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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Will SWTOR Be the Last Big-Budget MMOG?
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I haven't read all posts, so I'm not sure, if this has been mentioned, but the VO's in SWTOR is made by actors that have a contract with BW and is on their payroll.
They got loads of actors we've heard before, like Bastila in KotOR.
I think all the VO's will have a positive effect on the game, because they aren't just monologues (sp?) with the NPC talking forever and sending you off. It's a conversation where you respond with a reaction and get a reaction on your reaction. Making it more dynamic and giving you a choice. (How big/small can be discussed)
The lines of dialogue can always be debated, but in essence, you choose a reaction/emotion and your toon says something related, even though it wasn't exactly what you thought he would say.
Underrated games that provide a whole new experience
LFGame « General Discussion
Wow Thanks for this man. Read up on some of them and "Face of Mankind" is honestly giving me a buzzing feeling in the guts!
Sounds awesome, time to see if it really is as good in game as on paper (or on screen text if you would put it that way ;)
Thanks once again :)
I am currently in-between MMO's.
LFGame « General Discussion
EVE is a really nice and deep sc-fi game, if it is something for you.
There is a free 14-day trial, and I definitely recommend it.
patch 3.3: What SOE did to SWG Blizzard just did to WOW
General Discussion « World of Warcraft
This is actually making me reconsider coming back to WoW, if not for a long time, then just for a little while.
When I made a switch from NA servers to EU servers I lost everything, and I never really got back into it because of the "Solo is better" attitude most people have/had. This will definitely up my experience and make me go yuuuppii :)
Going to resubscribe tomorrow if time allows it :D
A WoW player's guide to Star Wars: The Old Republic - ARTICLE
General Discussion « Star Wars: The Old Republic
Originally posted by Gameloading
I'm interested :) How so?
A Supernatural style MMO?
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Originally posted by DoktorTeufel
This is gonna be good! I like love what CCP have done with EVE and that it is more of a world then a game. This could be a game I would get really into! Thanks for that info. I had no idea about that. :)
A Supernatural style MMO?
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Double Post.. Never mind me :)
A Supernatural style MMO?
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by Ravik
Wish I had someone to play it with. lol.. Thanks for the heads up though :) I'll definitely look into it :)
Ive been offered a job at ncsoftwest
General Discussion « Aion
Originally posted by pojung
Ehm no? He shouldn't do that. You do know that bot developers read, right? That would be like giving them an account that can't be banned..
Good luck to the OP though. Have fun.
A Supernatural style MMO?
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by Tarka
ooh yeah! I totally forgot about TSW! Has there been released any info about gameplay and the like, anything else then the trailers?
Would love to read up on the game, but as I understand they are gonna launch in 2012, so there is a fair bit of time to that :) hehe
A Supernatural style MMO?
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Does it exist?! As far as I know, it doesn't, and this post will be written as such. (English is my second language so I hope you guys can understand what I mean. It shouldn't be too bad though, since I ran it trough a spell check before posting)
I've recently got a very high interest in the series (Supernatural) and I think it's awesome, and it got me thinking.
Why isn't there a MMO around that utilize this kind of "fantasy"?
I think it could make a awesome MMO world. It doesn't have to actually be Supernatural, but in the style like it.
I imagine it as a classless game, where you can specialize in different stuff; via Skill trees (I imagine it as Pre-NGE SWG skill trees)
(Maybe the more you play the game the higher your Skill point limit becomes. So let's say you've been playing for 2 years you'll actually be able to have 2x as high skill point limit as someone who just started out, so you seem as a more experienced "hunter")
Here is a few of the ideas I came up with, just braining, while watching almost the entire 3rd season today.
Let me start with a little explanation of the world and game. (For more info on Supernatural: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_%28TV_series%29 )
There are 3 major factions, so to speak, in this world. The Unknowing I am totally in doubt about as I actually want it to be more than just regular people, maybe we could call them "Disciples"?! Anyway you'll get my drift, I hope, later on.
(I am kind of playing with the idea of having sub-factions as well. Because, you know, us humans, we can never agree on what to do even if the world is ending. But I would rather have them to be player made if that could be possible)
The Hunters, The Unknowing and The Unearthly (For a lack of a better name)
The Hunters, of course, hunt The Unearthly, which is basically the Good vs. Evil theme.
The Hunters is humans, who have decided to stand up and fight against the demons, abominations, werewolves and other creatures that lurk in the dark, to protect the greater good of mankind.
The Unearthly (which I imagine is entirely NPC controlled. I heard a bit about Aion and how they have a NPC faction that balances things out if 1 faction gets the overhand. Don't know how good it is, how it works or anything but it sounds good.) is doing everything they can to take over the world, because they, well, think Hell sucks.
The Unknowing, and this is why I am in doubt of the name, is everything from people who are using witchcraft to achieve certain things, knowing or unknowing that, in the progress they hurt other people (Of course those who decide on the tree of witchcraft will know that it hurts people and don't really care), It also counts for the people that work for the highest bidder. (Kind of like Bella if you have seen the show) Or people just heading around for their own personal goals/gains/reasons.
Now for the game side of things, I guess. (I will mention some classes, which I will describe later in the thread)
Humans would be the only playable race, because the story plays out in a modern world.
I imagine this game to be group based, so that's why most of the classes aren't "cookie cutter", and you actually need others to progress faster and more efficient then a solo character.
Armor would have nothing to say, in the big picture. Of course you will be able to get some leather armor, but not many people would want to walk around in that. It would simply attract too much attention.
Cloths, weapons, artifacts and amulets on the other hand there should be LOADS off, so you can go nuts and look however you want. (With Amulets, Artifacts and Weapons actually have "stats" depending on what ammo is used, how its blessed, what runes is used, etc etc)
Quests are the big thing in this game. Some might not like it, but I think it could be awesome!
Basically, you hear a story, read a newspaper, talk to a "Lore Expert" or a random encounter tips you off that there is something out there. Then you have to look for clues, maybe go back to a certain someone you met earlier and talk about it. You could maybe find a piece of fur at a "Crime scene" and don't know what it is, and you send it off to your fellow "Lore Expert" and/or "Artifactor" to find its origin, and how to get rid of it.
So mission areas have to be instanced, kind of like how Matrix Online did it. You go into a building, but then you take an elevator up to your own instanced place of the mission. (Though most of the time it will be haunted buildings and the like, I guess)
There needs to be NPC "Lore Experts" but they shouldn't know as much as PC's and they should also have a fee (PC's can do this too, and raise it, depending on how good they are)
I doubt there will be much PvP though, even though I enjoy it. I guess you could make it possible for PC's join "The Unearthly" and help demons and have some PvP battles that way. Either way you have to either tag yourself at a "Master Hunter" or "Master Demon" or go play on a PvP server.
Then, of course, you would have to hunt Hunters instead, but The Unearthly is known to be manipulative and treacherous, so you could hunt other Unearthly, I guess. (This needs more thinking. Input appreciated for the fun of it)
There will be NO healers. It just wouldn't fit the lore (if it indeed is a pure Supernatural MMO) Healing Potions & Med packs should be available though. This game is about resistances more than health. (I need to come up with some smart thing with healing somehow)
For trees, you could start out with 4 basic classes (and I am thinking about making a 5th class which specializing in village building, house schematics, politics and so on)
Of course every basic and advanced class should have a "master" which would give an overall boost to all abilities/bonuses you get in that specific group of trees.
(Some of the trees I came up with pretty much explains themselves, so I won't go to deep into them)
With Hunter tree you could specialize in 3-4 ways, as described below. (Wow while writing this I totally redid the whole system in my head.
"Slayer Tree"
"Blaster Tree"
"Gunner Tree"
With the Spell craft tree you could specialize in 3-4 ways, as described below;
"Witchcraft Tree"
"Exorcism Tree"
"Enhancer Tree"
"Prayers Tree"
With the Explorer tree you could specialize in 3-4 ways, as described below;
"Lore Expert"
"Gatherer Expert"
"Artifactor" (For a lack of better name)
"I'm blank"?!?!
With the Merchant tree you could specialize in 3-4 ways, described below;
"Weapon Crafter"
"Cloth Craft"
"Amulet & Potion Craft"
Sorry for the wall of text, but this have taking me like 2 hours to write and the ideas just came along as I wrote it!
Discuss and input would be cool! This is my first idea of how to do a MMO and I think it's pretty decent. Of course you would need a whole lot more. I know that, but if it were to be a Supernatural MMO, you would already have the lore and the setting.
General: Jennings: Morality, Controversy & Games
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Great, Great read. 1 of the better articles on this site.
About the "No Russian" Mission I never saw it as anything else then a game. Actually my friend and I got quite the rush out of it.
It's been ages since a mission like that has been seen in gaming, if it ever have.
I went crazy and blasted everything in my way, shooting the ones hurt but still trying to get away. I had fun, like I should have..
It's a game.
I wish for TOR to kinda bring some kind of "evil" decisions into a MMO.
BUT, since its Star Wars and Bioware, it won't get that much attention, like this game has, because we are used to it from them and it isn't "real".
We can then continue to argue if MW2 is "real" or not. In my opinion, It's not.
Mayan didn't say the world ends in 2012
General Discussion « The Secret World
This thread is the best thread ever posted on MMORPG.com
Great read and lots of stuff to think about..
All I know for sure though, is, I will be out getting so wasted, doing weird stuff, with the all the people I care about, having the day of my life, 'cause, true or not, "the end of the world" is a great excuse to have a blast and do all the stuff you never would do.
I might see you around ;)
Borderlands or Dragon Age
General Gaming « General Discussion
I will definitely go for Dragon Age. It looks so freakin' amazing, imo, and I am really looking forward to it! They released a character creator a few days back and I've been playing with it all day, while listening to Infected Mushroom's new album, but thats kinda off topic. hehe
I'm gonna get borderlands down the road, but Dragon Age is what I am looking for atm.
Global Agenda: Exclusive Sneak Peek: Campaign Mode
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Seriously! How awesome would it be to be 1 of the best mercenaries! Just going around for the highest bidder (if they decide to do that) and be totally awesome! ... I wanna be that guy!
Guilds, actually fighting over who gets you and when they see the opponent got you, they just think.. oooh shite!
If that really happens I am SO there!
My First Impressions in EU Beta
General Discussion « League of Legends - Clash of Fates
In my opinion this game is extremely fun and very strategic, if you get a good group going, that is.
I got into beta for about 5 hours ago, via my Curse Premium, and I haven't been able to let it go before now, because it's 3:45am in the morning and I got stuff to do and places to be at 8:00am. I'd never heard about it before, so I looked up on their website and thought "Hey, thats awesome. I want to check it out!"
An average match is 30-60 mins long, which, I think is the perfect time for a little match.
/sarcasm on
ooh and this game got the best item shop ever!
They got all tons of stuff! That leet gear and stuff!
/sarcasm off
Seriously, I love how the store ingame is builded and how it functions. You got 6 inventory slots, and you got a recommend items (for which ever character you're playing) so thats a great starter until you get the hang of things and make your own Item combos.
But remember you only have 6 item spots and some items take up to 3-4 lesser items to create, so you have to make those first or you'll be stuck in 1 of the "craft sections" (I dunno what to call it)
You're called a "summoner" and you summon "champions" to fight for you in each map. You control 1 champion in each match. You can level that champion up to 18 in each match. It will reset when the match is done.
You have a ton of different "champions" to summon/play, so thats awesome! Never gotta stick to 1 class for 100+ hours again! (unless you choose to)
My love at the moment goes to the champion, Sivir. She has a Ricochet Blade which I think is awesome and she is great for dealing dmg to several opponents at once. You just gotta boost her attack speed, with items, and your good to go! She also gets this great ability in the later lvls, where she boosts attack speed 75% to all nearby allies! Works wonders when your trying to destroy the opponents nexus, which btw is how you win a match.
The game is great, but you'll have to deal with the occasional "leavers". Which is quite annoying, if I might add. 3vs5 is not really that fun! (even though I've managed to win 3 matches where it happened it ! Yay!)
I've never played DotA, never thought about it, and never will, so this game isn't only for "them"
Keep looking out for this thing, if this is what can keep you entertained.
Sorry for the lousy grammar and writing in this thread, but I'm tired! :P hehe
First impressions of AION after almost two hours
General Discussion « Aion
After 2 hours I logged out and toke a little break, I got to lvl 8 or something. I got annoyed/confused at all the quests I had at the time all over the damn starter Island thingie..
I logged back in a hour or 3 later and got to lvl 10 and out of the starter Island, and dang I'm kinda hooked now..
I actually didn't think I would be, but I dunno. Especially with flight. I was like meh, when I heard about it, but it rocks. I think the animations is awesome and already at lvl 10 I can feel battles is starting to go faster and get cooler and cooler..
Love the skill animations for my assasin.
It seems the more I play it, the more I like it. Now I'll see in the next few days, if this is the game I want at least untill TOR (Well gotta try that too, but I WANT to at least give it a chance)
I also like the graphics and on my gamer laptop with everything maxed, 4x AA it looks great! Plays smooth and I haven't had any lag what so ever yet, and people is all around. Love the customization available as well.
I just wish people would take a happy pill and get over themselves. This might be 1 of the reason I won't play.. No one talks, and so far I haven't been able to get any help I was looking for. The community I have met so far, is a community I really wont bother playing with. Had a random group with someone who just invited me, and normally I don't accept it, but I did because I couldn't handle it alone. No words from him at all. Silent as the grave, but playing just as a Duo, gave the game a whole lot of life, and it looked awesome.
Time will tell I guess.
Cannot connect to the Authorization Server
General Discussion « Aion
Relax.. I'm sure they've been hit with masses of players around the globe..
They'll fix it. Login servers are down again. They are most likely working on it.
EDIT: We have the servers up running, just need to sort out account access in our databases so that you can log in. From http://twitter.com/aion_ayase
Can't log in due to "not paying"
General Discussion « Aion
login servers keep coming online and go offline again.
No EU servers up yet, but 2 NA serves up, and they've been for quite some time.
Can't log in due to "not paying"
General Discussion « Aion
Same Error I'm getting.. They're getting hit hard as hell right now I bet.. like thousands of players trying to log on at the exact same time. Who knows if the system can hold it up :) hehe At least the login server is working now..


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They are constructed of structural steel with a stainless steel outer skin, paying homage to the tradition of working horses of Scotland which used to pull barges along Scotland's canals.
They stand at the entrance to the North Sea at the Forth and Clyde canal in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area.
The sculptures will open to the public this spring ahead of the opening of a visitor centre in the summer.

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Beguiled by the wild: Maureen Sullivan-Hartung pens book about Everglades
When Maureen Sullivan-Hartung first came to Naples in 1981, she drove across U.S. 41, through the Everglades.
Near Ochopee, she saw a sign that read "BEER WORMS."
The words baffled — and delighted — her for years. She had no idea what it meant: Was the sign's creator the purveyor of a can't-miss kind of fishing lure or just someone who liked to give the vapors to passing grammar fanatics?
"It never said beer and worms. It said beer worms," she recalls. "Sadly, it is no longer."
The sign may be gone, but anyone who wants to feel the same charmed confusion as Sullivan-Hartung can see a photograph of it in her book, "Hidden History of Everglades City & Points Nearby." Readers can also discover the details behind the sign, as well as its late owners Sam and Clara McKay, who established a rental trailer camp in Ochopee in the 1950s after moving there from Miami.
Documenting these tales is what led Sullivan-Hartung, a former freelance reporter for the now-defunct Everglades Echo newspaper, to pen the book.
As she researched the book, Sullivan-Hartung quickly realized that, even though she spent time in Everglades City as part of her reporting gig, there was still much she didn't know about the area. She reveled in learning about the early, wild-and-woolly days of the Tamiami Trail — not just the challenges of its construction, but also how law and order was maintained on this once-lonely stretch of road.
In the book, there are historical photos of the tiny way stations that were used to help keep the peace. That task was a big one: Just six stations existed to patrol the whopping 1,276,160 Collier County acres that reached from Immokalee to the Miami-Dade County line.
Each station was staffed by a husband-and-wife team. The wife would stay behind to tend the station, and the husband, deputized and riding a Harley-Davidson, would patrol the road. Generally, he rode no more than 5 miles in any direction, leaving whatever happened in between to the whims of fate.
Sullivan-Hartung's eyes widen when she thinks of what life must have been like then. Wild and woolly indeed.
"We're not talking hundreds of years ago," Sullivan-Hartung says. "This is like 80 years ago."
Of the six stations, only Monroe Station still exists in something close to its original state; it's owned by the Big Cypress National Preserve and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The others have been deliberately razed, destroyed by hurricanes or purchased for private use.
That's something Sullivan-Hartung saw often in the writing of her book. Like the sign proclaiming "BEER WORMS" and Weaver Station, interesting Everglades-area sites have been washed away, repurposed and torn down, and often, no one seems to mind. Another one of the sites in Sullivan-Hartung's book, Copeland's Bula Baptist Mission church, has recently been in the news as it tries to evade potential demolition.
While such revelations distressed the author, they also gave Sullivan-Hartung further cause to keep writing.
"I just hate to see some of these stories lost," she says.
She also believes that many who live in modern-day Collier County are like she once was - they have no clue about what historical treasures exist right under their noses. Or maybe people don't care about local history because they hail from somewhere else and don't consider it to be "their history."
Sullivan-Hartung was in that spot once, too. When she first came to Everglades City to write for the Echo, she figured she would slug it out for six months, max.
Instead, she stayed for a year. To this day, she's still a regular visitor to the town, traveling there to attend festivals and other events. Most recently, she's made it a frequent stop for her book signings.
Sullivan-Hartung credits the change in attitude to an encounter that happened early in her time in Everglades City. Shortly after she started working at the Echo, the late local legend Loren G. "Totch" Brown called the paper and announced she needed to interview him.
When she arrived at his Chokoloskee home, Brown finished his peanut butter sandwich, whistled for his dog, intriguingly named Troubles, and told her he was going to take her on a boat ride through the 10,000 Islands.
That trip is still fresh in her memory.
She remembers how beautiful everything was, how simple and serene. Brown navigated the boat through the mangrove islands and, although she felt instantly lost in the backwaters, her captain never lost his way. Suddenly, Sullivan-Hartung recalls, she felt very stupid: She had lived in Naples for 10 years, and never seen this side of Collier County.
She lost her heart to the Everglades that day, she explains.
"I wrote the book because I fell in love with it," Sullivan-Hartung says. "I just want everyone else to fall in love with it."
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Almost everything I have consumed so far today is in some way a functional food: My cereal is fortified with extra fiber, vitamins and minerals; the milk has added omega-3; the bread for the toast is infused with whole grains; and my yogurt is crawling with pre- and probiotics. Only the yellow peach I had as a snack was eaten in its totally natural form.
The International Food Information Council defines "functional food" in the same terms as the rest of the industry: Foods and food components that may provide benefits beyond basic nutrition. So, the additional of omega-3, folic acid, vitamins and probiotics in all the foods I ate today satisfy the definition.
Functional ingredients owe their growing presence in large part to the way manufacturers have included them in everyday, high-consumption products, such as milk, bread and eggs. Consumers are noticing the value-added components, too, according to the 2011 IFIC Functional Foods/Foods for Health Survey. The poll showed that 90% of the 1,000 American adults questioned over the Internet this spring can name at least one food and its associated benefit. Some 76% say that foods that can promote health can have a meaningful impact on their health when they consume them.
And speaking of the unaltered peach, the top 5 foods cited by those surveyed for being most helpful in improving or maintaining their health are: Fruits and vegetables, fish/fish oil, dairy, whole grains and herbs/spices.
Those are the foods. The top components or ingredients included calcium (92%), vitamin D (90%) for bone health; protein (87%) and B vitamins (86%) for overall well-being; and omega-3 fatty acids (85%) for heart health.
Late last year, we covered IFIC's study on consumer perceptions of calories. Then, as now with functional foods, the majority of respondents got their information from medical professionals (65%) and registered dietitians (51%). Other sources included media (66%) like the internet (43%), television news (34%) and magazines (30%).
Nearly one-half of those surveyed said they read food and nutrition labels. In that regard, my poor peach doesn't seem to have much going for it when it's up against the world of modern food technology. It doesn't have a label for anyone to read, and science hasn't figured out how to add whole grains to it. Yet.
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FOXBORO – "Hey Donald, remember that time when Vince Wilfork de-cleated you?"
"Yeah. Didn't hurt."
That was the jist of Jones' recollections of a fairly thunderous hit by Wilfork last September when Jones, then a member of the Bills, worked over the middle for a screen at the line of scrimmage.
"It actually looked a lot worse than what it was," said Jones. "It didn't hurt. I'm sure if he landed on me it would have hurt a lot more but he caught me in the air so the hit didn't hurt."
(That's what Brandon Lloyd's been trying to tell everyone . . . nobody gets hurt when they jump!!)
The hit has been mentioned since Jones has been a Patriot. And Jones says he and Wilfork have reminisced about it.
"Guys make jokes about it," said Jones, who should certainly bear no shame for getting crushed. "That's something I'll never forget.
"I don't even really remember how Vince ended up right there when I caught the ball but he was right there," said Jones. "He read it well and he just caught me in the air. I guess that's something D-lineman hope for is to catch a receiver coming over the middle so he got his thing that he always hoped for, I guess."
The flak he's taken for the hit always ends good-naturedly, said Jones. "They make a joke and at the end they'll try to fix it over by saying, 'Well, you got up anyway.' "


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- A biography of Leon Panetta.
- December 20, 1996: The second Clinton cabinet.
- November 8, 1996: A Presidential Press Conference announcing Erskine Bowles will replace Leon Panetta.
- November 8, 1996: Margaret Warner and a panel look at the new White House Chief of Staff, Erskine Bowles.
- August 27, 1996: Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with Leon Panetta about turbulence at the White House.
- November 9, 1995: A NewsHour interview with Leon Panetta.
JIM LEHRER: The White House Chief of Staff is returning to California, the state he represented in Congress for 16 years. He left Capitol Hill to become President Clinton's first director of the Office of Management & Budget. Within 18 months he was named chief of staff. Margaret (Warner) talked to him in his office earlier today before the Gingrich hearing began.
MARGARET WARNER: Well, thanks for being with us, Mr. Panetta.
LEON PANETTA, White House Chief of Staff: Nice to be with you.
MARGARET WARNER: Let's talk about what's happening on the Hill first. Are we just seeing a partisan meltdown, breakdown in Congress?
LEON PANETTA: It's unfortunate that the Congress has to start off on this foot because I think when you have this kind of issue before the Congress that involves an ethics issue, and particularly where it involves the Speaker, and it starts to break down into partisan attacks and counter attacks, that what happens is a lot of feelings get bruised in the process. And it's going to take a while for those feelings to heal no matter what happens. So instead of I think the real hope that we could have a bipartisan coalition come together quickly to work with the President and to try to move his agenda forward, I'm afraid it's going to–it's going to take a few months to try to get past the divisiveness of this whole ethics issue.
MARGARET WARNER: Why do you think there is so much acrimony and bitterness?
LEON PANETTA: You know, I think–I think part of the problem is that in the time that I've been in Washington politics has gotten meaner, and it's become more involved in personal attacks, more involved in just attack politics overall, where instead of kind of spending time talking about the broader issues, on education, welfare reform, health care, and what have you, trying to work for solutions, it's become much, much more of a political temptation in order to grab that 30-second spot on the evening news to engage in this kind of attack politics.
And I think we pay a price for that. But members also think that when they're doing this, when they're using this, one party against the other, when you're basically pinning an individual down on some kind of personality or ethics issue, that you're making points with the American public. I honestly think they're losing points with the American public, but I think there's still a mentality that if they can score the first punch, that somehow that benefits them. And I think that's what you're still seeing play out.
MARGARET WARNER: However this ethics–these charges against Gingrich play out in the end, what effect do you think this is going to have on his ability to lead the Republicans and lead them into compromising with the White House?
LEON PANETTA: It is–it's difficult to really determine where this is going to lead us. And the reason I say that, you almost have to see how this plays out. First of all, you have to see what happens to him, you know, what ultimately the Congress does decide with regards to the Speaker, but assuming that the Speaker remains, then the question is, does he feel strong enough as a result of that, that he can truly engage with the President and with Democrats to try to find compromises on key issues, and move that forward, or has he made so many commitments to his own members in order to save his position and is so indebted to them that he finds it difficult to not move away from gridlock?
That is really a question mark right now. I don't know because none of us know how many commitments he's had to make as a result of this. I think one thing is clear; that this will continue to remain a cloud over him and over this session. And the real key is whether or not he has the courage to move beyond it. And I don't know the answer to that.
MARGARET WARNER: All right. Now, let's turn around and look at the President too who has various ethics and investigations hanging over him, whether it's Paula Jones, Whitewater, this money-raising business. What effect do all those have on his ability to lead?
LEON PANETTA: The best way for the President to deal with the next two years is to carry forward the lesson that he learned in the last two years. And the lesson of the last two years is basically the following: No. 1, don't get trapped by the Congress; don't become a prime minister who has to spend every day worried about what happens in the Congress. Take your message to the American people. Use the bully pulpit. Use executive actions. And if you can work with Congress to get something done, fine, but don't get trapped by the Congress in that process. Take your message to the American people because ultimately that's the most effective way to get anything done.
MARGARET WARNER: Now one of this group of problems did happen on your watch, and that is the DNC, Democratic National Committee fund-raising, and let me just ask you whether you think, in retrospect, you all put too much pressure on the DNC to raise these millions and millions for the presidential year and that there was also maybe something a little unseemly about the way you involved the President in all these special things for the donors or the night in the Lincoln Bedroom or the coffees here at the White House. I mean, in retrospect, do you think the White House was at fault here?
LEON PANETTA: Well, obviously, I think the President and all of us were disappointed at what happened with regards to how the DNC checked the contributions and the fact that they had a check system in place and then ignored it or put it aside, because that's not what we did with the re-elect; that's not what we did with regards to the other campaign finance that involved Democrats. And frankly, we just assumed that the DNC was, in fact, implementing that same kind of check system, and that wasn't happening, so that's unfortunate, and I guess all of us accept some responsibility for assuming that that's what they were doing. I think the fundamental problem is that there really is just too much money involved in politics these days and too much responsibility to raise that money in order to, in fact, compete party to party, candidate to candidate.
The one lesson that comes out of all of this is the need for campaign reform. I think unless campaign reform is enacted by this Congress that sets limits, that tries to provide some reforms in this area, I think you're going to see the same kind of–the same kind of over-emphasis on fund-raising that we've seen before. And it's not just Democrats. It's not just the President. It's Republicans and Democrats together. It's candidate after candidate. It's got to stop.
MARGARET WARNER: So you're saying, though, that within the present system you don't have any regrets about the way you handled raising all this money.
LEON PANETTA: Obviously, with regards to what happened at the DNC, all of us, obviously, would have preferred that they had their check system in place. As to whether or not there was a need to raise funds in order to compete with Republicans who were raising significant amounts of money, don't forget, in the end, they raised almost twice as much as what the Democrats raised, using very much the same tactics, fund-raising dinners, fund-raising luncheons, fund-raising breakfasts, meetings here, meetings there. I mean, that's the way you raise money in our system. I mean, to that extent, no, we had to basically compete in order to raise those funds, but do we–do we feel it's the right thing that we ought to be doing? No. I think there's too much time, too much emphasis on fund-raising, and it's got to stop.
MARGARET WARNER: Coming in here four years ago and leaving today, how is the President, if at all, a different man or different in his role as President from the close range that you see him?
LEON PANETTA: Well, you know, the President came in the first two years a governor of a small state. He had a large agenda he wanted to put in place. I think he had very high hopes. I think he did not know Washington that well when he first came here and took a lot for granted in terms of how both the Congress and the country would respond to an aggressive agenda. And what happened in the last two years I think were several important things. First of all, he did learn the lesson that his ability to use the bully pulpit and go to the American people was extremely important. No. 2, that if you want to get anything done, you've got to get the message to the American people about how it affects their families. He did a lot in his first two years, but he never got the message across as to how it related to their families, and they never quite understood what it meant for them.
He captured that in the second two years. Thirdly, he's become much more disciplined and focused in terms of his own time and spending, spending the time to think about what he wants to do, doing phone and office time but more importantly focusing on a particular message, rather than running to several different events, and lastly, implementing the kind of discipline we put in place. I think all those things indicate a change for the better as far as the President.
MARGARET WARNER: And as you leave government service after what, nearly 30 years, are you still as enthusiastic about government service as you were when you came in?
LEON PANETTA: Very much. I think–I think there is no better way to, in fact, serve the American people than to be in positions like chief of staff or elected positions in our government where, in fact, you can affect the daily lives of people in this country. There is no better way to try to improve people's lives than in these positions, despite all the problems, despite all the temptation, despite all of the challenges that you face day in and day out. The greatest satisfaction you can have is when you help people.
MARGARET WARNER: And what are your plans?
LEON PANETTA: I want to go back to California, my home, back to Carmel Valley in the Monterey area, which I was born in Monterey, and represented that are in the Congress, so that's home. I want to go back. I want to frankly take some time to decompress. These jobs run 24 hours a day, and take some time, look at other opportunities, but most importantly be able to be home with my family.
MARGARET WARNER: And are you exploring the prospect of running for governor of California next year?
LEON PANETTA: When I go home, I think obviously one of the things I'm going to look at is that possibility and talk with friends and talk with supporters about that possibility, but I've made no decision, and frankly I shouldn't make any decision until I get a chance to go back home.
MARGARET WARNER: There was a report that you and Diane Feinstein, the Democratic–a Democratic Senator from California, met and essentially made a deal that you would not run against each other for governor, is that true?
LEON PANETTA: No, we haven't made any deals, but we're good friends, and we talk to each other, and I think we'll continue to talk to each other about, you know, the future of the state of California. I think both of us are very concerned about what's happened with the state over the last few years, and both of us want to make sure that whoever runs for that position is in–has a good chance to win and to change the direction of the state.
MARGARET WARNER: And if you don't do that, are you going to stay in public service?
LEON PANETTA: I will–you can't spend 30 years of life I public service, which is about what I've spent, and not continue to stay involved. I will continue to stay involved in some capacity on issues that affect people.
MARGARET WARNER: Well, thanks, Mr. Panetta, and good luck to you.
LEON PANETTA: Thank you very much.


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Picos De Europe May 2013
Two friends and I will be heading to Northern Spain (Picos De Europe) on the 9th May 2013 for seven days of fun in the mountains,this will be our first venture to this area, we have now booked our ferry crossing from Portsmouth to Bilbao and will be staying in Arenas De Cabrales, If anyone would like to join us or meet up once there please let me know, if you have previous experience of riding in the Picos De Europe even better.
We will be riding: BMW K1300s / BMW R1200GSA / BMW F800GS but dont hold this against us !
Great place to ride. SWMBO and I were there in the Zed4 close to your dates and the weather was nice, could be a bit cool at the upper reaches.
I will be following this with interest as I'm currently planning a similar trip into Northen Spain and Portugal for 2014.
Be keen to swap notes with you.
Picos 2013
Hi, will miss you by a day . Booked into hotel Nr. Potes - 1 May- 8 May.
Two Africa Twins & 1 F800GS.
First trip to the Picos, after sampling the Pyrrenees a couple of years ago. Boat to Santander, then make it up as we go along. Hoping to do some gravel travel ( I understand booklets are on sale in Potes showing Off- Road routes ).
Good luck on your trip.
regards .......................tobuk
I live in Oviedo, 100km away of Arenas. I cannot join you, but if you need some info for routes or something pm me. (i don't think so cause all the roads are fine, even the C roads)
Eat cachopo, fabada and drink sidra, and it would be better if you make to spanish schedules (breakfast at 8-9h, lunching at 14h, dinner at 21h)
further to my thread on March 19. re. vsiting the Picos.
Have just got back from a very satisfying 7 days & 10,000 hairpin bends ( a few of which I got right ! ).Varied weather, wet-2, v,hot/sunny-4, indifferent-2. On arrival the San Gloria pass was closed with snow but we rode it on day 4. Both the gorge roads were " interesting " waterfalls right across the roads, loose rocks & on one blind corner a wheelbarrow full of collected rocks in the middle of the road !!!!!!!!!!!
Stayed @ Pension La Pisa in Aniezo, 9kms south of Potes. Very comfortable, good food, drying room. English Ex- pats so no language probs.
Took the ferry to Santander (£300-return ) one and a half houres into Potes. would recommend the area if your thinking of going to northern Spain.
Hope everybodys summer trips are as good...................regards, tobuk:D
I made this route around Picos for a contest
I'd appreciate some votes :evil
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Wonderful $100 Watermelon NoteFr. 377 $100 1890 Treasury Note PMG Very Fine 25.
The story about United States Treasury Notes begins in the 1870's with monetary policy that greatly affected the use of silver in coinage. First, silver was demonetized in the Coinage Law of 1873. This move was set about by a Congress that was largely for the Gold Standard. The timing however could not have been worse as a depression in Europe sank its claws into the American economy. Western Senators were hard pressed to take care of their constituency, which was hit hard by falling silver prices in addition to the recession.
Congressman Richard P. Bland and Senator William A. Allison proposed the Bland-Allison Act of 1878. In addition to calling for the Double Standard, it also called for between $2 million and $4 million worth of silver to be purchased by the Treasury each month. Both Morgan Dollars and Silver Certificates were born of this act as it called for the silver to be placed into circulation. Since the law called for excess silver purchases, beyond the needs of the public, the vaults at the Treasury began to fill up with Morgan Dollars.
By 1889, the surplus was in the hundreds of millions of dollars. President William Harrison mentioned in his annual address that $283,539,521 worth of silver dollars sat in the vaults, and more than $6 million of it was not represented by Silver Certificates. At this time silver was worth around 70 cents per ounce, but special interests pushed even harder. The introduction of the Windom Silver Bullion Purchase Act in the House was an attempt to remove all restrictions on the purchase and coining of silver. The act passed on July 14, 1890, called for greatly increased limits as well as introducing the issue of Treasury Notes. The increase called for the purchase of up to 4.5 million ounces of silver each month, or whatever was available on the market. It also introduced Treasury Notes in form of payment for the purchases in denominations of not less than $1 and not more than $1000.
The Act doubled the amount of silver purchased by the government each month. The technical change to Treasury Notes in the act proved fatal for silver. The notes were redeemable in both gold and silver and with silver far below par, the public would be foolish to not choose gold when redeeming their notes. James Nelson Huston, the Treasurer at the time, was a steadfast Republican and hardly the fiscal conservative. The law allowed him to cease the issuance of $1000 and $500 Silver Certificates in favor of Treasury Notes. A total of 16,000 of each of those two denominations were printed, hardly enough to back five months worth of silver purchases.
The favored status of the Treasury notes is evidenced by increased redemption rates. Logically they would have also been favored by those hoarding cash, providing for a slightly larger survival rate to date than silver certificates. The smaller print runs though provided for a very limited number of survivors. With the $500 denomination unknown, and the $1000 denomination exceeding the seven figure mark whenever sold, the $100 denomination is the largest that appears with any regularity at auction. The engraved 100 on the back of the $100 and the 1000 on the $1000 note were executed in such a fashion that the design details and green ink resemble the skin of a watermelon. The aesthetic designs earned them the nickname "Watermelons," most commonly referred to as the "Baby Watermelon" for the $100 note and "Grand Watermelon" for the $1000 note.
Approximately three dozen survivors of this Friedberg number are enumerated in the most recent census, though a quarter of those are permanently impounded in institutional collections or are rumored to exist with just serial numbers and no recorded sales histories. This $100 Treasury note is the lone example to be offered on the market since 2008. The colors remain very bright for the grade with a rich green back. Some minor pinholes are noted for accuracy, but are a refreshing departure from the often invasive restorations usually found on major currency rarities. As one of the most highly sought after design types in the field, expect the realization for this wonderful example to meet or exceed...
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Look inward to find satisfactionJuly 07,2014When our self-worth is tied to our ability or skill, no amount of validation or admiration is ever enough. It may seem as if we are looking to feed our ego, yet it is our deep insecurities telling us we are not good enough, through internalized messages, urging us to seek others' approval. Validation from others trick us into believing we are enough, but it is short-lived. We may look at our work and think it is good, but our insecurity sneaks in and lets the internal voice take control. When one person validates us, we get a high, then another person recognizes our skill for another high. It is in those moments of recognition that our inner voice is quieted.
When we look to others to make us feel good about something we have done, we start to question our ability. If subsequent attempts to gain attention are unsuccessful, we fall apart. When ability becomes worth, with one dependent on the other, our internal voice gets louder. Therefore, we seek more validation, and even then, if we don't see our worth or value or creativity, no magic number of people will ever convince us that we alone are enough.
The truth is, people who look to others for confirmation of their skill or creativity are not conceited or full of themselves, or overconfident. The people who seek the most approval are the opposite, they are insecure or feel worthless. The reason for this need for constant attention or approval of our work is because we are afraid of rejection or criticism. Rejection in what we create for others is directly related to who we are and what we feel we mean to others, and how we feel about ourselves. We overcompensate and appear as if we think "we" are better than "them." This false bravado is a defense mechanism that we use to protect ourselves from those "out there" confirming what we believe "in here."
Your inner voice is what guides you. It is your motivation and your sense of self. Let that voice be enough, regardless of what your clients, bosses or others may think.
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The June issue (Journal 12) of The Architecture Journal focuses on web architecture. I was delighted to be invited to contribute, and wrote "Secure Cross-Domain Communication in the Browser" for this issue. In the article I describe a somewhat bizarre technique we use in the Windows Live Contacts web...
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I've been tinkering with Silverlight and Silverlight Streaming and thought I'd share some of my discoveries and pointers. Silverlight is designed to dovetail into a traditional HTML+JavaScript web app. Your web page loads a Silverlight.js file and constructs a Silverlight object. What happens after...
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Martin Heller posted an article on Infoworld, " Data Wants To Be Free ," about the Windows Live Data "secret session" at MIX07. The Windows Live Data service (probably not its final name) enables a deeper level of integration and data access than the devlive web controls, but still maintains user control...
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Silverlight implements isolated local storage on the client. Currently in the Alpha, the storage is limited to 1MB per web application and is keyed to the full URL of the XAML/HTML page. That means for this alpha release, two pages that are part of the same application served from the same domain will...
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On every visit to the Blue Bayou I share the enormous Monte Cristo with one other person without the split-plate deal, so naturally I continued that tradition. Honestly, between bread and butter, a salad or gumbo appetizer, and a battered-and-fried hunk of delicious artery-clogging heaven, who can complain about not getting enough food, even when sharing? But I suppose I bring this up because those scallop potatoes on the side were just too darned fantastic, and combined with a reasonable serving of cooked vegetables, were as enjoyable as the Monte Cristo itself. I understand and respect the Staggs era of health– it's already greatly improved and otherwise classed-up the menus at the DLR across the board. Forgive me, but I just can't get over losing the scallop potatoes and veggies to a very skimpy fruit kabob skewered with less than a dozen tiny morsels of assorted microscopic berries. I would gladly welcome a switch to fruit had there been more of it. Also, I understand that scallop potatoes are still a side for other lunch entrées, but it would be nice if they would still allow a substitute, all health consciousness aside, for old time's sake.
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Just several years after the 2007-08 global food crisis, the "telltale drivers" of acute global food insecurity have returned, argues Asia Program associate Michael Kugelman in a new World Politics Review op-ed that draws on his recent trip to India.
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The earthquake and ensuing tsunami that struck Japan on March 11 has caused untold damage in the northern part of the country and taken thousands of lives. In the aftermath, Wilson Center experts analyze Japan's reaction to the devastation and discuss how things may change in the region looking forward.
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David Ottaway, Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Marina Ottaway, Director of the Middle East Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, published a piece for Carnegie Endowment and for the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center on "Of Revolutions, Regime Change and State Collapse in the Arab World."
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U.S. Energy Security Policy: A Global PerspectiveJan 11, 2011
Making sure markets are open, fair, and transparent is a key tenet of the Obama administration's global energy security agenda. At a January 11 Director's Forum, State Department special envoy David Goldwyn outlined the United States' plan for energy security policy.
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How can the world help Pakistan respond to its widespread and deadly water crisis? In a new policy brief published by the Norwegian Peacebuilding Center, program associate Michael Kugelman examines the opportunities and constraints faced by the international community in its efforts to help reduce the country's water woes.
Empowering Women in the Muslim WorldNov 04, 2010
Women in the Middle East continue to strive for equality and justice throughout the region. Several recent Middle East Program meetings explored the progress in some countries and some of the challenges that remain.
Former Botswana President Champions Health, Governance IssuesNov 04, 2010
Former Botswana President Festus Mogae is working actively with world leaders on HIV/AIDS prevention efforts across Africa. "We can't ask the international community for help unless we first help ourselves," said Mogae, who recently spent several months as a Wilson Center scholar to further his work.
Population, Health, and Environment in EthiopiaOct 22, 2010
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|Season 2, Vol. 1
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|Released On: February 23, 2010
Region: 1
Production Company: Paramount
My Three Sons is a delightful slice-of-life comedy about the American family. The series chronicles the life of the Douglas family; a seemingly simple premise that was a huge hit with audiences and a keystone of the TV family lineup in the '60s. Fred MacMurray delivers a standout portrayal as Steve Douglas, an aeronautical engineer and widower raising his three sons alone.
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English
Number of discs: 3
Running Time: 461 mins
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|Season 2, Vol. 2
|(June 15, 2010)