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It's not every day that world-class scientists trade in their lab coats and test tubes for spandex and hula hoops.
It was all part of a contest created by the journal Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science that challenged scientists and graduate students around the world to choreograph dances that represent their Ph.D theses and then post them on YouTube.
Masters of physics and biology turned to moves from breakdancing to ballet to express their work.
John Bohannon, the science journalist and former biologist who came up with the Dance Your Ph.D. competition, said the goal was to make science more accessible and shatter the image of the scientist as the dull and humorless geek.
The idea came from his own conference-going days, Bohannon said, when he'd watch a wee bit of alcohol push scientists from "wedding-like awkwardness" to Fred Astaire-like ease.
"What I noticed was that there's always this tipping point with scientists where they all really have fun and cut loose. And it kind of goes against the stereotype of the scientist as the dry, nerdy pencil neck. And so I wanted to demonstrate to the world that scientists really can dance," said Bohannon.
From his post as a visiting scholar at Harvard University, he rallied about 100 scientists from as far away as Australia to simplify a thesis on, for example, "Single Molecule Measurements of Protelomerase TelK-DNA Complexes" into a fiery tango.
The contest was announced six weeks ago and attracted 36 individual and group submissions. On Thursday, Science magazine will announce the four winners, who will work with professional choreographers to turn their research into a full-scale production to debut at the AAAS annual meeting in February 2009.
Miriam Sach, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of California at San Diego, was thrilled about the opportunity to combine two personal interests -- science and dance -- and reach past the narrow confines of the scientific community.
Her modern dance, based on her research on how the brain processes regular and irregular verbs, was one of the winning submissions. With simple steps, jumps, slides and turns, she demonstrated that the brain uses the same neural network to process different kinds of verbs.
"Usually science only approaches a few people. Just to bring it into a broader perspective, I thought was very amazing," she said. "Usually science is so highly specialized. It was a challenge to bring this into an expression that a lot of people can understand."
Christin Murphy, a graduate student at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, took a different approach.
To share her research on "Hydrodynamic Trail Detection in Marine Organisms," she used ... hula hoops.
Hydrodynamic trails are created when water animals -- like lobsters -- move through the water. Detecting these water vortices is crucial for underwater creatures that use the information to prey on other organisms or avoid predators, Murphy said.
She's been a dancer for most of her life and has been hula hooping for the past few years. When she had a chance to dance to her work, the hoops immediately came to mind. She donned a sparkling spandex suit and, to a Beach Boys medley, twirled away.


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Indian Creek Massacre
I've been withing a mile of this marker and park probably 20 times. No idea it was there nor any signs pointing to it. One day on google earth, I saw some pics. I knew we needed to get out there and check it out. Six hour ride with several other stops was only 160 miles - but it was a great way to spend a beautiful day.
The early spring gave us some cherry tree blooms as we left our house.
We made the Millbrook Bridge part of our twisty two lane route. It is an 1897 Pratt Truss bridge that is 600 ft long. Love to stop off and walk it.
Lisa with the new bridge in the background:
Here is one of the full length:
From there, we followed the Fox River for about an hour of back twisty roads to the memorial. There are no signs on the main road. Once we crossed there was a small sign for Shabbona Park. There, we saw the memorials.
Here is a bit of history from wikipedia:
"The Indian Creek massacre occurred on May 21, 1832, when a group of United States settlers in LaSalle County, Illinois, were attacked by a party of Native Americans. The massacre was sparked by the outbreak of the Black Hawk War, but it was not directly related to Sauk leader Black Hawk's conflict with the United States. Instead, the incident stemmed from a settler's refusal to remove a dam that jeopardized a food source for a nearby Potawatomi village. After the Black Hawk War began, between 40 and 80 Potawatomis and three Sauks attacked the settlement. Fifteen settlers, including women and children, were killed. Two young women kidnapped by the raiders were ransomed and released unharmed about two weeks later."
This pic shows the original memorial which was the marker at the time along with a newer memorial erected by the state.
There is also a marker telling about the two girls that were kidnapped.
The park is clearly a respected part of this area's history. I wouldn't say any buildings or shelters are newer than the 80's, but it is clear there are structures here from pre 1900's and several decades in between. One building clearly looked turn of the century, another post WWII, several more from the 70's and 80's. Even the dual memorials span a large gap of time.
There is NO population center are near here, yet the park seems to be tended to pretty well. As we pass by this summer, I am curious to see if locals use the shelters and picnic / enjoy this area. I know we will be back for the shade and water.
From there we headed to Starved Rock State Park - about as cool and tight of twisties as you will find in this area. Gotta say, could have been smoother with the new to me concours. Very easy to lug the old cruiser around there, but I was choppy on this ride. I am thinking the revs should have been kept higher with fewer shifts. Lisa was kind about it and didn't rip on me for riding so lame.
Stopped off in Utica for a wine tasking at August Hill Winery. Very nice and relaxing. Talked her into letting me take one pic....
As we started turning for home, we discussed dinner - and Cajun Connection! Lisa and one of my three sons is vegetarian. Well, wouldn't you know it, Cajun Ron makes veggie Gumbo for lent. Gave them a call, and though the restaraunt wasn't to open for two more hours, they were there prepping and said to stop by. Knock knock knock on the kitchen door and there is Ron calling us in.
Mmmmmmm, smells so good. We got a quart of the meat and a quart of the meatless gumbos. Ahhhheeeee! This is not the first time he has sold us gumbo out the kitchen door! Ahhheeee!
Ron was just about to chop up this gator tail. The blur in the pic is from me moving - NOT the gator!
Loaded with the goods for dinner, we stopped off at our usual return from a trip place for one pop, and home for dinner with the boys. Great way to spend the day.
Lisa really took to the new bike. Surprisingly, much smoother over road imperfections than the fat cruiser. She found the seating position comfortable and relaxing enough. Of course, we had to get it to triple digits just once
Good day, great ride, nice bike!
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Alekkas, I just found this, thanks for the report on a forgotten massacre. Next time I'm up in Illinois I'll ride over to have a look.
In case you're interested there is a very detailed account of the attack in a book entitled "Black Hawk: the battle for the heart of America" by Kerry A. Trask. Published by Holt in 2006. This is a very good read about the Black Hawk war.
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Yes, us locals do use the Shabbona park, nice write up.
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Plus here is a blurb about another Black hawk war memorial.
Stillman Valley is a village in Marion Township, Ogle County, Illinois, United States. It lies east of Byron, south of Rockford, and west of Davis Junction. The population was 1,120 at the 2010 census, up from 1,048 at the 2000 census. The village is located on the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad, on the old Chicago Great Western Railway before it merged and was pulled up. Also, Illinois Route 72 runs through the village, and is near the location for the beginning of the Black Hawk War. The war memorial for the Battle of Stillman's Run is located in this village.
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The Battle of Stillman's Run, also known as the Battle of Sycamore Creek or the Battle of Old Man's Creek, occurred on May 14, 1832. The battle was named for Major Isaiah Stillman and his detachment of 275 Illinois militia which fled in a panic from a smaller number of Sauk warriors. The engagement was the first battle of the 1832 Black Hawk War which had ignited after Black Hawk crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois with his "British Band" of Sauk and Fox. Following a failed attempt at truce negotiations by emissaries sent by Black Hawk, and probable deception by Warriors under his command. The militia pursued a group of Sauk scouts back to the main British Band camp.
During the engagement 12 militia men were killed while making a stand on a small hill. The rest of the militia fled back to Dixon's Ferry where they spread news of a terrible slaughter at Stillman's Run. It is believed that militia volunteer Abraham Lincoln helped bury the dead at the battlefield following the fight; this claim, however, was still under investigation as of 2003[update]. An article published in 2006 corroborated Lincoln's presence at the burial; though there is little agreement amongst various other sources. In 1901 a monument was erected in Stillman Valley, Illinois commemorating the battle
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Kinda funny the Major's name was Stillman and they ran. Hence the Battle of Stillmans Run?
I'm just sayin'.
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Cool. Haven't seen the Stillman memorial. A good excuse for a day ride!
Last time at Shabonna Co park, there was a Jack Russel Terrier competition. Dogs racing and yelping and doing whatever. Pretty cool. Stop there now each trip by. Just over an hour from home, it's a good first break.
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We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction (Hardcover)
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Joan Didion's incomparable and distinctive essays and journalism are admired for their acute, incisive observations and their spare, elegant style. Now the seven books of nonfiction that appeared between 1968 and 2003 have been brought together into one thrilling collection.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem captures the counterculture of the sixties, its mood and lifestyle, as symbolized by California, Joan Baez, Haight-Ashbury. The White Album covers the revolutionary politics and the "contemporary wasteland" of the late sixties and early seventies, in pieces on the Manson family, the Black Panthers, and Hollywood. Salvador is a riveting look at the social and political landscape of civil war. Miami exposes the secret role this largely Latin city played in the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs through Watergate. In After Henry Didion reports on the Reagans, Patty Hearst, and the Central Park jogger case. The eight essays in Political Fictions–on censorship in the media, Gingrich, Clinton, Starr, and "compassionate conservatism," among others–show us how we got to the political scene of today. And in Where I Was From Didion shows that California was never the land of the golden dream.
About the Author
Joan Didion's many books include The Year of Magical Thinking, for which she received the National Book Award. She lives in New York City.
JOHN LEONARD is the TV critic for New York magazine, a commentator on CBS Sunday Morning, and book critic for The Nation. He has been editor of the New York Times Book Review and literary coeditor of The Nation. John Leonard is the author of When the Kissing Had to Stop, The Last Innocent White Man, Smoke and Mirrors, and many other books.
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"[Didion's is] one of the most recognizable—and brilliant—literary styles to emerge in America during the past four decades . . . [She is] a great American writer."
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"One beautiful sentence follows another . . . Didion has remained a clearheaded and original writer all her long life."
"Her intelligence is as honed as ever . . . Her vision is ice-water clear . . . Didion has captured the mood of America."
—New York Times
"Many of us have tried, and failed, to master [Didion's] gift for the single ordinary deflating word, the word that spins an otherwise flat sentence through five degrees of irony. But her sentences could only be hers."
—Chicago Tribune
"I have been trying forever to figure out why [Didion's] sentences are better than mine or yours . . . Something about [their] cadence. They come at you, if not from ambush, then in gnomic haikus, ice pick laser beams, or waves. Even the space on the page around these sentences is more interesting than it ought to be, as if to square a sandbox for a Sphinx."
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This week's team of the week is on a 5 game winning streak after beginning the season 0-3. The Windthorst Trojans 5th straight victory was one of the biggest comebacks in school history. On the road, Windthorst overcame a 26 point second half deficit to beat Hawley last Friday night. Jermaine Ferrell reports there wasn't any quit in the men from Trojanland.
This week's KFDX Athlete of the week is Graham's Derek Sides
Iowa Park at Cache: September 5, 2014
Vernon at Altus: September 5, 2014
Quanah at Seymou: September 5, 2014
Lake Worth at Bowie: September 5, 2014
Guthrie at Newcastle: September 5, 2014
Notre Dame at Bryson: September 5, 2014
Gold-Burg at Wichita Christian: September 5, 2014
Amarillo at Rider: September 5, 2014
Archer City at City View: September 5, 2014
The Crowell Wildcats Football team joined Jermaine Ferrell on Sports Sunday to talk about winning their first 6-Man Division I State Title.
The Crowell Wildcats win their first state title. They defeated the May Tigers 78-52 in the 6-Man Division I State Championship Game at AT&T Stadium Saturday.
Friday Night Flashback: Rider vs WFHS 2007
Friday Night Flashback: Burkburnett vs Iowa Park: 2009
Crowell at Knox City: November 1, 2103
Archer City at Seymour: November 1, 2013
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Just in case you weren't aware how big of a star Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is in Japan...this should convince you. According to Japanese media reports, planning is underway for a Darvish museum in the Hyogo prefecture, in the southern part of the country. The tentative plan calls for a November openingNo word as to what would be included in the exhibit, but something tells me it won't be able to compete with the one dedicated to Ichiro Suzuki. Then again, the "Ichiro Exhibition Room" is run by the New York Yankees superstar's parents in his hometown of Toyoyama, Japan. For the record, Ichiro's museum has an autographed Snoop Dogg poster. Your move, Darvish!
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Getting Used to Grandeur
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: February 7, 1999
THE stretch of Route 1 that runs through Carmel, Calif., does not inspire. A generation ago, the highway was the place where the romance of the open road met the wild beauty of California's central coast, but now the cars form an unbroken chain, and the beleaguered motorist who turns east onto Carmel Valley Road runs right into a big, fat shopping center.
Press on, however, and the hubbub fades away. As the road climbs into the Santa Lucia Range, it makes its way through Carmel Valley Village and passes the little wineries that make up the Carmel Valley appellation, California's tiniest. The looming, arid hills begin to assert their power, and the Carmel River's silver thread can be glimpsed far below, following the road. About 13 miles into the hills, a very discreet turnoff leads to an iron gate that guards the road to Stonepine.
For travelers with a reservation, the mild anxiety of waiting for the automatic gate to swing open is the last unpleasant moment they will experience until, on leaving, they see the gate from the other side. Like one of those plastic guns that attack static cling, Stonepine, a resort and equestrian center that belongs to the Relais and Chateau group, instantly eliminates stress, worry, and feelings of low self-esteem simply by allowing its guests to live, if only for a day or two, the life of the very, very rich.
The estate is large. Together with the equestrian center, formerly a Thoroughbred training and breeding operation known as the Double H Ranch, it covers more than 300 acres. At its center stands Chateau Noel, a vaguely French-Italian villa with pinkish walls and red tile roof that was built in the 1920's as a wedding present for Henry Potter Russell and Helen Crocker, a member of the Crocker banking dynasty. Since 1983, when the estate was purchased and turned into a resort, their gracious style of living has been available to the traveler with an urge to splurge.
Stonepine is not priced for the faint of heart. The eight suites in Chateau Noel range from $375 to $750 a night, and the three private cottages on the grounds run from $750 to $2,500. The price includes breakfast. It does not include a 10.5 percent hotel tax and a 10 percent service charge.
It helps to think of the steep tariff and the service charges (18 percent is added to the dinner bill) as the price of admission to a better way of life. Once inside the gate, you are rich. Your house, reached by a narrow, winding half-mile road, is spacious and elegant, surrounded by gardens, a waterfall, a small golf course, a swimming pool and tennis courts. The fine gravel in the driveway has the quiet, tasteful crunch that says money. You are cosseted by staff members whose only desire is to please, and the no-tipping policy removes any hint that money might be a motivating factor.
On arriving at Stonepine, my wife, Nancy, and I found the place in crisis mode. The first fall rains, sudden and violent, had knocked out electricity to the area, and as we settled in, the outlines of our room were blurring with the fading light. As scurrying hotel employees placed small votive candles on the main stairway and along the hallway outside our room, lending a magic touch to the surroundings, the manager sent his minions into town to stock up on flashlights. ''Make sure you pour plenty of wine tonight,'' I heard him whisper to a waiter.
All rooms at Stonepine have a theme. The $400 Wedgwood Suite, for example, has a soft-blue color scheme, and a chaise longue. The intriguing-sounding Don Quixote, reached through concealed doors in the first-floor library, comes with a separate sitting room, two bathrooms and direct access to a secluded garden patio. (Porcelain figurines of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza take care of the theme.) At $500 a night, we had taken the Chanel Suite, an expansive chamber decorated in gray. The gray satin covers on the two double beds and the heavy gray curtains gave off a pearlescent glow. The floral-patterned wallpaper was a muted beige-and-gray. Very soothing.
Off in one corner, a round table continued the theme. It supported a coffee-table book with the title ''Les Bijoux de Chanel'' and two framed photographs of Coco herself, along with a plate filled with fruit and cheese, and a half-bottle of wine labeled Chateau Noel.
The wine, a 1993 cabernet made for the resort by nearby Durney Vineyards, was very attractive, but the pear was tough, the strawberries tasteless, and the crackers stale. The decor was hit and miss too. A less than stunning Monet reproduction hung on one wall, a feeble print in the manner of Toulouse-Lautrec over the fireplace. When the electricity came back on a few hours after our arrival, the bathroom chandelier cast its sparkling light on a plastic wastebasket that could have come from Woolworth's.
While they surprised us, these false notes did little to disturb the overall effect of grand luxe The large bathroom, equipped with plenty of mirrors at all the right heights, included a bathtub with Jacuzzi, a separate shower and a fancy amenities basket filled with Crabtree & Evelyn products, all of them containing jojoba oil, which seems to be the ingredient of the moment. A fireplace, well stocked with dry firewood, provided both warmth and atmosphere.


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YIELD: Serves 6
Melt butter in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add spinach and stir until spinach is dry, about 3 minutes. Cool slightly.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Dust 1 side of crust with flour. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter quiche dish or pie pan, floured side down. Press into pan, sealing any cracks. Trim edges. Sprinkle both cheeses over bottom of crust. Top with spinach mixture. Beat eggs, cottage cheese, salt, pepper, nutmeg and dillweed in large bowl to blend. Pour over spinach. Bake until filling is set, about 50 minutes. Cool slightly. Cut into wedges and serve.


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Originally posted by furidiam
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Originally posted by Fusion
Sad to say but true. Fast food for the masses!
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Hmm, I have thought a lot about this lately, but I don't think it is really the "challenge" or lack of. To me it is more the kind of content a lot of devs are releasing. As someone said, games are so incredibly on-rails today, and that is partly the fault of the heavy quest hub style of play. I think a mix of dynamic events, quests, and the like can be balanced to make a decent experience, as well as an immersive world. I also would make most of today's quests tasks like in DAoC and have really long and difficult quests only. In my opinion, a quest should be epic, but a task mundane.
I do think that GW2 has some very nice world elements to it and is perhaps one of the nicest worlds to be released lately. It is not entirely there yet, but close. I like its more open-world feel, even if some of it is still instanced. I like how the personal story is told, and the fact that the mundane tasks are bumped into as you run around exploring the world.
Now if some of the old world mechanics from EQ1 up to DAoC were added back in, like the fantasticly deep character customization and gear customization of classic DAoC, that would make for an amazing game!
Originally posted by Zeppelin4
Why should I give it up? You position is basically an insincere exaggeration, and has always been so. People were pointing out the basic flaws in the 'ezmode' arguments from the day UO opened.
Next game you hit? Provided it's similarly gear-based, you'll again purchase/twink/enchant/collect every advantage you can acquire, in order to make leveling easier. And you'll again complain that leveling is now too easy.
Do you not see the snake eating its tail?
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Originally posted by Icewhite
OH I see so if you use the game mechanics and the game becomes to easy I'm the snake eating the tail. Ok next time I will skip gear, dungeons, skills, etc.. so I can find this challenge you keep bringing up. Oh wait I'm not playing a game anymore. What fun do you find in this?
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Be Brief, Be Bright... Be Gone.
Originally posted by Zeppelin4
And yet the two biggest gamnes that arguably started the market (EQ and UO) were both developed if not wholly (As in UO) at least partially (as in EQ) by corporations.
UO was released in 1997 by Origin. EA bought Origin in 1992
EQ was first thought up by 989 studios which was a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America. Later a new company Verant was spun out in 1999 then later rejoined Sony in 2000. So Sony had a hand in EQ from the very beginning.
Games have really never been made by gamers for gamers (there are the one off ones that are). They have largely always been made by corporations making a product they feel will appeal to their particular audience.
The process has always been: A particular developer had an idea and then sold it to a corporation that was willing to fund it.
Quit worrying about other players in a game and just play.
Originally posted by makii
Actually that is not true. Some want it easier, and some want it harder. Just look at say .. the official wow forums. There are people on EITHER side.
That means the only reasonable solution is to have difficulty sliders and give people choices. There is no one size fit all.
Originally posted by ShakyMo
That is not a problem for me. A good game is a good game. I will play Diablo 3 whether it is called a online ARPG, or a MMO. And not being a mmo has nothing to do with challenges.
Originally posted by Zeppelin4
I haven't even mentioned the advantage of years of experience in a given system imparts on the users.
You said you wanted a harder game. Presumably, you don't want to leave the game you have so much time invested in.
That leaves it up to you--to make your own challenges.
There pretty much isn't another choice, except to go game-shopping. Ask the Disposessed on mmorpg.com (as a group) how well that's worked out for them, the last decade or so.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Originally posted by Zeppelin4
Phasing - i have no problem with .. have nothing to do with difficulty of the game.
speed leveling - i also have no problem with. I am leveling my alt in Diablo 3 on high monster power, and it is much faster than before. However, it is still fun as long as there is a challenge .. and it is there with high monster power.
account gear - it is not a problem if you can up the difficulty.
It boils down to this .... given reasonable gear (and i include account gear), fights are too easy. In fact, if you do dungeons (LFD) for leveling, you can just dps the boss without worrying ANY mechanics and he usually dies in seconds. Why? Because everyone is over-gear with account gear and blues.
The solution is simple .. just put a difficulty slider in the LFD like Diablo 3. If you scale the boss hp by 10x, its damage by 3x, and xp award/gold by say 50% ... it will be fun again. Now you have to calibrate the numbers right, but it can be done.
Originally posted by Icewhite
Personally i will leave the game if it is not fun. Time invested is just the sulk cost fallacy. Do i really want to throw away more time into a non-fun game?
I stopped playing WOW because it is not fun. I am still playing Diablo 3 because it still is. When it stops to be fun for me, i will seek other entertainment.
Originally posted by nariusseldon
WoW may not be able to do that.
Note--even when they determined to scale instances ("EZ" "Hardmode"), they did it via hardcoding. Fixed bosses, loot tables.
Wait for the mythical Titan project, I guess.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Originally posted by nariusseldon
In part I agree with this. I say instead of sliders you have difficulty servers. My original post was not about the only the difficulty of the game but what was also fun. I guess then it was a bit off topic but whats new on MMORPG.
Originally posted by Icewhite
True. The original coding obviously put a strait jacket on what they can do with resonable resources. At the same time, if it is important, they can re-code enough to make it work.
In WOW case, i think just a straight scaling of hp & damage can probably solve a lot of the problems. Right now, in early dugeons, all mechanics are ignored ANYWAY.
Originally posted by Zeppelin4
Personally i like slider than servers because you are not locked in. Today i may feel adventurous, and want a bigger chance of that uber drop, so i go for a higher challenge. Tomorrow, i just want to kill 20 min doing a farming run, so i lower the difficulty.
Difficulty server won't be as flexible, although it will be better than nothing.
Originally posted by nariusseldon
The problem with sliders how do you handle if someone comes along and is on the lowest slider and attacks your mob and kills it in two swings? I feel a server setting would keep the game more social and a slider is a bit more solo not that most mmo are not solo focused anymore.
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Well for me I think that is only part of the problem. I get older, I am much smarter than I was when I was a kid and I expect to do more challenging things to hold my interest. The other part for me is that the mmo genre lacks diversity. Today everyone makes theme park games. Well after awhile I get sick of theme park games because I been playing them since 2004. I want to try and do something different that is fun. Everyone copies one another and that is a problem for me as a player. By next year if the genre doesn't present me with something different and fun then I'm out.
Originally posted by Rimmersman
2004 to now.
Basically, since, and including WoW.
Hell, WoW doesn't even have housing.
Originally posted by Rimmersman
Adding teleporters, getting rid of corpse runs, adding floating markers over NPC heads, making quest objectives sparkle, removing EE, adding bind on pickup.
Originally posted by Fusion
Thats the idea, but it hasn't actually worked, has it? We have 8 years of failed mass market casual MMOs. Most of them (almost all of them) have less subscribers than "niche" MMOs did back in dial up days for christs sake.
WoW is an outlier. No MMO is going to have that many subs. Themepark is just as niche as anythiing else. DAoC had 250k subs at its peak and held that number for years.
AoC held its subs for such a short period that two of its publishers went bankrupt, and most of the people involved were fired.
The money is not in casual games. If anything, Eve and Darkfall prove that the good long term money is in catering to niche groups.


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41004-012: Development of the Capital Market and a Modernized Payment and Settlement System
Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview
The TA aims to support economic diversification through development of the financial sector in Brunei. The outcome of the TA is development of a functional capital market and a modernized payment and settlement system. The TA will be provided in several phases. Phase I of the TA includes two components. Component A will focus on capital market development and Component B will focus on development of a modernized payment and settlement system. Key activities for Component A include (i) ... Read More
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Skin softening lotions (essences) or as we label them here in the US "toners" are getting some recognition lately. I suspect by Spring 2015 you'll see a little bit of a trend for them. Essence is a common part of Asian skincare and one of the first steps in skincare application. Skin softening lotions like L'Occitane en Provence Divine Lotion is just one product in a long line of others that a typical Asian woman or man would use in their daily regime. Typically skincare regimes in Asia are made up of 5 to 8 daily products. Imagine that? I've adapted my own nighty skincare after this regime myself as I spend a lot of time around Japanese and Korean skincare and makeup. It seems overkill yes but actually my drier skin quite loves it.
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Milagro Villatoro has already been arrested and charged with grand larceny and obstruction of justice in connection with the theft of more than $100,000 worth of jewelry from a Shiloh's Run Court home in early October.
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Prince George's County Police are releasing video and photos from a jewelry heist a detective says is the most sophisticated he's ever seen. Thieves cut a hole in the roof of the store, used tools and a blowtorch to access the store's safe, and stole about $500,000 worth of jewelry.
Engagement ring diamond found in Woodbridge
Michelle Cadogan became frantic upon losing the diamond from her $5,000 engagement ring, After re-tracing her steps, she finally got a hold of someone who found it on the floor of a Staples bathroom.
France jewlery heist nets thieves $136 million in diamonds
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The stock "KTM-orange" colour on mine appears to be some kind of foil applied by the factory. These polymer plastic tanks are known to release fuel vapours over time, so choosing the right perforated foil or correct paint may be crucial to avoid peeling.
On mine the stock, big KTM-stickers won't stick and peel off. This no doubt caused by fuel vapours gradually dissolving the sticker adhesive.
For me this is no big deal, since these peculiarities are well-known in dirtrider circles concerning plastic tanks. I simply tear off the useless stickers and apply new ones - depending on daily moods and prefs there and then
The KTM rally tanks are painted in a special way from the factory painter, because they heat the tanks before they get painted and ist is a little bit of mistery how they do this job. So the color get no bubbles. I let paint my tanks twice from a professionell painter, also with a different mixture of colors ( waterbasis and chemical basis ) but all the time i get after three month a lot of bubbles.
For the foils you can use different printfoils, normaly everybody use digital printfoils, but there are a lot of differences too. !
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OGDEN, Utah — The conflict that many self-identified "gay Mormons" deal with, and whether a person can change their sexual orientation, was discussed at a community forum here.
The discussion, put on Tuesday night by the Ogden OUTreach Center, which serves northern Utah's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, focused on the recent debut of a website by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on its stance on homosexuality. It also focused on the controversial "conversion therapy," and whether or not it can successfully make someone who is gay, "straight."
"For me it's really more of, taking it one day at a time and seeing where the Lord is going to take me," said James Price, an 18-year-old freshman at LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University, who identifies as gay.
After he came out to his family, Price said there was tension. He said he underwent therapy to change his sexual orientation.
"My personal take on it is the people who are trying to do it come from a very loving place, but it's misguided in many ways," he said. "For me, it didn't work."
At Tuesday night's panel discussion, those who have undergone conversion therapy spoke about how it did not work for them. They also dismissed those who claim it has been successful. California recently banned the practice, and a lawsuit has been filed in New Jersey against a group that conducted conversion therapy (a Utah man is a plaintiff in that case).
Ogden OUTreach said it invited supporters of conversion therapy to appear on the panel, but they declined to attend.
The LDS Church's new website, mormonsandgays.org, is seen as a softening tone by the church on homosexuality. On the site, the LDS Church acknowledged sexuality is not a choice. The church insists its stance has not changed — gays and lesbians can be faithful Mormons. But they cannot have sex outside of marriage, which the church defines as between a man and a woman; they must remain celibate.
For some gay Mormons, they have found a place for themselves.
"Essentially, I've just kind of written out for myself a personal theology that is sustainable, that allows me to feel I can live an authentic life, as it were," said Berta Marquez, a BYU student who identifies as bisexual.Marquez is a member of BYU's LGBT club, "Understanding Same Gender Attraction."
She said the church's new website, which encourages families not to reject those who are gay — even those who choose not to follow LDS doctrine on homosexuality — is promising.
"The emphasis that family members should not ostracize or exclude those who are LGBT — that's really big, because those who are at the level of chapel practice, and in family structures, that has not been the case, sadly," she said.
But others take issue with the website. Ogden OUTreach director Marian Edmonds said she has heard from a lot of people within the LGBT community over the last week about the website. The perspective, she observed, is largely generational.
"The younger folks look at it and say, 'Wow, I can't believe it says this, it's highly offensive to me,'" Edmonds said. "Some of the older generation say, 'Wow, I'm so glad the church is saying something. This is really helpful, this is really hopeful for us."
Price said the website has already led to some change in his own life.
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But if things don't work right for them, they have the power to force them to. Thereby forcing standards to the lowest common denominator, ie Safari, just like happened with IE6.
What do you mean? Every single web view on iOS uses Safari's renderer. It's against the App Store rules to have your own renderer. The problem is that sure, if you design a website around Safari it'll work everywhere else, but it's a pain in the ass to design it to a 5 year old standard when all the other major browsers support other upgrades, extensions and capabilities that can make code easier/faster/better. It's most apparent when an open standard has replaced an Apple designed one that's inferior, and Apple refuses to change, such as WebSQL/IndexedDB.
Be a Libertarian?
Single? But there are so many instances of ignorance and lies to choose from.
Late is not ideal, but it's still better than never.
Ehh... this is oft-repeated, but Nvidia has made some pretty shitty drivers in the past, too. I haven't had many problems with mine, and I'm running two 280X's in CrossFire and 3 monitors. One of the more complex setups they offer.
I'm guessing you'd have preferred Romney? Or McCain? Because... more spending on wars? More cuts to taxes that you won't actually see?
The funny thing is, Hillary is the same age as McCaine was when the Democrats were talking about how old he was and we were a heartbeat away from Palin.
I personally would have preferred Palin than Obama, at least she is patriotic. She is also pretty smart, which makes all the smear campaigns of the press pretty funny. But if you prefer a liberal, she obviously isn't the one for you.
See, you can't tip you trolling hand by calling Palin smart...
Privacy wouldn't matter if the country's economy implodes, which is what would have happened under Ron Paul. I'm no huge fan of Obama, but I'm also not dumb enough to think Ron/Rand Paul is the answer to anything but "Which candidate knows nothing about actual economics?"
Yeah, that old doctoring numbers bit... you know, my speedometer doctors numbers, too. It doesn't tell me how fast the axle is turning, it tells me something in miles per hour. They're changing the numbers! Adjusting it for things such as wheel size! It's obviously fake. Just like climate science.
The Red Shift is explainable by Last Thursdayism. Duh.
That's not even the argument. The argument is "God did it, shut up or I'll kill you."
Obama is bad, true.
But every single candidate from the Republican and Libertarian parties are worse. Which is scares the shit out of me.
Mobile Minecraft just got a skinning patch, with In-App Purchasable extra skins. It's moving that way.
The whole point is kinda that it DOES fit. It wouldn't even be a product if it didn't fit, as the circuits and everything else is fairly well known.
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There are two types of links in this world: absolute and relative. You should already be familiar with absolute links - these are links that are full URL addresses. Here's one example:
Absolute links are used to direct a reader of your webpage to a place outside your webpage.
Relative links point to a specific file within your webpage - the file's relation to the current directory or root directory. For example, if you have two files in your public_html directory, homepage.html and school.html, to link from one to the other you only need to insert the filename into Dreamweaver's link feature. When you have files within folders within your public_html folder, things become a little more complicated. Let's say you want to insert links on your homepage.html page to an image that is located in a folder named "images." You need to tell browsers to look in the "images" directory to find your images. Therefore, any links from homepage.html to files in your image folder would be like this example: "images/gnomes.jpg." The name of the folder is reflected within the file name.
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Erach was looking at a likeness of their very own prince Rustum. The princess Lubna was showing an image of the Persian prince, and he deduced that she had painted it herself. The implication was clear.
He didn't know how he should tell his poor girl that Rustum was a rogue who slept with every woman who crossed his path. The fact that he looked stunningly handsome helped him satisfy his lusty appetite. To seek an alliance with Rustum would mean that the princess' kohl would soon be smeared across her cheekbones, and her eyes would be puffy.
Erach kept quiet just then. A hand in the Sultana's kingdom was something they had wanted all these years. The Persian satrap wanted to either make an ally of her, or wanted to control her in some manner. If Erach made either possible, then he would attain rare royal favor. Royal favor at the expense of one foreign girl's happiness. It didn't prick his conscience that much.
"That is prince Rustum, your highness," he said.
Lubna's eyes lit up.
"Rustum," she said, sighing, and running her hand over the painting.
Erach's suspicions were confirmed. The Arab princess was in love with his prince, and this was something that would place the Sultana in their hands. Never mind the princess' happiness. He wondered when the princess had seen the prince.
Rawer raced his steed at a safe distance. Arabian horses were the best. He didn't remember finding such good horses back in Nubian country. His horse was a mare, and she not only responded to his every thought that translated into subtle muscular pressure on his part, but she also accelerated and decelerated with such smoothness, that he barely felt tired riding her. He patted her mane affectionately as they raced parallel to the princesses retinue, staying just out of sight.
She had the distinctive wedge shaped head with a broad forehead that distinguishes Arabian horses. She was stocky and surprisingly strong for her size, with large eyes, large nostrils and a smaller than average muzzle, even for an Arabian. The jibbah (bulge between her eyes) that gives desert horses additional sinus capacity that is invaluable in the dry heat, had a black splotch on the fur. That was a mark that Rawer made on his steeds with a traditional Nubian paint, to mark them out as special steeds that carried a soldier of his caliber. The rest of her was a breathtaking rust red.
Rawer was awaiting the bend. Once they reached the bed, where the horses would have to go single file, he would take a lesser known shortcut so he could see them from high above, and intercept Mediha and head her off to the shortcut. Her sisters and retinue would think she was up ahead or back below them, if he got lucky. Even if they raised the alarm, he only needed a few minutes to set up a rendezvous with her.
She was right at the head of the equestrian retinue. That was not the best place to be when you want to not be missed, but Rawer decided that he'd be taking his chances, no matter what.
She saw him from his elevation, as his mare whinnied softly. Their eyes met, and she knew that she had to get away. She nodded, and led her horse off the path. The person behind her was her sister Lubna, who had just appeared in Rawer's line of sight. He was sure that she wouldn't be able to see where her elder sister had vanished.
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Elections make sense; central-bank announcements replete with jargon, arcane policies, and acronyms do not stir souls.
Next up, in the Mother of All Disasters trifecta, another deadly piece of jargon: liquefaction.
Above all, she felt, there was a more pressing need for it than ever before, with jargon steadily taking over the world.
mid-14c., "unintelligible talk, gibberish; chattering, jabbering," from Old French jargon "a chattering" (of birds), also "language, speech," especially "idle talk; thieves' Latin." Ultimately of echoic origin (cf. Latin garrire "to chatter," English gargle). Often applied to something the speaker does not understand, hence meaning "mode of speech full of unfamiliar terms" (1650s). Middle English also had it as a verb, jargounen "to chatter" (late 14c.), from French.
A special language belonging exclusively to a group, often a profession. Engineers, lawyers, doctors, tax analysts, and the like all use jargon to exchange complex information efficiently. Jargon is often unintelligible to those outside the group that uses it. For example, here is a passage from a computer manual with the jargon italicized: "The RZ887-x current loop interface allows the computer to use a centronics blocked duplex protocol." (See slang.)


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How About This Fucking Contract Right Here? Stanley Cup Champion L.A. Kings and Jonathan Quick Agree to 10 Year, Estimated at $58 Million Contract
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Automated Tonal Balance Enhancement for Audio Mastering Applications
Modern audio mastering procedures are involved with the selective enhancement or attenuation of specific frequency bands. The main reason is the tonal enhancement of the original / unmastered audio material. The aforementioned process is mostly based on the musical information and the mode of the audio material. This information can be retrieved from a listening procedure of the original stimuli, or the correspondent musical key notes. The current work presents an adaptive and automated equalization system that performs the aforementioned mastering procedure, based on a novel method of fundamental frequency tracking. In addition to this, the overall system is being evaluated with objective PEAQ analysis and subjective listening tests in real mastering audio conditions.
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Although there are some weather events anticipated over the next few days, we currently have acceptable weather conditions for proceeding with the Sheraton Dam Removal.
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Due to the many storms and rain accumulation of the past 24 hours, the first cut into the Sheraton dam is delayed. We apologize for this delay; however, with the current water level at 1,130 cubic feet per second, it is not safe for the crew to begin.
Following equipment barge placement and testing, it is anticipated the first cut into the Sheraton Dam will take place on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, around mid-day. For more details and the latest update, please refer to www.cityofcf.com and click on Dam Restoration Project in the left rotating box. Live streaming of the demolition, from our "Dam Cam" will be available via the website as well.
The fruits and veggies are in! The Farmers' Market will be open this Friday from 2p - 5:30p at Quirk Cultural Center (1201 Grant Avenue). The market takes place Friday's through October and features loads of fresh vegetables, fruits, natural products and various sundries. Come on out and bring your friends and get some fresh air and fresh food! Friday is supposed to be B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!
Mayor Don L. Robart invites you to come celebrate summer at the setting of the beautifully restored exterior of Keyser Park Barn. The new concert series runs (weather permitting) the 1st and 3rd Sundays this summer, and are sure to be a crowd-pleasers.
The construction zone for the removal of the two low-head dams commonly referred to as the Sheraton Mill Dam and the LeFever Powerhouse Dam is anticipated to begin the week of June 17, 2013. Demolition is dependent upon weather conditions and water levels. The Sheraton Mill Dam will be demolished first, with the LeFever Powerhouse Dam scheduled for demolition in July 2013.
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Welcome to Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church. We are a dynamic and vibrant parish, full of energy, growth and excitement. Besides our Sunday celebration of the Eucharist, the source and summit of our faith, we strive to have groups and activities for all ages. Our parishioners are known for their willingness to be involved in these many ministries and activities. My primary focus as the Parish Life Coordinator, is to provide a place of faith and fellowship in which all Catholics can find home and grow in love for our Lord Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church.
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Tipsigs Or Bourbon Balls (Candy) is an irresistible dessert which you would surely love to serve to your friends. Enjoy this delicious bourbon recipe; I am sure you would love to try this Tipsigs Or Bourbon Balls (Candy) again-n-again.
|Semisweet chocolate pieces
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|Crushed vanilla wafers
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Melt semisweet chocolate over hot, not boiling, water.
Add corn syrup and bourbon.
Combine crushed wafers, powdered sugar and nuts.
Add to chocolate mixture and mix well.
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WASHINGTON – This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, discusses a recent court decision that could give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) another tool for regulating timber businesses across rural America. Rep. Thompson highlights the need to prevent the timber industry from bearing an unnecessary new regulatory burden that could result from this court decision. This is a sentiment that was expressed in a recent letter that a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Thompson, sent to the EPA Administrator.
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"A new development with a court case in California has caught my attention because of its potentially negative impact on American foresters.
"The court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority under the Clean Water Act to regulate logging sites as a 'point source' when it comes to storm-water management.
"Currently, logging sites are considered a 'nonpoint source' and are regulated by the states. This means each state is able to determine the best management practices for their needs.
"If EPA starts regulating logging sites as a point source, anyone who attempts to cut timber will be required to get a permit from EPA. This would impose an unnecessary new regulatory burden on small businesses in the forestry industry.
"I recently joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in sending a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson asking her to support current timber harvesting practices across America.
"During a time of economic hardship, Congress must be doing everything possible to reduce unnecessary and duplicative regulatory burdens on Americans, not asking them to do more.
"It is our hope that Administrator Jackson will recognize the importance of timber harvesting to rural America and our public lands; and agree that states know how best to ensure that logging is done in an environmentally sound manner."
The Ag Minute is Chairman Lucas's weekly radio address that is released from the House Agriculture Committee.