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- Almost every single-player game is cracked and put online within weeks of it's release, sometimes within a few days.
- DRM does nothing but erect barriers against legitimate customers. The pirated version is often superior, having no limited activations, or forced subscriptions. Ironically this encourages more people to become pirates.
- Spore spearheaded the use of intrusive DRM and became one of the most pirated games ever.
- Modern DRM diminishes basic consumer rights by preventing users from reselling. This is a legal grey area which the courts will hopefully close in the next few years.
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The morality of pirates is explored further in Hill's book, where he actually manages to (quite succesfully) to identify the causes of piracy, and goes into some behavioural psychology in order to look at why people who steal games, do not steal in supermarkets.
Regarding Mozart's research grants: Our current society society rewards research...ok, you can survive in EU, and you can be rich in North America. Sponsorships, research grants,etc all guarantee this, that you will not starve doing beneficial research for the society. But you seem to say, producing a video game, and spending years to do so, should be equated to research. I disagree. Strongly. There are aspects of video-games that warrant research, AI, technological aspects of it e.g. graphics etc. But video game is not a research product, in the same way as a book of fiction is not one. Sure, many might not prove succesful, but this is no exact science, in fact, it is not a science at all. Which is why copyright, in the light of 90% piracy rates, is warranted.
Last edited by vinraith; 24-07-2012 at 06:46 PM.
I actually find it funny when people mention how the pirated version is easier and has fewer hassles. I used to think of this, then I actually thought about it:
Buying a game at retail: I have to get in my car, drive to a store, buy it, drive back, tear through the unholy plastic, install, patch, play.
Buying from Amazon: Place the order whenever, get the box off the front porch, go through the unholy plastic, install, patch, play
Piracy: I start up a torrent, go watch some TV, install it, find a crack (so look at some fun porn ads), apply a crack, (possibly patch), play
Digital Distribution (like Steam): I buy it, hit download, go watch some TV, come back, play.
So, the default case is definitely favoring legal usage of Steam or something similar. So then it just becomes: How often do people actually HAVE the problems of the DRM?
Ubi's always-on was problematic for people with poor connections, but anyone with a solid broadband had no reason to complain (aside from principle, which is why I still whinge about it)
Limited Activations had some issues early on, but these days all have uninstallers that refund, or activations that time out (like Riddick's version of TAGES). So unless you are reinstalling/modding your computer every five seconds, you should be okay.
Disc Checks and Serial Numbers: I hate these with a passion. I used to not mind, then I got given Neverwinter Nights Diamond as a gift... The horror...
So really, as long as you have a relatively stable internet connection (which is a fair assumption these days), the "The pirated version is less hassle" really isn't true.
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Thanks for the comments!
- DRM does nothing but erect barriers against legitimate customers. The pirated version is often superior, having no limited activations, or forced subscriptions. Ironically this encourages more people to become pirates.
- Spore spearheaded the use of intrusive DRM and became one of the most pirated games ever.
A recent highly-publicized PC-specific example of the 'DRM causes piracy' argument is the game Spore, and in some ways this is a unique case that bears closer examination. Much-maligned for its use of SecuROM DRM, some people even went to the trouble of giving Spore a one-star rating on Amazon.com to protest the use of DRM. Similarly, looking at Spore's Metacritic Scores, it got 84% from professional reviewers, but a lowly 45% from users, primarily due to the DRM issue. Despite this customer backlash, the game still sold over 2 million copies in its first three weeks alone, making it one of the best selling PC games of the year. To counter this success, one piracy site released the sensationalist claim that Spore is the most downloaded game ever at 500,000 copies during the same period. I have no doubt that some of those pirated copies were the result of people being scared off by SecuROM, however the entire Spore controversy is more important because it demonstrates the somewhat sinister side of the DRM debate. As I'm about to show you, the anger against SecuROM - and StarForce before it - is in large part propagandistic misinformation-laden scaremongering deliberately fuelled by various vested interests. For the moment, to counter the Spore example, bear in mind that the piracy figures we examined earlier show that the key determinant in how much a game gets pirated is how popular the game is, not whether it has DRM.
DRM is Malware
The fact of the matter is that whether successful in preventing a net loss in sales or not, nobody likes copy protection and DRM - not legitimate purchasers who may experience problems with it, not the pirates who have to work to crack it, and not the developers and publishers who have to pay substantial sums to the companies that own the technology, not to mention having to face the constant negative publicity and tech support requests. EA boss John Riccitiello recently said this about the Spore controversy:
I personally don't like DRM. It interrupts the user experience. We would like to get around that. But there is this problem called piracy out there. We're still working out the kinks. We implemented a form of DRM and it's something that 99.8 percent of users wouldn't notice. But for the other .2 percent, it became an issue and a number of them launched a cabal online to protest against it.
Note that he got the '0.2%' figure from the data provided here which shows that from a large sample of Spore customers, less than 1% of customers ever faced the DRM-enforced installation limit. Regardless of whether it was only 1% or not, ideally no legitimate customer should have to face potentially troublesome installation limits, forced to make phone calls to EA Support to explain activation issues, and generally spend their time dealing with potential problems rather than playing their game. However there's a world of difference between not liking something that's an inconvenience but a practical necessity, and hysterically hating it based on hearsay and misinformation. Many users have problems with their graphics drivers for example, spending hours reinstalling, configuring and troubleshooting them in an effort to play their games with stability and decent performance - but that doesn't mean everyone should start a hate campaign filled with unsubstantiated falsehoods against ATI or Nvidia.- Modern DRM diminishes basic consumer rights by preventing users from reselling. This is a legal grey area which the courts will hopefully close in the next few years.
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It's not ideal but it's sufficient as a plan b for me.
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Gundato that is why people like steam... because it is the only dd drm that is more convenient than pirating... and why people get double pissed if gfwl etc are added on top of steamworks.
Origin and uplay are significantly more annoying than pirating.
Want to buy anno 1404? BZZZT, that game is no longer available in your region because fuck you.
Want to play anno2070? Download, install like you would from a dvd, copy crack files to folder, type firewall in start menu and block the exe: DONE. The whole process outside of waiting for the install to finish takes like 30seconds. Any and all dlc is right there for you in all uplay/origin/whatever games.
Want to buy anno (edit : ubi drm games) and you face a combination of :
1: Buy (for me personally here is where the bullshit starts, uplay site doesnt even recognise my language and sets it to french without any option in the website to change it).
No Ideal or direct banking support (unlike on steam) and on mainland europe many people don't use credit cards mostly because we don't have a culture where you spend your paycheck before you earn it! We have regular bank cards, not supported by uplay shop.
2: Install the shitty uplay client, have it update , create account if you don't have one (this part identical to steam)
3: have it dl and install the game
4: enter account details (nothing to get you fired up for gaming like logging in to some service to play an sp game), get some shitty DLC related ads on your screen and notice part of the content is locked out until you 'earn' uplay points by finishing the game or buy them (like in driver SF)
Weekly isp maintenance or other downtime? TOUGH SHIT until recently they finally realised there are limits.
5: Launch game, watch extra loading screen for the log in/sync (anyone who played rockstar drm addled game la noire knows how frustrating the synch can be) get reminded how you don't have the dlc and you should totally really buy it for reals cos you are missing out man , so silly of you to only spend 50 euros on your game when you could have the complete game for only 30 euros more.
6: In case of gfwl: pray the game doesn't delete your savegame when you are done.
Want to remove anno 2070 and play it some other time?
Uninstall the pirated copy
Call up ubisoft cs to undo or reset your activations and give them your blood type, child's first words, social security number, penis girth and dirtiest fetish to identify yourself.
Going through this once is enough to sour you on any(especially activation) drm forever
Point is: (and has been this whole thread), that instead of making buying a game more attractive, they are trying to make it harder to pirate (and failing miserably btw, holy shit).
Maybe if they didn't nickle and dime, had demos to try the games before release, spent a litte bit of that PR money on QA and released a working product that is finished and not bug ridden then the value proposition would go up and people would be more interested in buying their games at all.
DRM is going at it the wrong way when you want to convince people to support your game.
Consumer satisfaction no longer matters and bullying people with annoying drm that adds all kinds of needless barriers and conditions to playing the stuff you bought is not ok.
Now that I think about it, the most effective DRM i've ever seen is the one nintendo uses for their DS carts (I know right, r4 cart LOL but hear me out).
Closed platform (reason why it works at all) guarantees that it won't backfire for owners of legit carts and they can play it as much as they want for as long as they want and give it to anyone they want.
But if you pirate it (even with the r4 cart existing) would mean your copy degredes and you 'll never know when or how or if your copy was any good until it happens.
Super frustrating for people pirating (not that it stopped them haha, don't understimate the scene) but it does plant the seed of doubt and hesitation when playing a pirated copy while the normal buyer will never see any difference.
Last edited by Finicky; 24-07-2012 at 08:09 PM.
Steam isn't the only one with those benefits. Origin is pretty good about it too (admittedly, their store kind of sucks).
As for anno: Honestly, that mostly sounds like a problem with the ubi store (the french thing) and you not liking DLC. Europeans still regularly get boned on Steam (its okay, Americans get sodomized by Origin. Somehow...), and a lot of games try to shove DLC down your throat. The DLC problem being with the game, not the DRM-model (the annoying jerk at camp is still there in DA:O, regardless of if you bought the game retail, origin, or Steam).
And anyway you put it: It is piracy if you use a crack to give you DLCs. If you think that is stealing or not is up to you, but that is still software piracy.
Although, how did you use up all your activations on one playthrough? I'll admit, I got confused by your rambling and ranting (its cool, people get confused by mine), but it sounds like you had to reset all activations after playing once?Steam: Gundato
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Yeah I forgot to add where I was going with it, noticed as I proofread, added now.
And about the activations: depending on the DRM there is either a process to undo one activation each time (think calling MS for windows activations and some games which I really can't remember but am positive you can find on google), or you only get a single activation in some cases or you often only get 3.
Idk about you but most people have a laptop as second machine or multiple computers, I've gone through like 15-20 'activations' (if it had them) with cs since I've had it and having gone through the process of having to call customer support to reset my activations once, It's a despicable practice that needs to piss off and die.
Last edited by Finicky; 24-07-2012 at 07:46 PM.
Even though I'm risking going partially off-topic, the matter of lease vs. purchase is an interesting case. When we're talking about software, the marginal cost of producing another similar good (ie. copying!) is pretty much zero. Now consider that the means of producing more copies are readily available for pretty much everyone. The question is, in this setting is it actually reasonable for the original producer to sell anything? Sell one good to someone. Now that someone can produce as many copies of the same good as he/she wishes, with zero cost. The market is flooded: the original good loses all value. No, you as the original producer need to build as good system for preventing copying as you can, or then some sort of lease system in which the customer actually never gets hold of the original good in a way that would facilitate copying...
And aside from the first few games, most games with activation models have activations refunded when you uninstall (or they time out). And they generally give at least 4 or 5 (usually the number appears to be 9). If you are installing a game on more than 2 or 3 computers, I have to question if you really have"pure" intentions as it were :p
The most common excuse I usually see is someone with detached tumors (children) installing the game for them, which definitely falls into the grey area because there are multiple users with a single license.Steam: Gundato
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Conveniently not mentioned is the fact that the pirated version does not include a lot of functionality. Persistent upgrades, OP Ark upgrades, community based events and powers, and ofc multiplayer are things pirates will never get. I've personally seen these to be enough to be able to convince to people to buy the game already.
In terms of hassles for the legit user over the (gimped) pirated user?
Regarding activation limits: You will never run out.
There is no deactivation/deauthorisation tool. There are 3 machine limits, which are not consumed with things like GFX changes/RAM changes/OS reinstalls, on top of which every 30 days your activation are replenished, making the act of running out of activations a monumental task to begin with. After all that, you can (and people have) get more with a free phone call.
Always-online: There is an offline option that you can use even if you rip out your LAN cable thus negating any points about not being able to play. Ever. Again.
If anything, Anno 2070's DRM model is the most succesful yet, especially since it took almost two months to crack it (for the gimped pirated version) in the first place, and is so unintrusive.
And I still haven't mentioned how they managed to enhance the single-player game with multiplayer functionality in their blatant attempt to implement more DRM.
PS. Slightly concerned about the blatant lies and inaccuracies in your post.
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And there is the word license again.
If we are just renting a license the price needs to be set accordingly.
If I buy a dvd noone is going to call it a gray area when the kids pop it into their dvd player in their room, what a crazy world we live in if that were ever to come up.
And come on man, having a game on multiple pcs is pretty damn normal.
I grew up playing ut, quake 2 and ra2 on lan with friends at their houses, I'd install my game on their second pc , one copy goes on the laptop at home, one on the desktop at home, when it's time for a hardware upgrade you have to install it again.
You go over to friends as a kid? you bring your games to play during the day and you take them back home (wether it be your sega genesis games or theme hospital on pc).
I guess that was in a time where gaming wasn't mainstream mickey mouse bullshit yet, gamers actually went to lans (and games had lan support) or held their own lans and when playing games was a social activity to bring together friends. My bad there...
Again, if I can no longer do those things with a game or can't play it anymore after a few years (@ deano,do you game on pc man? go take a look at Gog or steam library, or most older pc gamers' gaming shelves they are full of 10 year old games) and am just renting a gimp version that only works on that one machine (and makes me jump through hoops if I get any fancy ideas like the above) then it's worth much, much less than a proper fully functional game that I properly own with no strings attached.
The latter might be worth 40-50 euros to me, the rental is worth 10 at best.
@ rojimbo: I own the pirated version of anno2070 (note the word own, not have a license) , my rant on activations is based on previous experience with securom. (fool me once.. you get the idea). I probably could have picked a better game to compare with the activation limits but anno happens to be the one I remember the pirated install procedure for and boy was it easy. Game works like a charm. The uplay experience comes from driver SF from the steam deal.
A quick google search shows I was very much right about the activation limit on anno as well : http://anno.uk.ubi.com/pc/faq-tages.php INCLUDING having to call CS to reset activations.
You call my entire post lies while all of it is objectively true and only one part applies to driver SF (another ubi game, have no idea if it applies to anno as well)
I'll edit that bit to clarify if you want.
I hope you realise that 'online functionality' from anno has nothing to do with drm ,right?
You don't need drm to synch a game to a server, hell even crysis 2 retail can (could) connect to the matchmaking, statistics, rank, achievement, unlock etc servers with a pirated copy.
(google it if you want to call me a liar again, I played the game online myself with a cracked copy before quickly getting bored of it)
A game connecting to a central server like if it were a website to share some shitty feeds or upload some data and activate some predetermined triggers is nothing new and has absolutely nothing to do with DRM or copy protection.
To be clear: I've put easily over ten thousand euros into games (software not hardware) in the past 20 years and spent over 300 already this year but I'll be damned if I support ubisoft again. I spend out of love, not out of misplaced guilt.
Last edited by Finicky; 24-07-2012 at 08:21 PM.
Well, it is definitely a (very dark) grey area to install on your friend's computers.
Face it, a lot of the stuff we did as children kind of WAS piracy. And that's why there is the concept of the license and other issues: Software is different. I can give Jim-Bob a copy of SC Chaos Theory and there is no detriment to either of us. At least with a book, we can only have the one book without paying for a second.
As for multiple copies: Mostly, I think the problem is with concurrent copies (because of deauthorization tools/uninstallers). I always am surprised by people who need so many concurrent copies. With deauthorization tools, upgrading to a new system isn't too big of a deal (especially with the better DRMs that time out activations). And if you are updating that many times that it becomes a problem, well, send me your old parts :pSteam: Gundato
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Not saying it isn't possible, but you end up downloading patches from third party sites and mods and hacks from wherever to get the thing to run. Which are no more secure than cracks.
And I have plenty of boxed PC games over ten years old, but honestly if I want to play one these days, and it's not on GoG, my first port of call will be a torrent site to see if someone has packaged up a nice collection of game+patch+fixes for newer systems+instructions for making it all work. They're not that rare.


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Reading about Bureau Valley's decision to pursue a waiver to change the physical education program in their district got me to thinking about gym when I was in elementary school. They're happy memories. I had one of the greatest teachers. Now I know that a lot of people say their teacher was the best (and I say that about my high school journalism adviser as well), but Art Kitzman from Paul Norton Elementary School in the Bettendorf Community School District in Bettendorf, Iowa, takes the cake for sure.
My elementary school went from kindergarten to fifth grade. Now I had some amazing teachers and some who I would prefer to just forget about and move past. But Mr. Kitzman is one of those teachers we all treasured for his compassion toward us and his passion for teaching us.
Now, how I remember gym is that we had it every day for at least 40 minutes. We would line up at our classroom door, waiting for our teacher to lead us to freedom. We would often pass a class leaving the gym and try to find out what Mr. Kitzman had planned for that day, but often times we would just be told, "Oh, you just have to wait," and "It was so much fun!"
At the gym, we would hurry to our spots to stretch. Mr. Kitzman would teach us just the basics, such as touch your toes, stretch your arms, jumping jacks, crunches, and on occasions, push-ups. And then we would run, only for about five minutes. Just enough so we would get out a little burst of pent up energy but not enough to wipe us out for the rest of the class. And if we were really lucky, he would pull out the record player (yes, that's right, a record player), and we would run to whatever vinyl record he put on. I'm sure they've upgraded it by now to accommodate a MP3 player.
Once we finished our calisthenics, it was time for the real fun to begin. Every child learns about sportsmanship early on in their physical education days, and I was no exception. Mr. Kitzman made sure we knew the rules for the games we were playing, correcting us when we erred and supporting us as we achieved. He was our biggest cheerleader. We learned how to play all the basic sports. He taught us square dancing. I can still remember that rickety record player starting up and the whine it emitted as it worked to catch the vein.
But mostly I remember the "special" gym classes. Every year, like clockwork, we knew what was coming. In honor of Halloween, out would come the record player and we would all bring our rollerblades and skate around the gym to songs like "Monster Mash," "Thriller" and "Ghostbusters." At the end of the year we would have a Fun Run and picnic with our families, and he would hand out our medals. And in honor of the Indy 500, because school didn't end until early June, we would partner up, grab two scooters (one for our butts and one for our feet) and race around the gym. Despite the chance of pinched fingers or skinned knees, it was always fun.
Yes, those memories still stick with me to this day, but there is one week that every student who ever attended Paul Norton remembers as the greatest, coolest, most awesome week of the year. We all looked forward to it, but never knew when it was coming until that Monday. It was the Indiana Jones Obstacle Course Week!
Mr. Kitzman would set up this crazy course that we would work our way through, after we did our stretches. We would have to cross monkey bars without falling our touching the mat under our feet. We would have to perfect our balance as we crossed multiple balance beams (they were only a few inches off the ground, but to us and our imagination we were crossing the Grand Canyon). We would have to army crawl through tubes, swing from rope to rope, jump over discs that symbolized dangerous rocks and all the while beware of what was "lava" and what was safe. We got to do this for a whole week. To us, this was the greatest week of the year. It made us active; got us to burn off extra energy we had accumulated during the day; and it was always fun. We loved it. It was our chance to feel like explorers and adventurers. We all knew who Indiana Jones was, so we knew what he did (and to us as kids, even now, he has a pretty cool job).
It's been 13 years since I did that obstacle course, but it's always stayed with me. Gym is important to a young mind and body. The memories made in that class last us a lifetime. I'm sure if you were to ask any Mr. Kitzman, Paul Norton alum what their favorite gym memory is, it would be one I've shared.
Hopefully, the school board won't cut gym time because you never know which student might be the next Indiana Jones.
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Disruptive Technologies can be described as the conscious application of new technology that can radically shift the status quo, breaking current paradigms.
This book has been composed as a personal record of the research and projects from two year's studying Master of Architecture at the University of Edinburgh, projects that have dramatically transformed my architectural philosophy .
Three projects explored different perspectives of the emerging Material/Immaterial relationship of contemporary architectural design.
Material: Fabric Formwork 'Sinigle Cast Concrete'
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Material/Immaterial Hybrid: Exploring the socio-material relationship in the context of a school.
The final year built upon this philosophy with a year long architectural project in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, inventing a brief and designing a resolved urban building: The Icelandic Modern Media Initiative HQ.
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Adnan Oktar: Under the leadership of Turkey, InshaAllah a Turkish Islamic Union will be established with the aid of the Turkish Union that will come into existence with the unison of the Turkish states. This will happen under the leadership of Turkey; we are actually proceeding towards this step by step. The leadership of Turkey is the most ideal. Every country will exist on its own as a state but there will be a spiritual union inshaAllah as in the case of the European Union. The passports will be removed, the requirement for visa will be eliminated, the countries will make trade readily and they will become brothers. In order to accomplish this, the first basis will inshaAllah be laid with Azerbaijan. And also with Syria, one of the Islamic countries. Azerbaijan is a country which is both Turkish and Muslim. Syria is also our Muslim brother. We will inshaAllah unite with Syria, too. These will be the first steps.
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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Brad Weitl soaped his hands and put on hospital scrubs and walked down the hallway to where his new babies would shout their first cries.
In two nearby rooms he saw maybe 20 people each with their blue masks and glasses. He could see only their eyes. Some busy, some watchful.
They were the teams of doctors and nurses that waited for little Ava and Aidan.
Oh, my God. This is really happening, Brad thought.
Brad and his wife Christina for months had prepared for this moment in early May, when a Mayo Clinic surgeon cut open her belly and pulled the twins out.
Ava came first. Screaming.
That's a good sign, Christina thought. The doctors had warned her that Ava might be quiet and lethargic and have bluish skin from a lack of oxygen.
The left side of the girl's tiny heart is severely underdeveloped, which was first discovered by routine tests in January. It will take three surgeries in the next two years to reroute the way her blood flows to and from her heart to compensate for the defect.
Someone held up Ava for a brief moment. Christina saw her, and then she was gone.
Aidan was born a minute after his sister. Both were a little more than 5 pounds and about 18 inches long.
Aidan was healthy and normal, aside from being born one month premature. The doctors opted for a Caesarean section surgery because they couldn't risk a spontaneous, natural birth — the stress might have been too great for Ava.
Brad followed his wailing baby girl to another room, where doctors prepped her for surgery.
He gave Ava a kiss and told her that everything would be OK and that he loved her — this girl he had known for only minutes. It might be his last moments with her.
Brad told his baby girl to be strong. He needed her to be strong.
Dr. Harold Burkhart, a children's heart surgeon, and his Mayo team began work on Ava's heart about 90 minutes after she was born.
He cut a line down her chest and spread her ribs apart. They stopped her walnut-sized heart with an injection of potassium chloride, which blocks the electrical impulses that make it beat. And they clamped it to be sure it remained still.
Country music played.
Burkhart made a few major changes in the next four hours: He spliced and sewed arteries and veins to make the good half of Ava's heart pump to her body and lungs, a job that is normally split in a healthy heart. He carved a passage between the upper chambers of her heart.
It's a temporary fix. For now, Ava's oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood will mix before her heart pumps to her brain and body.
Other surgeries late this year and about two years from now will reroute her blood into one long circuit — where two would normally be. One long circuit only requires half of a heart.
Brad saw his daughter first after surgery. Christina was still recovering from her own surgery.
He walked into the corner room with its glass door and saw Ava with all the tubes and wires hanging off.
He cried and winced, and he wondered: How am I going to prepare Christina for this?
Brad wheeled his wife into Ava's room the day after surgery. Christina sobbed. She couldn't speak. She wished it were her with the tubes and wires and hole in her chest.
Burkhart had delayed sewing the little girl back together until the swelling from the surgery subsided. It took about a week.
Christina asked to see it. They pulled back a bandage to reveal the translucent film over her chest. It looked like so much blood underneath.
They later brought Aidan to see his sister and laid him next to her.
He seemed to recognize her and rolled close and put his hand on her cheek. The tips of his fingers went white from his grip.
He didn't want to let go, either.
Christina DeShaw and husband Brad Weitl waited more than three months to take their baby twins home to Clive after they were born May 8.
Baby Ava's recovery from heart surgery shortly after she was born was delayed when she had fits of vomiting.
The doctors hoped to teach Ava to feed from a bottle, but her stomach couldn't handle the thick, calorie-rich baby formula.
Ava had more surgery to stem the reflux. A surgeon cut a small artery from her stomach and sewed it around the top of the stomach to keep her from vomiting the formula and medicenes she takes.
The doctors hoped that removing the stomach artery, which supplies some blood to the organ, would have little effect. But her stomach turned a bluish or grayish color, and doctors worried it might die. They had to wait to see what would happen.
In the next few tenuous days, Ava's lungs collapsed and sank to critical condition.
Christina called Brad, who had returned to Des Moines to work, and told him to come back to the hospital. They planned to meet with a hospital chaplain.
But Ava Grace pulled back from the brink and has made steady progress since. She still has problems eating and taking her medicines, but Christina has learned how to help her cope.
Every three hours or so, Christina gives Ava a bottle to feed. If she doesn't drink enough, Christina hooks Ava to a machine that slowly pumps the remaining formula directly to her stomach through a tube in her abdomen.
Christina stayed with the babies in Rochester, Minn., from May to early this month, splitting her time between a nearby hotel and a Mayo Clinic hospital.
Brad works as an estimator for a Des Moines area construction company, and he drove back and forth on weekends.
Christina's mother, Donna DeShaw, was most often in Rochester when Brad couldn't be there.
They alternated caring for each child, but Donna was usually charged with keeping Aidan occupied while Christina tended to Ava and learned how to care for her.
Aidan quickly outgrew the confines of Ava's tiny hospital room — which the family dubbed "the cave" — but relished the time he had with his sister.
He nestled close when Christina laid him down next to her.
Ava is uncomfortable when she eats. The surgery to keep her from vomiting can make it more difficult for her to expel excess air that she swallows along with formula.
Christina has learned how to get the air out. She attaches a syringe to the tube that goes to Ava's stomach — what they call a "g-tube" — and draws the air slowly out until the syringe becomes hard to pull.
She disconnects the syringe, turns it upward and pushes the plunger to get out the air, and reinjects whatever food she make have taken from Ava in the process.
Christina twists the tube into a port on Ava's belly when she needs it.
Aidan has developed much quicker than his sister, who is older than him by one minute.
Ava has spent days and weeks heavily medicated to subdue the pain from her surgeries. And she can't get as much oxygen to her body as Aidan.
Aidan likes to look around and see new things at the hospital or whever he goes.
When he cried at the hospital, his father Brad or grandmother Donna would walk with him to a big indoor water fountain.
Its soft sounds soothed him.
The family returned to their Clive home one week ago. They drove their new minivan from Rochester with little trouble and stopped at a Casey's General store to buy food and drink for the road. It was Ava's first time in any building outside of the hospital where she spent her first four months of life.
A handful of neighbor girls and parents lined their street in the western Des Moines suburb, with its curvy roads and newer houses. They put up a big sign to welcome them home.
Brad put the finishing touches on their twins' nursery with the help of a neighbor girl, Grace, who put up many of the 90 wall decal leaves on the tree with its blue and pink giraffes underneath.
Christina worried at first that putting up the big, cursive letters that spell her daughter's name could set them up for too much pain if Ava hadn't survived the birth or surgery. But she and Brad decided to have faith.
They had waited so long for children that they needed to be optimistic, no matter that little Ava had less than a 50-50 chance to live.
No matter what happens, Christina said the pink giraffe will stay in the nursery. Aidan needs to be reminded he has a sister, even if their worst fears come true, she said.
Christina barely recognized her house when she returned from the five-month stay in Rochester, Minn.
The had put in hardwood floors in the main living area and kitchen and carpet in an ajoining room not long before she packed up her life into a big sport utility vehicle.
She was the first inside the house when they returned from Mayo Clinic last week, and she embraced her big black dog Max.
Outside was her big wooden deck and fenced-in backyard.
Her sleep has dwindled to just a few hours each night since she returned. It took a while for her to feel comfortable enough to leave baby Ava's crib for a night at first, she slept on the floor nearby.
Christina relished some of the normalcy that has returned — like the pumpkin spice mocha she bought at a nearby Starbucks Coffee and the haircut she scheduled in the first few days she was back.
She baked cookies for her father's annual harvest festival near Carroll.
Christina hopes to return to her manager's job at ING Financial Services in downtown Des Moines early next month.
She's anxious to get back to work for the employer that has been so good about giving her time off to care for Ava, yet is worried that she'll struggle with a shift from a work-driven life to a family-driven one.
Christina and Brad have hired a full-time nanny to care for the twins while they are away for the day.
Ava is fed every three hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and a pump to her stomach sends her formula slowly through the night.
She takes a total of about a dozen medicenes at several different times each day.
Ava cries from the pain. Her stomach aches.
The nanny, Kim, said she's never cared for a child with so many medical needs.
If Kim can't handle the job on her own, Christina said they might hire another nanny to help.
"It's just a lot to do," Christina said. "I have to have things highly organized so that she's not worried about bottles and meds."
Brad and Christina know that it will take many more days or weeks to adjust to their new life at home. It was scary to take Ava from the safety of the hospital to a place that doesn't have doctors and nurses waiting nearby to help.
But they're happy to be home, moving forward, with the little baby boy and girl they had waited so long to touch.
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Waving American flags slightly larger than a postcard in their tiny fists, children were lined up with their parents and grandparents along Cholokka Boulevard Thursday morning for the town of Micanopy's annual Independence Day parade and fish fry.
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Sylvia Coleman of Gainesville said for more than 60 years she has traveled to the town, which takes up slightly over one square mile between Gainesville and Ocala, to attend the 4th of July celebration.
"This is small-town USA," Coleman said over the noisy crowd. "Look at the smiles on everybody's faces. This is a way to show respect for our country."
The sun shone with the temperature in the high 80s as fire trucks, tractor trailers, horses and vintage cars traveled the parade route. They were being driven by men and women sometimes accompanied by excited children. One woman in the parade drove a tractor as her child slept on her lap through the excitement.
Little Miss Heart of the USA of Alachua County, Paige Praet, tossed candy into the crowd as her float strolled by. The parade seemed to go off without a hitch, although a slight rain shower began as the last trucks made their way down the boulevard.
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The shower was short-lived and soon the air filled with the smell of fried well-seasoned hush puppies, grouper and shrimp. Sweet potato fries and fried salmon strips were also among the options for the long line of hungry celebrators who came to the museum in anticipation of the Thrasher Warehouse Board's famous fish fry.
The volunteer cooks had arrived at 8 a.m., nearly 4 hours before the line began to form.
Zack Williams, a worshipful master of the Micanopy Masonic Lodge No. 29, said his organization offers to cook for the fish fry because it helps raise money for the museum, an indirect way of helping to preserve the small town's history. Another member of the organization and part owner of Northwest Seafood in Gainesville, Lee Deaderick supplied the seafood, which sold for $10 a plate for adults and $5 for children.
As the revelers collected their trays of food, the day's festivities were only beginning. Micanopy's Fourth of July celebration was set to continue from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. with music, food and a bounce house for children at the Carson Roberts Sports Complex, then fireworks at dusk.
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Sessa was officially announced as the newest Lions' assistant coach in late July of 2012, and enters into his second season with the Green and Gold.
His responsibilities include all defensive coordinator tasks, while also working with the face-off unit, in addition to extensive recruiting and academic development duties.
Taking over the first assistant role, Sessa joins the Lions' staff from Springfield College.
A product of Springfield College, both as a player and a coach, Sessa has studied, played and taught the sport of lacrosse in both America and England since graduating in 2010.
Coach Sessa is also a key member of Mad Dog Lacrosse camps, a youth development camp which Sessa helps run throughout the summer months. He is one of three National Directors who help run the very enthusiastic camps in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California.
As a player, Sessa had a standout career as a longstick midfielder. An All-Pilgrim League selection twice, a second-team All-New England honoree, two time Men's lacrosse strength and conditioning athlete of the year, as well as a three-time all-academic team honoree, Sessa anchored a defense that ranked seventh nationally in goals against average as junior and 14th as a senior. After Springfield, Sessa spent eight months in England playing for the Reading Wildcats, who won the Flags Championship.
After completing his playing career in 2011, Sessa coached at three English universities, including Southampton, Royal Halloway, and Reading in association with the English Lacrosse Association.
Most recently, Sessa took over the graduate assistant position at his alma mater where he also served as Springfield's recruiting coordinator as well as working with the defense, face-offs, and goalkeepers.
Sessa is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Sport Business at Saint Leo University.


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I'm into my 7th year directing the Program and really look forward to seeing all the Former Fellows who worked with me starting in 2005. However, my connection to the Program goes back much further when I was on the Horticulture faculty at Virginia Tech from 1981 – 1999. During that period, I sent 5 of my students into the LGP and I'm very much hoping to see them all at the Reunion!
Lead Fellow for the Reunion has been second year Fellow Dongah Shin, who has done a marvelous job in insuring that everyone will have a great time.
I know that reunions are meant for reminiscing and catching up with old friends, so we are planning lots of time to do exactly that, all within the unsurpassed atmosphere of Longwood. If you are a former Fellow, please join us: this will be an event to be remembered for a long time to come!
Bob Lyons


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Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
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The hugely gifted Leila Josefowicz plays Stravinsky's neo-Classic masterwork. Composed in 1931, it consists of highly kinetic movements surrounding two instrumental arias. George Balanchine choreographed two ballets to it.
Come for:
Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki, Music Director of the Ensemble intercontemporain, leads new music by Enno Poppe, a sensation on Europe's festival circuit.
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A beloved symphony by Brahms, his austerely noble Fourth.
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City, churches work to welcome newcomers
Picnic and driving program aim to help immigrants settle in
Wednesday, Jul 09, 2014 06:00 am
Where to find an apartment, a family doctor and a health card, are some questions immigrants have when they settle in St. Albert.
But those aren�t the only ones. Where is a good place to meet friends for coffee? Where can you buy favourite foods from the motherland?
To help answer those questions, the City of St. Albert teamed up with several churches and non-profits last fall and formed the St. Albert Welcoming Community Committee.
�The issue emerged last summer; people had concerns that temporary foreign workers or contract workers needed information and weren�t getting it,� said Leanne MacMillan, community development coordinator with the city.
After a successful information session was held for temporary foreign workers, the committee sat down and hammered out ways they could make St. Albert more welcoming for newcomers, explained MacMillan.
The committee includes the Community Information & Volunteer Centre, Salvation Army Community Services, St. Albert Food Bank & Community Village, St. Albert Public Library, STAR Literacy and several church ministries.
One of the committee�s key priorities was how to get information about affordable housing, medical clinics, transportation and recreational activities, out and easy to access.
They put together a pamphlet and launched it at a newcomers� picnic in June.
About 40 people attended. A representative from the Library Settlement Services program was there to answer questions and made referrals, said MacMillan. Newcomers have already shown interest in helping to host the next event.
�It was very informal � and through word of mouth. We just wanted people to come and be able to ask questions,� she said.
Even the seemingly simple things such as setting up a bank account or going to the walk-in clinic, can be difficult for newcomers to understand, said Grace Lumbab, with Jesus Rock of Ages Ministry, one of the committee members.
Sixty per cent of the church�s congregation is made up of temporary foreign workers. The majority are from the Philippines.
�Canada is the land of milk and honey,� said Lumbab. �They come here hoping they will become permanent residents, then citizens. It�s their dream to come here and a blessing for many.�
The goal of the non-denominational ministry is to support temporary foreign workers, said Lumbab.
Along with the other churches, they are spearheading a volunteer driving program to start up in July.
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On the second and fourth Tuesdays, the shuttle will go to ethnic grocery stores Lucky Supermarket on 127 Street and T&T Supermarket on 137 Avenue.
The program is still looking for both newcomers and drivers.
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Last year the welcoming community committee met once a month.
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text: I agree that the worst day hunting is better than the best day working! I did hunt some new areas for deer, my old stomping grounds just don't produce well anymore, everything is overgrown now. Without any new logging the west Side of the Cacades its a jungle. The elk hunting, pressure is what messed up my elk hunt I believe. It just happend that this year more people decided to hunt the same are I was commited to. Most years "my spot" only gets a few people the first day or 2 then they move on. This year there were 10 other hunters that decided to hunt there the entire week too. One other hunter shot a 5 point 300 yrds in front of me opening day, it could have been me just as easy. On day 5 a herd moved in, but the other hunters ran them right out of the country as soon as they came in. I did have close encounters, I guess luck was not on my side this year. I am looking forward to 2013, I have enough points to draw some good tags. Hopefully luck is on my side next year. Thanks for all your words of wisdom.


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Backtrack is designed for pentesters.
Its not meant for general use (Lots of reasons why.).
Its certainly not meant to be used for web/graphic dev.
Hi, I am a webmaster and planning to migrate from Windows to Backtrack but have some doubts on the functionality of Bactrack. I personally used "Pardus" linux distro for years but don't know if it is such easy to use Backtrack?. So I want to learn;
Is it easy for a beginner to;
1.Create a local server for testing some php pages
2.Create and manage MySQL databases
3.Use graphical design tools for a website design
by using Backtrack?
Backtrack is designed for pentesters.
Its not meant for general use (Lots of reasons why.).
Its certainly not meant to be used for web/graphic dev.
Have you...g0tmi1k?
What initially made you think that Backtrack was a good fit for such a migration and set of uses?
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
Short answer: no.
You're probably better off using a more mainstream Linux distribution like Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, etc. You'll find a lot more support with regards to web development on their forums and on Google.
Backtrack may be good for sanity checking your sites once they are built, or testing them for weaknesses, but if you are a web designer and require design tools you should really stick with Windows. You will not have the same sort of access to Adobe for example on Ubuntu or Debian, but you can use them for publishing the sites and putting them together. The design portions I would stick with Windows or Mac OSX for, just because of the number of tools specifically aimed at your profession. Don't get me wrong, GIMP and other such tools are well done, but you may at times still require suite of tools companies likes Adobe can provide... I guess it depends how into the graphics side of it you are getting.


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A YOUNG girl killed when she was hit by a bus has been named.
Caitlin Hunt, nine, from Swindon, died following the crash just before 5.50pm yesterday on Moredon Road close to the junction with Church Walk.
Paramedics and police officers were called but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Insp Paul Hacker from Wiltshire Police said an investigation was under way: "This is a tragic incident and our thoughts remain with Caitlyn's family at this time."
He appealed for witnesses, adding: "At this stage of the investigation, it appears that this was a tragic accident."
Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Pete Williamson of the serious collision investigation team on 101. Alternatively people can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be left anonymously.


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This is my first post, nice to meet you all!
I`m biology student from Russia, trying to learn python to perform some simple simulations.
Here`s my first problem.
I`m trying to perform some simple 2d vector rotations in pygame, in order to learn the basics of linear algebra and 2d transformations. So far i understand matrix multiplication pretty well, and probably all my math is right. Eventually i`m planning to write Poly class, and use it to rotate and translate some simple shapes. But when i try and write it in the program, i get very weird results, like all points of rectangle with coordinates [0,0],[0,100],[100,0],[100,100] start to go spiral and eventually shrink to the center instead of rotating right. Although even Excel calculations with this formulas give me right result.
What is wrong with my code?
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import pygame
import math as m
black = ( 0, 0, 0)
white = ( 255, 255, 255)
green = ( 0, 255, 0)
red = ( 255, 0, 0)
class Poly():
pos = [100,100] #x and y coordinates of a point
rot = m.radians(1) #rotation in degrees
def draw(self): #draw point
def rotate(self): # rotation method
sin = m.sin(self.rot) #calculationg sin and cos
cos = m.cos(self.rot)
x_rot = int(self.pos[0]*cos-self.pos[1]*sin) #mulpitplicating vector to rotation matrix
y_rot = int(self.pos[0]*sin+self.pos[1]*cos)
self.pos[0] = x_rot #set new coordinates to a point
self.pos[1] = y_rot
a = Poly() #Some simple sample points giving rectangle
b = Poly()
c = Poly()
d = Poly()
b.pos = [0,100]
c.pos = [100,0]
d.pos = [0,0]
size = [700,500]
screen = pygame.display.set_mode(size)
done = False
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
while done == False:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
done = True
a.rotate() #perform rotation
a.draw() #draw point
P.S. I use Python 3.3. Sorry for my english, bit rusty in that department.


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A 44-YEAR-OLD man suffered a catalogue of injuries after being attacked in a road rage incident.
The victim is in hospital after the attack on Saturday outside a pizza shop in Bridgewater Road, Walkden.
The incident happened shortly after the man had a near miss with a black car while crossing the road, and words were exchanged between him and the driver at about 9.30pm.
The man carried on walking and made his way to the pizza shop, where he was attacked while waiting outside.
He suffered a number of injuries including a broken nose and fractured cheekbone.
Det Con Will Hardman said: "The victim cannot remember what his attacker looked like as he lost consciousness during the assault.
"What he does know is that he was hit from behind and fell heavily onto the pavement.
"He is still in hospital following facial surgery as he suffered a broken nose, fractured wrist, fractured cheekbone, lost teeth and cuts and bruises.
"From what we have been told, the car may have been a black saloon, possibly a Mercedes.
"We do not know whether the incident involving the car is linked to this attack but I would urge anyone who may have witnessed one or both incidents to contact us so we can piece together what happened that night."
Anyone with information can call police on 0161 8565097 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111


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LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder announced Tuesday that Detroit will get $52.3 million in federal funds for blight removal.
Approximately $37.4 million will go to four other Michigan cities to fund large-scale projects to stabilize neighborhoods, preserve property values and fight crime.
The governor announced in June that the U.S. Department of the Treasury approved $100 million for anti-blight efforts in Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Pontiac and Saginaw through the Hardest Hit Fund.
While Detroit will get about half of the funds, Flint will get $20.1 million; Grand Rapids $2.5 million; Pontiac $3.7 million, and Saginaw $11.2 million. About $10.2 million is being held in reserve to tear down additional abandoned properties that may become eligible for demolition during the pilot program and for unanticipated project costs.
"With these federal funds, we'll be able to launch large-scale demolition programs that strike at the blight that is weakening too many neighborhoods in these cities," the governor said. "This aggressive anti-blight effort will help stabilize neighborhoods that have been struggling for years. As the abandoned properties come down, property values will go up, and crime will go down. That will encourage the people who live in these neighborhoods to stay in their homes and be part of the revitalization of their communities."
The Hardest Hit Fund was created under that federal law in 2010. The $100 million blight elimination program has been designed to further enhance neighborhood recovery in these targeted areas.
"Our experience in responding to the foreclosure crisis taught us that there is a direct link between foreclosure and blight. We sought to modify the program to include blight removal because it offered a more holistic approach to helping our Hardest Hit communities recover," MSHDA Executive Director Scott Woosley said. "We have greatly appreciated the governor's leadership on this issue and the federal, state and local partnerships that have been forged during this process."
MSHDA's team worked with officials from the five cities to pick the neighborhoods and properties that align with federal Hardest Hit program goals, to identify local resources needed and their availability, and to establish a timeline for the work.
They used a formula that weighed vacancy and blight elimination data, among others, to arrive at the award amounts.
Demolition work is scheduled to begin later this month in Detroit and within several weeks in the other cities.
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A Winnipeg developer is breathing new life into another long-vacant Exchange District heritage building.
Karl Loepp, president and owner of Lola Construction Management Inc., is in the midst of converting the 107-year-old Bell Block at 370 Donald St. into a mixed-use complex with retail -- possibly a restaurant -- on the main floor, and 34 studio/one-bedroom rental apartments on the other five floors.
Loepp said the suites will all be open-concept, loft-style units, with exposed brick walls, exposed timber posts and beams, 2.7-metre to 3.6-metre-high ceilings (nine to 12 feet), and 2.3-metre-high (71/2 feet) windows.
Tenants will have the option of leasing either a furnished or an unfurnished suite.
"If we get a lot of demand from people who want furnished, we will furnish the whole building," Loepp said. "And if they want unfurnished, we will accommodate them."
To keep rents "affordable" -- Loepp said they'll start at $800 for an unfurnished unit -- the apartments have been kept small (400 to 550 square feet in size).
A couple of display suites are now ready, and another company Loepp owns -- yournextplace.ca -- will begin marketing the units within the next few weeks. The rest of the suites should be ready for occupancy by March next year.
Loepp, whose company has been involved in about 15 apartment-block rehabilitation projects over the past 10 years, wouldn't say how much he's spending on the Donald Street project.
The complex, which is located on the northwest corner of Donald Street and Cumberland Avenue, will be called 370 Donald Street and was originally designed as a warehouse. It was later converted to light manufacturing, retail and office use.
Its last tenant was Gray's-Carter's Auction and Antique Warehouse, whose owners -- Michael and Del Stevens -- also owned the building.
The Stevens sold it in 2007 to another Winnipeg developer -- I. Rentz Real Estate Management Group -- who also wanted to convert it into a retail/apartment complex. The city later seized the building because of unpaid taxes, and the Stevens reacquired it last year in a tax sale.
"We hadn't even listed. Karl came to us... and said he'd love to buy it," Del Stevens said in an interview. "And we were happy as heck (to sell it to him). We always wanted it to be redeveloped. We just couldn't do it ourselves and didn't have any use for it ourselves because it was too big."
It was the city's downtown development agency -- CentreVenture Development Corp. -- that told Loepp about the building.
Loretta Martin, the agency's director of development, said they were familiar with some older apartment buildings Loepp's company had refurbished in the Broadway area and they knew he was looking for another downtown project to tackle.
Martin said the Donald Street building is ideally suited for rental units because it's located between the University of Winnipeg and Red River College's downtown campus.
"And we can always use more market rental units in the downtown."
Loepp said he would never have tackled the project without the financial aid he received under the city-provincial Downtown Residential Development Grants Program, which CentreVenture administers.
He wouldn't say how much money Lola received under the popular program, which has provided $40 million in grants to 27 projects. Those projects are expected to produce about 1,500 new downtown residential units -- about 900 condominiums and 600 rental apartments.
Although Loepp has been in the construction business for about 25 years, this is his first project involving the conversion of a commercial building to residential use.
"It's been a surprisingly large amount of work. Very complex... and costly."
To convert the 30,000-square-foot building to residential use, Lola had to basically tear out the inside and start from scratch.
They then replaced the roof, the mechanical systems -- heating, cooling, electrical, plumbing -- the floors, interior walls, and all of the windows. It also built new washrooms and a new lobby area and installed a new elevator.
Know of any newsworthy or interesting trends or developments in the local office, retail, or industrial real estate sectors? Let real estate reporter Murray McNeill know at the email address below, or at 204-697-7254.