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Between the countless writing classes I took a bit too seriously in college, the time I've invested in my hobbies, and the past couple years I've spent freelancing and working for SEO companies, I've written a lot of blog posts. As a result, I've written on a lot of blog platforms.
There are a lot of great platforms out there – some that are easy to use and secure, some that work well for niche purposes, some that make interacting with other bloggers really easy. Though I've had my dances with Tumblr, spent many a late night conversing with Quora, even had my morning coffee with Blogger, I'll always return to my love affair with WordPress.
Perhaps it's true that my affinity for a free, sophisticated, minimalist theme and a reason to spend hours perusing possible personalization options are what initially attracted me to WordPress, but its superior SEO capabilities are what keep me coming back. Maybe you're blogging for the sole purpose of SEO or maybe you're a hobby blogger who optimizes out of necessity; either way, blogging and SEO are happily married, so all authors should prioritize posting on a platform that's easy to optimize.
If you're not taking advantage of these four WordPress SEO customizations, simply stated, you're doing it wrong.
The WordPress SEO Plugin by Yoast
It doesn't get any more straightforward than this. The SEO Plugin allows you to choose your focus keyword for the blog post, edit the post's meta description, create custom descriptions for social media platforms, edit the post's meta title, and more. It'll even provide you with suggestions to make the post more SEO-friendly. Get the plugin here.
The Ability to Customize and/or Modify Permalinks
Your permalink – that is, how your blog post's URL appears in your browser bar – should be as reflective of the content as your title. If you modify your permalink, then instead of your permalink reading "www.webimax.com/blog/2013/10/01/modifying-permalinks," it'll simply read "www.webimax.com/blog/modifying-permalinks." That way, Google only has to do a shallow crawl to see that this page is relevant. All you have to do to modify your permalinks is access your WordPress Dashboard, go to Settings, then go to Permalinks. Choose 'Custom Structure' and in the field, simply put /%postname%/.
Premium Themes
I'm sure I'm not alone in this: I can write a decent blog post on nearly any topic, optimize it, and promote it. What I cannot do on my own, though, is make my blog look pretty. That's why WordPress themes are the design-inept blogger's godsend. There are few things more important than a user-friendly, attractive website if you're trying to attract (and keep) traffic, but accomplishing a clean, easy-to-navigate look is hard when you know virtually nothing about Web development. Premium themes on WordPress are a good investment because they don't glitch, they appear sophisticated, and they're almost always pre-optimized by their developers, so your blog has a predisposed fair chance at competitive ranking.
The 'Related Posts' Widget
LinkWithin is a widget that shows related stories from your blog's archive under each post. It's genius! If someone's reading a blog post about a recipe you created or a home repair how-to you detailed, chances are, they're going to be interested in another recipe or another home repair how-to. Show them where to find more! Having them click to another one of your blog posts will keep them browsing your site, helping you to maintain their attention and giving you the opportunity to demonstrate your credibility. It's basically free interlinking, and it helps your old content to resurface, making your blog posts into gifts that keep on giving.
WordPress is one of the most popular Content Management Systems currently being used on the Internet. In fact, more than 60 million websites currently use the popular CMS. For the average user who does not have a strong technical background, WordPress is an ideal back-end for a website because it allows users to easily update and maintain the content on their websites. From an SEO-perspective, WordPress has tons of great features built in, or easily added with one of the many plugins that have been developed by their network of open source developers. But just as with any popular piece of software, there are risks.
Recently a massive attack was launched against websites running WordPress and Joomla CMSs. Characterized as a 'brute-force' attack, the method of infiltration was to use as many different computers as possible to try as many different username/password combinations as possible.
The attacker was able to utilize over 90,000 unique IP addresses from all around the world in a coordinated attack on the default login pages of the popular content management systems. Using the standard username 'admin', the automated attack then attempted to gain access by trying thousands upon thousands of different passwords.
The result was a huge strain on hosting servers, which caused many websites to go down or load poorly. In worst-case scenarios, the attacker was able to gain access to website owners' CMS dashboards where they can do as they please. Preventing and stopping attacks in progress was a task that each hosting provider handled differently. Many opted to change the URL of the default login pages that the CMSs use, or to remove them completely. For many people though, the biggest question is "What can we do to prevent this from happening again?" The answer may be easier than you think.
While it is nearly impossible to prevent some lunatic from launching a wide-spread hacking attack on any website he/she/it wants to, there are steps you can take to make this task exceedingly difficult for them. With a brute force attack such as this one, the prey was websites with weak passwords. 'Password', '12345', 'login'…if your password resembles any of these, then you have a weak password. Strong passwords are crucial to keeping your site secure.
You may be wondering "What is a strong password?" Generally, you want the password to be at least 8 characters, and a good mix of letters, numbers, and special characters, with some capitalizations thrown in as well. Many CMSs come with a built-in password strength checking tool, but if you find yourself wondering, you can use one provided by Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/password-checker.aspx.
You'll also want to make sure you have a unique username as well. 'Admin', 'User', 'Manager'…avoid simple usernames such as these. Try to pick a username that is a mix of letters and numbers. Case sensitivity is normally not important when setting these up, and special characters are often not allowed. Pick something that is unbiased and does not have anything generally in common with the website it is being used for.
These tips are great for your CMS logins but can be applied to all aspects of your life. Applying these simple principals when signing up for bank accounts, customer accounts at ecommerce websites, or loan or credit accounts can save endless amounts of frustration in the future. When it comes to your personal information, privacy is key. Having a strong set of login credentials will help you keep your personal information out of the hands of hackers. If you do not have strong credentials, take some time today to update them, you (and your wallet) may thank you later.


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Simple, too. All Karson had to do was write a satirical essay about "the myth of the female orgasm" and then wait for people offended by it to complain to CU officials, which they did. University reps took it from there, inadvertently fueling a hullabaloo that played like a smaller-scale version of numerous public-relations blunders committed at CU in recent years. The events that followed were perfectly timed to handcuff the school's PR department, boiling to the surface during interim spokesman Barrie Hartman's last week on the job. Hartman's successor, Bronson Hilliard, eventually got things back under control, but not before Karson had parlayed the tiff into the sort of spotlight time that's sure to frost his detractors. "More people are hearing about The Yeti," he says. "And that's good."
Karson -- who'll host a public reading of The Yeti at 6 p.m. on November 29 at CU's Cristol Chemistry building, room 142 -- is an inveterate self-promoter with a taste for hyperbole. Yet some of his claims don't stand up to scrutiny. For instance, he maintained that a petition demanding his expulsion was being circulated by individuals associated with the Women's Resource Center at CU. But after hearing that Hilliard had investigated this assertion and found no evidence of its truth, he said he'd heard about the petition secondhand and admitted it might be nothing more than "a rumor." Nevertheless, there's enough of a paper trail to suggest that many of the entertaining tales he spins are grounded in reality.
An Amherst, Massachusetts, native, Karson started writing horror stories as a youngster, and his tradition of provocative prose continued at Amherst Regional High School, where he created and personally distributed a newsletter he called The Crux. The publication, whose entire run can be accessed online at www.greentara-redlayla.com/CruxIntro.html, hit its stride with a salvo inspired by the January 2002 resignation of principal Stephen Myers, who was alleged to have made sexually provocative comments to a male student. (By coincidence, Myers previously served as principal at P.S.1 charter school in Denver, and after he stepped down in Amherst, two former P.S.1 teachers interviewed in Westword accused him of inappropriate behavior here, too.) Karson's take on the incident was predictably off-kilter. "My response to Mr. Myers' controversial hobby of molesting children?" he asked in print. "I'm going to break up with him, and had I known he was a child molester, I never would have gone out with him in the first place."
Myers's administrative successors didn't get the joke, suspending Karson for a week. But this sentence was stricken from his permanent record thanks to lawyers affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union of Western Massachusetts, who, according to Karson, learned about the matter from a friend of his. Karson says he was threatened with suspension three more times for subsequent Cruxes -- one in which he insisted he was "gayer than Big Bird" for his friend Matt, another that sang the praises of masturbation, and a third whose concluding phrase was "Fuck you, Mom." But with the ACLU's help, he escaped all but one day's worth of further punishment, and in October 2002, the Amherst Regional School Committee made its student free-expression policy less restrictive in direct response to the Crux affair.
Upon graduation, Karson moved to Colorado, where his father lives, and enrolled at Colorado State University. He lasted just a semester before heading back east again. Two years later, he returned to the state to attend CU, starting classes and The Yeti at roughly the same time. He handed out several hundred copies of each edition at the University Memorial Center, and he provides a slew of laudatory e-mails as evidence that more people liked his purposefully impolite offerings than didn't. "It's about 80 percent positive," he swears.
Even so, the remaining 20 percent of folks were mighty unhappy -- especially with issue three. Karson says he was trying to needle insensitive men who care only about their pleasure and want women to be nothing more than mute, submissive sex objects. Problem was, he took the chauvinism to ham-handed extremes, writing in the first person that the clitoris is functionless ("like an appendix"), breasts have no nerves and can therefore be squeezed as hard as possible, and the sex act should proceed without lubrication, "so they can really feel it."
Although Karson meant this as a comic description of unfathomably bad sex, some readers read it as misogyny and rape, and complaints soon reached the CU Board of Regents, as well as Ron Stump, the vice chancellor of student affairs. Stump could have reacted to these gripes by first sympathizing with those who were upset and then reminding them about a little thing called the First Amendment. But no: He decided to call Karson into his office, and at the October 19 meeting that ensued, he scolded the student over the Yeti's content. That's all the provocation Karson needed to interest the Colorado Daily in writing about the situation -- and Stump provided Karson with a bonus when he told Daily reporter Paula Pant that he was "reviewing whether or not The Yeti is protected free speech." This remark, published on November 5, seized the attention of scribes at the Boulder Daily Camera, the Daily's sister paper, which ran a piece two days later in which Stump compounded his gaffe. "We're looking into it from a legal perspective," he told Brittany Anas, who wrote that officials wanted to figure out if Karson "is breaking any 'student code of conduct' rules with his newsletter."


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Islamic dreams about Wrap White Cloth find dream interpretations. Meanings & explanations for Wrap White Cloth dictionary!
Wrap White Cloth dream interpretations
Wrap up Dream Explanation
— (Roll up; Swathe) In a dream, a
represents one's limbs. To
up something in a dream means turning the page on something, closing a book, retracing one's steps, winding up a conversation, or controlling the spread of a rumor. (Also see Wrap; Wrapping)
Wrap Dream Explanation
— To see oneself wrapped in a blanket or a
in a dream means being serious about one's work and earning an honest livelihood. It also means receiving a medal of honor, recognition, or an endowment for his noble virtues. (Also see Shroud;
Cloth Dream Explanation
— (Fabric) Weaving a
or hanging it in the open air in a dream means undertaking a long journey. (Also see Wrapping)
Dream Explanation
— In a dream, a saddle
represents marriage, a judicial or a political appointment, moving to a new house, moving to a new shop, or it could mean travels.
Cloth Merchant Dream Explanation
— He symbolises a man of high standing in the community; or he symbolises a poet or a man of wisdom.
Darning old
Dream Explanation
— (Patching) Darning an old garment in a dream represents hypocrisy, fawning, adulation, impertinence, or it could mean to manage by, or to suffer from a lasting poverty.
Head-cloth or Odhni Dream Explanation
— A wife's head-cloth (ie. Hijab, Odhni, scarf etc.). izaar, or burqa represents her husband. Any excellence or defect seen in any of the above is a reflection of a similar excellence or defect in her husband.
White Dream Explanation
— The color
. If one sees his face
in the dream, it means sickness. If he sees his cheeks radiant
in the dream, it means honor, bounty and a high rank in his community.
in a dream also represents elderly people. (Also see Colors)
White Hair Dream Explanation
— Seeing one's black hair turning
in the dream means that he will gain credibility and respect among his people.
Horse Dream Explanation
— Conditions experienced by the owner will persists.
White rose Dream Explanation
— (See Rose)
White and Clean Clothes Dream Explanation
— Donning
, clean clothes reflects a favourable condition of the person who wears them.
A Horse with
Feet Dream Explanation
— A horse with all its feet
is regarded as the most excellent amongst all horse.
Clothes Dream Explanation
— A very pleasant dream suggesting goodness and success in all matters.
Eating the Shell or
of the Egg Dream Explanation
— Eating the shell or
of the eggs but not the yolk means he will usurp wealth belonging to the deceased or a slain person. It could also mean that he will dig up graves for the purpose of stealing the shroud (kafn) of the dead people.
Mare with Black Spots Dream Explanation
— He will marry an exceptionally beautiful woman.
Possessing a Beautiful
Snake Dream Explanation
— He will acquire fortunes from the treasures of the king.
Wrapping Dream Explanation
— (Cloth; Cover) Wearing a wrapping around one's waist in a dream represents a husband and a wife who live together without sexual relationship. A wrapping in a dream also may represent a dullish or a simple-minded child. (Also see
up; Wrap)
Clothes Dream Explanation
— A man told Ibn Siren, "I dreamed that I bought an ornamented
of the best silk, which was folded up. When I unfolded and hung it, I found it rotten in the middle." "Did you buy an Andalusian slave?" asked Ibn Siren. "Yes," said the man. "Did you have sex with her?" "No," said the man, "for I have not yet checked her." "Don't bother to do so, because her genitals are stinking." And so it was when the man had his new slave checked by his women.
• New
clothes: A new chance.
• The dead giving the dreamer something of what he is wearing and the former wearing it in turn: Deep trouble and an acute disease. If the
was left till the dead took it back, it means that the dreamer will quickly depart from this world.
• A dead person giving the dreamer a tailored
that does not belong to the former and the latter taking and wearing it, then returning it to the dead, who wears it in turn: Those who live under the dreamer's roof will die unless he had not returned the
to the dead, in which case the dreamer's wealth will increase.
• The dead giving the dreamer a tattered or dirty cloth: Will commit abominations.
• Giving a
to the dead, but the latter neither unfolding nor wearing it: Harm will befall the dreamer's fortune or health, but recovery will follow.
• Taking off some clothes and giving them to the dead: Will die. If the dreamer recovers the clothes, it will be otherwise.
Shroud Dream Explanation
— (Wrap) A shroud in a dream means covering one's private parts, or it could mean having a secret affair, concealing one's action while displaying a deceptive appearance, or it could mean marriage with an incompatible spouse. Wearing a shroud in a dream also may mean earning money from adultery. If one sees a shroud and does not wear it in his dream, it means that he will be lured to engage in adultery, though he will abstain. Being wrapped in a shroud like a dead person in a dream means one's death. If one's head and feet are still uncovered in the dream, it represents his religious failure and corruption. The smaller is the
shrouding the deceased in a dream, the closer he is to repentance and the larger is the
and more complete is his preparation for burial in the dream, the further he is from repentance. (Also see Shrouding; Undertaker)


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I took some cottonwood cuttings this winter that I plan on planting in a wet area on the side of my property. I know a lot of people don't like this tree. Currently they are in a bucket of water. Excuse the basic questions. 1. Will the roots come from the center or the green part under the bark? I didn't do well in science. 2. How long should the roots be before I plant them in the ground? 3. Should I plant them extra deep with only a bit of the branch above grade or just a few inches in? The cuttings are about 3/8" in diameter, 24" long on average. Thanks, John |
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- Posted by salicaceae z8b FL (My Page) on Wed, Mar 13, 13 at 12:37
I would just plant them as soon as the soil is warmed to about 12C directly where you want them (not in water). The roots formed in water often don't do well when planted in soil. The roots usually form at/near lenticels (on the bark) or the callus around the cut, not the cut surface. I happen to love cottonwoods! |
- Posted by formandfoliage 9b (Sunset zone 15) (My Page) on Wed, Mar 13, 13 at 13:42
We use them extensively around our barns for shade and greenery. We have 'cottonless' varieties, which don't cause the debris or seedlings. They do, however, sucker all along the surface roots, so just be aware that there will be maintenance keeping these chopped out. They are great shimmering in the breeze - the lowlander's aspen! Sara |
Silicaceae, How deep would you plant them? About 12 inches? Ground is still frozen here. Maybe will plant at the end of the month. John |
I did a two of them several years ago. Stuck them both in 5 gallon pots of wet dirt and watered them along with my other pots. One of them developed roots and grew the other did not. They were about 18" tall and were "suckers". Pushed them all the way in to bottom of pot, about 7-8" deep. Good luck. Believe the root came from the bark, but don't really remember that part. |
Roots develop from callus tissue along the bottom/damaged part of the cutting and sometimes from adventitious buds along the side of the cutting. In both cases, the growth is initiated from the cambium layer. Sometimes, cuttings are purposely "damaged" (slit, crushed, whittled upon, etc) to provide more surface area to develop callus. For most woody plants, I like to take cuttings of about 8" to 1' long. I bury at least 2/3 of the cutting, usually leaving 1 or 2 buds exposed. |
- Posted by sweetannie4u midOK_z6b/7a (My Page) on Sun, Mar 17, 13 at 11:58
My sister buried a large limb that blew off her big tree out front. The limb was two feet in diameter or bigger. Everyone laughed, but it grew and grew into another large cottonwood like the one out front in a very short period of time. Unreal! |
Sweetannie, Over two feet in diameter!? What did she use to plant such a monstrous limb? That would sure be one giant truncheon! And, a tree started that way would have a serious case of butt rot from almost the very beginning. |
Unreal! Many plants that grow along streams do this. It is a survival adaptation. |
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Last edited by v12345 : 5th June, 2013 at 04:11 AM
Start date: 11-08-2014.
Good luck on your new start. Thats the reason I went with S&S in the first place, the 'real' food aspect. I need to learn portion control, how can I do that with just bars and shakes.
All the best, hope you can stick to it! Have you tried any of the meals yet? I love them all, I add ground garlic and stuff to make them different each time!
Hiya, yeah I got some meals, can't wait to try one. Hopefully tomorrow tea ;-)Originally Posted by MiniMoosh
Start date: 11-08-2014.
Good luck, im certain you will find ss more manageable and enjoyable xx
Get Out Of The 15's Get into The 14's Get Into The13's
Get Into The 12's .. Get into the 11's .... Get into the 10's ..??
Restart SW 5/1/2015
Week 1
good luck on here v, i started on monday
16/6 starting weight
Welcome and good luck on S & S.
I have a meal every day bulked out with my veg allowance. It does help to make you feel less deprived.
Hey hun!!! Do you have your packs yet?? X
SO am still waiting for my packs, due tomorrow.
but still starting it 100% from morning with last few LT shakes and i cant wait....ready for my ketosis and my weight to go down.....
soooooo want to be skinny this summer.....
cant wait to wear my skinny jeans and my small tops.....
Aiming to lose 4 stones in 12 weeks.......
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Day 1 and received my pack early this mornin. So Had a late breakfast n I had my porridge n I loved it. Wow. It was so yummy.
But got bad headaches n no amount of water would shift it, it's crap withdrawal ;-)
Got a bottle of coke zero for when I get really bad sugar craving n withdrawal. Will have a shake later n my bar tonight as that's when I tend to eat the whole house down.
Am saving my meals for the weekends! I'll call them my treats ;-)
Am so excited and I know I will get to goal this time, just before summer starts.
Can't wait to start ticking my mini goals.
Roll on day 2.
Start date: 11-08-2014.
Oooooh how exciting..... Roll on day 2!!!! : ) X
Day 3 today, first day was ok but last night I had a major blip, we received some very very bad news about my beloved father in law :'( n broke my diet coz we were all in so much shock n disbelief! He's ok though,
Me n hubby ended up having take outs very late last night after bucket of tears n 2 bottles of wine to drown our sorrows! Life is a ***** at times! N it's always good honest people that suffer!
But back on it today, I will beat this flab.
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Paul Nuttall MEP, the UKIP deputy leader responded to today's Government anouncement on the minimum pricing.
"Minimum pricing for alcohol will hurt sensible drinkers and do nothing to curb binge drinking and resultant health problems, said MEP Paul Nuttall today." he said.
"Imposing a minimum 45 p per unit will be a blow for the majority of moderate drinkers in this country who just like a quiet drink at home. But it will not tackle the problem it is designed to solve.
"And I find it bizarre that David Cameron, who generally falls over backwards to do as our masters in Brussels demand, is ploughing on with this scheme despite it being illegal under EU laws," said Mr Nuttall.
"What they are doing is imposing their will on us in the name of it being in our best interests, which invariably means less freedom and higher costs.
"I am all in favour of ending loss-leader discounting in supermarkets and off licences which has played a significant role in the downfall of our pub industry and it would be nice to think it might mean more people going back to them.
"But those who just like to have a glass of wine or two with their meal or a couple of cans of lager while putting their feet up this will hit hard. Everyone has to count their pennies these days," he said.
"As always It is the law abiding sensible majority that pays for all the ill thought out government schemes. A ten week public consultation is being launched today over the minimum pricing proposal but we all know that 'public consultations' are just politically correct box ticking exercises.
"Yes, we have a binge drinking problem, mainly involving young people, but minimum pricing will not solve it," said Mr Nuttall.


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Nokia N93 (2006)
The S60-based N93 was all about multimedia: its twisty physical design allowed it to function as an easy-to-hold camcorder (with a 3x optical zoom, no less) one minute and a desktop screen for video playback the next.
Video quality was pitched – as you can see in the glossy TV ad above, starring none other that Gary Oldman – as "DVD quality", although in reality the camera was more suited to capturing happy slapping incidents than Hollywood-style glossiness. Still, at the time of its launch, it was the world's finest camera phone, and also offered cutting edge features such as Wi-Fi and 3G.


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It is meant to be the Formula One of athletics, the best of the best, but less than one year before China's prestigious Olympic Games are set so commence, Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that Beijing's pollution problems are so severe that that some events may have to be cancelled. The Beijing Olympic organising officials refused to comment. The quality of air is probably the most vital element for the Games and questions are being asked if it will be "fit for purpose". On the 19 June 2007 pollution in the city reached an air pollution index (API) of 202, ranking it a grade 4A which; "aggravates symptoms of cardiac and lung disease patients, reduces the endurance during exercise and produces symptoms in healthy crowds." This is a huge embarrassment for the Chinese authorities who are spending a rumoured £10 billion on the Games. China won its bid for the 2008 games in part by vowing to put on a "Green Olympics". Officials promised to pour $12.2 billion into cleaning up by reducing atmospheric concentrations of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide to meet the requirements of the World Health Organization. As this celebration of the one year mark clearly shows, a lot of work still needs to done. It's not for want of trying as officials have been battling to make at least some of that happen. Preparation work has included the closure of Chairman Mao's infamous blast furnaces, streets ripped up to build subway lines and upgraded sewage treatment plants. Tens of millions of trees and pulverized a nearby mountain for fresh soil. The root of the problem is of course the vast increse in car use and resultant increase in exhaust fumes. Last year, in a pilot scheme, some 800,000 cars were kept off the road for three days, it cut the amount of nitrogen oxide air pollution almost instantly by about 40 percent, scientists reported. This month, Beijing is planning to ban a million cars from the city's streets for two weeks as a further test-run to ensure clean air at next year's Olympics. Fan Yinlong, a city government spokesman said, "The plan has been drawn up and is ready to go," referring to a range of measures planned for Beijing from August 7-20. Not since Mexico City was controversially selected to host the 1968 Olympics has air quality been called into question. Then it was a problem because of the city's high altitude, 2,300m, which meant that the air contained 30% less oxygen than at sea level. The concerns were justified as the rarefied air proved disastrous to many athletes competing in endurance events. As an indication of their desperation, the government is already experimenting with fall back plans including firing rockets into the sky to induce rain and hence clear the air. Let's hope the rockets are using bio-fuel.
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Partial reply ============ On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:16:21 -0400 Richard Freeman <email@example.com> wrote: > Roy Bamford wrote: > > The three remaining trustees were also nominated to stand for election > > for the council. Had they all accepted and been elected to the council, > > today we would be in the position of having trustees being a subset of > > council. That would have totally destroyed the council/foundation split > > that was one of the reasons the two bodies were created. > > > > We need rules to stop that situation from occuring. > > > > Is this the case? That we need to stop the council/trustees from > overlapping? Is it true that the council/foundation split was one of > the reasons the two bodies were created? > > My understanding is that the reason we have two bodies is so that people > can contribute to either the council and/or the trustees based on their > enthusiasm or ability to contribute, without being required to > contribute to both. Also - due to the foundation being a US corporation > it is likely the case that we can't have non-US-residents holding board > positions. So, the split is a practical matter - not a matter of > principle per se. > Richard, I guess you don't know that Roy (NeddySeagoon) is a trustee living in Scotland? :) Not a US citizen. There are two bodies because (1) the council is elected by the Gentoo developers to guide the technical aspects of the Gentoo project. It's members must be developers, I believe. And (2), The trustees are the board of the Gentoo Foundation, a New Mexico not-for-profit corporation which is separate from the project. The trustees are elected by the members of the Foundation and must be members of the Foundation. Not all developers are members of the Foundation, and not all Foundation members are developers, so it would be impossible to have just one governing body even if we wanted to. Which we don't, because the skills required for the one are not the same as those required for the other. So the split is a bit more than a practical matter. It is required because the developers and Foundation members are not the same people (although there is a lot of overlap, of course). > I wasn't seriously involved back when the trustees were created so I > won't presume to argue that I really know all the reasons for it being a > separate body. However, I don't think that really matters - the only > thing that matters is if we think it should be forced to be such today. > > In my opinion the benefits of joint council/trustee membership outweigh > the downside. However, I'm sure things will go on fine either way - > I'll trust the trustees/council to make the right decision. > I'll leave the hard parts to someone else. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <email@example.com> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
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El condado de Costilla imagina un sistema de senderos, recursos recreativos, y tierras protegidas y sistemas de aguas que representan la herencia natural y cultural única del condado para los beneficios de residentes y visitantes.
Trails: Strive to create a system of trails that enhance outdoor experiences and connect existing cultural and community resources using multi-use trails and walking paths to serve community residents and visitors.
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Other lifestyle factors may also increase your exposure to estrogen. If possible, try to limit these factors:
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Smoke-Free by Force
June 2, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Sumayyah Meehan, TMO
Smokers around the world are somewhat used to having certain smoking privileges revoked for the sake of their health and the health of those around them. One of the most recent anti-smoking laws to go into effect, in the US State of New York, is a statewide ban on cigarette smoking on public beaches and parks. The fine for anyone stubbing out the law is a $50 fine. However, the NYPD will not be held responsible for enforcing the ban. According to Mayor Bloomberg, it will be up to park rangers and regular "New Yorkers" to keep smokers from lighting up on any number of New York's 1,700 parks and 14 miles of beaches. Back in 2003, Mayor Bloomberg also banned cigarette smoking in bars and restaurants.
Just across the Atlantic Ocean the miniscule sheikhdom of Dubai, municipality of the United Arab Emirates, spearheaded a grandiose 24-hour ban this past Tuesday on the sale of cigarettes. Smokers in the oil-rich Gulf state could not buy a pack of cigarettes if their lives depended upon it as grocery stores and gas stations were emblazoned with placards announcing the daylong ban of cigarette sales. The majority of Dubai's restaurants and cafes also supported the ban by refusing customers the "shisha" pipe, which is a water-filled pipe that releases steamed tobacco smoke into the smoker's mouth.
The reason for the ban is to highlight the problem of smoking in the region. Smoking and second-hand smoke are known carcinogens that have been proven to cause certain forms of cancer. Smoking is rampant in Dubai with people from all ages and walks of life "lighting up". Dubai takes great pride in its anti-smoking initiative and offers free smoking cessation courses at various centers across the municipality. According to Dubai's Minister of Health, Dr Hanif Hassan, more than 800 smokers have kicked their cigarette habit since 2009 thanks to the cessation centers. Hassan also revealed, in a recent interview, that Dubai plans to build even more cessation centers to help Dubai residents stop smoking once and for all.
In addition, Dubai authorities are mulling over a new law that would double the price of all tobacco products right across the board. The hope is to deter cigarette smoking by making it more expensive. There is also a new initiative to raise public awareness over the harmful effects of cigarette smoking, special attention will be given to children and teens that may face peer pressure that encourages smoking.
Dubai passed a Federal Anti-Smoking Law back in 2009, however only recently have the bylaws been approved and it has yet to be enforced by the appropriate governmental departments.
No Longer a Day at the Beach
October 9, 2008 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Sumayyah Meehan, MMNS
Enjoying a day at the beach has always been something fun and affordable for families in Egypt. Who wouldn't want to take a dip in the Red Sea or frolic in the sun soaked sand? But for many residents of Egypt a day at the beach, like so many other commodities in their life, is becoming unaffordable. Now anyone wanting to spend the day at the beach must pay to play.
The reason being is that wealthy developers and governorates of the coastal property are turning public beaches into private ones, excluding the general public from setting foot on the property. Egypt, with its stunning scenery, is fast becoming a playground for the elite. Chalets and 5-Star hotels are going up seemingly over night. And while the public does have limited access to the now private beaches, in the form of an entrance fee of about $18, it is still an unaffordable rate for many families in a country where 65% of the population can barely make ends meet.
More than 100 meters of the Egyptian coast from Alexandria to Marsa Matruh have now been cordoned off from the public. There is not a single public beach in the whole stretch of land. The beaches have also been renamed to further woo tourists. Names like Oxygen, Paradise and Bianki don the most exclusive beaches whom in turn shell out thousands of dollars to the governorates to rent the space. Then the costs are passed on to visitors in the form of high entrance, food and comfort fees. Most of the private beaches will give beach-goers a chair for free, but if they want a towel, sunglasses or even a glass of water they should be ready to pay through the nose.
The private beaches are popular for several reasons. The Red Sea is close to Cairo, which is one of the biggest cities in the World with high-flying executives and wealthy Egyptians seeking to shed the city for the weekend. Another attraction is women's-only private beaches where women, who normally wear the face veil or burqa, can shed their everyday clothes in favor of a bikini so that they too can soak up the sun, sand and surf. And let's not forget about global tourists who visit Egypt year round to tour the Pyramids and enjoy activities like desert safaris.
The facilities and leisure activities on offer at Egypt's most prestigious private beaches are also a massive drawing point. Snorkeling, scuba diving, jet skiing, windsailing and parasailing are just a few of the activities on offer. There are also several resorts and private villages like La Hacienda, Marabella and Marina that offer live concerts, 5-star restaurants, bars and dance clubs.
With a favorable climate, especially in the winter months which is notably warm, more and more of the Egyptian coastline will be developed not for locals to enjoy but rather to cater to those guests who have more disposable wealth to pay for even the simplest entertainment.
The days of the remaining public beaches are most definitely numbered, with newly categorized private beaches going directly under lock and key.


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Spiritual Guidance: First hands-on look at the Mists of Pandaria shadow priest {WoW}
Apr 4th 2012 6:16PM I for one am glad they're making the Shadow Orbs and Apparitions less RNG dependent, should help with the whole rotation. Anyone who plays/has played the Cata SPriest knows the agony of stacking all three DoTs and then Mind Flaying again and again hoping to get that 3 Orb Mind Blast and/or some apparitions, each time not getting them. It's like rolling a dice and getting a 1 every time. And it seemed to happen far, far more often than it should.
Does anyone in beta have any info on how Void Tendrils works? Do the tendrils have a fixed percentage of the Priest's health? Ideally it should take at least a few seconds to kill them off under normal circumstances, to keep it in the same league as the other two control talent options...I'm really hoping they aren't like totems (die in one hit).
And what about Spectral Guise (Level 87 ability)? How exactly does that work? Does your true form still take damage from the direct attacks? Do you poof back into your body when it expires? If so, meh...although it would be great if it was like Mage Invisibility only you remain in combat.
Breakfast Topic: Do you like PvP? {WoW}
Apr 3rd 2012 2:26PM I am personally not a fan of PvP and haven't been for quite some time. Reasons are basically:
1. I've lacked the commitment to really grinding for PvP gear the same way as you do with PvE gear. Since PvE is my primary interest, PvP just doesn't feel as important, and interferes with getting PvE gear (having to grind two different sets)
2. I've never really been a very good "sport" when it comes to MMORPG PvP for some reason. I get frustrated when I get "roflstomped", and I'm very much inclined to complain about a certain class being "OP" or "UP" depending on what class it is. Ironically, I am NOT this way in dungeons about DPS or bosses.
3. PvP on PvP servers breeds griefing...ever heard of corpse camping and ganking?
4. Finally, surely I cannot be the only person who, lorewise, kinda feels the way Jaina does about the whole Alliance-Horde war? There are a number of classes and characters who are peacemakers by nature and/or are just more on their own side than their faction's who are still very much committed to fighting the main enemies of Azeroth, and these people are looked down upon/forced into the political war against their will because of a number of bullheaded Warrior-type leaders who would rather die "honorably" fighting for their faction.
I mean, unlike in SWTOR for example, the Republic & Sith's philosophies and methods are very opposite (so them warring upon each other makes sense), the Alliance-Horde war really seems to be fought 90% out of hubris (although this might be changing in MoP as Varian mellows out while Garrosh succumbs to bloodlust).
Breakfast Topic: What are you just not that excited about in Mists? {WoW}
Mar 28th 2012 1:04PM I have to agree with everyone who says Challenge Modes. I'm sorry, but I've seen too many Tanks blatantly pull while I'm still manaing up as healer, and too many people blast me for doing "only" 10k DPS, to try out these things. And yes, I hate the "go go go" mentality IRL as well.
Also, just like how some people hated TBC for Outland's feel, the whole Pandaren feel has, from the beginning, kind of repulsed me. While I know that Blizzard insists that the Pandaren are no longer the "joke" race they once were, I still can't help but be kinda skeptical about the "beer" dungeon (I was never a big fan of the Dwarves for that reason). Also, as for the Monk class, "martial arts" classes in MMOs just have never done much for me - it does look like the Monk will be far more engaging to play than the Paladin to which it is similar to, but I still wish Blizzard had made the new class a Ranged/Caster, especially since the DK was also a melee-type.
As more information comes to light though, maybe I will embrace the move, even with my disinterest in the whole theme. Throw in a few more cool abilities in the Talents and make the Farm feature really involved and worthwhile to do (I see the Farms being either really good or really bad, although I AM excited about them), and maybe I and a few others who could give two licks about beer-swilling kung-fu pandas will be inclined to go forth with an open mind.
Breakfast Topic: What's the one thing you can't wait to find out about Mists? {WoW}
Mar 27th 2012 1:45PM That my beta invite has arrived. There, I SAID IT.
Seriously though, I can't wait to find out what will be happening with Jaina and how the Tides of War novel will tie into the expansion. Will Jaina take on a more field marshal role in one of the zones on the Alliance side? Will she become a key neutral player who works with both the Alliance & the Horde group looking to assassinate Garrosh? Will she possibly even become corrupted like Fendral Staghelm & Benedictus?
Breakfast Topic: 'Every female WoW player has healed at least once' {WoW}
Mar 12th 2012 11:30AM My mother plays WoW and she is not into dungeons, let alone being a healer. So no, I can tell you the stereotype is not true.
Breakfast Topic: Which race has the best starting zone? {WoW}
Feb 27th 2012 1:11PM I actually really liked the Dreneai starting zone, it had a lot of beauty to it, and a couple of really cool questlines.
My overall favorite though has to be Elwynn Forest, just because it was the first one I ever played. I have so many memories from that place, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Worst by far for me was Tauren, at least pre-Cata anyway. So...BORING (I don't know if it's gotten any better in the revamp)
Breakfast Topic: What makes players pick their class? {WoW}
Feb 19th 2012 1:45PM My two favorite classes are Druid and Frost Mage. I really like the Druid lore, and the class itself has almost every one of my favorite elements . Boomkin spells are just so beautiful in their way, fighting as a Bear or Cat is a unique melee style, and Resto is a good healer as well, shame Tree form is not permenent anymore.
As for the Mage, I generally prefer casting to direct combat, because I just like having powers and stuff...as Frost, there's just something really satisfying about being able to kill most petty melee mobs before they can even get close enough to hit me.
BTW in the stereotype video I think the Shaman one certainly applies to Boomkin & Resto Druids, namely early on in Cata.
Breakfast Topic: What's the best quest zone in the game? {WoW}
Feb 11th 2012 2:36PM I have to say my overall favorite zone is Hyjal. I am a big Druid fan and it just really feels like such a emotional storyline, saving those animals, fighting the fire elementals, doing the jousting, healing part of the zone, infilirating the cultists, and then facing Ragnaros himself. I'm honestly surprised so many people prefer Vashjir, I thought that it felt a lot more generic and the underwater battling was annoying.
And then the Molten Front dailies...I enjoyed them much more than the Tol Barad dailies. Doing them made me forget that I still had over 200 Marks to go before I could finally get that Flame Hippogryph.
Breakfast Topic: What's the best quest zone in the game? {WoW}
Feb 11th 2012 1:52PM I agree Sylvanas is overrated & has a really psychopathic personality. However, whose to say that Garrosh is actually any better? Remember, he's a ruthless egomanaiac military general who is ordering the Horde to commit genocide on the night elves, killed Cairne in a duel, does not care for anyone but himself and will willingly take the lives of his own followers to ensure his benefit, and unlike Varian in the pre-Twilight Highlands quests, never seems to see your character as anything more than a pawn to be manipulated.
Breakfast Topic: How do you roleplay in WoW? {WoW}
Feb 6th 2012 12:36PM I don't really "roleplay" in the traditional sense, but I do hlike to write . I enjoy making characters that are really more on their own side than their faction's. For example, one of my more detailed characters is my Human Priestess, Sakura, who is dual-specced into Holy and Shadow.
In many ways she is a lot like Jaina personality-wise (although less prone to outward tearfulness). She has always been somewhat shy, and never very athletically gifted or good at hand-to-hand combat...not like Paladins. But she's always excelled at the powers of the mind, and this combined with her natural peaceful beliefs has made her a natural Priest. She is also one of only a handful of priests who is both a skilled Holy Priest and a skilled Shadow Priest.
In fact, one reason she turned to the powers of Shadow is because she was easily taken advantage of and had been badly treated in the past. After all, Light-based Divine magic does not lend itself to dealing damage, and for the most part Light priests rely on Paladins and Warriors to fight in their place. Her belief in the Light masks a sensitive inner self and an intense desire to be valued by other people. On the other hand she can't meet people as equals because to do so would be to admit that she is not unique.
In time Sakura learned to embrace the positive aspects of both the Light and the Shadow, and in many ways she uses both to extend her faith. The Shadow, for instance, allows her to personally take the fight to foes when nesesscary and gives her vast psychic power and insight into the mind. Her primary Holy beliefs, on the other hand, ensure that she remains humble, altruistic & diplomatic, and that she uses the Shadow responsibly as needed for the greater good. Nonetheless, she is aware that Shadow Priests are shunned in human culture, and when fighting alongside others she prefers to be a healer, and only her closest friends know about her mastery of the darkness.
When talking about the Horde, Sakura is careful to direct her anmosity at its military leaders such as Garrosh, not its soldiers. She openly despises the Garrosh administration, who she sees as bullying the Horde into heading back down the path of reckless way & bloodlust that had so corrupted it back in Outland, but rarely does she portray the rest of the Orcs as anything other than misguided. She eagerly helped Thrall & the trolls in Cataclysm in the questlines because she understood the importance of the situations and was able to put aside racial prejudices for the good of Azeroth. She wants to see Garrosh & Varian fall or step down so that the Horde & Alliance will have the opportunity to accept a new path of life & heroism, but like Jaina she is resentful of the neverending & costly war between the two factions.
So basically, Sakura is the kind of character I avoid PvPing with, but I adjust my gameplay in game to fit each character's storyline which I make up. However, I don't go so far as to spend time in game actually putting on proper clothes, actually talking with other roleplayers, etc. So that's how I roleplay.


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I purchased this Color Craze nail polish because I was looking for a neon-looking pink color. The price is great, but the product is not. The color on the nail does not match the color in the bottle. Instead of looking neon-pink, it polished a very muted, matte pink. It was so sheer, I had to do THREE coats to get an even look. It's very matte, but I don't like that in a nail polish. Plus, the handle felt loose. When I shook the bottle, I was afraid the bottle was going to fly off the handle. Try another company for neon-pink.
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- Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
- Release Date: May 15, 2012
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May 15, 2012Been able to play fine since I sat down a few hours ago. The game play is really smooth and rewarding. The graphics are great and the sound is awesome.
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May 16, 2012I thought i brought Diablo 3 not another copy of WoW?
I love how blizzard decided to dumb this game down, no attribute points, no skill trees?? /end sarcasm.
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May 15, 2012Played beta enjoyed the hell out of it, the full game is fantastic.
I don't understand how people can post scores of 0/10 because they have had errors.
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Finally they did what players wanted. They made the game about loot. It still gets tedious very quickly solo player, but the new Adventure mode is great to play with friends -
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May 15, 2012This game is amazing! I haven't gotten too far past where the beta ends so this isn't a full review, but what I've experienced deserves a 10. If something comes up that I don't like, I'll fix my score.
May 15, 2012call of demon/gears of demon is what this game is. everything what was awesome about the second installment of diablo has been taken away and replaced with pure **** DRM, bad servers, boring gameplay very similar to me3, bad voice acting and so on. everything about this game sucks. this game isn't even worth the time and bandwidth to pirate. just leave it and pretend it never existed.
May 15, 2012
May 15, 20125 hours to install...another 5 hours troubleshooting cause of errors in the folders...and another 5 now 6 hours of waiting to enter the server that keeps going in maintenance...buyer beware! you are at the mercy of blizzards online server!
May 21, 2012
May 15, 2012A bland game, shackled with horrendous DRM. Even without the DRM, which prevents you from playing offline, the game is consistantly bland, not nearly worth the generous $60 price tag Blizzard happily slapped the game with. And I don't even need to tell you the login screen errors everyone has been getting. Overall, it is a complete disaster.
May 15, 2012Blizzard basically ruined the Diablo series, with an internet connection needed and their servers **** up. If you liked Diablo 1/2, you will hate Diablo 3. The plot is Cliche #34, and really is bad. Don't waste your money.
May 15, 2012The game is decent (though not quite "good"), but is crippled by the inability of the servers to handle the entirely unnecessary online-only requirement. It's a nonfunctional product at this point, and people expect better.
May 15, 2012My first review gave this game one point because it is technically a game. In fact, I'd like to take that point away. This is not a game. It's a scam.
May 16, 2012Activision Blizzard has failed to design their game properly.
If you can get past the flaws of the game (legalized gold selling via their auction house, etc) -- there's the hard fact that their servers have to be up for me to play the game -- even in single player.
I'm asking for a refund. If I don't get one, I'm denying the charges to my credit card. Goodbye, Bliz. -
May 19, 2012Diablo 3 is fun, but produces nothing new to the gaming community. Controls are archaic, camera is clumsy and graphics feel plainly odd. I'm sorry, but this game does nothing to bring technology or gaming forward.
May 20, 2012I want my money back....
Took everything we loved in diablo 2 and flushed it down the toilet....
Really blizzard.. Everyone; the game is no where near worth it. -
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May 20, 2012This is my third review (second edit). Once again I cannot play the single-player part of the game, due to server issues. From now on, every server issue that prevents me from playing the single-player part (basically any server issue due to DRM solution) will lead to a score reduction.
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No Offline Mode, and you have rely on blizzard servers to play which isn't a good thing, don't waste your money, 11 years in the making and this is what you get, very poor. -
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May 15, 2012So much hype and expectation for a game full of bugs and impossible to play for more than 30 min without errors ,just like bioware did blizzard betray their fanbase
May 16, 2012Servers are finally working and this game is amazing. I'm going to be playing this for months, if not years. The gameplay is fast and action packed, the story is really cool and the graphics are pretty, while still keeping true to the Diablo series.
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Jul 3, 2012I do enjoy the story of the game, but it seems weighed down by the heavy-handed loot system. Maybe I'm getting old but I can't stay focused on this game. I logged in today after two weeks of non-activity and was surprised at General Chat being constantly filled with gold spammers and no one talking.
Nov 9, 2013No feel of "Diablo". Feels like a juvenile adventure game, not a gothic horror. Disappointed to say the least. Hopefully the expansion breathes new life into it.
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Oct 10, 2012Cons: Auction House plays for you. Items are boring, repetitive, and other than your main stat / vitality the affixes are irrelevant. Linear Gameplay + only 5% f the maps are randomized. Online only. Matchmaking only, no custom games. Max of 4 people per game. Pros: Nice Graphics. Summary: I wouldn't bother with D3 unless Blizzard makes some serious, fundamental changes to it
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Jun 1, 2012Do not deserve a better note than 3,7 :
Connection errors, no SP, and a good amount of bugs. Played it for 3 hours after I finally got back on to their bad servers.... thank God they didn't actually put SP in. The gameplay overall is just bad and so far the story is worse than the others. Overall so far it is just trash with the Diablo name on it. -
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Jul 24, 2012Played for 350 hours, used $100 on RMAH. I can finally farm act 3/4 without many problems except for idiotic elite comps. However, I did not get a SINGLE loot which gives me an upgrade.
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May 15, 2012One of the worst play time to cost ratios. I could have a whole day at a paintball stadium for the money I shelled for this game, which, due to an unstable internet connection, I can't even play smoothly, even though I'm only interested in single player.
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May 15, 2012The way Blizzard is handling this situation is the most irresponsible and retarded thing ever done by a multi-million dollar company since the Golf War oil spill. Congratulations on becoming the biggest joke in video gaming history since Duke Nukem Forever. I can't believe I'm downloading a pirate cracked version of a game I already paid 60 dollars for, I want my money back
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012Game govno do not play this. Getting disconnected from single player all the time. Very buggy, unfinished with dumbed down customization and cartoon graphics
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Jun 22, 2012ok so the new patch is out an it is clear all blizzard is trying to do is milk the players for more money not to mention they change the stats on the items on your character even if you payed $$ for them witch renders them useless so i had to re-review this game an its content an give it what it deserves a 0 never buy or play another blizzard activision game
May 18, 2012Its a bad dungeon crawler with the Diablo name on it. The game is actually less than its predecessors. I'd rather play Dungeon Hunter Alliance and that's sad.
May 18, 2012$59.99 better spent elsewhere.
+ It has the Diablo brand name on it. I guess that's a plus...
- Gameplay, graphics, sound, plot, mechanics, servers (this one MIGHT be fixed, eventually), pay to win auction house, hyper-aggressive Blizzard fanboys, online only -
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May 20, 2012I cannot play the game I bought, this is a 0 rated game for me.
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Jun 20, 2012The company took almost every single thing that made the Diablo Series and removed it from the game.
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Jun 28, 2012They completely screwed up the loot system to promote the auction house. Inferno's difficulty curve is too steep, yet the loot rewards aren't exciting AT ALL, you just hope you get an item with good rolls, sell it on the auction house to buy stuff on it. And Diablo is all about the loot, it's the reason why we run higher difficulties.
Aug 2, 2012Diablo III wasn't like the previous sequel which made me disappointed - a lot. D3 is much more simpler than D2 which made the game less enjoyable, I bet a huge part of D3 players agreed with me. I smelled a rat that the in-game fun factor was a little interfered with some blizzard's monkey businesses. But I'm sure enough if the game were sold at USD 10 instead of 60 , it would be more worth it.
May 17, 2012Latency issues and login errors almost stopped after 30 minutes of the release, and all servers are stable right now, stop trolling guys, no one in the right mind checks MC user reviews due to guys like you, the game definitely doesn't deserve 0 just because you couldn't log in for 15 minutes
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May 15, 2012RAZOR, SKIDROW and all the other warez groups, unite and crack this dumb DRM! show Blizzard that we wont take thier **** death to DRM! Ubisoft failed with it, and Blizzard shall fail too!
Oct 3, 2012Until the RMAH is removed this game shall receive a zero. After that I might reconsider changing it to a 8. The game was okay for what it was. However, I still won't play it. The story was crappy and predictable. Oh not to mention all the freaking interruptions in gameplay because of the cut scenes...
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May 16, 2012Despite an initial hiccup with the login/game servers and a few bugs here and there, Diablo 3 is a worthy successor to the series. The graphics are better than on-par for 2012, the skills are creative, the classes astounding, and the storyline entertaining.
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May 28, 2012This game is terrible. It's too cartoonish, it's boring, easy and it's just dumb. You just have to mash your mouse button and you'll be fine. I expected more from it.
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Aug 31, 2012My one major complaint is that the game never feels very difficult, especially on Normal. There are frustrating moments, hordes of baddies, and increasing difficulty levels, but the same feeling of utter defeat never really happens as it did in the past.
Jul 18, 2012For all the game's missteps, though, you certainly can't accuse Blizzard of phoning it in - if anything, the game suffers from the tendency to try a little to hard at times to evolve the design. [Aug 2012, p.61]
Jul 3, 2012When it works, Diablo III is the best of the Diablo games. When it doesn't, all it does is make you mad. [July 2012, p.54]


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I just finished this idea for a game add-on. It might need a bit a tweaking, I'm not too happy about "world events" but I can't think of a better name?Talisman World Events
At the start of game the player who has first turn draws three world events from the world event deck. World events are not considered normal events when one is discarded it goes to the world event discard pile and another is drawn in its place.. The player who has the current turn draws world events when needed.
3 Magic Flux: Any player can pay 2 Fate to counter a spell just cast, discard magic flux after its effect.
2 Working Day: At the start of the current players turn they may lose their turn and gain 2 gold, discard working day after its effect.
1 A Royal Kiss: Any player who is a toad can turn back to normal discard a royal kiss after its effect.
2 Strong Foe: The next combat any player fights against a enemy, double that enemies strength for the duration of the combat discard strong foe after the combat.
2 Potent Spirit: The next psychic combat any player fights against a enemy, double that enemies craft for the duration of the psychic combat discard potent spirit after the combat.
1 Touch of the Ice Queen: The next time any player draws a card from the frostmarch expansion "show symbol" the player who drew it losers their next three turns.
1 Dark Reaper: The next time any player loses a life all other players lose a life as well discard dark reaper when its effect ends.
1 The Dark Lord: While this card is in play the lord of darkness is immune to spells and characters special abilities, discard the dark lord when a player defeats the lord of darkness.
1 The Eagle Lord: all enemy add 1 to their attack score in both battle or psychic combat. Discard the eagle lord when any character leaves the highlands by the eyrie.
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1 Lure of the Wolf: The next time any player rolls on the werewolf chart each Lycanthrope character must lose a life. Discard lure of the wolf after its effect.
1 New Day: Next time it becomes day discard this world event and all other world events and redraw 3 new world events.
1 Dark Night: Next time it becomes night all evil characters heal a life all good characters replenish a fate and all neutral characters gain 1 gold. Discard Dark night after its effects.
1 Cult of the Pumpkin King: When a player lands in a field space and are about to draw adventurer cards there, they may draw 2 extra adventure cards than normal. Discard after Cult of the Pumpkin King its effects
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Holy Quest: The next time any player lands on the city, village, chapel or castle they may accept a warlocks quest, discard holy quest when its effect ends.
Hero of the age: The next time a player gains a strength or craft and they already have 10 strength or craft they also have to discard all quests they are on, gain a Talisman and gain a quest reward. After hero of the age effect ends remove it from the game.
Let me know what you think or any better ideas?