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VentureOut Fund Seeks To Invest in LGBT-led Startups
Launch Angels, a Boston area venture capital firm, is looking to breathe life into fledgling startups helmed by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender founders with its VentureOut Fund. Much of the innovation that comes out of Silicon Valley is a direct result of angel investing, VC funding, and mentorship within startup incubators. Currently in the process of raising $2 Million from some 15-20 investors, VentureOut hopes to connect with 15-20 startups currently in their seed stage.
Affinity funding, the idea of investors partnering together around a central idea or purpose, has been Launch Angels CEO Shereen Shermak's primary focus in guiding the firm. Currently Launch Angels has focused primarily on mobile and consumer companies, but it's looking to diversify its portfolio.
"So many more folks are out of the closet in the business world than were even five years ago," Said Greg Wiles, the managing director of the VentureOut Fund. According to Wiles, funds like VentureOut would have languished in the recent past, considering that the world of venture capitalist is composed of primarily straight, white men.
VentureOut, says Wiles, wants to set its fund apart by reaching out to those founders who might have an amazing idea, but perhaps not as much experience with the startup world. Moreover, the fund sees the potential in tapping into the closely-knit, grassroots-y social networks that are often the driving force behind social causes spearheaded by LGBT organizations.
I don't understand why potential founders are being judged on the sexuality.
Posted by: Dan Antimony | Jul 19, 2014 3:30:34 PM
Dan, there's no reason not to support our own. Our opponents launder their money through tax-free churches.
Also, outsider status does seem to correlate well with creativity, and no matter how much support or equality we get, we'll always be outsiders.
Posted by: Randy | Jul 19, 2014 4:52:26 PM
I hope they can foster a thriving entrepreneurial LGBT community. Investing is more than funding companies, it is about mentorship and relations. Best of luck to them on their noble initiative.
Posted by: Jay | Jul 19, 2014 5:12:20 PM
This could work well. And wouldn't it be wonderful to see it do so, a portfolio of splendid success and bracing returns built on the creativity of gay people. And then there's Greg Wiles himself who looks like one very cool man.
Posted by: UFFDA | Jul 19, 2014 7:04:54 PM
@ANTIMONY, the point of their affirmative action is to _offset_ the opportunities that are denied LGBT people because of a pervasive climate of unfair judgment. Do you think VentureOut Fund are the only ones privileging people according to sexual orientation, and, if only they would stop, everyone would be treated fairly?
Posted by: JJ | Jul 19, 2014 8:22:25 PM
Dan is a moron.
I hope they send this press release all around!!
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I would play for sure if they made a prequal.
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3 starting factions balanced by concepts.
DAOC2 would only flourish if it brought something that no other game out right now had. Right now, every game has that one thing they are trying to boast. Maybe your new game is a wow clone +1. Great. There are at least 10 others out there doing the same. I played DAOC classic from the first day it came out. I was hooked on MMOs starting with DAOCs systems, but they've been mostly perfected by other games. Crafting, Battlegrounds, questing... all of these are more enjoyable in other games. RvR was a win concept, hands down. Three faction balance wins hands down, but they are harder to balance. It probably would have kept me longer, but I left shortly after ToA. RvR was a /follow fest after a while because it got so hard to get places in the realm to fight. In the beginning, it was an amazing concept and I loved it for what it was. I left and never looked back.
If DAOC2 were the first MMO to be usable with a cheap virtual reality system or something WII based, that might be something.
What I could really go for right now is for someone to come out with a steampunk based true MMORPG with twitch based action, split-game design for balanced PVE/PVP (changes based on target) in an original graphically-pleasing partially-player-atlering world. but thats me...
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The majority of players who try it will whine and whine until it ends up just like WoW.
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Originally posted by Celestian
Warhammer only has 2 factions, pvp just does not work well in the environment. Besides the pvp in DAoC is far superior to Warhammer.
I still think the best pvp I have had in this genre was in DAoC pre-Atlantis expansion.
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I played DAOC for many years. But, I left for a combination of reasons such as: guild left for other games, there were much "prettier" games to play like Guild Wars, and the grind that was attaining Master Levels and that required a war band of 200 people to accomplish. Also, I think LotM was broken... Anyway, I did LOVE the Open RVR and the tiered battleground system with 3 factions and have been hunting for a replacement fix ever since I left. I also loved the classes and have hoped to find a game where there was a stealhly hunter class - the old "Stinger" model on DAOC...Many times I have wished they would re-roll DOAC, with better graphics and game engine. I tried WAR and LotR in hopes of finding it but ended up disgusted with those RvR models. Guidl Wars wsa even worse with the GVG. So, Yes BRING ON A DAOC 2 with Open Rvr, tiered battlegrounds and 3 factions and a great time will be had by all!
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Don't also forget that DaoC had shared dungeons when pveing, meaning there was more than just your group there. Also they had DF which altho was mostly pve when you owned the rights to it, instantly became pvp zone until your side cleared the beginning. The nice twist is that there was a back way which could be taken to sneak up or stealth farm seals down a hall that was empty. But i think my honestly best times were exploring SI, mushroom farming in SI, or doing the raids on bosses in DF. Don't get me wrong, i loved the RvR, but PVE is what i enjoy the most.
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I'd so buy DAoC 2. DAoC is such a great game in most ways that it is a shame they haven't made a sequal or re-released DAoC somehow.
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DAOC was my first real MMO experience, was still the best. I liked Baldur's Gate before that.
I still remember when our guild captured our first keep, and I used to go out and PvE farm in the PvP zone around it.
And DF? As a mini, i remember going stealth when we lost DF, and watching the zerg run by, hopefully :)
The harvesting/crafting was good enough too, got to GM Alchemist. And .... I miss my Cabby!
That was back before gold spammers, and getting to level 50 was actually an acomplishment.
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Pain is fear leaving the body..
Well, just to keep the thread going in the rare event a Mythic lurker is reading...
Is a graphical upgrade all that is necessary to be succssful? Same factions? Same professions? Same abilities?
What other features - perhaps from other games - would you like to see in a game that would have the distinction of DAOC 2? For example - PQs?
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Originally posted by Elronir
REmember how you didn't play daoc or if you did for a very short while.
Why do i say this becuase i did play daoc off the bat no equipment gridn existed at all for pvp and it remained that way for a long time.
REmember how when TOA came out and you did have to do RAIDs for pve for good equips, but in the end 70-80% of your equip was random drop or player crafted.
REmember how you could still pvp with little/few artis and low level artis and do fine.
I "won" in pugs all the time, what was winning, u had standign and they didn't? .. See in daoc just killing 4 people of an eleet 8 man is pretty win to me you stop their movements and often weaken them if using buff bots. Even more so i still got a TON of rp for it.
Realm pop may have been imbalenced, but over all clases were not.
Lets be honest also why daoc is almost dead, its not themepark (a wow clone which is pretty much a required now), its old, the controls are not standard for mmos (not cloned from wow, i know wow clones are so awful), they killed the camp and explore with cata.
Sorry but i do not think your post is true.
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Daoc2 would be fine - but only if they not copycat Daoc1 but take the ingenious world design and improve it with wild lands for the ffa crowds as well as realm and ffa sandbox areas that have to struggle with realm politics in their own way while the seperate PvE offer Epic Questchains inspired of the myths and lore based on each realm, the Norse, Celt and Artus myths and the real history evetns happen as well as voyages into the mythological underwolrd of each realm, a modern DF, Crafting and Economy like in SWG/Vanguard. Classes and Combat like in AoC but taylored around the Realms.
Could work out...but not in a cheap try milking a good old name!
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Originally posted by Blutmaul
WAs call mordred and it was awful ... i was in the top level group (there were 2 group/guilds close and one a bit behind) that hit 50 the pvp and server was fun level but quickly became pointless there after.
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Full support for DAOC 2, so long as it is STRONGLY loyal to the original.
Please, do not seed the idea that DAOC would be better without keep siege... wtf?
Siege warfare is the core of the RvR system. Should open field combat be encouraged as well? Sure!
The capture/defense of keeps, towers and relics was the foundation for the entire pvp system though, right down to the community mentality that has never been achieved in any other game.
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Well, just to keep the thread going in the rare event a Mythic lurker is reading...
Agreed keep the thread going and we get the supporting posts and Ideas than it's possible everything starts with an Idea right?
Is a graphical upgrade all that is necessary to be succssful? Same factions? Same professions? Same abilities?
What other features - perhaps from other games - would you like to see in a game that would have the distinction of DAOC 2? For example - PQs?
Yes huge graphical upgrades is really all it needs, imo revert back to old abilities, same faction, same professions, the crafting was as bad as the grinding agreed with some posters but it also gave you a accomplisment and made your char much needed and some extra gold or plats for your time + tips ))
IMO give the game blood like they did with AoC and put a rating maybe it will make parents think twice about letting their kids play and we would have less whine threads from wow kids coming over and get more of the mature people who understand why they play and enjoy the game.
WolfClaws writes:
Yeah, Warhammer is DAOC2.
If they took EVERYTHING from DAOC, shoved some serious graphical/ UI upgrades, to include animation, spell effects, etc and threw in some more fun with the keeps, I would play DAOC again.
No.. it wasn't DaoC 2.. it was closer to wow than daoc... you didn't have to earn your levels by grinding... how about crafting system was it the same? 3 factions? Dungeons not instances? They added the instances later to level which was pretty dumb to do, because it kept people seperate.. the rvr wasn't even the same... They tried keep it fun and do something new which failed obviously...
Other than Atlantis is was the most balanced game out there.
Well Atlantis wasn't the real back breaker to be honest, it hurt alot.. because it ment more grinding but the game was still doing well and they needed something to keep everyone busy and happy so they went and added more PvE it did screw it up because of all the +% bonuses.. SI was brilliant those 3 Dungeons were lots of fun and raids being lead and everyone had to pay attention and listen to the raid leader so the raid wouldn't fail and wipe out.. But After the Cata Classes.. The game just went downhill. Yes it was the most balanced game out yet thats faction based.
Elronir writes:
Ho I remember Daoc... Pve, where you had to camp forever the same mob to level. After that, you had to equip yourself and grind for months to be able to compete in pvp. Of course, nobody remember that, everyone think about the pvp... This ridiculous pvp where only the hardcore (the guys who alway play together every single nights) and the zerg could win. Realm imbalance further made this a complete nightmare. I remember a particular legendary albion zerg that litterally made the server crash. You also needed a bot to compete, so a second account 180$/year. After that, they added New frontier, I like to call that a new way to give me the finger. As a skald, I had nothing to do with these siege fight and apparantly, I was not good enough to be part of the elite club so I was alone or stuck with pug.
But after you hit level 50 finally, didn't you say YAY! I'm 50 finally, and you had a sense of accomplishment? Wasn't it alot easier to level other chars after your first 50 as well? Because you knew where to level and how to level faster and help others and make friends easier because you had more knowledge? But maybe not, because you seemed to do things alone.. that would have to be a personal character flaw than.. make in game friends imo.. I didn't play every single night myself, but when I did yes I played with hardcore players but you know what, sometimes we did pug groups and still were able to play well.. I also went to solo by myself on my stealther or my caster or my skald or my mins.. and I have the RR's on my chars to proove it.. 1 thing about the zerg was it was somewhat avoidable if you are running on at least caster speed, I have to say Mythic did a good job with the Hastener bots at the keep doors because it gave soloers a chance to get away and live a bit more longer lol.. I remember both Alb and Hib zerg when Hib used to zerg up at AMG in emain and Albs used to be on thier side and it would be 1 big lag cluster.. But if you were there why were you there? You were getting RP's right? )) As I skald I know where your coming from.. but It was still soloable.. I was able to solo alot of diffrent classes on my char Wickedwoman or get into groups or start groups with people I knew.. Also you make money by working they make money by working.. If people want to spend the money on an extra account so what? Make a friend with a bot or get 1 of your own..
You know what, I am glad DAOC era is over. Thanks for remembering me how nostalgia sucks, how much daoc was too hardcore for me and why it's dying at the moment with a single server left.
Sorry I couldn't understand that last part of what you said.... all I got was, whine whine whine cry cry cry pout pout pout.
This is why the game kept turning for the worst because people that couldn't enjoy the game didn't just quit. Instead they went on forums about being ganked and not getting into groups cried.. it's not our fault your antisocial.. If you aren't here to support DAoC 2 than why come at all?
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I think for sure a DAoC 2 would have to have some changes to be successful. In this generation of whiny WoW kids, a lot of things about DAoC that were fine at the time wouldn't seem so great any more.
Namely, the xp grind to 50 was painful. I remember the last 5 levels with my druid where I stood at the top of a ramp that had creatures at the bottom and began pulling them, one at a time. They had to run up the ramp to get to me so I had extra time to do damage with my nature dots, which helped me to keep a constant stream of pulls. When I got home from work I immediately got on and started pulling and did so until bed time and it STILL took me from Monday until like Saturday to get those 5 levels with nonstop pulls. Oh, god, it was painful.
Read my post to Elronir for the exp portion.
Also, the crowd control was WAY too powerful. I have seen some posts from people that liked it, but as someone who played the game for 6 years, I always hated it. When two groups came together, whoever got off the first mez was the team that likely won. If two groups of 5 found each other on the frontier, the battle almost always went like this, you see the enemy, the enemy mezzes your group, you are stuck in place while the enemy kills your friends one by one and then kills you. Next time, hopefully you will get the mez off first.
Secondly about the CC.. All you need to do is learn your char and invest in good RA's.. CC was a big part of why the game was successful.. Mez, stun, root, and snares all the realms had them and all classes just about had them.. Thats why the groups that were hardcore were hardcore they knew their characters.. That is why it is good to take long grinding it gives that oppertunity to get to know your char.. I didn't know my first char Sorc fully until mid 40's I used to solo mez mobs that were coming at us at the pygmy goblins or trees just so I was useful in rvr.. It made me probably 1 of the best CC'ers in the game those who played on Guin, Lance, and Igraine know me by Melbs or Melb know what I'm talking about. ))
Finally, I saved the best for last. The thing that I absolutely hated the MOST and this is a big one, casters could NOT cast once someone reached melee range. You got a quickcast, which was a single cast and then you died. This was a source of endless frustration, since I always play casters in all MMOs. I could pick up a sword and chop someone in real life, but I could never cast a lightning bolt from my fingers, so casters have always been more interesting. Anyway, stealthers were unkillable as a caster unless you found them killing someone else out of stealth and once melee reached you, your only choices were to die or die and cuss.
You have your opinion the same with all others who post.. But Don't you understand that if casters had the ability to cast while in melee combat they would be more overpowered? I used to go solo on my sorc in emain OF and I was able to kill stealthers that popped me because 1) I knew my char and 2) because I invested in the right RA's...
They killed me too though... I wasn't unkillable or anything and much props to those stealthers or others. There was also a little trick I did so that way I had an advantage on my sorc.. before I'd go out I'd make 1 of my procs go off on my armor ablative that is abs on the logherymen. So when they perfed me it would absorb the huge damage and only take about 10% health from me or 20%.. Anyhow qc /face > mez run a ways nuke nuke root run a bit nuke nuke dead stealther.. of course debuffs were in there... str/con and such.. If I got stunned.. than purge.. than that routine.. If purge was down MoC was up.. I also went solo on my cleric before ench/healer spec... with no qc available to the class..
Lastly, sometimes the frontier was just very slow. When hordes of players were roaming back and forth capturing keeps and individuals were running around looking for 1v1 it was magic. When it was slow, you were sitting around chatting with your guild and looking at the map hoping you would see the little crossed swords that indicated battle. Also, 1v1 was difficult to find in the frontier because most people ran with groups. The only time you really saw a lot of 1v1 was stealthers ganking you and unless you were a tank class, you had very little chance of winning.
The last part I agree, there were times when it was slow in rvr.. but that was because your speaking about NF... the game was already in a steady decline... So it was mostly lack of players.. 1 of the things that I disliked was the minimap showing battles and porting to keeps... But it was Mythic catering to the need of crybabies who love their I win buttons but hate loosing.. But don't get me wrong, I'll kill them all the same in game. ))
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I'm with you!!! DAoC 2!!!!!
As an ex-DAoC vet that quit DAoC because of :the melee style change patch, the ToA xpac, and the NF xpac, I would love to see either DAoC 2 or DAoC origins (pre-toa) come out!!!!
I'm sick and tired of this carebear PVE **** that is WoW, Aion, etc.
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I say no to DAoC2, instead revamp DAoC1 :)
From what I remember.
Change the frontiers - Keep NF castles and such, no bridges leave that for bg's. Delete boat travel and bring back the Gothis (teleporters for mids) bring back the giant teleport pad (memories i swear). Delete agramon. Delete laby, thats what DF is for + its a lot more fun. Battlegrounds was the sh*t, its what introduced me to RvR which in turn made me fall inlove with the addicting game I spent countless memorable hours on, Still miss it.
Update the PVE system for new players - No quest quest quest quest ect ect ect.... Spread them out like they did epic quests and make each quest a lot more fun, longer, and better for the most part. Maybe an instance/quest as if your playing a great rpg (MASS Effect) with co-op, make it so people actually read or better yet make cut-scenes with dialog so you are drawn into your epic story or some type of story (Thats where BIOware comes in !!) ect... And instead of one big chunck of exp for that long entertaining and fun instance/quest, you give them an item with an xp boost that they can wear or whatever for a couple of days so that they are encouraged to grind with your group of friends, cuz all grind and no play makes me go crazy (although the boring grind brought up some very interesting and or funny convos lololo!), which in turn brings them to their next fun/entertaining epic quest/instance a bit faster and repeat. I guess some small quests in between to upgrade your gear and items... Improve combat maybe? Delete everything after SI, including classes and races. Maybe keep artifacts but make them a bit easyer to get, example; no scrolls!!! And having some classes being useless at some but very good at certain things is brilliant! it encourages and almost forces grouping!!! And having 3 factions 1vs1vs1 is also brilliant for a couple of reasons!! A lot of other stuff on my mind but this is long enough as it is. Sh*t.. this probably wont even be read! but its okay.
All in all, im sure almost all agree, DAoC was a great great game for the most part, I played it for 5-6yrs off and on even after trying other mmo's, but thats the thing, it WAS a great game, was....
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Why have'nt they started work on this yet? :-)
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DAOC 2? Hear Hear, or just update DAOC (1)!


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Yeah cause you're opinion isn't biased by the fact that you spent 50K on a pickup truck.
I've worked in the oilsands most of my adult life.....in the worst mining conditions on earth +40'C summer and -50'C winter....know what holds up....Chevy.....Dodges have issues with the bodies actually falling apart not to mention the front ends are made up of happy thoughts(no real substance), Fords hold up better but they nuke engines so fast you'd wonder if they were made from paper mache...6.4 powerstroke= my injectors like to stick on and hydraulic the piston....yay ford. How much is a new powerstroke? Not to mention clutches and transfer cases...in 10 years we've never had a chevy blow the transfer case, every ford we've had has done it at least once. Honestly I don't know about the new K5500's they've bought...they're too new yet to have issues...maybe they'll succumb to the same transfer case issues as the F-550's only time will tell.
Chev has some issues....mainly front end parts...ball joints and tie rod ends and wheel bearings...but they're way cheaper to fix than a hydraulic'd piston thru the side of the block.
So while you may be basing your opinion on what you believe are facts....many have experiences to the contrary. Brand loyalty is absolutely pointless.
As far as ford pulling harder.....all I have to say is G80 differential...
I spent way more then 50k, but that isn't nothing for me. Chevy is junk. Its a pushrod motor and pushrod is outdated technology. More moving parts. Thats why the lifters begin to rattle after 100k miles on them. I don't care where you worked at. I've worked in coal mines, and the company I am working for now. We've been around for along time. My boss has trucks that would be considered classics if you seen them. Hes got Ford's he had chevys as well, but none of them made it. 79 Ford F150 that I own now with 700k miles on it. 351 Cleveland. Original everything. My last 6.0L Diesel that everyone swore was a dud, had 330k miles on it, never had nothing but the regular tune ups done at the local dealership.
Facts? Its a fact when you pick up consumer reports, which is the one place you can look, and expect to find the harshes reviews of any vehicle, and find that FORD was the one truck that held up to their testing. Chevrolet and GMC both got on the liability a "Less then average" rating. I'd love to take you on a tour and show you what we do to these poor trucks. We've never had to take a Ford in to have major work done to it. We keep them maintained, and we do own Duramax's, 6.0 V8's, 5.3L Vortec V8's. We have plenty of trucks. Even our rangers out do the bigger trucks at lasting longest. Ford has the strongest motor around. Paper mache? What are you doing to them neglecting to change the oil? We have been tearing down the Executive Inn, in Evansville Indiana. Guess what? A guy hit a rock in a Ford F150 service truck that was to big to go under the truck, he didn't realize it, but it punctured the oil pan. He drove 10 miles before the engine locked, we had the truck towed back to our shop, we poured oil in the spark plug valleys, and fixed the oil pan, and were able to get the motor to start up and run. It now runs with no issues at all. Thats FORD TOUGH.
I've taken these motors apart myself buddy. They are made out way stronger material then anything that Government Motors could have. My Powerstroke has had no issues with Injectors. We have a bunch of F250's with 6.4L's they have high miles and are stock, no issues. We have lots of fun at work. I've tied chains to chevy's and fords, and watched the Ford drag the drive shaft out from under the chevrolet. Ford's are stupid and don't know when to quit. I have nothing to say about Dodge. They have one good thing, thats the cummins, and we can get Ford F650's with the Cummins in them so we don't even buy Dodges. We had one, and the suspension was just terrible. No off road capability what so ever.
Anyway to get back on topic. I never said that my opinion was fact. However nvidia has more fans, more people buy nvidia. Its site is easier to manage. Of course someone who just spent 500 bucks on a new ATI card is going to defend ATI. I hate ATI because it caught fire in my PC. EXPLAIN how a video card catches fire? A 9600 SE! They didn't even think it ran hot enough to put a cooling fan on it, and it catches fire. That case was ruined. It stunk like burnt plastic till the day I got rid of it. Not to mention the fans I had in it helped make the fire worse by supply it with oxygen. I am sorry but when I install an ATI card and I see artifacts in the games I play, I uninstall it, and get a card that doesn't. Like I said I enjoy playing my games smooth and crash free. If that means sacrificing 10% of the already awesome performance, so be it. I'll stick with nvidia, because they have been pretty damn good to me. Plus EVGA doesn't make ATI cards, and I only buy from the US
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Tuesday night's Planning Commission meeting in San Juan Capistrano served as a rundown of local plans and projects that could change the city's traffic patterns and retail and residential areas. Top issues included Joan Irvine Smith's farm; In-N-Out Burger's proposal for a new drive-through restaurant; and the California Department of Transportation's plan for the I-5/Ortega Highway interchange.
Joan Irvine Smith, great-granddaughter of Irvine Ranch founder James Irvine, announced in March that The Oaks, a 20-acre San Juan Capistrano farm where she has housed her horse-breeding program since 1985, is for sale for $20 million.
Sheri Grady-Merkle, president and general manager of The Oaks, said Smith is looking for a buyer willing to keep the land as open space, though part of the farm could be turned into residential development, according to city zoning rules.
The city's General Plan allows for about 35 residential units on 10 acres along the front end of The Oaks, said Grant Taylor, city development-services director. Any type of development there would have to be approved by the city's Architectural Control Committee, he said.
"I don't know if there are any plans" to build homes on the land, Taylor said. However, people connected to The Oaks called the city asking for clarification about the zoning.
Planning Commissioner Gene Ratcliffe asked how The Oaks sale would affect Caltrans' Ortega Highway widening project. The Oaks will lose part of its land as Caltrans plans to widen the highway in front of the property at 3100 Avenida Siega. See a map by clicking the "Graphics" tab above.
Bill Ramsey, city planner, said he doesn't expect the sale to affect Caltrans' work. Smith often has attended City Council meetings describing her attorney's close work with Caltrans.
"She seems to have a positive attitude toward the alignment and is willing to do what's in the best interest of the community," Ramsey said.
The Historic Town Center Master Plan project is an update of the 1995 master plan and the city's General Plan, as well as a new zoning code covering a 150-acre planning area that includes Historic Town Center, the Del Obispo downtown expansion area and the Town Center neighborhoods area.
Taylor said the city expects a preliminary environmental-impact report for the master plan soon. Once a draft EIR is finalized, various city committees and commissions will have a chance to comment, he said.
The first likely change connected to the plan would be widening the 10-foot sidewalks along Ortega Highway between Camino Capistrano and El Camino Real to 16 feet. The wider sidewalks would mean a narrower road. Ortega Highway likely would shrink to two lanes from four. That project is set to be heard by the Planning Commission on May 20.
However, other portions of the master plan, such as connecting Forster and Yorba streets to Del Obispo Street and adding a large parking complex in Town Center, are "all conceptual," Taylor said.
A sticking point could be Gov. Jerry Brown's call to scrap local redevelopment agencies. San Juan leaders have said they plan to pay for some of the projects with redevelopment funds, which comes from tax money directed to the city from the state to reduce blight and build affordable housing.


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3) Manage and activate the alarm with many soothing sounds and fashionable.
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While I like the rationale behind this post, I think one has to understand what he/she is after going in. In Irvine's case, which is probably similar to a lot of people who become addicted to testing strings, if you're looking for something that's going to transform your game, then you're going to be in for a long ride with not much to show for it in the end but an empty wallet. If, on the other hand, you simply like to test different strings, like seeing what's out there or maybe looking to find several strings you like for future use, no problem. Then there are those who simply do it as a hobby because they enjoy experiencing the various playing characteristics, writing reviews, sharing their experiences (Mikeler). In the process I think Mikeler settled on Microfibre for his go-to multi, but it certainly hasn't stopped him from testing; it's just what he does.
I have a reasonably large inventory of strings, and while I can't say I've found a string that's truly wowed me, I enjoy testing what I have just to see what I like/don't like. I also want to be able to tell the people I string for what my experience was with a given string. That's pretty much it. Am I addicted? Probably definitely lol, but I know better than to expect a string to make me a better player.
It took me a long time to find my beloved DM setup. Had I not tested a lot of strings, I never would have found it. Food for thought...
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- Built-in data profiling and analysis functionality allowing the examination of source data
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There are so many extraneous reports surrounding the CW television show that is Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth's Relationship, it's hard to keep up with all the duh-raaaaaaaaaaaama.
The latest news out of LiaMiley (or is it MiLiam?) is that the wedding is STILL on, this from Miley's Twitter account. To keep you up to speed, we've gone through the whirlwind of coverage through the years to compile this teen love timeline of their relationship milestones. Buckle up...
August 2008 – The Last Song is in pre-production with a role written by Nicholas Sparks with Miley already in mind.
May 2009 (DESTINY AWAITS, 2009) – Liam is cast as Miley's love interest, but it was a real life romance that was almost not to be. Liam is brought in as a replacement.
June 2009 – Miley announces on her blog she'll be starring in the movie. "Hannah Montana" fans let out a collective blood-churning scream everywhere.
Summer 2009 (THE DAY OF BUTTERFLIES, 2009): Miley and Liam meet on the set of The Last Song. Their interactions were "awkward," Miley said, because she had such a crush on him. She paid a young co-star Bobby Coleman $10 to find out if he liked her back. "I sent him back and forth. It was really funny," she said. Feelings were mutual. She is 17-years-old; he is 19.
February 2010: Miley and Liam step out for the first time on a red carpet, making it official at the 2010 Academy Awards. Miley speaks out for the first time at the Elton John after-party, confirming the relationship to E! News.
March 2010: Miley and Liam step out for the premiere of The Last Song, the film they met on. Still happy here.
Summer 2010: A year into their romance, this is when the first batch of rocky relationship rumors began to roll out. The two remained stoic and showed the paparazzi otherwise, often snapped holding hands, driving around LA together, shopping, getting juices together.
August 2010 (THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE DUNZO, 2010): The first time the couple claims it'd be their last song together. After a year, they break up for the first time. Split confirmed by Liam's rep. The two go on to work on separate projects—Liam on The Hunger Games, Miley has a tour.
April 2011: The couple rekindles their romance after being apart for eight months.
December 2011: They hit the red carpet together again at the CNN Heroes event. Miley performs "The Climb," a fitting metaphor for their relationship by this point.
Spring 2012: The Hunger Games is a huge hit catapulting Liam into franchise fame.
May 31, 2012: Liam proposes to Miley with a custom 3.5-carat Neil Lane diamond ring.
Fall/Winter 2012: Everything appears to be going great. Miley has a new look, Liam appears to dig it, there are rumors they'll have four weddings, they keep taking cute Instagram photos together for the world to "like."
January 2013: Miley starts the year off gushing about her future-husband to Cosmopolitan Magazine. She calls him her "hubby" in the interview, sparking rumors they were secretly married over the holidays.
February 24–25, 2013 (THAT FATEFUL NIGHT, 2013): The month where rumors hit the wall and apparently stuck. Miley and Liam party the weekend of the Oscars at two separate after parties. Liam at the Chateau Marmont; Miley at the Elton John gala, ironically enough at the same event the two made their new romance official three years prior. Liam is captured by a paparazzo in a getaway car with January Jones. No word from either of their reps.
March 12, 2013: Liam gets some space from Miley, takes a trip to see family in Australia.
March 15, 2013: Miley tweets the wedding is still on in a subtweet, telling a friend who recently went to get a ring resized, "ugh that's the worst! I just had a similar situation except when it happens to me then everyone says my wedding is off."


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Pt. 5: 1784 Colonial Applejacks Cookies & Homeschooling American History
Our trip to the Bob Evans Farm Festival in Rio Grande, Ohio (near Gallipolis, Ohio) has led to all this historical talk about the French in Ohio and Colonial Days. While visiting the Our House Tavern in Gallipolis I was given several recipes dating back to 1784 Colonial America. My 5 year old and I made these cookies today and they were a success! I didn't even use an electric mixer.
1784 ~ Applejacks
1 cup light brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/3 cup sifted flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped, unpeeled apples (peel your apples first and then chop)
Cream together sugar and shortening. Beat in the egg. Sift together the dry ingredients and add, beating until well blended. Stir in the apples, Drop in small balls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375° for 12-15 minutes.
They turned out delicious and my little helper ate about 6 of them this very day! I do recommend storing the uneaten ones in the refrigerator.
There was no "United States of America" prior to 1787. The United States Constitution was ratified September 17, 1787 (the Declaration of Independence signed July 4, 1776). Beginning in December 1787 the 13 Colonies began being admitted to Statehood. Ohio was not one of the first 13 colonies…Ohio was the 17th area to become a State though.
I use free and inexpensive printables from a variety of sources to help me with homeschooling. One of those places is called Notebooking Pages and will give you free American Presidential printables here. This is also the place I got my 13 Colony printables, visit Debra's site here. You can also get the American First Ladies free sample and one on the States.
Be sure to check out your local library for videos to use as well. Check out this post for my 3 easy tips to make your own unit study using free and inexpensive resources.
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Delmar´s Sketchbook "And there will be stuff.."
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Finally i found a moment of selfconfidence to begin my sketchbook, at least scketching is the only thing i can do right now, besides my non-art-job.
So these are my goals for the future......i just turned 21 and i´m about to quit my job in July, i´ll move to another city an do nothing but draw. At least as long as i´ve got money to live. YEEHAA.
One thing: This Forum has been the biggest reason for improving myself , so thanks to each and everyone of you.
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Here we go with some concepts and heads i did a few days ago.
Crits are most welcome(especially when it comes to painted drawings.My colormanagementreally sucks )
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Here some sketches from yesterday
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January 27th, 2007 #521 year old artist workin' to improve!
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Welcome to the boards man. Ive seen your replies in other sketchbooks. But couldnt find yours. Now I know why. Very expressive style you have. Characters have a cool look to them. Would love to see some finished character sketches. Great work so far, keep up the good work.
January 27th, 2007 #6
The sketchiness of your pictures makes them look like they are in motion, which is cool.
January 27th, 2007 #7
Enviser: Thanks, you´re right. i intend to do some full character concepts
ur pants: Thanks man, i alwys try to keep some motion or expression in my
Here are two little bit colored sketches from this week, i´d love to hear some crits about the coloring.....
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January 28th, 2007 #8
And another bunch of sketches from today....c&c most welcome
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January 28th, 2007 #9
Nice work, your lines look good, reminds me of another member on the boards called Sinix.
Work on the anatomy and you'll develope fast.
January 28th, 2007 #10
Thanks man......Anatomy is number one on my to do list. Never heard of Sinix but i´ll check him out by time.
Here is just a little foolin around with one of the pictures above, i know it´s quite spacy but kind a like it
January 29th, 2007 #11
Really dug this one, shows some good potential! Its nice and clean, and easy to read.
Your last post where you inverted that image doesnt work. Really dig your experimentation, but you have to manage line quality to an extent. Keep it up nonetheless mate.
January 29th, 2007 #12
Thanks man for the advice, i really appreciate that.
So, as i got inspired today looking over some speedpaints of well gifted artists, i couldn`t help and tried it out. So what I´m aiming for is if someone of you gifted painters could give me some advice on the colorscheme i used in this picture. I really suck when it comes to coloring, so maybe someone could give me some hints so i´m able to learn from picture to picture......
Edit: I almost forgot......it´s kind of worm with a red lighten head, so I indicated roughly the reflection from the buildings. When i have time I will refine it a little more tomorrw
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nice skills in portraing emotions thru face expressions.
January 30th, 2007 #14
Thanks iatriki, i´ve been focusing real hard on faces in the last time...but there is still much to learn
January 30th, 2007 #15
Good luck in the city. Yes, draw lots, but don't forget to eat. Your use of heavy black lines works well, but make sure you experiment with lots of different techniques and styles, that will also help with motivation when you're feeling uncreative.
January 30th, 2007 #16
Oh you have some really nice stuff! I love the energy you seem to have in your lines and your expressive creativity! You've got the really sketchy sketchbook I've always tried, but Im too damned stuck in my line art ;p
"I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this! Have a nice day."
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January 30th, 2007 #17
nutter: I totally agree with you , but because of my work, i´ve got just half an hour or something a day to draw. And im not really able to concentrate on totally new things, so actually i grab my wacom and just draw whatever comes out. But as i said in a few month i´ll movin and then i have time to introduce myself to many different styles. I wanna deffenetly join an art course, doing some traditional painting with oils or something. To improve my sense for colors.
Daray: Thanks for the compliment. In fact the best compliment for me right now
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February 13th, 2007 #18
love the head sketches,the expressions and the look of em,interesting style...
keep updating!
~B. Klarić
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February 19th, 2007 #19
Thanks Blaz......I hate myself for not posting more, but i had not much time these days. (That sucks !!!!) ...
...Anyway at least i got some quickies
The first one is maybe my first referenced picture ever, i really want to emphasize more on this .
..i know, the head in the second one is crap , but it was more a coloring try for me. I can´t figure out the right value thing, my colored pictures look always so flat . This time i tried to give the second one more contrast, so at the end i worked with multiply layers, and it turned out at least a little bit better.......but i dunno if that´s the right way to go.
...crits most welcome
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lovin the figure work Delmar. The only crit I have so far is to spend more time with your sketches and to use more confident lines, you know less scratchy. Keep it up.
February 20th, 2007 #21
Thanks Envisor for stoppin by again....and your right, i´ll try to get my lines cleaner..thx for the advice.
This should be my first COW entry- for the creature of the weak " gluemaker "...
....but i wasn´t able to finish in time, well i started yesterday. However, i´m quite satisfied how it turend out so far, now it comes to the part of giving the scene more value, where i´m totally helpless....but i try my best to finish it....
February 20th, 2007 #22
Hey, thanks for the comment on my sb I'm really digging the one drawing in here of the woman with the musical bars/striped ribbons(?) coming out of her head... the one that's b&w with orange... way cool. Keep it on!!
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February 20th, 2007 #23
Hey Delmar,
thanks for stopping by my sketchbook.
You've got a really energetic/ expressive feel to your work, which is a good thing to have. I really dig the girl with the afro, reminds me of a james bond movie intro.
All the best and keep up the work.
February 21st, 2007 #24
Thanks for the nice words guys, i´m trying to post some more stuff within this week.
February 21st, 2007 #25
mr delmar i think you have some really nice stuff going on man, some very cool stuff i must say! i really like your design sense and the way you use the digital medium, do you do much pencil stuff? just out of interest offcourse...
cool like i say man i definately wanna see more. i think you for sure have a place in the art/design world.
keep it up!!!
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Hey, Delmar, nice work
A few possible things you could improve ( just in my opinion):
1. Use less saturated colours, in real life the skin is not pure orange/red, the grass not pure green, etc. ( Variation is important, look at reference or real life)
2.The shadows should not be pure black, as said above use some reference photos.
3.The surface of different things has different qualities, try to recreate them through texture, colour, saturation, variation and ...
Keep posting,
The evil troll
P.S. the last pic in post Nr. 19 is really cool, just add some colour ...
February 21st, 2007 #27
@don key: Man!!thanks for stoppin by, and for the kind words which doubled my motivation immediately.....Well i hadn´t done pencils for quite a time, i got totally sucked in by the digital media......but looking at some threads (yours included) i really get my motivation back to do some nice rendered pencils.!! (actually i should find out how to do nice pencil renderings in the first place... )
@Troll Skelking:
Thanks for the advice man, it´s highly appreciated!!! I´m just starting to sort things out in the world of colors, and so i´m glad for every suggestion about my paintings.
...Had not much time today so i´ve got just this comic quicky to show,well i tried to put some nice perspective in this one and i tried to keep the lines cleaner......
February 21st, 2007 #28
i like this one:
but the feet seem to be off. thanks for stopping by my sketchbook.
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February 22nd, 2007 #29
i love the second picture in post 8, your work has very nice colors.
February 24th, 2007 #30
thanks much for the kind words on my sb. i love all the character drawings you've done.
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Was screwing around in the random PvP arenas earlier this evening and doing fairly well for my myself and my teams for someone who doesn't PvP much. Anyhow, we were in the sandstone circle map and my entire team had died except for me, a R/W using a trapper build. The other team was all up and gunning for me.
If I recall, there were two warriors, a necromancer and a mesmer. At this point without any hope of surviving, I decided that a permanent tactical retreat was in order. That is, I decided to run the hell away and see how long it'd take for them to mercilessly slaughter me and prance upon my silly ranger corpse.
Well, after about two or three minutes of this one of the warriors got bored and dropped out of the fight. A good call on his part, and I understood entirely. However, the rest of their team seemed determined to take me down. For what I can only assume was around twenty minutes, I ran like the sissy that I am, and learned the ways of that particular map. I was incredulous that I was doing so well, quite frankly, but since the other team (who were a bunch of good sports about it, if I do say so) was so determined and kept changing tactics, I had a blast just trying to stay alive.
Anyhow, the necro, Kharn the (something?) was easily the most dogged pursuant, and continually nailed me with Deathly Swarms from across the God-forsaken map. Fortunately, the occasional Troll Unguent kept me alive and running. Basically, I would run and smack on a good, long Storm Chaser, drop some traps (Barbed and Flame, primarily) while doing laps around and across the circle. Gazee Gazee, the mesmer, took to a post in the center after some time and (The?) Nihk ended up (faking) AFK near a bridge for a bit, so with Kharn on my tail and far enough away from his companions, I decided to see what I could do to him in a fight.
Set my traps (barbed, flame and dust), pulled back and as he ran into them (under heavy Deathly Swarm fire) clicked on Incendiary Arrows (God bless it) and Flurry and started thwokking Kharn with my Half Moon. He had me down to around half life when he finally croaked. Nihk eventually came back and ressed him, and Kharn was the first to drop out after another ten minutes or so. At this point it's Gazee and Nihk, and Nihk's trying to corner me while Gazee is doing his...mesmer...thing and spelling me down like crazy. Not to mention doing a fine Riverdance in the center courtyard.
The guys then decide that Gazee and I are going to 1v1. Well, I have to say, Gazee did quite well. It was a solid fight, and he actually ended up turning me away (who's going to waste 45 minutes of running? I mean, come on...there's something to be said for a well-placed tactical retreat :p ), Nihk drops out after another round of running, and finally it's Gazee and I again going at eachother. I'm on a (heavily trapped) bridge and he's under me in the courtyard. He walks under me and sets off a good number of the traps there (which is a ridiculous glitch, by the way) and so I, just as with Kharn, clicked on Incendiary Arrows + Flurry and ended up taking the fight. Victoly! ;)
This whole fiasco ended up at what was nearly an hour's worth of ONE random PvP battle. I know many of you are likely disgusted with me, and I've seen all the threads complaining about runners, but I was genuinely just having a huge blast trying to stay away and alive with these guys after me. Felt like I was in Logan's Run or something. :p If any of you guys (Kharn, Nihk or Gazee) read the board, just wanted to send a big thank you from Mera Neren for a great time and to apologize if I went a little over the top.
...though Gazee did say he was in a fight for over three hours previously and won...so, I guess you can't complain too much. ;)