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Darkeden Overview
Darkeden is one of the oldest MMORPGs still in service. Released during the age of 2D isometric action RPGs like Diablo, Darkeden is a blast from the past unlikely to impress young gamers. Those who were fond of this long forgotten playstyle and wish to relive past adventures just might enjoy this game. The three playable races are all truly different from one another, though movement and combat are uniform. Not only do players level up their character's base level, but must also increase the rank of individual skills and stats before participating the game's interesting PvP battles. The three races are:
Vampire - Masters of the night. Vampires increase their stats by attacking. They unlock new skills as they level up and have the ability to bite members of the other races and turn them into vampires if they do not find a cure in time.
Slayer - Holy warriors who hunt down Vampires during the day. Slayers must work up their skills by fighting, but allocate their stat points each level. Slayers can use melee weapon like swords, maces, and axes or ranged weapons such as rifles, sniper rifles, and pistols.
Ouster – A race composed entirely of females, Ousters took refuge in their lush forested enclave, but have emerged to reclaim their land from both the Vampires and Slayers. Ousters prefer melee combat and gain stat and skill points each level to distribute. They are the easiest race for new players since their play style is similar to classes found in newer MMORPGs.
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Darkeden Review
By Erhan Altay
Darkeden is a Korean game originally released way back in 1997, making it older than Cronous or Red Stone. Even after twelve years the game is still in service, proving it has lasting power. Perhaps this is why JoyMax recently acquired the international license and re-launched the game in early 2008. Darkeden was developed at a time when 2D action RPGs with isometric camera views and gloomy graphics were all the rage. The mega hit Diablo was released the same year, and the two games have many similarities. Darkeden in the 21st century is really a love it or hate it game. If you can entertain the thought of playing a twelve year old game, read on. Otherwise, I wouldn't hold it against you for stopping here.
Vampire vs Slayer vs Ouster
Darkeden has three playable races and each is fundamentally different than the others. So while the number is not impressive, the variety is actually greater than in most games. The character creation process itself, however, is as impressive as you would expect from such an aged game. Players chose their gender, (Ousters are all female), a portrait, and their character's skin/hair color. Even with this slight color option, all players end up looking nearly identical. Each race has its own way of distributing stats at the beginning. Slayers must 'roll' for their stats until they get a distribution they are content with. Vampires all have the same default stats, while Ousters must manually allocate their stat points between the game's three stats: Str, Dex, Int. After this short process, players are ready to enter the country of Eslania where the war rages on.
Horror Meets Apocalypse.
Each race has its own starting area, which can vary a lot in terms of atmosphere, but the game's general themes are horror and dystopia. The parallels between Darkeden and Diablo continue in more than setting -movement and combat are identical, as are many interface and graphic elements. For example, when players target a monster, it becomes highlighted in red and its health bar appears over its head. This must havebeen copied completely from Diablo. I'll talk more about the game's PvP elements, but it's important to bring up some of the racial differences now. From my experience, the Ouster is the easiest class to play since her progression is similar to many modern MMORPGs. Killing monsters awards experience and at each level players receive three stat points and one skill point to distribute. Skills are organized like a tree – by learning skills on the top, you unlock more powerful ones. The experience rate is very accommodating; my Ouster leveled up after every kill for 3-4 levels, and even after that things didn't slow down much.
Racial Differences
The differences between the races don't stop with stat distribution. The way they progress throughout the game is also radically different. Slayers gain ranks in skills as they are used. For example, fighting with a sword will increase a slayer's melee skill, using a gun will increase their ranged skill, and so on. There are a total of five skills available to the Slayer, each with a maximum rank of 150. Vampires don't gain rank in skills, instead they receive new skills at certain levels, but their stats increase as they fight. As I mentioned earlier, Ousters are the more traditional class; they receive stat and skill points each level to distribute as they like. The three races also have different equipment slots, which adds even more depth to the game. Slayers and Ousters can equip weapons, shields, helmets, pants, belts, gloves, and so on, while Vampires cannot equip weapons but can equip several rings and amulets at once.
Zombie Hordes
The enemies you'll be grinding off are the same no matter which race you play. The same humanoid mobs are located all over the world and have random names, which leads me to believe they are former humans who are now zombies. Grinding off these zombies is repetitive task, as they offer little challenge and are all alike. Luckily, the experience rate seems to be set very high, so it won't take much grinding before you're ready to participate in PvP, the main component of the game. There are quests in Darkeden, but they are not very in-depth. The first quest I had to complete was 'reach level 6.' This sort of quest does little to build up the game's backstory, but the publishers don't seem to be interested in that sort of thing. Much of the NPC dialogue is illegible because of the poor English translations, and the help guide is, remarkably, still in Korean! You'd image that after ten years one of the English version license holders would have bothered to translate the game.
Holy War
The main draw of this action-horror RPG is its unique PvP system. Almost the entire world, save for towns and small green patches called 'safe zones', has open PvP enabled, meaning players can attack one another any time. There are no penalties for PKing, which means low level players must always be ready to flee at the sight of stronger characters. Additionally, each of the races has a preferred time of day when their abilities are magnified. During night hours (in-game) Vampires receive a buff, while daylight offers Slayers and Ousters a bonus. Another unique feature in the game is the ability to change races while playing. This is done either voluntarily or as a penalty. If a vampire (AI or human controlled) bites a Slayer, that player will turn into a vampire unless they are cured within 12 hours. A Vampire can change his or her class by talking to an NPC in town. Ousters are the only race that cannot switch to another race. Darkeden is certainly unique, and the fact that so many old school games like Mu Online and Dragon Raja are still around prove that there is still a fan base for the genre.
Final Verdict: Poor
Darkeden is too old to recommend when there are free games that offer so much more. The fact that Darkeden's free features are much more limited than the average F2P MMORPG is hard to believe but true. While it doesn't earn a general recommendation, it's still worth checking out for those who are knowingly looking for an old school game.
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Darkeden System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Win95 / 98 / 2000 / ME / XP
CPU: Pentium 3 600 MHz
Graphics Card: 16Mb video memory
Recommended Specifications:
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USA: Hurricane Sandy spawns fake photos
Fake photos of Hurricane Sandy are circulating online. American activists look to create a global resistance movement against debt repayment. And two British Olympic medallists are in need of web users' help!
USA: Hurricane Sandy spawns fake photos
Flooded roads, uprooted trees, and mass power outages… social networks have become inundated with photos uploaded by American web users, bearing witness to the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy. But some of these shots are actually fakes and have nothing to do with the violent storm that hit the United States east coast.
This staggering photo of the Statue of Liberty, which has been widely shared on Facebook, is in fact the result of some nifty photo editing. It was produced from a photo taken in Nebraska back in 2004 by professional photographer Mike Hollingshead.
This pic is supposed to show soldiers from the National Guard braving hurricane Sandy at the military cemetery in Arlington. The photo has not been tampered with but was actually taken last month in very heavy rain.
The title of this photo says it is a fast food restaurant in Virginia, flooded due to Hurricane Sandy … in reality it's a still from a film made for an art installation back in 2009.
And finally, this image was posted online by a female blogger who claims it shows a shark roaming the flooded streets of Ocean City. It is again, a hoax, and no more real than it was last year when it was posted online following Hurricane Irene.
Countless web users have been fooled by the false testimonials circulating online, and for media outlets, like the Wall Street Journal for example, this only re-emphasizes the dangers of misinformation on the Internet, and the importance of verifying the authenticity of images before sharing them online.
A global resistance movement against debt repayment
The "Strike Debt" campaign is an Occupy Wall Street offshoot and aims to build a movement to resist and transform the debt-system.
The group, which has adopted the slogan "We are not a loan", is targeting global financial institutions which it says are responsible for the current economic crisis. In this communiqué which has been widely relayed online, the people behind the "Strike Debt" campaign say that most of the debt that burdens Americans is illegitimate and should be wiped out. They are urging fellow citizens to not pay off their debts and hope the movement gains international momentum.
And proof that the operation has been meticulously planned, there's even a Debt Resistors Operation Manual available on the website. It's about 100 pages long and packed with advice, how to negotiate your credit card debt for example and all sorts of information like the risks you run by not paying off your student loan…
Various symbolic actions have already been organized by members of the movement. As we can see in this online video, in September a group of New Yorkers gathered in public to burn their debts.
And to remind all those with debt problems that they are not alone, the "Strike Debt" movement has announced it will be launching the "Rolling Jubilee" project on November 15. The idea is for people who are not indebted to legally buy up the personal debts of those who are collapsing under their repayments; the main aim of the initiative being to create bonds of solidarity between citizens regardless of their financial situation.
Now trending on social networks
Two British Olympians had their bronze medals stolen from their overcoats last week as they attended a London nightclub. And so they took to social networks, asking anyone with any information to come forward. The athletes also posted a photo of the suspected thief on Twitter asking him to give back the medals they won at the London Olympic Games. Two days later field hockey player Hannah Macleod received an anonymous package in the post containing her medal. Rower Alex Partridge meanwhile has yet to be reunited with his.
Ghosts of War
History enthusiast and artist Jo Teeuwisse, from Holland, has superimposed photos taken across Europe during the Second World War on to new photos she took in the exact same spot. The collection is called "Ghosts of war" and is available to view on sharing site Flickr, amongst others. It's a bridge between the past and present and a novel way of linking the two eras.
Video of the day
In this video an artist paints the bodies of a group of women who are then fitted together like a puzzle to take on the form of a motorcycle. It's for a promotional video for an international motorbike show and the end results are particularly impressive.

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The Shema
Three biblical passages work together to create a model for remaining faithful to a belief in God and in God's unity.
Reprinted with permission from Back to the Sources: Reading the Jewish Classics.
In the Shema, three passages from the Bible form the theological center of the prayer book. The passages are Deuteronomy 6:4-8 and 11:13-22 and Numbers 15:37-42. The first of these begins with one of the most famous and resonant statements in all of Jewish literature. During the service, the pray-er recites it with eyes closed and in a moment of great concentration:
Hear, O Israel Shema Yisra'el
The Lord is our God Adonai Eloheinu
The Lord is one! Adonai ehad!
The context for this verse in Deuteronomy reveals that it is uttered in a dramatic, interactive situation. The first phrase ("Hear, O Israel") is spoken by God to Israel; it carries no message, only the fact of being addressed by God, the experience of divine attention. Israel responds to being addressed by proclaiming that "the Lord is our God!" In English this sounds like a redundancy, but Hebrew differentiates between Adonai, which is the particular and proper name of God in the Bible (itself already an avoidance of the unpronounceable sacred name), and Eloheinu, which is the generic term for gods or divine beings.
God is One
So Israel's response has the force of declaring that God, alone of all the claimants to divinity, is He Whom we choose. The last phrase, Adonai ehad, is understood by some interpreters to stress the exclusivity of the choosing of God (reading ehad as "alone"; "The Lord our God, the Lord alone ) and by others to introduce a further concept: the oneness of God.
Exclusive fidelity to God and God's unity are the two major concepts of the Shema. The first demands that no system of value--not just another religion but an ideology, art, success, or personal happiness--be allowed to replace God as the ultimate ground of meaning. God's unity, conversely, asserts thatall experienced moments of beauty, good, love, and holiness are not in and of themselves; they are disparate and scattered signals of the presence of the one God. Now, if this is the "message" of the Shema, the continuation of the passage from Deuteronomy, which completes the prayer's first paragraph, mandates what to do with the message: how to be loyal to it, how to transmit it, how to remain mindful of it.
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Phoronix: Demystifying Codenames: Trondheim
When pushing out the first public release of the Phoronix Test Suite, it was announced that the first stable (v1.0) release of this Linux benchmarking suite is codenamed "Trondheim", but what does that mean? After being bombarded with messages asking what is Trondheim or what it means as a codename, we have decided to explain it once and for all in this article.
I was there once and I really enjoyed it. They put up a ski jump ramp where that first picture was taken and was one of the coolest events I have ever seen.
Nice codename! Trondheim is a beautiful student city and the large, round red building is a very nice place to get drunk with fellow students ;p
Trondheim, hmm, they have nidarosdomen, which was just a big church, they host some nice servers to dl from
And got some NAZI history since germany was there, so was somekinda nice stuff going on there.
Anyways, i like you guys @ phoronix, choosing actually NON us stuff, giving us in europe actually some fun..
Cause all sites are posting about US stuff, all the companies like AMD nvidia Intel ATI is like only Usa/ Canada. tired of that, why is like US so much better costumer than us.
Ey amd/intel/nvidia/ati, we got more money than US, give us some credit for buying so much!.
hehe, that was just abit of rage after seing so many competions which says US/Canada only
anywayz, trondheim have so much compared to "drammen" which is simular sized city with just alot of negro's and refugies which doesnt like school, norwegian food, norwegian language, norwegian rules.
They like the goverment cause they give money.
Not racistical ment, i have some few refugies, i dont blame them all, i blame some of them, which is a pain in the ass cause i pay tax so they can live without working!.
anywayz, whats the next codename ? stockholm, malmø, hamburg hehe. bring more european names, it gets people wondering!
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Trondheim is an excellent student city (if you can handle the lousy weather) with lots of technology-advanced companies who scour the bright heads from the technical department of the local university. Those photos brings back good memories. And the round red building is the (semi-)famous student-"house" owned and run by students for students with the best partying I've ever been to. (That says alot about either "studentersamfundet" or me!)


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Forge Overview
Forge lets you choose one of seven different classes currently: Assassin, Pathfinder, Pyromancer, Shaman, Warden, Ravager, and Tinker. Each of these classes plays completely different, giving a unique life to the game.
Like Nothing Else: An amazing blend of MMO PvP and TPS gameplay. MMO style abilities, fluid combat, instanced PvP. No groups required.
Zero Grind: Every player is on a level playing field from their first game forward, no matter how many games their enemies have played.
Multiplayer Fun: Multiplayer, class based combat. Easy to play, difficult to master.
Fluid Gameplay: Unlike other titles, every technical and artistic aspect of the game has been built around fluid combat mechanics specifically designed for multiplayer combat.
AAA Quality Artwork: By teaming with Super Genius Studio, our studios combined have ensured that the artwork for everything down to the motifs used on a column are nothing short of amazing.
Assassin: Assassins are masters of deception and deadly combatants. Armed with poisons, daggers, and the ability to shift into the realm of shadow, they are feared like no other. Assassins rely on deception to gain the upper hand on opponents. While they are skilled fighters, their light armor grants them little defense against the coordinated attacks of their enemies, making them unable to fight in the open for too long.
Pathfinder: Pathfinders are sentinels of the forest. They've mastered the bow and laying of traps, and use both to keep their enemies from ever getting close. Their deadly accuracy and knowledge of nature allows them to use arrows to control the flow of battle. Pathfinders wear medium armor, but are light on their feet. The best defense a Pathfinder has is their ability to keep the enemy at a distance through the clever use of traps and specialized shots.
Pyromancer: Pyromancers are born of lords and nobles. Through their endless and shamelessly expensive devotion to the craft of magic, they are able to manipulate the destructive element of fire, using it to burn and destroy their enemies. The concentration required to use such abilities forces them to often remain stationary while using their most powerful attacks. While their armor is enchanted to protect against their own flame, it offers little protection against all else. Their best defense is staying away from the heart of battle and fighting from the edge.
Warden: The Warden is a protector of men, a fearless moving citadel around which their allies can become nearly indestructible. The Warden believes that protection is a greater honor than destruction, focusing their martial training on the shielding of allies. Carrying massive shields, they and those they are protecting are difficult to bring to their knees. The Warden wears heavy armor, weighing them down slightly, but offering them tremendous protection.
Shaman: Shaman have an arsenal of abilities at their disposal designed to restore the health or otherwise support their allies in battle. With minimal offensive tools at their disposal, they rely on their allies to clear the field of enemies. Though they're not direct combatants themselves, they are sturdy enough to survive in the heart of battle.
Ravager: A "stay in the fight" melee damage dealer and extremely mobile, they are able to use their grappling hook to move around the map by firing it at a surface and jumping while they have momentum. They're also able to attach the grappling hook to friends and enemies, either dragging the other player to them or themselves to the other player. By alternating between their two fighting styles, they can shift from an AOE melee character using their chain to a single target character using their sword.
Tinker: The Tinker has a variety of gadgets and traps that they can deploy to help defend or attack an area. While we of course have the traditional concept of a turret as one of these, the Tinker goes well beyond that. The Tinker will be a favorite for players that enjoy the Engineer style gameplay, but also those that enjoy Tower Defense. Smart use of the Tinker ability set with teammates can lead to some deadly, and hilarious, combinations.
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By Jason Harper (Hhean)
Forge is an unusual beast. When you have a game that steals gameplay elements from both the FPS and the MMORPG, the end result often births a MOBA. Instead what you get is a game that feels like the PvP battlegrounds of an MMO that doesn't exist, or a shooter that has been brutally invaded by hotbars. It's a curious, shambling beast that becomes more than the sum of its parts as often as falls to bits.
A match in Forge is a clash of two teams composed of a small pool of different classes (Assassin, Hunter, Pyromancer, Shaman, Warden, Ravager and Tinker). Each of these have eight activatable abilities, displayed across the screen in the same way as an MMO hotbar. This large ability selection seems unmanageable at first, and is near impossible to utilise with the game's default key bindings. However, after rebinding the keys, and memorising which button triggers which ability, the gameplay has a good flow to it. Getting over the initial hump can be a challenge though, and you'll frequently get rolled by opponents with a better handle on their classes than you to begin with.
Some abilities need careful aim, requiring a steady hand as you're hurling projectiles at a mad dwarf swinging towards you. Others simply auto-attack the nearest enemy to your reticule, giving an enemy no option but to take damage. Depending on the class, a character can feel like the game is being played for them, or that the game can have some very stringent windows for what does and does not count as a hit. The former can be frustrating to play against, but is a bit dull to play. The latter can evoke either satisfaction from a clever play, or a stream of curses depending on how lenient the system is feeling, or how well your connection is holding up.
Most of the abilities a class has are what you'd expect to find in an MMO, though there's a few fun additions that stand out. Assassins, for example, have an ability that places both them and their target in their own separate phasing of the match, creating a ghostly version of the map that plays host to their private duel. The Warden has another oddball in their arsenal; Spinning like a top in order to take flight, going where ever your point your crosshairs. There's something truly wonderful about watching a group of archers on top of a wall suddenly finding themselves under assault from a flying whirlwind.
The game's moment to moment play is pleasing, but it leaves no lasting impression. While you're playing, coming up with devious ability combinations to best your opponents feels good, and is an excellent mental workout. Once you exit the game though, there's not much to think about. There's simply nothing outside of the game to mull over, as everything in the game is built around the here and now. I'm aware it's an unusual thing to criticise a game when you're not playing it, but I've never had a game that I've forgotten about as quickly as Forge. This is a game that I wound up forgetting about while being asked to write a review for it. It simply leaves no impression.
Part of the issue is that while the game has a way for each of your classes to level up, they don't do so in a manner that feels impactful. When a character levels, you gain the ability to drop one stat (Speed, Armour or Energy) in exchange for benefiting another. You also can sometimes unlock variations on your existing abilities that change about the numbers they use under the hood (Reducing cooldown while also reducing damage, for example). This does a good job of making a new player feel like they have just as much chance of winning as a veteran, but it has absolutely no spice to it. Everything operates under the hood, so compared to something like Call of Duty's perk system, it doesn't feel like it's offering a different way to play but rather a few things to fiddle with on your calculator.
Another failing of this system is it locks in any changes to your character's stats permanently. One of the real joys of building a character in an MMO is being able to tinker with the numbers, and constantly change things around to suit your tastes. In Forge, all your decisions cannot be undone, so you have to live with any change you make, even if those decisions are made when you don't fully understand what you want at the time.
You would think something like a relevel would be held to ransom behind a paywall, but the game's shop currently only sells aesthetic options. This is clearly to keep things as balanced as possible, a tenet the whole game admirably attempts to stick to. The downside though is that many of these aesthetic options are just color swaps, sometimes with minor model changes or an added visual effect on top. Without much to sell, the developers made one of the most frequent mistakes made by F2P titles. To make up for their small stock they pump up the prices of their goods to try and makes a larger return on the small number of purchases they get. You can be looking at costs rivaling or exceeding that of a boxed game, with some of the extreme options being in the region of $90 for a cosmetic suit of armour. Microtransactions, these are not.
The upside of all this is that while what you can buy is exceptionally expensive, the game never pushes towards its store, and you can play the game quite happily without ever spending a dime. In fact, looking around at the people playing in the games I took part in, most of its players seem to have gone for this option. In all my time with the game, I didn't see any skin outside of the default and the extremely cheap 'shadow' skins that come with the digital starter pack.
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Forge is a good way to spend an evening with some friends, but likely won't occupy you for long. It's a blast once you get over the initial learning curve, but you'll likely have forgotten about it once you put it down. Worth giving a shot, but don't expect anything remarkable.
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- Forge Goes Free to Play on Steam Today - Posted on August 19, 2013
Dark Vale Games has announced that they will be turning Forge into Forge Free to Play on Steam today at 10am PDT!
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mom2hapakids wrote:What is the shelf life of the Preparedness Vegetable Garden kit? How long can I keep it in storage?
Apparently, no one can count the years...
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What's a Utah-based wholesome foods product doing in the booze isle? I almost missed these greens supplies, as I never buy wine here. Maybe Woot needs a "Food" tab to boot?
yayobama wrote:What's a Utah-based wholesome foods product doing in the booze isle? I almost missed these greens supplies, as I never buy wine here. Maybe Woot needs a "Food" tab to boot?
Utah-based? Maybe a Mormon-based food catagory.
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wheatgrasskits wrote:up to 5 years, the seeds will still germinate after that especially if kept in a cool dry place, but germination may start to decline after the five years!
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Under ideal conditions, most of the seed in this can will last well over 5 years.
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Got the Micro Green kit. That is a good deal with all the parts already in it.
I already do sprouting with beans and seeds and always wanted to try the micro greens. I keep all my seeds and beans in my freezer.
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It is way to hot in my Texas apartment to keep seeds and beans otherwise.
I like these long term storage ideas for seeds but the mix packages like this are never adjusted for the different growing conditions across the country. I grow food from seed fairly regularly and it's not as simple as tossing it on the ground (unless you live in florida or n califorina), tomato and pepper seeds require a certian amount of heat, corn needs a long, pretty warm season etc. I wish they did regional packages.
yayobama wrote:Maybe Woot needs a "Food" tab to boot?
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Gobenlando wrote:Did anyone's stuff ship yet?
I still haven't heard anything
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I never did get the shipping info, but the package came today
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I never received a shipping update? Its' been 2 weeks since I've ordered. Where's my greens?
mtgcolwell wrote:I never received a shipping update? Its' been 2 weeks since I've ordered. Where's my greens?
Whoops. Should have read the comment above. Thanks!
mtgcolwell wrote:Whoops. Should have read the comment above. Thanks!
Checked on FedEx's reference search. It found my order(package), but says initiated on the 15th. No ETA or other information.
What's the deal?
mtgcolwell wrote:Checked on FedEx's reference search. It found my order(package), but says initiated on the 15th. No ETA or other information.
What's the deal?
I just checked it and it was picked up yesterday and is on the move.
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It says there is an instructions sheet that should come with the kit but I never received one :/ I checked real fast online and didn't come up with one either, does anyone have a PDF for it? Thanks!


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Today's mobile, social, big data and analytics initiatives demand Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions to unify storage for all data types with greater flexibility, agility and cost efficiency. SDS automatically manages huge amounts of local and global file and object data, offering breakthrough data access speed, automation and easier administration. These solutions work with existing storage for virtualised storage, allowing multiple systems and applications to share common storage pools, and integrated storage management.
IBM's storage software is built for new-era workloads, storing data on the highest performance and most cost-effective storage media over time. Soon available as a cloud service on IBM SoftLayer, it can stretch to one billion petabytes – equal to a data centre the size of one million city blocks.
Dynamic data
Expert panel at Boston's Fast Data Forum discusses technical aspects of Software Defined Storage
Software Defined Networking (SDN) offers a next-generation alternative to management at the physical device level, which can be a bottleneck in the data centre.
IBM Software Defined Network for Virtual Environments (SDN VE) creates a virtual network for virtual machines (VMs). This virtual network is de-coupled and isolated from the physical network, much like VMs are separated from the host server hardware. This approach enables virtual networks to be created without any changes to the existing network – meaning it can be wired once.
Provisioning and administration are simplified and automated, and IP and MAC addresses can be reused, permitting logical separation of networks for multi-tenancy. OpenFlow-enabled switches and a programmable network controller provide centralised control. SDN VE incorporates open source components to enable an ecosystem of network services.
SDN market will increase
from $360 million in 2013
to 3.7 billion in 2016
Source: IDC, *SDN Shakes Up the Status Quo in
Datacentre Networking, IDC Says* 19 December 2012
Software Defined Compute provides workload-aware infrastructure management and optimisation. It opens up a choice of platforms for virtualisation across leading hypervisors. That means IBM PowerVM, PowerVC, z/VM, and KVM, as well as VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, are all enabled on IBM systems to deliver enterprise-class performance and management support in a virtualised environment. KVM (kernel-based virtual machine) KVM (kernel-based virtual machine), for example, is tuned for Windows and Linux workloads on POWER, System z and PureFlex platforms.
With intelligent resource scheduling, Software Defined Compute helps maximise utilisation, ensure compliance and decrease administrative costs beyond the data centre.
More responsive with
intelligent resource
Source: IBM retail client, September 2013
Monitoring and managing applications and data within your four walls can be difficult enough. Move to a cloud and your IT organisation faces challenges amplified by the Software Defined Environment. Addressing issues of security and compliance, performance monitoring, workload balancing, and application and data integration quickly and cost-effectively can help you realise the potential of a hybrid cloud.
IBM offers hybrid cloud solutions to help you orchestrate the information flow to and from the cloud. You can also extend IBM Tivoli monitoring tools to manage internal services to cloud service management. And the next-generation automation solution, IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator built on OpenStack technology, also uses prepackaged extensions to take your cloud services to the next level.
Up to 3x productivity
improvement based on
integrated management
Source: IBM retail client, September 2013
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The Sette Epic shoe re-writes the book when it comes to style, performance and comfort. Its aggressive cross-country racing design combined with several outstanding features make it the leader of the pack.
$69,99 for 9 years of use. I bought mine 9 years a go and it was totally worth it. after 9 years of heavy use, the soles ripped off. Then came the time to buy a new one. So I gat de Sette Mountain Shoes again. Never saw a Mountain Shoe from the top brands last as much.
Bought these back in 2011. They're great shoes. Certainly have been tested in various conditions. I live in the north east where it can get very muddy and wet. Sure the straps have stretched a bit but that's why they're adjustable. I highly recommend them and for the price you can't go wrong.
I've been using these shoes since 2009 & and there still going strong. They are super light & for the price they can't be beat. If my current pair were to break down I would definitely buy again.
I bought these last year and they have lasted, fit great and still look new (with cleaning). Very easy to put on and remove. Using the front spikes helps in the loose stuff and on icy roads in the winter time.
This shoe was alright, but after 6 months of daily riding, the ratchet ladder has started to disintegrate and separate from the shoe. So now i've got this beast all duct taped up to try and hold the ladder on for as long as it can before it completely disintegrates. The ratchet itself doesn't hold up well to rocks, a few good bashes, and I have to struggle with getting the ratchet to release every time I ride now. Pretty bummed that I didn't even get a season out of these...
Great shoe to get into clippless. I have been wearing them for over 4 years now and they have held up well. Buckle is very adjustable so you always have the right amount of tension.
I've had these shoes for about 4 years now. They are awesome. Still going just as strong as the day I bought them. They are a little more narrow than other shoes but that worked out good for me. The buckle really makes them feel secure and after a few minutes on the bike you don't even know their on anymore.
I've had these shoes for over four years now and they are still going strong, even though they look pretty beat. They are just as good, or better than my Shimano shoes of similar construction. The fit is better than the narrow "Euro" style shoes, more roomy.
Really tough shoe, well built, I wear an 11.5 so I ordered a 46. The 46 was just a bit too big, so I ordered the 45 it was just a bit too small so beware of those in between spots shown on the sizing chart. Kept the 46s because I was just so impressed with the shoe and wanted to make them work. As a result they bite into the top of my ankle a bit. Real shame because they look good and are quality but they just aren't the best for me, hopefully they will break in to be more comfortable.
Ihave used them for more than five years and they still hold. They don't look like new but they hold. Good for summer or winter. I only change the type of socks i wear. A little bit heavy maybe because they are built to last. Had some performance bike shoes that lasted me only one year. Great deal for the money you pay.
Good shoes for the price. A good option fot a first pair For the price they gave me more than expected.
I have three seasons using this shoe and still like them. The shoes are a little on the heavy side, but are comfortable and stiff. I have had no trouble with the buckle or closures. The shoe is well made and takes a beating. I have abused my shoes a lot: water, mud, scraping on rocks & trees, sprinting through sand & gravel, swimming with them, etc. And they still look good and have no problems.
I rode with the same shoe for 10 years till the exploded. my buddy told me to check out the Sette Epic! he has been riding that shoe for 5 years now! I purchased this shoe 2 months ago and it is one of the best fitting and performing shoes I think I have ever worn. I wished Sette made a street shoe similar its that comfortable, I basically for the last 2 months when I am not wearing my Chacos I wear the Sette Epic!! Great price great performance and great comfort!! You need this shoe!!
The Epic Mtn shoes are great fitting and provide all day comfort. They are stiff and offer strong pedal power. The soles are a bit slick on rock and wet surfaces, but grippy in dry and dusty conditions. Great value and perform like upper end shoes. Durable!
These didn't have the wide toe box I was expecting. The Specialized shoes I'm used to fit much better. They are going back. Other than that they seem like a quality shoe.
These have been my favorite shoe so far. Tried specialized and shimano, and these lasted longer and were more comfortable . I used them for commuting to work (66 miles a week) and for all types of mountain biking. After 2years, one of buckles broke when i got hit by a car and was sent flying in the air. Now that im all healed up its time to get a new pair and start riding again.
Great MTB shoes, I've being riding in those shoes for a three month and find it very comfortable and breathable. Consider buy one size up, definitely would recommend it to a friend.
Hard to beat this shoe for the money! I had my shoes for six years before the left buckle strap tore. I continued to ride, ignoring the strap because the treads continued to hold up well under a lot of street riding. I like a stiffer sole and tread and these shoes are definitely stiff in that regard, so there is no flex at all. The toe and heel caps have protected the shoes from looking bad and the ratcheting top strap was a bonus for these shoes. Overall, I thought they were comfortable and were a nice step up from my original Nike Yuha Plus shoes. Size-wise, I think they are pretty true to size. My original Sette Epics were 44s, though I probably should have purchased the 45s for a little extra room in the toebox. I am considering another pair of these over a pair of Shimano M087s and have decided to give these shoes a five-star rating because of the features and durability. The old shoes still looked good even after the strap tore, which was disappointing. I didn't see that coming, but still feel the shoes, for the money, are a five-star purchase.


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Oklahoma City, OK — Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson joined The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility to announce a statewide initiative to fight underage drinking in Oklahoma. The initiative features a new, innovative program developed by The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility in partnership with Nickelodeon — Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix — which recognizes that the key to stopping underage drinking is communication early and often between parents and children, and provides both kids and parents with information and strategies to help jumpstart the conversation about the dangers of underage drinking, in a format and language designed specifically for them. At the launch event at Western Oaks Middle School, Attorney General Edmondson, a member of the National Association of Attorneys General Youth Access to Alcohol Task Force, was joined by Maria Tildon, Senior Vice President-External Affairs, The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, and, Lynette Thompson, Principal of Western Oaks Middle School. Following today's launch, Attorney General Edmondson and The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility will distribute Ask, Listen, Learn materials to middle school principals across the state. Additionally, the Foundation will distribute Public Service Announcements discussing the Ask, Listen, Learn program and the need to talk to teens about the dangers of underage drinking to television stations across Oklahoma. "According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, most kids try alcohol for the first time at the age of 12. The conversation needs to begin earlier than most parents think — as early as nine years of age. Ask, Listen, Learn is an effective tool to reduce underage drinking and facilitate effective conversations between parents and their children," said Attorney General Edmondson. "While alcohol consumption among our nation's youth has declined over the past 20 years, underage drinking remains unacceptably high. According to the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 10.9 million Americans between the ages of 12-20 report current consumption. While the prevalence of current alcohol consumption increased with increasing age, the alarming fact is first use of alcohol typically begins around age 12. By 16, 29 percent report current use of alcohol," said Tildon. Whether or not they realize it, parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. According to the 2003 Omnibuzz survey conducted by Teenage Research Unlimited, 65 percent of adolescents identify parents as the leading influence in their decision not to drink. Principal Thompson added, "Parents involvement in their children's lives, especially during the middle school years, can make a difference in preventing their children from consuming alcohol. Since it is also clear from research that parents have the most influence in a child's life, in middle school relative to health behaviors, parents are on the front lines to keeping our young people alcohol-free." The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility is grateful to the American School Counselor Association, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Latino Children's Institute, the National Middle School Association and U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for providing scientific input for use in creating Ask Listen Learn. Ask, Listen, Learn is unique in that it gives both kids and parents the tools to initiate the conversation about alcohol. The program includes: • A parent's booklet, detailing how to begin the conversation, sustain the conversation and make an impact on kids. It presents effective questions, data, conversation starters and answers to typical objections kids raise. • A kid's booklet, with interactive games, trivia cards with questions and answers explaining the facts about alcohol (over 7 million trading cards are expected to circulate), addressing issues including how to avoid peer pressure, and creative ways to say no. It also includes an Action Against Alcohol Agreement that both kids and parents can sign. • Asklistenlearn.com, produced by Nickelodeon, is a website for kids with information on the dangers of underage drinking including monthly polls, information interactive games and videos, as well as more information on how to say no. • Asklistenlearnparents.com, produced by Nickelodeon, is a website for parents with additional information on how to have the conversation and links to additional national and local resources related to underage drinking. • Television advertising, produced by Nickelodeon, to encourage discussions about the dangers of underage drinking between parents and kids. Recognizing the important role that teachers, counselors and administrators play as role models and purveyors of information, The Foundation will also begin work on a teacher-focused component to the program for distribution nationwide. Also, in an effort to provide Spanish-speaking parents and kids with culturally sensitive resources to help them fight underage drinking, The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility will release program components in Spanish later this month. The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility Launched in 1991, The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility's mission is to promote responsible decision-making regarding drinking or non-drinking of beverage alcohol and to discourage all forms of irresponsible consumption through education, communications, research, law enforcement, and other programs. Recognizing over thirteen years of progress, America's leading distillers have promoted The Foundation's mission by investing more than $150 million in its programs to fight drunk driving and underage drinking. For more information about Ask, Listen, Learn™ or The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, or to order a copy of the program free-of-charge, please visit www.asklistenlearnparents.com or www.responsibility.org. Nickelodeon Nickelodeon, which is celebrating its landmark 25th anniversary this year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in 88 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for more than eight consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and l Launched in 1991, The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility is funded by America's leading distillers. 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This is the best of the series in my opinion. All about the day that the boy forgot about the bear and left him behind at the park. He goes on a scary, exciting adventure overnight, but all is well the next day.
5 A Day Books: This is the Bear
To read all about the 5-a-Day book challenge and consider joining in please read here.
OK, so I'm cheating a little bit this week and we only have 4 books instead of the usual 5! But that's because I really wanted to have all the "This is the Bear" stories in one theme, and there are only 4 of them. Another week soon we shall do more bear stories as there are SO many out there. We used to do a bear topic at school because of the richness of the reading material out there. Fabulous.
These stories are PERFECT 5-a-Day books as they are set out in strong rhyme, easy to predict text with short, fun story lines. They also have speech bubbles with thought and spoken text, which adds a good discussion point and extra dimension to the stories.
This is the first in the series and introduces the characters of the little boy, his loveable bear and cheeky dog. It's a great story about how the bear ends up at the rubbish dump, slightly aided by the naughty dog, and how his boy goes to rescue him.
In this story a bad little girl steals the bear from the table of a cafe where they were just about to enjoy some delicious ice cream. Cakie just loves the pictures of the food on the tables and won't let me turn the pages!
In this story the bear and the dog can't wait to eat the picnic lunch that the boy has packed, so they sneak behind the door and eat it while he is out of the room! They don't stay in trouble for long though.
This is the best of the series in my opinion. All about the day that the boy forgot about the bear and left him behind at the park. He goes on a scary, exciting adventure overnight, but all is well the next day.
I managed to get all four of these in a box set for just £4.99 from one of my favourite discount book companies!
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American speedskater Shani Davis fell short of making to theOlympic podium Saturday, coming in 11th in the 1,500 meters.
Poland's Zbigniew Broda won the gold medal. Korn Verweij of the Netherlands snagged the silver and Canada's Denny Morrison took bronze.
Davis won silver in the distance at both the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Skating in his third -- and likely final -- Olympics, Davis, 31, already owns two golds in the 1,000-meter distance, but fell well short of adding another earlier this week with an eighth place finish.
Davis finished 24th in the 500 meters earlier in Sochi. He is also scheduled to take part in the team pursuit event next weekend.
Brian Hansen also competed for the U.S. in the event, coming in seventh.
Hansen, a 23-year-old Illinois native, made his Olympic debut in 2010, placing 19th in the 1,500 and winning silver as part of the second-place American pursuit team. Earlier in the Sochi Games he finished ninth in the 1,000. He also pulled out of the 500 meters after one race to instead conserve his energy for his other events.


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The greater GTK3 compatibility is a very big plus too, it's good to see that this project is developing nicely.
Phoronix: MATE Desktop 1.6 Brings New Features To GNOME 2
The MATE fork of the GNOME 2.x Desktop has now been upped to version 1.6 with some new features for vintage Linux desktop users...
The greater GTK3 compatibility is a very big plus too, it's good to see that this project is developing nicely.
Good job MATE team, I might finally stop saying you are doom the second the switch away from X become generalized, since you finally progressing instead of just maintaining. =)
I like MATE, but I had always seen the project has a dead end, so feel free to prove my original opinion wrong. =)
when Gnome3 gave issues with performance, stability and loss of features, and the gnome dev had made it nearly impossible to install Gnome2 on a modern distro (by making all the library names clash), and the lightweight window managers were not quite up to the job, Mate was there for me.
I am very happy to see that they are making progress, deprecating old code and libraries, and adding features. Thanks
But that has NOTHING to do with library names.
you cannot have Gnome2 and Gnome3 components installed on the same system at the same time (without a real mess). Its not hard to make Gnome2 and Gnome3 parallel installable, Mate managed just by changing the names. Just like its possible to have GTK2 and GTK3 installed at the same time, or gstreamer 0.10 and 1.0. I am fairly sure KDE3 and KDE4 could be installed together.
If the Gnome devs had bumped the names, or libraries version, or however everyone else does it, then the distros would have been free to offer GNOME3 and keep GNOME2 alongside.
whether the gnome devs made a concious effort to prevent this. or just never got around to making the parallel install work, is a difficult question. there is some discussion at https://lwn.net/Articles/466872/
Imagine if it was decided that now BTRFS is in the kernel, ext4 would be removed. and a whole bunch of low level filesystem functions would have their api (but not name) changed, so it was nearly impossible to port ext4 into a new kernel. and the major distros went along with it. (I am a fan of BTRFS, but probably would not be if it had been introduced like that)
GNOME 3 is technically just like another 2.x version. None of the 2.x versions are parallel installable, so 3.x is not parallel installable. The work was not done because it is actually a huge amount of work if you want to do this properly, further we had enough stuff on our plates. We left it to whomever was willing (distributions / others).
No need to point at LWN or anything else as I'm part of the GNOME release team. I already gave a brief answer at LWN though: https://lwn.net/Articles/466965/.
You say that MATE managed this, but actually only in a bad way. They renamed everything, including things like gconf. That's not right.
PS: BTRFS and ext4 are totally different. GNOME 2.x and 3.x are not (if you get over the UI change).
From a user point of view gnome 2->3 is a big change. bigger than 1->2 if my memory serves me well. i'd guess most people would say there that there is more in common between gnome2 and xfce than gnome2 and gnome3.
so, filesystems vs window managers. both case the new version brings new features, new system requirements and new bugs. both break some old ways of working. both will ruin your day, loose your data and embarrass you in front of your mac using friends when they crash.
also now mate have dropped gconf (mate-conf) as well as mate-corba, matevfs, libmatenotify, libmateui, libmatecanvas, libmatecomponentui, mate-mime-data etc.
PS: because I accept that i am in the grumpy old man camp on this issue https://xkcd.com/1172/ :-)
PPS: thanks for you work developing gnome. i appreciate all the work that has gone in to it, even if i don't prefer the latest version.
You for instance talk about "GNOME 2" and "GNOME 3". Now tell me what "GNOME 2" and "GNOME 3" includes. At GNOME, there is no value in having a gnome-control-center2 and a gnome-control-center3. That is something that a distribution normally does. During the discussion time, Nautilus for instance was especially seen as an application, same as gnome-control-center. The only thing that was assumed to be changed were low level things like gnome-session and gnome-settings-daemon.
Compare GNOME to e.g. LibreOffice 4.x:
$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/oowriter
So a major new version, uses the same /usr/bin/oowriter as their '3' version.
Regarding development of MATE: GNOME already did the work of porting all the various libraries. MATE then chose a fork point before that work. To me, this seems a bit of a waste of time. Now apparently the GNOME work has been merged on their fork. Totally fine, but still seems strange.
Focussing again on the user POV: We ported all the GNOME 2.x components so that they could be used still. So "GNOME 2": you had gnome-panel, you had your metacity. The default look of those didn't match up with 2.x, but relatively small amount of work to change that, which e.g. Ubuntu did. Most importantly: at the time we were stabilizing 3.0, there were *no* negative responses to the new look, only positive ones.
IMO we took the best decision we could at that time. Looking back now, I still agree. That with current knowledge another decision might have been better: cannot predict the future.


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