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The world of the early American logger was a rough, tough and often lonely one. There were no women in the remote camps of the Western wilderness just a lot of hard working and hard living men. A visit by a woman carrying a letter to one of… more
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The Audacity of Prayer: Be I...Don Nordin
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Henry—a Canadian Mountie like his father—struggles between the call of duty and the call of his heart. When he informs a young logger's wife of her husband's death, the memory of that loss haunts him for years. Assigned to a new beat five… more
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FancyNorah Hess
Determined to keep her orphaned family together, a young woman must also battle to keep her heart intact against a dashing logger who had determined that Fancy will not be alone for long.
The Key Logger: A Forbidden ...Nicholas Jack
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Most men see women as an idea, they see the perfect Disney character that they are supposed to see. After installing a key logger on my laptop years ago, I was able to see all the things that these women did when they thought no one was loo… more
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It isn't easy growing up half-human, half-werebear. Too wild for the humans, too normal for the werebears, I've never quite fit in anywhere.
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Our Daring Clementine (An Au...Gerry Souter
Dixie, Sonny Jim and Clementine Booker travel to the great forests of the Northwest United States in the spring of 1911 to help a friend from the REO Boy's past. Snoose McDonald has a timber claim under siege by a wealthy lumber baron who w… more
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Drive Faster will help you improve your lap times by understanding what your motor sport data logger is telling you. Data loggers hold the promise of faster lap times but are a notorious black art. Drive Faster demystifies data logging with… more
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Clear CutAlexa Snow
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Environmentalist Carter arrives at a logging site to interview modern day loggers for his book. While he's anti-clear cutting, he finds he likes most of the loggers well enough. In fact he gets along with pretty much everyone but foreman Na… more
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Clear CutAlexa Snow
Environmentalist Carter arrives at a logging site to interview modern day loggers for his book. While he's anti-clear cutting, he finds he likes most of the loggers well enough. In fact he gets along with pretty much everyone but foreman Na… more
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June The Raccoon: A Gorgeous...Todd Davis
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This beautiful illustrated picture book is a favored bed time book, filled with rhymes and interesting characters.
This fun children's picture book is about a raccoon named June, who gets lost in the woods. A logger who finds June introdu… more
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The Greenhorn's Guide to Cha...Steven Gregersen
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This book is for the person who is new at or just now entertaining the thought of cutting their own firewood. In fact, (if you haven't already!) don't even purchase a chain saw until after you've read the first chapter because that's where… more
The Greenhorn's Guide to Chainsaws and Firewood Cutting
Oracle SOA Frameworks: Essen...Kathiravan Udayakumar
This book covers in detail about the below list of Essential Framework for Oracle SOA Implementation. • SOA Logger Framework • SOA Fault Management Framework • SOA Deployment Framework • SOA Data Validation Framework • SOA Data Manipulation… more
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An offbeat love story between a writer and a mysterious woman from his past that takes place in a Northern California coastal town. Their story is paralleled with a similar romance between a logger and a schoolteacher in the 1890's from the… more
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Dolomi: A Logger's TaleVern Nelson
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"A season worked in the southeast Alaskan logging country reels inon a day by day account of one logger's adventure in the southeastAlaskan wilderness. The trips we made to town exploring andshopping for supplies. Partying with The local vi… more
Dolomi: A Logger's Tale
The Maine Woods (Classic, Na...Henry David Thoreau
"What a wilderness walk for a man to take alone!…Here was traveling of the old heroic kind over the unaltered face of nature." -Henry David ThoreauOver a period of three years, Thoreau made three trips to the largely unexplored woods of M… more
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The Seduction of His WifeJanet Chapman
He set out to seduce her for all the wrong reasons — but found himself falling in love with her for all the right ones. Alex Knight is dead — or so everyone thinks. A widowed logger baron with a risk-taking streak, he took on a South … more
The Seduction of His Wife
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Redbirds get new leaders: Firm brought in to straighten up finances
Philadelphia-based Global Spectrum, a venue-management firm with previous experience in minor league baseball, is officially the new management group for the Memphis Redbirds and AutoZone Park.
Global Spectrum CEO John Page said Thursday a deal had been finalized for his company to take over from Blues City Baseball, a move essentially ending the involvement of Redbirds founder Dean Jernigan.
Blues City Baseball was replaced at the request of stadium bond holders. For the first time since issuing $72 million in bonds in 1998 to cover the cost of buying the team and building the stadium, the Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation was in default of its March 1 payment of $1.625 million to US Bank, the trustee for the bonds. The Redbirds, the Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, and AutoZone Park, the 10-year-old downtown stadium, are not being sold and the foundation will remain in its ownership role.
Global Spectrum's role, according to foundation president Ray Pohlman, will be to get the franchise's "financial house in order." Page said his firm is prepared for the challenge.
"That's what we are going to have to dig into," Page said. "On our side, we haven't seen full disclosure and how the operation has been running and what cash is available, what the premium-seating contracts look like. That's the first order of business, until we get the financial pieces together and evaluate that and discuss that with the foundation and lenders on how best to proceed. And if there are people owed money, then we certainly need to clear that up and work with the foundation."
The Redbirds are required to make $5.4 million annually in bond payments, broken into March 1, Sept. 1 and Nov. 1 installments, but have struggled recently to make them.
Global Spectrum is part of Comcast-Spectacor, one of the world's largest sports and entertainment companies. Comcast-Spectacor owns the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, in addition to Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider whose clients include AutoZone Park.
From 2000 to 2005, Comcast-Spectacor owned three minor league affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles: the Bowie Baysox, the Frederick Keys and the Delmarva Shorebirds.
Page said the opportunity to get involved with the Redbirds was initiated through Ken Young, president of Ovations and two minor league baseball teams, including the Pacific Coast League's Albuquerque Isotopes.
"Ken had been talking to us for an extended period of time," Page said. "He also had some prior experience working with the lenders on the financial end. We worked for a group somewhat familiar with this project on the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore., when that facility went into bankruptcy.
"So the Ovation (connection), coupled with the lenders having first-hand knowledge of how we operate and our reputation, (made it) an opportunity we were interested in because we had prior history in owning three minor league baseball teams that were Orioles affiliates. This was really right in our sweet spot.''
Page said one of Global's immediate tasks will be evaluating the operation, including staffing. Redbirds president Dave Chase is expected to remain throughout the season. Page said a general manager will be named within the next 10 days. The GM will reside in Memphis.
"The biggest challenge is the staffing," Page said. "The staff that's in place now, there are agreements with the foundation. We're still in the process of evaluating all the positions to see who's doing what. We're still looking at models we're used to, and what the rest of minor league baseball is used to, so we can see if there are any overages or underages and do the things we need to do to make this organization thrive."
Pohlman said the agreement with the foundation is that the current staff remains in place for 30 days under Blues City Baseball payroll.
"Each and every one of them will be evaluated with the potential to become employees of Global Spectrum," Pohlman said.
Global Spectrum officials met with Redbirds staff members Thursday, reviewing plans for the team's upcoming homestand and ticket sales.
"They are managing the team now as of (Thursday) morning," Pohlman said. "As I said before, the baseball fan won't see any difference."
The Redbirds resumed play Thursday night in Omaha after the Triple-A All-Star Game break and return home Monday to open a four-game series against Nashville.
After the Nashville series, the Redbirds have 21 home games remaining.
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What message is your beauty brand sending, and how do you get it to say what you want it to say?
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Beauty industry experts share their expectations for the coming year with Ada Polla and GCI magazine.
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Shiseido has developed a low energy emulsifying technology inspired by the way iced coffee is produced.
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Welcoming more than 7,000 attendees and a range of industry experts sharing insights, Luxe Pack Monaco 2012 helped broaden and innovate the developments in beauty packaging.
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XAUSTINTOWN -- The 50th wedding anniversary of Joseph A. and Pauline C. Stanavich, 3899 Dunbar St., was celebrated July 2 during a family gathering in Boardman.
The event took place at the home of a son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and Ann Stanavich of Boardman. Participating were other members of the couple's family, Carolyn and Rick Betts of Austintown, Charles Stanavich of Austintown, and eight grandchildren.
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Mel Kiper: Cardinals' biggest need is at linebacker
Whether you love him or hate him, ESPN's Mel Kiper is still one of the foremost authorities on the NFL Draft.
He's one of the few afforded the time and ability to go in-depth about each team's needs and wants heading into draft day, and this year is no exception. ESPN on Monday released an insider article that Kiper put together on each NFL team's top four needs, and here's what the draft guru had to say about the Arizona Cardinals:
Outside linebacker: John Abraham may be sacking quarterbacks in 2030, but let's bet the under for now given he'll be 36 in May. I think the Cardinals should take a look at a pass-rushing option in one of the first two rounds. I love having some athleticism off the edge when facing Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick four times a season.
Safety: Even if they use Tyrann Mathieu in a safety-type role -- "safety" is a hybrid designation in many cases -- they could still use another piece at this position. And Mathieu will be coming back from a serious ACL injury.
Wide receiver: You can do a lot worse than a top two of Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd, but Ted Ginn is arguably the No. 3 at this point after the departure of Andre Roberts, and the Cardinals could use another dependable target either here or at tight end.
Quarterback: Carson Palmer will turn 35 late in the 2014 season, and the depth chart behind him is pretty uninspiring. It'd be good to have a developmental option with at least the ceiling of a quality starter behind Palmer, and I don't think there's one on the current roster.
The Cardinals have been linked to a number of players that would bolster their defensive backfield, and their need at quarterback has been well-documented over the past several years -- even with the acquisition of Carson Palmer.
So while none of that is breaking news, there seems to be a general consensus of where the Cardinals should focus their efforts come May 8.
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Pre-requisites: Knowledge of Microsoft networking technology and concepts, and preferably 3CX Certified Pro certificate or demonstrable proven ability to sell and install basic 3CX systems.
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This training is open and free to all new or active 3CX Partners and is aimed at pre-sales and support technical personnel tasked with the responsibility of promoting, installing, configuring, maintaining and supporting 3CX client installations and seeking to achieve 3CX Certified Pro status. This training will prepare attendees for the 3CX Academy certification exam.
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The sculptures outside were the best part of the visit. They were in the front and the rear of the museum displayed very well
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It's been years since I've been there, but the kids & I enjoyed it. They had a lot of cool, interactive displays.
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|Taking readers back to Never Land, this deluxe boxed set contains the first three books in Barry and Pearson''s "New York Times"-bestselling series of prequels to "Peter Pan: Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves," and "Peter and the Secret of Rundoon."
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Dave Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1988. He is a prolific author of books showing the humorous side of everyday life, both original works and collections of his syndicated newspaper column. If Barry has a focus, one could say it is on people who own their own home (or who will eventually own their home when they finally pay off their mortgage). Barry wrote for his high school newspaper and his college newspaper. A graduate of Haverford College in 1969, Barry also plays the guitar. He was the inspiration for "Dave's World", a television show that was cancelled.


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The FirstStop Quality Assurance Framework is a generic tool to monitor the quality of housing and care options advice and information services. It is used by EAC to monitor FirstStop's national service, and will be equally useful to local FirstStop delivery partners as a resource for self-assessment and external accreditation. It can be used for all types of interaction with customers - face to face, telephone, email and letter - though it is primarily produced with face to face advice and casework in mind.
The framework is necessary to demonstrate to people who use our services, to funders and to other partners, FirstStop's commitment to a quality service. It links well to other quality frameworks, reflecting them in relation to organisational processes and procedures, but also offers a distinctive approach by setting out and assessing what makes for a good quality housing and care options advice and information service.
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This Sunday children will celebrate their fathers for their kindness, generosity, loyalty, nurturing and well…all around awesomeness. While traditionally mothers have been the nurturers, nowadays fathers play an integral role in raising well-adjusted boys. From changing diapers to nursing sick ones, dads are there from day one. To teach their sons how to become caring fathers and husbands, some parents are giving their youngsters dolls such as a Corolle's Suce Pouce Doll in blue and Corolle's Blue Green Stroller–both popular with toddler boys. The dolls help boys feel secure and confident as they learn to care for others, Corolle's Web site says. That's not all; Corolle dolls can help parents prepare sons for a new baby or aid in potty training!
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Firefighters remain on the scene this morning, checking for hot spots and monitoring the structure. Officials said they likely will be there most of the day. Cause of the fire remains under investigation. Crews fought a large three-alarm fire Tuesday night at the vacant Lactalis USA cheese plant on West Main Street.
Turlock Fire Department crews responded to a 7:19 p.m. call and arrived to find the 59,000-square-foot building engulfed in flame, said officer Mayra Lewis, a spokeswoman for the Turlock Police Department.
Witnesses were interviewed at the scene. The investigation is in the very preliminary stage, Lewis said, but officials have determined that the fire was suspicious in origin.
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Lactalis USA closed the plant in 2007, laying off 94 workers.
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skipped the bacon and asiago cheese and substituted blue cheese crumbles and walnuts. very good.
Everyone loved this salad.
Peach? What peach?!
We really liked this salad paired with the Pork Tenderloin with Pears and Shallots. I used spinach and butter lettuce to give the salad a little more body. This is now one of our stable salads either with or without pears, depending on what else is for dinner. It is very flavorful and balanced
Very good and easy to make. My guests liked it and so did I.
We ate this for dinner, and it was delicious! I substituted romaine for baby spinach and whisked the shallots and balsamic with a couple of T of honey to make it more of a dressing. Refreshing and healthy to eat in the middle of winter.
Wonderful salad and good way to get fruit in a meal. Family loved it.
This is truly an outstanding salad. When I first read through the ingredients I was struck by the fact that there was no olive oil and that the amount of balsamic was so minimal. I was worried that it would be dry. Not at all the case! The pears add moisture, and all of the flavors go together so nicely. I doubled the recipe and served it family style on a large platter. It does have beautiful presentation. I used Champagne Balsamic Vinegar and probably used a little bit extra but not much. Everyone raved. I've made it twice in less than two weeks!
Have made this twice, both times for company, and got excellent reviews. Rather than doing individul serving plates I did a double or triple recipe on a platter and let people help themselves.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa football will play at least three games this fall on ABC, according to a school news release.
ABC will broadcast a pair of Iowa road games at Minnesota (Sept. 28) and Ohio State (Oct. 19). Both games are slated to kick off at 2:30 p.m.
Iowa's last two trips to Minnesota began at 2:30 p.m., and Iowa lost both by a combined four points. Iowa's last game at Ohio State in 2009 also aired at 2:30 p.m., and the Hawkeyes lost 27-24 in overtime.
The Hawkeyes' annual Black Friday game (Nov. 29) against Nebraska will air on ABC for the third straight season.Kickoff is slated for 11 a.m. Nebraska has won both meetings.
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Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II experiences
A couple of weeks ago I've got my 50mm back. I had to return it because it had some serious front focusing issue.
The replacement looks okay, I've performed a live-view AF micro-adjustment test, this one and I only had to add +2.
I'm using it for a while now, it's definitely worth the money, but I think it's recommended to use it between f/2.8 and f/11.
For example at f/1.8 you will likely to see a lot of chromatic aberration and ghosting.
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Don't get my wrong, the sharpness it's pretty good, the bokeh is okayish, but you need to fix that chromatic aberration…
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But considering the amount of money it costs, it's still the best way to get better than the kit lens cheaply. I highly recommend it to anyone, but you will need a little bit of luck to get a good copy.
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Sadly, after numerous testing, I've found out that my 50mm f1.8 have some serious front focus issue, and cannot be corrected even with the AF micro-adjustment. So I had to send it back to repair.
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Couple of weeks ago – after a lot of searching – I've finally bought my first DSLR, a Canon EOS 70D with a 18-55mm IS STM kit lens.
It was a very difficult decision, the other alternative was the Nikon D7100. I've chose the Canon because of the video functions and the overall lens options. Yes, it has WiFi, tilty-shifty touch-screen but those are minor things.
About buying a new camera here is an advice:
Spend on lens more then on the camera body. I would say in a 65-35 or 70-30 ratio.
There are many discussion and videos about this, but the point is, the lens is more value then the body, because after 5-10 years you will get a new body, but you don't have to buy the lens again, because the lens technology is developing slower than the body.
I've used the 70D with the kit lens for a month now, generally I'm pleased with the overall performance and usability, it's a lot different then my Sony DSC-H50. The RAW file format is a huge factor, it's astonishing what you can get from it, recover the shadows, tuning the exposure and the white balance.
For me now it's clear that this is an expensive and time consuming hobby. Time I have plenty, but money…
I'm still learning how to do things, how to get better results, but it's complex. E.g. to get the best from the video you have to use a flat picture profile and colour grade it later in post. Same goes for audio.
After some time I've needed and upgrade over the kit lens, so yesterday I've bought a Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II lens. I was a little surprised that, it needed a +17 micro-adjustment out of the box, thank god the 70D support this feature. Right now I'm testing the lens, and still learning the whole photography thing.
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"The 21st century will be a war of attention," Schell said. "We have to choose sides." The world can either be controlled by the designers who only want to make money -- the "persuaders," as Schell labeled them -- or these games can be controlled by the humanitarians, and the artists, and the fulfillers. The persuaders can be beaten, Schell said, but only "if we wake the hell up."
And this is what Cryptic has become. Persuaders. It's so very sad that there are people out there who just can't see this fact.
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As a follow up to my previous post. I want to point out something that MAY not be entirely obvious to some readers here. One of the ways that sites have traditionaly converted volume into revenue was through the mechanism of advertisement.... in one form or another.
What some people may not be aware of is that in recent years advertisement/sponsorship revenue has gotten ALOT harder to come by. In part, this is a natural result of the economic down-turn....as big corporations (the primary sources of ad revenue) natural pay alot more attention to how and WHY they spend money...especialy in areas that aren't mission critical to them. There IS and HAS been a growing trend for quite some time to actualy require measurable JUSTIFICATION for spending the dollars that they do.....particularly in advertising.
The reason for this is simple....the people controling the purse springs at those companies realized that just because you put in front of a pay of eye-balls didn't mean that those eye-balls were likely to spend ANY money on your company. CFO's slashed many high profile Ad/Marketing/Sponsorship's programs due to austerity budgets and often saw ZERO effect on thier bottom line. This was an eye opener for many.
Note this not to say that advertising is worthless/is die-ing or won't be around in future. However it is true that it is not NEARLY as easy to cash in on as it was previously...and this trend will continue. It used to be... "I'll write you a check based upon how many eye-balls saw my logo" ...... increasingly it's becoming "I'll write you a check based upon how many eye-balls bought a hammer from that you can PROVE did so based upon seeing my logo on your site". Ultimately this is a good thing for all of us (IMO).....but it DOES mean that companies whose business models depend simply on volume of traffic (as many "social" sites do) are going to have to spend some time/effort thinking on how they are going to be able to monetize that traffic....It is not going to be as simple/easy to do so as it has been in the past.
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I played Farmvile for about a month or two before I just completely ignored it all together. For me, it isn't really an entertainment option, just a toy that I played with a little bit because I got Spammed with it a lot on that site.
Farmville has some Pros and Cons over more traditional MMO platform games.
a) Farmville requires no time commitment.
Unlike Most MMO's where you need at least half a hour even to do something meaningful, Farmville requires about 5 to 10 minutes a day. Log in, click all your crops, lay down your tractor and seeder, walk away for two days. Come back. It rewards by inaction. You can set it up to do things in a quicker fashion, but there is no 'credit' reward for doing so. You're return on your crops is marginally the same no matter if you plant long term or short term. Set up an animal farm/tree farm, and you can change your commitment time to once a week.
This short commitment time allows players to log in from Work and resolve their turn during a coffee break, and then get back to work. This is the major factor of why the game is popular.
b) Farmvile Depends On Networking To Succeed
Farmville, for the most part, is a Solo game. You never need to see another player, and other players direct interaction never happens. The best that a friend can do for you is to enhance your level gaining ability, and to give you junk.
It's the Junk that becomes desirable. Due to Facebook's interface (And that is the key to it's success), it is constantly bombarding friends and strangers with items, and begging that you give everyone on your list one back. It completely floods your inbox with messages over and over again, and because it demands so much attention, if you don't block it, you'll end up playing it.
c) Farmville offers neat stuff for those that Pay
Farmville works of the Vanity Model of F2P games. The Vanity Model simpy is "If you want stuff that looks good, you pay for it". Unfortunatly, most of the items in Vanity line aren't very attractive, or not more so then what you can get for free, anyway. Zynga probably makes more money using Farmville as a Gateway to their Texas Poker game, then on the actual products in Farmville. However, like most Vanity F2P games, most people will not consider dropping 10 dollars every few months into a game a huge investment.
d) Farmville Offers no ties to players.
Farmville is a great time waster. It will sit there and eat your time if you want it to, but it will not allow you to build friendships. It won't let you really contact with people. It will encorage you to create fake friend networks so you can take advantage of items being exchanged, but it won't actually turn those into anything. It is a 'social-less' social game, and in that way, it's horribly disappointing. Puzzle Pirates offers more to the casual player then Farmville does.
e) Farmville is a poor Economic Simulator
Farmville offers very little in way of Game. It is a busy body activity set, where you go in, set up your farm, and then wait. The return for crops will always yeild enough money to buy new crops. You can't trade crops with other players, the market never changes, and the money, ultimately, becomes even LESS meaningful then your typical trade coin in more traditional MMO's, as it can't be used to buy 'rare' goods from other players. With the removal of any economics, there is very little to do in Farmville outside of sim management, and there just is no point to that. Animals will be happy no matter where they are, nothing needs watering, and trees will happily sprout fruit given time.
f) The Kawaii wears off
Farmville is a cute game, that has an appeal to players who do not like conflicts, do not like direct interaction, and like to manipulate images into 'pretty' enviroments. The game succeeds because it allows this all to take place with no time commitment. The longer one plays the game, however, the more the graphics tire, and once players realize that there is no real game play to be had, the desire to play lessens.
Personal Conclusion
Farmville will have it's die hard fans, but the play style is doomed to self-termination. Farmville will exist only as long as they can keep adding new features to it, and to invent new mini-collection games to it, which is dangerous because with the bloat of the engine, the more likely it will start taking too long to load, and the longer the load time, the less of the advantage it is to people to play. When it takes longer to load the game then it does to play, that is when you will see the end of Farmville, and the rise of the next "Casual Spam Game".
Zynga has invented an interesting model, but like many management games on Facebook, they are doomed to lose their players.
My take for the gaming industry as a whole is make games that work as relliably as Farmville and others like it do, I am a gamer first and an mmo vet second so I hold reliability in a much higher place than most mmo players seem to and maybe the devs need to think about this as opposed to all this abstract drivel.
The bottom line is WOW outside of it's vast popularity worked as reliably as most console games did but the rest of the industry doesn't have this to fall back on I don't know if it's due to laziness or incompitence but either way this is the one factor I don't see these devs discuss, why is it that they constantly release games with advertised features that don't work at the time of release and more importantly why is it they think that an excuse like "well we ordered the box art before the game was finished" makes any kind of difference? Gaming is business like music movies etc. and I don't see how so many devs expect us to believe when they have so many examples of how to address this part of there business that they can't get this part right, hell many of these same companies have been releasing offline/console games for years and aren't forced to lie to the player base.
Put it like this AOC,DF,WAR are all games that we are expected to PAY money for then pay a monthly fee on top of that and every one of those games arguably released missing features that some will say had no reason to not be included or should not have been talked about if they aren't in and Farmville, Mafia wars are free and guess what? They may not do much but what they are supposed to do they actually do.
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Farmville didn't kill gaming, the industries reaction to the success of WoW killed gaming in the MMO sense of the word. All of these damn wow clones which take no risks, and change nothing but skin colors are the problem. If you want to skip over the whole farmville era before it even starts ... INNOVATE.
For example, why hasn't a game been released with voice chat? Imagine a world where you could hear everything people say up to 5 feet from you. Sure .. there are times that would suck, and maybe that isn't the best idea overall, but something that truly innovates beyond having slightly different class names instead of priest and warrior, or slightly different combat mechanics are never going to change much and if things remain as stale as they have since wow .. something else is bound to come along and give people something more compelling to do.
We haven't even had a proper sandbox mmo since UO. Every time a new game pops up around here I go take a look at the classes, and generally I'm done reading after that because all of them are warrior, priest, mage, rogue. This genre above all others has the ability to really take the idea of sandbox style gaming to another level, but the closest we have come are hacked up multi class systems which basically just end up extending the total classes from 6 to 18 or something. I want to develop my character into a mage that also does awesome melee dps.
Anyway, the point is don't blame farmville. Blame Lucas/Bioware for only being able to come up with "full voice-over" as an innovation.
LFD tools are great for cramming people into content, but quality > quantity.
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The simple reality is that almost my entire family plays FARMVILLE. This includes my mom and her senior citizen friends. Most of my Facebook friends play it. It's a simplified level and grind game. It's a market open to anybody. Games like WoW or WAR, etc etc only attract certain types. Farmville as lame as a game as it is attracts just about anybody. It's competitive. They have simple ongoing events all the time.. Best part is people play it for free. People actually socialize on FB in game and out. After all who would pay to play a Flash based laggy game.
I challenge game developers to give me an interesting gaming experience. Until then i'm mindlessly waste time on simplistic games like FV and others.
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Originally posted by jaxsundane
True enough, and yet the lesson hasn't been learned. How many PS3/Xbox games are working out of the box?
Why did people avoid these consoles (ignoring that the PS3 was built mostly to win a format war- BluRay)? Because you bought a box that contained a game you had to install, patch and deal with the same DRM as the PC world. IIRC the average production costs have tripled since 2003 with no comparable increase in unit price or units sold. (Abort rant about graphics)
Something has to give. We're either going to have to pay more or expect less. Developers will have to build or embrace technology/methodology to drive their costs down. (Damn it I want to rant about graphics again) To me the focus has for too long been about pushing prettier pixels, to the point that they have far surpassed the point of diminishing returns on the current tools (ie it's why production costs skyrocket even as game shrink in playtime/content). I look to the "gimmicks", new control/input types and at the old concepts used before the graphic capacity of the machines was virtually "unlimited".
Make no mistake, I don't like thinking about games as business models or in terms of economics. But to understand where we are and to divine the future you have to.
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Originally posted by ghstwolf
Koster was saying that social games will not become hardcore but a game with a combined offering would be interesting. A P2P mmo where there would be a F2P interface for NPC activities. When the farm/restrauntville players produce things they can sell at in an auction house to players in the P2P game interface. All those gray items you find, instead of selling them to an NPC, you sell them to a player in the other interface who is playing recycleville or something.
You could set it up to where either interface could function on its own but there would be bonus for players in each interface to interact. The best weapons in the P2P interface could created by grandma playing factoryville in the F2P interface, and the ville player could receive auction prices for their stuff instead of a set amount.
Maybe the idea is overly complicated but you could even use the dual interfaces to create meaningful RvR in the P2P interface. A faction controlling an area has access to F2P players producing different things needed in the P2P interface.
* I read most of what Jon Wood writes
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A lot of players did not ever play any other game beside Farmville. ( Almost all of my friends that play Farmville are girls and do not like any other games)
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As I write this post, I am a bit torn, but I have understanding as I speak. As someone who has played Zynga's Vampires and many mmos I can see what works and what doesn't work in both aspects. I thought I'd clarify the pros and cons of it, something like guild wars, and the new game I've been playing Mabinogi.
Sum Up - Vampires, Restaurant City, Farmville, and many others seem like they might be the next possible future. Honestly though they don't hold people's attention. It's fun to click when you're bored in the morning and before bed but it quickly loses it's appeal. Not only that, but given that people don't really 'play' it means succeeding is left to those with money to burn.
~Guild Wars~
Sum Up - Guild Wars is your traditional MMO. They do some things right but honestly they're too pre-occupied with Aion and GW2 to give it the attention in needs. That could be said for many MMO companies though. They really don't care about the players, just grinding to buy time till the next expansion. I don't blame the developers, but it's hard to play when things are bad and they'd rather work on something else. Especially if you're not lucky.
Sum Up: When I first started playing this I was overwhelmed. Not just from learning a new game, but because many of the things I've been asking for in MMOs were here. Granted they don't have dungeon creation, dancing, or lots of mini-games but the sheer amount of options in staggering. I sat there and said to myself, that if half the features in Mabinogi were in any other MMO it'd be considered an ubergame. World of Warcraft has many of them, but it's not user friendly in my opinion.
The difference between the games really? It all comes down to the care and attention, the number of options that developers give their players. I don't care if a game developer is the Pulitzer prize winner, I want to be able to create as much of the world that is important to me. This I believe is the future of gaming. Customization and options. Developers honestly though are lazy and don't care about players (well for the most part).
So game developers that came along and cared even less got lots of money and current game developers are calling Foul? Hmmm, I don't think it works that way. If the game developers were to start hiring, and actually doing real significant work for the products that they currently have rather then new projects, I believe it'd be the MMO glory days again. They aren't going to though, so yeah it's probably going to mostly die.
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Originally posted by Kookas
Maybe the idea is overly complicated but you could even use the dual interfaces to create meaningful RvR in the P2P interface. A faction controlling an area has access to F2P players producing different things needed in the P2P interface.
I'm not sure that it would be too complicated, but I doubt it would work.
Part of the appeal in "social" games is knowing/associating with the people you know in real life. An RvR system for "contact" control would be a massive detriment for the F2P players. Cool as it might be as a mechanic for P2P, it would IMO sabotage the F2P side considerably. Really I'd rather the P2P game respect what works in F2P space, treating it more as viral marketing +potential revenue stream.
That is you'd have first pick of your F2P only friend's stuff. Pretty much messaging them with buy orders, and sending them various equipment upgrades/supplies (either as gifts or as payment). They would still have an NPC broker for stuff if you are dramatically undercutting the market (the broker would pay some % less so you would have some room for profit) or for stuff you aren't interested in.
In a way, I very much disagree with Mr Koster. Not in a disrespectful way, but I do think he's a bit trapped into the "all or nothing" thinking that permeates the web. I'd have to look back to see if he has addressed the two pronged approach I'm advocating, which is a very limited version of the crazy idea I have for a "grand unification" within a virtual world. Instead of a single game, make many but connect them all to and within a single virtual world. Imagine an MMOFPS played in Simcity with Factoryville. 3 different games working together, from 3 different clients creating a game world we've never seen.
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All the sudden Richard Garriot's Portalarium thing that he is doing with some other ex-Origin people does not seem like a bad idea at all. If he could make a social game with the accessibility of Farmville but have the fantasy trappings plus some of the cool features of UO, he could have a huge hit.
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Haha, thanks Scott for this writeup, before your own conclusion I started to believe that this time you'd heavily disappoint me by following this pithy and shallow drama queen thing. (Sorry no I found Scheels talk to be just that and nothing else.)
Just as a side note: I'm playing farmville since a looong time, pretty much since it came out - and fishville, the aquarium style clone too. It did not draw me from EQ2, it did not make me pay money, I just play the free stuff every so often. And I realize how annoying (and clever) it is to offer a stables frame for free, the pieces to make it whole you can only get from friends as free gifts ... but one type at least is only showing up one day as one or you need to pay cash for it ...
Basically it is nothing else then a new spin to the old f2p games with item shop. You don't need it or it will take long time to get it (you recieve one farmville cash coin per level you make) - or you pay real world money. I like the creativity people develop when it comes to money revenue, would be nice to see that applied to game functions instead of screaming WAR! (pun intended)
Something else I missed in Scheels apocalypse talk: I know people who generate second facebook profiles with fake names to play the games with thousands of "friends" who are just players for the give-me-a-free-gift machinery they base on. And another "real" FB profile for real life friends, topics etc. Talk about truth of metrics ...
Edit: By the way a lot of FV player I know are a) not active but got dragged in by friends who play and need higher neighbour counts. My list of those is long too, they just create a farm, accept neighbourhood and never enter again. And quite some never play computer games ever except FV.
Played: Pretty much any fantasy MMO, some did not even make it to release ...
Originally posted by Nethermancer
When game publishers decide that several cheap & short cycle social network games (that any 2 year old can master) are a better financial bet than the next up and comming sandbox MMO.....then you should care.
MMOs are expensive, HIGHLY competitive, VERY unpredictable, and have a long development cycle. "Cheap"ville games are incredibly cheap to make, HIGHLY accessable via social networking sites, and have very short development cycles. So what if Farmville burns out in 6 months....they have the next one queued and ready to go.
I'm not suggesting that those games will take all the current MMO player base away.......I'm just suggesting that the pool of dollars thats available to fund new MMOs might get considerably smaller due to the success of these new HYPER casual games that reach out to non traditional gamers.
There are a lot of parallels you can draw from what WOW did to the MMO industry to what these social games are doing to the gaming industry.
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I think this divide in gamers is artificial. It's a continuum. You may be a "core" gamer, who would never touch Farmville, but I know core gamers who play core games and also play Facebook games. I also know people who only play Facebook games, and people who don't generally play any games. I know a few people who work for game companies (the big ones), and some independent game developers. Some of the people I knwo also play social games through facebook. I know someone who worked for several "traditional" game publishers, and now they are working for a social game publisher. And, as I said before, a cousin of mine, after having played facebook games, is now playing a RTS. It's a continuum.
This reminds me of the old debate about The Sims. For years, there were people who said that The Sims wasn't a real game -- no combat, I guess. Thankfully, that's over. I figure this "tempest in a teapot" will be next. More people will end up playing all kinds of games. I think it's great for the industry, and for personal choice. I'm not worried about MMORPGs going away -- looking at the numbers (however imperfect) of people playing -- doesn't seem likely.
On a different topic, I think it's funny people will try to "cheat" Farmville -- have a fake account. I find farmville to be relaxing -- meditative even -- I can't imaging trying to rush it along, it's not that kind of game. I also think it's weird if people try to bug their friends to play it. On my facebook friends, most don't play, some do. Just like in any social situation, it's not good to bug your friends.
I'm still hoping this initiates more crossover games, Ralph Koster not withstanding. I think all the different game genres can learn from each other.
The WoW thing is interesting. I read that all the time, in game forums, that after WoW, MMORPGs aren't as interesting. I always wonder -- to who? I'd think the people who play WoW enjoy it, and the people who play other MMORPGs -- I'm assuming they enjoy they too, or they wouldn't play. Are there not MMOs out there with your preferred playing style, even it if it's not the most popular?
Originally posted by mszv
Couple of things....
One of the key characteristics of MMORPGs that seperates itself apart from other game types is that it requires much more time and investment to actualize "fun" and experience the content on a pace that the developers deem reasonable.
Time is the nature of the beast when offering very deep and meaningful content. (One of the primary reasons I jumped from console gaming to MMORPGs back in 2000) Prior to WOW, the equation for customer retention was to create content that gave benefit from spending more time in game. The more time and effort you have invested in the game, presumably, the harder it will be to abandon it. You become "pot commited" so to speak.
If the current expectation is that people will be giving up MORE of their MMO time to sample the many social networking gaming alternatives hitting the scene.......wont game developers have to start designing experiences within MMORPGs based on a much shorter time scale?
Instead of it requiring the typical gamer 4-5 months to reach level cap, it will now only have to take 2-3 months to retain the customers attention?
Instead of it requiring the typical dungeon run 40 minutes, will it now be shortened to 10-20?
I think thats what some of the industry guys are concerned about. If the intention of the publishers is to start marketing games to audiences that previously had little interest in video games, how many consessions will the "core" games have to make to compete in this new expanded market?
Where are the core gamers left to go?
Ask Darkfall how hard it is to get funding for a niche game. What will happen when MMOs (even a casual WOW type) become a niche market among the huge groups of non-traditional gamers that the industry now considers part of the "gameing market".
Edit: It wasn't that long ago when the MMO market was only 500,000 - 1,000,000 (Ultima Online, EverQuest).
Blizzard had WOW in mind to market to gamers outside of the traditional MMO market and made concessions to the MMO experience to cater to casual gamers (FPSers, Console gamers)......which Blizzard now claims to have 8,000,000 - 11,000,000 subscribers.
Anything resembling Ultima or EQ is now considered "niche" and is near impossible to get funding for (ask Darkfall).
If the developers are now aiming at an even MORE casual market (people who aren't gamers at all), will the casual WOW standard then become a niche market among the 100s of millions playing all types of games? Will WOW standard MMOs have a hard time getting funding the, considering the HUGE costs and maintenance associated with MMORPGs?
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Maybe all this will cause MMO developers to just wake the hell up! I don't mean find ways to copy elements of these Facebook games into their designs, either. I mean, get out of the frakin rut they all seem to be in and make fun games people want to play!
It's funny that from the article you can take away that the thing that the MMO developers despise the most about this new breed of games is that they are "metric driven". IMO, the almost universal arrogance of MMO developers, in which they want you to "play their game, their way", even if the design shows all the signs of going right down the tubes, is the biggest problem in the genre.
I don't want my MMOs morphing in form and function from day to day, but it wouldn't hurt if they were designed in ways that made some responsiveness to the wants/needs of the player base quick, cheap and easy to address.
Too many MMO developers have this God Complex that prevents them from ever acknowledging that their design could have flaws, or that their view of what makes a great MMORPG isn't something that can universally be applied to the tastes of the player base. Once an MMORPG is "out in the wild", it's a given that all the flaws, big and small, will quickly be uncovered as the players play. The need to make adjustments efficiently and effectively should be addressed as part of the design of the project.
(Don't even get me started on Raph Koster, that guy can turn MMO Gold into bricks of dried cow manure just by looking at it)!
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Originally posted by fiontar
Good post....
To add to the "metric driven" topic.......I think the developers are worried about the publishers using metrics to kill what creative liberties the developers still have.
Metrics are just statistics.....which many of us know can either be a good or bad thing (depending on the interpreter)


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2011 NFL Draft Position
Defensive Ends - No. 11-25
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Defensive End Rankings
11. Allen Bailey, Miami 6-3, 285
As far as raw tools, it's tough to find a better equipped talent on the end with rock-solid size with little to no fat on him, and the strength to throw weights around in the gym and beat up blockers when getting into the backfield. Fast off the ball, he can be used as a dangerous pass rusher and has the athleticism to overwhelm an offense. The problem is that all his talents don't always translate to the field. He was mediocre at the Senior Bowl and didn't do enough for the Canes when the spotlight was on. On pure tools he's worth a high pick, but he needs to be a better football player.
CFN Projection: Second Round
12. Sam Acho, Texas 6-2, 262
One of the highest-character players in the draft, he'll win the NFL Man of the Year before his career is out. On the field, he's a supreme athlete who leads by example and will always bring the A effort to every practice and ever play. It would be nice if he was a little bigger and wasn't so short and squatty, and he didn't produce as well as a player with his talent should, getting erased by too many good blockers. He was always a good prospect and then he upped his stock in a big way at the Combine and at the Senior Bowl. He'll be the type of player every team wants to have, and he'll be great in the locker room.
CFN Projection: Third Round
13. Cliff Matthews, South Carolina 6-4, 257
It should all be there with a great frame, a chiseled physique, and good quickness, but he's not as fluid as he needs to be for an outside linebacker, and he's not quite there bulk-wise to be a regular, consistent end. Tough, he's willing to work and willing to do whatever is needed to try to produce and make a play. Consistent, he doesn't make a slew of mistakes. The tweener issue will limit what he can do, and he's not a creative pass rusher, but he should be a nice starter and a great part of a rotation as long as the rest of the line has talent.
CFN Projection: Fourth Round
14. Greg Romeus, Pitt 6-5, 264
It's all about his knee. He has the length and the right frame to be a true defensive end, and he has the room to put on more good weight. Strong, he's physical enough to do some shoving around, while he's tough enough to fight against the run. Again, though, it's all about a knee that was injured late in the season and might put his timetable back a year. Along with the knee is a back issue that likely won't go away, but overall, his biggest problem could end up being a lack of NFL athleticism that'll put a hard ceiling on what he can do. Even so, he should be a great value pick.
CFN Projection: Fourth Round
15. Ricky Elmore, Arizona 6-5, 255
Is he a defensive end or is he an outside linebacker? A superior pass rusher who knows how to get to the quarterback, if he can add just a little more weight he should be a terrific 4-3 end. With his frame, he's slippery and doesn't stay blocked for too long and is tough as nails. He might not really look like it, but he can be beaten on and will always come back roaring. A true tweener, he's not going to be great against the run, but he should carve out a nice role for himself as a third down pass rusher.
CFN Projection: Fifth Round
16. Pierre Allen, Nebraska 6-4, 273
Surrounded by tremendous talent, including Ndamukong Suh, he played big and showed he could be the type of lineman who can work in any system. The problem is that he didn't produce as well as he should have. While he's a decent pass rusher, there's absolutely nothing special about his game and he's more of a prospect on his hard-working attitude and his size than his pure talent. It seems like he should be fantastic, and he has the raw tools and the right look, but he just isn't a great football player. He'll have to show he can do at least one thing at a high level to stick, but with his frame and his athleticism, he should be a decent part of a rotation.
CFN Projection: Sixth Round
17. Ryan Winterswyk, Boise State 6-4, 268
A wildly productive, self-made performer who made himself into a force and the star of a productive line, he doesn't have the tools or the talent, but he's the type of player everyone wants. Not an athlete, not strong enough and without the raw NFL skills, he'll never be anything great, but the former walk-on doesn't take a play off. With the size and bulk to hold up against the run, he can work in almost any system. While he'll never be a top starter, he'll be an ultra-reliable backup who'll be a fan favorite because of his effort. Unfortunately, he's not going against Utah State anymore.
CFN Projection: Sixth Round
18. Ugo Chinasa, Oklahoma State 6-5, 264
Very tall and very athletic, he's a pure pass rusher who should be a situational star. Forget about using him as an outside linebacker, and forget about using him as a run defender, but he'll always bring his lunchpail and he'll close extremely well. While he was a good college player, he wasn't a great one and didn't do quite enough to suggest that he'll be better once he makes the jump up at the next level. However, if he's a specialist, he could be a whale of a third down pass rusher.
CFN Projection: Sixth Round
19. Markus White, Florida State 6-4, 266
Very quick for his size and with great character, he's the type of player a coach wants to have around. Always working and always bringing positive energy, he's a leader who doesn't take a play off and wants to be better. Unfortunately, he suffers from seizures and is missing the NFL athleticism to be anything more than a very good backup, but with all his intangibles he should be a long-time reserve. It would be nice if he was stronger against the run, and it would be great if he was a more creative pass rusher, but he'll have to settle for being a hard-working part of a rotation.
CFN Projection: Sixth Round
20. Cheta Ozougwu, Rice (OLB) 6-2, 247
Way too small, he's not going to do much against the run, and without the athleticism to be a top outside linebacker, it'll be hard to find a place for him. However, he never, ever misses a tackle and is smart enough to always be in the right position. Good enough in off-season workouts to get on the radar, now he has to translate his good statistical college career into a role in some way. He'll get erased by anyone who blocks him, and there's nothing impressive about his game at an NFL level, but he'll stick on quickness and hustle.
CFN Projection: Sixth Round
21. Justin Trattou, Florida 6-4, 254
His college production wasn't what it should've been, and he was never a top-shelf all-star, but he's always working and he always beings the energy. With solid pass rushing skills, he could overcome a lack of size and he should be able to carve out a role in a rotation. Forget about him against the run and he's missing the ability to cut easily when he gets into the backfield, but if he can go from Point A to Point B and can come up with stops, he'll carve out a good career.
CFN Projection: Seventh Round
22. Lazarius Levingston, LSU 6-4, 292
Very big and very strong, "Pep" is a typical LSU defensive end who eats up the run and is built to sit in the 3-4. While he worked as a tackle later in his Tiger career, but he's an end in the NFL and he has the potential to grow into a surprising starter. He's not a pass rusher, though, and doesn't have the athleticism to fly into the backfield on a regular basis, but he could work on first downs against power running teams. He'll be a luxury for a rotation, but with his size and drive he'll stick on a roster for a few years.
CFN Projection: Free Agent
23. D'Aundre Reed, Arizona 6-4, 261
Extremely strong for an end, he came up with a good Combine and has been good enough in workouts to get a long, long look. It took a little while to get the chance, and then he took the opportunity and was solid. Unfortunately, he was a part of a rotation and didn't stand out enough to earn a full-time gig; the stats weren't there. He needs plenty of work on his technique and he's not going to be ready to go out of the box, and if he's not a great pass rusher in camp he'll be a quick cut.
CFN Projection: Sixth Round
24. Zane Parr, Virginia 6-4, 275 (Jr.)
Tall, lean, and with the right body, he can easily work as an end in any scheme and can hold up against the run. Only a developmental project, he shocked the coaching staff by coming out early when he could've used another year to up his buzz. More of a flier of a prospect than a ready-to-roll playmaker. There's no pass rushing talent to rely on and he gets beaten up, but with his size, he could be a wad of clay who can be molded into a playmaker in time.
CFN Projection: First Round
25. Demarcus Dobbs, Georgia 6-2, 281
While he's not tall enough, he has the bulk and the size to hold up on the end, and he's strong enough to be good against the run, but he's always hurt and he almost never came up as big as expected. Missing the pure pass rushing ability needed, it'll be hard to get too excited about his potential. Versatility and athleticism will get him a long look, but he's not a good enough football player to ever be more than a cog.
CFN Projection: Sixth Round
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Sarah Pautz
Sarah Pautz was born in Blanco, TX and began her training in San Antonio at the age of 3. She continued her studies at the Houston Ballet Academy on full scholarship and graduated with distinction in 2005 from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet Performance.
Ms. Pautz has danced with Houston Ballet II, Tulsa Ballet, Bejart Ballet Lausanne and the Ballet de l'Opera National de Bordeaux. She has performed soloist and principal roles in Giselle, Cinderella, Firebird, Don Quixote, Coppelia, The Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, Carnival of the Animals, Diana and Acteon, Dracula, Flower Festival in Genzano, Joffrey's Pas des Déesses, and Balanchine's' Valse Fantasie, Serenade and Concerto Barocco. Ms. Pautz appeared in two festivals in Paris, France, and has toured extensively throughout Spain, Italy, and France.
She debuted Thaïs Pas de Deux by Paris Opera Ballet choreographer Yann Saiz in 2010. Now in her seventh season with Ballet San Antonio, Ms. Pautz has performed numerous roles to critical acclaim. Artistic Director Gabriel Zertuche created the principal role of Mina for Ms. Pautz in his 2011 world premiere of Dracula. In October 2013, she danced the title role in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella and received rave reviews in the San Antonio Express-News: "Pautz is in top form throughout, looking delicate as always while dancing with flowing precision, with perfectly clean lines, wonderful pointe work and virtuosic sustained turns."
Ms. Pautz danced the title role of Phillip Otto's Firebird in 2014, and the Express-News praised her for "dazz(ling) and was praised for "dazzl(ing) the audience with her authority and sharp fouetté turns…her whole demeanor conveys the animation of a bird, her hands and fingers fluttering, her arms undulating, her legs and feet barely touching the ground as they carry her through the forest with avian grace."


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