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please friken do. DO NOT do what Tera did and just assume that if Koreans like it westerners will like it too. Just ask the first 10 Koreans you see what they love most about this game, and then remove it. After that add something manly like Orks and chest hair....just not on females....unless they are Ork females that is....
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Korea is weird. Korean games are weirder and Korean MMOs are flat out crazy. Korea is like Japan but on a serious acid trip. Their games mean so much to them, more so than any country on the earth. And if one Korean likes something, then they all like the same thing. It's very strange over there.
ArcheAge is a very Korean MMO. Just take a look at the videos, there are a ton of them. You will be doing something that looks and feels familiar then all of a sudden you walk right into something totally Korean. I am not sure you can take that part out of the game and not be left with something bland.
The game is a themepark leveling fest until you get to the highest level where it immediately turns into a PvP, sandbox type of game. So you have to slog through all that grind to get to the part where you can actually build and defend things. Well, I suppose you can try the PvP elements earlier but you will be dieing a lot.
Competition is one of the essences of this, and any other Korean, MMO. In this game it's the PvP/Build/Seige system where you can lose a lot of things if you are not careful. Western gamers do not want competition with loss. They want competition where one person wins and the loser also wins, but does not win as much. Everybody gets a trophy in western PvP games.
I don't think this game stands much of a chance being a long runnig MMO in America. Russians like it a lot though, that is for sure.
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Originally posted by koboldfodder
Yeah greater risk and having actual losers never works in more western MMOs... except EvE... I mean there is that.
I doubt I will be playing this particular game, could be amazing but seems niche, just like EvE is very niche. However it can work and might do very well but with only a few hundred thousand players as opposed to a few million.
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Logic be damned!
Oh how I long for the day when some MMO developer finally abandons the misconception that players LIKE grinding through tons of stuff they don't want to do in order to get to the stuff they want to do.
Levels, skills (also a form of levels) to raise and grind through "content"...
Getting pretty old and stale.
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Originally posted by BadSpock
The answer is in games like Neverwinter, GW2, Defiance etc where the gameplay is actually fun enough you don't feel like you're grinding. These games don't have me staring at my EXP bar, I get levels and don't even realize I was close!
Sad part is, people still treat it like a grind. Plow through it as fast as they can basically skipping 90% of the game then complain theres nothing to do. I'm not sure it's the devs who have a problem, its the gamers who are so used to rushing through everything in an MMO.
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Originally posted by koboldfodder
This is a completely incorrect statement. While it is fun to assume, there are many that have real world experience to base their facts on.
First you can level to max without questing at all, aside from personal story and crafting quests. In this game everything you do levels you. Cut down a tree, level, mine some ore, level, craft components, level, the list goes on and on. While you may not level as fast as you would in games like GW2, it is far, far from a grind.
Second, the end game activities can start as soon as you have the basic tools to do them (horse, donkey, ship) and you can choose to focus on getting those tools and have them all by your mid teens. At any point after that, you can build your house and start doing trade routes. There is nothing that is preventing you from doing end game activities as soon as you feel you are ready. Obviously at a higher risk since you will get pwned by higher players if they catch you. This can be avoided by taking more covert routes and extreme caution.
Also a side note about questing, I see a lot players keep bringing this up. While I understand why, you all need to realize that the activities that you do in this game are a lot different than other MMO's. Other MMO's questing was a big part of leveling and one of the core activities of the game. This is the not the case with Archeage, questing isn't something that I personally consider a core component of the game and isn't something many will be spending much time with. Getting to level cap is less important than building your empire and securing land to build resources on. Once you actually get into the game, many will find this quest arguement a null issue when they discover the numerous other ways that you can level, and far more effective ways to make gold.
My final thought regarding PvP, is that many may not realize that PvP in this game can equate to gold. I am not aware of many PvP focused games where killing players equates to gold. Take for instance trade runs, a player can spend hours growing crops for the route to turn in for gold, but if you gank them and take their pack you get to turn it in for your own profit without even having to spend any time growing crops. Most recent games PvP just equates to increasing rank or generating specialized currency. Here killing players can make you rich, how is that for risk vs. reward?!
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Originally posted by koboldfodder
You're assuming the game will be that way when it comes out here. As Victoria said, there are lot's of changes being made to make the game western-friendly, and many of them are changes XLgames wants to make to the Korean version. I would imagine that level-grinding will be minimalized, and sped up significantly if this is a problem in the Korean game, especially if the game doesn't really "start" until the max level. The top down approach many MMO's adopt, sucks. But I think there are a plethora of ways that they could restructure it so that isn't the case with AA. If you look at the Korean AA website, translating their patch notes...They have huge updates all the time that make adjustments and changes, adding content, fixing bugs, streamlining things etc. They appear to have been very, very quick to address any issues and keep the game going forward, and with Trion's trackrecord with RIFT in the past I think the game is in really good hands, because Trion was also really efficient with RIFT.
ArcheAge has a much, much, much bigger "niche" than EVE does. It is extremely popular in Korea right now, and it's a hybrid themepark/sandbox game, which is the direction MMO's are headed all around...So it's starting out ahead, and I think the potential is there for it to be really, really successful here.
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Originally posted by BadSpock
That would be assuming games have something to do beyond grinds?I have seen little of this.
My personal opinion is that grinds are good for a game.If yo ujust waltz throguh a level liek it meant nothing,then guess what,it means nothing.
If you are proud of yoru drops,yoru items and gear,how fun does it make it when you ou tlevel your gear in less than an hour?
people miss the whole point of living out a roleplaying experience.it is NOT a race to anywhere or anything,it is suppose to be a world to enjoy.
Levels unless they are treated like aging numbers,really have absolutely no use in a game at all,they literally mean nothing.
I do love a sub class system, but i feel once you get into 3 it starts to diminish the actual class.I would have preferred only two class specific choices.
Even still ,i think this game will be playble and will as mentioned in the article be perhaps the most content rich game since FFXI.
I might also add that adding any kind of lame tatoo system to character customizaation is NOT what i want.if they want to spend extra time developing the Character customization,then do it in a meaningful way.EVERY single player eventually covers tatoos and 90% of the player with gear anyhow,so why waste time on that?
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Only way this will be successful is if they address the dreadful combat system. Its slow and sluggish and I keep hearing that across the board.
Any MMO is still essentially 50% combat.
MMORPG Gamers/Developers need a reality check!
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i really wish this game to be a success. it sounds too good to be true :)
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Originally posted by koboldfodder
That is because video games are a NATIONAL PASSTIME there. They have video game channels, and no I dont mean like the joke that is G4...people make a living playing games there as an e-sport with major national competitions paying out $100k+
Anyway, I would play this game if they removed the FFA PvP aspect.
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Originally posted by steelwind
The OP was saying if you try to PvP to early your going to die A LOT Because high level players are going to crush you as you are UNABLE to defend yourself, and you defend your point that They are wrong, with this GANK comment ? Pretty sad.
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Originally posted by Stormwind
In reality this isn't necessarily the case. One thing to consider this the world size. The world is absolutely MASSIVE, so being low level you can greatly mitigate risk by taking covert routes, using cover and more indirect routes. So if you expose yourself and are careless as to how you get from point A to point B you will die. If you utilize the massive world take longer safer routes, you can achieve the same goals.
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maybe i am one of the few, but i actually like grinding. but i like noticing a difference from biginning to end. gw2 didnt cut it for me because even tho there is tons of levels.. it didnt do much because when you go back to low areas you sync back to low levels. i honestly want an MMO as hard as FFXI was back before abyssea. i enjoy the challenge and the fact that you HAVE to work together with other players. MMO's are becoming TOO easy and hints why people beat them and move on so quickly. to me the essense of an MMO is LONG TERM. i want to look at an mmo and be like "i can keep playing this for months!"
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The biggest problem of this game is the dreadful levels.
Being forced to level up first is the one thing I hate most about MMOs and the reason why I've enjoyed EvE Online right from the start.
I remember my first week in EvE back in 2005. I joined a corp after a few days of mining solo semi-AFK to generate some ISK while watching my skillspoints grow.
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Is this yet another promising korean-created game butchered for the generic playing main-stream mind-set for the west? Games that are supposedly good niches or were made as good to began with but changed to become main-stream as possible. If it is changed for main-stream taste, it is not a niche.
It's one to make adjustments(if they actually contribute an improvement to the game. Not a over-done free-for-all scaling back which happens more often than not recently. It's a trend to remove content than to actually add content into a game) for the gameplay to be fun. This is dependent on content updates and how the game is created in the first place. But it's another when the details or core of the game is taken out just to fit these so called "western specifics". There aren't really any specifics. Only the current fad and mindset of what MMO players are use to from old mmo's which is not a permanent fix and can always change as well as type of marketing. More games come out and more options are created is what is currently used for quick marketing.Majority of the times these games get published here they become uncultured and un-unique from their origins and become dulled down now sadly.
These mmos being published now do not carry a international vibe, despite being international in the first place. The ability to choose more for a player is then limited and in a very generic way. Hopefully they don't butcher the asian-features of one of the races in the game, just to fit so called "western standards" of whomever game-companies deem as their only audiences.
If only more developers would become international and customers able to play the games of their choice without these regional-lock hassles. The video-games have nearly been the same for the past years in the West now(same gameplay, and the market needs some changes and fresh-breath added to it. But as soon as something unique or different comes out it seems game companies go right back to the generic routine again. Super easified, less thought-provoking and babyified type gaming.
ArcheAge looks like a nice sandbox hybrid game to look forward too, but more than likely it fall into the generic trap like other Korean MMO's have gotten in. It's too early to tell(though it looks like that's the route this game is going) but nothing to hold breath on. Good for the generics, not so great for those that are international or are actually interested or tolerant of the cultures who are creating these games.


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If you follow me on Twitter you know that my parents recently got a beehive.
I'll give you a few minutes to process that.
Still here? Fantastic. My parents got a beehive. As it turns out, you purchase bees by the pound at the bee warehouse.
My parents bought
3 33 (update! they bought 33 not 3, WHOOPS) pounds of bees. I thought that would equal 3 of the little boxes you can see up there, but as it turns out, this what 33 pounds of bees in the back of your car looks like:
Yes. My Dad drove the bees home. You'd think he'd have called them a cab or paid for Amazon delivery, but no. The man drove the bees home IN HIS CAR.
I bet you are wondering what you do with the bees once you get home. This is what I wondered. Well, waiting at home was an apiary (a beehive) and their friend who is a beekeeper. Now before you get super excited I regret to inform you that apiaries do not look like old fashioned yellow dome shaped hives with little "layers" – nope, they pretty much look like a box. Boring. The beekeeper slowly transferred the 3 pounds of bees into the apiary.
Everyone knows the most important part of the hive is the queen bee. She bosses all the other bees around and tells them what to do. You have to buy your queen bee separately and she comes in a little box with a sugar cube plug. The beekeeper puts the box (with the queen) into the hive and then the bees and the queen nibble on the cube from both sides until it is gone. Hopefully when it is gone the bees accept the queen….if not…MUTINY. Or they drive her off and Mom and Dad have to get a new queen. You'll know the queen has been accepted when the bees start making honeycombs and honey and bringing pollen back to the apiary. Here is the beekeeper putting their queen into the hive:
A few days later Mom snapped a picture of the bees bringing pollen back to the hive. Thank goodness for telephoto lenses, amirite? (I used some fancy Skitch skills to draw fancy hot pink arrows showing the pollen grains just in case you weren't sure.) This means they accepted the queen bee!
Can you spot the heavy lifters in this photo?
Their beekeeper friend came out a few days letter to check on things. These are baby bees and they have a young queen so they had started forming honeycombs but they weren't in the trays that are in the hive. Whoops.
The beekeeper said this is ok and he moved things around a little bit. The bees should get the hang of it soon.
Because I think it bears repeating: WORST JOB EVER.
My parents don't have a full beekeeping suit but they have some gloves and a hat contraption should they need to poke around for any reason. They live in the mountains in Utah which is a great beekeeping region. They don't call it the beehive state for nothing. They have to pay attention for skunks who will come tap on the hive at night in order to work the bees up so they fly outside the hive as a tasty little snack. Oh and of course they have to watch out for bears.
Yes. Skunks and bears that come try to eat your venomous stinging insects. BEST HOBBY EVER.
(I like to tease my parents about their bees and remind that most people get chickens and call it good.)
As far as why, well, they are good for the environment and it seemed like a fun hobby. (My parents definition of fun is up for debate.) They have a friend who is a beekeeper so they don't have to do too much of the scary work themselves which I think is a big plus.They don't have any plans to sell honey, just enjoy it themselves and share with their friends, so it isn't a business endeavor.
For now they are leaving the bees be. They just have to stay away from their flight pattern and keep their eyes out for predators. This fall they'll harvest the wax and honey. Mom and I have grand plans of a weekend of candle, soap and lip balm making. We will wear our best pioneer bonnets while doing this. (I lie. Pioneer bonnets would make it hard to drink wine while making candles. Priorities people. Priorities.) They are going to get some signs for the trees near the hive:
Luckily for them the neighbors and the homeowners association are all cool with the bees. The hive is on the back edge of their property where it isn't landscaped so it isn't an area where people walk or kids play (there is a steep cliff nearby). The current estimate is that their hive will produce about 5 gallons or 25 pounds of honey this first year. Since I have priorities (shopping) I want to order these tags to put on our honey bottles:
And there you have it. My parents got a beehive. Trust me, I'm as surprised as you are. But…I think it is kind of cool too and I'm definitely looking forward to our jars of fresh honey. And yes, if you ask, my parents will totally name one of the bees after you.
I used to have a dream of having chickens until I saw the work that went into caring for them when my aunt got some. They're gross.
And I'll take some of your fancy honey and lip balm, please.
That's pretty cool. Bees are on my list of pets that I'd like, following a monkey, a tiger, a dolphin, and a griffin.
Ahem, Williams Sonoma recently rolled out its line of Chicken Coops and Beehives. Y'all are cutting edge – the very edge I tell you of, well, um I guess something that has been around a long time? So confused by this trend of old things/activities is it old or new – please advise. I need some morning beer…
I do not like bees. These photos give me the heebie jeebies.
But, good for them?
Just to clarify that is 33 pounds of bees in the back of the car. The bee warehouse is a long way away and the bees carpooled.
Yes, please, I would like a bee named after me. Obviously, it's going to need to be a queen bee, but I'm not so presumptuous as to think this queen bee should be named after me. I will patiently wait my turn in line for the throne.
I think it's adorable that the new baby bees and the young queen are still getting the hang of hive life. They're like puppies adjusting to crate training.
Also the thought of driving with 33 pounds of bees in the non-enclosed back of an SUV is effing terrifying. Your dad is a brave man.
I didn't used to like honey, but now I do. I'm salivating at the thought of fresh honey made in my own yard. But alas, my very macho husband is deathly afraid of bees. Ha!
I know your parents had their reasons, but I just can't imagine doing anything to purposefully bring more bees to the area right around my home! BUT I'm a huge scaredy cat and so I can't really compare. I think your parents–two brave souls–are going to really enjoy their new hobby!
What are your father's thoughts on mead?
That is one of the craziest things ever! I love bees, but not as neighbors. It'll be fun to get your own honey though!
Bees. No. Wasps. No. Hornets? Still no. I don't like self guided poison darts. In fact, if it's flying, and I can't identify it, I run. Fast. Did I mention I used to be a soldier? And a bodyguard? I've been to a few dozen countries, been shot at, been stabbed, etc. But bees will make me, a 240lb tough guy, cry like a little girl. Except I happen to know my neighbor's daughter likes to play with bees. I'm a wuss, and good on your folks.


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NASA, because of its mission and history, has tended to be an insular organization dominated by traditional engineering. Because of the engineering problems associated with early space endeavors, the historical approach to solving problems has been that of engineering. Long-duration space travel will require a different approach, one requiring wider participation of those with expertise in divergent, emerging, and evolving fields. NASA has only recently begun to recognize this insufficiency and to reach out to communities, both domestic and international, to gain expertise on how to remedy it.
Engineering and biology are increasingly integrated at NASA, and this integration will be of benefit to the flexibility and control of long-duration missions into deep space. NASA's structure does not, however, easily support the rapidly advancing integration of engineering and biology that is occurring throughout the engineering world outside NASA. NASA does not have a single entity that has authority over all aspects of astronaut health, health care, habitability, and safety that could facilitate integration of astronaut health and health care with engineering.
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'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills': Why's Camille Grammer holding back in S2?
Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" may be enjoying some drama with its new gal, Eddie Cibrian's ex-wife Brandy Glanville, but according to reports one of the original gals, Camille Grammer, has less bite this season.
According to the New York Post, sources on-set are saying that the woman who caused a lot of strife in Season 1 has toned down quite a bit. That has people wondering if her recent divorce settlement with Kelsey Grammer included some kind of gag order and if their impending custody battle has her holding back. And producers are taking notice.
"Nobody knows what's in that divorce settlement," says a source close to the show. "But I would not be surprised if she could not discuss certain things. She's checking what comes out of her mouth, and the producers are pushing for the cast to be as naughty and as full-on as possible."
Other sources close to Camille say she's playing it smart, so as not to ruin any chances of losing her settlement or any access to her kids.
"She is caught in a real dilemma," says one source. "She wants the attention. But she's not stupid. She's not going to throw away $50 million for some stupid show. She is not going to act crazy and allow Kelsey to use that to argue for full custody of the kids."
There may be another factor at play here. Camille was very vocal after last season about being unhappy about the way she was portrayed and she may be dialing it back to protect herself.
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The Cutaneous Pharmacology and Toxicology Center, located in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University, was chartered by the UNC Board of Governors on March 10, 1989 to "Perform scientific research on the structure and function of skin focused on transdermal drug delivery, cutaneous toxicology, metabolism and pharmacokinetics employing innovative animal models and other pharmacokinetic research." This extensive research led to the creation, establishment and maintenance of the national USDA-supported Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) in 1981 and the Food & Agriculture Organization-United Nations (FAO) supported global FARAD. FARAD performs the residue avoidance data analysis, and provides assistance to those who have a question about how to prevent residues in animal-derived food.The Center was renamed the Center for Chemical Toxicology Research and Pharmacokinetics (CCTRP) by UNC President Molly Broad on December 6, 2001 to officially reflect this dual mission. These two formal missions guide the nature of the research performed by the CCTRP and provide the necessary research base to support a rigorous graduate and post-graduate training program in comparative pharmacology, general toxicology and nanotechnology designed to produce health scientists for academia, industry and government.


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FORT WALTON BEACH — Gentle pattering interrupted the quiet of Brooks Street one evening last week as a trio of runners made their way down the road.
Three-year-old Ruben Landavazo grinned and waved at the passing joggers as he sat on his tricycle.
"He's tried to race them on his bike before," his mom Roswitha said with a laugh.
The residential area of Brooks Street has become a well-used route for runners, dog walkers and nature lovers over the years.
"It's awesome to see people outside enjoying nature," Roswitha said. "That's what it should be used for."
Roswitha moved to Fort Walton Beach about two years ago from North Carolina, where the seasons kept people indoors a lot, she said.
She said it's nice to watch runners from all skill sets come together for some fun.
"Everyone is doing their own speed," she said.
A group jog sponsored by the Run With It store brought most of the foot traffic in the area.
Ed Owens, one of the group's members, estimated that about 60 people showed up for last Tuesday's run.
Brooks Street was one of the reasons Run With It moved from Navarre to Fort Walton Beach, said Jeff Harris, one of the owners. Runs can start near the downtown store and wind under the shady canopy of live oaks on the relatively quiet and traffic-free road.
"It's like the rabbit hole," Harris said. "You get off of 98 and it's right there."
Residents have become accustomed to the runners and are quick to wave and say hello, jogger Kristin Odekirk said. The area doesn't have much traffic, and the cars that do pass by usually slow down when they approach a group, she said.
"It's a nice route," Odekirk said. "The people are very friendly."
Emily Jones and her boyfriend live on Brooks Street and are thinking about joining in.
"They make me feel terrible as I watch them from my couch," Jones said with a laugh.
She has joked about setting up a water stand to pass out drinks race-style.
When she was considering living on the street three months ago, she saw the running group as a positive.
"It makes it feel safer and in more of a community," Jones said.
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How I'll Always be a Kid at Heart
Being a kid was fun, but not always easy, just like every stage of my life. It's funny how I look back and remember times I was ashamed to "act like a kid." But now I don't want to be an old fuddy duddy. See why I like to review toys and movies?
Growing out of certain toys and movies was expected yet difficult at times. I longed to continue playing with my Barbie dolls after it was no longer socially acceptable and hid the fact I was still watching animated Disney movies.
I've had ways to hold onto some of my beloved youth over the years. When it wasn't cool to play with dolls I made sure to bring them with while baby-sitting. It was perfectly acceptable for those little girls to play with them and I was "a good baby-sitter" if I played with them too!
Now that I have kids I can be a kid along with them while playing with them, finding cool toys, reading children's stories, coloring (oh how I love coloring!), simple crafts, and general silliness.
I love when my daughter "forces" me to play dress up with her or have a tea party.
It's fun, though I'm relearning how to play so freely – letting go of my proper adult notions – and ignoring logic and reasoning that inhibits creativity and imagination. I mean why can't we dine on wooden blocks and pretend to be cats trapped in the Gooey Geiser?
My kids are the perfect excuse for me to enjoy things like Yo Gabba Gabba Live and Disney World (in the next few years). Plus all the cool toys we test out…
Sure, my kids will grow up and leave the clubhouse behind…but then I'll be eagerly awaiting my grandchildren to play with while my adult kids have date nights or work.
In between? Well, video games and movies will provide me with ongoing fun.
But for now…
Tips On How To Never Grow Up
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How do you stay young at heart?Tags: disney, fun, growing up, kids, Peter Pan
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Man I want to come play with you guys! Sounds like so much fun. How ever did you guys escape from the Gooey Geiser? You might want to write a book about that…
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I never want to grow up either! I still love watching the Disney movies.
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I am such a kid at heart, too. I still love every ride at Disney, I love to get down and play blocks and castles and kick the ball with Bubbles, dance to kids' shows theme songs, and all kinds of other things. Life is tough enough, you should do what you can to make it fun!
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Last Saturday I finally received William Burnett's naturalization papers from the National Archives… JOY! All the records relating to William that I've found so far give his birthplace as simply "England". There are dozens of William Burnetts born in England in the same time frame, so not surprisingly I was no closer to learning who William's parents were.
But I had a very exciting surprise when I opened the envelope and discovered that the papers gave a specific place of birth in England: Woolwich, Kent, England. A quick search online and I found his birth/baptismal record, William Burnett, born 26 Feb 1828. His parents are given as John and Janet Burnett, and the amazing bit of info, his father John was a gunner in the Royal Artillery:
Wonderful, now I finally had confirmation of William's birthdate and the names of both parents. I now also have an answer to a question that I'd been puzzling over; the birthplace of William's father is always given on census records as Scotland, his mother's as Nova Scotia…so how did he end up being born in England? Because his daddy was a soldier in the King's army, that's how! =)
Armed with the names of William's parents I found another amazing document last night, the original marriage bond of John and "Jennet" Holman (given as "Allman"), dated 17 Jan 1821 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Attached to the marriage bond was a "permission slip" from his commanding officer in the Royal Artillery.
I then found a record of their son William's death in Lowell MA, 1901, one which was more complete than another I'd found as I was able to use both parents' names in the search. In this record his mother's name is given as Janet Holman.
So far, so good. But then I was dismayed to find several family trees contributed by ancestry.com subscribers which connected a Janet (Jennet) Holman, daughter of John Scott Holman and Janet Fisher, married in 1821 to John Burnett. Along with a birthdate for Janet as 23 Jun 1811!
Now, I haven't any problem that this particular Janet (Jennet) Holman was born in 1811. The huge problem is assuming that this is the same Janet Holman who married John Burnett in 1821…at the very tender age of ten! And had (according to various family trees) her first child at the age of 11.
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What is Service Learning?
A course-based, credit-bearing educational experience in which students:
- participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and
- reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility.
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Michigan Journal of Community Service. (2) (1995): 112
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Key elements of a service-learning course include the following five components:
- Reciprocity: The service and learning must be worthwhile and valuable for both the student and the community. There must be reciprocity between the server and those served.
- Reflection: Intentional, systematic reflection of the experience must take place in order to accomplish meaningful learning in community service experiences.
- Diversity: A priority is placed on involving a broad cross-section of students working in diverse settings with diverse populations in the community.
- Developmental: Service-learning occurs in different stages: serving to enabling to empowering; beginning to experienced to leadership.
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ProSportsBlogging's 2010 NHL Mock Draft (#1 – #14)
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With 14 teams strictly focusing on their offseason plans, and the results of the draft lottery being announced earlier this week, our bloggers here at PSB have conducted the initial stages of a mock draft. We have played the role of GM for our respective teams; analyzing team needs and which top prospects can address those holes that need to be filled. Below, our brain-trust has put together PS...


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The New Americans Citizenship Collaboration
by Andrew Geraghty, Program Assistant, National Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Overcoming the Challenges to Civic Participation
Listening to the rhetoric that surrounds the ongoing immigration debate in the United States, it can be difficult to sort out the complexities of the issue that exist beyond the roughly 12 million immigrants currently in the country illegally. A lesser-known figure is that of legal permanent residents currently living in the U.S: 12.5 million. Despite having overcome what might be considered the most challenging hurdle of the naturalization process—earning permanent resident status—a large number of these individuals do not take the final step and become citizens. There are many reasons for this, among them, the process is burdensome and costly: applicants must fill out many forms, indicating when and where they have left the U.S. since becoming legal residents; they must be fingerprinted and pass a background check from the FBI; and they must pass English and civics tests. Finally, they must be interviewed in person. The entire process can take several years and cost $680 in application fees.
Without citizenship, individuals and families remain in limbo, residents of a country in which they cannot participate in the civic process: vote, serve on juries, or run for elected office. Legal permanent residents, 8.2 million of whom are currently eligible to naturalize, are not the only ones missing an opportunity. As Andrew Carnegie noted, "There is no class so intensely patriotic, so wildly devoted to the Republic as the naturalized citizen and his child…"
While the Corporation has supported naturalization services since the early 1990s, primarily as part of its ongoing work to engage marginalized populations in voting and civic life, new census data demonstrates the need for a more concerted effort to advance immigrant civic integration. The sheer size and demographic diversity of the current citizenship-eligible population in the United States, the scale of needed expansion of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction and legal services warrants a new way of working together for current naturalization nonprofit providers and funders. Recognizing this need and in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight and Grove Foundations and the Evelyn and Walter Hass, Jr. Fund, the Corporation launched the New Americans Citizenship Collaboration, housed at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) in San Francisco, California.
The collaborative brings together national and local funders to support a range of immigrant-serving nonprofits which, in addition to ILRC, include Catholic Legal Immigration Services, Pro Bono Network, Immigrant Advocates Network, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, the International Rescue Committee, the National Immigration Forum, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California. The goal of the collaborative is twofold: "1) to encourage eligible legal permanent residents to become U.S. citizens and assist them with the process and 2) to increase the long-term sustainability of charitable and community-based direct legal service providers that support the naturalization process by increasing their capacity to provide services."
To achieve the scale needed to make a real impact, the collaborative will utilize innovative approaches and technologies to train naturalization service providers and execute group processing workshops that enable providers to more efficiently carry out their work. Specifically, a piece of software—dubbed "Citizenship Works"—is being developed by several of the partners and with support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The software will allow processors at naturalization workshops to single out and help applicants that require special attention, such as legal assistance, while allowing other applicants to proceed more efficiently through group processing. All the application screening and form completion can be done online.
To date, the Corporation has invested $2 million in the initial fifteen-month, $4 million phase of the project. During this period, the New American Citizenship Collaboration has set a goal of naturalizing at least 8,475 individuals. In order to evaluate the success of the project, the Migration Policy Institute is developing metrics. Additionally, Doris Meissner and James Ziglar, former Commissioners of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Clinton Administration and the second Bush Administration, respectively, will chair a bipartisan national advisory committee for the project.


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Iowa caucuses reach home stretch as contest winds down
"It's a question of whether we'll be better off the day after Iowa than we were the day before," said Stuart Stevens, Romney's top strategist. "Hopefully we will be."
Romney has consistently pressed his central argument that only he has the ability to wage a strong enough campaign to beat Obama.
Santorum, popular among cultural and religious conservatives, and Paul, a libertarian-leaning candidate, worked to persuade Iowans that they would be able to attract a broad enough coalition of voters in the general election to beat Obama.
On Sunday, Romney engaged with Santorum for the first time since his rival's rise, offering mild criticism.
Santorum "has spent his career in the government in Washington," Romney said during a campaign stop in Atlantic. "I'll let people make their own assessment of our respective records," Romney said. "But I'm a conservative." Santorum, in turn, worked to counter Romney's electability argument.
"I'm the candidate that actually was able to win in states, as a conservative, in getting Democrats and independents to vote for us," Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who is surging in the race and is a favorite among cultural conservatives, said in an interview on CNN. "Mitt Romney has no track history of doing that."
Paul, too, worked to counter the suggestion that he's a fringe candidate, calling himself "electable" in a Sunday interview with ABC from his home state of Texas. He's looking to stem a recent slide as he's been attacked as outside the mainstream on foreign policy.
The issue of what type of candidate to choose cuts to the heart of why the race is so volatile.
An NBC/Marist poll last week showed nearly even percentages of Iowa caucus-goers want a candidate who shares their values as want a candidate who can beat Obama.
And a Des Moines Register poll released Saturday showed half of likely caucus-goers viewed Romney as the Republican most likely to win the November election.
On that question, he was far ahead of Santorum and Paul, who was viewed as least likely to win.
But Santorum beat Romney best when asked who relates best to Iowans.
Romney's support was steady in the poll with 24 percent, while Paul was sliding and Santorum rising in a race that will come down to which way on-the-fence Republicans here break.
All the other candidates trailed.
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text: GamesBeat Mixamo debuts Fuse character creation tool on Steam using Valve's Team Fortress 2 characters Above: You can create digital characters with ease using Mixamo's tools.Image Credit: Mixamo November 7, 2013 10:30 AM Dean Takahashi 0 Gaming is in its golden age, and big and small players alike are maneuvering like kings and queens in A Game of Thrones. Register now for our GamesBeat 2015 event, Oct. 12-Oct.13, where we'll explore strategies in the new world of gaming. Mixamo wants to democratize game creation. It is advancing that cause today with the launch of Fuse, a universal 3D character creation tool that will be available on Valve's Steam game distribution network. Above: Mixamo tools automate the process of creating zombies.Image Credit: Mixamo On top of that, Valve is making a few characters from its Team Fortress 2 game available to be used in Mixamo's library of animations. That means that game creators will be able to take the various body parts of the Team Fortress 2 characters and use them in brand new digital characters. The result is hundreds of assets that can be reused to create thousands of new characters. "Our aim is to democratize the creation of 3D art," said Stefano Corazza, Mixamo's CEO and co-founder, in an interview with GamesBeat. "This completes [our] animation platform with a character creator, autorigger — for animating characters — and Face Plus for facial animation." Fuse is the latest in a series of 3D animation tools released by San Francisco-based Mixamo. With Fuse, users can browse, resize, customize, and combine various body parts, textures, materials, clothing, and accessories to easily generate high-quality, royalty-free 3D characters in seconds. Once the user creates a character, he or she can then get those characters to move using Mixamo's animation platform. Above: Mixamo's tool is available on Valve's Steam, and it includes Valve characters.Image Credit: Mixamo That should save game artists a lot of time. 3D character modeling has traditionally been a time-consuming process for professionals. But Mixamo tapped research that Corazza and his team did at Stanford University as well as "substance" technology from Allegorithmic. "The Steam community has always been extremely creative," said Valve's Mark Richardson. "As more and more people want to create compelling 3D and game content, there is an increasing need for new tools that are easy to use and that enable users to share assets and collaborate on their projects. Fuse is a great example of how to offer all that while also delivering high-quality assets." The character creator will get regular updates of new user-generated content, making the library even more customizable. The Spy, Sniper, and Scout characters from Team Fortress 2 are available now. In the future, six more will be added: Soldier, Demoman, Heavy, Pyro, Medic, and Engineer. "I can't wait to see what the users are going to create," Corazza said. The Team Fortress 2 characters are favorites of the community for machinima, or taking game art to create animated films. Fuse is available on Steam at a 50 percent discount ($49 instead of $99) for a total of 64 body parts, 57 clothing items, and 25 smart textures. You can get Fuse Basic with 28 body parts, 25 clothing items, and 10 smart textures for free. Mixamo was founded in 2008 by 3D experts Corazza and Nazim Kareemi after they worked on animation technology at Stanford University. They raised $11 million to date from Granite Ventures, AMD, and Keynote Ventures. Mixamo has 20 employees. "We have proven this technology works, and now we want people to start using it," Corazza said. "We can't wait to see what they are going to come up with." More information: Valve Software Mixamo Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 by Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington and based in Bellevue, Washington. The company became famous from it's first game Half-Life. Valve currently develops and ma... read more » Mixamo's goal is to democratize 3D character art. We provide professional artists and developers -- from independent, small, or large studios -- with unprecedented access to high-quality 3D character creation and animation technology... read more » Powered by VBProfiles


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Retirement reception honoring Urbatchka Dec. 30
Date posted: December 23, 2013
SHERIDAN — D.A. Davidson and Co. will host a retirement reception honoring Christine Urbatchka on Dec. 30.
Urbatchka will be retiring after 14 years with the company. From 2-4 p.m. the public is welcome to join in wishing her a happy retirement. The reception will be held at 2 N. Main St., Suite 102.
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What's the one you WILL build one day, no matter what?
Posted 06 April 2013 - 01:27 AM
Posted 06 April 2013 - 01:52 PM
Yes, those big Kenworths would make great models. By the way, both Kenworths are not C500s, those are 963s, spec'd much heavier then a C500. Notice the hood, fenders, head lights, and grill shape, the grill is shaped like a wedge with the vertical Kenworth name plate in the middle.
Yeah- fell asleep at the switch ID-ing it. But still, that's the one I'm going to build!
Posted 06 April 2013 - 02:41 PM
Carl, those RRR are beasts,thanks for sharing.Ive thought about building one also.Im building this rare mixer.Got the frame sort of started and most parts gathered
Posted 06 April 2013 - 03:01 PM
Posted 06 April 2013 - 03:50 PM
Kevin just added one more to my list.
Posted 07 April 2013 - 12:55 AM
Posted 07 April 2013 - 02:08 AM
Two custom Auto Carriers
KW and a Pete Stinger style.
Both of them will have my scratch built parts on them.
Stainless Bumpers,Air Breathers,Battery box's,Big Pipes,Tool box bodies on the rear like the Can Do wrecker.
Detailed rims and Engine lines Air lines where they will be seen,Hyd lines,Aluminum Hyd Cylinders.
A lot of stainless trim and a nice set of my Air and Electric lines.
And Custom Hood's
Loaded with some nice rides.
This is one built some time back not a lot of custom stuff on this one but it got me to thinking about the other two listed here.
These are my scratch built lines that I will be using.
Posted 08 April 2013 - 05:58 PM
The Scale Firehouse is back up as of this afternoon.
That Squad body looks like the old 10-8 Hobbies box, which I have the original mold for.
I based all of my measurements off of a Code 3 Squad, (using a micrometer!), and scaling of photos found of the net.
Posted 09 April 2013 - 03:02 AM
Posted 09 April 2013 - 09:41 AM
Carl, no other info on these. I've seen only a few more pictures of FWD 8x6 with newer dodge cabs. I've collected a few other photos of these cabovers and will be using lots of modeling creative liberty's to pull this one off. One, for example will I'm using Plaskit floatation wheels/tires all around because there are no wheels that I've found come close to the prototype.


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LUBBOCK — After failing to make it to state in his two previous oppor-tunities, the third time was finally a charm for Sweetwater's Ryan Mercer at the Region I-3A golf tournament.
On Thursday, Mercer claimed a state berth as he shot 75 for a 147 total, finishing second among all medalists — just three behind Hunter Wade of Perryton — but with the best two-day score of any medalist not on one of the top two teams.
This year's Class 3A boys state tournament will be held May 12-13 at Austin's Roy Kizer Golf Course.
Four Nolan County area high school basketball play-ers and one Nolan County coach have been given All-Big Country recognition by the Abilene Reporter-News.
Highland's Ryan Dollar was named the Class 1A, Division II girls coach of the year, and Roscoe's Caden Smith was a second-team pick for the All-Big Country boys Super Team.
Highland's Callie Sand-usky and Sweetwater's Alicia Finn were named to the girls second team in Class 1A, Division II and Class 3A, respectively. Also, Highland's Sierra Allen received girls honorable mention in Class 1A, D-II.
HAMLIN — Roscoe's four regional track qualifiers in early May will include a pair of athletes who will compete in mul-tiple events after earning top-four finishes at the recent area track meet.
Caden Smith will com-pete in the Class 1A boys discus and shot put as well as in the 110 hurdles, while Jacinda Morales is going to regionals in the girls 800 and 1600.
Blackwell had three ath-letes who recently qualified for the area track meet held in Trent.
They were Mason Mag-ness in the boys pole vault, Mark Monroe in the boys 110 hurdles and Kaitlyn Gaston in the girls long jump and 100 dash.
However, none of the three athletes was able to advance to the regional track meet, which is scheduled for May 2-3 at Abilene Christian University.
Ryan Mercer of Sweetwa-ter is a single shot out of the lead at the Region I-3A golf tournament in Lubbock after the first round of play.
Mercer shot 72 Wednes-day at Meadowbrook Can-yon Course and trails only Perryton's Hunter Wade. The tournament wraps up today and if Mercer puts together another solid round, he has a chance to advance to the Class 3A state tournament in Austin that is set for May 12-13.
This is Mercer's third straight trip to regionals. The top two teams and the top two individuals not on a qualifying team advance to the state tournament.
Highland's Ron Covington and Ethan Wilson teamed up to place fourth in JV boys doubles at the district tennis tournament.
After a first-round bye, they lost to Enriquez-McEl-rath of Santa Anna 8-0 before falling to Lopez-Sor-rells of Hermleigh, 8-5, in the third-place match.
Highland JH girls
are 1st, JH boys 3rd at district track meet
Highland's junior high girls were district champs and the boys placed third at their season-ending meet held in Roby. Individual results for the Highland athletes who placed follow:
Sweetwater's Ryan Mercer will compete as a boys medalist in first round of Region I-3A tournament at Lubbock's Meadowbrook Golf Course.
Sweetwater's Ryan Mercer will compete as a boys medalist in second round of Region I-3A tournament at Lubbock's Meadowbrook Golf Course.
Sweetwater's Nick Nemir will compete at regional qualifiers meet in Brownwood.
Sweetwater girls qualifiers will compete at regional qualifiers meet at Lubbock's Jones Stadium.
Roscoe boys and girls qualifiers compete at regional qualifiers meet in Glen Rose.
LUBBOCK — The Sweet-water High School girls golf team finished in sixth place at the Region I-3A tourna-ment that ended Tuesday at Lubbock's Meadowbrook Canyon course, failing to pick up any ground despite a slight improvement during the final round of play.
Despite sweeping Snyder in District 5-3A play this season, while also finishing in a tie with Big Spring for third place in district after a 6-2, nine-inning victory on Tuesday at Snyder in its season finale, Sweetwater's softball team will not get a chance at the playoffs. Big Spring and Sweetwater both finished with 3-5 records, but Sweetwater lost both district games to Big Spring this season.
Tuesday's win was still a nice way to finish, and Sweetwater's District 5-3A fate wasn't sealed until Wylie (2-6) lost its finale to district champion Brown-wood 19-7 on Tuesday.
Although one of them is still alive in the chase for the No. 3 playoff spot in District 5-3A, the Sweet-water High School base-ball and softball teams will both go to Snyder today as underdogs.


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New York, NY (PRWEB) June 05, 2013
In its latest trend report, JWT, the world's best-known marketing communications brand, examines "The State of Men," focusing on how masculinity is being redefined circa 2013, how men's role in the home is changing and how men are navigating the new gender order.
"Masculinity was clearly defined when 'men were men,' as the saying goes. Today, gender conventions are blurring, and men are formulating a more nuanced idea of what it means to be man," says Ann Mack, director of trendspotting at JWT. "The 'manly man' is mostly portrayed with a wink and a nudge these days, even as some retro elements of masculinity enjoy a revival."
The report also spotlights the trend toward men taking on more housework and child care duties. "The household is becoming more gender-neutral as men both embrace a more active role and get pushed into it out of necessity," says JWTIntelligence editor Marian Berelowitz, who led research and writing for the report. "Shared responsibility—in terms of household tasks and child care—is the new ethos. Men may not yet be doing an equal share, but they're just as concerned as women about achieving a work-life balance."
JWT's "The State of Men" is the result of quantitative, qualitative and desk research conducted by JWTIntelligence throughout the year. For this report, JWTIntelligence surveyed 1,000 adults aged 18-plus in the U.S. and the U.K. from April 29-May 2, 2013 using SONAR™, JWT's proprietary online panel. The report also includes input from experts and influencers in male trends and JWT's Planning Foresight group in London, as well as JWT planners around the globe, including Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Australia, Spain, Poland and Thailand.
Findings from the survey include:
The report can be found on JWTIntelligence.com. Additional knowledge and research on JWTIntelligence.com includes trend reports on travel, mobile, embracing analog, health and happiness, food and JWT's 10 Trends for 2013 and 100 Things to Watch in 2013.
JWT is the world's best-known marketing communications brand. Headquartered in New York, JWT is a true global network with more than 200 offices in over 90 countries, employing nearly 10,000 marketing professionals. JWT consistently ranks among the top agency networks in the world and continues a dominant presence in the industry by staying on the leading edge—from producing the first-ever TV commercial in 1939 to developing award-winning branded content today. JWT embraces a WORLDMADE philosophy, making things inspired by the world through blending technological innovation with international imagination. JWT has forged deep relationships with clients including Bayer, Diageo, Ford, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg's, Kimberly-Clark, Macy's, Mondelez, Nestlé, Nokia, Rolex, Royal Caribbean, Schick, Shell, Unilever, Vodafone, Vonage and many others. JWT's parent company is WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY). For more information, please visit http://www.jwt.com and follow us @JWT_Worldwide.
JWTIntelligence is a center for provocative thinking that is a part of JWT. We make sense of the chaos in a world of hyper-abundant information and constant innovation—finding quality amid the quantity. We focus on identifying changes in the global zeitgeist so as to convert shifts into compelling opportunities for brands. We have done this on behalf of multinational clients across several categories including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, home and personal care. For more information, please visit http://www.jwtintelligence.com and follow us @JWTIntelligence.


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