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So, this started out as a response in I just realized why Trundle needed a lore change, but, I came to realize it's really best suited as its own thread.
I've been thinking long and hard on this subject, trying to figure out the best way to put words to the topic so as best to explain what I think the problems are, and I think I've come as close as I'm gonna get. Please forgive this post. It's going to be long, and rambly, weaving from topic to topic because I have difficulty staying as focused as I'd like, but I really tried to pinpoint the problems with the lore.
The lore for LoL is constantly contradictory. Not necessarily in details (though as retcons are used more and more, this also becomes the case), but in theme and objective. The direction the story is attempting to go in, the goal the creative team seems to be trying to accomplish is being fiercely opposed. Not by players though, but by the actual game itself. The result of this is perhaps the greatest actual problem with the game's lore
League of Legends lore is perpetually stagnant.
There's a large number of reasons why League of Legends lore is trapped in a state of non-action, but I'd like to start by giving the perfect example first.
Unresolvable Conflicts
Probably the worst plot thread in the game is that of Warwick and Soraka (or Kha'Zix and Rengar, who's story is equally problematic but at least better written).
Warwick and Soraka's story, specifically from Warwick's end of it, will never go anywhere. It is a moment frozen forever in time that can not proceed to any possible conclusion. The game simply will not allow it. As currently written, Warwick has only one goal, one singular motivation. He needs Soraka dead. Furthermore, he's on a clock, as he needs to do so before he loses his humanity completely, which means no time for diversions or secondary plots. His story is entirely dependent on killing Soraka and taking her heart, and it can't go anywhere else until he does so, or until he's killed first.
Except he can't kill her, and he'll never be able to. Likewise, he can not be killed. Why? Because if Soraka dies, how will we summon her to play in-game? Much as I wouldn't be surprised if Morello wants to, Riot is never going to delete Soraka from the game, or any other champion for that matter. The playerbase's wrath would be absolute, and from a gameplay standpoint they'd have nothing to gain. No, every champion added is here to stay. As a result, any conflict where the primary driving force is a desire to kill another champion can never be resolved. Any storyline focused on such a conflict is bound to be static, unchanging. Because champion survival is assured and the conflict is unresolvable, all tension, all suspense, all intrigue is lost. It becomes meaningless, and that story becomes boring as a result. Who can invest themself in such a story knowing nothing will ever come of it? Ther very best you could hope for is a saturday morning cartoon plot, where the villains make some big scheme and the good guys foil it in the end, creating a rote, formulaic plot. And there's some value in that kind of storyline, it can be entertaining, but somehow I highly doubt it's actually Riot's intention to create that kind of plot. They seem to be aiming too big in broad strokes for that to be their objective.
So is a conflict based story impossible within League of Legends? No, of course not, it's an entire game predicated on conflict afterall. It is simply a conflict where death of one participant or another is the sole objective that's invalidated by the rules of the game. As such, a much better example of a working conflict is Jarvan IV vs. Swain.
Now, make no mistake, Jarvan and Swain would just love to kill one another, but that is not their sole objective. It's not the only driving force of their conflict. Because Jarvan and Swain are more than just two guys who really hate one another. They're representatives of their respective factions. Not just that, they're leaders of their respective factions. They have multiple ways to win against one another. Theirs is not just a struggle to vanquish each other, it's a fight for dominance over the whole (or most of) Valoran. It's the entirety of Demacia vs. the entirety of Noxus. It's factional. Not only that, but since not every conflict between them will be life and death, there's room for defeat on one side that doesn't instantly end the plot, allowing it to continue into multiple stories.
And I'm not saying every conflict needs to be factional either. There's room for conflict between individuals, with no factional bias involved. But again, that conflict can't be built upon a single-minded goal of death, because that's a story that can't ever be resolved. There needs to be room for rivalries and feuds that aren't to the bitter end.
So, you might say that only a handful of champions have such focused storylines, but I was only using Warwick/Soraka as the purest example of a story that can not progress. Certainly, there are more of them, and more reasons than just death-focused narratives.
Let's take a look at what's happening in the lore right now. Riot's making a big push on Freljord. Lots of new skins, new/rewritten lores, a new Freljord themed map. This is the most attention we've seen paid to Freljord in how long? Probably since Sejuani was first added as a champion over a year ago. So tell me... Just how much has Freljord's storyline moved since we last checked in on it?
It has not moved at all. Not one inch. Everyone is still in a state of tension, preparing for upcoming war. Ashe is still the largest power in the region, Sejuani is still striving to start a conflict with her, and Lissandra is still allied with her. Oh yes, we learned some new details about some of the characters involved. But the actual plot? It hasn't budged. Nothing's actually changed. It's static. Even when Sejuani WAS added last january, her addition didn't actually move the plot. Freljord's pretty much the same as it was when the Journal of Justice last touched upon it, ironically in a story about the trolls starting to cause trouble.
Really, the only truly new thing happening is the revelation of Lissandra's evil nature, and that reveal is only available to us, the players. Even Quinn, though she knows of the threat of the Ice Witch, has no evidence connecting her to Lissandra, only suspicions. And so it falls on us the players to do... Absolutely nothing. Because we are 100% passive in this story.
Which brings me to the next problem.
The lore asks players be passive in an interactive medium
We, as players, are 100% passive in the plot of LoL. We are observers, watchers, readers. We do not participate. This despite the fact that League of Legends is a video game, and video games are an interactive medium. Even traditional RPGs with their grandiose plotlines, the old school kind like Final Fantasy before moral choices became a thing, still required players to actually progress through the game in order to continue them. There was still some level of interaction. But in League, there is none. Not only that, but Riot is actively trying to put as much distance between the players and the plot as possible.
In League of Legends, who do you play as? What is the player in this setting? The player is a summoner. You are not your champion, rather, you summon a champion to fight on your behalf and take control of them. But you, the player, are still playing as a summoner of the league. And by their own admission, Riot is trying to steer the plot away from the league, and onto the champions themselves, because the league's setting is not especially conductive to a character driven narrative.
And this is true! It really is not the best setting for a character driven narrative... So why is that what we're getting? Or, I should say, why is that what they want to give us, because we're not getting a character driven narrative either. We're hardly getting a narrative at all.
League of Legends is a sport, not just an e-sport in the real world, but even within its own fictionalized setting. A competition between two factions summoning champions to fight for them to resolve differences, with spectators from all over the continent watching it as entertainment/leisure activity. Even real world sports have stories. They wouldn't be made so often into movies if they didn't. Struggles of the underdog to claim the top spot, conflicts and rivalries between teammates or opposing players. And true, sports do have some stand out characters, the star players. But would you really say a sport has a character driven narrative?
Let's look at some other e-sport games. Like Starcraft. Starcraft has a plot, and a really big one, with a lot of emphasis on characters and interactions between them. But all of that is relegated to the single-player portion of the campaign. The multiplayer has none. Or hell, let's just even look at other multiplayer games. True that most multiplayer modes don't have plots other than travelling through the singleplayer campaign with a co-op partner, but a few of them do. Mass Effect 3's multiplayer made each player a participant, a soldier fighting on behalf of the war effort against the Reapers. But again, the big narratives were in singleplayer. But you could argue those multiplayer games don't have actual characters in them. Well, what about Team Fortress? Certainly it has a wild cast of eclectic characters, each with defined personalities, but it still doesn't have a plot that's driven by them.
And that's because a character driven narrative simply doesn't work in a multiplayer game. Even Riot is tacitly admitting this by trying to distance the plot from the league.
But though they can try, they can't completely separate the story they're trying to craft from the game that it's attached to, and this is where things circle back around and lead to the lore being stagnant. Because again, a video game is an interactive medium, and the lore that they're creating demands that we be passive observers, better suited to a movie, a tv/webshow, a book, a comic... anything really, except for a video game. And indeed, Riot is still creating a video game, we can see all their efforts put towards this with constant updates to the game.
But the plot never moves. Because it can't. We have no way of interacting with it, we can't push it forward, and Riot isn't making movies/shows/books/comics/whatever, they're making a video game. They're crafting this wonderful, huge story... And they have absolutely no way to give it to us. They've crafted a story for another medium than the one that they have, and so the result is a story that has no way to move forward, on any plot threat. Every so often we get a nudge here and there, but, the times when the story has been at it's best for the game, when it's really fit the League as best as it can, is when it focuses on the big picture stuff. Things like Kalamandra, or Noxus vs. Ionia, where the factional conflicts are the focus and champions are relegated to bit parts. Nothing more than a colourful cast of backup characters to add some spice and fireworks.
It's been explained that many older champions have lores that are too insulated, their story arcs completed, and as such they no longer fit into the ideal for this new character driven narrative being pursued. But for the type of story that actually fits the game? They were perfect! Because they were left free to be attached to virtually any conflict, they could fit into almost any game. Somebody like old Trundle, who had finally found a place where he belonged within the League, was unattached and free to be summoned to play any role that was needed amidst larger, more faction based storylines.
But, on this point, let me diverge a bit from the topic at hand, to say how utterly insulted I am at the notion that a completed story arc means a character has nowhere to go.
On characters with 'complete' arcs
Specifically, I am referring to this post by RiorRunaan:
What you say probably is true;the problem is that lore for all champions is kinda static;but imo there are some way to develop it.
One is just develop the lore forum in a way that all lore-add are grouped and organized;while the lore of the champion keep to be more or less the same in game if u wish to know more ,about the league and the champion you like to play, you can just read stories in the forum.For example i liked the Quinn's report eventhough don't say more about the champion itself help to give the point of view of demacia about Frejlord.
What i mean is just to make the lore and the game 2 different things.While you can play the game without making too much questions cause the game is about team composition/teamplay and there are games where you see play for example ashe and sejuani together when you know that actually shouldn't happen.So just make a section for the lore only ;cause i really like the discussions about it ^^.
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You've got my upvotes.
I'd like to throw in a fourth option for what could be done next, rather than this chaos. How about we actually, you know, act as the League and solve conflicts.
We've seen from the Noxus-Ionia match that champions do not need a specific faction to take part in large conflicts. Heck, half the champions weren't even from Noxus or Ionia. But it still made sense in the world, and nobody really questioned it.
The best part was, there was real impact in the lore from the game.
Why the hell was this not banked on? There could be countless menial conflicts mixed into real world-changing ones. I think players would enjoy either case. Or perhaps there might be a semi-annual in-house tournament, simply to work as a profitable event for the League and any participating City-States. Like you pointed out, it is treated as a sport, after all.
There are several ways that we could participate in the story. The problem is, Riot seems to hate the idea of it. We, as summoners, are slowly being removed from the equation. So what the heck are we supposed to do after that...? Sit and listen and play with our toys?
Someone had a link to an Article that was an interview with Kitae. In it she said games with tournament style lore are bad lore wise.
Found it:
This scares me because if this ball keeps rolling who knows what they WON'T retcon...
The problem isn't new lore it's the removal of the old lore to make a new lore that doesn't fit the game. Honestly I think the kind of story that works in the game is two kinds, political conflict and intrigue, and internal conflict and relationships.
Also the new champs suck lore wise, like every one from Nautalis on. So many broody, i'm gonna getcha back champs that are cardboard cutouts or enigmas.
But really I think all they have to do is care about their story and not treat readers like they are stupid. With this whole Lissandra/Trundle fiasco I have learned two things.
1. Morrelo doesn't care about the story.
2. Kitae likes to treat us like we are stupid.
First let me say, thank you for a well thought out articulate post. You obviously put a lot of thought into it.
So your two major concerns seem to be.
Thanks for the post Kitae. I just want to let you guys know that any games, books, comics, etc. that you release in relation to LoL, I will buy the hell out of. I really love the story in this game, even if it isn't always...consistent. Retcons and reboots suck, but have to happen sometimes to further a story.
But seriously. Runeterra RPG. Do. This. Please.
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Baloch Organizations Killing Missing Persons: IG FC
QUETTA: Frontier Corps (FC) Inspector General Major General Ubaidullah Khattak on Tuesday ruled out the involvement of the Frontier Crops (FC), a federal paramilitary force entirely manned by non-Balochs from the Frontier region, in the "kill and dump policy" and blamed Baloch nationalist organizations for being responsible for "90%" of the killing of the missing persons.
Addressing a press conference at FC Headquarters in Quetta on Tuesday, he said that the FC was present in various districts of Balochistan to maintain law and order.
"If tribal elders and members of civil society ensure peace in the province, then the FC will be withdrawn," he said.
Khattak denied the allegations that his force was involved in enforced disappearances of Baloch youth and political activists.
Defending the FC existence, the FC chief said there had been decline in violence during this year as 1,328 incidents took place while there were 1,425 incidents of violence in 2010. According to information shared by FC, there were 110 rocket attacks in this year and there were 164 in last year. Similarly, 134 grenade attacks in this year and 168 during the last year.
The FC inspector general expressed his deep concern over increasing incidents of kidnapping for ransom and said it had become a lucrative business in Balochistan where 279 people were kidnapped last year. "Some influential and high profile people are involved in this business that it witnessing sharp rise," Ubaidullah Khan said, adding that most of the incidents happened in Quetta, Dera Bugti, Sibi and Turbat.
He said the Shamsi airbase was in control of the Pakistan Army since December 11. "A board has been set up to compile a report on Shamsi airbase and it is possible that the army may hand over the control to the Frontier Crops," he added.
He said that around 335 NATO containers and 41 NATO oil tankers were in different areas of Balochistan while around 91 NATO oil tankers had been sent to Karachi on the Balochistan government's ordered. He said, "If anybody attacks our security forces we have the power to reply them."
He condemned the attacks on the FC in November 20 in Bahlol Basti area of Musa Khail Coalmine Project where 14 people, including an FC major, were killed and 14 others sustained injuries. "The coalmine project is closed but we are sure we can start it again for the benefit of the local people," he said.
Responding to a question, he said that the FC had adopted a new policy to recruit local people from Balochistan to increase their representation in the force. He said 1,000 vacant jobs would be filled in the next few months by recruiting local people for which qualification had been relaxed.
He said that around 1,500 personnel of the FC were being retired yearly and FC command had decided to recruit 1,000 personnel from Balochistan. The present representation of Balochistan in the force is 10.4 percent while the federal quota is 6 percent, he said, adding that Balochs from Dera Ghazi Khan would be counted in the Punjab quota and not the Balochistan quota.
He said that the first right on the resources was of the local people. He said that Chamalung coal project was successfully being run by local management under the army's supervision while 4,500 students were getting education besides over 22,000 were given jobs directly and indirectly.

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Thursday, May 1, 2014
A level crossing at Brandon was closed to traffic for more than three hours this afternoon, while trains were also delayed, after a lorry collided with the barrier.
The 44 tonne Scania skip loader hit the barrier at the unmanned crossing in Bridge Street after witnesses reported problems with the barrier, saying it had risen up and down several times in quick succession prior to the accident.
Traffic was brought to a standstill after the incident at 3.38pm, with local diversions being set up and the level crossing was not reopened until 7.05pm.
A Network Rail spokesman said there were delays of 10-15 minutes on a couple of services, adding: "Overall, it was not particularly disruptive in terms of train service and certainly from tea time things had been running from normal."
He said: "It is not unknown for drivers to drive into barriers if they think they can get across before the barriers come down."
Insp Mike Hinshelwood, of Suffolk Police, said six police cars from Norfolk and Suffolk were called to the incident, which he said was particularly disruptive for staff returning home from RAF Lakenheath.
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British rail? Didn't that company get broken up, sold off, resulting in a nightmare for travelers, quite a few years ago! I'm sure it's now rail track that look after (appreciated there is room for an argument here) the track and barriers etc.
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Term papers currently being researched by students from various colleges are "In-fluence of Aristotelianism on Jewish and Christian Theology," "Family Organization in the Kibbutz," "Immigration as a Factor in American History," "The Contemporary Novel and the Hitler Catastrophe," "Con-cept of a Woman in the Old Testament," "Who Is a Jew in Israel" and "Arab Minority in Israel." Letters of appreciation from educators and students at other institutions are re-ceived regularly by the Library, which is open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday evenings from 6 to 10 and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. FOUNDERS DAY DINNER (Continued from Page 1) Rabbi Rosenberg is internationally recog-nized as an author, his books including "The Bible Is for You" and "More Loves than One—The Bible Confronts Psychiatry." He is also well known as lecturer, newspaper columnist and university professor in addi-tion to filling the pulpit of Beth Tzedec Con-gregation, one of the world's largest congre-gations. He is a graduate of Columbia Uni-versity and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Honorees at the Founders Day Dinner will be Irving Dubin, Isadore Levine and Benjamin Seewack, receiving the Univer-sity's Distinguished Service Award, and a Special Citation of Honor will be presented to Mrs. Jacob Pressman. A musical pro-gram will be presented by the School of Fine Arts under the direction of its dean, Erwin Jospe. Agnla AYOLA REISS Mrs. Irwin Reiss, fondly known by all of her associates at the University of Judaism as Ayola, will always be remembered for the immeasurable con-tribution she made to the University as registrar dur-ing its forma-t i v e y e a r s . Mourned by the entire com-munity, which she had served as president of the West Coast R e g i o n of Hadassah, as a Board member of the Jewish Federation-Council, president of the American Zionist Council of Los Angeles, chairman of the Board of Review and Certification of the Bureau of Jewish Education and founder of Israela, Zionist women's organization, Ayola Reiss passed away after a long illness on February 24. Tribute was paid to Mrs. Reiss for her lifelong dedication to Jewish edu-cation by Dr. Samuel Dinin, chairman of the University's faculties, in a eu-logy at the services, where Dr. David Lieber, University president, and Dr. Jacob Kohn, dean of the Graduate School, also paid tribute to her. In memorial services a month later at the University, Ayola Reiss was ex-tolled by Louis Shub, Library director and her working colleague for two decades, as "totally committed to the Jewish community . . . to the crea-tion of a mature self-governing Jewish entity . . . to the demands of Jewish peoplehood." The great loss to her family, daugh-ter Judy Milliken; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Greenberg; and her sisters, Mrs. Ann Goldman and Mrs. Ira Warshaw, is shared by the Board of Overseers, administration and faculty, students and her co-workers at the University who knew her, admired her and loved her. School of Fine Arts Slates Two Events Third Annual Student Art Exhibit will open Monday evening, April 26, in the University Art Gallery under the auspices of the School of Fine Arts and will continue through May 31. Oil paintings, drawings, graphic designs and sculpture will be shown. Final program in the current "Arts in Your Life" series will be presented Wednes-day evening, May 26, in the University Theater under the direction of Benjamin Zemach, chairman of the Theater Arts De-partment. Scenes from plays by Sholom Aleichem, Ben Maddow, Philip Roth, Jean Giraudoux and Sam Locke will be enacted by members of the Drama Workshop. PAGE 3 8ZC06 'J!IDD 'sa|s6uv SOT • pJDA8|nog josung SZS9 wsivanr jo AIISU^AINH am msiepnp JO A}ISJ3AIUp] 3l|J_ IUOJ-J SpU9IJ-J S] United Synagogue Plans Regional Convention, All Day Sessions June 27 at Statler Hilton Twentieth annual convention of the United Synagogue of America, Pacific Coast Region, will be highlighted by all day sessions and a luncheon at the Statler Hilton on Sunday, June 27, it was announced by Irving Dubin, regional executive vice president and convention chairman. Convention theme will be "Adult and Youth, Foundation and Future," with prin-cipal morning and afternoon workshops PATRONS SOCIETY (Continued from Page 1) IRVING DUBIN and panel discussions to be centered on "Youth Speaks to Youth" and "Moral Basis of Social Ac-tion." The luncheon program will include the presidential re-port by Fred R. Fine, regional presi-dent, and an analysis of regional activities by Rabbi Edward M. Tenenbaum, regional executive director. Election of officers will also be held on Sunday, with a post-convention session scheduled for Monday. A pre-convention reception will be held Saturday evening, June 26, to honor rabbis who have joined the region within the past year. They are Rabbis Moshe Babin, Valley Beth Shalom of Encino; Martin Douglas, Alhambra Synagogue Center; Henry Fisher, interim rabbi at Pacific Palisades Jewish Community Center; Aaron Gold, Temple Beth Sholom of Las Vegas; Henry Gold-water, Simi Valley Jewish Community Cen-ter: Pincus Goodblatt, Har Zion Congrega-tion of Sapulveda; Bernard Kimmel, Con-gregation Sholom of Leisure World; Hillel Silverman, Sinai Temple of Los Angeles; Joseph Smith, Temple Beth Shalom of Whittier; Norman Tarnor, University of Judaism faculty, and Max Wasser, Foothill Jewish Temple and Center. Working with Chairman Dubin to plan the convention are Ted Bearman, president of the National Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, Pacific Southwest Region; Fred R. Fine, USA regional president; Francis Mintz, president of Temple Ramah of Northridge; Maurice Rosen, USA regional vice presi-dent; James Shannon, executive vice presi-dent of the NFJMC, and Allen Ziegler, Sinai Temple of Los Angeles. 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Brock Lesnar came back and heard I had a good fight. I was surprised when he was rather respectful toward me after my loss gave Junior dos Santos' team control over the matchups.
While the other guys might have been excited about the special guest Brock brought in — none other than Matt Hughes — all I could do was shake my head and laugh. Hughes is probably the one guy I really didn't want to see.
My training partner, Dennis Hallman, is the only man to beat Hughes twice and never suffered a loss to him. Because Hughes talked some trash about Dennis in his book, I'm really not a fan. You did not see much of me during that segment.
Brock mentioned to Matt he has the Four Horsemen left — the four guys that we had left to fight: Tony Ferguson, Charlie Rader, Clay Harvison and Chuck O'Neill. Matt rolled with them first and went over some drills. I think this was Brock's way to bring some motivation to our team.
For the fight announcement, Junior picked Ramsey Nijem from his team and Charlie from our team. We knew Ramsey was a good wrestler, but we were confident in Charlie because he was a good wrestler himself and had good hands. We felt Charlie would KO Ramsey.
Chuck played a huge part in helping Charlie make his weight with no problem. Meanwhile, Ramsey was running around naked, dancing, for everyone in the house. He earned the name "Stripper Ramsey" because he was just too good at it, so good that he made us think he really did it as a side job!
But enough of that, and on to the fight.
Round 1 started out with Ramsey throwing bombs and closing the distance and Charlie defending the whole time. Charlie seemed a little flat. That wasn't the Charlie I got to train with in the house. It seemed like his nerves were getting to him because he wasn't letting his hands go. It made for a boring round but one that clearly went to Ramsey.
I thought, "OK Charlie got the jitters out," and was going to let those hands go in Round 2. But no, it started out the same way, with Ramsey throwing bombs, closing the distance, trying for the takedown and ending up slamming Charlie on his shoulder. There was a scramble out into the center of the cage, where Ramsey took Charlie's back and sunk in a rear naked choke for a quick tap. Charlie tapped before the choke was even sunk in.
Brock was so pissed he threw the stool into the cage. Dana White backed up Brock up by saying Brock cares and hates seeing guys quit.
Then they cut to the dressing room, and only showed a piece of what happened.
It was extremely quiet while Brock was lecturing us. Brock went off on Clay because he thought Clay wasn't listening to him while he was asking the other coach a question about the fight. Then Brock started ranting that we are all walking around here all high and mighty or something to that effect. That's when he rattled off the cities we are from.
When he got to Seattle, I was pissed. This a-hole is saying I'm chicken sh*t and I am walking around all high and mighty when this turd didn't even show up for my fight and hadn't even taken the time to watch it when he got back.
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domino commented on the blog post GOP Convention and "The Magic Christian"
The Republican convention, of course, was built upon lies (who built it?). The surreal relationship of the speakers to facts of the universe made me think of the disembodied lips in May Ray's "Observatory Time: The Lovers." The speaker's perjured themselves with every whisper and shout that escaped their lips
I'm surprised I've not heard any mention of the rather subliminal backgrounds that were employed behind the speakers. From somewhat static, soft, deep blue mottled patterns for Ann Romney to more contrasty, vertigo inducing moving patterns for the truth stretchers and sabre rattlers and fear mongers(just about everybody else). Definitely played a part in the republicans "separation from reality" manipulation attempt.
domino commented on the blog post Paul Ryan: Almost Famous
He craftily excludes today's elderly and near-elderly so as not to lose their votes. But this assumes they will not talk to their younger brothers and sisters or their children about the deadly consequences of such a change.
Which also reminds of the ramifications if Bush would have been successful in his attempt to privatize Social Security…as if people weren't hurt enough when the economy went down the toilet by the end of his term.
domino commented on the blog post It Happens Every Spring
And there it is…the eternal hope of spring.
That's one of the things I've always liked about you. You're such an optimist!
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Beautiful, Glenn. I also grew up with the 45′s/Astros and all I can say is your family's loyalty is above and beyond. Sure, I've stuck with the team through all of the close but no cigar years and even the really bad ones, as well. But, the ruination of the franchise by former ownership and the MLB mandated move to the American League next season is the last straw for me.
Glad you mentioned Carlin's baseball takes. They are pure genius. Another that he pointed out was that whereas football is rigid and games might need to be decided in"sudden death", baseball has no time limit…you might even have "extra" innings to decide a game.
Your family epitomizes the timelessness of baseball.
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Well into the small hours, as you might imagine.
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Timely post…brings to mind one of my favorite "quiet" songs, SMALL HOURS by John Martyn.
domino commented on the blog post Another Fine Mess
This is what I don't get. How is the framing of this so damn difficult? Broad-based nationwide polling indicates that 70% of U.S. citizens want a balanced approach of spending cuts and tax increases to address the debt problem, yet the Dems are going to roll over for the wishes of 30%. Either they don't have the cajones to make a stand for an obvious majority or it's turning out just as they wish. Either way, I hardly feel represented by them.
domino commented on the blog post Gong Show Government and the End of the World
Don't know if that would work, either. Though he was never a texas congressman, Gohmert was an elected judge before he became a U.S. Congressman. You just can't fix stupid.
domino commented on the blog post Gong Show Government and the End of the World
The current leading candidate for the Gong Show has to be U.S. Rep. Louis Gohmert, of Texas. Talk about out of his mind insane. Here's part of his latest rant direct from the House floor just last week.
On Tuesday, 30 March 2011, Gohmert spoke on the House floor on a possible reason for the US participation in the intervention in Libya;
"It's a bad bill. And then when you find out that the prior Congress not only passed that 2,800 page bill with all kinds of things in it, including a new president's commissioned officer corps and non-commissioned officer corps. Do we really need that? I wondered when I read that in the bill. But then when you find out we're being sent to Libya to use our treasure and American lives there, maybe there's intention to so deplete the military that we're going to need that presidential reserve officer commissioned corps and non-commissioned corps that the president can call up on a moment's notice involuntarily, according to the Obamacare bill."
Relative to Gohmert, Chisum doesn't seem so far out there.
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domino commented on the blog post What's Up, Doc? Fuddism.
Well, there's the old axiom that if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. And, there's not a bigger lie from the far right than the one about the the U.S. being founded on Christian principles. Considering most of the Founding Fathers were men of reason and Deist one would have to say that the U.S was, in fact, founded on principles of the Enlightenment. There is no mention of God, be it Christian or otherwise in the Constitution and I doubt that is some sort of gross oversight.


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I have researched my family tree of the Thomas McQuaid family. The family story told was that there were three McQuaid brothers that came to the USA in 1848 from Limerick County, Ireland. John and Thomas stayed in Massachusetts temporarily, then moved on to the Kalamazoo, MI area where John died in 1860. John married a woman named Catherine and they had one child, a daughter - Mary McQuaid. She married Richard Courtney from Michigan. Thomas too married a Catherine in Michigan and had a daughter Ellen, and then moved on to Champaign County, Illinois in 1856. The family tree still resides there. I do not know who the third brother was, but he supposedly stayed in Buffalo, New York. If anyone knows anything about John and Catherine McQuaid from Kalamazoo, Michigan from the mid to late1800's, or anything about Richard and Mary Courtney or their children, please contact me. Or if you have concluded your family tree and you know something about the third brother, please contact me. |
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Please browse and make use of these materials. Each title is one training unit—the total sum of materials for one single class, session or lecture. One unit may be one video of a two-hour lecture. Another may be several files including class handouts, presentation slides, trainer's notes, and homework.
Members can add their own tags and comments to any unit. Your input and data is greatly appreciated! Success stories and suggestions will help us build this community to better serve you, our future trainers and students.
Title | Summary | Author | Time | Language | Updated |
Antenna basics |
This lecture provides a "short and simple" introduction to antennas (for WiFi at 2.4 and 5 GHz), with rough definition of terminology and characteristics of simple antennas (omni, directive, reflector) |
Carlo Fonda | 45 minutes | English | 15 Oct 08 |
Radio Propagation and Link Budget |
This slideshow was presented at AfNOG 2009, in Cairo (Egypt). It is a brief introduction to radiopropagation (behavior of radiowaves, effects of the environment, line of sight, Fresnel zone) and to link budget calculation (link planning, power budget, sensitivity and gain, losses, software tools). It is provided in both Adobe PDF format and Apple Keynote original source. |
Carlo Fonda, Marco Zennaro | 45 minutes | English | 19 Sep 09 |
WirelessU Concept Paper |
A single 3-page paper with all the important WirelessU concepts. Mostly just copied from the web pages, for those that want a document rather than a pointer to the web site. |
Jim Forster, WirelessU team | 5 minutes | English | 8 Nov 09 |
Networking Basics |
This lecture introduces some basic concepts related to modern computer networking: reasons to build a computer network, standardisation, OSI model, network layers in theory and practice, classification and topology of networks, media and hardware (ethernet), IP addressing, subnetting, DNS, basic network configuration of a PC. |
Carlo Fonda, Marco Zennaro | 90 minutes | English | 15 Oct 08 |


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Disability Services at Temple University Libraries
The Temple University Libraries provides support for students, faculty, alumni and guest visitors with disabilities. This page identifies the services and assistance available to library patrons with a disability.
David Dillard, Reference Librarian, is the Disability Services Liaison for the Paley and Science & Engineering Libraries. You can discuss special services and needs with Mr. Dillard by calling 215-204-4584 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com. For additional information and resources on disability services and resources please consult Mr. Dillard's Disabilities Guide. For additional information on services for students with a disability contact the university office for Disability Resources and Services.
On This Page
- Library Access
- Assistance with Materials in the Bookstacks
- Assistance with Materials on Reserve
- Assistance with Media and Microforms
- Assistance with Photocopying
- Arranging Research Assistance
- Assistive Technology
- SEL/Ambler Campus Library
The Paley Library building is accessible from the Bell Tower entrance or the Tuttleman Learning Center entrance. Accessible elevators provide access to all levels of the building. Owing to the building's age and the placement of book stacks, some areas of the stacks are not accessible to wheelchairs. In such instances, assistance is available as outlined below.
Assistance with Materials in the Bookstacks
The staff of the Paley Library Access Services Department are available to obtain needed books, bound journals and other materials from the bookstacks. When in the Library help can be obtained by proceeding to the Circulation Desk on the first floor of the Tuttleman Learning Center or, if in the stacks, using the service (red) phones located on both the east and west sides of the upper levels to request assistance from the Circulation Desk. Requests to have items retrieved from the stacks may also be made 24 hours in advance by phone or email. Please call the Access Services Department at 215-204-0744.
Assistance with Materials on Reserve
All items on hardcopy Reserve must be requested at the Circulation Desk on the first floor of the Tuttleman Learning Center
Assistance with Media and Microforms
Staff at the Media Services Desk on the lower level of Paley Library are available to provide assistance in obtaining and using resources from our media collection (DVDs, CDs, etc) or microforms collection. If desired, please e-mail or call at least 24 hours in advance at 215-204-8204 to make arrangements for assistance.
Library staff can assist with 50 pages or less of photocopying and 24 hours advance notice for photocopy requests is appreciated. We cannot guarantee the ability to provide photocopying on demand. For questions about assistance with photocopying please contact David Dillard, the Libraries' Disability Services Liaison by calling 215-204-4584 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Librarians are available, by appointment, to provide research assistance. Assistance can take different forms including assistance with keyboarding a computer search, a consultation to help do research for papers and other assignments, or any type of activities to assist patrons with a disability to complete their research assignments and projects. To discuss research needs and/or set up an appointment with a Librarian please contact David Dillard, the Libraries' Disability Services Liaison by calling 215-204-4584 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Paley Library is currently in the process of updating its assistive technology for disabled students. As new assistive technology is made available it will be added to this page. Until then the assistive technology most frequently required is made available through Disability Resources & Services. The library website follows ADA recommendations for accessibilities. You can learn more about assistive technology at Temple University at the DRS web site.
SEL and Ambler Campus Libraries
Patrons with disabilities who need to user the Science & Engineering Library or the Ambler Library are advised to call in advance to obtain information about services and assistance for individuals with disabilities.