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it gives you the impression that itâ(TM)s a real human character wanting to kill you and survive...
I would revel at the day when the AI is more human like which would tremble upon sighting my avatar, run to the ends of the map at the sound of my bullets, curse me, and log out.
Actually, I can see a more human-like AI bunnyhoping towards you as you try to kill it, shooting you in the face with a shotgun, and then sending a message saying "pwnd b1tch."
At this point, the humanity and sophistication of AI will have reached truly awesome heights, and gaming will be all the better for it.
Actually, I can see a more human-like AI bunnyhoping towards you as you try to kill it, shooting you in the face with a shotgun, and then sending a message saying "pwnd b1tch."
At this point, the humanity and sophistication of AI will have reached truly awesome heights, and gaming will be all the better for it.
Doesn't it already do this in Unreal Tournament 3?
i love the Total War Series. But the AI in ETW is a complete disappointment. I see no enhancement compared to MTW2. The opposite is true, there are so many AI bugs that battles agains the AI are close to pointless. I slaughtered enemys at the border of the battlefield, standing with theit back towards me. I micromanage my own units because grouping tends to produce strange results. Due to this, battles are a lot more point&click-work currently. I'm waiting for a patch
Sincerely yours, Martin
But the AI in ETW is a complete disappointment. I see no enhancement compared to MTW2. The opposite is true, there are so many AI bugs that battles agains the AI are close to pointless.
You know I don't think it's as bad as you make out. Sure I agree that it does do stupid things and I'm sure it will be better after a patch or two, but in the right situation (and really this is most battles I've played) it seems capable of good solid play. The problems I've seen tend to be where it tries to do something clever (like split its forces) and ends up weakening its position, but it hasn't happened very often and certainly isn't game breaking.
I dunno, I guess I tend to be a glass-half-full type of player when it comes to AI - I don't expect miracles and I'm willing to accept that there will be situations where it does something stupid. People who listen to computer game publishers' marketing and judge the AI against human intelligence are always going to be doomed to disappointment, but I'm happy enough with the Empire AI at the moment, in comparison with other games I've played.
correct: the AI may act OK in some battle. Unluckily i never had the experience where there wasn't no screwup in one battle. Also i have currently so much micromanagement to do, because basic formations (infantry in a line) may result in utter chaos on my side (e.g. four infantry units in a line: A B C D. I draw another line fifty yards ahead and they end up: B C D A). This kills the fun. Or you have a fight to the knife and the decision hangs in a balance. Suddenly the AI turns his units around, marches
If you've has that many problems then I can see why your disappointed. However one thing I can't agree with:
I'm disappointed because MTW2 was much better (even at the release)
That's got to be a rose tinted view
I give you that the AI appears more lively than the one from MTW2. But so does a beheaded chicken
But the theory, that time has softened my memory is also a valid one
CU, Martin
That after the Independence of the Thirteen Colonies the troops still say "Yes Your Majesty"; even though they have an elected President.
Obviously your troops are mocking your micromanagement and totalitarian attitude. See, the AI is human-like.
The problems I've seen tend to be where it tries to do something clever (like split its forces) and ends up weakening its position, but it hasn't happened very often and certainly isn't game breaking.
That's quite realistic. Lord Chelsford did it before Islandwana. After Quatre Bras/Wavre Napoleon sent Grouchy off to chase the Prussians.
As did Rufus T. Firefly in Freedonia's epic war against Sylvania.
Those who do not read history are destined to repeat it. Or at least, catch it on late night A&E.
It isn't as though humans don't do stupid things, too. Even if I could make a game with a perfect AI, would people want to play it? Supposing the AI knew all the rules and never fucked up, what fun would it be? It'd always win since it was perfect.
While I am certainly a person for better AI, by better I mean "more human." I want an AI that can act like a human player of varying skills. Part of that WILL be making mistakes.
Not everyone is convinced that GPGPU is the best way of processing AI though. Bethesdaâ(TM)s Jean-Sylvere Simonet notes that "we might be able to take advantage of parallel architectures, but not for everything. You could probably speed up some individual parts of the decision process, such as replacing your AI search with a brute-force GPU approach, or running a pattern detection algorithm". However, Simonet also points out that "most AI processing is very sequential and usually requires a lot of data
For an NPC to decide on its next action, it will usually have to query the world for a tonne of information, and most of that information is conditional on a previous query result.
I'll believe him, but he's obviously talking about Bethesda games.
Elder Scrolls / Fallout NPCs have a hojillion options available to them. They can sleep, eat, pick up objects, converse with other characters (NPC or the PC), go home, go to work, go to the store, equip clothing and weapons, fight, run away et cetera. All this requires a lot of knowledge about the time of day, all of the objects and characters in the NPC's immediate environment, and some information about other locations in town.
In an FPS lik
The AI in Fear 2 was terrible! Well, if it was good, I didn't notice because it was so god damned easy to play that it was more a case of "Hi, *slomo* bye."
On the parts where I didn't use slowmo, again, nothing remarkable, and I'm not exactly an amazing FPS player either.
>>"Hi, *slomo* bye."
Yeah, Fallout 3 made for a pretty bad first person shooter for this reason: *Tap z* -> VATS comes up. Click on head. Head shot! OMG, I rock!
By the end of the game, I was refusing to use VATS for no other reason that it was insulting me by assuming that I couldn't aim.
Of course, if I was stuck using the Xbox controllers, I'd be used to being unable to aim, and relying on games to chea
Fallout 3 made for a pretty bad first person shooter because it wasn't a first person shooter. It's an RPG.
VATS is an attempt to combine a real-time first-person combat system with a traditional turn-based RPG battle system. It succeeds at that pretty well I think. Of course, one of its strengths is that you can ignore it completely and only play the game in real time, as you did.
VATS was OK, but it lacked all the features RPGs usually have, like special moves, weapon combos, or anything meaningful. The only remarkable feature in VATS, aside from the lovely slow motion gore fests was the chance to target the foe's gun, or even better, a grenade.
For the 5 or so hours I played Fallout 3, I didn't use VATS. Aiming directly between the eyes at 10 feet would usually miss by a mile. It was awful. While I loved Fallout 1 & 2, I hated 3.
Aiming directly between the eyes at 10 feet would usually miss by a mile.
So, uhh, Fallout 3 is an awful game because
Yeah, they should have given you a very finite amount of VATS points, or allow you to earn them and have slow motion replays ONLY for critical hits.
Max Payne had this kind of mechanic: more bullet time accrued via better kills in real time. It was fun having to manage the amount of BT you had, knowing that somewhere down the road you'd need it, and it wasn't worth spending it higgledy-piggledy.
Now I have only played FEAR 1 and expansions, but I'll assume FEAR 2 is about the same. If I remember correctly there were like Easy, Normal, Hard and Masochist.
I am by no means good at FPS games and barely needed to use the slowmo. If they care to name a difficulty Masochist it better be so hard that its almost impossible!
When has a game not claimed it has ultra-realistic AI only to end up having blatantly unrealistic AI?
I don't think you can even have ultra-realistic AI and keep the game fun in most cases anyway, if the AI was in fact ultra-realistic then they'd all just move to the same part of the map, wait until you come along and ambush you from every direction leaving you no chance whatsoever after all.
AI has got better through the years, it's started using cover and that sort of thing and the odd game has managed to h
I've always thought that a never ending march towards smarter AI would go something like this:
The Past:
No real AI. Enemies know where you are at all times, and simply make a beeline for you. To the player, the enemies seems to always know where you are and make a beeline for you.
The Present:
The enemies are no longer allowed to know where you are. Instead, simple AI makes basic decisions about how to act when you walk right in front of it. To the player, the enemies seem stupid.
The Future:
The AI now has advanced heuristics which allow it to take prompts from the environment and knowledge of your probable goals to judge your probable location by using 50% of your CPU power, and use advanced physics engines and inverse kinematics to take a realistic route to get to you, using the other 50% of your CPU power. To the player, the enemies seems to always know where you are and make a beeline for you.
I think you're right, some of the AI systems we've seen touted as being the best just seem to the end player to be effectively no different from some of the worst earlier AI. Call of Duty 5 is a good example of AI gone wrong, where enemies do try to flank you, use cover efficiently and so on. They're also good at using grenades, the problem is, they're all too good at using grenades. So when you hide behind cover 5 germans will chuck grenades at you so you have to run for other cover at which point another
"So when you hide behind cover 5 germans will chuck grenades at you so you have to run for other cover at which point another 5 will throw more meaning you have to run back to where you were assuming those grenades have blown up, all whilst dying repeatedly anyway because enemies kill you in only two or three shots on veteran. The fact they just plaster the area with 5 grenades often left me feeling little difference to the "hard mode" of old in many past games where the enemies were made harder by simply m
For example your teammates in GRAW1 are a bunch of idiots. Occasionally handy but mostly dead because they wandered into the line of fire.
You're talking about the XBox version or something? Cause on the PC, GRAW2 team AI is significantly worse. At least in GRAW1 they would correctly identify incoming fire and return it. In GRAW2 there's countless times where I've seen them sitting still in the open, facing the wrong direction, yelling "taking fire" until they die.
Have you played the CoD series?
Some sections spawn unlimited enemies and the only way to prevent the constant spawn is to move up and push forward so you can't just sit back at a distance picking them off else you simply run out of ammo.
While your criticism holds for traditional Doom style run and gun AI, I think there's a number of ways you could still make a great game out of it, and I think the players would respond positively to a game with really great AI.
Just off the top of my head;
1) Halo style you're a tank with shields. Just because the AI is acting really smart, you're still a lot stronger than most of the enemies you face. That makes for a pretty entertaining scenario, and good AI would work great with it.
2) Enemies don't know
As a side note
Empire: Total War uses online activation (through Steam), so if you buy this and you don't have an Internet connection all the time in your gaming PC, or you upgrade components on it or you upgrade your OS or any other arbitrary condition (which can change at any time at the whim of one of the suits at Creative Assembly) then you've just threw away a nice chunk of your fun money.
Also forget about re-selling them game or giving it to a friend once you've became bored with it (or if you find out
so if you buy this and you don't have an Internet connection all the time in your gaming PC
Emphasis mine. This is false. If it's just Steam activation it's a one time deal. After that you can play it in Steam offline mode without problems.
Empire: Total War uses online activation (through Steam), so if you buy this and you don't have an Internet connection all the time in your gaming PC, or you upgrade components on it or you upgrade your OS or any other arbitrary condition (which can change at any time at the whim of one of the suits at Creative Assembly) then you've just threw away a nice chunk of your fun money.
Where the hell are you getting this from? Why do you think that activation on Steam precludes you from upgrading your PC, changing your OS, etc? And why do you think that "arbitrary conditions" from Creative Assembly will stop you from playing the game?
FYI, Steam needs you to go online once to download/activate the game, and after that, you're pretty much free and clear. Every few weeks your Steam "ticket" will expire, and you'll have to go back online for all of 5 seconds to log in again. You can insta
Creative Assembly's Richard Bull notes that "there's still this disturbing mindset among programmers, particularly game programmers, that if the AI is taking any kind of considerable chunk of time, that's a really bad thing. It's only just getting to the stage now where people regard it as important enough to deserve this chunk of time in a game. If your graphics rendering is taking up 50 percent of your CPU time it's like 'well, never mind, it looks great', but if you try to tell people that you have this really intelligent decision-making system that's taking up 30 percent of the CPU time, they'll say 'you obviously don't know what you're doing, it's badly programmed' and so on".
I'd bet every strategy gamer out there would take a better AI over seeing blades of grass, but alas, AI doesn't draw marketing like grass blowing in the wind.
This is probably one of the best articles I've read in Slashdot in a while. Yes, game AI may be a couple steps below true AI, but it's certainly a step above the problem-solving your average software developer is used to, so it picked my interest.
Thing is, I'd like to learn more about this and perhaps try my hand at writing a basic AI for a game, but I have no clue on how or where to start. Anyone has any recommendations?
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Need Help with Blackberry Bramble Area.
The Name that Plant Forum has given me a possible ID of Blackberry for this rambling bramble we discovered on our new property. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT GROWING BLACKBERRY OR ANY BERRY.
I've never seen it bloom till now. It's in a corner of our yard, wrapped around a palm tree and scattered in front and behind a wrought iron fence. It only gets water from what little the palm tree receives. It has nasty thorns.
I'd like to nurture it to get tasty fruit, and understand how to manage it. Not sure how long it's been there. We discovered it while removing overgrown vines, etc.
Any advice or ID would be great!
Maybe a good idea to mention that the id suggested was Rubus armeniacus, Himalayan Blakcberry, an invasive in California. You said in your other post that it couldn't spread because it is hemmed in by walls. But birds and other wildlife eating the fruit can spread it far and wide. It might be a better idea to get rid of this plant and obtain a good cultivar of blackberry suitable for garden culture in your region.
Here is a link that might be useful: R armeniacus
I wonder why it's only in this one spot on our 1.5 acres if it is indeed wild. Some previous owner could have planted it. I've tromped into the wild lands that border our property, and down to the seasonal stream on our property. No berries.
We have decided to wait, taste the fruit, and if we like it, it can stay. If not, we'll round it up and plant a "known" thornless variety.
desertdance, your climate may have something to do with the manageability.
Any chainlink on our 2.5 acres that isn't in deep shade looks like that with some of the old thorny canes over 1" thick.
If it weren't for the spotted wing drosophila at least the fruit would be a silver lining.
Walls will not keep that in check unless the walls have very deep subsoil footings, a foot deep or more.
Your little thicket could have formed in five years or less from a bird-deposited seed, or even from a store-bought berry misplaced by a child.
In the autumn, cut completely out any canes that bore flowers/fruit that year. To get good fruit in SoCal, you may need to water it weekly from April until fruit is done.
I'm wondering if that is Ginseng that is growing next to the little rubus in your photo. Quite a nice plant to have, if so.
I have heard that some farmers just mow over the brambles at the edges of their fields every other year or so, and that they actually get more berries that way.
We have dewberries invading our area. I allowed a few to grow in my garden for a few years, and they tiprooted all over the place; finally had to rip most of them out.


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When I try to save some text, I want a fixed file name to appear on the JFileChooser which will not change while navigating through directories.
The reason I am doing that is because the user is going to save .java files. That file should have the name of the given class. Having the user type the name can only cause mistakes which will slow compiling and doesn't make sense.
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> spotting during ovulation?
We are TTC, and ovulation *should* be happening around today. But there here I am on day #2 of spotting. Not light spotting, but good amount spotting. Seems to be mostly gone now, but yesterday afternoon and today was for sure there. And mostly dark.
I know this can sometimes happen with ovulation, and my OB says it's a sign of good fertility, but does anyone have any experience with this? Been doing OPT's and hasn't shown up as positive yet...but it should have, yeah? I only start doing the tests on Tuesday though, out of town prior to that. COuld I have O'ed on Monday or over weekend and just now started spotting?
I've never had personal experience with spotting around O time, but I do remember reading (either in TCOYF or online at FF) that spotting during O was actually a really positive thing and can mean you are very fertile at the time.
Better hit the sack just to be sure!!!
So I'm fertile NOW? I do need to brush op on my TCOYF book!!
And if we BD'ed two days ago, that could count towards something?
Sounds lame, because I know i know that my body is more sophisticated than that, but I feel like the spotting is *washing away* any egg or teeny-embryo. silly?
Spotting won't wash it away any more then getting a lot of CM would wash it away.
If you had sex 2 days before you and you have fertile CM, you could have very well caught the egg!! Spermies can live in fertile CM for up to five days (give or take) to wait for the egg to show up to the party. So, your timing wasn't too bad!
Good luck!!
I just looked up this exact thing on the net. Ive never had this kind of spotting around O time.
On beyondfertility.com it says...<< spotting that occurs in the middle of your cycle or spotting that occurs some ten to fourteen days prior to the start of the next cycle is normal too. This spotting may occur during ovulation. Seeing a spot of blood during ovulation is considered an excellent fertility sign. It is thought that mid-cycle spotting occurs for one of two reasons. First reason is possibly that when the egg bursts through the follicle, a little bleeding may occur. This blood will then make its way out and show up as "spotting". Or, during ovulation, the level of estrogens rise, and this sometimes prompts the uterus to shed a bit of lining, which shows up in the form of "spotting.">>
I also read it happens just prior to ovulation when there is a sudden drop in estrogen, and it tends to happen to women with longer cycles..which is true for me!
Hope this is good news for us!
No worries.
I'm an O spotter. I have been for about a year. I usually get the rusty or pink CM during O for a day or two. (Sorry if TMI) This month I experienced a heavier and longer spotting during O. But I'm fine.
It happens. Consider it a good sign.
If you are super worried go see a doctor.
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Civil war reenactment will line Lake Andover offering a glimpse into the past. An antique and lawn and farm tractor show will be held at the museum grounds. Gather for the concerts and grab a bite to eat from one of the many food vendors to choose from. Artisans and craft vendors will be featured throughout the grounds. Kids will enjoy the fishing derby. Remember our veterans and participate in a Salute to Veterans.
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This two day auction features locally handcrafted furniture, quilts, and other handmade items. There will also be a children's auction and train ride. Bake sales and food vendors help round out the event. Proceeds from the two day event go to help those in need in the community and around the world.
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Join the 50th Anniversary of this annual swap meet and car show held at the Boone County Fairgrounds, both inside and outside displays of all makes and models of cars from the Model T, street machines and present-day models.
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The holiday festivities in Bishop Hill begin with Julmarknad, or Christmas Market. This event is based on Scandinavian customs dating back to the Middle Ages when farmers and artisans would gather in the village squares to sell their wares. Bishop Hill businesses will be offering unique gifts, handmade wares, antiques, quilts, collectibles, baked goods, delicious foods, and Swedish imports. Scandinavian foods such as herring, lutfisk, and rye bread are also in abundance. Select from a large array of delicious holiday cookies, homemade by community bakers on Friday and Saturday.
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Bring the family and "burn away the old to welcome the new" experience a traditional Swedish bonfire. In Sweden the bonfire, speech and song signal hope in the future. Make this old tradition your own. The Bonfire is held at the Vasa Archives museum. Begins at 6 pm.
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Midsommar Music Festival
Music and fun for the entire family, participate in musical workshops, jamming sessions and a barn dance with instructions provided. Main stage concerts are held in Village Park. Main Stage Events begin at 11 am, Maypole procession at 4 pm, and Barn Dance at 7 pm.
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Celebrate Bishop Hill's agrarian heritage, this event features traditional 19th century harvest activities and demonstrations, hands-on activities, music, farm produce, and Colony stew. Hours: 10am to 5pm.
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Southern Illinois Irish Festival
This Festival began in 1997 and continued to grow and expand with new events and excitement for participants of all ages. A Celtic cultural celebration with special concerts, fairs with music, dance workshops & demonstrations, Celtic arts & crafts, and merchandise, children's activities. This year's Southern Illinois Irish Festival will be hosted by Walkers Bluff. This new venue provides a picturesque location just northwest of Carterville, Illinois.
2015 Boneyard Arts Festival
Discover the flourishing creative community of Champaign County during the Annual Boneyard Arts Festival, presented by 40 North | 88 West, Champaign County's art council. More than a traditional arts walk, the Boneyard is a unique countywide celebration that takes place in over 100 venues and features the work of local sculptors, weavers, painters and photographers, as well as musicians, actors, dancers and other performers.
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Known as C2E2, this convention spans the latest and greatest from the worlds of comics, movies, television, toys, anime, manga and video games. Bringing the best of popular culture to downtown Chicago, C2E2's show floor is packed with hundreds of exhibitors, panels and autograph sessions giving fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators, and screening rooms featuring sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either the big or small screen!
Thanksgiving with Lincoln Heritage of DeWitt County
Join us for a traditional Thanksgiving meal with a little history as you meet Mr.Lincoln and discover his ties with DeWitt County. The Thanksgiving meal is catered and tickets are available from the Clinton Chamber & Tourism Office.
Shawnee Hills Grape & Wine Festival
Among the Stars - A celebration of Chambourcin, one of seven stars of the Shawnee Hills AVA. Food and wine, rain or shine, at Starview Vineyards! Shawnee Hills Wine sampling from Chardonel to Chambourcin, meet the grape growers and winemakers, learn about wine & food pairings and enjoy a wine/vineyard scavenger hunt. See local artisans and listen to live music and more! Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy award-winning southern Illinois wines on a beautiful afternoon and evening, from 1 to 6pm. Tickets online for $15 and $20 at the gate. $5 for designated drivers.
Spring Indian Market Days
Spring Indian Market Days will have Native American artists and vendors displaying and selling their crafts, artwork, clothing, jewelry and more.
Cache River Nature Festival
Enjoy the area's rich bird life and wetland habitat. A 12-minute orientation film gives a wonderful overview and introduction of the watershed, explaining the unique bio-diversity of the flora and fauna that can be experienced here. Visitors can also acquaint themselves with the area by exploring an interactive diorama of a bald cypress-water tupelo swamp, area state champion tree information and changing landscape displays. Activities include guided field trips, canoe tours, live bird demonstrations and various exhibits from 8am to 4pm.
My Heart in a Suitcase
ArtsPower's presentation of My Heart in a Suitcase is a dramatic adaptation of Anne Lehmann Fox's courages autobiographical account. Forced to leave her family in order to escape 1938 Nazi-controlled Germany, Anne struggles to bring meaning to a world filled with violence and hatred, and must learn to rely on her own courage and the generosity of others to survive. My Heart in a Suitcase is a gripping, poignant and dramatic tribute to the power of love and the strength of the human spirit to triumph over unimaginable hardship. This show is great for children in 4th to 8th grade. It not only teaches them about a world wide lesson, but also shows them how to treat one another. Doors open at 9 a.m. and the show will start at 10 a.m.
46th Annual Threshing Show and Antique Show
The Stephenson County Antique Engine Club proudly presents this annual event, "The Freeport Show". It offers over 300 antique steam and horse-powered engines, equipment, and gas engines. This year's feature is Allis-Chalmers. There will be a huge parade daily at 1 pm, a large flea market, a large display building offering home antiques, crafts, demonstrations, and farm miniatures, Gasoline Alley featuring The Rawleigh gas engines, sawmill, and blacksmith shop. There will be threshing demonstrations with both steam and gas tractors, and working demonstrations throughout the show grounds. Also, ride the Silver Creek and Stephenson Railroad antique steam train. Great food is offered. Don't miss the Farmer's Hitch Class, Horse Pull or the Midwest Championship Antique Tractor Pull.
Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad and Silvercreek Museum Fall Harvest Demonstrations
All aboard as a 36-ton, 1912 Heisler steam locomotive pulls three cabooses for a four-mile ride through farmlands. Purchase your ticket at the Silver Creek Depot, a turn-of-the-century replica filled with railroad artifacts, and browse the Freight House Gift Shop and Silvercreek Museum. Weather permitting, there will be fall harvest demonstrations with horses and tractors. The museum will feature sauerkraut and brats. Train: Adults: $7; Children under 12: $3; Cab Rides: Inquire at the Depot; Museum: Adults: $4; Children under 12: Free.
Fulton Dutch Days Festival
Many events celebrating Dutch heritage. Windmill tours, quilt show, 5 K walk/run, traditional street scrubbing, Dutch dancing, a fashion show of traditional Dutch costumes and parade Sunday at 3 PM.
Galesburg Railroad Days
The 38th annual celebration of railroad history in downtown Galesburg. This event returns to Main Street. It marks the 160th year of the Railroad in Galesburg. Come by auto via I-74 or by rail via Amtrak. Galesburg is the gateway to the west and leading Amtrak Depot on the corridor to Quincy.


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Daryl Hall is set to ring in the New Year in star-studded style with an Internet concert to remember.
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Greece is all Greek Civilisation well known for their Dramas with happy endings... Europe take note, this Nation has pride and beware.
Must respect for what is gifted to the world in the Arts,Science and Literature.
Museums around the globe would have been more than half empty without them....
Love the austerity snake and the disc is the Euro... good stuff.
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We are very well known for our suicidal final acts. One must be crazy and free enough to dare do it though. Now, watch us, world.
Don't mess with our Sculptures!!!
Pygmalion might bring them to life. One wishes there were a Pygmalion in Brussels. Laocoons sons are missing. Did he have to sell them into slavery in order to pay Goldman Sachs ?
Is it a year or two since Greece started exiting eurozone? At least in economic predictions...
I think the last sculpture should depict snail rather than Discobolus...
Or Dali's "Persistence of Time"
Down with the Euro!
Last week we had half a dozen modern Hollywood superheroes in spandex trying to save the planet.
Now we have Greek Gods, superheroes of Mythology, nakedly struggling to save a country.
The Greek people remain disappointed, waiting for Superman.
How much for one matinee ticket to The Avengers for each Greek citizen?
Magical Thinking and Denial can save the Greeks. Hard work is too hard.
some symbolism inherent -
nude women mean hedonism
snakes mean constriction
nude man hiding his genitals mean pessimism
it is tempting to attribute some of the above to sexism, but i think women may tend to find it flattering that they are associated with good times, pleasure and merryness.
Brilliant! You just wanna scream, "C'mon, get on with it and go!!"
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UAE teaching drain: Qualified tutors hard to come by
The struggle to secure enough qualified teachers to deliver quality technical education is the biggest challenge vocational institutions in the UAE are currently facing, experts said last week.
On a panel to discuss the future of the region's vocational education experts once again highlighted the importance of technical education as a crucial driver of the UAE's economy to diversify future manpower. The panel discussion was organised by Dubai Knowledge Village.
"One of our greatest challenges is to find qualified teachers in vocational education which is why we always look at industrial experience and not academic qualifications," said Dr Naji Al Mahdi, Executive Director of the National Institute of Vocational Education (Nive). "What we try to do is match skills with background so it's now more about suitability rather than paper qualifications." He added what Nive does with Emiratis with industrial experience interested in teaching is put them on a year-long teacher training fundamental skills course.
"The most important aspect of teaching is to have the passion for it so what we are trying to do is identify skilled Emiratis who are interested in teaching to get the training." Dr Al Mahdi added Nive and other technical and vocational training institutes in the country struggle to find qualified teachers because of the nature of education degrees.
High school system
"A majority of teachers go through the traditional schooling and university paths to become teachers and therefore don't have the technical or experiential background to teach vocational education," he said. "Vocational education should be the norm and not the exception, every schoolchild should be exposed to experiential learning; yet trying to implement this at the school level is always met with the obstacle of finding the right teachers." Dr. Abdul Latif Al Shamsi, Director of the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT), said the UAE community's perceptions about vocational education were undergoing change.
"IAT was founded in 2005 as a high school system when it took over the old industrial schools that used to be for dropouts," he said. "Last week we had an admission exam for students in Dubai who wanted to join grade 9 and we had 2,000 Emirati students sitting those exams; while our intake capacity for this year is 1,000 so something serious has changed." He added the acceptance of new vocational education systems among Emiratis is reflective of the public schooling system's failing pedagogy of rote learning.
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Real Men Say "EEK!"...
Over a kitchen remodel like THIS. I may or may not have let out a man "eek" when I saw this kitchen. If It made a grown man "eek" I figured I should at least share with the people who help inspire my projects.
This is now on my "someday.....sigh..." wish list.
Found on their facebook (www.facebook.com/craftart) but can't seem to link to that so i will just link to their site.
Here is a link that might be useful: craft art kitchen - wood and granite countertops with sage cabinets and prep sink
There's some weird stuff going on in there!
Almost like they were going for wheel chair accessible and then decided "aww *^&%$ it" half way.
But definitely some pretty stuff going on in the photo. (no idea what's on the FB page--hopefully an explanation!)
Sorry, I think that is plain bizarre. Like a wading pool for pets or something.
Plus ergonomically, I don't see how this works at all. You'd need to lean forward to use the faucet, with all that wood in the way. Am I missing something?
Makes me say eek too, but not in a good way. Sorry, don't know how to say this more politely, but it reminds me of a toilet bowl!
Man eek. Lol.
Dentist spit bowl, LOL.
Pretty wood, thought and the copper sink is gorgeous.
Oh my. For me, it's an "ICK" kitchen.
If I came home to that - either me or the kitchen would soon be out on the driveway making an exit. It suggests to me what a Roman vomitorium should be.
I really don't like it. But, different strokes and all. . . .
I think I was drawn to the Huge piece of wood with the cool construction and the copper sink and lost all of my sense about function (shamefully staring at my shoes and kicking dust)... reaching into that sink may not be super easy now that I think about it. What's the word... ergonomic? I think there may have been an ergonomic miss step.
Let me go back to my huge piece of wood dreams now.
I like it. I like that it doesn't fit into the current design box. I like the way the entire island is designed as to provide some interest though I'll concede that the edging around the sink may be a little too deep. It looks as if the cooking area would function really well though we don't get to see the rest of the kitchen. Ref and pantry placement. Of course this is coming from someone who for one of her many, many aesthetic iterations of her (hopefully very soon to be) kitchen remodel has putty cabinets, rojo alicante marble, butcher block, brass, and stainless as her finishes. So one could see why this kitchen is appealing to me. Many probably consider those dated finishes but done properly that have a great amount of charm and part of this particular iteration is to look as if it had been done a while ago. Like I said before....I like it!
It's hideous. It's not so much the design of the huge wooden counter itself, but rather the incredible disconnect between that highly contemporary, architectural counter and the fussy, old-fashioned base cabs and hardware. That picture belongs in the dictionary under the definition for non sequitur. It makes my skin crawl.
Not to mention those equally hideous knives.
Yuck....how do you balance dishes or anything else on the edge of the sink before you wash them? Who gets to climb up on the counter to reach the raised center counter to wipe it off? And how much stuff will land on the floor getting knocked off the lower counter under the open space with the upper counter.
Nope, form follows function and this one just doesn't function.


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Stir until completely smooth.
Remove from heat.
Beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
Return to heat and cook until thickened.
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Ghosts don't haunt me, that cheeseburger does
What with it being so close to Christmas, I thought today would be the perfect time to share a holiday ghost story.
It's not the story of the three ghosts who saved Ebenezer Scrooge from his humbug life of cold-hearted greed; it's the story of two ghosts I met during a recent vacation in southern New Mexico.
There we were -- me, my wife and our dear friends Danny and Sonia -- poking around in the blistering heat and checking out the adobe buildings that form the tiny historic village of Mesilla, one-time stomping grounds of Pancho Villa and Billy the Kid.
It was mid-afternoon when it occurred to me we hadn't had anything to drink in more than an hour, so I bravely strolled over to an ancient structure bearing a wooden sign advertising the Double Eagle Steakhouse.
A sandwich board at the door boasted the restaurant was home to "the World's Largest Green Chile Cheeseburger" -- one-and-a-quarter pounds of the finest aged beef, slathered with roasted green chilies, half a pound of Queso Fresco cheese and parked on a bun the size of a manhole cover -- so I poked my head inside for a look.
There, I beheld the most amazing bar you have ever seen. Carved from oak and walnut, decorated with four gold-leaf-covered corinthian columns, with mirrors the size of recreational vehicles, two two-metre-by-one-metre French baccarat chandeliers and an antique brass foot rail, it went on for as far as the middle-aged eye can see.
We parked our parched Canadian bodies in front of the attentive New Mexican bartender, who, after serving us four outstanding margaritas, sized us up and shared a terrifying true tale from the heritage building's dark past.
"This place is haunted," he whispered, while casually polishing glasses behind the gleaming bar.
It seems back in the 1850s, the restaurant was home to a wealthy Mexican family and their large entourage of servants. The family had a teenage son, Armando, who fell head over heels in love with their Mexican maid, Inez, a union that drew the outrage of the boy's overbearing mother, known only as Senora.
As it happens, one day Senora came home unexpectedly and found the young lovers entwined, so to speak. In a blind rage, she grabbed a pair of shears from her sewing basket, stabbed the maid and, in the process, fatally wounded her son, who was desperately trying to shield his true love.
"The ghosts of Armando and Inez are still here today," the barman declared firmly, pouring me a small shot of apple-pie-flavoured moonshine. "Sometimes, when my back is turned, glasses on the bar will move by themselves, or tables left in one spot will be in a different place the next morning. Sometimes you'll hear your name called and there's no one there."
Intrigued, that night we had a memorable, ghost-free dinner in the Double Eagle's Maximillian Room, which has a ceiling painstakingly leafed with 15-centimetre squares of gold. At night's end, our friend Sonia visited Armando's former bedroom, where diners can eat and keep watch for the doomed lovers. The salon's walls sport eerie paintings of its ill-fated residents.
Minutes later, a jittery Sonia returned, looking pale as, well, a ghost. Eyes as big as saucers, she blurted: "I tried to take a picture of the painting of Armando, but my camera wouldn't work!"
"Uh huh," the rest of us muttered as we staggered out into the village's now ink-black streets.
"I'm serious!" Sonia snorted, waggling her camera with righteous indignation. "But it's working perfectly fine now. Don't you think that's a little spooky?"
I looked at her and rubbed my bulging stomach. "Maybe a little," I sniffed, stifling a polite belch. "But, with apologies to Armando and Inez, I'm going to be haunted by that green chili cheeseburger for the rest of my life."
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 17, 2012 A2
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Record Year for River Wear Salmon
Record numbers of salmon were captured by anglers fishing the UK's River Wear in 2013.
Environment Agency officers have just finished collating the rod catch return data from last year and they were delighted to find that catches on the Wear have hit an all time high.
Catch data show that salmon stocks are the best they have ever been, with a record 1,731 fish reported by anglers in 2013, compared to the previous best of 1,613 in 2011. Sea trout catches on the Wear were also up last year. Catches rose from 1,427 in 2012 to 1,523 in 2013.
The River Wear was one of the few rivers in England that actually bucked the trend of reduced catches in 2013. This dip in figures was caused by the dry summer, which can hamper fish passage over weirs and reduce angling success.
Paul Frear, fisheries technical officer at the Environment Agency, said:
"The 2013 fish catches are a real surprise. They show that, despite low river levels, the Wear can still produce great catches for anglers. Recent improvements in water quality and river habitats have contributed to these catches.
Salmon are in important part of our rivers' ecology and they are a valuable economic fish stock, so this is fantastic news for the North East."
Fifty years ago, very few salmon or sea trout were seen in the Wear because the river was too polluted. Due to the successful efforts of the Environment Agency and its partners, the River Wear's water quality is one of the most improved in the country.
The Environment Agency monitors rod catches of salmon and sea trout from rivers nationally, and the data show the River Wear is second only to the neighbouring Tyne as the best salmon river in England and Wales.
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Excellent Labor Day Weekend Experience!
Stayed with a group of friends for Labor Day. House was absolutely adorable! Two shower options (Outdoor shower was my favorite--even had a foot shower) and bathrooms to cut down on prep time. Laundry, dishwasher, oven/stove for any of your needs. House had fast wifi and an excellent selection of VHS tapes, that we took advantage of between sight seeing. House is walking distance from restaurants and shopping in town and is driving/biking distance to numerous beaches. Highly recommend this house for overall setup and location. Had a great time in Hyannis!
Fantastic family fun in delightful setting
We had a great family vacation in this beautifully maintained and decorated house. The house and location were perfect for our extended family gathering. My son and his wife and 2 grandchildren under the age of 6 as well as my daughter and her husband stayed with us. We made dinner in the well equipped kitchen and ate outside in the spacious backyard almost every night as the weather was delightful. The dining room was large enough to seat all of us and then some but we enjoyed the outdoor ambience with the good weather. The grandchildren had a ball playing in the backyard while we had cocktails and dinner. We went to the beach everyday with towels, beach chairs and sand toys provided by the owner. Also enjoyed the proximity to Hyannis shopping and restaurants. Took in a game at the Hyannis Cape Cod League baseball field which was a highlight for some of the crew. It all worked out so well and we look forward to returning soon. The owners were most friendly and responsive to our concerns. I have highly recommended this property to friends and family.
High quality property with attention to detail
When arrived at property we were delighted with the accommodation. It was very clean, spacious and welcoming with fresh towels, hand soaps, shower gels, etc. Information pack was very helpful and much appreciated as this was our first trip to Cape Cod. Kitchen was well stocked, lounge area comfortable, beds extremely comfortable, bathrooms clean with supplies, garden amazing - loved the covered outdoor area (sat here a lot watching the birds, squirrels). Would highly recommend the property and would definitely consider coming again as we really enjoyed our stay. Also would like to mention that Perry was very helpful and responsive.


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Pass the Bone (1994)by The Genius feat. RZAsampled
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- Do the Funky Penguin by Rufus Thomas (1971)
- Clan in Da Front by Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
Drama (1991)sampled
- All the Way Lover by Millie Jackson (1977)
- Word to the Mother (Land) by Big Daddy Kane (1988)
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Words From a Genius (1991)was sampled in
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Living Foul (1991)sampled
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Phony as Ya Wanna Be (1991)sampled
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Life of a Drug Dealer (1991)sampled
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Fed likely to act
Plan to buy more bonds is expected
WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve is expected to announce a revamped bond-buying plan today to maintain its support for the U.S. economy.
The Fed's goal would be to keep downward pressure on long-term interest rates and encourage individuals and companies to borrow and spend. If it succeeds, the Fed might at least soften the blow from tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect in January if Congress and the president can't reach a budget deal.
But its actions wouldn't rescue the economy. Chairman Ben Bernanke warned last month that if the economy fell off a "broad fiscal cliff," the Fed probably couldn't offset the shock.
Fears of the cliff have led some U.S. companies to delay expanding, investing and hiring. Manufacturing has slumped. Consumers have cut back on spending. Unemployment remains a still-high 7.7 percent. If higher taxes and government spending cuts lasted for much of 2013, most experts say the economy would sink into another recession.
On Tuesday, the Fed began a two-day meeting, which will end this afternoon with a statement announcing its policy decisions. Afterward, the Fed will update its forecasts for the economy, and Bernanke will hold a news conference.
The expectation is that the Fed will unveil a program to buy $45 billion a month in long-term Treasury bonds. This would replace an expiring program called Operation Twist. With Twist, the Fed sold $45 billion a month in short-term Treasuries and used the proceeds to buy the same amount in longer-term Treasuries.
Twist didn't expand the Fed's investment portfolio; it just reshuffled the holdings. But the Fed has run out of short-term securities to sell. So to maintain its pace of long-term Treasury purchases and help keep long-term rates low, it must spend more and increase its portfolio.
The new bond purchase plan would join a program announced in September. Under that program, the Fed is buying $40 billion a month in mortgage bonds to try to force already record-low mortgage rates lower to encourage home buying. The total Fed bond purchases from the two programs would remain $85 billion.
"The Fed really has only one key decision at the meeting, and that is how much of the current program will they replace," said David Jones, chief economist at DMJ Advisors.
If, on the other hand, the Fed chooses not to replace Twist with a new bond-buying program, the value of its long-term Treasury purchases will decline by half. Long-term borrowing rates might rise as a result.
When the Fed pumps more money into the financial system and adds to its portfolio, it's called quantitative easing, or QE. Critics argue that QE risks escalating inflation later. The Fed's portfolio totals nearly $2.9 trillion — more than three times its size before the 2008 financial crisis.
The Fed has launched three rounds of QE since the financial crisis hit. In announcing QE3 in September, the Fed said it would keep buying mortgage bonds until the job market improved substantially. It also extended its plan to keep its benchmark short-term rate near zero through at least mid-2015. And it raised the possibility of taking other steps.
Skeptics note that rates on mortgages and many other loans are already at or near all-time lows.
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1985 is best known by Camaro aficionados as the year the IROC first made its appearance. Named after the International Race of Champions, it certainly lived up to its moniker. Both the Z28 and the IROC had a Tuned Port Injection (TPI) version of the engine that was rated at 215 horsepower. The 5.0 HO engine also had a hotter camshaft and a larger exhaust system. Ironically, this engine was available only on the automatic. However, you could opt for the L69 H.O. engine, which only came with the 5-speed manual tranny and produced 190 hp at 4,800 rpm and 240 lb-ft of torque at 3,200 rpm.Production of this engine was restricted about halfway through the year. Although you did lose a very small amount of horsepower and torque with the H.O., it was well worth it to get the 5-speed. Besides, the horsepower could be overcome with ease by adding headers and a good exahust. The L69 in 1985 was available only in the IROC. New 16-by-8-inch all-aluminum wheels sporting 245/50VR16 Goodyear Gatorback tires, the ride was lowered by a half-inch, and the addition of the foglamps made sure that if you saw the IROC from the front, you new at that moment that you were seeing an IROC.
Chevrolet also changed ten of the twelve exterior colors from 1984. Other external changes included new front fascias, taillamps, air dams, grilles, and parking lamps, although these changes were very minor and mostly not noticeable to the untrained eye. The IROC was honored as one of Car and Driver's Ten Best for 1985.
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