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Northwest NEWS
uly 9, 2001
Eastside concerts feature magic, oldies, jazz, swing, bluegrass, soul, jugglers
Concert Series 2001 will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Sky River Park, 820 Village Way, Monroe. Admission is $2 per person. Children under two free.
July 12 - Gentlemen Jugglers
July 19 - Kevin Wolfe, magician
July 26 - The Reptile Man
Aug. 2 - Cowboy Buck and Elizabeth
Aug. 9 - Hot Shot Tap Dancers
Aug. 16 - Kickshaw
For information, call Kathy Avery at (360) 794-1078.
Concerts in the Parks 2001, presented by the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Arts Council begin at 6:30 p.m. at Sheridan Beach, 16500 Beach Dr. NE (unless otherwise noted).
July 11 - Student all-star jazz bands (LFP school grounds, 18500 37th NE)
July 18 - Guarneri Underground, Afro/Celtic/Flemenco/violin jazz, (Cromwell Park, Meridian at 182nd)
July 25 - The Fabulous Roadstars Dixieland Band plus the Emerald City Four barbershop quartet (Cromwell Park)
Aug. 1 - Rainy Pass, mostly original bluegrass with a touch of humor (Cromwell Park)
Aug. 8 - Jo Miller & the Burly Roughnecks, rockabilly/honky-tonk/country (Richmond Beach Saltwater Park)
Aug. 15 - Shawn's Kugel, Klezmer and more, with the Shoreline Saxophone Symphony playing summer pops (Richmond Beach Saltwater Park)
Aug. 22 - Miles from Chicago, energetic blues, soul and R & B (Richmond Beach Saltwater Park)
For information or rain sites, call (206) 417-4645.
Redmond Town Center's Wednesday night Summer Concert Series bruns through Aug. 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
July 11 - Kings of Swing (big band music)
July 18 - Jill Cohn (folk melodies)
July 25 - Eagle Creek Band (popular country and western)
Aug. 1 - SecondStory Repertory (Cole Porter review)
Aug. 15 - Tingstad & Rumble (acoustic instrumental) Redmond Arts in the Parks Concert
Aug. 22 - Tickle Tune Typhoon (children's program)
Call (425) 867-0808.
Carillon Point Summer Concert Series will be held every other Tuesday in July and August in the Central Plaza at Carillon Point in Kirkland from noon to 1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
July 10 - Dix Delux (classic rock with a mixture of Beatles songs
July 24 - Mainstream (mixture of classic rock and jazz)
Aug. 7 - Top Brass (classic and current rock hits)
Aug. 21 - New Blues Brothers (rock and blues done in the "Blues Brothers" style)
For information, call (425ş 822-1700 or visit www.carillon-point.com.


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The Department of Defense wrapped up the week Friday with contract awards totaling $242.2 million in value, spread out among nine separate contractors. Notable winners included:
- Boeing (NYSE: BA ) , which won a $15.9 million modification for its contract to perform "sustainment and tech refresh" work on the Combat Track II (CTII) system for the Air Force. CTII is described as being "a secure, beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) tactical data network ... consisting of a small, quick-to-install airborne transceiver and one or more rugged laptops, tablet computers, and/or integrated mission displays." Boeing will perform this work by June 25, 2016.
- Britain's BAE Systems (NASDAQOTH: BAESY ) and, in particular, its San Diego Ship Repair unit, won $15.4 million as part of an option exercise to perform repairs and alterations, through June 2014, aboard the landing platform dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) while it is in drydock.
- And General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD ) Electric Boat subsidiary was awarded $7.6 million to modify a previously awarded Navy contract. This money will fund continued development of a mast and sensor for the Sea Sentry radar system through August 2017.

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LOCK HAVEN - Besides all of the other fun activities that surround the annual Lock Haven Area Jaycees Boat Regatta, there would be no event without the boats.
And they're coming again this year, from as far away as Maine, Florida, Texas, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, California and Canada, ready to race on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in the city.
Lisa Jennings, of the American Power Boating Association's Central Jersey Racing Association, said the Lock Haven event was the biggest one of its kind last year with over 500 boats. This year's count is expected to dip somewhat to between 300 and 350 due to the high price of gasoline.
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But the regatta remains one of the largest on the East Coast, and most competitors consider it the second-biggest boat race of the year, close behind The Nationals.
The local regatta will again feature numerous North American Championship boat races.
Jennings reported the fastest boats on the river Labor Day weekend will be the the Alcohol Pro Class 125 cc and 250 cc. The latter boats can get up to speeds of around 92 mph.
"We are really pleased to have the Alcohol Pro Class boats here again this year," said race Chairman Scott Johnson. "They will be the fastest and the loudest boats out there, so they should generate a lot of excitement for the fans."
Other boats will be several classes of modified and stock outboard boats, and J Class boats, which are specifically designed for younger riders.
The J Class is based on the stock outboard A Class, but with a restrictor plate behind the carburetor to hold down speeds. In addition, all the propellers for this class are supplied by APBA. The reason for this, officials say, is to equalize each boat's performance.
There are two classes of outboard boats:
n Runabouts make use of a flat bottom hull. They have strict length and design restrictions, turn on the inside, and require the skilled movement of the driver's weight to control turns. The crafts are stable, enabling drivers to run very close together and increasing the drivers' and spectators' excitement.
n Hydroplanes have fewer design restrictions, but are typically built to trap air under the hull. This trapping of air causes the boat to actually run above the water's surface at top speed. The Hydros make use of a side fin for turning the boat in a level position. Turning in a group of boats is a different story. The side fins on a group of boats can produce a spray worse than riding through a car wash. Hydros are very tricky to run close together because of the delicate cushion of air they ride on. Too much air and you're over backwards, a sudden change to no air under the boat can cause the bow to dive and the boat crashes, according to the APBA.
Races normally run two heats of three laps in a counterclockwise direction. The consistent course rules allow drivers to design and rig their boats to turn left effectively.
The starts at the Lock Haven event will be clock starts, where drivers are given three minutes to get their boats on the course and in position for the start under a green flag. After the three minutes have expired, the clock ticks down from one minute under a white flag. The object is to get to the start/finish line when the clock strikes zero. Too early, the boater jumps the gun and is disqualified; too late and the boater has given the advantage to competitors. There are no lanes assigned to racers. They fight to get lanes and have to clearly establish it 500 feet before the start line. This can often be the most exciting part of the race for the spectator.
Once the boats start, it is on to the first turn with boats still battling for their lanes through the turn. The inside lane is the shortest route and the toughest to obtain.
Boaters say one of the unique things about racing is that, while the outline of the course remains the same, the water is constantly changing, forcing drivers to stay sharp, watching the waves as well as the other boats.
The main highlight for the boaters at the Lock Haven event is the "Dash for Cash," which is scheduled for about noon Sunday. The race, pitting between 15 and 30 C-Stock Hydro boats against each other, carries with it a purse of between $1,000 and $2,500.
"Donations are also accepted for that race," Jennings said. "People can donate by going down by the boat ramp or at the judges' stand."
The boaters will race three laps each at about three-quarters of a mile from just above the Veterans Bridge to just before the Tidlow Dam on Grant Street
Jennings said a lot of boaters enjoy the festive affair that surrounds the regatta.
"It is a favorite among all of our drivers," she said. "The wives of the boaters love to come due to the craft show and the kids love the carnival. Most of the racers make their reservations for the next year before they leave that year."
Numerous boaters have remarked to Jaycee members that their event is one of their most anticipated, with spectators flocking to the Corman Amphitheatre to watch the many races. At most other places, they say, no such venue exists and doesn't bring the excitement that Lock Haven does.
That love affair with Lock Haven will, hopefully, overshadow the increasing cost of gas, which adds to the enormous expenses for boat racers, according to Jennings.
"Many racers have been coming to this race for years, bringing with them their families. It's more than just a race; it's like a family reunion," said Jennings. "It's the last race of the summer and most of us take a very long weekend and come up early Friday or late Thursday night. The pits are beautiful and the area is a prime location for shopping and hanging out."
Preparation for the race usually starts in May, Jennings said, as she starts making phone calls to get the officials - referees, inspector, risk manager, chief scorer and race director. All paperwork must be submitted to the APBA headquarters 45 days prior to the race date for approval.
In addition, the Lock Haven Area Jaycees are responsible for getting a "special use" permit from the state Fish and Boat Commission for use of the river for the races.
The race sanction was approved on July 15, according to the APBA Web site. That site is at www.apba-racing.com.
"The paperwork must be signed off by the appropriate catergories and the region chairperson," Jennings said. "Then, the APBA will post it on their Web page and the circulars will get mailed to the racers.
"I have to get lodging for the officals and make sure all the club equipment and rescue boats will be towed to the race site," she continued. "I also have to touch base with the Lock Haven Area Jaycees and make sure everything is OK for this year, since they handle the ambulance and fire departments, concession stands and setting up the judges' stand.
"We couldn't do it with out their help."


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The next edition of Philadelphia Marathon is on the event's 20th anniversary. Like many marathons around the world, the organisers are building it out into a multi-day 'festival'.
The anniversary event will take place from 15th to 17th November this year and the marathon itself should have around 30,000 participants.blog comments powered by Disqus
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Refactoring Wiki Isa Metaphor
If refactoring
by definition
includes equivalence then is "refactoring" in regard to
s only meant as a metaphor? Is it strictly speaking impossible to refactor text?
Rhetoric and Flow
First, you're right it is only a metaphor/loose analogy for how to deal with
s. It can only inform, not instruct. See
where I took the analogy of wiki names :: class names.
However, it is not impossible to refactor text, provided you are only aiming to preserve meaning. Rhetoric is metainformation and will be lost. For instance, this sentence can be refactored. How? As, "This sentence can be refactored for instance." The two sentences have different rhythms and so will change the flow of the text. Extending this idea, though, you can move paragraphs of text around, change topic headings, delete rhetorical fluff, etc. Note that rhetoric is considered meaningless here (although it isn't
Editing as a form of Refactoring
An editor in the
(say of a newspaper), has the primary responsibilities of improving without changing meaning. This is often accomplished by improving grammar and spelling, reorganizing, etc. However this is not followed in practice because people try to improve and change meaning for the better. --
Proving (Testing?) equivalence in Refactoring
It seems to me that there is an important distinction between refactoring in contexts in which success is "provable" (I'll let alone possible) - mathematics, code - and those in which it is not - text, Wikis, architecture. This distinction doesn't keep me from doing something that people might call refactoring on these Wiki pages. I guess the distinction is that there is no logical proof to end any dispute as to whether whatever I did was pure refactoring. --
Actually, anyone who says you can prove equivalence with all code is lying to you. It has to do with that rhetoric thing again. There is
equivalence, but that is really the most boring kind of equivalence. Consider functionally equivalent GUIs. A random arrangement of widgets is certainly functionally equivalent to those same widgets arranged in a nice, consistent, balanced fashion, but semantically they are lightyears apart. But, we've known for a long time that regression testing GUIs requires humans.
A better example of how
s aren't sufficient. Given a nice data model class, you write a nice
suite for it. Then you proceed to muck about with it internally. In the midst of doing so, you introduce a resource leak. However, the system is still functionally identical to the previous state from an input/output point of view (at least from the interface-centric
point of view). The bug won't be caught, especially if the system provides no reflective calls to determine the state of the resource in question. --
Hmm. I admit all the examples I had been thinking of were of deeper bits of code being refactored to be more efficient or more cleanly designed but with the same API (funny, given how much of the programming I did was interface). Once you get to the user interface, I think you're right. So I guess RefactoringCodeIsaMetaphor
as well? OnlyMathIsPure
? --
How important is it to "preserve meaning"?
When I was an editor in the real world, I didn't think much about the edits that simply preserved meaning. Yes, you always did those at the very end, but those were the least interesting edits. The most interesting edits where the ones where I told the writer "You haven't answered this question, so can I see a rewrite in a few hours?" (I was a pretty difficult editor, but a number of people have told me that I taught them an awful lot about writing. After all, writing and editing is a learning process. A poorly structured essay hides its deepest flaws behind its most superficial ones; take care of the superficial ones and it's easier to see where you
need more work.
Regrouping as a easy first step
Wiki refactoring can work the same way; if you take care of the low-hanging fruit (regrouping is the easiest), then it's easier to see where the discussion still needs work. What parts of the discussion are undeveloped? What possibilities have been ignored? Where are people talking at each other but not reaching any common ground? It is also useful to use the metaphor used in code-refactoring. In code, the refactoring out the easy stuff exposes the difficult decisions, making it easier for you to make them.
a few times and it may help you realize you need to
a few times and it may give you a clearer idea of what a new, embryonic class wants to be.
ing and
What in the "refactoring Wiki" metaphor corresponds to unit tests?
I wonder whether before we start a Wiki refactoring we could try to express the essential behaviour of the page which we want to preserve. By "we" I suppose I mean each party should do it individually. By "behaviour" I mean a list of the points that the final page should still convey. This list is not the refactoring; its an intermediate step. As such it does not need good English or persuasive rhetoric. It will describe the post-condition of the page without getting into how that post-condition is achieved. Someone clever can then refactor the page using the list of points as a measure of how well they have done. This may not work in practical terms, since it would create too much extra work and verbosity, and we would argue about (and in) the "tests" themselves until they became as bad as the page. Where is this worth trying?
The Reader's part in Testing
Perhaps the unit tests are the readers. If someone sees before and after versions of a page and doesn't feel that the refactoring is valid, they complain - the test fails. If these are unit tests, it's not clear what the acceptance tests are.
Motivation In Refactoring
The problem with page refactoring is a motivational one. Someone with a strong motive to refactor a page probably wants to control the outcome too much to do a clean refactor. Someone with very weak motive to refactor could do a better job, but they lack the inclination, for the most part. Can we think of a way to find a middle? Fairness and yet energy? For a community that likes to talk about refactoring so much, we don't seem to like to do it anywhere near so much. Here's another example of the hyper/hypo-interest dilemma: "This page direly needs refactoring, but we'd better wait until the thread mess dies down." Then once that happens, who cares anymore? --
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Science News has a timely article out, How to Wash Up in the Wilderness.
"In 2004, a study found that 56 percent of backpackers on the Appalachian Trail develop diarrhea, and those who don't always treat their water to disinfect it face a 69-percent risk of illness.
However, 45 percent of the Appalachian hikers who consistently treated their drinking water also got diarrhea in that study."
yuck- guess why that 45% still got sick. From not following proper sanitation rules for the rest of hike.
This article discusses a typical method for washing your dishes while camping. Unfortunatley, the call for three separate gallon buckets makes this scheme not the easiest for those who don't car-camp. Maybe carrying a small bottle of dilluted bleach is a good step to precede a sanitized water rinse when washing camp dishes.
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when camping as a kid we always rinsed our dishes in boiling or simmering water..just put your METAL dishes in for a few..hint we used metal pie plates for plates..will kill anything


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U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., announced his staff will hold additional office hours in several Western Massachusetts communities on Wednesday to discuss local issues, offer assistance on individual cases, and answer any and all questions.
"It's not always easy for folks to get to my office in Boston so we're sending the team to your doorstep," Kerry said in a statement. "So if you live in Belchertown, Wilbraham, Longmeadow, or East Longmeadow, come down and bring your questions. Whether it's cutting through red tape or getting in touch with federal agencies, we'll be there to listen and help."
In 2010, Kerry and his staff held office hours in all 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts. So far in 2012, Kerry's staff has held office hours 35 different locations throughout the state, including stops in Granby and Ludlow last week.
From 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Kerry's staff will at Belchertown Town Hall at 2 Jabish St. and at Longmeadow Town Hall, 20 Williams St.
From 1 to 3 p.m., his staff will be at the Wilbraham Town Hall, 240 Springfield St., and at the East Longmeadow Town Hall, 60 Center Square.
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By Amjad Warraich
LAHORE: The Punjab government plans to create a 'Ravi district' from the existing districts of Lahore and Sheikhupura, Daily Times learnt on Monday. According to Punjab Civil Secretariat and Board of Revenue sources, the Ravi district will consist of Shahdara area of Lahore district and Ferozwala tehsil, while some adjacent parts of Muridke and Sharaqpur tehsil will also be included. Two divisions: The sources told Daily Times that the government plans to bifurcate Lahore division into two divisions – Lahore and Sheikhupura. According to the idea conceived by the Punjab Board of Revenue, the new Lahore division will consist of Lahore and Ravi districts, whereas the rest of the districts of existing Lahore division will be included in Sheikhupura division. The board is preparing a summary in this regard to be approved by the chief minister. Lahore will be the second metropolis to house mutiple districts after Karachi. The number of divisions in Punjab will reach 10 after establishment of Sheikhupura division. The existing nine divisions of Punjab are: Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Multan, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur and DG Khan. According to the sources, the government has also decided to carve a Chiniot district from the existing Jhang district.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We are working as loan officers and other posts in Kashf Micro finance Bank Ltd.,. We want to bring in your kind notes some very important matters regarding misuse of staff services and misbehave of higher management. We have to works still late hours if we do not work we have always treat dismissal from job and other ways of teasing & other important matter is which absolutely volition of State Bank various circular.
The bank bound us to work on holidays as on Saturday & Sunday also it is declared as super recovery drive and not any benefit against wastage of time is pay to us but also we suffer wastages of time & wealth & health.
The Government has announced the leave of Saturday to save energy but our bank is violating these instructions & causing the failure of this policy. On other hand we are human beings and we need to rest after very working of five days. Its our right to rest on Saturday & Sunday but we are bound to come in office otherwise the behaviour of higher authority is very harsh and the sword of dismissible from job is always hanging on our heads
Mostly clients are not corporate with us for repayment on these days because their attitude is that staff is using their money and bank is not open on Saturday & Sunday. We are always in hot water from both sides the clients do not corporate and banks management attitude is harsh.
It is requested in grate honour to please lock in this matter personally and warn the higher management for this un-humanistic & unfair attitude.
Please our rights of leave should be given which is snatched from our bank kind check that most of our branches of our bank are working in these two days (29th of May and 30th of May).
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Agostino Codazzi
|Agostino Codazzi
|Giovanni Battista Agostino Codazzi Bartolotti
July 12, 1793
Lugo, Italy
|February 7, 1859
(aged 65)
Codazzi, Granadine Confederation
|Italian, Venezuelan
|Explorer, engineer, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, naturalist, governor, military
|Notable work
|Atlas Físico y Político de la República de Venezuela (1840)
Giovanni Battista Agostino Codazzi (alternatively known in Latin America as Agustín Codazzi; 12 July 1793 - 7 February 1859) was an Italian military, scientist, geographer, cartographer, and governor of Barinas (1846-1847). He made his main investigations and cartographic work in Venezuela and Colombia, thereby creating for both countries a complete set of maps and statistics after the tumultuous post-independence years from the Spanish Empire.
Famous geographer and cartographer born in Lugo, Ravenna(Italy), arrived in South America in the 1810s and fought under the corsair Aury, claiming the independence of Florida. Attracted to the ideals of southamerican freedom, after obtaining the friendship of Bolivar and other generals, enrolled in the "Libertador" Army, where -thanks to his military expertice obtained in Italian academies- behaved as excellent artillery official (colonel). After the independence wars, he left the military service and dedicated to what he liked most, the geographical & cartographical investigation, doing his most renowned masterpiece: "The Geography and Atlas of the Venezuelan Provinces" (Célebre geógrafo y cartógrafo nacido en Lugo, Ferrara, llegó a Sudamérica avanzado ya el siglo XIX y combatió a las órdenes del célebre corsario Aury, reclamando con éste la Independencia de La Florida. Cautivado por los ideales de la emancipación sudamericana, al ganarse la amistad y consideración de Simón Bolívar y otros generales patriotas se incorporó al ejército del Libertador, en cuyas filas, gracias a la preparación militar adquirida en academias italianas, tuvo destacada actuación como hábil artillero, y detentó el grado de coronel. Finalizada la lucha por la Independencia, dejaría de lado su actividad bélica para dedicarse a lo que realmente le apasionaba, la investigación geográfica y cartográfica, y llevaría a cabo su singular obra: la geografía y el atlas de las provincias venezolanas).[1]
Codazzi was born in the Italian city of Lugo. Since young he appreciated the ideals of the French Revolution and, after his studies at the military academy "Scuola di Artiglieria" of Pavia, actively served in the Napoleon Army.
With the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 Codazzi moved away from Italy and after some travels went to Venezuela, where he offered his military knowledge to Simon Bolivar.[2]
Successively he received the task of mapping the area of the Maracaibo Lake and the borders between Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. The Venezuelan government named him Colonel and ordered the creation of an Atlas of Venezuela, a task that gave him international fame (in Paris Codazzi was awarded in 1842 the Legion of Honor by the King of France, on behalf of the French Academy of Science).
Agustin Codazzi meanwhile took the Venezuelan citizenship from president José Antonio Páez and become Governor of Barinas, a region of southwestern Venezuela. In those years his academic activity of geographer was continuously interrupted by his duties of military commander, suffocating many revolts.
Codazzi even promoted the creation in the 1840s of the Colonia Tovar, a small German settlement in the Venezuelan central mountains that still exist today and has become one of the main tourist attractions near Maracay.
With the fall of Páez after a military insurrection, Codazzi was forced to escape to Cúcuta (Colombia), where he continued his geographic and mapping activity with military duties for the Colombian government.
In 1852 Codazzi did a scientific and cartographic inspection of Panama for the British government: in 1854 - even if with no official mention of Codazzi's work — the Panama Canal project was done following exactly his indications and route.
Codazzi died of malaria in February 1859 at the small town of Espíritu Santo in the Colombian mountains, in the arms of his friend Manuel María Paz, while he was mapping the area for the Comisión Corográfica.[3] The town where he died has been renamed "Aldea Codazzi", and now is a city with a population of nearly 70,000 inhabitants.
Venezuela honored the memory of Agustin Codazzi placing his remains inside the Panteón Nacional of Caracas in 1942, where he is considered one the Heroes of Venezuela.
Colombia's national geographical society, a government agency, is named after Agustin Codazzi (Instituto Geográfico Agustin Codazzi).
This is a list of main works of Agostino Codazzi:
- ^ Vannini, Marisa. "Afectos Científicos Italianos" p.536 [1]
- ^ Biography (in Italian)
- ^ Tobar Gómez, Oscar. "La obra pictórica de Manuel María Paz y la Comisión Corográfica" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 Sep 2011.
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If you return to school at least half-time after your six month grace period has ended and your Federal Stafford Loans have entered repayment, you may qualify for a deferment. A deferment is a postponement of repayment under various specific circumstances, and returning to school at least half-time meets the criteria for a deferment. In most cases, you are not just granted a deferment automatically; you must formally request one through the procedures your loan holder has established. Often, you need to complete a deferment form. You will need to provide documentation showing you are qualified for the deferment you are applying for. Please make sure all your paperwork is in order and that the holder of your loans receives the required forms. Keep up with your student loan payments until you are certain that your in-school deferment has been approved by your lender.
- For Federal Subsidized Stafford Loans you are not required to pay principle or interest during deferment.
- For Unsubsidized Stafford Loans and Grad PLUS Loans, you can postpone paying principle, but you are responsible for the interest. You can pay the interest during the deferment period, or the loan holder can capitalize the interest when the deferment ends. Remember that capitalization will increase the loan balance.
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Borrowers of the Federal Student Loan Program may choose from several repayment options and should select the schedule that will keep the cost of repayment to a minimum. The availability of repayment plans will be dependent upon the type of loan program. Please keep in mind that there is no penalty for pre-payment on educational loans; therefore, it is advantageous to the borrower to repay a loan as quickly as possible.
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CHARLES TOWN - As Morgan's Grove Market inches closer to expanding to a five-building venue, the Jefferson County Planning Commission voted to approve the site plan for the new campus.
The new market will include availability of fresh, local produce six days a week, in addition to health outreach organizations, restaurants and a private school, according to managing member Peter Corum.
All those elements together make up what the proposed Morgan's Grove Market will be, but neighbors are overlooking the current market setup, concrete and a pile of asphalt and have concerns.
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Seth Rivard of the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Department discusses the site plan of Morgan's Grove Market during a public hearing held Tuesday evening in Charles Town.
"My concern is that the planning commission be concerned," said Joseph Spurgas, a resident of Shepherd Lane.
While Spurgas said he did not have a complaint against the market, he would like to know exactly what is being built and where and what those properties may eventually transform into.
"I'm still concerned that this will eventually lend itself into being what I consider to be a bunch of warehouses and a strip mall. There are a bunch of things that we say are intended uses, but whether that happens or doesn't, I don't know," he said.
Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Department staff recommended that the Planning Commission approve Corum's site plan with two conditions attached, said Seth Rivard of the planning department.
"Staff would recommend recording of the easements associated with sidewalks be done prior to the bonding of the site plan, and then the plan be resubmitted to include the (West Virginia Department of Highways) highway entrance permit pending bonding," Rivard said.
Previous conditions were met to allow for a public hearing on the project. Those conditions included a resubmission of the site plan with provisions, the written documentation from the WVDOH that a permit will be issued, and that the West Virginia Health Department provide permit numbers for water and sewer.
Ann Spurgas said she found concerns with the well testing, which would be done before and after construction to determine water quality along with proper operation of the water system pending any construction work. According to Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Director Jennifer Brockman, the tests were performed and the county will release the results when available.
The well tests were baseline, and did not effect the vote to approve the site plan Tuesday evening. According to the document, the project consists of a food hub, general retail area, businesses officers and "other associated uses."
The current Morgan's Grove Market is in its third year of operation, and sits along W.Va. 480 just outside Shepherdstown.
"I hope there is a good project across from me," Joseph Spurgas said. "Just keep an eye on things, that's all I ask you," he told the Planning Commission.
- Staff writer Michelle Horst can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 138, or www.twitter.com/mhorstJN.


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Teachers said a government report on why boys are under-achieving girls in school released today is flawed in its most basic premise.
The report, commissioned by the Ministry of Education, found boys were under-achieving, particularly in reading and writing, and its authors said schools needed to be more "boy friendly" in order to allow boys to achieve.
But Post Primary Teachers Association president Robin Duff said the investigation of the issue was based on an assumption that boys and girls were two homogenous and mutually exclusive groups when they were not.
He said gender inequities in educational achievement were due more to socio-economic circumstances than gender itself.
"To examine the educational achievement record of boys in isolation simply does not provide an accurate picture of the problem, nor will it provide any helpful answers.
"The more we talk about the issue of achievement inequities in terms of boys versus girls the more it's likely to become a self-fulfilling prophecy," he said.
The report is the result of four years work by a reference group set up by the ministry in response to concerns about boys' under-achievement.
The discrepancy between the performance of boys and girls was greatest in reading and writing, and the gaps remained throughout schooling.
Because those skills were so important, the relative under-performance of boys was concerning, the report said.
The report was not all bad news. It found that many boys were succeeding in school, with no marked decline in their results over the past five years.
They were, however, over-represented in statistics on early problems in reading, disengagement with school, and lower qualifications.
Reading must be taught better in primary schools, and must continue until boys were reading at their chronological age, said reference group member Ian Baldwin, the head of Southland Boys' High School.
"There will be some who never will, but at the moment we have far too many (who are not)," he told Radio New Zealand.
Waitaki Boys High School principal Paul Baker, also a member of the reference group, said schools would be urged to become "boy friendly", but this did not need to happen at the expense of girls.
"Boys are more needy than girls in the educational context because, for various reasons, their motivation levels are often lower," he said.
"That doesn't mean to say that the end result can't be just as good, but you often have to go about it a different way."
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- We have 160 different pages in our website with buttons like the ones below.
- I want an event to fire each and every time that those are clicked.
- I also want to know on which of the pages each are clicked. In other words, I want to know the pages which produced the most clicks to Request Information or to Apply Now.
- That's a little further down the page. First look at my end results.
So how do we do it?Here is the simple process.
Step 1: Create a tag to listen for all link clicks.
Step 2: Create your rules to fire the tags on those specific links.
- Setup this tag to fire on any link clicks PLUS when the element URL matches your conditions. For me the condition was that the url would contain 'request-info'.
- Make sure to 'copy this tag'. That makes it a bit easier on yourself.
- Make your next rule that targets the apply button with this copied rule.
Step 3: Now comes the magic. Setup your Analytic s Event tag.
- Setup this tag to fire on any link clicks PLUS when the element URL matches your conditions. For me the condition was that the url would contain 'request-info'.
- Copy the tag!
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- Create a version of this container and publish it.
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Step 5: Sit back, enjoy your results and think of how you can optimize those pages.
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Mark » 24 Oct 2013 »
Nice and simple tutorial, Neil. Thanks!
We have a link in our nav bar we want to track to see if people are using it as well as on what pages may spark users to click that link. We also link to that page in various articles across the site.
How can we differentiate users clicking on the navbar link vs clicking a link found in some content that go to the same page?
Neil Moree » 24 Oct 2013 »
Ahh right. The solution is to make your rule fire based on the Element ID 'id' of that link rather than on the Element URL. Make sense?
From analytics help…
"The value is determined by reading the 'gtm.elementId' key from the data layer. If populated by an Auto-Event, the result will be the 'id' attribute of the DOM element that triggered the event."
Try it out!
Sorin » 24 Apr 2014 »
Hey, is there a tutorial available for people who've filled in a form and submitted it via button click?
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Yes, check out google support for … /tagmanager/answer/3415369?hl=en#FormSubmitListener.
The idea here is to fire a tag on page load that 'listens' for form submissions. When there is an event of form submission or when event equals "gtm.formSubmit" on this page, you fire an Analytics Tag for an event and name it something like 'formsubmission'. In Analytics you can fire a 'goal' based on this specific event. Make sense?


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Q. Some individuals and groups believe there is a Prophet after Muhammad, peace be upon him. Is this acceptable?
A. It is a tenet of Islam to believe that there is no Prophet with or after the Seal of Prophets — Muhammad — Peace be upon him. There is consensus among the scholars that to deny or question such a belief constitutes apostasy (kufr).
Sources: Ibn Hazm, Maratib al-Ijma` 173 Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim 10:406.
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Coach Pat Fitzgerald informed his Northwestern team that it's bowl eligible, following a 21-13 victory over Minnesota. The reaction was far from exuberant.
It's the sixth consecutive season in which Northwestern is bowl eligible, and October 13 marks the earliest date it has attained six wins.
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After Fitzgerald broke the news to his NU players, he added one more detail.
"That's not the goal anymore," the head coach explained to his team.
Under Fitzgerald, the Northwestern program has reached a new plateau. The team's overall level of talent has risen, wins are no longer due to luck, and demands from a hungry fan base are greater.
Reaching bowl eligibility is no longer the accomplishment it used to be. Now, it's expected. The Wildcats have bought into that.
"That doesn't matter," running back Venric Mark said of reaching bowl eligibility. "Our goal is to come out every week, play our game to the best of our abilities and win out."
This a Northwestern program which endured a 47-year bowl drought; the same one which once lost 34 consecutive games. The days of futility are a thing of the past. NU has risen to the level of a perennial Big Ten contender.
It has been stressed to the Wildcats, starting in the offseason, what they hope to accomplish. NU has its sights set on winning the Legends Division.
"That's the goal," Fitzgerald said in a stern tone of confidence.
That's the reason why the Wildcats lacked enthusiasm for their sixth win. Fitzgerald and his coaching staff have raised the bar and Northwestern is striving to reach it.
"The goal was to go 1-and-0 this week," said defensive end Tyler Scott, asked if he was excited for NU's sixth triumph.
As Northwestern continues to rise, so do the expectations. The Wildcats are focused on winning their division. A bowl game is on the back burner.
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UPDATE: A federal judge has preliminarily approved the Chase Check Loan Class Action Settlement.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay credit card customers $100 million as part of a class action lawsuit settlement resolving allegations it improperly increased their minimum payments as a means to generate higher fees.
The Chase credit card settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit filed three years ago over Chase's decision in late 2008 and 2009 to boost minimum monthly payments for thousands of cardholders from 2 percent to 5 percent of account balances. Cardholders alleged in the class action lawsuit that JPMorgan induced them to transfer credit card balances from other lenders to Chase card accounts, where the bank promised to consolidate their debt into loans with "fixed" interest rates until the balance were paid off.
According to the class action lawsuit, however, JPMorgan increased minimum payments to force them to either accept higher rates in order to keep the lower payment, to make more late payments and trigger more fees or a 29.99% penalty interest rate, or to close underperforming accounts. This manipulation resulted in millions of dollars in additional fee income from thousands of new cardholders, the class action lawsuit said.
This isn't the first time JPMorgan Chase has been accused of overcharging customers. The bank reached a $110 million class action lawsuit settlement this year over allegations it manipulated debit and ATM transactions in order to maximize the number of overdraft fees it could collect.
Lawyers for the cardholders said in court papers that the $100 million class action settlement is 45% of the $220 million in up-front transaction fees that their clients paid for the promotional loans. They called the class action lawsuit settlement an "excellent result" for cardholders, who would recover "a substantial portion of the transaction fees they paid."
The Chase credit card class action settlement still requires final approval by U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney at an August 3, 2012 hearing.
The case is In re: Chase Bank USA NA "Check Loan" Contract Litigation, Case No. 9-md-2032, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The City of Goose Creek's Water Department is updating its billing system and will now provide residents with a newly designed water bill.
Starting April 30, Goose Creek water customers will receive a new water bill printed on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper with a perforated payment slip portion. The new water bills will include an envelope to return your payment slips by mail, payment drop box or in person at City Hall.
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The City of Goose Creek Water Department will continue to accept Berkeley County Water and Sanitation payments in person at City Hall or at the drop box located in City Hall's drive thru.
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If you thought you received a lot of junk mail before, wait until you buy a home. Overnight, you'll see your junk mail practically double as the credit card offers are now joined by their friends, the refinancing offers, the home warranty offers, and the "random services you didn't even know you needed" offers. Oh yeah, not to mention realtor's curious to know if you're interested in other homes in the neighborhood. The first week alone I must have received a dozen refinancing offers wondering if I'd be interested in turning my monstrous 30 year fixed mortgage payment to a svelte 5/1 ARM payment of like fifty bucks!
Well, a year or two later, the junk mail has been trickling to a halt, in part because of the housing slowdown and perhaps they've picked up on the fact that I wasn't going to refinance (doubtful). Honestly, I can't imagine anyone refinancing within a month of closing from a fixed to an ARM but it must happen otherwise they wouldn't send this junk out (I can see it the other way around though, I bet that's more likely).
Anyway, recently I received a noticed from an official sounding National Deed Service, Inc. in Washington D.C. offering to get me a certified copy of my deed for the low low price of $59.50. They cite official sounding sources in their recommendation, saying the U.S. Government Federal Citizen Information Center recommends that I have an official or certified copy of my deed; and they implore me to get one because it's very important. And it is important! Except I and every other homeowner already has a copy, you got it at closing or soon after.
Now, what if you can't find yours and really want it? Well, just call up your county clerk and make a request for one and you'll probably pay some sort of minor fee (not $60) to have them pull it up and mail it to you. The Washington Post calls it a scam but I think it's just an opportunistic company looking to cash in on people who don't know any better. In the case of National Deed Service, Inc., they do add this notice near the order form in all capital letters: "Many government records are available free or at a nominal cost." So, while National Deed Service, Inc. isn't trying to scam you, they are offering a service at a price that makes it worthwhile for them to do it – it's just a ripoff for you.{ 5 comments, please add your thoughts now! }


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A Savage Killing, Startling Suspects
In a Small Italian City, An American College Student Is Implicated in the Brutal Murder of Her Roommate
Italian law-enforcement authorities see a much different picture. They accuse the seemingly clean-cut, athletic prep-school grad of being a central player in a bizarre sex- and drugs-saturated murder that has made headlines worldwide. They've named Knox, 20; her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, 23, a student at the University of Perugia; and Rudy Hermann Guede, 20, a reported drug dealer, as suspects in the brutal killing of Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher, 21, a British exchange student. Police, answering a routine call about missing cell phones placed by a neighbor, found Kercher's body Nov. 2 after forcing the locked door to her room. Blood was everywhere. Kercher, lifeless on the floor under a duvet cover, had been raped, and her throat had been cut—possibly, theorize police, resisting an "extreme" sex game.
Knox's family insists she is innocent of any wrongdoing, but at the very least she has much to explain. For one, police say they found traces of DNA from both Knox and Kercher on a knife in Sollecito's home, as well as Knox's bloody fingerprint on a bathroom tap in the flat. And, according to a 19-page judge's report, Knox and her boyfriend have changed their alibis several times. Knox denied she was even in the house on the night of Nov. 1. Then she claimed that a local bar owner had a crush on Kercher and that she saw him go into the bedroom with her. Knox told police that she then heard screams so loud that she covered her ears. "After that I don't remember everything," she said. "My head is very confused." (Knox blamed the discrepancies on smoking hashish.)
The bar owner Diya "Patrick" Lumumba, who had hired Knox to work the late shift in his club Le Chic, was taken into custody but was released 13 days later. So why did Knox accuse him? "Amanda was angry with me because I wanted to fire her," Lumumba, 37, tells PEOPLE. "She just kept flirting and chatting up my clients at the bar, and I thought that it was not appropriate." In fact he says he told her he intended to hire Kercher, who was quite popular with fellow students, in her place. "Meredith was sparkly; she lifted your spirits," says Lumumba. "Amanda wanted to be queen bee, and it became clear she wasn't."
Police have yet to reveal precisely what role Knox or her boyfriend, Sollecito, might have played in the crime. But it is clear that Sollecito—described in the Italian press by his aunt as "very sensitive"—was captivated by Knox. In a letter from jail released by his father, Franco, a noted urologist, Sollecito complains that Knox had "an almost nonexistent contact with reality" and that "her only goal was to search for pleasure at all times." Yet, he admits, "I thought she was out of this world." On the day after Kercher's body was found, both he and Knox were captured on a store's security camera shopping for lingerie and kissing passionately.
In recent days police have paid particular attention to another suspect, Guede, who admits he was in the students' apartment and claims that he had consensual sex with Kercher. Guede, a drifter who has been around Perugia since he was 5, fled to Germany after the murder and was not arrested until Nov. 20. Police say he left behind DNA in Kercher's room. Guede is expected to be extradited to Italy by early December, when police hope to question him more thoroughly. But his attorney says he has nothing to hide. Despite the evidence against Guede—his bloody thumbprint was found in Kercher's bedroom, and his DNA was found on her body—"Rudy is eager to return to Italy to proclaim his innocence," says his attorney Walter Biscotti. Through his lawyers Guede not only denies guilt, he claims he tried to save Kercher. He says that after having sex with her, he was in the bathroom listening to his iPod. When he came out, he claims, he found a man assaulting Kercher and then battled the man until he escaped. He claims he did not go to the authorities for fear of being framed.
As the investigation continues and new, sometimes conflicting, details emerge on an almost daily basis, Knox's parents have flown to Italy to stand by their daughter, who remains in an Italian jail. "Amanda is very tired by the whole incident," her lawyer Luciano Ghirga told PEOPLE. "But she is holding up well and is determined to fight this through until the truth emerges." A prison chaplain who briefly visited Knox later told reporters she had started a diary, adding, perhaps unnecessarily, that she had a lot in her heart to think about.
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Square Enix: Compilation Of Final Fantasy VII "Over For Now"
Producer Shinji Hashimoto says "new expansion is possible" some time in the future.
Sometimes it seems like Square Enix's plans for the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII change depending on who and when you ask -- one day Yoshinori Kitase will hint at further projects, the next day Tetsuya Nomura will shoot the notion down. And so it has been, for what feels like years... but we may finally have a solid answer.
At a screening last weekend for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (due out on Blu-ray in Japan April 16, with a spiffy limited edition PlayStation 3), producer Shinji Hashimoto referred to its release as the Compilation's "end for now". While future extensions were not ruled out, it's probably safe not to expect another Crisis Core or Dirge of Cerberus any time soon.
Bittersweet news for Final Fantasy VII fans, but at least we have the greatly enhanced Advent Children Complete to look forward to -- at the same screening, Hashimoto stated that an overseas release is a definite.
Via Gpara.com.
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I Don`t want a Final Fantasy VII remake so soon...Posted: Jul 07, 2009 12:00AM PST by Alce
Seriously... I`ve been thinking about it fo long time...
Of course, we, fans of FF7 would love to see it in Hdtvs and all new... But wouldn`t it ruin the Original thing ? Square would want to change everything... Storyline... Fightting style... Even the limit breaks... It would be like a new Kingdom Hearts about FF7... including new characters and everything... Seriously.
I Believe that they will make the "Remake".. but not so soon... cause wouldn`t be the right time...
I Agree with YariX and RPGer_4life, would be much better to make new games about what happens to Genesis after DoC, and talk more about the Cetras, and Jenova.
There are still a lot of thing to talk about, and believe me, square will talk a lot about it...
If they released it....Posted: May 31, 2009 12:00AM PST by codyz112594
Itd probably get MORE sales then VII and Crisis core combined.
Its abt time for a remake....look forward to future projects for VIIPosted: May 05, 2009 12:00AM PST by RPGer_4Life
I am ESTATIC abt the remake of FF VII....it only makes sense for them to redo it for PS3..come on they've got Dirge of Cerberus n Crisis Core on the latest game consoles...remaking VII only completes the series in high fashion...As most VII fans, I have a special connection to this one more so than the other FFs bcuz of the realistic characters n awesome storyline...personally, I feel they cud go on n on...I say lets keep the damn ball rolling n add a special story abt Jenova's origin n the Cetras' beginning..n a REAL finale to the series on Cloud n the rest of the teams's future...
not a bad idea by a long shot....
I just want that PS3Posted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by masonexcell
that's all. You can keep the Blu-Ray and everything else.
Screw FFVIIPosted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by The_Fallen...
Remake Final Fantasy V, VI or IX for the PS3/Xbox360/PC. Or better yet remake the original FF tactics for the PS3, I know they just rereleased tactics on the PSP. But I would love to see one made with full HD graphics. I still play tactics to this day, it's also the best spin off I've played in that series.
Squaresoft was amazing, SquareEnix not so much.
wowPosted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by captain_chody
talk like a normal human, not like you're above everyone else. i never brag about this but my IQ is over 130, that does not make me smart. many people seem to think an IQ tells a person how smart they are, there is different types of smartness. aside from that you're a total jackass no wonder i have never seen you and you have no friends. and i'm 21 and own a ps3 so what are you getting at, dumbass, by the way everyone has there opinon thats what i was saying you however push what you think you know on to other people. its not about being smart, i just dont agree with you and i didnt say you where wrong in any way till my last comment. try learning something and reading the words i use. and if you notice people on this article want a re-make, doesnt matter if they want it in a different light as other. they still want a re-make so when they get it they cant complain about it. i have said i wanted a remake that dont mean i will get one. and like i said before get over you're self, likeing you're own voice doesnt mean you're right or you should speak
@captain_chodyPosted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by earlgreyteahot
You're shallow. Any intelligent person can see that. Maybe me being intelligent is a rarity on this website, but I'm not suprised because most Nintendo and MS Xbox 360 owners are in the 15-17 ranges, and I say those two companies because that's what most people own, over PS3.
As I said, I arrived at a conclusion many people did not. I said it was a bad idea, just like how the corporate as well as LEAD DESIGNERS for the FFVII project itself said it was a bad idea. Now why they said it was a bad idea, that is up for you to figure out, all you need to do is read the reasons. If you are smart enough you can put together the dots and connect why it is that they won't do a remake.
I listed a couple of good reasons why but of course, a person with your low intellect passed it over. I'm not saying I don't want a Remake, but I'm saying it's a bad idea for various reasons.
From this thread alone, you see that no one is really in agreement of what they want in FF7 remake. Everyone wants something different, yet, neither of us are the game designers. For that reason, anything that the new designers will do will be heavily scruitinized. There is no safe way to do this remake. If they do it, they will have to be very careful how to proceed because they will piss off many legions of fanboys.
Forget it man, you just aren't understanding it, that isn't my fault, I try to explain it to you in detail, and it just gets passed over. It's not my fault you're an idiot.
wowPosted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by captain_chody
you're dumb and can't even see it. most of the people that posted a comment want a re-make, why do you think that is. how would it be a bad idea, and you know nothing that is why you dont work anywhere near games. get over you're self you're not some godly guy on 1up who knows better then anyone else and if you noticed the people who want a re-make would DISagree with you. so you're wrong, worst part is you'll never see it and always think you're right no matter what its about, you the guy who has to tell everyone what IS and ISN"T, whats RIGHT and WRONG. open up you're mind a little and be come enlightened
@captain_chodyPosted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by earlgreyteahot
you're the type of person who wants the same thing
That's not true. You can check any of my posts from the JRPG threads and actually I'm the kind of guy that welcomes NEW games, and I highly praised FFXII because it brought something new and different to the JRPG world.
you're one of those gamers that thinks he knows best for the game
I have a lot of vision, and experience with the genre, it's something I've been doing for a very long time and I know what works, and what doesn't. Try listening to the David Jaffe interview from NeoGAF as there is one part where he is asked a question about how to best get into the gaming industry. It's a good listen and it's related to exactly what you said.
There are people that really DO know what's best for the game, and I'm one of them. I spotted a bad idea (on top of the remake being a bad idea itself) and you guys don't agree/don't understand it. I don't understand why you don't understand such an obvious thing, apparently my intellect is so high that I arrived at a more reasonable and realistic conclusion before you did.
You ever wonder how certain design decisions get made that pisses off one group of people, yet goes well with a lot of other people? Such as FFXII real-time environment, that one pissed off people that liked randomized battles and battle music, flashy gimmicks and such. However they made that design decision because it was in the best interest of the project and how they wanted the game to be played.
Just like me, you're free to speculate on what should/shouldn't be in the remake however if you end up saying something that doesn't fit then be prepared to get shot down by any number of people. I'm well prepared as well and I've already been shot down, however to logical thinkers, my idea isn't radical and very realistic. That is where I take solice in when i post a message.
first off i read most of itPosted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by captain_chody
and second i just read the last little part it changed nothing
edit: you're one of those gamers that thinks he knows best for the game, got news for you no one does. you're the type of person who wants the same thing, changes are needed dont be so narrow minded
ok i cant even read you're full comment earlPosted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by earlgreyteahot
Well then read the full comment then cause you missed out on some things while you go on to say your piece and expect me to read and understand and agree with you. Which I don't.
ok i cant even read you're full comment earlPosted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by captain_chody
first off i think most on here a die-hard FF fans, second off yariX has a point. all he is saying is in order to fix how messy the story was and make it make sense is to add Genesis's name or some kind of hinting of him to the story. Genesis was not involved in FF7 we all know that, but him and angel (or how ever you spell him name) were very much a part of CC. CC came together after FF7 and EXPLAINED how the story came to be what it was, with out CC there is no CLOUD. i would like to say there should be a sequel to DoC, this would take cloud as the main character once again and have him face a new evil that would be Genesis. yes the FF7 story is complete but that does not mean it cant have a sequel, many thing that were never spos to have sequels have had sequels. but leaving the story open suggests a SEQUEL. i would like a re-make of FF7 but it would be just FF7 with a straightned story (meaning its told to you and doesnt confuse the fuck out of you, i never had a problem connecting the dots but many people did so needless to say it needs to be fixed) i would like to see the same battle system but have many other thing updated. and then 2017 would see the release of its sequel and very last game. as one of the dudes said FF7 games would come out till its 20 years old, that would be in 2017.
@yariXPosted: Apr 14, 2009 12:00AM PST by earlgreyteahot
First of all, lets get something straight here. I'm a die-hard FF fan. All the way. I know anything and everything there is to know about Final Fantasy. That said, I'm a purist. I like things the way they are designed to be. Final Fantasy VII, as we knew it, is OVER! as in COMPLETE. STORY-IS-DONE!
I'm pretty sure there are PLENTY of people like me, that would go ape-shat over putting GENESIS who was NEVER INVOLVED with Final Fantasy VII into the remake. IT-MAKES-NO-SENSE YOU-SAID-IT-YOURSELF!
So that said, what would it take to put Genesis in FFVII? They would have to merge Crisis Core into the remake, then cook up new events in order to tie up what they added, they also have to add Dirge of Cerberus after the end of the original FFVII, and then the final conclusion to a story that's NOT A PART OF THE MAIN STORY.
That's why I said it was a crime, and a disservice to all fans. Its because it is. It's no longer Final Fantasy VII. It would no longer be the same game that I played. Remaking a game doesn't mean they make it all over again with everything completely new.
Think about Resident Evil Remake, now that was a game that was tastefully remade with enough new additions that did not detract from the original story and instead, enhanced the original experience. The remake is designed to give you a better viewpoint on what the game is supposed to convey. The graphics design in REmake offered a scarier enviornment and more realistic looking than what the PS1 could offer. There were new gameplay elements such as the Crimson Zombies. But regardless of what they added, none of it affected the main story that we all know and loved. In fact, the new files added to the horror of what they already did.
THAT'S a Remake. Adding Genesis to FFVII Remake? That's not a remake. That's being stupid. I'm sorry that it took you so long to connect the dots when I got it instantly.
I don't care if they do a "remake" of Final Fantasy VII...Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by San_Andreas
...but they should at least make the original available on PSN. FFVII is one of my all-time favorite games, and it's actually stood the test of time pretty well. Seriously. It was still selling well five years after it was released.
And yeah, they also need to re-release FFVIII and FFIX, which was the best of the PS1 Final Fantasy games.
psp 2 / dsi packagePosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by journeys1959
The japan release on psn kinda of messes this up but I had started to think that they were holding off a port to time it with a release of a new handheld unit. That way they could create a special bundle with some cool paint job / decal on the hand held and include the game. It would sell like crazy. This would work especially well if it did something extra for the new units that was not supported in the older ones.
I don't see them making a remake for xbox or ps3 because it would cost a lot to upgrade the graphics up to the standards people expect. On the handhelds we don't have such high expectations. Wii could have a change but who knows.
saying that...I would still like to have a new version of this classic......PLEASE!
@king_mobPosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by earlgreyteahot
Yes Jenova is the lead villain however Sephiroth CHOSE to become a part of Jenova and becoming her puppet. Jenova was tucked away in the reactor core when he went insane in the basement through no fault of Jenova, it was his own misunderstanding and obsession that caused him to unleash Jenova. After that, Sephiroth died during the battle with Zack/Tifa/Cloud but Jenova's power brought him back and from then on he was just a puppet.
How is it a crime? You said it yourself
So therefore it wouldn't make any sense for him to be in a FFVII remake, if they ever do it. Which I rather not happen.
Looking forward to....Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by Djbousquet5
Since VII was just release in japan as downloadable on PS3 (as well as the "play on you psp" quote) I will always stay a true VII fan, love the game, would buy it when it comes to the ps3 so I can play on my PSP(even though I have it on original PS1 disc and they play on my PS3)
anxiously awaiting if they ever do a remake for next gen, but until then, always a classic.
Eh,Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by xXth3_3ndXx
I'm not dying for an FFVII remake, but I would like to see it accessible to the many people who loved Advent Children/Crisis Core but didn't play the original game. It's good that they're not continuing the compilation for now, because people need to see the original game and the original story before diving headfirst into every sequel.
I guess it's like watching Saw 2 up to all 100 of it's sequels and never watching the original. You might get the jist of the story eventually, but for the most part you're just along for the action. (In saw's case, gore :P)
PSN release please? Hell, I'd even love to see a reprint somewhat in the vein of the recent MGS collection. There's your proof that PS1 games can be rereleased in their original form and accessible to more people than just those who use the Playstation Network.
HahaPosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by Sinfullyvannila
Someone said FFVII and integrity in the same sentence. Don't get me wrong, I love the game, but isn't the whole reason people are clamoring for a remake becuase the game had an inconsistent art style, poor translation and a plot with so many holes it makes a block of swiss chees look structurally sound?
FFVIIPosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by mysteriousgamer
I would love to see the game remade with graphic and sound updates only. Even voice-acting would be nice. It worked pretty well in FFX-XII, and Crisis Core, so it would work well here too. Add an orchestral soundtrack to replace the aging digital-midi-synth music. Same melodies, no remixing.
No play mechanic changes should be made, lest the game's integrity falls to the ground. But, I would like to see a beastiary added.
LONG LIVE...Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by Damiannnn4
The Jenova ConventionPosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by king_mob
If I can survive seeing Star Wars finally coming out on DVD only to have the final moments of "Return of the Jedi" ruined by Hayden Christensen being digitally imposed over Sebastian Shaw, the actor who played the unmasked Darth Vader. All for some sort of alleged plot continuity. Anyway, if I can take them raping Star Wars, I can certainly handle FFVII.
What I love about the original Final Fantasy VII is how self-contained the story is. It's a giant riddle, filled with mysteries, each connected in a giant web. The truth about FF7 is that the lead bad guy is really Jenova, the sentient alien creature who originally wiped out the Ancients/Cetra via plague. If you pay attention to the details, you can see that she's clearly still manipulating Sephiroth and Hojo and using them to control Shinra. She's the true power behind the scenes in the FF7 world. Jenova is to FF7, what Zeromus was to FFIV or Dark Force was to Phantasy Star.
I like that Advent Children is still consistent with this aspect of the story without every mentioning it directly. When you watch it from this persepctive, you can tell that Sephiroth is really just an incarnation of Jenova. The real Sephiroth probably died when Cloud through him in the lifestream. His body was always contained in crystalized energy up in the northern crater . What kept walking around and killed Aerith was NOT SEPHIROTH, just Jenova, in disguise. It's the unmentioned nature of Jenova that make FF7's story so compelling. No where, ever, in the ENTIRE RPG, does anyone mention this. "Hey, guys, do you think this whole conspiracy to destroy the world is really being carried out by Jenova? I think Sephiroth is just her muppet."
She's the source of evil. If you watch her during the second fight with Sephiroth in the end battle, you can see her clearly dangling her puppet strings over his head and shoulders, her tentacles moving in tandem with his body. Sephiroth's face is the body's torso, but Jenova is his head. It's symbolism!
This is awesome for the game's replay value. Most people don't pick up the Jenova connection because the game doesn't spell it out for you. That said, the longer the characters go without noticing Jenova's role, the dumber they look. When FF7 ended, it was fine that no one every consciously realized who the bad guy was because she was still dead. Now that we have the continuation, we know that Jenova still exists in some form and is breeding other monsters. If this thing continues, someone's going to have to mention what she really is out loud, which is unfaithful to the original story.
Part of me would love to see an FF7 remake, but I'm more excited about seeing 13's new world. That's what has kept this series fresh, even after the departure of Sakaguchi and Uematsu, Final Fantasy has always had a stubborn refusal to get stuck in the past and that's what keeps it from getting stale.
FF XIIIPosted: Jul 20, 2011 12:00AM PST by king_mob
FF13 was a disappointment for many. But I loved it, warts and all. It stands with FF8 & 12 as the only Final Fantasy's that I haven't solved more than once. But those were all games where my final save clocked in at over 80 hours. There's something to be said for any game that gives you that much play time.
GenesisPosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by earlgreyteahot
Is not part of the main FF7 storyline. He is part of the expansion storyline, so if they decide to revisit an expansion to finish off Genesis's story, then fine, go ahead, but to put him in FF7 Remake is a crime and disservice to all fans because Genesis was never in FF7.
i have to agree with djsaiyan and yariXPosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by captain_chody
VII is not over, and it would be nice to see them finish it with two amazing games. the first being a re-make of VII, with the changes djsaiyan said. but i would say it does need to re think how, HOW the story plays out, not changeing the story in any way just play it a little clearer, some people did not understand it the first time they went through it. second make a sequel to DoC (only cause that game took place after VII: AC) and have it feature cloud as the main character period end.
p.s.Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by Lost_In_Hyrule
..Eff you Japan, still getting all the cool sh*t....
why not...Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by Lost_In_Hyrule
...Just play the original?
I wish....Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by Damiannnn4
I had that Buster sword statue it looks awesome. I agree they should make a remake but don't fuck with it AT ALL! Sure you can add some new dungeons and bosses but don't mess with the gameplay or story!
Personally...Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by djsaiyan
I'd like to see two final additions.
A PSP game tying up that big dangling plot thread in the form of Genesis. Please gOd not as Dirge 2. I love all things FFVII but that game was just......wow. Bad.
And of course, a full graphical update of Final Fantasy VII for the PS3, utilizing the full graphical capabilities of the system.
Don't screw around with the gameplay. People aren't going to buy it expecting a next gen RPG experience, they're going to buy it expecting Final Fantasy VII.
But additions like hidden dungeons and bosses, new game + with different difficulty settings, trophy support, the materia introduced in Crisis Core (and references to some of the events of the game), and very VERY minor story and dialogue tweaks to make it slightly less convulted (and fix some of the terrible dialogue) would all be very welcome. New game + could even include a post credits scene showing how Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo came to be, as that's a big gaping hole in the general story of FFVII (assuming that isn't covered in AC:Complete)
It needs to be made. People want it. It will sell by the truckload. There is no denying that.
2017 will seePosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by captain_chody
either the re-make or a new final fantasy, yariX is right DoC had an open ending. with that ending they can do another FFVII, or they could be doing a re-make that at the end of it sums up the movie and DoC and jumps in to the sequel. either way i really hope one of those is comeing, and for those who think it will come to 360 you're dead wrong. if SE released a FFVII tittle for the 360 fans would get so pissed SE might just be blown up, and the only FF tittle to see a 360 will be 13 only cause M$ backed a truck load of money to SE's door.
wtf ever happendPosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by mjames4040
to that tetsuya nemora Big Announcement that was supposed to happen? does anyone know?
FF7 IS complete.Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by earlgreyteahot
The main story of FFVII as we know it, is already complete. I don't see any reason to further expand on the universe other than to recreate FFVII itself. Remaking FFVII isn't a good idea to the business simply because they have to update EVERYTHING, and if one of those parts aren't to the liking of the player, then it'll be condemmed for life. If they choose to modify nothing, then they didn't "get with the times" which seems to be plaguing critics of Resident Evil 5.
Thank GodPosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by bongz_johnson
Fans aren't dissapointed, theyre rejoicing. The FF7 spinoffs were major stinkers that only the most die hard fans could appreciate (and even then, they only appreciated the story line). Both games did so many things right but in typical post-PS1 Square style, they had to add wierd little mechanics that make the games suck. Dirge was a half assed attempt at blending action RPG with Devil May Cry and as for Crisis Core, I dont know one person who can say with a straight face that they enjoyed all major attacks and stat boosts being determined by a f***ing slot machine. Hironobou Sakaguchi needs to get a machine gun and take his company back by storm because these new dicks are running them into the ground.
Meh...Posted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by Domino_Theory
I would've been sad if I still liked FF. But this series (along with FFVII) is way overrated. There are better RPG's out there.
FF VII RemakePosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by Sephiroth001
I don't care if they do it on the DS like they did with III and IV but it still must be done.
For shamePosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by DKqwerty
Square-Enix has sullied the good name of a fantastic title in the name of money. You'd think after several awful stabs at recapturing the brilliance and inspiration of FFVII they would realize that, in most cases (and certainly in this one), lightning doesn't strike twice and you cannot squeeze blood from a turnip.
With the exception of a direct graphical upgrade, they need to stop making these awful "FFVII" games: they aren't "expansions", they are attempts at capitalizing on the poularity of a game that is now 12 year old.
Yeah rightPosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by Old_Snake38
Personally I would love to see them stop milking the ever living hell out of that game but that's not going to happen. I'll be very surprised if we don't see yet another FFVII project announced within a year
FFVII remakePosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by NextSureThing
Square will do remakes of V and VI before the remake of VII hits. I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up remaking it for the DS. It would be kinda cool to have, but I know everyone would prefer a PS3/360 remake.
FF7 remakePosted: Apr 13, 2009 12:00AM PST by nobleeskimo
They still have the FF7 remake to announce though :-P I'm certain that will come out when it's good and ready, which is probably soon so Sony can stay in the game.
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