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Five New Restaurants to Check Out This Month
Looking for someplace new to try? Here's your monthly reminder of five new spots that recently opened around town. Pace yourself.
Ten Things I Have Learned About Dining with Restaurant Industry Folks
Dining out with people in the restaurant industry can teach you a lot about how to have a better dining experience (and also how to be a good customer, which in turn will make you a very welcomed customer). Here are a few pointers on how to act like a cool and conscientious diner–basically, like you know what the hell is up.
Banquet Dinners Where Your Posse Can Feast Like a Beast
You know when it's your friend's birthday and you all go out to dinner and everyone splits the bill and you're stuck paying for all the extra drinks of that girl you actually can't stand and the food wasn't even that good and you're out $130? Yeah, that sucks.
If you are the slightest bit adventurous, and don't want to take all your friends' money, you should try booking a Chinese banquet dinner.
Five of San Francisco's Most Underrated Restaurants
In a town that thrives on what's the latest/hottest/buzziest place to eat at, sometimes you need a reminder of some restaurants that are quietly making their magic in the background.
Four Ways to Meet New People (and Discover New Wines!)
Wish you had someone to share that bottle of bubs or precious Pinot Noir with? There are all kinds of places and events to meet fellow wine lovers (and singles) in this town—and even if you don't end up with some digits, you can at least bring a bottle of something new and delicious home.
Five New Cafés Around the City for You to Check Out
Our city is known for its kick-ass coffee and cafés, with no shortage of places to get your third-wave jolt on. While the hordes have been flocking to The Mill on Divisadero for its Four Barrel coffee (and joining Josey Baker's cult of toast), here are some other new (and smaller) projects that may have escaped your notice:
Offbeat California Hotel Amenities We Love
There's no place like home, but when you go on vacation, finding the right home away from home can make or break a vacation. Hotels come in all shapes and sizes -- some are luxurious, others budget-friendly. In the end, it's the little things that make a difference, turning visitors into repeat customers.
La Playa Hotel, Carmel
Cultures Collide for a Gorgeous Wedding at the Bently Reserve
Jen and Mike were both born and raised in San Francisco, and though they grew up in different cultures, they were united at a classic San Franciscan wedding.
This Heartwarming Celebration Weds Flora, Fauna, and Family Heritage
Shuka and Kiazad Kalantari tied the knot in front of 400 friends and family members in the elegant Regency Ballroom in San Francisco.
From Paris to San Francisco, with Love
Although Sara is a Bay Area native, she and Manu met in France while Sara finished her studies abroad.


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While it will still be another 18 months or so until Twilight-mania finally subsides, the next big franchise poised to gobble up the disposable income of America's rabid teenage girl fanbase will almost certainly be The Hunger Games¹. There is currently a film adaptation in the works, and it is scheduled to hit theaters next March. Earlier today, The Hollywood Reporter landed the scoop that there will be not one but TWO soundtrack albums produced for the Lionsgate film. One will feature the instrumental score co-composed by Grammy-winning soundtrack maestros T. Bone Burnett and Danny Elfman, while the other will feature "collections of the songs featured in the film and songs directly influenced by the themes — freedom, rebellion, survival, family — and subject matter of the film." No specific artists have been announced yet, but we're not going to let a silly thing like that stop us from speculating about the contents of said soundtrack. Here is the The Hunger Games soundtrack tracklisting … of our dreams.
(And if you're into this sort of thing, check out The Hunger Games Soundtrack (Of Our Dreams) on Spotify.)
1) Temple Of The Dog, "Hunger Strike"
2) Lenny Kravitz, "Always On The Run"
3) Eric Carmen, "Hungry Eyes"
4) Weird Al Yankovic, "Eat It"
5) The Clash, "Career Opportunities"
6) Duran Duran, "Hungry Like The Wolf"
7) The Postal Service, "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
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Jon Jones defends UFC light heavyweight title vs. Chael Sonnen on April 27 in Newark
Jon Jones defends UFC light heavyweight title vs. Chael Sonnen on April 27 in Newark | MMAjunkie.comJon Jones can't fight in his home state of New York, so its next-door neighbor will have to do.
The UFC's light heavyweight champion will return to the city and venue he won his title at when he defends his belt against Chael Sonnen on April 27. UFC officials on Monday announced that bout will take place at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Though the event has not yet been given a number, it is expected to be a pay-per-view card.
Though the UFC had announced a date for the Jones-Sonnen fight this past month, a venue and city had not been announced.
The UFC on Monday also announced its four-card schedule for the FOX network, including a Jan. 26 show in Chicago, plus an international FUEL TV show in February.


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Event Horizon: Postwar Art from the Walker's Holdings
Darsie Alexander
Oct 2009
Event Horizon. Bringing to mind deep space and gravitational pulls, this suggestive phrase, repurposed from the world of science, here serves the more creative aim of framing the Walker's newly installed permanent collection exhibition—a cross-disciplinary blend of film, video, performance, painting, sculpture, and photography. In fact, the title is intended to be taken rather literally: Event Horizon…
Haegue Yang: Integrity of the Insider
Doryun Chong
Aug 2009
Poetry, politics, and human emotion inform Haegue Yang's practice—and its relationship to the everyday. Over the past few years, working with nontraditional materials such as customized venetian blinds and electrical devices, the Berlin/Seoul–based artist has created a series of carefully orchestrated installations that operate as microcosms of sensory experiences and are the results of her ongoing…
Ceramics Appeal: Three Views on Contemporary Clay
Aug 2009
As the curators of Dirt on Delight predicted, presenting an exhibition about dirt will bring the clay artists out of the studio. While researching the show last winter, Walker coordinating curator Andria Hickey, quickly found out that a number of Minneapolis' best ceramics artists are in some way connected to the renowned Northern Clay Center or the University of Minnesota's Department of Ceramics…
Painting the Essence of an Era
Laura Hoptman
Mar 2009
One of the extraordinary things about Elizabeth Peyton's oeuvre is that it can serve as a chronicle of a particular period—at a certain moment in the history of culture in certain places among a few people who were enthusiastically making it. Sometimes they knew each other; sometimes they were just mutual fans. In retrospect, her paintings have become a kind of essence of a fifteen-year period in…
Collecting Energy
Aug 2008
In the view of artist Tomás Saraceno, there's nowhere for society to go but up. His floating sculptures employ principles from engineering, aeronautics, and architecture that rethink the way we experience space and relate to forms and to one another. Indebted to the ideas championed by visionaries such as architect Buckminster Fuller and artist Gyula Kosice, he makes objects and installations that…
Composing the Contemporary Collection
Jul 2008
In a Walker exhibition of the not-too-distant future, you'll see a piece by San Francisco–based artist Trisha Donnelly. In 2005 the Walker acquired its first work by Donnelly—a drawing entitled Bend Sinister (2004)—and over the past two years has added two additional pieces, including the video Untitled (1998–1999). In it, the artist, dressed in white, performs in slow motion the signature "rock star…
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Philippe Vergne
Apr 2008
The word "picnic" comes—though nothing is cast in bronze—from the French verb piquer ("pick" or "peck") is associated with the rhyming nique (things of little importance). Richard Prince's latest work, Untitled (Upstate), which made its premiere at the Walker, picks on and transcends things of little importance that populate the world. A full-sized basketball hoop and pole pierce the center of a beat-up old…
Trisha Brown Draws on Her Muse—on Paper and Onstage
Matt Peiken
Feb 2008
In the 1970s, Trisha Brown created notational drawings as road maps for her dancers. Today, one of the founding innovators of postmodern dance draws with abandon, largely as a personal, impulsive expression unto itself. That is, of course, when she can muster the time. If she isn't steering the vaunted dance company bearing her name, Brown is choreographing opera productions-her next one, she says, will…
JoAnn Verburg
Matt Peiken
Jan 2008
JoAnn Verburg holds two St. Paul zip codes—one for the apartment she shares with her husband, poet Jim Moore, and one for her studio, just south of the Wabasha Street bridge. But Verburg's photography has always had a trajectory far beyond the Twin Cities. Many subjects of the portraits, landscapes, and still lifes that elevated her name in fine-art circles are East Coast artists and friends, Italian…


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In a confrontation between constables and unemployed "operatives" or mill-workers, the mob was pushed back from Salford's gates. However, as the rioters were withdrawing, "a private watchman, who had stationed himself at one of the windows inside [the factory], discharged a blunderbuss loaded with no. 4 shot at the legs of the assailants, and five of them, we regret to say, were wounded . . . . Then men were shot from the ground-window of the mill, as seen in the print" (233).
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Man accused of taking, forging checksMarch 27,2013BENNINGTON A South Street man was arraigned Monday after police said they believed he took checks from his landlady in Dorset and wrote checks for more than $1,200 in November.
Daniel K. Torres, 26, of Bennington, pleaded innocent in Bennington criminal court Monday to two felony counts of forgery, three misdemeanor counts of possession of stolen property and a misdemeanor charge of using false tokens. Torres was released without bail.
In an affidavit, Trooper Travis Hess, of the Vermont State Police, said he was assigned a case of possible fraud Nov. 26.
Hess said he spoke with a woman who said three of her checks had gone missing. She told him one had been cashed in Bennington for $450 and another for $800 was taken to the bank but the teller wouldnt cash it.
The woman said she learned from the person who had been given the $800 check that it had come from Torres to whom she rented an apartment in Dorset.
Hess said he spoke with the woman who cashed the $450 check. She said she had done it as a favor for Torres and gave him all the money. According to the woman, Torres told her the money was a refund from his security deposit and he said he didnt want to cash it himself because he owed money to the bank.
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Gallery: Paula Vega Cakes Cupcake Run
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Plenty of athletes load up on carbs the night before a big run.
But eating six cupcakes just minutes before starting a 5K? Perhaps not a great plan, but that was what participants did Saturday morning at Ritter Park in the first of what is expected to be an annual Cupcake Run, sponsored by Paula Vega Cakes, to raise money for the Hoops Family Children's Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital.


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Susan Wendel, PhD
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Diploma, Dietary Technology, Southern Alberta Institute of
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B.Ed., University of Regina, 2003
MA, Briercrest College and Seminary, 2004
PhD, McMaster University, 2009
Areas of SpecializationLuke-Acts Early Jewish and Christian Exegesis Early Christian Apologists
Susan is married to Bruce Wendel, and they are the proud parents of four young adult children. Both Susan and Bruce are graduates of Briercrest Seminary and have served the church in various formal and informal capacities over the past twenty years.
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Scriptural Interpretation and Community Self-Definition in Luke-Acts and the Writings of Justin Martyr. Supplements to Novum Testamentum 139. Leiden: Brill, 2011.
"Interpreting the Descent of the Spirit: A Comparison of Justin's Dialogue with Trypho and Luke-Acts." Pages 95-103 in Justin Martyr and His Worlds. Edited by Sara Parvis and Paul Foster. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007.
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Updates can now be found at the bottom of this post.
Papa John Schnatter is no fan of Obamacare. The CEO of Papa John's International has occasionally railed against the reform for months. Leading up to the election, he was a Mitt Romney supporter and fundraiser. Now that the election is over, he's doubling down on his claim that the health care reform will force his company to increase pizza prices by 10-14 cents a pie. He estimates that Obamacare will end up costing his company $5-8 million annually.
The issue: the Affordable Care Act dictates that full-time employees (30 hours or more per week) at companies with more than 50 workers need to be provided health insurance. Schnatter has further claimed that some employers will cut employee hours to avoid providing them with healthcare.
His remarks have sparked anger on the internet, one thread on social news site Reddit, titled "There are plenty of places to get cheap s***** pizza in the world- Anyone else on reddit ready to boycott Papa John's?" has captured more than 21,000 up-votes and 4,500 comments. A host of Facebook groups with the same idea have cropped up in the past 48 hours.
Meanwhile, shares in Papa John's International have been tumbling since last Thursday, falling from $51.70 at market close Wednesday to $49.22 on Monday, a 4.2% drop.
Checking Papa Schnatter's Math
Last year, Papa John's International captured $1.218 billion in revenue. Total operating expenses were $1.131 billion. So if Schnatter's math is accurate (Obamacare will cost his company $5-8 million more annually), then new regulation translates into a .4% to .7% (yes, fractions of a percent) expense increase. It's difficult to set that ratio against the proposed pie increase, given size and topping differentials, but many of their large specialty pizzas run for $16. Remarkably, a 10-14 cent increase on a $16 pizza falls in a comparable range: .6% to.9%. But the cost transference becomes less equitable if you're looking at medium pizzas, which run closer to $12, meaning a .8% to 1.15% price increase.
For the sake of argument, let's say that Papa John's sells exactly half medium/half large specialty pizzas. Averaging the ranges for both sizes, then averaging that product yields a .86% price increase — well outside the range of what Schnatter says Obamacare will cost him.
So how much would prices go up, under these 50/50 conditions, if they were to fairly reflect the increased cost of doing business onset by Obamacare? Update 12/5/12: an earlier version of this story estimated that a fair per pie cost increase to reflect additional expenses due to Obamacare to be 3.4 to 4.6 cents a pie. That was incorrect. The range is 5.6-9.8 cents per pie. This is still absolutely outside the range of proposed pie increases suggested by Schnatter at the time, and, as discussed in the comments, the range gives Schnatter a large benefit-of-the-doubt margin as the estimate assumes all pizzas are sold at specialty prices. In reality, many pizzas sold are at discount or coupon prices, and many pizzas are not specialty pizzas, but in fact cheaper pizzas with fewer toppings. Thanks to Daniel Kirchheimer for noticing the error.
In September, the company announced that it would be giving away 2 million free pizzas. That was, of course, a promotion designed to increase brand awareness and to invite consumers to try the brand — with the ultimate goal of selling more pizzas. Those giveaways can't really be cataloged alongside sales that would have been made otherwise. But just in case you're curious, that would be the equivalent of $24 million to $32 million in pizza revenue.
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Standing to lose (or gain) as his company determines how best to operate under new regulations is Papa Schnatter himself, who owns 6,094,409 shares, or nearly one fourth, of Papa John's, according to the company's most recent annual report. 1,268,052 of those shares are held in a family limited partnership and 84,000 shares held in a 501(c)(3). The rest are directly owned. At the $49.44 share price, subtracting those held in a charitable trust, the remaining 6,010,409 shares are worth roughly $297 million. Schnatter's compensation packages for years 2009-11 were $2,319,643, $2,614,516, and $2,745,219 respectively, also according to the annual report. Papa John's International has not paid a dividend since 2005.
Also hanging in the balance are the shares of institutional investors FMR (11.6%), BlackRock (6.7%) and JP Morgan Chase (5%). But if these notions of protest materialize, Papa John's front line will be populated by the franchise owners who operate many of its 4,000-plus international locations.
Emails sent to Papa John's Investor Relations and calls placed to Papa John's Public Relations were not immediately returned for comment.
Updates as of 9:15 p.m. EST.
1. First of all, I'm really enjoying the spirited conversation on this post.
2. With regard to the pizza giveaways. These are not "lost revenue." They are a marketing tactic designed by the company to bring more consumers to Papa John's, with the end goal of selling more pizzas and generating more revenue. It is a strategic investment. Further, the cost of giving away a pizza is not equal to the market value of that pizza. I apologize if that was not made clear above.
3. Some seem to think my analysis suggests I don't appreciate a business's duty to shareholders to maximize value. That is not in dispute. But (given the parameters I set up), using Schnatter's figures, the costs his company will incur due to Obamacare are not equal to the pie increases he mentions. Those pie increases would more than make up for damage done to the company's net income through increases to operational expenses. Of course, if he thinks it won't harm the bottom line, he is absolutely allowed to increase prices further. Given inflation and expansion, his other expenses will obviously increase in the following years too. But attributing all price increases to Obamacare would be disingenuous.
4. In introducing the piece, I mentioned fledgling internet efforts to boycott Papa John's. Now, counter-efforts are underway. Google "National Papa John's Appreciation Day" to learn more.
5. Finally, I get the impression that Schnatter is attempting to communicate that there is no such thing as a free lunch, which is true. In the comments, many have mentioned that other companies will most likely need to increase prices in response to Obamacare. That is also true. The question that can't be answered right now is: How will Schnatter's open communication and politicization of price increases ultimately impact his company? Variables to consider: boycotts, counter-boycotts and shareholder perceptions of all the above. Previous case study: Chik-Fil-A.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's soccer team closed out summer preseason with a friendly Saturday morning at Finley Stadium against Murray State.
The scrimmage consisted of three 30-minute periods with free substitutions. The Mocs got on the board first with scoring from freshman Monica Speth (Janesville, Wisc.) who picked up a pass from Clare Latham (Cordova, Tenn.) in the first period. However, the Mocs would give the goal back on an own goal later in the period to make it 1-1.
In the second of the three periods, the Racers scored twice for the eventual 3-1 score. MSU's Julie Mooney scored on an assist from Lindey Hunt to go up 2-1 in the second and Lauren Frazier put in an insurance goal off a pass from Bronagh Kerins late in the period to make it 3-1.
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Tammy Lorraine Clark was born October 25, 1983, in Hugo, the daughter of J.C. Cole and Vonna Lee Crisp. Tammy passed from this life on Friday, December 21, 2012, in Antlers at the age of 29.She married Tommy Clark on November 16, 2004, in Antlers. Tammy worked as a rural mail carrier until her automotive accident five years ago. Tammy enjoyed riding horses and loved all kinds of animals. She loved to go shopping, but had a big heart giving to charities including the D.A.V. and just about anyone in need of assistance. She was a member of the Stanley Church. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Sonny Burt. Tammy is survived by her husband, Tommy Clark of the home; her mother, Vonna Lee Fogarty and step-dad, Gerry House both of Clayton; father and step-mother, J.C. & Janet Cole of Antlers; sisters & brothers-in-law, Jessica Manning & Markus McCoy of McAlester, Peggy & Junior Black of Wynnewood, Sarah & Joe Ingram of Daisy; sisters, Diane Nelson, and Louise Cole both of Atoka; brother & sister-in-law, Douglas Cole & Arlene Freeman of McAlester; brother-in-law, Jim Clark of Daisy; mother-in-law, Minnie Lee Clark of Daisy; grandmother, Lavonne Burt of Buffalo Valley; step-children, Chase & Tina Clark of Daisy, Misty & Stephen Butler of Nashoba, Michelle Clark of Bartlesville; grandchildren, Kristen Clark, Brendalyn Clark, and Bradley Clark all of Daisy, Whitney Butler and Samantha Butler both of Nashoba, Jace Clark and Conwy Clark both of Bartlesville; nieces, Hailee Cole of Clayton, and Zoe Ingram of Daisy; nephews, Dakoda Manning, Suthern Cole, Brintly Cole, and Owen Cole all of McAlester; plus many more nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services for Tammy Clark will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. in the Stanley Church with Pastor Gary Fuller officiating and burial following in the Mountain Home Cemetery near Daisy. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, December 26, 2012, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the Mills & Coffey Funeral Home Chapel. Family and friends are invited to sign the guest book or send private condolences to the family at www.millscoffey.com.
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Ryan Palmer has been added to the field of this week's U.S. Open.
Richie Ramsay produced a superb fightback to beat India's Shiv Kapur in the opening round of the inaugural Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Matchplay.
As a result of recently breaking his hand, Chris Kirk will not compete in next week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
Rory McIlroy made official today that he will not return to competition at next week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational where he is the defending champion.
In his press conference today for the Quicken Loans National, Billy Hurley III announced that the whereabouts of his father, Willard, are unknown.
Scott Stallings will have his tonsils removed and undergo surgery for a deviated septum on Tuesday.
Patrick Rodgers has crashed the field of this week's Quicken Loans National.
Gary Woodland is one of 15 golfers to qualify for next week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational via the latest update of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Overnight leader David Hearn settled for an even-par 35-37=72 in the finale of the RBC Canadian Open to conclude at 15-under 273, good for solo third and two shots back of champion Jason Day.
RBC Ambassador Jason Day hung up a 4-under-par 34-34=68 in the final round of the RBC Canadian Open to conclude his third appearance in the tournament at 17-under 271, good for a one-shot victory over Bubba Watson.
Overnight co-leader Danny Willett closed out the Omega European Masters with a bogey-free, 5-under-par 33-32=65 to post 17-under 263, good for a one-stroke victory over fellow Englishman and overnight co-leader Matt Fitzpatrick.
Scott Piercy stalled out to a 1-over-par 36-37=73 in the third round of the RBC Canadian Open and at 1-under 215 will not be a part of the Sunday festivities in Oakville, Ontario.


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Home automation, a category more broadly referred to as the "internet of things," is almost surely going to be a large and growing market in the coming years. And while Apple's recently announced entry is the forthcoming HomeKit platform, Google has yet to announce anything exactly equivalent. At I/O 2014, however, Google did announce its plan for Nest, and shed much more light on its Android Wear smartwatch operating system.
Today, an Android developer demoed a system that he already has working which brings home automation to Android Wear. While HomeKit intends to give developers an easy way to connect their apps to partnering hardware manufacturers, Google's system (or lack thereof) is much more open-ended. In this example, hardware from DroidCK paired with apps that are already in the Play Store work almost seamlessly with an out-of-the-box Samsung Gear Live smartwatch, taking what was already an Android-powered home automation system and extending it to a wearable with little additional work.
The Android Wear device can control devices through Google Now commands as well as on-screen buttons:
Home automation systems aren't exactly new, and products like Philips Hue lightbulbs and the Nest thermostat have been controllable via our smartphones for quite some time. What we're only just recently seeing with smartwatches like the Pebble and now Android Wear devices, is this concept becoming much more feasible and readily accessed when it's needed. Pulling our your phone, unlocking it, and navigating to an app to turn off your lights may actually be less convenient than manually hitting a wall switch a few feet away. But being able to say "Ok Google, turn off the lamp" might be a completely different story.
Google showed us this in an Android Wear promotional video earlier this year:
The rumored Apple iWatch, which is seemingly already being tested by pro athletes, is rumored to have a number of sensors for monitoring health information, and that information will almost surely tie in with HealthKit. But the other big "Kit" that Apple announced at WWDC, HomeKit, seems to also fittingly tie in with a wearable wrist device. That device being an iWatch would mean that the experience we see announced later this year may not be too far off from what we see in the video above.
Comparable to Google's plan for its Nest brand, Apple just might be building its own "mainstream" smarthome hardware, which would in theory tie the system together from end to end and generally give Apple control over the entire experience. While there's no way of knowing what specific kind of hardware Apple is working on, lightbulbs, thermostats, and smoke detectors are definitely some of the most obvious candidates. In line with Apple's no-fragmentation philosophy, all of these Apple-made devices controlled with an Apple-made iWatch would, in theory, be a great solution for home automation.
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Looks great until someone writes a virus that turns everything off every 5 minutes lmao
"The Internet of Things" and manually controlling something from your watch or smart phone is the exact polar opposite of home automation. Most people don't get home automation, including those releasing products like the Hue bulbs. Most consumers need to be shown a deeply integrated system before they can even begin to appreciate what it could do for them. There are many professionals installing amazing systems every day, however for any of this to reach critical mass and typical consumer adoption, it's going to take something a lot more simple and a lot lower priced than the great custom systems being put in place today. It's also going to take a lot more than a Next and a few lightbulbs. That's all party tricks with 15 second appeal, not home automation. If it necessitates manual intervention, if it necessitates controlling one device at a time, if it necessitated interacting with multiple applications, it's not automation.
Really? Talking to Google to switch the lights on seems kind of douchey to me.
Hope Apple comes up with something better. I'm hoping for some deep iBeacons integration and situation awareness in home automation so your watch, phone or whatever knows which devices are available around you and ready to be controlled. And it should anticipate what you are about to do. Like switching lights on automatically when it is dark and you enter the room and obviously switch it of once you leave for energy saving reasons…
I could NOT see ever wearing that. I seldom wear any watch now and something that fugly and obtrusive is totally out of the question
It would drive me crazy to have to repeat "OK Google…" each time I wanted it to do something for me. It's more like a marketing plan for how many people they can get to say Google's name per hour. Smart home automation to me would involve a LOT more than just telling various pieces of equipment to turn on and off. A well designed home automation system should allow you to set up a list of variables that actually "automate" your daily activities. For example, the system should be able to sense by your speed and route that you're coming back from a bicycle ride, and as you approach the garage it should know to open the door automatically, which you can easy override by saying "cancel" if you don't want it.
Another example: Each morning you may have a daily routine Monday to Friday of 1) Checking your stocks, 2) visiting a few specific web sites for the latest information, 3) turning on the TV to a news channel and 4) powering on your coffee at a certain time. A home automation system worth its socks should allow you to easily program these actions in as your standard "weekday morning" routine, and should "automatically" do them for you without asking, providing notification of what actions are taking place. You should be able to say "cancel coffee" if you don't want it on a particular morning. It should also ask you before you go to bed if you haven't approached or set up the coffee pot for the morning "no coffee tomorrow?", and this would be based on your previously set up list of actions. With iBeacon technology, it would know if the coffee pot isn't set up because you haven't been near it.
For those in northern latitudes during the winter, the system should automatically turn the temperature down to a preset level, and when you come within a mile of home, should raise the temperature automatically in preparation for your arrival. The key point is that it should be able to be predictive of what you want before you ask for it, and it should allow for routines to be set up and work together. For example: "Turn off all lights except for the front porch and kitchen lights when I leave the house" and "turn off lights when I leave the room". These should be spoken commands that set up automation routines that automatically link themselves together and are triggered by your location and the time of day, and they should be easily canceled and/or altered by voice command. It would be a combination of Siri voice input and iBeacon technology.
What is shown in the videos on this page isn't what I'd call innovation or automation. It's just remote voice activation, which is fine but relatively low-tech, whereas true automation would allow a proper home system to predictively carry out a series of common actions because it detects your presence and is aware of the actions you usually take each day at certain times, in routines that you can set up: "Open the garage door when I get within 10 feet when I'm riding my bicycle" could be an example of one part of a routine you could set up. iBeacon would be able to detect by your speed and route that you're not walking, and that you're coming from an outside location rather than simply coming out of the house to take the trash out.
Do you work at Apple? You should.


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For several months, Catherine Hasty and Jerry Beck had planned to get married on June 15.
They also agreed to postpone their honeymoon – so they could join other members of the First Baptist Church of Aiken on a mission trip to Haiti.
"We were asking ourselves if we should still do the trip," said newly married Catherine Beck. "But we had been working with the youth group at church, too. We knew we really wanted to go, and it was a neat way to start our marriage."
Her father, Tim Hasty and her sister, Sarah Hasty, also participated in the mission, organized by the Rev. Mary Carol Anderson, associate pastor for student ministries. During their week in the town of Grand Goave, near Port-au-Prince, the group members did much of the work on a "rubble" house for a family of eight – relying on materials from the devastating earthquake that struck in January 2010.
"It's overwhelming how much is still needed, how destructive the earthquake was," Tim said. "(The town) was 15 miles from the epicenter, and it still did a lot of damage. Ninety percent of the houses were destroyed."
The mission was task-oriented to build a house, said Gray Johnson, a Furman University sophomore.
"It was a cultural venture and also a spiritual experience, providing a mother and father something they needed," Johnson said. "It was not something I expected."
The area in which the group worked is called tent city and is desperately impoverished. The family aided by the Americans had been living within a wooden frame with tarps serving as walls.
"It was not a real structure," said Jerry. "The home we built is 15-by-21 feet, smaller than some of our living rooms. Yet it will be significantly larger that what they've had, and the family is thrilled to have this new facility."
Anderson recognized the hopefulness of the Haitian residents, how they persist in working so hard to provide for their families. Last Sunday, the First Baptist members attended Silhoe Baptist Church in Grand Goave – funded by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to help rebuild it.
The church is gorgeous, Anderson said, and the balloons still stand from the grand-opening held in May.
"The service was in Creole and we spent a lot of time listening to them in worship service," she said. "You could tell how they were thanking God for all they had and are given. We introduced our team and thanked them for giving us a chance to be in their community in partnership."
The group decided to sponsor a little girl from the tent city so she could attend a school. Anderson and Hasty had the opportunity the meet the child and her dad, and experience directly their gratitude for the support.
The participants from Aiken readily acknowledged that U.S. residents take their lives for granted, always wanting more money and bigger houses and cars.
"We never really get happy, always changing our goals of happiness," said Hasty. "Everybody in Haiti seems to be happy with what they had. The kids especially had the biggest smiles on their faces."
From the moment the group members arrived in Grand Goave, the children gravitated to Catherine. She couldn't speak Creole and they couldn't understand English, but the kids seemed to understand she is a teacher. Catherine began her teaching career at the East Aiken School of the Arts last fall.
She started playing with the kids right away. They're the same as her students, playing games with each other. They taught her how to count to 10 in Creole.
"They are some of the happiest kids I've ever seen," Catherine said. "It makes me appreciate the kids I have. Some of them have hard times, too, and as a teacher, I wanted to do everything I can for them."
The other participants included Tommy Sessions, Chuck Martin, Harrison Martin, Madison Martin, Julie McLain, Chrissie Alexander, Sally Tice, Victor Tice, Gordon Eisenman, Jack Eisenman, Jesse Eisenman, Drew Epps, Sarah Laurence and Clark LeMaster.
Senior writer Rob Novit is the Aiken Standard's education reporter and has been with the newspaper since September 2001. He is a native of Walterboro and majored in journalism at the University of Georgia.
SUBMITTED PHOTO During a mission trip to Haiti, Aiken residents are joined by a family in the town of Grand Goave to build a new home with rubble from the 2010 earthquake.×
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It is so awful that you had to go through all the ethical issues and were treated the way you were . I am also religiously observant ( Jewish ) and I also had many of the same issues to deal with . I remember when I started developing PE at 24 weeks a doctor asked me if I was interested in terminating my pregnancy . This was after all I had struggled in order to get to 24 weeks . I lasted out another 10 days , and by the time my daughter was born I was so severely ill , I nearly died . When I was in the emergency recovery room and I went into renal failure , I kept on thinking what would happen if my daughter Tali never had a mother . I felt so bad that I had tried to have another child , while putting my life on the line . I felt so guilty that I had not taken my daughter Tali into account .
If I remember correctly , you have an older child like me .
I know for me , each day when I am with her , I am thankful that God spared my life so that my daughter can have a mom .
I went to speak to a social worker after I lost Dina . I am still continuing to see her now and it helped me a great deal .
My husband and I were also very close after Dina died , but then he carried one with his life and I was left with my grief . The only place I could go and vent was with the social worker because he had already reached a point where he wanted to put it behind us .
I think men and women are just different and although he came with me once to speak to the social worker , I never dragged him with me again .
Me and my daughter Tali talk about Dina a lot , and that is special .
I think you need to find someone that you feel " safe " with to talk to , and often a professionally trained person is very objective and nonjudgemental , and helps to put things into perspective .
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Mom to Tali ( PE and HELLP 32 weeks , 5/3/1998 ) ,my first angel in heaven ( PE and HELLP 20 weeks , 20/2/2002 ) , my seccond angel in heaven , Dina Chaya Hodaya ( PE and HELLP , , 25 weeks , ,29/10/2003-4/11/2003 )


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With the men's provincial playdowns starting across the country this week and next, Goldline would like to highlight one of the curlers who will be hoping to gain a berth into the Brier. Marc Kennedy is the second on the team skipped by Kevin Martin. At just 31 years of age, he has an Olympic gold medal, 2 Brier titles and a world championship under his belt. He's a heavy hitter out on the ice, and is one of the strongest sweepers in the game.
Just the other week, the Edmonton Journal ran a great article on Marc and his brother Glen.
Goldline extends its best wishes to the entire Martin team who begin play for the Alberta title in Leduc on February 6!
If you weren't curling what sport would you be playing?
Where were you born?
St. Albert
Current hometown?
St. Albert
What is your full time job?
RBC Olympic Ambassador
When did you start curling?
6 years old
Who is your favourite athlete?
Wayne Gretzky
Where is your favourite place to curl?
Rexall Place
What is your favourite food?
Prime Rib
What is your favourite vacation spot?
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
What is your favourite TV show?
Modern Family
What are you listening to on your iPod?
Who is your favourite curler, other than yourself?
Ben Hebert
Who is your role model?
Scott Pfeifer, Wayne Gretzky
Have you ever been in a bar fight?
Who is your celebrity crush?
Katy Perry
What is your favourite book?
Sh*t my dad says!
What is your favourite movie?
Braveheart, Matrix
If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Move next to John Morris and Ben Hebert
Who is the best curler to follow on twitter?
Ben Hebert and Craig Savill
What is your favourite sports team?
Edmonton Oilers
What's your preferred shot to win a game?
Inturn hit, just need contact
What is one of your favourite quotes?
"Treat others the way you want to be treated"
What is your favorite body part
On me? Legs. On her? Butt
What is your favourite form of exercise?
If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
What's the hardest thing you've ever done?
Raise Kids


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Brunt of winter storm 'Nemo' expected in other parts of New EnglandBy Josh O'Gorman
Staff Writer | February 07,2013Vermonters and visitors to the state will be treated to a wintry weekend but will be spared the full and mighty wrath of winter storm Nemo.
The first major storm of 2013 is expected to pummel parts of Massachusetts, and southern regions of New Hampshire and Maine with more than two feet of snow, but snowfall totals for most of Vermont are expected to fall far shy of that mark.
"We're going to be more of a spectator on this one," said Roger Hill, meteorologist for Worcestor, Vt.-based Weathering Heights. "It looks like a historic Nor'easter that will just graze Vermont."
Forecasters are calling for between 7 inches and 10 inches of snow to fall across the state, beginning Friday morning and continuing until Saturday afternoon. However, residents and travelers through the higher elevations of Windham County can expect as much has 20 inches before it's all over.MORE IN This Just InThe family of a Connecticut man who was killed in a car accident on Route 4 last Friday night is... Full StoryAssociated Press Full StoryIt seems like I just started to warm up from last winter and I see back-to-school displays. Full Story
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Apple is in the hands of smart people and let them do their job. In my view, they don't need to come up with lower end model as their new product launch pushes the old one to the lower end with price automatically. I strongly oppose any lower end model launch by the apple like company which promised to deliver best products in the world. This is my personal view only. Besides, I think stock market is going to kill the innovative companies of U.S like Apple for their personal greed and interests. Apple is spending more efforts and money on rest of the matters than focusing on her core innovative business in the world.
Why a less expensive iPhone might make more sense
If Apple sticks to their current pattern, there'll be an iPhone 5s later this year, and the iPhone 5 will drop to $100 on-contract, the iPhone 4S will drop to free on-contract, and the iPhone 4 will be retired. If Apple sticks to their current pattern, there'll be an iPhone 6 in 2014, and the iPhone 5s will drop to $100 on-contract, the iPhone 5 will drop to free on-contract, and the iPhone 4S will be retired.
But Apple doesn't always stick to their current patterns, and this year, rumor has it Apple might also introduce a less expensive iPhone. A less expensive iPhone very nicely addresses three key issues for Apple:
- It lowers off-contract cost of entry for both emerging markets (like China) and price-sensitive customers everywhere (like first-time smartphone buyers).
- It differentiates the product line, taking pressure off higher end, higher margin devices (like a theoretical iPhone 5s).
- It gets all iPhones onto the 4-inch, Lightning connector platform faster (by dropping the iPhone 4S a year earlier).
Apple has explored the idea of less expensive iPhones for years, but ultimately decided to drop the price of previous generation iPhones instead. It allowed them to eventually get to zero dollars on-contract, and it let them exploit economies of scale, but it didn't service the needs of emerging markets where phones aren't typically sold on-contract, and even the zero dollar option costs $450. It also didn't serve the needs of first time buyers for whom price was the single most important feature.
It also relied on newer models being sufficiently distinct in hardware to justify their higher price points. The iPhone 4 has Retina and a new, glass and metal casing. The iPhone 4S was more of a challenge, with little visual distinction, and marketing focused a little on speed and camera, and a lot on Siri. The iPhone 5 had a bigger, 4-inch, 16:9 screen, and LTE.
Even with speed and size as obvious distinctions, the iPhone 5 still faced stiff competition from... the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4. For many people, that design, that screen size, that radio technology is good enough. And at those lower price points, it's great.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, during the Q1 2013 conference call, said the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S haven't yet cannibalized iPhone 5 sales. More specifically, he said the product mix this year, with the iPhone 5 as the flagship, was essentially the same as last year, when the iPhone 4S was the flagship. That -- maintaining the average selling price for the iPhone -- is important for Apple's inventors who value the bottom line. But what happens later this year, or next? What happens when the 4-inch LTE iPhone 5 is $100? When it's $0?
It's not impossible to imagine a world where the flagship iPhone, be it iPhone 5s or iPhone 6, is the flagship iPhone, and the less expensive iPhones aren't just older models sold at incremental $100 discounts, but iPhones specifically designed to be less expensive.
Again, less expensive doesn't mean cheap, Apple doesn't do cheap. Apple doesn't do crappy netbooks or budget tablets. They do the Mac mini and the iPad mini, the iPod nano and the iPod shuffle.
Whether they return to plastic backs offered in their reserved-for-lower-end color palettes, and keep less expensive, less expansive, components inside like chipsets, radios, and cameras, or once again zag instead of zig, as much as a less expensive iPhone could increase Apple's addressable customer base in emerging markets on carriers like China Mobile, it could also decrease the pressure on Apple's premium phone business in established markets on carriers like AT&T and Verizon, and help better welcome those "next billion users" world-wide.
Not only has Apple done this in the past with the iPod line, they've done it as recently as last year with the iPad mini. Given the issues a less expensive iPhone could address, it's not hard to imagine Apple addressing a less expensive iPhone this year.
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I know the strong point to compete android in the emerging markets, but I don't think Apple may compete with low end products. Apple means best product in the market with extra price for quality. Today my friend in Dubai told me that they bought iPad mini on account of best experience and they were least concerned with little extra price tag as compare to the extraordinary services and experience with Apple...
I tend to agree. No matter what "less expensive" phone Apple can introduce, their required margins will always make it more expensive than the competition who don't seem to care about margins on hardware because their primary business is something else.
So it's not really about Apple competing with the competition. It'd be more about Apple trying to expand their own markets by "reaching down" a bit but still achieving a decent profit margin. They did this with the ipad Mini.
A less expensive iphone of course would have older processors, cheaper parts, etc. Basically an ipod touch with a 3G chip. It'd still be priced at around 399-429 though off contract. Think price of current ipod touch plus extra cost to throw in the 3G chip.
On the other hand, an iphone 4 (the free, on-contract, option this year) costs 450 unlocked and off contract. It'll be the 4S this year that moves to this price. And iphone 5 next year. And so on.
So in effect, Apple is already doing a "less expensive" iphone. It just takes 2 years for the current iphone to become less expensive.
But what if Apple made a phone that just starts off this way? The floor is dropped (cheaper parts) and the off contract price can get even lower. Maybe this year it starts at 429. Next year, it can move to 329 as it scales up. That's the reaching down part. It could also be marketed better since the "less expensive" phones would be "newer" than a 2 year old one.
You're not buying a two year old iphone 4. Nope, it's the iphone mini. And that matters. Go ask HTC how marketing and brands matters vs Samsung. Samsung cleaned up in the android space.
The reason I could see it making any sense is that the carriers have already stated that they are looking into (read: planning on) moving away from subsidized phones with a two year agreement. T-Mobile has started the trend already, and even though they don't have the iPhone officially (yet), Verizon and AT&T have both gone on record to say they are going to watch how it plays out. Once this all comes to fruition, how many teenagers and twenty somethings are going to be able to drop $600+ on a phone that will likely be "old news" in 1 year? Even myself, a 30 something male with a decent job and a new house and home mortgage, would have a hard time justifying a $700 mobile phone purchase. Android will capitalize on this fact if Apple doesn't respond with a less expensive iPhone. I think Apple needs to pull the trigger on this one and do it!
I get your point, but a Galaxy Note II off contract is $700, RAZR HD is $600, RAZR MAXX HD is $650, Galaxy S III is $600 and DROID DNA is $600.
These are the top tier phones, and while you can argue the merits of each, the fact is, the prices on contract and off are generally comparable.
Plus, T-Mobile will have 2 options. A set monthly amount, and you pay the full price up front, and a set monthly amount, a "down payment" on the phone, and an additional monthly fee until the phone is paid for. This, ultimately is a win for the consumer, if they all adopt it. I can easily see myself doing the second option, and paying a bit more a month until my phone is paid off, and having a few months or a year of a lower bill. Or, once I pay my phone off, buy a new one and keep the "higher" bill. No different than now, only, with the new option, my bill could theoretically go down if I decide to keep my phone for say three years.
And this is why I don't think it will happen, unless an overwhelming majority of Verizon and AT&T customers upgrade on day 20 months, 1 day.
Sounds about right. But to be honest, it doesn't really matter to me much. The iphone 5 is a great phone and outside of increasing screen size (along with doubling resolution), there's nothing they can add that would mean much to me. I'm looking forward moreso to iOS and ecosystem updates.
Apple is cliche expensive, so a less expensive Apple ANYTHING would make more sense.
It's only $199. Plus if you want a less advanced model, it's only $99. Unfortunately, some people sneer at it because it's last years model. But if Apple had released a $0, $99, and $199 phones on the same day (that were the equivalent of the 4, 4s and 5) people would be fine with it, in my opinion).
Speaking of cost:
If you have a basic cell phone plan you're likely paying at least $199 every 3 or 4 months, so the cost for the phone isn't really that high. Compare that to a TV $400, if you have a basic TV plan at $50, it would take 8 months to pay it off, and that's with a low end $400 TV, Apple isn't end, if you want to say a $1000 it'd take 20 months to reach that plateau.
Now we don't upgrade our TVs every 2-years, so that has to factor in, but then again, it's not really necessary to upgrade the phone every two years either.
Two things,
One, you mean I don't HAVE to get a new phone every other year? I thought that was a must...
Two, great point about the TVs. The smart phone is something we all carry with us all the time. A little more of an investment in something that is ALWAYS with us and can save our lives, rescue apps and the ability to call for help, makes more sense than paying extra for a TV and less for a phone.
Last year's iPhone, and the several years before (even the non-retina displays) can probably save my life just about as the latest model. Although, on the older models, the battery life might not last as long.
Actually, I upgrade mine every two years, but it's not necessary. But at only $100 a year ($199/2 years) for the phone upgrades to me it's worth it. Plus, I usually time the rumors pretty good and get my Gazelle buyback price at a pretty good rate, so it's doesn't even have to cost that.
(I'll confess, I usually buy the models with more storage and I've actually paid the premium and purchased after only one year!)
Rene-- I don't normally pick out 'mistakes' in iMore articles, but I figured I would help. I am not sure, but I think you meant investors, not inventors in the 4th paragraph. If you want I will read all articles for you guys and you only need to pay me in apple products or iTunes credits LOL. Just playing, unless you are serious...
I'm sorry, but this article jumps around. For emerging markets I think these are some EXCELLENT points. Developing an iPhone that costs far less to build thus far cheaper to buy is a great idea. It will open up an entirely new segment.
For markets that aren't new, and especially for the US (I don't want to speak for other countries) this idea is, well, STUPID. Why? The way it is now, you're getting the old phone at a much lower price. Sure it's not as snazzy as the new one, but it's still what it was a year ago, or two years ago. Put a less featured model out in the US and it will be viewed as a "crippled" model. Yeah, TECHNICALLY it's an iPhone, but it's not a REAL iPhone. It's the KMart version. I'm not a fanboy (even moreseo, I HATE Macs) but Apple is doing it the right way (again, at least in the US).
im not decided yet on my next phone - either the next one or the one after will be an ubuntu phone.
The problem is, Would the cost reduction of iPhone 5 / iPhone 4S has been reduced by that much over the course of the year/s. Dropping the price of previous iPhone only means apple is operating on a lower margin on those products.
Would Apple make a larger screen iPhone first to capture those who are still waiting for large screen iPhone or a lower margin iPhone?
yes you can sell your iPhone to www.cashyourgadgets.co.uk - They currently have a promo on where they beat any quote compared to what other recycling companies offer you. Good luck mate!
I can't imagine Apple introducing a dumbed-down iPhone that strips features from the existing iPhone 5. Instead, I can envision Apple introducing two all-new iPhones simultaneously; one being the iPhone 5S with 4'' screen and incremental updates and the other a high-end 5'' iPhone with premium features.
The result would be two phones updated each year, both perceived to be full-featured relative to their respective predecessors, and a new iPhone lineup with multiple price points (like every other Apple product).
This scenario would also make for a perfect "one more thing" introduction of the 5'' iPhone, although it seems those days have passed. But a fanboy can dream.
What if Apple will focus more on tablets than smartphones this year? The tablet market is really on the rise. Plus, in the recent past it is clear that they have focused more on the iPhone and Mac. On the tablet side they just renewed the iPad and released the mini (with many complaining about the lack of retina display). Without any element to ground my bet, I think they will focus a bit more on the iPad this year.


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Originally posted by AwDiddums
Sociopathic behaviour is a mental disease and is far worse then calling someone a carebear.
I dont expect all carebears to defend this thread, point is proven though that carebears are just as bad as the non-consensual PvP player when they not disapprove that calling players of a different playstyle mentally disturbed.
You PvE players are just a bunch of hypocrits that turn your cape the wind blows, pathetic.
Carebear is a way tamer expression then the one MagiK used and it describes the PvE players playstyle very well.
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Originally posted by lizardbones
Carebear describes very well the playstyle of a PvE player.
Sociopathic behavior and being fond of risk vs reward games and consequences is not the same.
The post is still there.
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WARNING: This post got a little "Ranty"
TLDR; Move along, if you cannot be bothered to read, this post is not for you.
I am sorry, but since when is non-consensual PVP "Risk vs. Reward" Gameplay. I would like to point out that Non-Consensual implies ganking. Though a game allowing FFA PVP via PVP servers or whatever, the PVP is inherently consensual as you agree to said PVP by playing.
I think the bigger issue here is allowing ONLY the one style of play. People that prefer co-operative play are not necessarily "Care-Bears", they might just prefer to socialize.
Now to be fair, I do understand your point OP. However I would also like the point out the aggresive nature, and all encompassing statements that are frequently seen by the "Hardcore PvP" crowd. The overwhelming interest to make someone else suffer for your own enjoyment Aka Ganking, truely falls under a Sociopathic tendancy, this behavior is not tolerated in real life, and when you think about it, neither is the smack talking that takes place in most PVP enviroments.
I am not a Carebear, I enjoy pvping when I am in the mood for it. I play games like EvE and Darkfall, and play on PvP Servers when they are around. But I also truly enjoy a cooperative experience as well. And I do hope that someday a PVP game can prove to me that it has a decent community, because to be honest I have found the most PVP centric games attract the scum of the MMO Communities.
I would also like to understand why the term carebear stands to describe a PvE player? Do you not believe that theirs is a valid playstyle as well, without feeling the need to insult us/them. Just because someone enjoys a PvE experience, and would like to be immersed in lore. In truth, much of the reason I enjoy a PvE experience is for story, lore, and imagination... to get lost in a writers mind. Like reading a good book. And sometimes, just sometimes, it is really fun to partake in a particular fantasy with some friends, or soon to be friends. Sitting and insulting someone for this, simply emphasises what many people HATE about a PvP community, and for an example just take a look at how people from RP Communities are treated by non RP players.
This is my Opinion, and my opinion only. I am not presenting this as fact, only as personal experience.
Wow this went a lot longer than I wanted.... sorry.
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I think the difference is calling somebody a carebear is namecalling, stating that many in the psychological field believe that some people who enjoy non-consensual PvP are likely to have sociopathic tendencies is not. It is stating an actual fact (not that they are sociopaths or not, but rather that the psychological community sees a trend in the mental behaviors of people who do).
I would contend that when you hear the ranting and slamming keyboards and throwing things (former roommates)or conversely their perverse joy of slaughtering unarmed or extremely underlevelled or geared people and their liking it to killing children that perhaps some of those people do need help. Sure not everyone who enjoys violently ganking the innocent is suffering mental trauma, but probably a good number could use counselling.
I would like to give an opinion on this post, but if I agree I will offend people who disagree. While if I disagree my comment will be seen as inflammatory. Either way I will get banned by this site full of the most delicate flowers in online gaming. Ban people for giving honest opinions... beautiful. Unfortunately I still like the articles.
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Doesn't matter whether "carebear" can be used to describe a play style. It's used as an insult. That's why it's not allowed. It's not something that even allows for discussion, much less something that would cause further discussion.
You read what the poster stated. They stated something that could be shown true or false. If there were studies that showed that their statement was true, they could have been found. If no such studies existed, the post could be proven to be a lie. In either case, the post could be discussed.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
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One is calling a large group of players by a (now) derogatory term.
The other is using several sentences to point out the existence of studies (though references should be linked) that seems to indicate that there is negative psychological attributes associated with another group of players.
He also states that he essentially agrees with the studies and suggests a possible means of help.
Two different things, and even if SotA moderators don't like that kind of talk, it's harder to quickly spot with simple keyword filter and isn't calling them by a derogatory term.
I have to wonder, are you making such a huge fuss out of it because you feel it is directed at you personally? And also, it does seem as though an anger management class might actually help some of them. Though I don't think most of them are angry, I just think many of them tend to be a-holes and the like, and the last time I checked, no simple class will help moderate that kind of anti-social activity. ;)
Oh, and if you're wondering, consistently calling a group of people by derogatory terms (aka, insults), is itself an anti-social behavior and is normally discouraged.
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Originally posted by Arrogant_Wormy
You have to understand that we arent discussing real life here, were talking about loss of pixels. Being the killer of pixels isnt being a sociopath. It is just another type of playstyle. A playstyle that include competition, risk vs reward and consequences. A playstyle where the competition with other human players are most essential.
Take the opposite of above and you have the carebear.
Originally posted by Dauntis
And again, that non-consensual player killed pixels not the player behind the keyboard.
There have to be a age setting for games that fit the profile of the game. Some games should only be for adults and if youas an adult dont like killing pixels then just dont enter such a game.
I know thousand of players that fit right into the description non-consensual players and they are just as well behaved real life as any carebear. Very social individuals.
A carebear is a good description of a PvE player.
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So they don't want you to use the word Carebear? So don't use it. I thought you didn't even want to play the game since there is no forced pvp.
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Originally posted by Aragon100
Hey , if you want to bring real life into it , I'll tell you why these people are well behaved ,it's called jail.
Don't bring real life into a game debate.
This could end up being very interesting.
Originally posted by barasawa
Yeah that study would be fun to read. =)
I wonder why he didnt post it?
He calls a group of players for sociopaths. The ones that enjoy non-consensual PvP with it's risk vs reward and consequences.
I call a group of players that have a gamestyle of carebearism for carebears.
To me it is way more serious claiming a group of players have some mental disorder then calling a carebear a carebear.
Originally posted by Rorhc
The one that brought real life into this was the character called MagiK over at SotA forums that claim non-consensual players are sociopaths. And there were no reaction whatsoever from SotA moderators.
So you're saying that players that like non-consensual PvP is in jail, ROFL.
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Originally posted by Aragon100
The problem isn't the PvP it is the Ganking , Ie. Non-Consensual PvP, how is that risk vs reward.... why could this not be in a PVP realm/overlay. How does attacking someone that does not provide a challenge make risk vs reward gameplay. A Game like EvE or Darkfall do you feel special when killing someone who is unable to defend themselves? Is this somehow risk vs reward? Explain that to me, because I enjoy a challenge when I PvP, I want to work for my kills. Which is why I PvP in FPS, Fighting Games, and pretty much any genre OTHER than MMORPG's. I mean comparing PVP in an MMO to say Dark Souls/Demon Souls and you can see what I mean. In a game like that a player that is signifigantly lower level can still defeat a higher level player with tactics. Wow Totally off topic here.... Ok..
The point I was trying to make with my post is while you claim you are upset at being lumped in with the alleged "Sociapath Inclined Players", you lump all players looking for a cooperative gameplay style as Carebears, which lightly derogitory on not is still used as an insult much the same way FPSers use N00b (Which I might add I hate as well). The fact of the matter is that should any of the behaviours that are portrayed in the game were placed in real life situations, there people would indeed be labelled sociopaths or worse. The problem comes in with the belief that somehow loss of pixels makes this less valid. It is not about the loss of pixels... it is the idea of having your fun at someone elses expense. The idea that you can ruin someones evening and enjoyment of a past time, just to entertain yourself. Do you see the point? THIS is why people speak of PvPers the way they do.
The statement that was made in that post is actually verifiable as has been stated previously, and in fact we could perform an entire study based on this. The Term carebear is simply an insult used much the same as a racial slur to denote a particular subsect of person/player, not really much different that a racial slur. The level of offensiveness depends on the person.
Whereas if you watch the actual behaviour patterns in your average pvp based MMO you will see a trend. In fact you can go farther and move in to any PVP based game and you can find everything from mild mental issues to truely over the top examples of player that are sociopathic.
Extreme example - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8SWMAQYQf0
Much of the problem that moves forward the line of thought is the method in which PvP'ers such as yourself (But not necessarily you) choose to present their ideas. Instead of making a proper argument, they fly off the handle with insults and derogitory terms such as Carebear or N00b. Both parties need to sit down and understand that you both enjoy a genre. But you need to understand that not every game needs to have PVP, and Not every game needs to PvE.
As for Risk vs Reward, many PvE players want the same risk you do, however again hard and intelligent AI. Complete with death penalties etc. Is that any less valid? Do it mean they do not desire risk vs reward?
Alright, I am done.... /rant
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Originally posted by Aragon100
You know , I had to re read what I wrote to see what the hell you where talking about. Nope , not what I said or implied. The reason people are well behaved is fear of going to jail.
This could end up being very interesting.
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Originally posted by Aragon100
I would like to bring up that MagiK did not say you were a sociopath, nor did he make a blanket statement. Let me bring your original quote of his to this reply...
" I know of (that is of, not personally) MILLIONS who have managed to RP without any form of PvP They came from before a time of Computer RPG's and they existed for a couple of decades AFTER CRPGs were invented....and they still exist today. I will allow that people who wish consensual PvP have a legitimate right to that style, however I will maintain and studies have been done to indicate that those who prefer non consensual PvP are frequently exhibiting sociopathic tendencies....and may in fact need help. Also Anger Management classes may be of use to some of those individuals. "
You even underlined the relevant part for me.
So, He goes on to state that SOME people frequently exhibit signs of sociapathic tendencies. That those same people that exhibit those tendencies may (might) need help. And even that some might be helped by anger management classes.
Once you step back from being so emotionally charged you can see that he did not include all PvPers. He simply stated that a study has shown this. I would have sited him to provide a link to said study... but he clearly did not make a blanket statement.
Darn it, I think I have posted more today than I have in the last year....
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If it was my forums i would remove a lot of the stereotypical words and problem words.I have mentioned that even this site should use a form of word blocking.
You can't tell me you want to maintain a freedom of speech yet have a ton of rules on this site AND others that do exactly the opposite,it is hypocritical.
Words like Troll,carebear,haters SHOULD be removed or blocked,it is no different than removing hate speech because that is exactly the INTENT of the people that use them.Not one single person could tell me that when one poster calls another poster a TROLL they are saying "Hello how are you",their intent is of hate/anger and a personal attack,NO other reason at all.
Yes it is a fine line when you use those words with no direct attack but generalize about a large group of people,but i would be concerned with the direct use of those terms.As i said the easiest and most efficient way to PROVE your site or forum cares,is to remove them altogether,word blockers are everyone's friend.
I will use yet another example.This site for example will praise Kings Isle for the work they do in Wiz101 which does utilize tons of word blocking,yet this site does not condone the same thing,yes it is hypocritical or fake or both.
Bottom line is i do support SOTA for not wanting problem words in their forums,how they handle it would be open to discussion of course but it is imo a good starting point.
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Originally posted by syriinx
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Originally posted by Aragon100
Creating one after another thread to spread hatred toward SoTA proves that you are indeed the case written in RED in your post. Take the advice in those red lines and seek counseling.
i want an open world, no phasing, no instancing.i want meaningful owpvp.i want player driven economy.i want meaningful crafting.i want awesome exploration, a sense of thrill.i want ow housing with a meaningful effect on my entire gameplay experience, not just some instanced crap.i want all of these free of cost, i don't wanna pay you a cent, game devs can eat grass and continue developing game for me.
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Originally posted by Aragon100
I don't know about socipathic tendencies, but the study was right about your very clear anger management issues. Try having a conversation without attacking other people.
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Thank Jebus for this.. In my honest opinion, people calling others c-bears are d-bags.
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