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Duane (Dean) Ingmire, 59, a 16-year reserve officer and a 14-year dispatcher with the Decatur Police Department, died this morning in a fire inside his home in Roe Acres, north of Monmouth.
Firefighters were sent to the home at 217 W. Roeville Road at 8:36 a.m. when the 911 center at the Adams County Sheriff's Department received a call from a neighbor of Ingmire's who saw smoke coming from the home.
All those mild holiday conditions went by the wayside in Decatur and Adams County on Monday as Old Man Winter took a swipe at the area to begin the new year.
The coldest temperatures of the season combined with a fresh one inch of snow to slicken streets in the city and county, leading to a number of slideoffs yesterday. An Adams County Sheriff's Department spokesman said this morning there were no known injuries.
A fire at a home in Roe Acres north of Monmouth late this morning claimed the life of the home's resident.
Authorities were withholding the identify of the victim pending notification of relatives.
City firefighters were dispatched at 8:36 a.m. and other area fire departments were called to assist.

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LEE COUNTY, Fla.- The State Attorney's Office has confirmed it's looking into allegations against the Lee County School Board.
WINK News reported last week that board member Cathleen Morgan is accusing three others of violating the state's Sunshine Law by discussing the superintendent search outside of a public meeting.
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New union movement in college sports?
For the first time in NCAA history, student athletes are attempting to claim themselves as employees and form their own union. This not only has connotations for NCAA Division I athletics, but also TV stations, administrative jobs and, ultimately, the professional sports industry.
Northwestern starting quarterback Kain Colter is spearheading the movement. To this point, at least 26 student athletes have signed union cards that attempt to claim them as paid employees by the school. This claim will open the door for many student athletes, including those at UNH.
"Ultimately, it is a possibility at any university with students who want to seek benefits," UNH law professor and Sports Illustrated consultant Michael McCann said. "Hypothetically it could happen anywhere."
In the eyes of UNH athletic director Marty Scarano, unionization seems unlikely.
"There isn't a lot for student athletes to gain by unionizing here." Scarano said. "We aren't a school with huge programs raking in money each year."
With the help of Ramogi Huma, president of the National College Players association, and the United Steelworkers Union, the union cards signed by the players were submitted to the NLRB - the federal statutory body that recognizes groups who seek collective bargaining rights and will be processed.
In an interview with ESPN's "Outside the Lines" Kain Colter explained the simple logistics of this claim.
"We are employees," Colter said. "We are paid with scholarships to play and the new stipend checks for the cost of attendance. It's that simple. There are basic rights that are not addressed for college athletes. "
The rights that Kolter claims aren't met are in the realm of medical and academic necessity.
Medically speaking, Kolter reveals that injuries sustained during a college competition aren't always guaranteed to be covered by the school. If an athlete is injured in college and faces major surgery down the line, the University doesn't cover those either.
The academic issue is perhaps the most glaring. The top-50 college basketball and football schools have a combined graduation rate of less than 50 percent. Kolter said that there is no incentive to go to class for some players, much less graduate.
"It is hard to play sports and be academically successful," Kolter said. "Especially when its acceptable to miss academic stuff for football, but if you decide to miss football for school your scholarship might no longer be there."
McCann acknowledges these facts, but argues that it's all relative.
"There is some truth to those arguments, but it completely depends on the athlete, the school, and the sport," McCann said. "The revenue Alabama football brings into the school is a ton more than that of UNH, so the argument is stronger for the Alabama players. It comes down to money."
In terms of UNH athletes trying to join this cause, it would be difficult and unlikely.
UNH's biggest sport is hockey, which in the past decade has declined in popularity due to the recent success of the Boston Bruins. The schools whose athletes are looking to unionize are coming from universities with big basketball and football programs whose revenues generate millions for the school.
"It's not as if UNH is getting wealthy off the backs of our student athletes," Scarano said. "Even in a good year, men's hockey, generally speaking, pays for itself."
The other issue for UNH athletes is the law. Northwestern, being a private school, abides by completely different laws towards unionizing than public universities. Private institutions may seek unionization under federal law, while all public and state schools must work with state laws, which vary by state, and often times are much more demanding and time consuming.
"This is going to have to be a serious change in law," McCann said. "Right now, to the law, they aren't athletes, they are students.
With no real footing for UNH athletes to dig into, the chances of the unionization hitting UNH are minimal. Nationally, however, this case and the people involved are just getting started.
"Every couple of weeks we will probably see another school join," McCann said. "It is going to be a while until this is ultimately resolved. The National Labor Relations Board will decide most likely in 2016."
This may be the first attempt for student-athletes to unionize, but it isn't the first attempt to seek money. Ed O'Bannon, former UCLA shooting guard, created a case against the NCAA claiming that student athletes, past and present, should be compensated when their picture is used. All signs in this case point toward a settlement in the near future.
"I think the O'Bannon case will settle," McCann said. "If the rules on compensation for photos and video games change then the unionization effort will lose it's steam. If suddenly some student athletes receive money for their photos, the issue won't seem as bad."
Ultimately, no matter what happens in either case, the NCAA's relations with its student athletes will never be the same. This is just the first step towards what is considered an inevitable future where our student-athletes receive some form of compensation.
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People who were awed last year by Duras' The Lover, the story of her affair at 15 with an older man in Indochina, may consider her new book more a fragment than a complete work. It contains three memoirs and two unimpressive short stories set in Paris during the last days of World War II. The title piece, marked by inspired turns of phrase, is a raw, unsentimental look at betrayal. Waiting for her husband, "Robert L," to return from Dachau, Duras writes: "The pain is so great it can't breathe, it gasps for air. Pain needs room." Yet when Robert returns to her, she flees the nightmarish sight of this stranger who is more dead than alive. "Albert of the Capitals" describes the author's role in interrogating and torturing an informer after the Liberation. "He's become someone without anything in common with other men," Duras observes as the old man they have captured metamorphoses into an object of revenge. In "Ter of the Militia" she profiles a likeable but superficial 23-year-old named Ter, who joined a French gang that ambushed members of the Resistance because he liked guns, cars and women. The writing is uneven, but Duras is never boring. She has a detached, sometimes angry intelligence that sifts through the history she's lived till nuggets of truth spill from her memory. (Pantheon, $13.95)
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Kermit Blount made a memorable debut as head coach of the Delaware State football team. In a game marked by a more than one hour delay to start the second half due to lightning, Blount led the Hornets to a 24-21 victory over VMI in the season opener for each team before 6,209 fans at Foster Stadium this afternoon.
Nick Elko threw for 230 yards and three touchdowns and Justin Wilson had two TD catches to lead Delaware State's 346-yard attack. The Hornet defense forced three turnovers and made a key fourth down stop late in the fourth quarter on VMI's final possession.
"This is a very special win for me, but more importantly for our players," said Blount, who was head coach at Winston-Salem State University for 17 years for accepting the DSU job last February.
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At "Mandela" screening, Bono tells audience how Mandela taught a lesson in humility
Bono told a story Sunday about the time Nelson Mandela found himself addressing an arena that was only one-tenth full. In the process, he did a Mandela impression for which apologized in advance.
"Please excuse this," the U2 frontman said. "Every idiot thinks he can do Nelson Mandela."
Also read: Why U2's Bono Considered Nelson Mandela His 'Bandleader'
Members of the band spoke Sunday after a screening of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" at the Director's Guild of America in New York City. Their song from the film, "Ordinary Love," is nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar.
Bono (pictured with Mandela in 2003) recounted how he once took part in a concert that was turning into a disaster.
"We've done a few things as a band… they don't all work out very well," Bono said. "We were part of one called — it's actually the most memorable title of any event we've ever been involved in — it was called 'Frock and Roll.' And it was an attempt to marry the worlds of music and fashion for Mr. Mandela's children's fund, I think."
Also read: U2's The Edge Talks About His MTV Homelessness Special — and Meeting Panhandlers
The event was scheduled for a 20,000-seat arena in Barcelona. But because of questions about whether it would really take place, most of the musicians bailed out, and only about 2,000 people showed up. The organizers decided to turn down the lights so that Mandela wouldn't see how scattered the crowd was when he went onstage to speak, Bono said.
And when Mandela took the stage, he taught a lesson in humility, Bono said.
Also read: Richard Branson on Nelson Mandela's Secret Attempt to Prevent the Iraq War (Video)
"He looked out and he just went, 'It is a dangerous thing to have high expectations. I have such high expectations of the good people of Barcelona.' … And then he says, 'I want to tell you, from the bottom of my heart: You have more than exceeded all my expectations. To turn up for an old man like me.'"
Bono, who also does a great Bill Clinton impression, noted that he's the member of U2 who pays the most attention to ticket sales. Initially he thought Mandela was kidding — but he wasn't. It's a story Bono has shared before, but one that had the audience rolling.
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In Germany, Europe's biggest economy, construction output increased 3.1 percent from April, when it fell 5.5 percent, today's report showed. Portugal and France reported increases of 3.6 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. In Italy, output fell 1.4 percent from the previous month, when it dropped 4.3 percent. Spanish output slumped 3.3 percent after a 3 percent drop in April, and the Netherlands had a decline of 0.7 percent.
In the 27-nation EU, output rose 1.6 percent from April, when it fell 6.9 percent. Ireland and Greece are not required to provide monthly data on construction output.
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Speaking in South Africa during an official visit, a North
Korean diplomat says his country is willing to continue six-party
talks if the United States drops its sanctions over counterfeiting
and drug trafficking. Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun also said
that North Korea had test-fired missiles last week in self-defense,
due to planned joint US-South Korean-Japanese military exercises on
the Korean peninsula.
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the crisis on the Korean Peninsula with dangerous and provocative
rhetoric such as 'pre-emptive strike,'" said South Korean
presidential spokesman Jung Tae-ho to CNN.
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SAN DIEGO- The San Diego Zoo is debuting their newest addition today: a giant panda cub named Xiao Liwu (Shoaw Lee-Woo).
Until today, the 5-month-old has only been seen online, through the zoo's panda-cam. The cub broke the mold and walked out ahead of his mother, showing off for the cameras.
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- How can I write a competitive proposal?
- What university internal procedures do I need to follow to submit an EU funding proposal?
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Please give this question enough consideration before starting to work on a proposal. The competition for EU funding is intense. Average success rate is 20% - in ERC lower. This means that a great deal of time and energy is needed to write a successful grant - how much depends upon the proposal type, and the preparation you have already done. Please discuss this decision with colleagues and/or the EU-Referentin. Sometimes it is wiser to wait a year. This is particularly the case vis-à-vis ERC grants; see Bottom Up Funding: ERC page.
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There are a few points to keep in mind - most not written anywhere - no matter what programme you are writing your proposal for:
- The main aim of H2020 is to address the political strategies set out in the EU2020 and Innovation Union documents. If you are not already familiar with these, you should at minimum skim through them and identify one policy area – and ideally one specific policy – that your project addresses. It is essential that you can convince the evaluators that your project best addresses a policy-related information need that they have. Much of the time the related policy information is already provided as background in documents along with the "top down" Societal Challenges calls.
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- All key terms from the call must be taken up and used in the proposal, so evaluators can clearly see the links between the two and the suitability of the project to meet the call aims.
- Because H2020 topics are more open, the "fit" with the topic has less importance in evaluation than impact. The proposal format should follow the impact criteria.
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We are very happy with the education and care our children are receiving at Pinon Valley. They are thriving academically and socially. If I had to choose one word to describe the administration and staff it would be DEDICATION!
Pinon Valley is the best of the 5 schools that our children have attended both in Colorado Springs and Europe. One of our children has also attended Broadmoor Elementary, also in D12 and the difference is night and day - in favour of Pinon! The leadership is where a school thrives or fails. The rating system allows only 5 stars and the Principle deserves more. Never have I met such a dedicated teacher, with such a love of the children. The teaching staff fall into line behind her and the school ethos, community and general feeling reflect this. I read a comment about a 1st grade teacher. The step from Kindergarten is massive and, yes, they expect the children to hit the ground running. Our little one was having trouble keeping up to begin with, but a 2 minute conversation with her and her teacher resolved the issues and now things are rosy again. It is obvious that while a lot is expected of the children, a lot is given back and all that we have so far encountered clearly care a great deal and go above and beyond all expectations. Both of our children are very happy here and it could not be more highly recommended.
My 6 year old is so scared to go to first grade because one teacher in there. She is not suited for first grade & obviously the students there are all aware too. SOmeone needs to go in there & get rid of some of the teachers there who think just because they've been there "forever" their job is secure. Until then my child will be going to private. Which is really going to hurt us financially. Fingers crossed when the new principal comes in he/she will shake things up. Hoping it's a man, because they need more males in that school.
Both my kids have excelled and enjoyed this wonderful school.
I could not be happier with the outstanding teaching my daughter gets at this school. The parent involvement in fantastic and the teachers give a lot of their own time to the students and the great after school and summer activites this school has. I would recomend this school to anyone.
Although Pinon Valley is the largest school in the highly regarded district 12, the staff and warm school environment make it feel very personal and welcoming to all students and their families. Excellence is encouraged and achieved both academically and personally. The children learn respect for themselves and others through strong character building education. The level of parental involvement is impressive and evident on any given school day. The only thing I would like to see different in our school as well as all other schools in our district would be a more secure school environment. I would like all school entrances to be locked and visitors to be identified before entering. We actually live closer to another 'excellent' and smaller school in district 12 but choose to send our children to Pinon Valley Elementary. PVE is the best choice!
I have been extremely happy with the education my kids have received at Pinon Valley. They offer art and music every week, Spanish education and have a great PE program. They also offer many before and after school enhancement programs for the children. Pinon encourages the parents to get involved and they do!
This is an excellent school. We fortunate that our children attend here.
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The University of Nebraska at Kearney has selected a Wisconsin administrator as its new athletic director. UNK Chancellor Doug Kristensen said Wednesday that Paul Plinske will take over on September 1st.
The post was vacated by Jon McBride, who stepped down for health reasons. Plinske has been athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater since 2004. The Division III school has a 20-sport NCAA program that includes 700 students and 50 coaches and staff members.
Among the four UNK finalists was Jean Berger, who has been senior associate athletic director/senior woman administrator at the University of Northern Iowa since 2008.
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February 26th, 1937 grand opening ad in photo section.
Warner Theater in 1945 was the largest seating capacity house in Oklahoma City with 1950 seats per Film Daily Yearbook.
Pic of Newsboy with Overholser Bill Board nearby added to Photo Section.
Two Article's added to Photo Section re: Warner & Cinerama.
Pic of Warner's Mid 1950's Install of Cinerama Equipment added to Photo Section
Pic addition: Grand Ave street view looking east..Trolly Cars and Orpheum Theater (later Warner) Oklahoma City.
1930's Warner pic added to photo section.
Warner Theater, Oklahoma City, 1961 photo placed in photo section.
Photo of original Overholser Opera House under construction added to photo section.
1920's photo scene with the original Overholser Opera House looking east on Grand just included in photo section.
Warner Theater Oklahoma City, Photo's of original Overholser Opera House as well as the later conversion to Orhpeum Theater prior to becoming the Warner have been added to the photo section.
c1930 photo of the Warner Theater with original lightbulb marquee,
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Shown here are 1943 newspaper ads for the Warner,
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'SKATING VANITIES of 1947' may have played the Warner Theatre since live stage productions were presented up till Cinerama euipment was installed in 1952. To have a look at a wall sign advertising this show go to oklahomo coboyz 08-07-07 post and type "421 w main, oklahoma city"
From Doug Loudenback's fun web site come these vintage imges of the Warner
(AKA-Overholser, Orpheum) Theatre,
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Roadside Oklahoma shows several vintage views of the old Warner Theatre;
Other OKC theatres that contained full working stages (and multiple dressing rooms) behind their screens were the Capitol, Centre, Circle, Criterion, Delmar Garden, Empire, Empress, Folly, Home-State, Liberty, Majestic, Metropolitan, Midwest, Tower, and Victoria.
The Warner was a historical monument in the main vein of downtown OKC and was the only movie theater in OKC with an unbelivable history that grew with not only the City but, the state of OK. Also, it was the only theater that had not only a full stage behind the screen but, below the stage, multiple dressing rooms that were about
10x10 and each had hot and cold running water / sinks. There also was a trap door in the floor of the stage that opened to the basement. Too bad the City allowed it to be bull dozed!
In 1922 Oklahoma City had a population of only 92,000. The Warner Theater was really the only "big time" theatre OKC had. Perhaps the Criterion and Liberty came close to first class, but neither had that extra pizzazz needed to rate top notch.
Several vintage views of the Warner Theater can be viewed on this updated site;
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Also on the site posted just above this comment check out other interesting photographs.
Type in word 'architecture' or 'drawing' to see non theatre designs by noted theatre architects such as Layton, Smith, & Forsyth, Parr & Hawks, Leon Senter, and William Wells.
One of the images you'll see is Springlake Ballroom which also contained a silent picture theatre.
Type in word 'overholser' to look at interior views of that fabulouse mansion.
Better photos of the Warner Theater can be seen on the Oklahoma Historical Society pages. Type in word "warner", then hit search.
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Shown here is a 1970 shot of the 1903 Overholser Mansion. Henry Overholser built the 1889 Opera House, 1903 Overholser Opera House, 1913 Colcord Airdome, and was held an interest in Stanley-Warner stock.
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Iowa House lawmakers have approved a plan to water down Gov. Terry Branstad's education proposals. In a 52-44 vote, legislators approved the bill Wednesday.
Republicans in the House Education Committee last week scaled back Branstad's education plan, which aims to improve Iowa schools by boosting minimum teacher pay and offering bonuses to senior teachers who take on tasks like mentoring. Under the revisions, school districts could opt-out of the reform.
Lawmakers also approved an amendment to the legislation Tuesday that would provide two percent increases to general school funding in the next two school years.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Milwaukee prosecutors are reviewing accusations of illegal activity by groups supporting Republican Sen. Alberta Darling and her Democratic opponent state Rep. Sandy Pasch.
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Wisconsin Right to Life and Wisconsin Jobs Now deny any wrongdoing.
Democrats, meanwhile, prepared a complaint alleging Darling committed misconduct in office by refusing to turn over communications with outside groups allied with Republicans. Darling's office issued a statement saying the Democrats' request is being processed.
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From Seven To Seventy
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My child began attending Bryant this year as a Pre-K. She shares a class with Kindergartners and absolutely loves it. This school follows the Montessori method, which isn't for every child, but Bryant provides info sessions and plenty of opportunities for parents to make the best decision. I'm most excited about my 4 year old getting to experience a normal school setting over a daycare/pre-school one. Plus this school goes all the way to 8th grade, so many of the classmates she has now will be with her through Middle School. Overall we are very satisfied with Bryant.
My daughter has been at Bryant for three years. We absolutely love Bryant! She is able to express herself in a free thinking environment. I love the muti-grade classrooms as I feel it gives the children a leg up in their education. I love how they are taught about peace and respecting themselves, each other and their school. I love how they have gardens for the children to work in. Bryant Montessori is an excellent school, I would recommend to anyone! I truly feel blessed my daughter will be attending Bryant until she enters high school. I can't express enough how thankful I am for Bryant. I only wish there were more Montessori schools in Tacoma for parents to choose from.
I visited Bryant elementary some years ago. I was very excited to see such an innovative program with children from preschool to middle school who shared an enriched environment that led them on a path of self discovery and understanding about themselves and their place in the world. I was especially impressed with the teachers and their principal who opened the way for a whole Montessori model to unfold in a public school. It felt great to be in a place where each teacher understood the needs of children on each plane of development. Has anyone written a story about this amazing school? It should be a model for our state.
My son is doing more difficult algebra in the fourth grade than I did in the 7th grade. I am amazed at the creativity he has shown in the the 4 1/4 years he has been there. He's also reading 30 minutes to 2 hours a day because he loves it. They taught him how to write book reports and he said it didn't feel like work to him. Does this sound like a kid who is not getting a fabulous education?
Bryant is the only public Montessori in Tacoma, and it is truly a wonderful school.
Great School, great Stats, wonderful Staff, great curriculum and the kids can stay from PK thru grade 8.
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Bryant Montessori is an outstanding school that provides the gift of a Montessori Education,without the cost of private school tuition. The teachers at Bryant are truly the backbone of the school,giving each child one on one time and encouraging their interest.
My children have been going to this school for the past 2 years and it's been wonderful. They were transfer students and to my surprise was very welcomed from the begining. The teachers have a way of connecting to each student and it has made a difference in their grades. I wouldn't have my children in any other school.
I have two kids that attend Bryant. My daughter who has been there K-7th grade, loves this school. Her academics has been at a 4.00 from the beginning. The teacher are wonderful and always seem to go the extra mile to help. I love the Montessori way of teaching.
This school is responsive to the district's requirements while managing to create an environment where kids actually learn. The montessori model is phenomenal and a great gift to the public school system. The principal is fantastic. This model should be duplicated in more urban schools. The program deserves a new facility, but should stay in its wonderful diverse neighborhood.
Byrant Middle School is an excellant program. I have 2 daughters that attend this year. They are doing great. This is the 2nd year of being in the Montessori envoriment. I think it is great that they get so much one on one attention in a Midle school which has greatly increased thier grades. My 7th Grader got a 3.9 last year and I can't want to see the improvements of my 6th grader.
Bryant is a wonderful school with lots of great teachers and activities. The emphasis on blending Montessori ideals with public school requirements such as WASL testing is very strong. The staff strives to incorporate Montessori into every aspect of learning. The facilities leave something to be desired, the library especially is very small, located in an unused classroom. The building is very old and bathrooms are often located far away from early elementary classrooms, leaving room for 'accidents' for young students.
My daughter is a first grader, and she was in the pre-k/k class last year. The teachers and staff are very dedicated to providing an enriching learning environment. Montessori is such an amazing way for children to learn.
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No matter how you look at it this game rocks. It offers the action-style of "Wind Waker" with light character & weapon building, world building and a handful of mini-games and quests that make it an RPG experience that PS2 owners shouldn't pass up.
Not only does this version of Dark Cloud look beautiful, but it has a little something for everyone, action and exploration, character customization and development, magic and technology, city building, and a wonderful captivating story... [and] it does them all exceptionally well.
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ShawnR.Mar 10, 2003One of the best games i ever played!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mar 6, 2013Dark Cloud 2 has an amazing world you can lose your self in and there's just so much to do you'll never get board.
the RPG mechanics are a little shallow and the UI is a little tricky to navigate near end game when you have hundreds of items, other than that i love this game… Expand
[Anonymous]Oct 27, 2005This game is extermely repetitive i can't figure out why it is being scored so high. the story is lame the characters are lamel, and the weapon system is lame. every floor of every dungeon looks exactly the same and when you leave a floor and come back the layout is different wtf!!!!! the only good thing about this game is music which like the gameplay is very repetitive.… Expand


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Hackers homing in on Cellular PhonesSubmitted by srlinuxx on Monday 7th of February 2005 03:12:14 AM Filed under
This story kinda hits home for me as I now work on a computer all day for cingular wireless (formerly AT&T in our branch). I guess this is why call volume has been increasing steadily lately. Here's the full story on Reuter's slow ass site.
Linux Kernel Security is Lacking?Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 7th of February 2005 02:35:02 AM Filed under
Seems Jason Miller is finding fault in the Linux kernel security bug fix procedure. He goes on and on about security and how security vulnerabilities are handled. Although he mentioned that Gentoo had an accessible security contact, that really didn't apply to things like the underlying kernel. You can read the rest of his article including his thoughts on how to improve the situation here on securityfocus.
ATI has released 64-Bit driversSubmitted by srlinuxx on Monday 7th of February 2005 02:28:45 AM Filed under
According to AMDZone and ATI's own site, ATI has released 64-bit drivers for XFree86 and Xorg. Here's a link the download page.
No Case - No ProblemSubmitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 6th of February 2005 06:58:03 AM Filed under
Just mount every thing on the wall! LOL Here's the discussion thread with pictures. Too funny.
2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners AnnouncedSubmitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 6th of February 2005 06:19:51 AM Filed under
Browser of the Year - Firefox (77.12%)
Distribution of the Year - Slackware (19.36%)
LiveCD Distribution of the Year - Knoppix (57.69%)
Database of the Year - MySQL (53.51%)
Desktop Environment of the Year - KDE (58.25%)
I Heard a Rumor - PCLOS 8.1 in the Works?Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 6th of February 2005 05:07:02 AM Filed under
A little birdie told me that an update to the acclaimed PCLinuxOS Preview 8 is in the works and possibly due out next week. Details are a bit sketchy at this time, but it seems Tom has been hard at work updating the hardware detection and mklivecd scripts. Now don't get your hopes up, but I hear it might sport a newer 2.6.10 kernel, including patches to fix a little kvm switch problem. Of course it will include all kinds of application updates and other goodies. More on this as it develops.
Mandrake's Clustering AgainSubmitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 6th of February 2005 04:49:03 AM Filed under
Mandrake is apparently joining a consortium to help the advancement of what I think of as distributed computing to the point of and what they are terming clustering. Mandrake has a some previous experience in that arena so maybe they can prove to be an asset. Here's a more in depth article on the subject. They want to harness our cpu cycles, and it sounds like for commercial purposes. Show me the money then I say. Until then, I'm looking for aliens.
This months CosmoSubmitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 6th of February 2005 04:03:16 AM
Woo hoo Gals, this months Cosmopolitan magazine is chocked full of nice tips and tricks to tantalize even the most frigid of geeks. It looks like Ashley Simpson on the cover, but more importantly are the words: The Power of Pre-sex, Beyond Kama Sutra, His Butt, and 50 Ways to Have Fun With Your Man. I can't wait to try some of this stuff on my man!!!
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50 gmail invites?Submitted by srlinuxx on Saturday 5th of February 2005 10:51:35 PM Filed under
Has anyone else noticed they now have 50 gmail invites to get rid of? I couldn't even get rid of the original 5 or 6! Well, here's a summary of this weeks google wars.
Moooore Spam!Submitted by srlinuxx on Saturday 5th of February 2005 10:46:33 PM Filed under
Spam has new way to evade security
E-mails via service providers clogging system
Yep, just what we need, more spam. Apparently they aren't as concerned with hiding from their isps as getting the mail out as they are now just sending it through their isps servers. Read the gory details here.
Linux leaders at open-source summitSubmitted by srlinuxx on Saturday 5th of February 2005 02:57:01 AM Filed under
Here's a long borin^H^Hserious story on how Linux was represented at last weeks open-source summit. I didn't read too much of it, but it might interest you hard core advocates.
Vin Diesel going soft on us?Submitted by srlinuxx on Saturday 5th of February 2005 02:42:23 AM Filed under
Have you seen the previews for Vin Diesels's new movie? He is starring in a soon to be released Walt Disney production co-starring five children! I hope all those tattoos in XXX were stick ons! Well, here's a summary of the flick and here's a shot of the promotional poster. Heck anything with Vin Diesel has got be good!
Doom3 for those with little or no PC!Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 4th of February 2005 08:04:01 PM Filed under
Here's a story on a board game based on and entitled Doom: The Board Game. This is apparently not breaking news, but I just heard about and got a chuckle over it a few days ago. But hey, I think it might make a neato gift for those diehard doom series lovers, or those who wished they could have played doom3 but couldn't swing the hardware upgrade! Get yours here!
More BS from the Evil One.Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 4th of February 2005 07:56:15 PM Filed under
Seems Mr. Gates is at it again with saying one thing while trying to cleverly conceal his jabs at Linux. This time speaking of interoperability amongst differing architectures while stating that doesn't mean open source as open source is detrimental to interoperability. Does that seem backwards to anyone else besides me? This is posted all over the net, but here's one reference at Betanews.
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Nebraska's First Lady Sally Ganem read to McPhee Elementary school students for most of the day.
It' was all part of a world record breaking effort. She was one of thousands of adults who read to more than 2 million children at elementary schools from across the country. The record is for the most kids who were read to by adults on the same day from the same book. The book is "Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad." by David Soman and Jacky Davis.
"It's essential in today's society to be able to read and anytime I get the chance to promote literacy among our children, I jump on that," said Ganem
"We want them reading at school, at home, with friends, with families and we know that literacy and that reading ability is what's going to carry them far," said Elaine Simpson, McPhee Elementary School Principal.
Ganem said focusing on one day is a nice thing, but the day's goal is to promote reading to kids every day.
"Absolutely, we have one day that we highlight. Reading every day to your child and sometimes you'd be surprised, even the middle school kids enjoy having stories read to them," said Ganem.
Every student at McPhee Elementary received a copy of the book courtesy of the Pearson Foundation which will donate a million books nation-wide by the end of the school year.
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Blaze made the gamble to save his dying father, but of course, the forces of darkness came to collect by imbuing Blaze with the spirit of "the Rider," transforming him into a chain-swinging, soul-sucking powerhouse with a flaming skull for a head whenever he finds himself in the presence of evil. When word gets out that Roarke is trying to use a small boy named Danny to switch into a stronger body, a wino motorcyclist priest named Moreau (delightfully portrayed by Idris Elba) enlists in the reluctant Blaze to act as protector to the boy and his mother (Violante Placido). With a team of thugs lead by the relentless Ray Carrigan (Johnny Whitworth) on their tale, a chase across eastern Europe ensues. Nevaldine/Taylor are known for their daffy "Crank" films, which translate the anarchic spirit of the wackiest of video games to film better than any movie based on a game could ever hope to. The travels of Blaze aren't as eye-poppingly bizarre as the drug-fueled misadventures of Chev Chelios, but we won't hold that against it. Cage is an actor who gets a lot of grief for his output these days, but I always find him relentlessly enjoyable to watch, even in movies that are terrible. I wouldn't count "Spirit of Vengeance" among those. The first "Ghost Rider" film was a glossy-but-stale effort, but Nevaldine/Taylor bring a wicked sense of humor and madcap fun to this one. Seeing the Rider storm a quarry and transform a massive Bagger 288 into a flaming wheel of death to make short work of a hoard of unfortunate henchmen while he giggles with demonic glee is one of many nutty highlights that puts Nevaldine/Taylor's twisted sense of humor and their video game sensibilities front and center. Cage flipping out on many an unsuspecting baddie seals the deal. "Spirit of Vengeance" is my kind of beer-soaked Friday night viewing. I'd recommend avoiding watching this film in 3D, as Nevaldine/Taylor's kinetic direction doesn't lend itself well to the additional visual noise imposed by 3D. The film looks fantastic in 2D on Blu-ray, the way God intended. If you're into this one, save yourself a few bucks and go with the sans-3D Blu. It provides more of an in-depth making-of documentary than one would expect from a movie like this. It suffers a bit from the syndrome of feeling like a promotional bit, but you can't expect anything more from a new release. Where the features knock it out of the park is in the video commentary with Nevaldine/Taylor. The whole notion of a video commentary comes off like a superfluous idea, as no one wants to watch the people doing the talking while the movie plays. But the boys only break in when they want to show you how they shot a tricky scene, and they simply talk over the rest like a traditional commentary. Their witty banter makes for a fun listen, cracking jokes and even going so far as to give insight into the eastern European locales where they shot the film. A worthy purchase for anyone who enjoyed this oddball Marvel effort. Other Noteworthy Releases "Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows": Guy Ritchie's revival of Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective excelled in bringing a strong bromance between Holmes and Watson, their witty relationship giving its merely decent plot some serious spice. The sequel brings Holmes' nemesis, Moriarty (Jared Harris) into the fold, but wastes the potential the great villain has on a boring steampunk action plot. Not even the bromance can't even save it, as "Game of Shadows" simply recycles the same subplot of Watson threatening to leave Holmes in favor of settling down. The prospect of a Sherlock Holmes revival seemed promising before, but after only two movies, it seems to be completely out of ideas. Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Amazon Instant Good Deeds: I've never seen a Tyler Perry movie, but I give him points for being hilariously corny, playing a character named Wesley Deeds in a movie entitled "Good Deeds." The plot of this film makes it sound like he saw "N-Secure" and decided to make the lead of that film into someone a lot less despicable. In all seriousness, it's hard not to admire any independent filmmaker who has turned a carved niche into a prolific empire operating outside of Hollywood. Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Amazon Instant Harold and Maude: Without "Harold and Maude," Wes Anderson's career might not have existed in the way that it does. Criterion is bringing this morbidly funny ode to enjoying life into the fold of their collection, so you can throw out that bare-bones disc from Paramount. Features include a new HD transfer, a commentary with Hal Ashby, Nick Dawson and Charles B. Mulvehill, a new interview with The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens. Available on Blu-ray and DVD The Gold Rush: Criterion adds another Charlie Chaplin film to the collection, this one being the one where Chaplin's Tramp cooks his boot, no doubt giving Werner Herzog some ideas. Their releases of "Modern Times" and "The Great Dictator" are must-own items for Chaplin fans, this one no doubt brings the goods as well. Available on Blu-ray and DVD Shallow Grave: Yet another Criterion release, the seem to be making it rain this week. This 1994 thriller directed by Danny Boyle paved the way for a major breakthrough with "Trainspotting," and it remains a favorite among his fans. Available on Blu-ray and DVD Red Scorpion: An eighties action curiosity starring Dolph Lundgren, written and produced by Jack Abramoff. Yes, THAT Jack Abramoff. There's even an interview with him on this brand new Blu-ray from the good folks over at Synapse. Available on Blu-ray/DVD combo Meatballs: While it ain't no "Stripes," this comedy pulled Ivan Reitman out of the realm of churning out exploitation movies like "Cannibal Girls," and plopped him into the mainstream, beginning a fruitful relationship with Bill Murray. Available on Blu-ray and DVD This post originally appeared over at Parcbench