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I am looking for some clarification on this game. I keep hearing Sandbox associated with this game and I am curious as to how people came up with that.
1. Is there a player driven economy?
2. Can players make their own houses/castles/guild area
3. Can I craft water transprt or over land transport (carts, boats, etc)
4. Is there a linear story?
5. Castle sieges or large scale open world pvp does it happen?
I appreciate any input.
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Originally posted by Hatefull
The game is not as PVP centered as some will tell you. Someone HAS to do PVE to get recipes in order to make gear. Someone HAS to make food because NPCs don't sell it and your toon will take a major health debuff if they get "hungry". Someone HAS to farm mats for all of this stuff. Gear doesn't really drop in the dungeons, just the recipes to make them. I have seen gear drop from NPCs during certain events, like when 2nd internals were unlocked on my server, but other than that it isn't common. That's the price you pay for having a player driven economy, even though it's thrown out of whack from gold purchased from both Snail and the usual f2p gold spammers.
I'm sure an AoW White Knight will come dashing in here and telling me I'm wrong, but that is from my experience when I played.
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Originally posted by rodingo
Those were my experiences as well. I am trying to figure out how people claim this to be as sand box as SWG, Eve, etc. It has sand box elements, I agree but it is a very restricted sand box in my opinion. I was asking the questions to see what I had missed, and evidently thus far I have missed nothing.
To be clear, I am not hating the game, I am not a fanboi of the game either, I am just trying to discern why people call it a sand box, when it clearly is not. It is a game with Sand Box elements, yes, but not a sand box in my opinion.
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1) Depends on what you consider player driven economy. Any game is basically player driven economy.
If you are thinking between the lines of market driven economy, I would say No, it isn't.
There are too many obstacles in production and trade system to create anything meaningfull one could consider market driven economy.
2) You do not really build any structures, also guild "territory" is an instance...
4) The story is just a part of tutorial and includes 1st chapter only.
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You know I keep hearing that sandbox term tossed around but what game really is a sandbox anyway? All games have limitations as to what you can and can not do. So what differentiates the sandbox that you are talking about OP, from a game that simply has so many things in it to do that you never have to focus in any particular direction on any particular day if you don't want to?
Age of Wushu has character building, i.e. levelling. And it's not really levelling in as much as it is developing one particular buff in a fashion so that you take less damage (and subsequently have more time to use your offensive skills) than you would if you didn't cultivate that particular buff. The cultivation of that buff is not necessary in order to win a fight, but it definitely helps, and so in this way you can call it levelling.
Age of Wushu has crafting. But it's not just get this recipe make this weapon. There are a lot of variables and a lot of hidden easter eggs within the game that allow for one crafter to create a completely different item than another. So yes, there can be that Hatori Hanzo guy who makes better swords than anyone else just like there can be a ton of guys who all make the same swords, armor, medicines, foods, and poisons.
Along with crafting comes harvesting, and again, it is a simple enough thing to pick up but not so simple when you figure out that there are a lot less resources, almost all the time, then there are people looking for them. This makes the controlling of resources, in a fully open pvp world, quite sandboxy when it comes to the true use of that term.
Artistic skills are about as varied and unexplained as anything in the game. We still don't know exactly what all of these skills, painter, singer, wequi player, etc.... are going to end up doing.
Likewise market skills, Begging, Divination, are also mysteries. Someone told me once that because I was good at begging that the city would actually tax me less on my real money sales.
Real money plays a great role in the exchange of goods and services, and that's about as sandboxy as you can get. Sure, it's pay to win to a certain respect, but it still comes down to who is going to pay the most, and there is no telling yet if that model is even really true. I lived in that game for weeks as a free player beating up a lot of the VIP's (paid accounts) that I came into contact with, and this was simply because I was more social, more skilled, and willing to go out and extend myself in more directions in order to learn more about the game. In this way, as long as they keep the content coming and keep things somewhat a mystery, the game provides a HUGE amount of satisfaction because you can still, as a smart player, get in there and take your place among those willing to spend a little more cash.
There are politics in this game, laws, cops, and robbers. There are random jobs like escort missions, assassin missions, missions to rob escorts, and plain old area quests.
People say that you don't have to quest, and that is true, but you don't have to NOT quest either because there are benefits to doing that also. Then there are territories to manage, guilds to manage, guild houses to build.
There are training options such as "How am I going to train today?" that make a real difference in the growth of your character,
But most of all there are factions and morality marks that define how you, the individual, are reacted to by your environment. You can choose to be good or evil in Age of Wushu. Chivalrous or insane. You can spend your day walking around setting slaves free like Moses, or you can spend your day kidnapping them and selling them into bondage. You can make it your personal quest to stop kidnappers, or you can travel to some parts unknown, get a job doing some menial task like sweeping the floor or tending bar, and spend the majority of your day creating paintings that you might later be able to sell in order to buy some really neat stuff.
So what I am saying here is, what is really sandboxy? Is it the ability to do nothing or is it the ability to do a whole LOTTA different stuff if you want to, because if it's the ability to do a whole lot of different stuff, then Age of Wushu is the place to be.
Things I left out. Random encounters, club challenges, forbidden zones, arena battles (team or man vs man), guild raids, surprise guild attacks (where everyone votes on who is going to be the biggest problem this week and we all band together on a specific day and attack them). School wars, script stealing events., spying, school patrol.
Age of Wushu is like the freaking Kings Dominion of MMO's right now.
And it's greatest selling point is that no one save for the developers, and perhaps a couple of really savvy beta testers really knows exactly what the truth is about how it's all supposed to work right now.
It is a mystery, a lot like life. So what exactly is sandboxy in comparison to that? Because I can not build a cart or wagon at this moment does not mean that I will never be able to, it's that kind of game. No one even knows the answer to that question to answer it because it takes a deep dive into all that is there in order to figure that out.
Hope that this has been of some help. I am really enjoying the game and so if I can talk a million people into playing I will because more people will only make it a better experience for us all.
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Oh wait, there is also individual faction in the game, meaning that each and every NPC in the game has the chance of being some unlockable form of quest or item based entirely on how they feel about you today. And there are literally thousands of NPC's just walking around.
You walk buy some guy why you are doing something totally unrelated to him and suddenly you see these blue plus signs rise off of his head as though you just made a friend in the Sims. You go back to him and say hello every once in a while, maybe drink some wine with him and suddenly he is telling you some stuff that you didn't know that is leading you somewhere where only his friends know to go.
LIkewise there is gossip which is this whole entire mystery questline that no one really understands.
So yeah, there is a lot.
My definition of sand box is what you describe, plus the ability to build and destroy. What you describe sounds to me like a very free theme park.
Again, I don't dislike the game, I played it, I beta tested it, and I think it is a wonderful game. I got no where near the amount of fun you get out of it, but to each their own. My questions weren't about play it don't play it, hate it/love it. My issue is with the term sandbox. It isn't a sandbox. In my opinion. When I think sand box I am talking about SWG. Player economy, housing, cities, the players built and destroyed within the sand box.
Anyway, I am glad you enjoy the game and thank you for taking the time to answer.
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Originally posted by Hatefull
Hey thanks, and no problem. I actually didn't get as much out of SWG as a lot of people, but then I was playing (who knows what) when that game came out, and by the time I got around to it the dreaded initials had already happened.
I did play Vanguard though, and that was a pretty sandboxy kind of game in the way that you say you like it. We were not worthy of that game in my opinion however. And all anyone ever did with it was grind to the top and raid the warehouse. All the things you said, boats, buildable and destroyable buildings,diplomacy, etc....etc....and no one utilized it. So I am willing to try to gather everyone to the closest thing I can find to a happy medium if for no other reason than I can see the potential in this thing.
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It's a bot driven economy and a player driven economy.
There are about 10 bots for every player, there are even bot guilds. Nodes are static. Quests are static. People bot out the resources and drive the prices insanely low.
This means that raw resources are going to be severely under-priced and the crafted materials severely overpriced.
When you craft an item the game randomly assigns properties to it. To get a decent item, you'll have to craft dozens upon dozens of the item. If you want to enhance the item you will have to deal with two other crafting professions and again get random enhancements (depends on some factors, some enhancements are predictable)
This boils down to lots of junk items that can barely be given away (emei chat is full of daggers nobody wants..for free) and rare items that have astronomical prices.
Drop the next-gen marketing and people will argue if the game itself has merit.
Only value of any gear is made of enhancements and that is where the real costs come in - liang spent on enhancing, boosted by randomness of the enhancing process.
Originally posted by Gdemami
I disagree. From top to bottom all items in the chain have value. You know that 500 wen for lead? I buy 200 of those a couple times a day so that I can craft my items.
The person mining that ore it making good silver. From top to bottom the economy is alive. You don't get stuff for free in AoW. you have to work for it.
Oh really? For how much do you sell fully enhanced brawn/sta piece of gear you made of his lead?
Originally posted by Gdemami
Brwn stam gear? probably about 700L for a ring. That's about 10 stacks of lead to newbie miner.
Oh dear...
So you pay 1D just for lead to make an item you sell for 700L? :-)
Also, 2k units of ore at 4 units per cycle and 8 minutes of respawn time on node is about 65 hours of mining.
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Originally posted by bcbully
The bottom is owned by bots. You buy lead, you are feeding the gold farmers/botters.
The main money makers for non-botters are selling scripts/skills, and selling high level rare armor and weapons. Commodity professions like chef, herbalist, poisonmaker, don't seem to get much traction despite apparently requiring more time input.
Drop the next-gen marketing and people will argue if the game itself has merit.
Originally posted by terroni
Cooking and herbalism and poisons are strange. I lteraly have a bag full of food and drugs. I just ran out of Jade Dew, I'm like a junkie. I don't by my drugs and food off the market though, I buy from a couple guildies and poisons from a friend.
They make good money off me, 100L here 200 there. I also have farmers who send me Chinese yams, so that I can send to my herbalist, and my cook.
I eat/take them all day, as you know one hour each. I don't need my dealers daily though, once every week or so.


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But for the former senator, it was politically-motivated and the state government is fully behind it.
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It was also alleged that the state governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, asked the Emir of Gumel to remove Alkali from his title of Sardauna, but according to the source, the emir instantly turned down the request. He was said to have told the governor that Sardauna did not in any way offend the emirate or him (the emir).
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Although, Lamido did not in any way declare his intention for the second term, Jahun said if Alkali decides to re-contest for the second term, the entire party executives and indeed the people of Jigawa will back him to secure the seat in the 2011 general elections.
When contacted over the issue, the Permanent Secretary of Jigawa State Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Haruna Idris Magama, told Weekly Trust that the directorate did not receive any letter from the Gumel Emirate Council in respect of Sardauna's removal. He added that "Nobody sent a letter to my office in that respect, but I am still waiting for the letter and whenever the information comes to my knowledge, I will inform the general public".
However, the former Sardauna of Gumel stated that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has bestowed on each citizen of Jigawa State the right to contest for any elective office provided the citizen is qualified, adding that, "Since I am qualified, I think I have every right to challenge the incumbent governor in 2011".
Alkali further disclosed that preparations for his contest in 2011 have reached advanced stage, adding that all necessary machineries have been put in place for achieving his political ambitions. He also said that, "I contested for a political office in 2007 before I was deceived by a well-known politician in the state, but this time around, only God can stop me from contesting for the governorship seat in 2011".
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Though he did not categorically state the political party under which he is going to contest for the Jigawa State governorship seat come 2011, Muhammad D. Alkali has finally declared his intention to challenge the incumbent governor of the state. His declaration for the seat, however, has fuelled politicking in the state with posters of the Sardauna and that of the state governor being pasted at strategic places across the major towns of the state even though active politics has not commenced.
Weekly Trust learned that although Senator Alkali is an active member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), however, securing the ticket for his contest under the platform of PDP will be another round of political battle between him and the incumbent governor.
If at all Lamido is interested in the seat come 2011, the former senator may eventually defect from PDP to another party to enable him to challenge Lamido in the 2011 governorship election. Though it was only Alkali that has so far indicated interest in the golden chair, findings revealed that more gubernatorial aspirants would soon emerge.
Political observers in the state perceive that the incumbent governor may face serious challenges during the 2011 general elections, because he has created many political enemies. Apart from the issue of the Sardauna of Gumel, which became known to the general public, findings revealed that there are other people who were offended politically and are ganging up to sabotage the second term ambition of Lamido in 2011.
However, only time will tell the outcome of the political battle between Governor Sule Lamido and Senator Muhammad D. Alkali over the Jigawa governorship seat come 2011.


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The principal adjustment made by the PSC to the rates requested by Atmos Energy was a reduction in the company's proposed return on equity, which represents the opportunity to earn a profit. The reduced rate of return will still permit the company to borrow money at reasonable rates, maintain service levels and financial integrity and invest for the future, all at "the lowest possible cost to ratepayers," the PSC said.
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"Nathan Bedford Forrest, preeminent as a calvary leader for the South, was a notoriously violent man...Well known...is his angry threat directed at Braxton Bragg, a Senior Confederate General. Face to face [he] called Bragg 'a damned scroundel', and said 'if you ever again try to interfere with me or cross my path it will be at the peril of your life.' " [Source] "Best Little Stories from the Civil War", C. Brian Kelly and Ingrid Smyer-Kelly, copyright 1994,1998; Cumberland House Publishing, Nashville, Tn., pg 142.
On July 14-15, 1864, Confederates Nathan Bedford Forrest and Stephen Lee lost to Union leader Andrew Smith in the Battle of Tupelo during the Civil War. Forrest and Lee each attacked a Union flank, but their uncoordinated attacks ended in failure. Forrest was wounded in the foot during the battle.
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In just a few days, FCW will open the nomination period for the 2014 Rising Star awards. And we will need your input to be sure we find the best possible candidates for our judges to consider.
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Dating a colleague: Never. One can face problems. The other person might try to get promotion or stop your promotion if things don't go well in relationship down the line.
Best way to deal with work pressure: There is no work pressure in tourism.
Being the Boss' Pet: No use. Boss' pet can get their work done easily but they lose their self-respect.
I would jop-hop for money/ promotion: For money, yes. Good pay-package matters.
Quality or quantity: Quality. Perfection in work matters. I want to be the best.
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Dating a colleague: Not at all. One has to be professional and should not get personal. Your colleague might take advantage of you (to get promotion). He can ditch you at any time.
Best way to deal with work pressure: Listening to soothing songs to concentrate more on work.
Being the Boss' Pet: I can never be a boss' pet. I don't like buttering. Those who are boss' pet, they are very clever and bitch about others.
I would jop-hop for money/ promotion: For money, yes. Money matters.
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1872 $10 Amazonian Ten Dollar, Judd-1246, Pollock-1388, Low R.7, PR65 Red PCGS....
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The Finest Known 1872 Copper Amazonian Ten Dollar Pattern1872 $10 Amazonian Ten Dollar, Judd-1246, Pollock-1388, Low R.7, PR65 Red PCGS. This pattern issue may be Low Rarity-7, suggesting 10 to 12 pieces are known, but we can't imagine any of the others being remotely as nice as this. Although there are always surprises in numismatics, this seems like it ought to be a "lock" finest known example. Indeed, this is the only one to be certified by PCGS at this grade level, and known of similar quality have been certified by NGC. The only other example of this pattern issue to be certified by PCGS is a PR61 Red and Brown example. NGC has certified a single PR64 Brown example along with a couple lower quality Gilt examples of this pattern issue. Incredibly, this is the first time that we have offered an example of this pattern issue in all of auctions since 1993.
In the recently published United States Pattern Coins, this coin is incorrectly recorded as "GEMPRBN." It is a Gem Proof, but it is hardly brown. The surfaces on both sides have glowing deep orange mint color with slight mellowing to light brown in areas, with a couple small spots for pedigree purposes. We cannot describe this coin any better than David Akers did in his catalog of the Pittman Sale in October 1997: "This copper pattern has an absolutely sensational overall appearance due to its fabulous multicolored iridescent toning over brilliant mirror fields. There are a few tiny spots on the face and a few others scattered in the fields, but the coin has no hairlines, scratches, marks or other impairments that have occurred since striking. Light die striations from die polishing run diagonally on the reverse. The coin is very boldly struck with a partial wire rim and full design details, but it is the gorgeous sunset toning that gives this piece its superb eye appeal."
Ex: Lenox Lohr Collection (Empire Coin Company, 8/61); John Jay Pittman (David Akers, October 1997), lot 804.(#81518) (PCGS# 81518)
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There's a faint familiarity now for Connor McDavid and his new hockey home. He spent a week in Rexall Place, cycled through the river valley with the prospects who were in Edmonton for the Oilers' orientation camp, met with team captain Andrew Ference, and experienced the frenzy his addition to the club has caused.
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THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS Boosts Bravo in Monday Night Ratings
"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" delivers record ratings as Bravo Media ranks #1 among cable entertainment networks in the A18-49 demo during the 9pm hour on 11/26/12, according to Nielsen. The episode was the highest-rated of the season and experienced double-digit growth from the previous week among all key demos. This week's episode of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" was up 30% among A18-49, up 19% among A25-54 and up 26% among total viewers over last week's episode.
Next week's episode of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," airing Monday, December 3rd at 9pm ET/PT, is part two of the ladies' trip to Ojai. The women have a hard time understanding Lisa's defense of Brandi using the f-word at the dinner table. Brandi and Taylor exchange angry words as well, but the group lightens up the following day, having fun in a golf cart race, at a mud-filled spa and late at night, in a drunken gymnastics and arm-wrestling contest that is the opposite of ladylike. However, the problems between Brandi and Adrienne have just begun.
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Coming to Warman: Catholic school but no Catholic board?
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It was obviously plagiarized from Solomon Spalding's Manuscript Found.
No. Forget Manuscript Found. It was obviously plagiarized from Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews.
Well, forget that. Its obvious true origin was revealed on 30 October. Yesterday. Yes indeed. The facts have finally come out:
"'Hiding in Plain Sight: The Origins of the Book of Mormon' . . . Who wrote the Book of Mormon? . . . For much of his language and narrative structure, Smith turned to the most read and memorized author of the late seventeenth century, John Bunyan [author of Pilgrim's Progress]."
No. Wait a minute. Forget Pilgrim's Progress.
Its true origin was revealed today. 31 October. Halloween. The truth is now definitively known:
"The Book of Mormon is nothing more than a cleverly disguised plagiarism of The Travels of Marco Polo, the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World as recorded by his son, histories of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and travel journals."
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For Sunday's AFC Championship Game, the Denver Broncos will be missing two key defenders who played in the 34-31 loss to New England in Week 12. Linebacker Von Miller tore his ACL in Week 16, while cornerback Chris Harris tore his ACL in last week's win over the Chargers. What kind of impact might the loss of each player have in the rematch? How good exactly have the Broncos been with and without Miller, and which defenders might the Broncos be forced to rely upon in Harris' absence?
The answers to those questions may determine which team pushes through to the Super Bowl.
The good news is that by this point of the season the Broncos should be more than used to playing without Miller. Between his six-game suspension to start the year and the torn ACL, Sunday will be the ninth game the Broncos have played without their star third-year pass rusher, which will match the number of games he actually suited up for this season.
That does not mean the Broncos have played well without Miller. While they took down the Chargers, by Football Outsiders' DVOA ratings ( explained here), Denver's defensive DVOA without Miller is 10.8 percent, which would have ranked 27th over the course of the season. Their actual full-season DVOA was minus-0.2 percent, good for 15th, so it is apparent Miller's presence made a significant difference.
The good news is the Broncos still played excellent run defense without Miller. In the games he missed, they actually had a better run defense DVOA (minus-20.6 percent) than they did with him in the lineup (minus-11.4 percent). That included limiting the Patriots in the first meeting to only 116 yards on 29 handoffs, plus forcing fumbles by both Stevan Ridley and LeGarrette Blount that earned them quick trips to the bench. The Broncos' run defense also played well against the Chargers last week, recording a DVOA of minus-31.2 percent.
It is against the pass where the Broncos have struggled without Miller. With him, they had a pass defense DVOA of minus-9.9 percent, which would have ranked sixth for the season. In the games he has not played, their pass defense DVOA is 28.1 percent, worst in the league.
Given that Miller had 18.5 sacks in 2012, the obvious answer is that without him, the pass rush is lacking. A look at sack data, however, suggests this is not the case. The Broncos' Adjusted Sack Rate, which accounts for opportunities and the quality of opposing offenses, was 6.7 percent with Miller in the lineup and 6.3 percent without him. Given that Adjusted Sack Rates around the league ranged from 5.3 percent to 9.5 percent, that is a virtually indistinguishable change.
The Broncos also hurried the opposing passer slightly less frequently with Miller in the lineup, even though they brought five or more rushers more often with him active. Whatever has caused the Denver pass defense to play worse without Miller seems to be completely in the coverage and how opposing teams attack the Broncos, not in a decline from the pass rush.
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It's easy to forget that the objects found a museum's galleries or vaults once had a life. It's easy to forget because museums do their best to keep their objects frozen in time. Great pains are taken to preserve them, from the white cotton gloves used by curators when handling objects to the environment in which they are kept. Museums try to maintain 70 degrees Fahrenheit with a constant relative humidity of 50 percent. Light levels are also monitored to make sure sensitive objects don't fade. It often makes me smile to think that the artworks we take such pains to keep in a perfect state once probably sat over a fireplace in someone's brightly-lit dining room. Needless to say, smoking and eating around a museum's collection is a big "no-no."
Sometimes the stories of their past lives can be as interesting as the works of art themselves. The artwork's "biography" can provide new insight into the artwork and the artist that made it. Sometimes these "biographies" also make for a good story. One work in the Albany Museum's collection presents such a case. It is a large painting from the late 1800s by a French artist named François Flameng. Born in Paris in 1856, Flameng was popular from France to Russia. Many of his works are held in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. He had a long successful career as an artist and professor and was awarded the Legion of Honor, France's highest civilian award. He died in 1923. The painting by Flameng in the AMA's collection features three women sitting on a balcony overlooking a park in which revelers dance the night away. The park is brightly lit with Japanese lanterns and colored flares. The painting is aptly titled Fete Nocturne or "Night Party."
According to the painting's file, it was once owned by William Randolph Hearst, the famous publishing mogul. It hung for many years in the Hearst Castle at San Simeon, Calif. It made its way to Albany, Ga., through Jake Gortatowsky who worked at one of Hearst's newspapers in New York and eventually became chairman of the board for Hearst Enterprises. Mr. Gortatowsky, who frequently visited Hearst in San Simeon, often commented that one of the women in the painting reminded him of his wife, Sadie. Hearst gave the painting to Mr. Gortatowsky as a gift. It was given to the Albany Museum by his nephew Maurice Gortatowsky in 1979 who inherited it when his uncle passed away.
Several months ago, I was contacted by a gentleman in France, Monsieur Alexander Page, who was researching Flameng for a catalogue of the artist's work. This catalogue was a requirement for his graduate degree in art history. After corresponding with M. Page over several weeks about Albany, Ga.'s own Flameng, I received an excited email. In his digging he had found our painting in the March 5, 1923, edition of the newspaper "Le Gaulois." He sent the text, written in French, via e-mail. After a search, I found the newspaper's online archive. Scanning the headlines I saw, in bold letters, the name François Flameng. The piece was an interview with one of Flameng's dear friends, French art historian, Louis Gillet, published immediately after the artist's death. Apparently, Flameng's passing was big news in France then, similar to the death of a celebrity today. In the interview Gillet reminisced about his visits with Flameng and a particular painting he saw in the artist's studio. The text translated into English is below:
"I remembered other conversations that I had had with him (Flameng), in particular in front of his picture, then unfinished, a slightly fanciful painting of three ladies on a balcony, under Japanese lanterns, in front of a park illuminated by Bengal lights, during a party at night. The effect was rare, fugitive: all rested on the charm of one moment, and one hour, on the imagined memory of a group of women brought together for a few seconds, impossible to retain as much as reproduce, and released into the night air, their enchantment and their perfume."
Louis Gillet from an interview published in Le Gaulois, March 5, 1923
"Fete Nocturne" is currently on display in the AMA's McCormack Gallery located on the Museum's second floor. You can drop by and see if M. Gillet's description measures up. The AMA is located at 311 Meadowlark Drive, next to Darton College. The AMA is open 10 a.m.- p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Admission is free.
A few days ago, I received word from M. Page that he passed his degree requirements with flying colors.
Arts & Artists columnist Nick Nelson is executive director of the Albany Museum of Art, 311 Meadowlark Drive. His column is a monthly feature in SouthView.
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Sloped and hilly with fairways and paths that are mowed. Small trees, brush and tall grass obstacles. Beautiful Pacific views from every hole.
Course Details
# Holes: 9
Target Type: Mach V
Tee Type: Grass/Dirt
Elevation: Mostly Hilly
Foliage: Scattered
Course Length: 3,008ft
Alternate Length: 2,459ft
Hole Length: Under 300ft: 4 | 300 - 400ft: 2 | Over 400ft: 3
Course Designer: Paul Snowdy
Hwy 1 to Westport, CA turn up Abalone St (by the store with the practice area) and park. The course is one block east to the left on Hillcrest Terrace. Walk past the end of the road and into the field. Turn right and walk straight up hill (past basket #9) to 1st tee.
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This course has unrivaled views overlooking the Pacific Ocean. There is a ton of elevation change making the uphill holes play very long and there are two downhill holes that are over 450 ft. Once they expand the course to 18 holes, put in permanent tee boxes, and do some other minor work, this will be the best course around.
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Book your room at Best Western Shakopee Inn
Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Refrigerator & MicrowaveMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children)
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Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Refrigerator & MicrowaveMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children)
Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Shakopee with free breakfast and indoor pool
Situated near the airport, this hotel is 1.9 mi (3 km) from Saint Francis Regional Medical Center and 2.3 mi (3.8 km) from Canterbury Park. Valleyfair Amusement Park and Raceway Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an indoor pool, this smoke-free hotel has a fitness center and a spa tub. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in the lobby, and dry cleaning.
Room Amenities
All 65 rooms provide conveniences like washers/dryers and refrigerators, plus free WiFi and LCD TVs with cable channels. Guests will also find MP3 docks, microwaves, and rainfall showerheads.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to an indoor pool, Best Western Shakopee Inn provides a spa tub and a fitness center. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. A 24-hour business center is on site. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. This Shakopee hotel also offers an arcade/game room, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site. A total renovation of this property was completed in December 2014.
Best Western Shakopee Inn is a smoke-free property.
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Elevator/lift
- Indoor pool
- Number of floors - 3
- Laundry facilities
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Arcade/game room
- Computer station
- Total number of rooms - 65
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- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
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- Free breakfast
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- Free WiFi
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Year Built 1997
- 24-hour business center
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa tub
- Television in lobby
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- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Arcade/game room
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
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- Premium TV channels
- Phone
- Rainfall showerhead
- Cable TV service
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Air conditioning
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- Free newspaper
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- Hydromassage showerhead
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- MP3 docking station
- Free WiFi
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A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
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- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Ski lessons available nearby
- Ski equipment rental shops nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children under 12 years old stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15.00 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
Pets allowed, Only dogs are allowed, Maximum number of pets per room 2, Pet maximum weight in lb is 25
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Noise-free rooms not guaranteed
- Pet fee: USD 20.00 per pet, per night (maximum USD 100 per stay)
- Pet deposit: USD 50.00 per stay
- Late check-out fee: USD 25.00
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.00 per night
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Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. This property allows pets in specific rooms only (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can request one of these rooms by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Durham Mayor Bill Bell to endorse Obama
As he did in 2008, Durham Mayor Bill Bell will endorse Barack Obama for president.
Obama for America North Carolina announced that Bell will officially endorse Obama alongside Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane at Raleigh's Boylan Bridge Brewpub.
Neither endorsement is a surprise—six-term Democratic mayor Bell has been an enthusiastic supporter of Obama for years, and independently affiliated McFarlane has praised Obama's policies during his visits to North Carolina since she came to office in 2011. Obama endorsed Bell in his bid for re-election as mayor in 2007.
In 2008, Obama won Durham County by more than 52 percentage points over Sen. John McCain. Although Obama narrowly won the entire state in 2008, a Rasmussen poll published Thursday found Romney leading Obama in North Carolina, 52 percent to 46 percent. Romney staffers have been pulled away from North Carolina to other swing states, like Ohio.
"I want to get President Obama re-elected," Bell said in a February interview with the Chronicle on the opening of an Obama campaign office in Durham. "None of the unprecedented enthusiasm in Durham for President Obama has gone away."
The site of the announcement overlooks the planned site for Raleigh's future transit hub, Union Station. Bell and McFarlane's Obama endorsement is spurred, the announcement said, by plans in the proposed budget of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan that would cut local infrastructure spending by up to 20 percent.
In contrast, the release said, Obama "has remained committed to investing in infrastructure, education and innovation," and supports a thriving middle class.


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University of Colorado regents voted Saturday to hike tuition for in-state students as much as 28 percent next year, triggering scathing criticism from the governor and other state officials.
Citing $75 million in cuts to the higher-education budget in recent years, CU regents said the increase was unavoidable. They also voted to raise student fees and other expenses.
"This decision breaks the good- faith agreement between the university system and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education," Gov. Bill Owens said. "It isn't fair to in-state students and their parents. The university shouldn't be balancing its budget on the backs of in-state students."
Earlier this year, key legislators, university leaders and other state officials agreed that tuition would not rise more than 11.5 percent, said CCHE Executive Director Rick O'Donnell. Saturday's vote violates that pledge, he said.
"Due to (the turmoil over controversial professor) Ward Churchill and football scandals and other problems, out-of-state students are staying away from CU," O'Donnell said. "CU has a bloated bureaucracy that begs to be cut. But rather than tighten their belts, they want to price-gouge middle-class Colorado students."
But John Bliss, CU's interim finance chief, said regents and the university have not violated the pact on restraining tuition growth.
That agreement, he said, limited the growth of tuition revenue - not tuition rates - to no more than 11.1 percent at CU. The regents' tuition package stays under that cap, Bliss said.
Tuition increases for out-of-state students will be far less than for Colorado residents.
Nonresident tuition already is high and comparable with private universities, Bliss said. "Studies show we've saturated the market in terms of price."
The regents' plan calls for undergraduate arts and sciences students on CU's Boulder campus to pay $966 more in the coming school year if they are Colorado residents.
That's a 16 percent increase to the tuition schedule. The increase jumps to a whopping 28 percent increase in out-of-pocket spending when a $2,400 state tuition credit is factored in, O'Donnell said.
"A 28 percent increase was beyond our wildest dreams," he said.
Other in-state tuition increases approved by regents included a 12 percent jump for undergraduates at CU's Colorado Springs campus, a 28 percent increase for arts and sciences graduate students in Boulder and a 16 percent increase for undergraduates at CU-Denver. Resident medical students will see a 20 percent tuition hike.
Nonresident arts and sciences undergraduates on the Boulder campus will pay $21,900 in tuition in the coming year, 6.4 percent more than last year, according to the regents' plan. Graduate students in the same program will pay 4.5 percent more.
By paying considerably more in tuition, each nonresident student "subsidizes three resident students," Bliss said.
With in-state students now paying more, that subsidy "will continue, but not as aggressively as in the past," he added.
Bliss and Regent Gail Schwartz also noted that tuition increases for the coming year will help fund a 44 percent increase in financial aid for the neediest students.
At Saturday's meeting in Colorado Springs, the regents and other CU officials engaged in a vigorous debate on the merits of moving the offices of the president and other key university leaders to the Denver area from Boulder.
Outgoing CU president Betsy Hoffman told regents that she typically spent less than one day a week in Boulder on university business and bought a Denver apartment for "a half-million dollars of my own money" because she spent so much time there.
Some university officials said the CU system might be able keep an extra $990,000 with a move of the president's office to Denver.
Regents are expected to make a decision on a possible move of the president and about 50 other top officials this month.
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Sheraton Suites Key West
While making your arrangements to stay in paradise, let your worries melt away. Our concierge service, "Island Fun Concierge Services" can arrange all of your entertainment desires. Whether it's a day of fishing, bicycling, golfing, parasailing, dining or a sunset cruise, we will arrange a perfect stay in paradise.
Key West is a rare find for the history or nature lover. Whether you explore the coral reefs, swim with the dolphins, golf on a tropical course, bike through historic Old Town, take a nature tour or enjoy a romantic sunset sail, Key West has something for everyone.
After a day of friends, family, or business, there is one more thing to savor: the welcome of our Sheraton, which is completely smoke-free.
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Kraft wishes Carroll well
Posted by Albert Breer January 16, 2010 05:13 PM
Pete Carroll has surely received dozens of congratulatory phone calls this week, after taking the Seattle job.
One came from the last man to fire him. Patriots owner Robert Kraft took a moment on Wednesday to reach out and wish Carroll well. The two men had a cordial 10 minute conversation, and Kraft was reminded how much he likes his first coaching hire.
"It was actually a real treat having him here and working with him for three years," Kraft said the other day. "In some ways, I think the experience with (Bill) Parcells made it more difficult for me to allow him to have the authority he wanted here. And I was definitely making sure we had checks and balances until I knew I had the right person. I gave the personnel autonomy to Bobby Grier, and I think there were some disagreements on how we should spend our money, between personnel and he, and I probably let the personnel people have more influence.
"I'm not sure that was fair to him. He was a heck of a coach."
Kraft got the chance to reconnect with Carroll during the coach's USC years, saying he wasn't surprised in the least as the coach's star rose. He also brought up the story of Jake Olson as a good one to describe Carroll, saying "he's one of the finest human beings you can meet in this business." More than just that, the Patriots owner thinks the Seahawks made the right call here.
"I think Seattle is very lucky to have gotten him at this point," Kraft said. "He'll be a lot of fun to be around, he's had great experience, he's a real good leader and he's been toughened up. I'm glad they're in the NFC."
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Problems in how people with dyslexia process the sounds they hear may be at the heart of this learning disorder, new research suggests.
The study findings, published in the Dec. 22 issue of the journal Neuron, may one day lead to better therapies for children and adults who are diagnosed with this common yet still ultimately mysterious condition.
And different people with dyslexia may have differences in brain-processing patterns, which could help distinguish subtypes of the disorder.
Dyslexia affects about 5 percent of school-aged children.
Although we "typically think of dyslexia as an impairment of reading or the printed word, previous research has suggested that there's an auditory-processing component. . . It's not just the printed word but also auditory," said Dr. Andrew Adesman, who was not involved with the study but is familiar with the findings.
Indeed, one of the biggest risk factors for dyslexia is delays in spoken language in young children, said Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, in New Hyde Park.
Previous brain imaging studies had shown abnormal processing of brief sounds in people with dyslexia, but it has been unclear what the neurophysiological mechanism was behind the abnormalities, according to study authors Katia Lehongre, from the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, and colleagues.
The French authors focused on a phenomenon called "sampling," which refers to how the brain initially responds to sounds. Specifically, sampling involves the processing of phonemes, which are the basic elements of sound.
"They're looking at where and how sound is processed," Adesman explained.
What the investigators found in people with dyslexia, as compared to people who did not have dyslexia (
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Can You Make It Work Long Distance?You're a Long-Distance Lover
You're ready for the commitment. You realize the stress of being far away but accept the compromises you'll have to make in order for your romance to work. Your commitment to him/her is worth your time and you take every chance to be with him/her even for a weekend. Just don't let him/her take over your life. As much as you may love him/her, you have to be true to yourself first and foremost.


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CEDAR RAPIDS Welcome signs dotted the reception area Saturday afternoon at The Eastern Iowa Airport as families awaited the arrival of nine high school foreign exchange students.
The students are just a few of the 40 youths EF High School Exchange Year, the largest non-profit exchange program in the United States, is bringing to Eastern Iowa to study during the upcoming school year.
Amber Moeller, a first-time host mother from Tipton, nervously awaited her exchange student's arrival Saturday.
I'm very excited and a little nervous because I'm hoping he likes us, she said. We want to make him feel at home.
Moeller said her son had pushed for becoming a host family, but she initially was hesitant.
His statement was that he wanted to learn about the American culture through a family and then keep that family, she said. That's what really appealed to me. It melted my heart.
Another host mother, Renee Mueller, was welcoming for her fifth exchange student in the past seven years.
You get to meet people from different countries and you have friends all over the world, she said. They become part of our family, it's like having another child.
When the students walked down to the waiting area, parents, children and friends greeted their new family members, many with tear-filled eyes.
I get goosebumps, said Becky Corbett, the regional coordinator for Iowa's EF High School Exchange Year, tearing up as she watched the exchange students walk down the airport hallway. I'm sorry, I just get so excited for the students.
Corbett said she's worked for the exchange program for over 30 years, and the experiences keep her coming back.
There is one really terrible thing about our program, she said. They have to go home.
Another family from Tipton welcomed their exchange student, Nicoline Fredensborg from Denmark, with a bag of Skittles and a corncob stuffed animal.
Fredensborg said she had eaten Skittles only once before, when her host brother sent her a pack in Denmark.
As for what it feels like to be in the United States, she said, I can't explain it. It's so amazing. I'm so happy to be here.
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