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This is a busy time at my job, so all my concentration is currently devoted to web development in one way or another. I'm currently involved in projects involving SEO in Drupal, building a fully customized mobile responsive theme in WordPress, and integrating the most current and interactive social media functionality into both platforms. When I type it out it seems like a lot, and that's just what I do between the daily maintenance involved with managing several sites in active development.
Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm the only one working on these projects, not at all. (Well, I am the only developer working on the WordPress project, but this is the first project of it's type.) Normally, though, and for 90% of the projects I work on, I'm only a small part of a talented team that works to keep up with a high volume of site building and maintenance. To say that we deal with near impossible deadlines at a moment's notice would be quite the understatement.
The only reason I bring up my work here is because it may help you understand why I seem to spend so much time on social media sharing research on design and development. Thanks to the network of developers and other industry folk that I've gathered in my Twitter and Facebook feeds, I'm able to find quality information that helps me deal with the demands of my job. When I share my resources, it's my way of paying it forward, sharing in return – with gratitude.
I also use my Facebook wall, and my Tweets as bookmarks of the resources I'll need to refer to later. Everybody wins!
One of the most distracting resources I found today was Wordle.net. I plugged my blog URLs into it, and was really kind of surprised at what I found. Wordle will return a "word cloud" to you, showing you which terms are used most on your site… the larger the word, the more often it appears on your pages. Go on, plug your site URL in, I bet there will be a surprise or two in there for you!
The Wordle cloud I'm using as the image for this site was made specifically for use as my Facebook Page cover photo, it wasn't generated from any of my sites, JSYK.
It was an interesting exercise, one which could come in very handy if you're interested in focusing your content on a certain topic. How focused is your site? Are you spending too much time on a topic that isn't relevant to your site's main purpose?


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Quebec City to build $2 million fire station in Port-au-Prince
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QUEBEC CITY, Canada (defend.ht) - The Mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, announced on Friday that the city will sign for the construction of a new fire station in Port-au-Prince, which will be financed by a Quebecois investor at a cost of $2 million [US].
QUEBEC CITY, Canada (defend.ht) - The Mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, announced on Friday that the city will sign for the construction of a new fire station in Port-au-Prince, which will be financed by a Quebecois investor at a cost of $2 million [US].
Six months after the visit of Régis Labeaume in Haiti, it was the turn of Haiti to come to Québec: Stephanie B. Villedrouin, Minister of Tourism, and UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti, Michaëlle Jean, were in town. The objective was to implement collaborative agreements and, above all, sell the tourism potential of the country to possible investors.
A first agreement was concluded. Port-au-Prince will have a new fire station thanks to an Quebecois investor that the mayor of the town did not name, but who is willing to provide $2 million in the venture.
"The final answer is expected... The City shall guarantee the investment. This is the City of Quebec, in communion with the Haitians who would draw the barrack, construct, direct the work, but obviously with workers in Haiti and local materials," said Mayor Lebeaume.
Details of the "investor's" interest in Haiti has not been released, neither has this person's identity. The Sentinel has demanded disclosure in this regard.
It is known that the UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti, Jean, did make a trip to Haiti in late 2012 and was accompanied by the Mayor of the City of Quebec. This is what Jean said in a {japopup type="iframe" content="http://www.caribjournal.com/2012/12/04/interview-with-unesco-special-envoy-for-haiti-michaelle-jean/"}December 2012 interview{/japopup}:
"...this time I brought with me an important delegation of about 20 people. The idea was to address two things. First, the civil protection and fire protection services in Haiti, because the situation is very dire. I think of all the Haitian firemen who, during the earthquake, really supported the international teams to rescue and search for people, who really worked with all their courage and sense of duty, but are now working from a building that is almost completely destroyed. It's very risky for them to work in a building that is damaged. And they have almost no equipment. The President of Haiti [Michel Martelly] has raised my attention on the situation, and asked me to see if Canada could come and support the reinforcement of the services in Haiti. So I collected a group of Canadians who have been involved in Haiti over the last two years, working with local authorities in different municipalities, building infrastructure and supporting municipal and local governments. So I raised the attention about strategies that could be efficient to support Haiti in that field of fire services. The mayor of Quebec City [Regis Labeaume] wanted to accompany me with a team of specialists from Quebec City. The commander of the fire services of Port-au-Prince, who's also responsible for all the services in the country, has also mentioned and stressed the issue of professionalizing his teams and the teams across everywhere in Haiti. So a delegation came from a special college in Ottawa where they train firemen and really help structure efficient and professional service. We need to work with Haitian partners to make sure that Haitians would really take ownership of all the knowledge and experience and make it sustainable. So that was one part of the delegation." - Michaëlle Jean
The other parts of Jean's trip revolved around reconstruction investment and tourism.

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Before anything else
This is by no means meant to be a definitive guide, just a quick start reference guide. Each stage will present you with many varied challenges to be overcome, it is assumed the reader has some prior understanding of vintage electronics & the safety required before attempting an old TV. Likewise If you are at all unsure or are unaware of the inherant dangers these old sets present, I would suggest you stop reading now.
The Basics
Get the service sheet and familiarise yourself with the circuit this is the road map which if studied will help you to understand how the set is designed to function, if you cannot read a schematic worry. Have a lot of caps on standby, TV's take a lot and I mean a lot. Have the best tools ready, your multimeter and common sense, think safety at all times never take anything for granted check, check and double check.
1. Cold checks
First, a quick visual check for missing bits or obviously damaged components, check heater continuity with meter, check and operate the on off switch. Ensure chassis is wired correctly if ac/dc chassis should be at neutral again use you meter to confirm this. Finally ensure the TV is set for the correct voltage, you will be surprised how often this is not.
2. If you are of a nervous disposition , avoid the pop
The set can be just plugged in but be ready to switch off, in most cases it will either warm up or nothing.
Alternatively for those who are concerned about easing the old girls in, then the next approach is as follows:-
Snip the capacitor that is across mains (check the schematic), this is the mains filter cap/ RFI suppressor it's called many things. Now with a variac, lamp limiter or both and connected via an RCD if your consumer unit is not fitted with one, give it a little taste of mains to see what happens. If you have a variac try starting it off at around 50v, increasing by 20v every 5 mins. A damp dusty smell of mains droppers and likely a bit of smoke as the dust burns off, don't worry this is quite normal from a set that has not been powered on for a long time. If the smoke is not eminating from the dropper try to quickly determine where it might becoming from, possible an electrolytic. DO NOT stick your face or head directly over one, if these suddenly let go they can cause great harm. Switch off and disconnect from the mains, feel the can, does it feel hot, if so then it will need replacing.
3. Eyes & Ears
Use all your senses to monitor what is happening. Are the valve heaters glowing correctly or are they too bright, you don't want to fry all your valves if the heater decouplers have failed or overrun individuals through other cap failures. Look for obvious signs of burning components or wiring or burning smells, listen for a hum from the speaker is it the deathly van Helsing rumble of main smoothing trouble or just normal/crackles, look for bubbling caps, etc. and be ready to switch off!!
If you're very fortunate you may start to hear ( if you still can) the 10,125Hz line whistle from the line output transformer acccompanied by something on screen. It helps to have the contrast and brigtness set at mid point but have a twiddle just to see if you get a glimmer. The line whistle may sound odd, sort of strangulated and not healthy.... Don't leave it like this too long as you may put the LOPT under stress. More often than not the set will appear to be dead with perhaps just the valve heaters glowing.
4. Here We Go
At this point we must start with the power supply get this sorted out first. Get the H.T & EHT near as to spec (consult service data), check the rectifier often a Metal affair and the main smoothing cans these may have dried out and exhibiting leakage ( electrical & physical). As I was once told by an engineer power supplies are little different from a radios, just a lot more beefy. Once the power supply is sorted and HT is on spec move on to get the line/frame time-bases operational.
Interpretation of Electrode Voltages
Electrode | Indication | Notes |
Anode |
Screen Grid |
Control Grid |
Cathode |
5. Now Here
Next the line timebase it's a little more complicated to start with you will soon get to know your way around them. Again schematics are essential and some reading on their function is necessary too. Very few major problems will be encountered and some sort of results are very often obtained with components that are faulty and the more you do the more familiar with them you will become. I won't go into them here but reading up on the time-bases is advised.
6. The Screen Will Now Spill the Beans
With the power supply and line output stage operational the set will start to tell you what faults it has, by showing you on screen. This is the TV talking to you about the issues it's having with components, look at the screen and take it in, I find this a lot easier than radio now. Typical results would be a very distorted raster from the vertical scan caused by leaking waxy capacitors, or the most often I encounter, frame collapse.
A modern tool to have is your digital camera, take detailed pictures of the tag boards/PCB/ hard wiring paying particular attention to the stage you are currently working on. Take notes too this is very important get disciplined in this matter, it will save you from yourself. I suggest and pass on the advice I was given, replace one component at a time, switching on after each and checking the results. It may seem boring but very worth while advice until you gain more experience and a great way to observe cause and effect.
The TV faults will begin to unfold as you go, this is where you begin to learn and see results from your work. Never replace more than two components without a check due to the reasons mentioned earlier, do so at your peril. I was often told until it sunk in "it is important to get something on the screen no matter how distorted and blurred" this was drummed into me over and over, it's sound advice and the best advice I was ever given even if it scared the pants off me at the time. Valve bases, switches and pre-set controls can now be cleaned too.
7. Need These too
Handy to have lengths of different coloured flex with insulated crocodile clips at the ends. These are used as temporary extensions when working on sub assemblies, tuners,transformers so you can remove them from their position but still in circuit. These are easily obtained from ebay or you can make your own.
8. Clean that Stage
When you have obtained some promising results you can then start to think about the clean up, dust and muck on the section you've been working on, then move on to the next.
9.Now you can do the Big one
Once the set is running fine the last clean of the chassis can take place and places you have not touched so far, use a small paintbrush, and the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner. Be very careful it's very easy to damage components and if the set does not work after you have cleaned it you will know that it's something you have just done and the fault should be easy to trace.
Read read read, get books I recommend:- Spreadbury Vol 1 ( time base circuits)& Vol 2 ( Receiver & Power supply circuits) Practical Television magazine, especially Les Lawry-Johns Correcting Television picture faults by John Curra, contains lots of examples of Test card faults, their cause and remedy It's very difficult to just wing it through and you will just cause more problems than you solve unless you're a gifted individual.
Got a Blank Screen? There are seven services from the receiver to the tube.
1. Heater power supply
2. video signal (modulation)
3. Grid bias (brightness)
4. Focus coil current
5. Line deflection
6. Frame deflection
7. E.H.T supply
Complete failure of of services 2,3,4,5,6 can occur without causing a blank screen. For example
1. Self explanatory
2. If modulation is removed that will leave a plain raster, which level will be decided by the brightness control.
3. If bias is removed the result will depend on how it is done, +ve maximum will make the screen go peak white. It can go down to chassis or possibly even more negative than that, when the screen will go blank; or it can be non existent when the grid will become free and anything can happen on the screen.
4. If focus current failed the spot would simply become defocused.
5&6 If either of these fail vertical or horizontal line will appear across the screen.
So really 1 3 & 7 can cause a blank screen*
If EHT is of the fly-back type then EHT is dependant on the line TMB circuit running correctly, with the exception of a very rare kind of fault, therefore failure of the line deflection service (5) is almost bound to result in a blank screen if line fly-back EHT is used, EHT can still fail independently of (5)
* Causes of blank screen
- Faulty tube No mains supply (1&7)
- Heater supply to tube low or absent (1)
- EHT low or absent (7)
- Grid/cathode bias too negative (3)
- Beam deflected off screen (rare) (5&6)
- Failure of HT volts to first anode (tetrode tubes only)
- ION magnet misplaced (if one fitted)
- line TMB failure (5 & 7)
- line TMB oscillation weak (5 & 7)
- line TMB Freq low (5 & 7)
This following table should give some pointers
Symtoms | Observations | Check around | Check Particularly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No picture, no sound |
Picture satisfactory, no sound |
Picture satisfactory, distorted sound |
Sound satisfactory, no picture |
Screen lights but no picture or sound |
Sound satisfactory, picture negative |
Picture distorted |
Picture will not hold still |
Dull picture |
Sound and picture take a long time to appear |
Picture slow to appear |
A signal source is needed, an Aurora is the one to get, it provides Test Card C and also will convert 625 to 405 so you can watch freeview/sky dvds etc. If you don't want to get one yet then a good modulated signal from a sig gen will produce bars on the screen, but to set the TV up properly you will need the Test card the aurora produces or a test pattern generator.
Get a scope and ISO T/X if you intend to use it is a must, the final word is be careful EHT won't kill ( although mains derived EHT WILL!!) but will sting and hurt like hell, it's the bad jump away when you react that can cause more problems. A1 volts and HT are nasty so same care as in radios is required. Hope that all makes sense and is of some help, It's what what was drummed into me by a couple of very knowledgeable individuals and although I kicked and screamed and deviated from time to time their advice paid off and is now my mantra.
Finally you should not attempt any repairs as a complete novice, indeed if you are unaware of the dangers that lurk within old TV's and Radios and there are many, you should leave it to someone who does. You have been warned these sets have a high potential to electrocute yourself
Some, not all abbreviations you may encounter
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(Undated) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is reassuring Arab leaders in the Gulf the U.S. remains committed to security in the Middle East. Hagel spoke at a regional security forum today to address concerns about the focus of U.S. policy. He cited America's emphasis on diplomacy as well as the continuing U.S. military presence as proof of that long term commitment. Hagel's remarks come at a time of heightened tension between Gulf powers and Washington. Leaders fear the U.S. will lose focus on the region as it strategically moves to Asia.


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"I was here before anything else was here," James Wise said of his Meadowbrook Drive home.
When he moved in, there were only seven houses on his street.
Dockery Lane only had three houses and the rest of the land was farm pasture and fields.
Wise said he did not know the neighborhood was planned for annexation by the city when he bought the house.
"To tell you the truth I've been fighting this for 30 years," Wise said.
He said the flooding of his and others on his street have increased since a subdivision was built on a hill off of Eleanor Drive in 1976.
Water from the hill and Blue Springs Road meet in a culvert at the corner. A pipe takes the water under Blue Springs Road and into a ditch behind houses on Meadowbrook Drive.
Wise moved to his home in 1961. A ditch ran along the back of his property.
"There was over five feet in my yard that was nothing but a big gully, so I put the tile in, in order to stop that," Wise said.
The neighbor next to him on the side from where the water flows also installed a pipe in order to be able to fill in the ditch.
"For them to say that the 12-inch tile [pipe] caused it, is a joke," Wise said.
There is nearly 600 feet of open ditch along the neighbors' backyards before getting to the 12-inch pipe.
He said when he installed the pipe it was large enough to handle the flow of water. Wise also installed a culvert to the side of his yard to allow water to flow out of the pipe.
These days, water is not making it to the pipe. Instead, it is overflowing the ditch into yards.
A neighbor who lives between Wise and Blue Springs also experiences flooding. The water flows into a ditch behind her yard. However, the volume of water is causing the water to flood her property.
The water is flowing across yards, taking pine cones and debris with it. Wise said he cut the bottom of his chain fence to allow the water to flow better.
"We pay city and county taxes both, so we should get some help," neighbor Jane Underwood said.
Wise said although he has been told it is illegal to reroute water from its natural flow downhill, he feels this is what has been done with water from Blue Springs Road and Eleanor Drive.
Wise has approached both the Cleveland City Council and the Bradley County Commission about the issue. Documentation from a recent City Council meeting stated that Cleveland Public Works Director Tommy Myers was getting cost estimates for a solution.
Wise said he would not be in favor of taking the pipe out and leaving a ditch in its place.
"That's [removing an existing pipe] out of the question," Wise said. "Why would I go through all this and spend all this money to have my yard washed away again? That would be stupid."
If the Public Works Department comes up with a more favorable solution, Wise has a list of property owners willing to grant easements to have the issue resolved.
Wise said he would be fine with the city replacing the 12-inch pipe with a larger one.
Wise said the solution lies in fixing drainage ditches on Blue Springs Road in such a way that excess water does not flow into the Meadowbrook Drive drainage ditch. There are ditches that need to be mowed, cleaned out or made deeper, according to Wise.
"Go up there and clean up the ditches," he suggested. "I have tried to get them to put a split-T on the water so that it evenly divided the water [from Eleanor Drive] evenly going down both sides of Blue Springs Road."
He said this would allow the water to flow rather than being forced into the Meadowbrook Drive drainage ditches.
His backyard fence marks the city/county line.
The city has implemented a stormwater fee to address flooding issues out of the city. Wise said this would have been a less expensive approach than he and his neighbors paying for everything themselves. Even with the implementation of the fee, Wise seemed skeptical that any projects would come to his area of town.


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Makes about 4 cups
This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
If you prefer your soup a little thicker, crush 6 saltines into fine crumbs and add them at the end of the procedure, when you add the crab.
- 2 bacon slices
- 1 medium onion
- 2 medium boiling potatoes
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 pound jumbo lump crab meat
- 3 cups whole milk
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne, or to taste
- Garnish: chopped fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves
Chop bacon and in a 2-quart heavy saucepan cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp. Transfer bacon with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, reserving fat in pan.
While bacon is cooking, cut onion into 1/4-inch dice. Peel potatoes and cut into 1/4-inch dice. Stir onion, potatoes, and water into bacon fat and simmer, covered, until potatoes are tender and most of water is evaporated, about 15 minutes.
While mixture is simmering, pick over crab meat, removing any bits of shell and cartilage. Stir milk and cayenne into mixture and return just to a simmer. Add crab and salt and pepper to taste and bring chowder to a simmer.
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- Calories320
- Carbohydrates30 g (10%)
- Fat13 g (20%)
- Protein20 g (40%)
- Saturated Fat6 g (29%)
- Sodium432 mg (18%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber3 g (12%)
- Monounsaturated Fat4 g
- Cholesterol83 mg (28%)


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Menos Grande
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 10:27 pm
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A Few years ago, just after Mass Effect was released Fox News aired this segment -
- This is an all time unforgettable blunder in reporting the news that I will never forget. Well They have done it again, This time over the NEA recognizing video games as an artistic form. Here is the segment -
With this in mind, What are your thoughts on the way Fox News treats the Video Game Industry?
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 10:39 pm
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I have a theory that they only pretend to be mentally retarded to produce ratings.
Seriously what the fuck is wrong with them? Where dropped on their head as kids? Did someone beat the crap out of them with a video game system? You know what I bet that's what happened! Someone took a took a NES smashed it against their head then spend the next hour violating them with the broken remains!
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That seems to be the case Noir. I say that Fox is just doing this because they are all Christians. No offense to any Christian here, but there are some who just take it a step too far and aren't willing to admit that they can very wrong at times. Hell, the people on Fox go out of their way to insult the gaming industry(and every other industry), and if they could, would slander every up and coming game so much that the game would be forced to stop production. Christians have done the same for fear that the game will cause their children to become followers of Satan. Seriously? So many games I was hyped up for were cancelled because of dick moves like that. Honestly, I agree with Noir. These people must have had something happen to them I their youth that caused then to hate video games for life.
Whoever said you can't have too many weapons is a genius! Oh wait...that was me.
You know, I've seen a lot of things. But a 10 ton behemoth of metal, powered by a race of beings made of pure energy that are completely genocidal to all other things in the universe was never one of them. Now I can say that, I have in fact, seen it all.
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It doesn't surprise me. Faux News does this to everyone. They are like the most biased news crew out there. Not saying that others aren't but they like to show it off for some reason. Don't even get me started on Glenn Beck. Oh and in the first link you provided, Geoff, the defender, asked Cooper if she played it before. She laughs and says "no" I so wanted to punch her in the face. No lie. But I don't take Faux News seriously. I decide if I want a game. And another thing, there is so much sexual content on regular cable that any 12 year old check that shit out on their own. I think that's enough for now. I'd rather not wreck my brain on Faux News. Oh, Faux news is pronounced Foe. FYI
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It seems that they think one thing...video games bad. Fox enough caveman thoughts and do some real research if you don't mind.
"You know what they say about meddling in the affairs of dragons?"
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Neither side argued their point effectively, while Ambrozy got a zing in the beginning, he dropped the ball later on. Simply giving a couple numbers to back up his statements about the success of the Video Game industry would have won it in my eyes.
As to the overarching issue, Fox has their agenda, just like every other news network. The same drivel comes out of MSNBC, CNN, NBC, CBS, (off topic: do people still watch ABC?) and the rest, admittedly aimed at other targets. This agenda will color any story regardless of the facts associated with it. The fact that people are still surprised by this disappoints me.
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well you know we are talking about fox news here right? Even if i don't follow mass effect game soo much, for fox news speaking bad of garbage abour any videogame is just sad to know all those soo respected fox jornalist don't know anything about games, also add the bulletstorm controversy and the stupid guy from CNN who describe the 3ds and lett us know how retatds this big corporate news channels can't review or play any videogames... ok whos ia next in criteria xD
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A better question is - why are you watching Fox News to begin with?
(and this is coming from a conservative Roman Catholic. I just gag when anybody quotes 'Fox News' as a reliable source of information.)
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I feel like fox news is a heavy side of societal misunderstandings of video games. If you look alone at the piece on Mass Effect, FOX allows bias towards video games in general to color there opinion on a game. FOX had two polarized sides of the argument speaking and like always the loud, angry, aggressive side made more noise. The anchor covering the story obviously had a bias towards video games as did most of the discussion panel. FOX did misrepresent the game, it did attempt to show two arguments and did something even more profound.
FOX coverage said and I quote "At the end of the day...it's up to parents to control what it is they are seeing". The anchor covering the story did unfortunately follow up with "It is, unfortunately, and that makes it a much harder job". Copper's statements were slanderous but the truth was that she was ignorant of the facts and blinded by bias. FOX did not do as horribly as we think they did. They are not an unbiased news source and that aside FOX just had someone admit that parent are the ones responsible... see yeah.
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Is fox not afraid if the negative impact this is going to have on them? They should at least watch what they say on
public television
. And I can bet money that there are more gamers out there than loyal fox news supporters. They gain nothing by sayin this. I mean, it's fine to express and support personal opinions and all, but this is taking it a little too far.
Fox news is so blinded by biasness.
And I must say, I completely disagree with them.
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Having played and beaten each mass effect multiple times I can say I'm a pretty big fan. It's probably my favrite series. After seeing Fox's interview I am convinced that a four year old who only plays black ops is more qualified then there "experts". One interview I saw actuly had a person who knew what he was talking about but the one female reporter wouldn't stop cackling about frontal nuduty which isn't there so he couldn't talk.
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Amazing i saw this video when i first came out. I can't believe people these days. If it was up to Fox News they would have the whole world run by them. Games and anime are newer forms of ART. Some nude never killed anyone. Look at antion Rome. I can't remember the statue name but there is full stone nude. Fox news would not bat an eyelid and children are allowed to do papers on it. However the same thing in a video game is something that the devil himself made. 13 year old boys and also girls are interested we are humans for starters and the way we evolve is knowledge, as such looking at pornographic content is a way of finding information. Mass effect was a game that was given 12 because the British Board of Film Classification (they do games for us as well I believe) believed that that is the correct age rating, if it was given a X rating then the game would not be sold and might have not been as successful and won as many awards as it did if the game was evil. This is something I constantly rant about to friend when we talk about the age in games. Look at a few years ago. A game such as Doom would have been given an 18 if there was a age ratting for games. However now it is tame and is a 12+ the same as mass effect. These people on Fox news can only remember games like doom and believe all games are like that. I will be fighting for games to get an equal right as other forums of media like film, music and TV.
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they act like any adult above 40 they hate the way things are and want a simpler time or at least thats what i aquate it to there just a political very right wing view and as most pepole with a brain knows there very closed minded about the puplic and video games are just one of the things that tends to scare them so in short they dont respect them or at least thats my opinion.
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Fox news makes a big deal about video games because it gives them ratings.
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Fox news is like the evil step mother in Cinderella, it is never a good thing to listen to her and she is only in it for the money.
Fox is paid for by republicans, it would be easier to say that you could call
Fox news
"Republican News", I don't even need to watch more then 30 minuets of Fox reporting then to figure this out.
If you want a good take on Fox news, watch John Stewart and Jack Black; they know that Fox news is full of a bunch of fat old men who only care about money in their pockets and greasy cheeseburgers in their gluttonous bellies.
I don't even hate Fox anymore, since I too have felt the sway of cash greasing my palms; not for misreporting news, but in the end its the same thing.
Check out
this comic
by Ctrl Alt Del for a pretty accurate portrayal on the issue.
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:35 pm
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Contra wrote:
Neither side argued their point effectively, while Ambrozy got a zing in the beginning, he dropped the ball later on. Simply giving a couple numbers to back up his statements about the success of the Video Game industry would have won it in my eyes.
God I hate all of you except Contra.....
Here's the thing. The VAST majority of video games wouldn't EVER qualify for the NEA grants. So in part, Fox news is right! Suck on that nerds!
Contra is the only one of you that even understand the issue. Don't be pissed at fox. This is the state of ALL news organizations, even the colbert report and Jon Stewart are biased, though less so than others. Flat news doesn't make money anymore, plain and simple. Jesus. So let's put that behind us and look at the real issue, because arguing that "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, Fox news is being bias against something I like" is stupid. Have you ever considered their points in this argument? Oh, heaven forbid you look at both sides. Jesus, you are just as bad as they are.... You kiddies are exactly what's friggin wrong with America!
Enough of my breaking you down and making you cry, let's actually look at the issue? As Contra mentioned, the fat nerd that fox picked to 'argue' dropped the ball, hard. Like a gay man dropping the soap in prison hard....
Yes baldy's talking head argument was mostly just conservative talking points, but at least it had a common theme. What did the nerdiest looking guy i've seen on tv do? Argued that, 'because video games have artists working on them, they are art, and deserve public funding'....
Hell of an argument. That totally shows how much our lives are enriched. And saying that the video game industry is one of our strongest, yet give no numbers, figures, or even a hint of a figure? Jesus dude, way to let us down. Did you spend all of 5 minutes coming up with that argument?
Are 'Video Games', which are essentially just 'Interactive Media', capable of enriching our culture and education though valid artistic venues? Hell yes they are. The same way SOME music get's NEA grants, but say, 'Blood of my zombie blood' by Screamocorexxx, ISNT worthy of a grant.
I think I got off track. Oh, right, being pissed off at you lot. Seriously, I want to have valid discussions with you folks, but reading through this thread makes me SICK. You are just the other side of the Fox News coin, lashing out when whatever thing you enjoy gets blasted by them, even if you have no idea what the issue is about.
So, examples of games that demonstrate artistic expression, or valid educational merit, and why.
Reader Rabbit and Math Blaster: Taught typing, reading, spelling, general math, and quick reactions all at once. Why do you think I'm so much more insightful than the lot of you. Never played 'em at school, but I think it would be a great tool for kindergartners. Would familiarize them with a computer at an early age, they were pretty fun games, and also to utilize their basic math and spelling skills in a non-classroom environment.
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Location: OCCA
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 2:23 pm
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Note to self - next time, actually watch the link before commenting when paltir is on the prowl.
I guess when I got home I should look and see what all the ruckus is about.
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