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An MMO is like a local pub. I may poke my nose into the new place, but all else being equal, I'm going to default back to the familiar to hang out, even if it is a little stale.
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I'm only playing the role chosen for me. Who you supposed to be?
First I would like say this was a great thread, especially to someone like me who is new to MMOs. I come from the console side going back to the Atari 2600 and was introduced to MMOs (and PC Gaming in general) with SWTOR, as I am an avid Star Wars. As a person who loves RPGs this game was made for me. But after 20 days I saw the 'game' underneath the polish and all of a sudden I felt limited. I couldnt be a true dark jedi. I couldnt just explore space and that sapped the fun from me. What if I dont WANT to follow the main story path?
Now interested in MMOs I purused all through this site to find TONS of choices, but like everyone has said before me, it was more of the same. The leveling was the same. The grind was the same, maybe the story and the lore were different.
I finally settled on Everquest 2 which I personally find phenomenal. This is the game for me. Open world where I can control what I want to do (turn of XP, powerlevel, etc). I WANT to play one game for a year+, really learning the mechanics, but its conditional on that ONE game having enough content to support a year of playing. I see most games today as get to level as soon as possible and just raid over and over. Not my type of game. Surprisingly I never tried WoW nor do I have an interest to. From what I have researched its not 'deep' enough for me to enjoy. I am also anticipating Guild Wars 2 which Im hopin is an update on the model.
I definitely see 2 different type of MMO gamers, which I naively place into two generic categories. Those who like to powerlevel, reach end-game, and raid and those (like me) who like to role play and like the freedom to create their own journey.
Each category has different almost opposing goals for a game which I can see being confusing for a developer. I believe the market will have to go more niche and cater to their particular audiences which would assist in maintaing subs going forward.
There are tons of MMOs out there and I am starting to see the niche markets get some love, but overall you can boil the experience down to the same template. MMOs as a concept has so much it can offer, but in reality its going to take a visionary who is willing to invest serious capital to make it happen. Waiting to see who is willing to take a risk.
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Originally posted by zigmund
I completely agree with you, except I have never liked EVE. I am not a Sci-FI fan, but I can see its appeal to others. If they released a game like EVE in a fantasy setting I would also jump all over it.
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If you don't want to lose a lot of people after the first month: Don't under deliver. Make gameplay and combat fluid. Communicate where the game is headed and give rough timelines.
SWTOR seems to have failed in all counts. Releasing an MMO with combat lag, broken loot rewards in endgame instances and broken PVP is a money loser. I don't care how many extra months of development would be required, you need to get that stuff right on release. Otherwise it makes you look like you are selling a beta version AND charging a subscription.
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Well if you make an mmo where the central focus is to level, I hit max in a month or two and quit.
If you make an mmo that immerses me in the world and has rp and a feeling of community...a world that lets me wear clothes I want or build a house to live in...a game that allows me to suspend disbelief for a short time and live a virtual life...then I feel as though I am putting down roots and will stay longer.
So I guess it's up to developers to decide. $60 (cost of box) or $1000 (cost of box plus multiple subscriptions over 1 to 2 years). Which would you rather have? I've done both of these options, but would rather do the later.
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I agree with this article.
One thing though that kept me from returning to games after new content was added, was that my characters were stolen. After you've spent a long time in leveling up a character, you don't want to return to be a newbie. This has happened in almost every major MMO. This is one area I think games are looking at, time will tell.
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Originally posted by victorbjr
Frustrating always looking to future games as possibly being different, but yeah, there are a few that might be. Even themeparks that seem to break away from WoW conventions, but we won't really know for sure until we can sink our teeth into them. So those games aside...
I think the 'illusion of choice' issue is compounded by how old a lot of these choices are. The genre may seem saturated, but that's only if you're fine with playing five year old games, most of which haven't been updated much to stay current, because they haven't retained subs well enough for that to be worthwhile. It's a vicious cycle for them, and for consumers, it means all those flavors aren't just mostly vanilla, but different degrees of clunky, old, and deserted. Really, not much of a choice, in that respect, either.
Maybe if they'd done more to differentiate themselves from the crowd, they'd have done better at retaining subs, and in turn, been profitable enough to keep updating and expanding. Assuming they'd been managed well enough to see how important that can be.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
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for a sandbox-fan like me, all these theme-parks are just single-player RPGs. perhaps i like the story, so i follow these rails and enjoy the sightseeing. if i reach the end of the rails, there is nothing what could attract me: no open huge territorial pvp liken in EVE, no plaeyer driven economy which alone makes any crafting senseful for me and no extensive building and architecture like minecraft (no MMO has that yet). heck, there is no virtual world at all from my standpoint. perhaps i will like dynamic scaling events in open world zones and open dungeons for PVE-endgame in GW2. we will see.
so i go and play perhaps a 2nd char, if the story is different enough. for SWTOR this means 2 charcters max: 1 republican, 1 imperial. more is not of interest due to repeating content. and then i quit until an expansion could perhaps attract me again.
i played EQ for 6 years and EVE for 3 years. so i guess i am a loyal customer and i would appreciate to stay in a game. but no theme-park (but oldschool EQ) was able to keep my interest longer than a few months. so i keep on hopping, most propably until an AAA-sandbox will launch.
played: Everquest I (6 years), EVE (3 years)
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I have to agree with many other posters here. Like many of them I started with UO, it was my first real MMO experience, and I played it (and paid a sub) for 5 years, allong with most of my guild mates too.
While UO is still around, and actually many of the people I used to interact with are still playing it today some 10+ years later, Its current version does not appeal to me either.
That being said, since UO the only game that was able to retain me for more than 6 months was SWG, and mainly because it was so similar to UO, I actually considered it UO2 in many respects.
So for me, retention is not some magical thing that Companies have to do to retain me, it is rather about them making a game that appeals to me as an MMO player.
of course that is easier said than done, when one seeks to understand every single like of every player, the end result could be all different.
Still, is it coincidence that the only games which have retained me were not Themeparks with the fact that most of the MMO's made in the past decade or so are Themeparks?
This is how I see it, the game that appeals to me and would retain me just has not been made yet... and I would immagine, this applies to many other people, and all of us contribute to the Retention problems that companies have, yet the root cause is the type of design the companies choose, this is where it all starts.
Seeking some magic way to make me love and stay and play a Themepark based on progression and gear aquisition, confined in to classes and having only one choice every time I play it to quest and progress more or go from ride to ride in that linear path...simply does not exist..because that is not who I am, and that is not what appeals to me.
If the companies say "we do not want your money", then by all means, continue making Themeparks..and wonder how you can have Subscribers that will stay and play your games.
Nice article, interesting subject, but the answer is closer than some think.
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'Open world' stalwarts overestimate their number, and underestimate the difficulties of designing and running a graphically up to date MMO of that type.
Proving something in this field a business success is the only way anyone will see more of this style of game.
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
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Originally posted by Arglebargle
Well then everyone will keep having retention issues then.
Seems to bme that companies today want their cake and want to be able to eat it too. Success is never Guaranteed, and business cannot always be "safe". At one point some risk is needed in order to have success.
But when no one is willing to take the risk by fear of losing, then no one will ever know and games will continue to be made based on the same model that gave success to someone else.
In business, you either lead you either follow, at this point Blizzzard leads and everyone else is but followers.
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As much as I like EvE, lets be honest. What are their subscriber numbers? maybe 300k? Many of those are alts since if you've ever played the game, having a scout or industiral alt can be invaluable. That's the problem. It's not like EvE is a secret. It's actually pretty well advertised. But if you look at their subscriber numbers, they're not impressive. It takes massive amounts of money to develop a AAA MMO with modern graphics. What group of investors in their right mind would ever sign off on a project that, in all honesty, would be a massive losing investment? If the "standard bearer" of the alternate route is EvE, you can see why development on similar games is either pitiful or nonexistent. I realize the sci-fi setting is a turn off but even the most optimistic number crunchers will still be turned off.
With that said, I'm a big fan of any idea that brings sandbox and themepark ideas together. My biggest issue with WoW starting at Wrath was the game was just turning into a dungeon/BG lobby. Kind of like CoD print money. There is no real need for exploration. Just queue, queue pops, run dungeon/BG/arena, rinse and repeat. The issue I always have with EvE is the PvE content is mega poop at best. The players drive the content I know but sometimes that content gets thin and sitting at a gate waiting for some poor schmoe to jump through, go on 30 jump roams and maybe see some poor schmoe to jump or go shoot at a PoS and by that I mean start firing at the PoS (player owned structure though after a while you do start saying piece of shit) and then turn to the TV and watch a movie always left something to be desired. If there was just some way to combine the whole exploration, changing of your surroundings and player driven territorial conquest with interesting PvE content including dungeon running and hell even battlegrounds, I would be happy
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For me, I thought Rift 1.0 nailed it and then fell into the mind numbing, button clicking content in 1.1. I won't play a game that thinks it's ok to nerf content every patch in order to open it up to more players.
1. I don't want to have to be the poop in a sock, bleeding edge player to to see content when it's still challenging.
2. Teaching people that if they fail, just wait 3 months and can then faceroll the same content for the same rewards is abad design. It softens the players base instead of teaching them to become betters players.
If you don't worry about it, it's not a problem.
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"Soften"? This is typical hardcore wrong thinking. Hm, I wonder why Rift and WoW keep nerfing content. Hm, those fools must not know what they are doing. It kills your player base to repeatedly not win because they quit. They want to have fun, not to work day and night to be hardened into raid machines.


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A detailed system theoretic description is given of NMR experiments including relaxation effects. The approach is based on an exact and analytical solution to the master equation. It is shown that NMR experiments can be described in the framework of bilinear time-invariant systems. This description is used to derive closed-form expressions for the spectrum of one- and two-dimensional experiments. The simulations show that the approach accounts for the frequency dependence of a pulse, distinguishes between soft and hard pulses and also explains artifacts such as axial peaks.
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If the gruesome cases on "Criminal Minds" don't make him lose his appetite, Joe Mantegna can visit his own restaurant to satisfy it.
The star of CBS' long-running Wednesday drama pays constant homage to his hometown with Taste Chicago, which he and wife Arlene own and operate in Burbank, Calif. "I have a pretty good day job," he muses. "I don't need this restaurant to pay our bills, so we don't skimp on anything, and our goal is to just make it the best Chicago-type restaurant."
Other transplants from Illinois appreciate the effort, since Mantegna often sees fellow Chicagoans at the site. "They say, 'Wow, this is really like being back home in Chicago.' It's a little more expensive than if you're trying to do mass production and just throw anything out there; we serve real Chicago hot dogs and real Italian beef, and I feel good about it. It does well enough that it pays for itself."
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Paul Pierce receives flagrant-two foul and ejection for takedown of Pacers' George Hill (VIDEO)
Dec 23, 2013, 10:31 PM EDT
Late in the third quarter and with the Nets trailing by 19 points at home to the Pacers, frustration appeared to get the better of Paul Pierce.
As George Hill raced toward the other end for what appeared to be an easy fast break opportunity, Pierce chased him down to give a no-layup type of foul, but since he caught Hill in the head and then followed through by taking him down around the neck, the officials ruled it a flagrant-two, which comes with it an automatic ejection.
Pierce was obviously intending to commit the foul to prevent the uncontested basket, and maybe with things so out of hand in this one he wanted to send a message to his teammates that he wasn't ready to quit no matter the score. He may also have simply had enough for one night, after personally going 0-for-7 from the field.
The league may see fit to downgrade this to a flagrant-one in the days that follow, but either way, the game was over and the foul was unnecessary. So, in the moment the officials made the decision, it was likely the correct call.
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- rickyspanish - Dec 23, 2013 at 10:56 PM
I love those super slow motion cameras they got these days.
- dannymac17 - Dec 24, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Hopefully fine him for not leaving so early and arguing with the refs since thats always been called.
- peterjohnjoseph - Dec 24, 2013 at 12:01 AM
I mean, he did have his eyes closed, he could of been going for the ball… I'm just saying, to me its not so obvious. I don't care either way. In slow motion it really doesn't look as bad. It looks like he closed his eyes and missed.
- djlexluger - Dec 24, 2013 at 1:11 AM
It looks like he was going for the ball.
- metalhead65 - Dec 24, 2013 at 1:48 AM
he knew what he was doing and that was trying to injure Hill. I just lost all respect for pierce for doing that. it's not Hill's you and garnett are washed and over the hill and the nets suck. have fun watching the Pacers advance in the playoffs sitting in your rocking chair at home sore loser!
- Jeff - Dec 24, 2013 at 6:29 AM
Good call. Pierce got what he deserved.
- belleby123 - Dec 24, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Bad call. Flagrant one for sure, but certainly not flagrant enough to deserve an ejection.
- heat256 - Dec 24, 2013 at 10:24 AM
How badly do you think PP and KG wish they weren't traded now? What an utter disaster the Nets are.
- salmonellastains - Dec 24, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I like these slow motion replays too. You learn a lot about the type a leader a player is in these moments. Like when you see your teammate on the ground and no one around to help and your the closet player, instead of going to help him, which should be your first inclination, you go after your opponent. I'm talking about you Paul "I'm going to talk mess until they make me MVP" George.
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Paul is a veteran, a crafty one at that. He knew what he was doing when he went above the shoulders.
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Barbara Alby
|Barbara Alby
|California State Board of Equalization
Board Member, 2nd District
|In office
March 10, 2010 – December 31, 2010
|Arnold Schwarzenegger
|Preceded by
|Bill Leonard
|Succeeded by
|Sean Wallentine
|Personal details
August 9, 1946
Chicago, Illinois
|December 9, 2012[1](aged 66)
|Political party
|Dennis Alby
Barbara Alby (August 9, 1946 – December 9, 2012) was an American politician from California and a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Alby dropped out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison[2] and went on welfare until her benefits were cut.[3]
She first sought elective office in 1991, running in a special election for the Sacramento-based 5th district in the California State Assembly. She lost that race to fellow Republican B. T. Collins, onetime Chief of Staff to Democratic former Gov. Jerry Brown, and narrowly lost to him again in the 1992 Republican primary.[4] After Collins died, Alby won a 1993 special election to succeed him and occupied the Assembly seat until 1998 when term limits forced her from office. That year, she ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, attempting to succeed veteran Democrat Vic Fazio in the Sacramento-based 3rd district after Fazio retired after redistricting made the district more politically competitive. Alby lost the Republican primary to moderate businessman Doug Ose by 20 points.[5]
Later, Alby assumed the position of chief deputy to Board of Equalization Member Bill Leonard. She occupied that post until Leonard resigned in March 2010, at which point she became the Acting Board Member for the seat—during the middle of the period for candidates to file paperwork to appear on the ballot to fill the Board seat in the June primary election, so with just days for candidates to qualify to appear on the ballot, Leonard enabled Alby to run as "Acting Board Member" on the ballot.[6][7]
During the June 2010 primary election, Alby became embroiled in controversy when the Capitol Weekly newspaper revealed that Indian casinos had spent nearly $200,000 on Alby's behalf in the election.[8][9] Beside Indian casinos, the largest contributors to Alby's campaign were Alby herself, Senator Roy Ashburn, and Bill Leonard, her former boss.[10]
Alby resigned as acting Board of Equalization member on December 31, 2010 and was succeeded by acting Board Member Sean Wallentine.[11]
Barbara Alby died of a heart attack the morning of December 9, 2012.
External links[edit]
- ^ Glover, Mark. "Former Assemblywoman, GOP figure Barbara Alby dead at 66 - Obituaries - The Sacramento Bee". Sacbee.com. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
- ^ "Board of Equalization: Republican candidates". Lodi News-Sentinel. May 25, 2010.
- ^ Ross Farrow (May 20, 2010). "Candidates for California Board of Equalization address Lodi Republican Women". Lodi News-Sentinel.
- ^ "Statement of Vote - Primary Election - June 2, 1992" (PDF). California Secretary of State.
- ^ "Statement of Vote - Primary Election - June 2, 1998" (PDF). California Secretary of State.
- ^ Torey Van Oot (March 9, 2010). "Leonard tapped as Consumer Services Agency head". The Sacramento Bee.
- ^ Jon Fleischman (March 9, 2010). "Leonard To Enter Schwarzenegger Administration, Alby Will Become Acting BOE Member (Just In Time For Filing For Office)". FlashReport.
- ^ Malcolm McLachlan (June 2, 2010). "San Manuel Band-backed IE spends $185,000 for Alby". Capitol Weekly.
- ^ Chris Emami (June 3, 2010). "Barbara Alby: The Republican Cruz Bustamante". Red County.
- ^ "CalAccess - Campaign Finance - Alby for Board of Equalization 2010 - Contributors Sorted by Amount". California Secretary of State.
- ^ "An acting capacity to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Acting Board of Equalization Member Barbara Alby (SBOE-2) following her resignation.". JoinCalifornia Political Archive.
|California Assembly
|Preceded by
B. T. Collins
|California State Assemblymember
5th District
|Succeeded by
Dave Cox
|Political offices
|Preceded by
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|California State Board of Equalization Member
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Matt's Tips and Tricks 3-26
Want to learn more about using media in the classroom? You've come to the right place. Learn from educators around the world. Find new and innovative ways to use media in your classroom. This week we'll examine how to create a six-word story with a single image, explore great webinars and feature an app that reads stories aloud.
Take Teaching to the Next Level Where Microscope and Mouse Meet Connecting to a Global Community of Educators Matt's Media Tips 3-26 Can you Picture This? Last week I was in Halifax, Nova Scotia with Dean Shareski (@shareski) participating in his fantastic Digital Storytelling session. During his session he explained how you can tell a story in just six words. While this format is not a new concept it is definitely a great writing exercise. In 1920 Ernest Hemingway was credited with authoring one of the first and most poignant six-worded stories ever written. Legend has it that his colleagues bet him that he could not write a story in less than 10 words. His response? "For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn." So this got me thinking, and Googling, different six-worded stories to share with you. I found a bunch of great stories, but the one on the right was one of my favorites. Within Discovery Education you have access to over 28 thousand images - all of which could be used to tell a great story. Creating a six-word story is a great way to incorporate writing into your classroom. Here are six ways in which I think you could make these stories work: 1. Use as an activator to introduce a concept. 2. Use as a short formative assessment. For example, you've just taught a lesson on the Life Cycle, Water Cycle, Bicycle (sorry couldn't resist). Now challenge your students to find an image and create a six-word story that demonstrates their understanding of the concept. 3. Use as micro-grammar lesson 4. Introduce a lesson on similarities and differences "247" Van Horgen and Anne Ulku. Six Word Story Every Day. September 14, 2010. Accessed March 25, 2012. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ sixwordstoryeveryday/4991426617/in/photostream 5. Combine graphic art and writing to create a story or an ad that you might see in online or in a print magazine 6. Help ELL students master a concept or challenge your foreign language learners to create a story in the language that they're learning 1 And the list could go on and on - you're really only limited by your imagination. I even found a great lesson plan on creating a six-worded memoir on Read Write Think.org's website. Check it out by clicking on this link - Six Worded Memoirs. Of course I had to take a crack at creating two stories myself. Here are two that I created. The first story is with an image from Discovery Education, and the second...is with an image that most people see every day. The words, in both cases, are obviously mine. 2 One of the sites that he featured was http://ipiccy.com. This site is awesome. I love it for its simplicity and ease of use. All you have to do is upload an image and then choose to add text. It gives you a bunch of great fonts to choose from and a very simple way to add text to your image. Resizing your text and imagery is as simple as sliding your cursor from left to right. When you're finished with your project, click on the "Share and Save" tab and it saves your work right onto your computer! If you want to add text, songs, and motion to your six-worded story then I highly recommend using www.PhotoPeach.com to do so. Like iPiccy it is super simple to use. Here's the caveat - in order for you to keep with the one-image/six-word theme, you'll have to copy your image six times into your Photopeach. But once you do you'll be able to add captions, motion, and songs to your story. Now here's the challenge. I'm calling all readers to submit their own six-worded story to Matt's Tips and Tricks. I'll select six. Then I'll put them back out to you for your vote on April 9, 2012. The three with the most votes by April 15, 2012 will each receive one Flip Cam. Please use one of the two sites listed above to create your story. If you use iPiccy, upload your story to www.youtube.com and provide the link to your work by answering the last question in my feedback survey. If you use PhotoPeach then provide the link to your Photopeach by answering the last question in my feedback survey. Happy writing, you have roughly two weeks...starting now! Great White Shark Opening Mouth. Prod. Corbis. Corbis, 2012.Discovery Education. Web. 25 March 2012. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>. Which brings me back to the Dean's Digital Storytelling session. Discovery Education Webinar Schedule Dates 3/26 Time (EST) 7pm 8pm Link Discovery Education Builders 101 Learn to select from provided content and add your own to create exactly the assignments your students need. Put the power of Discovery Education to work for you to create engaging, relevant, and rigorous experiences. Techbook Admin Webinar. This training will cover: Navigation of the My Admin Site Managing User Accounts (students and teachers) Managing Student Access Running Usage Reports Ayuda! Pomoc! Tulong? Help! `m Working with an English Learner in a Digital Land. Presented by Jannita Demian. With diverse classroom populations, your ability to differentiate feels more important than ever. In this session, explore Discovery Education through the lens of Language Learners and see how digital media and technology can engage and benefit students from all backgrounds Discovery Education Science Techbook Overview. Discovery Education presents the Discovery Education Science Techbook. During this session we will provide an overview of the Science Techbook, focusing on the resources and lessons found within the service Diving into Detailed Reports Discovery Education Assessment. In this event we will detail in depth the Comparative Growth Report (existing), and provide an overview of the Interactive Item Summary. Attendees will learn when to turn to these reports, and how they can be used to differentiate instruction The MeeGenius! app for iPad, iTouch, and Android mobile devices makes today's Matt's Tips and Tricks featured app. It is a free download and includes quite a few free books. What I like about this app is that it highlights the words as they are read aloud on the screen. The graphics and images that correspond to each story are very nice as well. Additional books can be purchased for $1.99 or $2.99. You can download this app by following this link for the iPad and iTouch. Follow this link for Android mobile devices. 3/27 4pm 5pm 3/27 7pm 8pm 3/28 5:00 6:00pm 3/28 5:00 5:45pm Miss a week? Catch back up here! 3/19/2012 Audio Book `em Dano. Eight simple steps for creating an audiobook using iTunes and any computer (Mac/PC). Molecules mobile apps. It's All About The Sharing. Uploading, sharing and accessing your own content within Discovery Discovery Education. Cel.Ly app polling device via any device. Teacher Center Treasure Trove of Resources. Interactive Calendar Atlas, STEM Connect explored. Socrative App (student response). Special Valentines Issue - Things I love about Discovery Education. Five Minute Preps, Images,Coaches Eye App What did you say? Closed Captioning on an iPad? Getting Closed Captions to play on your iPad, GreenScreens on iPhone/iPad with GreenScreen FX app Let's Give Them Something To Sing About Differentiated Instruction Using Songs, First Student Media Contest of the Year, ShowMe and Educreations whiteboard apps Meet the Faces of Discovery Education Get up close and personal with the Discovery Education on-air talent, special student webinar series, Story Kit app In a Class of Their Own Setting up Discovery Education Classrooms, Discovery Education Live Webinars, Quizlet App. Building out the New Year Five of my favorite things you can do with the Discovery Education Builders, Rover App for DE Students 12/19/2011 Special Holiday Edition 13 Tips from Educators around the US and Canada, Videolicious App 50 Ways to Use Discovery Education Tips and tricks galore iSwifter - Flash for iPads What I am Thankful for Building out your PLN Wordspree and Math Acorn Apps Things I Stole From the Community DEN Tips, Four really cool you can do with Google. TED and Animoto apps What is a DEN Star Member? 12/12/2011 3/12/2012 11/28/2011 2/27/2012 11/14/2011 2/13/2012 11/7/2011 11/4/2011 2/6/2012 10/24/2011 10/17/2011 1/30/2012 10/3/2011 The Discovery Educator Network (DEN) is a global community of educators passionate First Six Weeks Aggregated about teaching with digital media, sharing resources, collaborating, and networking. Creating an "iCenter" How to create an ePub using DE videos. With over 100,000 members providing Spirit of Innovation Challenge professional development to over 600,000 Spooky Edition educators worldwide, the DEN connects Digital Storytelling, Web 2.0 Piqua City teachers both on-line and in-person. Community Night, Crazy Pumpkin and Discovery Educators have exclusive access Halloween Card Creator Apps to a wide range of resources, professional Stick it to IT development activities, networking Collaborative Note Taking Site Educator Spotlight - Jennifer Everett, ToonTastic and opportunities, exclusive Discovery Educator PuppetPals Apps events and more. Find out how you can be part of this dynamic and supportive Opening Up Closed-Captions Closed-Captions for Macs and PCs, 10 community. Become a DEN Star today! FAQs Customer Service Receives 1/23/2012 9/26/2011 Common Core, Web 2.0 and DE Three cool sites that integrate nicely with Discovery Education. Administrator Spotlight - Molly Hay! Can you Hear what I'm Writing? Embedding an eReader into your Writing Prompts, Getting to know Discovery Education SCIENCE Help Me Make Matt's Tips and Tricks Even Better I am always looking for ways to improve Matt's Tips and Tricks and your feed back is invaluable to me. 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Moe's Home Collection Conti Chair
Moe's Home Collection Conti Chair
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|Frame Finish: Silver
|Upholstered: Yes
|Frame Material: Metal
|Hardware Material: Iron
|Number of Items Included: 2
|Pieces Included: 2 chairs
|Seating Comfort: Medium
|Removable Seat Cushion: No
|Removable Back Cushion: No
|Reversible Cushions: No
|Tufted Cushions: No
|Slipcovered: No
|Ottoman Included: No
|Toss Pillows Included: No
|Style: Modern
|Life Stage: Adult
|Custom Made: Yes
|Rocker: Yes
|Swivel: Yes
|Arms Included: Yes
|Legs Included: Yes
|Nailhead Trim: No
|Chair Storage: No
|Weight Capacity: 286 Pounds
|Commercial Use: Yes
|Eco-Friendly: No
|Product Care: Treat spills and stains as soon as possible - Gently scrape any soil or mop any liquid from the surface of the fabric
|Country of Manufacture: China
|Assembly Required: Yes
|Tools Needed: Allen key and screws
|Additional Parts Required: Yes
|Product Warranty: 1 Year
About the ManufacturerHome Furniture Collection provides a huge selection of modern home furnishings from around the world. Products are unique and high quality. Known for gathering the best the global market has to offer, Moe Samieian, founder of Moe's Home Furniture Collection, supplies his own unique furniture and accessories with outstanding service to retail customers. Moe is continuing the dream of offering his unique one-of-a-kind look, excellent selection and tremendous value.
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Pune: A period of merely three hours proved deadly for city motorists in the wee hours of Thursday morning as the city witnessed three separate accidents. While one person was killed, three others sustained serious injuries.
28-yr-old killed in Kothrud
In the first incident, a 28-year-old man was killed on the spot, after the two-wheeler he was riding hit an electric pole. The incident took place at Kothrud junction at 1 am on Thursday.
The police rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. The Kothrud police have identified the deceased as Krishnakant Suryakant Thambulkar (28), a resident of Ashish Garden, Kothrud.
Three hurt in Market Yard
In the second incident, an over-speeding Hyundai I-20 (MH-12-GR-4068) hit a traffic signal pole at Giridhar Bhavan Chowk near Market Yard. The incident took place on Thursday around 12:30 am.
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$1,293—$2,142 1—3 bed 10200 E. Dry Creek Road, Englewood CO, 80112
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10200 E. Dry Creek Road, Englewood, 80112
Commute to Downtown Centennial
The rent at AMLI at Inverness Apartments ranges from $1,293 for a one bedroom to a $2,142 three bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 4% more expensive than the Englewood average.
This apartment is in Englewood. Nearby parks include Hunters Hill Park and Walnut Hills Park.
AMLI at Inverness Apartments has a Walk Score of 30 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
Resort style pool with sun lounge, Strength and Cardio Center, Urban clubhouse with cyber cafe and media center, Reserved covered parking, Full size washers & dryers included, Built in computer desks and entertainment niches, Wood style flooring and custom berber carpeting, Large patios and balconies with extra storage*, Granite countertops and stainless steel appliances, One block east of Dry Creek Light Rail Station, Floor to ceiling windows with expansive views, Lofts with over 18' ceilings
Pets allowed: No
Jeremy Savage
Jan 15, 2014
I've lived in many apartments over my lifetime, and I have never been more satisfied. Here are the things I've noticed that make this my favorite community that I've ever lived in: - Service. I have never, ever, had any problems with the service at AMLI. On the contrary, the people in the leasing office are friendly, polite, and professional. When I had an issue out of their control with an automatic rent payment, they set it up correctly and refunded an erroneous charge from a computer glitch immediately. And I don't mean it was resolved within 24 hours -- I mean it was resolved on-the-spot, with the assistant manager personally taking care of it. - Maintenance. The maintenance team cannot be beat. When I had had a request to replace a burnt-out light and my hot water temperature increased just a bit (I like really hot showers), I set the clock to track their response time. The result: 6 hours. I kid you not -- this maintenance team responds quicker than some hotels I've stayed in. - Noise insulation. I very rarely hear my neighbors -- and I have occupied units on both sides of me. These apartments must have been constructed in such a way that noise is minimized. I have never had an experience where I could hear someone's TV, stereo, or conversation. Have I heard my neighbors ever? Well, sure. It's an apartment building; however, these have only been in unusual circumstances where someone was hammering a nail into a wall or perhaps accidentally letting an exterior door slam. - Amenities. The grounds are immaculate. There are always inconsiderate neighbors in any community who leave trash outside of the dumpster or allow their dogs to leave feces on the grass. I don't know who cleans this up -- but I can tell you it's never there for more than 12 hours here. Every time I pull into the lot, there is a maintenance person cleaning some part of the grounds. - Value. I pay a slight premium to live here compared to some other apartments a few miles away; however, the service I receive and the location of this community make it worth it to me. Now, lest you think this review is fake and that I have no areas to list for areas of improvement, I'll list those things that I think could use a little attention. - Parking. I wouldn't necessarily say it's a problem here, but it can get tight like in any apartment community. Sometimes I'm not able to find a space right in front of my unit; and the reserved unit lot is a bit of a trek from my door. To be fair, it's a small community -- and there really is no such thing as a "long walk" from any space to any apartment. - Fitness center. Let's face it. Apartment communities specialize in providing places to live, and running a health club isn't their expertise. Some of the machines could use a little maintenance and occasional cleaning. - Hot tub. The community doesn't have a hot tub, which I would love! But it does have the best pool I've seen in any apartment community -- complete with a waterfall that is really nice to read and relax next to in the summertime. Check out the apartment communities in the area. Consider the grounds, the location, the staff, the physical apartments, and the amenities. I think you'll find that this community comes out #1 in value. I love it here and don't plan on moving until the day I purchase a home.
Tyler Westcott
Mar 21, 2014
1 garbage can for the whole complex. No hot tub. Horrible lighting in our unit. They pulled a fast one and put us in a unit that wasn't the one we were promised. The drilling of a new well outside of our bedroom 24 hours a day was the icing on the cake. Loud as can be and not even so much as a break in Rent or a gift for the unbelivabe disruption. Only thing I can say positive is the coffee and the gym. Id pass if I was you.
Brett Meinberg
Aug 29, 2013
I have lived here two different times, and I keep coming back. Best Apartments in Denver. Office staff is great, maintenance staff is great. The apartment is good quality. and I have never heard my neighbors. Everyone is really nice. You could not ask for a better experience.
Meg Hammerbeck
May 01, 2013
We've lived in the AMLI at Inverness apartments for about a year now, and there are obvious pros and cons to living here, just as there are with any other apartment complex. I don't know why people think the walls are thin, but we have never heard so much as a sound from any of our neighbors (who, by the way, are awesome). The apartments are spacious, and beautiful. Maintenance is polite and they are always completely accommodating, they can also fix just about anything that goes wrong in the apartment. Management is awesome, and they are sweet from the moment you move in, until the minute you leave. They're always respectful, and even though there are a ton of people living in the complex, they always remember my name and what apartment I live in. Pets are allowed, but there is a huge list of breeds that you are not allowed to own... But it seems like the banned breeds are the only ones I see. This doesn't really bother me, but if you're the kind of person who is afraid of boxers, rottweilers, and pitt bulls, don't live here, because you'll see some. I did get bitten by a dog while I was moving in to AMLI, which sucked, but that was an ugly little Boston Terrier named Bella, so you don't have much to worry about there. One big con about the complex is that they are extremely uppity. Everyone who lives here seems overly impressed with themselves, and if you're from Denver, like me, you will not fit in with the yuppies. It's a smoke free community, which sucks if you smoke cigarettes. I find it a little silly that people are not allowed to smoke on their outdoor patios. There are a lot of rules, and a lot of regulations on how the people who live here are supposed to behave. It's pricey, and the office hours suck. They brag about the free pool table, but the office closes before my boyfriend even gets home from work. There's no hot tub, and the pool is really just for show. Overall, it's a nice and friendly place to live.
Katya Petrova
Apr 29, 2013
Review just below calling this place hip hop central is absolutely correct. When we moved here, it was a very nice place, we lived here for 2 yrs and enjoyed it a lot, but it is all going downhill now. We are moving out as soon as the lease is up. It is intolerable.
Englewood, Colorado, 80112
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Tropical Education Centre: An Isolated Spot!
Here we were, staying in accommodations at the Belize Tropical Education Center (TEC) in the middle of nowhere and they also had a great restaurant on the premises! We, along with our 'Caye Caulker' friends from Saskatchewan, Canada turned up at about 6 PM, where we chatted with two other couples (one from Alberta, Canada and the other from Washington, USA) while waiting for the start of the meal. The TEC has a large dining area on the bottom floor of it's Office/Teaching building with Belizians looking after the cooking in an adjoining kitchen. It was not long before the ladies brought out our individual plates, all heaped with the same delicious ingrediants!
Favorite Dish: The meal consisted of roasted chicken and a cob of corn, along with just about every other type of vegetable that you can imagine! Washed down by glasses of orange juice and water, as well as lime merangue pie and coffee for dessert, it was an excellent feast before we headed out for our specially guided Night Tour of the Belize Zoo.
The next morning, we were back again for our 7:30 AM breakfast so we could do a day tour of the Zoo before the cruise ship passengers arriving from Belize City flooded the place. This was another excellent meal of scrambled eggs with onions, bacon, toast, coffee and juice (as well as choices of fresh fruit, cereals and pastries). You do not get a menu choice here, but there are enough different things served at each meal that I'm sure most people would be able to find something to keep them going till the next meal! We had pre-paid for both these meals upon check-in at the TEC, with the dinner costing US$15 and the breakfast US$11 (for two people in both cases). It was great food with a very convenient location for us to be able to do the activities that we wanted while there at the Zoo!Related to:
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Local Street Venders: Roadside Take-Away
When we arrived to pick up our rental car at the International airport in Ladyville, the rental car man came rushing back to his office when he saw us - said he had been trying to buy some local roadside food for his lunch before we came (we were a half-hour early). Once the formalities were completed for our rental by shortly after noon, we asked him where we could get something quick to eat before we left the airport area (after all, we had only had a cinnamon bun and a coffee each for breakfast before we left 'Ambergris Cay' on the morning water taxi ride to Belize City). Among other things, he mentioned the simple roadside food stand that he intended to use, so we drove over for a look.
It seemed to be a family affair, with a mother and her daughter looking after the food available in a small stand behind the pick-up truck, while the father looked after the drinks section of coolers in the box of the truck. The food offerings looked quite presentable, so we decided to get something quick and hit the road!
Favorite Dish: We both bought some roasted chicken breasts with a mixture of beans, rice, tomato & spicy salsa sauce as well as bottles of Orange Juice and water for a total of US$6.50. They gave us styrofoam containers for it as well as some plastic utensiles and we then drove away to find a more peaceful location. After driving a few miles north toward Crooked Tree, we turned west onto an excellent secondary highway leading to Burrell Boom. It was not long before we came to a nice spot in the countryside where we could pull off the highway to park while we ate our first feast on the mainland (second photo). It was not exactly like roadside picnicing in Portugal, but the food was good and we did not get sick!!Related to:
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Our final meal on this leg of our trip was at the Bull Frog Inn in Belmopan as we were headed southeast on the Hummingbird Highway, after finishing up with the Belize Zoo and Guanacaste National Park. The Bull Frog Inn is quite a nice establishment, located on the eastern edge of Belmopan's 'ring road' - we and our accompanying friends liked the looks of the place as soon as we set eyes on it. The front right side of the restaurant features a roofed open seating area, where it is possible to enjoy the natural warmth of the tropical air while you have your meal. We did end up multi-tasking here, getting on the telephone to Hopkins as we used our phone cards to try to line-up accommodations for the four of us using information from my print-outs of VT tips and the 'Moon Handbook for Belize' that I was carrying. In the end, we received a few outright 'sorry we are fulls' but never did make contact with anyone at The Whistling Seas - so we decided to press forward anyway after the meal!
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|Crushed clove
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1. Wash the chickens in a colander, and pat dry on a kitchen towel.
2. Using a cleaver or meat knife, joint each chicken into ten curry pieces.
3. In a small bowl, make a marinade mixture of all the spice powders, salt and ginger.
4. Rub this spice mixture on the chicken pieces arrange in a shallow dish, cover with cling-fing and refrigerate for 2 hours to marinate.
5. In a large stock pot or Dutch oven, bring milk to a boil over a high flame.
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7. Reduce the flame and simmer the chicken for 25 to 30 minutes until the chicken is tender. Check by piercing a thigh portion with a sharp tipped knife.
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Live view
The Live view implementation on the EOS 1000D is shared with the 450D. This latest implementation provides both phase-detect auto-focus (the typical mirror down, screen blank, auto focus, mirror up approach) as well as contrast-detect auto-focus which works in the same way as a compact digital camera, slower but can be conducted with the mirror still up and no screen-blackout (so useful / acceptable in certain circumstances). Phase-detect AF in live view shares the quirks of the 450D's system: the only indication that focus has been achieved is the confirmation bleep and live view is not restored until you've responded to the bleep and released your finger from the shutter release button or AF (*) button.
Live view display modes
Pressing the DISP button while in Live view toggles between the three available display modes, each with differing levels of overlaid information. The final view shown below is the default view with optional 'thirds' grid lines enabled. If the camera is in quick autofocus mode (using the conventional phase-detection AF sensor), the active AF point or points will also appear in the screen.
|1: Live view with magnification area indicated + status line showing shutter speed, aperture, flash compensation, exposure compensation, frames remaining and ISO sensitivity.
|2: Live view with magnification area + status line + brief overlay (simulation mode, battery status, Picture Style, AE lock, flash-ready)
|3: Live view with magnification area + status line+ overlay + live histogram
|Optional 'thirds' grid lines overlay
Live view magnification
Just as in playback mode you can magnify live view by pressing the enlarge button (or back out again with reduce). While magnified you can use the cursor buttons to move around the live image. The 10x zoom, that renders detail in very high resolution, allows a very high degree of manual focus accuracy.
Live view Depth-of-Field preview
One very useful feature in Live View is depth-of-field (DOF) preview, when the DOF preview button is pressed the camera stops the lens down to the selected aperture which provides you with an accurate representation of the depth-of-field of the final image. This system has advantages over the optical viewfinder in that it doesn't darken and can correctly represent the effects of large maximum apertures.
Depth of field preview can also be used in collaboration with the live view magnification to get a really detailed understanding of what will and won't be sharply in focus in the final image.
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|5x live view zoom with DOF preview (F8.0)
|5x live view zoom with DOF preview (F22)
Live view AF video clips (EOS 450D)
Note: these are taken from the 450D review whose behaviour appears to be identical. We'll update as soon as we can to ensure accuracy, though.
Below you will find two short video clips, the first executing auto-focus (from infinity) in live view with the 'Quick mode' option; using the normal passive auto-focus, which requires the mirror to drop, and hence the display is black during AF. The second shows the 'Live mode' option which performs auto-focus using a contrast-detect algorithm just like a compact camera, this is slower but doesn't require the display to blank. These sequences have been trimmed so that from pressing the play button on the clip there is exactly one second before the shutter release button is pressed.
Live view 'Quick mode' Auto Focus
This is obviously the fastest method of Auto Focus in Live View but ironically requires you to release your finger from the shutter release button once AF is achieved rather than automatically returning to Live View. This method took just under a second to focus (but the screen was blank for 1.4 seconds).
Live view 'Live mode' Auto Focus
Note that this method is quite a bit slower than 'Quick mode' (taking around 3.6 seconds here but up to 6 seconds in lower light conditions) but does have the advantage of not blanking the display and is theoretically at least more accurate.