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January 3rd 2011 4:37 pm
Read the original post: Warcraft and Philosophy 2010 was a year of new horizons for Warcraft and Philosophy co-author John Nordlinger. "I've been swamped with film school and delayed responsibilities, so no gaming for the last year," he reports. "The Cataclysm looks great, though."
Read the original post: Pulvering the World of Warcraft "I took some time off from WoW," writes MMA fighter Jens Pulver, "but once Cataclysm came out, I had to give it a go. I have some friends in the MMA world who play it and they just kept telling me stories, so I had to see for myself. In game, I have been just trying to level at the moment. I will be 85 by the time people get to read this. LOL I am loving the new zones. I think they did a great job on this expansion, and it's always good to see new content. Out of the game, I have been training again, just trying to see if I can give it one more go. I am not trying to be the world champion again or anything, but I would like to make all who have coached me proud and go out on a better note than what I have been displaying as of late. Myself and the other fighters of the Suckerpunch group have been hanging out and blogging at alienwarearena.com/mma."
Read the original post: Wasting no time gaming David French is still playing WoW amidst the rather stunning mix of his many other commitments: "Now, more than two weeks since launch, I've geared up with heroics, have an epic or two, and we've downed the first boss in the Bastion of Twilight. Oh, and my wife is shaking her head at my renewed zeal for the game. Of course, I never really lost it, as the 10-man and 25-man Kingslayer titles attest. In my non-gaming life, things are still phenomenally busy. This year, our Center for Academic Freedom had two cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, I kept writing for National Review, and I started a weekly column on a faith and culture website. My wife and I also finished a book (due out in 2011) about my deployment to Iraq, from the perspective of a family struggling through a deployment. In my military life, I spent most of march in South Korea on military exercises, and in my political life, my wife and I helped a potential presidential candidate win an important early test of strength. And in crucial personal news, we enjoyed the marvelous blessing of adopting a child from Ethiopia. Naomi is three years old and adjusting well to life with her new family. My goals for next year are simple: Work less, enjoy more time with my family, and become a Defender of a Shattered World."
Read the original post: The solo artist "I changed to a worgen after I hit 85, and I'm now in a world 100 guild as main tank," writes Raegwyn, well-known DK instance soloer. "Cataclysm changed my soloing attempts a lot. It will never be possible again to solo raid bosses of the same content like Sartharion with an 80 because Blizzard gave every boss an enrage timer that makes this impossible since 3.1. But I will soon release videos of soloing Cataclysm 5-man heroic bosses. I'm also working on soloing Illidan because I want the warglaives that DKs now can get too. But there are still some mechanics that seem to make him not killable alone. I really have no idea what I should do after Illidan and Cataclysm 5-mans because there is nothing that doesn't have an unmanageable enrage. Some ICC bosses maybe should work, but I already soloed them with level 80 till enrage, so it would be just a DPS race to solo them. At the moment, I focus on raiding to get some server firsts and gear up before my next soloing attempts, and maybe I will try out some PvP for fun, but I will never give up my solo raiding cause that is what makes myself want to play that game."
Read the original post: Master of addons Jim Whitehead, creator of the wildly popular addon Clique, continues to maintain the mod for the Cataclysm era.
Read the original post: The Frag Dolls' Valkyrie "Yes, I am still playing World of Warcraft ... a little too much with the release of Cataclysm, of course!" writes Amy Brady, a gaming rep with the Frag Dolls. "In game, my guild, <PMS Clan>, recently started on 10-man raids and will be making a move into a 25 after we start clearing some of the instances. Currently, in two nights we have downed three bosses to include Magmaw, Omnitron, and Halfus Wyrmbreaker. We are all very excited to explore all the new content, raids and lore! Out of game, I am still working at Ubisoft in the marketing and promotions department. It is the slow period for traveling to events since most of our new game launches are out for a while, so other then normal work stuff, it is easy mode at the moment."
Read the original post: Getting strict about 10-man content 10-man strict raiding advocate Ghengie reports: "Back when I had my interview with 15 Minutes of Fame, we were in the progress of a server transfer. Like we had hoped, Sindragosa died the first night after the transfer without any lag. All hard modes went down in the following weeks, and after a long summer break, we finally downed heroic Lich King. The major issues we had during Wrath are fixed in Cataclysm. The interview gave us a great platform to draw attention to the problems with 10-man raiding. The topic on the official forum was a great way to share thoughts with other high-ranked strict guilds. How much our crusade for 10-man strict raiding actually influenced Blizzard we will never know, but we like to think we helped the process. With Blizzard announcing a heavier focus on guild play with guild perks and rated battlegrounds, we opened up recruitment and formed a second team that will start raiding in January. We're also in the process of forming a rated battleground team. We started our progress this week with four kills on the first night. Because we raid on a two-day schedule, we can't expect world-first, perhaps even realm-first kills, but who needs those when we are having fun killing challenging encounters, like we always did?"
Read the original post: Making the RP-LARP connection "Oh yes, indeed, we're still playing WoW, having had our fifth birthday back in September," writes the ever-enthusiastic WoW RPer and real-life LARPer Skulleater. "From then on, we've been having a big roleplaying campaign which was inspired in no small part by the events at LARP which many members attended during the summer period. With Cataclysm out now, we've ended our campaign with a cliffhanger while we get to levelling to 85, or in some cases, begin levelling our worgen in preparation for when the campaign begins anew in January! Outside the game, our regular LARP events continue, with people from within the guild continuing to try it out, but also with more and more LARPers joining us online in the guild, bringing their experiences to events and helping drive the guild's plotline ever forward into the new year. With 2011 nearly upon us, we're looking forward to a new year of RP, raiding and LARPing ahead!"
Read the original post: The Syndicate's 14 years of gaming "2010 has been a very busy year for The Syndicate," writes Dragons of mega-guild <The Syndicate>. "We are still active in WoW with several hundred of our nearly 1100 members playing it on a regular basis. We finished out the Wrath content and have been very active since Cataclysm launched. In the first week, we had over 100 members reach level 85. We intend to remain active in WoW for some time to come. In addition to that, we had our 9th annual SyndCon event in San Diego. Around 200 members attended along with Alienware, SOE, 38 Studios, Petroglyph, Trion, Bigfoot Networks, Microsoft, Dell and many others. It was a huge success with several closed door sessions with developers shaping the future of MMORPG gaming. Our annual charity raffle with prizes donated from various hardware manufacturers and game developers raised $8,000 for charity. We have done a number of private tests, on-site testing and consulting work for major FPS, RPG and MMORPG developers. We were the first guild to trademark our name and the mark just reached its fifth anniversary and as a community, we are closing in our 15th anniversary. We were awarded the Guinness World Record for the oldest continuously operating guild. Although 2010 was action-packed, 2011 is already shaping up to be an even more exciting year."
Read the original post: 76-year-old player relies on strategy "Your note got me to thinking that I might have another go at WoW," writes 76-year-old retiree Loyal Leitgen. "I quit because it was clear to everyone and finally to me that by the time I hit level 50, I was clearly over my head. But what the hell! I spoke first to my son, Steve (level 80) and then to my grandson Matthew (age 12, level 82). The grandson went on and on in great detail of the new and substantial improvements that had been made to the game. I told him that I was thinking of playing again and tried to borrow some game money and a few weapons. He said he was broke and if I needed money I should get it from his old man. This age group (ages 12 to 15) take defeat badly and are not willing to share in success, which reminded me of some of the most fun times I had in WoW. Sooner or later -- or I should say sooner rather than later -- the senior is going to be playing with 12-year old crowd. ... The fun part in WoW is that your character can have any personality that you want. I would suggest to any senior to put their ego into retirement and as soon as you find out where the on-off switch is on the computer, sign up for WoW. Not only will it provide challenging entertainment, it'll buy laughs for many years."
Read the original post: "Beating WoW" in sight for world-class achiever Why wouldn't we hear from a player renowned for ticking through every achievement in every category in the game? Obviously, he's off working on more achievements! We suspect super-achiever Caspi will check his email and surface after gobbling down Cataclysm's fresh array of delicious achievements.
Read the original post: Questing through what Cataclysm changed forever We haven't heard anything recently from Mistigris, the player who organized a guild to go back and re-level through all the old-world content that Cataclysm changed forever, and the group's website doesn't look like it's been active. We did receive a message from him back in July: "Just wanted to give you a head's up on our vanilla WoW farewell tour over on Thorium Brotherhood-A. <There and Back Again> has finally hit level cap -- after starting with over 100 members who joined us (in most part due to your article!), we ended up with around 35 who stuck through to the very end. Lots of adventures along the way! Footraces through Stranglethorn, marches through Dalaran, cooking contests, random dungeon madness, tons of visits to the NPC that turns off exp... ;) We did ZG and Karazhan at very close to level cap and there is a robust kernel of folks who are gearing up for 80th heroics and raiding."
Read the original post: Actress and GM Michele Morrow "Since my 15 Minutes of Fame interview with you guys, the WoW community started a Facebook Fan Page for me to be Lady Sylvanas in the Warcraft movie," writes Hollywood actress and raiding guild GM Michele Morrow. "We're nearing 1,000 'likes,' which was the end-of-year goal -- so thank you to everyone for the overwhelming support. I attended the WoW Insider Reader Meetup at the Anabella Hotel, where I did a live stream interview with the ever-awesome Mike Sacco and lore goddess Anne Stickney. While I was there, I met the LFG Production team, who ended up including me in their upcoming documentary about U.S. Horde guild <Blood Legion> and their Race To World First. In between a few Jack and Cokes, I also met my hunter guru, Scattered Shots author and Warcraft Hunter's Union leader, Frostheim! Being a dues-paying hunter myself, I was stoked to meet this gun-loving number cruncher in person and ended up joining the WHU Hunting Party Podcast for episode 57 (complete with Sylvanas voiceover reverb madness). The WHU community was so supportive of my quest to be WoW's most famous hunter, Sylvanas, I quickly leveled a dwarf hunter to 20 and joined over 300 of them in game on the Icecrown server for their level 1-50 raid on Thunder Bluff. My little Horde heart broke when we downed Cairne, but I gotta admit, it was freaking epic. Even more epic, if that's even possible, I was approached by Blizzard lore department employee Tommy Newcomer, who not only hooked me up with a BlizzCon ticket but also introduced me to the man himself, Chris Metzen. Apparently, Metzen knew who I was -- a Chinese blog that 'cast' the WoW movie and had placed me for Sylvanas had been circling Blizzard offices. He stepped back, looked me up and down, put his finger up in the air and started drawing imaginary elf ears on me. 'I can see it...' he said. So guys -- IT'S WORKING! Thank you all so much for your support in 2010. I start archery lessons in 2011, if anyone wants to throw an apple on their head and help me with target practice, Hemet Nesingwary-style. I have been loving Cataclysm so far, really enjoying the questing and lore, but I'm very behind due to my new project The Foam Weapon League. We'll be touring the country in 2011 for a TV show, so if we hit your city, you have to come out and say hi, maybe even create your own warrior!"
Read the original post: WoW buoys autistic youngster "I must admit I was rather nervous about how people would respond," wrote mom Tsiva about this article on how she uses WoW as a tool for her young son with Aspergers, "but the overwhelming majority of the comments I've read have been very kind and supportive. I've gotten a lot of feedback through the RWM blog site from other parents as well as autistic teens and adults. I've kind of felt like a lone straggler dealing with Thomas's Aspergers for so long, and it's a special feeling to connect with other people who know exactly what I'm going through. Thanks so much for making this possible!"
Read the original post: Jace Hall Show producer Todd Roy One glance at Todd Roy's Facebook page will tell you how he feels about the new expansion. "(I'm) leveling in Cataclysm," writes the Jace Hall Show producer, "and I must say I have no idea what's going on. Orgrimmar is now scary and confusing to me. Portals in Dalaran are missing, so I keep getting stuck there cause I forget to reset my stone. I have no idea how any of my new spells work. I don't know how reforging works. I don't know what Gilneas Battleground is about. If there was a 'suck' rep, I would have maxed that out by now. I don't really know the best build now for a shadow priest anymore. Goblins scare me. Thousand Needles is flooded, it seems. Someone shot a rainbow in my face and laughed at me. And I seem to die all the time. So pretty much my game experiences has not really changed that much. ... I think that last time we talked, we were just getting ready to start a new season (season 4) of The Jace Hall Show, and I am happy to say we are in the midst of that. So far this new season, we clowned around with Stan Lee, Audrina Patridge, Cung Le, Cliffy B and crashed Jessica Chobot's show! In addition to that, we have checked out games like Rage, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and DC Universe, to name a few. New episodes get premiered on IGN.com every Friday; then the following week, the show is syndicated to Xbox LIVE, TheWB, Hulu, MetaCafe, Crackle and Machinima, which has helped grow awareness among a lot of new people."
Read the original post: Olympic swimmer Megan Jendrick "I haven't played WoW for the last couple of months; have yet to purchase Cataclysm," admits Olympic medalist Megan Jendrick. "I've been pretty busy with training, clinics, working with my sponsor TYR and building my husband and my company, ACQUA, that my time for gaming is minimal. I do try and keep up with fan sites still from time to time, and I think the expansion looks really fun -- honestly, better than I expected. I won't say that I'll never come back, because almost everyone I've known who has said that has always come back!"
Read the original post: Deployed soldier games from Iraq We didn't hear a year-end update from Fallenwolf -- but there's no telling where the U.S. Army soldier may be deployed by now. When we visited with him in May, he was playing from Iraq, coping with latencies and sand and schedules that would hamstring many a hardcore WoW loyalist.
Read the original post: The Guild's Michele Boyd The Guild's Michele Boyd is another busy person we didn't manage to catch up with during the holidays -- but you can read more about the exploits of The Guild right here on WoW Insider.
Read the original post: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Nog gets his BG on It's a nerdgasm for us sci-fi fans: Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, is crazy for World of Warcraft -- and he loves to talk about it just as much! Writes Aron, "Happy holidays! And yes, I'm still playing WoW. I have been alternating my leveling between my toons, starting with my lock Vasuna, then alternating to Keldar my mage and Kartheras my DK. After that, I will be leveling my priest, Nursratchet and then my rogue, Wilywilly. LOL ... a lot to do. After all that, I think I will work on my goblin, Popeyye! Whew, so much to do ... But this time around, I have been trying to enjoy the leveling experience and follow the storyline a bit more. I was quite disappointed when I found out that I couldn't play the new BGs until I reach 85, but oh well, it gives me a stronger desire to level. I have enjoyed the new expansion, but I hate the BG and instance queues, although the BG queue is less. Overall, I love the new expansion and think Blizzard did a wonderful job with it. I also took my boys out on launch day at 12:00 a.m. to GameStop. It was a fun experience to share with them -- especially since it was on a school night! Haha ..."
Read the original post: Classic raiders keep a different pace Still playing the game locked at level 60? Yes, indeed. We didn't hear a holiday update from retro raider Brewce of <Screams of the Past>, but his armory profile shows him still humming along -- and still level 60.
Read the original post: Film pros shoot raiding lifestyle documentary "Since the article was published, the Looking for Group Productions team has released the first trailer to the upcoming documentary Race to World First," writes co-producer John Keating. "Currently, we are filming the last portion of the film. This includes the trials and tribulations of attempting to place highly in the World of Warcraft progression and is a series of interviews with as many of the top-ranked guild gms and officers as possible. The Race to World First is an in-depth look into the MMO community through the eyes of some of its best players. We believe the viewers will walk away with an understanding of what makes the content so compelling and perhaps make strides in dispelling some of the stereotypes that have become associated with the community.The release date will be in the first half of 2011."
Read the original post: When the guild family is literally all family It's hard to catch up with a busy family during the holidays -- but we can't imagine that Artio and her entire extended family of WoW players are doing anything else but continuing to keep in touch and enjoy one another's company in Azeroth.
Read the original post: KC Royals pitcher Kyle Davies We get many, many requests from readers to profile sports stars who play WoW. KC Royals pitcher Kyle Davies is one major leaguer who logs in regularly on the road from all over the country.
Read the original post: Couple levels up together in raids and real life This is Azeroth through the years, indeed, as seen through the eyes of an older WoW-playing couple: "We have since split our toons into two guilds. One is our family and close friends guild called <Heroes of Eternity>, affectionately known as HoEs. :) The other is a small, casual raiding guild called <Joses Used Pinatas Inc>. A fun bunch of folks we have been raiding with the last few months, and all of us are working towards getting our raiding toons ready. We are all having a blast in Cataclysm, with each of us enjoying different aspects. One of Barb's (my hubby's new main, which replaced Poli) daughters loved the Vashj'ir area so much she reached level 83 before she moved on. Personally, my favorite area has to be Uldam. I am fascinated by the way they have fit in all the movie clips and made my toon an integral part of it. Barb and I have been leveling two of our toons together in each guild, so we have seen quite a bit of the new zones. Dungeons have tested my healing to the max, and so many folks try to run dungeons the old Wrath way. It doesn't work, and one day some of them will learn to click the d*mn Lightwell. Real life has offered challenges as well. This week, Barb lost his brother and I found out that a new grandbaby will be arriving in July next year. Life goes on, both the bad and the good, and in between, we roam WoW. I must say I haven't had this much fun in a long, long time. We refuse to rush the journey; it's way too delightful."
Read the original post: Setting an Incredibles standard for guild community "Both myself and Onyxheart (my wife) are enjoying our retirement (from forums officer and guild master, respectively) and delving deep into the Cataclysm in our new roles as guild elders," reports Theraven of the incredibly community-minded guild <The Incredibles>. "We were there on Boulderfist as Cataclysm went live and witnessed the laggy craziness that was opening night/morning; on the plus side, it allowed me to get 525 skinning within hours. I took the week off from work for Cataclysm (as did several of our guild members), and we leveled to 85 pretty quickly. I was one of the first to get my leatherworking to 525 and started to make the PvP gear in time for the opening of the season (I farmed leather for 8 hours to get the patterns and mats one night). Our guild got server firsts in a couple of professions -- archaeology and blacksmithing, props to Cujowolf and Taandra, respectively -- and Cujo was very close to getting the world first in archaeology; he is still kicking himself for taking that nap! This expansion overall is great, even with the initial healing woes; I've always loved the druid healing kit, but the new dynamic (triage, watch your mana) takes some getting used to. It's made me consider dedicating myself to boomkin, but we'll see; I've been a healer since classic WoW. In other news, Onyxheart and I are starting to brainstorm and prep for IncrediCon 2011. I have the figure for the next Increddy and will start to work on sculpting that action figure soon, unless Blizzard decides to take me up on my suggestion for Warcraft/ Transformer crossovers (I think a moonkin or ghost wolf transformer would be awesome)."
Read the original post: Reality TV producer "Hey there, Insiders," writes reality TV producer Jordan Peterson. "It has been a crazy half year for me since we last spoke. Because of new work ventures, I had to take a break from the game and haven't played in about four months. No Cata for me for the time being. But this is a direct result of a fantastic career shift. If you recall from my previous article, I was hoping to leave television producing and end up as a show writer/director for major theme parks. In July, I was approached by Universal Studios Hollywood to write their Halloween show, Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure. It was this reason I had to step away from the game, as I was doing rewrites and rehearsals until 6 a.m. multiple times a week. The whole process was phenomenal, and it is an amazing feeling to be able to say that I make my living as a professional comedy writer now. As for the show, think of it like SNL meets Broadway, meets rock concert ... hosted by Bill and Ted. Our goal is to capture 2010 in a 40-minute production. Thankfully, it was their highest-rated ever, so I hope it will lead to more work in the future. If you'd like to check it out the show, part 1 of 3 is here (rated PG-13; you can find the other parts from the same channel)."
Read the original post: Herding roleplayers with a feather "What a handful of months it's been!" reports Arialynn, GM of the RP guild <Templars of the Rose>. "The guild itself continues to expand, to the point that recruitment is only open a handful of weeks before our maximum amount of new members is met. It's hard to attribute one defining event or factor for the success, other than the game has been fun. Roleplay tends to suffer prior to an expansion much in the same vein as raiding, but the new elemental invasion events created opportunity to defend capital cities with a sword as well as witty, in-character quip. The high-tension, political atmosphere of Cataclysm likewise oils the wheels of creativity ... What can I say? Warcraft is fun, peacecraft is incredibly boring. The events mentioned over the summer -- Mug & Sandvich and Harbor Market -- continue weekly; the Mug celebrated its one-year anniversary Aug. 29, and the market notes its six-month anniversary Dec. 26. The Templars are enjoying the return of tough heroics and preparing for a bit of dragon slaying with Cata's opening raid dungeons. All in all, a good year, and I couldn't ask for more. Christmas presents? Aye, I think so. As for myself personally, my enjoyment is reflected in my work. <Templars of the Rose> and its people are an integral part of my game and has been for three years. A new expansion without the Templars and their usual candor would be as soulless as a troll in trade chat."
Read the original post: Psychologist and games researcher John Hopson "I'm still playing, leveling my army of alts to 85 one at a time, starting with my feral druid," writes psychologist and games researcher John Hopson. "Unfortunately, the new heroics require a little too much commitment for my baby-casual schedule. Cataclysm heroics require the sort of coordination and focus as raiding, which means that the reasons why I don't raid these days suddenly apply to heroics as well. Oh well, I'm loving tanking on my new tauren paladin alt. :)"
Read the original post: Author Cory Doctorow on gold farming What's novelist, journalist, activist and gamer Cory Doctorow been up to since we spoke with him? "Well, I just finished a novel, Pirate Cinema, which Tor Teens (US/Canada) and HarperVoyager (UK/Aus/NZ/SA) will publish in May 2012; it's a story about film-remixers in a near-future Britain who use piracy and media activism to rescue democracy from entertainment industry censorship and surveillance. The other big news is that I've just launched WITH A LITTLE HELP, my DIY short story collection, which is available at price-points from free to $10,000 in various editions, and has an audiobook with readings by Neil Gaiman, Mary Robinette Kowal, Spider Robinson, Mur Lafferty, Wil Wheaton, Leo Laporte and many others. Having nailed down these two large projects, I'm now preparing for a radical stepdown in productivity; I'm scheduled for major hip surgery in January and I'll be in recovery for about six months after."
Read the original post: Even geeks get chic with Geek Chic cosmetics Geek Chic cosmetics co-creator Deborah Margarella reports: "I've been loving Cataclysm; the leveling process is much more fun than it was in Wrath. I hit 85 about 4 days after the expansion hit. Right now, I'm about one point away from being able to do heroics, and I'm working on my Darkmoon set (as I'm an inscriptionist). I haven't really touched archaeology yet, but that's on my list. I hit 525 in both my main professions, but I'm still working on my cooking and fishing. I already got Loremaster of Cataclysm (and I managed to get the Loremaster title before the patch hit), but I'm also working on other achievements. I think the most challenging aspect of the game is dealing with players who still try to play like we're in the last expansion. As far as when I'm AFK, we're working on expanding our business. Our lippie line launched a couple months ago with a few lipsticks and lip glosses, and we came out with a few WoW-centric lip glosses: Health Potion, Mana Potion, and Gold Farmer. We've also launched some new eyeshadow sets, and we've almost perfected pressed shadows and lip balms. So, expect to see those on the site. The website has been rehauled, and I think it looks a lot better."
Read the original post: Anthropologist Bonnie Nardi on WoW culture Since we interviewed Bonnie Nardi, a University of California-Irvine expert in the social implications of digital technologies, she's been researching parents playing WoW with their kids with Aspergers. We helped her connect with the young player previously mentioned in this retrospective, and we'll be sure to share what Bonnie's research uncovers when she's completed her investigations.
Read the original post: Raiding on 8 hours a week Is <Skunkworks> still raiding on 8 hours a week? Not former GM Chupa: "I'm actually not playing at the moment. Law school hasn't left much room for gaming, and accordingly, I'm still on sabbatical. I expect to pick up the expansion and enjoy some casual boss killing over the summer. In the meantime, I am spending my free time with my wife and kids and making great progress in Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds. The guild is doing great. A big group attended BlizzCon together, and they wrapped up Wrath with a few relaxing months of farming mounts and soon-to-be-useless gear. They're currently 11/12 (10-man) and 6/12 (25-man) in T11 content with plans to really kick things in gear after the holidays. Kill videos and news posts are at skunkworksguild.com."
Read the original post: Behind the scenes at WoW Insider What's it like when World of Warcraft is part of your workday? Read our behind-the-scenes with half a dozen staffers at WoW Insider, part 1 and part 2.
Read the original post: When WoW meets real-world religion When WoW meets real-world religion, people take notice -- this article ended up being linked and discussed all over the internet. Writes Rev. Fisk: "I'm absolutely still playing and loving every moment of Cataclysm, though I'm by far the biggest loser in my guild, plugging through level 84 while they debate epic gems in guild chat. I am looking forward to getting to cap, gearing up, and hitting the new raids with the team sometime after the first of the year. I'm very curious what it will be like to cast Chain Heal while moving and wondering where on earth I'm going to find room to hotkey it. Out of game, The Ministry is finding significant internet success (at least, within my denomination) through a bi-weekly YouTube videocast called Worldview Everlasting. Teaching Scripture and answering the mailbag, complete with a chaotic collage of images and video clips, the show can be found at worldvieweverlasting.com. Off the court, me and my wife are gleefully expecting our fourth child and trying to make room in our hectic schedule for maintaining the thing that causes 'that.' I'd buy her a WoW account to RP romance her, but the silly thing likes to go to bed at 9 p.m., not to mention she'd probably roll a night elf anyway. *shakes his troll fist at the sky.*"
Read the original post: Cutting up with WoW Insider reader Brian Cutaia Hey, isn't that ...? It is: prolific WoW Insider commenter Brian Cutaia. Where's ((cutaia)) been since his interview? Right here.
Read the original post: Epic in-game collections -- a rare and beautiful thing "I'm still playing," writes pet, mount and armor set collector Drrum. "By the time you read this, I will have my warrior to level 85. I've been busy with the holidays, so lately I don't get to spend as much time playing WoW as I'd like. But I am really enjoying Cataclysm. I can't wait to work out some kinks in the new rated battlegrounds and instances. Cataclysm has opened up so many wondrous new areas not only for exploration and adventure, but beautiful backdrops for my screenshots! When I do find time to play, I focus on chasing the latest pets and mounts, of course. I have already found a couple pets and a mount with archeology. So far, my zoo has grown by a dozen or so since the expansion, and I'm looking forward to having a bit of time to set up new screenshots with them. Being featured in 15 Minutes of Fame was really exciting. I got lots of emails and in-game tells from other collectors, and I've made a few new friends on my server as a result. Here's a shout-out to all my fellow collectors on Stormrage! See you in the Terrorweb Tunnel!"
Read the original post: Premade players QueueQ for battlegrounds wins Business in PvP premades is booming, writes Revash of QueueQ Premades: "Quite ironically, we're doing exactly what we were doing: farming AV. With the CTA bonus honor being broken, we're no longer farming the CTA, we just do AV's constantly, just like the good ol' days. :)"
Read the original post: Georgia Tech's George P. Burdell hits Azeroth Regional pride is as quirky and strong as ever for the player behind Georgia Tech legend/WoW character Burdell: "So until recently, I was just farming content with friends, trying to make sure as many people as possible got their mount/title/vanity items before the expansion hit. I spent about 21 hours leveling and then went to work on heroics as soon as possible. The expansion has been fun so far, we have not really starting raiding with any kind of schedule yet because the holidays are right around the corner, although we have managed to halfass our way through six bosses (Magmaw tank died at 40% and we still killed him, epic). This is a very interesting time to play because some people rushed to 85, other did not; some people ran into heroics as fast as possible, while others are taking it slow and trying to enjoy all the content. This means you see more players out in the world right now than you do in the major cities, which is kind of a nice touch. Right now, though, my focus is on getting all my Christmas presents squared away. This is one busy time of year for me, especially since I have been tasked with cooking an entree for dinner, which I think will be Brazilian lasagna. It's pretty good, ilevel 377 food, recipe drops from Sinestra."
Read the original post: Road warrior dad keeps up with son via WoW Dads who use WoW to keep in touch with their sons while on the road for business? Very cool -- like Golis, who writes: "Still playing? Absolutely. I had a bunch of vacation days saved up and was able to slowly take Golis (dwarf warrior) and Golane (draenei shadow priest) to 85. Golane is starting heroics this week, but Golis is focusing on the new Loremaster and archeology achievements. Being able to ride around as Assistant Professor Golis on his bone raptor is quite a kick. Only complaint? The nerf to guild experience gains made by individual questing. Being in an ultra-small family guild (only four active accounts) means that <Crusadoken> (Shadow Council [A]) won't see level 5 until 2012. So basically, it will take the end of the world to get us there, but the four of us are doing our best. But apart from that? The new quest lines are amazing. Best sequence ever? The Joust sequence in Hyjal (if you never played Joust as a kid, sorry, it just won't mean that much to you)."
Read the original post: PvE twinks turn lowbie instances devilishly difficult What does an entirely retuned and retooled game world mean for a group that focuses on tackling instance content at the very lowest level possible? Writes Gilgalad: "Yes, I'm still playing! I smashed all the new content with Gilgalad (my paladin main), and I'm currently leveling a warrior up to 85 and having a blast with the new content. <What in Tardation> is sort of on hold at the moment, as everyone is pretty busy doing the latest and greatest but we all plan to pick it back up at some point in the future. There have been so many changes since Cataclysm dropped. Every old world instance seems to have changed at least a little bit. New bosses, new level requirements, new gear, new quests. We all got together and decided it would be best if we started from scratch at level 10. We just couldn't see ourselves skipping any of the dungeons we already had done since they have been redesigned. We don't have any runs scheduled yet, but we should get it going pretty soon. I don't have any new screenshots of the guild, but here's a couple of me in Cata!"
Read the original post: Laura Shigihara, the voice of WoW's singing sunflower pet The voice of WoW's new singing sunflower pet is all over Cataclysm. Writes the singer: "This past month has been super busy! The week Cata came out, we were visiting PopCap in Seattle, so we weren't able to play on release day (though there were several PopCap employees who took the day off specifically for that purpose, haha). Once we got back, a bunch of us started new characters and have been slowly leveling them and enjoying the new material. I love the non-combat Spiny Lizards walking around Durotar, the sea turtles in Thousand Needles, and the new water. The troll quests are also fantastic (especially the one where you become friends with Veni). And it's kind of surreal to be in Orgrimmar when someone takes out their singing sunflower pet. :) As for out of the game, after almost two years, I was finally given permission to release an official Plants vs. Zombies soundtrack, and I'm really happy that I was able to replace the old portrait art in Melolune. Work has been hard, but rewarding ... and I'm really looking forward to seeing friends and family over the break!"
Read the original post: Film follows fantasy of fighting Onyxia AFK the movie is out, but its creator is still in the thick of the project: "Still playing -- no, I'm really tempted to buy Cataclysm, but there are a few /afk related things I want to get done before that. Otherwise I just won't get them done by the time I want to. :) Shortly after my interview, /afk was released and really steamed through the community. We're about to hit 500,000 views worldwide, and feedback has been phenomenal. We had screenings at a GameStop, at Firestarter Filmfest and in an auditorium in front of psychology students. It's been a blast so far, and there is quite some stuff in the pipeline for the WoW community. We just opened a little store with some /afk merchandise. We're also about to finish the music video for Sorry Ways, which is the theme song for /afk (available on iTunes/Amazon). We're also working on a 'making of /afk' and a secret project we will announce soon. So expect to see some big updates on afk-movie.com!"
Read the original post: Players bring touchscreen WoW to the iPad The "WoW on an iPad" guys are still turning out the cool ideas: "With Cataclysm out, we're definitely still playing, and playing a lot. Between our many hours working on our app and playing games, we barely ever leave our computers. It's embarrassing to admit, but I've gone a few days in a row without leaving my house. ;) In terms of what we're up to, just like everyone else, we've leveled up to 85 and then started both goblin and a worgen alts for fun. I've also started playing my very first character again, a hunter, which I haven't played since vanilla. We want to learn as much as possible about playing WoW on touch devices, so between the two of us our goal is to go from level 60 to level 85 using nothing but an iPad or an iPhone. Right now, we're only 61, but wish us luck. ;) Hunters don't need much fast clicking to level up, so he seemed like a perfect candidate. It's been fun going from 60 to 61 already. Full Tier1 with a Zin'rokh and an Ashjre'thul … don't see that gear around too often anymore!"
Read the original post: Cataclysm soundtrack composer David Arkenstone Now that all our readers are playing through Cataclysm to the strains of David Arkenstone's compositions to the game's soundtrack, he's moved on to other projects: "2010 was a busy year, with four new CD releases as well as the re-release of three of my most popular albums ... The band and I played 10 WoW tunes at the Cataclysm launch in Fountain Valley, California, where thousands of fans attended. And -- a relatively unknown tidbit -- I did something really unique recently: I composed a piece especially for a float in the Rose Parade this year. The float is called A Stroll Down Memory Lane, and I wrote Those Good Old Days for it. It's the first time a composer has ever written original music for a float. 2011 promises to be an equally busy year ... I'm recording a couple of new albums, will be making some special appearances, and am planning a multi-city Winter Solstice tour next December."
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According to PwC US's latest Trendsetter Barometer survey, business owners whose companies don't trade stock publicly are feeling pretty confident – and have been for a while now.
This confidence is translating into plans for major capital spending projects and, more cautiously, hiring. Among the highlights of the report:
- Nearly three in five private companies are confident about the U.S. economy, continuing their 18-month optimism streak.
- More than one-third of them (36 percent) plan major new capital investments, the highest percentage in over two years.
- The majority of private companies surveyed (56 percent) plan to increase headcount, but minimally, via targeted hiring.
- Two-thirds of Trendsetter companies also plan to increase operating expenditures across a range of areas, including new products and geographic expansion.
The report found companies are not only willing to spend. They are willing to make some fairly substantial investments:
Executives told us they'll put an average of 8.4 percent of their total sales
into capital projects, up from 6.4 percent projected a year ago. Only once
in the past several years have we seen so high a level of spending commitment (10 percent in 3Q13). Two-thirds of Trendsetter companies
also plan to increase operating expenditures across a range of areas, including new products and geographic expansion.
As for headwinds, private-company leaders appear less worried about those than they've been in quite a while. One outlier is lack of qualified workers, flagged by nearly one-third (32 percent) of our respondents. The last time concern about finding skilled workers inched this high (or nearly so) was a year ago, when 30 percent of private companies cited it; the time before that was in 3Q08. Further evidence of a tightening labor market can be seen in apprehension about wage pressure, with 20 percent of Trendsetter executives citing this as a growth barrier – up seven points from 1Q14, after steadily declining for three consecutive quarters.
The optimism is not limited only to the outlook for the domestic economy. Among private companies that sell abroad, 92 percent believe that the world economy is either growing or staying the same. Only 8 percent of the companies describe the global economy as slowing. PwC says that's the lowest percentage it has seen in years.
"During the economic downturn, we saw opportunistic companies invest strategically in capital projects to gain a competitive edge and spur faster growth," Ken Esch, a partner in PwC's Private Company Services practice said in a statement. "Now that the economy has stabilized, many of their peers are playing catch-up, investing in deferred maintenance, infrastructure upgrades, and emerging technologies to enhance their own growth."


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The irony of a federal holiday amidst a lengthy government shutdown.
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Clay Dinger has been using hypnosis to help people for more than 30 years. He is certified with the NGH (National Guild of Hypnotists) and is the president of the local NGH chapter for Buffalo & Rochester.As a Consulting Hypnotist, Clay Dinger also works with psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, physicians, chiropractors and other medical and healing professionals. He is also developing a guided imagery program for people that need to take chemotherapy or radiation. Mission Statement: To make a positive difference in peoples' lives.
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Melissa owned two offices in Minneapolis, MN for four years where she often saw over 150 clients per week. After that experience, she worked here at Buffalo Hypnosis for over four years. Now she owns her own practice in New Hampshire where she currently sees clients during the week, but she still returns to Buffalo Hypnosis as an integral part of our teaching staff during hypnosis and NLP trainings.
As a stage hypnotist, she has performed hundreds of shows across the country, including sold out shows at both the 1998 and 2007 NGH National Hypnosis Conventions, the first female stage hypnotist to have performed there, as well as numerous performances for the Mid-America Hypnosis Conference.
As a Hypnosis for Child Birth instructor, she has taught hundreds of clients how to have an easier and more comfortable birth, personally attending more than 50 births. She wrote the chapter on hypnosis in childbirth for Kevin Hogan's book: Through the Open Door: Secrets of Self-Hypnosis.
In 2000, the Mid-America Hypnosis Conference honored her with the title of "Hypnotist of the Year" for inventing hypnosis for the Deaf. In 2002, the NGH honored her with the Hypnosis Achievement Award for the same.
Melissa Barnes has studied hypnosis for more than 25 years. She received both basic and advanced hypnosis certification from the NGH (National Guild of Hypnotists). She holds certifications in HypnoBirthing, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), and complementary medical hypnotism.
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Tuesday's unveiling of newest Microsoft Microsoft Xbox will be a technological wonder. The game console will likely connect to other devices. It'll feature that utterly cool hands-free Kinect controller, which may let users wave in the air to communicate online with friends, change TV stations, write texts, or do other marvelous cross-platform things.
But I worry it won't matter, because the gaming world doesn't have a hardware problem. It has a software problem.
Now, as problems go, gaming's suffering is very robust and, for some, quite profitable. Millions of people are committed to MMORPGs, or massive multiple online role-playing games, like World of Warcraft or EVE Online, in which they interact online with one another to slay dragons or shoot spaceships. Entire virtual economies have emerged, assigning real-world monetary value to items or skills in games. Players value their online relationships as real ones and go to meetings and conferences. Some even get married. Think of it as social media, only with swords and lasers.
Millions more play solitaire or other "casual games" on their smartphones. There's serious money to be made by game makers and the platforms that distribute them. There's also the promise that games can extend into other activities — Foursquare aspires to be a location ratings and referral service, I think — and if Microsoft can capture even a few inconsequential purchases of other stuff by committed Xbox gamers, it could add up to a nice hunk of cash.
But it's still not the answer, perhaps because none of it answers a simple question: Why haven't games evolved into a more nuanced and mature entertainment medium?
Role-playing games, or RPGs (the primary type of games played on consoles) are not much different now than when I first played Castle Wolfenstein in the early 1980s. You walk around a lot, discover or discard items, fight bad guys, and take breaks to watch interstitial movies that patch together ideas from other books or movies (or make no sense whatsoever). At least when you play online, you get to socialize with other people as you work your way through a format that is at least a generation old.
Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds — games can render realistic stuff in real-time — but the stories, and player roles within them, are stuck in the past. Think Pong, only with 3D paddles.
For Xbox (or any game console) to be the "hub" of living room entertainment as Microsoft and its hardware-making competitors aspire, it has to reinvent the software.
The narrative structure of movies is a century old. It works, obviously (as books do, sorta), but it's not sacrosanct. Movies are as much a product of what was once film tech as they are of creative imaginations; what's in movies is limited to what can be set and then replayed by them.
Why doesn't console game tech define a new medium?
There should be novel ways to experience stories, falling somewhere between inert watching and active playing or co-creating. I have no idea what they would be, but the solutions would let people do more than solve puzzles, kill things, and talk to each other about it, maybe going beyond choosing plot lines and somehow actually interact with in-game characters and events. Could players communicate with characters via voice and movement? How about providing different ways to structure and experience stories (blowing up the linear narrative flow defined by motion pictures). Perhaps a new medium would integrate content across other platforms accessible on the console and extend stories to real-world Internet search, texting, etc. (a la alternate reality gaming). It could define participation that paved the way for wearable tech, so players could truly feel inside stories.
Nobody else seems to know what this would look like, but wouldn't it be cool if Microsoft announced tomorrow a huge, well-funded strategy to build it? Imagine if it committed money and time to producers, directors, creative types, and technologists, with the intention of getting Hollywood to help reinvent gaming…and perhaps movies themselves. Apple Apple did it with (and to) to the music business, didn't it?
I don't think even the most committed gamers are lobbying for console tech to connect with their toasters (or whatever). The tech is secondary, even to them. What matters are the stories and experiences. When people first saw a motion picture of a train approaching, they ran screaming from the theaters because it seemed so real. They had no idea what device delivered the experience, and didn't really care. The new Xbox should get people screaming, too.
We don't need better tech. We need better games.


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Ciron Black was Al Woods' teammate at LSU.
Originally Posted by toddjammin
Ciron Black was Al Woods' teammate at LSU.
That's some odd logic but whatever. If you know talent is deep in positions of need in rounds 2-5 why in the world would you trade them away unless an elite no miss talent is sitting there. The only guy that meets that criteria is Berry.Originally Posted by pfelix73
2015 NFL Draft
1) Shane Ray-OLB
2) Quintin Rollins-DB
3) Tre McBride-WR
4) Jeff Heuerman-TE
5) Senquez Golson-DB
6) Kyle Emmanuel-OLB
6) Matt Jones-RB
7) Gerod Holliman-S
Hate the Round 1 pick, but like the next 4. I do think Kyle Wilson will likely go late Round 1 or early Round 2.Originally Posted by toddjammin
I think you have a big hole in getting a NT of the future.
Playing Fantasy Football does not qualify you to be the in the front office or on the coaching staff of the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are professionals and you are not!


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Great article with interview snippets from Jay, his lovely bride to be, the talented Alison Pill and Goon star Sean Williams-Scott ( they have a fabulous pic of Jay there, too, so you have to go check it out!):
Baruchel said he knew from the instant he met Pill that he wanted to marry her. When she first arrived on set, there were a few days where she had little to do — and the 29-year-old Baruchel saw an opportunity.
"I was like: 'When else will I have a spare three 12-hour days in a row where she has no choice but to listen to me?' I (thought): 'I am milking this, I am hitting on her.'"


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Kinda late ... I'm in Hamilton
Hey, I am from Great Falls. Well actually I am from Poplar. You know what I mean!
Welcome, 4X4.
Good to have you here.
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Hey, I am from Great Falls. Well actually I am from Poplar. You know what I mean!
Welcome..glad to see more trigger pullers here
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Welcome..glad to see more trigger pullers here
Welcome from the Flathead Valley.
I am from Hobson (Just west of Lewistown).. Got mixed up with a couple of hell raisers after the war (Nam) and ended up in New England.. Not a bad part of the world, but its not home. Got a family, still hunt and have a CCW.. LTC/A (yup.. even in the peoples republic of Mass they let a few of us carry)..
Just sayin Hi.. and dreamin bout a real trout stream
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A BIG HOWDY to the rest of you.
Been on the website for a while now and never included my Welcome from Big Sky Country to the rest of you, Billings.
Hey All. Flathead Valley as well. (kalispell)
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Howdy all. New guy here from Bozeman.
ditto on the bozeman!!
Howdy all, I'm from Sidney, Montana, but I am living in the banana belt (Billings). Life is good we live west of Billings proper so to speak. I hope this year we don't get the fires like 2 years ago. Lets keep praying for rain. Be Safe.
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Space Capsule Recovery Experiment II
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The Space Capsule Recovery Experiment II (commonly known as SRE-2) is an Indian re-entry demonstration experiment designed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It is follow-on mission of SRE-1 which was successfully completed in January 2007. It will test some of the critical technologies for the Indian human spaceflight programme. The second mission is to carry three experiments devoted to biological science and an improved isothermal furnace with 1000°C temperature to carry out materials science experiments.[1]
The main objective of SRE-2 is to realize a fully recoverable capsule and provide a platform to conduct microgravity experiments on Microbiology, Agriculture, Powder Metallurgy etc.
SRE-2 capsule has four major hardwares:
- Aero Thermo Structure (ATS)
- Spacecraft platform
- Deceleration and floatation system
- Microgravity payloads
New systems developed for SRE-2 include Carbon-Carbon Nosecone, Indigenous Beacons, etc.
The SRE-2 is to carry three experiments devoted to biological science and an improved isothermal furnace with 1000°C temperature to carry out materials science experiments.
- The first experiment "Biological effects of Microgravity: A genomic and proteomics approach" is being developed in collaboration with CCMB, Hyderabad and a biorack is being developed to enable this experiment. In this experiment, a colony of E. coli bacteria will be grown in microgravity condition and brought back to earth to carry out genomic and proteomic studies. Comparison of these with that obtained during bench mark ground experiments will enable us to identify the genes whose expression is affected by the microgravity. This experiment is designed to explore why microgravity alters some of the growth behaviour of the biological system.
- A second experiment will carry a joint biological payload between JAXA, and Indian Scientists at ISRO and CCMB. The payload is being developed by JAXA with close interaction with ISRO engineers. The experiment will carry cynobacteria which will be cultured under microgravity condition. The aim is to study the effect of microgravity on the photosynthetic ability of these bacteria.
- The third experiment will carry seeds of rice and medicinal plants that will be exposed both to microgravity and space radiation. A dosimeter will measure the amount of radiation. The exposed seeds will be planted on return and the growth of these plants will be compared with the plants of the unexposed seeds to evaluate the effect of microgravity and space radiation.
The materials science experiments will be carried out in the modified isothermal furnace. The main experiment by scientists at IIT Kanpur, is designed to study the effect of gravity on the liquid phase sintering behaviour of the powders. A model copper tin alloy will be studied to explore the basic nature of the sintering process which has important implication in powder metallurgy.
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- ^ "Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-2)". ISRO gear up to launch bacteria cells into space. Indiaedunews. 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-08-29.


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Interesting thread. As a matter of fact 'm reading David Byrne's book How Music Works (I definitely recommend it -- it really is the exact opposite of an old fart writing about how everything used to be better!) and there is a chapter about making money in music. Interestingly, Byrne mentions a long list of musicians that went bankrupt during their career, because producing a record used to be such an investment. Today the investment is lower than ever and I can't understand that many musicians don't see the opportunity. Distributing information has never been so easy and cheap. Any musician can now break through to a worldwide audience through youtube. We can skip all these middle men. The only thing is how to redefine the business model now that copying has become so easy and cheap. You can only ask so much for a copy, or people will make their own. Everyone struggles with that same problem: newspapers, books editors and bookstores, etc etc. but at the same time I think it's an opportunity for the content creators themselves. There is and will be more diversity than ever and it is easier than ever to break through as a musician, writer, etc - of course only if you have something very special to offer, that has not changed. But you will have to be your own record company and not everyone is clever at that.
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Since joining Mardi Gras Inc. in July 2003, Lorson has brought the organization's budget up from less than $300,000 to $800,000, with much of that money coming from sponsorship dollars.
Two years ago the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association pegged Mardi Gras as an economic engine worth $21 million to St. Louis. Lorson is determined to boost those numbers by emphasizing events such as the Crystal (Hot Sauce) Cajun Cook-Off, the Southern Comfort Taste of Soulard and the Beggin' Strips Barkus Pet Parade, which take place in the weeks prior to the Grand Parade and Fat Tuesday.
Lorson is aware of the government investigation into his organization's sponsorship deals but says he has not been contacted by authorities. He adds that the organization's attorney has reviewed the sponsorship plan and believes it contains no legal snares. As for the complaints by bar owners that the sponsorship regulations threaten their businesses, Lorson says nothing could be further from the truth.
Participation fees from taverns add up to less than $40,000, or roughly one-tenth of what sponsors kick into covering the costs of the party, says Lorson. It's bar owners, he maintains, who benefit most from the influx of funds and marketing made available through corporate endorsements.
"I explain it like this," says the Mardi Gras Inc. director. "We provide the bars with the bucket, the water and the fish. It's up to them to shoot as many as they can."
Lorson adds that the fines imposed on bars that fail to comply with the sponsorship agreement are nothing new. For the past three years, Mardi Gras Inc. has levied double fees upon those who advertised non-sponsors during Mardi Gras. This year's increase of ten times the normal fees, says Lorson, comes as a "wake-up call" after perennial violations in which bar owners displayed banners for non-sponsors.
"What we have here is a small mutiny of bar owners who feel they're being strong-armed by Mardi Gras Inc.," says Johnny Daus, owner of Johnny's Restaurant and Bar. "But I think they've been given ample opportunity over the last few years to jump onto the sponsorship program."
Daus, who also serves as president of the Soulard Business Association, adds that the crux of the problem lies behind the scenes in what he calls a "pissing match" between alcohol sponsors. For years Captain Morgan served as the official liquor sponsor of Mardi Gras, before relinquishing the sponsorship to Southern Comfort in 2004. Daus now surmises that Captain Morgan is using the money it once spent on Mardi Gras Inc. to fund promotions with individual bars. (Representatives for Captain Morgan and Southern Comfort did not return calls for comment for this article.)
"People tell me the ATF [the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms] is looking at Mardi Gras Inc. and Southern Comfort," says Daus. "But I say the sponsors aren't who they should be looking at. If anyone is doing anything illegal, it's the non-sponsors. They're starting all this B.S."
Nadine Soaib, owner of Nadine's Gin Joint at 12th and Allen streets, admits she fell sway to the Captain last year after feeling snubbed by the official sponsor. "Southern Comfort never even approached me," says Soaib. "When Captain Morgan showed up, I said 'OK.' I wasn't the only one. Our whole block was slapped with Captain Morgan banners."
As a result of the infraction, Soaib saw her participation fee for the 2007 Mardi Gras increase by $600. "Did I throw a fit? You bet I did. But I broke the rules, and Mardi Gras Inc. had the photos to prove it. What was I to do?"
Other bar owners aren't as complacent and charge Mardi Gras Inc. with selling out to commercial interests. After Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of southern Louisiana last fall, New Orleans signed its first-ever sponsorship in that city's long history of hosting Mardi Gras. The contract with trash-bag manufacturer Glad paid for much of the event's cleanup.
The glut of corporate dollars in St. Louis, say bar owners, has only served to create a bastardized version of the true Mardi Gras. Case in point, they say, is the signature drink of Mardi Gras the Hurricane. Traditionally made of rum, the Hurricane most often advertised in Soulard in recent years uses sponsor Southern Comfort (a whiskey liqueur) as its base ingredient.
"Who the hell ever heard of making a Hurricane with whiskey?" grouses a Soulard bar owner who, like many interviewed for this story, asked not to be named for fear of retribution from Mardi Gras Inc. "It's made with rum. Not whiskey. But then, you can't win with these people. A Hurricane is whatever they say it is."
Bob Brinkman is the last living member of Soulard's original Mardi Gras krewe. A 70-year-old resident of south St. Louis County, Brinkman recalls the cold December night in 1979 when he and four friends huddled around a downtown bar discussing their plans for a party.
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The once three-story K-12 school represents both Haiti's promise and it's plight.
"We haven't received a penny from the government," Principal Gellene Charles erupted. "Nothing."
Instead, the schoolchildren's parents chipped in what they could. The school's superintendent Armand Telinor, a man with an urgent manner and an ill-fitting suit, mortgaged his home to scrounge up the rest of the money need for the bank loan.
It was enough to rebuild only part of the school, just a concrete foundation, supporting beams and a roof. The walls in the six classrooms are lattice wood and blankets. There are no windows and on the day ABC News visited the electricity was being installed -- in one room.
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"We have only started," said Charles. The principal, who wears her hair smoothed back and clips a pen in her blouse, hopes one day air conditioning will be installed so that the computers may be dusted off and turned on.
Like the school, Port au Prince, is busy building. Projects create dust on every street corner. But many, like the school, are privately funded and done piecemeal, often using the same rusted rebar that failed Haitians the first time.
It is estimated about 700 million cubic feet of rubble have yet to be cleared, enough to fill six Superdomes.
Only 10 percent of the rubble has been removed. It is Haiti's biggest challenge, the country's Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerieve told ABC News today.
Bellerieve blamed the international community for its reluctance to fund rubble removal. "It's not sexy. It's very expensive and doesn't hold up like a school or a hospital," he said.
The prime minister said the bulk of the rubble cleared, enough to open most of this shattered city's streets, was paid for by the government, although most of the removal ABC News has witnessed in four trips over the past year resulted from private initiatives -- most often Haitians using shovels, picks and buckets.
And there are so many other challenges. Bellerieve told ABC News the government has revised upward its previous estimate of the death toll from 230,000 to 316,000, meaning about 3 percent of Haiti's entire population perished.
The country has yet to elect a new president, and it's voters continue to wait for the results of the disputed Nov. 29 elections. The runoff for the three putative front runners -- the wife of a former president, with scant political experience, a former hip hop star, and a government anointed successor with a checkered past -- has been postponed to March, all under the threat of violence.
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Dennis Rodman can't catch a break.
On top of an abysmal trip to North Korea which ended with him taking a direct flight to rehab, Dennis Rodman is now the subject of a U.S. Treasury Department investigation because of gifts he gave to Kim Jong Un.
Showering a North Korean dictator with gifts not only looks bad paper, it's possibly against the law, as it could be a violation of American and United Nations sanctions against the nation and its people. Rodman reportedly brought many gifts with him in honor of Kim's 31st birthday ranging from suits, to a fur coat, to bottles of Jameson, to an expensive handbag. Those gifts allegedly costs upwards of $10,000 and experts believe those gifts could be seen as violations of U.N. sanctions.
What's perhaps more pressing for an American like Rodman is that these gifts actually violate U.S. law.
The Daily Beast reports: "Rodman may have violated an American law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ... which makes it a violation of U.S. law for any person determined by the Treasury and State Departments 'to have, directly or indirectly, imported, exported, or reexported luxury goods to or into North Korea.'"
Gathering information from an unnamed U.S. official, the Daily Beast is reporting that the Treasury Department is actually investigating if Rodman broke that luxury good law. The State Department earlier had voiced their displeasure with Rodman's visit, calling it "marginally unhelpful."
The Beast also seems to think the feds have a pretty good case."Rodman could have applied for an export license for the goods, although export licenses for North Korea must meet strict criteria and luxury goods are specifically excluded from the list of items that could receive licenses, according to federal regulations."
Depending on what, if anything, Rodman brought over (and how much the government wants to smack him down), he could face up to $250,000 in fines or up to 20 years in jail if convicted.
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