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Another spin on a brick guide. This one uses a slide on the back of the main support to include a clamp that holds the brick in place and keeps the center point for the arch at the center of the brick. It also comes with attachments, one for a carpenters pencil (when used as a compass). I used this to mark the cuts for the floor and the inside bricks of the arch to conform to the curve of the dome (see pics). Another attachment holds a series of platforms for the more vertical courses, although I have not used those yet. A very simple one (two 3/8 nuts welded perpendicular to one another) holds a sharpee marker, also for marking cuts (pencil gets blown away by wet saw).
I can't imagine how I would have taken on this project without this device, particularly the clamp. It positions the brick and holds it in place until the mortar sets enough to move on to the next (no shims needed). I am using refrax/refmix and my experience has been so far (now on 9th course) that by the time I clean up, pick the next brick out of the bucket (water), I can release the last and place the new. As I said, I thought I would be using the platforms by now, but the refrax has been holding quick and solid.
A side benefit is that this has provided me with the opportunity to rationalize my arc welder purchase to my wife, an item which had been sitting idle for the past couple years ($99 HFTools).
I have included plans among the jpegs attached.
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Pretty sweet little toy.
Kind of kills the mystery and magic of trying to make those bricks stick where they have no right to. I'm betting a lot of builders will like this one.
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Couldn't find a way to alter posted pics so here is a new post to correct one of the illustrations in the plan. In the upper left of previous offering the illustration made it look like you were welding the clamp to the main brick support. The clamp is inserted into a slide that is made up of four small stacked pieces of trimmed steel, welded in place (two on each side) .
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Excellent work Jim. Agreed, it speeds up the dome work, allowing you to focus on spread and placement. As for the pivot post on dome floor, below the plywood, how are you securing? Are you drilling through a brick? Would you then replace the brick upon completion or fill? I can see that you can modify a few ways into personal preferences, this being a good one indeed. What are you to do with yours once done? I'll use it:)
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The pivot is secured to the small plywood base. That base is wedged and held in place on three sides with three other pieces of plywood and marked on center (see red on attachment). Now up to course 11 and movement hasn't been an issue.
I am hoping to use it on a second oven for my son, but if you are interested and will handle material and shipping costs, I would be happy to throw one together for you.
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Oh man, is that ever a cool gadget! I love how you scribed the curves on the bricks for the entry. Nice work.
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And I thought I was smart.......:(
Very nice work!
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If you go back to earlier ovens posted here, you can really see an evolution taking place in the design and construction.
It's fascinating to watch ideas continually getting reworked and improved upon.
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Great job Jim!
This post should be a 'sticky' in the 'Pompeii oven building' section or maybe a new thread like 'oven building tools' or 'optional tools' or something like that. (James?, Whattayathink?)
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Thanks all!
As Ken suggest, I have never layed or cut a brick before this project, everything I have learned has come from you folk. Jim has built a wonderfully supportive community here, once snagged you feel compelled to contribute. Actually the only reason I found FB is that my wife wouldn't let me cut the oven cleaning safety latch to get a better crust (as discussed on another site). So back on the web for alternatives, the resultant adventure and expense is entirely her fault - - the most enjoyable project I have ever undertaken. Again, thanks to all.
I mentioned above that I had not used the platform attachment, well that ended on course 13 with the lack of space for the clamp, even without the clamp attached, the guide was a bit clumbsy so I went with the platform (See attached jpegs). Simply a 3/8" nut center-welded to a 2x2.5" piece of steel with three screw holes to mount to 1/4" plywood circle. The 1-1/8" holes in the plywood are to make it easy to turn to adjust height from above and reach the wingnut below to lock in place (The locking part was a bit overengineered, with the first brick placed it isn't going anywhere).
Made great progress this weekend, today (I took day off) is keystone day!
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Anyone else see that price as a little steep? (Yes, I know that it's for a brand-new condo downtown, but then I drink tap water.)
These prices would at least be enticing to people moving into GR from out of town (like folks in the medical field, for instance). If you're new to the area and you want to live in the middle of the city, $775/month is likely to be way more reasonable than wherever you're coming from.
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team had five student-athletes named to the All-Southern Conference squad today. Senior Josh Statum (133), sophomores Demetrius Johnson (125) and Brandon Wright (165) and freshmen Niko Brown (197) and Josh Condon (157) were all honored for their success in the 2009-10 season.
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The Mocs' five honorees on the All-SoCon team were more than double the representatives from any other squad. Appalachian State and UNC Greensboro had two each while VMI had one on the all-conference team.
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149 Savva Kostis, So., Appalachian State
157 Josh Condon, Fr., Chattanooga
165 Brandon Wright, So., Chattanooga
174 Byron Sigmon, Jr., UNC Greensboro
184 Austin Trotman, So., Appalachian State
197 Niko Brown, Fr., Chattanooga
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Bearcat Outfitters recently had a group of 3 bear hunters come up from Utah. Friends Mike Taylor, Jeff Green and Beau Beus had hunted together numerous times and are experienced outdoorsmen.
We split the group up so that one hunter was with my hound guide, Dan Coleman, each day and the other 2 were with me. Myself and hunters are out looking for spot-and-stalk opportunities while Dan is attempting to 'strike' with his hounds. 'Striking' is achieved by having the two most experienced hounds riding on top of the dog box in the back of the truck and when they drive by a spot that has had recent bear use, the hounds start baying at the hot scent. Dan then gets out to check for tracks and if he can determine the scent has been left by a mature boar, he then releases his dogs to start pursuit of the bear. This combination of spot-and-stalk and pursuit with hounds works extremely well for us and leads to fast-paced action.
The first day of our hunt resulted in spotting a good bear feeding in a dandelion patch along a river. Myself, Jeff and Mike put a stalk on this bear, but as we were getting close to shooting range, the wind swirled and the bear made a hasty retreat out of the area. We glassed a huge black boar and sow just before dark, but by the time we made it over to where the bears had been, they had disappeared into the thick cover. Bears two, hunters zero, but this was to quickly change.
On day 2, Dan got a strike and could see large tracks in the mud on top of his tire tracks from the day before. He let his hounds go and the chase was on. The bear led the dogs into some steep, broken terrain and covered a lot of ground with the dogs on his tail. We tracked the chase on the GPS units and kept as close to the dogs and bear as the road system would allow. After several hours, we could see the bear slowing down and we drove as close as we could and started pursuit on foot. Jeff, Mike and I posted on a clearcut to try and cover-off a possible escape route for the bear while Dan and Beau tried stalking in to see if they could get a shot at the bear as it moved ahead of the dogs. Beau and Dan could not get close enough for a shot and the bear moved up into some cliffs and headed north. I could monitor progress of the race and could see we had to try and get ahead of the bear and cut it off before it moved further north into some completely inaccessible country. I grabbed Jeff and walked/ran as fast as possible to see if we could locate a shooting lane ahead of the bear. We found one very narrow lane in the thick timber and got Jeff set up for a possible shot. We could hear the hounds moving our way and caught a couple of glimpses of the bear moving across the steep hillside. We could see it moving towards our shooting lane and hoped for the best. Sure enough, the bear hit our shooting lane with the dogs on his tail and Jeff was able to get off a shot at about 100 yards. Perfect hit and the bear rolled down the hill stone dead. It was a large, color-phase boar and we were all very pleased with the outcome of the hunt.
Day 3 was Beau's turn for an opportunity if it arose. We had spotted very large boar tracks on day 1 not far from where the race for Jeff's bear had begun and kept an eye on the area. As Dan went by this area on morning of day 3, his dogs struck the large boar and the chase was on. This bear led the dogs on a brutal chase into a nasty canyon and the bear made his escape. We pulled the dogs off and kept searching for another opportunity. Later that morning we saw a nice color-phase bear run off the road we were driving down. We couldn't get a shot opportunity, so called Dan on the radio and had him bring his hounds. We got the hounds on the bear's tracks and the race was on! The bear quickly moved north and we were not able to get ahead of him in time to get a shot as he moved across a couple of different roads in front of the dogs. He then led the dogs into a big piece of inaccessible country and proceeded to stay in the thick forest and lead the dogs in circles. We could see he was not going to leave this area, so Dan, Beau and I made the hike in to see if we could get a shot at the bear. The area he was in had dead pine from the pine beetle epidemic that was starting to fall down and resulted in some very brutal blowdown to try and get through. We closed on the dogs and bear several times, but it was just too thick and noisy to sneak in on the bear and get a shot. After about 2 hours of cat and mouse, the bear finally started to tire and Beau was able to make one final mad dash through the thick bush and made a great shot on the moving bear at about 20 yards. Beautiful color-phase boar down and we were all relieved to see this chase end. Getting the meat, hide and extremely tired hounds back to the truck was a feat in itself, but we got it done and the beer certainly tasted good after getting back to the cabin that night!
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ENTER GINSBERG. Inspired by Overstreet-Smith's decisive action in the face of such massive catastrophe, Ginsberg had collected cash and clothing donations from her Dolph Park neighborhood and made an appointment to bring them to Overstreet-Smith on Nov 10, 2005. When Ginsberg dropped off the donation, Overstreet-Smith engaged her in a conversation about a free medical clinic to serve the needs of poor North Portland residents. Ginsberg agreed it was a good idea.
"She said, 'Let me know when you get things together,'" remembers Overstreet-Smith. "I said, 'I'm letting you know now.'" Two minutes later, Ginsberg was driving down N Skidmore St when she got a call on her cell phone.
"I got the key to a place where I think we can house the clinic. Why don't you come take a look?" Overstreet-Smith asked.
In those few intervening minutes, Overstreet-Smith had called her brother, with whom she co-owned a home that was on the market just blocks from the church. She instructed him to take down the For Sale sign in the front yard. "I found a doctor!" she told him.
When Ginsberg stepped inside 4725 N Williams Ave, she gaped at the glass display cases, tables, chairs and coffeepot. Overstreet's "clinic" was a former bakery, and it still smelled vaguely of cookies.
"So," said Overstreet-Smith to a slack-jawed Ginsberg. "When can you get started?"
Today the clinic still smells of baked goods, but that's owing to a tin of coconut cookies brought in for tonight's volunteers. North by Northeast's stable of volunteers numbers more than 50 and includes about a dozen doctors and nurse practitioners. Many of them work at Kaiser, which donated the chairs, tables and exam-room equipment from its warehouse; the company's Northwest Permanente group also agreed to extend malpractice insurance to Kaiser physicians working here. Other medical supplies come from Medical Teams International, a Tigard-based Christian relief agency; the prescriptions North by Northeast doles out for free are paid for by a partnership between Providence Health System and Portland's Coalition of Community Health Clinics; Legacy Health System donates the lab work. The clinic's operating costs, including the salary of recently hired office manager Suzy Jeffreys, are covered by individual donations and a variety of patched-together local grants, like one from Northwest Health Foundation, while Oregon nonprofit Technical Assistance for Community Services provides day-to-day operational support.
The need for free clinics is symptomatic of a health care crisis that extends beyond Oregon's borders.
Portland's need for a clinic like North by Northeast is symptomatic of the health care crisis that extends beyond Oregon's borders. According to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report, 47 million American—or roughly 16 percent of the population—went without health insurance for the whole of 2006, up from about 39 million in 2000. Hispanic and African-American populations are the hardest hit, with uninsured rates of 34 percent and 21 percent, respectively.
The situation in Oregon is even more dismal. A report released by Families USA, a nonprofit that advocates for affordable health care, estimates that 35 percent of Oregonians under the age of 65 went without health insurance at some point in the last year, a 7 percent jump since 2000. A lack of funding for the Oregon Health Plan, the state and federal health care safety net that was designed to provide minimal coverage to very low-income families, is partly to blame: The State Legislature made cuts to the program's standard benefit package in 2003—and the plan dropped more than 80,000 Oregonians from its rolls. In spite of the state's growing population, the plan hasn't accepted new enrollees since 2004.
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A few days ago, a documentary entitled: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a portion of which is devoted to depicting the situation of violence against women in Sierra Leone, aired on Public Broadcasting Station (PBS). Not portrayed in the documentary, but also a factor that puts women in the country at a disadvantage is little or no right to private property. An INRN article states, "…the vast majority of women in Sierra Leone live under traditional land tenure structures that do not recognize a woman's right to own property."
These structures have prevented women from owning land, which is vitally important for business operation and personal livelihood. Escape from this land system is nearly impossible. Many of the provinces in Sierra Leone are governed through a legal system run by heads of ruling families, known as paramount chiefs. The article goes on to explain, "Paramount chiefs, the "custodians of the land," are generally men and most ethnic groups do not allow women to inherit land and property."
Apart from the very evident aspect of social inequality, disallowing women to own private property hurts the country's economy. The article states:
According to the US State Department's 2011 Investment Climate Statement, agriculture accounts for over half of Sierra Leone's income, up to 80 percent of the country's agricultural workforce are women, and women farmers directly affect 40 percent of the national revenue.
Excluding women from the economy in this way limits their capacity to contribute to society, as well as earn a living for themselves. Moreover, it is an attack on the dignity of the human person.
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But the plea agreement by Tanisha Edwards, 36, did nothing to solve the mystery of what happened to "Baby Dwight," who hasn't been seen alive since April 2010.
Edwards, who has been in jail since March, has told authorities conflicting and often nonsensical stories about what happened to her baby.
She faces up to three years in jail on the probation violations when she is sentenced later this month. So far, none of the criminal charges against her has been related to the child's disappearance.
At Wednesday's hearing in Sacramento Superior Court, Edwards glowered at media representatives, made the obscene gesture and held up a tattered paperback titled "Betrayed" to shield her face from the cameras. The book is about a female "fledgling vampire," according to online book reviews.
Before the prosecutor could call witnesses, Edwards agreed to plead guilty to six of 13 counts of violating her probation following a 2008 felony arrest for illegally possessing ammunition. In two of the counts, she admitted failing to appear in Juvenile Court, which has been trying to locate the missing child.
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There are so many applications of PLC especially in industry environment. Here are few examples of PLC programming applications that have been successfully completed and in use today:
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Morena: The incredible trout fishing season at Morena just keeps rolling along with another 14-pound rainbow trout kicked out last week. The cold and wet weather didn't slow the fish or the anglers down. Justin Kent, La Mesa, soaked Power Bait and hooked a 14-pound, 7-ounce trout. John Betts, 8-1 trout, part of a limit that was caught on night crawlers at the Buoy Line. La Mesa's John Deveraux hauled out a 7-2 trout. He used Power Bait and fished Pump House Cove. Mt. Lassen delivered another 1,100 pounds of trout on Friday, so trout fishing should be exceptional. Boat rentals have been reduced. Rentals of the lake's new G3 boats with a new 8 hp Yamaha will be half price at $20 for the entire day. Adult permits have been reduced to $3.50 (regularly $5). Boat launches not recommended for any boats over 19 feet long. Boat rentals available seven days a week and holidays. Open daily.
Murray: The 55 anglers checked reported 9 bass kept (31 released), 6 bluegill, 5 redear sunfish, 2 trout. Open daily to fishing and boating. Pay fees at iron rangers near the abandoned concession building or at key access points.
Otay, Lower: The 280 anglers checked reported 19 bass kept (321 bass released), 6 crappie, 2 channel catfish, 1 carp, 5 bluegill. Rusty Brazwell, San Diego, 8.50 bass (released), crawdad, Harvey Arm. Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Pay fees at iron rangers near the boat launch and abandoned concession building. Boat rentals available.
Otay, Upper: The 9 anglers reported 24 bass (all released). Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday for fishing, sunrise to sunset. Upper Otay is a catch and release only fishery. Bait is not permitted, only artificial lures with barbless hooks. Boats are not permitted on Upper Otay, only shore fishing, waders and float tubes.
Poway: Fishing has slowed a bit for trout. Bass fishing should be coming on soon. Chris Fousek, 6.25 trout, night crawler, Jump Off Point. Hamid Isfahani, 4.0 trout, wooly bugger, Shoreline. Open Wednesday through Sunday. In order to prevent the introduction and infestation of quagga mussels, the following items are prohibited at Lake Poway: float tubes, private motors and anchors, live bait containers, fish finders, floating catch baskets, live bait from any source other than the Lake Poway concession, any items the staff considers to be potential contaminants.
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There has been a lot of discussion on the state of MMORPGs these day, and Bioware and SWTOR seem to be the whipping boy of everything that is wrong with MMORPGs. There are two companies we should be looking at before Bioware: Blizzard and (puts flame retardant suit on) Trion.
The main point of the 'Content Locust' artice was that MMORPGs used to be about the journey, not the destination. Now MMO developers think we want endgame, endgame, and more endgame and dont care about the journey.
When WoW released in 2004 it was very much about the Journey. Yes, it was much faster than EQ and its in to level, but it still took time. I think the fastest time ever to level from scratch in Vanilla was more than 6 days /played, and this was after people analyzed the most efficient route possible. In both newer games people hit the cap, without such heavy analysis in less than 3. Rift can be done in less than 2. And since there is little to no exploring in the new games the average player is *far* closer to the rushing player. It took people months to cap in WoW. In SWTOR and Rift it took weeks. Now compare WoWs early retention vs. Rift and SWTOR. yes, there are other factors at play but WoW had superior retention. Rift and SWTOR had an extremely noticeable drop after the first month. And a *lot* of these are bored at 50s who dont give a rats ass about their toon because it was so easy to get where they are at, there was no journey just a small trip.
So why am I blaming Blizzard? Think how long it took you to go from 80 to 85 in Cataclysm. If you didnt play it, the answer is not long. A week for most people. A day for the hardcore. Blizzard has obviouslt shifted to funneling you to endgame as fast as possible. 1-60 even used to require you to explore a bit, see the other continent, maybe do dungeons. Now? You outlevel whatever zone you are in befre they even give you a bread crumb to the next zone. And this is exactly what they do with their new content. Endgame Endgame Endgame. This is what other developers see, and sadly what they copy.
Which brings me to Trion. Everyones favorite developer. Lets keep throwing praise at their fast udates, shall we? Because this is what we want! Fast updates! MOAR CONTENT!
Look back at the compaints about Rift from the (many) people that left after a month or so. How often does 'small world' come up? Clearly the answer to this is to ADD ENDGAME CONTENT!!!!! Endgame Endgame Endgame. Not a single bit of content Trion has added has done anything for the journey. Its all about giving people their next bit of content to grind. And with the exception of Ember Isle, the content has been stuff to grind repeatedly. Chronicles? Do em daily for currency! IAs? Hey do your 7 for more currency. CAdaceus Rise? MOAR CURRENCY. Ember Isle at least added some land mass and is really a wonderful place, but where is the 1-49 stuff? Nowhere, because of Trions fundamental game design flaw.
The journey doesnt matter. Its just a small stepping stone. It makes you wonder why is it even there? In many cases you wont even be playing the same "class" with the same abilities at max level anyway, youll be playing 3 other ones. It is so insignifcant, and doesnt give you lasting memories. Remember Crushbone? How about Deadmines? You know why you dont look back fondly on your first dungeons in Rift? Because you repeated them at the endgame (thanks, Blizzard for this charming addition to MMORPGs). You probably outleveled half of them before you had the chance to do em anyway.
Now Bioware deserves its whippings too. But to beat it while praising Trion and letting Blzzard get off easy because of its past doesnt make sense.
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I do laud Trion and their post launch updates and I respect them immensely and will try all of their games in the future regardless of my sub status with Rift. I'll also hop back in and out of Rift on a frequent basis.
I've found that Rift and SWTOR both suffer from the exact same issues, at least for me. They are: Boring endgame, boring alt leveling and they make my PC look like a piece of junk. Now...the PC part is something I can fix if I ever get the duckets to do so. The other 2 issues though....that's up to them. They need to get away from the current endgame trend that WoW has created and start to innovate in this area. Give me TONS of things to do that don't require 4 hour stints with 8+ other people just to feel like I'm progressing. Things like Housing, meaningful World PVP, collections, mini games, and so forth.
Give me brand new leveling paths that I've never seen before so that rolling alts isn't painful and tedious. This is one area..for the life of me I can't figure out why they DIDN't copy WoW, lol. But anyway, this isn't about WoW.
For now, SWTOR is the whipping boy because it missed too many beats while trying to copy the parts of WoW they thought were popular. If it had hit the endgame beat better I think it would be getting less flak. But don't worry, something else will come along to replace it soon enough. Unless by some miracle GW2 and TSW actually are better and then everyone can just use SWTOR as an example of what NOT to do with a great IP. All conjecture right now though.
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This is exactly why I've given up on the genre for now. I like the journey more than the destination... always have. In new games it seems the journey 9 times out of 10 is a very narrow corridor funneling all players toward the end game. I couldn't give a rats ass about 'end game'. I'm hoping that ArcheAge coming from an Asian developer with a lot of sandbox elements will break this trend but I'm not holding my breath either. Lineage II was the last game I played that put the journey first but even that has been highly sped up with their F2P conversion. Hopefully the creator of the original Lineage and Lineage II Jake Song can recapture what I miss about MMOs with his new project ArcheAge.
Originally posted by teakbois
The following there has always confused me on this site.
I guess relativly static puplic quest are more entertaining then 200 hours of a solid story.
SWTOR disgusts me because of their poor use of research and resources.
They didn't even bother to look at the horrible track record of Pure Theme Parks, e.g., Age of Conan, Warhammer Online, Star Trek Online, Aion, etc.
BioWare did a fantastic job with the questing. They probably created the most entertaining grind to max level within the entire genre. However, there is no "me" in SWTOR. I have no identity; I have very little freedom. This is one of the smoking gun complaints in the games listed above.
No end-game, boring and redundant instanced PvP, typecasted classes to the point where it's cheesy, shockingly poor performance for being an underwhelming graphical game, a blatant lack of social skills, the lack-luster console space shooter, and the complete and total single-player co'op epedemic are just some of the features that paint this terrible game a target.
What pisses people off the most is their poor use of resources. They had the financial backing to make this game appealing to everyone. This includes socializers, explorers, adventurers, combat players, roleplayers, instanced pvp players, world pvp players, etc. There is nothing to explore. Follow the path and move along.
This game, as far as I'm concerned, is the new laughing stock of the genre.
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My thoughts exactly on both games. RIFT especially.
Originally posted by elocke
Personally I think it gets so much flak because its the biggiest thing since WoW, and thus (Because it didn't "innovate AKA change its combat" enough) it suffered from the COD effect, and with GW2 and co on its way people are looking at that and asking "Well why didn't bioware do X?".
Personally I predict that once the next few big things come out and people actually play them and get their expectations in check with reality the hate for SWTOR will go down.
Originally posted by precious328
You mean like modern WoW?
Originally posted by precious328
Most MMOs don't have very much end game at launch SWTOR did so please don't lie it makes you look like a troll.
How did you get by in this genre?
Read above
You know what fuck it...
Something tells me you don't relise that MMOs require time to add more content and polish.
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Originally posted by Brenelael
I find that the journey is more important to me then the end game as well, however I believe that the end game also needs to be interesting. If the endgame is not fun then it doesn't matter how interesting the journey is as people will only play until they reach endgame. I do find the journey to be quite interesting in SWTOR despite the problems and if I don't like the game when I reach end game it will still have been worth playing for the fun on the way there.
i agree with the posting about Blizzard, however, Rift has been beaten by it's fans who left and by those of us here in the forums who like Trion for what they are doing.
Why is fast patching, each patch with content, important? It means that those companies like blizzard, turbine, ea, bioware, etc etc who have claimed for years that it's impossible to put out good content that's actually been tested before they put it out is impossible and that they simply can't do it. Trion has proved them wrong on this time and time again. Why will GW2's claim that you don't need a sub to be successful important? Because we've all been given that line that they need it in modern times to pay for upkeep of servers and to have paid GMs help u in game with problems. The more innovative and caring the next game is when it comes out the more we learn just how many things were lies to appease the players in games like World of Warcraft and others that simply saw us as dollar signs and nothing more. My point: Just look at how long it's going to take BW to put out their next patch, and how long it will take Blizzard to put out the next expansion for WoW.
Why is Trion actively trying to improve their game? To keep old customers and bring in new ones isn't the only reason. They just added the mobile app beta, which allows you to do all kinds of things outside of the game, like talk with guildies who are in the game. This is awesome on so many levels and it's one of the things i've been wanting to see happen , now lets see if their price point is progressive as well. They've added a feature to further customize your character AFTER max level and after the talent tree is full. AOE looting, wish every game had this feature.
The point is, devs who make games like Trion should be praised because they give a d@mn about their game and how it's perceived even when they did use the antiquated themepark linear questing method because they might not be able to improve that but they are adding improvements everywhere else. Because they weren't able to fix the themepark linear questing in their game they did the next best thing, REALLY fast updates all with content when other companies claimed it was impossible every time it was requested, Trion did it, that's no small thing. That's why people praise them. Other devs just throw something that in any other IP or game dev would have called the final beta and charge people for it monthly anyways (SWTOR). Been through that with STO not going back there sorry. or they take months to release anything includign a tiny expansion and call it enough content (WoW LOTRO) when people complain.
Trion's game design flaw isn't Trion's alone and Rift added to the problem of the themepark linear questing problem, Anything that came out after Rift should have known better then to adopt the same themepark linear questing system (AHEM SWTOR) to try to get subs. Anything that's released in 2012 better NOT use this model either or they just simply won't have enough people playing to make it. It's not just a prediction it's a fact, everyone is tired of this model.
Originally posted by Snaylor47
I've been in this genre long enough to know that a new MMO doesn't get a second chance.
Vanguard, for example, is probably the game that many people yearn for. However, it's launch and lack of content was so bad that it will never be revived and redeemed as "noteworthy". The same concept applies to Age of Conan.
There is no excuse.
You have to remember this: A new game that launches is not competing with the launch of WoW; it competes with WoW as it is today.
Originally posted by Snaylor47
HA thank you i needed a good laugh this morning! This is the very excuse that was destroyed by Trion after the launch of Rift. Good one though.
Originally posted by precious328
The problem is they *should* be competing with WoW at launch. WoW was far better in 2004.
Originally posted by itgrowls
No, Troin needed a few months to get to the polish and amount of endgame content WoW had in Cata. Or do you for get the amount of QQ back when RIFT launched?
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Originally posted by teakbois
They shouldn't be trying to compete period. Just should be trying to make a quality product and people will buy/play
Originally posted by Snaylor47
no no no we're talking NEW CONTENT LAUNCH that means patches that had content, it didn't take them any time at all when compared to other mmo devs, not fixing the launch patches. and secondly, as i recall they had minor problems here and there nothing like the full blown pay to play beta that BW SWTOR is doing right now.
Edit: Trion's end game content was only lacking for those who rushed through the entire game as fast as possible like there was a race going on or something which usually only turns out ot be a tiny portion of actual players who then whine and complain making people believe something that's not actually true, not what WoW did which was "fix" leveling 1-60 and neglect the end game of Cata entirely.
Originally posted by teakbois
If you're talking about before the whole mindless acceptance of their Instanced PvP Trash Grind, then I agree.
I'm so sick of the Theme Park model. It's boring. Been there, done that. And to be perfectly honest, I'm enjoying the fall of all these post-WoW Theme Parks.
Originally posted by precious328
WoW today has about 3 or four raids and about 15 (and three heroic ones) dungeons last I check, also about 5 BGs and one open world pvp space (which is more or less a timed BG).
SWTOR has 2 raids and like ten dungeons, 3 BGS (with a fourth on the way), one actually open world pvp space (Albit a bit broken due to population).
So mmm not that bad.
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Originally posted by Snaylor47
When you say "time for polish" do you mean the years it took WoW to be uber? Or the years it took vanguard? Or the years it took FFXI to be polished?
OR is 2-3 months really a "long time to polish" in your book?


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"God has a real sense of humor. He takes a dope dealer and turns him into a drug counselor."
At age 12, Jason found out what alcohol could do for him. By 13, he started smoking pot. And at 17, he moved out and started dabbling with cocaine and methamphetamines.
His addiction became so severe, he couldn't even get high on meth anymore. He'd mix four or five drugs together just to see if he could get a fix. And when a friend gave him an animal tranquilizer to try, he overdosed and had an out-of-body experience:
"I'm up in the air, and my body's on the ground, going into convulsions. And my so-called friend is over there helping himself to my dope. And I thought, 'Wow. This is what death is? This isn't so bad.' And all the sudden I spiraled down into what I call my own personal interpretation of hell. There was no fire, no brimstone. It was the coldest, darkest, most isolated place I've ever been. I was totally isolated from anything and everything except all my fears, all my anger, all my bitterness, all my regrets … everything I'd ever done wrong was piled into one spot at one time. So you just take the scaredest you've ever been, the saddest you've ever been, the maddest you've ever been, and put it in one place at one time, and times it by about a thousand, and that's where I was at."
"I heard a voice that said, 'You have a choice: Heaven or hell. Life or death.' And God brought me back."
Today, Jason is not only clean and sober, but he is also a substance abuse counselor. He compares his time at The Salvation Army to Psalms 23:2 – "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters."
Without the people who donate to The Salvation Army, Jason says, "I wouldn't be here today."


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Youth Entrepreneurship Program Train-the-Trainers Registration
The Southwestern College Center for International Trade Development Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) is hosting a "Train-the-Trainers" Professional Development Workshop on August 9th, 2012. Dr. Carol Folbre, nationally certified expert in Youth Entrepreneurship, and Sandra Mittelsteadt, co-author of The Career Academy Toolkit and Sticky Learning, will provide local educators with strategies and tools to teach the entrepreneueship skills that are essential in developing students with key skills for academic and workplace success. This interactive workshop is offered at no cost to participants. Goals for participants include:
- Learn strategies for linking classroom learning and academic content with real-world applications.
- Explore techniques to build students' skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork.
- Experience inquiry- and interdisciplinary-based approaches to teaching and learning
- Gain experience with the academically rigorous, project-based learning materials.
- Work with team simulation of entrepreneurial projects.
- Highlight student testimonials of entrepreneurship.
- Become familiar with the skills employers seek in future employees.
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On July 2, 1996, after a long, twisting drive, Donna and I reached the village of Oms, France and the Centre for Research and Development of Haptonomy, perched in the Pyrenees overlooking fertile valleys and orchards near the border of Spain. Few Americans are familiar with this institution or with the man behind it, one of Europe's influential octogenarians, Frans Veldman, M.D. And what in the world is haptonomy? It is the science of affectivity and touch and it reaches to the core of what it means to be human. Touch, the first sense, carrying the freight of intention, emotion and thought, is the stuff from which a baby builds a basic sense of safety, trust, and confidence. Haptonomy is especially pertinent to how mothers and fathers relate to babies in the womb and how obstetricians relate to babies at birth. Veldman believes that much of the violence addiction, and aimless behavior seen in youth today is related to negative engrams of touch at birth. Revered in obstetrical circles in Europe, where Societies for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics are alive and well, Veldman has had a steady influence for fifty years. Unfortunately for us, his writings and the Proceedings of the major professional conclaves on haptonomy are in French or German. Originally from the Netherlands, Veldman has made only two brief teaching visits to America. In 1982 he taught at St. Johns University in Minnesota and lectured in Boston and New York, and in 1988, at the invitation of Elizabeth Noble, he offered his basic seminar at Cape Cod. Today, Veldman and his team of forty instructors, are kept busy doing week-long workshops at his mountain top retreat mainly for obstetricians who have reserved their places a full year in advance. An engineering marvel is a large classroom that lifts, chairs and all, to the ceiling revealing a full-size swimming pool underneath! As guests, we were treated to other marvels: lunch with exotic cheezes, wines and newly-harvested cherries, topped off with Frans' favorite dessert, Haagen Dazs ice cream. The real marvel of Oms is, of course, what is taught here about the immediate and long-term effects of touch and affectivity during pregnancy and birth. They have been at this for half a century and have the research to prove the merits of their approach. Veldman, his teaching colleagues, and thousands of diplomates scattered through Europe have in fact created what we can only envy-- an obstetrics that is quintessentially psychological. Twisting back down the mountain from Oms, our Haagen Dazs lurching from side to side, we knew there was no Centre like this on the whole North American continent. Or anywhere else.
Don't Miss This Research
Pregnancy outcome following genetic amniocentesis at 11-14 versus 16-19 weeks' gestationby C. G. Brumfield, S. Lin,W. Conner, P. Cosper, R.O. Davis, and J. Owen (1996). Obstetrics and Gynecology 88 (1), 114-118. The last half century of obstetrical practice has been characterized by unprecedented applications of new chemical substances, technologies and procedures which became popular before they could be tested for long-term consequences. Many obstetrical routines were begun and still continue in use without scientific evidence to justify them, and in some cases, even in spite of scientific evidence disproving their usefulness. (See, for example, a Synopsis of The Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Database in Birth 22 (2), June 1995.) In this broad context, studies like this one are welcome and bring objectivity--and integrity as well--to increasingly popular procedures which carry risk to mothers and babies. These authors arranged a matched-control study with 314 patients and 628 controls comparing outcomes of amniocentesis when done earlier (11-14 wks.) or later (16-19 wks). Those having early amniocentesis were significantly more likely to have post-procedure fluid leakage, vaginal bleeding, and fetal loss within 30 days. The loss rate was 2.2% (2.2 deaths per hundred) for early testing compared with 0.2% for later testing. Drug-hormone interactions on neurobehavioral responses in human neonates. By E.K.Emory, L.J. Schlackman and K. Fiano (1996), Infant Behavior and Development 19 (2), 213-220. The impact of obstetrical drugs on the newborn's developing nervous system is a subject of ongoing importance although research on this topic has declined over the two decades since Yvonne Brackbills's notable researches of the late 1970's. While researchers have been studying the hormonal changes which occur in reaction to stress, they have not looked at how these functions are altered by the pain killing drugs used during labor. Studies continue to report high analgesia use among women giving birth vaginally. A fresh look at this issue raises concerns that subtle, and perhaps insidious, effects of pain medication may affect immature systems vital to general health, and ultimately behavioral and social development. Drugs could alter stress responses, lower resistance to infection, and impair early social interactions between mothers and infants. In this study of 42 healthy vaginally delivered newborns, mothers received either no anesthesia, an epidural with a local anesthetic only (Marcaine), or an epidural with narcotic sedatives (Demorol or Fentanyl). Newborn reactions were tested with the Neurologic and Adaptive Capacity Score (NACS) developed in 1982 by Amiel-Tison and colleagues (See Anesthesiology 56, 340-350). The test revealed many significant differences between the three groups. Without epidurals with narcotics (which depress the central nervous system) babies were more responsive to visual, auditory, and light stimuli, showed faster learning (habituation), and were more responsive to attempts to console them. Generally, the more sedatives or narcotics used the lower the neurobehavioral scores. The authors found the short-term effect of obstetrical drugs significant. Within the limitations of this study, they could not address the long-term effects.
Effects of perinatal medication on the developing brain.By M. Mirmiran and D.F. Swaab (1992). In J.G. Nijhuis (Ed.), Fetal Behavior (pp. 112-125), Oxford University Press, London. Mirmiran and Swaab of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research point to the susceptibility of the rapidly growing brain to drugs and chemicals during the perinatal period. They cite evidence that 80% of pregnant and lactating women are given drugs for conditions like hypertension, epilepsy, depression, and premature labor. Disturbances caused to the brain by substances during this time period are not usually of a grossly physical nature which can be easily observed. Instead, they find permanent microscopic and biochemical alterations in the formation of neurones, their migration, the formation of neurites, synapses, transmitters, receptors, and alterations in behavioral states. The effect of functional deficits induced in the child in this way is called behavioral teratogenicity or functional neuroteratology because neuroendocrine systems or temperature regulation may be affected. Brains that appear to be "normal, the authors warn, are, in reality, functionally handicapped.
Pain and its effects in the human neonate and fetus.by K.J.S. Anand and P.R. Hickey (1987). New England Journal of Medicine 317 (21), 1321-1329. In this invited article, the authors provide a comprehensive review of all studies relating to pain in both fetus and newborn, based on 200 citations in medical literature. They leave no doubt that these babies have all the anatomical prerequisites and neurochemical systems associated with pain. Babies demonstrate this pain by physiological and behavioral changes, and show memory/learning associated with painful experiences. Anand and Hickey played an historic role in helping to convince surgeons around the world to give up the century-old practice of operating on premature and newborn babies without anesthesia. Making precise measurements of babies undergoing surgery, with and without anesthesia, they were able to prove that (1) babies were having acute and life-threatening stress during surgery without pain-killers, and (2) the use of anesthetics was indeed safe and beneficial to infants having to undergo surgery. This series of experiments, beginning in 1985, was conducted at Oxford University in England.
Editor's Note: For further information on obstetrics and midwifery, see On Line Birth Center.


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Grounding Station Adds Extra Protection from Static Electric Hazards
March 14, 2011
The new Cen-Stat™ Grounding Station provides an extra margin of safety when operations in flammable or explosive atmospheres make static electricity a significant hazard. Linked to a proven, reliable path to ground, the stations serve a dual purpose: providing a clearly identifiable location for an effective grounding path while also reminding the operators that grounding is essential to safety. Integral signs are included warning: "Danger static hazard" and "Attach grounding clamp." Made of SS304L stainless steel these stations are clearly visible and able to resist the effects of corrosive or erosive chemicals while also being suitable for installation in clean rooms. They are designed to accommodate two general-purpose grounding clamps such as the Cen-Stat™ ATEX and FM X45 and X90 models. They also provide an ideal location to stow the grounding clamps when they are not in use. And, for installations requiring more than two safe connections, two or more stations can be linked together, utilizing the same proven path to ground.


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Today marks the return of Allegiant's nonstop, low-cost jet service from Duluth International Airport to Orlando-Sanford. Allegiant is currently posting flights between Duluth and Orlando-Sanford through August 14, 2012. Passengers have two options every week in February to hop on board to sunny Orlando, with flights leaving on Thursdays and Sundays.
However, during the month of March, Allegiant is giving our Region more options than ever before, with a total of 36 flights or 5400 seats to three warm and sunny destinations: 4 flights weekly to Orlando-Sanford and Las Vegas along with twice weekly flights to Phoenix-Mesa; regular flight schedules return in April.
"We are extremely pleased with the continued growth of Allegiant Airlines at the Duluth International Airport. Non-stop flights to Orlando, Phoenix and Las Vegas gives area travelers quick access to the places they want to go," said Duluth Airport Authority Executive Director Brian Ryks.
Please call your local travel agent now to book your vacation or visit http://www.allegiant.com/.
About Duluth International Airport
Allegiant Air offers two weekly nonstop flights to Las Vegas, Orlando Sanford and Phoenix-Mesa; Delta offers five daily nonstop flights to Minneapolis/St. Paul and two daily nonstop flights to Detroit; and United Express offers twice daily nonstop flights to Chicago.
The airport is currently undergoing phase 2 of a $70 million dollar new passenger terminal project. The airport will remain fully operational throughout the duration of the project.


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PHOTOS: Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure
The Susan G. Komen 3-Day, 60-mile walk kicked off in D.C. early Friday morning. Thousands of breast cancer survivors, friends, family and supporters are walking to raise money and bring awareness to the disease.
A balloon-filled bra was strapped onto the front of a motorcycle along the Susan G. Komen Capitol Hill route on Friday morning.
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North End Zone Open for Business
Aug. 3, 2009
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The wait is over. After a weekend of moving boxes and organizing new offices, the Indiana Department of Athletics moved into the North End Zone facility. To view a photo gallery of the move click here.
The 138,000-square-foot facility features bowl seating with an outdoor club seating area that encloses the North end of Memorial Stadium. A new weight room, staff offices, position meeting rooms, administration offices and Hall of Champions highlight the interior of the structure and addresses several critical needs for not only the football program, but the entire department of athletics.
At the lower level sits the most impressive feature of the new facility, a 25,000-square-foot weight room - the largest in the nation. It is nearly five times the size of the previous weight room and all Hoosier varsity sports will have access to the center.
"There is no question that this creates a whole new environment, and it is something that we've probably been behind, but we have it now. It is really first class," head football coach Bill Lynch said. "It is a huge commitment to our current players. It is a commitment to our alums and fans and football at Indiana. That really carries over into recruiting. When a recruit comes onto campus now and sees it. There is a wow factor. That translates into commitment.
"The other thing that I think is really impressive is that everything that is done is really for the student-athlete. You figure with 25,000 square feet of weight room, you can develop young guys with that facility. Along with that, there will be 22,000 square feet of academic support center. That is showing a commitment to academics and trying to help on that side of it, too. There are just a number of features that I think day in and day out are going to help the program."
The Hoosier players will get the opportunity to enjoy their new digs this week. IU opens its preseason camp on Friday, Aug. 7. Freshmen and transfers report Wednesday, Aug. 5, while the rest of the team reports Thursday, Aug. 6.
Indiana kicks off the 2009 campaign with its first-ever meeting against Eastern Kentucky at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3. It marks the first Thursday game in Memorial Stadium's history and the first of six home games.
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If during this just-concluding Christmas season you went out with your own money and bought presents to give to people who would have otherwise received nothing, good for you. You committed an act of charity.
If, however, rather than buy presents with your own money you instead entered the home of a neighbor, took all of the presents from under the tree and then passed them out to the poor, shame on you. You're a thief. That the items that you took wound up in the hands of the needy doesn't make it any less so.
And thus we illustrate the key difference between charity and government welfare. Charity is voluntary.
Yet charity and welfare are similar in that they draw their water from the same well.
Our welfare system got its start in 1935 with the passage of legislation creating Aid to Families with Dependent Children. It was designed primarily to offer assistance to women who bore sole responsibility for raising children due to the absence of a father in the home. In its infancy, the program primarily helped widows.
Early welfare was well-intentioned and arguably necessary. But our welfare system has morphed into something that is both unaffordable and in many ways antithetical to the goal of helping the poor.
Nearly 80 years after its creation, our welfare system has become incrementally less about meeting exigent need and incrementally more about so-called "social justice." The taking of wealth from the "rich" in order to give it to the "poor" has become an end unto itself.
There can be no doubt that a good and decent society has a duty to alleviate the suffering inherent to poverty. The very scriptures call for us to feed the poor.
But neither the scriptures nor proponents of welfare ever go on to answer the question, 'With what?' If we are to provide food to those who cannot obtain food for themselves, someone must first produce the food. If government is to provide cash payments to poor people, it must first get the cash. Since the government has no money of its own, it must levy taxes upon those who do something taxable, i.e. earn money through work or investment.
Charity is not an atonement for having created wealth. The creation of wealth is a precondition for charity. Similarly, welfare shouldn't be for the purpose of extracting "justice" from someone for getting wealthy. Someone getting wealthy is the precondition to offering welfare.
Implicit in the belief of liberals that taking wealth from Sam is morally justified because it improves the lot of Tom is the recognition that Sam has the wealth to take in the first place. They never consider the questions of where did Sam get the wealth and what will become of Tom when it has, at last, all been taken away? They never consider the implications for Tom when Sam says, "I'm not going to produce anymore if they're just going to take it from me."
Recently, in an apostolic statement Pope Francis said, in effect, that capitalism is OK with him on the condition that we feed the poor. I say, with all deference to the Holy Father, that we can feed the poor only on the condition that we have capitalism.
If you would feed the Lord's flock, you must first plant the fields. But planting fields entails risk and no one takes risk absent the possibility of reward. The greater the risk, the greater must be the potential for reward. When that potential is realized, it's called wealth. From the creation of wealth, and only from the creation of wealth, are charity and welfare even possible.
Capitalism – which is to say the pursuit of wealth — has lifted more humans out of poverty than any other economic system ever tried.
Our welfare system cannot help the needy if its first mission is to cut the wealthy down to size. No one in America is poor because someone else has become lawfully rich. But if we ever reach the place where no one is rich, everyone will be poor.
It was disappointing to hear Pope Francis' comments about Capitalism being a major cause of poverty and injustice in the world. The only hope for the impoverished countries of the 3rd world to enter into the 21st Century is through the free market system of capitalism, to which they have been denied by their "rulers" and "tribal leaders" for centuries. How else can you explain the disparity of the quality of life between these undeveloped countries, (with a wealth of natural resources), and those of the western civilizations? We need to stop demonizing those who have the ingenuity and work ethic to develop products and services which help ALL people, instead of trying to penalize the success they enjoy as a result of their efforts. The so-called poor in our society possess cell phones, big screen TV, air conditioning, etc.; they are only poor in the eyes of those who are jealous of the successful and want to redistribute their assets. It is especially disappointing to hear the Pope being critical of the system that has created the opulence of the Vatican and all the trappings of a king, which he now enjoys.
I also was disappointed to hear the Pope criticizing capitalism & subscribing it to the cause of poverty.
It shows that the Pope does not understand economics principles. Our "poor" have such high living standards compared to any poor ever in history. This is due to "Capitalism.( Econ 101).
It also says in the Bible that "Those who do not work shall not eat"," the reward for those who are righteous is wealth…honor…plenty…barns running over with goods…"'etc."
The parable of the "talents…being careful /prudent/industrial with goods…is rewarded…."
Even the precepts of Benedictine, Cistercians, Jesuits do not lean against Capitalism, but rather asks for sharing. It also stands to reason that if you give all …even a million ; you end up helping no one & can not even help yourself.
That is not helping but hurting & the misuse of God's gift: our brain.
All things belong to God & are His ; therefore we only have the loan of these things until our death.
If we are not prudent with these things….including our bodies/goods/relationships/ etc.,we will have to answer for this.
I think this Pope, being from South America sees everything very differently than the former Popes.
Please, let's stop calling the "redistribution of wealth" by the forces of Big Government (the Liberal, Socialist, Marxist, Fascist, Communist, or Collectivist Pagans) that pretend to want to "help the poor," as being motivated by "good intentions." Nothing could be further from the truth.
These people are completely consumed with the arrogance and wickedness of having ultimate power over their fellow man using the "fig leaf" of "fairness" while they ignore all of human history and the natural laws that govern the rewards that can benefit mankind. The pursuit of self-preservation and prosperity by the labor of one's own effort and willingness to provide goods or services to his fellow man in exchange for compensation is the only way for an individual or a nation to succeed. The value of your work is only worth what the market is willing to pay for it. End of story.
Any other method to gain wealth is born of corruption and there is no better place for corruption to hide than in the sanctimonious halls of a government infested with these Collectivist Pagans or in educational and religious institutions that support this form of immorality. Such is the case today.
I recently heard a recording of President Kennedy's inaugural address in which he proclaimed the fundamentals of economics that bring about individual prosperity and that reject the allure of Collectivism. Today's Democrat Party, full of far-left fanatics, bears no resemblance to the Democrat Party of JFK.
The idea that prosperity can be "justly" achieved on the basis of "equality" by redistributing the wealth of Sam to benefit Tom, is essentially giving Tom part of the property owned and generated by Sam. This is simply using "legalized theft" to make the transfer. To that extent, Sam has become a slave of Tom. Sam's work has been forced to benefit Tom without Sam being compensated.
Put simply, the far-Left Pagans that practice this form of prosperity reassignment while claiming the power to do so, are the new slave-masters of the 21st century. They do not deserve any credibility in the field of economics and should be constantly exposed as the charlatans that they are. The laws of economics that bring about maximum prosperity are based on concepts of morality that the Collectivists reject in their entirety.
The recipients of stolen wealth by "redistribution" are as corrupt as the Collectivist slave-masters that they pay homage to and should be ashamed of the wickedness that they are supporting. It is no wonder that many believe that this country is on the precipice of total economic collapse if 51% of voters become dependents of the new slave-masters.
If that happens, Obama's Marxist utopia will be at hand and representative government based on elections, free of corruption, will be over. The Emperor Obama will have won his "war on capitalism." Make no mistake; he and his supporters believe that this is what he was elected to do.
A discussion concerning free-market economics and Pope Francis.


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A while back Jim posted to the blog about this creation by Caleb Larson, which uses a computer to interface with the web, and then the computer uses an NXT as part of a "display device". Cool. But I was wondering when the NXT would do more of the internet portion of the interaction. Well, along comes Linus Atorf, a regular contributor over on NXTasy, with a way to use the NXT to retrieve and display weather from the internet, nicely documented. Very cool.
Now along comes Xander Soldaat, another NXTasy regular and someone who's been pushing the envelope on both sensors (testing them, making them) and languages (he's written a number of drivers for RobotC). Taking internet-saavy LEGO to the next logical step (and a prototype sensor from Mindsensors), Xander has an NXT that can Twitter. Right now he has it detecting how often his dogs bark. When they bark, the NXT determines the number, and tweets it out to the world. Of course, it could tweet any number of other things: put a pressure sensor in the dog's bed to let you know when they snuggle in for the night. Have an US sensor at the door so you know when they are crossing their rear legs, needing to go outside (heck, train them to push a button to "call" you with a tweet). Tweeting the security state of your house ("the front door has been opened"), or anything else you might want is now fairly easy to do.
Heck, use Linus's method to retrieve data and Xanders to send it, and you could network an unlimited number of NXT all around the world using tweets. They could even start posting and following their own blogs.
What's that phrase? "I for one welcome our new robotic overlords"...
Jul 23, 2009
But will my NXT add me as a Facebook friend?
Posted by: Brian Davis at 11:51 PM
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- BlueToothKiwi said...
They should make the NXT version of NXT Wi-Fi enabled and TCP/IP compliant.
That way, it will become another device on the Internet and it can REALLY add you as Facebook friend or send you twit when its battery is getting weak or an intruder walk past a sensor connected to the NXT.
- Jul 31, 2009, 8:23:00 AM
- Flub said...
Could you not use the bluetooth connection to do that, set it up so it can network with your PC and the rest of your network over bluetooth? And then make normal socket connections to websites, etc...
You could even have a web browser on your NXT!
- Dec 19, 2009, 1:53:00 AM
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CHICAGO, Ill. The No. 16 Boise State University men's tennis team dropped its second match of the USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championship, this time falling to No. 18 and 13th seeded Texas, 4-1, at the Midtown Tennis Club at Chicago on Feb. 17.
For the third consecutive match the Broncos failed to earn the doubles point, all of which ended in defeat.
Once again with the doubles point on the line,
Steve Robertson and Clancy Shields opened by losing to Josh Zavala and Dimitar Kutrovsky, 8-4. Blake Boswell and Eric Roberson then followed up with a, 9-8, loss against Luis Diaz Barriaga and Bernhard Deussner. Luke Shields and Piotr Dilaj did capture the final doubles match 8-6 over Jonah Kane-West and Miguel Reyes Varela.
Luke Shields (9-1) collected the lone match point for
The Broncos fell at the No. 3, 4 and 6 positions to allow the Longhorns to win the match.
Dliaj fell at No. 3 to Kutrovsky, 6-4 and 6-4. Robertson lost his first singles match in dual play falling, 4-6, 7-5 and 6-0, to Rook Schellenberg. Eric Roberson dropped his match, 6-4 and 7-5, to Diaz Barriaga.
This is the third consecutive loss for the
Next the Broncos will travel to face No. 3 Virginia on Feb. 24, at and then go to William &
Singles (1, 4, 3, 6)
1. Luke Shields d. Miguel Reyes Varela, 6-4, 6-1
2. Clancy Shields and
3. Dimitar Kutrovsky d. Piotr Dilaj, 6-4, 6-4
4. Luis Diaz Barriaga d. Eric Roberson, 6-4, 7-5
5. Blake Boswell and Josh Zavala, 4-6, 6-4, 3-1 DNF
6. Rook Schellenberg d. Steve Robertson 4-6, 7-5, 6-0
Doubles (1, 3, 2)
1. Zavala/Kutrovsky d. Robertson/C. Shields, 8-4
2. Dilaj/L. Shields d. Kane-West/Reyes Varela, 8-6
3. Diaz Barriaga/Deussner d. Boswell/Roberson, 9-8


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Putting Together a Puzzle Without a Picture
Willamette University, in cooperation with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, presents "Putting Together a Puzzle Without a Picture" by Associate Professor of Chemistry Sarah Kirk, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Brown's Towne Lounge. Admission is free.
With the increased use and frequent misuse of antibiotics, there is a growing concern about the rise of drug-resistant strains of bacteria and other pathogens. Many drug discoveries have happened by accident, such as through chance observation or through scientific analysis of folk remedies. Often those broad-spectrum drugs can lead to negative side effects or drug resistance.
But that is changing. Sarah Kirk and her research group focus on designing medications that target specific receptors in the body for distinct purposes, a process known as "rational drug design." They work to understand relationships among drugs' molecular structures, interactions with the body's receptors and therapeutic results. At this Science Pub, learn about discovering the size and shape of the receptors, designing drugs to fit them and how all the pieces must be put together like a puzzle.
The purpose of Science Pub is to learn about cutting-edge topics from leading researchers and scientists. Instead of a remote speaker behind a distant podium, experience an informal atmosphere where you can interact with experts and where there is no such thing as a silly question.
Brown's Towne Lounge is open to adults 21 and over, and it is in the heart of downtown Salem at 189 Liberty St. NE. Science Pub is free, so arrive early to ensure you get a seat.


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