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Dimention's New Purpose
I appologize about the lack of updates put to this website, and wish to remedy that right now.
This was originally going to be a rewrite of a blog site I made for my PHP class final, using a more flexible design that would allow me to do what I really wanted to do. The trouble is? I couldn't possibly care LESS about making ANOTHER blog engine - and I really got bored with the idea. It was a great, quick, and easy project for my class, and it turned out to be really nice (for what it was, and for a first attempt at what it was) overall. However, that's not what I want to make for putting up on a resume.
So, I am now in the process of writing an entirely DIFFERENT website. That's right - different database, different PHP engine/framework, different everything. All of it will be written from scratch (with parts of it coming from this failure of a rewrite for the blog site), and it will serve a purpose I DO care about:
That's right. Roleplaying.
"But aren't there already plenty of websites/services created for roleplaying?" Yes. Many. However, they are either not easily accessible (MUCKs, for example), not designed FOR roleplaying (online forums, for example), or both (IRC, Instant messaging, and various websites' "private messaging" systems, for example). Roleplaying is a complicated task to perform online, not just because you need the imagination and writing skills, but also because there are lots of different aspects of it.
Aspects of Roleplaying
To get an understanding of what it takes to create a roleplay, you have to think of what people USE in roleplaying. There are many different aspects of roleplaying, from the style people type, to how they organize their own worlds. Dimentions strives to organize roleplaying in a way that is both free-form and controlled, and while that may sound like an oxymoron, it really isn't. All roleplays have certain aspects in common, and there are always certain aspects that some roleplays don't - but could - have. For example, all roleplays have characters that interract - on the other hand, while all roleplays have a setting, not everyone creates an entire Universe for their roleplay.
For starters, they have to have characters to roleplay as. That may seem pretty... Well, basic, but there really are no systems out there that help with this basic aspect of roleplaying. Even with MUCKs/MUDs/MU*s, you don't have more than one character at a time - and if you do, it's either through some system specific to that MU*, or it's using some cheat/hack in the gameplay (sometimes called puppets), or having multiple accounts. And then, it's always a hassle to switch between characters, you can't combine character posts (it's hard to say "Both Stacy and Caroline ate the pie," as that post will be from either Stacy or Caroline - not really both). On top of that, especially on roleplay forums and the like, it's difficult to easily 'link' to a character - people often make their own web pages dedicated to all their characters, and link to that... But that's really sort of a 'hack' than anything, and doesn't adequately relate the character to the roleplay.
It can often be annoying to have to describe your character every single time you roleplay, give their background info, and completely re-introduce their character. That's why many people make those separate web pages to begin with - they want to just point you to the character and say "That guy." So, the first thing an online roleplaying system would be, is a character management system.
Often, roleplays will exist within an encompassing Universe, and the creator of a roleplay may actually make several roleplays within the same Universe. When you're creating many related but non-identical roleplays, you don't always want to re-describe the world they take place in - and like characters, many people will create web pages describing their own world in which their roleplays exist. The trouble, is that an entire webpage would be taken up for just ONE Universe... Yet the same author may have two, three, or many more. On top of that, some Universes are MASSIVE - especially in the realm of science fiction, where they may have multiple planets, multiple galaxies, and so forth... Making one Universe require more than a single page. So, optimally, a roleplayer would want to at least have the option of describing their Universe within an organized set of pages, all linked together.
This, is new. Many forum systems have full-text search, but such mechanisms are VERY slow and inneficient - or they don't yeild fully relative results. MU*s have no search feature whatsoever, as roleplays happen with whoever you find. IRC you have to search by channel, which again is not always sufficient - and overall, no roleplaying site or service in existance has a proper search feature.
So what websites, in general, DO have proper search functions, to find relavent items for your interests? The answer I found rather interesting, and helpful: Image boards. I don't mean chan-styled boards such as 4chan, 7chan, or others (don't go to those - seriously, they may be popular, but I don't want to be responsible for brain damage), but rather search-oriented image boards like Danbooru and Gelbooru (also, don't go there either - there's some stuff that's just fine, but other stuff that's not so much). They use a system called 'tags'. Tags are essentially small words or phrases that describe a small aspect of a post - blogs use this too, but not so much for searching as image boards do.
The trouble with the way these sites implement tags, though, is that it's horribly limited. It will only show results that match ALL the tags, and it'll order those results by how recently they were uploaded. Also, and I'm not sure if this is a design flaw, or something specific to some of the sites I go to in particular, they only allow up to a certain number of tags to be searched at once - often the limit being 4.
So, I've already designed a tag system for my website, and a search query, that will take any number of tags - and list all posts that have ANY of them. However, it sorts them by the number of matched tags - so if you look for "fantasy, magic, elves", the top results will have all three - results below that will have two of the three, and below that will only have one of the three.
Why implement something like this? Why not allow full text searching? Well, to answer the first, it's because roleplays are a lot like images when people are searching... They want to find a roleplay they will enjoy and want to join/read. They don't want to have to sort through too many results, they don't want their results list limited to only 100% matched results (but they DO want those 100% matched results on top), and they don't want to have to click on and read through every roleplay in the list - they want to have a list of things in the roleplay, right there on the search page - this would be achieved by simply printing out the tags per roleplay, somewhere.
The only issue with this, is that it depends on how well the roleplayers tag their items. Generally, this means that skilled roleplayers who are more careful and want their roleplay to appear to any potential joiners will tag properly, and less experienced roleplayers may complain about their roleplay not showing up in results, or that they can never get anyone to join their roleplays. While this may cause some anger, I hope this simply helps make people learn how to tag properly.
Roleplays will also have an option to not show up in results - it may seem counter-intuitive to tag roleplays like this as well, but there are genuine advantages - for example, if someone asks someone else to join their private (not in the search results) roleplay, that person can look at the tags, and decide if it'd be for them or not.
Roleplays are not the only things that are tagged, and searchable with this system - characters, Universes, and so forth are also tagged. Individual roleplay posts are NOT tagged - however, each post does have a list of characters included in the post, so that you can easily search a roleplay for all posts including a character. You can also distinguish between OOC (Out Of Character) and IC (In Character) posts, and decide to hide either set for easier reading of either the roleplay discussion, or the roleplay itself.
Wow, I wrote a lot about that search feature... Didn't mean to, honest. Guess I was just so excited I actually did write the query for it... Anyway, the next aspect of roleplaying isn't so obvious. It is a way to define content ratings. I don't mean like... "I rate this A+ material!" or, "Four out of seven distance gaseous fireballs!", I mean things like, "PG-13", "R", "XXX", etc. Now, what ratings and their minimal ages I use are not set, but I've designed it so that I can add/subtract/modify existing ratings on the fly - so if I originally make PG-13 only for 15 year olds and up, but people complain it should be 13 and up, I can do that.
The reason for including a system like this, is that people can and will roleplay things that others do NOT want to see or know about. You know what I'm talking about (and if you don't, don't look into it). On one end, you have the general themes like extreme violence/descriptions of blood and gore that you don't want your 8 year old kid reading and roleplaying, but on the other end there is some freaky stuff people roleplay that some adults don't even want to hear about.
I want this website to cater to EVERYONE. Everyone should be able to have a safe, family friendly experience on the site, but I don't want to limit what people are allowed to do - that only makes people who want to break such rules want to break them MORE.
So instead, I've made it so that people under certain ages CANNOT POSSIBLY view certain content, as long as the roleplays/characters/Universes are rated appropriately for their content. On top of that, anyone can change their preferences on what ratings they see/don't see, but only with the ratings they are allowed to see. For example, a 14 year old may see G and PG-13, but will have no option to enable veiwing of R rated material or above. However, a 30 year old will be able to enable or disable any combination of ratings.
Users as Moderators
Wait, what? Yeah, you heard right. The users - ordinary, every-day users - need to be the moderators. Now, this doesn't sound like a good idea when you only read that little bit... Moderators and admins on traditional forum systems, MU*s, and any other service or website, have a LOT of power - and that power, in turn, has a lot of potential for abuse.
However, I don't mean global moderation. One user can't simply delete all of another user's roleplays, for example... However, the creator of one roleplay CAN delete all of another member's posts, if those posts belong in that roleplay.
This allows for a level of self-moderation, and any abuse that occurs will simply make people not like the abuser - with their own roleplays unaffected. Eventually the abusers will get sad and lonely, and hopefully change their ways.
The reason why this is necessary for a good roleplaying website, is that roleplayers do need control over what they create. It's annoying for spammers to just go into a roleplay, and spam about some other roleplay, or "LOL I KILL ALL YOUR CHARACTERS IN A NUCLEAR BOMB ATTACK!", or whatever. The creator of the roleplay should be able to just BAN that person (from that roleplay) on the spot, and delete those posts. Doesn't mean that they can do anything to posts on OTHER people's roleplays, but they can at least control their own.
This extends further than simple roleplays. The concept is also used for characters - sometimes, someone may want to 'lend' a character to another user... So that they can use them in their own posts. Also, this lending may be global, or not - so it may be that they can only use that character within a specific roleplay, or in any roleplay... And of course, the lending can be temporary, and most certainly can be revoked in case of abuse.
Now, IRC already has this sort of thing in place - if you create a room, you are automatically a moderator (unless someone reserved the room beforehand, using some sort of service the IRC network provides). MU*s kinda have this, in that people have control over any items/rooms they themselves create. Forums, however, do NOT have this at all. You can make a user a moderator, but then it's global. You can also make a user a moderator over one particular section, but it's still global over anyone who posts anything in that section.


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Q: I've read there's a case before the Supreme Court on whether carrier liability for a railroad move under an international through bill of lading involving connecting maritime service should be under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA) or the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act.
Why is this important enough for a Supreme Court case? Aren't the liabilities pretty much the same?
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Never mind the reasons — they go deep into the history of the different forms of transportation and the varying ways in which government has chosen to deal with them. The two regimes could scarcely be more disparate. And lots of folks are hanging on this decision, which I'll make no effort to predict but which will have a major impact on commerce of the future.
Briefly, COGSA — the U.S. codification of the international Hague Rules treaty governing international maritime service — places severe limits on carrier liability for in-transit loss and damage. Not only does it set strict limits on monetary liability, but it also excuses the carrier for numerous failings.
As perhaps the most extreme illustration, the captain of a vessel may get blind drunk and sail the ship onto a reef, where it founders, and the carrier won't be liable for a penny of the value of the cargo lost. And it goes on from there.
Under Carmack, however — still incorporated in contemporary law at 49 U.S.C. Sections 11706 and 14706 (rail and motor carriers, respectively) — the carrier's excuses are much more limited, and there are no dollar limits on the amount of liability.
Now, admittedly, Carmack has been rather emasculated by some recent court rulings. Some courts have held that rail and motor carriers may restrict their liability by means of unilateral tariff provisions or other such means without the express agreement of their shippers.
But other courts have rejected such liability limits. And either way, under the law, the domestic U.S. surface transportation liability standard is the strictest, and most comprehensive, of any country. That is why this case is so important.
International through bills of lading are a comparative newcomer to the transportation scene. Prior to deregulatory legislation of the 1980s, they simply weren't available; surface land transportation was surface land transportation, maritime transportation was maritime transportation (the same with air transportation), and while the twain might conjoin end-to-end, they were, for regulatory purposes, mutually incompatible; each leg of the service, however operationally connected, was a separate and independent entity.
These days, though, with regulation largely eliminated, such things are not only allowed, but they're also increasingly common. And thus, we have a Supreme Court case on an issue that hasn't previously been (at least fully) decided in law: Is it the mode of movement or the through international bill of lading contract that governs?
Specifically, if the bill of lading shows a maritime operator as "carrier," but the actual segment of the move on which the loss or damage occurred was via rail, is carrier liability to be construed under the tighter standards of Carmack or the much looser ones of COGSA?
As I said, I won't try to predict the ruling. I will, however, say this: If the high court holds that Carmack applies, there's going to be a screeching halt to international through bills covering surface domestic movements in the U.S., as well.
I mentioned that Carmack is much more stringent than the laws of other countries (including even Britain from which we inherited the stringency of Carmack). No ocean carrier, nor any maritime-oriented third party, will accept that standard for its shipments to and from this country. They'll instead cut off "continuously billed" service at the U.S. border, and oblige shippers to make their own transportation arrangements on U.S. soil.
This won't be all that crippling. It's the way international commerce was conducted (from a legal standpoint) until quite recent years. Everybody lived with it before; they can live with it again. It's not even all that inconvenient.
So whichever way the Supreme Court decides, it's not the end of the world (no matter how proponents on one side of the issue or the other portray it publicly). Through shipments existed before, and they'll continue to exist. All the court's ruling will affect is the legalities involved in the interchange.
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Highclere Castle, which is used for both the exterior and many of interior shots of "Downton Abbey," is a properly proud edifice, with turreted towers, ornate ceilings and more than 1,000 acres of mostly manicured lawn. As we walk through the house we recognize several of the rooms—most notably the library, salon, dining room, grand hall, and, especially, one of the bedrooms that was the site of a pivotal plot turn.
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This book is not for the faint of heart. It is dark, gruesome, and at times terrifying. I loved it.
Intertwined with all this blood and gore are moments of smart humor, and genuine tenderness, all wrapped up in a poetic and intellectual writing style which compliments the late 19th century setting perfectly.
I voted for this book in the Abraham Lincoln Book Award contest 2013. Rick Yancy was able to imitate a Victorian style without it seeming pretentious or snooty. It was well-researched and full of rich, intricate sentences. For people who are tired of the vampire/werewolf/zombie/fallen angel trends, the creatures in this story are the Anthropophogi, which are incredibly different and unique and terrifying.
One character, the dapper English monster-hunter Jack Kearns, stood out as one of the most fascinatingly twisted heros (?) I've ever read about.
The ending is amazing, there are lots of twists.
There are insane amounts of gore and cringe-inducing descriptions, including an encounter in a Victorian insane asylum.
The only con was that the book could get lost in its philosophical musings for a while, which I guess sets it apart from most slasher-violence horror books, but still slows down the story sometimes.
i didn't finish it. page 16. that should say something. snowball40 is correct.
fantastic book and very descriptive.
I personally liked this YA novel more than the ones I had read so far. The whole dating monsters theme is not my thing so it's a relief that there are still good horror books that talks about killing them. The writing is good. While there are dramatic moments, Yancey doesn't go overboard with it. I highly recommend this book.
Fantastic book. Yancy's style is beautiful, if a bit mature for a younger reader at times. The gore was pretty intense but not very scary. I really suggest teens read this book, but only if you can stomach people being ripped apart in the most gruesome ways. Someone also left little sticky notes in this book, talking to the readers. I found it a pretty funny addition.
I love the monstrumologist so much I wanted to cry when I heard the fourth book isn't out! The book is so goooood. Sure it's gory, maybe a bit slow and thick... but it's so deep, intricate and amazing! The characters are so real!!!!!!! I would read every book over and over!
I honestly can say I couldn't even get a quarter of a way through this book. Everyday I told myself I was going to read at least a page and I just couldn't do it. I waited eagerly to get this book because hey, cool monsters but no. Yancey describes in TREMENDOUS detail about dissection and gore and even THAT couldn't hold me too it(I ADORE blood and guts). It was far too slow for my taste, but if you like to sit around for 2 hours reading a book where nothing goes on, be my guest.
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Larry Levitt's March 2014 post on why there is no single judgment day for the Affordable Care Act is now available at The JAMA Forum.
The March Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that the gap between unfavorable and favorable opinions of the ACA narrowed this month among the public and the uninsured, and more want Congress to improve the law than replace it. The survey also finds that six in ten of the uninsured are unaware of the March 31 deadline to sign up for coverage, and half say they plan to remain uninsured.
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A group of west suburban teens found a pizza-making field trip delicious, as well as therapeutic.
The teens attend intensive afternoon sessions at the Center for Independence through Conductive Education in Countryside. The center specializes in offering physical and occupational therapy to children with motor disorders resulting from damage or disease to the central nervous system.
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"We cook at the center on Fridays, and this is our first time coming here. It's a big deal," said Gabrielle Molnar, who trained to become a conductive education therapist in Hungary, where the treatment program was developed.
Students spend the mornings at their home schools and are bused to the Countryside center for intensive therapy from 1 to 4 p.m. for periodic four-week sessions. Many students have been coming for five years or more.
Lyons Township High School freshman Grace Ligon of Western Springs carefully stretched out the dough provided on a cardboard circle. The 15-year-old added a ladle of sauce with some assistance and tasted a green pepper strip before loading up her pizza with cheese, pepperoni and peppers.
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Sophia Jablonski, who attends Central Middle School in Tinley Park, said she was pleased to add pizza chef to her growing resume.
"I'm involved in Girl Scouts, bowling, cheer leading and I'm on a Lego robotics team," Sophia said. "I play bass drum in the band and danced in a production of the Nutcracker. I also play baseball."
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Molnar said many of the students live with cerebral palsy and use motorized wheelchairs at school and on outings.
"But at the center, we take them out of the wheelchairs the whole three hours they are with us," she said. "We teach them to sit independently and use walkers."
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The Augustana Choir and the Augustana Orchestra performs The First Noël at Augustana's Christmas Vespers 2011.
Augustana offers a full program in the performing and visual arts. With broad offerings in music, theater and visual art, Augustana is "at the heart of the arts in the Sioux Empire" and delivers an unusually high quality of cultural opportunities for students and citizens alike. The College's collaborative relationship with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra through the Augustana Faculty String Quartet, and its strong support for the arts community in Sioux Falls, are tangible expressions of the College's desire to be "at the center of all things cultural" in this region.
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February 28, 2013 Take off the bulky mid-winter layer and enjoy the sun and snow of March. As the days get longer and temps warm up, it's time to enjoy the fruits of winter in the most ideal setting. Vermont ski resorts encourage skiers and riders to come enjoy the already exceptional snow coverage during the snowiest month of the year and take advantage of the late season offers and events. With the state's 80% snowmaking coverage and the plush snowfall we've received this season, we'll all be skiing and partying right into April.
von Trapp Granddaughter to Visit Hamilton for 'Sound of Music' Show
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February 27, 2013 One of the granddaughter's of the family that was the real-life inspiration for the "Sound of Music" will be available for questions and answer after a weekend show.
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Gatineau Loppet Skate Skiers Turn Out Despite the Cold – Canada's Murray Wins Men's 51k
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Wedding Meadow Dream In This Barefoot Trapp Family Lodge Stowe Vermont Wedding
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February 18, 2013 New England weddings are the stuff dreams are made of. Gorgeous lush green ranges, soft babbling brooks, blue skies as far as the eye can see. Vermont plays host to some of the more elegant in New England weddings, with the Trapp Family Lodge handily playing host on their breathtaking grounds. Sarah Logan & Chris Yen celebrated their big day among the Worcester Mountain range, on a spot overlooking some of the more awe inspiring views. After the ceremony, guests were directed to a magical birch forest for cocktails which was then followed up by a softly light tented reception. Sarah & Chris's wedding day seems almost effortless, filled with full smiles & love.
Vermont is skiing's king of the East
San Francisco Chronicle
February 15, 2013 Packed. Powder. Packed. Powder. My favorite two consecutive words drum like a mantra in time to my wipers dispersing a swirling flurry of snowflakes from the windshield. It's early January and I'm following the tail end of a monster blizzard from the laid-back lakeside university town of Burlington eastward for an hour to Stowe, where my buddy and I are kicking off a week of skiing our way around northern Vermont.
Trapp Family Lodge Partners with Stowe Land Trust
Green Lodging News
February 13, 2013 STOWE, VERMONT—Trapp Family Lodge has joined with Stowe Land Trust (SLT) to establish a legacy that protects the future of the working landscape in the Stowe region. A one-dollar nightly donation to SLT will help ensure that Stowe's essential beauty is preserved for the future. Contributions from this partnership will enable SLT to continue its important work of conserving and stewarding Stowe's farmland, trails, waterfalls and scenic vistas.
Vermont: Nice Place to Visit
New York Post
January 30, 2013 Last year, between my enjoying Australia and Europe, Vermont's Gov. Peter Shumlin said, "You've never visited Vermont."
Trapp Family Lodge – the Perfect Alpine Resort
Travel New England
January 28, 2013 "The hills are alive…" I don't know anyone who would not be able to finish this line of music. And the hills, or rather, the mountains, of Vermont are still alive with the renowned von Trapp family history. Nestled on 2,500 acres in the quaint, 200-year old town of Stow, Vermont is the Trapp Family Lodge, a luxury resort that sits on the site of the original farm/lodge established by the von Trapp family who, after their escape from the Nazi regime in Europe, settled there in 1940 and began welcoming guests in 1950
Catamount Trail Association Get Out and Backcountry Ski Festival, Jan 27
January 27, 2013 The Bolton Valley Nordic and Backcountry area is a recreational and natural treasure, and it holds a very special place in the hearts of many Vermonters. With over 90 kilometers of groomed and backcountry trails, the area hosts one of the largest and most beloved Nordic trail systems in the state and offers outstanding recreational opportunity. The Catamount Trail runs directly through the property, and there are connections to other popular backcountry routes and to the Long Trail. The land is also a critically important watershed and wildlife habitat area.
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