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We recognise that some in the community have mixed feelings about the Squeal of Fortune and, whilst we spend a great deal of time and effort creating game experiences that resonate with the majority of our players, the reality is due to the epic size of our community it simply isn't possible to please all of our players all of the time despite desperately trying too.
But were people really asking for a MTX (micro transaction) scheme to begin with? It's more about the money and less about the players - spinning it any other way is somewhat insulting. There's also a typo.
Naturally the team and I are saddened that some players are upset about free spins and some also don't like the ability to also purchase additional spins, however, the reality is 90% of our members are enjoying the Squeal of Fortune on a daily basis and over 70% of our free players utilise the Squeal of Fortune daily too - making it some of the most widely appreciated content release to date.
Notice how the onus is placed upon the players at the beginning. "It's their fault that they're upset, therefore it isn't our problem and I will explain why they're wrong." You'd never see this kind of attitude toward the customer from a CEO like Jeff Bezos for example.
The stats he then uses here are contrived and are only here because it supports his argument that people enjoy the Squeal of Fortune. Why wouldn't someone use a spin given to him for free? Aren't they there to be used? That doesn't necessarily mean that I enjoy the system, but rather am fueled by the potential of winning... hence the gambling argument. It's the same thing you see when the junkie is in line at the liquor store is using his welfare check money to buy 22 lotto tickets.
By his logic, if everyone in my city was given a voucher for a free colonoscopy, and 70% of them were used, then surely it must be the most appreciated medical procedure in the city? No, people are spreading their cheeks because it's free. Not because they love to. If he had said 70% of the players surveyed said that this was the most appreciated content update to date, then there would be no issue. But he chooses to infer motive based on action instead.
The majority of our players also continue to take advantage of the many free ways to earn extra spins, so it's certainly here to stay.
The argument that "people use it, therefore we're keeping it" is silly. If we always kept things that people used, then there would be no war on drugs and you'd still be able to visit a friendly, neighborhood brothel. You're keeping it because it keeps your pirate ship afloat and gets your beaks a little more wet. Not because you want to keep players happy.
The stated concerns from players regarding RWT'ing, gambling or using the Squeal of Fortune to buy their way to success is simply not true and not possible given the design of the system.
Is it just me, or does it seem like he's alluding to the fact that it's rigged? I have actually purchased many spins (a couple hundred) myself to gauge the system a bit, and boy, does it sure seem rigged! A less than a one percent chance of getting a "rare" item (or in my case, a 0% chance). I understand that it can't be truly "random" because of the different tiers of items, but I dropped a couple of Jackson bills and got nothing but regret in return.
You have to give him props for "owning it" though. Although in this case, the lash back that led to this news post may have warranted a better response along the lines of "some things are broken and we're re-thinking the system". Can we all just agree that this was just a silly way of getting into the MTX market while trying not to be hypocritical (a la the RWT argument)?
I do not enjoy being insulted as a customer. My business is no longer yours, Mr. Gerhard (will be busy with D3 anyway).
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There was already mention about "Real-World Trade" back then with those items, which gave no benefit on XP. Was merely borderline offense of their own rule.
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Hang on, that's £6000 I just wasted. SHIT!
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STROUD favourites Thee Ones and Ska Daddy are set to join forces on Sunday night.
Ska Daddy is the latest guest at the monthly Thee Ones Presents night at The Prince Albert on Rodborough Hill.
Nick and Thee Ones crew invite local musicians for song swapping, covering and joining in on each others acts and producing new versions of Stroud symphonies.

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Finally, we're closing in on Smirnov's approach to the ABC-conjecture via geometry over the field with one element.
The geometric defect
Let $\phi : C_1 \mapsto C_2$ be a cover of curves defined over $k$, then the scheme-version of the Riemann-Hurwitz inequality is
$$2 g_{C_1} – 2 \geq deg(\phi) (2 g_{C_1} -2) + \sum^{scheme}_{P \in C_1} (e_{\phi}(P)-1) deg(P)$$
In the special case, when $f$ is a non-constant rational function in $k(C)$ and $f~:~C \mapsto \mathbb{P}^1_k$ is the corresponding cover, this reads
$$2g_C-2 \geq -2 deg(f) + \sum^{scheme}_{P \in C} (e_f(P)-1) deg(P)$$
which can be turned into the inequality
$$\sum^{scheme}_{P \in C} \frac{(e_f(P)-1) deg(P)}{deg(f)} \leq 2 – \frac{2-2g_C}{deg(f)}$$
We call the expression $\delta(P) = \tfrac{(e_f(P)-1) deg(P)}{deg(f)}$ the defect of $P$. Observe that $\delta(P) \geq 0$ and so this inequality only improves it we restrict the summation to some subset of schematic $C$-points.
The arithmetic defect
Take a positive rational number $q = \frac{m}{n}$ with $1 \leq n < m$ and $(m,n)=1$ and consider the cover
$$q~:~\mathsf{Spec}(\mathbb{Z}) \mapsto \mathbb{P}^1 / \mathbb{F}_1$$
Recall that the fiber over the point $[d] \in \mathbb{P}^1 / \mathbb{F}_1$ consists of all prime divisors of $m^d-n^d$ not dividing any $m^e-n^e$ for $e < d$. The fiber of $[0]$ (resp. of $[\infty]$) consists of all prime divisors of $m$ (resp. of $n$ together with $\infty$). Here's part of the cover for $q=\frac{104348}{33215}$ (a good rational approximation for $\pi$).
It is tempting to define the ramification index $e_q(p)$ for the map $q$ in the prime $p$ lying in the fiber $q^{-1}([d])$ to be the largest power of $p$ dividing $m^d-n^d$. Likewise, for $p \in q^{-1}([0])$ (resp. in $q^{-1}([\infty])$) take for $e_q(p)$ the largest power of $p$ dividing $m$ (resp. dividing $n$). Finally, take $e_q(\infty) = log(q)$.
Combine this with our previous definitions for the degree of $p$ to be $log(p)$ and of the degree of the map $q$ to be $log(m)$, to define the arithmetic defect of $q$ in the prime $p$ to be
$$\delta(p) = \frac{(e_q(p)-1) log(p)}{log(m)}$$
We can now define the total defect of the cover $q$ over the point $[d] \in \mathbb{P}^1 / \mathbb{F}_1$ to be
$$\delta_{[d]} = \sum_{p \in q^{-1}([d])} \delta(p)$$
It is easy to work out these total defects for the four $\mathbb{F}_1$-rational points of $\mathbb{P}^1 / \mathbb{F}_1$ : $\{ [0],[1],[2],[\infty] \}$ (the primes lying on the blue lines in the graph).
For a natural number $a$ let $a_0$ be its square-free part and $a_1 = \tfrac{a}{a_0}$ the remaining part. Then
- $\delta_{[0]} = \frac{log(m_1)}{log(m)}$
- $\delta_{[\infty]} = \frac{log(n_1)+log(q)-1}{log(m)}$
- $\delta_{[1]} = \frac{log((m-n)_1)}{log(m)}$
- $\delta_{[2]}= \frac{log(k_1)}{log(m)}$
where $k$ is $m+n$ divided by the largest $2$-power it may contain.
Hurwitz-conjecture for $\mathbb{Q}$
If we sum the defects of $q$ in all primes over the points $\{ [0],[1],[\infty] \}$ we would get, in analogy with the Hurwitz-inequality in the function field case
$$\delta_{[0]}+\delta_{[1]}+\delta_{[\infty]} \leq 2 – \frac{2 – 2g_{\mathsf{Spec}(\mathbb{Z})}}{log(m)}$$
We do not know what the genus of the arithmetic curve $\mathsf{Spec}(\mathbb{Z})$ might be, but is sure is a constant not depending on the map $q$. If we could develop a geometry over $\mathbb{F}_1$ such that all wild guesses we made before would turn out to be the correct ones for an $\mathbb{F}_1$-version of the Hurwitz inequality, we would have the statement below :
For every $\epsilon > 0$ there exists a constant $C(\epsilon)$ such that the following inequality holds for every pair $1 \leq m < n$ with $(m,n)=1$
$$\frac{log(m_1) + log((m-n)_1) + log(n_1) + log(m)-log(n)-1}{log(m)} \leq 2 + \epsilon + \frac{C(\epsilon)}{log(m)}$$
'Proof' of the ABC-conjecture
The ABC-conjecture requires for every $\epsilon > 0$ a constant $D(\epsilon)$ such that for all coprime natural numbers $A$ and $B$ we have with $A+B=C$
$$C \leq D(\epsilon) (A_0B_0C_0)^{1+\epsilon}$$
Well, take $m=C$ and $n=min(A,B)$ then in the conjectural Hurwitz inequality for the cover corresponding to $q=\frac{m}{n}$ above we have that
- $\frac{log(m_1)}{log(m)} = 1 – \frac{log(m_0)}{log(m)}$
- $\frac{log(n_1)+log(m)-log(n)-1}{log(m)} = 1 – \frac{log(n_0)}{log(m)} – \frac{1}{log(m)}$
- $\frac{log((m-n)_1)}{log(m)}=\frac{log(m-n)}{log(m)}-\frac{log((m-n)_0)}{log(m)} \geq 1 – \frac{log((m-n)_0)}{log(m)} – \frac{log(2)}{log(m)}$
(the latter inequality because $m-n \geq \frac{m}{2}$ and so $log(m-n) \geq log(m)-log(2)$). Plug this into the inequality above and get
$$3-\frac{log(n_0m_0(m-n)_0)}{log(m)} \leq 2 + \epsilon + \frac{C(\epsilon) + 1 + log(2)}{log(m)}$$
Take $log(C'(\epsilon))=C(\epsilon)+1+log(2)$ and reshuffle in order to get the inequality $m^{1-\epsilon} \leq C'(\epsilon)(n_0m_0(m-n)_0)$. But then, finally (finally!) with $D(\epsilon)=C'(\epsilon)^{1+\epsilon}$
$$C=m \leq D(\epsilon)(n_0m_0(m-n)_0)^{1+\epsilon} = D(\epsilon)(A_oB_0C_0)^{1+\epsilon}$$


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Life experiences have inspired Lillian Takeda's energetic passion for assisting others
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Good health and a positive attitude are just consequences of volunteerism and regular exercise for 76-year-old Lillian Takeda, who has a passion for what she does.
Takeda leads balance classes for seniors, crochets baby caps for a hospital, feeds elderly patients and walks nearly 10 hours a week.
She has logged 20,000 volunteer hours at Kuakini Home, topping all other volunteers there, said Suzette Lau Hee, who oversees the helpers.
"She's very outgoing, very enthusiastic," Lau Hee said. "She's all for the elderly. She has lots of energy. She doesn't really walk. She walks really fast."
Young at heart?
"Definitely," she said.
Upon retiring, Takeda began volunteering in 1995 at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, where she crochets baby caps — her first love. In 1996, she attended an exercise class with her mother, and after the instructor retired, took over leading a class.
Takeda teaches, or as she prefers to say, leads two balance classes, one at Kuakini Home and another at the Moiliili Community Center.
The classes help participants to get "pumped up to do whatever you are doing," she said. "It goes both ways. You have to be mentally happy to be there. When I see them coming and they seem to be enjoying and putting into the exercises, I think we all feel happy.
"We begin with gentle stretching exercises, just to wake the body up first," Takeda said. "Once the body is up and at 'em, I say, 'Good morning,' and nobody says anything. 'I guess we're all sleeping yet.' So we all have to get up. So we tap our heads and stimulate the brain a little bit."
She incorporates tai chi deep breathing methods and gentle head and neck exercises.
The Moiliili class involves an entire routine to stretch and tone muscles, including the use of resistance bands, and students even balance on one leg.
"They're pretty good at it, too," she said. "We start from our shoulders, right down to our ankles."
At Kuakini, she has three women in her class who are 101 years old.
"I have one who I just didn't realize was 101," she said. "She started singing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat,' so we all joined in."
"They all enjoy the class, so they tell me," she said. "It's their effort, too."
Takeda starts her day with a 20-minute walk with her black Pomeranian, Kona, and ends it with a mile walk up a steep hill in her St. Louis Heights neighborhood with her great-grandson and another hour playing with him at the park.
Takeda takes pleasure in the entire experience, especially socializing with neighbors she meets along her route.
"As you get older, you need that social contact," she said. "If you're a loner and all by yourself, I think you need that outside social contact."
Takeda worked 17 years for the state as an educational assistant at the elementary school level. But her 12 years as a counselor's helper, dealing with a variety of people while making arrangements with them as guests for career days, helped her develop confidence as a good communicator.
The 76-year-old has been married 56 years to husband Fred.
They live happily in a multi-level, multi-generational home. Her daughter lives downstairs with Takeda's great-grandson, she lives in the middle section and her older grandson lives upstairs.
"We have the whole family living here, but we all have our own spaces," she said. "We can ask each other for things, and help each other, but we still have our own living space."
That allows for everyone to "go home and fume" if there are any differences.
The house was her parents' home, where she tended to her father, who was stricken with muscular dystrophy.
"I learned a lot of patience from my father," she said. "I had to feed him. Sometimes it took one hour."
That patience, she said, helps in her volunteer work at Kuakini where she feeds elderly patients who cannot feed themselves.
"I enjoy it," she said. "I think to myself, I'm so fortunate I'm not on the receiving end."
From her mother, she learned that "life itself is your attitude," she said. "If you don't have a positive outlook, you're always going to be unhappy."
"My mother said, 'Don't look up at what you don't have.' If you look at the people below you, who don't have a place to sleep or who have to choose between medication and eating, you're fortunate."


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Google TV revamp won't show for months; Samsung, Vizio due
updated 10:55 am EDT, Wed May 4, 2011
Google TV to miss Google IO but get Samsung, Vizio
Google's revamped Google TV won't show until much later in the year but will have some partners in tow, insiders said Wednesday. The new platform would skip next week's Google I/O conference entirely and would only be unveiled in "coming months." AllThingsD was, however, told that Samsung and Vizio were signing on to join Logitech and Sony.
Stories that it would hinge on faster processors weren't ruled out, but the source pointed to the Revue and Sony's Internet TV hardware being upgradeable.
Google is known to be considering the new, as yet unseen version of Google TV a practical reboot of the platform following a tepid launch late last year. Despite marketing from itself and its early partners, the Android-based TV platform quickly fell out of favor. Logitech reached less than a third of its projected revenue in early 2011. Promised support for third-party apps early in 2011 also never materialized and now won't arrive until the new revision later this year.
The platform is widely considered Google's attempt at countering Apple TV but has been criticized for being too web-centric and presumptive about TV providers' plans. It was designed to show web video and TV results side-by-side but was rendered near-useless for mainstream content after most major providers blocked it. Without a dedicated media store like the Apple TV or support for third-party apps, Google TV devices provided relatively little advantage and were also docked for higher prices and sluggish performance.


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Gettysburg College offers several different housing styles for upperclass students. Below is a list of our upperclass buildings with links to detailed information about each building.
To view the floor plans for a particular building, students should login to their CNAV account, select "MyHousing" from the first drop-down menu, and then select "Floor Plans" from the menu on the left side of the "MyHousing @Gettysburg College" page.
Traditional Style Housing
Traditional style housing includes halls and houses that have singles, doubles, and triples that open up to long corridors. These buildings tend to have group bathrooms and may have a shared kitchen. Students select to live in these buildings by small group or by choosing to live in a single or double without connection to a particular group. These buildings offer students the best opportunity to meet new people through the residential experience.
|Musselman Hall
|Stevens Hall
|Patrick Hall
College House and Fraternity House Living
Gettysburg College owns many houses along North Washington Street and Carlisle Street. Most of these properties are part of our College House program.
Gettysburg owns six fraternity houses and an additional four houses are privately owned. Fraternity members are required to live in their house unless the house is full. Greek Housing is coordinated by both the Office of Residence Life and the Office of Greek Organizations.
Suite Style Housing
Living in a suite means that the students have access to a private bathroom. At Gettysburg, there are two different types of suite style living options.
Option 1: Motels
The motels offer students the opportunity to live in a double or single with a private bathroom. Most of these rooms are selected by single or doubles without connection to a larger group. Students can select into Colonial Hall by group through the Block Booking process.
|Colonial Hall
|Lahm Hall
|Paxton Hall
|Smyser Hall
Option 2: Quarry Suites
The Quarry buildings offers groups of students the opportunity to live together in singles and doubles sharing a private common space and bathroom. The singles and doubles are, for the most part, selected by suite in groups of five to seven. Each building has one kitchen shared by the 40 to 60 students living in the building.
|Corkran Hall
|Haaland Hall
|Hazlett Hall
|West Hall
Apartment Style Housing
Apartments offer groups of students the opportunity to live together in singles and doubles sharing a private, common space, bathroom, and kitchen. The apartments are largely selected by groups. The College owns a few two person apartments but most are for groups of four to six students.
|25 Railroad Street
|131 N. Washington Street
|Van Horn House
|Apple Hall
|College Apartments
|Eagles Apartments
|Ice House Complex
|Baughman Hall at the seminary


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Boy in medically induced coma after Coraopolis blastUPDATED 10:04 AM EST Nov 27, 2012
Peyton Brown's mother, Georgette, says her 12-year-old son has a long road toward recovery after being burned in an explosion on Fifth Avenue in Coraopolis.
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I've tried control top panty hose and I hate them! I'm like a contortionist trying to get those suckers on and after I finally get them on, I can not breathe! I'm thinking about a body shaper to hold my gut in. Are they comfortable? Any recommendations?
I bought a Frederick's waist cincher during a 50% off clearance prices sale. It was under $10, so no big loss if I didn't like it. I like the effect- I think I'll love the effect when I sew my own that's actually sized for my body (short waisted). It felt really good on my back, and was less uncomfortable than I imagined it would be (it takes about 4" off my belly button area).
That being said, the service was horrendous- it took them a week to even ship my order (I ordered Friday, they charged me Monday, they didn't ship until Friday), and then it took a week to get here, and it was just tossed into an adhesive-lined bag, which meant I nearly cut my stuff when I opened it. Just to top it off, they got part of my order wrong (gel ball of foot cushions instead of gel heel liner thingies), and they sold out of the one non-sale item I bought. The quality of their shapewear is ok, but the bra is crap. I've washed it once, worn it out two evenings, and the lace is shredding already. My boobs look good though.
I have a full slip that I bought a few years ago that I think is Spanxx brand that I love. It has wide shoulders, like a tank top and is really comfortable. I where it with all my dresses for a smooth look. I don't think it cinches in a lot but it does smooth everything out and stops fabric from clinging.
I bought it at Macy's or Carsons and paid about $75 for it which I thought was expensive at the time but considering how much wear I've gotten out of it and how well it has worn I think it was a good deal.
I don't know if this is the exact one but it is very similar:
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I always go up a size when buying control top or body shaping panty hose. That way I still get the control but they are still comfortable and easier to get on.
Twenty plus years ago, I was a waitress in a coffee shop (college student, too) and one of the full time waitress pulled me aside and told me that I should ONLY wear the control top/control type of pantyhose to prevent varicose viens (sp?). I don't know if that is true or not, but her advice stuck and I have been wearing control top/body shaping pantyhose ever since.
Now, I feel like the odd ball because usually I am the only one wearing pantyhose when I wear a dress. I hardly ever go bare legged. I guess, it is just that this old dog can't learn anything new
If you really hate clinging things like Control Top hose, you are probably going to hate Spanx and their ilk as well. I too, despise tight-fitting compression fabrics. HOWEVER, corsets are completely comfortable to me. After a period of about 10-15 minutes, they become very comfortable. They really are the five minutes solution to the fifteen pound problem :D. I highly recomend hitting up etsy and seeing what you find.
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My favorite is this one by Flexees. It gives a nice, smooth look through the waist, reduces bra bulge, and the ends of the legs aren't tight- there's no cutting into my (large) thighs and leaving those telltale shapewear creases. Plus, you can wear whatever bra you want.
P.S. Is is actually possible to go pee while wearing it (if you're careful.)
I have a garment which goes from under bra level to mid thigh. I put this on when I did the photos for my red dress contest entry when it became obvious from the first lot of shots that the tum was winning. It was surprisingly comfortable, I kept it on all day and found it offered back support. I like the look of some of the others suggested above though, because towards the day's end the one place I felt constricted was top of the ribs, where it has a strong elastic piece.
I have tried going up a size and end up with the waistband clear up to my boobs. I even tried the thigh high hose and with my thunder thighs I thought it was going to cut off my circulation and my short legs they came up really high (at least I think so). I think I am allergic to nylon because pantyhose always made me itch and even nylon panties make me itch. I guess that's why I love maxi dresses!
I have a couple of Marilyn Monroe brand shapers that I got for under $25 at clearance stores (Ross and Winners) that are extremely comfortable. The bonus for me is that when I wear pantyhose under them they don't do that awful roll down thing when I sit.
The bras are not a perfect fit, so I have considered buying a kit and learning how to make them myself or going completely crazy and spending the big bucks at a specialty lingerie store, but haven't got around tho that yet.
Another option I have considered is to make the bottom 2/3 of a leotard with powernet panels and boning and then just attach it to a favourite bra. That would actually not be too challenging at all. I should be getting some powernet in the mail this week, so perhaps that will be the next project.
These things should be very comfy to wear. If you feel constricted, they are too small. And if you get one on in a dressing room and can't get out of it without help, it is really too small. (Yes, there is a story there! ) You do feel a sense of "ahhhhh..." when you take them off but it is like taking off good ski boots or hiking boots or taking your hair out of a ponytail - that nice, relaxed but not relief from pain sensation.
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With control top PH I always got the sausage link look until I decided to clip the waistband, once on each side. It give the tourniquet some relief but the hose still stays up. They can still be re-worn several times after the surgery.
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Garry Breitkreuz's Bill C-301
Canadian Conservatives need to understand: bold action and not gradual change is required to recover our freedoms.
Pierre Lemieux - February 17, 2009
For more than a decade, Saskatchewan Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz (with his able assistant, Dennis Young) has been an indefatigable opponent of the 1995 Bill C-68, which created the Firearms Act and introduced in the Criminal Code new crimes for peaceful possession of guns. Mr. Breitkreuz has now introduced private member's Bill C-301 — "to scrap the useless long-gun registry", his press release says.
Garry Breitkreuz is a very honest, straight man, with a deep and genuine concern for the restoration of our liberties. Straight and honest perhaps up to naïveté: he is sure that Leviathan can be controlled.
Consider what he has been up against. The 1995 law created two different processes: a gun registry and a cattle registry. The gun registry is the virtual place where all firearms have to be registered. The cattle registry is the licencing system that requires any firearm user (even of a borrowed firearm) to apply every five years for a personal licence: gun owners are registered like cattle. If your licence is revoked or not renewed, you have to relinquish your guns, which you previously had to register. If you don't obey, you are liable to up to 10 years in jail.
The 1995 law set up a powerful police bureaucracy with arbitrary powers. Most Canadians could not understand the deliberately complex legislation. Last year, the government admitted that 150,000 known Canadians had become unlicenced paper criminals. Many of them probably even don't know that they could hear the boots any time.
The Canadian Alliance and later the new Conservative Party promised to abolish it. But to abolish what, that is the question. At the beginning, it was probably the whole 1995 Liberal law but, as time passed, the promise became more and more subliminal. With a bit of wishful thinking, one could still find it between the lines of a resolution adopted by the 2005 Conservative convention.
In the meantime, the enemies of liberty had reinterpreted the protest against C-68 as a case against "the Firearms Act" ignoring the related amendments to the Criminal Code. A few provincial governments boasted about not enforcing the law — that is, its purely administrative aspects — while they continued to prosecute under the new provisions of the Criminal Code. And this was only the beginning. The masters of words who rule us focussed the dissenters' arguments towards "the gun registry". Many dissenters fell in the trap head first and adopted the gun-registry terminology. The "gun registry" rapidly became "the long-gun registry". And everybody started applauding or damning the Conservative Party for wanting to abolish "the long-gun registry".
For many years, Garry Breitkreuz had been silenced by Stephen Harper and Conservative apparatchiks, who only tolerated him when he repeated the muddled party line about "the long-gun registry". I fear Mr. Breitkreuz has resurfaced publicly with more of the same when he tabled Bill C-301 last week. The Canadian Unlicensed Firearms Owners Association (CUFOA) issued a press release which, I think, rightly criticizes the bill.
The probability that a private member's bill without official government support, which is what C-301 is, will be adopted by the House of Commons is small. If the House does not get to vote on the bill in third reading, no damage is done to the power of the state and the support of some gun owners will have been bought at a cheap political price. If there is a vote, it is unlikely that the bill will gather a majority; Harper can then claim that he has no choice but to embrace the Liberals' law. If the bill were to pass, the essential of the Liberal gun controls would remain in place. One way or another, Bill C-301 can only entrench C-68.
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First Lady Michelle Obama yesterday announced the release of more than $37 million in federal stimulus money, which will allow existing health clinics in Illinois to expand and improve their facilities. Nineteen clinics in Chicago are set to receive more than $15 million in capital improvement grant funds.
Clinics can use the funds to purchase equipment, upgrade facilities and increase access to Illinois residents.
"Community health centers provide care to the Americans who need it most and their work has never been more important," Obama said in a statement. "These grants will help centers in Illinois serve more Americans who simply can't afford insurance coverage anymore."
Dr. Hugo Alvarez, deputy medical officer for Access Community Health Network, which was awarded $2.5 million, says the funds are badly needed, and will be used to improve the services it provides patients.
"Many of the facilities that we operate have not had major renovations in a number of years. These are very needed funds," he says.
Among the planned improvements is the purchase of a storefront adjacent to the Kedzie Family Medical Center, expanding the size of the clinic. Alvarez says its Cabrini Medical Center will move to a nicer facility a block away from its current location at 1858 W. 35th St.
Brent Michel, marketing director for Lawndale Christian Health Center, which is due more than $1.6 million, says the money will allow the center to accommodate more than 20,000 visits a year.
"What we can do with this extra stimulus money is to create more space to see patients. We see as many patients as we can right now," he says. The center will open a new facility in Archer Heights and expand an existing site at Farragut Career Academy.
The stimulus funds come as the Illinois General Assembly wrangles with a budget that threatens human services in the state, and as many agencies in Chicago and elsewhere fret about the future of their patients.
Gov. Pat Quinn says billions of dollars destined for health and human service clinics in Chicago and the state are at risk if legislators don't agree to an income tax hike.
Among locally-based agencies receiving funds, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois received $747,490, and the University of Illinois College of Medicine received an undisclosed amount. The University of Chicago's Friend Family Health Center is set to receive more than $1 million.
Chicago clinics receiving stimulus money are:
Daily News Staff Writer Alex Parker covers public health. He can be reached at 773.362.5002, ext. 17, or alex [at] chitowndailynews [dot] org.
Madam First Lady, you initiated the Urban Health Initiative. It would appear that when you decided to fund it with the Stimulus money, you would have included the Womens Clinic on 47th St. In doing this you would have ensured that this would remain viable. Instead you fund everyone but the them.
The Women's Clinic also housed the Primary Care Physicians Group. The University of Chicago Emergency Room complains that the patients are using the ER as a clinic, because they do not have a primary care physician. Those patients were not referred to the Physicians Group on the 47th; this would give them a clinic home and take he burden off the ER.
However, the unstated case is, they don't want poor, black, and elderly at the hospital. If you have Medicaid, or Medicare you are not welcome here. Someone actually said "they feel entitled", referring to the quality of service that the University provides. Our question is, "if we are not entitled, then who is?"
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The Inaugural Santa Fe Drive Truck Roadeo will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 700 N main St. Lamar CO 81052. ENTRY FEE IS $50.00. Deadline for us to receive entry is May 12, 2010.
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Applications must be completely (and legibly) filled out. Incomplete applications may not be accepted for entry into the competition. Applications do not have to be notarized. Please remember to attach a current copy of the driver's CDL License. No one will be allowed in after test has begun.
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companies & drivers, and are asking for your help in securing volunteers. Recognizing that many of the family and colleagues want to be on-site to watch and cheer on your drivers, we are asking for short-term" volunteers. We have specific tasks that can be accomplished in short periods of time (registration, exam monitors, score runners, clean-up crews). These positions only require a couple of hours, but would be immensely helpful to our Roadeo committee and core of volunteers. Please call Alice to discuss volunteer opportunities, and help the day run smoothly.
EVENT T-SHIRTS are available. Pre- order by including $10.00 for S-XL $12.00 for XXL and above with your registration form.
Stands are available to watch from. Companies may bring a canopy to set up. Advance notice is required so we can designate a spot. You are required to clean up when you leave. Some food is available from on-site vendors plus your welcome bags and programs will direct you to other sites. Porta- potties will be available.
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Contact Alice 800 830 RACE (7223) for questions.
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The economic push Ohio is expected to get from the Utica Shale, an underground rock layer packed with potentially lucrative hydrocarbons, may extend beyond drilling companies and landowners to people not even directly involved.
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United States Sees 53 Million Abortions Since Roe in 1973
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In January, the National Right to Life Committee provided a new analysis of the total number of abortions done in the 37 years since the Roe v. Wade decision.
The Supreme Court handed down its controversial ruling — allowing virtually unlimited abortions at any time throughout pregnancy — in January 1973. The NRLC analysis found that 52 million unborn children had been killed in abortions as of January.
The analysis also found that the best estimate for the current number of annual abortions in the United States — involving both the surgical abortion procedure as well as the dangerous abortion drug RU 486 — is 1.2 million.
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Austin Peay's Reed Harper (15) fields a ground ball during OVC action against Jacksonville State Saturday at Raymond C. Hand Park.
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Indonesia and Jamaica are two destinations with inviting and scenic beaches. Dunn's Water Fall in the latter is also a major tourist attraction and a great escape from the summer heat of India. Fun and frolic apart, if you love animals, Madagascar is just the place you need to head to.


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Martha Boyd has been teaching in the Lebanon Special School District for more than 25 years. When school ends next week, the Castle Heights Elementary School third-grade teacher will retire.
A retirement celebration was held Monday at the school for co-workers and community members to celebrate the occasion with Boyd. In addition to fellow Castle Heights teachers and school principal Terry Trice, two special guests came to join in the day.
Jackie Miller and her daughter, Hope, both enjoyed the pleasure of being students in Boyd's class. Jackie said she was Boyd's student when she was a third-grade math teacher at Byars Dowdy Elementary School. Her daughter is currently in Boyd's third-grade homeroom class.
"I had her for her first class at Byars Dowdy, and Hope had her for her last class at Castle Heights. I think that is pretty neat. It's an honor that [Hope] got to have someone that I had when I was in school."
Boyd said she spent 22 years as a teacher for Byars Dowdy and has spent the last two years at Castle Heights.
"Someone in my family has been with the Lebanon Special School District since 1956," said Boyd.
She said she spent some time with the Central Office in between her teaching years and also taught a year in Mt. Juliet.
"There have been a lot of changes, but all have been good," she said.
Trice said Boyd is the only teacher in the school system to retire this year.
"We want to celebrate. We congratulate you and the service you have given to Lebanon Special School District and to Castle Heights," Trice told Boyd.
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This past August, KAN Cool for School distributed school supplies to 1,100 Manitowoc County children with financial need. In addition, 21 schools were given supplies to use throughout the year through the Magic Closet program. Thank you to the many volunteers and sponsors who made this possible.
Thank you to the organizations that contributed volunteers and financial support as well as designated two members to serve on our coordinating board. This year's coordinating organizations were the Golden K Kiwanis, Manitowoc Noon Optimist, Manitowoc Sunrise Optimist, Manitowoc Sunrise Rotary, St. Francis of Assisi, St. James Episcopal Church Outreach, Salvation Army and the Manitowoc-Two Rivers Y. Thank you for your enthusiasm, dedication and willingness to help others.
Thank you to our supporters, including individuals and businesses who organized collection drives, donated money or school supplies, or allowed us to set up coin or collection containers in your organization.
Thank you to OfficeMax for its ongoing support and help with ordering supplies.
Thank you to the volunteers who helped count and set up supplies and the volunteer personal shoppers who helped children select their school supplies at our distribution event. You make a difference to the children in Manitowoc County. Without your help, this event would not have been possible.
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Sputnikfest 2013 was wacky, tacky and out of this world. The success of this event is a credit in no small part to the support we received from our volunteers and sponsors.
Thank you to the numerous sponsors as well as our volunteers. These volunteers are a vital part of an event of this magnitude, and our community is truly blessed to have so many citizens willing to help out.
Finally, we thank the artists and members of the community who participated in this wacky, tacky event - whether you entered one of the many contests or purchased Sputnikfest merchandise or an alien for the alien drop, or maybe you just came to enjoy the art, music and refreshments.
Please know your support helps the Rahr-West Art Museum provide art education opportunities to the community, and we are grateful to each and every one of you. Sputnikfest celebrates an event so unique that no other community can claim it. This festival is supported, celebrated and attended by our community.
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Today I have a little DIY project for you. I have few denim pieces at home that I am definitely not going to wear as they are so why not to change them a bit? This time I decided to paint something at the back of this denim vest and add some studs. All I needed to do was to find a nice picture and I was ready to go!
2015 Trend: Greeeeey Hair!
I know that you haven't seen me here for a while and I really apologize for that. The only important thing is that I am back and planning to do a lot of stuff here! Moving on... Have you seen how dying your hair grey become so trendy? It's crazy! I love unexpected hair colours and of course I felt in love with this trend immediately. Unfortunately I think it wouldn't suit me too well (I will probably stay with my beloved pink and lilac) but it looks sooo cool! I can imagine that maintaining this lovely silver shade is not too easy but luckily there are more and more great products available on the market that I will show you in the collage below.
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Valentino once again decided to team up with Terry Richardson to create the Resort Accessories 2015 campaign. Did I mention that I've been dreaming about Valentino bag for such a long time and that I am a huge fan of colorful and geometric prints?! I literally want every single thing from this collection... It is sooo me that I really can't stop being excited about this. Click below to see more pics from the collection.
Alexander Wang x H&M
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Big Spaceship takes the title for the most wins in the Ping-Pong Hangout
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After six weeks of intense game play across the agency world, the Ping-Pong Hangout agency face-off has come to a close. There was fierce competition from all 48 agencies and more than 25,000 games played. The winner: Big Spaceship who played their way to the top with more than 3,400 wins. Congratulations to 360i, Carrot Creative, The Barbarian Group and Deep Focus who swept the remaining top five spots.
Though the competition is over, you can still join the fun on CreativeSandbox.com and try out the Ping-Pong Hangout. Using this Hangout app, you can play a game of Ping-Pong with an opponent using your face to control the paddle. The site also features a Guidebook that covers the basics of Hangouts, Hangout apps and ideas for use cases. Want more? Check out the recording of the Hangout with the agencies behind the game or grab our one sheeter to get started.
The Ping-Pong Hangout is fun stuff, but its the technology behind it that's most impressive: the Google+ Hangouts API. The API can help you build deep, engaging and unique experiences for Hangouts. We've also found that the average duration of a Hangout increases by 2.5 times when participants use an app. The best part? Anything you can put in an iFrame, you can add to a Hangout app.
Interested in working on a Hangout app for your client? We have plenty of resources to help you get started. Check out our getting-started guide for the Hangouts API, get some inspiration from the Hangout Apps Showcase or ask questions of the Google+ Developers team in their Hangout office hours on Tuesdays at 2:30pm PT.
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MINNESOTA — Wide receiver Percy Harvin has had a history of migraines with the Minnesota Vikings, not to mention creating numerous distractions and threatening holdouts
Monday, the Vikings rid themselves of the headache when they agreed to deal Harvin to the Seattle Seahawks for first- and seventh-round picks in this year's draft and a mid-round choice in 2014.
However, the contract is contingent on Harvin passing a physical and coming to terms on a new contract by Wednesday. Harvin is entering the final season of the rookie deal he signed in 2009.
The trade, just like Kansas City's acquisition of quarterback Alex Smith from San Francisco, won't be official until after the league year begins at 4 p.m. today.
Bothered by an ankle injury last season, Harvin played in just nine games, catching 62 passes for 677 yards (10.9 average) and three touchdowns. He also rushed for one touchdown and averaged 35.9 yards on 16 kickoff returns, including a 105-yard touchdown.
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson wasn't pleased by the trade.
He tweeted, "The best all-around player I ever seen or you'll ever see! Goes to Seattle! I feel like I just got kicked in the stomach. Several times!!!"
Harvin, 24, had been rumored to be a camp holdout if the Vikings did not offer him a new contract.
He requested a trade last summer but that talk died down after he reported to camp.
Wide receiver Golden Tate's spot on Seattle's depth chart will be impacted by the acquisition. He said he did not take the team's move personally.
"The Seahawks are trying to do whatever they think is necessary to put together a Super Bowl quality team," Tate told ESPN. "If this is one of the steps they think works to accomplish that, then that's their choice. I don't think it will impact any of our work habits. We are still going to grind and let the cards play out the way that they will."
Cornerback Richard Sherman welcomed his new teammate via Twitter.
"Welcome to the Team bruh @Percy—Harvin … Happy to have ya," he wrote.
Harvin wasn't the only wide receiver in which a trade was worked out Monday. The Baltimore Ravens sent Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers for a sixth-round pick in next month's draft. Boldin was instrumental in the Ravens' Super Bowl victory over the 49ers.
Boldin had balked at taking a pay cut from his $6 million salary for this year.
Teams continued to scramble Monday to be compliant with the salary cap by this afternoon. Washington released cornerback DeAngelo Hall, while Dallas released linebacker Dan Connor and restructured the contracts of nose tackle Jay Ratliff, guard Mackenzy Bernadeau and cornerback Orlando Scandrick. The Cardinals released running back Beanie Wells, while the Broncos released linebacker D.J. Williams and quarterback Caleb Hanie. The Steelers and Rams officially released linebacker James Harrison and safety Quintin Mikell, respectively.
The Steelers re-signed guard Ramon Foster to a three-year contract, while Broncos safety David Bruton also signed a three-year deal. The Jets signed quarterback David Garrard, who hasn't played since the 2010 season because of injuries.
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Eastern battles in first and third sets, but come up short against the 2009 Conference USA Champions
The Eastern Washington University Eagles had moments of brilliance in their final outing of the Pepperdine Asics Classic, but it was not enough to stop the Rice Owls, as the team from Houston, Texas defeated EWU 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-22) on Saturday (Sept. 4) in Firestone Fieldhouse. After suffering three losses at the tournament in Malibu, Eastern will return home with a 1-5 overall record, while Rice improves its season mark to 3-3.
Junior Lindsey Petroni had a season-high 17 digs in the three-set match, while senior Jacque Brown contributed 11, but the Owls still managed to find a way around the Eagle defense, as they tallied 44 kills, with only 12 errors. Eastern had 33 kills, the most turned in by the Eagles in each of the three matches in Malibu.
"We competed better in this match than we had previously in the tournament," said EWU head coach Miles Kydd. "The girls worked together with the same purpose tonight, and found that they will have success when working as a collective group. We played really strong for long stretches in the match, but suffered a few mental breakdowns that Rice capitalized on."
Eastern jumped out to a 9-7 lead to open the first set, but Rice's Ashleigh McCord responded with four consecutive kills, giving her team a 12-10 advantage. The Eagles were able to tie the game at 14-14 and again at 17-17, but a late run by the Owls enabled them to nab the set 25-20.
Sophomore Shelby Puckett hammered two kills to start the second set, but an inopportune service error by Eastern quickly shifted the momentum in favor of the Owls. Rice opened up a 17-9 lead, forcing Kydd to call a timeout. Senior Allison Reinstein had an emphatic kill coming out of the break, but Rice was able to answer with two kills of their own from McCord and senior Justyna Brewczyk. Eastern then committed four unforced errors to give Rice a 25-14 victory.
The third set featured 11 ties and six lead changes before Rice managed to pull away with a 25-22 decision. Eastern had a strong run in the middle of the set, after a kill from redshirt-freshmen Ashley Wright and a stuff block by Puckett and senior Chenoa Coviare gave the Eagles a 14-11 edge. Rice head coach Genny Volpe called a timeout, which proved beneficial as the Owls scored nine of the next 12 points.
Puckett led the Eagle offense with her .240 attack percentage. The sophomore from Latah, Wash., tallied 10 kills and only four errors. She also picked up nine digs for the Red and White. Coviare ended the match with five kills and a team-leading three blocks, while Reinstein, Brown and freshman Esther Warren also chipped in five kills.
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Greenway/Upper Kirby consists of the Greenway Plaza and the Upper Kirby Commercial District as well as the surrounding residential neighborhoods. The boundaries of this "super neighborhood" are Westheimer Road to the north, the (610) West Loop Freeway to the west, Bissonet and Glemont Streets to the south, and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks to the east. It is located inside the 610 Loop in the southwestern part of Houston.
The community consists of three main attractions: Highland Village, the Upper Kirby Commercial District, and the Greenway Plaza. It also consists of some affluent residential neighborhoods, but it is still considered one of the area's commercial corridors.
The Upper Kirby District is home to upscale shopping that includes Muse Boutique, a women's clothing store on W. Alabama Street, and Flyte Boutique, a men's and women's clothing boutique on Westheimer Road.
Area restaurants include Ruggles Green on West Alabama Street, Houston's first "green" restaurant, Field of Greens, a vegetarian restaurant on West Alabama Street, Sushi King on Kirby Drive, and Demeris Bar-B-Q on South Shepherd Drive. There is also Cafe Adobe, a Mexican restaurant on Westheimer Road.
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In the intimate setting of the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center, 79 Penn State University graduates attained a rite of passage Friday evening. It was the 13th annual fall commencement at the York campus.
The relaxed setting in the center allowed each student an opportunity to speak into a microphone upon accepting their respective diploma. Several students took the opportunity to thank their family, friends and supporters.
Commencement speaker Ted Geiselman, a York native, told the graduates the "teachings of life never cease."
He advised the students to never underestimate experience over intelligence. His experience has taught him, when it comes to success, there isn't anything more important than "initiative."
Geiselman attended Central York High School. He is a Penn State graduate and president of DMW Automation in Chicago, Ill, and Weiler Labeling Systems in Moorestown, N.J. They are both involved in industrial automation design and manufacture with a current focus toward capital equipment used for pharmaceutical, manufacturing and packaging.
There were times, he said, that he dealt with setbacks, such as a divisional shutdown and layoffs. He told the class that they will have to deal with setbacks, too.
But, Geiselman emphasized, there is nothing greater than taking the initiative to go forward.
"Accomplishments over the most difficult tasks is far more rewarding than accomplishments over the easier tasks," he said.
Roman Galysh, who earned an associate degree in information sciences and technology, has already accepted a job with BAE Systems, and said he looks forward to the possibilities of doing great things.
"If you never fail then you never tried. And if you never try you will never succeed. Failure is a lesson of what not to do again," he said. "Treat every conversation as an interview, and where ever you work, make it hard for them to say goodbye."
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Here are my previously posted comments on "Cloud" computing which is analogous to "online" computing:
Cloud based computing is clearly going to be around for awhile, it may gain widespread popularity or find a more limited role. We dont know yet. We do know that it will be designed by, and for, large enterprises; small time users, like us, will be a mere after thought.
The benefits are indisputable at this point. It is good thing to be able to access your data from various platforms and locations 24/7, but there are other technologies that accomplish the access flexibility you need. But, cloud is more than data accessibility, its about scalability for fast growing companies, decreasing the runaway IT costs in large corporations, acquiring large temporary data storage on the fly, reducing software development/testing time, standardizing business practices across large organization, etc. etc. etc.
So, the question is, for us small timers, does the cloud adequately answer security issues? Who is out there that can see your data? Will your customers be comfortable with their data being exposed to hackers? I know their data is already online and susceptible to hackers but thats on them. If you put it out there, it becomes your problem.
If the cloud business provider is down for some reason, how will your small business react? What if the cloud response time begins to slow to unacceptable levels?
You can be sure that soon there will be an unprecedented volume of legislation surrounding and interfering with cloud computing.
Cloud computing data centers are subject to be moved off Shore. If your data is moved off shore, whose laws prevail over that data? (do I need say more?)
Already universities are conducting projects on the effects of stringing clouds together, having one cloud control multiple child clouds and having clouds within clouds. Now go figure out where your data is. What if one or more of the interconnected cloud providers is subject to some kind of law suit and their servers are subpoenaed? If your data resides there, along with thousands of other innocent players, you are dead-in-the-water for at least some indeterminate period of time. Theyll, no doubt, release your data back to you after the suit is settled - how many years later.
How about if you are not allowed to move your data from one competing cloud provider to another?
What if the cloud provider company merges, or splits, or down sizes, or gets purchased by a bigger enterprise, or gets purchased by a company whose main line of business is not cloud computing, or requires a Federal bailout, or is held hostage by the unions, or suffers a stockholder revolt, or is legislated to death?
Another thing is, in the future your business may be forced into an unpredictable costs structure that you may find difficult to sustain, i.e. it becomes too expensive.
By the very nature of the way clouds will be cobbled together, the cloud business provider will be a large cumbersome corporation that will be unresponsive to customer complaints and technical help desk issues.
Anyway enough said for the moment. Ive just given you a glimpse into 30 years of corporate life which I have vowed to put behind me.
Now, as a small business operator, I am staying away from pure cloud computing for a number of security and availability issues. At this time, my business is well served by simply working as a stand alone" (securely backed up) operation with limited online exposure.
Personally I havent seen the many operational drawbacks to cloud computing diminishing. I believe the technical issues are, however, being addressed but a new set of complex problems are arising at the corporate boardroom level and, frankly, they muddle all the good work that has been done down in the trenches at the technical level(s).
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It's been fascinating to watch MMOGs evolve over the past fifteen years I've been playing them. They started out as text based worlds populated by a few hundred people with over-active imaginations. Today they're a mainstream hobby endorsed by celebrities like Mr. T and William Shatner. Whoulda thunk?
As the genre has matured so have the parameters of what defines an MMOG. One of my biggest gripes with them has always been that the worlds we play in are too often static and unchanging. You feel as though your character and his actions never have any real or lasting effect on the world around him.
Thankfully that has begun to change with the recent advent of a technology dubbed as "phasing". For those of you that haven't played Blizard's Wrath of the Lich King, phasing allows players to view a changed version of their world based on triggering events like the completion of quests. It's amazing that it isn't more talked about because phasing has and will continue to change the way we experience dynamic storytelling in MMOGs.
Zack Yonzon over at WoW Insider rightly claims that, "phasing is the new instancing." The advent of instances in MMOGs was groundbreaking. Prior to their introduction players had to cram into open-world dungeons together, falling all over each other in massive raids, camping mobs, and waiting in lines for a turn to kill the baddie. Nothing screams immersion like waiting in a line. Instancing has allowed us to experience more tightly scripted content geared toward a specific and more realistic number of fellow dungeon runners. It also allows a level of storytelling to occur in those dungeons that simply wasn't possible in open world environments.
Blizzard's phasing concept brings similar ideas behind instancing to the shared overworld that all players view simultaneously. Certain "trigger events" (like quest turn-ins) activate "world state" changes, but only for the player that triggers them. These events happen seamlessly without the need for a loading screen. This provides developers with a new sense of freedom when it comes to storytelling. That town you just defended from a marauding dragon might now have a crowd cheering you on as they dance around its corpse. Whereas before phasing, the dragon's body vanished and the citizens of the town still worried about an impending attack. Phasing personalizes the experience and lends an epic, consequential feel to your in-game actions.
[SPOILER ALERT] One of my favorite examples of phasing in Northrend is the Wrath Gate chain of quests in Dragonblight. This quest chain culminates in the massacre of combined Horde and Alliance forces near Fordragon Hold at the Court of Skulls. Here, Highlord Bolvar Fordragon of the Alliance and Saurfang the Younger of the Horde meet a grisly demise at the hands of the Forsaken. The subsequent destruction of the Forsaken army by Alexstrasza and her dragons not only makes for a cool cut-scene, but also permanently changes the world around the Wrath Gate. At the end of the event Fordragon Hold is completely abandoned and its inhabitants run screaming from their fortress. The Court of Skulls is doused in flames and the ground around Alexstrasza and her consort sprouts new, exotic life.
Unlike instances, you can't go back to a Fordragon Hold that isn't destroyed unless you visit with another character that hasn't yet triggered the event. [END SPOILER] This means that there are permanent consequences to player actions, even if they are not truly game changing. That concept is pretty new to the static theme-park atmosphere of MMOGs. There are a few exceptions of course (think Archet burning in Lord of the Rings Online – done via an instance), but they are few and far between.
The net effect of phasing is that you feel like you've directly affected the world around you. Your actions resulted in a change to your world. That's powerful stuff. The phasing we've seen in WoW is just the tip of the iceberg. We're going to see this technology used in amazing ways in future MMOGs. Player choice might finally factor into the version of the world that your character sees and interacts with. What if, for example, after making a momentous choice between good or evil in a game like Star Wars: The Old Republic, the world itself appeared forever changed based on that moral decision? You might actually feel as though you were shaping the world based on your choices. The fact that such a decision might be irreversible could influence your choice. It's like a choose-your-own-adventure novel where you can't flip back and redo your choice. The use of phasing for dynamic storytelling seems limitless and that's something to be excited about.
Aside from gameplay itself, storytelling is one of the most crucial aspects in crafting a memorable game. The advent of phasing will push the possibilities of storytelling to new, dynamic and exciting levels. One of my favorite gaming journalists of all time, Jeff Green, said in his blog Greenspeak, "I think [phasing is] going to go down as a landmark in MMO design and will influence games (and maybe not just MMOs) for years to come." I couldn't agree more. It's an exciting time to be an MMOG player and I have a feeling that the best is yet to come.
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I'm sad to announce that this is the last article I'm writing for Massively; at least for a while. My wife and I recently had a son and between the new addition and a demanding full time job, I'm finding less time to devote to writing. Rather than let the quality of MMOGology suffer, I'm passing the torch to my colleagues. I'll enjoy watching them continue to create the quality content you've come to expect at Massively. It has always been one of my dreams to contribute in some small way to gaming journalism and hopefully you've enjoyed some of my work here over the last year. The staff of Massively are truly a great group of people and it's been an honor to work with all of them.
Thanks also to you readers, without whom, none of us would be here! It will be fascinating to watch what innovations our favorite genre has in store for us. You never know what waits around the corner to surprise us and push the envelope of our expectations. Here's to the future!
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BOGO, Cebu — Mario Dacal Jr. was allowed to be absent from his classes last March 9, a Wednesday. Something good was going to happen to him, and he had all the support of his teachers, family, and friends. He would be receiving a wheelchair—something he had longed to have all his young life.
Mario didn't have any feet. He was born that way. Doctors called his condition congenital phocomelia of his lower extremities.
When he was old enough to go to school, his mother had to carry him there herself before going to work. This became increasingly difficult to do because he was getting heavier. His school bag was also becoming heavier each year. Nonetheless, his mom persevered. Her son's education was important to her.
Mario's mom also made sure he was brought up not feeling he has less than other kids. The nine-year-old is already active on Facebook. Three of his six siblings live away from home and he loves to connect with them online. They dote on him being the youngest.
He is also intrigued with computers and plays games with his friends. He wants to be a computer engineer because, he explains, you don't have to get off your seat to be one. People around him also say that he doesn't sit still all his days. "He plays basketball," they boast. "He can even swim."
When Mario arrived at Operation Blessing's wheelchair distribution site, he realized he wouldn't be the only wheelchair recipient. There were several wheelchairs from Free Wheelchair Mission lined up in a row, some already with occupants.
He watched with mounting excitement as a wheelchair was wheeled towards him. Then a big man, a local volunteer, picked him up and placed him on it. It felt good. He wanted to try it out immediately, but another Operation Blessing volunteer was still busy tightening the bolts. Then he had to patiently listen to the speeches of several important people, including the mayor, and a lecture on how to use the wheelchair.
Finally, Mario and his wheelchair were ready. He tested the wheels, moved back and forth a little, and then smiled up.
"Now I would be able to feed our chickens by myself," he said. "I'd be able to help my parents do our chores."
Mario endeared himself to the Operation Blessing team when, after being asked have his photo taken, he gamely climbed down from his wheelchair and posed for the camera like a child celebrity.
Bright child that he is, Mario has already heard of prosthetics. "I'm thankful for the wheelchair," he admits, "though I still dream of having my own feet. For the meantime, this wheelchair will do me a lot of good."
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