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HOUSTON - Since November, 2010, three Carnival cruise ships have caught fire, lost power and drifted without propulsion, Local 2 has learned.
"I thought I was watching a documentary about the Carnival Splendor which ignited off the coast of Mexico back in November 2010," said Jim Walker, a maritime lawyer, after watching initial coverage of the Carnival Triumph's recent woes.
In February 2011, an onboard fire crippled the Costa Allegra in the Indian Ocean. The ship was so heavily damaged it never returned to service. It is now slated to be scrapped. Costa Cruises is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation.
While the engine room mechanical failures in the three incidents do not appear to be related, critics believe a pattern of pushing employees and equipment beyond reasonable limits could lead to eventual catastrophe.
"If there is a problem with the U.S. commercial aviation fleet, the fleet is shut down. You don't have anything comparable in the cruise industry," Walker said.
The U.S. Coast Guard can and does inspect cruise ships though announced inspections, but enforcement ability is murky water. The overwhelming majority of cruise ships are registered in foreign countries, and those countries have jurisdiction when it comes to fleet oversight.
"They've avoided taxes and they've avoided regulations. The safety of these ships resides with Third World countries," said Ken Carver, founder and president of the International Cruise Victims Association.
In December 2010, the United States Coast Guard issued two marine safety alerts widely believed to identify major failings with the Carnival Splendor, which caught fire a month earlier. The documents do not specifically reference any ship by name. (Read attachments here.)
"Essentially, it was a decision to not embarrass the cruise lines by putting the name of the ship," Walker said.
The price tag for cruise ships that require emergency assistance at sea is both expensive and shouldered by taxpayers.
In 2010, aid from the USS Ronald Reagan to Carnival Splendor cost $1.88 million, according to government documents obtained by Local 2.
Local 2 Investigator, Joel Eisenbaum, sent the following questions to Carnival Corporation.
- Did Carnival in part or in full reimburse or plan to reimburse the federal government for aid and escort services (provided by the USCG andUSN) in either incident. If so, what amount?
- Did Carnival fix Carnival Splendor deficiencies as noted in USCG Safety Alert 10(a)-10 and 10(b)-10 dated 12/21/10?
- What assurances do passengers in the future have that a similar or perhaps more catastrophic incident won't occur in the future, given three Carnival Corp cruise ships have caught fire and lost power since November 2010?
Carnival sent the following response:
"Throughout Carnival Cruise Lines' 41-year history, we have maintained an excellent safety record and the safety and security of our guests, crew and vessels have always been our top priority. Emergency situations, such as fire, occur very rarely and our crew are highly trained to manage any situation that may arise. Carnival Cruise Lines' ships comply with all relevant maritime and cruise industry rules and regulations. Each Carnival ship is fully certified by a flag administration and classification society, and those organizations audit every ship in the fleet at regular intervals.
"Carnival Splendor had an explosion in a diesel generator. Carnival Triumph had a fire in the engine room. These were two very different events and we have no reason to believe that they are related. After the Carnival Splendor fire, we made a number of changes throughout our fleet.
"Carnival Triumph is currently undergoing a detailed damage assessment in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard, National Transportation Safety Board and the Bahamas Maritime Authority to determine the cause of the fire and we will apply the resulting findings.
"Regarding your question about the U.S. Coast Guard's assistance, the USCG would have to address the level of aid they extended but in situations such as this, traditionally, this is one of the many valuable services the U.S.C.G. provides and we greatly appreciate their assistance."
"Hope this is helpful. any questions, please let me know."
Regards, Vance Gulliksen, Carnival PR
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It was a long way away from California for the San Jose Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy, who met for MLS Cup 2001 on a dreary Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.
Theirs was a rivalry that was supposed to have existed since the start of the league, but it had really just begun to flourish in 2001.
The Quakes and Galaxy were not only natural geographic rivals, but the two clubs had battled on every front during the course of that season. After several years of futility, the Quakes were finally competitive, and they were giving LA a run for its money.
Even though San Jose had triumphed in the two regular-season meetings, the Galaxy won the Western Division title by two points in a season cut short by the terrorist attacks of September 11. LA had also eliminated the Quakes on PKs in a thrilling U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal. Could the Galaxy do the treble on San Jose and capture their first MLS Cup?
Los Angeles had the experience (three previous MLS Cup finals) and the big-name players (Luis Hernández, Alexi Lalas and Cobi Jones, to name a few). They also scored the first goal in MLS Cup 2001 on a quick transition, which Hernández finished off in the 21st minute.
But San Jose had a difference-maker of its own. American soccer's golden boy, Landon Donovan—who had made his return to the United States earlier in the year—was the quickest to react to a ball in the box, leveling the score two minutes before halftime.
The second half was ruled by a tension that mounted with each minute as the score remained deadlocked. Both teams were visibly nervous and cautious, and that approach spilled into extra time. Only a moment of brilliance could prevent what seemed like the inevitable conclusion: penalty kicks.
In his first season in MLS, former A-League player Dwayne De Rosario showed he had that special play in him. Throughout the year he displayed flashes of magical technique that made the 23-year-old Canadian stand out. However, it was not enough to earn him a starting role at MLS Cup 2001.
With five minutes remaining in regulation, San Jose head coach Frank Yallop brought De Rosario into the match to see if he could catch lightning in a bottle. Although it didn't happen during regulation, De Rosario would repay his coach's confidence six minutes into the first extra time period.
"Before I went into the game, Frank said to me to go out there and win it," De Rosario said. "I had the one-on-one situation and I decided to take it."
That situation came against Galaxy defender Danny Califf on the left corner of the Galaxy box. De Rosario took him head-on, forcing Califf to retreat while converging toward the middle. He then picked out the far right post and nailed the sudden-death winner with a curling shot that beat goalkeeper Kevin Hartman.
WATCH: De Rosario's game-winning goal.
"In a cup final, you have to be mentally ready above everything," DeRosario said. "He thought I was going near post, so I pulled it back over and saw an opening and decided to take it."
The worst-to-first run was complete for San Jose. For the first time that entire season, the Earthquakes had come back from a deficit to win a match. That 2001 triumph would only be the start of a special run for San Jose and its fans. In Los Angeles, where they failed to bring home the cup on their fourth attempt, the monkey on the back was beginning to weigh heavier and heavier.

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Blovski wrote:If anything, the change to B2P in general makes this comparatively stronger. Similarly, his mana regen on a bloodstain and mana potion bonus gives him a big advantage in mana spiking at the end of the game, which is what B2P is really useful for.
I think you'd just need to play with slightly different preps to the usual crystal-balling deathmonster which was the current metagame bloodmage.
Out of interest, what would people say the current 5 frontrunners are for sub supervicious stuff?
I mean, Rogue, obviously, but after him? (I'd go Bloodmage, Wizard?, Assassin, Tinker?, Vampire?)
This certainly applies to a fully prepped Blood Mage, but I could see a purist BloodMage struggling a bit.
Purist Bloodmage naturally can't make up for his weakness as good as a fully prepped one, so he has to rely more on B2P during his early phase. However, relying heavily on B2P early on costs him much of his lategamepower and extra resources, which is pretty much all he is about.
Also, him being better at using B2P than other classes (right now, he only has more resources for it - but he doesn't use it better) would fit the "T3 are king with their own glyph" thing better. Yes, he has the bloodpools, but I see them similar to what the bonus dmg of the warlord is ; they supplement and give him an incentive to use his glyph rather than making him better at it than other classes. Though, in all honesty, that is more nitpicking about details.
Regarding the vicious thing: Not sure, but what about Warlord? He's always been good at being ridicoulous.


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Statement by Dr. Shirley Charter,
Commissioner of Social Security,
February 21, 1996
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
Thank you for the opportunity to submit a statement for the record addressing the effect that the absence of a budget agreement is having on the Social Security Administration.
I believe this Committee recognizes the important role the Social Security Administration plays in the lives of millions of Americans. The funding level approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee for FY 1996 attests to this; in the current environment, it represents a substantial commitment to the agency. At the $5.7 billion level approved by the full House and your Committee for SSA's administrative base, SSA would be able to avoid the deterioration in service that would occur from continued operation at the current rate.
Given the service demands on federal agencies today, it is critical that we do not slow up our aggressive automation plan for the agency. Although your Committee did not approve as high a level of funding for our automation efforts as the House, your actions demonstrate a commitment to our plan, which offers the best avenue for providing higher levels of service at lower costs in the future.
Service Deterioration at Current Funding Levels
In the absence of a budget agreement, SSA has managed to operate under the current rate provided in the continuing resolution by implementing a nearly total hiring freeze of federal and state positions, leaving the agency unable to replace significant losses in critical areas; severely restricting overtime to critical health and safety needs and only the highest priority disability and hearings workloads; delaying contracts and deferring purchases of supplies and equipment. These actions have enabled us to operate at the current rate so far, but they will have long term consequences if SSA is forced to continuat the current rate for the year. For example:
- Disability applicants will wait an additional month beyond their current wait of almost three months for a response to their initial disability application; applicants who request a hearing will wait at least 12 months. This eliminates the progress we could be making at your Committee's funding level;
- Access to SSA's 800 number will be reduced because of our inability to replace staff losses and reductions in overtime, resulting in a reduction in answering capacity of more than two million calls;
- More than two million actions related to work SSA performs after beneficiaries become entitled to benefits, such as recomputing benefits for individuals who continue to work, or processing their overpayments, will backlog;
- SSA will not be able to fill vacancies in local offices, creating critical gaps in service; as many as I ,000 federal and state positions would be left vacant;
- SSA's modernization efforts for field offices and hearing offices will slip, delaying installation of new systems equipment and technology by a minimum of one year;
- SSA's new Office of Inspector General, cr ated now that SSA is an independent agency, will not be able cover investigations and handle the full scope of investigative work for all parts of the country, such as following up on cases if fraud is discovered by SSA offices or outside sources.
Furloughs and Office Closings at Reductions Below Current Levels
All of this will occur if our funding is maintained for the rest of the year at the current rate specified in the continuing resolution which expires March 15. The question of the impact of a 10 to 15 percent reduction from the current rate has been asked. The impact on SSA would be devastating to our employees and the public we serve.
A reduction of 10 percent from the current rate would mean furloughs for all of SSA's federal and state employees for 35 to 40 days. A 15 percent reduction would mean a 50 to 55 day furlough for federal and state SSA employees. We could be forced to close down all of our office.including field offices, hearing offices, teleservice centers, headquarters and processing centers, from April through September for one to two days per week. The workload backlogs and service deterioration resulting from this would be unprecedented.
Let me say once again that Iappreciate the ongoing support this Committee
provides to the Social Security Administration's programs, its employees, and the public we serve.
Iwould urge you to consider the consequences outlined in
this testimony as the Congress deliberates the next steps in providing FY 1996 funding. Thank you
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Hello, friends!
Our Sneak Peek post is a special one this month, since I've got the ultimate pleasure to introduce you to our new CASE Study DT members!!! We are very proud and happy to have them with us, so please join us in welcoming these lovely and talented ladies!
In May of 2008, I moved to New York from the Philippines to marry my college sweetheart and best friend. I used to be a practicing Veterinarian back home and am now a vet assistant at my husband's animal hospital. A year after I settled here, I asked my husband what Michael's was. (Paper crafting isn't really a big thing back home.) Instead of explaining it, he SHOWED me. Oh my goodness, I was like a kid in a huge toy store! After that trip I tried out scrapbooking. I wasn't completely happy with it though. But in January of 2010, I found the wonderful world of card making and blogging. I've stopped scrapbooking and am completely into card making now-a-days. I haven't looked back since! :)
Hi, my name is Julie Smith (hobbywoman on SCS) and I am soooo excited to be a part of the CaseStudy DT. I am married, have 2 teenage boys, and work full time selling insurance. I started out stamping many years ago…dabbled in that a bit, then did some scrapbooking, and eventually came back around – full circle to stamping again. I'd say it's almost an obsession at this point! When I have free, time you can either find me in my stamp room or surfing the internet looking for inspiration to stamp something!
Hi my name is Melyssa Connolly aka croppixie. I live in Harmony (I love saying that!), Nova Scotia with my husband and 14 year old son. I've been drawing and doodling from the time I could hold a pencil. I started scrapbooking about 10 years ago.
About 5 years after that I discovered digital scrapbooking and never looked back! Well that is until 3 years ago when I started card crafting. Now I have a new use for all my scrapbook supplies! I'm currently on the design team for Whimsie Doodles and The Greeting Farm. I cannot wait to start creating CASE study cards! I'm always looking for inspiration and Case Study is a perfect place for that. You can always find me in my craft room with a stamp in one hand and a tea in the other or visit me on my blog at www.fantastink.blogspot.com
At the same time, we hope that you'll stop by Carole's blog, who's unfortunately no longer with us, and thank her for sharing her extraordinary talent and personality with all of us!
Cindy's time as a CSC Designer is soon coming to an end too, we wish her all the best in her future endeavours.
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Any ideas?? Guess away!!
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- Eating peachesGetting your kids to eat healthy, nutrient-rich foods is a struggle you'll probably go through at some point if you haven't already. Between the barrage of advertisements starring junk foods to the many phases of childhood eating (only peas one day and then no peas for weeks!), guiding your child on the lifelong path to nutritious eating can be confusing and frustrating. Here are seven tips to help your entire family choose nourishing foods and to eat them in a stress-free, fun environment.1
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1. Lead by Example
 Remember when your baby was still on a liquid diet, and she would sit at the table, looking enviously or curiously at your plate (and your mouth) at dinnertime? Well, she's still watching you, so set a good example - cook new dishes and include ingredients that might not be your favorite either. My parents are not fans of beets so I never even tasted them until college. Tastes are always evolving so show your kids that you have a sense of food adventure, too.

 It's often hard for kids to separate why something is okay for Mom or Dad, but not for them. Take one for the team and give up your soda or post-dinner ice cream sundae habit and try replacing it with something healthier. Our family generally avoided checkout line tantrums because my son had no idea what was inside those shiny candy bar wrappers.

 Big brothers or sisters can be helpful in enticing younger, pickier kids to try something new. Likewise, having a dinner playdate with a peer who is known to be a "good" eater can also have a positive effect on your little one.2
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2. Refuse to be a Short Order Cook
 Your kid is not going to starve if you refuse to make her a grilled cheese sandwich on white bread. Again. Nutritionists and pediatricians agree that making a separate meal for your child that features only his or her "greatest hits" isn't doing anyone a favor. And no one has ever gone through grilled cheese withdrawal. Don't expect that your child will eat everything you give them, but give them a variety of healthy options and then let them choose. It's simple, and you can spend the time you would have spent cooking them another meal, doing something fun together like coloring or staying a few extra minutes at the park. Set them up for success by giving them something you know they like and then let their bellies guide them. Of course, we make exceptions to this rule occasionally, such as when I'm cooking spicy food (which many little ones have a hard time digesting).

 For older kids, encourage them to personalize their own meal: Offer dipping sauces, ketchup, hummus, salsa, etc. Have them test the sauces and condiments to see what they like best. In our house, a little sprinkling of vegan cheese works like fairy dust: The cheese as well as anything it makes contact with disappears!3
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3. Make Veggies the Main Event
 Let's be honest. Those naked, lonely stalks of steamed broccoli thrown on the plate aren't fooling anyone. If vegetables are treated as an afterthought, kids sense it. My family is vegan, so vegetables are usually the stars of the meal by default. If you aren't vegan or vegetarian, you can easily incorporate veggies into the main component of a dish -- think pot pie, lasagna, soups and chilis. The kids are still getting to eat their favorite foods, with an extra nutritional boost.

 Veggies are not second-class citizens. When well-meaning parents coax their children to eat "just one more green bean" before they can have dessert, they send the message that vegetables are something to endure, not enjoy. Check out some of the amazing cookbooks out there that focus on vegetables, from high end tomes by Alice Waters of Chez Panisse to very kid-friendly cookbooks from Molly Katzen.4
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4. Get Kids Involved
 Depending on your child's age, this approach can look very different. Starting a garden, even just a tomato plant, is a great way to get your kid excited about growing his own food. Being a part of the "seed to table" process is very empowering for kids, and they are much more likely to try something that they've literally had a hand in growing.

 If gardening is not your thing, take your children where there is fresh food a plenty. Farmer's markets are an awesome place for kids and their parents to explore. Allow them to pick out a new fruit or vegetable to try each week. They won't all be winners, but everyone (including Mom and Dad) may find a new favorite. You can even make a game of it with their kids: How many kinds of tomatoes do they see? How many different colors of fruit are in season? Even a trip to the grocery store's produce section will work the same way.

 And don't forget to include them in the actual cooking. My son loves being a "taster." He doesn't know the difference between basil and cilantro, but he loves shaking, stirring, and adding flavors to our dishes and then testing the final product. Make kids feel like they're a part of the whole cooking process (even if it's just pressing the "on" button to the blender). A possible side bonus: They may gain appreciation for all the work that you do.5
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5. Explore Other Senses
 If your child refuses to even take a bite of something, don't push -- it'll just become a battle of wits and it's important for children to have control over their appetite. Instead, ask them what it smells like, if its shape reminds them of anything, even what it feels like. Even if no morsels pass their lips, they are developing a sensory palate that will eventually serve them well. You can make this into a game, too. Some foods (such as potatoes and cauliflowers or ricotta cheese and blended tofu) mimic each other in texture or taste. Try swapping them out in old favorites and see if kids can taste the difference.

 Letting kids play with their food is a controversial topic, but one worth exploring. Teach them that throwing food is not okay, but that trying new ways to eat is encouraged. Maybe mixing up pickles, blueberry jam, and cornbread will taste good to them. Especially at younger ages, experimentation and exploration are huge parts of learning. So relax and try not to comment even when their concoctions make you lose your appetite.

 Exploring food outside of dinnertime can often be less stressful and more fun. Books such as Lois Ehlert's Eating the Alphabet and Growing Vegetable Soup are colorful and appealing as well as educational. Likewise, Amy Wilson Sanger's adorable board books feature different cultural food traditions, which include Yumyum Dim Sum and Let's Nosh. Out-of-the-house excursions can include trips to berry patches, orchards and working farms.6
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6. Get Your Global Groove On...
 …in your kitchen and out. Dining out can be stressful for parents, but it's often worth it, both as a break for the family chef and as an opportunity for your family to get a glimpse of the tastes and traditions of diverse cuisines. While restaurants may add more salt or oil than you would generally use in your kitchen, the trade-off is that kids will have a chance to sample new and authentic cooking preparations and ingredients.

 Look for casual restaurants that seem kid-friendly and ask seasoned parents for suggestions -- we've had great luck at Ethiopian restaurants where kids eat to eat spongy bread and other tasty veggie dishes with their hands, and at noodle shops where food is usually cooked quickly and a fish tank or other colorful decorations are on hand to keep little ones entertained.

 If eating out seems like more trouble than it's worth, bring the world home with you. Have your kids plan a themed food night. Put on mariachi music, make or buy a piñata, and try out a new recipe for veggie quesadillas and homemade salsa. The dinner table becomes an inviting place when there are flowers (paper or real) on display, and everyone is sporting sombreros.7
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7. Be Realistic, but Imaginative
 Your little man or lady is unlikely to go from eating chicken nuggets and French fries to scarfing down edamame and brown rice overnight, but there are some things you can do to ease the transition.

 Make it fun: Put banana eyes and a maple syrup smile on those spelt pancakes. Get them laughing, and they will try something new much more happily.

 Keep trying new ways of preparing a certain food: They may not like carrots when they are sauteed but will love the sweetness and richness that roasting adds. Even varying the temperature at which a dish is served can really change how it tastes. Cutting new foods into small pieces is also helpful-they can nibble something that looks a little strange to them, and the smaller bites blend in with more familiar tastes.

 For super picky eaters, more extreme measures of deception might be in order. See Jennie Lyon's recipes for sneaking veggies into smoothies. Books such as The Sneaky Chef and Deceptively Delicious have received a fair amount of backlash by parents who feel that "hiding" vegetables in food is sending the wrong idea. While I have been lucky to have a generally adventurous eater (who happens to love broccoli and who went on a pickled onion spree around his first birthday), I still use some of these recipes from time to time. I'm not hiding anything (especially since he's there when I'm cooking our meals), and I'm all for any way to get more servings of fruits and veggies into our diet.

 Finally, don't give up! What kids may hate this month could turn into their favorite food next month. Just continue providing an array of healthy options and let them explore the wonderful world of food.8


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One in two small and midsize businesses (SMBs) have no recovery plan in the event of a network outage, data loss, or other IT disaster, according to a study released Tuesday by Symantec.
That represents an increase from a similar study Symantec conducted a year ago, when 47% had no program in place. Small businesses -- defined in the report as firms with between 5 and 99 workers -- may be at particular risk: 57% have no disaster recovery plan. 47% of midsize companies with between 100 and 1,000 employees didn't have a recovery process in place.
"Obviously, at a high level, SMBs are still not prepared for disaster," said Bernard Laroche, senior director of SMB product marketing. "From our standpoint, it's not good news."
Of the firms without a disaster recovery plan, 41% said it had never occurred to them. 36% said they intend to implement one within the next six months. More than half (52%) said they don't think computer systems are critical to business -- that translates roughly to one in four of all of the businesses polled.
"This is probably the most shocking revelation of the survey," Laroche said. "That's pretty alarming."
Symantec's 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey included 1,288 businesses worldwide with between 5 and 1,000 employees -- as well as 552 customers of those companies -- across a broad range of industries. A "disaster" could be anything that causes an outage or data loss, whether natural or human-made. The new findings arrive in spite of a different Symantec report, published in June, that showed SMBs are increasingly fearful of online threats and data loss.
The businesses polled experienced on average six outages during 2010, with the top reasons given including cyberattacks, power failures, and natural disasters.
Those outages are expensive, according to Symantec's data, to the tune of $12,500 vaporized from the business' bottom line per day of downtime. Customers of SMBs also feel the pain: Outages at their SMB vendors cost them $10,000 per day, and 44% said they have had a smaller vendor temporarily shut down because of a technology failure. 29% of the customers in the study said they have lost "some" or "a lot of" data owing to a vendor's disaster.


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Go Healthy. Go Asian!By Cecilia H. Lee
Asia is a huge continent. Lucky for all of us, this means a plethora of ingredients with a wide variety of delicious tastes. The distinctive seasonings, herbs, and spices used in everything from Chinese stir-frys to Vietnamese spring rolls means not having to rely on high fat and high sodium for flavor.
Asian diets are considered among the healthiest in the world. That's why people who live on the Asian continent have lower rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other health problems than their American counterparts.
The main component of a typical Asian meal is usually rice or noodles—with plenty of soy, fish, beans, nuts, and seeds as protein sources. Meat, poultry, and eggs are used more sparingly; they're generally not the focus of the meal, which is rounded out by a generous amount of fruits and vegetables.
Whether sweet, sour, spicy, or savory, bring the flavors of Asia into your kitchen for a palate-pleasing meal.
Herbs and Spices
Curry-lovers will appreciate that turmeric (the beautiful yellow spice that gives many curry dishes their color and flavor) isn't just delicious—it also purportedly has healing properties. Turmeric is said to be good for your digestion, your heart, and perhaps even your brain. Many of the other spices used in Asian cooking—like cumin, cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom—are also claimed to have health benefits. Ginger and garlic are wonderful antioxidants. So feel free to add generous amounts of these seasonings to your dishes.
It's simple to add Asian flavors to your salads. Sesame oil and toasted sesame seeds go a long way toward adding a bit of nuttiness to your dressings. Round things out with some rice wine vinegar and some low-sodium soy sauce and toss with your favorite lettuce mix, snow peas, water chestnuts, chunks of papaya and mango, some grilled
You may be thinking about those grease-laden fried dishes found at Chinese fast-food restaurants. Instead, what I'm talking about are crisp, colorful vegetables flash-cooked in a nonstick wok or frying pan. The nonstick surface requires very little oil, making this a great way to cook your seasonal vegetables and lean meats. First, preheat your wok over high heat, then add some ginger, garlic, and onions or shallots. Next, cook your meat or seafood. Then toss in vegetables like carrots, eggplant, or zucchini, followed by faster-cooking vegetables like spinach, leeks, mushrooms, or cabbage. To finish, toss everything with a bit of soy sauce, vinegar, hot sauce, sesame oil, or whatever flavoring you want to add.
Soy and Tofu
Soy is a major source of protein in the healthy, low-fat Asian diet. Foods like tofu, tempeh, or edamame (whole soy beans) contain isoflavones, which have been shown in some studies to help stop regular cells from mutating into cancer cells. Foods that contain soy may also help lower cholesterol and are a great source of iron. More and more soy products are being introduced into the market, but just eating plain tofu (which takes on the flavors of any sauce it's cooked in) or tossing a handful of edamame into your stir-frys can be a great way to start putting more soy into your life.
The beauty of Asian noodles is that there are so many varieties available. There are wheat-based noodles like udon, which are wonderful in soup on a cold day. Soba noodles, made of buckwheat, are rich in protein and can be eaten hot or cold, in soup or even on top of a salad. And glass or rice noodles, though high in starch, can be the basis of a low-fat meal. Just stay away from fried noodles, ramen, and those instant noodle packs and cups, which are high in sodium and fat and loaded with MSG (monosodium glutamate).
It's not just the foods most Asians eat that make for good health; even the beverages they drink on a daily basis—often tons of green or black tea—can be healthy too. Teas can help lower cholesterol and act as a mild diuretic, which helps flush the body of toxins and free radicals that can cause heart disease. Green tea is also said by some to have cancer-fighting properties, as well as helping you maintain good breath to boot. Plus, like black tea, it's an antioxidant. So drink up!
Although you may not think "dessert" when you think of Asian food, there are so many great ways to add a delicious finale to your meal. Grill some pineapple rings or spears, or slice some mangoes and serve them with a bit of sticky rice covered in coconut milk. If you have an ice cream maker or even just a freezer, simple sorbets of ginger or lychee are easy to whip up. Any of these choices, or some simple poached pears with a small scoop of green tea ice cream, can provide a flavorful finish to your healthy Asian dinner.
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10 Urban Food MythsBy Joe Wilkes
There have always been rumors about food. Remember the one about the Kentucky Fried rat or Mikey, the kid from the Life® cereal commercials, who allegedly expired after washing down his Pop Rocks® with Coca-Cola®? These, like so many, turned out to be apocryphal, but in the age of the Internet, it seems like there's always some story making the rounds about a grocery item that will poison you or a food that will miraculously cure what ails you. Here are some myths we were able to dismiss.
- Eating carrots improves night vision. This rumor was apparently started by the British during World War II, after a new British radar device began greatly assisting in the shooting down of German bombers at night. Not wanting to alert the Germans of the new technology, the government spread a disinformation campaign about how the British pilots' love of carrots was the cause of their keen night vision. It spread like wildfire, and it has become a staple in parents' arsenals for getting kids to eat their veggies. Carrots are generally good for your eyes, though—studies are beginning to show a link between increased consumption of beta-carotene (carrots are loaded with it) and a decrease in macular degeneration.
- Turkey makes you sleepy. It's true that turkey contains tryptophan, the amino acid credited for the poultry's alleged soporific effects, but beef, chicken, meat, milk, and beans also contain tryptophan, and they don't seem to make you pass out on the couch after dinner. Turkey's bad rap probably comes from the famous post-Thanksgiving food coma, which is most likely induced by consuming not trace amounts of an amino acid, but vast quantities of carbohydrates, like potatoes and stuffing. Washing them down with a couple of glasses of wine probably doesn't hurt, either.
- Caesar salad was created by or for Julius Caesar. Actually, despite what they might tell you at the Olive Garden®, the Caesar salad is not Italian food. It was created in Tijuana, Mexico, less than a hundred years ago by restaurant owner Caesar Cardini, not in ancient Rome. The recipe includes romaine lettuce, olive oil, garlic, coddled eggs, and Parmesan cheese, among other ingredients, but the original recipe does not contain anchovies—another myth debunked!
- Combining Mentos® and Diet Coke® will make your stomach explode. As any YouTube® connoisseur can attest to, dropping a Mentos candy into a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke can create an effect that will give the fountains at the Bellagio a run for their money. However, despite rumors of Brazilian youths dying of burst abdomens, this myth seems to be another of the endless variations on Mikey and the Pop Rocks. There seems to be little evidence that eating any combination of anything generally considered edible will make you explode. (Although that Chinese food I had for dinner came pretty close around midnight.)
- Beware of flesh-eating bananas! Many well-intentioned people forwarded around an email not too long ago asserting that the FDA was covering up the fact that thousands of bananas bearing germs that cause necrotizing fasciitis (aka "flesh-eating bacteria") had entered the country. This turned out not to be true. A reverse rumor, that humans were killing bananas, has also circulated. This one says that due to varying explanations, like climate change or genetic modification, bananas will be extinct in less than a decade. This is also false. So eat your bananas. They're full of potassium, they won't make your skin fall off, and there are plenty more where they came from.
- McDonald's® uses kangaroo meat in their burgers. This is one that's been around since I was a kid, and common sense can answer it. While some people wouldn't put it past the Golden Arches® to put anything in their food, kangaroo meat seems an unlikely beef substitute, because it costs much more per pound than beef does. Actually, adventurous eaters might consider adding 'roo meat to their diet, as it has more protein and only about half the fat of beef.
- Chocolate milk is tainted with cow's blood. This popular playground myth claims milk that is too contaminated with blood to sell as plain white milk is colored brown, flavored, and sold as chocolate milk. Chocolate milk and all dairy products go through the same rigorous FDA testing process that regular moo juice does. However, the added sugar isn't doing you any favors.
- Aspartame causes multiple sclerosis and lupus. Aspartame, often branded as NutraSweet®, has been rumored to cause many serious diseases. While we consider the jury to be out on whether aspartame is completely safe, there have been no reputable scientific studies linking the sweetener to MS, lupus, cancer, or any other life-threatening illnesses. However, since aspartame still hasn't been on the market long enough for definitive long-term studies to have concluded, it's best to use moderation.
- Canola oil is toxic. It's been rumored that canola oil contains the same toxins found in mustard gas. Canola oil is made from oil pressed from the seeds of the rape plant, a member of the mustard family. There's actually no such plant as the canola, but it's easy to see the marketing problems that would result in calling it "rape oil." This may have been one of the reasons scurrilous rumors have circulated about this noble oil, which is perfectly safe and rich in monounsaturated fat (a beneficial fat also found in olive oil and avocados). As for the mustard gas claim, while it's true that canola oil is made from mustard plants, mustard gas is not. It's called that because of its acrid smell, not its ingredient list.
- Red Bull® causes brain tumors. Because Red Bull is a favorite beverage of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, it's easy to make a case for this rumor based on anecdotal evidence, but there is actually nothing in Red Bull that has been linked to brain tumors. The beverage has been banned in some European countries because of its high caffeine content (an 8.3-fluid-ounce can has 76.5 milligrams of caffeine, or about 80 percent of the caffeine present in an 8-ounce cup of traditionally brewed coffee), but aside from the typical health concerns regarding any sugary caffeinated beverage, Red Bull appears safe. Claims that it will "give you wings®" seem unfounded, however, and when mixed with vodka, it reportedly makes underpants disappear.
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Recipe: Spinach Stir-Fry
Here's a great vegan/vegetarian dish (depending on which stock you use) that makes a great side dish for an Asian meal. If you want to kick up the portion size, this tasty stir-fry could serve as the main course—or even the entire meal. Popeye would be proud.
- 1/2 cup low-sodium vegetable or chicken stock
- 1 tsp. grated ginger
- 1 large clove garlic, crushed
- 1 Tbsp. soy sauce, regular or low-sodium
- 1 10-oz. bag spinach
- 1 12-oz. container firm tofu, cubed
- Dash chili oil (optional)
Mix the stock, ginger, garlic, and soy sauce in a big bowl and add the tofu. Marinate for 30 minutes. Heat a wok or frying pan over medium heat. Place tofu mixture in wok and heat until marinade steams and tofu is warmed through. Add spinach and toss gently over heat until spinach wilts. Great on top of brown rice! Makes 3 servings.
Preparation Time: 40 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
|Nutritional Information (per serving)
|Fat Total
|Saturated Fat
|12 grams
|2 grams
|8 grams
|4 grams
|< 1 gram
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How circumstances can change and fate conspire to throw the future into question can rarely have been more painfully on display than this week as the Wessex League reluctantly bade farewell to Stockbridge FC after months of struggles against the odds.
While that club's loyal volunteers come to terms with the fact that they will be watching no more senior football at the Rec this season, and their future could involve a return to the Andover and District League, next Tuesday sees what should be a huge crowd at the Portway.
Andover Town take on neighbours Andover Lions in the Andover League Open Cup in front of what could be the biggest crowd at the stadium in many years.
The Robins' problems have been well documented this season but they came to a head in the week with the realisation that they would not be able to field a side to take on league leaders Andover Town at the Portway last Saturday.
With umpteen league and cup games to play and their ground waterlogged and the changing rooms out of commission due to building work on the new pavilion the committee came to the only viable, but nonetheless heartbreaking decision to pull out of the Wessex League with immediate effect.
Club president Dave Webb issued a statement which said: "Following a football club EMG last Tuesday evening, February 18, it was agreed with great sadness that the club had no option but to withdraw from the Wessex League.
A series of events that have occurred left us with no choice. The two new managers leaving the club at the end of November taking all but two of our players with them left us in a terrible predicament.
Former manager Barry Andrews set about trying to get a squad together to see us through the season - he did a great job and we really appreciate all he did for us.
However, the weather conspired against us and we have had 14 games in a row postponed and the new squad never got to play.
After this time some of the players have drifted away leaving us with a skeleton squad and we were left with 21 games to play to get through the season.
With our pitch still waterlogged and unlikely to be fit for another few weeks we could not see how we could complete our fixtures and with the penalty for missing each game a minimum of £250 we could not risk the club going bankrupt.
Added to this, because of the weather our new changing rooms that should have been finished about now are unlikely to be finished until the end of the season and at this stage of the building progress it is impossible to use one of the original changing rooms.
After taking a long hard look at the situation we concluded that it was in the best interests of everyone that we declared our position early to lessen the inconvenience to other clubs and the league.
This club has a proud 120 year history and what has happened to us hurts, especially for those of us who have been with the club for many years.
We now start the task of rebuilding a senior team with the aim to progress back to the Wessex League.
We are told the FA will decide at what level we may return next season so not much can be done on that front until we know the position.
On the positive side we have six more local people who have joined our committee which will strengthen the club as we work through the current problems.
In the meantime our four youth teams will continue to keep the flag flying for the club."
In theory the club could be demoted back to the Andover and District League, which they left many moons ago, or could be placed in either division of the Hampshire Premier League.
That would possibly put the old club on the same level as New Street Swifts, who have applied for promotion, and Andover Lions, who are looking for promotion themselves, as well as Overton United who are chasing the Hampshire League and Cup double.
Club chairman Paul Barker told the Advertiser: "It was a combination of the weather and the reality that we could not compete with an untested squad and even if we were able to put a side out it might have made a mockery of the league."
We had a long, hard look at the situation and knew that it just was not going to happen.
'Structurally the club is strong and committed to the future and we look forward to the challenge."
Football stunned as Stockbridge pull out of Wessex League with immediate effect
How circumstances can change and fate conspire to throw the future into question can rarely have been more painfully on display than this week as the Wessex League reluctantly bade farewell to Stockbridge FC after months of struggles against the odds.
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SPRING VALLEY — Spring Valley may be one step closer to gaining railroad right-of-way near the west sewer interceptor, which is needed in order for the city to build an access road to transport equipment near the site.
On Monday, the council authorized an easement agreement with stipulations with Hawkeye Land Co. for $50,000. The final decision came despite questions regarding why the city has easements for every other sewer pipe in the area, but not any for the piping near the west sewer interceptor.
After an attempt to locate easement documentation for the location, city officials weren't able to locate any paperwork associated with the property until Tuesday afternoon.
On Tuesday — a day after the decision was approved to authorize an easement with Hawkeye Land Co., Mayor Walt Marini said Superintendent of Public Works John Schultz located paperwork for the sewer line, which could possibly mean the city already has some sort of rights to the land.
Marini couldn't say for sure if the paperwork was an easement but said lawyers from Hawkeye Land Co. and Spring Valley City Attorney Jim Andreoni were working to determine what rights the city might already have based on the paperwork. If the city already has rights to the land, they could avoid the $50,000 payment to Hawkeye Land Co.
At the council meeting Monday, Marini expressed how he had gotten a bad feeling when working with a representative from Hawkeye Land Co., who originally wanted to charge the city $160,000 for the easement.
"For whatever reason he seemed to be in a big hurry, like he wanted it done yesterday," he said. "He wanted me to call a special meeting, and I had to tell him I didn't have the authority to agree to that much money and that it would have to come from the board."
Marini explained the representative dropped his price to $65,000 and then to $60,000 and ended negotiations at $50,000. On Tuesday, Marini admitted he never got a good feeling when talking with the Hawkeye Land Co. representative.
He wasn't the only one who had issues with dealing with Hawkeye Land Co. At the meeting Monday, Andreoni expressed he had concerns with Hawkeye Land Co. land agreement.
One issue in the agreement was the city wouldn't be able to expand or replace their existing sewer pipes on the property. Andreoni explained if the city agreed to spend $50,000 and then the Environmental Protection Agency was to come in and force the city to replace their sewer pipes, it just couldn't fly.
Andreoni called the agreement language "unacceptable."
Andreoni also had concerns with the legal title agreement to the property. While the easement would allow the city to have access to the road, it was discovered Hawkeye Land Co. only had a 100-year lease on the property. Andreoni said he wanted to clarify that detail before signing the agreement to get a clear understanding who exactly owned the land.
Marini reassured the city would complete a title search on the property to make sure they were dealing with the right property owners before signing the agreement.
An answer should be available at the next council meeting as to what rights the city already might have with the land and whether or not the city will actually have to sign an easement with Hawkeye Land Co.
In other news, the board:
• Approved an ordinance authorizing golf carts/neighborhood vehicles in city limits beginning Nov. 1. Alderman Jack Narczewski said he had a problem with the idea. The council voted 5-2, with Narczewski and Alderman James Taliano voting no. Alderman Mark Actis was absent from the meeting.
• Set trick-or-treat hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31.
• Agreed to waive building permit fees for St. Bede Assisted Living Center.
• Amended an ordinance that allows the city to suspend or revoke a license to sell tobacco products. The change to the ordinance reassures business owners have the right to a hearing after their license is revoked.
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Microsoft Mulls OpenAJAX InitiativeBy Darryl K. Taft | Posted 2006-05-12 Print
The software giant receives an invitation to join a group of companies working to improve the AJAX development experience.
SAN FRANCISCOHaving received an invitation to join a group of companies working to improve the AJAX development experience, Microsoft is mulling over how it might work with the collaboration of companies known as the OpenAJAX initiative.
In an interview with eWEEK on May 11, Brian Goldfarb, lead product manager for Web Platform and Tools at Microsoft, said the software giant is open to having a dialogue with the group of companies pursuing an open-standards approach to AJAX.
"The idea of open collaboration around AJAX [Asynchronous JavaScript and XML] is a great thing," Goldfarb said. "That's what we're focusing on ourselveslook at the work we've done with Atlas." Atlas is Microsoft's AJAX development framework.
Rod Smith, vice president of Internet technologies at IBM, which started the OpenAJAX effort, told eWEEK at the AJAX Experience conference here that the group extended an invitation to Microsoft based on the work the company has done with Atlas. Smith said the group extended an invitation to Microsoft not only to join the OpenAJAX group, as 13 companies did earlier this week, but also to attend a two-day meeting of the group to be held next week here.
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"OpenAJAX is definitely an interesting development, and any cooperation in the community is always goodness for developers," Goldfarb said. "Microsoft just very recently received an invitation to join OpenAJAX, and we are open to a dialogue about the best way to help developers working with AJAX."
Meanwhile, Microsoft has been represented at the AJAX Experience conference by Brad Abrams, group product manager for the Atlas team. Adams is scheduled to give a talk on Atlas on May 12.
IBM's Smith said he hopes to see Microsoft come to the table on AJAX the way the company did with Web services, where Microsoft and IBM teamed to lead the Web services standards effort.
"We saw this before with XML and Web services." Smith said. "And I applaud the folks coming to the AJAX Summit" next week, he said. "I hope what comes out is the same as what came out of the early Web services meetings," where IBM, Microsoft and others drew up an early blueprint for Web services standards.
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Jonathan Bush is a colorful, interesting personality. Rants or not most of his views are on-target but we can't compare healthcare to internet economy or companies. Internet economy came out of technology industry which is used to devour their own. Technology companies destroy each other with quantum leaps and sometime their own products are cannibalized to make room for next invention. There no vested interest in technology economy except a burning desire to out innovate the next guy/gal. We can only wish but cannot and should not compare healthcare to interest economy.
Healthcare has lot in common with education, energy and few other industries. There is a huge investment in infrastructures of these economies and with hundreds of billions of dollars on-the-line preserving status quo is critical. Simple truth is that vest interests are there to make money in all of these industries and any effort to change will meet a stiff resistance and may be blamed for destroying the noble services they provide. I am not the one to blame any one of these vested interest, they are doing what aligns with their goal of making good living. If someone wants to change it he or she has to find a way to change it.
When it comes to governments, less one says better it is. ONC spent over $250 million for Beacon projects nationally to create local exchanges. A startup like our have achieved it with less than 1/100th of it. May be ONC should use their influence to lobby and counter vested interest or get existing laws tweaked to level the playing field as not everyone has political connections like Jonathan Bush.


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At an awards ceremony hosted by the New York City portion of the Independence Party on Sunday afternoon, former White House Urban Affairs Director and potential mayoral candidate Adolfo Carrion declared he had left the Democratic Party and is now not enrolled in any party.
Carrion said he had "declared my independence," and "it feels good."
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Minutes later, when I asked one of his likely rivals, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a Democrat who was also in attendance, for her reaction, she scoffed at the idea of making such a gesture.
"I've been independent for a long time, so I'm good with it," Quinn said. "I'm 46. I've been independent for a while so I don't need any declarations."
I tried asking Quinn how she would rate Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent, in bringing about a more independent climate in the city.
She cut me off, laughed out loud and said, "Are you out of your mind, Azi? We're walking out of a holiday party. I'm not going to give you some big ... answer about the mayor."
The ceremony at the Tribeca Grill was the 13th Annual Anti-Corruption Awards, along with Carrion and Quinn, also included State Senator Malcolm Smith, a Democrat who has met with local Republican chairmen about the possibility of running for mayor on that party's line. Pollster Doug Schoen, a Democrat who has done extensive work with Bloomberg and has carved out a niche doing surveys that find a public hunger for post-partisan centrism, was also in attendance.
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The law protects obnoxious people who feel it appropriate and necessary to be as loud as possible. They play their car stereos so loud on the road below, it vibrates my trailer.
Where are the laws to protect my 9-year-old autistic daughter who is supposed to be entitled to sleep?
If these people have to be so loud, then why don't they move to a different area? Where is the justice in this? It is 2 a.m. and I have yelled at the college students next door — and it is a nightly event. And they are still being loud.
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Even though we are all so over the "fake geek girl" nonsense, this video that turns the tables on the menfolk is kind of awesome. Yes, it's all tongue-in-cheek, and all the gentlemen here are excellent sports — but there's something so awesome (and funny) about watching these guys field the annoying questions so many female cosplayers have to face.
Well done Jennifer Landa, Andre Meadow and Dr. Andrea Letamendi. Well done. We would like to see so much more of this — like a Geeky Daily Show.
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Miscellaneous ~ Aeon Genesis will be at PAX East this April# Posted on February 15th, 2012 06:27 PM by Gideon ZhiIf you´re going to be at PAX East too, you can join us! I´m going to be running a Thing in the Classic Games Freeplay Room at some point over the weekend, but I´m not exactly sure when yet. I´ll be taking questions on the process and on progress, there will be trivia, a chance to play some of our stuff on a real console, and with a little luck and some elbow grease, at least two secret projects making their debut, one of which I´m sure a lot of people will be frothing for, IF you get my meaning! I´m not the only one who´ll be there, too; Niahak (of the "Jesus: Dreadful Bio-Monster" NES translation) will be there, Excellen (SRW Alpha Gaiden translator extraordinaire) might be there, and while I can´t promise anything, we just might have MathOnNapkins, who´s writing a replacement for the Hyrule Magic editor for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
I´ll try to post details here as they arrive, but more likely than not I won´t have anything else until after the convention starts. We´re going to try to make it so that it doesn´t interfere with much similar stuff, but there´s always something interesting going on, so it´s going to be tough. If you´re following me on Twitter you´ll get up-to-the-minute news about our mini-event as it happens, too.
As for the site itself, I have updates on at least one or two other projects of High Interest that need to get posted, but I want to space out updates some, so that´ll come in the next couple of days. Enjoy the wait!
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Major Release ~ Dungeon Hacking in Cave Noire Cave Noire
# Posted on February 14th, 2012 11:28 AM by Gideon ZhiThis was a small project that was supposed to take a week at most, and ended up taking more than a month! But it´s done, thanks to EsperKnight and a host of folks each helping out with tiny bits of text. Cave Noire is loosely a roguelike; you have a limited inventory, a limited set of items, and enemies that hit very hard. It´s almost more of a puzzle game, about learning to dodge enemies rather than grinding levels and plowing through them. It´s completely translated, too; hope you enjoy it!
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Miscellaneous ~ Apologies for the silence.# Posted on February 11th, 2012 10:35 AM by Gideon ZhiTo make a long story short, life has been busy. I´ve gone back to school with a full course load for a computer science degree, and I´m still working 36 hours per week, so my free time is at a premium lately and AGTP-related stuff has been moving more slowly than I think any of us would like (myself included!)
HOWEVER! That doesn´t mean I´m giving up, oh no. There´s a lot of stuff happening in the background, some of which will be announced shortly. In fact, I have a release coming, hopefully this weekend! It´s something small I picked up about a month ago with the hope that it´d be a simple, easy, quick project. It turned out to be a massive headache and way more than I´d bargained for, but it´s been playtested and I only have one more bit to hack before it´s done, and with luck that´ll happen today.
More news soon, all willing!
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Miscellaneous ~ Hackathon tomorrow night at UMass Amherst# Posted on September 22nd, 2011 03:55 PM by Gideon ZhiIn the unlikely event that anyone reading this attends UMass Amherst, the ACM is hosting a hackathon tomorrow from 6PM ´til redeye. I´ll be there, working on... something. Not sure what yet. Here´s the website: UMass ACM
In the meantime, here´s what I´ve been working on lately.
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Progress ~ Lady Stalker surges forward Ladystalker - The Apocalypse Engine
# Posted on August 14th, 2011 09:54 PM by Gideon ZhiJust a quick update to the Lady Stalker project: I´d guesstimate that roughly 80% of the techincal stuff is done - that includes rewiring interfaces, adding asm hacks, inserting various kinds of text (though not formatting said text), and so on. There´s still some menu work that needs to be done and some text that hasn´t even gotten touched yet, but on the whole, it´s getting pretty close to being done.
I´ve added 24 new screenshots to the project page and threw a video up on youtube of the opening cinematic, which is now in English. Enjoy! More should be coming soon.
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Progress ~ Rejoice: We Like Action/RPGs Rejoice - Another Aretha Kingdom
# Posted on May 17th, 2011 05:58 PM by Gideon ZhiHere at Aeon Genesis, we´re big fans of action/rpgs, and Rejoice is an ideal specimen! Since last Friday I´ve gone through and completely hacked all of the non-dialog stuff in the game, thanks in no small part to the work of everyone on RHDN´s language board. The entire script has been reinserted as well, though it *is* prone to crashing. I´ve tossed a whole bunch of new screenshots up onto the project´s page, as well as a couple of videos showcasing the opening sequence and some gameplay. Check ´em out!
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Progress ~ I´m going to leave a quick before and after here. Ys V - Kefin, Lost City of Sand
# Posted on May 12th, 2011 07:06 PM by Gideon ZhiYou can guess which is which.
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Major Release ~ Hourai High Celebrates 15 Years - Now in English Adventures of Hourai High
# Posted on April 19th, 2011 05:50 PM by Gideon ZhiFifteen years ago today, Hourai Gakuen no Bouken was unleashed upon an unsuspecting Japanese public. It does not seem to have made much of a splash, which is unfortunate because it´s quite a neat little game! But today we honor its 15th birthday with a complete English translation of the title. I hope you enjoy playing it! (I´m certainly going to enjoy washing my hands of it!)
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Progress ~ I´m just going to leave this here. Ladystalker - The Apocalypse Engine
# Posted on April 12th, 2011 12:52 AM by Gideon ZhiMore news soon.
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Miscellaneous ~ AGTP turns... 12? I think that´s right# Posted on March 11th, 2011 06:16 AM by Gideon ZhiNot much news, unfortunately. I´d hoped to get Hourai out this week, but I´ve been bogged down by exams and assignments for school, and as such I haven´t had time to work on it at all. Sorry! But yeah, AGTP was founded on March 7 1999, which I think makes it twelve years old. So hurray!
In other news, I´m going to be at PAX East this weekend. If you´re there, you might see me! I´ll be posting some stuff to my twitter feed as it happens and I´m planning on attending the Alexander O. Smith localization panel (Friday night... tonight really, I suppose) so those are your best chances of finding me. I´m usually wearing a Kangol driving cap and carry around a ThinkGeek Bag of Holding messenger tote, though I may or may not have it on me. I´m happy to answer general questions, but if you ask me about a project that hasn´t been in my news lately, you´ll probably get a "I haven´t looked at it in a while, sorry" response along with whatever other info you can already find here on the website. See you there!
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