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Schools Feel The Pinch When It Comes To Growth In West Valley
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Growing Pains Schools feel the pinch when it comes to growth in the West Valley By Lori K. Baker It's back-to-school time. Will the children in the West Valley's new residential developments have a neighborhood school to attend? At first, that question might strike you as odd. After all, many consider school the cornerstone of… Read More →

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Alumnus to be Honored
April 26, 2006—
S. Jayson Ripke, who earned three degrees at Michigan Technological University before embarking on a career in the iron ore industry, will receive the university's Outstanding Young Alumni Award at Spring Commencement on Saturday, April 29.
Ripke is the new technology manager for Midrex Technologies, of Pineville, N.C., a world leader in iron and steelmaking. He completed BS and MS degrees in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 1997 and 1999 before earning his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2002.
After graduating, Ripke became a process control engineer with Northshore Mining Co. in Silver Bay, Minn., owned by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., and then was named chief metallurgical engineer at CCI's Wabush Mines, in Labrador, Canada. During his tenure, he made significant advances in safety, cost-cutting and quality improvement. In addition, he designed and built a state-of-the-art mineral processing laboratory.
Ripke has been honored by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME), which chose him in 2004 for both its Young Leaders Award and its prestigious Young Engineer Award, given annually to one individual worldwide for achievements in mineral extraction and processing.
Ripke has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, many with his advisor, chemical engineering professor Komar Kawatra.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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Modern English Romeo & Juliet Ebook: Sample of Act 1, Scene 5
If Capulet recognized Mercutio's friends he concealed it well, even welcoming them with hearty handshakes. He was in high spirits as the hall filled up: he hopped about like a bird and greeted his guests with smiles, backslaps and jokes.
Come in. come in,' he said as each group of masked youths arrived at the doorway. 'Don't stand there, come in. Look at all the girls. Go in, go in. And I want to see you dancing. Only those girls with corns on their feet will say no.'
'I'm a doctor tonight.' he told a group of girls, beaming. 'I can tell which of you have corns – those who don't get up and dance right away.' And when all except one rushed off, giggling, to find partners, he winked at the shy one left standing on her own. 'Have I hit the nail on the head?' he said. making her blush even more. He turned away to greet some new arrivals.
The hard work he had put into the preparations was paying off. The great hall was festooned with colourful banners and flowers and the tables were spread with enticing food. He looked this way and that, missing nothing. With the saddest expression on his face he told some young men not to waste time – there were plenty of girls. It would be tragic for them not to take advantage of opportunities like this because before they knew it they would be old men like him and then it would be too late. Was it only yesterday that he was whispering sweet nothings in the ears of young ladies? He shook his head. 'Those were the days. All gone now.' He looked as though he was going to cry but made an immediate recovery, gesturing with waving arms to the musicians to get on with it. Why had they stopped? Were they taking a holiday? He shouted at the servants, telling them to bring more light, to move the tables so that the guests could dance, and he told them to put the fire out: where were their brains? If he was sweating so badly what would it be like for the dancers?
Before long the hall was brightly lit. A space had been cleared and music was playing again. Guests began taking to the floor.
Once they were in the hall Mercutio and his friends put their masks on and went their separate ways. Each one had his own idea of how he was going to enjoy himself.
Romeo had made up his mind that he wouldn't dance. He would find Rosaline and declare himself to her again. He wandered about, picking at snacks and watching out for her. He was also keeping one eye on Tybalt, staying as far away from him as possible. Tybalt was dancing with a pretty girl, smiling and being charming, but you never knew what he was going to do. What the Prince had said made no difference: Tybalt was always looking for a fight. It was best to give him a wide berth.
Mercutio was in a corner, entertaining some girls who laughed at every word he uttered. There was nothing new in that. Benvolio was dancing and Horatio was nowhere to be seen.
A serving man with a jug approached the table where Romeo was standing and poured some wine into a glass. He lifted the glass and handed it to Romeo but just as Romeo was about to take it a girl he had never seen before passed in front of him, dancing with a rather formal looking stranger.
Romeo drew his breath in sharply. The serving man, thinking Romeo had taken the glass, let go and it crashed on the floor. It made Romeo snap out of his trance. He looked down to see his shoes splashed with wine and the serving man trying to wipe it off with his apron. He didn't take it in, though – his mind was completely preoccupied with the heavenly image before him, moving so gracefully to the music.
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A DOCTOR suspended from the Great Western Hospital after being convicted of taking indecent images of a child at a swimming pool will appear before a panel to determine whether he is fit to practice medicine.
Dr Michael Chongkee Lok, who had worked as a specialty registrar in the Emergency Department since 2004, was suspended on January 7, 2013 by the hospital.
The 50-year-old, from Kingwood, later admitted filming people on a phone at Bath University Sports Village in November and December 2012.
At Bristol Crown Court he also pleaded guilty to seven counts of voyeurism .
Lok will now appear in front of a fitness to practice panel in Manchester, between May 14 and 16, which will determine whether he should be allowed to return to work.
A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service spokesman said: "The panel will inquire into the allegation that in May 2013 at Bath and Wansdyke Magistrates Court Dr Lok was convicted of, taking an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child and seven counts of voyeurism.
"It is alleged that in June 2013 at Bristol Crown Court, Dr Lok was sentenced in respect of his convictions to a community sentence with supervision for a period of three years, participation in Thames Valley Sex Offenders Programme.
This is as directed for up to 42 days and to remain on the Sex Offenders register for a period of five years, and a Sexual Offences Prevention Order for a period of five years under sections of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
"The above reflects the allegation as it stands at the start of the hearing.
"The allegation may be amended as the hearing proceeds and when findings of fact are made by the panel."
Following his conviction, Lok was sentenced to a three-year community order, which includes a sex offenders treatment programme.
He was also given a sexual offences prevention order and placed on the sex offenders register for five years.
At the time of sentencing Oonagh Fitzgerald, director of workforce and education at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said Dr Lok would not be returning to the trust.
"As soon as we were informed of the charges, the member of staff was immediately suspended pending the outcome of the police investigation and court case," she said.
"Now this is complete, we will conclude disciplinary proceedings for gross misconduct.
"Dr Lok will not be returning to work in our trust."


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He looked fantastic at The Golden Globes, and even better at this year's Oscars in Tom Ford. His return to longer hair already sets him apart from all the other men on the red carpet. And his perfect peak-lapel tuxedo and smartly proportioned bow tie only helps him stand out more. This is how all men in Hollywood should hope to arrive at the Academy Awards — even if they don't have the honor of standing next to Angelina Jolie on that carpet.
After walking in Prada's runway show at Milan Fashion Week, clearly this man's been paying attention. He killed it in his Paul Smith look, with the perfect three-piece mix of pocket square, taped lapels, and a jaunty bow tie. Nice blend of midnight blue and black, where appropriate, and let's not forget how nice those frames look on his face. Bravo, sir. Bravo.
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Nintendo: Slavery is Not a Game
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Nintendo has been a leader in the gaming world, but it has failed miserably on the problem of 'conflict minerals' mined with slave labour and violence in the Congo in Africa.
Armed groups in the Congo round up villagers at gunpoint and force adults and children to dig for minerals used in electronics, from your cell phone to your gaming console.
While other big companies like HP, Apple and Microsoft have taken steps to make their products conflict-free, Nintendo has just been ranked dead last in the industry with a score of zero in a report by the anti-genocide group, the Enough Project.
Tell Nintendo: Slavery is not a game. Please take the first step towards making your products free of 'conflict minerals' mined with slavery by auditing your supply chain and making the information public.
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Small Influences Edit
At some tables, Complete Gear rules open up the game for abuse – especially in terms of magical healing. In a standard game, a player who desires to heal their character through the means of a potion or wand must first find a shop – or at least a potion maker – from whom the character can buy the potion. This is not always easy to do in the middle of a dungeon or on an alternate plane of existence. However, the rules of Complete Gear automatically imply that a potion or wand of healing is always just an attunement away. It is an exploitable aspect of viewing items as defined by the character. To accommodate this possible abuse, the variant rule that follows can be introduced into the system.
As a variant, the process of attunement has a unique effect upon smaller influences. Any limited use influence that costs less than 3,000 IPs destroys the mundane object once the magical use has been expended. What this implies is small effects – such as most potions, oils, shards, scrolls, and wands – are limited in their ability to be used over and over again unless a character has access to a great many vials, flasks, or jars.
For example, a character may have spent 750 IPs on a Cure Serious Wounds influence to make a potion. When the character imbibes the fluid from the mundane flask, the character receives the effect of the influence. However, the object holding the potion is irrevocably destroyed and unable to be used again for the purposes of attunement. Should the player again want their character to spend their now unspent 750 IPs on another potion, they would need access to a brand new container.
Another interesting angle to this variant rule is with respect to most scrolls or power stones. Should a character use a few IPs to produce some usable scrolls or a few power stones, the character must do so knowing that the mundane element will be destroyed upon its use. There is nothing more unsettling than watching a character see his last piece of parchment disintegrate in the middle of an adventure, but it is a reality for this variant rule. Or perhaps when a power stones is drained of the few remaining power points and shatters into millions of harmless pieces of dust, it can have an interesting effect on any commoners who may not understand what happened.
Additionally, this variant can be extended to permanent influences of less than 3,000 IPs if desired. Permanent influences – like many of the cheaper wondrous items – are usually not affected by this so long as their effect is kept permanent. Should something come along to disrupt the functioning of the effect (like a null-psionic field, an anti-magic zone, a dispel magic/psionic effect, or even a player deciding to stop allocating IPs to the specific influence) then the mundane object is in fact destroyed. In this case, any IPs that had been allocated to the now useless influence are treated as unspent. Should the character desire to use the lost influences again they will need new mundane items as well as time to spend in the appropriate attunement process with the new items.
Special Materials Variant Edit
Some Game Masters and players may not be able to think of special materials as a property that a character can change about their weapon or armor. In this case, a simple variant to the rule should be employed. The data given on the table regarding Influence Points by level could be reduced by a specified amount so that the difference can be given to the players in the form of gold pieces. With that gold, a player can buy a piece of armor made out of the special materials which can then be influenced by the character as the player desires. In the end, the result is the same.
As an example of this variant, a 10th level character should have 49,000 IPs available to them. If the player wanted to purchase an adamantine chain shirt in a game using this variant rule, the player's IP pool could be lowered to 43,850 IPs and then given 5,150 gold via treasure in order to purchase a masterwork adamantine chain shirt. Of course, it is masterwork because items made of adamantine are always masterwork in quality.
The most important aspect to this variant is that communication of expectations needs to be made between the Game Master and the players. If the Game Master wishes to use this variant, it is up to the Game Master to ensure that they provide enough gold in treasure to accommodate any desires a player may have regarding special materials. Likewise, it is important that players communicate their hopes with respect to the amount of gold needed to purchase the desired material when using this variant. This is a discussion that should happen at the inception of the game so that the rules and expectations are clear from the beginning.
Cursed Items Variant Edit
The easiest way to handle cursed items in a Complete Gear game is to simply ignore them. Most cursed items enter into a game at the Game Master's discretion, so ignoring them and eliminating them from the game does not alter the balance. However, it does remove some of the fun of the game.
If a Game Master decides to allow cursed items, they can add an extra sense of intrigue. However, for the sake of game play the category of cursed items needs to be subdivided into two categories: Annoyance influences and Blight items. Annoyance influences are equivalent to magical and psionic cursed items that have a drawback or an ill side-effect but which might still be desired by a character. These items usually do not need a special means for removal or a save to avoid the effect of the item. On the other hand, blight items are items that have only a negative effect upon the character and usually have a specific means of being removed from the character. In cases where a blight item does not list a specific means for removal, Complete Gear adds the condition of needing a successfully cast Remove Curse spell or some sort of magical/psionic equivalent action.
If allowed in a game, annoyance influences can be brought about by a character through the attunement process. Just as it is possible for magic to go wrong in the item creation process, it is possible for something to go awry in attuning a character to an item. An example of when this might happen is if a character is interrupted slightly during attunement but not enough to disrupt the process. Or, perhaps the chance of making an annoyance influence increases when a character is using the last of their available IPs. In any case, a character who receives an annoyance influence can choose to accept the annoyance as is or drop the influence and go through the process of attunement on a different day. These are influences that add favor to the game rather than punishments or problems that need to be solved.
Characters may wish to keep annoyance influences in some circumstances. One example of such an item in a standard game is the +3 Mace of Blood, which is actually discounted to 9,000 gp on account of the annoyance associated with the item. In a Complete Gear game, an influence that created an identical effect would naturally cost 9,000 IPs. Another example is the Cursed Backbiter Spear, which offers a much smaller drawback and a corresponding smaller decrease in cost.
Annoyance influences are always admitted to a game only with Game Master approval. Care should be taken to limit the number of annoyance influences that a character can have at one time. Annoyance influences can be seen as a boon in saving IPs, but the drawbacks should always match the discount. An influence discounted by half should only be half as effective, or effective only half the time, or some such equivalent drawback.
Unlike annoyance influences, blight items can only be made as side effects from spells, powers, and perhaps even incantations. They are never made through influences and attunements. This is because an influence can only be used by the one who makes the attunement. No self-respecting character would keep an attunement that left them completely cursed.
Blight items have an interesting affect upon those unlucky enough to don them. Not only do blight items grant the wearer the unfortunate side affect in their description and need a special condition to remove the item, but they also count against a character's IP pool. As long as the character wears the blight item – or even keeps it in the character's possession – the character must forfeit an amount of IPs from their pool equal to the cost of the blight item. This does not affect influences already in attunement, but it does prevent new attunements from being formed until the character has more unspent IPs than the cost of the item. When the character is able to remove the blight item, the character gains full access to their complete IP pool once again.
For example, an 8th level character should have 36,000 IPs at their discretion. Through adventuring, the character may find an interesting suit of armor and put it on – only to discover that it is a blighted suit of armor with the Arrow Attraction description. This armor is listed as having a cost of 9,000 gp. When the character dons the item, they do not immediately lose 9,000 IPs worth of influences However, as some of the character's influences become unspent (such as through the use of influences that act as potions or oils or perhaps through a player deciding to try and change an influence before they realize they have a blighted item on their person) those IPs are not immediately available to be spent again. Only after the character has 9,000 unspent IPs can the character manipulate their influences as normal. Even then, this player can only use 27,000 of the character's 36,000 IPs available until the player has found a way to remove the blight item.
Furthermore, blight items are made into mundane items when the condition for removal is met. For example, should a character be cursed with a -2 Cursed Sword, the only means for removal is through a limited wish, wish, or miracle spell. When the spell is cast, the blight item would become a normal mundane sword. The character could actually turn around and attune themselves in a meaningful way to the formerly blighted item with no side effects from the item's former status as a blighted item.
Combining Rules for IPs with Rules for GPs Edit
Combining the rules for Complete Gear as well as the rules for treasure in a standard game does not have to be difficult. Of course, the standard in Complete Gear is that magical and psionic items are only attuned through influences rather than being made or bought. This position is taken because it is the simplest one that provides an aspect of game that has the least opportunity for mistakes. Yet it is possible to combine gold pieces and IPs.
The rule governing this variant is that the sum of a player's wealth (equipment, gold, and gemstones) and their IPs should follow the guidelines for character wealth by level. In practice, one can simply deduct a character's wealth from the value given on the table earlier in the work and find out the size of a player's IP pool. This process can be seen in the variant above regarding special materials.
For example, a Game Master may want to include magic items and influenced items in a game. As part of the treasure for a particular combat, a player may discover a sword that has a gold piece price of 18,000 gp. If the character were to be 10th level, they would normally have 49,000 IPs available to them. As soon as the character brought the item into their possession for any reasonable length of time, they would find their available IP pool reduced to 31,000 IPs. Should the character also be carrying around 3,000 gp worth of gemstones the IP pool should be further reduced to 28,000 IPs. Using this principle always assures that a character can have a combined wealth and influence equal to what is considered balanced.
Of course, the mechanical answer is much easier than the in-game rationale behind the principle. Perhaps the IP pool decreases because when a character uses pre-made equipment it reflects a loss of faith in their own ability to make what they need. Perhaps all magical and psionic items have an aura that interferes partially with a character's ability to use their influence on mundane items. (In this case the stronger the aura – either through high price or through many smaller magical items acting as one larger aura – the less a character can use their own influence) Perhaps the ability to influence is a divine gift and reliance upon magical items is seen by the divine as a lack of trust. There are many reasons that can be used to justify why a character's IP pool decreases when they come in contact with magical items that are made, not influenced The trick is finding a reason that fits well with the particular character within the particular game world.
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2 years later? you obviously mean 5?metulburr wrote:I started with 3.x, because i thought 2.x would be dead by the time i got going in the language, lol. Low and behold 2 years later, 3.x has gotten few steps further, and not widespread yet.
Always use newest version.
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- C++ is not a newer version of C, it's different language
- There are 2 "currently available stable new" versions of python.
2.7.5 and 3.3.2 were released on the same day
- The choice of python 2 or 3 depends on a person's needs.
There are more useful learning resources for python 2, as well as better external library support, so it's often a better choice.
- The differences between 2 and 3 are mostly minor, so the initial choice doesn't really matter all that much.
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Thread: Any 'older game' collectors?
Any game collectors?
I've always been a fan of older console games but recently have gained an interest in older 'big boxed' PC games, 90s through to early 2000 era. I like Steam as much as the next guy but I just love to have the physical boxed game on my shelf, which I usually then add to my Steam library anyway. Maybe it's just a phase but I like to have all the goodies they used to provide you with, maps, big hefty manuals. It's one of the reasons I like Bethesda so much.
Does anyone have any games they're proud of? I'd love to get hold of the original Fallouts but they fetch a hell of a lot on Ebay. I've got my eye on the original Deus Ex though. Or maybe i'm just being lame with this whole thing. It dosnt have to be older games either, I try and acquire collectors editions of games if they're going at a good, profitable at a later date, price.
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I don't have a lot of big boxes except the ones we bought when I was younger,
but I *have* made a point of dropping it at thrift stores in my area on a regular basis, and so I have a pretty respectable collection of smashed-up jewelcases with good games inside.
(I always wonder about the people who drop the games off, and when I see a single Goodwill store that has Rise of Nations, Shogun, Alpha Centauri, and Full Throttle or some such bunch as that, I wonder who lives in the area that has such fine taste and is willing to pass along their treasures -- at least, treasures relative to the stacks of old Madden games you usually find).
Oh! I do have a copy of Vagrant Story, which I asked for for my birthday; which I gather is semi-rare and technically Playstation, but can be emulated. =)
gog.com has taken some of the pride out of old games for me because I know as soon as I acquire one, so will they :P
Last edited by Berzee; 06-02-2013 at 12:41 AM.The Secret of Gargoyle Manor, a browser point-and-click adventure about retrieving your lost hat whatever the cost, is something you could play!
I've been proud of my semi-bruised but nevertheless complete and boxed copies of System Shock 2, Daggerfall and I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream, but at the moment I think I'll be prouder of the cash I get for selling them. I am quite literally a sellout in this regard. Oh, I also have SimEarth, which is in quite good condition despite being on five-inch floppies.
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My parents would throw away any games they found, so I only have the CDs. Four Fallouts, Planescape Torment, 2 System Shock 2s, one Grim Fandango and 80 bajillion more cds. No Deus Ex though.
The edition doesn't really concern me. For example a magazine was once giving away a free copy of Betrayal at Krondor in a standard small CD case, so I pinched a couple. Then there was that DVD keep case of Planescape Torment which mysteriously popped up on Amazon a couple of years ago (to this day I don't know who owns it, and fear the game itself has achieved consciousness) - grabbed that too.
I make no effort to buy big box editions (and I only buy brand new so it's balls hard to find one), but my big box games include Bladerunner, X-Wing vs Tie Fighter, Albion, Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Dune, System Shock 2, Ultima 9, Ultima Underworld, and Stonekeep (I own three Stonekeeps, one big box, two small CD cases).
I'm proud of my Mechwarrior 2 and Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries boxes.
But recently I discovered I can't find my Mechwarrior 2 manual.
My favorite manual ever! It must find it.
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I have some older SNES, NES and Genesis games. None for PC though. Nor do I have a tube TV to hook up my Genesis. My SNES is shot and NES are shot.
I used to have Atari 2600 games, but they seem to have vanished.
I'd love to grab some big box PC games from the mid to late '90s (especially the awesome Quake, Duke Nukem and other FPS titles) but they are so friggin' expensive!
Got lucky with a used copy of Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries that was in good condition.
Searched high and low for a sealed copy of The Neverhood. The only one I could find was at http://www.magisterrex.com. Ended up costing me $200 /w shipping.
I have since stopped collecting '90s PC games 0_0
EDIT: If I was still willing to shell out for a PC big box, I'd probably go for this:
Guy thinks he's selling some lame-o quake 2 pack when it's the much rare Quake: The Offering? Yeah, would have been all over that
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Used to have quite a lot but have probably thrown them away while moving at some point of life. Not much of a collector in that sense.Twitter! Occasional impressions on random sim games.
I'm foggy on where exactly they're stored, but I kept a lot of them. I should have Syndicate Wars, all the Homeworlds, Quake, Wizardry 8, Warcraft 2, Lords of the Realm 2, Diablo, Mech2Mercs, and a bunch of other junk. Some stuff wound up in shabby condition (C&C: Red Alert) and got pitched ages ago. Now I'm curious about where I could have put it all.
I don't actively collect them, but since I nearly always keep the games I buy to play, my closet has roughly 24 feet of mostly complete 90's through early 00's boxed PC games on the shelves. I also have misc boxes without games and games missing boxes and lots of manuals and some sets that may meet up and make it to a shelf eventually. The mismatched and inaccessible stuff could be another 8 feet, and the most recent few years of PC games are in a small cabinet, around 6 feet.
They may all go to a library or museum someday. I almost never replay old games, but they're still fun to look at. I don't own a camera, but if there's interest maybe I could arrange to get some pics.
The stuff I haven't managed to keep was what didn't live in my room and got scattered when I was away from home during and after college. Much of my 90s console history is missing: NES, SNES, N64, GameBoy, etc, but I now own the house I grew up in and like to imagine one day rediscovering boxes of SNES carts or similar that were packed away somewhere and forgotten.
I still buy physical copies when it's convenient, but they're growing much scarcer. When games get tied to unique online accounts, it erodes the value of owning a hardcopy. Most console games are still on discs, but PC has made the digital distribution transition more quickly and completely and with much deeper discounts. Also, PC game boxes have gotten MUCH Much much smaller over time, and thank goodness for that.
I have most of the games mentioned in this thread (easily more than half). Long gone are the days when there existed time enough to play every good/great/interesting game that came out. I do miss the old oddball game designs and unique looking software renderers and big fat paper manuals, but now we have thriving indies, shader-based engines, better interface design all around (since nobody wants to read manuals, oh the irony), and wikis for everything.
I'll always love the classics, but the old saying is true. You can't go home again.
I make a habit of keeping every game I buy, even if it absolutely sucks (it does help I never buy games full priced though). I have about two large drawers of older and newer games, all in alphabetical order - not counting Steam purchases of course. The specific edition doesn't really concern me, but I do like owning physical copies of my games. For some obscure reason, I enjoy playing and owning a game more when I have a box I can put in one of my drawers. I'm still hoping for a return of the large cardboard boxes, a bit like records on vinyl have come back into fashion.
(I remember mentioning this in the physical media thread, but it fits so much better in here, so...)
I made the mistake of throwing all my big boxes away years ago to make room for more important stuff. Wish I could tell my younger self not to make that mistake in the past, so whoever is currently working on a time machine - hurry up, man!
Last year I started recollecting all the games I enjoyed in my youth, plus whatever interesting or cool game I come across. Local flea markets are a great place to pick up stuff from people who just want to get rid of their old junk - an older woman even wanted to give me her Alone In The Dark box for free. :)
Currently, the items I am most fond of are the X-COM alien box and the Indiana Jones 4 CD-I box (there is no CD-I release, but boxes were produced and came with the PC version instead). Also, it's interesting to see some old Amiga game boxes for the first time (*cough*).
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I mostly just keep the CDs and the manuals, but I have a few boxes somewhere that have all the manuals in. Sadly I suspect I don't have the Thief box any more, but I think I might have Fantasy General and Civilization 2, which makes me happy.
I pretty much never get rid of a game CD, although I have managed to lose Final Liberation and Chaos Gate which is really bloody annoying.Irrelevant on further examination of the rest of the thread.
This is my collection, what do you all think?
Edit : This isn't really me...
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Morrowind Collector's Edition. Nothing too fancy, just a booklet with exotic bits of Elder Scrolls lore (Tamriel's neighbouring continents and their strange races etc), plus a small metal Ordinator figurine. Mine came with a bent mace that made him look rather ridiculous.
I do have a boxed copy of Deus Ex somewhere in my "gaming cabinet". Standard version with German subtitles. Not much to look at, but it was one of the first PC games I ever bought. I hadn't even read anything about it before I picked it up, I just thought the cyberpunky cover and the blurb on the back made it look interesting. Strangely, I still remember where I bought it... must be some strange kind of nostalgia.
On another note, I was rather shocked when a few years ago my mother threw away all my Amiga games - boxes, manuals, copy protection dohickeys - keeping just the disks. Without asking my permission, of course. I should have known better than to leave the stuff in my parent's house when I moved out...
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Speaking of Collector's Editions thatwere rather meh: Half-Life 2. A metal box containing the game cd and.... a t-shirt. Un-freckin-lievable! At least it came with some extra games on cd.
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There were two special editions of Neverwinter Knights 2, if I recall correctly. "Lawful good" and "Chaotic Evil" or something like that. I got the Evil one, which came with some pre-made characters of the - you guessed it - evil, hissing, cackling kind. Nicest box in my collection, it looks like an ancient tome... plus the package came with NWN 1 on CD as an added bonus.


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ONE Clarets fan was only too happy to travel to Wembley to share in the tension of the Football League play-offs.
Burnley FC may have comfortably dodged a nerve-jangling trip to north London after securing automatic promotion.
But John Heyworth was invited to the national stadium as a guest of honour by Prostate Cancer UK, before the Leyton Orient and Rotherham clash.
John, from Barrowford, was inducted into the charity's Men United hall of fame by Clarets boss Sean Dyche for his work in publicising the treatment of the condition.
And, as a reward, John, along with his wife Geraldine, was yesterday part of the party presented to the players, and officials, involved in the play-off tussle.
John was diagnosed with the cancer at the age of 59, but had encountered problems around a decade earlierr. He decided to become involved as a volunteer for Prostate Cancer UK after reading a piece on the Clarets' website.
John said: "Initially, I became a volunteer for the charity providing support to other people going thr-ough what I went through.
"Now, after training from the charity, I talk competently to anyone about prostate cancer."
His role has seen him address a wide range of audiences, from political party conferences to small social groups. And the keen runner is still an avid fundraiser for the cause, having recently completed the Manchester 10km run.
He added: "This cause is now more pertinent than ever for me.
"I recently found out that my cancer has returned, and I will be receiving further treatment in my bid to fight this disease."
He is urging people to sign up for Men United, supported by stars such as Bill Bailey, Stephen Fry and John Simm, through the char-ity, by texting MEN to 70004 and making a £5 donation.


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Lady Flames to Play James Madison in Mid-Week Tilt
Before squaring off against Charleston Southern on Friday in its last Big South Conference match of the year, the Liberty Lady Flames tennis team travels to Harrisonburg, Va., on Tuesday to face the James Madison Dukes at 2 p.m.
Liberty, winner of three consecutive contests, holds an overall record of 9-7 (6-2 Big South). The Lady Flames' 6-2 Big South mark places them in fourth place in the conference. James Madison is riding a four-match winning streak and is currently 7-4 (1-2 CAA) on the year.
The Lady Flames captured a pair of Big South wins last week at the Hershey Tennis Courts. Liberty ousted Radford, 6-1, on Wednesday, before blanking Presbyterian College the following day, 7-0.
Overall, Liberty is 44-43 in singles matches and 30-16 in doubles tilts. With a pair of wins last week, Nicola Wellman became the first Lady Flame to reach double-digits in singles wins this season, at 10-4. The sophomore improved to 7-1 in Big South matches after straight-set wins against Hana Babic of Radford and Patricia Alves of Presbyterian College. Rebekah Jenkins and Valerie Thong both have recorded eight singles wins on the season, ranking second on the team. Thong has yet to lose a singles match in Big South competition, holding a 6-0 record.
In doubles matches, Thong and Cameron Richard have a team-best winning streak of six matches and currently rank second on the squad with 10 doubles victories. Brittany Yang and Jessie Boda, playing in the No. 2 doubles spot, pace the Lady Flames with 12 wins overall and a 7-1 mark in Big South matches.
Liberty is 3-4 all-time against James Madison. In the last meeting between the two Commonwealth schools, the Dukes defeated the Lady Flames, 5-2, on January 30, 2010 at the Greenbriar Resort.
James Madison has a pair of singles competitors, Katherine Bulling (9-1) and Cara Wirth (8-1), who have only experienced one loss this season. As a team, the Dukes are 38-25 in singles matches during the dual-match season. Bulling and Wirth combine for the best doubles record on the team at 8-3. Michelle Nguyen and Taylor Pinchoff are a close second with a 7-3 mark in doubles play. James Madison is 20-8 overall on the year in doubles matches.
Following tomorrow's contest, Liberty will play its last two home contests of the season this weekend, beginning on Friday against Charleston Southern at 1 p.m. On Saturday, the Lady Flames conclude their home schedule with an 11 a.m. match versus Marshall.


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Bone Disease in Multiple Myeloma
Bone Disease in Multiple Myeloma
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Multiple myeloma is a uniformly fatal hematologic malignancy that results from the clonal expansion of plasma cells within the bone marrow. Skeletal-related complications affect nearly all patients with multiple myeloma and have a major impact on both patient morbidity and mortality. These complications most frequently include the development of osteolytic lesions that lead to severe bone pain, hypercalcemia, and pathologic fractures. Comprehensive skeletal imaging, using first plain radiographs and then more advanced modalities if necessary, is critical both at the time of diagnosis and throughout the course of therapy to assess the skeletal impact of the disease. The widespread use of intravenous bisphosphonate therapy has significantly improved the quality of life of myeloma patients by limiting the amount of osteolytic destruction that occurs. Bisphosphonate treatment, however, does not lead to repair of bone damage that has already occurred. The recent identification of multiple molecular targets with key roles in the osteolytic process has illuminated our understanding of myeloma bone disease, and may transform our future approaches to providing multiple myeloma patients with optimal skeletal care.
Despite the significant progress that has occurred in recent decades in the treatment of many advanced malignancies, skeletal morbidity remains a major problem for patients affected by cancers that metastasize to or grow primarily within bone.[1] Thus as patients with a variety of malignancies survive longer, therapies to limit cancer-associated as well as treatment-associated skeletal complications have become increasingly important for the provision of optimal patient care.
Multiple Myeloma Bone Disease: The Nature of the Problem
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by the clonal expansion of malignant plasma cells within the bone marrow. In the United States, nearly 20,000 patients are diagnosed with MM each year, with roughly 11,000 cancer-related deaths occurring annually.[2] Although median survival of MM patients is only 3 to 4 years from the time of diagnosis, the recent development of novel chemotherapeutic agents has resulted in an increasing proportion of patients who achieve prolonged periods of survival, including some with survival of greater than 10 years.[3,4] Accordingly, improving quality of life by limiting disease-associated complications is an important aspect of caring for all patients with MM.
For many patients, a pathologic fracture or severe bone pain resulting from the lytic destruction of bone within the marrow cavity is the sentinel event that precipitates a diagnosis of MM.[5] Indeed in the year preceding diagnosis, MM is associated with a 16-fold increased risk for fracture.[6] Bone pain (which is usually worsened by movement and improved by rest) is present in approximately 60% of patients at the time of MM diagnosis.[7] Roughly 90% of MM patients will ultimately suffer from osteolytic lesions[8] and approximately 60% will develop a fracture at some point during the course of their disease.[6]
Further, the presence of a pathologic fracture in MM patients is associated with at least a 20% increased risk of death.[9] Skeletal-related complications cause significant morbidity and mortality in affected patients. Although osteolytic lesions may occur at any skeletal site, those most commonly affected include the central skeleton (spine, ribs, and pelvis), skull, and proximal long bones (humeri and femora). Frequent skeletal-associated complications include pathologic fractures (particularly vertebral), intractable bone pain, hypercalcemia of malignancy, and spinal cord compression.[10] Importantly, even a significant MM cell response to chemotherapy may not prevent the progression of skeletal disease,[11] and patients in complete remission generally do not demonstrate any radiographic evidence of bone lesion healing.[12]
Within the adult skeleton, there is normally a balanced bone-remodeling sequence as osteoclast-mediated resorption of fatigued or damaged bone is followed both spatially and temporally by osteoblast-mediated new bone formation. Disruption of this balance leads to bone loss, impaired bone structural integrity, and the potential for skeletal complications. It is now clear that MM bone disease results from both an increase in osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and a reduction in osteoblast-mediated new bone formation.[13] Together, this imbalance of bone cell activity results in the development of lytic bone lesions, and also likely contributes to the systemic bone loss and approximately twofold increased risk of osteoporotic fractures found in MM patients.[6,14]
In recent years, our understanding of the altered osteoclast and osteoblast activity that underlies MM bone disease has increased markedly, due to the identification of factors made by MM cells or within the local bone marrow microenvironment that affect bone cell function. Localization of MM cells adjacent to sites of lytic bone destruction suggests that locally produced factors play an important role in the development of osteolytic lesions, whereas the generalized bone loss that also occurs suggests that systemic factors are also likely important. Increases in osteoclast activity appear to result at least in part from increased levels of factors such as RANK ligand[15] and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha.[16,17] Likewise, the most prominent osteoblast inhibitory factor identified to date in subjects with osteolytic MM is dickkopf 1 (DKK1), with increases in DKK1 levels correlating with the extent of MM bone disease.[18] Clinical trials are currently underway to evaluate the effects of modulating each of these molecules, as well as other identified molecular targets, and may yield important approaches to the future treatment of MM bone disease. Finally, it is important to note that several recently approved agents used for the treatment of MM also appear to affect bone cell function. Thus, an immunomodulatory drug has recently been shown to inhibit osteoclast formation,[19] while a proteasome inhibitor has been shown to both induce osteoblast differentiation and suppress osteoclast function.[20,21] Thus, it will be important that future studies assessing therapies for MM bone disease be evaluated in the setting of these bone-active molecules now widely used as chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of multiple myeloma.
Skeletal Imaging
As noted above, bone disease in MM reflects both regions of localized osteolytic destruction as well as generalized bone loss resulting in osteopenia/osteoporosis. Indeed, the identification of osteolytic lesions is one of the criteria used to diagnose MM. As such, skeletal imaging is an essential component in the evaluation of any patient either suspected or confirmed to have MM.
As recently articulated in guidelines developed by the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG), a metastatic bone survey with plain radiographs is the initial imaging modality of choice at the time of diagnosis. This survey should provide images of all areas of possible myeloma involvement including the entire spine, skull, chest, pelvis, humeri, and femora.[7,22] However, it is important to recognize that plain radiographs do have limitations, including the ability to detect osteolytic lesions only after the loss of at least 30% of trabecular bone, and the inability to differentiate between malignant and nonmalignant (corticosteroid-associated or senile) causes of generalized bone loss.[23] Despite these limitations, however, conventional skeletal surveys demonstrate some form of skeletal involvement (lytic lesions, fractures, or diffuse bone loss) in nearly 80% of patients. The most commonly affected sites are those with active hematopoiesis, and include the vertebral bodies, ribs, skull, shoulders, pelvis, and proximal humeri and femora. Notably, the IMWG recommends that even in the absence of skeletal symptoms, radiographic identification of lytic bone disease categorizes MM patients as "symptomatic" and warrants the initiation of MM therapy.[24]
Despite the high rate at which skeletal lesions are identified by plain radiographs, approximately 10% to 20% of patients with complete skeletal surveys do not reveal any evidence of skeletal disease.[25] Particularly in subjects with bone pain but no radiographic correlate identified on plain films, the use of alternative imaging methods, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can be very helpful for the detection of bone involvement. As recently reported, MRI permits the detection of both diffuse and focal bone marrow infiltration even in the absence of bone loss or local osteolysis on standard skeletal surveys, and detected focal lesions (in the spine, pelvis, and sternum) with a higher frequency than found by plain radiographs.[26] Importantly, however, the same study demonstrated that standard metastatic bone surveys were able to detect some focal lesions (particularly in the ribs and proximal long bones) at a higher frequency than found by MRI. As such, the clinical utility of routinely using MRI to evaluate for skeletal involvement in subjects with myeloma remains to be determined.
However, as recommended by the recent IMWG guidelines, patients with an apparent solitary plasmacytoma should receive an MRI of the entire spine in addition to a standard skeletal survey.[22] Finally, MRI is the method of choice for evaluating suspected spinal cord and/or nerve compression, although computed tomography (CT) can be used in situations in which MRI is not available.
Lastly, because bone scans assess new bone formation by osteoblasts (whose activity is severely suppressed in MM patients), bone scans frequently underestimate the extent of MM bone disease and are of little clinical use for either the initial diagnostic evaluation or in following MM patients longitudinally.[27] Likewise, the routine use of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is not recommended at this time, although trials assess the utility of PET-based techniques are currently underway.[22]


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RETAILERS John Mason and Tom Orford wanted to thank their customers after they won a national award for their store.
Mr Mason and Mr Orford, owners of the Budgens store in Bridgwater, won the Budgens Best Small Store in 2014 award from all independent retailers which partner with Budgens.
Mr Mason said: "I am pleased to be able to recognise the achievements of the team and I would also like to say a great big thank you to our customers whose support and loyalty to our store has made this possible."
Scott Annan, the independent judge of the awards, said: "For one of the smaller stores, it was really amazing to see how much business they received."


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Charlie Hodgson announced his return from injury in dramatic style as the Saracens number ten kicked 23 points to set up a thrilling 28-23 win over Gloucester this afternoon.
The fly-half didn't have things all his own way as his closed down clearance led to Gloucester's Dan Murphy scoring a try in the first half but Hodgson more than made amends as seven out of eight kicks - as well as a brilliant second-half score from Richard Wigglesworth - secured a vital Sarries victory.
It was Hodgson's first match since suffering a fractured cheek against Wasps four weeks ago while Rhys Gill also returned and captain Steve Borthwick made his 100th appearance for the club.
Saracens were slow starting and two penalties within the first ten minutes put Gloucester 6-0 ahead, with fly-half Billy Twelvetrees finding the target on both occasions.
The hosts reduced the gap to three though soon after as Hodgson struck a superb penalty from out wide.
The next quarter of an hour was spent largely in the middle third of the pitch as Neil de Kok looked to add variety to the Men in Black's play with a smattering of box kicks and reverse passes but neither side were able to find a way through.
The next score again came from the boot as an infringement at the breakdown presented Hodgson with the chance to level the scores and the experienced number ten made no mistake.
It appeared any try-scoring opportunities would perhaps come through error rather than invention and just after the half hour mark, so it proved.
Hogson's clearance inside the Saracens 22 was closed down and as the ball broke free Murphy reacted first, kicking the ball over the line before diving over to put the visitors 13-6 to the good.
An unusual blotch on Hodgson's kicking copy book, the Sarries number ten soon set about atoning for his error as he dispatched two more penalties - the second a superb strike from long-range - to haul the hosts back to within a point before the interval.
Halt-time lasted long enough for one spectator to earn himself a quick £1,000 by catching three consecutive kicks but it did nothing to upset Hodgson's rhythm.
Within moments of the restart the fly-half continued where he left off, notching his fifth penalty of the match to give Saracens a 15-13 advantage.
The lead though was short-lived. Gloucester worked the ball into the left corner where the driving pack saw Akapusi Qera touch down for the visitors' second try and when Twelvetrees added the extras Gloucester were once again ahead with the game delicately poised at 20-15.
Following a similar pattern to the first half, Saracens gradually recovered from their slumber and began to exert control over proceedings.
Will Fraser did his growing international credentials no harm at all with an imperious performance in the pack and when Hodgson struck home his sixth penalty, Saracens were back within touching distance.
Sensing the momentum had changed, the Men in Black continued to probe and as Chris Wyles glided through the Gloucester midfield, substitute Richard Wigglesworth was on hand to receive the pass before diving over the line to give Saracens their first try of the game.
Hodgson then made a tough conversion from out wide look easy to make it 25-20 with 18 minutes to play.
A penalty apiece, from the faultless Twelvetrees and then Hodgson, set up a dramatic finale as the score became 28-23 with less than ten minutes left on the clock.
Gloucester set the home fans' nerves jangling with a wave of late pressure but the visitors were unable to find the try they needed and Mark McCall's men held on for a well-earned win.
The victory sends Saracens second in the Aviva Premiership before they face the first of two matches against Munster in the Heineken Cup next weekend.
Saracens: Chris Wyles, David Strettle, Joel Tomkins, Duncan Taylor, James Short, Charlie Hodgson, Neil de Kock, Rhys Gill, John Smit, Matt Stevens, Steve Borthwick (capt), Mouritz Botha, George Kruis, Will Fraser, Ernst Joubert
Replacements: Jamie George, Nick Auterac, Petrus du Plessis, Alistair Hargreaves, Andy Saull, Richard Wigglesworth, Nils Mordt, Kameli Ratuvou
Gloucester: Rob Cook, Charlie Sharples, Tim Molenaar, Mike Tindall, Martyn Thomas, Billy Twelvetrees, Jimmy Cowan, Dan Murphy, Darren Dawidiuk, Rupert Harden, Will James, Jim Hamilton (capt), Tom Savage, Akapusi Qera, Sione Kalamafoni
Replacements: Koree Britton, Nick Wood, Shaun Knight, Peter Buxton, Matt Cox, Dan Robson, Tim Taylor, Shane Monahan
Attendance: 5,960


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Pronunciation: ee-bUl-yênt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Exuberant, high-spirited, bubbling over with excitement and enthusiasm. 2. Boiling, bubbling.
Notes: Today's Good Word is the noun from ebulliate "to boil out". This verb has a large, happy family. The noun from the verb is ebullition. There are a few other peripheral nouns, for example, ebulliometer, a tool for determining the dew point and boiling point of volatile liquids, and ebullioscope, an instrument for determining the strength of liquors. We have two choices for a noun from today's word: ebullience or ebulliency. Only one choice for the adverb: ebulliently.
In Play: The best way to remember this word is to associate it with the phrase "bubbling over": "Mel Pew arrives at the store every day in ebullient spirits, ready to serve his customers with a cheery smile." Emma Chiset is one of Mel's most ebullient customers. Good news is apt to make us ebullient: "Lucinda Head was ebullient at the receipt of her acceptance letter from Harvard."
Word History: Today's Good Word comes from Latin ebullien(t)s "boiling over", the present participle of ebullire "to boil over". Ebullire comprises the remnants of ex- "out (of)" + bullire "to boil, to bubble". The root of this verb is derived from bulla "a bubble, knob, the seal on an official document". Ultimately the word in this meaning came to refer to the official document itself, as in papal bull. This root is thought ultimately to come from Gaulish, an extinct Celtic language, but no one has found its source yet. (An ebullient 'thank you' to the still mysterious Klimt of the Alpha Agora for suggesting today's Good Word.)


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TYRONE Meigh claims he is being forced to live in his smoke-blackened council flat in Norton Fitzwarren following a fire on New Year's Day.
He says that he has nowhere else to go after the council, which put him up in temporary accommodation for a fortnight following the blaze, told him it is his responsibility to clean it.
"My furniture's all ruined, the walls are black with smoke and I can't stop coughing in the flat," said Mr Meigh, 38, who was re-housed by the council in a hostel until this week.
"The council says it's up to me to clean the flat and get rid of the furniture.
"I don't know how I'm going to be able to do that.
"My nephew said I could stay with him for a couple of days, but I don't want to impose, so I'm sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag.
"The whole place is smoke damaged and my neighbours say the flat's not fit for anyone to live in.
"I'm unemployed so I can't afford to pay for any work and to hire a skip."
Mr Meigh discovered smoke billowing from his flat in Dabinett Close after he returned from the shops late on New Year's Day.
He was treated in hospital for the effects of smoke inhalation.
A Taunton Deane Council spokeswoman said she was unable to discuss individual cases.
She said: "In cases of a fire affecting a home owned by the council, we will do all we can do help a tenant back into the property once it is safe to do so.
"Temporary accommodation is arranged if the property is not habitable."
She said the tenant can clean up cosmetic damage such as smoke residue, or pay the council to do it for them.
Tenants, who are free to end their tenancy if they wish, are encouraged to take out home and contents insurance.
She added: "The council only insures the structure and fixtures in the building.
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IL notes: Betances seeks consistency
Yanks prospect working with coach on harnessing command
By John Wagner / Special to MLB.com | May 21, 2012 6:22 AM ET
His fastball crackles with life, sitting in the mid-90s and occasionally moving faster. He has a powerful curveball that has good movement and his changeup has the capacity to keep hitters off-balance.
So how to you explain a 2-3 record and 5.40 ERA in his first eight International League starts?
One reason is that the Brooklyn native is getting his first extended look at Triple-A hitters after making only four starts for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last season.
"Triple-A hitters are more patient; they don't swing at bad pitches," Betances said. "It's a matter of being consistent. If you're consistent with your pitches, there isn't anybody you can't get out.
"That's something I'm working on with [pitching coach Scott Aldred]. My side [sessions] have been better, but now I have to take it out into a game."
Betances' last two starts are an example of his inconsistency. The 6-foot-8, 260-pounder limited Columbus to two hits and two walks while fanning seven over eight innings of one-run ball on May 9. Five days later, Betances surrendered five hits and six walks that turned into three runs in 3 2/3 innings in a loss at Toledo.
"I was working slow and I felt better [against Columbus]," he said. "After I gave up a home run [against Toledo], I started trying to do too much. That was messing me up.
"I was pulling away with the ball. My head wasn't in line towards home plate, and I think those things messed me up."
Aldred said he is working with Betances on some minor mechanical changes to his delivery.
"He's working on some things, trying to build up his legs under him a little more during his delivery to see if we can maybe shorten his stride a little bit," Aldred said. "We think that will help him stay under control a little bit better. He tends to get a little out of control and overthrow -- like most young, inexperienced guys."
While Betances has struggled with command, ranking among the league leaders with 35 walks in 40 innings, Aldred said he has the stuff to compete in the Major Leagues.
"His raw stuff is really good," Aldred said. "The velocity is there. He has a really good curveball and a really good changeup. We just have to harness it within the strike zone."
Opponents are hitting .233 against Betances, who's recorded 35 strikeouts and has a 1.75 WHIP. He said he hasn't lost confidence in his ability to get hitters out.
"I think the mechanical is the bigger issue," he said. "I feel good in my side [sessions], it's just a matter of taking it out into the game.
"We've got a lot of time left [in the season] and I'm feeling good. I'm sure I'll get it going, I just need to be consistent in a couple of starts, and if I do that, I feel I could take off."
May Day: Toledo's Justin Henry entered May with a .233 batting average in 16 games. But he went 4-for-5 on May 1 and hasn't stopped hitting, going 29-for-70 (.414) in his first 20 games this month to raise his average to a league-leading .345. Henry also has dramatically improved his on-base percentage, which stood at .306 at the end of April but is .513 in May. His season mark of .438 is fourth in the IL.
Kick it: Norfolk LHP Rick Zagone has allowed five hits and a walk in 11 1/3 scoreless innings since his promotion from Class A Advanced Frederick. But that isn't nearly as impressive as the high leg kick that he uses in his pitching motion. The kick makes Zagone resemble a left-handed Juan Marichal. "I've had that leg kick since high school," Zagone told The Virginian-Pilot. "[Fellow Orioles pitching prospect] Eddie Gamboa is always telling me to kick the roof of the dugout." Can Zagone actually do that? "Yes," he said. "But the roof of the dugout's only about 7 feet tall."
No-go vs. Jo-Jo: LHP Jo-Jo Reyes struggled in his season debut for Indianapolis, retiring one batter and giving up a hit and a walk that turned into two earned runs on April 9. But he moved into the rotation and has dominated IL hitters, going 5-1 with a 1.69 ERA in seven starts. Reyes has allowed 41 hits and seven walks while fanning 33 over 42 2/3 innings as a starter. His lone loss came May 17 at Lehigh Valley, where he gave up one run over seven innings in a 1-0 setback.
Turning the tables: When Indianapolis and Lehigh Valley met from May 7-10 at Victory Field, the IronPigs were shut out twice and lost three of four games. When the teams met in Lehigh Valley from May 15-18, the IronPigs won all four games -- and threw four shutouts along the way. Lehigh Valley won twice by scores of 1-0.
He said it: "I told [Liam] Hendriks I'd never see two Australian pitchers in the same game. He said, 'It happens all the time in Australia.'" -- Rochester manager Gene Glynn to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle on May 17. Hendriks pitched the first eight innings and fellow Aussie Brendan Wise pitched the ninth in the Red Wings' 5-3 win over Louisville.
John Wagner is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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text: ReFleece was started by Sam Palmer and Jennifer Feller as a way to combine their passion for sustainability and the outdoors with a love of beautiful, function-driven design. A husband and wife team, they met at Patagonia back in 1995, when they were both folding fleece in the Boston store. Sam went on to help design Patagonia's first surfboard, and later, to design products for industry-leader IDEO. Jennifer moved into the world of science and outdoor education, eventually consulting with some of the country's most innovative education start-ups. Sam designed the first ReFleece cases in the family's basement. He pressed the forms in the oven, and cooled them in the backyard, using the piles of old fleece that still lived in their closets. Jennifer came on board in 2012, inspired by the idea of creating a sustainably-minded small business. ReFleece is part of a new generation of sustainable design, marrying the best of form and function with a deeply held commitment to ecological sustainability and community responsibility. ReFleece products are designed to serve a purpose while satisfying the senses and delighting the user with a bit of whimsy. We hope they bring a smile to their owners, and inspire them to see the old stuff lying around their own homes.


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JS Series guitars now take an epic leap forward, making it easier than ever to get classic Jackson features, tone, looks and playability without breaking the bank. Upgraded features such as striking aesthetics, new custom-voiced high-output ceramic-magnet pickups, graphite-reinforced maple necks, bound fingerboards and headstocks, and black hardware deliver more for less. Grab a new JS Series instrument by the neck—your fingers and ears will thank you!
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Nextcloud, a fork of the ownCloud file hosting service, has released a version for university and research institutions that was created in cooperation with partners in open source and higher education.
LibreOffice 5.4 Released
Comes with improved support for Microsoft Office file formats.
Red Hat to Drop Support for Btrfs
The company is building their own storage solution called Stratis.
Tutorials – Apache Spark
Churn through lots of data with cluster computing on Apache's Spark platform.
Charly's Column – libcoap
Charly did a spot of shopping in a furniture store and came out with a smart lighting system that he has now automated with a Linux PC: Read on for further enlightenment.
Open Hardware – Turbot
The MinnowBoard.org Foundation offers an open source single-board computer that is fast enough for professional use, but accessible for all user levels.
Linux Voice
Data protection laws are not just about keeping personal information safe; they are also about stopping the derivation of personal insights from seemingly harmless information.
Fully Charged
Linux offers some useful command-line tools that leverage the ACPI power management framework to display detailed data on the status of a laptop battery.
Programming Snapshot – Driving Data
A connector plugged into the diagnostic port of Mike Schilli's cars sends current information such as speed, acceleration, and fuel economy via the mobile phone network to a cloud service. An app and a programmable API read out the data and provide stunning visualizations.
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POLICE station counters in Malvern, Droitwich and Stourport are to close after a drop in public demand. Visitors will now have to rely on an intercom instead to report crimes, missing persons and traffic accidents.
The three towns are among a group of 21 public service counters at police stations across West Mercia which will close on September 1.
Visitors will be connected to a police call taker 24/7 via telephone intercom instead.
Malvern's counter had been open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday (10am to 6pm), 12pm to 8pm on Thursdays and 10am to 4pm on Saturdays. But figures show only 10 people visit the front counter in Malvern per day on average and 14 per day at Droitwich and only 3.5 at Stourport compared to 27.57 people in Worcester and 30.14 at Hereford.
Worcester and Hereford counters will be unaffected by the changes, remaining open 8am to 8pm six days a week and 10am to 4pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
West Mercia Police say the changes are about introducing a more modern and effective way of operating its public counter services.
At locations where front counters are being replaced, local Safer Neighbourhood Teams will be increasing their visibility and accessibility to offer support, reassurance and advice through increased patrols, drop in surgeries, community meetings and forums, and meetings with police officers or staff by appointment as well as via email and Twitter.
Reduced demand has provided an opportunity to review how West Mercia Police delivers front counter services while they seek to make £30.3 million as part of the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review.
Bill Longmore, Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia, said: "The police must be accessible to people. I am keen to explore how we can continue to do this in a way that suits the different communities we have in West Mercia, whilst making the most of the resources we have."
Public counter services include bail signing, examination of driving documents, receipt of found property and allow foreign nationals to register with the police. Other functions such as reporting crimes or requesting information do not have to be done at a police station and can be done remotely, to a police officer, by phone or in some cases electronically.
Chief Superintendent Amanda Blakeman, who has led the review into public contact and front counter provision said: "The public access our services in many ways, but we have seen the number of people calling at public counters drop in recent years."
There are a range of methods for public contact including calling 101, the introduction of 24/7 contact points at stations to connect callers to the police, 115 Safer Neighbourhood Teams each with a dedicated email address and Twitter account, monthly community meetings and drop in surgeries.


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Social media images and video show shocking devastation from Earthquake in Italy
Social media images and video show shocking devastation from an Earthquake in Italy.
Social media images and video show shocking devastation from an Earthquake in Italy.
The seal found shelter, and the whale watchers got an up-close look at a pod of orcas.
Officials say a powerful earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has shaken central Myanmar.
The storm's maximum sustained winds early Wednesday have increased to near 70 mph.
People accepted bogus terms and conditions for the mobile WiFi hot spot connection.
The monkey has been abandoned by his mother at a zoo.
As daylight dawned, residents, civil protection workers and even priests began digging out with shovels, bulldozers and their bare hands.
A strong earthquake rocked central Italy early Wednesday, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept.
The city says developers must now meet stricter requirements to qualify for tax breaks that come with historic renovations.
Vice Mayor Elizabeth Psimas and Councilman Bill Moody made efforts to rescind the city rule that prompted the suit; their motions were denie…
Emergency crews are on the scene of a single vehicle accident in the 300 block of Newtown Road.
Mayor Will Sessoms has formally kicked off his reelection campaign for a third term in office.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude estimated at 6.1 has rattled Rome and central Italy in the middle of the night.
A former prosecutor says he does not believe the molestation claim seen is from the same person a witness saw being abused.
A Navy sailor accused of taking the identity of members in his command, pleaded guilty to felony charges this week.
A fire at a Chicago apartment building that appears to have been deliberately set, killed four people.
Surveillance video is out of vandalism in the tune of at least $30,000 dollars worth of damage to the Hampton Roads Soccer Complex.
The Norfolk Department of Public Health has lifted the swim advisories for the sites: North Community Beach and 10th View.
ALDI wants to build a new grocery store, the city's planning department approved it, but some residents are against the plan.
A lawsuit has now been filed on behalf of a Yorktown woman and a man from Maryland who visited a Tropical Smoothie in Northern Virginia.
The Navy has been working on the restoration of seven sites at SJCA since 1980, and now they say they've completed the project.
Police are investigating the death of a woman in the 100 block of Misty Cove.
Firefighters responded to a residential fire in the 2600 block of North Armistead Avenue.
Linwood Taylor received a sentence of 21 years in prison for charges related to heroin distribution.
A University of Pittsburgh student trying to impress a woman by leaping from one rooftop to another fell into a narrow gap.
A man has been taken into custody in connection with homicide that occurred over the weekend.
The longtime CNN anchor has a strong connection to Hampton Roads police stemming from events in January.
We welcomed the Friends of Norfolk Animal Care Center as our studio audience today.
At just 23-years-old, Elizabeth Williams has been around the world playing basketball.


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Thank you for your recent submission. I enjoyed the unusual prose style and autobiographical main character. In these times of doom and gloom, it is a great relief to read about someone with such a positive, can-do attitude. Thanks also for the enclosed mince pie and glass of brandy – this was an unexpected twist that added much flavour to my day.
After much reflection, however, I am afraid that I will not be able to represent you at this time. Celebrity biographies are on the wane and, in truth, I wasn't sufficiently thrilled by your manuscript. In the current challenging market, a book must literally make my socks catch fire with excitement before I can consider taking it on.
My assistant tells me that beards are a hot trend for 2012, so perhaps you would consider a book on personal grooming?
Yours standing-in-a-bucket-of-water,
Marigold Bestagent.
Dear Santa,
This is a belated thank you for last year's present – a Moleskine® Special Edition Snot Green Extra Large Notebook with Removable Double-Sided Fountain Pen Tray. It helped me to write a very meaningful poem about clouds, and several wonderful shopping lists. Although it is still 80% empty, I must have this year's version in my Christmas stocking, as Moleskine® have increased the line spacing by 0.2mm, which is bound to improve my writing even more.
Also, can I please have the ultra-rare Moleskine® Swoonpad? This has a leather cover embossed with the portrait of hunky children's author Marcus Sedgwick – I am sure that staring at the delectable Marcus until my eyes go blurry will take me to new heights of creative ecstasy.
Many thanks,
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Dear Father Christmas,
It has come to my notice that I'm on your naughty list. Again. This is despite my efforts this year to enslave all muggles and create a world fit for pure-blood witches and wizards. I would rather have nothing for Christmas instead of your usual lump of coal, as last year, Nagini ate it and was then horribly sick on the hall carpet.
The Evil Lord Voldemort (Esq.)
P.S. All I want for Christmas is a new nose. That's not too much to ask, is it?
Dear Mr Claus,
Thank you for sending me the manuscript of Sleighing Them in the Isles – The Amazing True Story of How I Saved Christmas (Pop-up Edition). As you know, we are very selective here at Qualitty Publishing Inc., but your story just blew me away. I have to have it!!!
This amazing tale of
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Dear Santa,
I think I have been good this year, although I was rather rude to a pigeon a few weeks ago. Sorry about that. I have tried my best to write an interesting blog post every week, even if that one about deconstructionist Belgian picture books seemed to go over a few people's heads. If it isn't too much trouble, could you arrange for a publishing contract in my Christmas stocking this year? And if it could be a proper publisher too, as I still have 2,000 copies in the loft of a self-published book about whelks and probably don't want to go down that road again. I have written a new middle-grade novel packed with action, intrigue and dark humour, and it would be a shame if it had to stay on my hard disk forever.
Yours hopefully,


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Volunteers are an essential part of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's work. They perform a wide variety of responsibilities, including research, writing, outreach and administrative tasks. Volunteer positions are available for Spring, Summer, and Fall.
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The Crap We Missed – Thursday 11.15.12
Welcome to Thursday's The Crap We Missed which exists in a culture where we express gratitude to our troops by tossing them bovine prostitutes who are probably willing to bang entire platoon on camera, as long as she retains exclusive distribution righ– wait, how is this a bad thing? Anyway, today we've got Gary Busey, who wants to know if this jacket makes him look crazy, Marilyn Manson's neck tattoo that probably landed my dictionary.com search history on an FBI list, and wow, I had no idea The Wolf of Wall Street was a What's Eating Gilbert Grape reboot until right now.
Mister Clinton, Mister Clinton, can you describe your excitement level for Amsterdam's sex industry?
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HOUSTON - Police said when James Holmes, 24, burst into an Aurora, Colo. movie theater, he was geared up like a solider preparing for battle. One of the questions that followed that horror is, where did Holmes get all that gear?
"You can purchase it at gun shows, you can purchase it at Army/Navy places, you can purchase it at police supply stores," said Ray Hunt, president of the Houston Police Officers' Union.
Hunt said nothing Holmes had on him was illegal for a civilian to possess. In fact, it didn't take Local 2 Investigates long to track down the same type of gear; a helmet, gas mask, vest, gas canister, pistols and rifle. Everything sold either at gun or surplus and supply stores, or on the Internet.
"This country is all about letting people purchase whatever they want to purchase," said Hunt.
A quick check of pricing shows all of the abovementioned gear could be bought for roughly $3,000, depending on make and model of the equipment. Hunt argues it would be up to individual sellers as to determine whether a person is a potential threat.
"Where do you differentiate that this person is a nut and this person is just somebody whose preparing in the event that something happens," Hunt said.
"Even if it was illegal to have this gear, he would have it," said Brian Hoffner, president of Hoffner's Training Academy. "He's the bad guy."
Hoffner added how Holmes got the gear is secondary. Hoffner said many movie theater emergency exits are not equipped with audible alarms.
"That's probably something that can change for the better," said Hoffner. "Alarm those darn doors so someone like this nut can't ajar the door, which is typically behind the curtain, then go out there, gear up and come in through the exit."
While it may not always be possible, Hoffner suggests thinking about finding an aisle seat near exit during your next trip to the movies, or at the very least knowing exactly where the exits are located in case of any emergency.
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Talking about estate planning is difficult and implementing an estate plan can be even harder. And farmers are unique when it comes to retirement and retirement planning. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach understands their situation and is offering Evaluating Your Estate Plan workshops at seven locations during June to discuss estate planning for farm families.
"For farmers, there isn't a distinct moment where they just walk out the door to retirement as someone in a regular wage earning job might do," said Kelvin Leibold, farm management specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach. "Rather, farm families often need to think about how to transition the farm business to the next generation during lifetime, as well as having an estate plan in place."
There are options they can consider such as phasing out or transitioning to another generation. The Evaluating Your Estate Plan program can help in the planning process.
The Evaluating Your Estate Plan workshop answers estate planning questions and helps prepare for future farm transitions and estate planning. Questions often include: Who needs to be involved? What information do I need to gather? When is it the right time to start? Where do I start? How do I decide what to do?
Presenters for the workshop are Leibold and Melissa O'Rourke, ISU Extension and Outreach farm and business management specialist. Leibold joined ISU Extension in 1987 and has vast experience in working with agricultural clients in farm and business planning. O'Rourke is an attorney experienced in agricultural law and estate planning.
The one-day workshop will cover the language of estate planning, gift, estate and inheritance taxes, calculating retirement costs, and many other areas vital to creating a good estate plan. The workshops help anyone who is confused about building a plan for transferring farm assets or unsure what options are best for their farm operation and family.
Evaluating Your Estate Plan workshop locations
Registrations for the workshops can be made by calling the county extension office listed with the workshop location. Advance registration is required as space is limited. Workshop sign in starts at 9 a.m. at each site; workshops will adjourn at 4 p.m. The Evaluating Your Estate Plan workshop costs $50 per person and includes workshop materials and lunch.
- June 19 – Sheldon, Northwest Iowa Community College. To register, call 712-737-4230.
- June 20 – Greenfield, Adair County Extension Office. To register, call 641-743-8412.
- June 21 – Oskaloosa, Mahaska County Extension Office. To register, call 641-673-5841.
- June 22 – Marion, Linn County Extension Office. To register, call 319-377-9839.
- June 25 – Dubuque, Dyersville. To register, call 563-583-6496.
- June 26 – Fayette, Upper Iowa University, Student Center Ballroom. To register, call 563-425-3331.
- June 27 – Iowa Falls, Agriculture and Renewable Energy Center, Ellsworth Community College. To register, call 641-648-4850.
For more information, visit the Ag Decision Maker website, http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/info/meetings.html.


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Corsham is being taken over by all the sparkle of a Christmas market on Saturday (November 10) from 10am-4pm.
The event is based in the Town Hall and is expected to spread out into the High Street.
Visitors will be able to explore over 30 stalls selling a selection of merry gifts including homemade cakes and seasonal favourites.
For more information call (01249) 702130 or visit www.corsham.gov.uk