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|Sep 23, 2011, 05:14 AM
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Hulf, thanks for the update, very useful indeed.
Perhaps I made a mistake on installing the MOD,my bad. Maybe some instructions on how to install on the first post would help, given it does not use the standard method. I know it's simple once you know , but I guess I play over 20 games on and off, they all have their different quirks. This is better than some people never trying the mod since it's not in the install list.
I also had the broken tech tree problem, had to scroll down the long thread to find a fix, again better to make a version for non-DLC version, or put the fix in the first post; I think a lot of people would give up once they see the tech tree's broken. Hope the feedback helps. Cheers.
|Sep 23, 2011, 05:26 AM
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Hello bruntfca,
I will do some cleaning in the first post to have it up to date and with informations as clear as I can give them.
This all will probably be done for the end of the next week. I am waiting for Bernie's english riflemen to test the latest changes and do a release.
Thanks for the feedback, it really helps. If you have more ideas they are welcome!
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|Sep 24, 2011, 09:08 PM
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Hey Hulf, I have a small suggestion regarding a much needed resource that has been overlooked by every Mod Designer thus far. Historically needed resource Hemp, all sails and some military units should require it till the time when other fibers slowly replaced hemp. No fabric currently is as durable as hemp. You could get clever with it later on, modern times, have a tech maybe, for farming it using for medical purposes or illegal activities leave it up to the player. They take a happiness hit if they turn to illegal activities.
okay the latter part is lame but including Hemp is essential, marihuana part skip it.
The Mod is only missing allowing more then 1 unit on a tile, I love 2 units per tiles, allows for some cool strategies. I love the things you did with it, aside from the gold and happiness issues it rocks and I hope you keep going with it.
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|Sep 25, 2011, 02:48 AM
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Hello Kitsune420,
yes Hemp would make sense, but I need to find way on how to include it :
as a new resource on the map it may be too restrictive, Hemp is not as hard to find as Uran :-)
I could make it as an output from a building (like timber) but as with the lumberjack's hut you could build it in any city, even on tundra or desert.
I'm not happy with this solution (I wanted timber bound to tiles with forest or jungle, but this does not seem to be possible at this time).
I will give it a try, as with the 2 units per tiles. This will be version 10
9.2 is just waiting for the release of Bernie's English Rifleman, then I test it before a release.
After this I will begin to work on ver.10.
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|Sep 25, 2011, 03:16 PM
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Cool, sounds good to me! There is a Mod for more then 1 unit per tile already, can have unlimited, 2, 4, 6 something like that. I will get the Mod name for you and I agree that sucks about resources. I swear the guys who are making the civ series now has no clue what makes Civ a great game to play and mod.
Hemp in Civ 4 modding was always tied to tiles, used for building any sailing ships, adds production, happiness slightly, uniforms for all military in the Renaissance eras. So there is no way to have a Hemp leaf resource and make buildings, this can't be done with Civ 5? seriously lame lol
If you want a tester let me know I will be happy to test whatever you come up with. I miss Civ 4 style Mods, they stripped down Civ 5 to much. I haven't been able to finish one single Modded game due to all of them crashing around renaissance or industrial eras! Not sure if it is the additional Mods I run with the main Mod or not.
Your Mod I only run important ones that I know won't interfere. Other Mod packs I have tried I used a ton of wonder Mods, perhaps that is why they always crash. I have a 2.4 quadcore with 470 BTX video card, I would think it can handle Civ 5, maybe not
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|Sep 26, 2011, 06:33 AM
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Hulfgar, i have to mention a very little detail which disturbs me since the first version:steel resource name wroten as capital letter "STEEL".
If you can correct it i'll be grateful,thank you,keep up the good work
|Sep 26, 2011, 03:47 PM
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Hulfgar, thanks again for a huge mod.
I've had a few troubles. Tech tree earlier, AI leaders pop up with no text explaining why they're there, then my video driver has crashed a few times, not sure that this is because of the mod or just Civ V pushing it too hard. After a clean install it's working now.
For those that have had trouble I found it best to delete cache, delete all mods installed and install only this mod.
Even after a new fresh install I'm consistently seen this:
WWGD - Events: [string "C:\Users\xyz\Documents\My Games\Sid M..."]:35: Cannot find key - AIFreePromotion
Runtime Error: [string "C:\Users\xyz\Documents\My Games\Sid M..."]:48: attempt to index field 'PROMOTION_FREE_UPGRADES' (a nil value)
when I check my WWGD directory I only see:
WWGD - Events.lua
notice there's no "AIFreePromotion"
Just got the leader with no text thing again:
Runtime Error: [string "Assets/UI/InGame/LeaderHead/DiscussionDialo..."]:66: attempt to index field 'InfoAddictButton' (a nil value)
Last edited by slo5oh; Sep 26, 2011 at 04:30 PM.
|Sep 27, 2011, 12:32 AM
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Slo5oh thanks for this feedback and the logs.
I have released version 9.2, the diplo part of WWGD has been taken out until I find a correction to this problem.
In the game I played the diplo screens where all ok.
I have reworked the tech tree and split the mod in 3 parts/mods :
a main file for all users with or whithout optional DLC.
a Spain/Inca addon for users with this DLC
a Polynesia addon for users with this DLC
This should solve some tech tree problems that apparently where related to the DLC parts.
Dadaloglu the word steel is now spelled correctly (thanks for this advice).
The other changes are in the first post.
Thanks to all for the feedbacks.
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Last edited by Hulfgar; Sep 27, 2011 at 05:17 AM.
|Sep 27, 2011, 10:51 AM
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Grate mod, but I have problem with it. I cannot go to choose production screen(when I click on the choose production tab nothings happens, and also I cannot select new research project. I doest`t had this problem in mod ver.8. It seams that this appears since 9 version. I made clean install of Civ5 and install only Hulfgar's Modpack.
|Sep 27, 2011, 01:27 PM
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Hi Suszek,
can you give me some details ? :
which DLC do you have ?
Is your Civ5 up to date (just to be sure) ?
Does this bug happens with all civs, if not which civ were you playing when the bug happened ?
Which version of the mod are you playing ?
Which language do you use to play ?
Last question : with this
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|Sep 27, 2011, 04:07 PM
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I am playing your version 9 rev ? (the one just before this last release) mod and have been enjoying it. Since you seem to want to know what people think, I'll provide you my [unsolicited] comments.
As I said, I am playing with version 9 rev just before last of your mod with a few minor tweeks:
I deleted the DLC stuff, as I don't have them. This fixed the tech tree bug as you already know
I deleted the extra maintance costs file, as you recommended
I have a mod where harbors give +1 gold per sea tile and seaports give +1 production per sea tile in order to make costal cities more attractive (and bring them up to par with inland cities)
I am currently at the beginninng of the modern era / end of the industrial era. Prince, giant map, continents, 12 civs, 28(?) city states (as may as it would let me), raging barbarins, playing as america, epic time scale.
First, I think there are 2 bugs I bumped into:
There was a gap in time where I couldn't build any bombard units (between cannon and artillery). I don't remember exactly when it was, except to say it was shortly before I got artillery. Perhaps cannons are still obsolete with dynamite, but artillery now comes a few techs later? - forget that, I see you fixed it in your next version.
There was a gap in time where I couldn't build any naval units (between frigates and dreadnaughts). This was a sizeable time period. I'm not sure when it started - I needed some naval ships and saw I couldn't build any. Again, perhaps frigates need to be updated to the new obsolete tech.
I noticed you mentioned the bug where foregin leaders talking to you would not display any dialog. I did what you said and just hit escape to get out of it. The same thing happened when I tried to "discuss" something with another leader. This may be my biggest grip about the mod. I don't know how the diplomacy works in the game, but I wasn't able to declair any friendships, denounce other leaders, or do any of the less tangable things that civ V offers in its diplomacy. At this time, all other civs are "guarded" toward me, dispite only declairing war on 1 civ (3 times), and all those times were to protect another civ. The chinese are especially annoying, as I saved them 3 times, and gave them all of their cities back that I captured from the Aztecs (3 times). I don't know if this is a mod issue or a game issue, but I seem to have more trouble maintaing friendships.
It seems that with this mod, raging barbarians are far more raging then before. I like this by the way. Even into colonial times there were barbarian ships all over unsettled territory. Don't send any unprotected units through these areas. This made the navy more important, which is something I thought was missing from the origianl game.
I really like the new "timber" and "ale" resources. The original early game really seperated those with iron and those without. Timber levels the playing field and gives everyone a chance. Ale makes it so that you can have a little more happiness, and thus a little more spreading out in the early game. I also like how what the game engine thinks is a stragetic resource is used for happiness. The more I have, the happier my citizens are (indirectly), and I can trade as much as I want to any civ. My only question would be, what happens if I import it, build some pubs, and then lose it and have negative units? Would the pubs stop providing happiness (which is what should happen)?
I like how you have to refine your oil into diseal and kerosine. This allows for some intresting trade dynamics and resource managment. My only issue is that I can't build enough refineries, and I have a lot of useless oil that I can't do anything with. Part of the problem is that you made oil refineries only able to be built on flat land cities. My primary production cities are in the hills, and thus useless in this respect. I just deleted the flag "flat", and I'll see how much that helps. Another possible solution would be to make another building "large refinary" or something similar, which does something like use 4 oil to produce 6 diseal and 4 kerosine (and is built in addtion to the current refinary).
The aircraft factory being on flat land only is killer. Again, since the bulk of my production is in the hills, I can't build aircraft. I have also removed the flat land only flag from this, and I'll see how it goes. I justify to myself by considering that each tile is about the size of New Jersey. I imagine that enough flat area can be found there for a runway big enough to get these aircraft up. Further, the game allows you to base the aircraft at any city - so if they can take off with full combat loads from a hill city, I'm sure my people can find a way to build them there and get them off the ground.
The conscript unit: I like the idea, but I think it needs to be refined. I had a core army that was battle hardened made of long swordsman and musket men. These units were battle hardened with 3-4 upgrades each. Once I got to rifling, I upgraded all these units and noticed something - when a unit got updated, its upkeep costs disappeared (and it cost only like 2 gold to upgrade). Since these units had a combat value of 23 (vice 25 with riflemen), and multiple upgrades, I had a very powerful army costing me next to nothing. Of course as time when on, my core army could no longer be upgraded, and I "lost" (disbanded or gave away) all those experienced units. I think it would be better to have long swordmen / musket men / etc upgrade to riflemen. This would keep them in the upgrade chain, and not have your core army cost no upkeep for a period of time. Perhaps this and making a modern conscript (that the first one could upgrade to), could keep them in the game without the hassle of rebuilding your entire army.
I have not had any issues with gold, and few issues with happiness. The extra happiness buildings early on make it so that it is not too hard to keep the happy. And if anything, I have much more gold right now then in the original game. As I said, I made it so sea tiles produce extra gold once you build a harbor, but I only have 3 cities built on the coast. The extra gold is nice, as it is useful for rush building some things. Considering all the additional buildings you put it, I think it opens a few doors.
One last minor gripe. In my game, I am about a 1920s level technology (and slighly ahead of everyone else), but the year is 1990. I like the pace of the game, I just don't like looking up and seeing "1990". The extra technologies that you added are a bit out of sync with the year at the top. Again, this is the most minor of gripes.
Overall great work. I look forward to your next release.
|Sep 28, 2011, 12:07 AM
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Hi Hulfgar
-I got Spain/Inca/Polynesia and Denmark
-Game Version 220.127.116.113
-Yes, I made fresh installation of Civ after that I have installed updates
-I tried with Rome, Japan,Edypt and Russia
-Problem occurs with mod version 9 and now with 9.2. Earlier versions run just fine
-I use English
Yes problems occurs when I found first city, I cannot choose production or research project and of course I can`t end the turn.
|Sep 28, 2011, 02:14 AM
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Hi Suszek, thanks for all those details.
Can you try a custom game whithout any civ from the Denmark DLC ?
I am not sure if this would deactivate the content of this DLC but it is worth a try.
Because the only difference between your config and mine is the Denmark DLC.
Hello Tiemanj,
Those are really usefull comments, this will help me balance the mod, thanks !
They will become obsolete when the tech dreadnought is found.
The upgrade paths :
My idea is that when you get a new kind of weapon you have to train your units from nothing.
An elite swordsman does not make an elite musketman whithout learning first how to use the musket.
In the same logic I don't see how a trained cavalry unit can upgrade to a trained helicopter or tank!
I kept the upgrade path for naval units because the sea as some laws and requires some knowledge that applies at all times.
It is sure frustrating to loose all the xps points gained with some units but I find it more realistic and logic.
Now a game must make fun first of all so your opinion on this is again welcome : should I keep my system with broken upgrades or revert to the vanilla settings ?
But the game itself as a strange diplo logic : I experienced going from a strong frienship to "guarded" and even war in just a few turns whithout doing anything agressiv. And this was with the vanilla diplomatie!
I have removed the diplo mod of WWGD in ver 9.2, this seems to have solved the bug with the diplomatic screen.
For the oil refinery : I agree it is too restrictive, I did it to avoid having 15+ refineries but it will be better with a higher maintenance cost.
Same is true for the aircraft factory.
if you have more comments don't hesitate, they are really helpfull. thanks again!
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|Sep 28, 2011, 07:30 AM
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Second, a unit is more then just guys with swords or guns. It consists of a large administrative staff, infrastructure (bases, armorys, etc) and logistics that doesn't really care what the troops are armed with (in a broad sense). The saying is amatures study tactics, professionals study logistics. So elite units are better in many cases because they can "out supply" their enemies. The staff and infrastructure and logicsics are largly kept intact when the unit gets new weapons.
And third, I don't think it is really unrealistic in most cases: musketmen absorb better weapons to become riflemen, who get better weapons to become infantry. Horsemen get better weapons to become knights, who later get better weapons to become lancers / calvary. Swordsmen are "elite" because they have good discipline and follow orders...the same traits make a musketman elite. True the tactics may change, but I assume I have some colonels on the field to solve that problem (plus the logistics as mentioned before). A few dead ends may be ok - calvary to tanks was a revolution, but for the most part the upgrade paths should be kept.
lighthouse - +2 food, +2 (or 3) gold. early game improvement that gives your citizens access to the sea, but little more. Sea tiles are still 1 food/1 gold. Only small groups of citizens (below the scale of civ) work the sea.
harbor - +2 gold, +1 gold/tile. mid game improvement that increases the value of water access. Sea is now 1 food/ 2 gold. On par with rivers for gold production, but you still need to get your food from the land.
Seaport - +1 gold/tile, +1 production/tile, +1 food/tile. The ocean is now your most valuable resourse. The seaport imports food and materials, and commerce centers around it. Seas now have 6 resourses (2 food, 3 gold, 1 production), making them the most attractive place to build / grow cities.
|Sep 28, 2011, 02:11 PM
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I think that I will replace the ironclad with the dreadnought and move the cruiser to the dreadnought position.
As you say the ironclad is pretty useless is the vanilla settings (who needs a ship that cannot enter oceans in the industrial era ?!).
I will keep it for the barbarians, it makes a fine pirate unit :-)
So far is what is planned for version 9.3 :
Obsoletes tech for Frigate and Ship of the Line updated to steam power, dreadnought available at steam power (will replace the ironclad).
Aircraft Factory : the flat land restriction has been removed, maintenance up to 3 Gold (+1).
Oil Refinery : the flat land restriction has been removed, maintenance up to 3 Gold (+1), will produce 3 diesel and 3 kerosene (+1)
Airbase : the flat land restriction has been removed, requires 1 kerosene (to refuel the training planes!).
Harbor +1 Gold per Sea plot
Seaport +1 Production per Sea plot
Watersport resort : +1 Gold per Sea plot (instead of 1 per Sea resource)
Crossbowmen upgrade to Riflemen (vanilla settings)
Musketmen upgrade to Riflemen (vanilla settings)
Can you give me the name of the mod that you are using for the sea resources ?
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|Sep 28, 2011, 05:05 PM
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I like the updates - one small comment though, cruisers predate the dreadnaughts. "Protected Cruisers" first showed up on 1875, and started to become commonplace in the 1880s. The dreadnaught was launched in 1906. I would just swap your dreadnaught with the ironclad replacement (cruiser).
I like the rest of the changes... I also wouldn't get rid of the conscripts just yet, just keep them out of the upgrade chain.
I don't have a published mod for the water changes. Below is the xml file I use:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Where Type="BUILDING_LIGHTHOUSE" />
<Set GoldMaintenance="0" />
<Where Type="BUILDING_HARBOR" />
<Set GoldMaintenance="0" />
<Where Type="BUILDING_SEAPORT" />
<Set GoldMaintenance="0" />
<Where BuildingType="BUILDING_LIGHTHOUSE" />
<Set Yield="0" />
|Sep 29, 2011, 05:04 AM
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My first encounter with the changes tiemanj suggested regarding sea resources was when playing with Building made fun mod.
I always use some tweaks I find in various mods that are very good in terms of game playability, like disabling Research Agreement, disabling Instant-Healing promotion and the changes regarding sea resources as mentioned above.
Regarding upgrades, Musketeers never popped-out replacing swordsmen, the first musketeers were actually capable swordsmen that carried a Musket good for one or two shots at the most before engaging close contact, then reverting to swords. The famous redcoats were masters of close contact using bayonets and swords, Cavalry always kept their main weapon of shock, the sword, saber or the lance, even while carrying fire arms, the final blow within close range was the saber or lance, even later on when engaging infantry, early infantry was very inaccurate, so after being bombarded and scattered from their initial close formation, the cavalry stormed in to cast the final blow.
Modern Cavalry transitioned into mechanized, mounted force, and helicopters and as an airborne force with the designation of Air Cavalry, keeping the tradition of fast deployment and shock attack.
The discipline and tactics of well trained units didn't change much with weapons upgrade.
Last comment about upgrading, the huge difference of wooden war ships vs steal structured warships in not just in the hull and deck material, it's mainly about the stronger mechanical structure that enabled the transition from Canons to Artillery, using the game convention. Much of the Naval warfare tactics hasn't change in the early days of the transition, the first to adopt to the new technology, artillery vs canons (referring to game conventions), steam vs wind power ended with the upper hand.
About this mod, I've read the last comments and change logs regarding version 9 and above, like it a lot, downloading now.
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|Sep 29, 2011, 01:40 PM
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By the way I will probably remove the insta heal as well. As a lot of users I think that it's good for a fantasy mod not for a classic Civ.
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|Sep 30, 2011, 12:16 PM
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Hulf you are dedicated to the Mod, amazing how you handle everyone's comments, you must be living on the forums!! Where do you find time to Mod and make a living in the real world?
Be cool if you took out barbarian locations and Maps from goody huts. Complete waste of a goody hut. Keep up the good work man I am playing Civ 4 for a bit till your Mod has some kinks worked out. The guys who coded Civ 5 seriously need to go play Civ 4 especially some Mods like caveman2cosmos, Civ 5 isn't up to snuff compared to the entire series, quite sad how Civ 5 is stripped of many cool things we all loved.
By the way, who else hates the embarkation concept of units? I prefer the realistic transports we all have used since Civ 2.
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|Sep 30, 2011, 02:37 PM
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I can't stop thinking of swordsmen and pikemen rowing their quick assembled boats in the middle of the night crossing the Atlantic ocean, while their navy's well trained war ships unable to enter the ocean observe them from behind while any archer stationed on any passed by island sends them directly to the bottom of the ocean.


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So where is she? Authorities have indeed run down many leads, including some of those forwarded by the Anthonys, all to no avail. For the most part, though, investigators have focused their search on areas where Casey is believed to have been. One spot they recently checked is close to the place where Casey abandoned her car on June 27. Another is a densely wooded area near Orlando International Airport. Investigators received a tip that a white car—similar to Casey's—had been parked in the vicinity in June and that a person, perhaps a woman, had been seen emerging from the woods.
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All the same, the material released about Casey does give some insights into her troubled life—and what could have happened to Caylee. In an interview with deputies, her brother Lee, 25, described how on July 15, the day that Caylee was reported missing, Casey admitted to him that she had stolen money from her mother and from him. "I've been a bad daughter," he quoted her as saying. "I've been untrustworthy." But the most troubling disclosures concerned her attitude toward Caylee. In a series of instant messages with then-boyfriend Anthony Rusciano, she lamented that Caylee was cramping her social life, complaining that she couldn't come to see him because she had no one to sit for Caylee. In one IM she jokingly asked if she could "bring the little snot head" along with her.
Investigators also talked to Casey's former fiancé Jesse Grund, who said he has trouble believing that Casey could have killed Caylee. "I don't believe Casey would ever have hurt Caylee on purpose," he said, according to the transcript. "I personally could never foresee her doing that." But Grund also described Casey as a less than attentive mom. "Caylee would hang out in the living room while Casey was in the computer room," he said. "Sometimes Casey would go outside to use the telephone and leave Caylee in the living room."
He told authorities he believed something could have happened to Caylee accidentally while she was in her mother's care. He said that Caylee, for instance, had a habit of picking up rocks and putting them in her mouth, and that the youngster was apparently also drawn to the family's backyard pool, a possible site for tragedy. And if something did happen, he had no trouble imagining a panicked Casey trying to cover it up any way she could. "I literally believe that Casey would have an emotional breakdown," he said. "I almost believe she would take Caylee and put her somewhere and then tell herself a new story, a new reality of what happened to her."
Through their spokesman, Cindy and George have scoffed at the speculation. But the newly released material also contains some eye-opening details that can't be easily dismissed. A close examination of the trunk of the Pontiac that Casey was driving turned up dirt, a mysterious stain and human hairs that resemble Caylee's. (The results of DNA samples haven't been released yet.) Meanwhile air samples showed that a body had been there, and cadaver-sniffing dogs also picked up a scent. (Even Cindy initially told investigators, "It smells like there's been a dead body" in Casey's car.)
Authorities say they want to build their case methodically. "We are taking our time with this investigation," says the law enforcement source. Casey has been out of jail on $500,000 bail on original charges of child neglect, her movements restricted by an electronic ankle monitor to court appearances and visits with her lawyer. Incredibly she has asked a judge to allow her to travel to places "of interest" to search for Caylee—a request that legal experts say will almost certainly be denied. As far as investigators are concerned, at this late date she need look no further than her own conscience in order to solve the mystery of Caylee. Says Captain Nieves: "The answers lie with Casey."
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It was a warm April evening that greeted the 200 individually selected Everton supporters who were invited to attend the Club's inaugural Fan Conference. Sceptics will suggest that this is a poor replacement for the sidelined AGM and only those who had renewed their season tickets for 2011-12 were deemed eligible for invitation.
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RANGOON — Burmese tycoon Tay Za will donate US$1 million to help establish a journalism foundation in the county's fledgling media market.
The US blacklisted businessman will use an initial amount of $1 million from his Asia Green Development Bank to set up the foundation.
"U Tay Za wants to help create genuine media and [to allow] young journalists to be able to work on a global scale, instead of being limited to Burma. Our assistance does not mean that the media would have an obligation to write only the good side of us. There are no strings attached," Bo Than, who is part of the team helping to start the foundation, told The Irrawaddy.
The idea for the foundation was born out of a promise made by Tay Za to 14 journalists traveling with him to Putao, northern Kachin State, in February, Bo Than added.
Tay Za is listed by the United States as a specially designated national (SDN), preventing US companies from doing business with his sprawling Htoo Group of Companies conglomerate. One of Burma's wealthiest businessmen, he has been accused of aiding—and being enriched by—the country's former military regime.
Late last year, Tay Za announced he would sue the Sun Rays weekly journal for defamation, after the publication ran a front page story with his photo accompanied by the headline "Cronies should jump into the Andaman Sea."
"It is good if they are [starting the foundation] with a good purpose. There is a lot to be done," said Thiha Saw, a member of Burma's interim Press Council. "I think it might be a little hard in practice. Who is going to teach? Who is going to attend the courses? It will be good if they teach journalism without bias."
On Tuesday, Tay Za told the Union Daily newspaper that media outlets in Burma lacked impartiality and were not up to the standards of a genuinely democratic country. He said he planned to establish the foundation in order to help elevate industry standards.
So he wants to control the press and media in Burma now. Is he Rupert Murdoch or what?
Cronies must stay away from media. Media doesn't need Tay Za. Media just need pure freedom from regime and cronies. Leave the media alone.
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It seems as though Brick & Lace has just turned to dust & thread! The Jamaican pop reggae group that was once a trio, turned duo, has now decided to disband.
Brick & Lace comprising of sisters Nyanda and Nailah Thorbourne, have disbanded in pursuit of individual aspirations .
Speaking to the Jamaica Observer, Nyanda intimated that she will be pursuing a solo career, "I am both terrified and excited at the same time."
"After being one half of a group for so long, the time has come for me to find myself as a whole… to stand on my own two feet, and I am feeling the pressure. I try not to think about it too much so I am just concentrating on the music," Thorbourne said.
She spoke candidly about tensions which arose from creative differences and the vision each sister had for the group. But Thorbourne was quick to point out she is not averse to a reunion.
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"It was just time. There was always a lot of tension and a wanting to explore and do different things. So we both felt this was something we needed to do at this time," she said.
"There was always the feeling that we had to compromise. If I wanted more of a dancehall feel for a song and she wanted more R&B; if a video should look this way and even on a photo shoot, who preferred which shot and angle," she said.
She stated that their competitive nature may have gotten in the way.
"Sibling rivalry may have become part of it, but the love is still there. I really just wanted to spread my wings, just wanted to fly and couldn't help but feel like there was a brick on my foot holding me down," Thorbourne said.
Nyanda recently did a cover of Taylor Swift's Trouble, produced by The Chemist of the Black Lion Music Group. She said the song debuted at number 38 on the UK's Music Week Urban chart.
"I am working on more stuff right now including collaborations with deejays Bling Dawg and Assassin (Agent Sasco) as well as tracks produced by The Wizzard. I can't wait to get back to Jamaica and do some stuff. Jamaica gives me the edge I need."
Formed over a decade ago, Brick & Lace initially consisted of Nyanda, Nailah and Tasha Thorbourne. Tasha left the group, but continued as a co-writer.
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No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont and his wife, Mieke, have welcomed a son, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.
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I was about to leave the country, but first I was drawn to the scene of the crime.
Alleged crime, I mean. Though what do you call it when the perp has already pleaded out to a lesser crime, then agreed to resign his government position as a result, only to change his mind about all of the foregoing and declare that it was all a huge, huge misunderstanding?
No easy answers there. All I can say for sure is that I was in the Minneapolis airport on Sunday afternoon, enroute to a flight to a London. Then I noticed I was walking past a statue of Snoopy. And that I had seen the statue on TV. On cable news channels, to be precise. During the midst of the controversy that erupted last summer when Idaho Sen. Larry Craig was discovered to have pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from his arrest for soliciting public sex in a men's room in the Minneapolis airport.
Ah, the wonders of TV.
So I went in, of course. I had to look. The bathroom is a celebrity now, just like Paris and Nicole, Britney and every other reality show trainwreck. And what a thrill to see those fixtures in the flesh -- they're so down to earth. What a charge to glance at the stalls and see the gap beneath them...yes, that's where history was made. Now it can hit the talk show circuit. Be invited on "The Surreal Life." Talk about its eating disorder with Larry King. Once you're on TV the world is your oyster, my friend.


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We assessed the usefulness of routine laboratory screening of preoperative patients. Computer-readable laboratory, demographic, and discharge diagnostic data were assembled for 2,000 patients undergoing elective surgery over a four-month period, and randomly selected samples of patients were studied. Several tests ordered by protocol and performed by the laboratory at the time of admission were examined in these samples, including complete blood cell count, differential cell count, prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, platelet count, six-factor automated multiple analysis, and glucose level.
Sixty percent of these routinely ordered tests would not have been performed if testing had only been done for recognizable indications, and only 0.22% of these revealed abnormalities that might influence perioperative management. Chart review indicated that these few abnormalities were not acted on nor did they have adverse surgical or anesthetic consequences. In the absence of specific indications, routine preoperative laboratory tests contribute little to patient care and could reasonably be eliminated.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Enough beef to make nearly 320,000 quarter-pound hamburgers won't be distributed to Nebraska schools due to a recall ordered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Instead, the 79,200 pounds of beef will sit in a southwest Omaha warehouse until the USDA decides what to do with it.
The USDA in June ordered a recall of 2 million pounds of beef sent to 16 states for distribution to schools from Dallas-based meatpacker Supreme Beef Processors Inc.
The recall announcement came amid a quarrel over sanitary conditions at Supreme Beef.
"There was never any food safety related issues to it," said Supreme Beef spokesman Jim Mulhern. "There was never any report of any food borne illnesses."
Barry Carpenter, an administrator with the Agriculture Department in Washington, D.C., said Friday that the meat was recalled because of the company's failure to meet USDA quality standards, not any specific problem with the meat in question.
The meat was shipped in late April to Nebraska for use in schools participating in the federal school lunch program. None of the meat ever left the warehouse, said Brad Petersen, an accountant with the Nebraska Health and Human Services System.
Nebraska was notified of the recall in June and school officials were told that same month to find other sources of beef for the coming school year.
John Bonaiuto, director of the Nebraska Association of School Boards, said no school had contacted him with fears about having an adequate beef supply for the coming year.
"We haven't heard a thing," he said.
Schools may either cut back on the amount of beef offered for lunches early in the year or find another source, he said.
Beef supplied from the USDA for the school lunch program accounts for about 20 percent of all beef used by the state's schools, said Connie Stefkovich, administrator of nutrition services for the state Department of Education.
The USDA will replace the recalled beef but probably not until October, Petersen said.
The Agriculture Department has tried to temporarily close Supreme Beef after the plant failed a series of federally required tests for salmonella bacteria, which can cause digestive ailments.
A federal judge ruled in May that the testing was not a fair measure of a plant's sanitation and the judge barred the department from withdrawing its inspectors, an action that would force the plant to close.
The USDA said last month that it was planning new safety standards for the ground beef it buys for schools. The rules will be similar to testing requirements that McDonald's and other fast food restaurants impose on meatpackers.
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As part of its quality processes Fuji Heavy Industries, parent company to Subaru Automobile has issued an official recall campaign relating to possible front passenger air bag SPI inflator failure.The recall notice applies only to Impreza models (including WRX and STI) built between 2004 and 2007. The recall does not affect any other models in the Subaru range.
The vehicles affected are equipped with front passenger air bag SPI inflators manufactured by air-bag maker Takata. The recall has received widespread media coverage as Takata supplies a number of Japanese vehicle manufacturers.
It has been found that the inflators in the passenger airbag may experience an alteration over time, potentially leading to over-aggressive combustion in the event of an airbag deployment, leading to risk of injury.
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someone who is half Mexican, half Canadian
Dave, you are a Canexican and your mom wants me!
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The mix of a Canadian and a Mexican. If you were born in Mexico, and are now in Canada, well, my friend, you are a Canexican.
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As the new dean for the USC Gould School of Law, I'm excited to be continuing our tradition of excellence. This is an exhilarating time for our law school, and one filled with tremendous opportunity and momentum.
The culture here is one of collegiality and tight-knit collaboration. Our small class size and low faculty-student ratio enables our students to form strong bonds with classmates and professors that continues long after graduation. We are also fortunate to be part of a larger university setting that offers both depth and breadth. Students can take advantage of a broad range of professional schools across the entire university - the Marshall School of Business, the School of Cinematic Arts, the Viterbi School of Engineering, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the Keck School of Medicine, the School of Social Work and the Price School of Public Policy. This provides the opportunity for inter-professional and dual-degree studies that is unmatched elsewhere.
USC Gould attracts and retains world-class scholars from across diverse disciplines who care deeply about the law and about training the next generation of lawyers. Combine that with high caliber students that hail from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences, and you get a law school that fosters a unique blend of perspectives and ideas. Our school is recognized as one of the most diverse top law schools in the country.
Location matters, and USC Gould is located in the heart of Los Angeles. Our students are uniquely positioned to take advantage of everything the city has to offer - unparalleled opportunities in one of the top legal markets and the busiest court system in the nation. From the Silicon Beach to downtown L.A., students have access to clerkships, externships and career options with law and business firms, public interest agencies, and entertainment, media and technology firms.
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Idaho Aquarium Club
I've only talked with a few people from here so far. I guess it hasn't been around long, or the current format hasn't.
The website is http://www.idahoaquariumclub.com/
For me so far though I've been able to find someone to trade some plants with, a good source for bristlenose plecos (local) and possibly more.
Right now it seems that anyone with aquarium knowledge in Idaho is either scarce or hard to find.
I can "HOPE" that this takes off and we get other idahoans on there to chat with. :)
Although I would even prefer more on this board. :)
Fellow Idaho PT'er checking in. Nice forum, i'll be sure to register. Doesn't look like there are any people from my neck of the state, but I can still hope.
I'm pretty far north, someone has to keep an eye on those shifty Canadians. :tongue:
If you're interested in plants, lmk. I'm not looking for trades at the moment, but I'd be willing to send some fun/rare stuff south for my Idaho brethren.
Yea it would be great if more folks would come to the http://www.idahoaquariumclub.com/. Everyone I have met from there so far has been very nice. I'd welcome more plant growers! :)
I'd be interested in knowing what kind of plants you have Indignation.
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Romney hasn't learned a thing from Bush years
I am going to vote for President Obama, not because he has all the answers to the country's problems, but because he has more of them than Mitt Romney.
Obama can steer us toward building and repairing roads and bridges and related measures that will create many jobs, but sadly, not enough. Romney says he will create all the new jobs we need, but he is hopelessly vague about how he is going to do that. Plus, his business model is profit first and hiring second.
People like Romney have mercilessly shipped jobs to other countries when the cost of doing business here proved too high for them. Instead of working with the very people who lost their jobs because of these policies, they pay most attention to the bottom line and little to who gets hurt. That is why a few are able to amass ungodly amounts of wealth while many ordinary people head to the unemployment line.
It is understandable that business owners would do this, but as they eliminate the jobs of so many, they will have fewer customers for their products, no matter where they are produced; in effect, shooting themselves in the foot. Thus, short-run high profits rule the day and there is little thought of the long-run consequences. If we vote to repair our infrastructure and to explore new energy sources, we'll at least be on the way to better times, but not if we go with a return through Romney to the failures of the Bush years. The Republican candidate didn't learn a thing from the disastrous Bush-era wars, for which we are still paying, and continues to believe that the first priority is for the already wealthy to have even more.
We are really dense if we allow Romney to send us over another economic cliff.
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All of us have probably heard it before: Jesus didn't miraculously multiply the loaves and fish, but rather he encouraged the people to share. Fr. Jay, my pastor, took this theory head on during mass this weekend and thoroughly debunked it. He argued that the sharing theory undermines Catholic teaching on the Eucharist and the Bible doesn't imply sharing at all. And, for the coup de grace, he noted that the people wanted to make Jesus king following this incident. Who would risk Roman wrath by making a guy king because he got people to share?
Last week he preached on contraception and this week he debunks trendy Catholic biblical scholarship. I'm lucky to have this guy as a pastor.


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The College of the Canyons football team will host Antelope Valley College in the opening round of the Southern California Regional Playoffs - in a contest known as the Western State Bowl.
The announcement was made Sunday by the Southern California Football Association.
The seeding selections for the first round of the eight-team So Cal playoff/bowl games were based on the final, regular-season poll rankings.
COC, which closed out the regular season Saturday with a 22-8 victory over archrival Bakersfield College, earned the No. 1 seed by virtue of its 10-0 overall record and 6-0 mark in National Division, Northern Conference play.
The Cougars are the only undefeated team in Southern California.
The rest of the So Cal matchups include No. 2 Fullerton against No. 7 San Diego Mesa, No. 3 Mt. San Antonio versus No. 6 Allan Hancock, and No. 4 El Camino taking on No. 5 Saddleback.
The team that survives the first three postseason rounds will face the top team from Northern California in the state championship, set for Dec. 13 at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa.
Antelope Valley shared the American Division, Pacific Conference crown with Santa Barbara. Both teams closed out the regular season at 6-4, 6-1.
The No. 8 seed Marauders of AVC had won six games in a row before falling to Los Angeles Valley College 37-30 in Saturday's regular-season finale.
COC and AVC are not strangers to each other. They faced off in the season opener at Quartz Hill High Sept. 6. In that one, the Marauders returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, but the Cougars found the necessary traction and eventually won it 54-14.
Canyons head coach Garett Tujague said his team would spend the coming week "starting over" and working on fundamentals.
"We're going to keep watering our plant so it keeps growing," Tujague said Saturday after his Cougars topped Bakersfield.
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The full report is titled "Early Percutaneous Tracheotomy Versus Prolonged Intubation of Mechanically Ventilated Patients After Cardiac Surgery. A Randomized Trial." It is in the 15 March 2011 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 154, pages 373-383). The authors are J.L. Trouillet, C.E. Luyt, M. Guiguet, A. Ouattara, E. Vaissier, R. Makri, A. Nieszkowska, P. Leprince, A. Pavie, J. Chastre, and A. Combes.
Patients who require the help of a breathing machine (mechanical ventilation) for more than a few weeks usually undergo a surgical procedure (tracheotomy) to support breathing through a small hole in the neck rather than through a tube inserted through the mouth or nose. Whether it is better to do a tracheotomy sooner rather than wait a few weeks is not known.
To see if doing a tracheotomy soon after heart surgery was beneficial when other treatment factors were kept the same.
216 adults who still needed a breathing machine 4 days after heart surgery.
Patients were randomly assigned to have an early tracheotomy done in the intensive care unit within 1 day or breathing support continued through a tube already inserted into the mouth for up to 2 weeks, at which time a tracheotomy was considered. The researchers evaluated how long each group remained on the breathing machine and whether there were benefits to 1 approach over the other.
There was no difference between the groups in how long they remained in the intensive care unit or hospital or in how long they lived. There was also no difference seen in how much time the patients were able to remain off the breathing machine. In contrast, less medicine for anxiety or pain was required by the patients who had a tracheotomy done immediately, and these patients' nurses judged them as being more comfortable and easier to care for than the patients who remained initially with a breathing tube in the mouth. Several months later, the 2 groups of patients reported similar memories of their hospitalization and similar quality of life.
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There's no escaping Roar's roar
Today's Erie Times-News editorial lists a couple of reasons why "some crabby folks" have been grousing about this year's edition of Roar on the Shore: grand marshal Vanilla Ice and the choice of the Erie Fireworks Fund as the charity of choice.
I've heard some of both strands of griping in the run-up, but not nearly as much as the annual pre-emptive complaining about one of the motorcycle rally's most abundant byproducts.
There will be no escaping it in coming days. And experience teaches that with that many bikes in town, and most of the locals who ride saddling up at the same time, the sonic wave won't be limited to the event's downtown epicenter.
That will get on some nerves, but it's not exactly a shocker. The whole deal is called Roar, after all.
I share that dread in a (mostly) amused sort of way. All the noise can get old in a hurry if you're not part of the biker tribe.
On the other hand, Roar on the Shore does bring tens of thousands of visitors and their disposable income to Erie. The best guess was that 80,000 people attended last summer, and organizers predict as many as 100,000 this year.
The rally's sponsor, the Manufacturer & Business Association, also estimates that Roar will pump in excess of $20 million into the region's economy in one way or another. I'm always skeptical of such numbers, but it's fair to say the event puts a lot of cash in play.
Roar is a big plus for Erie on balance, in other words. So the rest of us will plug our ears and get over it, just like we do every year.
(Be sure to follow our coverage and all of the photos and video at GoErie.com/roar, or join the fun on Twitter at hashtag #roarerie. Here's the full schedule of events from Showcase.)
More vehement voices in the noise-abatement world aren't so philosophical. To those people, Roar on the Shore is an ongoing criminal enterprise.
The folks at Noise Free America issued a screed that argues the peace-and-quiet-loving folk of Erie shouldn't tolerate the rally. Not when "this three-day noisefest is a celebration of anti-social behavior and lawlessness."
Noise Free America describes itself as a national organization dedicated to cutting down on the din. Hey, it must be legitimate. It has a website.
And if you go there you'll discover that "the unrestricted operation of illegally equipped, illegally loud motorcycles, automobiles and trucks on our roadways" isn't the only problem. There are also car alarms, leaf blowers, barking dogs, train horns and Muzak.
Yes, Muzak.
But right now Roar on the Shore is the focus. It made the group's 2012 Noisy Dozen roster, which I gather is sort of a most unwanted list.
"Roar on the Shore is a disgrace," Ted Rueter, Noise Free America's director, said in a statement. "There will be 80,000 noise criminals revving their earsplitting engines. This event is the noise-industrial complex at its worst."
Put it that way, and maybe I should rethink Roar. You think it's too late to rent a bike?


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Mercyhurst women's hockey team blanks Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK -- Emily Janiga, Kaleigh Chippy and Christie Cicero each scored a goal and assisted on another as Mercyhurst dominated Penn State 4-0 Saturday night.
Mercyhurst (20-7-3 overall, 13-3-1 CHA) held control from the opening faceoff. The Lakers outshot Penn State 34-18 and were never really threatened
Bestland staked Mercyhurst to an early lead midway through the first period. The Lakers increased their advantage on goals by Kaleigh Chippy and Cicero that were less than 5 minutes between each other.
Janiga's goal late in the third period capped off the scoring for the Lakers, who have won their past six games.
In three games this season, Mercyhurst has outscored Penn State 19-0. The Nittany Lions will get another shot at the Lakers today at 1 p.m.
Amanda Makela was perfect in the net, making all 18 saves for Mercyhurst, while Celine Whitlinger fell to 3-11-1 for Penn State (4-25-3, 1-16-1).


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Attorney John Gomez told the Associated Press that his firm filed the lawsuit in San Diego County seeking an unspecified amount for the suffering endured by the Pankey family, whose son, Aidan, died June 12, 2013, hours after he was rushed to the hospital with severe stomach pains.
The San Diego County medical examiner's office ruled that the cause of death was streptobacillus moniliformis infection, commonly known as rat-bite fever, after exposure to an infected rat.
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