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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Where did you get the idea for this event?
In 2006 we borrowed it from some people in New York who had been doing it since 2003. They stole it from a group of people in San Francisco who have been doing it since 1994. Some call us the CHIditarod, or Chicago's Urban Shopping Cart Race.
Why are you doing this?
We're probably the world's largest mobile food drive. Helping others and building community is sexy. And it's important to fight cold and kill boredom. After all, it's March in Chicago. Plus it will be absurdly fun. Seriously, we do this for charity. See our food and fundraising impact since our inception.
How long is the race?
Somewhere between 4 and 5 miles total, with the average leg between checkpoints being around 0.7 miles. You get 25 minutes to rest at each checkpoint – depending on what you find at each checkpoint, that is.
Where can I get more information?
Sign up for CHIditarod news. Join the announcement list, like our Mushbook (facebook) and follow us on ChiTwitterod (twitter). There will also be an extremely detailed email a week before the event that is sent to all registered participants.
Where can I learn more about the Iditarod®?
You should visit the Iditarod® website. CHIditarod is not affiliated with the Iditarod Trail Committee or the Iditarod® race in Alaska.
Will there be an after-party?
Of course! It's located at the finish line. Starting new this year, the finish line will be separate from the awards ceremony. More details to come. There will be an awards ceremony, trophies and prizes for the winners. Learn More.
I just want to watch. Can I do that?
Yes, you can. Here's where you should go. Bring a couple cans of food for the food drive!!
This sounds funny. Can I bring my camera and document it?
Yes, but it would be cooler if you raced AND filmed at the same time, yeah? We think you'll have more fun. But yeah, you can come cheer on the teams at the starting line or at any of the checkpoints. Feel free to bring your camera and document the race. Then send us a copy of the footage and post it on our Facebook page!
Do you need any help organizing this?
Totally. If you want to be involved with the project but can't run for some reason — like you just had ACL surgery and are still hobbling around on crutches — we could use you as a volunteer. We also need referees and entertainers for points along the route. Plus people to make banners, hand out oranges, make trophies. Please let us know if you would like to be involved in any way.
Kickass. I want to fundraise on my own for the charity 'cuz I'm a badass. How?
You ARE a badass. We set up a fundraising page that has easy instructions for how to do this, including tax deductions.
How do I sign up?
You are REQUIRED to register in advance. No race-day registrations allowed. This means you – yeah, you!
I want to race but my friends are lame. Is there a team I can join? Or, I need another dawg to complete my badass team!
Sure. Communicate with other racers via Twitter. Use #lostdawg and @chiditarod.
Does the Musher have to ride, or are they required to "push"?
Pushing is recommended. Highly recommended.
Are helmets required?
Helmets may be a good idea for some. Actually – WE RECOMMEND HELMETS!
Do all "dawgs" have to be tied to the carts?
All dawgs have to be attached to the carts in some way. If you don't like the idea of being tied to a moving shopping cart, handling the ropes is fine.
Can a team sub in replacement dawgs mid-race along the route?
Not unless you want to be DISQUALIFIED.
After I register, can I change my team name?
Yes, but only up until 2 weeks before the race. You must go to the dogtag registration program and update your registration. You can only do this if its more than 2 weeks before race day. If it's less than 2 weeks, your team can not be updated.
I registered and now one of my teammates had to bail. Can I swap dawgs?
Yes, but only up until 2 weeks before the race. You must go to the dogtag registration and update your dawgs there. You can only do this if its more than 2 weeks before race day. If it's less than 2 weeks, your team information is cast in stone.
Can my team wear matching outfits?
Yes, knock yourself out. Creativity is highly encouraged, and there will be substantial prizes.
I have lots of friends. Can my team race alongside my buddy's team on the same route?
Probably; indicate them on your registration form. No guarantees, but we will try. Know This – if you choose this option then you and your buddy's team are not allowed to sabotage or win any of the time trial prizes.
Wait — teams are allowed to SABOTAGE in the CHIditarod?
Within very specific parameters. You must READ the Sabotage Rules CAREFULLY to see what kinds of shenanigans teams are allowed to commit. Failure to stay within these rules will get you DISQUALIFIED.
How do teams deal with the required food poundage during the race?
Teams don't. All food is collected at the start of the race. Bring your required poundage of food to the starting line. Before you can enter into The Yard, your food will need to be weighed at the Greater Chicago Food Depository truck. No team is allowed to finish their check-in process without the required poundage of food, nor will they be allowed into The Yard where all the cool things happen. We aren't joking. Friends who come to meet you or watch can bring food themselves to donate. There will be donation bins at the starting line and finish line, but not at the awards ceremony. Remember – CHIditarod is a charity event, and there are substantial prizes for the teams that collect the most food. And please – high-protein non-perishable foods are preferred.
We've collected a ton of food. Is there a way for us to drop it of before race day?
Yes! If you have collected more than 300 lbs. of food, you are welcome to drop off your food donations at the Greater Chicago Food Depository ahead of the race. In 2017, you may drop off food on Saturday, February 26, between 9am and 12pm OR any day of the week prior to the race (Monday February 27 – Friday March 3) between the hours of 7:30am and 3:30pm. When you arrive at GCFD, go to the north west entrance on the corner of Keeler Ave and Anne Laurie Pl. Look for a sign that says "Agency Mart" to know that you are in the right place. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions.
What's a Bike Marshal?
The duty of the elite squadron of mobile Bike Marshals is to keep racers safe from each other, and from themselves. They also rule. They brave the cold and watch over you along the route. They're there to help, keep people safe, judge the coveted "Bike Marshal's Choice awards," and ensure that there aren't any egregious violations of the rules. We're all about competitive spirit, but if we catch you loading your cart in the back of a pickup or taking off on a bike, don't be surprised if you find yourself going home DISQUALIFIED. When they provide you with direction, please follow. Most likely it's a reminder to race on the sidewalk.
Does each team need to provide their own cart?
Yes. No exceptions.
Where do we get a cart?
There are many places where one can acquire the standard grocery-sized shopping cart that you will need to participate. Ask your local supermarket if they will lend you a cart for "probably the world's largest mobile food drive." They will be glad to participate in this unique event. Give it back to them as a work of art after the race. You may also purchase a cart. Try searching on google. Some companies sell used carts, too.
What is the cart deposit?
There is a $88 cart deposit, which you must pay during registration. Why? Because this is a LEAVE NO TRACE event and you must prove without a doubt that you took your cart home with you after the race. This means photographic evidence of your cart in it's natural environment, at the minimum. At the starting line you will receive a "cartvixen card" in your racing packet that has directions. All crucial instructions for receiving your deposit back in full are on this card, so it's worth $88 – you should keep track of it! All proof must be submitted within ONE week of the race day. Because Coreganizers have lots to do post-race (and we're all volunteering our time), the cart refunds may take up to 2 weeks to process (more carts left behind = more delays in refunds). Please be assured that all refunds will happen if you send us the evidence we asked for. Any leftover cart deposit monies from teams not responding and/or deserving of being added to our wall of shame will be donated to the charity after covering race costs. We love volunteers who help clean up post-race, join us the day after – we love us some fresh reinforcements!
Does my cart deposit mean you will provide me a cart?
No. Never. You MUST provide your own cart. Since you've read the rules, you know that (a) every team needs to bring their own pimped-out cart, and (b) every team needs to pay the cart-deposit, which is fully refundable per the instructions below.
Art Carts
What is an Art Cart?
An Art Cart is a unique creation that is radically stunning, and heavily modified from it's original cart form, (usually) permanently. Art carts embody the creative spirit of their creators and the CHIditarod, and stretch the limits of cart-based art in dynamic, engaging, and safe ways.
Art Carts were introduced to Chiditarod in 2010. Racing as an "Art Cart" is a more "free form" category for those teams wanting to stretch their creative muscles outside the parameters of racing. Some examples would be really big wheels, grill/food carts that don't want to run everywhere, a multi-franken-cart mechanical extravaganza, etc. There are some differences between what's allowed for Art Carts and regular shopping carts in the Chiditarod, so be sure to read The Rules in full before deciding if your team wants to do an Art Cart.
Can I make a side bet?
Absolutely, but not with us.


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MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (WCCO) — He was a marquee quarterback for Wisconsin in his college days, and since then Brooks Bollinger played in the NFL, including a stint with the Minnesota Vikings.
He's now settled into a new football job. He's the head coach at Hill-Murray High School and in his first season he's got his team in unchartered territory: The state playoffs.
Bollinger enjoyed quite a career as a college quarterback. He led Wisconsin to the Rose Bowl. After that, he spent time with the Vikings, and it was a bit of a homecoming as his wife is from St. Paul.
This fall, football came in a different form as he took over as the head coach of the Hill-Murray Pioneers, who are playing in the state tournament Friday night.
"It's been unbelievable, and like I said way back then it's just been a learning experience for me," Bollinger said. "I've been around this game my whole life and I love it. I love being around the kids."
Like the player he was, he enjoys the preparation it takes to win, the study time.
"Just being able to play the chess match a little bit and see what they do on defense, trying to decide how were going to attack them," Bollinger said.
But is it like heaven to him being in control in the video room as well as leading a team onto the field for a potential victory?
"It's fun and it's enjoyable. The greatest pressure in high school is finding a way to put your kids in a position to be successful," he said.
He loves to see his team succeed and to understand what this season has been about: Winning and doing it frequently.
"What winning and having success does is it shows every one of these kids the lessons and things we preach are true," Bollinger said.
He surprised many people's expectations this year, but Bollinger said he didn't know what fair expectations would be coming into the season.
"I didn't have time to figure out what I really expected for them," Bollinger said. "It's just been one week at a time and that's the honest truth. For me on Friday night when we won that football game, just to see the excitement of the kids."
Now that he is a resident of Minnesota, there is a fair question to be asked.
"Now that you've lived in Minnesota long enough are you prepared to pick the Gophers over the Badgers?"
"Not so fast my friend," Bollinger said with a chuckle.
Hill-Muirray faces Faribault in the Class 4A State Tournament Friday night at East Ridge High School. The winner advances to the state semifinals at the Metrodome.


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The new English Premier League season for 2011/12 kicks off this weekend, and after the pulsating Charity Shield, fans around the globe will be eagerly anticipating the new campaign. Here is a run down, including predictions, for all the EPL fixtures in Week 1 of the new season. Fulham and Arsenal are our favorites, but sure we also expecting wins from both teams from Manchester.
(ALL Kick off times are all British Summer Time)
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Blackburn v Wolverhampton 1-2
Both clubs will ultimately be aiming to avoid getting dragged into a relegation scrap, and avoiding defeat might be the overriding aim of both sides on the opening day.
Rovers have lost defender Phil Jones to Manchester United, while striker David Goodwillie has arrived from SPL side Dundee United, but the transfer window has been generally quiet. Manager Steve Kean will be hoping to put together some strong home form after his team faded in the closing stages of last season. Pre-season form was generally encouraging but that dip in form last spring means Kean is under pressure for a winning start.
Wolves invested a hefty £7m on ex-Birmingham centre half Roger Johnson in the summer, and the defence had to be the priority after two successive campaigns where goals were leaked too easily. Johnson could be the ideal man to shore up the defence and allow Wolves to start climbing the EPL table. The away form was poor last term and any repeat would see Mick McCarthy's team clinging to their EPL status again.
TOBIAS TIP X2 Draw or Wolves to WIN
Fulham v Aston Villa 0-0
Fulham have effectively already started their competitive season as the Europa League campaign started 3 weeks ago. Those European games may well end up sapping the resources of the London club late into the season – but on week 1 it could provide an added sharpness that is lacking in their opponents.
Aston Villa have had a rocky summer, new manager Alex Mcleish arrived from bitter rivals Birmingham in controversial circumstances, and such is the strength of feeling that Villa fans were protesting before he had even set foot on the training ground.
Add to that the departure of wingers Ashley Young and Stewart Downing and the club was in desperate need of a lift – and that lift arrived in the form of former Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia. Villa invested £10m in the young Frenchman and his job will be to fill the boots of Ashley Young.
Overall, the competitive edge that Martin Jol's Fulham have gained in their games so far, may well prove the difference in what will be a tight but entertaining encounter.
TOBIAS TIP 1 Fulham to WIN
CHRIS'S TIP 1 Fulham to WIN
Liverpool v Sunderland 1-1
Two clubs who have spent plenty of money over the summer. Liverpool finished the season so strongly that many fans are hoping for a full title challenge this term. January arrivals Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez looked a dynamite partnership and they have been joined in the summer by Charlie Adam, Jordan Henderson and Stewart downing.
The service of Downing for striker Carroll could be key, and the feel good factor of Kenny Dalglish as manager shows no sign of abating.
Sunderland have signed some good quality players too, and Craig Gardner in particular, will add to their strength and make them a difficult unit to beat. Ex-Manchester United players John O'Sea and Wes Brown have also arrived and add huge experience to the squad. The opening weekend tends to throw up some surprise results, but Sunderland would be well satisfied with a point from Anfield, and the Reds know expectation levels have risen since their summer acquisitions, so anything other than a home win would certainly be seen as a surprise.
TOBIAS TIP 1 Liverpool to WIN
CHRIS'S TIP 1 Liverpool to WIN
QPR v Bolton 0-4
Queens Park Rangers came up as Champions last term and will be keen to maintain that winning mentality. Bolton started the 2010 campaign strongly but were unable to maintain that form.
QPR have added numerous experienced players to their ranks, including Danny Gabbidon, Kieran Dyer and striker DJ Campbell from Blackpool. That strength in depth will be tested over the full season and a home fixture against Bolton will give manager Neil Warnock a good idea of where his team is in comparison with the established EPL clubs.
Bolton's pre-season tour of the US was a success but they have encountered some injury problems on their return with Lee Chung-Yong breaking his leg, and then left back Tyrone Mears suffering the same blow. The injuries were compounded as they arrived shortly after the sale of Matt Taylor to West ham United, leaving Wanderers a little exposed on their left side.
CHRIS'S TIP OVER 2.5 goals
Tottenham v Everton – POSTPONED
Tottenham have been determined in their desire to hang on to their prize asset, Luka Modric. While they have been fairly quiet in the transfer market, keeping the Croatian at the club will be a source of optimism for the supporters.
Spurs failed to secure a Champions League place last season and too many home draws was one of the reasons for that failure. Manager Harry Redknapp will be keen to get off the mark quickly with a home win against Everton.
Everton have had a quiet summer themselves and much will depend on the fitness of Mikel Arteta throughout the campaign. The Toffees will also be looking to hold on to Phil Jagielka, with Arsenal thought the be interested.
Manager David Moyes knows how to get the maximum out of his small squad, but Tottenham at White Hart Lane pose a difficult challenge on the opening day.
TOBIAS TIP 1 Tottenham
CHRIS'S TIP 1 Tottenham
Wigan v Norwich 1-1
Come May, this fixture could have gained added significance. Norwich were promoted as Runners-Up from the Championship and Wigan avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth, winning their final two matches. Both sides are likely to be near the foot of the table at the end of the season, which makes this fixture very important for both.
Wigan have lost Charles N'Zogbia and Tom Cleverly, two key players last term. Manager Roberto Martinez has a real job on his hands to bring in replacements of sufficient quality and EPL survival will be seen as a good achievement by outsiders.
Norwich have recruited in numbers in the close season and the job for manager Paul Lambert is to gel all the new players together as quickly as possible. In striker Grant Holt, Norwich have a man capable of scoring goals at any level and as long as they can maintain their self belief the Canaries could have an encouraging start.
Newcastle v Arsenal 0-0
The evening game brings together two sides who's supporters are less than happy. Newcastle have sold Captain Kevin Nolan, and placed fan favourite Joey Barton on the transfer list after becoming frustrated with his criticism of the club on twitter.
Arsenal meanwhile have disgruntled fans who expected big summer signings after their team faded in the latter half of last season. The Cesc Fabregas saga also rumbles on – another issue which fans would like to see resolved, one way or the other.
Newcastle will need to rebuild after losing Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan from last season, but Arsenal pose a serious threat and the home side may not have had the time they would like to gel. Without the bite and creativity that Nolan and Barton could bring, the Gunners are likely to dominate possession and secure a valuable away win – even without the doubtful Jack Wilshire (Ankle).
TOBIAS TIP 2 Arsenal
CHRIS'S TIP 2 Arsenal
Sunday, 14 August 2011
Stoke v Chelsea 0-0
Stoke enjoyed an excellent record at home last season. The Britannia stadium was an absolute fortress, and it represents a tough baptism for new Chelsea Coach Andre Villas-Boas.
Stoke Coach Tony Pulis wanted to add a striker to his squad over the summer but has been thwarted thus far. Carlton Cole could not agree terms and a deal for Cameron Jerome did not got agreed. Despite that, Stoke will retain their famous levels of passion and commitment and give Chelsea a real test.
The Blues will see this fixture as a test of their title credentials. Anything less than a win would be a disappointment, but Stoke must be respected. Much will be made of Fernando Torres if he plays – the £50m price tag is weighing heavily on his shoulders and he has the look of a striker in desperate need of a few goals.
TOBIAS TIP X2 Draw or Chelsea WIN
CHRIS'S TIP X2 Draw or Chelsea WIN
West Bromwich v Manchester United 1-2
The Manchester United display in the Charity Shield was a real warning to their EPL rivals. The average age of the team was just 22, suggesting the Red Devils are likely to get even better over time.
West Bromwich finished the season last year very strongly. Eventually pulling themselves well away from any danger, after looking likely to go down for a period. Coach Roy Hodgson takes plenty of credit for that, and he will be hoping for plenty of goals from Peter Odemwingie again.
United however look to be brimming with confidence after a hugely successful tour of the US and that stunning Charity Shield fightback. They will want to continue that form and brush the Baggies aside. New faces Ashley Young and Phil Jones already look to have settled into the team and will look to have a big impact in 2011/12.
TOBIAS TIP X2 Draw or Manchester United WIN
CHRIS'S TIP 2 Manchester United WIN
Monday, 15 August 2011
Manchester City v Swansea 4-0
Swansea face a huge task first up, away at the Etihad Stadium against Manchester City. The Blues will want to put the Charity Shield loss behind them and they boast an embarrassment of riches in every position.
Swansea have tried to recruit some players that give them an attacking edge, particularly Wayne Routledge. Having been promoted via the Play-offs from the Championship, they will be favourites with a lot of pundits to get relegated, but manager Brendan Rodgers will hope their brand of possession football can keep their opponents at bay, enabling them to compete.
City have big ambitions this year but manager Roberto Mancini will have his hands full trying to keep his players happy. The Mario Balotelli incident in the US was almost repeated in the Charity Shield with the striker again responding petulantly to being substituted. Throw the Tevez saga into the mix and the picture with the blue half of Manchester looks a little uncertain.
City have the talent to blow many sides away, but they will need to combine their talent with team spirit and a real winning desire, and it will be down to Mancini to drive that.
TOBIAS TIP 1 Manchester City WIN
CHRIS'S TIP 1 Manchester City WIN
English Premier League 2011 / 2012 season Predictions Record
EPL Predictions Week 1
TOBIAS ROBINSON 5–4 ( accuracy 55.56 %)
CHRIS REIKO 4–5 ( accuracy 44.44 %)
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WVU mascot who shot bear cited
A West Virginia University mascot who got in trouble for using his uniform musket to kill a bear has been cited for another problem – not wearing blaze orange during the bear hunt.
Mountaineers mascot Jonathan Kimble wears buckskin and a coonskin cap and fires the musket – loaded with black powder but minus ammunition – at home athletic events.
Kimble wasn't wearing the required hunter orange when he shot a black bear Dec. 3. The kill was legal but triggered a public outcry after Kimble posted a video online.
State Division of Natural Resources spokesman Hoy Murphy says hunters are required to wear 400 square inches of the high-visibility color for safety reasons.
Kimble has agreed to stop hunting with the musket. He didn't immediately comment Wednesday.


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I like minigames in RPG's, remember Arcomage from Might and Magic VII? I believe that one was so succesful they brought it out as a standalone game. Wouldn't play under XP though.
Actually, it will, but you have to fiddle a little. I forget how now, but there's details on some of the M&M forums (Telps) and back at the Dot. Dteowner might remember, as we were playing through them at the same time a couple of years ago!!
Nope, never did buy the standalone Arcomage. Kinda wish I had, to be honest. I do remember some discussion that included a way to get it to run in XP. I think I saw it over at Celestial Heavens.
I'm working on an ironman game of Wiz8. Melee heavy party.
I found it at underdogs: http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=5228
I regularly find old abandonware and public domain games there that are not obtainable easily anywhere else. So now I'll try to get it working under XP, @Corwin: you're on the way of becoming my go-to guy for advice on running old games on XP, that fits your avatar quite nicely :-) @dteowner: thanks, I'll check out the Heavens
Were you saying you found Arcomage at underdogs or pazaak?
The link is for Arcomage. I've done the DL and am currently burning it to CD as instructed. Thanks for digging up the thread at the Heavens!
Also, the Heavens thread is excellent for MM1 thru MM9 but has no info on Arcomage. I did a forum search over there for Arcomage and came up dry.
@dteowner: I have not burned the files to CD yet as I was of to work this morning. I'll get to it this evening and will report. I also saw a version on eMule, maybe a different format. Would be great if we get it to work. A search for work-arounds for XP did not yield anything though.
@Corwin: are you sure you got it to work under XP?
Found a 2-part RAR file that had the same files. Same result. There were comments on the download page saying it wouldn't install but the uploader said he was running the game in XP. My guess is that you could run it in XP's compatibility mode if you could get it to install.
@mods: might make sense to split this conversation out of the "now playing" thread.
sorry about the off-topic--didn't mean to highjack the thread ;)
Personally, I've never played Might and Magic VII, but heard lots of good things about this mini-game. Guess I'll have to give it a shot, huh? ;)
M&M 7 is brilliant and challenging; especially the good side which has really weak spells compared to the evil path!! Game 8 is TOO easy and 9 we don't discuss!!
Then I used Nero to burn the Image to a CD. Nero selects the Arcomage.cue file and then burns the files to the CD.
To install the game once the files are burned to the CD:
1) Explore the CD and go to the _setup folder
2) Right click on Setup.exe with the mouse and choose "create shortcut" (I chose to save the shortcut to the desktop)
3) Right click the shortcut on your desktop and select properties, under the compatibility tab select Windows 98/Windows Me
4) Run your shortcut, The installshield will load; follow the instructions.
To run the game under Win XP:
1) Once the installation completes; find Arcomage.exe in the directory you installed to, right click the file, select properties, chooses Win98/Me compatibility mode.
2) Arcomage only runs in Windowed mode in 16-bit colors. So you will need to switch to 16 bit color before running the game.
Right click your desktop and select properties. On the Display Properties Panel that opens, click the Settings Tab, locate Color quality and on the drop down Menu select Medium (16 bit).
3) The Pdf manual is in the install directory. Take a look at it and the readme.txt
Enjoy the game.
Remember to change back to 32-bit color when your done playing the game.
Once again thanks much for locating this game !
"Men only truly want two things in life to be easy, Exams and Women and they don't study for either." -Red Green
@Ubbax: great, thanks for the workarounds!
All hail Ubbax!
What a fun little game.
I just finished my 10th game of Arcomage in under an hour….man I did not remember how addictive it was. A shame I can't get it to host a local IP 2-player game. ……Ubbax? :) It's probably trying to invoke some ancient windows 95 ritual to find a local network and setting up as a host. As that would be hard-coded I'm not hopeful for a workaround, am I right? Ah well, I'm still having fun with beating the comp AI.
I have a little network setup over an old wired Netgear 4 port router. Of course 2 of the 3 machines are setup with a dual boot configuration; MsDos 6.2/Win98SE. The 3rd machine is setup with Windows 2000 Professional; it's a fully updated version running on a laptop. The Win2000P machine also has Norton Systemworks 2006 Priemier on it with all options on and running. The virus protection doesn't affect the ability to host or join games at all.
Since reading your post I hooked up the Windows 2000 Professional machine to the network and copied the installed game directory over to the Win2000P machine. I ran Arcomage.exe and the game loaded right up. Runs like a charm on Win2000P.
1) Once it was running I pressed F1 to open the Options panel, checked the box beside Networked Version.
The Host must also choose the Play and Victory conditions.
Make sure each player has the Network Box checked on their machine.
2) Next click start; a little window opens asking if you want to Host or Join?
2a) To Host a game:
Select Host; another window opens listing the machines IP and I hit OK.
Now the game will sit with a blank window till it detects someone trying to connect to it.
2b) To Join a game:
Select Join; a box opens in which you must type the IP address of the machine hosting. Then click OK.
At this point a box opens on each machine asking you to type your player name.
Type it in press return and the game begins.
The game is fun in single player, has that addictive quality. Strangely the AI beat me 6 out of 10 games the first time I played. Then my 8 year old nephew informed me that you could discard a card in your hand instead of choosing to play one by right clicking on the card. I've lost very few games since then against the AI. Selecting different Play Conditions or Tavern Presets can make it a bit more challenging against the AI. I still find it fun to play without choosing to discard at will; a bit more challenging.
The network games really shine, they are a lot of fun, it's a bit harder to beat a real person though I still find a lot depends on the luck of the draw.
Slam23, I figured you must be playing on Windows XP since that was the installation procedure I had outlined. Unfortunately up here at the cottage I don't have an XP machine setup. My ability to connect to the internet is limited to very specific times (lines are shared up here) and connection to the net itself is quite sporadic.
I did get a neighbor to bring over a laptop that has a fully updated Windows XP Pro installation on it. I tried to set it up as a Host and it pops up the Microsoft Error reporting Box; the one that asks if you want to send a report to Microsoft, after which it shuts down Arcomage. XP will join a game hosted on another machine though without any problem what so ever.
I'm not sure what the problem was concerning the problem with hosting under XP. The neighbor was not keen on letting me fool with the network settings on his perfectly working XP installation ;)
The game uses IPX and TCP/IP which windows XP supports. Odd it only has a problem hosting. Could be something to do with the windows firewall or security settings. Unfortunately I cannot check further till I return home.
There are a lot of smart people frequenting these boards and running the site; perhaps one of them may have some ideas. Uriziel probably has the tools at hand if he was so inclined but I'm sure the others are just as capable.
Here's something interesting that someone sent my way after being directed to this post. It's a working Win32 version of Arcomage done by a Czeck University student as a project for one of his classes. In addition to the Win32 working version he has also made available the Source Code which can be compiled under windows or Linux: http://urtax.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~stick/s…ects/arcomage/
I managed to download this and try it out. It's well done, even has 2-player hotseat as well as multiplayer. Some screens it looks like you cannot exit from but just hit "escape" to back out of these screens (like the Credits) or if you want to shut down an unfinished game your currently playing.
It does have bugs which pretty much unbalance the game. Some cards have the wrong cost, sometimes the costs are not deducted, the computer doesn't seem to play again when a card allows it to and so on. But hey he supplied the source code and some industrious person could fix it if so inclined. Probably even expand it. If nothing else it would probably be interesting for someone learning to code.
"It's easier to beg for forgiveness sometimes than ask the wife for permission." - an anonymous friend
Not having any luck with the download from underdogs. Keep getting the error page, and their explanations and instructions are pretty much incomprehensible to me--I am only a geek wannabe ;)
As far as I can tell I am getting the 'referrer" error, which asks me to disable proxy servers--but my browser(generic ATT dsl) does not appear to be set to proxy(if I have understood it's advanced options correctly.) I tried the download with Internet Explorer as well. No luck.
Anybody have any ideas?
@ubbax: thanx for the long post! I'm indeed on a XP (SP2) dual-core 2 GB machine, no software firewall but I'm behind a wireless router with build-in firewall functionality. I don't have the skills to look inside the program to learn about the way it handles hosting unfortunately and what may cause the crashing behaviour. The link to the Czech thing was very cool, I tried it and I was impressed with his work. As a game it is indeed a bit unbalanced and buggy. Maybe he'll update it sometime. If you get the original to work on XP let me know. Smart neighbor btw :) Don't mess with a perfect install I say…..
@magerette: I'm not sure what goes wrong. Are you able to access the download page at all? The big thing with Underdogs is that they don't allow multiple connections from 1 IP (so don't use Getright or any other download accelerator). It doesn't seem that that is your problem though.
I don't know if you know how to use eDonkey or eMule but this is a reliable link (I checked it out) to the game via P2P. I figure if you can get it from Underdogs for free it is ok to use eMule as that would indicate that it is abandonware. Otherwise I'm all for buying software as that would be the decent thing to do.
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By Sean Clancy
From The Saratoga Special, reprinted with permissionIn continuation of yesterday's column, Joe Horse, Joe Better and Joe Idon'tknow go over today's card. They bring three strategies to the betting windows. Joe Horse tries to get inside a horse's head. He cares more about the shine of a horse's coat than he does the odds on the board. Joe Bettor is the accountant of the three. He's all numbers. Joe Idon'tknow is the guy you get behind at post time who sets a beer up on the window ledge and starts going through bets like Charlie Brown's teacher. Here goes: First Race:
Joe Horse stands at the rail and marvels at the size of the nine jumpers. He can't get past Loyal Spirit. He's as stout a horse as he's ever seen. Reminds him of the horses back on the farm. He'll risk two bucks to win on him; been a tough week at the Spa.Joe Bettor loves War Talk. He puts a circle around his last eight races, all stakes. Drop down in class. Jonathan Sheppard. Blythe Miller. By Kingmambo. Not enough value, waits. Joe Idon'tknow takes one look at this race, slaps down his Pabst Blue Ribbon and bets five to win on Miles Ahead, because that's what he's going to be when this one's over. As he's walking back to the picnic table, he notices they printed the ticket wrong, he wanted the 1A not the 1. "Knew I shoulda gone to Great Escape instead." Stops past Ben and Jerry's for a cone to cool himself off. Second Race:
Joe Horse falls in love with The Music Man, $900,000 colt by Kingmambo. Second-time starter. But damn, what about the six? These babies at Saratoga. Like picking the Miss America Contest. Better sit this one out.Joe Bettor can't get past Bullistic Flight. Second time starter, plenty of time from debut, decent number. He'll watch the board and see what happens. Will only play at three to one or better. Juveniles are too unpredictable.Joe Idon'tknow hears that old Elton John song, "Music man" and throws down a ten on The Music Man. Grabs a hot dog on the way back to the picnic table. Third Race:
Joe Horse hates all low level claimers. Goes off to read Seabiscuit to take his mind off bad horses. Joe Bettor sees some old friends from Aqueduct andRockingham. All six starters have competed at one of those tracks. JB wants to jump on the turf to dirt angle of Hightimeforakiss but sees it didn't work the last time. Starts to bet a straight exacta of The Prosequtor and Brightest, ends up hooked on the fourth at Monmouth.Joe Idon'tknow can't get out of his lawn chair. Sends five bucks over with his cousin to bet, "whoever the hell you think."Fourth Race:
Joe Horse is in the middle of the match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral.Joe Bettor can't get past Live Band who he had in a show parlay the last time. Bets $100 to win and wheels the field underneath. Joe Idon'tknow wakes up long enough to see the gray horse walk out of the paddock. Bets his funnel cake money to win on My Girl Natalie.Fifth Race:
Joe Horse goes back to feed.Joe Bettor has made a living with Richard Dutrow off the claim. Takes his dead crab money and puts it on Sweat Equity's nose. Joe Idon'tknow dreams of North Broadway mansions. Yells out "one day" and takes out 20 bucks. Goes to the beer cart and grabs a Molson Ice, we're talking 20 bucks here. Sixth Race:
The first time a bettor, a horseman, and a tourist agree on anything. The three of them knock each other down throwing money on Only Joe.Joe Horse straightens his Brook Brothers tie and goes to the boxes.Joe Bettor dusts off his satin shirt and goes to the big screen.Joe Idon'tknow re-Velcros his Reef Runners, picks a program up off the ground and dives into the watermelon soaked in vodka back at the tree.Seventh Race:
Joe Horse goes back to check on that horse who was acting funny.Joe Bettor can't go against, no matter how hard he tries, the undefeated Edey's Village. He watches the exacta prices to see the best payout. Writes numbers down quicker than the NASDAQ. Joe Idon'tknow bets an exacta or a trifecta or something, "Gimee the one-two." It's about all he can come up with this late in the day. Gets a tequila shot on the way out of the grandstand.Eighth Race:
Joe Horse can't believe the eighth isn't a stake. Spends the whole time muttering about the old days of a stake a day. Skips the whole thing and goes for Saturday's overnight. Joe Bettor throws out Snow Day's Amsterdam debacle and bets a straight exacta with Mountain General. Kicks the ground in disgust over the probable payoffs.Joe Idon'tknow stands up with a head rush, wishes he wore sun block and goes to bet two of his last four bucks on Multiple Choice. That one we don't have to explain.Ninth Race:
Joe Horse goes to the paddock, he loves old turf horses, and picks out the three best looking ones of the bunch. Hard to say which ones that'll be the night before. Look for him as the horses walk out of the paddock, he'll have the three X'd out on his program by then.Joe Bettor goes over the race again. Tough decision to make here. An Oscar For Bert looks tough from the rail, has great numbers and Bailey. Hmmm. Come On Now Sean is as consistent as they come. Velazquez is hungry. Buying Rain comes out of a stakes. Better go home and try again tomorrow. It's all a conspiracy anyway. Joe Idon'tknow is passed out.Contact Sean Clancy via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or telephone at 518-581-1947.


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The leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to work on the adoption of a bilateral ceasefire between separatists and Ukrainian authorities as well as quickly setting up effective border controls, the French president's office has said.
The statement followed a telephone conversation between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko and French President Francois Hollande.
Mr Putin and Mr Poroshenko also agreed to work on the liberation of more hostages and prisoners and the organisation of "substantial tripartite negotiations," Mr Hollande's office said.
Mr Petro had urged Mr Putin yesterday to strengthen Russian control over its borders to prevent militants and arms entering Ukraine after violence broke a truce there.
A ceasefire, declared by Mr Poroshenko on 20 June to allow for peace talks with the pro-Russian rebels, was due to expire today.
Mr Putin again urged an extension of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and setting up a control mechanism to monitor the truce with the participation of the OSCE security body, the Kremlin said in a separate statement after the talks.
"The leaders spoke in favour of convening a third round of consultations between Kiev and southeastern regions as soon as possible," it added.
The European Union has warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by today.
The EU signed a historic free-trade pact with Ukraine on Friday.


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I have been able to watch Netflix before. But only like 5 times then i run into this problem.
Always this problem. So i follow the directions. I've uninstalled it. Searched my computer, done the whole hard drive deal and emptied my trash, closed my browsers, erased my cookies, the whole 9 yards buuuut everytime i try to watch netflix it asks me to uninstall
and reinstall, so i do. I start the process and let it run its course then it says it is a success. The problem is when i go to load Netflix show/movie (I get the blue dots basically saying its "loading") THEEEEENNN i get the same darn
message below. Its an endless cycle. I've searched the internet and these boards but i cant seem to find my specific answer to this specific problem.
Error Code 2103:
You have encountered an issue specific to Microsoft Silverlight, the software used to watch movies on the Netflix website. This issue is often resolved by uninstalling and then reinstalling Microsoft Silverlight on your computer.
To uninstall Microsoft Silverlight on your Macintosh computer, please follow these steps:
After completing the above steps, attempting to Watch Instantly on www.netflix.com will prompt you to reinstall Microsoft Silverlight.
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Gearbox Earned No Royalties for Aliens: Colonial Marines, Lawsuit Update
In an ongoing lawsuit filed for Aliens: Colonial Marines' being falsely advertised, Gearbox Software has distanced itself from Sega, claiming that it helped fund the game and never saw any royalties from the Sonic publisher.
Eurogamer reports that Gearbox has claimed it dropped millions of dollars of its own money into Aliens: Colonial Marines' development (which was published and originally funded by Sega), which was never paid back. On top of this, Gearbox claims that it never earned any royalties from the game's sales. The class action lawsuit, filed by Roger Damion Perrine and John Locke against both Gearbox and Sega, claims that the game was falsely advertised since its E3 press demo didn't resemble the final product (hopefully they never played Watch Dogs). Perrine had to drop his part of the lawsuit after being incarcerated due to an unrelated crime. Gearbox claims that it has nothing to do with Locke's lawsuit and should be removed from it completely.
"During the development process, Gearbox supplemented Sega's development budget with its own money to help Sega finish its game; Gearbox's contributions to A:CM totaled millions, none of which was ever repaid," said Steve Gibson, Gearbox vice president of marketing. "Gearbox never received money from Sega's A:CM purchasers, nor has Gearbox received a single royalty from any such sales by Sega."
"Gearbox only received the milestone payments made by Sega during the game's development," Gibson added. "Those milestone payments were pre-set before any games were sold and the milestone payments to Gearbox were not tied to the number of units of the game that Sega ultimately sold."
Gearbox outsourced Aliens' development to multiple smaller studios and claims it holds no responsibility in how the game was marketed. Nevertheless, it was likely that Gearbox provided the gameplay demo used at E3. On the other hand, Gearbox claims that the E3 footage was used doing a different engine, and that Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 was the only one used throughout the game's actual development.
"Sega approved every milestone submission from Gearbox throughout A:CM's development. Gearbox eventually completed and delivered the software in accordance with Sega's specifications, which Sega vetted, approved and accepted."
Gearbox also claims that the number of people who saw the press demos of Colonial Marines cannot be determined, making the plantiff's class too broad to narrow.
"[The] plaintiffs' proposed class is impermissibly overbroad because it includes putative class members who were never exposed to, and who therefore never viewed, the allegedly misleading game demonstrations on which the class-wide claims are premised," Gearbox's attorneys stated. "[The] plaintiffs' net was cast too wide."
"Worse still, those customers who were satisfied by the video game would be swept into plaintiffs' proposed class," the attorneys added.
We should also mention that Gearbox's claims distance itself from Sega, killing the likelihood that the two companies would ever work together ever again.
It's a rather touchy subject to see who could actually be at fault for the crap-fest known as Colonial Marines. It's even tougher to see whether or not Locke has a chance of winning, especially with Perrine having to drop out of being a plaintiff due to his incarceration. We expect a proper response from Sega soon. Nevertheless, stay tuned as we will provide up-to-date coverage of this lawsuit against Sega and Gearbox once more information is available.


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ByBrent Baker
January 30, 1997 - 1:00am
MRC Alert: Clinton as Victim; CBS Takes on a Grocery; Gumbel to Stay?1. ABC and CNN reporters portray Clinton as the victim of an unforgiving opposition party in the fundraising scandal.
2. One week after the Food Lion verdict CBS News takes on another grocery chain for "a type of job abuse that's rarely talked about."
3. Bryant Gumbel will be as visible on NBC as Bill Moyers is on PBS if NBC gets its way by offering him, as USA Today reported, a "laundry list of high-profile duties."
4. The Washington Post tags a mainstream conservative foundation as "ultra-right."
1) During his Tuesday press conference President Clinton got some pretty tough questions about his fundraising and all the networks aired evening news stories on his admission that "mistakes were made." But not from everyone took an adversarial approach. Two network reporters portrayed Clinton as the victim.
ABC News White House reporter John Donvan asked Clinton:
After the press
conference CNN anchor Judy Woodruff demanded of Senator Phil Gramm why the
Republicans were so unforgiving:
CNN's Candy
Crowley posed a couple of questions before Woodruff made this query right
out of the Democratic Party talking points booklet:
What "chilling effect"? Last week reporters worried that the
Food Lion decision would lead media bosses to pull back from hard-hitting
investigative stories on big companies. But Wednesday's (January 29) CBS
Evening News ran a piece on the supposed misdeeds of a Food Lion
competitor: the Albertsons grocery store chain. And like ABC's Food Lion
report it appeared to rely on charges promoted by the United Food and
Commercial Workers union.
As a salaried employee I'm not sure how much sympathy I should have for those not paid more for working a few extra hours. But however wrong it is to not fully pay hourly wage earners, comparing their plight to "sweat shops overseas" is just the kind of hype that's leading the public to mistrust the media.
Bryant Gumbel just may stay with NBC after all. Peter Johnson reported in
the January 29 USA Today that while Gumbel had been expected to jump to
ABC or CBS, "General Electric Chairman Jack Welch has intervened,
kept Gumbel on NBC's payroll and ordered execs to make every effort to
keep him. A couple of weeks ago Welch flew Gumbel to Seattle to meet
Microsoft's Bill Gates and tour MSNBC's Microsoft-run operation in
Washington State.
The next time you hear someone arguing the networks are controlled by wealthy, conservative businessmen, remember this effort by Jack Welch to maximize the visibility of arguably the most liberal network star.
4) An item in Wednesday's Washington Post "Reliable Source" gossip column, by Annie Groer and Ann Gerhart, began: "Look what Great Society warrior is speaking before the ultra-right Heritage Foundation today: Joseph Califano..."
How far left must you be to consider a conservative group like Heritage, which tried to silence critics from the right of George Bush in its ranks, an "ultra-right" group?
-- Brent Baker [1]
[1] http://www.mrc.org/bios/baker/bakerbio.asp
[2] http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts
[3] http://archive2.mrc.org/division/news-analysis-division
[4] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/hughes
[5] http://archive2.mrc.org/tags/gumbel
[6] http://www.tellthetruth2012.org


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There are not many design solutions as legendary as Siemens NX. It's long history from EDS through UG and merging of I-deas has created a software application with a breadth and depth larger than most others in the design market.
With so much to offer, updates to the software contain enhancements and new features too numerous to cover in a single sitting, even when the update doesn't include a major revision to the user interface. NX9 is no different.
But, there are always those key features that have the WOW! factor worth noting.
The Realize Shape Technology is a freeform design toolset with an integrated sub-D modeler. Unique to NX is that Realize Shape is not an independent or external application that requires translation from sub-D to NURBS. Users can create and edit a sub-D body then switch to standard parametric commands and create more geometry relative (including up-to extents) to the sub-D body. This will reduce the necessity of users switching between NX and 3rd party sub-D applications.
Synchronous Technology has advanced steadily in both NX and Solid Edge. This latest advancement with NX applies similar "Live Rules" constraint management to 2D elements. This allows for easier manipulation of 2D geometry especially on imported .dxf or .dwg files that don't have native geometric constraints applied.
The ability to manipulate 2D sketches improves 3D editing as well. Solid Edge has had "Dynamic Cross-Sections" for a while, where cutting a plane through geometry automatically creates the linked 2D sketch and the sketch can be edited instead of the 3D PMI. Viewing and editing the 2D sketch is often easier than manipulating the geometry in 3D. NX9 introduces the ability to edit 3D geometry by the use of cross-sections.
Fourth Generation Design technology is a new design and data management paradigm that improves massive assembly handling and in-context relations. Many CAD users realize that creating and editing geometry is often not the long pole in the tent anymore - managing metadata, file properties, and files are. 4GD should ease the overhead in managing massive amounts of design data.
The tighter integration with PLM, mainly Teamcenter, through the Active Workspace Environment (2.0) is another area where NX9 excels at improving the productivity associated with data management.
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Emultek's Simulation Software Tool--Rapid--Wins BYTE Magazine's 1997 Editor's Choice Award
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Emultek's Simulation Software Tool--Rapid--Wins BYTE Magazine's 1997 Editor's Choice Award
Herndon, VA--February 24, 1997--Emultek's (Herndon, VA) unique simulation software tool, Rapid, has been awarded a 1997 BYTE Magazine Editor's Choice Merit Award. According to BYTE, awards are given to innovative products which "reset our expectations by allowing us to work in new ways." Merit Awards are given to products for interesting features or pricing.
Emultek's Rapid is a software tool which can quickly create a virtual prototype of an embedded product during the conception and design stage. Rapid simulates not only the appearance, but also the behavior and functionality of a product, without having to build expensive physical prototypes. Design flaws can be detected by engineers and potential customers and corrected before the product is taken to the development stage. Rapid reduces development time and creates user-friendly, winning products.
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Jury considers murder case against Techel
OTTUMWA (AP) — A jury has been handed the case against a man charged with killing his pregnant wife at their home near Agency.
Final arguments were completed Monday in the trial of Seth Techel, who is charged with the May 26 murder and nonconsensual termination of a human pregnancy.
Prosecutors say Seth Techel wanted to end his marriage to Lisa Techel but feared alienation from her father, a sheriff's deputy. Seth Techel's lawyer has ridiculed the police investigation and suggested a neighbor may have killed Lisa Techel.
Both Techels worked in law enforcement. Lisa Techel was a reserve deputy and Seth Techel was a jailer.


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TAMPA — Builders on Friday will hoist the last beam for one of the five towers of Crescent Bayshore, a 367-apartment complex set to open on the north end of Bayshore Boulevard next summer.
The $68 million project, which broke ground in January, will feature five eight-story apartment buildings on four waterfront acres at 319 Bayshore Blvd.
Apartments will feature granite countertops, private balconies and built-in USB outlets; the complex will feature a resort-style pool, wine lounge and pub room.
Rent rates were not shared, but promoters have already begun advertising that tenants will have "an exclusive Hyde Park address."
The project's North Carolina-based developer, Crescent Communities, has unveiled half a dozen subdivisions, apartment and condo complexes across Tampa Bay, including the 17-story Parkside of One Bayshore condo tower just north of the site.


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quote:Originally posted by Leavitron:
Thanks Bok. I don't honestly feel like you "owe" us anything but I have to say this - your responsiveness is downright amazing!
I'll drink to that
I'll drink to that
Well it is my baby after all ... I've put a lot of sweat and blood into the stats over the past 10 years (and learnt a lot in doing it!) and do want to get it right.
Unfortunately I'm much better at the backend database/parsing stuff than the front end piece. The backend, IMO is about as good as it could get without throwing lots more hardware at it. I've got more than 1billion rows of data in there across all the tables now
Gopher is doing work on the frontend and has added some amazing stuff, we just need to get it tweaked Some of the problem is he is wrapping his stuff around some poor code on my part
With all the good suggestions we get we can make it better.
oh and to keep the thread on topic.. I'm pretty close on finally hitting 100K in ufluids to make it 40 for me....
And on topic. I'm getting close to that 10K list.
Agent GleanerC /out
Hey Bok, the status displays fit in my browser again
On topic: just picked up my 23rd 10K and 15th 100K
Oh, and I don't mind the apparently popular 750K milestone, but I'd like to see the 2.5M and 5M added, and am happy to hear their addition wouldn't be too much work
Gopher is working hard on it.. he's added some neat code to dynamically resize most everything including the graphs which were what was the main cause of it...
I should have added the 2.5 and 5M last night.. Got tied up writing this boinc status page instead
Will do them tonight.
Bok, everything fits here again too. The dynamic sizing works great in both Firefox & Chrome. Thanks!
THIS freakin rules!!!!
It's worth saying again...some seriously nice work there, Bok!
This one (750k) isn't working again:
2.5 & 5m also aren't working right but it's hard to tell what the triggers are since they say >9.
The rest seem fine.
Good catch!!
Was a typo in the page (750 -> 750K) in a variable. All fixed. The 2.5M and 5M should have the correct numbers for inclusion now too.. I think they are working, at least for some of the teams I tried. SETI.USA is always a good one with some of their heavy hitters...
Thanks much!
Hey, hey. I finally made that 10K list.
15th member on the team.
Now on to that 25K list.
Agent GleanerC /out
Time for a new update. Lots of movement and plenty of new names.
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Beyond Ars Technica 25
Chipotle Ars Technica 23
leavitron Ars Technica 19
fractal Ars Technica 18
areready Ars Technica 15
Calphor Ars Technica 14
Biggles Ars Technica 12
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Calphor Ars Technica 12
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Chipotle Ars Technica 18
leavitron Ars Technica 17
fractal Ars Technica 16
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GullyFoyle Ars Technica 6
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Chipotle Ars Technica 4
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NekdDrgn Ars Technica 3
Whizbang Ars Technica 3
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Calphor Ars Technica 2
Cashan Stine Ars Technica 2
Josef Ricketts Ars Technica 2
Kea Ars Technica 2
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edit/ apologies, I was trying for the nice columes. Obviously it didn't work.
GleanerC, I was just working on an update too. Lots of changes, especially at 10k:
Most 10k:
Thanks Beyond.
I should be hitting the 25K list in the next few days.
Agent GleanerC /out
Great minds follow the same path
As soon as Free-DC updates from SIMAP, I will have my 10th 250k project.
Made the 25K club this evening.
Agent GleanerC /out
Spinhenge just became my 9th one meeellion cobblestone project.
SHA will be number 10, then a long wait until number 11 in a project to be named later.
Broke 5 MILLION overall today... Includes (3) 1 million projects and I should have 2 more within the next month for 5 total .... Yippeeeeee!
CONGRATS, Nekd on your 5 meeellion cobbles and keep them one meeellion cobble projects acoming around.
I made the 50K list today.
Agent GleanerC /out
Happy update time!
Most 10k:
Hrm.... Looks like I am going to have to address this discrepancy!
Bok updated stats to properly reflect ties, very nice.
Some new faces, the list just keeps growing and growing!
Most 10k:
One small update to all this...
Last weekend I spent some time building up historic data for these stats going back to last July (which is when I started tracking weekly data).
Took a while to generate considering my weekly user table has over 100 million rows, but there you go
Not really sure what to do with the data mind, so am open to suggestions. Not even sure where t link these images to, I guess it should be from the most stats on the individual userbycpid page.
For now I just created a quick chart.
Beyond, your's would be as http://stats.free-dc.org/chart...9a8ad0d&subproj=100k
http://stats.free-dc.org/stats...ers&subproj=team100m makes it pretty clear who has the oomph, doesn't it..
Or.... who concentrates on fewer projects so as to run up higher scores?
Perhaps.. Though, I did a small table by hand with the rows for the teams and the columns for # of 100m, 50m, 25m, 10m, 5m and 1m projects.
LAF was first every time.
The second place teams at 100m were Czech, SETI Germany and SUSA. Of these, SUSA and S.Germany were second or third in every category.
ARS Does land in the top ten if you consider the 10m projects, 5m projects and 1m projects. So in this respect, diversity does get us ranked. But in terms of raw processing power, I think we learned our lesson picking a fight with LAF and SUSA, and the stats show why.
On the other hand, Team Norway and BOINC.Be are both worthy competitors.
So I guess we should be glad that neither wants to own the Vault. Otherwise, we are toast.
They'd have to commit themselves to doing a far wider range of projects, but going against them head to head in a single project that they want to dominate is a useless pursuit. As a historical perspective, it is not always the largest army that wins the war. Ask Alexander or Julius Caesar...
Finally made the 100K club.
Now on to 250K.
Agent GleanerC /out
1M on ABC!
Switched to SETI cuz I felt guilty about neglecting our little green buddies for so long...
DMF that 1M was a huge help, thanks very much.
Lots of new names, the list is getting loooonger!
Most 10k:
Made the 500K club today.
Agent GleanerC /out
At next update:
And in 3-4 days, I will have 18. MWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
Finally made the 250K club.
But I have to admit the "entrance ticket" was recently lowered from 5 projects to 4.
Agent GleanerC /out


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Graphic copy alert: Accompanying this story is an image of Charles Robert Moore's suicide note, provided by Grand Saline Police. It contains graphic language.
GRAND SALINE – A 79-year-old Methodist minister who died after setting himself on fire on a busy street in this town of about 3,100 residents left behind a suicide letter asking the community to repent for its racism.
Charles Robert Moore, who had addresses in Allen and Sunnyvale, drove to Grand Saline on June 23, parked his vehicle in a Dollar General lot in the 500 block of East Garland Street, doused himself in gasoline and committed self-immolation, Police Chief Larry Compton said Tuesday.
"I have never seen anything like this in my entire career in law enforcement, which includes my years as an arson investigator for the Mesquite Fire Department," the 66-year-old chief said.
Horrified witnesses ran to the man and tried to put out the fire. Another witness then arrived with a fire extinguisher.
"They got the fire put out, and the man was transported to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, where he later died of his injuries," Compton said.
Moore put a typed suicide note on his car windshield before he set himself on fire, the chief said.
In the note, which Compton provided to the Tyler Morning Telegraph, Moore – who is white - stated he was born in Grand Saline and grew up around racial discrimination.
His letter claimed that the community shunned blacks and resorted to violence, including hangings, burnings and decapitations.
"I will soon be 80 years old, and my heart is broken over this," Morris wrote. "America, and Grand Saline … have never really repented for the atrocities of slavery and its aftermath. What my hometown needs to do is open its heart and its doors to black people as a sign of the rejection of past sins."
Moore wrote that visions of violence haunted him greatly.
"So at this late date, I have decided to join them by giving my body to be burned," he wrote. "With love in my heart not only for them but also of the perpetrators of such horror ... "
Morris signed the letter, which was dated June 23.
Angi McPherson, 44, was working in the Sophistikutz hair salon when she saw the man walking around the parking lot.
"He had been walking around the parking lot for a while, but he didn't seem like anything was wrong," Ms. McPherson said. "After awhile we saw him grab something square (police report would show it was a 2-by-3-foot piece of foam) and knelt down. Then we saw him grab a gas can and begin pouring something all over him. We were like, 'Is that gas?'"
Ms. McPherson said she will never forget the next few moments.
"He suddenly burst into flames, and he stood up and started screaming," she said. "One of the guys ran and tried to put him out with his shirt, while my boyfriend ran to him with a fire extinguisher and finally put him out."
Ms. McPherson called the incident troubling.
"I have never seen anything like that, and it was like watching some kind of a horror movie. Who sets them self on fire?" she said.
Compton said the preacher's death disturbed him. He added that while Grand Saline might once have been racially divided, today it is a community of acceptance.
"It might have been that way in the 1930s, '40s and '50s like a lot of places, but today we are a community of different ethnicities and racial makeups," he said.
According to citydata.com, whites compose about 76 percent of the population, while Hispanics make up about 21 percent. The black population – at 20 people - numbers fewer than 1 percent.
Ms. McPherson said she has lived in the town all of her life and she knew there was still racial divide in the small community.
"It's not as big as it used to be, but it is here. It is everywhere," she said.
By comparison, the East Texas town of Gilmer, which has about 5,000 residents, is 65.3 percent white, 15.7 percent Hispanic and 15.5 percent black.
Of Gladewater's population of about 6,500, about 76 percent are white, 15 percent are black and 5.1 percent are Hispanic.
Mineola has a population of about 4,500, of which about 61 percent are white, 23.4 percent are Hispanic and 13 percent are black.
Blacks compose about 10 percent of Winnsboro's population of about 3,250, with whites numbering at about 84 percent and Hispanics at 4.3 percent.
According to the U.S. Census bureau's figures, Texas' population in 2013 was about 26.4 million, with the nation at 316.1 million.
The state's population was 80.6 percent white, compared to 77.9 percent nationally. Blacks numbered 12.3 percent for Texas and 13.1 percent for the United States. Hispanics numbered 38.2 percent for the state and 16.9 percent for the nation.
James Chase Sanchez, a Texas Christian University Rafford Research Fellow working on his doctorate in racial rhetoric, said self immolation is the second most symbolic form of suicide only behind self-crucifixion.
"When someone sets themselves on fire in order to commit suicide, they have something to say," he said.
Sanchez said he is from Grand Saline and knows there is a history of racism in the town.
"We all want to think that there is no racism among us today and that any racism is on an individual level, but our past memories can affect us as a community," he said. "Everyone in Grand Saline knows there is a history, but no one wants to talk about it."


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James Hughes – Back Seat [Video]
Kamloops, BC – James Hughes dropped his third album Almost Not Bad, produced by Optimezz Beatz, earlier this year.
"Back Seat" is the first video to come off of this album. The track is hard and upbeat. Hughes looks out onto the deserted streets of his city as he rides in the, (you know it), the back seat of a car. The song is catchy and the video accurately captures the essence of reminiscing about a time when Hughes hadn't yet grabbed control of the wheel. Midnight turns into early morning, through a hopeful dawn, as he tells the story of taking charge and overcoming hardships to make music.
With two albums behind him, Hughes is a consistent rapper and is definitely an exciting artist to look out for. His new album is currently available for free download on Bandcamp. Check the video for "Back Seat" below.
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Mariah Carey Motivates in 'Almost Home' Video
Mariah Carey gives us a more subdued look for her new video, 'Almost Home.'
The black-and-white visual finds Mimi demurely dressed in a floor-length gown, with plenty of wind surrounding her in a performance sequence. Images of the movie 'Oz the Great and Powerful,' from which the song is from, are interspersed throughout.
'Oz the Great and Powerful' stars James Marsden, Mila Kunis and Michelle Williams and is a loose prequel to 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.'
Catch the fantasy adventure film in theaters today.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Day laborers and domestic workers rallied in San Francisco Monday and will do so Tuesday at the state capitol in opposition to the federal government's Secure Communities program.
KCBS' Doug Sovern Reports:
Protesters at the San Francisco rally said the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Secure Communities program was billed as an optional system to help deport hardened criminals, but that's not the way it's working. Critics say instead it's catching domestic violence victims and scaring immigrants into not reporting crimes to police for fear of being deported themselves.
Assemblyman Tom Ammiano is trying to pass a bill that would let California's counties opt out of the Secure Community program, even though ICE officials say that's not legal. Ammiano district director Kimberly Alvarenga said ultimately the courts may have to decide.
"We should have the autonomy to decide what we want to do around an immigration policy," she said.
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'Spider-Man: Homecoming's Post-Credits Scenes Explained
Okay so you have now seen Spider-Man: Homecoming. You have witnessed Peter Parker's triumphant return to the Marvel Universe, and his return to being a teenager instead of a hunky, moody 30-year-old who is still inexplicably in high school. And you have the post-credits scenes. (Fun fact: Everyone at Marvel Studios calls them "tags.") So what do they mean for the future of Spidey and the MCU?


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Goodie Mob Song 'I'm Set' Leaks
Goodie Mob hasn't dropped a new album since their 2004 effort 'One Monkey Don't Stop No Show.' For nine years, rap fans have been yearning for their reunion. Hopefully, the recently leaked track 'I'm Set' is an indication that the quartet are indeed back in the studio.
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Leakers, 'I'm Set' is a marching band-esque track featuring Khujo, T-Mo, Big Gipp and Cee Lo Green (rapping not singing) fired up and ready to bring that lyrical fire to the masses.
"Yoo-hoo, or should I say SuWoo, I know what y'all thinking, 'Oh my god, not you too,'" says Green on the song. "Listen, I don't sing or bang, but I'll kill a motherf—er like it ain't no thang."
Khujo ends the track with a unique one-word-at-a-time verse that shows that Goodie Mob still keeps things all-the-way 'hood. "O-G-I-Jo / So-G-I-know / Up-on-both-feet / four-deep-but-so-D / Ten toes stay down / Flame on blood hound / Crown me king jack / Or mac black go pap!" he spits.
Goodie Mob's 'I'm Set' feels like a song you would play at a pep rally before a big game. For the venerable Dirty South group, their big tournament is the rap game. They may be considered old heads, but they are suited up and ready to play.
We don't know where this song will end up, but we're definitely ready for a Goodie Mob reunion album in 2013.
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This is a selection of editorials since January 2009 on the proposals, policies and discussions around climate change in the United States and abroad.
The Spill and Energy Bill
President Obama made a vow this week to press Congress to pass a comprehensive energy bill. Will he follow through?June 5, 2010 opinionEditorial
Copenhagen, and Beyond
An enormous amount of work lies ahead for all the signatories to what is now being called the Copenhagen Accord.December 21, 2009 opinionEditorial
Beyond Copenhagen
The United States must take the lead in lowering global emissions by delivering on any promises made at the talks in Denmark.December 7, 2009 opinionEditorial
President Obama in China
President Obama needs to encourage China to play an even stronger international role — but also curb some of its darker instincts.November 16, 2009 opinionEditorial
Mr. Obama and Mr. Hu on Warming
The United States and China must lead the way to an effective global response to the clear global threat of climate change.September 23, 2009 opinionEditorial
The Climate and National Security
The way to address the grave threats posed by climate change is with sacrifice now, and an apolitical catalyst may come from recognizing the role that the environment plays in our security.August 18, 2009 opinionEditorial
Trade and Climate
An international accord that includes trade-related enforcement measures must also include commitments on emission reductions.July 19, 2009 opinionEditorial
A Lesson on Warming
At the Group of 8 summit, President Obama learned how divided the world remains on global warming and how hard he will have to work to pull off an agreement.July 10, 2009 opinionEditorial
The House and Global Warming
The House should pass a bill that puts a price on carbon emissions, the first step toward averting the worst damage from climate change.June 26, 2009 opinionEditorial
Leadership Long Delayed
Though the recent progress in Washington on global warming is encouraging, the trick now is to sustain the momentum.May 23, 2009 opinionEditorial
The Climate Debate Heats Up
A stalled clean energy bill needs to be revised, and quickly, if there is a chance for comprehensive climate change legislation to be passed by this Congress.May 8, 2009 opinionEditorial
Mr. Obama's Energy Future
So far President Obama's commitment to addressing climate change has been more than rhetorical, but there is a lot of heavy lifting that lies ahead.February 26, 2009 opinionEditorial
An $80 Billion Start
The energy spending in the stimulus package should not be confused with a global warming bill. Dealing with climate change will require a much broader strategy, but this is a useful down payment.February 18, 2009 opinionEditorial
New Day on Climate Change
President Obama's decision on emissions in California shows his commitment to the cause of reversing the rise in greenhouse gases.January 27, 2009 opinionEditorial
Energy Inefficient
Obviously, new technologies will play a big role in cutting the use of fossil fuels. But the new administration should not overlook making existing technologies more efficient.January 19, 2009 opinionEditorial
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They were not revealed in such a way as to perplex and mislead the honest seeker after truth. Said the Lord by the prophet Habakkuk, "Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it." The word of God is plain to all who study it with a prayerful heart. Every truly honest soul will come to the light of truth. "Light is sown for the righteous."
Scripture: Dan. 9:25
Christ had come at the exact time and in the manner foretold by prophecy. The testimony of Scripture had been fulfilled in every detail of His ministry. He had preached the message of salvation, and "His word was with power." The hearts of His hearers had witnessed that it was of Heaven. The word and the Spirit of God attested the divine commission of His Son.
(Click on this Bible Prophecy chart to see the additional detail, i.e. the stoning of Stephen in AD 34 and the going forth of the Gospel to the Gentiles.)
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Scriptures: Daniel 7:25, Daniel 12:7, Revelation 11:2, Revelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6, Revelation 12:14, Revelation 13:5
This 1260 day time period is referred to 7 times in the Bible's prophecies; three times as a time, times, and half a time; twice as 42 months; and twice as 1,260 days. Based on the 30-day calendar used by the Jews, these time periods are all the same amount of time: 3 1/2 years = 42 months = 1,260 days. One prophetic day equals one literal year (Ezekiel 4:6; Numbers 14:34). Thus a terrible persecution of God's people would exist for 1,260 prophetic days or 1,260 literal years.
Scripture: Dan. 8:14 In the eighth chapter of Daniel is recorded the longest prophecy in the Bible. In vision, Daniel sees creatures that symbolize nations which would eventually rule the world. Next, Daniel see horns, and a little horn that would grow in power and would even magnify itself against the Lord Jesus Christ, the "Prince of princes." After seeing the ram, goat, and horns, Daniel hears that this vision will take 2300 days to be completed and covers events during the "time of the end." Daniel then begins to seek for the meaning. The angel Gabriel is instructed to make Daniel "understand the vision" and proceeds to explain to Daniel that the creatures/beasts that he saw represented the nations that would soon rule the world. The Ram with two horns represented the kingdoms of Media and Persia. The "rough goat" and "great horn" represented the kingdom of Greece and it's first great leader Alexander the Great. (See Daniel 8:20-21) God opened to Daniel's view the rise and fall of coming world empires 100's of years in advance. Today, history bears record that everything has happened as God had shown His prophet. Can we trust that the remaining Bible prophecies will be fulfilled as God indicated? Can we trust God's promises and should we take heed to God's warnings? YES, ABSOLUTELY!


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I was knew someone who didn't know you had to remove the turkey neck and giblets before roasting the bird. It was her first time making Thanksgiving and no one had ever taught her. We're to here to help new cooks make a fabulous turkey, from start to finish.
Before you can cook the turkey, be sure to remove the package of giblets from the body cavity, and the neck from the cavity (photos 1, 2 and 3 above). Save the turkey neck for making stock or soup. The giblets can be used for making gravy or stuffing.
An optional step is to roast your turkey on a bed of vegetables like shown in photo 4. We used a mixture of onions, celery and carrots. This will keep the turkey lifted of the bottom of the pan, allowing the juices to run down, as well as give the pan juicess and therfore the gravy, more flavor. You may or may not want to use the vegetable layer, depending on the turkey recipe you are using.
Photo 5 shows lifting the skin without completely
separating it. You should do this in order to rub oil or butter
on the turkey. You can also place fresh herbs under the skin to
infuse the meat with additional flavor. We use this technique in
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Another way to infuse flavor into the turkey is to use an injector to inject marinade or melted butter into the turkey meat itself, as shown in photo 6. You can fin injectors at gourmet shops, or get one at a discount through Amazon.com by clicking here.Stuffing a Turkey
When stuffing the turkey, keep it loose. You want to avoid tightly packing in the stuffing as it will expand somewhat during roasting. Stuff stuffing in the neck cavity by lifting up the front flap of skin as in Photo 1, and in the body cavity, as in Photo 2. After stuffing, replace turkey legs in metal holder or truss turkey with twine.
What are giblets and what should I do with them?
Giblets are the turkey's neck, gizzard, heart and liver. When cooked until tender, they make a great addition to gravy or stuffing. If you have dogs, you can also cook the giblets for your pet. Make sure all bones are removed, chop up the meat and let Fido enjoy the feast too.
What is a self basted turkey?
Self basted turkeys have been injected or marinated in a solution which usually contains edible fat, natural broth, stock or water and seasonings. Self-basted turkeys are labeled with the percentage of solutions and their ingredients.
My turkey is getting too brown and it's still has a long time
to cook. HELP!
No problem, if you find the top of your turkey is getting to brown, simply cover it loosely with a sheet of aluminum foil and continue to roast the turkey according to schedule.


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MITM Video of the Day – Simply Amazing Version of 'I Will Always Love You'
I'm a huge fan of Texas/Red Dirt Music. There are quite a few Texas-based artists that have broken through and are making their name known through this niche, such as the Josh Abbott Band, Cody Johnson, Kyle Park, and Randy Rogers, just to name a few.
I have heard of the Josh Weathers Band, but they haven't scored a major hit in the Texas Music scene yet. I haven't seen them in concert yet, but after taking a look at their website and hearing samples of their brand of 'Texas Soul', I really want to.
After watching a video of Josh Weathers perform his acoustic rendition of Whitney Houston's version of 'I Will Always Love You', seeing him in concert has become a top priority.
The range in his voice is just obscene – in a good way. His performance is our Merrell in the Morning Video of the Day.
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