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I'm sure most of you have been hunkered down and eating at home, but we'd love to hear from those of you who have braved the weather to dine out If so, tell us the "wheres" and "whats" of you dining experiences. Here's what you reported last week.
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Nancy, I had a fabulous liquid lunch at Fearing's on Wed. Where were you? The bar-b-que shrimp taco was an excellent side dish.
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gm, sorry i missed you. I was liquid lunching at home.
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Forgot to mention this on last week's Food Feedback Friday but had lunch at Dive Coastal in Snider Plaza. Delicious. It needs to be re-reviewed by D soon because I don't think the last one does any justice to the food I tasted last week.
Dinner at Smoke this week. It was good, but I don't get why La Brenner gushes over it.
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Thursday – dinner at Maurizio's in Coppell. Excellent smoked tomato soup and spicy frutti di mare. Really hit the spot on a cold evening.
Dinner at The Mercury. Wonderful Diver scallops and the service was perfect.
Dinner at Cafe Amore, Plano location. Despite sharing ownership with the Richardson location they just can't get it right. I don't know what it is.
we are heading to Bistro B- when the weather is like this… Pho is the perfect thing
Haven't left the house for three days; had homemade chili onw night; and sausage jambalaya one night. Ummm, good, and warm and cozy. Can't wait to try Komali soon.
Gourmet Tuna Casserole at Chez Cassi since I'm too scared to venture out. No school, no work no food service. But I'm dreaming of crab dip at Zanata from last week.
Lunch at Lockhart Smokehouse today. Had the shoulder clod, pork chop, and regular sausage. The Kreuz's sausage was just as excellent as expected, as was the pork chop. The flavor on the clod was outstanding but it had a few large hunks of fat (more than normal) and it looked like it could have smoked longer and rendered more. Overall – we'll be back and we're very excited to have Lockhart caliber BBQ in Dallas.
We tried both lunch and dinner at the new Zanata in old town Plano. LOVE THIS PLACE. It's exactly what our part of town has been longing for.
Elevation Burger — decent burger and milkshake. But the grease from the french fries is gross, gross, gross. It saturates the restaurant and permeates — thickly — out into the parking lot.
I second Zanata. We went there on Friday and despite the weather it was busy. I had the Duck Confit which was delicious. My wife had the Salmon which was cooked to perfection. We will probably go again this weekend.
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(NEW KENT, VA - 7/30/14) – Colonial Downs will play host to cowboys and cowgirls from all over the country in the Virginia Stampede Pro Rodeo this coming Friday & Saturday evening, August 1 & 2, at the New Kent track.
This IPRA (International Pro Rodeo Association) sanctioned event, presented by Myrna's Boots 'n Bits, will feature seven different competitions including bull riding, barrel racing, steer wrestling, team roping and more.
Participants from ten different states as far west as Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri will compete throughout the weekend. Over 20 metro Richmond entrants including a dozen from Mechanicsville will help give the Virginia Stampede a local flavor as well.
25-year-old Taylor Earnhardt, daughter of the late auto racing great Dale Earnhardt, will travel to New Kent from Davidson, North Carolina to compete in the barrel racing and breakaway roping events on Friday. Her husband, Brandon Putnam, will also be on hand to compete in the tie down roping category that evening.
"It's still a mystery to the public here that you can go to rodeo nationals in Las Vegas and see local competitors on that kind of national stage," said Tom Farmer, whose Rockin' F Rodeo Company puts on the Virginia Stampede. "People assume that all top rodeo athletes are from out west but over the last 10-15 years, there's been a fair amount of world champions that have been born east of the Mississippi."
Advance sale general admission tickets to this weekend's shows are $15 for adults and $5 for kids 12 & under. A $30 Family 4-Pack is available as well. Grandstand seating is $25 for adults & $12 for kids. Day of prices will increase.
Doors open at 6 PM each night; live country music will begin at 6:15 PM Friday with Runaway Rodeo and on Saturday with Jackson Ward. The Stampede begins at 7:30 PM and the bands will play for an additional hour after the rodeo ends.
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Hi i bought this player brand new from a big store in my country greece but i found a prob with this player and i hope someone can help me
At first when i started to listen to music the song stoped playin after a while and it showed as a screensaver the video sample.when i went into common settings and i clicked screensaver it didnt open and still doesnt work.
the brigtness in on 5 and when i go in to setting common settings brightness it doesnt open and becouse in on 5 the battery drains fast and it doesnt last for 50 hours as everyone here says but i cant change it
when i go into wallpaper settings it doesnt open
and last when i try to put a pic from the pics as a wallpaper it doesnt work
i went to another store today and they had this player and when i tested it i saw that the same settings in that player were locked .
i have the receipt and i will go in to that store which i bought sony to complaign but becouse the sellers know s"£" lol can someone help?
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ok the prob with the mp3 player was that it was the DEMO version so some features were locked...what should i do now how do i remove the demo mode and bring the player back to originals settings ?if i give it to sony will they be able to do it?
please someone help me .
You should be able to turn off the demo mode by using the service code to turn it off.
Unfortunately, I have no idea what the service code for that particular model is.
Basically, it's a set of button presses that, done correctly, will give you full access to the players firmware. I have the steps to do it for the A840 series, but not that exact model.
Hopefully, someone here will have the service code. I know it sucks having to wait for an answer, but sometimes, the people that know what to do aren't able to post right away. Please, be patient and hopefully someone here will be able to help you. If no one does, you still have the option to take it back.
thanks for the answer i went back to the store which i bought it and these IDIOTS sorry for my language but i am really pissed didnt want to take it back becouse i opened the box and and it wasnt sealed anymore i had to bring theplayer as i bought it.I wanted to argue but for my lack the sony had a little scratch i guess i must ve dropped it somehow and they found the perfect ecxuse not to take it back and give me another one .The funny thing is that the tecknician on the store said that it was one of the sellers fault becouse she gave me the demo version and not the original so they had to change it but they DIDNT....
Now i have to go to sony and hope they wont charge me couse i have the receipt but will they be able to do it???
if someone here have a solution please tell me couse i am ungry as hell and the player doesnt last for 50 hours but for less than 24 couse the brightness is on full and i cannot f"£$£$£$ change it
Hey there,
have you solved your problem?
I also had the problem of the "demo mode"...
so i called Sony Support in Germany. And they told me to enter the following key sequence which turns off the "demo code":
Turn on the "Hold" button.
Five times left button, Five times Play&Pause (the big round button in the middle), Five times right button.
Then turn off the "Hold" button.
After trying this combination, the player should restart at once. And the annoying "Demo" on the right side of the bottom is gone!!!
Hope this can help u as well.
hi thanks for the answer but the prob was solved in july lol i tookit tosony and they did it.
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Terrible Textbooks
Virginia has been embarrassed by the discovery of numerous errors in two new elementary-school history textbooks—most famously a claim that "thousands of Southern blacks fought in the Confederate ranks, including two black battalions under the command of Stonewall Jackson."
The state Board of Education has just taken the first step toward removing the books from Virginia schools, and it plans to review other books purchased from Five Ponds Press, which published "Our Virginia: Past and Present" and "Our America: To 1865."
After spending some time with "Our Virginia," the historian Michael O'Malley concludes that the main problem isn't factual errors, of which he spotted many. It's that the book has no argument.
He doesn't pine for the return of the American-triumphalist narrative that such a book might have retailed 50 years ago. But the decline of confidence in that story, in tandem with the rise of "standards"-based learning, has created something possibly worse and certainly more boring: "The current textbook has married an empty headed and peppy multiculturalism to a rigid obsession with memorization."
"My favorite example," O'Malley writes,
is Christopher Newport, captain of the Susan Constant. There's a picture of him, smiling heroically. Now why does he matter? He sails the settlers to Jamestown: later he gets a gig sailing supplies back and forth. Eventually he becomes a privateer.
Why should your child have to memorize his name? It's like memorizing the name of the cab driver. He's interesting to historians, because his career reveals a lot about life in the British Atlantic: the privateer piece is interesting. But that's not in Our Virginia … [I]t's not about heroism, or the "wanderlust of the Anglo Saxon race," the kind of thing Theodore Roosevelt would have stressed: it's not about the multinational Atlantic world. He was the captain: remember his name, here's a picture of what he might have looked like but we have zero idea.
My guess is he's featured because of Christopher Newport University in Hampton Roads Va.. I say this not to knock CNU, but to point out that that facts included in Our Virginia don't have any reason for being there other than appeasement of some faction or other of the people who drew up Virginia's "standards of learning," the dreaded standardized test which has done so much to render history meaningless. Christopher Newport is a fact. Memorize it. Someone's constituency has been appeased.
Is a rote parade of facts demanded by the standards-driven approach to learning? Possibly, but I wonder if O'Malley gives short shrift to the culture wars. What clear narrative would not provoke political controversy? (In his post, O'Malley explains that part of what made Powhatan interesting was his rise to power in the wake of epidemics that laid waste to numerous Indian tribes—European-borne epidemics. Just try getting that observation through a state vetting committee.)


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LG VS930 Spectrum 2 seen in CelleBrite system, now one step closer to availability on Verizon
Verizon's very own version of the LG Optimus LTE 2, the VS930, was first spotted getting its Wi-Fi certification in June. Since then, we've seen it in the wild, and press renders depicting it have leaked alongside the intended name it's going to be sold under: LG Spectrum 2.
That makes perfect sense, since its predecessor, the Spectrum, had the model number VS920. Now the upcoming Spectrum 2 has been seen in a Verizon CelleBrite system, sitting nicely along its older brother.
This can only mean one thing: availability for this device is fast approaching. New smartphones usually show up in CelleBrites before going on sale, so we're hoping Verizon will at least announce this thing in the near future.
In case you don't know, these CelleBrite devices are used for phone-to-phone data transfer and backup. Read more here.
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Derse Dreamer
Land of Graphite and Frost
Asymmetrical Derse Dreamer
Once the tattered tower that was once the pinnacle of your most urgent thoughts begins to crumble, a new city rises in its wake. Here majestic buildings of whimsical form and enticing violet hue puncture a threateningly dark sky. Your robes are rosy, almost magenta, and coordinate elegantly with your surroundings. You might feel tempted to play hauntingly sick chords. Or do something incredibly silly and pointless. Whatever suits you best.
When it comes to the two types of Derse dreamers, you are the less stable as the name might imply. You are often very concerned with the future and making it be the best it can be, if not absolutely perfect. There's nothing wrong with this, if you can keep the pressure from really hurting you. Your concerns for what is to come aside, you have a great sense of elegance (in one way or another) and your life is generally a sensible one defined by choices that you have 90% or above assurance in. You might confuse others in the way you think and act, but it will be a small hurdle to overpass if you really want to connect with someone. It may be rather cliche, but your mind is your greatest tool. Yours in particular was made to save worlds and more.
Of the beta kids, the Asymmetrical Derse dreamer is Rose. While the specifics of your personality may be quite astray from hers, you may see that you have certain similarities as well. Like her, you have much to learn, especially about the things you already know. Prepare yourself for the riddle and good luck!


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There's something sinfully delicious about sitting at a sunny sidewalk table in the middle of a weekday eating a pastry. In addition to affording those who don't work normal hours (and people like me who just have the week off) the ability to eat in the sun, Tartine also happens to have simple, delectable lunch fare.
Tucked in the border between the mission and the Castro, this little French bakery is tiny and homey, but it is hardly the undiscovered neighborhood gem. They open at 10:00 AM on Sunday, but if you want a seat, you better get there at 9:30, because by 9:55 there's a line stretching down the block and around the corner. Of course it doesn't help that chef/owner Elizabeth Pruitt was recently named by San Francisco Magazine as the best pastry chef in town, and husband and co-owner Chad Robertson is acknowledged as one of the worlds best breadmakers. In my experience, these reputations are well deserved.
But let's return to the mid-week lunch, which I had there today, and which I can recommend as both a perfect solution to the crowds on the weekends, and super tasty treat. Tartine is modeled after a French patisserie, which means they serve pastries, coffee, and small hot dishes for lunch only, along with a small selection of wines to complement the food. Today, Ruth had their Croque Monsieur with broccoli rabe and fromage blanc, which was so light and airy I could easily see myself eating two of them, despite the substantial size. I opted for the provolone and tapenade grilled sandwich that came loaded with cheese and was one of those dishes which I can eat in a single bout, without stopping to breathe, drink, or converse. Delectable is the main word that comes to mind.
The food is prepared simply, and is either handed to you across the counter or brought briskly to your table if you ordered something that required a little preparation. Diners grab their own silverware, napkins, and water as they make their way to one of the several interior or sidewalk tables. The staff is cheery, and very knowledgeable about what goes into their food, but don't expect them to pay much attention to you beyond what you need to order and sit down. Its a busy place.
The real reason to visit Tartine is not their lunches, however delicious they may be, but their pastries, made so perfectly and with incredibly high quality ingredients. They are known for their Meringue and for their lemon desserts, but I've found nearly everything there to be amazing: dark dark chocolate eclairs; black cherry tarts; double Scharfenberger chocolate croissants; and bread puddings. Today Ruth got a lemon cream tart, and even though I am not a fan of lemon desserts in general, I had to admit that it was amazingly good-- not too sweet, not too acidic, and to top it all off, simply gorgeous: daubed with fresh cream and delicately topped with the petals of a yellow rose.
The wine list of a few French wines is designed to really only complement the food and not hold the interest of anyone determined to have a great wine experience. However, the couple that I have tried were very good.
Tartine is not someplace that you should go for a lunch date with someone special, its someplace you should go to take care of your soul on a lazy sunny morning, no matter whether its Sunday or Wednesday. Grab the Times, pull on some sweats, and go get yourself a slice of Paris.
How Much?: Lunch for two with a glass of wine and 2 pastries will run you $35
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Pre-eminent NZ poet, Sam Hunt, was born at Castor Bay in 1946.
Over the years since, he has toured endlessly, had published a few dozen collections of his poems, from 'Between Islands' in 1963, to his most recent, 'Knucklebones: Poems 1962-2012'.
A new collection, Salt River Songs, is due out mid 2016, to coincide with Sam's 70th birthday on July 4. (Publisher: Potton & Burton)
His home-base for over thirty years was in, and around, Cook Strait – from Bottle Creek, Battle Hill, Death's Corner, and ultimately, his boathouse at Mana.
Twelve years ago – primarily for family reasons – he moved onto the Arapaoa River of the Kaipara Harbour –"five / gunshots from humanity" – where, when not on tour, he lives with his younger son, Alf.
As well as his solo shows, Hunt has worked with various musicians – The Warratahs, Split Enz, Gareth Farr, The NZSO and APO, to name a few.
In 2009, Hunt collaborated with David Kilgour & Heavy8s, producing the album, 'Falling Debris'.
Earlier this year, again, he worked with DK&Heavy8s – this time, supplying both lyrics and lead vocal – on an album, 'The 9th' – that was released in 2015.
In 1986, Sam Hunt was awarded a QSM; in 2010, was made a Companion of the NZ Order of Merit (CNZM). He was further festooned in 2012 with the Prime Minister's Poetry Award. All these honours were for "his services to poetry".
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TC TO SAMUEL LAURENCE ; 31 October 1845; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18451031-TC-SL-01; CL 20: 36-37
Chelsea, 31 Octr, 1845—
Dear Lawrence,
I have called twice at your house; find you "expected daily," but not yet come. Whenever you do come, I wish you would proceed straightway to overhaul that Engraving of Cromwell: I saw a Proof of it the other day, in Heath's1 hands, which was not at all of a promising character! A most parboiled, meaningless object, and the features themselves incorrect. Your Sketch cannot resemble that. But the Sketch and the Plate2 are in some other hand than Heath's, who seemed to be only lending his name to the business;—and since that day I have taken cold, and am unable to go out upon the quest. If you be still in time, hasten to the rescue!
Yours ever truly /
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|Route Climbed: South west ridge Date Climbed: July 18, 2004
|Half day hike with the family.
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|Route Climbed: Ridge Date Climbed: All Winter q Winter 1991 & on
|Good snow up high for a winter turns
|Posted Jun 22, 2004 4:00 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: April 10, 2004
|Beautiful spring day. Snow was very compact so the snowshoes were just added weight on my pack. We climbed the west and east peaks leaving the center for another day. Did a quick hike over to Basin Peak where the wind was blowing like you wouldn't believe. All in all a great day!
|Posted May 5, 2004 11:41 am
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: Central Chute on South Face Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2004
|Climbed with Bob (just for a change). The class 4 variation on the descent of the summit block was great fun--highly recommended!
|Posted Apr 29, 2004 9:19 pm
|Route Climbed: Summit Block Date Climbed: April 25, 2004
|Though there was ample snow cover on the approach to the ridge, snow shoes were not necessary. I carried them on my back for extra exercise. Climbing the summit block and the other central turret was fun. A golden eagle perched on the top took off as I peeked over the summit top. I seemed to be the only one in the area except for a few obnoxious snow mobilers that disturbed my otherwise peaceful trip. I proceeded next to Basin Peak following the ridgeline between it and Casle Peak. Overall, a beautiful, sunny, windless day.
|Posted Apr 26, 2004 2:41 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: March 21, 2004
|Put on the snowshoes and took a stroll up the hill. Turned back a ways short of the true summit.
|Posted Mar 22, 2004 4:29 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: Central Chute on South Face Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2004
|Matthew and I did a fun tour of Castle, Basin, and Andesite Peaks on snowshoes. Trip Report
|Posted Feb 22, 2004 8:52 pm
|Route Climbed: South ridge Date Climbed: July 20, 2003
|A quick morning hike.
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The Good Oil - Issue #28
24 December 2012
Maritime New Zealand owns over $12 million dollars of equipment to use when responding to marine oil spills. This equipment is housed in Auckland as well as at over 20 locations around New Zealand.
Equipment based around New Zealand
The equipment used to respond to an oil spill is stored and maintained at Maritime New Zealand's Marine Pollution Response Service warehouse in Te Atatu, Auckland. There are also over 20 equipment stockpiles around the country.
The amount and type of equipment available in each location is based on the anticipated risk and size of a spill. For example, regions with major oil terminals have larger stockpiles and specialist equipment.
Each region has the equipment necessary to deal with minor spills and to mount a credible first response to more significant incidents. The larger and more specialised equipment (for larger or more complex spills), is based at Maritime New Zealand's Marine Pollution Response Service warehouse in Te Atatu, Auckland.
Equipment can be mobilised quickly from anywhere in the country and transported by road and air to the scene of an oil spill.
Additional response equipment can be brought in from a number of international locations including Australia, Singapore and the United Kingdom, if required.
Equipment is paid for by the Oil Pollution Fund and remains the property of Maritime New Zealand. Planning for new or replacement equipment is undertaken by Maritime New Zealand, in consultation with the Oil Pollution Advisory Committee.
All equipment has either hire rates or replacement values (where consumed). The recovery of equipment costs is a regional responsibility however the payment of these costs is the responsibility of the party that spilled the oil.
Some of the national response equipment, including that allocated to the regions, is available for limited hire to outside parties with the approval of the Director of Maritime New Zealand. Such instances may include fire-fighting, civil defence emergencies, terrestrial oil spills, salvage operations and offshore operations. The equipment must still be available for emergency deployment should a major marine spill occur.
The characteristics of the spilled oil will affect how it behaves and what response techniques can be used. There is no one technique, or type of equipment, suitable to deal with every situation.
The equipment used to respond to a spill includes a wide range of booms, pumps, oil skimmers and dispersant chemicals.
This is the most common piece of equipment used to contain an oil spill. A boom is a floating barrier that can be towed or anchored into place. All booms have a freeboard above the water to collect the oil and a skirt below the water to stop the oil moving under the boom. Booms are less effective in large waves and strong currents.
Booms can be used:
Skimmers remove oil from the water's surface. The skimmed oil is then stored in tanks awaiting disposal. Booms are used to concentrate the oil to make it thick enough to be skimmed off the surface.
Maritime New Zealand has a range of skimmers that can be used in different situations.
Dispersants are chemicals that help remove oil from the sea surface by breaking oil slicks into small droplets. The small droplets are then dispersed and diluted into the underlying seawater by wave action where they are broken down by bacteria.
Read more about using dispersants for marine pollution response
Sorbents are materials that attract and hold oils. Most sorbents rely on oil being absorbed into them, like a sponge, but others rely on the oil adhering to the sorbent material.
Sorbents can be in the form of booms, pillows, pads or snares. They are generally made from polypropylene or polyethylene and can be wrung out and reused.
Once a Tier 3 oil spill event has been declared, and a National On Scene Commander appointed, Maritime New Zealand can requisition appropriate vessels in New Zealand to support a response. This includes, for example, large support vessels servicing off-shore oil and gas rigs.
Maritime New Zealand has three oil recovery vessels. They provide a mobile on-water capability when responding to New Zealand's marine oil spills. They are designed to work in sheltered waters.
They are used to:
They can be packed down for transport by road (on customised trailers or trucks) or by air (in an Air Force Hercules) and deployed anywhere in the country or even overseas.
The Taranui was New Zealand's first oil recovery vessel. She was officially launched in April 2005 and is currently leased by the New Zealand Refining Company and based at Marsden Point in Northland.
Tukuperu was launched in November 2005 and is based in Picton. She is strategically located for Cook Strait and South Island maritime activity.
Kuaka was launched in December 2005 and is based at Maritime New Zealand's National Oil Spill Service Centre in Te Atatu, Auckland.
Cost: Around $200,000 each (fitted)
Designer: Slickbar
Builder: Bos and Carr Ltd, Kumeu, Auckland
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On-Line Shopping at U.Va. Due in December
December 2006 is the announced launch date for the University to implement UVA Marketplace, a new electronic procurement system. ISDS and Procurement Services have assembled a project team, headed by Terry Butler, Assistant Director of Procurement Services, and the kick-off meeting was held on May 26.
"We are very excited at the prospect of on-line shopping for the University community," says Eric Denby, Director of Procurement Services. Virginia Evans, Assistant Vice President for ISDS adds, "The past several years have been devoted to implementing, upgrading, and stabilizing the Integrated System. Now we can take the next step." MORE
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684 out of 1,770 users of the Integrated System responded to the 2006 IS User Survey; 146 submitted comments. "Overall, we are seeing increased satisfaction with the system," says Virginia Evans, Assistant Vice President for ISDS. "This year, users rated it a 3.76 (out of 5), compared to 3.48 in 2004. There are still problem areas that we need to address, and we will use the survey responses to help direct our usability priorities." MORE
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Last week IBM released DB2 Express-C 9.7.4. This new version of the free flagship database by IBM mostly focuses on enhancements rather than new features, as you can read in this developerWorks article by my colleague Raul, "What's new with DB2 Express-C 9.7.4".
What's more interesting to me is that IBM has implemented a completely new full text search engine known as DB2 Text Search, which will probably be available to the public as an add-on in a week or so. We had a couple of different text search engines in the past, but IBM decided to focus on just one and make it as good as it gets. I look forward to playing with it, and reporting here on the blog about its capabilities in a future article.
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|Why Women Lose Interest in Sex -- and 10 Tips to Rekindle Desire
Reviewed by Cynthia Dennison Haines, MD
As you are reading this article, no less than one in three women you know are experiencing a loss of interest in sex.
"Loss of libido in women, or low sexual desire, is the most common sexual problem for women and the main reason they seek sex therapy," says Patricia Koch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health & Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University and Adjunct Professor of Human Sexuality at Widener University. "It affects anywhere from 33% to 67% of women, depending on how sexual desire is defined and reported," according to Koch, whose research specializes in loss of libido in women.
It can happen to men, too – but because it only affects about half as many men as women, it is not men's top sex problem. (See Loss of Libido in Men for more on that.) So what exactly does loss of libido mean for women and why does it happen? WebMD consulted the top experts in the field of sexuality for answers on not only the causes, but the treatments as well.
What Does Loss of Libido Mean?
Edward Laumann, lead author of The Social Organization of Sexuality, a compendium of survey data on sexual practices in the United States, offers a simple definition: "It is a lack of interest in sex for several months of the past year."
In short, women know it when they don't feel it.
Is Loss of Libido in Women Normal?
"This is normal," he says, and a growing number of researchers concur.
"Low sexual desire is not a disease, it is the understandable result of an imbalance in your life…in your relationship, your life circumstances or your body," writes Kathryn Hall, Ph.D. in Reclaiming Your Sexual Self: How You Can Bring Desire Back into Your Life.
Just because loss of libido in women is normal and common, however, doesn't mean you can't fix it. Many women feel as if they are letting their partners down. They also feel alienated and left out in today's powerfully sexually-charged world where everyone, from the models in lingerie ads to the doctors on TV, seem to think of little else besides sex. It's as if "you're the only one who doesn't get the joke," writes Hall.
Even worse, losing interest in sex can mean you miss out on a lot more than simply one of life's few non-fattening pleasures. It can begin to drain the passion out of the rest of your life, as well.
"I saw this woman [a patient] yesterday – for eight years she had no interest sexually; all she thought about was taking care of her four children and her husband," says Esther Perel, a couples and family therapist in New York City, and author of Mating In Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic.
"And then slowly, all the other pleasures went, too. Food. Swimming. Everything about pleasing herself went, one after the other. She was numb," Perel says.
There are things women can do to rekindle desire and bring passion and pleasure back in their lives. But the first step is to understand why you might be losing interest.
"It's a control device – pregnancy is a threatening condition for women – it renders them vulnerable, they can't run from predators," says Laumann. Men can afford to have sex at any moment, Laumann says – it doesn't make them vulnerable. But for women it's much riskier, which can cause loss of libido.
• Socialization in our culture causes loss of libido in women.
• The quality of the relationship affects libido.
Koch agrees. For women, "it's not what happens in the bedroom – their desire arises when they are interacting with their partner, just touching, talking, when they go on a hike or a picnic, that starts to get them sexually interested," Koch says. If the quality of those intimate but non-sexual contacts aren't being attended to, most women just won't feel "in the mood."
• Hormones influence libido.
• Medical conditions and medications can cause loss of libido.
• Changing life stages –and stress -- influence libido.
10 Tips for Rekindling Sexual Desire
Remember, frequency is not the measure of a healthy sex drive. Your feelings are what count. If you look forward to sex, and feel good about it, before during and after, that is the true measure of libido. Here's how to help make your love life interesting and satisfying again.
Try selfishness to boost libido. "The thing that most inhibits desire in women is caretaking – taking care of the kids, taking care of the husband," says Perel. "Caretaking makes a woman think about others. But if you can't be selfish -- in the most positive terms it is the capacity to be focused on the self in the presence of others -- you can't have an orgasm."
Focus on small, private pleasures. For the woman with four kids who came into Perel's office, feeling asexual and numb to all pleasure, Perel did not recommend going on a date with her husband. She suggested that the woman focus on her own simple pleasures. Hire a babysitter and go to a movie, enjoy a fragrant, leisurely bath – to remind herself she deserves to feel pleasure. Start small and build.
Reconnect safely and non-sexually to combat loss of libido. For many couples, before you can think about improving the sex, it is important to repair the intimate connection. David Schnarch, director of the Marriage and Family Health Center in Evergreen, CO, and author of Passionate Marriage, recommends the Hug-Until-You-Relax technique. It is simply a long hug, with both partners clothed, lasting 5-to-10 minutes – until you feel relaxed and at peace. This reconnection – "maintaining your sense of self when you are emotionally and physically close to others," Schnarch says – is the foundation of passion in a relationship.
Changing the scenery fuels libido in women: Passion feeds on a sense of newness and excitement – boredom is the enemy. "When things get routine it hurts the libido," says Ritvo. "Get a hotel room, even in your own town, for a night, to spice things up." Or change rooms in the house – who says lovemaking always has to happen in the bedroom?
Try self-stimulation to help loss of libido: "Women who are able to masturbate are more likely to be more satisfied with a partner and experience orgasm more consistently," says Koch. "It is a myth that if women enjoy masturbation, they won't want a partner – it's the reverse. You learn what feels good and you can express that to your partner, and guide your partner," Koch says.
Talk about what you like and want to boost libido: The worst thing you can do, if you have been avoiding sex together, is to stop talking about it as if the problem will disappear. To keep the distance between you from growing, talk about your willingness to connect. Read sex books together, look at the pictures, laugh – and let your partner know what you'd like him to try with you -- next time – to take off any immediate pressure.
Use lubricants to combat loss of libido in women. Vaginal dryness does not have to get in the way of enjoyment. If you go outside the local pharmacy to a sex shop (see Tip 10), you can find a wide variety of lubricants, in different flavors and aromas. Just shopping for them together can be erotic. Estrogen cream, applied directly into the vagina, can help increase vaginal secretions. Unlike oral estrogens that carry some cancer risks, estrogen creams are considered generally safe. Still, talk with your doctor about whether this treatment might be right for you before trying it.
Stop worrying about how you look…naked and otherwise. "Research shows that women are harsher on evaluating their own bodies than men are," Koch says. "Your partner probably finds you more attractive than you think you are." So relax and be kinder to yourself -- enjoy.
Focus on the whole body to combat loss of libido. Where sexual satisfaction is concerned, paradoxically, the longer, meandering route can be the shortest path to pleasure. Don't head straight for the genitals – encourage your partner, by example, to tease and take detours. Be pleasure oriented, not goal oriented. Continue to take your time even when you shift gears into a more sexual mode. And remember, it is not only your partner's job to turn you on, desire should begin with you.
Have realistic expectations to avoid loss of libido. Be realistic in your expectations. Women can take about three times as long (or longer) to reach orgasm as men and, by some estimates, only "26% of women report that they always have orgasms," says Laumann. But even without the Big O, women report enjoying the sex and feeling closer to their partner afterwards. So mentally shift gears from Mommy Mode to Sex Goddess Mode. And give yourself permission to try new things -- you may surprise yourself. "No absolutes –lingerie, sex toys, pornography – it's what works and is safe and consensual and pleasing to both partners," says Ritvo.


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Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds and Capt. Justin Martinez met with representatives of the Utah Alarm Association Wednesday morning to discuss Edmunds' recent decision to stop responding to unverified alarms.
"They needed some time to contact their customers and update their call lists and other information," Martinez said. "We asked if we could suspend the implementation for a little while so they could gather that information. So we have agreed to hold off until May 1."
The Sheriff's Office also agreed to continue to meet with the association to discuss alternatives for alarm response.
"So we'll continue to meet with them and maybe we'll come up with a different solution," Martinez said.
According to a statement released by the Sheriff's Office in early February, deputies spent 335 hours responding to false alarms last year.
President of the Utah Alarm Association and owner of Anchor Alarms, Ed Bruerton, said he understood Edmunds' position but that his plan could create unforeseen problems.
"The Sheriff's Office hasn't had any more money for a long time and they have a lot more work," he said. "He's between a rock and a hard place, and I think the Summit County Council is going to have to give him some officers at some point."
However, Bruerton said he told Edmunds that if they eliminated unverified response, burglaries will increase.
"Burglars will have a field day," he said. "Pretty soon it will get into the head of the burglars that nobody is coming and then you'll have more problems."
Bruerton said there are other options, such as "broadcast and file," which means if an alarm sounds, an alert is broadcast to deputies who can elect whether or not to respond.
"Depending on where the officers are, and how busy they are, they could respond or not respond," he said.
Bruerton said there may be fewer responses than before, but that some response is better than none.
"We don't want the burglars to get the idea there is none," he said. "The burglars think the cops are going to be there in two minutes. Even though that is not true, we want them to keep thinking that, because it's a deterrent. That's why alarms work so well."
Bruerton added that with the proposed system, customers will receive multiple calls before dispatch is called.
"I'm not happy with that, because we call the people after anyway, and we can always cancel the call," he said. "But we do want to do what we can to reduce the number of calls he gets, because we understand where he's at. All over the country they tend to cut back on police and spend the money on other things."


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ABC has announced that "Bachelor in Paradise" will be airing this summer, and fans can't wait to dive into it. This is basically a retooling of the previous show "Bachelor Pad," an off-shoot of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette." Who will be having fun in the sun this summer? On March 24 Marc Malkin of E! shared one little teaser that fans won't want to miss.
Jef Holm, Emily Maynard's former fiance, told Marc Malkin at the Shakira concert that he is in talks for "Bachelor in Paradise." This probably won't come as much of a surprise to fans, as he and Arie Luyendyk Jr. had been at Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici's wedding in January, and there was surely a reason for that beyond knowing Sean a bit from "The Bachelorette."
Word has it that Arie and Jef have had a bit of a falling out since then, so one could pretty much bet that this guarantees the two will turn up on "Bachelor in Paradise." Will fans embrace the two of them being there? It seems pretty likely. While both have been controversial figures for the franchise at times, they both still have legions of female fans who would love to see them shirtless and on their television screens this summer.
Of course Jef saying he is in talks to be on the show doesn't guarantee anything. Those behind the show will be talking to dozens of former participants, and they will be recruiting far more people than the ultimately need. However, many have sensed that Jef has wanted back in on this franchise, and this would seem the perfect opportunity.
Who makes your dream list of participants for "Bachelor in Paradise"? There will surely be several ladies from Juan Pablo Galavis' season of "The Bachelor" along with a few guys from Andi Dorfman's season of "The Bachelorette." The new show "Bachelor in Paradise" will debut Monday, Aug. 4 and fans can't wait to get started.


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1) I am a licensed (but currently inactive) pilot. I passed my checkride in 1989. Unfortunately, lacking sufficient time or finances to maintain my proficiency, I stopped and have not flown in the past 15 or so years. I still yearn to get back up in the air.
2) I have played several instruments. I played french horn in my junior high school band. It didn't last long; the difficulty lugging the thing around meant I didn't do much practicing at home. I also took piano lessons as a kid, but never got very far with those either. More recently, I took an adult Ed. class to learn to play harmonica. Now there's a nice portable instrument! I still pick it up every once in a while and play a blues lick or two...
3) I saw Queen in concert in Buffalo, NY in 1979. My college roommate camped out for tickets, and we wound up with 8th row seats (plus the stage was jutting out four rows where we were sitting). It was one of the best concerts I can remember (there were a few I barely remember, but that's another story); Freddie Mercury was an amazing performer. RIP.
4) My nickname in college was Flounder. From the movie Animal House. Because my roommate decided to give me a nickname that bore no resemblance to my personality. This is the same roommate who got me 8th row Queen tickets, so I cut him enough slack.
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7. Short shorts
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8. White platforms
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Fresno State is sending 12 more student-athletes to the NCAA Preliminary Round than last year.
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2011 Track (Junior): Competed in nine meets ... Named WAC Athlete of the Week for April 12 after winning the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.16 at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge in Sacramento, Calif. ... the win at the Mondo Mid-Major was also a season-best time in the 400 meter ... clocked a 47.32 in the 400-meter dash and a first place finish against Cal Poly on March 12 ... also won the 400 meter dash with a time of 47.44 at the Bulldog Invitational on April 30 ... competed in NCAA Division I West Regional.
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Alien Isolation is hitting consoles in October and ahead of that launch, the achievements that gamers can complete leaked online Tuesday morning.
In Alien Isolation you have to square off against one single alien and you have to do so using only your wits as it is far too hard to kill the creature using the tools you are given. To make matters worse you truly are in isolation in that this isn't a squad based game where you have friends to rely on.
What makes Alien Isolation that much more difficult is you are not simply going up against the Xenomorph creature made so famous by Ridley Scott. You are not alone, even though you are in a state of isolation. The alien is one worry, but we've known for quite some time that humans were another.
Now with the leak on Xbox Achievements we know Androids are apparently a pretty big concern as well. Looking down the list some fairly obvious achievements pop up such as "used the shotgun," "used the revolver," and "used the flamethrower." There are also a few that really do show Alien Isolation will have some other feats you'll need to pull off in order to truly enjoy the game.
"Escaped from android combat without taking damage," "Killed an Android," "Killed an android using only the maintenance jack," and "Contacted your team and escaped Comms without being attacked by an android," show these machines that look like a man are pretty clearly a big part of the game.
As far as the humans go, a couple of different achievements pop up, "Killed 10 humans" and "Completed the game without killing any humans" seems to indicate that while the alien is extremely hard if not impossible to kill, taking down other humans won't be a walk in the park either.
The Achievement list for Isolation indicates there are the story is split up into six distinct missions and there are also at least 10 mini-games. Some of this information has been coming out little by little since the title was first announced and other info is brand new thanks to this particular list making the rounds on the Internet. The one final piece of news appears to be that crafting will play a role as there are several achievements listed mentioning that particular task.
Alien Isolation is due to hit the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, PS3 and PS4 on October 7.


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Carlson brand hotel to rise in Davao City?
Carlson Hotels Group, one of the world's largest hotel companies, has chosen Davao City to build its first Radisson Hotel in the Philippines and Asia worth P800 million.
Lourdes Macalindong, vice president for sales and marketing for SM Hotels and Conventions Corp., in a press conference, said the Park Inn by Radisson Hotels will soon rise within the 10-hectare SM City Lanang, north of Davao City.
Macalindong said SM City Lanang is a mixed-use complex comprising of mall, a proposed convention center and the 204-room Park Inn hotel. The hotel will have 198 regular rooms and six suites or a total of 204 rooms.
"The Park Inn, which is a Carslon brand of hotel will be the first in the Philippines and in Davao City, and first ever in Asia," she said.
Macalindong said the hotel is very edgy, hip and trendy with vibrant colors in its logo and rooms, and well-sized kind of furniture.
Park Inn hotels are mostly found in Europe and the Unites States. The world-class hotel which will sit on a two-hectare property of 8,800 square meters land area and 2,000 square meters floor area, will have its ground breaking next month while its completion is targeted on 2013 simultaneous with the completion of the over 500,000 sitter SMX Convention Center, she said.
Treena Tecson, director of marketing communications sales and marketing, SM Hotels and Conventions Corp., said Park Inn hotel's main market is from the business sector particularly those who will be coming for a convention at the SMX Convention Center.
Tecson said the hotel will be constructed beside the huge convention center. Also, the Park Inn hotel is designed to boost domestic tourism in Davao City.
She said the coming in of a Carlson brand of hotel in Davao City is an indicator that Davao City is an emerging convention center in the country.
SM Hotels and Conventions Corp., a newly created division of the SM Investments, has already built about three hotels in the Philippines, with the Park Inn Hotel in Davao City as the fourth.
The other three are in the cities of Cebu, General Santos and Tagaytay.
Tecson said the SM hotels is a dream come true by business tycoon Henry Sy who dreamt of building hotels when he first went to Tagaytay and visited a small hotel.
In love to Tagaytay's beautiful scenery, Sy promised to build the hotel into a five-store hotel now named Taal Vista Hotel, which is considered a landmark hotel in Tagaytay, together with the birth of the SM Hotels and Conventions Corp., she added.
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What about the fairly new Radisson Blue hotel in Cebu City beside SM Mall? Is that Carlson's too? I think SM is operating it. This hotel is not really new in that it was said to have been abandoned for about 7 years without having been used,and it was only this year that it went into operation.
The first in Davao,
The first in the Philippines,
The first in ASIA..
Whoa! I'm glad the investors trusted our country. Davao is contributing so much for our country's tourism and economy.
This will hire more people and so, the unemployment rate will decrease. Great!
A lot investors choose to invest here in the Philippines. It will help the economy as well as it provides more employment to the people. It also contributes to the tourism campaign of the Philippines.


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One of the things I have been meaning to do is order some prints of a few of the pictures I took in France last year to use in my home.
This one is kind of cheating :-). I took a picture of this original oil Monet painting in the Musée de l'Orangerie. This way I can have a Monet - sort of - in my home. This one is going in the master bath on the wall at the end of the tub.
The next one is going in the commode area of the bathroom.
These last two are going into my laundry room, that I also use as a potting area, so I thought the flowers would be appropriate.
I ordered them from Kodak, online. I should receive them in about a week, then I will go to Michael's for frames. As soon as I get them up, I will do a post on it.
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Is Writing Dead? (An Essay a la Kreia)
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Who cares about a witty turn of phrase when an explosion or sex scene can be had far more easily?
More importantly, when an explosion or sex scene can make the book more sellable and thus more profitable. There are people who write without caring much for art, or who don't have the same standards of art as we do. Making money might be an important thing for them, and writing is a means to do that. Would you criticise an industry worker poor at his job who just wants to make money?
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I know there's a lot of emphasis in schools on becoming proficient in reading. At least, that's what the proponents of No Child Left Behind say, but that's not what they mean. What they actually want is for students to become proficient at reading skills that standardized tests measure. "Characterization" and "character motivation" are not examples of these skills. "Decoding phonemes" is, and also "comprehension". However, comprehension
of what?
There is only one right answer to any standardized-test question, and you must comprehend what that answer is (especially if all the other answers seem correct). If you don't "put down what they [the tests] tell you", as an SAT cheater phrased it, then you're sunk. Does this relate to writing at all?
While admittedly I've been rebellious about this throughout my educational history, it really is the most economical way to do things without outright shunning your responsibility. One extra page of questions per student equals one multiplied by every child covered by the American education boards. How many pages is that? How many hours of photocopying? How much money?
Elementary/High School education teaches what has been deemed most necessary for children to know. Learning the bare basics of reading is one. Being able to read and analyse the artistic merits of an English work is not. Being able to read and understand simple paragraphs is a skill everyone in the world can do with, whether they are flipping burgers, subtitling TV shows, working as executives, campaigning for president, commandeering submarines, programming software, smuggling goods between three continents, working as doctors, etc. etc.
As someone practicing a craft, you'd naturally wish that the whole world knew a thing or two about what you are so good at. Welcome to the world of IT administrators. Not a night goes by without them praying that God will magically make everyone in the world better at computers so they won't have to deal with the inanity. You wish it would happen - but happen it does not. I'm sure many dentists wish patients would take just a *certain* level of interest in maintaining their dental hygiene, or filmmakers wish that the mainstream audience had some understanding of how to properly appreciate a film beyond its explosions and sex scenes.
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More and more, writing (at least in terms of the kind mastered by Dickens, whose bicentenary is in February) is becoming an obsolete occupation. Great books are everywhere, sure, but in (elementary and high) school, one doesn't learn how to write a great book. Writing's purpose is seen as utilitarian: to give instructions, to explain something, to relay messages. Many employers are saying they're looking for people with "good writing skills", but a coherent memo is hardly the example of "good writing" I'm looking to pen. Most memos are ignored. I know that firsthand!
Schools don't teach about writing books because writing books has always been something done by the minority. What percentage of the total population of the world has
had an interest in writing a book? Probably less than 10% and that's a
generous figure.
On the other hand, simple utilitarian writing is something everyone desperately needs. The difference between being able to and not able to write is enormous - like being able to see and being blind. The difference is, you cannot 'learn' to see, but you can learn to read and write.
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Is writing pointless, even as other people wail that communication is paramount? I'm afraid to say that in this 21st century, the answer is more often "yes" than "no". Who needs, "I'm so glad to make your acquaintance!" in a handwritten letter when we already have "nice 2 mt u?" It's shorter, sweeter, and more to the point than the longer version (at least if you text a lot). The kind of literary masterpieces our forefathers read, I fear, will soon be as dead as they are. We want more from our books, but what we want is more action--another
Millennium Trilogy,
not another
Little Dorritt.
Did photography kill the painting? Did 3D Modelling kill sculpture?
Take a 100 people. In a world where people only know of writing, all 100 people would be exposed to writing. The writer has the perfect audience - 100%. Then suddenly Sculpture is invented. Now a random group of people will spend the time they can otherwise spend reading for looking at sculptures. Say we only have 80% audience now. Then somebody comes up with paintings. We go down to 60%. Then tap dancing comes up and the people love it. 40%. On and on.
But there's something else happening behind the scenes. The percentages keep going down, but the 100 people that lived then are 10,000 now. 40% of 10,000 is 4000 people. Who do you think has the larger audience, the guy with 100% or the one with 40%? Writing may have been pushed far to a niche, it may have much less influence on mainstream culture and thought, but it's still there. And writing in fact, is a very primal kind of art. It has existed long before we knew about psychology or nuclear weapons or stock exchanges or quad-core processors. It was there before the Turks took Constantinople, before the Vikings packed their bags for Greenland, before the Buddha decided to sit under a tree, before Qin Shi Huang-di thought that building a huge wall might be a rad idea. Writing has survived censorship, pogroms, exiles, language divides, genocides, cultural hostilities, life and death sentences, book burnings, riots with torches and pitchforks. I don't think it's just going to die of old age any time soon.
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This brings me to the point of why I work so hard on my Star Wars stories, and why there's not much action in them. I'm better at the characters, and I enjoy delving into them. Intrigue is my forte, and as long as I still feel the desire to write, I'll try to write well. It may be pointless, but it's my passion.
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So long as you keep writing, the art you cherish will never be dead. And if you, the last writer, die - then what's so bad anyway? Everyone dies. We don't mourn for each lost soul, each extinct species or language. Just be glad that you got in before the gate closed, and are in the company of the millions of writers before you.
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With all the indies on offer this weekend at GMG, Rob and I decided to sit down and have a discussion over a few of the notable titles in the sale. Just in case there's anyone out there who is a long-way off their payday, or only needs a couple of games to tide them over!
Today we're talking about Chivalry and To The Moon!
James: To The Moon is a nice game game and all, I'll admit right now it made me cry, but if you've gotta base a purchase on how many hours you'll get out of it Chivalry is a clear winner. There's only a very loose story ("civil war, get a sword, go, go, go!"), but the sheer gameplay is addictive enough to keep you on it for hours.
Rob: That's a cheap shot. Yeah, To the Moon is short, it's short like the fuse of a bomb filled with emotion and tears and little paper birds. Chivarly may be an awesome multiplayer game, but the height of the emotional experience is shouting FOR AGATHAAAAAAAA or whatever over and over again on servers. You can get Chivalry another day, To the Moon is a unique gaming 'experience', and I don't use the term experience lightly.
James: I'd consider Chivalry's strengths more in being a visceral experience than an emotional one, though the voice macros are definitely emotive in that game. I'd say similarly to Frozen Synapse there's a strong focus on the skill of the player (I wonder if there's a theme in the games I tend to play...), because as you say it's all about the multiplayer aspect. Knowing when to parry, counter, feint or strike, and being able to accurately aim and time all of that into a switch dispatch of your opponent really test you as a player, and the feeling when you're victorious, while not emotional, is certainly exhilarating.
Rob: Yeah but you know what the worst thing about games is? Other people. And online, they are everywhere, getting up in your grill. I get that there's sometimes you wanna go and fight people, and I won't lie, To the Moon isn't exactly a "game", there's virtually no gameplay beyond walking around and doing a few puzzles, but my god, is it well written. It's exhilirating in a far deeper way, and a far rarer way, too. Few games come close to the writing, characterisation and music that To the Moon does, I wouldn't trade that for a halbred and a funny hat.
James: Don't knock the halberd, Vanguards will knock your flat on your butt. It's probably not worth arguing over whether multiplayer enhances a game or not (yet...) since that could go on for a while. In this instance it will come down to a person's general preferences. Do you wanna be taken on a roller coaster of emotion and feel that the characters are genuinely alive? To The Moon is what they'll want. Do you wanna see some sweet decapitations and yell battle cries as you charge towards the enemy castle? Chivalry is the only option! That's one thing I'd wanna say actually, even though they're totally different games, the sound in both is incredible.
Rob: You're right, they are both pretty different and they both do awesome stuff. But you should still get To the Moon if you could only get one, because it's like nothing else out there. Then you should come back, perhaps tomorrow, and get Chivalry too, after completing To the Moon and sitting in a puddle of your own tears. I'd also like to say to those you worried about the graphics or the fact it's been made in RPG Maker to CHILL OUT and grab it anyway, the format totally works, even if you don't normally like pixel art style.
James: Well, if longevity of a game is a factor it's gotta be Chivalry. Where To The Moon is single-player you can rest safe in the knowledge that story will always be there, ready and waiting for you. With a game where the multiplayer is at it's core, you want to grab it while it's hot. That covers it really, unless I need to pick up my halberd and start swinging.
Who will win the discussion? We're judging it based on what game sells more on a daily basis, and we'll update this page with a suitable fatality picture!
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