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The Bloodied Halls of Academia: How I Survived As an Undergraduate Horror Writer
As anyone who has spent any amount of time writing fiction at the college level will tell you, genre bias is rampant in academia. As a recent graduate from a state university, I experienced this bias firsthand. Repeatedly.
While some professors remain open-minded, others turn their noses up at the first sign of science fiction or fantasy in their workshop classes. Many have never heard of your favorite horror or romance writer, nor do they care what your idols have written or what awards they have won. A select few ban genre fiction from their classes altogether, highlighting such clauses in their syllabi.
"Elves? Seriously?"
Some of you are probably nodding in agreement, thinking back to the times when you also hit these roadblocks. I tip my hat to you, brothers and sisters in arms. However, this article is not aimed at you. Rather, this article is aimed at those still wandering academia's halls, as well as those about to enter them for the first time. College may not welcome genre writers with open arms, but that doesn't mean they can't thrive there, provided they know how to go about studying the craft in such an environment.
It is also important to note that I do not support the division of so-called "literary" and "genre" fiction. I am merely using such terms for the sake of clarity as well as to properly represent the division as it exists within academia.
The first and perhaps most important thing undergraduate genre writers need to realize is that the instructors are not their enemies, even if a few of them do ban any manuscripts containing zombies or elves. In my experience, this tends to be one of the hardest lessons for students to learn. In order to understand this, one needs to first examine the situation from the point of view of the instructors. Most professors do not read or write anything that could be considered genre fiction. They are literary through and through. They don't know the tropes. They don't know the shorthand. Writing that kind of thing is simply out of their element.
That being the case, would it be responsible of them to try to teach an aspect of writing they have little to no experience with? No, it wouldn't, so they don't. Instead they teach you what they do know, which is a lot. Lucky for you, this is mostly stuff you don't already know, the stuff from the other side of the fence, which is great because you've got your side covered, or will with enough practice. Let them pass on the skills they've mastered. Read those James Joyce stories. Do those John Gardner exercises. Trust me, you'll be glad you did.
The second thing, which is really just an extension of knowing instructors are not the enemy, is that genre writers need to let others know they are there to play ball. Work hard, get assignments in on time, and step up when it comes to commenting on the work of others, especially in class. If the instructors know you care, they will be more likely to take your genre of choice seriously. Instructors can be skeptical of students in general, and rightfully so. I find that most undergraduate writers, even most creative writing majors, are nowhere near as serious about the craft as they think they are.
Another thing to realize is that you are likely working against a history of garbage genre fiction that has flooded their classrooms for years. I can't even recall the number of manuscripts I had to read about teen mermaid romance or two-dimensional, clichéd vampires. I mean really terrible, awful, wouldn't-wish-it-on-your-worst-enemy fiction. It can take some time to navigate through all that debris and gain an instructor's trust, but that doesn't mean it can't be done.
Early on in my college career, I was waiting for one of my writing classes to start when a fellow student began complaining about comments she had received for a piece of fiction in a different class. Apparently the instructor told her the story was riddled with clichés. This upset the student because, as she explained to the rest of us early arrivals, genre fiction was supposed to be full of clichés. Wrong. This is what instructors are seeing, what you are working against. Bring the heat. Show them you can offer up originality with style.
Another way to gain the respect of instructors is to find the middle ground. Find the bridges between your world and theirs and use them to the fullest. One of the easiest ways to do this is to read writers whose work most closely rides the line between your genre of choice and the literary world. Instructors may not know who Richard Matheson was, but they've read Cormac McCarthy, and they'll be more than happy to discuss horror elements when you put them in the context of The Road.
When I was attending classes, several of them used The Anchor Book of New Short Stories, edited by Ben Marcus. If you're taking college writing courses, buy this book immediately as it will give plenty of examples of authors I'm talking about. There's a story in the book called "Two Brothers," by Brian Evenson, which features a religious fanatic who attempts to cut off his own leg with a kitchen knife, people eating birds, and other strange elements. Another story, "The Paperhanger", deals with the disappearance of a child. Both are straight-up horror. In fact, the former is one of my all-time favorite horror stories. However, they are also literary stories featured alongside a host of stories by other literary authors.
While Stephen King's fiction may have a stigma in the college classroom, the bloody antics of Brian Evenson's work does not. That same anthology contains a story by Aimee Bender, who focuses primarily on magical realism. Bender is often spoken of in the same breath as Kelly Link (I actually heard them both mentioned no less than a dozen times at a writing festival at the university a few years ago when all the grad students were experimenting with that kind of thing). Kelly Link edited the fantasy half of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror for years. Bridges. Use them.
The third thing current and prospective students need to know is they should be doing as much learning outside of the classroom as inside of it. I'm not just talking about reading and writing on your own either, although you absolutely need to do those things. What I'm talking about is creating your own learning environments. The easiest way to do this is to start or join a creative writing workshop. As someone who has run a workshop for the last five years (it's still going despite the fact that many of its members have graduated), I can honestly say you'll learn just as much, if not more, about writing from a private workshop as you will from a workshop class—if you do it right.
How does one go about creating an effective workshop? The biggest thing is that you don't let just anyone join. That may sound elitist, but believe me when I say it's necessary. From my experience, the average writing class of 20 people contains anywhere from three to five students who actually know what they are doing and are dedicated to writing. These are the people you listen to in class, the people whose comments you read first when you get a manuscript back. Unfortunately, the rest of the class is usually more obsessed with the idea of being a writer more than they are actually interested in writing.
Pull aside the go-to people and ask them if they're interested in a private workshop. Odds are, they'll have some go-to people themselves. After you have a core group, only bring in people that ask to join. This makes sure you're getting people who take the initiative. However, always remember to say no when the need arises. If the girl from class who is constantly checking Facebook while everyone else discusses manuscripts asks to join, tell her no, you're full. If the guy who always turns in assignments two days late wants in, tell him no, you're full. Often these people like the idea of being part of a workshop, but don't actually do any real work.
"No workshop forda you!"
I also recommend focusing on the level of commitment people have rather than their current skill level, though it's important to have at least a few people in the group that are better writers than yourself for the sake of growth. Ideally your workshop should contain no more than seven people. Any more than that and things get unwieldy.
In addition to seeking out like-minded individuals on campus, connecting with other writers via the Internet is hugely beneficial. The wonderful thing about the writing community is that people are so willing to help others. I find this to be particularly true when it comes to veterans wanting to pass on their knowledge to the new blood. Join a forum. Join a Facebook group. Drop another author an email. Build connections. Be a part of the online writing community. Aside from interning at Shock Totem, I've recently been given the opportunity to do some freelance work in the game industry. Both of these developments evolved out of meeting awesome people on forums. I can't stress enough the importance of making connections with those who share the passion for the craft.
So if academia has got you down, fear not. There are plenty of wonderful resources waiting to change your college experience for the better. Connect with the instructors. Connect with other students. Connect with fellow writers online. Writing genre work at the college level needn't be painful or alienating. In fact, surviving as an undergraduate genre writer can be remarkably easy, provided you know how.
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Sunday Reads: On Writing, Podcasts, and Zombie Ants
Here's a handful of links from around the Internet that we found interesting this past week.
First, over at Liberty Conspiracy, Gard Goldsmith has posted two podcasts featuring over an hour's worth of interviews and commentary recorded at this year's World Horror Convention in Austin, Texas. You can listen to part one here and part two here. Great stuff!
On the writing front, here's something for the struggling writer: Thirteen tips to help you get some writing done. And this would probably fall under the category of Struggling Writer, but specifically, here's a little something for the depressed writer. But maybe you're neither struggling nor depressed, so how about a Writer Reality Check? Can't hurt.
For those of us venturing into the world of e-books, check out Nathan Bransford's enlightening piece on the 99 cent e-book and the tragedy of the commons. It's bananas (while they last).
Now for the fun stuff: Zombie ants! Heard of them? Have you read Spore, by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow (dude, you need a website)? Either way, check out another example of art imitating life.
And with that, I'll leave you with these amazing images.
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Sunday Reads: On Writing, Rejection, and Spiders
Here are a handful of links from around the Internet that we found interesting this past week.
First up, some stuff on writing. Shane Staley of Delirium Books posted an interesting essay on the current state of small-press horror. A more upbeat piece comes from Adrienne Crezo, where she tells us that the "Big Debate" doesn't matter.
Here are a couple tips on handling rejection: Jacqueline Howett responds to a review of her book, The Greek Seaman. Read the comments, then always do the opposite. Though a bit one-sided, presented as it is, over at Crossed Genres we were shown yet another example of a not-so-recommended rejection response.
Now, how about some fun and cuddly arachnids? A man in Dortmund, Germany is killed and then eaten by his creepy-crawly pets. And in flood-ravaged Pakistan, spiders have taken to the trees in what can only be described as something out of a nightmarish fantasy.
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Scares the hell outta me, anyway!
Posted in Blog, On Writing, Recommended Reading, Writing Advice Tagged Adrienne Crezo, Crossed Genres, Delirium Books, Jacqueline Howett, On Writing, Recommended Reading, Rejection Response, Shane Staley, Small Press, Spiders, Sunday Reads, Writing Advice 4 Comments
Getting Beyond the Door
Note: This post does not reflect how things are handled at Shock Totem.
So you just finished a 5,000-word story. Read on…
Have you ever heard an editor say a story needs to grab him—or her—within the first few pages? Have you ever thought about what that means for you, as a writer? What it really means?
In the business of reading slush, where hundreds of stories pour in weekly, those first couple pages can mean the difference between rejection and acceptance. Some editors say a story needs to grab hold from the opening line, and while some authors pull this off with ease, others take a slower approach. Some authors start with explosions, while others light small fires that grow and grow…
Because some stories beg for the explosive intro, and others require a slow build. It all depends on the tale (excluding flash fiction, which has no excuse not getting right down to business). But how often is a great story overlooked because an editor—and there are plenty who subscribe to this school of thought—thinks a story needs that WHIZBANGPOW! opening?
I recently finished a 5,300-word story. In standard submission format—12pt Courier font, double-spaced—it's 29 pages long. Now let's discuss exactly what that translates to: Changing the format to Times New Roman, single-spaced, the story shrinks from 29 pages down to 11. What was once the first three pages an editor sees is now barely a quarter of the way down page two, and the story starts halfway down page one! So we're talking a mere 483 words.
Frightening. But it's worth thinking about.
We, the writers, must impress within the first few pages, right? We're told this over and over again. But depending on the publication that standard may be an illusion, because in standard submission format, those pages represent but a handful of words—not pages. And that's just to keep the door from closing, let alone getting your story across the threshold! And beyond that there's a whole new set of obstacles.
Less than 500 words…
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- Westminster Abbey - 6 min walk
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- London (LHR-Heathrow) - 41 min drive
- London (LGW-Gatwick) - 84 min drive
- London (LCY-London City) - 36 min drive
- London Victoria Rail Station - 11 min walk
- London Charing Cross Station - 17 min walk
- Vauxhall Station - 23 min walk
- St. James's Park Underground Station - 3 min walk
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 256 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 6 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
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24-hour train station shuttle service is available. Fees may apply. Contact the property in advance to make arrangements.
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- One child stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Train station pick-up (available 24 hours) *
- No parking
- Valet parking *
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- Smoke-free property
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- Full breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- 24-hour room service
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- 24-hour business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 8
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- Conference space size (feet) - 6187
- Conference space size (meters) - 575
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built - 2012
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- 42-inch flat-screen TV
- Digital TV channels
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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DiningBlue Boar Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Emmeline's Lounge - This Champagne bar specializes in international cuisine and serves brunch only. Open daily.
Blue Boar Bar - This brewpub specializes in British cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Open daily.
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.Guests can rest easy knowing there's a carbon monoxide detector, a smoke detector, and a security system on site.
For transfers, guests must contact the property 48 hours prior to arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Valet parking costs GBP 58 per night
Rollaway beds are available for GBP 75.0 per night
Full breakfast is offered for an extra charge of GBP 32 per person (approximately)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Can't beat the Conrad!!! Perfect location across from a tube station, but amazingly quiet street & hotel. It's the only place I'll stay.
We stayed for one night at the Conrad on our way to the US. The hotel is perfectly located, near Westminster Abbey and the House of Parliament. The service is very professional and attentive. The only thing that is missing for such high-class hotel is an in-door swimming-pool.
Renovated recently this hotel has new and modern rooms that are small but sufficient for a short stay. Very friendly staff at front desk and door, however housekeeping wasn't around unless we called them even though there's nifty lights instead of door tag signs to signal you wanted your room cleaned. Daily newspaper delivery to the room was a nice touch. The breakfast is unbeatable, not only did it have an extensive buffet but there were ample a la carte choices included as well, complimeted by terrific service in the dining room. Located within a 10 minute walk from Victoria Station and Buckingham Palace
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An assassin nun. An elven paladin. A ruthless queen who will destroy all they hold dear.
As a child, invaders butchered Maleta's parents and left her ravaged body for dead. Now, reborn as a finely-honed weapon for the Gray Goddess, Maleta has shed the burden of emotions for one goal—regain her homeland for her brother.
Cianan ta Daneal's mission to the fractured land of Shamar is twofold: to overthrow a despotic queen, and to save a life. For months, he's been haunted by recurring visions of a beautiful swordswoman slaughtered by a skeleton army. He never expected to lay eyes on that woman and recognize her as his Lifemate—or that she'd turn and run like hell.
Uniting Shamar's diverse peoples in revolt is easy compared to the delicate task of wooing a woman who flinches from his touch.
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Warning: This new twist on Sleeping Beauty contains an assassin nun who knows no fear. Okay, just one fear, but it's a biggie. And an Elven paladin with the Devil's own negotiating skills. To coax her heart out of hiding, he's gonna need every one of them.
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On the recent March 20 draw, the Government of Canada invited 3,350 Express Entry candidates to apply for Permanent Residence.
The cut-off CRS score (Comprehensive Ranking System) in this latest draw was 452, a drop of two points as compared to the minimum score in the previous March 6 Express Entry draw.
Adding the invitations of the March 21 draw, the IRCC (Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada) has now issued a total 21,200 ITAs (Invitations to Apply) through Express Entry System in the current year.
This marked an increase of 6,700 invitations over total 14,500 invitations that Canada had issued in the previous year at this same point.
In the previous year, IRCC had created a record by issuing 89,800 invitations to the Express Entry candidates.
With the number of ITAs issued in 2019 surpassed the number of ITAs issued in the previous year at this same point, we are expecting that IRCC might set a new ITA record this year.
Canada's higher targets for 2019 and 2020 admissions for the three Federal High Skilled economic immigration categories (Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class, and Canadian Experience Class) that are managed by Express Entry system also supports the expectations of a new ITA record in 2019.
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Recently, the Better Business Bureau's Women in Business Networking (WiBN) program announced its 2016 class of Top 25 Women to Watch. These awards recognize exceptional women in the Miami Valley who:
• Are exceptional in their roles and respected in their fields
• Are causing more than just a ripple in the public arena and in their communities
• "Light a spark" or make an impression of some sort
Each woman stands out in some special way – because of her leadership, community service and professional achievements – or all three.
The 2016 Top 25 Women to Watch include:
• Libby Ballengee, Venus Child Productions
• Mary Kathryn Burnside, Clash Dayton
• Dr. Cleanne Cass, Hospice of Dayton
• London Coe, Peace on Fifth
• Allison Cox, The Human Race Theatre Co.
• Judy Dodge, Montgomery County
• Jennifer Gilman, Prime Time Party Rental
• Nichole Hardin, Horizon Primary Care
• Mary Jean Henry, Wright State University Foundation
• Elise Huelskamp, Premier Health
• Janet Jackson, Organization Solutions, LLC
• Reka Juhasz, RealArt/PaperReka
• Brenda Elaine Kraner, Wright State University
• Debbie Lieberman, Montgomery County
• Melanie Miller, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
• Anna Monnett, Dayton VA Medical Center
• Stephanie Nemitz, Dayton Children's
• Billi Nichol Ewing, Independent Education Management & Creative Consultant - Self Employed
• Kathy Piech-Lukas, Your Dream Day, LLC
• Erin Rhinehart, Faruki Ireland & Cox, PLL
• Beth Savage, PQ Systems
• Diana Vann, American Way Van & Storage, Inc.
• Jenny Warner, People Working Cooperatively, Inc.
• Laurie Westheimer, Loralie's Boutique
• Nancy Wilson, K99.1 FM/Cox Media Group Ohio
For more about this honor, visit the WiBN Web site, www.wibn.org. Over the course of this recognition program, more than 200 women have been recognized with this distinguished honor.
Investment advisor announces promotions
Eubel Brady & Suttman Asset Management, Inc. ("EBS"), is a Dayton-based Registered Investment Advisor serving individual investors and private business owners for more than 20 years. EBS manages value-oriented investment strategies and we consider our employees to be our greatest asset, and has announced the following promotions:
• Terri King, a 12-year veteran of the firm, has been promoted to the position of Compliance Manager. Her primary focus will be to administer EBS's compliance program and serve as a compliance thought leader. King recently earned her Investment Adviser Certified Compliance Professional (IACCP) designation.
• Dawn Kramer has been with the firm more than nine years and was recently promoted to the position of Client Relationship Manager. In this advisory role, she is responsible for serving clients and developing new relationships. Kramer recently earned her Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation.
• Neesha Ladwa has been with the firm more than four years and was recently promoted to the position of Senior Client Administrator. She has worked diligently to master the technical aspects of her role and looks forward to additional client service responsibilities. Ladwa is a CFP candidate, juggling work and a rigorous study program.
• Sara Mahoney has been with the firm more than three years and was recently promoted to the position of Manager of Consulting Services Administration. She has 15 years of industry experience and has assumed management responsibilities for the Administrative Staff within the Consulting Services Group. Mahoney will continue to support clients directly.
• Egan Rosell has been promoted to Client Services Administrator. He began as a part-time Client Services Assistant Administrator. Rosell is in his senior year at Wright State University, pursuing a degree in Financial Services; he will be eligible to sit for the CFP board exam upon graduating.
MVRPC elects officers
The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) unanimously elected its Executive Committee.
MVRPC's Executive Officers for 2016/2017 are as follows:
• Chairperson - Carol Graff, Beavercreek Township (Greene County)
• First Vice Chair - John O'Brien, Miami County Commission
• Second Vice Chair - John Beals, City of Centerville
MVRPC's 2016/2017 Executive Committee is now comprised of the following representatives:
Michael Beamish, City of Troy
Janet Bly, Miami Conservancy District
John Bruns, City of Union
Chris Day, Preble County
Judy Dodge, Montgomery County Commission
Robert Glaser, Greene County Commission
Arthur Haddad, Troy Area Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Hirt, Bethel Township (Miami County)
Mary Johnson, Jefferson Township (Montgomery County)
Matthew Joseph, City of Dayton
Dan Kirkpatrick, City of Fairborn
Chris Mucher, Miami Township (Greene County)
Don Patterson, City of Kettering
Woodrow Stroud, Greene County Transit
William Vogt, City of Piqua
Debborah Wallace, City of Beavercreek
Established in 1964, the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission promotes collaboration among communities, stakeholders, and residents to advance regional priorities. For more information, contact Brian O. Martin, MVRPC's Executive Director, at 937-223-6323, or at firstname.lastname@example.com or go to www.mvrpc.org.
Poelking owner named to council
The National Federation of Independent Business/Ohio, the state's leading small business association, has announced the re-election of Joe Poelking to the group's statewide leadership council. Poelking is the owner/operator of Poelking Lanes South in Dayton, and has been a longtime member of NFIB. As a member of the group's statewide leadership council, Poelking attends quarterly meetings that serve to guide the organization's Ohio activities in public policy debates, member activism and backing candidates who are supportive of small-business issues.
More information is available online at www.NFIB.com/newsroom.
Williams promoted at Miller-Valentine
Miller-Valentine Group has announced the appointment of David M. Williams as the company's Vice President of Urban Development, effective March 1. Williams will be responsible for driving business growth by identifying, structuring, and coordinating urban development opportunities in the Greater Dayton area. He will give direction on funding tools, coordinate construction and provide brokerage services on project opportunities.
Williams, a Dayton native, joins Miller-Valentine with over 25 years' experience in the construction and real estate development industry. As a degreed construction manager, he is skilled in conceptual and project estimating, and project management. Licensed in commercial real estate and a LEED-AP, he has the ability to help with innovative and creative ways of accomplishing redevelopment projects. He has collaborated, created and administered architectural and development standards for mixed-use developments, TIF Districts and New Community Authorities. His project experience encompasses office, retail, healthcare, multi-family, adaptive reuse, historic preservation and food service.
Williams currently serves on the board of directors for Heritage Ohio and Greater Dayton Conservation Fund and as Vice-Chair of the Dayton Regional ESID. He has served on the City of Dayton Plan Board and Landmarks Commission, as well as numerous preservation boards, community and civic organizations.
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It's easy to imagine that workers are leaving because they've been lured by a competitor with a better salary and stock option deal. The truth is far more uncomfortable for employers to hear: employees often leave because of company culture.
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Are You Ready to Lead Your Company into the Future?
Are you ready for the future? Is your company ready to take on the challenges of the next technology revolution? In a recent Fast Company post, Jared Lindzon describes the new type of leadership necessary to survive in a world where the pace of business is speeding up.
Is Your Leadership Development Program Best-in-Class?
Research conducted by Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, an organization that develops leadership programs, finds that too many executives aren't making the critical connection between investing in their managers and the improved bottom line in the future.
Tips for Top-Shelf Skip-Level Meetings
The farther removed managers are from the day-to-day operations in the company, the more likely they are to worry about how things are really going. One way to find out what entry-level employees think is to hold skip-level meetings.
Tips to Make Your One-On-One Meetings Matter
If you feel your weekly one-on-one meetings are falling into a rut of reviewing the same old topics, it may be time to change things up. Kevin Eikenberry recently discussed team member meetings in a blog post and encouraged readers to take the initiative to make improvements.
Is Your Corporate Culture Contributing to Employee Stress?
A new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of One Medical has found that 24% of consumers are feeling more stressed in the workplace than they have in the past. This stress is manifesting itself through depression, anxiety and sleeplessness (55%.)
How to Help Team Members Set Goals, Maintain Accountability
One of the most radical changes impacting organizations is the morphing of the old performance appraisal into "performance development." A thoughtful post by Jim Harter at Gallup challenges you to think about this concept.
7 Tips for Interviewing Sales Reps
Hiring new sales reps is a perennially difficult task. After all, salespeople are "people" people, good at making others feel engaged and energized. None of this means the candidate who's just schmoozed you has the drive, grit, tact, intelligence, or discipline to be a top producer for your company in the long term. Nor does […]
How to Help Your New Team Member Fit In
Who can blame a new employee for breezing into the office with a big list of ideas about how to change things up? But, unless you specifically hired this individual to be a change agent in your organization, your new hire will need a little sensitivity training before she creates unnecessary drama with other employees.
Improving Your Coaching Effectiveness is as Easy as A‑B-C
Many salespeople these days say they'd like to have more interaction with their sales managers. Specifically, according to the 2017 Voice of the Sales Rep study, they'd like to have more sales coaching. But is the limited amount of coaching we're giving them doing any good?
Are You Committing These Leadership Sins?
What steps can new leaders take to be most effective? For Susan Mazza, writing for Randomactsofleadership.com, it all comes down to building trust.
How to Get Team Members to Say What They Really Think
On the TalentSpace.com blog, Susan Mazza explores why team members hesitate to say what they really think. She also suggests a few ways to develop a culture which encourages them to take risks and speak up.


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Posted by: Nicholas Ramscar10 December 2012
Recently, I read once again that a large proportion of our time is taken up with 'minor illness'. The exact percentage always varies, but the underlying message is consistent – a lot of what we do is dross, and could be done better by someone cheaper who can follow a protocol.
The response to this, and to the ongoing erosion of general practice, is so glaringly obvious that I think we need to trumpet it whenever we can. Anti-emetics at the ready, because this is going to sound trite, but I believe my next sentence is true, and should be carved above the door at the Department of Health. Nobody consults a doctor for a problem they know is not serious.
The 26-year-old with mild gastroenteritis hasn't crossed town because he fancied wasting somebody's time; he's there because someone he knows has pancreatic cancer. The 18-year-old with the most benign mole you've ever seen is there because moles and melanoma are always jumbled together in the results of an internet search.
The single mum with back pain is there because kids don't come with instructions, she's running out of money, the father's left again, and she doesn't have anywhere else to go where an adult will sit with her in a quiet room and talk. Even the perennial favourite of the media, the completely well adult with a cold, is there because she believes these things can develop into pneumonia if left untreated. And somebody she knew once died of pneumonia.
People who are scared are vulnerable, and their fear is liable to make rational thought difficult. When we are able to do our job properly, and spend time with our patients, we are uniquely placed to put these fears in perspective and dissipate them early on.
If we are able to listen, to perhaps shoulder a little responsibility, and not to cover our backs with over-investigation that reinforces anxieties, we can do tremendous good.
A large part of the magic of a working relationship between doctor and patient in general practice has nothing to do with pure medical knowledge, of the kind that can be distilled into a protocol or a flowchart. Our patients don't need us for this kind of information, which they can get for themselves in gigabytes at the click of a mouse. The added value a GP provides, and the cornerstone of our purpose as a profession, is applying an effective filter - borne of objective experience - to that tide of information.
Once again, and with no apologies for repetition: every patient we see has come with a problem that they believe to be serious enough to warrant attention. Often we may know enough, and be able to apply enough objectivity, to satisfy our patients and ourselves that there is no need for pills or procedures.
If this is done well, it represents the very opposite of a failure or waste of time. If, at the end of a consultation, you have converted a prowling tiger into a trick of the light, you have done a wonderful job for your patient and the health service.
The consultations where 'nothing happened' - no medicines were dispensed, no procedures ordered – are some of the most important.
Failure to appreciate this, to further hobble GPs' professional freedom or replace us with risk-averse protocols, on the basis that x% of our consultations turned out to be for 'minor illness', betrays a deadly misunderstanding of what general practice is for. Continuing restriction of our ability to use professional judgment will lead to unrelenting escalation of costs, patient anxiety, over-investigation, and iatrogenic harm, and it will be the undoing of the NHS.
Dr Nick Ramscar is a GP in Bracknell, Berkshire
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A spot on blog ... another one. Well done, Nick!
Fabulous attitude.great metaphor (prowling tiger - - trick of light) am going to borrow that one in all sorts of contexts
"deadly misunderstanding". Sadly I am sure you will be proved right
The "just a cough doctor" 5 cases of TB one of lung cancer .
"can i have something for constipation" he has responded well to chemo .
Persistent rash ,Oh this one just happened to be Leprosy and yes the mant people you could ressure and send home educated
when can I sign up to Doctor Ramscar's list? ,
I always taught our trainees that a GPs job is to diagnose normality
Fantastic attitude!
It does of course, only works if the patients trust us - something the government and the daily Wail has been trying very hard to undermine.
Dr Ramscar, thank you. I'm not a GP but work with many who have discovered a better way "to do the job" which allows them to consult with every patient, and give each the appropriate attention. The key is that the GP makes the decision on who to see, not an unqualified receptionist. To make this practically possible, the first step is always a telephone call. In many cases a brief call sorts out the problem - the point being that "it's my own GP who knows me." Any doubt, they will be brought in, with a safety net if it's not necessary this time.
Coming together as Patient Access, we now help others make the change. One of the most frequent objections is, "We'll drown in trivial issues." The evidence shows they don't. Long term, demand is actually falling in many, as confidence grows among patients that the doctor is there when needed. Rapid response and continuity are the secret.
My thoughts exactly- thank you for expressing them so well and Mark Struthers- I agree with you this time!
Exactly! But sadly none of this work is quantifiable, countable or measureable by the bean counters, let alone being understood by them. No-one is telling the plumbers to plumb in a different way, or the taxi drivers to take a different route, so why are medical professionals of all types subject to this over riding and devaluing of our professional judgement by people outside the profession?


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EDMONTON (CUP) — By pinpointing the exact moment when a black hole launched fast- moving material from the region surrounding it, a University of Alberta astronomer has uncovered an important clue for discovering how new galaxies are formed.
The interaction of material ejected, or "burped," from black holes with other gasses in space is fundamental to the creation of new galaxies, but Gregory Sivakoff's research on how and when matter is ejected from the black hole gives insight to the origins of these processes.
"One of the greatest questions in astronomy today is how black holes affect the formation of galaxies," Sivakoff said.
"Our research may give foundational insight into this evolution by offering an understanding on the processes in which material from around a black hole is launched away."
By using ultra-sharp detection methods made possible by the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) telescope system, along with an X-ray timing satellite, Sivakoff was able to detect and study an outburst by a stellar black hole located 28,000 light years away from Earth.
"Essentially, if your eyes were as sharp as the VLBA is, you'd be able to see somebody standing on the moon with your own eyes. Because of this, we were able to track how the jet's behavior was changing," Sivakoff explained.
"In our observations, we can see the emission blobs moving from the base of the black hole outwards at about the quarter the speed of light. And because those things are moving out, we can essentially play the tape backwards and precisely, to plus or minus half a day, to determine when those blobs started their journey."
By understanding when the matter was ejected, it's also possible to extrapolate under which environments this ejection can take place.
As Sivakoff explains, before the ejection takes place, the material in the regions immediately surrounding the black hole, called the accretion disk, becomes unstable, heats up and becomes sucked into the hole. After that, there's an ejection of material from the black hole at incredible speeds.
"This is sort of the foundational research in trying to understand how the accretion disk … and the jet burst are linked," Sivakoff said.
"By pinpointing exactly when the jet was launched, we can tell exactly what was going on in the accretion disk and we saw that the behavior was fundamentally changing. That means that we have a great meter to understand the physics of a projectile launch."
Sivakoff's research will help the astronomical community better understand the physics of how matter in the universe interact with each other.
While the exact mechanisms of the ejection remains mysterious to the scientific community, the launches also occur in supermassive black holes — similar to one at the centre of the Milky Way — which could have a significant impact in the creation of new galaxies.
"We're not entirely sure what the material is inside the jet. It definitely includes electrons, but we don't know if there are protons or positrons mixed in there," Sivakoff said. "What we do know is that it's some sort of ionized gas. As that material impacts other gasses in the future, it may affect how stars are formed."
According to Sivakoff, more theoretical work will be done in the upcoming years in order to understand the full implications of the launch.
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Cathy Pegolo loves cities with theaters, music, restaurants, and culture. And she has found all that and more in her new home of Bologna, Italy.
Cathy's Italian heritage inspired her to visit the "old country" and she and her husband, Paul, traveled widely in Italy before finally deciding to buy a place of their own there.
"For years Bologna was one of those places we traveled through on the fast train on the way to somewhere else, like Rome, Venice, and Florence. We explored every region of Italy, seeing much of the country we enjoy so much. One day we decided to stop in Bologna and fell immediately in love with the city," says Cathy.
They chose to buy in Bologna because it is an authentic Italian city, with strong cultural, political, academic, and gastronomic traditions.
They bought a small apartment within the original Roman encampment. For $166,700 they snapped up an apartment that was once a commercial space. It has a beautiful cupola ceiling complete with frescos. The bedroom is a mezzanine area erected above the ground floor. An enclosed courtyard comes with the 14th-century apartment in historic Via Marsala. Just outside their huge front door, with its gigantic lion's head knockers, are centuries old porticoes with ancient wooden beams.
The range of cultural attractions in Bologna is outstanding. "We regularly attend the opera, classical concerts, and recently even a Bob Dylan concert. There are free concerts (donation only) organized by the Oratorio Di Santa Cecelia in the church of San Giacomo in Via Zamboni, just a few hundred feet from our apartment."
The museums and galleries have world-class traveling exhibitions like the current Bruegal exhibition at Palazzo Fava. The university in Bologna is one of the oldest in Europe and boasts the magnificent Anatomical Theatre where it was once fashionable for Bologna residents to watch dissections of donated bodies. For less than $5 you can still visit it, but without the gory bits.
Because of the university and the student population, the choice of cheap restaurants and trattorias—informal and more affordable restaurants—is endless.
"My favorite places include Osteria del Orsa, Trattoria Balfore, and Ca' Pelletti where a main course—usually consisting of a meat dish, pork chop, veal, steak, or fish—would be around $9 to $11."
Bologna is famous for its food. A typical first course might be fresh mozzarella with ripe tomatoes followed by pasta with a meat ragu…what we know as Bolognese sauce. Eataly, an Italian marketplace, has recently opened in Bologna and sells a wide range of Italian produce as well as serving excellent meals. "It is a great place to go for coffee and a pastry, and will cost less than $2 for both.
"On the opposite side of Via Drapperie is Tamburini, a famous deli serving an amazing buffet lunch with roast meats, delicious vegetables, and pasta, for around $15. This is very popular with locals and is always busy. Go early. There is also a great selection of prepared food to take home."
Cathy and her family have had no trouble making friends with local residents. "The locals are open, friendly, chatty, and helpful. Many business owners and staff speak English, so those who don't speak Italian well would be able to communicate."
Cathy's experience in Bologna has been an enriching one. The city has lived up to its description as "La Rossa, La Dota, and La Grassa" which means "The Red, The Learned One, and The Fat One". It refers to its color from the terra cotta tiles and ochre buildings, the academic prestige of the university, and its religious devotion to having a good feed.
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Claiming Lana Reana Malori Contemporary Interracial Romance Blurb What happens when the person you think you hate is the one who completes you? When Jake Bradford meets Lana Miller, he opens his mouth and inserts his foot. This sets off a chain of events that lasts for two years. They fight. They argue. They challenge… Read More »
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Tucker is Very Happy!
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International Training Program
A major component of PSC's training program is the provision of short-term collaborative research and training opportunities for international scholars at the invitation of PSC Researchers. These scholars, who generally visit for 1 to 8 months, receive advanced training in conjunction with collaborative work with PSC researchers. The Center has provided this international program for many years with great success. Financial support is provided by the Hermalin and Freedman Funds, and Weinberg Fellowship.
While visiting, some international scholars are trained in methods and statistics via courses offered through the University of Michigan's Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program, and Survey Research Center (SRC) Summer Institute. ICPSR courses cover a range of quantitative methods. SRC courses focus on a variety of survey research methods, including questionnaire design, survey administration, and statistical areas such as analysis of longitudinal data and event history analysis. Visitors come to PSC from many countries, including China, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, South Africa, Brazil, Estonia, Ukraine, Algeria, and Taiwan, to participate in these internationally respected programs.
To coincide with these summer sessions, PSC faculty conduct a research seminar that is targeted toward the Fogarty international trainees, but open to others who attend the summer courses, including U.S. students interested in international research. The seminar allows the international trainees to interact and share their research interests and experiences with one another, with their U.S. counterparts, and with PSC researchers. The seminar also provides a mechanism for formal instruction in the responsible conduct research.
Participants are nominated directly by PSC Faculty and the Center is not currently accepting unsolicited applications.


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May 6, 2019 --
A report to the School District No. 57 (Prince George) Education Services Committee has made district-wide recommendations regarding catchment and capacity for the 2019-2020 school year and beyond.
The report was issued by the Catchment and Capacity Review Stakeholder Advisory Committee (Committee) chaired by School District No. 57 Secretary Treasurer Darleen Patterson. The Committee discussed information provided on each Family of Schools at meetings on Dec. 19, 2018 and Jan. 8, 2019.
One significant conclusion was that enrolment projections for the next five years at the secondary level exceed the existing capacity of secondary schools in Prince George. The Committee noted, however, that renovation of D.P. Todd Secondary School remains on the School District's five-year capital plan. The Committee recommended further review and discussion be held with the Ministry of Education to determine the feasibility of changing the D.P. Todd five-year capital plan project to an expansion/renovation to incorporate an additional 600 seats in the school district. The Committee said the use of additional portables at D.P. Todd will be considered for a short-term basis.
Another significant conclusion was that enrolment at Duchess Park Secondary School – which hosts the district's secondary school French Immersion Program – continues to be in excess of capacity. Based on information provided, the Committee recommended enrolment for 2019-2020 be restricted to in-catchment only for all regular-program elementary schools in the Duchess Park Family of Schools. In an effort to correct the overpopulation at Duchess Park Secondary, the Committee advised that two elementary schools currently in the Duchess Park Family be moved to the D.P. Todd Family starting with Grade 7 students leaving elementary in June 2020. These elementary schools are Spruceland Traditional and Edgewood.
According to the report, College Heights Secondary School is also in an overcapacity situation and the challenges are projected to increase as the population in that area of Prince George grows. While there may be the potential to explore the addition of another section to the school, the Committee determined that enrolment for 2019-2020 should continue to be restricted to its catchment area only.
Other recommendations are as follows:
D.P. Todd Family
The Committee noted that the unexpected enrolment growth at Heritage Elementary in September 2017, which resulted in the movement of an additional portable classroom to the site, has remained constant and is expected to stay at a similar level for a number of years. There remained consensus that, ideally, no more than three portables should be added to any elementary school site to ensure adequate access to the school's gymnasium, library and other school-wide resources. The Committee determined that 2019-2020 enrolment should continue to be restricted to catchment only for Heritage Elementary.
The Committee again noted the space projected to be available at Quinson Elementary School and recommended the catchment areas for all three elementary schools in this Family be reviewed.
Duchess Park Family
The Committee recommended the enrolment cap of three Kindergarten classes of 20 students each at Ecole Lac des Bois in September 2019 continue. Additionally, it recommended that, in the future, School District No. 57 investigate the impact of enrolling four Kindergarten classes of 20 students each at Ecole Lac des Bois. The recommendation took into account the historical retention of students in the program, the capacity of the school and the ability to staff and support the school.
College Heights Family
The Committee recommended that Kindergarten registration for 2019-2020 in the French Immersion Program at College Heights Elementary School be capped at two classes for a maximum of 40 students.
Kelly Road Family
The Committee noted the capacity challenges in the elementary schools in this Family. With the number of new residential developments in this area of Prince George, the Committee discussed a number of possibilities to change catchment boundaries by changing busing. The Committee recommended further review of the catchment boundaries for the area.
Current and projected available capacity at Nukko Lake Elementary School, compared to the capacity of the school, was also discussed. The Committee determined that 2019-2020 enrolment should continue to be restricted to catchment only for Glenview Elementary, Hart Highlands Elementary and Springwood Elementary.
Mackenzie, McBride and Valemount Families
The Committee determined that with the addition of the middle years program at Mackenzie Secondary the capacity of Morfee Elementary is sufficient for the projected enrolment. It was also noted there remains significant capacity at Mackenzie Secondary.
The Committee decided no recommendations were required related to catchment and capacity in Mackenzie, McBride and Valemount.
Prince George Secondary Family
The projected enrolment for Prince George Secondary is nearing capacity, the Committee found, and will not allow for the movement and integration of the French and French Immersion Programs.
The Committee also determined that further review could be performed regarding the combination of Blackburn Elementary, Buckhorn Elementary and Pineview Elementary Schools.
As well, the recommendation was made that the cap of two Kindergarten classes of 20 students each for Polaris Montessori Elementary School continue for 2019-2020.
The Committee also recommended that the total enrolment at Peden Hill Elementary School be monitored, and, as required, the catchment areas for Peden Hill Elementary, Westwood Elementary and Pinewood Elementary be reviewed to manage elementary school enrolment in this area of Prince George.
General Recommendations
The Committee made the following recommendations for its work in subsequent years:
With respect to the dual-track French Immersion Programs at College Heights Elementary and Heather Park Elementary, provide French Immersion enrolment information, to be included with the regular program enrolment at the schools, and in the Duchess Park Family for transition to the Grade 8 to 12 secondary program, as Duchess Park is the secondary school that provides the secondary French Immersion Program.
This information will assist in the discussion of the capacity of College Heights Elementary and Heather Park Elementary to accommodate their dual-track enrolment, and Duchess Park Secondary to manage its capacity and enrolment as a triple-track secondary school as Duchess Park is the secondary school that provides the secondary French Immersion Program of the dual-track elementary schools.
The Catchment and Capacity Review Stakeholder Advisory Committee was established by the School District No. 57 Board of Education on June 20, 2017.


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Changes from Vanilla Minecraft
- For various reasons, such as lag reduction, PvP/grief prevention, and general convenience, EMC has made many custom, server-side technical and gameplay changes from the vanilla version of Minecraft.
- Entity and mob changes to prevent lag
- Entity activation range
- Entity quantity limits
- Mob spawning distance
- Mob spawning limits and density checks
- Mob despawning and autokill
- Mob-spawning light limits
- Render/view distance
- World-oriented gameplay/functionality changes
- Patrols and raids
- Mob hostility
- Treasure maps
- Eyes of Ender and stronghold End teleporter
- Fire-spread and destruction
- Other functionality/gameplay changes
- Conditions for phantom spawning
- Mob AI changes
- Mob head additions
- Nametag limits
- Bed spawn
- Fireworks
- TNT limits
- Spawn egg mechanics
- Renamed item functionality
- Anvil cost
- Hopper
- Compass
- Combat
- Item despawning/player death mechanic & entity pickup
- Item frames
- Entity cramming is currently disabled
- Pistons
- Perched parrot changes
- No dragon egg drop
- Entity can't go through portals
- Luck attribute and loot tables
- World changes
- Miscellaneous blocked or partially-blocked items and features
Entity and mob changes to prevent lag(top)
Entity activation range(top)
- Mobs, animals, and items that are not in water are frozen if you are not within the following amount of blocks from them:
- Animals: 6 blocks
- Monsters: 18 blocks.
- Misc entities: 5 blocks.
- Only the X and Z axis are checked. There is no Y axis check, so mobs above and below you are not affected by this.
- Note: Vanilla Minecraft also has similar logic for monsters at the 32 render distance setting, so movement logic for monsters is essentially unaffected. However, vanilla Minecraft's logic also includes a Y distance. This vanilla logic is planned to be removed, so natural spawn grinders will function better.
- The following things are immune to the Entity Activation Range:
- Sheep that are missing wool
- Animals/mobs that...
- are in water (and not a water mob)
- are aggressive to a player
- are on fire
- are riding in a vehicle
- are in a vehicle with a passenger
- are not on the ground (and not a flying mob)
- have special effects
- are babies
- are in love
Entity quantity limits(top)
- SMP Town:
- You can have up to 100 spawned animals per residence.
- There is a limit of 30 armor stands per residence. If the number of dropped items plus armor stands is equal to or greater than 30, no more armor stands can be placed.
- There is no limit on other entities, such as paintings and dropped items.
- Utopia Town:
- You can have up to 150 spawned animals per residence.
- There is a limit of 45 armor stands per residence. If the number of dropped items plus armor stands is equal to or greater than 45, no more armor stands can be placed.
- There is no limit on other entities, such as paintings and dropped items.
- Frontier/Wastelands (All Servers):
- Measured in 9x9 chunk squares. That includes the center chunk and 4 chunks (64 blocks) in each direction.
- There is a limit of 250 mobs in this area. This is spread across animals and monsters.
- There is a limit of 30 armor stands per area in the Frontier/Wastelands. If the number of dropped items plus armor stands is equal to or greater than 30, no more armor stands can be placed.
- There is no limit on other entities, such as paintings and dropped items.
- The mobs are not per player. They are per area, meaning another player can put an area up to its cap it they are very close to you.
- Use the command /entc to see the number of mobs within your current area.
Mob spawning distance(top)
- In Vanilla Minecraft, mobs can spawn up to 128 blocks away from you. This does not check vertical distance.
- On Empire Minecraft, mobs can spawn up to 64 blocks away from you. This does not check vertical distance.
Mob spawning limits and density checks(top)
- In Vanilla Minecraft, the formula to calculate how many mobs can spawn is 70 times amount of chunks available under Mob Spawning Distance (these limits are per player).
- On EMC, the formula to calculate how many mobs can spawn is the same. However, there is a cap of 90 mobs (this limit is per player).
- If there are under 90 mobs in the area, it checks that there are not too many of that same mob in the current area.
- Mobs are limited to spawning in clusters of two.
- A cluster size is 20 blocks X/Z, and 16 Y.
- If there are two monsters within the cluster of where an entity is trying to spawn, the spawn will be cancelled.
- Natural spawning will continue until every player has 90 monsters in their range.
- If there are under 90 mobs in the area, it checks that there are not too many of that same mob in the current area.
Mob despawning and autokill(top)
- Monsters will despawn if, for at least 15 seconds, they are further than 64 blocks from a player across the X/Y/Z axis.
- Monsters that have picked up a player's items will not despawn.
- NOTE: This is currently temporarily disabled. If an area exceeds entity limits by any means (by logic cases that cannot be prevented, such as two players being near each other and loading chunks full of monsters that push them over, or monsters moving into range), the system will automatically kill entities until it is at the limit.
- Monsters are targeted first before animals/villagers.
- Withers are immune.
- Monsters that have picked up player items are immune.
Mob-spawning light limits(top)
- Empire Minecraft does not change the light limits that mobs spawn in.
- It is possible that chunks may have invalid light data, allowing mobs to spawn in lit areas..
Render/view distance(top)
- The view distance is the amount of chunks that is sent to your client. On Empire Minecraft servers, there is a cap.
- Empire Minecraft's view distance cap is currently 5 chunks in the Town, and 6 chunks in the Wilderness Worlds.
World-oriented gameplay/functionality changes(top)
Patrols and raids(top)
- Patrols and raids are enabled only for the Wastelands world. The reason for this change is due to the general absence of natural villages in the Frontier world due to the age of the world.
Mob hostility(top)
- Passive and neutral animals that can turn hostile are never hostile in Town.
- Or where the playerdamage flag is false.
Treasure maps(top)
- In vanilla Minecraft, treasure maps will forever point to a location based on the location of the villager it was traded from. However, given that the destinations and villagers are often in different Worlds on EMC, this would be an issue.
- Therefore, villagers in the Town will give the player pending maps, which can be used in the appropriate world.
- When a map can find a destination to guide to (so when it is in the Wastelands and Frontier), it will be consumed.
- The emerald costs have also been increased for maps.
Eyes of Ender and stronghold End teleporter(top)
- In the Wastelands, Eyes of Ender will work as usual, directing the player to the nearest stronghold, of which there are approximately between 9-19 per SMP.
- In the Frontier, strongholds are harder to come by, but at least three will be directed to through an Eye of Ender. You will be alerted if a stronghold is further than 5,000 blocks away when using them.
- See the End page for more information.
Fire-spread and destruction(top)
- Fires do not spread or burn blocks in the Frontier and Wastelands. This is the case even for flammable blocks, and for fires caused by natural (e.g. lava waterfalls) and unnatural (e.g. flint & steel) sources.
- In Town, you can use the firespread flag to toggle whether or not fire spreads across flammable blocks. It is off by default.
Other functionality/gameplay changes(top)
Conditions for phantom spawning(top)
- Phantoms spawn after 1 hour, 72000 ticks, or 3 in-game days. On EMC, this figure resets when relogging, setting your spawn with a bed, and when leaving protected areas (i.e. Frontier and Wasteland spawn outposts).
Mob AI changes(top)
- Zombies break doors, even on the normal difficulty.
- Enraged Ghast and Enraged Zombie Pigmen may occasionally spawn in the overworld.
- Enraged Silverfish can spawn from some ores.
- Enraged Illagers spawn in roofed forests as well as outside of woodland mansions.
- Foxes and Villagers don't pickup items that a player throws or drops when they die.
Mob head additions(top)
- In vanilla Minecraft, you can obtain a creeper, a skeleton, or a zombie head if either of those mobs got killed from a charged creeper attack. On Empire Minecraft, almost every creature has a chance of dropping a head when they are killed. See the Heads wiki page for more information.
Nametag limits(top)
- Players are allowed up to six (6) named monsters per area.
- You cannot rename a Ghast or guardian.
Bed spawn(top)
- You may set your bed spawn during the day.
- Beds do not explode when you try to sleep on them in the Nether or in the End.
- If you engage in combat, there is a one-minute cooldown timer until you can set your bed spawn.
- If there are aggressive, hostile mobs within 8 blocks of you, you will not be able to set your spawn. Non-aggressive bosses (i.e. on a lower difficulty) will not block you.
- Player Settings give you an option to toggle spawning at the nearest outpost instead of your bed when you die.
- /deletebed will delete your bed spawn.
- A wider (compared to vanilla) safe radius to respawn in is checked for, reducing the likelihood you'll get the "Your bed is obstructed" message.
- The amount of EXP dropped after death scales according to your difficulty level (see Player Settings).
- This is 0% on difficulty 1, 10% incrementally for each difficult thereon, until 100% at difficulty 10.
- In addition, some dropped EXP is lost after difficulty 7.
- 7: 20%; 8: 30%; 9: 40%; 10: 50%.
- People in your group (see Groups) can pick up EXP on your behalf (all of it will go to you). No one else can.
- On Empire Minecraft, Fireworks are infinite. When you fire them, Fireworks will not be consumed. This applies to Fireworks launched by all methods, except those launched:
- with a crossbow
- while gliding with an elytra.
- Fireworks in dispensers are limited to one launch every two seconds.
- Custom Item Fireworks cannot be fired from a crossbow.
TNT limits(top)
- TNT explosion rates are changed so that around 4-8 TNT blocks are allowed to explode per second.
- TNT does not explode special blocks in the Frontier and in the Wastelands; only common blocks like dirt, stone, sand, and soulsand are destroyed.
- Dispensers can no longer activate TNT.
Spawn egg mechanics(top)
- Spawn eggs cannot be used to change the mob spawned by mob spawner blocks.
Renamed item functionality(top)
- Renaming items will make them lose their crafting functionality. For example, if you rename an iron block, you can no longer turn it back into nine iron ingots.
Anvil cost(top)
- Every repair of an item will increase the repair cost for you. You may sell this item to another player, and they will start from zero on the repair cost.
- If you get an item back from the player, even if they have repaired it themselves, your original repair cost will still be on the item. Repair history is permanent on an item for everyone who has repaired it, even if a player has changed his or her username.
- Repair costs are capped at 39 levels for all items. This eliminates the "too expensive" repair cost on some items if they have been extensively repaired.
- The formula for repairing items is...
- REPAIR COST: Vanilla Cost + EMC Personal Repair Cost + 5
- NEXT PERSONAL REPAIR COST: FLOOR((EMC Personal Repair Cost + ( 3 to 9) * 1.2)
- 3 levels per raw ingredient used to repair, or 9 levels if combining with another item of same type.
- Renaming stacked items costs 1 EXP level per item in the stack, with a capped cost of 15 levels. For example, if there are 3 items in the stack, renaming will cost 3 levels; if there are 32, it will cost 15 levels.
- Items will only fall into hoppers once every 1/4 of a second.
Compass(top)In vanilla Minecraft, the Compass will always point to the world's spawn point. However, Empire Minecraft takes it to a whole new level.
- When teleporting to the wilderness, any Compass you carry with you will automatically point to the outpost you teleported to, thus making it easier to find your way back.
- If you die, the Compass destination will be automatically set to your death point, making it easier to find and retrieve your lost items.
- You can also manually change where it points to. See the full page for more information.
- The Thorns enchantment does not apply to ranged attacks (bow and arrows).
- Monsters that die without having taken any player damage will not drop XP.
- If a monster dies when most of the inflicted damage wasn't caused by a player, it will drop a reduced amount of XP.
- If you set your difficulty to 6 (or higher), the wither can occasionally teleport after being hit.
- If you set your difficulty to 6 (or higher), Elder Guardians will take 66% less damage when they are out of the water.
Item despawning/player death mechanic & entity pickup(top)
- The following conditions must be met before items despawn:
- One hour of time has passed where you are connected to the SMP, not dead, and not set to away. This 'active time' is per SMP; being on SMP2 will not accrue active time on SMP1, and will not put your items at risk;
- The chunk containing the items is loaded;
- The 15 minute despawn timer has passed.
- This final event is triggered by the first two.
- This means, if you die far away, and no one else is around your items, you can take longer than 1 hour to get back to the items, and then once you load the chunk, you have 15 minutes of time in the chunk being loaded to get the items.
- If you are online, you'll receive a notification that your items despawned.
- Players are unable to pick your items up for 1 real life day.
- Unless you vouch for them (when online).
- When you're offline, friends can pick up your belongings.
- After 1 IRL day, if a player loads the chunk, the item will despawn whenever it hits the standard 15 minute despawn timer.
- Entities cannot pickup items thrown by a player or dropped upon their death. This more specifically applies to villagers and foxes.
Item frames(top)
- Item frames will send items directly to a player's inventory instead of dropping the items to the ground.
- Item frames will no longer automatically pop off blocks and require player interaction to break.
Entity cramming is currently disabled(top)
- This 1.11 feature, which auto-kills (suffocates) entities when there are at least 24 within a tight space, is currently disabled on EMC until warnings are given out to players to fix their current farm setups.
- Rails cannot be pushed by pistons on EMC. This is the case because it prevents related exploits from being abused when they are introduced by new Minecraft versions.
- Pistons cannot push or pull blocks outside of Town unless the blocks are placed in /noprotectmode.
Perched parrot changes(top)
- Parrots which are perched atop a player's shoulders will only dismount when you use a command on your residence, one you have the admin flag on, or in the Wastelands or Frontier. See the Animal Controls: Parrots section for more information.
No dragon egg drop(top)
- When a dragon is killed on EMC there will be no dragon egg drop.
- Instead, a dragon head can be found on the pedestal where an egg would usually be found.
Entity can't go through portals(top)
- Entities, such as loose items, minecarts, and mobs cannot be transferred through the Nether or the End portals.
Luck attribute and loot tables(top)
- Certain Custom Items carry luck.
- The luck attributeapplies to:
- Fishing treasure
- Loot chests (which cannot be broken, and can refill)
- Custom Mobs and their loot bonuses
- Factored in per attack on not based on luck carried upon the mob's death
- This logic also applies to the looting enchantment. The effects of having both looting and luck stacks.
World changes(top)
- The Wastelands has a limited world size (8000 x 8000).
- In the Wastelands, there is a 1:1 block travel distance between the overworld and the Nether. One traveled block in the Nether is equal to one traveled block in the overworld.
- Players are no longer able to access the top of the Nether, which is above the bedrock.
Miscellaneous blocked or partially-blocked items and features(top)The following items and features have their functionality blocked on Empire Minecraft:
- Invisibility potions can be created, but not used.
- While fire charges can still be crafted to light fires and make Fireworks, they do not have any projectile or explosive function by themselves.
- Skeleton horses cannot be mounted or tamed (except for the Omneoss promo horse).
- The Curse of Binding items cannot be shot from dispensers.
- The Totem of Undying cannot be used in the Town (to prevent its use during death-focused events, when items are preserved anyway).
- Custom Items with the Unbreaking attribute (such as the Voters Shears) cannot be used from dispensers.
EMC has many features to take advantage of that revolve around certain aspects of multiplayer Minecraft.
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