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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
I'm sitting here trying to decide about what to write.
I currently have (a pause while I do the math) six novels in work, two of which I began last week, and if you count the rest of my collective body of work gathering pixel dust on my hard drive the number jumps to a Baker's dozen give or take.
I think about the stories I want to work on and where they are in my head.
My stories all play like a continuous movie, each running simultaneously and at full blown John Williams soundtrack volume, at the same time, all the time, never stopping until I type it out and say, "THE END" some 120,000 words later.
For example, the movies Locked Hearts and The Lunch Box have rolled credits and did the fade to black thing.
Many of my story ideas come from dreams I've had. And oh, how I love to dream.
Daydreaming got me in a lot of trouble as a kid because I always had "my head in the clouds," if you were to listen to my first grade teacher.
Menial tasks such as times-tables or say, mowing the yard on a Saturday, would hold my attention until about 2x3=6 or right about where I had to decide if my mom's herb garden was a garden, or an unruly thatch of weeds.
I love to write, but I don't label myself as a writer – too pretentious, or as a journalist – even more pretentious. Neither do I feel comfortable with the title of reporter – as I am one that claims to never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, or even sportswriter, as visions of Grantland Rice conjuring up golden stanzas of flowing prose over a manual Royal typewriter seated in the press box at Yankee Stadium come to mind.
Too daunting.
No, I'm a self-admitted and self-deprecating hack.
I'm a good hack, but still a hack.
As I mentioned, two new movies started playing in my brain over the last week or so. First is a romance type titled, "The Poet," the story about a young woman who is sought out by her favorite novelist, a reclusive gentleman who vanished from the public eye some 40 years ago, and has sent her a cryptic cry for help with the note, "Help me… I've run out of words."
The other I started last week.
I had a dream where everybody I laid eyes on suddenly wanted to kill me, and I'm running through the city streets… from everybody.
It was the ultimate chase dream. Think "Walking Dead," but everybody's still alive.
I'm about a dozen chapters into the book I call "Blink!"
It's a really neat story as most my dreams turn out to be.
So, two more movies are running non-stop and at full-blown John Williams' soundtrack volume in my head along with everything else I'm writing.
Even this.
Think of this as any annoying flute playing the same tune over and over, or a Barney song, "I love you, you love me…" singing over and over and over again in your head and it won't stop.
I'm finished now so I can let it go.
I'm about 30 years too late but I think I've found my own signature signoff like Walter Cronkite and Dan Rooney, and what Dan Rather tried so hard to do but failed.
Here's mine.
Since this little short film of 602 words is now ending, I write…
The End.
Fade to black.
Roll credits.
How's that?
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A plant employee was taken to the hospital after a water tower burst and collapsed at Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Wednesday morning in Galax.
The collapse happened around 11:30 a.m. near the boilers at Plant 1 in Galax.
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Mr. Smith was born in Warrenton on Oct. 13, 1935, and had lived in Gray for the past 42 years. He was the son of the late Ray Olin Smith and Edith McNair Smith. After completing his education, he honorably served in the U.S. Army. Upon returning to civilian life, he worked as a large dragline operator for the J.M. Huber Corporation, was a devoted member of First Baptist Church of Gray, and was also a member of the Grand Lodge of Georgia F & AM.
Mr. Smith is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Jacqueline T. Smith of Gray; son and daughter-in-law, Robert David and Dena Rhoden Smith of Gray; daughter, Kathy Lynn Smith of Knoxville, Tenn.; brother, Jimmy Smith of Camak; and by his grandchildren, Jessica Karen Smith, Robert Brady Smith and Austin David Smith, all of Gray.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the First Baptist Church of Gray Transportation Fund and/or Grounds Fund, P.O. Box 429, Gray, GA 31032.
The family may be contacted at the residence.
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For a small number of queries, Google shows a list of three results for other related query in the middle of the search results page. The "inline revisions" are only displayed if Google is confident that the new query provides better results.
We'll call a word or expression Google-difficult if the search results page shows an inline revision for "dictionary". That means many people who searched for that word changed the query to "dictionary" to find its meaning in a dictionary. Some examples: conceptual, tentative, salient, lucrative. Because Google's results change all the time, a word that was Google-difficult at some point will not lose its quality even if it doesn't return an inline revision for "dictionary".
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MAF202 - Money and Capital Markets
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MAA104 or MAF101
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Note:You will need to access substantial learning resources and experiences in CloudDeakin (Deakin's online learning environment). Compliance with the Standards in computing, connectivity and student capability are a condition on your enrolment.
Topics addressed in this unit include: the operation and structure of a modern financial system; direct and intermediated finance; interest rate determination and yield curve analysis; financial institutions; prudential supervision; equity markets; sources and types of short-term, medium-term and longer-term debt finance; financial instrument pricing; the foreign exchange market; off shore-funding in the international markets; and an introduction to the derivatives markets.
Assessment 1 (Group of 2-3 students) – Written assignment 2000-2500 words 20%,
Assessment 2 (Online x 2, 10% each) – Tests 20%,
Examination 2 hours 60%.
Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the examination.
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Morning Report: Dana White says Eddie Alvarez situation with Bellator is 'going to get ugly' - MMA Fighting
"Umm, yeah, I just don't know if I can talk about it," White hesitantly answered yesterday when asked about his attempts to sign the former Bellator lightweight champ.
After a comment from the scrum concluding that the situation must be fine because White would be able to speak if Bellator had re-signed Alvarez, the UFC President carefully responded, "No, that's not what's going on. It's... yeah," trailing off before picking back up. "It's going to get ugly."
That cryptic response was about as far as White was willing to go. Pressed once again on what he meant, White simply threw the question back, "What do you think it is? What do you think I'm talking about?
"If I could talk about it, I would. I think it's going to get ugly."
Earlier this month Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney claimed his promotion, bolstered by support from Viacom, had the capability of matching Alvarez's recent UFC offer. If his words are true, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to see Alvarez back in the Bellator cage in 2013. Though White's uncharacteristically subdued response likely signifies that this story is far from over.


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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Hearing Screenings- Hearing Care of Summerville will provide free hearing screenings at the center from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11.
Gardening- Ron Coffey of the Clemson Master Gardening Program discusses gardening concerns, and provides beneficial tips to keep your garden and plants healthy. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1 p.m.
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The balance of Patricia LaShawn Smith's five-year sentence was revoked to state prison Jan. 17 by Superior Court Judge James Cline. The sentence is not to exceed May 24, 2015, the end date of the original sentence.
Smith pled guilty May 25, 2010, to the charge of theft by taking. She was sentenced to five years and allowed to serve it on probation.
Assistant District Attorney Keagan Waystack said Smith violated her probation with new offenses of forgery and fraud in Baldwin County Sept. 3, 2012. She said the defendant also violated probation by absconding supervision.
Smith stipulated to the violations.
According to a report of her arrest, July 11, 2009, Jones County Deputy John Jackson responded to a call at a local auto sales lot in reference to fraud.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
A lot of things happened in church on Sunday — none of them pertaining to Jesus, the Bible, the Holy Spirit and/or deep contemplations of any sort.
Our preacher wasn't off his game. It's just that there was so much happening on my particular pew that I had no idea what was going on anywhere else.
It's fairly normal for at least two members of our family to miss church on any given Sunday — with a family of five, a simple cold can take a month to make its way through our household.
With the girls being as young as they are, we are supposed to be fever-free for 24 hours before exposing them to other children. My husband and I travel often for our respective jobs and there are occasions that we skip church to have one full day as a family before one of us has to hit the road again. So it was nothing short of miraculous that every member of our family was not only at church, but well and early.
I should have been optimistic. But our problems started as soon as we sat down. See, the thing is, there are only two sides of me, and when you have three kids who all want to sit beside you at church, this is a problem.
We normally try to stagger the kids: Aubrey, me, Emma, Zeb, then Sadie — keeping a parent between each child.
I wasn't thinking when we sat down this week and Aubrey and Emma ended up side-by-side with Sadie sandwiched between me and Zeb.
Aubrey and Emma lasted through the first song before Emma looked up at me and whispered loudly that Aubrey had called her stupid. I shifted Emma to my other side, which displaced Sadie who began crying, "I want to sit by Momma."
Aubrey leaned her head against my left shoulder and Emma tugged on my right hand while Sadie tried to climb across her sister to my lap. Zeb snatched Sadie into his lap and handed her a pencil and a bulletin as an elder prayed. In a whisper that Jesus could have heard all the way to the heavens, Sadie said, "You are my favorite Daddy in the whole world."
Aubrey drew pictures on her bulletin and after every single one, she nudged my arm to show me what she had drawn. Shoes, women in dresses, right next to block letters that said, "Emma is stupid."
I raised my eyebrows and pointed to the offending words and mouthed, "Jesus can read." She scowled and quickly scribbled it out.
All three girls were particularly fidgety and someone was constantly touching me. When my husband started mouthing something to me, I grabbed a pencil and scribbled on my bulletin, "The next time someone tries to communicate with/talk to and/or touch me, I am walking home. For the love."
He apparently realized how serious I was because soon after, while Sadie was whispering across the whole church about how hungry she was but right after Emma dropped her hymnal on the floor during a prayer, Zeb took Sadie out of the sanctuary (ha - what an oxymoron) and to the nursery.
Aubrey and Emma left for the bathroom, then came back, stepping on my feet as they passed. Aubrey was still getting in her seat when the offering plate passed.
She was looking down and at the exact second I was going to pass the plate to my left she stood up to straighten her dress out from under her, nearly causing me to beam her in the head with the wooden plate. I moved my hand back as she leaned back, waving the offering plate wildly around her head trying not to hit her until I grabbed her gently by the arm, pressed her against the pew then safely passed the plate to my neighbor.
I sighed loudly.
"Whaaaaaaat?" Aubrey whispered.
I prayed for grace — and for the sake of everyone within earshot of us I prayed for the preacher to be brief. Given our volume level that included everyone in the church.
The rest of the service was a blur of fidgets, whispers, dropped Bibles, pencils rolling under pews and intermittent chest pains. When the preacher finally said, "Amen," I collapsed with relief and made eye contact with another mother sitting behind me.
"I'm so sorry," I said. "I'm sure y'all couldn't hear a word over the racket we were making."
She cut me off and gestured to her young son, "He fell off the pew and pooted so loud I almost died."
And for just a split second, I felt better about my own situation.
(Robin O'Bryant is an author, humorist and speaker. Her latest book is "Ketchup is a Vegetable and Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves. Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter and Visit her blog at www.robinschicks.com.)
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Crowd violence in a semi-final soccer game between Greek clubs Kavala and Aris Salonica, has caused the country of Greece to suspend revenues earmarked for its professional soccer league, Super League Greece.
The revenues come from the state-controlled betting agency OPAP, which are worth a reported 40 million euros ($54 million) per year. This news is not necessarily surprising as Greek soccer has a poor record of crowd trouble and has been plagued by the problem again this season despite anti-violence advertising campaigns.
There is a lot about this story that, for my fellow Americans, does not compute. When we have a (relatively rare) fight during a sporting event in one of our stadiums, a team of large men in yellow "Event Staff" jackets, breaks up the fight, kicks you out of the game and sometimes (if the fight is bad enough) will even give you a one way ticket to the local city jail for the night. So we don't have fights, at least not usually. To have a story about soccer hooligans costing their sport "State Money" is one thing, but to find out that the specific line of money that is being cut is State controlled gambling revenue? That just makes an American turn around and leave the conversation.
So for my fellows here in the States, I'll try to make this story more palatable. While in the US, gambling is sort of frowned upon and limited to places like New Jersey, and California's version of New Jersey, Nevada; in Europe, gambling is more like playing the lottery. It is just sort of something you do sometimes to test your luck and find a buck. As for hooligans and soccer fights, those are more like bar fights in the US. Young fans who have already had too much to drink go to a football match. Here they drink some more and sometimes, a group of equally drunk fans from the visiting team will be just hammered enough to say something upsetting to the young drunk fans from the local team. All parties being wasted and young enough that they have nothing to lose, start brawling. The same thing would likely happen in the US if not for the fact that beers cost $9.00 a pop and become harder and harder to get every time we do have one of our rare fan fights.
Right now the Greeks are trying to keep opposing fans out of the local stadiums, but that is just punishing the masses for the actions of a few. Instead the Super League would do well to take a page out of America's book and raise the price of beer. Combine that with America's no beer after the 75 minute mark and a no entering the stadium while "trashed" policy and many of the hooligans will lose heart for the fight quickly. Either way, I hope that the Greek teams are able to continue operations and find a solution.


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An exhibition of posters from the YIVO Archives premiered at the Jewish-Historical Institute (ZIH) in Warsaw, Poland in January 1999 and is now traveling in Europe and the United States.
The posters in the exhibition document a time when posters were a very important means of communication. They disseminated information when other forms of mass media had not yet developed or were in their formative stages.
During the interwar period, posters became a ubiquitous presence on Jewish streets. Advertisements, announcements, and calls for action, they were pasted onto walls, wooden fences, or onto the round "public announcement" kiosks which could be found on many street corners.
Some posters announce theater performances, sports events, and literary readings. Others urge Jews to improve their lives through financial independence, awareness of health and hygiene issues, and political change through collective action. Campaign posters urge Jews to vote for candidates running for seats in the Polish Parliament or local city councils.
Most of the posters in the YIVO Archives were collected by YIVO when it was still headquartered in Vilna. Printed on poor-quality paper, plastered to the walls, reflecting fleeting moments of history, they were not meant to survive into the future. They open a window onto a period of unprecedented flourishing of Eastern European Jewish political and cultural life.
Funding for the exhibition was provided by the A. Jurzykowski Foundation and the Trust for Mutual Understanding in New York, Dr. George Szabad, the Batory Foundation, and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
For more information about the posters, contact the exhibition curator, Krysia Fisher at firstname.lastname@example.com or (917) 606-8292.


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The Antlers Public Library has the amazing opportunity to compete in State Farm's 'Cause An Effect' program, which will allow the Library the chance to receive a $25,000 grant to complete its ongoing expansion, Project Patron. All they need from the community is a simple click of a button, or 10.
Friend of the Library, Deanne Taylor, recently submitted the Antlers Public Library as a possible nonprofit to be aided by State Farm's 'Cause An Effect' donation program. To receive the grant, the program "Book It" must be in the top 40 programs to receive the most votes on State Farm's Facebook page. Voters can be from anywhere, but must have a Facebook account. Voters can vote up to 10 times each day until May 17, 2012. Winners will be announced on May 22, 2012, so start voting NOW!!!!
State Farm received a total of 3,000 applications. "Book It" was one of the top 100 applications, which became finalists in the competition, and was one of two projects selected out of the state of Oklahoma. The 40 causes that receive the most votes by May 17th will be announced as winners on May 22, 2012 and will receive a $25,000 grant from State Farm.
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by gzpeasy Beautiful item! I LOVE the velvet ribbon detail in the straps - it almost looks antique-ish. I also love how soft the material is. I have it in peach. You can't tell in the picture, but it is sheer enough that you can see the colour of your areola through the gauzy fabric - so if you wanted to wear it as a shirt you'd have to add another layer underneath it, which may interfere with how comfortable it is - it's quite comfortable on its own. If you intend for the bra to give you support, you'll have to prepare to have your chest look a little flatter than normal (which I am fine with). All in all I like it very much! 12.16.2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by katieh It's About Time :) I have been waiting since last August for a new version of this type of bralette to come out.. and here it is! I bought all 3 colors in a large because they are so useful, and they are also my most favroite layering item. ever. The fabric is soft and gauzy, but not too sheer. These look great layered under dress and tops or layered over them. LOVE! 8.2.2012
Rated 3 out of 5Â by CaryT Cute but awkward This corset looked so cute in the picture, but wasn't as comfortably as other Free People things I've bought previously. The straps adjust via wide metal buckles that seemed to get twisted up awkwardly, and wouldn't lie flat. I also found the fit of the bra a bit shallow (top to bottom). 9.11.2012
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by Cooper505 very,very nice! I love the colour and the style! Fits just perfect. I agree with one of the previous reviews that the straps are too soft and don't stay properly. The good part is that if you have a needle and same colour tread you can fix this and no one will even know ...!!! I could not complain about anything else. Just love it!!! Keep in mind that this is what to expect when we ask for better prices...... Thank so much for taking the time .... 5.14.2013
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by gossamerdreams divine FP must have Bought the peach one after reading the first review and seeing it paired with the Dobby pant, and its truly divine.It supersoft and i love it that you can alter the strap lengths, makes it fit really well. The peach color i believe will complement many different skin tones. Like the other reviewer suggest, you can layer the under or on top of other pieces so i recommend to size up, (from XS to S in my case) which i did and it still fits well. The only thing i regret is not getting all three colors at once. 8.22.2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by briiianaaa I'm obsesseddd I absolutely LOVE this bralettte, it is so cute and soft and the quality in this is just superb. I love the small details in this that make it such a special piece. You can wear this by itself to the beach on a hot day or layer it under things like dresses! I'm so happy I got this! 8.20.2012
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The Citizen, founded in 2001, is published on the first and third Thursdays of each month and is available at more than 110 locations throughout the county and region for free pick-up. It is the only community paper that covers all of Henrico County.
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In 2011, the Citizen will celebrate its 10th anniversary and the 400th anniversary of Henrico County with a special yearlong series examining some of the most important events in the county's rich history. The Citizen also will recognize some of Henrico's unsung heroes in its first annual "Top Teachers" issue in February.
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The Children's Museum of Richmond last week opened its new Short Pump location at Short Pump Town Center, to the delight of children who attended a sneak preview of the location July 10. The new facility, located under the forthcoming LL Bean store (formerly the food court) is 8,500 square feet in size – much larger than CMoR's former Short Pump location at West Broad Village, which opened in 2010. The new space includes The CarMax Foundation Service Station, the Silver Diner, a grocery store, a performance stage and an art studio, as well as a giant Light Bright Wall. > Read more.
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I had a spurt of sewing energy the past couple of days and decided it was time to cut into my fabric. I forgot how much I love a simple fence rail pattern, especially when its stuffed full of pink. This top measures 37in. by 40in. I cut all the strips in this quilt 2 inches.
The fabric colors are based around the little houses print with pinks, green, yellow, and orange. I'm not sure the name of that houses print, but the rest of this quilt is made from fabrics by Amy Butler, Sandi Henderson, Denyse Schmidt and a few others here and there. The dark pink border is a Sandi Henderson print, I thought I had enough of it but needed 1 more 2" strip, so I had to make a quick fabric run this afternoon. (hate it when that happens!)
Its so nice to have a quilt shop nearby with lots of selection, even if the ladies that work there are mega cranky at all times. Seriously….cranky. They probably should eat more donuts.
And thanks for all the fall pillow love! I've had some questions about fabrics/ pattern. The pattern is in Stitch magazine to clarify, and was written by Malka. You can attach the button by using a long needle to thread from a button on the back to the button on front and so forth. I should have taken a picture of the back because its also pieced with a cute button…but I didn't. The fabrics are a mix from a big pile, and honestly I don't know the names of most of them, but if I did you know I would tell you!


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Renovation of the 31,675-square-foot building, formerly the College Mall, has given a new home to the campus' Academic Success Center, a Barnes & Noble and offices for the college's Student Activities program and Florida's Great Northwest.
At the Academic Success Center, students receive in-person tutoring, online tutoring, essay editing and more. Over the past five years there has been an 83 percent increase in students using the center, said Ty Handy, NWF State's president.
"When the college's Academic Success Center was first established in 1989, we knew academic support outside the classroom was a key component of student success, and that holds true today even more than it did 20 years ago," Handy said.
Jacqueline Sexton, a student at Collegiate High School on campus, said the Academic Success Center's new location has made it easier to review essays or print out a paper.
"I'll probably use it more just because it's closer," Sexton said.
The new Barnes & Noble has been a hit for many students, with a long line constantly forming for some Starbucks. It takes up half of the center and fills its space with textbooks, snacks and a spot for students to hang out.
Freshman Amanda Rolf said the new building is easier to navigate. Finding her books for the new semester was a breeze.
"It was kind of cluttered before," Rolf said. "This is better laid out. Overall, it's a really nice building."
By having offices at the college, Florida's Great Northwest strengthens its connection with education, said Larry Sassano, the organization's president.
"If you looked at the trends today in terms of industries that are growing, the main factor missing from sites available is a trained labor force," Sassano said.
Student groups, Student Government and professional affiliation groups also have a home now. The organizations are crucial in getting students involved in campus life, Handy said.
"We don't want them to come to class and then leave," Handy said. "We want them to be involved in the full college experience."
Guests at Wednesday's grand opening also toured the new Janet Nadel Morell Conference Room in the center.
The room was named after the late Janet Nadel Morell of Niceville, who enjoyed the college's offerings after she moved to the area at age 79. Her family, Bob and Venita Morell of Niceville and Susan and David Cohen of Potomac, Md., provided an endowment that will fund the needs of the Costa Leadership Institute.
"Your gift provides long-term support for existing programs and assists us in achieving our mission of improving lives at Northwest Florida State College," Handy told the family.
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MOCKSVILLE - Mr. Terry Wayne Dowell, 60, of Pennington Dowell Lane, died Friday, Nov. 23, 2012.
He was born on Dec. 22, 1951, in Surry County to the late William Clarence and Florida Virginia Cheek Dowell. Mr. Dowell was employed with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in the Engineering Department and had been a carpenter most of his life. He enjoyed hunting, gardening and spending time with his best friends, Ronnie Brown, Gary Myers, Lynn Myers and his neighbor, Larry. Terry loved life and enjoyed being with his family.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Kay Frances Cook. Survivors include his wife of 29 years, Kay Frances Willard Dowell; a son, Nicholas Tyler Dowell, both of the home; siblings, Steven William Dowell (Diane) of East Bend, Virginia Ann Vest (David) of Mocksville, Patricia Christine Hawks (Earl) of Low Gap and Roslyn Marlene Stewart (Curtis) of East Bend; and many special nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Eaton Funeral Chapel with Rev. Randy Manser officiating.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery.
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todd, clive barker talk movie deal
E! News Daily Gets Inside the Minds of McFarlane and Barker
Wednesday, November 14, 2001
E! News Daily Gets Inside the Minds of McFarlane and Barker
November 15, 2001
In recent years, the trend has always been to develop a cool movie and then create a bunch of merchandising around it: T-shirts, lunch boxes, posters, costumes, masks, action figures. Well, never being ones for conventional wisdom, Todd McFarlane and Clive Barker turned things around by creating the toys first.
McFarlane Toys released Clive Barker's Tortured Souls action figures in July 2001, which included a six-part original novella of Barker fiction setting up the back story of six characters known as Talisac, Lucidique, Scythe-Meister, Agonistes, Mongroid and Venal Anatomica. Then, last week they sold the movie rights to Universal in a multi-million deal, first announced in the Hollywood Reporter and Variety on Monday.
On Tuesday, E! sat down with both men, each considered veritable masters in the worlds of horror and fantasy. Todd was at the spawn.com headquarters. Barker was in Los Angeles. The segment, which will also include information compiled from the extensive spawn.com feature "Clive Barker's Tortured Souls," is scheduled to air during E! News Daily's Fanarchy segment on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 6:30 PM Pacific time. Check local listings. Fanarchy is a new E! News segment that focuses on "genre" entertainment, such as horror and fantasy.
Clive, who is well-known to horror fans for "Hellraiser," and Todd first collaborated to design the Tortured Souls line in 2000. From the beginning, both creators envisioned this project as a possible movie-in-the-making.
"From the first time we met, I knew that we were both kids in grown men's bodies, and that can be trouble - in a good sense," said McFarlane. "The strength of Clive and his studio and the strength of me and my studio, it's an amalgamation, a hybrid of a bunch of good creative people working together."
The Souls treatment is under development by Clive, who along with Todd will produce the film. Todd McFarlane Entertainment president Terry Fitzgerald and Barker's Seraphim films vice president Joe Daley will co-produce.


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Environmental specialist Floyd Comer was the first to speak at the March 6 meeting and said the permits for wells and septic were in line with last year and were up for septic system repairs.
He also reported Jones County had its first-ever confirmed food-borne illness outbreak in January. He said it occurred at Lynn Haven Nursing Home.
Comer deferred to his supervisor, Carla Cooley, to give the details of the outbreak to the board. Cooley said, according to the epidemiologist's report, the illness began Jan. 26 and it was estimated that 61 people were involved but 35 cases were documented. Of those 35, 26 were staff members, and the remaining nine cases were residents. The source was traced back to a food service worker, which is the reason it is categorized as a food-borne illness.
"This was not necessarily transferred by food but by food service workers," she said.
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and the winner is: the iPad 2....! ha ha ha ha
iPad 2 vs. BlackBerry PlayBook browser battle!
As part of his epic BlackBerry PlayBook review, our good friend CrackBerry Kevin put RIM's new tablet browser one-on-one against the great one -- Apple's iPad 2. That's right, we have yet another entry in our browser battle series!
When we put the PlayBook head to head against the iPad 2 in a browser shootout (see below), we saw pretty comparable page load times but did notice on websites where there were flash-based advertisements present, this would slow down the PlayBook by a few seconds while the iPad 2 would serve up a faster loading static image. Disabling flash evened out the load times.
Check out the video after the break and if you haven't already, check out the rest of Crackberry's PlayBook coverage! (Then rush back here and tell us what you think!)
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iPad 2 vs. BlackBerry PlayBook browser battle!
another fail... for RIM... shame...
That doesn't seem to be a failed browser, to me... Both browsers seem to work very well.
Seriously someone did type that F.A.I.L.?? Wheres the flash on iPad a$$h0l3
you idiot just wait, the sales.. and i don't give a rat ass about flash, and also they shut down the flash in that playsuck and also didn't pass the test. so why you are asking for flash. dumb F.
Wow with name calling and completely coherent sentence structure you take the cake for best comments. To alot of people flash is important because it brings the full web experience. That may be hard to get through you head but other people have different needs in a device than you. Keep up you awesome contributions to the comments, we are all better off having read such compelling statements.
For whatever reason I cant directly reply to your comment stormfront but you sound like the same person I mentioned brainwashed. First and foremost Apple was not the first to do touchscreens as we see today. Does the LG Prada ring a bell. It was out way before apples iphone. It had a very similar interface. The "ONLY" thing apple did was mainly improve on some parts of the experience with an enhanced web browser etc.
Tablets as well have been around for years. again your a typical as you mentioned "steve jobs" nut. Enjoy living in fantasy.
Is Crackberry Kevin that much of a tool in real life? In the video, he sounds like someone trying (and failing miserably) willing his Blackberry devise to victory........watch the video.
He wants the Playbook to out perform ipad2 so much, it comes off as "douchie" and not good.
Flipped any birds lately? With that video alone, he lost all credibility.
Nice screen size, though. Kevin, I'm sure you prefer the smaller screen because it is more portable.
Yeah, right. Last time I went to Best Buy, I had a grand to spend on a TV and bought the 40' instead of the 50' because, because, uh, duh, oooooooo. It's just better............
how did you get that from his video? he's a RIM fanboy, that's why he writes for crackberry and not TiPb. i'm an apple fanboy, so i would want the iPad to beat the playbook (in fact, while watching the video, i kept saying to myself, "cmon baby cmon baby. iPad, iPad" just the same way he kept saying the same for the playbook. so you've kinda proven YOURSELF to be, as you call it, "douchie". quit being a troll.
Of course he's pulling for the RIM device, he runs Crackberry... ??? He can root for whichever he prefers, as long as the test is fair. It doesn't make him a douche, he just has a preference, as does everyone. He's actually really, really nice about it. Try and watch the video a second time, this time without willing him to be a douche, and then maybe you'll see that he's actually not one at all, it's just you putting it on him :)
Wow, I thought he was totally fair in the comparison. So what if hes rooting for his favorite.
P.S. that was a terrible analogy unless you carry your 50 inch T.V. around with you. PlayBook looks pretty slick from the videos on that site but I still prefer my iPad. Competition is good though, makes the devices evolve.
Hey dumbass I'd rather get a a 40" led 120hertz refresh that's ultra thin and has a crisp picture then a 50" that's probably a plasma that will look old and dated.
Wouldn't you rather just have a brain?
Missed the point completely, jackass.
Read Mossberg review and he said that he CANNOT recommend playbook as the way it is now. Mossberg did his battery on it and got just over 5 hours!!! Right now, it is missing a lot of things and rest will come later. Right now, you crippled to check email,etc. Check Mossberg's review on Allthingsd.com
Mossberg was running a video over and over with wifi on for his battery test. Obviously results will vary depending upon usage. Did he also test his iPad under the same EXACT circumstances?
Mossberg made some compelling arguments to buy a Playbook. He claims it has the best Flash implementation, even better than Androids. His comments that the screen is beautiful but does has a lower resolution than the iPad. It's interesting that he makes such a comment, but fails to mention that the Playbook has a higher pixel density of 170 ppi compared to the iPads 132 ppi.
The Playbook has it plusses and minuses, but so do the iPad and the Android tablets. It's just a matter of determining what's the best fit for you.
Does the basic wifi iPad have a gps?
u guys seriously fighting over 2 tablets ? isnt the point of a fair review to give the perfect pros and cons of every devices in test instead of saying " yeah ipad, yeah playbook cmon baby come on ! ".
lets say i am a grandpa and i know nothing computer wise, and i just need a tablet to watch porn during my final days.. what would be the perfect tablet to do that ?
for kevin it would be the playbook but he failed to mention why. if it was me reviewing it, i would have said this :
bb playbook : pro : tablet is portable and u can carry it in the bathroom and pilot it with one hand to access porn contents while the other hand is at work.
cons : screen size, horrible battery life if i am a cronic mastubater
ipad : pros : huuge screen so u dont miss a detail, smart cover makes it easy to use both hands for pleasure
cons : not portable in bathroom, not all porn sites granted due to the lack of flash..
this is a fair review cause i will buy or the ipad or the bb depending if i want to use both hands or just 1 :)
When a comment exceeds your ability to not pee your pants laughing, it sort of becomes...magical.
I'd like a flash option for videos, and the better html5 score. But i like the ipad screen size, and all ready own it, so wont be getting a new tablet for myself any time soon.
Thanks for that middle finger crackberry....?
I like the playbook, I would rather carry that around than the iPad. It came pretty close to the ipad on the browser wether you have flash on or not, thats pretty impressive.
Lol, watched this video and I could hear the pain in his voice.... When apple wins, nobiggie but if ever rim wins, the win by a land slide..... I watched that plabook vs ipad1 comparison video and it pained me to watch them comparing a brand new device with better specs vs a 7month old iPad... BUT... I just said to my self..... iPad 2 will bring a bigger plate to the table and rims beloved flash browser is loosing with flash on or off..... Lol aha ababa #SAD
Ah come on, Kevin's great! ;-) My 2 years with as many BlackBerry smartphones (ha, I still know how BB-speak lol) were quite enhanced by CrackBerry!
One thing is interesting, however, and I was a little surprised that Kevin even noted towards the end of that browser test when he decided to "...do most of my browsing with Flash disabled ..." because of the (many) Flash ads. So all this drama about no Flash on the iDevices from Apple and in the end, a lot of people will likely disable Flash on their Xoom's, Playbook's, Galaxy Tab's, etc., so as to be slowed down by advertisements that nobody wants to see in the first place. (sorry, Kev.) ;)
I don't use Ipad or Playbook. I jsut watched this video because I want to Buy a tablet and I thout it would help me. So I think Playbook is more practical. the browser speed is the same. Both are very good. but blackberry has Flashplayer and its good. and one thing that its smaller , makes it more comfortable. I think I should buy a playbook.


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HUNTINGTON — A Huntington woman has been arrested on charges that she embezzled more than $23,000 from the Huntington Area Food Bank following an investigation by the West Virginia State Police.
The 17-count indictment identifies the defendant as Leigh Anne Zappin, the agency's former executive director. She had worked there since 2008, first under a community service program for a prior embezzlement conviction and then as its leader from fall 2010 to Oct. 3, 2012.
The indictment charges Zappin, 56, with a single count of embezzlement and eight counts each of forgery and uttering.
Zappin was arrested without incident Friday at her home along Washington Boulevard by state troopers, according to Sgt. G.N. Losh. She was incarcerated at the Western Regional Jail at 10:10 p.m. Her bond was set at $100,000.
The food bank serves 290 agencies that help hungry people in a 17-county area in the Tri-State. The nonprofit organization processes $900,000 in cash donations, U.S. Department of Agriculture funds and grants annually as part of its overall $6 million budget, including monetary values assessed to food.
Huntington defense attorney Chad Hatcher confirmed Friday he had filed a notice of appearance in the case, meaning he will represent Zappin.
Hatcher had no comment on the case Friday night. The Cabell County Prosecutor's office also declined to comment.
The indictment marks Zappin's third encounter with allegations that she took money from an employer. Prior court cases involved thousands of dollars taken from Chic Wigs in Barboursville and Ferguson Land Co. in Huntington.
Board members at the food bank were aware of Zappin's history at Chic Wigs upon her hiring and stood by the decision to name her director upon learning about issues at Ferguson Land Co., according to an early 2011 interview with board president Stanley Mills, who did not return calls for comment Friday night. The Ferguson case involved a civil lawsuit and no criminal charges.
"She's done nothing but a sterling job for us," Mills said at the time. "All our funds are accounted for and spent as wisely as we can. And, we have systems in place that would not allow any type of monkey business."
Problems began nearly a year later, according to the indictment. It charges Zappin embezzled $23,700 from Jan. 22, 2012, to Sept. 21, 2012. She cited medical reasons in tendering her resignation the following week, a move confirmed by the board Oct. 3.
Indications are the majority of the embezzlement scheme was fueled with a series of eight checks forged and uttered totaling $22,820.26, according to the indictment. It presents no details as to the mechanism used to embezzle the remaining $879.74.
The indictment charges Zappin uttered each of the checks using the forged signature of board treasurer Ann Kipp and then presenting the check to employees at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. Six were made payable to Zappin, while the indictment charges she made the first and third forgeries payable "J.P. Morgan Chase Bank" or "Chase Bank" respectively.
The amounts were $7,500 on April 30; $976.64 on June 4; $3,200 on June 21; $3,000 on July 12; $2,250 on July 22; $4,384.80 on Aug. 14; $743.82 on Aug. 23; and $765 on Sept. 4, according to the indictment.
Those dates indicate Zappin passed forgeries twice a month in June, July and August. The July incidents, which totaled $5,250, had consecutive check numbers, No. 8520 and No. 8521.
Zappin, when interviewed in early 2011, told The Herald-Dispatch she had satisfied past punishments and paid every debt required.
"To have it dredged up three years later, after I have worked so hard to put into place so many audit trails and checkpoints and procedures, it's difficult on my family and the food bank," she said in early 2011. "My family is the most important thing to me and having the food bank operate correctly is very important to me."
Zappin's criminal conviction was for misdemeanor embezzlement. It stemmed from the taking of $4,500 from Chic Wigs at the Huntington Mall. She had been employed there from December 2006 to March 2007.
That plea bargain reduced what was felony embezzlement to a misdemeanor. It also netted Zappin a sentence of home confinement, probation and community service, along with orders to pay $2,248.61 in restitution and a civil judgment of $5,086.44. She served less than a month behind bars.
Zappin's mandated community service led her to the food bank. Mills, in early 2011, said board members learned of the misdemeanor conviction through a required background check for employment.
Board members had become impressed with Zappin's ability to help with the recordkeeping at a time of significant growth for the food bank. They rewarded her performance with a promotion to interim director. Her predecessor was released in late 2009 amid outdated computer programs, poor staff attitudes and reports of employees helping themselves to food.
Board members didn't learn of Zappin's history at the Ferguson Land Co. case until early 2011, Mills said at the time. She had worked for the company from 1993 to 1995.
Details of that case are contained in civil litigation. Court documents show Ferguson Land was awarded $61,897.31 from Zappin. She had handled its accounting, bookkeeping, financial and administrative services, responsibilities that placed her in charge of the company's checkbook and bank records.
Mills, in early 2011, told The Herald-Dispatch that Zappin's attorney at the time indicated the Ferguson Land case was settled out of court for a percentage of the original amount and Zappin had paid restitution in full.
Mills, also in 2011, added that Zappin's role as director would not place her in a position to either handle food bank donations or open its mail. He said the agency's clerk handles the donations.
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There is much to be said about the design of the bailout plan. The poorly designed Paulson plan has been pushed with the same urgency as the invasion of Iraq, and it may become a weapon of mass destruction. But the fact that our financial system has been on a brink of collapse overshadowed that concern. The bailout plan was passed. The rescue was necessary but insufficient and there is no guarantee that the bailout will work.
There are two problems Paulson wants to address. The first problem has to do with the fake financial assets which Wall Street has created -- perhaps trillions of dollars. No one knows for sure. The second problem is the debt. These financial institutions are deeply in debt and now have serious liquidity problem while their fake assets prevent them from raising new capital.
Time is a factor. The growing economy badly needs new capital and the financial institutions are the main source of new capital for the economy. Now the financial sector itself needs new money just to operate. It has itself become a drag on the economy. Meanwhile the economy has already been in sharp decline. The Paulson plan was generated under such impossible conditions.
The Paulson plan will provide new liquidity immediately, no strings attached. But the best that could be expected under such plan is a slow revival of the credit system. With new money some financial institutions might be able to stabilize their loan portfolios and start lending on a regular basis. If not they will be back for additional bailout. To hope for more is sheer folly.
The proponents, Paulson, Bush and McCain, have not expressed any concern about the limited nature of their quick-fix "plan." They are simply trying to start an emergency rescue, without a plan, for a financial sector whose structure is highly unstable at the time when we need strong financial industry for the nation and for the world. They could and should start reforming the highly unstable financial industry now. Without such reform our nation remains in grave danger.
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Clearly the economy cannot stand on fake assets and huge debt. Putting billions of taxpayer dollars into such a contaminated system will not restart the gravely worn-out engine. The economy and financial markets, relative to the government, have become so monstrously huge that the government cannot restore a market balance through Keynesian measures. The government has to immediately scrap toxic assets and stop overspending. It will strengthen the currency, restore consumer confidence and bring the market power to do heavy lifting. The Paulson plan, or lack of a plan, postpones a funeral.
Meanwhile Wall Street has not been getting ready for a decent burial. With the bailout, Wall Street wants to utilize the false financial assets! They want us to believe that the entire crisis will disappear if these trillions in fake assets are mixed with billions of real money. They call it an "economic stabilization plan" and promise that "if run properly, it might even make the taxpayers some money." Meanwhile they would not allow an independent accounting assessment. They simply say that their problem requires massive amounts of "patient, long-term money" to solve the problem. No preconditions, no oversight and no legal responsibility. Trust us.
Meanwhile these institutions cannot just sell all toxic assets to the government at current market value. Any sales at market value would inflict unsustainable losses on them. The government cannot grossly overpay for these assets because the American taxpayers don't have trillions of dollars to spare. No profit-sharing structure and no mortgage bonds would work because there is simply not enough money to buy them. The only hope is that the banks will have time to slowly work their way out of the crisis they created.
Recapitalizing the banks should be the heart of a policy; but it should be selective. There are only few institutions with hope for revival. A targeted relief for debtors should be part of a plan. But this is not enough. There can be little doubt that the Wall Street that exists is no longer the industry that Congress should be seeking to rescue. We need reform. The systemic restructuring of the reformed financial system using public money is badly needed.
The scale of the current crisis signals again that the U.S. has more to deal with than just resolving a banking crisis and reforming the financial sector. The complete reversal of the current failed economic policies is the precondition for success of any financial reforms. The deepening of the crisis cannot be avoided, but the situation can still be managed if we wake up. Meanwhile the Paulson plan simply increases government spending and decreases consumer spending without addressing the failed economic policy. Clearly the current American leadership has limited capacity when it comes to reversing the disastrous guiding principles.
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Originally posted by Clocksimus
Sounds like life to me in many cases. Choose between stopping what you are doing to help or continuing what you are doing and benefit personally more.
This game is not anti social, people are. This game is as social as YOU the player make it. If you find yourself going for max karma instead of helping another player in need of help then you made a CHOICE. Its not like karma has to be maxed in every quest or the game ends. You can choose to do either. Be a team player or be a selfless twit. By the responses on these forums I am starting to understand.
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Originally posted by Aerowyn
You are entitled to your opinion!
However, I would rather play "with" people than "alongside" them. Seems to me just knowing other people are playing the game does not make me feel like im playing with other people.
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Joined: 2/20/12
Originally posted by Lathial
I disagree its peoples actions how they react and fight with you is what makes the difference... and it's not hard ot tell you are fighting alongside real people and say a NPC.. you play together and feed off eachother taking down harder ecounters as a group.. that's what this game is all about to me and I love it.. unlike all the other recent MMOs I have played where unless I actively saught out people to group/play with it just didn't happen.. as they say actions speak much louder than words
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
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Originally posted by Lathial
And nothing is stopping you from achieving that, other than your own decisions.
If you honestly think people are falling for this pile of bullshit, get real. Grouping and socialization in this game is fucking key, unless you want to sit on the sidelines as an off-brand scrub and hope one day someone notices you.
Originally posted by Kost
Are you saying GW2 allows grouping? From some of these posts I assumed that GW2 had a no group and no party policy that prevented people from playing together. I also assumed there was no in game chat since posts here seem to allude to there being no in game conversation. What about guilds? Are you going to say there are guilds where people can get together with many like minded gamers?
Originally posted by Kost
Wow, take a chill pill buddy! I didnt mean to poke your sore spot. Guess talking calmly and rationally about some basic issues, that more than one person is having- is too hard for ya. I'll just move on and let you vent- and come back later
Originally posted by Rokurgepta
Ya but you can be in so many guilds, so guilds don't actually exist.
Honestly I grouped for the first time a few days ago just to see if people would actually join or sit in their corners instead and go "no.. I play alone." Turns out everyone in the area joined my group to help kill a champion and 2 elites. We could of not said a word, sat next to the mob until enough showed up. Instead I actually went around, using /say (shot myself in the foot later because I didn't know that was possible) and got it together in a few minutes. Killed the mobs and walked away, same as every other MMO I played, so you can do this.
Then yesterday I was chilling in a cave and breezing along when I got a group invite. Turned out it was a group of 3 who just wanted to help each other out and go do stuff. Killed a champion spider. Had a nice chat about how one of the girls hated bugs. Helped one with their personal story for no purpose to myself and went seperate ways.
So honestly, I think it's the complainers fault straight up, because I was the same way where I loathed groups and just wanted to level my char. But if you put in even a tiny bit of effort, you can have the same experience as any other game. Enjoy.
Originally posted by Lathial
That poster was not venting any more than you are. Instead of fake leaving why not stay and debate him rationally and calmly like you claimed to be? Many people are having social issues with the game, and that is because many people have social issues in real life.
The common issue in this game seems to be this, if the game does not force socializing many people avoid being social. Blaming the game for a people problem is silly.
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Joined: 3/07/04
Ive been in several guilds and Ive quit them all because no one ever talked. EVER.
Originally posted by Xiaoki
Sorry I refuse to blame the GAME for PEOPLE being rude. People are what they are. I have found in the many years of being online that the online world tends to attract the socially awkward to a world where they can act in ways real life does not always allow.
Online games have their share of the social misfits. I have run into them in every game. I dont feel GW2 has more than its share.
Originally posted by Rokurgepta
I guess you missed the calm and rational part of the equation. When people call your opinions BS and use the "F" word it usually means calm and rational are not going to be the way things proceed... At least thats how it is in my world. Do you usually debate issues calmly and rationally by calling people's ideas a pile of bullshit and then using the "F" word?
will wait calmly and rationally for your response...
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I agree. Trinity is there for a reason. I'm glad GW2 reminded us why.
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Joined: 11/20/11
Man, I come back to these forums just to see if anything has changed and NOPE they have not! There are still individuals who spew outright fallacies as if they were true. I prefer to use real, concrete examples as opposed to vague generalizations that could be created without even reading the game's website. So let me share some with you...
I made myself a guild chat channel in game when I want to talk to my guildies because there are so many people speaking in /map chat that I miss some of what my guildies are saying. To say that there is very little communication or socializing is incorrect.
As for the trinity, knowing HOW to play your profession is key because not only will you play better for yourself but you WILL impact the play of others. Some buddies of mine and I (wife included!) have tried the Ascalonian Catacombs story mode twice. YES, we are taking our time and real life does have a way of eating up free time so AC is new to us.
The engineer in my group was doing a great job kiting an Ascalonian ghost warrior while we were taking down an elementalist and mesmer. However, I saw that he became crippled. I used the third skill on my scepter (GRD profession) and CCed the warrior in place for a few ticks but then our ENGI was hit with some knockdown ability from the mesmer. I quickly switched to shield and mace and used my 5th ability to knock the warrior away from him once again. He regained his feet and I was able to turn back to the elementalist and help finish it off.
My point? It was FUN to be able to think on the fly in real time and not have a predetermined rotation of skills based on what I was SUPPOSED to be doing in the fight. I got to do what I WANTED to do which was to protect him and then switch back to melee on a caster...and it WORKED! As a result I became better at my profession and using my skills. I was only able to do so because I was SOCIALIZING with others.
The awesome part was since I learned HOW to play my profession I was a better TEAM player...and the only one in the group with NO repair bill...never died in the whole run. :)
Anyway, there is socialization in the game if you seek it...I joined a very active guild with people I already knew.
But I must say...you have EIGHT characters already and most are over 40? So you have two accounts or paid for extra character slots? You must really like the game...er wait do you hate it? I mean that's a lot of time and money put into a game that was NEVER going to have a trinity in the first place. How did you miss that fact?
Perhaps you missed socialization opportunities while speed leveling all those characters. How do you have the time?
Games are what you make of them, as others have said. Don't blame the game for what you choose not to do.
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Joined: 2/20/12
Originally posted by grimal
yup reminded us why it's not needed to have fun and enjoy multiple ways to play a single class:)
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Originally posted by Lathial
Honestly, I've been down this path before. By the time that someone goes for calm and rational as their basis of their argument and leaves the conversation after that, it shows that they lost and have nothing more to say, besides the points that were already disputed before. They show they are far too stubborn to change their way of thinking and not able to see the other side of the argument.
Originally posted by Lathial
You are right I glossed over his use of those words without even noticing when I responded to you and that was wrong. That said I still think you are wrong about the game being the issue. This is a people issue not a game one. People seem to want a game that forces grouping so they are forced to be social, I prefer to be social and have fun without being forced into it.
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Joined: 4/03/12
Originally posted by Aerowyn
In these boards when you post your opinion, you have to use clarifying terms like "feels like most" or "Seems like" or "My experience is" Otherwise you get called out for misinformation.
BTW, what is the correct percentage of content that can be zerged or kited? I'm curious to know.
I have to agree with the OP. This game is no more social than a FPS. Yea, we're all fighting on the same map but you'd be hard pressed to call it a team or collaborative effort.
Sure the game is fun for a bit but for many of us, it's the social aspects of MMO's that keep us engaged over the long term.
While some may not miss the trinity, I also feel that not having it will hurt the game over the long run. You simply cannot create an immersive PvE experience with the "every man for himself" mentality which seems to be the case in most pugs.
Sure, you could set up organized guild runs but I'm finding that a lot of people I play with do the dungeons once and don't touch them again due to them being more annoying than fun and not providing much in terms of rewards.
At the end of the day, GW2 is pretty much exactly what many predicted, a decent game to play for a month or two that you can come back to anytime... nothing really wrong with that I guess.
Originally posted by grimal
Trinity is there for one main reason. So crap players can roll healers after failing as DPS and Tanks and still get raid groups.
Personally I roll healers first so I dont have to fail at DPS and Tanking I just go straight to healer and hide my crap play behind my clerics symbol.
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Joined: 11/20/11
Originally posted by Xiaoki
All of them were that way? Wow, what terrible miserable luck you must have. Does anyone you already know play the game? Join a guild with them! My guild (Heroes of Fate: Sorrow's Furnace) talks ALL the time and usually not about the game but life in general with a smattering of crafting tips, grouping up to do dungeons/WvW and offering items to other guildies for free.
Give it another shot, maybe join one of the guilds that is recruiting?


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