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[quote]This thread serves as an update to [url=http://www.bungie.net/en-us/Groups/Post?id=59905278&groupId=19148]my earlier thread[/url] which speculated about Class Customization. This thread is largely based off predictions and assumptions made in the original thread, so it might be a good idea to read it in its entirety. For new readers, I'll try to sum things up in under six pages.[/quote]So it occurred to me while reading through the comments to my thread that I could have done a better job at showing how everything came together at the end by giving the reader an example of the many different gameplay styles you could create by customizing a class in different ways. I'm making up for that today by showing the reader some ways you could build a Hunter in an attempt to demonstrate just how interesting and deep Destiny's Class System might become. Here are some assumptions I'm making; read my original thread for details:[quote][b][u]1) Each Guardian has four different statistics:[/u][/b] [b]A) Energy -[/b] A measure of how fast your Class Abillities Recharge and/or how slowly your Class Abillities deplete. More on Class Abillities later. [b]B) Shields -[/b] A measure of how strong your shields are. [b]C) Agility -[/b] A measure of how fast your character can move. [b]D) Discipline -[/b] A measure of how well you control your weapons; A higher Discipline means more accuracy with higher caliber weapons like Snipers. [b]>)[/b] Different Classes have different base statistics; a Titan might start with higher shields than the Warlock, but with less Energy, ect. [b][u]2) Each class chooses one of several variants of a Class Abillity.[/u][/b] [b]>)[/b] Essentially they function like Armor Abillities from Halo Reach, but with the potential to balance out the power of an abillity with the base stats of the class that it's paired with, and with the distinctive visual identity of each class serving to cut down on second guessing with regards to what abillity your opponent is using, it will function so much more smoothly than Armor Abillities did with Reach. I'm assuming the Hunter class abillity will be some form of Active Camoflage with several variants for players to choose from. [b][u]3) A Class's base statistics can be modified by equipping Modules.[/u][/b] [b]>)[/b] Each Module would either straight up put points into certain stats or it would take points out of some stats so that more points can be added to other stats (for example, a module that gives you -2 Agility, +5 Discipline). [b]>)[/b] I'm not sure what form these "Modules" would take. I could either see them as just little nodes that are equipped in a menu that have no aesthetic value, or I could see them taking the form of Armor Permutations. There are pros and cons to either approach, but in both implementations you would only be able to equip a couple of modules at a single point in time.[/quote]My vision for the Module System probably requires some elaboration because I didn't flesh it out very well in the original thread. My vision for how it works is largely inspired by the Buster Part System from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_Legends_(video_game)]Megaman Legends[/url]. In Legends, Megaman's Buster has four statistics: Attack, Energy, Range, and Rapid. Instead of finding completely new Busters as the game progresses, players find these [url=http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/psx/mml2/parts.shtml#arms]Buster Parts[/url] which they'll use to upgrade their original Buster. You can only equip three Buster Parts at a time, and different battles are better fought with different combinations of stats. Like the Buster Parts, Destiny's Modules would be found by the player while adventuring and would be equipped to boost and lower different stats to create the type of character that you want to play. The Modules differ from the Buster Parts in that whereas all the Buster Parts provided strict upgrades to statistics, Destiny's Modules would be able to downgrade some stats to upgrade others, which allows for more diversity and better flavor. Also, whereas Buster Parts could be equipped in the middle of combat, Destiny's Modules would only be changeable between missions. But hopefully like the Buster Parts, Destiny's Modules would create an elegant and interesting gameplay dynamic. To illustrate this, let's look at four possible Hunter builds that we could create in Destiny, each of which will be an extreme example where we max one of the four stats to the exclusion of the others. I imagine that configuring your modules to increase a single stat would ultimately be a sub-optimal strategy, but for the purpose of discussion it should serve to give the reader an idea of the different directions in which you could build your hunter. [quote][b]The Energy Hunter[/b][/quote]An Energy Hunter is a build that focuses your Modules towards improving the power and effectiveness of the Hunter's Cloak abillity. You've itemized for energy over shields, agility, and discipline, so you aren't particularly durable, fast, and you aren't very accurate at medium to long range. However, you are like a wraith on the battlefield, slowly drifting from target to target, positioning yourself with a shotgun for very sudden, but very deadly kills. You are a master of deceptive close range dueling, singling out targets, executing them, and then fading back into the shadows to select a new victim. [quote][b]The Shield Hunter[/b][/quote]A Shield Hunter is a build that focuses your Modules towards improving the Hunter's durabillity and survivabillity in combat. You've itemized for shields over energy, agility, and discipline, so you aren't particularly stealthy, fast, and you aren't very accurate at medium to long range. However, you are like a mini-titan on the battlefield, your armor allows you to survive through most engagements, but unlike the Titan, your higher default agillity makes you more mobile in combat. You are a stalwart warrior, arriving to the skirmish before your slower units do, holding the line until they arrive to back you up. [quote][b]The Agility Hunter[/b][/quote]An Agillity Hunter is a build that focuses your Modules towards improving the Hunter's speed and mobillity on the battlefield. You've itemized for agillity over energy, shields, and discipline, so you aren't particularly stealthy, durable, and you aren't very accurate at medium to long range. However, you are the quintessential scout for your squad, running ahead to locate enemy placements, and maneuvering in to flank and distract them while your team mates get into position. You are a fast responder, controlling the map's objectives with your velocity-fueled map presence, quickly discovering and taking out threats before they can react. [quote][b]The Discipline Hunter[/b][/quote]A Discipline Hunter is a build that focuses your Modules towards improving the accuracy and precision of the Hunter's marksmanship. You've itemized for discipline over energy, shield, and agility, so you aren't particularly stealthy, durable, and fast. However, you are the strongest Sniper on Destiny's battlefields, taking your opponent out long before they have a chance to spot you. You are an embodiment of death and fear, you slowly but methodically move closer to your enemy, rock by rock, vantage point by vantage point, until you can line them up in your crosshairs and take them out with a single shot to the head. Establishing these four corners for the reader should hopefully allow them to infer a world of possibillities that exists between the pillars. It certainetly does seem like we can create quite a bit of variation within a single class simply by modifying four stats am I right? This is what excites me the most about Destiny's Potential Class system. I should probably mention that for some classes, the way you build your stats are going to be pretty straight forward. For example, it seems like a tremendous waste if you build the Warlock Class without some amount of Energy, as presumably the Warlock Class will have some form of interesting offensive spell whose cooldown should be minimized. And as the reader might have already guessed, not every stat is probably worth investing in depending on the class. This has been a rather longwinded for an update, so as usual, I am thankful for those of you who have taken the time to read through this thread or my previous one. If there's anything you feel I've gotten wrong, or if there's anything you would like me to clarify, please speak up! My sense of design and communication will only improve through confrontation. Remember that this is entirely speculation, I simply want to come up with a vision for how the game might turn out based on what little we know so I can compare my sense of design with Bungie's sense of design and perhaps figure out why they did some things the way they did. As DeeJ has been hinting in the mailsack, the next salvo of information will be coming soon, and we'll hopefully be able to speculate a little more specifically based on that. Until then, keep the discussion going! ~Hylebos
I've seen OP's image around since the game's "concept art" phase...anybody else think it's weird to see the fallen and cabal working side by side? Maybe, eventually, we'll see that?
So are the modules super or passive?
Well thought out. I really wish a class system like this would be implemented in a future destiny game
"A Discipline Hunter is a build that focuses your Modules towards improving the accuracy and precision of the Hunter's marksmanship. You've itemized for discipline over energy, shield, and agility, so you aren't particularly stealthy, durable, and fast. However, you are the strongest Sniper on Destiny's battlefields, taking your opponent out long before they have a chance to spot you. You are an embodiment of death and fear, you slowly but methodically move closer to your enemy, rock by rock, vantage point by vantage point, until you can line them up in your crosshairs and take them out with a single shot to the head." Sign me up.
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Man, these could actually be real class builds. *amazed*
Edited by Father Franklin: 5/28/2013 2:16:57 AMI really like this idea because it allows for lots of diversity while also keeping a balance on the battlefield. One thing I loved about Armor Abilities (most did not enjoy them in Reach, for some reason) is that it allowed for very diverse battles. If you had a team that communicated well, you could really do some amazing things in Reach that no previous Halo game did. Not only was it great for the FPS genre (again, my opinion), but it also was a PERFECT testing ground for Destiny. They had years of feedback and game trend data to look over so they can perfect the model in their new IP. I have ZERO doubt that Bungie will, in fact, turn the FPS genre on its head again with Destiny.
The way I see it, if Jason Jones is coming out of his cave to tell the world about this game then there is something truly special in store. I want to believe they are doing something more innovative yet simple, unexpected, and fresh for the genre like they did with Halo 1. Yours are tried and true ideas, but it's time for an out-of-the-box idea to reinvigorate the fps once again, isn't it?
Hey guys, I know a ton of you replied to my thread, and I never got around to responding because the end of Winter Quarter was a little crazy for me between my Concurrency and Game Programming classes. I'll see what I can do to address some of the people who put the time to suggest ideas but didn't get any feedback.
Edited by M4ttchoo: 3/13/2013 4:50:47 AMOne issue I have here is "discipline increasing your accuracy". Isnt my own aiming-accuracy the determing factor of whether or not i hit something in an fps? How would a skill make me aim accurate, unless these guns will be more like COD, BF, and Borderlands where there is all sorts of gun mechanics that make a gun's aiming "random" (motion sway, spread, reticle bloom, flinch, etc etc). I really hope the gun mechanics are more like the arena/arcade style ala Halo.
Great speculative post! Can't wait to hear more details about this game so that we can start putting the pieces together.
good post
Edited by ToxicruM: 3/12/2013 5:18:42 PMIf I am understanding this correctly we choose from one of the classes varying due to statistical division of base abilities. The player is further allowed to choose from one of the class abilities for specialization towards a certain role but at the same time allowed to equip modules to keep the base abilities upgraded or buffed so as not to completely push the player onto a single skill tree path devoid of other abilities. Also keep up the good work Hylebos. I really enjoy reading your articles.
Good writing! It's nothing too far flung. Almost like they took the 5 major stats in D&D and re-worked and streamlined them. Can't wait to see how this game balances things out, and hopefully things wont get too muddy if/when everyone's end up somewhere in the middle. I guess groups could help with that. Also, the paragraph underneath the "The Discipline Hunter" section, second sentence. "certainetly" certainly* (This is for posterity only.)
Thanks for throwing those ideas out there and starting a great discussion. It's food for thought and it's always fun to postulate on the largely unknown and see how closely the final framework matches one's theory. I am interested to see where the Bungie twist is in regards to character customization. I just want to believe they have revolutionzed and made it better than what we can currently conceive. High expectations but it is Bungie we are talking about here.
The class divisions being based directly on the class' statistics (agility hunter, energy hunter, etc) would not be cool. Too basic and not enough room for the type of intricate customization that Bungie will be going for. Besides the Hunter will likely be the highest DPS; there will be no shield hunter, that is absurd.
Ugh i can't wait to be a hunter.
Nostalgia when you mentioned Megaman Legends and buster parts, funny thing is, that's exactly what I thought of when I was reading, then like a few seconds later, bam: Megaman Legends.
That's a lot of assuming.
I hope we can invest into multiple stats without suffering for it. This would be contrary to a game like WoW, where you can only have a good build by investing into a single skill-tree (not that we're talking about skill-trees, but you get my point).
I don't understand why people are telling him "good Idea". It is a pretty basic explanation of skill systems in many games. This is not too revolutionary, it is in most rpgs.
Great ideas. I think they should put this system in the game.
Good ideas and sounds like like a system that may actually be in the game will be in the game and I'm hoping for details like this for the Titan and Warlock it would really give good examples for what might be on the Titan class I plan on picking
Edited by Urgency: 3/12/2013 12:37:01 AMI think the shield or agility hunter should incorporate some support abilities. ie. Smoke bombs, stun darts, emp etc. For example: in Global Agenda, Recon's focused on bombs would stealth up to a group of enemies on an adjective then put down a stun/poison aura combo and it let the single target based characters clear out the room.
Edited by Metabyte: 3/11/2013 11:11:30 PMA very interesting read. I quite like your idea about armor increasing stats, rather than just cut and dry one armor being better than the other. While I do hope that destiny does not rely on leveling up to increase stats, I would like it if you unlocked more abilities as you continued on. I think it would be strange to start out in a class already a master of it, if you know what I mean. Edit: To be more specific, I think I would like to see a perk tree of sorts, possibly with the ability to receive small stat increases in it.
I'm worried about everyone being a hunter with a sniper.


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Australian star Ellyse Perry and former Southern Stars captain Alex Blackwell scored magnificent centuries as the Breakers beat the Meteors by 120 runs at Manuka Oval on Saturday.
Perry finished on 126 from just 115 balls and Blackwell scored 108 from 123 in an imposing total of 6-312, before restricting the Meteors to 192.
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Southern Stars all-rounder Erin Osborne was the best of the Meteors' bowlers with 2-50 from her 10 overs, while Nicole Goodwin (2-73) did the damage early.
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Claire Koski (four), Katie Mack (nine) and Sara Hungerford (12) went cheaply to put the Meteors on the back foot.
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Prepare shortcakes for your Red, White and Blue Shortcakes as directed on package for a drop biscuit then top them with cranberry sauce, strawberries, blueberries, lemon juice and whipped cream.
Recipe Ingredients
2-1/3 cups all purpose baking mix
1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
1/2 cup milk
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 16-ounce can whole berry cranberry sauce
2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
1 cup fresh blueberries
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Whipped cream
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Preheat oven to 425-degrees. Mix baking mix and sweetened dried cranberries. Prepare shortcakes as directed on package for a drop biscuit. Drop by spoonfuls, forming 8 shortcakes, onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack.
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Slice shortcakes in half horizontally. Place bottom halves on individual plates; top with fruit filling. Place shortcake tops on fruit. Top with whipped cream.
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Recipe makes 8 servings Red, White and Blue Shortcakes.
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The Mountain Plover is about the size of a Killdeer (Charadrius vocierus) but with longer legs and more erect posture. Sexes are similar in both size and plumage coloration, remaining drably colored most of the year and lacking black breast bands typical of many other plovers.
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- States/US Territories in which the Mountain plover, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Colorado , Montana , Utah
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Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed Mountain-Prairie Region (Region 6) Wherever found
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Date Citation Page Title 2002-12-05 00:00:00.0 67 FR 72396 72407 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and plants; Threatened Status and Special Regulation for the Mountain Plover
» Recovery
No recovery information is available for the Mountain plover.
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No critical habitat rules have been published for the Mountain plover.
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Habitat Requirements
Mountain Plovers are generally found in open, flat, dry tablelands with low, sparse vegetation. Nests are simple scrapes in the ground, which males begin forming soon after their arrival in breeding areas. After eggs are laid, lichen grass roots, leaves and dried chips of cow manure are added until eggs are about half buried.
Food Habits
An opportunistic forager, mainly feeding on ground-dwelling invertebrates. Typical foraging behavior includes making a short run of about 1 m, then stopping to survey for insects moving on the surface. Once prey is spotted, Mountain Plovers make a second, quick run and jab to secure it.
Movement / Home Range
Breeding occurs in east-central and southwestern Montana, tablelands of Wyoming, eastern Colorado plains, northeast and locally to west-central and north-central New Mexico, as well as in Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. Most birds winter from north-central California to the Mexico border, with some birds west of the Coast Range in southern countries. They depart California wintering grounds in early and mid-March, either flying nonstop over the Sierra Nevada Great Basin and Rocky Mountains to breeding areas, or moving eastward across Arizona and New Mexico before flying northward to breeding areas of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming.
There are several issues threatening the conservation of mountain plovers, including: shooting and trapping made easier by their flocking nature, degradation of habitat resulting from removal of primary, native grazers which alter native grasslands, and disturbance at nest sites caused by direct impact on nests and eggs. Breeding Bird Survey data indicates a decline rate of 3.7% per year from 1966 to 1993. That rate translated into an approximate two-thirds reduction in the population during that 25 year period, even though the BBS survey routes are not distributed evenly within the species' habitat. For more information about this species, refer to the following resource:
- Andres, B. A., and K. L. Stone. 2009. Conservation Plan for the Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus), Version 1.0. Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, Massachusetts.
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With the internet blowing up with stories about Cecil the Zimbabwean lion slaughtered by that monstrous dentist in
Texas Minnesota (my bad, I stand corrected) I got my National Geographic yesterday and there was story about taxidermy. I've always found the practice creepy. Seriously, I don't want anything dead in my house, but understand it serves a role. Anyway, this was one of the pictures in the story. Okay, I can comprehend that there are people who love the "thrill of the hunt." Though how challenging could shooting a giraffe be? How the hell could you miss the thing? But why in the hell would you want to bring dead animals back to your house? I love animals, and I grew up in the country where men routinely hunted deer and birds for food. I have no beef with either of those. Those people were always very responsible, and the fees they pay in licensing and such help the state maintain the wildlife. With deer in particular, they'd be overpopulated and most likely starve if there was no responsible hunting, but why would anyone want to live in a house with the bodies of the animals they've killed. The dude in this picture is from Texas too, and he claims his hunts helps with conservation, and maybe it does, but damn if it doesn't seem sick as all hell to me.
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What Fresh Hell is This?
I severely curtail my kid's television watching. They can watch on the weekend's only and even then I carefully monitor their shows. Cartoon Network has always been off-limits. I don't like the smart-alecky kids, the sarcasm and I hate all the darned commercials. Okay, so somehow Luke got Uncle Grandpa by me this weekend when I wasn't paying attention and then I saw this character; Mr. Gus. At first I thought I was tripping that dude looks like a caricature in
black green face. Then I heard him speak. Dude sounds like he just graduated from Amos and Andy University. He makes Jar Jar Binks look like Marcus Garvey. So yes, I had to show my son this crap so he could understand why it's unacceptable.
What I don't understand is why? In 2015 why is it that a Cartoon Network would green light such a character and furthermore why would anyone think it was funny? Why are people's imaginations so limited that the best they can come up with is some shit from Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind. White folk complain all the time that black people bring up race all the time. You know what, you have NO IDEA how tired I am of having this conversation. I'm particularly tired of having this conversation with my kid. Having to filter and analyze everything you watch and read with a critical eye is absolutely exhausting. Problem is, I can't stop bringing it up, because you won't. I'll be damned if you'll destroy my child with the monstrous crime against humanity that is white supremacy.
That Word Doesn't Mean What You Think It Does
And what word is that word? Sex Trafficking. Think about it. When you hear the word sex trafficking, do you think about some poor girl in a foreign country forced by her circumstances into
porn/prostitution commercial rape? I'll bet you do, because that's the image we've been fed, essentially forever. Did you know that commercial rape is a 9.5 BILLION dollar a year industry in THIS COUNTRY? Did you know the average victim age is 13-14? Did you know that one in three teen runaways will be lured into commercial rape within 48 hours of leaving home? These aren't poor kids "over there," you know in those fucked up countries where something bad is always happening. Nope, this is right here in the United States.
Top Twenty Cities for Human Trafficking
Houston • El Paso • Los Angeles • Atlanta • Chicago • Charlotte • Miami • Las Vegas • New York • Long Island • New Orleans • Washington, D.C. • Philadelphia • Phoenix • Richmond • San Diego• San Francisco • St Louis • Seattle • Tampa
Were you surprised by any of those? Richmond? Seriously? Charlotte? Who'da thunk? Yeah, there are some surprises there, for those who aren't paying attention. I live in Atlanta. I can leave my house right now and find a prostituted girl in less than thirty minutes. I bet you could too, if you're paying attention.
Of course, it's easy to dismiss prostitution, after all, most people don't buy sex, or do they? What about the other arm of commercial rape? That which we call porn. I won't go into all lamentations about the horrors of porn, after all, we know them, don't we? We know that most of the women participating in commercial rape have been sexually abused and are addicted to one or more drugs and/or alcohol. But there's that little word, consent. Oh yes. They consent. So let's talk about consent, shall we? Can someone who has been beaten, raped and strung out on drugs, really consent to anything? What about the notion that commercial rape is just like any other job? We even use that despicable euphemism, sex work, as though commercial rape could ever be defined in such a way. Even a despised employer like Wal-Mart couldn't get away with treating their workers the way women in commercial rape are treated. What if Wal-Mart took advantage of dope sick workers and forced them to work in violation of acceptable work standards? Yeah, Wal-Mart's been boycotted to hell and back for considerably less.
And you might say, oh, it's just sex. Have you looked at porn lately? I know I hadn't, and it has been an eye-opening experience. Did you know that 40% of commercial rape videos feature ATM. What's ATM? Trust it has nothing to do with a cash machine, it's ass-to-mouth. In other words, anal sex followed by fellatio with no washing in between. Does that sound like "just sex" to you? Could Wal-Mart force their workers to literally eat shit? Do I have to tell you how lethal such a practice can be? Is there any employer in this country who could get away with such a thing? I would say, no. Yet, this is routine in today's video commercial rape. Why is that okay?
Things that used to be 'fringe" are mainstream in a way you could not imagine. Almost all video commercial rape features violence, some of it extreme violence. Such as deliberately ejaculating in a woman's eyes. I just want you think about how painful, not to mention dangerous such an activity can be. And think about the person who is sitting at home masturbating to such a visual. Do you want to be within a hundred yards of such a person? I know damned well I wouldn't. After all, they wouldn't make this if it wasn't profitable. The producers of commercial rape videos are very clear on the fact that they make these videos for men who hate women. That the typical consumer is getting revenge for all the women he couldn't have. And let us not forget, these women are raped, brutalized and drug-addled in the extreme.
Now back to that word sex trafficking. The typical sex trafficking victim in this country isn't from some godforsaken foreign place. They're typically from neighborhoods like yours and mine. We can't dismiss this as something that's somebody else's problem. We have to make a decision, what do we care more about, our children or a porn sick freak's ability to beat off to violence and debasement? We can no longer dismiss this as something that happens to other people, or buy into claims that it's "sex work" and the myth of consent. That dialogue only benefits the rapists and the procurers, nobody else. It certainly doesn't help prostituted women and children. You may choose to ignore the issue, but you can no longer say you didn't know.
Ladies Night
So the other day I was watching some TV show the name of which I don't recall, but it was about women in unusual situations. These three women were a Hasidic Jewish rock band (You can see why I was enthralled). Anyway, in keeping with their traditions, they can only perform in front of an all-female audience. They were having a bear of a time booking gigs, and I didn't get to see all of the show, but it got me to thinking. How cool would it be to actually have events that were only for women?
It seems that everywhere we go as women we are subject to harassment by creepy ass men. When I was younger I was hugely into basketball and loved nothing better than hanging out with my friends at a local sports bar, hoisting a few brews and watching the game. With much trash talking, natch. Well, nine times out of ten we couldn't get through the game without some guy (or guys) bothering us. No matter how much we ignored them, there they were. Indeed, some of my friends preferred to hang out at gay bars for that very reason. I didn't like the vibe there because quiet as it's kept gay men can be just as misogynistic as straight guys. Hell, if I was going to be treated like crap I might as well get a free drink for my trouble.
I can't tell you how many times I've had to rescue a friend from a guy who got too handsy, and I actually had to punch a dude in the face once for grabbing my ass. Seriously? Who needs this kind of grief?
I doubt anyone will be opening a women's only bar anytime soon. Indeed even lesbian bars are quickly becoming a thing of the past, but I think it would be awesome if Ladies Night could somehow actually be just for women. No worrying about being roofied, or going to the toilet in pairs to avoid harassment. Just a night of great music or sports with some friends.
For Colored Girls Who've Considered Homicide When the Rainbow is Too Much
For two and a half years I followed Person of Interest, primarily because of the phenomenon that is Taraji P. Henson. Only to watch them not only shoot her dead in the street like a dog in order to elevate a robotic sociopath, but also totally change the basic premise of the show. Then the motherfuckers lied, lied and lied some more. Yes, they fridged Carter to elevate two white women. Okay, cool, you don't want me to watch your show, I won't watch it. Not only will I not watch the show, I watch NOTHING on CBS, or anything created by the show runner or his brother.
Then you have Sleepy Hollow. Can someone please explain to why any sane person would take a hit television show, sideline all the stars who made it a hit in order to elevate a woman who can't act her way out of a wet paper bag and is apparently incapable of speaking above a whisper? Where they do that at? They took Jenny's backstory and gave it to some random white dude, and have literally turned Abbie into Ichabod and Katrina's mammy. And don't even get me started on how callously she treated Irving, a man who literally died trying to fight for the Witnesses. Irving wouldn't even be in this mess were it not for her, even after his child was possessed by a demon he stayed the course. Yet, she couldn't even comfort him in his time of distress. Nope got to go save Massah and Miss Anne. *vomit* It's like the new show runner couldn't comprehend a black woman being the lead in a television show, while her sister occupies the "adventurous Indiana Jones" role. Black women have to be someone's handmaiden, don't you know? Even if it makes no goddamned sense.
As the Sony leaks have so aptly demonstrated, Hollywood is still a horribly racist town. As black folk we've been told repeatedly, Hollywood only sees green. Create something folk want to see and you'll reap the rewards. In both these cases Taraji P. Henson and Nicole Beharie (et al) did just that. Clearly, Hollywood cares far more about race than it does about money because the ratings of both shows plummeted yet they carried on with the fuckery. Bottom line is for black women in Hollywood quality is meaningless, as are ratings. At the very least you would think they would be honest about it.
I was never a big television person in the first place, but yeah, I'm angry and bitter about this. I've spent most of my life watching white women being the star while black women are relegated to "clean up woman" status. Sorry, I have no intention of watching it anymore.
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Ebola is better in some countries, but worsening in others, any it's still hitting black women harder than any other demographic. Remember, donate in any amount, send me the receipt and I'll send you a copy of ANY book in my backlist, or any future book (though you'll have to remind me of that!!! -lol-) And again, thanks so much to all who've donated.
More So Now Than At Any Other Time in a While…
This is my favorite Christmas song. Longfellow wrote this poem in despair over his son going off to fight in the Civil War. Pessimist that I am I sometimes fear that we are on the brink of another Civil War. I pray that Longfellow is right, "God is not dead, nor does He sleep." But given that "Hate is strong, it mocks this song," I'm not sure.


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At a time when COPD as a cause of death is increasing, and efforts are being made to increase the awareness and diagnosis of COPD, the recent article in CHEST by Hansen et al (February 2007)1seems to be a needless obscuration of a simplified approach.2–3 Lung function declines with age. With baby boomers aging and more apparently healthy nonsmokers expected in each older age group, a cutoff at less than the fifth percentile is bound to include lower values of FEV1/FVC ratio percent predicted, leading to a false reduction of airflow obstruction prevalence at a time when a greater collective effort should be directed at tackling this killer disease.
The study1 states that about half of nonsmoking young adults with an FEV1/FVC ratio percent predicted below the fifth percentile were misidentified as normal by using fixed ratios. What constitutes normal is difficult to define. It is important not to fall into the trap of overestimation and the formation of new disease categories just because someone falls beyond the fifth percentile when what matters is clinical correlation. While prehypertension and prediabetes might be legitimate risk categories, there would be no limit to the creation of new disease categories without regard to clinical profile.
By calculating fifth percentiles for each decade, the authors1 disregarded the effects of the aging process. It is a known fact that respiratory capacity declines with aging. It would be interesting to compare how those in the eighth decade of life fared against those in the third decade in terms of symptoms and arguably better indexes of respiratory capacity like the 6-min walk test and the BODE index.4 Using postbronchodilator values partially overcomes what the authors of this study feared: an overestimation of obstructive lung disease in the elderly. Medicine is not just about numbers, and this study underlines the importance of clinical correlation for all tests. Parallels can be drawn to the glomerular filtration rate in patients with kidney disease. Irrespective of whether the condition is due to disease or age, a decline in glomerular filtration rate identifies the same risk. Let us not pretend that we are getting any younger by pushing the goal post farther away. It is time that we gave this debate an age-appropriate burial.
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To weed out and check the growth of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) clinics in India, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has prepared a Bill which made it mandatory for clinics to get registered in National Registry of ART Clinics.
The main motive behind introducing such a Bill is to control the exponential growth of infertility clinics in the country so as to safeguard the interest of the public in terms of their medical, social and legal rights. At present, anyone can open infertility or ART clinic in India as no permission is required. This act has come up with various conditions which the clinics have to abide by in order to practice infertility treatments. Considering the medical and social implications, these conditions have been set by ICMR so that more infertile couples can enjoy being parents of healthier children.
According to the Bill, all clinics will require a registration number which they will receive only after they meet the minimum requirements set by the ICMR. "All ART clinics will now be checked for whether they are complying with the ART Bill regulations and the authenticity of their treatments. It will become mandatory to register with the ART registry once the Bill is cleared by Parliament."
The Bill further states that only woman between the age group of 21 to 35 can act as a surrogate mother and she cannot give birth to more than five lives including her own children. If a surrogate mother is married, in such case the consent of the spouse is mandatory. Moreover, it is also stated that no ART bank or clinic can send an Indian citizen for surrogacy abroad.
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About Clubhead TV
What started out as EDM America TV in 2013 has morphed into Clubhead TV. Our TV show featured in Chicago on broadcast television featured the top 10 electronic dance music songs on our network. Production on the show is on hiatus.
Clubhead TV is all about dance music. From DJ culture, to EDM, club music, house music, trance, old school and new… everything dance music, everything that is electronic dance music.
The goal here is to bring all of it to you; live broadcasts, interviews, free downloads, new music and more from today's biggest names like Savant Tiesto, Oliver Heldens, Flosstradamus, Kygo, Nicole Moudaber, Armin Van Buuren, Disclosure, Gorgon City, Wilkinson, Umek, Skrillex, Afrojack, Juicy M, DJ Sneak, Pegboard Nerds, Pretty Lights and more. We also feature up n' coming artists, new, fresh and indie dance music and electronic music producers you'll hear about here first.
We support and receive support from the labels and artists we cover. From ARMADA MUSIC to SPINNIN RECORDS and more. Artists include Armin Van Buuren, Zeds Dead, Bad Boy Bill and more.
We provide you with up-to-the-minute breaking news stories and articles important to the DJ culture, dance music and electronic dance music world. From new music to the festivals and more.
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We are a full service media company providing music, news, video and information important to those who are into electronic dance music of all forms. We also provide no-holds barred, hard-hitting commentary of interest to the dance, club and EDM community from a perspective no other site can offer because we've been in the game since it started. In fact, some here helped create the game.
When we say "Everything Dance Music" we mean it. We cover all forms of club, dance and EDM; House, Trance, Dubstep, DnB, Glitch-Hop, Trap, techno and more. If it is electronically produced for the dance floor or for people to hear, see, buy, download and experience, we're covering it. Our coverage, like all news/broadcasting outlets is around the clock.
EDM America TV was conceived in 2008 and finally launched in 2013 by AddictedToRadio.com co-founder Sal Amato.
Sal Amato's history starts as a club DJ in 1978 to actor in films and TV shows, voice-over work and label owner as well as A&R for some of Chicago's first house labels including S.O.S. Records.
As a mix show DJ his mixes were heard on KKFR Phoenix and Chicago's legendary WBMX AM & FM where his friendship with PD Lee Michaels would kindle business relationships through the years.
WBMX is where house music was brought from the clubs to masses on radio station WBMX AM & FM in Chicago. Many of today's biggest names cite WBMX and House Music as their influences and we're humbled at what we started here in 1981.
Amato began streaming in 1996 at Modern Tracks (sold to Promo Only). The goal was to supply music and information online to radio stations and DJS in the U.S.A. Through his relationship with Jeff McClusky & Associates, all Gavin P1 reporters were serviced music on a monthly basis as well as record pool information on a website that was the first of it's kind. From there, Cyber Radio [the pre-cursor to Energy Radio in Chicago] streamed to over 140,000 listeners on the weekends from 92.7 FM in the Chicago area throughout the summer of 1997. It was Amato's streaming and helping create awareness for the radio station which enabled the radio station to be valued and sold at 15 million vs. the 3 million it was worth before Cyber Radio.
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Amato has lobbied on Capitol Hill on behalf of the internet broadcasters early on to strike a fair deal between online broadcasters and the copyright owners. Along with that battle, he and other broadcasters had to battle Mark Cuban's nefarious plan that is considered to have had a hand in wiping out a massive chunk of the first wave of internet broadcasers. That didn't stop Amato as he continued lobbying efforts and was instrumental in the passage of the Small Webcasters Act. His negotiations were directly related to 27 Representative signing on to the Bill.
After leaving the business for a few years, Amato came back on board to aid and retool 1CLUB.FM.
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Amato left his company in 2013 to explore new opportunities and clubhead.tv is one of the many.
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Discussion in 'NFL Zone' started by Gryphon, Sep 20, 2011.
RT @AdamSchefter: Former Cowboys DL Igor Olshansky signed a 1-year deal with the Dolphins.
Dolphins signed DE Igor Olshansky to a one-year contract.
The Cowboys released Olshansky at final cuts rather than pay him $3.34 million as a backup. He'll likely make closer to the veteran minimum in Miami while providing depth with Tony McDaniel (hand) out. According to Pro Football Focus, Olshansky graded out as a fine run defender in Dallas last season.


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Chicago Cocktail
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Chicago Cocktail by Christabel Donatienne Ruby
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Room & Board is an experimental artist's residency and salon that takes place in my apartment here in Williamsburg. Artists of all stripes—visual, auditory, literary, olfactory or otherwise—are invited to stay with me and my partner for about a month. No stipend is available, but you'll have your own room and unlimited refrigerator privileges. During your residency, we will live together as friends, roommates, and collaborators. You are not required to produce anything, but if you would like to, I will help in every way that I can, including with expenses. If you like, your residency will culminate in a public salon, an expression of your work adapted to the domestic space we've been sharing.
10/18/2016 // October resident Carolyn Lazard is cooking up (a lot of squash, much bacon, and) a very special and terribly exclusive performance for Sunday, October 30. So get prepared to get cared for.
02/15/2016 // Next in our Armchair Academy series will be a talk on the surprising story of one of gender's favorite cliches, the midlife crisis. On Monday, March 14, Susanne Schmidt (History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge) will present her research on "The feminist origins of the midlife crisis." Cara Kiernan Fallon (Department of the History of Science, Harvard) responds.
12/04/2015 // Last night's inaugural Armchair Academy talk by recent scholar-in-residence Bobby Brennan was tremendously interesting and a lot of fun. A recording of the talk, including thoughtful comments by our respondents Anna Majeski and Nikki Georgopulos, is available below.
11/17/2015 // I am very pleased to announce Room & Board's brand-new Armchair Academy series, scholarly talks by serious researchers that are fit for a general audience. The decision to expand residencies and salons to academic and research-based projects came from the realization that scholars face many of the same difficulties as artists. It is also part of my personal wish to bring art and academia closer together without compromising the fundamental strengths of each: openness and transformation on the one hand, rigor and historical perspective on the other. Our first talk will be on Thursday, December 3 at 6:30 pm, when art historian Bobby Brennan will present his research on the concept of modern art in the Italian renaissance.
10/31/2015 // Even as we peel labels off of just about everything in the house in the wake of Gregor's salon on Thursday, we're getting excited for Swantje Lichtenstein, Antje Vowinckel, and Marc Matter's salon coming up on Wednesday, November 11. Together, these three collaborators will present a memorable evening of sound poetry, mixing words, music, and research. Prior to their appearance here, they will also be taking part in Issue Project Room's International Festival of Text-Sound Poetry taking place Saturday, November 7 through Tuesday, November 10 largely at Wendy's Subway here in our dear 11211, presented in collaboration with Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival and the Goethe-Institut New York.
10/03/2015 // Still lounging around in my PJs after last night's inauguration party for Daniel Fishkin's magnificent Bed Piece: Pelta Feldman Variation, Room & Board's first permanent installation. For more information, I recommend talking to R&B's current resident, Gregor Weichbrodt, who'll be sleeping in the work all month. (Or, you could request a copy of our little Bed Piece Book, with essays by me and Daniel and a poem by circuit engineer Peter Blasser.) Meanwhile, keep your calendar open for Gregor's salon on Thursday, October 29.
08/17/2015 // Excellent news, folks: Won't Be a Ghost, an experimental theater work based on the trial(s) of Chelsea Manning, will be performed on Thursday, September 3 and Friday, September 4 at Dixon Place. Won't Be a Ghost is written by Francis Weiss Rabkin and music is by R&B's latest resident Leslie Lancaster Allison. (Added bonus: choreography is by Laurel Atwell, who lent her vocal talents to Leslie's transcendent Bath Piece.) Free buttons to everyone who buys tickets in advance.
06/01/2015 // Entirely pleased to announce Room & Board's next resident, writer and programmer Gregor Weichbrodt, who will be in residence in October, 2015. While previous residents have journeyed here from as far away as Flatbush, Gregor comes to us from Berlin. A great excuse to brush up on your German and/or Python.
03/23/2015 // We love this thoughtful review and interview with Luwayne on Pitchfork.
03/13/2015 // Warm thanks to all who came out last night for Luwayne's smashing showcase. President Deborah and I were warm all night with Dreamcrusher's delicious vegan cookies, the selection of tasty non-dairy milks on offer, and the positive vibrations of everyone in the room. If you missed your chance to pick up the exclusive R&B + Dreamcrusher t-shirt Luwayne designed for their salon, it's not too late! We still have some mediums and one or two larges left.
03/01/2015 // Come to the Silent Barn tonight at 8pm to see Dreamcrusher (R&B's new resident Luwayne Glass)! Join us there and exchange chills for thrills on this snowy sunday.
02.20.2015 // Next month, Luwayne Glass, alias Dreamcrusher, will be our first Bed & Breakfast guest. Plan to be at Room & Board on Thursday, March 12 for a salon/concert/basement noise show/TBD by Kansas's finest.
01.25.2015 // Room & Board is excited to welcome Leslie Lancaster Allison as artist-in-residence for April 2015. Please join us on Thursday, April 30 for Leslie's salon!


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Some of our former members have gone on to become stars of stage and screen...
John Hannah
Perhaps our most famous former member. John Hannah was born in East Kilbride. He attended Claremont High School and on leaving school went on to become an apprentice electrician. His passion for acting led him to join East Kilbride Rep in the early 1980's. John quit his work as an electrician when he was accepted at the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. After leaving the RSAMD, and many years as a struggling actor, his 'big break' came when he was cast as Matthew in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral. John has also starred in The Mummy movies and Sliding Doors. Recently he appeared in Sky 1's A Touch of Cloth and Spartacus. He is also a well-known voice on TV commercials, including the The Co-operative's advertising campaigns.
John Hannah on Internet Movie Database
John Hannah on Twitter
Jacqueline Hughes
Jacqueline was one of our pantomime chorus kids during the 1990's. She went on to train in musical theatre at the Glasgow Academy of Musical Theatre Arts before moving south and receiving a First class BA (Hons) degree in Musical Theatre and the 2007 Musical Theatre Award from the Guildford School of Acting. Jacqueline has performed in the UK and Ireland tour of Mad About the Musicals, at sea onboard the P&O cruise ship Arcadia as part of their Headliners Theatre Company and played Doreen in the UK tour of The Steamie. She has also taught extensively with the children's theatre arts school, Stagecoach.
In 2011 Jacqueline made her West End debut at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre as part of the Company of the hugely successful musical Wicked. Currently, Jacqueline is Swing (Ensemble) and Understudy for the character of Madame Morrible. She will soon take on the role of Second Understudy for the part of Elphaba.
James Macpherson
Best known for playing Michael Jardine in long-running Glasgow detective series Taggart, Hamilton born James very nearly became a real-life policeman! James has an uncle who is a policeman and he considered joining the force himself, but during a job interview he discovered that a life in the force was not for him so he turned his attention to acting! After a short spell at an amateur dramatics club in Motherwell, James joined East Kilbride Rep. It was with East Kilbride Rep that James made his stage debut, playing Bamforth in The Long and the Short and the Tall. The very same production had John Hannah on the cast! Bitten by the acting bug, James enrolled at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and after graduating in 1985 he worked on several BBC radio plays before landing his famous Taggart role in 1987.
James Macpherson on Internet Movie Database
Adam Sinclair
Former Claremont High School pupil Adam was an East Kilbride Rep member for a brief period in the early 1990's before going on to study acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. With a few stage appearances under his belt, Adam made his television debut in 1999 in Boyz Unlimited, a Channel 4 comedy created by Matt Lucas and David Walliams about the ups and downs of a manufactured boy band. This led to roles in teen comedy/drama As If and two series of Sky One's cabin crew comedy/drama Mile High. Adam's film career began with 2001's World War II PoW drama To End All Wars, starring alongside Robert Carlyle and Kiefer Sutherland. It was on the set of To End All Wars that Adam met his wife, Michelle Kath, Kiefer Sutherland's step-daughter.
Adam's recent film/TV credits include Lip Service, Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy and The Day of the Triffids. Adam recently returned to Scotland for a role in the BBC series Waterloo Road.
Adam Sinclair on Internet Movie Database
Adam Sinclair Website
Adam Sinclair on Twitter
Iain Stewart
Iain Stewart was a member of East Kilbride Rep in the early 1980's. Previously he appeared as Napoleon, leader of the Gorbals Diehards in the 1978 children's television series Huntingtower. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama but left acting to pursue a different career path. He went on to study and graduate from Strathclyde University with a degree in geology and geography in 1986. He followed this with a PhD on Mediterranean earthquakes at the University of Bristol in 1990. After some time spent teaching at Brunel University he moved back to Scotland in 2002 to the Centre for Geosciences at Glasgow University. It was there he began pitching an idea about a television series on geology. The following year, he began working with the BBC on the Rough Science programme and on two Horizon specials about earthquakes. He recently presented another Horizon film about the 2011 Japan earthquake. Iain's other presenting roles include the programmes Men of Rock, Making Scotland's Landscape and How Earth Made Us.
Since 2004 Iain has been Professor of Geosciences Communication in the Department of Geology at the University of Plymouth.
Iain Stewart on Internet Movie Database
Iain Stewart on Twitter
Julie Wilson Nimmo
Julie was a member of East Kilbride Rep from the mid to late 1980's, starting out in our pantomime's childrens chorus. Her TV career began with the comedy sketch show Pulp Video in 1995. She became well known after featuring in the hugely popular comedy show Chewin' the Fat. Julie has also had a successful film career with roles in films such as AfterLife and The Magdalene Sisters but she is undoubtedly best known to many (especially pre-schoolers!) as Miss Hoolie from TV's Balamory. Julie is married to her Chewin' the Fat co-star Greg Hemphill.
Julie Wilson Nimmo on Internet Movie Database
Julie Wilson Nimmo on Twitter


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WILMINGTON – William Christopher Gregg, age 47, passed away Sept. 19, 2016, in Wilmington, North Carolina.
He was born July 7, 1969, to Ronald C. Gregg and Cheryl Gunnells.
Mr. Gregg was a loving husband, dad, and paw-paw. He had a warm smile and encouraging word for everyone he met. He was devoted to his family, and most loved spending time with them.
He served as a youth pastor at Sunset Park Baptist and Riley's Creek Baptist Church. He is a member, as well as former Associate Pastor, at Silver Lake Baptist Church. He was passionate about his faith. He made a positive impact on so many lives, and will be greatly missed.
Mr. Gregg is survived by his wife of 21 years, Lisa Gregg, of Wilmington; sons, Chase LeBlanc and wife Ashley, of Wilmington, Canton Gregg of Wilmington; daughter; Sarah Gregg of Wilmington; father, Ronald C. Gregg of Columbia, South Carolina; mother, Cheryl Gunnells, of Florence, Alabam; twin brother, Bryan Gregg and wife, Melissa, of Florence, Alabama; sister, Tamela Tragila and husband, Chris, of Florence, Alabam; and granddaughter, Lillian LeBlanc of Wilmington.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 4:30-6 p.m. at Silver Lake Baptist Church, 4715 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, NC 28412. Funeral services will follow at 6 p.m.,with the Rev. Lenier Furr officiating.
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We all have to decide how much sin we can live with. The sin, my sin, was that I stood idly by and let it happen.
He put down the papers, baffled. Already this soldier knew that what he was reading was out of place in Ravensbrück. He wondered what the rest of it contained. As he flicked through the paper, endless and seemingly ludicrous possibilities filled his mind. He continued.
Of course, nothing within my power could have prevented such a torrent of hate and intolerance flood through the lives of many I knew. It was like watching the frozen Pilica burst its banks as it melted in the spring time. It was accepted that it would happen but no-one took action to prevent it. If failing to prevent something is a sin, does that make one just as guilty as those who committed it? Whatever the answer, my penance is now due and I am paying for it. Harshly.
I saw bodies strewn along the streets like garbage. Some crushed, others mangled beyond definition. Most were riddled with bullet holes or the markings of rage fuelled beatings. Women wearing their very best but defiled by stains of blood. Blood had dried and clotted in their hair and was smeared across their faces. Blood, not singularly from their own bodies, but sometimes of the small child clasped to their chest. Respected members of the community; my teachers, doctors, the mayor, lawyers, family members, rounded up and shot.
There was no one left to collect their bodies, so in most cases this was a task that fell to the rats.
When placed in the gutter, together with the rubble of once standing buildings and the shards of concrete left on the roads, people are all the same. They are all reduced to nothing; just as the falling bombs had reduced once towering buildings to nothing. In death, we are all equal.
I became a sinner the day the troops occupied Lodz. Of course, before that my lack of tact irritated many around me. It amused me to watch my papa's rounded cheeks turn a vivid scarlet when my defiant antics infuriated him. So too did his ears, the more I antagonised him. My muma would sigh; partly in frustration and partly in resignation for she knew my actions perfectly;
"Katya," she would say. "Your father is too old for teasing. Leave him bekochany, dear. I'm sure your professors are much more tolerant of you, but that is not to be said in the home. Ci są hodowane ale nie uprawiane, you are cultured but not cultivated. Just because you are fortunate enough to be educated, makes you no better than me.Kochany, go see to your brothers."
My mother could barely read, and could not write. My father, the same. They worked hard and saved all their wages to create a better life for their children. But they were entranced by the Marxist manifesto which had somehow filtered into their minds. They believed that although they had suffered a hard life, this new system promised an equality that would provide new opportunities to further their children. But that was before the arrival of the God-forsaken Nazis.
My parents, my country, although misguided, did not deserve what happened to them. The Nazis, they hated us. For nothing else I believe, would justify such torture. So many I knew were brutally persecuted for being Polish. It would almost be laughable if it were not for the many I knew who died for it. They were hunted, like deer in the wintertime, like it was a sport. The police units would intrude into houses, take the men for labour, shoot the women and children, or else send them to the camps. Before I was sent toRavensbrück, all this I was concious of. When I arrived here, it was confirmed.


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|Re: GPL'd dictionaries (was Re: ftp.services.openoffice.org?)
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Hi all, The last open item on the IP clearance wiki page is the removal of the dictionary module from the AOO source code. In order to provide a developer build in the near future that does not contain category-x licensed code we need a short term solution. The central question is if we have to really remove the dictionaries at all. I did not see a definitive answer, so to be on the safe side I assume that the dictionary module should be removed. This leaves the question of a replacement. One relatively straight forward way seems to be to use the extensions that can be found at http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/dictionaries. Two ways of using these extensions come to (my) mind: A. Download the extension (assuming that the right locale can be detected) automatically from the extension repository during installation. B. As last step of the installation, pop up a web page that, among other things, tells the user that there is a dictionary extension that can be installed and what its license is. Variant A has the better usability but may not be acceptable from a legal view. Variant B would allow to display additional information and could offer other (dictionary) extensions as well but would require more work to be implemented. One problem with both variants is that extensions.services.openoffice.org already seems to have load problems. When everybody who installs Apache OpenOffice has to access this server then its load would increase dramatically with a new release. Unless there are objections I will remove the dictionary module now, to clear the way for a category-x free developer build (or whatever its name should be). For the 3.4 release we have to decide on and implement a replacement. Best regards, Andre
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