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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Shaynowishkung committee got it right
Congratulations and thank you to the Shaynowishkung committee. They invested years of effort to vision a realistic statue, select history appropriate wording, find a wonderful place in Library Park, raise money and find an artist to implement the vision. Finally, they placed the statue...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reagan spews his predictable drivel
In his June 13 column, Michael Reagan criticizes the Obama administration for being "clueless" and states, "When it comes to foreign policy, the president and his crew of advisors have had a chronic 'strategery' problem since 2008," an obvious reference to the amount of...
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July 2, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Marching band makes Bemidjian proud
Since my children are grown and the grandchildren don't live here, I don't keep abreast of what's going on at the high school, and I was pleased to read in Sunday's paper about the marching band, their numbers and their successes in several competitions. I am pleased to know...
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June 29, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Statue positioned just right for tourists
Though I can appreciate Colleen Nyland's letter (June 20) about Chief Bemidji's not facing the lake, I have to point out that one of Bemidji's great attributes is tourism. What do tourists do? They record their trips for future remembering through pictures. When tourists take...
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June 25, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: July Challenge aims to help local food shelf
Up here in the North Country we all look forward to our beautiful summer with its mild temperatures and sunny days. But summer also brings a new reality to many area families: a shortage of food. With children home from school, many find that they are unable to get enough food for...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: RDO needs to do better to be sustainable
After reading Mikkel Pates' June 23 article headlined "Potato giant defends company's land stewardship in water permit flap," I felt it worth a response from Toxic Taters. Although Mr. Offutt and some Minnesota legislators seem to have framed the DNR to be a bully, I think...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: After taking up-close look, the stump is perfect
From what I hear there is some controversy over the new waterfront layout, most prominently the stump and boulder feature in front of Paul and Babe. Certainly, while driving into town, my family and I were a bit shocked at the feature upon initial viewing. At first chance, we stomped...
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June 20, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Let's remember the positive things of law enforcement
Law enforcement officers have been taking quite a beating in the media these days. I, however, have some positive things to say about a couple of our local law enforcement officers. North Home Children and Family Services had two girls' homes in Bemidji. We have been here for three...
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June 20, 2015 - 10:54pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Chief Bemidji should be facing the lake
aving spent more than the last 75 summers in Bemidji, I have finally seen a truly magnificent statue of Chief Bemidji. The new statue is a wonderful sculpture. The artist is to be commended for his talent and good taste. The major difficulty is that the new Chief Bemidji is now facing...
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LETTER T0 THE EDITOR: Area legislators stood with cooperatives
There's a saying in politics, "If you're not at the table, you're on the menu". Our member-owners of Beltrami, Clearwater-Polk and North Star Electric cooperatives understand that the first step is to contact their legislators, but it can't end there. When our compelling messages...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No one knows all that the NSA does or is
These days it seems customary for self-serving politicians and others who seek attention to spew with criticism of the National Security Agency. Fortunately, although media attention tends to focus on those who criticize, not all Americans agree with their rants. But rest assured...
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June 15, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Monte Draper is a real Bemidji icon
With teary eyes I read Dennis Doeden's farewell to Monte Draper this morning. With his camera always hanging around his neck, Monte is a Bemidji icon. Monte seemed to be everywhere, always. Pictures on the cross-country ski trail. Pictures at the hockey game. Every important event...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Injured rider appreciates the efforts of many
I wish to express my sincere gratitude for all the people who responded to my accident on the Ride For The Troops motorcycle ride that was held on June 7. The accident occurred within minutes from takeoff and within minutes the Minnesota State Highway Patrol, Bemidji Ambulance crew...
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June 13, 2015 - 11:47pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Current audit system is working very well
Our Beltrami County Auditor would tell you: the State Auditor and the private auditing firm we use produce a similar finished product as that of the State Auditor in the Annual Audit Process. Beltrami County's financial statements are prepared in the Beltrami County Auditor's Office;...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Rocks at Paul and Babe create safety questions
As I see the progress to the remake of our Paul and Babe and read the comments about taking pictures, etc., I cannot help but wonder if any of those doing the planning and construction are in the least concerned about safety of those visiting the new park. Those large rocks I see...
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Canfield levies raise questions
Currently, the Canfield Local School District levies, which will appear on the May 3 ballot, are an issue of great concern to our school districts' taxpayers, and rightfully so.
There is no question that the quality of education as provided by Canfield schools is better than almost anywhere else in the State of Ohio. However, after attending the recent town hall meetings on this topic, there appear to be two major areas of concern to our taxpayers when it comes to deciding whether or not to vote for or against these levies, a 1.6-mill renewal and an additional 6.8 mills.
Concern No. 1: How will a Canfield resident, living in a house worth approximately $150,000 or more, come up with an additional $300 to $400, or possibly more, to pay the increase in taxes each year when the current economy has already made providing for his or her family more and more difficult?
Concern No. 2: If the levies fail, what will happen to the quality of education in Canfield?
Both of these concerns have prompted the administration of the school district to develop a plan to inform the taxpayers as to why the additional funds are needed.
Town hall meetings have been held, but have these meetings provided all the answers or have they created more questions? For example, why does the school district need an additional $3.8 million (6.8- mill) levy? This amount, together with $1.2 million of reduced costs from the permanent layoff of teachers and other employees in the school district (Phase One Reductions) totals $5 million of additional available funds. From what the taxpayers have been told, the school district will lose $1.5 million in state funding, $500,000 in federal aid and experience a one-time health insurance claim cost of $700,000. However, it is the need for the additional funding that has yet to be explained.
Certainly, some additional funds are necessary, but do they total $2.3 million in the first fiscal school year and $3 million in each of the next 4 fiscal school years? The administration has yet to provide a complete explanation.
This prompts a third concern: What is the school district not telling us and why? The school district's Five Year Forecast contains a more than 25 percent increase in Employees' Retirement/Insurance Benefits. Is this increase also part of the reason behind the need for this levy?
How this levy issue is decided is of great concern to us all. And while a more thorough explanation for the need for funds has not been given, one thing is very clear — we, as voters, must stop being complacent, inactive and uninformed. We must better educate ourselves as to how our school district works so we can appropriately participate in how the business of our school district is conducted.
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Great letter Andrew...I agree that we need more information about why this money is needed and while I do not support any pay cuts I do think a pay freeze is in order... They also need to be completely honest with the taxpayers on all issues...They lost my support last time when, after claiming that the teachers took a 1% pay cut, I found out that they actually took a 3% raise, then gave back 1%...This fact, if it is true is extremely disturbing to me. Don't get me wrong, I was on the fence but having that in the back of my mind didn't help their cause..This said I suggest a totally open dialoge from all involved ...Union and School Board..We all want good schools and want to support Canfield schools ...
Good article, and with the complete absence of spring this year, I forgot how close we are to May 3!
I would like to know how the budget would be impacted by an across the board 6% cut in pay and benefits for every Canfield employee who makes more than $50,000 annually? Is that truly such an outrageous idea given the challenges that district residents have faced during the past several years? I'd like to hear how the Board responds to this. Although Canfield undoubtedly has good teachers, the real success of that district lies in the parents who push their children to excel. And I would submit to you that the vast majority of children from those families would excel in any school district in the valley. With the glut of highly qualified, certified, teachers in this valley, there is little or no chance that any significant amount of Canfield teachers would quit, if faced with this minimal pay cut. The statement that reduced pay would impact the district's ability to attract quality teachers is a myth.
It's unfortunate for the taxpaying residents of Canfield that no one on the Board or in the administration seems to be representing them. I would think the Superintendent has a responsibility to be forthright with the residents, let alone look out for the financial interests of the district taxpayers, at least a little bit. The residents need to elect Board members who will engage the services of someone who has experience in negotiating contracts in the private sector, for the district. No sane individual would even think of paying a highly trained auto technician $90,000 per year, if they can hire that same individual for $50,000 per year. Why is it that the law of supply and demand works everywhere but the public sector? For a community that is home to so many talented, capable, individuals, Canfield residents haven't been able to transmit that same level of talent and capabilities to their Board and Administration.
dawgalong, I'm pretty sure that evan maitenance people and janitors get lunch breaks and a couple 10 minute breaks on their shifts. It's people like you that are trying to destroy the reputation of the school system. Be part of the solution and not the problem.
Great post. I have been making the same argument with residents for some time. No teacher is going to leave our district because it doesn't get any better than this. When the school board was interviewing candidates for the vacant superintendent position a few years back, I remember the teachers showing up in force for Dante Zambrini. That was all I needed to see and I immediately clutched my wallet because I knew what this meant. At that point, he would have been the last person I would have hired.
Teachers are not over paid. Neither are doctors or attorneys or wherever the average individual works. We are all underpaid, but we all watch the overpaid work. By this I mean those who watch television. Compared to actors, football players, basketball players, or baseball players and newscasters, we make peanuts.
The fact confronting Canfield, Poland, McDonald, and many school systems is that the TAXPAYERS are the persons paying the salaries. TAXPAYERS are the boss or business owner in a sense. At this time in Ohio we have become top heavy with government employees and less private sector workers. Public servants are no longer servants to the taxpayer, but a burden. All the school systems I have reviewed have paid their teachers some handsome increases along with some really nice administrators increases. Problem is that there are not many TAXPAYERS if any making enough money to fund these increases.
In 2006 my wife's teaching job was eliminated. After 28 years of service no union could save it, nor could her good employee evaluations. As a result she found a new teaching position and had her salary reduced about 32%. When I look at the pay increases in these school districts, I see salary increases of as much as $19,000 since 2004. Sure those people may be worth it, but can we afford to pay it? Shame on those public servants for even asking the TAXPAYER for pay increases in the current economic time, expecting us to approve it in a TAX increase. We are in hard economic times. Why must the employer (the TAXPAYER) commit to this type of pay increase when we have not had that increase ourselves in most cases? Think about the fixed income individuals that will share the burden of the TAX to pay our public servants that make over $50,000 per year.
When every teacher and administrator takes 32% cut in pay like our household did, most TAXPAYERS would not mind helping out too if needed. Let us all think outside the box and look for other ways to pay our public servants. How about some contributions from those people we watch work everyday or may be just stop watching the actors and sports figures work..
I love all the passion surrounding these issues. The truth of the matter is we wouldn't even be talking about this if schools were funded more equally. I wish everyone so passionate about this would focus that energy on resolving this matter instead of pointing fingers at their neighbors and calling them things like greedy and selfish. Why are you not so impassioned about the fact that less than ten cents of every dollar comes back to support your local communities? That your taxes go to pay for other districts as well as line the pockets of exectutives heading charter schools isn't at all worrisome to you? If you found a way to fix those issues our local districts wouldn't be calling on us to approve a levy.
Quality? Are teachers not going to do "PROFESSIONAL" work if they contribute to their perks and bennies, get paid less, or otherwise have to live "in the real world"?
The great public image of selfless teachers (fostered by their union) is finally being exposed as a joke!
Skrabola is on their city council, who just last week voted to endorse the levy. Now hes got problems with it? Andy has finally gone around the corner. I wonder what kind of raises Skrabola has endorsed for the cities workers? Or is he confused about that, too. Maybe he wants nobody to look too closely at the cities books he been running.
To avoid answers to us taxpayers, the school board will retain out of town lawers at our expense. I'll never forget in 2006 concerned parents asked for public records from 2005 Volleyball expenditures. Why did the school board hire a law firm to make sure they did not have to reveal those records.The parents only wanted accountability of their students funds from a public school system. Any accountable organization would have shown these records instead of costing the tax-payers additional money retaining legal council. While our teachers are getting laid off, remember that the Canfield school board administration had spent slightly over $60,000.00 of our taxpayers money on attorney fees during the 2009 and 2010 years.This information was provided through a public records request. Obviously, others are continuing to ask the wrong questions.
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Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-8
|Single seat experimental glider
|National origin
|West Germany
|First flight
|Number built
|Developed from
|Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-7 Nimbus
|Developed into
|Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-10 Schirokko
The Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-8 is an experimental, single-seat, high performance glider built in Germany in the 1960s, constructed largely from glass fibre skin over built up balsa wood structure. Two were built; the second of which was later fitted with a high aspect ratio (30:1) wing, becoming the Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-9 Stratus.
Design and development[edit]
The Akaflieg Braunschweig or Akademische Fliegergruppe Braunschweig (English: The Brunswick Academic Flying Group) is one of some fourteen German undergraduate student flying groups sponsored by their home technical university. Several have designed and built aircraft, often technically advanced and leading the development of gliders in particular. The Brunswick students had been exploring the use of GRP in a series of related gliders, beginning with the SB-6. From the SB-8 to the SB-10, wingspan and aspect ratio were progressively increased. Aspect ratio was increased from 23 to 36.6, resulting in aeroeleastic problems.[1]
The SB-8 is similar to the SB-7, which also had an aspect ratio of 23. It performed well but had difficult handling characteristics, attributed to its Eppler aerofoil section. The SB-8 has an 18 m (59 ft 1 in) wingspan, a two-piece wing of Wortmann FX 62 profile with an unswept leading edge, a slightly tapered centre section, and more strongly tapered outer sections.[1] It is built around a box beam, with balsa ribs and a torsion shell of glass fibre laid over balsa.[2] The wing is shoulder mounted at 1.5° dihedral,[3] with Schempp-Hirth airbrakes at mid-chord midway along the center section and ailerons on the outer panels.[1] The first SB-8 built, the V1, had no flaps, but these were added to the center section of the second aircraft, the V2.[4]
The fuselage of the SB-8 is built with a fibreglass skin, over a balsa shell, with balsa vertical frames and two pine plywood main formers in the region between the wings.[2] The nose is pointed and slightly drooped, with a short, single piece, canopy just ahead of the wings, tapering gently aft to a straight tapered balsa/GRP T-tail unit.[1] The tailplane carries a conventional single piece elevator[1] and the rudder is fabric covered.[2] On the groung the SB-8 is supported by a retractable, unsprung monowheel undercarriage, assisted by a tail bumper.[3]
The first flight was made from Brunswick airport on 25 April 1967;[2] testing confirmed that the glass fibre structure was too flexible and at high speeds the SB-8 exhibited wing flutter, limiting its maximum permitted speed to 170 km/h (105.6 mph; 91.8 kn). The low wing loading also limited its smooth air cross country speed as there was no provision for ballast. A second aircraft, SB-8 V2, was therefore built with a stiffened, heavier wing and provision for water ballast, which addressed both aero-elasticity and wing loading problems, allowing the glider to fly safely, without flutter, at 200 km/h (124.3 mph; 108.0 kn).[1]
SB-9 Stratus[edit]
The SB-8 V2 had shown that glass-fibre wings could be made stiff enough to avoid aeroelastic flutter problems and that the higher aspect ratio produced the expected improvement in glide angle. It was natural for the next Akaflieg Braunschweig design to have a wing of greater span, replacing the wing of the SB-8 V2 airframe with a four-panel wing of similar construction but 22 m (72 ft 2 in) span. At the time of its first flight in January 1969 the SB-9 had probably the greatest span of any glider then flying, though the 22 m (72 ft 2 in)-span Holighaus Nimbus 1 flew only three days later. The increase in aspect ratio over the SB-8 increased the measured best glide ratio from 40:1 to 46:1 and decreased the measured minimum sink rate from 0.61 m/s (120.08 ft/min) to 0.51 m/s (100.39 ft/min). The new wing took advantage of the flexibility of glass fibre to implement elastic flaps. The intention was to avoid the interruption to the wing profile at the hinge, particularly on the critical upper surface, and leakage through it by bending the upper surface instead.[1] This method had been used earlier in the wooden-winged HKS-1 glider of 1953.[5]
Operational history[edit]
Both SB-8s competed at the German National Championships of 1968, Wolfgang Beduhn finishing fifth in the V1 and Helmut Treiber seventh in the V2.[2] The V2 went on to become the SB-9, but the V1 remained in regular use at Brunswick until 1989.[2] It remained airworthy after that, though flown less often,[2] and was still on the German Civil Aircraft register in 2010.[6]
The SB-9 was used by the Akaflieg students in competitions between 1969 and 1971.[2] It also gave them the opportunity to film and study the alarming motions of the wing when fluttering, recording their observations on film in slow motion and in the air. Two antisymmetric, odd, sine-like lateral displacement modes were observed at 90 km/h (55.9 mph; 48.6 kn). The fundamental mode was seen, at a frequency of 3.3 Hz but at 140 km/h (87.0 mph; 75.6 kn) the wing oscillated at 5.8 Hz in a second harmonic mode. During these largely vertical excursions, the wing also twisted and its overall motion excited vibrations in the rear fuselage and tail unit.[1][7] The flutter problems were addressed by mass-balancing, the ailerons, and by a span reduction to 21 m (68 ft 11 in).[1]
The career of the SB-9 ended in 1972, when it was decided to use its wing on the SB-10 two-seater, a new design with a very different fuselage and the span increased still further with an 8.7 m (28t ft 7 in) centre section.[1]
Data from Sailplanes 1965-2000 unless excepted.
- Original aircraft, empty weight of 260 kg (570 lb) and a maximum take-off weight of 365 kg (805 lb).[3] Flutter restricted maximum permitted speed to 170 km/h (110 mph; 92 kn).
- Stiffened wing, weights increased by 40 kg (88 lb). Provision for water ballast, maximum permitted speed increased to 200 km/h (120 mph; 110 kn)
- SB-9 Stratus
- The SB-8V2 modified with a four-part wing of 22 m (72 ft 2 in) span, fitted with elastic flaps. SB-9 Stratus was first flown January 1969. It is Empty weight, 325 kg (717 lb), maximum in flight weight, ballasted, 421 kg (928 lb). Flutter problems tackled with a span reduction to 21 m (68 ft 11 in) and mass-balancing the ailerons.
Specifications (SB-8 V2 & SB-9)[edit]
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 7.505 m (24 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
- SB-9: 22 m (72 ft 2 in) (reduced to 21 m (68 ft 11 in) later)
- Wing area: 14.1 m2 (152 sq ft)
- SB-9: 15.48 m2 (166.6 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 23
- Airfoil: root:Wortmann FX 62-K-153, mid:Wortmann FX 62-K-131, tip:Wortmann FX 60-126
- Empty weight: 301 kg (664 lb)
- SB-9: 325 kg (717 lb)
- Gross weight: 403 kg (888 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 451 kg (994 lb)
- SB-9: 421 kg (928 lb)
- Never exceed speed: 200 km/h (124 mph; 108 kn)
- Maximum glide ratio: 41.6 at 85 km/h (53 mph; 46 kn)
- SB-9: 46 at 83 km/h; 52 mph (45 kn)
- Rate of sink: 0.61 m/s (120 ft/min) at 88 km/h (55 mph; 48 kn) at 27.7 kg/m2 (5.7 lb/sq ft) and 385 kg (849 lb)
- SB-9: 0.51 m/s (100 ft/min) at 80 km/h (50 mph; 43 kn) at 27.3 kg/m2 (5.6 lb/sq ft) and 414 kg (913 lb)
- Wing loading: 28.6 kg/m2 (5.9 lb/sq ft)
- SB-9: maximum wing loading 27.3 kg/m2 (5.6 lb/sq ft)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Simons, Martin (2005). Sailplanes 1965-2000 (2nd revised ed.). Königswinter: EQIP Werbung & Verlag GmbH. pp. 41–5. ISBN 3 9808838 1 7.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Brütting, Georg (1973). Die berümtesten Segelflugzeuge. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag. p. 119. ISBN 3 87943171 X.
- ^ a b c Taylor, John W R (1966). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1966-67. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 390.
- ^ "SB-8". Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ Simons, Martin (2006). Sailplanes 1945-1965 (2nd revised ed.). Königswinter: EQIP Werbung & Verlag GmbH. pp. 154–7. ISBN 3 9807977 4 0.
- ^ Partington, Dave (2010). European registers handbook 2010. Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85130-425-0.
- ^ "Flutter on the SB-8". Retrieved 19 July 2012.


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Top Republicans in the GOP-dominated Legislature agreed that they had meant to delay the new property tax limits, and so the fix was relatively easy putting the effective date at Jan. 1, 2018. The Senate approved the bill, 24-8, and the House passed it, 85-23, sending it to Gov. Sam Brownback.
But the need for a correction forced legislators to extend their annual session by an extra, 114th day, when it already was the longest in state history. They dealt with the fix on a day set aside only for a short adjournment ceremony.
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The state's budget problems arose after lawmakers slashed income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback's urging in an effort to stimulate the economy. About 200 people rallied Friday at the Statehouse to protest his fiscal policies and over other issues.
Starting in 2018, cities and counties will not be allowed to spend an increase in property tax revenues above the rate of inflation as measured by the consumer price index without voters' approval. There will be some exceptions, including spending to cover bond payments, finance new infrastructure, improve roads, or pay legal judgments.
If cities and counties can't spend the extra revenues, they'll have to drop their property tax levies. Supporters argue that the law simply gives more control over local affairs to taxpayers themselves.
"They'll probably glad that there's somebody looking out for them," said House Speaker Ray Merrick, a Stilwell Republican.
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2.0 out of 5 stars A blah book,
The book is interesting because the author writes well about the subject, but then it just keeps repeating the same point over and over...shes a closet alcoholic and its so hard to stop drinking and so on and so on. I didn't even bother to read to the end; the ending was so predicatable, she would stop drinking. Maybe I wasn't so keen on the book because I do not know what it feels like to be an alcoholic and I can't relate, but this book lost my interest after the first 70 pages.
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"Drinking: A Love Story" is a well-written book, but when I tried to read it at nine years sober, I found it profoundly disturbing. I only read the first three or four chapters before I put it down.
Had I been in the first three years of sobriety when this book was published, I probably would have loved it and related to it. Many of my fellow travelers thought it was wonderful.
Unfortunately for me, I found the book to be a drunk-a-log.
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on alcoholism I've ever read.,
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This review is from: Drinking: A Love Story (Paperback)
I have alcoholics in my family and a personal interest in the whys and hows of alcoholism. I've read a lot of books and stories about and by alcoholics but I've never before gained the insight Knapp provides. I could never understand why someone would want to inflict such horrible pain and sickness on herself. Knapp makes me understand, and even empathize. This book is a must for any friend or family member of an alcoholic, especially a woman alcoholic.
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Well sorta. Now it's
"multiple gigabytes"
. He's saying it would literally replace all of the files in the CookedPC folder which is utter rubbish. The other character textures are stored
in the game's CookedPC structure. Why would Garrus be the exception? Here's even something more funny...
One guy on the Bioware forums found the reason. There are no 512 or 1024-bit Garrus textures. Only the 256-bit ones. And that 256-bit texture is only ~78k. So if they were to re-code the game's structure and add the 512 and 1024 texture, I hardly think it would take more than "multiple gigabytes" to patch the game. The most those textures would have to take is less than 7.8 MB since the largest file in the CookedPC folder structure is a song file (the whole ending song, iirc). Most facial textures for the other party members only take about .8 MB at the most with the 1024 textures, and no texture should take that much as far as file sizes are concerned.
The SD definition excuse was a very lame attempt to defend the testers which made them sound even more utterly incompetent. Even still, how the hell could you NOT notice the difference from the XBOX360 version and PC while testing the game? It's what they get paid for to test. The 360's version of Garrus doesn't suffer from it but the PC version does? And he used the lame excuse of using SD TV's as for the reson why it went unnoticed. So wait he said they noticed the low LOD texture for Garrus in the UI inventory screen and
to fix it, but didn't notice the botched texture in the game because it didn't show up like that on their TVs?
One of the guys n the forums said they should be fired for gross negligence, and I have to agree. They don't even know how to work with -diff files. Meaning if they even knew what it was, they would have picked up the flaw before they even loaded the game. Freakin amatures.
I'm sorry, but that "SD Definition" excuse has got to be the lamest excuse I've ever heard in my entire life. I've been in the gaming industry for many years now, and that's the first time I have ever heard developers use that excuse for anything.
The truth came out.
Sorry we missed that bug. Our crap TVs and retarded testers couldn't notice the difference between high and low resolution textures because that's what we saw, and didn't notice anything pertaining to that specific bug. We couldn't reproduce it even though the community have been showing us for more than a year on our forums. They had to have been imagining it. We recommend squinting your eyes until the texture is too blurry to make out. This seemed to be the most cost-effective way to resolve this issue. We're experienced testers that work for Bioware, and we didn't notice anything different on our testing beds trust us on this. After all, the XBOX360 version of Mass Effect showed up perfectly on our SD screens, so we felt it did not warrant any fix for the PC as far we could see.
Well, we did manage to fix to the low LOD bug in the inventory screen because that's where we think most of the conversation in the game tales place with Garrus' storyline. If this does not comply with your playing style, you can always put a helmet on him to fix this issue. We used this theory on our testing beds and found this to be the most awesome solution in the universe. Try it. It will blow your mind. I can assure you that he doesn't suffer from this issue in Mass Effect 2, so it would be in your best interest to put a pre-order on the game.
Also, I believe it would take multiple gigabytes of data to make a patch for Garrus, and that this isn't the most intelligent way of going about how it should be done. The patch would be gigantic! It's not the best way to fix things because Steam offers the game as a 7+ GB download and we couldn't make this patch to coincide with "our" needs competent developers and testers. We wanted to keep the patch under 71 Megabytes because we have to encrypt our awesome coding skills. Since we're too busy kissing the asses of our Mass Effect 2 exectutives to keep our jobs, we opted for a quick solution for the project and appease the community at the same time. Did I mention we work for Bioware and that we know how to code? Yeah trust us. This patch should fix everything because we
it to be so. This issue could not be reproduced in Mass Effect 2, so I can assure you that this problem will not re-occur.
We also hope the new DLC "Pinnacle Station" will satisfy your Mass Effect needs and open up a whole new gameplay experience once you figure out how to activate it and pay us 5 dollars for this awesome new content! We've spent all of our time developing this DLC and the 1.02 Patch for eight months, and really hope you decide to buy it even though the content is even more awesome than Bring Down the Sky! And BDtS was free! That means if you pay us 5 dollars for this DLC it's automatically better since we are charging you this time. We work for Bioware trust us on this. You get to carry over all of your items to Mass Effect 2, so it would be a wise decision to purchase this and then purchase the sequel.
Our apologies for not knowing how to use basic debugging tools (like a -diff structure) and competent coding structures. We thought our will alone was good enough to magically patch the flaws in the game. We work at Bioware, so we never have to fix anything because our games are automatically perfect and is the best thing since SD monitor technology. Remember, SD monitors are a sure-fire way to debug games and shift the blame on a faulty budget. They were expensive when we purchased them though, so they're still awesome. The GPF Errors are a completely different issue and should be fixed when you purchase Mass Effect 2. In fact, all of these bugs should be non-existant in Mass Effect 2 since it's an entirely different and new game!
Next time, we'll try harder to provide you with game content and patches that aren't a waste of time. After all, SD CRTs can't show us these imaginary flaws the community insists upon, and we're only human even though our coding skills are other-worldly.
Thank you for supporting us and we hope it won't be too hard for you to sit after cramming all of this tripe into your rectum. STAY TUNED FOR MASS EFFECT 2!
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On most days, I receive anonymous hate mail. Almost always by email. Sometimes several pieces per day. I've even had to report death threats to the local police a couple of times. (There's nothing that they can really do, of course, but, if something ever actually happens, I want them at least to have a few potential suspects already in their files.)
Today, somebody managed to post a pornographic image on my Facebook page. It included the name of another person who has been publicly linked with defense of Mormonism, so I doubt that this was a random event. I don't think the image was there for very long; fortunately, I was alerted to it by a kind person who had noticed the thing, and I believe that I've managed to remove it. (I'm on Facebook, but don't really use it much and know even less about it.)
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Looking forward to seeing some feedback on the ppv when you get a chance!
Your inbox is full man.
Nice one, thanks man!
Hey man, if you want to vote on Threat of the Net, then you have until Thursday to do so
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So far seemed to get positive reviews.
Go through and read it, tell me what you think.
Also, messages - delete them. :P
Hey man, I seem to be missing your part of the backstage part of the backstage segment with Van (that leads to the part with Cleverly).
I'm pretty sure you sent it (because I think I remember seeing it), but I seem to have misplaced it
Thanks for the nice words bro! I thought that's what you were saying.. I had to check though man
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