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Developer(s) | Bungie |
Publisher(s) | Activision |
Genre | Open-world, first-person shooter with persistent-world elements |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 (except in Japan)[1] Xbox One (except in Japan)[1] |
Engine | In-house, custom-built |
Tools | Grognok (level builder)[2] Umbra 3.1 (performance)[3] |
Game Modes | Story Mission Strike Patrol Tower Crucible[4] |
Release | September 9, 2014[5] September 11, 2014 (Japan)[6] |
Rating | |
Destiny is a role-playing first person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Activision for the PlayStation 3,[7] PlayStation 4,[8] Xbox 360,[7] and Xbox One consoles.[9] It was released on September 9, 2014 everywhere outside Japan,[5] where it was released on September 11, 2014 and only for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.[10]
The Destiny trademark was registered on July 20, 2009 by Podophobia Entertainment, a privately held company thought to be a Bungie affiliate (the company's registration documents with the state of Washington name Harold Ryan and Martin O'Donnell as its owners).[11] The trademark has since been assigned to Bungie.[12] The Destiny logo's trademark description refers to it as the logo for "computer game software downloadable from a global computer network," and was extended by Bungie in March 2011 and April 2013.[12]
Within Bungie, the project's codename prior to reveal was "Tiger."[13] For months, Bungie itself was silent as to the title of its new project, but on February 10, 2013, confirmed the name "Destiny" via a news post on its front page.[14]
On February 17, 2013, in coordination with a media blitz, Bungie and Activision officially revealed Destiny through a video documentary and reveal trailer entitled Pathways Out of Darkness.
Destiny Launch
Destiny launched simultaneously on September 9, 2014 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One consoles worldwide,[5][15] except for in Japan, where Destiny will be exclusively released on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 consoles.[16] At Sony's PlayStation 4 reveal event in February 2013, Bungie and Activision also announced that Destiny will launch with "exclusive playable content" for Sony platforms.[17] Destiny has not been announced for any other platform, and Bungie has stated that developing the game for other platforms would spread the company too thin (though the developer has not ruled out the possibility of a launch on PC at some point in the future).[18][19]
Though the launch date was originally expected to be in Q3/Q4 2013,[15] the launch was delayed.[20] Bungie launched limited alpha and public beta tests during the summer of 2014 and confirmed Destiny's launch date to be 9 September 2014.[5]
Limited Editions
In addition to the standard edition, consumers also have the option of purchasing any of several special editions of Destiny, designed for collectors and including additional items:[21]
- Destiny Limited Edition (US $99.99 Estimated Retail Price (ERP))
- Limited Edition SteelBook Case and Game Disc
- Guardian Folio, containing:
- "Arms and Armament" Field Guide: Many believe the weapons and armor featured in this record are a myth. You will learn the truth.
- Postcards from the Golden Age: Our worlds have been claimed by our enemies. Now, it's time to take them back.
- Antique Star Chart: Explore the wild frontiers of our solar system. Discover all that we have lost.
- Collector's Edition Digital Content: The City has provided you with a cache of items to start you on your journey, including:
- Includes the Destiny Expansion Pass (a season pass for two future Destiny expansion packs, including The Dark Below and House of Wolves)
- Destiny Ghost Edition (US $149.99 ERP)
- Limited Edition SteelBook™ Case and Game Disc
- Ghost Replica: This is your motion-sensing Ghost, featuring lights and audio from the game. May it lead you through the Darkness.
- Letter of Introduction: These worlds were once ours. If you accept your destiny, you will be asked to do the impossible.
- Golden Age Relics, which include a Patch, Sticker, and two Chrome slides of the Traveler
- Guardian Folio, containing:
- "Arms and Armament" Field Guide: Many believe the weapons and armor featured in this record are a myth. You will learn the truth.
- Postcards from the Golden Age: Our worlds have been claimed by our enemies. Now, it's time to take them back.
- Antique Star Chart: Explore the wild frontiers of our solar system. Discover all that we have lost.
- Collector's Edition Digital Content: The City has provided you with a cache of items to start you on your journey, including:
- A Unique Ghost Casing
- An Exclusive Player Emblem
- An Exclusive Player Ship Skin
- Includes the Destiny Expansion Pass (a season pass for two future Destiny expansion packs, including The Dark Below and House of Wolves)
- Destiny Digital Guardian Edition (US $89.99 ERP) (Digital Download Only)
- Digital download of Destiny
- Pre-order bonus of early access to several pieces of Vanguard armor and weapons and Vanguard player emblem
- Collector's Edition Digital Content: The City has provided you with a cache of items to start you on your journey, including:
- A Unique Ghost Casing
- An Exclusive Player Emblem
- An Exclusive Player Ship Skin
- Includes the Destiny Expansion Pass (a season pass for two future Destiny expansion packs, including The Dark Below and House of Wolves)
PlayStation Timed Exclusives
Destiny will launch with several timed exclusive items for PlayStation users.[22][23] There has been no confirmation as to how long these items will remain exclusive to PlayStation, but for major game franchises that have timed exclusive content, the typical exclusivity period is one to four weeks.[24]
An Activision press release additionally stated that exclusive content for the two Destiny expansion packs (The Dark Below and House of Wolves) will remain exclusive until at least Fall 2015 (there was no mention as to how long exclusive launch items will remain exclusive).[25]
The following are the timed launch exclusives for PlayStation:[22]
- Argus Hunter armor set
- Manifold Seeker Warlock armor set
- Vanir Titan armor set
- Monte Carlo, an exotic auto rifle
- Hawkmoon, an exotic hand cannon
- Dust Palace Strike mission
- Exodus Blue Crucible map
- Aurora Wake jumpship
- Crypt Hammer jumpship
- Outrageous Fortune jumpship
Subscription Fees and Microtransactions
Despite being a persistent world game with MMO elements, both Bungie and Activision have stated that, unlike a typical MMO game, there will be no subscription fee for Destiny.[26][27] There has been no confirmation either way about the presence of microtransactions in-game, but Bungie has stated that even if microtransactions are present, they will not be "pay-for-power" or "nickel and dime" schemes that confer an advantage upon players that pay extra.[18]
Destiny's Story and Universe
The stories tell of a golden age long ago, when our civilization spanned the system. It was a bright and hopeful time. But it didn't last.
Something hit us. Knocked us down and tried to stamp us out. No one knows exactly what, but we do know this: very few of us survived, and those that did owe their lives to The Traveler. Legends say The Traveler sacrificed itself to save us. The mysterious sphere still hangs where it made its last stand, low above the Earth, keeping silent watch. The years that followed the collapse of the golden age were hard, but slowly we joined together to build a city beneath The Traveler. And now we've begun to venture back into the wild, only to find that we're not alone. Strange and deadly creatures have occupied our old worlds. And they're pressing hard against The City, probing for a weakness, trying to stamp us out for good. Your story begins at this moment of great adventure and peril. You are a Guardian of The City; a soldier able to wield some of The Traveler's incredible power. If you can find a way to save The City -- to reclaim all that we have lost -- you will become legend. If you fail, the last light of civilization will go out.[28] | ||
Style and Genre
- Bungie and Activision describe Destiny as a "shared world shooter," stating that the game really does not fit squarely into other genres such as FPS, RPG, or MMO. "Shared world shooter" means that the game can be played solo or in small groups, and player advancement does not necessarily rely on other players.[26][29]
- Destiny will feature a persistent, dynamic, online world that includes realistic changes of light and weather.[20][26][29]
- Destiny's story will unfold like a series of books and chapters.[26]
- Destiny will have several game modes. Bounty resembles a "raid" in a traditional MMO and successful bounties can result in rewards of weapons, armor, and items. Competitive multiplayer will occur as well, though players will have to voluntarily enter into it.[28]
- Music will be by Martin O'Donnell in collaboration with Michael Salvatori and Paul McCartney.[30]
- Bungie describes Destiny as resting on seven "pillars" essential to creating a great video game:[26][29]
- A world players want to be in.
- A bunch of fun things to do.
- Rewards players care about.
- A new experience every night.
- Shared with other people.
- Enjoyable by all skill levels.
- Enjoyable by the impatient and distracted.
Gameplay Mechanics
Please view our main article on Gameplay.
Character Organizations
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Vehicles, Weapons, and Armor
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Achievements and Trophies
For a list of achievements and trophies that can be earned in Destiny, please view the following article:
Pre-Announcement Information from Third Parties
Please view our disambiguation page for pre-announcement information from third parties.
- Destiny was teased in Bungie's 2009 video game Halo 3: ODST, over three years before Destiny's official announcement.[31] Former Bungie employee Vic DeLeon responded that it has "finally been found" when a screenshot of the teaser surfaced online.[32]
- Destiny is not connected to Bungie's independent publishing venture Bungie Aerospace.
- As of August 12, 2014, Destiny has set a video game industry record as the most pre-ordered new franchise.[33]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ashcraft, Brian. (Jun 17, 2014) "Destiny Is a PlayStation Exclusive in Japan". Kotaku. Retrieved Aug 14, 2014.
- ↑ Hicks, John. (Apr. 17, 2011) "Destiny: Bungie talks character load-outs, the Grognok engine and mapping the solar system". Official Xbox Magazine. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ↑ (18 Mar. 2013) "GDC'13:Umbra 3 Powering Up Destiny's World Creation and Rendering". Umbra Software, Inc.. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ destinythegame.com "Destiny Game Modes". Retrieved 15 Jun. 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Bungie.net "Destiny Launch Date". Retrieved 07 Dec. 2013.
- ↑ http://kotaku.com/destiny-is-a-playstation-exclusive-in-japan-1591865980
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 (2013) "Where to Buy Destiny". Activision, Inc.. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ↑ (2013) "Destiny Announced for PlayStation 4". Bungie Inc.. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ↑ (2013) "Destiny Announced for Xbox One". Bungie Inc.. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ↑ http://kotaku.com/destiny-is-a-playstation-exclusive-in-japan-1591865980
- ↑ Gaweda, Sebastian. (20 May. 2011) "Trademark Confirms Bungie's Next Title Is "Destiny"". Gamerant.com. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 (July 20, 2009) "[[http://www.trademarkia.com/destiny-77784606.html DESTINY by Bungie Inc. Trademark Information]". Trademarkia.com. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ (3 Aug. 2011) YouTube.com: O Brave New World 53:45. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ Dague, David. (February 10, 2013) "Follow Your Destiny". [http://www.bungie.net Bungie.net. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 (April 16, 2010) "Bungie-Activision Software Publishing and Development Agreement". L.A. Times. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ http://kotaku.com/destiny-is-a-playstation-exclusive-in-japan-1591865980
- ↑ Santos, Alexis. (Feb. 20, 2013) "Bungie's Destiny headed to the PlayStation 4 with exclusive content". Engadget.com. Retrieved Sep. 4, 2013.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Karmali, Luke. (31 Oct. 2013) "Destiny Devs Talk Space Travel, PC, And Microtransactions". IGN.com. Retrieved 15 Nov. 2013.
- ↑ Makuch, Eddie. (17 June 2013) "Bungie says lack of Destiny on PC "painful" for gamers". Gamespot.com. Retrieved 15 Nov. 2013.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 (Feb. 18, 2013) "The Creators of Halo® and the Publisher of Call of Duty® Unveil DestinyTM". Activision. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ (7 July 2014) "Destiny for Collectors". Bungie Inc.. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Shuman, Shid. (June 16, 2014) "Destiny's PlayStation-exclusive content detailed". PlayStation.Blog. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ↑ Shaikh, Sehran. (June 13, 2014) "Destiny: Playstation Content Are Timed Exclusive, Will Arrive On Xbox One and Xbox 360, Bad Marketing Sony". Gamepur. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
- ↑ Grill, Scott. (7 July 2014) "Destiny' Playstation Beta Dates, Exclusive DLC Content Has Xbox Fans Threatening To Pull Support". Inquisitr. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ Activision Press Release (7 July 2014) "Activision and Bungie Open the Destiny Universe with Beta Beginning July 17". Activision Inc.. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 Amini, Tina. (Feb. 17, 2013) "Everything I Know About Bungie's Next First-Person Shooter, Destiny". Kotaku.com. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ Peterson, Steve. (Feb. 17, 2013) "Bungie's Destiny: "Absolutely no plans to charge a subscription fee"". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 (Feb. 17, 2013) YouTube.com: Reveal Trailer - Official Destiny ViDoc: Pathways Out of Darkness Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Makuch, Eddie. (Feb. 17, 2013) "Bungie's Destiny a "Shared-World Shooter"". Gamespot.com. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ McWhertor, Michael. (Feb. 17, 2013) "Bungie Composer Marty O'Donnell on the Music of Destiny, Collaborating with Paul McCartney". Polygon.com. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ↑ Bungie (2009) Halo 3: ODST, Xbox 360, Microsoft Game Studios.
- ↑ (29 Nov. 2012) "@vicdeleon on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 15 Nov. 2013.
- ↑ McKalin, Vamien. (Aug 13, 2014) "Bungie's Destiny is the most pre-ordered new IP in video game history: Could unseat Call of Duty?". Tech Times. Retrieved Aug 14, 2014.


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There was also the computer. Some years ago, the monastery had made national headlines for being the first of its kind to set up a Web page. Powered by generators, the monastery had a satellite phone line, one that could also receive Internet. And as a courtesy for the guests, a computer sat in the breakfast room, located just beyond the common area. Given my weakness for ten-day weather forecasts and the daily Googling of vacation destinations like Zanzibar, I considered the computer enemy number one.
And then there was myself. Would I bend the rules? Would I allow myself to sing, say, the snatch of song under my breath? Mutter quietly? How silent did silence have to be, anyway?
After dinner, I was directed to my room, which was located in an old ranch house about an eighth of a mile back, near where I'd parked. I walked under clouds, the night so dark without a flashlight—and haunted by a whistling canyon wind—that I was startled by a rut in the rising road that appeared as a man with an ax. Inside, my room was a cramped but cozy space with a window (a piece of fabric on a string served as a curtain), a bed, a wooden desk, a chair, and some towels. In addition, the monks had given me an electric Coleman lamp and a ticking windup clock so that I might rise early for Vigils.
There was a small tablet of wood strung with a rawhide lace laid on my pillow. "Gentle Guest," read a note on the necklace, "If you wish to observe a stricter silence during part or all of your time here, wear this medallion. The other guests and monks will respect your desire for silence." I took it in my hands, felt its feathery weight, and draped it over my head.
Silence has its degrees and counterpurposes. Somewhere there's a cell phone jingling, a soundtrack playing, a siren wailing, a jackhammer progressing, a television blaring. Always. Surfing the Web, even if done in utter silence, doesn't necessarily represent a moment of self-reflection. To the contrary, it tends to feed an internal noise, that overload of information—the excitation of our acquisitive, erotic selves over the contemplative—that has become our common condition.
I often count my daily shower as a sacred time of silence, though that's a hedge: Our three children come and go from the bathroom as if it were a waiting room, asking urgent questions about knights and princesses, but at least, for a moment, there's a curtain between us. One evening at dinner, I undertook the sociological experiment of recording fifteen seconds of family conversation, fifteen seconds to illustrate the usual fifteen waking hours of solid sound.
MAY (AGE 3): Mommy, I don't like badgers!
NICHOLAS (AGE 1): Bop, bop, bop, bop...
LEO (AGE 6): Daddy, why is the losing team in the World Series always so sad?
NICHOLAS: Wa, wa, wa, wa, wa...
MAY: I hate this salmon!
MOM: May, don't throw that....
MAY: Look out!
LEO: If I lose the World Series someday, I'm going to celebrate with the winning team.
NICHOLAS: [standing on his high chair] Ahhhhhhhh!
ME: Can you sit, please?
MAY: This carrot is yuck and tastes like poopy!
MOM: Please don't throw that.
LEO: Daddy, did you know my batting gloves are champagne-proof?
MAY: [throwing carrot] Blech! I hate this poopy!
NICHOLAS: [pouring yogurt on his lap] Poo, poo, poo, poo....
ME: It's not poopy, May.
MAY: Then why does it taste like poop, poop-head?
Not exactly the reflections of Thomas Merton. But also not that far from being a microcosm of the world at large, engulfed by this Noise, voices speaking louder and louder, competing and cajoling. And its first operating principle: The higher the volume, the more attention paid.
Even left alone in a faraway hotel room, the human animal will choose the noisemakers over silence: immediately turn on the TV, check e-mail, study the room-service menu, go to the minibar, make some phone calls, thumb a magazine, suit up for a workout in the hotel gym, which itself is equipped with more TVs and distractions. On a walk, the human animal will listen to the human animal's iPod or increasingly be found speaking on the human animal's mobile, even on mountain peaks, standing before mystical vistas, talking, talking, talking...
An alien lit down here on interplanetary vacation might be left with one question: What are they all so afraid of?
Indeed. Take that guy in the loge seats at Yankee Stadium, remove the music and the fans, the ballplayers and the hot-dog man, remove every commotion and sideshow, the beer from his hand, until he's sitting alone in a vast, silent, empty stadium. Let the city sounds die outside and the winds of time work over the landscape until that stadium becomes an isolated canyon. That man came expecting a ball game and now he's lost and alone. After the first day, where does his mind lead him—and then the second and third? What does he begin to think? What should he think? He has no idea.
He only knows this: The silence is absolutely terrifying.
Wait. Did he say terrifying? How about endless? Day one of my silence, endless. Put it this way: Never has a single day held so many hours, so many empty, stultifying hours. In the history of man. So many hours. Thousands of them, in one day. How did thousands of hours fit into one day? It was not a miracle of God. Just try shutting your yap, put yourself out in the desert minus the BlackBerry, and the math works out perfectly.
I woke at 3:30 A.M. for Vigils—what the Benedictines call the first "office" of the day, or the first of seven daily gatherings in the chapel for Gregorian chants. I didn't allow myself a groan to indicate the need for four or five more hours of sleep. I didn't allow myself any whimpers or whispered expletives about how even the stupid damn birds weren't stupidly up at the stupid damn hour of 3:30 A.M. In his book of rules for monks, Saint Benedict himself issued this admonition to the novitiate: Do not grumble.

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9to5 Mac reports that Apple has informed developers of the news with two curt messages: "Note: In app purchases are not available for Mac OS X apps" and "Note: Game Center is not available for Mac OS X apps." That's too bad, as in-app purchases could have offered interesting revenue options for Mac OS X developers, and it would be fun to have games of Flight Control HD for the Mac (our review here), for example, count towards one's Game Center rankings.
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Serve up creamy, cheesy chicken enchiladas, and no one will be late to dinner! Submitted by SKEYDOO Carbs: 35g | Fat: 4.5g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 18.3g | Calories: 252
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The same great taste of the Italian favorite, but this one only has five grams of fat! Submitted by CONNIE563 Carbs: 13.6g | Fat: 5.4g | Fiber: 0.9g | Protein: 17g | Calories: 173.3
Five ingredients, 10 minutes of work. One delicious dinner. Submitted by 2BHOTT Carbs: 15.1g | Fat: 3.4g | Fiber: 0.5g | Protein: 34.4g | Calories: 232
This lighter version of an old classic is made with lower-calorie baking mix and ground turkey instead of beef. Submitted by TXCYNDI Carbs: 10.7g | Fat: 4.5g | Fiber: 0.3g | Protein: 21.2g | Calories: 166.5
Submitted by FLUFFYDADDY67 Carbs: 60.1g | Fat: 8g | Fiber: 7.4g | Protein: 21g | Calories: 378.4
Guiltless high-fiber, high-protein brownies. Submitted by GENEVIVA Carbs: 8.9g | Fat: 3.4g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 4.1g | Calories: 79.2
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adjective \ˈmis-ti-kəl\: having a spiritual meaning that is difficult to see or understand
: of or relating to mystics or mysticism : resulting from prayer or deep thought
Full Definition of MYSTICAL
a : having a spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence <the mystical food of the sacrament> b : involving or having the nature of an individual's direct subjective communion with God or ultimate reality <the mystical experience of the Inner Light>
Examples of MYSTICAL
- He has a mystical [mystic union with God.
- She says that the symbol has mystical powers.
- the deep, almost mystical quality of her poetry
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The City of Everett completed an update to the Transportation Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan in 2007. This update resulted in a multi-modal transportation plan that included transit and non-motorized (bikes & pedestrian) modes in addition to roadways.
The transportation element identified the need to improve links between existing bike transportation facilities as well as to expand the bike transportation grid.
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Do nothing. Soapy water is used by some people for pest but not for physical damage like this. It will do nothing good and it could even do more damage. You cannot reverse physical damage. The spots on the leaves won't hurt the plant and new foliage is already growing. Your plant is putting up flower stems which you may or may not wish to cut off and use in the kitchen. |
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We all sees to have some favorite foods that we just HAVE to have when we go to WDW... but since we can't get there as often as we like (save for a few members who live close by) :sneaky: , I though tthis would be a good place to post some of our favorite WDW restaurant recipies!
My contribution? The ever-popular (especially on hot days like today)
:sun:Pineapple DOLE WHIP!!! :sun:
Prep: 10 min.
Freeze: 3 hrs.
Makes: 8 servings
2 cans (20 oz. each) DOLE Crushed Pineapple
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries, mini marshmallow or mini chocolate chips, (optional)
1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped
Drain pineapple; reserve 2 tablespoons juice. Set aside.
Place pineapple, lemon juice, lime juice, sugar and reserved pineapple juice in blender or food processor container. Cover; blend until smooth. Stir in cherries or marshmallow or chips, if desired.
Pour into two 1-quart freezer zipped bags. Store bags flat in freezer. Freeze about 1-1/2 hours or until slushy.
Stir gently pineapple slush into whipped cream until just blended, in large bowl. Return to freezer until completely frozen, about 1 hour. Serve. Eat. Enjoy, Think about WDW.
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i mean, even as a very young kid, i always knew santa wasn't real, there was some excitement because of what he represented (x-mas around the corner, gifts, etc.) but i knew "santa" wasn't real, and all my friends knew too
i have always wondered about other kids and if their parents really feed into them believeing in something that will only crush their little hearts when they find out it isn't real...it's like saying "when you turn 6 we're going to disneyworld" and you have your heart set on it and and then, "oh, well that was just something we said to get you excited but we're not really going" :-( what's the point?
I get the whole "magical innocense" thing but to me this is just confusing a kid, i knew of a kid who almost got kidnapped by a "santa" when he told him the was going to give him a ride in his sleigh! i always told my kids - the story of santa is beautiful but don't trust a guy at the mall who is dressed up in a red suit!
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Library Planning Futures
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research on January 23, 2015
It is important to understand that the library collection is always subject to interpretation. Imagine a library that has no books, but it is called a library. Is this a learning space or a computer lab? Are you thinking of designing a space like this? Your fellow librarians, educators and public leaders believe the library can be more, but they need help defining the future.
So how can you develop your library to make a greater impact on your community? The first and most obvious strategy is to develop a master plan or library building program. This is a planning document that outlines the goals, objectives and strategies for the library. It is a document that outlines the service and space needs of the library community. The master plan can be broken into phases with a schedule that offers milestones for the library to follow.
In many ways the easiest and most direct way to get your library plan started is to make a planning committee. This is a small group of dedicated people that can research the future, defining library services and space needs. It is also a marketing opportunity; you can allow your partners to get involved and hold open meetings to gain some momentum for change. Focusing on collaboration or getting to know your community will help you reclaim the strategic "high water" — move forward with an organized approach and make this year a successful year.
The Library Touch Point
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, Space Planning on November 5, 2014
According to Elaine Cohen, a user touch point affords direct and in-direct contact with library services. It can be a physical or digital connection. Upon entering the library, a touch point should be in full view. It could be a touch screen, a staff service desk or a kiosk at which a customer may gain help.
Academic, government and public libraries may have several touch points, certainly one near the entry, and others scattered within the facility for reference help, etc. Small libraries may have only one, visible from the door. Below is a visualization of a futuristic library circulation / access services touch point.
Display shelving and book-stacks featuring the heavily used aspects of the core collection can be considered touch points.
Although increasing numbers of people prefer to download fiction, non-fiction, class assignments, research materials, business information, etc. onto their mobile devices, some customers still favor print. They like the feel of the newspaper or the book, or the steady image that print affords. Be aware, however, that a growing number of libraries have dispensed with print altogether, and that the trend is accelerating.
Libraries with important deposit collections, rare books, archives, local history memorabilia, etc. will feature display collections of print.
7 spatial modes for planning libraries
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research on October 31, 2014
According to the American Library Association, there are 120,096 libraries in the United States. Although the U.S. is a complex and dynamic country, too many libraries are housed in out-dated facilities that, in their rigidity, de-emphasize the potential aspects of their use. It is difficult to represent the rich world of today's multifaceted experiences in flat-lands that look backward, and, essentially, ignore the on-going information revolution.
Although staffs continue to migrate library services toward e-resources, their work environments in these buildings emphasize traditional, paper-based operations. Too many of them contain imposing desks; reading rooms outfitted with almost indestructible tables and chairs; walls and walls of book stacks; outmoded, low tech program rooms; too large and out-dated technical services/operations areas.
Escaping from these flat-lands means re-envisioning the facilities by emphasizing library performance related to customer needs. Simplicity is the key according to Christine Congdon, Donna Flynn and Melanie Redman Harvard Business Review balancing "We" and "Me"
HRB States – "The best collaborative spaces also support solitude" – From our perspective, the best libraries and learning spaces support 7 different spatial modes of learning. Any up-date or major renovation must take into consideration functional relationships, and be driven by the 7 library interior spatial modes:
Five of these modes directly interface with customers. A sixth mode relates to the deposit print collection, if it still exists. The seventh mode concerns staff services/operations.
The Library; long lived and adaptable
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, Social Library Issues on October 23, 2014
As libraries come to understand their need for collections, they must recognize that the book can be in many different formats. In a recent article by the Economist, the transformation of the book is taking off. According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers – book and e-book research, consumer book sales was 15.1 billions dollars in 2009.
In the past, the majority of book sales were in print. PriceWaterhouseCoopers predict by 2018; 7.9B will be sold in print and 8.7B will be sold in e-book sales/equivalent. The prediction means that we will be living with books and e-books for a long time.
The book is a really competitive technology – it is portable, hard to break, has high resolution pages and as Russell Grandinetti from Amazon stated; a "long battery life".
We believe that books are part of an ecosystem of library spaces. They require strategic space planning to determine how to distribute technology, collections, seating and staff.
Our studies show that the most successful library environments provide a range of spaces. Spaces can be planned to manage distraction; take a break, etc. Libraries can be flexible with adaptive interiors that can respond easily to dynamic operational and technological requirements.
What does it take to develop a high quality library that meets or exceeds "best practices" – what are some best practices?
Planning to Transform Your Library
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research on September 3, 2014
Innovation has long been the backbone of library science practitioners. We are a library planning firm dedicated to organizational development, space planning and technology programs. Our project research results from questions our clients ask about management, collection development and architectural design.
To learn about library planning strategies, join us on September 3rd at 2:30pm (EST) for planning to transform your library.
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Understanding the Library Customer
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research, Social Library Issues on June 16, 2014
Libraries have a special relationship with their buildings. They offer inspiring spaces to read and learn; quiet areas for contemplation and reflection. They offer breakthrough services such as innovation labs, iLabs and learning commons (ex. research inspiring library spaces). So, how do we get more from our library buildings? How do we create better communication plans that translate into new investments?
According to Innovative library services "in the wild", only 30% of the population know about their local public library. More importantly, another 20% don't know very much about the value of the library at all. We note that the library's fortunes are built on communicating and understanding their customer.
When every library patron is viewed as a new customer, big opportunities are possible. During our library planning workshop at Steelcase Worklife in NYC, the group got a chance to dream about the future and visualize real solutions. They talked about the library's need to transform and improve access. They discussed the need to create a marketing plan to communicate new types of library services.
The workshop provided a foundation for discussion about the library of the future and the needs of the library customer. Let us know what kind of relationship your library has with the public and building space through our survey for academic and public libraries.
Nomads of the Academic Library
Posted by Jen Argenta in Library Planning Research, Social Library Issues, work in progress on June 10, 2014
At colleges across the county, there are many students and teachers who feel as if they are part of a nomadic tribe rather than being an integrated part of the academic community. Reflecting on the current state of higher education, this is especially true for non-traditional students and adjunct faculty members. Like many other nomadic people, non-traditional students and adjuncts do not have a continual space to call their own and, more often than not, they have to adapt to infertile climates and move on in order to subsist.
We believe it is time for the academic library to embrace non-traditional students and adjunct faculty to support collaborative work. For example, adjunct faculty are increasingly responsible for a majority of courses taught at community colleges in the United States. They teach non-traditional students who also need space to build skills for new jobs and careers. Together these groups represent a growing need for higher learning space.
According to a recent report created by the Center for Community College Student Engagement: "Colleges depend on part-time faculty to educate more than half of their students, yet they do not fully embrace these faculty members. Because of this disconnect, contingency can have consequences that negatively affect student engagement and learning." Indeed, the academic library provides a space for non-traditional learners, as well as adjunct faculty and researchers who can use these new types of makerspaces for specialty knowledge building.
As a crucial part of sustaining the economic stability of universities across the county, and community college libraries in particular, the nomadic existence that non-traditional students. adjuncts, and many other types of researchers, experience is problematic. We see the big issues with this current system as being primarily two-fold:
- How is this system affecting student learning and retention?
- How is this system affecting expectations and best practice for higher education?
Without space, time and incentive, oftentimes the relationship between non-traditional students and adjunct faculty is highly transactional. One has to ask: Can libraries offer a solution?
- The academic library provides space for knowledge building activities.
- The academic library provides digital access to electronic resources.
- The academic library provides specialist librarians who offer research assistance.
The library can alleviate some of the strain that affects both adjunct faculty and the students that they teach. Whether it is embedded librarianship, research tutorials, directed learning activities or just being a space where students and faculty can meet face-to-face, the library and librarians are helping to shape the relationship between adjunct faculty and the traditional and non-traditional student population for the better.
Building Holistic Library Assessment: Space + Collections = Effective Service
Posted by acohen in Library Planning Research on June 1, 2014
Ceci n'est pas un Livre (this is not a book)
Posted by Jen Argenta in Library Planning Research, library technology on April 28, 2014
"The manner in which human sense perception is organized, the medium in which it is accomplished, is determined not only by nature but by historical circumstances as well" Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin wrote The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction in 1936. The rapid shift toward dynamic, industrialized modernity created a pervasive anxiety among artists and art lovers. Could art be replaced by machines? New photographic technology became the catalyst, carrying fears surrounding visual art and, to some extent, perceptions of reality in of itself. Arguing that, in order for it to remain relevant, there needed to be a shift in how to understand art in a modern context. The themes of authenticity, tradition, ritual, value, mass production and proliferation of art are woven throughout the essay.
It is not surprising that similar conversations are occurring now surrounding the migration of the library's print collections to digital platforms. Incorporating technology, "the machine," into the library space is often viewed as being disruptive, inauthentic and contrary to the original intention of the 20th century library.
We are finding that these same themes brought forth by Benjamin in 1936 are entering our research process. How do we manage traditions and ritualistic expectations of library patrons? What is the value of the digital library? How do we connect technology with existing collections?
There remains a great deal of work for librarians to transform and create a new narrative for the printed book. The historical context of the 21st century requires libraries to be creative, expanding on the idea of Ceci n'est pas un Livre . The bookwall is a design example that the library can use to highlight the idea of learning in the library.
The overarching question remains: What type of machines do we allow into the Garden of Eden? Tell us what you think.
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How Libraries and Learning Theory are Put into Practice
Posted by Jen Argenta in Library Planning Research, Social Library Issues on April 21, 2014
Librarians have the opportunity to guide patrons on their quest for research information, both online and in the stacks, gradually aligning the responsibility of the learning to the learner themselves. Directed learning activities (DLAs) can help academic libraries engage in active learning support.
Instituted by many college libraries and learning resource centers, students can build their skills through the completion of a series of practice activities. DLAs can be effective in teaching grammar, writing, computer technology, Internet navigation, the possibilities are endless.
In 1968 Malcolm Knowles projected the ancient Greek word "andragogy" into educational discourse, as the art and science of helping students learn. As opposed to pedagogy, andragogy focuses only on the adult learning experience. Terminology aside, in defining a way to reach adult learners educators provide differentiated learning strategies addressing how adults learn in contrast to how children learn.
Using Bloom's Taxonomy and adult learning strategies, librarians can create a library service program that can both actively engage and promote cooperative learning amongst students. Libraries can help foster lifelong learning DLA's to adults and assist with community college retention rates and remediation.
Shifting from directed learning strategies, libraries offer other opportunities for self-directed learning (SDL). As a cornerstone of adult learning theory, SDL's are dominant in the world of e-learning. The development of hybrid and online courses; digital library archives that provide the learner with unique data mining opportunities. Libraries are natural places for self-directed inquiry and learning.
How can these adult learning strategies work toward economic growth?
Self-directed public library spaces can be a useful tool to help small businesses and individuals gain access to information; which in turn contributes to learning opportunities. Libraries provide a useful location for informed collaboration. With endless resources at your fingertips, the library can successfully put theory into practice.


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Gaylord is a populated place located in Coos County at latitude 42.955 and longitude -124.107.
The elevation is 85 feet. Gaylord appears on the Powers U.S. Geological Survey Map. Coos County is in the Pacific Time Zone (UTC -8 hours).
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Mayfield is a populated place LOCATED WITHIN the City of Middletown. In turn, the City of Middletown is located within Butler County.
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Longview,TX — Some of Longview's future road projects could include a concept never-before seen in the city — bike lanes.
The city's latest long-term transportation plan includes steps to increase safety for people using alternative modes of travel such as bicycles, said Longview's Transportation Planning Manager Karen Owen.
"Part of the initiative is that anytime we build a new road or widen an existing road we are going to consider and explore opportunities for additional width for bicycle traffic," Owen said.
The city has already put the plan in motion with its George Richey Road expansion project, which will extend the road from it's current Gilmer Road cutoff to U.S. 259.
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I do not really have any complaints for this particular hotel. For the rating it is, the hotel has met our expectations brilliantly.
Location near Penn State. Could not get anything closer. Got what I could get.
Heating system not working correctly. Too hot with thermostat set to 68. Turned on air conditioner set to 63 and when the room cooled off I reset the heat thermostat to 63 and things were OK. Forgot to tell the Desk.
no table lamps. large room (I think it is used as a conference room if necessary). The only lighting was one switch at the door which turned on a lot of overhead lighting.
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Musty odor in room. LCD TV would be nice. No gym/workout area.
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San Jose, CA (PRWEB) October 28, 2008 -- World Health Organization forecasts global diabetic population to increase by 2025 to reach a record 380 million. Globally, an estimated 246 million people are affected by diabetes mellitus, of which less than half have been identified. Of those identified, approximately 10%-20% are insulin dependent. The seriousness of affliction and the need for effective therapy to manage diabetes has led to the emergence of a significant market for monitoring the treatment efficiency of the disease. Other factors such as greater glucose control, product innovations that help improve compliance or convenience comprise other growth drivers in this market.
Diabetes patients (type I) who regularly monitor their HbA1c (hemoglobin A1C) levels attain tight glucose control, thus considerably reducing their vulnerability to a cardiovascular disease. High blood sugar level for a longer period of time could result to increase in risk of heart disease or stroke. An HBA1C level more that 4.6 indicate the person is at increased risk for heart attack. The ADA (American Diabetes Association), recommends an HbA1c test every 3 to 6 months for monitoring the levels of blood sugar in insulin-administered patients, patients with high blood glucose levels and patients with a change of therapy.
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These VOIP (Voice Over Ip) applications allow you to use your computer as a device capable of sending and receiving phone calls. The programs from this collection will allow you to do much more than just use your computer as a mobile phone. They will let you sent text messages, audio files, video files, make video calls and much more.
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Yahoo! Messenger (YIM) is one of the oldest and most well-known instant messaging clients in the world. Its established reputation is largely well-deserved. Installing YIM on your computer you get almost everything you may want to get from an IM client: chat, chat rooms (large open chats similar to IRC channels), PC-to-PC and PC-to-Phone call functions, wide selection of available plug-ins, etc.
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Vtalk Internet Phone is a system for calling any fixed line or mobile anywhere in the world through the Internet. Main features: - Calling PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) numbers. Vtalk authenticate by Account and PIN before making calls to the called number. - Phone book: can enter new numbers or edit contents, also paste from Microsoft Outlook.
Speak Freely is software that was developed for using Internet telephony. It is based on VoIP that means Voice Over Internet Protocol. It is a kind of transport protocol that allows you to send voice messages instead of messages that contain text. Don't worry if your Internet connection isn't fast. The program includes a range of tools for compression.
Nimbuzz is a multi-chat protocol client that works on most devices available today. It is compatible with all the popular protocols such as Yahoo!, MSN, Facebook and so on. It even supports protocols that are hardly used such as Hyves. And if this wasn't enough for you, the developers are constantly adding support for other protocols with each new version.
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Phoner is a utility for Microsoft Windows, which allows phone calls over the ISDN card and / or LAN / WAN and sound card. It also allows Phoner to manage almost any phone calls (ISDN - monitoring, visual and audible call signaling, phone book and call lists, answering machine with remote access, call recording, text messaging - and notification features).
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VoipStunt is a freeware voice over IP client for Windows. This is not a so popular application. Logically when you hear VOIP you think Skype, but there are so many applications that do exactly the same and perhaps better. I am thinking that this one is one of those contenders. Although not as popular, it provides great services and call quality.
VOIP means "voice over IP" - this technology is used to transmit voice over the internet. 3CX VOIP Phone is a free softphone for Windows. This application is very useful for making and receiving phone calls via your computer. With 3CX VOIP phone you can make phone calls directly from your PC or laptop to any mobile or landline.
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VoIP Bookers offers you quality voIP and sip calls. The software is used for when you want to call to almost any network that the company has contract with. The dialer is available freely but you require an username and password for optimal use and full access to the system.
This program works as a complement for Instant Messaging applications. It allows you to record your conversations and lets you send voice emotions. You can insert background effects and music to your conversations, or make use of the text to speech feature.The program also keeps a list of your recorded conversations. It has a very friendly interface and is available in several languages.
VoipBuster is a free program that uses the latest technology to bring free and high-quality voice communications to people all over the world. When you use the free VoipBuster software, you can call regular phones in various popular destinations for free or call at an incredible low rate to any other phone on the planet.
VoIPerized is a so called VoIP (Voice over IP) program. VoIPerized enables you to make free audio calls to other people who also run VoIPerized. By using the open source Speex audio codec the audio quality is far higher than any normal telephone call
Nokia PC Phone is an experimental service that gives you the ability to use your mobile phone from your web browser. The great thing about Nokia PC Phone is that you can use it to communicate with friends and family even though they don't have the Nokia PC Phone themselves. No one will be able to tell the difference because your calls and text messages are actually made from your own Nokia phone.
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Article ID: 321439 - View products that this article applies to. This article was previously published under Q321439 For a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 version of this
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. On This PageSUMMARY This step-by-step article explains how to create a simple
file security solution by using Microsoft FrontPage 2002, Active Server Pages
(ASP), and a Microsoft Access database. Important notes
Step 1 - Get ready to use the ASP features in FrontPage 2002Before you can use the ASP features in FrontPage 2002, you must install the components that are listed in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:318287
What you need to use Active Server Pages (ASP) in FrontPage 2002
Step 2 - Create a new Web in FrontPage 2002Note For this sample code to work correctly, you must make sure that the Web name is LOGON, and that it is a subweb off the root of your Web site.
Step 3 - Create a database by using Microsoft Access
Step 4 - Import the Microsoft Access database
Step 5 - Create the ASP pagesYou must create several files to work with this sample. First, you create a home page for your Web site, an unsecure page and a secure page for testing, and then the logon Web page and the logon include file.Step 5a - Create the Home PageThis page serves as the default page for your site and includes links to the unsecure page and secure page that you will create later.
Step 5b - Create an unsecure pageThis page is a basic ASP page that anyone can browse.
Step 5c - Create a secure pageThe page in this step is the same as the unsecure page that you created in Step 5b, except that you add the following line of code near the top of the page:
Step 5d - Create the logon pageThe logon page is designed to resemble a standard Windows logon dialog box. Users who try to access the secure page are sent to this page to type their user name and password.
Step 5e - Create the logon include fileThis include file provides the user name and password functionality and is used by both the secure page and the logon page.
Step 6 - Test the logon web
Customize the logon sampleYou can customize the logon sample in the following ways:
REFERENCES For more information about integrating Active Server Pages
(ASP) with databases and security, click the following article numbers to view
the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 299987
How to use database and ASP sessions to implement ASP security
How to create a database connection from an ASP page in IIS
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Valve's Steam Machines Are More About Safeguarding PCs Than Killing Consoles
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An anonymous reader writes "CES has come and gone, and we've gotten a chance to see many different models of Valve's Steam Machines. They're being marketed as a device for a living room, and people are wondering if they'll be able to compete with the Big-3 console manufacturers. But this article argues that Valve isn't going after the consoles — instead, Steam Machines are part of a long-term plan to keep the PC gaming industry healthy. Quoting: 'Over the years, Valve has gone from simply evangelising the PC platform — it once flew journalists in from around the world pretty much just to tell them it was great — to actively protecting it, and what we're seeing now is just the beginning of that push. Take SteamOS. To you and me, it's a direct interface for Steam based on Linux that currently has poor software support. To Valve, though, it's a first step in levering development, publishing, gameplay and community away from their reliance on Windows and DirectX (and to a lesser extent Mac OS), systems that cannot be relied upon in the long term.
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Is Buying an Extended Warranty Ever a Good Idea?
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Best Buy used to have a warranty where the paid you back exactly what you paid for the device. So if your brand new original XBox that you paid $300 +tax for broke after 23 months they would give you $300 +tax and you could turn around and buy a brand new one for $200 +tax - since the price dropped by $100 after 2 years. Warranty return was no questions asked return for any reason and get handed a Best Buy gift card right there. How is this not a good deal?


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Disney, I love you, really I do. However, this plan of teasing us with pictures and tidbits from Brave when it's not even going to hit theaters for another year is just cruel! June 22, 2012 is a world away. So, because the Mouse House loves to tease us so, they've released yet another beautiful picture of Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald) in the Scottish Highlands exhibiting what I think is safe to assume is bravery. You know, on account of the film's title and those giant monster claws in the foreground.
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