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Irish are the least romantic nation in Europe says new survey- Bah Humbug for Valentine's Day, not all bad says our single girl
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Breaking news this week: the Irish are the least 'romantic' in Europe.
Can you tell us something we didn't already know please?
According to a lastminute.com survey, the Irish are at the bottom of the pool when it comes to splurging on the Hallmark inspired holiday.
The findings show that the Irish are at the bottom of the romantic barrel, spending only $200 on Valentine's getaways.
Did the folks over at lastminute.com not hear about the good ould recession currently battering Irish shores? Surely putting meat and potatoes on the table is more important than some ostentatious Valentine's get away?
According to the survey, Irish couples have proved themselves to be thrifty but organized – they spend the least compared to other Europeans.
While Ireland may not be oozing with romance for Valentine's Day, I think they strike a healthy balance. A card and maybe a gift if you are really trying. Of course, here in the States, the good old consumer pitch means the run up to the holiday has reached dizzying proportions. But we still don't have a patch on the U.S. when it comes to February 14.
Personally, I find the whole Valentine's thing a bit much here in the States. It starts as soon as the New Year's ball is dropped in Times Square. Shops filled with love hearts and tacky sentiments. Every restaurant starts advertising 'romantic Valentine's dinner for two'.
I would rather drink a 40 in Central Park on my own on Valentine's night, then try and get a table on one of the busiest, over hyped nights of the year.
One Valentine's Day here in the States, a man I had met twice sent me a dozen red roses at work. When they arrived, I quickly turned the color of the flowers. I was mortified. I barely knew the guy. It was a sweet thoughtful gesture of course, but too much for Jacinta.
In comparison, while I was in college in Ireland, the guy I was seeing got me an expensive gift basket filled with love-shaped rose soaps that smelled like your old granny. I later found out he played no part in the purchase and sent his mother out to pick something up. Needless to say that romance did not last.
Maybe the Irish are not the most romantic race going, but we are honest, pragmatic and when we need to be, we can be loving. I think we just value sincerity more than romance and I don't think that is such a bad thing.
One final thought, when do we singletons get our holiday? The 'Let's celebrate being single and happy' (S&H) holiday. Couples get engagements, anniversaries, and all the other holidays together, after all.
So here's to all the singletons out there this holiday! Join me in Central Park with the rest of the 'unromantic' Irish contingent for that 40 and a bit a craic.
Let's sit this one out and leave the romance to the Americans.
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EamonnDublin | Apr 18, 2012, 01:39 PM EDT
"Jacinta, Your eyes are like pools of sweet honey, searching the horizon for your soulmate; your hair is the sweet-scented cascade of flowers I wrap myself in when I sleep; your face is the face of ........ Jays, I feel sick already. I'll leave that one to the Italian lads. Éamonn, Dublin, Ireland.
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jamieLM | Feb 13, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
My family and I love Valentine's Day! We make it a day of service to others - the sick and the elderly with little or no family. We bake & decorate dozens of valentine cupcakes and the kids make cards and valentines and then we deliver them on the 14th to all those on our list. It's a day for my family to show kindness and caring to those who are less fortunate. We might buy a few chocolates or valentine candy for ourselves, but we certainly don't go overboard. I shop on the 15th and pick up small items on sale to give to others the next year, along with our homemade cupcakes and valentines. Any holiday can be made into your own personal "Hallmark" moment for someone else. For us, it's not about romantic love. It's about showing our Christian love for others.
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Springfield9 | Feb 13, 2012, 08:36 AM EST
Valentine's Day has been perverted beyond all recognition. St. Valentine had nothing to do with "sweet hearts". Hallmark has elevated Valentine's Day to the absurd. The Irish are not the least romantic. Perhaps not the most, either. However, what they ARE is the least fascinated by the HALLMARK stupor.
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Portia777 | Feb 11, 2012, 10:51 AM EST
Just like Patrick the Patriarch. I just wish people would rsearch and learn what they are buying into while their pockets are being emptied.
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Portia777 | Feb 11, 2012, 10:50 AM EST
another saint? Valentine, mmmmmm, just another money making scam.
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mamaginnty | Feb 11, 2012, 10:06 AM EST
Valentines day cards and presents were started not for love but to make big money for the sellers. Our irish men are ok the way they are.
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gobdawpaddy | Feb 11, 2012, 09:01 AM EST
As a guy in Cork might say, 'of course I loves ye, don't I fla ye, get ye locked n buy ye chips and coleslaw on weekends'.
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JBRAFTREE | Feb 10, 2012, 06:02 PM EST
Readmy, good post, let's remember the man or woman that cares or doesn't care counts the most.
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readmyredlips | Feb 10, 2012, 01:57 PM EST
Valentine's Day is an overrated commerialized day here in America. Keep it real Ireland. Oh and for the record who needs roses, gifts and chocolates when Irish girls have the most amazing beatiful men with the sexiest accents in the world!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, you girls are lucky.
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Murph46 | Feb 10, 2012, 01:32 PM EST
Irish foreplay -Brace yourself Brigid!
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CitizenWhy | Feb 10, 2012, 12:22 PM EST
Perhaps St. P's Day should be replaced by the Irish with St. V's Dya (his relic is in Dublin). A big celebration along the lines detailed by muirisobric would be in order.
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Heather911 | Feb 10, 2012, 12:04 PM EST
I am an American and I honestly think Valentine's Day is absolutely pathetic. I would rather have a man that will say " I love You" every day, instead of having a nice, expensive gift. Keep it simple because people can steal those gifts, but your memories will always be with you. That, you take to your grave. So for the Irish, stay the way you are.
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Nicoletta | Feb 10, 2012, 11:30 AM EST
Can't believe the fuss in the US over Valentine's Day! Back home you're lucky if you get a recycled Christmas card signed 'All the best!"
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muirisobric | Feb 10, 2012, 11:11 AM EST
ú no, thats BS. I've brought my wife to McDonalds every valentine's day for the past 30 years even when she doesn't want 2 I do. & they say the Irish Rn't romantic. This year I'll spring for a large french fries as well. So there. Eat úu words
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ciaradexy | Feb 10, 2012, 11:07 AM EST
Maybe irish men are romantic with women they love all year round rather than 1 day a year which was created by an American corporation?? Just a thought.
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yeah, that's deff what id do. i think it'd beat tagging sings on the road, i can't even imagine myself doing that...
No *****, it really ain't.
no need to get upset man, just my opinion...
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Whoa! Chill kid. You know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here?!
kind of a bit bigheaded in some ways,
some people would see it that way anyways.
Sebr- The shirts a bad idea haha. The tags not too bad though, i dont like that S though.
Zo- I cant read the last letter if its a letter, rest isnt bad though.
And yeah I dont think graff is for the burbs. I almost feel like its disrespectful haha, people worked hard too be able to live in the suburb, plus it will probably get buffed in less then 2 weeks.
and u bit his throw, and copied his name. if ur gonna do that at least stop posting on here, cuz its pretty obvious
and for fucks sake stop calling me zo
Whoa! Chill kid. You know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here?!
When did i bite his throw??
and blue its not like im putting it up or anything Im starting to work with what you gave me but I wont post it here if it still looks too much like yours.
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02/22/2013 ISU Track & Field Ready for 2013 MVC Indoor ChampionshipsRedbirds are looking for first Valley title under 13th-year head coach Elvis Forde 02/08/2013 Records, PRs Fall After Day One of the GVSU Big MeetWomen's 4X400-meter relay break school record set a year ago at this same meet 02/07/2013 ISU Heads to Grand Valley State for the GVSU Big MeetMichigan State and Indiana State are the only other Division I teams slated to compete 02/01/2013 Rippel Claims Title in 500-Meter Dash, Women's DMR Breaks School RecordA plethora of Redbirds set new personal-bests after day one of Meyo Invitational 01/31/2013 Redbirds Ready for Notre Dame, Illinois WesleyanThe teams will split in two this weekend. 2012-13 Indoor: Captured a personal-best time of 8:35.46 to finish first in the 3,000-meter run at the Redbird Invite...Posted a time of 8:36.56 to finish 17th at the GVSU Big Meet. Outdoor: Did not compete 2011-12 Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Opened the season with a personal-best performance in the 5,000-meter run at the EIU Big Blue Classic (March 29), posting a time of 15:17.28 ... ran to a top-10 finish at the Sea Ray Relays (April 11) in the 10,000-meter run, recording a career-best time of 31:38.48 ... finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run at the Billy Hayes Invitational (May 4) with a time of 8:49.90. 2010-11 Indoor: Took third in the 5,000-meter run at the Keck Invitational with a time of 16:05.60 ... posted a 4:35.28 mile to take fourth at the Redbird Invite. Outdoor: Took second in the 10,000-meter run at the Lee Calhoun Invite with a time of 32:41.92 ... ran a personal-best 5,000-meter run at the EIU Big Blue Classic with a time of 15:40.43. PRIOR TO ISU At Maine South High School: Qualified for the state track and cross country meets his senior season ... in the state track meet, he ran a personal-best time of 4:22 in the 1600-meter run ... cross country team finished 10th in state and were conference champions during his senior year ... finished sixth in cross country at the conference meet ... a member of the Maine South cross country team that finished 21st at the state meet his junior season ... a member of the cross country team that won the CSL conference meet his junior season ... captain in cross country and track his junior and senior seasons. Personal: Born: 9/12/1991 ... son of Steve and Laura Senf ... siblings are Connor and Megan ... major is education. |


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The Crawford Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting on Nov. 11 with a full agenda ranging from board elections to event planning and discussions of local issues.
Three new nominees — Jennifer Ludwig, co-owner of Rocky Mountain Locksmith and president of the Crawford Fire Auxiliary; Gloria Crank, owner of the North Fork Visitor Guide; and Donna Saunders, owner of the Boardwalk Restaurant — were elected unanimously to the board.
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The Paonia Town Council meeting on Nov. 12 began with a constiuent unhappy with the work of the public works department. Mayor Neal Schwieterman said that Travis Loberg, public works director, would respond to the complaints in the minutes for the meeting.
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The Possibilities
The fact that the Maple Leafs would love to get bigger up front, well, that's nice and all. But try to find the players to fit that need.
We've talked lots about Ryan Getzlaf, but wanting that big centre and getting him out of Anaheim are two entirely different things.
So Brian Burke may have to set his sights a little lower looking six weeks ahead to the Feb. 27 trade deadline after making big deals to acquire Phil Kessel, Dion Phaneuf and Joffrey Lupul the last three seasons.
Not just a little lower. Also at a financial cost that may be less appealing.
Which brings us once more to Tampa Bay Lightning left winger Ryan Malone, once one of the more highly regarded power forwards in the game, now less of a force for the Bolts, who sit at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings right now.
The 6-foot-4 winger would, nonetheless, look good in the Leaf lineup. But he's 32 years old, has only nine goals in 38 games this season and carries a contract that comes with a salary cap hit of $4.5 million the next three years after this one.
The money-losing Lightning might well like to shed that deal, particularly with more than $20 million annually tied up in Vinny Lecavalier, Steve Stamkos and Marty St. Louis. But with the current collective bargaining agreement set to expire after this season, is it the kind of contract a team like Toronto would like to add?
We've already seen some movement like that around the league. Last week, Calgary added winger Mike Cammalleri at a cost of a deal that will pay him $7 million in cash the next two years, more than the annual cap hit of $6 million. Montreal, meanwhile, added defenceman Tomas Kaberle earlier this season in a trade with Carolina, and Kaberle is owed $4.25 million per season for the next two years.
In that context, Malone's deal doesn't seem quite as onerous. Burke has largely resisted adding the bad deals of other teams, although he was forced to accept J.S. Giguere's contract in a deal with the Ducks and Lupul's $4.25 million deal, although that no longer seems as unattractive given the winger's production this season.
The Bolts surely need goaltending and depth, things the Leafs might have to supply. It's important not to get too caught up in the size issue after a loss to the Rangers on Saturday, but for three years Burke has lamented the absence of a big body up front that would give the club the crease presence it currently does not have.
Malone, aside from being a winger, not a centre, isn't Getzlaf. But even if the iikes of Bobby Ryan and Zach Parise start to move before the deadline, there's going to be a lot more players along the lines of Malone on the market. The Leafs have coveted the big winger for at least two seasons, but the Bolts have resisted moving him. In addition, Malone has a no-movement clause in his contract through the '12-13 season, although these things can be negotiable.
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The Republican Party's Anger Mismanagement
Praise be to Judge Antonin Scalia, for he sees what the rest of us do not. The man for whom nasty, brutish and short is not simply a political formulation, but a mirror image, can look at hundreds of years of slavery, 100 more of legalised segregation and another 50 of daily discrimination and see "racial entitlement" in the basic right to vote in America. I guess it's kind of like the right-wing-clown entitlement enjoyed by our current Supreme Court.
Scalia, of course, was a modern Republican (in a robe) before it was even cool. I mean that in the sense that it's clear to anyone taking so much as a gander at what animates the GOP of 2013 - as well as Scalia's immunity to legal reasoning - that it's not any set of policy ideas, but simple emotion: all-consuming, blood-curdling, vein-bulging-out-of-the-forehead, Mel Gibson-watching-Fiddler-On-The-Roof ANGER.
Policy-wise, the GOP is an entity that literally lacks any new ideas, has no interest in governing and has rejected all of its own policy positions from as recently as early 2008 as "oh-my-God-we're-all-doomed!" creeping Socialism (see: cap and trade, earned-income tax credit, individual healthcare mandate). Rejecting anything right wingers sneeringly see as created by them-there libruls is the secret handshake of modern conservatism.
You believe in global warming? Then they don't, dang it! You accept that human beings didn't ride saddleback on a brachiosaurus into the Battle of Little Bighorn? They have an App for that, the Creation Museum, where you can ride Noah's Ark with your friendly Triassic-period imperial walker. You offer them way-too-friendly a deal on the budget? Then as Cartman from South Park says, "screw you guys... I'm going home".
The most potent example is the rise and fall of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as conservative heartthrob. He was a Republican Superhero just a year ago, when he headlined what Republican consultant Steve Schmidt called "The Star Wars Bar" of conservative gatherings, the CPAC Conference. Yet, he was quite publicly not invited to this year's CPAC.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (AP) -- A former Ellicott School Board member accused of having sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to extensive probation after pleading guilty to sex assault charges.
Stefanie Dickinson faces 10 years to life on sex-offender intensive supervised parole after her sentencing on Wednesday.
According to KKTV-TV, Dickinson is also banned from having contact with anyone under the age of 18 except for her own children.
Dickinson was arrested in October on suspicion of sending lewd text messages to her son's 14-year-old friend. That investigation led to another person who said he was 17 when he had a sexual relationship with her.
As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors dropped a charge accusing her of sending lewd messages.
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Big Boys' Railroad Toys
Jun 23rd, 2011 | By Lynette | Category: Community NewsBy Lynette Norris
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When they outgrow toy trains and accessories, they graduate to the real thing.
John Leynes, Jr., the son of Avice and John Leynes., Sr., of Cherry Lake (descendants of the Wood and Sutley families of Madison), is also an avid railroad enthusiast. He recently bought himself a custom-made track car and took it for a spin Friday morning, June 17, on a length of unused railroads tracks near the old Madison Welding sign off State Road 53.
Leynes, who now lives in Jacksonville, and his friend, Jay Boggs, met up with Paul Zaro of San Jose, Calif., to look over Leynes' new prize possession, the bright orange Beaver Car, an exact replica of those manufactured by the Beaver Car Company of Canada. Zaro, who usually builds hot-rod cars out in California, built the little orange Beaver Car, custom-machining everything for Leynes. It was a $50,000 car, which he sold to Leynes for $17,000.
When asked about the strange company name, Boggs replied that Canadians were more apt to buy something named after a beaver, moose, or other native critter, so many companies in Canada name themselves accordingly.
The type of car Leynes purchased once zipped up and down tracks all over the country, inspecting tracks and signals, and transporting maintenance crews, but the they were rendered obsolete by the new hy-rail equipment, trucks with "drop-down" whe-els. The new hy-rail wheels could travel standard roads and highways to a section of railroad, and then "drop down" the rail wheels that allowed them to travel the railroad. The hy-rails saved time, needing no other vehicles to transport or offload them, and they eventually replaced the track cars. Companies stopped manufacturing them about a decade ago and many ended up rusting and disintegrating in junkyards and rail yards.
Leynes' friend Boggs is also a rail car fan, and a fan in general of anything to do with railroads. Originally from Dayton, Ohio, he grew up in railroading family with grandfathers and uncles who worked for the railroad companies.
Canadians were more apt to buy something named after a beaver, moose, or other native critter, so many companies in Canada name themselves accordingly.
He also owns a track car, having purchased and restored one when he was still in high school in 1962. "That was at least a couple of years ago," he joked.
Boggs and Leynes have traveled up and down the Eastern Seaboard in rail cars, and Leynes had been looking for a rail car for sale for years. It was during a "stunning rail ride through Canada" in 2005 that he met Zaro, who would later build "the finest two-seater rail car in North America" for him.
Boggs, Leynes and Zaro are all members of NARCOA, the North American Rail Car Operators Association, an organization that coordinates information on unused rail lines and branch lines that track car enthusiasts use to travel all over the country.
"Anything to promote railroading," said Boggs. "One way to solve our fuel problems. It's a very efficient way to move."


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The Fashion Statement: Who are the Greenest Designers?
Green. Sustainable. Recyclable. Not exactly the first words you use to describe luxury fashion, right? At the same time, numerous clothing companies have been founded on the principal of being eco-friendly.
I'll admit, the skeptic in me began to worry when giant brands like Guess, Inc. started producing lines purporting to be green. Green's big business and it made for great advertising and public relations. But how can you tell whether a line that claims to be green is really green?
I posed the question to Emma Grady, a contributing fashion writer at TreeHugger.com (a division of the Discovery Channel) who helps sort this out for consumers. "We do this by asking lots of questions to understand a garment's life cycle," she says. "Where are the fabrics sourced? How are they produced? How far does the product travel (shipping is a major source of pollution)? Is the cotton grown in Africa, weaved in India, then shipped to a store in California? What dyes are used in the process?"
Grady and her team at TreeHugger.com a number of designers' sustainable practices are the real deal. It's worth listing a few of them here. Not surprising, Stella McCartney is one. McCartney is well-known vegan and has long produced pleather shoes, belts and handbags to avoid the environmentally taxing tanning process.
Linda Loudermilk, a designer from Los Angeles, is another to watch. I interviewed Loudermilk a few years ago and she told me she spends countless hours researching and developing textiles that are not only made from certified eco-conscious materials, but suited for high design. I found this particularly impressive because the fashion design process is already grueling. And, no doubt, these steps added a lot of expense to production costs.
EDUN, founded in 2005 by Ali Hewson and Bono, promotes sustainable employment in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, reads its mission statement. The line's primary focus is trade but it's also working to use more organic materials in the collection.
Even small things like recycling zippers and buttons can make a big difference, says Grady. Props to Yves Saint Laurent for earlier this year unveiling an eco-friendly capsule collection called "New Vintage." The idea was to create classic YSL styles using fabrics from past collections.
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A first-of-its-kind lesbian Super PAC, launched Wednesday with the support of Obama donor Laura Ricketts and actress Jane Lynch, tells Whispers it has raised $200,000 in its first day alone. Its year-end goal is $1 million.
The group, called LPAC, plans to donate to pro-lesbian and pro-women candidates, whose names it will announce over the next few days, according to LPAC chairman and treasurer Sarah Schmidt.
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The candidates could be Democrats or Republicans, with the caveat that their policies end discrimination in the LGBT community or bolster reproductive rights and healthcare access for women.
So far, 90 percent of the money that has come into LPAC has been from the gay community, said Schmidt. And more cash is expected soon.
"Yesterday we received E-mails from a number of prominent lesbians expressing support," Schmidt said, who did not want to reveal their names just yet. "It was just an awesome, awesome day."
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Fiddler's Inn: Nashville, TN
Anthony goes to Nashville where the music has stopped for the once iconic Fiddler's Inn. For this historic hotel to survive, it must redecorate, rebrand and reconnect with its country music roots.
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Standing as the symbol of Tennessee's capital city, the "Athens of the South" is the world's only full-size replica of the ancient Greek temple.
2600 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
The Belle Meade Plantation
The plantation is known as the "Queen of Tennessee Plantations." At 5,400 acres it was once the largest private estate in Nashville and used as Confederate Gen. Chalmers' headquarters. Guided tours are offered year-round.
5025 Harding Pike
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Arnold's Country Kitchen
Acknowledged by the distinguished James Beard Foundation, Arnold's Country Kitchen specializes in fresh homemade Southern food with dishes like catfish, barbecued pork, collard greens, mac & cheese and crisp fried green tomatoes filling the menu.
605 8th Ave S
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General Jackson Dinner Cruise
Daily dinner cruises along the Cumberland River on the 300-foot long showboat is one of Nashville's most popular activities.
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Green Door Gourmet
This farm and market offers local produce, gourmet items and special programs Tuesday through Saturday from 9am-3pm. Private tours are available by appointment throughout the week.
7011 River Road Pike
Nashville, TN 37209
Springwater Supper Club and Lounge
Rumored to be a former speakeasy, this local dive offers live music and great cheap beer.
115 27th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
The Bluebird Cafe
Many of today's biggest country stars, including Garth Brooks, started their careers by performing at the Bluebird Café. The café still offers nightly shows where up-and-coming artists perform.
4104 Hillsboro Pike
Nashville, TN 37215
Grand Ole Opry
The traditional live shows began over 80 years ago. Today, visitors can still see their favorite country stars, old and new, performing on the same stage as the genre's greatest musicians.
2804 Opryland Drive
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Children and their parents usually think of printers as a vehicle for creating a hard copy of a research project or book report, but Samsung printers can do double duty when school is out. From art projects to DIY clothing, here are seven ways to use your printer for fun.
Kids are quick to get bored with their old games, but you don't have to run out to the mall to buy another when they want to play something new. Let them print their own instead. Kids can create their own checkerboards, memory games, trivia games, or even playing cards, and print them out at home. Let their imaginations roam to wherever the games take them, whether it's creating their own magical world or including themselves as characters in a home-grown adventure game.
Numerous children's websites let you print ready-to-go coloring pages, so young ones can add their own hues to their favorite cartoon characters or scenes. You can also draw your own simple line drawings for kids to color, or you can use software to convert a photo on your computer's hard drive into a ready-to-color drawing. For a special treat, print out a bundle of pages and bind them into a personalized coloring book of your kids' favorite things. A fast laser printer like the Samsung ML-2165W can tear through up to 21 pages per minute of black-and-white images, letting you print an entire book in just a few minutes.
Download a face mask template from the Web or let your kids design their own masks using a painting application on the computer. Resize the images to fit their heads and print in full color on card stock using a printer like the Samsung CLX-3185 inkjet. Kids can then continue to decorate their masks with markers, crayons, stickers, glitter, sequins and more. Use a bit of string to complete the project, then let the kids act out a play or story with their new masks in place.
Every child loves to tell tales, some based on real life, some incredibly imaginative and fantastical. Give those tales a permanent home by collecting them in book form, accompanied by your child's art work. Remember: A multifunction printer like the Samsung CLX-3185 can scan in full color drawings your kids have already made. Print the body of the book on regular paper, and print the cover on thicker, glossy stock. Bind it all together and you've created a one-of-a-kind keepsake.
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World of Warcraft had the same issues, with CD keys. It has nothing to do with DRM or not; then again, letting people connect to their servers without ANY authentication (a CD key is reasonable I think) is probably not the greatest idea.
There is authentication, and they planned for selling this many copies, just not before the release date - which was broken by GameStop for completely legit customers. This article is completely retarded and the 'update' doesn't address anything but instead heaps on the bullshit further. To whit:
Uh, what? You just posited them going to Steam because Steam can handle it. I wonder how? Would it have anything do with the minimal capacity needed to turn unauthorized users away? This is fucking stupid, and you even go on to say that they now have handled it, yet still let this idiocy stand. What a moronic article. |
I think this issue might be ignored in the number of pirates. I had planned on downloading it myself as a "demo" of the game. If I liked it, I'd buy it, if not delete it. I did not know, at the time, that all those pirated copies would cripple Stardock servers...I had no intention of trying to take it online. There are probably a fair percentage of the "pirates" who just wanted to try the game before deciding whether or not to buy, unknowingly doing harm. Oh, and I did buy a retail version of the game...so don't blast me for thinking of torrenting it for a trial. |
I don't think you read the update...
140,000 concurrent users on launch day is quite a bit different than 18,000 concurrent users. |
This also ties into the story about the new anti-piracy technology that Microsoft talked about at GDC, it would have prevented anyone who bought the game early from playing at all.
This had nothing to do with piracy or DRM. This had to do with Stardock making the mistake of running its validation systems on the same infrastructure as its online multiplayer systems. The number of requests for the former effectively were lightly DDoS'ing the latter.
The lesson: run your validation services independently, then have validated sessions hand off to your gameplay services. |
This is a perfect example of why the "I pirate games to try them first" school of thought is a stupid and ineffective one.
I'm sure there were a few people out there who pirated this game and thought, "I'm glad I didn't pay for this broken game." without ever realizing that they were the ones that were breaking the damned thing. edit: also: oluseyi speaks the truth. |
What? I know exactly what he said. I'm talking about the sales of the game and relative success, compared to how much piracy it had. Brad Wardell has always said "ignore the pirates, treat legitimate customers well". The author of this article seems to think that he's now eating his words on that statement, when it's nothing of the sort. Ignore the pirates. They had 18,000 legitimate players on launch day. Based on their server estimates, they *MAYBE* expected to reach about 50,000 after a few weeks. That means that they're right on schedule, just about exactly where they expected to be sales-wise on launch day. |
This y-generation bitch and whine about DRM but when someone tries to do the right thing and offer a DRM free game they abuse it and steal it outright. Well expect to see more DRM and dongles in the future.
I think CD key is reasonable for games like this, I'll admit I stole the game but I've yet to try to play online. I assumed only people who paid for the game could play, I didn't even try, it was just normal for me to assume as much. If I want to play online, and I might, I'll buy it, but if not I'm content trying out the single player. You should always make sure that people using your servers paid for your game, that's well within your rights, it's the DRM that attempts to destroy my machine that's the real problem, not CD keys.
The issue is the widespread piracy hurt the legitimate customers and the reviews of the game. |
ONLY BECAUSE GAMESTOP BROKE THE STREET DATE. Had the production servers been up, the 140,000 pirates hitting the "are there any updates" server wouldn't have done jack shit. Maybe *that* server would have melted down and people would have gotten a timeout error from that. Because the production infrastructure was *not* set up yet, they were all on the same servers that were not up to the task. |
Sounds workable to me. Couldn't this be extended to brick & mortar stores? Upon purchase, the clerk opens the box and unseals a code-key. They submit this to the publisher's server. The customer goes home with a hard copy of the game, then logs in with the same code later for online play. The publisher could later verify that the number of sold copies matches up 1:1 with the number of keys given out by a particular store. If not, some employee gets fired for opening boxes and giving out codes. Resale wouldn't be a problem provided the publisher only checks that no valid key is logged in from 2 IP addresses simultaneously. *shrug* |
So your point is, the chicken came first? ;-) |
Actions speak louder than words.
If they had the servers up ahead of time it wouldn't have mattered, despite your bullshit about not being able to handle the entirely expected load. If GS hadn't broken the street date it wouldn't have mattered. They'd have had the servers up for legit customers on 0-day (and it would be harder to be illegitimate without any copies to make), despite your bullshit about not being able to handle the entirely expected load. Capacity planning isn't rocket science, and it's entirely expected of them to be ready next time, despite your bullshit about not being able to handle the entirely expected load. Maybe if it was a MMOG we could beat this into you: the pirates have nothing to do with it. Even in a MMOG overload, it's quite obvious whether they have capacity for legit customers or not, and that you can't go blaming pirates for it. It's quite stupid to do so. |
You forgot to include the other half of the equation..opened games can not be returned, thus invalidating this idea of thinking. There are too many variable to follow this path of authenticating. I do recognize that you did comment about resale. Although I think there is a possibility of working, does every store then have to carry a copy of authentication keys to check against? That is only for one game. The more games that get added to the list, the more time people have to spend looking up keys rather than selling games. Even calling in would be a hassle if there were more people returning. I personally would not want to wait 30min just to be on hold to return a game. |
This was a problem for approximately 24 hours, has been fixed for the last two days, and the gaming press has instead taken the story and run with it as a generic "OMFG PIRACY IS BAD PC IS DOOMED" article when it started as nothing of the sort. To proclaim that Brad Wardell is eating his words only stretches the reality of this situation further. |
So what you're saying is, and forgive me if I'm wrong... but the load was entirely expected?
It's not that PC gaming is doomed, and piracy is certainly bad, but the point is in this case the pirates did impact the game's performance for a time and at least one review.
I wouldn't say he's eating his words at all, just that ignoring piracy in this case didn't have the best outcome. The game was released early, piracy was rampant, and it hurt the company's servers. Street dates being broken and early copying aren't rare in the gaming world, and I'm sure the possibility will be planned for and handled much better in the next Stardock release, not to mention every other publisher watching this story. This comment was edited by Ben Kuchera on April 17, 2009 22:09 This comment was edited by Ben Kuchera on April 17, 2009 22:09 |
Come on. Honestly, this problem has already been solved with CD-Key checking.
Simple, unintrusive, and effective. Sometimes there is a reason why things are done a certain way. I feel bad that piracy ruined their launch but they need to wake up. |
The entire "review and forget" model that Gamespot and IGN use is rapidly becoming obsolete. It's simply not compatabile with the "software as a service" model that's being pioneered by Valve, Stardock, and others.
Example: Team Fortress 2 as it stands is not the same TF2 that was released in fall 2007, but Metacritic scores are set in stone for all time. In the case of TF2, it doesn't matter since it was well-reviewed. A simple "Review 2.0" is all that's required: provide reviews and adjustments when meaningful game updates are released. You can still buy the game after launch... If a dev team supports a game for many months and years after release, game reviewers should report this to their readers. But maybe Stardock didn't hand Gamespot a large bag of money. I also think it's stupid for game journalists to twist this story to fit their on-going "PC GAMING IS TEH DEAD" meme. Also: 18,000 concurrent legitimate users is pretty damn good. L4D and TF2 regularly peak around that number. |
If it had DRM but the DRM was broken, this still would have happened. If it had DRM but the DRM had not been broken, StarDock would still have unhappy legitimate customers who couldn't play the game. Preventing piracy at the expense of your paying customers is a waste. Preventing BROKEN STREET DATES is easy. Sue the motherfuckers for damages. |
I thought there wasn't even a semi-workable solution? Your article certainly says so. |
Meh this article is full of fail. The cause of these problems is not piracy but the broken release date. They planned to have the servers ready for the release day but it was released before that by some retailers.
Yea, seriously. Stick with what works. If they pirate the 'single player' then so be it. |
Well said sir. This really ticks me off too. Here is a company listening to us gamers and what do we do in return? Stab them in the back. I am ashamed to call myself a gamer now because of these losers who pirate and give us all legit users a bad name. Shame on them. |
Hugely misleading article.
A CD key to access a service on the Internet is not DRM. The article ignores the issue of access controls (which have been implemented) and seems to present an alternative between aggressive DRM and rampant piracy which is not the problem here, at all. Now if the question is whether pirates can do harm, well they obviously can in this case since there's a service involved. Still, nothing to do with DRM. Since access controls were implemented, this
simply isn't true. Stardock is being criticized for applying a strawman pirate-friendly philosophy to the release of Demigod, and that simply didn't happen.
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EDIT: Misread the quote, proper response is below. The issue seems to be the fault of them not running any DRM. If they had set up the system to use the CD Key system mentioned, wouldn't it have prevented all of these illegitimate users from bringing the system down? DRM is not a binary issue. It doesn't have to be either highly invasive like SecuROM, or non-existent like the release in this game. Game developers and publishers alike need to learn nuance. This comment was edited by Y3k-Bug on April 18, 2009 00:03 This comment was edited by Y3k-Bug on April 18, 2009 00:03 |
Also, the argument that people pirating this game is a "stab in the back" is quaint to the point of being hilarious.
People are stealing the game because its easy to do so. Despite what many claim, people don't steal games to try them out, or to rally against invasive DRM. They steal games because they can, because its really, really REALLY easy. People will stop stealing games when it becomes very hard to do so, or not worthwhile. Period. All of this "give gamers a chance to be honest and they will!" claptrap needs to stop. |
This talk about pirates just wanting to try the game before they buy is crap. The minute they find they can get away with just playing the pirated game there will be no incentive to buy a retail copy and trust me they won't. No matter how much they say its because of DRM.
I haven't pirated software in years, when I did it was much harder to do (slow connections no torrents, etc.) and the only reason I did so was because as a hobbiest/enthusiast I didn't think spending 5-20K on a program was in my budget, especially since I was in highschool and could barely afford lunch. So while my dream at the time was to work in the 3D animation and effects business I couldn't afford to buy the necessary applications to learn. The minute I started to work and started making money I actually bought my own applications and the day I did I felt a sense of accomplishment. I felt like I could finally pay the developers and the commubuty for the brilliant application they provided which made my dreams possible. Now a $59 game is being pirated because people are too cheap. I don't think anything, be it film, music, games, etc. should be pirated. Even apps I mentioned like Houdini, Maya and Max no longer need to be pirated as there are free or low cost alternatives that the developers put out themselves. Pirates are just doing what they do best, rape and pillage for their own gain, damn the victims. |
It is really discouraging to always hear about bad things happening to good people and good companies like Brad, SD & GPG. I'm sure SD & GPG will get through this mess with heads up high. DG is a damn good game and the support is solid dont believe otherwise.
I hope Ben will do a proper review of the title and not crucify it because of bullshit. |
An article that addresses the point everyone else has made, and fails to weigh in crucial factors (assuming NW is correct). Damn, Ars is now mainstream ? |
Stardock has sold a shit-ton of games that were easy to steal, so you're obviously a moron. |
CD key checks or DRM authorization would've slammed the servers exactly the same way the update check did here anyways.
In any case, it's a bit misleading to say Stardock uses no DRM, since for Sins of a Solar Empire at least, you need a product key to update the game. I'm not sure if you ever could've played online without the key, but eventually version mismatches would make it impossible. |
Also, I don't remember World of Warcraft getting slammed in the review number over the loot lag and server queues when the game launched. IMO the Gamespot reviewer is a premature asshat.
We? I don't stab them in the back. You don't stab them in the back. Yes, some people do stab them in the back. But they probably don't even know that the company is listening to "us gamers". The point is that there's no such thing as "us gamers". That's exactly why the effects of piracy should have been expected - DRM or not. But they didn't expect that GameStop would break the release date. That was the actual stab in the back. Yet, for some reason, the article focuses on piracy and ignores the early release. Is it because of the opportunity to call someone "incredibly naive"? |
I think the other lesson to be learnt here is not to let reviewers review a networked game the day it goes live. Load scaling is always an unknown.
There are plenty of potential unknowns in going from a development network to a full fledged production network. A non-networked game does not suffer from this limitation, since the configuration is essentially the same on the tested system and the one the user has on their desk. The other thing that this does is remind me why I prefer sites that allows user based rating, since this allows a comparative and evolving score, rated against the official reviewer's rating. While I am thinking about it, maybe this is where the authentication and update servers should be separate to the game servers. |
Piracy is always going to happen and developers just have to focus on their customers that pay them and make them happy. As for the file sharers, the only thing that can be done is to find ways to monetize this secondary market rather than futilely fighting it.
Black markets arise naturally as a result of artificial control of a market and it is beyond any company to fight it directly. The "War on Piracy" is going nowhere like all the other "Wars", meanwhile the black market represents an untapped market. |
Are you f***ing serious? Does anyone else believe that pirates respect software without DRM and will selectively not pirate said software because it's taken the high road? The consumers who complain about DRM are the minority. Sorry, but it's true. I'm imagining a bank with no safe saying "Hey, we keep our money in the back parking lot but don't take any! We're cool though, right?" DRM haters live in imaginary worlds. (And yes, even a serial number purchased online is considered DRM in my book.) It's super easy to complain about DRM unless you're trying to make a living with software. EDIT: but kudos to the poster for seemingly being willing to purchase the game. This comment was edited by captain numerica on April 18, 2009 02:48 |
Well, as a result of seeing this article, I purchased a copy of this game via Impulse download - and one of the main reasons I did it was to support non-DRM'ed media. I am a free software advocate who is opposed to piracy - if I want people to respect the GPL, pirating proprietary software undermines that. I think that entertainment software is more suitable for a proprietary model due to the cost of investment in art assets, but that still doesn't justify anti-user DRM that punishes paying customers and creates perverse incentives towards piracy.


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Longboat Key firefighter/paramedics entered Harry's Continental Kitchens yesterday carrying hoses and wearing firefighting gear. At least two ambulances were on the scene, along with Longboat Key Police, who directed traffic from St. Judes Drive through the parking lot of The Longboat Observer and the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce.
But the passersby who stopped to watch the situation unfold can breath a sigh of (disaster) relief:
A gas line broke, creating smoke, a hissing sound and a smell. Owner Harry Christensen called 911 and evacuated the four people inside as a precaution.
"Nobody got hurt," Christensen said. "Everybody got out okay."
Christensen said that employees were able to re-enter the building after approximately one hour.
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Unless you're planning on putting your home on the market immediately, you should always choose a home renovation project based on what your family will enjoy the most. However, some additions or changes will add more value to your property than other choices. Although you will probably enjoy an in-ground pool immensely, this option usually adds the least amount to your home's value although it can cost $10,000 or more. In some areas, a pool is almost a requirement, but it can actually decrease the marketability of your home in others.
Most experts agree that upgrading your kitchen or adding a new bathroom can deliver the best return on your investment in addition to years of enjoyment for your family. Carefully plan this project to make sure you don't overshoot your budget while including the modern conveniences that you will use the most. Many new kitchens feature warming ovens, mar-free countertops, dual stovetops, and decorative tiles. For the bathroom, consider adding a bidet, a whirlpool tub, towel warmers, and maybe even a heated floor.
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Florence also 'a very good actress' (From Hereford Times)
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Florence also 'a very good actress'
6:21am Sunday 12th August 2012 in National Entertainment News © Press Association 2013
Chart star Florence Welch has revealed a hidden talent for acting - playing Abbey families in a show written by her uncle - satirist Craig Brown.
The redheaded singer, who records as Florence + the Machine, appeared in the festive family spoof of hit country house show Downton Abbey.
Brown, who writes for Private Eye and is famous for his celebrity spoof diaries, said she was "a very good actress".
Speaking on Desert Island Discs, the journalist told host Kirsty Young: "She stayed with us at Christmas ... she acted in my spoof of Downton Abbey, we did Brownton Abbey and she's a very good actress, she joins in."
Brown said the show, written by Julian Fellowes, was "almost pathetically easy to spoof, it is a spoof".