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One of the first MMO's I ever really got involved with was the first Guild Wars.
I remember back when I first started the game, walking around Ascalon all I ever saw was people at around lvl 20 - and looking at the map I would think shit, this game must be one hell of a grind if this is only a 1-20 area.
After about 2 days I hit the 20 cap and I knew that I was already basically on par with most other players that have been on the game for months, since the game was heavily skill-build based (okay I guess gear helped a fair bit as well, but no amount of gear could help a retard). It was cool, because I could focus on the main content of the game and do everything else that all the other people were doing and I didn't have to grind on drakes for 50 hrs to do it.
When I look at the MMO market now, I see a lot of interesting games that could be fun - and have some new things that would be cool to try out, except I would have to grind to lvl 80 on collection quests to get to that stuff.
I like the idea of a huge open world with loads of real people running around with their own goals and having some influence on the game and the environment you're in. For some insane reason that I could never understand though, everyone seems to get tangled up in the PvE as if it's a necessity for the game to be enjoyable: and this isn't even PvE in the sense of doing raids and collaborative instances, its grinding on the same meaningless quests over and over to reach some exponentially time consuming arbitrary level.
I think it's a pretty well-known fact that in the majority of MMO's, 80% of the on-going, re-subscribing and cash-shopping player base are the players that have reached the end-game content and are participating on all these things which were designed for people that hit the level cap. So why is it that all of these game developers continue to create these grind-fests in the hope of creating the next successor to WoW? Why aren't they concentrating on actual game features, or improving upon existing ones, instead of wasting time and money creating enormous worlds consisting of zones which people would only spend a couple of hours in? Why not cut the shit and make a world where you can level from 1 to x in like 2-3 days without selling your soul to grinding values in a database, and build a smaller, condensed world that is built around complex high level play from the start: more raids, more pvp, more expansive economies – none of this pointless lvl 1 to 80 grinding shit which NOBODY enjoys doing.
WoW has already won the MMO trophy for a vast sprawling world with consistent leveling progression, and yet most companies are still trying to be the 'next WoW' - how many fucking times have we heard about the next WoW-killer? Why is every MMO trying to be WoW instead of creating a new MMO with its own unique features and complex design?
They all follow the same pattern we've seen over and over: tiring server queues on lauch and then declining playerbases after the first 3 months when everyone's hit the cap and realised 'oh wait, this is just WoW with less stuff'.
Now GW2 has gone down the same road, a poor and pale comparison to its own unique predecessor.
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Originally posted by crispycrab
Actually there are several stats showing that the majority of players, yes subscribers too, never even make it to end game.
Essentially there are 2 competing philosophies.
1. Those that like progression and want a lot of it. In this game there will be grind, you can disguise it with a lot of options and varitey of tasks but if there is progression and that is the main point of the game there will be grind, no way around that as it is essentially an attitude.
2. Gaames with vitually no progression, in this game it's possible that there will not be grind. The game is centered around some other attribute.
edit - I think virtually every dev out there believes they are doing something unique with their game. I do not think the declining player base 3 months after launch has anything to do with lack of content, or trying to beat wow, and everything to do with the belief that holding onto millions of players is just not reasonable or likely.
Quit worrying about other players in a game and just play.
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What i would actually say to you is that there are games out there that dont rely on the level idea.
for instance
New game = The Secret World - based on skill sets/ plans to help you
Old Game - EvE Time based learning, the longer you play the better you get
The biggest problem with moving away from level based MMO is that people dont commit the time / too impatient, they want everything now/yesterday.
Read the EvE forum and you will see someone 'bitching' about spending 14hours waiting for a skill to finish - I have just finished a 52day skill on my main
Where as you can play sometihng like neverwinter and get to cap in under a week. (this is how long it took me ) and that was being fairly relaxed and going around happily
So whilst I am a big advocate of the non Level based play in practicality in todays consumer - want it now- driven market we are unlikely to see many games work on either the real time or skill set based levelling.
This post is all my opinion, but I welcome debate on anything i have put, however, personal slander / name calling belongs in game :) were of course your welcome to call me names im often found lounging about in EvE online.
Obviously there will have to be some sort of grind for an MMO involving progression. I'm not saying that leveling is the only way for there to be any sort of progression - for example gear is nearly always going to be a contributing factor. It's not about taking away the grind, its about removing the unnecessary monster tagging and questing for endless amounts of hours just to reach the same level cap that everyone else is gunning for, and then once you reach that point you can finally start playing the 'real game'. And what if you don't even enjoy the end-game? What was all that grinding for?
A player that spends more time will always have the advantage, and it's not about removing the number crunching. It's about minimization - stick to the gameplay instead of overloading it with unnecessary and bloated content just to fulfill the 'traditional' leveling gap.
For example, games like the original Guild Wars put you straight in with other players after just a few days of playing. Shit, you were able to create a lvl 20 character from the get-go if you wanted to just PvP. That game took a long ass time to die out because it always provided content that was accessible to everyone, and really it only died out after they pruned out the multiplayer aspect of the game and made it more of a solo game for achievement grinding.
Warhammer (although pretty much dead now) was entirely based around PvP and everyone could join in and contribute to the overall outcome of the game no matter what level. It was fun as fuck and you didn't have to invest crazy amounts of time grinding on AI in a supposedly multiplayer environment. The game only really died due to the insanely poor support from its publisher.
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Instead of trying to change the mmorpg genre perhaps you should look into playing other genres. Taking a grind out of an mmorpg is as detrimental as taking the guns out of a game like Planetside. Remove that key aspect and the game is no longer of its original genre. And there are plenty of people i know personally and many more on these forums that dont see grinding as bad.
Originally posted by w407309
People don't commit the time to these non-level based MMO's because there's no obvious reward and the gameplay is lacking in its own right - I agree that too many people are shifting towards the 'i want it now' mindset, but how is this any different than having to grind out levels before playing the actual game as opposed to playing the game as it should be played from the beginning?
Originally posted by c0exist
The point is that the grind doesn't have to be an unnecessarily long leveling system based around PvE elements which doesn't even involve other players.
Grinding can be good, but it has to be rewarding - not just pointing everyone to the same goal of being able to finally participate in raid A and PvP zone B
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I am blown away that these games don't just have a grind server and a non-grind server at launch.


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Heidi Heise, who has been a part of the collective since 2003, says that every Sunday volunteers from the group spend three hours reading letters from women and trans individuals who are in prison, then assemble a package of books to send to them. The books are taken from WPBP's library, which are all donated.
The books people ask for range from meditation and self-help to mysteries and romance. "We try to have a little bit of everything," she says, adding that there's also a high demand for dictionaries and math books.
The volunteers aim to send out 120 packages a week, with each package containing three books. They are sent all over the country, a reach that's aided by a partnership with a similar group, called Chicago Books to Women in Prison (CBWP). Since CBWP
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started, the two groups divide up the country so that one groups sends to half the states and the other group sends to the other half.
If there's time, volunteers can write a note back to the recipients of the books, but Heise says that because of the sheer volume, that's not always possible. They do have a pen-pal project specifically for trans prisoners, however, called the Midwest Trans Prisoner Penpal Project.
Heise started volunteering for WPBP while she was in college at Hamline University, based on a suggestion of one of her professors. "I liked how tangible it was," she says. "There was a physical thing that we were doing."
People who are incarcerated often feel completely isolated, like "the rest of society has forgotten about them," she says. "We like to make sure they know that's not necessarily the case."
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Magic Johnson sent out a series of posts on Twitter Tuesday after the two had a lengthy meeting at Ferry's request. Johnson, who immediately called for Ferry to be fired, said his apology was sincere and that he deserved a second chance. Ferry has also met with Atlanta community and civil and human rights leaders. "I'm glad that Magic sat down and talked to him," King said. "That was one of the problems I had. Everybody was attacking him without knowing him. Magic probably met him but he didn't really know him. That's what happens. You have to know the person before you label him something. Like Donald Sterling, everybody knew that's who he was. That's why so many of us came out so strongly (in support) because we have a long history of knowing (Ferry)." Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Hollins has spent the past few weeks trying to find housing in Brooklyn, reaching out to players on the roster, and assembling a staff. "Yes, I was surprised by the fact that it did open," he said of the Nets job. "It's not something that you think. But I always say that every year you go through and all the job opportunities fade away and then something happens where somebody decides to resign, or somebody does what happened in the Brooklyn case. It's not like I was dead to coaching — I'm watching TV, I worked for NBA TV, I worked for NBA Radio, and so I never shut down from looking and thinking about the game and what I would do in certain situations. It just flows. It's what I do. I just took a break and got some physical and mental rest, but now it's back into the pressure cooker." Boston Globe
So it was telling that Hollins made it clear on Monday that he has no intentions of currying more influence within the Nets. He's happy being a coach. "It's just nice to be able to do your job," Hollins said, wearing a dark suit with his wife, Angela, beaming in the front row and King by his side. "That's all I want to do. I'm a basketball coach. I don't want to do Billy's job. I don't want to do anybody else's job in the organization, but the one I'm hired to do. That's important to me. I'm very low maintenance." New York Daily News
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But multiple sources insist the maneuvering started during the fraught months of December and January, and that Kidd did not open the game by asking for the top front-office job. Kidd during that period approached ownership with concerns about King's job performance, sources say — King's commitment, leadership, and vision for the future. Kidd suggested the organization might hire an outsider for a front-office job above King, sources say. Kidd even wondered if ownership had a basketball guy in Russia who might come to Brooklyn and take on a more activist role above King. Grantland
Kidd did not pitch himself for the job — not at first, anyway. Those initial discussions went nowhere, though not everyone involved agrees on the timing and tenor of those talks. King is well liked in Brooklyn, and has followed ownership edicts in dealing away just about every future asset possible to win immediately. The Bucks sought permission to talk to Kidd earlier this month, presumably about their head coaching job, and when the Nets were slow to respond, Kidd and his team began agitating for Kidd himself to assume the double perch, sources say. Grantland
Kidd lost a power play in Brooklyn, where he had tried to usurp the power of GM Billy King through ownership, sources said. Kidd had gone to ownership seeking the president of basketball operations title and was denied. It led to Brooklyn allowing him persmission to talk with the Bucks, whose new co-owner, Marc Lasry, has been a longtime financial adviser. Around the NBA, there's a strong belief that Kidd will ascend sooner rather than later to run the Bucks' basketball operations. Milwaukee currently has a general manager, John Hammond, in place. Yahoo! Sports
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I spent several weeks at this delightful cottage, set among ancient oak trees at the top of a hill with long views of sky and valley. You'll wake in the morning to the sound of song birds and wild turkeys and observe the resident deer as they browse for breakfast. Remote in feeling but minutes from the pretty town of Orinda and the BART train which in 20 minutes zips you to San Francisco. Brenda and Don are wonderful hosts and have thought of everything to make the cottage comfortable. A perfect home away from home.
My husband and I spent 4 days of total relaxation here. From the hilltop views, sightings of wild turkey and deer, a sunny patch to soak up the October sun in a lawn chair, great guest house with everything one needs. The town of Orinda and surrounding area has a lot to offer. Getting into San Fran was easy also. We will be back. Thanks.
My Husband and I stayed a week at Don and Brenda's charming guest cottage. It was our first trip to Northern CA and the perfect spot to venture out to all the areas we wanted to visit (Yosemite, Muir woods, Sausalito, San Franciso, wine country, etc.) The property and views are beautiful and peaceful. Don and Brenda are terrific hosts and so friendly and helpful. The cottage is comfortable, roomy, clean and has all the necessities. The lovely patio area is a great place to relax with a glass of wine or read a book. The town of Orinda is minutes down the road - everything you need is easy to find, including access to BART (a great way to avoid driving to downtown SF). We'd recommend this property for anyone that wants a wonderful place to stay away from the city stress, but with easy access to all the hot spots.
I absolutely loved this property.
The bedroom has an amazing view of the hills, and there is a fantastic oak and plenty of grass (which you might like, if you have a dog or want to have a backyard picnic). I stayed with two other people and our dogs; we all agreed that the accommodations were incredibly clean, comfortable, and inviting - we barbecued or baked every night comfortably in the kitchen, watched HBO on demand, enjoyed watching wildlife from the front porch, and generally found it a perfect spot for us and our dogs to 'take it easy'.
We had easy access to the bay area, with a much more secluded, relaxed feel. The couple renting the place were very pleasant and easy to talk to - I am looking forward to coming back ASAP.
Had a great stay for week at Don and Brenda's guest cottage. They are terrific hosts and we look forward to returning soon.
I've stayed at the cottage twice and it is the perfect location, especially if you have a student at St Mary's College. Being close to the freeway and, more importantly, BART, allows you to enjoy all the sights in the bay area. At the end of the day the quiet location give you a nice respite from the big city. Don and Brenda are great hosts and I look forward to visiting again.
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On the move with Norma Lee Frati
Independent, strong-willed, and fittingly, called Kitty
Known to all as "Kitty," Norma Lee Frati hasn't slowed down since retiring after 33 years as a business office supervisor for a phone company. She belongs to the Chatwork Civic Club, the Portland Garden Glub, the Bunco Club, the Red Hat Society and the Art Center of Corpus Christi. "She's 79 years old and runs circles around me," says her daughter, Jamey Pelfrey, who nominated her on-the-move mom.
Family: My daughter, Jamey, and her husband, Jamie, live down the street. My daughter, Judy, and her husband, George, live in Round Rock. And my brother, John, and his wife, Judy, live in Austin.
Memorable romantic evening: The first date with my late husband. We went to The Torch for dinner and the Petroleum Club for dancing later. He was a perfect gentleman, and it turned out to be a very nice evening. We told each other we didn't want a serious relationship. Two years later we were married, and it lasted 33 years until his death.
Fictional character with whom I most identify: Goofy, probably because I goof off at times.
Advice to a teenager: Please don't start smoking. And don't do drugs because they will ruin your life.
Animal most like me: "Kitty" cats because I'm independent and strong-willed.
The talent I would most like to have: I'd like to be able to speak and understand Spanish and to play the organ and piano well enough to entertain someone other than myself.
Persons I most admire: Dorothy Kucera. I have never met her, but I admire the leadership she had in establishing the Art Center of Corpus Christi, her artwork and her writings. The other is Judy Jaksik for her tireless help to senior citizens and Telephone Pioneers.
If I had the money: I'd pay off all my bills, pay my daughter's bills, give to the poor, go to Hawaii and buy more shoes.
Toughest experience I have ever had: Watching my husband die of emphysema and diabetes.
Funniest thing that ever happened to me: A friend called me in the middle of the night saying she thought she heard a noise, and instead of calling the police, I jumped in the car in my nightgown to go save her. When I got there, I was more afraid than she was. We stayed up laughing half the night, then I drove home and hoped the neighbors wouldn't see me coming home early in the morning in my nightie.
Most proud of: Helping the Chatwork Civic Club with my artwork that made money to help the city. I was made an honorary member for that.
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State (7-4) at Boise State (11-0)
Friday 6 pm
--Fresno State pulled away from San Jose State in the second half last
week, coming away with a 24-10 victory to assure itself of a bowl bid..
This season has had plenty of ups and downs for the Bulldogs, who had
much higher goals than finishing second in the WAC. At the start of the
season, the finale against Boise State looked like the game of the year,
but the Broncos have already clinched the conference title outright and
the best Fresno can hope for is a tie for second.
- Boise State held off a solid Nevada team last week in a 41-34 victory.
This has been a tremendous season for the Bronco program, but it looks
like they'll finish behind Utah for a coveted BCS berth. A win against
Fresno would put an exclamation point on this season and would be the
second time in three seasons the Broncos have gone undefeated. While the
hometown Humanitarian Bowl seems likely, WAC Commissioner Karl Benson
has had success moving WAC teams into better bowl situations.
Fresno State:
RBs Lonyae Miller
and Ryan Matthews have both been slowed by injuries recently. Mathews
may not play against the Broncos, meaning junior RB Anthony Harding will
once again be the team's main rusher. Key defensive lineman Jon Monga is
out for the year with a broken foot, while starting safety Marvin Haynes
will miss a fourth straight game with a back problem.
Boise State: Boise State has several injuries on the offensive
line with starters Cory Yriarte, Andrew Woodruff and Thomas Byrd all
missing time with leg injuries. They should all play against the
Bulldogs. Star free safety Jeron Johnson will try to give it a go
despite injuring his leg against Nevada, but he'll be limited if he's
able to get on the field. WR Titus Young remains on indefinite
suspension for disciplinary reasons.
Fresno State has to … slow down QB Kellen Moore. No one has been
able to do it this season. The redshirt freshman quarterback continues
to be the key to the offense with 23 touchdown passes and nine
interceptions as he has carried the attack at times. Moore threw three
interceptions last week, including two for touchdowns, but those were
aberrations. Fresno State has to get pressure on Moore early on and
force him to move out of the pocket.
Boise State has to … slow down the Bulldog rushing attack. Fresno
can throw, but when things are working well, the offense gets a big day
from the ground game running between the tackles. The Boise State run
defense has been outstanding, holding Nevada's No. 1 ranked ground
attack (averaging over 300 yards per game) to 144 yards. BSU will take
its chances with FSU QB Tom Brandstater trying to win the game.
Keep an eye on … Fresno State RB Anthony Harding. With Lonyae
Miller hampered by injury and stud RB Ryan Mathews out, Harding had 17
carries for 99 yards and two TDs against San Jose State. Fresno has to
play ball control and keep the score low for it to have a chance against
the Broncos, and Harding could be used as a workhorse, even if he
doesn't generate big numbers.
The number to know: 6 -- Fresno has lost 6 times in 7 meetings
against Boise State since the Broncos joined the WAC. The lone win came
in 2005.
And the winner is … Boise State 37 … Fresno State 24
State (2-10) at Hawaii (6-5)
11:05 pm
Cougars are coming off a 16-13 double overtime win in the Apple Cup
against Washington. This has been a very disappointing season for first
year head coach Paul Wulff as the Cougars hadn't played a competitive
game against an FBS team until last week. Beating Hawaii on the road
would give the program some positive momentum heading into the
crushed Idaho last week 49-17. The Hawaii offense is finally starting to
look like its old self again as points are starting to come in bunches.
The Warriors have scored 91 points the last two games. Hawaii needs one
win in its final two games to qualify for the Hawaii Bowl. Big East
leader Cincinnati visits Hawaii next week.
Washington State:. Starting DB Alonso Jackson missed the Washington game with a
stinger suffered three weeks ago.
Starting CB Ryan Mouton was moved to safety against Idaho last week and
rolled his ankle in the first quarter. He will probably miss the
Washington State game. RB Kealoha Pilares also left the Idaho game with
injury but may be available this week. Hawaii announced that preseason
starting OLB Blaze Soares, who has been out with a foot injury all year,
will not play this season.
Washington State has to … Pressure Hawaii QB Greg Alexander. The Hawaii
offense is finally starting to click and Alexander is the key. With the
Hawaii running game virtually non-existent, the Cougars must get
pressure on the quarterback to keep the Hawaii passing game from
dominating the game.
Hawaii has to ….Score early. The win over Washington was great
but the Cougars are averaging 13 points per game. Washington State
doesn't have the weapons to keep up if the Warriors continue to score at
their recent pace.
Keep an eye on …
defensive end David Veikune. The senior is having a breakout season with
12 tackles for loss, 6 sacks and 4 forced fumbles. He pressured Idaho QB
Nathan Enderle into 3 picks last week and was the catalyst for 7 overall
sacks by the Hawaii front four. Washington State will need to account
for Veikune on every passing down.
The number to know:
18-2 – Hawaii's record at Aloha Stadium since the
start of the 2006 season. Expect this trend to continue since Hawaii has
a bowl game on the line.
And the winner is …
Hawaii 41 … Washington State 20


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Nobel laureate F. Sherwood Rowland dies at 84
Nobel laureate F. Sherwood Rowland, who discovered that a class of common household chemicals was destroying the ozone layer, endangering the planet, died Saturday at his home in Corona del Mar of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 84. Rowland's death was announced Sunday by his home campus, UC Irvine, a school he helped to build at the same time UC San Diego was being prepared for its first undergraduates.
Rowland and his graduate student, Mario Molino, discovered that the chemicals, known as CFCs, basically caused parts of the ozone layer to dissolve or change, reducing the protection it provided from ultra-violet radiation.
CFCs were then used in everything from hair spray cans to refrigeration units. The discovery led to a prolonged fight in which the chemical industry downplayed the threat of CFCs. The industry also criticized Rowland's work. But other scientists confirmed that Rowland and Molino were right, which has led to worldwide effects to phase out the use of CFCs in most products.
Their research earn Rowland, Molino and collaborator Paul Crutzen the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry, an honor that sort of befuddled Rowland. Although he stood 6' 5'' tall and had a deep, intimidating voice, he was an easy going man who did not like to be the center of attention. He often frustrated reporters by guiding them to the complex scientific papers that formed the basis of his work, rather than simply bask in the limelight of his accomplishments.
"His Nobel Prize-winning research is noteworthy not only for its scientific impact and clarity, but also for the direct effect it has on living things," said Michael Drake, UCI's chancellor. "His contributions as an architect and citizen of our campus, as teacher, mentor, colleague, and friend, have been instrumental in making us who we are. He was a wonderful man. We would not be who we are, without him."
Here is a profile I wrote of Rowland in 2007, when I was still working for the Orange County Register:
"It looks like the end of the world," chemist F. Sherwood Rowland told his wife Joan when she asked about an atmospheric study the chemist was laboring over at UC Irvine.
It was December 1973 and Rowland and his postdoctoral researcher, Mario Molina, had quietly concluded that a common class of chemicals known as chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, could seriously damage Earth's ozone layer.
CFCs seemed harmless; they were used to do everything from fight body odor to keep milk cold and clean ovens. But Rowland and Molina believed that CFCs were rising into the stratosphere, where they caused a chain reaction that destroyed ozone.
And that represented a potentially huge public health problem.
The ozone layer is a thin band of gas that shields people from ultra-violent radiation, a form of light that can cause skin cancer, cataracts and weaken people's immune systems. Too much UV radiation also can damage crops and marine organisms.
Any threat to the ozone layer represented a threat to the public.


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Rock Tombs :
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Novotel Kayseri from48 €Book
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Istanbul by Night: Turkish Dinner and Show
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Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
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Rock Tombs
Rock Tombs : Michelin's recommendations
Seeming to hover above the river and the old town, and visible for miles around, this site comes into sharp relief and is particularly impressive when lit up at night. These five rock tombs are those of the Pontic kings who ruled Amasya in the 4C BC and who fought valiantly against Roman domination of the region. Similar to the tombs left by the Lycians on the Mediterranean coast, the tombs have monumental façades, which resemble Hellenistic temples carved into the rock.
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Plants up for $112K grant
Incentive is for creation of 16 full-time jobs
Wichita Falls city councilors are set to vote on a resolution Tuesday approving $112,000 in incentives to Tryer Process Equipment through the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation.
The WFEDC approved the incentives for the creation of primary jobs at its April 18 meeting. The 16 full-time proposed jobs are in the petroleum and metal fabrication industry.
The jobs would be at either plant or both plants at 3737 Old Iowa Park Road and 1730 City View Drive, according to the council agenda.
The jobs available are both professional and labor-intensive positions. The facility currently employs 42 people full time.
Approval of the resolution would amend the WFEDC's budget to allow for the $112,000 to be used for the Tryer Process Equipment 2012 Project.
In other council matters, councilors will review the following agenda items for approval:
n The Finance Department is looking to buy 11 police interceptor utility vehicles for $305,933 through the BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative from Philpott Motors.
The new vehicle is comparable to the Crown Victoria sedans normally used for police vehicles. However, Ford discontinued production of a police package in the Crown Victoria in September.
The Wichita Falls Police Deparment is looking at buying the 2013 Ford Interceptor all-wheel drive package rather than the two-wheel drive system previously used.
The all-wheel drive system, according to the agenda, will be safer and more versatile.
The vehicles cost about $42,000 more than originally planned for based on the two-wheel drive system and an older model.
The additional amount is available through savings made from previous capital equipment purchases such as dump trucks, snow plows and mowers.
n Approval of a resolution approving a bid for the Kemp Boulevard Drainage Project will set construction in motion.
The $714,494 bid suggested for approval comes from A&M Construction & Utilitiesabout $5,000 under budget.
The work includes 1,150 linear feet of storm sewers and curb inlets and 1,600 linear feet of water main replacement along Kemp Boulevard from Avenue U to Avenue Y.
The project's goal is to eliminate "frequent street flooding" and prevent flooding of some structures in the area.
Once the project begins, construction is expected to take 110 consecutive workdays to complete.
n More construction is expected to begin in Wichita Falls on Third and Fourth streets upon the approval of another resolution.
The lowest bid came from LS Highway Products at $277,197, and the project was estimated to cost $300,000.
The streets are being reconstructed for the addition of the Intermodal Downtown Travel Center at 306 Scott St.
The project has been funded by the Federal Transit Administration through the Aviation, Traffic and Transportation Department and administered by the Public Works Department.
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TOS' U.S.S. Valiant and Farragut....
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3D versions of my designs have been done before and I don't mind as long as credit is acknowledged.
My situation is while I'd love to do 3D models myself I just don't have the skills. I can draw and draft in the oldfashioned 2D way either with pencils and drafting instruments or on the computer with Illustrator. I can draw perspectives. But I'm lacking in 3D skills and it's a steep learning curve.
Somebody around here expressed interest in rendering my TOS shuttlecraft drawings in 3D and that I'd like to see. Evenetually I'll get my TAS shuttlecraft versions done and those would also be cool in 3D.
Presenetly I'm focusing more on my own non-Trek designs which will also be rendered in 3D when ready.
Actually, I'm that "somebody." I started on it, then let it sit when I really started getting into the 1701... I now think of this as part of the whole 1701 model I'm doing (much as I think of the turbolift car I developed for it). Since all my work is in "full scale," the only real issue is how many polygons I want in a rendered scene... and that's not really an issue even for a 32-bit system (it's the purely-math-based geometry that's the system killer, and by comparison, polygon-surface-based stuff is really trivial in terms of system resources!)
Never fear... I WILL finish that shuttlecraft version. But I really want to get the 1701 proper done first. And with what's essentially 4X the computing power (12GB versus 3GB, and 8 cores versus 2 cores) I should have no trouble making it happen.
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d'Oliveira & Associates
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Coal plant foes: Protests futile but to continue
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Protests against the coal-fired power plant being built in Maasim, Sarangani province, would not stop the completion of the project, a priest involved in the mass actions admitted on Tuesday.
But Fr. Rey Ondap, head of the Justice and Peace for Integrity of Creation (JPIC) program of the Passionist congregation, told the Inquirer that the protests, similar to the one recently held in Maasim, were enough to get their message across that the project remains unacceptable to most residents.
Just this week, about 1,500 protesters converged near the site of the 200-megawatt coal-fired plant being built by the Sarangani Energy Corp. (SEC), a subsidiary of the Alcantara Group of Companies, in Maasim, and denounced the project.
Nicandro Focoy, SEC project manager, said the project remains on track and would be completed in two years.
Even before the project started, the SEC signed a power supply contract with the South Cotabato II Electric Coop. (Socoteco II).
The contract requires SEC to sell 70 MW of electricity to Socoteco II. Ondap said protesters will not relent but realize that there's no stopping the plant now. Aquiles Z. Zonio, Inquirer Mindanao
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Johns Hopkins Hospital has agreed to pay $190 million to thousands of women who were secretly filmed by a doctor during gynecological exams.
The proposed settlement, announced Monday, came in a class action lawsuit filed last year in Baltimore city court over the conduct of Dr. Nikita Levy, who worked at the hospital for 25 years. He was accused of secretly filming and taking photos of more than 9,000 women, often using a camera hidden in a pen.
Levy committed suicide last year as authorities weighed whether or not to bring criminal charges against him.
Kim Hoppe, a spokeswoman for the hospital, said the settlement came after nearly a year of negotiations.
"It is our hope that this settlement helps those affected achieve a measure of closure," Hoppe said.
Jonathan Schochor, who represents the patients, said in a statement that the women were distraught over being filmed.
"Now, with this proposed settlement, we can begin the process of healing our community," he said.
The case is Jane Doe v. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore City Circuit Court, No. 24-C-13-1041.
(Reporting by Daniel Wiessner; Editing by Ted Botha)
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With a stay at Villas Sol Hotel And Beach Resort - All Inclusive in Playa Hermosa (Panama Beach), you'll be close to Hermosa Bay Beach and Coco Beach. This all-inclusive resort is within the vicinity of Haras del Mar Equestrian Center and Ocotal Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 54 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Rooms have private furnished balconies. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries.
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The New School's part-time faculty members demonstrated outside the University Center.
Art Basel put together curated Kickstarter page for a bunch of non-profits, and the New York Times leads their story with the line: "One of the world's most prominent art fairs is hoping to garner support for nonprofit art organizations by lending them some street cred."
There are so many problems with the project and the coverage, it's hard to know where to begin.
Have you ever wished that John Baldessari could be your art teacher? Well, now that he's retired from both CalArts and UCLA, that's not going to happen. But if you're a teenage girl, the new organization School of Doodle might be able to help out.
WNYBAC's insanely generous offer only makes our soft spot for the Buffalo art scene grow softer by the moment.
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A new wrinkle in the update and fragmentation story emerged today. AndroidSpin is quoting an unnamed T-Mobile employee as saying that the carrier is being told not to release the Android 2.2 update (Froyo) to customers that own the Samsung Vibrant. The reason: to increase sales of the new Vibrant 4G.
The kicker is that the Vibrant 4G's specs are largely identical to the existing Vibrant devices. The only major difference (aside from name and branding) is that the Vibrant 4G sports a forward-facing camera and some additional multimedia features. It also is able to take full advantage of T-Mobile's HSPA+ network (which the carrier is branding as 4G). That HSPA+ advantage, however, has nothing to do with the hardware. The reason the Vibrant 4G can take full advantage of those speeds is because it ships with Froyo pre-installed.
T-Mobile allegedly has an update for Vibrant users ready to be pushed out, but is being asked not to push it out because doing so would remove a major advantage that the newer phone offers (increased data performance).
I'd also avoid Motorola if you like modifying your phone because they are hell bent on locking you out.
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