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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - After 12 years at Fox News Channel and four decades in the news business, Washington managing editor Brit Hume will leave "Special Report" and daily journalism for a quieter life, spending time with his grandchildren and following his Christian faith . . .
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I certainly want to pursue my faith more ardently than I have done. I'm not claiming it's impossible to do when you work in this business. I was kind of a nominal Christian for the longest time. When my son died (by suicide in 1998), I came to Christ in a way that was very meaningful to me. If a person is a Christian and tries to face up to the implications of what you say you believe, it's a pretty big thing. If you do it part time, you're not really living it.
Apparently, Hume is an evangelical Anglican. His further thoughts on the incident in a You Tube clip of his appearance on Bill O'Reilly are also very interesting and refreshing to see:
See also the usual inane, clueless, "PC" ultra-secularist talk from MSNBC, as Pat Buchanan (a rather traditionalist Catholic) is interviewed, and defends Brit Hume:
Nor did Hume denigrate Buddhism. He said it didn't offer "the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith," which is certainly true, and indeed, undeniable, since Buddhism has no personal God (see a Buddhist site discussing that question); hence there is a transcendent personal element in Christianity that is wholly missing in Buddhism. And this is precisely what Hume was talking about: being forgiven and redeemed by God: not by fans and onlookers to the scandal or his wife or whatever (which is good, too, of course, but not what his point was). No one need take my word alone on that, as a partisan Christian.
Read what a Buddhist website says about forgiveness (and a second one). It's ethically fine, but there is no God, who is offering the forgiveness, which is the obvious and key difference. Fr. Joseph S. O'Leary wrote about the great difference between the two systems in this regard, in a Buddhist publication: "Buddhism and Forgiveness."
Therefore, Brit Hume merely noting that there was a difference in kind in the notion of forgiveness between Christianity and Buddhism should be a completely noncontroversial statement of fact, and not perceived as running down Buddhism at all. But of course, secularist or politically / theologically liberal media types are generally as ignorant of Buddhism as they are of Christianity (or, likely, any other religion whatever, in many cases) and so wouldn't understand this crucial consideration. This ignorance was ridiculously on display in the female journalist who kept butting into Pat Buchanan's comments with relentless non sequiturs and nauseating PC-speak.
Christianity Today has an equally informative Q & A with Brit Hume. Excerpts:
- My sense is that if you turn to Christ and seek his forgiveness and mean it, you'll get it. You will be impelled and inspired to live the Christian life. Christianity is a religion for sinners. It doesn't encourage you to sin, it encourages you not to, but it provides a way of forgiveness and redemption. That's what Tiger Woods, like many sinners, needs. That's something we all need. He, in his particularly desperate moment here where he appears to be losing his family, is in special need of it. And I hope he finds it. . . .
I don't want to practice a faith that I'm afraid to proclaim. I don't want to be a closet Christian. I'm not going to stand on the street with a megaphone. My principal responsibility at Fox News isn't to proselytize. But occasionally a mention of faith seems to me to be appropriate. When those occasions come, I'll do it.


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I hope he makes his way back to the UFC someday. I enjoy watching him fight.Former UFC welterweight and lightweight Dustin Hazelett has put his fighting career on hold and gone back to school.
The 24-year-old also is focusing on teaching and jiu-jitsu competitions during the break from MMA.
The Ohio-based fighter discussed the plans with MMAjunkie.com's Dann Stupp in today's MMA Insider for the "Dayton Daily News."
Hazelett (12-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC), a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Jorge Gurgel, made his pro MMA debut as an 18-year-old and signed with the UFC just two years later. He won five of his first seven UFC fights while winning two "Submission of the Night" bonuses and a "Fight of the Night" award.
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Of all people, Georges called me right after that happened and said, 'Listen, I know all that knee stuff to do and I'll talk to Carlos and help out,'" Jackson explained. "So, we broke it down together and it was really cool that Georges was right here for Carlos when Carlos got injured the same exact way. Now of course Georges is injured [again]. Maybe they can rehab together. That was really cool. That just says a lot about Georges St-Pierre, like who that guy is."


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- The role of cGMP and PKG-I in spinal nociceptive processing (2005)
- First paragraph (this article has no abstract) Persistent stimulation of nociceptors results in sensitization of nociceptive sensory neurons, which is associated with hyperalgesia and allodynia. The release of NO and subsequent synthesis of cGMP in the spinal cord are involved in this process. cGMP-dependent protein kinase I (PKG-I) has been suggested to act as a downstream target of cGMP, but its exact role in nociception hadn't been characterized yet. To further evaluate the NO/cGMP/PKG-I pathway in nociception we assessed the effects of PKG-I inhibiton and activaton in the rat formalin assay and analyzed the nociceptive behavior of PKG-I-/- mice. Open access article.
- Nerve injury evoked loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons contributes to the development of neuropathic pain (2011)
- Nerve injury leads to sensitization mechanisms in the peripheral and central nervous system which involve transcriptional and post-transcriptional modifications in sensory nerves. To assess protein regulations in the spinal cord after injury of the sciatic nerve in the Spared Nerve Injury model (SNI) we performed a proteomic analysis using 2D-difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE) technology. Among approximately 2300 protein spots separated on each gel we detected 55 significantly regulated proteins after SNI whereof 41 were successfully identified by MALDI-TOF MS. Out of the proteins which were regulated in the DIGE analyses after SNI we focused on the carboxypeptidase A inhibitor latexin because protease dysfunctions contribute to the development of neuropathic pain. Latexin protein expression was reduced after SNI which could be confirmed by Western Blot analysis, quantitative RT-PCR and in-situ hybridisation. The decrease of latexin was associated with an increase of the activity of carboxypeptidase A indicating that the balance between latexin and carboxypeptidase A was impaired in the spinal cord after peripheral nerve injury due to a loss of latexin expression in spinal cord neurons. This may contribute to the development of cold allodynia because normalization of neuronal latexin expression in the spinal cord by AAV-mediated latexin transduction or administration of a small molecule carboxypeptidase A inhibitor significantly reduced acetone-evoked nociceptive behavior after SNI. Our results show the usefulness of proteomics as a screening tool to identify novel mechanisms of nerve injury evoked hypernociception and suggest that carboxypeptidase A inhibition might be useful to reduce cold allodynia.
- Cysteine-rich protein 2 is a downstream effector of cGMP-dependent protein kinase I in nociception : poster presentation (2007)
- The experience of pain is mediated by a specialized sensory system, the nociceptive system. There is considerable evidence that the cGMP/cGMP kinase I (cGKI) signaling pathway modulates the nociceptive processing within the spinal cord. However, downstream targets of cGKI in this context have not been identified to date. In this study we investigated whether cysteine-rich protein 2 (CRP2) is a downstream effector of cGKI in the spinal cord and is involved in nociceptive processing. Immunohistochemistry of the mouse spinal cord revealed that CRP2 is expressed in superficial laminae of the dorsal horn. CRP2 is colocalized with cGKI and with markers of primary afferent C fibers. Importantly, the majority of CRP2 mRNA-positive dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons express cGKI and CRP2 is phosphorylated in a cGMP-dependent manner. To elucidate the functional role of CRP2 in nociception, we investigated the nociceptive behavior of CRP2-deficient (CRP2-/-) mice. Touch perception and acute thermal nociception were unaltered in CRP2-/- mice. However, CRP2-/- mice showed an increased nociceptive behavior in models of persistent pain as compared to wild type mice. Intrathecal administration of cGKI activating cGMP analogs increased the nociceptive behavior in wild type but not in CRP2-/- mice, indicating that the presence of CRP2 was essential for cGMP/cGKI-mediated nociception. These data indicate that CRP2 is a new downstream effector of cGKI-mediated spinal nociceptive processing and point to an inhibitory role of CRP2 in the generation of inflammatory pain.


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I wanted to ask this question so that I can come back to it and have it serve as a constant reminder for me.
Throughout my life, I've had milestones where I've sat down and really evaluated myself.
Every time I've found something negative I've striven to put it right.
One of those negatives is pride or arrogance. Sadly the nature of programming leads to plenty of fuel to endlessly fill one's own ego.
Can you give me any words of wisdom that can serve as a reminder for me to "eat humble pie"?
I want to keep my arrogance in check, even if that arrogance is the weight of a grain of sand.


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At the check presentation held March 19 at Caterpillar's Decatur plant are, from left, first row: Millikin student Mohand Aalsaleh of Saudi Arabia; Marilyn Davis, Millikin's Chief of Staff and Board Secretary; Carmen Aravena, Director of Millikin's Center for International Education; Millikin students Dominic Hart of Australia, Jordan Moxey of the Bahamas, and Tom Pardo of France; and Millikin's Interim President Rich Dunsworth. Second row: Caterpillar Factory Managers Dwight Stewart, Rick Moore and Adam Mize; LeAnn McQuellon, Caterpillar Business Support Manager; and Mark Siwiec, Caterpillar EHS Manager.
Last week a small group of our international students walked to the Millikin Homestead for a tour and brief history of the Millikin family. The Millikin Homestead has close ties to Millikin University. Located just blocks from campus, the Homestead's grounds and buildings are cared for by the Millikin University grounds crew and security detail. Our students thoroughly enjoyed hearing tales from the late 1800s in addition to the unique and often funny stories concerning the construction and daily life within the Homestead. This event helped open the eyes of our students and showed them a brief glimpse of how the Millikin family and some Americans lived in the late 1800s. To learn more about the Millikin Homestead please visit their website: Millikin Homestead
Last week the Center for International Education (CIE) welcomed six international students to Millikin's campus. They have traveled to Millikin from France, Chile, Mexico, Panama, and Vietnam. The CIE would like to officially welcome Laurie (France), Victor (France), Nicolas (Chile), Pedro (Panama), Monserrat (Mexico), and Hien (Vietnam). Our new students were given tours of both Decatur and Millikin as part of their intense orientation to Millikin and the United States. The CIE is delighted they are on campus for the spring 2013 semester. We hope that their involvement and high spirits will help foster greater internationalization on Millikin's campus. They are now attending their first classes while making new friends and experiencing the Big Blue and the Decatur area. WELCOME!
The Center for International Education extends enormous congratulations to Sultan Alamri, Rakan Algahtani, and Mohand Aalsaleh for graduating from Millikin University's English Language Center (ELC). The ELC proudly sends these three to attend Millikin University as full time, degree seeking students. To celebrate their advancement in their educational careers, Dr. Steven Hales and the ELC hosted a luncheon to recognize the hard work and determination that these students show towards achieving high standards. The luncheon was also a time for all of the ELC students and teachers to share memories, thoughts, and well wishes to all who have touched their lives over the past semester. President Jeffcoat, along with teachers and students, discussed the importance of internationalization and how programs like the ELC can only help to broaden goals and interests within higher education. The Center for International Education couldn't be and prouder of Sultan, Rakan, Mohand, and the rest of the students attending Millikin's English Language Center. We wish them all a productive and successful academic career!
Recently, the Center for International Education and Millikin University's School of Music hosted Master Percussionist, Dr. Jose Eladio Amat. Jose has been a percussion teacher and performer for nearly thirty-three years. He is head of the percussion department at the National School of Art in Havana, Cuba, and has performed and recorded extensively in Cuba and internationally. Millikin's Latin Jazz Project was very luck to have traveled to Cuba this past summer in further developing Latin rhythms and skills with Jose. As a visiting clinician, José has taught in many universities and schools including Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and the University of Graz in Austria. Millikin was honored to have Jose give several lessons, master classes, and a joint performance with the Latin Jazz Project.
On Thursday, November 8th the students of Millikin's English Language Center hosted "A Discussion of Global Citizenship." Each participant came away with the knowledge that global citizenship means being mindful that we all live on the same planet, and that our actions have an impact on people all over the world. The CIE welcomes and fully supports events that provide opportunities for individuals to think globally. This was a brilliant, well-planned discussion, and we hope to have many more like this in the coming months.
Last week Millikin University played host to German exchange students participating in the Decatur Sister Cities Program. Our visitors shadowed Millikin students for a day, were given a tour of campus, and then were welcomed by the Center for International Education for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. The CIE welcomes opportunities to engage with international students of any age and will continue to foster greater internationalization on Millikin's campus. Please see the attached article for a full story:
This past Friday evening the main hall of Westminster Church was filled with Latin music and rhythms from Millikin's Latin Jazz Project. Percussion studies at Millikin University are designed to develop the whole musician--artistically, intellectually, technically--through the integration of theory and practice. Our goal is to develop the highest possible level of musicianship and an appropriate proficiency in performance, teaching, and technology. As part of this development the group traveled to Havana, Cuba and worked with Dr. Jose Eladio Emat, Master Percussionist. It is our hope at the CIE that Dr. Emat will be at Millikin at the end of October to perform with these talented and promising musicians!Check out their music: goin-with-the-flow-mu-latin
On Thursday evening, Alicia Pedroso, Director of the School of Music for the Universidad del Pacifico in Santiago, Chile, gave an inspirational presentation to a packed house in Pilling Chapel. Her lecture was a stimulating look into how music affects everyone at all stages throughout their lives. The audience sang, danced, and cried tears of happiness as she took us on a tour of her melodious life. Students from all over campus were delighted to learn that their passion for music is going to help guide them the rest of their lives. The CIE extends an enormous amount of respect and gratefulness to Alicia. We can only hope that Alicia will make it back to Millikin so her message can inspire and reach many more ears. William H. Danforth said, "One enkindled spirit can set hundreds on fire!" We can think of no more enkindled spirit than that of Alicia.


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i've been in the bible all my life, never questioning the validity of the bible or the necessity of the cross, but rather always felling it my duty to defend the validity of the bible. not so much now. i've believed ur now for about 1 year. i am all greatfull of jesus' life, he showed me how to live, he lead me to god.jesus cannot be the only way to the father. someone can go to the father, without useing jesus or the cross or the bible as the route .the bible is gods word, not gods words. their are other books that are also gods word.i wrote these as statements, but really these are some of the conflicts or questions i have in this new belief.
tony and johnthat is what i've alway believed but i'm believing more towards what amanda said.its hard for me to believe that followers of allah aren't following god. their are many islamic people that dedicate their lives to knowing allah or god. are real followers of christ, closer to god than they are?their are many other beliefs/religions that follow and are devoted to a god of love, peace, and forgiveness, but don't know christ as savior. when all is said and done they chose to live their lives for god, as do we.
jesus cannot be the only way to the father.
someone can go to the father, without useing jesus or the cross or the bible as the route .
the bible is gods word, not gods words. their are other books that are also gods word.
Right! One doesn't need the cross or the Bible, one needs Love. One goes to the father through love, and Jesus is love.
someone can go to the father, without useing jesus or the cross or the bible as the route
the bible is gods word, not gods words
their are other books that are also gods word
No, Jesus is the Word (Logos) of God. The Bible has words about God.
It seems pretty clear God is using His Son as the only way to Himself, and the blood of the cross is the only way. You can not be reconciled without the Christ
Quote from: Pierac on September 18, 2007, 09:24:47 PMIt seems pretty clear God is using His Son as the only way to Himself, and the blood of the cross is the only way. You can not be reconciled without the ChristI said that. :) Reconciliation happens through love, and the Christ is Love. I do not believe in this "cross" thing. Or this "blood" thing. Taken literally, it means nothing to me. In symbolic terms, yes, we are saved by the life of love-the blood of the Christ (not literal blood.) We are saved through the tranformation of death to life (the cross-symbolically). I'll never understand it literally.
Now, I want you to rent Mel Gibson's movie. " The Passion of the Christ".
For it is the Son of your God doing the suffering for you, me and the rest of the world.
I do not seek a reply, only watch the movie.
Hey Cass.....I think we each have different ways of relating to God.......and our conception of Him....and how he relates to us.
An interesting analogy is how many young women feel more loved when their spouse is controlling, jealous, and wants them to give up everything for them......to the point where the jealousy can turn into rage and ends in death.
I think it's interesting when the scriptures talk about God being a jealous God. It's like I can see God's passion/intense love at one end of the spectrum where is appears controlling and jealous in the darkness (brings death)
BTW, like the avatar.....very abstract, but awesome.
Woops, didn't read this, already at the end of my reply.
I am still suffering.
Quote from: Casstranquility Woops, didn't read this, already at the end of my reply.No problem. We know, God is love. QuoteI am still suffering.Any thing specific or just life in general? My suffering is more general, not any real physical pain so to say. Sissy stuff! I'm a R.N., I spend many hours in the ICU looking at patients who are suffering too, but they suffer physically. Many would love to only suffer like me. I have held the hands of many (Hundreds) dying patients just before they left this world. I can not tell you how many times, I've seen a warm loving person turn into a cold hard corpse in just a few minutes. You have no idea how fast it happens! You can see it mostly in their eyes! It's unexplainable. The eyes! You know they are gone! I have been a nurse for over 20 years. I would say I have seen thousands of deaths. For 18 of those years I suffered the pain of thinking that many holding my hand would burn in hell for eternity. Some of these people took months to die, I got to know them before they died, and their life and family. Loving people who did not know God dying before my eyes. That was suffering sis. Yet, I've been released by the truth of U.R.. I don't suffer at work like that any more! I can be at peace with a God who writes Ecc 1:13. Why? Because God is Love sis! Concordant OT Ecc 1:13 "It is an experience of evil Elohim [God] has given to the sons of humanity to humble them by it."Paul
Tony,I agree. God has chosen to join together all things in Christ. The thoughts of the original poster reflect one of the reasons that I do not like the term "Universalist" as it implies to many that there are is more than one path to God. Even putting the word "Christian" in front of Universalist brings confusion to many.I much prefer referring to the doctrine of UR or the belief in the ultimate reconciliation of all things unto God and steer away from the Universalist label. This was one of my hesitations to the young man who was "starting" the Christian Universalist International group or whatever.You cannot go wrong with sticking to Biblical terms as the reconciling or restitution of all things in Biblical, but I have not seen Universalist in the Bible so far.John
If it isn't a doctrine, then why the controversy? And if it isn't a doctrine, then why the contention with Arminians and Calvinists, but for the fact that they're in error with their doctrines. And if, from time to time, we're not gently trying to persuade them of what the Bible actually says, then what are we doing? It's true that what begins with the letter must end in the spirit or it will produce nothing but death, but at the same time isn't UR the doctrine of the outworkings of all of God's judgments, of all of His purposes, and of His holy audacity to complete and rehead all things in Himself? If this is not correct Christian "doctrine," then I'm at a loss for what Christian doctrine is!! St. Paul tells us to contend for sound doctrine.
"But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves". II Peter 2:1. Jesus is love, but part of that love was laying down His life for us, and that includes His stripes and blood, for our redemption and healing. God's blessing.


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Over the weekend, I wound up at Washington, D.C.'s Trapeze School with a group of friends. Before one of them headed up a ladder to attempt a somersault landing from the trapeze bar, she handed me her phone and asked me to take photos. "What's the password?" I asked. "I don't use one," she replied. My jaw dropped as it often does when someone I know tells me they're choosing not to take one of the very simplest steps for privacy protection, allowing anyone to snoop through their phone with the greatest of ease, to see whichever messages, photos, and sensitive apps they please.
So this post is for you, guy with no iPad password, and for you, girl who stays signed into Gmail on her boyfriend's computer, and for you, person walking down the street having a loud conversation on your mobile phone about your recent doctor's diagnosis of that rash thing you have. These are the really, really simple things you should be doing to keep casual intruders from invading your privacy.
1. Password protect your devices: your smartphone, your iPad, your computer, your tablet, etc. Some open bookers tell me it's "annoying" to take two seconds to type in a password before they can use their phone. C'mon, folks. Choosing not to password protect these devices is the digital equivalent of leaving your home or car unlocked. If you're lucky, no one will take advantage of the access. Or maybe the contents will be ravaged and your favorite speakers and/or secrets stolen. If you're not paranoid enough, spend some time reading entries in Reddit Relationships, where many an Internet user goes to discuss issues of the heart. A good percentage of the entries start, "I know I shouldn't have, but I peeked at my gf's phone and read her text messages, and…"
2. Put a Google Google Alert on your name. This is an incredibly easy way to stay on top of what's being said about you online. It takes less than a minute to do. Go here. Enter your name, and variations of your name, with quotation marks around it. Boom. You're done.
3. Sign out of Facebook Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc. when you're done with your emailing, social networking, tweeting, and other forms of time-wasting. Not only will this slightly reduce the amount of tracking of you as you surf the Web, this prevents someone who later sits down at your computer from loading one of these up and getting snoopy. If you're using someone else's or a public computer, this is especially important. Yes, people actually forget to do this, with terrible outcomes.
4. Don't give out your email address, phone number, or zip code when asked. Obviously, if a sketchy dude in a bar asks for your phone number, you say no. But when the asker is a uniform-wearing employee at a store such as Best Buy, many a consumer hands over their digits when asked. Stores often use this info to help profile you and your purchase. You can say no. If you feel badly about it, just pretend the employee is the sketchy dude in the bar.
5. Encrypt your computer. The word "encrypt" may sound like a betrayal of the simplicity I promised in the headline, but this is actually quite easy to do, especially if you're a MacHead. Encrypting your computer means that someone has to have your password (or encryption key) in order to peek at its contents should they get access to your hard drive. On a Mac, you just go to your settings, choose "Security and Privacy," go to "FileVault," choose the "Turn on FileVault" option. Boom goes the encryption dynamite. PC folk need to use Bitlocker.
6. Gmailers, turn on 2-step authentication in Gmail. The biggest takeaway from the epic hack of Wired's Mat Honan was that it probably wouldn't have happened if he'd turned on "2-step verification" in Gmail. This simple little step turns your phone into a security fob — in order for your Gmail account to be accessed from a new device, a person (hopefully you) needs a code that's sent to your phone. This means that even if someone gets your password somehow, they won't be able to use it to sign into your account from a strange computer. Google says that millions of people use this tool, and that "thousands more enroll each day." Be one of those people. The downside: It's annoying if your phone battery dies or if you're traveling abroad. The upside: you can print a piece of paper to take with you, says James Fallows at the Atlantic. Alternately, you can turn it off when you're going to be abroad or phone-less. Or you can leave it permanently turned off, and increase your risk of getting epically hacked. Decision's yours.
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Its not an "artificial wall"... its a REAL wall (actually it will probably be exactly a wall... with bricks and stones with guards and crap that one shot you if you get near - cant get any more real than that!). And it worked in DAoC... and its still the only mmo ever that got pvp really done right.
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Jesus is Lord.
I agree, the idea sucks and it was a bad decision, plain and simple. There are more successful games out there than not which (I will go so far as to say) encourage world exploration, regardless of who's territory it is. To take away going into enemy territory is completely robbing the MMORPG community of obtaining a sense of adrenaline and rush.
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I don't think the word 'artificial' means what you think it does.....
A wall you could sneak across is not artificial. But that opens up a different can of worms.
I don't have issues with the actual mechanic. Didn't play DAoC (the character customization looked awful), but from what I hear, they did a great job with their PvP system. Everyone had something they could do. The problem comes when they try to weld that to something with different expectations. For me, I don't PvP much, and won't play anything that doesn't allow me to opt out. So the changes for the factions don't add much value for me. Except...I do like to play alts, so I will probably end up with one on each side. If it's enjoyable.
The real problem here is that the game is named THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE and not DARK AGE OF CAMELOT 2. Different expectations get triggered.
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
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Joined: 2/26/09
Pretty much done trying to make my point, if people don't get it they never will and are stuck in their way.
Just an observation though, it speaks volumes about the game design when people hardly ever refer to a TES game when trying to justify whay has been done. Lore is refered to, but game mechanics are not used. That is the sad part about this game. It isn't an online TES game but DAOC2 in TES clothing.
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Joined: 3/30/11
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
To summarise the obvious, but nevetheless entirely valid and representative points made here;
1. The game's faction mix is based entirely on geographic location and not lore - there shouldn't even be a discussion here - it is blindingly obvious
2. The devs at Zenimax have taken the TES IP and stretched it over the DAOC model, not the other way round
3. The faction lock flies entirely in the face of the long established and very popular TES way of doing things (i.e. player freedom of movement and choice)
4. The TES name is being used to popularise the creation of DAOC 2 (why else did they start with button/cooldown UI and then change to mana/health/stam after mass complaints?)
5. Invisible walls will have to be the way they keep factions regions seperate unless they introduce mountain ranges etc. which have never existed in Tamriel
6. Lore has been twisted until it screams to fit over the desired DAOC framework (the orcs example is an excellent illustration but there are plenty of others)
7. The fact is - factional DAOC play could have been combined with freedom of movement by having non-racial factions and a flag system locking players down only after they had chosen
8. The fact is - methods could be introduced to allow players to visit other faction areas - and they haven't said they are even considering this
9. Faction locks mean non-access to quests and dungeons which will be analysed to death and ANY perceived 'unfair advantage' will be rankled about endlessly
10. Faction lock means a staggeringly VAST amount of content has to be created to fill the PvE expectations of each player playing on their main. Regardless of whether you think this has actually been accomplished, this time would STILL have been much better spent making 50% more freely accessible content better for everyone - with greater choice for all. Instead it is likely there has been a great deal of cut, paste and reskin to fill the multiple content voids created by such a large world chopped into exclusive slices - three PvE MMO's in one is most likley a folly they will come to regret.
I have heard quite enough now from the myopic PvP-centric single line or paragraph posting players who think because Cyrodil PvP has a good model to work from (DAOC) that it is perfectly ok that other central and beloved aspects of TES should be trampled under the boots of expedient ex-DAOC Devs.
You CANNOT have the whole DAOC model without ripping up some core elements of TES. You CAN however take the best elements of DAOC and combine them sympathetically with TES...
... Zenimax however have not left themselves enough time to realise the coffee smells stale and needs to be re-brewed...
I encourage EVERY beta tester to concentrate on the issues with faction lock and be very vocal about every little thing about it that they don't like. Perhaps then there is a minute chance we'll have the 2014 release of a game which will work for everyone...
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Joined: 12/03/09
Originally posted by UMADBRO
lmao ... made my day :)
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Joined: 2/26/09
Originally posted by Caliburn101
Excelent summary.
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Joined: 11/21/11
1 yeah agree
2 sort of, I'm glad they've thought about the game as a mmo, and not just made a sprpg with some coop features - e.g. swtor. A fantasy eve would have been a better fit, but would sell less as it would frighten all the carebears. I'm glad they've copied from daoc instead of bloody wow like everyone else.
3 yeah
4 a daoc 2 would sell anyway, they don't have to disguise it, likewise so would a ac3 or an eq3. There isn't some grand plan to make daoc 2 but people think daoc was bad or something so we need to disguise it. People who played daoc, loved daoc.
5 no I strongly suspect they will be real walls.
6 err you've made this point twice already
7&8 the fact is - that wouldnt be daoc play, that would be tsw play, remind me again how successful that was pvp wise.
9 this is good, stirs the hornets nest, likewise each side having unique classes.
10 and this Is a problem how? You are moaning about having 3 * the content? Would you rather them do it on the cheap like tsw and gw2 and have everyone share content?
I intend to be vocal about the faction look. Vocal in a "stick to your vision, don't listen to the whiners, these guys turn up every beta trying to turn new games into bloody EQ"
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Joined: 4/15/07
Nope. Just means ill play through it three times
No matter how cynical you become, its never enough to keep up - Lily Tomlin
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Joined: 4/06/12
Has faction lock made me lose interest?
Not really. I never had much interest to begin with.
After I read the Game Informer article last year, I knew this was not going to be my kind of game.
They said it would take about 120 hours to get to max level, varied by playstyle. It'll be another Everyone is maxing out in the first week, Flash in the pan PVP game. No thanks.
( Note to self-Don't say anything bad about Drizzt.)
An acerbic sense of humor is NOT allowed here.
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Joined: 2/17/09
Just because you are unique does not mean you are special
Nope. Faction lock is one of the features I like.
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Joined: 3/03/09
Originally posted by Maelwydd
I also want to support this post. It's not that any of us don't like DAoC, because I'm sure we all do. It was my first MMORPG after all, but we expected a TES game, not a DAoC 2 when they announced ESO.
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Joined: 9/17/10
I have not yet lost all interest, but I lost all hope of this becoming an Elder Scroll game inspired by Morrowind and being on par with the Elder Scroll series on offering maximum freedom of choice in gameplay.
It takes one to know one.
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Joined: 5/01/09
I'm still interested to see what they've got to show us when the game will hit the stores. I can't loose interest in some game just because there's this 1 feature that I find bad. I knew from the begining it'll be an mmorpg and with that in mind I expected them to make faction locks and other mmorpgish crappy adjustments. It would be great if your actions and choices would actually determine what faction will you part with but I guess they had something else in mind and I'll just have to wait and see since it's harder to make an mmorpg which would give you the absolute freedom like you have in morrowind.
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Definitely agree with both of these. I haven't played DAoC, but it sounds to be mostly a PvP game. I never played a TES game until after I heard about ESO.
I hear alot of PvP focused people and DAoC fans screaming, "The game is perfect because it copies what DAoC started"
I hear alot of PvE focused people and TES fans screaming, "NOO! get DAoC out of my TES game and where is my freedom and choice??!?!?!"
Well from someone who hasn't played either DAoC or TES, but is a huge MMO player starting from Everquest to Matrix Online, WoW, Aion, Rift, Guild Wars, SWTOR, EVE Online, Lineage....I mean christ I could go on, but the point is I'm almost strickly an MMO gamer.
From my point of view I stand more with the TES fans in that my interest is almost gone for this game. Not for the races locked to factions, but factions locked to certain zones. People speak of WoW PvP being terribly instanced but having to only PvP in Cyrodil is the same exact thing just on a larger scale. An MMO is supposed to be MASSIVE and as such it is a horrible slap in the face when you cut up the world into little zones.
Also, why are PvPers mostly the ones who are loving the zone and faction locks? So you honestly feel that factions being locked fits into a TES universe or does it just help your PvP to be better because it's been tried, tested, and true in DAoC?
I dont see a balance here in PvE and PvP, what I am seeing is this to be a PvP game with PvE sprinkled on the side. That worked out so well with Warhammer:Age of Reckoning(vomit).
Very sad that this will not be as revitalizing to the MMO genre as I previously thought. Instead it seems the MMO renaissance will have to wait until Project Titan.
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Joined: 2/04/13
Faction lock puts ESO in line with all the other MMOs out there, nothing exceptional here anymore. If I think this through I guess I have no interest in another SWTOR.
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Cry Havok; and let loose the dogs of war.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Yep, took this game righ toff my radar, It will have to do something really amazing in the game play streams for me to pick it up.
Otherwise this is star wars 2.0
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Hello everyone,
I can understand why faction lock is a major disappointment for TES players. It puts a limit on your freedom, and even though it makes complete sense from a PVP standpoint, it ruins a uniqueness that TES has established in its series. But I would like to think there is a middle ground, and I apologize if someone else has mentioned this already...
Why not allow a quest/reputation grinding in order to join a new faction? I mean.. everyone wins then, right? You could technically explore all the territories, do all the unique quests, etc - just at the expense of being exiled from the alliance you betrayed. For example, you like the Ebonheart pact, but your favorite character is a Khajiit and you want to explore the entire world. You explore all of the The Aldmeri Dominion, after that you move onto The Daggerfall Covenant, and finally reaching your final destination of The Ebonheart Pact. Yes, you are exiled (meaning you cannot take the quest to get back into said faction), but you have explored all that you have wanted and ended up in the faction you have wanted. This is a rough idea of what I am trying to explain, but I hope you can paint the picture yourself.
This is simple brain storming, and kind of stealing the idea from other games, but I hope the developers can think of something to make everyone happy while still maintaining their grips on PVP and general gameplay balance.
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The Elder Scrolls series has always been about freedom. Do whatever you like, whereever you want. Locking in factions is taking away from this freedom, and implementing some sort of faction betrayal cannot be a solution to this fundamental flaw.
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Joined: 4/21/05
- faction lock is bad
- classes are bad
- no or limited respec are bad
I love RvR but i prefer Aliance vs Aliance and freedom of character creation and switching it everytime.. no game at this time on market with this options... only TSW is close but there is not real PVP and aliance system.. and cannot switch society :(


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The first S.C. Prep Football Media Poll of the 2014 season was released Tuesday, and neither Wando nor Bishop England made the early rankings.
The Bishops, winners of nine games in 2013 and 20 straight in Region VI, did receive votes in Class AA.
Bishop England is scheduled to visit Class AAA No. 9 Hanahan Sept. 5 and host Class AA No. 4 Timberland Sept. 9.
Wando closes an early season three-game road trip at AAAA No. 7 Summerville Sept. 19. The Warriors also host AAAA No. 10 Goose Creek Oct. 24. Week-nine opponent Stratford received votes in AAAA and will visit Mount Pleasant Oct. 17.
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5. South Florence.
6. Boiling Springs.
7. Summerville.
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7. Chesnee.
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"Road Trip!" he yelled, fists pumping the air as his foot pressed down on the accelerator and the car hit the open highway. "Road Trip!" they echoed gleefully, thrilled to be on the road and heading back to Italy, their home, their favorite place. Snuggled into their chosen seats, packed in amongst too many suitcases, umbrellas, rubber boots, crumpled, well-worn maps strewn around under seats and crammed down into side pockets and bags overflowing with boxes of cookies, bottles of water and bars of chocolate, they were on a great adventure, just the three of them, father, mother and son.
The long and winding road. Nantes, Angers, Clermont Ferrand, Lyon. Pull in quick quick to gas stations along the way, tank filled, dash in quick quick for a sandwich, a pop into the restroom then back into the car cradling cans of coke and tiny paper cups of steaming, bitter coffee, the better to stay awake during those long, tiring hours. Bursts of conversation punctuated by laughter, accompanied by the noisy crinkling of maps, chattering about their past life in that craziest of countries, Italy, trying to awaken memories of deep-dish pizza eaten da Marino, bustling Pace with the grilled swordfish, platters of antipasti and gooey crespelle eaten amid the noise of clattering cutlery, fussy waiters scurrying from table to table, clients loud and voluble as only Italians can be. Or schoolfriends, playmates, Ricky and Lorenzo, Fabio and Davide, Alessandro and Pietro; or their changing lives, moving out to the countryside, that rambling house nestled in the fields outside Villastanza and the tiny village school, or playing in the open spaces, free, with Kikka; Ettore, their adopted grandfather, Beppe and Nonna Anna, birthday parties outside with friends old and new. No, as much as he tries, those memories of days past, a young life, elude him, fly by quickly, blurry like the landscape swiftly rushing by now outside the car window.
The long and winding road. Lyon, Albertville, Torino, Genova. The rest of the time they are lost in their own worlds, their own thoughts; she dreaming of time past, the city she loved when the boys were small, dreaming of living there again among old friends, markets overflowing with lush produce, heady with the pungency of so many cheeses, heavy with breads and pasta, their own private manna. He, the son, possibly fearful of an uncertain future, not one memory of his early years to bolster and warm, a lost childhood haunting him; now stepping as a young man into the unknown, heavy with the weight of adult responsibility. And his father, joyful to be heading back to this much-beloved country, excited to visit his old stomping grounds, dine at favorite restaurants, stroll those streets they knew so well and spend time with still-dear friends, yet worried about the future and his own uncertainties, the questions it holds, unable to let go for even a week.
The long, interminably long and bumpy road. This exciting adventure, this pleasurable road trip turns into road trip from hell, pushing past Genova towards Pisa then Pistoia and news of flooding, a landslide, la frana, has them turning back, forced to retreat and head north, retracing their steps. Piacenza, Parma, Modena, Bologna, hour upon added hour, the time long and oppressive, exhaustion setting in, yet on they push, From Plate to Page waiting for her arrival. Bologna then news of roads closed due to the landslide, traffic jams on the autostrada down to Florence, so they cleverly turn down the Statale which will carry them straight to Pistoia, their final destination of the day, only to find that a mere 75 kilometers takes hours upon hours, traveling at a snail's pace, and they arrive late, exhausted, bedraggled, struggling to recapture that lighthearted mood, yet relieved and excited to finally be there. And she flies into the waiting arms of Ilva, Meeta and Jeanne and finally, finally JP meets them face to face and all is well.
From Plate to Page come and gone, flown by all too fast, work done, friendships made and back in the car they go. Father and son had spent a glorious four days visiting, chatting, bonding, as hasn't happened for a long, long time. Both passionate about history, together they trod on sacred Etruscan ground, stood in the shadow of towers and cathedrals, snaked up rocky passages into lost little villages perched atop stunning views, vines and trees spreading out forever at their feet. Pizza and pasta shared while talking of the past and the future, preparing the young man for his coming months immersed in this ancient, contemporary, vibrant culture.
Firenze to Milano, our old stomping grounds, a fast and breezy road trip and back in better spirits. The conversation flows, topics buzzing around our heads like bees on a summer afternoon, swatting one-liners and souvenirs back and forth, a verbal tennis game, punctuated by long, drowsy moments, each lost in our own thoughts, as the landscape flashes by and the cars dash madly around us. Milan looms larger than life, our eyes wide like children entering a fairgrounds, feeling our way forward from memory, pointing at sites and sights both familiar and new. The city has gone mad! Roadworks and construction projects trip us up at every corner, streets now closed off, only accessible by local residents; we get lost, find our way again only to be teased, entangled, tripped up once again until we finally make our way to our lovely little hotel in the center. And three days begin.
Settling Simon into his new home is top priority as is making a side trip to the grocery store. Then on to Pace, that bustling, family-style restaurant near our first apartment, where we would take the boys every Friday evening for dinner. Arriving just a smidgen too early, I peep in the window and excitedly announce that nothing has changed: the same waiters, albeit older, grayer, are setting up the tables and the trays of antipasti, the same old gentleman, the owner, stands guard, surveys, controls, while the other gentleman sitting behind the cash register counting out bills and making notes in a ledger is one and the same. We laugh, anticipating our meal even more, knowing that each plate of pasta, each serving of carpaccio will be just as it was almost fifteen years ago. And we are reminded that here, in Italy, nothing really ever changes, at least not the good things. Or politics.
And on and on goes the weekend: perfect slices of steaming pizza al trancio, by the slice, and thick squares of tender focaccia studded with olives eaten while standing on the sidewalk in front of our best takeaway Pizzeria da Gino; more pizza al trancio, this time dense, chewy, thick deep-dish slices dripping with gooey cheese slathered over spicy rich tomato sauce from da Giuliano; a wander through our favorite market on Piazza Wagner where nothing has changed except a few faces, yet there they are, my favorite men, Vittorio and Franco, behind the cheese counter and we greet each other noisily, happily, while Simon, grown now, tall and lanky, almost fifteen years later, stares on, bemused and embarrassed to be made much over! And they laugh and hand us heavy, pungent chunks of freshly cut Parmesan cheese, just like old times. Ah, the food of Italy, rich and warming, homey comfort food in every shape and form, clean, simple yet fragrant and flavorful, the best the Italian soil has to offer!
Movies! Let's go to the movies! We press in among the crowd huddled together in the vast yet close plush lobby of the cinema after having pushed our way through the swarming throng around the Duomo and the Galleria on a gray Tuesday afternoon. Tin Tin! In Italian! We love going to the movies in Italy and Simon is pleased to prove to us that, yes indeed, he does understand every single word. And to complete the trip, a fabulous, steaming panzerotto around the corner da Luini, now gone upscale in their wild popularity. And a surprise visit to the old millinery studio where I trained, hugs and laughter and loads of chattering with Nadia and Laura. And I am so pleased to see that Gallia & Peter still remains.
And we hug Simon arrivederci, addio… until we see each other in just a couple of weeks. And we climb in the car and drive home, back to Nantes, feeling just a little lost, just a tad homesick. Nostalgia for those wonderful times past spent in a city, a country we love pushing us through the mountain tunnel, the violent winds and the heavy rains. To each his or her own thoughts, dragging us on, hour after hour, as night settles upon us and darkness swallows us up. We feel so at home in Italy and wonder when we will be able to go back again…for good.
Where to eat in Milan, Italy:
Panificio da Luini via Santa Radegonda, 16 Milano panzerotti pugliese fritti e al forno
Ristorante Pace via Washington, 74 Milano ristorante toscano
Pizzeria da Giuliano via Paolo Sarpi, 60 Milano pizza al trancio
Pizzeria da Marino via Lodovico Castelvetro, 6 Milano pizza al trancio e cucina toscana
Pizzeria da Gino corso Vercelli, 9 Milano pizza e focaccia al taglio e cucina take away
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Foursquare is everyone's favorite check-in service and it's already been updated with support for iOS 7. From the menu bars to the updated keyboard stylings, Foursquare has decked out the existing interface with elements that make it flow much better with iOS 7. Even the icon's received an overhaul as well. If you're an avid Foursquare user, you'll definitely want to pick up the update.
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When Google Reader bit the dust, the original Reeder app did little but update to add support for Feedly. Saying Reeder 2 was worth the wait is an understatement. With a completely new icon, interface, font set, and more, it's a gorgeous update that nails what apps running on iOS 7 should look like. If you need an app to access RSS feeds from, Reeder is one of the best around. Note Reeder 2 is currently only available for iPhone. An updated Mac version will come later.
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Rdio hasn't technically been updated for iOS 7 but it still looks great. It's actually been one of my favorite apps when it comes to design for a long time now. Everything from the transparency of the menus to how the entire interface just flows so great together. Oh and did I mention it's pretty much one of the best streaming apps ever too?
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Perfect Weather
Weather apps are something most of us, if not all of us, have on our iPhones. While the native Weather app for iPhone is updated in iOS 7, it lacks a lot of the information some of us want such as radar maps and more information on current conditions. If you want a happy medium between great interface and feature set, Perfect Weather is it.
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Omnifocus 2
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TeeVee 2
TeeVee 2 is an amazing little app that tells you in just a quick glance when your favorite shows are on. You can view episode summaries, descriptions of different shows, and even receive alerts for upcoming shows if you choose. While TeeVee 2 hasn't specifically been updated for iOS 7 yet, it works great already and the interface just fits right in. It's beautifully designed and in some ways reminds me of the clean look and feel of Rdio. And that's a good thing.
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GetGlue received an update a little while ago that made it one of the first apps to start the trend of making flat icons to match iOS 7. The entire app has received the same treatment. It ditches all the gradients and textured menus in favor of a much simpler interface. Not only that, the update brings with it much better informational pages on tv shows and movies that make it even easier to join in on the conversation and view all the information you could want on a particular title.
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Calendars 5
Calendars 5 by Readdle is one of my favorite alternative calendars apps because it supports natural language input. Just tell it what you want to add to your calendar and it can do all the heavy lifting for you. It can also bundle reminders into one app as an all in one solution. The Calendars 5 update was designed with iOS 7 in mind and is hands down one of the best apps Readdle has ever released. If you're looking for an alternative calendar app, Calendars 5 should be towards the very top of your list.
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Google+, Google Maps, Gmail, etc..
The official Google apps have yet to be officially updated for iOS 7 but most work just fine and look great. Many people have pointed out in the past that Google has managed to nail the iOS 7 interface and design before even Apple did. Their native iPhone apps are a testament to this theory as pretty much all of them look like they belong on iOS 7. Don't believe me? Try any one of them for yourself and see what you think.
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Twitterrific 5
Twitterrific has been updated to version 5.5 and brings with it an even sleeker interface that shifts the focus completely to your timeline. A few months back, Twitterrific 5 launched with a completely re-designed interface that was already very iOS 7 like. The new version refines a lot of the interface as well as adding new features such as support for Safari Reading List bookmarks, more gesture support, the ability to open links in Chrome, and more.
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Cal is an alternative calendar app that adds depth and life to scheduling meetings and events. You can link Cal with your Facebook in order to import friends and other information. It pulls from your native iOS Contacts as well. If the native Calendar app under iOS 7 is a little too flat and plain for you, Cal has a look and feel that still belongs but still manages to not be as boring.
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Any.DO is by the same makers of Cal and also looks right at home on iOS 7. The two apps can work hand in hand quite nicely too so if you'd like a task manager to bundle with Cal, there's no better choice than Any.DO. Luckily, the layout is just as great and also looks like it was made for iOS 7.
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Clear is one of the best minimal task apps available for iPhone. With its gorgeous gesture driven interface, it doesn't get any more bare bones or simple than Clear. Pinch to close lists, swipe down to add items, and switch between many gradient color themes. It's great for shopping lists any any other simple kinds of task lists. It already fit into iOS 7 but with the new update, it's even more refined with update typography and more.
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Screens 3
Screens is one of our favorite VNC clients and when it comes to screen sharing, it doesn't get much better. Screens 3 has just been released as a completely new app and it brings with it an all new interface that's made to compliment the new design in iOS 7. If you've used Screens in the past, you are already aware of how simple the setup process and actual use is. If you want a plug and play screen sharing option, it's one of the best options out there. And it just got even better.
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If you have an eBay account and regularly sell or buy items, you'll be pleased to know that eBay has already been updated with iOS 7 compatibility. Not only that, the entire interface has been updated to match the look and feel of iOS 7. More gestures have also been adding including swipe to search. Improvements have also been made to finding favorite buyer and seller profiles.
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Flipboard has been a long time favorite when it comes to reading news on the iPhone and iPad. It's been updated with support for iOS 7 including a cool parallax feature that brings awesome visual features for magazine covers. Using the parallax feature, magazines literally come to life. It's a great example of what developers can do with the depth of iOS 7.
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Pixter Scanner was updated a while back specifically to update the interface to be more iOS 7 like. It was actually one of the very first apps I saw that actually updated the interface to match. Not only that, Pixter is a great OCR (optical character recognition) app that works great for scanning and translating or storing large blocks of text. If it sounds like a type of app you'd need, look no further than Pixter.
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Apple Store app
The Apple Store app has been updated with a completely redesigned icon and all new layout inside the app to match the overall look and feel of iOS 7. If you haven't ever used the Apple Store app before, it isn't just a great way to browse and buy Apple products straight from your iPhone, you can also book Genius Bar appointments, check store locations and hours, and more.
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Shazam & Shazam Encore
Shazam lets you tag any song you hear on tv or the radio in just seconds. From there you can access the iTunes Store to buy music in just one tap. You can also view recommendations and share your tags with friends. The new iOS 7 update makes the user interface of Shazam even better.
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OpenTable for iPhone make sit easy to book dinner reservations at thousands of restaurants in just a few taps. It also ties in with Siri which makes finding information, directions, hours, and reviews on a restaurant simple. the OpenTable 6.0 update has made the interface match that of the rest of iOS 7 as well as making searching even easier.
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Finish is a super popular task management app for iPhone and one that's had one of the best interfaces for quite a while now. It has now been completely redone and is built specifically for iOS 7. With new features such as AirDrop support and repeating tasks, it's better than ever.
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Evernote is one of the most popular note taking apps and is supported by tons of apps and developers across the world. The newest update is a complete rework with not only iOS 7 support but a great new interface that makes searching and accessing your notes even easier than ever.
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Byword supports Markdown and plain text editing from both iPhone and iPad. Their universal app has just been updated with support for iOS 7. It includes an updated interface that loses the linen textures and adds new menus and a much cleaner interface. It also adds Markdown syntax highlighting, better navigation, and support for AirDrop.
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The popular alternative mail client Mailbox has also just been updated with support for iOS 7 that they're boasting is lighter, cleaner, and faster. Some menu items look to having been re-arranged in order to make getting to commonly used items even faster. If you're a Gmail user and you aren't happy with the default Mail app, check out Mailbox.
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Your favorite iOS 7 ready apps?
Have you stumbled across any iPhone apps that look especially great on iOS 7? We'll be adding to this list as we find more but as always, make sure you share the apps you think stand out on iOS 7 in the comments below!
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Best iOS 7 apps for iPhone
I just took them about 20 minutes ago, so no...
OK yes you were right lol - I had to uninstall/reinstall - it said it was updated but really it lied :P
Reeder 2 is actually universal for iPhone/iPad.
Ah good catch, fixed thanks!
Mailbox have been updated to fit iOS 7 style and the new UI looks just great.
I like the layout and new design a lot but yeah, the green is a little too much. At least the shade of it lol
I really like the green personally... Stopped using Evernote a while ago though.
WishOnList has been just updated for iOS7, too, bringing a completely new design! :)
You may also like our new app Tricky Letters: http://trickyletters.com
We made a 3D model with animations look like flat!
Mailbox character serves as interface and give you the letters. You don't know who sends them. You don't know when the next letter will come. But you can bet — it will come.
If you're a podcast fan as I happen to be, you definitely can't miss Pocket Casts from your app collection. It was great before iOS 7 and it's even greater now as it's updated. Beautiful, pixel perfect and a pleasure to use. Really worth checking out.
I really like CLEAR and was happy to pay the original price for a good app but I now find that I will have to pay again for the IOS 7 version. I can have the latest version of CLEAR but I will have to buy it all over again. With all the apps upgrading for use on IOS 7 for free I don't think it was a wise move for the app maker. Other than that CLEAR is a good program.
Not all Google apps play nice with iOS7. Translate crashes every time I open it. Gmail even crashed once on me. So far they are the only apps that have crashed on me with iOS 7 (and extremely rare in general for an app to crash on iPhone 5 at least, which is why I moved to it from Crashdroid)
Spotify and Fantastical both work with iOS 7. Also for those who want apps that connect to many different social networks ... Drafts and Camera Awesome also work with iOS 7. And for those who are like me and want hourly chance of rain forecasts, there's Check the Weather which is a nice complimentary weather app to Perfect Weather. I also think Simplenote looks and runs better on iOS 7 than Evernote right now. And for those who use YouTube, Jasmine which the best YouTube client is optimized for iOS 7
The new version of Quicky Shopping List is for iOS 7 only. It has really improved in this new version with new animations, sync function between many iOS devices. I use it every day and I think it's the best shopping app out there.
If you are looking for an iOS 7-ready Dropbox client, check Boxie - Prettify your Dropbox (http://bit.ly/boxieApp). We've had a warm response from our users and from the press, and great news are coming soon! More info about the app on http://www.tapwings.com
Tell me please, why on Earth would I pay $3 for your app when the Dropbox app is free? Just to have it look a tiny bit better? Maybe, possibly, a Dropbox power user would use this, but really?
Hi Johnny, I think you should have a look at our features. Of course, you could be totally fine with the official Dropbox app, but in my opinion we managed to offer our users a better experience about many aspects. Of course, Boxie is still in development and new features are coming in the near future, but we believe it's a pretty good start! Besides... the "why would I pay if there's a free alternative" could be applied to so many apps, don't you think? And it would be a really sad scenario :)
The new Boxie app for Dropbox is awesome. It's a replacement for the official Dropbox app.
Edit: Definitely didn't see the Boxie dev post directly above mine before I posted this. Haha! I'm going to leave my comment here anyway as a reinforcement to them. Boxie is awesome and it's now my go-to app for my DB files
Our app Zite had a huge redesign for iOS7, and was one of the first apps to be featured in Apples 'Build for iOS7' section.
I believe Pocket is a must have app.


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Foam-padded armrests match the seating surface. Attached Velcro strap keeps recliner folded for easy storage. Molded poly leg stabilizers hold recliner steady on almost any surface. Shortened fabric length at foot makes entry and exit easier. Convenient side storage bag holds phone and other accessories.
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January 15, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
You aren't what your mother eats
Last year a group of scientists came up with a surprising answer to a question that has occupied humanity since the dawn of time: how to influence the sex of your baby. In the paper You are what your mother eats, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the scientists claimed that it's all down to breakfast cereal. Eat more of it, and you increase your chances of giving birth to a boy. A highly unlikely claim, you might think, but there it was, the result of a sober statistical analysis of 740 women and their diet.
But now it seems that the team's sensational "evidence" was a result of pure chance and due to a basic methodological error. In a new paper, also published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, statisticians and medical experts show that the original authors most likely fell victim to a statistical pitfall that has been known to mathematicians since the nineteenth century. The problem arises when you perform too many tests on the same data set. To put it simply, the more questions you ask, the more likely it is that you get a strange answer to one of them.
As an example, imagine that your data set consists of the 740 women, information on their diet, and whether they give birth to a girl or a boy. You might then ask whether eating jellybeans influences the sex of the child. You count how many jellybean-eating mothers and how many non-jellybean-eating mothers give birth to boys and compute the percentage difference. If that difference appears large, it's tempting to conclude that jellybeans do influence the sex of the baby, but to be sure you ask yourself the following question: what is the probability that the large difference occurred purely by chance, and not because jellybeans influence gender? Using probabilistic methods, it's possible to calculate this probability, and if it is very low, you have good evidence that the result wasn't just pure chance and that jellybeans do indeed have an effect on gender.
But now imagine that you're not just testing the effect of jellybeans, but of a whole range of different foodstuffs on the same data set. For each individual food, a large discrepancy in boy-births between women who eat the food and women who don't might indicate that the food influences gender, as it is highly unlikely that such a freak event would occur purely by chance. However, the more opportunity there is for a freak event to occur, the higher the chance that it will indeed occur. In other words, the more foods you test, the higher the chance that one of them will show a large discrepancy by chance when in reality there is no connection between that food and gender. It's a bit like playing dice: the more dice you throw, the higher the chance that one of them comes up with a six.
According to the new paper, written by Stanley Young, Heejung Bang and Kutluk Oktay, the authors of the original study failed to take account of the effects of multiple testing — indeed they tested a total of 132 foods in two different time periods. Young, Bang and Oktay re-examined the data and found that with such a large number of tests, one would expect some to falsely indicate a dependence of gender on the given foodstuff.
"This paper comes across as well-intended, but it is hard to believe that women can increase the likelihood of having a baby-boy instead of a baby-girl by eating more bananas, cereal or salt," Young, Bang and Oktay say in the paper. "Nominal statistical significance, unadjusted for multiple testing, is often used to lend plausibility to a research finding; with an arguably implausible result, it is essential that multiple testing be taken into account with transparent methods for claims to have any level of credibility."
Labels: Health and medicine
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January 14, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Fear of maths spawns rampant rabbits
Here's something all mathematicians know instinctively: changing a parameter in a dynamical system, even if it's only by a small amount, can have all sorts of non-obvious consequences. Some conservationists, however, don't seem to have learnt that lesson yet: by removing 160 feral cats from Macquarie Island to protect burrowing birds, a team of conservationists caused the rabbit population to boom from 4000 in the year 2000 to 130,000 in 2006. The rabbits have now demolished up to 40% of the island's vegetation, which may never recover. Cleaning up the mess may cost up to $16 million.
According to experts, a simple risk assessment exercise could have prevented the disaster. "We need a culture change," Hugh Possingham of the University of Queensland told New Scientist. "It's a generalisation, but people who do environmental work are often adverse to mathematics, and so avoid quantitative risk assessments."
Read more about this story in New Scientist.
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January 13, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
How do you persuade a nation that basic maths skills are just as important as being able to read and write? You put a price tag on them. This is what the accounting firm KPMG has done in a report published last week. The firm estimated that the soring number of people who leave school without adequate numeracy skills could cost the UK taxpayer up to £2.4 billion every year.
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January 9, 2009
Friday, January 09, 2009
Happy new year from Plus!
Thanks to gord at mighty wombat for these!
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December 23, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
"Oh god, I hope not," was the reaction of a student when author Mario Livio asked the title question of his latest book at a lecture, and it's a reaction that's likely to be replicated by many unsuspecting bookshop browsers. But despite its frightening title, the book's appeal could not be broader. All that's required to enjoy this fascinating read is a capacity to marvel at the mysteries of nature and humankind's attempts to understand them — this is "popular mathematics", or rather "popular philosophy", in the true sense of the word.
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December 23, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Combining a love of maths with a successful acting career
Victoria Gould has always known she would be an actor, and went straight from studying arts at school to running her own theatre company. But she eventually had to come clean about her guilty secret - she loves maths - and has since managed to combine a career as a research mathematician and teacher with a successful acting career on television and in theatre. In this, the first of a two part podcast, Victoria tells Plus why she needs to use boths sides of her brain.
This podcast accompanies the career interview from issue 49 of Plus.
Stay tuned for the second part of this podcast, where Plus talks to Victoria and Professor Marcus du Sautoy about Complicite's recent theatre production of A disappearing number.
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Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Civil War. He is proclaimed a hero, decisive, the man who saved the United States of America. I used to believe those things also without putting any thought into it – It was just a given for me. I however, have since changed my mind completely. I would say 180 degrees completely. Lincoln has moved from the top of my Best President list, to the very bottom. I can no longer deify a man who is responsible for the deaths of 600 to 700 thousand human beings. The maiming of hundreds of thousands more, the destruction of families, lives and property. We just drive by these numbers like fence posts. We see them, but pay them no mind.
Let's look at it in today's terms. The population of the United States is a little over 300 million. Which is about 10 times the population in 1860, so all we need to do is multiply the war numbers times 10. I dare you to try to just drive by these numbers. 6 to 7 million dead. Several million maimed and wounded, hundreds of billions of property damage. Now, how many of you would be ok with this level of destruction if 17 states decided to secede. Is it so important to you for others to think like you, that you would condone this destruction.
When the Civil War is discussed, it is mostly around the subject of slavery. The war however, was not fought over, or because of slavery. The war was fought over and because of secession. But, wasn't secession illegal and traitorous? The very simple answer is, No. Secession was constitutional in 1860, before 1860 and is constitutional to this day. No where in the Constitution is secession prohibited to the States. This country was founded on an act of secession, when our forefathers seceded from the British empire. I guess it's a good thing Lincoln wasn't around then, for he most certainly would have been a loyalist.
Lincoln should have never resorted to military force to bring the South back into the Union. Much of the South was poor and backwards, and they would have seen the North leave them behind economically. Their destiny was to be united with the North. He should have used diplomacy only, and let time work to bring the seceding states back. During this time, the Constitution could have been amended outlawing slavery, which the seceding states would have to agree to in order to be re-admitted to the Union. I believe that the seceding states would have returned in time, and if they didn't, that would be their decision, their right of self-determination…not Lincoln's.


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Just in time for the cold weather, the Fox Wondrous Jacket gives you a technical cold-weather piece that will give you warmth and plenty of Fox Styling.
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When Salvador Dali painted Mountain Lake in 1938 a feeling of distinct unease was gripping Europe as leaders tried to avert war with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
Of course, this didn't work and, within two years of Dali completing the painting Europe was plunged into war.
We offer several London walks that look at London in the Blitz but for know we will tie up our look at Mountain Lake by looking at how its somber mood reflects the mood in Europe at the time it was painted.
The sense of foreboding that that emanates from the picture is far from just being personal for Dali, for he is also commenting on the aforementioned feeling of general tension that was gripping Europe over the impending Second World War.
The telephone is intended to represent the talks that, at the time, were taking place between the British Prime minister, Neville Chamberlain and the German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler.
The phone, as was mentioned in an earlier posting, is being supported on a crutch. We also mentioned how, for Dali, the snail that is crawling up the crutch symbolised vulnerability, the hard outer shell with the soft interior.
Taken against the background of impending war the snail represents the fragility of the talks then taking place in the hope of averting the Second World War.
You wil also notice that the wire which streches from the telephone receiver and which is draped over a second crutch is in fact cur, so the telephone is not functional and dialogue between the two leaders is not possible – so Dali is making the observation that war is actually inevitable.
So a painting that at first glance seems to be a straightforward landscape painting is in fact a glimpse into the Surreal world of the nightmares and dreams that lurk in Dali's subconscious.
But it is also a very disturbing work because the peaceful tranquility of this mountain lake is, like that of much of Europe, about to be shatterred as talks between two leaders stall and plunge the world into its own horrific nightmare.


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Introducing the all new FiveSeven Grille at Minute Maid Park!
Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell are without a doubt the cornerstones of the Houston Astros and the FiveSeven Grille is a tribute to these two baseball greats. We offer Texas-sized portions of hand tossed salads, perfectly grilled steaks and fish, fantastic sandwiches, homemade desserts and premium cocktails along with specialty items featuring some of Craig and Jeff's favorite entrees. The FiveSeven Grille is the perfect place to dine with your friends before and after the game in a casual atmosphere where you can catch live action from around the league in the upstairs loft. The FiveSeven Grille at Minute Maid Park is the ultimate All-Star dining experience.
The FiveSeven Grille is only open on game days and accepts reservations. Please call 713.259.8488 to make your reservation!
We offer one reservation time for each game day and will hold your table only until the gates open.
The only seating time for reservations is as follows:
Weekdays & Sundays - 2 hours prior to the start of the game
Saturdays - 2 hours prior to the start of the game
When the gates open, restaurant seating is offered on a first come first serve basis and reservations will no longer be honored.
Guests that have reservations will be guaranteed the giveaway if a giveaway is offered. You will receive the giveaway upon entering the restaurant. If you do not arrive prior to gates opening, the giveaway can no longer be guaranteed.
Guests with reservations may only access FiveSeven through the FiveSeven lobby, located on Crawford Street at the corner of Congress Street next to the centerfield gate.
This is the place to be before and after the game! Sample one of our dozen Tequilas at the Tequila Bar while watching games from around the league, trying out one of our interactive games or enjoying a game of Billiards with your friends!
Loft post game access is restricted to fans 21 years or age and older
Pregame and game event access to accompanied fans under 21 welcome