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Hardwood floors are preferred by homeowners who want to add a touch of modernity and class to their home décor. However, prevalence of dust, unsightly crumbs and waste particles are a detractor from the soothing image of pristine hardwood floors. While grabbing a mop might sound like a good idea to get rid of these messes, vacuums are better choices. With brooms and dust mops, fine dust is left behind and edges and corners are not covered too well. Hardwood floor vacuum cleaners are a great choice as it assures a dirt removal process rather than a pushing around process. Consider the time you save when you choose vacuum cleaners for your hardwood floors, while you may take close to 45 minutes to mop (dust and wet), a vacuum clean up can be completed in 20-25 minutes. When you are considering vacuums for hardwood floors, find one that is brushless or have an on/off brush switch. Choose bagged handheld vacuums if you are prone to dust allergies and find one long attachment hoses for those hard to reach places.
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Polyphasic Sleep
Is anyone else on Bullshido polyphasic? I've done it off and on for years and started back up a few weeks ago because I always feel so much better when I'm doing that instead of sleeping 8 hours at a time.
The way it works for anyone who doesn't know is that you sleep 20-40 minutes every 4 hours. I do 30 minutes at 7:30, 11:30, 3:30 am/pm. It takes about 2 weeks to get acclimated to it, after which you drop to sleep within 3-5 minutes and enter REM sleep almost immediately. You have vivid dreams and wake up completely refreshed after about 20 minutes.
The longest period I previously did it for was 8 months when I was a system admin for a company with offices in California, Athens, and London. Since I had to support all 3 time zones I was awake 24 hours a day for long stretches at a time. Going polyphasic was almost a necessity at that point. Since then I've done it whenever my work schedule allows me to.
Has anyone else tried it? Would anyone like to start a diatribe about how I'll hallucinate and die? I've known people who did it for 2-3 years at a time with no ill effects and I've never suffered any ill effects from it.
Interesting that you'd bring this up at this time as I was thinking about a recent study.
I cannot remember where the study occured but it was on national television within the past couple of weeks.
Basically, the recommened minumum for long term was 7 hours. Less was found to reduce the amount of a specific hormone that helps prevent calcium buildup on the arterial walls. Hardening of the arteries so to speak.
I used to think that my usual 5-6 hours sleep was a good thing. This study gave question to that, particularly as I have hit middle age.
Anyone else that heard of this study have a link? A quick search only produced:
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I don't think Margaret Thatcher used polyphasic sleeping patterns. What she did was just try and get by on 2 hours a night.
Which explains a lot really...."So, yeah, Zen teachers may well insult you, work you to the bone, hit you with sticks, shout verbal abuse at you, and punch the **** out of you.
And when the ****'s been punched out of you, you might just find that you're far better-off without it." - Vieux Normand
"So in short, BJJ wins again. BJJ, and chainmail." - TheMightyMcClaw
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"Needless to say, it's much easier to clear a bunch of drunk kids out of your house when you're yelling GTFO and carrying a samurai sword." - DerAuslander
"Eventually, I realized it doesn't matter what art you train, what matters is the method in which you train. Training in an alive manner, under skilled and qualified instruction, is the single most important aspect of gaining martial skill. All else is window dressing." - JNP : Saying it how it is!
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I don't know about polyphasic sleep. But as for.......
Quote:Evidence to support the claim of entering REM sleep "almost immediately", please?
All I have is my own expierence, which dosen't exactly qualify as hard evidence for those who aren't me. But on many occasions i've fallen asleep in class, driving.,or any place where I can sit still for five or more minutes. Shortly after sitting still for a minute or so (jello neck syndrome) I'll fall asleep & I have the wierdest thoughts that turn into dreams then i'll be woken(i'm gonna say woken is a real word) up by whoever is around me and tell them about the crazy dream i just had. I'm sure somone out there has had something similiar to this happen to them.


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Understanding our humanity - the essence of who we are - is one of the deepest mysteries and biggest challenges in modern science. Why do we have bad moods? Why are we capable of having such strange dreams? How can metaphors in our language hold such sway on our actions? As we learn more about the mechanisms of human behavior through evolutionary biology, neuroscience, anthropology, and other related fields, we're discovering just how intriguing the human species is.
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An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, best-selling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.
"To Kill A Mockingbird vs Go Set A Watchman"
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?"
"Macgyver on Mars"
See the world of Fifty Shades of Grey anew through the eyes of Christian Grey. In Christian's own words, and through his thoughts, reflections, and dreams, E. L. James offers a fresh perspective on the love story that has enthralled millions of listeners around the world.
"Prefer this telling"
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. "Jess and Jason," she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good? Compulsively readable, The Girl on the Train is an emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller and an electrifying debut.
"Don't Compare, Just Enjoy"
It's no coincidence when Grace Elland finds a vodka bottle next to the lifeless body of her boss, motivational speaker Sprague Witherspoon. The bottle is a terrifying - and deliberate - reminder of the horrors of her past. Grace retreats to her hometown to regroup and tries to put everything she's learned about positive thinking into practice - a process that is seriously challenged on the world's worst blind date. Awkward doesn't begin to describe her evening with venture-capitalist Julius Arkwright.
"Great story as always from JA Krentz"
At some point every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it's wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history.
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Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred, available now for the first time as a digital audiobook. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country.
It's just another day of high school for Zack Lightman. He's daydreaming through another boring math class, with just one more month to go until graduation and freedom - if he can make it that long without getting suspended again. Then he glances out his classroom window and spots the flying saucer.
"I loved Ready Player One. Hated Armada"
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes Kristin Hannah's next novel. It is an epic love story and family drama set at the dawn of World War II. She is the author of twenty-one novels. Her previous novels include Home Front, Night Road, Firefly Lane, Fly Away, and Winter Garden.
Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is 12, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure's reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum's most valuable and dangerous jewel.
"Time well spent"
In a time long forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons off balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. As the cold returns, sinister forces are massing beyond the protective wall of the kingdom of Winterfell. To the south, the king's powers are failing, with his most trusted advisor mysteriously dead and enemies emerging from the throne's shadow.
"Review of First 5 Books"
If you happen to find a map in a dead buccaneer's sea trunk, you can't very well ignore it, not if you are Jim Hawkins and his friends Dr. Livesey, Captain Smollett, and Squire Trelawney! But even with a map, buried treasures are not easy things to come by.
"A great one -- both the story and the reading"
This is the sixth and final novel in the action-packed series following Special Forces captain Lee Harden and a group of survivors struggling to survive while rebuilding an America devastated by a bacterium that has turned 90 percent of the population into a ravenous horde.
"What comes next?"
Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman: She works for a nonprofit and takes in stray cats. Still, her husband and daughter are horrified when Heidi returns home one day with a young woman named Willow and her four-month-old baby in tow. Disheveled and apparently homeless, this girl could be a criminal - or worse. But despite her family's objections, Heidi invites Willow and the baby to take refuge in their home.
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The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn't much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he's content with his quiet and peaceful existence. That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve.
It is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media - as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents - the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter - but is he really a killer?
"Gone Goes in a Different Direction"
When you're all that stands between the murderous past and the fate of those you love, how far would you go to save them? When Audrey Kepler inherits an abandoned homestead in rural Queensland, she jumps at the chance to escape her loveless existence in the city and make a fresh start. In a dusty back room of the old house, she discovers the crumbling photo of a handsome World War II medic - Samuel Riordan, the homestead's former occupant - and soon finds herself becoming obsessed with him.
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Amy Poehler is hosting a dinner party and you're invited! Welcome to the audiobook edition of Amy Poehler's Yes Please. The guest list is star-studded with vocal appearances from Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, and even Amy's parents - Yes Please is the ultimate audiobook extravaganza.
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At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, Ready Player One is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.
"I'm sorry I waited so long to read this book."
In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs - a real-life Tony Stark - and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers.
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Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows.
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Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles?Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever.
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Twenty miles across the North Dakota border, where the scenery goes from rolling grass prairie to pipeline fields, detective Cassie Dewell has been assigned as the new deputy sheriff of Grimstad - a place people used to be from but were never headed to. Grimstad is now the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and with drugs come the dirtiest criminals hustling to corner the market.
"Huge C.J. Box fan; this book, however, not so much"
For generations the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege - as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall meet. For Lizzie King, Easterly's head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life.


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Obesity in Toledo: Publicly funded bodies tackle obesity with education, activitiesWritten by Paige Shermis | | firstname.lastname@example.com
A secret garden is growing behind the Believe Center in East Toledo. Rectangular concrete flowerbeds hold tomatoes on trellises and various herbs. Circular beds overflow with plant life and are decorated by the center's young clients with rainbows, names and stars.
The garden is one of the projects of Creating Healthy Communities, an initiative of the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department. Creating Healthy Communities is one of several enterprises sponsored in part by the City of Toledo and the county designed to combat the area's obesity epidemic.
According to the Huffington Post and 24/7 Wall Street, Toledo is the 7th fattest city in the U.S. Additionally, Section 11 of the 2011 Lucas County Health Assessment states that almost three-fourths (71 percent) of Lucas County adults are either overweight (36 percent) or obese (35 percent) by body mass index (BMI) calculation.
Amy Abodeely, a nutritionist at the health department and Tony Maziarz, a grant coordinator at the health department, lead Creating Healthy Communities.
"[Creating Healthy Communities] has nine objectives total, and six of them are in the category of healthy eating and active living, either physical activity related or nutrition
related. Both of those things are obesity-prevention related. There are six projects that we are working on. The first one we are doing with ProMedica is Safe Kids [Greater Toledo]. We are working with McKinley Elementary with the pickup and drop off policy, making it safer for kids to get picked up and dropped off at school and making it easier for kids to walk to school," Maziarz said.
The second project is a client-choice food pantry at the Friendly Center in North Toledo.
"The food pantry items will be labeled according to MyPlate [a government nutrition graphic], and they will walk around and be able to pick themselves what they want. This objective is helping them to allow themselves to be healthy. There will also be education materials to help them make healthy choices," Abodeely said.
Maziarz said that many of the projects that Creating Healthy Communities are doing are meant to last.
"A lot of things we are doing are policy systems and environmental change. Once we are gone, hopefully there will be continuing processes that are sustainable. These are all related to the access part of access healthy food or access physical activity," Maziarz said.
The third project is the Believe Center's community garden. Abodeely and Maziarz actually helped to plant the seeds and prepare the soil.
Creating Healthy Communities' fourth project is a healthy corner store. This year, a Stop & Go on Broadway Street was chosen as the pilot store.
"We talked to the owners about the importance of having fresh produce in the corner store," Abodeely said.
Healthy corner stores are important because people in the neighborhood who shop there typically don't have access to transportation. Aug. 7 is the kickoff, when the fresh produce is being brought in.
The fifth project is a "four star healthy food pantry" model, promoting healthier food pantries, and the sixth is a breast-feeding initiative.
"All the things we do are evidence-based projects. All things must be approved by department of health. We can't just do what we want to do," Maziarz said.
Jan L. Ruma ?is vice president?of the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio?and executive director of Toledo-Lucas County CareNet.
"One of the things the Hospital Council does is community health assessments for Lucas County and throughout the region. One of the things that we assess is that we ask people to tell us their height and weight and we use body mass index to determine if they fall in the overweight or obese category. I have to tell you that the numbers are going in the wrong direction," Ruma said.
The results of the individual exams are reported in the Lucas County Health Assessment.
Ruma said one of Toledo's issues with obesity is that the local environment is not conducive for people to travel in any way other than in cars, with no suitable bicycle or walking paths.
"There are all different ways to attack these health improvement issues and I think our community is getting smarter about it, not just working with programs but also changing the environment so we prevent people from having the problem to begin with," Ruma said.
Sarah Bucher is the director of healthy living for Live Well Greater Toledo, which is funded in part by the City of Toledo.
"[Live Well Greater Toledo] is a collaborative effort that leads to toward healthier communities. It is looking at outside programming — we are looking at policy changes and environmental changes for the community," Bucher said.
Additionally, Bucher said that Live Well is working with Toledo Public Schools to establish safe walking routes to their schools, which are now all K-8 buildings.
"With TPS, this is very timely because within the last few years they have redistricted. Most of the schools are brand-new, and they were designed K-5 but now all of our schools are K-8.
"So, kids are walking there who aren't supposed to be. Also, there is the two-mile radius rule; within two miles of school, no TPS busing is provided," Bucher said.
Live Well's programs are not targeted only toward children, however.
"It's really for the overall community because if parents are active, then the children are less likely to get obese. It's a community-wide initiative, we are not focusing on a specific age group," Bucher said.
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I did my 1 hour glucose test on Thursday, thinking it was kinda pointless since I failed with Lucas and ended up having gestational diabetes and even being on meds for it. My MFM was not very optimistic that I would pass.
But I called and found out yesterday that I DID PASS! THE 1 HOUR! My level was only 121 and they just wanted it under 140. I am so excited! I was bracing myself to do either the 3 hour or go ahead and do the stupid diet and blood sugar level monitoring. (I know people, including myself, try to tell people that it's not really a big deal/THAT bad. But honestly, it is a PAIN to count carbs constantly, to be sure to eat regularly, to remember to test your blood sugar an hour after every meal and write all of the numbers down, etc. I mean, it's not super "difficult", but it's tedious and time consuming and I have a VERY BUSY 15 month old who literally spends his days trying to climb the walls as it is, I have no time for that diabetes junk, though of course I would have grudgingly found the time to do it if I had had to.)
28 weeks yesterday and this by far has been my easiest, most uneventful pregnant. Baby was measuring about a week ahead (so no growth restriction on the radar anytime soon), no gestational diabetes, as far as I know, my blood pressure and everything has been okay- I've not had any troublesome symptoms and it's been normal at my appointments so I haven't worried about checking it very often unless I get a headache or something. The only glitch we've had was when I tried to break up my dogs fighting, got a teeny tiny bite on my hand (seriously less than an inch and not very deep), by the next morning it was BADLY infected (though I had cleaned it and put neosporin on it right after it happened), I ended up in the hospital on IV antibiotics for almost a week. (My blood pressure was excellent then though.) Needless to say my OB and MFM were not very amused by that fiasco, but that was around 13 weeks and seems not to have affected the baby at all. So here's hoping that will be our only drama this time! My c-section is already scheduled for Oct.26th at 37 wks, hopefully we make it that far!


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Spawn Issue #185 marks the beginning of a new era for this bestselling comic book. We're excited to give you a sneak peek at this historic issue, scheduled to arrive in comic book stores Oct. 22.
>> SPAWN ISSUE #185 SNEAK PEEK (8 photos)
(Includes Wizard #205 cover by Todd McFarlane & Whilce Portacio, Portacio Spawn #185 promo piece, final colored #185 cover and pages 1-5.)
WATCH TODD McFARLANE 'ENDGAME' VIDEO, PART 2
As the release of Spawn Issue #185 approaches, we've been bringing you interviews with the comic book's new creative team. We've already introduced you to writer Brian Holguin, artist Whilce Portacio and colorist Jin Han. A couple of weeks ago we brought you the first of three videos with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.
Today, enjoy the second of three chats with Todd. Part 3 will be live next Friday, Oct. 3.
"Spawn: Endgame" Part Two: Todd McFarlane
Are you ready for Spawn: Endgame? Visit our site devoted to this historic new era at endgame.spawn.com.
Spawn is published by Todd McFarlane Productions and Image Comics, and is distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. In North America, call 1-888-COMIC-BOOK to find a store near you, or visit www.comicshoplocator.com.
In honor of the new direction and creative team of Spawn #185, we launched an epic contest. The challenge: Show us your vision of the Al Simmons Spawn character, in the media of your choice.
We received hundreds of entries. It took us awhile and it wasn't easy, but we have narrowed it down to 25 finalists. Those finalists will be posted on our Spawn: Endgame Web site and our MySpace page on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at which point you, the people, will have the opportunity to voice your opinion (and you don't even have to register to vote). Details on the voting process to come.
The first place winner will receive an original full-body drawing of Spawn by world-renown comic artist Whilce Portacio. (The drawing originally slated for this prize was allocated by Todd for a future cover. Whilce has drawn an alternate version, which will now serve as first prize.) Second prize is an original Whilce Portacio Spawn head sketch.
TODD McFARLANE INTERVIEWED ON NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
On Thursday, Sept. 25, Todd was interviewed on National Public Radio's Here and Now by award-winning reporter, Phoenix-based Steve Goldstein. Todd weighs in on how he started his entertainment empire, the balance of art and business, record-setting baseballs and more.
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How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.
Malcolm Muggeridge
Of The New York Times top 10 bestsellers in Paperback Trade Fiction at the time of this writing, five of them are advertised as being erotic (read pornographic).
The pornography industry is larger than the revenues of the top technology companies combined: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix and EarthLink.
Child pornography generates $3 billion annually.
Many medical experts believe that pornography is just as addictive as drugs, and for basically the same reason; even though the stimulus is different, the impact on the brain is the same. Once hooked, its hard to get unhooked. And the consequences of being hooked are severe.
One of the most destructive forces tearing marriages apart today is pornography, both written and pictorial. Consider the following adult Internet pornography statistics:
Men admitting to accessing pornography at work 20 percent.
U.S. adults who regularly visit Internet pornography websites 40 million.
Christians who said pornography is a major problem in the home 47 percent.
Adults admitting to Internet sexual addiction 10 percent
Breakdown of male/female visitors to pornography sites 72 percent male; 28 percent female.
Pat Fagan, in a paper entitled The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family, and Community, published by The Family Research Council, has the following conclusions:
Pornography is a major threat to marriages, the family, and the society at large.
Married men who are involved in pornography feel less satisfied with their conjugal relations and less emotionally attached to their wives.
Pornography use is a pathway to infidelity and divorce, and is frequently a major factor in these family disasters.
Couples affected by one spouses addiction usually experience a loss of interest in sexual intercourse and good family relations.
Both spouses perceive pornography viewing as tantamount to infidelity.
Gene McConnell and Keith Campbell, in an article published by Focus on the Family, suggest five stages of addiction:
Early exposure. Most guys who get addicted to porn start early.
Addiction. You keep coming back to porn. It becomes a regular part of your life. Youre hooked.
Escalation. You start to look for more and more graphic porn. You start using porn that would have disgusted you when you started. Now it excites you.
Desensitization. Eventually, you start to become numb. Even the most graphic, degrading porn doesnt excite you anymore. You become desperate to feel the same thrill again but cant find it.
Acting out sexually. At this point, many men make a dangerous jump and start acting out sexually. They move from the paper and plastic images of porn to the real world.
Now that we know that pornography is pervasive and destructive, how do we resist it?
Society in general seems to be bent on making all kinds of pornography acceptable. Internet, movie, TV sex is everywhere and extremely accessible, with just one click on the mouse or the channel selection button.
Even the ads on the sports programs use sex to sell their products.
All of this emphasis on sex leads to more deviant forms of sexual expression: soft and hard pornography.
Our first step in avoidance is to make sure our values clearly define what is acceptable, and what isnt.
I suggest the Bible as a good foundation.
The obvious next step is careful implementation of those values on a continuous basis relentlessly.
We must be aware of the universal presence of pornography, and be alert to avoid it where possible, particularly in protecting our children.
Filters on the computer and on the TV are a big help.
Admit that it attracts and run from it.
Confess and get help if needed.
Finally, fill your time with good things: time with the family, friends, healthy hobbies, fulfilling work, community involvement, activities that enhance your values, e.g. prayer, Bible reading, church involvement.
Keep those relationships healthy; its the best protection from pornography.
The Family and Marriage Coalition of Aiken, Inc. (FAMCO) provides resources for you to succeed in your marriage and families. Roger Rollins, Executive Director, FAMCO, 803-640-4689, email@example.com, www.aikenfamco.com.
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Here's a look at some of the big sports headlines making news today, Tuesday, Feb. 3.
The NBA's longest winning streak of the season is over, but another lengthy unbeaten stretch continues.
The Hawks had won a franchise-record 19 in a row until Anthony Davis had 29 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Pelicans past Atlanta 115-100 at New Orleans. Eric Gordon scored 20 points for the Pelicans, while Tyreke Evans scored 15 points and had 12 assists to help New Orleans win for the sixth time in seven games.
Jeff Teague had a team-high 21 points for the Hawks, who fell behind by double digits in the first quarter and failed to tie it.
Atlanta's previous loss was Dec. 26 against Milwaukee.
Meanwhile, Kyrie Irving scored 24 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers earned their 11th consecutive victory by slogging their way through a 97-84 decision over Philadelphia. LeBron James finished with 18 points and 11 assists for the Cavaliers, who led by just four entering the final period.
In other NBA action:
Dallas Mavericks point guard Rajon Rondo will miss at least three games after suffering an orbital fracture to his left eye. Rondo was inadvertently kneed in the face by teammate Richard Jefferson during Saturday's game against Orlando.
Las Vegas sports book directors say the Patriots' win over the Seahawks represented the worst-case scenario for their betting business. Nevada officials report the state's 191 sports books kept $3.3 million out of the total $116 million wagered on the Super Bowl after keeping $19.7 million last year. Directors of sports books at the Wynn and Westgate Las Vegas say their losses might have been greater if not for side bets.
A spokesman for the Falcons has confirmed the NFL is trying to determine if the team pumped fake crowd noise into the Georgia Dome for home games the last two years. Team spokesman Reggie Roberts says the team has "cooperated fully" after being informed during the season of the league's investigation.
The Falcons could be fined or penalized with the loss of a draft pick if found to have added fake crowd noise during the opposing team's huddles or when trying to call a play.
It was quality rather that quantity in Monday's top-25 men's basketball, with both games pitting a pair of ranked teams.
Malcom Brogdon scored 17 points and Justin Anderson added 16 to push third-ranked Virginia past No. 12 North Carolina 75-64. Virginia trailed by one before holding the Tar Heels to 38 percent shooting in the second half. The Cavaliers shot 50 percent over the final 20 minutes to get back in the victory column after their season-opening 19-game winning streak was stopped by Duke over the weekend.
Ninth-ranked Kansas also won a top-25 matchup as Wayne Selden Jr. scored 19 points of his 20 points in the second half to spark an 89-76 triumph over No. 15 Iowa State. Selden drilled four of his first five 3-pointers after intermission as the Jayhawks improved to 8-1 in the Big 12, giving them a 1 1/2-game lead in the conference. He hit two uncontested 3-pointers while scoring eight points in a 14-6 run that opened the second half.
First baseman Lucas Duda and the New York Mets have avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a $4.2 million, one-year contract. He hit .253 with 30 homers and 92 RBIs last season.
Also in the majors:
The New York Rangers were sitting in eighth place in the NHL's tight Eastern Conference race following a loss last Thursday. They are now within three points of the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders after a 6-3 triumph against Florida.
Rick Nash scored his 30th and 31st goals to move back into a tie with Washington's Alex Ovechkin for the league lead. Dan Boyle supplied the tiebreaking goal 8:10 into the third period, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 33 shots in the Rangers' second straight win.
The Panthers remain eight points behind Washington in the battle for the final East playoff berth.
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MILWAUKEE, WI---The Chicago Wolves reeled off four goals in the opening 15 minutes Friday night and rolled to a 5-2 victory in Amtrak Rivalry action at Milwaukee.
Forwards Alex Friesen, Bill Sweatt, Guillaume Desbiens, Mike Davies and Eric Kattelus lit the lamp for the Wolves (21-14-3-2), who won for the seventh time in nine games. Joe Cannata registered a career-high 40 saves to earn the win for Chicago.
The Wolves produced four goals in the first period, which represented their highest-scoring period this season. Friesen started the slew of scores with his first American Hockey League marker, a tap-in past Admirals goalie Jeremy Smith (15-15-3) at 6:06. He was assisted by left wing Devin DiDiomete, who signed a Professional Tryout Contract with the Wolves earlier in the day, and Desbiens.
Sweatt followed up with a power-play goal, pouncing on a Smith rebound at 8:49. Then Desbiens wristed a one-timer through Smith at 12:50 to earn his first multi-point game since Oct. 2011. Davies made it 4-0 Wolves at 14:26 when he potted another Smith rebound into the mesh.
Chicago showed no signs of slowing once the second period began as Kattelus netted his first AHL goal off a Smith rebound at 4:41. The Admirals (19-18-3-3) finally responded with a short-handed marker rifled by Mark Van Guilder past Cannata at 11:06.
Starting the third period down 5-1, Milwaukee swapped Smith (22 saves) for Magnus Hellberg (6 saves) in net. Meanwhile the Admirals offense returned to work and centerman Cam Reid beat Cannata for his first score of the season at 7:16.
That would be all the Admirals could muster against Cannata (4-2-0), who has not allowed more than two goals in any of his seven career AHL starts.
Chicago returns to Allstate Arena at 7 p.m. Saturday for an Illinois Lottery Cup contest against Peoria. For tickets, call1-800-THE-WOLVES or visit ChicagoWolves.com.
Chicago 4 1 0 -- 5
Milwaukee 0 1 1 -- 2
First Period---1, Chicago, Friesen 1 (DiDiomete, Desbiens), 6:06; 2, Chicago, Sweatt, 7 (Hunt, Rodin), 8:49; 3, Chicago, Desbiens 2 (Schneider), 12:50; 4, Chicago, Davies 5 (Archibald), 14:26. Penalties---Beck, Milwaukee (slashing), 9:03; Hunt, Chicago (holding), 14:44; Gordon, Chicago (holding), 18:48; Andersson, Chicago (slashing), 20:00.
Second Period---5, Chicago, Kattelus 1 (Archibald, Davies), 4:41; 6, Milwaukee, Van Guilder 9 (Henderson), 11:06. Penalties---Jarvinen, Milwaukee (high-sticking), 3:18; Latta, Milwaukee (slashing), 10:52; Desbiens, Chicago (slashing), 13:33; Kattelus, Chicago (goaltender interference), 19:11; Desbiens, Chicago (fighting), 20:00; Bartley, Milwaukee (roughing), 20:00; Bartley, Milwaukee (fighting), 20:00.
Third Period---7, Milwaukee, Reid 1 (Moore, Watson), 7:16. Penalties---Joslin, Chicago (interference), 10:21; Henderson, Milwaukee (hooking), 10:59; Joslin, Chicago (hooking), 14:29.
Shots on goal---Chicago: 14-13-6--33; Milwaukee 7-12-23--42. Power plays---Chicago 2-5; Milwaukee 0-7. Goalies—Chicago, Cannata (40-42); Milwaukee, Smith (22-27), replaced by Hellberg (6-6) at the 40:00 mark. A---7,462. Referees---David Banfield and Joe Sullivan. Linesmen---Peter Cichy and Alex Stagnone.
MILWAUKEE, WI---The Chicago Wolves reeled off four goals in the opening 15 minutes Friday night and rolled to a 5-2 victory in Amtrak Rivalry action at Milwaukee.


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Oil rises above $97 per barrel after brief reprieveBy JONATHAN FAHEY
The Associated Press | February 15,2013NEW YORK The price of oil rose above $97 per barrel Thursday, reversing Wednesdays small drop.
In New York, crude rose 30 cents to finish at $97.31 per barrel. Brent crude, which is used to price oil that many U.S. refineries buy to make gasoline, rose 12 cents to end at $118 per barrel in London.
Crude rose sharply in early January, then began to waver between $95 and $98 per barrel, where it has stayed for the past month.
But just as oil prices began to flatten, retail gasoline prices began to take off. The average U.S. pump price has risen every day since Jan. 18, adding 34 cents over the period. Thursday it rose a penny to $3.63, the highest ever for this time of year.
Americans may be able to offset higher gasoline bills with lower heating and electricity bills. Natural gas futures fell 14.3 cents, or 4.3 percent, to finish at $3.16 per thousand cubic feet, after the Energy Department reported that the nations natural gas supplies remained well above their 5-year average last week.
Oil prices rose despite data showing continuing weakness in the European economy. The eurozone economy shrank by 0.6 percent in the final quarter of 2012 from the previous three-month period, more than the 0.4 percent drop expected by markets, according to Eurostat, the EU statistics office. Germany, Europes largest economy, shrank by 0.6 percent for the period.
Addison Armstrong, an analyst at Tradition Energy, said oil prices have stayed high because investors are using cheap credit brought on by low interest rates to invest in commodities. Also Saudi Arabia has reduced its output somewhat, shrinking world supplies slightly. And the U.S. and Chinese economies appear to be getting healthier.
Armstrong does not expect oil to continue to rise, however, because supplies are ample and demand is about flat. I dont expect well revisit the highs we saw last year, he said. The fundamentals are going to reassert themselves soon.
There is some disagreement on just how much the oil the world economy needs. On Wednesday the Paris-based International Energy Agency lowered its consumption forecast by 85,000 barrels a day compared with data from a month ago. On Tuesday OPEC raised its 2013 forecast for global demand, citing signs of recovery in the global economy.
The IEA expects the world to use 90.7 million barrels of crude oil a day this year. That is 1 million barrels a day more than OPECs estimate of 89.7 million barrels a day.
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Wholesale gasoline rose 8 cents to end at $3.12 a gallon.
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Remembering legendary guitarist Duane Allman (born Howard Duane Allman in Nashville, TN) - November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971.
Born on this day: October 29, 1944 - Singer/songwriter and guitarist Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK). Happy 68th Birthday, Denny!!
On this day in music history: October 29, 1902 - The Dinwiddie Colored Quartet, a jubilee vocal group from Dinwiddie County, VA will become the first African American group to record for a major record label. The group will record six sides (including "Down On The Old Camp Ground," "Steal Away," and "Gabriel's Trumpet") for the Victor Talking Machine Company in their studio in Camden, NJ. The group will form in 1898 as the Old South Quartet before changing their name. The Dinwiddie Colored Quartet will disband in 1904. Though the group are not the first African American vocalists to be commercially recorded (The Unique Quartette will record several wax cylinders for the New York Phonograph Company in December 1890), they will make their mark in history with their recordings among the earliest surviving documents of black musicians on record.


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I was reading an article entitled "The Nine Most Common Airplane Accidents" and was quiet surprised that crashing and exploding into a massive ball of flame was not among them. You see, when I fly, that's what I expect to happen.
Now, I know that flying is safer than driving a car, at least that's what the airline companies say, but there is seldom an automobile accident in which a car drops 30,000 feet, so I'll rather take my chances in a car. Plus, airplanes don't have individual airbags.
I have good reason for my fear of flying, even though I had it before I had actually flown. My last two flights, things didn't go well. I flew all the way across this great country to Seattle, then up to Anchorage, without anything more than a little turbulence. But when it came to flying from Bristol to Louisville and back again, all hell broke loose.
The flight to Louisville took place in the morning, so as soon as we reached the proper altitude, the stewardesses began serving coffee, orange juice and such. Then all of a sudden, the 727 nosedived for what seemed like a lifetime; I say that because I thought my life was over. Drinks and food flew everywhere; the stewardesses and any passengers on their feet were thrown to the front of the plane, and screaming was abundant. After the plane pulled out of the dive and leveled off, I politely asked a stewardess what happened. She hesitated and answered, "Turbulence." I answered back, "The hell it was." Actually, I said much more than that, but decency prohibits me from subjecting readers to my full tirade.
Since the flight to Louisville was such a terror that the purchase of some new underpants was required, I figured the trip back to Bristol would be much better. I was wrong. However, it wasn't the flight this time, but the landing. We came in for the landing and before you could yell Amelia Earhart, we were going back up. A second attempt failed before the pilot managed to land the plane on the third attempt. When we taxied around, one wing was hovering over grass. You see, why I am not a fan of flying?
Okay, back to the most common accidents. Some, you would expect – turbulence, landing gear problems, bird strikes and engine problems – but there were a couple I didn't expect, like odors and lasers. Five times since 2010, odors on commercial flights have caused not only illness, but hospitalization, and even forced flights to be diverted so as to make a quick landing. In each case, the odor is still unknown or still being investigated. The FFA has attributed the problems to an "unknown substance on board." No offense to the geniuses at the FFA, but "Rooster" Edwards could have done better than that.
You might think that leaving Mexican food off the flight menu might solve the problem, but, apparently, the problem goes deeper than the bowels. I'm thinking we've got an X-Files here, but I could be wrong … well, there's a slight possibility, anyway. I'm not sure what is emitting these noxious fumes, although cabbage could be involved, but I'm thinking sabotage, most probably by that nut job, the one I like to call "Monkey Boy," who runs North Korea. The public threats of nuclear missile attacks are a ploy to divert our attention from the real threat - biological warfare.
The lasers that are causing problems are not the ones that blow up Godzilla, no, these are of the laser pointer variety … you know the ones students use to highlight their teacher's private areas during class, or to shine in an opposing player's eyes during a basketball game. So what's all the fuss about laser pointers … well, they're dangerous!
Between 2010 and 2013, laser pointers caused injuries on three different commercial flights. In two of the flights, a pilot sustained eye injuries, while a member of the flight crew sustained an eye injury in the other. In fact, one of those incidents got a young man 30 months in prison. Yes, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye, isn't that what mother used to say? Well, chalk one up for mom.
Now, I may someday fly again, but you can bet your Charles Lindbergh Memorial Barf Bag it won't be a morning flight … airport bars aren't open in the morning, which I think is a big mistake. A lot of people need to relax their nerves before braving odors from unknown substances, possible blindness from laser pointers, or the things I fear most, the possibility of crashing into a mountain, lake, ocean, swamp, billboard, Winnebago, Frito's factory, Oprah Winfrey …. Well, you get the idea.


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The Atlanta Thrashers have recalled defenseman Andrey Zubarev from the Chicago Wolves.
ZUBAREV has posted 10 assists and 13 points in 51 games during his American Hockey League debut this season.
The 24-year-old blueliner tallied a career-high seven goals and 16 points in 55 outings with Mytischi Atlant of the Kontinental Hockey League last year. His seven goals paced team defensemen, while his nine assists and 16 points held third among team rear guards.
Overall, the Ufa, Russia, native registered 20 points (7G, 13A) and 123 penalty minutes in 90 career KHL contests with Atlant (2008-10) and 20 points (6G, 14A) and 164 penalty minutes in 110 Russian Super League games with Ufa (2003-05) and Ak-Bars-Kazan (2005-08).
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- A handsome, functional and substantial accent to your landscape
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Elegant and graciously-sized, the Nantucket Arch is an architectural statement in your landscape. The traditional East Coast style combines the soft curve of the header with a traditional triangular gable. Open, airy lattice on the sides is ideal for supporting flowering vines.
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Really need the power drill for making a few extra pilot holes (so the lattice/thinner parts don't split) and for driving in the screws securely. This is not really a hand tools project.
It looks great in my garden, defines an entry/path, very sturdy and solid. I can't wait until the roses climb over it!
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When I purchased the arbor on line, there was no mention that assembly was required. I thought it was coming from Garden Supply. It arrived in a box weighing 50 lbs. To assemble, you will need a heavy drill gun and a level. Remember to sink in the screws, but be prepared to countersink the screws in order to get the heads flush without cracking the board. Upon installation, I did not pre-drill, as there was already holes, and I cracked the side piece. All in all, I think the arbor is strudy and after I seal it, should last for years to come.
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Joined: 4/03/12
How is it not a valid defense? When exchanging opinions, it's the ONLY defense. Clearly ours differ. and there is little either of us is going to do to change that. We've both played both games and we have our preferences. I think Rift has a better end game, "You don't think so" And I guess that's OK. I think there are more options than whether to raid or not. But Whatever, As long as we both enjoy our respective games, I guess that's the best you and I are going to see on this issue. And again, that's fine, but as my initial argument still stands (IMO) "To have the option to raid or not is better than not having the option."
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Joined: 8/06/08
Originally posted by GeezerGamer
It's not valid because exploring all of the game's content is the purpose behind there being an achievement for 100%. Therefore, refusing to explore the world and complete content just because you get scaled down in level, then turning around and complaining there isn't content, is silly. That's like refusing to be fed then complaining you're hungry. If that makes sense to you then...kay. As for raiding, yes it would be additional content, but it also changes the core of the game. People aren't going to gather 25+ people for a large-scale raid, especially at the difficulty Anet puts in their dungeons, for anything less than OP gear. They barely do it now just for regular dungeons, which are a hell of a lot easier than a Raid would be. If you don't add uber, elitist gear then the desire to complete the raids dies, and if you do then you've changed the core of the game and pissed off the people that are still playing after the initial zerg goes back to WoW. Or Rift, evidently. So no, options aren't always a good thing.
edit = btw, Rift was half the game it is now at launch. GW2 has been out a month and its comparable to Rift in content now, let alone Rift as it existed when it first launched.
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Joined: 8/30/08
Originally posted by GeezerGamer
You get epicness...
There is level 80 content.... why do people keep pretending it doesn't exist?
Ignoring whats there to try and make a point is simply asinine. Down leveling also makes ALL the content in the game end game content. Saying "Sure I know you can still do level 20 content at 80, receive rewards and still experience it the way it is meant to be experienced... but that doesn't count" is simply asinine as well.
What happens at level cap in WoW? Can you go to another races starting zone and do quests there and still receive adequate compensation? Challenge? Is there really any reason to go back to those zones since you gain nothing from them? No, you can't so the down leveling adds a whole ton of content for you to do that you simply would not have access to in games like WoW after you've out leveled it.
Do you go to level 30 dungeons at level 80 in WoW and expect to receive any kind of rewards? Find any kind of challenge?
The down leveling adds a whole extra layer of content for you to do, you never out level the content. You can experience it all. This makes the level 20 content count as well. You can also receive level appropriate loot even in lower level zones.
There simply is a great deal to do at endgame. When your level 80 and have first hand experience then you can talk about the endgame content or the lack of it.
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Joined: 3/28/07
Need longer quote limits.
When GUild WArs 2 was announced I said this would happen and the response i got was nope Guild Wars 2 will be different. I have played with exception to Lineage 1 every game NCsoft has released(Guild Wars, Lineage 2, Aion, Dungeon Runners, City of Heroes, Exteel, and Tabula Rasa), and I can tell you from past experience that when you get to end game youll find nothing there. So why should it be any different with Guild Wars 2?
"Possibly we humans can exist without actually having to fight. But many of us have chosen to fight. For what reason? To protect something? Protect what? Ourselves? The future? If we kill people to protect ourselves and this future, then what sort of future is it, and what will we have become? There is no future for those who have died. And what of those who did the killing? Is happiness to be found in a future that is grasped with blood stained hands? Is that the truth?"
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Joined: 8/30/08
Originally posted by akiira69
Fortunately for you if you read one post above yours you'd see that you were mistaken :)
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Joined: 4/03/12
Originally posted by gaeanprayer
No, it's not silly. Being leveled down and sent on to do low level content as a low level character is not something to look forward to, it's something to reflect back upon. and did you not just talk about not being forced to do something. and now you are. I don't understand that. And being forced to be down levels just destroys any concept of character progression whatsoever and normalizes the entire 1-80 back into a single level range. That to me is silly. Spend all this time grinding levels for what? And yeah, so, you are OP'd for the zone, it's not the point. The point is that it's pointless to say you actually level in this game. I don't get the point of the food analogy. If I don't enjoy an aspect of entertainment, I don't do it. If I am hungry, I'll eat whatever I can. How are they the same?
Now, as for raiding, we are getting to the heart of our disagreement. You are arguing on differences in game mechanics, NOT raiding as an option. And that totally makes sense. If you don't like the way the game flows, and you aren't going to raid anyway, then NO, Rift is pointless, if GW2 offers better mechanics. My argument really only works if all else is equal. But again, we are no where near my initial argument. That i s against, the claim Raiding sucks because of the gear grind. You don't have to do it and you aren't comparatively gimped for not raiding. As far as the difference in gear issue, I already spoke in that and I'm not repeating.
As far as how old a game is is irrelevant. WoW is 8 years old and in worse condition than when it was 4. GW2 could botch a content release next year, so can Rift. When you release a game, it needs to be able to compete with what's out there. Supposedly, GW2 was to have much better advancements in gaming than Rift upon release. So I don't see that point.
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Joined: 2/01/11
This is my first post after trolling around the forums for a long time. I was a long time WoW player and raider. I have a lv. 55 Ranger as my main, so I can't speak to the specifics of GW2's endgame yet...but I am begining to fear that I will not have the motivation to get there.
I was super hyped for GW2, and like the OP said...it seems to be dying down every day. I will continue to play...but I don't see myself ever getting really hooked on this game. I had hoped that dungeons and WvWvW would be a new and exciting experience, but to be honest I dislike both (from what I have seen).
Dungeons are an absolute mess. The lack of roles makes it very difficuly to find a niche IMO. If ANET really wanted everyone to be able to do everything, they should have gone a step further and eliminated classes all together. I know that a lot of people are claiming to have wonderful experiences in dungeons...with lots of coordination and learning going on. I have not seen it. My experiences have been a lot of frustration because no one REALLY knows what to do, so they end up looking out for themselves. Thats fine to some extent, but it eliminates a lot of the group dynamic. In WoW I did not like being excluded from certain runs because of my class or role.....but I did enjoy having a role once I was in a dungeon or raid. I think the idea of being able to tank/heal/dps is great and allows everyone to access more of the content....but then being forced to perform a hybrid of all 3 once inside a dungeon is confusing and excessivley frustrating. I would much prefer a multi-build system that allowed all players/classes to perform all roles....but then actually gave them a role to perform.
WvWvW is for the most part a zerg fest. I am sure that some very organized servers are able to avoid this, but every time I log into WvWvW my options are to either 1) join the large group that is running off to fight another large group, or 2) go hide in a keep and play defense the entire time. That gets boring quickly. I am having a very hard time finding ways to contribute as a single player, or even in a small group with friends. Not to mention that the COST of WvWvW is prohibitive. I feel like I have to save up to be able to afford a WvWvW session. I am sure that a large part of this is my lack of "skill" in pvp, but Im just giving my 2 cents. For a game that is using this WvWvW system as a large part of the "end game", it is just not fun enough. If I'm not really enjoying it at lv. 55....why will I enjoy it at lv. 80?
The other part that is really concerning me is the LARGE number of people that are acting like GW2 will never have a "gear treadmill"...and they seem to be happy about that. Yes, WoW had a "treadmill" of sorts....but you only had to reset when there was NEW CONTENT being offered. Yes, every 3-6 months there was a major patch that added in newer, better gear...but it came with new content to see and explore. You did not HAVE to touch this new content...BUT if you were "finished" with the progression to that point, it offered something new to strive for.
I guess my concern is what on earth ANET will do with updates and expansions if there is never any kind of gear progression?? Are they going to release new content and patches that only offer lateral movement?? How many lv. 80 armor sets can one person expected to go after when the usefullness of the gear stays the same? Will they eventually sell us an expansion where noone can become anymore powerfull than they were with Vanilla GW2?? Becoming more powerfull in some way is at the heart of all MMO's...thats why you continue to level up...and why you want to continue playing. If GW2 was really just about improving your "skill"...then you would get rid of levels all together. You would start the game with all skills available, and simply spend your time getting better at using them. Right now GW2 has a half-assed system that tries to make you think leveling is important. Your first 30 levels you are working towards unlocking things and then that simply stops. After lv. 30 you basically stop getting substantial benefits from leveling. A lv. 30 toon that grinds some skill points can have more powers/abilities available to them than someone at lv. 50. The fact that there is literally NOTHING unlocked at major leveling milestones (40, 50, 60, 70, 80) seems wrong. I worked to level up....give me somethign for the effort!
I am sure I will get flamed for posting this, but after reading page after page I felt I wanted to chime in. I might be a noob...I might need to L2P....but I also am someone that really wants to like this game. I was all aboard the hype train...and convinced 3 of my friends to leave F2P Runes of Magic, spend the 60 bucks and jump into this game with me. Now I am feeling stupid because I myself, the hype machine, the guild leader...I'm finding it hard to find reasons to play. I really hope that changes are made sooner than later, because even though its no sub....playing on a regular basis is getting pretty trivial.
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Joined: 3/25/05
Originally posted by adkenner
Agree 100%. This game is so fluff, and so....it just seems like a fast food mmo. When you can get to 80 and immediately buy the BEST gear already, for dirt cheap, and then THATS IT. No more looking foward to more powerful items to further enhance your character. Yeah no thanks. So im going to spend months to get a legendary weapon that has the same stats as market gear? Please.
And the whole no Trinity system, yeah, its their for a reason, because it works. What they got now is...i dont know, its very wierd, very disconnected.
I can go on and on...but ill give it props too...
Graphics, Sound, Combat Animation, Big World Dragons (though only worth it first time, after that its pointless)
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Joined: 10/04/10
Yeah its a casual MMO. Whats your point? If you are looking for hardcore or something more traditional, look elsewhere.
PS: GW2 is all game. All game is endgame.
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Joined: 1/21/12
Originally posted by GMan33
same feelings here m8 :)
Originally posted by GMan33
Trinity was not invented because it works, it was invented so the simple minded could learn their roles and hopefully perform them well enough. Trinity helps keep the less intelligent in line by defining their exact role.
You make it sound like every game MUST have the trinity system because it makes games work. That would be false.
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Joined: 11/21/11
Strongly disagree with the wow style never ending vertical progression.
They should expand the game HORIZONTALY just like the 3 games gw2 seems to take its inspiration from - gw1, coh & daoc.
There's lots of mmos out there for people that want tiered end game content,including the biggest one going. Let gw2 have its own market, let it cater to a different type of player. Trying to get the "wow market" just leads to failure, people do the content then go back to wow which with 8 years behind it will always have more of that sort of content.
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Joined: 6/12/09
Bite my fiery metal ass!
Not surprising. Forced downscaling (due to kryptonite in the hills, no doubt) leaves very little sense of character progression, which is a main driving force in any RPG, MMO or not. My engineer feels almost exactly the same at level 33 as it did at level 10, and that's simply not going to cut it.
33 is as high as I've been able to bring myself to go. Other than to explore the (admittedly pretty) world, I have zero motivation to continue other than getting a new, relatively boring skill every 5 or 6 levels, or a meaningless trait point.
Guess I could always try some more of the ridiculously grindy crafting, but I don't want to compete with hordes of bots for the best grinding spots, so...
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Joined: 9/11/05
Originally posted by Badaboom
It's an MMO; but some of us want an MMORPG. I think that's where the difference lies. I don't recall Arenanet ever saying they were taking the RPG aspect out, but it seems like they did (IMO).
For me, basically, PVE GW2 is the following:
Levels 1-5 : Action Fighting MMO
Levels 6+ : Watered-down version of "Tomb Raider" online but limited to jumping puzzles.
See I already own several different versions of Tomb Raider and they do the exploring/puzzle thing much better. Second, if I wanted that kind of game, I would simply play that. What I want is an online Role Playing Game with others. So I can keep rerolling characters and bring them to level 5 but after a while it gets pretty dull. (Sidenote: If they do downleveling, can't they also do upleveling??? Since I really don't get anything I care about in advancing the latter levels, I might just prefer to skip the whole experience thing and go to the next area..but then again, it becomes like Tomb Raider and I'm not really looking to play that now)
I have no interest in going back and doing lower levels because, hey, just like in Tomb Raider, once I finish a level I am pretty much done with it.
P.S. In case you are wondering, all this is my opinion. Feel free to agree/disagree as you like.
Originally posted by Rednecksith
Trait points are not meaningless. In some cases they make a skill that was OK much better once you have them. For some builds trait points make the build viable, But at level 33 it might not seem that way.
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Joined: 1/07/10
Originally posted by Badaboom
That is the problem, isn't it? You have experienced all there is to experience in the game, fundamentally, by the time you are half way through the levels. Sure, the scenery changes, but after like level 50 or so the skills don't even change. Sure there are new mobs, but the lofty goal of "just play for fun, and fun is the endgame," washes with a very VERY small number of people, certainly not enough people to sustain a major game, at least how I see it.
An MMORPG without progression needs to be better than anything out there with regards to play, and unfortunately for many, GW2 does not seem to be delivering.
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Joined: 9/03/08
I dont even see how people have been playing the game this long if they started when it released.
Originally posted by Naral
VERY small number? I think you are stuck thinking of MMOs 10 years ago. Today most game makers have come to understand that the majority of the potential playerbase for any MMO is casual players. Your claim of playing for fun washing with a VERY small number is a stat you made up. Research has been done that shows hardcore players arew the minority.
Your claim of GW2 having no progression is false. You can claim anything you want and claim that many dont like it, but that does not mean the game is not delivering for many others beyond the ones you feel you represent with your claims. When the servers are empty I will believe that GW2 is not delivering for the majority of people who are playing it now. Until then I take your claims with a grain of salt.
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Originally posted by Mannish
Waiting on FFXIV re-release.
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Originally posted by abeltensor
Welcome to my world. After UO all games except for SWG have been dull. LOL
Easier and easier.


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Latte: An espresso drink that consists of espresso, steamed milk, and foam. In a latte there is a greater percentage of steamed milk than foam.
Mocha: An espresso drink that consists of espresso, steamed milk, foam, and chocolate syrup. In a mocha the chocolate syrup in stirred with the espresso to create a caffeinated hot chocolate with foam.
Cappuccino: An espresso drink that also consists of espresso, steamed milk, and foam. In a latte there is an equal percentage of steamed milk and foam. In a wet cappuccino there is a slightly greater percentage of steamed milk. In a dry cappuccino there is almost no steamed milk and consists of almost pure foam.
Espresso Macchiato: A real macchiato is a shot of espresso and a single dollop of foam on top. The shots can vary from 1 to 4. Any more takes too long to pull and spoils the first 2 shots. *Starbucks has a drink called a caramel macchiato which is just an inverted latte with vanilla syrup at the bottom and caramel drizzle on top.
Americano: A cup filled with hot water and topped with espresso shots. An americano is an alternative to a regular cup of coffee and usually is more flavorful.
Cafe Au Lait: A cup of coffee filled 1/3 of the way with steamed milk. An au lait is preferred by customers who want to add milk or cream to their coffee but do not want to lose the heat by adding cold milk.
Red Eye: A cup of coffee that has shots of espresso added to make it stronger.
There is a fantastic graphic from Oatmeal, that explains the contents of most of your coffees. I'd argue that a true cappuccino only contains foam, and no steamed milk, but besides that, to me, it's quite accurate. The one it doesn't mention that I've made before, and is often confused with a mocha is a Cafés viennoise. This is a latte where the milk is replaced by hot chocolate.


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The Wolves host the Houston Aeros in their final schoolday game of the year at 11 a.m. on Tuesday; Chicago has posted a 5-1-0-0 mark in School Day games since 2009-10 and have outscored its opponents 23-8 in its six morning tilts over the last three seasons.
--- Tim Miller: Netted his third two-goal game of the season on Friday ... Shares second on the team with 13 goals and shares fourth on the club with 26 points in 45 games this year ... Tied for first on Chicago with a +12 plus/minus rating and has posted a plus or even rating in 24 of his last 28 outings ... Notched six points (3G, 3A) in his last eight tilts
--- Darren Haydar: Dished out 3 assists in his last four contests ... Paces the Wolves and shares 12th in the AHL with 27 assists and is tied for first on the team and 17th in the league with 39 points in 41 games this season ... Shares the team lead with a +12 plus/minus rating and has posted a plus or even rating in 12 straight outings
--- Mark Mancari: Saw his four-game point streak snapped on Saturday after he collected 6 points (2G, 4A) from Jan. 24 to Feb. 3 ... Paces the Wolves and shares 13th in the AHL with 18 goals and is tied for first on the team and 17th in the league with 39 points in 40 matchups this season ... Recorded 28 points (11G, 17A) in his last 22 outings, which includes at least one point in 16 of those games and eight multiple-point contests
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--- The Wolves saw their four-game winning streak snapped on Saturday with a 4-1 defeat to Peoria; Chicago sits in second place in the Midwest Division with 54 points (25-17-1-3) and trails first-place Charlotte by six points, but holds two games in hand.
--- Chicago was perfect on the penalty kill for the 25th time this season on Friday (one for one); the Wolves, who have achieved perfection on the penalty kill in 10 of their last 14 contests, rank sixth in the AHL with an 84.3 efficiency rating on the penalty kill this season (156 of 185).
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Saturday, Feb. 4
Peoria 4, (at) Chicago 1
--- The Wolves saw their four-game winning streak snapped with a 4-1 Illinois Lottery Cup defeat at the hands of the Peoria Rivermen at the Allstate Arena
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Friday, Feb. 3
(at) Chicago 4, Rockford 2
--- The Wolves surrendered the game's first goal, but rattled off four consecutive markers en route to a 4-2 Illinois Lottery Cup victory over the Rockford IceHogs at the Allstate Arena
--- Forwards Tim Miller (2G) and Michael Davies (G, A) and defenseman Mark Matheson (2A) posted multiple-point games
--- Goaltender Eddie Lack stopped 30 shots