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Your attempts at persistence seem to have been a bit more succesful than ours. Your approach seems a bit more, passive (but not in a negative way), by offering a platform for these things outside of the game. Perhaps our direct approach within the game was already witnessed as an outright attack on their stable little corner of their world and even simply being online to see these things meant an intrusion in privacy. That'd fit if it's the whole alternate life thing.
If even a bit of that translates onto larger communities, that might explain why persistence of actions got so unpopular. Fear of loss, fear of intrusion, lack of privacy in their own sheltered niche within online worlds. Yeah, persistence on a large scale must be a real nightmare to manage and probably requires a PR team or two to deal with. It's already a nightmare on a small scale.
Eh, no love for GW2? A game that has a new release every two weeks with not just story updates, but also changes to the world? Last year the major hub city in the game was destroyed over a series of events that any player could contribute to. That's lead to the awakening of a dragon which is indirectly influencing the world, including the interruption of the transport network players use to get around the world map?
The OP talks about 'emergent' sorts of gaming too, like with WoW having World PvP at Southshore and Tarren Mill. Well GW2 has massive battles too and although they are in ringfenced maps, those maps are pretty huge and fights can break out between hundreds of players. There's even demand for sporadic PvE trips through the landscape, as I know from my own events.
All of this is to say it's easy to make sweeping accusations that nothing is the same anymore and things have gone backwards, but without taking the effort to experiment in different games then you'll never know what things are really like. All of the above examples are just for one game - a game that is pretty frequently overlooked when it comes to MMO discussions, yet has hundreds of thousands of players.
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theForged - Speaking from zero experience of either running or playing on a persistent roleplaying game server, it sounds like your experiment may have failed due to being too established to start with.
Jockie's group took the approach of giving them very little - if a player wanted to be king, he'd have to make something worth ruling first. There's an inherent appeal in the idea of creating/colonising a world. I'd be curious to find out if Minecraft would have been the success it was if the world came pre-populated with towns and castles.
I used to play NWN Tactics servers with a triple badger build* (useless but funny as hell), if I managed to convince others to join me badger spam, the confusion when that central area opened was completely worth it. This was the diametric opposite to a persistence server, everyone was max level, and gold was only made from kills and only used to fortify towers/doors.
*Druid shapeshifter as a badger, summoning a badger with a badger pet,
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eh, I accidently just wiped my own post. That's something. Nevermind, basically: We gave the players the option to be on their own completely at one point, setting up their own settlement. Their entire plan of action just made it a tent town. Their input "meh let's setup camp". Curiously enough, during quests, the players were appreciating influence. Just not normally.
Weird, the comment about minecraft made me wonder if this isn't a clash between genres, really.
Between players expecting a Baldurs Gate but with real people and instead getting that but occasionaly mixed with Simcity but with real people. Maybe that was the issue? Meh, perhaps it was also the slew of other issues with the server at the time. Reading back up on an old post of mine and thinking back, maybe I'm not really a good voice to talk about this. Maybe it's just one on the long list of mistakes I made in handling it, I appreciated things like burning down the house affecting the world but maybe others didn't and it was my arrogance to assume otherwise.
Concerning Badgers:
I've got nightmares about the NWN Badgers. We had a little scripting incident with them and I've seen more than enough of them -> http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/foru...l=1#post372136
Just search for Badgers. *shudder*
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Also for context: I'm strictly talking pre-minecraft boom here. This is all years ago. So it might also have been that the concept of building a world had become too alien at the time. Something lost with the old MMOs like Ultima Online.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcsxLG8KNQI <(skip to 12:45 or 37:55 if you cant wait for the massive)
(shadowbane may not be "recent", but the emulator is, and it has revived both the game and the community dramatically. and for the massive- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU7t018zgdE [at 4:00+ you can get a glimpse of the hundreds of people in that 1 battle])
i prophesize a day will come when i will no longer have to make these posts any more...
although, playing through roll20 certainly makes tabletop games feel like video games.
lone wolf books come pretty close.
You're obviously a fan of the game, so please don't take this as an insult, but Darkfall and Shadowbane were both great concepts that turned into poor games.
I was in love with the concept of Darkfall pre-release, and I know people found a lot to enjoy in the game, but the barriers around the 'fun' were just too high. Between the rate of skill progression and the high speed twitchy combat, the amount of time investment required was insane.
I felt Mortal Online did a far better job of making an accessible game, with fast basic progression and slow specialisation, along with more Mount and Blade-style combat. But that ran into the perennial problem of niche MMOs - it simply did not have enough players to deliver on its promises. You could be fairly certain of finding a fight, but you'd struggle to buy any worthwhile items or resources on the open market. With so few people gathering and crafting, nearly all of it went straight to their own clan only.
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If you wanted to avoid those pitfalls in a computer game you will probably have to come up with a rich initial character definition phase and an artful respec mechanic.
Last edited by NathanH; 30-07-2014 at 10:32 PM.Irrelevant on further examination of the rest of the thread.
31-07-2014, 05:44 AM #53I think of [the Internet] as a grisly raw steak laid out on a porcelain benchtop in the sun, covered in chocolate hazelnut sauce. In the background plays Stardusts Music Sounds Better With You. Theres lots of fog. --tomeoftom
You ruined his point by putting it in context thats cheating -bull0
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I've been hoping for a solid MMO with a persistant world for many years now... but the few attempts I've seen have left me disappointed.
EVE online is probably the shining example of a persistant MMO, but it takes a certain patience I don't have to play it. It's the kind of game where you spend 99% of your time preparing, grinding, and waiting for that moment when the crap hits the fan. When that moment happens though, it is amazing and no other game can provide an experience on that level. Those few moments create stories that show up as news articles on gaming websites and live on in legend. I really tried to get into the game... but I just lost interest with that 99% of the game.
Minecraft has given me a glimpse of the kind of game I'd like.... or more precisely, certain modded variants. My favorite minecraft experience was a 'Skyland Pirates' server a played on, which combined several mods into one cohesive experience. World generation was modded to be a floating islands in a void type world. There was a factions mod that gave land protection based on the PVP standing of it's members. There was an airship mod which allowed you to turn a cludge of specific block types into an actual mobile airship, which allows transport between the floating islands. There was an RPG mod of sorts that added tons of trainable skills with various effects. There was an economy and shop mod to facilitate trade.
Playing on Skyland Pirates goes like this... you start in the only safe area, a central town on the server, with a couple hundred credits, which is exactly enough to buy the materials required to make a tiny airship. Now, unless you're joing up with a friend who is already established... you're a worthless pushover runt with a few bucks and no value to the world. As factions gain and lose power based on the PVP standing of it's members, no faction wants a new fish with no standing. For now, you're on your own! You build your boat and frantically fly out to a far away island, hoping to gather resources and arm yourself... of course, you have sneak past the ring of newbie hunters that circle the starting town. If you die, you lose your ship and are left with nothing... the only way to get another then would be to punch skeletons to death at night or try to hack it on one of the couple nearby islands connected to the main town by bridges. You would have to do that until you got enough credits to buy parts for a new ship. Ships require wool... of course there won't be sheep on any area nearby.
Assuming you make it away from town with your small ship, as I did on my first attempt, you need to hide out and find resources. As sky pirates are always looking for prey, you have to make sure you hide your base well... no topside farms, lights, or anything that doesn't look natural.... no half chopped trees! Replanting trees with saplings will give away your base as well until the saplings grow... best to venture out to another island to cut trees. You really need to find sheep... but sheep are rare in the skylands. You can sell stuff at town and buy wool, but town trips are dangerous. I did alright with my first base for about an hour... but then they found me! A few pirates had noticed me leaving town and spent that hour hunting in the direction I went. I had an iron sword at that point and managed to put up a fight. One of the pirates even fell to their death during the battle that ensued (no kill credit to me sadly)... and so I lost it all.
If you are stuck at town with nothing, the best way to earn credits is killing monsters. Punch a few to death until you can buy materials for a stone sword. Then kill more until you can afford a ship. It isn't easy and food is expensive making it a struggle to even survive at that rate. The bridges leading to newbie islands are a trap of course... you'll be hunted on those islands. Town is safe... and night will bring opportunity.
My next attempt at starting out went a lot better. I waited until night to leave and flew low, keeping under the islands. I escaped unnoticed and went much farther out to start my second base. Once decked in iron armor, wielding an iron axe with knockback power from skills, I was somebody. Pirates would have to risk a lot going after me then! I learned the patterns of other players. I was able to make return runs to town to sell off resources and stockpile credits (of which you only lose a portion on death). Eventually I was even able to acquire sheep and breed up a wool farm. Wool is the primary resource in the Skylands. Wool keeps you moving, keeps you alive.
With resources to back me, RPG stats up to useful levels, and experience with the way people behave, I was able to start racking up kills myself... become the hunter instead of the hunted. Sure there are bigger fish in the sea and I lost some battles, but I was winning more. With a decent PVP standing, I got faction invites. I joined up with a group of good people I recognized from the PVE server...small at the time. We grew to become a formidable faction with a massive docking ring of ships, half stolen from others to keep as trophies.
I will say I generally prefer PVE as a player. I realize now it is because in most games, PVP has no real risk. It becomes a worthless hassle then. With proper motivation though, PVP can become the most fun and interesting aspect of a game. I've had more fun with PVP in modded Minecraft than any other game... that is a truly sad testament to the state of persistance in MMOs. Minecraft isn't really an MMO even. The Skylands server generally had 20-80 players on at a time. I always wish for a proper AAA approach to something like that...
Sounds like DayZ for Minecraft, plus airships.
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I should, perhaps, mention that it takes a very dedicated staff to maintain that kind of grand arrangement, so such minecraft servers are rare and only exist for a year or so before falling apart. You'll usually have to wade through dozens of badly run servers or donation grabs to reach something special like that.
31-07-2014, 06:09 PM #58I think of [the Internet] as a grisly raw steak laid out on a porcelain benchtop in the sun, covered in chocolate hazelnut sauce. In the background plays Stardusts Music Sounds Better With You. Theres lots of fog. --tomeoftom
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What annoys me about TESO is TES was pretty much an MMO waiting to happen. They had the big open sandbox world where you could go anywhere and do anything you wanted, for TESO they took all the good points out and stuck the bad points about modern MMOs in...
Just a linear path through the whole game and no world PVP and no ability to even seen the enemy faction.
the devs did make some bad decisions for a couple years there, but supposedly that was because the majority of the team was busy packaging their revolutionary engine for sale to an asian studio. and revolutionary it is, what is going on in that video is nothing short of astounding; even more so when you consider that elsewhere on the map people are building boats, and houses, and delving dungeons, and hunting for buried treasure, and so on.. all in one, huge, hand-crafted world.
i have single-handedly incited a war involving hundreds of unique individuals, taking place in simultaneous battles all across one of the most exquisite and massive online worlds ever created. although it was unintentional (warning: when planning for war, dont say the right thing at the right time but in the wrong chat channel), it was epic, and a memory that i will have for life. there are too few games that allow one to create real memories like this, not just artificial achievements, but they are out there. for some reason i feel obligated to inform people about them when they complain that there are no games really pushing the boundaries of a massively multiplayer experience.
these games are more like mmo grand strategy games than rpg's, akin to eve online but with the spreadsheet feel replaced by player skill. that they are played from an rpg perspective is a testament to the brilliant scope with which they are engineered. these are in fact much more than games, they are truly persistent online worlds, that one can jump in and out of; social experiments that push technology to its limits. the darkfall engine was in development for almost a decade before being revealed to the public; and now that the devs are back onto the western release in full force the game is progressing by leaps and bounds: this is deducible from their forums and dev logs alone.
dont worry about insulting me, while i may have a high self-esteem my ego isnt big enough to bruise, and i treasure the growth bred from opposition. intelligent debates with intelligent people are fun.
shadowbane is another story, one that i have played much more recently, but given the time period in which it was in its heyday, the only complaint i could possibly imagine would be some minor engine inadequacies; which the advances in server technology between then and the emulator now have solved.
that thousands of players can design, build, and demolish over a hundred of each others cities in one giant rpg world is amazing.
hell, the sheer variety permitted in shadowbane, and yet how balanced it is, is an astonishing feat of design.
i would be extremely curious to hear your faults with this one.
however it seems like you also havent checked out darkfall in quite some time, from what ive heard the barrier to entry has been drastically reduced.
ultimately i couldnt agree with you more that accessibility is key. i am a user experience architect. however given the capabilities of these games, a bit of a barrier to entry and a steep learning curve are understandable, and acceptable.
they really arent much different than both tabletop and video strategy games in this regard.


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Rainy, humid weather has increased the likelihood of foliar diseases developing in corn in 2013. Gray leaf spot is appearing in the lower canopy of susceptible hybrids across Indiana, and northern corn leaf blight has also been observed in the lower canopy of fields in northern Indiana. The bacterial disease Goss's wilt has been confirmed in popcorn and hybrid corn in northeast Indiana. Many fields across Indiana are currently at a younger growth stage than normal due to delayed planting, and therefore may be at greater risk for yield loss due to disease development.
Fungicides are available to manage foliar diseases such as gray leaf spot and northern corn leaf blight. Research in Indiana indicates that fungicides are most effective at preventing yield loss due to disease when applied at the tasseling to early silking (VT-R1) growth stage. Scouting fields around V14, or just prior to tassel emergence, can help determine the level of disease pressure in a field.
Recommendations for In-season Management of Gray Leaf Spot:
Iowa State University developed guidelines to determine when a fungicide may be necessary to prevent yield loss from gray leaf spot. These thresholds incorporate hybrid susceptibility ratings to gray leaf spot and disease levels prior to tasseling:
1. Consider a fungicide application if:
The hybrid is rated as susceptible or moderately susceptible AND 50 percent of the plants in a field have disease lesions present on the third leaf below the ear leaf or higher prior to tasseling. Please see the following video for identifying the area on the plant to scout for disease threshold decision-making: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCpwhvw9W_Y&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL1DCC2F39021955FF>.
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The hybrid is rated as moderately resistant AND 50 percent of the plants in a field have disease lesions present on the third leaf below the ear leaf or higher prior to tasseling AND additional factors or conditions that favor disease development are present (residue present, favorable weather conditions)
Scout resistant hybrids for disease problems, but in general, fungicide applications to resistant hybrids are not recommended and will not consistently result in increased yield. For more information on gray leaf spot, please read Purdue Extension bulletin BP-056-W: <http://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/bp/BP-56-W.pdf>.
Recommendations for In-season Management of Northern Corn Leaf Blight:
Currently we do not have thresholds available for determining when fungicide applications are needed for northern corn leaf blight, but we follow similar guidelines as gray leaf spot, in that fungicides will typically be more beneficial when applied to susceptible hybrids in high-risk fields for disease development, such as those that are in minimum or no-till. For fungicide recommendations, please see the updated fungicide efficacy table for management of corn diseases, which is developed by the national Corn Disease Working Group: <http://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP-160-W.pdf>. For more information on northern corn leaf blight, plese read Purdue Extension bulletin BP-084-W: <https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/Extension/Pages/ExtPubs.aspx>.
Recommendations for In-season Management of Goss's Wilt:
Goss's wilt is a bacterial disease, and therefore fungicide applications will not be effective at reducing disease development. There are several products promoted for in-season management of Goss's wilt, however, Indiana research indicates that these products do not consistently reduce disease once symptoms are present on the plant. If symptoms of Goss's wilt are suspected in a field, please remember to have the sample confirmed by a diagnostic lab. Fields with confirmed Goss's wilt should be planted to a hybrid that is more resistant to Goss's wilt in subsequent years. Tillage and crop rotation will also help reduce the amount of residue that can harbor bacteria for the next corn crop. For more information on Goss's wilt, please read Purdue Extension Bulletin BP-081-W: <https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/Extension/Pages/ExtPubs.aspx>.
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The thresholds and recommendations available for in-season management decisions for any disease are not hard and fast rules. It is important to remember that disease severity can be unpredictable in Indiana, even when factors favoring disease are present. Before deciding on in-season management of any foliar disease, consider threshold guidelines, cropping practices, planting date, predicted weather conditions and economic factors, and manage expectations for what type of yield response a in-season fungicide/bactericide application will provide.


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Birth: Aug. 31, 1919LymanWayne CountyUtah, USADeath: Jul. 24, 1985DurhamButte CountyCalifornia, USA See captions under photos at right.Chico Enterprise-Record, Friday, July 26, 1985: "George Hackett Sr. Private graveside services for George Cortez Hackett Sr., 65, will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in Dayton Cemetery. He died Wednesday in his Chico residence. Hackett was born Aug. 31, 1919 to George and Gephie Hackett in Lyman, Utah, where he was reared and educated. In 1941, he joined the Air Force and was stationed in Chico in 1942. He met Adele Coon and they were married June 18, 1943. He worked for Baldwin Construction for quite a few years and then raised almonds for 30 years in Durham. Survivors include his wife Adele of Chico; four daughters, Carolyn Dowd of Guerneville in Sonoma County, and Marilyn Loofbourrow, Lynn Denning and Deborah Hamilton, all of Durham; two sons, George C. Jr. of Oroville and Randy of Durham; four sisters, Ora Hunt of Las Vegas, Nev., Fern Beckman of St. Claira, Utah, Ireta Sterling of Stockton and Gephie Woolsey of Taylorsville, Utah; three brothers, Harold Taylor of Delta, Utah, Gene Taylor of Grantsville, Utah, and Clay Jackson of Pagson, Utah; and 15 grandchildren. Bishop Richard Rollins of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will officiate at the service. Contributions may be made to the Dayton Service Group or the Enloe hospice program in care of Brusie Funeral Home, which is handling arrangements."


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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I'm bleeding directly from the heart. I was in love with a girlfriend for the whole summer, but when she went home from our summer job at the same place, she disappeared. You should know I'm also female. "It was a wonderful secret adventure. You are so special and I just love you," she said, as she kissed me goodbye in the woods. That "secret" word sounded suspicious to me, and it was. When I got home she had blocked me from her electronics completely.
I have a lot of friends on Facebook. I found someone who actually lives in her small town.
Guess what? She has a longterm boyfriend back there. I was her little summer experiment. My heart is breaking. She has blocked me so she doesn't have to deal with my pain. What can I do? -- Hurt So Bad, Winnipeg
Dear Hurt So Bad: This girlfriend outright lied to you -- and she used you for a fling for her own selfish reasons. It's tough to spend a summer thinking you have a "special" relationship with someone who gushes she "just loves you" and then doesn't want to know you the minute she casts off from the dock. What does "special" or "in love" mean to a person who swims in the shallow end of the pool? She was probably play-acting and enjoying the romance and, in her case, the cloak-and-dagger aspect of being with another woman. So, how do you deal with the hurt, when she's cut off all communication?
Find out her home address or write her at that town c/o General Delivery. It is so unusual to get a real letter on paper today in a person's handwriting, she will probably open it. Inside, tell her how you feel about the cold and cruel way she ended things; get it off your chest and onto hers, where it belongs. What you lose in dignity by writing the letter, you gain in freedom. P.S. Even if you don't post it, you'll feel better, getting it out on paper.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My boyfriend and I have been dating for three years. For the first 2 1/2 years, we lived together. Early this year I asked him to move out because I felt like we were becoming too much like an old married couple, always nagging each other, feeling like people we weren't.
Just after he had found a new place to live, I found out that in the beginning of our relationship, he had slept with one of my best friends. I have forgiven him for not telling me after all this time, but it's been hard to forget. Now, this past year, a physical relationship has been difficult. He still feels so passionate towards me. Although I'm still very attracted to him, sex has become an issue of anxiety and discomfort. We have tried taking things slow again and taking time to make sure the other is comfortable, but it isn't working.
He has come to the conclusion that we can either have sex often or not have sex at all any more. I would prefer the latter, as I feel at this time in my life, I can do without it, but I know this isn't an answer to our problems. He is a highly sexual person and I would hate for him to change that for me and possibly resent me in the future. I feel hesitant on going to get couples counselling, but we don't want to break up over this. What do you recommend we do? -- Forgiven But Not Forgotten
Dear Not Forgotten: Sex with your best friend? It doesn't get much lower than that. You say you don't even want sex with him any more, given an all-or-nothing choice, so you have really arrived at "friendship" and are afraid of admitting it to yourself. He has more desire for you than this, but can't be trusted.
Resentment is one of the biggest killers of sex and romance. You didn't hurt him, so his sex drive is fine and healthy. If you'd had sex with HIS best friend, he probably wouldn't have stuck around for more sex with you. So why do you stay? You don't want couples counselling and you don't want to live with him any more. This relationship seems to be ruined by the cheating.
Unless you go to counselling, get it all out on the table again and see what can be done, you stay in limbo, and that suits you. But it's going nowhere! How about letting him go and finding yourself a new love in a trusting situation?
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AMD Enlists Ben Heck to Build Rocket Launching Desktop PCby Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/5/2013 9:08 PM EST
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Mayuyu - Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - linkRidiculous Reply
MonkeyPaw - Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - linkIt's called marketing. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 09, 2013 - linkNow your computer case smells like a burnt Estes rocket engine for a very long time like forever.
How is that going to work out for all the prissy "my black case" fanatics who squeal over a scratch or some paint job anomaly ?
LOL -SMELL HOW BADLY AMD SUCKS. Reply
Galidou - Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - linkFeaturing AMD's top hater for a second year in a row, CeriseCogburn. Stay tuned for some original comments, full fledged opinions, interesting discussions and so on. Don't stop to intertain us with your well mannered comments filled with CAPS where it counts. Reply
paul878 - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkDesperation Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 09, 2013 - linkSad, and it doesn't even have a cam attached that videos the launch.
So this is for the children in charge to have some sort of kiddie life flashback, or apparently pay off some fanboy builder who no one knows, or all the above and then some.
a LAUNCH ARM CAM a few feet back from the two open tubes...
Wreckage - Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - linkRocket goes up....AMD stock goes down.
Seriously who is left running that place? Reply
Robenger - Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - linkDon't be clown. They are powering all of next gen consoles plus are making great strides everywhere else. Reply
B3an - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkMeanwhile back in reality AMD are losing money year over year, cutting jobs and making bad CPU's (Bulldozer). Reply
just4U - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkThey may be losing money but their cpu's are fairly good. Looking at the internals of that setup the mb/cpu combo cost's aproximately $210.. which is the same price for a i5 cpu by itself. Hell you even get GPU power that's substantially faster than anything Intel has so your not going to be spending a extra $60-70 on a budget card. Reply
Flunk - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkThe A10 and i5 are not remotely comparable performance wise. You can easily build an Intel system for the same price with better CPU performance and very close GPU performance.
AMD's problem is that their value proposition needs to solidly beat Intel for them to actually sell systems. They need to be 20% or more below Intel's competitive offerings. For example the A10-5800 is competitive with a low-end i3 like the 3220 but if you check Newegg the price difference is 0%, they're both $129 (as I post this). AMD can only really win if they undercut Intel's prices, not match. If given a choice almost everyone picks Intel because they have a better track record for reliability and compatibility. Reply
SilthDraeth - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - link"If given a choice almost everyone picks Intel because they have a better track record for reliability and compatibility. "
Your argument was fairly good, then you went and closed it out with an asinine statement.
People pick Intel, because of brand recognition/loyalty,superior marketing, and superior performance.
10 years ago, approximately, it took a superior performance AMD to even get enough market penetration to make an impact, and now they have brand recognition as well. But most people still know Intel, and Pentium more than AMD and Athlon, or Phenom, or any number of other names they have. Reply
Sivar - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkI agree with his asinine statement.
Intel has a better record for overall platform compatibility and reliability. This isn't something to be disagreed with because it is not an opinion.
I used AMD from the original slot-based Athlon (my friend, Mark Sorensen, invented the first "GFD" Athlon overclocker, even; got an exclusive Anandtech article) to the Athlon 64.
Then, their products were superior enough in price/performance to overcome resistance due to their reputation, which was far worse then (from K6 days) than now.
Intel again has the better overall product, other than perhaps for embarrassingly threaded or multi-process (like Apache) software.
Best tool for the job... Reply
SlyNine - Friday, March 08, 2013 - linkYou start out with the argument "Intel has a better record for overall platform compatibility and reliability. This isn't something to be disagreed with because it is not an opinion."
Then you provide NOTHING to back it up. Im challenging this notion that Intel is more reliable and compatible Intel had plenty of chipset/socket snafus.
On top of it all you seem to employ a sorta appeal to authority by mentioning Mark Sorensen; does he support your OPINION? Why bring his name up? Reply
gruffi - Thursday, March 07, 2013 - link"Low-end" i3 3220 is competitive with A10-5800? Sry, that's complete retard thinking and delusional. A10-5800K trounces i3 3220 in every single GPU based application, especially games. Maybe i3 is faster in outdated singlethreaded apps like Super Pi. But, who cares? Modern systems need multitasking and graphics performance. And A10 offers more for both. Again, AMD offers more value. It's much easier to build an AMD system with similar performance for less money or more performance for the same price than vice versa. Not to forget, A10-5800K is easy to overclock due to the unlocked multiplier. Reply
johnny_boy - Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - linkThe 5800K will give almost everyone enough CPU performance they'd want. The key differentiator is an integrated GPU capable of gaming, not something you can say about Intel's iGPUs. AMD also wraps a usable gaming platform in one *simple* and affordable package. The lack of need for an additional graphics card considerably simplifies things for some markets. Reply
Galidou - Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - link''for some market'' is quite an understatement. I'd say 90%+ of computer users don't need much, mainly do facebook/twitter/youtube/online flash games/other games that doesn't require much cpu/gpu power. Reply
frozen ox - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkYawn. Thank you captain obvious, that might have been news two years ago. Meanwhile in 2013, AMD has launched Vishera, which are great for the money and more than makeup for Bulldozer's gaming performance. The next generation of consoles will now feature 8 core AMD APUs, so developers will be working with AMD and god help us more/better multi-threaded games, and this is a run-on sentence. Reply
gruffi - Thursday, March 07, 2013 - linkYOU should come back to reality. AMD made profits in the last years and decreased debts. The last 2 quarters are not everything. Bulldozer and Bobcat are great architectures. Better than the old and boring stuff the competition has to offer. Bulldozer just needs some improvements. Which isn't unnatural for an architecture from the ground up. Reply
johnsmith9875 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkAll AMD needed to do was shrink the 6-core Thuban die and slap 2 of them on a chip like the Q6600 was, and I would have bought it! Reply
Belard - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkFor some odd reason... I was expecting:
A) A rocket that was a PC being launched (like a car, that is launched such as on TopGear) - which if so, it should have windows 8 on it.
B) The Rocket Launching PC should be operational during a launch with the OS being used as the launch controller. Reply
Flunk - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkI was expecting B as well. This is preitty much just a stunt, but I guess Ben didn't have that much time. Reply
Beenthere - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - link...of time and money. AMD should pay me to build "interesting things" with their products. I'd do it for 1/2 the price. Reply
elmicker - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkSo what does the PC actually do? If the launch controls and displays are all running off custom PCBs? You could do this for 1/10 the price and power consumption on a RasPi and still have it be a full PC! Imagine a PC that sets off fireworks when you win your games. Superb. Reply
IanCutress - Thursday, March 07, 2013 - linkIt's still a full PC you have at your desk. Reply
SlyNine - Friday, March 08, 2013 - linkExcept for a rocket to the face in a game and the computer actually sends a rocket to your face. Reply
yougotkicked - Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - linkReminds me of when AMD hired Bill Owen to make a case for the phenom processor line launch. A solid marketing move IMO, draws more attention to their booth at shows and helps build a relationship between AMD and the enthusiast crowd. It may not make them more profitable, but it makes people as a bit less of an anonymous giant. Reply
egmccann - Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - linkBit of fun marketing. Not sure why people are so busy pissing on it. That said - niche use, and quite obviously a different design... if you've ever looked into amateur (MUCH more involved - and expensive - than model) rocketry, I could see taking ideas from this into an actual single unit - especially if you've got data coming down from the rocket itself. I'd have to agree that the custom PCB controlling the launch and such makes this less a "PC mod" than "A PC attached to something that can launch small rockets," though. Reply
johnsmith9875 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkWhen I was a kid all you needed was a motorcycle battery, some wire, a 6v light bulb, and single pole keyswitch and a SPST momentary pushbutton switch, and you had a rocket launching system, and we LIKED it! Reply


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Limbaugh claimed his Abu Ghraib comments "represent the views of the average American leftist"
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On the November 8 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh defended his numerous controversial remarks about the abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison as an attempt to expose the hypocrisy of liberals. In response to the question -- posed November 7 by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) on the floor of the Senate -- of whether Limbaugh's statements "represent the views and attitudes of the average American citizen," Limbaugh countered that they "represent the views of the average American leftist! It's the left that will not condemn any of this when it happens to their kids, when it's happening in schools, when it's happening in the porno industry in this country." Throughout the broadcast, Limbaugh repeatedly referred to the senator as Tom "Dung Heap" Harkin; this description of Harkin appears in the transcript of the segment on RushLimbaugh.com.
Harkin recently proposed an amendment to the 2006 defense authorization bill to include "fairness and balance" on taxpayer-funded American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS). In a November 7 statement on the floor of the Senate, Harkin quoted Limbaugh's various comments regarding the detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib. The following day, Limbaugh played an audio clip of Harkin's statement and interjected his defense of the comments.
When Harkin noted his various claims that the abuse represented "a fraternity prank," "a brilliant maneuver," and "no different than what happens at Skull and Bones initiation at Yale," Limbaugh claimed that the senator was "taking this out of context" and that it was "a laugh line."
When Harkin quoted him describing the Abu Ghraib images as "pictures of homoeroticism that looks like standard good, old American pornography," Limbaugh conceded that the quote was accurate. But he went on to state that he had merely been making a point: "Why are people upset about this when they buy it on cable TV?"
In his statement, Harkin also cited Limbaugh's comment that the pictures of the abuse "might win a video award for the pornography industry." Harkin then asked, "Does this represent the views and attitudes of the average American citizen?" Limbaugh responded, "No, no, of course not. But it does represent the views of the average American leftist! It's the left that will not condemn any of this when it happens to their kids, when it's happening in schools, when it's happening in the porno industry in this country. ... Senator Harkin, your crowd is the one that's totally tolerant of this, except when it happens in a prison to our enemies!"
From the November 8 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: Let's go to the audio tapes. We're going to start with the Harkin floor debate on me and this program. Our nickname for him is Tom "Dung Heap" Harkin. I've forgotten why we named him that. But it was -- he said something once about a dung heap -- called his opponents dung heaps or something, so we turned it back around on him. This is a portion of his remarks. They're debating the defense authorization bill, but Harkin is upset that I dominate so much of Armed Forces Radio Network and that so few progressives have a chance to be heard.
LIMBAUGH: Here is a United States senator from the neighboring state of my home state. I'm in Missouri, from Missouri, Iowa is on our northern border. Here's a senator from Iowa talking about a citizen of this country who has his own little mind; I do mean little. You have a U.S. senator personally berating a citizen of this country, and I'm honored to be the citizen. I am honored to be the citizen berated as a small mind by Tom "Dung Heap" Harkin on the floor of the Senate. And I just, I sat here and -- I walked out yesterday -- Snerdley and I walked out to leave, and he said, "I guess we know what's gonna be on the show tomorrow." And I said, "Well, a portion of it." And I told him then, I said, "Well, my dad would not believe this. Just wouldn't believe it."
Here's more. They -- this didn't stop. He goes back to the Abu Ghraib quotes now to, in order -- now, remember, what he's tryin' to do is get a bunch of liberal hosts that you can't listen to and you've never heard of on Armed Forces Radio Network. So in order to do that -- he can't build them up -- he has to try to tear me down.
HARKIN [audio clip]: Here's what Rush Limbaugh had to say about Abu Ghraib. He called it "a fraternity prank."
LIMBAUGH: Yes.
HARKIN [audio clip]: He dubbed the humiliation of inmates "a brilliant maneuver, no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation at Yale."
LIMBAUGH: Stop the tape a second. Now, this, this is classic because he is taking this out of context, which is proof that they don't get the joke. Skull and Bones, that's John Kerry, that's George Bush. These guys -- and there are all kinds of secret things that go on at Skull and Bones, and it was a laugh line. And here is this guy, outraged and taking it seriously. Not getting it at -- probably on purpose -- but I doubt that he would have gotten it if he'd have heard it in context originally.
HARKIN [audio clip]: He described the images of torture as -- again, a quote from Rush Limbaugh -- "pictures of homoeroticism that look like standard good, old American pornography."
LIMBAUGH: Stop the tape! Yes, he's quoting me accurately, and I said, "Why are people upset about this when they buy it on cable TV, they buy it on the Internet, and they buy it in magazines every week? I thought we were supposed to love homoerotic things. I thought we were supposed to be open-minded and tolerant to homoerotic things. I thought that was the definition of an open mind, a large mind." So here I say, "Hey, there are a lot of people look at these pictures probably gettin' turned on. This is good! They are lookin' at these pictures and they're thinking, 'America is advancing. Now the military's getting into it.' " Over their heads! Flat, smack-dab over their heads! Let's listen to the rest.
HARKIN [audio clip]: That's Rush Limbaugh talking to our troops 100 percent of the time. He said of the pictures at Abu Ghraib -- and, again, this is quote from Rush Limbaugh -- "If you take these pictures and bring them back and have them taken in an American city and put on an American website, they might win a video award for the pornography industry." I ask, does this represent the views and attitudes of the average American citizen?
LIMBAUGH: No, no, of course not. But it does represent the views of the average American leftist! It's the left that will not condemn any of this when it happens to their kids, when it's happening in schools, when it's happening in the porno industry in this country. In fact, the Supreme Court has said that this kind of stuff can happen with no controls whatsoever on the Internet! Senator Harkin, your crowd is the one that's totally tolerant of this, except when it happens in a prison to our enemies! Pornographers can destroy our own citizens, corrupt our own children, and you sit by and say nothing! But when this kind of thing happens to people who want to blow up the country, you somehow want to come to the defense of the people that want to blow up the country!
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By John Ashton
Sutton & Epsom were in no mood to show mercy as they mauled rock-bottom Camberley 72-7 at Rugby Lane to move to the top of the Division Two South West table.
The home side were sharper, faster and stronger and at times played some wonderful rugby.
With full-back Ian Knott getting four tries and wing Steve Warnham scoring 29 points - two tries, eight conversions and a penalty - the gulf between the sides was huge.
Knott opened the scoring after lock Mike Blakeburn made a superb break and when ever-present flanker James Caddy stopped a Camberley attack dead with a brilliant tackle - Warnham stretched the lead with a penalty.
Knott got his second try shortly after collecting his own chip ahead to score out wide.
It was then the forwards' turn taking a quick penalty they drove to the line and prop Will Lloyd got the touch down again converted by Warnham.
The Knott and Warnham show continued two minutes later when a searing break by left wing Mike Cartledge saw him put Warnham in for a try wide on the left which he converted.
Tireless captain flanker Matt Whitaker followed this in short order making a break out of defence he committed the defence and put Cartledge into space to score a rare unconverted try at the corner.
Sutton were by now rampant and a perfectly weighted kick out of defence by fly half Jak Martin was mis-fielded by Camberley and speed merchant Cartledge was there to scoop up the loose ball and score another unconverted try.
At half time Sutton led 44-0 with the bonus point try already in the bag.
Sutton lost concentration in the early part of the second half giving away far too many penalties and committing too many handling errors but they eventually got their play back together and a charge by lock Austin Sheppard sucked in the defence allowing him to put Warnham over for his second which he converted.
Sutton then gave away a series of penalties and eventually Camberley's centre Ed Lea slipped through an unusual gap in the Sutton defence to score under the posts, he converted his own try.
That was Camberley's last attacking contribution to the match and Knott got his hat-trick shortly after when given ball from the lineout he broke through several tackles to score wide on the left, Warnham converted.
From the kick off, the ball did not make 10 metres and from the resulting scrum Whitaker picked up and simply ran through the defence to score under the posts. Warnham again converted.
Finally from a clever chip ahead by centre Dominic Driver, Knott won the race to touch down wide on the left and once again Warnham converted.
Camberley's misery was over.
This weekend, Sutton travel to Chobham, who beat top-placed Tottonians at the weekend.


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Thanks for posting this Gavin.
A few comments:
I would like to address some of the key points:
Fundraising: we are witnessing increased activities in this area mainly due to the involvement of individuals focusing on this particular are.
Additionally, we see in increase of donations from private individuals. (Some as high as $20 thousand per year)
At a national level, patient advocates lobbying has yet to evolve with larger participation addressing our disease. Reason: We lack the necessary staffing.
I represent the patient community within the cooperative groups setting, i.e. NCI sponsored the North American Hepatobiliary Task for Clinical Trials Phase II/III. However; we are greatly understaffed in this particular area. We desperately need others to join in and advocate for our patients in various other clinical settings.
Research Advocacy Network Advocate Institute runs a class each year to train advocates in the basics of cancer research, provides the experience of attending the ASCO Annual Meeting, and helps advocates disseminate the research to the patient constituencies in their community.
Percy, Karen, Linda, and I have participated in their program. But, I am now looking for others to do the same.
I would love others to attend with us ASCO 2014, Chicago, May 30-June 3, and receive this excellent training that RAN offers to advocates. Please, contact me: firstname.lastname@example.com
And, not to forget: each member on this site is an advocate in his/her own right. Information shared, assimilated and provided to others encompasses the area of Patient Advocacy.
In a broader sense, the very rapidly changing role for advocacy groups such as the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation is setting precedence for the changes to come within the near future.
Thanks and hugs to all,
Well said, Marion. Thank you for your continued hard work toward meeeting these monumental goals.
Thanks much, Willow. But, I need to point out and report on this in a later postings that the setting of medical research trials, FDA drug approval, and patient input will drive the future in disease treatments.
Hello my Friend, Marion! Looks like a lot will be driven in the future but we are fortunate to have you 'driving' us in the best of ways. There are not enough thanks for all you do.
Thanks for that Marion, and of course for everything that you do for us all!
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A new update for Quake Live is up this week — including two new maps for premium subscribers. Details, courtesy of Quake Live community manager Adam Pyle, are below…
This week's update, QUAKE LIVE Premium Pak 7, introduces 2 new Premium Arenas to QUAKE LIVE, adjustments to our hit detection, expansions to our social networking features, the ability to assign your own country flag (for use on profile and in-game), tier info displays on player profiles, and due to popular request – a fun killBeep option for premium & pro users.
Premium Maps Added:
- Toxicity (Duel):
Created by Alexander Mader, Toxicity is an enclosed Duel map with a distinctive look. Twisting halls and teleporters provide ample escape, as long as you watch out for the namesake pools of toxic acid in the main rooms of this arena. Own the world, or at least your opponent, and spread disorder by knocking them around with some rockets. Bounce them well, and you can treat yourself to a Red Armor, while they suffer some unfortunate burns.
- Distant Screams (CTF):
Formerly known as the perennial favorite Silent Night, we've torn down the Christmas decorations as to not look like that weird house down the street lit up well into March. Thankfully, it hasn't warmed up enough to melt the ice that covers vast swathes of the level, allowing massive acceleration throughout the frozen tundra terrain. Everything else is still mostly as you remember it, from the grenade traps to the secret button that dispenses health. Wait, that's supposed to be a secret…
Learn more about Premium Pak 7 after the break…
Game Changes:
- Kill Beep for Premium players:
Enabling cg_killBeep will play a distinct sound when you score a kill in any mode. Options are available in the in-game Game Options->Advanced->Sound Options menu.
- Increased size of hit cylinders:
Increased hittable region of players by 10% to more closely mimic the area of the old cuboid region.
- Increased damage of Shotgun in Team Deathmatch:
Increased damage of Shotgun back to 100 to match the Shotgun in other modes.
- Improved arena download system:
Download size for Standard players reduced by about 50% by not downloading premium content until the player joins a server running the arena. This also means these maps will be unavailable in Practice mode for Standard users. Premium and Pro users will still download all content as they did before.
- Removed some extra dependencies from the Quake 3 master server. ("Please start TA directly")
- Fixed issues where plug-in was downloading certain content twice.
- Added the ability to bind a key to Accuracy (+acc), ScreenshotJPEG to the in-game Contols->Actions menu.
- Fixed issue where scoreboard would show none in the lead with -9999 frags.
- Fixed display issue that would cause items on loading screen to overflow off the screen.
- Fixed Force Weapon Color when using cg_railStyle 2 trails.
Web Changes:
- Facebook Screenshot uploading:
Visit Social Settings under the Settings menu to link your Facebook account with QUAKE LIVE. After binding a key from Social Settings, using the new default F11 bind, or manually binding a key to /socialScreenshot, you will be able to take and upload a screenshot directly to Facebook.
- Added tier display to player profiles:
All players can now view what tiers they are in by clicking the Statistics tab on their profile.
- Added Change Country Flag to Account Settings:
All players can change what country appears on their profile and in the in-game Premium scoreboards.
- Fix 7th day of matches not showing up under the Matches tab.
- Removed extraneous options from web Advanced Game Options.
- Don't show invites as a friend on the inviting player's friends page
- Added ESL Intel Extreme Masters Season 5 World Championship awards.
Map Changes:
- Battleforged: Fixed sound issues by removing see-through teleporters.
- Concrete Palace: Swapped Yellow Armor and lower Green Armor, fixed missing lightning ammo.
- Devilish: Fixed patch & LoD issues on curved RA staircase.
- Dies Irae: Fixed floating clip in Mega Health room.
- Double Impact: Clipped structures in Red Armor room, fixed entity not spawning due to being stuck in ground.
- Focal Point: Fixed map appearing all black in vertex lighting mode.
- Skyward: Fixed z-fighting, some additional detail and trim added, updated author credit.
- Tornado: Removed Chaingun, unlocked water trap in TDM, fixed z-fighting, improved several trims, added some clipping.


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A TRADITIONAL village event will have something for the whole family.
The Peopleton Autumn Show will be held at the village hall and playing field, near Pershore, on Saturday, September 6 and all the usual attractions will be present.
Open entries will be welcomed for flower, fruit, vegetable and craft exhibits, along with events and activities such as the classic cars, live music, tug of war, steam engines, food and drink stalls and rides for children.
The show will be opened by a special guest at noon.
Entry is £3 for adults and free for under 16s.
Proceeds will go to good causes within the village, such as the parochial church council, Scouts and Brownies, the cricket club and maintenance of the village hall.
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Color me skeptical that anyone, Sandy Alderson included, can build a winning team in 2012 with the extremely limiting financial parameters currently facing the Mets.
But if anyone can, it's Alderson.
He needs pitching depth, as previously discussed. And he needs to do it with minor league free agents. So as targets go, Chuck James is a good bet.
James pitched to a 2.30 ERA in Triple-A last season, a 2.32 ERA in 2010. He split time between starting and relieving, so he fits the swingman who can be sent down that Alderson described earlier this week. And the price is right: no guaranteed MLB contract or spot on the 40-man roster necessary.
James is also left-handed, so if he doesn't provide help as a starter or long reliever, he can be another lefty out of the pen. One warning, though: his MLB stats suggest he has no platoon advantage, so tread carefully on making him a second Tim Byrdak.
This isn't signing Jose Reyes or Yu Darvish. But it is maxing out the things Alderson can do, and that story shouldn't be lost due to the financial storm.


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PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. - A termination hearing was postponed for the Port Canaveral police officer, who was accused of conducting practice with targets resembling Trayvon Martin wearing a hoodie, pending an internal affairs investigation.
Sgt. Ron King reportedly took shooting targets resembling Trayvon Martin to an April 4 training session at a Brevard County Sheriff's Work Farm shooting range in west Cocoa.
A fellow officer reported the incident, triggering an internal investigation. King was given a notice of termination last Friday, but on Friday he can appeal the decision. The hearing was set to start at 2 p.m. Port Authority officials said it has received additional information that needs to be considered. Brevard County Sheriff's Office will conduct the investigation, which is expected to take about 45 days.
King apologized to Martin's family and fellow officers in a YouTube video he posted last week.
"I remain a professional law enforcement officer and a professional firearms instructor. I refuse to sit by while others use the Martin family and myself as a way to further their own political and career agendas," he said.
King said he should have never offered a hoodie-style target to the fellow sergeant who filed the complaint against him. He also speculated that the sergeant wants to bring bad publicity to the department to discredit Port Canaveral Police Chief Joe Hellebrand.
Local 6 first reported last year that a manufacturer was producing the targets, which sold out two weeks after being posted online.
Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who faces a second-degree murder charge in Martin's February 2012 shooting death in Sanford, is set to go on trial June 10.
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Baltimore County News
Teri Rising, Historic Preservation Planner
Department of Planning
Did you know that several of the restaurants participating in Baltimore County's Summer Restaurant Week are also serving up a helping of Baltimore area history? From Reisterstown's historic Main Street to the country splendor of My Lady's Manor, these historic restaurants provide a unique dining experience to go along with their special summer menus:
The Grill at the Harryman House - 340 Main St, Reisterstown, MD
Located within the National Register Historic District of Reisterstown, The Grill at the Harryman House has been a longtime favorite. Situated among the many historic structures that line Main Street, The Grill at the Harryman House is one of the oldest structures in Reisterstown. Built by Samuel Harryman ca. 1800 on land originally owned by John Reister, the Harryman family lived and worked on the property while operating a saddlery, harness shop, and grocery. The building's many historic details provide a cozy and inviting setting to all that visit.
The Manor Tavern- 15819 Old York Rd, Monkton, MD
The scenic countryside of My Lady's Manor provides a beautiful setting for visitors traveling to the historic Manor Tavern. Now a designated National Register Historic District, My Lady's Manor was established in 1713 by the third Lord Baltimore as a gift for his bride. The district is home to many historic sites and farms that represent multiple centuries of Baltimore County history. The Manor Tavern, which is located at the prominent crossroads of Monkton Road and Old York Road, had humble beginnings as a stable and has survived to become a well known dining and special event destination.
The Milton Inn - 14833 York Rd, Sparks, MD
Inside this restored stone building, you will find one of Baltimore County's most unique landmarks. Originally known as the Milton Academy, boys, and later girls, traveled from all over the United States to attend this prestigious school. First appearing on the Baltimore County Tax List in 1823, the building started as a tavern and became a well known boy's boarding school operated by John Emerson Lamb. One of its most well known former students is John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. After serving as a school for many years, the building housed several businesses until it finally became a restaurant in 1946.
The Oregon Grille- 1201 Shawan Rd, Cockeysville, MD
Once home to the Oregon Furnace Store, this well known Baltimore County restaurant and landmark sits at the edge of the former Oregon Iron Furnace and company town that is now Oregon Ridge Park. After the furnace operation ended at the close of the 19th century, Thomas Kurtz, the last Oregon Ore foreman, purchased the building and continued to operate a store and post office out of the location. A careful restoration in the 1980s preserved the historic stone and frame building while retaining the wonderful historic architectural details which provide a lovely setting for a special meal.


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CANTON, Ohio (AP) -- Another Ohio city is looking at installing traffic cameras to catch speeders and drivers running red lights.
The Canton City Council will be asked to again consider a traffic camera plan it has rejected twice before.
The city would not have to pay for the equipment or service. Each violation would cost $120.
The city would receive 66 percent of the money and the contractor Redflex would get the rest.
Councilman Thomas West has sponsored the latest proposal and tells The (Canton) Repository (bit.ly/TLDXYf) that 80 percent of the camera revenue could be directed to the police department.
The remaining 20 percent could fund neighborhood programs.
Information from: The Repository, http://www.cantonrep.com


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I for the pass couple of weeks have been trying to get BT5R1 and UBCD4Win to dual boot off of a USB. People say that for BT4 you could just copy and paste the files but in BT5 the files are in different places. Also I don't know much about how to use syslinux and grub4dos.
I have tried Xboot, YUMI but all fail to let me use UBCD4Win (It gives me a STOP 7B error when UBCD4Win loads).
I am in the process of trying to use UBUSB but i don't think it will work.
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PHILADELPHIA - This week the Quakers will wrap up their non-conference schedule. On Wednesday, Penn (8-5) concludes a three-game Philadelphia road trip with the Big 5 season finale at Temple (10-7). Tip off is set for 7 p.m. from McGonigle Hall. On Saturday, the Red and Blue host NJIT (5-17) in a doubleheader with the men at The Palestra. Tip off for the women's game is at 5 p.m., and will be followed by the men's matchup against the Highlanders.
Catching the Game
If you can't make it out to McGonigle Hall on Wednesday, fans can watch the game on Owls All-Access. Live stats can be found here. Fans can watch Saturday's matchup against NJIT on the Penn Sports Network. Live stats can be found here.
Live twitter updates (@PennWBB) are also available throughout each contest. A complete recap and box score can then be found at PennAthletics.com shortly after the conclusion of each game.
In the Series vs. Temple: 44th Meeting
Temple has won 32 of the previous 43 meetings, including nine straight. Penn's last win in the series was at McGonigle Hall in 2003, 70-64. That stands as the only win for the Quakers in this matchup since the turn of the millennium. Since that last victory, the Owls have dominated the Red and Blue at home with a four straight double-digit wins (average of 22.0 points per game).
In the Series vs. NJIT: Third Meeting
This will be just the third meeting between these two programs. The Highlanders took the previous two matchups during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. NJIT won the last meeting at The Palestra, 74-63 on Nov. 27, 2010 and then topped the Quakers the following season in Newark, 52-48, on Jan. 11, 2012.
Charge for a Cure: Teaming up with Men's Basketball
Penn men's and women's basketball needs your help! For the fourth straight year the women's basketball team is dedicating its entire season to the fight against several diseases with its Charge for a Cure program. This year, the month of January is dedicated to the Dut Jok Youth Foundation - founded and run by Penn men's basketball senior Dau Jok. The women's basketball team raises money with each charge they take and fans pledge a donation per charge. To make a pledge (usually $1) contact Eric Dolan at email@example.com. For more information on the Dut Jok Youth Foundation, click here.
About the Owls
*In its first season in the American Athletic Conference, Temple is off to a 4-3 start in the AAC. The Owls have won two straight since a loss at No. 1 Connecticut. Against the Big 5, Temple has gone along the same path as the Quakers with a win at La Salle and losses to Saint Joseph's and Villanova. Both teams lost to the Wildcats by one point.
*Temple ranks among the middle of the pack in nearly every major statistical category in the 10-team AAC. The Owls are led by Feyonda Fitzgerald who averages 13.1 points per game. Natasha Thames (11.8) and Shi-Heria Shipp (10.3) are also averaging double figures for Temple. Thames pulls down a team-best 8.1 rebounds per game, has a team-high 33 steals and 19 blocks, and shoots at a team-best 52.3 percent. Fitzgerald leads the team with 64 assists, while Tyonna Williams, who leads the Owls in three-point shooting (33.7%), has 61 assists.
About the Highlanders
*NJIT is in transition between conferences and as an independent, the Highlanders have played the majority of their schedule to this point. They are just 1-9 on the road this season with the lone win a two-point triumph at LIU Brooklyn - a team Penn topped at The Palestra in December. Both teams also beat Bucknell and lost to St. Francis Brooklyn this year. NJIT is 1-2 against the Ivy League with a home win over Brown and home losses against Harvard and Dartmouth.
*Graduate student Shakia Robinson leads NJIT with 11.4 points per game with an impressive 60.3 shooting percentage. Uju Nwankwo averages a team-best 8.8 rebounds per game, while Robinson is second with 6.3 per contest. Nwankwo also has a team-high 33 blocks. Alyssa Albanese leads the Highlanders with 88 assists and 30 steals. Alana Dudley is the most potent weapon from beyond the arc at 38.6 percent.
Tough Start, Tough Stretch
Though the Quakers started 0-2 and have dropped the last two, they faced some tough competition. Entering the New Year, Penn's first two opponents this season are a combined 27-2 (.931). St. Francis Brooklyn is 12-2 and its only two losses came on the road to BCS opponents in St. John's and Miami (Fla.). No. 2 Notre Dame is undefeated through 16 games. In all, Penn's five losses have come against teams with a combined record of 66-16 (.805).
Best Start
Despite that challenging start to the season, the Quakers tied the 1974-75 team for the program's best record through 11 games. The 1974-75 unit also started the year at 8-3 (finished 10-6).
Winning Ways
En route to the best 11-game start in school history, Penn set a school record with an eight-game non-conference win streak that was stopped last Wednesday in a one-point loss at Villanova. The Quakers surpassed the old school standard of seven straight held by the 2000-01 team. The eight-game stretch is also the second-longest overall winning streak in program history. The 2000-01 Quakers won their last 21 regular season games and finished with a school record 22 wins.
Freshman Sydney Stipanovich leads the Ivy League with 37 blocks in 13 games—there are four Ivy League teams with fewer blocks and all those teams have played at least 15 games. The next closest Ivy player is Temi Fagbenle with 25 blocks in 15 games. In addtion, Stipanovich is already among Penn's all-time single-season top 10. She is tied with Jennifer Fleischer - who had 37 blocks in 2003-04 - for ninth place. Katarina Poulsen owns the school record with 72 blocks in 1993-94.
Penn Trends
Senior Alyssa Baron started her 100th career game for the Quakers on Friday ... Wednesday will mark Penn's first-ever game against an opponent from the newly-formed American Athletic Conference ... Penn was 21-3 over the last two seasons when leading at the half and 6-1 this season before last week when the Quakers dropped two Big 5 games after leading at the break ... The Quakers have had at least two players score in double figures in all but one game this year ... Penn is 11-1 under Coach McLaughlin when scoring more than 70 points (only loss in double overtime, 88-84, at Harvard in 2011).
Magic Number: 60
The statistic that may most indicate a Penn win or loss? 60 points. Since head coach Mike McLaughlin took over at Penn, the Quakers are 34-8 (.810) when they score 60 points, including 7-0 this season. In comparison, the Quakers are just 18-68 (.212) when they've scored less than 60 points under Coach McLaughlin. The trend continues defensively. Over the last four seasons, the Red and Blue are 10-46 (.182) when allowing more than 60 points. But when holding opponents under that number, the Quakers hold a winning record of 42-30 (.583).
Two Penn Wins Would...
... give the Quakers 10 non-conference wins for the first time in school history.
... mark just the second season in school history with multiple Big 5 wins.
... make the Quakers 10-5 overall entering Ivy League weekends.
A Penn Win Would...
... match the school record with nine non-conference wins in a single season.
... be the first over Temple since 2003 or the first-ever over NJIT.
... make the Quakers 9-4 overall entering Ivy League weekends.
Two Penn Losses Would...
... mark the 10th straight to Temple and third straight to NJIT.
... mark a five-game losing streak.
... be less good than two wins.
Last Time Out
Last week, the Quakers dropped two Big 5 road games in the final minute. At Villanova, Penn trailed by one with the ball and under 10 seconds to play. The Quakers had two shots in the final seconds as Alyssa Baron missed a tough running jumper in the lane and Sydney Stipanovich's contested putback also found iron in a 55-54 loss last Wednesday. On Friday at Saint Joseph's, the Quakers led by eight at the half, but the Hawks came back to go up, 50-45 with just more than five minutes to play. However, Meghan McCullough hit a three and Stephanie Cheney sunk two clutch free throws to tie the game. Nearly three minutes went by before the Hawks went up two, 52-50 at the 1:50 mark. That grew to 54-50 with 1:13 to play, but Keiera Ray sunk two free throws to make it a two-point game again with 57 seconds left. But Saint Joseph's capitalized on a foul and sunk both from the charity stripe to go back up two possessions. After a missed free throw from the Quakers, the Hawks sunk two more and put the game away.
Up Next
Penn finally gets some rest. The Quakers have played at least every three days since returning from Miami at the start of January. The seven-day layoff leads right into Ivy League weekends where the Red and Blue will start at The Palestra against Dartmouth and Harvard.
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NFTE Fairchester (Fairfield County CT & Westchester County NY) students in PortChester High School enjoy a special partnership with the business professionals at MasterCard, whose corporate headquarters is a mere five minutes down the road from their school. MasterCard and PortChester High School are partnered through the NFTE Adopt-a-School program, now in its second year.
For the 155 fortunate NFTE students in PortChester High School, this translates to valuable access to knowledgeable, forward-thinking, personable volunteers. These volunteers work with them in their classrooms and provide a wealth of expertise as business ideation mentors, business plan coaches, expert topical speakers, and business plan judges.
Most recently, 17 PortChester students visited MasterCard headquarters for the second annual Holiday Sales Event. Students arrived at MasterCard Headquarters at 10:00 AM and began their day with a sales workshop led by two vibrant and knowledgeable members of the sales team.
Students purchased goods for this sale during a trip to the NYC Wholesale District about a month earlier, with funds provided by NFTE. Their objective: to sell their merchandise to MasterCard employees during peak lunch hours, as they exited the corporate cafeteria.
Students set up their merchandise at designated tables positioned alongside the pathway from the cafeteria. Several members of the MasterCard sales team stood behind the student tables coaching them on their sales techniques during the event. They smiled, shook hands, hawked their wares and wrote out receipts for buyers to present to the payment processors (two NFTE headquarters employees) who charged all purchases to the employees' MasterCard accounts.
This experience was not only priceless, but cashless as well, thanks to Simplify Commerce, a MasterCard e-Commerce platform.
As the lunch wave waned, so did the students' inventory. Sales were brisk and tables were looking empty; a good thing. Students boarded the bus back to school around 2:00 PM, richer in so many ways, with some parting advice from our MasterCard friends: bring more inventory next year.


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Breakfast for dinner is still hot in the world of food trends but I like that you can enjoy this for dinner and still have great leftovers for breakfast (and lunch if you're feeling lazy)…
Please welcome back Cooking Channel's TV Dinner — watch it today, cook it tonight. Check out Giada's Everyday Italian today at 3:30pm ET. She'll be whipping up this Chicken and Orzo Frittata Recipe as well as some exceptional everyday lunches — just in time for back to school.
By the time Giada sits down and savors, you still have a few hours to shop and get your own version of her fluffy, hearty frittata on the table.
The beauty of this little number is that you only need two cups of cooked chicken — perfect if you have extra rotisserie bird in the fridge. Fresh out of chicken? Frittatas are forgiving so survey your kitchen for substitutions and embrace your creative side.
If you DO end up making this TV Dinner, snap a shot and add it to our Facebook page — we'd love to see your creations (or variations). Need inspiration? Get 28 more festive frittata recipes here.
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June 18, 2012
LARAMIE, Wyo. - University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman announced Monday the hiring of Bryan Berryhill as the new UW head track and field/cross country coach.
"It is a great indication of the potential of this program for us to be able to attract a coach of Bryan Berryhill's caliber," Burman said. "His proven success as a collegiate and professional athlete, as well as being a head cross country coach and an assistant track coach, has been impressive. We look forward to seeing our track and field and cross country programs grow under his direction."
Berryhill comes to Wyoming after serving as the head cross country and assistant track coach at Colorado State University since 2006. He was named the 2007 Women's NCAA Regional and Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year after the CSU women won their first-ever team titles at the Mountain West Conference championships and the NCAA Mountain Region championships in the same season.
He had a stellar collegiate career at CSU, earning 10 All-America honors in cross country and track. A national champion in the indoor 1-mile run and outdoor 1,500-meter run in 2001, Berryhill holds five individual and three relay records at CSU. He competed as a professional track athlete from 2001-04 and 2005-07.
Prior to his appointment as the head coach, he was a volunteer assistant coach for the cross country program at CSU from 2004-06.
"I've been at CSU for a long time and I appreciate everything they have provided me as a coach and athlete, but I've always admired the success they have had across the border (at Wyoming)," Berryhill said.
"I was blown away by the support the track and field program receives. Everybody is behind making the program successful."
Berryhill believes he can make UW's distance runners a cornerstone of the program.
"From a distance-running standpoint, with all the running trails and the altitude, that should be a phenomenal advantage," he said. "That was really attractive to me, as well."
The CSU women finished second or better in the MW Cross Country Championships in four of the six years of Berryhill's tenure. In his time with the Rams, he has coached student-athletes to six school records and he coached the only CSU woman to win a Mountain West cross country individual title, as April Thomas won in 2007.
The CSU women's distance squad scored 55 points at the 2012 MW Outdoor Championships, accounting for 41 percent of the total team points.
Berryhill will finalize and announce his coaching staff at UW at a later date.
Berryhill received his bachelor's degree in forestry from CSU in May 2001. He and his wife Toni, have three children, Libby, Eli and Lainey.


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
My name is Rudy Garcia, and I'm from Newport Beach, California. I didn't always love physics, in fact, I was absolutely terrified of it before I first took the class sophomore year of high school. But when I started actually doing and learning it, I just couldn't stop. To me, the appeal of physics comes from the fact that it is the purest science, and when I learn about physics, I'm learning about the complexities of the universe. The best part is that every time one question is answered, three more pop up, so it's not possible for me to get enough of the subject. I hope to spread my love of physics and science in general across the world, and campaign to increase the scientific literacy of the public, either through teaching at a university, advising the government, or even serving in Congress. I'll be starting that journey this fall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I plan to major in Physics and as many other things as possible.


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Perth will likely host the hottest Christmas Day in the world today, with the temperature forecast to soar to 39 degrees.
No other major city is expected to come close to the scorching conditions, which would be nine degrees above the capital's long-term Christmas Day average despite recording 40 degrees in 2010.
"It's caused by hot and dry north-easterly winds, which are circling around a large high, and they're pulling in heat from the interior, dragging it into Perth, leading to very hot and dry conditions," Weatherzone meteorologist Melissa MacKellar said.
Other hot capitals today include Bangkok (34 degrees), Port Moresby (33 degrees), Jakarta (33 degrees), Hoh Chi Minh City (33 degrees), Montevideo (33 degrees), Lagos (33 degrees), Kingston (32 degrees) and Colombo (31 degrees), according to global weather website www.wunderground.com.
But while Perth basks under the radiant sun with platters of fresh seafood, people in other parts of the world will be celebrating around log fires amid temperatures below zero.
The capital of Mongolia – Ulan Bator – wins the candy cane for the coldest capital on Christmas Day with a staggering -24 degrees forecast as the maximum, while it could fall a further six degrees that night.
The world's highest capital – La Paz, Bolivia, which is 3650 metres above sea level – is expected to be a reasonable 10 degrees.
But the most northerly capital - Nuuk in Greenland – is forecast to be -9 degrees during the day, falling even further to -12 degrees at night.
Other capitals forecast to be freezing include Astana, Kazakhstan (-17 to -37 degrees), Seoul (-10 to -15 degrees), Moscow, (-9 to -5 degrees), Beijing (-8 to -18 degrees), Helsinki (-7 to -16 degrees), Ottawa (-7 to -18 degrees) and Stockholm (zero to -8 degrees).
Back in Perth, many are planning to celebrate in Australian style with seafood retailers reporting yesterday was their busiest day of the year.
Stores including Kailis Bros Fish Market in Leederville and Big Fish Direct in Bicton were still selling flat out late yesterday afternoon.
Big Fish Direct manager Sam Paino said prawns and crayfish were particularly popular.
"[Seafood] is a good variety to meat," he said.
Swimming also is likely to be popular today and Surf Life Saving WA is expecting a busy day on the city's beaches.
"Boxing Day is [usually] the busiest day but I think with the hot weather more people will head down to the beach [on Christmas Day] than previous years," SLSWA spokesman Maclain Bruce said.
Dozens of surf life savers will give up part of their Christmas celebrations to keep the city's beaches safe.
Mr Bruce said the Westpac Life Saver Rescue helicopter would operate from Yanchep to Mandurah to monitor for rips and sharks and the emergency rescue jet ski would be on standby.
However, conditions were expected to be relatively safe.
"The forecast is pretty good [with] small swells," he said.
"The main concern is sunscreen and dehydration. Everyone should be fairly safe at the beach in terms of swell size."
Meanwhile, those cooling down in backyard pools – both in ground and inflatable – are being urged to monitor their water use during the traditional peak season.
Water Minister Bill Marmion said West Australians had saved 7.5 billion litres of water since July but summer would see them use up to 1 billion litres per day.
"... if you're planning to keep cool with an inflatable pool, make sure you reuse the water on your gardens," Mr Marmion said.
"Those with pools should use their pool cover as much as possible as evaporation is high during summer."
The 39 degree-day is forecast to kick off a five-day scorcher with maximum temperatures above 35 degrees until at least Saturday.


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Pharmacy owner pleads guilty to participating in steroid and hormone trafficking ring
A pharmacy owner and one of his employees pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to participating in an interstate steroid and hormone trafficking ring that included a former doctor for the Steelers, who has been charged.
William Sadowski, 46, of McKees Rocks and John Gavin, 51, of Valencia each pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge.
Sadowski was president and co-owner of ANEWrx, which is licensed in 45 states. Sadowski acknowledged paying commissions to Dr. Richard Rydze, 62, of the Strip District when Rydze's patients filled prescriptions for anabolic steroids, human growth hormones and related products.
"I am guilty," he told U.S. District Judge Maurice Cohill.
Sadowski and his attorney, Tina Miller, declined comment after the hearing. He remains free on $25,000 bond. Cohill scheduled his sentencing for Feb. 26.
The agreement between Sadowski and Rydze ran from 2007 until 2011, prosecutors say.
The Steelers employed Rydze on the team's medical staff for 22 years until 2007, when investigators questioned him about his use of a personal credit card to buy about $150,000 worth of human growth hormones and testosterone from a Florida pharmacy.
He faces 185 charges of health care fraud and trafficking in anabolic steroids, human growth hormones and painkillers.
Rydze provided medical exams for the FBI's Pittsburgh field office, so FBI agents and prosecutors from Cleveland are handling the investigation and prosecution of the ring.
Plea agreements typically require defendants to testify in related criminal prosecutions.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Kall would not say whether Sadowski and Gavin will testify against Rydze or whether the investigation targets current or former Steelers.
Gavin, a registered nurse who started working for Sadowski in 2010, pleaded guilty to helping Sadowski research criminal prosecutions of steroids trafficking and advised clients on how to use the drugs.
When Cohill asked him why he was pleading guilty, Gavin said: "I just wanted to do things right."
As part of the conspiracy, Sadowski jacked up prices on Rydze's patients and paid him the difference between what they paid and his usual price, prosecutors said. That amounted to at least $301,000 for Rydze between 2007 and 2011, prosecutors say.
Sadowski had a similar arrangement with a doctor in Florida who operated three clinics and accounted for about 40 percent of the pharmacy's business, Kall said.
He picked up the accounts of about 20 doctors from a pharmacist in Alabama when the government indicted that pharmacist for steroid trafficking, Kall said. As part of the deal, Sadowski paid the other pharmacist a commission on prescriptions those doctors sent him, Kall said.
Brian Bowling is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-325-4301 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Massimo Pigliucci
- Located in Stony Brook, NY
- Professor at the Graduate Center, City University of New York
- Author of Tales of the Rational: Skeptical Essays about Nature and Science
- Contributor to Skeptic and Skeptical Inquirer
- Exceptional creationism vs. evolution debater
- Author of the Blog Rationally Speaking
- Author of Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk
Massimo Pigliucci received his Doctorate in Genetics at the University of Ferrara, Italy. His current fields of research are the philosophy of science, philosophy of pseudoscience, and the relationship between science and religion. He was nominated Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his scientific research on nature-nurture as well as for his outreach activities criticizing pseudoscience. Pigliucci is a faculty member of the Institute for Humanist Studies' distance adult education program. He is a persuasive and articulate debater who can hold his own against any opponent.
Massimo typically speaks about such topics as:
-Intelligent Design
-The nature of science
-The difference between science and pseudoscience
-The relationship between science and religion
On January 28th, 2010, Massimo Pigliucci participated in a debate organized by the University of Alberta Atheists and Agnostics. He was debating against Michael Horner on the question "Does God Require a Morality?" A recording of the event can be found in two parts:
Part One
Part Two
Massimo defends evolutionary theory in a debate
Massimo's Skeptic and Humanist Web
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