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That's it. This could either be the world's shortest blog post, and I could end with that one word…
I could spend a few minutes introducing you to someone who has personally been a big influence in my process of becoming a writer.
Allow me to introduce you to a friend that has inspired thousands of people to stand up and decide for themselves that, "I Am a Writer". Jeff Goins, from goinswriter.com, is nothing short of brilliant. Jeff is a blogger, a marketer, an author of several books, a contributor to countless publications online and offline, a speaker, but most of all… A Writer.
With 181 million different blog options for people to choose from for content in the blogosphere, it is more critical now than ever before to stand out as a great writer. You can't afford to sell your story, strengths, and purpose short by ignoring the critical skill of writing. That's where Jeff's gifts come in as a great inspirer and teacher.
Jeff is one of those writers, for me, that rises up above the congested blogosphere, to deliver something extremely valuable and authentic. I was deeply moved and inspired by his free eBook, "The Writer's Manifesto". I owe Jeff some credit, actually, for motivating me to complete my own eBook, "The Tribe Builder's Manifesto – Your Small Spark Can Change the World", which is being released next week.
Stop Seeking Validation
According to Jeff Goins, in his new book, "You Are A Writer (So Start Acting Like One)", the decision within yourself to become a writer is the most essential step. It sounds so elementary; too simple even, but Jeff is right. I've seen it over and over again in so many different people. Most people seek knowledge, education, certification, accreditation, approval of others, experience, and so many other forms of validation. The validation is a false hope, because to become a writer, the choice is what matters… after all, writers are born, not made.
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Today, you may not be ready to make that decision to call yourself a writer. You may sense that your story has power, but you do not feel worthy or ready enough to start putting it into words.
Grab onto some inspiration today, and feed your soul. Jeff's work is incredibly powerful and his words have the ability to speak to the heart. With a two-thumbs up recommendation, I'd suggest starting with, "You Are A Writer (So Start Acting Like One)". It is available here.
Inside, Jeff shares his personal story of turning his career upside down on the critical day that he made the decision to become a writer. He also dives headfirst into some incredible "get paid to write" secrets, for both bloggers and writers seeking publishing deals, freelance writing jobs, etc. that you can start applying and using to gain an edge for yourself in the marketplace.
If you find Jeff and his book inspiring and helpful in your process, please come back and share by posting a comment below!
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What do I hope to get out of my Road Trip? I hope I gain real knowledge of getting a feel on choosing the right career for myself. When I see "real knowledge", I mean things I don't usually learn from the classroom, but instead from successful people who share some of my same passions and interests when it comes to careers. I hope to gain some confidence in learning how they got to where they are today in a way where I feel like I can do the same.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The University of New Mexico men's tennis team wrapped up the first day of pre-qualifying play at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American Championships, hosted by the University of Tulsa. Newcomer Phil Anderson defeated Jorge Delgado of the University of Texas-San Antonio with a 5-7, 6-0, 7-6 victory.
Sophomore Joe Wood lost to Texas A&M's Kayvon Karimi, and freshman Carl Ho was also defeated by Jordi Ballester of Jacksonville, 6-2, 6-1. The pre-qualifying singles include as many as 256 players.
Players competing in pre-qualifying singles must advance four rounds to make one of 16 slots that move on to the subsequent qualifying draw of 128. Lobo seniors Johnny Parkes and Graeme Kassautzki were pre-selected for the qualifying round, which begins on Monday, Oct. 6. The final 16 of the singles qualifying draw advance to play in the concluding 64-man draw starting on Thursday, Oct. 9.
Miles Bugby received a bye and will face-off with Iowa's Reinoud Haal tomorrow, while Anderson will go on to play Sacramento State's Kiryl Harbatsuik.
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A Jan. 9 RCMP road check on the Trans-Canada Highway just east of Revelstoke resulted in the seizure of 24 kilos (53 pounds) of marijuana.
Revelstoke Traffic Services members Cst. Gary McLaughlin and Revelstoke detachment member Cst. Justin Yacoboski had set up a road check near Greeley. They pulled over their first vehicle for speeding at about 10:30 a.m.
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Nary a month goes by without a news story or academic publication that highlights the differences between liberals and conservatives. We drink different beer, we drive different cars, we give to different charities, we give our babies different names, we report different levels of happiness ☺.
And just weeks ago, researchers at Duke and the University of Pennsylvania reported that liberals and conservatives even act differently when shopping for light bulbs: conservative-leaning Americans, it appears, are substantially less likely to buy bulbs that carry a "Protect the Environment" label.
It seems that liberals and conservatives are just different. Or are they?
We're excited to share one way in which liberals and conservatives are more similar than they might think: they both save significant amounts of electricity when presented with personalized analysis of their energy consumption.
Consider, for example, one of Opower's longstanding behavioral energy efficiency programs in the Midwest. Using publicly available data, we identified the party affiliation of individuals across the region, then matched those data to the household electricity usage of approximately 100,000 utility customers participating in our programs.
As shown in the table below, we found a nicely balanced sample, with roughly one quarter of customers positioned on each side of the political spectrum, and the remaining half not identifying with any party. While there are some modest pre-existing differences across liberals (they live in slightly older houses), conservatives (they live in slightly bigger houses), and independents (they are slightly younger), the groups really aren't all that different:
Notwithstanding some variation in structural housing characteristics like square footage and the prevalence of electric-heating systems, energy usage itself is quite similar between liberals and conservatives – with conservatives annually consuming just 3% more kilowatt-hours of electricity than liberals.
So, how did the political cohorts respond upon receiving personalized analysis of their electricity usage?
Almost exactly the same.
After 2.5 years of receiving simple energy insights (including a comparison of how they compare to the average home in their neighborhood), conservatives in the Opower program have reduced their electricity usage by 2.2%, while liberals have saved just a fraction less. The difference is statistically and practically negligible (see Methodology). Both groups have saved slightly more than their politically unaffiliated counterparts (1.8%), though they too have posted strong savings results. Over the life of the program, the average customer – party-affiliated or otherwise — has reduced their consumption by more than 1,000 kwh and saved about $120.
Does this finding hold across the country?
Like all good scientists, we try to replicate all our experiments to ensure that our findings aren't spurious correlations. So we replicated the analysis above by examining data from three other regions — one served by a large investor-owned company in the Northeast, and two others served by municipal utilities in the Mountain West and Southeast.
Our findings were largely confirmed: when it comes to making behavioral changes to save energy at home, liberals and conservatives just aren't that different. In two of the regions (Northeast and Southeast), conservatives tended to save slightly more than liberals. On the other hand, in our Mountain West example, liberals have saved more; interestingly, though, the conservatives there have reduced their electric bill by an impressive 2.3%, thus saving more energy than any group from all the other programs we analyzed.
What have other researchers found?
In 2011, UCLA economists Dora Costa and Matt Kahn wrote a working paper detailing a very similar analysis using data from the Opower program in Sacramento. They found that, on average, liberals saved 2.4% on their electric bills while conservatives saved 1.7%. This fits in nicely with our internal analysis: both liberals and conservatives save energy upon participating in behavioral efficiency programs, although the exact levels vary by location.
The Costa and Kahn working paper also issued a related hypothesis that piqued our interest. Namely, their paper asserts that liberals and conservatives may respond differently when told that they already use less energy than average. In particular, they suggest that when a conservative-leaning household discovers they use less than their neighbors to begin with, that this discovery may "backfire" – causing the household to feel they're off the hook and to actually increase their energy consumption. This conservative-specific "backfire effect," the authors posit, may stem from a combination of psychological and ideological factors associated with the conservative ethos.
We investigated the existence of the "backfire" phenomenon using the dataset described above, but arrived at a very different conclusion. We found that giving personalized feedback to energy customers who are already efficient is far from counter-productive: receiving a steady flow of analysis and energy savings advice clearly helps them to nudge their usage even further downwards. That's true for liberals and conservatives across the country, as shown in the bar chart below.
So yet again we find that liberals and conservatives are more the same than they are different. Both tend to save energy in response to personalized feedback about their usage, even when they start out as relatively more efficient than their neighbors.
Bipartisan behavior on saving energy — how can it be?
Given the volume of research that tells us the manifold ways in which liberals and conservatives are different, especially with respect to environmental behaviors, how can we reconcile our findings with the all the other evidence? Here are a couple explanations:
- Behavioral energy efficiency transcends demographics: Political affiliation is just one of many characteristics that we've researched. We've combed through hundreds of data elements trying to understand which customers save the most energy in response to receiving personalized insights about their usage: income, age, family size, gender, religion, housing data, geography, retail purchase patterns… you name it, we've tried it. We always arrive at the same conclusion: behavioral energy efficiency is a universal resource.
- Good design principles work across party lines: In some ways, this universality isn't an accident. In fact, it's entirely consistent with effective design principles, which are aimed at delivering a powerful, relevant experience to everyone. Drawing upon proven behavioral science approaches and a deep understanding of user experience, we've tailored our product to appeal to all utility customers, regardless of where they stand on any particular issue.
Of course none of this means that liberals and conservatives will stop quarreling anytime soon. But it does suggest that when they're done for the day, they will turn off the lights before leaving the room.
Tyler Curtis is Senior Director of Advanced Analytics at Opower. Special thanks to Ashley Sudney for graphics.
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Bonus: For those of you who'd prefer to focus on energy-related differences rather than similarities in the political world, check out our November 2012 Outlier analysis examining how voter turnout correlates with home electricity usage.
Methodology: Designation of Liberal includes registered members of: Democratic Party, Green Party, Socialist Party. Designation of Conservative includes registered members of: Republican Party, Constitution Party, Libertarian Party.
Savings results are based on large-scale randomized control experiments that measure the difference in usage between test group households (e.g. receives personalized energy information) and control group households (statistically equivalent group, and of the same political affiliation, not receiving any intervention). For example, electric usage of liberal test group households is compared, ex post, to that of liberal control group households. In charts, household count of "n" refers to size of test group.
Results are calculated using panel data models with billing data through end of April 2013. All models include household month fixed effects. Results were not sensitive to other model specifications that include other regression variables such as income, baseline usage, gender, home size, and other household characteristics. Savings percentages are central estimates of 95% confidence intervals spanning +/- 0.2% to +/- 0.6%, depending on sample size, rendering the savings difference across party affiliations statistically negligible.
Data Privacy: All data analyzed here are treated anonymously and in strict adherence to Opower's Data Principles.
Author's note: The analysis and commentary presented above solely reflect the views of the author(s) and do not reflect the views of Opower's utility partners.


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Snowasis in the Snow is here next week and there's no event we're more looking forward to than next Wednesday's "Songs From the Slopes" on-mountain karaoke session. We'll have our camera up by the Demo Center at the top of Bonanza Lift from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., shooting anyone who wants to show off their pipes and crank out a funky jam. So find our camera, pick up your air mic and show us what you got! Then join us for an apres party at PayDay Pizza in Legacy Lodge from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m - where we'll be screening your on-mountain performances and hosting more live karaoke.
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Who needs an air mic when you've got ski poles to sing to? We'll be there, but I don't think we can match those karaoke skillz.
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Hartford Art School Hosts 22nd annual Connecticut Regional Scholastic Art Awards
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The Connecticut Art Education Association and the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford are hosting the
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The 2011 Scholastic Art Awards exhibition features select work from students ate more than 140 participating schools. Selected from more than 1,700 total art entries, 663 works will be on exhibit. Of that number, there are 212 Gold key awards [including 88 Gold portfolios] , 155 Silver keys and 296 Honorable Mention awards.
"Celebrating the Creative Spirit of Connecticut Youth" is the theme of this exhibition. The program's sponsors emphasize that the purpose of this program is not merely a competition of sorts, but a recognition and encouragement of talented students across the state. Artists, university faculty, and professionals in the field have joined to review and select the finest student art works in many art media categories.
Top award Gold Key winners from each national region will have their art works reviewed by a blue ribbon panel of judges at the national level in March. Select national winners will be exhibited in New York City during June. The national awards ceremony will be held at Carnegie Hall in mid-June. Select students will receive an invitation to this event.
As an affiliate of the National Scholastic Art Awards and The Alliance For Young Artists and Writers, the Connecticut region is proud to continue a tradition established in 1927. This national program was originated to honor the creative efforts of grade 7 to 12 students in public, private and parochial schools. It is now the largest and most senior program of its type in the country. For more information, visit
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While I too think it's better to have low quality over black by default, it really is an US issue. Why should people outside have low quality by default, when they can legally get the better one?
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this patent is bullshit.. ignore it...
The reason that ignoring it isn't a solution is that the US is -- for better or worse -- still one of the largest drivers and absolutely the largest consumer of software, games, and technology in the world. If some random user in some other part of the world gets access to an encumbered algorithm, good for him, but that does nothing for the larger ecosystem. Game developers will still absolutely refuse to waste time targeting Linux if we know that even 60% of the Linux userbase in our target market would be unable to use that software.
So far as S3TC, you already have the option to use a Mesa plugin for it in parts of the world that don't uphold software patents, so quit your damn whining already.
Originally posted by yotambien View PostI'm not sure simply ignoring a patent somehow makes it go away...
Just like internet censorship sucks for Chinese citizens. This doesn't mean that our Linux distributions should do THAT by default just because one country has silly laws, either.
Originally posted by curaga View PostWhile I too think it's better to have low quality over black by default, it really is an US issue. Why should people outside have low quality by default, when they can legally get the better one?
Problem is, though, that many major distributions ARE based in the USA, and thus MUST follow US laws. Listing the ones from the distrowatch.com top list:
- Ubuntu (UK, but makes profit in the USA)
- Red Hat, Fedora (Raleigh, NC, USA)
- Suse (Provo, UT, USA)
- Debian (France, but is a widespread distro and has major download servers in the USA, possibly can risk losing them, probably better not)
- Mandriva (France, but makes profit in the USA)
- Linux Mint (Ireland, possibly could risk it)
- PCLinuxOS (Houston, TX, USA)
- Slackware (Herndon, VA, USA)
- Gentoo (doesn't have to care, they just make download and compile scripts and shift the problem to the user)
- CentOS (Belgium, probably could do it, but they normally don't make their own packages but just rebuild RHEL ones)
- FreeBSD (doesn't have to care MUCH, they can opt to not redistribute it like Gentoo by simply disabling package creation for it in the ports) (BTW: I know this isn't Linux, and number eleven but distrowatch lists it in the "top ten", so do I)
Among these, only Linux Mint, Gentoo and FreeBSD are likely to include US patent infringing code, all others would face a severe risk if doing so.
Originally posted by spykes View PostI totally agree.
Why the rest of the world should have to suffer because of the broken US patent system ?
I don't understand why this is not a simple compilation flag for MESA drivers yet.
The world is not US and there should be a compilation flag for US users.
Originally posted by cl333r View Post+1
The world is not US and there should be a compilation flag for US users.
You are free to fork Mesa outside the USA, and add S3TC functionality, though.
I am just explaining the motivation between US based software developers to follow US legislation, as it apparently isn't clear to some people here.
It does suck that a bad situation in the USA makes things worse in all other countries too that way. Not denying that. And in fact, I am quite glad that some important projects - that surely DO violate US patents, and lots of them - exist and are managed outside the USA (for example, ffmpeg/libav, mplayer, vlc).
But either we ban all US developers from free software development, or we will have to live with them not wanting to risk their financial status for a feature in an open source project. Because anyone who redistributes patent using code in the USA needs a license for doing so. This even includes non-US-based Linux distributions, once they sell their product in the USA.
One solution BTW could be if Ubuntu started to make two download distributions - one for law-abiding US citizens, and one for everyone else. From the USA, Ubuntu's download site would then only offer the (possibly) "patent-free" S2TC support, while from other countries it would provide the ISO with full S3TC support.
However, in Ubuntu's special case, I wonder why they don't simply license the technology from S3. They do pay licenses for some audio and video codecs, after all, so apparently they have the money for patent licenses.
Originally posted by divVerent View PostThe author of Mesa, Brian Paul lives in Steamboat Springs, CO, USA. If he makes Mesa violate US patents, this can cost him his (financial) existence.
You are free to fork Mesa outside the USA, and add S3TC functionality, though.
And so long he is not implenting it himself either, he is not in risk of being sued.
Now, by adding the flag, the ball gets pushed down to the distroes instead, meaning a US disto without the US flag could get sued.
On the other hand: I doubt the actual patent would stand in court, if it was not bought in the first place.
Originally posted by cl333r View Post+1
The world is not US and there should be a compilation flag for US users.
And really, I can see their point. What needs to happen is to have the distros allow easy installation of the plugin, like they do for patent encumbered media support, for example.Last edited by smitty3268; 07-19-2011, 08:03 AM.


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Grand Theft Auto V is a character drama, but it's missing some important pieces.
Note: Some minor spoilers for Grand Theft Auto V in the following post. Also, this is a part of an ongoing series as I play through the game which I have not yet finished. Please tag spoilers in any comments.
There aren't many female anti-heroes in video games, television, or film. Certainly none so iconic as Breaking Bad's Walter White or The Sopranos' Tony Soprano—or the myriad mobsters and criminals who came before them.
Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto is the most famous and most successful anti-hero video game franchise.
In Grand Theft Auto V we play as three anti-heroes (of varying degrees of "anti") and all three are men. This is understandable enough: men are easier to write in this type of role and easier for audiences to sympathize with, and games featuring male leads tend to be more financially successful. The same is largely true for television and film.
Leigh Alexander has a really excellent, thought-provoking essay on this latest GTA entry. While I don't agree with all of it—I've had a blast playing GTA V, whereas Alexander finds the experience depressing—it made me think about the game in ways I hadn't before. She touches on a subject that Paul Tassi also discusses in his latest post: the lack of a female lead.
Grand Theft Auto V, Alexander argues, has lost its edge.
"Here's a series that has been creating real, meaningful friction with conventional entertainment for as long as I can remember," she writes, "and rather than push the envelope by creating new kinds of monsters, it's reciting the same old gangland fantasies, like a college boy who can't stop staring at the Godfather II poster on his wall, talking about how he's gonna be a big Hollywood director in between bong rips [...]
"Everything it seems you'd want to compare GTA to, including The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, includes interesting and antagonistic women."
What would make the game truly brave, edgy, and risk-taking, Alexander argues, would be to try "to write a monstrous woman, a frustrated woman, a hungry, opportunistic woman, and treat her frailties with nuance. This isn't something even TV and cinema regularly knock out of the park."
As Paul Tassi argues, the problem with GTA V isn't that it portrays women any more negatively than men, it's that there's no fleshed out, interesting female character in the game.
A minor spoiler here: Part way through the game you meet a cousin of one of Trevor's lackeys. You commandeer his girlfriend's condo while she's away on a business trip, and proceed to wreck the place over the next few…days? Weeks? Time is finicky in Grand Theft Auto.
Anyways, when she finally comes back you meet her and there's an extremely brief scene that ends…badly, though we don't get to actually see what happens. It's one of the more disappointing moments in the game. I was genuinely interested in what would happen when the meeting did occur, but it was over in a bloody flash.
Or take Michael's wife, Amanda. There's room to have some real conflict here between her and Michael's choices, but she ends up just walking out on him, magically no longer an obstacle, not even a potential Achilles heel in Michael's dealings with the criminal underworld. /End spoilers.
I don't think this is even really a discussion of sexism to be honest. It's more about risk-taking and storytelling.
A ruthless, sociopathic female lead would have been a surprise. Doing the things we do in this game—visiting strip clubs, beating people up, driving over civilians, bank heists—as a woman would be a twist. I don't care what anyone says, men and women are different and the way we perceive men and women in fiction and in real life is different.
A "tough" guy is perceived very differently from a "tough" girl. A man who lies to his family and sells meth to make money for his cancer treatment would be perceived by audiences and other characters very differently than a woman who does the same thing. Some of this is physicality, some of it is sexuality.
Our expectations of each sex are different, and a female anti-hero would be really fascinating if only to see how we ourselves might react to a woman doing these things instead of a man.
Grand Theft Auto V is an equal opportunity satirist, mocking everyone with equal fervor. It's not sexist because it portrays its female characters in a negative light—it portrays everyone in a negative light—but I do think there's a missed opportunity here to make us uncomfortable.
Truth and consequences
On the other hand, maybe the game doesn't need a female lead at all. Maybe it just needs more interesting supporting characters, including supporting female characters, to add depth and life to the game. Michael's family is far less interesting than Walter White's in AMC's Breaking Bad. What if Michael and Amanda had a good relationship when all this started? What if that relationship deteriorated throughout the game?
As it stands, it feels like Amanda leaves him because it makes it easier to tell the story. Michael has no constraints anymore. But part of the fun of Grand Theft Auto is the fact that it's an open world with structure and constraint.
Franklin has almost no struggle in his escape from the hood. Money's almost never a problem. There's never a sense of consequence for any of the characters' actions. His only family is a crazy aunt he can't wait to be rid of. Wouldn't it be more interesting if there were some other character he cared about that made his decision to leave more agonizing?
Giving at least Michael and Franklin some interesting personal obstacles would have made the game's story richer and more compelling. As it stands, there's not enough going on in gameplay or the story to contrast Michael and Franklin with Trevor.
Which is all well and good for a game purely about escapism, but less interesting when it comes to a game about characters. And make no mistake, this is a game about characters. I may be offering up a critique of the game's plot here, but I love the fact that this game focuses so intensely on its characters.
I mused a little while back that GTA V would be a character drama, and I think I was right about that. And while there's a clever, entertaining narrative at work, and while I enjoy all three main characters a great deal, there's still not enough going on in any of their lives to make me really care about them one way or another. I enjoy them, but it's an enjoyment that's largely superficial.
I care about Walter White because he's so flawed and his flaws have such horrifying consequences. In GTA V there are no consequences.
And maybe here we come to the precipice: video games can do many things that television and film cannot, making us active participants in a story, but it may be that they'll never achieve the same sense of consequence that these other mediums have. Extra lives and check-points are steep obstacles to overcome. Even games which give us tough choices often do so at a cost to our sense of dramatic inevitability.
I'm not suggesting we take GTA V and turn it into a super serious game that weighs as heavy on us as a show like Breaking Bad. But I do think there's room to go a bit deeper, to play to the characters' strengths and weaknesses and personal connections without losing any of the fun and chaos that defines the series.
You can read earlier entries in my Grand Theft Auto V review series here and here.


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Several comments on my earlier post about airline customer service already linked to this video, which has gone viral. This is a slightly different service issue, but no less egregious. Clearly, these soldiers weren't included in the J.D. Power survey. Update (6/9): YouTube had removed the video and Delta Air Lines has changed and clarified […] [Read More]
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Customer satisfaction with North American airlines rose for the second year in a row, according the latest survey by J.D. Power and Associates. The increase comes even as more people return to the skies, cramming every available seat on more and more flights. It also comes as airlines continue to ladle on more and more […] [Read More]


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Mutual Mentoring:
A New Paradigm Of An Old Tradition
I surmise that the best way conversatio happens on a daily basis is when we are open to being mentors and being mentored by another. Change in our own behavior happens when the words or example of another calls into question whether we are living the monastic life fully. Sister Joan Chittister, in her book Wisdom Distilled from the Daily, says: "To live community life well is to have all the edges rubbed off, all the rough parts made smooth. There is no need then for disciplines to practice. Life itself is the discipline."2 I believe that a community life that is filled with opportunities for mutual mentoring is a life that will truly smooth out our rough edges and bring us closer to Christ.
I searched the Internet for information about mentoring and I found a book entitled Mentor Teacher by Rita Peterson at the University of California's educational site. In her book on mentoring Peterson gives the history of the word mentor and also talks about mentoring relationships being reciprocal. I would like to read three paragraphs from chapter 1 entitled "What is a Mentor."
The concept of mentoring has a long history, one that comes to us from Greek mythology. In Homer's Odyssey, Mentor was the teacher of Telemachus, the son of Odysseus. But Mentor was more than a teacher. Mentor was half-God and half-man, half-male and half-female, believable and yet unreachable. Mentor was the union of both goal and path, wisdom and personified.
Today, some 3500 years later, mentoring relationships are still valued. In many professions mentors are thought to enhance if not ensure the professional development and success of talented newcomers. Increasingly, mid-career professionals seek mentors when they wish to develop new levels of expertise and to advance in the profession.
Yet, if mentoring were only a means for aspiring young professionals to gain a career foothold or to be given a boost up the career ladder, mentoring would be a one-way street. Common experience tells us that one-sided relationships do not work as well as reciprocal relationships where there is an even exchange of some kind. In fact, mentoring relationships most likely are reciprocal if they achieve their fullest potential.3
There is no doubt that we need mentors for those who are looking at religious life today. We need those who have lived the monastic life and speak from experience. We need prudent and experienced advisors, advising by both word and example. In my eleven years as director of vocation ministries for the Sisters of St. Benedict at Ferdinand, I found that seeing the whole community as potential mentors for those discerning a vocation was my greatest insight for moving the vocation program to a new level.
What I did not expect to find was the fact that women visiting our community and sharing time and their experiences with us would mentor us in turn. These women helped advise us as to what women are truly looking for today in religious life. By their continual questions and comments, they helped us to look at how we are living the monastic life and at times to see the community with new eyes. Someone once said that being vocation director is not always a popular position in the community because it is like holding a mirror up to the community. I really believe this is true. When women come to visit us, they are quite honest, if asked what they observe about the community and what they think about it. Are we, as religious, willing to be open to being mentored by those looking at our lifestyle? Or do we feel we have all the wisdom and just need to tell them how it is and what to do? After all, that is the way it happened for us, isn't it?
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What is this medicine?RITUXIMAB (ri TUX i mab) is a monoclonal antibody. This medicine changes the way the body's immune system works. It is used commonly to treat non- Hodgkin's lymphoma and other conditions. In cancer cells, this drug targets a specific protein within cancer cells and stops the cancer cells from growing. It is also used to treat rhuematoid arthritis (RA). In RA, this medicine slow the inflammatory process and help reduce joint pain and swelling. This medicine is often used with other cancer or arthritis medications.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
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Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. This medicine is not approved for use in children.
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Beer Blotter: Seattle Based. World Focused.
A Seattle beer blog with an eye on the world around it. A collection of beer news, stories, editorials, columns and reviews from beer nerds with social skills.
Monthly Archive for June, 2012
The Homebrewer's Brain – A Comparison of 2-Row and 6-Row
It seems to me that a lot of homebrewers stay away from using 6-row barley as a base-malt, but the question is, do they know why? There seems to be a near ubiquitous lack of knowledge as to the attributes of 6-row. Yes, American 2-row, Maris Otter and Pilsner malts (all of the 2-row spec.) […] [Read More]


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Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 11:45am to 12:45pm
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The Office of Multicultural Development at Ohio Northern University cordially invites you to join us for our monthly Cultural Conversation Hour. This monthly conversation series will take place every third Thursday of the month during the lunch hour of 11:45 am - 12:45 pm and will be held in Heterick Memorial Library, Room 301.
The conversations series is dedicated to examining the ideas and issues of multiculturalism and diversity in greater society. Critical discussion will be facilitated by Multicultural Development Director, Clyde W. Pickett. Food will be provided.
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KATHMANDU, DEC 29 - President Ram Baran Yadav has said that Nepali leadership should work together to resolve the impending crisis and a political solution should be sought within the country.
"It is not the Indian leaders who give us the solution to the political crisis but we ourselves," Yadav told reporters at the Tribhuvan International Airport on arrival from a six-day India visit on Saturday. "The political crisis of Nepal should be resolved by Nepali people themselves."
President Yadav has firmly stood in favour of holding elections in April-May.
"The President, during his talks with various Indian leaders and officials, made it clear that holding elections is the need of the hour of Nepal, which is the only solution to current impasse. For this he sought Indian goodwill," said Press Advisor to the President, Rajendra Dahal.
President Yadav's sentiments were echoed by Indian politicians and officials who batted for early elections in Nepal in the near future. Still, New Delhi is divided about it reading about the Nepal situation. "Our impression is that opinions in New Delhi are divided as we had sensed in Kathmandu. Views on Nepal are divided between the political class and the security apparatus," said the official.
A large section of political section feels that there should be elections at any cost in Nepal in the near future and political consensus should be reached as early as possible.
According to multiple sources who accompanied the President during the visit, the security apparatus thinks that if Baburam Bhattarai is ousted from Baluwatar, there are chances of merger between two Maoist parties—UCPN (Maosit) and CPN-Maoist. "The security agencies' primary motivation to support Bhattarai as prime minister is to ensure the Maoist split stays put," said a member of the presidential entourage to New Delhi.
Indian leaders and officials, meanwhile, told the President that they "too have limitations while dealing with Nepal and cannot dictate everything," though they were clearly worried about the widening rift among the parties.
"There's a section in New Delhi which is frustrated with the Nepal situation and does not want to engage with Kathmandu," said the official. This group feels that Nepali leaders don't even listen to their "genuine advice."
President Yadav will consult with top leaders of major political parties on Sunday before taking any decision on extending the latest deadline for a consensus prime ministerial candidate.
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Detachment is a new movie that will be launched on the big screen on March 16th 2012. This drama film is about the life of a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes. Henry has a great talent when it comes to teaching and creating a connection with his students and colleagues. The only problem is Henry Barthes is denying this gift by shying away from the moment a bond is created. In the movie Detachment, Henry Barthes goes from school to school giving bits and pieces of his knowledge. It seems that he is willing to teach but leaves immediately to make sure that he does not create any attachment with the students or faculty members. One day this substitute teacher arrives at his next assignment. In this public school Henry finds something that starts to awaken inside him. His long time struggle to stay away from connections is brought to him all of a sudden. He is intrigued by a girl in his first period named Meredith, a fellow teacher named Ms. Madison and a girl who works the street named Erica. Henry even gave Erica a place to stay so that she can stay off of the streets. These three women are in the same struggle as Henry. They want to find something that is worth living for and something beautiful in the world. A new journey is now unveiling before Henry Barthes' eyes and it is one that will change their lives forever.
Detachment has been released early in 2011 and it has since then created a huge buzz in Tribeca. This new movie release can now be enjoyed by others as well since it really gives people something to think about in our lifetime. Henry Barthes the substitute teacher is played by Adrien Brody. Adrien Brody is known for winning the Best Actor award at the Oscars for his role in The Pianist in 2002. Adrien Brody is also joined by fellow actors, Christina Hendricks as Ms. Madison, Bryan Cranston as Richard Dearden, Lucy Liu as Dr. Parker and Marcia Gay Harden as Principal Carol Dearden. Detachment is directed by Tony Kaye and written by Carl Lund. This film is also produced by Paper Street Films, Appian Way and Kingsgate Films.
"Provides powerful testimony to the unrivaled passion and undiminished craft of director Kaye, whose notoriety in the film industry is matched by his near-total invisibility to the general public." This short quote from Salon film critic Andrew O'Hehir shows just how he was impressed by the creativity of this film. There are more critics who were utterly surprised and given a new perspective when it comes to the Detachment movie. One thing is for sure, a huge audience will be able to enjoy this drama film and be given a whole new take on what brings beauty and wonder in our lives. Detachment will be shown in limited theaters on March 16th 2012.
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2013 Annual Report
The 2005-2006 FCED will be applied to 2005-2006 WWEIA, NHANES dietary recall data to estimate the amount of food commodities consumed by Americans. Various USDA reports will be prepared by staff at ERS and ARS. The FCED database will be made publicly available on the Web.
A unique database and a related summary data table set that converts foods consumed to retail-level commodities using the database for What We Eat in America, NHANES 2005-2006 were developed and released on the FSRG Web site. In addition, a Methodology and User Guide for the FICRCD 2005-2006 was also developed and released that describes the process of disaggregation of foods, their assignments to appropriate commodities, and the application of conversion factors to convert foods to respective amounts of commodities. The methodology used for the FICRCD 2005-2006 was comparable to that used for developing FICRCD for the survey years of 1994-1998, 1999-2000, 2001-2002, and 2003-2004 that were also developed and released on the FSRG Web site under this agreement.


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Economics and Globalization Events
The Future of the Poor, Illiterate, and Marginalized Populations
September 08, 2004 // 4:30am — 6:00pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
Rajan Gupta, a theoretical physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, described his plan for reducing global poverty by improving education, health care, economic opportunities, the environment, security, and governance. He highlighted the relationship between reducing global poverty and strengthening global stability, noting that the poor remained especially susceptible to recruitment by criminal and terrorist groups. He called for a quicker and more significant transfer of knowledge and resources from developed countries to alleviate the problems of the poor.
Book Launch -- A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
August 05, 2004 // 9:30am — 11:00am
Africa Program
A Roundtable discussion with Howard French, distinguished New York Times journalist and author of the recently published book A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa. Historian Louis Gates, Jr. has described French's book as "A brilliant and nuanced meditation on the complexities of contemporary Africa. Essential reading for those of us who love Africa and for all those who wish to gain a fuller understanding of a continent that is sprawling, mysterious, and endlessly fascinating."
Live Webcast--America in the Second Century of Flight: How to Save American Jobs, Industry and Global Leadership
July 15, 2004 // 12:30pm — 1:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
A Director's Forum with the Honorable Patty Murray, U.S. Senator from the State of Washington.
Book Launch:The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future
May 11, 2004 // 4:00pm — 5:00pm
China Environment Forum
Elizabeth Economy offers a history of environmental degradation in China, outlines the wide-reaching impact such problems have on nearly every part of Chinese society, and profiles the challenges facing China in resolving pollution and natural resource problems today.
The End of Globalization and the Resurgence of the Nation-State
May 06, 2004 // 5:00pm — 6:00pm
Canada Institute
Essayist and novelist John Ralston Saul critiqued the theory of globalization, noting that the "emotional nature" of economic theories and stated that they have a life span of about 25 to 50 years. He predicted that we are now in a period of transition and that the economic theory of globalization will be abandoned over the next five years.
Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honorable Paul Martin, Speaks at Wilson Center Event
April 29, 2004 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Canada Institute
On the occasion of his first visit to Washington, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin delivered a speech focusing on bilateral issues and the issue of North American security, where he outlined the steps his government has taken to ensure that the Canada-U.S. border is more secure and open to trade.
Rwanda – Reflections on Genocide
April 21, 2004 // 10:30am — 2:00pm
Africa Program
A Director's Forum with His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda. Video and a transcript of the President's address are available here.
Patent Donations and the Problem of Orphan Technologies with David Martin, CEO, M-CAM and Peter Bloch, COO, Light Years IP
April 14, 2004 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
What does the process of patent donations and orphan technologies say about our national innovation system? Are patent donations an effective way of spurring university research? Are there other ways to foster more development of these technologies? Has patenting gone too far? Is over-patenting getting in the way of new product development?
Experts Discuss "World in the Balance"
April 08, 2004 // 1:30pm — 3:30pm
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Project hosts a preview screening of stories from NOVA's Earth Day episode "World in the Balance." The screening is followed by a panel discussion.
An Opposition Perspective on Nigeria's Political Evolution
April 07, 2004 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Africa Program
Major General Muhammadu Buhari, a former Nigerian Head of State and President Obasanjo's principal opponent in Nigeria's 2003 presidential election, is currently leading the legal challenge to the conduct and outcome of that election. A ruling in his case, now drawing to a close before the Court of Appeal in Abuja, is expected by the end of March, and will thereafter be appealed to the Supreme Court by whichever side loses.


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Results for CU/Spencer Nelson Nordic 15/20K
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. -- Senior Linn Håvelsrud Klaesson and sophomore newcomer Mats Rudin Resaland paced the University of New Mexico Nordic team on Saturday in the 15/20K mass start freestyle race at the University of Colorado/Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational, a Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association competition, in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
The skiers faced frigid temperatures. The high in Steamboat Springs on Saturday was 12 degrees, which was reached in the afternoon, after the races were over.
Klaesson, a native of Oslo, Norway, just missed a podium spot, finishing fourth in the 15K race (46:59.4). It's the sixth top-5 finish in RMISA competition of Klaesson's career. Resland, a native of Kongsberg, Norway, finished fifth in the men's 20K (54:35.4).
"Linn had a very good race," head coach Fredrik Landstedt said."She was right in it and she was one of the top girls in the last 3 kilometers or so. Mats looked a little tired today, but he hung in there really tough and picked off some guys toward the end."
The women's team accumulated 100 points while the men tallied 86 to move the Lobos' team total to 578, enough to maintain their spot in third place. Joanne Reid and Rune Oedegaard, both of Colorado, were the individual winners and helped the Buffs take over first place from the University of Denver. CU added 229 points to bring their total score to 646 on the first day of Nordic events. The Pioneers got 197 points and are ahead of the Lobos with 620.5 points.
Tomorrow's 5/10K interval classical race is the final event of the meet. It will be another cold day for the skiers as tomorrow's expected high is three degrees.
Sophomores Clara Chauvet and Anni Nord were the other two UNM women to place for points. Chauvet placed eighth (47:35.9) while Nord came in 15th (49:07.2).
"Clara hung in there tough, dropping back a little at the end, but overall, she had a good race," Landstedt said. "Anni was a little bit back from the start and then picked it up in the last lap and picked off about five skiers."
Behind Resaland was junior Christian Otto who finished 16th (56:38.8). Sophomore Sjur Prestsaeter was the third Lobo to finish, placing 27th (1:02:51.9).
"Tomorrow we're looking for the team to do better than they did today with a few more guys picking it up and few more of the women improving on their times," Landstetd said.
CU/Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational - Nordic 15/20K Freestyle, Jan. 12
TEAM SCORE (Overall): 1. Colorado (646 points); 2. Denver (620.5 points); 3. New Mexico (578 points); 4. Alaska Anchorage (514 points); 5. Utah (492 points); 6. Montana State (463.5 points); 7. Westminster (259 points); 8. Colorado Mountain College (20 points); 9. Wyoming (0 points)
WOMEN: 100 points -- 4. Linn Håvelsrud Klaesson, 41 pts (46:59.4); 8. Clara Chauvet, 33 pts (47:35.9); 15. Anni Nord, 26 pts (49:07.2); 21. Anita Kirvesniemi (51:03.5); 26. Ingrid Leask (55:14.6)
MEN: 86 points -- 5. Mats Rudin Resaland, 39 pts (54:35.4); 16. Christian Otto, 25 pts (56:38.8); 27. Sjur Prestsaeter, 22 pts (1:02:51.9), 28. Eivind Odden Solberg (1:07:15.4)


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Bethesda-Zenimax continues to make TES games because players buy said games.
because they like how the product is. change the product and run the risk of customer loss.
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Originally posted by SoMuchMass
This to me is the problem. If too many people follow this advice another GREAT IP will be lost and probably never resurface. I want a TES MMO, a good one. I don't want the IP lost to make a quick buck. Sure I still have the SPG games and that is fine. But I would love a TES game made into an MMO. This isn't a TES game made into an MMO but a DAOC ripoff with a TES skin.
Until more information is released that changes the currently released stuff then that is just how it is. The game might well be great, might well be a great Themepark MMO but it isn't what I want to a TES MMO. So yes, if it doesn't change I will not buy it or play it. If enough have the same opinion the game might fail, making further investments appear riskier and thus no more games. Being a lover of games I think that is a bad thing. Lets hope I am wrong and all the fans that don't like the design are wrong too. Because if too many are not wrong then it is a bad thing.
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Originally posted by SoMuchMass
Have you ever considered, just for a moment, that Bethesda are happy with how the MMO is being developed because Todd Howard doesn't like MMO's, is probably working on teh next SP TES game and would probably make more sales if Zenimax release a stinker?
BTW Zenimax are making the game not Bethesda.
Originally posted by jedensuscg
DaoC was the first dumbed down MMORPG. It came right after Anarchy Online, one of the most difficult and was shortly followed by SWG, completely open.
You will NEVER convience someone that played DaoC as their first MMORPG that anything BUT closed RvR produces "pride" because they knew no better.
You take someone that played The Realm, Meridian 59, Ultima Online, EverQuest, Asherons Call, Anarchy Online, Star Wars Galaxies or even one of the Korean MMOs FIRST...they will LAUGH at the very thought that you must seperate races and have magical walls protecting each faction land while fighting you war in neverland in order to create "faction pride" or longevity.
Best part about it, they will respond with something they do KNOW is complete BS in order to defend it...really love the "but DaoC is STILL running and thats PROOF it works"...even though they know there are far more MMOs still going that are OLDER and dont have closed factions/races/lands.
Closed faction RvR did not take off for a reason...was one of the worst aspects of DaoC to everyone but its small rabid fanboy base and they will never understand the feel of real PvP, running into the enemies city and trying to own it...or the thrill of entering the enemies lands alone, trying to get as deep into it as you can.
TESO, the war for neverland where your kids and all you know are safe at home and some leader takes you to a far away place and makes you fight for him because you actually have no real reason to fight, since your home is not being threatened!
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Originally posted by Maelwydd
Todd Howard doesn't like making MMOs he prefers making what he is currently doing. He never said he doesn't like MMOs. Second, the company that owns everything TES came up with the idea of making a TES MMO. Again, they own it they call the shots. They can make a RTS with TES lore and it would be a TES game.
Originally posted by jtcgs
It doesn't have to have seperate races and have magical walls, but this game does and so did DAoC. Not all games are alike. I rather have different type of MMOs than everything being the same. I am fed up of the same old two faction or one faction, this is something new and fresh. And before anyone brings up DAoC, 99% of the current MMO population has never played DAoC.
Having seperate faction, races, classes gives you identity in the world. You identify with various subsets within the game and feel a belonging. It doesn't have to be three faction it would be even better with more factions.
Originally posted by SoMuchMass
No just no. This isnt "like daoc" it IS DaoC, and its being MADE by the same guys that made DaoC. It isnt "new", its OLD. NEW would be sandbox like SWG...because there hasnt been one since then and no I dont count Eve because Eve is in space. You are sick of two or one factions? Go play Warhammer...oh wait, that was also made by the makers of DaoC.
Also...when did I say dont have 3 factions?.
We dont like this crap because its about their inability to make a game DIFFERENT than DaoCs highly flawed closed off faction zone, PvP in a box design that didnt catch on for a REASON. If a game maker SHOWS he cant make anything based on a different design, they PROVE THEY ARE TRAPPED IN A BOX CREATED WITH THEIR FIRST GAME! Not to mention the fact that makes the game even less TES in nature when we KNOW FOR A FACT that an MMO can be made allowing us to chose a side or even SWITCH sides after creation...
Hell, even Raph Koster, a man I cannot STAND ONE LITTLE BIT managed to make games very different from one another and I even used ONE of them as an example here...SWG.
And lastly, NO having seperate factions, races, classes gives you NOTHING that NOT having them doesnt also give...you are saying that every game that DOES NOT HAVE IT has not given ANYONE any identity, something 99% of the people that have played MMOs would laugh in your face IRL about. Welcome to being what the title says.
I have no desire to play inside someone else's little box where the RP in RPG doesnt stand for Role Playing YOUR Role, but THEIR Role.
I, I want to have a character that was a Human slave to the Dominion, sent to do his masters work that eventually runs away to Skyrim only to come back and kill his master...but no, this short sighted closed minded BS that ruined DoaC will make it what most MMOs are today...a piss poor online RPG on a rail made by developers that have little skill in creating a game that allows the player to play in a world on their own so instead hold the players hand and leads them every step of the way...because even according to them, without clear faction identity, the player would be TOO STUIPID to know who the enemy is.
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It makes me laugh that TESO is going to lock you into a faction, when a F2P japanese MMO can figure out how to offer your choice and have 3 factions, Law, Chaos, and Neutral, decided by the decisions you made in the game. I never PvP'd in that game, well, because I don't enjoy PvP in the least. It also has Free skill development. hell its closer to a TES game than TESO. Personally i've always disliked TES games because i found them aimless, but I'm sad for fans who feel this doesn't do their fandom justice.
I play MMOs for the Forum PVP
Originally posted by jtcgs
Opinions are opinions. The PvE in this game is nothing like DAoC. The RvR is and the world set up is. 2 faction games that come out in the future won't be WoW 2.0. There are flaws with many games including popular games like WoW. If a new game comes out with 2 factions it isn't old design. There is nothing flawed about closed off faction zones, it is just a different way to design the world.
Yes seperate factions, races and classes give you identity. It might not for you but I love it. I like the different races per faction in any MMO. I liked Vanilla WoW and Shamans on Horde and Pallies on the Alliance.
You are looking for a MMO to be made in the same mold as every other MMO in the market today. I am ready for something different. One faction open world MMOs have failed recently. Two faction open world MMOs have failed recently. There is no one forumla for MMOs.
And here is the thing, if you "have no desire to play" don't play it. This game is not for you. And nothing you or the rest say will change anything.
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The 3 Factions fighting over Cyrodill ala DAOC sounds great, but Im not big on the Faction=Race lock and the segregated PvE zones.
Id rather see a more open Elder Scrolls game.
Probably gonna give this one a pass
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I would be more worried about it being a good game than anything else. Cause who cares if the game isn't good? And who would care if the game is awesome? These posts come up all the time and it won't matter at all if the game fails and if it fails because of this reason then it wouldn't have been good anyways.
Originally posted by Pewpsockemz
This exactly. But people generally want to have something to complain about and for ESO they latched on to this, it happens with every single MMO.
People need to realize devs are not creating a game for them or one person. It might not fit your "vision" of what an MMO should be. But you aren't making the game, they are. You play a game based on their vision and design. You don't have to play it if you feel it isn't the right thing to do, play games with the design you prefer.
Originally posted by SoMuchMass
THis isnt just any other MMO...this is a game using the TES name. Just like people got rabid over the massive pile of poodoo that is SWTOR bastardizing KOTOR and just like people got rabid over LoTRo causing a trainwreck with the lore.
When you take an existing IP, mess with its fans, you not only betray them, you stand a chance of ruining the IP to the point it can hurt the FUTURE of that IP.
If you take an IP, you either make it for the fans of that IP or you dont use it. This game is clearly not being made for TES fans, its being made for DaoC fans. Idiocy all around, but not suprising coming from the people making it since they have shown no ability to create any other kind of MMO.
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Originally posted by jtcgs
The info is released. This game will have raids and the traditional dungeon system. The game will have quests like Skyrim and other MMOs. The world design and RvR is like DAoC and that is an excellent thing, I want to see something different instead of the stale old thing over and over and over again.
People can "laugh" at themepark games all they like, while I laugh at the population of so called "sandbox" games. People always say they want "sandpark" but they don't know what they are talking about. Most people asking for sandpark games are playing Themeparks anyway.[mod edit]
Originally posted by jtcgs
lol at the use of "betray", there is nothing of that sort here. People are taking video games a little too seriously. Zenimax that owns the IP is willing to take that risk, it is their choice their MMO. Players don't own it but have a sense of entitlement to it for some reaosn.
As both a TES fan and a DAoC fan this game is a dream come true. It hits on the parts of TES that I love the questing and PvE and hits on the PvP I love in DAoC, the perfect marriage. Can this game fail as hard as GW2 and SWTOR? Absolutely, but only if it is a bad game.
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i love when game developers promote the creation of alts and give enough varied content to avoid repeating the exact same content with every alt. However, i really dislike when portions of the world are restricted to some races. At least in TESO ill have plenty of alts. Ill have most likely one of each race in every faction because to me there is zero faction pride in the map restriction they added. So ill get the best of all three worlds, specially if im paying for the game, duh!
Originally posted by SoMuchMass
So if the information is released please tell me how PvE in TESO is nothing like DaoC. Saying "raids" does not make it unlike DaoC because memory recalls getting a 10 man and later 6 to take on the Kracken during the short time I played on Albion...and saying quests are like skyrim and other MMOs makes me question how Skyrims quests are like "other MMOs".
You are arguing a point without actually providing anything for your argument.
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Originally posted by jtcgs
Why would you claim that DAOC's faction based RvR never "took off" when the numbers prove otherwise?
Looking at MMOData it seems that Anarchy Online never broke 70k subs and for a 3 year period from 2002 to 2005 carried from 20k to 40k peak subs.
Ultima Online peaked at 250k subs and carried between 200k and 250k between 2000 and 2004 at it's peak.
Star Wars Galaxies hit 300k at peak and carried between 250k and 300k subs at it's peak between 2003 and 2005.
DAOC peaked at 250k subs and held between 200k to 250k at its peak between 2002 and 2005.
A very telling statistic is Warhammer Onlines initial 800k sub spike, one could argue that MMORPG gamers were VERY interested in what they thought would be another DAOC style RvR game.
These numbers tell me that DAOC's style was far from the failure you claim that it was for an RvR or PvP MMO. Was it something you personaly didnt like? perhaps but looking at the rest of the gaming community it was well recieved.
Originally posted by jtcgs
PvE in TESO will be more like WoW. It is a pretty simple concept to comprehend. Questing in TESO will be a mix of Skyrim and WoW. TESO and DAoC will be as simliar as WoW is to DAoC. If you want to strech the similiarites that much all MMORPGs are the same.
What points have you provided, other than old rehashed baseless arguments?
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Originally posted by Zaskar70
If anything most PvP heavy oriented games are failures. Most people, from looking at server pops and game pops, show that the masses do not want an open world gankfest pvp game. You want to "kill" an IP then make one focused on PvP open world.


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I'll have to see if the quality stays good. If the buyer does not keep the quality up, Founders, Darkhorse, Frankenmuth, Cheboygan and Keewenau are just some of the other Michigan Breweries that produce and market excellent beers.
There will still be plenty of good beer to drink. Someone who buys Bell's would either need to keep the quality strong (and it has faded a bit in recent years, but not drastically) or lose Market share. (If they mess with the Two-Hearted or the Amber Ale, I WILL be bummed LOL!!!!)
I just want to thank you for all the time you put in. Your site is very interesting to me and I even occasionally quote you in my Basketball Blog on Life In Lansing (which is a much more fun thing than serious basketball.) I don't know how you are able to know so much, but thank you for sharing it with the rest of us.
One game you might have included was East Lansing at Waverly. Waverly lost by six but was without their star point guard Rashaun Carroll. Even though a lot of people were playing different roles, Waverly made it a tough game through out.
I hope you don't knock them out of the top 25.
Is Lindsey Hunter III possibly the son of the former Pistons player?
I respect your ratings a lot, Steve. It's hard for you to be on top of everything. Okemos beat Lansing Eastern by 20 some points on their floor when they played.
(I have to admit that deep-down, if Eastern's sophomore guards improve, they will be a better team. But Okemos has two great, poised, experienced guards who play both ends of the floor (Chris Harrison-Docks and Mack McKearney) and a lot of guys who play smart, team-oriented offense and defense.) Okemos is certainly a threat to win almost any game against anyone.
Actually, we are fortunate to have both these great teams in Lansing to watch this year.
It's really disappointing that the parents and the girl don't get more support.
I'm fully on board with "Love the sinner, hate the sin", but this is a 32 year old man and he needs to not touch 15 year old girls. I don't have much of an opinion as to how long he needs to be in jail, but it needs to be long enough to make other people keep their zippers up around kids.
Yeah, but how much would Izzo lose if he got a reputation as someone who is cutthroat about Scholarship commitments?
Izzo will do the right thing. I would not be surprised if Herzog senses they need the scholarship and moves on.
Please tell me that this guy's last name was not "Bear."
Willievrine, I like your optimism, but I don't know about the NCAA Championship. UM will have a really good team and continue on its improvement path, though and that's exciting!!!
Wow. I'm a UM fan, but you have to appreciate the Spartans not only winning the Big Ten title, but winning a well-balanced conference by four games!!!
The Spartans deserve our congratulations.
While there is no guarantee of the Final Four, their chances of getting there are very good. Their defense is tough and there is no single or pair of players you can shut down and eliminate the offense. A lot of guys on this team can go for double figures. MSU will be tough to eliminate.
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JTress, your trolling and poor sportsmanship won't change what happened. UM may not be the best team in the nation, and I believe that Duke and UCLA both have weaknesses, especially inside, that played into UM's hands.
There is no denying that UM has improved quite a bit. Jtress, are you taking your medication??