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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups crisp rice cereal
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
My family was hungry for chocolate chip cookies. They requested crispy and chewy. I found this recipe on my computer and made them. What rave reviews they received!! My husband that doesn't really like sweets that well took them to work and they all ranted and raved about these crispy chewy cookies. I will definitely be making these cookies again.
they were ok...the taste was nice, but the rice cereal turned hard the next day and wasn't crispy any more. Hard lumps made the texture terrible...sorry. I really liked the idea of these cookies when i read the recipe but i won't make them again.
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I agree with you others who said the dough is too crumbly. I also added water to it. I think next time I will reduce the amount of add-ins...2 c. of rice krispies is probably overdoing it. The dough is so delicious by itself -- the add-ins end up overpowering the cookie. I substituted some peanut butter chips for a portion of the chocolate chips, and I used Cocoa Krispies instead of regular. And I added an extra splash of vanilla extract for good measure. I found the cocoa krispies got a LITTLE bit gummy in the cooking process. Did anyone else have this result?
I made quite a few changes because I don't have rice krispies. I put Reece Puffs instead for the cereal, and only 2 small handfulls. Then, i had some extra pecan peices to use up, so i threw those in too. A little extra vanilla (about 1/2 tsp) added a bit of extra flavor. I kept one batch in for the suggested 12 mintues, and left a seperate batch in for about 14 minutes to see which was better. I liked the 14 minute batch, they are crispier (but that may not be what you like) All in all a good recipe!
I changed the proportions to only 1-1/4 cups of flour and 1 cup of cereal and my dough came out fine. But I don't think the addition of the cereal did a whole lot for me. I probably wouldn't make again.
Save the crispy rice cereal for Saturday morning cartoons. If you use them for these cookies you will be haunted by the ghost of Mr Kellogg for the rest of your days. The dough is way too crumbly.
This is a great recipe..my family loves them. I added about 1 tablespoon of water, however, since the mixture was a little crumbly and used miniature chocolate chips. These disappeared quickly at my house!
I had a craving for cookies and limited on the ingredients. I'm very happy I found this recipe, it was de-lious. My family enjoyed then as well! :)
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Serving Size: 1/18 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 18 Amount Per Serving Calories: 186 Calories from Fat: 74
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Yelp.com only has about three million monthly app users—a much smaller number than the 45 million who visit Yelp.com each month. But what Yelp realized was that it could use those engaged mobile users to make Yelp.com better.
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Mike Breen once warned that it's time we start being brutally honest about the missional movement that has emerged in the last 10-15 years: Chances are better than not it's going to fail.
He went on to say that a missional church or a missional community or a missional small group is the new car that everyone is talking about right now, but no matter how beautiful or shiny the vehicle, without an engine, it won't go anywhere. What is that overlooked engine? Discipleship.
But that's not the only potential killer of a missional movement. There are 5 more that might be just as crucial.
At our Verge:Chicago Regional, Todd Engstrom spoke about the 3 ways to kill a missional culture: assume the Gospel, cast vision without practices, and fail to love consumers (while hating consumerism).
There are 2 more that I would add: lack of ongoing missional training, and not connecting with a tribe for encouragement and accountability. If I'm counting correctly, that's 6 "missional killers."
So, any one of these "killers" can derail your mission:
- Lack of discipleship and disciple making
- Assuming the Gospel / lack of Gospel-centered training and resources
- Casting vision without practices
- Failing to love consumers with grace
- Lack of ongoing missional training
- Not connecting with a "tribe" for encouragement and accountability
And all 6 of these "missional killers" are exactly why we created Verge 2014:
- To give you in-depth and cutting edge discipleship resources and training
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- To not just give you a vision for a missional movement, but also provide simple, transferable practices
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- To provide ongoing missional training and equipping for everyday life and leadership
- To pull together a tribe of what Alan Hirsch calls "The Fellowship of the Freaks" – i.e. like-minded, gospel-centered, missional practitioners who desperately need encouragement and accountability
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Whenever Paul would write his letters, he would write to remind followers of Jesus that "being" comes before "doing." Paul wrote about what is true about us. Then he wrote about how we are to respond to that truth. Far too often when we're on mission, we get things backwards. We get so bogged down in the mission that we forget that the mission of God is an overflow of the grace of God – identity comes before activity.
If Jesus is Lord, then every sphere and domain of our lives are His. So then what does it really look like to live on mission out of your identity – not working FOR your identity, but out of your identity – as a son/daughter of God, as a family, as a missionary, as a servant, as a disciple? What does this look like in your everyday life? What does it look like to lead and make disciples out of your identity as the beloved of God?
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With three days of challenging main sessions, music, workshops, networking opportunities and more, Verge 2014 is here to encourage, build up, and renew all kinds of leaders engaged in the mission of God.
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This conference is a chance for church leaders, students, entrepreneurs, artists, urban innovators, business leaders, community development specialists, non-profit leaders, lead pastors, church planters, storytellers, creatives and everyday leaders – anyone pursuing the mission of God in community, to huddle together for three days of challenging main sessions, workshops, and connecting opportunities. More than anything, we want you to re-connect with Jesus and His mission together with your leadership community, as well as being equipped to apply reproducible and transferable practices. We believe you will be profoundly encouraged and enriched as practitioners and guides from all over the world share their experience and the Word of God with you and your team.
We also want to provide opportunities for Kingdom-minded leaders to interact and network. Austin, Texas is a city of amazing food and music culture, so we will be hosting several gatherings throughout the conference to allow your team to enjoy culture and community.
"What I've sensed is really that God is doing something and we really are on the verge of seeing something happen…And that's what I loved about the whole idea behind this Conference. - Francis Chan
"Verge is an authentic, humble wave of leaders creating an ethos of meaningful collaboration and necessary strategic convergence for missional initiatives in North America." - Dave Gibbons
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha County officials are exploring both compressed natural gas and liquid propane as alternate fuels for county vehicles.
And they're getting industry leaders to help foot the bill.
The Kanawha County Commission already bought one Chevrolet Tahoe that runs on compressed natural gas, and is considering buying other alternative-fuel vehicles when they buy new cars and trucks.
County commissioners Kent Carper, Hoppy Shores and Dave Hardy were ready to vote at a regular meeting Thursday on a $17,000 project to build a slow-fill compressed natural gas-filling port at the county courthouse. But T.J. Meadows, business manager for IGS Energy and CNG Services, offered to give the county a filling station for free. IGS is pushing for more natural gas-powered technology in the state.
At the same meeting, Bret Chandler offered the county part of a $500,000 federal grant to convert vehicles to liquid propane if the county will consider converting some cars and trucks to that alternate fuel. Chandler is managing director of the investment company Propane Fuel Technologies LLC, but also works with CleanFUEL USA, a national company pushing propane technology.
Carper said there's no reason for the county not to look at both forms of alternate fuel. Both natural gas and propane can be tapped and refined in West Virginia, and within the county's borders.
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Hardy agreed.
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PRETORIA, South Africa (BP) -- "Our nation has lost its greatest son," South African President Jacob Zuma said in announcing the loss of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the nation's former president who died at home Thursday (Dec. 5) at age 95 after months of declining health.
"Our people have lost a father. Although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss," Zuma said.
Mandela's "tireless struggle for freedom earned him the respect of the world," Zuma said. "His humility, his compassion and his humanity earned him their love."
Among world leaders, President Barack Obama voiced similar sentiments.
"Nelson Mandela achieved more than could be expected of any man," Obama said. "His own struggle inspired others to believe in the promise of a better world, and the rightness of reconciliation. Through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, he transformed South Africa - and moved the entire world."
In the U.S. and South Africa, respective national flags are being flown at half-staff in honor of Mandela. Obama ordered the recognition to continue through sunset Dec. 9 at the White House and other public and military facilities in the U.S.
Russell D. Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, noted the heroism of the leader who rose from 27 years of incarceration to become the first black South African president as well as a hallmark of freedom and a leader of worldwide acclaim.
"Nelson Mandela's heroism will outlast him throughout untold generations. Mandela will be remembered for standing up to a racist regime, for persevering under persecution, and for leading his country toward democracy," Moore told Baptist Press. Mandela's move from prison cell to president's office was a living parable of the power of freedom over apartheid.
"Even those who don't agree with all of Mandela's political or religious views ought to give thanks for the many good things that came from his life and work," Moore said. "As we remember Nelson Mandela, let's pray for a South Africa that experiences the freedom not only of the voting booth but also of widespread Gospel reconciliation to God and to one another."
Mandela rarely discussed religion outside the arena of religious freedom, but a transcript on NelsonMandela.org quotes his comments on religion in a 2000 Christian Science Monitor interview.
"Religion has had a tremendous influence on my own life. You must remember that during our time -- right from Grade 1 up to university -- our education was provided by religious institutions. I was in [Christian] missionary schools," the transcript records Mandela as saying. "The government [of the day] had no interest whatsoever in our education and, therefore, religion became a force which was responsible for our development.
"I appreciate the importance of religion," Mandela said. "You have to have been in a South African jail under apartheid where you could see the cruelty of human beings to each other in its naked form. Again, religious institutions and their leaders gave us hope that one day we would return."
Nigeria native Adeniya Ojutiku, a Southern Baptist in the U.S. who fights for Christians and their livelihood in his homeland, described Mandela as "an epitome of forgiveness, kindness and love" who had "a dogged resolve for the pursuit of peace and justice."
"His extraordinary life story, witty sense of humor and lack of bitterness toward his former oppressors has ensured global appeal for his type of charismatic leadership," Ojutiku told Baptist Press. "Mandela has no antecedence, parallel or equal in the contemporary history of harmonious race relations.
"He rekindled hope in the humaneness and greatness of the black, colored and white races, as he soared above the petty confines of party politics and prejudice," Ojutiku said.
Former international missionary Gordon Fort, the International Mission Board senior vice president for prayer mobilization and training, said Mandela's leadership allowed churches to flourish in South Africa.
"While tackling the daunting task of dismantling institutionalized racism, poverty and inequality, [Mandela] gave a clarion call to national unity and religious freedom," Fort said in an email to IMB staff. "This atmosphere led to a season of opportunity for the church and its missionary representatives to advance the Gospel, engage new people groups, and play a part in the healing of the deep rifts within the nation.
"President Mandela was among the first to invite and welcome the role of the church in the new nation he was seeking to build," Fort wrote. "After retirement from the presidency, he continued to provide leadership and an example of statesmanship that allowed the church to flourish."
Mandela was inaugurated in May 1994 as president of South Africa, the first black and the first leader democratically elected to the post, stepping down after one term as he had vowed. Mandela chronicled his life in his 1994 autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom," published in several languages.
He was born Rolihlahla Mandela on July 18, 1918, into the Madiba clan in the small village of Mvezo in Transkei, South Africa. His teacher at the primary school Mandela attended in Qunu named him "Nelson" in accordance with custom to give all school children Christian names. Mandela heard stories of his ancestors' valor during the wars of resistance and dreamed of helping South Africans secure freedom.
His comments to the court in 1964 that sentenced him to life in prison for his work to abolish apartheid have become immortalized.
"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities," Mandela told the court. "It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
During his incarceration, Mandela developed a lung infection that would recur at times for the remainder of his life.
The United Nations on June 10, 2009, adopted Mandela's birthday, July 18, as "Nelson Mandela International Day."
Mandela was recognized with more than 1,100 honors and awards, received more than 100 honorary degrees, and had numerous institutions, awards, schools and streets named in his honor, according to NelsonMandela.org.
In addition to the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize he shared with former South African President F.W. deKlerk, who had joined hands with Mandela in defeating apartheid, Mandela's honors include Time's Person of the Year, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Sakharov Prize, the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights, the UNESCO Peace Prize, the Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony and the Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights.
Survivors include his third wife, Graça Machel, whom he married in 1998 on his 80th birthday; his former wife Winnie Mandela, three biological children and three children Machel brought into their union. He was preceded in death by three children and his first wife, Evelyn Ntoko Mase, from whom he was divorced in 1958.
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Ah, the end of another year - full of joys, heartaches, realising dreams and breaking diets.
But before we launch full steam into 2013 let's stop for a second to look back at what we've learnt these last 12 months.
Australian politics is still an ugly slag fest with both sides being led by someone infinitely less popular then one of their former leaders.
Asylum seekers, the carbon tax and budget surplus were all fodder for political point scoring as each party turned playing the man into a nauseating art, a stark contrast to the respect and care both leaders showed each other way back in January during the Australia Day riot that saw Julia Gillard lose her shoe.
Craig Thompson and Peter Slipper are two gents I'll be happy to never hear of again, and despite some failings, most notably the sex-abuse scandal plaguing Grace Portelisi and the Premier here in SA, we should all be infinitely glad we send our children to schools here in Australia and not the gun-happy States.
We all now know what misogyny means and that Alan Jones can be an absolute prat, while Obama showed us once again that a great political orator can actually inspire.
Courtesy of Tippett-Gate, a lot of us wasted valuable time debating the merits of footballers getting paid way too much, while most of us donned some salmon and black at some stage to cheer on Black Caviar.
We were all embarrassed by James Magnussen's dramatics at the London Games but in true Aussie style, we'll forgive him as soon as he posts his next PB. And Shane Warne once and for all proved he is the man after landing Liz Hurley even if for some strange reason it has changed his physical appearance.
Losing Whitney Houston (incidentally Google's highest trending search for the year) taught us all a lesson in the tragedy of substance abuse. Kate Middleton losing her bikini top and bottom within reach of a pap's long, long, long range lens actually saw a metered return of respect and calls for privacy in the outrage that followed.
Daniel Craig is the greatest Bond of all, One Direction equals screaming and if the ladies of suburbia aren't actually doing it, they were certainly reading about bedroom rough and tumble courtesy of Mr Grey and his 50 Shades.
A TV exec somewhere thought it would be a great idea to bring back Big Brother, while Channel 10 finally saw the light and dumped Kiwi-born TV host Paul Henry. And after Lara Bingle launched her reality show we were soon asking 'Where the Bloody Hell Are Ya?' as she and her ratings sank into oblivion.
While the dietitians continued to slam our fat kids, supersizing and energy drinks, Red Bull convinced a bloke to jump from the stratosphere to prove once and for all it actually doesn't give you wings.
Big tobacco's marketers went into melt down after being told drab olive green was the new black. Facebook floated then sunk taking millions with it, while the sneaky guys at Apple brought out a new iPhone sending the nerds nuts, while the rest of us hated the fact we needed to buy a host of new adaptors.
We learnt anyone can have a one hit wonder thanks to a paunchy, slicked back Korean name Psy and sooner then you could say Gangnam Style everyone from morning TV hosts to politicians were riding the pony.
So that's just a fraction of the year. I hope you get to sit down tonight with your nearest and dearest and throw a few other highlights and lowlights into the mix.
In the meantime, courtesy of Joey Adams, 'May all of your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions'.
Comments on this post expire four hours before the end of the year, AEDST.
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Super D says:
The carbon tax and gangnam style have a lot in common. In 20 years time we'll look back at the distant memories of both and shake our heads in bemusement.
Geronimo says:
New Year's Day 2013 would be an excellent opportunity for Kerry O`Brien to pen his 7.30 Report Memoirs, given he now has a definitive answer to the one mystery that must have plagued him for the last 3 years.
It wasn't his Great Big Armageddon, amazingly, the Labor Party didn't dunnit either, nor did Porky Pyne, the Friary Shrink.
The motivating cause of The Fearless Friar's regular Disappearing Trick at 7.30 PM has now been revealed, he was continuously AWOL "doing some very important things" in the Old Dart, the land of his birthplace. Trust me.
RBarron says:
The best thing about the new year is that the people get to have their save at an ELECTION. We will boot Gillard and her Labour Government out.
There will be NO Carbon Tax under the Government that I lead. REALLY.
More that 10 million voter of Labour and Liberal vote for parties that Promised that there would be NO Carbon Tax.
There will be NO Labour party in Government after the next election.
Swan stated that it was a hysterically inaccurate claim being made by the Coalition that they were going to bringing in the carbon tax. Maybe we know who is hysterical NOW and maybe the Surplus was a Hysterically claim by the Government.
You can tell when they are lying when their mouths opens.
iansand says:
I learned (again) that rusted on political boosters on web sites are repetitive and unimaginative.
Nell says:
The respect and care shown by both leaders in the Australia Day riot ... That's right, the riot instigated by Gillard's office ... Lots of respect and care there! Especially for the junior staffer who took the blame and got rewarded with a plum job in the UK….
Terry2 says:
Seems to be a constant rumbling about "Labor's unsustainable debt" including Joe Hockey the morning and Barnaby Joyce constantly. So I thought that I would do a little research and see how our Gross Public Debt (the total debts of both state and federal governments) compares with national GDP against some countries with similar lifestyle and living standards to our own. So here we go :
Australia 27%
Canada 86.8%
Japan 223.9%
New Zealand 41.2%So, where exactly is the problem for our, triple A rated economy ?
Achmed says:
* reduce the pressure on family budgets by abolishing the carbon tax; * protect the environment and reduce emissions through direct action to plant more trees, improve soils and use smarter technology; *
Very Good Tony, now tell us how much taxpayer you give the polluters, how will you ensure price rised attributed to the CT are removed? How will afford to continue with the tax cuts and other compensation without the "income" of the CT?
keep more people working through a fair dinkum paid parental leave scheme that's a workplace entitlement, not a welfare one;
This was the broken promise tax. Abbott stated no new taxes then within 3 months was promising a new maternity leave plan funded by imposing a 2% tax increase on businesses. Under this plan Gina would be eligible for the $75k.
ramases says:
What I have learnt from 2012. Lets see, firstly there is the PM, a woman who will do and say anything to stay in power even if it means lying to the people once again or accusing someone of something without a shred of evidence.
Secondly we have the "promises " made that have not come to fruition by this Government that follow on from the "promises" of by gone years that also failed.
Thirdly we have the great overthrow of a State Government by such a majority that they really don't deserve a position as a Party and the eventual laying out of the real financial mess that they left the State in and the sad fact that they will not have to answer to the people for their mishandling of their jobs.
I've learnt that pay rises without a increase in productivity are now what the Unions want most of all and that the future of any manufacturing and in fact small business in Australia is doomed because of the increasing pays and conditions.
The rise of Health Place Work and Safety has got to such a height that anybody even contemplating cutting their toe nails in future will have to fill out a form detailing the time allocated to the job, the tools required and the certified certificates that are required to use such items, the safety conditions that are being met including the exclusion zones around the work area, the people hired to stop others entering such areas and the potential for hazard reduction groups to clean up the overflow if needed. Then of course there will be the easy to read placards placed at various positions to warn people that a hazardous practice is taking place and then and only then can one actually do this simple task. Of course this will all come at a cost as each and every Government Department wants their share of the money available and to pay the inspectors that will be required to facilitate this event.
I've learnt that its possible to bring in a Tax to Save the world that wont do any such thing except to raise prices for every person in the country and a Mining Tax that cant bring in a cent.
I've also learnt that stopping the Boats is now nigh on impossible because of once again bungled policies and ineptitude on the part those responsible and that the Government is running so scared of negative talk that they are seeking to make laws against free speech.
I've seen once again people sucked in to "sales" that purport to offer immense savings and think, If a store can offer these prices at this time and make a profit, how much have they been ripping us off for the rest of the year?"
I've seen the art of face to face conversation and personal interaction die another death as technology takes over, even to the point of finding a partner. We ourselves have become victims of this very thing but not because of technology but because the average person has little to say of interest as its becoming a me me world and to put it mildly we aren't that interested in their problems and they seem to have no aspirations for the future except to go on in their shallow little pools of self interest as they do now.
I've seen the Alternative Energy Industry given billions to continue their false and misleading idea that we can actually live on Solar/Wind power quite comfortably, that is if we don't need peak power or industry or air conditioners or even some of what people call the basics of modern life and the price of power escalated to cover the costs of these failing technologies to appease a minority of people.
What I have really learned from 2012 is that we live in a country that was once a great country but is slowly being overrun with PC, politicians who know not what they do, laws to protect people from taking responsibility for their own actions.
I have also learnt that were we live and the manner in which we live, meaning my wife and myself, is probably the way to go, no power from the grid, no town water or sewerage, tanks and septic, no telephone lines into the house, grow our own vegies and meat and as little outside influences as possible entering, shopping once a fortnight or online (where we really get a bargain) and interacting with other people as little as possible, no Facebook, no Twitter and use our mobile phones as, shock horror, a phone, not a life support system. Our little concessions are the internet, (satellite) and Foxtel but not to the point of obsession like some.
John says:
Reduce pressure? How about the government scrap negative gearing, raising interest rates to 7.5% and force all banks to take 30% deposits for homes? This housing cycle is a nightmare, it's pushed up rents to insane levels because of the easy credit, low interest rates, negative gearing. It had credit cycle where the middleclass come in, and feed off the lower class's, how about the lower class's get a go?
Why is that middle class can have their house's raise in value by 300% in 20 years, while the lower class's rent increase's by 300% Not only this, this will also strength the economy as the risk of a bubble bursting goes away.
Daniel says:
I really hope the Australian Greens do as well and build on their success from 2010. If they dont it will be a tragedy for Australians. Things will get tougher with Abbot running the place. I hope Greens have employed some great political tacticians.
PJ says:
Something is fishy and it's not the chicken. The Australia has reports that the Productivity Commission has criticised the Gillard Government's decision to shield key policies from scrutiny.
Typically, Government agencies are required to produce regulatory impact statements (RISs) that assess the costs and benefits of policies.But suspiciously the Gillard Government has granted 'special exemptions' for policies including the mining tax and the National Broadband Network as a way of avoiding scrutiny.
As reported by The Australian, the Productivity Commission said,
"The tendency of ministers to make policy announcements in response to pressure for quick and obvious government action on issues (was) one of the most fundamental barriers to the use of RISs to better inform policy development."The Gillard Government prefers spin ahead of substance when it comes to policy. Thats why, despite all the talk, Gronski and NDIS have not been launched and the Dental Scheme has been pushed out until 2014.
I would have thought that this Government in particular, would insist on following normal protocols when it comes to typical transparency on actions?
Why do you think these 'special exemptions' have been given?
Achmed says:
Lots of comment from people about what Labor has done wrong. But no comment about how Abbott's Direct Action Carbon Plan to give the polluters taxpayer from the budget will make things better, sure you won't be paying the CT but where in the budget will the money come from? $3.2 billion. Without the "income" of the CT how will Abbott fund the tax cuts and compensation that are part of the legislation? Or will he also dismantle that part in order to fund his Carbon Plan…by increasing taxes??
No mention of how much better it will be to increase business tax 2% and the resulting cost of living increases to fund maternity leave.
I can see what Labor are doing and what they have done wrong. I'm yet to see or be convinced that Abbott has anything except - Labor/Gillard bad - Abbott/Liberals good. I want to se real policy and real honest costings, not a repeat of the last election by Abbott
Luc Belrose says:
Labor's haversack is overflowing with problematical baggage going into an election year ie asylum seekers, carbon tax (a gimmicky subterfuge), high profile Slipper and Thompson, a porous budget surplus (now you see it now you dont), misogyny a shifty stratagem to unbalance Tony Abbott. The only missing ingredient is the ebullient Gangnam bursting on the slippery political landscape. Perhaps they should invite him to perk up their memorable campaign next year. The result will be instant re-invigoration of their 2013 engagement with the voters.
Geronimo says:
If you find a need any more practical demonstrations ZSRenno, bookmark the Troppo Bloggosphere, as the Deputy Sheriff was prone to gush before he got Bumrushed, ya gonna luv it, trust me.
Achmed says:
The Liberal party's environmental philosophies have changed under different party leaders. Under Tony Abbott, the Liberal party has actively opposed the idea of a large carbon tax Although opposing the Labor party's environmental policies, the Liberal party is in bipartisan support for the Mandatory Renewable Energy Targets, which would see an increase to electricity prices
Jas says:
PJ your membership to the Liberal party is well and truly paid up thanks for your support.. T Abott
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Subject: General Tech | December 5, 2013 - 01:59 AM | Scott Michaud
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DICE has announced that they are working on Battlefield 4, its expansions, Mirror's Edge, and Star Wars: Battlefront 3. Or at least, they have been working on them. For now, Battlefield 4 will be the only product in active development. DICE and EA have acknowledged issues with the game in terms of stability and connectivity. Until that becomes satisfactory, they will pause development on all other titles and expansion packs.
PC Gamer received a statement from an EA spokesperson about these claims. Apparently the China Rising DLC was basically completed before this decision was made; everything else will wait. Really, you just cannot keep bombers and motorbikes sitting on the shelf.
I mean, it is interesting that they say this. Still, I cannot see what this actually means. EA will not pull environment artists and sound engineers to fix these issues. It is a good "commitment to our customers" statement and I applaud them for admitting problems with the game (oddly, I found this version much less error prone than Battlefield 3) but, despite sounding clear, I wonder how much extra resources will result from this. Sure, it was a petty example, but it questions where the line actually is.
Battlefield 4 is available now from multiple retailers (just not Steam).
Rumor: AMD Gets Exclusive Optimization for all Frostbite 3 Games
Subject: Graphics Cards | June 18, 2013 - 03:39 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: radeon, nvidia, geforce, frostbite 3, ea, dice, amd
The original source article at IGN.com has been updated with some new information. Now they are saying the agreement between AMD and EA is "non-exclusive and gamers using other components will be supported."
The quote from an EA rep says as follows:
DICE has a partnership with AMD specifically for Battlefield 4 on PC to showcase and optimize the game for AMD hardware," an EA spokesperson said. "This does not exclude DICE from working with other partners to ensure players have a great experience across a wide set of PCs for all their titles.
This could be a huge deal for NVIDIA and AMD in the coming months - according to a story at IGN.com, AMD has entered into an agreement with EA that will allow them exclusive rights to optimization for all games based around the Frostbite 3 engine. That includes Battlefield 4, Mirror's Edge 2, Need for Speed Rivals and many more games due out this year and in 2014. Here is the quote that is getting my attention:
Starting with the release of Battlefield 4, all current and future titles using the Frostbite 3 engine — Need for Speed Rivals, Mirror's Edge 2, etc. — will ship optimized exclusively for AMD GPUs and CPUs. While Nvidia-based systems will be supported, the company won't be able to develop and distribute updated drivers until after each game is released.
Battlefield 4 will be exclusive optimized for AMD hardware.
This is huge news for AMD as the Frostbite 3 engine will be used for all EA published games going forward with the exception of sports titles. The three mentioned above are huge but this also includes Star Wars Battlefront, Dragon Age and even the next Mass Effect so I can't really emphasize enough how big of a win this could be for AMD's marketing and developer relations teams.
I am particularly interested in this line as well:
While Nvidia-based systems will be supported, the company won't be able to develop and distribute updated drivers until after each game is released.
The world of PC optimizations and partnerships has been around for a long time so this isn't a huge surprise for anyone that follows PC gaming. What is bothersome to me is that both EA and AMD are saying are rumored to have agreed that NVIDIA won't get access to the game as it is being developed - something that is CRUCIAL for day-of driver releases and performance tweaks for GeForce card owners. In most cases, both AMD and NVIDIA developer relations teams get early access to game builds for PC titles in order to validate compatibility and to improve performance of these games for the public release. Without these builds, NVIDIA would be at a big disadvantage. This is exactly what happend with the recent Tomb Raider release.
AMD called me to reiterate their stance that competition does not automatically mean cutting out the other guy. In the Tomb Raider story linked above, Neil Robison, AMD's Senior Director of Consumer and Graphics Alliances, states quite plainly: "The thing that angers me the most is when I see a request to debilitate a game. I understand winning, I get that, and I understand aggressive companies, I get that. Why would you ever want to introduce a feature on purpose that would make a game not good for half the gaming audience?"
So what do we take away from that statement, made in a story published in March, and today's rumor? We have to take AMD at its word until we see solid evidence otherwise, or enough cases of this occurring to feel like I am being duped but AMD wants us all to know that they are playing the game the "right way." That stance just happens to be counter to this rumor.
NVIDIA had performance and compatibility issues with Tomb Raider upon release.
The irony in all of this is that AMD has been accusing NVIDIA of doing this exact thing for years - though without any public statements from developers, publishers or NVIDIA. When Batman: Arkham Asylum was launched AMD basically said that NVIDIA had locked them out of supporting antialiasing. In 2008, Assassin's Creed dropped DX 10.1 support supposedly because NVIDIA asked them too, who didn't have support for it at the time in GeForce cards. Or even that NVIDIA was disabling cores for PhysX CPU support to help prop up GeForce sales. At the time, AMD PR spun this as the worst possible thing for a company to do in the name of gamers, that is was bad for the industry, etc. But times change as opportunity changes.
The cold truth is that this is why AMD decided to take the chance that NVIDIA was allegedly unwilling to and take the console design wins that are often noted as being "bad business." If settling for razor thin margins on the consoles is a risk, the reward that AMD is hoping to get is exactly this: benefits in other markets thanks to better relationships with game developers.
Will the advantage be with AMD thanks to PS4 and Xbox One hardware?
At E3 I spoke in-depth with both NVIDIA and AMD executives about this debate and as you might expect both have very different opinions about what is going to transpire in the next 12-24 months. AMD views this advantage (being in the consoles) as the big bet that is going to pay off for the more profitable PC space. NVIDIA thinks that AMD still doesn't have what it takes to truly support developers in the long run and they don't have the engineers to innovate on the technology side. In my view, having Radeon-based processors in the Xbox One and Playstation 4 (as well as the Wii U I guess) gives AMD a head start but won't win them the race for the hearts and minds of PC gamers. There is still a lot of work to be done for that.
Before this story broke I was planning on outlining another editorial on this subject and it looks like it just got promoted to a top priority. There appear to be a lot of proverbial shoes left to drop in this battle, but it definitely needs more research and discussion.
Remember the issues with Batman: Arkham Asylum? I do.
I asked both NVIDIA and AMD for feedback on this story but only AMD has replied thus far. Robert Hallock, PR manager for gaming and graphics, Graphics Business Unit at AMD sent me this:
It makes sense that game developers would focus on AMD hardware with AMD hardware being the backbone of the next console generation. At this time, though, our relationship with EA is exclusively focused on Battlefield 4 and its hardware optimizations for AMD CPUs, GPUs and APUs.
Not much there, but he is also not denying of the original report coming from IGN. It might just be too early for a more official statement. I will update this story with information from NVIDIA if I hear anything else.
What do YOU think about this announcement though? Is this good news for AMD and bad news for NVIDIA? Is it good or bad for the gamer and in particular, the PC gamer? Your input will help guide or upcoming continued talks with NVIDIA and AMD on the subject.
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E3 2013: DICE rolls into E3
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | June 14, 2013 - 04:06 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: E3, E3 13, ea, dice
How could I resist?
I was surprised, the EA keynote -- usually an event which dances past, carefully not leaving anything like "an impression" on its way out -- stuck with me more than any other keynote. Sure, throughout the EA Sports segment I was cleaning my "office" and only modestly paying any level of attention, but I feel that DICE swept the show when they appeared. This, and the rest of the week brought good, bad, and awesome news for us PC gamers.
You have probably seen the Battlefield 4 multiplayer demo by this point. We linked to it, we discussed it. It seems like the destructibility found in the Battlefield 3 single player campaign was absent from the multiplayer not because of a technical reason but rather a design decision. Sure, we can see the radio tower collapse, but building destruction was quite simplified even when compared to Bad Company 2.
The Skyscraper collapse seems like it is a legitimate aspect of the game this time around and not just a baloney promotional piece. When the building collapses you can notice the control point disappear from the mini-map in the bottom left corner of the HUD. That gameplay element required quite a bit of design thought, even Bad Company 2 made buildings with Conquest flags indestructible. Maybe the harsh limitations on Battlefield 3 destructibility was more to keep unified game play between the PC and the 24 player-limited consoles?
Sadly, during E3 we have found that mod support will not be available for Battlefield 4. I must compliment GM of DICE, Karl-Magnus Troedsson, for his blunt honesty. It would be much simpler to kick your feet and say wait and see for something you know will never see the light of day; but, he gave us the straight answer. Sure, he said then engine is not ready for a public release but even then he admitted that it was not for our benefit. They do not have a good idea what boundaries they want to allow modders to access. While disappointing, at least it does not have a condescending tone like we experienced with Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3 mod support requests.
Quoting from a PC Gamer interview:
Karl-Magnus Troedsson, DICE GM: We get that question a lot. I always answer the same thing, and then the community calls me bad names. We get the feedback, we understand it. We also would like to see more player-created content, but we would never do something like this if we feel we couldn't do this 100 percent. That means we need to have the right tools available, we need to have the right security around this regarding what parts of the engine we let loose, so to say. So for BF4 we don't have any planned mod support, I have to be blunt about saying that. We don't.
Moving on, though. As we know, Disney decided that LucasArts properties would be best left to the hands at EA. The internet simultaneously joy-teared at the thought of a Star Wars Battlefront title developed by DICE. Sure enough, Star Wars: Battlefront 3 is a thing, and it will be developed using the Frostbite 3 engine.
Still no word on an Indiana Jones titled based on Mirror's Edge. Heh heh heh.
Oh by the way, the announcement I am, by far, most excited for is Mirror's Edge. I absolutely loved the first game, despite its terrible dialog, for how genuine and intrinsically valuable it felt. It gave the impression of a passion project, both in gameplay and in narrative theme. Thankfully, the game is being developed and it will come to the PC.
We also found out that Mirror's Edge is planned to be an "open world action adventure title". Normally that would scare me, but, that was what we were expecting of the first Mirror's Edge before their linear bait-and-switch.
Cannot tell if good or bad... but we will see at some point in the future.
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There are few people in the gaming industry that you simply must pay attention to when they speak. One of them is John Carmack, founder of id Software and a friend of the site, creator of Doom. Another is Epic Games' Tim Sweeney, another pioneer in the field of computer graphics that brought us the magic of Unreal before bringing the rest of the gaming industry the Unreal Engine.
At DICE 2012, a trade show for game developers to demo their wares and learn from each other, Sweeney gave a talk on the future of computing hardware and its future. (You can see the source of my information and slides here at Gamespot.) Many pundits, media and even developers have brought up the idea that the next console generation that we know is coming will be the last - we will have reached the point in our computing capacity that gamers and designers will be comfortable with the quality and realism provided. Forever.
Think about that a moment; has anything ever appeared so obviously crazy? Yet, in a world where gaming has seemed to regress into the handheld spaces of iPhone and iPad, many would have you believe that it is indeed the case. Companies like NVIDIA and AMD that spend billions of dollars developing new high-powered graphics technologies would simply NOT do so anymore and instead focus only on low power. Actually...that is kind of happening with NVIDIA Tegra and AMD's move to APUs, but both claim that the development of leading graphics technology is what allows them to feed the low end - the sub-$100 graphics cards, SoC for phones and tablets and more.
Sweeney started the discussion by teaching everyone a little about human anatomy.
The human eye has been studied quite extensively and the amount of information we know about it would likely surprise. With 120 million monochrome receptors and 5M color, the eye and brain are able to do what even our most advanced cameras are unable to.
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Battlefield 3 Will Be Standard Definition Without Hard Drive Install
Subject: General Tech | October 20, 2011 - 11:00 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: xbox, PC, gaming, ea, dice, bf3, battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 is nearing its October 25th release date and information about each platform's release is starting to pour in. One notable piece of information concerns the optional hard drive install for the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield 3. We reported earlier that the FPS would come on two DVDs for the Xbox 360, and a BF3 producer had been quoted in stating that the DVDs could be installed to the system to enable "optional high resolution textures." At the time, I had assumed that the optional install would merely boost the (already) HD (high definition) image; however, according to Shack News the game will be only standard definition without the hard drive installation.
The PC will always have HD resolutions available, assuming your rig can handle it.
Executive producer Partick Bach explains that Battlefield 3 is based around a streaming texture engine where the terrain, textures, and content are all streamed in, and is a new way of doing things on the console (though not the gaming industry as a whole). Unfortunately, it looks like the concern many gamers had in regards to the Xbox 360's DVD drive not being able to stream high quality textures fast enough have been realized. Both the PC and the Playstation 3 on the other hand, are able to stream the necessary HD textures from the hard drive (PC) and Blu-Ray disc (PS3).
Mr. Bach further explains that because there are so many Xbox 360s with either no hard drives or (nearly useless) 4 GB drives, the company had to develop the Xbox version such that even a system with no hard drive could at least play the game, even at the expense of image quality. "You could call it a 'standard-def' version for the 360 if you don't have a hard-drive." What is still unclear is what exactly he means by standard definition. Whether that means the game will be limited to a 480p resolution without the optional hard drive installation or high definition (720p+) resolutions with relatively lower resolution textures is not certain (though likely the later rather than the former, if I had to guess).
What this means for Xbox 360 gamers, in the end, is that the game will be quite a bit more expensive than previously thought if they want the full experience after factoring in the cost of an (outrageously priced) Microsoft hard drive. Are you planning on buying the Xbox version?
Battlefield 3 Has Optional High Resolution Texture Pack Install On Xbox 360
Subject: General Tech | October 10, 2011 - 03:46 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: pc gaming, ea, dice, bf3, battlefield 3
The Battlefield 3 beta is almost at a close, and the Xbox 360 version of the game will come on two discs, one for the single player and one for the multiplayer modes. It is not all bad news, however. DICE has revealed that the Xbox 360 version will have an optional high resolution texture pack available on the second game disc that will bump up the graphical quality.
GamerZines has quoted Battlefield 3 producer Patrick Liu as stating "There's a voluntary install on the 360. I think Rage did it as well where you can install content to stream higher res textures." Further, he believes that Battlefield 3 is the best looking game (on the console).
The PC will have graphical settings (far) surpassing those of the Xbox 360 and PS3; however, it is not clear how the hierarchy will stack up from there. The PS3 may well also receive the high resolution texture pack included on the Blu-ray disc that will not need to be installed, but this has not yet been confirmed; therefore, how the Xbox 360 and PS3 will compare graphically remains to be seen.
Did you manage to get onto the Caspian Border map over the weekend? What are your thoughts on the graphics of Battlefield 3 on the PC and/or consoles?
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STOCKHOLM Returning to the Top Division of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship after a one-year absence, Italys primary goal is survival. Although this years tournament will also determine seeding for the upcoming Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the Italians, currently 17th in the IIHF World Ranking, surely wont be able to book their tickets for 2014 by moving up to ninth or better in that ranking.With hard work and attention to defence, the Azzurri may be able to avoid relegation for the first time since Moscow 2007, when they came 12th. However, the challenge they face this time is greater than five years ago, simply due to the new World Championship format.In 2007, the Italians dodged the horrors of the Relegation Round when Jason Cirones overtime goal lifted them to a 4-3 victory over Latvia in their third game, the Preliminary Round closer. But as of this year, theres no more Qualification Round or Relegation Round. With the new seven-game round-robin in the Preliminary Round, winning one game out of your first three no longer ensures salvation. Italy faces a long, tough grind.GoalVeteran netminders Thomas Tragust and Daniel Bellissimo will vie for the starting role in Stockholm. At last years Division I tournament, Tragust posted a shutout in each of his two appearances. But it was the Toronto-born Bellissimo who got the call in the crucial, closing 4-3 overtime win over Hungary, making 45 saves. This season, Bellissimo earned a 2.23 GAA and 92.3 save percentage with Bofors IK of the Swedish second tier. Promising 21-year-old Andreas Bernard, whos honing his skills with the SaiPa Laappenranta organization in Finlands SM-Liiga, is the third goaltender.DefenceThe mobile and savvy Armin Helfer, who spent most of this season with Thurgau of the Swiss B League before returning to Italy for the playoff run, is poised to appear in his eighth IIHF World Championship dating back to St. Petersburg 2000. Christian Borgatello is coming off a championship run with the Bolzano Foxes in which the 30-year-old recorded 12 points in 12 games. However, dont expect a ton of offensive punch from this blueline corps at the elite level. Good positioning in the defensive zone will be a must to compensate for lesser foot speed against their rivals. Former New Jersey Devils prospect Matt DeMarchi, who suited up for Västerås in Sweden this season, will provide a certain physical dimension at 86 kg and 191 cm.ForwardIn Germany 2010, the Italians registered a paltry six goals in eight games, and theres little reason to believe that their pace will improve this year. Look for whatever scoring there is to come principally from Italo-Canadians like Giulio Scandella, whose 25 goals paced Serie A finalists Pustertal Bruneck this year, and Pat Iannone, making his third Top Division appearance after a strong season with Pontebba. The hard work and defensive conscience of 33-year-old centre Manuel de Toni should also help to set the right tone.CoachingHead coach Rick Cornacchia has guided the Italian national team since Germany 2010. The brightest accomplishment on his 61-year-olds coaching résumé is capturing the 1990 Memorial Cup with the OHLs Oshawa Generals, which featured such future NHLers as Eric Lindros, Mike Craig, and Fred Brathwaite. His assistant coaches are John Parco, a recently retired national team forward who played 12 seasons with Asiago, and Fabio Polloni, who has done everything from coaching the U20 squad to assisting with Italys 2006 Olympic team.Projected ResultsRealistically, to avoid finishing last in the Stockholm-based Group B and getting sent down, the Italians must find a way to beat at least one of four nations Germany, Latvia, Denmark, or Norway in their first four games. Its unlikely theyll secure any points against the Czechs, Swedes, and Russians in the home stretch of the round-robin. Unless youre a true believer in the Azzurri, the safest bet is that theyll be destined for Division I by the time May 15 rolls around.LUCAS AYKROYD


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The council's report calls on Congress to reauthorize surface transportation legislation instead of simply approving temporary extensions. It proposes additional ways of leveraging private sector investment in public works projects, including a national infrastructure bank that would be seeded with public money to attract private money - a proposal that has bipartisan support and is also in Obama's job's bill.
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As a start, the Obama administration on Monday announced 14 major public works projects that will receive accelerated environmental and permit reviews, with a goal of completing federal review within 18 months. The projects include replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River in New York and a wind generation project in California's San Bernardino National Forest.
The new review process incorporates the council's recommendations, but it's also a nod to Republicans and the construction industry. Both have long complained about government bureaucratic delays and regulatory red tape.
Last June, Obama conceded that even public works projects financed by his 2009 economic stimulus faced permitting delays. "Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected," he said.
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