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Hot damn this looks like everything I've ever wanted in one game.
Zombie simulator?
Fear ye not Max Brooks, your training will serve me well.
Seems OCUK is going to become an edugeek server before too long!
I'm probably going to pick it up tonight, sounds too good not to try!
So, @Mako, did you sample DayZ last night? What are your thoughts
2 epic fails in one night.... god I love this game!
1. After a days worth of savaging, I was fully loaded with cameo gear, Alice pack, AK-74 Kobera, M1911, ammo, food, compass, binoculars, map, watch, matches, axe, entrenching kit etc etc. I decided to hit up the barracks to the South of the military airfield as it has always been quiet. I wandered there solo and in the doorway of the barracks, I found an M14 with 3x scope and 4 clips!!! I picked it up, turned around to get out with my prize and found my self face to face with two bandits. A volley of shots from them and I was dead and rather livid. :'(
2. When I respawned, I was in Kemenka and decided to rush north in the hope I could salvage something from my body. By chance, my mate who wanted in on the DayZ team action after playing solo for a bit decided to join me as he was close by. I assured him me and my mates I play with are all about helping each other and survival and he's welcome to get involved. We arranged to meet in Zelenogorsk as it was mid way between us. I got there first via a few barns where I got makarov ammo and a hunting rifle. I cleaned the supermarket out and saw my mate coming down the hill through my rifle scope with a few zombies on his tail. He took them out and got to about 100 yards away when a hopper came in from the side. Without thinking (and not realising quite how loud the rifle was (first time using it)) I shot it and drew about 20 zombies to us. I shouted to 'get to the supermarket' which we did and in the panic of switching my pistol, I fired my rifle again drawing more. After 30 seconds of panic, we were both slaughtered by zeds. My mate was not impressed stating he ditched playing with his other mate as he was a liability. He then promptly disconnected form team speak and logged off!!!
Not my best of sessions in DayZ!
After dying twice (not counting my forced respawns because of bugs or just general rubbishness (like spawning near where players are killing each other and I get shot)), I managed to survive for 4 days. I'd secured an ALICE backpack, with enough food and liquid to last a few days at least. Full Makarov ammo and a Winchester with around 30 slugs, plus a CZ550 with around 4 clips. Through hours of trekking I managed to meet up with two of my friends who were playing and had moved on since we last played together (so I logged in miles from them). After getting into a pickle during my solo trek and losing about half my blood, I found them.
Then it went from bad to worse as we held out on top of a hospital as our supplies dwindled (I soon found myself sharing my prized food and water to save them).
We decided that to stay here was certain death, one of them had about 2000 blood, one had 6000 and by this point I was down to about 5000. There were open buildings nearby so the two of us with the most health decided to venture out. That's when it got bad, as my buddy attracted a hopper. He pressed the wrong button and accidentally went back to sprinting which caused a whole horde to be attracted. He sprinted around the building and bumped into me, which caused them to start hacking at me.
I killed them all and fell unconscious bleeding. I managed to get up and bandage myself, with 27 blood remaining. I legged it back to the hospital and we decided that this town was a no-go, and to head back for the coastline and work our way down. That was going great and we managed to find a pond to refill our canteens and a building with an open door. That was until the third guy accidentally fired his gun during a misclick of changing weapons. I fell unconscious due to lack of blood and was eaten.
I almost cried.
Haven't played since as I went to Download.
It's pretty epic though. I know my guildies are playing it between GW2 beta events.
While I'm not having much luck at the moment (last 3 spawns = killed shortly after by bandits) as a whole, my gang of survivors as a whole are doing well. We have 2 vehicles and a huge stockpile of weapons. One mate has the 50 cal sniper rifle with infra-red scope (lucky SOB!!!)!
Another story to share (and an exploit to be aware of, if someone tries to pull it on you): Ah, I Just Need To Share This Day Z Story… | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
There was some malware related to Day-Z going about as well, so take care out of game as well as in! Forum / Security Notice - They trollinnnn
I finally got this working and had an amusing time. I started getting used to the controls and spending 15 minutes in the pitch black trying to get my flashlight to work. Lots of running later, I get chased out of a small farm by one zombie and have to use my only bandage up.
A server change later, I still have nothing and trek miles to reach a small barn. An axe, yay! Chop wood! Unfortunately by now I am feeling quite thirsty.
So a trek following some powerlines leads to a town. Hmm, zombies, need food! Need water! Getting desperate! One sees me, chop! His mate sees me, chop! Another one, chop! Losing blood and almost dehydrated, the character starts screaming, chop! Chop! Chop! Chop! I died, but I knew I was dead and went down in a blaze of glory and heaped on a pile of hacked up zombies. :D
Been playing this for hours every night for about 2 weeks, can't get enough of it. Currently out in the wilderness, surviving off of lakes for water and animals for steaks. 'tis a simple life, but not an easy one! :D
I gave it a go last night. Its a scary ole game, that's for sure! It was late when I tried, so I'll give it another go tonight. Bled out within 6 minutes, lol.
I watched some other guys work as a team on Twitch.tv, and they were doing ok. Might be worth an edugeek group getting together at sometime!


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Team news for Saturday's League Two clash between Portsmouth and Accrington Stanley at Fratton Park.
Portsmouth have been hit by a spate of injuries ahead of the visit of Stanley.
Ricky Holmes suffered concussion during the 2-1 defeat by Southend on Wednesday and is set to miss out along with Jed Wallace, who sustained an ankle injury.
They are set to join Simon Ferry, Shaun Cooper (both hamstring), Danny East (ankle), Andy Barcham (thigh) and Tom Craddock (knee) on the sidelines.
Boss Richie Barker has drafted in young Swansea defender Daniel Alfei on a month's loan to ease the injury crisis so he is likely to make an immediate debut.
Experienced full-back Nicky Hunt is a major doubt for Accrington's trip to Portsmouth.
The former Bolton defender had to come off in the first half on New Year's Day after sustaining an ankle injury in the loss to Fleetwood and although boss James Beattie is hopeful the problem is not too serious, the amount of swelling suggests an imminent return to action is unlikely.
Stanley have no new injury problems, although George Bowerman missed out on Wednesday following a recent chest problem, but Beattie was disappointed with a jaded squad in midweek which suggests he could shuffle his pack.
Beattie allowed goalkeeper Ian Dunbavin out on loan to Chesterfield on Thursday which, with only one keeper in the squad, suggests a new stopper will arrive soon while Michael Richardson is back at Newcastle following the expiration of his loan.


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Vegetarians, be warned: The menu is meat-centric, with just a couple of sandwiches for non-carnivores. Twice I tried to order one of them, the eggplant parmigiano, and was told the deli was out, which left me sorely disappointed — not because I'm a vegetarian, but because it promised "Mazzio's red sauce," and I'm betting that red sauce from an East Coast Italian boy like Mazzio is good enough to lap up. Pescatarians have a few more choices, including the terrific Cajun shrimp salad, with crunchy celery, herbs and spicy mayo sandwiched between layers of salty, housemade focaccia. (All other breads come from Bluepoint Bakery, which, coincidentally enough, once occupied a below-ground space in the IceHouse.)
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That snafu over the eggplant parm aside, disappointments are rare at Red Star. The lemon vinaigrette is so puckery, it overshadows the arugula salad it comes with, and the curried chicken-salad wrap would benefit from more grapes and fewer radish sprouts. Once I was overcharged, and another time I couldn't find a fork to save my life. But these are minor quibbles. With so much good happening under this award-winning chef's watch, I encourage you to don your hiking boots and march up those stairs.
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How To Shovel Snow With A Home Made Push Plow
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John Carone: I am a high school student and I am conducting a survey on snow shoveling.
Could anyone please take two minutes of their time and take this survey.
Here is the link:
TheCurvyJones: awesome!
Scott Stewart: Good for an2 inch or less of snow . I would like to see him do 12 inches or more
God is One: said it was easy, but lost his breath at the end
anthony perkins: that's a great idea. I've called all over and no one has a snow shovel. Guess ill be making my own now. saves money and I'm all about that.
chimara starship: brilliant wish i saw this at the beginning of winter now my back is paying lol
cleo3214ify: U can push with the reculer one
Maxime Thériault: It's Bubble.
cbsctomh: But Wait...there's more!!!
Dawna Brumbaugh: My teen boys loved this idea! I wish I cud see how to make it...they like. the idea of quicker shoveling & I can't blame them with how cold it is right now. Even our schools are closed due to extreme temps. So I don't want them out so long but some of our neighbors are elderly & need help.
Bob Germanovich: i did the same thing by grabbing a half-sheet of 3/4" plywood, digging the edge down to the sidewalk and pushing til i got to the end. no assembly required.
Joseph Mckay: lol. slow down there big guy and catch your breath..
camila reed: funny
scotty wilson: push it pull it haha lol if u know what i mean
Dawna Brumbaugh: My teen boys loved this idea! I wish I cud see how to make it...they like. the idea of quicker shoveling & I can't blame them with how cold it is right now. Even our schools are closed due to extreme temps. So I don't want them out so long but some of our neighbors are elderly & need help.
john burke: Genius idea
Shelia Warren: Ingenuity!! Fantastic! I'm trying to make one RIGHT NOW!!!
RChero1010: Is this what cocaine does? lol
594bolt: push it,pull it...have a heart attack! If it doesn't burn fossil fuel,then why bother?
myviews: see how creative people can get when they have a long and painful driveway wish it would work on my 700' gravel driveway
fred sims: Push it good! Just push it1
TIKIMAN198: Love the 1/2 inch of snow it leaves on the ground.... worthless.
Tyler Kutney: were there drugs involved with the creation of this?
THEZMEISTER123: its nice but it doesnt get deep down in to it and then the ground freezes
Mike Melroy: I like the idea. And I was just wondering, do you have any still pics so I can better see how you constructed yours ? I think I have the jist of it, but to have a pic or two to reference would be best for me. I do plan on making 2 actually. One for the sidewalk, and one for my driveway.
xNiCkxquiCkScopEx: what if its heavy wet snow a layer of ice?
Yesquiet: Mr DeVille . . i'm ready for more close-ups
Darryl Barker: WHAT DID YOU SAY???
andresloveline: Why are there always people who dislike positive thinking? Picky complaining bastards! This guys teaching a great idea!
Camdg2010: the rear wheels make it easier to move cuz you just push it and pull it without having to lift it.
ksquills: Great concept. Thanks for sharing! Had to shoveling ten inches of snow on gravel driveway last night and it wasn't long (5 mins) before I put down the shovel and search for an easier solution. I ended up grabbing a snow roof rake and car "snow brum" (blue square foam contraption for cleaning snow off SUVs and trucks) to quickly "rake" the snow from the entire driveway with less effort. I was thinking about buying the wovel wheel shovel but not so sure I need one now. Thanks again for sharing!
wa2zvt: Made one years ago and it works ,But if its wet heavy snow, go back to plan "A"
29cyclones: you use alot less energy, but hes gasping for air
Olddog231: useless when there is heavy drifiting
Ilkka Saarinen: Not that effective when you have around 3 meter piles of it in the front yard...
Camdg2010: i have a some what better idea.... get an old push lawn mower (if you can) and take these parts OFF> blade,motor,front wheels,choke/throttle off handle bars so its just the mower frame and the handle and rear wheels. THEN!!! get a peice of wood any size and bolt it to the front! i will post a vid of how i do mine. Ive made many over the years and they never fail! you can eaven angle the front blade so it pushes off to the side.
jakeleblanc1112: I made mine and i works great
fluff125: It's great for large flat area's. But it's less versatile for the little nooks and crannies and stuff. Just make sure that it's easy to take apart so you can switch back to the shovel.
Belajas: Or then you just go and buy a proper snow pusher or is there honestly no places in US thats sell example proper Fiskars snow pushers??? (tip: google the finnish word lumikola to see how proper snow pusher looks, instead of those poor excuses of a shovels and scrap pushers that you seem to have in US)
Robster: or you could just not be a cheap ass an but a 1 or 2 stage snowblower
Nick Tasse: try it in wet snow.
brianstacync: dry snow great. wet snow, u r fk'd
F250Harvest: Someone needs to lay of the cocaine.,,,,
Belajas: Or what ever its called in US, sleigh shovel... whatever...
sleeptyper: TV Shop -dude ?
Pos Aro: simple but great idea, will try to build it. Many Thanks
gatecitydj: dude, great idea. We also have the same shovel
Omerack: this wouldn't be great on a gravel driveway would it?
Devin Buckley: I can hardly understand what he's saying
How to Shovel Snow with a Home Made Push Plow 4.4 out of 5


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Out learning to paint the night at midnight in the cold and rain round St Laurence 'golden ball' church and The Dashwood Mausoleum with a fellow night-owl epz'er. Shame about the cloud cover as not only are there no stars to trail, but we were missing the peak of the Perseids meteor shower somewhere up there.
Wish upon a star - despite the cold and wet, I fell in love with image making once more. Only 1 2 thank 4 that.
Around a 90 sec exposure for the sky, light painted the tomb with a torch, strobe flashed the selfy and double-processed the RAW to colour-balance the sky before lots more conventional PP stuff...
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Posted: Sep 17, 2012 by Sean Young
Some of you may remember North Carolina native D.Veloped, because he is pretty much the vocal edit king of music. Well this talented producer has thrown together a solid 40 minute set, that I'm sure you will like. Shit is downloaded and will be blasting in my ride tomorrow. Enjoy
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- Skrillex Cinema + Santigold Disparate Youth - Mike Tompkins (Live Vocal Edit) JULY 11, 2012


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Archive for the 'Leadership' Category
A Challenge to our Vision of Humanity
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
'Are we all here, Do we really count?' references a statement Australian sociologist and writer Hugh Mackay made some years ago. In his most recent non-fiction book he points out that The Good Life is not one "lived in isolation or in the pursuit of independent goals; a good life is lived at the heart of a thriving community, among people we trust … It is one in which we treat people the way we would like to be treated… A good life is not measured by security, wealth, status, achievement or levels of happiness. A good life is determined by our capacity for selflessness and our willingness to connect with those around us in a meaningful and useful way." Mackay has written 14 books including novels, his latest being Infidelity.
Mackay's lesson is the basis for contrasting statements about humanity with observations of the horrors which ordinary human beings have perpetrated or simply allowed. That humanity has made progress is an arguable statement which is too seldom not seriously thought about or realistically discussed. It is also a view which contrasts with the dominant economic view, one that as Professor Tim Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey and one time Sustainability Commissioner for the UK, has pointed out shows we have evolved as social rather than economic beings.
Two books, Rachel Seiffert's The Dark Room and Bernard Schlinck's The Reader are among many scores of books and films which draw out the horrors and the conflicts faced by ordinary human beings, not politicians or generals or soldiers. Do these books and films make any difference to how we run out lives and influence the future of our society? Though there is greater international peace, the horrors continue within national boundaries, sometimes boundaries artificially drawn by colonising powers.
Conflicts continue to generate millions of refugees, deny a future to men, women and children, destroy towns and cities, economies and futures. Yet countries with influence seem unable to agree to stop them. Aid becomes another just another business, another opportunity for colonisation in another guise.
Faced with the need to help those fleeing persecution, arguments are advanced about queue jumping, about illegal asylum seekers, about population growth at the same time as skilled people from poorer countries are recruited to jobs in rich countries so corporations can avoid the costs of training people already resident in that country. Inequality increases as fewer people gain greater wealth and what should be self evident truths remain denied. And discrimination on the basis of race and more continues, as it has for centuries.
A Prime Minister apologises, people weep, then what?
Continue to essay, "Are we really all here. do we all really count?"
School Leadership and School Autonomy
Sunday, September 29th, 2013
One of the several propositions advanced by the advocates of market (or neoclassical) economic solutions to education 'problems' is that independent schools achieve superior outcomes. Charter schools in the US and Academies in the UK continue to be supported despite compelling evidence that they do not address the principal drivers of student achievement. The reforms introduced by the Howard Government provided substantial additional support to independent schools. The latest international tests showed Australian student performance declining and inequity increasing!
The goal is to have individual schools take responsibility for staffing and budgets. Simultaneously this is linked to the proposition that community involvement be achieved by setting up school councils. There is a parallel in the health area with arguments that local hospitals be run by hospital boards comprising community representatives. There seems to be no recognition that governing boards are a very fraught area indeed and that school boards and hospital boards are not features of successful schools or hospitals in the countries where educational achievement and hospital outcomes are high!
Go to 'School Leadership' and 'The South Side of Chicago'. The essays are edited versions of chapters in the forthcoming book Education Reform: the Unwinding of Intelligence and Creativity to be published by Springer.
OWL'S HOOTS No 15: RETURNING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE EMPLOYEES BY BEING PREPARED TO ACT
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Richard Branson and Vinit Nayer have vitally important lessons for us. Both emphasise trust and openness and take risks, both focus on employees whom they recognise as being the source of a successful future.
First I have to apologise to the reader. This is the first post since February. I promised that the next post would deal with climate change: I drafted a note but was diverted by numerous other things. However, I expect a number of posts to appear in the next two weeks; one of them will deal with climate change.
Meanwhile back to another of my favourite subjects or more.
I have written on numerous occasions that organisations depend for their future on the way people work together. I do not hold to the notion that the world has changed so fast that what we have learned about human behaviour is outdated. Equally I reject the vision of humankind forced on everyone by the market economists and their utility maximisation-self interest mantra. (Another post will report concluding comments by Professor Tim Jackson of Surrey University in his Deakin Lecture based on studies in social psychology and behavioural economics.)
At this time here is a quote from Professor Amartya Sen, Noble prizewinner in economics, at a recent seminar about Adam Smith published in the Erasmus Journal:
"While some men are born small and some achieve smallness, it is clear that Adam Smith has had much smallness thrust upon him."
It is fair to say that the 21st century, or at least the first couple of decades, are years of the brain. The emerging understanding about the flexibility of the brain, brain plasticity, and how different parts of the brain work are truly amazing. There are implications not least for education and learning. (For more on this go to the ABC Radio National's website for the program "All in the Mind" presented by Natasha Mitchell.)
What has been happening in most organisations is decreasing attention to employees, an ever increasing retreat to routinisation. Even in the medical field – mixed practices – doctors are being told how long they can spend with patients and being sued if they don't accept the instructions. To an extent this is a further development of the ongoing application of neoclassical economics.
So to encounter examples of this all being put aside, of attention being paid to an employee focused organisation is refreshing. I have previously mentioned one outstanding example of this in the firm Semco and also pointed up a couple of aspects of Southwest Airlines.
Another organisation well known for concern for employees is the Virgin group of companies. The founder, Richard Branson, was in Australia a couple of months ago and was extensively interviewed. At the end of the interview on ABC TVs 'Talking Heads'  presenter Peter Thompson asked him about stress.
Here is his response:
PETER THOMPSON: You always seem quite fresh and not very stressed, which is remarkable considering the circumstances of your life.
RICHARD BRANSON: I should be fairly stress-free, in that I have the most incredible life. I've got the most incredible group of people around me. And I love learning. Every day I'm learning something new. And I love people. So I love life. So I certainly have no difficulty keeping going and challenging myself.
Earlier in the interview:
PETER THOMPSON: One of your trademarks is a special relationship with the Virgin staff.
RICHARD BRANSON: Yeah, I think a good leader is a good listener. And last night I was at the Holiday Inn in Potts Point, where I'll stay any time that I come to Sydney, because all our staff stay there. And drinking with them, but most importantly listening, and having pocketfuls of notes by the end of the evening, which I've already gone on and dealt with today. So…
PETER THOMPSON: Yes, you're famous for having an exercise book in which you write things down.
RICHARD BRANSON: Yeah. It's very important. If you don't write things down, you don't remember. And I think an exceptional company is a company where you get all those little details right.
Continue to essay: "Leadership: Vinit Nayer and Employees First, Customers Second"
OWL'S HOOTS No. 14: ADVOCACY: GRASP THE POLITICAL
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Hoots No. 14 – 18 February 2010: Advocacy: Grasp the Political
Downsizing: another silly idea promoted by advocates for small government and "New Public Management" and should be resisted.
(The next hoot will deal with global climate change and the fact that evidence for change includes evidence for increasing instability, not only warming: museum scientists should be actively promoting the evidence and not leave it to others.)
Twenty years ago Daniel Thomas, then Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia and President of the Art Museums Association of Australia, wrote an article entitled "Grasp the Political" (Adelaide Review March 1990)
He wrote, "What art museums most need in the 1990s is to become politically and economically conscious. They must not only equip themselves with arguments as to why they should exist, but also with hard statistical data about their costs and their benefits.
"At the same time they must be very cautious about positioning themselves within the entertainment industry. There the user-pay principal reigns; the showbiz needs of popular exhibitions can displace special-interest exhibitions, such as scholarly art-history exhibitions or difficult, adventurous contemporary art exhibitions."
I just wonder how many people took any notice of these important statements.
This hoot comes from sunny San Francisco – well it was when I started to write this – with its many museums including the wonderfully redeveloped green California Academy of Sciences and De Young Museum of Art, currently showing the truly astounding exhibition of Tutankhamun (see recent articles on the ABC Science site on this Egyptian Pharaoh who died mysteriously when 19 – younger even than John Keats and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi who both died aged 25) and the always marvellous San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art.
It is also time to again recommend the Global Museum site managed by Roger Smith, now Director – Online Operations (East Asia) at the British Council. Like the Arts Journal Global Museum gathers together interesting articles focusing on museums all over the world; the site also has sections on travel, jobs, resources and links to various documents as well as links to podcasts, which can be downloaded, from many museums.
I have argued for years if not decades that museum people need to do a number of things to advance the goals of their museum:
- find how the benefits of their activities link with the benefits of other similar organisations and enterprises and seek to make common cause with them: it is relatively easy for the enemy to undermine the strategies of people or organisation acting alone, it is quite a different matter with many people pursuing a common goal;
- recognise that there are many lessons to be learned from other organisations, indeed from some which do not immediately seem relevant: leadership in a museum can benefit from understanding leadership practice in a hospital or even an airline; and
- understand that the goals of museums are not simply to put knowledge out "in the ether" but to have that knowledge make a difference for the common good; as Steve Weil said, museums are for somebody, not about something.
There are a few museums where staff have taken the argument up to the frontlines and tried to convince those in government and the community that a certain approach to a situation is appropriate and that some others are not.
"Layoff the Layoffs" is the title of an article in Newsweek for Februrary 5, 2010
Pfeffer's recent article is a good summary of why the downsizing of organisations, which has been quite a fad for some decades and has been popular in the last couple of years as a device for coping with the GFC, is anything but economically positive quite apart from its often devastating effects on the people involved. Museum executives faced with the demands of downsizing, especially when it is part of "encouraging organisations to be more entrepreneurial" have a responsibility to their museum and their staff to make it clear to those who are promoting the "solution" that they do not agree with it. Unless there are the most convincing and carefully thought through justifications!
Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979. He is the author or co-author of thirteen books including The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First, Managing with Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations, and Unconventional Wisdom About Management, a collection of 27 essays about management topics, as well as more than 120 articles and book chapters. Pfeffer's latest book, tentatively entitled Power: An Organizational Survival Guide is to be published early 2010 by HarperCollins.
These quotes give a sense of where Pfeffer is coming from:
Power centres around scarce and critical resources and in times of uncertainty those with established credibility tend to be favoured as the enlightened. Those in power tend to define problems in ways which institutionalise their power. The more institutionalised the power is the more likely it is that the organization will be out of phase with its environment (from a 1977 paper with Gerald R. Salancik)
Organizational success comes more from managing people effectively than from attaining large size, operating in a high-growth industry, or becoming lean and mean through downsizing – which, after all, puts many of your most important assets on the street for the competition to employ.
Pfeffer opens his Newsweek article by pointing out that when the tragedy of September 12 2001 struck there was vast uncertainty about the future of airline flights. Almost all US airlines, and many other corporations, immediately laid off staff. Southwest Airlines did not. (I have written about this company before in "Lessons from Southwest Airlines" and "A chat with Herb Kelleher") Southwest, which in fact has never laid off staff in its entire history, is now the biggest domestic carrier with a market capitalisation bigger than all other domestic carriers combined. Southwest's former head of human resources once told Pfeffer: "If people are your most important assets, why would you get rid of them?"
Layoffs, Pfeffer observes, have become an increasingly common part of corporate life, some firms seemingly in permanent downsizing mode. If an industry is declining downsizing would seem inevitable. But in industries where demand is fluctuating? When a company lays off staff in a downturn, staff  have to be when the upturn comes and demand increases. In the process considerable costs have been incurred!
Here is a quote that will surprise some and anger others even more: "A recent study of 20 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development economies over a 20-year period by two Dutch economists found that labor-productivity growth was higher in economies having more highly regulated industrial-relations systems – meaning they had more formal prohibitions against the letting go of workers." So much for the notion of employment flexibility leading to economic growth!
Here are myths dispelled by studies of the effects of downsizing:
- Companies that announce layoffs enjoy higher stock prices than peers
- Layoffs increase individual company productivity
- Layoffs cut costs
The negative consequences of downsizing are particularly evident in R&D-intensive industries and in companies that experienced growth in sales.
Layoffs lead to lower morale leading to employees looking for another job at the first sign of better times, greater distrust of management and greater likelihood of stealing from the firm.
Layoffs also have a significant negative effect on the economy since laid off workers spend less, may demand social services payments from government, their houses may end up having to sold because of mortgage default and so on. The consequences to employees themselves can be devastating! Pfeffer says, "Layoffs literally kill people".
(In the US those who lose their jobs also often lose their medical insurance which, as well as expected outcomes, can also lead to violent behaviour. Reviewing Michael Moore's latest film "Capitalism: A Love Story " Chris McGreal (The Guardian, 30 January 2010) writes, "Early on, Moore sets out the meaning of "Dead Peasants" insurance. It turns out that Wal-Mart, a company with revenue larger than any other in the world, bets on its workers dying, taking out life insurance policies on its 350,000 shop-floor workers without their knowledge or approval. When one of them dies, Wal-Mart claims on the policy. Not a cent of the payout, which sometimes runs to a $1m (£620,000) or more, goes to the family of the dead worker, often struggling with expensive funeral bills. Wal-Mart keeps the lot. If a worker dies, the company profits.)
Governments around the world have adopted the strategy of downsizing claiming this will lead to working smarter. The consequences of such downsizing have often led, as in business, to poorer service. At the same time as downsizing, outsourcing has also been promoted as allowing the organisation to fous on its core business. But as with downsizing it is now realised this seldom works to benefit the organisation as tasks and skills critical to the enterprise are realised as having to be in-house where they can be influenced appropriately by the culture and the staff involved interact with staff in the "business core". One of the problems is that the downsized organisation seldom has the skills to develop an appropriate brief and project management regime for the outsourced contractor.
Most importantly, a downsizing operation seldom is accompanied by a clearly explained strategy for the future which will lead to a better company which is clearly explained to employees, those affected and those who are to remain. One of the critical jobs of leadership is not done!
These outcomes have been evident for some time and the failures in museums are the failures in business.
For instance, Right Associates ("Lessons Learned: Dispelling the Myth of Downsizing", Philadelphia, 1992) found that in 66% to 75% of companies which had downsized neither profitability or [productivity] had increased. They argued that companies must investigate alternatives, define the new organisation, plan the downsizing, develop a communication plan and nurture the survivors. Observing that outplacement assistance fosters positive career growth they emphasised that change has to be embraced: no person or organisation can escape the consequences of downsizing.
In the study of museums around the world it was found that the museum organisations that were perceived by staff to have achieved successful change outcomes, were also perceived to have managed the change process through a strategically linked vision of the future state and communicated in ways which enabled participants to know what would happen and how they would be affected by the change, provided appropriate financial, human resource and training in support of the change the change; executives were prepared to devote the time to meeting with people and created the energy to get the change initiated and sustained by leadership action which emphasised patience and support and leading by example through modelling the appropriate change behaviours. (See Morris Abraham, Des Griffin & John Crawford, "Organisation change and management decision in museums", Management Decision 37/10, 736-751, 1999.)
Museum executives faced with the demands of downsizing, especially when it is part of "encouraging organisations to be more entrepreneurial" have a responsibility to their museum and their staff to make it clear to those who are promoting the "solution" that they do not agree with it. Unless there are the most convincing and carefully thought through justifications! (Note that the responsibility of boards and executives is in the first place to the future of the organisation.)
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Hoots No. 11 – 23 September 2009: The Future of Museums: an interview with Thomas Campbell of the Metropolitan Museum in New York; Darwin Centre opens at The Natural History Museum in London.
The Art Newspaper recently published a long interview with Thomas Campbell, recently appointed director of the Metropolitan Museum succeeding Philippe de Montebello. The interview gives interesting insights into the future of one of the most prestigious museums in the World. The Met has had to cut back some of its staff after it lost 25% of its endowment in the GFC.
Campbell intends to form a programmatic committee including representatives from departments beyond the curatorial to advise him on exhibitions, replacing the former Council of Advisors comprsing heads of curatorial departments.
Campbell also responds to some comments by Tate Director Serota and British Museum director MacGregor to the effect that British Museums respond more directly to the public than do American museums.
Campbell's plans offer an interesting counterpoint to the comments made recently in the two part "Future of Museums" program on ABC Radio National's program 'Future Tense' on September 3 and 10.
I have previously commented on Thomas Campbell whose appointment as director of the Met I consider to be one of the most signficant of senior appointments at any museum in the last decade. Remember that Campbell is a specialist in tapestries, not notable for fundraising or managerial 'wizardry' and had been a curator at the Met for several years and that when asked why he was appointed, the Chair of the Board referred to Dr Campbell's "great passion for art".
The Art Newspaper: How do you think your leadership of the Met may differ from Philippe de Montebello's?
Thomas Campbell: I came to the museum because it was an incredibly exciting place to work as a scholar in my field. Philippe was a major contributor to the environment that made it such an exciting place and I have every intention of sustaining and developing the strengths of this institution: maintaining a dynamic exhibition programme, the award-winning publication programme, continuing to acquire masterpieces, but also to expand study collections where it"s appropriate, and continuing to place the emphasis on the encounter of our visitors with the objects, trying to really create the environment for that direct experience without bells and whistles. Will I be introducing change? I guess it"s evolution rather than revolution.
TAN: Will your leadership style be the same as his?
TC: "I am who I am. I'm certainly not going to try and adopt a grand-style persona…
In terms of actual leadership style, this institution is quite feudal. We have 17 curatorial departments, many of which are equivalent to medium-size museums. One reason we are a place bursting with ideas and initiatives is that Philippe allowed and encouraged ideas to bubble up through the departments and he was very supportive of initiatives brought to him from his curatorial staff. Having experienced the benefits of that myself, I very much intend to maintain it.
One of the steps I will be taking this autumn is formulating a programmatic committee that will act as a forum … Up until this point the way exhibitions have been approved is that curators or department heads would bring a proposal to Philippe and he would say yes or no. I will still be the person who makes that decision, but at a time when we have got to make less go further, and I can't green light everything, this is a forum in which the curatorial body itself – it will also have representatives from editorial, operations, education – will have to take a bit more responsibility for what is brought forward. But I see it as a constructive dialogue that I trust will make sure that projects that might be considered as cross-departmental have their possibility fully aired…
TAN: You want to maintain the direct encounter with a work of art, but people demand information. Is there enough information in the galleries?
TC: We need to find the right balance between creating a direct and meaningful encounter with a work of art without there being the impediment of an overly didactic contextualisation. At the same time, much of our audience is very sophisticated and wants a lot of information. .. We are at an exciting time because new technology does give us the opportunity to deliver all sorts of different levels of information to different audiences in a very discreet way. I think handheld devices and audio tours have huge potential beyond where they are now .. I don't want to be overly typecast as being wonkish on technology, but I think it is one of the major frontiers at the moment because it has the potential to so enrich and transform the visitor experience.
The Met has put a lot of effort into the audio guides it supplies to exhibitions, and we have a certain amount of audio guide information for our permanent collections, but that is an area that needs to be hugely expanded. Then we need to enrich the different levels that people can get to. We also have to think of different languages so that our large international audience is properly catered to. The National Gallery in London, the Tate, the Louvre are all experimenting with devices that besides delivering an audio tour will deliver visuals on a handheld device. The danger is that there's something so compelling about a digital image that all too quickly the object in front of you becomes an illustration to the narrative you're holding in your hand.
TAN: British Museum director Neil MacGregor and his counterpart at the Tate, Nicholas Serota, recently differentiated US museums, deemed in thrall to their moneyed boards, from European and particularly British museums, which they maintain serve the public more directly.
TC: … At the end of the day, the Met has bought more objects, has organised more exhibitions, has undertaken more scholarly publications than any other museum in the world as a result, simply because of the enthusiastic support of the donors and our trustees. There's this caricaturish notion that people fall back on … but my experience of our board is that it is comprised of individuals who take their role extremely seriously in terms of both advice or financial support.
… This is a great institution because of the farsighted support over so many years by individuals who are consciously contributing to build it and make it better.
The impression they were giving was that there was some sort of constraint. We are not constrained. On the contrary we have got the ability to go out and fundraise and find support for different initiatives that allow us to do things that very few European institutions are able to.
The Art Newspaper also published on its Museums page on 16 September a short article on the new Darwin Centre at The Natural History Museum in London.
In The Guardian for 17 July Maev Kennedy wrote, "One of the most startling additions to any British museum, the new £78m "cocoon" at the Natural History Museum in London – an enigmatic white blobby form eight storeys high and 65m long inside a giant glass box – will open to the public on 15 September, it was announced yesterday. Michael Dixon, the director of the museum, said he hopes the new building – properly known as the Darwin Centre, but dubbed the cocoon even by staff – will leave visitors "with a real sense of awe and wonder at nature".
Further information is available at the Museum's own website.
Those with a long memory might recall the bitterly critical comments which greeted the appointment and announced corporate plan of former primatologist and Open University Professor Dr Neil Chalmers, appointed director of the Museum in 1989. The Darwin Centre – this is Stage 2 – was a major project of (now) Sir Neil Chalmers who retired a couple of years ago to become Warden of Wadham College at Oxford University .
Here are some extracts from the commentary from that time. We can wonder how reliable the opinions and forecasts of doom were.
(I have put an article from 1990 about this issue in the essay section.)
In the 3 May 1990 issue of Nature, Henry Gee ("Taxonomy pays for bad image"), wrote, "Researchers at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London went on a one-day strike on 24th April to protest against the museum's controversial 1990-95 corporate plan, which proposes the loss of 51 out of 300 research and curatorial posts during the next two years. Many of the tenured posts are to be replaced with short-term fellowships (see Nature 344: 805, 26 April 1990) a move that will improve the NHM's financial health but may threaten its standing as a taxonomic research centre. On 26 April, the researchers resolved to strike again tomorrow (Friday, 4 May) if the museum's director, Neil Chalmers refused to withdraw the plan.
"Scientists at other UK museums are concerned at the damage that might be done by the new plan. Taxonomic research, in which the NHM is pre-eminent, is "deeply unsexy", according to Simon Conway Morris of the University of Cambridge, but is the "bedrock" of all biological research, and in the light of concern over decreasing global diversity the cuts come at "just the wrong time". Andrew Knoll, of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University, finds it "a little sad" that the study of biodiversity in the United Kingdom is thought so marginal that the NHM will close departments "in which they have been major contributors". Ken Joysey, curator of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, condemned the cuts as "ludicrous".
The issue was raised in the British Parliament: In the adjournment debate in the House of Commons on 21 June, Tam Dalyell MP pointed out that the real threat to Britain is not "the armies of Mr Gorbachev", but global warming, the destruction of the ozone layer, acid rain and other environmental problems. He told the House how the Museum provides "crucial raw material for the battle against that threat".
During the half hour allowed for the debate, Shadow Arts spokesman Mark Fisher MP joined Dalyell in pressing Richard Luce on funding for the Museum. Whilst supporting the approach set out in the Corporate Plan, Luce revealed that the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government is in discussion with the Director and the Chairman of Trustees about its wider implications.
An editorial in Nature on 2 August 1990 said, among other things, "The British Natural History Museum has taken too short and too jaundiced a view of it's own future as a research institution. It should mend its ways, and quickly… What emerges most clearly from the long controversy is that the corporate plan .. was a serious error of judgment. Faced with the prospect of a nasty financial squeeze … the museum plumped for the wrong solution, that of cutting back on an already inadequate intramural research programme…. It would have been possible to cut back instead on the museum's second function of mounting attractive public exhibitions…"
The editorial went on to repeat some of the claims about "unfortunate" language of the corporate plan, expresses doubts about whether the emphasis on 'front of house' activities would save the museum "from the troubles that lie ahead" and observed that entrance charges would not pay the extra cost of the exhibitions envisaged as bringing more visitors and therefore earnings. It asked, "should not the museum be making the case for relief from [further financial] squeezes [two or three years from now]?… It should also do more than has yet been done to show that there is substance in its hope that support for research at the museum will indeed be provided by the research councils.."
Two months later, 4 October 1990, a letter in Nature from Dr Colin Patterson and many distinguished scientists representing the "science defence committee" (of which Patterson was chairman) said, "The crisis at London's Natural History Museum … has now lasted more than four months and shows no sign of ending. The essence of this crisis is that the plan will result… in narrowing the span of taxonomic and systematic research in this museum. .. About a thousand letters of protest have been sent to the relevant minister by our colleagues from all over the world who recognise that this museum is the world centre for taxonomic expertise… There have been two days of strikes; and there has been a storm of press comment, nearly all of it critical of the plan.
"A new management structure, with imposed separation of curation from research for some 150 people, has been forced down our throats, as has also a brutal system of short-term contracts for researchers. And our prizewinning design team is still threatened with extinction. Moreover, the director's main response to the letters of protest is blandly to point out their usefulness in the search for funding, since they demonstrate that the taxonomic community of the whole world is interested in the fate of the Natural History Museum .."
Some of these issues remain with us in various museums 20 years later. The Natural History Museum recovered to be one of the strongest museums in the World; the list of scientific publications by Museum staff for 2008-09 runs to 73 pages. Some other museums faced with reductions in funding and a lack of recognition by governments of the importance of taxonomy and evolutonary studies to the understanding and sustainability of biodiversity have not recovered!


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|Arkanoid (1987) strongly resembles the arcade game Breakout (1976). In Arkanoid, the paddle is actually a spaceship, and the bricks are space walls. The goal of the game is to break through the space walls and defeat the villainous Doh in order to escape from the space labyrinth. This incredible TAS of Arkanoid, made by Baxter, inspires awe in a manner comparable to the Gradius movie. No ball is ever lost, even though three balls are juggled in every level where possible.


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Review of chapter "Chapter 9" from
You are sneaky. I thought this would be a Buffy alone story, but now it looks like maybe Willow will show up in Middle Earth as one of the Istari. Hopefully not 'instead of' Gandalf...that would make for some interesting times. Can't you just picture Willow smoking a pipe with Gandalf?
So--mithril coat, Ringil, friend of the Dwarves (not many get that one)---she's all set.
Hm. Gandalf favored hobbits. Maybe Willow can find the Entwives?
Comments from author:
I know, Willow and Gandalf together in Middle Earth will be so much fun to write. I think Entwives should be found for sure, at least at the end. The Ents were my favourite characters when I was a kid, so I think I'll spend some time with them. Thanks for always reviewing!
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
Marvelous ! It is so hard to find good LotR crossovers !
At first I thought you would have Buffy landing in Lothlorien, but Greenwood is better. And I sincerely loved your Meneldil.
This last chapter ends on such a cliffhanger that I will really be impatient to read the next one. If Buffy is now a Balrog slayer, many things will change. First, will the Dwarves keep their realm of Khazad-Dum ? Then it would change both "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" ! Secondly, how will Glorfindel react to Buffy when they are both so similar and different ? They can now found a club of Reborn Balrog Slayers, but I doubt many people would want to join, considering the stipulations for said entry.
Thank you very much for sharing this story and may you never lack inspiration !
Comments from author:
Thanks so much! Dwarves are going to keep Khazad-dum, but I think I'm going to try and keep most of The Hobbit in place because I love Bilbo. Glorfindel's reaction in latter chapters. Thanks for reviewing.
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
OMG! No! You can't freaking end a chapter there!
Worst. Cliffhanger. Ever.
And by worst I mean best, because that is some serious cliffhanging.
Anyways, I love what you've done with this fic. And especially the whole prophecy song you put together. Really, really cool!
I can't wait to see what happens next! Please update again soon! :)
- Failisse
Comments from author:
Well, it isn't my fault, one of you reviewed a while back and told me to keep you lot guessing, but I'm no good at that, so cliffhangers it is. Thanks for the enthusiasm and reviewing! I'm glad you like it.
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
This is such a beautiful story. I love that you're taking the time to go through the beginning of the third age and create her story. She is being given roots and a reason to fight and I adore that. Thanks for sharing it and I eagerly await more.
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
Wow that is going to change a LOT, unless there is another balrog hiding down there. Moria isn't going to become the dark pit of death I guess? Or will something else do it when Buffy is gone? Looking forward to more this is a good story and I am enjoying it a lot.
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I don't think Moria is going to become a dark pit of death in this story, haha, it's probably going to have more problems but not from balrogs. Thanks for reviewing!
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
The legends from this battle will be long in the telling! Wonder if Buffy will become a Dwarven female warrior in the dwarvish version. Excellent tale.
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I don't know, I think she's gona be too famous to be remembered as a dwarf, but I see what you mean, they sort of claim things as theirs all the time, so maybe, especially with her name. She'll be around for a while, so all the stories are gona get mixed up anyway. Thanks for the review!
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
Awesome! Just awe-inspiring! Maximum points for having the cahones to actually CHANGE history! Let the dominos fall! Moria may actually endure! And if Buffy is making such a massive impact on the forces of Darkness and rogue trolls and orcs, perhaps the Rangers of the North will actually be the Vanguard of a diminished but still standing Arnor that marches under the banner of it's Chieftan to culiminate in a great final battle against Sauron!? Maybe Buffy will actually forge an even greater Alliance than the Last Alliance, between Elves, Men and Dwarves? I look forward to reading more! So often it seems people do crossovers and yet don't have the guts to actually have the crossover affect the course of history. You rock!
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I totally agree! Throw Buffy in the mix and big stuff is bound to happen, and its sort of the point of crossover fanfic, right? Gandalf will still be awesome and he'll change, but he doesn't need a balrog to do it. Good ideas, thanks!
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
Nice!! Loved the battle with the balrog, and the bits about how she had to get a handle on her new power level was nice too.
So, since Glorfindel also slayed a balrog, and in doing so was slain himself, only to return to Arnor in the second age, does that mean the he will be the "Golden Elf to lover her best?" Actually, unless you're going to pull a complete fake-out on us, that only makes sense, since the name also means "golden tressed," if I recall my Tolkien trivia correctly.
I look forward to the next chapter.
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Thanks for reviewing, and I suppose I can't tell you what's going to happen because I don't know everything yet. I have stuff planned and then it changes. You're right about the name though, and thanks again.
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
Looks like Glorfindel won't be the only Balrog Slayer on Middle Earth now!
So epic how you wrote Buffy's battle with the Balrog. I loved it!
Comments from author:
Nope, not the only Balrog Slayer in Middle Earth, and thanks for the review. I was sorta nervous about the action scenes, so its nice to know they didn't tank.
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
It's nice that you want to return the favor. And Diane's are some of the best on here. Another author I'd recommend is MMcGregor. Everything he wrote was awesome. And if you like LotR, you will probably love curiouslywombat's Return of the Key series.
Now the question for your story is without the Balrog of Khazad dum, how will Gandalf become all that he can be?
Comments from author:
Yep, that CuriouslyWombat is good, and thanks for the other recs and for reviewing, it helps. I'll get to reviewing and recommending your stories as soon as I get the internet.
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
This is good. I'm really enjoying the level of detail, and how you're using the known 'history' to your advantage, like the balrog down in the mines.
Oh, and thanks for giving my stories a plug! Feel free to drop in a review if you find anything I mess up.
And from one author to another, you might want to look for a good proofreader who has plenty of Tolkien experience, just to deal with tiny details like 'horde' vs. 'hoard' and the spelling for JRR's languages.
Comments from author:
Thanks and your welcome. I need someone to read these chapters, but my friends aren't quite as nerdy as I am, and nobody would know or be willing to look this kind of thing up for me, so I'm kinda on my own, but I'll spend more time editing. Thanks again for the advice and etc.
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
So, unless there are TWO Balrogs under the mountain, the Fellowship's story will be slightly different.Does this mean Gandalf is stuck being "the Grey" ? . Nice, usually writers don't like to change things.
If this doesn't get her a mithril coat, then Thrandruil is right about the dwarves. Just sayin'...... Meanwhile (ok not for a long while yet) maybe Buffy will pass through a peaceful fishing village and buy some fish from those nice fisherfolk, Deagol & Smeagol...... It'd be funny if she met him. Ok, a little unlikely. She bought out all their fish! So they had to go fishing in the river the next day. It's all her fault.
Gee, does she now get "Balrog Slayer" as an extra name? Kinda like...was it Glorfindel who also had that? .... That Scythe is mighty handy.
Any chance she'll run into Olaf? He is a troll now, maybe this is where he spends his time...
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Gandalf will go through the necessary changes, i love the old wizard, but he can't hog all the cool stuff. Mithril coat, check. I don't know about the Deagol Smeagol, but it's a funny idea, YOU should write that, now maybe, Olaf too. Thanks so much for all your reviews and good ideas!
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Review of chapter "Chapter 8" from
Wow, I didnt expect that. Killing the Balrog is gonna change quite a few things, like Khazad dum not becoming Moria(The Black Pit) the orcs wont move in now because there are still plenty of Dwarves to defend their homes. Cant wait to read more, hopefully soon.
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Thanks for the comment!
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omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 so fucken good
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Review of chapter "Chapter Seven" from
I abso-fucking-lutly Love this story...... Can't wait to read more :P ..... And I'm busy guessing who will capture Buffy's heart..... Legolas is blond.... but he's gona be her adopted brother so that might make it awkward.....
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Thank you, and very good timing! I was stuck the next chapter and then you left this review, and it got everything moving again.
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The first version of Monopoly for Wii was actually very good. This new version was advertised as being different and new because of it's presentation of the game board as a real city. It would be reasonable to assume that, since this is the only significant difference, a lot of detail and creativi...more
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