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PTS FPG is a conversion kit made by reinforced Polymer. It fits the Airsoft KSC/KWA G18C slide assembly and capability to accept G17/G18C long magazines (in the folded position). PTS FPG includes internal upgrade parts and hardware for slight modification to fit KSC/KWA G18C.
This is the Conversion Kit Only - No Slide, Magazine or Flashlight Included.
The Magpul Folding Pocket Gun (FPG) (formerly called FMG9) is a conceptual prototype. It is a rapidly-deployable, ultra-concealable personal defense weapon currently in development for military, law-enforcement and private security operators. It is designed to offer maximum firepower and control in a compact and discreet package. The non-firing prototype was unveiled during the 2008 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, NV and features a streamlined polymer casing, ready-to-fire push-button deployment, Glock 17 slide assembly, capability to accept up to 31-Round Glock 18 magazines (in the folded position), top Picatinny (MIL-STD-1913A) rail and a detachable carry handle with light shield. An Insight Technologies tactical light was mounted on the prototype. Additional space allows for an auto-sear to be installed for qualified users.
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Ninja Mega Kitchen System
The Ninja MEGA Kitchen System features a black color design and modern styling. This functional kit includes a blender, juicer, mixer, and food processor with pulse, dough, blend, crush, and single serve settings.
ITEM#: 15515835The Ninja® MEGA Kitchen System provides PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE & POWER in Single Serve, XL 8cup Processor Bowl, & 72oz Pitcher. This professional-quality powerhouse comes packed with a 2+ HP motor that handles limitless tasks in seconds, freeing you to focus on cooking, serving and savoring. THE MOST POWERFUL SINGLE SERVE BLENDER EVER. Experience the Ninja® difference with full-sized blender performance, now in single serve blending cups. Create personal health drinks to go. With a generous 8 cup capacity, this machine equips home bakers with the unique capability to effortlessly mix 2 lbs. of dough. The supersized 72oz multitasking pitcher provides superior blending performance allowing you to crush ice into snow, create resort style frozen drinks, and blend whole fruits & vegetables into delicious smoothies.
- 2 Horsepower – 1500 Watts Professional Kitchen System
- Frozen Blending, Food Processing, Dough Making and Nutrient Complete Juicing
- 72 oz Professional Blender Jar and 8-Cup Food Processor Bowl
- 2 Professional Single Serve Cups for Blending and Nutrient Complete Juicing
- Makes 2 lbs of Dough in under 30 seconds
- All parts are BPA free and Dishwasher Safe.
- Motor: 2 HP
- Brand: Euro-Pro Operating
- Type: Kitchen System (blender, juicer, mixer, food processor)
- Finish: Black
- Colors: Black
- Style: Modern
- Settings: Pulse, dough, blend, crush, single serve
- Display: None
- Wattage: 1500
- Capacity: 72 ounces, 64 ounces, Two (2) 16 ounces
- Model: BL770
- Package dimensions: 18.1 inches high x 11.2 inches wide x 16.2 inches deep
- Two (2) To-Go Single Serve Lid
- One (1) bowl lid with locking handle
- One (1) pitcher lid with locking handle
- One (1) 4-blade assembly (bowl)
- Two (2) single serve drink cups
- One (1) dough blade (bowl)
- One (1) 6-blade assembly (pitcher)
- One (1) 64-ounce bowl
- One (1) 72-ounce pitcher
- One (1) gear shaft
- One (1) single serve blade, motor base
- One (1) power cord
Included items:
|Personal Smoothie
|Cord Length
|More than 1 ft.
|Number of Overall Speed
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|Removable Blade
|Removable Blade
|Speed Control Type
|1000-1500 Watts
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It is the most awesome system ever!Read More
it works amazing fast and smoothies are nice and creamyRead More
Love, love, love! I was amazed at the power. I first used the Ninja to make baby food and threw away the baby bullet.Read More
Great blender!
Great blender for the money.Read More
I'm in love
If you purchase one item for your kitchen this would be it! I have both this unit and another ninja that is a top motor unit and both are my staple go to, for preparing meals, drinks, dips, etc! I purchased for each of our three children for Christmas a couple of yrs ago and they are all hooked on this amazing machine! No need for any other prep machine in your kitchen!Read More
love it
First of all, I have to admit that I am a bit of a kitchen appliance junky. I am always looking for the perfect appliance or cooking implements that will perform multiple jobs. I have a number of cutting, chopping, liquefying for drinks type appliance, including Nutri Bullet, a Vitamix, a Ninja Master Prep Pro, and a Magic Bullet 17 pc. system in addition to a few other choppers by Cuisinart and Black and Decker. First of all, some of the reviewer dinged the reviews because they got cut on the blades. Are the blades sharp - you-bet-cha. Can you get cut on them? Of course, they are sharp, and they need to be. Heck, I have cut myself on the Cuisinart mini chopper blades when I was in a hurry to clean them, and I also sometimes cut myself with some of the sharp knives that I have. Is this the fault of the product? Of course not. When you are handling any sharp objects you need to be careful so you don't cut yourself, but sometimes it happens. As for any clittety-clack reported by one reviewer, I haven't heard any of that. Is it loud? - It is, but then so are any of my other high powered mixers and choppers. Even my Kitchen Aid mixer is loud, and the Nutri Bullet can be deafening. Any appliance with a lot of power is going to be noisy, and the volume often depends on what you are processing. Even the Magic Bullet can be noisy if you are pulverizing something hard like cinnamon sticks. If you are sensitive to noise, you might be better off mixing and chopping by hand. So, on to the review for the Ninja Mega Kitchen System 1500. I did have the Ninja 1100 system, and sold it on Ebay. It didn't have the power that I needed or expected. I bought this system, and I really to like it and use it. It has the power of my Vitamix, but is more useful for many jobs and is easier to clean. On this system, the blades come out. So the blades and the container can be cleaned easily. On the Vitamix, the blades do not come out. So you have to put a soap solution in it and run it to get the underside of the blades cleaned. The Vitamix will pull food down into the blades as long as you have enough liquid and the food pieces are small. Otherwise, you have to use the plunger to push food into the blades. The Ninja System does a better job a chopping without liquefying the food at the bottom and leaving larger pieces at the top. The Ninja definitely wins at doing a better job of evenly chopping. I really don't find the locking mechanism on the Ninja to be an inconvenience. It's just a matter of placing the cover on and clicking down the handle. I have used my Vitamix in the past to make a Caesar Dressing that uses whole garlic cloves and it does a good job mixing and creaming everything, but the dressing sticks under the blades and it's difficult to clean. Now I use the single serve cups on the Ninja. It does just as good on the dressing, but it's easier to clean. To make the dressing creamy, I just hold the pulse button down for a couple of minutes. The longer you hold it, the smoother the mixture. I haven't tried smoothies in this machine yet, but I imagine the pulse button would just need to be held down for a couple of minutes to make a liquefied drink. I don't think the blades of the larger jars would make a completely smooth drink, but the blade for the smallest jar is similar to the Nutribullet, and with the more powerful motor would likely make a very smooth smoothie. I often use chopped onions, green peppers, and garlic in my recipes, and the Ninja has be great for this. I throw all of them into the medium container, and everything gets chopped with a few pulses. The chopping can be more or less fine depending on the number of pulses. What I like about the chopping this system does is that everything is evenly chopped. I don't get liquefied food at the bottom and larger pieces on the top as is the case with most choppers. At this point in time, I have disposed of all of my other choppers. I haven't tried this machine for dough mixing, but I have my Kitchen Aid mixer for that. I generally make bread batches much too large for this machine. All-in-all, I am very happy with this purchase, and have used it often. With it's versatility and ease in cleaning, it has replaced my Vitamix on my countertop. Although I wouldn't get rid of my Vitamix because of the longer warranty and proven dependability, for now it has been put away in favor of this Ninja system. I have found this Ninja system to be much more useful and versatile.Read More
High quality set
We've had it about a month now, I'm happy with the quality & how thick the plastic pitchers & drink cups are, no fear of them breaking easily. I also read that the plastic is BPA free, that's important to me. It takes getting used to the power of 2HP! The machine is fantastic. We use it every day for great protein smoothies & drinks. Be aware a few of the recipes in the booklet are lacking info, I made the carrot cookies & realized some ingred's were left out. If the cookbook they offer for sale is anything like that, I think I'll pass on that.Read More
Best price, Great quality
Ninja does it again and overstock makes it affordable... had been watching this system for a while and overstock came through with the best price!Read More
I LOVE this machine. It is on the counter and I use it at least once a day. The single serve "bullet" accessory is great for making sauces and finely grinding nuts for recipes that you want very smooth....very powerful. Easy to clean. Great having options for the blender and the processor. I have not made actual smoothies yet as I juice with a different machine but I do know when I am ready for smoothies this is the machine that will do it. Would be lovely if it was a quieter machine but it works so well and the price was right that it doesn't matter.Read More
would buy again!
Love this blender! The smoothie cup attachment is so awesome! Makes making the morning smoothie so easy and quick with little clean up! A little loud when blending, but love love love it!Read More
Questions & Answers
I am hoping it meets the desires of my daughter for a high power food processor and my son's for a Bulletâ¦â¦â¦ Fingers Crossed...
Great product
Good quality
good price and quality product max watts 1500 and motor better
We saw these on TV and really liked what they could do
I m in need of a good product and my daughter suggest this one was a perfect one for me. Hope I will not be disappoint it.
Love the Ninja Blenders!
I have to be on a liquid diet for six weeks. I figured I would keep using it once I continually used it.
Great reviews!
i want to be healthy
good and easy
performance and multifunctional
i gift to my friends
It was almost half what the retails stores were charging.
Because I needed a tool that would do many jobs as I have a very small kitchen. Also the power in this particular unit will be needed because I will be mixing dough and the power with the 1200 watt unit just isn't enough.
health purposes
Because of predominantly positive reviews of this product
Compared to Vitamix and Blendtec and what it says it does is similar except the cooking part. I don't need that for 4-600$ more. I also like the food processor aspect as I bake and cook a lot.
Lots of power and small cups for daily protein drinks with fresh fruit and vegetables.
What type of warranty does this blender have?
Hello raven, this is not showing a warranty, however you can purchase our 2 year Platinum Replacement Plan. I hope this helps. Shelia B
How much horsepower does this product have
Hello lugia7, It is a 1,500-watt item, with 2 horsepower. Thanks for shopping with us!
does this come with a shredder?
Hello krnz, the Ninja BL770 Black MEGA Kitchen System doesn't come with a shredder. Please feel free to contact us again with any further questions. Thank you for shopping with us!
does this product come with a factory warranty or any other warranty?
Hi mldaniels1, unfortunately this item does not come with a manufacturer warranty. We apologize for the inconvenience. We may offer an optional warranty service but we can only confirm this once the item is restocked. Thanks for shopping with us.
now that the item is in stock, is it new or refurbished or previously owned?
Hello jdephilly, The Ninja MEGA black kitchen system is new. Please feel free to contact us again with any further questions. Thank you for shopping with us!
Is this a new product or is this a refurbished system. Also does this come with a factory warranty.
Hello tfetherolf, Unfortunately, this item is out of stock. We currently do not have inventory to check, and cannot guarantee the item will be restocked. We recommend entering your email address, in the top right corner of the product page, to be notified if this item does come back in stock. Thank you for shopping Overstock.com; let us know if you have additional questions.
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It's the nightmare that haunts every first-time home buyer, especially a young couple with a 2-year-old daughter about to purchase their first house: toxic mold.
Jason and Kerri Brown were thrilled when they found a five-bedroom, two-bath house that was in foreclosure for $75,000 in Greenville, S.C., a cozy town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, on Aug. 16, 2005.
The next day, they started renovations on the fixer-upper and ordered new fixtures and furniture. Later that week, Kerri was at home when she and her uncle started to remove some bookcases in a bedroom and discovered a passageway that led to a hidden room.
Inside the room was a chilling note from the previous owner:
"You Found It! Hello. If you're reading this, then you found the secret room. I owned this house for a short while and it was discovered to have a serious mold problem. One that actually made my children very sick to the point that we had to move out."
"I just couldn't believe it," Kerri tells ABCNews.com. "The previous owner left his email address, so I got in touch with him and he said that he didn't want the same thing to happen to him, that the mold made his children very sick."
The note was the starting point in a long saga for the Browns, complete with hidden histories and lengthy legal complaints. And it served as a wake-up call to all the parties about the potential dangers of toxic mold, which has been shown to have damaging effects to the respiratory systems of young children.
The couple hired an environmental engineer who tested the air quality and found high levels of stachybotrys, which is known as toxic black mold, and other molds including aspergillus and penicillium, and told them that it was too dangerous to move in to the house.
"We found readings that were four or five times higher compared to outside levels," says engineer Steve Hendrix. "On a scale of one to ten, with ten being the worst, I would say this house was a seven."
So, the question remains: why didn't the previous owner tell the Browns about the mold before they bought the house?
The author of the note was George Leventis, who lived at 6 Whitten St. with his wife Tricia and their two daughters in 2004. About four months after moving into the house, the first-time home buyers noticed that the girls were getting sick.
"They started getting sicker and very lethargic and nothing seemed to be working to help them get better," says Leventis. The parents suspected mold but couldn't afford the repairs that would be required to clean up the house.
"So we moved out and rented a place. I wrote a letter to the mortgage company about the condition and they never wrote me back."
Leventis says he was forced to declare personal bankruptcy and ended up defaulting on his mortgage. But he was worried about the future of the hazardous house and occasionally drove by to check on its status.
"We drove by one day and saw the 'For Sale' sign," says Leventis. "And I called up the realtor that sold us the house and he called the listed broker and left her several messages about its condition, but he never heard back."


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I have created an app for visually impaired. When the user clicks on Physical Home button I am getting the launcher dialog box working perfectly fine.
Instead of inbuilt dialog box. I would like to get my activity screen which has the list of launchers so that user can select and open any launcher according the requirement.
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If the user has two launcher
- Launcher (Default)
- MyApp launcher
On myactivity screen it should show up launcher and myApp and user should able select anything required.
Is this possible? if so how? Can somebody direct me to that page as a start?


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Joined: 7/04/11
I loved the database used in SWG for items. The fact that every item was a 3d object that you could put down in your house or the world made even "junk" into something. Every item had a serial number, so even a manufactured power handler had it's own identity in a way.
In the early days if you crafted a carbine and put a scope in the recipe, it actually appeared on the weapon. Same for stocks and barrels. I remember shopping for an EE3 that was stripped down just because I liked the look of it.
The lack of the vertical axis was always a bummer, but the world itself was well made, and had the size and actual landmarks to make exploration something worthwhile. With day/night and weather, there was a sense of being in those places at times, and the game was very immersive.
Finally, the ability to put houses in the landscape was a good feature, and even though there was a downside in the clutter, I would rather have the freedom to place objects in the world rather than have it be the static play place of the devs alone. If decay on houses would have led to automatic pack-up the system would have been perfect, but as it was, I will take the housing tracts that have interesting décor and vendors over the same static area any day.
At the risk of this being nostalgic player tribute #432Ac1, I just want to say that to me, you were right, and you are still right to this day.
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I would be remiss if I didn't say thank you to all the folks saying nice things. :)
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Joined: 9/28/05
Originally posted by falc0n
Thats all nice and good. But the problem is, that it is not true.
Look. As Raph said themself, and as i personally see it. They (Raph and other) tried a lot of new stuff with UO, but also skipped a lot of stuff because of time constraints, because that the game become bigger(more people playing simultanly) as they thought in the beginning and all that things.
It was a very good starting point for virtual worlds, for world simulations, where player can live, where player can shape the world.. but it was just a starting point and withit very limited(although far ahead of its time and everything that followed). But always if you do things like that you get into problems you did not expect, like houses all over the place, like pking running rampart, and a lot more stuff.
More or less at the same time or a little bit later Everquest appeared with the more restricted DikuMUD as foundation, and even more restricting.. it was a lot more game, it was a lot less world... and it was in 3D, and maybe because of all or maybe just because of the 3D and the more game combat Everquest was more successful(not a lot, but more successful) and almot everything after the early days based their MMO from EQ, with little tweaks here and there. WoW finally completed that design or let say made it even more mainstream, more game and almost everyone and especially the industry really forgot UO.
On the other side Raph himself and SWG did just partly build up on UO, but instead tried more to fix some of the problems, and had to fight with the restricting IP, with the higher budget and of course with expectations. Some things were improved, some fixes worked.. other not so good, and other were just limiting and withit just a cheap hot fix, and some problems were introduced newly.
Two other games at that time also tried to build upon UO.. that was on the one side EvE, which introduced regional markets, different security zones. On the other side shadowbane, which in introduced territorial warfare and tried terraforming somewhat(although the idea is a lot older.. i would say back to populous).
And those 3 games all released 2003.. the so called 2nd sandbox generation after UO. And after that time more or less nothing.. or just a few indy attempts, but just with more or less resemble those old ideas and concepts without bringing anything new to the table. Maybe it is time to just resemble all parts and do it right.. but in my humble opinion it would be more important to think further to develop above those foundations, to evolve virtual world, sandbox design.
Up to now most announced games try just to resemble everything working, almost noone brings something new to the table, although EQN emergent AI(not really a new idea, but not used up to now) and layered world design is at least somewhat new.. on the other side EQN will most probably cater a lot to the mainstream audience and will be limited because of that.. they can't go beyond the roof. And i don't see any other one even trying it. Maybe and for a me a very big "maybe" someone will try it after those first revival attempts of bringing back sandbox gaming.. at least if a few are successful.
But as Raph said, nowadays with the extremely high, but mandatory bugdets it is almost impossible to really try something completely new.. it is just to expensive to even try it out.
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Joined: 4/04/05
Originally posted by Raph
If you need to hear nice things, there are plenty of nice things to say about you. You're one of the genuine pillars of modern gaming. Etc.
If you want to engage the topic, it won't always be so adulatory - you've had hits and misses, and I have a feeling that gaming is about to leapfrog a generation of design minds.
The critical feature of early online gaming, including the stuff you worked on, was that it grew out of a face-to-face gameplay milieu. Many thousands and ultimately millions of players worldwide, in basements, in rec rooms, in dorm rooms, at conventions: interacting with each other, improvising, terminologizing, storming out of the room, peeling off variations, trying stuff, giving feedback, and so on and so on. This powerful permanent floating laboratory gave gaming a strength and resilience that has carried it for 40 years. Nothing done in corporate game studios can compare to it.
Eventually this will find a way to happen again, with new tools and new paradigms for "face to face." When it does, today's AAA dinosaurs will look 50 years old.
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Joined: 2/27/07
Originally posted by Velocinox
Oh my, you either did not play SWG or completely misunderstood the game. Classes were never supposed to be balanced, ever. A good MMO never balances classes, MMO's are not meant to be played singularly. Balance is putting together a good group that matches up well with others.
There was nothing broken about SWG, the real positive thing about the game was that there were few Jedi and a good offensive player could still easily match up with a Jedi. SWG was not about pvp at all, you could pvp in the game, but most did not.
The housing itself was brilliant, you could choose the city you wanted to live in, or build a guild city. Some areas were crowded, others not.
And don't give me that nonsense that people played the game because they could take advantage of cheats. Very few did that.
The space portion of the game was very well liked. Many of us continued to play the game after NGE because of the fun you could have in your space ships.
Thanks for sharing this, Adam. It was a great read and I learned somethings today :)
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Originally posted by Foomerang
Koster didn't add the Jedi's by choice, if you did your research before posting! He was told by SOE/LA to add Jedi to the game! He explains it all here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifhmDVWszbQ
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For me Raph's game design is superior because he asks the right questions. A MMO is not primary about mechanics or structure. It is about FUN. So the right questions are like - What is fun in a MMORPG? What do people desire in a MMO to have fun?
When I first read "A theory of fun" (here are some excerpts http://www.theoryoffun.com - you can find the full book on amazon or where ever you buy your books) i realized that my OWN answers to these questions weren't the real ones. Answers like progression, PVP, trade, economy are all just symptoms of a much more basic desire.
It is player interaction. Thats the basic reason why all of you including me play MMOs.
Progression can be achieved in any SinglePlayer RPG. Still you play an MMO why? Because you can share your progression achievement and play along with others as you progress - yes that is player interaction.
PVP can be played in any shooter or RTS game still you play a MMO - asked yourself why. Because you want the metagame the group game - yes that is player interaction.
I think you see where i am going so i skip the other points.
If player interaction is your main focus you design a game differently. You now need a world where this player interaction can take place and the needs for such a world are mechanics that allow players to interact the way they prefer. Because that is how you attract many different kinds of players. -> Today we only know one world setting that can do so - a sandbox. So sandbox is not a design choice but a result.
Now you give the players tools like classes, builds, PVP, economy, guilds, achievements, quests, themeparks, arenas, rankings.
You give the players so many tools that no player can do them all. But every player has tools for her or him that generate player interaction and with that generate FUN. But since you need many tools for the game you create forced player interaction. One alone can't play the game so you need to collaborate wioth others. Meaning you force the players to have fun. Win Win - even when some players never get this point.
So your world design is not that all content has to be available for every single one - it is designed that every single one finds content for themself.
Crafting classes, Social classes, ingame events, economy are things that some players maybe find useless. But thats okay - others like it and thats fine too. You dont have to like every aspect of the game world. You just to find yourself FUN while playing the parts you like.
And that approach to develop a MMO is sadly now one of the past. The main reason is not because it is the wrong approach. It's because it is the very expensive approach. By designing a world for everyone in the first step you increase cost and development time and you still have nothing to show to your investor.
just my thoughts....
Well maybe someday a company has the guts to try it again.
enough babbling.
Thanks Adam for the great interview and thanks Raph for the answers.
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Originally posted by NC-John
Totally agree
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Originally posted by Sioned
Still I disagree with the idea that the industry would not be attemting to adress these needs at present.
Even more than the ones listed by Mr. Koster, I would be thinking of Camelot Unchained. However, ArcheAge should also be mentioned. I think, repeating his referrence to GuildWars can then be omitted, because anything it did do well is also catered by the aforementioned, and what it did wrong was terrible. :$
Other good examples would be Trials of Ascension and Embers of Caerus, even if I can not blame anyone who simply does not accept these, as the projects might easily never see the day of light.
I do not see why any of these examples should not count as the right attempts, however. =)
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I've said it many times before and I'll say it again. SWG pre-CU pretty much spoiled me for any other MMO. I've played a lot of different MMOs but none have matched SWG, despite the flaws. For the person who said people were unable to list why they loved SWG and the only reason people enjoyed SWG was because it was bugged, here's a list of the features I enjoyed in SWG:
-- NO levels: yes there were areas and animals/npcs of varying difficulty but one could theoretically go to any planet and get in a group with anyone to hunt anything from day one, a player did not out level others or worry about being out leveled by others, guild members could be away from the game for months then come back to join in with whatever activities the other guild members were doing, players had choices and weren't shuffled from one leveled zone to the next; I still remember hearing for the first time after CU was implemented the sad words "sorry, we already have too many low level people in this group"
-- Player cities that were not instanced and had meaning: true the land may have been overrun with them and some may have been empty but some guilds actively used their player cities, missions could be run out of player cities which made it easy to log in for a short time and run a couple of missions, they added to the role-playing value of the game and to the choices players had; they gave guild members a common place to meet, interact, and work together instead of being a group of faceless strangers that may chat in a chat window
-- Non-combat roles that had purpose/player economy: many games may have crafting but most of the time crafting is useless as people can loot items or purchase them from npcs just as easily and crafting/gathering is usually a secondary role to a combat class with no other non-combat choices available; along with this is the fact that players needed each other...these are MMOs after all, if you don't want to interact with people other than pvp go play a single player game with multi-player feature
-- Large group size
-- Creature Handling system: the ability to look for "babies," attempt to tame them, have multiple animals in inventory that could be pulled out whenever, and have them assist in combat
-- NO concept of end game: in these leveled games, if I manage to stick with the game long enough to max out my level and finish the story, I'm done; I have absolutely no motivation to keep running the same dungeon over and over again
-- CHOICES: surprise surprise, some of us actually DID want to be moisture farmers, even if we are "niche," not everyone that plays MMOs feels the need to be THE hero; the ability to create and live out one's own story and one's own ambitions, rather than being the person that slayed the most dragons there were those who wanted to be the best crafter or the richest on their server
I'm sure I could come up with other stuff for the list but it's already getting long
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The woes of SWG were just an example of the bankruptcy of corporate game design. There will always be some "suit" with a suit-ish idea of what the target market "REALLY" wants. And it'll be based on their myopic interpretation of some other game's success.
Seven or eight years ago, the monolith the suits worshiped at was World of Warcraft with its E-Z gameplay, numbered levels, fixed classes and (mostly in instanced encounters) theme parkish features. That must be the formula for the big breakout!
What they didn't notice, or couldn't admit, was that WoW was built on a rich, proven, and popular game IP - the Warcraft Universe - not just a movie IP. Nor was WoW licensed out - it was all built in-house, thus eliminating the clumsy sack-race between LucasArts and licensee that plagued both GALAXIES and REPUBLIC.
Remember the infamous quote (heard from both Smedley and Nancy MacIntyre at LEC, so it undoubtedly came out of meetings) about players supposedly wanting to be Luke Skywalker instead of Uncle Owen the Moisture Farmer? So, you know, where's the matching quote from Blizzard about players "really" wanting to be Jaina Proudmoore or Thrall, instead of Healertroll or Gnomecandy, while their game is kicking everyone's butt? The answer is that they already had ten years of Warcraft gameplay in the can before WoW opened shop, so they KNEW what players wanted, and they had the freedom to act on it without pleasing some external "Azeroth LLC" partner.
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"Raph Koster: I think we get enough theme parks in single player games. Now that you can play those single player games with other people thanks to voice chat, you really don't need an MMO attached to it. I don't think it is an accident that Minecraft is as popular as it is."
Ding ding ding ding ding....
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
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Originally posted by Mitara
Easy to say, harder to do....
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
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Really appreciated the interview and the Pre-CU SWG pics certainly brought some memories ;)
Funny how SWG, at the time, apart the bugs was the most advanced MMO.
One example: the UI was the most flexible and still sexy and efficient.
Sadly I have to agree with:
"The Jedi thing was a huge issue, and eventually, IMHO, it killed the game. We shouldn't have had Jedi at all, I think."
The hologrind indeed made too many players do things not for the fun anymore.
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[mod edit] Even Lord British himself stated that Koster sure does love to pretend everything revolved around him, if it was good. Sure had little respect from his former team members that always had the blame pushed off on them.
Sorry but there isn't a damn thing that is going to take away the memory of that idiot posting in reply to people that the reason we could only have 1 character in SWG was due to the massive amounts of polygons each character had and it just wasn't feasible to give more due to the massive amount of space each character took on the server.
No respect at all for the players. Guess that's why Sony pushed him off onto console games and even after 7 years of trying, cant get any funding for his new ideas...now if only the GDC members would stop inviting him to spew out his opinions, which nobody has listened to so he can just fade away already.
BTW, really really loved the random generated worlds and no X/Y axis of SWG along with daily downtimes due to piss poor database design. Only thing good about the game was the COMMUNITY which had nothing to do with Koster.
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Eternal life brings eternal hunger.
I really enjoyed this article.
I look forward to the day, should it ever come, that MMOs make a return to their original days of a challenging and immersive world.
On the SWG note, I do believe that it needed Jedi, but I DON'T believe that they needed to be everywhere and exactly what they were. In my minds eye, classes and roles like that should be held for creative individuals who truly are involved in the continuing simulation of the world.
Asheron's Call used to do developer run world events with powerful enemies that a developer would control, I'd suggest the same involving worthy players taking turns on events as such. Also allowing for a steeper price for messing up with said characters that they are roleplaying.
The question remains, how to place a system to reward such players without it resulting to who can grind the fastest, and what kind of resources it would take on the developers side. I'd imagine a player run GM team backed up by developers restricting them in a fair enough way to keep with the feel of the times and environment would be the way to go.
Thanks for this interview, sounds like it made a lot of us vets happy and feeling nostalgic!
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Originally posted by Ozmodan
Completely agree with the blue text :-D
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As others have said, I was privileged to play UO and SWG for a number of years; both were deeply enjoyable and ahead of their time in many ways (warts and all).
And I have been equally cursed by the experience, since just about all of the MMOs since then have paled in comparison.
Like many, including Raph it seems, I have not played an MMO past the first month in several years: simply put, none have been worth it or measured up to their progenitors.


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In professional basketball, the Chicago Bulls soared even higher than superstar Michael Jordan in an astonishing 1995-96 season. They set an all-time league record by winning 72 regular-season games while losing only 10 and then went on to win their fourth National Basketball Association (NBA) championship in six years.
The Bulls did fall short of their quest to chalk up another record for play-off dominance, having to settle for an overall 15-3 postseason record. The Seattle SuperSonics staved off the threat of being shut out in the best-of-seven finals by winning twice on their home floor.
But even that worked out well, because it enabled the Bulls to win the title on their home court, where an adoring audience watched them put away the Sonics 87-75 in game 6. Their slight fade in the final series also added fuel to the debate over whether these Bulls, rather than the 69-13 Los Angeles Lakers of 1971-72, the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers (68-13), or the 1985-86 Boston Celtics (67-15) actually deserved to be recognized as the all-time greatest NBA team.
There was little, if any, argument, however, about the greatest player of them all. Jordan, shining even brighter than before in his first full year back from a brief retirement, was the unstoppable force in Chicago's success. At 33, he did not hang in the air en route to one of his crowd-arousing slam dunks quite as long as he used to. But his unmatched skills, instinct for the game, and, above all, his burning desire to win were undimmed by time.
Jordan proved it over and over in 1995-96, gaining both the regular-season and play-off Most Valuable Player awards. It was the fourth time he had earned each of those accolades, and he also added his league-record eighth NBA scoring title to break Wilt Chamberlain's record.
Nevertheless, Jordan had an outstanding supporting cast, with two more superstars, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman (see BIOGRAPHIES), in the mix. His rebounding prowess, multihued hair, and bizarre off-court antics made Rodman a Chicago favourite in his first year with the Bulls.
With contemplative Coach Phil Jackson (see BIOGRAPHIES) using the right bench psychology, the Bulls were virtually unbeatable. They hoped to keep it going, at least for one more year, by signing Jordan for $30 million, Rodman for $7 million, and Jackson for $1.5 million.
The Kentucky Wildcats and their charismatic coach, Rick Pitino, dominated college basketball throughout the 1995-96 season. Pitino finally won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament championship that had eluded him since 1989 at Kentucky and at Providence in a 1987 Final Four appearance.
But this was to be Kentucky's--and Pitino's--year. The Wildcats shook off an early-season loss to Massachusetts and took over the number one spot in the weekly Top 25 polls by consistently blowing away Southeastern Conference (SEC) opponents. With just one more regular-season loss, Kentucky stormed into the NCAA tournament as the odds-on favourite.
Because Kentucky had not won the tournament since 1978 and had suffered a traumatic last-second loss to Duke in the 1992 NCAA East Regional final, a heavy burden accompanied the Wildcats when they arrived in the New Jersey Meadowlands on March 30 to take on the Minutemen of Massachusetts in the semifinal game. This time the Wildcats were able to avenge their early-season loss, ousting the Minutemen 81-74. It was Kentucky's first victory margin of less than 20 points in the tournament.
The final game of the tournament pitted Kentucky against Syracuse, a Cinderella team that had surprised everybody, including its own fans, by last defeating Mississippi State 77-69 in the other semifinal. Along the way, Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim emerged as a hero of sorts, shedding the reputation he had acquired, perhaps unfairly, of being unable to win the big games. In reaching the finals, Syracuse increased its NCAA tourney victory total over the years to 35--the most ever won by a team that did not win the title.
In the final Kentucky had more than the sticky Syracuse zone defense to overcome before nailing down an emotional 76-67 victory to end its 18-year drought between NCAA championships. Tense and erratic, as though they were overwhelmed by all the expectations on their shoulders, the Wildcats almost blew a 13-point lead in the second half, allowing Syracuse to cut the gap to 64-62 with just 4 minutes and 46 seconds left.
It was then that Kentucky's best player, Tony Delk, rallied his squad with emotional fervour during a time-out. Wildcat fans in the throng of 19,229 nervously pondered the probabilities of another collapse, but their fears were soon dispelled. When Delk missed a three-point shot, Walter McCarty denied Syracuse a chance to go for the tying points by tipping in the rebound, and Derek Anderson, a transfer from Ohio State, nailed a three-pointer for the biggest basket of the game. Kentucky then pulled ahead to win by a final score of 76-67.
Overall, it was Delk's marksmanship that made the difference. The sharpshooting guard contributed seven of the winners' dozen three-point baskets, tying the individual record for an NCAA championship game that had been set by Indiana's Steve Alford in 1987 and Oklahoma's David Sieger in 1988.
Nebraska, better known as a football power, pulled off a surprise by winning the National Invitation Tournament with a 60-56 decision over St. Joseph's of Philadelphia. It took the Cornhuskers 100 years--spent mostly in obscurity on the court--to emerge, but they rode the clutch free throws of Erick Strickland, named the tourney's Most Valuable Player, to victory in the final.
In women's basketball, Tennessee trounced Georgia 83-65 on March 31 in Charlotte, N.C., to capture its fourth NCAA tournament championship. When Kentucky took the men's title a day later, the SEC became the first conference to have won both NCAA basketball tournaments in the same season.


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"[But] when bottled water without fluoride is substituted for fluoridated tap water, the advantage of regular, small amounts of healing fluoride is lost and children and adults will be more prone to cavity activity on the surfaces of their teeth," he warned.
That said, Edelstein -- like Shenkin -- also noted that no studies have as yet directly linked a higher risk for cavities to the consumption of bottled water in place of tap water.
"Some have attributed this increase and prevalence to bottled water substitution," he said. "But that remains conjecture as other factors -- increased sugar in diets, changes in demography, dental intervention -- may account for the change."
In a news release issued in March, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) denied that bottled-water consumption is associated with an increased risk for tooth decay.
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Homeland Security office OKs efforts to monitor social media
The FBI currently is seeking a tool to alert agents of developing threats on social media, scrape historical data from the Web that can be searched later and display messages coming from a defined geographical area.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, part of the Department of Defense, is exploring how to "forecast dynamic group behavior in social media." It wants a system that can simultaneously scan more than 1,000 groups, more than 100,000 postings per day and more than 1 million people.
"While collaborations in social media have been researched extensively, little attention has been paid to how groups compete with each other for members and influence on opinions of other teams and communities," the research projects agency wrote in a solicitation this year. "Understanding what affects such online behavior is needed for trend forecasting."
The Center for Investigative Reporting, California Watch's parent organization, revealed in September that a growing number of private tech firms are marketing tools to law enforcement agencies that are capable of automatically analyzing vast segments of the Internet and make simple keyword searches elementary by comparison.
"If indeed DHS is just looking at the Weather Channel's tweets and The New York Times and monitoring media responses, I don't necessarily know that there's a civil liberties threat to the public in that," Rumold said. "But it's when the monitoring is done behind closed doors in ways the public doesn't understand I think is the real problem."
One company in North Carolina shows police how they can scrape and analyze massive volumes of data from Facebook and Twitter and process it for keywords and geographic locations that reveal "patterns of interest." A text miner tool can determine if words like "bomb" are being used as an adjective or noun.
Another company called 3i-MIND in Switzerland marketed its OpenMIND product at a law enforcement conference in San Diego last year. The tool was designed specifically for police and intelligence agencies and "automatically finds suspicious patterns and behaviors" across the Web – not just on social media sites, but also on blogs and online forums.
DigitalStakeout promises to "unlock the value of social media and big data to discover risks, threats and actionable intelligence" and enables police to not only prioritize hundreds of target terms, but also discover new ones across Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
Former law enforcement and special operations personnel created a product called TACTrend that they say focuses only on publicly available Internet data that online users choose to share.
"The system also does not target individuals or private U.S. citizens," TACTrend's maker wrote in a July white paper [PDF]. "It focuses on key word searches associated with activities, threats, events and actions."


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Flat Head Syndrome
May 20, 2011
Many parents lay infants on their backs to sleep in hopes of preventing SIDS. The unintended consequences was that it caused many babies' heads to become misshapen.
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UPDATE: Middleburg gets county's first charter school
The Loudoun County School Board voted to accept the application of the Middleburg Community Charter School at a work session and action meeting Tuesday night.
"We are thrilled," said Dave Quanbeck, Co-Chair of the MCCS committee. "The Board's decision not only keeps our 100-year-old school open, but provides a model for other small schools in Western Loudoun."
The approval is pending under the condition of incorporating all the things they have agreed to in work sessions leading up to the decision.
Once the contract is drafted by the School Board counsel, the board will approve the charter school, assuming all topics have been adjusted to its liking.
All of the School Board members present voted to accept the application. Board members Debbie Rose (Algonkian) and Jennifer Bergel (Catoctin) were absent from the proceedings.
The MCCS committee submitted its application in August 2013. A school board special committee, made up of School Board Vice Chair Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) and members Brenda Sheridan (Sterling) and Bill Fox (Leesburg), vetted the application over a period of six months going through the application section by section. After a number of full board work sessions, the charter came to a vote Tuesday night.
"This has been a lengthy process," explained Quanbeck. "But especially with the pressures on the School Board to implement a sustainable school budget, we needed to show evidence that the Middleburg Community Charter School would save LCPS money."
Like other charters in the state, the MCCS will receive a per-pupil allotment determined by LCPS. The charter school will also be able to raise private funds through grants and donations as a 501(c) nonprofit organization to help alleviate the cost of operating the school.
Middleburg parents and community members decided to develop the plan after growing weary of annual budget constraints threatening the closing of the school.
Middleburg Elementary School is more than 100 years old and currently houses approximately 45 students.
With its approval, students attending the school will operate on a modified school year calendar. The school will offer a full-day kindergarten and specialized instruction following the Leonardo da Vinci model.
According to MCCS, the da Vinci model is a "thematic, project-based, interdisciplinary curriculum designed to inspire children to develop their innate intellectual curiosity. Children will be taught in combined K-2 and 3-5 classes, allowing younger students to see models for learning, providing mentoring for older children in a class and ensuring continuity of child-teacher relationships across several years."
All elementary-aged kids in Loudoun are eligible to attend Middleburg Charter School once it opens on Aug. 4.
Enrollment applications are already being accepted online.
According to Quanbeck, the enrollment period will end April 30. Families will be notified the week of May 7. The enrollment process is governed by state law and will go to a lottery if enrollment exceeds the program capacity. Program capacity will be determined by grade. The school capacity is 137.
Transportation will be provided by the school board to all students that live in the current Middleburg Elementary School attendance zone.
A series of public information meetings for prospective families will be held over the next several weeks. Families are encouraged to check the MCCS website, middleburgcharterschool.org, or the MCCS Facebook page for the most current details.
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Stir Fried Beef Stroganoff
|Boneless beef sirloin steak
|12 Ounce, cut 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick
|Low fat dairy sour cream
|8 Ounce (1 Carton)
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|2 Tablespoon
|Low sodium tomato paste
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|Cold water
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Instant beef bouillon granules
|1 Teaspoon
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|6 Ounce
|Non stick spray coating
|Sliced fresh mushrooms
|5 Ounce (2 Cups)
|Chopped onion
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1 Clove (5 gm), minced
|Snipped parsley
|1 Tablespoon
Trim fat from beef.
Partially freeze beef; thinly slice across the grain into bite-size strips.
In a small mixing bowl stir together the sour cream, flour, and tomato paste.
Stir in the water, bouillon granules, and pepper.
Set aside.Cook the fettuccine according to the package directions, omit the cooking oil and salt.
Drain well.
Meanwhile, spray a cold large skillet with non-stick coating.
Preheat the skillet over medium heat.
Add beef to the hot skillet.
Stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or to desired doneness.
Remove beef from the skillet.
Add the sliced mushrooms, chopped onion, and minced garlic.
Stir-fry for 3 to 4 minutes or till the onion is tender.
Add the sour cream mixture to the skillet.
Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly.
Return meat to the skillet.
Cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
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Two-thirds of Americans say they would choose watermelon to hydrate
ORLANDO, Fla., May 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Americans thirsting for more energy may want to refresh their hydration habits – by thinking outside the water glass, suggests a new survey.
Nearly nine of 10 Americans believe they have to drink something to stay hydrated, according to an online survey conducted in May among 2,050 U.S. adults by Harris Poll, and commissioned by National Watermelon Promotion Board (NWPB). Yet, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports 44 percent of adults drink fewer than four cups of water per day.
NWPB is reminding Americans that they can eat their hydration, offering mouthwatering inspiration at www.watermelon.org. Two-thirds of Americans (66 percent) agree that of all produce, watermelon is the one they would choose to help them hydrate.
"Every system in your body – from reproduction and digestion to circulation, mood and memory – depends on water," says Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., and author of several nutrition and wellness books. "Consequently, water helps ward off fatigue, a common health complaint in the United States."
In fact, three in five Americans (62 percent) agree they don't have enough energy on days when they don't hydrate enough. One-third (34 percent) of Americans say they don't drink a lot of water as they need something with flavor – and those numbers are higher (41 percent) among Millennials.
"Sliced, cubed or blended, watermelon is a delicious way to increase fluid intake and boost energy," Somer says. "Watermelon is 92 percent water, and the perfect ingredient for salads, salsas, smoothies and more."
-- Make a center-of-plate statement with Grilled Spicy Watermelon or Grilled Cheese, Watermelon and Arugula Sandwich -- Keep kids cool on hot days with Watermelon Snow Cones and Watermelon Popsicles -- Drink watermelon! This beverage trio, including the Veggie De-Bloat Cocktail, Red Hot Blood Cleanser and Watermelon Zapper, contains vital ingredients for health and hydration
"Watermelon is loaded with vitamins A and C, potassium and magnesium, fiber and phytonutrients, like lycopene," she adds. "You'll be hard-pressed to find a better snack to fill you up without filling you out."
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NWPB was established in 1989 as the nonprofit marketing and communications arm of the watermelon industry. Funded through a self-mandated industry assessment paid by watermelon producers, handlers and importers, NWPB is a multi-faceted organization with a strategic mission to make watermelon an every day, healthy choice for consumers throughout the United States, Canada and other export markets. NWPB works to increase consumer demand for watermelon through promotions, marketing, research, communication and educational programs.
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Jaison Kandamkulathil has had one goal in life, the pursuit of what he describes as 'great success'. The 36-year-old author and management consultant from Irinjalakuda has spent the better part of his years trying to understand what makes successful people tick, and has now distilled what he believes is the essence of success into a book: Addicted To Great Success.
"Even in my younger days I had the opportunity to interact with a lot of business leaders from different fields, and I used to interview them to find out how they became successful. Speaking to such people and watching interviews that tackle the subject of success is something I find very interesting," he says.
Jaison says the years he spent working in sales and technical support of various organisations helped him interact directly with a large cross-section of society. "The experience I received in those days has been invaluable to me and I have compiled the lessons I learnt from those conversations into the book."
He also runs a website, unclelocal.org, where local businesses can register themselves using "a very simple form" and make themselves accessible to a larger audience. The website groups businesses based on geographic location so visitors to the site can search for businesses based on their location.
His fixation with success and his sympathy towards a large section of the youth led him to travel to Pune and take a course with Dale Carnegie Training. "While travelling in buses I have seen many students who have dreams about achieving things in life but do not know how to go about it. I wrote the book for youngsters who are in such a situation." To this end he currently works as a freelance trainer and is in talks with some schools to provide motivational training to students.
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21.1 Match Penalty - A match penalty involves the suspension of a player for the balance of the game and the offender shall be ordered to the dressing room immediately.
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In addition to the match penalty, the player shall be
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Under rule 28.1 "If an investigation is requested by a Club or by the League on its own initiative, it must be initiated within twenty-four (24) hours following the completion of the game in which the incident occurred."
Now what that means, If a player takes a match penalty he is suspended for the remainder of the game and a 5 minute penalty is served. Furthermore an investigation by the league is initiated and must be completed within 24 hours of the incident all the while the player is indeffinitally suspended from play while a decision by the league is made.
In theory staal should be indefinitely suspended for a least one game until a decision is made from the league within the given time frame.
The league looked at it and said there would be no suspension. There was no changing of the rules because it was the Pens. If the league feels further investigation (like questioning players, refs, etc... for insight, then he would most likely sit tonight's game out while that all happened. Stop with the conspiracy stuff.
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Ballymore Castle in Lawrencetown, County Galway, Ireland was originally a Madden tower house of the 15th century. A house was added in 1620, and the castle has been much altered since then.
The castle was built in 1585 by John Lawrence on land he had acquired through his marriage to the daughter of O'Madden, Lord of Longford. It was damaged in subsequent wars and repaired by his son, Walter, in 1620. John Lawrence Jnr. was dispossessed by Oliver Cromwell in 1641, having espoused the royalist cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
The castle and much of the estate was given to Sir Thomas Newcomen, who leased the castle to the Lawrences for many years. On his death, it passed to his stepson, Nicholas Cusack of Cushinstown, County Meath, who sold it to John Eyre of Eyrecourt about 1720. The Seymour family settled in the castle around 1700. The castle was modernised and a large house added in 1815. Thomas Seymour purchased the castle and lands outright from Giles Eyre around 1824. This family remained in possession of the castle until the early part of this century.
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Bellows Falls Opera House recently had the honor of hosting a preview showing for the soon-to-be released and much-anticipated documentary film National Parks: America's Best Idea, created by Ken Burns and the folks at Florentine Films, which just so happens to be nestled locally in downtown Walpole, NH.
Renowned for their work on such documentaries as Baseball and The Civil War, Florentine Films is now recognized as arguably the most influential documentary film company in the history of the medium.
A veteran filmmaker of more than 30 years, Burns and the Florentine family have created some of the most memorable documentary films ever, including the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge, the Primetime Emmy Award-winning The War and Jazz.
One of these Florentine Film family member just so happens to be local film editor Craig Mellish, a North Walpole, NH resident and Fall Mountain Regional High School graduate who has worked at Florentine since 1996 and played a part in the aforementioned National Parks series. Mellish has had an interest in film from an early age. So how exactly did his affiliation with Florentine come about?
"At the time, I was in the film program at Keene State College and our supervising editor, Paul Barnes, was teaching an editing class," Mellish stated in a recent interview. "Before the first class the head of the film department asked if I wanted to be his teacher's assistant.
"Later in the semester Paul called and asked if I could help out at Florentine over the weekend as they were in a bit of a crunch getting the Thomas Jefferson film ready for a big screening. So I helped out that weekend, got an offer to be an intern a few days later and have been here ever since."
Other Florentine projects Mellish has worked on over the years include Lewis & Clark: The Journey Of The Corps Of Discovery and the aforementioned Jazz.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug sorafenib, known by its trade name Nexavar, could have a toxic effect on the pancreas of patients who take it for extended periods.
Sorafenib works by inhibiting or halting the creation of new blood vessels into a tumor. It is mainly used to treat liver and kidney cancer, and is being considered by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for thyroid cancer.
But the drug can also harm a person's pancreas by interfering with blood flow to the vital organ, researchers from the University of Paris Descartes wrote in a letter published in the Oct. 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
CT scans showed that long-term use may cause a patient's pancreas to shrink by as much as one-third.
"We report reproducible evidence of irreversible pancreatic atrophy in two patients after long-term treatment with sorafenib," the French researchers wrote.
The drug is manufactured by Onyx Pharmaceuticals, based in San Francisco. The company did not immediately return calls for comment.
The first patient took sorafenib for two and a half years, starting with the recommended dose of 800 milligrams per day.
"After three months of sorafenib treatment, the patient had an intermittent grade 2 diarrhea with remissions when treatment was interrupted and recurrence when it was reinitiated," the researchers said in the letter.
After 18 months, doctors tracked the problem back to the pancreas, which was not producing enough digestive enzymes to properly digest food. A CT scan showed that the patient's pancreas had shrunk by one-fifth. When doctors put the patient on a pancreas enzyme replacement, the diarrhea symptoms improved.
The second patient took sorafenib for three years, and began suffering diarrhea within two months of beginning the drug. A CT scan taken three years after the patient began receiving the medication showed that the pancreas had shrunk by more than one-third.
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Originally Posted by Ian Grant
With or without a lip ? I only have one long plate holder, I'll check it when I'm in the UK.
I am looking into having some meta inserts made as they are very simple to make.
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