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Now granted, there were a lot of things to attend to on Vermont's Primary Election Day, August 28, 2012, given that it was the anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene which flooded Vermont from the south to the north and east to the west.
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As the NDA has been lifted, or abandoned, or whatever, I thought I'd take the time out to share some impressions I have gathered from Wizardry Online.
I should start out by saying that after only a short while playing the game, it has utterly charmed me. It's mixture of modern MMO combat with an old school RPG twist is, frankly, brilliant. Wizardry may not be anything new (certainly the franchise itself is quite old), but the novelty of an MMO that doesn't pander to the type of player looking for easy access or an easy ride is pleasant in and of itself, and makes me keen to progress through the game yet further.
That isn't to say that Wizardry is perfect, because it isn't.
Character creation is a breathe of fresh air for an MMO. Over the years, homogenisation has led to a character creation process scant on hard decisions. We tend to see this more as a chance to "pick the race we like the look of", rather than the first set of crucial decisions that we will make to shape our character. Wizardry Online unashamedly brings back decisions making with vengeance. Certain races favour certain classes, as the base stats for each race differ wildly. Humans, for example, are a neutral class with a fairly balanced distribution of base stat points. Elves however come with high Int, making them ideal Mages but not-so-ideal fighters. Obivously this decisions is largely rudimentary; most of us will pick the race that best favours our class, but you can always pick a race that doesn't favour a particular class just to see how you get on. The point is that your very first decision has an active impact on your character.
Once you've chosen your race, the game will then roll a random number of bonus stat points for you to spend. That's right; a dice roll! You may get 7, or 4, or 8, but regardless of how many you get, where they go is entirely up to you. You may choose to stack a particular stat (such as me stacking int on my elf mage), or you may choose to spread the points out amongst stats that are underpowered (such as balancing int stack with some vit, for example). The stat system is fairly easy to understand, as it runs on the same style as any DnD ruleset. Again, it's nice to be able to have a choice here that allows you to tweak your character to favour whatever style of play you're going to attempt.
Next in the character creation process is your alignment. Alignments come in the form of Lawful, Neutral, or Chaotic, and your choise of alignment has far reaching implications for your character. Some items in the game, for example, enjoy alignment restrictions, and alignment also dictates which classes you may roll; you cannot, for example, create a Lawful Thief.
The actual customisation options for your character's look are limited at best, but as a stat fiend I really don't mind this at all. The fact that the few decisions you do make have such impact on your characters actual and tangible performance in the game is more than enough to make the character creation process involving and compelling, without the need for endless aesthetical options.
The tutorial element of the game requires a LOT of patience; the inability to skip cutscenes, combined with snails-pace text scrolling during cinematic and in-game conversations is off putting, to say the least. You will find yourself leaving the machines - as I did - for pretty significant periods of time whilst you wait for whatever boring and uneventful cutscene to play out to its end. You'll also thoroughly enjoy the tediousness of the tutorial missions, which will see you running around, talking to vendors who will explain to you what they do and how you use them. As if that wasn't enough, the game will then pop up a tutorial window re-explaining what the NPC you just spoke to has already explained. I personally found myself spam-clicking through the conversations in favour of reading the tutorial panes. After playing through the tutorials and getting to the post-tutorial content, I really don't think the opening cinematics are required. Clearly it's designed to give the game some sort of context, but - and much like Dark Souls before it - the story is so loose and flimsy that I couldn't really care any less about why I'm doing what I'm doing: I just want to get on with it. Whatever it may be. That said, the tutorial IS required; Wizardry Online isn't your commonal garden MMO, and the time should be taken to thoroughly absorb the information provided to you. Perhaps it could have been executed more succinctly, but the information the tutorial imparts is well worth know (and will save a huge amount of head scratching later on).
Once you get into the game, you'll realise that Wizardry Online is really just a dungeon crawler in the same category as titles like Diablo 2 and Dark Souls. Every mechanic and system seems to have been built around the idea that the game is supposed to be hard, and you're supposed to think about what you're doing. Fighting monsters isn't simply about spamming a particular ability to the inevitable end point, but also about environmental awareness, strategic decisions making, and learning. There are techniques to dealing with particular types of monsters, and you will learn these techniques as you fight. This, again, is a breathe of fresh air in a genre that doesn't enjoy huge variety of game play from game-to-game; whilst Wizardry may not totally depart from that formula, it does add a lot of novel ideas to the mix to make things a little - sometimes a LOT - more interesting and entertaining. One such idea is the lack of health and mana regen, something you can only accomplish by leaving the dungeon you're in to rest at an inn. A point about the combat that is worth noting is that it isn't too hard at the start, but it is apparent that the game is building to being quite difficult. I look forward to that, as the combat system lends itself to hieghtened difficulty.
The itemisation in the game is also great! Items that drop in the field are generally unidentified, and you have to return to town to identify them. The nice thing is that you can still equip these items, and gain from their stat points (even though you don't know what they are). There's a flip side to this, however: some items are cursed, and will negatively impact your stats or abilities in a myriad as well. Wearing unidentified gear is a gamble, one that may pay off or backfire... but yet another important choice the game gives you.
Having to return to an inn simply to level up - where we are used to levelling in the field - may seem like an obstructive mechanic, but it's actually quite charming... especially with the "room" mechanics it has in place. Basically, there are several different rooms you can rent at an inn when you rest. The more expensive the room, the better the benefits you get to health regen and mana regen and - if you're levelling up - stat gains. The game encourages you to make yet more decisions: do you go for the more expensive of the rooms you can afford, or do you scale it back a little so that you have cash to spend on something else? The choice is important, and it yet again prompts you to think about what you're doing.
And now to the sticky issue: permadeath. Permadeath in Wizardry is always in the back of your mind, and you're aware that it CAN happen. Again however the game utilises some well placed RNG to make things a little different. Instead of simply dying when you... die... you are turned into a ghost. As a ghost, you must make your way to a Guardian Stone, where you will be given the chance to perform a resurrection roll (more dice!). At the start, you will mostly find yourself rocking a 100% res chance by default, but as you move through the game this will lower. Eventually you will actually have to start spending items and currency from your inventory to increase your res chance. I've been told that this isn't that hard, but it CAN and WILL catch you out. If you fail the roll, this is when you'll suffer permadeath. Permadeath is an ever present threat, but it is tactly handled and presented. You yet again have choices and decisions to make that can favour or hamper you, even in death.
The running theme here is this: Wizardry Online is all about choice and decision making. Instead of taking the approach that players don't wish to make the hard decisions, and simply want it all done for them, Wizardry Online sets out to make you think about what you're doing all the time.
Frankly, it's a great addition to the MMO genre. Even with some clunky combat problems, I'm having a HUGE amount of fun with the game... and I think I'll continue to have a huge amount of fun with the game. The guys at Gamepot have succeeded in delivering content and mechanics that SHOULD be infuriating and frustrating, but are actually well designed and implemented.
Right now, in its current state, I'd give it 8.5/10. I'll be playing this for a while.
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Oh and... I've encountered many, many PvP players in my adventures. They all stuck out like a sore thumb, and spent most of their time running away from mob groups of PvE players. I've been killed once by a PvP player, but I largely deserved it. From what I can tell, PvP players seem to get the loose end of the stick 90% of the time.
I've not encountered any gankers or griefers, and no huge PvP zergs. The PvP system seems to be well thought out, and the restrictions and costs they've put in place for being a criminal seem to be working (which is surprising considering that we're in closed beta here).
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If I understood correctly, this isn't really a beta. This game has been out in Japan for a year. This "beta" just tests the translation and the new servers.
I mostly agree with you, though I found this game's combat a bit on the tedious/simplistic side, but maybe that's because I was playing a cleric and didn't really have any interesting abilities. Maybe that changes later on. The thing that bugged me the most was how limited your options are class wise. Four classes compared to the options you got in Wizardry 8... well, maybe it's not fair to compare, but I still expected a bit more.
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"I forgive, but never forget."
Originally posted by Scalpless
As you progress and reach a higher soul rank, you will unlock the option to swap classes. Later on you get a limited number of slots which allows you to skills from other classes.
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Originally posted by dotdotdash
Nice review and thanks for the details :)
I am more keen to try this MMO after your endorsement
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Originally posted by asmadeous
I know, but Wizardry 8 had 11 races and 15 classes in addition to free multiclassing. Very few games can compete with W8, so I didn't expect to see as many options, but 4 classes is a bit of a letdown.
I guess I wanted more of an old-school RPG with MMO elements, while we got an MMO with some old-school RPG elements. It's not this game's fault, but I don't think it comes even close to living up to its SP predecessors.
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"I forgive, but never forget."
Originally posted by Scalpless
I may sound like as ass, but here: It is Wizardry Online, NOT Wizardry 8 Online.
The first Wizardry (Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord) only featured the 5 said races: Human, Elf, Dwarf, Gnome and Hobbit (WO: Porkul), 4 classes: Fighter, Mage Thief and Priest.
The "elite" classes were just a combination of the basic 4. (i.e. Samurai = Fighter + Mage; Bishop = Mage + Priest)
This game is holding true to the first game.
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Just tried the game for about 20 minutes and already deleted. Scrolling text at the speed of a three year old to read and inescapable crap cinematics? No thanks. Plus I hate anime.
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You mentioned something about inns and stat gains. Is it true you get better stat gains by using the more expensive room? Say the free one compared to the 3,000 gold one, how much different is it?
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Originally posted by dotdotdash
About the combat, way too far from perfect, wrong timed issues all around, like when you use hide attack and the enemy just walk away you hit the air with no dmg, or you see hitting the enemy but it isnt, because that just an animation (like when the Flys attack animation), and the other hand, enemies still hit you in mid air or not even front of them when they use some special (good example: useing the "dodge" direction+space, you are in mid air 2m faar away from enemy, and got dmg, dragged you back where you are before)...
Yes,i know, beta, but they have to work on this seriously.
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Well, I made a new character and tested out the inn and stat gains. I used the 3000 gold inn on my new character each time he leveled up. I compared my first character's stats (who used the free inn option) with the new one, both of them being level 8 and the same class. After comparing the stats, there was no difference in the HP/MP levels and barely a difference with the stats. In the end the stats both equaled to the same amount when they were added up. I don't know if it'll be different when the game goes into open beta, but as far as I can tell, the inn doesn't have any significant effect on your character's stats.
This is of course my own experience, if someone has a different outcome, I'd be interested in reading about it.
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i had more than enough "dice roll" frustration with Aion gem socketing....nice review though.
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The game feels and runs like an antique, but not in a good way. Great for insomnia though.
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I was once Tailrot, Uproar, Bandage, Thus(tin) Hammered, Rock, and so many more. Aye gamerest.
I love the basic game. It is a charming throwback to my early days playing RPGs (which were with Wizardry and Ultima series at the very beginning). Anyways, I will not play this game -- it's over catering to PVP ruins it. Nothing else needs to be said -- don't play it unless you like to gank or be ganked (over and over and over again).
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I'm trying it out today and I don't find it that bad.
Cutscenes are slow true but they seem to have made them all skipable or all I saw were skipable.
1 thing I really don't like and not only in this game even in others like gw2 is having to hold right click 24/7 to follow the flow with the combat..... If you are going to make a game action don't make people having to hold right click all the time for the camera!
It has a pretty good variety of weapons sadly they are class restricted hope I can equip some 2h weapon as thief currently I found cestus as substitue of dagger/shield which looks cool but makes you lose ability to block.
So pros and cons in each weapon style. (Very few games have defense on cut, pierce and blunt seperate, this one has it.)
I also like finding items and need to identify them as this gives a chance on having better items then usual.
I really hope to buy/find a new bag tough as the bag is half full all the time because of your equiped items still taking space in bag which is something I also hate that some games has....
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The problem with permadeath is not that it can happen, it's that it WILL happen. Eventually. And it WILL be some bullsh** bug, exploit from gankers or inevitable human mistakes. The only way it can work is that getting another character up doesn't take too much time and that they don't make you grind for months for gear. No one wants to lose months or years of play.
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Not impressed. If you're gonna dust off a title that's 33 years old, which was innovative and revolutionary in it's day, which the entire genre can source it's foundations from, then it should live up to it's predecessors. To make a game with clunky combat and camera mechanics, no "surprize" lurking around every corner, easily avoidable traps, childish riddles, and limited and unbalanced class/races is quite the dissapointment. I gave it till soul level 5 to make sure my observations weren't skewed, but it's a dog, and not worth the effort imho. Next...
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Originally posted by Uproar
Well, let me start with cut scenes are now skipable. You don't permadeath by failing to rez, you get two chances, every time you die you get two chances. Escaping PK is actually extremely easy.. it is hard to kill a player who doesn't want to fight you. Unless you don't see them coming, you can always get away, and even then it only works once. General tip is not to play on channel 1 if you want to avoid PvP completely. The PKers are almost always on channel 1... of the 10 channels you have the choice of playing on. And again a PKer can only kill you once, fter that unless you are brain dead you can get away since after respawning you have 30 seconds of being invisable and invulnerable unless you draw your weapon or attack.
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Justin Farnsworth has a goal to help turn Dorchester District Two into a world-class district.
That is why Farnsworth has thrown his hat into the ring and is running in DD2s board election.
The big thing I want is to make a positive difference in our community, he said. You look at it right now and we have a great school district but I dont know itd be considered a world-class district.
I think were getting there but I think we have to have really the best leadership that we can put on our school board if were going to continue down that path.
Farnsworth ran for school board in 2012. At the time three seats were available. The numbers did not work out in Farnsworths favor but he holds onto a particular saying: Experience is what you get when you didnt get what you wanted.
I had a lot of experience, met a lot of great people in our community and just knew I could make a difference, he said. So thats what is important to me in this go around to give it another try.
Farnsworth is vice president of operations at Automated Trading Desk in Mt. Pleasant. He will have been married to his wife Jessica 12 years in August and has two children in the district: Blake is a rising third-grader and Zoe is a rising kindergartener at Flowertown Elementary.
Farnsworth said Jessica has taught third grade at Flowertown Elementary and will be a Title One facilitator next year.
The family ties to DD2 is another push for Farnsworth to get involved with the school board.
For me a lot of it is about the community and the relationships, he said, adding he feels many people are not familiar with the board or what it actually does. Which is unfortunate; the school board manages $150 million worth of taxpayers money every year.
They also manage our childrens day to day lives so I think its really important that we do everything we can to have that positive communication and those relationships, which I will bring to the board.
Farnsworth also hopes to bring a perspective on business and finance to the board. He recently finished his MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology and feels it is important to have that business perspective. I think its important that we have really good people people with vested interest on our board, he said. To me if you dont have that vested interest than you wont make decisions that are in the best interest of whats important, and thats our kids.
Looking forward, Farnsworth hopes to assist in the ongoing construction projects by making sure the district stays within budget and that the buildings are built in an expeditious manner safely, and in the interest of the kids, parents and educators, and make sure the schools are what the community needs for the best price possible.
Farnsworth currently serves on the advisory board for DD2s Edge Academies, which is through a partnership between the Chamber and DD2.
Edge Academies are career academies within the districts high schools. Right now there is a STEM academy and next year there will be an academy for business, finance and management.
Farnsworth was part of Leadership Dorchester 2013, and his class worked to promote the Sweet Tea Trail and placed banners on Main Street. Farnsworth also just found out that he has been accepted into Leadership Carolina. He is also part of the Education Foundation, which is also part of the Chamber and facilitates the Principal for a Day program something Farnsworth does every year.
Thats been interesting to see what principals go through every day, he said. With Jessica as a teacher I thought I had an idea. Then youre in there and you follow this principal and theyre just everywhere. Theyre unbelievable I cant even describe the whirlwind of events they have to deal with day in and day out.
For just over a year Farnsworth was also co-chair of the Oversight Committee recently rebranded as the Yes4Schools Committee.
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So I want to make sure were taking that and building on all of those aspects.
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Developers want to tear down this former restaurant in Berlin on the Barre-Montpelier Road and replace it with an office building, plus build a 54-unit apartment complex on the hillside in the background.BERLIN Owners of a six-lot subdivision that overlooks the Barre-Montpelier Road and is now home to an Autozone are hoping to redevelop one of the remaining parcels while constructing an apartment complex on another. Assuming the Fecteau family is able to obtain state and local permits, the vacant building that once housed Taco Bell and most recently Simply Subs II will be razed to make room for a 5,040-square-foot office building at the base of Overlook Drive, and a 54-unit apartment building will be constructed in two phases just up the hill.
Berlins Development Review Board is considering both applications, which were filed separately by different branches of the same family-owned business.
Fecteau Commercial Inc. has proposed replacing the vacant restaurant with a single-story office building, while Fecteau Residential Inc. is advancing plans for the four-story apartment complex. Both projects were the subject of recent hearings before the local board and will also require state land-use permits.
Traffic is expected to be a key consideration, given the proximity of the private drive that would serve both developments to the intersection of the Barre-Montpelier Road and the Berlin State Highway. The local board is waiting for input from the state Agency of Transportation before deciding whether to schedule additional hearings on either or both of the proposals.
Traffic was an issue in the permit process that paved the way for the construction of Autozone. The state required the elimination of the Barre-Montpelier Road curb cut that had served the building where Simply Subs II was doing business at the time. That drive was replaced with an entrance off Overlook Drive the private dead-end road that was constructed to serve the hillside subdivision. According to documents filed with the town, the office building would be leased to a single tenant, which is not named but is expected to employ up to 30 people.
The new building would be reoriented on the site, and though local regulations require only 21 parking spaces the plan is to create 40 spaces using land from a neighboring parcel in the subdivision.
According to the application, the additional parking is being created in part to accommodate some future use of a building. The available parking would be enough, materials suggest, for a retail establishment with 19 employees or a 120-seat restaurant.
Although Fecteau Commercial is proposing a surplus of parking for the office building at the base of Overlook Drive, Fecteau Residential is seeking a waiver of the towns parking requirement for the apartment complex planned up the hill. Based on the number of proposed units, the towns regulations call for 126 parking spaces, but the application contends that figure is excessive given contemplated lease restrictions that would limit the number of cars tenants could own. The complex would eventually include 38 two-bedroom units, 16 one-bedroom units and two studio apartments. The proposed restriction would essentially limit the number of cars tenants could park on site to the number of bedrooms in their apartment.
The parking plan presented by Fecteau Residential anticipates 102 spaces, including 10 spaces for visitors.
According to the application, the apartment complex would be built in two nearly identical phases. The lone exception is a common building that would eventually link two other structures that are essentially mirror images of each other.
The common building would include a ground-floor lobby and administrative offices and provide access to the stairway and elevators, while the upper three floors would house a mix of dining, exercise and recreational space for tenants.
The ground floor of the first of two structures that would contain the mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments 28 in all would include room for some indoor parking, as well as storage space. The apartments would be on the top three floors.
The plan contemplates eventually duplicating that structure on the opposite side of the common building.
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The Foothills Arts Council welcomes the Elkin Valley Fiddlers as an associate member of the nonprofit organization.
On May 4, the group is planning an old time music jam and contra dance, but it is a full-fledged fiddlers' convention by the Yadkin River that the group plans for next year.
Group founder Barry Carlton of Elkin has years of experience as a musician participating in fiddlers' conventions.
"I have seen the excitement and energy that an event of this type can bring to a town," Carlton said on Monday. "I had an epiphany that Elkin with all of its many hard-working, civic-minded volunteers and old time, friendly, down home charm would be the perfect place to hold a festival of our own."
The event, Elkin Valley Fiddlers By The River, will be on a small scale this year. The steering committee is in the process of raising money and ironing out the plans for a day of old time music in Crater Park. Musicians will be set up in the park and the public is invited to walk around and enjoy the jamming.
"Crater Park located beside our beautiful river and so close to historic downtown would be the perfect place to start an old time fiddlers' convention of our own," Carlton said.
The group sees the location and time of year as ideal for bringing this event to Elkin.
"I think whenever good music is involved, people just naturally have a great time," Elkin Mayor Lestine Hutchens said. "I am happy to see an event occurring near the river so that the place will add it own special ambiance. I hope it's the start of regular musical events at the river."
The steering committee consists of Carlton, Caroline and David Blackmon, Bill Blackley, Erik Dahlager, Cory Myers, Charlotte Reynolds, Nancy Gould, Leighanne Wright, and Cynthia Grant as the executive director.
"This new musical endeavor builds upon the arts council's efforts to enrich the lives of Yadkin Valley residents and visitors," Eris Ball, president of the Foothills Arts Council board, said. "We envision the Elkin Valley Fiddlers By the River event will grow and gain popularity, making Elkin an even more artful destination with music to support the existing wine industry and trail system."
A contra/square dance will be held that evening at The Liberty, 222 E. Main St., from 7-10:30 p.m. Beginners get a quick lesson at 6:30 p.m. Similar is a square dance, the contra dance will feature music by The Fiddler's Wife — David Blackmon and Bob Kogut on fiddles, Caroline Blackmon on guitar, and Roberta Kogut calling.
"Contra dancing is fun and easy to learn," Roberta Kogut said. "If you can walk, you can contra dance. Its roots are the same as square dancing, originating in Europe and coming over with our founding fathers and mothers. It was one of the main forms of entertainment during the Revolutionary and Civil War periods."
Beginners will get a lesson at 6:30 p.m. and then the dance starts at 7. You do not need a partner to participate and it is a family-friendly activity. The group is asking for a $5 donation at-the-door and light refreshments will be available.
Volunteers are needed to fundraise, distribute flyers, help with parking for the event and clean-up. Anyone interested in volunteering with Elkin Valley Fiddlers is asked to call the Foothills Arts Council, 835-2025, or email email@example.com.
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This week we said goodbye to some of our winter interns (sniffle!), ate a Turkish feast, won the Village Voice Web Award for Best Food Blog (woo!), took a punch break, and more. ...But you'll probably just want to head to the end of the slideshow to see Hambone meeting Mini Hambone. It's adorable.


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Will Caroline and Klaus Ever Get Together? Vampire Diaries Speculation
Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Caroline's (Candice Accola) relationship on The Vampire Diaries has slowly been coming together ever since he saved her life — after he made Tyler (Michael Trevino) almost kill her — on her birthday last season. But based on the pace of their relationship mixed with a few other factors (Klaus's murderous rampages and a little guy named Tyler for starters) the question remains: Will Klaus and Caroline ever get together?
Well, if one thing is for certain about the two of them, it's that there is definitely something there. Whether it's just flirtatious chemistry or something more, it's not our place to say. But they definitely have a spark.
However, could Caroline ever truly be attracted to someone who does things like drown Carol Lockwood or kill Aunt Jenna (Sara Canning)? It's not that we think that their being together is completely out of the picture, but we do think that it would take a pretty big (kind) act on Klaus's part to even make that a remote possibility.
So will Klaroline ever get together? Officially, we're not so sure. But if we're just talking about taking things further than where they're at now, why not? After all, what's the harm in taking things further than champagne, drawings, and occasional smiles? And maybe Caroline can convince Klaus to stop murdering all the parental figures in Mystic Falls.
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MPI researchers, along with analysts from the Government Accountability Office and American Immigration Council, discuss the findings from an MPI report that examines the 3.7 million deportations that have occurred in the United States since establishment of the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, as well as lessons that can be learned for future policy and possible administrative action.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, who assumed his duties in 2014, lays out his vision and discusses his priorities for the agency as part of MPI's Leadership Visions series.
Unpacking the Links between Segregation, Community Cohesion, and Opportunity: A Transatlantic Discussion
In this webinar, experts and policymakers from Europe and the United States discuss the relationship between immigration, residential segregation, community relations, and economic opportunities.
MPI researchers and representatives from London and Detroit discuss the policies and strategies used—at national and local levels—to attract immigrants into local economies.
This MPI panel discussion focuses on a toolkit by the Women's Refugee Commission to provide detained and deported immigrants as well as unauthorized immigrant mothers and fathers with crucial information to protect and maintain their parental rights and make well-informed decisions regarding the care and welfare of their children.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, who assumed his duties in 2014, lays out his vision and discusses his priorities for the agency as part of MPI's Leadership Visions series.
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A discussion and report release on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, how its educational requirements may be impacting application rates, and recommendations for overcoming the education-success challenges that key subgroups of DACA-DREAM youth face.
Extending New Relief to Unauthorized Immigrants: Estimating the Impacts of Possible Executive Actions
Estimates of unauthorized immigrant populations that could receive relief from deportation under potential executive action scenarios to expand the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, extend deferred action to other populations, or refine immigration enforcement priorities are discussed during this webinar.
This webinar covers key findings from MPI's report about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative and eligible populations two years after its implementation, and also introduces MPI's data tool that provides national and state-level estimates of the current and potentially eligible DACA populations, as well as detailed profiles for the U.S. and 25 states.
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32-year-old Julie Kedzie makes her UFC debut vs Germaine De Randamie on the FX televised undercard of UFC on FOX 8 on July 27 card at Seattle's Key Arena.
However, as Yahoo Sports Dave Doyle points out, before Ronda Rousey ever stepped onto an Olympic judo mat, or Gina Carano stepped into the cage that brought her to a Hollywood career, Julie Kedzie was fighting in one-night, 8-woman tournaments.
"All those years, Dana said he'd never have women fight in the UFC, and I didn't believe it," said Kedzie. "I'd tell people: 'I'm going to fight in the UFC one day,' and people would say 'yeah, sure.' You can call it destiny or fate or whatever you want to call it, but I always believed this day would come."
Her destiny began when she came across a DVD of women fighting. It was a HOOKnSHOOT, promoted by the father of women's MMA, Jeff Osborne. She would go on to win three fights in one night, taking the 2005 HOOKnSHOOT Women's Grand Prix.
"Once I saw the fights, I knew that is what I wanted to do," said Kedzie. "I knew it was destiny. I got my degree and then I went out to California and started training. Hook 'n' Shoot being in Indiana was just a happy accident. I came back home and knew I had to give it a try."
"It was such a crazy night," Kedzie said. "I just remember wanting to go out there and finish all my opponents. Ultimately I knew my cardio was strong enough that I was going to be able to go out there and outlast everyone.
"Hook 'n' Shoot was ahead of its time. The promoters were the first to realize that there were women out there who were able to fight and there was an audience out there willing to pay, so they treated us with respect."
"Some fighters would act like you didn't belong, or were taking a guy's spot. Sometimes fans would grab you on your way out to the ring. Some fly-by-night promoter would put your fight on at the end of the night, after everyone went home, and you'd fight in front of a bunch of empty chairs."
Kedzie vs. Carano in 2007 on Showtime's MMA debut was the fight that put WMMA on the map, but rounds had to be three, not five minutes.
"That was the thing that bugged me," said Kedzie. "I didn't care about the other stuff. I fought three times in one night and now you're telling me because I'm a woman I can't fight a five-minute round? Are you serious?"
Carano and Kedzie stole the show."This is going to sound arrogant, but my legacy has already been made," said Kedzie. "I was one of a group of girls who helped push this thing forward and fought when no one wanted us fighting. Anything from here, my wins, I'm doing it for my teammates and all the faith and hard work they've invested in me. My legacy is already there."


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These are really easy, and make a great gift. They fit any standard DSLR camera strap, (Canon/Nikon) my strap is about 2" wide. I made mine two sided, but if you wanted just one fabric like the one above, just make one strip about 5.5" wide.
1. Cut two strips 2.75" by 27" long.
2. Sew the strips right sides together, then press seam open.
3. I made mine padded with Pellon fusible light fleece interfacing. You need about 5.5"by 27". This is optional of course, I like the feel of the padding, but you can skip this step if you don't mind the hard strap. Iron on the fusible interfacing according to directions, and trim excess.
4. Fold one end in about one inch, and then again over one inch to hide the seam and make a clean finish.
5. Sew edge down for a clean finish, I sewed three lines, 1/4" apart so the ends will be more sturdy and it looks more polished.
6. Do the same thing on the other end, the finished strap after the ends are finished will be about 23" long.
7. Sew right sides together with a 1/4" seam allowance. If you think the finished cover will be too big for your strap, you can make a wider seam allowance to make the cover thinner. Keep in mind you want the cover about half an inch or so bigger than the strap, so its easy to slide on and off.
8. trim the inside edge seam allowance, it makes more room to slide the strap in and out.
9. Turn inside out (the hardest part) and iron and your done! Slide in your camera strap and viola!


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Oct. 15, 2013 @ 04:59 AM
Veterans and their supporters congregated over the weekend at memorials in Broadway, Washington, D.C., and throughout the country to rally against the closure of monuments and memorials during the government shutdown. Meanwhile, some states have acted to open their respective national parks and other sites.
What are your thoughts about these sites being shuttered during the shutdown, and the response? Tell us in 100 words or fewer via Facebook, Twitter or email@example.com. Responses may appear in Friday's edition.


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Olson has served as Editor & Curator at Rhizome, the inaugural curator at Zero1, and Associate Director at SF Camerawork. She's contributed to many major journals & books and this year Cocom Press published Arte Postinternet, a Spanish translation of her texts on Postinternet Art, a movement she framed in 2006. In 2015 LINK Editions will publish a retrospective anthology of over a decade of her writings on contemporary art which have helped establish a vocabulary for the criticism of new media. Meanwhile, she has also curated programs at the Guggenheim, New Museum, SFMOMA, White Columns, Artists Space, and Bitforms Gallery. She has served on Advisory Boards for Ars Electronica, Transmediale, ISEA, the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, Creative Capital, the Getty Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Kennedy Center, and the Tribeca Film Festival.
Olson studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths, History of Consciousness at UC Santa Cruz, and Rhetoric & Film Studies at UC Berkeley. She has recently been a visiting artist at Yale, SAIC, Oberlin, and VCU; a Visiting Critic at Brown; and Visiting Faculty at Bard College's Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts and Ox-Bow. She previously taught at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' new media graduate program (ITP) and was Assistant Professor of New Media at SUNY-Purchase's School of Film & Media Studies. She was recently an Artist-in-Residence at Eyebeam & is currently Visiting Critic at RISD.
Share and Share Alike
Long before flash mobs, liveblogging, and file-sharing were part of the vernacular, artists were creating social sculptures and elaborate systems for public collaboration. The upcoming SFMOMA exhibition, "The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now" takes a sweeping look at work that addresses co-authorship, exchange, and rapidity--all themes we associate with life in a digital society, but which the show traces back within a post-war art historical context. Organized by the museum's new media curator, Rudolf Frieling, the show includes works ranging from groundbreaking projects by Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, John Cage, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Lynn Hershman, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, and Andy Warhol, to contemporary work by Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Janet Cardiff, Minerva Cuevas, Antoni Muntadas, the Raqs Media Collective, Warren Sack, and Erwin Wurm. The show also casts a glance at the ways in which the title's theme has evolved with communicative media. Take, for instance, the old-fashioned gesture of audience participation. Tom Marioni's legendary public project The Act of Drinking Beer With Friends Is the Highest Form of Art offers an intoxicating stance on the act, while MTAA's Automatic for the People: ( ) allows you to vote on the theme, props, and even subtitle of a performance they'll publicly enact at the museum on November 7th. If you can't make it to San Francisco to see the show and participate live, you can, of course, get in on the act with the online works. Because, really, the show's nothing without you. - Marisa Olson
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Green is the New Black?
As our cities get bigger, our buildings grow taller, but our farms and gardens shrink. Trendy clothing stores and greenwashed corporate slogans are working double time to convince us that green is the new black, but what are our real strategies for building and staying green? A group exhibition at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, entitled "The Gatherers" addresses this question by presenting projects that merge art and activism to address urban environments. This includes work by Fallen Fruit, Amy Franceschini with Wilson Diaz, The National Bitter Melon Council, Oda Projesi, Marjetica Potrc, Public Matters, Ted Purves and Susanne Cockrell, Rebar, roomservices, and Åsa Sonjasdotter--some of whom use parody to point out the absurdity of existing (non)strategies, while others take a more proactive approach. On a micro-level, LA-based collective Fallen Fruit maps the free fruit in their city's neighborhoods and encourages public consumption and awareness at "Public Jams" in which jam is made of these freebies. On a larger scale, Swedish artist Åsa Sonjasdotter created The Potato Perspective in order to use this root vegetable as a touchstone for tracking food trade, genetic modification, the political barriers to growing and eating healthy foods, and the future of sustenance in increasingly-colder climates. YBCA will also be hosting a series of public talks and workshops that address the themes of the show while inviting the audience to participate in the solutions presented. - Marisa Olson
Fallen Fruit, American Family, 2008, (Credit: Fallen Fruit)
Putting the You in Tube
For his solo show at London's Seventeen Gallery, Berlin-based Austrian artist Oliver Laric is showing three video projects that put a recursive spin on his previous work. The artist's 50 50 project, in which he seamlessly strung together fifty YouTube clips of strangers singing three songs by hip hop artist 50 Cent, has received praise around the internet and the art world for its remix of both 50's music and vernacular video culture. But now he's showing a recomprised version of the piece (50 50 2008, a remix of his own remix) by using all new clips. The mass availability of videos of people singing these three songs speaks both to the popular appeal of the music and of the act of performing for the home movie camera--thus deepening the initial resonance of Laric's project. For Touch My Body (Green Screen Version), the artist took the nerd-loving video for Mariah Carey's hit single and made a template for chroma-keyed remixes by YouTube users by digitally replacing the background images surrounding the starlet's body with a flat green backdrop. At Seventeen, Laric is showing not only his template video, but also the remixes that internet users (other net artists and general surfers alike) uploaded to the web. This decision emphasizes the project's dependence on the notion of fandom, which is both participatory and collaborative by nature. Laric's inviting template also susses out the often creative and productive nature of fan culture, particularly with regard to the internet, where appropriation and distribution tend to be fast and easy. Finally, his multi-channel work,
Video Disharmonies
On October 29th, the new Temporäre Kunsthalle will open in Berlin, making the city even more of an international art mecca. Their inaugural exhibition features four ambitious multi-channel video installations by Berlin-based artist Candice Breitz. The show will open in two waves, beginning with her installations Working Class Hero (A Portrait of John Lennon), King (A Portrait of Michael Jackson) and Queen (A Portrait of Madonna). In each of these pieces, fans of the musicians have been invited to sing entire albums by Madonna, Michael Jackson, and John Lennon. With each performance shot in precisely the same way, the resulting headshots are presented in the round, a circle of voices aimed at each other, almost duking it out for the title of ultimate spectator, in front of a perpetual blue screen that marks the whole thing as a production. While Breitz is often celebrated for her witty and clever embrace of pop culture, there is a deeper current to her work which revolves around close scrutiny of the relationship between the formation of celebrity at the hands of mass media and the role of these machinations in the culture industry. In these ways, her often autobiographical parodies of pop figures are not so different from the real thing--afterall, it's the idea of Madonna that we see in the media, more than Madonna herself. If a circle of people singing Madge's hits can constitute a "portrait" of her, it's because her image is best reflected in the way that consumers drink-up her message. Then again, this creates a nice tension in the new work Breitz will premiere in the second half of the show. Him + Her is a two channel project employing several decades' worth of found footage from the films of Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep ...
Changing the (Art?) World
While both the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates are running for office on the platform of change, the question that seems to be on many peoples' minds is the kind of change that will in fact be effected--no matter whom is elected. Mobilization around the leading candidate, in many ways, resembles a swelling social movement, but the extent to which the mainstream media is implicated in this movement begs the question of the shifting relationship between politics and those other visual spectacles we call Art. The current exhibition at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, entitled "After October," asks precisely this question of what's changing (or what needs to change) in art's ability to operate politically, while pivoting on a double entendre that speculates on what will happen after election day and ruminating on what happened to art following the October Revolution. Curator Tim Saltarelli's curatorial statement poses the question of whether a new approach might be taken, given the recent misfires in protest art wherein an effort to negate a political system or scenario instead resulted in entrenching it. The work of Andreas Bunte, Duncan Campbell, Thea Djordjadze, Matias Faldbakken, Claire Fontaine, Luca Frei, Cyprien Gaillard and Pia Rönicke is presented in remembrance of these historical moments and their resultant iconography. After all, the recognizability of, say, "May 1968 Art," which has effectively become a brand, is part of the problem. Saltarelli's invitation is for the art world to begin allowing "for works of art to resonate in different ways than being literal, that are not, always, immediately, accessible." Perhaps in our efforts to break these codes we will decipher new ways of thinking about how to change the world. - Marisa Olson
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2005's Large-Scale Football Figures in All Their Glory
Friday, May 27, 2005
McFarlane Toys will release its third series of 12-inch NFL figures this fall. In addition to giving some of the best active players in the league the "superstar" (i.e., large-scale) treatment, we'll also be offering two players from our NFL Legends debut series in 12-inch scale.
Here's the lineup:JEROME BETTIS, Pittsburgh Steelers RB, No. 36TERRELL OWENS 2, Philadelphia Eagles WR, No. 81LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 2, San Diego Chargers RB, No. 21TOM BRADY, New England Patriots QB, No. 12TROY AIKMAN, Dallas Cowboys QB, No. 8JOHN ELWAY, Denver Broncos QB, No. 7These large-scale toys truly showcase the level of detail and authenticity you get from a McFarlane Toys action figure. Each is sculpted in an action pose with official team uniform and base.
We're releasing these figures to retailers in three waves. The first, containing Aikman and Elway, will hit in late August. The second, featuring Brady and Bettis, hits in late September. And the final wave, Tomlinson and Owens, will be available in late October.
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The finale of the Nov. 8 event was the announcement by School Superintendent William Mathews of Jones County's 2012-13 Teacher of the Year, Kip Welch.
The honoree is a ninth-grade literature and broadcast journalism teacher at Jones County High School.
Mathews was the master of ceremonies for the event. Turner Woods Elementary students Jarett Denson and Maggie Carson led the Pledge of Allegiance. The National Anthem was performed by Elizabeth Pecorilli, a sixth-grade student at Gray Station Middle School. Dames Ferry Elementary School Chorus and the Jones County High School Jazz Band provided musical entertainment for the event.
School Improvement Director Estelle Jacobs organized the program for the ceremony. She explained the selection process.
"Each nominee submitted an in-depth application and were interviewed by a four-judge panel," Jacobs said.
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Dallas Roy Coyle, 70, of Thorncreek Township, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday morning, Dec. 3, 2012.
He was born March 7, 1942, in Goshen a son of Lloyd Junior and Elizabeth R. (Shaffer) Coyle.
As a young boy, his family moved to Tri Lakes where he attended Thorncreek School and graduated from Columbia City Joint High School in 1960.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Nov. 15, 1960. In 1962, he married Ingrid Vivian Carlson in Portland, Maine. Following his active discharge in 1964, they moved to Columbia City.
A hotrod enthusiast, he was an automotive technician, retiring in 1996 as co-owner/operator of C & C Automotive with his brother, Larry.
Surviving relatives include his wife, Ingrid Vivian; two sons, Timothy L. (Michelle) Coyle of Larwill and Theodore W. (Kristin) Coyle of Columbia City; grandsons, Marcus, Jacob, Tyler, Kable, Kason and Kaleb; a granddaughter, Elizabeth; a brother, Larry (Rosie) Coyle of Columbia City; a brother-in-law, Gary Carlson of Putnam Conn. as well as nieces and nephews.
His parents and a granddaughter, Krystal Elizabeth Coyle, preceded him in death.
A service of remembrance will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City, with visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday. The graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Thorn Cemetery, Ormas with military honors presented.
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- Gravitational radiation from elastic particle scattering in models with extra dimensions (2005)
- In this paper we derive a formula for the energy loss due to elastic N to N particle scattering in models with extra dimensions that are compactified on a radius R. In contrast to a previous derivation we also calculate additional terms that are suppressed by factors of frequency over compactification radius. In the limit of a large compactification radius R those terms vanish and the standard result for the non compactified case is recovered.
- Particle number fluctuations in high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions from microscopic transport approaches (2005)
- Event-by-event multiplicity fluctuations in nucleus-nucleus collisions are studied within the HSD and UrQMD transport models. The scaled variances of negative, positive, and all charged hadrons in Pb+Pb at 158 AGeV are analyzed in comparison to the data from the NA49 Collaboration. We find a dominant role of the fluctuations in the nucleon participant number for the final hadron multiplicity fluctuations. This fact can be used to check di erent scenarios of nucleus-nucleus collisions by measuring the final multiplicity fluctuations as a function of collision centrality. The analysis reveals surprising e ects in the recent NA49 data which indicate a rather strong mixing of the projectile and target hadron production sources even in peripheral collisions. PACS numbers: 25.75.-q,25.75.Gz,24.60.-k
- Black hole remnants at the LHC (2005)
- Within the scenario of large extra dimensions, the Planck scale is lowered to values soon accessible. Among the predicted effects, the production of TeV mass black holes at the LHC is one of the most exciting possibilities. Though the final phases of the black hole's evaporation are still unknown, the formation of a black hole remnant is a theoretically well motivated expectation. We analyze the observables emerging from a black hole evaporation with a remnant instead of a final decay. We show that the formation of a black hole remnant yields a signature which differs substantially from a final decay. We find the total transverse momentum of the black hole event to be significantly dominated by the presence of a remnant mass providing a strong experimental signature for black hole remnant formation.
- Probing the equation of state with pions (2005)
- The influence of the isospin-independent, isospin- and momentum-dependent equation of state (EoS), as well as the Coulomb interaction on the pion production in intermediate energy heavy ion collisions (HICs) is studied for both isospin-symmetric and neutron-rich systems. The Coulomb interaction plays an important role in the reaction dynamics, and strongly influences the rapidity and transverse momentum distributions of charged pions. It even leads to the pi- pi+ ratio deviating slightly from unity for isospin-symmetric systems. The Coulomb interaction between mesons and baryons is also crucial for reproducing the proper pion flow since it changes the behavior of the directed and the elliptic flow components of pions visibly. The EoS can be better investigated in neutron-rich system if multiple probes are measured simultaneously. For example, the rapidity and the transverse momentum distributions of the charged pions, the pi- pi+ ratio, the various pion flow components, as well as the difference of pi+-pi- flows. A new sensitive observable is proposed to probe the symmetry potential energy at high densities, namely the transverse momentum distribution of the elliptic flow difference [Delta v_2^pi+ - pi-(p_t rm c.m.].
- Resonance absorption and regeneration in relativistic heavy ion collisions (2005)
- The regeneration of hadronic resonances is discussed for heavy ion collisions at SPS and SIS-300 energies. The time evolutions of Delta, rho and phi resonances are investigated. Special emphasize is put on resonance regeneration after chemical freeze-out. The emission time spectra of experimentally detectable resonances are explored.
- Detecting QGP with charge transfer fluctuations (2005)
- In this study, we analyze the recently proposed charge transfer fluctuations within a finite pseudo-rapidity space. As the charge transfer fluctuation is a measure of the local charge correlation length, it is capable of detecting inhomogeneity in the hot and dense matter created by heavy ion collisions. We predict that going from peripheral to central collisions, the charge transfer fluctuations at midrapidity should decrease substantially while the charge transfer fluctuations at the edges of the observation window should decrease by a small amount. These are consequences of having a strongly inhomogeneous matter where the QGP component is concentrated around midrapidity. We also show how to constrain the values of the charge correlations lengths in both the hadronic phase and the QGP phase using the charge transfer fluctuations.
- Probing the density dependence of the symmetry potential in intermediate energy heavy ion collisions (2005)
- Based on the ultrarelativistic quantum molecular dynamics (UrQMD) model, the effects of the density-dependent symmetry potential for baryons and of the Coulomb potential for produced mesons are investigated for neutron-rich heavy ion collisions at intermediate energies. The calculated results of the Delta-/Delta++ and pi -/pi + production ratios show a clear beam-energy dependence on the density-dependent symmetry potential, which is stronger for the pi -/pi + ratio close to the pion production threshold. The Coulomb potential of the mesons changes the transverse momentum distribution of the pi -/pi + ratio significantly, though it alters only slightly the pi- and pi+ total yields. The pi- yields, especially at midrapidity or at low transverse momenta and the p-/pi+ ratios at low transverse momenta, are shown to be sensitive probes of the density-dependent symmetry potential in dense nuclear matter. The effect of the density-dependent symmetry potential on the production of both, K0 and K+ mesons, is also investigated.
- Event-by-event analysis of baryon-strangeness correlations : pinning down the critical temperature and volume of QGP formation (2005)
- The recently proposed baryon-strangeness correlation (C_BS) is studied with a string-hadronic transport model (UrQMD) for various energies from E_lab=4 AGeV to \sqrt s=200 AGeV. It is shown that rescattering among secondaries can not mimic the predicted correlation pattern expected for a Quark-Gluon-Plasma. However, we find a strong increase of the C_BS correlation function with decreasing collision energy both for pp and Au+Au/Pb+Pb reactions. For Au+Au reactions at the top RHIC energy (\sqrt s=200 AGeV), the C_BS correlation is constant for all centralities and compatible with the pp result. With increasing width of the rapidity window, C_BS follows roughly the shape of the baryon rapidity distribution. We suggest to study the energy and centrality dependence of C_BS which allow to gain information on the onset of the deconfinement transition in temperature and volume.
- Trapping black hole remnants (2005)
- Large extra dimensions lower the Planck scale to values soon accessible. The production of TeV mass black holes at the LHC is one of the most exciting predictions. However, the final phases of the black hole's evaporation are still unknown and there are strong indications that a black hole remnant can be left. Since a certain fraction of such objects would be electrically charged, we argue that they can be trapped. In this paper, we examine the occurrence of such charged black hole remnants. These trapped remnants are of high interest, as they could be used to closely investigate the evaporation characteristics. Due to the absence of background from the collision region and the controlled initial state, the signal would be very clear. This would allow to extract information about the late stages of the evaporation process with high precision.
- Reconstructing rho 0 and omega mesons from non-leptonic decays in C+C at 2AGeV (2005)
- We predict transverse and longitudinal momentum spectra and yields of rho 0 and omega mesons reconstructed from hadron correlations in C+C reactions at 2~AGeV. The rapidity and pT distributions for reconstructable rho 0 mesons differs strongly from the primary distribution, while the omega's distributions are only weakly modified. We discuss the temporal and spatial distributions of the particles emitted in the hadron channel. Finally, we report on the mass shift of the rho 0 due to its coupling to the N*(1520), which is observable in both the di-lepton and pi pi channel. Our calculations can be tested with the Hades experiment at GSI, Darmstadt.


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Forum aims to prevent child sexual abuseWritten by Brigitta Burks | News Editor | firstname.lastname@example.com
The Sexual Abuse Prevention Awareness Treatment Healing Coalition of Northwest Ohio (SA PATH) hopes to further educate the public on child sexual abuse prevention and response at an April 18 forum.
SA PATH is made up of several community members who aim to eradicate all forms of sexual violence in the area, said CeCe Norwood, founder of Nirvana Now!
Norwood and Sandi Nugent, the child abuse prevention program coordinator for the Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center, organized the Community Forum on Child Sexual Abuse. Norwood founded Nirvana Now! in 1989 to examine African-American women's experiences after child sexual abuse and incest.
The panel will include several officials who deal with child sexual abuse cases including a Toledo police officer, representatives from Lucas County Children Services, the Children's Advocacy Center, the YWCA HOPE Center, the chief of the sexual victims' unit for the Toledo Police Department, an assistant prosecutor and a child sexual abuse survivor. Lee Conklin of 13abc will moderate the forum. Resources and information from several local groups will also be available at tables.
The forum serves as a call to get involved in fighting child sexual abuse, Nugent said. April is also Sexual Assault Awareness Month in addition to National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Seventy percent of all sexual assault cases happen to those younger than 17, Nugent said. One out of four women and one in six men are sexually abused by 18.
To safeguard your child, Nugent recommended making sure that any activity your son/daughter is involved in has a policy on sexual abuse prevention. Furthermore, ask questions after a child participates in any activity.
"[Parents should] ask their children how did it go and did they enjoy it, and watch the response of their children," Nugent said.
In the case that something did happen, believing the child is crucial, Nugent said.
"Parents need to believe their kids and a lot times they don't want to because they're afraid something did happen," she said.
One reason parents may be reluctant to believe their children is that many sexual abuse cases are perpetrated by family or friends.
In 85 to 90 percent of child sexual abuse cases, the children know the perpetrators, Norwood said. Forty-seven percent involve family or extended family members.
Nugent noted, "There's a fair amount of abuse between children," which could mean an older cousin or sibling.
Parents should also keep a close eye on their child's behavior. "We know that the behavioral indicators are acting out or maybe the very outgoing child becoming very quiet, the quiet child becoming aggressive," Nugent said.
Talking about what happened is also vital. "You need to tell the whole story at least one time and three times would be better," said Norwood, an abuse survivor. Her book "There IS Happiness After Abuse and Incest" chronicles the journey survivors can take to contentment after abuse.
If children don't get proper treatment, their abuse can affect them in a number of ways, from drug abuse to eating disorders.
"The reason I think is because of a loss of trust; it's understanding that as a child the very people you trust, your parents, your family are the ones doing something so heinous and these things are happening as the child develops," Norwood said.
Other abuse survivors may have different coping mechanisms from working too much to being obsessive about perfection.
"There are lot of people living their lives and looking relatively normal and they are suffering just as much," Norwood said. "Those folks are suffering just as much as substance abusers."
Nugent stressed that parents believing their children is "paramount." Children who report sexual abuse make it up about .5 percent of the time, "which is so small," Nugent said, adding that they're still usually disclosing the story for a reason.
Moms and dads should also talk to children about what constitutes inappropriate touching. "Those type of conversations should ideally begin when [children are] learning what their body parts are," Nugent said. The words penis and vagina should be used instead of nicknames, she added.
The free forum is 6:30-9 p.m. April 18 at the University of Toledo, Scott Park Campus, Nebraska Avenue and Parkside Boulevard. For more information, call (419) 244-3053.
SA PATH is involved with several events this month including:
- The annual Take Back the Night walk is 7 p.m. April 21 at University of Toledo's Health Science campus, 3000 Arlington Ave., Toledo. The rally and walk to end violence against women includes a resource fair starting at 6 p.m., a men's program and a survivor speak out session. Visit www.toledotakebackthenight.org to learn more.
- A showing of documentary "Boys and Men Healing" is set for 6:30 p.m. April 23 at the University of Toledo's Student Union room 2582. The film follows three men who talk about being abused as children and their road to recovery. Visit www.bigvoicepictures.com/ to learn more.
Tags: CeCe Norwood, Community Forum on Child Sexual Abuse, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Sandi Nugent, Sexual Abuse Prevention Awareness Treatment Healing Coalition of Northwest Ohio, Sexual Assault Awareness Month


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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
RED is romance, cupids and hearts. RED is violence and anger, passion and warfare. RED is power and attention, sensual and steamy. RED stirs to action and stirs up emotions. Who isn't inspired by RED, pounding heart, racing pulse; lust and danger. Or love, celebration, joy?
But RED is also sweet and saucy, cherry and raspberry, candy canes and Valentines. Tangy cranberries and pomegranates red as rubies, rhubarb and strawberries melting into pink. Add a splash of color, bright and warm.
Red Velvet cakes and cupcakes have been all the rage for a quite a while. Recipes vary as much as the color, from a pinky-purple to a deep garnet red to a woody brown, the name itself invoking images of slinky, body-hugging gowns or kissable, sensuous lips. It's origin is besides the point; the Red Velvet Cake is a gorgeous, delectable chocolate cake (who can have too many recipes?), dressed up in any number of lighter or richer frostings it can go from casual snack to luscious, elegant dessert.
My brother Michael has been raving about his Red Velvet Cake for a number of years now; he makes it for every special occasion, including his own birthday, pairing it with a deep, dark, rich chocolate ganache frosting. Wicked!
I once made a Red Velvet cake, but when I got to the part where it said "add ¼ cup red food coloring", I balked! No way! Didn't they tell us ages and ages ago not even to eat red M & M's because the red dye would kill you? So my cake turned simply into a dark chocolate buttermilk cake.
But Michael's recipe uses pickled beet juice, strange for sure, but he assured me that it only adds that deep, ruby red color, not the pickled beet flavor.
Visiting him last week, I decided to make his Red Velvet Chocolate Cake with the Chocolate Ganache Frosting as a special treat for him. It was truly a snap to put together and, although I didn't really see a red color in the finished cake, it was beautiful, dark and moist yet surprisingly light, the frosting sinfully thick and rich and bittersweet.
(sorry for the yellow tinge to the photos! He must have yellow lighting!)
From Joan Nathan's The New American Cooking
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
½ cup water
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 large or extra-large eggs
1 Tbs vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 ½ tsps baking soda
2 Tbs pickled beet juice or red wine vinegar
1 ½ cups flour + ½ cup cake flour (or I simply used 2 cups all-purpose) flour total
½ cup cornstarch
1 tsp salt
1 ½ cups sugar
Preheat the oven to 375°F
Grease two 9-inch round cake pans.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove pan from the heat, stir in water and cocoa powder until blended and smooth. Allow to cool.
Beat the eggs with an electric mixer. Add vanilla, buttermilk, baking soda and beet juice or vinegar. Stir well.
Sift together the flours, cornstarch, salt and sugar. Add this to the egg mixture and blend. Add the butter/cocoa mixture and blend thoroughly on low speed.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until set in the center.
Cool for a few minutes then turn out onto racks to cool completely before frosting.
From Joan Nathan's The New American Cooking
1 cup heavy cream
½ Tbs unsalted butter
2 Tbs sugar
8 oz bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
2 tsps vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
Heat the cream, butter and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring continuously, until it is hot and bubbly.
Remove from the heat and add the chopped chocolate, stirring slowly until smooth and silky. Add the vanilla and salt. Taste and adjust the sweetness to taste.
Cool and then frost. If, as I found, it is too liquid to frost, put it in the refrigerator until it is spreading consistency. After the cake is frosted and it sits to set, this ganache turns into a thick, creamy perfect frosting.
We ate this cake over several days, but as it is a light, less dense cake than I usually make (here and here) it did start to turn a bit stale sooner than one of my moister chocolate cakes does.
14 comments:
- Chef E said...
I love the tie in, and that cake, oh my goodness...now you do realize how much chocolate will be consumed today and how many women will be happy because of you!
- March 24, 2009 at 10:36 AM
- cooknkate said...
Gads!! I want some cake!!!!!!
- March 24, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- Culinary Wannabe said...
I've never had a red velvet cake with anything but that thick cream cheese frosting. The ganache looks amazing! I will have to give your brother's version a try.
- March 24, 2009 at 11:47 AM
- asiangrrl said...
Oh, Jamie, I have missed your posts. Sigh. Especially the chocolate posts. This cake is gorgeous, and red is my second-favorite color. It's all good.
- March 24, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- Jessica@Foodmayhem said...
We were just talking about making a red velvet with beet juice. I'm allergic to artificial food coloring so I would really love a good recipe without it, but I want the bright color too!
- March 24, 2009 at 4:40 PM
- scraps said...
Thanks for putting the recipe on without the food coloring, yeah!!! I think I shall try this version. I usually don't put the red in either and it tastes ok, but I like most chocolate cakes that are home made.
- March 24, 2009 at 5:27 PM
- Aeroentropy said...
Yummmy --
The Hubster would like this a lot, methinks, so long as I don't mention the beets!
- March 24, 2009 at 7:24 PM
It's only 0920 and I really fancy a slice of that chocolate cake. It looks divine.
Thanks for sharing that recipe Jamie.
- March 25, 2009 at 2:21 AM
- Foodie said...
I have just been recently introduced to Red Velvet cake http://tinyurl.com/c2fpyv and am totally hooked. The shocking red can be a bit much, so nice to see you can make it in a not-so-red colour!
- March 25, 2009 at 4:14 AM
- My Carolina Kitchen said...
Can you believe I'm from the south and have never made Red Velvet Cake? In fact, I've never even tasted it. You make it look like a taste of heaven. Now whenever I see it, I'll start singing "She Wore Red Velvet" in my head and think of my friend Jamie in France.
Thanks for the great recipe.
- March 25, 2009 at 4:16 AM
- Jamie said...
Sam : I will forgive you for never having made Red Velvet Cake; after all, you made Cassoulet and I have never had the courage to!
This was a delicious cake, another chocolate cake for my repertoire, but as I said, it is less dense and moist and long-lasting than other chocolate cakes I make. This one is one I would recommend for a more elegant dessert.
And this ganache frosting is really amazing and very rich and sinful!
- March 25, 2009 at 5:07 AM
- squirrelbread said...
oh what a delicious cake to come home to! hope your holiday was lovely...
- March 25, 2009 at 8:29 AM
- ChefBliss.com said...
Love the ganache!! How delicious and I really love the color as it is but I think I've only had the red red version once!! Gorgeous!
- March 25, 2009 at 8:43 AM
- Scrumptious said...
What a beautiful cake! And what a terrific intro. You have such a fun, sexy, well laid-out blog!
What a treat!
- March 25, 2009 at 9:18 AM


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At the young age of 32, Brad Gushue has accumulated more curling accolades than most of us will acquire in a lifetime. He's a former national and world junior champion. He has represented the province of Newfoundland 9 times at the Brier – he won silver in 2007 and bronze in 2011 - and he has hopes of representing the province a tenth time at the 2013 Brier in Edmonton next March. He's appeared in multiple Grand Slam events. And he became the first athlete from The Rock to win an Olympic gold medal, when he beat Finland in the gold medal game at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
Off ice, he's a business owner, husband and a father to two young daughters.
This week, we are proud to introduce you to Goldline ambassador, Brad Gushue. Goldline wishes Brad and his entire team the best of luck at the Newfoundland provincial playdowns which run February 5-11, 2013.
If you weren't curling what sport would you be playing?
Where were you born?
St. John's, NL
Current hometown?
St. John's, NL
What is your full time job?
Business Owner
When did you start curling?
In 1993, when I was 13
Who is your favourite athlete?
Wayne Gretzky
Where is your favourite place to curl?
Halifax Metro Centre
What is your favourite food?
Frozen Yogurt of course!
What is your favourite vacation spot?
Anywhere warm
What is your favourite TV show?
Big Brother
What are you listening to on your Ipod?
Garth Brooks, Eminem, Civil Wars, Mumford & Son
Who is your favourite curler other than yourself?
Russ Howard
Who is your role model?
Have you ever been in a bar fight?
Do you have a celebrity crush?
Erin Burnett (CNN) and / or Amanda Lang (CBC)…not who you would expect. I like smart women!!
What is your favourite book?
The Brier by Bob Weeks. Probably the only book I've finished
What is your favourite movie?
Shawshank Redemption
If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?
A Boring Story of Overcoming the Odds
If you could be anyone dead or alive who would you be?
Barack Obama
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Invest it and make millions more
Best curler to follow on twitter?
@BradGushue of course
What is your favourite sports team?
Toronto Blue Jays
What is your preferred shot to win a game?
I would take any shot
What is one of your favourite quotes?
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." – Michael Jordan
What is your favourite body part?
Wow…um…legs. Too self conscious to have a favourite
What is your favourite form of exerise?
I hate exercise. Every minute of it!!
If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
What's the hardest thing you've ever done?
Be a dad. But it is also the most fun!


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Ford says software update will fix fire problemBy TOM KRISHER
The Associated Press | December 11,2012AP PHOTO
Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president, introduces the 2013 Ford Fusion during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Ford said on Monday, it will update software on 2013 Escape SUVs and Fusion cars to fix a coolant problem that can cause fires.DEARBORN, Mich. Ford will update software on 2013 Escapes and Fusions to stop their engines from overheating, a problem that has caused a small number of fires.
Reports of nine fires prompted the automaker to recall more than 89,000 of the SUVS and midsize cars in the U.S. and Canada last month. No injuries were reported and only models with 1.6-liter turbocharged engines were recalled.
Ford offered free loaner cars until it figured out what caused the fires.
It was the fourth recall in four months for the new Escape, a top seller in the competitive market for small SUVs. The 2013 version has had problems with coolant leaks, cracked fuel lines and carpet padding since it started selling this spring. The Fusion has been recalled twice.
The overheating problem occurs when coolant doesnt flow through the radiator to be cooled, Ford Motor Co. Product Development Chief Raj Nair said Monday. Engineers found that a valve that controls the flow of coolant to the radiator wasnt opening at the right time.
Coolant could flow into the engine, get trapped and overheat. That could cause a gasket to blow, spilling coolant or oil onto hot exhaust parts and causing fires.
A software change in the computer that controls the valve will solve the problem, Nair said.
The software updates should be available at dealers early next week, Nair said. Because the problem is so rare, the cars and SUVs are safe to drive. But if drivers see a warning light about overheating, they should pull to the side of the road, shut down the engine and call their dealers, Nair said.
About 73,000 Escapes and 16,000 Fusions have been recalled.
Even though Ford urged people to take their cars to dealers and get the loaners, only about 17,000 Escape and Fusion owners followed the advice, Ford said.
Ford offers the 1.6-liter engine in the Fiesta subcompact and on several models in Europe, but the cooling system controls are different and those vehicles dont have the problem, Ford said.
Safety advocates say that more than three recalls in a cars first year are a sign of quality problems. But Nair said all of the recalls are isolated incidents and dont mean the vehicles have reliability problems.
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