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Saturday, July 22, 2006
The Moral Mathematics of Murder
So let's get to that part first.
As Alan Dershowitz reminded us the other day, you hide behind a civilian while you're shooting up the place and the civilian gets killed in the return fire, it's you who hold the moral (and legal) responsibility. Your intended victims have the right to shoot back---in the real world, self-preservation is always justified. (In fact, a fellow named Beccaria inveighed against capital punishment because even a justly condemned man has the right to fight for his life. An elegant argument, that.)
Theories of "just war" have been thrown around, too. Hizbollah has not a prayer of defeating Israel. Therefore, according to Just War Theory, Hizbollah has initiated an unjust war. The news coverage by the Arab media and the US press has highlighted the misery of Lebanese civilians, but war cannot be fought without mistakes or even criminal acts by the warriors, even the "good guys." Such is the nature of war, and of human beings.
But it was Hizbollah who loosed these remorseless dogs of war, and let's be clear, this is war. Ten thousand rockets pointed at Israel's civilian population make it so. The moral and legal responsibility is Hizbollah's.
That is (or should be) the easy part. However, the water gets deeper in a hurry.
It was Ward Churchill who opened a Pandora's Box that none of us really want to peer into. People are going to die. Civilians are going to die. The question is who, and whose.
A difficult moral case arises when a civilian population lets murderers operate freely in their midst. In Lebanon, Hizbollah has public offices, holds marches to cheering crowds, and certainly didn't move thousands of missiles to the Israel border without anyone noticing. And if Lebanese choose to live in apartments above Hizbollah headquarters, that's hardly Israel's fault either.
The fact is, Hizbollah is quite popular in southern Lebanon and nobody lifted a finger to stop them taking over for all practical purposes.
If there's a sniper in my neighbor's window killing my family, I'm taking him out even if I have to blow up the place, unless the sniper took the occupants hostage, which, for the sake of this illustration, is not the case in southern Lebanon. The "innocent civilians" there watched Hizbollah bring in 10,000 rockets with which to murder the Israeli civilian population. To maintain otherwise is naïve or disingenuous.
"They're Israel's problem," they must have thought. Guess again. They're yours. That's how it works in the real world. If it's my family or yours that is to die, sorry, you're out of luck, because you let the murderers in your front door.
Lebanon's civilian population brought this on themselves, and are morally complicit (indeed many are members of Hizbollah themselves, another inconvenient truth).
If Hizbollah starts launching rockets at Israel, and they have, Lebanon takes the consequences (and Israel has been good enough to drop leaflets warning of impending attacks, which of course the Hizbollah murderers do not).
I should be past being appalled at the moral cowardice of some of the more Enlightened folk in the West, who can only work up a decent indignation for Israel failing to meet the highest of standards and barely a word for the bad guys who have no standards at all. On the scale of moral outrage, Hizbollah is a 9, Israel a 2. Talk about "disproportionate."
I am past being surprised, but not yet jaded enough to be past being appalled.
There is also a confused moral calculus that somehow Israel's civilian casualties should be somewhat "proportionate" to Lebanon's. Utter rubbish.
The civilian deaths at Hiroshima were a great human tragedy, but not one fresh-faced Iowa GI was morally required to give his life to avert it, nor was President Truman obliged to sacrifice his own people. (Ironically, there are fresh-faced Iowa GIs voluntarily risking and giving their lives at this very moment to protect the lives of civilian Iraqis from Hizbollah's murderous cousins.) Perhaps Japan's individual civilians were in a sense blameless, but not as blameless as the Iowa GI.
The Japanese warlords, and Hizbollah, brought it on. The people of Japan and Lebanon let it happen.
Not one Israeli child should be asked to die at Hizbollah's hands. And for those who sit back and moralize in the comfort of a peaceful country, expecting those in mortally besieged ones to let their children die for your tut-tut morality, well, imagine a sniper just shot some of your children dead from next door. He has unlimited ammunition and is targeting more of them.
No, I don't think you are able to imagine that. It's far too real.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Disney Returns to the Family
The Walt Disney Company is returning to its roots as a purveyor of family-oriented entertainment, World Net Daily reports:
From Karnick on Culture.Famed family-film maker Disney is headed back to its roots, with confirmation yesterday of cuts of 650 employees that will include a phase-out of its R-rated movies.
Oren Aviv, newly appointed president of production at Walt Disney Pictures, told the Hollywood Reporter that the company's coming productions will be along the lines of "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Chronicles of Narnia," "National Treasure" and "Miracle."
"If it's a great idea and it's done with quality and care, then it qualifies to be a Disney movie," he told the newspaper.
The studio, which founded its greatness on the classics for families and children, had branched out in the 1990s to grasp R-rated projects with its Touchstone and Miramax labels. Touchstone was created to deal with more mature themes, and is expected to remain but be significantly smaller, generating only two or three films a year. Miramax handles independent and art-house films and now operates separately from Disney. . . .
Now, Aviv told the Reporter, he will see to it that what the company brings to its audience is something the whole family can enjoy.
"That to us has always defined a Disney movie, and that definitely hasn't changed," he said.
Hollywood and Religion
The relationship between religious believers and Hollywood has always been a tense thing, and it has reached a height of openly hostility in the past dozen years or so. In this conflict, both sides are to blame, I note in "Battling Babylon," my article on movies and believers in a recent issue of The Weekly Standard, but it is incumbent upon people of faith to make the first move.
Religious people, I note, too often "tend to count up the number of images they don't like in a film while failing to see the real meaning of the stories. 'Sometimes,' another writer [in the anthology under review] observes, 'it will serve the Truth to have the bad guys get away with murder.' After all, Scripture itself depicts numerous horrible actions. The events depicted in a film are not all-important; what counts is what they mean."
Before complaining about movies, people really must to try to understand them: "Christians should become more attuned to the real, often subtle, meanings behind various works of art and should be far quicker to praise the persons responsible for these good works. In that regard, Christian media critics can be immensely valuable—and to increase their influence, they should make every effort to push themselves into mainstream media outlets."
You can read the full article in the July 3/July 10 edition of the magazine or online here.
From Karnick on Culture.
Stemming the Tide
What I have not seen widely reported (aside from some great work by KJ Lopez at NRO), and what I find much more revealing, is that on the same day the Senate passed the measure they already knew was doomed, they also passed an alternative bill sponsored by Rick Santorum that provided funding for adult and cord blood stem cell research -- and that the House derailed this effort at the eleventh hour at the behest of Mike Castle, R-DE. How long will ESCR supporters be able to deny potentially life-saving treatments before Nancy Reagan understands that she's backing the wrong horse, so to speak?
Here's the dirty little secret of the stem cell controversy: the researchers who want to investigate the properties of embryonic stem cells are not interested in them because of their therapeutic potential. They are interested in embryonic stem cells because they are curious about basic questions of cellular biology, which have no immediate applicability to human health.
Now these researchers would certainly not be the first to overplay the practical potential of the lab work they want the federal government to pay for. That's the way the grant game is played, I've played it myself, and I'm not holding researchers in any particular low esteem because they're playing it now. But where is the skeptical watchdog press here? In any other instance the shouts of Cui bono? would be deafening.
The supporters of ESCR can try to make a case that it's the federal government's job to subsidize this curiosity; it's not an argument I will ever buy, because the destruction of innocent human life is per se wrong in my world view, and no utilitarian calculus can ever justify it. But let's stop parading the paraplegics and Parkinson's patients for the cameras, shall we? It's dishonest, and it's cruel.
Hunter mentioned that he and I have been discussing a change in my blogging, too. As longtime readers of TRC will know, my greatest interest as a writer has always been in cultural analysis, and my duties at the Reform Club have all too often taken me away from that. In recent days I have returned to my pop culture roots in my posts on this site, and I have begun the process of setting up Karnick on Culture, a website and blog composed purely of my writings on popular culture.
I believe that there is real value in someone outside the main stream of cultural analysis offering criticism of the culture that is sympathetic to popular culture in general—that is to say, who is not a snob—but not enslaved to either a delight in or hatred of monetary power and the current celebrity cult, both of which are the common positions among writers on popular culture today. Such good-natured analysis is what I will be doing at Karnick on Culture, and I invite you to visit it often at http://www.stkarnick.com, which is now in full operation.
Hunter and I are now giving the leadership reins of the Reform Club over to the highly capable hands of Tom Van Dyke. Like Hunter, I will still be cross-posting items at The Reform Club—as long as Tom wants me to. There are some truly exciting changes coming to this site, which will make it more provocative, useful, and enlightening than ever. Hunter and I will still be around, but we'll each be sticking to the subject matter we enjoy most. In addition, some new writers will be coming on, and their contributions will move the discussions in new directions that regularly confront daily issues with the kind of thoughtful, more magazine-like analysis not found on other blogs. We all believe that these changes will make the Reform Club better than ever.
Please continue to visit us regularly, let us know what you think of the changes, and visit Hunter and me at our new homes.
My Semi-Retirement from TRC
Thanks to my co-bloggers Sam, Tom, Kathy, Alan, Ben, Jay, Herb London, and "Michael Simpson."
I'm never going to forget listening to Rush talk about Alan for twenty minutes of million dollar airtime. Mind you, it wasn't for a Reform Club post, but I still felt privileged. Alan continues to have his townhall.com blowtorch.
Kathy had a period several months ago where I thought she was blogging as well as anyone in the game. I couldn't wait to see what she did next. She's been in semi-retirement lately, but maybe she'll reclaim some of the real estate I'm vacating.
Jay came to us after bowling me over with some of the coolest election commentary I've ever seen back in 2004. He also provided an extremely interesting Jewish perspective on the whole Darwin/I.D. question. In fact, he joined the blog via comment box writing on that very topic.
Tom got us mentioned in Newsweek's Blog Watch. Never mind that he was opposing me in my merciless campaign against the Harriet Mier's nomination! We brought Tom in after bravo performance in the comment room. Confidentially, I think he writes the most provocative posts of any of us.
At least one of Ben's accounts of international conferencing with the tragically hip crowd deserves to be anthologized somewhere. Tom Wolfe is calling!
Herb London looks more and more prescient as things in the Middle East continue their spiral into some sort of eschatological scenario.
S.T. Karnick is finally threatening to do more of the work that caused me to repeatedly acknowledge him as "the greatest living film (and television) critic in the English language (TM)." Look for him to break out in the pop culture area in 2006-2007.
And Michael Simpson, we barely know ye, but you are clearly a shrewd analyst of what lurks behind the ivy and what lives in the ivory towers.
I'll be back, but not so often in print here at the Club.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Article/Chapter Bleg
A Repugnant Slur
The use of that term shows a monstrous ignorance of both Christianity and Islam, and it exposes its user as a vile slanderer and a contemptible coward.
When I wish to condemn someone, you see, I say it directly.
Addicts Are Wrong, Not Sick: Psychiatrist
The addict sees himself as a person who is ill, like someone with pneumonia, whom it is the duty of the "system" — the paraphernalia of doctors, nurses, social workers, drug counsellors and so forth — to cure. Until such time as the system fulfils its duty, the addict can continue in his habit, secure in the knowledge that he is not to blame, but the system that has failed to cure him. . . .
[I]n so far as there is a causative connection between addiction and criminality, it is that criminality — or whatever predisposes people to it — causes addiction and not addiction that causes criminality. . . .
It is not true that heroin addicts take a couple of doses and then find themselves enslaved. On the contrary, addicts usually spend a year or so taking heroin intermittently before they decide to take it regularly. It would be truer to say that they hook heroin, than that (as they usually put it, in order to deny their own responsibility) they are hooked by heroin. It is simply implausible to suggest that addicts become addicted by inadvertence or ignorance: the vast majority of the addicted come from backgrounds in which ignorance of history and arithmetic is perfectly possible, but not ignorance of the heroin way of life.
Is any great harm done by pretending that opiate addiction is a disease like any other? After all, a portion of mankind will always resort to mind- altering drugs to obscure the existential problems that confront us all. Certainly methadone when prescribed carelessly — as it is in Britain — is a dangerous drug, and can cause nearly as many deaths as heroin itself.
There is a more intangible harm, however, to the pretence: the existence of drug clinics sends a message to addicts that they are ill and in need of treatment rather than they have chosen a disastrous path in life. It conceals from people their responsibility for their own lives, a responsibility we all find irksome at times, but acceptance of which is the only basis of a meaningful life.
Daniels is not arguing that we should feel no sympathy for addicts. On the contrary, he is pointing out that the way to reduce addiction and its horrible consequences for users, their friends and familes, and society in general, is to recognize that drug use is ever and always a choice. That is a change in attitudes we should certainly strive to create. Daniels' article includes additional counterarguments against the current thinking regarding drug addiction, and you should read it in its entirety in order to understand his argument fully.
Calling Out Mr. Elliott: What Is a Christianist?
Please favor me with a definition and tie it to me since I am the one so labeled.
I thank you in advance.
Welfare for Colleges
According to the National Center on Education Statistics, average tuition in the US for four year, public universities was $5,038. (Private 4-year schools ran $17,777 and 2-year public schools ran $1,847). Some states are a good bit more expensive - Massachussetts is over $7,000, while New Hampshire is over $8,000 a year - but some are much lower, too: Georgia is less than $4,000 a year, Florida around $2,600, etc. (Note that I don't include room and board in the "costs", since whatever you're doing, you'll have to have a place to live and pay for food - it's silly to count that in with the "cost" of college). But to say that students can't afford those costs for a college education just isn't true. Even if you're a student with no help from parents or others, you can get yourself through college (even if you have to maybe take a couple of extra years to do it).
None of this is meant to defend universities per se, but merely to suggest that there just isn't an affordability "crisis" in American higher education.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
The Case for Mickey Spillane
Spillane's books were definitely not intellectuals' favorites, but they had much good in them. The stories in the best of his novels are taut, plausible though melodramatic, and involving. His prose was much better than critics gave him credit for—what they claimed to like in Hemingway and James M. Cain, they despised in Spillane. His characterizations were largely just functional, not the kind of morally ambiguous kinds the critics have preferred since World War II. But the characters did spring to life on the page, and the carried the stories well. The stories were what fascinated readers, and Spillane was a born storyteller.
Critics hated him, as is well known. He was unabashedly conservative in the pre-Reagan era when political conservatism was socially and culturally anathema. His books told stories in which the hero was a real hero and the villains were real villains. Nonetheless, it is not true that Spillane divided the world strictly into black and white, good and evil. The backgrounds of his books, including the subsidiary characters, suggest that behind the central conflict there exists a world of basically unheroic people just trying to muddle through life. And there is nothing to suggest that Spillane did not see the moral ambiguity of Mike Hammer's methods. Hammer was a rough guy, the postwar equivalent of Carroll John Daly's detectives such as Race Williams and Satan Hall. In Spillane's books it was perfectly clear that Mike Hammer did things conventional heroes would never have considered. But Spillane was all about results, and if you're on the right side, the right thing to do is whatever will get the job done. Sometimes, Spillane recognizes, the situation is so dire that moral niceties are not an option. That notion certainly resonated with Cold War U.S. audiences.
Mickey Spillane didn't care what critics thought, and he was right not to care. He was a storyteller, and a fine one indeed.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Bill Clinton's Moral Authority
So, OK. Our own Dr. Ben Zycher of the Cato Institute notes below that Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean invoked former US president Bill Clinton's "moral authority" on the current state of world affairs.
You could look it up. Or, wait, let's save you the trouble:
"If you think what's going on in the Middle East today would be going on if the Democrats were in control, it wouldn't, because we would have worked day after day after day to make sure we didn't get where we are today. We would have had the moral authority that Bill Clinton had when he brought together the Northern Irish and the IRA, when he brought together the Israelis and the Palestinians."
Bill Clinton, whose amateurish Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (stupidly, and falsely) confessed to all the world to killing a half-million innocent Iraqi women and children in the interest of "containment"?
Lesley Stahl: We have heard that half a million children have died [in Iraq]. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And you know, is the price worth it?"
Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price---we think the price is worth it.
Now, to be fair, the actual figure, according to Reason Magazine's Matt Welch, was probably only in the tens of thousands, or, in other words, somewhat less than the number of innocents lost as "collateral damage" in Mr. Bush's War, which at least has provided a puncher's chance of self-determination and the end of systematized exterminations among the Iraqi people.
Otherwise, if you want to believe that only the creative, brilliant and angelic Bill Clinton created peace in Northern Ireland instead of its people dictating peace because it was sick of war, all I can point to is the Israel-Palestinian question, where Clinton, somewhat to his credit, at the close of his second term got the then-current left-wing government of Israel to offer the closest thing to total Israeli acquiescence to Palestinian demands that was ever likely to be offered.
The Palestinians made no counteroffer. Unlike the people of Northern Ireland, they were, and are not, interested in peace. If they had wanted peace, there would be peace, Bill Clinton or no, just as there would have been peace in Northern Ireland, with or without Bill Clinton.
It would be easy to dis Bill Clinton's moral authority over the sad Monica Lewinsky affair: I thought, and think, that the GOP should not have turned such a failing of the flesh into a political matter.
However, Mr. Clinton's geopolitical record aside from his intervention in Kosovo (and in that apparently admirable military intervention, he might have killed more people than he saved) is checkered at best. If his butcher's bill in Iraq for his sanctions is as bad as it seems, he is morally negligent at least, and at worst, well, the gentle reader has already filled in the blanks.
The DRUDGE REPORT quotes Mr. Clinton as saying in 2002, after his presidency was already receding into the fond memory of at least some Americans:
"The Israelis know that if the Iraqi or the Iranian army came across the Jordan River, I would personally grab a rifle, get in a ditch, and fight and die..."
Well, Saddam Hussein paid rewards to Palestinian suicide bombers who purposely killed Israeli women and children, with no military target in mind and not even the excuse of collateral damage. We chickenhawks never expected you to actually crawl into a ditch to defend Israel against Saddam's Iraq, Mr. Clinton, but we might expect you at least today to endorse the erasing somebody who encouraged and enabled the butchering of Israel's people.
Which you haven't. According to you, the timing of the Iraq invasion wasn't right. It was a "mistake." But I do not know when the timing is right to stand up against the murder of innocents. Now, might be the answer.
Sorry, Mr. Dean, and sorry for your PR for your party. Bill Clinton is indeed the best of your ilk in the past generation of world affairs you have to point to, but his actions unfortunately were at best morally neutral, which is pretty much as high as you guys aim, and you confuse with moral authority.
To preserve civilization, to beat back entropy and chaos, if not genuine evil, neutrality will not be sufficient. You actually think that diplomacy could have placated the implacable murderers of the Party of God?
Mr. Dean, give me a ring. I've got a reality-based community I wanna sell you.
This is the result of my allowing myself to be lured once again into retail politics. I have accepted the position of Campaign Manager for Jay Beskin, a candidate for County Commissioner in Miami-Dade County, District 4. There are thirteen commissioners and a mayor whose executive power is exceedingly thin. These folks control the disbursement of an annual budget of 7 billion dollars, larger than 11 States of the Union.
The race is non-partisan, both being Democrats. It also turns out to be non-ethnic in this instance, both being Jews. The issues are multifarious and quite interesting, though largely local in hue.
A story that everyone can understand is the one I have dubbed (playing off the Bridge to Nowhere story in Alaska) the Train to Nowhere. The county decided to run a train in Miami Airport to speed folks from one terminal to another. They promptly shelled out the cash for the train to a company in Japan, but - oops! - the track won't be ready for years.
"Come to find out," as we say down here, trains cannot just sit in warehouses. They rust and become unusable unless taken for periodic rides.
So it is that Miami-Dade County pays $54,000 a month to a company in Japan to take the train on rides around and around the track. They signed a two-year contract, since no one projects completion of the track before that time.
Choo choo! Ka-ching ka-ching!
The election, as you may have divined, will be September 5th. Wish me luck. Unseating an incumbent is no mean task.
Not A Joke
A New Magazine by Christians Skeptical About the Culture
Salvo Magazine is the latest effort by the publishers of Touchstone. Salvo has an intellectual edge, like Touchstone, but is not devotional or necessarily religious at all. It is, however, a wickedly funny indictment of culture with some insightful articles along the way.
I'm telling everyone I can about the magazine because it has exceeded all my expectations. I wrote an article for it and promptly forgot about the project thinking it would be just another throwaway magazine, but Salvo is gorgeously rendered and makes the articles pop right out of the page.
You have to buy the mag or subscribe for four quarterly issues to see it, but I can assure you that the fake ads are worth the price of admission alone. Bobby Maddex has really accomplished something as editor of this magazine and I encourage everyone who wants to see more of these efforts to support it by subscribing for the first year.
President Newt
Conclusion: I think we have to seriously consider supporting this guy for the White House in 2008. He is probably the best of the best. Of course, supporting Newt would be uncomfortable for conservatives because he has clearly had sexual indiscretions and we don't like those. I think if he can successfully deal with that issue via candor and repentance, then we may have something with Mr. Gingrich.


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28th February 2012 - Social reviews prove increasingly influential in consumer buying decisions, according to an independent survey of 3,000 European consumers announced today. The findings, published in the eGain 2012 cross-industry benchmarking report for multichannel customer experience, comprehensively chart influences on consumer buying behaviour and service preferences in seven European economies, and ranks Internet Retail, Telecoms, Utilities, Travel & Leisure, Finance and Manufacturing sectors based on the quality of consumer experiences. The survey was undertaken online by Vision Critical and commissioned by eGain Communications Corporation. Internet Retailers top the list According to the survey, Internet Retail scored the highest at every stage of the customer engagement cycle, and Utilities the lowest, with more consumers rating their experiences with Internet Retailers as 'excellent' (a score of 5/5) than any other industry. The sector was rated as excellent in 'first interaction' (21%), 'follow-up approach' (16%), and 'meeting expectations and engendering loyalty' (19%). Highlights from the report include: Top positive and negative influences on purchase decisions
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California is ranked second in a nationwide scorecard on energy efficiency released yesterday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a D.C.-based group that works to advance efficiency efforts. Massachusetts retains the top spot for the third year in a row. Andrew McAllister, a member of the California Energy Commission, attributed California's second-place...
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NCsoft answers questions on Aion's new security {Massively}
Dec 9th 2010 6:20PM I recent;y went into my AION account after being away from the game for a couple months and I've got to say this new security feature is rather ingenious and almost completely unobtrusive. It's not full proof obviously but it does make it MUCH more secure.
Scattered Shots: Pets for leveling from 80 to 85 {WoW}
Nov 22nd 2010 6:32PM What about cunning pets? what is their talent tree supposed to look like?
The Anvil of Crom: Class guide #1 - The Demonologist {Massively}
Nov 8th 2010 2:31PM Great article Jef. And I don't even play Conan at the moment. It's one of those games I'll get to when I have a free moment. I hope that to be soon as I have a new copy of the expansion sitting on my desk, laughing at me.
Please keep it up and I'll pray the game sticks around long enough for me to enjoy.
Wings Over Atreia: Mira, mira, on the wall... {Massively}
Oct 11th 2010 4:54PM Congrats! That's quite an achievement. I don't know if I have the stamina to do it but you never know.
More screen shots please.
Wings Over Atreia: To rift, or not to rift, that is the question {Massively}
Oct 4th 2010 1:48PM I was wondering why I wasn't getting ganked in Eltnen anymore. This must be why.
As a gankee and not a ganker I've got to say that it's nice to be able to get things done for a change.
Thanks for the heads up. This is a useful article. I'm afraid, however, that I don't really have an opinion on how to change it. As it is I'm having a bitch of a time completing the few spy quests I have. Can someone please tell me why the rift behind Eltnen fortress spawns so rarely?! I can't even complete the quest any more as I'm above the rift level!!
Thanks again for the article and please keep it up.
More double XP on tap for Aion {Massively}
Jun 10th 2010 1:27PM I think what a lot of people forget is that the AION staff is only a fraction of what, say the WoW staff is. As much as we would all like to get fast and frequent updates it's just not possible. The man power is just not there. Patches will occur just not at the speed of the some more popular games.
As far as the grind is concerned, is it slow to level a character? Sure, especially compared to current super speed WoW leveling times but I don't see every other game being all that much faster. My LotRO character is also taking for frikin ever and there is no shortage of kill 10 wolves quests there. Grinds are just part and parcel of MMO's. The sooner one accepts this the sooner the fun will begin.
Wings Over Atreia: 1.9 impressions {Massively}
Jun 7th 2010 4:59PM I'm enjoying the rested XP.
The death penalty or Soul Healing costs is still brutal IMO but the price was reduced. I don't know exactly how much but I'm guessing it was in the 30% range.
Flight and teleport cost also came down but are still offensively expensive I think.
I haven't noticed much of a change as far as drops are concerned but it's early and I don't know that my Eltnen runs are a good guide just yet.
Regardless I'm having fun and as long as that's true I will continue to play the game.
Choose my Adventure: Level moar n00b {Massively}
May 26th 2010 6:13PM Grinding at level 20? That must be an asmodean thing because us Elyos don't need to do that. I'm level 25 and my quest log is almost full. Sure we have some group quests at about that level (Krall anyone?) but I didn't bother repeating any quests. May I suggest that may be good if you are hungry for kinah but not necessary if you want to experience content (which I'm guessing is what you are doing).
I hear that Asmo's run out of quest before Elyos do. I did not know the grind started so early for you.
I'd join you but I'm an Elyos on a different server and at this point I would never catch up to you.
Aion 1.9 patch dated, server merges announced {Massively}
May 19th 2010 12:19PM My toon is only level 23 but I'm loving the game so far. Yes, I know the grind will come in 10 levels or so. I still got my money's worth and then some. Amazon has the game for $32 for those curious. I think it's a steal.
Wings Over Atreia: The Xeno experience {Massively}
May 17th 2010 1:21PM Sounds like fun.
I've been having fun with PUG's (Impossible, I know) doing the Krall quests in Verteron. When a group comes together it's almost like a symphony.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to finishing it up tonight. (if I can find the right group) and moving on to the next region.
I also know how it feels to be the only one around who appears to like the game. I stopped caring about what other people think and am enjoying myself.
A bit of a tangent but it looks like we may be looking at server merges (pure speculation mind you). The Eye on the Community post on Friday stated "an announcement that will affect every single Aion player" will be made next week.


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I'm still absorbing last night's Battlestar Galactica finale. As a whole, I think the new BSG ranks near (if not at) the top of all-time best SF TV series. That said, the impression I come away with (which I can't describe succinctly at the moment) is that Ronald Moore & Co. really didn't know where they were going, particularly with some of the character arcs, so they went for the artsy, ambiguous ending and just let some of the "answers" drop. I would have to go back and watch the series in its entirety over a relatively short span to put my fingers on the details; meanwhile, what do you think?
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HP Pavilion p6-2302eam Desktop PC with 2211x 22" Full HD LED Monitor - Black £429.00 @ Currys
First time posting, to be honest I was looking for good desktop to buy, though not sure how good so posting here. This seemed to be a good deal even though from Currys as you get a monitor with it.
List of specs:
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The desktop has USB 3.0, 1TB HDD , and 6GB of ram.
The GPU is integrated so not for gaming so do not recommend for gaming, though you could get a graphic card (may have to change PSU)
I may not of been looking hard enough but I did find some i5 desktops for round £350 but no monitor and smaller HDD and no USB 3.0.
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Salted Sweet Corn Ice Cream Recipe from Always Order Dessert
Because ice cream is even better when shared with friends, we've asked a handful of our favorite food bloggers to share a recipe for National Ice Cream Month. First up is Alejandra Ramos from Always Order Dessert. — Kristin
My husband and I have a favorite restaurant that we return to again and again on those evenings when we're craving a night out, but don't want to risk the chance of a bad meal at an untried spot.
We love this place for their big strong drinks, savory seafood dishes, and salty chips. The only problem? Their desserts are terrible! Seriously, seriously bad stuff. From chalky flourless cakes to stale churros, we've worked our way through the entire dessert menu in vain, each time with the hope that perhaps this dish will be good.
After about seven-too-many disappointments, we were ready to admit defeat and planned to request "just the check" when the waiter casually mentioned a new dessert special. Our ears perked up as he described a trio of ice creams in unusual flavors—salted cajeta (a Mexican goat's milk caramel), blueberry cream cheese, and—wait for it—sweet summer corn! With a hopeful glance at each other, we took a chance and ordered it.
The blueberry and caramel flavors didn't really live up to their descriptions (How could they mess up caramel?!), but the sweet corn ice cream was a revelation! Cool, sweet, and buttery with that delicate, yet unmistakable flavor of fresh corn in every bite. It reminded me of the sweet spoonbread I grew up eating at church potlucks and the handfuls of buttered popcorn jellybeans my mom and I would share on trips to the mall. It was like summertime and nostalgia all wrapped up into one cool and creamy treat, and I could not get enough.
For days after that dinner I daydreamed about sweet corn ice cream and it wasn't long before I started working on my own version of it at home. I wanted to recreate the dish I'd had at the restaurant, but had the idea to add some salt for that classic sweet-and-salty buttered corn at the backyard cookout kind of flavor.
I did a search online, finding a few recipes that called for a custard-style base loaded with egg yolks. I enjoy frozen custard for some flavors, but find that the eggs can really take away from the freshness of more delicately flavored ice creams. I was craving something simpler that would really be all about the flavor of sweet summer corn at its peak.
Not wanting to use just milk as that can often produce an icy result with home ice cream makers, I decided to try thickening the base with cornstarch; essentially creating a simple pudding that I could then churn into ice cream. This is a technique that I've used successfully for a few other ice creams in the past and which I love for both its ease (no worries about scrambled eggs!) and the extra silky feel of the final product.
The results were brilliant! Sweet, summery, and buttery, with that perfect hint of salt that I'd imagined. I served the ice cream in little vintage ice cream cups topped off with a few fresh corn kernels and some crushed hazelnuts, the latter which I thought worked really well to bring out the natural nuttiness of the corn.
Salted Sweet Corn Ice Cream Recipe
When selecting fresh corn, look for plump ears with tight, green husks that feel cool and a little bit moist in your hand. Note that the natural sugars in sweet corn start converting into starch the minute it's picked so buy the freshest ears you can find and be sure to use them within a day or two of bringing them home.
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
3 cups whole milk + ½ cup whole milk, divided
3 ears of fresh sweet corn, shucked & cut into 2-3 pieces each
½ cup + 2 tablespoons granulated white sugar
1 vanilla bean, whole
1 teaspoon good sea salt (such as Maldon) or Kosher salt (do not use regular table salt)
3 tablespoons cornstarch
– Combine the heavy cream, milk, corn, and vanilla bean in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Let simmer very gently for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes or so. Turn off the heat, remove the corn and use a knife to slice the kernels off the husks. Return the corn kernels and husks to the hot milk mixture along with the sugar and teaspoon of salt, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Cover and let cool to room temperature, about one hour.
– Remove the husks and the vanilla bean, and transfer the milk and corn kernels to a food processor or blender (or use a stick blender) and puree until fairly smooth. Pass through a fine sieve into a clean pot, pressing out as much liquid through while removing all the solids. [Cook's note: The corn mush solids can be eaten on their own or reserved for another use; they're wonderful added to a cornbread or corn muffin recipe]
– In a separate bowl, whisk together the 3 tablespoons cornstarch and remaining ½ cup of cold milk until smooth. Add to the strained mixture and place over medium heat, stirring constantly in one direction until mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon. Continue to cook and stir for 2-3 minutes until you can no longer detect the taste of cornstarch. Turn off the heat and transfer the thickened corn base to a clean bowl. Press a piece of plastic wrap against the surface (this will help prevent a skin from forming on it while it cools) and chill in refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
– Process the chilled mixture in your ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Serve immediately for soft-serve texture, or transfer to a freezer safe container and let freeze for 2-3 hours before serving for a firmer ice cream.
Get more recipes from Alejandra by visiting her blog Always Order Dessert. She also offers cooking classes and a whole host of other services at AlejandraRamos.com


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Methods- Social functioning was assessed using the Child Behavior Checklist and Teacher Report Form for children with anxiety disorders who participated in a randomized clinical trial (N = 161, aged 7–14).
- Significant relationships were found between severity of children's principal anxiety disorder and most measures of social functioning, such that poorer social functioning was associated with more severe anxiety.
- Among youth who received cognitive–behavioral therapy (n = 111), significant associations were found between parent–reported social competence and both absence of principal anxiety disorder and lower anxiety severity at posttreatment and 1–year follow–up, controlling for the severity of the child's principal anxiety disorder at pretreatment.


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If you like to have fun, relax, and spend time with other people who do, too, then join the second-annual LATI All-Campus Read! All-Campus Read was created to promote literacy and enjoyment through reading. So, take a break from the textbooks and work and read with us!
This semester, were reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Beginning February 19 and lasting throughout the semester, a series of fun on-campus events will be held to coincide with the book including book giveaways, guided discussions, and a creative arts contest for LATI students and staff.
Dont worry if you cant make it to all of the events. Youll be able to join our online discussions on Facebook (www.facebook.com/LATIAllCampusRead.) All you need to do is like the page and youll be included in all of the great interaction.
Getting started is easy. Just pick up a copy of the book, like us on Facebook, and start reading! Before you buy the book, sign up in the library starting February 20 for your chance to win a copy of it. The drawings will be held February 27
LATI All-Campus Read provides an experience, which not only promotes literacy but also provides a platform for dialog on campus about historical and social issues that impact us all.
In recent years, the trend has gone one step beyond talking about cancer — the goal now, at least for pop culture, is to find the humor in it. Fortunately, John Green is the kind of writer to deliver it.
Green writes books for young adults, but his voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. He writes for youth, rather than to them, and the difference is palpable. He doesn't dumb anything down. His language is complex, his syntax adult. He freely references Kierkegaard and William Carlos Williams alongside bloody video games and action movies. Add to that a raw and real glimpse at childhood illness, and his latest, The Fault in Our Stars, may be his best book yet.
The real tragedy of cancer may be that it affects people of all ages, and children suffering from the disease are often hit hardest. Robbed of any semblance of a normal life, "cancer kids," as Green's narrator, Hazel Grace Lancaster, calls them, mark their time in days and weeks.
Hazel, 16, has been battling thyroid cancer since age 13, and only through the use of an experimental drug is she still alive. She carries an oxygen tank with her everywhere, and hasn't attended traditional school since her diagnosis. Depressed and lonely, she tries a support group, where she meets the handsome and deceptively sick Augustus Waters, a 17-year-old dreamboat who quickly proceeds to turn her life into an adventure. Green graciously avoids the typical will-they-or-won't-they of most teen reads, as cancer victims don't have the luxury of time to dawdle with their affections. Instead, Augustus and Hazel become fast friends.
Green's novel is elegantly plotted, and as sad in places as one might expect a book about adolescent cancer to be. But it's also brimming with joy. Hazel and Augustus have a zeal for living and for each other that, cancer or not, is rare, and it's a delight to see their plans unfold and relationship flourish even as they both face death.
Green has a powerful online following: He is a YouTube video star with an army of fans he calls the "nerdfighters," a group mobilized "to fight to increase awesome and decrease suck." His draw is so magnetic that just by asking his devotees to donate money, he raised over $100,000 for charity. When he offered signed copies of Fault in a pre-sale last year, the novel leapt to the top of Amazon's list of best-selling books in a single day, and it has remained in the top 20 since.
The Fault in Our Stars proves that the hype surrounding Green is not overblown. He tells his story with such gumption and tenderness that he almost adds a new genre to cancer-lit: romantic teen angst jumbled with big existential questions. Green shoves adolescent-crush jitters and musings about the afterlife into the same story, and yet it all makes sense. As Hazel says to Augustus, "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities ... There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbound set. But Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity."
You will be thankful, too, for the little infinity you spend inside this book.


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"Fundamentally this program is about improving California," he said. "If you as a company trumpet yourself as sustainable when your performance is quite low, then it's up to the marketplace to call you out."
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/wine/detail?&entry_id=55249#ixzz0chG0qfLW
I think the approach used by winemakers - a big tent, fairly modest program for sustainability with the hint silver, gold and platinum certification levels – is the most pragmatic and time-sensitive approach to this issue. The soon fresh produce marketers get in place a credible sustainability certification – now matter how limited the "metrics" are to start with – the better off the idsutry will be.
FYI: Here is a report by Five Winds International – the consulting company that helped created the wine standard – about retailers and sustainability.


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Chicken Salad Sandwich Scrolls Recipe
Chicken Salad Sandwich Scrolls are perfect for party platters or just as something different for lunch with friends. Smoked Chicken Breast is combined with celery, mustard and mayonnaise. Served on flatbread and wrapped up, these delicious little parcels will have everyone coming back for more.
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Learn to make Cinnamon Scrolls following this excellent recipe. Try this out at your home kitchen! http://tinyurl.com/NickosFacebook Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups SR flour 1 tablespoon caster sugar 100g butter, chilled, finely chopped 2/3 cup milk 1 egg 2/3 cup finely chopped walnuts 1/3 cup slivered almonds 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 tablespoon golden syrup ENJOY!
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Cut to the bone: Yakima County courts brace for $500k reduction
"They all involve families and children you know, the future of children how children are cared for," said Rodriguez-True. "That's very, very important."
Family matters can sometimes take years to get through the system. Soon, you'll have to add another six months.
That's because Yakima County plans to fire a court commissioner who typically handles these cases.
The position's being dropped as part of a half-million dollar cut at the courthouse.
Martha Andrade will feel it; she's in the middle of a custody fight.
"Just worries me that if it doesn't get resolved, it's going to be pushed back even further and it just leaves my son in limbo, with really his stability," said Andrade.
Now, criminal judges will rotate to take up some of the slack which could slow down criminal cases going to trial.
Grant funding has become a lifeline for the Yakima County court system as its budget has been cut over the last several years.
But, Court Consultant Harold Delia said that's no way to run a court system. It's simply not sustainable.
KIMA asked, "At what point can the court systems not be cut anymore?"
"Well, I think we're there," said Yakima County Court Consultant Harold Delia. "That's really a good question, Michael; I think we're really there. We've taken cuts over the last five years to the point where the judges are worried that any future cuts will jeopardize the court in terms of constitutional rights as far as defendants."
It's a tough pill to swallow for the courthouse already struggling to get cases through the system.
Court administrators say they are still managing to meet state guidelines on resolving cases.
Other cuts include firing an interpreter, which could also slow down the system.


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Planning to spend some time in Dortmund ? The former "Steel City" is now a good place for shopping and culture. Dortmund has a lot to offer...much more than a hot cup of Starbucks coffee.
Located in the center of Dortmund there is a beautiful church called the "Reinoldi" Church. You can go upstairs to the panorama platform. The steps that you have to take aren't that many and it'll only take you about five minutes to get to the top. From there you'll have a wonderful view of the whole city. Take your time and shoot some lovely panoramas. The city seems to be endless. You see many other churches and you can watch those busy people down there. ;-)
When you get back to the ground, you will see an underground station almost next to the church. Don't forget to check out what's underground by taking the underground train and after leaving the train several times you will find great underground stations that will look just fantastic on your photos! You may bring your tripod cause of the long exposure times! Enjoy the business down there and have a good time in Dortmund!


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Available in three different styles, the P.E.S. Corona "Cockhead" Stimulators each offer their own unique stimulation to the head of the penile shaft.
A must have for 'hands-free orgasm', these single pole Electrodes will rapidly become part of your favorite configurations! Please note that in the configurations shown below, the Coronas are interchangeable for each other. Don't limit yourself!
The Corona 'Cockhead' Stimulators are single pole Electrodes and as such cannot be used alone. They require a second Electrode in circuit with it in order to function properly. Keep in mind that some configurations may only work with the PES Power Box.
Some of the Electrodes you might try them with are:
- Tubular Mid-Ring (Item #PES145)
- Testicle Tubular (Item #PES128)
- Double pole Electro-Flex Anal Plug (Item #PES131 or PES133)
Instructions for Use:
- Attach the one side of the Low Profile Lead to the connection point on the Stimulator.
- Liberally lubricate the cockhead and the Corona Stimulator, especially the juncture of the Primary and Secondary Body.
- Adjust the Secondary Body to allow for the depth of the cockhead.
- Slide the Primary Body over the cockhead until it rests just below the coronal ridge. It is best to apply the Stimulator to a semi-erect penis and 'grow' into it.
- When using the Stimulator with Urethral Amplifier, insert the Amplifier before adjustment of the Primary & Secondary Bodies.
- Adjust the Secondary Body so it is in full contact with the cockhead.
- When using the Stimulator with Focusing Pods, the Focusing Pods need to be at least 3/8" apart. Also, do not place any of the Focusing Pods over the urethral opening.
- Attach the other side of the Low Profile Lead to another Electrode to complete the circuit.
- Plug the leads into the Power Box.
Important Safety Notes:
- Due to their design, the Corona "Cockhead" Stimulators should only be used with our Low Profile Lead technology. Use with other leads may cause damage to the Electrodes or they may not function properly.
- As these are tubular Electrodes, the entire surface is conductive. It is recommended to wear latex gloves to help prevent accidental above-the-waist contact. This is only necessary when the power source is turned on.
- DO NOT share Electrodes that are used for urethral penetration.
- Please note that the Secondary Body must be able to move freely through the ring of the Primary Body. For this to be possible, the juncture of the Primary and Secondary Bodies must be thoroughly lubricated. Failure to do so may damage these Electrodes.
- PES recommends the use of a lubricant with all PES Electrodes. Lubricant not only lubricates but also decreases the possibility of hot spots. We recommend PES ElectroLube (Item #PES075). You can also use Olive Oil. When using the Urethral Amplifier, it is recommended to use a sterile lubricant, such as Medi-Pak Perfomance Sterile Jelly. Make sure the lubricant you are using is a water-based lubricant with no silicone ingredients. Never use petroleum jelly or mineral oil as lubricant as these can damage the electrodes.
- Caution: Do not use lubricants with silicone ingredients. Silicone is an insulator which greatly affects conductivity, and can chemically bond to the products made from Electro-Flex™ when applied over a long period of time. This will cause the apparatus to cease to function properly, and may void the warranty on the Electro-Flex™ line.
These Electrodes can be washed with soap and water (a 10% bleach, 90% water solution with a mild liquid soap also works), but do not soak or scrub. Make sure to wash off all fluids and rinse the Electrode thoroughly. Allow it to dry completely. For disinfection; if you plan to use the electrode urethrally or for shared usage; we recommend the use of Swiss Navy Toy & Body Cleanser. Swiss Navy is safe for use on the skin as well as the electrode. It is anti-viral, anti-fungal, & anti-bacterial. Allow to dry completely before use.


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The city of Memphis and Springfield, Mo.-based Bass Pro Shops have filed two permits with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for $21.5 million and $7 million for renovations to The Pyramid arena.
The city of Memphis begins demolition Thursday, Sept. 20, of the Lone Star Industries cement terminal at the foot of Poplar Avenue.
The city of Memphis bought the property for $10 million as part of city plans for redevelopment of the area around The Pyramid which is being converted to a Bass Pro Shops super store with other attractions in and around The Pyramid.
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SCF Real Estate LLC, an entity affiliated with St. Louis-based SCF Marine Inc., has bought Presidents Island acreage from Lone Star Industries Inc. d/b/a Buzzi Unicem USA for $1.2 million.
When Memphis City Council members hear Tuesday, Aug. 16, that the Bass Pro Shops conversion of The Pyramid is again ready to move, they also will be asked to approve a pair of resolutions to finance a city buyout of county government's interest in the Memphis Cook Convention Center as well as the development of the nearby Pinch District.


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The Department of Consumer Protection, the Department of Banking, and the Office of the Attorney General are warning residents with student loan debt to avoid companies that promise to provide student loan debt relief, but for a fee. Student loan debt is an increasing financial hardship for Connecticut residents. Some unscrupulous companies take advantage of borrowers who are trying to manage or lessen their debt, often charging high up-front fees and not offering any services beyond what borrowers can get at no cost by contacting their loan servicers or the U.S. Department of Education.
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Attorney General, DCP Remind Residents that Price Gouging on Consumer Items, Energy Resources Prohibited
Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan Harris are reminding residents and retailers that state law prohibits price gouging on consumer items and energy resources during the current civil preparedness emergency in Connecticut.
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Dont Pay for Financial Aid Forms or Information, State Officials Advise
The Department of Consumer Protection, Department of Banking and the Office of the Attorney General are warning high school seniors and college students applying for college financial aid to steer clear of companies charging fees for financial aid forms. These services, which falsely imply that they will improve an applicants chances of success, often end up charging students as much as $1,000 for materials that are available at no cost.
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AG, OCC, Legislators Welcome PURA Draft Decision on Electric Bill Disclosures, Ban on Daily and Weekly Variable Rates
Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz today filed formal comments supporting a draft decision issued by the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) last week that will ensure new, comparative rate information is clearly disclosed on electric customers' monthly bills. The requirements stem from legislation passed last year that required the disclosures after thousands of Connecticut residents who purchased electricity from third-party suppliers complained of skyrocketing bills.
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Consumer Alert: AG Jepsen, DCP Advise Consumers with Delia's Gift Cards to Redeem Unused Balances Immediately
Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein are advising Connecticut residents who may be holding gift cards, certificates or store credits to the retail establishment Delia's to use their gift cards as soon as possible. The company recently filed bankruptcy and has announced plans to close its stores by early next year.
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Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein today announced that Connecticut has joined a $750,000 multistate settlement with digital advertising company PointRoll, Inc. that resolves an investigation into whether the company violated consumers' privacy by unlawfully circumventing the privacy settings in Apple Inc.'s Safari Web browser.
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Holy VR Troopers, FACEBOOK Buys OCULUS RIFT Makers
By Malik Forté on March 25, 2014
Is liking your friend's post on Facebook getting boring to you nowadays? Don't even sweat it, because whatever Mark Zuckerberg sees when he straps on the Oculus Rift, it's proven to be persuasive enough to warrant Facebook dropping $2 billion dollars to purchase the Irvine, California-based headset makers. Zuckerberg seems to have quite the ambitious plan for the Oculus Rift, and took to Facebook to convey his ideas on the future.
"Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. For the past few years, this has mostly meant building mobile apps that help you share with the people you care about. We have a lot more to do on mobile, but at this point we feel we're in a position where we can start focusing on what platforms will come next to enable even more useful, entertaining and personal experiences," wrote Zuckerberg.
And just when we thought the VR war couldn't get anymore eventful, in comes Facebook with the megaton of megatons. Pre-orders for the Oculus Rift 2.0 dev kit went live last week during GDC for $350, and are available for purchase at this very moment. Looks like we're one step closer to having those crazy sexual VR encounters from Demolition Man come to fruition. More on this as the details unravel.
Great, the one thing I wanted to see in virtual reality was Facebook. Good job Zucks.
Well, I WAS interested in the Oculus Rift…..until today. Facebook can have it, since they're bound to totally ruin it and warp it's purpose to their crappy "ideals".
[…] just bought virtual reality company Oculus VR for a cool $2 billion. For those not familiar, the Oculus Rift, Oculus VR's flagship innovation, brings the wearer […]
Greaaaat… Now that the MFers at Facebook own it, I can safely ignore it completely.
[…] "Notch" Persson has decided to cancel Oculus Rift support for his game, in light of Facebook's recent acquisition of the VR headset company. Persson dished out various reasons why he's lost interest in […]
Ugh, I was excited about the Oculus Rift and just cannot see Facebook doing anything even mildly interesting with it. Good idea into the trash pile.
All of these people are bashing on this acquisition. I wonder, how many of them DON'T have a Facebook account?
Just think of all the great advertising potential when facebook is able to feed images directly into our brain.
I have a Facebook account, never backed or pre-ordered the Oculus Rift, yet even I'm depressed about this acquisition. If you take the time to read developer reactions to this, you realize that this was something great that was just burnt to the ground.
… Aaaaand Sony wins the VR competition without even racing.
Wouldn't it be grand if the Rift installation is preceded by a retinal scan and sent directly to the NSA?
yeah they should give refunds with the fuckface money.
A lot of people poo poo these sort of things. I will admit, I have not looked into the details of the deal, but I would assume that the SAME development team (including the iddqd john carmack) are still developing it. Except now they have 2 billion dollars instead of what they had. Facebook has hit critical mass, therefore people hate it, but use it all the time. The only thing I hate about facebook, are the people I follow. and that's my problem.
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- Posted by v1rtu0s1ty Zone 5a, Northern IL (My Page) on Tue, Jan 6, 09 at 12:50
Thanks donn for the link. Is the information for their miscanthus they're selling correct? I was told from this forum that Miscanthus is only hardy to 6b and above. Their site is showing Zone 4-9. Please let me know. Thanks. |
Lots of varieties of Miscanthus out there. Some are hardy to zone 4, while others only zone 5/6. Hardier varieties include Autumn Light, Silberfeder, Purpurascens, among others. |
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Thanks for the info. I'll look at it again. :) |
- Posted by v1rtu0s1ty Zone 5a, Northern IL (My Page) on Tue, Jan 6, 09 at 22:48
I only found Silberfeder using their search engine. I searched for Purpurascens pics in Google and looks like this is one of the ornamental grass that I always see in our area and one of the ornamental grass I really want to have. It's very beautiful. While I was searching for it, I also saw the following. 1. Autumn Light Miscanthus - http://www.willowmist.com/autumn_light.html 2. Graziella - http://www.willowmist.com/graziella.html 3. Flame Grass(Purpurascens) - http://www.willowmist.com/png1_image006.html 4. Malepartus - http://www.willowmist.com/image009.html 5. Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster' - http://www.willowmist.com/png1_image020.html Is this hardy to zone 5a? 6.Fountain Grasses (Pennisetum alopecuroides) - http://www.willowmist.com/fountain.html What about this one, is this hardy to zone 5a? Thanks! |
Pennisetum alopecuriodes is hardy to zone 4, and easy to grow from seed. Here's a good website for information about grasses for your zone. Bluestem specializes in grasses for cold climates. http://www.bluestem.ca/ |
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- Posted by v1rtu0s1ty Zone 5a, Northern IL (My Page) on Wed, Jan 7, 09 at 12:52
Thanks for the link! :) |
Most sources indicate 'Aureola' does not produce viable seed. I've never seen any sold, although I have seen some available on seed swap sites. It's unlikely any viable seed would produce the characteristics of the cultivar. |
Been growing Carl Foester grass here in zone 3 for 3years. fRANK |
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I'm trying to find some morning light ornamental grass. Love this stuff but can't seem to find plants or seed anywhere. Can anyone help? Mark |
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If you would like to try a variety of grasses from seed Gardens North has quite a selection of hardy grass seed. |
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Details about financial support are available at: www.ucl.ac.uk/study/ug-finance
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We offer the A A Parker and Alcana Galiano prizes annually to the most outstanding undergraduates studying Spanish and Latin American Studies.
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Spanish and Latin American Studies BA
UCAS Code: R4T7
This four-year programme combines the study of Spanish language and its varieties with courses in the film, languages, literature, history and cultures of Spain and Latin America, from the early modern period to the present day. Year three is spent abroad in a Spanish-speaking country.
Entry Requirements
A Levels
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Subjects | Spanish grade A required. |
AS Levels | A pass in a further subject at AS level or equivalent is required. |
GCSEs | English Language at grade B, plus Mathematics at grade C. For UK-based students, a grade C or equivalent in a foreign language (other than Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew or Latin) is required. UCL provides opportunities to meet the foreign language requirement following enrolment, further details at: www.ucl.ac.uk/ug-reqs |
IB Diploma
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Subjects | A score of 17 points in three higher level subjects including Spanish at grade 6, with no score lower than 5. |
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In addition to A level and International Baccalaureate, UCL considers a wide range of international qualifications for entry to its undergraduate degree programmes.
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If English is not your first language you will also need to satisfy UCL's English Language Requirements. A variety of English language programmes are offered at the UCL Centre for Languages & International Education.
Degree Summary
Degree Benefits
- UCL is an important centre for Hispanic and Latin American Studies, with a wealth of expertise in areas from Cervantes to Borges.
- You will receive high-quality language instruction combined with innovative, research-led teaching of a wide range of Spanish and Latin American literature, culture and film topics.
- The third year of your degree will be spent in a Spanish-speaking country - an experience which contributes vastly to your linguistic competence and cultural understanding. The department currently has links with universities in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Spain.
- You will benefit from the resources of the UCL Library, Senate House Library of the University of London, the Instituto Cervantes, Canning House and the Institute for the Study of the Americas.
The integrated study of literature and history is the hallmark of this degree and includes compulsory courses in Latin American history, taught by specialists from UCL's Department of History. You are required to take courses to the value of 16 credits (240 ECTS) comprising a core course, Spanish and Portuguese language courses, Spanish and Latin American literature courses, and Latin American History courses. A wide range of options is available in all years.
During your third year you will undertake a course of study at a University in a Spanish-speaking country - we currently have links with universities in Spain, Mexico, Chile and Argentina.
You may also take School of European Languages, Culture and Society (ELCS) courses, which allow students to study literature, film, art and culture from outside their subject area(s), focusing on broad cultural movements, issues and approaches from an interdisciplinary perspective and drawing on the full range of specialisms within the school.
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Language teaching takes place in small classes, with an emphasis on interaction between teacher and student which enables us to ensure that the scope and pace of learning meets your needs. You will also attend lectures and seminars in which the literary, historical and cultural elements of your studies will be discussed.
You will be assessed by a combination of written and oral examinations, essays, language work, projects and work undertaken throughout your degree, with more weight being given to studies in the later years of your programme.
Degree Structure
In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual courses, normally valued at 0.5 or 1.0 credits, adding up to a total of 4.0 credits for the year. Courses are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional courses varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 1.0 credit is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
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Your Career
In addition to your language competence your studies will develop skills in close and critical reading, the analysis and communication of complex material, and the ability to organise your own time - all of value in your future employment.
Fluency in the Spanish language opens up exciting career paths around the world as politics and commerce become increasingly global.
Career alternatives include areas such as finance, journalism, law, education, commerce, arts administration, the civil service, the media, or translation and interpreting. Of course, the pursuit of further study is also an option open to you.
First career destinations of recent graduates (2009-2011) of Spanish and Latin American Studies programmes at UCL include:
- Teaching Assistant, Chelsea Academy (2011)
- Marketing Assistant, Diageo (2010)
- Live Subtitler, Independent Media Support (2010)
- Social Responsibility Intern, Santander (2009)
- Full-time student, MSc International Public Relations at Manchester Metropolitan University (2009)
Find out more about London graduates' careers by visiting the Careers Group (University of London) website:
Your Application
We will be looking for a demonstrable interest in literary, historical and cultural studies, and will be curious to learn about your motivation for applying for this programme. Evidence of extracurricular interest in the culture of Spanish-speaking countries, such as reading books, newspapers and magazines, watching films, or travel to one of these countries, will be looked on favourably.
How to Apply
Application for admission should be made through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Applicants currently at school or college will be provided with advice on the process; however, applicants who have left school or who are based outside the United Kingdom may obtain information directly from UCAS.
If your application demonstrates that your academic ability and motivation makes you well-suited to our degree you will be invited to attend an applicant open day at UCL. You may also be asked to respond to an admissions questionnaire and/or attend an interview (at which some Spanish may be spoken).
For candidates for whom travelling to UCL is difficult, alternative arrangements will be made. Our admissions process aims to assess your linguistic abilities and attainment as well as cultural awareness, motivation for study and intellectual potential.
Applicants must have A level or equivalent knowledge of Spanish.
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