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Hi, longtime lurker, new to posting here. Couldn't find a more appropriate area to post this in, sorry if it's incorrect.
I've been reading King's work since I was 11, I am now 30. I've read everything by him, some quite a number of times.
My question for the forum (or Mod?) is this:
I know King is a big music fan. The thought occurred to me, that it'd be interesting to know what *music* King was listening to while writing each novel/short story etc. I'm sure I've read somewhere a few of his novels "music lists", but was curious about a more complete list? I realize that this is a rather comprehensive question, and even King may not remember at this point what he was listening to for *everything* that he wrote, or whether the music in question was truly inspirational, or just background music.
I do recall King saying that he was a fan of thrash metal, and I think he has listened to it while writing (maybe).
Personally, I would find it interesting if King was literally listening to ZZ Top when he wrote about the "god drums" (ZZ Top music) of Lud began playing in Dark Tower 3, that sort of thing. Personally I always harbored the theory that the Crimson King was an inversion of King Crimson, but that's just me!
Does anyone know if King has answered this question before, or (better yet?!) does Mod know?
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our group loved the film we was planning to do it over a couple of weeks but they couldnt wait to watch it all. it brought up some very good discussions around being gay and black and stereo typical lesbians. we also discussed that a white couple can adopt a duel heritage child. will def be using it again and recommend it to other services to use thanks
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I showed the film to my LGBT youth group, who were very engaged with the storyline and characters. I will be using the film in the near future in my LGBT training and workshops to the generic youth service and young people, as it presents a good variety of issues relating to LGBT & Youth. So, thankyou!
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I have not seen this movie, I have however read of it and watched all of the trailer. I must say I love the idea in it and not to mention the music recorded by Rikki Beadle-Blair. I hope to see this movie soon.
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The Upper Dorchester County Historical Society spoke before the Dorchester County Council Planning, Development and Building Committee Monday, requesting the council grant it use of two to three rooms in the former courthouse in St. George.
The courthouse, at 101 Ridge Street, was officially renamed the Dorchester County Offices Annex Monday, by the county council.
The historical society asked specifically for the "fireproof" rooms in the building that, according to society President Phyllis Hughes, are walk-in vault rooms and are needed to protect valuable historical documents.
Society director Jim Way brought the few copies of an autobiographical book he compiled and published with his own money, to show the council an example of what the society is doing.
Eventually, the society hopes to fill the entire courthouse, but initially only needs a few rooms.
It is hoped, explained Hughes, that students, residents, tourists and researchers will use the collections, documents and artifacts.
"The old courthouse is a perfect match for what we need," said Hughes. "And the financial burden of preparing those rooms will be on the historical society."
The society, explained Hughes, would use college interns and local students to "make it happen."
"Our elders are passing away and we have no place to put our history," she said, "it's being thrown out in the trash."
The group plans on getting oral histories, having a genealogical library, research library, black history and rare books.
"You should know, this is for the entire county," noted Hughes, "not just the upper county."
Hughes explained the center would be governed by a board of directors, managed by a part-time qualified archivist and volunteer assistants, funded by the society but that the county would pay for maintenance of the building and its utilities.
Council member Carroll Duncan responded to the presentation explaining, "We need to define what that building will be for the county…that's the first step."
"This council needs to know where it is going, so we can direct you," added Councilman Willie Davis.
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The past few years were a sort of lull for me. While I've continued to read and review books, watch and listen to webcasts and podcasts and do my best to stay 'fresh' on the pentesting front, I've not had a good opportunity to squeeze in any more 'structured' training courses. Ever since completing the OSCE course by Offensive Security (OffSec), I'd been feeling good about much of my repertoire but had been itching to get some solid web courses under my belt. I had contemplated OffSec's OSWE, but as it's only offered at BlackHat, has no self-study options and because my work and personal life haven't offered me time to go down that road, I'd been itching for other options. Enter the eLearnSecurity WAPTX online course.
Rewind the clock to a couple of months ago. I've long been familiar with eLearnSecurity, having previously reviewed the eCPPT certification training here at The Ethical Hacker Network (EH-Net) and discussing their various offerings with CEO and Founder, Armando Romeo. Each time I've looked at their materials in the past, I've been pleased with both the materials presented and the overall 'bang for the buck' that they've provided. Most recently, I'd been looking at the web application courses they offer, specifically Web Application Penetration Testing – WAPT and Web Application Penetration Testing Extreme – WAPTX. On the one hand I knew that eLearnSecurity was soon to be releasing an updated version of the WAPT course. But the subject matter and descriptions of the WAPTX were really intriguing to me, so I decided to go to the extreme (pun intended). Suffice it to say, I have been very happy with that decision. This course has been outstanding, and I've learned a TON from the material in these past two months! Let's take an in-depth look.
Book Review: Black Hat Python
Earlier this year, I wrote of my long love affair with Ruby coming to an end and my desire to get back to python in order to build additional skills for the purposes of defense and response. That first step back into python resulted in the article, Book Review: Gray Hat Python by Justin Seitz. That book was one of the more interesting ones that I've reviewed, so when I had the opportunity to look at his latest work, Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters, I was really excited.
Python has been the language of choice in the pen testing universe for a while now, and so having a good reference for building attack and analysis tools for use during attack exercises is really important. The back cover of the book ponders the question of how the magic of creating these tools happens and offers that, "…you'll explore the darker side of Python's capabilities—writing network sniffers, manipulating packets, infecting virtual machines, creating stealthy trojans, and more." Sounds perfect. Let's take a closer look and see if it delivers.
Interview: Dave Chronister of Parameter Security
Have you ever seen a speaker at a security conference, an expert being interviewed on television about the latest cyber attack or an instructor at a whiteboard with the breadth of knowledge one should have when putting your career in their hands? Have you ever wondered what it took for those people to get where they are? Now just imagine all of those people wrapped up into a single individual, add into the mix the extra duties of business owner and husband, and you start to get a picture of Dave Chronister of Parameter Security, HackerU and ShowMeCon.
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Cybrary's goal is spelled out very clearly when they describe "Our Revolution" throughout their site. They state, "We believe IT and Cyber Security training should be free, for everyone, forever. We believe that everyone, everywhere, deserves the OPPORTUNITY to learn. What they do with the opportunity is up to them, but the opportunity should be available. Join us in demanding liberation, help us in forcing change." That's all well and good. But how's the actual training?
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This highly technical forum showcases eye-opening presentations from world-renown ethical hackers and epic security ninjas which will leave you amazed and frightened at the same time. By giving you access into the mind of a hacker, you will better understand how to protect your networks and critical data. As we always say "In order to beat a hacker, you have to think like one" and "if you don't understand the enemy, how can you protect against him?" ShowMeCon 2015 pulls back the curtain and exposes how hackers are winning the war on physical and cyber security on June 8 & 9.
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Let me open by saying that this book struck my "techie geek" nerve. Years and years ago, not too long after I became a computer guy, but far before becoming a professional penetration tester, I managed a Radio Shack store (sad to see they're going away). I guess you could say I was a maker before it was called that. This book, while discussing pentesting, code, automation and stealth, offers the reader a great experience as he brings them into a world of hardware manipulation, discussions of power consumption, radio communication, and other really cool topics. It truly embraces the mindset of the hacker in a cross-disciplinary way and acts like a perfect bridge for those currently in the computer hacking arena into the exciting wider world of the maker movement. I'm excited to share this experience with you, so let's get to it.
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After a long love affair with Ruby, I was excited to get back into more Python in the new year. One of my main goals was to build additional skills with Python, and continue to build up skills in defense and response. When "Python Forensics: A workbench for inventing and sharing digital forensic technology" by Chet Hosmer came out, I was excited about all of the possibilities. There are a number of books about using Python for attacking, but a strong book on building forensics tools is a nice change of pace.
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Interest has increased over the past few years in using environmentally friendly lubricants. The purpose of this webinar is to provide information on the challenges in working with environmentally friendly lubricants. As part of this process, the confusion about what is an environmentally friendly lubricant and what is biodegradable is discussed. Two of the key detrimental properties for environmentally friendly lubricants are covered along with some of their main applications. Two government sponsored programs (the US Biopreferred Program and the European Union Eco-Label Program) are reviewed with details provided on what testing is needed to comply with both. Examples are given of guidelines for specific lubricant applications. The webinar will conclude with an assessment of the future of environmentally friendly lubricants.
Neil Canter received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Michigan in 1983 and his BS in Chemistry from Brown University in 1978. He has been working in the lubricant industry for over 25 years. Neil previously worked for Stepan Company and Mayco. Presently, Neil runs his own consulting company called Chemical Solutions. He specializes in commercial development, marketing, product development and regulatory support for the lubricant industry.
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CRESTVIEW — This weekend, North Okaloosa churches will celebrate Easter with several sunrise services.
"We celebrate the resurrection by getting up early, because that is what Jesus did," said Jerry Nelson, pastor of Live Oak Baptist Church.
Nelson will preach at Crestview's 6:30 a.m. sunrise service on Sunday at Old Spanish Trail Park on Stillwell Boulevard. Doug Compton, pastor of New Life International Worship Center, will direct the music. The service is organized by the Crestview Area Ministerial Association, which comprises several churches.
The Crestview association will collect money to support local needy families. A portion of the proceeds benefits a scholarship for Christian students, Nelson said.
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church has replaced its regular 5 p.m. vigil Mass March 30 with an 8 p.m. service. Its Sunday services are 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
For Holt and Baker residents, a sunrise service will take place at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at Baker School's Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium. It will feature Curt Rainey, pastor at the First Baptist Church of Holt.
The Baker service, organized by the Baker Area Ministerial Association, will feature music from Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church members and Darren Williams' direction.
The Baker association also will collect money for needy families, Rainey said.
Laurel Hill's service is at 6:30 a.m. Sunday at Gene Clary Park on New Ebenezer Road. Mike McVay, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Laurel Hill, welcomes area residents to the service, in which he will be preaching, and to a following breakfast.
If 6:30 a.m. is too early, a 10 a.m. service, sponsored by Mosaic Church of Crestview, is at Twin Hills Park.
"Like Jesus, we want to preach to the crowds, but at our current church, we don't have enough room for crowds," Pastor James Ross said. "So we decided to do something special for the community."
Children's Easter egg games will follow the service. A bounce house also will be available.
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●6:30 a.m. Sunday, Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium, Baker School, 1369 14th St.
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Apple TV adds even more channels, including Disney, Weather, Smithsonian
In addition to the launch of the Vevo app on the Apple TV this morning, a few other notable apps have appeared on the device as well, including two Disney channels. The Disney Channel, Disney XD, The Weather Channel, and the Smithsonian Channel have all arrived on the Apple TV. The Smithsonian Channel and The Weather Channel both give you access to on demand conent. The Weather Channel also allows you to enter your location to see your local forecast.
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Apple TV adds even more channels, including Disney, Weather, Smithsonian
I just got on board with Apple Tv last year, and I love it.
I think big things are coming. Weather it is a Tv/monitor or whole information, Internet tv thingy.
I don't know. But this little gem is about to burst and big things are a coming.
I keep thinking back to the Windows Media Center that failed miserably.
With the new Mac Pro coming out in a smaller foot print, digital downloads, media, movies, photo, and now home system integration, lights, garage doors, security...
This is going to be the next huge key in the the "Digital Hub" that that Steve spoke about years ago.
Get ready. It's coming.
This little box goes deeper than TV.
What is the point if you have to have a cable subscription I guess the on demand feature but these additions do nothing for me
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Buying only what you need and want.
Well said. I couldn't agree more. We got the ATV so that we could CUT our satellite subscription. If I still had my DirecTV or had cable, I wouldn't have gotten the Apple TV. This is not a step forward. Now if I could pay a small fee each month like for Netflix or Hulu, I'd be signing up for the Disney Channel in a heartbeat, but I'm not going back to paying $100 per month for satellite or cable.
the Canadian version of Apple TV it sucks compared to the US version. When the US gets like say 4 news apps we Canadians only get 1. No Disney/DisneyXD/Weather Network/ESPEN only got Vevo. We Canadians are out of luck each time Apple updates Apple TV
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It's a licensing issue not a platform issue.
It isn't just Canadia you know, UK suffers too. And most of the rest of the world
Looks like us in the UK luck out once again. I think apple sometimes forget that's there is more than just the USA in the world. All we got was VEVO, great, thanks for that.
I think it's time apple got together with BSKYB to offer some content over here like SKY GO.
Sometime I wonder why I stick with my apple products when there mainly aimed at the US market.
Anyone else offer any thoughts on the above??
Maybe a change of device is needed, my XBOX 360 offers a better option of content, could just stick with that!!
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I know right I was hoping for more content here in Canada but Apple once again made this update USA only. I hope they see that other countries want more content on their regional Apple TV box
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How many channels do you really watch on cable?
If you can pay less, watch what YOU want, when YOU want without commercials...
It's ala carte.
I have started canceling package options on my satellite subscription since I went to Netflix.
$12.00 > $8.00
Soon I am dumping the rest when I can get just individual stations.
Why do you think FX came out with FXX, FMX, subscription baby and cable and satellite folks are trying to position themselves, but I think they are running late just like the music industry with iTunes and see that folks are getting pissed about the hi price for BS on tv and the HIGH prices for a handful of channels that they are watching....
It's helpful if you don't have a cable/satellite box in every location where you have a TV.
This is great for people like me who do not have cable but have internet and use a friend of mine's email to sign in who does cable. I just wish that they added disney junior why not add the entire disney package since. Either way I am happy about this, can't wait for more content to be added now the Apple TV will attract everyone and not just ios owners
Not a big fan of having a cable subscription to be able to use more content on the Apple TV as I am a cord cutter right now with Hulu/Netflix and Digital antenna. But another thing that bothers me is the UI and the fact I have to have all these additional tiles added to my display that I may never use. Wish they would make it so I could hide/delete the tiles I don't use for a cleaner interface.
This is a really nice step forward for Apple TV users. My kids would love to have the Disney channel back... If only we had not cut back on monthly TV spending, but if I could watch it on my [via cable service subscription] TV, why would I opt to watch it through my Apple TV? Redundant, yes?
Weather channel... YES!
Apple needs to implement an option to hide channels that we do not subscribe to - to reduce unnecessary clicking to get to the channels we do subscribe to.
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Here are some reasons it's not "redundant":
1-You can have an appleTV in a room that you don't have a cable box in, viola.....you get some premium content!!
2-It's Disney on demand, so if little junior wants to watch Thomas the Train right now, viola.....you get Thomas & it shuts him up for a bit
To point #2, there is a TON of Disney Junior programming on Netflix now, so there is little reason for me to get excited about them adding specific Disney channels to ATV.
To point #1, there appear to be a lot of us who only have one TV. In which case, the original point stands: Get an ATV to cancel cable subscription, but cannot watch any of the new channels without cable subscription.
Someone (ahem, Apple) needs to re-invent the TV experience. I am not talking content here per se but rather that grids of icons just aren't going to "cut it". A UI needs to be customized to device it runs on. Microsoft learned this the hard way with ubiquitous Windows 8 on all devices.
Also, I love weather apps but I have this gut feeling I'll open the Weather Channel on ATV once and say "that's nice" and never open it again.
Getting licensing agreements is like herding cats, and each country has it's own group of cats. You focus on where the viewership/interest is and go from there. Tis is just a start, not the end result. Apple simply wants you to enjoy the fruits of their labors and make other station providers aware of what they are up to in order to help herd the cats a bit easier.
I'm a UK Apple TV user, Apple need to form some agreements with BSKYB, BBC iplayer & ITV player. I've got a feeling it's coming but a slow roll out...


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South Indian Lime Rice
About the author: Denise Dsilva Sankhe is a writer & creative director by profession. But that's only when she isn't eating her way across India. She recreates this delicious cuisine in her Mumbai home, which she shares with her husband, who has long since given up his determination to have salads for dinner.
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- 1 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil or ghee
- 2 Serrano chilis, slit in half lengthwise
- 1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon de-husked black lentils (urad dal)
- 1 teaspoon split yellow gram (chana dal)
- 2 tablespoons roasted peanuts
- 8 curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 2 1/2 tablespoons lime juice (from 2 to 3 limes)
- Kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cup cooked white rice
- 1 teaspoon sugar
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- Indian pickles
Heat oil or ghee in the skillet over medium heat till shimmering. Add the slit chillis, stand back and stir for a few seconds until fragrant. Add mustard seeds, stir for a few seconds until they pop. In quick succession, add lentils, yellow gram, and roasted peanuts. Stir until the lentils turn a light brown, about 5 minutes. Add curry leaves. Stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add turmeric powder, stir for a few seconds, then add lime juice. Add a pinch of salt, stir turn off heat. Add the white rice and fold gently to keep rice intact until all ingredients are incorporated. Fold in the sugar. Serve hot with poppadom and indian pickles.


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NRA uses Justice memo to accuse Obama on gunsBy ALAN FRAM
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President Barack Obama meets with national law enforcement officials at the White House on Jan. 28 to discuss policies to reduce gun violence. The National Rifle Association is using a Justice Department memo to attack the president on his gun-control stance.WASHINGTON The National Rifle Association is using a Justice Department memo to argue in ads that the Obama administration believes its gun control plans wont work unless the government seizes firearms and requires national gun registration ideas the White House has not proposed and does not support.
The NRAs assertion and its obtaining of the memo in the first place underscore the no-holds-barred battle under way as Washingtons fight over gun restrictions heats up.
The memo, under the name of one of the Justice Departments leading crime researchers, critiques the effectiveness of gun control proposals, including some of President Barack Obamas. A Justice Department official called the memo an unfinished review of gun violence research and said it does not represent administration policy.
The memo says requiring background checks for more gun purchases could help, but also could lead to more illicit weapons sales. It says banning assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines produced in the future but exempting those already owned by the public, as Obama has proposed, would have limited impact because people now own so many of those items.
It also says that even total elimination of assault weapons would have little overall effect on gun killings because assault weapons account for a limited proportion of those crimes.
The nine-page document says the success of universal background checks would depend in part on requiring gun registration, and says gun buybacks would not be effective unless massive and coupled with a ban.
The administration has not proposed gun registration, buybacks or banning all firearms. But gun registration and ownership curbs are hot-button issues for the NRA and other gun-rights groups, which strenuously oppose the ideas.
Justice Department and White House officials declined to provide much information about the memo or answer questions about it on the record.
The memo has the look of a preliminary document and calls itself a cursory summary and assessment of gun curb initiatives. The administration has not release it officially.
But the NRA has posted the memo on one of its websites and cites it in advertising aimed at whipping up opposition to Obamas efforts to contain gun violence. The ad says the paper shows that the administration believes that a gun ban will not work without mandatory gun confiscation and thinks universal background checks wont work without requiring national gun registration ideas the president has not proposed or expressed support for.
Still think President Obamas proposals sound reasonable? Chris W. Cox, the NRAs chief Washington lobbyist, says in the ad.
Last month, White House spokesman Jay Carney said none of Obamas proposals would take away a gun from a single law-abiding American. Other administration officials have said their plans would not result in gun seizures or a national gun registry.
A Justice Department official who would only discuss the issue on condition of anonymity said the NRA ad misrepresents Obamas gun proposals and that the administration has never backed a gun registry or gun confiscation.
While the memos analysis of gun curb proposals presents no new findings, it is unusual for a federal agency document to surface that raises questions about a presidents plans during debate on a high-profile issue such as restricting firearms.
Obama wants to ban assault weapons and ammunition magazines exceeding 10 rounds that are produced in the future. He wants universal background checks for nearly all gun purchases. Today, checks are only mandatory on sales by federally licensed gun dealers, not transactions at gun shows or other private sales.
His plan also includes tougher federal laws against gun trafficking and straw purchases, which occur when a person legally buys a firearm but sells it to a criminal or someone else barred from owning a weapon.
Interest in the gun issue has intensified since the December shootings in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 first-graders and six staffers at an elementary school. The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee plans to write legislation addressing some of Obamas proposals in the next week or two.
The NRAs Cox declined to say how his organization obtained the memo.
He said the commercial is running online in 15 states, including many Republican-leaning states where Democrats will defend Senate seats next year, such as Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. There are also ads in papers in five states.
The memo was written under the name of Greg Ridgeway, acting director of the National Institute of Justice, the Justice Departments research arm. It is dated Jan. 4, nearly two weeks before Obama announced his plan for restricting guns, and Ridgeways first day as acting chief.
Justice Department officials said Ridgeway was not granting interviews. He came to the institute last July from the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research institution where he studied criminal justice issues, and has a Ph.D. in statistics.
The memo says straw purchases and gun thefts are the largest sources of firearms used in crimes, and that such transactions would most likely become larger if background checks at gun shows and private sellers were addressed.
Gun control supporters said the NRA ad and the Justice memo dont mention that the current federal background check system blocked gun sales to 2.1 million criminals and others barred from owning guns between 1994, when the checks began, and 2010. Also ignored is that Obama has proposed cracking down on straw purchases to prevent a growth in illegal transactions, they said.
Advocates of restricting guns also said the memo omitted mention of several studies that affirm the effectiveness of firearms curbs. These include a 2010 police group analysis showing more than one-third of police departments found increased criminal use of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines since the 2004 expiration of the ban on those items.
It doesnt appear to be a serious discussion of gun violence prevention policy, never mind an expression of administration policy, said Joshua Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
The memo says that out of 11,000 annual gun homicides, an average of 35 deaths yearly are from mass shootings, defined as those with four or more victims.
Policies that address the larger firearm homicide issue will have a far greater impact even if they do not address the particular issues of mass shootings, it says.
It says there were an estimated 1.5 million assault weapons before the 10-year ban on those firearms began in 1994, so their sheer number would weaken a new ban exempting existing weapons. Such guns accounted for just 2 percent to 8 percent of crimes before the 1994 ban, so eliminating assault weapons would not have a large impact on gun homicides, the memo said.
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RAGLAND - Information was obtained from the Mingo County Magistrate Court Clerk's office regarding a recent vehicle accident in the Ragland community that yielded one arrest and a number of criminal charges.
According to the criminal complaint filed by West Virginia State Police Trooper D.L. Contos, Rodney Luke Thomas Jr., 20, of Dingess, was placed under arrest after a warrant was obtained against him approximately 5 weeks after he allegedly fled from the scene of an accident in which he was operating a 1993 Buick Park Avenue that struck an electrical pole on Rockhouse Road. A passenger in the car identified as Ronnie Gene Hager, Jr. had to be airlifted from the scene after sustaining life-threatening injuries in the collision.
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Upon approaching the defendant, the officer detected the smell of alcohol on his person and noted in the police report that his eyes were glassy and bloodshot. The defendant advised the trooper that there was a third passenger in the vehicle at the time of the crash but they were never found or identified. Thomas was transported by STAT Ambulance to the Williamson Memorial Hospital (WMH) emergency room to receive medical treatment and Hager was airlifted to the trauma unit at the Cabell Huntington Hospital.
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Mods please pardon the James Carville reference, it's not directed at anyone.
For the longest time people have attributed WoW's success on marketing and catering to casuals. With the release of MoP and with so many big games that came out prior that just didn't have staying power, I think the pattern has become much more clear.
It's the content. The amount of content more specifically. WoW doesn't cater to casuals, though it's bar to entry is quite low, that bar has great range for it's highest level of gameplay (many will argue, but that's not this thread). WoW caters to content locusts. When the content locust article came out and pointed to this group of people who run to every new game, hype it, and consume it within days or weeks, it showcased how new games seemed like they didn't have enough content.
But if we really look at WoW, both currently and historically, it's been about longevity of content. Oftentimes there are artificial limiters (like dailies) but Blizzard found a way to cater to the locusts way back in 2004 (probably without knowing it at that time, but has since perfected it).
Content locusts not only consume as quickly as they can, they are determined to consume everything (or most of it). So if you have raid content, they want to finish it. But not just finish it, they also want to do it on hardmode. But then they also want the achievements. But then they also want to gear the legendaries. But then they also want to get rare mounts and pets. And so on.
Blizzard has stuffed WoW with so many different types of content, that the locusts can't just show up, finish everything in 2 weeks and then go on to the next. Much of it may be easy to complete (hence the idea that WoW caters to casuals), but there's just so much of it so as to appease the locusts.
Basically, WoW answers the questions, "So what's next?" In so many other games, people run to the forums and say, "I'm max level, I've done this and this, what else is there to do? So and so failed." But in WoW, there is almost no end to the available content, which is why there is more burnout. I know, on these forums especially, that many here simply don't like WoW's questing or combat style or some combination of things.
MoP is very close to Burning Crusade level change. WotLK and Cata were simply refinements (or for some, dumbing down) - but BC was essentially modern WoW while Vanilla was Everquest+. BC brought arenas, "welfare" pvp epics, badge gear, heroics. It is one of the most highly praised expansions and most people's favorite.
MoP, while not as drastic, is functioning in a similar manner - again creating more content for the ever hungry locusts. Pet battles, both pve and pvp are basically an entire game in and of itself. It has much more depth than people are giving it credit for and you will see that people are going to take it quite seriously, and the rarer pets spawn at certain times of day or year or under specific conditions - that's awesome.
They revamped the talent and glyph system and some classes have completely new resource management. For any casual player, WoW has more entertainment value than any other game, you can play it forever and still have more content to do. But that's why it's also a hit for the locusts, they just can't consume it all in a time frame that would make it look like it's failling.
You really see drops in WoW population after certain mile markers, 3 months, 1 year, 2 years, few months before next expansion. Other games have been showing huge drop offs in 2-4 weeks. Again because people can chew through content like crazy. Now, none of this means that WoW isn't slowly fading, but some of the things which people generally despise (raids, dailies, grinding) are actually what create longevity of content. With nothing to work towards, people just leave.Da locusts, gotta feed em.
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it's actually the engine. The modability of the UI, the smoothness of the gameplay, the responsiveness of the combat system, the flexibility and crispness of game AI and design systems, the arts styles way of maintaining a somewhat modern look. WoW has went through several content droughts.
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You can do the stupid daily quests in every other game as well.You can collect crap loads of useless things,you can farm for better gear until the day you die.But that is what i would NOT call "content". Killing the same raid boss on normal mod 100times,after killing the same boss on hard mode 100 times is the same content.And i'm sorry to say that but all those "no lifer" achievements in wow ( where you have to use half of your life to get a single achivement ) those aren't content.
You can do the same in WoW like in other games ( as you call it "chew through" ) create a character log into the game and 5 days later you are maximum level.Getting the highest grade gear takes time in other games as well ( even more!!! ).Most of us on this forum grew up on WoW,i bet we all have played that game for a while and we all loved it.But time goes on.WoW looks like a pile of wet horse sh*t compared to other games ( like, Rift,Tera,GW2 and so on and so on ).No matter how many more races they put into the game,pvp this and that,pokemons and sh*t,it's still looks crap.Some people can only afford to run WoW on their pc-s and that is one of the reasons why they play WoW instead of something else.And just to keep it in mind , just because Mc Donalds sells a quadrillion hamburgers everyday all around the world, it doesn't mean they are making the "best" food.It's just marketing and hype ain't nothing else.
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For a theme park MMORPG, it does as well as can be expected, and certainly better than its newer rivals when it comes to delivering content, no doubt about that.
But eventually, sooner rather than later, people realize the content goals they are pursuing are rather pointless, grind more gear to run more dungeons to grind more gear etc etc etc.
if that's what you are looking for in an end game, great, and most other MMO's these days try to replicate it.
But if that's not the end game you want, the model fails.
For all its many subs, I'm willing to bet there's a much larger pool of ex-WOW players who are just done with the game for good.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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Joined: 1/30/09
It's a bit of everything, IMHO.
Accesibility: the engine might not be as pretty as the newest crops of MMOs, but it can run on almost anything out there (heck, I'd bet with very few modifications it could even run on an average smartphone on the lowest settings), so people don't need to have the latest and greatest in hardware to run it.
Networking: There's so many people playing that if you have friends playing MMOs, there's a big probability that at least some of them are running WoW, and you're more likely to play an MMO that your friends are already playing.
Content: There's 8 years worth of content development, and if you level a new char you have to at least visit most of it. Newly released MMOs just can't compete with WoW content wise.
Options: You have lots of options while leveling up. There are two factions with mostly different quest lines, most races have their own starter areas and at least until you reach the outlands, most level ranges have more than one area you can play in, so replayability is high since you can level two or more alts in different areas. This is something most new MMOs suffer, IMHO, lots of them only have one or two starter areas and also usually one area you can go to for each level range, making alts leveling much more repetitive.
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Draemos - A very salient point, the engine is like butter which makes playing it enjoyable, though I'm not sure that people keep returning to it at every expansion because of it alone.
Oreal - Not all of us grew up on WoW, I grew up during Ultima (well high school days anyway - I grew up on NES). The McDonalds comparison is always brought up and always terrible. McDonald's isn't selling food, they sell convenience. People love to compare it to Michelin Star restaurants, but they sell consistency and convenience, not food. That's why their model works. You may not like themepark content, and you may think other games have somewhat similar amount of content as WoW, but that just isn't the case. The netherdrake dailies alone take a literal month to finish. That's just for a single mount. The list goes on, but I'm not here to convince you.
Kyleran - Well, that's a bit of gaming nihilism isn't it? Essentially all video games are pointless if you assess the goals. You can get better use of your time by doing constructive things in the real world, but entertainment reigns supreme - people love it. And yes, there are lots of ex-WoW players, yet here we are again on a new expansion and people who haven't logged in for 1-2 years are back and playing 8 hours a day. Yeah, the model is old, many people don't like it; but that's the beauty of having so many games to choose from, you don't have to play WoW if you don't want to.
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Repeating the same dungeons 100s of times to get that full epic set that will be obselete when the next -pack is released is not my idea of content.
If it's not broken, you are not innovating.
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Joined: 6/20/10
Despite a lot of people griping about Cata, I really liked the areas that shipped with that expac. I wasn't as fond of the changes to the old world as I was of the new areas and the addition of goblins to the Horde.
If you played AD&D Planescape, the inner planes were part of them, and Blizzard basically added those planes to WoW. The elemental areas were actually pretty creative, especially Deepholm. The storyline with Thrall was cool too.
The other content released was more contentious, especially the tiny amount of dungeons.
Now there are even fewer released in this expac, the stupid scenarios, and new areas that I really could care less about. What should have been uber Oriental areas were basically ruined by the whole cutesy panda thing.
The quests are also rehashed from Cataclysm. The entry into Jade Forest really reminds me of the start of the Vashyr quests: Hellscream asks you to get on ship/airship because a new continent has appeared and of course you have to get there before the Alliance does and of course the ship/airship is attacked and all hell breaks loose...
I really should have beta tested the new areas more. I concentrated on testing out the monk since I had a lot of problems with the beta client. Gah could totally kick myself for buying this expac.
I dunno, maybe the OP is right, WoW has that lingering feeling of "there's still more to do", which never quite leaves your thoughts.
I remember vanilla when it was neaing it's end (just before BC launched), how pissed I was that I never got to do Naxx, or grding that last faction - I thought "wtf, new content, but I'm not done yet!", not realizing you can never be truly done content-wise.
As far as MOP, I got the same vibe as I did with BC - something new, not just an upgrade which is how I felt about WOTLK/Cata.
To me personally, Pandaren starting area was worth the cost of admission alone, and I was done with that in 2 days (play with my GF, slow pace). Already hooked on pet battles, btw.
Originally posted by Torgrim
Of course not. That would be insanely boring. Now if you did that with Dynamic events, though, well, that's a revolution! /sarcasm
One of the big changes MoP makes is the ability to gather the same gear through different activites - heroics, organized raids or lfr, pvp (currency exchange), and now DAILIES, etc. Isn't that the big, big draw WoWs "competitor" claims to have as an advantage? With the exception that it doesn't, really, since you don't get the same gear? God I love ironic shit like that.
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WoW had a great vision behind it when it was developed and at its launch. That's why it'd been so successful. Check up interviews, written and video, from that time and you'll see the thoughts that were behind every modification and change, even worldsize (ie not supermassively large as others were going for) and quest progression.
I think however that those devs and designers that inherited the WoW legacy from their predecessors have been going on cruise control for years on that vision, not really expanding upon it with the same quality of inspiration and vision. Like how an X-Men 3 movie under a different director just isn't really on the same level as an X-Men 1 and 2, or how many high fantasy books with elves etc after Tolkien wrote his masterpiece just isn't on the same level of quality as what Tolkien wrote. Or how season 6 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer after Whedon gave the reigns to Marti Noxon just was less than when Whedon was hands-on.
They got 1-1.5 billion dollar revenues from WoW every year. I'd be surprised if they wouldn't have at least something to show for it in its content additions. I'm more surprised however that they don't have far more to show for it.
But realising that that first inspired generation of devs and designers have mostly left WoW behind now, on to other projects or companies, and realising that WoW has become nothing more than a money generation machine to the upper management and little more, I'm on the other hand not that surprised. A shame it is, though.
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Well written OP!
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I couldn't disagree more. It has everything to do with marketing. Who do you think the Panda's are for? The largest growing player community in WoW? No, couldn't possibly be! Yes, that was sarcasm.
I guess it depends on your perception of what content actually is. If you believe content is introducing another dungeon, more bosses, more armor and weapons and a new zone, then sure. How many times have they done that now? Every time? Have they at all, in any expansion, dramatically changed or added anything? No.
People play because it is very accessable to all types of computers. They play because it has become a house hold name. But the biggest reason people play is because their friends play. You would not believe how many people I know or have known who play only because they have a group of friends that play. That group of friends play because they have another group of friends who play. So Blizzard designs their game through their marketing to bring back old players, give existing players ways to bring their friends back, and focus their attention on where WoW is becoming, or has become huge. Which by the way, is not the US anymore.
The content has always been the same.
Not to mention, your last point is just utter garbage. Saying that without content, people leave. Sandbox games are designed for players to create their own content. True sandbox gamers generally stick to their game like glue, no matter what. And that's even when their beloved game isn't even good.
Someone told me this once, and I didn't believe him at first. He told me, "Kid, you think you know, but you don't know jack". With plenty of time to reflect on it, I accept that he was right. I didn't know jack. Just something to think about.
I just realized something right now.
It's astonishing.
A lot of you actually believe that ASIANS care about shit like Pandas and asian settings enough to make them buy into things :) HONESTLY, I only now realized how incredibly insane some of you are (I'm sorry if that's offensive, but the racist bullshit I just witnessed is far more so).
Do you people really believe they made Kung Fu panda for the Chinese? I mean, can you swear to God and claim that you believe that? Really? REALLY??
P.S.: sidenote, Kung Fu Panda made only 2% of it's box office in China. Bottom line, Pandaren are not in there to cater to the asian playerbase, get it into your thick heads already.
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Joined: 4/15/06
hatred enriches.life is a prison, death a release.
wait... backup... wow has content??? i thought it only had overly repeated raids and really stupid capture the flag pvp O-o
wow is only successful because of the players who play it. im sorry the stuff they include in the packs really isnt anything new or fancy. they just built it off their wc lore which alot of the gamers of wow want to play. everything else is just sugar coating.
just like every other mmo that tries to clone wow.
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Joined: 11/29/10
Originally posted by Draemos
i agree with the UI and smoothness part..they make it pretty simple but yet affective..this is good..but the droughts i disagree..its just ppl found it rly RLY easy to breeze thru them as the game also got simpler and simpler as years went on at a rly fast rate..this is the downfall
Originally posted by Ichmen
It has more content than all the other MMOs put together and that's probably not an exageration.
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Originally posted by nsignific
i belive EQ has more..but dont quote me on that..just sayin
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Depends what sort of content you like
There's a ton of raid content in wow, but that irrelevant to me as I loathe raiding.
So gw2 has more content for me because it has WvW
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Originally posted by nsignific
for PVE, thats not true at all
compare WOW to EQ and its 18 expansions or EQ2 and its 8 expansions
give RIFT 3 more years and i bet RIFT will overtake WOW for more content too
WOW is sloooow for new content


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