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- Xenopus tropicalis Home Page - Devoted to Xenopus tropicalis, which "presents the opportunity to combine sophisticated embryological methods with developmental genetics in a vertebrate system." (University of Virginia)
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Looking Back at 2012 – Highs and Lows December 26, 2012Posted by Wilhelm Arcturus in Blizzard, Diablo III, entertainment, EVE Online, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Lord of the Rings Online, Rift, Sony Online Entertainment, Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Tags: 2012, EverQuest Online Adventures, Steam
Every year I try to come up with a list of highs and lows for the year. You can go back and read my 2010 and 2011 editions if you so desire. I often complain about the same things year after year. As for 2012, this is what I recall.
Free to Play
- Another pile of games went from subscription to free to play as a default business model. If you are a fan, you have lots of options now.
- Free to play continues to offer the best "free trial" option for games.
- Clearly the dominant business model to the extent that being free to play no long bestows any sort of competitive advantage as it did back when DDO and LOTRO made the transition. Merely going free to play will not save your game.
- Being a primary source of income, with revenue targets to achieve, the in-game cash shop becomes a major focus of free to play games. Increasingly, it is players who buy from the cash shop who matter most, even in games like EQII that push you to become a subscriber. Subscribing removes some annoyances and restrictions, but you are still pushed to buy from the cash shop. They even hand you a bit of their RMT currency every month in order to prime the pump.
- An early justification for cash shops and RMT currency was the idea of selling thing to players that could not be paid for via credit card due to transaction fees. The idea was that players would be offered many inexpensive items that they would buy en masse. Instead, items that cost less than $5.00, or one third of a months subscription, seem to be the tiny minority of items available… at least at the generally understood value of the RMT currency.
- The vicious circle of discounting the RMT currency to drive people to purchase it, followed by cash shop discounts to soak up the ensuing currency glut may be emerging.
- Some players seem to think they can get something for nothing. They cheer when a game goes free to play, but then get upset when the inevitable reality emerges. There is no such thing as free.
- The pleasant Middle-earth charm of LOTRO can still be found.
- The Riders of Rohan expansion has received much praise.
- Still one of the few F2P MMOs that lets you earn their cash shop currency in-game.
- Have I mentioned their music system lately? Why hasn't anybody shamelessly ripped this off?
- Not actually playing LOTRO, there is little chance I will see any of that cool new Rohan content… well, ever.
- The heady days of F2P success have clearly worn off, and Turbine's WB overlords have been cracking the revenue whip. So we have the despoilment of Middle-earth moving forward in the cash shop.
- Really one of the great passive-aggressive community relations fiascos occurred when Turbine asked for comments on their awful hobby-horse idea with the caveat that they didn't want to hear anything negative. That sort of thing never turns out badly.
- And the F2P divide continues. You can be a fan of the game, but unless you are buying stuff from the cash shop, you don't mean anything. And so some long time fans of the game seem to be moving on. Eru wept!
Sony Online Entertainment
- EverQuest still going 13 years in and now has parcel delivery through the mail, more zones, five new levels, and hotbars that look like they are now from this century.
- EverQuest Mac got a call from the governor while on death row, so lives for a while longer.
- Planetside 2 launched! That is a massive shooter!
- Vanguard is alive and free to play and getting content updates! And Brad McQuaid is back working on it.
- The Krono experiment will make for an interesting change to watch.
- Vague promises of a more sandbox-like EverQuest game in EverQuest Next in hopes of breaking the "me too" MMO mold where everything is basically based on EverQuest. Sounds interesting, but we're a long way from reality.
- They screwed up Station Cash valuation through heavy discounting and cash shop blanket discounts to the point of requiring SOE to stop selling expansions and gold subscriptions for Station Cash. This in turn puts more pressure on the cash shop people to sell a couple of useful items and piles of cosmetic crap. Meanwhile, the triple Station Cash sales continue because, of course, they have trained us to hold out for that.
- SOEmote. Science experiments are cool and all, but SOE is starting to accumulate a few too many such things in its basement. Voice control, Station Launcher, will SOEmote join these on the scrap heap eventually?
- EverQuest Online Adventures fell by the wayside.
- Didn't SOE already have a sandbox-like game in SWG? The word is that Lucas was behind NGE and the closure, but SOE still has blood on its hands.
- The EverQuest time locked progression servers seem to be dying from neglect, which is ironic because every player on those servers is a subscriber. That is a requirement. So I guess we see where a server full of subscribers ranks in the free to play world?
- No major player revolt provoking crises. There is always some drama and things to piss off players, like the inventory changes. But there was nothing that came anywhere close to the uproar when flying in space was set aside in favor of space Barbies with the Incarna expansion.
- Really some cool new features in this year's EVE expansions.
- A year in null sec was a whole new experience for me.
- With no crisis to rise to, the EVE Online CSM went back to being just a marketing tool. I can see no tangible benefit to players from CSM7. Roll on galactic student council.
- DUST 514? Have you heard of it? Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you while you were playing PlanetSide 2.
- So, yeah, null sec. The wars are over. What now?
- WoW still has more players than any other subscription MMO you play… not that there are many of those left.
- WoW remains immensely profitable.
- Mists of Pandaria shipped, putting WoW back over the 10 million players mark.
- Diablo III shipped at last, and sold a lot of boxes, both real and virtual.
- Pretty much done with WoW for now.
- No StarCraft II expansion yet.
- Diablo III shipped about five years too late.
- Customer support dickishness around the ability to shut off future payments when you signed up for the Annual Pass. You can be a dick about many things, but when you start refusing to stop billing credit cards, you have crossed a line.
- The Blizz obsession with hacks and cheating turned Diablo III into an "always online" experience that lead to the Error 37 fiasco and much complaining about things like server downtime and patch days.
- The Diablo III auction house, a clear reaction to the illicit RMT that happened in Diablo II and WoW, managed to kill off the "item hunt" part of the game for some.
- The level based difficulty of Diablo III meant having to play through the whole game in normal mode just to ramp up some challenge. Some people will be happy to play through the game four times with each character. I am not one of those people.
- Stark failure to plan for more content once Diablo III was played out.
- Titan? Hello?
Trion Worlds
- Rift continued to evolve and add features to keep players active.
- Rift launched an expansion, the classic "next move" for a successful MMORPG, that added more content, new styles of quests, and player housing.
- Trion managed to keep to the subscription model for Rift, thus avoiding the ruination of immersion that cash shops inevitably bring.
- The instance group made it through all the pre-expansion instances in Rift.
- I managed to get a level 50 character of each of the four classes before the Storm Legion expansion launched.
- Declining subscriptions, soft server merges, lots of "WoW did it first" additions. They have spun the server merges as a "good" thing and have gotten all of the servers into clusters for warfronts and the like. But less people means less subscription money.
- Layoffs. Not sure yet what this impacts, but it clearly isn't a sign of sunshine and lollipops.
RiseEnd of Nations seems doomed. But I couldn't play it in any case as it refused to run because I have my default text scaled to 120% in Windows, or so said the error message, and I am not going to reset that every time I want to play a game.
- Cash shop interface is already in Rift, foretelling a transition to eyesore mounts and ugly cosmetic gear… though, honestly, I am not sure I could tell the difference in Rift.
World of Tanks
- The physics revamp was a huge improvement for the game in my opinion. Power slide that TD down a hill!
- Free to play that can actually be free without being oppressive.
- Made gold ammo available for standard credits.
- Got bit by that NA/EU divide.
- In the end, it is just a shooter dressed up in vehicles. I will get bored of the same maps and the same tactics in every game sooner or later.
- Lots of big sales.
- Still a reasonable way to buy games and keep them updated.
- Has basically trained me never to buy a game until it is at least 50% off of list price.
- Even with heavy discounts, I have pretty much stopped buying because I don't really need any more games.
- I need to delete some of the games I have on my system because there are too many updates downloading.
- Came home to find the internet down, which meant I could not play any of my games on Steam once I booted up my computer.
- I still don't see why anybody would buy or download an MMO from Steam. I don't want to log in and start Steam just to turn around and log in and start the MMO, which will then patch itself.
Misc. Gaming
- GuildWars 2 shipped at last.
- Torchlight II shipped at last! And it is pretty good.
- Star Wars: The Old Republic actually has an expansion planned.
- Kickstarter seems to be getting people excited about games.
- As is typical, the Guild Wars 2 fanboys remain pretty much blind to any faults.
- Torchlight II still isn't Diablo II. But expecting that it would be was probably too much.
- SWTOR basically slammed the door on the subscription model's dick, while introducing some new noxious ways to implement free to play.
- City of Heroes gets the axe based on opportunity cost. It was making money, just not enough money.
- Glitch fails to get the quirky/greedy balance right, has to close. I never played it, but I hope something was learned.
- Most Kickstarter projects don't make their funding goal, and apparently most that do make it find that they have underestimated the money they really needed or the time it was going to take to get the project done. Sometimes things are delayed because the funding went way past the goal and the developer decided to add in all sorts of new things, as with Steve Jackson Games and their Ultimate Edition of O.G.R.E., but that seems to be the exception. Of the six projects I have backed, two failed to meet goal while three of the other four are way behind schedule. (Go Defense Grid team!) I am not saying that Kickstarter is a bad thing, but you have to go in with your eyes open. It is less Wall Street and more "The Producers" than you might expect.
- Streaming. I completely fail to get that whole fad. Why would I want to sit in front of my computer just to watch somebody else play a game? And really, most of us aren't as witty and amusing as we think we are. I'll just actually PLAY a game, thank you.
Well, that was all I could come up with. But sitting at the end of the year looking back, I am sure I missed or forgot some key items.
What else should be on the list of highs and lows for 2012?
- 1. Jenks - December 26, 2012
I install my MMOs through Steam when possible for the overlay and friends list. It's nice seeing what friends are playing and have the ability to message them even when they are playing full screen.
- 2. bhagpuss - December 26, 2012
I could give you a list of GW2's faults as long as my arm, not least of which being it's quite possibly he buggiest MMO I have ever played and that includes Vanguard. I have it in mind to do a "what's wrong with GW2″ post one of these days.
All the things wrong with it don't make a blind bit of difference to the fact that I can't stop playing it even though I rather wish I could. It is ridiculously compulsive.
- 4. Green Armadillo - December 26, 2012
"I still don't see why anybody would buy or download an MMO from Steam. "
Steam sales sometimes undercut what you'd pay if you bought direct – e.g. I got DDO's expansion for 50% off of Turbine's list price. You can then recover the key from steam and go back to using your standalone client. Also, if you add stuff to your steam wishlist, you can ask Steam to email you when it goes on sale. This is useful, because the publisher doesn't always go out of their way to publicize sale prices – they're hoping to catch the casual steam passer-by, not let their core market pay less.
- 5. Jenks - December 26, 2012
I couldn't get any of my friends to migrate to Raptr. They have the same reasoning as you, but I think they have a stronger argument. You have Steam installed already if you've bought a game through Steam or own any Steamworks title. While Raptr does seem better, especially for someone on multiple platforms, it's a social network with no other purpose. Owning 199 games on Steam myself, I wasn't too motivated to argue the point.
- 8. Werit - December 27, 2012
I think you mean End of Nations :)
- 10. whorhay - December 28, 2012
Wall of text indeed AnimeJ! What's funny is that I rarely look at people's names in comment sections, I was halfway through your small novel when I noticed it was you.
On topic:
Diablo 3 really disappointed me in a few ways. I didn't object to the multiple play throughs to raise the difficulty because that's how Diablo 2 worked and newer games like Borderlands have been doing the same thing. My objection was in that the difficulty scaling was all out of whack, the game was face roll easy on my first character until late in the third play through when it got a little challenging. Then you start the fourth and final play through and the difficulty shoots through the roof basically in the form of a massive gear check for each Act.
The Auction house was borked because in the lower levels people only wanted to sell perfect items due to the limited number of auction slots. And even when people were selling decent gear at reasonable prices finding it was a trial because there were so few filters you could apply at once.
The itemization was also pretty crappy because all the classes wanted the same stats most of the time. Once you hit max level and were trying to progress through Inferno the odds of an upgrade dropping were horribly ridiculously low, something like 1 in 10K or some such. The numbers were padded because in area's where only max level characters were playing 95% of what dropped was only potentially useful to players up to five levels lower than the cap.
Steam is great! There sales have utterly spoiled me. I was waiting on buying Borderlands 2 and ended up not buying it this time around as $30 still seemed pretty steep for what I expected to get out of it. I think that Skyrim was the last major game I bought at release there. The connection to start games can be worked around when your network goes down but if you don't remember the trick to doing it you are out of luck. The trick being that you need to disconnect from all networks, even your local wireless router, otherwise Steam thinks you are just trying to avoid the authentication and won't offer offline mode. You can also launch games through the Steam client that you didn't buy through Steam to get the overlay if you like.
- 11. Mekhios - December 28, 2012
– Guild Wars 2. Introducing new concepts to a stale MMO genre. Marvelous production values. Interesting combat.
– PlanetSide 2. I don't think I can ever play another FPS seriously after playing this. It certainly stomped on all interest I had in BF3 large scale battles.
– EVE Online. Retribution has brought in an avalanche of new players eager to try the game. The ingame help has vastly improved and the learning cliff has softened. We've actually managed to start up a new Corp from the influx of enthusiastic new players.
– The rise of indie gaming and Kickstarter. Time to give the big publishers a wake up call.
– The amount of jaded MMO bloggers who continue to beat the "woe is me" drum because they no longer like the direction the MMO genre is heading in yet can't stop themselves from talking about it. Time to accept new paradigms boys and girls.
– EVE Online veteran players. Players who rather than help the new members of our Corp in a positive way would rather snipe from the sidelines and criticise every choice made. Here's a clue veterans – new players are the life blood of this game. If you can't say anything constructive then shut the hell up.
– PlanetSide 2. The most unstable and crashworthy game I have ever played. It plays like an alpha build. There's something seriously wrong with the server when an entire side (Terran in our case) crashes en masse. It's not fun when this can happen 3 or 4 times in one evenings play.
– Kickstarter campaigns. I have yet to see a single one of subscribed Kickstarter projects actually produce anything except infrequent email updates.
- 12. Mekhios - December 28, 2012
One more 2012 High:
Kerbal Space Program. Addictive, educational, fun!
- 14. Mekhios - January 5, 2013
Shame Dust514 is limited to the Playstation platform. Very strange decision.
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US Railways
When traveling in the U.S., one may buy tickets or railway passes that allow use of multiple trains.
Buying US Rail Tickets
There are various ways to buy a passenger can buy tickets to travel in the U.S.
- On the Internet US Rail Tickets: Most railroad companies allow for booking US rail tickets online, and accept a variety of recognized credit cards.
- Using PDA's for US Rail Tickets: Some of the service providers like Amtrak allow a PDA user to log in via their phone to book tickets.
- Phone Booking for US Rail Tickets: It is possible to call the railroad phone booking number and reserve seats by using a credit card.
- Booking Offices US Rail Tickets: Most stations have booking offices where one can purchase tickets using cash or credit cards. This is a good option if the passenger has any queries or doubts, as these can be cleared before-hand.
- Kiosks for US Rail Tickets: Amtrak also provides the possibility of purchasing tickets from automated kiosks that are available at all major railway stations.
- US Rail Tickets from Travel Agent: When planning a multi-phase tour, purchase of train tickets can be done through an agent who also takes care of other details of the journey.
- Onboard US Rail Tickets: In some cases, tickets can be bought after boarding the train.
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- Booking Offices for US Rail Tickets: It is possible to pick up the US rail tickets at booking offices found on railway stations by giving the reservation number.
- Kiosks: Amtrak tickets can be printed at the automated kiosks by entering the reservation number and identifying oneself by using the credit card (that was used to buy the ticket) during activation.
- US Rail Tickets through Mail: Within the U.S. and Canada, it is possible to have the tickets sent to a mailing address via mail delivery.
- US Rail Tickets Agents: When booking have been done by an agent, the tickets may be delivered by the agent, or it may be required that the tickets are picked up the the agent's office.
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- On the Internet: It is possible to make the necessary changes by logging on to the website and using the reservation number, travel details and the required personal details that help in authenticating the process.
- Over the phone: It is possible to call the railroad phone-booking number to make changes or cancel reservations.
- On Board: Changes may be made on board the trains – either as an upgrade or a downgrade – subject to availability of seats.
After making a change, it is necessary that the original tickets be submitted before / when receiving a refund. Once the tickets are submitted, a refund can be made by the preferred mode.
Not all tickets can be canceled. A fee may be charged when making changes, or canceling tickets. The refund will be made after deducting these charges.
Refunds are made either by
- Returning cash.
- Issuing a cheque.
- Crediting amount to a bank account / credit card.
- As a voucher valid for future use.
A full refund is rare, as cancellation charges are applicable to varying degrees on most tickets. An early cancellation will be charged less than one very close to the travel date. In some cases, there may be a cutoff point, beyond which a cash refund is not possible. In such cases, a voucher for future use may be issued.
For some services, it is not possible to cancel a ticket post the departure of the train, while in other cases; a partial refund is possible on only partially used tickets.
Passes for US Rail Tickets
The US Rail Pass allows for unlimited travel within the specified regions. These Raul passes are valid for periods of 15 days and 30 days. They can be purchased from Booking Offices, on the Internet, and from Authorized Agents. Reservations for specific trains are still required, and should ideally be done at least a few days in advance. The Rail Pass entitles the passenger to Coach Class travel. But upgrades are possible at a fee, if desired.
The routes available on the Rail Pass are:
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Under various schemes it is possible to get a discount on rail travel.
- US Rail Tickets for children below 15 years of age are charged at half price.
- War veterans get a discount of up to 15%
- Students get discounts of up to 15%
- Military personnel, along with their families may qualify for discounts of up to 10%
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I think one of the hardest things about being single is the fact that you're doing everything by yourself ALL THE TIME.
Today, I was stressed out. I meant to go to the gym but didn't go and woke up in an all-over bad mood, compounded by an I'm-too-old-for-this fight with my mom, compounded by work stress and deadlines and so much stuff to do this weekend . . . and I lost it.
I ended up crying in the bathroom at work, which sucks. For one thing, although I may wish it, I do not look like a tragic heroine when I cry. My eyes turn this really interesting shade of green, which would maybe look captivating except they also get so, so bloodshot, my makeup runs and I turn all over-hives-on-my-chest blotchy. For another, while people are understanding of a "I'm stressed out!" pre-holiday breakdown, it doesn't exactly scream professional competence. Third of all, there's nothing more lonely and all-over depressing than crying your heart's repentence (or whatever) in the handicapped stall, which, as everyone knows, is always the best place to go for maximum privacy during a cryfest.
Anyway, it's times like these when being in a relationship—knowing you can go home to someone who cares—makes a difference. As it is, I'm not. I have a "date" this weekend with a guy from my improv class from a few months back. He's a standup comedian (and an accountant for his day job) and it'll be really great to go out with a guy I know—none of the awkwardness of a blind date, plus the fact he's seen me at my most vulnerable self—you can't get much more vulnerable than an improv class.
So, up and down, I guess. I know this/I haven't been specifically hot and/or bothered lately, and I apologize! For the past month or so, I've been pretty reflective, which is a good thing for me, although a little bit boring. But I'm hoping, for myriad reasons, this will all change in the new year.
Things to look forward to next week: a recap of the year, some thoughts on dating during the holidays, cold-weather dates, reader suggestions?
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You probably love Spotify, lest you're an old-school rock dude, like Thom Yorke, or believe the Internet is evil (well, it kind of is). The ease and wide-ranging catalog is the equivalent of having Christmas everyday for music enthusiasts. Unless we have a cool dad or mom, most of us don't really co ... More >>
How sweet it is to see the streets of Downtown, Deep Ellum, Lower Greenville, and Expo Park filled with nightlife patrons again after a cold winter. It's that perfect time of year where the weather is still pre-heating for the summer and everyone just wants to be out and about. This week, make the m ... More >>
In case you kept your ears and eyes plugged this past weekend, let us tell you just four teams are still standing in the NCAA tournament. Florida, Wisconsin, UConn and Kentucky have all survived two grueling weekends of hoops and earned a trip to the Final Four in North Texas (i.e. Arlington). You' ... More >>
Kim Lenz and the Jaguars play old school rockabilly with a fire and passion that is often missing from the hordes of retro-shtick, dress up cover bands that plague many music scenes. With a campy sense of humor and a ferocious persona, Lenz is a visual and musical magnet. Although Lenz grew up in S ... More >>
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New Crum Center. Same crummy results. In Matt Doherty's first season as SMU basketball coach back in 2006-07, the Mustangs started 9-1. A victory at Oklahoma would've likely propelled the Ponies into the Top 25. Instead, SMU was humbled in Norman by 27 points, and it's been all drastically down ... More >>
Welcome to my dark, dank, little out-of-the-way catch-all corner.In here every Friday afternoon you'll find those cumbersome little pieces parts, fleeting thoughts and mind crumbs I couldn't crowbar into other posts. It's where I'll come to clear my head, and to clean out my notebooks.Whether ... More >>
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There are several ways to make a pumpkin shaped cake for fall entertaining, whether you want a cake jack o'lantern for Halloween or a simple spice cake that doubles as a centerpiece for Thanksgiving. The easiest option is to buy a pumpkin-shaped pan. This is all well and good if you have space to store one during the off season, or simply plan on baking ... Read More »
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I'm a big fan of pumpkin pie and make them quite often throughout the fall. A good, homemade pie with a good, homemade crust is tough to beat, but I think there is one way that you could improve the design: a pumpkin-shaped pie pan. This Pumpkin Pie Pan is about the same size as a regular 9-inch pie pan, but with enough flair to ... Read More »
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While it's nice to see elaborately shaped pans creating intricate masterpieces out of cake around the holidays, as the Cornucopia Bundt Pan does, it can also be nice to see pans that are a little bit simpler but still get the job done well. Nordic Ware's Harvest Classic Baking Mold is just such a pan and it is easy to love the look of its ... Read More »
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I hope that Nordicware never stops coming up with new designs for its bundt pans, because the holidays would be a lot less exciting if we never had new designs to look forward to. Take this Cornucopia Bundt Pan, for instance. A cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket that is typically depicted overflowing with food and grains, symbolizing a bountiful year. Also referred to as a ... Read More »
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While I like heating up a plate of Thanksgiving leftovers and having a holiday dinner all over again, what I really like to do with leftover turkey is make sandwiches. The breasts are usually so large that you get perfect slices of meat – meaning that they're quite big – for sandwiches and don't need to spend too much time piecing together little bits of ... Read More »
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The e-learning course on the PSA has been developed to build capacity in the elaboration and application of the PSA and its methodologies. In this course, we will guide you step by step through the different parts of the PSA.
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Allante Keeshonden was born around 27 years ago when Jeri Caldwell first became acquainted with the beautiful happy Keeshond. Today I have 51 Champions to my credit including Hall of Fame Dogs, Register Of Merit Excellent (producing award) and a Best In Show! Allante Kees is well known for the temperaments and "brains" of the dogs born here and have many dogs that are titled in Obedience and Agility, one of my girls is the second in the history of the breed to be awarded the Versatility title with her Championship along with her performance titles in Obedience, Agility and Tracking. Keeshonds in my line have all been "stamped" with the Allante look and are easily recognized anywhere in the country.
Jeri lives in the Wanamaker community of Indianapolis, Indiana. Jeri wrote for the AKC Gazette as the Keeshond Club of America columnist for 12 years. She has also been a contributor to two of the Keeshond Breed magazines with dozens of articles. She is a member in good standing with the Keeshond Club of America and has been proudly awarded the AKC title of Breeder of Merit. Jeri is a professional groomer by trade, owns her own salon and teaches grooming at the academy.
I believe that the Keeshond does best when they are raised as part of the family and all of my dogs are housedogs. Because of the love and companionship given to the dogs as they grow, I believe they are wonderful housedogs and have the personalities of champions! My puppies are raised indoors, underfoot so that their socialization starts at birth. I also have an African Grey parrot that are in the "mix" and the puppies are raised with him. In fact, Biscuit the parrot, calls all our dogs by name and is always asking them "do you want to go out?"
I believe my success in the breed does not only show through my careful selection of only the best conformation dogs I keep and test for hereditary health problems, but my understanding of good temperaments and training. My dogs have been recognized for years for their "showy" personality that is truly Allante.
Please enjoy the photos of the Champions, and performance dogs and feel free to contact me for more information regarding the wonderful Keeshond!
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From what little I understand about his works, Rubem Fonseca is a big deal in the literary world, especially representative of the best South American writers around today. It shows, after reading his new collection of short stories, The Taker and Other Stories. My initial impression is that his writing style is a close amalgam of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Cormac McCarthy, though with a uniqueness that combines among his characters a flippant whimsy with an emptiness of deviousness, desperateness, opportunism and cruelty.
Make no mistake, Fonseca creates his stories around unique individuals and their circumstances, wealthy and impoverished; however, what distinguishes his stories and characters is that he is really writing about his native Brasil, about the desperate circumstances faced by its citizens, the corruption, their reaction to modernization, their daily sacrifices.
As if one really needed to be told, Brasil is passion. Life there is both carefree and cruel. Fonseca heaps a mixture of both in this collection of stories. He interweaves a world full of overworked and psychotic businessmen, the feasting upon rural roadkill, the camaraderie between mugger and victim, the nature of family among poor armed robbers, of murder amid good intentions, and the intense burn yet fleeting demise of love, often with fatal consequences.
Others have characterized Fonseca's stories as unsettling, with which I agree completely. Add to that the words deeply, disturbing, engrossing, stifling, existential, and human. His stories force one to think not only about Brasilian life and culture, but the state of humanity as well. They may be short stories, but they're so full of pathos.


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Many of us were intrigued by Walmart's recent announcement to make some improvements in the nutritional quality of the products sold in its stores. Between eliminating trans fats from its shelves by 2015 and reducing sodium by 25% over the next few years, Walmart may ultimately have a greater impact on the public's health than many of us who are supposedly doing this for a living. Is this surprising?
Walmart's move highlights the power of large corporations in making sweeping changes — for better in this particular case — but also makes us reflect on the fact that healthier choices tend to be made when healthier options are presented to us. It seems that while education is essential, it may not be sufficient. I was reminded of this recently by a study published in the American Journal for Preventive Medicine, which found that adding nutritional information (fat, sodium, calories) to the menu at a fast food chain did not significantly change the overall purchasing behavior of consumers. While I'm sure that some individuals do respond to this point-of-purchase education, most people continue to choose what tastes best to them.
Armed with these sobering statistics, we might consider a two-pronged approach. Educate consumers, but also consider ways to make healthier behaviors more convenient. It doesn't have to be as obvious as a fitness center in your office building — it can be as subtle as positioning certain items differently in a grocery store, adding some additional lighting to make walking on the street safer, or just eating at the table or in the lunchroom rather than in front of the television or while sitting at your desk.
I previously blogged about a soda tax as a method to create obstacles to engaging in less healthy behaviors, and acknowledged the controversy when such a measure is levied by the government. But a corporation has the ability to create obstacles or reinforce behaviors too, just as long as it positively impacts its bottom line.


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Warsaw will get to play a home game in a Class 4A semistate matchup Saturday against South Side, announced by the IHSAA on Sunday.
The Tigers will play host to the Archers at 6 p.m. Saturday for the right to go the state finals in Terre Haute on March 2.
The 4A game will be preceded by the 2A semistate between Bishop Luers and Eastern (Greentown), which tips off at 4 p.m.
The Knights have been to the last three 2A state title games, winning in 2011.
Defending Class A state champion Canterbury will play Lafayette Central Catholic in the semistate at 1 p.m. Saturday in Crown Point.
The Cavaliers have won four of the last five Class A state championships.