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Now, dubious Internet marketers are planting stories, paying people to promote items, and otherwise trying to manipulate rankings on Digg and other so-called social-media sites like Reddit and Delicious to drum up more links to their Web sites and thus more business, experts say.
"People are trying to basically take advantage of Digg by artificially promoting a story with fake diggers or some other methodology of link swapping," Digg Chief Executive Jay Adelson said.
Unlike traditional news sites where editors decide what the news is, Digg emerged two years ago as an alternative where readers post links to stories from other Web sites that they think are newsworthy. The users hit a "digg" button if they like it or a "bury it" button if they don't like it. The most popular stories appear on the front page. Users are encouraged to comment on stories, and they can give comments a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down."
The egalitarian nature of these aggregation sites has led a number of online publications, including CNET News.com, to add "Digg" and "Delicious" buttons that allow their own readers to recommend their stories to other users of the aggregation sites.
So it shouldn't be a surprise that marketers and spammers are a half-step behind. Since popular stories on Digg get linked to by blogs and other sites, marketers are doing everything they can to get content from their sites featured on Digg. The more links back to a Web site, the more it rises in search engine rankings and thus the more money that site can make.
Some marketers offer "content generation services," where they sell stories to Web sites for the sole purpose of getting them submitted to Digg and other sites. This combination of spam and blogs is called "splogs." The stories often feature topics and keywords in headlines that are likely to appeal to the Digg crowd, such as "geeks" and "Apple."
Lazier but still tricky marketers merely scrape content off legitimate sites to put up on their own sites in a technique called "link jacking." In essence, they are hijacking the links that should go back to the original site, experts say.
In a posting last week titled "The Spam Farms of the Social Web," blogger Niall Kennedy detailed how a suspicious item recently made it among the top five stories on Digg before the community "buried" it. The Digg user submission links to a story entitled "Geek's Guide to Getting in Shape: 13 Surefire Tips" written by "Dental Geek" for the i-Dental Resources blog. The blog site has links to other pages with ads that offer content creation marketing services and which collect money for dental plans sold, Kennedy said.
Digg isn't alone in these problems. News aggregator Reddit and Delicious, where users swap Internet bookmarks, are also susceptible, Kennedy said.
Thankfully, "the weight loss story never made it off the new page on Reddit," said Chris Slowe, senior programmer at Reddit, which was recently acquired by Conde Nast, owner of Wired Digital.
Slowe said he is aware of attempts to manipulate aggregation sites but said Reddit users are good at "self policing." For instance, users will band together and vote down stories promoted by suspicious users, he said.
A representative for Delicious, which is owned by Yahoo, had no comment on whether or not there have been attempts to rig that site.
Money driving ingenuity
Companies charge as much as $15,000 to get content up on Digg, said Neil Patel, chief technology officer at the Internet marketing firm ACS. If a story becomes popular on Digg and generates links back to a marketer's Web site, that site may rise in search engine results and will not have to spend money on search advertising, he said.
Another way to get Web links to a suspicious site is to get inside help from users at a social-media site. For instance, spammers have tried to infiltrate Digg to build up reputations and promote stories for marketers, experts say.
Other scammers are trying other ways to buy votes. A site dubbed "User/Submitter," purports to pay people 50 cents for digging three stories and charges $20 for each story submitted to the site, plus $1 for every vote it gets. The Spike the Vote Web site boasts that it is a "bulletproof way to cheat Digg" and offers a point system for Digg users to submit and dig stories. And Friendly Vote bills itself as an "online resource for Web masters" to improve their marketing on sites like Digg and Delicious.
"Digg has become a big enough phenomenon that it does move ideas and in some cases generates enough traction that people can then buy into a product or a stock," said Kennedy, an independent researcher working on search technologies. "A fake story will affect the (PlayStation maker) Sony brand."
Kennedy was referring to an item headlined "Just out from Reuters 650,000 PS3s to be recalled!!" posted on Digg on November 20 that made it to the front page within hours, according to a blog posting titled "Limitations of Socially Driven News," written by Digg user Muhammad Saleem.
Digg executives say they are on top of the situation.
"There is technical information that only we could know that flags us when someone is attempting to manipulate" stories and rankings, said Digg's Adelson. "It happens every single day." Adelson declined to go into details on how the system works.
In addition, Digg's 680,000 registered users serve as cops and fact-checkers, he said. "By merging the algorithms and the people I believe we have a foolproof system."
For now, it's a cat-and-mouse game for Digg to stay on top of the rigging attempts.
"Digg and others are working hard to deal with this kind of abuse," Jupiter Research analyst Barry Parr wrote on his blog this week. "But until it is eliminated, the credibility of social-news sites will be in question."
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- Bad title for article
- When I see Big Dig I think of Boston and ceiling tiles dropping and killing people.
I suspect others see it the same, this article should have a different title.
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- Boston?
- I don't live in Boston so I'm not familiar with ceiling tiles dropping. The one thing about the title is it uses "Digg" and not "Dig"... That is something unique to the website, something that can easily be overlooked.
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- Digg's Foolproof System?
- As a Digg user, I suffer through any "PS3 Sucks" thread garnering over 1000 votes, even when completely untrue. One article actually titled "The PS3 Cannot Do High Definition" and still topped 1000 votes (a ton by digg standards). Even the article the headline linked didn't make this false claim.
This extends to negative stories about George Bush, positive stories about the Nintendo Wii, negative stories about O'Reilly and Limbaugh, etc.,etc.
So where is the foolproof system for patently false stories? And when digg users just do what's popular, how does "self policing" even come into play? It's a hugely problematic system, and for "digg executives" to claim they have the problem in hand is akin to ebay saying they police auctions.
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- Nothing Foolproof...
- However, I think the PS3 "does" have hardware problems: the 1080P feature is crippled by a defect. Haven't you heard?
But yet, we have to read through all the "astroturf" and splogging and spluuge of deceit. The "jack Campbells" in that, they posted "jack" the thread and even have numerous IDs and assists to post "credulous" info and references. Still irks me that Google news has news titles with pictures that are scary (unrelated, or hardly close). All to attract the viewer and not be an actual image from the story.
OT- BTW, I predicted months ago that the Wii would outsell MS and Sony's over-hyped consoles. But do you hear that Nintendo sold 600K units in a week? Um, that is $150,000,000.00 at retail. $37,500,000.00 in profit for the 25% markup goes to who? And how about the ebay resellers getting $500+ for it. Jeesh, if half the Wii's sold were resold, look at all the money Nintendo lost because of their hype-machine!
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- Doing everything they can?
- If they are doing everything they can, where are all the law suits?
Stuff like this really pushes my buttons, and again there should jail time for prople perpetrating scams like this.
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- More on Digg!
- http://tnerd.com/2006/10/03/diggcom-puzzled-are-we-ready-for-web-20/
http://tnerd.com/2006/10/03/diggcom-how-to-make-money-from-diggcom/
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- Wal-Mart Manipulates Digg
- I saw some blatant Digg manipulation by Wal-Mart right before "Black Friday". An article about Wal-Mart "accidentally" posting its Black Friday prices got 700 diggs almost instantly. Anyone who tried to point out it was spam got voted down instantly. I also saw a Wal-Mart splog pointing to the Digg article. I found the splog while I was looking for other bloggers with an interest in recent Wal-Mart PR escapades. I left several comments on these blogs, but no one seemed interested. I also left TWO notes for WOMMA about it. I don't understand why everyone would see the Wal-Mart flogs as shady but no one is pursuing their Digg click-farming.
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- digg guys are always cheating
- digg guys are always cheating people they are getting free money from visitors without doing anything
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- Digg Corruption and the Anti Digg Website Allsux
- Well, Digg corruption is incredibly widespread. It has been reported in Wired, Wikipedia, Slashdot and other reputable sources. But for the full story on recent events you should really check out http://allsux.com ... that has both personal stories and professional links related to Digg and its incredible behaviors.
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The official story: Blizzard reps had not responded to requests for comment.
What we heard: With World of Warcraft playing musical chairs in the "top 10 PC games" chart, interest has never been higher in its forthcoming expansion pack. So little wonder then that forums were aflame this week following a rumor that the expansion pack would be titled The Burning Crusade. The thermally tinged name sounded like something that Blizzard might cook up, as evidenced by the subtitle of its last Warcraft III expansion--The Frozen Throne.
The source was an image of the November cover of The Games Machine, an Italian games magazine owned by UK-based Future Publishing. GameSpot obtained a scan of the cover of the November Games Machine. That wasn't the problem. The problem was that we obtained two covers of the magazine: one hyping The Burning Crusade and the other promoting Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood. The dual covers could mean only two things: Either one magazine cover was fake, or they were both legit--and Blizzard asked the magazine's publisher to yank the story. Either way, it won't be long until we find out what the title is, because the World of Warcraft expansion will be playable at BlizzCon next weekend.
Bogus or not bogus?: Probably not bogus.

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Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
I suppose one of the hardest questions to answer is: "Why do I have to deal with so much adversity?!"
Quite honestly, one of the best answers I've ever come across was written by C.S. Lewis in his book, Mere Christianity. Lewis likened God's use of adversity to walking a dog. If the dog gets its leash wrapped around a pole and tries to continue running forward, he will only tighten the leash more. Both the dog and the owner are after the same end: forward motion. But the owner must resist the dog by pulling him opposite of the direction that he wants to go. The master, sharing the same intention, but understanding better than the dog where he really wants to go, takes an action precisely opposite to that of the dog's will. It is in this way that God uses adversity!
We really don't like being pulled and corrected by the Lord — but when we understand there's a greater purpose involved, then we can pass through adversity with hope, expectation and steadfastness knowing these events are for our greater good!
Let's learn from the trials and tribulations we go through because God has a purpose in them. We may not enjoy it, but when all's said and done, enduring trials faithfully will produce perseverance, character, and hope. And hope will not disappoint us for the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit…[Romans 5:4-5] We truly can trust in the God who loves us with an everlasting love because He knows the direction we need to go, AND He knows exactly how to get us there!
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October 13th, 2011 at 12:01 am
Thank you, things like this have got me through a seriously soul smashing period of my life. I had grown so depressed and was so confused as to God's purpose for this but it has been a blessing in the end. That it took 4 years and losing my whole family, some passed away, the rest alienated from me due to life's craziness, people's greed and paranoia there may never be reconciliation but I have been drawn to the cross and for me, I am so blessed to just be alive. This isn't explaining much but I've never been closer to our Lord through this horrible experience and that is all I've ever wanted anyway! God Bless you all.
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October 18th, 2011 at 11:09 pm
I've found adversity comes to me in two forms – Satan seeking to discourage and the Lord seeking to lead. Even as I write this both cars are broken down and my laptop's on the way out to pasture… not convenient for a pastor and someone that also has a cyberministry; this would crush me in discouragement if I lost sight of the fact that the source of this adversity is the Devil seeking to crush my willingness to serve my Master. On the other hand, I once endeavored to initiate an outreach ministry and was stopped dead in my tracks by the Lord telling me this was not His plan for me (at least at the moment) – this was clear to me because the counsel not to proceed came from respected men of God; also, there was peace in the decision and not a feeling of sad/angry defeat. In either case, knowing the source allows me to be at peace with adversity.
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Thank you for your words of encouragement. I was out seaching for this message, yes I've read/heard similiar messages but sometimes you just need to see it and feel it again. God never changes and neither does His word. My marriage is in trouble, this trial has really brought me into a deeper walk with Jesus, but I haven't seen a similar reaction from my wife. As it appears to inch closer to divorce I need to hear that God is in charge, He has plans for each and every trial and that I can rest in His hands and let go trusting Him to do His perfect will. I just needed that encouragement at this moment.


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ABC Family "10 Things I Hate About You" stars Nicholas Braun and Kyle Kaplan use Gotye's hit "Somebody I Used to Know" to show how you just can't ignore an annoying song. The actors instead fall prey to the hit in the Youtube video "That Gotye Song".
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|Literature and Arts of DPRK Developed in Songun Era
Pyongyang, April 18 (KCNA) -- The literature and arts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which created renaissance in the 20th century, reached a higher stage of development in the Songun (military-first) era under the guidance of General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
Kim Jong Il clearly indicated the way for building socialist culture, holding high the banner of Songun. He ensured the development of literature and arts by way of Songun revolution, a way of setting a model with reliance on the People's Army and generalizing it in society.
A drive to follow the revolutionary soldier culture had been conducted throughout the country and, in the course, world-startling achievements made in all spheres of literature and arts, including movie, drama and music.
They include production of multipart feature film "The Nation and Destiny" (part on workers), feature film "Notes of a Woman Soldier", light comedy "Echo of Mountain" and drama "We Will Recollect Today".
The grand gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang", flawless in seed, content and form, was registered in Guinness Book of World Records.
The Unhasu Orchestra, the Samjiyon Band of the Mansudae Art Troupe and other art troupes gave peculiar performances. The art pieces presented by them are orchestral music and chorus "The Snow Is Falling", which opened up a new path in the creation of musical pieces, and serial symphony "Song Dedicated to the Party" displaying the might of Juche-based symphony orchestra.
Also lots of famous paintings as valuable as national treasure were produced, among them Korean painting "The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il standing near Lake Chon on Mt. Paektu" and large-size screen-style Korean painting "216 peaks on Lake Chon of Mt. Paektu".
Cultural palaces, including Pyongyang Grand Theatre, Moranbong Theatre, State Theatre and Taedongmun Cinema House, were renovated or built to provide the people with better conditions for their entertainment.
Acrobatic pieces of the DPRK won top prizes at various international festivals, including the 21st Rome International Acrobatic Festival and the 33rd Monte Carlo International Acrobatic Festival.
Highest or top prizes and diplomas were awarded to porcelains produced by creators of the DPRK's Mansudae Art Studio and to Korean painters at such international expos as the 10th Beijing International Art Expositions and the Jingdezhen International Porcelain Fair in China-2008.
Revolutionary opera "The Flower Girl" and Korean versions of operas "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" were successfully performed before full houses in China, deepening the DPRK-China friendship.
The Pyongyang Art Troupe, too, made performance tours of China, Russia, Germany and other countries to win enthusiastic cheers and high acclamation from among foreigners and overseas compatriots.
The feats leader Kim Jong Il performed by displaying the might of the Juche-based literature and arts with his distinguished literary idea and energetic guidance will remain forever along with the history of Kim Il Sung's Korea.
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This course will examine laws, legal principles and special policy issues relevant to the legal treatment of art and cultural heritage. A detailed class schedule, with reading assignments and guest speaker information, will be handed out at the first class and posted to the courseweb. In this course we will examine the following general subjects and issues:
Art Dealers, Auctioneers and the Art Market. We will study the legal definitions of and relationships among art dealers, auctioneers, collectors and other players in the art market.
Authenticity and Quality. What are the legal ramifications - civil and criminal - when works of art and cultural heritage are alleged to be fake, forged, or otherwise not in conformance with represented attributes and characteristics?
Title and Theft: Given that works of art and cultural heritage often have high monetary value and/or intangible cultural significance, they are often the objects of theft and fraud. We will examine the civil and criminal laws applicable to the recovery of stolen art and cultural heritage, as well as different legal approaches that have been adopted in the US and abroad.
Museums. There is vigorous debate, and much litigation, in the art world at present over the circumstances, if any, under which museums or non-profits ought to buy or sell art.
War, Art and Cultural Heritage. Using World War II and the Iraq war as examples, we will focus attention on special issues and considerations present when looting and theft of art and cultural heritage takes place in time of and in the aftermath of war.
International Cultural Heritage Issues. U.S. museums have entered into agreements with foreign nations to settle disputes concerning antiquities and archaeological objects in the context of claims that those objects were stolen and illegally taken.
United States Archaeological Resources. We will discuss the cultural heritage regulatory scheme in the US, including the federal Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, and various statutes applicable to domestic archaeological material and cultural heritage. If there is time and class interest, we will consider the Abandoned Shipwreck Act and issues arising out of underwater archaeology and salvage .
Native Cultural Heritage. We will examine issues relating to the cultural heritage of indigenous people and the pervasive problems of looting and theft from Native American sites in the United States.
Students are required to do a total of 5 short papers (of approximately 1600 words each) for five different seminar classes. The papers are due no later than 2:00 pm on the Friday before we meet as a class on Monday. Further instructions relating to the short papers will be posted to the courseweb and discussed on the first day of class. The short papers are to be based on the reading assignment for that week and do not require outside reading.
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The Musketeers had two top-10 and one top-20 finishes at the Wolverine Invite.
Sept. 23, 2012
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The Musketeer women's golf team concluded the Wolverine Invitational tying for third place and had several notable individual efforts. Xavier shot an 81-over-par 933 (316-311-306) as a team and tied Illinois and Eastern Michigan at the par-71 U-M Golf Course. Senior Breanna Patz and freshman Shane Crutchfield tied for sixth place with scores of 232 (+19).
Patz lead the field of 85 competitors after the first round as she opened the tournament with a two-over-par 74 then carded an 80-78 in the final two rounds. This is Patz's seventh career top-10 finish and puts her three shy of the all-time Xavier record, held by Mary Beth McKenna.
Crutchfield fired an 82-75-75 at the Invite as she captured her first top-10 finish as a Musketeer. Crutchfield's performance in Ann Arbor was two strokes better than her rounds at the Chip-N Club earning her a career-best 232. Sophomore Abby Smith was tied for 13th place with a score of 234 (82-79-73. Smith entered the final round in 27th place, but was able to climb up the latter with her impressive one-over-par showing.
Junior Christine Cash nearly cracked into the top-20 finished but settled for tied for 23rd after her 238 (+25) score. Junior Ariel McNair made her 2012-13 debut and recorded a 243 (+30) while finishing tied for 33rd place. Senior Alexandra Lake and junior Kristin Tan each competed as individuals. Tan was forced to withdraw after the first round. Lake finished in 72nd place with a score of 257 (+44).
Host school Michigan and Florida International came away with the shared title of a team score of 930 (+78). Alyssa Kwon of Eastern Michigan, Alicia Weber of Michigan, and Meghan MacLaren of Florida International all tied for the lowest score of 227 (+14).
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Mass Effect 3 Review: A Lasting Effect
Mass Effect 3 had a lot to live up to; the ultimate threat of the trilogy had finally arrived: The Reapers. BioWare's knack for telling emotional and character-driven stories while lacing them with intense gameplay and action got better with each installment, and there's no shortage of these qualities in ME3. Did it live up to my expectations? In one word: Yes. It seems though, that even a franchise like Mass Effect is not immune to the 'third installment syndrome' that has occurred with other stories. I consider this to be Sci-Fi gaming's equivalent of The Godfather III; two previous epics followed by one that is arguably strong in quality, but marred by blemishes that may be permanent.
One term that I used to define the difference between Mass Effect 1 and 2 was the increased intensity. Mass Effect 3 further builds on that intensity, in almost all aspects. The opening cutscene sets the tone for the entire game: The day that Commander Shepard has feared for nearly three years, the Reapers have finally arrived to eradicate organic life, and this time there may be no stopping them (I couldn't resist the Star Trek quote, sorry). Shepard is reinstated and once again an Alliance soldier fighting the good fight. Oh, and Cerberus, The Illusive Man, and newcomer Nightwing Kai Leng are going to make his life a living hell in the process.
Mass Effect 3 is the only game in the trilogy that I would not recommend to newcomers. ME1 and ME2's stories are largely contained. ME3 draws upon the events that happened in the first two, and how they affect the events concerning the Reaper invasion. Major plot points and arcs that are established in the first and second games are concluded or given some sort of resolution in this installment.
The entire ME1 cast (except for Wrex, and Ashley or Kaidan) returns as full-time squad members, with the addition of James Vega, Javik the Prothean (available via DLC), and one other that I will not spoil. The entire ME2 cast also returns (provided you let none of them die in the Suicide Mission) in supporting roles of differing variety. Amidst the intertwined plots and the Reaper invasion, the story is ripe with emotional and visceral character moments. There are sides to the entire cast that we have never seen before, and it was the only game in the series where I found myself drawn to tears more than once.
James Vega has attracted some considerable attention. Personally I found him to be alright. His appearance was a tad distracting; it looked as if he was modeled after a typical high school jock… or Ronnie from Jersey Shore, I'm not sure which. I overall formed a positive opinion of him; he was a lot like a representation of the 'grunts' that were fighting the Reapers all over the galaxy, and at times I saw him as a protégé for Shepard.
The overall progression of the narrative has been tightened this time around. There are still choices to be made in the dialogue, but their frequency is noticeably scaled back. I never lost the illusion of control, and I agreed with the new structure. The conversations felt more organic and flowed better since they weren't stopping so often for my own input. For others this is a major negative, understandably so. But it didn't break my immersion, I still felt like it was my Shepard; BioWare simply had more of a grip on the wheel than I.
Sam Hulick and co. (minus Jack Wall) return and deliver another enjoyable score to compliment the game. The Mass Effect theme is placed in all the right moments; action scenes are pulsing, and emotional scenes are accentuated in just the right ways. The score utilizes motifs from the first game, which I loved. No complaints here, the score is arguably the most consistent aspect of Mass Effect 3 and the franchise as a whole.
The game has returned to its third-person shooter roots, utilizing elements established in the first two games, while making some welcome changes. The arsenal of weapons from the previous games has returned. BioWare bolstered the loadout with more guns across the spectrum, offering more variety. Customization of both powers and weapon selection is still a fun part of the game, as there are many different combinations to toy with.
The other major aspect of the gameplay is the ability to recruit and acquire war assets for the fight against the Reapers. Pretty much self-explanatory. You have the opportunity to unite the galaxy in a way that has never been done before, and your choices will determine how it's accomplished.
The game is not without its flaws. It would be prudent to start with the misdemeanors.
For some reason, they changed the journal. I don't know why, but there's no reason I can think of in which it would make sense. In previous journals, you had the ability to click on a quest/mission and view your progress. That functionality has been completely removed. Without some type of system in which I can check which items I do and do not have for quests, it can make completing them sometimes difficult. It's less of a nuisance once you get the hang of things though.
Occasionally in cutscenes, Shepard—along with other characters—will jump around like a bad youtube edit. Sometimes it's noticeable, other times it's very noticeable. The bigger graphical issue is that some characters will disappear entirely from cutscenes, as it did with me when Liara's sweet voice was coming from a bulkhead instead of her sweet face. This only happened to me once, but I've heard its frequency is varied among others.
Now, I'll get into three issues of the game that are getting the most attention.
Namely, the issue of downloadable content (DLC) that was released the same day as the game. The DLC in question contains a Prothean squad member by the name of Javik, and the mission in which you acquire him. DLC will always be a sensitive subject because it costs us gamers money. The main point of contention regarding Javik was not only that he was a Prothean squad member (a big deal to some), but the fact that pieces of data related to the character were discovered on the disc itself.
In this matter, I sided with BioWare. In a game that has such a wide scope, the interactions among your characters and NPC's are extremely diverse. It made sense that they placed some primers in the game so that the DLC would fit in easier when it was released to the masses. Not to mention that when you download the character—and mission—it's 500mb; this is not the same as a little 100kb unlock. BioWare even stated themselves that the DLC was developed after the game went into certification (when the discs and boxes were being produced).
I purchased the DLC and can say that while the novelty of having a Prothean on your squad is fun at first, it wears off quickly. The mission in which you acquire him is set on Eden Prime (a throwback to ME1) and is largely a firefight with Cerberus while you wake him from stasis. The cutscenes regarding Javik's origin only serve to fill in the blanks regarding details of the Protheans that we were already aware of, and nothing new is added to the lore.
I played most of the game with characters that were mainstays of ME1 and 2 and only rarely did I include Javik, Vega, or [REDACTED] in my squad. The narrative was largely unchanged because of this. The truth of the matter is that it's easier for people to trump up Javik's worth to make their argument more valid. But this issue has destabilized from gamers having valid concerns to a typical EA witch-hunt. It's silly. Javik is merely sugar on top (as stated by Casey Hudson), and not the game-changing character that everyone would like to believe.
Final verdict: if you don't like the prospect of spending ten dollars for a new character and mission, then don't. Trust me, you won't be missing out on as much as you may think.
Enter the ending. I felt like I was watching the finales of The X-Files, Battlestar: Galactica, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Hint: those finales were not good). Possibly one of the biggest letdowns in gaming history, the ending of Mass Effect 3 has left many of us scratching our heads and searching for answers. I found myself simply staring at the screen when I realized what was happening. It was such a stark contrast to the rest of the game and franchise. 99% of Mass Effect 3 is made up of great character development and a compelling dialogue and story about the horrors, sacrifices, and consequences of war. It was as if when they were deciding the ending they figured it would be easier to piss off everybody rather than please most of us—obviously a facetious remark on my part.
Varying choices and outcomes are the two most defining aspects of the Mass Effect lore. A lot of people are making blanket statements that, 'your choices do not matter' in Mass Effect 3 because of the ending. This is and is not true. Your choices matter in the context of when you're making them; many times I found myself simply staring—maybe sweating—as I weighed my decisions, afraid of what would happen next. It was the first time since the Suicide Mission (and I never experienced this feeling prior) that I felt the true gravity of each situation and realized there would be serious consequences no matter what.
The ending however, does render those decisions pointless; that part is very true. I suppose that BioWare felt that they needed to… assume direct control (if I may?) in the final moments, but the way they went about it was just… wrong. The ending introduced some variables and mythology that were simply never present in the entire franchise. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for twists. The problem was that it was further compounded by the three absolutely absurd choices that you are given to conclude the story. On top of this, the logic that is employed to justify these choices can be contradictory to a couple of serious decisions you made over the course of the game. The end result is a mess. There are major plot holes that cannot be explained. Not to mention a certain Easter egg, regarded as the 'secret ending' that shows that even BioWare may not have been committed to the ending that they gave us. Much like the aforementioned television finales (not so much DS9), we were left with more questions than answers.
The depressing thing is that these endings could have worked if two crucial details were not left out.
The first is diversity. I can say that the three—not 16—endings are very depressing. This is fine, as Mass Effect is an epic, and epics tend to end that way; they should end that way (Gilgamesh, Beowulf, The Odyssey, The Iliad, etc.). But there is no diversity. There were no 16 endings; only three endings that are very similar save for some minor differences here and there. Differences that were vary based on factors that are wholly unrelated to them. Three negative endings are fine; but three neutral and three genuinely good endings would have provided something to fit everyone's definition of how their Shepard would conclude the story.
The second aspect left out—and the most glaring—is an epilogue. Even the three endings we got would have been tons more acceptable if there was simple closure. What happens to Shepard, the crew, the Normandy, Earth, and the galactic community is never explicitly stated or even hinted at. Ambiguity works, but not on such a scale where almost everything is implied/not stated, and nothing is shown. Many theories have cropped up to try and explain the details of the ending, but it has gotten to the point where it seems people would rather accept these theories over the ending that is set in stone (for now). This means that the ending did not do the job it was supposed to. Depressing isn't it?
Do I think our current ending should be changed or retconned entirely? No. BioWare does not owe us a damn thing. Nor did they not deliver on their promise as others are claiming. BioWare promised us a conclusion to the Mass Effect trilogy; that's what we got. The definitions of variety and quality are always going to be subjective. This does not negate the craptastic nature of the endings, but the gamer entitlement that has run rampant in the midst of the game's launch is disturbing. As much as some of us disliked aspects of the conclusions of the shows I mentioned earlier, we had to live with them, just like we have to live with this ending. No one has the right to demand an artist change their work to suit their liking, it's very dangerous territory. You can either accept it, or never support said artist ever again until they meet your standards. Those are the only options.
A continuation of the existing story or a simple epilogue would definitely quell a lot of the animosity. The damage will always be there, but to what degree is up to the folks at BioWare.
This might go down as one of the finest game franchises ever constructed to attract the most negative controversy in its conclusion. The journey of Mass Effect 3 and the two preceding games is and was amazing and should be experienced by as many people as possible; I won't let the five minutes that is the ending drag that down.
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Juba — The European Union (EU) on Monday said it fully supports the decision by the South Sudan government and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) to relocate Yida camp in Unity state.
The EU ambassador, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, who visited Yida camp, accompanied by the Ambassador of France and representatives from other member countries, expressed his concerns about the complex and logistically challenging humanitarian operations in the areas.
"[However] the mission was positively impressed by the dedication of the humanitarian workers in assisting the refugees in a challenging location with limited access during six months of the year throughout the rain season," the EU said in a statement to Sudan Tribune.
In recent months, heavy rains have made it extremely difficult for humanitarian workers to provide refugees with adequate food, water, sanitation and health services.
Burgsdorff, during a meeting with the refugee committee, reportedly pledged the EU's commitment to not only provide life-saving services to the refugee population, but also to ensuring that refugees have access to education and livelihood services.
Antonio Guterres, the UN high commissioner for refugees, said the situation in Yida, which has nearly 60,000 Sudanese refugees, fleeing conflict across the border in neighbouring Sudan, presents one of the most "forgotten crises and challenging refugee operations in the world."
Gueterres, who visited Yida camp last week, appealed to the international community to help find solutions to the problems affecting nearly 180,000 and 40,000 refugees in South Sudan and Ethiopia respectively.
"My appeal to the international community is for them to be able to express to the refugees the same solidarity shown by host communities towards them. We need financial and political support in order to find a political solution to the crisis," said Guteres.
"There is never a humanitarian solution for a humanitarian problem. The solution is always political and it goes far beyond our mandate," he added.
Guterres also lauded the commitment of the South Sudan government in doing whatever it takes to convince refugees to move to better and safer locations.
He also warned against permitting armed people to enter camps, saying the practice could generate violence in the form of forceful recruitment and sexual hostility.
"It is very important that the camps preserve their civilian and humanitarian nature," said Guterres.


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The forward has joined Oldham until the end of the season, with the Sky Bet League 1 club managed by his former Kilmarnock team-mate, Lee Johnson.
The move comes after Harkins proved unable to consolidate a starting place with St Mirren. His work ethic has since emerged as a reason for his lack of playing time.
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Just like any softball season, the Three Rivers Conference starts with everybody chasing Unicoi County.
The Lady Blue Devils suffered a key injury loss but are again favored to win the league title. This year they could get a very strong challenge from Elizabethton.
Also in the mix near the top are Happy Valley and Sullivan East.
Johnson County could give some of those teams a battle while Sullivan South and Sullivan North will likely have to scra tch and claw for victories.
Here's a quick look at the league:
Unicoi County
Record: 2-0 (league), 2-1 (overall).
Strength: A powerful hitting lineup.
Main focus: Gaining some experience.
Top pitchers: Tiffany Laughren (Jr., RH) and Kaylee Nicholson (Sr., RH).
Top hitter: Laughren (Sr., 1B)
It would be difficult to estimate the impact of losing junior first baseman Taylor Wright to an ACL injury (she had surgery Tuesday). It wasn't just losing her 2013 totals of 17 homers and .540 batting average, but her protection for Laughren (23 homers, .530 average) in the lineup.
Without Wright behind her, Laughren will likely see fewer pitches to hit.
"She has to be more patient, and take what they give her," said Lady Blue Devils' head coach Grady Lingerfelt. "I hope they won't pitch around her, but that's what it has been in the first three games."
There is still plenty of sting in the lineup with seniors Brooke Strother (cf), Grayson Goddard (2b) and Nicholson (1b) leading the way. And there's plenty of thump with Destinie Hayes (Jr., c), Cierra Jackson (Jr., 3b) and Cassie Foster (Jr., of).
"Destinie has a lot of power, and Cierra can hit the ball a mile," said Lingerfelt.
Once those players find a groove, Unicoi should still be a postseason force.
"I think we can," said Lingerfelt. "I've got a lot of confidence. This is a good strong team. We've got a lot of starters who could have started last year, like Haley Webb (Jr., ss)."
In the circle, Laughren and Nicholson will once again pitch the vast majority of the innings.
Lingerfelt said the defense can be as good as any team in the area, despite a tough start in the season-opening loss to Science Hill.
On the schedule, Lingerfelt said he's looking forward to the Nuclear Fuels Services tourney, which is scheduled for March 28-29 in Erwin and includes Knox Bearden, Science Hill, Dobyns-Bennett, Volunteer and David Crockett.
Record: 3-0 (league) 3-0 (overall).
Strength: Seven seniors with experience together.
Main focus: Game consistency.
Top pitcher: Lindsey Cunningham (Sr., RH).
Top hitters: Caley Hodge (Sr., c), Danielle Loving (Sr., ss).
It could be a special season for the Lady Cyclones. With a roster weighted at the top by seven seniors who have been on the field together for a long time, Elizabethton figures to be in the mix for a championship chase.
"Hopefully this is going to be one of the best seasons in recent years, due to the maturity and discipline of the team," said head coach Leanne Click. "We also have some great underclassmen who play large roles in the success of the team. We are definitely not lacking in athletic ability this year."
Leading the way at the plate are a quartet of really good sticks, including Hodge. She has hit three home runs in three games this season, and has plus power.
"Caley is a wall behind the plate, and is almost always guaranteed to get on base, usually extra bases," said Click.
Loving is one of the top hitters in Northeast Tennessee while Lindsey Cunningham (Sr., p) and Chesnee Hammonds (Jr., cf) are also capable of aluminum assault.
"Danielle was the MVP last year," said Click. "She hits the ball with consistency and is extremely aggressive on the bases."
In the circle, Cunningham gives the Lady Cyclones a pitcher who can take on the best bats other teams have to offer.
"She is our all-star pitcher who keeps the defense going," said Click.
Happy Valley
Record: 1-1 (league) 4-1 (overall).
Strength: Deep lineup.
Main focus: Pitching depth.
Top pitchers: Kalee Johnson (So., RH), Brooke Simmons (Sr., RH).
Top hitter: Simmons.
There aren't many worries for head coach Mike Dorsey when his team comes to the plate.
"Every hitter in the lineup should be a tough out," said Dorsey. "And we should have a good defense. But I worry about our depth, and pitching depth."
Leading the way at the plate has been sophomore catcher Kenzie Davis (.636 average with 5 RBIs), sophomore left fielder Sydney Puckett (.545 with 4 RBIs and 5 steals) and junior shortstop Krisley Roberts (.529, 5 doubles). Also junior Kaylee Street is hitting .500 with 6 steals).
"Our leading hitter the last three years, Brooke Simmons, is off to a slow start for her," said Dorsey.
Johnson County
Record: 1-1 (league) 2-4 (overall).
Strength: Team togetherness.
Main focus: Gaining experience.
Top pitchers: Brianna Snyder (So., RH), Cindi Edington (Jr., RH), Hope Nelson (Jr., RH).
Top hitter: Edington and Jayme Jennings (So.).
Injuries have hurt the Lady Longhorns from the get-go, so things have already been challenging.
"Hope Nelson is out for four weeks with a broken bone at the base of her left thumb," said head coach Dana Smith. "And we lost our starting center fielder, (junior) Abby Reece, before the season started to ACL surgery."
Snyder and Edington will handle all of the pitching duties until Nelson is able to return.
At the plate, Smith said she will rely on Edington and Jennings to get things rolling. Edington will take over in center field when she isn't pitching.
Overall, it's going to be a process of trying to compete while gaining experience.
"We will have growing pains this season as our starting freshmen get game time," said Smith.
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Record: 2-1 (league) 2-1 (overall).
Strength: Offense. Deep lineup.
Main focus: Improving decision making.
Top pitcher: Courtney Leonard (Sr., RH).
Top hitter: Leonard, Madison Standbridge (Sr., 1b).
The Lady Patriots should be able to mix it up with some of the top teams in the area, with Leonard at the forefront of the success equation.
"Courtney is an outstanding player, and an excellent leader for our team," said head coach Michael Forrester. "She is our No. 1 pitcher, and she gives us a great chance to win. When she's not pitching, she's a very good defensive third baseman.
"In short, our team has a lot of confidence in Courtney. I expect a great senior year for her."
It should be a good hitting team as the Patriots' lineup is strong throughout. Leonard hit .374 last season with 26 RBIs while Standbridge batted .316 with seven homers and 33 RBIs.
Also wielding threatening sticks are Ashlyn Douglas (Sr., 3b), Rachel Stidham (Sr., 2b), Lexy Umbarger (So., cf), Brooke McElyea (So., rf), Hannah Gobble (So., c, batting .800 this season with 5 RBIs in three games), and freshman shortstop Kelseay Smith.
"Our lineup is very deep," said Forrester. "We feel we have tough outs from one through nine. Our hitters are very confident and aggressive.
"We have only three starters returning to the same position as last year. So we sometimes struggle with the instinctive plays, and our decision-making on defense has been questionable at times.comments powered by Disqus


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Let's face it.
Acupuncture is a mystery. Placing needles on certain areas on the body and waiting for the magic to happen, is too good to be true.
Considering acupuncture, raises many questions. Is it safe? What are the risks? I don't want to waste my hard earned money, if it's not effective. What are the acupuncture benefits?
The fear of the unknown takes over you, and you remain skeptical about acupuncture.
The brilliant debut
In 1972 President Nixon opened the doors to China. A New York Times journalist James Reston who accompanied him, had an appendectomy with acupuncture used as surgical anesthesia and to relieve post-operative pain.
Returning back J. Reston wrote an article for New York Times describing his experience with acupuncture, which made it known to the Western World.
Years passed, hundreds of studies were performed, and millions of dollars were spent, all in the effort to find the devil in the details. Still, there is no clear verdict about the effectiveness of acupuncture. The conclusion is "It works, we just don't know why".
There is no mystery in acupuncture
According to TCM any health condition is an indication of imbalance inside the body. Find the cause, treat it, and you're done. It's as simple as that. Isn't it?
Well, it's not.
Acupuncture is not a quick fix. It involves commitment from your side. A balanced lifestyle is recommended that includes at least 6 hours of sleep at night, healthy diet, drinking more water and avoiding deep fried food.
This harmonizes the correct functioning of the entire body system triggering the body's self-repairing mechanism.
From here all the amazing benefits flow.
Acupuncture for cosmetic benefits
Aging is not a disease, though you can't stop the aging process.
Acupuncture treats the body from the inside, which leads to multiple positive changes in your body and lifestyle that may slow down the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and enlarged pores.
Acupuncture will not achieve the dramatic effects of treatments like Botox, collagen or cosmetic surgery, but it's safer, no scars and other potential undesired side effects are expected.
Acupuncture alone is not able to hold your skin glowing, healthy and radiant, if you don't take care of yourself.
Acupuncture benefits for skin conditions
Your skin is a reflection of what's going on in your body. According to Chinese medicine, when a chronic condition affects the skin, it's an indication that the person's general health has been compromised for quite a long time.
Acne, eczema, psoriasis, or rosacea, are all skin conditions, which creates discomfort and stress upon your appearance. The cause may be a result of hormonal changes, emotions, improper diet, and other lifestyle factors.
Determining the cause of the underlying disease acupuncture will strengthen digestion and immunity, reduce heat and move stagnant energy. These changes inside your body will rebalance the body, and ensure that the skin condition is resolved effectively.
Acupuncture benefits for emotional disorders
Headaches, stress, insomnia, depression and anxiety are all emotional demons. These mental disorders can trigger a host of unexpected feelings and behaviors, from the overwhelming depression to panic attacks to major disruption of sleep and eating.
In TCM each emotion corresponds to the vibration of a specific organ.
Worry affects the Spleen
Anger affects the Liver
Fear affects the Kidneys
Joy affects the Heart
Sadness affects the Lungs and Heart
Shock affects the Kidney and Heart
Emotions become causes of disease only when they are excessive or prolonged, or both. Excessive emotion will alter the balance of the internal organs and the harmony of your yin and yang.
On one hand, emotional stress injures the internal organs, and on the other hand, disharmony of the internal organs causes emotional imbalance.
A regular acupuncture course can be just as effective as taking antidepressant. It calms down the emotional state allowing the body to rest and heal.
Acupuncture benefits for pregnancy
When the fruit is ready, it will fall of the vine …
To help a woman with delivery it's better to have acupuncture treatments before giving birth. It keeps a mother's body open and strong so that when the baby is ready, it is easy to get labor going naturally and progress smoothly. Otherwise, labor will not occur if the mother or child's body is not prepared.
Acupuncture benefits for pain
The best achievements acupuncture has in pain relief.
There are two ways acupuncture seems to relieve pain. First, it is very clear that acupuncture stimulates the release of endorphins. Endorphins are the body's natural pain killers. They are produced naturally by the body, so they have no side effects. There is also evidence that acupuncture acts on the nervous system by blocking the transmission of pain signals to the brain.
For acute conditions, such as injuries, permanent pain relief often results after only a small number of treatments. For chronic conditions, progress is slower but progressive. After a series of treatments, some patients are pain free and stay that way. Others may need periodic follow-up treatments so manage the pain in a drug-free way.
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Learning Art from Advertising
Published just a few months after the MoMA opened, "Art, Or You Don't Know What You Like" is still a well-written introduction to modern art.
In it, Ueland claimed that Americans were developing a taste for more abstract, expressive art because of advertising. Modern retailers were using contemporary art styles in their print advertising, and the ubiquity of these styles had slowly worn off the shock value.
The trend had begun before World War I, she said, when Parisian designers had hired young artists to illustrate their new fashions. Soon, manufacturers and retailers were copying the new style in their ads. As the writer explains:
"American fashion magazines … had formerly been lugubrious dressmakers' manuals, full of … (old-fashioned) pictures of wasp-waisted ladies carrying parasols. (Now) fashion artists became sophisticated—modern. Not that there was anything particularly artistically valuable because ladies' necks were now drawn two feet long and their slippered feet became two-pronged forks. But there was respect at last for originality and freedom.
"The artists began to get some real money for it. The movement spread from fashions to—automobiles, cigarettes, glass, silver, radios, grand pianos, furniture, bathrooms, and so on."
The retail industry saw modern art as a way to give their products an up-to-date feel. They believed consumers would associate avant-garde design in advertisements with sophistication, youth, and innovation, whether the product was an automobile or a furniture polish.
Over the years, magazine readers received a continuing education in the changing schools of art as advertising experimented with symbolism, modernism, art deco, and abstract art. The connection between modern art and advertising was so well established that Americans were less startled by Andy Warhol's soup can art than art critics were. After all, we had learned to regard an advertisement as both a sales pitch and an artistic statement.
Advertising Follows Art Trends
The ads below, all from the Post, reflect the influence of modern art in advertising. The first group shows the limits imposed by a traditional style of illustration. The second group, all taken from the issue that included Ueland's "Art, Or You Don't Know What You Like" article, show how modernism affected the colors, illustration style, and layout in advertisements.
Early 1900s—Ads Trapped in Realism
1930s—Ads Show Influence of Modern Art