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Teenage sensation ready to swing into actionGlenn Jackson
Published: December 1 2012 - 3:00AM
TIGER Woods, as we know, is the most outstanding golfer of this generation. We knew this was likely when, in 1997, he won his first major tournament. A star was born that year.
What we didn't know was that another star was born in 1997. As in, literally, a star was born.
His name is Andy Zhang, and on December 14, he will turn 15. By then, he will have played in a US Open, and - just days earlier - an Australian Open. He is not your average 14-year-old.
So if an average 14-year-old asks for the latest iPhone or video game console for his birthday, what does a not-so-average 14-year-old ask for?
''To get my permit, my driver's licence,'' he said. ''That's pretty exciting.''
In some states of the US, where the Chinese-born golfer is based, Zhang is still not old enough to drive a golf cart. Amazingly, though, he will not be the only player at the Australian Open, which starts at The Lakes on Thursday, in such a predicament.
Zhang, in fact, will not be the youngest 14-year-old playing. That honour will be held by Guan Tianlang, a fellow Chinese star who will become the youngest player to ever compete in a US Masters next year. Zhang, too, is convinced he is not the best 14-year-old out there.
''There's tonnes of kids out there, my age, who are definitely better than me,'' Zhang said. ''Definitely. Just because I made the US Open, I'm the best 14-year-old in the world? I don't think so. There are great golfers, and if they have a chance, they can do something big.''
While Guan is still to compete in a major tournament, Zhang, of course, already has, having stood alongside his childhood idol Woods at the US Open this year.
His has clearly been a remarkable, albeit rather short, journey.
Born and raised at least for the best part of a decade in China, he first picked up a golf club when he was almost seven. His father had wanted him to play tennis to lose weight. ''I was supposed to play tennis, but I found golf … I wasn't as tired as I was at tennis,'' he said. ''I was 6½, I didn't know anything.
''I was just playing around. Maybe a year goes by and I started taking it more seriously. I played a little more often, started leaving school early to play.''
Before the age of eight, he had a coach. Before the age of 10, he had shifted to the US. ''I was supposed to just play a tournament and go back, but I played good, and I stayed,'' Zhang said.
''The day he showed up,'' said his coach, South African Andrew Park, ''when he was nine years old, it was unbelievable. He couldn't speak a word of English. He just stood up to the ball like he was already 23 years old. You could tell, the talent was unbelievable.''
His brain was like a sponge, Park said. Just as his vocabulary improved, so did his golf swing. To think, too, that he has already spent 10 months out of the sport, having had back pain at age 12 which left him wondering whether he would be able to swing a club in the future, with doctors concerned that he was growing too quickly.
Once he was cleared to return to the course, his career accelerated - as it clearly needs to do for someone to be playing a US Open by 14 years and six months. He had been fifth reserve for the tournament, but became its youngest ever competitor when England's Paul Casey withdrew.
''I can't describe it,'' Zhang said. ''It was incredible. I'd done nothing like it before - junior tournaments, no spectators, no grandstands, and in the locker room, nothing's free.
''The course was the toughest course I've played. You hit a great shot and it's in the rough, you hit a bad shot, it's a lot worse.'' It is clear that, at 14, the mental battle is more significant than the physical one. It's difficult to tell whether a 14-year-old, approaching a major tournament, gets more nervous than players twice his age and more. He is still a long way off being a 28-year-old tournament professional.
He does get nervous, though. ''You know, with the spectators around you, and everybody watching the news, of course you get nervous,'' Zhang said. ''The mental game is one of the most important things in golf. You just have to fight it.''
But Zhang, who is 183 centimetres but still growing, feels that, by the time he cannot be referred to as ''teen golfer'', the experience he is getting now will be invaluable.
''I believe if I start now, it's a great advantage,'' he said. ''There's not many 14-year-olds at the big tournaments. It's a great learning experience. Especially after playing in the US Open, going back to the junior tournaments. It takes a lot of pressure off you.''
Those around him - his parents, his coach and his manager - are always trying to make sure that pressure is minimal. Which means short steps; short-term goals are the important ones.
In the immediate future, he wants to strike the ball well at The Lakes. He believes he has come into the tournament in good form. ''I think I'm pretty ready for this tournament,'' he said.
Even now, his story is a remarkable one. How many people do you know who have driven off in US and Australian Opens before they have driven themselves to the course?
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/golf/teenage-sensation-ready-to-swing-into-action-20121130-2amil.html


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The Orange River roars down the Augrabies Falls,
a 56-metre drop into a granite canyon.
The most colourful, charismatic, macho lizards in South Africa live in constant danger of slipping off the edge of their world at Augrabies Falls National Park, down the smooth rocks beside the spectacular waterfall and into the tumultuous waters below. These lizards combine the strutty confidence of Chuck Norris with the dazzling colours of a Mardi Gras festival.
Once you have gazed your fill at the Augrabies Falls at the national park of the same name, look around at the rocks from the safety of the boardwalk. You can hardly miss the Augrabies flat lizards. On warm days they are visible at all the view points.
Often you'll see them in small groups, the colourful males preening in the open and occasionally picking a fight with equally techni-colour rival males.
They gaudier the lizard, the more dominant a male he is, and the more likely to be aggressive towards a would-be rival. Before launching at one another, they seem to run through a checklist. How indigo is your throat? How orange are your flanks? How cadmium yellow are your arms?
The females (and young males) are far less noticeable. They're an elegant coffee brown with neat creamy stripes down their backs.
The Augrabies flat lizards are more correctly called Broadley's flat lizards, or Platysaurus broadleyi. They are endemic to South Africa, and in fact only occur in the remote and arid area between Augrabies and an area called Pella, to the west of Augrabies.
Like many lizard species, the Augrabies kind eat insects, gratifyingly focusing most of their appetite on irritating little black flies.
But they are also terribly fond of Namaqua figs. As soon as they detect that these indigenous figs have ripened because of the noisy attention of birds, the lizards race over the hot rocks to get at them.
They might seem aggressive towards each other, but at nightfall, they all cuddle in a tangle, sleeping in rocky crevasses and cracks.
The Augrabies Falls National Park showcases stark desert landscapes, enormous whale-backed rocks and quiver trees through which flows the Orange – South Africa's largest river.
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Who to contact
Augrabies Falls National Park
Tel: +27 (0)54 452 9200
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How to get here
The closest large town is Upington, which is about eight or nine hours' drive from Johannesburg or Cape Town. There are also connecting flights to Upington. From this bustling town on the Orange River, head westwards along the N14, passing the towns of Keimoes and Kakamas on the way. After about 100km, (10km after Kakamas), you'll see a well-signposted road on your right that goes to the Augrabies Falls National Park.
Best time to visit
This region is at its best in the cooler months from April to October. But the Augrabies flat lizards are most active on warmer days.
Around the area
This is one of South Africa's top table grape-growing regions, sprawling in a narrow green belt on either side of the Orange River. It's worth taking a slow drive through the local roads and have a look at the canals and waterwheels of Kakamas.
Tours to do
In desert areas like this, most of the wildlife (mammal) action happens at night. You can book night drives at reception. These are well worth doing.
Get around
Near the falls, stick to the boardwalks. The rocks can be perilously slippery near the waterfall spray. You can drive, walk or cycle along the other designated roads.
What will it cost
You can choose to camp, or stay in a self-catering chalet or family cottage, depending on your requirements. Expect to pay between about R700 and R1000 per person per night for a chalet or cottage; camping is much less expensive. There is also a daily conservation fee for being in the park of R120 per adult per day and R60 per child per day. This is cheaper for South African and Southern African Development Community citizens.
Length of stay
Stay for two nights to capture the magic of this region.
What to pack
Take comfortable walking shoes, a hat and a camera with a zoom lens to capture lizard antics.
Where to stay
By far the best place to stay is at one of the Augrabies Falls National Park chalets, where you have access to views of the falls in the most photogenic dawn and late afternoon light. But there are also many guesthouses in the nearby towns of Kakamas and Keimoes.
What to eat
The boardwalks with viewpoints over the falls are close to a restaurant where you can order light meals.
What's happening
The park boasts far more than just spectacular falls and crazy lizards. There are also rare Hartmann's mountain zebras, giraffes, klipspringers, dassies and Verreaux's eagles.
Also, this is one of the few parks where mountain bikes are allowed. Bring your own, but stick to the park roads.
There is also a three-day hiking trail and a 5km signposted ramble.

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So as the Carlos Beltran Trade Saga reaches its conclusion over the next few days, we're getting treated to two sets of rumors on parallel tracks.
Set One: Team X is in the lead for Beltran, followed closely by Team Y and Team Z. That is quickly followed by a rumor saying Team Y is in the lead, and don't rule out Teams A and B.
Set Two: The Mets won't get Player X for Beltran, are crazy for asking for Player Y, and Player Z doesn't even exist.
Does anyone remember so many rumors this time of year about what a team won't trade? I feel like we are an hour or so away from:
"Heard this: the Mets asked for a bag of balls for Carlos Beltran, but a baseball executive remarked: 'The Mets can't seriously expect those balls to be official size and weight! Beltran can't be offered arbitration!'"
Color me extremely skeptical of both the people certain about what the Mets can get for Beltran, and those certain of what they can't. At the risk of sounding anti-stats, I think analysis about exactly what dollar value the final prospects will be in the Beltran deal is worth about as much as… well, the team that will ultimately deal for Beltran is currently claiming Beltran himself is worth. Of the teams involved in the Beltran sweepstakes, the team likeliest to take such an approach with dealing for Beltran is… the team trading Beltran away. It's not how the Phillies and Giants operate, to be sure.
As for the reports about who isn't getting traded for Beltran: these reports are coming mostly from teams who have a vested interest in driving the final price of Beltran down. Second: if the interest in Beltran were really so low, you simply wouldn't have all of these teams jockeying for position by publicly declaring so many prospects off-limits. There are plenty of players the Mets could trade and receive little-to-nothing in return. So why haven't there been 37 reports today that the Mets cannot receive Domonic Brown, or Mike Minor, or Gary Brown for Justin Turner? Right, because no one is trying to trade for him.
To be clear: this is not to say that the Mets will ultimately get Domonic Brown, or any one prospect. But when the near-final offers come in, and one of the involved teams raises, the Phillies (or anyone else) will have a choice: do they adhere strictly to the exact dollar amount their prospects are tallied to be worth, or do they raise as well so they acquire Beltran? What will it be worth to keep him away from other NL teams that they will face in the playoffs, for instance? Do the Phillies see a greater distance between Beltran and his in-house alternative? Do the Giants? We don't know how each team will calculate all of these things.
They may raise. They may not.
Here's what I do know. Beltran is going to make a massive improvement in the lineup of whichever team acquires him. Sandy Alderson has been through this many times, and has managed to create a situation where around a half-dozen teams are bidding against each other for his singular player. And whatever the Mets get on or about July 30 for Beltran is going to be the maximum amount they could have extracted from the situation.
You want to tell me who that is? Or more tiresome, who that isn't? Sorry, I'm not buying if your source is a team with a vested interest in the Beltran deal, speculation from an MLB observer (as if trades have never been made that someone in MLB judged to be uneven!) or a database of the exact dollar worth of every prospect in baseball. Such analysis is extremely useful for evaluative purposes. And pretty useless for predictive purposes.


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Well, from the above discussion the majority seems to be against Khorne, so I think we'll leave them out for another season. Personally, I don't think they are much of a threat at low TV, but as has been mentioned there's less experience of them at high TV and all the frenzy, mutations and wide skills access could lead to some interesting builds.
I'd feel particularly bad/unfair if someone ran them for 4-5 months in this league and then we banned them for being too powerful at 2000TV (!), so for that reason I'm being a little cautious, but I'd like a bit more data on them in 2000-ish TV battles first :-). We will, of course, reconsider them each season as we find out more about them, but they really are a bit 'young' as a team for now I think.
Feel free to disagree with this though :-), and if you can push the consensus the other way, I won't object to them joining us, but the feeling seems to be against Khorne right now from our most experienced coaches.Steam, PSN, Xbox Live: Groovychainsaw. Speak 'RPS' and enter.
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Fair enough, opinion does seem to be against me!
(A point of order though - they have no mutation access on the team.)
Okay, now add 200TV of block and +ag on a line manager with pass, still feel dairy free?I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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Hey, if I get to choose +stats, why not go with a +ST on a wardancer? With 160TV after the +AG, I suspect you would go for 8x Block on 2 Heralds, 4 Letters, 2 Pitfighters? Honestly, I'd rather go with a bit more Guard to work against Frenzy traps. No ST4 means that Frenzy can be quite dangerous when not supported.
Also, no M access on the team means that you won't have an easy time in the attrition game against Dwarves, Orcs, Chaos Dwarves & Co. .
I still don't see the cheese.
Edit: Hell, I say let them in after 2 more DoD seasons, just to see how it goes. If anyone wants to give them a try, let them. How many 2000+TV teams are there in the Divisions?
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Any ETA on Div H? It seems weeks since I've played my last game...
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And if you add 200TV of block, to be a fair comparison you have to set that against your opponents who will be getting guard and mighty blow as their normal skills from that same 200TV.
There is a roster - Savage Orcs - which is quite similar to this one - see http://www.midgardbb.com/MBBLTeams/SavageOrc.html . This roster has apparently been used in several large play-by-email and TT leagues for years. You see that they have ST 4 players available to break the line, so do not need to use their blitz, and so I think they are better for it.
Try the team. It starts out shit and gets worse as TV rises, and while there's speculation that it may become competitive (competitive, not overpowered) at high TV, there's very little evidence for that so far.
That said, most of the objections appear to be on look-and-feel grounds rather than balance, which is fair enough I guess. I would just say that players have been using new rosters in TT games for years. A quick net search reveals Chaos Halflings, the aforementioned Savage Orcs, Bretons, etc etc. Those are added without years and years of playtesting (the playtesting occurs after they've been added) and people are happy to play them. Not sure why there's all the hate for Khorne.
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It's like with any inofficial or house rules. They usually reflect a consensus of a group of players or community on changes to an established system of rules that everyone feels comfortable with, so these changes often come from within that group. At some point it all becomes a bit silly of course, since you could argue that for Cyanide's game, the Khorne team is an official team.
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A lack of consensus is at least part of the problem. No one asked for this team, especially when there were other older teams we were expecting instead (as well as star players, special plays, etc).
Just as we didn't ask for it, unlike other teams in development there are no avenues for feedback that might resolve our issues. We're unlikely to get another version of Blood Bowl or any major patches on Cyanide's game. The video game is not the evolving landscape the tabletop or even the FUMMBL game is, it's the final product. This version of the team is the version we're stuck with.
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Although I guess it may all be moot anyway. Cyanide's only bug fixer (pmcc) for this game is leaving the company very shortly, they are having to moving the server to a new company too as their current host has ended the contract. How long will the servers be open anyway?
Grump grump grump.
Aye, the eventual fate of the Khorne team may well lie in the hands of the tabletop fans when it's all said and done. If it isn't being picked up there then it might just vanish with the video game, eventually.
Grump grump indeed.
Has anyone considered what will happen once we lose the game servers? I believe there are people who have set up private leagues somehow - and with mods, even. Or, we could hop onto FUMBBL.
I'd be more than happy to allow Khorne if I believed that if found unreasonable they would be removed, even if influential community members played as the team.
I think that players of the team could hold on for dear life, I know I get attached to my teams.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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My cursed Helfs notched up another defeat, 2-1 to Kapouille's halflings. Largely a series of incredibly bad rolls on both sides, including one of Kapouille's treemen re-rolling skull-skull-bothdown to skull-skull-skull at one point!
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The Undead Generation (Kanesuke) 2 - 1 The Ball Curse (Rotekian)
A close fought battle, with Nuffle ultimately deciding the winner.
The first touchdown was Rotekian's Dark Elves forcing a failed dodge from a ghoul and carrying the ball back for a TD. A counter drive up the gut, with a little good fortune in dodge rolls resulted in an Undead TD on their final turn of the half.
The Dark Elves received the kickoff for the second half and gradually made their way downfield, caged up. They got caught around midfield, before a turnover (I didn't catch what happened exactly) gave my ghoul a fortunate pickup with open field ahead of her.
Thank you to Rotekian for a good game, a draw would probably have been a fairer result.
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(Wink5000) Death Vengeance of Doom 2 - 1 Altdorf Army (Alistair Hutton)
The first half was a brutal 8 turn grind by the winkster Injuring humans left and right. In fact the game started with a rock badly hurting one of the armies players. Then I managed to waste an Apothecary on Bertolf Grayland's brother (unlevelled, no SPP catcher) as it thoght it was Bertolf (over 100 SPPs). This came back to bite me when Arnuld Screamer, original draftee of the Army, 53 games played was killed later in the game.
The Army got it's own back gang fouling Sibil the Lizard Star Player out of the game.
And then scored a beautiful one turner to take it to 1 - 1 at half time.
All I needed to do was to construct a 8 turn drive to win the game and thus promotion. Then I realised I hadn't actually constructed and 8 turn drive in about 30 or so games.
I sensed an opportunity to construct a cage in Doom's half but the plan failed at the first hurdle when my Ogre Bonheaded so I fell back on trying to pull off a 2 turn touchdown and dropped my thrower back. Doom ran Lizards into my backfield and marked up my 4 players in his half. A wizard Lightning bolt knocked my thrower down but not out and he pulled himself off the ground, picked up the ball, pushed himself to the limit if his range and long bombed the ball to a Blitzer who was covered by a tiny Skink.
A tiny Skink who intercepted.
Death formed a two lizard cage on the side line and marked up my players. The only option was for Grayland (Bertolf) to make a string of dodges, including a 5+ to make a 1-die blitz against the Skink pushing him into the crowd and sending the ball centre field. My thrower once again pushed himself to the limit of his movement - scooped up the ball and sent a regulation pass to an unmarked Catcher who fumbled it.
A Skink recovered but was put on his scaly arse and the Army put 3 players round the ball. The lizards scraped two off and then the dreaded Man Skink made his appearance, scooping up the ball under the nose of the final player. Nothing could be done, a desperation 2d block against was a double skull.
Wink won a deserved 2-1 victory to gain promotion to the Champs division and the Army is once again relegated and fall short of the Champs.
Crazy second half - end 7 humans vs 8 lizards.
Hey Dolphan, any crippling injuries? We need to play our game, ideally before you come to terms with getting beaten up by flings.I am once again writing a blog, vaguely about playing games the wrong way
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RIGHT! Week 2 has finished. And.. .we're doing pretty well, with most games played despite the xmas shenanigans. I'll give any outstanding games the weekend to get sorted, let me know if you think it's gonna take more than that.
In other reports, I narrowly beat screwie's delvers this evening, my mighty blow+tackle players finally working out what those spikes all over their armour was for. % injuries and a fair number of KOs made it hard for scrwewie, bright sun ruining his drive in the first half and only-having-8-players ruining any efforts at cracking my ALL-GUARD(TM) cage in the second as I slowly wandered up the pitch, bashing elves all the way. I think there were 5 left by the end. Of course, elves being elves I survived a narrow CRAZY-BLITZ of a dodgy elf late in the second half but recovered the ball for a 1-0.
So, on to snoozer's dwarves for the final game of the season. Less bashing from me, I think. I gave a blitzer grab on top of block, guard, tackle, as I'm now trying to collect all the skills in one team :-).
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Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim and I played our Div G match last night, though we may as well not have.
Basically nothing happened for the entire 16 turns except that Jiiiiiiiim managed to score on turn 15 and one of the crowd was so bored he crippled one of Jiiim's linewomen with a well aimed brick.
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Families are invited to join the fun at a teddy bear's picnic in Cheam's Nonsuch Park on Sunday.
The event is run by the Sutton, Epsom and District Branch of the National Childcare Trust and is now in its 17th year.
The event will involve entertainment from acts including gymnasts and Sutton United mascot Jenny the Giraffe and youngsters will be able to get abroad a fire engine.
There will also be prizes on offer for the best named teddy, best dressed teddy and the best drawing of a teddy as judged by Cheam Councillor Mary Burstow.
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THE 'fantastic' new urgent care centre at Burnley General Hospital will open to the public on Tuesday.
As well as the modern walk-in centre, the £9million facility will also house a children's minor illnesses unit and GP out-of-hours doctors.
However, bosses stressed it is not a replacement for the old A&E ward, which was controversially closed in 2007, meaning emergency patients must travel to Blackburn.
The new facility replaces the 'old and tired' urgent care centre (UCC) on the Casterton Road side of the Burnley site, which will now be mothballed before a possible sale.
The GP service is being transferred from the St Peter's Centre.
Martin Morgan, director of estates at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT), said: "This brings urgent care into the better, more modern part of the site. Compared to what we've got now it's fabulous."
Vanessa Hollings, divisional general manager for family care, said: "Our teams just can't wait to get into this building. It makes much more sense for the GP out-of-hours service to be co-located here, as there will be less confusion for patients about where to go, and the paediatric staff will be in shouting distance of urgent care.
"And hopefully the flow of patients going through will be much better. "But there will be no blue light ambulances coming here, as any patient needing emergency care has to go to Blackburn."
Mr Morgan said Burnley MP Gordon Birtwistle had been instrumental in securing government funding for the project, which means ELHT did not have to borrow money.
Mr Birtwistle said: "We got sold down the river when the old A&E unit got centralised at Blackburn and nothing will redeem that decision, but I think this still a fantastic facility.
"It took a lot of extremely hard work and lobbying with the former health secretary Andrew Lansley, and I was able to get Danny Alexander to sign it off at the treasury.
"Tuesday will be another brilliant day for Burnley."
The first floor of the building will house a Child Development Centre, for children with complex needs and disabilities.
The UCC can provide treatment for any illnesses or injuries which aren't life threatening, but still need treating quickly such as minor head injuries, suspected broken bones and fractures, sprains, cuts and scrapes, bites, eye problems and rising temperatures.


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Harold "Hud" M. Hansen
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Harold "Hud" M. Hansen was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry L. and Maude Hansen of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Hud graduated from Eau Claire High School, and then Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet on 15 October 1940 at Camp McCoy near Sparta, Wisconsin.
Attended the Spartan Aviation School for preliminary flight training at Hatbox Field near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Subsequently assigned to Randolph Army Air Field, Texas; he received his "wings" and was commissioned (ASN O-421695) a 2nd Lieutenant at Kelly Field, Texas on 11 July 1941.
In January 1942, he was assigned as a B-17 bomber pilot with the 74th Bomb Squadron at the Guatemala City Air Base in Central America in defense of the Panama Canal Zone. While there, he met his wife-to-be (Janet Grubbe) who was working for the British government in Guatemala City.
In March 1943, he rotated back to the United States and was stationed as a flight instructor at Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho. Married Janet Grubbe on 16 March 1943.
Effective 24 November 1943, the 500th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) and its subordinate units, the 881st, 882nd, 883rd, and 884th Bombardment Squadrons, along with the 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd Bombardment Maintenance Squadrons, and the 18th Photographic Laboratory Squadron were activated.
In February 1944, he transferred with the 500th Bomb Group to Clovis Field, New Mexico to join the initial cadre of officers selected to fly the new Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
In April 1944, he was assigned to 883rd Bomb Squadron, 500th Bombardment Group (VH), 73rd Bomb Wing. He transitioned from the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress to the B-29 Superfortress. Early on, each squadron was only assigned one B-29 aircraft. Thus combat crew training was initially performed using B-17 aircraft at Walker Army Air Field near Victoria, Kansas.
Maj. Hansen was selected to be the airplane command pilot of aircrew #351 (tail code Z-44, Boeing B-29 bomber serial #42-65218).
On 19 October 1944; paragraph 4 of Special Order No. 203 directed his aircrew along with several others of the 500th Bomb Group to proceed to the overseas staging area at Kearney Army Air Field, Nebraska.
On 17 November 1944, he deployed from Mather Field near Sacramento, California to the Central Pacific Theatre of Operations and was assigned to 20th Air Force, XXI Bomber Command, 73rd Bomb Wing, 500th Bombardment Group (VH), 883rd Bomb Squadron stationed at Isley Field on Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Route of travel with refueling stops along the way were: John Rodgers Field on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands, and Bucholz Army Air Field on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands (arriving at Isley Field on Monday 20 November 1944).
Thursday 23 Nov 1944 was Thanksgiving Day on Saipan. In the 500th Bomb Group no missions were scheduled, and there was apparently no turkey. But according to the Z-8 copilot, they still had a nice dinner, "with chicken, potatoes, peas, fresh butter, and pumpkin pie."
Friday 24 Nov 1944: Z-44 is one of 111 73rd Bomb Wing B-29 Superfortress bombers to strike Tokyo for the first time since Capt. Jimmy Doolittle's raid in 1942. Their target was the Nakajima aircraft engine works. Bombing results were rated as "poor." Two B-29 aircraft were lost: A-26 serial #42-24622 crashed after a mid-air collision with a Japanese Ki-44 "Tojo" fighter aircraft. V-48 serial #42-24679 ran out of fuel and had to ditch on the route home.
On the night of 29-30 November 1944, Maj. Hansen flew in the left seat as the Airplane Command Pilot aboard a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Tail Code Z-SQUARE-44 (serial #42-65218).
The launch sequence for take-off was at twilight, between 1810 and 1828 hours local on Wednesday 29 Nov 1944. Z-44 was one of 29 73rd Bomb Wing aircraft launched on a night-radar mission to bombard the industrial area of Tokyo, Japan. No Group formation flying was scheduled, and Field Order #23 directed each aircrew to proceed individually to the target, release their bombs using radar, and to return individually to Isley Field.
There were no escort fighter aircraft provided during the planned 15-hour round-trip mission. Arrival over Tokyo would have been approximately 0118 hours on 30 Nov 1944. While over the target area, Z-49 was the only bomber to report that it had been attacked by an enemy fighter plane. Two aircraft did report flak from anti-aircraft artillery, but it was described as inaccurate.
Six returning 500th Bomb Group B-29 aircraft landed at Isley Field the following morning between 0630 and 0819 hours local on Thursday 30 Nov 1944. According to the launch sequence, his B-29 bomber should have also returned during this time-frame.
However, Z-44 was the only B-29 aircraft that failed to return to Saipan, and no radio distress signals were ever received. Major Hansen along with the rest of aircrew #351 were declared Killed In Action one year later, since Z-44 was not seen or heard from again.


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PRINCETON — Voter registration will take place at the Princeton Public Library from 3 to 9 p.m. today, Thursday. Anyone wishing to be registered will need to bring two forms of identification.
The Monday Night Movie will be shown at 6:30 p.m. In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring the kill the president. Against the backdrop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer Frederick Aiken reluctantly agrees to defend the woman, Mary Surratt.
On Tuesday, the Preschool Story Hour will be held with the theme, "Colors." All area preschoolers and their parents or guardians are welcome to attend. Also at 6:30 p.m., Talk About: EcoBot Challenge with the 4-H and Cooperative Extension will be held. Families and students ages 8-14 may participate in a hands-on project making a mini robot. Pre-registration is required by calling 815-875-1331.
On Wednesday, the Central Bank Classic Club will meet at 10 a.m.; a Richard Widmark movie will be shown at 6:30 p.m.; and Chicks with Sticks will meet at 6:30 p.m.
On Oct. 11, the Early Beginnings Young Parenting Group will meet at 3:30 p.m.; the Friends of the Library Book Club will meet at 4 p.m. to discuss "Darling Jim" by Christian Moerk; and Bob Welch will perform Songs of the Civil War at 7 p.m.
LAMOILLE — The LaMoille-Clarion Public Library has received the Eliminate the Digital Divide Grant funds. Equipment is currently being ordered. The projected date for classes to begin is the first week in November. A few of the classes offered will be Basic Computer, Microsoft Word, Excel and Navigating the Internet. A more complete list will be forthcoming. If you are interested in signing up for a class or have suggestions for classes please contact the library at 815-638-2356 or by email at email@example.com. Classes will be offered free of charge to people in the LaMoille-Clarion Library District and to persons outside of the district as space allows.
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SHEFFIELD — Enjoy a delicious meal and support the Sheffield Public Library at 3 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Community Center in Sheffield. Award-winning Chefs Monika Sudakov of Chestnut Street Inn and Eran Salzman of ZBest Cafe on Main will both be providing some of their favorite soups, as well as Belluccio's tasty freshly-baked bread! The cost is $5. Deliveries are available by calling 815-454-2034. If you are able to help, please contact the library at 815-454-2628 or call Dawn Porter at 815-878-9771.
TISKILWA — "On the Wings of Heroes" by Richard Peck is the book to be discussed at the Tiskilwa Public Library's next book club/dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 15.
Also, the library has planned a special story time for children at 4 p.m. Oct. 22 called "Halloween Fun." Kids will make a Halloween craft, enjoy a treat and spooky story. You can contact the library at 815) 646-4511 or email@example.com.
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NEPONSET — The Neponset Public Library will host "The Last Lecture" book discussion at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 27, based on the book by Randy Pausch.
The library will observe National Gaming Day at your library at 1 p.m. Nov. 3. Play cards, board games, computer games, video games and more. There will be lots of fun and pizza.
SPRING VALLEY — Story time is held every Tuesday at the Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library from 5:30 until 6:00 p.m. in the children's room of the library. There is a story and a craft-related project during this time for preschool children through third grade. A parent must accompany their child. This is free of charge.
A Rules of the Road Review Course will be presented at the library from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 9. This program is a great review class and is free to the public. Please call the library to register at 815-663-4741.
DEPUE — The Selby Township Library hosts a blood pressure and blood sugar screening clinic the second Tuesday of each month. Stop in anytime between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. to have your pressure and sugar checked by a health care professional. The clinic is provided by St. Margaret's Health and is free and open to the public.
MINERAL — The Mineral-Gold Public Library has several newer titles on the book sale again. There are some paperbacks and also nice hardbacks. Stop in and see the books for sale, and pick up some free fall color pages for the kids.
WALNUT — Anyone living in the Walnut area can register to vote at the Walnut Public Library. The deadline to register to vote at the library for the November election is Oct. 9. Please bring two forms of identification with your current address when you register.
HENRY — The Henry Public Library will host programs at 7 p.m. for the next two Thursdays.
PERU — The Peru Public Library holds a story time for children 3 to 5 at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday. Children will hear stories, sing songs, dance and learn finger plays. Registration is not required. Visit www.perulibrary.org or call 815-223-0229, ext. 5, for more information.


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Seven members of the Loudonville FFA chapter participated in the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis the week of Oct. 17.
Tyler Brown, James Jones, Sammie Spreng, Raelyn Fliger, Ian Timmons, Morgan Pack and Elena Hoover, along with their adviser, Kendra Carnegie, traveled with the Marysville and Fairbanks FFA chapters.
First, they traveled to Chicago, arriving by 11:30 a.m. Oct. 18 to tour Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Following the tour, the group visited Shedd Aquarium, Museum of Science and Industry, followed by a dinner at a Chicago-style pizza shop. They then took a night tour of Willis Tower Sky Deck.
On the second day, the group toured the Caterpillar plant in Peoria, Ill. Students were shown D7 through D11 models of dozers as they were assembled. It ended up being one of the highlights for many in the group. To wrap up the evening, the group went to the Ohio FFA-sponsored Buckeye Bash dance.
The third day was the first day at National FFA Convention. The convention theme of the 84th annual National FFA Convention was "I Believe." Throughout the eight sessions, there would be a new speaker there to teach something that referred to that theme. A total of more than 55,000 FFA members and guests were in in attendance.
Session one began with opening ceremony, followed by the story of keynote speaker Dave Roever, who came to tell us his inspiring life story about how in the War in Vietnam he was seriously injured by an exploding grenade, which blew up in his face.
The point of Roever's story was to teach the FFA chapters the meaning of hope just like he never gave up on fighting for his life to get back to his wife. No matter what the situation, we should never give up on it because our lives can change for the better.
Following sessions one and two, the group learned things from many different colleges, businesses and other non-profit groups all related to agriculture at the career show. To finish the night, the group went to a concert featuring music groups Steel Magnolia and Little Big Town, as well as country star Blake Shelton.
The fourth day of convention started with a return trip to the career show and mall until time for the hysterical hypnotist show where a fellow FFA member, Raelyn Fliger, was hypnotized. For the remainder of the day, FFA members went to the seventh session of convention and learned the meaning of "I Believe in Possibilities."
Members listened to keynote speaker Dave Garibaldi, who told the story of how he turned his life around from a graffiti rebel who dropped out of high school to become a famous artist.
The chapter returned home after watching the American Degree ceremony.
Annual hot dog roast takes place Nov. 16
On Nov. 16, members Sammie Spreng, Tyler Brown, James Jones, Wyatt Stake, Connor Fiddler, Raelyn Fliger, Shana Esselburn, Jermey Berry, Elena Hoover, Carrisa Duncan and adviser Kendra Carnegie attended the chapter's annual hot dog roast at the home of member Raelyn Fliger.
Members gathered around a bonfire, cooked a few hot dogs, roasted some marshmallows and had a good time. With the roast just firing up, the members began arriving and later spent time talking about the chapter and activities while they cooked their food.
Then they played a game of man hunt. Members began to leave at around 8:30 p.m.
Students compete in food science contest
On Nov. 21, the Loudonville FFA competed in the district food science contest at Loudonville High School. Team members included James Jones, who earned fourth in the district, Raelyn Fliger, Taylor Campbell and Ian Timmons.
The contest consisted of a customer complaint response letter, triangular taste test, aroma samples, identification and photo violation categories and a 25-question written test the members took online earlier in the month.
The team earned third place, one slot shy of going to state.
Team alternates who earned mention for their efforts were Shana Esselburn, Wyatt Stake and Nathan Wolgamott.
Chapter conducts hunter safety course
Soon after returning from the National FFA Convention, as part of a community service project, the Loudonville FFA played host to a hunter's safety course at Loudonville High School in late October.
FFA members helped by setting up the facility, contacting the instructors, registering, serving supper to the participants and reading tests to the younger participants.
The safety course brought in about 20 kids from a five-county area.
Top fruit sellersare announced
The Loudonville FFA chapter has announced the results of its fundraising fall citrus sale of produce, peanuts and beef jerky.
Selling the most were Shana Esselburn with $2,852, Raelyn Fliger with $1971.75, Elena Hoover with a little more than $1,900 and Samantha Spreng with almost $1,500 and Kourtney Hill with almost $1,000. Other top sellers were Zack Lozier, Taylor Campbell and Wyatt Stake.
These members earned financial help toward FFA trips and a trip to a local Amish restaurant buffet.
The FFA earns money for the rest of the year through this annual fundraiser. Rewards for the chapter members include financial help with conventions, free attendance at judging contests and a free banquet for members selling fruit and guests.


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Italy is a beautiful country but is one of those countries which you probably have some questions and preconceptions, before your coming to this special country. A place of olive oil, pasta, wine, mafia and sunshine, roman ruins and renaissance palaces, Italy has a lot to give its tourists. Although some of these conceptions are amazing and interesting, it would be a shame if that was the only thing you come away with. Italy is certainly much more complex and stimulating than these concepts.
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It is not just Ferrari that makes the car industry in Italy so stylish, when on your hire car holiday be sure to visit the Pininfarina Collection. This design house has designed some of the most gorgeous cars in history and its name is synonymous with grace and fine lines. The company has designed cars for a diverse selection of car manufacturers.
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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I was somebody's New Year's resolution, as it seems I now have to quit smoking, quit drinking, get a job or I'm out in the snow. First of all, I am not a boyfriend or husband. This is my own mother who is "cleaning up her life situation" and threatening to kick me out, knowing I have no money, no relatives to keep me. Who is my dad? We're not sure. That's what I live with. She says she is moving a paying housemate into my room, and the only bed I will have is the couch as of Feb. 1. She says that's all I deserve, because I'm not paying anything to stay here, plus she feeds me. The money for my smokes and drinks come from playing poker, but she doesn't have to know that, because she'd be on my back all day long. My goal is to become so good at poker I can go to Las Vegas and win the big stakes. Then she'll be sorry. By the way, I'm 19 now, but an excellent player. In the meantime, I don't know what to do except go on welfare, which is something I said I'd never do. I only have my Grade 12, but no training at anything. What should I do? -- Headed for Homelessness, Winnipeg
Dear Headed: Homelessness? That's ridiculous. You're 19, intelligent and presumably healthy. You can work at one full-time or two part-time jobs. You might ask your mother to borrow the family shovel and run off a few flyers off on computer so you can start your own snow-clearing service for sidewalks around your neighbourhood. That would earn you enough money to stay with a friend who has a place. You could get a job at a fast-food outlet and get some training right on the job, while you get paid. If you're a good talker, and it seems you are, you could get a job in sales at a store. If you're not up to that, you could get a job at a grocery store, stacking shelves. A job as a waiter anywhere would allow you enough training and experience to become a waiter in a better place after six months. The point is this: If your mother weren't there to support you, then you would find a way to earn a living. Right now, she is enabling you to be a big baby. She has every right to make these demands and to get a paying housemate. Smarten up right now and get a job of any kind. Otherwise, good luck on the couch with your poker earnings.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: This is in response to Attracting Bloodsuckers, the guy whose ex is sending him pictures of them when they were young and in love. I went through an almost identical situation many years ago. I was very attracted to a woman who couldn't make up her mind so we went our separate ways. Later, her choice turned out to be a guy who played pool with his buddies, played around on her and took her money. The kids kept coming, five in all. Eventually, she smartened up and gave him the shoe. She started calling me out of the blue, initially lamenting his shortcomings and probing me on my situation. Obviously she had done her homework, knowing details I hadn't provided -- my good job, good benefits and other things. Then I got the proposal I began to suspect -- "We always had something special. I've thought of you so often. Could we pick up where we left off? Start with a date this weekend and move forward?" There was no pleasure in rejecting her; I didn't judge her as your writer did and I didn't view her as a bloodsucker, just a person who made her choices and was looking for a way up for her family. However, it was not my role to ride to the rescue, having been ditched previously. So much for "something special." -- Not Interested Now, Winnipeg
Dear Not Interested: Some women are not averse to letting their fingers do the walking through old phone and email address books looking for a former lover to rescue them. "Good old So-and-So would have treated me better, been nicer to me and the kids, and made more money. I'll call him up next." It's important to field those calls with kindness and quiet negativity. You have to know she's working from a list of exes, not from any real feelings for you.
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A woman who falsely claimed she was a registered nurse, when she was not, has been released on bail by a judge.
Susan Crawford admitted earning money by making the bogus claim when she appeared at Swindon Crown Court.
The 50-year-old, of Upper Minety, near Malmesbury, pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
She admitted that from the start of February to the end of April 2003 she received payment by falsely representing she was a qualified registered nurse.
Fiona Elder, defending, asked for the case to be adjourned so the probation service can compile a pre-sentence report.
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My understanding is that to avoid the long term harmful effects of sun, there should be a two-fold approach -- avoiding the sun between peak hours and also using sun screen. But how can I convince my friends to do the first? My kids and I have sensitive skin so we definitely use sun screen as do all our friends. But everyone wants to meet at the pool/park at noon. Going to the pool or park in the peak hours even with sunscreen causes us to turn to lobsters plus I know causes long-term damage. So how do we not turn to social isolates?
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By the way, Happy Anniversary. April 13, 1940, when the Rangers won the Stanley Cup, is now 70 years ago. So it's 1 for 70. Going on 71.
I'm not going to transcribe three hours of player interviews, so I'll try to stick with the highlights. There aren't many.
Chris Drury:
"Obviously everyone's disappointed. Our goal was to get in the playoffs, and once you're in anything can happen. Along the way I think we figured out a lot of things as a team, but we fell a little short at the end."
"We were very inconsistent. We'd win a couple and lose a couple. Sometimes we'd lose playing well, then you'd throw in an 8-1 in there or something like that. We kind of figured out that playing the right way, especially with Hank in net, gives you a chance every night. It just took us a while to figure out how to play the right way consistently."
"Playing for Torts, you've got to be ready for a lot of different things every single day. Even right down to the end I don't think anything was completely set in stone, and you just have to be ready to adjust and whatever he asked you to do … You're certainly on your toes. For me, I don't think it's any different than if it was set in stone. You've got to be on your toes every day, you've got to be professional about whatever you do or you're asked to do."
"Whatever role I was asked to do, or whatever job I was asked to do on a given day, I just tried to do it the best I could. You always want to do more, no matter who you are, what you are, and I'm no different."
"It's going to be awful, and I have no plans on watching (the playoffs). It's not a good feeling."
Sean Avery:
"It's really frustrating. I kind of found my game towards the end and I was feeling I was contributing a little more, then to get hurt in Toronto right in the stretch is certainly something I wasn't happy about."
"I think I had some good games, I think I had some bad games, and I think I had some just OK games. And I think the OK games were probably more than the other two, so I'm certainly not ecstatic about my year. I'm more disappointed. I think the consistency wasn't there. I think the other part of it was just trying to find my game and trying to get comfortable with what was asked of me."
About toe-ing the line:
"Probably too much, if anything. I think that's what took a while to kind of just find out where I needed to be and how I needed to play. It's disappointing it didn't happen sooner. I guess the only good thing is that it did happen and I did figure it out at the end so it's something I can sit with over the summer."
"Coming into the season it was kind of a question mark. There was a lot of thought on how I was supposed to play and how I needed to play, and I probably over-thought it a little too much and I needed to just go out and play the way that I'm supposed to play. It's disappointing that it didn't come sooner, for sure."
"I think (this) is a situation we haven't been in since I've been here. It certainly puts the importance on the early games in the season, to know how focused you have to be whether it's Game 20 or Game 82. One point makes all the difference, I think the guys are all going to live with that and realize how important that is."
Vinny Prospal:
"As well as we played the last three weeks or the last month of the year, if we were able to play like that in the middle of the year we're probably not here doing interviews right now. When they say every game's important … you realize there were points that we gave away during the season that would have helped us out at the end. Just one point somewhere."
"I was very happy that the New York Rangers took a chance on me, because when I lost my job with the Lightning I didn't know what was going to happen. So I was very fortunate to find a job with some other team and very glad it ended up being a New York Ranger. I hope I'll be back.
"The interest on my end, there is, for sure. I don't like to change places in the first place, and we have kids and everything and they need some stability — they can't just change schools every year. Hopefully there's going to be interest on the New York Rangers' part, too. That's all I can give you right now. They're going to have to do some talking and see how it's going to play out."
"It was the same (playing for Tortorella again). That's the way he is. That's the only way he knows how to coach and to talk to the players. He was the same as he was in Tampa."
"You always want to prove people wrong and the best way to do it is on the ice. The Lightning made their decision. I was surprised. It was late in the summer … Hopefully the play showed that it was a bad decision on the Lightning's part. I get to be paid (by Tampa Bay) until I'm 40. That's a good thing for me (laughs)."
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Just throwing out ideas. I know there's no motivation to actually do it, the Steam legion vastly outnumber those who take my view, and publishers couldn't be happier now they've got more control than ever.
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Depending on the terms of your agreement, they may or may not have to refund you your money: This boils down to the "it is a lease with a one-time fee" aspect. This is the harder spot to narrow down (assuming we ignore the fact that we all agreed to this, at which point it is already resolved :p), but that is why I brought up the examples of F2P terminating accounts or someone being banned from a gym they have a "lifetime membership" to.
Also hamster: You DO realize they can still throw you out after you have paid, right? IF you don't believe me, start screaming hatespeech in a food court or something and see how fast they throw your ass out (even if you already paid for your chalupa).
And again, why should they go out of their way to help people they banned from the service? Especially considering that odds are it was for exploiting the service as a whole (Steam doesn't do "You're an asshole bans" if memory serves).
Also, that would DEFINITELY need every dev to do a seperate build just for the people who have managed to get banned? ESPECIALLY if it is because they are no longer accepted customers. It is the definition of spending money on people who can't hope to give you more money back.
And I disagree on publishers having more control than ever. If anything, they have less.
Hear me out. From the late 486-era until the past few years, the only hope you had of making sales was word of mouth and/or retail. And only publishers stood a good chance at getting games on shelves. So publishers really did control everything. If they didn't like a game, they could just say "No, we won't distribute it for you" and it was over.
Now? Now even Joe Schmoe the Indie Dev can get his game published on Steam through greenlight. And even if he can't get on Steam, he can just pay for some Amazon cloud hosting and do a "drm-free" release. And all he has to do to get the game out there is submit a press release or a preview build to a few gaming websites and MAYBE buy some adspace for cheap.
Publishers are rapidly losing power. Hell, I think looking at the literary world shows the role publishers will take: Increasingly, self-published books are hitting the best seller lists (admittedly, for reasons of varying questionability). Published books are rapidly taking the role of a "premium" book. Now, writers have a choice: Self-publish, or try to get a publisher to pick them up and help promote the book and, more importantly, help EDIT the book. The former gives more freedom, the latter provides a safety net and VALUABLE feedback.
Before immediately dismissing it as being a different field, I do suggest at least skimming a few author blogs. Harry Connolly's blog in particular has been a pretty good study at the benefits of self-publishing. Yeah, the guy is kind of bitter and somewhat broken after his awesome book series was largely ignored, but he is also pretty honest about things and definitely paints a world where there is room for both.
So no, I don't think publishers are more powerful than ever. Quite the opposite.Steam: Gundato
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SpaceChem model* is the one I always bring up (and it goes along with the GabeN philosophy on Piracy etc). An online connection is not required to play the game, but it does provide significant extras alongside the game. SpaceChem can be played offline, without connection, no problem. You miss out on Leaderboards, comparing your scores and solutions to friends and others, uploading your solutions, things like that. Play the game Online, and you get all of those things, access to social and community features, extra challenges and the like. There's an extra incentive to go online, make use of those features, but you don't have to. Also goes with the GabeN philosophy of making the legitimate, purchased version superior to any pirate version... Yes, you have to embrace the (always-)online connection DRM gubbins, but it in turn gives you some lovin' back. It's a mutual thing.
Always-online isn't necessarily bad... except for maybe the Always part, but offering the base/vanilla game Offline gets round that. Online-DRM rather than Always-Online-DRM, with the DRM just covering those incentives and extra features. I think devs/publishers need to start coming up with and implementing these incentives, extra functionality from online play, social and community features etc.
So, simply, the model is...
offline = game.
online = game + other stuff.
*I don't know how strictly SpaceChem actually follows the model, but it works as an example.
They will not be refunding you, and if they don't have doggie bags, don't expect to keep your food.
I don't recall any provision in any DD terms of service that come even close to saying the purchaser gets a refund in the case of termination.
This is correct. They are not, however, allowed to throw you out for whatever reason they so please. The right to use the restaurant's premises is not a bare license granted gratuitously. Shit these days there are restrictions to terminate even bare licenses. But anyway, the terms of the implied license between restaurant and patron are basically common sense ones. You don't think that the restaurant is entitled to kick you out of your seat while you're eating for no reason, do you?
The blanket agreement covers the same ground as the blanket "We refuse the right to service you" crap. I suggest applying "common sense" to both.Steam: Gundato
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You're all doing very well at being civil. I don't think I've even seen anyone accuse someone else of lack of reading comprehension yet. Carry on.
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Either way, I think we need to go back to discussing if "sometimes on" is a bad thing, because for example thats how I perceive my steam right now.
I dont have problems with offline mode, and I buy most of my games online anyway, except when theyre cheaper on amazon.
I dont feel threatened by any features that require internet, because I know there is an equally active community around that cracks steams security on a daily basis. Thats also why I think piracy is a necessary element in digital goods.
Of course, why piracy at all, why not supply this feature from the get go?
Well its always a financial reason, but it's not a customer hate one. Some people that make those decisions are very afraid of software sharing, others concentrate on services like steam because it brings them a huge coverage and revenue.
Not that many really want to snare customers into buying more shitty superficial addons.- Tom De Roeck.
verse publications & The Shopkeeper, an interactive short.
"Quantacat's name is still recognised even if he watches on with detached eyes like Peter Molyneux over a cube in 3D space, staring at it with tears in his eyes, softly whispering... Someday they'll get it." - The Conclave
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Ok, common sense, then? So that's an admission that the clause is too wide as it stands?
But even interpreting the clause "right to terminate upon the sole discretion of the [DD]" to read as "right to terminate on reasonable grounds" is still very vague. What would constitute "reasonable"? Reasonableness tests are a hallmark of English Law but here we are talking about a contract, not tort. There is a meaningful difference between formulating a reasonableness test for negligence vs. reasonableness for "right to terminate". Indeed reasonableness goes to the heart of the matter in respect of rights and liabilities. On the other hand, contract is about a meeting of minds - contractual intention. As such, reasonableness in this context is used to infer the intention of the parties which was mutually agreed upon entering the contract. Can you see the difference? In the former case, the test is the reason behind the law. In the latter case, it is used to infer the state of the mind of the contracting parties. Pretty damn hard to do considering the myriad of contracts, commercial background, and so on. This is why in contract law, clarity is a requirement.
It also turns the concept of good consideration into a joke. What's more likely to happen is that the clause would be completely severed from the agreement. Clear, concise terms that adequately describe the rights and obligations of both parties is what we need. Not "duuh we will take for granted that they will act reasonably even though they say they are entitled to do anything they want." Because then we wouldn't need contracts at all. Just faith.
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I think sometimes-on is a fairly obvious necessity for the features that Steam offers, and it's a compromise that I'm perfectly happy with.
I don't know if I agree with Gundato that gamers are getting a fantastic deal for their Steam purchases (although I think that's a legitimate perspective), but I think it's easy to discount how convenient the basic functionality of Steam (and similar services) really is. Download my stuff whenever I want, with no more faffing about with discs and keys? Automatic patching? I love it. I don't want to go back. I acknowledge that there is a real risk of losing access at some point, but you know, I'll take the chance.
I've been saying that repeatedly. It is wide because it makes things easier on all involved. The exact same reason the blanket statement in a restaurant is wide.
On the other hand, contract is about a meeting of minds - contractual intention.
It also turns the concept of good consideration into a joke. What's more likely to happen is that the clause would be completely severed from the agreement. Clear, concise terms that adequately describe the rights and obligations of both parties is what we need. Not "duuh we will take for granted that they will act reasonably even though they say they are entitled to do anything they want." Because then we wouldn't need contracts at all. Just faith.
What I have been saying is that if we view it as a lease (which it is), then it IS a great deal. Fifty-sixty bucks for "lifetime" access to just about anything is a good deal. OF course, once you factor in how it is distributed, your personal value might change.
As an example: I absolutely LOVE Splinter Cell Conviction. Yeah, it is different from CT, but it is still really fun and is a great take on the concept. But the always-on ubi-drm pisses me off. So the underlying game is easily worth 40-60 bucks in my eyes, but the DRM meant that I wouldn't pay more than 20 dollars for it (ended up getting it for 15 bucks, by the way).
But yeah, it is a matter of weighing the costs and benefits. Buying a movie on a new media type is a risk because you don't know if that type of media will have long-term support in a decade (or even a few years). Buying a digital product on any service is risky because you don't know if that service will be around long term.
But the thing people forget: Buying any GAME is "risky" in that you have no guarantee that the software will work in a few years. Why? Hardware and software changes. There is a reason that GoG is loved by many for the simple fact that they get all the old games we love working on modern OSes with minimal hassle. I would wager money that the vast majority of the older gamers here have re-purchased at least one game from GoG for ease of use.
But if you "owned the game forever" as has been posited (and is technically not true to begin with...), why are you re-buying it anyway?Steam: Gundato
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Putting a specific dollar/pound/insert-currency-here value as part of any discussion is inviting an unsolvable morass of a debate. You get to decide whether something is worth the price for you only and for no one else.
I suppose I would argue, though, that with digital delivery offering perfectly flexible pricing, and with the availability of competing service providers, that game prices are tending strongly towards a hypothetical true market value, for what that's worth. It's been very interesting, anyhow. I'm loving it, personally. Patience gets me big discounts on titles that I don't feel compelled to buy immediately.
And cloud-saving does work to an extent like this gundato. I can play it offline, and connect later to cloud sync. It's an option instead of a requirement and that's what's ideal. We just need the DRM cut off from the rest of it.Virtual Pilot 3D NEVER NOT SCAM!
I'm bringing back this thread due to the various SimCity discussions going on, since they seem to all degenerate quickly into namecalling and nonexcellence.
So Simcity is DRMed to the sky, what is the issue, exactly, though? That they lied about *needing* their always online features? Or that it simply is?
The point has been brought that it should simply be classified as an MMO or social game (ala facebook games), especially since it lacks complexity and is meant for an online (social media) market.
Discuss!- Tom De Roeck.
verse publications & The Shopkeeper, an interactive short.
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It's twofold:
1) It's always-online DRM which as everyone with critical thinking skills agrees is a horrible idea.
2) It was a blatant lie when they said the online bit was a necessity for allowing the game to run. There was absolutely no other reason to make the game always-online except for DRM purposes as an insider claimed and someone 's just now proven.
Basically, EA went about doing this in the very worst way that is humanly possible. Making a system that's fundamentally broken, and then lying about it being a requirement.
John comparing anyone who is doing their best to deflect the criticism of this incredibly awful move on EA's part to the people of 1984 is not hyperbole - they are doing everything in their power to refute objective truths.Virtual Pilot 3D NEVER NOT SCAM!
The whole thing is like a Matryoshka doll. As you open another layer you're thinking "surely this has to be the last one", but it isn't. There is another layer of idiocy beyond that. And beyond that. And perhaps even beyond that.
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Steamworks is so stupid. I remember buying boxed copies where you had the option of linking your CD key to your Steam account, which would link them permanently. Steamworks should be an option. I'd rather put up with CD checks than having to log into Steam every time I want to play a game.


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The second Operation Checkpoint, which took place yesterday, saw officers from six forces work together to clamp down on offenders who operate in counties around the border.
"After the success of the first Operation Checkpoint we were all keen to keep working closely together to tackle thefts from rural communities," said Inspector Richard Quinn, of Cumbria Constabulary.
"Criminals don't recognise boundaries, and it is important we recognise this and continue to work across force boundaries to prevent and deter crime."
Officers were also joined by members of the roads policing teams, the Special Constabulary, dog handlers and PCSOs.
The aim of the day was to gather intelligence in a bid to prevent or disrupt criminal activity.
Police also provided a high-visibility presence to 'reassure local communities'.
Throughout the day they targeted known criminals and their vehicles, along with other vehicles seen in suspicious circumstances, which they stopped and searched.
In Cumbria police stopped 66 vehicles, while an Automatic Number Plate Recognition vehicle flagged up another 14.
In North Yorkshire 25 cars were stopped, 15 were searched and six people were arrested for drugs offences, driving while disqualified, possession of a weapon and money laundering.
"It's good to see this joint initiative going from strength to strength and building on the success of the first operation," said North Yorkshire Police's Assistant Chief Constable, Paul Kennedy.
"It provides an excellent opportunity to enhance and support our ongoing Operation Hawk which was introduced last year to protect North Yorkshire's rural communities from travelling criminals.
"By seizing the opportunity to work with our colleagues in neighbouring forces, we can build on our good working relationships and information sharing to target criminality.
"Criminals know no boundaries and yesterday's show of force sends a clear message to the criminal fraternity that their activity will not be tolerated and we are all united with the aim of disrupting their behaviour and bringing them to justice, no matter where they choose to operate."


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A 51-year-old Florida man got a trip to jail for drunk-dialing 911, officials say.
Pinellas County deputies didn't find an emergency when they arrived at Gary Alan Pockrandt's home near St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning. Pockrandt had called 911 twice, telling dispatchers his cellphone wasn't working.
Authorities weren't amused when Pockrandt called 911 again three hours later and told the dispatcher that his drug dealer was mad at him.
The Tampa Bay Times reports Pockrandt was cooperative the first time deputies came to his house. But he was combative when they arrived after the third 911 call. An arrest report noted he was intoxicated.
Pockrandt is being held in jail on $150 bail. He's charged with misuse of the 911 system.
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