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You're absolutely right Harold, that 15 million means, Ron Paul will be in for the long-haul. I just can't see an antiwar candidate winning the Republican nomination.January 4, 2008 at 2:30 p.m.
I can see, Ron Paul, coming in third in New Hampshire, where he is very popular. That is an independent state with very little party affiliation.
IMO opinion, Ron Paul would do better running as an independent, but that would just assure a Democratic landslide. He says he will not run as an independent but he will be a force to be reckoned with especially, the next debate, where he will get more airtime as the candidates thin out.
Mike Huckabee, is completely unacceptable to large portions of the Republican party. Iowa has a much higher percentage of evangelicals than will primaries coming forward. Huckabee ain't going to win New Hampshire and has little national organization.
Exit polls suggest that Dr. Paul WON Independent Voters, who are the key crossover constituency that a Republican candidate is going to need to win in the general election. We have a wide open race right now. We are likely to be top 3 in Wyoming.
Dr Paul. should also do fairly well in South Carolina and Nevada, where he has spent time building his base while everyone else was in Iowa. Besides Romney & Guiliani virtually every other candidate is broke and with the exception of Huckabee, they won't pull in more money based on their Iowa performance.
Meanwhile, Dr. Paul has over 15 millions in the bank and with his huge grassroots base, we can easily raise millions more. That money will matter a lot more in states that, unlike Iowa don't allow candidates to meet every voter. This is where we begin to use our finances to our advantage.
While it is still an uphill fight for the nomination (as it always was) we are coming out of Iowa in a better position than we came in and we are well placed to do some real damage in the primaries going forward. The Revolution Continues!
Long live the Republic,January 4, 2008 at 2:13 p.m.


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The "Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2007" was originally introduced by the City Council in May 2007, and passed an initial vote in February 2008. The final legislation included a number of amendments designed to lessen the financial impact on employers. The law, which is only the second of its kind behind San Francisco's paid sick leave ordinance, is due to become effective in 30 days, absent Congressional action to the contrary. The Act shall apply six months after the effective date.
Key Provisions of the Act
The Act requires employers to provide a number of paid "sick or safe" days per year, depending on the size of the employer. Leave may be taken by employees who have worked for the employer for at least one year, for a variety of reasons, including physical injury, mental illness, or preventative care. The leave can be used to care for one's self or one's child, parent, spouse or domestic partner. Significantly, it is also the first bill in the country to allow paid leave when the employee or the employee's family member is a victim of stalking, or domestic or sexual violence.
Under the Act, companies with 100 or more employees must provide seven (7) paid days of leave; companies with 25 – 99 employees must provide five (5) days; and companies with 24 or fewer employees must provide three (3) days. Leave is accrued throughout the year, and while unused accrued paid leave may be carried over annually, the paid leave is not payable upon termination or resignation of the employee. For leave that lasts for three (3) days or longer, an employer may require that the employee provide a reasonable certification of the need for leave, including a medical certification from a health care provider. The Act further includes anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation provisions against employees taking leave under the Act.
The Act was not without its controversy. Several concessions were reached by lawmakers, and amendments were added to the final legislation, including reducing the monetary penalties imposed on employers for not posting information about the leave requirements in the workplace. In addition, several groups of employees were specifically excluded from the bill's requirements, including wait staff, independent contractors and health care workers who participate in "premium pay" programs.
Under the Act, employers can be fined up to $1,000 per year for failing to post information about the law in the workplace. While many employers already voluntarily provide some type of paid time off, either through sick or vacation leave, all companies doing business in the District of Columbia should now take the time to review their leave policies and procedures, as well as necessary posting requirements. Small businesses that do not provide paid leave will be particularly impacted, both financially and operationally, by the mandated leave. Moreover, employers should take care to ensure that no employee suffers any adverse employment action as a result of taking protected leave under the Act.
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Setting up your Printers
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Physics Mail
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Printers in the Dept of Astrophysics
Printing in Windows XP via Astro or Newt
In this example I use the server Astro - where-ever you see Astro you can substitue Newt if you would like to set up another printer that prints via Newt. Which is a good option - say if Astro is down, you can still print via Newt, if Newt is down you can still print via Astro.
You can now echo these steps for any combination of server and print queues ie To print to to p61 via server newt the address in step 5 becomes http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au:631/printers/p61
Printing in Redhat or Fedora via Astro or Newt
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It appeared as if the Warriors were on their way to snapping an eight-game losing streak, but the Mavericks outscored the hosts 37-19 in the final frame to earn just their second win in six games, which included a home setback to the lowly Timberwolves on Friday.
Jason Kidd recorded 17 points and 12 assists, while Josh Howard and Drew Gooden added 25 and 24 points, respectively, for Dallas, which received a 15- point, eight-rebound effort from Dirk Nowitzki. Gooden also pulled down 10 caroms in a winning cause.
Anthony Morrow paced the Warriors with 33 points and 11 rebounds, while Stephen Curry donated 25 points and nine assists in the loss.
Golden State's leading scorer, Monta Ellis, netted 27 points but went to the ground hard after making a driving layup late in the fourth quarter. He stayed on the floor for a moment, favoring his left knee before gingerly walking under his own power to the bench.
"I was just praying that he was alright, me coming off that knee injury and him having a knee injury like that earlier in his career it was just tough seeing that, so I just wanted to run down there and make sure he was alright," Morrow said. "I was glad he got up on his own, I just hope it's not as bad as it seemed like it was."
Ellis has a sprained knee. He's scheduled to have an MRI Tuesday.
Dallas, which trailed by as many as 14, took its first lead of the night, 108-106, on Nowitzki's three-point play with 6:40 left in regulation.
The free throw capped a 14-4 spurt, and the Mavs continued to build momentum in front of a suddenly silent Oracle Arena crowd.
A pair of Gooden makes at the stripe finished off eight straight Dallas points and resulted in a 116-110 game with 4:51 left.
Ellis went down a minute later, and Golden State didn't have the fire power to match Dallas' hot streak from the field, making just one field goal over the final 5:55 to fall short yet again.
The Mavericks missed their first six shots from the floor and found themselves down 12-3 after four minutes of action.
Jose Barea's late three-pointer cut the deficit to 34-29 heading to the second, but the Warriors scored the first seven points of the stanza -- capped by a Curry three-pointer -- for a 12-point lead.
Golden State continued to play front-runner until the fourth, taking a 70-61 lead into the locker room and upping the difference to 98-90 with 12 minutes to play.
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Religious Studies Major Guide for 2008-2009
What is Religious Studies
Religious studies is a field that uses different strictly academic disciplines to examine the many ways religion has existed and operated in human cultures throughout history. The Department of Religious Studies teaches many courses that focus upon different general aspects of religion and various religious traditions from all over the world. Its major and minor programs of study provide students a well-rounded introduction to the academic study of religion in conjunction with the various disciplines through which it is pursued (history, anthropology, linguistics, psychology, sociology, and others). The program is also a good introduction to the study of culture more generally, numerous ancient and modern non-Western societies, and various traditions of philosophy, ethics, and theology in their native contexts. The major and minor in religious studies can thus be good preparation for graduate programs in various disciplines and fields in addition to religious studies, history, law, psychology, philosophy, art, etc.
Career Opportunities in Religious Studies
A course of study in religious studies can also be excellent preparation for students interested in careers in ministry, psychotherapy, and social work, as well as professions such as law and journalism.
Salary Trends in Religious Studies
An Arts and Sciences degree can propel students in limitless directions. Majors are not always the deciding factor as to what career path is followed. As with any degree, pre-professional experiences (volunteerism, work experience, internships, etc.) enhance the chances of obtaining desired employment and further affect the projected salary. As a group, Arts and Sciences graduates average $33,258 (www.careerbuilder.com).
High School Preparation
Courses in the arts and the humanities as well as a solid foundation in communication skills, especially writing, are recommended as the best preparation for course work in this department. Foreign language skills developed in high school can help considerably to deepen the study of religion.
How to Major in Religious Studies
There are no prerequisites to major in religious studies. A student interested in becoming a religious studies major should contact the department advisor, Dr. Rosalind Gwynne, who will help to set up a course of study.
Requirements for Religious Studies
The basic concentration, consisting of 27 hours at the 300 level or above, is designed to assure that students attain skills to analyze and interpret religious phenomena in different cultures and historical periods, including how sacred texts, traditions, and interpretations of critical reasoning inform and are informed by religion. The course of study must include the following areas: 1) West Asia and Europe, 2) Africa and the Americas, 3) South, Southeast, and East Asia 4) Methods and Issues in religious studies.
Highlights of Religious Studies
An important part of the department is the Religious Studies Association for students, faculty and friends of the department, as well as any who may have a general interest in the program. The department fosters cultural programs with national and international guest lecturers, symposia, and special educational and outreach events such as India Semester, China Semester, Middle East Semester, Africa Semester and Holocaust conferences.
Ready for the World
"Ready for the World" is part of a long-range plan to transform the UTK campus into a culture of diversity that best prepares students for working and competing in the 21st century. Thus students are encouraged to actively participate in the diverse cultural programs offered on campus. Some of these events include the guest lecture series, cultural nights at the International House, and international film screenings. Visit the Center for International Education website (http://web.utk.edu/~globe/about.shtml) or the Ready for the World website (http://www.utk.edu/readyfortheworld/) for more information on upcoming cultural programs and activities.
Students are also encouraged to develop a global perspective within their academic program through study abroad. Visit the Programs Abroad Office website (http://web.utk.edu/~globe/pao/) for information on study abroad opportunities.
Learn more about UT's Ready for the World initiative to help students gain the international and intercultural knowledge they need to succeed in today's world.
Sample Curriculum
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Dr. Rosalind Gwynne, the departmental advisor, will work with students to develop the major if they are beginning in their sophomore or junior year. (firstname.lastname@example.com; 865-974-6988)
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Yesterday morning, probably for the first time in the history of a Wright Hall Saturday, there were at least 10 people up and about at 8 AM. Why, why?! you ask, would such a thing ever occur? The answer is group process. Group Process is Stage 2 of a long and comprehensive Resident Advisor (RA) application process. Stage 1 was completed last week, when the 60 or so applicants turned in their application essays along with three recommendations. My wing alone had six applicants, probably as a result of our sensational (if spiky-haired) RA Andre.
We stumbled as a group down to Jonas Clark 001, a large room on the ground floor which, happily, was filled with bagels and orange juice. We were divided alphabetically into groups of about ten and sent to a random 4 of a total 5 events. My group, happily, boasted not one but two Clark Diarists (what up, Sarah!). At each event, about six or seven current RAs were tasked with evaluating us, each RA assigned to one or two applicants, though we didn't know who was evaluating us individually. My group bonded extremely quickly, and after a spirited round of "two truths and a lie" and "heads up 7-up" actually went out to lunch together afterwards.
The events, for those who were wondering, were actually a lot of fun to accomplish. Uniquely, they were probably also quite helpful to the evaluative process. The events were:
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It's the latest Power of Pink bracelet, kept under wraps until then and it will be Longbrake's tenth one. The company has offered a new version every year since 2003 as a fundraiser during October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each store owner donates $5 of every $50 bracelet to a favorite local support group or resource center for the disease.
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New Hampshire
4/5 rDev -2.9%
08-26-2014 14:44:51 | More by Satchboogie
4/5 rDev -2.9%
07-26-2014 00:45:46 | More by AvaStJames
4/5 rDev -2.9%
07-25-2014 00:01:22 | More by DrBier
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
07-13-2014 03:07:57 | More by CDCNAM
4/5 rDev -2.9%
Picked this up at a great little beer store in Arlon, Belgium, Miorge Mihoublon. Cloudy dark mahogany pour with a two finger off-white head with good retention and lacing. The nose is malt forward with hints of caramel, dark fruit, apple, rye bread, booze, toffee, tobacco, and subtle bubblegum. The taste mirrors the nose with hints of brown bread, caramel, green apples, toffee, rye, booze, and dark fruits. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with minimal carbonation and good balance. Overall, a nice Triple, but nothing all that special...
06-15-2014 16:28:06 | More by beerdrifter
New Jersey
4/5 rDev -2.9%
06-08-2014 18:55:41 | More by mikeburd1128
3.5/5 rDev -15%
05-28-2014 13:16:53 | More by pjs234
New York
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
05-18-2014 01:23:49 | More by JRod1969
New York
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
04-20-2014 00:33:43 | More by BKBassist
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
03-06-2014 22:50:03 | More by DRBiser
4/5 rDev -2.9%
02-27-2014 21:53:01 | More by GABrew
4/5 rDev -2.9%
Poured a orange tinted gold with decent head and lace on top of an aroma that is characterized by a bourbon-based woodiness with vanilla and some candi sugar, yeast and booze as well as touches of tropcial fruit - definitely not your average triple's aroma. The fruit taste is minimal in this triple but that's fine with me as the beer is smooth, light to medium bodied, not boozy but touches of bourbon come through, some real good malt sweetness and that's my preference. Crisp, clean finish complements a unique beer.
02-26-2014 18:14:01 | More by clayrock81
4.5/5 rDev +9.2%
02-19-2014 22:39:40 | More by AnitaBrewski
North Carolina
4.03/5 rDev -2.2%
Sampled from a 33cl bottle purchased at the De Struise shop in Bruges. Best by 26-12-2018.
Reddish amber with a murky finish and a small beige head. Some rye and some bourbon in the aroma along with sweet malts. The bourbon is well behaved in the taste along with rye and rich, sweet malts. A chewy feel with a low carbonation.
It would probably be even better with some age but I like it.
01-31-2014 14:22:13 | More by GJ40
4/5 rDev -2.9%
01-26-2014 23:46:59 | More by ManforallSaisons
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
12-14-2013 19:59:26 | More by BierMeJohn
4.5/5 rDev +9.2%
12-01-2013 18:46:44 | More by svanet01
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
10-27-2013 09:43:47 | More by mbonugli
4.38/5 rDev +6.3%
750ml corked a capped bottle served in a Karmeliet tulip glass.
A: Pours a clear (but bit hazy) copper color forming a medium thin bubbled yellow head. Medium retention and lots of lingering and molasses left in the glass. A thin layer remains forever on the top
S: Sweet caramel, grapes, wood, whiskey, candy, bubble gum and alcohol. Perfect in the nose being a bit boozy to be just perfect. A very malty and fruity beer. The rye gives it a very smooth texture and balance. The cherry wood is just wonderful
T: Very sweet and fruity upfront. Again, strong notes of wood, whiskey and grapes. The notes of rye are a must. It gives it a great texture and taste to the beer. Notes of candy sugar and roasted malts. Belgian bready yeasts. Spicy and complex. End is quite boozy. Light hops bitterness, as expected
M: Heavy, creamy, smooth and molasses body. Light carbonation and a sweet, malty and woody aftertaste
O: Good drinkability. Just another De Struise masterpiece
10-15-2013 20:23:14 | More by eduardolinhalis
3.5/5 rDev -15%
09-19-2013 11:10:00 | More by Anatole
4/5 rDev -2.9%
09-01-2013 08:54:39 | More by simoen
4.5/5 rDev +9.2%
08-28-2013 02:24:20 | More by valdieu2
4.5/5 rDev +9.2%
08-27-2013 01:14:18 | More by dirtylou
4/5 rDev -2.9%
08-26-2013 02:42:45 | More by CypherEnigma
3.86/5 rDev -6.3%
750ml cork and capped offering poured into a matching Struise cervoise. The brew appears a clear copper to mahogany color with reddish clarity seen through the body. A yellowish tan finger fades slowly leaving patches of lace on the glass.
The smell includes a minor note of minerals and dark fruits like raisin or plum/prune. Plenty of neutral alcohol esters blend to a toasty rye grain aspect that emerges more as it warms up. There is a hint of belgian candy sweetness contrasted by herbal hops.
The taste is that of caramel or toffee malt with minerals and alcohol like pear or apple skins. Some fruity alcohol and toasty rye imparts almost a buttery aspect into the finish. The rye is a unique twist here as it takes the standard strong dark belgian struise offering off in a slightly different path.
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According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a Stork Craft baby crib recall was initiated, recalling some 535,000 cribs in the U.S. The cribs, made in Canada, China, and Indonesia by Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. were recalled because the metal mattress-support brackets can crack and break. A child could get trapped or suffocate if the mattress were to collapse.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is aware of 10 incidents of support brackets that broke. In one incident a child was trapped between the mattress and the side rail with no injuries.
Also, recalled Taggies Sleep'n Play baby garments, made in China and imported by Rashti & Rashti were potentially dangerous as the snaps on the garments can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children. No incidents or injuries have been reported. In July 2008, the company recalled two Taggies Sleep'n Play style baby garments, including the Butterfly Applique and the Fun Dog Print. The recall has been expanded to include the Dinosaur Applique and the Pink Toss Print styles. The garments are one-piece coveralls with snaps down the front.
Ryobi corded circular saws made in China by One World Technologies Inc., have also been recalled because the return spring on the product's lower blade guard can break, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.
Milan vanity stools, manufactured in China are being recalled because loose screws can cause the legs to break or separate. The company has received nine reports of broken or separated stool legs, including seven reports of minor injuries.
Roman shades and roll-up blinds distributed by Cost Plus Inc. are being recalled because the cords pose a strangulation hazard for young children. No incidents have been reported with the blinds in this recall, but CPSC is aware of the deaths of three children involving similar styles of blinds and shades.
Richland Hills is recalling sliced apples, produced by Sunset Orchard, because they might be contaminated with the food-borne illness, Listeria monocytogenes. The organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. The recalled products' labels include Apple Dippers, Organic Sliced Apples, Crunch Pak Organic Slices Apples and Apple Nibblers. The recalled products also include Pearson Foods fruit trays.
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Influenced by the monumental 1980?s street art culture of graffiti, Sebastian Wahl set out in his youth to be a part of this movement and migrated from Stockholm to New York at the young, bright age of 20. A Parson's School of Art and Design graduate in Advertising and Graphic Design, Wahl now produces immaculate resin collages with his knowledge of perfected line cutting, color, and design.
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What Loyola Marymount has accomplished in the past three nights is nothing short of remarkable. This is a team that went 8-22 in the regular season, including 1-15 in the West Coast Conference. They went 1-1 vs Division II teams! They had two two-game win streaks, and they beat one team which finished with a winning record. So it's safe to say that rattling off back-to-back-to-back wins in the conference tournament was unexpected.
Now, they'll face Gonzaga, who beat them twice this season by an average of 32 points.
The game vs the Zags is officially the semi-finals. St. Mary's will play the winner of BYU/San Diego in the other semi.
The West Coast Conference is a 9-team league. This means that LMU has already beaten a third of the conference, and they've only advanced to the semis. If they beat Gonzaga they'll have beaten four of nine. To win the tournament they need to beat more than half of the conference, which is just ridiculous.
I'm not a fan of NCAA oversight, as they typically just turn to shit whatever they touch, so the WCC can do whatever they want*. But the use of double-byes in a 9-team tourney is stupid. Why not have an 8/9 play-in game and then go straight to true quarterfinals? Why protect the top two seeds by guaranteeing that they reach the semis?
This is college basketball.. They are already rewarded by facing lesser teams. In the quarterfinals Gonzaga would be facing the 8/9 winner, while St. Mary's would be facing the No. 7 seed (Pepperdine, in this case).
So good luck tomorrow to Max Good and his LMU Lions. It's not your fault you have to win five straight to go dancing.
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BOULDER, Colo. — As rescuers broke through to flood-ravaged Colorado towns, they issued a stern warning Saturday to anyone thinking of staying behind: Leave now or be prepared to endure weeks without electricity, running water and basic supplies.
National Guard helicopters and truck convoys carried the admonition into paralyzed canyon communities where thousands of stranded residents were eager to escape the Rocky Mountain foothills. But not everybody was willing to go. Dozens of people in the isolated community of Jamestown wanted to stay to watch over their homes.
Authorities made clear that residents who chose not to leave might not get another chance for a while.
"We're not trying to force anyone from their home. We're not trying to be forceful, but we're trying to be very factual and definitive about the consequences of their decision, and we hope that they will come down," Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said.
Special education teacher Brian Shultz, 38, was torn about leaving his Jamestown home.
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"If we hike back, I would stay there and just live. I'd rather be at our own house than staying at some other people's houses," he said.
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Learning foreign languages is no longer the difficult challenge it used to be. Why? Decades ago we used phonograph records and tapes to teach foreign languages. The only place you could find foreign language television was in Quebec province in Canada. Fine if you lived in Vermont but not much good elsewhere. Back then the only way a teacher could immerse students in a foreign language was by taking them on trips to foreign countries - a major undertaking in most cases, and not to mention expensive and full of safety considerations. Underlying these factors was the reality that English is the official language of the United States.
Things have changed. Spanish and French are now routinely offered in most private schools. Italian, German and Mandarin are widely available. Your child can even take most of these languages at the AP level.
Learning to Think Globally
For many years most Americans didn't see the point of learning foreign languages. We insisted that everybody else learn English and attempt to understand us and our society.
Sadly, the savage attacks of 9/11 forced us to re-examine our place in the global community. We couldn't understand why foreigners hated us, our culture and our way of life. We couldn't understand cultures which promoted terrorism. We couldn't even understand what they were saying about us in their media because we couldn't speak Arabic. There's more to it than that, but one thing is very clear: American students must learn foreign languages if America is to regain her role as a global and economic leader.
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The Internet has eliminated the distance factor. It has compressed our world and made it accessible to just about everybody anywhere. Cable television has also helped by broadcasting both domestic and foreign programming in many languages. You can visit other countries and experience their cultures with the click of a mouse. MySpace, Facebook, Skype, Twitter and texting all make us more of a global community. Best of all, we can find for ourselves information which has not being filtered by editorial opinion and government policy.
Explore Foreign Countries
It has become relatively easy to travel. An ATM card and a passport will get you just about anywhere these days. If you can afford to send your son or daughter to Canada or to Europe, investigate student travel. Children need to see the world. They will better understand where they fit in once they have experienced life in foreign countries.
Bring Other Cultures to Your School
The National Association of Independent Schools offers a wonderful initiative called the China Connection Program. It arranges for American schools to interview and recruit Chinese teachers as teachers of Mandarin. School Year Abroad offers programs in China, France, Italy, Spain and India. SYA emphasizes living with local families and immersing yourself in the local language. In other words your child lives with a French family and communicates in French if he chooses to participate in SYA's Year In France program. That's a good thing. Your child will benefit from the immersion experience by seeing how people in a foreign country really live. The differences and similarities in life styles and points of view are drawn out by such an intense experience.
Foreign Languages Are Relevant
The immediacy of the Internet makes foreign languages more relevant to us. It also promotes cultural understanding by allowing students to roam freely and safely in foreign countries. While there is no substitute for visiting a country, you can see what's out there and where we came from. You can see how very real the need is for foreign language skills in business and the professions.


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It's a hot topic Naples boat captain Eric Alexander hoped had gone cold.
"I think that we have to tread carefully," he said.
Naples city leaders are reigniting the debate over boat speed regulations. This time Moorings Bay and Doctors Pass are in the spotlight. City council members are considering re-implementing city-regulated idle manatee speed zones in those areas. They went through the first reading on the proposed ordinance Wednesday.
"They [manatees] just move so slowly, they just can't get out of anyone's way. It's not like a dolphin," said Naples City Councilwoman Dee Sulick.
Earlier this year the city lost a long-fought legal battle over how fast boats can go in Naples Bay. That ruling stripped the city of all its local waterway speed regulations.
"They [manatees] are submerged generally in the waterway and they get hit and their fins get damaged," Sulick said.
Even worse, state numbers show since 1979 boats have killed more than 160 manatees in Collier.
"We want everything to be safe. We want manatees to be safe," Alexander said. "I've run a boat here for 27 years."
According to a new city survey, almost 85 percent (93 out of 110 people who responded) support a slowdown in Moorings Bay and Doctors Pass. Naples Mayor John Sorey said Naples Bay is not a part of this discussion.
"I don't think we've got a body of evidence to do that and I don't want to waste the money until we get that body of evidence," Sorey said.
As for Captain Alexander….
"I'm concerned," he said. "They could come back and try to do the same thing in Naples Bay. They could set a precedent that we couldn't turn around."
A public hearing and second reading on the ordinance happens May 21.
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Are Stretch Goals Right For Your Crowdfunding Campaign?
Posted by Zachary Knight in Game Business on August 15, 2013
You have all seen them. You may have backed a crowdfunding project because of them. But the question remains, are they good for your business? Kickstarter has finally written a blog post on the topic and it pretty much meshes with how I have always thought of them.
For a typical stretch goal a creator will promise to release their game in additional formats or add extra functions if certain funding goals are hit. But expanding a project's scope can change the creative vision and put the whole project at risk. We've seen stretch goals leave some projects overwhelmed, over-budget, and behind schedule.
Many Kickstarter projects end up significantly overfunded, and creators often use those funds to improve the project's end product. More funding might mean higher-quality materials and other improvements that thank backers with a better-made thing. For other creators overfunding means the project turns a profit. Both are great outcomes. Stretch goals, on the other hand, trade long-term risk for a short-term gain. Tread carefully.
This is pretty much how I have always looked at stretch goals. While they may seem like a good way to spend that extra money or attract additional backers, if you do not plan them out correctly, they can be a bad thing for your project. I would personally like to see that extra money just go toward general polish on the game rather than extra features that may or may not work out or that may or may not ever get completed. Read the rest of this entry »
Ouya Matching Funds A Great Deal For Developers
Posted by Zachary Knight in Game Business on July 19, 2013
With the news yesterday on Ouya's plans to match the successful Kickstarter campaigns of potentially Ouya exclusive games, a lot of people, both press and developers alike, have wondered if this is a good deal for indie developers. After thinking about it and seeing some numbers, I think it is.
The first thing going for Indie developers is that there are roughly 58,000 Kickstarter backed consoles in circulation right now. That is not including the thousands sold both by Ouya directly and participating retailers. That means there are 10s of thousands of console owners hungry for quality games to reach the console. While asking those console owners to wait a year or more for your game might seem daunting, it is nothing new. It happens all the time on Kickstarter. Read the rest of this entry »
Game Maker DRM Permanently Vandalizing Paying Users' Games
Posted by Zachary Knight in Game Business on November 28, 2012
Originally Published on Game Politics.
Popular indie game making tool, Game Maker, has a bit of a DRM problem. Over the weekend, some users noticed that the tool was permanently vandalizing their sprites with images of a skull.
A recent update to Game Maker Studio has left many developers confused and frustrated after an anti-piracy system went haywire.
Those who use a legally obtained version of Studio have had game resources, such as sprites, overlayed with an image of a skull and crossbones. The resources are permanently edited, rendered useless.
In response to these complaints, YoYo Games has decided to remove this particular action from the many things its current DRM does when it detects a pirated copy of the software. However, the DRM and the many more 'passive' things it does will remain.
We'd LOVE to be able to remove the protection completely, but we know that vast numbers would simply copy it if it was that easy. There are many levels to the current protection system, and while many are visible like this, there are also many hidden so that we can always tell when a final game was created with a crack.
We expect an update to go out tomorrow to remove this protection, and will move away from the "destructive" protection like this, to more passive methods to help protect innocent users who through no fault of their own, somehow trigger it.
While YoYo states that it would love to remove DRM completely, it feels that because it is targeted by pirates so much, it cannot do so. It feels that it would not be able to retain the same level of sales without it. This is an unfortunate decision as many game developers, such as CD Projekt, have found that without DRM, it is still possible to make money.
For now, YoYo advises those who have this problem to uninstall the application and delete all the data and registry files and then reinstall.
The current solution is to uninstall, delete both %appdata%\GameMaker-Studio and %localappdata%\GameMaker-Studio, delete the GameMaker-Studio registry key, scan your machine in case its a virus, and then reinstall.
What this DRM will do to Game Maker's reputation among indie developers is yet to be seen. Few if any people would willingly use software that would vandalize their game projects. Hopefully, those affected by this DRM will be able to properly recover their projects without losing much if any of their progress.
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Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 28
In Episode 28 of the Super Podcast Action Committee hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the importance of voting, Microsoft's bad Xbox 360 press event in Israel, and a dumb patent designed to count how many people are watching licensed content from a console (so they can charge more money, we assume). Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 28 (1 hour, 18 minutes) 69.6 MB.
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Credits: The Super Podcast Action Committee is hosted by E. Zachary Knight and Andrew Eisen, and produced by James Fudge. Music in the show includes "Albino" by Brian Boyko and "Barroom Ballet" by Kevin MacLeod. Both are in the public domain and free to use.
Capcom Can No Longer Make New Tatsunoko Games
Posted by Zachary Knight in Game Business on November 13, 2012
Originally Published on Game Politics.
Sad news for Capcom vs Tatsunoko fans. Capcom no longer holds the rights to publish games using the Tatsunoko properties. In response to a forum post about playing the game on the Wii U, Christian Svensson, Corporate Officer/Senior Vice-President, stated that Capcom won't be making any more.
Our rights with Tatsunoko have lapsed fairly recently (so we're no longer allowed to sell the title physically or digitally). Unless Japan were to strike a new deal, I'd say the chances of this happening are slim.
While this does mean that no new games will come from the series, you will still be able to play and buy existing copies. However, if you like buying games new, you will need to pick it up now, while supplies last.
Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 27
In Episode 27 of the Super Podcast Action Committee hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about the 2012 presidential election – including some candidates you may not have heard of because the media has done its best to ignore them. They also talk about Barack Obama's and Mitt Romney's past statements on video games, net neutrality and other important issues that impact internet users and gamers… It can't hurt to listen to this show before you go and vote on Tuesday, November 6. Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 27 (1 hour, 16 minutes) 69.6 MB.
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Adding Value While Correcting Player Behavior Through Positive Reinforcement
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Hop onto most any online multiplayer forum or other chat site, and you will find horror story after horror story of foul mouthed, homophobic, misogynistic, racist rage quitters. Bad behavior has become almost synonymous with gaming online. Thankfully, many game developers are looking at ways to combat such behavior. While many companies have systems that punish bad behavior, some are looking in the opposite direction, of rewarding positive behavior.
League of Legends developer, Riot Games, has taken this latter approach. In a new system for fostering positive behavior, such as team work and friendliness, Riot has hired a group of experts to implement an honor system in its game.
Here's the background: Six months ago, Riot established Team Player Behavior — affectionately called Team PB&J — a group of experts in psychology, neuroscience, and statistics (already, I am impressed). At the helm is Jeffrey Lin, better known as Dr. Lyte, Riot's lead designer of social systems. As quoted in a recent article at Polygon:
We want to show other companies and other games that it is possible to tackle player behavior, and with certain systems and game design tools, we can shape players to be more positive.
Which brings us to the Honor system. Honor is a way for players to reward each other for good behavior. This is divvied up into four categories: Friendly, Helpful, Teamwork, and Honorable Opponent. At the end of a match, players can hand out points to those they deem worthy. These points are reflected on players' profiles, but do not result in any in-game bonuses or rewards (though this may change in the future). All Honor does is show that you played nicely.
So how is this honor system working out for League of Legend players? After all, this is what it is all about. Improving the lives of gamers. Well, The Mary Sue provides a few LoL players who were willing to share their stories. For instance, there is this player's experience.
When Honor went live, there was an immediate difference in tone. I had allchat [cross-team chat] disabled in the game because I was tired of hearing incredibly sexist, racist, and homophobic comments being tossed both ways, and if I was playing with randoms, I would often mute them as well. After Honor went up, EVERYONE became nicer – I went from seeing problematic behaviour in almost every game to seeing it something like twice over the span of 20 games (and even then, it got shut down pretty quickly). I've turned allchat back on, and I love the dynamic both in game and after game. People compliment each other's play-style, and on top of giving people on the other team credit for being honorable opponents, you can also give your own team points for being friendly, helpful, and being team-oriented. It's nice to be able to give the good ones credit for what they do, and it's also nice to be able to see such a drastic shift in mentality, even if it is sort of constructed.
While this change in some players' experiences is great, not every negative player will change. There are some people who are fully entrenched in being jerks online. There is no curing such people. Of course, this was expected. For one of the experts, Dr. Lyte, this is not about changing negative players to positive players but about helping neutral players shift toward the positive end of the spectrum.
"The average player in the game is not toxic or positive, they're neutral," Lin says. Because the Honor system allows players to praise other players for their actions "we're able to nudge them a little toward the positive."
I am glad to see that more developers are looking at this as a way of improving player experiences in game. Other developers, such as Blizzard, are more focused on punishing and banning unsavory behavior. What that seems to do mostly is cause people to complain loudly when they are banned. Often these players will make claims that they were banned unfairly or for no reason. Whether true or not, these accusations can then make others a little more wary of taking up the game in the future.
Now, the idea of rewarding positive behavior is far from a new concept. We not so long ago highlighted an experimental program from Valve that attempted something similar. We have highlighted numerous other stories of creators who took the time to encourage positive behavior in their potential customers (you know, by convincing them to buy).
More importantly, this kind of reward system could have a far more important impact on LoL. It could be a great way to keep gamers in the game. It is this large number of players on at all hours that adds value to the game for the individual players. Because of its multiplayer nature, people would not want to play if few people were on and those that were are jerks. So by ensuring that more positive players stay on for longer, the experience will be greatly improved. This positive atmosphere and high value could also have the added benefit of convincing more players to buy in.
Making Sure Players Get The Best Experience Is More Important Than Worrying About How They Got The Game
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Recently, Extra Credits did a great episode on game demos and why no one makes them any more. The reason came down to the fact that it was really tough to make a game demo that really allowed a game to shine — you were more likely to make a great game look terrible. In this episode, they talked about the need some people have to try out a game before they buy it and that free to play games were one way to accommodate that need. I would also add to this that piracy is another way some gamers try a game before they buy.
Just as it is important that people who play a demo get a good experience that leaves them wanting more, the same should be said of the full game itself. If your game sucks, people will stop playing it, word will spread and fewer people will buy it. This word of mouth also comes from those who pirate the game. Although they never paid the developer money, these players are still willing to speak their mind when it comes to the games that really make an impression on them. So it is still important to make a great game.
It was this last scenario, of people pirating a game and then talking about its bugs, that led one developer to take to the Pirate Bay to let those players know that a patch was coming. Jonatan Soderstrom is one of the developers behind a recently released game, Hotline Miami. After the game showed up on the Pirate Bay, people started complaining about bugs they ran into.
However, a few people had a couple of problems getting the game to run.
"Whenever I try starting the game I get [an] error," user randir12 explained. "Error defining an external function."
"Sometimes the game works if I click ignore, but there's no sound."
Instead of letting these players get help from other Pirate Bay users, Jonatan, as user cactus69, showed up himself with advice and news of a coming patch.
Hey there! I'm Jonatan Soderstrom, me and my friend Dennis Wedin made this game.
We're working on an update that hopefully will take care of any/all bugs, and we'll try to do some extra polish in the next few days. Would be great if you could update the torrent when the patch is out! It'd be great if people get to play it without any bugs popping up. Hope everyone will enjoy the game!
For the 'Error defining an external function' problem, try restarting your system and play again, it can pop up when your computer has been running for a while. We'll try to figure out if there's more to it than that.
While such direct contact between pirates and a game's developer is not entirely new (we have seen something like this before) it is still not the norm, and a great way to make an impression on the fans of the game. Soderstrom was able to put out a potential fire that could have led to some people to never picking the game up. In fact, this was his thought process on taking that effort. In a pair of tweets, Jonatan explained that he both understood why people might pirate, but also that it was important that they have a good experience.
I don't really want people to pirate Hotline Miami, but I understand if they do. I've been broke the last couple of months. It sucks.
And I definitely want people to experience the game the way it's meant to be experienced. No matter how they got a hold of it.
That great experience is one of the most important things any creator should work toward. It doesn't matter how much time and money you put into a game, movie, album or book. If the output does not meet the expectation of those who experience it, they will tell others. That will lead to even more people avoiding it. However, as you work toward making the best possible experience and you are completely open about faults, then people will respect you more, and often look past any flaws to support you.
How Being Very Transparent May Have Saved A 'Failed' Kickstarter Project
Posted by Zachary Knight in Game Business on October 30, 2012
Originally Published on Techdirt.
For a while now, we have been highlighting many stories about the successful crowdfunding of movies, music, books and games. This new source of funding for creative content has been an exciting time for indie artists and those wanting to break free of traditional funding models. However, this funding model is not without its risks, something that Kickstarter has recognized with a change in the way projects are presented.
So what exactly happens when a successfully funded project fails to meet its completion goals? Well, reader Marcus Wellby sent along a story about one successfully funded game project that has hit some major roadblocks to completion. Haunts: The Manse Macabre, although successfully funded, has run out of money and programmers and was in danger of never being completed.
Haunts sought $25,000 (£15,590) from Kickstarter but the project proved popular and meant the game's developers got $28,739 (£17,895) to fund completion of the game. Prior to the funding appeal, Haunts creator Mob Rules Games had spent about $42,500 getting the basics of the title completed.
The end result was supposed to be a haunted house horror game in which players could take on the role of the house's inhabitants or intruders investigating what lived within it.
Now Mob Rules Games boss Rick Dakan has revealed that the game's development has prematurely halted.
"The principal cause for our dire condition is that there are no longer any programmers working on the game," said Mr Dakan in a blogpost updating backers.
You can see Rick's full explanation of the problems the game has had over at Kickstarter. With all the cash and programming problems, Rick felt so bad about letting down the backers that he was willing to refund, out of his own pocket, anyone who wanted their money back. While most companies will silently kill off projects that do not meet expectations, his forthcoming post about the state of affairs actually had a positive effect on the project's future.
The next day, Rick posted the following update.
I've had a lot of interested emails from programmers offering their help. Thank you all very much! There's a lot to sift through and I'm not sure what the best way to proceed will be, but I am very encouraged by these offers and want to try and figure out the best way to take advantage of this opportunity. I've reached out to a good friend of mine who's an expert in collaborative open source development, and he and I will talk soon. I also want to discuss this exciting development with Blue Mammoth and get their take on it.
By being open about the problems he was having completing the game, the community came in to offer their help. Granted, this is a unique circumstance, but having such a dedicated fan base is wonderful. Had he let the game fester with no updates for longer than he had, he might have been met with more hostility than encouragement. That would have made it far more difficult to find any kind of solution.
Finally, in the most recent update, Rick announced that after considering the situation and the best way to move forward, he will be open sourcing the game with over thirty programmers offering their help to complete it.
We're going to finish developing Haunts: The Manse Macabre as an Open Source project. The source code has been open from the beginning, but now we're going to fully embrace open development model and making the game entirely open source. We've had about thirty programmers from a variety of backgrounds, including many proficient in Go, who have stepped forward and offered to help finish the game. We're still in the process of setting up the infrastructure for issue tracking, source control, documentation wikis, and other tools necessary before we can begin in earnest, but we hope to have that all up and running within the next week or two.
While this story is far from over, it is a great lesson in the risks of any project whether crowdfunded or not. Projects can fail, they can have problems, they can be shuttered. The key takeaways from this story, however, are (1) being transparent (rather than hiding) with supporters can do wonders and (2) being flexible and willing to change course can help. Rick notes that there's been plenty of press coverage about the supposed "failure," but much less about what happened after…
We've gotten a lot of press coverage, most of it in the general vein of, "Look, see, Kickstarter projects can go bad, so be careful!" I think that's a fair and useful point to make. But we're committed to being the follow-up story. You know, the underdog who comes back from the brink of collapse and proves a resounding success!
Yes, this is a story that highlights the risk in any kind of crowdfunding endeavor. Backers may be out the money they put in with nothing to show for it. However, if those who run these projects will be open and honest through the whole process, stumbles and falls included, even if the project never comes to fruition, then the potential that such a failure will damage their reputation and future projects can be mitigated. And heck, maybe you will be struck with a miracle and your project will come back to life.
Windows 8′s Arbitrary App Certification Rules Could Block Skyrim And Other Huge Games
Posted by Zachary Knight in Game Business on October 25, 2012
Originally Published on Techdirt.
We have already mentioned that some game developers were having a hard time accepting Windows 8 as a viable gaming platform. The primary concern is with Microsoft's insistence on walling off its Metro UI and accompanying Windows Store. When a distribution system is walled off, new restrictions come along that limit the type of content that can be made available. As application and game developers learn more about the restrictions Microsoft plans to implement, their concern is growing.
Take for instance the recent discovery that Microsoft plans to limit the games made available through its Windows Store and Metro UI. In a broader piece on what a closed Windows 8 platform means for developers, Casey Muratori highlights one of the strict and ultimately contradictory restrictions on game content. Using the 2011 Game of the Year, Skyrim, as a hypothetical Windows 8 candidate, Casey asks the question, would it be allowed on the Windows store and Metro UI.
Because no software can ship on this future platform without it going through the Windows Store, the team that built Skyrim would have to send it to Microsoft for certification. Then Microsoft would tell them if they could ship it.
Do you know what Microsoft's answer would be?
I do. It would be "no".
This is not speculative; it is certain. Skyrim is a game for adults. It has a PEGI rating of 18. If you read the Windows 8 app certification requirements you will find, in section 5.1:
"Your app must not contain adult content, and metadata must be appropriate for everyone. Apps with a rating over PEGI 16, ESRB MATURE, or that contain content that would warrant such a rating, are not allowed."
And that's the end of it. No Skyrim for the Windows Store, unless of course the developers go back and remove all the PEGI 18-rated content.
Unfortunately, Casey does not highlight the contradictory nature of this arbitrary rule — what if a game has both an M rating by the ESRB and an 18 rating by PEGI, as Skyrim does. What will Microsoft do? Will it block the game entirely, region-restrict it to only ESRB regions or make an exception to its own rule and allow it for all the world? These are the kinds of questions that frustrate developers. Apple has had its fair share of arbitrary enforcement of content restrictions and you would think that Microsoft would at least attempt to learn from that example.
To further highlight the problem with this restriction, Casey lists four games that are in competition to be 2012′s Game of the Year. Of those four games, none would be allowed on Windows 8 for the same reason, they got an ESRB M rating and a PEGI 18 rating. Microsoft has set itself up to exclude some of the best selling games of the future. Hardly a way to attract the support of developers.


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