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rikkidoglake commented on the blog post CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Recounts How Prison Gave Him Wrong Medication in New Letter From Loretto
"Glyburide is in a class of medications called sulfonylureas."
"Clinical guidelines are made available to the public for informational purposes only. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) does not warrant these guidelines for any other purpose, and assumes no responsibility for any injury or damage resulting from the reliance thereof. "
"Hypoglycemia (particularly in the elderly and in patients with renal insufficiency) and weight gain are the two most common adverse effects of sulfonylurea therapy.
Sulfonylureas have a relatively high secondary failure rate (5–10% per year), most likely due to the gradual decline of endogenous insulin production over time. Therefore, clinicians should expect eventual loss of glycemic control with sulfonylureas and should counsel the inmate about the eventual need to add another oral agent or insulin to the treatment regimen.
2.5 – 5 mg/day; increase dose by 2.5 – 5 mg no more often than every 7 days
Maximum dose 20 mg/dayInmates beginning treatment by diet or with oral glucose-lowering agents may need to be seen as often as weekly until reasonable glucose control is achieved, and the inmate is competent to conduct the treatment program.
All inmates with diabetes should receive education from a health care provider at the time of diagnosis, and then periodically during subsequent evaluations and treatments. Inmates should be counseled on a range of issues related to their disease: the symptoms of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, how complications of diabetes progress, the importance of glycemic control, the benefits of healthy dietary selections and regular exercise, the importance of modifying heart disease risk factors, and the benefits and side effects of different medications."
This is clearly not binding on the prison system, but does appear to represent the views of the applicable professional organization:
"ASHP Guidelines on Pharmaceutical Services in Correctional Facilities
The system employed should focus on patient safety and result in a minimal incidence of medication errors and adverse drug reactions. Ongoing processes for the monitoring and reporting of adverse drug reactions and the detection and prevention of medication errors should exist.
The pharmacist should educate and counsel inmate-patients on the proper use of medications."
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Recounts How Prison Gave Him Wrong Medication in New Letter From Loretto
A family member used to take this, under the brand name Micronase, before progressing on to other oral medications and insulin.
"Glyburide . . . is usually taken once a day with breakfast or the first main meal of the day. . . . Symptoms of overdose may include hypoglycemia symptoms as well as . . . loss of consciousness"
The letter says he was taking the pill at dinner time. Meaning he wouldn't eat again for much longer than if he took it at breakfast, which is the recommended use.
Sounds like the prison pharmacist or technician didn't give any kind of briefing or handout.
Anyway, switching the time to morning with or after breakfast would probably work much better.
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post A Whistleblower Speaks Out: Air Force Contract Fraud
"The settlement and a $977,500 award to Ferner under the False Claims Act were revealed by the Department of Justice and Ferner's lawyer in Tampa when the complaint against the middleman, Steve R. Stallings, and SAIC was unsealed."
Sadder details in these stories:
DOJ announcement of settlement:
Meanwhile, Stallings is still on the job somewhere:
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post Comcast Apologizes For Employee Refusing To Allow Customer To Disconnect Service
I usually decline to engage in phone conversations with our service provider, for a similar reason — they're always trying to sell something. And how can you tell what you would be buying with only an audio description?
This is sometimes helpful, at least to avoid talking to the bots:
Of course, in Block's case, he presumably was talking to a human.
rikkidoglake commented on the diary post Scientists Predict Increased Rain, Floods for Northeast by brasch.
Don't find any relevant publications by Paul Knight on rainfall: http://ploneprod.met.psu.edu/people/pgk2 There is this Penn State story from 2 years ago: http://ploneprod.met.psu.edu/news-events/news/tropical-storm-lees-lasting-impact-experts-say-to-expect-more-flooding-as-temperatures-rise-and-cities-and-suburbs-expand/ "Over the last 50 years in Pennsylvania, significant rain events — when more than an inch of rain falls within 24 hours — are up by 50 percent. During the same time, our [...]
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post Senators Seek Answers From Clapper About Plans for Total Surveillance of Security Clearance Holders
"Carpenter wrote some of the dialogue by extracting things out of political speeches made then (one of the aliens is seen delivering Reagan's famous 'Morning in America' oration)."
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post Senators Seek Answers From Clapper About Plans for Total Surveillance of Security Clearance Holders
Frank33 is apparently referring to John Carpenter's "They Live", the most logical explanation for recent history.
Wonder if any of those sunglasses are available on eBay?
rikkidoglake commented on the diary post Saturday Art: Herblock by Ruth Calvo.
The classic Herblock Nixon cartoon is this one, climbing out of the sewer: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/herblock/HereHeComesNow/Assets/hblock9_enlarge.jpg http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/herblock/here-he-comes-now.html "During his 1954 "anti-communist campaign," Vice President Richard Nixon insinuated that a number of Democratic legislators were soft on communism. As Herblock recalled, 'it occurred to me that he was figuratively criss-crossing the country by sewer.' He thus memorably condemns [...]
rikkidoglake commented on the diary post Pull Up a Chair: Fictional Fathers by Elliott.
Ben Cartwright??? Who had 3 sons by 3 mothers, each of whom died in childbirth?
Other suggestions –
Ralph Waite in "The Waltons"
Bill Smitrovich in "Life Goes On"
Tom Skerrit in "A River Runs Through It"
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post Mother Dies In Jail Due To Debts
The community TV site doesn't have anything on this, but coincidentally does have a story, posted today, on the Berks County Truancy Program:
"Berks County CYS currently contracts with Service Access and Management (S.A.M.) for truancy reduction services. Schools and Magisterial District Judges offices may make referrals to S.A.M. based on a County wide protoco"
SAM is a non-profit, spun off from a government agency, according to their annual report. Their truancy page:
"24 PA Statutes
Section 13‐1333‐ Penalties for violation of compulsory attendance requirements
(1) Every parent . . . shall on summary conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine, for the benefit of the school district in which such offending person resides, not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) and to pay court costs or be sentenced to complete a parenting education program offered and operated by a local school district, medical institution or other community resources, and, in default of the payment of such fine and costs or completion of the parenting program by the person so offending, shall be sentenced to the county jail for a period not exceeding five (5) days. . . .(4) In lieu of or in addition to any other sentence imposed under this section, the district justice may order the parent, guardian or person in parental relation to perform community service in the school district in which the offending child resides for a period not to exceed six (6) months."
Read on down (this is on pg. 13). If the parent can show that it wasn't their fault, a kid age 13 or over can be fined the same amount.
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post Mother Dies In Jail Due To Debts
Just to put a face to the story (the text at the Reading Eagle is behind a paywall):
rikkidoglake commented on the diary post Known Knowns, Part 2: Shinseki Revisited by Barry Lando.
One of the most illuminating statements on political generals was this line from Seymour Hersh's lengthy piece on Gen. Taguba and his investigation of Abu Ghraib (Taguba was the good guy in the story — his boss, Abizaid, was the politician): http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/06/25/070625fa_fact_hersh?currentPage=all "I'd been in the Army thirty-two years by then, and it was the [...]
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post Cheney Is Confronted About Imprisoned Torture Whistleblower John Kiriakou
verb (used with object), val·or·ized, val·or·iz·ing.to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers."
verb1 Give or ascribe value or validity to (something): the culture valorizes the individual
1.1 Raise or fix the price or value of (a commodity or currency) by artificial means, especially by government action."
Well, maybe she uses the Oxford dictionary and meant their definition 1.
The other definitions sound like what we did to Halliburton stock during some recent unpleasantness, the details slip my mind.
rikkidoglake commented on the diary post Torture Report Controversy: Is the CIA beyond accountability? by Nat Parry.
Skull & Bones
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post When CIA Tortured Detainees to Death — And Agents Escaped Accountability and Were Promoted
The name Dusty Foggo certainly rang a bell.
Carol Lam, who prosecuted Randy Cunningham and Dusty Foggo, was in the group of US Attorneys summarily dismissed by Gonzalez and his Liberty University alumni. With Karl Rove probably lurking in the shadows.
Thankfully, Ms. Lam stayed on long enough to nail Cunningham and Foggo.
That White House purge was one more probable crime spree that was never investigated, since we don't look back, preferring to repeat history.
Emptywheel wrote about Foggo and the CIA in Afghanistan four years ago:
rikkidoglake commented on the diary post Admiral Dennis Blair: "We Sent Troops to Middle East…Because of Oil-Based Importance of Region" by Steve Horn.
Lest we forget . . .
"The President this morning has spoken with three foreign leaders. He began with Prime Minister Blair, where the two discussed the ongoing aspects of Operation Iraqi liberation."
For the acronymically-inept, that's OIL.
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post Call Congress: We Need A New Church Committee
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post The CIA, Senate Intelligence Committee & the Culture of Impunity for Torture
Diane's reaction is indeed cause for hope.
Never thought she had any evil intent in her apparently lax oversight of NSA. She just appeared to have a different view.
Her reaction to the CIA may well cause her to re-think her NSA oversight role.
On "the culture of impunity of Washington", consider this golden oldie:
"Historian Henry Steele Commager assessed the Committee's legacy. Referring to executive branch officials who seemed to consider themselves above the law, he said, 'It is this indifference to constitutional restraints that is perhaps the most threatening of all the evidence that emerges from the findings of the Church Committee.' "
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case That Would Have Challenged NSA Warrantless Surveillance of Lawyers
"Standing" is a concept that is hard for us mere mortals to grasp, and extremely frustrating as a means to duck fundamental Constitutional issues.
Look at William B. Stephenson v. US, going back well over 40 years:
Richardson complained about the CIA budget being undisclosed, basing his complaint on Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution:
"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time."
"From time to time" may be like "with all due speed" in Brown v. Board of Education. Meaning maybe not in our lifetimes.
The frustrating part of the SCOTUS decision in Richardson's case is essentially, who ya gonna call? If an average citizen sees a clear violation of the Constitution, how does that citizen get it fixed?
Cutting the Supremes some slack, they might have to hire a bunch of temps to handle the flood of cases if they changed to a friendlier definition of "standing".
rikkidoglake commented on the blog post Solitary Confinement in California Prisons: What Pelican Bay Prisoners Weren't Allowed to Say to Legislators
The prison guards' union (California Correctional Peace Officers Association, or CCPOA) may be one of the bigger obstacles to reform.
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Refocusing the Brickset database
Posted by Huw,This time last year we reorganised the database to group all 'non-core' products into the Gear theme.
I am now considering the following changes to the items that Brickset records in the database:
- I want to remove virtually all products that do not contain regular bricks, such as bedding, clothes, bags, books, DVDs, video games, pens, clocks, watches, stationery and so on.
- I want to remove all product collections that existed only as line items at shop.LEGO.com (i.e. items in this list after 78800) as opposed to those that had special packaging (the remainder of that list)
- I want to reserve the right not to include licenced products that contain bricks (e.g. Nintendo DS covers, LEGO annuals, Muji sets, Moleskine books etc.)
My rationale for these changes are
- To improve the overall quality, accuracy and completeness of the database. If its scope is reduced it will be easier to maintain a high quality of information.
- The products listed above are generally of little interest to LEGO collectors and to some extent they 'clutter up' the database and consequently the search results. You may well own some of them but you probably don't really collect them.
- There are so many LEGO-licenced products nowadays that it is impossible to keep track of them all and record information about them accurately.
Books/DVDs that come with bricks, keychains, magnets, coin banks, idea books etc. will of course remain in the database and I will strive to improve our coverage of them.
We are discussing this in the forum and I welcome your comments either here or in the forum if you feel strongly about this.
107 comments on this article
Just to reiterate sorry, are you suggesting that the 'Gear' theme is kept and you wish to simply port more products over to it? If that is the case then I'm all for it - when searching for a product you can often get completely non-related items.
No, I want to remove them entirely and focus on 'Brick sets', basically.
So you said idea books would stay. Would that also include encyclopedic type things such as the "The LEGO Book?"
Hmm... Personally, I would oppose that because if the Gear section is 'out of the way', per se (and could only be accessed via choosing 'Gear' on the menu tap next to Search), then a user could focus their results on either sets or Gear by simply choosing which criteria is appropriate.
Personally I oppose this change. While the majority of my collection is lego sets, I also collect the various *coughchinese*cough* logowear/gear. LEGO's still SELLS these items... It's not like Toys R Us is creating their own line of LEGO products and selling them... I want to be able to tabulate my collection no matter what I collect as long as the Lego (brand) is smeared all over the product.
As an owner of a couple of the product collections in question, I am positive about this. It's a bit odd to not have sets show up in the list of things I own only because they were part of an offer, so I should probably have them entered as separate sets anyway. The only downside is that the purchase price will have to be split in some way between the sets, but that's not much different from the recurring problem of splitting S&H costs.
Frankly I don't care either way since this is your site, but have you considered someone your trust run that portion of the site keeping a "gear" section and you run the rest?
I approve the change, but with one change: keep the video games. Just those. Please? :)
I oppose to the change, I like the fact that I can have one overview of all the stuff I've collected. My collection includes a few books and minifig alarm clocks. Maybe only mention them so people can still add them to their collection?
How would I keep track of my lego bedsheets for laundry day!?
I. personally, find the "gear" section kind of fun and enjoy browsing it from time to time. I like having all my lego and lego related items available for me to peruse. Some of my lego stuff is in storage and it's nice to be able to look at them here without having to rummage through plastic crates.
I agree w/aaronptrck that having those "gear" items in my lists is cool,
but I also agree w/ miniroll32 that it could be put "out of the way" for searching.
I think that mikeyob has an interesting idea in having a dedicated person who just handles the "gear" stuff.
I'm all for this change.
I don't see how it "clutters up" anything. Personally, I think it makes this site more complete. Maybe create a separate Owned list for gear?
But like Alemas said, KEEP THE VIDEO GAMES! They have legit reviews, unlike most gear. You can just bring back the "Video Games" theme, right? :)
And keep ALL books that are LEGO-related, not just ones that come with bricks and minifigs. I've been needing to email you guys about a few LEGO-endorsed books that are not in the system.
Do what you want, though, it's your site.
I would personally prefer, if the gear section could remain here. What is the good idea is to keep it separately from the stabdard building sets. First of all I own quite a lot of things belonging to the gear section and I like to keep a track of it. But more importantly, only then, the Brickset will be used as an ultimate database of the Lego products.
Let me give an example - before X-mass I was about to buy to my girlfriend a shoulder bag http://www.brickset.com/detail/?set=852678-1 which I found here + offer on eBay and then - very recently I was thinking about to buy http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=DKLegoBook-1 so I consulted Brickset reviews again to get the idea. No need to talk about a very useful game reviews. Finally I really like to browse thru the gear section to see what kinda of Lego funny things are produced http://www.brickset.com/detail/?set=EL502-1 .
Therefore, if there is a chance to keep the gear section - it should be considered, because I think it is definitely worth it.
I agree with Alemas and Jonbuddy, I would prefer the Video games/movies to remain. I don't really care either way with Gear.
I think you did the right thing the first time around by adding these products to the site. As an avid minifig collector, I was excited when you added the books to the collection so I could keep track of where my Luke and Han ceremonial figures came from. I don't feel these products clutter up the site, as you have made it very easy to navigate and you don't see those products unless you click on the "Gear" link or something similar. I say you keep them here, but separate.
i definitely think product collections should be removed.
I think anything that does not contain any real LEGO elements should be removed, except for books and maybe video games. I guess things like the 2x4 coin bank should be removed, but not the Pharaoh's Quest one. And I definitely want watches to stay, because they contain minifigures, and/or other elements. But anything with real LEGO elements I definatley want, even if other things in the category aren't on here.
I oppose this as well. If you got rid of anything, just get rid of the clothes. As others have said, I don't think it clutters your site. There may be some people who do collect these things and would like to know what is made. Don't get rid of them just because they don't have any bricks in them.
I am of the opinion that you either get rid of all the additional items discussed or keep them all. It seems from the above comments that people want you to "get rid of 'A', but keep 'B'", this would probably end up being impractical. I don't see how you would choose what to keep, why keep video games and not t-shirts, book and not beddings, etc
If I had it my way I would have all lego company products on your site. I would just add a menu to your drop down search and call it 'merchandise' or something similar. That would contain all none brick containing products.
I'm for it.
I certainly wouldn't mind getting rid of all the gear, because I don't have enough of a collection to bother using this site as a tool to curate it. But I don't see how it clutters up the results, since it's already partitioned in its own special category. If you want to clean up the database, figure out a way to get promo sets, keychains, and magnets into their own special places. When I look at the Star Wars sets released in a certain year, it's annoying to have to sift through dozens of keychains to get to the ten actual sets.
I don't collect any gear so I don't mind having less clutter. However, I think there are other ways around that such as allowing users to exclude themes in their profile or in searches. I don't care about Duplo or Cars either.
I can see why Lego gear collectors might not like this and, as was mentioned earlier, it would be nice for them if you allowed someone else to manage that part of the site so you can concentrate on the rest if possible.
I really like the Gear section so if you remove it I'll have to start my own site jk ;)
In in for the 2nd and 3rd idea, but not really the first. I have found myself in need of Brickset to get high quality images of DVDs and such, and I also think that those items are legitimate parts of my LEGO collection.
I agree with 18000pieces and being able to exclude themes/categories would be a great way for users to focus on what they are interested in. I find all those magnets and keychains annoying as well.
I don't think that answering this questions one post at the time will get you anywhere. You need a survey with button and perhaps 3 options for example
Should non-official lego books be removed from the database: ( ) yes, ( ) undecided , ( ) No
everything will be a waste of time.
That will allow you to do calculations on a more rational base. Then use statistical software to see if the differences you find are really diffenreces. As you may know, percentages not always give a good representation of the data unless they are transformed.
I can see that there are arguments both ways for gear; however, I am in favor of limiting it, at least to the point of only those things produced/sold by TLG. On the other hand, even if books are not included in the database, announcements and reviews would still be welcome since many of them are great, like the Lego Collector or the Idea Book.
So you'd take out Video Games, but would keep magnets and key chains and books that contain bricks, like Building the Magical World? Because I would like to keep my collection complete at Brickset.
I think that it's an interesting idea, but why not make a separate database for all that stuff, or have the option to exclude the gear theme and product collections, and save it all as a cookie? I would like these to still be on the site for historical purposes, but do take my consideration, please...
May have one or to 'sets' that are affected. I'm ok with it.
I don't care if you get rid of them (I don't collect them), and I don't care if you leave them (they don't bother me)
I am all for the change, or really any change that makes this site easier for you to maintain. I appreciate the service this site provides me. I use this site to track the sets that I have collected. I do have some "gear," but I don't use this to track that. I like the set database because at a glance I can see the sets I own, related sets by theme, collection, year, etc. However, I would never want that kind of information for any gear, so I don't think the inclusion of the gear is vital.
I have at times found the extra "gear" stuff to clog up the results of searches (for example, if I want to look at a list of products/sets released in 2012). I can see here that some people do want the "gear" included. But I see how you can never really keep up with all the licensed gear and things that are produced.
This is your site, you do what you wish with it. I have been appreciative (in the past year I've used this site) that you have always been so responsive to the people that use your site, and you posing this question is just one example. However, if you find it cumbersome to focus on gear (which is not the focus of the site) then I would encourage you to get rid of them so you can focus more of the energy on cultivating the set database, adding extra content and information about sets, or featuring other information in the site related to building and collecting sets.
As someone who is super dismayed about all the garbage people are sticking on bricklink (lego games parts before lego games were actually LEGO sets; foam swords; every single piece with a sticker getting it's own damn entry - seems like you could simplify it fantastically by making stickered parts only linked from the sticker sheets or linking out of set theme or anything.)
Go for it, Huw.
I don't really see why these changes are being proposed. I think that for the site to be as complete as possible, every product sold by lego should be included (esspecially video games!). I can see why you might not want to put things on that are manufactured by another company and lego has licenced it but otherwise, I think you should include everything :)
It is OK for me, to remove all sets, that don't contain Bricks, if they aren't listet /sell in the LEGO shop. All products they are sell by LEGO should be in the database.
My two cents: It's been nice to be able to see all the books and DVDs that are available; I never would have known about "The Padawan Menace with Young Han Solo minifig" otherwise. But I do understand that this site started as a sets database and won't mind too much if it reverts back to such.
I also agree with posters on the forum that would like to see the tic-tac-toe and chess sets (regardless of country of origin) classified as sets, and keep them in the database. Ditto for the alarm clocks that come with a couple of minifigs and several bricks. But if they do go away, my world won't come to an end any faster...
Thanks again for this site, it's been a great resource and I'm glad I found it!
Im for the change. I only own 2 of the games and it is not like LEGO has 100 video games, then I would like to keep track.
I think this is a good idea, the only thing I think that has to stay, are the games. There just different than the other products you want to remove, especially the old ones like Lego Rock Riders, Lego Island, Lego Racers... But if you want you can group all version of e.g. Indiana Jones (pc version, ps3 version, ds version...) in one database item just called "indiana jones video game" or something like that.
I don't think this is a very good idea, because I like being able to say I own the LEGO products, even if they don't include bricks.
Please keep the video games! I'd rather go here for reviews/info than to some dodgy gamer's website!
@oldfan, things like 'The Padawan Menace with Young Han Solo minifig', the Dorling Kindsersley books with minifigs and other parts would remain because, well, they contain LEGO parts. But having a incomplete list of Bionicle books, and duvet covers doesn't really add much to the database which is one reason to remove them.
The problem with using the 'produced/sold by TLG' differentiator is that there is so much now that has a LEGO logo but isn't actually LEGO or made by LEGO and often it's difficult to decide whether to include or not on the current criteria. Video games for example, aren't made by LEGO at all: they are produced by Travellers' Tales.
I'd like collectable minifigures to be declassified as being 'sets'. 26 our of my 110 'sets' are collectable minifigures.
I am fine with removing gear from the database. As Lego8x8 said earlier, doing a survey may be one way to come to a decision.
I'm for keeping anything that includes real Bricks, so books, DVDs *and* the likes of Nintendo DS covers, LEGO annuals, Muji sets, Moleskine books etc. as I don't see why a DVD with a figure or bricks is OK but the latter isn't!
This is a good move to lower the amount of things tracked. To include sets that only have actual bricks in them is the right idea. As a collector, I only purchase things with actual bricks in them.
The product collection would be best removed and used as set details. Like, "this set purchasable in product collection 2853300" Product collections create duplicate data.
I also like the consolidation of the related sets with different set numbers when it was done a while back.
No strong feelings, but it always seems a shame to jettison hard-won data. Why not keep it but no longer add to it?
Personally, I don't think I've ever looked up "gear" on Brickset anyway, so I wouldn't miss it.
I'm for it.
Please don't. I like to have my whole collection recorded here.
Very constructive move! Thumbs up!
I'm kind of in the middle
I think the only thing that should be added from the gear area is unique minifigs. Meaning NO to the DK Star Wars book, but YES to the Celebration Luke Mini-fig from that book. And none of the DS junk unless it has a unique mini-fig.
My reasoning is that Mini-Figs are such backbone of the Lego industry. So unique mini-figs yes, junk no.
@ambo100 - But each minifig is actually it's own set. I know it balloons your inventory, but if you don't like it, just add the complete set to count as 1.
As for the changes, I understand that Gear is not really actually Lego, but it is Lego related. It's nice to have a database to look at what you have in your complete collection, whether it be sat & pepper shakers or the odd video game.
My suggestion would be to keep the gear theme, by make it separate from actual "sets". If you are doing a search you have a choice between Sets and Gear.
I think Brickset would be taking a step backwards with removing the gear altogether. This is called the"Lego set guide and database." To me, a database means everything under the Lego banner.
It seems here that a lot of other posters do want the gear section to remain as well.
Will you be removing Mindstorms?
I am highly against removing all of the gear. As I stated on the forum, the gear is a big part of my Lego collection, as I am a devoted Lego fan, and, as such, enjoy using Lego bags, mugs, umbrellas, etc. Please keep the gear! Most of the gear Lego makes is still high-quality too, which is worth noting - none of mine has ever broken.
Yes yes yes, all of the changes sound fantastic.
I'm for keeping Gear--I use Brickset to keep track of those products like I do the others in my collection. In fact, I can't imagine a better interface than that of Brickset to keep track of such items.
But this is the only site that I can find old lego stuff and I prefer to be able to see every lego set even with out any bricks
I like the idea of making "gear" its own category (in addition to sets, news, etc.), or at the very least keeping the video games. You could make each game have only one entry in the database, though, rather than one for each platform it was released on.
I wouldn't mind if the product collections were deleted, though.
I'm all for getting rid of it. But for those that like random gear, keep the current database and not updating it seems like a fair compromise.
Consider that lego is making as many foam sword as normal sets, it's a waste of time to keep track of them all.
Would this include getting rid of magnets and key-rings? I am really trying to complete my collection(s) of these and it's very useful having them in the same place as my sets...
I would like to keep my collection whole, so please don't remove anything.
I'm quite opposed to this motion, but I do recognise that you have a point insofar as the wide variety of licenced products under the LEGO name these days - I recently came into possession of a LEGO art carousel which is completely absent from the database, for one - and there are indeed problems in that sense in terms of trying to maintain a complete database. On the other hand, I can't quite find myself able to agree with the idea of disposing of perfectly good data you have already, and including/excluding gear products solely on the basis of them containing LEGO pieces feels very inconsistent a policy for an inventory database.
I very much agree with Dlakii. I think that the most upsetting part about this proposal is that Brickset would no longer display data that has already been obtained. I dislike the idea of getting rid of perfectly good information. In an age where knowledge is more valuable than anything else, this seems almost backwards.
LEGO do not have any real record of the licenced products either, nor does this archive include the set collections, therefore Brickset is currently the not only the most complete database of LEGO products there is, but for these particular products the only record there is. This makes it very valuable information, it's a shame to lose it, though I would say that, I use it for work! I completely understand why you want to stop though, it's getting very hard to keep up with it all and it's never presented in an easy format to enter into the database. Entirely your call Huw. Thanks again for Brickset.
I'm all for removing the clutter to make the site more streamlined and easier to maintain. The one thing I would like to remain is some of the great hardback books (even if they don't include any bricks or minifigs) like the Lego Ideas books. These books only come out relatively infrequently but they have wide appeal, so I think they'd be advantageous to the community to remain in the database.
As for other books and all the 'gear' products, I think it would be good to get rid of them. Personally, I don't see any need for all the key chains, even if they are sold and made by Lego.
Even though gear can be interesting, I have no problem with it being removed.
I don't post much but on this one I'd say to keep the books. If for no other reason, the old idea book from maybe 1986 or so was what got me more into legos as a kid; seeing the little villages and space scenes. Those I'd keep. I remember they had stickers too.
Go for it. You have enough work as it is keeping track of the things that the majority of us care about. If someone else wants to deal with the other stuff, give them a copy of the DB and let them have at it.
As a LEGO Reviewer who has reviewed all items he owns including the 'Gear' for the sake of completeness it would kind of disrupt my Review Counts, as certain Sets have been reviewed with the intent of being Milestone reviews. #175 or #200 and all that. By removing the Gear from the site that would kind of eliminate my Milestone Reviews as the special ones they were meant to be and knock them down a number or two resulting in my words in the review no longer being viable.
Although I can understand where there might be problems with the Database, certainly there's some way to fix the issue without wholesale deletions. Then again some people might just not care enough about the Gear section. What of The LEGO Book and Standing Small? They have no parts, would they be deleated as well?
If it has been sold or marketed by LEGO or available on the shop.lego.com or had been sold through Shop@Home then it should be on this site. I would like to see this site as a complete site which does get harder each year to find all of the items available with LEGO branding. I own some gear items and have many on display with the rest of my sets in my collection. There is also items that I have like a Chicago LEGO store coffee mug with my name on it as well as a Star Wars T-shirt that I have never seen in any database anywhere. This can never be complete and I know this site is called brickSET but I think it is fun re-browsing the whole database to see new additions added from the past that I may have that I never new had been added. I would also miss the DK books being listed as most contain no LEGO parts and seem to be included in your purge of the gear section. Please keep the data base as is. You do a wonderful job with this whole site. There have been a lot of great suggestions above to just let users decide what they want to search for and have listed. Recategorization may also be an option to look into that was mentioned above.
Please don't remove the gear section. I also collect items like the DS Covers/minifigs, video games, books and such. I have always loved this site that you can track and review anything lego. I'm even interested in what people think of the moleskin binders when they come out, they look interesting. I agree with others if someone else wanted to help track those items I and many others in the community would appreciate it. I wouldn't mind if gear was separate from the rest but I consider that gear as part of my Lego collection.
Please do it. I often browse buy theme or year and scrolling through pages of watches, pens, and other "crap" while looking for the real meat of the site would not be missed.
You have been doing such a great job over the years, I say that is a good idea.
Good idea. Back to basics.
I don't think it's a good idea. Some collectors like myself collect anything Lego themed. I do notice that there are some Lego themed things missing from the database. I would like to see more listed. Maybe have users contribute photos or details of the extra things and supply them in your database. It might be good to have two seperate databases as you suggest, but it might be confusing to go from one database to the other.
I think a separate database is needed on another website linked to Brickset. It could have the same format for ease of use and the same facilities for the 'I own', 'I want' etc. Personally I'd be quite happy to see gear disappear.
I agree about Collectible Mini-figures distorting my collection's data. Ticking the complete collection box, though, means you don't have the link to the great pics. Maybe a compromise would be that: The products that fall into Huw's category are viewable, and tickable. But, do not get added to the database figures. I think the separation is a great idea.I also understand the enormous amount of work involved in keeping up with all the new gear, and therefore completely support Huw's position, and think he should focus on Lego Sets.
Product Collection should go for sure! Do anyone but grandparents buy these anyway?
I can see additional gear items in the future being a burden on maintaining the database, whats the ratio of new gear to brick items?
If you are adding twice the number of gear times compared to standard brick sets, then maybe the gear items should be exported to a separate site.
'Virtual' product collections have gone!
There's currently an issue with the piece counts of remaining product collections and their constituent sets that appears to have occured overnight when they were recalculated. I'll sort it out when I get home later.
I also agree about the collectible mini-figures distorting data. I do think your database is the most complete out there. and a incredible resource for us collectors and would really like for it to stay the same if possible. I have alot of gear and odd ball lego stuff and i like to keep track of it all. What was removed so far? Virtual product collections, Also maybe let us know before u do it if u decide so we can export to excel our collections.
Thanks and keep up the great work!!
I suport Huw's desire to clear the database from stuff like books, pens or clothes...
Also the product collections are not really necesarry to have here, there's info on all the sets in these product collections, so...
Never bought a pen, t-shirt, duvet cover, magnet set, ice-cube tray, etc. and thought of them as part of my collection, so for me they could be dumped although I can see how some completists would be bothered by it.
That said, if you are so finnicky that you classify your drinks coasters/ salt and pepper pots/ shoulder bags in your collections perhaps you could start your own database titled 'sundry Lego-related rubbish'!
I love the facility that Brickset offers me to see what sets I have, how many pieces, figs, etc. but even that I know is not accurate because of bricklink and PAB purchases, trades and so on, so I wont get all bent up about any changes. It's a great site with very useful tools and good news articles, but whatever makes it easier for you to run Huw is absolutely aces with me.
I'm not a huge buyer of LEGO gear, but I like seeing the items I do own included in my database. I imagine that there are a lot of us out there who when building our inventory want to see every item noted.
Things like t-shirts and pens should be gotten rid of, but some things like video games which many of us are opposed to getting rid of, because people actually care about them...
Also, collectable minifigures do annoy me that they count as a regular set, because it isn't. I look at my set count, and think "Wow, I have a lot!" and then I click and a ton of those "sets" are just figures...
I welcome this change. At the very least all non-set items should be on a different database and search. It wouldn't bother me if the non-set items went away completely. Some may feel differently of course.
I think you should keep all the Gear sets which contain a Brick compatible with a another, so a Brick Separator would meet this and the Brickmaster Books aswell as the Watches wheras other things like the Video games and some Books should be removed from the database as they do not contain any compatible pieces .
To Gear, or not to Gear, that is the question....
Brickset is first and foremost about the Brick and collecting LEGO. Thus the database's primary concern should be to include all LEGO sets. The inclusion of Gear is a nice addition, but could almost be a seperate site all its own. I think we have been spoiled by the fact that it is even included on Brickset.
I can see many reasons for keeping and dumping Gear.
The biggest reason to dump it is, I'm sure it is a task for @Huw to source all available Gear - a real pain in the rear - imagine how hard it is to find everything to add.
Even though I don't care much about the Gear content, I do think it's loss would be a detriment to the site. As we can see a lot of people seem to be passionate about it's inclusion. And to try and filter the Gear content would probably be a headache, resulting in countless inquiries as to "why did item XXX get dumped, but item YYY is still included?" I know I have Gear stuff that I have marked as "owned" and I would miss it if it went away. Perhaps there would be a better way of classifying all the assorted Gear? Perhaps there needs to be more overlap of categories and subcategories for Gear - where an item can be listed under more than one category?
As a minor side note, I also tend to agree that minifigs (such as the CMFs) probably shouldn't be included in the total set counts as they do tend to skew results.
Perhaps as some others have mentioned, the Gear database should be kept intact but left for other admins to maintain? Certainly there are some among them that are Gearaholics?
Either way, with or without Gear, the decision is up to Huw and whatever he chooses I'll support.
What it boils down to is, I'll be happy as long as I can still keep track of my normal LEGO "brick" sets.
It's a horrible idea!
You should keep as many lego related things as possible on this site as the video games section for example relate to kids these days so if you get rid of them you site viewership will go down!!!!
I'd be more than happy to get rid of all the gear sets. I keep a spreadsheet of the sets I own, so it would be nice for it to match Brickset. Also getting rid of the gear would give Huw more time to work on and improve the site. Not that it isn't already the best site on the net.
It seems that many of the comments in the forum favor the changes while many of the comments on the website do not favor the changes.
This may indicate an age bias as younger members of brickset are not allowed to particpate in the forum.
I hold no opinion either way. I can see both points of views, but I think we should all make sure that everyone's voice gets to be heard. We were not always AFOL's, and how much better would life have been if we had never had our dark days?
The nicest thing to notice is that no matter the outcome Brickset is still going to be the best LEGO resource on the internet.
Chiming in late on this. I definitely understand the difficulty in listing EVERY single thing Lego makes especially textile stuff they lisence out but I think for BrickSet to be THE definitive guide (which is what I want and wish and love it to be...that's why it's my #1 site to start the day) you gotta' have the following...
-Every building set (obviously), even the display covers for like DS covers that have studs and tiles on them. They are building pieces.
-All books, magazines, sticker books, etc.
-All Convention exclusives from SDCC, NYCC, Toy Fair, exclusive party giveaways, Lego Billund tours they do, etc. This should be thoroughly investigated and catelogued for compleatist.
-Display items that are lisenced by Lego. Meaning display case, storage case, and the like...etc.
- You gotta' have the items that contain bricks...like the new Moleskins coming out, etc. And the aforementioned items like DS covers that have building elements on them.
-You don't need video games or dvd's unless they come with an exclusive figure or building set, etc.
-You don't need clothing, textiles unless the Lego store sells them and sometimes there are exclusive shirts kids get at Club Meetings. Not something you can find at a Walmart, regular retail store (again, unless they have some fig. or building element).
-You need to have the watches and pens that have building elements.
-Keep all key chains and magnets. Anything with a minifigure actually. Big, small or just the right mini-fig size.
Sometimes I find stuff at TRU that are unusual to me. Like Ninjago large figures that come with a sound device. Also I've seen a lego set with little things you clip onto the necks of a minifig and you can write or use stickers that come with the set so it's looks like a balloon, bubble from a comic book. Very unusual to me. These unusual thngs should be in the database for collectors and casual fans to come here and say...oh...I didn't know they made that. I might get one. I've never seen this...great place to come back to.
I love brickset. Keep it as complete as possible to be THE definitive guide. EXCELSIOR!...;)
This site is called BRICK - SET. So, actually, it should only contain info about bricks.
All the rest like books, keychaines, Znap, Bionicle, Herofactory and all the other stuff/gear that has nothing to do with buildingbricks should be somewhere else, e.g. 'Containing Lego logo or made by Lego group or accepted/approved by Lego group'
This is imo complete the opposite of ^(legoDad42) as Lego is for me a building toy; All the rest only wears the same name.
^You gotta have bionicle and Herofactory because they have lego elements that are used for building. That's weird to not include them.
So if you're the complete opposite you want video games?
Possibly a custom search option either for when your logged in it saves your settings or if your a guest you just choose I want to search for turning these options on/off like Sets, Minifigs, Gear, Books, Video Games or etc. You choose the types of things you want to search for when you enter text into the search box so then when you search you don't get back items in other categories you don't want. Everyone has there own preferences, like some may not care about video games while others might. You then can filter out what you don't want or include what you do like Amazon or EBay lets you. Then each person can use Brickset the way they want to. Even if the admin team focuses more on sets rather than gear and gear doesn't get updated as often, that's fine, but at least then gear is still accessible for those that do enjoy tracking and seeing those items. I agree collectible minifigs should not count as a set. It would be cool if collectible minifigs could just be categorized as such, a minifig rather than a set. Then when you see set counts they are just that, sets. And then minifigs are a different grouping, basically like they show in the View Your Minifig Collection.
I very much enjoy this website and appreciate the ability for feedback. Brickset is my home page at home and my phone because I like staying on top of what's going on in Lego around the world. I love the fact that it's a global hobby too and we all get to share our thoughts. Thanks to HUW and our other admin's for all their hard work.
That sounds like a great idea.
Sorry, almost complete opposite. Video games have nothing to do with building parts, so no they don't have to be here for me. Bionicle and Hero are construction toys, just like Znap was, but IMO they are not what I call 'Lego'.
Hopefully anyone who "owned" virtual collections knows to go back in and add the individual sets...cough...bluemoose....cough cough :o)
I'd like to address some of the rationale, because I don't think it is necessarily correct.
I think a lot of the rationale is geared towards the idea of completeness. I can understand why having a truly complete database appealing. This is ideal. However, we don't operate in an ideal world and I also realize that having perfect information is a direction we move towards but will not reach. That is why having an incomplete database is alright, as long as the database is comprehensive. A comprehensive database is one that covers most ground. Brickset is the most comprehensive database of LEGO products online. However, calling Brickset comprehensive means two things: completeness, including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something AND of large content or scope, or wide-ranging. Brickset is both. The information you wish to remove is accurate. Removing it will not improve the accuracy of the database. It will not make the database more comprehensive. The only improvement would be clarifying aggregate data, such as search results, but there are other ways to do this.
Another reason for removing this content is because it is irrelevant, since people do not collect it or much interest in it. I think comments have shown that there are people out there who care about this information. Even though there are people who don't care, I think there are significant number who do. So I don't think this reason holds much water.
Finally, there is the argument that this additional information costs too much in effort to maintain. First off, the information already in the database is accurate and generally maintenance free. So this reason doesn't validate removal of information. As for new products, it is true that ensuring a complete list of items creates a lot of work. However, I think having some of the items is better than having none of them. In that light, just add whatever is easiest. These additions will improve the overall quality of the information available in your database.
I think the best solution is to:
1) Stop worrying about the completeness of the entire database. Focus efforts to improve completeness on the parts of the database that have the broadest interest.
2) Better categorize and label gear and sets (video games, books, textiles, etc; regular sets, battle/booster packs, magnets, etc.)
3) Create exclusion filters for search. This will make finding the information that is relevant to the user easy. Quality in search results.
Hi Huw,
I am one of your vetaran users.
I absolutely concur with the comments from legoDad42 and Brickmatic. I also have a large number of gear items that I would like to keep track of. Actually I have 141 sets marked as owned in the gear section. Although many of them are duplicates - for example storage devices - it is still a considerable number of individual items that I would miss very much if I could not look up on Brickset.
For example, I collect the Idea Books, the Lego DVDs, etc. and it would be a real loss to suddenly loose the wanted lists for these kind of items.
So, please consider this very thoroughly.
For my two pennies worth:
I agree with most of the comments already made. But I would just remove and exclude any items that do not contain bricks, minifigures or building elements.
But having said that, as a Star Wars only collector, the database currently shows 288 sets. 17 of these are not released yet so I own 205 of the 271 sets available. Yet I will never have the full set because I will not be getting my hands on the 3-in-1 sets. So if these are removed from the database my collection will not feel so unfulfilled.
I'm so glad that this is not my decision to make ...
pls do not remove gear !!!! just put the content somewhere else.
let's decide democratically!
Thank you all for your comments, particularly Brickmatic whose post makes a lot of sense.
I have decided *not* to remove Gear, although I may make it less prominent in search results.
The virtual sets have been removed (still in the database but marked as deleted so they never show up anywhere) as I think we agree they are unnecessary, being just 'marketing units'.
In addition to my earlier suggestion to allow themes and catagories to be excluded in searches or just be excluded in your profile settings, I would like to add the ability to sort by "date added to Brickset". That way I can create a search of only what I am interested in and see if any new sets have been added since last time I checked.
Just a few ideas to make browsing more focused on a user's interests.
I cannot be bothered to read the above comments for this answer to this query, sorry.
Would deleting the Harry potter and star wars DK books mean that those exclusive minifigures would be 'loose' rather than 'in a set'?
I think those are worthwhile exceptions. But those pens are cheap and nasty, the R2D2 figure from the pen wouldn't stay together. They don't deserve an equal platform.
I depend on this site to have ALL Lego items that have been made. I find this site to be the most complete, accurate and dependable over many others. Most of all it is very user friendly and it would be a disappointment to me if anything were to be deleted off the site. There's my two cents.
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1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day: | 1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song: |
2 "That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the LORD! | 2 "When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves-- praise the LORD! |
3 "Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; to the LORD I will sing; I will make melody to the LORD, the God of Israel. | 3 "Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I will sing to the LORD, I will sing; I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel. |
4 "LORD, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water. | 4 "O LORD, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water. |
5 The mountains quaked before the LORD, even Sinai before the LORD, the God of Israel. | 5 The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel. |
6 "In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and travelers kept to the byways. | 6 "In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the roads were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths. |
7 The villagers ceased in Israel; they ceased to be until I arose; I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel. | 7 Village life in Israel ceased, ceased until I, Deborah, arose, arose a mother in Israel. |
8 When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel? | 8 When they chose new gods, war came to the city gates, and not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel. |
9 My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the LORD. | 9 My heart is with Israel's princes, with the willing volunteers among the people. Praise the LORD! |
10 "Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way. | 10 "You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, consider |
11 To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the LORD, the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel."Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD. | 11 the voice of the singers at the watering places. They recite the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous acts of his warriors in Israel. "Then the people of the LORD went down to the city gates. |
12 "Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, break out in a song! Arise, Barak, lead away your captives, O son of Abinoam. | 12 'Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, O Barak! Take captive your captives, O son of Abinoam.' |
13 Then down marched the remnant of the noble; the people of the LORD marched down for me against the mighty. | 13 "Then the men who were left came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came to me with the mighty. |
14 From Ephraim their root they marched down into the valley, following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen; from Machir marched down the commanders, and from Zebulun those who bear the lieutenant's staff; | 14 Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander's staff. |
15 the princes of Issachar came with Deborah, and Issachar faithful to Barak; into the valley they rushed at his heels. Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. | 15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yes, Issachar was with Barak, rushing after him into the valley. In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart. |
16 Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds, to hear the whistling for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. | 16 Why did you stay among the campfires to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart. |
17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he stay with the ships? Asher sat still at the coast of the sea, staying by his landings. | 17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan. And Dan, why did he linger by the ships? Asher remained on the coast and stayed in his coves. |
18 Zebulun is a people who risked their lives to the death; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the field. | 18 The people of Zebulun risked their very lives; so did Naphtali on the heights of the field. |
19 "The kings came, they fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they got no spoils of silver. | 19 "Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they carried off no silver, no plunder. |
20 From heaven the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera. | 20 From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera. |
21 The torrent Kishon swept them away, the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. March on, my soul, with might! | 21 The river Kishon swept them away, the age-old river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong! |
22 "Then loud beat the horses' hoofs with the galloping, galloping of his steeds. | 22 Then thundered the horses' hoofs-- galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds. |
23 "Curse Meroz, says the angel of the LORD, curse its inhabitants thoroughly, because they did not come to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. | 23 'Curse Meroz,' said the angel of the LORD. 'Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.' |
24 "Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed. | 24 "Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women. |
25 He asked water and she gave him milk; she brought him curds in a noble's bowl. | 25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk. |
26 She sent her hand to the tent peg and her right hand to the workmen's mallet; she struck Sisera; she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his temple. | 26 Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman's hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple. |
27 Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; between her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell--dead. | 27 At her feet he sank, he fell; there he lay. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell--dead. |
28 "Out of the window she peered, the mother of Sisera wailed through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?' | 28 "Through the window peered Sisera's mother; behind the lattice she cried out, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?' |
29 Her wisest princesses answer, indeed, she answers herself, | 29 The wisest of her ladies answer her; indeed, she keeps saying to herself, |
30 'Have they not found and divided the spoil?-- A womb or two for every man; spoil of dyed materials for Sisera, spoil of dyed materials embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?' | 30 'Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: a girl or two for each man, colorful garments as plunder for Sisera, colorful garments embroidered, highly embroidered garments for my neck-- all this as plunder?' |
31 "So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might."And the land had rest for forty years. | 31 "So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may they who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength." Then the land had peace forty years. |
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Aun I Din Restaurant
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"More than 50% is advertisement"
The lessons are roughly 15 to 17 minutes, out of which about 10 minutes (clocked) are advertisement and repeated instructions. The couple of lessons I heard were free, but had I payed money for them, and then found myself serviced with a meager 5 to 7 minute lesson, I would have been very upset.
"Long advertisement"
This audiobook appears to be a long ad. It is 15 minutes long with more than 10 minutes devoted to describing the
Not was to like as it was short and there really is NO language lesson here to learn.
It was just an introduction to the language and really serves no purpose to learning anything!
No, not really!
That it has really nothing to do with learning anything!
There could have been more substance to it. Like it could break it down so one could learn the words to the language being taught.
Everything and would start over!
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"YAWN! 2/3rds of the time = Advert"
I know this is free, but really, this was a very long and tedious advert. The actual example lesson started at 10 min 49 seconds. Methodology seems sound, but the various chiming sounds between sections would drive me to distraction. I suspect will be deleting this one from my library.
"easy to learn"
The system makes you understand the french language very easily and quickly.
worth seeing the title
"Don't buy this looooooong ad"
This is a one boooooring looooong ad
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This is a great soft ware for beginners and stude ts of this musical language
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"Finally I can Understand"
It was clear and I can understand what the narrator was talking about
the fact that I dont have to read it I am so bad at reading and it takes me forever.
a clear easy way to learn a language and she explains the grammer part of it
i am not sure
"Great programme"
I enjoyed the short introduction to learning French . I have been encouraged to try more French learnings. Would recommend it.
"Good for Beginners"
This is a good audiobook for anyone who is a beginner and would like to learn some French for holidaying.
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3 Levels of Communication
By Ava Cadell
I was especially bothered when it concerned vital matters like our families and our finances. He would only nod and say 'uh-huh'. Then I took action. I would give demonstrations of what I was trying to communicate, much like a sales presentation he might attend at his office. That got his attention; he could relate to a sales pitch. I would draw graphs and charts of our problems and the likely consequences. Then I would act the problems out in a skit if necessary. Sometimes I would be melodramatic and we'd both start laughing. These mini-dramas entertained him and got to his heartstrings. They were more real to him than my yelling words at him. And I feel like I got through to him; I accomplished something.
Now Jake responds to what I say with comments that let me know he at least heard me." Communication is not avoidance. You may have heard a popular joke that goes something like this: A bored young man is complaining to a buddy about his girlfriend and he dryly comments, "She says I don't listen to her, or something like that; I really wasn't paying much attention." These words are worth a 1,000 pictures. We could pick this scenario apart for days. This young couple isn't communicating. Maybe they are afraid to become closer, or maybe they don't know how. It sounds like one partner is avoiding the other. This couple may critically need counseling. If the underlying problem doesn't eventually surface, the relationship will take a nose-dive and submerge. Then, sadly, this couple might never know what they missed, especially if they have many good things going for them.
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How to change your perception of communication. What we really want to know is, "Am I getting across the way I intend?" We all grew up in families that communicated in certain ways, whether effectively or not. We are comfortable with the communication patterns we learned at home. We often don't think about growing beyond that point, yet it may be vital in a relationship. In your career life, you have to keep up with modern technology to stay afloat, much less get ahead.
Our relationships should be just as important. Don't be afraid to learn how the other person communicates. How did your partner's family relate to each other, and can you glean something from their communication patters that you can add to your own "communications repertoire"? We often think we have communicated simply by conveying our message, or by falsely presuming the other person knows what we want and how to give it to us. We may not stop to measure our communication effectiveness when a relationship reaches a stalemate.


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Earlier this week, Atletico Madrid reportedly joined the race to sign Reina, and according to a report in the Daily Mail, Barcelona have identified him as a potential replacement for the outgoing Victor Valdes. The Report states:
"Barcelona are expected to move to sign Liverpool's Pepe Reina in the summer after Victor Valdes announced last week he will not be renewing his contract.
"Barca want to recruit a new goalkeeper in June [and] believe Liverpool would consider a bid for Reina, with manager Brendan Rodgers aware that he will have to sell key players to raise money to rebuild the current side"
Liverpool seem to be actively looking for a goalkeeper, and in recent months, the likes of Jack Butland, Asmir Begovic, Jason Steele, Ali Al Habsi, and VIctor Valdes have all been touted as replacements for £10m-rated Reina.
Valdes is definitely leaving in the summer, and his Agents confirmed this in a statement to Spanish national news agency Efe, which read:
"The agents of Victor Valdes have communicated to Barcelona in a meeting held this afternoon the irrevocable decision of the player to not renew his contract"
Reina's form as dipped over the last two years, and consistently good performances are arguably the exception rather than the rule these days.
Perhaps there could be a potential swap deal on the cards, with Reina to Barcelona and Valdes to Anfield?
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tousledelegance on 2/18/2013 2:47:00 PM more reviews by tousledelegance
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral Hair: Black, Wavy, Coarse Eyes: Green
For me, Era is a surprise unsung hero.
I originally purchased it just to use as a light lid colour with faux cut crease looks, but I discovered Era is also pretty blended out a bit above the crease or as a subtle all over wash just to give you a little colour.
For reference, I am decidedly more fair than NC15/NW15 (i.e. Lily Lolo's Porcelain foundation is a perfect match on me) and Era looks like a very pale peachy-brown on me... think: much lighter than Samoa Silk + similar to Soft Brown + not as much sheen as Arena, but similar in tint. The sparkles are not gritty and the shimmer of them is very very understated; I can see it a bit in natural daylight, but not at all indoors.
I was afraid Era might pull "ashy" on me like Cork does, but it's just fine- better than fine, really. It makes me feel "glowy." Not something I ever thought I'd go for since I usually don't care for anything subtle, but I like it a lot on my uber fair skin for those times when I need an office appropriate or "no makeup" appearance.
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*TOP REVIEWER* sarahmarie86 on 1/2/2013 8:06:00 PM more reviews by sarahmarie86
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Green
So this is exacty what I have been lookin for, for the last 5 years... and I've finally found you Era and I love you. This is the perfect transition color ever. I am a NC20 for reference. I like to use matte highlighters and when I used matte transition colors like kid and wedge it didn't blend as well as I'd like. Because it is a satin, it has a slight sheen, so it blends extremely well with matte shades. I have a "Guide to MAC Transition Colors" on my blog so feel free to check it out and compare the others:
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cristalle65 on 10/21/2012 11:14:00 AM more reviews by cristalle65
Age: 44-55 Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine Eyes: Green
I'm a NC 15-20 with green eyes..never imagined this shade would look good on me but bought it after a rec from the MU board. It is beautiful! I use Naked lunch on lid, Era in crease and Ricepaper for the browbone. Nice pigmentation and very satiny. I have hooded eyes and this is the only crease color so far that doesn't make me look like I've got dark circles.
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*TOP REVIEWER* Menolikepolos on 10/17/2012 4:46:00 PM more reviews by Menolikepolos
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Medium Eyes: Blue
I am a blue eyed NW10 (NW20 when tanning from a bottle).
This color is really unflattering on me for some reason. It's a neutral matte base color, so I kept trying to make it work, but it dulls my skin, makes my dark circles look darker, and just looks "off." I have a hard time with such a light color payoff too. I much prefer Wedge, which I bought to accompany it.
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Emma93 on 10/10/2012 7:18:00 AM more reviews by Emma93
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Hazel
I don't know why this doesn't get more love.
But what one has to be aware of is, that this is NOT a special color, it's not something undupable, it is not like MACs Club or Satin Taupe.
What it is is a very pretty, dark golden-y nud-ish color that has a little bit of shimmer, but not too much and is pretty versatile. I use it for example when I do a smokey eye to blend out the edges and for the inner 3rd as I have pretty small eyes and need a certain lighness on the inner parts of my lids. It's also perfect for a everyday look with a light brown like Cork in the crease or Mulch. This is not the kind of eyeshadow that is the star of the look, but it's still very very pretty.
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Saraah14 on 3/16/2012 7:57:00 AM more reviews by Saraah14
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Hazel
This is one of my favourite eyeshadows! It's a light tan brown colour which is perfect for the crease or if you want something natural. I also wear this all over the lid blended up to the crease with a shimmery inner corner highlight and it looks so nice! Will always repurchase and highly recommend! :)
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lxGossipGirlxl on 2/21/2012 6:39:00 PM more reviews by lxGossipGirlxl
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine Eyes: Brown
I love this color, it is a light brown shade with the tiniest slight bit of taupe in it. You can use this all over ur lids, or use it like how I do: put it in my crease for a really natural eye look!
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*TOP REVIEWER* lollsazz on 1/3/2012 8:09:00 PM more reviews by lollsazz
Age: 19-24 Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
This is one of my favourite eyeshadows! It's subtle enough for everyday, but not boring at the same time. It's a satin finish, but it's multi-dimensional on me. Therefore, I often just use this all over my lid and in crease, and it accentuates the shape of my eye without any need for contouring :D The colour is kinda cool, but still goes very well with my warm-toned skin. This is one of the colours that to me is very simple to use - it goes with anything I would like to wear, because it gives me a pretty natural look.
BTW: the colour is pearly taupe-brown with a warm brown undertone.
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*TOP REVIEWER* narkiz on 11/30/2011 1:00:00 PM more reviews by narkiz
Age: 30-35 Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium Eyes: Hazel
I can't believe how people love this color. On my cool toned NW20 skin, this looks just boring and yellowish. Actually, I bought it several years ago, didn't use it and threw it away, years later, I bought it again accidentally (don't ask me how) and hated it again, this time swapped it. Happy end.
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*TOP REVIEWER* diggity on 9/19/2011 11:57:00 AM more reviews by diggity
Age: 25-29 Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
This shade has become one of my most used eyeshadows, which is very surprising. I had asked the makeup board for recommendations for a MAC shade similar to Bobbi Brown Beige shimmerwash or Benefit Fawn Over Me. Someone suggested Era. I ordered it online in the pro pan ($11, not bad), and when it came, I was a little disappointed to find that it's a very subtle shade. It's more satin in finish than shimmer (like the BB and Benefit shades). And it's a little too light and subtle to show up on my lids too much as a wash by itself. So I didn't use it for the first couple weeks I had it. Then one day I did a darker color all over my lid and then used Era as a transition/blending color. Holy moly - it worked better than any other eyeshadow I've used for this purpose. It gave me this perfectly blended satin-y look like pro makeup artists get. I REALLY like the finish. Now I use this almost every day as my blending or transition color. I love the packaging because I buy the pro pans and can build my own quads or palettes. I will definitely re-purchase this eyeshadow once I use it up.
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The Daily Interview: Banking on a Recovery
Because the financial services sector is typically one of the first to improve following an economic downturn, we decided to ask the portfolio manager of a leading financial services mutual fund for his opinion on the economy and how it will affect the companies he covers.
Anton Schutz
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, the best-performing financial services mutual fund so far this year and over the trailing 12 months. His fund has returned 26.8% this year and 52.4% in all of 2000.
Schutz believes the economy will improve by the first or second quarter and that the markets should begin improving six months ahead of that, which would mean stocks could begin to rebound by the end of the year. In anticipation of this, Schutz has begun moving some of his holdings away from regional banks and thrifts, and into leading money center and brokerage stocks.
TSC: Financial companies are said to be one of the sectors that lead the economy out of a downturn. Given that this is your specialty, do you have any sense of when things might improve?
Schutz: It's very difficult to see earnings visibility. I think earnings are going to be
awful for the broker dealers this quarter. The underwriting business couldn't be any worse. But I think we are getting closer to the bottom. As far as the timing of the recovery, I'm looking towards the first quarter, maybe second quarter
One of the issues with the entire financial services sector is that it's such a broad sector that different companies zig when others zag. The thrifts were the ones that zigged. They really had some terrific performance. But those stocks will not be the ones that will do well when the economy improves.
The stocks that will lead the way out will be the broker dealers and the big money center banks -- companies like J.P. Morgan (JPM - Get Report), Lehman Brothers (LEH), Merrill Lynch (MER) and Goldman Sachs (GS - Get Report). Those are the types of companies that will lead a recovery because the underwriting business will improve, and a lot of those stocks are trading at 52-week lows.
I've begun shifting the portfolio to move away from the savings and loans and thrifts to the market-sensitive ones. I think you can make an awful lot of money in owning some of these more sensitive names, like a J.P. Morgan or Fleet (FBF) or Mellon (MEL). But I can't throw both feet into them yet because it's too early to time the market recovery. I can anticipate it, but I can't quite see it. TSC: Why did you decide to invest so heavily in thrifts? Schutz: One of the reasons I've done well is I chose to go there, sensing the interest-rate cuts and the mortgage market, and actually looking to protect myself from a credit-quality standpoint. Thrifts were a terrific place to be, particularly the large ones, companies like Washington Mutual (WM), Dime Bancorp (DME) and Astoria Financial (ASFC). We made tremendous amounts of money owning them. They do very well when interest rates come down because they get to reprice their certificates of deposit. Also, most of them rely on the mortgage market, and with bonds having rallied as much as they have, business has been booming for them. Thirdly, we haven't seen credit problems there yet. There haven't been any syndicated loan or credit card issues. Those guys are very clean from a credit quality standpoint and they are benefiting from a drop in rates. I like a number of small-cap savings and loans. I still have a number as core positions, names like Astoria, New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) and Bay View Capital (BVC). TSC: How difficult is it for you to research some of these smaller regional banks? Schutz: It's actually really interesting because I look at some of these smaller firms as good opportunities because they are underfollowed. It means speaking to management, visiting them and understanding the geographies they serve. This gives you a sense for their market price and who the buyers of these companies might be, as well. And with 10,000 regional banks and thrifts out there, I think consolidation is going to be a major theme of this sector. It's a little bit more work than looking at someone's research report, because in some cases, they don't exist or are very dated. TSC: Have the rate cuts had the effect on all financial stocks that you expected them to have? If you look back at historical charts of rate cuts and the financial stocks that have done well, it's always been broker dealers. And this go-round, we've actually seen them fall after the rate cuts. They haven't done well because the appetite for IPOs, mergers and risk has fallen. That is the group that is going to lead us out, but clearly the Fed medicine hasn't quite cured the ills yet. If you look at the lag between interest-rate decreases and performance, it's clear that the medicine is going to take some time to work its way through. But there are some positive signs. I think manufacturing, excluding technology, is close to working its way out of the inventory issues. The real question continues to hinge on the consumer. I would continue to avoid the credit card stocks. They're also very sensitive but I think they could come under some very critical issues if the consumer gets into trouble.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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The Hockey Hall of Fame Legends Game took place Sunday in front of a packed Air Canada Centre as fans were able to watch the 2012 Inductees, Mats Sundin, Adam Oates, Joe Sakic and Pavel Bure in game action after receiving their HHOF Honoured Members blazer and ring.
Mats Sundin was the last player introduced and he got a standing ovation from the adoring crowd as you will see in the video below:
Sundin, Sakic, Oates and Bure post for a picture prior to the start of the Legends Game.
The game featured Team Gilmour vs. Team Trottier. As you will see in this photo, it was a Leafs' fans dream to see Dougie, CuJo and Wendel on the same team.
Sundin spoke with the media ahead of the game and discussed what an honour this weekend is for him.
"There are so many great players that don't get elected right away to the Hockey Hall of Fame so it was very special for me," Sundin said. "Toronto is my home, the Toronto Maple Leafs are in my heart and I'm very grateful."
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Dungeon & Dragons 3.5 was released just a few years ago, but for PC gamers, those rules now belong in the landfill with the three million ET cartridges. I dislike drastic rule rewrites because improved rules for grappling aren't what lure me to RPGs. I play RPGs because they allow me the unique experience and unparalleled freedom of creating a personalized alter-ego who can do what I want in a simulated world. There's nothing inherently wrong with improving D&D to make it more digital-friendly and otherwise responsive to the reality that a game played around a dinner table by often antagonistic teenagers imagining what's happening is no longer going to attract a mainstream audience. I'm not particularly beholden to any D&D ruleset, but I would prefer developers to focus resources on adding adventuring content that allows new players to run rewarding campaigns without possessing Tolkien-like creative genius.
D&D 4.0 is easy to cynically characterize as a cash grab, since it changes the rules so broadly that it renders dozens of recently released products obsolete, and it's also easily the least complete D&D iteration. You'll have to buy future supplements for information on many previously core character classes, such as Druids, Bards, and Monks, for instance, and pay a monthly subscription fee to access new digital content. The new D&D rules may not access a broader commercial market, but they'll definitely continue to bleed the relatively few remaining loyal customers D&D has retained since its heyday.
PC gamers can't just stick with the early D&D rule sets, since new D&D games won't be greenlit under the prior rules
The new rules do finally remove cumbersome Vancian spell-memorization rules that forced characters to pre-select a handful of spells from their library of incantations. Those outdated and rarely emulated rules just ensured that many spells were never actually used, since it was wasteful to allocate precious slots to spells that only had utility in special circumstances. The D&D 4.0 rules strive to make the game more accessible, but often at the cost of removing character customization and roleplaying options. Players no longer have to carefully consider which class or skills to select, because skills now automatically advance and classes are now more balanced and useful in any situation. As a result, characters are more likely to artificially resemble each other instead of personalized alter-egos.
D&D 4.0 needlessly imports MMO gameplay conventions and terminology, which is ironic, since many MMO mechanics originated as necessary compromises when it was impossible to re-create the more open-ended gameplay of tabletop RPGs. D&D adaptations frequently over-emphasized combat simply because the open-ended world-simulator aspects of D&D were impractical to incorporate. D&D 4.0 unnecessarily imports the same restrictive focus by giving lip service to roleplaying, while constantly betraying its bias in favor of combat encounters. The DM guide discourages getting into the "mundane details" of player actions away from encounters and emphasizes that "encounters are the exciting part of the D&D game." It even boldly proclaims that "combat encounters are where the game happens." I haven't read such a misguided perspective of RPGs since a then-soon-to-be-replaced producer proclaimed that "Ultimas" weren't about baking bread.
The new rules also emphasize a less grounded, less plausible world. The result is that D&D 4.0 is more World of Warcraft than Tolkien
RPGs are about roleplaying, not just combat, and that's why Fallout is a better RPG than Diablo is. The 4th Edition of D&D feels like a Diablo-esque shadow of the original game. D&D evolved from a combat game, but its open-ended world simulation aspects grew beyond that origin to spawn the entire RPG genre by offering a new type of experience. Frankly, that's what D&D is renowned for—not being the prodigy of Chainmail. Diablo massively outsold Fallout, so perhaps the focus of the new D&D rules isn't commercially misguided, but it seems like a step backward for roleplaying fans.
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Bossier City Mayor Lorenz "Lo" Walker today announced his appointment of Brad Zagone (pronounced Zah-goan) to the position of Bossier City Fire Chief. Mayor Walker made his announcement during a news conference this morning at Bossier City Hall.
Chief Zagone, 38, is a veteran of the Bossier City Fire Department of more than 16 years.
He joined the department and got his start on the fire line in August of 1994 and has most recently served as a Fire Prevention Officer with the BCFD's Fire Prevention Bureau at the rank of Captain. In that capacity Chief Zagone's duties included fire investigating, fire inspections and fire safety public education. He is also a certified member of the BCFD Bomb Squad. Chief Zagone holds a number of certifications including Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, Fire Inspector I and II, Fire Fighter I and II, Fire Service Instructor I as well as a number of fire and explosives investigation specialties.
During his career with BCFD Chief Zagone has received numerous awards and citations including Administrative Fire Officer of the Year, Academic Achievement Award, Excellence Service Award, Meritorious Unit Citation Award, Bomb Technician Award, LSU AgCenter Certificate of Service Award and Unit Citation Award.
Chief Zagone is a 1990 graduate of Airline High School and earned an Associate of Applied Science in Business Administration degree in 2007 from Bossier Parish Community College.
Chief Zagone replaces Sammy Halphen who retired at the end of 2010 and becomes the Bossier City Fire Department's seventh chief. His appointment is effective today, March 1, 2011 and is contingent on his subsequent passing of the Fire Chief Civil Service test which will be administered on March 29, 2011.