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April 01
Eat, Pray, Love with Us in Bali this Summer!
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April 01, 2011
What's Happening at Pranashama Yoga Institute?
In case you didn't know, as a special gift to you:
Everyone who is joining us in Bali will receive
complimentary access to the Renew You 30DYC program!
If you are one of those people who is thinking to yourself, "I'll go next time" or "I just can't go to Bali for X, Y or Z reason" then please listen closely:
In life, there is not always a next time.
I remember a retreat I really wanted to go to a few years ago. One of my friends and beloved yoga teachers Shiva Rea was leading a group to Turkey for Rumi's 800th birthday.
I wanted to go, but I had a lot of 'reasons' why I couldn't go.
So I didn't go.
And when I saw the photos and heard about the trip when they got back,
boy did I was I would have been there for that!
Carpe Diem!
Sieze the day.
Follow your heart and pursue your most wild adventurous dreams.
Whatever it is. (even if its not coming to Bali!)
Just take action, move forward and be courageous.
You will always be rewarded with the support you need when you make the decision to step forward boldly and follow your heart.
You will always be grateful you did.
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We are staying in Ubud, Bali, the same place they filmed the epic novel and movie:
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- Chattanooga Mocs senior Steven Fox (Chattanooga, Tenn.) opens play at the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic Monday and Tuesday, November 19-20. Fox faces 22 of the college game's top players at El Paso Country Club in El Paso, Texas.
Fox gained entry in the event as United States Amateur Champion. The remainder of the field includes first, second and third team All-American from the 2011-12 season and the Division II Player of the Year.
The schedule includes 36 holes Monday on the Par 71, 6781-yard tract. The final round Tuesday is at 8 a.m.
Fox is the second entry in the event for UTC. Jonathan Hodge (2006-09) played in the 2008 tourney finishing 15th at plus two (215), one shot ahead of current PGA Tour star Rickie Fowler then of Oklahoma State.
The Mocs are off until February when they open the spring schedule at the Redstone Collegiate Challenge at Redstone Golf Club in Humble, Texas. Redstone is home to the Shell Houston Open PGA Tour event.
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Brenda and Sonny are forced to stay in, Luke offers advice to Lulu and Sonny and Robin sees Lisa's confession.
Carly enters Jax's office to inform him his mother is arriving soon so they can get info out of her about Jerry. He wishes he could disconnect from all this, but she thinks they need to find a way to stop Jerry and they need to do it together. Jax leaves and Lady Jane enters. Carly tells her mother-in-law that Brenda is in town. Jane lets Carly know she is behind Carly one hundred percent. While Carly is grateful for the support that's not why she called her there.
Dante drops by Sonny's office to update him on their search for The Balkan – namely that Jerry is now a suspect. Sonny wants Dante to continue to be a good detective, while he protects Brenda day and night if he lets her. Dante is set on edge by his father's comments.
At the police station, Jax asks Dante to let him deal with Jerry. Dante thinks that will only put Brenda in more danger. Jax is no longer loyal to his brother and will do what it takes to stop Jerry. After Jax leaves, Dante gets an autopsy report on Alexsander and flashes back to the night Brenda shot him. Ronnie walks up and wonders what's so interesting about him.
Jax returns to his office and as Carly leaves to get them a snack, he tells his mother Brenda is in trouble and he has to help.
Lulu meets Tracy at the Haunted Star, where she is asked to be Tracy's maid of honor. Lulu happily accepts as Luke joins them. Tracy leaves the room and Luke explains to Lulu he and Tracy are working on trust right now. She understands because she trusts Dante with her life, but Luke warns her not to do that. Lulu leaves and Sonny walks in to tell Luke he wants to bring Brenda to the casino, but he'll have to buy out the place for security reasons. They commiserate over loving difficult women, but note they are worth fighting for.
As Sam leaves her apartment, she notices something's wrong with the lock.
At the penthouse, Brenda tells Jason she has a date with Sonny, but he doesn't want her leaving the place. Jason tells him Jerry might be involved with The Balkan, but Brenda knows Jax would never let him hurt her. Jason updates her on Jerry's exploits over the years and says Jax can't control him. Sam calls Jason about her lock, so Jason calls Spinelli to make sure Brenda doesn't leave. Once Jason is gone, Brenda tells The Jackal she has a date with Sonny. He feels it's unsafe and informs her he's made some arrangements for her to have dinner with Sonny there. Max and Milo come to the door in chef uniforms. Brenda calls Sonny to tell him of the change in plans. Sonny stops by to pick up Brenda for their date, but Spinelli informs him they cannot leave. Sonny gets annoyed, as Max and Milo come out and urge Sonny to try the meal they've worked so hard on. They sit down and are served by Spinelli, Max and Milo as they reminisce about their first date.
Jason checks out Sam's lock which seems to have been tampered with. He thinks it makes sense for Jerry to come after her since she is unfinished business. She assures him she is ready if Jerry comes after her and he kisses her goodbye.
Sam is grabbed as she walks outside, but Jason is there to save her. He holds his gun on the man, assuming he is Jerry Jacks.
At the hospital, Matt and Patrick talk about Lisa's confession as she walks by. Patrick confronts her, but Lisa tells him what she does on her own time is her business. Matt tries to broker peace, but leaves when he is unsuccessful. After Patrick and Lisa argue some more, Matt returns to try and calm Patrick down. Robin walks off the elevator and Patrick tells her about Lisa's confession. Robin becomes irate, but Patrick urges her not to look at it. Patrick gets paged away and Robin makes a beeline for a computer to watch Lisa's confession.
Lisa runs into Nikolas on the pier and tells him how much she is actually enjoying working in the ER. She isn't focusing on Patrick and Robin, instead she's concerned with the good things she still has.
After watching Lisa online, Robin sees Nikolas and Lisa walk off the elevator. She goes off on Lisa, but Nikolas stops her wondering what is wrong with her. Robin thinks Nikolas is being manipulated by Lisa, but Nikolas thinks Robin screaming in front of her coworkers is unlike her. Robin wonders what she's doing.
Michael and Kristina come to the loft to study. They talk about their grades and she bemoans all the pressure she has on her to do well in school. She just wants to get into a good school so she can move on and forget last year ever happened. She tells her brother Taylor has been really good and patient with her. They aren't exactly dating, but they are more than friends. She says he's helped her a lot and wishes he could find someone like that. She brings up her friend Ally, but Michael doesn't want to talk about her and gets defensive. She wonders why he thinks living through something bad means he can't have something good again. Michael tells his sister things are better for him now and then wants to get back to studying.
Tomorrow's Port Charles spoilers for General Hospital:
Patrick wants to go to counseling with Robin.
Jason comes to Sam's rescue.
Jax looks for Jerry.
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First off I am so glad I found this site. I can't believe I haven't found it sooner as much time as I have spent researching eclampsia.
December 28, 2003 started out just like any other Sunday for me. My husband and I got ready and headed to my parents house. The only thing abnormal was that I was seeing a few spots in front of my eyes. I relaly didn't think anything about it. WE arrived at my parent snd I sat down to talk to my mama. Then I don't remeber anything until around 4am the next morning and I was in a hospital. I raised my head up and saw my husband asleep my mama was beside me. I felt something on my tummy and asked my mama what it was. She told me it was the bandage. I was like oh I had a c-section? She told me yes. Then I asked how's my baby? She started saying something about me having seizures and the umbilical cord being around her neck. I didn't even let her finish I just looked at her and started crying and asked she's dead? God, the devestation I felt. Later they explained to me that I start having seizures after I got to my parents. After, the ambulance got to the hospital the doctor did an ultrasound and there was no heart beat. My doctor believes that it was a combination of the seizures and the umbilical cord being around her neck that caused it. The thing they kept trying to tell me was that it wasn't my fault. Still, I couldn't help but wonder what if. I really had no symptoms until that morning. I had been to the doctor just 10 days before and everything was fine. I was 30 weeks and counting down the weeks until I would hold my baby in my arms. We already knew it was a girl. Although I said I didn't care what the baby was, a girl was what I wanted. I did get to hold her in my arms. She was just dead. This perfect little angel with my nose and chin and her daddy's mouth and a head full of blonde hair. My two biggest fears have always been that I couldn't have children and that I would lose one. I have lost a lot in my 22 years more than most people my age, but NOTHING compares to this. There's an emptiness inside of me. Fortunately I am not suffering from depression, just grief there is a difference. I had my 6 week checkup today. My doctor said I should wait 6 months before getting pregnant again. I don't know if I can. It is going to be so hard. I want SO badly to have something to look forward to again. I want another child more than I have ever wanted anything in my life. At the same time I am petrified that I will lose the next one too. It's worth the risk to me though. I will never forget my little Emma. (I didn't even get to go to her funeral. I don't know if I could have taken it anyhow.) But I want another so bad. I will grieve for Emma for the rest of my life, I know that. The pain will lessen but I will never really get over it.
In loving memory of
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HospitalizationA good long-term care facility usually has an arrangement with a nearby hospital in case residents become acutely ill. Ask the administrator what arrangements the home has and, in their absence, what is done in case of an emergency.Nursing servicesThe competence and attitude of the nursing staff is vital. Registered nurses (RNs) should direct nursing services in skilled nursing homes. An RN may not be on duty during all shifts, but must be responsible for the nursing staff. Licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) with at least one year of specialized training, should be on duty day and night. Certified nurse aides (CNAs) help with bathing, eating, dressing and other personal needs. Ask the administrator to explain the facility's CNA training program to you.RehabilitationFull- or part-time specialists should be available to help residents regain lost abilities, such as walking, talking and dressing.Activities programActivities can help residents feel right at home. Activities should include trips to community locales and visits to friends and family. Community institutions, such as libraries, should bring their services to the home. People from the community should be encouraged to volunteer to work or visit with the residents. Residents should be encouraged, but not forced, to participate. Religious observanceBe sure the home provides on site services or arrangements for transportation to preferred services.Social servicesGood homes have social workers on staff or as consultants to aid residents and their families in dealing with various problems.FoodA dietitian should plan balanced, varied and tasty meals that meet all of a resident's nutritional needs. Personal likes and dislikes should be considered. Ask to see menus. Good homes serve meals at normal times, allow plenty of time for leisurely eating and provide nutritious between-meal and bedtime snacks.GroomingGood homes arrange for barbers and beauticians as needed.
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By George Vradenburg
This year we have seen real progress in the fight against Alzheimers, both in terms of science and political mobilization.
Read the full piece online here (jump to page 51)
I was a really good mom. Great carpooler, all that. You're not interviewing my kids, right? Who needs a dissent? But I started writing columns, all humor. Wrote a screenplay. Wrote a steamy novel basically to humiliate my kids. I was having some success, and in the middle of all this, my daughter became a teenager. All of a sudden she was taken by aliens — if you have kids, you know this happens. My parent-effectiveness training went right out the window. I had met with "Designing Women," and they asked me to come out to L.A.
Trish Vradenburg on the need to talk about Alzheimer's and the global impact of Alzheimer's (read more).
Must reads
Washington Post editorial highlights negative impact of budget cuts on NIH research, researchers hopeful of Alzheimer's drug therapy within next five years, and Alzheimer's cases set to triple to 135 million by 2050 (read more).
A new era in Alzheimer's research, the link between dementia and exercise, and Selim Zilkha pledges $5 million to USC's Keck School of Medicine to fund a new endowed chair in Alzheimer's disease research (read more).


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Justin Bieber Wins $9 Million Lawsuit Against Fan's Mother
Last summer, Stacey Betts filed a $9 million lawsuit against Justin Bieber for one of the things that his young fans love most about him: his ability to energize a room.
While attending a Bieber concert with her daughter in 2010, Stacey claimed that the excitement that Justin caused (also known as the screams) gave her permanent ear damage.
And despite the fact that Stacey still stands behind her claim, TMZ reports that she filed documents to dismiss her case last week due to the fact that she does not have a lawyer and does not want to continue with her case on her own.
We're not sure what makes a bigger difference to Justin: the $9 million or not having to deal with court.
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Phone ring Apple HQ, how may I help you?
Cartman: I'd like to speak to Steven P. Jobs please.
AHQ: I'm sorry but--
Cartman: Gawdammit I wanna speak to Steven P. Jobs now, respect my authoritah or I'll kick you squaa in the--
South Park App "Dead in the Water"
Today is a depressing day for all of the South Park fans out there. The South Park app that Dieter told us about back in October has been rejected once again by Apple.
blockquote>We first announced our iPhone App back in October, after we submitted the Application to Apple for approval. After a couple of attempts to get the application approved, we are sad to say that our app has been rejected. According to Apple, the content was "potentially offensive." But Apple did admit that the standards would evolve, citing that when iTunes first launched it didn't sell any music with explicit lyrics. At this point, we are sad to say, the app is dead in the water. Sorry, South Park fans.
Who is Apple to say what is offensive and what isn't? They let fart apps in the App Store in groves. Who is to say those do not offend anyone? How about Wobble? An app that gives you the ability to make certain female body parts jiggle around your screen. That doesn't offend anyone? That is a choice the consumer should be making, not Apple. Ok, I've made my point.
There is one simple solution to something that may offend someone. If you are offended, don't buy it!
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South Park App "Dead in the Water"
Phone ring Apple HQ, how may I help you?
This is starting to get pretty disgusting. Apple lets the app store be flooded with stupid fart apps and 15,000 literally useless apps and they block this?
I love South Park, most of the videos I watch on my iPhone are South Park episodes I purchased on iTunes. Not only that, but they are uncensored so even more offensive than what you see on TV.
Apple had better be careful, South Park's next season starts in just a few weeks. Matt and Trey are not ones to be messed with.
Also, doesn't Apple verify your age for purchasing explicit content when buying music, videos, and movies? Why not for apps? And if they don't do that, why let a kid have free access to an R rated movie or MA TV show from HBO full of adult language and yet ban "potentially offensive" apps?
Again, total disgrace.
Apple denied our Bop-It! application for similar reasons. We however were able to figure out a way around it. See http://www.snakeheadsoftware.com/node/5 for more details.
After seeing a comment on ArsTechnica, I will parrot it here:
You can buy South Park episodes through iTunes. This app would let you watch for free from the creators.
So, inconsistent content censorship, or "duplicates iTunes functionality" in disguise?
thekevinmonster is right. It has nothing to do with content censorship, it has to do with Apple protecting their revenue.
I don't think the app was going to allow you too watch full episodes, just clips. Which, someone could see a clip and really like it and say, gee I wanna watch this whole episode. Oh, it's on iTunes I can download it and watch on my iPhone, how cool! Apple is only hurting themselves here.
That revenue thing seemed too good to be true anyway. Oh well.


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Prepaid cards — though sometimes marketed as "prepaid credit cards" — are not credit cards.
The card issuer offers no credit; the cardholder merely spends money that he or she placed on a card. The card number uniquely identifies a record in a central database where the balance is recorded.
In many ways, a reloadable card is similar to a credit or debit card. Like most debit and credit cards, many reloadable cards carry a logo from one of the major electronic payment networks — Visa, American Express, Discover or MasterCard.
Any business that accepts these logos likely accepts reloadable cards.
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A major difference between prepaid cards and a credit or a debit card is that the cards have to be "loaded" with money before you can use them. When the balance gets low, you can reload; that is, add more money, as the name implies. Depending on the card, you can reload online, in person or through a direct deposit from a work place.
•They can be safer than cash. If the card is registered with an issuer and it's lost, you can recover your full balance.
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•Credit checks are not required to get a prepaid card.
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|If you live in Utah, you might be a fan of this Cafe Rio Style Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing!
Every place has its own food culture, and if you live in Utah, Cafe Rio is a big part of that culture. I've loved Cafe Rio's creamy tomatillo salad dressing since the first time I tried it, and years ago my brother-in-law Kelly gave me a recipe for Cafe Rio Dressing, Chicken, and Rice, which I posted on my then brand-new food blog. All of those recipes are definitely copycat versions of the true Cafe Rio recipes, but the dressing does taste just like the famous creamy Cafe Rio dressing. I've made this so many times through the years it feels like it really needs to be added to the category for Recipe Favorites on the blog!
If you're trying the version with roasted tomatillos, cut them up and roast for 15-20 minutes in a 400F oven. Watch them, and remove when they start to get barely browned.
Cafe Rio Style Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing
(Makes about 2 1/2 cups of dressing, recipe adapted from a recipe for Cafe Rio Dressing, Chicken, and Rice that I got from my brother-in-law Kelly. See after the main recipe for variations I've tried.)
2 cups prepared Ranch Dressing (I usually use a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch buttermilk mix, but you can make your own Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing or Buttermilk Dressing if you prefer)
1 small bunch cilantro, large stems removed (about 1/2 cup chopped cilantro)
2 large or 4 small tomatillos
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
2 T fresh lime juice
1 tsp. Green Tabasco sauce or 1 diced jalapeno pepper
Add tomatillos, garlic, lime juice, and Green Tabasco or chopped jalapeno to the food processor and pulse until ingredients are finely pureed. Add the 2 cups of prepared dressing and pulse just a few times, until ingredients are well combined. Chill dressing for an hour or two and serve.
~To make a roasted tomatillo dressing, dice tomatillos, place on a baking sheet, and roast at 400F for 15-20 minutes before adding them to the food processor.
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So, that puts us at five illnesses in two months. Strep. Strep again. Flu. Virus. Croup. But, it's all put in perspective by the fact that no one has had to go to the hospital, my kids are both sleeping soundly and my son is breathing normally.
Caring for my sick kids and being on vacation has left me very little time and almost no energy to blog or do research. But, I imagine all of you are busy with your own "never a dull moment" lives, and that you will be able to live without a few of my posts as I try to get everyone on the road to wellville.


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Originally posted by Xasapis
Hearts are an improvement though. The interaction with the NPC is not needed. The multiple objectives for them is an improvement. The optional heart tasks are just that, optional. They provide a better flow of questing than the traditional model. In the more traditional model, you would need to click an NPC, grab all quests, do quests, then return back to NPC for rewards. Are they still the same objectives of Fetch X, Kill Y type of quests? Yes, but the way it's presented is an improvement.
I've looked at it objectively, have you?
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Originally posted by nsignific
Fixed that for ya.
Originally posted by Xasapis
Overhype? I dont think you realize hearts didnt even exist originally. It was DEs that were hyped. Hearts were added in later to act as sort of a filler / guideline to get people into different areas and do things that would trigger DEs. Its kind of funny actually. After all the complaining of games like WoW "holding your hand" and guiding you through the game, people complaine dthat they needed their hand held and didnt know where to go and what to do because Arenanet didnt tell them where to go until they added in the heart quests.
BTW, just like with quests in any other game, you CAN talk to the heart NPC and he tells you what is going on, why youre doing these things, how to do them, etc. The difference is it is not required to begin working on the tasks in most cases. Though there are some where you do have to talk to an NPC to get special tools, buffs, transformations, etc.
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Originally posted by Xasapis
The thing is that there are 2 kinds of people critizing the game, those who actually have a point and those just trolling (and the same goes for all games). And of course the people who have a point but are so rude about it that everyone ignores their point.
I like the game myself, but it isnt perfect. Well founded critizing is not wrong, if everyone just say the game is perfect there would be no reason to make it better and discussing games are what we do on forums.
Some people here tend to treat people who say the game is just a Wow clone and people who gives suggestion how to make DEs more interesting th same way and that isnt fair.
Originally posted by Kilsin
I dont see a problem with this, it is not only the content but how you present it that matters.
There are books that have a pretty boring story that still is great because they are well written, and there are books that have a great story but are so badly written that reading them is a pain.
The type of quests that showed up in Meridian 59 and before it in single player RPGs like Pool of radiance could be presented in a lot more interseting way. Bioware thought the same but sadly does cut scenes for everything getting old really fast.
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You just don't get it do ya?
Should I even bother to explain? That pic is so true LOL!
GW2 is overrated.
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Originally posted by tomato_kwan
I think it is you that dont get it, I also think the picture is true.
By presenting content a different way you can do it a lot more fun.
Originally posted by tomato_kwan
I dont think you get it.
Ill put it this way. Give us an idea for a quest that doesnt involve any of the following:
1) Killing something (or using a special weapon / tool to "attack" it)
2) Collecting something
3) Escorting / protecting something from attackers
4) Interacting with objects / speaking with NPCs to trigger something
See these are all pretty much standard things that you simply cant vary from vary much. In any MMO (most games actually, not just MMOs), the content is going to revolve around doing those things. If you werent doing those things you wouldnt have any form of quests. What matters is, as Loke said, how it is presented. Sure you might be killing stuff in one game, and its boring as hell. Does that make killing stuff in EVERY game just as boring? Offering more fun ways of doing these things, as well as options (such as in GW2 where you might be bored of kiling stuff, so you just do one of the other options instead).
That last part is one of the biggest differences in GW2 vs most other games. Quests in othe rgames ar etypically you have to do exactly this thing (like kill 50 of something), or a combination of multiple things but all required (such as kill 50 of this thing and collect 20 of this). All parts are required. But in GW2 you have the option of killing something OR gathering something OR whatever else they offer. None of those tasks are an absolute requirement, and you can combine ny amount of them in different ways to still complete the quest.
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'Attack GW 2' LOL. You fanboys crack me up.
Originally posted by observer
That's ridiculous, of course interaction with the NPCs is needed. Hearts were a really stupid idea, whereas DEs were a much better one (because the interaction with NPCs is done in a more natural way).
Objectively? Have you, really?
Just because something is "optional", does not excuse it from being shitty.
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Originally posted by kaiser3282
Are you saying that those 4 simplistic things are the only ways to do quests? Sorry but that is not true and to be precise what you call quests I would say are tasks.
For me quests are much more overarching than that. The Fellowship of the Ring was a quest, it involved all those things you mention but also it involved talking to people, convincing people to get on your side, making the right choices etc etc.
I admin that MMORPG quests are quite simplistic but they dont have to be, it is just the devs which has choosen this easy route so they can keep up with creating content. But quests can be much, much more and in GW 2, like any MMORPG, they simply are not.
They are different and more fun than your usual click on NPC and do quest thing but they are not that different. The only one I saw so far which was different was this Dynamic Quest where you had to solve riddles, think it was in the Norn starter area, and if you solved them you would advance and eventually complete it. It was a bit too easy but alteast it required you to use your brain.
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Originally posted by Loke666
I agree that presentation can make a difference, but ArenaNet and the fan community did so much to convince anyone paying attention that their content delivery was going to be revolutionary in dynamic, when it's really just a minor innovation of the same tired formula from two crappier games that came before it. I'm not saying that the entire design is flawed, there's certainly merit to be found in the combat system, but questing or mission running felt boringly familiar.
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Originally posted by Kilsin
This picture still cracks me up and i have seen it many times. lol
Originally posted by Yamota
Yes I know there are other things that could be done, but those 4 are going to be the meat of the game for nearly any game. If you took something else, such as solving riddles, and made all of the quests revolve around that then people would be saying the exact same thing "Waaaah its so boring. You do the same thing in every quest."
As for your mention about the Fellowship of the Ring. Along with the hearts and DEs, thats where the Personal Story comes in. You have much of the same there as in the fellowship. Travelling to different areas, meeting and helping new characters, choosing who to join / ally with, making decisions like going after an enemy vs saving a friend or ambushing a caravan vs sneaking in and stealing an object from their base, etc. All while working towards the grand goal of defeating the dragons and saving Tyria.
Thats the thing. If you focus on hearts and only hearts, yeah it seems like things are lacking. But there are various types of objectives in the game If all of the content existed in one thing (like hearts) what would e the point of having the other things (like DEs and Personal Story)?
Also along with the Norn riddle solving DE, there are also hearts with similar tasks. One I can think of off the top of my head gives you (along with kiling and collecting stuff) the option of solving some math problems.
Originally posted by Zylaxx
Agree with you Zy
Policing is needed more now then ever. :) I used to be a WoW fanatic, until GC was put in charge. Everything has gone downhill from there.
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Originally posted by jungleninja
But GW2 players trashing games like TSW is ok then?
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Originally posted by Xasapis
It was said several times that the only reason why the heart quests were added was for the people that had no experience with dynamic events, can make the transition from normal quests to the dynamic events.
As about the right side to the screen popping up:
You have the same approach on any classical mmo most of the time with the difference that in the classical mmo approach you need to go and talk to the npc and then to another and then to another.
The result is that as long as you didn't do that you won't be able to progress in the game while in GW2 the hearts are not mandatory and you can ignore them if you choose to do so.
The pop up goes also away when you go out of range, in classical mmos it stays in your quest log till you do it.
The heart quests are also only available till you reached a certain level.
I think they end somewhere in the range between 50s and 60s?
After that we have only dynamic and meta events which will probably also stay that way in the expansions to come.
To me they are a major improvement because they offer more freedom and choice but it depends on ones taste so....
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Hearts are distributed more in terms of territory than level range. Basically Orr has no hearts. It also has the highest amount of broken events and broken skill challenges. So it may have been an intentional choice to leave hearts outside of Orr, or they just run out of time and ideas by that point. They instead overfilled Orr with mobs, so not only the zones are jam packed with them, they have stun, slow, cripple and other abilities to hinder and slow runners.
The thing is, if hearts are erased as content as suggested above, the game will be even emptier in terms of PvE content than it currently is. And WvW holds very few people per server to keep people interested and entertained (thus the long queues, especially during prime time).
How about we all duke it out in a arm-wrestling contest, and who ever wins has the right to say what's the world best MMORPG ever! And every one has to listen to the winner couse he won....


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- Set of reference sheets on Hindeloopen Folk Art written by artist Yoka Van Den Brink, circa 1993. Hindeloopen craft techniques date back to the 16th century, to the port of Hindeloopen, in Friesland in the North of Holland where sailors developed a decorative tradition of handpainting domestic items to add colour to the dark houses through winter. Motifs include flowers, scrolls, buds, birds and sometimes bible scenes and landscapes.
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- Collection of 17 sheets of information on Hindeloopen Folk Art. Volume four contains a brief biography of the author, brief history of Hindeloopen, a colour chart and designs for various projects including a large tray table, large corner shelf unit and vienna coffee tin cover. Also included is an order form for additional design kits. The frontpiece for the kit illustrates the Hindeloopen Folk art in colour against a black background.
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Apple hit with antitrust lawsuit over e-book pricing
The U.S. Justice Department has just slapped Apple and their various publishing partners, like HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Penguin, with charges of e-book pricing collusion. Sources say that HarperCollins is in a hurry to get the issue settled as soon as today, but Penguin was ready to put up a fight in court. Apparently Apple's contract demands that publishers sell their e-books on iOS for the lowest price that's currently being offered by competitors. This supports the agency model, whereby publishers are the ones setting the price, while the Justice Department wants things to stick with the wholesale model, where retailers set the price. We had heard last month that publishers were willing to concede to the Justice Department over the issue, but apparently settlement talks haven't been as productive as expected.
The idea here is that by having all of the publishers agreeing on the same pricing structure, it stagnates competition. Amazon still has a big lead in the e-book world, and under its current model, Apple won't be able to put up much of a fight if their prices aren't competitive. On the one hand, consumers should be getting the best prices possible, but on the other, publishers and their authors will have a rough time staying in business with smaller margins.
How often do you use Apple's iBooks? Do you prefer Amazon Kindle, or Kobo? Regardless of who you use, how much are you willing to pay for an e-book?
UPDATE 1: John Sargent from Macmillan has published an open letter on the matter:
But the terms the DOJ demanded were too onerous. After careful consideration, we came to the conclusion that the terms could have allowed Amazon to recover the monopoly position it had been building before our switch to the agency model. We also felt the settlement the DOJ wanted to impose would have a very negative and long term impact on those who sell books for a living, from the largest chain stores to the smallest independents.
Go read the whole thing via the TOR link below.
UPDATE 2: Nilay Patel of The Verge got his hands on the DOJ's paperwork, including references to the involvement of the late Steve Jobs, and Apple's head of internet services, Eddy Cue.
the government alleges that the publishing industry openly colluded to raise ebook prices and end Amazon's dominance, and that Apple was a willing participant in the scheme. What's more, the alleged conspiracy sounds like it was actually quite a conspiracy, with secret CEO meetings in private New York dining rooms and promises made to bosses up and down the chain.
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Apple hit with antitrust lawsuit over e-book pricing
I'm into ebooks in a big way, but I never use iBooks. I have both a Nook and a Kindle, and have both apps installed on my iPad, iPod Touch, and Android phone. For reading my pre-Kindle/Nook ebooks (purchased from Fictionwise, Mobipocket, and others) I use Stanza on my iDevices and Aldiko on Android. Calibre is essential for managing my library.
The lawsuit included a quote from the late Steve Jobs, head of Apple, describing his company's strategy for negotiating with the publishers: "We'll go to [an] agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30%, and yes, the customer pays a little more, but that's what you want anyway."
Steve Jobs - man of the people.
eBooks are such a ripoff. No way they should cost the same as printed editions. i pirate everything and don't feel a bit bad.
Not all pirates are bad Sfwrtr.....
Study finds pirates 10 times more likely to buy music
According to research, those who download 'free' music are also the industry's largest audience for digital sales.
I pirate a lot of material from the internet but I also purchase a lot. I own all three Suzanne Collin Hunger Game novels in hardback ($42.00?) but I pirated the digital versions. You would think that an e-book would come free with a physical book but no its another $12.99. I don't feel bad for pirating because as many good albums, books, etc I have downloaded I have also downloaded a lot of crap that just gets deleted..
I've purchased ebooks for years, and the price has always been fair. But when Apple entered the picture, all of a sudden I could no longer buy books from Fictionwise, I had to go to Barnes and Noble. The prices also increased about 25-30% when that happened. I'm not against the market place setting the price, but when one company (Apple) controls how others (Barnes and Noble, Amazon) price their merchandise that concerns me. I have a Nook, as well as an iPad. Why should I pay more for an ebook that will never see an Apple product, just so Apple can sell books from their store? And prices are continuing to climb, books that were selling for $12.99 now routinely go for $14.99.
I have purchase a couple different eBooks. Priced the same title on Kindle and iBooks. Kindle is always cheaper by a buck or two. So, Kindle it is (on my iPad)
I've been deeply annoyed with the pricing of ebooks, and I've stuck to paper books as a result. In my mind, ebooks are a stalled technology advance until they cost significantly less than paper books, and currently they seem to cost as much or more. Which is ridiculous given the low cost of production.
So yeah, this price-fixing lawsuit comes as no surprise to me. Apple managed to bring us cheaper music and cheaper apps, but then turned around and produced more expensive ebooks? Shame on them.
Everybody assumes that the bulk of the cost of a book is the printing. I do not own a print shop but I bet the typical ink/paper cost of a book is below one dollar . Proofreading, cover design, ISBN and Library of Congress IDs, marketing, profits and remunerations all apply also to electronic editions, so there is no reason for an abrupt reduction of prices.
Not really. Traditionally most of the price was the 55%+ cut the retailer got. I had several books published in the good old days before eBooks and the retailer (including Amazon) took most of the money.
The agency model hurt Amazon and retailers far more than publishers, restricting them to 30% and not letting them sell at a loss like they used to do. (Discount book bins.)
I personally never purchase digital books because I feel the publisher is ripping me off. I don't know what it costs to print/bind/distribute a paperback book but it sure as hell is a lot more than the bandwidth costs to let me download the digital copy from their server. So why does it cost the same or sometimes even more for the digital version?
Besides that, I can usually find a used copy that makes the digital version seem ridiculous. For example the new paperback and digital version might be $30 while a used version can be as low as couple of bucks. What makes digital copies even more outrageous is that you can't loan or sell them afterwards.
Oh and did I mention that you can usually borrow these books from your local library for free. Where can I borrow a $45 ibook for free?
There is a 2010 article by David Derrico that does the breakdown of average printing costs per copy:
Hardcover: U$ 2,50
Trade paperback: ~ U$1
Paperback: U$ 0.75
Selling e-books is not free. There are IT/hosting/broadband costs as well, so I think people have had unreasonable expectations about e-book prices. Having said that, I do think they are terribly expensive, and in a ideal environment, publishers should be adding much less to the final costs, instead of the current 45-55%.
The article only tells half the story. The issue is that Apple colluded with the publishers to set a price at $15 for most bestsellers, etc. Previously most of those e-books were selling for $10 on Amazon. However, Apple wanting a cut of 30% as usual on everything they sell wouldn't be able to convince the other guys to keep selling at $10 and give up $3 to Apple when margins were thin already. So, they all colluded and decided at $15 or whatever it is that most go for, everyone is happy and it doesn't eat their margins and Apple takes its 30% and the consumer is the one thats screwed. This is against anti-trust laws in the US and is illegal. Everyone is quick to use the word 'monopoly' with regards to Amazon but really they are the ones selling at lower prices. Ever find a book cheaper on iBooks than at Amazon?
I suspect more of this could come for Apple. On a separate note I know to never bet against Apple stock (so I don't) but I also think something ugly like this or some other factor could also seriously undermine its growth and valuation. Of course it may not which is why I don't touch it at all in the first place. All good things must come to an end though and hopefully it jus stagnates like Microsoft has and doesn't collapse, lots of my friends own Apple shares but that's off topic. I am not an Apple basher by any means (in fact I love the denies as I own 4 Apple devices and am typing this on a Macbook Air) and hardly post on here, mostly lurk but I work in finance and so follow the news obviously and this post doesn't quite give the full implication that the issues is that Apple wanting its 30% basically got the book retailers to increase their prices to something that makes everyone happy (ie. colluding) so it could still take 30% and they could still make money.
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If a public-private fundraising campaign goes according to plan, every traditional public high school in Lee, Chatham and Harnett counties will have a new guidance counselor next year dedicated solely to helping students take free college classes.
Central Carolina Community College, which has campuses in all three counties, is leading the charge to create what CCCC President Bud Marchant said would be a first-of-its-kind regional collaboration between a North Carolina public college and multiple public school districts.
If the program is funded, CCCC would hire specialized counselors to steer high school juniors and seniors who have some wiggle room in their schedule toward taking dual-enrollment classes. Students don't have to pay anything, the college will receive more money because its funding is dependent on enrollment numbers, and local employers will have a broader pool of skilled labor to hire from, Marchant said, so everyone wins.
But the idea hinges on whether the college can raise $750,000 by April — the deadline to get the program off the ground by the start of next school year. That's where Kirk Bradley, who runs Sanford real estate and venture capital firm Lee-Moore Capital Company, comes in.
A past chairman of the Lee County Education Foundation, who has orchestrated fundraising campaigns for other outside-the-box educational ventures like The Head of Class Project, Bradley said he's excited by the way this proposal would merge high school with college — leaving students better prepared for the real world.
"You cannot just get a high school degree and be competitive in the workplace," he said. "... [Employers] expect their new employees to bring a skill set to the job."
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"These are high-skill, professional jobs," Marchant said. "The people there are treated like professionals and paid like professionals."
But the flip side, Bradley added, is that employers also expect entry-level employees to bring more to the table — skills that high schools don't teach. Students likely won't be able to finish a two-year degree through the free dual-enrollment classes, but Marchant said it would be perfectly feasible to take up to 18 credit hours, saving students both time and money should they decide to continue in that program once they graduate.
First, however, the money must be there, and both Marchant and Bradley said "ambitious" is their optimistic way of describing an attempt to raise such an amount from three largely rural counties in less than a year. However, Marchant said, the program will be self-sustaining once that initial money is raised. Unlike other groups and charities that need constant help, he said, this only requires a one-time pledge.
The college has received $100,000 already from GoldenLEAF, a foundation that supports projects in rural North Carolina, and Marchant said the school will probably apply for seven different grants in total. He and Bradley will also seek about $350,000 in private donations as well as $25,000 a year for the next two years from the county commissioners in Lee, Chatham and Harnett counties.
"I think this is a novel, ambitious goal," Marchant said. "But it is also timely and universally recognized as something we need."
Bradley said other states have started similar programs, but North Carolina hasn't although Gov. Pat McCrory and legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle support an increased focus on workforce development.
"But nothing's been done to accomplish that, except by saying 'Do more with less' because of the economic constraints at the state and local levels," Bradley said. "So that's where this comes in."


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Ilmarë (Q, pron. [ˈilmare]) was a Maia and the handmaiden to Varda. She is only mentioned briefly in the Valaquenta, where she is described as one of the chiefs of the Maiar.
In The Book of Lost Tales it is implied that she was supposed to be the daughter of Manwë and Varda, but Tolkien appears to have changed this in The Silmarillion and most readers accept that she was simply created by Ilúvatar like the Valar.
Her name may come from the Quenya word for "Starlight".
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Left-hander Cole Irvin passed up the chance to turn pro and will return to anchor what projects as an outstanding UO rotation next spring.
The Ducks' right-handed pitcher is a member of the 26-man College National Team
Eleven players from Oregon's 2015 baseball team are competing in summer wooden bat leagues around the country this summer.
Pitchers Stephen Nogosek and David Peterson are looking to make the Collegiate National Team 24-man roster
The Ducks' third baseman is one of just nine players to be named to the team
The Ducks' third baseman earned second-team ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-West Region honors
Scott Heineman, Conor Harber and Cole Irvin were all picked on Wednesday along with UO graduate Kyle Garlick
For just the second time ever, Oregon has had at least three players selected in the top seven rounds.
As the Ducks turn their attention to next season, Oregon could have several current players and recruits selected in this week's MLB Draft.
Oregon's two first-team All-Pac-12 picks claimed the Ducks' biggest team awards as well
Juniors Nick Catalano and Scott Heineman each were named to the Pac-12 Baseball All-Academic Teams
The Oregon baseball team's recent magic in extra innings didn't carry over into the NCAA Regionals, as the Ducks lost 2-1 to Iowa on Sunday.


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Del. Heather R. Mizeur, one of eight openly gay legislators in the Maryland General Assembly, didn't understand why a gay-rights group wouldn't endorse her campaign for governor.
In a statement released by her campaign, Mizeur (D-Dist. 20) of Takoma Park said it was "puzzling" that Equality Maryland would back Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, one of her rivals in the 2014 Democratic primary.
All three major Democratic gubernatorial candidates — Brown, Mizeur and Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler — had comparable positions on issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, said Tim Williams, chairman of Equality Maryland's political action committee. However, Equality Maryland felt Brown showed the best ability to lead and be effective as governor and in getting support for the organization's legislative issues, Williams said.
Brown and Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) helped push for the legislature's approval of same-sex marriage. Mizeur was an active supporter, too.
The General Assembly approved same-sex marriage during the 2012 legislative session. Voters affirmed the law through a referendum in November 2012.
Gansler was one of the first statewide officials in Maryland to speak publicly in favor of same-sex marriage. In 2010, he issued an opinion that Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states where it is legal.
Brown campaign manager Justin Schall said the campaign was "very proud" to get the endorsement from Equality Maryland.
"Equality is something the lieutenant governor feels very strongly about," Schall said.
Schall said both Brown and running mate Ken Ulman have helped lead the fight on LGBT issues, and he said he believes the Equality Maryland endorsement validates their work.
Equality Maryland is highly respected around the state, and its opinion matters, he said.
Mizeur, whose running mate is the Rev. Delman Coates, was disappointed.
"It's a puzzling choice, given our records," the statement from her campaign said. "No one in this race has done more for the LGBT community than the Mizeur-Coates ticket. I'm not sure what more we could have done to earn their support."
Gansler spokesman Bob Wheelock said in an email Thursday that despite the Equality Maryland endorsement, the LGBT community is aware of Gansler's leadership and commitment to its causes.
"Ultimately what matters most is [the] vote of the individual," Wheelock wrote in an email. "We are confident that Doug's record on fighting for and protecting the rights and safety of the LGBT residents of Maryland will factor into the voters' decision in the Democratic primary and on Election day."
Williams said Equality Maryland submitted questionnaires to Democratic and Republican candidates.
So far, no Republicans have returned the forms as of Thursday, he said.
The candidates who did return their questionnaires met with members of the organization for 60- to 90-minute interviews covering their past support for the LGBT community, support for issues at the state level and issues such as their political experience, support, fundraising and endorsements, he said.
All three Democratic candidates have been supporters and friends of the LGBT community, Williams said.
The community is not monolithic, and Mizeur and Gansler each have their supporters within it, he said.


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Dean's Welcome
Dear Student:
Deciding to attend Kent State University at a Columbiana County campus may be one of the wisest decisions you ever made. Your obvious goal may be to graduate and land that dream job – which I sincerely hope you do – but I challenge you to embrace your time at Kent State and make the most of every opportunity presented to you.
We offer a variety of courses and degree programs taught by experienced and highly-credentialed faculty. Our administration, faculty and staff make it their mission to not only challenge and prepare you for that career, but to also support you on that journey. We understand that many of you juggle the responsibilities of being a student, having a job and raising a family. We want to help make it possible for you to succeed.
I encourage you to get involved with clubs and campus life, too. Make the most of your time on our campus and embrace the experience. We receive fantastic community support and there are always opportunities for our students to network with business leaders and area professionals. Take advantage of these opportunities. It is important to give back to a community that gives so much to us.
Thank you for making Kent State East Liverpool or Kent State Salem your choice for continuing your education. When you are ready to graduate, I sincerely hope you choose to walk across the stage to receive your diploma. It's an honor you will have earned, and it will be an honor to share that moment with you.
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Hi. I'm 36+ wks (!!!) with pregnancy #3. Had pre-e at 35 wks with previous 2 so I'm in uncharted territory here pressures have not gotten to 140/90 but are elevated. I've noticed though that I've been getting headaches & fuzzy head feelings & my systolic is usually 130+ then. It's been staying in the high 120s/130s (with some random lows) and the highest the bottom has gotten is 86. Do y'all think the raised systolic & headaches are related?
I have to admit that the waiting & not knowing is freaking me out even though I'm so thankful to still be healthy & mobile at this point!


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I lost trac on your build. Im confused on the mag thing, " magazine feed lips " did you biy a mag? muttman
I lost trac on your build. Im confused on the mag thing, " magazine feed lips " did you biy a mag? muttman
Yes, BIY mag. G3 style feed lips won't work due to length of the 45 WM cartridge; too much side-side wiggle. Working more toward VZ's pistol-style feed lips that feeds only from the middle and go further down on the mag. Size of my BIY follower is making the fitment challenging.
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my piston to smooth tube fit is VERY good at sealing. Thus very efficient. I have not vented the sides of the gas tube yet, I have a hole in the top that will hold the front sight post that is empty and bleeding pressure for me right now.
OK I've been dinking around with my build for the past week. EVERYTHING IS WORKING... *EXCEPT* for the magazine. The feed lips are fine, I think. What the problem is, apparently, is that the cases are getting pinched at the base, and they are not moving in reaction to the upward spring pressure. It looks like they are too wide for the 1"x2" tubing. I have modified my homebuilt follower to try to compensate and it simply isn't enough.
It appears upon closer inspection that the tubing isn't a true parallel rectangle, but rather a football shape where the middle is wider than the ends. The inner width should be just over 7/8" wide, and the rear (where the base of the cartridges need to feed!) is less than 7/8".
Therefore, I need to find a way to bend the metal to make that inner width somewhat wider. I wonder if it would be as easy as sticking in a 7/8" bar stock and hammering the crap out it or pressing it down with the press? All of the tubing is like this... the corners are rounded just enough that the inner diameter isn't consistent.
I am going to see if I can mock-up one of these busted G3 mags to verify this is hte problem. Maybe it will be easier to modify a G3 mag after all?
I'll snap some pics of the build in a little while.
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could you weld up the ends and fill it with water and freeze it or maybe fill a plastic bag inside is and freeze it with the ends pluged some how? or possably hydro forming it?? just thinking out loud here. or maybe some gun powder and a fuse to blow it out LOL. likely all those meathods will just make it worse in the middle. milling a bar and pressing it through might be the best way possably adding some heat as you go.
I mocked up an aluminum G3 mag and it fed flawlessly! I used a 3/4" square aluminim rod to take up the space in the front so the spring wouldn't pop out, and my follower and the 45 WM dummies all fed fine! Looking more closely at the inside of the G3 mags, you can tell there is plenty of room inside to keep the rounds from hanging up.
I just happened to have some 3/4" and 1/8" stock laying around and I was able to hammer the inside of the mag out some. It is closer to where it needs to be, and does feed better. That implies I'm on the right track. I have some 1" stock that I am going to cut down and use for a mandrel to see if I can't get some real pressure from my 12-ton press to do the job. I may also file the inside some just to smooth things up after I'm done pressing it. Can't say for sure but it SEEMS to need a bit of polishing up on the inside.
Also, I made the body bent inward on the first 1" of the magazine to more closely imitate a pistol magazine that feeds only from the middle. The follower I have is too wide for that design, and the follwer in the pistol mag is actually only 3/4 as wide as the magazine, so that it can feed all the way up. I need to cut this follower down or make a new one to get those last few rounds to feed.
The rounds are still hanging ever so slightly in the mag and the follwer issue is making it difficult to isolate whether I need to cut more inside or thin the follower.
Progress is slow but steady. At least the bullpup linkage is working. Still need to snap some pics of it.
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update, update, update
I'm interested in the groza side of this project, how's it work? Please post pics of the whole trigger group thing. I've got a similar project, and would like to see a finished one...
Here's your update - I'm almost fully recovered from a respiratory infection (still on meds) and finally feeling well enough to get out in the shop again.
I machined a mandrel out of some steel stock I ordered from speedy metals. The mandrel is just thick enough to widen the inside diameter. I used my press to drive the mandrel through the tube... plenty of grease. I rounded the front edges and made it slightly shorter front-to-back. It looks kind of like a small log splitting wedge.
IT WORKS! The rounds no longer bind up like they used to in the thinner magazine. So my observation was correct. The I.D. is about .900" at the back where the base of the rounds feed.
Also, I spent some time while I was sick measuring my double-stack pistol magazines. All have one thing in common - a 15 degree taper on both sides that is approximately 2 rounds long, and a drastic inward taper of some sort at the top of the lip. I chose to imitate the closest one (.45 ACP) so I tapered the sides 1.1" down, and bent the lips about 30 degrees on the top.
I had to cut my custom follower for the taper as it was built more like an AR follower - so now the sides are thinned and tapered to match the magazine taper, more like a pistol follower.
It feeds by hand, AND it feeds in the gun with no binding in the magazine. Happy Days
I still ran into some issues - fit and finish are still a bugger. I need to figure out how wide to make the ejector. I think it is too small as the rounds don't always eject. I think I can hit it with a weld bead and be OK.
The magazine's new shape is slightly tight in the magazine well I made, so I am going to have to find the sticky spots and sand them down in the magwell.
I also identified excessive hammer hump - ground that down and that made a world of difference!
There is still some friction with the bolt carrier and I think my center support is too high, which appears to be striking the bolt and interrupting the feed process JUST ENOUGH to cause some feed failures. I may have to trim the top down and machine away about 1/32" off of the top like I've seen on some factory models.
I am trying to develop this in such a way that I can imitate the build of the magazine so that the 10th magazine is identical to the 1st. That makes it easier for others to imitate!
The wife is probably going to keep me busy this weekend with the yard and garden, but I hope to get some work done tomorrow evening when she's off at work
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Project Pink - the Pink and Blue AK-74:
My problem is in the magazine, I got it back from the guy who was going to bead park and gunkote it. He did none of these but he did run 200+ rounds through it. The mag is my problem, I am simply having feed problems after 2-3 rounds. I think I can work it out but I would like pics of your mag please


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Mr. Mickle was born in Macon, Nov. 14, 1957, and was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Mickle Sr.
Mr. Mickle worked at various dealerships as a service advisor over the last 30 years, with his last employment being at Butler Lexus. In his spare time, he was an avid hunter and fisherman and shared a love of classic cars and motorcycles.
Mr. Mickle is survived by his children, Jennifer Mickle of Gray, Melanie (Charlie) Wright of Macon and Chris Mickle of Savannah. He has one granddaughter, Ava Grace Mickle-Wood. He is also survived by his sister, Nell Ikner of Macon; brothers, Jimmy (Beverly) Mickle of Bolingbroke and Phillip (Karyn) Mickle of Dublin; as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews, special friend Mickey Fowler, and beloved ex-wife, Lynne Mickle-Kehaya.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Pine Pointe Hospice, 6261 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31210.
The family may be contacted at 608 Windsong Way Court, Macon, GA 31217.
Monroe County Memorial Chapel had charge of arrangements. Please visit www.monroecountymemorialchapel.com to express tributes.


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