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Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors has been tapped to handle property management and office leasing at the Crosstown Concourse development.
Under redevelopment now, the 1 million-square-foot Crosstown Concourse building will include 65,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor, 620,000 square feet of commercial/office space on floors two through six, and 270 apartments on floors seven through 10.
The leadership of the Church Health Center has been talking for a few years now about the significance of its move into Crosstown Concourse in 2017 – an indication of its deeply held commitment to a vision the center's founder has carried with him since his youth.
When Staley Cates bought the Sears Crosstown building in 2007 and the development team behind what is now Crosstown Concourse was taking shape to redevelop the property, another developer dropped by Cates' office.
A new Power Center Academy middle school in Hickory Hill near or on the footprint of the old Marina Cove Apartments moved a step closer to reality with Gestalt Community Schools applying for a $7 million building permit to build a 40,147-square-foot middle school at 5449 Winchester Road.
It would seem I Love Memphis blogger Holly Whitfield was correct last year with a forecast that called for a "permanent Foodnado" in Memphis.
Around 2010, Francis Ssebikindu saw people exploring the Sears Crosstown property, kicking the tires of the long-vacant retail and distribution building.
"Five years ago I saw a bunch of guys looking around in my area and I said, 'what are they doing here?'" said Ssebikindu, pastor of Living Water Community Church near the Sears Crosstown building
Developers of the old Sears Crosstown building formally broke ground Saturday, Feb. 21, on the project that was five years in the planning and gave it a new name – Crosstown Concourse.
Nearly a thousand people packed a tent in the shadow of the mammoth 1.5 million square foot building on a rainy, cold and overcast day that marked 88 years to the day that ground was broken in 1927 on the original Crosstown structure including the tower that will serve as an apartment building in the multi-use redevelopment.
"I Choose Memphis" spotlights Memphians who are passionate about calling this community home. New Memphis Institute provides the profiles.
Name: Adele Landers
Job & company: Client Adviser, SunTrust Private Wealth Management
When they launched a Facebook page at the end of January, the first post for which was simply the logo for the craft beer brewery they're planning, Will Goodwin and Clark Ortkiese didn't expect the flood of interest their concept would generate.
Buckman Arts Center at St. Mary's School will host an opening reception for "Horn Island: Paint & Metal," new works by Richard Prillaman and Bill Nelson, Friday, Feb. 20, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Buckman, 60 Perkins Road Extended. The exhibition is on display through April 7 in the Levy Gallery. Visit buckmanartscenter.com.
The Sears Crosstown redevelopment team has released a video about the years-long effort to transform the vacant Midtown property in advance of a Saturday, Feb. 21 public groundbreaking ceremony.
In the 6.5-minute video Crosstown redevelopment team co-leader McLean Wilson talks in detail about the journey to redevelop the 1.5-million-square-foot building.
Few Memphians can remember the view north on Cleveland when the Sears Crosstown building did not define the horizon.
And there is a whole generation of Memphians who have always known the colossal structure as a boarded-up relic of the era when big stores were really big stores. In this case, the big store could sell you all of the materials to build a house as well as everything you would need for the interior of the house.
Richard Spore and his colleague at the Memphis office of the Bass Berry & Sims law firm have worked on several ambitious, game-changing projects like the transformation of Overton Square and Bass Pro Shops' redevelopment of The Pyramid.
6093 N Patriot Lake Blvd.415 E. Patriot Lake Blvd.Memphis, TN 38118Permit Amount: $7.2 million
The Sears Crosstown development team has applied for two mechanical permits totaling $7 million.
The Crosstown team applied for the permits through the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for fire protection systems and HVAC improvements. Walker J. Walker Inc. is listed as the contractor for the $5 million HVAC improvements while Security Fire Protection Co. Inc. is listed as the contractor for the $2 million in fire system upgrades.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. defended and touted Thursday, Jan. 29, his administration's pursuit of the economic development projects that his challengers in the October city elections will likely use to make their case.
The team behind the redevelopment of the Sears Crosstown site will unveil a new name for the development during a Feb. 21 community groundbreaking ceremony.
"Until now, when Memphians have talked about the building, they've called it Sears Crosstown," the development team said in a statement announcing the groundbreaking ceremony, which will be held 88 years to the day after the initial groundbreaking in 1927. "But Sears is long gone, and the surrounding neighborhood proudly claims the name Crosstown. Now it's time for something new."
National Black MBA Association, Memphis chapter will host its 2015 kickoff meeting, "Reaching Your Financial Goals: How Fit is Your Plan?" Thursday, Jan. 22, from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. at International Paper headquarters, Tower 3, 6400 Poplar Ave. The guest speaker is Roland Cole, financial adviser with Duncan-Williams' Private Client Group. Visit nbmbaamemphis.org.
The Association for Women Attorneys will host its 35th annual banquet and silent auction Thursday, Jan. 29, at 5:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Cost is $60 for AWA members, $70 for nonmembers and $40 for law students. RSVP to Keating Lowery at email@example.com or 901-844-4438 by Wednesday, Jan. 21.
When the development team and architect behind the Sears Crosstown redevelopment project needed multiple phases of the project printed –including everything from design renderings to construction documents and floor plans – they turned to Memphis Reprographics.
National Civil Rights Museum will hold its annual King Day Celebration Monday, Jan. 19, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the museum, 450 Mulberry St. Live performances will be featured throughout the day on the outdoor Founders Park stage. Museum admission is $5; $3 with the donation of a canned or nonperishable item; or free with a donation of a pint of blood to Lifeblood. Visit civilrightsmuseum.org.
The Pinch District, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and commercial centers, will receive some much-needed tender loving care in advance of Bass Pro Shops opening its massive store at The Pyramid May 1.
The Crosstown development team has secured an $80.5 million loan on the property.
Crosstown Building Owner LLC filed the loan with SunTrust Bank, according to a Dec. 30 deed of trust. McLean Wilson, the Crosstown development team's co-leader, signed the trust deed.
7991 Capilano DriveMemphis, TN 38125Sale Amount: $28 million
Sale Date: Dec. 22, 2014Buyer: Southwind Apartments LPSeller: G&I VII Preserve at Southwind Apartments LPLoan Amount: $18 millionLoan Date: Dec. 18, 2014Maturity Date: Oct. 31, 2020Lender: Jackson National Life Insurance Co.Details: A team that includes Memphis-based Foegelman Venture Partners has sold The Preserve at Southwind apartment community for $28 million.
Last year at this time, we talked about city finances and our pursuit of economic development. The year before, it was federal government shutdown.
This year, we will offer a change of pace from that and follow the lead of our cover story, which features suggestions about the city's promise and its challenges in the year ahead and the year now in the books.
The end of the year hastens a season of resolutions about the year ahead, resolutions about what to include on the blank canvas of a new year.
No matter who you are, the road to 2015 starts at the same place – through the experience of 2014. With that in mind, we surveyed many of the people we've covered in these pages in the last year to talk about the possibilities ahead.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. will ask the Memphis City Council to approve the approximately $30 million in city funding at the core of the settlement of the six-year-old schools funding controversy and lawsuit.
Memphis City Council members Harold Collins and Lee Harris agree for the most part on the value of the Graceland expansion plan the council approved two weeks ago.
The Excel Center, a new charter high school that will serve adults 18 and older, has been awarded a $250,000 Walton Family Foundation grant for school startup. The Excel Center will begin classes in fall 2015 at 1490 Norris Road, site of the former Norris Road Elementary.
ALIVE Rescue Memphis will host its launch party and Art for Barks live art auction Saturday, Dec. 6, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Crosstown Arts, 430 N. Cleveland St. The event will also include a silent auction and live music. Admission is $12 and includes drinks and appetizers. Visit aliverescuememphis.org.
Art for Life's Sake will present a holiday blues concert Friday, Dec. 5, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Jerry Lee Lewis' Cafe & Honky Tonk, 310 Beale St. The concert will include an array of blues music by famous local and international blues artists. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. Visit artforlifessake.org.
The Sears Crosstown redevelopment project could get an infusion of funds for energy conservation efforts.
The Center City Revenue Finance Corp., the financial arm of the Downtown Memphis Commission, is considering issuing $14.5 million in Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds on Tuesday, Nov.. 11, and the $180 million Crosstown project could claim some of those funds.
The Center City Revenue Finance Corp., the financial arm of the Downtown Memphis Commission, is considering issuing $14.5 million in Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds for the $180 million Crosstown project for energy conservation efforts.
Loeb Properties Inc. plans to build on the momentum it has created at Overton Square while turning its attention to other parts of Midtown.
Yes, Overton Square is booming, but that may not have been the case without Memphis-based Loeb Properties Inc.
Several weeks ago, Eric Robertson, the president of the neighborhood revitalization intermediary Community LIFT, was showing a group of visitors around the city's various creative and entertainment districts.
Rhodes College will present the Rhodes Less Traveled: New and Experimental Music Festival Thursday, Sept. 18, and Friday, Sept. 19. Events include open air concerts both days at noon on the Briggs North Patio at Rhodes, 2000 North Parkway; a concert with new music from modern-day composers Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Evergreen Presbyterian Church, 613 University St.; and new music for orchestra and winds Friday at 7:30 at Evergreen. Visit rhodes.edu/mccoy for details.
Sales and Marketing Society of the Mid-South will meet Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. Phil Trenary, president and CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber, will present "Selling Memphis: locally, nationally and internationally." Cost for nonmembers is $35 at the door. Visit sms-midsouth.org.
Rock for Love 8, the annual music festival benefiting Church Health Center, will be held Friday, Sept. 5, through Sunday, Sept. 7, with concerts in Crosstown, Overton Square and at the Levitt Shell. Visit rockforlove.org for a schedule and to bid in the online auction through Sept. 7.
The Daily News will present the 2014 HR Challenges seminar and panel discussion Thursday, Sept. 4, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Brooks Museum, 1934 Poplar Ave. Meg Crosby, founding principal of PeopleCap Advisors and a former Google HR executive, will discuss five steps for creating a strong corporate culture. Tickets are $25. Visit bit.ly/MEMhr for more information.
The Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board will meet Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 4 p.m. in the Downtown Memphis Commission conference room, 114 N. Main St. Visit downtownmemphiscommission.com.
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Rock for Love 8, the eighth annual Church Health Center benefit concert weekend, is set for Sept. 5-7 at Crosstown (block party), Overton Square and the Levitt Shell.
Friday's Crosstown block party will feature a rare headlining appearance from the Dirty Streets at the Hi Tone. Earlier in the night, bands will perform at Crosstown Arts, Amurica, the Church Health Center's bay space and on an outdoor Visible School stage. The night will also feature food trucks, a hula hoop luau, flea market, comedy, art exhibition and more.
500 N. Claybrook St.Memphis, TN 38104Sale Amount: $800,000
Sale Date: Aug. 20, 2014Buyer: Crosstown Macon Homes LLCSeller: Macon HomesDetails: The 24-unit Macon Homes section 8 apartment complex at 500 N. Claybrook St. in Midtown has sold for $800,000.
The 24-unit Macon Homes section 8 apartment complex at 500 N. Claybrook St. in Midtown has sold for $800,000.
For a while now Central Gardens resident Tom Clifton has been driving to East Memphis to get his groceries.
It may be gone. But the recession sure took its time in departing after taking a heavy toll on economic development in Memphis. And some of us aren't sure it has totally left the premises, especially in a city that is watching as other parts of the state are rebounding and recovering at a much quicker pace than Memphis.
When Ridgeland, Miss.-based development firm the Bryan Co. broke ground on The Horizon condominium tower in 2007, it was at the peak of the housing bubble and optimism from elected officials and Downtown boosters was equally high.
Memphis City Council members get more information during the Tuesday, Aug. 5, council day on different parts of City Hall's ongoing health benefits and pension liability discussions.
But the only item on the agenda for a vote Tuesday is a resolution to create a $2 million "safety net" that was delayed last month.
Church Health Center Wellness and Bring It Food Hub will hold a Bring It, Cook It, Take It cooking class Thursday, July 31, at 5:30 p.m. at 1115 Union Ave. The class will include cooking demonstrations using fresh produce, plus tastings and recipes. Cost is $5 and includes a bag of produce. Visit churchhealthcenter.org.
B.I.G. for Memphis, a business interest group that connects Memphis Police colonels and business leaders, will meet Wednesday, July 30, from 9:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Phelps Security, 4932 Park Ave. Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell will present the State of the County. Visit phelpssecurity.com.
The Booksellers at Laurelwood will host "Shots Fired" author C.J. Box for a discussion and signing Monday, July 28, at 6 p.m. at 387 Perkins Road Extended. Visit thebooksellersatlaurelwood.com.
After slogging their way through the deepest economic slump in more than 60 years, Memphis area contractors say the near future looks much brighter than the dark days of the recession and its immediate aftermath.
For the team behind the pending redevelopment of the massive Sears Crosstown property to reach its goal of maximizing the participation of women- and minority-owned businesses, it needed to make a crucial decision early in the planning process.
The Edge District near Downtown lost a theater but is gaining a new live music lounge in August.
The Dizzy Bird, named after legendary Jazz greats John "Dizzy" Gillespie and Charlie "Bird" Parker, is slated to open Aug. 2 at 652 Marshall Ave.
C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa will hold a volunteer day Saturday, July 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the museum, 1987 Indian Village Drive. Volunteers help sort artifacts, landscape gardens and trails, and more. Email email@example.com or call 785-3160.
Stage Door Productions will present a locally inspired production of "Godspell" Friday, July 18, to Sunday, July 20, and July 25-27 at the Kroc Center, 800 East Parkway. Buy tickets at stagedoormemphis.org.
Eclectic Eye will host a Stylish Saturday Pop-Up Shop Saturday, July 12, from noon to 4 p.m. at its Midtown boutique, 242 S. Cooper St. The event will feature Wink Wink eyewear, the Henny Penny mobile boutique and The Kitsch'n food truck. Visit eclectic-eye.com.
Playhouse on the Square will present the regional premiere of "4000 Miles" Friday, July 11, through Aug. 3 at TheatreWorks, 2085 Monroe Ave. Buy tickets at playhouseonthesquare.com.
National Hispanic Professional Organization-Memphis will meet Thursday, July 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. Martha Perine Beard, president of the Federal Reserve in Memphis, will speak. Cost is free for members and $20 for nonmembers. Email email@example.com.
In February, three executives at the Church Health Center moved into a shared office space.
After working in separate silos in separate buildings, which created its own set of headaches, Chief Administrative Officer Jennie Robbins, Chief Operating Officer Michaela Sturdivant and Chief Strategic Officer Ann Langston moved into a new world – an office that all three would use.
A charter school operator has inked a lease for space on Winchester Road in Hickory Hill.
Gestalt Community Schools has leased 57,000 square feet of space at 5360 Winchester Road inside the Mendenhall Square shopping center.
The general contractor for the Crosstown redevelopment project recently applied for three building permits totaling $115.3 million as the development team approaches a key period for financing the ambitious project.
Methodist South Hospital will host a stroke support group meeting for survivors and caregivers Monday, June 9, at 5:30 p.m. in the outpatient rehabilitation center, 1251 Wesley Drive, suite 141. Dr. Hafiz Elahi will present "Stroke From the Neurologist's Perspective." Email email@example.com or email@example.com.
Moon River Music Festival, hosted by Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, will be held Saturday, June 7, from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Levitt Shell, 1930 Poplar Ave. The event will include more than a dozen performers, food trucks, activities and more. General admission is $25. Visit moonriverfestival.com.
The general contractor on the Crosstown renovation project has applied for three building permits totaling $115.3 million, according to The Daily News Online.
Grinder, Taber & Grinder Inc. applied for an $82.1 million building permit for restoration and upgrades of the existing building shell of the Crosstown building at 495 N. Watkins St. and another permit for $27.1 million at the same address for residential infill on the seventh through 10th floors of the building, which was once a regional Sears store and distribution center.
Shelby County Schools board members have authorized the board's attorney to begin talks with attorneys for superintendent Dorsey Hopson about a possible extension of his three-year contract to lead the school system.
Healthy Memphis Common Table will hold its fourth annual meeting and recognition luncheon, "Cracking the Code to Real Health Equity," Thursday, May 22, at 11:30 a.m. at The Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. Health care quality and disparities expert Dr. Marshall H. Chin will present the keynote. Visit healthymemphis.org.
Samantha Crespo has written her first book with a simple goal: to make readers fall in love with Memphis.
A writer for a few years now of products for the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau and Tnvacation.com, Crespo's book "100 Things to Do in Memphis Before You Die" is exactly what the title suggests.
Sales & Marketing Society of the Mid-South will meet Wednesday, May 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Racquet Club of Memphis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. Church Health Center CEO G. Scott Morris will present "Selling the Church Health Center." Cost for nonmembers is $35 at the door. Visit sms-midsouth.org.
Bikesploitation 4 will be held Saturday, May 17, at 2 p.m. at the Metal Museum, 374 Metal Museum Drive. The event will include a live bicycle sculpture, photo booth, live music, film screenings and more. A bike parade and slow ride jam will begin at 11:50 a.m. at six starting points across Memphis. Visit bikesploitation.com for a schedule.
Memphis Orchid Society will hold its annual show and sale Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18, at Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road. Parking and admission are free. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com for a schedule.
Don't expect to see construction work begin immediately at a school near you. But the Shelby County Commission's approval Monday, May 12, of $52.1 million in capital funding for all seven of the public school systems in the county breaks the two-year intermission on schools construction funding that began with the 2011 move to a schools merger in Shelby County.
Shelby County Commissioners approved Monday, May 12, an immediate infusion of $52.1 million in capital funding for Shelby County Schools and the six suburban school systems.
The compromise resolution worked out with leaders of the suburban school systems includes $4.8 million in capital projects at five of the six suburban school systems. It also keeps the $47.3 million in capital projects for Shelby County Schools a majority on the commission recommended in committee sessions last week. The Shelby County Schools list includes a new roof for Millington Central High School which is in the sixth of the six suburban school systems.
On the qualitative side of the latest Memphis Economic Indicator, a survey measuring general business sentiment produced jointly by The Daily News and Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, respondents tended to put Memphis at a kind of inflection point at the moment.
Keith and Carol Choukalas had fallen in love. Not with each other – that was old business, happened years ago – but with Murray, Ky., home of Murray State University.
They had sent two of their children to MSU and they had a dream of moving to Murray, finding a business to buy, and living out the rest of their days near the lake. They had even bought a house.
I've been looking at the Tennessee Brewery for years. I used to have an office next door, and now from my agency's current location, I can see its majestic, Romanesque arched windows towering over the South Main Arts District.
When the Untapped event at the Tennessee Brewery ends June 1, the fortress-like landmark on the south bluffs will still be tentatively slated for demolition in August.
But organizers of the event, which mixes live entertainment, local beer and food, and the experience of gathering in a long-closed courtyard, hope some answers will have emerged about a possible life beyond August.
Ballet Memphis will present "Peter Pan," a world premiere from the choreographer of "Cinderella" and "Wizard of Oz," Saturday, April 12, and Sunday, April 13, at The Orpheum, 203 S. Main St. Buy tickets at balletmemphis.org.
Memphis Botanic Garden will host the Spring's Best Plant Sale Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the garden, 750 Cherry Road. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com.
Loeb Properties' Belvedere Collection on Union Avenue in Midtown is 100 percent leased.
Agilitas USA Inc., operating as Results Physiotherapy, signed a new lease for 2,280 square feet in Suites 105-106 at the retail strip center.
Editor's Note: This column will appear Tuesdays through April in honor of Sustainability Month for Memphis and Shelby County.
Last week, Smart Growth America released "Measuring Sprawl 2014," a report examining development in 221 major metropolitan areas in the U.S. and evaluating development on a national index. With a score of 71, the greater Memphis region ranks near the bottom of the list at number 196 out of 221. Furthermore, Memphis ranks as the sixth most sprawled large metropolitan area.
Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are offering two programs for Memphis-area filmmakers and film lovers next month.
Both programs will be held at Crosstown Arts, 430 N. Cleveland St.
Loaded for Bear, a local advertising, graphic design and public relations agency, has announced a partnership with the Crosstown redevelopment project.
The company announced in a Facebook post Wednesday, April 2, that "we look forward to working alongside this visionary group to realize the epic potential of a building, a neighborhood and a city."
National Civil Rights Museum will host a community day and grand reopening Saturday, April 5. The event includes a 9:30 a.m. Freedom Forward Parade from Cook Convention Center to the museum, 450 Mulberry St. Visit civilrightsmuseum.org.
National Civil Rights Museum will host a candlelight vigil honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Friday, April 4, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the museum courtyard, 450 Mulberry St. Cost is free. Visit civilrightsmuseum.org.
DON'T WAIT FOR THE FIRE TO FIND THE WATER. Neglect and denial burns in empty buildings and blighted neighborhoods, futures are hazy, moods are dark and the smoke from all of it chokes cities and sends those able to flee to greener ground at the edges, leaving behind a bitter landscape, a smoldering threat.
The Restivo Group Realtors has expanded into new offices at 1861 Madison Ave. in the landmark Gilmore Building.
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Very cool....thanks guys. There really are people out there behind those number that are called 'views'.
I just remembered what happened for evening meal the first night in camp at Dolores. Don Goldston (FJR rider) was there. I honestly don't remember the exact order of events, but anyway we went to town to buy steaks for dinner, just the 2 of us.....and we came back with a couple of good 10 oz steaks.
You see I'm kinda a minimalist, and like I said before, I had about 10 alcohol stoves with me....it's kinda my hobby this year. And I had a G I mess kit for a skillet to pan fry the steaks.
I had small stoves, big stoves, short burn, and long burn. Most of these have been used on my patio doing test boils of water. Anyway to cook a thick steak we prolly needed 7 or 8 minutes a side.
So I got my long burn stove out and got started.... It was pretty simple, spice up the steak, put it in the mess skillet, and set it on top of the stove. I put a can of New potatoes on top of another stove, and the can of spinach on a third stove.
Of course the spinach and potatoes weren't any problem cause you can eat those cold....if you have to, but the steak needed some watching. They cooked quite well, one at a time of course. But the problem came from putting the thin pan on top of the stove. That puts the fire out under the center of the pan, and only the outside of the steak is cooked from the outside fire jets, and the 2" center was hardly cooked.
We solved that by eating the outsides, and recooking the centers. I'm still learning about all the refinements of minimalism.
I hope to do better next time. Don was a good sport. We enjoyed having dinner together.
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Welcome to the TSRVFD Website
Status of Funding and Service
The Sea Ranch Volunteer Fire Department (TSRVFD) wants the community to be aware of future threats to maintaining the level of fire protection service in our area. If the trend of diminishing allocation of taxes to TSR continues, within a few years we will not be able to fund our fire services at the same level as we do today. TSRVFD has been looking at this problem for some time and believes that now is the time to take steps to prevent a funding crisis or reduction in service.
So what is the problem? In brief, the amount of tax dollars returned to the Sea Ranch area by Sonoma County is less than the amount needed to fund the VFD and the year-round CALFIRE staff. In past decades this was not true, and it was possible to cover all expenses and also to build up reserves to use for major capital expenses, such as purchasing replacement firefighting apparatus. This is no longer the case, and the "reserve" funds kept by the county to support fire services in the Sea Ranch area are now going down each year.
19.2% of the "proposition 13" property tax funds from The Sea Ranch area are initially allocated to fire protection. However, due to a long and complex history of state and county legislation, less than 40% of those funds are actually allocated back to pay expenses for the local year-round CALFIRE crew and TSRVFD. The community needs to find a way to return enough of our property tax dollars to our area to sustain our level of service.
More detailed information can be found at the links below.
How is the Fire Department Funded?
How is the property tax allocated?
What is the problem with the funding?
How did the current tax allocation get that way?
The Need for Local Control
What is ERAF?
What can be done to address the issues?
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The Performance Task Academy is a highly interactive, collaborative environment designed to encourage participants to leave with tangible performance tasks to implement in their own classrooms.
The two day conference is designed to help faculty members use their course content to develop performance tasks. Incorporating these tasks into the classroom will effectively engage students in the process of developing critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Conference facilitator Marc Chun earned a Ph.D. in education from Stanford University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in sociology and education and Teacher's College, Columbia University.
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Nigeria - Agriculture and rural poverty : a policy note
The Nigerian labor force, like that of many countries in Africa, is heavily concentrated in agriculture. According to World Bank reports, the agricultural sector in... Show More +
Rwanda - Technical assistance for public expenditure management : a policy note
This note presents an overview of the results of various background work undertaken as part of the Technical Assistance for Public Expenditure Management (TAPEM) provided... Show More +
Niger - Food security and safety nets
Niger is a very poor country that faces serious problems of poverty and household food insecurity. With a per capita gross national income (GNI) of US$240 and an estimated... Show More +
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The dramatic increases in world food and fuel prices during 2007 and early 2008 may set back Mozambique's considerable advances in poverty reduction during the past... Show More +
United Nation - MDG Africa working group : infrastructure
Africa presents a major infrastructure deficit, lagging well behind the average for low-income countries on most major indicators, by at least 20 percent. These gaps... Show More +
Managing the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa : policies, incentives and options for the rural poor (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report
Miombo woodlands stretch across Southern Africa in a belt from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the west to Mozambique in the east. The miombo region... Show More +
Managing the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa : policies, incentives and options for the rural poor (Vol. 2 of 2) : Technical annexes
Miombo woodlands stretch across Southern Africa in a belt from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the west to Mozambique in the east. The miombo region... Show More +
Ethiopia - Explaining food price inflation : policy note
This study sheds some light on the challenges facing policy makers in Ethiopia, but much remains to be better understood. Over the past three years, food price inflation... Show More +
Rwanda - Promoting pro-poor agricultural growth : challenges and opportunities
This report summarizes the findings of a study undertaken by the World Bank at the request of the Government of Rwanda. The study had three main objectives: (i) Validate... Show More +
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MyODBC is computer software. It is an ODBC interface and allows programming languages that support the ODBC interface to communicate with a MySQL database.
The official name is Connector/ODBC which designates the MySQL AB product family of MySQL ODBC drivers. These are known as the MyODBC drivers.
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Originally posted by Qazz
Sanitised gaming is no fun.
People have this self imposed view that winning is being the best player stat wise.
Some people find it a challenge to develop a character ; and in older games you could pick the worst build ever and succeed with friends.
These days if you don't play off a spreadsheet and act like a guild slave you get booted...... Sounds more like a job than fun .....
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
Hardly black and white, I have never said Everquest was perfect. I have never said WoW is perfect. There are aspects I like of both games, the topic of which game was harder. Personally I thought Everquest was harder, but then people come along and say none of them are hard. So without some sort of definition of what people perceive as points that make the game hard there is no way to compare. If the topic were fun, then I'd say all the games were fun at points and mind numbing/tedious at others.
The only game I am aware of that had graphics and had pathways built specifically for roleplaying and/or socializing was Star Wars Galaxy with the cantinas. MUDs had more roleplaying than any MMO server I've ever played on, but I am not on roleplaying since it never seems to fit what I envision when it comes to interaction from the mind's eye image.
That's fine if people want casual, easy, pause-button experiences. But they certainly wouldn't fall into the topic of MMOs where their difficulty is called into question.
And as for the last paragraph:
What do you think facilitates the topics you mentioned?
Social interaction - Does global chat help or hinder? I find myself overwhelmem with chat spam in some zones, for instance Barrens chatter. Do mail systems facilitate or hinder? It's like the choice between emailing or telephoning a friend, instant interaction is more social in my opinion. Auction houses would definitely cut down on the social opportunities.
the entertaining diversion - Not even sure what this is referring to beyond the whole aspect of the game world.
the feeling of having accomplished something - the sound of a critical hit, the collection of loot, the speed of leveling (slow or fast). Is hitting 50 in WoW even an accomplishment for most players anymore? I know every level in Everquest didn't feel like it was given to you, because you could lose it if you screwed around. At what point is levelling too fast? I mean if you kill one thing and gain a level each level....why bother having experience bars?
My point is there is a balance, and a black and white view of the games would say "fun" is all that matters. Since "fun" is based off of so many things, one of which is how "hard" a game is based on a myriad of factors that can be controlled and one big one that can't be ......and that is population numbers. You need a certain amount of people playing a game to make it an MMO in the first place, I'd say an active crowd of at least 500 minimum at any hour of the day upwards of 2000 with how the games are handled at this time. Some could even do 4000, but if you got into the 10000 active players on a server range (I dont think any game today can even do this since there's the potential for a large number of them to be in a specific city...and I don't count instancing as "handling" it.)...I don't think the current game designs would hold up. If you were to drop the levelling aspect of WoW...how many people would leave? If they removed dungeons, how many would leave? What if they removed any of these: variable dungeon difficulty, all but 1 character slot, instant travel, spirit world for CRs, crafting, enchanting, any specific class, the myriad of other things you get used to. It could be any one of those things keeping people in the game world making the social aspect viable. Now, what if one of those things is not quite keeping people entertained by being too easy and they leave?
So again, I ask. What makes a game "hard"? It might be as simple as being unfamiliar with the game, and once that is gone...you can only replace it partially with expansions.. If they add too much to it to make it more novel/unfamiliar other people get upset.
Don't you think the imagination suffers though? Sure, everything is easier, but all you are left with is what you see and hear. Nothing is feared. Nothing is sacred.
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Originally posted by xcarnifex
This right here. A sense of ADVENTURE. This is what no themepark can deliver. It's the difference between going to Disneyworld with some friends and going on an unguided safari with some friends. You come back from both with pictures and stories, but the experiences are just totally different.
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Originally posted by Isane
Hah, I made a gnome warrior in EQ1. Just because I could. (To those who don't know what that meant, he was a severely underpowered race for the class, no way in heck could he match a real tank at higher levels). In one of his early, level 10'ish solo fights, he was in a desperate battle just off a main pathway. He actually gathered a CROWD CHEERING HIM ON. And nobody buffed him or healed him, because it was his fight to win (although they did throw tips and advice aplenty).
And when he did win (by like 1-2 hits tops), he got a full crowd roar and someone gave him a somewhat better weapon to help him out. Man I miss playing with those kind of people.
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Originally posted by xcarnifex
You went off on a roleplaying tangent there and I'm not sure why. I think you saw that word and got yourself sidetracked... badly. As a result of that, though, it seems you completely missed that my reply was to your question about what makes a game worthwhile if it isn't hard or full of penalties.
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Bigfoot does not have a MMORPG.com account......he told me.
The older MMO were by gamers not some giant company just looking for a $$. And who said they were harder. They had bumps but I never seen them as hard. Just made you think more then present day.
Walking around in UO was like walking on nails. "Was that a door open".."Is that a PKer" They made you think of differnt outcomes to your decision. Eq1 had hell lvls and you never heard many if anyone say what lvl are you. It was more about you as opposed to what equipment and lvl you were.
Eq1 gave you more time to get to know people. Sitting for hours with several people waiting on mobs to spawn. Hell no voice chat and I learned more about those people than I have ever in RIFT. You did'nt just leave a raid or group. You told everyone thanks for group guys...see you later..and you meant it. Because you would.
Games are too hard now days. Because they are mindless drones of a great time that has gone away. Sad that I'm waiting on a Korean game to maybe change this. Plz Archeage..bring it back.
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
So did you forget what you wrote? I highlighted it for you. You suggest roleplaying at a player venue kept people (hundreds if not thousands) playing in older MMOs. And I replied with a paragraph of my experience with roleplaying on any MMO (graphics) versus MUD (text, rudimentary graphic representation of world) saying that the only game I noticed it being actively encouraged in was Star Wars Galaxies with cantinas which is hardly one of the first MMOs..maybe a second generation. One paragraph in response to one paragraph is hardly sidetracked.
And aside from forgetting what you wrote, and disregarding the rest of my post because of that......you didn't clarify any points or address anything I asked later in my post regarding the balance that has to be maintained to keep people playing. And my original question was what people used to define their definition of "hard" so I tried to ask it in a different way by asking what makes a game worthwhile to them. It's certainly going to be a myriad of responses, but there's likely to be a few that stick out as the more popular...my guess being character development through combat or crafting. If there was never a downside or choice to be made, everyone would do everything and the social aspect of the game would be muted even further. But you're dragging it off the original topic, and I was trying to find what people use to evaluate the difficulty in the game and still include you in the conversation with your points. I am not sure why my questions and points are less valid than yours which is bringing these condescending remarks from you, considering mine were scoped to the actual thread topic.
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Originally posted by xcarnifex
Yeah, you're kinda stuck on roleplaying. I probably shouldn't have used a specific activity as an example, especially that one as it easily confuses some people. Sorry about that.
"And my original question was what people used to define their definition of "hard" so I tried to ask it in a different way by asking what makes a game worthwhile to them."
Yeah, I noticed you asked that, which is why I made a point to include that in my post so you could see exactly which question I was replying to. Was it that you wanted a different answer?
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Originally posted by Loktofeit
Yeah, you're kinda stuck on roleplaying. I probably shouldn't have used a specific activity as an example, especially that one as it easily confuses some people. Sorry about that.
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Originally posted by Palebane
I think this explains part of the disconnect. "Old school" players seem to have had some sort of religious experience with the way those MMORPGs were designed. "New school" players don't subscribe to that religion so the 'religious rites' of the old school mechanics seem at best quaint and at worst idiotic.
What to an 'old schooler' seemed like a scary and exciting adventure, to me seems like a mundane, annoying task like taking out the garbage.
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Originally posted by wootin
Nowadays you'd be heckled to death for not pciking the "right" build, and that cheering crowd woudl have been hurling obscenities and asking why you're mad bro.
I think the Zero tolerance policy in today's schools might be to blame. nBack in the day if you were a mouthy annoying little prick you got the crap beat out of you and maybe you'd learn a lesson. Now kids are so shielded from consequence that you have these mouthy little idiots who have never been taught to behave.
"I am not in a server with Gankers...THEY ARE IN A SERVER WITH ME!!!"
Originally posted by Torik
It's all about the imagination. Newer games don't really allow players to use it as much in my opinion. Many of the newer MMOs seem to discourage any use of the imagination at all. Maybe newer players don't like to use it. To each their own. I find it odd that the entrie genre was sparked by games that were played almost entirely in the imagination. And many of these games now are more akin to watching a movie. The same movie over and over again in many cases. It's not really a religeous experience, but it definitely could be an emotional one much of the time. Players were invested in one another and in thier imaginations more than they are today in general, in my opinion. It can be hard to use your imagination, especially when you've been conditioned for years and years not to.
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Originally posted by Palebane
Well I hold the opposite opinion.
To me it is the old school players who seem to lack imagination and instead fall back on trite 'false difficulty' mechanics to compensate.
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In many ways playing Everquest was easier than playing WoW. I played a paladin, and thanks to the pace of the combat system, I could talk to my guild, send private tells, and engage in rousing group chat conversations while in mid-fight, and in terms of actual tanking difficulty, it was all about the gear. Certain mobs in upper tier zones were absolutely inaccessible to non-raid gamers as they hit like cement blocks flying at your face at about 90 mph, but there was none of this mentality of "I have to pull and keep aggro on an entire room or my group will leave because I'm too slow!" Mobs came generally one at a time and in the rare case that there were two or three, you had to either extend just a little bit mor effort to keep aggro, or you relied on a crowd control class you probably had in your group.
Progression was extremely simple as there were no quests. All you did was run to a zone, sit next to a group, and spam LFG until someone invited you to an XP camp, in which case you would accep the invite and kill monsters repeatedly for hours on end. Sure, your XP bar moved at the pace of a retarded snale, but you weren't actually doing anything of great difficulty. Even if you were a bad player, you were grouped with 5 other people 90% of the time who were, in all likelihood better players than you, so personal skill didn't matter. Personally I almost never went two zones away from a PoK book without a cleric or some rez/heal machine, so a sense of danger was nonexistant. It did discourage exploration though. There were tons of areas in EQ that I would have loved to have explored, yet I was unwilling to risk both my gear and my hard fought experience points. In contrast to today, titles such as EQ2 and WoW actually give experience points for discovering new areas, and in EQ2, discovery XP is actually a viable path to leveling up for characters with invisibility spells.
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Seems to me that most people are looking at the question of difficulty from two completely different perspectives:
Some are looking at the games as a whole. They see that older games had harsher death penalties, required more cooperation with other players and took more effort to progress so they conclude the old games were harder.
Others are looking at the nuts and bolts of old and new games. They see that game mechanics have not changed and the skills required to succeed are identical so they conclude that old games were not harder, just more tedious and frustrating.
I think both perspectives have some merit. My take is that it has always been possible to find hard and easy things to do in MMOs. The thing that has changed is the way in which MMOs deal with Rewards and Punishments.
Newer MMOs offer frequent rewards and no matter how poorly or carelessly you play the game will never do more than slap you on the wrist.
By comparison older MMOs were very stingy with rewards and if you made a mistake the game would punch you in the face. Sometimes repeatedly.
Personally, I have never found an MMO that got the balance quite right for my taste. UO and vanilla WoW were probably the closest. I do think the older MMOs were generally far too grindy but with newer MMOs, well, I just end up feeling like a lab rat following a trail of cheese crumbs around a maze.
Originally posted by Torik
I would be fascinated to hear some of your examples. With todays graphics and computer animation (not to mention scripted dungeon instances and linear quest chains), please tell me how gamers today have to use their imagination more than players who often had no graphics or sound at all. Without a couple good examples, I'm going to have to assume you are simply playing devil's advocate.
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Originally posted by Calerxes
I can probably explain this to you in WoW terms, seeing you are a WoW player.
Back in 2004 when WoW launched, there was no wowhead, hell there was not even Allakhazam at that time. Everyone was new to the game. There were no quest trackers. You had to read the quest text to figure out where to go. And thankyouverymuch to bugs and poor scripting, occassionally the quest texts are either not clear, or completely incorrect, about where you had to be to complete the quest. This often meant that you had to actually physically ask people in game where certain things were.
There were no cookie cutter builds in the beginning, no guides about how to spec, so people just specced according what looked right by the talent descriptions. Respeccing was an option yes, but back in those days, the cost of respeccing was quite a feat in itself to cover, considering all the other things like mounts etc that you had to spend gold on.
Many quests ended in elite bosses, which have now since been dumbed down. But back then many quests ended in elite encounters that required you to group to complete. This meant people actually had to group up to complete quests.
WoW today has mob markers: mark them with a cross, or skull, or purple diamond etc etc. This was not in the original game. Blizzard has subsequently learnt to implement this because.... In about 2007 when you were playing, you might've seen people do this via add-ons, Blizzard has adopted this feature from an add-on. Why did people create these add-ons? Well because they were needed to coordinate and communicate with the groupd about what to do. If you have no idea what I am talking about, the case is rested. If you do, then the next question is, how often do people use that feature now that Blizzard have formally implemented it? The answer is, very rarely. WoW has even managed to take out the need for Crowd Control, because it slows the pace of gameplay for the current population.
So what does this all mean in terms of old MMO's being harder?
Firstly, because older MMO mechanics were more "difficult" by virtue of them needing more grouping, and more time planning. As others have mentioned, because the death penalty was harsh, and encounters required more patience because a blind rush in will almost ensure death.
Secondly the general game was harder because there were less resources / hand holding. This is unfortunately not a bad thing, the issue is that MMOs have had no counter for this "cheating". I'm sure every UO / EQ player out there would have warmly welcomed a compendium resource back in their day, either in the form of a wiki, or a wowhead-esque resource, so that they could figure out what they needed to do. Vanilla WoW was frustrating and yet all the same "adventurous" because of this. These days you are told to go here to kill / collect this, and come back to there when you're done: you've probably spent more time looking at your map / minimap than you have looking at your surrounding environment to remember landmarks to tell you which way you need to head.
Thirdly, thanks to google and the abundance of forums / resources, there is no longer any need to experiment. Want to know how to spec your class, google it an you are sure to find the answer. This is not an inherent problem, but the availability of resources mean that in effect there's the expectation that: "resources are so readily available, there is no reason for you not to know this answer". Any queries in WoW these days tend to just incite the: "OMG just google it" or "ever heard of WoWhead?" or my favourite "please go and youtube the raid boss fights before signing up" (this can actually be found under multiple guild's websites as one of your raid responsibilities). Playing a game with this attitude or approach in mind is almost tantamount to playing any other single player game with a laptop open beside you with a browser open on a walkthrough site..... where's the fun in that?
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Not sure how significant of a factor it was for others, but lowband internet providers that were the standard back then (still are for some people) added a fair bit of almost Final Fantasy-esque random encounters with other players. I remember back in high school during the early days of UO, hitting a lag spike on my sucktastic 14.4 (that ran at 9600 on a good day, AOL was great), while out doing whatever. All of a sudden, random disposeable PK guy with bone mask that was two screens away when I rode past him, becomes random disposeable PK guy with bone mask that is two squares away from my corpse. Happened more often than I'd like, probably contributed in some way to my leaving the game within the first year - that, and the rampant corruption within the OSI GM staff.
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Be Brief, Be Bright... Be Gone.
Allakazam's has been around since at least 2000 about when I started EQ providing hints, walkthroughs, weapon drop info and everything else. Websites like this have been around since the very early days.
Quit worrying about other players in a game and just play.


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Junk food is designed to be�addictive, as New York Times reporter Michael Moss reveals in his forthcoming book, "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us." An�excerpt offers more than you may want to know about how food manufacturers create their products with every bit as much care as a medieval alchemist seeking the magic elixir.
Companies carry out extensive testing to get just that right "mouthfeel." Focus groups are key; one composed of harried working moms played a part in inspiring Lunchables, the plastic trays packed with processed foods whose packaging says it's the perfect lunch solution for kids. Millions of dollars are spent on perfecting Cheeto-like creations with"vanish caloric density," an industry term for the "uncanny ability" of the orange puffs to melt in the mouth and so quickly that your brain is tricked into thinking they have zero calories. If all else fails and a product doesn't sell, the cardinal rule is: add more sugar.
Quoting from industry officials (including the CEO of General Mills, Stephen Sanger), Moss makes clear that their general philosophy/business plan is "consumers don't want to hear about nutrition; if you make it taste good, they will buy, buy and buy."
Is It Our Fault We Get Hooked on Junk Food?
With more than one-third of adults in America and about 17 percent of children�obese, public health officials have not hesitated to connect�obesity rates to the mountains of junk food they make and people consume.
But while some see a clear link, others counter that people have choices about what they choose to buy in stores and what they eat and feed their children. We're constantly told that junk food is a one-way ticket to the full panoply of modern civilization's health woes (diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease); stuffed with sugar, salt and all things processed; cleverly, temptingly packaged. If you eat fattening junk food and you gain weight, it's your fault, some say.
Moss's�investigation suggests something more insidious, that the likes of General Mills and Frito Lay are going out of their way to create foods that consumers get hooked on. Interviews with scientists and executives who used to work for the food companies reveal them to be full of regret for bringing Lunchables, Doritos and the like into kitchen cabinets and potentially creating massive health problems.
The Real Fight Is Against Unhealthy Food
Talking about an "obesity epidemic" puts the blame on people for their health problems,�Jill Filipovic writes in the Guardian. The real fight, she says, is against unhealthy food and, by extension, those who manufacturer it. Pointing fingers at those with unhealthy diets and lifestyles (as Barbara Walters did in a�December interview with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie) achieves nothing.
Of course people make choices about what they eat, but when we look at issues such as access to healthy food, it becomes clear that not everyone has as much "choice" about their food as we might think. Filopovic argues that we need to make changes such as "humane work policies" so people end up with time to prepare and eat a real, healthy meal instead of snacks from a box.
Even more, healthy food must not only be more accessible but affordable, so that a 99 cents bag of crispy things isn't the cheapest option. Moss' research more than makes clear that Big Food does not have our best (health) interests in mind; accordingly we need to, as Filopovic writes, "push back against big food companies and question their outsized influence in Washington and in our daily lives."
Do you think it's an exaggeration to say that we can become as addicted to junk food as drugs? Should Big Food take some responsibility in creating a legion of health problems from diabetes to high blood pressure?
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No-one forces you to buy it - or eat it! So yes it is your fault if you get addicted to junk food!
Thank you for sharing.
I make a point to eat real food including regular juicing but I love my Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips. If I have not eaten much can easily fall for a craving to eat a bag of chips. This does not happen often but I can see how people who are less mindful get caught in this trap. People need to work for more conscious eating and that includes more eating human, cruelty-free food.
At my workplace we offer a class called "Cooking Matters" where our clients learn the ingredients, the cooking and preparation processes, and the end product - a delicious meal for the family - they are then given the ingredients to recreate this meal at home. I am thrilled with this program, as many of the families I work with have never had the cooking lessons or examples that might help them to prepare meals for the family. I grew up knowing how to cook, and 'junk food' was rarely available. These families grew up on fast food. They really want to make better choices for their children, but they need to be taught how to do it.
My rule of thumb - if I can't pronounce it, or I don't know where it was grown - I try not to buy it or eat it.
We need to be accountable for what we put into our mouths and our children's mouths. Sure, with great marketing, advertising and lobbying it's easy to make these foods tempting but, no one is forcing us to eat this stuff. However, we should be looking at the bigger picture. Healthy and fresh foods are not affordable nor widely accessible and something is seriously wrong with that. This, coupled with the lack of widespread education about healthy eating and healthy living - particularly for those who are both socially and economically disadvantaged - is alarming. For these individuals and families, they make bad food decisions because they don't know any better and/or they can't afford to eat healthy. What's even more disturbing are those individuals and families who are knowledgeable about healthy eating are now forced to make bad food decisions because of they have been severely affected by job loss and the economic downturn. They're now faced with having to put food on the table over the quality of the food. When food manufacturers make big profits on junk/fast foods and making them more widely available and affordable than fresh fruits and vegetables, that doesn't sit well with me.
Just my two cents (okay, two dollars...)
thank you
Of course its your fault if you are addicted to junk food. Just because something is made to be addictive (like crack), doesn't mean its not your fault if you get addicted to it. People are feeling less and less accountable for their actions these days, they always want to blame someone or something else for their shortcomings.
A admit that the US doesn't give us many healthy food options, but that is simply a result of supply and demand.... the US consume wants junk, so that's what we get. Until we start wanting healthier food options, we are going to continue to get this processed junk that makes us crave more and more.
If a family eats proper fresh food most of the time, the idea of getting addicted to junk food is less likely.
When I visited Qatar a few years back, I was appalled to see young children spending the bulk of their time in fast food restaurants. Their parents had grown up with very little food at all and the new generation has moved over to junk food....that's also called globalisation but in a deadly form.
There sare some things to take into consideration: For those on a tight budget, healthy food isn't always easy to come by, and health food stores are VERY pricey. The government needs to be reformed about what they are doing, in terms of health, and find a way to make healthy food affordable, remove chemicals and toxins from our food sources and provide us with 100% healthy options.
Yes.No one is telling us to eat this FAUX food.
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Nothing beats in person contact but some situations might warrant for this as the only viable option…
Great idea, at least it gives a little warning before things get too far. Better yet make better condoms…
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As temperatures plummeted over the weekend, I – and many others like me – had a tough decision to make: how high shall we turn up the heating? The answer affects not just my bank balance but, more importantly, my health.
I suffer from Raynaud's phenomenon, in which the small blood vessels in the fingers and toes dramatically contract in response to cold. It's not just outside temperatures that affect me: just stepping from a warm room into a chilly one can cause my fingers to turn from a healthy pink to an unnatural white and even, in a bad case, a ghastly blue. A few minutes of vigorous arm waving and physical jerks will bring the blood rushing back, but that return of feeling can be eye-wateringly painful.
This is no ordinary response to the cold. Raynaud's, named after the French medic who first described it, is a debilitating syndrome that is thought to affect as many as 10 million people in the UK; I was diagnosed 10 years ago when I was 33. During an attack, the blood supply to fingers and toes (and sometimes ears and nose) is interrupted, causing not only vivid colour change but also numbness and discomfort. The cause of Raynaud's is not known, but it may occur spontaneously without any other condition being present (primary Raynaud's) or, less commonly, be associated with an underlying condition such as scleroderma, an autoimmune disorder affecting the skin (secondary Raynaud's).
Anne Mawdsley, chief executive and founder of the Raynaud's and Scleroderma Association, was diagnosed with the syndrome more than 30 years ago. Immediately she found that life with a young family was beset with difficulties. Anything from touching a milk bottle in the fridge to getting into a cold car in the morning could set off her condition and make using her hands difficult.
"I find it as frustrating as it is painful. I'm quite an independent person and I keep having to ask my husband to do things for me around the house – peeling vegetables, unscrewing bottle tops, all those sorts of things. Your hands don't do what you want them to do."
As frustrating as this is, Mawdsley is more concerned with how those Raynaud's sufferers who, for reasons of economy might heat only some rooms in the home, will have coped with this cold spell.
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Can't wait! Come on Filmation Clawful, Lodar, and Dylamug for that one dude.
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Can't wait! Come on Filmation Clawful, Lodar, and Dylamug for that one dude.
I'd like Frosta to be the recipient of my Bone Blaster!
2 sets no problem...it's a miracle!
Nobody guessing Madame Razz??? Funny, I remember years past where it just HAD to be her.....hahahahaha
Yay another "idol".....I think 3 whole days went by since the last one!
This figure is sweet!

Wait...wasn't there a warning about any more Era Wars in this thread?

Yes, after I wrote this. It was even quoted by the mod with a "well said". Please note it's less than 9...
Isn't this tread about the 200X sub update? So sick of the endless "faction" or "era" wars and defending whatever your personal preferences are. The 8 paragraph reply justifying how right "you" are...
She's awesome.....and in a weird way, kinda hot.
Got mine, and I'll post what I want.
Well said bro
2 minutes?! Garbage. Matty, I spit in your face.
Thank you Scott for my favorite action figure line of all time....good score Jakks! I hope you slipped a Filmation Clawful into that 2016 line!!
I really think it's a bit of a stretch to call Thundercats a pop culture phenomenon....Hahaha
Everyone has said it so well but I just want to say thank you to the main man behind my favorite toyline of all time!! No other brand manager will ever be like Scott. One of a kind. Thanks bro.
I'm really sad about this news but I understand it's businness...thanks for everything Toyguru you are awesome!!
Guess you skipped reading a lot of posts then. No vendetta at all against Razz or any figure for that matter...been all in since day one bub. A "vendetta" against those that know everything maybe....
Don't forget the folks that though Razz just HAD to be the SDCC exclusive to ever get her made. I think they're still waiting.
I seriously want to oddly wrestle, then toss (but not hit with my sword) anyone guessing Perfuma. Here I got it: it's a bonus accessory for Marvel Legends Groot! Other than them putting a lable next...
All very cool figures. That new Hsss makes the first one look like garbage.
No. Absolutely not.
I think it's going to be reused on Dragstor. On his front. Think about it.
Filmation Clawful. He's as much of a unique one off evil warrior as Icer, Strong-Arm or Fang Man and just as deserving of a figure. He's such a departure from the vintage figure I'd be fine if they...
Then don't buy them. Problem solved.
I'm pretty much cool with whatever but my preference would be 2.0 versions of main characters mixed with new more obscure 1st timers (Tug O'Warr for example). Plus a new name and a new look for the...
Not to jump ahead, because we should all bask in this great victory, but we're just too awesome a fan base for there not to be a 2016 line...even if it's scaled back. But that's for another day....
Very happy right now <tilts head back and laughs ala filmation He-Man>
Wow. You guys throw in the towel at the drop of a hat. This place would be overrun by Horde if you were the Heroic Warriors.
I give my word to all fellow orgers, if the line ends I'll never even visit mattycollector again....let alone buy anything. Unless they put out a Filmation Clawful, then I might cave. JK, if it fails...
Just ordered a sub so +1 for me (bringing my total to 2). For the 2nd sub I'm going to have to revert into my Eternian alter ego: Man-E-Bays


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Some ****ing pirate copied the game code to Breach and was arrested after a developer saw him. This is a perfect example of how much respect these tools have for the industry and community. This is a public game convention for the fans and he abuses it.
According to a representative for the company, the suspected thief managed to download some of the code and then run into the crowd after he was spotted. He was eventually apprehended in the large crowd and the game's code was found on his computer.
"This guy had only succeeded in copying about 14MB to his laptop before our staff caught him,"
The suspect spent four hours in jail, and his laptops, modded Xbox 360, modded PSP, modded DS and XMP3 were confiscated by police.
Best part...
Stephen Toulouse, director of policy and enforcement for Xbox Live, actually had an incident with the suspect earlier in the day during his panel "Enforcement on Xbox Live: Tales from the Din Part 2" (audible beginning at the 40:15 mark).
During the Q&A section of the panel, the alleged thief asked if he could have his Gamertag unbanned.
Toulouse asked him what he'd done, and he said that he'd played Forza 3 before release, which Toulouse told him he shouldn't have done. Toulouse was clear to point out during the panel that buying games early, from a retailer that breaks street date, and playing them online doesn't get Xbox Live players banned, but illegal pre-release play does.
The suspect later admitted to Joystiq he illegally downloaded Forza 3 early.


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I didn't want to bother everyone recently. Too much going on with the election, the weather and all. But I would love to create a theme song for a local town once again. I've had a blast so far. Looking for a nomination, and some fun facts about it too!
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