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The limited financial rewards of being a jazz musician in the Twin Cities is something that Bates has struggled with a lot over the years. In order to keep financially afloat, he has resorted to "professional jazz" in the past--the kind you play at weddings and bar mitzvahs in exchange for large checks and wide varieties of shrimp cocktail. These are not fond memories for him.
"I would be standing there by the buffet table, trying to get myself some free dinner, and I'd see this girl who I had never met before that night standing there in a wedding dress," Bates says. "And I'd think, She's getting married, and I'm playing something for her that I don't like. It just wasn't right." Bates cups his hands as if he's holding something fragile. "Whenever I played at weddings, I would think about everything that I held in this world that was right and beautiful, and as soon as someone stepped in and told us to play Van Morrison--it was always 'Moondance'--all of that beauty would just be gone."
Luckily, Bates has other revenue streams these days. Other than Fat Kid Wednesdays, he is currently performing with five other bands and is even working on solo drum performances ("I can see if I can get out there naked and hold my own," Bates says). He drums along with Ourmine, a band that explores the intersection of Latin music, electronica, and "a lot of grooves." With the noisy IDM duo Grid, Bates helps to manipulate electronic beats. He also plays with T, a rotating collective of improvised electronica and drum 'n' bass musicians that usually includes members of Poor Line Condition; and Suki Takahashi, a live drum 'n' bass quintet with a DJ, drums, and synths. (Suki Takahashi recently composed the soundtrack to the BMW promotional series "The Making of the Films," car-crash shorts directed by Ang Lee and David Fincher, among others.) Bates is especially proud of his work with Science vs. Flames, a multigenerational "double trio" that features members of Fat Kid Wednesdays, and Poor Line Condition, with FKW's saxophonist Michael Lewis's father Greg on trumpet. In many of these groups, Bates relishes the improvisational sets that let all the musicians play off one another.
When I ask him to describe the best thing about improv, his eyes light up, yet he says, "I guess I can't really describe the feeling of getting through a really good improv." Still, Bates notes, "The best thing I can say is that it's the experience of it all. When you're doing something, and someone else is listening to you and playing their own thing that builds from you, and everyone just understands each other, it's like this river rushing past you. It's something that you can't ever hold in your hands or describe, but it's a force and it's flowing. Sometimes you'll get a wave that comes up and then everybody tries to ride it, but all the time it's just going and going and there's no one out there who is going to stop it."
The river is coming, kiddies, and the tide is rising. These Fat Kids will have their day.

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Deirdre Anderson is Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at Cranfield School of Management and our newest addition to the judging panel of the Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards. The Awards aim to spread best practice in policies that support work life balance. Applications for the awards are open till 3rd August. Click here for more details. Workingmums.co.uk asked Dr Anderson about her research and her views on a range of issues linked to women's career progression.
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As mentioned in a previous review, my skin tends to show textures and colours true, and shimmer is usually highly unforgiving on the especially dry, thin skin on my cheeks. In the swatch above, you can see the dry 'skipping' at the edge of the heavy swatch and every pore highlighted in the sheer one, even on my relatively smooth inner arm.
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On my cheeks, in real life....it aint pretty. Even my blush-eating camera can pick up on the bumpiness, translating it as blotchiness (and I swear I blended properly), which makes Narcissist exactly the kind of cool pink rash I get from a mild rosacea flare, for free.
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Sleek Pink Ice (from Pink Sprint trio) -- the most pigmented, and coolest of the bunch
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The European Festivals Association (EFA) launches its 2011 work programme at the occasion of its first Board meeting 2011 in Sarajevo at the invitation of the International Festival Sarajevo "Sarajevo Winter". The Association represents arts festivals – music, dance, theatre and interdisciplinary – from 38 countries. It stimulates artistic cooperation, supports young artistic managers, passes on know-how from renowned international festivals to newcomers, and, last but not least, collaborates with festivals and networks all over the world.
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"Since its foundation in 1952, the European Festivals Association has grown into an open and dynamic network. In 2012, EFA celebrates its 60th anniversary – 60 years of bold initiatives that aim to open doors to Europe and to the world! Based in Brussels and Ghent, close to where international cultural policy is made, EFA's role is to support festivals in their important mission and to position the role of culture in the Europe 2020 strategy," EFA President Darko Brlek underlines.
The International Festival Sarajevo "Sarajevo Winter", a traditional artistic event in the cultural calendar of the capital, is glad to receive the EFA Board for three days. Under the direction of Ibrahim Spahić the 2011 festival follows the motto "Art of Love". "Sarajevo Winter" has been a member of the European Festivals Association since 1995. Ever since, it has been an important ambassador of the Association in the region and of the role of arts and culture in our society.
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PORTLAND, Ore. � The Portland Trail Blazers recalled forward Josh McRoberts from the NBA Development League's Idaho Stampede, it was announced today by Trail Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard.
�It was a really good experience,� said McRoberts. �It was the first time that I�d played in a game with extended minutes in a long time, so it was good to get out there and get some game action.�
McRoberts, who was assigned to the Stampede on Jan. 9, averaged 7.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 26.5 minutes in eight games with the Trail Blazers' D-League affiliate.
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A vulnerability exists in some versions of Microsoft Outlook Express that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
According to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-018, a flaw exists in the way that some versions of Microsoft's Outlook Express mail client validate message headers. This flaw results in a vulnerability that could cause the Outlook Express program to crash when an email message containing certain malformed headers are received. The specific nature of the malformation is not known at this time. Microsoft's bulletin states that the following versions of Outlook Express are affected by this issue:
An attacker with the ability to craft and deliver a specially-formed email message could cause the Outlook Express program on the recipient's computer to crash. |
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Disabling the preview pane will prevent the malicious e-mail message from causing Outlook Express to fail on each restart. To disable the preview pane, follow these steps:
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Vendor | Status | Date Notified | Date Updated |
Microsoft Corporation | Affected | - | 14 Jul 2004 |
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Thanks to Microsoft Security for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Chad R Dougherty based upon information provided in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-018.
Other Information
- CVE IDs: CAN-2004-0215
- Date Public: 13 Jul 2004
- Date First Published: 14 Jul 2004
- Date Last Updated: 23 Jul 2004
- Severity Metric: 7.48
- Document Revision: 16
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Stewart and Lee will appear on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1-2, while Dushku and Punk are scheduled to attend on Saturday and Madsen all three days.
Other headliners on the Wizard World New Orleans roster include Dean Cain ("Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," "90210"), Michael Rooker ("The Walking Dead," Henry), Jon Bernthal ("The Walking Dead," Night at the Museum), Kevin Sorbo ("Hercules, The Legendary Journeys," "Andromeda")
The lineup of superstar comic creators in New Orleans is also impressive, with Eisner Award Hall of Famer Neal Adams ("Batman,"
Wizard World New Orleans Comic Con, produced by Wizard World, Inc. (WIZD.PK), will bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, comics, toys, video gaming, television, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Admission is free for kids 10 and under, and Sunday, December 2, is "Kids Day," an array of programming specially designed for children.
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b. July 1586 Marfield, Leicestershire, England
d. 1647 (fever, epidemic illness)
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Thomas Hooker was one of the most prominent of the New England puritan ministers and a leader in the founding of Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas Hooker was born in England about 1586. He attended Emmauel College in Cambridge, England where he studied for the ministry. A gifted preacher, he soon held a position at the St. Mary's Church in Chelmsford, England. It was there that Arch-Bishop William Laud objected to some of his puritan teachings which were considered contrary to the established Church of England. Though 50 of his fellow clergy signed a petition in support of his ministry and character, Thomas Hooker found himself in more and more trouble with the Arch-Bishop. In 1630, he was to be put on trial before an Ecclesiastical Court, but instead fled to Holland.
He returned to England in 1633, but before being arrested, he fled once more with his family and a group of friends. This time, his destination was not Holland, but the New World. He arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts in the ship Griffin on September 3, 1633, just 13 short years after the Mayflower had landed there with the Pilgrims.
Thomas and his followers settled in Newtowne, Massachusetts where he was chosen to be the Pastor. (Newtowne was later renamed Cambridge and is currently the sight of Harvard Square.) There are several reasons Thomas Hooker and his followers decided to seek a new home only a couple years after arriving there. First, it was getting crowded. More and more people were arriving in Massachusetts every year. Arch-Bishop Laud was on a rampage, and many Puritan ministers and their followers were fleeing the persecution in England. Secondly, Thomas Hooker had some theological disagreements with the church leaders in Hartford. Reverend John Cotton was the most prominant minister in Boston at the time, and there was friction between the two. The third, and I believe, primary reason for his move is best described by Walter Seth Logan, a fellow Hooker Descendant, in a paper he wrote in 1905: "He moved from Massachusetts to Connecticut for the same reason that he had moved from England to Holland and from Holland to America, to find a place not so much where he could worship God as he chose as to work out his own destiny for himself and to found a real democracy for himself and for his devoted followers. He moved from the valley of Charles to the valley of Connecticut to escape from government theocratic in its origin and inevitably aristocratic in its nature, to a place where a real democratic government could be established - where the people could rule... Well may we claim for Thomas Hooker the title - to my mind the noblest title ever borne by the son of woman - the First American Democrat"
In 1636, Thomas Hooker led about 100 of his followers: men, women and children, on a 100 mile journey through the wilderness of Massachusetts and Connecticut to the site of a small Dutch trading post on the Connecticut River. There they settled, and Hartford was born.
By 1638, the settlements at Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield had created a General Court (legislature) together and established the Connecticut Colony. On May 31, 1638, Thomas Hooker preached the opening serman at a meeting of that court convened to frame a set of laws to govern the colony. The themes of that sermon were used in establishing the new written constitution. Among them: the choice of leaders belongs to the people, public service is a trust to be used for the good of the people and the public has the right to limit the power of their leaders. He ends his sermon with the statement, "As God has given us liberty let us take it." These were some radical ideas at the time, but they became the foundation for the new Connecticut Constitution and later for the Constitution of the United States.
Thomas Hooker lived another eight years under the government that he helped establish. Connecticut thrived as a Colony and today Thomas Hooker can be remembered for his part in History.
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Dean Guitars has posted an interview (see below) with Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY, CARCASS) conducted earlier this year while Amott was on tour in the U.S. with CARCASS. Amott discusses his new signature Tyrant V series and signature "Tyrant" DMT pickup made in the USA.
The first two Century Media releases from Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY — "Stigmata" (1998) and "Burning Bridges" (1999) — will be reissued in North America on August 11, 2009, featuring new layouts, additional slipcase packaging, multiple bonus tracks (including live tracks from Japan featuring former vocalist Johan Liiva) and much more. The titles will be available in Europe on May 25, 2009. Commented Michael Amott: "I recently worked with the Century Media team on putting the reissues of 'Stigmata' and 'Burning Bridges' together. There's a bunch of cool bonus tracks on both albums plus track by track commentary from myself and liner notes from ex-vocalist Johan Liiva. These reissues came out just right and I hope the ARCH ENEMY die-hards as well as newcomers will dig checking them out!"ARCH ENEMY's MICHAEL AMOTT Talks DEAN GUITARS; Video Available
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2 Adults, Child Die in Virginia Mobile Home Fire
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Two adults and a young child died in a house fire Monday morning at mobile home park off Highway 89 just south of Galax.
Galax Fire Chief David Hankley said someone called 911 at about 8:15 a.m. to report the fire.
When crews arrived at the scene, the home was engulfed in flames. Fire officials said neighbors who saw the fire tried to rescue the family, but were not able to get inside because the doors were locked.
Officials identified the victims as Stephen Lafferty, 39, Amy Stoneman, 28, and their 4-year-old daughter.
It wasn't immediately known what started the fire, but officials said it did not appear to have been set intentionally.
The victim's bodies have been sent to the medical examiner's office in Roanoke for autopsies.
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If I can get it online, then yeah. If I have to go fight through the ridiculous crowds, I'll pass.
@Guest0808752 Don't judge HTC based on the E3D. That thing was horrendous. The Evo 4G, Evo LTE and One have all been spectacular phones.
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President Barack Obama has received strong support from fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill during his five-plus years in the White House.
But that presidential advantage appears to be at rising risk.
As Tuesday's Wall Street Journal reported, a climbing number of Democratic federal lawmakers, including some congressional leaders, "are parting ways" with the president "on issues including trade, energy and health care as the gap widens between the political demands of keeping control of the Senate and advancing parts of the White House agenda."
And the political concerns shared by many congressional Democrats aren't limited to maintaining the party's Senate majority in this fall's elections.
Few analysts now give the Democrats any realistic chance of recapturing the House. That's a rough letdown from the party's heady expectations in the wake of President Obama's re-election victory 15 months ago.
Though Republicans retained their control of the House in 2012, their grip slipped from a 41-vote to a 33-vote edge (it's now 32).
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, chief strategist of the party's attempt to hold that chamber, met with Mr. Obama on Monday in the Oval Office. Administration and party officials later dismissed reports of growing strains between Democratic lawmakers and the president.
However, as the Journal accurately put it: "Vulnerable Democrats are bluntly criticizing the rollout of the 2010 health-care law. Even an under-the-radar issue such as a flood-insurance bill has been a point of tension."
And even as assorted Senate and House Democrats running for re-election run away from the ongoing Obamacare debacle, more bad news about it came Tuesday.
From The Washington Post: "The Affordable Care Act will reduce the number of full-time workers by more than 2 million in coming years, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday in the most detailed analysis of the law's impact on jobs. After obtaining coverage through the health law, some workers may forgo employment, while others may reduce hours, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office."
Voters can't blame those ill effects on any GOP lawmakers - because none of them voted for Obamacare. In a rare, sizable break with the president, even 34 House Democrats joined that unanimous Republican "no" vote on the Affordable Care Act, which passed that chamber by a mere 219-212 margin in 2010. Justified alarm over the law then helped the GOP win back the House later that year - and keep control of it in 2012.
And now the partisan solidarity Mr. Obama has generally enjoyed is clearly in jeopardy.
Yes, Republicans have serious divisions of their own, including a potentially defining rift on immigration reform.
Still, if Democratic resistance to the president keeps ascending, it will further undermine his already-shaky attempts to solely blame the GOP House for congressional inaction.
In other words, as for rubber-stamp approval from fellow Democrats for President Obama's policies, that party just might be over.
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From Drunk Athletes come more photos of Brady Quinn getting hammered and acting like Brady Quinn. I know you Browns fans would like Quinn to stop holding out and get into camp. But I'd argue that you should cherish this time you have disassociated from Quinn. Really. Savor every minute.
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Lopez is the fourth artist and the first woman to receive the Icon Award for their contributions to popular music. Past winners include Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder and Prince.
"Jennifer Lopez is one of the most iconic performers of her generation," Larry Klein, producer of the Billboard Music Awards telecast, said in a statement. "We are thrilled to honor her historic career with the 2014 Icon Award and will be on the edge of our seats like everyone else when she takes the stage."
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Video TranscriptNOW CHRIS? GOOD MORNING, GUYS. I CAN TELL YOU THIS HAPPENED ALONG TANGERINE BOULEVARD HERE IN PORT SEW LAIR KNOW. THE GOOD NEWS IS NO ONE WAS HURT. I WANT TO SHOW YOU VIDEO WE SHOT HOURS AGO WHEN WE GOT HERE ON SCENE WHEN INVESTIGATORS WERE HERE COLLECTING EVIDENCE. THIS ALL UNFOLDED AT ABOUT 2:15 A.M. TWO SHOTS, WE'RE TOLD, FIRED INTO THE HOME. BUT AGAIN, NO ONE WAS HURT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PERSON WHO PICKED UP THE PHONE AND DIALED 911 SAID HE KNEW WHO DID THIS. AND ACTUALLY WE'RE TOLD HELPED DEPUTIES TRACK DOWN TWO POSSIBLE% SUSPECTS IN THIS CASE. FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THIS MORNING, THEY ARE BEING QUESTIONED RIGHT NOW AT THIS HOUR. AT THIS POINT DEPUTIES STILL SEARCHING FOR A MOTIVE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY SHOTS WERE FIRED IN THE HOME IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--The ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) free trade pact just made it more expensive for some export-oriented plastics processors in the region to import polyolefins, as some southeast Asian suppliers started charging a higher premium on their zero-duty products, industry sources said on Wednesday. Regional re-exporters that had enjoyed zero duty even before the new trade policy came into force this year, now have to contend with higher prices of raw materials. Polyolefins are raw materials used in a wide range of industries, including packaging, automotives and construction. Some ASEAN polyolefin producers have hiked their prices, widening the price gap with Middle East material to as much as $70/tonne (€51/tonne) on a cost and freight (CFR) basis, in markets like ?xml:namespace> The ASEAN suppliers feel more comfortable in charging higher premiums also because they have had access to a large segment of the markets due to the zero duty. In the past, when a 5% duty was applicable, their core customers were mainly the export-oriented processors whose raw material import was duty-exempted. Most grades of ASEAN material used to be priced around $10-40/tonne above "ASEAN producers are cashing in on the twin-fold benefits of zero duty and tight supply now, but when the supply crunch eased, they'll have to adjust their prices lower to compete with Under the FTA, the original ASEAN members – Duty-exempted ASEAN material can be priced higher on a CFR (cost and freight) basis and still be cheaper than Middle East material, which is charged a 15-20% duty when imported into Asia. For instance, an average price for If the 5% duty was still effective for ASEAN sources in In Injection and yarn grades polypropylene (PP) from one ASEAN origin was sold at $1,390/tonne CFR Indonesia last week for February shipment, but offers of non-ASEAN material at $1,340-1,370/tonne CFR Indonesia had attracted little buying interest, local traders said. Polyolefins imported from non-ASEAN sources are subject to a 15% import duty in The current wide price gap between ASEAN and ASEAN polyolefin producers cut production in January and February due to tight supply of ethylene and propylene feedstock in
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I'm sitting here looking at all these games I have on my trophy list at 1-5% complete, games that I will never play again. Why? because they sucked. So, why cant I delete the shitty games from my list? No idea, but I wish they would give me an option, for example, my fighting games are great fun to play with friends over, but I would never sit down and play hundreds of online matches and so forth to platinum the game. So, it will sit, at 5%, forever. Mandatory DLC and multi-player trophies on disc. Nothing is more annoying than seeing my game go from 100% to 65% because a DLC/MP trophy set was installed without my consent. I don't want to play this game online, why are you fucking this up for me, Sony? IT WOULD SAY 100%. I'd appreciate a courteous gesture like "Hello there, we have these optional multi-player and DLC trophies that you can install if you like?" The same thing goes for the PSN market download list. All these demos and shit that will stay there cluttering up my games. Is it really that hard to understand some people are dumb anal perfectionists, haha, anal perfectionist.. I'm not exactly sure what I'm talking about anymore, but yeah, sup.
Unless enough people b!tch about it, I don't think there's much that can be done. I share your frustration though. There are plenty of games I'd like to remove off of the list.
I have a couple games sitting at 0% because i didn't know about or care about trophy collecting. i wish i could delete those too. But I'd really prefer it if you could put your different content into folders like PS3 PSN and Vita games. it would make scrolling through 150 games a little easier.
I love trophies but not enough for this to bug me. Now if the extra trophies took away the platinum then in would be pissed. Also removing trophies you earned from your score would be kinda difficult. If you have 0 percent I don't see why you can't remove it from the list hit once you have trophies that seems like more trouble than its worth to remove them.
I agree with this. Until you earn a trophy it shouldn't sync to your account. After you get one, well...deal with it or finish the game.
Does it really bother you that much? It's exactly the same on Xbox, and I have tons of games I only got 1 or 2 achievements on and will never touch again. seems like you are letting it get to you a bit too much mayne
Meh, it doesn't bother me that much, just an annoyance. Doubt Sony will ever do anything about this because so few people complain about it, haha.
This keeps me from trying things on my main account. I tried Endwar back in 2008 or something and hated it. It's at 2% and I will never play it again.
It's been a while since I've bumped a thread since the search tool is down so here we go. I really wish they had a feature to either hide them, rate them or even add to a dislike list. As it stands, it's great to see what games people liked and didn't like but not so great for anyone with OCD. Fortunately for me, I anticipated this would bother me and made sure to check each game out on a separate account first. My main problem is it's still hard to get a good feel for a games value till you invest a fair amount of time in it so I am still going out on a limb only playing it for only a couple hours. Fortunately for me, I've been very lucky so far but I'm sure I have overlooked a few games worth seeing through in the process. At least I no longer go up and down the stairs, wash my hands and touch everything 3 times like when I was a kid though.
You may be interested in knowing, any game I've bought (without an online pass) on my main account, I've been able to test out on my alt.
The thing that used to drive me batshit on X-Box was when I'd get 100% in a game. I'd have a nice little folder with all the completed games...until DLC came out. Then it'd add achievements and remove the game from the grouping. Why I love the Platinums. Having a low % doesnt bother me, having to buy more to have finished base game does. There's parts of both systems I wish I could mash together and form the Voltron of reward set-ups. I'd call them Trophvements.
You should vote for that idea here - http://share.blog.us.playstation.com/ideas/2010/03/17/deleting-trophies-with-0/
This And I think the whole rating system depends on what percentage of your games you've gotten trophies for. I could be lying though.
To some degree this is true but not for the most part as some games take 2-3 hours to 100% & others take 2-3 years.
extra DLC achievements/trophies should be just that--extra. it really sucks that on the developer's decision to not include part of the game that should be on disc (and in some cases still is ), that keeps me from getting my well-earned 100%. A lot of times, I beat a game to death, earn my 100% completion and i'm on my merry way, never returning to the game again.--in most cases never wanting to, walking away from it on a positive note taking my experience with me... sometimes having overplayed the game and being happy to put it behind me. being forced to buy dlc to play the game again that i really dont want to do just to earn additional achievements or trophies just so i can re-earn that 100%... ??? that's out of line and totally against what these things stand for. on the other hand, not liking a game and choosing to let it sit a 5% because you just dont want to play it is completely nobody's fault but the players, lol. i have a few games on my list that wont see anything above 5% because i'm not putting that game back in, lol. sure, i wish that percentage could have reached ten or fifteen before i decided to never return... but i wont be upset at the decision. The absurd thing being complaining about their own own lack of follow-through... or achievements/trophies period?
I agree, that is a big plus of Trophies over Avhievements... it would SUCK if it took away your platinums when dlc came out, lol.
This used to bother me when I was really into getting trophies, but now not so much. I've got a ton of games below 10%, i could be really annoyed by this, or chose not to care.
I'd throw something out a window. Probably an open window, that glass isn't cheap, but something would go out it all the same.
That's how it was on Xbox. I always use to think the same way. Nw I just don't care. So you have a 5%. Who cares! When dlc trophies get in stalled its not like you loose your platinum so who cares.. Just my thought
Very greasy they are. You can always try and get a deal on a month membership to unlock your platinum down the road. My only issue is, every time I think about finishing my plat, it wants to take another 2 hours to update. Meanwhile, the bugs I keep reporting never get updated :s
I have never even thought about this. All it does is show how much you did in each game. Who cares? Next people will complain about having to turn on the console before playing a game.
I am Free Realms (which I played for 10 seconds and quit) and DC Universe there at 0 percent. It's stupid. And some of those mini games that I have like 2 percent.
It also bothers me. Believe me, I'm a completitionist and it really gets on my nerves. But I'm not sure, it's not that bad either. If people could delete games on their history it would be chaotic, some would only keep games that they platinum or have above 90%. I think it's also a good indicator of how many games you have tried, what kind of games you complete and what kind of games you quit.
This doesn't bother me too much... even if it is 1% I like having it there, because I like to think of my trophy list as a record of what games I've played and (generally) how much time/effort I put into them.
It bothers me way too much. This is why I make 6 trillion accounts. I really need to find a way to not care.
I am a huge trophy whore with 14 games on my list with no trophies unlocked, and another 37 that are under 20% complete. This does not bother me in the slightest.
My brother accidentally went on my account with GT5. 0% permanently. I hid the body in a lake. Also to those saying it's the same on Xbox, it's not, or at least you used to be able to delete games with no achievements unlocked. Trophies are far better though for obvious reasons.


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9 April 11, 05:03 | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2006
Trackside Objects/Crowd Remover...anyone tried yet?
9 April 11, 05:09 | #2 |
Join Date: Dec 2006
Age: 34
Yes I use the object removed (keep crowd, can't stand all those fake billboards and junk) and its working here no major issues so far on the handful of tracks i've tested except some pop-in @ Laguna. Make sure when installing any of those the extracted folder move to your main shift2 directory and run the bat. (of course you should back up your track folder just incase something goes wrong).
9 April 11, 15:32 | #3 |
Join Date: Jun 2007
I can't Install it because when I start the bat it says NFSSInjector.exe has a problem and stops working, I also tried running as administrator as i have Vista...
9 April 11, 16:03 | #4 |
Join Date: Jul 2006
I think it only works with unpacked game. Installed it over unpacked, no result...
9 April 11, 16:06 | #5 |
Join Date: Oct 2009
9 April 11, 16:19 | #6 | |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Higgs Boson
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No issues and it gave a few extra fps. |
9 April 11, 17:37 | #7 |
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Chicago USA
9 April 11, 17:58 | #8 |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bulgaria
Is it really gives significant fps boost or is something little?
Last edited by mroussev; 9 April 11 at 18:12. |
9 April 11, 18:25 | #9 |
Join Date: Mar 2009
I tried the no trackside bling one but had the outlines of billboards suspended above the track, looked weird so back to vanilla, and no frame rate boost from what I could tell.
9 April 11, 18:29 | #10 |
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: USA
You don't need to unpack Shift 2, just unzip (or move) the files into the Pakfiles folder and run it. It didn't help me at all for FPS.
9 April 11, 18:50 | #11 |
Join Date: Nov 2009
It doesnt even work for me, did it like was said but it just gives the error;
'Waring this file does not belong to any BFF archive' quite annoying since i could use the slight fps gain |
9 April 11, 19:53 | #12 |
Join Date: Apr 2011
Same here (^)....followed the simple instructions, get an error ("NFSSInjector.exe has stopped working") when I try to install.
9 April 11, 20:18 | #13 |
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: USA
did you launch the .exe as admin? (maybe)
10 April 11, 09:59 | #14 | |
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chepstow.
"I put a folder in the Shift 2 root directory called "no bling no crowds complete" (no underscores), put all the files in there, and ran the install.bat as admin." ......confirmed as working by me |
10 April 11, 13:40 | #15 | |
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Indonesia
Age: 43
10 April 11, 18:03 | #16 |
Join Date: Apr 2011
I found that nothing happened when I double clicked the .bat file (as admin) in windows 7. I had to open a terminal as administrator, navigate to the right directory, and run the .bat from there. It then worked fine.
10 April 11, 22:12 | #17 |
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Chicago USA
11 April 11, 02:28 | #18 |
Join Date: Oct 2009
I get random results with this mod. Sometimes the track load indefinetely, other times the same track will load perfectly. Unless i maybe a mistake while installing this ?
11 April 11, 02:57 | #19 |
Join Date: Feb 2009
I have tried the mod and so far it works perfect . I gain about 10-15 FPS after installing this mod.
11 April 11, 07:28 | #20 |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bulgaria
Hm...You are the first one that talk about fps gain...I still wonder because dont want to reinstall game again if something is wrong.
11 April 11, 07:51 | #21 |
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Berlin, Germany
FPS gain is the aime of the mod. It's removing 'useless' objects > means reduces the polygon count > means better performance.
Installed it yesterday, runs fine so far, but only drove Nordschleife, you may know why ... If you backup your tracks folder ( in pakfiles folder ) you can easily roll back, without reinstalling the game, if you notice some issues. Sometimes not loading tracks properly can also have other reasons. Some reported problems with loading diffrent tracks while using totally unmodded game. BTW; if you running a real good machine with fine FPS count on high, there's no need to use this mod! |
12 April 11, 14:01 | #22 |
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Chicago USA
My Results w/ mod removing objects & crowds (see my machine specs below too)
Trial 1 Track: Laguna Seca Time: Day Opponents: zero FPS: 50-70 (prior to mod I was getting 40-66) Textures: High (Shadows and Reflections = Medium) AA: Off in-game (App controlled enabled in CCC 11.3) AF: 8x forced via CCC 11.3 (8x in game also) VSynch: Off Trial 2 Opponents: 7 All others parameters same as Trial 1 FPS: 40-60 (roughly same as before mod) Conclusion: I did not get a significant FPS benefit, maybe 5-10 fps when driving alone. The track was completely deserted, like a ghost town. I did not like. I will roll back this mod, costs outweigh the benefits. My machine: CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2Ghz Mem: 2GB Kingston DDR3 OS: WinXP 32-bit (SP3) Video: XFX ATi 5770 (1GB) single card Power: XFX 650W modular Mobo: ASUS 790X (Nothing OC'd) Last edited by edubz123; 12 April 11 at 14:19. |
12 April 11, 14:08 | #23 |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bulgaria
@edubz123 thanks for that info.That what i waited to hear.So i am not gonna use this for now...
12 April 11, 14:42 | #24 |
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Essex
Age: 24
I really enjoy this mod, apart from one thing. Maybe I'm just being picky.
BURGER VANS Now lets think about it, these are a common sight were there are spectators at a track(I left the crowds in my game). They are, actually, a realistic thing to see. And alot of locations, there are some pretty close to the trackside, which makes the random-clusters-of-people-away-from-the-guardrails, and the smoke-coming-from-an-invisible-vendor issues, a tad annoying! |
12 April 11, 17:52 | #25 |
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Berlin, Germany
With this mod installed i couldn't load 'Nürburgring Sprint' (game never finished loading). After a roll back of my backuped tracks folder everything works fine. So maybe the mod should be revised! |
12 April 11, 18:00 | #26 |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bulgaria
What car do you choose?Because this problem with endless loading is cause by many cars(team nfs rx-8,team nfs scion etc..)not from tracks.At least for me.
12 April 11, 18:26 | #27 |
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Berlin, Germany
I tried with both cars ( Nissan 350z & Audi TT ), and after a rollback, which only contains track-folder, everything was fine at first try. Tested again with both cars.
So the issue might be in the mod. |
13 April 11, 09:04 | #28 |
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
I tried no bling and have people floating on nurburgring gp/f and some tracks dont load like willow springs, tried with no crowd and more tracks dont load like nurburgring gp/f, so back to defaults.
19 April 11, 05:56 | #29 |
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Chicago USA
ok, i had better results at Silverstone Bridge GP. With 7 AI opponents I had a 10 FPS boost throughout the course. Medium/High settings, zero AA, 8xAF, 1080 res, no blur
Performance was nice but it felt like a practice, again very deserted. Maybe some people are ok with that for now. I will wait for ATi/SMS patches arriving end of April, hopefully they will be enough and I can forget about this mod. |
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I wrote about what an inspiration my father was to me at his last birthday and posted about this Glassbaby Candle Company. I write about it again, because I am drawn to the beauty and sacrifice of the founder whom also lost her struggle with cancer and therefore donates a large percentage of her company's earnings to those who walked the same path.. My father was also a huge giver, a quality I strive to emulate. Glassbaby is a company that makes beautiful candles for beautiful reasons.
Goodwill is the foundation of glassybaby
"To honor those who have walked her same path, founder Lee Rhodes established the glassybaby goodwill program, which has brought light and hope to thousands of people who are facing their own battles. During her cancer treatment, Lee met many other patients who could not afford even daily needs such as bus fare, childcare, or groceries. Today, much of the money donated by glassybaby goes directly toward meeting those basic needs."
February 22, 2011
February 18, 2011
My dear friend, Jeff Lincoln and his fabulous home!
Loving the LULU DK for Matouk bedding
This fabulous NY apartment belongs to my dear friend and god father to my child, Jeff Lincoln. He is a wonderful interior designer and a huge inspiration always. These are a few samples of his great style as seen on NY Social Diary today. If you want to read further and see more images, go here.
February 16, 2011
LULU DK for Matouk is expanding!
New collection of sheets and decorative pillows.
Yah, beach towels!
Funky hand towels!
And cool table top!
Here is a little sneak preview of a few of the items I did for Matouk this season. These images are from the most recent NY Gift Show and will be available in stores in a few months, but if you are interested in placing an order for your shop. Please contact Colleen at Matouk email@example.com
To see the whole line, go to http://www.luludkmatouk.com/
Also, stay tuned...I just designed a line of china that will soon be available at Neiman Marcus...Receiving all the first samples as I type :-)
February 10, 2011
Today's Happenings
Travel in style! Check out the story in The Huffington Post today on my travel experiences.
Also today on http://www.thisnext.com/ find my Valentine gift picks and make your shopping experience a little more simple!
The fabulous picture above is by Slim Aarons ;-)
February 2, 2011
My Shopping Favorites on ThisNext
As many of you may already know, I am a shopping Tastemaker for the shopping website, ThisNext...Today I am featured for all the things "kiddie" that I love. Check it out!
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