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Understanding Exposures in Children's Environments
EPA scientists and their partners provide key research outcomes for understanding and reducing environmental risks to children's health.
Anyone who has ever watched a toddler barreling around knows that trouble lurks around every corner. Young children crawl around on the floor, play in dirt, and put just about anything they can into their mouths, whether it's a cookie from the floor, a plastic toy, or a dust-covered curiosity grabbed from under the sofa. These types of behaviors put kids at risk of being exposed to something toxic.
By developing better science-based knowledge about how kids are exposed to harmful things in their environments, it's possible to reduce their risks and take action to better protect them. That's the goal of EPA's childhood exposure research.
EPA's work to understand childhood exposure began shortly after the Agency was established in 1970. The early studies focused primarily on how young people might encounter pesticides during their daily routines.
EPA is using the information available in the Exposure Factors Handbook, the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook, EPA exposure assessment guidelines, and other sources to develop the EPA-Expo-Box, a compendium of exposure assessment and risk characterization tools that provide step-by-step guidance for conducting an exposure assessment. EPA-Expo-Box will also include links to exposure assessment databases, models, and references – all in a user friendly format organized by the various components of exposure assessment.
EPA-Expo-Box will provide one stop shopping for the latest tools and techniques for exposure assessment. It will become a critical tool for EPA and beyond by providing information to support scientifically defensible exposure and risk assessments to inform decisions to protect human health.
"Products or behaviors that parents think are perfectly acceptable might come with unintended consequences," said Nicolle Tulve, PhD, a research physical scientist at EPA. "In all our research, we're focused on day-to-day behavior; we want to understand what exposures are like for kids leading typical lifestyles."
One important way that EPA has increased the understanding of children's exposures is by developing the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook, which provides information on various physiological and behavioral factors commonly used in assessing children's exposure to environmental chemicals. It is used by scientists, economists, health assessors, and others within and outside EPA conducting exposure assessments, a critical step in identify human health risks—including those to children's health—from exposure to chemical contaminants and other environmental stressors.
To conduct an exposure assessment, scientists need to understand aspects of exposure, such as how much air a person breathes or how much water a person drinks on a daily basis. EPA's Exposure Factors Handbook, a standard reference tool, helps by summarizing information and recommendations on factors relevant to exposure assessments. Recently updated in 2011, it provides the most accurate and relevant information on factors ranging from the intake of fruits and vegetables to consumer product use.
But because a child's exposure differs from an adult's exposure, EPA developed the Child-Specific Handbook in 2008. The child-specific handbook takes into account that children typically have different diets, higher inhalation rates per unit of body weight, and come into contact with contaminated surfaces when they play close to the ground. Understanding these differences is critical for evaluating potential environmental hazards from pollutants and will help protect children from dangerous exposures.
"By understanding exposure, we can help parents and other caregivers make more informed decisions about how to protect their child's health," explained Tulve.
Children's Health Research in Action
EPA's children's exposure research helps to paint a picture of how an environmental contaminant might affect children's health. This research provides a better understanding of the potential sources, routes, pathways, and exposure factors that are important for children's exposures, supporting better and earlier decisions on when and how to reduce or eliminate environmental exposures that are potentially harmful to children.
Some of EPA's current and past children's exposure research includes:
- EPA recently partnered with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to develop tools, approaches, and protocols they need for determining if nanosilver is released from children's consumer products under real-world conditions, thus making it potentially available to children.
Preliminary study results, conducted on 13 products containing nanosilver, indicate that the silver levels to which children may potentially be exposed during normal product use is low.
- EPA scientists recently used the Stochastic Human Exposure and Dose Simulation Model for multimedia pollutants (SHEDS-Multimedia), an innovative modeling tool used to estimate total exposures from chemicals encountered in everyday activities, to estimate soil and dust ingestion exposures of children ages three to six years.
Researchers found that on average, 60 percent of total soil and dust ingestion among children ages 3 to 6 years, is from soil ingestion, 30 percent is from dust on hands, and 10 percent is from dust on objects.
EPA and University of California Davis scientists are collaborating to conduct the Study of Use of Products and Exposure Related Behaviors (SUPERB), which examines human behaviors and how they influence exposure to chemicals in homes. As part of the research, EPA scientists have developed methods for analyzing selected types of chemicals found in household dust, surface wipes, passive air collection and cotton garment samples. Read more on SUPERB.
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The large majority of those lost after the attacks on the Twin Towers were working at or above the points of collision; thousands of people who had gone to work that morning like every other day, found themselves suddenly stranded at the top of a burning skyscraper. A number made the choice to jump from the flaming buildings rather than wait to be caught by the flames or for the building to collapse. No one could forget the terrifying and heartbreaking stories and images captured by the news footage of the day.
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Evans Head Test
I will continue to post on this thread to update over a few days as i have to wait a little longer for some heads and also trying to find time to test the heads.
Pearl Jimmy Degrasso signature 14"x5.5" 1mm hammered brass (currently equipped with ambassador)
Tama 14"x5.5" bronze (equipped with G2 but needs replaced)
Yamaha 13"x6.5" 1.5mm brass nouveau (stock ambassador but not happy with it)
Ludwig Epic 14"x6.5" 6mm birch/maple/birch hybrid (currently using an ST Dry but has totally killed it)
Heads: 14" Genera HD, 14" ST Dry, 14" Remo Ambassador, 13" Genera
I will try out the 14" heads on each drum and see what results i get, hopefully it may help anyone else looking at this thread. Unfortunately i cant record any samples to post so will try and describe best i can.
stay tuned... (sorry)
p.s If anyone has any questions or comments please don't hesitate to post
Ludwig - Yamaha - Zildjian - Evans - Vic Firth - Pro-mark
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Hey! In case this helps, I recently put together a review of 6 of the level 360 snare heads recently. Each head is placed back to back, 4 bars of each so you can hear exactly how they compare.
See what you think http://blog.drumsource.co.uk/evans-l...drumhead-test/
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Ive had the chance to test out some of the heads on several of the drums:
I have found that the ST Dry is a really good head but the dry vents remove just a little too much of the overtones for my liking. You still get a nice crack with great punch thanks to the double ply and it's obviously a very durable head. The Jimmy DeGrasso snare is hammered so a "dry" head is just not needed really. The head isn't really that suited to my bronze snare for the kind of sound i'm looking for and ,like i said, my wood snare ( Ludwig Epic) is a little too dead when cranked high but gives a nice fat 80s rock kind of sound when tuned lower. Personally i prefer the standard ST unless you have a snare that does nothing but ring.
Evans ST Dry - Two 7.5 mil ply with vent holes
Great head if you have an excessively ringy drum but personally i prefer the standard ST, very durable and still sensitive for a thicker head. Ideal for Rock/Metal or general heavy hitters
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Next up is the Evans Genera HD:
This was the first time i have ever tried this drum head and man was i impressed. I'm a very big fan of G2 heads which this is similar to but it just has something else. It's slightly drier than a G2 with the 2mil dampening ring but only removes excessive ring, still keeps enough to keep it "alive". It sounded quite sweet on my Tama Bronze snare, which i normally use with a G2 and it was better with the Ludwig Epic snare than the ST Dry but it really did sound amazing with my Pearl Signature. The Jimmy DeGrasso snare is a loud snare designed for rock/metal. This head just gives it a really crisp, thunder like crack with slightly punchier strokes in the centre of the drum. Plus it's a two ply head so is more durable than the Ambassador that it came with (but still sounded amazing). I seem to have found the ideal head and tuning for this drum (in my opinion).
Evans Genera HD - 2 ply 5 mil/7.5 mil with 2mil overtone control ring
This really is a fantastic head that will fit in a lot of styles and is great if you find single ply heads just a little too fragile but still like sensitivity and something a little more open/lighter feeling than a standard 2ply head
Ludwig - Yamaha - Zildjian - Evans - Vic Firth - Pro-mark
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Now for the Genera:
For my Yamaha 13"x6.5" brass i thought i would try the Evans Genera. I decided on this head as i wanted something quite open sounding but but not too ringy. The stock head that it arrived with was a Yamaha branded Remo ambassador. I know from experience that Ambassadors are great sounding heads however this one wasn't. It sounded quite "muddy" to my ears, cheaper for lack of a better word. It was also quite off colour, almost a shade of grey compared to the brilliant white of proper heads. The impact was very apparent as soon as i started tuning. There was no "muddyness" or choked sound, instead there was a very bright, crisp sound. Quite open sounding due to being only one ply but not too open. There was still a kind of warmth to the head and it had great volume.
Evans Genera: 1ply 10mil with 2mil overtone control ring
This is a great head, very sensitive and open with less ring than standard single ply heads.
Ludwig - Yamaha - Zildjian - Evans - Vic Firth - Pro-mark
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I found after playing with the tuning that the heads on my Tama Bronze snare were actually ok, still have a bit of life in them. They are an Evans G2 over a Hazy 300. Generally speaking that is my go to combo with snare heads, although i do really like the Genera HD now. For this snare i have been thinking of trying something a little more sensitive so when the current heads do go i'll replace them with my ,now spare, Remo Ambassador over Hazy 200. Have also been toying with getting 24 strand Puresound snare wires. I'll see how i get on with that when the time comes.
Just a note on my snares after changing the heads:
Pearl Jimmy DeGrasso signature: Evans Genera HD/Remo Ambassador with pearl snares.
Tama Bronze: Evans G2/Hazy 300 (soon to change to Remo ambassador/Hazy 200) with starclassic snares
Yamaha Brass Nouveau: Evans Genera/stock yamaha ambasador with yamaha snares
Ludwig Epic: Evans ST Dry/Hazy 300
These have been my opinions based on my tastes of snare sound within my studio. These heads could sound totally different to other peoples ears or in different rooms.
I hope that this has been helpful, again if theres any questions or comments or if i havent explained or described anything to well then let me know. If anyone has anything to add with different heads then feel free
Ludwig - Yamaha - Zildjian - Evans - Vic Firth - Pro-mark
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Very cool thread! I find I also like an ST on my Ludwig Epic Brick... but the ST Dry is a bit too dry for me on that drum. However, it did sound better than the HD Dry. The HD Dry seemed to choke the life out of every snare I put it on. The only "dry" Evans snare head I actually like is the Genera Dry. Nice sensitivity and body, tames a drum for certain applications.
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Yeah the ST Dry does choke the Epic quite a bit. I generally find it's best not to use dry heads on wood shells. Just my opinion. At the mo the HD is my favourite, really good head.
I've now changed the heads on my Tama bronze snare. Now it's a Remo Ambassador over a Hazy 200. Really nice sound. It's made the drum alot more lively and getting great sensitivity out of it but i'm still thinking of trying a 24 strand puresound on it, just to see what it's like. Really into experimenting with various things on snares just now. Think cos i've not been playing with a band i feel the need for a sound tweak or something. Was starting to get that stale feeling so trying fresher sounds...really helps
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The latest updates to Chromium, Google's open-source browser, show that Chrome will use internal plug-ins for Flash and PDF, which are likely to be bundled with the browser. Chrome has implemented some NPAPI extensions for "2D, 3D, and mouse/keyboard events" using Mozilla Pepper, a platform-independent framework for browser plug-ins. There are already switches for enabling the internal PDF and Flash plug-ins, but they don't work yet.
"Over the past few months a number of us have also been discussing some of the issues facing NPAPI as a platform independent browser plugin framework. First, we feel there are some changes needed to NPAPI to keep up with recent developments in browser technology, such as out of process plugin execution. Second, while NPAPI provides an extensive framework for writing plugins, many end up relying on operating system or browser platform specific features. This is especially true of windowed plugins that implement 2D or 3D graphics, where almost the entirety of the plugin may consist of operating system specific graphics or event APIs," explains Mozilla's wiki page.
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When it comes to tax policy, Mitt Romney is not merely a spinner, an equivocator or a run-of-the-mill dissembler. Hes a liar.
Hyperbolic and overwrought as that label seems, it is, alas, the only accurate description for someone who would, in February, promote a proposal to cut taxes on everyone across the country by 20 percent, including the top 1 percent and then appear at an October debate and insist that the very same proposal will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans.
For the most part, analyzing such hideous dishonesty is where political reporting has started and stopped.
How big a liar is Romney? Was he lying in the first statement or the second one?
These are, no doubt, important questions and to answer but one of them, its obvious Romney was lying in the most recent one.
As the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center reported, the Republican nominees proposal, if enacted, would result in a net tax cut for high-income tax payers and a net tax increase for lower- and/or middle-income taxpayers. However, critical as such short-term fact checking is, it misses the much bigger news embedded in all the subterfuge.
In short, it misses the genuinely mind-boggling fact that a Republican nominee for president is now campaigning for president on a promise to not cut taxes on the wealthy.
Looked at in a historical context, this could be nothing short of a much-needed, come-full-circle moment for the Republican Party.
That circle began more than a quarter century ago, when, in the midst of his push to raise taxes, President Ronald Reagan railed on unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share and criticized a system that made it possible for millionaires to pay nothing, while a bus driver was paying ten percent of his salary.
Unfortunately, since then, the GOP reoriented itself around a destructive anti-tax theology. In a matter of a few decades, the national debt predictably exploded as the partys orthodoxy went from read my lips, no new taxes (George H.W. Bush) to if you raise taxes on these so-called rich, youre really raising taxes on the job creators (George W. Bush) to recent years pervasive Republican rhetoric about so-called makers and takers.
Yet now, suddenly, Romney is closing the rhetorical loop, repeatedly claiming during the first presidential debate that he will refuse to support any new tax cuts for the wealthy.
Of course, based on his proposals granular details, a President Romney will almost certainly try to cut taxes for his fellow 1-percenters. Thus, its easy to dismiss his debate statements as just unimportant campaign rhetoric representing nothing more than political expediency. But, then, Romneys lying actually underscores the potentially deeper significance of this moment.
It shows even some leaders of the trickle-down party recognize that voter hostility to plutocratic tax proposals has grown (rightly) intense so intense, in fact, that GOP leaders know their party must try to publicly disown the trickle-down image, to the point of lying about their true agenda.
And heres the thing: eventually, such brand reinvention efforts often sow the seeds of more genuine changes in policy positions.
None of this means Romney is some brave hero.
It merely means he is a politician who sees an America that finally recognizes how much its tax system is skewed toward the wealthy.
In such a country, expedience is thankfully no longer synonymous with anti-tax demagoguery.
It is, instead, congruent with a more rational rhetorical posture on tax fairness.
Coming during a fiscal crisis, that larger political shift, so perfectly reflected in Romneys lying, should be viewed as a promising development.
David Sirota is a radio talk show host, author and columnist. He lives in Colorado.
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As most everyone is aware, the Moretown town offices were destroyed during the Irene flood. Since that time the Moretown Planning Commission and Moretown Select Board have been active in finding short-term and long-term solutions regarding town office locations. Currently the offices are located in the Moretown Fire Station and they are making use of a temporary vault for records.
The flooding has forced an acceleration of a plan that was already in place to solve numerous issues around the town office location. Over a year ago, the select board charged the planning commission with identifying options to deal with administrative needs that were quickly outpacing the space available.
Several options were considered by the planning commission: sharing space with the elementary school, renovating/expanding the current town office, building a new office and purchasing or leasing existing space. There are many factors that need to be considered before the select board can make a decision on which options to pursue further and which may not be feasible. We also understand that many community members will want to add their input to the process. The purpose of this communication is to inform the Moretown community of how the relevant boards foresee this decision process unfolding, and how you can make your thoughts, concerns and opinions heard.
Because at least one of the options on the table involves the Moretown School Board, representatives of both boards have worked together to propose the following process:
· The select board has formally requested that the school board begin to gather some data regarding the feasibility of town office occupancy in the school facility.
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White on fans booing flyweight fights: It's weird; I don't even know what to say
Dana White on fans booing flyweight fights: It's weird; I don't even know what to say - MMAmania.com"Yeah, it's a little weird man. I think guys get 10-12 beers in them and expect guys to run out and do the windmill or something. It's a very important fight for both guys. Like he (John Dodson) said it was a technical fight, he waited, he got his opportunity, and he capitalized on it. That's fighting, that's the beauty of two of the best in the world going at it, you know? I don't even know what to say. Then he finished the fight and they were cheering. He gave them what they wanted to see at the end of the night. You can't just go out with that much on the line and run straight out like two freight trains and try to kill each other."
That seems to fly in the face of the philosophy he's always preached, including on the opening episode of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 16 when he told the contestants it's nice to win but it's better to be remembered for leaving it all out there.
As for Dodson, he was nicer about it.
"I can't sit there and hate on the fans for booing because of the fact that they got so spoiled in the beginning of the fights. There were so many knockouts, so many great back-and-forth battles, and also great submissions right before me and then I get out there and I'm being very technical, they're like 'you suck.' I had some hot blond come up to me with a smile and say, 'hey, you suck.' I was like 'yes, somebody says I suck.' That was my reaction to it. For me, I can't complain about them booing but I did give them a knockout so they started cheering afterwards."


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Teen star JoJo is all grown up and dabbling into R&B music.
Last Summer, she remixed Drake's "Marvin's Room", and it created such a buzz that she ended up working with the song's producer (and Drake's right-hand man) Noah "40" Shebib exclusively on a new record.
The song titled "Demonstrate" shows Jojo leaving behind her usual pop sound and embracing the feedback she got from doing more urban R&B records with sometimes explicit lyrics ("Marvin's Room" and "Houstalantavegas"). On this dark and moody yet extremely sensual track, 40 ditches the melancholy tone he and Drake usually go for and takes the song to a way sexier place.
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College basketball fans: the good, the bad and the real losers
I'll let you in on a little secret: The student section at ASU basketball games is quietly one of my top ten favorite things about sports in this town.
They're fun. Creative. Passionate.
I'm sure they're no different than a lot of student sections at a lot of college basketball arenas around the country, but I don't visit those buildings so I have no point of reference.
They've gone through long stretches of silence to honor James Harden. Now they have the "Curtain of Distraction," a tool designed to throw off opposing players while they shoot their free throws.
It's...weird. Clever. Awesome at times -- crazy as it sounds -- it's effective. It's the kind of thing that makes a middle-aged guy like me smile at goofy kids acting like goofy kids.
It's a shame that one student in that group chose to spit at the Oregon assistant coach and trainer on Saturday. I won't let the classless behavior of one define the whole, however. ASU responded swiftly and appropriately.
According to Azcentral, that student was dealt with immediately and had their season tickets revoked. Good. The school had a situation, dealt with it, and moved on.
ASU isn't the only school dealing with this. Magnified to the power of 10 is the situation with Marcus Smart and Texas Tech.
Look, there are certain truths here. First, it's obvious that Smart, or any player, cannot go into the stands and put his hands on a fan. Ever.
It's pretty clear that Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford did very little to diffuse the situation, which by all accounts, defines his entire tenure there.
What's not clear is what this "superfan" Jeff Orr said to get Smart so riled up. I don't know if the guy made a racial reference or not. What I can't stand, or even understand, is how he's attempting to justify himself by saying he regrets calling Smart a "piece of crap" but then insists that he only called him a "piece of crap" and made no reference to his race.
Oh, you hear that honey? He ONLY called him a piece of crap. Thank goodness the guy has some respect, right? If you're a 50-year-old guy and your only hobby in this world is going to college games and calling 19-year-old kids "pieces of crap" you're pretty much the mayor of Loserville.
I'm sure he's not alone. There are lots of boosters and "superfans" everywhere that feel entitled to say what they want. They're wrong.
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Originally posted by Mirokata
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Again my problem you are talking about 100s of people, yet there hasnt been 100s of people in Xsyon since release.
You care to tell us how many people you are playing with in your tribe and friendly tribes you are having so much fun with? I bet its under 20.
I know what tribe you are in. There is very few people playing in your tribe and in the game. My point is stop trying to mislead people to "Check it out" when there is no way for them to check it out without buying this at best game that should still be in beta.
This game is lacking massive features. You saying you have fun in Xsyon great, you are one of the very very few I would say maybe 10 people are having that kind of fun in the game. Next, I can have fun in just about in game if I'm playing with a buddy of mine and we are just laughing and joking and not caring about the game.
Try not to scam people into buying the game just because you want more people playing the game. Better is to lay out the facts, give your opinions on what you like and dislike and let them choose. Dont purposely hide issues the game has like only about 30 people online at anyone time playing. Or the poor combat and crafting systems, the horrid economy, the worst PVE Ive seen in just about any game etc.
I would not tell anyone to try this game in its current state. With the guide abuse, the lack of features, the crashing, the lag spikes, the bad combat, the horrid PVE, the PVP lacking any type of moves or goals, the broken economy, the slow development and the grind of a crafting system. With its 1 rewarding feature is the building/terraforming system. I can not see anyone really having fun in this game. I'm also sure your fun will be short lived once you start to understand the game more.
Can Xsyon be a great game, I'm sure it can. Im here to help try to offer bug reports and add suggestions to making that happen. It will only work so far. If the devs dont take those ideas and put them in the game correctly instead of 1/2 asred then not much else players can do.
Example. Planting trees is a great idea. Poorly done. Instead of having a robust system for planting trees that used economy, skills and tools. They had it so you pick up a seed, and right click and plant it. That's the tree planting system. There is no using a shovel to dig a patch of dirt, there is no watering it, there is no way to use different types of soil, there is no way to use a tool to prune it, or harvest saplings, or anyway to improve the tree once you put the seed in the ground.
Great idea, turned into a meh idea at best. This is where I believe the core of the problem is, the Devs just dont focus on fixing the problems and updating features with good working features. They are so intend on knee jerk reactions to these couple of dozen of players they have trying to fix issues that are not really issues.
Like able to open doors of tribes that build doors near their border. They updated that you cant open the door unless you are in that tribe all because a few players didnt know that if they were overlapping the edge of the tribe lands they could be opened by anyone. This hurt NO ONE in game, you still couldnt steal from their tribe, you couldnt attack them, and many people built like this knowing it was able to be done so that other players could come into their tribes. No they had to fix it because a few players started to cry about it.
Ive been around a long time, and the changes I've been seeing are a major step in the wrong directions. (I do like this rezoning of areas, if only they put more planning into it)
Originally posted by MrDDT
Originally posted by MrDDT
You understand that NOT telling your friend about all the other issues with the game and only pointing out the good things is scamming right?
It would be like me selling a car and saying. Oh man this car gets great MPG and its very fast, it rides smooth. Oh I forgot to tell you that it breaks down every 10mins, you cant drive it in the USA where you live because the EPA will not allow it, the tires will fall off it after 2 miles.
With friends like you, I would hate to see what my enimies would be like.
I didnt say you said 100s were playing, I'm saying you even brought up the realm of 100s. The game isnt even close to having 100s in it, why would you use that as a gauge? It would be like me saying "Well yeah there isnt a lot of people playing Diablo 3, there isnt Billions of people playing it" why dont you use a real term so people can gauge the depth of what I'm saying. There isnt 50 online. We are talking about 10s of people playing it not even in the realm of 100s yet. Ive seen more people on a minecraft server than in the MMO of Xsyon.
About you having fun. I didnt say you were not having fun or couldnt have fun. I was pointing out that I have fun in the crappest games in the world doesnt mean I would tell my friends "Hey this is a good game come play it", I'm having fun not because of the game itself but because my friends are playing it, or I met some cool people.
You say you "layed out facts" and "gave my opinions".
You didnt lay out crap for facts, you gave your very very bias and short sighted opinions. When people are laying out the facts you try to slam them saying "Hey I'm somoene having fun in the game because I like things that no one else likes thus the game is good"
Why are these forums biased to negative opinions? Because of how many people dislike the game, 1000s of people were burned when Xsyon was released. Nothing has changed really to make the game so even 10% of those people want to come back. That's why there is so much hate. On top of that things are getting worse not better. Between the guide abuse, the censorship on the live forums, and the very lack of updates I dont see this game ever having more than 100 people online.
About Xsyon being a scam, I dont think its a scam. I'm saying you are scamming people because of you lack of giving them the full truth of the game, you trying to paint it all rosie when there are many many many many many many (is that enough manys?) issues with Xsyon, that you fail to talk about or you pass over with a simple wave of your hand in a small statement like "Economy isnt great, but what games have a working economy?" as if economy in Xsyon is even remotely working. Heck they still have yet to fix a trade bug where you can scam other players by hitting accept 2 times in a trade you know why? No one cares, no one freaking trades at all.
I want to quote this to show you how bad you are talking about here.
You say you are not like me. I'm sure of this. Next you talk about how you likely wont reach end game scenario when you have nothing left to do or if you do you will MOVE ON, let me point out how many others said the same exact thing as you over a year ago. You know what? They quit. They moved on. Again you fail to see the issue here. Even people like you who are in love with this game will QUIT!!! Sure it might take you a few months vs someone like my type of player will figure it out in a week or so, but you still quit, because of the same reasons I've already stated and you are trying to defend it. Its clear to me your types dont understand what this does. You play the game and throw it away. Your statements on how its so fun to you "now" isn't helping the game. Xsyon is not keeping players for really any length of time. Sure there is a very small % like you who likely will play it 2 or even 6 months, but after that time you will quit. Instead of saying "I love this game its fun" and leaving out all the issues, why not post something worthwhile that will help the game on ways to make it better for you. Because there will become a time when you are done with the game due to the same issues we are talking about. Then you will either have 2 choices. 1)You will leave without a word. Or 2)Be like many of the people posting here, posting why the game is doing crappy.
You talk about "not everyone is looking for that" I'm not looking for everyone to play Xsyon, but cant we both agree that more than a couple dozen online is not enough?
Originally posted by MrDDT
So when you are listing your opinions you agree with what others are saying about the game save for the points that you noted? I'm pretty sure no one sees this when you are writing.
About the car. I dont think its anything like you said. First most of the stuff they are saying here is true. Do you disagree with that? I think you might disagree with how they are saying it, or how far out they are saying it, but you surely cant say they are wrong or lying. You are saying "Not its not X" when I'm here to say it is like X, maybe not just like or as bad as they said it, but it surely is.
I've already agreed with what others here are saying that you are talking about. So you are in fact saying I'm wrong too. So I backed up my info with more data, to allow the people reading to make the choice themselves. Now you are saying you agree with what Ive been saying. Yet I'm saying what the other posts are saying is correct. (Not everything but most off it)
I dont see a lot of lies here, I do see people like you leaving out important information. Skewing the data.
Where are the "false" statements about the game? Can you list a few so I can talk about these ones?
At least you agree the game needs fixing. Is players coming here destructive to the game? Sure, but it also has the effect of helping other people out who are on the fence about looking into the game, it also has the effect that maybe Xsyon dev team might understand why they are quitting and upset.
I'm pretty sure no one is advising people not to buy the game solely on the if his wife is Russian or not. You missed his whole point too. It wasnt what race his wife was, it wasnt even if he had a wife or not. It was the fact they are mixing business with personal life. I didnt find it rude at all. I think he has a valid point mostly however, in this case I dont think it applies.
Originally posted by MrDDT
So you wont tell us why you like the game only that you like it.
So you wont tell us what they are saying is a lie.
So you also wont explain pretty much anything. When people call you out on it, you get vague and defensive. Sounds to me like you are someone that needs to figure out why you are even posting here.
Then you resort to personal attacks. (And wide sweeping attacks)
You really need to take a hard look at what you are saying and why. You cant even explain what is going on, when you are questioned on it you get even more upset. Why would you get upset because people question your views? Why not just explain why you feel that way. When someone questions you on that, explain why. That's how a discussion works. You keep doing that until people understand.
You ask how you can have this discussion with "you people", don't you see this is also what these other guys are saying about you in a round about way?
Anyways on the topic.
Xsyon vs Minecraft. Xsyon is getting worse Minecraft is getting better. Xsyon has yet to update anything that I can tell my friends to go check out, in a long time. When this starts happening, maybe then Xsyon will be an active game.
Originally posted by MrDDT
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You like it because it has the ambience you're looking for, and checks off the list of features you want / don't want. You don't really 'play' Xsyon, you just enjoy being in that world. You like the world of Xsyon, not the gameplay
That's fine, I totally respect that mindset, and I recognize that those kind of players are actually pretty vital to these kind of games. Without people dancing and playing music in the cantinas of SWG, the game world would have been pretty dry.
However, most people don't share that mindset. Most people playing video games, especially FFA PvP MMOs, give at least some weight to game mechanics. They don't just check off the list of features they want / don't want and then head in -- they care how well those features are implemented. You need to recognize that you have no idea what we're talking about in this regard. We're talking about actual game mechanics, which is really the only thing that needs to be discussed by the players like this. A prospective player wants to know what the ambience of Xsyon is? Just watch a video or a stream. Here is a really recent stream that accurately shows that ambience: http://www.twitch.tv/massivelytv/b/326827805 (spoiler: she's running or dieing or being spawn camped for the entire 1 hr).
About your opinion: We get it. It's nice and all, but you reached the limit of it's relevance at post #1. There is much more to Xsyon than the ambience, and that's what the rest of us are talking about.
About the accusations of lying: If you want to keep bringing this up as a point that should be talked about, the onus is on you to address that issue. I'm super willing to respond to any claims you have, and in fact I already have earlier in this thread. I responded to: being able to run away from zombies, Jordi's wife, and the scam issue. If you're too lazy to rephrase your accusations, then at least go back and quote what you first said.
About your dislike for my tone: I'll first point out that you need to work on being able to seperate tone from message, as it's clouding your view on the topic of me lying. Secondly, like I said before, I don't care. It's really pathetic that you keep bringing this up.
Man, really? I'm not going to comment in huge posts again. I'm just going to start addressing each point. Go reread your first post. It was you that threw the first stone.
You called the guy childish, and pretty much a liar.
Then you expect them to act like you are all goodie goodie?
Man thanks for the video that was great. Shows just how bad it was for a new player.
Lucky, they did just update this after being told this for over a year. They now have starting areas that are easy (areas around the lake) where animals are non aggressive and dont hit as hard.
So this should be a good start for new players to not get so upset about dying non stop.
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This sadly should have been the end of the thread. Anyone thats played Xsyon will pretty much tell you the same with the exception of the developers and maybe a few die hard fans. Xsyon had some great ideas, but they were so badly done almost everyone following the game has moved on and forgotten about it. I actually assumed it shut down awhile back until I saw this thread in the news feed lol.


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Aegela said she hopes the event will "dispel some myths about the Middle East."
"With everything that is going on in the news today … I think it's nice to see a positive spin," Aegela said. "It's going to give people a little taste of understanding [those countries] instead of just what they hear on CNN."
Aegela has lived in various places around the world, including Turkey and Cairo. She just got back from Egypt in March where she was completing some work for a documentary. She said it became important for her to travel to see these types of dances.
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Jetlagged By Your Social Calendar? Better Check Your Waistline
Originally published on Tue May 15, 2012 8:51 am
It doesn't take a transcontinental flight to end up out of sync with your body clock. It might just be that you stay up too late.
According to German researcher Till Roenneberg, the disconnect between our social calendars and our biological clocks is creating a kind of jet lag — he's dubbed it "social jet lag."
And the consequence? Expanding waistlines. "The larger the discrepancy between social time and what your biological clock tells you to do, the more likely it is you are [overweight or obese]," Roenneberg tells The Salt.
So who's in this category of the socially jet-lagged? If your weekday work schedule is significantly different from your weekend schedule, it could be you we're talking about here.
Say you wake up at the crack of dawn Monday through Friday, but during the weekend you shift your schedule to later wake-up times and later sleep times. Roenneberg says the effect is as if you are switching time zones on the weekend.
If you listen to my story, you'll hear how the theory jells with a bunch of 20-something professionals — who say they generally are up much later on the weekends. None of them were overweight — or sleepy — but perhaps social jet lag catches up with people eventually.
In his paper, published in Current Biology, Roenneberg estimates that for every hour of social jet lag, the risk of being overweight or obese rises about 33 percent.
Whether disrupting your body clock has an effect on your weight — over and above the fact that it reduces the amount of sleep you get — is unclear. But there's certainly a whole body of evidence linking too little sleep to weight problems.
"As sleep researchers, we do believe that there's an intimate relationship between insufficient sleep and the drive to store fat," Dr. Helene Emsellem of the Center for Sleep and Wake Disorders in Chevy Chase, Md., told us.
The connection between poor sleep and higher body weights has been documented in shift workers such as nurses, in mothers of infants, and even in toddlers and teens. In some cases, people do eat more when their schedules are wacky. But Emsellem says it's also possible that something more primitive is at play here.
"Unfortunately, we have caveman's hard-core wiring," Emsellem says, "and insufficient sleep in primitive times was read by the body: Danger, store fat," she says.
Experts say this may be just one of several complicated mechanisms linking sleep and weight, but the important take-home message is this: Get your ZZZZ's!
"We know if people sleep less, even starting in infants, that this leads to a greater risk of obesity," says Dr. Matthew Gillman, director of the Obesity Prevention Program at Harvard Medical School.
Gillman acknowledges that the "sleep longer, sleep better" message is easier said than done. "I guess I'm a big offender, because I got up this morning at 4 a.m. to make a 6 o'clock flight."
Dr. Clete Kushida, a sleep expert at Stanford Sleep Medicine Center, says more studies are needed to investigate the effects of sleep "timing" separately from sleep duration, though the two are inextricably linked. But he says this new study does offer "some evidence" that living "against the clock" is associated with higher BMI (body mass index).
So, in our crazy, go-go society, even the experts who have a hard time living it say it may be wise to start paying more attention to that internal clock.
On a Tuesday, it's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.
And I'm David Greene.
If you were feeling bleary eyed when your alarm went off or when you started our voices this morning, there's a good chance you're not finely attuned to your body's own sleep ques. A new study by German sleep researchers finds that in our 24/7 culture many of us are paying the price for ignoring our internal biological clocks. And as NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, the consequences can be measured in our expanding waistlines.
ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: We all know what jet lag is. You fly across time zones. Your internal clock gets confused and all you want to do is eat and sleep at all the wrong times. But think about this. What if the pace and schedule or our everyday lives is leading to the same sort of effect? This is the theory of German researcher Till Roenneberg.
TILL ROENNEBERG: The idea came from sleep logs. We've got hundreds of sleep logs or even thousands of sleep logs.
AUBREY: Roenneberg says when he analyzed people's sleep and wake times, some interesting patterns emerged. People's schedules during the work week were so different from their routines on the weekend that it was as if they had switched time zones. For example, waking up very early Monday to Thursday and more or less going to bed at a regular time. Then on Friday still waking up early but staying up or staying out with friends until the wee hours of Saturday morning.
ROENNEBERG: What these look like if the people would fly on a Friday evening many time zones to the West.
AUBREY: So Saturday morning you wake up three to four hours later than usual. You eat later, maybe brunch at noon instead of breakfast at 7. And you live by a different clock the whole weekend.
ROENNEBERG: We realized that this was a jet lag-like situation.
AUBREY: He's coined the phrase social jet lag, where sleep isn't governed by your biological clock but by your social calendar. I tried out the theory on a group of 20-something professionals who were hanging out together here in Washington, D.C.
KATIE GAMBALI: That definitely applies to my life.
AUBREY: Friends Katie Gambali(ph) and Amanda Zoytland say their weekend schedules are completely different.
GAMBALI: Well, we don't have to wake up as early because we don't have work. So we'll go out even later and then sleep really late.
AUBREY: Katie Gambali says it does seem a little crazy.
GAMBALI: We were actually just discussing this. A lot of the social norms right now involve like going out at a really late hour. And nobody actually goes out until 11 or 12 at night, which I think is bizarre. But if you don't do it you're not going to be out when your friends are out. So it's kind of the culture now to be a night owl.
AUBREY: For now, this schedule works. This gang of friends is fit and vivacious and say they feel they get enough sleep. But Roenneberg says in the long term, living against our biological clocks can catch up with us.
ROENNEBERG: People who suffer from social jet lag hardly ever sleep one night that is according to their sleep needs.
AUBREY: And Roenneberg's research finds this social jet lag is linked to higher body weight.
ROENNEBERG: The larger the discrepancy between the social time and what your biological clock tells you to do, the more likely it is that you are obese.
AUBREY: Whether disrupting your body clock has an effect on your weight over and above the fact it reduces the amount of sleep you get is unclear, but there's certainly a whole body of evidence linking too little sleep to weight problems.
DR. HELENE EMSELLEM: As sleep researchers we do believe that there's an intimate relationship between insufficient sleep and the drive to store fat.
AUBREY: Physician Helene Emsellem directs the Center for Sleep and Wake Disorders in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She says this connection has been documented in shift-workers such as nurses, in teenagers and in mothers of infants. In some cases, people do eat more when their schedules are wacky. But Emsellem says it's also possible that something more primitive is at play here.
EMSELLEM: Unfortunately, we have caveman hard-core wiring and insufficient sleep in primitive times was read by the body: danger, store fat.
AUBREY: Which was our ancestors' best chance of surviving whatever calamity was keeping them awake. And when this happens it seems a hormonal shift takes place, so that instead of burning calories quickly the body tries to store them. Experts say this may be just one of several complicated mechanisms linking sleep and weight. But Dr. Matthew Gillman of Harvard Medical School, who directs an obesity prevention program, says the important take-home message is this:
DR. MATTHEW GILLMAN: We know if people sleep less, even starting in infants, that that leads to a greater risk of obesity.
AUBREY: Gillman acknowledges that the sleep longer, sleep better message is easier to preach than to live by.
GILLMAN: And I guess I'm a big offender, because I got up this morning at 4 o'clock to make a 6 o'clock flight to Washington, D.C.
AUBREY: But in our crazy, go, go society it may be wise to start paying more attention to that internal clock. You definitely have one. And it does not sound like this:
AUBREY: Allison Aubrey, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Mike Frederick tried everything he could think of to get his wife, Faye, a clear shot at a male wild turkey on Friday morning.
First, he set up four decoys, including one that had real tail feathers. Then, he used a variety of calls to see if he could get any toms in the nearby woods to respond.
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One tom – or maybe two – replied with gobbles, but for 1½ hours, nothing flew or walked onto the dirt road near the Fredericks' blind at the Savannah River Site.
"I think I'm going to shut up for a while," said Mike with a sigh. "I'm worn out."
Then everything happened at once. A young male turkey, which is known as a jake, ran across the road. Next, a big tom stepped out of the forest. Spotting the decoys, he spread his tail feathers and puffed out his chest.
"There is he is," Faye whispered to her husband right before the boom of her 20-gauge shotgun shattered the silence.
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"I had polio when I was 4 years old, but I've been blessed," said Faye, who uses a cane to walk and wears a brace on her left leg. A resident of North Augusta, she is a registered nurse.
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Faye enjoys eating what she shoots, but she also gets pleasure from observing the beauty of nature.
"God's creation is just amazing," she said.
Participants in the SRS Ultimate Turkey Hunt are selected in a random drawing and Faye is lucky enough to have been chosen for almost every event. On her first SRS hunt, she killed two turkeys.
Faye's husband has been a volunteer guide ever since the hunt's inaugural edition. Mike escorts his wife most of the time, but he also has gone out with other disabled hunters.
"Being the person who is able to give someone the opportunity to come here and kill their first bird gives me a better feeling than any bird I've ever killed," said Mike, who works for Wackenhut Services at SRS.
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CRESTVIEW — Davidson Middle School's final chorus concert of the year, titled "Sing for Life," on Tuesday raised money and awareness for a water project underway in Africa.
The event raised nearly $300 for World Vision, an international organization that provides pipelines and clean water to Swaziland, Africa residents. The women and children currently must walk three to six hours to bring unclean water back to their village.
The chorus performed several water-themed numbers including Mary Lynn Lightfoot's "How Beautiful is the Rain" and "Music of the Sea."
The concert also featured sixth-graders' piano compositions including Aaron Cunningham's "Almost Over" and Landon White's "Nirvana."
All 24 eighth-graders were recognized for being chorus members for the past three years, when they each received a chorus medal toward the end of the concert. Many gave solo performances.
Catherine Stewart, 14, had mixed emotions about her final middle school performance.
"You're happy because you're moving on, but at the same time you don't want to leave," the Crestview High School-bound student said.
Leaving Davidson means leaving chorus director Keitha Bledsoe, who helped Catherine find her voice, the teen said.
The student was proud of the chorus' philanthropy.
"It makes us happy that our last performance is helping people out that don't have clean water," she said.
Catherine's mother, Joy Stewart, appreciated the message the concert provided.
"I think it's good for the kids to know ... how underprivileged other people are compared to the privileges they have," she said. "It's great that they did this to help other people."
Crestview dentist Dr. Jennifer Wayer was at the concert representing World Vision. Wayer, who has spoken to students about World Vision's Swaziland outreach, said the performances touched her.
"It is absolutely humbling to see," she said. "These students have worked so hard all year long; they sang from the depths of their hearts ... it was beautiful."
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