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Written testimony by CDF President Marian Wright Edelman delivered to the House Budget Committee on April 30, 2014, during the hearing, "A Progress Report on the War on Poverty: Lessons from the Frontlines". Earlier this month the House of Representatives passed the budget proposed by Chairman Ryan that would severely undercut the progress made since the War on Poverty was declared. The budget gets 69 percent of its cuts from programs that assist low-income children and families, while asking nothing from the wealthiest. It cuts tax rates for the richest Americans by taking food and other supports from children.
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I loved the Dodge ad for America's farmers that aired during the Super Bowl telecast, featuring the legendary Paul Harvey.
Comments among our group were fairly unanimous: "Great commercial, but how many people know who Paul Harvey was?"
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Paul Harvey (1918-2009) was a news commentator for the ABC Radio Network, who for decades delivered his morning and mid-day broadcasts to an audience (at its peak) of some 24 million listeners. A giant in the profession, known for his love of country, its historic values, and his profound appreciation for working men and women, Harvey was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1979 and received the Freedom Award from President Bush in 2005.
In the early 70's, the station I worked at, a Top 40 on FM, in the shadow of Michigan State University, ran Paul Harvey. And in the midst of that era's turmoil, Paul Harvey was the most listened-to segment on the station! It seems counter-intuitive, perhaps, that a bunch of college kids (some radical, most suburban liberal/conservatives) would hang on his every word; but his commentaries were so compelling, so entertaining, so…REAL, that philosophical differences were "checked at the door." You had to listen.
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The Equality Bill 2008-2009, which will extend both to England and Wales, and to Scotland, covers age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. It also requires public authorities to do more to tackle the effects of socio-economic disadvantage. The Bill has received a hostile response among some religious groups, while the response of the large churches (including the Church of England) has been to welcome its principal aims while contesting aspects of its detail - particularly in terms of lobbying for opt-outs and provisions which would allow continued discrimination on grounds of sexuality and gender by faith bodies on grounds of 'upholding beliefs'. In this paper, Savitri Hensman assesses the issues and suggests that the churches need to move forward positively, on theological and practical grounds, in affirming comprehensive equalities in the public sphere. She also tackles the harm that discrimination and inequality causes, not least to the most vulnerable and those suffering prejudice.
The Church of England has huge assets as well as large responsibilities. In 2009 it lost £1.3 billion through its investments in shares and property. In April 2011 it announced that its assets increased in 2010 from £4.8 billion to £5.3 billion. This paper looks at some of the difficulties and contradictions of the Church's investment and finance policy, particularly the dislocation of financial decision making from integral mission and economic justice, which is both practically and theologically deficient. Acknowledging both the good intentions towards ethical practice and the constraints imposed by the legal and Established framework of the C of E, the paper argues that for Christian churches, economics needs to be re-located in the subversive and alternative calling of a Gospel community in an unjust world. It suggests there are many positive ways forward. The paper is authored by Jonathan Bartley and Simon Barrow.
A survey commissioned by Ekklesia, and carried out my ComRes at the height of the MP's expenses scandal to ascertain attitudes and opinions regarding the role of independent candidates and MPs and under what conditions the public would vote for them.
Over the past eleven years, the British government has passed a number of laws that specifically tackle, or include directly in their provisions, protection of the freedom of 'religion or belief' – based on the right to hold or not to hold religious or other philosophical beliefs. This paper looks specifically at how 'religion or belief' is defined, particularly in relation to the Equality Act 2006 / 2007, and locates this within the wider policy-led and academic attempts to define 'religion'. Looking at some of the implications of the definitions applied, it goes on to summarise key elements of current law on non-discrimination, drawing on public sources and examples from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Nothing in this background paper constitutes legal advice or should be read as constituting such advice. If you have legal questions or requirements, please consult a qualified lawyer.
In 2009 we mark the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, the pioneering naturalist who posited the common descent of all species through evolution by natural selection – a discovery that has become foundational to the remarkable progress of the modern biological sciences, most recently in the arena of genomics. In this paper, reproduced courtesy of the International Society for Science and Religion (http://www.issr.org.uk/), one of the world's leading historians of science - who is also actively involved in science-religion discussions - gives an overview of Darwin's interactions with religion and belief. This essay forms a useful context and corrective to some of the zealous material seeking to 'rescue' or 'advocate' Darwin in relation to different religious and non- or anti-religious outlooks. There is also bibliographical and web material on issues related to evolution and belief, especially Christianity.
Fear or Freedom?: Why a Warring Church Must Change by Simon Barrow (Ed)
The Subversive Manifesto: Lifting the Lid on God's Political Agenda by Jonathan Bartley
Faith and Politics After Christendom: The Church as a Movement for Anarchy by Jonathan Bartley
Consuming Passion: Why the Killing of Jesus Really Matters by Simon Barrow and Jonathan Bartley (Eds)
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Alexei Kervezee and Tom Cooper starred with the bat as the Netherlands thumped Kenya by 117 runs in their World Cricket League Division 1 clash in Voorburg on Saturday.
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The strange saga of the famous kitsch artists, the Keanes, soon to be seen in the forthcoming movie Big Eyes.
Teary, big-eyed orphans and a multitude of trashy knockoffs epitomized American kitsch art as they clogged thrift stores for decades.
When Adam Parfrey tracked down Walter Keane—the credited artist of the weepy waifs, for a San Diego Reader cover story in 1992—he discovered some disturbing facts. Decades of lawsuits and countersuits revealed the reality that Keane was more of a con man than an artist, and that he forced his wife Margaret to sign his name to her own paintings. As a result, those weepy waifs may not have been as capricious an invention as they seemed.
Parfrey's story was reprinted in Juxtapoz magazine and inspired a Margaret Keane exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum. And now director Tim Burton is filming a movie about the Keanes called Big Eyes, and it's scheduled for release in 2014. Burton's Ed Wood, starring Johnny Depp, was based upon the Feral House book edited and published by Parfrey about the angora sweater-wearing B-film director.
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3-D Life with Diabetes
Andy Stuckey
October 12, 2006
Diabetes has been in my life indirectly since I was 10. (My little brother was diagnosed when he was 4 and I was 10.) Around the age of 16, I went to Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, to see my brother at a diabetes camp, and some researchers there wanted to do blood work on siblings of people with diabetes. My older brother checked out fine, but they found something in my blood and response to glucose that, at the time, they called "markers."
From the research they were doing, they were finding that people like me were more likely to develop diabetes, but there was no concrete evidence that I would ever develop diabetes. Also, they weren't sure if there was anything I could do to prevent it.
I went another 12 years before I was diagnosed at the age of 28 on Christmas day—Santa Claus gave me diabetes. The reality immediately set in as I took my first shot from the same kinds of needles I had used hundreds of times on my little brother.
When it comes to getting diabetes, I think you go through what I call a 3-D phase. You start with the first D: diagnosis. It is overwhelming to hear that you have an incurable disease and you are going to have to change the way you live. Everywhere you go and everything you do is now accompanied by this little voice in the back of your head that says "Did I bring my Lantus? Do I have my needles? What if I go low?" Well, this voice begins to stir from the very first day, and after just three years mine is still constantly curious.
This brings me to the second D: depression. Immediately after diagnosis, my family and friends were very encouraging, but also sad. I can remember an emotional talk with my mom about how my whole life was changing. Just the sheer amount of information that you take in about the disease after being diagnosed is enough to stress anyone out. The little voice is now asking "Is that ½ cup of rice? How much fiber is in that? Why don't these bastards put labels on their food?"
So I was a little depressed and upset about the whole situation, but it didn't take me long to figure out the next D: dealing with it. I learned very fast that diabetes is my responsibility and it will always be my responsibility. The whole team of doctors I received with my diagnosis can only tell me what to do. They can't make me. I have to be the one to regulate my blood glucose and figure out what exercises and foods work best for me. I would have to get serious about this and, being a comedian, I was also going to have to find a way to laugh at myself.
So one of the first things I did was write a song called "Santa Claus Gave Me Diabetes." It's a true story and is available on iTunes (search iTunes for "santa diabetes" and it should come up—though I must say it's for the 16-and-over crowd). This was one way I was able to vent a little frustration and also make myself, and hopefully others, laugh.
Every time I perform that song, someone comes up to me afterwards and tells me a story about someone they know who has diabetes. From accepting the diagnosis to coping with depression to dealing with day-to-day life with diabetes, there's no doubt it's a patient-driven condition. That being said, it's good to have a support team of family, friends, and doctors around you.
But if you don't, I know you have that little voice in your head, berating your brain with diabetes-related questions every second of the day. Perhaps we should give it a name. I call mine Wilford.
Just downloaded your song. It's good stuff. Well done.
Posted by: Coco | Oct 12, 2006 10:31 PM
I am glad you enjoyed it. The look on some faces when I first played it was priceless. People often feel like they are laughing for all the wrong reasons. which is perfect.
Posted by: Stuckey | Oct 12, 2006 11:37 PM
Thank you for your article. I can relate - I was diagnosed at 28, right after Christmas, last year. You describe the emotions very well!!
Posted by: Amy | Oct 27, 2006 08:42 AM
i listented to your song, very good!
Posted by: scott, type 1, 32 years | Nov 02, 2006 03:15 AM
Andy!! what a wonderful article. Your sense of humor is a blessing to us all. Thank you for your insight and uplifting attitude.
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The first trailer for the road trip comedy The Guilt Trip has been released. The film stars Seth Rogen as an inventor who sets out on a business trip with his mother (Barbra Streisand) in tow. The trailer actually doesn't look half-bad, with Rogen and Streisand showing off some promising chemistry. There are a few solid jokes, and I appreciate the sweet emotional backbone that grounds the story in lieu of just having Rogen and Streisand go on a road trip with "zany adventures." Rogen's familial situation isn't uncommon (I can definitely relate), and it looks to be a nice foundation for the film's story. In the event that your family isn't keen on seeing Django Unchained this Christmas, The Guilt Trip doesn't sound like a terrible compromise.
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Overall, literature was sparse and strength of evidence was generally low due to small sample sizes or lack of adequate controls. For diagnostic testing, direct comparisons of commercially available enzyme immunoassays for C. difficile toxins A and B did not find major differences in sensitivity or specificity. Limited evidence suggests that tests for genes related to the production of C. difficile toxins may be more sensitive than immunoassays for toxins A and B while the comparisons of these test specificities were inconsistent. It is not clear how differences in diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity will in turn affect clinical decisions and patient outcomes.
Keywords: overview | diagnostic testing | immunoassays | sensitivity | specificity
- Butler M, Bliss D, Drekonja D, Filice G, Rector T, MacDonald R, Wilt T. Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 31 (Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0009.) AHRQ Publication No. 11(12)-EHC051-EF. Rockville, MD. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. December 2011. Available at: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm/search-for-guides-reviews-and-reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productID=772.
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Two of four drives failed due to a 'power event'
It seems prudent to me to consider that the two surviving drives may have sustained damage and now at increased likelihood of failing at anytime.
You only have three drives online. If the those two drives were to fail you will be down until you have completed a full bare metal restore.
Which takes longer? The backup or the rebuild? If the backup can complete on a busy server during the day in less than a couple of hours, do the backup first. Otherwise assuming building a disk takes less than a working day get your raid back to having four disks first than run a backup.
The worst that could happen is the two drives fail before the build/backup has completed and you can only recover from yesterday's backup. But if that happens, it would have happened what every path you chose.
Keep your management in the loop, your infrastructure is hanging together by a thread they need to be aware that despite your best efforts you are one unlucky break from being down for a couple of days. Don't be afraid to be seen to ask for help either.


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Silent Sunday
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Let me guess where you where? Neil Diamond at Hampden by any chance? Hope it was a great night!ReplyDelete
It was an excellent night, thanks. I many ways much cooler than Take That *ducks pink cowboy hat-shaped missiles*ReplyDelete
I love Neil Diamond! When I was, I don't know 3ish, I had the record of Heartlight {from ET} and would listen to it over and over for hours. xReplyDelete
That'll be the proper record, made of black vinyl? Sigh.ReplyDelete
Brilliant. I would also go Neil Diamond over Take That...ReplyDelete
MilkChic, he was as good as you imagine.ReplyDelete
Sweet Caroline da da da! Awesome, hope you had a great night!ReplyDelete
Ah, I love Neil Diamond. My mother in law would still leave my father in law for him in a heartbeat!ReplyDelete
Did you enjoy Neil Diamond. My mum was desperate to go. Not idea why she didn't. Hope you had a great time. xReplyDelete


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[Source: Chief of Naval Operations, Report on the Naval Quarantine of Cuba, Operational Archives Branch, Post 46 Command File, Box 10, Washington, DC.]
|27 October
|28 October
|29 October
|30 October
When Admiral Anderson arrived at 0835R,
after attending the regular morning briefing, there was a sudden
interest in pre-World War II neutrality zones in the Atlantic
and Caribbean. CNO wanted to know exact dimensions and sizes and
the wording of proclamations relating to the Neutrality Act. The
best reference was found in Atlantic Fleet operations Plan 7-41
and Atlantic Operating Squadron Operations Order 24-39 from the
Operational Historic Section [Operational Archives Branch, Naval
History Division].
At 0920Q, a messenger delivered a Russian domestic news report that Khrushchev had ordered the missile sites in Cuba dismantled and returned to Russia. Fifteen minutes later, another news report from the same source said that Khrushchev had sent a letter to President Kennedy on the subject.
About 1000R, the Khrushchev message was broadcast over Radio Moscow, and the full text was available at 1100Q to the Executive Committee of the National Security Council. The essence of the letter was that the Soviet Premier had ordered the dismantling of the Russian missile sites in Cuba and the return to Russia of all missiles and other weapons considered offensive by the U.S., under UN inspection and supervision. The Executive Committee discussed and formulated a reply to Mr. Khrushchev which was approved, sent, and released, without waiting for the official text to be received.
The President's stand was discussed later by a State Department official at 1300R background press briefing. The position was that, while the U.S. welcomed Mr. Khrushchev's proposal, it remained to be implemented and many serious problems "will be encountered in the withdrawal of Soviet weapons from Cuba. This is not a time for gloating, nor can one reach any general conclusions about the future course of Soviet conduct in other areas."
In spite of the encouraging turn of events, however, there was no slackening of quarantine operational matters. The Joint Staff approved a proposal that the line of destroyers be withdrawn to a new, closer-in position for more efficient search and utilization of ships. Belovodsk was reported en route and approaching the quarantine zone with a deck load of crated helicopters.
The first operational response to the new diplomatic developments came at 1110R when CNO returned from the morning JCS meeting. He drafted a message which went out from the JCS that no further vessels were to be boarded and that patrolling ships should challenge visually only. This word had been passed earlier by telephone to CINCLANTFLT.
When this very critical day began, there was little indication in CNO's office that the crisis was reaching a climax which might result in a relaxation of tension.
In Cuba there was an increase in the movement of military vehicles, although there were no serious military preparations evident. Castro had signaled for a campaign of general terrorist agitation in Latin America. The Venezuelan Government said that it had intercepted a radio broadcast from Cuba ordering raids On Venezuelan oil fields, and it was believed that similar orders had gone out to Communist groups in other Latin American countries. A later report was received that saboteurs had blown up four oil-company power stations in the Lake Maracaibo district, knocking out one-sixth of Venezuela's oil production. The field could not regain its daily production quota for at least three months.
Radio Havana continued to urge Hondurans to overthrow their government, and Honduran authorities ordered increased security measures.
The JCS interpreted Khrushchev's objective in ordering the dismantling of Soviet missile bases as an attempt to ward off any unilateral action of the U.S. to destroy them. The Chiefs saw many pitfalls in the proposal which might interfere with the dismantling process and guarantees for verification.
Operational developments during the day insofar as the quarantine was concerned included appraisal of Operation Plan FIRE HOSE, which placed 16 Homestead AFB aircraft on a 30-minute alert to attack selected surface-to-air missile sites in retaliation for hostile acts against our reconnaissance aircraft. The planes were armed with napalm, 2.75 rocket pods, and 20mm cannon. The Air Force's proposal that the selective retaliation should be by drop bombing was rejected in favor of the Navy-sponsored low-level techniques which would provide for a minimum area of damage.
An ASW summary showed two positive and one highly probable "F" class Soviet submarines in an area 300 miles south of Bermuda, two positive contacts along the Windward Island chain, two possible contacts in the Windward Passage, and one "Z" class positive and one possible contact north of the Azores.
Cur patrol ships were trailing merchantmen heading for Cuba, but the word had gone out from the JCS at 1320R to take no forceful action, not to board until further notice, and to challenge visually only. The Soviet tanker Groznyy still was dead in the water, the Soviet elint trawler Shkval was being shadowed by Beale, Pella had been cleared to proceed, the Maritza had passed through the quarantine line and was not being trailed, the Belovodsk, Karl Marx, and Mir were proceeding toward Cuba.
By the end of the day, aircraft relocation had been completed and additional naval and Marine Corps Air Stations were included in providing direct support to the Cuban operation in the Caribbean. The Navy/Marine Corps aircraft status in the Southeastern U.S. was:
|NAS Norfolk
|MCAS Cherry Point N.C.
|18 antisubmarine aircraft
|50 fighter aircraft
|11 patrol aircraft
|7 attack aircraft
|22 transport aircraft
29 October
CNO arrived at 0738R, attended the morning briefing, and left for the JCS meeting which convened at 0900R. The President's Naval Aide called at 0847R and said that the President wanted to see Admiral Anderson and General Shoup, Marine Corps Commandant, at a time to be specified later. The meeting finally was scheduled for 1230R.
Throughout the morning there was more activity relative to the World War II neutrality zones and acts, particularly when Mr. Hitchcock of CIA brought in some information on the subject. Captain Kidd put the data together and sent it down to the Admiral at 1047R.
Following CNO's return to the office at 1125R, a report was received at 1200R that the temporarily lost Belovodsk had been resighted and was being trailed by the destroyer 'AWE. This meant that every incoming ship approaching Cuba was now under firm surveillance. Three hours later, the Belovodsk reached the quarantine line and went dead in the water.
When Admiral Anderson returned from the White House at 1300R, he said that the President was very complimentary and highly pleased.
At 1330R, Captain Kidd noted that we had had our first indications of sabotage and that considerable activity had been noted in the Soviet air arm. The report was from an Air Force source which reported there were indications that attempts had been made to imitate and frustrate our electronic transmissions.
Our Cuban photo reconnaissance flight took off as scheduled. General Taylor advised U Thant of the flight by message.
In late afternoon, our aerial surveillance patrols reported two Turkish vessels were en route to Cuba with suspicious cargo. CNO informed the Secretary of Defense of this after the JCS meeting broke up at 1811R and Mr. McNamara notified the President, who put out the word that there would be no intercepts until after Mr. Thant's visit to Cuba tomorrow.
During the day, an earlier stand-down of Cuban military preparedness apparently had ended, and Castro announced publicly he had ordered his forces to fire on all planes violating Cuban airspace. There also were indications that U.S. aircraft were being tracked by Cuban radar at all times.
CINCLANTFLT instructed CTF 136 that as of first light in the morning quarantine units were not to intercept or challenge foreign merchant ships for the duration of U Thant's visit to Cuba.
At 1300R, Lawe intercepted Belovodsk. The ship was hailed and responded.
Commander in Chief, Air Force Atlantic, reported that he was prepared to provide planes for aerial photo reconnaissance of Cuba with UN observers aboard, if directed to do so.
At 1800R, Admiral Dennison called Admiral Ricketts and informed him that the BLUE MOON low-level photo reconnaissance mission flown during the day all were successfully completed. However, he said one plane had been fired on by a 37mm weapon as the pilot was on his way out near San Julian. Admiral Dennison also reported that the Belovodsk had reached the quarantine line and was lying to. [ Back ]
Tuesday, 30 October
During the morning, surface quarantine forces were moving to new barrier positions. The flew line, proposed by CINCLANT and approved by the JCS, would permit for more efficient use of the surface forces and make them available for other duties without seriously affecting quarantine enforcement. The number of stations was reduced from 12 to 8 and the line oriented on a NW-SE axis from 28.2N, 78W to 20N, 66.4W. Instead of these stations being manned by single destroyers, the new line was composed as follows:
|1 destroyer
|1 destroyer
|1 destroyer
|1 destroyer
|1 cruiser, 2 DD's
|2 destroyers
|2 destroyers
|1 hunter-killer group
|Eldorado (AGC-11)
|Washburn (AKA-108)
|Iwo Jima (LPH-2)
|Belle Grove (LSD-2)
|Henrico (APA-45)
|Carter Hall (LSD-3)
|Bexar (APA-237)
|Cabildo (LSD-16)
|Bayfield (APA-33)
|Colonial (LSD-18)
|Noble (APA-218)
|Gunston Hall (LSD-5)
|Okanogan (APA-220)
|Point Defiance (LSD-31)
|Renville (APA-227)
|Thomastone (LSD-28)
|Mathews (AKA-96)
|Whetstone (LSD-27)
|Merrick (AKA-97)
|Page County (LST-1075)
|Union (AKA-106)
|Amphibious Group 4
|Amphibious Squadron 2
|1 Marine Battalion Landing Team
|1 Marine BLT
|3 Amphibious ships
|6 Amphibious ships
|Amphibious Squadron 6
|Amphibious Squadron 8
|1 Marine BLT
|1 Marine BLT
|5 Amphibious ships
|4 Amphibious ships
|Amphibious Squadron 10
|Amphibious Squadron 12
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|1 Marine BLT
|6 Amphibious ships
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Correction for record's sake - stated value in error. Will leave it up to individual to find out, however, to avoid abuse.
Back to the topic, yes I do hope the developers could let us to convert coins to diamonds because I really like to try different players with different strategies as their stats aren't same. It would provide more simulation than it is right now.
The dice is an interesting concept but I wish it would not be so random to decide the specialist skill. Please let us decide that.
It'd also be more evolving if you can equip your merceries to improve their stats?
I like the idea of equipping gears improving your stats. It makes everything easier to calculate but I just think it might be even more fun if we can earn skill points every 5 levels and unique special attacks for each characters beside the 40 skills every class could have?
Lastly, I experience frozen screen twice when I was trying to "take a peek" at the IAP and I have to reinstall the game. It made me lose my progress twice. The first time I was at level 22. I hope you can do something about that. Thank you.
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exam,when you frozon,no need to uninstall, just double clicke home botton, kill the game progress, then start again, you will be fine
does specialty and talent's effects stack together?
No offense taken, no worries! In the end, that was a blessing in disguise for me, since I stopped leveling to experiment a little with various skills and stats. So now I think I understand some of the game mechanics a little better than before, and it has certainly helped to improve my game. That's the funny thing about life, isn't it? Unintended consequences and such Anyway, didn't know that bug about getting kicked out of game.
What about 6-1? It is a very big map and you have to walk a looong way to the red boss, but he is definitely accessible and not cut off like the other map. (i forgot which, but its the one that you think you can go left from the entrance, when you really cant. Devs have said that is a bug which will be fixed)
@airdan, Coppernica and Vextion
Thanks folks for your support! Always glad to know there are others who believe in fair play too!
3. Yes that happened to me before too - unintentionally selling certain items Happens especially when my trash loot accumulates. I would like to suggest a "Sell all" button for trash loot too :P
5. I wondered about that too. I also noticed invincible sometimes go off at different intervals. It is almost as if certain situations (e.g. specific skills) will remove it prematurely. But I can't say for sure. Maybe others can provide more input on this.
6. I love the automated battle system too! Great for multi-tasking. Also the fact you can hit home button anytime, anywhere and everything is the same again when you continue later.
8. Seems like Rank reward is daily. Yay for daily free diamonds!
I've noticed curse seems to have gotten a 1% buff to damage, and rebirth got nerfed a little I think. Not sure about others. Would love a permanent unlocking of class as well!
Aww sorry to hear you still prefer battling the AI to online play with real players. I myself have learned much about the game mechanics like damage calculation and gear customization from other players. For instance, did you know with the right skills and focus on gear, you can do at least 6k damage or more to a player? Probably more with higher lvl stuff as well. I probably would not have known that from playing with the AI alone, since their stats are all immensely buffed at the same time, and their skill choices are already fixed. Anyway, to each his/her own I suppose! Anyway, choice of equipping mercenaries sounds cool too.
Yes speciality and talent effects do stack.
Yeah skills can do crazy dmg. +crit not only increases crit chance but crit multiplier. People with 900 crit can possibly crit for 7k dmg, I have been one shotted in PVP a lot of times like that lol. I also wish the expensive classes were unlock. I dare not switch class after assassin.
I feel that my ranger is not keeping up and have struggled with arena. Unfortunately, you can't progress in the game with out arena so it would seem balance would have to be a number one priority. The top 50 seem to comprise of 2 or 3 classes could this mean we have some balance issues? Any one care to share there feelings on the balance of each class?
Does anyone know if the set items can drop? I see a lot inspiration taken from the diablo series it would seem that you could farm the bosses at the end of the age to get some of the best gear which would include the set items but I'm not having any luck with that.
My personal opinion is that berserkers are the latest "cool" class to play right now. Assassins a close second. In fact, maybe you can try looking at these two classes in planning your ranger? Just take a peek at the skill and stats of players @ top 50. I find berserker stacking BRK/CRT, using rebirth and fury works well offensively. You don't need to worry too much about def/hp/survival. Mainly worry about nuking opponent quickly and pray for rebirth if you don't. Fury buffs your dmg the lower your hp is to ensure you that one hit KO. In an earlier post, I mentioned high dmg. That is possible if you stack these two stats. Similarly, assassin stacking AVD/CRT and some SPD, using extra hit and shield works well defensively. Throw in some other skills and you can dish out nice dmg too. Anyway, just my personal views. Don't have to agree with me.
I have gotten one or two orange items before, I think they were all necklaces though. But maybe that's just my personal bad luck.
Correction: meant auto shield not shield, and revive not rebirth.
level 5-3 is fixed now, and i went the other way..
I'm stuck on level 6-2. That Boss Bird is kicking my ass and in 2 strikes I am gone, and so is the rest of my party.
He's got some thunder thing going on , that does 400-700 damage..
Not even funny anymore... Sure hope it's a glitch.
Did noticed some new Monsters in the early levels, that I've never seen before.
The Diamond thing is cool.. it's easier now to earn diamonds.. Thanks Devs
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Jan 15, 2014
General Nonsense
I'm going to let you inside my head more than usual today. I apologize in advance.
Many of you surmised that my prior post about the genie was really a cleverly disguised analogy to my
new book
, and that once I trapped you into saying you would take the genie's deal, the follow-up would be me saying, "Therefore buy my book!"
But that wasn't my scheme. There's a longer play.
I was trying to isolate (unscientifically) for how many people among us would turn down a deal that is unambiguously good. The real world is never unambiguously good, so it wouldn't make sense to generalize the genie analogy to the book.
I have been seeing a pattern in the past several years that makes me wonder if a sizeable portion of the public has become anti-success. The media has pitted the general public against the one-percenters for several years, so that might be a factor. And the bottom-feeders on the Internet (Gawker, Jezebel, etc.) have business models that involve taking celebrity quotes out of context to demonize them. So it would be no surprise if the public disliked successful people more than ever.
But I have also lately observed people who seem to reject
their own
best paths to success in favor of paths that are clearly bad. Let's call those choices "loser choices" because any rational and objective observer would see it that way. I wondered if I was seeing an emerging pattern or an illusion.
This line of thinking started because I was seeing the 5-star reviews pour in for my book,
How to Fail at Almost Everything
. It's getting the best reviews of anything I've written. And the feedback I'm getting by email is just as good. Yet the sales rank is relatively low compared to books in the genre that have worse reviews. So what's the explanation for the exceptional reviews and relatively low sales rank?
It could be any of these explanations.
People aren't especially interested in pursuing "big" success.
People don't believe books can improve the odds of success.
People don't believe that I could write a useful book in this area.
People think success requires more work than they choose to take on.
People believe books
help success, but other uses of time are more effective for pursuing success than reading a book.
People don't know the book exists.
Something about the marketing/positioning of the book isn't working.
People don't like me personally.
People assume the book is more humor than helpful.
Feel free to add to the list.
My attempt in the prior post to isolate for a "loser preference" was interesting but ambiguous. I'll stick with my belief that if you offered a group of strangers a million dollars each with no strings attached, 10% would turn it down for reasons that would seem ridiculous to the other 90%. But I don't think the loser preference is enough to account for the high reviews and relatively low sales rank of my book.
Normally I would just shrug and move to the next project with a better-luck-next-time attitude. But this one is different. And here's where I'm going to let you inside my head more than normal. That's always dangerous.
As I've said in a few media interviews lately, I already have all the money I need personally for the rest of my life. Every dollar I make from now on will be spent by others. But success of the sort I have enjoyed brings with it an unexpected obligation. By virtue of my job, I have an oversized impact on what ideas the public is exposed to. And that means I have an unusually large ability to create positive change in the world. How do I ignore that and go fishing? It would feel immoral.
Now here comes the part I shouldn't say: There is a non-zero chance that my book,
How to Fail
, could be one of the most useful books ever written.
That claim sounds absurd and arrogant to anyone who hasn't read the book. If you
read it, you probably had the same reaction as the 5-star reviews. And by that I mean you said to yourself some version of "Every 25-year old should read this."
The value of any book would be some function of how useful the topic is and how many people read it.
How to Fail
addresses what might be the most useful topic of all time: personal success. If the book works as the 5-star reviews believe it does, and it has the potential to make anyone who reads it more likely to succeed, the ripple effect of that improvement could be civilization-altering. Putting that in simpler terms, what if everyone in the world were 5% more effective in pursuing success? Wouldn't that be an enormously positive development?
Realistically, I can't rule out the possibility that I wrote a book that readers
is helpful but isn't. Such books clearly exist. But that feels unlikely to me, given the nature of the reviews and the type of content in the book. The folks who have read it understand what I mean.
There's no easy and objective way of knowing if the book is as useful as readers seem to think. So let's artificially say the odds of it being useful to a reader are only 20%. And the expense for buying that 20% chance is less than $20 and a few hours of time. Who turns down that deal?
I'm trying to isolate which factor is most important in keeping folks from buying what might be one of the most useful books in the history of civilization. If I figure out where the obstacle is, I'll lean on it a bit and see what happens.
I am well aware that many of you will read this post as nothing but arrogance and delusion. I totally get that. And keep in mind that I have no objective way to know your impression is wrong. Crazy people don't always know they are crazy. That's precisely my dilemma here: My opinion of the value of the book sounds crazy even to me.
But I've decided to open myself up for the inevitable barrage of insults that this post invites in the hope that one of you will say something revelatory on one of these two questions
1. If you read the book, am I wrong that it is useful?
2. What do you think is the biggest factor keeping OTHER people from reading it?
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Jan 16, 2014
Okay so I won't rehash what has been already I think become obvious.
1) the name of the book seems to have "failed"
2) the cover seems to have failed
3) the books demographic seems to have targeted badly
The main thing I think though is that knowledge today is virtually free and because it's free it means that knowledge and keys to success no longer hold the power that they once did. I think the thought that goes through many people's mind is that they want something that improves their life immediately so a 75% increase in success over their life is only 1% increase in their happiness today. Where as a book like 4 Hour Work Week which has maybe 2% increase in their overall happiness has that 2% increase upon reading the back page and the first 20 pages with not much use after that. My suggestion then would be what could you do to increase the immediate happiness percentage of the book while keeping the usefulness of it. I'm by no means an expert but here are my thoughts:
1) Post a reading of the book on YouTube (either read by yourself or a fan willing to work for the book)
1a having fans do readings on YouTube could be a fun way to bring the book to more people though I don't know where the legality of that falls.
2) draw a web comic of certain points of the book and when someone mouses over the comic it opens an excerpt of the book with a buy button at the beginning and end of the excerpt.
3) write/talk about how you did research for the book cover, name and marketing and how you think it ultimately failed. If people don't like success then maybe the failure of the book would attract more notice.
4) Anecdotally I did a search on tpb for your book vs the 4 hour work week, the result was that your book had far fewer seeds (about 10%) than 4 hour work week. I bring this up because I think authors and publishers fail to realize that if your book is being stolen than that means people are willing to break the law to get it, which is ultimately a good thing for the book. I'm not saying to promote the theft of your book but I'm saying that may be a better indication as to the popularity of the book with a demo of 22 to 32. I wonder if there would be a way to seed tpb and other sites with legal excerpts / comics of the book that would then cause people to buy it.
5) I have seen other authors do limited edition books with special packaging and hard covers to a book to promote it. I wonder about doing a kick starter with specially designed covers additional works (maybe not for press/failed dilberts) and signed copies to promote the book more.
Anyway I'm sure all my ideas are bad or not usable but if it sparks anything or helps you sell your book that would make me happy. Also, I'm doing my part and ordering http://amzn.to/1dz15rC for myself and family. Hope you have a great day and keep failing.
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Jan 16, 2014
Actually when I read the problem of the genie the first thing that occurred to me was: this sounds a lot like the problem of getting people to get flu shots.
Same price point. Same benefit ratio. But with a flu shot there can be a time investment (usually not) and it won't necessarily be a pleasant way to spend time.
But it's essentially the same problem if you take time out of the equation.
The way I framed your question in my mind was people like predictable outcomes and predictable value. And the genie is not offering that. The genie's deal is a good one. But there's nothing predictable about the outcome - the outcome is vague and unspecified.
Flu shots are the same. It might work. It might not. There's no way to tell. Statistically speaking you are much better off getting it - but the reason people don't is because of the outcome uncertainty involved. They have other, more certain ways to spend money and time.
As a thought experiment I thought it was fine and if you actually sit and think about real world examples they're there. But why people don't do things that are in their interest is an interesting thought experiment and I think the answer is: because many people don't really make rational decisions. The reasons for that are worth looking at. But it's probably a games theory problem - which is essentially saying that different people value different propositions differently. This applies as well to flu shots as it does to mysterious genies.
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Jan 16, 2014
I'm still reading it. Sorry to say that work and family have distracted me from it, but I am committed!
My thoughts on the book overall are that there's a lot of negative-incentive to read it. For starters, the title kinda sucks. I mean... as a blog reader, I totally get it -- it's consistent with the way you write, and it's self-deprecating, and since I appreciate your talents and personality, it's cool for me. But for a person less familiar with you, it comes off a bit... like... "How I suck at things that you might be good at, but I'm a winner and you're a loser." Or maybe "I'm lucky and you're not"
The part of the book that's viewable on Amazon's free preview is basically a laundry list of reasons why we shouldn't consider you an authority. It's way too self-deprecating. Some of your favorite phrases (e.g. "Passion is !$%*!$%*! and "Goals are for Losers") go so entirely contrary to common wisdom, that coupled with your prostrating introduction and scary title...
Honestly, I probably wouldn't have been interested in reading it if I wasn't such a huge fan of yours that I've checked your blog nearly every day for closing in on a decade, now.
[I think you indirectly hit on the biggest problem, which is that the book can't be summarized without making it seem lame. The sum of the parts is what gets the 5-star ratings. But any paragraph taken out of context sounds 100% lame and useless. That's been a huge problem for the publicity. I worry that the more soundbites I provide, the worse the book looks. -- Scott]
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Jan 16, 2014
Scott, how about creating an "Improvement Foundation", donating all the profits of the book to that foundation, then have the Improvement Foundation do something improvey?
That would signal that the book is truly about improving mankind. Since you can't make it free this strikes me as the only way to neutralize the idea that you are just promoting it for your profit.
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Jan 16, 2014
Yes, the book is useful. I wish I had read it when I was 25 instead of 65. I don't know that it would have changed much of what I did, but at least I would have felt better about the system versus goal approach. How often have you been in a review meeting and been asked "where do you see yourself in 5 years?" I always felt that if I was enjoying myself and being successful at what I was doing, that barring bad luck I would continue to be enjoying myself and being successful.
I do partially disagree on the passion versus system thing. I want to have passion for what I'm doing, but I know I won't be successful without the system.
As to why other people aren't reading it...
What is the sale level compared to your other non-fiction books, for example The Dilbert Principle or The Dilbert Future. They all have "Dilbert" in the title. Would the book sell better if the title was Dilbert's How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. I'll bet there are lots of people who just look for Dilbert rather than Scott Adams. Amongst the general public, Dilbert is a much more recognized name and brand than Scott Adams. Without Dilbert in the title, it looks like just another self-help book or guide to life book. There are lots of those. How does one choose. Probably luck of the draw.
Is it really doing that badly? Here's the Amazon rankings for the Kindle and hardcover editions:
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,922 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#2 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Cartooning
#2 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Business & Investing > Careers > Guides
#3 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Self-Help & Psychology
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#6 in Books > Arts & Photography > Drawing > Cartooning
#7 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Humor > Self-Help & Psychology
#21 in Books > Business & Investing > Job Hunting & Careers > Guides
Over and above the categories, and that may be an issue as well, those rankings are pretty good. You might want to look at who's #1 in those categories and see how they're doing relative to you. For example, the #1 book in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Business & Investing > Careers > Guides is The 4-Hour Workweek. Obviously people would prefer to work less than to be successful.
Please let us know what you find out.
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Jan 16, 2014
Taken in isolation, a 20% chance to improve your life for $20 sounds like a great deal. Problem is, Americans are deluged every day with products and services that promise to make your life happier in one way or another: self help books, investment schemes, fad diets, hair gels, Caribbean cruises, cologne, the next killer app....they all promise to make your life complete. I will probably buy your book at some point because I enjoy your blog and I think the book will be entertaining. But I will not buy it because I think it will improve my overall happiness, I already have a hair gel for that.
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Jan 16, 2014
I liked the book.
I wonder how many of the "5 star raters" are also chronic Facebook "likers" or Twitter "re-tweeters"?
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Jan 16, 2014
Having read the book, I know your high self-opinion is intentional, so no insults from me. I read the Kindle version on my mobile. It's the first book of its type that I've read, and I bought it based on the Kindle sample that I read. I downloaded the free sample based on your blog posts and the Amazon reviews.
1. If you read the book, am I wrong that it is useful?
I thought it was as useful as a book can be - without being able to clip me round the ear every morning to keep me in line.
2. What do you think is the biggest factor keeping OTHER people from reading it?
If people do take note of Amazon reviews, they might be like me: I read the most useful (according to Amazon) reviews, both positive and negative. I expect there to be negative reviews, and if I can live with the shortcomings they list, then I might buy the book/product.
It strikes me that there are always plenty of people around to say, "Woo! It's great! I love it" so I'm looking for more depth or nuance in the review.
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Jan 16, 2014
I haven't read the book, but my guess about your problem is 25 year-olds are the people this book is most likely to help, and they probably aren't reading Dilbert or your blog, and maybe you aren't marketing it to them in a successful way. A bunch of 48 year-olds like me might believe that no matter how good the book is we are probably beyond the self-help road to success stage of our lives, and would probably be more likely to buy your book if it was marketed as insightful and thought provoking humor, the thing we like about you already.
I also haven't read the other posts so I hope I didn't just repeat a lot of points.
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Jan 16, 2014
1. I found the book to be entertaining and enjoyed it.
2. I already tend to think the way you do and enjoy your humor.
3. I have been testing the diet system and so far it works great.
4. I have been using several of your other systems already for years.
Speaking of sounding arrogant, consider the stupidity level of the average person. Now consider that half of the people out there are stupider than that. You are trying to improve the lives of people who think that watching 2 hours of television a day is a useful expenditure of time.
You have to be smart enough to recognize that there is a problem before you seek help.
Isn't working a miserable 9 to 5 job and hating every minute of your life what MOST people do?
Isn't that NORMAL? God forbid we be ABNORMALLY successful. We'll stand out! The tribe will cast us out! Fear!!!!
Well, that's my best guess anyway.
Disclosure: I am a 5 star reviewer
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Jan 16, 2014
@[All the commenters saying Scott should make this book free]
I dont think thats such a good idea for the following reasons:
1) Scott himself said this in a response but it seems to have gotten spammed out so Ill say it: the cost of the book is part of the overall package. Or, to put it another way, if you pay for the book you get more out of it for psychological reasons.
2) That would upset all the folks who went ahead and paid for it. Anyone who thinks that should not be a factor needs to step back and see things from Scotts point of view.
3) There are already ways to get the content of the book for free. And one of them (the library) is legal!
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Jan 16, 2014
The only reason I read the book is that I like the way you think. I don't think you made much non-marketing effort to reach out to a new (larger) audience.
I really enjoyed the book; and don't think I would have had it been a mass market book.
Will it change my life? I doubt it, but I think the advice was very good, and if my programming allowed greater flexibility it would be helpful input.
Maybe my kids are flexible enough to have this advice help them. Can you tweet the book, or put it on instagram?
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Jan 16, 2014
You have the Ian Fleming / James Bond problem.
Dilbert is wildly famous, Scott Adams is not. (To make matters worse, Dilbert himself is not a model of success.)
Agatha Christie solved this problem by killing off Poirot. I beg you, in the name of whatever you wacky atheists hold sacred, not to do this.
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Jan 16, 2014
there would be some fear in gifting a book with this name: the recipient may feel I think of him as someone failing in everything, and that through this gift, I am showing sympathy that he can ultimately win big. just a guess. big-fan-disclaimer
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Jan 16, 2014
unambiguously good is not enough.
it needs to cost something and it needs to fit into ppls personalized achievement strategies.
Some ppl want to plot their eminent rise in the shadows, and then overpower their enemies with a tsunami of success. Other ppl want to chip away on a rock for 20 years to see, feel, and know they are making progress each day.
Ppl need something that fits their own life goals aggressivity.
Scott framed genie as investment with same order magnitude return.
If you set your sights high enough, that is wasting your time because you are filtering thru `$20 worth of service you dont even care about $ that low. Just the sales pitch itself is lost opportunity you could have been curing cancer with.
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Jan 16, 2014
Here are my suggestions:
1. The title of the book has a negative attitude.
Suggestion: Re-launch the book with a positive title.
2. Selling a book in this era of cyber intelligence is like selling music CDs.
Suggestion: Try the missionary position. Not literally ofcourse. You know what I mean.
3. The scientific logic of your objective math allows you to analyse what, who, where, when and how.
Suggestion: If you want to think of 'why', step out of the room and discuss it on the streets.
Hope one of these work for you. Have fun.
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Jan 16, 2014
You're focussing on a completely wrong aspect. And you should know better: A few days ago, you said yourself people are not rational. So forget about all those chances, percentages, and value. The decision to buy a book, even one about success, is not rational. Ask someone, even someone interested in the topic: Do you *need* to buy this book? The answer will be mostly "no". There's really no need to buy this book. It is surely interesting, and the 5-star reviews indicate it may be a good book. But do I really need to buy it now? No.
One thing I've also learned - and I've been in a similar 5-star, no sales situation as you - is just something being good doesn't make people want it. Half the people need to love it, the other half needs to hate it. It needs to polarize. Let people get into a fight over it. Because then, all of a sudden, the undecided people need it: They have to buy and read it to pick their side in conversations.
(On a side note, "There is a non-zero chance that my book, How to Fail, could be one of the most useful books ever written" is a bad way to formulate what you want to say, especially with a background in hypnosis. This reads almost as "There is a zero chance that..." and even if it doesn't, "non-zero" appears as "almost zero." The rest of the blog post then didn't sound as controversial as you probably wanted it sound.)
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Jan 16, 2014
Hi Scott - I am middle aged, middle success-ed, and have read a lot of self help books including yours which I bought in hard cover.
Personally I dislike the title, hate the cover design, and I felt cheated that none of the fake endorsements that you previously solicited on this site ended up on the jacket. It also turns out that I already knew most of the material in the book from years of following you.
That doesn't mean it isn't a great book worthy of the 5 star reviews, or that I wouldn't gift it to an open minded teenager, just that it doesn't feel like a marketer's dream product. Maybe if you promised a 1:1 Skype session included with each book to build some buzz?
I'm also guessing you can sell them by the truckload after you do a speaking engagement because it isn't the content or the author, just the lack of (sex/edginess/notoriety) appeal to the general book buying public.
My $0.02.
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Jan 16, 2014
My first instinct is that the most likely reasons for not buying the book are 6,7&9.
I also know people who prefer or only like to read fiction.
Plus I wonder if there is an age bracket where people are interested in self help books, so your potential target reach is narrowed. I assume you have taken that into account by comparing to other self help book sales, but it also means your ambition to change the world could be affected.
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Jan 15, 2014
Scott - It's one thing to read the book and say "Man, I wish I'd read that when I was 25. It would've been incredibly useful!", if that's the case and your audience isn't 25, you're admitting it has no useful value to an older demographic. Do you have any accurate demographics about your blog readers versus your target audience for your new book?
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