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'The Purge: Anarchy' Review: An Over-Stuffed Night of Terror
Movie Reviews By Emily Estep on July 18, 2014 | Be the First To CommentWriter/director James DeMonaco seized the attention of film fans last summer with the darkly alluring premise of The Purge, earning an unpredicted $34 million domestically on its opening weekend. Logically, a sequel was born, bearing the challenge inherent to every successful film's sequel: topping the first one. For DeMonaco, this wouldn't be too difficult. The Purge followed only one, well-off family, locked up in their home, leaving the rest of the grisly purging world unexplored. The Purge: Anarchy takes us there – to downtown Los Angeles over the 12-hour course of an Annual Purge night. The film opens with three sets of characters whose stories intersect quickly. There's fiscally struggling mother Eva (Carmen Ejogo) and daughter Cali (Zoë Soul); separating couple Shane (Zach Gilford) and Liz (Kiele Sanchez); and lastly, soul-cleansing, vengeful Leo (Frank Grillo). These five characters find themselves on the streets for radically different reasons, but they promptly form a desperate alliance. Leo falls naturally into the leader role, and though the rest of the group unanimously considers him morally ambiguous, they don't have much of a choice. Plus – he's got guns. A lot of guns. They make their way from skirmish to skirmish, flattening their bodies against buildings and scampering through alleyways, and are witness to the merciless purgers, the unfortunate victims and a group of purge-opposing rebels inspired by their enigmatic leader Carmelo (Michael K. Williams).
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Movie News By Kate Erbland on March 28, 2014 | Be the First To Comment"If you're not purging, we advise you to get off the streets as quickly as possible." Here's the thing about The Purge (the fictious day that The Purge films, now blossoming into one heck of a franchise, centers on) — it seems easy enough to avoid. Just stay inside. Hide in a closet with a weapon and ride it out. Get an alarm system. Don't look out your windows. Hey, maybe even get out of town? Or, at the very least, why not take the whole day leading up to the crime-addled night off, so that you might have some small smidgen of hope that you'll be off the streets when it starts? See! Easy! Just stay inside, you guys. Of course, we've already learned that staying inside — even with all the trappings a big-ass security system and a good plan can provide — doesn't always work. James DeMonaco's The Purge (last year's surprise horror hit) saw a family attempt just that, and it didn't really pan out for them. So if literal security can't save you during the Purge, what can? Perhaps Frank Grillo, as the tough-talking leading-man-in-the-making provides a sliver of salvation in the latest trailer for The Purge 2: Anarchy.
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Obama to propose 1 percent pay increase in 2014 budget, President barack obama will recommend a 1 percent pay increase for federal employees in his fiscal 2014 budget request, according to federal-employee unions..
House spending bills neutral on 2014 federal pay raise, Spending bills advancing in the house leave open the door for across-the-board pay raises for federal employees in january 2014. the house appropriations.
Obama expected to propose 1% raise for 2014 | federal times, President obama will likely call for a 1 percent federal pay raise in his fiscal 2014 budget request set for release next week, according to unions and other federal.
Obama's proposed 2014 budget: contribute more, but maybe see a, "for the third year in a row, the president's budget blueprint disproportionately takes aim at federal employees in an effort to balance the budget," national.
President's 2014 budget includes pay increase, but retirement, Federal employees would see a slight pay bump next year under president barack obama's proposed budget for 2014. but at the same time, the white house budget outline.
Will feds get a pay raise in 2014? – fedsmith.com, Will there be a federal employee pay raise in 2014? don't hold your breath or plan an increase in your budget yet..
2013 gs pay raise for federal civilian workers | government, Tweet [update april 2013 - president obama rescinds pay 2013 gs pay rise] well it looks the 2013 gs pay raise debacle took another turn with the president signing a.
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wow. she's hot!
That third picture from the back makes her look….masculine. To anyone wanting to tap that, I say tap at will, but watch out for a strap-on.
Nice Spine, while she's being done from behinde you can look all her shoes hanging from that skeletal shoerack.
That dude's hot! And all-around hot, the real total package (she might even have a package). I bet she can squat more than most guys in the gym. She can out-bench them for sure. The pictures make my dick hard and my sphincter tighten – talk about the anxiety of being in love (or fear of anal pain, I'm not sure which).
S/he looks like a young Val Kilmer. Except way tougher.
I'd love to tap that ass. With this butch bitch, it'd be against her will, but that only makes it hotter. Guys know what I'm talking about.
She could use about 6lbs.
Want to touch the heinie……….
@8….yup there's a little Kilmer there circa Top Secret, but also, she looks like Josh Hartnett,
if Josh Hartnett were a man that is.
my goodness…
why do I always confuse her with Jessica Alba? maybe its the first name..
There is just something about her that never adds up. I remember in my youth watching 7th heaven, i eventually had to stop when in my dreams her head would morph into the lil white dog(crap, did i just confess?). then that dog would do things to me, horrid,horrid things in my sleep—tear. yup, she gives me chills.
her shoulders are about 10 inches wider than her hips, not hot. Whats up with her butt in these pics it doesn't look as plump as it does when she dresses up. I guess booty cushion is her best friend?
… and I'm gay!
somehow richport i would have thought otherwise
I was going to say the same thing about her ass cushioning
I was hoping to start the week with a post about a white hetero person, but one out of two ain't bad. At least she has the decency to stay deep in the closet.
I'm not jealous of her manly shoulders or protruding vertebrae, but I am definitely jealous of her firm round ass!
Also, she pings all over the place. So I'm sure guys who already find her hot will have their heads explode whenever they find out she's a lesbian.
Dear Mischa Barton: See? Cellulite is not universal.
My day is made!!!
What is she-carved out of a slab of golden-bronze marble? She is a buttery-smooth superhero.
Yes-upon a second inspection, that IS the Justice League speedboat. I knew it.
That is a keen observation and I do believe you're correct. Please subscribe me to your newsletter.
Hi, Peter!
He is very sexy, but since I'm not gay I'd rather tap the green bikini gal.
19–Good morning to you fake jrzmommy. You're up and at 'em awfully early this morning. Did the "voices" wake you up again?
Why do her tits look screwed and bolted on?
She's definitely a dude. Shoot,look at her her two gigantic balls in the last 4 pics.
Sorry, but the rack in the bikini doesn't look as big as the one in the P.Daddy photo from Friday. Something is rotten in Denmark – damn WonderBra's!!
Mr. Fish, please list an address where I can forward my dry cleaning bills to you. I've torn through yet another zipper. And I had this one reenforced with kryptonite, to no avail. Many thanks.
#28 – Did you every notice that the word 'awfully' is an anagram for FU Wally? Wierd how that works…
#17 – Trust your instincts… someone's got a raging hard on the size of a rice grain for me…
I notice it NOW! And you are so right.
What a fatty. She should really stop eating.
I think there's some confusion because pics of Jessica have been mixed here with archival pics of East German olympic swimmer Kornelia Ender (note the steroid-enhanced musculature in the deltoid and trapezius regions).
her ass brings me to tears.
and, doing a quick check, she seems scoliosis and kyphosis free.
Hi Donald Rack!
her buns could really use my hotdog right about now- give her a good piece of meat to fill her up right!!
… hehe
It does appear that she has scoliosis, as her back is all pinned up to make it straight. Which would explain those pictures about a month or so ago of her doing exercises outside, throwing the ball up against the wall, and bending her legs. All on the doctor's order I'd surmise.
I am so sick and tired of seeing these hot celebs in bathing suits getting SUNTANS, and I'm in the Pacific NW freezing my ASS off in 3 feet of snow!!!
I know I said before that I didn't know who this chick is, but I finally remember. I loved her in Flashdance!!!
The fact that this site continues to post pornography in plain view for kids to see has prompted me to co-found a new organization I call CLAMP (Christian Legion Against Media Pornography). Many people have left their old places of worship and have joined CLAMP to stop disgusting posts and images in media. They have realized I am in direct communication with the Lord and will lead them straight up to heaven. Amen, and I have REPORTED! this site once again.
With Jessica Alba's anorexic body looking more and more like that of a pre-pubescent boy's, I think it's official:
Jessica Biel now has the best ass in Hollywood.
We rap all the time.
Oh, we are so good at rapping!
Who wants to mess with us?
You'll totally get shot with a gun!
Boo- boo- boopidy – boop – boop di doo!
We rap all the time.
Oh, we are so good at rapping!
Who wants to mess with us?
You'll totally get shot with a gun!
Boo- boo- boopidy – boop – boop di doo!
Sorry for the double post….
Yo, check my style out…
What a fancy shindig,
There are some real bodacious babes!
They see our soggy trunks!
And they shake their boobies, and my thingie gets excited!
Boo-boo-boodily boo-boo-boo,
Doodily-doop-de-doop-de-doo doo…
Sometimes a man must spelunk in a valley between perfect hills.
You can start by CLAMPing my schlong Edna.
#48 Reported!
You are on thin ice.
i'm a little worried, that pic has been up a long time…she might have to pinch off her midday loaf…ruins the mood…or does it?


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New Books in the Westwood Library
We have three new books in the library. They are being used this term in classes so they are on 3-hour reserve.
The evaluation and treatment of marital conflict by Geurin, Fay, Burden and Kautto
DSM-IV made easy by James Morrison.
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Jewell Bailey, 89, of Bradenton and formerly of Longboat Key, died Nov. 2.
Born Sept. 25, 1920, in Flint, Mich., she attended General Motors Institute and married her longtime sweetheart, William Bailey, in 1941.
Mrs. Bailey was an avid bridge player and enjoyed entertaining family and friends, swimming and music.
Mrs. Bailey was preceded in death by her husband, William. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Beardsley; son, Fred Bailey; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A private memorial service was held at an earlier date. In lieu of flowers, a music scholarship will be established in Mr. and Mrs. Baileys' names.
Condolences and memorials can be sent to Barbara Beardsley, 1200 Burlington Drive, Hickory Corners, Mich. 49060.
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I haven't done the research because I don't feel like scanning hundreds of threads. Can you make a deck with nothing but unaffiliated cards? Or do you have to have a house card?
Non house decks?
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Posted 24 September 2012 - 06:18 AM
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"Each player chooses to play one of the six Great
Houses, and this choice is signified by that player's
House card."
So yeah, you have to have a House card. You're in a heck of a lot of trouble if you don't have one since that's where you accumulate power (that you don't put on characters) and, if you want to play an agenda, you have to have something to attach the agenda to.
Luckily, as shown, the Neutral Faction gives you an option other than the 6 Great Houses. You have 7 choices for House card, but you must have one of those 7 in order to play the game.
Posted 24 September 2012 - 11:18 AM
Thanks for the information. I am still new to the game and I had never seen the neutral faction card until today. Thanks again for pointing that out for me.


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What Tweaks Are in Android 4.2.2?
Android 4.2.2 rolling out now, but it's slow roll out has been boosted by manual download links and folks are finding a few new things in the latest firmware.
Google has not officially announced the release of 4.2.2, but it has quietly been making its way to Nexus 7, Nexus 10, and GSM Galaxy Nexus models starting late last day. It's a minor upgrade with little in the way of user-facing changes.
Even though everyone expected the Android 4.2.2 to be all about improved stability and bug fixes, the new firmware update also brings a couple of new features. Anyway, don't expect anything major, as you won't find such features.
Download Notifications – Instead of just a blue progression bar, we can now see the number of seconds left and a percentage number showing how much of the download has occurred.
Quick Setting Toggles – The quick settings now have a "long-press" feature on some options (Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, for example) that make it an actual toggle, while others, such as "Airplane Mode," only require a press to put the phone into that mode.
New Sounds – There are a few new sounds included; one for Wireless Charging, which made no sound before, and a new, improved, low battery sound that replaces the "farty" noise that it used to make.
The wireless charging and low battery alert sound were also changed in Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, while the option to display all calls was removed. The Gallery app was also improved, receiving a new animation that makes the gallery load faster.
There should also be multiple bug fixes included as well. We will let you know more after Google makes it official and gives us a full listing. If you spot anything interesting, feel free to drop a note in the comments.


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Man Charged in Robbery at St. Peters Bank
Suspect in robbery at First Bank inside Dierbergs Saturday also admits to other hold-ups.
Public Asked To Help Track Down Bank Robber
Suspect made off with cash from Carrollton Bank last Friday.
Man Robs Southern Commercial Bank in South City
Man robbed Southern Commercial Bank in south city Monday pm.
St. Louis Man Arrested, Charged With Robbing Metro East Banks
Both hold-ups occurred in Madison County last March.
St. Louis County Police Seek Suspect in Bank Robbery
Timothy Shaw sought for Monday hold-up, said to be armed and dangerous.
Granddad Bandit Sentenced to Prison
Prosecutors say Granddad bandit has long prison record.
Stylish Robber Strikes Cahokia Ill. Bank
Wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses part of gunman's disguise.
Man Robs US Bank in Fairview Heights; Still at Large
Man makes off with undisclosed amount of cash from US Bank in Fairview Heights.
'Granddad Bandit' Pleads Guilty to Robbing 26 Banks
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Hello Everyone,
I'm new here having just recently found this site. I've been lurking for a few days reading various forums and have learned quite a bit. Thank you all! I'm in Zone 5a (Ottawa ON) and am particularly interested in hot peppers and herbs. Given my hot pepper addiction, I need to get my plants started early given my shorter growing season. If I may, I have three questions on Grow Lights, Soil Temperature and Seed Heads for you more experienced folks. Lights:
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In my experience with grow lights, I started with flourescent and worked my way up to metal halide. The trick I found with flourescent is to keep the lights close to the plants as they grow, this helps keep them from becoming spindly. I bought lights that were more for plant use than for normal household use, but in a pinch, cool whites could work as long as they are close to the plants. As for temperature, some seeds liked bottom heat to germinate. As long as the room temp was over 70F then I think one can get away with not using a heat mat. I have one and never use it. Sometimes when my seeds sprout and the seed head is still attached to the plant I try and gently squeeze the seed and hope it will pop off the leaf. 7 out of 10 times it does, the rest no. Try keeping the seed moist with a spray bottle of water and see if it will break down a little. |
- Posted by ottawapepper (My Page) on Mon, Feb 26, 07 at 19:22
Rosedust, Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated! I found a local place today that sells a temperature control unit for heating mats. Since I read more often than not that peppers need a warm environment (not hot) to assist in germination, I think I'll try it out. I hear you regarding the 500 pots... I always seem to start enough plants for 10 times my available space! LOL Cheers, Bill |
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Hi. I use bottom heat for my seeds. I use a cheaper alternative to expensive heat mats though. I fill the bottom tray with cat litter then lay rope lights in the litter. Then I put the tray of sown seeds on top. Here is a link to where I found this idea. http://www.gardengrapevine.com/BottomHeater.html |
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Sure, the playoffs aren't even a week old yet, and we've only seen the soul of one city thoroughly and utterly crushed (sorry, Chicago). Even Boston still has hope.
But five days is a long time in the life of a playoff beard. That tangled mess of hair gradually grows to engulf the chin, cheek, and sometimes the entire lower region of the face. There are many varying styles, from the full-frontal to the handle bars, and each growing mound has its own personality.
Some of these playoff beards might not be around for much longer, so let's cherish them while we still can. Each week we'll sift through the gluttony of facial hair profiles provided by Getty Images to give you a handful of the league's best unshaven efforts.
This week we begin with two pre-existing beards that have been quickly enhanced at the start of the second season, and a newly acquired stache that was responsible for the game-winning goal Sunday against Washington.
Brandon Dubinsky
Dubinsky is easily the winner of the opening week, proudly embracing the nose-tickler instead of the standard full beard. The growth was quick too, as Dubinsky needed only 18 days to unleash his inner Super Mario.
Shea Weber
We have to go a little bit further back to get the true view of Weber's progress. The Predators defenceman was already sporting a spotty, loosely maintained growth, but since he discarded his blades Weber has gone from a bad case of wimpy-hair syndrome to the bold, black beast.
Pavel Datsyuk
Another pre-playoff beard that has filled out nicely, Datsyuk previously had a thin and conservative look. Now, his prickly exterior has gone along for the ride during Detroit's two wins to open their series against Phoenix. Datsyuk has led the way with two goals and five points.


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East-West Divide?
Never trust a history textbook when it comes to understanding the recent past that has an influence on the present Central and Eastern Europe. To get a grip of the drive and the emotion of its people and to understand why there is still an East-West divide in Europe, you need to dig beneath the surface and uncover recent events with the help of those who experienced it. Surfacing the past helps to get Europeans closer to each other. In his post Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics explains why we need to understand each others' past to reach our common future.
Guest post by Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary, lawyer and political scientist
In a particular Justice and Home Affairs Council session, Ministers were debating a Hungarian proposal, supported by Poland and Lithuania, to mark a 'European Day of Remembrance' for the victims of all totalitarian regimes. While all countries were positive about the initiative, there was a sharper than ever division of Europe into communities of old and new member states. Representatives of Western European countries believed there was no need for a dedicated day of remembrance as there is already a dedicated day to remember the foul deeds of Nazism, and the barbarities of the communist regime are taught as part of the regular history education at schools.
Representatives of Eastern and Central European countries feared the case was lost, until the representative of Great Britain rose to speak. He described his vivid memories of his father crying in 1956 hearing the radio news of Hungary being overrun by Soviet troops once more. He recalled how, as a university student, he worried about his unknown peers in Prague in 1968, and said he could not forget the empathy he felt with the needy Polish families in the eighties. The atmosphere changed after his speech, and representatives from the "Eastern Block" plucked up the courage to tell their personal stories. They explained to their Western peers that the victims of the totalitarian regimes are not ancestors staring stony-eyed and impersonally from faded photos and history books, but real people living amongst us. Similarly, the perpetrators of the totalitarian systems are also real living people.
The end of democratic traditions: canons at a Warsaw cemetery (Source: dreamstime.com)
In 1951, the political theorist, Hannah Arendt, published a book, where she warned that the defeat of National Socialism did not put an end to the existence of totalitarian regimes. Although Soviet communism was different on the surface, Arendt maintained it was basically an identical system which destroyed millions of human lives, who were considered to be mere resources. Today many people still seem to believe that communism, as a theory, was better than the hatred-based ideology of the Nazis, and only the practical implementation suffered some flaws. In their imagination happy young people wearing T-shirts with a red star and sickle-and-hammer print make the homicide of millions, the demolition of nations and the vanishing of generations a regrettable – and slightly amusing – blunder. But, at least here in Central and Eastern Europe, the red star, similarly to the swastika, is the symbol of state-organized terror, the humiliation of mankind and the use of people as mere pawns. We had to fight for our freedom against both totalitarian systems, and many had to fight for their independence.
International, as well as National Socialism used the same kind of terror, humiliation, tyranny and violence against entire populations, peoples and classes. Does it matter for the particular individual that one gets smashed because of being Jewish or 'Kulak' (peasant with larger areas of land)? It is irrelevant if someone was victimized by national or by international socialism. Our concept of liberty rests on the assumption that it is in firm opposition to all kinds of totalitarianism. If we do not hold on to that, our democracy also becomes weaker.
Europe today defines itself as being democratic, and claims it promotes freedom and is against dictatorial political systems. And notwithstanding its shortcomings, of course this is true. But in our understanding, if Europe does not disapprove of all sorts of totalitarian ideologies, even in symbolic terms, this would challenge its democratic stance.
August 23 is the 'European Day of Remembrance' for the victims of all totalitarian regimes. Its commemoration will be hosted by Budapest this year. It is important to remember and get to an agreement on our recent past not to let history repeat itself again.
(Summary of an open editorial for Heti Válasz and Tibor Navracsics' speech of 23 August 2012 at the "Confronting the Past" international conference in Budapest.)
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Freshly Minted: Solar Roadways Will Almost Definitely Not Happen
Welcome to Freshly Minted, where we examine an overlooked deal or funding announcement in tech from the past week, and tell you what you need to know, and why it matters.
The deal: Solar Roadways, an experimental project to replace every road in the country with light-up solar panels, has raised $1.6 million in funding in the past six weeks.
Solar Roadways has clearly captured the imagination of its backer community, as well as a slew of mainstream media coverage. Since April 21, the crowdfunding campaign has raised $1.6 million to start manufacturing and testing the panels at a larger scale, and has set an Indigogo record for the most individual backers on a single project, at over 35,000.
It's also impractical, expensive and, as the editors of Equities put it, "really silly." While the project might make its backers feel like they're helping contribute to a greener society, there's no way Read More


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found a new home!
Plenty of my friends are looking
for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
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My name is Robert Dawgie, Jr.!
Facts about Robert Dawgie, Jr.
- Breed: Golden Retriever Mix
- Color: Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut
- Age: Puppy
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Male
Robert Dawgie, Jr.'s Info...
I am already neutered, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
I am a fun young boy, only five or six months old and a very good puppy. I really love to play with my friends and I love to curl up on a comfy bed. I am very handsome and have such a soft golden coat. The people at the Haven think I am going to be smaller than a purebred Golden Retriever but they are still trying to figure out what I might be mixed with. I love to meet new people so be sure to stop by and see me. The Haven is open from one to five pm, seven days a week.
I don't know why but I ended up in the county animal control. Lucky for me, I came to the Haven at the Inn where I will be safe and well cared for until my forever family finds me. Please keep checking back for updated pictures and more information.
If you are interested in becoming my new family you can send in an application and be pre-approved to adopt me or any of the other totally awesome dogs who are waiting for their families to find them.
Other Pets at Haven at the Inn
Why Adoption is a Great Option
Robert Dawgie, Jr., a Antioch Golden Retriever puppy was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Golden Retriever for sale in Antioch, or seeking a Golden Retriever puppy from a breeder in Antioch.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Antioch already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Antioch breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Golden Retriever breeders who help with Golden Retriever rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Antioch paves the way for another one to be saved.


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The Kansas City Sculpture Park, the more than two dozen sculptures outside the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, opened in 1989. In honor of the park's 25th anniversary in 2014, the museum will change the park's name to reflect its roots.
Adele Hall, civic leader and wife of Hallmark Cards chairman Donald J. Hall for nearly 60 years, has died. She was 81.


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Eat your way around the Cotswolds
Due to its former importance as the centre of the cloth industry, the Cotswolds have a market tradition that goes back several hundred years, though for some villages, the switch to produce has been a fairly recent one. Case in point is Stroud -- not the most picturesque of the west Cotswolds villages, yet its award-winning weekly Saturday market, launched in 1999, is the largest in the United Kingdom and attracts nationwide attention beyond its 60 or so stallholders -- it was featured in the television programmes The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain and Rick Stein's Food Heroes, and was also the recipient of Best Food Market accolade at the BBC Food and Farming Awards in 2010. In the northern Cotswolds, Chipping Norton – a market town since the 12th Century – holds its farmers' market on the third Saturday of every month and features produce as diverse as Fosse Way honey, organic cheese, ales and even local wine, while the intimate market in Stow-on-the-Wold, held on the second Thursday of the month, is the place for baked goods and locally-caught trout.
When it comes to food fiestas, the Cotswold calendar is not complete without a visit to the Stroud Food Festival, part of a two-week food extravaganza in the first half of September – which celebrates the best of local produce without resorting to importing gimmicky celebrity chefs for the event. More niche is the British Asparagus Festival, attracting asparagus-lovers to the Vale of Eversham in the northwest Cotswolds between April and June each year with every imaginable asparagus recipe, auctions of the best "gras" (as it is locally known) and other festivities. A new, small-scale festival that shows great promise is the North Cotswolds Food and Farming Festival, which combines fresh produce with teaching attendees about rare livestock breeds and farming. It took place for the first time at Cotswold Farm Park near Stow-on-the-Wold in October 2011 and is now planned to become an annual event.
Last but not least are the area's many dining establishments, lauded for carrying on the tradition of Modern British cuisine – a backlash against the austerity of the World War II years, consisting of reinventing classic British dishes with Mediterranean touches – using the best of local seasonal produce and plenty of imagination and flair.
In the region's northeast, Wild Thyme in Chipping Norton uses such seasonal ingredients to great effect, creating the likes of braised pork belly with Cotswold crayfish and pairing English cherries with a peach and pistachio salad. In the southwest, the succinct menu at Nailsworth's Wild Garlic is a happy melange of international influences and has a changing monthly menu, dictated by market availability; the results – roasted bone marrow salad with capers, salt cod and shellfish Catalan stew – speak for themselves.
The French-influenced Old Butchers, in the highly-visited central Cotswold village of Stow-on-the-Wold, is not afraid to use offal, such as calves' brains, alongside more traditional fare that includes slow-cooked mutton with pearl barley. In tiny Bourton-on-the-Hill, also in the central Cotswolds, the menu at the award-winning Horse and Groom is unashamedly British and deceptively simple; the quality of its beer-battered hake, slow-roasted pork belly and apple and rhubarb crumble, together with its home brew – Goff's Jouster -- sets it apart from its peers. The contribution of another miniature village – Upper Slaughter -- to the rich culinary world of the Cotswolds has not gone unnoticed either; its ambitious pairings of Cornish crab with mango and veal sweetbreads with cep cannelloni, as well as more traditional poached chicken and braised beef, have earned the Lords of the Manor its Michelin star.


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[1482] Morphological and Ultrastructural Analysis of Lung Parenchyma in Patients with Swine Flu Influenza Type A/H1N1
VL Capelozzi, PRM Rocco, ER Parra, HA de Oliveira, M Ximenes, CSV Barbas, MIS Duarte. Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasilia, Brazil; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
Background: Severe acute respiratory failure due to Swine-Origin Influenza A H1N1 presents a mortality of 9.2%. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of this highly lethal new disease can lead to advances in the treatment.
Design: We describe a case series of 3 patients with confirmed diagnosis of H1N1 by positive PCR in nasal swab investigation. All of the patients had acute respiratory failure needing ventilatory support. Morphological assessment and ultrastructural study of lung tissue were performed.
Results: The pathological features were dominated by necrotizing bronchiolitis, diffuse alveolar damage and cytopathic effects. The membranous and respiratory bronchioles were widespread compromised by epithelial necrosis, squamous metaplasia and obliteration by fibroplasia. The parenchyma was modified by extensive alveolar collapse, dilatation of the airspaces, hemorrhage and hyaline membrane formation. Atypical bronchiolar and alveolar epithelial cells were seen in all patients, including multinucleated giant forms, but distinct viral inclusions were not apparent. Ultrastructural analysis showed necrosis and degenerative changes in bronchial and alveolar epithelium with sloughing of the lining cells and denudation of the basement membrane. The regenerating bronchiolar epithelium extended along adjacent alveolar septa showing features of cells with prominent surface microvilli with decreased or absent lamellar bodies and considerable cytologic atypia characterized by nuclear enlargement and clumped nuclear chromatin.The proliferating bronchiolar and alveolar epithelial cells containing tubuloreticular structures and cylindrical confronting cisternae probably representing viral-like particles residuals were distinguished in all cases.
Conclusions: Surgical lung biopsy allows tissue to be sampled for morphological and ultrastructural examination in Swine Flu Influenza A/H1N1 and showed that bronchioles and epithelium, rather than endothelium, are probably the primary target of infection and the diffuse alveolar damage the consequence of airways obliteration, suggesting that the treatment should be focused on the epithelium repair. Financial Support: FAPESP, CNPq.
Category: Infections
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My name is Willis!
Facts about Willis
- Breed: Bichon Frise Mix
- Color: White
- Age: Adult
- Size: Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
- Sex: Male
Willis's Info...
I am already neutered, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
Willis is just one of those nearly perfect little dogs, he is approx 8 yrs old, he looks like a bichon mix, when we rescued him his coat was in very poor condition , but he looks marvelous now!!.. he does have cataracts and the eye vet has him on eye drops to help but this cutie gets around really well, you would never know he had them, he is a happy boy, always wagging his tail, very quiet and well behaved,loves his doggie bed or sleeping on my bed at night, gets on great with the other dogs, well house and leash trained,he loves going on walks he is just a wonderful dog to have around and would be great in an all adult home, i think he would like a quieter he is just precious
Other Pets at Lexi's Angels
Why Adoption is a Great Option
Willis, a Norwalk Bichon Frise dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Bichon Frise for sale in Norwalk, or seeking a Bichon Frise dog from a breeder in Norwalk.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Norwalk already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Norwalk breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Bichon Frise breeders who help with Bichon Frise rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Norwalk paves the way for another one to be saved.


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If Battleground Europe looks vaguely familiar, that's because it was released over four years ago under its previous moniker WWII Online. Since then, it's been reviewed once or twice within these pages and the general consensus was that it showed a great deal of promise. Four years of updates later and it's still way ahead of the competition.
BE is a 'virtual battlefield' simulation. You may notice on the back of the box that nowhere will you find the letters F, P, or S in familiar proximity with one another. It's a first-person shooter, clearly, but BE must be judged on different terms to the likes of even PlanetSide, its closest MMO rival. Yes, BE looks about as appealing as an old lettuce left swilling about at the bottom of the fridge, but the scale of the game far exceeds any FPS you'd care too mention - all their efforts combined, in fact.
Where Battlefield 2 offers impressive oil installations and smallisland archipelagos, BE maps out the whole of Western Europe (well, most of it), where the front lines shift as allies and axis forces capture airfields, supply depots, factories, ports and entire cities. Best of all, unlike in PlanetSide, where the battles quickly fade into one relentless and futile slog, here a victor will emerge. Take note Sony: without the hope of victory, what's the point of fighting?
The key to BE's appeal is its relative complexity. Research has to be undertaken by the High Command (which is staffed by real players), resources have to be distributed and supplies have to get through to keep towns repaired and armouries fully stocked. As complex as it is, at no point is it unfathomable nonsense. The concept of a General outlining his strategy, and that being formalised as it passes down the ranks, is a familiar one.
Such layered strategic planning requires a degree of teamwork, and again BE is way ahead of the likes of the Battlefield games. There's no firing squad waiting for you if you do go AWOL, there's no need for one. Head off on your own and you'll more than likely end up dead, either from a bullet, or through unrelenting boredom. Instead, you have to get with the program. Recruits are the proverbial fresh meat for the grinder and you're made to feel as much. If you want to get your hands on a Bren gun, you have to earn your stripes with a rifle.
Graphically, BE has improved immensely in a relatively short space of time, but it's still lagging behind even the most modest FPS. That alone will deter people, but the gameplay is also an acquired taste. More immediate and action-packed, Unreal Tournament is still the online shooting master, or if you prefer a dab of realism with your combined-arms action, you still can't beat BF2 as an all-round team FPS experience.
BE is the complete battlefield experience though. Every death is a frustration, every kill a hard-won victory and for every firefight that has you sweating with tension, there'll be another that will have you wanting to stick pencils into your eyes just to relieve the boredom of guarding a backwater choke point. War is like that, apparently, and Battleground Europe is as real as it gets.
Good, but not for everyone
- It's Battlefield 1942: Hardcore Edition
- Incredibly rich in strategy and scope
- Promotes selflesscamaraderie like no other FPS
- Duh! Look at the screenshots
- It's hard work
- You don't get paid


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Pittsburgh Pirates starter A.J. Burnett, who will enter the 2013 season in his final year of his five-year, $82 million contract, is mulling over retirement following the 2013 season.
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
"I enjoy it here and I enjoy these guys. If I was to keep playing, I wouldn't want it to be anywhere else but Pittsburgh. My wife and I talk about it now and then. But it's something I've got to put on the back burner. I'm just going to concentrate on this season, one start at a time."
"I know it's going to come up. These guys (teammates) keep getting on me about it. They keep saying, 'Two more (years)! Two more!' I don't know. We'll see. It's a family thing, my kids are 9 and 12 now. I'm sure if I mention retiring to them, they'd say, 'No, keep playing.' But … I don't know."


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Stop me if youve heard this one. Thor goes to the Evil Dead cabin with some of his pals and is attacked by a horde of ravenous hillbilly masochistic zombies. A merman mightve been better, but those are the breaks. All is not what it seems in this horror show though.
Dana (Kristen Connolly) might rather be studying, but her pal Jules (Anna Hutchinson) insists that she come out to an isolated cabin with Jules boyfriend Curt (Chris Hemsworth) and his friend Holden (Jesse Williams). Their stoner friend Marty (Fran Kranz) also tags along for the ride. Things seem to be going good as Dana and Holden are making goo-goo eyes at one another, Jules and Curt are making out, and Marty is getting stoned some more.
When they venture down into the basement they find a journal, read some Latin aloud, and resurrect some torture-loving Appalachian zombies. So what does all this have to do with the technicians Richard (Richard Jenkins), Steve (Bradley Whitford), and an industrial complex that appears to be controlling all the horrors of the cabin in the woods? That would be telling.
Dont let the late start fool you, Cabin in the Woods was caught afoul of MGM financial troubles but that doesnt mean that it is a fowl product. The cabin was built in 2009, very much resembling that one from Evil Dead, and slated for a 2010 release. MGM encountered financial difficulties and this film and the Red Dawn remake got caught in the melee.
It took till 2012 for Cabin to come out of the woods and by then it had migrated to Lionsgate, ironically the same studio that inspired the two writers take on the material and with writers like Goddard and Whedon you know youre in for some good writing. I didnt know if I was going to enjoy the show since I guessed much of the plot both from the trailer and figured out the big reveal well into the picture. What I didnt count on was having such a bloody good time.
The cast, Hemsworth hadnt become Thor yet, acquits itself nicely although theyre cliché archetypes but they are that for a very good reason. We have our control room full of comedians who have to make them fit those same molds, but for a very good reason.
The writers do a good job of weaving those expectations into the plot but adding enough fun and surprise that it all comes together nicely. Quite the nice surprise for a film that had been sitting on the shelf since 2009.
Cabin in the Woods is presented in a 1080p transfer (2.40:1). Special features include the Its not what you think bonusview where cast and crew pop up in a box for interviews, etc., a commentary with writer/director Drew Goddard and writer/producer Joss Whedon, the 28 minute making of We are not who we are, the 13 minute Secret Secret Stash (two featurettes), the 12 minute An Army of Nightmares about the creature effects, the 12 minute Primal Terror about the visual effects, the 27 minute Wonder-con Q&A, and the 2 minute theatrical trailer. You also get a digital copy.
I wanted to type Cabin in the Sky, but that would be a completely different review (1943 African American musical, not kosher in politically correct times). What does emerge from the woods is a fine horror film, and one should expect such with the cast and crew involved. It certainly didnt deserve to have been held in the hinterlands until now. Luckily it finally escaped and brought along some excellent special features.
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Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in South and Southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans, 2005
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Out of Africa - Major genomic mitochondrial lineages delineate early human expansions, 2005
Exploring Northeast African Metric Craniofacial Variation at the Individual Level: A Comparative Study Using Principal Components Analysis,
S.O.Y. Keita, American Journal of Human Biology (2004)
Studies of Ancient Crania From Northern Africa,
S.O.Y. Keita, American Journal of Physical Anthropology (1990)
Genetics, Egypt, and History: Interpreting Geographical Patterns of Y Chromosome Variation
S.O.Y. Keita & A. J. Boyce, History in Africa, 32 pp. 221-246 (2005)
Early Nile Valley Farmers, From El-Badari, Aboriginals or "European" Agro-Nostratic Immigrants?
Craniometric Affinities Considered With Other Data
S.O.Y. Keita, Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 36 No. 2, pp. 191-208 (2005)
History in the Interpretation of the Pattern of p49a,f TaqI RFLP Y-Chromosome Variation in Egypt:
A Consideration of Multiple Lines of Evidence,
S.O.Y. Keita, American Journal of Human Biology, 17: 559–567 (2005)
The Persistence of Racial Thinking and the Myth of Racial Divergence
S.O.Y. Keita and Rick A. Kittles, American Anthropologist (1997)
Studies and Comments on Ancient Egyptian Biological Relationships
S.O.Y. Keita, History in Africa, 20: 129-154 (1993)
The Origins of Afroasiatic
Ehret, Keita and Newman, Science (2004)
Conceptualizing Human Variation
S.O.Y. Keita, Nature Genetics Supplement (2004)
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Diachronic Patterns of Dental Hypoplasias and Vault Porosities During the Predynastic in the Naqada Region, Upper Egypt
S.O.Y. Keita, A.J. Boyce (2001)
An Analysis of Crania From Tell-Duweir Using Multiple Discriminant Functions
S.O.Y. Keita, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 75: 375-390 (1988)
Interpreting African Genetic Diversity
S.O.Y. Keita & Rick Kittles, African Archaeological Review, Vol. 16, No. 2 (1999)
"Race": Confusion About Zoological and Social Taxonomies, and Their Places in Science
S.O.Y. Keita, A.J. Boyce, Field Museum of Chicago Institute of Biological Anthropology, Oxford University, American Journal of Human Biology, 13: 569–575 (2001)
Variation in Ancient Egyptian Stature and Body Proportions
Sonia R. Zakrzewski, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BF, UK,
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 121:219–229 (2003)
The Questionable Contribution of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age to European Craniofacial Form
C. Loring Brace, National Academy of Sciences (2006)
Charts: Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree 2006: International Society of Genetic Genealogy Website
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Joel D. Irish, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, (2006)
Brief Communication: Y-Chromosome Haplotypes in Egypt
G. Lucotte, and G. Mercier, American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2003)
Phylogeographic Analysis of Haplogroup E3b (E-M215) Y Chromosomes Reveals Multiple Migratory Events Within and Out of Africa
Fulvio Cruciani . . . ., American Journal Human Genetics (2004)
African Language Family Histories
Implications of African Language Family Histories for Human History
Professor Christopher Ehret, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), is a major figure in African history and African historical linguistics.
Geneticist Dr. S.O.Y. Keita
Analysis of Hair Samples of Mummies from Semna South
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 49: 277-262 (1978)
The Wavy Line and the Dotted Wavy Line Pottery in the Prehistory of the Central Nile and the Sahara-Sahel Belt
Abbas S. Mohammed-Ali, Abdel-Rahim M. Khabir, African Archaeological Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2003
Natives or Immigrants: Modern Human Origin in East Asia
Li Jin and Bing Su, Macmillan Magazines Ltd (2000)
Population Continuity or Population Change: Formation of the Ancient Egyptian State
Sonia R. Zakrzewski, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BF, UK
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 132: 501–509 (2007)
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Dr. Keita talks at Cambridge University about race, ethnicity, language, and origins of Ancient Egyptians and Afro-Asiatics.
The Bio Cultural Origins of Egypt
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Limb Proportions, and living population example of the Egyptian mummy skeletal type
Meroitic – an Afroasiatic language?
Kirsty Rowan, School of Oriental and African Studies ( SOAS) Working Papers in Linguistics Vol. 14 (2006): 169-206
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Hanihara, Ishida, and Dodo, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 121:241–251 (2003)
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No. 11 Dickinson State (7-1, 5-1 DAC) at Minot State (5-3, 5-1 DAC)
12:30 p.m. Saturday at Herb Parker Stadium, Minot
VICTORY SPORTS NETWORK GAME OF THE WEEK (Click for link to live webcast)
— Where do we even begin? DSU head coach Hank Biesiot goes for career win No. 250 in what appears to be the final game between the Blue Hawks and Beavers (at least for the foreseeable future). DSU hopes to go out with a win since Minot State holds a 41-40-6 series edge. Biesiot has a 26-10 career record against the Beavers.
— A win today for the Blue Hawks would likely guarantee them a spot in the NAIA playoffs and move them a win away from a shot at scoring a first-round home playoff game. A loss would drop them quite a ways in the NAIA coaches poll and force them to win at the Fargodome during the DAC Bowl to have any shot at making the playoffs.
— Minot State is trying to keep its chances for a conference title alive in its final season in the DAC. The unranked Beavers can still make the playoffs if they win their final two games and secure a share of the DAC championship.
3 to watch
Dickinson State
Derion Williams, Sr., CB – Williams is averaging 23 yards per kick return this season, and he may need to break a couple big ones today if the Blue Hawks hope to walk away victorious. Williams will very likely also be tasked with containing Minot State senior WR Johnny Lester on defense.
Jimmy Smith, Fr., WR – Smith is averaging 22 yards per catch and finally broke a big one for a score last week against South Dakota Mines, scoring on a 42-yard game-clinching TD reception in the fourth quarter. DSU coaches would love to see more touchdowns like that from the athletic freshman.
Colton Hill, Fr., DT – With Jamie Walker hobbled by a knee injury — he'll play, but it remains to be seen how much — and Seth Forster out indefinitely, it wouldn't be much of a surprise if the big kid from Glasgow, Mont., stepped into a meatier role on the defensive line today.
Minot State
Johnny Lester, Sr., WR/Returner – All Dickinson State eyes will be on No. 7 today. The 5-foot-9 gamebreaker, who the Beavers use in a very Percy Harvin-like way, is having the best season of an already great career. Not only has he returned two kicks and two punts for touchdowns this season, Lester has 1,162 combined yards.
Ben Pease, So., DE – The 6-5, 250-pound sophomore is second on the team in tackles (44), has five sacks and two other tackles for a loss.
Chad Marshall, So., LB – The Hazen product is a starter at strong side linebacker and is enjoying a solid season. To think, he came very close to going to DSU.
Position battles
Quarterback – DSU
Layvester James has done fine in his first season as a full-time starter for the Beavers (1,305 yards, 7 TD, 7 INT), but DSU senior Cody Holland is well on his way to an all-DAC first team spot (1,342 yards, 13 TD, 5 INT, 97 yards rushing and a TD).
Running backs – Minot State
Tyson Schatz and Nico Youngren have combined for 891 yards and 9 TD for the Beavers while Brennan Haughian and Jeremy Herr have combined for 602 yards (they each have 301) and 6 TD (all scored by Haughian) and are much speedier.
Receivers – Minot State
It's not just Johnny Lester the Blue Hawks have to contain here. Minot State has an experienced corps of receivers with senior Lance Hollinger and junior Zac Rudolph. DSU's young receivers are coming along nicely, but the Beavers are more threatening at this position.
Offensive line – DSU
Last year, Minot State would have run away with this category. But, the tables have turned this season as DSU is now the team with the experience up front. The O-line is also relatively healthy after giving RT Carl Dynneson and LG Kyle Enebo the past two weeks off to heal from nagging injuries.
Defensive line – DSU
Even without Forster and a hobbled Walker, the Blue Hawks are deeper and more experienced on the defensive front than the Beavers.
Linebacker – DSU
For the third straight week, the Blue Hawks have to face an outstanding linebacking unit. The Weidler's (Tommy and Brendan) lead the Beavers. However, Bodie Tobin and the Blue Hawks have been far more successful getting to the edge and stopping the run this season.
Defensive backs – DSU  ***SPOTLIGHT***
It'll be Derion Williams and Co. vs. Johnny Lester & Friends on one side of the ball and Minot State's stingy defensive backs against DSU's young receiving corps on the other.
Special teams – Minot State
The Beavers have the overwhelming edge in this category. Lester has 4 returns for a touchdown and kicker Nik Richardson is 6 of 8 on field goals and 21 of 22 on extra points.
Dickinson State 28, Minot State 24
Twenty-eight seems to be DSU's lucky number against the Beavers having scored that many on them the past two years, so I'll go with it again. But with that said, I think it'll be a close one with the Blue Hawks spoiling the Beavers' plans for a second consecutive season.


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There are many who may argue that some MMOs have already jumped the shark. Two of the examples that came up in our recent debates were EverQuest and of course, Star Wars Galaxies. SWG is perhaps the most obvious one for any potential shark-jumping with their decision to switch to the NGE, and thus completely dropping a new game into players' laps. The idea was to bring more people into SWG, but so far as we've been able to tell, it's still fairly low-population whenever we've logged in. Of course, the unintended consequence also involved many of the original players leaving the game, torching the game box, who have since then taken every possible chance to curse the names of all involved with the NGE. The line in EverQuest is blurry; some say it was Kunark, some say it was Planes of Power, and still others say that it hasn't really ever jumped since there's still a devoted fanbase.
Today we'd like to ask you -- do you think that it's possible for an MMO to ever actually "jump the shark?" Would you consider SWG to be alone in that distinction (assuming it applies) like some of the people we spoke to? Do you think that there are far more games that have passed the point of no return than what we've listed? What point do you think is too far? And do you see any games giving off warning bells that they are nearing the danger point?
Reader Comments (5)
Posted: Feb 11th 2008 11:09AM (Unverified) said
For me, EQ jumped the shark with PoP. Things were going along decent until we needed to get flagged for each tier, and guilds refused to back-flag.
That's when EQ stopped pretending they weren't a raid game.
That's when EQ stopped pretending they weren't a raid game.
Posted: Feb 11th 2008 11:29AM Ravious said
I think it is hard for an MMO to jump the shark UNLESS it changes the fundamental way the game is played.
So IMHO WoW could not have jumped the shark with BC because the way the core was played was still more or less the same, whereas with SWG the whole game changed.
So IMHO WoW could not have jumped the shark with BC because the way the core was played was still more or less the same, whereas with SWG the whole game changed.
Posted: Feb 11th 2008 1:02PM Ayenn said
A MMORPG would jump the shark when level caps are raised to absurdity at the sacrifice of story content. In other words, when the world content is transformed from "literature" to a bunch of bigger "mobile bags of experience" with only a loosely strung together excuse for their existence in the world.
Posted: Feb 11th 2008 3:26PM (Unverified) said
There is a clear difference between when SWG jumped the shark and other MMOs such as EQ due to a dramatic exodus of players, and complete shift in the game itself. I agree that EQ really jumped the shark with PoP, which is when even I as a hardcore raider threw in the towel. It like the game had lost its way, and was progressing too quickly for my taste. That and I had been playing the game since a little after release, and maybe I just had had enough. Really we can't tell much about WoW right now, as I think we are really in the midst of it, and we can only really make clear distinctions awhile after the fact. DAoC jumped the shark at some point as well, but I didn't stick around long enough or pay enough attention to watch it happen.
Posted: Feb 11th 2008 4:25PM (Unverified) said
I loved EQ1, but it jumped the shark with Shadows of Luclin. Once that hit, all downhill, but up until then it was good stuff.


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Ramp It Up! Festival
March 27, 2010
Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds
Feast on succulent trout and pungent wild onion/garlic-like ramps. Honor the Cherokee elders on their special day. Pitch horseshoes and make that iron ring! Whether you compete for big prizes or just admire the masters, you're in for big fun. Held during Cherokee's trout season opening, this gathering includes music, senior games, craft exhibitions, and the chance to head home with a full creel.
Go ahead, eat a ramp! Grown locally, ramps are also known as wild leeks and have a lovely onion garlic-like aroma. Native to the Appalachian region, ramps grow in patches in rich, moist, deciduous forests as far north as Canada, west to Missouri and Minnesota, and south to North Carolina and Tennessee. As one of the first plants to emerge in the spring, ramps were traditionally consumed as the season's first "greens." Ramps were considered a tonic because they provided necessary vitamins and minerals following long winter months without access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Most often prepared by frying in butter or animal fat with sliced potatoes or scrambled eggs, ramps are also used in soup, pancakes and hamburgers. They can also be pickled or dried for use later in the year.
Contact: Cherokee Welcome Center – 1-800-438-1601
via Ramp It Up! Festival.


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Updated 13 June with comment from Rob Greig
At 10am this morning booking opened to Supporting Friends of Covent Garden for our Autumn Season, but the experience was a poor one. Pages were slow to load, seat maps jammed and even if people were able to add tickets to their baskets they were often unable to complete the transaction. Many contacted us to communicate their anger and frustration, and our digital development team have been working throughout the day to resolve the problems. The website should now be working smoothly.
Once we know what has caused today's difficulties we will give you an update and – more importantly – ensure that it does not happen again. We value all of our customers, but the Supporting Friends of Covent Garden do seem to have had more than their fair share of difficult booking days and for that I apologize unreservedly. We value your support hugely, and are saddened when a booking day is a cause of frustration rather than excitement.
An update from Rob Greig, our Chief Technology Officer about the reason for the problems experienced on 6 June:
'An automatic overnight maintenance job developed a fault which caused it to still be working when booking started at 10am, this job caused our databases to slow down and therefore the website became very slow and created errors.
'Some audience members have asked about our testing regime. Ahead of every booking, we perform a load test that is many times greater than the traffic we expect. In this instance the faulty maintenance job was not load tested because it is not normally part of the load on a booking day. The incident we experienced was the equivalent of a fault developing in the electrical supply to the ROH or the server room getting too hot.
When we release new code we carry out unit tests, regression tests, functional tests, user acceptance tests and load tests. We also have a peer review mechanism where the developers review each other's code. The external development agency we work with, POP, has a similar testing regime and they have a dedicated quality assurance and testing team which test before every release. Dozens of bugs get captured and fixed before code gets released into the wild.'
]]>Tuesday was a difficult day for Royal Opera House customers who were trying to book for the Spring Season. After six months of error-free booking days, we suffered a serious incident during yesterday's General Booking.
Firstly, we would like to apologize to anyone who had difficulty booking tickets on Tuesday. Caroline Bailey, ROH Director of Marketing, says, 'We all recognize that The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet are very special to a lot of people. Our audience has an emotional and financial investment in what we do, as well as giving us their valuable time, which we very much appreciate. This is most definitely not the kind of service we wish to provide.'
Those of you who have felt the pain of booking days in the past may fear that this is more of the same. The nature of yesterday's problems was very different, even if the frustration for ticket buyers was just as acute. We have cracked the problem of capacity on the website and have had some very good booking days, with no waiting rooms and no errors. Yesterday, however, the website displayed serious technical errors, which took us two hours to resolve. The problems were intermittent and caused errors at random for some customers. I would like to explain what happened and what we are doing about it.
We launched a new version of our website in December to make our website - among other things - compatible with any mobile device. As part of this work we took the opportunity to re-wire the engine behind the website with the intention of improving page load times and making future development more efficient. We moved from a development framework called Zend to a new framework called Symfony. Symfony works differently and allows us to re-use code and build websites in a more modular way. Sections of code then operate like building blocks rather than large, unwieldy chunks of programming. Why change a system that is working? We are continually developing and improving the website, and changing our development framework in this way will allow us to launch exciting new features in future.
We have now discovered that part of that code was causing a problem. One part of the code is meant to check that a user is logged into the website. It is meant to perform this check once on the relevant pages; in fact it was checking 10 to 15 times for each user. The ticketing part of the website was not expecting so many account check requests and started to return, well, nothing. As the website wasn't returning an error that would give us guidance as to the nature of the problem, it took us a while to pinpoint the issue. Once we did, it was a quick fix. It won't happen again.
This begs the question, how did this happen? Well, we have a thorough process of testing both code and load ahead of every booking day, and often reveal issues which we fix before they are seen by the customer. The tests, however, are mechanical and although they test the load to many times the size of a booking day, it's still a mechanical test. So we now need to work on a more organic test, which will work more like a simulation of what actually happens on a booking day. As you can imagine, simulating the real activity of 100,000 people coming to our website could be tricky. There are lots of tools and methods to help achieve this and we are committed to improving the quality of experience for those who use our website and making sure this is a one-off incident.
]]>Priority booking opens this week for Premium and Supporting Friends of Covent Garden. The main group of Friends of Covent Garden can book for Royal Ballet productions from 4 December and for Royal Opera productions on 5 December. Booking opens to the general public on 15 January.
View our spring seating plan and price guide.
Booking for Advanced Spring Packages also opens this week. Find out full details.
The Royal Opera opens the Spring Season with David McVicar's enchanting production of Die Zauberflöte, a sophisticated fairytale brought to life on stage by McVicar's fantastical staging. Mozart's classic is followed by Nicholas Hytner's magisterial production of Verdi's Don Carlo, set in the political and religious turmoil of Renaissance France and Spain. The Spring Season also includes two new productions on the main stage: Rossini's La donna del lago - a production by Associate Director of Opera John Fulljames - and Richard Jones's production of Britten's Gloriana, which marks both 60 years since the opera's premiere at Covent Garden and the centenary of Britten's birth.
From the exoticism of 19th century India, to political intrigue in Austria, via the weird and wonderful world of Lewis Carroll, The Royal Ballet is staging three big narrative ballets in the Spring Season. Christopher Wheeldon's magical Alice's Adventures in Wonderland opens on 15 March, followed by Makarova's La Bayadère. A tragic tale about the life of a temple dancer, Bayadère is famous for the mesmerizing Kingdom of Shades sequence. Kenneth MacMillan's dramatic Mayerling follows, opening on 19 April. Based on the life and suicide of the disturbed Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary, it is considered to be one of MacMillan's most psychologically and choreographically rich ballets.
In the Linbury Studio Theatre you can experience a programme of new ballets choreographed by members of The Royal Ballet, in our annual Draftworks performances. Kafka Fragments is acclaimed director Netia Jones's production of a song cycle based on Kafka's letters and diaries, while another literary source is transformed into performance in David Bruce's magical opera adapted from Philip Pullman's story The Firework-Maker's Daughter. Co-produced by The Opera Group and Opera North, The Firework-Maker's Daughter is also a new production by John Fulljames.
To accompany the productions on-stage, Royal Opera House Restaurants are providing menus tailored specially for each production. Find out more closer to the time in our Restaurants and Bars section.
]]>Tomorrow (Tuesday 10 July) will be the first public booking day on the new website and we wanted to share our progress to date and give you an idea of what to expect. Last month's priority booking days for were very successful and most people had a good experience, which is exactly what we were trying to achieve.
Of course, these being the first-ever booking days on the new site, issues came up that we hadn't seen before. We've been working to address these. Overall, the feedback shows the new website is an improvement on the old but tomorrow we will venture into new territory again. We have tested and tested again but this will be our first public booking day with ballet and opera productions combined.
We have made some small changes since the Friends booking days but even though these should improve your experience these fixes may themselves create issues. Not everything that we intend to achieve will be ready for tomorrow, but we hope that you will find the new system a real improvement on the old one.
Looking back on what we have learnt from June, we have some recommendations for buying tickets online:
- The best web browser to use is Google Chrome, followed by Firefox, Safari and then Internet Explorer. At the current time some Orange broadband customers are having problems connecting to the ROH website, we have been in touch with Orange and they are trying to resolve the issue at their end.
- It is really important that you only use one shopping basket for your purchase. Using more than one basket can cause orders to be rejected. When you select your tickets from the map of the auditorium be sure to select all the tickets you want before you hit "Add to basket". The system works slightly differently from the old website so it's worth checking out the process beforehand.
- We recommend you login to the website before you start your purchase, you can login before booking starts at 10am. You will need to refresh your page to see the performances come available at 10am, and you can do this on most computers by pressing the F5 button. If you are using an iPad it's a good idea to close other apps to get the best performance from the seat map.
- Most importantly, you won't get a confirmation email straight away. It could take 2 or 3 hours for the confirmation email to arrive *Added 16:45 Tuesday 10 July - confirmation orders are currently taking almost 6 hours to arrive*. This is because we queue the orders into the system to ensure everything happens in a safe and orderly fashion. We are working on an email that can be sent immediately but it won't be ready for tomorrow. We would advise waiting until the end of the day before contacting the Box Office. The system is designed to keep hold of your seats if there is a problem.
The new website is part of phase 1 of four planned phases of work, which will take us to 2013. As well as working on tweaks and issues that have arisen since the launch of the website we are also developing a new online shop at the moment. Please check our help page for more information.
You can see details of all bookable productions for Autumn Season listed on our website as well as an online seat map.
]]>* Added 12/06/12 - Once you have booked your tickets you will see an 'Order placed' page, this will be followed by a email confirmation of your order. There will be a delay before your confirmation email arrives, at busy times it could take up to an hour for order confirmations to arrive. To help make the system stable at busy times we are regulating the speed orders are processed to 1 order every 4 seconds, this means your seats are safely held in our ticket system until the email confirmation is sent. We would recommend that you only contact the Box Office if you have not received your email confirmation after 3 hours.*
We would like to thank everyone who got involved in the recent Golden Ticket Hunt. We really appreciate the time everyone took to come to the website and give us feedback. Over 900 people participated and we received nearly 300 comments on our blog - and countless tweets - allowing us to test how the system reacted to real users, buying tickets in real time. Some Friends of Covent Garden experienced and reported errors so we have been working through the feedback over the last week to reproduce and fix as many of these as possible.
We have been working closely with our developers POP and with Amazon who are providing our cloud (hosting) services. They have worked through the weekend to make sure as much as possible can be done to give as many people as possible a stable booking experience. I have mentioned before that our website is unique; the nature of our historic auditorium presents lots of challenges, which prevents us from simply taking an online booking solution off the shelf. So we have built a bespoke solution and although this comes with its own risks, it does mean we can constantly develop and improve the website for our customers.
As with anything new, it takes a while to get used to a new booking system, so we would like to share a few tips to help you through the process.
If you are coming to buy tickets, whether as a Friend of Covent Garden or a member of the public, it's always a good idea to sign in first. If the website knows who you are, it can show you the right information. Once signed in, you can manage your account by selecting your name at the top of the page.
When booking tickets I would advise against using more than one internet browser to purchase or hold tickets, this does not give you an advantage and may even prevent your order going through.
When you are selecting your seats you can choose as many tickets as your ticket limit allows. Select all the tickets you want before you use the 'Add to basket' button. Following your feedback we have added some text to the page to make this clearer. We have also adjusted the colours slightly on the price plan, based on the feedback we received.
Once you have tickets in your shopping basket you can proceed to checkout or continue shopping. You can select any of the options at the top of the page without losing your tickets. We hold your tickets in the shopping basket for 30 minutes, and you can get back to your shopping basket by selecting 'shopping basket' at the top of any page.
Once you are in the checkout you can see where you are in the booking process. On the delivery page you can choose to collect your tickets from the Box Office if you wish by selecting 'edit delivery address'.
We hope that all goes smoothly on the Booking Days, and thank you for your support for the Royal Opera House. Please leave any comments about your experience of the booking process on this blog.


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Useful Resources
This is a collection of useful research sources for those of you interested in writing policy on economic development. If you are having trouble accessing or finding any of the research resources listed below, or would like to suggest an addition, please e-mail Anita Sonawane at email@example.com or Parinitha Sastry firstname.lastname@example.com.
Americans for Financial Reform
Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis
Cambridge Winter Center for Financial Institutions Policy
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Committee for Economic Development
Center for Full Employment and Price Stability
Economic Analysis and Research Network
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
National Bureau of Economic Research
Pete G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
Scholarly Databases
Scholarly Articles
Business Cycles and Compositional Variation in U.S. Unemployment
Debt Overhand and Bank Bailouts
Tariffs, Saving, and the Current Account
Relevant News Articles
Home Prices in U.S. Probably Fell at Slower Pace, Confidence Up
Strauss-Kahn calls for IMF resource increase
U.S. Economy Gets a Lift from Stimulus
Low-Wage Workers Are Often Cheated, Study Shows
A Look Inside Fed's Balance Sheet
Why the renminbi has to rise to address imbalances
The 'Democratization of Credit' Is Over -- Now It's Payback Time
Hitting Bottom? An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas
Expanding the EITC to Help More Low-Wage Workers
Jobs Picture for October 2, 2009
A Fair Deal for Taxpayer Investments
Comparing Public Spending and Priorities Across OECD Countries
Recommended Reading
Minimum Wage Issue Guide by Kai Filion
"Power Curves": What Natural and Economic Disasters Have in Common by Michele Zanini
Are Bailout Investments Paying Off?
Tracking the recovery: Voters' views on the recession, jobs, and the deficit
Principles to Guide Development and Regulation of a Renewed Mortgage Finance System
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