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The Southern Sierra Hiking Club features hiking activities all year round in local mountains and wilderness areas of Kern and Tulare Counties; featuring the Sequoia National Forest, Sequoia National Park, and the Giant Sequoia National Monument. We hike on trails, scramble, climb peaks, go cross country, snowshoe and backpack. Other areas we hike include the Tehachapi and San Emigdio Mountains, the Los Padres and Angeles National Forests, AND, extended holiday adventures to popular multi-state …
The Kern River Valley Hiking Club explores the Southern Sierra Divide Mountains as well as the trails around Kernville, Lake Isabella, and Bakersfield, California.
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That was the last moment to make this summer dress and still enjoy it enough this year. It's spectacular with this giant skirt and the sunny color. I used pattern 149 from Burda 04/1994, simplified a bit.
Cotton batiste with embroidered pattern, around 6 meters, 10 plastic green flower-button, 2m of green twine, 3m of green piping.
Burda 04/1994
Jul 9, 2012, 11.54 PMby kihli
The dress is stunning! It reminds me a bit of Scarlett O'Hara ;)
Oct 17, 2012, 09.51 AMby elfka
Really?! That's very nice comparison.
Jul 9, 2012, 08.46 AMby 20beverly08
a stunning garment!
Jul 9, 2012, 09.23 AMby elfka
Jul 8, 2012, 05.27 PMby pamchar
I love the sunny yellow fabric and with a touch of green it is absolutly gorgeous.
Jul 9, 2012, 09.23 AMby elfka
Thank you! I like the connection of yellow and green a lot.
Jul 8, 2012, 03.26 PMby monikapullerits
Love it! It looks som fresh and summery and the buttons!
Jul 9, 2012, 09.22 AMby elfka
And thank you again ;)
Jul 8, 2012, 03.23 PMby monikapullerits
Love it! It looks som fresh and summery and the buttons!
Jul 9, 2012, 09.22 AMby elfka
Oh, thank you! I love the buttons too, I bought them on flee market as vintage ones from the 30s.
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In late September, a secretive experimental vehicle roared into the clear blue skies above a military base deep within the Arctic Circle in Norway. As the sleek, rocket approached its target altitude of 350km (218 miles), it began to arc back to earth, gradually accelerating to so-called hypersonic speeds of up to Mach 8 – about 9,800km/h (6,100 mph).
The test was the fifth of nine planned launches for the Hifire vehicle, which its backers claim "could be a major step forward in the quest for hypersonic flight", generally regarded as Mach 5 and above. At these speeds, headline writers like to say, we could soon be zipping from London to New York in just one hour.
It is a promise that is often repeated about Hifire and other vehicles, such as the experimental US Air Force X-51A WaveRider, that had its latest (unsuccessful) test in August. Yet, delve back in history, you find similar promises.
In the pages of popular books, magazines and newspaper comics, the hyperfast world of airline travel was predicted to be just over the horizon. There was seemingly no limit to humanity's capability to zip about the globe with increasing speed. In his 1965 book Supersonic Transport, Irwin Stambler charts the progression of time it took to cross the Atlantic in history: from 350 hours on wooden ships to 120 hours on steam ships to 60 hours in dirigibles to 12 hours prop planes to 6 hours in planes of the very near future. The graph continues and projects forward to when the one hour barrier would be passed.
It was written at a time when air travel was emerging as a reasonably affordable option for many middle class people and there was reason to be optimistic that not only would prices continue to fall, but jets would continue to get faster.
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This period of optimism started on 14 October 1947, when Air Force pilot Charles "Chuck" Yeager dropped from the bomb bay of a B-29 bomber in the experimental X-1, a rocket-powered airplane that was the first to break the sound barrier.
In the following years, the prospect of supersonic – and faster - air travel was always just around the corner. On 22 January 1953, for example, the Gleaner, a paper based in Kingston, Jamaica, carried a story from the Associated Press with the headline "London to N.Y in one hour seen". The story quoted a talk given by the then chief executive of British Overseas Airways to the Aircraft Recognition Society. "In the next 50 years our grandchildren will probably be looking at supersonic commercial aircraft carrying up to 500 passengers at fares cheaper than third class travel today," he was quoted as saying.
The first vehicles to begin to test these claims – as with today's hypersonic craft – were built and operated by the military. This was in part out of necessity and precedent. But, as Stambler notes in his book, building a military plane and a commercial "supersonic transport" for passengers are two completely different challenges. Providing an acceptable experience for paying customers (taking into account high temperatures, appropriate cabin pressurization, and so on) is one of the obvious and yet daunting challenges of non-military high-speed aircraft.
But that didn't stop people trying. In Europe, the UK and French governments subsidised designs that would eventually become Concorde, while in Russia, plans were revealed form the Tupolev Tu-144, nicknamed Concordski for its similarity to the European craft. In the US, various firms hawked competing designs. In a 1960's Popular Mechanics article titled "Here's a peek at tomorrow's huge planes", the writer describes two different designs from North American Aviation and Lockheed. The North American Aviation was designed primarily for military use, but Lockheed focused on the mass market.


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KEO, 3524 S. Peoria Ave., 918-794-8200
Mon-Thur, 11am-10pm; Fri-Sat, 11am-11pm
Food: 4 out of 5 stars
Atmosphere: 4 out of 5 stars
Service: 3 out of 5 stars
The art of great-tasting food can be attributed to many things -- quality ingredients, proper preparation and seasoning. The real beauty, though, lies in how great elements are balanced. Asian cuisine often takes the palate on a journey of flavors that range from the familiar to the exotic. It's an easy journey for Tulsans to take fortunately, and KEO's kitchen has been charting the course since 2007.
KEO has become a mainstay in Brookside, with its clean, sleek dining room and uniquely healthy menu. That's right, I said it -- "healthy." But KEO still delivers on flavor, so it feels like indulging. Offering a menu replete with vegetarian options, even gluten-free options, it relies on balance of flavors to really make their ingredients sing.
Another wonderful thing they offer? They feature half-price appetizers during happy hour, Monday through Friday from 4-7pm. There is one very important thing to note: this is only available in their bar or "lounge" area. I meandered in around 6pm, was told to find my own seat, but was not let in on this stipulation as I began ordering up a line-up of apps. Luckily, the sting of receiving this dis-fortune cookie was tempered with their great-tasting food.
The KEO Sampler Platter ($10) is a great way to try a little of everything and always a great introduction. It included a beef curry wonton, a shrimp dumpling, a chicken skewer, a spring roll. Each bite was delectable. The curry wonton was a standout, with ground beef and nice punch of curry wrapped in a crispy egg wonton. The chicken skewer was tender with a light dusting of yellow curry and a fresh peanut sauce for dipping.
The shrimp dumpling was also a very fresh offering, with a crispy exterior that held a mixture of shrimp and other lovely flavors. But nothing held a candle to the crispy spring roll. KEO's spring rolls are something special indeed, with a subtle note of basil complementing the meaty flavor and crunch of cabbage.
From the small plate menu, we also tried out the Calamari ($10), which featured delicate rings lightly coated in a delicate breading then fried to perfection. Coupled with the spicy sauce, these little guys quickly disappeared. The Steamed Mussels ($12), however, were a different story. A pile of mussels swam in a broth of lemongrass, garlic and white wine, but the flavors didn't work and the mussels maybe weren't the best batch.
When most people think "health," they think "salads," and KEO keeps their salad menu interesting with their Cambodian Beef Salad ($9) with chili and oyster sauce seasoned beef, leaf lettuce, tomatoes and red onions. The Seared Soba Noodle Salad ($11) also caught my eye, with green tea soba with sprouts, red bell pepper and cilantro served with a toasted sesame dressing. What could be more refreshing on a sultry summer day!
So, you may be seeing the word "pho" a lot recently, which is a Vietnamese noodle soup. Pronounced "fuh," it's basically a build-your-own soup; but that is really simplifying its beauty. KEO's pho was presented in a huge bowl of broth, with noodles and beef sunk below. The accompanying plate had two sauces -- a hoisin and a spicy pepper sauce -- cilantro, basil, bean sprouts and more. So whatever you put into the piping hot broth would easily infuse to suit your taste.
I've had some great pho in town, but I have to say I really enjoyed KEO's despite the $12 price tag. This is ultimate comfort food, from the fragrant, beefy broth, to the sizeable slices of tender beef and noodles. The broth is what makes it extraordinary, though, and with an authentic flavor with no spice overwhelming another. The serving is definitely shareable or would make an excellent left-over lunch.
Their specialty menu truly travels across the Asian and Thai palate, featuring dishes like Vietnamese Crepes ($11) with a turmeric seasoned crepe filled with ground beef or chicken, served with cucumber and lettuce salad.
My friend decided to put on a Thai this evening and ordered their Pad Thai ($13) with duck. I was looking forward to trying the dish with the duck, but it had been 86'd for the evening. Beef took its place among a mass of thicker-than-usual noodles and a tangy and sweet sauce. It was a solid dish without losing balance of its delicate flavors.
KEO has a variety of stir fry dishes, like the Ginger Garlic Stir Fry ($13) or Cambodian Stir Fry ($13) each with your choice of beef, chicken or tofu -- even add duck or shrimp for $2 more. But my dinner date wanted to keep it simple with the KEO House Stir Fry Stir Fry ($13) with chicken. The plate arrived with a nice mound of perfectly cooked white rice and a mixture of red peppers, onions and strips of chicken that reflected the hue of turmeric. The sauce wasn't heavy-handed, and the mixture was extremely fresh without at hint of grease. It was simple and flavorful.
There is a reason KEO has remained as other restaurants have arrived and departed the Brookside strip. It has found and maintained its balance with a well-rounded menu, filled with healthy, beautiful cuisine.
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I started this group because I love to read Sci-Fi and Fantasy books, but I rarely have anyone to discuss them with. I've only been in CT for a few months, and I would love to meet like-minded individuals that I can have fun with and also share my love for the fantastical.
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The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County will be transformed for exhibits detailing the life and impact of Holocaust victim Anne Frank. The center at 301 Hay St. is featuring two related exhibits: "Anne Frank: A History for Today" and "Art and Propaganda in Nazi-Occupied Holland." The exhibits open Monday, March 18 and continue through April 21. They are the centerpiece of related activities being held throughout the community. At the Arts Council, visitors will embark on a guided tour after entering the center's rear entrance. The basement will be set up to re-create the feeling of World War II-era Europe. The Arts Council will be open seven days a week during the exhibits. Admission is free. Hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to noon, and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Call 323-1776 or go to theartscouncil.com/afe.php.
The 148th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville will be observed this weekend with activities Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, Marcy 17 during the annual observance. The theme for this year's anniversary is "One Continuous Fire of Destruction," which will focus on the role of Civil War artillery fire at the battle. Infantry demonstrations are planned throughout the weekend, and interpreters will be on hand to discuss life in the Civil War. The Battle of Bentonville was fought March 19-21, 1865, and was the largest Civil War battle in North Carolina. The program will be at 5466 Harper House Road in Four Oaks. Call 910-594-0789 or go to nchistoricsites.org.
The North Carolina High School Rodeo Association will host a pair of rodeos Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at Mountain Mule Packer Ranch at 1480 Carolina Horse Farm Road in Raeford. The rodeo will feature several events, as well as food vendors, pony rides for $2, dummy roping for children, and a meet-and-greet session with competitors and their horses. The event has lawn seating, so visitors are encouraged to bring chairs. General admission is $8, with $5 admission for military. Kids 12 and young are admitted free. Call 910-848-2746 or go to mountainmulepackers.com.
Pinehurst will celebrate all things Irish with its 12th annual St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday, March 16. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. and will continue to 1 p.m. It will travel through scenic downtown Pinehurst, which will be decorated for the occasion. After the parade, live entertainment will include Miss North Carolina, the Boombadeers and the 82nd All-American Airborne Chorus. Call 910-295-3400, go to vopnc.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fayetteville State University Theatre will host the next installment of its 24-Hour Theatre Project Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16. The project features FSU students, faculty, staff and members of the community as they come together to write, design, rehearse and perform a play in 24 hours. Participation is limited; applications are available at uncfsu.edu/arts/FSU-Theatre. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 15, followed by an overnight writing session by playwrights. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in FSU's Butler Theater. Admission is $2, or $1 plus a canned good, which will be donated to a local charity. For more information, call 672-2574.
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Hi, Pearl! Reading this post made me drool because it's a part of my Bucket List to eat French-style Macarons. I got to taste this itty bitty size at Mercato Centrale, but it was too small to be considered "wish coming true." I do hope the next time I drop by Mercato Centrale I could buy some (maybe one per flavor) so I could compare. :)
Will add my link to your potluck tomorrow, thanks for taking part of Weekend Eating.hi, My Sassy Chef
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Okay, so Limzer's birthday was actually some time this past week, but his birthday party was today. He had a combined birthday celebration along with a few of his friends, kindly hosted by another one of his friends. BeiBei, Allan, and I hit up Limzer's friend's house in the LBC (Long Beach) sometime in the afternoon. Their little shindig was complete with DJ, bar, and a ghetto dog/taco cart! Sweeeeet.
When we arrived, Limzer was standing in as DJ. It was definitely nice seeing him as we hadn't seen each other in a while. He used to work with us, and we haven't really hung out since he left the company. He's an awesome dude – I think we should definitely hang out with him more often.
The party was filled with fellow Filipinos (I'm half). Most of the highly-Filipino populated parties I attend are family occasions, so it felt a little strange for me to be surrounded by so many Filipinos at a party yet only knowing one of them. (Haha). In any case, the party was good. I only regret that I didn't try a ghetto dog or taco because I was just too full from the food and drinks I had earlier.
I hadn't had any coffee yet when we got to Limzer's friend's house, so I decided to look up coffee shops around the area. I figured we could stop by to grab some coffee while we waited for the taco cart to arrive – it was scheduled to arrive at 4PM! I used my handy-dandy Yelp app on my phone and found Portfolio Coffeehouse on 4th Street. Luckily, we were very close to 4th Street – only a few blocks away!
What struck my interest were the number of stars this joint received on Yelp (4 stars!) and the fact that they were supposedly voted the "Best Coffee House in Long Beach." It was a short walk from the house to the coffee shop, but I still wished I had my bike with me so I could have gotten there faster; it was a hot day!
I opted for a regular latte and indulged in a slice of Oreo cheesecake. BeiBei got an iced Mexican mocha and a Napoleon. Allan purchased a paradise iced tea. Everything was pretty good, though nothing really stood out to me in a special way. Walking over to Portfolio did remind me of how long it had been since I had visited 4th Street. That street is known for its plethora of vintage shops. I think I'll just have to visit 4th Street again sometime soon and do a little bit of shopping.


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Incoming! Week Commencing 26/03/12
- Categories
- Silent Hill
- Ridge Racer: Unbounded
- Namco Bandai
- Konami
So, last week saw some surprising review scores roll in for Ninja Gaiden 3, and some not so surprising scores emerge for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City – and Kid Icarus returned to rapturous applause. This week we'll see the return of classic horror franchise Silent Hill, and a new entry in the Ridge Racer series.
Here's what to expect between now and next Friday…
UK Release Date: Friday 30th March
Formats: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Developer: Bugbear Entertainment
Publisher: Namco Bandai
In Ten Words: Drive, drift, smash, crash, wince, whoop, ride, slide, shunt, shift
The latest instalment in the long-running racing franchise sees a few significant deviations from established formula – specifically the increased emphasis on dirty driving to damage your opponents and smash through the environment to create shortcuts. The new mantra of "Drive, Destroy, Dominate" has an all-too familiar whiff of Burnout and NFS: Hot Pursuit about it (titles that Ridge Racer is bound to find itself compared to), but it could be the adrenalin kick that the series needs.
Multiplayer? Multiplayer is the backbone of any decent racer and Ridge Racer is no exception. The new option to create and share tracks brings an extra dimension to the multiplayer element
Special Edition Available? The Limited Edition features 3 additional cars (in the form of the Immortal, the Ghost and the Road Wolf), and 5 extra custom paintjobs (Pac-Man, Tekken, Galaga, Ace Combat and Soul Calibur)
Predicted Hit? Difficult to say with a Ridge Racer title. Some are hits, some are misses, and the wealth of new options and features will make or break this latest iteration
UK Release Date: Friday 30th March
Formats: PS3, Xbox 360
Developer: Vatra Games
Publisher: Konami
In Ten Words: Survive prison life, survive bus crash, die in the dark
Another nightmare in everyone's favourite creepy little town, and another protagonist stranded on a foggy night. No one ever gets stranded in Silent Hill at 2pm on a sunny afternoon, do they? This time it's the turn of convict Murphy Pendleton, whose prison bus crashes en route to a new facility, leaving him and several other convicts and guards wandering the forbidding streets and wondering what the hell is going on. Featuring classic Silent Hill gameplay including underwhelming weaponry, mind-bending puzzles, warping environments and an ever-present sense of menace, Downpour is unlikely to change the standard formula much, if at all. But usually with Silent Hill, that's enough to keep the fans happy.
Multiplayer? No
Special Edition Available? No – though there a few pre-order bonus packs. The ShopTo.net pack comes with a downloadable .45 pistol and baseball bat
Predicted Hit? It hasn't set the world alight so far, but the brand itself is an enduring one – and no Silent Hill is ever the last Silent Hill
UK Release Date: Friday 30th March
Formats: PS3, Xbox 360
Developer: Koei, Omega Force
Publisher: Koei
In Ten Words: Hack, slash, activate special, hack, slash, activate special, and repeat
Spiritual sibling to the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series, the Warriors Orochi franchise follows a similar design template. Pitching your chosen "hero" general against legions upon legions of enemy troops, the backbone of the action revolves spamming light and heavy attacks until your special meter (or Musou) is filled, at which time you can unleash a Musou attack to wipe out whole swathes of gurning sword-fodder in moments. This iteration features a stack of new attacks, a "Restaurant Mode" where you can chat to other characters and build friendships between waves of slaughter and a "Bond" system that unlocks certain missions based on your actions.
Multiplayer? Yes, there's a co-op mode available in addition to the usual versus mode
Special Edition Available? There are some pre-order bonuses available including, for some reason, Santa costumes for several of the characters. Really.
Predicted Hit? Unsurprisingly, Famitsu awarded Warriors Orochi 3 8.5/10. This is not an indication of quality in a Japanese game – though JustPushStart's review cited an interesting story
Also released this week: Silent Hill HD Collection (PS3, Xbox 360), Rayman Origins (PC), Just Dance Best-Of (Wii), Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (PS3, Xbox 360), Tiger Woods PGA Tour '13 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Anything here yanking your particular crank? Tell us which games you're looking forward to this week in the comments box below.
Words by Mick Fraser (Twitter: @Jedi_Beats_Tank)
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Yazoo City High hosting Night of Worship Saturday
The Yazoo Herald
Yazoo City High School welcomes students of all area schools Saturday for a night of sharing faith and encouragement.
Organizers also hope the event will be an opportunity to demonstrate the good things that Fellowship of Christian Athletes is bringing to our local youth.
Night of Worship is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Yazoo City High Gym. The event will feature music along with testimonies.
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August 8, 2013
By Dan Namowitz
A Florida school district's newest career-education offering is an aerospace technology class that will use five AOPA Jays by Redbird to provide an exciting, realistic flight-training experience.
Classes began Aug. 8 at Fernandina Beach High School, with 12 students from the senior and junior classes signed up for the new course selection in the school's science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum, said Brent Lemond, director of career and adult education for the Nassau County School District.
The course will prepare students for the private pilot knowledge test, and will explore aviation career choices.
"The biggest role the Jay is going to play is to give that real-world excitement to the classroom," Lemond said in a phone interview.
The Jay flight-training device supports training and proficiency with capabilities allowing selection of various aircraft and conditions. It features a scenario mode, and a built-in Web browser to access video or other downloads. The Jay is built by Redbird Flight Simulations of Austin, Texas.
Aviation was already an established presence in communities and schools in Nassau County, located in Florida's northeast corner. Lemond credited the outreach efforts of a local aviation group, the Friends of Fernandina Aviation for raising awareness of aviation as a career option, and for stimulating students' interest with appearances in classrooms to talk about career opportunities and introduce basic flight principles.
"There are a lot of retired pilots and air traffic controllers that are in that group, and they just really wanted to give back," Lemond said.
Networking with the local aviation community led Lemond to McGill Aviation, a Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport FBO, and Keoki Gray, a flight instructor and airframe-and-power plant mechanic with inspection authorization, who agreed to teach the course.
"Half of the people that learned to fly around here learned to fly from him," Lemond said.
Gray, who logs 150 to 200 hours a year giving flight instruction, and is active in aircraft maintenance, told AOPA that the first quarter of the new course will consist of ground school for the knowledge test. The succeeding three quarters will examine "different facets of available aerospace careers" including ground support, development and design, and flight-crew careers.
As any flight instructor knows, learning is a two-way street, and Gray, who has begun a personal project to achieve certification as a "full-fledged teacher," has gained much respect for his fellow educators.
"I had no idea how difficult a teacher's job really is," he said. "I have a lot of respect for the folks who are teaching full time. I don't know how they do it."
Lemond said he envisions expanding the program after the first year, and is looking into adding a flight component.
He expressed confidence that students' enthusiasm for the class—and the thrill of hands-on aviation experience—would increase demand for aerospace education at Fernandina Beach High.
"Once word gets out about it, next year we'll probably add classes, and have underclassmen in it as well," he said.
Topics Simulators, Pilot Training and Certification, Flight School, Aviation Industry, STEM, Career, Airport, Knowledge Test, Advocacy and Legislation, First Flight, Aircraft Design, Flight Training
AOPA is asking the FAA to withdraw a proposed airworthiness directive that could affect thousands of ECi cylinders.
AOPA is looking to the Michigan Senate for "refinement" of proposals amended unfavorably in last-minute House action.
The General Aviation Pilot Protection Act would allow pilots to use the driver's license medical standard for noncommercial VFR flights in aircraft weighing up to 6,000 pounds with no more than six seats, as long as they carry five or fewer passengers, fly below 14,000 feet msl, and fly no faster than 250 knots.
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With two days remaining in the month of January, U.S. Mint sales of the American Silver Eagle bullion coins have already established an all time record high. The latest numbers from the Mint show total sales of 7,420,000 silver bullion coins as January 29, 2013. Total sales during January 2012 amounted to 6,107,000 coins. During January 2011 (the previous monthly record high for silver bullion coin sales) the Mint sold 6,422,000 coins.
The public demand for silver seems insatiable. To put the unprecedented demand for silver into perspective, prior to the financial crisis of 2008, total yearly sales of the silver bullion coin averaged only about 9.5 million coins per year. With the Federal Reserve furiously printing money to keep the financial system glued together, investor demand for both physical silver and gold bullion is likely to increase dramatically.
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Spring 2008
Offshoring of Services: What Country Are You In?
Shawn Thelen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing and International Business
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Virtually everyone has had the experience of making or receiving a phone call only to realize that the person on the other end of the line is not local – as a matter of fact, he or she may not even be in the United States. If you complete the call, you have participated in an offshore service transaction. The consumer may or may not have had a choice of service provider location and may or may not have even known that the service provider was abroad. This practice may take the form of in-house offshoring, where employees are on the payroll of the company but are located in a foreign country, or offshore outsourcing, where subcontractors located abroad are contracted to provide services to domestic consumers. Whether it is in-house or outsourced, offshoring results in consumers being exported and workers being imported without either ever leaving their home countries.
This leads many people to ask the following questions – Just where is information about me being sent and stored? What are the people there doing with it? How do I know it is safe? Will I get the same level of service from someone abroad as with an American? Did an American lose his or her job as a result of this position being offshored? And finally, does this company really care about serving me as a customer? People have come to almost expect that certain services such as technical help or order processing are typically handled by someone in another country; however, they are increasingly surprised to discover that services such as marketing research, accounting services, tax preparation, wedding planning, tutoring students, and medical transcription are being offshored. Some of the most unusual examples include the following:
1) Hospitals using radiologists overseas.
2) Firms sending employees to hospitals abroad to save on medical procedures.
3) Couples contracting surrogate mothers in other countries.
4) The Catholic church offshoring intercessory prayers and special Masses. This indicates that the types of services sent offshore are increasingly more complex, personal, and extensive.
The common drivers of offshoring for many firms, individuals, and institutions are reduced costs, labor availability, increased quality, and around-the-clock service options. What companies need to understand prior to making the decision to provide services by workers located in other countries is exactly how domestic customers will react when they find out the service is being offshored. Consumer sentiments toward offshoring is an area scantly researched and has been the subject of several research projects underway by Shawn Thelen, Ph.D., of the Department of Marketing and International Business at Hofstra University's Zarb School of Business, and his colleagues Boonghee Yoo, Ph.D. (also of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business); Vincent P. Magnini, Ph.D. (Virginia Technical University); Earl Honeycutt, Ph.D. (Elon University – Love School of Business); Tatyana Thelen (consultant); and Thomas P. Murphy (alumnus of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business).
Dr. Thelen and his colleagues have initiated multiple research projects addressing consumer sentiments toward services offshoring. The first of three research projects, conducted with Dr. Magnini and Ms. Thelen, was an exploratory project involving a series of interviews designed to obtain a general understanding of consumers' feelings about services offshoring. The team found that consumer acceptance of services offshoring varies greatly, with some consumers being very accepting of the idea while others are strictly opposed to it. These interviews found some respondents opposed to either the purchase of manufactured goods (a concept known as consumer ethnocentrism) or services from abroad, others accepting of imported manufactured goods but not services, and a third group accepting of the purchase of imported manufactured goods and services.
When queried as to why some of the respondents were opposed to offshoring, the following reasons where repeatedly mentioned: 1) concerns over security of information sent abroad, 2) a belief that American workers did a better job, 3) resentment and animosity toward firms that send jobs abroad and toward the government for not protecting jobs – both are perceived as being disloyal to the American worker, 4) concerns with communicating with foreign service providers, and 5) bias against the foreign worker for taking a job from an American. Regarding the fifth point, none of the respondents interviewed felt resentment toward immigrants in this country competing for jobs.
Respondents were also asked a series of questions about which types of services they felt comfortable being sent abroad. It appears that the less intimate the service (e.g., technical help), the less respondents were concerned with it being provided abroad; the more intimate the service (e.g., taxes, surgery, credit card transaction), the greater the opposition to the service being offshored. For example, one respondent, who regularly interacts with domestic and international service providers, indicated that she would feel more comfortable answering marketing research questions administered by an American prisoner (prisons in the United States sometimes have inmates work in call centers) than answer questions administered by someone located in another country. In addition, consumers indicated an overall trust or mistrust of certain countries. One respondent, when asked if he would feel comfortable with a service being conducted in India or the Philippines, indicated "absolutely not," but when the country was changed to Canada, he responded, "Canada – They aren't really foreigners." This led to future research regarding country of service provider.
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The BioShock Revoke Tool is now available. This link will allow you to download the tool and also has a pdf of a user manual for it, and an FAQ.
The BioShock Revoke Tool is now available. This link will allow you to download the tool and also has a pdf of a user manual for it, and an FAQ.
Last edited by 2K Elizabeth; 10-11-2007 at 04:31 PM.
wow... WAY TO GO 2K!
Thanks for this. I want to say that this is not a solution to the problem of limited activation, and will go on to explain why.
It is good that this has now been released. Now - with a little extra inconvenience - users can do what they were promised was possible at the time of release....
...for the most part anyway - since I notice that the tool doesn't do everything one might hope. From the revoke tool page:
So the fix doesn't entirely work if you're (sensibly) running games from a user account and only using an admin account to install them.Q: Will I be able to revoke the activations under each account and free up all the activations for each user account using the BioShock Revoke Tool?
A: No! Unfortunately, the revoke tool will only revoke the activations once for any given computer, the activations used for any additional user accounts will remain active.
However, it's not the revoke tool that I take particular exception to (although it has its own problems). It is the limited activations. Let's get onto that.
Let me explain what I take issue with. This is from the same webpage you link to:
This here is a decision you guys are making. You are deciding whether or not to give us more activations. You are deciding this based on criteria which you yourselves set. Even with the best will in the world (so not 2K then) this is not acceptable.Each activation request is reviewed on an individual basis. You will need your activation key from your copy of BioShock, and in some cases, proof of purchase before increasing activation limits. 2K Games reserve the right to refuse increasing activation limits if it is found that the activation key has been abused
If you can decide whether or not I install a game, then it's not my game. It's your game. I paid you to stay in charge of my game. And tell me if I can play it. And choose, on an individual basis whether or not to let me sell it on ebay, or lend it out over the weekend. These are things that I should be allowed to do with products I have bought and own, but the decision remains with you.
And that simply won't do. It's not like you're charging any less for Bioshock than other companies charge for games. But what you are doing is deciding who can continue to use those products.
And, just one other point, this is a reasonable turnaround for computer support from a major company. But that's not what we're in the market for. It isn't reasonable to wait 48 hours for a license to play a game you've paid for.In most cases, activation limit increases are completed within 48 hours, and can be completed faster if you promptly respond to the support team with the proper documentation.
Seems like a lot of effort for nothing so. I can't believe that running the game as admin, as the installer tells you you must, and then running it in a regular account means two activations. That's insane. And this revoke tool then must be run under each account I guess or does it only revoke admin licences?
Agree too that they are now confirming people are not buying Bioshock, instead they pay a lump sum to rent it for whatever period 2K decide. Not impressed with any of this. I thought they said activations were going to be stopped eventually. Why bother with a revoke tool if there will be no activations needed, say next year?
Great news.
As for this installing the game as administrator and a secondary account... Isn't there an option to install it as admin and play it as secondary account? As in, surely you don't have to install it twice, its just for people for whatever reason decide not to install it for everyone first time and installing it again?
Its not going to be a big deal for me as i'll be the only one who'd be using the PC i'll be running the game on when I get that PC but it seems just a tad odd.
Im glad this tool has been released, however I agree with wildquinine that requiring activation at all, especially limited activations, creates serious problems for game owners.
Here are some solutions I propose:
1. Remove the activation requirement after the majority of the game sales have been made, maybe 1 year after the release.
2. Specify the specific requirements for receiving additional activations from customer support.
3. Add something like the following label to all future releases of the PC version of the game:
This game requires an internet for activation. As of 10/11/07 you can activate this game up to 5 times. In order to reclaim an activation a revoke tool must be run. If for any reason this revoke tool cant be run, such as a hard drive crash, the activation cant be reclaimed. If you exceed the activation limit you must contact 2K Games' customer support. This games activation is reliant on 2K Games servers, you will not be able to play this game if these servers are unavailable for any reason, such as technical difficulties or 2K Games going out of business.
4. Promise to release a patch removing activation requirements if 2K Games goes out of business.
I still play games released 10 to 15 years ago with the help of programs like DOSBox. I hope 2K Games allows us to continue to play classics such as Bioshock for many years to come by listening to our activation concerns. Thanks.
Hurray, time to break open the shrinkwrap! Its been sitting there, on my shelf, in all its tin-cased glory entombed in that plastic wrapper, since shortly after the release date in Europe. I know I said the reason it hadnt been opened was because I was planning to take it back to the shop, but I lost all interest in Bioshock and the deadline came and went.
Bioshock is still going to have to be classed as leper software. Leperware? It seems a good idea to dual boot with Bioshock contained in its own installation of Windows with just a single user account (apart from the normally hidden one called Administrator). The only other bad software I use is that based on Kontiki, but at least that functions within a virtual machine. As SecuROM is a shared resource, just like Kontiki, I suspect my Bioshock partition will turn out to be where any other new games using SecuROM will get relegated.
The fact that the revoke tool doesnt work fully if multiple users have activated on the same installation of Windows suggests that subsequent activations overwrite information from earlier ones. This in turn suggests that SecuROMs Internet activation system was never designed to support revocation.
The last answer on the revoke tool FAQ webpage states that a support division has been set up, with a not unreasonable turn-around time of 48 hours. If this is true, why, oh why, oh why was that not there from the start? It wouldve taken away most of the sting from all the criticism. The professional games journalists wouldnt have been quite so angry. They might even have stopped short of saying that Bioshocks DRM was completely botched and flawed.
Bioshock was the first game Ive bought at release. The one thing I do know is thats something Ill never ever be doing again.
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There's not much I can add to these posters and their posts, except a thumbs up. As for using the tool, I'll finish Final Fantasy Tactics - The Lion Wars first before playing Bioshock PC. A pity that the Bioshock PC time attack I scheduled for august didn't pan out. Tja, principles, what can you do?
I had to format my computer and re-install Vista a week or so ago, that has now cost me an activation, and this revoke tool won't give me back that lost activation... that's not very good is it? But thanks anyway, at least it's something.
Too bad you can never ever get more free activations if you accidentally use all five up......oh, wait a minute, you can..... I think they've stated a few dozen times that you can ask them for more as long as you have your manual and disc.
Glad to see the revoke tool out there, even though I'll doubt I'll ever need it myself (being one of the vast horde that usually installs a game once or twice at most). One less thing the rabble rousers can complain about (not that it will stop them from picking on something else).
Why the hell should I? Have I bought the game or haven't I?
If I've bought it (game, license, whatever you want to call it) then I expect it to stay bought, and not require me to plead for permission to use it after some arbitrary number of 'activations' have been exceeded.
Not good enough 2K, nowhere near good enough.
My Problem: i'm French, studying in Germany, i've bring back my Computer, but I do not have an Internet connection where i Live (in a dormitory).
My girlfriend will come to visit me with the game she buys In a French store for me, in 2 weeks. Can i install the game? Or it will be impossible? If it is the case, I need a solution, quick! I stay for 1 year in Germany, and the only place to have internet is my university, where there are a lot of proxy and Firewall, and i cannot bring back my Computer here.
I'm waiting for a quick solution until 2 weeks.
Thank you
That was my concern. If I put the game on my PC, I have to use the admin account. That's one licence used. Then I play it with my account (we've one PC but three people in the flat), that's another used up. I then get my new PC at Christmas, use the revoke tool, uninstall the game and that takes away the admin licence, but leaves behind the licence for me from the sound of things even though the game isn't on the PC anymore and can't be played.
Then when I put it on the new PC, I again have to use up two licences meaning there's three licences being used up altogether and just me playing the game. Sounds kinda stupid to me how they've done all this.
Certanly not the tool i expected, i agree way too much hazzle, and all requests are now individual moderated and up to 48hours? is this a joke or what The game is already cracked longtime ago on the net so i dont understand this, you treat your loyal customers worse then pirates they can just install game - copy crack and have no issues whatsoever with activations etc.
I have to say, I'm surprised this was released Given 2K's stance in all this, the "smokescreen" possibility was almost certain.
But still, in "the" thread, we didn't ask for a revoke tool. We asked for the removal of install limits.
And it seems the revoke tool doesn't do all that it should do, so even though a little bit better (until someone confirms that this in fact, works).
Also, how exactly can we confirm that this is fact works ? Do we have access to some info page, with the number of install credits left ?
Are you expecting us to trust you on this ? I'm sure even you understand that, given the circumstances, trusting 2K is not exactly something most of us are willing to do.
I hope these questions are answered, unlike in "the" thread, or the "replacement" thread.
This revoke tool is, like I feared, just a clumsy band-aid ; an overly-complicated scheme that solves only a small subset of potential problems.
A much better and simpler revoke tool would have been a dumb web page, hosted by Sony/Securom, where you enter your serial and it resets ALL your activation tokens, although that would be allowed only once every six months for example. And already installed copies of the game would still work (though they need the DVD in the drive, so it's not a real problem for the publisher). It would still be possible to blacklist published serials and it would work "offline" (thhouhg another PC or cybercafe)!
However, I'm still fundamentally against crapactivivation : this has nothing to do in a pay-to-own business model. If you want to use activation, then rent your games.
(Sorry for the double-post in the other ScrewRom thread, didn't see there was a *new* official sticky thread).
This is nothing short of a troll post.
We've been over this enough times. You're not stupid, you've proved that in a few select posts where you've taken time to consider the issues.
You well know that our position on limited activations has not changed.
You well know what our objections are to having to ask 2K/securom for more activations - even when we're almost guaranteed to get them.
You well know that the revoke tool does not have any effect on these concerns.
When I buy something I do not expect to have to ask permission to use it.
Now maybe we can't agree on the issues at stake, but I'll thank you to stop patronising those of us who have genuine, and thoroughly well expressed concerns.
I was told I could safely deinstall bioshock while trying to get the bugridden thing to work by support people. I was lied to, so I lost 3 installs. Another lie.
Even if this isn't a complete solution to all the issues about the installation of Bioshock I am grateful to Elizabeth for posting this. I know many companies would create a solution and just not bother telling anyone, and I would have never found it on my own.
So thanks 2K and Elizabeth for what has been done.
Now if only Securom would do something.
So the revoke tool arrived yesterday and is welcome; however, I have a question regarding activations that appear to be permanently lost. When Bioshock came out I was on a different machine to the one I am presently using --I upgraded to better meet the technical needs of BioShock and future games-- so I have reinstalled the game using ""Add remove programs" from that machine. -1
Having rebuilt my new computer I naturally re-installed BioShock using the same product code provided on the back of the manual --I believe it to be this code that the activation servers remember and count as the account? -2. Computers being computers and me being me I have subsequently found two occasions on which I have decided to rebuild the machine --This involves re-formatting the hard drive and re-installing the OS, drivers and relevant in-use applications + BioShock-- -3, -4. I am also guessing at the number of times I have rebuilt this machine so it may well be more than 3 or 4 activations that have been used up already. The revoke tool was unavailable during this period of time and subsequently I have now lost 1-3, or 4 as I'm really not sure, activations against my product code.
Am I correct in stating that these activations are permanently lost and that 2K Games are offering no solution to my situation? The imposition of limited activations is not going to work in scenarios where the end user has a habit of fiddling around with their hardware, resulting in the need for several rebuilds. With the availability of the revoke tool this scenarios is less important; although it is an imposition that is not required by any other piece of software that I own and have purchased via a legitimate channel. Could someone at 2K let me know if my assumptions are correct? Also, can some one at 2k inform me as to how many activations I have used?
It is this section of the revoke tool manual that is confusing me:
8.2 Installations on the same hardware configuration five times
Re-installing BioShock on a computer that had already had a successful activation on it, and where the
license file has not been deleted, for example by formatting the hard disc drive, and is not corrupt, will not
use up an activation. In this case, you will be able to uninstall / re-install BioShock an infinite number of
times without affecting your activation limit.
To play BioShock you will still require the original DVD in the drive of the machine that you are running the
game on.
It appears to suggest that reformatting my hard drive does not delete the license file? This indicates that BioShock circumvents my OS? Is this a correct interpretation of 8.2?
I'll ask again.
When is the screwurom removal tool coming?
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People I've assisted in their decision not to buy Bioshock: 2
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It's here. Follow the links on the front page:
No, but you can increase activations if you ask really nicely and supply the serial code. Just give 2K/Sony DADC two days to process your request. Oh, I hope you still have a receipt, your proof of purchase.
Does anyone see this kind of DRM scheme working to the point that every piece of software should have it?
Err, I meant "Yes, but...", of course.Originally Posted by Destop
And with "this kind of DRM scheme", I meant a DRM scheme with limited activation credits which can be revoked using a separate tool when certain conditions are met.
I know 2K "reads" our posts
But still, I would like an answer to my questions. Link to the post, in this thread.
To increase your activations (jeez this is ridiculous) you are required to send an email to SecuROM with photographs of the front and rear of your game manual, the game disk DVD, and a clear shot of your activation code. SecuROM still 'claims' the 'right' to refuse increasing your activations if it deems that the activation code has been abused, for example --and they really do use this as an example-- the activation code has been used on many different ISP addresses.
They clearly haven't yet come across that widely used technology called Dynamic addressing used by cable modems in particular and NAT enabled routers. Nor have they heard of the ability to manually request your modem to ditch it's IP periodically and request a new one. So anyone who has used this functionality will be declared a thief (of course they won't actually call you a thief to your face, they'll just imply it) and have their request refused.
Not to mention the fact that I brought this game from 2K NOT SecuROM!
I've been quiet about this up until this point, preferring instead to wait for 2K to offer a reasonable solution. One has not been forthcoming and it sadly appears as though 2K have stupidly handed over the 'rights' to their game to SecuROM -- a third party who I did not wish to do business with.
No, you're misinterpreting it. As long as you haven't deleted the license file (for example by reformatting your drive, no files can survive this process) you can install or uninstall the game as many times as you want on the same computer without using up another slot (and without having to use the revoke tool each time). As I understand it, instead of activating it again upon a new install, it will just look at the existing license file, determine that it's already been activated, and skip that step.
It seems like a good idea to revoke the activation if you're going to install any new hardware though.
Thanks, I got through it in the end; the ambiguous grammar didn't help though. I don't think any of this is a good idea. A pirate won't be subjected to any of this as they will have used the crack, 2K/SecuROM won't even know of their existence. It is only the honest user that is being forced to jump through hoops of fire. I can't say I'm at all happy about any of this; if I've learned anything from the experience it is this: don't buy any product with SecuROM installed on it. It's not worth the hassle, no matter how good the product is it cannot in any way justify this implementation of DRM. I will be asking 2K if any future product employs SecuROM and basing my purchase decision on 2K's response.


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