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Paul Frank is a very creative designer. I like this puppet hoodie. It comes with fun detachable Julius angel & devil hand puppets, so you can entertain the little ones and the young at heart. The hoodie is a fleece zip-up one with fun Julius, angel graphics...Click over for more views>>>


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Use this forum to suggest Good Words for Professor Beard.
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I am studying Spanish - or attempting to - and came upon the Spanish word "tranquilo", which, big surprise translates to "quiet" in English. This led me to suspect a Latin origin, which proved true, but also English gained two words via French from the Latin mother: quiet and tranquil. I was curious what happened to the "quietus" gene in Latin's other daughters and sons, or better yet the progeny of the PIE root: qwi. The latter was not obvious and apparent, but, naturally the common Romance languages all had variations of "tranquil".
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Re: tranquil
Can't help on tranquilo, but I commend your study of Spanish. Classical Spanish to me is the most beautiful language in the world, and it's poetry is out of this world. By all available means find some spanish love poetry or religious poetry. Magnificent. Make sure to read the vowels as ah, ae, eee, oh, oo!
Re: tranquil
Let's not forget Shakespeare and his bare bodkin with which to make one's quietus. A tad beyond tranquil, I'd say.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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Re: tranquil
If your rich uncle "puts the quietus" on you, there will be nothing for you in his will when the quietus is put on him.
It is dark at night, but the Sun will come up and then we can see.
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A £266 million plan to revamp roads and other forms of transport across Worcestershire has been revealed - in a bid to finally solve the county's congestion headaches.
Business and council leaders have teamed together to draw up a blueprint of 19 major infrastructure revamps aimed for completion by 2021.
It includes bids of £173 million from central Government, and if accepted the likes of Worcestershire County Council and the Highways Agency will put the remaining £93 million into the kitty themselves.
The package, which includes projects such as £24 million to improve the A38 in Bromsgrove, has been put together by Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which is competing for Government handouts worth £2 billion every year between next April and 2020.
It was revealed last week that the plan, put together with input from all Worcestershire's councils, MPs and more than 150 organisations, totals bids worth £250 million, making transport more than half the total ask.
Peter Pawsey, LEP chairman, said: "This is the first step to securing major changes for the better to Worcestershire's physical infrastructure."
Councillor Simon Geraghty, county council deputy leader, added: "These aren't minor proposals, this is a real step-change for Worcestershire's future transport needs."
A first announcement by the Government on next year's successful bidders is due in July.


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When generating a LIST via SELECT AGAINST then LIMIT X, Y does not work.That is if the SELECT statemenet is like:
SELECT ix_id, title, descpt FROM customers WHERE MATCH (title, descpt)AGAINST('$find') LIMIT 90, 100
Rather than getting the results from 90 to 100 MySQL returns all 100 results!
So how can one pageinate in case of SELECT * AGAINST?
To put it another way, since MySQL returns all 100 values rather than from90 to 100 only, how can we then effectively execute:
while ($result_chk_word = mysql_fetch_array($query_chk_word)) {
$url_id = $result_chk_word['ix_id'];
$title = $result_chk_word['title'];
$descpt = $result_chk_word['descpt'];
to list results for only 90 to 100?
what was the value you used for $find? how many rows were supposed to have been found? how many total rows in the table
Well $find can be any value, in this case for Test purposes it is "Money".It returns 4372 rows.Total rows in the Table are in Million+.
So what I would like to do is to for example have it return results from LIMIT 20, 30but instead it returns all 30. So rather than behaving like a normal SELECT and return values between LIMIT 20, 30 this type of SELECT returns all values from 0to 30!
well, i don't know what's happening, all i can do is guess
try using a subquery...
FROM ( SELECT ix_id
, title
, descpt
FROM customers
WHERE MATCH (title, descpt) AGAINST('$find') ) AS q
I would also include an order by clause to make sure that the results are always returned in the correct order.


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August 13, 2011 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
(written by James Hearsum, photography by Ashby Leavell)
Few cities enjoy the benefit of a visionary parks department: One that takes a leadership role in economic development, is a broker of community creation and that does this whilst integrating citywide networks of facilities, recreation and environmental services. Fewer still have the resources and political clout to deliver. That Minneapolis is one of this select group is evident to anyone enjoying the city on a fine summer day, as we did.
Guided by John Erwin, a Parks Commissioner, the Longwood Graduate Fellows sought the answer to this question – How is it achieved?
As John conducted a whirlwind tour, we visited The Peace Gardens, Rose Garden and The Annuals and Perennial Border. All were immaculately maintained by staff and volunteers, and clearly loved by Minneapolitans. A real pride and care by the public is evident throughout the system. On a Saturday afternoon, the parks were well used, with all types of recreation happening around Lake Calhoun.
It was always evident that the parks comprised a complete system, a network of places and links, tied to specific communities. A visit to a section of the Grand Rounds, a 53 mile loop of lakes in the heart of the city, showed that they were used both as a destination; for beaches, canoeing, eating, picnicking – and as a route; for jogging, walking, commuting.
The concept of networks also dominated a presentation by Mary deLaittre, Project Manager for the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative. Using the advantage of semi-autonomy from the city to great advantage, this project has developed and designed a strategic physical master plan for a 5.5 mile section of the Mississippi River bank, completing the parks path and bike network in challenging industrial and multiuse spaces. More than this, it seeks to connect existing parks and recreation assets to a wider system and create new interfaces between communities, using the Mississippi as its central corridor. In addition to all this, it has an economic mission to spur development, as in the district now developed around the beautiful Guthrie Theater (led by a $30 million investment in the area by Parks and Recreation). It also seeks to create integrated environmental systems, manage storm water, recreate habitats – all whilst maintaining industrial use and jobs.
So what is the secret? – Yes, Minneapolis Parks have more autonomy, more money, and more public support than many parks. But this alone doesn't explain it. Rather, two things stood out. Firstly, visionary leadership at all levels in the organization. Secondly, a truly comprehensive approach to parks – the integration and consideration of all elements as important to the system. In practice, this means that no one factor dominates, but all are considered – economic, environmental, community, recreation and industry. It recognizes that people have complex needs, and seeks to address them comprehensively.
Wow! Our thanks to Minneapolis for a wonderful day in your parks, and please, if you are lucky enough to live here, don't take them for granted – they are truly extraordinary.


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A VULNERABLE pensioner had her bag snatched by a heartless crook during a robbery in Colchester.
The 81-year-old woman was putting her key into a communal door in Gardenia Walk, Colchester, when her black bag was hauled from her hand.
The attack took place at about 4.30pm yesterday.
The bag was found abandoned further up the road with money missing from the purse.
Det Con Andrea Ford said: "The man is described as taller than 5ft 4ins tall and slim.
"He was wearing either all black or navy and had a short jacket on.
"After grabbing the bag he ran off in the direction of the playing fields next to Gardenia Walk."
The woman was not injured but was left shaken up by the incident.
Any witnesses or anyone with any information call Det Con Andrea Ford at Colchester police station on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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The MMX 102 iE is the successor of the popular MMX 101 iE. The MMX 102 iE is technically related to its predecessor and comes with smart improvements. The cable is smoother so that cable noises are better reduced. The polished anodized aluminum and durable TPE material show the special status of this mobile earphone. Its voicing represents our company's hi-fi approach and Neodymium acoustic drivers guarantee extremely high fidelity music reproduction throughout the full frequency spectrum. Besides the wonderful transparent treble and the precise midrange, it is mainly the inspiring bass response that makes the MMX 102 iE a favorite in-ear headphone in the upper price range. Without exaggerating the bass, reproduction goes down low to the very deep end and always stays punchy.
Of course, the MMX 102 iE is suitable for all mobile devices, whether it be notebooks, tablet computers, MP3 players or smartphones. For safe transport a soft case is included, which allows you to wear your in-ear headphones also comfortably in your pocket.The package includes three sizes of eartips. You can change these little silicone plugs in a minute and achieve perfect isolation with your in-ears maintaining great wearing comfort.• High-quality hands-free microphone• Compatible to common smartphones• High-resolution, crystal clear sound• Fascinating bass• HD Neodymium acoustic transducer• Refined lightweight metal housing• Incl. Softcase• Incl. Skype-/VoIP-adapter• With three different silicone eartips• Cableclip
Peter CariniSales ManagerConsumer Business Unitbeyerdynamic Inc. USA56 Central AveFarmingdale, NY 11735Office 631.293.3200 ext.17 Fax 631.293.3288 Mobile 516.848-3902 firstname.lastname@example.com
www.tz.de 08/2015Title: In-ear headphone: The result of Stiftung WarentestAuthor: unknownTranslated from the original German article[...]
In the test it received good marks for a crispy bass (rock and pop), a clear and bright voice (radio play) and airy fresh sounds (jazz). Seven headphones (addition: from 18 that were tested) achieved a good mark: both from beyerdynamic.
The attenuation of the in-ear headphones was also important for the testers. For this the testers listened with the neighbours like travellers on a bus or train.
Test rating: good (2.4)
Audio Video Foto-Bild 10/2014Title: A competitor in its own rightAuthors: Jan Becker/Christoph de Leuw Translated from the original German article[...]The beyerdynamic MMX 102 iE is available as a conventional in-ear headphone with silicone ear tips in three sizes. Thus the headphones from the traditional manufacturer in Heilbronn provide a natural and lively sound with deep-reaching rather slim basses.
www.iphoneblog.de 05/2014Title: My new in-ear reference: the beyerdynamic MMX 102 iEAuthor: Alex Olma
Translated from the original German article
[...]Music streaming and podcasts, which the MMX 102 transmits to my ears, sounds extremely fantastic.[...]
www.moodway.de 05/2014Title: Test: Beyerdynamic MMX 102 IEAuthor: Ulf
What convinced me of the MMX 100 was the balanced sound. The in-ear headphones never sound sharp and can handle every type of music.[...]This also applies to the MMX 102 iE. They are extremely balanced, never appear intrusive and as in-ear headphones they even reproduce musical instruments from the background in every detail. [...]In short: They are my new standard in-ear headphones when I am on the go. I do not know any other in-ear headphones which provide a better sound and meet all types of music.[...]
www.technoviel.de 05/2014Title: Unboxing and short test of hi-fi headsetsAuthor: Klaus Reiter
Both headsets appear to be of a high quality, just as it can be expected for this price. The T51i with its noble metallic appearance and simple, yet modern design is most impressive. [...]At first the cold metal of the beyerdynamic MMX 102 iE is a bit unpleasant directly at the ear, but it quickly adapts to the body heat and therefore it is not apparent any longer. On the contrary, the headset fits surprisingly well inside the ear and does not produce this "undersea" effect like most other in-ear headsets.
www.computerbild.de 04/2014Title: beyerdynamic MMX102iE: new in-ear headphonesAuthor: Christoph de Leuw
Translated from the original German articles[...]
Do your in-ear headphones pinch the ears? Not from beyerdynamic – there are individually manufactured silicone ear tips available for them.[...]The German manufacturer beyerdynamic makes individualisation affordable. For 120 Euro you can acquire a voucher and get a pair of perfectly fitting ear tips for your ears at one of the hearing healthcare shops of Kind.
[...]These individual ear tips are, for example, suitable for the new MMX102iE.


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We're celebrating the season with a whole line-up of festive holiday specials and shows!
Join Chuck when he tackles Christmas dinner for the first time, enjoy Cookies & Cocktails with Kelsey Nixon, Chrissy Teigen and Jon Legend, and make sure to save room for Nadia G.'s outrageous 7-course feast.
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Joe Cassano has been invisible for so long – since the 2008 crisis, the former head of AIG's now-notorious financial products division has not given a media interview and is only rarely photographed – that it was a revelation to watch his appearance on Capitol Hill.
Mr Cassano's mystique was such, and the expectations of him so low, that my first impression was that he was a good witness. His co-operative, friendly, somewhat geeky demeanour in front of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was unlike that of a brash master of the universe.
This helped him in his striking assertion that AIGFP, which made multi-billion dollar mark-to-market losses on its portfolio of credit default swaps and turned AIG into the dark heart of the financial crisis, did not make any mistakes in credit risk management. Read more


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Warren East's unexpected retirement as chief executive of Arm Holdings, comes at "an inflection point" for the chip designer, according to the FT. Which raises the question: why go now, then?
Andy Grove, former chief executive of chipmaker Intel, wrote in his book Only The Paranoid Survive that he worried most about strategic inflection points. The book is full of valuable tips about how to tackle such moments, but quitting is not one of them. On the contrary. Read more


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David Beckham took Victoria to the Jay-Z and Beyonce concert over the weekend so she could hear someone singing live.
Salma Hayek was there with
Courtney Love and
Nicole Richie.
Even Natalie Portman ventured out for the show.
Denise Richards out shopping with her kids.
Dumbledore takes a smoke break on the set of the latest JK Rowling book turned movie.
The Goopster and Jessica Seinfeld look at empty plates. Get full.
Ashley Greene drags her reluctant boyfriend.


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So many of Kaitlyn's friends & family members have received signs from Katie in heaven. And our family heard so many amazing stories during her services from all of the lives she touched. Her online memorial from the funeral home was beautiful, and full of condolences. It only stayed online for one year, so now we have this one that can be personalized, and also has room for her signs from heaven, and ways we are all remembering her now. We hope everyone shares their stories & signs from Kaitlyn on it.
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Thread: GW2 RPS Guild Introduce Yourself
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- Aug 2012
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Hello all. First post! Longtime RPS reader and lurker here, only posting now to make sure I get invited to this here guild. I anticipate that I'll be quite active, at least in this subforum, after the game launches. I am a member of the Steam group.
I've been planning out my character for a while now, I'll be a human engineer with a nice compliment of turrets, and a rifle. I'll mainly play defence in WvW. I plan to quickly max out my leatherworking and huntsman disciplines, as well as one or two others. I'll be, uh, aiming to craft an epic rifle A.S.A.P.
I'm a thirty-something Canadian, I live in BC, some 8 hours off of most of you folks' time zones, but that won't be an issue for me. I played on Aurora Glade during the BWE's, and it mostly went quite smoothly. For maybe 15 minutes on one day the lag was noticeable and annoying. I keep all kinds of weird hours, and will be online playing GW2 *most* of the time for the next few months, so I should be awake and around for any guild-related events.
Looking forward to questing with the lot of you! See you online in 43-46 hours!
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- Oct 2011
- Posts
- 338
you may have seen me occasionally lurking in the RPS steam chat or on a random ARMA2 event. I'll be rolling a mesmer and my favourite aspect of Guild Wars 2 is everything. And I'm also bad at introducing myself.
- Join Date
- Jun 2011
- Location
- Birmingham, UK
- Posts
- 327
Hey Everyone,
I'm hoping that GW2 will fill the current MMO shaped hole in my life, having recently become tired of WoW (and MoP doesn't look likely to draw me back).
I've been playing MMOs for a while now (Earth and Beyond, Neocron, City of Heroes, Warhammer Online and of couse WoW), and one of my main interests in every one is finding a relaxed and friendly guild atmosphere. Sometimes such a thing already exists, sometimes I need to create it. I'm hoping that the RPS guild will be the home in GW2 that I'm looking for. A guild with sufficient interest and skill to play the game well, but lacking the drama and tantrums so common in the hyper-competitive guilds.
My main will be a human thief, but I have always been one to be a bit of an altoholic. My priority will likely be PvE at first, whilst I learn the game. But I'm always happy to join in for some RvRvR or PvP if there was a guild group running it.
Hopefully see you in-game soon,
PS - Anyone have any idea why GW2 will not allow my username? It seems to think it is offensive language or something.
Hi Everyone
You might know me from the RPS London meet ups. If not then hello! I'm Zhugie. I plan on starting with a Charr Engineer and will mostly be focusing on PvE but I look forward to helping out in WvWvW. This is my first MMO so I have no idea what I'm doing. Should be fun
Oh and because of some terrible planning I won't be on this weekend :-(
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- Jan 2012
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- 25
Hiya Everyone, I'm Gerbil.
I'm on the young side of the age range when it comes to the RPS community, both online and off - I'm almost 18, and I've only been active on the forums for a month or two now. I'm fairly active in the DotA 2 community, as I admin the steam group and mumble, and coach some of our newer players. I also crop up on the Minecraft server, from time to time.
Guild Wars 2 will be my first "proper" MMO, the only other one I've played being Spiral Knights. I'm looking forward to playing an Engineer, and I'm particularly excited for WvW.
I tend to end up in a command type role a lot of the time in most games I play, but I'm happy enough to sit back and let things flow if need be.
When I'm not playing DotA you can find me doing pen n' paper RPG stuff, Magic: the Gathering, and brewing copious amounts of tea.
Hi folks!
I'm Broen and I'm fucking excited that Saturday is just around the corner! I'm a regular visitor of RPS and really like the writing and overall vibe of the site. The comments section never made my eyes bleed or my brain hurt (only because I like puns... any Buglers here? http://thebuglepodcast.com/?page_id=8 Andy Zaltzman is the king of puns), that's why I was happy to read about Rock Paper Signet on the forum. It just looks like the place to hang out with a nice bunch of people and enjoy the game.
My MMO history is very short. Eve Online (on and off for the last 6 years) and Guild Wars 1 (I'm a casual gamer, so it fits perfectly). I'm very excited for GW2 since the beta weekends were so much fun to play.
My main will most likely be a norn or human thief. Maybe I will change my mind in the last second and then play a norn Elementalist. Right now I'm just confused and I'm happy that I didn't check all of the other classes. What would I do?! To many options!
I will start with PvE at first but I'm also planning to join the WvWvW action on Saturday.
Wow if you take the child out of Beard of Bees intro I could have been reading about me.
- Join Date
- Jul 2011
- Location
- Glasgow
- Posts
- 83
Hello All,
I've dabbled in the free trials of MMOs before but I'm hoping GW2 will be the first one I'll really manage to get into. The concept of MMOs has always interested me but the execution (clunky controls, kill 10 rats, grinding, etc.) has never really kept me playing. I'm also hoping that being a member of a guild will make it feel more "massive" and keep my interest.
I've really no idea what I'll play as, I messed about with some characters in one of the BWEs and I found the melee characters to be pretty chaotic so I'm more likely to play a ranged character, I think. I'm definitely the sort to dabble and then start again so I'll probably end up with a bunch of low to mid level characters rather than one main character.
Initially I'd expect to play mostly PvE and will save the WvW until I understand the game a bit more. I'm pretty unlikely to get huge amounts of time with the game (real life tends to intrude) but hopefully I'll still be playing for months to come.
Hi comrades, I'm Hal9000.
I'm 31. Former EVE player I ragequitted out of frustration. I've tried a few other mmos and none of them made me want to stay more than a month. I didn't play the first GW and I found GW2 art style and no subscription model very attractive. I've played a few times with RPS community (Arma2, Tribes:Ascend, EVE, TF2) and it was always excellent people.
My main character will be a human thief, but I'm still deciding his name. I will play a lot of PvE and some sPvP. During stress tests my rig couldn't handle wvw (slideshow mode) so I'm not sure if you'll see me fighting a lot in the battlefield.
Can't wait to kill ten rats altogether :P
French slang for penis.
Anyways - Hello all!
I will definitely be moving across to Gunnar's on Saturday morning so I can (hopefully) join you guys. I was briefly a member of the EvE RPS Corp (before a combination of sub running out, and general busy-ness lead to me quitting EvE). They are a great bunch though, and highly recommend them to anyone thinking of playing EvE in the future.
I have been playing MMOs for ages, usually as a dedicated healer, so GW2 should be interesting in that respect, getting a chance to DPS for a change! I was main raid healer for my guild in WoW (Resto Shammy), and was a healer in WAR (Warrior Priest), DDO (Cleric) and AoC (Bear Shammy - this was an all-round excellent idea for a healer, and so fun).
I live in the UK (my name should perhaps give some idea roughly where), and I love talking bollocks with people on voice comms.
I'm going to split my time between PvE and WvW, but I see WvW being the place I spend most of my time over the coming months. My main will probably be a D/D Ele (loved running circles around people in the BWEs).
Timofee, expect a whisper from me as soon as you post your in-game name upSquidguts - PS2
ThunderFire/Vitae/Shield/Blast - GW2
ThunderTech/Bolt/Swift - WildStar
- Join Date
- Aug 2012
- Posts
- 1
Hello everyone!
Me being super-duper tired at the moment, I will keep this short:
I am planning to join the RPS Guild because Im looking for a laid back group of nice people to spend time with in GW2. I plan to dip my toes into all the aspects, but will probably be starting with exploring the world and go for THE 100% completion
I will start with an asura elementalist, because what else
I am long time reader of RPS (probably longer than most on here... ) but didn't dabble in the community so far much
See you on Saturday (after helping friends move, and fulfilling social obligations for the day...) !
*Falls off chair*
- Join Date
- Jan 2012
- Posts
- 110
Hello! I've been around RPS a while, recently was part of the RPS Tribes:Ascend team for the LT tourney. I played WoW back in the day, played EQ WAY back in the day, super excited for GW2. I'm US-based, but I'll give the EU server a shot when everything kicks off (if I could play an FPS competitively on EU servers, I should probably be in the clear for playing an MMO casually, assuming their infrastructure and netcode is good). No idea what class I'll be playing; I like control and support generally (I was a healer in WoW, and only didn't tank because tanking required a rotation like DPS. That and the pain of leveling another character purely for the sake of using them in endgame), so I'll be looking at guardian and Engineer from what I've seen most likely. I like PvE but if I'm going to get even remotely serious about anything in GW2 it will probably be PvP, where coordination seems to matter much more. I'll be all over any guild events that I can be on for, particularly sPvP, RvR, and exploring new areas in the world (especially without the aid of guides or of people who have done it before). I also have a mic so I'll be on mumble whenever I'm playing with the guild.
- Join Date
- Jul 2011
- Posts
- 14
Heya, I've been following the GW2 guild setup with interest but been too lazy to post before! Former hardcore raider in wow but never tried the original. May know a few of you from the London pub nights. Still not sure if I'll be sticking around for the long term, my gaming time is limited by work and I REALLY don't want to get readdicted, but will definitely be around a fair bit at the start and this seems a good place for it! Human Thief, because I was a Rogue previously and I still like to stab things in the back then run away derangedly laughing before becoming invisible...
And in the game.
Hi all,
I am Drayk, obviously.
I'll be playing GW2, starting in october. I am a former WOW, AION, TOR, Warhammer, Rift, Dofus, Ragnarok, AoC player. Wow being the only one I invested heavily in. I played a bit of the first guild wars too.
I like both PVE and PVP but I am better in PVE. I'll probably play an Asura Mesmer, which seems both tricky and interesting to play. (Or A Norn guardian if I get crushed by playing to offensively... I tend to rush in the heat of battle too much).
I'll try not to reroll, and will probably play at my own pace. English isn't my first language, so I might be slow to answer and have some trouble when too many people speak english at the same time on skype...
- Join Date
- Aug 2012
- Posts
- 8
Hey all,
Long time lurker first time poster (I post in the comments occasionally).
I've been reading RPS since about 2008 though I've been pretty inactive in the community itself, now is as good a time to start socializing as any.
I played WoW for about 2.5 years since it's release (I was Mort on The Venture Co. if that means anything to anyone) and FFXI before that. I have not had a chance to play the original GW but I did play through all the BWEs for GW2, and damn it's looking good.
I will probably be playing an asura elementalist, and I have no idea how deep my involvement with the game will be (I'm in university right now so it really depends on how my studies interrupt me).
See you all in game.
- Join Date
- Apr 2012
- Location
- New Jersey/USA
- Posts
- 44
Hey all, didn't realize we got our own subforum :x
Been waitin for GW2 since it was first announced in PC gamer. Planning on rolling a sylvari thief tonight once the headstart finally starts. I'm a bit on the young side (17) but disrespectful is the last thing I am. If yr at all interested in exploring, questing, or anything else, feel free to message me in game!


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President Barack Obama appears to be nearing a decision on nominations for three top economic and trade positions, the president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank said on Tuesday.
"From what I understand, the White House is finalizing its economic and trade team," Ex-Im President Fred Hochberg said in an interview.
Hochberg said he would like to continue serving in the Obama administration but will be forced to leave his Ex-Im Bank job by July unless he is renominated by Obama and reconfirmed by Congress.
Hochberg is one of three members of the Ex-Im Bank board whose terms expired in January. They can stay until July before being required to leave.
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk has announced plans to return to the private sector and former Commerce Secretary John Bryson left last year because of a health problem.
Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank has been acting secretary, but she recently applied for the chancellor position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, suggesting she could soon leave the administration.
Many names have been mentioned as possible replacements for Kirk, including Hochberg, White House aides Jeffrey Zients and Mike Froman, Commerce Undersecretary Francisco Sanchez and Treasury Undersecretary Lael Brainard.
Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker has been mentioned as a leading candidate for the Commerce Department job.
Pritzker, a billionaire member of the family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain, is a friend of Obama and played roles in both of his presidential campaigns.
She ranked 271st on Forbes list of the 400 wealthiest Americans with an estimated net worth of $1.8 billion.
Meanwhile, Hochberg said he remained hopeful the United States could meet Obama's goal of doubling exports to about $3 trillion in 2014, from about $1.5 trillion in 2009, despite a sharp slowdown last year.
"I still maintain bullishness on our exports. When I talk to businesses big or small, they're all looking at a pretty strong or positive 2013," Hochberg said.
Obama set the goal three years ago in his State of the Union address and formally launched the National Export Initiative at the Ex-Im bank's annual conference a few months later.
At the time, it was estimated that exports had to grow about 15 percent annually to double in five years.
Exports grew 17 percent in 2010 and more than 14 percent in 2011 as the global economy pulled out of a slump.
Last year, total U.S. goods and services exports rose to a record $2.2 trillion, but grew only 4.4 percent.
Obama said on Tuesday the United States "was well on its way" to meeting the goal of doubling exports.
He also stressed the importance of forging new trade agreements with Europe and the Asia Pacific to boost exports and create more American jobs.


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A Winnipeg teen has taken responsibility for killing a fellow high school football player with a single surprise punch hurled outside a rookie initiation party in Transcona.
Christian O'Neail, 18, suffered a major brain injury and died after being struck in the jaw and falling to the pavement outside a Nevens Bay home.
The young man who threw the unexpected blow pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with O'Neail's Aug. 31, 2013 death.
He was 17 at the time and charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, so he cannot be identified. Neither he nor O'Neail lived at the home where the party took place.
Prosecutors elected not to seek an adult sentence in the case, Crown attorney Dan Angus told court.
O'Neail, who played football for Kildonan East Collegiate, was invited with friends into a "rookie initiation" party attended by players of a different school team, Angus said.
Upon seeing the KE group turn up, the accused — who didn't know O'Neail — made "statements to the effect of, 'he was going to knock out some randoms,'" Angus said.
The comment "may or may not" have been referring to O'Neail and his friends, the prosecutor added.
Over the course of the evening, there were other "minor incidents" occurring, including a "rap battle" (a rapping competition) that escalated to the point O'Neail was asked to leave.
Words were also exchanged over which school had the better football team, Angus said.
"Mr. O'Neail was actually slapped in the face by another individual…so the group decided to depart," Judge Ted Lismer was told.
On the way out, O'Neail kept saying things to other party guests and a planter was kicked over — drawing the attention of the homeowner supervising the gathering.
On the street out front of the home, the homeowner and O'Neail talked.
Things were calming down and the two were in the middle of shaking hands when the offender burst through people crowded around and struck O'Neail "square" on the side of his jaw. O'Neail fell to the ground, said Angus.
The act was "initially cheered by the crowd of (team) supporters, unaware of the seriousness of the condition of the victim," he said.
Many people described the attack as "a sucker punch," Angus said. "(O'Neail) never saw the punch coming."
He was rushed to hospital but was declared brain dead. The official cause of his death was a combination of the punch and the fall, Angus said.
The accused was quickly arrested and spent a few days in custody before being granted bail. He remains free in the community pending sentencing later this year.
Defence lawyer Greg Brodsky told court the offender's "knock out some randoms" comment was not directed at O'Neail.
Nor was he in a position to see the victim and homeowner shaking hands just prior to the attack, Brodsky said.
"It was one punch and then he left," said Brodsky.
O'Neail's friends and family were left devastated by his death. He'd just graduated high school and was about to start university.
The football team he'd played for — the Kildonan East Collegiate Reivers — chose to honour O'Neail by wearing a sticker with his jersey number on it for the 2013 season.
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HOUSTON - Students and teachers at Bellaire High School have been warned that someone at their school has tuberculosis.
Principal Michael McDonough sent home letters to parents on Monday. The letters said an individual at the school was being evaluated and treated for a suspected case of tuberculosis. The person was recovering and feeling better, according to the letter.
District officials said Tuesday that the patient contracted the disease over the summer and has not returned to school. HISD officials described it as a case of "active TB that has been under investigation since mid-summer."
"I kind of want to know who got it so I can know if I should get tested," student Anna Buczek said.
There were no others on campus with symptoms of TB, but the school and the Houston Health Department contacted anyone who may have been exposed.
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According to the letter, "Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that can be contagious if it becomes an active disease. However, it is a difficult disease to catch because it is only spread through the air and the environmental conditions need to be just right. Casual contact is generally not sufficient for transmission of the TB bacteria."
The letter said any student who had close contact with the sick individual will be sent a second letter. Barton said those letters will be sent to about 20 people and it will include a consent form for formal testing.
Symptoms of TB include a bad cough that lasts three weeks or longer, chest pain, coughing up blood, weakness or fatigue, weight loss, no appetite, chills, fever and sweating at night.
Parents and students are worried about the possible TB case.
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"I was pretty scared. I didn't want to catch it or anything," student Ben Barnes said.
On Thursday at 6 p.m., the Houston Health Department is expected on the campus at 5100 Maple. Officials will meet with parents in the Science Conference Center to give a presentation about TB and answer any questions.
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In the lucrative Advanced Intermediate section, where the total prize fund was £3,000, the Wiltshire rider finished fourth, riding Koyuna Sun Magic.
Doel had just one showjump down after completing a 29.6 score on dressage.
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Wiltshire-based riders tasted success at the Burnham Market International in Norfolk.
Badbury's Australian Olympian Andrew Hoy claimed victory in advanced section N on Cheeky Calimbo.
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The Santa Margarita hockey team won its first game of the High School Boys' Varsity National Championships at the Iceplex in Coral Springs, Fla. Wednesday, 4-3, over Jesuit of Dallas.
Team captain Branden Vara netted the game-winning goal 12:54 into the final period with assists from Brian Desmond and Eetu Selanne.
Max Kilkuts scored two goals while Selanne added three assists to lead the Eagles to a victory in their first game of pool play. Tatu Hiltunen also assisted on two goals.
The Eagles trailed early when Jesuit's Drew Brunts scored the opening goal 6:11 into the first period. Eemil Selanne tied the game, 1-1, a little more than three minutes later with a goal assisted by his brother Eetu and Jason Lively.
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Goalie Brandon Schellin made 11 saves and recorded the win for Santa Margarita.
The Eagles faced East Lake, Fla. Thursday, but the result of that game was not available at press deadline.
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Last week Congress passed a bill that will fund the government through the rest of this fiscal year, averting a government shutdown. The current funding bill expires next week, just as Congress is set to take a week-long break. Time to debate options has essentially run out.
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USDA had previously announced plans to furlough meat inspectors one day per week over the last three months of the fiscal year unless the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) got additional money. Such a move would have forced 6,300 food inspection facilities to be closed on the days when no inspector was available, which would impact industry workers and meat supplies around the country, at an estimated cost of up to $10 billion to the economy.
Despite the budget stopgap, Republicans and Democrats can't agree on long-term budget solutions.
House budget plan targets food stamps for much bigger cuts. Released last week, the plan trims the federal budget deficit by $4.6 trillion over 10-years according to supporters, with cuts of around $130 billion to $150 billion coming out of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP – also called food stamps).
There are estimates that the House bill would also cut an estimated $31 billion from commodity and crop insurance programs and $18 billion from conservation programs; a total of $49 billion. For perspective, last year's House Ag Committee farm bill had USDA cuts totaling just $35 billion, including the cuts for SNAP. At least in the near term, there is little chance that the Senate will go along with such large cuts to SNAP.
Senate plan has far more modest cuts in total USDA funding. At least at this early point in the budget process, the Senate appears to be sticking with agriculture department cuts totaling $23 billion (including SNAP) over 10 years.
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Direct payments will be trimmed. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the government will have to trim the direct payments to farmers that were set to be paid out this fall under the extension of the old farm bill. In order to comply with the automatic spending cuts required under the sequester, direct payments will be trimmed by $152 million.
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BitFenix announces the Prodigy M case - a Prodigy for mATXby Ian Cutress on 8/14/2013 5:41 AM EST
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EnzoFX - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkSlightly larger ITX Case? The Prodigy is a monster of an ITX case, I wouldn't even call it SFF, but whatever. As for this case, looks just like a Silver TJ-08E, except doesn't hold nearly enough drives. The TJ-08E (mATX), compared to the ITX Prodigy with handles on, are actually about the same size... hah. Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkThe height BitFenix saves compared to the TJ-08E by having the PSU not on top of below the mainboard is eaten up by the stupid handles. Oh well. Reply
rqle - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkThese Prodigy ITX are size of TANKS and MATX is too. Don't understand why anandtech would give them a editor reward for ITX, it doesn't even fit the definition of an ITX case. 36 liters, or even the advertise 27 liters are size for a lot of tower cases. ITX with 1-3 expansion slots starts at 9-10 liters. Reply
Peanutsrevenge - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkIt's compatability that dictates whether a case is mini-ITX or not. Size is irrelevant. Many full tower cases are mini-ITX cases, it's just that they also support mATX, ATX, E-ATX etc. The Prodigy is mini-ITX only.
The reason for the large size is for cooling. Very few people need > mini-ITX boards these days, but cooling the systems quitely still requires space.
Don't know why there's no handless version though, that just wasted space without modding. Reply
Theremings759 - Thursday, August 29, 2013 - linkmy classmate's ex-wife makes $78/hour on the laptop. She has been laid off for seven months but last month her payment was $19551 just working on the laptop for a few hours. great post to read http://jobs63.com Reply
Hrel - Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - linkHandles ftw. Reply
xbournex - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkShould look at the Phenom if height is an issue. Prodigy MATX is the same size as the ITX case. Reply
jensend - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkNo kidding- "slightly larger" is ridiculous, the thing has 5x the volume of many other mini-ITX cases. I couldn't understand its reason for existing at all; if you're getting mini-ITX you accept some compromises in the name of getting something smaller, and having a huge case negates that.
This case seems considerably less ridiculous. Reply
1Angelreloaded - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkThese cases are more Lan Party luggage than anything, I've seen 2 many of them already at shows and parties, the ITX version is nice for watercooling and internal airflow, however this version is really bad at that and will likely suffer on the thermals end, Ill stick with the Bob Slay V2, or H2Go they are better for airflow meeting watercooling needs compared to this case. Reply
starlyte - Sunday, March 22, 2015 - linkI find that OK for ITX it is big, but for mATX with some hard drives, up to 5 x 2.5", and a DVD, it is perfect, with good cooling, so no overclocking problems. I'm using it for a compact virtual and physical home server, and I'm happy i found it. On the other hand, for an mITX, it's not what I'd choose, as my drives, and all the dossiers, will be in this box. Reply
1Angelreloaded - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkWould have rathered they ditched the handles and expanded the internal space of the case itself internal airflow is more a concern. Reply
tim851 - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkLooks just like a Silver TJ08-E ?????? In what universe? I don't think it could look a whole lot more different than a TJ08-E.
As for the people saying the Prodigy was "too large": it sold in bunches. The market has spoken. Just like the iPhone isn't too small and the Galaxy Note isn't too big. We don't have a planned economy. If a product sells, it's good. Reply
jensend - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkBig Mouth Billy Bass sold considerably better than the Prodigy. Your definition of "good" is bogus. Reply
tim851 - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkA Boeing 747 is considerably bigger than the Prodigy. Your definition of "big" is bogus. Reply
SithSolo1 - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - link"If a product sells, it's good."
Yeah, you run with one. It sold well because of the price and the fact its huge makes installation so easy anyone can have an ITX build. Coming in multiple colors for the "Hey, check out my case from space" crowd didn't hurt. It also happens to be a good product but not "because it sells." Reply
tim851 - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkAha, so a fair price, easy installation and choice of colors don't make a case good? Pray tell, what does? Enlighten me with some objective truth! Reply
starlyte - Sunday, March 22, 2015 - linkSeems your definition of "good" is some what subjective, but if others find it easy to use, nice coloured and good price too, what ISN'T good about that? I find it great for what I want for my purposes. Maybe for other purposes, I'd not get this box, but a mATX server is good in this box. Reply
Piano Man - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkExactly. I wanted to build a SFF super PC last year, and I found out the mATX Temjin TJ-08E was actually smaller than the ITX Prodigy. This new mATX prodigy looks like its going to have awful airflow. Where is the fan to blow on the GPUs and System Board? Reply
tim851 - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - link>Where is the fan to blow on the GPUs and System Board?
2x 120mm on top, 2x 120mm/1x 200mm at the bottom. Yeah, that thing has terrible airflow... Reply
cjs150 - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkNice but would have been more impressed if they had kept to the original Prodigy design of horizontal motherboard (fatter case), and a couple of HD trays below motherboard. Maybe they were worried about weight flexing the motherboard in that orientation Reply
Death666Angel - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkSo, you want a cube case design? I've had a Lian Li PC-V351B and was thoroughly disappointed. While I rarely have trouble with vertical height (the only limit there is my desktop height which is significant), the footprint of a PC case is much more important in order to save space and increase either the free space on top of my desktop or below it. I'm much more happy with the tower design, it also allows for more versatility in my experience.
I'll be looking forward to the review! :) Reply
1Angelreloaded - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkFootprint is an interesting issue, you can buy a console/HTPC these days if that is your concern. The majority of PC users prefer functionality, these days a processor and GPU card performance are paced to deal more performance per cooling, and in that area a cube case is the best option, BTW if you live in a smaller apartment or have little cubic feet of air movement a cube case offers better cooling than any tower could due to the higher internal air flow that allows the heat sinks to breath and gives a more direct cooling option similar to what corsair tried to do with Air 540, The Prodigy M is a worse option with little to no internal air space thus defeating the purpose. An above post was right a larger cube would have done the trick part of the problem with Lian Li and Silverstone MATX solutions is they mistake SFF cube format for something that should be the size of an ITX cube. This is where cases like Mountain Mods does triumph over prefabbed cases, If you want a SFF Cube form stylized case with proper airflow for the size the H2Go and the BoB Slay V2 are the best options although a little pricey, and beyond them the 540 Air is perfect for an Atx solution case albeit larger. Reply
1Angelreloaded - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkYeah same thoughts, the footprint would have been perfect for an ITX, but just seems way to crammed to allow semi decent internal airflow for MATX.Which is what cube FF is all about, I would rather recommend a Xigmatek Gigas, H2go, Bob Slay V2, for the sizes they provide better airflow. This case wont be able to house an Asus Maximus board with the combo card due to the fan placements. Reply
mikepegg - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - link"The Power Supply insert requires a unique cable (provided) to route the PSU to the front of the case" thats my only worry really. more info in review please :) Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkI'm guessing it's a longer version of the one in my NASes case which has an ATX PSU installed vertically on the back instead of the front; and is only unique in the sense that it's new to Ian. Basically a short extension cord that plugs into the cases wall plug socket on one and and to the PSU's AC in on the other.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
Termie - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkBased on experience with my TJ-08E, I can say with complete certainty that the Prodigy M will overheat - there's simply no way you could keep that level of components cool without a front intake fan. A definite pass... Reply
InterClaw - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkYou can put 3 x 120mm or 1 x 200mm or 1 x 230mm at the bottom of the cage (or drives I guess). Reply
1Angelreloaded - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkNo he is right on top of that you can clearly see the parts will hinder the airflow due to the cramped quarters, Cube cases are superior due to the volume of air they can push in and out of a case, MATX and higher should never see anything less than 2 intake and 2 exhaust 120mm fans with a clear direct flow path to the main board and gpu, otherwise the thermals will rise rapidly causing throttling, the Gigas is better than this. Reply
voodoobunny - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkoooOOOOOOOoooooo :) Reply
Dentons - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkI never really got the point of the Prodigy ITX. I was actually going to buy one until I saw it in the shops, I was stunned at the size. The case is massive for ITX. And why? So it can hold a bunch of mechanical hard drives? So it can use a standard PSU?
This shows that BitFenix is lagging a year or two behind the times, but so are most case manufacturers. A lot of cases still don't have USB 3.0.
Even for those that want a large ITX case, there are better cases for less money. The Fractal Design Node 304 is one. A great case that's great looking, but still overly large for the ITX specification.
The Prodigy in a mATX configuration seems to make more sense, but I have to wonder as to the ongoing need for lots of mechanical hard drives and standard PSU's. Many if not most non-gaming use cases could be adequately handled by a very tiny ITX case with an SSD and external PSU.
Unfortunately, there are a real lack of high quality "book sized" cases, a size that seems perfectly designed for the ITX spec. Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkLooking at the gallery, the prodigy M only has room for 2x 3.5" drives (and 3x 2.5); and the space where the 3'4" drives can go can also be used as a pair of fan mounts. All it's costing you is a few cents to drill more holes.
The ITX version's 5 3.5" bays only makes sense as a NAS enclosure; but it's much larger than the Chenbro case I mentioned above (and even that could be made significantly smaller with an SFF PSU and reorienting the drive bays). Reply
Guspaz - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkAs an owner of a Shuttle SZ77R5, which is about as physically compact as an mITX case supporting a full-length GPU with 2x3.5" and 1x5.25" can possibly get (because there's little empty volume remaining inside, even if the mobo is a custom form factor slightly bigger than mITX), the Prodigy seems enormous...
I would like to see a revised mITX prodigy with the following changes:
- Remove bottom handles, since they take up space and make the Prodigy unstable (wobble). Replace them with raised feet, since the case still needs to be elevated a bit for airflow
- Reduce the number of 3.5" drive bays to one or two; the 2.5" drives can mount randomly around the case as they do now, that's fine for SSDs
- Attach the sidepanel ports/buttons to the main chassis (rather than the sidepanel), with a cutout from the sidepanel that fits over or around it
- Remove the space used for a few of the fan mounts. Airflow is good, but 4x120mm in an mITX case is excessive.
- Revise the top handles. Handles are a great idea (moving around computer cases is always annoying), but they could be a bit lower profile while still allowing easy carrying points.
mITX cases don't have to be as insanely tightly packed as my Shuttle, but the Prodigy could still be made a bunch smaller if less space was wasted on things most people won't need (like extra fans, extra 3.5" drives) or don't want (like bottom handles). Reply
HisDivineOrder - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkAmusing. So you say the ITX version was for a case that was a "slightly larger mini-ITX case", but when they went to make a mATX version, they didn't have to change the size... at all? That is, a mATX board fit in that case no problem.
And you think the ITX version was only slightly larger? This just highlights my problem with this case all along. It should have been mATX from the get-go and there's no point to ITX in this case. If you're going with this case, then get a mATX motherboard. The ITX version was always irrelevant because it was always too big. Waaaay too big.
The whole point of ITX is to be as small as possible, not big enough to fit mATX and SLI in. If you're going that big, just go mATX instead. Reply
xbournex - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkWith the same concept as having ATX cases large enough to fit XL or EATX boards, the ITX version has more compatibility with watercooling - there's no rule to tell anyone how big a ITX case should be. While mATX does fit, you reduce your ability to place such components so our ITX is indeed slightly larger to have more flexibility. Reply
Laststop311 - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkI doubt this case will be very popular. They compromised the cooling abilities, the room for hdd's, the space for the psu, the odd. They should not of forced the matx into the same exact size as the mitx version. The m-itx version will continue to sell like hotcakes though. Reply
Rupan3 - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkI've built a couple of the mITX machines. They are in high demand stylistically for Hackintoshes. I found them a joy to work with. Prodigy does a nice job of innovating on space constraints with mounting the HDD's elsewhere, wherever that could be.
These are great for small servers too, though I would like a non handle variant with big thick feet to substitute for that very option. They support a decent number of drives on the mITX case. Reply


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For her last Christmas, Phoenix Sinclair's mother taught her to say degrading obscenities, locked her in a bedroom and took away her presents.
That revelation was among the heart-breaking and disturbing testimony heard Wednesday at the inquiry into the death of the five-year-old girl.
Former friends of Samantha Kematch said they were so worried about Phoenix in early 2005, they contacted Winnipeg Child and Family Services. Later that year, Phoenix was murdered by Kematch and her boyfriend, Wes McKay, but her death wasn't discovered until 2006.
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Commission counsel Sherri Walsh asked the witness what Kematch did when they heard the moaning.
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The witness said Kematch had locked the bedroom door earlier when they went to the corner store with the baby Kematch had with McKay in November 2004.
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"I thought maybe Wes was abusing Sam and Phoenix," said Source of Referral No. 5, who knew Kematch from a group home.
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