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Margaret E. Madden
Dr. Margaret E. Madden has been the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at SUNY Potsdam since 2002. A social psychologist specializing in gender issues, she previously was Dean at Long Island University (NY), Associate Dean of Faculty at Lawrence University (WI), and Professor of Psychology and Assistant to the Academic Vice President at Franklin Pierce College (NH).
At SUNY Potsdam, she periodically teaches Feminist Research Methods in the Women's and Gender Studies Program and in previous positions taught courses in gender, social, developmental, personality, and research methods in psychology. She was awarded a Sears Foundation Teaching Excellence Award and was voted Faculty Member of the Year at Franklin Pierce College and the Distinguished Teaching Associate Award in the Psychology Department of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Dr. Madden is currently a member of the New York State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching, which advised the New York State Board of Regents and Commissioner of Education on matters related to teaching. She is former chair of the Board of Educational Affairs of the American Psychological Association and former president of the Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35 of APA). A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, she received the 2008 Sue Rosenberg Zalk Award for Distinguished Service to the Society for the Psychology of Women.
She is the author of numerous articles and chapters on higher education administration, gender and leadership in education, integrating diversity into the psychology curriculum, and attributions for various negative events, such as miscarriage, and has done many presentations on these and other topics nationally and internationally. She has received research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Jaspar and Marion Whiting Foundation.
Dr. Madden holds the Ph.D. and M.S. in social psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the B.A. in psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
To view Provost Margaret Madden's Curriculum Vitae, please click on the webpage listed above.


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#1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay's novels have been praised as "compelling" (The Associated Press), "gripping" ("The Wall Street Journal"), and "fast-paced" ("The Washington Post"). Now, Barclay returns with a thrilling story in which two brothers suddenly find themselves pulled into a frightening vortex of power and murder... Thomas Kilbride is a map-obsessed schizophrenic so affected that he rarely leaves the self-imposed bastion of his bedroom. But with a computer program called Whirl360.com, he travels the world while never so much as stepping out the door. He pores over and memorizes the streets of the world. He examines every address, as well as the people who are frozen in time on his computer screen. Then he sees something that anyone else might have stumbled upon--but has not--in a street view of downtown New York City: an image in a window. An image that looks like a woman being murdered. Thomas's brother, Ray, takes care of him, cooking for him, dealing with the outside world on his behalf, and listening to his intricate and increasingly paranoid theories. When Thomas tells Ray what he has seen, Ray humors him with a half-hearted investigation. But Ray soon realizes he and his brother have stumbled onto a deadly conspiracy. And now they are in the crosshairs...
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A flexible support device for use in positioning and supporting a device, such as a transducer, in contact with a structure of the ear. The support device positions the device for securing of the device with an adhesive.
1. A support assembly for use with a hearing assistance device comprising:
a device configured for mounting to a structure of the ear;
a flexible adjusting portion having two ends, a first end attachable to the device for mounting and a second end fixable to a base, the flexible adjusting portion being configured for removal after the device has been mounted to the structure of the ear;
a connection between the first end of the flexible adjusting portion and the device for mounting.
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providing a support assembly having a flexible adjusting portion having two ends, a first end attached to the device and a second end fixable to a base and a connection between the first end of the flexible adjusting portion and the device, the flexible adjusting portion being configured for removal after the device has been mounted to the structure of the ear;
fixing the second end of the flexible adjusting portion to the base;
manipulating the flexible adjusting portion such that the device is in suitable contact with the structure of the ear;
setting the device in contact with the structure of the ear with an adhesive;
severing the connection between the first end of the flexible adjusting portion and the device; and
unfixing the second end of the flexible adjusting portion from the base.
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This invention relates to a device for mounting components to a structure of the ear for use in a hearing aid system.
In a patient with normally functioning anatomical hearing structures, sound waves are directed into an ear canal by the outer ear and into contact with the tympanic membrane. The tympanic membrane is located at the terminus of the ear canal. The pressure of the sound waves vibrates the tympanic membrane resulting in the conversion to mechanical energy. This mechanical energy is communicated through the middle ear to the inner ear by a series of bones located in the middle ear region. These bones of the middle ear are generally referred to as the ossicular chain, which includes three primary components, the malleus, the incus and the stapes. These three bones must be in functional contact in order for the mechanical energy derived from the vibration of the tympanic membrane to be transferred through the middle ear to the inner ear.
Implantable devices are often useful for assisting with hearing. Such devices include partial middle ear implantable or total middle ear implantable devices, cochlear implants, and other hearing assistance systems that use components disposed in the middle ear or inner ear regions. These components may include an input transducer for receiving sound vibrations or an output stimulator for providing mechanical or electrical output stimuli based on the received sound vibrations. Piezoelectric transducers are one example of a class of electromechanical transducers that require contact to sense or provide mechanical vibrations. For example, the piezoelectric input transducer in U.S. Pat. No. 4,729,366, issued to D. W. Schaefer on Mar. 8, 1998, contacts the malleus for detecting mechanical vibrations. In another example the piezoelectric output transducer in the '366 patent contacts the stapes bone or the oval or round window of the cochlea.
Devices for assisting the hearing impaired patient range from miniaturized electronic hearing devices which can be adapted to be placed entirely within the auditory canal, or implantable devices which can be completely or partially implanted within the skull. For those hearing systems, or portions of hearing systems, that require complete subcranial implantation, a challenge has existed to adapt the implantable device for optimal mounting to the unique patient morphologies (including both naturally occurring as well as those created by surgical processes) among patients. Known implantable devices that have elements which perform a support or mounting function are typically rigidly mounted to a bone within the middle ear region. Difficulties have arisen with the use of implantable devices in facilitating the fine adjustments necessary to properly position and configure the support assembly and attached transducers so as to contact an auditory element and thus vibrate a portion of the ossicular chain. Such devices present a particular problem in that positioning, or docking, of the transducer against the auditory element in this stable configuration requires extremely fine adjustments that are difficult given the location of the auditory elements and the attendant's lack of maneuvering room.
A middle ear implantable hearing assistance system typically includes, at least, an input device, such as a sensor transducer, an output device, such as a driver transducer, and some means for electrically connecting the devices and coupling at least one device to an element of the middle ear. The transducer is coupled to and communicates with the middle ear element via a mechanical coupling. The mechanical coupling is critical to the efficacy of the hearing assistance system. Proper positioning of the transducer and good contact between the transducer and ossicle is essential to properly transducing the received mechanical vibrations into a resulting electrical signal for hearing assistance processing (in the case of a sensor transducer) or communicating to the ossicle the mechanical vibration transduced from the electrical signal (in the case of a driver transducer).
It is unclear whether too much force between the transducer and the ossicle, for example the malleus, can mechanically load the vibrating malleus and attenuate the desire mechanical vibration signal or alter its frequency characteristics. It may be likely that, in an extreme case, too much force can damage or break either the malleus or the transducer. It may also be likely that too little force between the transducer and the malleus may be insufficient to detect the mechanical vibration signal, and is more likely to result in a complete loss of signal detection if the transducer and the malleus become dissociated.
Positive fixation is when a device accommodates the morphology of the ossicle or tissue which it is connecting (directly or indirectly). Many prior art devices do not account for the morphological differences of each patient. Such prior art devices either harm the patient by not taking into account, fully, the detrimental impact on tissue patency caused by its structural method of attachment, are nonfunctional, or lose functioning ability with drops of pressure. Specifically, when a transducer is too loosely coupled to the ossicle, there is no signal and, conversely, when a transducer is too tightly coupled to the ossicle, there may be a less than optimum frequency response or harm to the tissue.
Prior art coupling mechanisms used, for example, in coupling a transducer to an ossicle, have a variety of problems. Biasing or crimping have commonly been used to attach to an ossicle. Biasing may result in a connection which is too loose because of the difficulty in determining the extent of the biasing. Over a patient's lifespan, muscles, tissue, and ligaments may stretch and cause the biasing to become loose. Additionally, even if the biased element is not loose during everyday activity, it may become loose and lose contact altogether with a change in pressure, such as in an elevator or an airplane. Crimping has similar problems. It is difficult to determine when the element has been adequately crimped to the ossicle. If the element is too tightly crimped to the ossicle, the blood vessels lose patency and bone rotting to occur. If the element is too loosely crimped to the ossicle, there may be resonances and a poor frequency response.
Similar problems occur when coupling an ossicle to a passive prosthesis. A passive prosthesis is used when one or more of the malleus, incus, or stapes is partially or completely removed or damaged. The passive prosthesis maintains functional contact to transfer the mechanical energy derived from the vibration of the tympanic membrane through the middle ear to the inner ear.
While using an adhesive results in positive coupling with an ossicle, the procedures for securing the transducer or prosthesis to the ossicle are frequently time consuming and technically challenging. In the case of a transducer, the transducer must be positioned with mechanical contact to the ossicle. In positioning the transducer, a physician frequently grasps the transducer with forceps and uses the forceps to maneuver the transducer. The forceps and transducer is often large and unwieldy in the relatively small middle-ear space.
After positioning, the adhesive must be applied to the contact region of the transducer to the ossicle. Adhesives have a setting or curing time during which the transducer must remain in substantially the same position. Thus, the transducer must be remain substantially stable for, generally, at least 15 minutes. This can pose a challenge to a physician who is manually holding the transducer in place with forceps.
Similarly, it is in technically challenging to place and adhere a bracket to the mastoid floor. Typically, a bracket is used to hold a transducer in contact with a transducer and is mounted on and adhered to the mastoid floor. A common method for adhering the brackets is to use an adhesive wherein the adhesive is injected into the area and the bracket is then held in the adhesive with forceps. This method requires the bracket to be held in substantially the same position until the cement sets.
The support device of the present invention is of particular use in the positioning and supporting of devices to be in contact with a structure of the ear.
To address the difficulties noted above, the present invention provides a device for more effectively and accurately positioning and supporting an element for contact with a structure of the ear. While reference is made explicitly to mounting a transducer to an ossicle, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the device could be used for coupling any desired device to an auditory element of the ear.
A flexible support for aid in positioning elements in contact with an auditory element is described. The present invention utilizes a flexible device to support and position a transducer against the ossicle. The device may be used equally well in positioning a passive prosthesis or similar device.
The device involves a flexible element having two ends. The first end is detachably affixed to the transducer (or other element to be positioned). The second end is configured as a mount attachable to a base, for example along the mastoid cavity. In positioning the transducer, the mount is attached to the base via a fastener, for example a screw. The flexible element may then be manipulated to position the transducer as desired. Once in position, the flexible element is rigid enough to support the transducer in position without further instrumentation. Thus, adhesive can be applied and the flexible element will maintain position of the transducer as the adhesive cures. After positioning and adhering of the transducer, the flexible element is disconnected from the transducer and removed from the base.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the current invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the current invention.
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a top view of an embodiment of the current invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the current invention without supported devices.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 5 showing positions for the supported devices.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIGS. 5 and 6 showing the supported devices.
It will be understood that the drawings are intended to teach a preferred embodiment of the present invention but are not intended to limit the invention thereto.
The invention provides a device for effectively and accurately positioning and supporting an element for contact with a structure of the ear. The device is particularly advantageous when used in a middle ear implantable hearing system such as a partial middle ear implantable (P-MEI), total middle ear implantable (T-MEI), or other hearing aid system. A P-MEI or T-MEI hearing aid system assists the human auditory system in converting acoustic energy contained within sound waves into electrochemical signals delivered to the brain and interpreted as sound.
The following is a description of a normal human auditory system. Sound waves are directed into an external auditory canal by an outer ear (PINNA). The frequency characteristics of the sound waves are slightly modified by the resident characteristics of the external auditory canal. These sound waves impinge upon a tympanic membrane (eardrum), interposed at the terminus of the external auditory canal, between it and the tympanic cavity (middle ear). Variations of the sound waves produce tympanic vibrations. The mechanical energy of the tympanic vibrations is communicated to the inner ear, comprising cochlea, vestibule, and semi-circular canals by a sequence of articulating bones located in the middle ear. This sequence of articulating bones is referred to generally as the ossicular chain. Thus, the tympanic membrane and the ossicular chain transform acoustic energy and the external auditory canal to mechanical energy at the cochlea.
The ossicular chain includes three primary components: a malleus, an incus, and a stapes. The malleus includes manubrium and head portions. The manubrium of the malleus attaches to the tympanic membrane. The head of the malleus articulates with one end of the incus. The incus normally couples mechanical energy from the vibrating malleus to the stapes. The stapes includes a capitulum portion, comprising a head and a neck, connected to a foot plate portion by means of a support crus comprising two crura. The stapes disposed in and against a membrane covered opening on the cochlea. This membrane-covered opening between the cochlea and middle ear is referred to as the oval window. The oval window is considered part of the cochlea in this patent application. The incus articulates the capitulum of the stapes to complete the mechanical transmission path.
Normally, tympanic vibrations are mechanically conducted through the malleus, incus, and stapes to the oval window. Vibrations at the oval window are conducted into fluid-filled cochlea. These mechanical vibrations generate fluidic motion, thereby transmitting hydraulic energy within the cochlea. Pressures generated in the cochlea by fluidic motion are accommodated by a second membrane covered opening of the cochlea. The second membrane covered opening between the cochlea and the middle ear is referred to as the round window. The round window is considered part of the cochlea in this patent application. Receptor cells in the cochlea translate the fluidic motion into neural impulses which are transmitted to the brain and received as sound. However, various disorders of the tympanic membrane, ossicular chain, and/or cochlea can disrupt or impair normal hearing.
Hearing loss due to an inability to conduct mechanical vibrations through the middle ear is referred to as a conductive hearing loss. Some patients have an ossicular chain lacking sufficient resiliency to transmit mechanical vibrations between the tympanic membrane and the oval window. As a result, fluidic motion in the cochlea is attenuated. Thus, receptor cells in the cochlea do not receive adequate mechanical stimulation. Damaged elements of the ossicular chain may also interrupt transmission of mechanical vibrations between the tympanic membrane and the oval window.
Implantable hearing aid systems have been developed, utilizing various approaches to compensate for hearing disorders. A particularly interesting class of hearing aid systems includes those which are configured for disposition principally within the middle ear space. The middle ear implantable (MEI) hearing aids typically use an electromechanical input transducer to convert mechanical vibrations received from an ossicle, for example the malleus, to electrical signals. Note however, that if desired, an acoustic microphone could be used in lieu of an electromechanical input transducer and may positioned in the middle ear or the outer ear. An electromechanical output transducer, converts the electrical signals from the input transducer into mechanical vibrations. The electromechanical output transducer communicates these mechanical vibrations to an ossicular bone, for example the stapes. The ossicular chain, is optionally interrupted to allow coupling of the mechanical vibrations to the ossicular chain.
Both electromagnetic and piezoelectric output transducers have been used to communicate the mechanical vibrations to the ossicular chain. One example of a piezoelectric output transducer capable of communicating mechanical vibrations through the ossicular chain is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,729,366 issued to D. W. Schaefer on Mar. 8, 1988. In the '366 patent, a mechanical-to-electrical piezoelectric input transducer is associated with the malleus, transducing mechanical energy into an electrical signal, which is amplified and further processed. The resulting electrical signal is provided to an electrical-to-mechanical piezoelectric output transducer that generates a mechanical vibration coupled to an element of the ossicular chain or to the oval window or round window. In the '366 patent the ossicular chain is interrupted by removal of the incus. Removal of the incus prevents the mechanical vibrations delivered by the piezoelectric output transducer from mechanically feeding back to the piezoelectric input transducer.
A critical factor in the processing of sound through such a middle ear implantable system is the quality of connection between the transducers and the ossicular bones. A transducer can be coupled to the ossicular bone either directly or indirectly. Directly coupling a transducer to the middle bone involves biasing. Effectively biasing the transducer against an ossicular bond has proved problematic. The extent of the biasing is often difficult to determine, frequently resulting in loose biasing. It has been shown that a biased transducer will often become loose with a change in pressure, such as in an elevator or an airplane. Also even if the biasing is initially effective, muscles, tissue and ligaments may stretch and cause the biasing to become loose and the hearing aid to become temporarily nonfunctional.
Transducers have also been coupled to ossicular bones indirectly using a coupling element crimped to the bone. The difficulty of determining the extent of crimping makes crimping problematic. If the element is too tightly crimped to the ossicle, the blood vessels lose patency and bone rotting to occur. If the element is too loosely crimped to the ossicle, there may be resonances and a poor frequency response.
A transducer can be directly coupled to an ossicle with an adhesive to achieve positive fixation. However, properly positioning the adhesive can be difficult because of the time needed for the adhesive to cure. While the adhesive is to curing, the transducer must be held in position in contact with the ossicle. Further, the transducer are preferably held in position at the point where the mechanical vibrations will be most effectively transduced to or from the ossicle. Traditionally, transducers are positioned by grasping the transducer with forceps and maneuvering the forceps and transducer in the small middle ear cavity. This procedure can be awkward and, even when proper position is attained, maintaining the position during the curing time is challenging.
There is no existing mechanical means to easily and effectively position a transducer to an ossicle for setting an adhesive. To address this need, the present invention utilizes a flexible device to support and position a transducer against the ossicle. The device may be used equally well in positioning a passive prosthesis or similar device.
The fixation device of the present invention is intended to engage an auditory element of the middle or inner ear to provide positive fixation to that element. The device may be used to couple the auditory element to a transducer, passive prosthesis, or any other desired structure.
As seen in FIG. 1, the device involves a flexible element 20 having two ends 22 and 24. The flexible element is optionally constructed of gold, silver, platinum, titanium, lead, or any alloy or other material that is relatively soft and malleable but retains shape sufficiently to support a device in position in contact with an ossicle. The first end 24 of the flexible element 20 is detachably affixed to the transducer 30 (or other element to be positioned) via a connection 32. The second end 22 is configured as a mount attachable to a base, for example the mastoid cavity. It may therefore be desirably to attach a mounting plate 26 or other mounting means to the second end 22.
In positioning the transducer, the mount is attached to the base via a fastener, for example a screw. Thus, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, two openings 28 are provided in the mounting plate 26 for accommodating bone screws. After attachment to the base, the mounting plate 26 provides support for positioning the transducer 30. The flexible element 22 may be manipulated to position the transducer as desired. Once in position, the flexible element 22 is rigid enough to support the transducer 30 in position without further instrumentation. The flexible element is also sufficiently malleable to allow micro manipulation and flexible positioning of the transducer 30.
When the transducer 30 is positioned as desired, an adhesive can be applied and the flexible element 22 will maintain position of the transducer as the adhesive cures.
After positioning and adhering of the transducer 30 to the ossicle, the flexible element 20 may be removed from the middle ear space. The first end 24 is disconnected from the transducer 30. The connection 32 between the first end 24 and the transducer 30 may be of any configuration that is detachable. Optionally, the connection 32 may include a quick-disconnect feature. Alternately, the connection 32 may be electromagnetic, threaded, pin and socket joint, or vacuum connected. Further, it is possible to simply cut the connection 32 using standard cutting techniques. The second end 22 is detached from the base. If bone screws are used, the screws are simply taken out and the mounting plate lifted from the base.
Alternately, if the support member is manufactured of medical grade alloy or material, it may be left implanted in the middle ear space.
FIG. 2 depicts an alternate embodiment wherein the first end 24 includes legs 34. The legs 34 are manufactured of malleable material such that they may be bent to conform to the mastoid floor. In positioning the transducer 30, the legs 34 may be bent along the mastoid floor in order to provide anchoring in the adhesive. This embodiment is especially useful in positioning an electromechanical output transducer.
FIG. 3 shows an exploded view of support assembly of FIG. 2. The flexible support 20 attaches to the connection assembly 32 at its first end 24. The connection assembly of this particular embodiment includes a holder 33 positioned on the transducer 30 and a tube 31 that fits over the first end 24 and the holder 33. The tube 31 may optionally be manufactured from silicone rubber. The legs 34 are attached to the transducer with an assembly made up of a base 35 surrounding a plate 37. The plate 37 supports the transducer 30 and a set screw 39 extends through the plate and contacts the transducer 30. As seen in this figure, lead 36 is also affixed to the transducer 30.
As seen in FIG. 4, input and output transducers 30 may be positioned in the same middle ear space using a flexible element 20 connected to each transducer. Thus, each transducer 30 may be positioned and maintained in position by its associated flexible element and an adhesive may be simultaneously applied to both transducers. FIG. 4 also illustrates leads 36 attached to the transducers 30.
FIGS. 5-7 provide a permanent embodiment of the current invention is also provided. The embodiment shown in FIGS. 5-7 is particularly suited as a bracket for mounting transducers. A specific use of the embodiment is to mount transducer in operable connection with the malleus 51 and the stapes 53.
As seen in FIG. 5, a flexible element 50 has first and second ends 52 and 54. The flexible element 50 is manufactured of a medical grade malleable material such as titanium. The element is placed into the floor of the mastoid 55 (shown after a mastoidectomy) and bent to conform to the floor. Permeable openings are provided along the length of the flexible element 50. The openings may be formed as holes 60 spaced uniformly or eccentrically along the flexible element 50. The exact configuration of the openings is unimportant so long as they are sufficiently permeable to allow adhesive to flow therethrough.
After placing the flexible strap 50 on the cortex, both ends 52 and 54 are secured to the cortex via fasteners, for example bone screws. To accommodate the bone screws, apertures 56 and 58 may be formed at either end.
Once the flexible strap 50 is secured to the cortex, an adhesive is applied such that it permeates the holes 60 provided along the length of the flexible strap 50. The adhesive is a medical adhesive such as polymethyl methacrylate PMMA, or PMA. Applying the adhesive to the flexible strap 50 creates a reinforced support on which to mount a transducer to contact an ossicle of the middle ear.
FIG. 6 illustrates the driver and sensor locations, 62 and 64 respectively, on the flexible strap 50. The adhesive remaining on the surface of the flexible strap 50 is allowed to cure to a pasty state. After the pasty state is reached, the driver and sensor transducers, 66 and 68 respectively, are positioned to contact the ossicles using positioning techniques and are placed in the adhesive along the flexible strap, as seen in FIG. 7. Optionally, the cure of the adhesive may be accelerated by "localizing" thermal heating of the interface between the adhesive and the flexible strap 50 and the interface between the adhesive and the transducer(s). However, cure may also be achieved without heat.
While various embodiments in accordance with the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the invention is not limited thereto, and is susceptible to numerous changes and modifications as known to those skilled in the art. Therefore, this invention is not limited to the details shown and described herein, and includes all such changes and modifications as encompassed by the scope of the appended claims.
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Joel Milner said he hasn't gotten any special deals.
As a retired psychology professor at Northern Illinois University, Milner pulls in an annual pension of $253,782 a year from a system that's underfunded by billions of dollars.
Milner said he's followed all the rules when it comes to earning his pension, and he never got an artificial salary boost or did anything behind closed doors.
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Mickey was the business - a Mr Big equally capable of ruthlessness and generosity, as famed for his lavish parties as his daring heists. Now the affable grandfather is enjoying the fruits of his successful 'career' in his Spanish villa. It's the last word in brash luxury - and state-of-the art security. Recently widowed, he's also acquired a classy new wife. Now his faithful aide Ray and his long-suffering wife Brenda have received a tempting invite, to meet the new missus and mull over old times in the sunshine over a beer.
But trouble's brewing in paradise. The wives are chalk and cheese - posh Francine looks down her nose at our blunt Brenda, who gives as good as she gets. And despite the blokey reminiscences, are things a bit tense between Mickey and Ray? Add an eager young TV researcher, getting background for a documentary on the London underworld of the 1960s and the scene is set for a dark comedy of revelation and counter revelation.
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Things get off to a slow start though and despite director Alan Strachan's pacy production, the first half is all talk and little action on Hayden Griffin's glorious bad-taste set. The wives don't really get their stage time until the much more sparky second half, when the fur flies, the chickens come home to roost - and Harris at last succeeds in building the tension.
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The Main Street address of Wildwood's Table Three might conjure images of a quaint small town, a Norman Rockwell fantasy of families bustling among storefront displays of hand-dipped chocolates, leather-bound books and toy trains. This, however, is 2010, and Wildwood's "Main Street" is a mixed-use development meant to evoke a small-town feel but still new enough that you can practically smell the drywall. While there are some flashes back to the past — the town opened a new city hall here — it's a thoroughly contemporary enterprise: Next door to Table Three is a sleek-seeming chiropractic center called 212 Degrees Of Wellness, which I mistook for a Bikram-yoga studio until I realized that, while Bikram aficionados do like it hot, they probably prefer the temperature to be somewhere south of boiling.
Table Three itself is certainly no throwback; it's a restaurant in the modern American vein, pitched somewhere between casual and upscale. You can wear jeans, watch football at the bar and read the daily specials off a chalkboard, but that lamb "porterhouse" entrée you ordered, with mashed potatoes and the vegetable of the day, will set you back $28.
The décor checks most boxes on the list of last decade's trends. Just inside the entrance, the wine selection is displayed in mahogany cabinets. The lounge has a curving bar, flat-screen TVs and striking wallpaper. The dining room where I was seated (another appeared to be reserved for private parties) features high ceilings, plush red banquettes, cast-iron fixtures, the aforementioned chalkboard and a view into the kitchen. The total effect is impersonal, the sort of dining space you might expect to find in the display unit of a trendy loft condo complex.
16765 Main St.
Wildwood, MO 63040
Category: Restaurant > American
Region: Wildwood
Owner Beth Williams has operated Creve Coeur-based Cuisine d'Art Café and Catering since 1993. At Table Three, her first dinner restaurant — and her third venture overall, counting the original and current incarnations of Cuisine d'Art; hence the name — she and head chef John Buchanan offer a safe selection of reliable favorites: steaks, chicken, seafood. Indeed, the appetizer menu reads as though lifted from a mid-priced suburban chain, with mac & cheese, fried green beans and goat-cheese dip. I'll go against my usual bias and recommend the "Crab Cake Three," a trio of miniature crab cakes, each with the circumference of a half-dollar coin and about an inch in height, topped with roasted garlic aioli and served over a citrus-spiked slaw. The sweetness of good crab meat is only lightly cut by filler, while a quick pan-searing gives the exterior crunch and an extra hit of flavor.
Roasted-tomato soup, also from the appetizer menu, is beautifully presented, a brick-red purée of roasted tomato and red pepper, topped with a dollop of crème fraîche and a thin crisp of Parmesan cheese. The soup has body but no depth, its flavor a simplistic note of tangy tomato.
Entrées include three different steaks: a tenderloin filet, a New York strip and a rib eye, each with a different preparation. I opted for the first, which is served with a balsamic demiglace, a prosciutto "cake" — something like a prosciutto hash brown and, frankly, a waste of good ham — and (deep breath) "roasted garlic Yukon mashers." The steak was cooked exactly to my requested medium-rare, which let the flavor of the beef carry this dish. The balsamic demi-glace adds a smoky, tannic background note.
The "roasted garlic Yukon mashers" were mashed potatoes. Get used to 'em.
The lamb "porterhouse" steaks are two six-ounce loin chops. Though this might seem like a lot of meat, once you subtract the weight of the bone and the thicker bands of fat, you have a modest-size (appropriately so, to my taste) entrée. The lamb is served in a rosemary-herb demi-glace, a sensible pairing that complements the meat's verdant, ever-so-gamy flavor. As with the steak, the kitchen displayed excellent technique, the chops' exteriors showing a perfect crosshatch char, while the interiors were a gorgeous purple-shading-to-red. The rest of the plate was uninspired: Those mashed potatoes again and al dente green beans heavily seasoned with garlic.
The "Sunday Chicken" is chicken-fried chicken: chicken breast beaten thin, battered and then fried, topped with thick gravy studded with black pepper. The breading is thin and crisp but possesses a jarring sweetness that reminded me of Frosted Flakes. On the side...green beans (here amped up with bacon) and mashed taters.
"Sea Bass Provençal" is less than the sum of its parts: an eight-ounce sea bass fillet with kalamata olives, shallots and cherry tomatoes. Yet aside from the occasional briny kick from the olives, the mild fish relied mostly on a white wine broth for flavor, resulting in a pleasant but utterly forgettable dish. A pedestrian side dish of long grain and wild rice (along with the vegetable du jour: again, green beans) calls the $26 price tag into question.
The dessert selection is charmingly homey, with both brownies and chocolate-chip cookies available. There is also, of course, crème brûlée. I went for the bread pudding, which features a lovely piece of pumpkin-custard bread drizzled with a just-sweet-enough Maker's Mark glaze.
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Dragon's Dogma
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4 years ago#1
I thought that I might as well create a little FAQ for the game as some people are wondering what the whole game is about.
Q: What is Dragon's Dogma?
A: Dragons Dogma is an exciting new franchise which redefines the action-RPG genre from the team that produced some of Capcoms greatest action games. Set in a huge open world, Dragons Dogma offers an exhilarating and fulfilling action combat game with the freedom to explore and interact in a rich, living and breathing world.
Alongside your party of three, you set out to track down and destroy a mysterious dragon. Your teammates fight independently of you, demonstrating prowess and abilities that they have developed based on traits learned over time from you and your actions.
Dragons Dogma offers a near endless opportunity to help develop partner characters to fight alongside you. With an epic story and incredible action, Dragons Dogma is set to be one of Capcoms newest hit franchises.
Dragon's Dogma also features many RPG elements such as statistics, classes and customization. The player is able to freely customize their class and can mix and match classes if it suits them. Equipment can be purchased from shops as well as looted and armor can be expect to provide resistances whereas weapons will have different attack strengths.
The player is also able to customize their pawns (companions) in what classes they shall be and they can also customize their appearance just as they can customize the appearance of their own character with a very deep character creator which not only features full facial customization but also allows the player to edit their character or pawn's body and posture.
Like most RPG's, the game features side quests.
Highly Stylized Action Combat The creators of this game were responsible for the action hits Resident Evil® 4 and Devil May Cry® 4.
Fight With Ability The soul of combat comes down to how the game is played, where you strike the enemy, and how you react to their attacks.
Accessible Depth Bringing an unprecedented level of depth to the action genre, every decision has an effect on gameplay in an intuitive way that does not require micromanagement. The weight of your weapon, the material of your armor even the length of your legs plays a role in how you fight your battles, but does not interrupt the flow of the action.
Epic Adventure Dragons Dogma is built from the ground up as an action experience for consoles with a continuous, epic storyline that stands alone in style, scope and substance.
Open World Utilizing Capcoms proprietary MT Framework engine and the groundbreaking graphical styles and lighting effects used in Resident Evil® 5 and Lost Planet® 2, Dragons Dogma expands the environment to create a vast, richly detailed world, ripe for exploration.
A Rich Population In addition to interacting with hundreds of fully voiced NPCs, youll be able to fight a large variety of creatures, from goblins to griffins and dragons. Each enemy requires a different strategy and provides a unique experience.
Dragon's Dogma features three basic classes that the player can begin as:
Advanced Classes:
Advanced classes are classes that can be reached by further leveling up.
Hybrid Classes:
Hybrid classes are mix and matches of the basic or advanced classes.
Mystic Knight
Magic Archer
What do classes do?
Classes determine what weapons your character will be most proficient in and also what abilities your characters can use. Since you can freely mix and match classes however, you can have a character who uses a two handed weapon but who can simultaneously cast magic.
(Topic Creator)4 years ago#2
Release Date:
US ~ March 27th
EU ~ May 1st
JP ~ Unknown
The story goes that you are the arisen who is a chosen one. Originally, you were living in a village as an ordinary person but then a dragon attacked your village and stole your heart. You are brought back to life through some seemingly unknown miracle and that is when you begin your quest as the arisen to find the dragon and slay it.
Pawns are special beings that come from a place known as the rift. The player can have three of them at a time. One is a main pawn who remains with the player for the whole game whereas the other two are optional pawns. Pawns can be customized and learn from battle where they will shout out advice to the player. Pawns may also perform specials moves where they may grab an enemy so that the player can attack them while they are defenseless. Basically, they will work together and with you - their leader. Commands can be issued to them such as Go, Come here, Attack and Defend.
Pawns can be rented to other players online where they will gain extra experience and they may also learn the weakness of a certain monster that you've yet to encounter and thus, when they return to you, they will tell you the weakness of that monster should you ever encounter it.
Combat is an important part of Dragon's Dogma. The player has the ability to grab any enemy that they want. If the player has enough strength and if they are big enough, they can pick certain enemies up where they can throw them if they wish. The player can also grab hold of large enemies such as dragons, griffins and golems in which they can climb freely over them and attack them wherever they want. Companions can also do this. However, stamina drains when the player is using the grab feature and thus the player will need to be careful when using it.
The player has light and heavy attack options which can be combined with each other and the player can also employ skills. What skills are available depend on the class of the character. If you're using a shield and sword, you can bash enemies with your shield and you can also create distractions with your shield to draw enemy attention to yourself. An archer's skills include raining multiple arrows down in a chosen area or performing one powerful shot from one arrow which takes long to fire but does deadly damage in return. Mages abilities include offensive spells such as tornadoes, fireballs or party beneficial spells such as healing spells or flaming weapons.
The player can also command pawns in battle and let them do the fighting completely while they watch. Capcom described this method as using your brain to win the battles as you'll be ordering your pawns about and thus you'll have to be tactical.
The World and Exploration:
The player can expect to explore different towns where merchants and quests can be located and they can also expect to find creatures and monsters freely roaming the wilds. There is a day and night schedule and creatures and monsters change accordingly. NPC's also have 24 hour schedules. The player can also expect to explore caves and dungeons.
The player can quickly fast travel to locations they have been to if they place a marker there and then use a teleport to quickly jump back to that location.
The player can mine for ore in certain locations which can be used for crafting.
Choices and consequences:
Their are choices in the plot which will have effect the plot in some way. There will also be consequences for killing innocent people. For example, the guards will be after you and you will also suffer charisma lost which will make NPC's less trusting of you.
(Topic Creator)4 years ago#3
Other Information:
~The developers have claimed that it takes 30 hours to beat the main quest and 100 hours to play through all the content in the game.
~The developers have said that it takes 1-2 hours to trek across the world.
~Romances are included in the game.
~The main pawn is part of the story.
~There is more than one dragon to fight and they can be fought in the wilds.
~ Griffins, cyclops and golems are just three of the giant enemies that the player can encounter.
~Harpies can grab the player and lift them up into the sky.
~The player can be taken up in flight with a griffen if they hang onto it as it's about to fly. This has dire consequences if the player runs out of stamina and falls off while the griffen is flying about in the sky.
~You will have village leaders, dukes, kings, royalty living in a castle, and all the people inhabiting towns with all kinds of occupations. There will be characters in the game that affect the story. As the story progresses, the game will introduce new characters that are integral to the tale and certain roles they play.
~Each pawn has their own story.
~Greatswords, staffs, bows, longswords, maces, hammers, tower shields, daggers and axes are just some of the weapons that the player can use.
~Mages can levitate with the levitate spell.
~An archer can learn to perform a flip jump.
~The environment can be climbed up.
~Your character's height and weight effects certain factors. For example, a small character wouldn't be able to pick a big character up and a slim character will find it harder to navigate in environments where the wind is strong whereas a heavier character (either heavier by armor or body weight) will find it easier to navigate in such environments.
(Topic Creator)4 years ago#4
Official Reveal Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf9SjtrXXT0
E3 Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYbH25f36Qg
TGS Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV9KyhdD9Do
Gamescom 2011 Gameplay 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyaBCaUQYmg
Gamescom 2011 Gameplay 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HItc6_8-EDc
Chimera Battle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLHZipzwp3Y
Hydra Battle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPuOcOFIJJ4
TGS Gameplay 1 + Some Character Creation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ses0tfF_09k
TGS Gameplay 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA1mGTJkOvQ
Golem Battle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVAa6oBPJeM
Gameplay Open World 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz-4zMLSkTk
Gameplay Open World 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P55pMd1y30
Gameplay Open World 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGVlkDgzsuQ
(Topic Creator)4 years ago#5
Done. What a fun way to waste some spare time.
4 years ago#6
If this game really pulls all these elements together and makes them as good as they sound, it'll be brilliant.
This is the winter of our discount tents.
3 years ago#7
Pre order bonuses were announced today.
GameStop: "Pawn Upgrade Pack"
Gives players additional Rift Crystals allowing them to rent higher level experience Pawns from the outset.
Best Buy: "Armor Upgrade Pack"
Amazon: "Weapon Upgrade Pack"
Will deliver high level armor and weapons respectively giving players a real advantage when tackling the toughest of enemies.
This quoted from a recent Capcom press release.
"Sigs are for dorks."-- my wife
3 years ago#8
I just requested a sticky.
Thanks for all the info. I preordred just because of the gameplay videos.
Your FAQ helped me understand more about this game and I have to say it sounds epic.
Love playing as a mage in any RPG.
Good it got pushed back to may, I hope all these elements are put in the final game.
3DS FC 0430-8439-5209 DragoonXGS. Still waiting for a true sequel to Legend of Dragoon and Xenogears
3 years ago#9
This game does look good. The guy using his bow & arrow looked sweet.
I've requested sticky also.
I'm getting KOA this week so will stay away from here as much as possible so that I don't end up rushing KOA for this lol.
'I wrestled with an alligator,I tussled with a whale,only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick. I'm so mean I make medicine sick.'
(Topic Creator)3 years ago#10
Much more information has been revealed lately and new videos have been released showing new classes.
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Cannes Film Festival to be judged by Spielberg, Lee, Kidman, Waltz
The 66th Cannes Film Festival run s this year from May 15 through 26, and Steven Spielberg has already been announced as the head of this year's jury. As if having arguably the biggest movie director of all time in charge of the judging committee, the festival folks have now upped the ante with some […] [Read More]
June 20: Birthdays a-plenty in Hollywood
June 20. Quite the Hollywood birthday date. Check out who's celebrating, or would be, today: Errol Flynn Terence Young (director, "Dr. No") Audie Murphy Martin Landau Olympia Dukakis James Tolkan (Principal Strickland, "Back to the Future") Danny Aiello John Mahoney Stephen Frears (director, "The Queen") Candy Clark (Debbie Dunham, "American Graffiti") John Goodman Nicole Kidman […] [Read More]


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"Keeping our active duty members healthy is an important aspect of force health protection. This guideline assists physicians and patients by focusing on specific health concerns that may be deployment related," offered Winkenwerder.
The development of the guideline represents a two-year multidisciplinary effort involving experts from the VA, Army, Navy, Air Force, and DoD. Specialty experts included clergy, social workers, nurses, toxicologists, epidemiologists, risk communications specialists, psychiatrists, and family practitioners. Health care providers at Fort Bragg, N.C., Camp LeJeune, N.C., and McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., were part of a guideline demonstration project.
"This guideline, which provides a structure to assess and manage post-deployment health, is primarily about improving the medical care for post-deployment concerns among all our patients, whether an active duty servicemember, a spouse, a child, a veteran or reservist," explained Army Lt. Col. Charles Engel, a collaborator in the development of the guideline. Engel directs the Deployment Health Clinical Center, a DoD center based at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Since the Gulf War, "opportunities for change and improvement have emerged as a result of lessons learned through the implementation of the DoD's Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program and the VA's Gulf War Registry, research studies, and feedback from veterans," said Engel, a practicing psychiatrist and a Gulf War veteran.
"The guideline," said Mark Brown, Ph.D., director of the VA's Environmental Agents Service, "was developed in response to the health care needs of Gulf War veterans with difficult to diagnose yet sometimes debilitating deployment-related symptoms." Brown added, "In the long-run the Clinical Practice Guideline will give VA primary care providers the tools needed to diagnose and treat veterans returning from combat and peace-keeping missions abroad."
The guideline also applies to individuals who were not deployed, but who link their concerns to a military deployment, for example, family members of recently deployed active duty personnel. The guideline also will offer physicians support in monitoring the long-term health of patients with deployment health issues and provide patients with the education they need to take an active role in their health care delivery.
"In the new approach we will disseminate up-to-date information to all clinicians about all deployments and essentially make them more knowledgeable about deployment health issues," said Engel whose Deployment Health Clinical Center will be responsible for monitoring the improvement of post-deployment care in primary care settings and insuring improvements in the quality of data gathered. The major route for disseminating this information is the Center's new Web site, PDHealth.mil, located at http://www.PDHealth.mil . The guideline, as well as the proceedings of a satellite broadcast about the guideline, may be found on this Web site.


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Agile vs "Beat-it-in-afterward is how it's usually done."
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I won't agree that "beat-it-in-afterward" is the way the industry 'does' software. With growing impact of agile and especially TDD, more and more even low-quality shops do testing along coding.
Where I worked, we either got TDD or (for waterwall) V-model. In both cases, quality is recent years got really important. You won't get your app on iPhone market place if it doesn't meet certain criteria etc
Please re-consider and please don't scare new comers to the industry ;-)
Regards, Stefan
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Heidts has released its new Superide II IFS Front Suspension System for 1957–1964 Ford pickup trucks. The system uses the company's Mustang II-style dropped spindle and design features include a front steer mounted rack-and-pinion unit and steering geometry similar to a Mustang II. The system's heavy-duty upper control arms use threaded adjusters for precise wheel alignment, according to the company, and the suspension geometry provides a low, smooth ride with a moderate level of anti-dive already incorporated into the design. A large, single-piece main crossmember eases engine installation. The system comes with all necessary mounting hardware and detailed instructions.
Heidts will be showcasing the new Ford truck Superide II IFS Front Suspension System, as well as its other IFS applications, in Booth No. 301 of the 2012 Hotrod & Restoration Trade Show, held March 22–24 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. For more information on the HRR Trade Show, visit www.hotrodshow.com. For more information on Heidts, visit www.heidts.com.


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Jim Tune joined ArtsFund as President & CEO in January 2006, after a career in corporate law.
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Too much art?
National Endowment for the Arts Chair, Rocco Landesman, caused a stir when he said recently that when it comes to theater in this country the supply is greater than the demand and that it's time to think about "decreasing supply." I'll leave aside whether that makes sense for the country as a whole, but what […] [Read More]


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Spring arts guide: Dance
Must-see: "Riverdance: The Farewell Tour" When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 Where: Glens Falls Civic Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Glens Falls Why: After 18 years and more than 10,000 performances, the beloved "Riverdance" spectacle will be saying farewell to North America this year — and the only Capital Region stop will be at Glens […] [Read More]
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Must see: "Memphis — The Musical" When: April 17-22 Where: Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady Why: Inspired by a true story, "Memphis" is about a white radio DJ determined to change the world in the 1950s and a black club singer struggling to get discovered. It's an evening of laughter, soaring emotion and roof-raising rock […] [Read More]
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Michael Janairo's column: Why arts matter. Music: Tom Winslow dies at 69. Review: Bruce Springsteen's "The Promise." Josh Groban in transition. Review: "Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn." Classical: Regional orchestras in New York hit tough times. Literature: Review: George W. Bush's "Decision Points." Review: Laura Hillenbrand's "Unbroken." [Read More]
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Classical music In August, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart landed himself a pretty sweet second job — as principal conductor for the BBC Concert Orchestra. Lockhart has said he's excited to be working with the British orchestra, which embarked on its first tour of the U.S. this fall. The 56-member orchestra, which provides the music […] [Read More]
Proctors gets grant from Broadway League
The $5,000 grants support innovative programs in 10 cities across the country that enable students to experience Broadway as a form of artistic expression and as an educational tool. Since it was founded in 1996, the league has awarded $750,000 in grants to support the education efforts of Broadway-presenting organizations. [Read More]
Review: 'Miss Saigon' @ Proctors, 8/11/10
SCHENECTADY — "Miss Saigon," the international smash hit first appeared in 1989, has returned to Proctors in a glorious production that proves the musical still packs plenty of power. Most of that power comes through in the passionate singing of Ma-Anne Dionisio and Aaron Ramey. She plays Kim, a Vietnamese village girl thrust by war […] [Read More]


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January 21, 2010 - Seth Staskey
The opening day of the Ron Mauck OVAC Wrestling Tournament came to an end at a record pace Thursday evening. The tournament opened at 6:30 when the first action hit the mat and was wrapped up by 8:30 p.m. Results have been posted to the website. Action was fast and furious and only 6 seeded wrestlers went down during the opening day and none of the top four seeds in any weight class was upended.
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Bethlehem, Pa., February 24, 2014— Nationally recognized author and activist Tim Wise will visit Moravian College and present a talk honoring the contributions and heritage of African-Americans in the United States. The public is invited to attend the talk and admission is free of charge.
Wise will present his keynote talk on Tuesday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m., in Foy Hall. Wise will speak about the responsibility Americans have in celebrating and honoring black history. Foy Hall is located on Moravian College's Hurd Campus in historic downtown Bethlehem, Pa., near the corner of Church and Main Street. It is co-sponsored by IMPACT, Greek Life, Intercultural Advancement, and IDEA.
Wise is the author of six books, including his highly-acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, as well as Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority, and Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity. His latest volume, Culture of Cruelty: How America's Elite Demonize the Poor, Valorize the Rich and Jeopardize the Future, will be released in 2014. He has contributed chapters or essays to over 25 additional books and his writings are taught in colleges and universities across the nation.
Wise has been featured in several documentaries, including the 2013 Media Education Foundation release, "White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America." The film, which he co-wrote and co-produced, has been called "A phenomenal educational tool in the struggle against racism," and "One of the best films made on the unfinished quest for racial justice," by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva of Duke University, and Robert Jensen of the University of Texas, respectively. He also appeared alongside legendary scholar and activist, Angela Davis, in the 2011 documentary, "Vocabulary of Change." In this public dialogue between the two activists, Davis and Wise discussed the connections between issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and militarism, as well as inter-generational movement building and the prospects for social change.
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Guys, this is really frustrating, ever since my brother has downloaded Minecraft and I play, my inventory does not save what so ever. I've played on my friend's server and my own server and this problem still occurs. I never spawn where I left off and my inventory is completely gone! Please I would like some help!
I also always double save
~The Bear~
Do you sleep in a bed during a night-cycle?
Do you actually save the game? or do you let the auto save do it?
I also have this problem, always spawns me in the default spawn point (even after sleeping and saving) and if I've had anything in my inventory it will go (although to prevent i use chests before saving) really annoying, anyone know of a way to prevent this?
There are a number things to try and see if it will work. Firstly, clearing your systems cache. You can also try re-downloading the game, re-downloading your profile, and even resetting your options in the game to default then changing them back. If none of that works, it may an issue in the game itself and require a patch, which is due out in coming weeks, supposedly.
Gone to PS4~ You little tykes have fun here!
by saying dont clutter the thread, that actually cluttered the thread. lol
So was a solution found for this?
come on someone has to know a solution for this
I Have Same Problem, I Believe It Starts, WHen you exit your world, when you havernt exited, like i was playing and didnt need to save, so i went in to my xbox options and clicked "play Game" MW3 so went straight from 1 game to the next without dash boarding, so i do believe all our problems are with our saved map, not our consoles... as i have searched all the websites for answers, im afraid i think we must start, again. which is a pain with all my pixel art and redstone work :D
Add Me if you want to see the problem im talking about, or just to see my world.
Please refrain from being an D*ck for no reason. God that is such a donkey thing to say, you could of worded that so much more politely.
Help or leave, your post is pointless (which by the way is cluttering this thread).
On topic : I would delete the game, delete my cache and my save gun (make sure to have a backup via usb stick). Then I would re-install the game and see if that works.
This problem was fixed with the very 1st update to Minecraft. As long as you sleep in a bed before saving & quitting, all of your stuff will be there when you come back to your world. Why did somebody dig up this old thread?
GG from GG Avid Gamer and Teacher"Lose to learn; win to succeed"
It's a game glitch. Full stop! I've had this happened several times on my main world. While the game saves, when you start the game map, you have nothing in your inventory except a map which indicates you haven't explored your world when in fact you have! Since Monday it has begun to correct itself but the map still says I've hardly explored anything. 3 weeks ago the map said I had explored over 80% of my world. Since Monday just gone my inventory has begun to correct itself. But have to run around my entire world to get it to show no blank patches on map. This, duping, and a friend showed me 2 glitches in the game. When I tried my other worlds though everything is fine. People dug up this old thread cause WE love to add comments to posts. And I've been saving correctly. Here's a tip everyone.... turn OFF autosave. It's a nuisance, takes at least 30 seconds to complete, and it autosaves abruptly interupting you while your in the middle of something. Or if auto-save is left on, the game may decide to do so when someone is griefing your world or when you die and drop valuable resources or when people keep gate crashing on you world and doing stuff you don't want them doing.
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havent played in a very long time..but...i played pretty religiously n never had this happen...pretty weird.
if you shoot for the moon and miss you'll still land among the stars.
It happened to me again. When you save the game it's meant to save everything properly -- including your inventory! Mind you I do a lot on my main map both by myself and with friends. Don't seem to have this problem/glitch on my other maps (yet). Are the developers going to correct this game bug in the next game update? IT IS A BUG/GLITCH cause xbox dashboard which is the operating system for xbox 360 consoles brings up a message confirming if you want to save. It's not my slim 250gb console which is completely legit with the latest xbox dashboard update, its-a-problem-with-the-game-which-needs-fixing.


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Community gathered to bless school year at School Prayer Day
City and religious leaders joined to pray
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Tomorrow marks the first day of school for many Bakersfield families and in preparation dozens of community members came together to say a prayer for the new school year.
Earlier today, close to a hundred people filled the area near the Bakersfield Liberty Bell. It was the first time community leaders came together for School Prayer Day, announced by Assemblywoman Shannon Wood of the 34th District.
Vice mayor of Bakersfield, Ken Weir said events like help make a connection between religion and schools.
"A lot of forces are trying to separate god from our school, but I think it's time we realize you can't take god out of education, " Weir said.
But community leaders who created the event also saw today as an opportunity to remind parents and students about school safety,
Lorenzo Botello, who specializes in crisis intervention was sent to Taft High School to counsel students after a shooting at the school last year.
"We need to also be pray for their protection," Botello said, "Anything can happen at school campuses unfortunately."
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Very recently a friend mentioned to me that she'd like to do some ancestral research, but didn't feel like starting out by paying the prices charged by some of the bigger search sites. She was also upset about the sites who offered free searches that aren't really free. You've probably seen those introductory offers where […]