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Discussion in 'gaming and consoles' started by Epona, Dec 12, 2010.
Yeah, I think for all the shows etc they've basically let people play the full game for an hour.
Impossible to make a demo of a game like this. Pirate it, then buy it if it works ;D
There's a demo video on Fileplanet that I'm downloading. Ok, it's not a demo but at least you will get an idea of how it looks and plays.
You can watch it on Youtube.
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skyrim is in that list????
No it's not, and it also seems to say that several games I play happily are above my computers min specs
i realised in my craving to play this that i still hadn't played new vagas so this weekend i gave that a go and got totally hooked on it. i found it to be more engaging than fallout 3 and more fun. it is however buggy as fuck and often crashes out on me to the point where it now won't start (i'll try rebooting soon).
one of the reasons i liked morrowind better than fallout 3 was it felt less desolate and i'm hoping skyrim feel this way too with plenty of little towns and villages and plenty of NPCs to add charactor.
i'm worried that it will be a hell of a lot of trapsing around carverns and feeling lost. i have spent so much time stuck in bunkers looking at my pip boy in desperation this weekend. hopfully that clairvoyance spell is as awesome as it looks
Everyone's a critic.
By the time I've finished Oblivion this should be down to a sensible price, especially as I've got hooked on ME1 for now.
And I play games very slowly. I explore every nook and cranny, talk to everyone, creep round corners at a snail's pace, and my survival instinct is far too strong. I have to keep reminding myself that it doesn't actually matter if I die.
i just cheat. seriously god mode and debug megapistol for me. these games arn't about the shooting there are about the exploring and the storytelling
One of the disadvantages of gaming on the XBox.
i'm now playing a little oblivion. it's interesting. you can see the evolution of bethesta games
bit the bullet and got it on steam. i hope it is as good as it looks.
i've noticed that even though i don't dislike oblivion it didn't captivate me in the way fallout new vagas did. i think it's possibly to do the fact i found the characters in F:NV to be more entertaining. with the exception of the brief but excellent patrick Stewart cameo the majority of the characters feel bland and interchangeable. i guess F:NV had it easier as the tone of the game gave it a ton of pop culture short cuts to creating recognisable, memorable characters.
There are some great mods for Oblivion, Shippy - try The Lost Spires, and Kragenir's Death Quest for starters - they both add a lot to the game in terms of interesting characters and quests (and the latter adds tons of text-dialogue and quests to a lot of the NPCs in all the towns and villages, once I'd installed that I found myself actually seeking out the little villages that previously I had passed by, because I knew there would now be interesting people to meet there!) There are also a couple of highly rated mods that add well-written companion NPCs with their own story and quests, if you want some more memorable characters in the game they might be worth a look. Oh and try Belda Elysium as well, I think you might appreciate its humour, I love it - it's a house mod with quests.
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I've actually been through a bit of a "meh" spell about it for the last 2 or 3 months - simply because I find it impossible to sustain that high level of excitement for so long, so it's been on the back burner for a while, mentally speaking. I am now all excited again though, and checking steam daily for pre-load information!
I tried to get into Oblivion after loving Fallout 3 but I just couldn't get on with it, mostly I reckon cos I hate all that high fantasy nerd shit.
This one I'm a bit more excited for cos it looks like it's a grittier lower fantasy setting and I really got into Game of Thrones last year, and parts of this remind me of it.
Last round of previews before launch, which is 25 days away
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/10/17/skyrim-the-bad-vegetarian/ (there are more if you click the skyrim tag)
can anyone recommend a place to pre-order from? I'd be getting the pc version....
Sorry, only just seen this.
If your internet connection can stand the strain, I'd recommend getting it on digital download from Steam - on PC it's a Steamworks game anyway and a retail copy still needs the Steam client and online activation, will unlock at the exact same time, there's no pre-order in game content at all no matter where you order it from, and the only difference is that some retail pre-order versions have a map printed on high quality paper (unless you're referring to the collector's edition, which comes with some other tat) - so might as well go direct to the source and buy it from Steam, unless you're a map fetishist, or have a bad internet connection. They should be allowing preload of 95% of the download for the few days before release, I'll be pre-ordering when they start the preload period.
Less than 2 weeks!!!!
Edit to add: If you particularly want a retail version, Game pre-orders apparently will be with a courier ready to be delivered on release day - they have by all accounts been e-mailing their customers to reassure them because of previous delivery debacles. I don't know if that will work out though, I've never pre-ordered a physical copy of a game so don't have any experience in order to advise.
whats best way to get it on xbox?
Buy a PC.
Actually, that's not true. The studio have been depressingly limited and developed for the 360, not the PC. Weak. They should have followed DICE's lead and developed for the far superior platform and scaled it back. I'm annoyed at the very thought. God knows Oblivion was ugly enough.
Just pre-ordered this. Not sure I've ever actually paid the release price for a game before.
still no fucking PC footage out yet, instead we are all meant to be impressed with the XBox graphics despite them having shitty texture pop in all the fucking time.
seriously getting fucked off with the xbox holding game tech back.
The xbox360 version has leaked and is now widely available on torrents. If I had a chipped console, I'd be on it. Don't want to risk the chipping process going wrong this close to launch though.
Apart from graphics (the odd bit of pop up etc doesn't bother me unduly), what's the advantage of playing games like this on the PC?
I'm asking because it may help me in deciding what PC specs I need (which I'm struggling with). The machine I built last time was well up to gaming at the time, but I never did because I couldn't get the damn controller (Wingman I think) to work properly. That PC's dead and I'm about to replace it, so maybe I'll give it another go this time. I do have a 360 though, so I guess it depends on how much of an advantage it would be to have a rig capable of a bit of gaming.
In the short-term, graphics and control system. In the long-term.. mods, mods, mods! Just Google 'Oblivion mods' to see what's available for the previous TES incarnation.
I racked up something like 120 hours on the xbox version of Oblivion. Anything that stretched it out would probably have done for my social life for about a year.
Am hoping this is gonna drop in price a bit after release in time to buy it for myself for xmas (YES I'M THAT SAD OK). Which is a brilliant plan as I'll save money by then not going out or seeing anyone until the new year. Will likely develop DVT and rickets too, but that's not important.
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I'm flying from Denver to Cleveland to make my nephews first birthday cake and I have to take a lot of my stuff with me. I know I'll have to check most of it, but I'm worried about the modeling chocolate figures I need to take with me. I want to carry them on but I'm not sure how that'll work with security. They're going to be all modeling chocolate with a few toothpicks to hold things together. I would just be crushed if I wasn't allowed to bring them. And I don't want to check them because I've seen the way baggage handlers throw bags! If anyone's been in the same situation or has any input on the best way to pack please let me know. I'm super nervous!!!
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I agree - call them. I know I've taken a whole cake in my carry on just a year ago on one airline (Southwest I think), but Spirit airlines just said only food that you intend to consume on the plane. Although they might not consider that "food" - I suppose it also depends on who you talk to.
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Said to have been reduced to a "bag of nerves" after Robert Pattinson started the publicity drive for new movie Cosmopolis, which has already seen the 26-year-old appear on talk shows The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and Good Morning America, Kristen Stewart is struggling to come to terms with the fact that the British actor has told her 'It's over!'
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Days before Israel elects a new leader, a former security chief has again offered stinging criticism of the country's prime minister.
Yuval Diskin, who led Israel's internal security agency from 2005 to 2011 before retiring, told an Israeli newspaper that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unfit for office.
"Netanyahu is scared, fickle and shirking responsibility," Diskin told Yediot Ahronoth in a sweeping interview published Friday.
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He also had harsh words for Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and said the men lack necessary tools to make decisions about Iran or the Palestinian conflict.
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More from GlobalPost: Israel attacking Iran suddenly back on table
The interview spanned 5,000 words in a leading publication, The New York Times reported.
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Last April, Diskin made many of the same comments.
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The Middle East Librarians Committee on Iraqi Libraries has received permission to publish the following two reports, one on the damage done to the Central library of Baghdad University / Al-Waziriyya, the second on the Central Awqaf library in Baghdad. The two reports were written by one of the most energetic archivists working in Iraq today, Mr. Zain Al-Naqshbandi. He is primarily responsible for the investigation and content of the two reports. The report on the Waqf library is certified by Mr. Salah Karim Hussein, the head of the Library, Mr. Asim Dawud Al-Khattab, a specialist in libraries (with five degrees in library and information science) and Mr. Muhibb Al-Din Yasin Ibrahim, one of the employees of the manuscripts section of the Awqaf library who was able to save 109 manuscripts, and find a further five in the post-looting stage. The reports were transmitted to the committee by Hala Fattah, who also prepared the English translations.
The English translations are following by images of the original Arabic documents.
n.b. Photographs taken by Nabil al-Tikriti of the damage to the Central Awqaf library in Baghdad appear among Pictures of Damaged Libraries in Iraq.
This is the oldest turathi (heritage) and cultural institution in Iraq. Its collection consists of waqfiyyas (endowment documents) of important personages and contains 6,500 mss in all fields of knowledge. The library also had a collection of 45,000 printed books, of which 6,000 were books in the Ottoman script. There were also three collections of medical books in the Central Awqaf library; each collection possessed close to 4,000 medical books. ONLY 5,000 MSS REMAIN. THE REST HAVE BEEN LOOTED OR COMPLETELY BURNED.
The materials that were stolen from the Library:
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No party or humanitarian organization has helped in returning this civilizational (turathi) legacy to Iraq. We appeal to honorable people to offer their services to this library which is counted as one of the oldest cultural institutions in Iraq, taking into consideration the fact that the conditions in this library are the same as those in other Iraqi libraries, whether burned or not burned. The Central Awqaf library must be rebuilt, renovated and refurbished according to the most up-to-date international standards in terms of library collections, equipment and furniture. These include all services and a fully equipped library (with photocopying machines, microfilm readers etc.etc) Internet facilities, digital cameras and other such equipment so that the library can offer its services to its readers and researchers in the proper manner.
Signed by Salah Karim Husain, the Director of the Library; Asim Dawud Al-Khattab, library expert (with five international degrees in library science), and Muhib Al-Din Yassin Ibrahim, an employee in the mss section who rescued (an untold number of) mss from the Iraqi Scientific Academy ( al-majma' al-ilmi al-iraqi), 109 missing mss ( I'm not sure if he means that they belonged to the majma' or to the Central Awqaf library; the text is unclear) and found 5 missing mss (again, I'm not sure in which library).
The library was established in 1959, and is considered the second largest library in Baghdad after the National Library. It comprises three-quarter-of-a million publications consisting of the greatest reference works in the Arabic language and foreign languages, as well as periodicals, and many individual titles. It is also the chief repository for Master's theses and PhD dissertations produced at Baghdad University. Finally, it holds several ancient books, especially foreign ones.
What was Stolen and Burned:
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Omissions, Suggestions and Demands:
The Fight Against the White Ants / Termites (urdha) that have Burrowed into the Library Walls: ( Translator's Note: The English name for this wood-eating worm is white ant; it is a worm that burrows in the walls of buildings and literally eats through them; Iraq is infested with them. They are thought to be the result of the importation of Asian woods in the thirties and forties).
Because the colleges (on the campus of Baghdad University, Bab al-Muazzam/al-Waziriyya such as the College of Education / Ibn Rushd, College of Education / Ibn al-Haytham, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Languages, the College of Journalism / Media Studies, and the College of Islamic Sciences) were not moved to al-Jadiriyya (the central campus), the library of the Bab al-Muazzam / al-Waziriyya campus should be separated from the library on al-Jadiriyya campus, both administratively and financially. There was in fact a separation of both libraries from 1991 to 1995. At that time, there was a race between the two library administrations to maximize and to develop library services, each in their fields. There is a feeling between researchers and staff at the Baghdad University library in al-Waziriya / Bab al-Muazzam that this library is neglected, so much so that the Head of the Library only visits it each month.
The question that immediately imposes itself is why should the interests of thousands of students, researchers and professors be hurt by the move of the library to al-Jadiriya campus.
Middle East Librarians Association Committee on Iraqi Libraries
The MELA Committee on Iraqi Libraries web presence is produced in collaboration with the LOST TREASURES FROM IRAQ project at The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, and is hosted at the Institute's website.
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- We were lucky with near perfect weather for August celebrations, rarely too hot and only the occasional rain. As ever, our Aspiration-Ground was beautifully decorated and was open for many hours during the day - giving us the opportunity to meditate in this sacred place. Even if Guru was not present in person, one could still feel the same meditative consciousness that has built up during the past 25 years or so.
On the 25th August there was a concert of music dedicated to Sri Chinmoy. A variety of musicians and groups entertained a packed audience hall for over 3 hours. Amidst the many highlights a soulful rendition of Ami Jabo by Samir Chatterjee and his wife sticks in the mind. It was wonderful to hear Guru's songs performed by such talented professional musicians.
During Guru's birthday, we witnessed a new Guinness world record of 47,000 candles by Ashrita and his team of 88 people to light the massive cake.
Aside from the mediation, plays and soulful music performances, I seemed to spend quite a bit of time in the cafes and restaurants of the local area. A combination of good food, good coffee, attractive decor and the chance to meet old friends made it a very enjoyable way to spend time. (especially talking about the 2008 Olympic medal table with my Australian friends)
It often surprises me how quickly on arriving for celebrations old problems feel insignificant and you gain new enthusiasm and inspiration. I look forward very much to returning soon.
- Hi Mahiruha and Tejvan,
I had to chime in with agreement at what a soulful and fulfilling
Celebrations this was.
As you mentioned Tejvan, the weather could not have been better even
if we had ordered it specially from a weather menu. Truly a divine
I arrived a little before Celebrations and one of my favorite things
was going to meditate around 8:30pm after the sun went down. With
only a few people there, and the temple just dimly lit, Guru's peace
permeated everything. No mind, no form...
Then when Celebrations finally got underway it was a joy to see a
new group of friends arriving daily from around the globe. I was
talking with another disciple last night about how important our
spiritual family has become, and how precious are the moments that
we get to spend together, especially at Celebrations with Guru's
love and light flooding the air.
There were many highlights for me at Celebrations, but I'll save
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Vicious Fishing will be launching a new series of baits at ICAST next month as part of a partnership between its licensee, Trophy Technolgies, and pro angler Boyd Duckett.
The new BD Series will include crankbaits, jerkbaits, topwater lures, frogs and spinnerbaits that were designed and tested by Duckett.
"Having Boyd join our team is simply amazing," said Kris Reibel of Trophy Technologies. "This guy has won over $1.4 million as an angler and has proven time after time that he knows how to build successful products. It has been a pleasure developing the new line of baits with him. Our customers, and consumers, are going to love what the new Vicious BD Series offers."
Duckett added, "I am very excited to be a part of this venture. The combination of the Vicious brand and the manufacturing capabilities of Trophy Technologies is already a winning proposition. My role is to push it to the next level by delivering on 20-plus years of tournament angling experience and bait development. The new Vicious BD Series of baits will be tournament grade and run true right out of the package, meaning anglers can spend more time catching fish."
Nearly 50 SKUs will be offered under the BD Series.
"It's this type of collaboration between brands, manufacturers and professional anglers that make great things happen," said Vicious president Jeff Martin. "The continued brand growth in the bait category is beyond exciting and we look forward to the introduction at ICAST."


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Visitors are invited to the Charles Lindbergh Historic Site to learn what life was like for Charles Lindbergh when he was growing up on the family farm a century ago, during World War I.
A costumed character portraying Lindbergh's mother, Evangeline, will provide insights into her son's interests in aviation, technology and the natural environment. Visitors will also have the chance to hear inside stories about the Lindbergh family from Gustav Gerts, who lived in the tenant's house in 1917-1918, and Mary Hannah Stevens, whose family rented from the Lindberghs from 1906 to 1913. Visitors also have the chance to try their hand at some of the chores young Lindbergh did around the farm. Come and experience the life of an ordinary boy who grew up to do extraordinary things.
Living History Day will be held Saturday, July 20, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., with the last tour leaving at 4 p.m.
The Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site is a National Historic Landmark, operated by the Minnesota Historical Society, and located at 1620 Lindbergh Dr. S.W., Little Falls, across from Charles A. Lindbergh State Park.
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Malibu Beach House opens at Trancas Country Market
Making its debut at Trancas Country Market, luxury home furnishings and décor store Malibu Beach House is a new retail venture by lifelong friends Lisa Houge and Laura Burdge. Known for their Malibu-based interior design firm, Quintessential Designs, as well as their Bloody Mary mix, Malibu Mary, the pair has set their sights on sharing their love of "home" through entertaining and design, by launching Malibu Beach House.
Drawing inspiration from California's coastal beauty, Malibu Beach House features high-end furnishings and décor, tabletops, bedding and bath products, one-of-a-kind vintage pieces and unique lighting fixtures. In addition, Malibu Beach House represents exclusive fabric collections by California designers Barclay Butera and Peggy Platner, and will also showcase lines by Kathryn Ireland and Ralph Lauren.
Laura's husband, Malibu architect Doug Burdge, gave Trancas Country Market its rustic living-inspired remodel. Being well-versed in designing rustic yet modern homes among a variety of other styles, Doug has developed a line of Rustern furniture, which will soon be offered at Malibu Beach House. From dining tables to outdoor pieces, the line will feature raw vintage timber, which works well in coastal environments.
Malibu Beach House is Trancas Country Market's newest offering, among other tenants including Vintage Grocers, Italian Restaurant Mangia (from the owners of Tra di Noi), Drill Surf & Skate, floral designs by Sea Lily, Nati clothing boutique and jeweler Irit Design.
Malibu Beach House is located at 30745 Pacific Coast Highway, Building R, Suite 3, in Malibu.
The store will be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.
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Walmart Gives Consumers the Chance to Win a $50,000 "Golden Spark" for Their Community
On September 18, 2012, Walmart ignited another initiative in the fight against hunger with the start of its $2.5 million "Golden Spark" promotion, giving consumers a chance to win "sparks" that will help fund childhood hunger programs in their communities. The promotion is just one part of the company's Fighting Hunger Together fall initiative which brings together customers, associates, Feeding America and five of the nation's largest food companies — ConAgra Foods, General Mills, Kellogg Company, Kraft Foods, and Unilever — to provide meals nationwide.
The campaign launched during Hunger Action Month when leading hunger advocates urge individuals to help fight hunger in their local communities. Following are the ways consumers can participate:
The Fighting Hunger Together fall initiative launches amidst the release of the USDA report which found that at some point during the year over 50 million Americans won't know where their next meal will come from—that's one in six Americans. In addition, this fall the United States is emerging from the worst drought in more than five decades and faces the potential for limited food supplies and rising food prices.
"The USDA report is yet again proof that millions of Americans are facing the harsh reality of hunger this year and the issue is further compounded by a historic drought and the lingering effects of high unemployment rates," said Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the Walmart Foundation. "Walmart is committed to fighting hunger in America every day. By engaging our partners and providing unique and creative opportunities for our customers and associates to join the fight against hunger, such as this campaign, we know we can make an even greater impact and help local communities through this critical time."
While USDA statistics point to an increase in hunger, food bank directors are echoing a similar message. In fact in a nationwide survey, over 65 percent of Feeding America Food Bank Executive Directors predict a decrease in food supply and an increase in demand, and more than half of them reported that their current food supply is poor or below average.
"A recent survey of Feeding America Food Bank Executive Directors showed that food supply is extremely low and there is a concern that the drought will have an adverse effect on food banks who have to purchase food and families that will have to stretch their already thin food budgets," said Matt Knott, interim president and CEO of Feeding America. "This fall initiative, led by Walmart and some of the nation's leading food companies, comes at a very critical time for our food banks and the millions of Americans that rely on our resources to feed their families."
The Fighting Hunger Together fall initiative is part of Walmart and the Walmart Foundation's $2 billion commitment through 2015 to fight hunger. As a part of this commitment, Walmart and its Foundation pledged to donate more than 1.1 billion pounds of food from Walmart stores, distribution centers and Sam's Club locations, valued at $1.75 billion, as well as $250 million in grants to support hunger relief organizations. To participate or to learn more about our commitment, visit www.walmart.com/hunger.
Through October 14, Walmart will randomly award 40 "Golden Sparks" valued at $50,000 each to consumers who participate in the Fighting Hunger Together Golden Spark promotion. The winners will choose a community to receive the funding to start or expand a backpack program that provides vital meals to food-insecure children during weekends when they do not have access to free- and reduced-price school meals. Participants can enter to win a "Golden Spark" for their community by visiting www.walmart.com/hunger or Walmart's Live Better Facebook app. Also, Walmart Associates can compete together for their store to win 10 additional "Golden Sparks" totaling $500,000 for their communities by logging the most hunger relief volunteer hours during the life of the campaign.
I went on and nominated my community for a Golden Spark. It would be great to be able to help out my local community. I know there are some great opportunities to create a Backpack Program out here!
I am a participant in the Walmart Moms program. Walmart provided me with compensation for my time and efforts on this post. Participation in this program is voluntary. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.


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Less or More: Tree Stump Stools
In the wise words of The Real World, "You think you know, but you have NO idea." For the next installment of this game, take a look at each of these tree stump stools, and then see if you can answer my questions about them.
Less or More: Tree Stump Stools
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Is the best part of new new Playboy's Greatest Covers book the covers or the foreward by Pamela Anderson? I am more than curious to hear her thoughts on the long and beautiful history of Playboy magazines and the articles found within them. I'm curious as to her favorite stories. Seriously, she wrote the foreward.
Hugh Hefner himself hand selected the 200 covers featured inside the Playboy book. Writer, Damon Brown, shares insight into how the men's magazine played a role in shifting American culture in some regard. This looks to be a good one. Published by Sterling. Available from Amazon.


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As memory serves, if I'm wrong, give me a shout The Clinton Assault Weapons Ban, as it was described/called blocked the import of a number of semi-automatic rifles, it was close to 200, despite propaganda claiming otherwise.
Fair enough, manufacturers removed some of the offending features, NONE of which created that "selective fire weapon, usually of rifle configuration, chambered for an intermediate power cartridge, the definition of "assault rifle". Slick Willie, in response issued an Executive Order, I do not recall it's number, that tried to block the importation of the above referenced "semi-automatic rifles", rifles that met the requirements, "cosmetic requirements" of the Assault Weapons Ban. I assume that people remember that, though perhaps they don't.
As I understand things, this constitutes a grievous misuse of the Executive Order, that is supposed to FACILITATE the enforcement/operation of enacted legislation, not to go BEYOND the enactments. As I recall, The Congress did nothing to "defund" the So-called Assault Weapons Ban, or the very questionable use of that Executive Order.
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Under the agreement, United Visual, Inc. will add LifeSize all-HD video communication systems to United Visuals extensive product portfolio.
"United Visual brings the expertise and the infrastructure necessary for LifeSize to grow our channel partner base in Illinois and Wisconsin, said Joe Vitalone, Executive Vice President of Sales for the Americas with LifeSize. We realize the tremendous value our partners bring to LifeSize and we are absolutely committed to providing them with a fully encompassing channel program that supports their efforts and contributes to their ultimate success. We are looking forward to working with United Visual to bring our exciting technology to new customers, allowing them do more while traveling less."
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Elizabeth F. Schuster (nee Traczyk), 91 years old, of Elyria, died on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at Rae-Ann Suburban Home in Westlake. Mrs. Schuster was born March 9, 1922 in Lorain and was a life long resident of Elyria.
She was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, sewing, crocheting and baking wedding cakes. She assisted her late husband with his business, Schuster Well Drilling for many years. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, the church's Altar and Rosary Society, and was active in the Carlisle Township Volunteer Firefighter's Auxiliary. Mrs. Schuster was an avid reader.
She is survived by one daughter, Judith (Joseph) Gross of Westlake; grandson, Brian Gross of San Francisco, California; granddaughter, Jennifer (Brian) Horn of Bay Village; and great grandson, Colin Horn of Bay Village; she is also survived by her brother, Ray; and sister, Eleanor.
Mrs. Schuster was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard P. (Bernie) Schuster in 2009; five sisters; three brothers; and her parents, Peter and Dominika (nee Klekotka) Traczyk.
Friends will be received at the Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland Street, Elyria, Wednesday, November 13, 2013 from 9 to 10:45 A.M. A Funeral Mass will follow at St. Mary Catholic Church, 320 Middle Ave., Elyria at 11 A.M. with the Reverend Father Charles Diedrick, Pastor, officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, Elyria.
To leave online condolences for the family go to www.reichlinroberts.com


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This route is pretty ridiculous. Water comes down the thing, holds break and get smaller, next thing you know, it's traverse city, while solidly runout. Falling off would be a really bad idea at some spots.
That said, pretty memorable. Not the best rock in RR, but a challenge without doubt!
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The Daily Plant : Tuesday, February 18, 2003
There are four wheels on a Parks & Recreation garbage truck. Central Park's Balto statue has two ears on his head. There's one sun in the sky. And (for the next few months) if you walk along Manhattan's Park Avenue between 60th and 70th Street, you will count 10 large, colorful numerals standing on the malls, courtesy of C & M Arts and the Paul Kasmin Gallery, in collaboration with the Fund for Park Avenue. The sculpture series is titled, "One Through Zero" and the numbers' artist is named Robert Indiana. Robert Indiana, in case you don't remember, invented love. Not love itself, but in the 1960s Indiana created an image of the word LOVE that became a widely reproduced and recognizable pop art image.
Born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928 as Robert Clark, Robert Indiana trained academically as an artist before moving to New York City in the mid-1950s. His images, which often involve letters and numbers, reflect his intuitive gift for color palettes and his fascination with street signs and advertisements. "There are more signs than trees in America," Indiana said in an interview published this past December in The New York Times Magazine. "There are more signs than leaves. So I think of myself as a painter of American landscape." Following Indiana's logic, then, the installation of his colorful numbers along Park Avenue creates a fusion of two landscapes. It also helps introduce children to counting, as many parents walking their children along Park Avenue have been seen doing.
"One Through Zero" comprises ten brightly colored numerals standing 6-feet-tall made of polychromed aluminum. They refer to the stages of life. The series begins at one, when a person is in their infancy. As the numbers increase, the colors do as well. The last of the numbers, a colorless zero, signifies death.
Of the current installation, Indiana has said, "It is always the fulfillment of an artist's dream to present his work to a greatly varied and diverse audience, and there is no better showcase for sculpture in the City of New York than Park Avenue. I greatly admire The Fund for Park Avenue's work on behalf of the arts, as well as that of the Department of Parks & Recreation, and I'm enormously pleased to have 'One Through Zero' installed during the time of my return-to-New York gallery exhibitions in February. It is the icing on the cake." In fact, the icing might also be the snow drifts that have settled on the numbers during the recent snow storms and created yet another way of viewing the works.
"Robert Indiana is an artist of world renown who lived in New York City for many years, and his sculpture is a perfect fit for the Park Avenue malls," says Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe. "Parks & Recreation is committed to bringing art to its open green spaces for all to enjoy." Indeed, another piece of temporary public art, Tom Otterness' Free Money, currently stands also on Park Avenue at 57th Street courtesy of the Marlborough Gallery. Six works by different artists are also on view now in City Hall Park for MetroSpective sponsored by the Public Art Fund.
One Through Zero will run through May 3, 2003.
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The Autism and Behavior Outreach Services staff at Buncombe County Schools will be hosting the 2012 Inaugural Social Thinking in the Mountains Conference on Friday, November 2 and Saturday November 3 from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm at the Alumni Hall in the Highsmith Student Union at UNC Asheville.
Featured speakers Nancy Tarshis and Debbie Meringolo are both clinicians and administrators at the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and evaluate developmental disabilities in people from birth to 21 years old.
This two-day conference will educate attendees about ways to teach and interact with students who have social cognitive deficits. These students most commonly are diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, PDD-NOS, Non-Verbal Learning Disability, or ADD/ADHD or other social challenges. While many of these children understand language and rule-based learning, they still have lots of problems developing relationships with others in society.
Will Overfelt, BCS Autism Specialist says, "Our ambition is to move some of these "Social Thinking" programs and concepts out of the realm of special education and into the mainstream. At this first conference we will be laying the groundwork for understanding basic concepts in social thinking and getting to know some of the programs that are available to teach these concepts to students."
Conference attendance is set with around 200 people from BCS and the community who have pre-registered.
Here is an overview of the conference agenda:
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After the conference, mini-trainings on specific intervention programs and book studies will be available for continued learning opportunities.
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Excellence in Librarianship
Each year, the University at Albany honors special members of its community with Excellence Awards denoting exceptional contributions to the life of the campus. Two staff members received this tribute in 2012 for Excellence in Librarianship.
Gerald Burke, University Libraries
Gerald Burke is Bibliographer for Art, English, Philosophy and Theatre. During his more than 12 years with the University Libraries, he has willingly taken on bibliographic responsibilities in other disciplines when positions were vacant or colleagues were on sabbatical. His responsibilities represent one of the heaviest workloads in the Division of Collections, touching many students and faculty members who describe him as knowledgeable, professional, and generous with his time.
Mr. Burke provides reference assistance to library patrons who remark on his patience at the reference desk, particularly when assisting students. Students and faculty seek him out because of his in-depth knowledge of the library's resources and his approachable style. He regularly teaches bibliographic classes that make a vital difference for students by enhancing their research proficiency and helping them to become library "regulars."
Mr. Burke has served on twenty-two committees, including multiple search committees, several of which he chaired. He served on the Undergraduate Academic Council and as a University Senator, and he is active in several professional organizations, including the State University of New York Librarians Association and the Eastern New York chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries. He has a strong record of scholarship in information literacy. He co-edited a book on teaching information literacy, has published many refereed journal articles, practical articles for the library community, book reviews and fiction reviews.
Mr. Burke sets high standards of excellence in his research and teaching. He keeps abreast of new developments and is indefatigable in his pursuit of professional growth. His dedication and enthusiasm are exemplary and he is a genuine asset to the University at Albany community.
Excellence in Librarianship
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I have done Obagi products for years and maintain my face monthly with microdermabrasion or facials. Started back up on Obagi Radiasse six weeks prior to to peel. I actually did not know I was getting the Obagi Blue Peel until that day and was shocked with blue face!
Day one I took Valium and was happy. Procedure stung like crazy but not unbearable. I only had one layer done and no neck. He did top of eye lid close to eyebrow and under the eye but not really tight like I have seen others.
Day 2 was simple just annoyed with the Aquphor on my face bc it's so sticky and gross. Day two began crusting up and getting itchy. My light blue has turned to a light grey with reddish under tones. I was thinking I could go out in public but think I would scare people. Hoping for a shower today and washing my face before reapplying Aquaphor.
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--Overhauled and streamlined all walkthru materials using nicely formatted pdf's with pics and some separate map files.
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Replace the old version "Monster Gallery Arena.esp" file with this one and check. You will still need all the original "v0.53h" files!
How to use the help files:
Don't, unless you get stuck or just want to know more. Then look and the names and find what you want. The fat has been trimmed and info streamlined for your enjoyment and convenience!
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4. Walkthrus
5. Guide
Delve multiple ayleid-style trapped arenas and under-works on steroids complete with maintenance area controls, warring monster factions, and three meddling NPCs for you to protect, defeat, or ignore as you see fit. NPCs will randomly flip switches, empty containers, and take clues and keys. Monsters and main NPC actions are generated at random, so enemies and actions will vary with every load or playthrough.
Achieve 100% Completion Score in "Episode 1" to unlock the Arena prizes.
"In the bigger view, everything that happens is good. Whether it is birth or death, healing or wound. It is good for the continuity of the rest. And that is precisely the essence of the Monster Gallery Arenas."
--Symonn Locanto, the Fourth Mage of the Arena
"Some 50 years ago, four powerful and wealthy mages from different Houses came together. They set aside their bloody rivalries with one another to unlock a lost Aylied clockwork of arenas and traps. Using their vast resources and power, they worked quickly to claim and restore the grand underworks, implementing an efficient network of engineers and guards to oversee their own personal monster arena battles. This would allow them to resolve their differences safely, or so they thought.
Eventually the cost of maintaining the dungeon became too high, as was their thirst to sit stateside at battles. So the mages agreed to allow outsiders a paid membership to help pay back some of their costs. At first only the noblest upper-class were allowed into the arenas, and charged lavishly for it. Soon after, the middle-class and poor were allowed to attend certain lower-keyed battles, based on what they could afford to pay.
Then in the highest tradition of all, Champions from distant corners of the world came to fight through interlinked arenas for great purses, battling their way through multi-tiered arenas packed with traps and warring monster factions from each of the respective Houses.
The Mages themselves had always had their own internal power-struggles within the dungeon, until one day they battled each other with legions of their own House minions at their sides. The dungeon was closed to all outsiders that day and the stakes this time, they agreed, would be total control of the Monster Gallery Arenas...
Some of the engineers and guards managed to escape, swearing never to return, only reporting that the dungeon and monsters had gone crazy and not knowing the fates of the Four Mages...
Now, about 50 years later, three adventurers claiming to be descended from three of the forgotten Houses are camped outside the dungeon entrance, waiting for the true "Fourth" to join them. Many have come claiming to be such a person, but so far the locked entrance hall has denied all of them. Rumors of great untapped wealth as well as danger abound about what lies within. Some may come for fame, for riches, or perhaps for the very secrets and power of the Mages and their Arenas. Who will conquer all in the end, bring the Four Houses together again, and inherit the legacy of the Four Mages?"
YOU are the "Fourth". Work with or compete against the other three House descendants as they randomly pick up clues, empty containers, and turn switches, moving independently from from some levels with or without your help. They can help you or they can hurt you, non-intentionally... They can be your friends, they can be your enemies, or they can be followed or ignored as you race against them. They can die along the way and they can be resurrected again.
The choice is yours....
-ignore the NPCs
-use them as point
-help them
-attack them (crime)
The Main NPCs can independently and randomly:
-turn switches
-take keys and clues
-empty certain containers
-progress independently to some new levels (otherwise you set the pace for cell-to-cell breakthroughs and they will follow you)
-give you certain clues if asked
-die and be rezzed on the same level
-follow you (under special conditions)
2ndary NPCs can:
-help top off your completion points
-help you operate key switches
-fix broken machinery
-some can fight at your side
Minimum Recommended Level
(with no companions) 12+ high stealth or 16+ high combat or magic
Basic General Difficulty Levels*
Level 1-10 INSANE
Level 11-20 HARD
Level 21-30 NORMAL
Level 31+ EASY (adjust your difficulty slider if it helps)
* Basic levels here generally reflect no other helping mod use.
* + or - levels depending on the types of mods you use.
Keep everyone alive, or at least before you check your completion you should go back and rez them. If an NPC died along the way then you can either reload or look for "rez" switches in the same cell they perished at any time. Ghost NPCs won't rez if killed so make sure they stay safe.
The other three Houses can progress ahead of you up to the 3rd cell in. After that, you set the pace for unlocking the next level: when you enter the next cell the three Houses should automatically follow you there each time.
And regarding companions, generally do not use them unless you are really low level. If you can, try it alone and try to recruit different characters from within the mod at different times.
some BASIC non-spoiler TIPS
-some interactive objects don't appear in the crosshairs
-the mage will not share clues until the end
-inventory objects essential to completion have a "*" in the name
-you can, if qualified, recruit from the three main NPCs on certain levels
-ghosts are immune to traps but can't be rezzed if killed otherwise
-look for secondary NPCs to aid and keep alive
-the three main NPCs are mostly resistant to traps and normal weapons but can still die
-broken "rez" buttons can simultaneously be a boon and a danger
-look for completion points at the end... if less than 100% go back and keep looking!
-look for secondary NPCs once you enter the dungeon for mutual help
-occassionally the rez matrix loops. hitting the rez button again should clear this
If you don't already have your own method, I recommend using OBMM and installing this as an archive. It has conversion data and is just as easy to uninstall.
-v0.53h Upgrade-
If upgrading from v0.53a or earlier, the newest files are the esp, omod conversion, and everything in the textures/momo folder, otherwise everything else is the same.
Some vanilla switches I use may not always work as they should. These are the ayleid buttons (2 types) that say either "Press Block" or "Push Block" when your crosshairs go over it. Here, these are linked to either an ayleid sliding gate or an ayleid secret door. In some cases these buttons might not be right next to the gate or door and you might have to search around for it.
So if you are fairly certain that one of these buttons should open something but doesn't, then you will have to use the console to overcome this problem. Click on the gate or door in the console and type 'playgroup forward 0', hit enter, and then exit.
And specifically in the "Holding Block" cell, if you see a female NPC standing on the other side of an ayleid gate and the gate does not open then please use the console fix mentioned above. There's no switch for this gate on your side but it should open automatically once you unlock this stage in the quest.
-Lanceor for help with the AR lift animation
-Pronam for the Ayleid resource
-Momo for Blacksmith Resources
-Bethesda Softworks and the Nexus Staff and Community
v0.51 Updates - 6/25/14
-some general revision/correction in the readme
-deleted some unused data like the 'test chest'
-added copy of an item won in cell 3 to the locked north side of cell 2
-lowered enchantments on one of the prizes at the end (they were originally boosted for testing)
-some minor updates to area west of the arena in cell 6
-added OBMM conversion data
v0.52 Updates - 7/9/14
-overhauled the (invisible) NPC checkpoint system when first entering Gallery Arcadia (they all previously respawned there automatically, even if they were dead in previous cell)
-corrected spelling and formatting mistakes in some texts
-fixed NPC map marker issues
-fixed various follow command dialogue branches so they appear properly
-some additions/cosmetic fixes to Exordium North
-named various objects, added a new text to Exoridium North (not part of completion)
-many updates include some general cleaning, revision, and add-ons, focusing on making the "Completion Check" process easier to understand in all its parts
v0.53 Updates - 8/31/14
-fixed problem since previous update where 2 of the main NPCs were accidentally disabled from the start of the mod
v0.53a Updates - 9/24/14
-patched esp for missing activator mesh (was directed to the wrong folder)
v0.53h Updates - 9/25/14
-packed previously missing textures into the new archive
-auto-cleaned esp with TES4EDIT
-all inventory clues needed for Completion now have a "*" in the name for clarity; anything without this symbol is not needed
-packed everything into one file. (If you are upgrading from v0.53a or below all you need is the esp and everything in the textures/momo folder.)
-fixed various dialogue types with House NPCs to flow more evenly across different cells and stages
-made it so Raliseth gets her keys back on rezzing (and can't be pick-pocketed while alive)
-added more collision to Arena Prima ceiling so enemies don't get stuck above the ceiling
-added non-essential "cut-scene" text to previously existing secret locale
-improved house npc AI in Holding Block and Arcadia cells and to transition between the cells more smoothly
-adjusted some lifts to land closer to the platform for better walking access
-tweaked Fafren's face to look better with OCO2
-deleted most unused objects and scripts
-fixed a certain object enchantment script
-created new halloween-themed cell with separate story and side-quest (not essential to completion progress)
-Halloween Mode Notes-
In addition to some main quest updates, a new area of the MGA has recently been unearthed...
The Lava Vents are where the arenas draw most of their primary power. Fear not, for active maintenance inside the vents has been designed to be minimal at worst. Workers only enter about once a year and geological scholars have estimated (along with the finest divination magic) that these vents are not due to erupt for another 1000 years or so. Sounds like a great place for some spooky and sinister evil to reside in, huh? I don't know... I guess you'll just have to find out for yourself... :(
Access 2 Ways:
1. Unlocked along the Main Quest, Holding Block cell - forge area
2. Pay the simple puzzle admissions in Aditum Porticus to open up the special "Halloween Mode" (not required for the main quest)
General Info:
-does NOT have anything required for Episode Points, so play this "extra" whenever you want
-for the full effect I recommend playing via "Halloween Mode" and not using any teleportation magic or night-eye
-small story-related quest to get out, so bring your provisions
-although carefully path-gridded, some ground may be too treacherous for companions and beasts alike, so recommend no companions
-access back to the Holding Block from the Lava Vents is disabled unless you already unlocked that stage in the main quest
Recommended Mods:
-Lava Does Fire Damage (LDFD)
Highly recommended if you're playing the Halloween Mode or want to fully explore the new area.


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Skyzoo and His Corner Store Classic
July 20th marks the day that Skyzoo will drop his much anticipated mixtape, the Corner Store Classic. Hosted by none other than DJ Kay Slay and Mick Boogie. The tape which will include guest spots from the likes of Sean Price, Maino, Guilty Simpson, Nina B, Stimuli, etc. as well as a production line up consisting of DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, Ron Browz, Black Milk, J. Dilla, Illmind, Khrysis and more!
Those in the NY area, Custom Made Ent. and Guerilla Words will be putting on the Corner Store Classic Mixtape Release Party. Taking place at NOVO. Check out Sky's MySpace for more details.
Also, be sure to check back to HipHopDX.com for a FREE download of the entire tape!
Freeway's Free
For the past month, fans have had the chance to listen to Freeway's latest mixtape Live Free, Die Hard with Don Cannon through our mixtape section. Now they have the chance to download it for FREE!
With Free's upcoming sophmore album on the horizon, Freeway has given his fans the opportunity to download the entire mixtape at freewayatlast.com.
The brand new website includes behind the scenes video clips, exclusives, news and a huge list of unreleased songs.
"The album is like 95% done. We just gotta wrap up a couple of little things … I'm really excited about it, the album is really good you know and I worked real hard on it," Free explains.
Free At Last is set to drop this fall via Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings and will be executive produced by both 50 Cent and Jay-Z. You can check the banging single, Big Spender featuring Jay-Z in our audio section.
Free Royce Da 5'9″
As many have heard on the latest freestyle from Nickel Nine, entitled The Return, Royce will be a free man come July 18th!
Released for one last time this morning on work release, Royce will be packing his belongings and will officially be released by the state of Michigan at midnight (July 18).
With the year long prison sentence behind him, Royce will be putting the finishing touches on his upcoming album, Street Hop.


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Nokia N97 Mini. It's real and we've got some details
We first heard about the upcoming Nokia N97 Mini via an accidental leak by Vodafone staffer on the Vodafone Ireland message boards in June.
And last week Engadget scored some live pictures of Nokia N97 Mini posing next to its bigger brother – Nokia N97.
The pictures sparked quite a discussion of whether this device is real, what are its specs and what the heck Nokia is up to, prepping a smaller copy of its flagship only a few months after it started shipping.
Well, this week, always helpful and usually well informed Eldar from Mobile-Review.com chipped in, providing us with some details and background info on a new Nokia N97 Mini.
First, let's clear all the doubts about existence of Nokia N97 Mini out of the way. Yes, the device is real and will be announced at Nokia World 09, in Stuttgart on Sept. 2-3.
And yes, its trade name will be Nokia N97 Mini. Rumor has it, another major handset vendor was prepping the launch of smaller version of its flagship phone with the name "Mini" attached to it, so Nokia marketing guys decided on a spoiler and leaked their own version of Mini name first. Oh, the games those handset marketers play to one up each other… 🙂
And now let's get to the important details. Like specs.
Well, actually there's nothing much to talk about here. Except for the overall and display size, the specs are practically the same as on the original Nokia N97. Except for the internal storage, which has been reduced to 8 or 16GB, depending on model.
Eldar says that display specs are very close to the ones we've seen on Nokia 5530 XM. That gives us about 2.9" size, 16M colors, 640 x 360 px resolution and automatic brightness control. The savings in overall device size come from dropping the Nav button.
So, to some it up, Nokia N97 Mini has all the features and specs of Nokia N97, in a smaller body, with smaller display and lower internal storage.
And the point of having Nokia N97 Mini at all? Price and size.
Nokia N97 will be about 100 EUR cheaper then it's bigger brother. As for the size – not everyone is happy to carry around a brick of N97 size in their pocket. But might be tempted to get the device with similar features in a more traditionally sized format.
Nokia thinks that these two factors combined will open significant new markets to Nokia N97 Mini, and even have some expectations for it to repeat the success of Nokia N95. Which does not look too realistic for me.
Overall, Nokia performance in a touchphone segment is starting to look more and more worrisome.
So far they've managed to come up with only 2 new full touchscreen devices – Nokia 5800XM and N97. Almost a year after these two have been announced, we only see minor dumbed down variations of an old models. While Samsung, LG and everyone else around them is churning out one interesting touchscreen phone after another.
I know that touchscreen is not everything in a mobile handset. And Nokia is doing great with their in non-touch smart devices. But touchscreen phones is an important and rapidly growing market segment, and Nokia seems to be asleep at the wheel here.
I hope that it's because Nokia is too busy in making a new type of Maemo/Qt based touchscreen device, that will blow our socks off when it's announced. In the meantime reducing their efforts of making great Symbian touch handset, until the OS catches up with QT based touch UI in Symbian^4, sometime in 2011.
But I really want to hear something about this in Stuttgart… Because the patience is starting to wear thin even among most rabid Nokia fans. And if Nokia N97 Mini is the main device announcement of Nokia World 09, things will only get worse.


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Feature Article of Friday, 14 September 2012
Columnist: Nelson, Kpatakpa
The Crucial December Polls; The Way Forward For The NDC AND THE NPP
As the nation approaches the next general election in barely Three (3) months, it is very imperative that the two dominant Political Parties in the country, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) put their houses in order by learning from their past before the crucial election, if really they want to annex power in the December polls. For the ruling NDC, they need to learn from history. It is apparent that the ruling NDC is not picking a cue from history. A critical analysis of elections in Ghana from our independence proves that any incumbent Political Party in which a divisive malignant tumour develops prior to an election always loses that election. In the 1979 election, we might consider the Danquah Busia Dombo tradition as the incumbent Political Party because they won the democratic election that preceded the 1979 Poll in 1969.The Danquah Busia Dombo tradition formed the Popular Front Party (PFP) in the run-up to the 1979 election and was defeated in that election because of the seed of division which erupted in the Party, thus William Ofori Atta (Paa Willie) broke away from the Danquah Busia Dombo Front and formed his own Party, the United National Convention (UNC), thereby leading to the balkanization of the votes of the Danquah Busia Dombo Front between the Popular Front Party led by Victor Owusu and the United National Convention led by William Ofori Atta, all pulling 29.9% and 17.4% votes respectively, thereby creating room for the People's National Party (PNP) led by Dr. Hilla Limann, who was virtually not well known in Ghanaian politics by then to win by 35.5% votes in the first (1st) round and subsequently winning the run-off election with 62% votes. In the run-up to the 2000 election, there came the hub bub or brouhaha over the famous Swedru declaration in the ruling National Democratic congress (NDC), thereby leading to the breakaway of some of the party's bigwigs from the Party. As Party bigwigs such as Augustus Obuadum Tanoh (Goosie Tanoh) who served as former Attorney-General, Executive Director of Finance and Administration of the Ghana petroleum corporation, a member of Ghana's diplomatic delegation to the United nations under the PNDC/NDC government and Peter Kpordugbe also the former head of the National Service Secretariat under the NDC government going to the extent of forming their own Party. To cast the mind of Ghanaians back Augustus Obuadum Tanoh and Peter Kpordugbe formed the National Reform Party (NRP) in the run-up to the 2000 election, precisely in 1999 when they broke away from the NDC. Goosie Tanoh and Peter Kpordugbe both served as the Flag bearer and Chairman respectively for the National Reform Party in the 2000 election, thereby leading to the defeat of the ruling NDC in the 2000 Poll. Finally, in the run-up to the 2008 election, the Alan John Kwadwo Kyeremanteng and William Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo factions reared its ugly face in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), thereby getting to a point where a great NPP Party bigwig like Alan John Kwadwo Kyeremanteng , who served as Ghana's ambassador to the United states Of America and a Cabinet Minister with responsibility for Trade, Industry and President's Special Initiatives under the NPP government announcing his resignation from the ruling New Patriotic Party in April 2008. Even though he later rescinded his decision, it was too late as the harm has already been caused and the factionalism still prevailed in the Party as there had been continuous intimidation and sideling of his cronies or supporters in the run-up to the 2008 election, thereby finally leading to the "chasing of the elephant to the bush" in the 2008 polls. Looking at the above Ghanaian Electoral analysis and following the current political happenings in the country, where there appears to be two (2) factions in the ruling National Democratic Congress, thus the Rawlingses faction and the Atta Mills's faction to the extent that some aggrieved members of the Party now formed the new National Democratic party (NDP), while the opposition NPP looks very United, as it appears there is no more faction in the NPP, since people like former President Kuffuor who was initially regarded as a crony of the Alan John Kwadwo Kyeremanteng faction is now the campaign manager of the NPP and the Party's Flag bearer , William Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo learning from the past and now embarking on a door to door campaign dubbed ''restoration of hope tour'', if history is something to go by, then the ruling National Democratic Congress is heading towards defeat in the upcoming Crucial December polls. It is therefore against this backdrop that the NDC has to put their past and personal differences behind and seek a modus Vivendi by making amends with the Rawlingses especially with Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings and the leaders of the newly formed National Democratic Congress, otherwise come January 7, 2013 the Ghanaian John presidential gene which has been established in the fourth (4th) republic would be broken and the storm would carry the umbrella away, thereby enabling the elephant to find its way from the bush or forest back to the city. Furthermore, it is about time the NDC knew that all things being equal they won the 2008 general election with less than 0.5% votes, thus an unprecedented 40,586 votes and that the Rawlingses faction or group formed part of more than 40,586 people who voted for the NDC in the 2008 general election and for that matter it is an irrefutable fact that the Rawlingses influenced more than 40,586 people to vote for the NDC in the 2008 polls and as such forms part of the buttress roots firmly holding the umbrella, and any attempt to downplay their role in the ruling NDC would definitely weaken the buttress roots firmly holding the umbrella and come January 7, 2013 the storm would easily carry the umbrella away. It is in this regard that it would therefore be non-sequitur and inane on the part of any well-meaning member of the ruling NDC who really has the interest of the Party at heart to downplay the role of the Rawlingses in the NDC. It is in view of this that I would entreat the ruling NDC to play by the principles of its Party motto, thus '' Unity, Stability and Development'' by promoting unity in every nook and cranny of the party and ensure that all hands are on deck, so that come January 7, 2013 the umbrella would remain firm on the ground and no amount of storm could carry it away. On the part of the opposition New Patriotic Party, one of the indispensable factors which chase the elephant into the bush or lead to their defeat in the December 2008 election, which most of their researchers who did researched into the causes of their defeat in the 2008 poll failed to take cognizance of is that most of their defeated Parliamentary candidates did developed a nonchalant behaviour after their defeat in the parliamentary polls in the first round and therefore did not campaign vigorously for the Party's presidential candidate William Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo in the run-off election, which therefore lead to the reduction in the votes of the New Patriotic Party in the run-off election at some orphan constituencies or constituencies where their Parliamentary candidates were defeated. It is there an incontrovertible fact that some of the Party's defeated Parliamentary candidates even went to the extent of retrieving back items they distributed to some electorates after their defeat in first round election. This development did exasperated some electorates, especially most floating voters who exercised their franchise in favour of the Party's Presidential Candidate in the first round to change their mind to vote against William Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo in the second round, thereby spelling the doom of the New Patriotic party in the run-off election. No wonder even though there was an increase in voter turn out in the 2008 run-off, thus from 69.5 to 72.9, there was a reduction in the votes of the NPP most especially in some orphan constituencies. For example in the Buem constituency, NPP's vote reduced from 4380 in the 1st round to 4012 in the run-off, in the Hohoe-East constituency the Party's vote reduced from 2373 in the 1st round to 1836 in the 2nd round, in the Akan Constituency, the Party's vote reduced from 7403 in the 1st round to 6765 in the 2nd round, in the Binduri constituency the Party's vote reduce from 5987 in the 1st round to 5446 in the 2nd round and also in the Bawku central constituency, the Party's vote reduced from 19933 in the 1st round to 18540 in the 2nd round. Some of the Party's defeated Parliamentary candidates also thwarted the efforts of the party by sitting on some resources sent by the Party to the various constituency which were meant to be used to campaign vigorously for the party in the run-up to the 28th December 2008 run-off. All the same kudos to a few of the Party's defeated Parliamentary candidates such as Lawyer Ken Anku, the New Patriotic Party's Parliamentary candidate for North Dayi Constituency in the Volta Region, who even though lost the Parliamentary Poll in the first round still had the "all die be die" spirit in him and was willing to die for the Party and did embark on a more vigorous campaign for the Party's presidential candidate in the run-off election, even to the extent of he being assaulted by some irate NDC supporters Indeed it would be safe to argue that, has the opposition New Patriotic Party had people like Lawyer Ken Anku as its Parliamentary candidates in all their losing constituencies, they would have won the 2008 run-off election or put differently the elephant would have remained in the city. Expatiating on the above, has the NPP's 122 defeated Parliamentary candidates worked extra-hard to win an additional 170 floating votes each from the NDC in their various constituencies, the NPP would have won the 2008 election by 894 votes. It is therefore in view of the above that, I would entreat the opposition New Patriotic Party to put in place effective mechanism to monitor such parochial interest Parliamentary candidates who do not have the interest of the New Patriotic Party at heart, but only want to use the Party to clinch their Parliamentary seats in the upcoming election. I would again encourage the NPP to remain united and focus as they appear now because they have a great chance of wielding power in the 2012 polls. In conclusion, I would therefore use this opportunity to urge the two major political Parties in the country, the NDC and the NPP to advice their supporters to refrain from any violent act that might plunge this country into chaos and wish them all the best of luck in the forthcoming election as I would be watching with an eagle eye on the sideline as a good professional coach come December 2012. KPATAKPA NELSON POLITICAL SCIENCE GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON email@example.com 024-4199538, 026-4199538 JASIKAN