seasoning
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Sriracha hot sauce
- 1/2 cup chopped green onion
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced into 1/2-inch-thick slices
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
- 5 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 (8-ounce) package cellophane vermicelli noodles (also known as mung bean or glass noodles)
- 1/2 pound snow peas, ends trimmed, blanched
- 2 carrots, halved lengthwise, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices on the diagonal (about 2 cups), blanched
- 3 cups broccoli florets, blanched
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- Salt, for seasoning
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions
- 1 cup cooked edamame
- Chopped peanuts, for garnish
In a medium bowl, combine soy sauce, hoisin sauce, 1/4 cup sesame oil, vinegar, Sriracha, green onion, and garlic. Slice chicken into 1/2-inch thick slices on diagonal and add to bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.
Remove chicken from marinade.
Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a wok over high heat. When oil is very hot, add half the chicken and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Remove chicken and set aside on a platter. Add 2 more tablespoons vegetable oil to wok and repeat with remaining chicken.
Add chicken, ginger, and chicken broth to wok. Push chicken to the side and then add noodles, cover, bring to a simmer, and cook until noodles are softened, about one minute. Remove lid and stir to combine. Add snow peas, carrots, broccoli, and crushed red pepper. Cook, stirring as needed, until everything has cooked through and liquid has been absorbed, 6 to 8 minutes longer.
Drizzle in remaining 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil, if desired, and season with salt and soy sauce, if necessary. Garnish with green onions, edamame, and peanuts, and serve immediately.
Recipe Details
- Source: Emeril's Table: Asian Noodles
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View From the Top: Webster University thought leaders tell us what's trending now
Mar. 27, 2013
We're asking our deans, faculty, staff and other thought leaders from throughout the world of Webster to tell us what's happening in their area of expertise. We'll feature these thoughts and predictions regularly on the website.
School of Communications Dean Eric Rothenbuhler takes a look at the trends affecting the communication and media industries.
- Mobile media andsocial media will continue to generate most of the excitement, while legacy media will make most of the money.
- Content providers that can use multiple means of distribution to generate multiple streams of revenue – through sales, licensing, royalties, retransmission fees and other means – will be in an especially envious position.
- In the area of communication education, smaller, more flexible schools will have a strategic opportunity as attention, students and rewards flow to good new ideas. Being big, old and famous won't yield all the advantages it used to.


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No more "armor class doesn't matter" classes.
No more jumping puzzles; this isn't Mario Brothers.
No more vertical mazes like Dry Top, Silverwastes, and HoT.
No more aggro-every-square inch like PoF (ANet needs to figure out what "challenge" means; that's not it).
No more story mode with horrible idle animations and female characters with breasts so large they should fall over.
No more spawning mobs on top of players or immediately behind the focal point of the camera (ANet needs to figure out what "challenge" means; that's not it).
No more instantly respawning mobs players have just killed (ANet needs to figure out what "challenge" means; that's not it).
No more in-game store where you MUST buy perks and gear or you will very definitely be a second rate player.
Lots of "no more's"...
Then, maybe -- just maybe -- a GW3.
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Personally I would like to see all four of the original Guild Wars games re-invented using modern programming, modern mapping and basically creating it out of the tools the game makers have at the moment because at the moment the original game feels 'lacking' compared with the far superior Guild Wars 2. I want to play the stories suggested of the GW2 game, I want to visit those lands before and during the Charr invasion. It would be a glorious way to introduce Guild Wars 2 to new players by allowing them to play the original games - in a new format. I appreciate the effort involved in doing something like this, but so much lore is there to be explored that so many of the players I meet (and have met in the last five years) are completely unaware of.
I've been playing since the betas, and now we're what over 4 years in, it's starting to feel a little samey. I think I'm almost done with GW2 now, and looking for the next game. If a GW3 is on the cards, it'll go right to the top of my list and I'll be waiting to join the betas asap; so roll on GW3!
I played GW2 for a year or so and went back to GW1. I vote for GW3, see if they can beat the original.
No. Gw2 has potential to continue for a lot of years with new content.
YES, GW3 will be 250 years in the future where Abaddon is the ruler of the world all the known continents and extra unknown continents.
Graphics are fine... I'm not sure what is wrong with 2...
I feel that the better the graphics in a game, the more it lacks in other areas.
I would play a text only guild wars if it had a fantastic story and content.
its ultimately about money. Would Gw3 bring be more profitable than Gw2. They wouldn't shut down gw2, though most likely they wouldn't be making new content for it either. Its 6months after the expansion release and it seems PoF is not doing as well as HoT did. And here's the challenge how to bring in more players and keep existing players happy? they released Gw1 in 2005, and Gw2 came out 7 years later. so gw3 is possibly in the works.
The release of Gw2 made arena net mega profits. Why wouldn't they try that again??
Personally I hope there is a gw3, that would be kool. However it would be at least 5 years away.
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I have too much invested in this account to switch to a new game. If GW3 happens, it will be without me.
Yeah, I don't think I'd switch either. That's the thing about MMOs people get invested in them and don't really want to switch to a new one with far less content, even if it's a sequel. In that respect the main competitor for GW3 would be GW2.
The way WoW works would be better, incremental graphic upgrades to the existing game.
No, they should develop GW2 the same way it is being done with WoW. It's a good game, and can have many patchs and expansions. Also, i don't believe new MMO's today would have the same success they had in the past, plus the main target would be people who played GW2/GW1, which would be on average in their early 30's.
No, I am not moving again, look at what we lost that we loved from gw1 to gw2. Only our names transferred. IF gw3 becomes a thing it should only be if EVERYTHING from gw2 gets transferred over. gw2 imo still has tons they can do not to mention we have seen how they can expand the world map so it has plenty of room to just keep growing and adding new playable races (TENGU!!!!, Kodan, Jotun, Ogre, Grawl, Skritt...etc...etc..) more mounts, new weapon types...etc...etc...etc Guild Wars 2 FOREVER or Die!
At some point.
The game needs a new more versatile engine, that can only be achieved by making a new game.
It's not needed. Instead of putting all that money into developing a new game, they should instead invest in overhauling the game engine and bringing in support for modern hardware. Any new content or ideas they could put into a new game can be added to Gw2 via expansions.
As a gamer, I wish for a new game....Who wouldnt? But as a economist, I find it hard to believe that it would be worth it, the reason Gw2 was so popular, was because their innovating gameplay, they simply created something new, more alive. It felt like a single player game inside a multiplayer game.
But now, 5-6 years after the games release, many of its competitors have simply done the same, and the game is going to a more hardcore heavy grind system, where only players looking for a way to waste time is joining. If I was not part of the game back then and gradually gained all the "new" gear/setup max out you can get, I would not have joined in now, all the 10 star reviews or the 9 star all evolves around the things Gw2 used to be, realistic in the way you move attack/look (everyone used to look somewhat like what I would expect in that world, but basically looks like a power ranger now), innovating based on the world living and your not just part of a train mill you have to do, you can jump in and do w/e without stopping signs everywhere etc. This of cause, can not remain for long.
If they somehow create a game, that also is somewhat innovative, and "realistic" towards what is capable (like if a big cow, had the ability to go stealth, he would not be able to teleport around 9 times like in a Dragonball show" then it might be a success, but I highly doubt that, which would mean it would be ignored by many reviewers that did make Gw2 a success, and even if they do review it, I guess it would fall with Wildstar. Even though it was Gw2, just more grindy, people did not like it.
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In my opinion, there shouldn't be a GW3. Why? Because GW3 would separate players too much. Some would be playing GW2, others GW3. All innovations should be implemented to GW2 and then everyone could play the game at their own pace. Of course, they could do that if GW3 is released, but honestly, I don't see a point in GW3, just because GW2 is a great game on its own and it has a lot of potential. People complaining about graphics? Come on, graphics shouldn't be an argument in an mmo when the core game itself with all of its expansions is great.
This is what happened when they went from GW1-->2 . Lots of people still play gw1 and will be the same about 2--> 3
I think they should also NOT do mobile gaming. Please god no. I get the business behind it , but please no.
I made a far bigger investment into thid game and would hate it to be all just blown away like that. Because when you log in , no one around anymore, you trying to solo dragon stand or something hahah. I know that my investment will wash someday but gw2 has the potential to go for the long run ^_^
Why are we having this discussion now? No is my answer and it will continue to be my answer until development on GW2 stops. And when that day comes (which will hopefully not be for another 5 years at least) I would rather ANet not make yet another MMO sequel. I love the world of Guild Wars and I would love more games set in Tyria, but I would prefer something different. Ideally a co-op RPG experience. Something that can be more timeless than the transient nature of full blown MMOs.
Unlikely to happen anytime soon imho. To justify another sequel they would need to come up with a new engine that would offer a significant jump in terms of both gameplay and graphics, something that cannot be done by simply refining the current one as they've been doing.
I don't think Anet has that kind of technology right now and even if they did, releasing a "next-gen" game right now would probably be futile as your average gamer's PC wouldn't be able to handle it.
I mean, just imagine what hardware it would take to run a game with FFXV's graphics for example while having 40+ player's on screen at an acceptable framerate.
We're just not there yet.
after wow 2
I want a GW3, eventually. I want them to finish wrapping up the stories of GW2; the elder dragons, the missing Gods, etc. Then I would like a GW3 set maybe, 300-400 years in the future again. In a magicka steampunk future. Lions Arch is now a Megalopolis, Air Ships are how everyone gets around. Basically Rata Sum and the Black Citadel had a love child and the Sylvari and nature lovers are pushed to the edges. I imagine it being Divinities Reach sized x10 and all sorts of stories involving corporate espionage and what not. Then you could actually live up to the moniker of "Guild Wars"; you form player guilds that provide the Lions share of your income via control and trade. IE you form an "Iron Guild" and you with your guild fight to control the local Iron mines in a region you set up in. The more tightly you control it and the more you upgrade it the more money you get paid out on a daily basis. Put in some blocks to encourage "Tall" guilds vs "Wide" guilds so everyone has room to play. Obviously leave looting and market trading as an income source for those player that like that but Guilds that actually provide a tangible benefit would be awesome. The end game could be the usual raiding and progression coupled with fighting the various power that be; Governments, NPC guilds, etc that try to rein in your guild. You'd have a whole guild eco system where wealthy trade guilds support the existence of mercenary guilds in order to defend against or target other wealthy trade guilds. That would be my preferred GW3. You then can allow for really freedom of play. A player could be a "sky pirate" and raid player and NPC guilds. Another player could be a "bounty hunter" chasing down NPC pirates or PC pirates (there's some PVP for you) expanding your Guild mine, or lands or whatever by securing and clearing new areas and/or protecting it from NPC threats would be a big part of PvE on top of any overarching story Anet wants to include (your usual nation toppling dramas). Hostile take overs of opposing guild resources would be the WvW replacement. Especially if you encouraged Guilds to form Consortiums or Trade Unions so the 10 biggest Guilds on a server work together to fight the other biggest 10 or what have you. Going back to what I said previously, as long as you put in checks and balances and various blocks to encourage "Tall" focused guilds vs "Paint the map own everything guilds" you could have plenty of room for everyone to play regardless of how little they want to PVP.
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Should the GW series continue with an entirely new sequel? Or should GW 2 simply continue with expansions?
Since your OP has been edited after my initial response, a new response is in prder:
I wouldn't mind if GW2 continued on forever with expansions (and some better policies in certain departments), but there would need to be engine adjustments: performance optimization and proper hardware utilization (!!!), and texture and model improvements some time in the future.
If they have no desire to revisit Cantha and all that awesome lore they won't get my money...
I would like to see GW3 eventually, in the sense that I'd like to see this setting's world and lore continue to expand and develop. GW is the only mmo franchise I've ever really gotten into! And of course I'd love to see GW evolve with the times and update its mechanics and graffics in a 3rd flagship game someday.
However I think we're several years away from that, and I'm perfectly happy to stick with GW2 until whenever Anet decides it's time to move to "GW3."
I think GW2 still has a lot of years left in its lifespan, even if the graphics become outdated over time.
No clue what I'd want in GW3. I don't want it to stray too far from high fantasy genre (and become an entirely sci fi or steampunk world). But it might be cool to see Future Tyria, or even some of the continents none of the GWs games have explored. Otherwise it could be neat to go back in time to the infamous "Guild Wars." For a game named after it, it's bizarre how we never experienced it firsthand. XD
Yes,but i saw some companies waiting for death of their current popular mmorpgs, they simply try to make as much as money they can i hope Anet isnt that greedy cause if you do it after your mmorpg is death or when your mmorpg is still satisfying for gamers you simply fail, so timing is critical i believe...
doubt gw3 will ever happen.
but at the same time, i cant see gw2 moving forward much either.
so who knows....
all i know is... ill be sad if gw3 comes out and make all the hours i put in gw2 go to waste because the game will close/be empty..
The transaction from GW1 to GW2 was insanely major.
I can't imagine how great of a game GW3 would be.
I think it might become the best MMORPG in existance.
The poll says when the time is right and i totally agree on that. I also believe that now isn't the time to BRING OUT a gw3.
I think its the right time to take it in conciderance and make it like in a 5 year plan or something.
In my opinion there should be like one more expansion like in 2019. So there is like a triology of expansions and then maybe come with a GW3.
Thats my personal opinion on it. But the idea of a GW3 coming out would be really really awesome.
I also want to thank the creators of GW to listen to the player base and making this awesome game.
If you compare it with other MMORPG's GW2 has the greatest improvements thru the expansions i love how they bring more and more char uniqueness in the game thru story and elite spec customisation. GW2 does a great job in balancing the classes also (you might not agree with this but please play WoW and tell which is more balanced (PS: i am still playing WoW on a daily basis, and if you are able to tell me about afli warlocks and shadown priests not being OP right now)
I even believe that GW2 might be one of the greatest balanced games out right now and i also think thats because of you are able to change your build in the game and choose what build suits you best.
GW2 became my favorite MMORPG because there is also so much to do end game and its all really rewarding, pvp, WvW, map completion, dungeons, raids, fractals, world bosses, crafting its all so rewarding and fun (unlike WoW where you have to do mythics and raids to get good gear no other options). You can really choose which way you want to go and thats what i love i can log in in the game and say oke today i want to do WvW, or maybe some PvP or maybe some map completion, or let me train my crafting so i can make legendary, or maybe i want to do some story quests, or i need some more mastery lets go for that etc. Its really really good, sorry comparing it with WoW again but when i log in WoW i know that i MUST do raids or mythics to get gear, which i dislike a lot.
So great job and thanks for everything!
There shouldn't even have been a GW2
Anet got things right the first time.
If they give us Cantha and a massive overhaul of...everything really. I've been buying expansions for this game, and I'm still holding out some hope for lore/story etc. But a 3rd iteration could be interesting. They would need revenue for that though.
Yes. And they should charge a monthly subscription-fee to support regular and substantial development/expansion... No more of these ""expansions""" you wait three years for that bring 4 days of new content.
i voted other cause if u see WOW its like a brand new game every release... u can do better then that tho just add proffesions maby? races and classes with expasions and maps... u kinda did that already and ppl will get de-attached if it comes a brand new game with all the stuff they have done... thats what WOW is doing right by continuing on the same game ppl have attached to theyr charecters and they can do new stuff with them, its an MMORPG its supposed to take alot of time and adding stuff is good not make a whole new game
My only concern is the old engine and whatever they use to code the game which has been equated to "spaghetti code" and that it will not only limit Anets ability to make changes or innovations, but also make changes happen at a really slow pace.
Expansions just prooved to me that gw2 cant be the game I wish it was in the first place. I think the "trinty" suppression was the bigest mistake ever made, and I think Anet kinda admit to it by giving some classes support specialisations, but its too late since there are basic things you just cant do in this game like targeting (this game is all about zoning). Also the amount of CC the absence of castbars, all contribute to have a very confusing pvp in wich is hard to feel in control and also give that limit of 5 players. I have the feeling that even in a game like overwatch that is mainly an FPS I can cooperate more with my allies than in gw2 (and dont get me wrong I know there is cooperation in gw2, it just doesnt feel right to me, like runing behind allies to spam a zone healing or packing into a corner to do a combo)
So yes I really wish for a game, that would keep all the good things that were brought by gw2 like dodge/jump/exploration/craft but that would be much closer to gw1 general gameplay (bring back gvg!).
We still haven't touched housing and mini battles in GW2,aka there's still a kittenbuttload of money to be made here.
I don't see why they would consider a sequel,not unless they got their hands on technology that would enable them to create content they can't create on their current set up.Otherwise a new game is pretty much pointless even from a player's pov.
Id like guild wars Next.
Keep gw2 running and replace the engine when needed. The art, storytelling are good. They need to refine weapon sets to make them viable.
GWN would be a different genera. Make it a lobby like gw1, but make it a builder so players have a building toolset and can design maps and quests themselves. Endless content generation, and people could even make the browsers they like for their own maps. Win, win.
I don't want a new game, but I understand that it's likely the only way to bring the runaway powercreep back in line given Anet's history of reluctance to nerf significantly overtuned skills/classes.
Damage needs to be roughly half of where it is now, but the playerbase just wants big numbers over balance, just like in WoW.
There's a 95% chance I'll be warned for this post, regardless of what it says.
I'd probably take a GW 1.5 over a GW3. I enjoy GW2, but in my opinion it has already went a wee bit too far on it's vector from GW1. Since 'GW3' implies a continuation of progress, I probably wouldn't play something like that.
I want my build flexibility, the M:TG level complexity, the theorycrafting, and the actually difficult content.
At this point Guild Wars needs a serious upgrade. Specially graphics engine. I still can't understand why FFXIV or TESO works so much better on my PC (60+ fps at max detail) and Guild Wars 2 at mid detail has serious frame rate drops. Guild Wars 2 should make an engine that use the graphic card as well, less cpu use and more compatibility with more stuff. I mean my laptop with NVIDIA 630M works better than my PC with NVIDIA 770.
Another thing. ArenaNet should think about what content includes in game and expansions. Make good dungeons (no more bosses that allows to be killed by "stack all here and destroy them")... As I've seen in fractals they can do it and they know how to do bosses with enjoyable mechanichs... come on, do it more like them!!. Add content that the most hardcore players needs more than 2 weeks of training and casual players needs 3 months or more to down them.
ArenaNet with Guild Wars combat system you can do bosses almost like God of War... do it!. Add more variety of sPvP modes, take a look other mmo combat modes... think on how was Guild Wars 1, think about builds variety of Guild Wars 1 and GW1 sPvP. You can do a great mmo... I don't know if it can be done by a Guild Wars 2 upgrade or need to be done at Guild Wars 3.
I think that GW2 graphic engine can be fixed to works fine and have a decent performance. ArenaNet just think one thing: GW2 should perform better than MGSV, FFXIV, FFXV, TESO on same PC, since GW2 have lighter graphics.
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If its a corpg (multiplayer game) like the first game yes. With fresh modern mechanics and interface ofcourse. If its an mmo, not so interested. Slowly getting tired of zerging with too many people in the openworld instead of together with a more compact band of players. It takes out the immersion out of everything.
MMo genre is dying people wants shooters
if i can transfer my character(s) progressions to GW3 and have the same items etc... yes! I want better graphics!
Anet: give us in-game customizable human NPC companion please
Please, no more balance changes, or at least reset our gears so we don't have to waste gold changing gears every time.
Please have option to not receive bloodstone dusts, empyreal fragments, dragonite etc
As long as they invest enough into GW2 developement, it should be fine for at least another 5 years.
After it has served its time, who knows, but I feel we will never see Guild Wars 3.
I really don't expect a GW3 any time soon. I wouldn't mind a sequel eventually, but having one just for reasons such as wanting new races, new regions, or what have you, is not the greatest of reasons for making a completely new MMO. That's exactly why expansions exist. Creating a new MMO and maintaining it is neither an easy nor cheap task. I know GW1 is still running and being partially maintained by a small team, but I'm not sure GW2 would be sustained on a split team, with resources being split between GW2 and GW3. As has been repeated throughout the thread, if they were to make a new MMO it would need to be with significant improvements/changes, such as an engine overhaul; a significant change to the mechanics; other stuff that can't be fixed with a simple patch, or be put into an expansion.
I see people commenting that 5 years is already too old, and it really baffles me that these people think that MMOs have lifespans as short as that. I'll just say this; MMOs are not your franchise games that get crapped out annually, to make a quick buck, and you can't judge their lifespan in comparison to those games. MMOs are made to last, otherwise the developers would be haemorrhaging money.
We need a GW 1.5 with new graphics engine new map new story but same mechanincs, 8 bar skill GvG Arena Heroes' Ascent Heroes etc. It was a better PvP game and also a better PvE World and Story
I went with no to GW3. I see no reason to make a game this old any harder on my computer. Not buying a new pc so I can play a 5+ year old game...
GW1 was around for like 10 years before GW2 showed up.
GW3 isn't happening for another eternity.
Nah. I jumped into GW2 solely because of GW1. GW1 was such a game changer and was so much fun to play that I was for sure going to continue with GW2. And I did. However, as much as I like playing GW2, it doesnt have the same impact on me as the first game. The main thing that still draws me in is the lore and the nostalgia from the original game. The current state of the game/balances just left me scratching my head. It's just so meta heavy and the devs not doing anything much to change that.
I also voted for a new start, because I have the feeling that we are in a similiar situation as in the end of GW1 - where the devs have tons and tons of new ideas but are hold back by old tech and old design philosophies that changed over time. For example:
Long Story short, the game has evolved, but is held back by decisions made with past design philosophies. A new Beginning would solve this problem.
I said "Other" because I'm missing the "Yes, they should've started already on that" option. I'm a big fan of GW1 and not so much of GW2. So a GW3 sounds great to me because I'd like to see an updated Guild Wars game that is more to my liking than GW2.
"In my experience, if you can't say what you mean, you can never mean what you say. The details are everything." ~ Minister Durano
Let's solve all these dragon thingies before wanting anything of the sorts, no?
Praise Joko!
They better. Game is getting stale, and their expansions bring less content than a $10 dlc for any of the Souls series.
I voted other. It's hard to explain, but I have been with the GW franchise since the beginning of Prophecies. I remember Drok's runs, 55 UW farming, and trading miniatures with other players. When GW2 came about, I was there with them. I remember trying to decide which race to be, and being disappointed that I couldn't put Norn cultural armor on my diminutive human. I have seen changes (good and bad) and I have chewed through content that has kept me busy all these years. Face it... 2005 is a long long time ago. I just don't know what GW3 would look like. Truthfully, I'm not sure I want to know.
expansions is the way. a new game will render obsolete the prior.
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Hello Good People who read this blog
If you go back in time to my earlier entries you will find some interesting stories about Notting Hill in the 60s and 70s and also Anti-Media activities in the 80s , bits about the gigs before Club Dog etc….
However I have been having problems with technology and the Dave Russell interviews being repeatedly deleted .
Therefore I have re-issued part one of this interview on Youtube. It's the first time I have ever done anything like this so don't expect miracles!
Enjoy ! and to read onthe background to the things mentioned in this interview go back to my previous post called
Notting Hill and the Arts 1967-1972: an interview with Dave Russell – Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Gong and more…(Episode One)
This was written back in the winter of 2007 and the weather today is about the same.
here is part two of the interview for more information go to my previous post
(Episode two) Notting Hill and the Arts 1967-1972: an interview with Dave Russell -Psychedelic rock bands, Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Ralph McTell, Davy Graham, lightshows, poets, and drug-taking in a crypt
Part two
Part Three
of the interview below please see this post for more details:
(Episode Three) Notting Hill and the Arts 1967-1972: an interview with Dave Russell – Jazz, Psychedelic Rock Bands, Poetry, Frestonia, Release and Pete Brown's Battered Ornaments
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Tenketsu (点穴, English TV: Chakra Points, Literally meaning: Pressure points) are simply nodes from which chakra can be released. There are 361 tenketsu in the body, each one a checkpoint on the Chakra Pathway System. Though ninja use chakra regularly, very few ninja possess any great control over their tenketsu. Even jōnin are only capable of releasing a small amount of chakra through their hands or feet to increase the power of punches, jumps, or kicks. For the Hyūga clan, whose entire fighting style is based around manipulating the chakra pathway system, controlling the tenketsu is a regular matter.
Neji and Hiashi Hyūga in particular have demonstrated the ability to use [[Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven] expelling chakra from all 361 tenketsu simultaneously in order to guard and repel enemy attacks. The Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms closes sixty-four tenketsu.[1] Though not explicitly stated it is logical to say that the Hyūga clan (and Neji independently) calculated the exact tenketsu that would be required to shut down an opponent's combat ability, leaving them without the strength to even use taijutsu let alone ninjutsu.
This attack is not lethal as a lethal blow can be accomplished with one strike by attacking the tenketsu linked to the heart.
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- For the real world equivalent, see Pressure Point.
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I like fog. Always have done, I know it's a bit of a nuisance when it comes to motorways/isolated moorland and wotnot but I get the same feeling in fog as I do when I get into bed, in an oblique way of course as in many respects they're diametrically opposed, one is freezing water and the other soft, warm and dry… anyway, I was riding in this morning through the fog, which was rather lovely for reason mentioned, when I came upon a small car with one of those dangling signs in the rear window for the purposes of supplying trivial, and in this instance, infuriatingly trite information with an undertow of smugness to any poor sod unlucky enough to cast an eye upon it.
The sign said 'Little Princess on Board'.
'Little Princess' is indicative of this fucking dreadful Jordan/Spice Girl/ Paris Hilton world in which we now exist, itself a monstrous dumbing down of the female that encourages this whole 'my shit don't stink' attitude on the one hand and pro-misogynist, slutty thinking on the other. But what really got my goat was that the slogan was printed on a tiny pink t-shirt, the mother (that decided she was going to announce to the world she was carting about one of those vomiting high-heeled footballer throwabouts-to-be) clearly felt that a basic sign wasn't good enough for her little bastard, oh no, she thought a tiny pink fucking t-shirt was somehow 'classier'.
At the next set of traffic lights I looked through the car to examine the atrocious arsehole driving. A girl who couldn't have been a day over 17 was swishing her hair furiously in the drivers seat and glaring at her visage in the mirror pausing only to adjust her features with various cosmetic devices. The lights went from red, to orange to green and still she was pissing about with her head. I tooted my horn to alert of this rather important light-change fact and she ceased preening, stared in the mirror at me before realising the lights were telling her to go, other motorists started honking she waved an apology. I gave her the finger.
Pleasant evening last night, met up with Frank for a pair of ales (well, it was Tuesday…) and made supper on my return, a simple meal of baked potato with tuna melt, coleslaw and corn with Myfwt. We watched About Schmidt, which we both rather enjoyed, the end upset Myfwt somewhat, her dad is in hospital at the mo and it triggered a few relative emotions.
Yesterday afternoon I procured a new set of clippers for my bearded face and undercarriage, which, if left un-pruned, begin to resemble Brian Blessed. This morning I undertook the delicate act of pollarding my clockweights and I'm pleased to report the clippers were a good buy and the results more than clement. Following this I washed my hair, I'm only mentioning this because I never wash it in the morning as it (used to) take(s) too long to dry. But the recent haircut allowed me to wash and partially dry my hair before shoving my barnet into my crash helmet. By the time I arrived at work my hair was dry and looking all messy and cool and shit.
I'm sat here feeling all vainglorious with clean hair and a shaven bag and subsequently feel perfectly preened.
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I'll mark the grim moment that Google Reader was "powered down" by pointing to some love for RSS.
Love of RSS, of what it allows and represents, means it will still continue to be relevant, even without being mass market, perhaps because it is not mass market.
As Robin Sloan says in a comment on his own post:
I like the idea of "directing a post to your RSS readers," which is what Russell did [here], and sort of what I did with this too, I suppose. I think for a while we thought RSS was just, you know, an Alternative Delivery Mechanism. Nope. It was totally a selector… a kind of sorting mechanism for readers, correspondents, allies.
I've just finished reading Feed at the moment (recommended in a tweet earlier this week from Robin Sloan, as it happens). It is a nightmare-like science fiction story, where everyone has the web wired into their brains – the feed. The web is owned by a few corporations and has created a culture of mindless consumption that has dumbed most people down to near-moron level.
Google Reader's end and the swing of the pendulum to closed from open web we see everywhere – from privacy scandals to APis being shut down all over the place – implies a trajectory that ends in a world like that book.
I'm for an open, de-centralised web: a commons – that's where the greater good is to be found. It's where we can own a bit of the web, wield a little of the power – lots of it in aggregate.
Of all the web media that I use, my blog and my RSS feed are the only bits I completely own. I own the URL, the data, the copyright.
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(Miami, Florida) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released a resolution on May 19 supporting marriage equality. At a meeting of the 103-year old civil rights group's board of directors, the organization voted to support marriage equality as a continuation of its historic commitment to equal protection under the law.
"The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure the political, social and economic equality of all people," said Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of the NAACP. "We have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law."
"Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law. The NAACP's support for marriage equality is deeply rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and equal protection of all people." said Benjamin Todd Jealous, Former President and CEO of the NAACP.
The NAACP has addressed civil rights with regard to marriage since Loving v. Virginia declared anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional in 1967. In recent years the NAACP has taken public positions against state and federal efforts to ban the rights and privileges for LGBT citizens, including strong opposition to Proposition 8 in California, the Defense of Marriage Act, and most recently, North Carolina's Amendment 1, which changed the state constitution's to prohibit same sex marriage.
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The NAACP Constitution affirmatively states our objective to ensure the "political, educational, social and economic equality" of all people. Therefore, the NAACP has opposed and will continue to oppose any national, state, local policy or legislative initiative that seeks to codify discrimination or hatred into the law or to remove the Constitutional rights of LGBT citizens. We support marriage equality consistent with equal protection under the law provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Further, we strongly affirm the religious freedoms of all people as protected by the First Amendment.


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I was as busy as furious bee yesterday, for some reason everything needed doing at once, and in between all of this I spent a good deal of time having an online conversation (with a bloke called Earache whom I've linked to on the right) about the Guardian's top 1000 albums. Entertaining it may've been but it was a right load of old bollocks with some dreadful emissions, no Dead Kennedys, Marilyn Manson, Mudhoney, Butthole Surfers… (but Girls Aloud and Rachael Stevens were in???) I really could go on but there will be enough listing on today's Piqued, it's Friday after all.
However, there were a few surprises (Space Ritual by Hawkwind, for example, which was let down by the balls written about it) and one in particular which I've posted as today's guest youtube link. Listen to as loud as possible after taking drugs; it will utterly blow your head orf.
Just discovered a long blonde alien hair in my beard, pulling a long blonde (any colour actually, I'm no racist) alien hair out of ones beard feels almost as enjoyable as a ruddy great poo, but I digress. Last night I met up with my bro at Clapham Common tube following a small altercation with London Transport when my Oyster card split and there was no fucker to let me through the barrier. My bro was privy to my yelling at a gesticulating man behind a screen, who I couldn't see because I wasn't wearing my bins, desperately, apparently, trying to corral me to another barrier.
We arrived at the pub in good cheer, if a little frustrated on my part and imbibed Guinness whilst discussing the wonders of wanking. Shortly we were joined by my bros mate, Andy, where the conversation took a turn for more fruitiness, that's right, prior to my having to leave hurriedly at 8 in order to get back and get supper on. I'd planned (line caught) smoked cod on steamed leek and broccoli with a mustard and spring onion sauce and was running out of time before Myfwt came back.
Of course the meal was a success, and we cheerfully shoved Cava down our faces whilst watching River Cottage Gone Fishing on 4+1 after we'd eaten. The evening passed rapidly over a conversation and a few tabs, and a G&T before bed.
There will be no Piqued on Monday as I'm off to Birmingham with dad to visit the International Motorcycle Show, in the evening I'm, and I can't believe I'm typing this, off to the fucking Ballet. It's a work related thing that I can't refuse, the only consolation to this awfulness is that Myfwt is coming and she's rather excited about it, being a girl and all that.
So, Tuesday then, dear reader. In the meantime, have a jolly good weekends (except the people that find themselves reading these hallowed words after asking to see something unspeakable. You don't deserve to read this; you deserve to be shorn of your genitals).
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News from the world of Maths
This year's Abel Prize has been awarded to Yves Meyer for the development of an incredibly powerful mathematical tool.
The maths behind music has inspired software that can merge faces.
To celebrate international women's day we bring you some favourite articles from the last year that have been written by (or with major input from) women.
Patterns in a 87 million-year-old rock formation suggest that our solar system is chaotic.
The Nobel Prize winning economist showed that no voting system is perfect.
A new study suggests that monkeys have a basic grasp of probabilities.
Physicists have discovered evidence that our Universe might be a giant hologram.
Write an article, make a movie, or do a multi-media presentation to explore the world of maths and win prizes! Competition is open to 11 to 19 year-olds.


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Welcome to ICTD
Welcome to the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2012) hosted at the Georgia Institute of Technology, March 12-15, 2012, Atlanta, Georgia USA. ICTD2012 is held in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGCAS.
ICTD2012 has now come and gone and we can only call it a real success. We were amazed at the quality of papers, posters, Open Sessions, demos, keynotes and the lively intereactions among all participants. Thank you!
A recap video is available here. Plenary session streaming videos are available here. Also the proceedings are already live in the ACM Digital Library.
ICTD is the world's premier conference examining the role of computers and communications in social, economic and political development.
We had an exciting and dynamic program slated for the 4-day conference. On Monday, March 12th, and Thursday, March 15th, attendees chose from more than 50 Open Sessions (panels, workshops, and more) and 29 demos presented by practitioners and academic institutions from across the globe. In addition, joint with the co-located ACM DEV conference, David Kobia, Co-Founder and Director of Technology Development for Ushahidi, gave a keynote speech on Monday. On Tuesday, March 13th, and Wednesday, March 14th, ICTD 2012 we offered a slate of 38 peer-reviewed papers in plenary and poster presentation. We were also pleased to welcome the Honorable Omobola Johnson, Minister of Communication and Technology, Federal Republic of Nigeria as keynote speaker on Tuesday.


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The portable sports-camera market is a hotly contested battleground with dozens of contenders entering and leaving the fray every year. However, there are but two major competitors at the top of the heap: GoPro and Contour.
Contour's latest HD camcorder, the Contour+, is a professional-level bullet camera that packs in every trick in Contour's book, including GPS location technology, smartphone connectivity via Bluetooth, and an established rail-mounting system. It also brings a few new tricks in the form of an HDMI output, a microphone input, and a higher-quality, superwide-angle lens. But is all of this worth the premium price that Contour places on the Contour+?
At first glance, the Contour+ under its new brushed-aluminum chassis appears to be identical in its hardware to previous-generation Contour sports cameras like the ContourHD. However, closer inspection reveals that there are more changes to be found.
At the business end, for example, the ContourHD's dual aiming lasers have been omitted to make room for the larger lens and premium optics of the Contour+. Additionally, where the ContourHD models featured a recessed lens, the Contour+ has glass that is mounted flush with the bezel. Perhaps this is to better accommodate the new F 2.8, 170-degree superwide-angle lens (up from the old 170-degree FOV) without vignetting. However, we felt that the flush glass was now more vulnerable to scratches than the old recessed glass. Fortunately the Contour+ ships with a rubber lens cap. Also, where the rotating lens assembly on previous ContourHD models only allowed 180 degrees of twisting articulation, the Contour+ spins 270 degrees. This means you can mount the camera in almost any orientation, even upside down, and be able to twist the lens to level.
The Contour+ also gains some new connectivity technology, some of which debuted on the ContourGPS. On the unit's top edge, the record switch now features a large hump that houses a GPS receiver for recording the unit's latitude, longitude, elevation, and speed, as well as a Bluetooth receiver that can be used to connect to a smartphone.
Along the lower edge of the unit, there's a new 2.5mm input for an external microphone. This is useful for recording commentary, interviews, or just more specific sound than the Contour's omnidirectional microphone normally captures. The microphone input is hidden beneath a rubber cap when not in use to preserve the unit's water resistance. A short 2-inch microphone extension cable ships with the device.
On the back, there are a few new inputs as well. Joining the standard Mini-USB connection is a new Micro-HDMI connection that allows the Contour+ to output video to a display or external capture device via an included HDMI connection cable. The unit cannot, as far as we can tell, play back recorded video through this connection. Further differentiating the Contour+ from its predecessors is a new mechanical rear door hinge that replaces the old soft rubber flaps that were prone to tearing off. The rear door also gains a pair of removable rubber caps for the HDMI and USB connections, so you won't have to completely open the back of the camera to access them. The rear power button and indicator lights for battery and storage status are unchanged.
Behind the new door is the same microSD card slot (a 2GB card is included) and removable lithium ion rechargeable battery. There's also a mode switch for choosing between two user-configurable modes. Contour's Connect View iOS interface card is included with the Contour+ and preinstalled. (For the ContourGPS model, this card was a separate purchase.)
The Contour+ features the same rail-mounting system as the rest of the lineup, so it is compatible with all of Contour's mounting accessories for helmets, handlebars, suction cups, rollbars, and surfboards. There's even a Picatinny mount for attaching the camera to an assault rifle (or paintball gun). In the box, the Contour+ ships with two adhesive rotating mounts and one adhesive low-profile mount.
Storyteller software and smartphone Connect View
The Contour+ has four video recording modes, a still photo capture mode, and an array of options for each.
Full HD mode captures 1080p (1,920x1,080-pixel resolution) video at 30 frames per second. Tall HD captures at an odd 960p (1,280x960-pixel resolution), also at 30fps. Original HD steps down to 720p (1,280x720 pixels) at 30fps. Finally, Action HD also captures 720p but at 60fps. All of these modes are for the NTSC standard, but the Contour+ can also be set to record PAL video in 25fps and 50fps increments.


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By Elizabeth SheanIt's late on a Tuesday morning. Mom's CAREGiverSM, Jessa, has finished giving Mom and shower and now has moved on to a few light housekeeping duties. One of these is running a mop over the tile floors of our little casa.In my home office at the other end of the house, the bracing scent of pine-tinged ammonia reaches my nostrils. I inhale deeply. I love the smell of most cleaning products, and even more so now that Mom and I cohabitate in close quarters. This is the one day a week that my house smells fresh instead of smelling like...well.If you hadn't guessed by now, I'm going to talk today about a somewhat taboo subject: bathroom odors.
Why talk about something so delicate? A couple of reasons. First, I think it's important for caregivers to shine a light on the tough topics. It brings relief to be able to say, "Yes! I feel that way, too, but I hesitated to say anything."Second, I want to point out that some of the most stressful issues surrounding caregiving aren't the big ones. Sometimes the small things bring large consequences.When I took care of my dad during the final seven months of his life, I became aware of how difficult it was to keep my house from smelling like a medical facility. As Dad's dementia got worse, he became incontinent. And no matter how diligently I tried to clean up after him, once even a small amount of urine soaks into a piece of upholstered furniture or a mattress, it's nearly impossible to remove it. By the end of Dad's life, my house retained an unpleasant, acrid odor that took months to go away.And so, when Mom and I downsized I was vigilant about fighting this particular battle. Mom's bathroom directly adjoins the main living area, and while she is not incontinent, her bathroom doesn't offer great ventilation. Nor is she used to spraying air freshener after using the facilities. It's not something she has ever done, and she frequently forgets to spritz. So, despite my best efforts, there's already a certain dusky odor that hangs in the air of my house at all times. I'll be honest: It's embarrassing.In fact, it's so embarrassing that I've yet to entertain friends in my new place. I'm worried about how I would cope if, in the midst of my dinner party, Mom needed to spend time in the bathroom. The ensuing odor definitely could put a damper on anyone's appetite.I've read about
caregiver isolation in the past, but I always thought about it in abstract terms. I envisioned isolation resulting from the sheer time investment caregiving requires. I never thought about bathroom odor as a cause for isolation. And yet I'm living that very scenario.When I moved into my new house, I pictured myself hosting cocktail parties and informal get-togethers. I saw Mom mingling with the crowd initially and then retiring to her bedroom to close the door and watch TV. It sounded idyllic.Now I realize none of that is going to happen. I can't imagine I'll ever be comfortable inviting friends over when there's the constant possibility of bathroom odors infiltrating the living areas. It's disappointing, but I imagine I'll live through it.
I've tried using different types of air fresheners, but Mom says they make her sneeze. At the moment, the main respite we get from the resident smell of bodily odors is when Jessa mops the floors every week. Who would have thought such a simple act could improve our quality of life so much? One more reason to be grateful to have a professional caregiver.
Home Instead offers free monthly newsletters with tips and advice for caregivers of elderly loved ones. (Privacy Policy)


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I have been using instagram for about a year now and I'm constantly inspired by the photographers I follow. One I want to share with you now is Bex Finch. If you have ever seen the hashtag #fromwhereistand, she is where it started. I thought her work was beautiful, but it wasn't until I saw this video that made me really understand and appreciate how she approaches her work.
You can view her work on instagram as @bexfinch.


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Clay Pigeon Shooting for Groups in Leeds
What's Included
- Hold and fire shotguns
- Receive expert one to one coaching
- Variety of shot options
- All equipment included
- Friendly competition between the group
- Rare chance to fire a live weapon
Clay pigeon shooting is a popular birthday party idea, where you'll get the opportunity to fire rounds from a real deadly weapon. Don't worry its safe and a total buzz you really need to feel. A Leeds Clay pigeon shooting birthday party is suitable for everyone on the birthday party activity, as full supervised tutoring is on hand, so you can be sure to hit that clay at some point during the day. This game can be very addictive, so be warned.
The Leeds birthday party clay pigeon shooting starts with a full briefing to ensure you handle the shotguns correctly and you'll receive some guidance throughout the shoot. Clay pigeon shooting is a great way to experience something new, while creating many memories, there's not a better feeling than hitting your first fast flying clay.
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Native or not, this doesn't change anything to the fundamental problem: in the facts non-open-standard-based document formats owned by a commercial company. Whether they port their suite or not, still a big no-no.
No announcement yet.
Microsoft Looking At Office For Linux In 2014
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And no it won't be open sourced but only zealots care about that. The rest want to use office and would gladly to that on linux if it were available.
2. "The rest want to use" Since we are a world of black and white and you have kindly told us what the crazies want, everyone else MUST want to do what you want to do. Wherefore art thou Generalisations?
Originally posted by t0ken View PostExactly. I'd welcome a Linux port of MS Office. If it sucks, hey I still have LibreOffice. I love having CHOICE to use whatever fits my needs, not what someone else thinks I should use.Last edited by newwen; 06 February 2013, 08:02 AM.
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But I do fear Richard Stallman jumping on this and his army of idiots following him to do whatever is necessary to thwart Microsoft's plans.
Your babbling is just SPAM without any relevance.
I'm sure RMS beat you in any tropic in a nano-second.
but go one write bullshit no one will ever try to stop you.
Linux has already won the battle for the Desktop. I have been saying this for the last 3-4 years. It is clear to all of us who follow the trends of technology.
It may not be clearly visible NOW, but it is inevitable that Linux will become the defacto OS for desktops a few years in the future. Microsoft can't compete. It was clearly demonstrated when they spent so much money in Vista and they still released a crappy product no one wanted. They cannot keep the pace, they need more and more money to provide some noticable improvement while the no cost alternative keeps getting better and better. The truth of the matter is that there is no need for Windows anymore. Only inertia keeps them in their position for the time being.
Seriously, what was so much improved in Vista, 7, and 8? After 12 years since XP, what is the real progress? 7 only tweaked the window manager a bit and 8 replaced the Start menu with a Gnome Shell-like alternative, that is all. All other improvements are so minor they are not even worth mentioning. Other "improvements" between versions are artificial, for example no IE 10 for Vista etc...
So Microsoft will do the smart thing, and embrace Linux and GNU, instead of hopelessly fighting it. They can make much money through Office and .Net if they are smart. Windows is a dead horse, it is to their best interest to let it fade away. But this will happen gradually. It will be a slow process, but this is how things will turn out in the end.
One of the reasons of poor linux adoption was that it didn't support office. Now maybe, hopefully, it will. If you consider this to be bad just because it won't be open source then you are a zealot. No generalization. Just defining the term. Thus I defined a way to spot a zealot. He's against office on linux. Office on linux will be good for both microsoft and linux. But I do fear Richard Stallman jumping on this and his army of idiots following him to do whatever is necessary to thwart Microsoft's plans.
(if "consider this to be bad" then "zealot") Thus ("zealot" is "against office on linux")
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Originally posted by Tinuva View PostActually that have been done before in the past, there was a IE 4 Linux version 1.0 or something, but as quickly as it appeared, it disappeared again. Sadly I can't find a link now but it was there a few years ago.
Originally posted by timothyja View PostRubbish. The core code would have been reused and only the GUI would have been written from scratch.
If your going to make such clearly wild claims please at least attempt to provide some evidence.
It has incompatibilities with Windows office using the exact same doc format both are supposed to fully support - how do you explain that if the common code, ie format support, is shared?
Updates for it take much longer, sometimes years longer, than those for w32 office.
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Originally posted by curaga View PostThey are not wild claims, they are common knowledge for everyone who's used Office for Mac.
It has incompatibilities with Windows office using the exact same doc format both are supposed to fully support - how do you explain that if the common code, ie format support, is shared?
Updates for it take much longer, sometimes years longer, than those for w32 office.
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Another phone post from my Blackberry.
Having fun walking the nature trails in Crabtree Park, Cary, NC. Found this cache in a gnome hole at the base of an old oak tree. Nice half mile walk. The real funny part was the initial choice of direction when we started. Geoness said left and I said go right and off we went.. Sure enough our half mile hike in the woods would have only been about 15o feet if we went left first. We both laughed when we realized it but then agreed that the hike was so very nice.