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Today was the big day, we released Odyssey Reborn on Steam, check out the steam store at http://store.steampowered.com/app/351840/ to download.4/17/15
Updates will now be posted here, with more detail than provided in game.
Mage Updates: Mages Freeze spell, Frost Blast, now only freezes for 1.2seconds in PvP. Costs 40Mana with a cooldown of 30seconds.
Game Updates:
Professions: The four professions; Blacksmith, Alchemist, Enchanter, and Jeweler are currently being worked on. Enchanter has been reworked to allow you to create scrolls which then are usable on gear to provide a buff. At max level, level 5, a player can create books that allow you to deal +3 additional damage to the class of your choice, but at the drawback of dealing -1 to any class other than the specialized one.
Blacksmithing has been updated to give proper information on the gear that is about to be created.
Calindor, a city south of the desert, has been opened! There are NPCs to be interacted with that upon completing their tasks a player can start to create viable PvP supplements or break down heroes/guardian tier gear into bars to convert into new gear. Each NPC does something different, and the tower is not yet complete, but is in the works of completion.
Been ages since I posted anything, for those of you who haven't been on there's been major changes. As of right now Jaron is more or less running the show. He pushed us up into the amazon cloud for hosting, Adrian and Paul are helping him bring in updates. We also have a new god to help out production, Chris aka RoyalNewb. QBCrusher also put up a site with some good stuff, check it out at http://odysseyclassic.no-ip.info
Jaron has once again done some amazing updates, fixed some previous implementations, all in all some great stuff. Skilling has gotten much easier, just hold your function key down, a pop up box for quests, so we can make a nice box come up for dialog, and a lot of good stuff you guys cant see. -=Rza=-
Jaron coded in some amazing updates today, including but not limited to a better player movement system, drag and drop inventory, and potentially eliminating our hourly lag spikes from the server writing out.
Forgot to announce the winners of the ad campaign, it was Lucci in first, Sleepy in second, and Painkiller in 3rd.
Odyssey Reborn is going on another advertising campaign. It is going to work differently than the last time. Each post will be evaluated and given a point value on a 1 to 3 scale! 1 point for basic forum posts. 2 points for screenshots and links, 3 points if you went out of your way to make it a good post. The timeframe for the whole operation will be one month. at the end of the month we will tally everyones points and winners will be rewarded 1st Place: Rubyburn Amulet - 2nd Place: 2 Room House (Not Custom) with access for 2 characters and in house skilling - 3rd Place: Sprite Select and Status Select on 1 character. For those of you who do not place in the top 3 there is still hope, you can cash in your points for EQ. 3 points per item, Hammer/GP/GH/LS. You must email Zef to get credit for submitted posts. firstname.lastname@example.com
Servers back up.
Ran out of time before work trying to reconfigure my network, odyssey will be down until I get off work and have more time, sorry for the inconvenience.
Update in progress, probably should have gave a warning on that. Should be back up sometime soon.
New interface courtesy of paul to get us started
Testing out monsters on the new project.
For those of you who are wondering about the rumors of the "new project". This is it so far.
Server was down for some reason, no time to sit and investigate the issue. For those of you with outstanding requests, keep emailing me, I'm a busy guy and forget stuff.
Put the server back up temporarily to see if anyone has the desire to create a playerbase, if i see any progression in a short time period I might leave it up for awhile. Otherwise, enjoy the good old days while they last, I am sure they are limited. -=Rza=-
Reborn is officially offline for the time being. Jeremy and I have no time to devote to the project, and with the lack of players and interest, no motivation to work on it. Fear not, BaD is still actively engaged in his source revamp. I do actively check my email still, and try to keep up with the happenings of Odyssey. If anyone has updates or concerns, shoot me an email and I will do what I can to keep the community informed. -=Rza=-
Put up a new site to help people break into the cryptocurrency world. Jeremy and I have had some good success with it and all you need to get started is a decent computer. James has also had a wealth of success and he was the one who got us into it. Checkout www.cryptomininginfo.com and help me spread the word. The good thing about cryptocurrency is the more people that know the more valuable the "coins" are. On a side note, though we have been still working on odyssey we have yet to make a huge breakthrough, mostly because of conflicting schedules and busy work weeks. I assume it will come soon that Jeremy and I pull the plug on Reborn and start to focus all efforts on other projects. I still check my email fairly regularly so if you guys have any comments hit me up at firstname.lastname@example.com.
BaD has started a huge source revamp for the general Odyssey community using the Odyssey Classic source that James released. He will be posting his updates on his github site https://github.com/HybridGames/odyssey. You can also hit him up on his email firstname.lastname@example.com
Stay tuned for updates we will do our best to keep his progress updated on here. -=Rza=-
Busted out a server reboot, first one in like months it seems, creatures weren't attacking or moving. For our locals that log on still, we do greatly appreciate it, but the game seems that it has hit its wall. The server will remain up until mid February to judge traffic, if we have no more players, we will with great regret, be taking the server offline. Stay tuned. -=Rza=-
Huge update, lowered miss chance again, and mapswitch is drastically reduced. More to come since I am out of school for right now. Stay tuned. -=Rza=-
Server is back online, had some technical difficulties to overcome but its back up, and we got to do the update as well.
Server is down due to the host's ISP. Luckily, it coincides with updates we are working on. We will post more info when we have it.
Well it's about time to give a mass update of what has been happening in the world of Odyssey. I will give a quick summary of things. First of all, we would like to thank Von(Jesse) for this awesome new banner you can see above. You can now use /guild hud to check on your fellow guildmates. There has been a recent rebalance to tighten up PK balance to where we want it. The enchanter job has also been rebalanced using much more player friendly amounts of materials. Enchanter has also received some new level 5 enchants to go along with that. More recently, we have centralized the guild buff system along the outskirts of Crendale, as opposed to walking all the way to the desert, or Alphevale Village to capture them. Things we are currently working on include a HUGE sprites update. This is something that we should have done before we ever released the server, but live and learn. The last thing I will add to this list is that we are working on a job that will make lumberjacking far more useful than it currently is. As always, you can email me with questions/comments/concerns. Last but not least, here is a couple pk videos to enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ElJX7kYGY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff41WSf7YtM&feature=youtu.be
Haven't posted anything up for awhile, here's the quick rundown on whats been happening online.
Sep 2nd - /joblevel now available. Tells you current job level and how far to progress to the next job level.
Sep 3rd - You should be able to use skills much faster now.
Sep 4th - Added /helpcommand, mostly for new players but a helpful reminder to everyone.
Sep 4th - /helper command added to identify player helpers for new guys, let someone know if you want to be on the list.
Sep 5th - Between Two Rivers now has a challenge point to control a +1DMG guild buff.
Sep 5th - /updates is back in the mix, people don't read them anyways, might as well be a script.
Sep 8th - Glass Shield, Flamewave, Bascinet, Banner Shield, Arcane Shield, Solid Ring, Defense Ring, Defense Pendant, Power Ring, and Faith Protector added to disenchantable list.
Sep 8th - Smelting should be much faster now, especially with large amounts of ore.
Sep 8th - Repairing GP/GH etc now saves your enchanter enchants.
Sep 8th - Pickaxe/Fishing Pole/Lumbering Axe is now available, they give +5 skill level in their skill. Each item lasts 1000 successful hits of mining/fishing/lumbering. While you have one of the items, the chance is double to hit rare gems/eq/mystery fruit, etc. It is not recommended to use this item if you are level 255, when it breaks you will go back down to level 250 to regain that experience.
Sep 9th - You can now double click your Pickaxe/FishingPole/Lumbering Axe to see how many hits are left on it.
Sep 12th - Garden and Haunted House quests have been remapped.
Sep 13th - +1 Dmg and +1 Def Enchant Scrolls added as rare drops on 2 monsters, good luck.
Sep 14th - Xinvulis did the code to make projectiles and magic projectiles miss, so bows and meteor blast have been restored to their normal damage.
Sep 14th - Remapped Norax and Castle Quests.
Sep 15th - Dark Knight hostable event now available for purchase with time tokens(500). Bring all your friends, you will need them.
Sep 16th - We have 2 different Last Stand objects floating throughout the world. It will hinder us in the long run if we continue to let it happen. Inside Dragonia Arena you will be able to trade the Last Stand we no longer will be using for trade for a new one.
Sep 16th - Added a safeguard to repairing gp/gh etc, you shouldn't be able to repair a second item until you re equip the first one, therefore you shouldnt ever lose your enchants.
Sep 16th - Fixed an issue with the Incog from time tokens, you get all the available sprites now.
We are discontinuing the advertising campaign for right now, those of you that had already submitted will still get rewarded but I won't be able to continue this pace throughout the week. I hope you still continue to advertise without having to get rewarded for doing so.
A new jobs system has been released recently. Make your way to southeastern Babylon to pick your job.
We are launching another advertising reward program. All entries can use the supplied description. You must upload a couple screenshots and all rewards will be given for major sites only (rpg.com mmorpg.com etc). So, that being said, if you post up Odyssey Reborn onto a major reputable site, along with a few screenshots at a minimum, you will be rewarded a Hammer of Frost, Guardian Plate, Last Stand, and Guardian Helm for a post on a major game listing site. Forums and other minor posts will get you 1 item out of the set (Your Choice). See description below. Send both Slasher and I an email with a link to your post for your reward. firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com
Odyssey Reborn is a free 2d top-view online RPG that is set within a medieval setting with SNES like graphics. There are several player classes available, Knight, Mage, Crusader, Necromancer, Rogue, and Cleric. The main playerbase focuses on PVP but the game is also very well setup for PvE action.
Odyssey is a fairly basic hack and slash ORPG (Online Role Playing Game). It is designed to run on lower end computers, some as slow as 66mhz. Instead of focusing highly on visual, and aural elements, Odyssey tends to focus on gameplay value, and replayability.
"The Odyssey Engine" is the sole inspiration for many other games such as the original "Mirage Online", which ultimately transformed the ease of Online RPG creation with the Playerworlds program. The Odyssey was started in the mid-90s and is widely said to be the first successful VB6 MORPG.
We have had to revert hosting for the time being due to so many people having issues. We're still trying to work out the kinks and will switch back to the new host once we can guarantee everybody can log on. So for those of you that were having issues, it should be fine now.
UPDATE: We have once again migrated to the new host and bypassed the DNS system. Everyone should be able to log on fine and have a much improved ping. If you are still having issues, step one is to reboot your computer and make sure you run the updater. If that fails, contacts us through email or someone in-game, IM, facebook, or whatever method you see fit.
So, just discovered the server was down when I got home at approximately midnight. According to other people, server was down approximately two hours, so we apologize for that. If you're still having problems logging in, please let us know via email. With the server relocation, hopefully everyone can successfully connect without any issues.
Server was relocated to Wisconsin, we did experience minimal downtime, but it wasnt bad. Send us emails if you guys cant get on.
Due to some construction in Hawaii, the server will be down until roughly 8pm eastern time.
UPDATE: Server is back online.
The super delayed rap contest results.
It has been some time since we posted up here due to being extremely busy with personal stuff. I thought I would make a quick post just to let everyone know that we are still working. We will announce the winner of the rap battle once we get everything uploaded and we can notify all the contestants. There has been a lot of content added recently including two new quests and many new items to work towards, including some projectile weapons to add a little depth into the pk and just so everyone has some more options for what gear they choose to use. We are also working on getting everything from the tournament posted up in the gallery section. As always, if you guys have screenshots or ideas or comments/concerns, feel free to email me at email@example.com
Introducing the first rap battle tournament. Get in with Odysseychallenge.mp3. The Contest will go for a week, So...Tuesday the 6th we will decide a winner. Record your voiceover on the beat and send it to firstname.lastname@example.com & firstname.lastname@example.com. Winner will recieve 3 full fledged sets of guardian. Runner up will receive 1 set.
Due to lag concerns we wont be letting a ton of people in the tournament area to watch, however, you are more then welcome to watch the live feed at http://www.twitch.tv/odysseyonline/ . Good luck to everyone participating tonight.
Server has been down for around 8 or 9 hours now. Accidently crashed it messing with a script. On the plus side, expect a couple of nice updates when the server comes back up. Plus as requested, the site now has its own independent Quest Guides page(The lightbulb isn't as cool anymore, had to push it over so you could actually click the quest guides link). -Rza
We will be holding a 1v1 Tournament on Sunday afternoon at 6pm CST. It will be an equal equipment tournament, we will provide you with equipment to fight and then take it back from you when you're done fighting. All classes are fair game. Prizes: 3rd Place - Your choice of one GH, GP, Aegis, or Hammer 2nd Place - Two Choices of that set 1st Place - Full set of GH/GP/Aegis/Hammer plus 1mil gold. All questions regarding this matter can be directed towards SouL, he will be in charge of this event.
Well the server experienced its first unplanned downtime today. We all knew it would eventually happen, unfortunately I was at work so I could not remedy the problem in a timely manner. We are still looking into the cause of it to ensure that it does not happen in the future. The culprit seems to be one of the mini-game scripts, but we will continue to analyze and dig deeper on this matter.
A lot of good updates have come out today based on feedback from the communitty. First thing that we have done is raise global damage slightly. What does that mean to the average Odyssey player? It means that you will hit for more in PK and in quests. We also made almost all equipment up to and including Heroes repairable. One last piece of information for you guys is that we have removed Push due to its constant abuse and replaced it with AllShowNoGo. If you had already purchased Push, it is automatically replaced with AllShowNoGo, just type /allshownogo.
It has been a little while since we've posted our progress, mainly because we've been so busy. Heres some things that have been added since the last news posting. Crusader Spells: Holy strike and Mending Prayer. Necromancer Spells: Invictus, Siphon HP, Mystical Aura, Maelstrom, and Siphon Mana. Other updates include the addition of a swear filter, and the addition of custom player houses to the store again. In order to accomodate the addition of custom player houses, we have picked up another staff member, Grimm to the team. The items that you are able to smith via mining has been changed slightly to include class rings. And last but certainly not least, we have added enchanting back into the game. If you are looking for an edge in PK, I strongly advise checking it out.
Update is completed. We added two new classes that will continue to be developed in the near future. I wouldn't expect much out of them right away because they are undeveloped, they have no spells, no magic abilities, they're just characters at this point. We have also removed the missing of skills when they are max level. We are working on a sprites update, but it needs some more work still.
Class Change and Account Recovery now available for purchase in the store.
Made another installer for those of you still having problems, should work for you, make sure you uninstall, reboot, and then reinstall.
UPDATE: You must run odyssey.exe, the shortcut created on your desktop is pointing to ody.exe, use the shortcut in your start menu.
For those of you having issues logging back on the solution should be an uninstall, COMPUTER REBOOT AFTER UNINSTALL, reinstall, make sure you use the shortcut in the start menu, email if there is any problems after you reboot and run odyssey again.
New installer released, hit up the Downloads page to get back online.
The Odyssey Reborn store is now open.
Odyssey Reborn has its first level 80! Congratulations to Sharif for being the first player to reach max level. To go along with this news. expect some minor equipment changes as PVP starts to progress. We will be tweaking high end equipment and lowering a lot of level requirements.
Server is back up, had to restore to a server file from a few hours ago.
We have updated the Gallery section of the page and have that up and running. We don't have many screenshots anymore. If you have some that you would like to see in the gallery, email them to us and we will add them in.
The server is now on a dedicated machine and hardwired. We will continue to work out any bugs that arise. You can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com with questions/comments/concerns.
Slasher has been nice enough to host Odyssey Classic once again. Check out the Downloads page to play.


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Landmark Morrette's will serve last meal Friday
Morrette's King Steak House — a Schenectady landmark since 1947 — will close Friday night.
Owner Micah Pasquariello, whose family has served steak sandwiches, mushroom hamburgers and chicken parmigiana since taking over the business from original owner Tony Morrette in 1973, believes it's time to retire from the restaurant business.
Pasquariello and his aunt, business manager Sandy Bielecki, said Wednesday a sale that would have kept open the lunch and dinner place on Erie Boulevard — across from Boulevard Bowl — fell through.
"We've committed ourselves for other things," said Bielecki, who began working part time in the family business in 1973 and has been full time since the mid-1980s.
"We're making this decision for ourselves," Bielecki also said. "It's not taken lightly. It certainly makes it more difficult because we cared so much about our customers and the business itself. This is our home. We spent more waking hours here than we ever did at home."
"We've thought about this for a long, long time," added Pasquariello, 39, who has worked full time at Morrette's for the past 18 years and is now day cook and night manager. "This is not something we just all of a sudden decided on. This is something we've been trying to work toward for a long time, over a year. … I'm just looking to do other stuff. There's a lot of work involved running a restaurant."
Schenectady native and pro wrestler Tony Morrette opened Morrette's Restaurant in 1947 after he discovered the Philly-style steak sandwich during his travels. He decided to bring the hearty dish to the Capital Region.
Morrette gave up the business after 26 years. David Pasquariello and Ralph Pasquariello, Micah's father and grandfather, respectively, and David's brother-in-law, Bruce Bielecki, bought the place in 1973. Micah took over operations when his father died in 2011.
Large framed photos on restaurant walls show off Schenectady's history, such as the Erie Canal in 1890, the Great Western Gateway Bridge in 1957, city street cars in the 1880s. Even Tony is still around, pictured serving big sandwiches to professional boxers Lou Ambers and Barney Ross during the 1940s or '50s. David and Ralph Pasquariello also have spots on the wall.
Home-style ambience is still in play — burgundy-colored table coverings and green vinyl-covered seats are parts of 10 booths in the front of the restaurant. Similar colors are on 11 tables in the narrow back section. More casual diners may choose one of the 10 chairs at the front counter.
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Back in 2009, our restaurant reviewer Caroline Lee visited Morrette's. Read her review HERE.
In 2012, Morrette's was featured on the Travel Channel's "Food Paradise" show. Read the story HERE.
The restaurant has been in the news before. During the early morning hours of March 5, 1990, fire heavily damaged the building. In 2012, the restaurant's signature steak sandwich — thin-sliced ribeye beef with three different kinds of cheeses, grilled onions, mushrooms and peppers — was featured on the Travel Channel's "Food Paradise" show.
Chris Hunter, curator at miSci, Schenectady's museum of innovation and science, said Morrette's enjoyed a strategic location during city boom times of the 1940s, '50s and '60. The General Electric Co. was located at the foot of Erie Boulevard; the American Locomotive Co. was farther north. Morrette's was located near the middle of the two.
When Morrette's opened, Hunter added, General Electric would have employed 30,000 people; Alco's workforce would have been 10,000 strong. Combined, the two giants offered many potential customers.
"It's got quite a bit of a diner feel," Hunter said of the restaurant. "Morrette's, the Silver Diner, even Mike's Hot Dogs, they were all little community gathering places."
Maria Perreca Papa, who owns More Perreca's on Jay Street, remembers a dedicated staff inside Morrette's. "You'd see the same people working there for 20, 25 years," she said. "It's more than a restaurant closing, it's part of our neighborhood closing."
Pasquariello knows there have been rumors around town about Morrette's closing. "We wanted to make sure we had our employees taken care of, so that's how the rumors started to come out — when I started telling the employees this sale might not go through, you might need to start looking for work," he said. "All the employees are taken care of. They've all found new work."
Both Pasquariello and Bielecki say their 11 employees — and large numbers of customers — are people they will miss the most once last meals are served Friday night.
"We want to thank our customers for their years of patronage," Pasquariello said. "We have had some wonderful customers and built some great relationships over the years."
"A place like this is built on its regulars," Bielecki added. "We had a lot of those."
Both thanked night cook Bob Gray — on the job for more than 30 years — and wait staff member Ellen Norton, employed at Morrette's for the past 23 years."
"They're like family, too," Bielecki said. "I think the most important thing to know is food. It's obviously the basis of your success. But the wait staff is integral to the whole operation. No matter how these people felt when they walked in that door, it was never reflected on the floor. … They're amazing."
Bielecki has considered her feelings about final days on the job and the end of the family business.
"It's kind of like someone dying and you're in this mode where you have so much to do, so much to plan and maybe down the road it hits," she said. "I think the gravity of it is going to hit us later on."
Pasquariello said the restaurant remains for sale. He is hopeful.
"We were trying really hard, that was our thing," he said. "We really wanted somebody to come in, sell them everything from recipes to all the pictures on the wall, the Morrette's name and brand. Sometimes, things don't work out the way you want them to. They still could."

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On sale now!
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The "Rollin' With My Homies" Party House From "Clueless" Is For Sale
Anyone on the real estate market who is looking for a little piece of history needs to get themselves to Los Angeles, where the iconic valley party house from "Clueless" is currently for sale. For the bargain price of $825,000, owning this house would allow you to do any of the following life dream status activities:
- Making dinner in the kitchen where Tai and Elton sang "Rollin' With My Homies."
- Taking a bath in the bathroom where Murray shaved his head because he's "keepin' it real" and Dion called his mom to tell on him.
- Lounging by the pool where Cher received an angry call from her dad on her brick-sized cellphone.
- Watching TV in the family room where Travis attempted (and failed) to crowd surf.
I could go on for days. The point is, someone really needs to buy this house and then recreate that gloriously 90s party and invite me. Please. [Daily Mail]


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Smoked Sausage and Beans Recipe
Kielbasa gives this dish a hearty flavor, and you don't have to spend hours in the kitchen preparing it.—Honore Hudson, Glenwood, Illinois
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound fully cooked smoked sausage, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 3 to 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (15-1/2 ounces) great northern beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 5 to 6 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Dash hot pepper sauce
- Hot cooked rice or pasta
- 1. In a large skillet, saute onions and garlic in oil until tender. Add sausage; cook and stir until lightly browned. Add broth, beans and seasonings. Cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaves. Serve in a bowl over rice or pasta. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 cup: 326 calories, 9g fat (0 saturated fat), 36mg cholesterol, 716mg sodium, 42g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 21g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2-1/2 starch, 1 meat.
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"Made this without the hot sauce, and with two 14-oz sausages instead of one. We really liked it. It was simple, but very filling, and the sausage, beans, and rice went well together."
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|From: Hugh Myers (hsmyers at gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 30 12:30:56 EDT 2009
Little point? Using SRFI-13 as an example, printed, it runs to 30 pages. Printed duplex, runs to 15. 1. you dislike trees? 2. you disdain manuals (printed that is)? I understand that 'real' scheme programmers don't need documentation, but this seems a little extreme. --hsm On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Eli Barzilay<eli at barzilay.org> wrote: > On Jun 30, Hugh Myers wrote: >> The process of converting from HTML to PDF is not a 'new' problem--- >> so yes it could magically be done. > > Most of the manuals are written in scribble form, which has rendering > backends for latex and for html. The srfi and r6rs documentations are > used "as is" -- directly from the respective sources, and there is a > thin wrapper that arranges the index. There is little point in > turning them into PDF form within the context of PLT. > > -- > ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: > http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life! >
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VICTORIA – The provincial government has signed a contract with TELUS Sourcing Solutions (TSS), a Canadian company, to deliver its corporate HR/payroll systems and services, Management Services Minister Joyce Murray and Stephen Bayliffe, vice-president and general manager of TSS announced today.
"As a government, we committed to being responsible, accountable managers of public resources and tax dollars," said Murray. "Moving these administrative operations to the private sector lets government focus on its core business. It also allows us to benefit from the expertise, infrastructure and marketing capabilities of TSS to deliver these internal services better and more cost-effectively."
The 10-year, $133 million partnership is one of several key projects that will use the private sector to transform and improve government's service delivery when it makes business sense to do so. The Province expects to realize savings in excess of $30 million over the life of the contract. Current employees have been offered jobs with TSS, and will have access to a wider range of training and career development opportunities with the new company. The BCGEU will be the successor union and benefits and provisions presently offered by the Province will transfer with employees.
"We are excited to be partnering with the Government of B.C. on this alternative service delivery project and are committed to providing unparalleled innovation, technology development and human resource expertise," said Bayliffe.
Formed in 2003, TSS is a wholly owned subsidiary of TELUS Corporation, with its head office in Vancouver. TSS offers human resource, payroll and other business solutions to public sector organizations across Canada, and will establish a Centre of Excellence in Victoria. As a result of its partnership with the Province, TSS will have an opportunity to expand its business services to B.C.'s broader public sector. TSS will adhere to all B.C. statutes and regulations related to the protection of privacy and personal information.
For more information, please see the project summary at: www.solutionsbcsharedservices.gov.bc.ca online.
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MONTREAL-Louis Brunel, International Institute of Telecommunications' President and Chief Executive Officer, is pleased to announce that Darren Entwistle, President and Chief Executive Officer of TELUS, will be one of the 9 members of the IIT's prestigious Board of Governors.
"I am very pleased to be joining the IIT and working with its partners to leverage TELUS' expertise in innovation and business development for this leading organization," said Entwistle. "Over the years, the IIT has become an outstanding centre for sharing knowledge and cooperation at the technological level. Its leadership in the field of specialized training as well as in research and development is giving the telecommunications industry an opportunity to create a real Canadian network of highly competitive skills both nationally and internationally."
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"We are enthusiastic about having Mr. Entwistle on our Board of Governors, along with the other major leaders in the Canadian telecommunications/ICT industry. The IIT's goal is to step up the pace of the industry's growth by stressing high-calibre specialized training, development and the validation of new services and new applications. The IIT intends to play a key role in this field and meet wireless and landline network operators' and other industry players' needs and objectives of providing telecommunications users with better service."
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A new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) shows strong growth in new geothermal power projects continuing through 2009. U.S. Geothermal Power Production and Development Update, Sept. 2009, identifies 144 new geothermal projects under development in fourteen states that could represent as much as 7,100 megawatts (MW) of new baseload power capacity. When added to the 3,100 MW of existing capacity, 10 Gigawatts of geothermal power appears to be feasible.
The report found a total of 144 projects under development that could add between 4,699.9 and 7,109.9 MW of power to the U.S. geothermal energy output. At the high end, that would be enough baseload power to supply about 20 percent of California's total electric power in 2008, or enough generating capacity to supply the power needs of about 7.2 million people.
In Mississippi, the report identified one project that has the potential to produce 0.5 MW. The number of states with geothermal projects under development also increased, from 12 to 14 over the past six months, with the addition of two oil-field co-production projects in Louisiana and Mississippi.
While the report shows generally good news, it also shows a decline in projects currently listed in "phase 4," or under construction. According to GEA, this was due to four new geothermal power projects moving to completion, but also reflects difficulty obtaining final permits and difficulty obtaining financing.


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Considerations for safety net providers in preparing for implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), such as third-party billing and restructuring of operations.
This foundation-funded project examined the potential impact of health care reform on safety net providers and activities for these agencies to undertake in order to prepare for implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Free clinics and other safety net providers, in general, do not accept third-party reimbursement and thus are not well-positioned to secure funding in the expanded Medicaid and private payer environment under ACA.
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Today In Terribleness: Catherine Kieu Becker Puts Husband's Penis In Garbage Disposal
Remember the name Catherine Kieu Becker because she is the new Lorena Bobbit. Last night, the 48-year-old California woman poisoned her husband's dinner, tied him to the bed, cut his penis off with a knife, tossed it in the garbage disposal, and turned it on. Why? Becker told officers that her husband "deserved it." Even though the couple was in the middle of a divorce, police did not find her motive acceptable. Ahem. I don't believe there is anything a man could do to warrant his penis ending up in the garbage disposal. Becker was arrested and charged with aggravated mayhem, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, administering a drug with intent to commit a felony, poisoning and spousal abuse. Feel free to place your hands protectively over your crotch now, men and women. [KTLA]Want to contact the writer of this post? {encode="[email protected]" title="Email her"}!


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Virginia Furs?
It seems there aren't too many VA furs.. Anyone here happen to be from VA? I need to know I'm not the only one in the area XD
Greetings, Plazma!
No - I am not from Virginia, but there is a way to find others from that locale.
Notice that under spot where your user icon would be, there is a hypertext link to the destination which you listed as your location? That's clickable, and will take you to a list of other forum members who are from that same location - or at least, a list of those who listed their location by state.
If you go back and edit your own Forum Personal Profile so that it includes the name of the state, you would then be able to click on it and get that list of Virginia Furs.
Good Luck!
Ah, thanks!
Ahh. I see what you did, there.
Perhaps I should have mentioned that if you make your location too specific - like for example, "Northern *someplace awesome*" - that the search will only return a list of others who gave the same location in their profile. I was thinking more along the lines of just "Virginia", which yields a whole mess'a Virginians.
Sorry I didn't mention it earlier!
I clicked on someone's "VA" location tag and received more than a dozen pages. I thought, "wow, where are all these people if this many lives in VA." Clicking on a random person or two on each page revealed that most are not in the VA area but locations such as Pennsylvania, Nova Scotia, Nevada. I did recognize some as Virginians.
I'm not sure how that function works but doesn't seem to narrow the list any. Just pointing it out since I didn't know about that little feature and wanted to browse it out of curiousity.
-Mr Mutt
i think it mistakes town names and such that have VA in them as the location. i just tried it too and do recognize a few people on the list that i know do live in virginia. but i see what you mean. one person was in somewhere in ohio, but the word before that started with Va. little bit senstive of a system ^^;
I clicked on someone's "VA" location tag and received more than a dozen pages...Clicking on a random person or two on each page revealed that most are not in the VA area but locations such as Pennsylvania, Nova Scotia, Nevada.
I will admit that I haven't checked on every permutation of possible way to enter a location, and it is reasonable to think that if the thing were actually looking through States of the USA or Provinces of Canada, that postal abbreviations would be acceptable. Alas, I see my error; I now believe that it just does a text-matching search; Pennsylvania, Nova Scotia, and Nevada seem to confirm this theory, as was pointed out in the reply above mine.
Clicking on the "Fredericksburg" under your name, however, did yield 7 other AnthroCon Forum members.
You're right on that. After I posted, I realized that it was doing a string match. All of them match "VA" pretty well.
-Mr Mutt
indeed ^^ there are a lot of virginian furs actually, but their a bit spread out except for some larger groups here and there.
My boyfriend and I just moved to VA to live with a good friend of ours (who is also a furry). :3 It would be awesome to meet some people who live near us!
oh cool your living in the county i used to live in temporarily when i was in high school ^^ we couldn't find a good place near home, so mom and i got a small house there for the school weeks ^^
I like it a lot so far even though I'm not used to so much traffic and so many lanes! At least I don't have to drive much. We are just in an apartment now but the four of us have been looking at houses and just put in an offer on one in Sandston. I hope it gets accepted!
Hah awesome there are more furs in VA than I thought XD
We should try to get together a group of VA furries at AC! It would be great to make some new friends who don't live too far away. :3
would certainly be awesome indeed ^^ i know a handful of furs around VA personally, but most of them are still a good drive away so it would be very cool to find out where some more are ^^
Know of any furs near Richmond or Wiliamsburg? That`s as far as I can drive I`m afraid :/
Heh, we exist. :-) There are quite a few of us around, actually.
Yeah, but I most likley won't be able to go to the con this year xc oh, well. Probably will next year, though
While I am sorry your plans might fall through for this year, whenever you're able to make the trip we'll be happy to see you!
Just remember folks if tyrrlin looks at you funny, it's not becuase you did anything. She is determining whether or not you should be lunch.
I should probably run for my life now.
*gryns evilly*
Just want to point out that i'm not very tasty and that there is a rather edible mongoose who works with you that would make a better alternative meal.
Hah XD even if I can't make it to the con it would be fun to see if there were any small furry gatherings just in VA :3
I believe the 757 furs (down in the Tidewater area) have regular meetings.
Awesome :3 though the people who run the website might want to update, It doesn't seem to have anything for 2012
I am from 757 furries and i am going to AC 12. ^^ By the way, that is the new schedule for 2012. ^.^
Hello All!
I was gong to create a thread on this topic but you beat me to it. My furry name is Swivel (real name Mike) and I host the Southwest Virginia Furs group. We have been meeting for over five years, and currently have furmeets every three weeks in Lynchburg VA.
In addittion to my group, I know of two other VA based furry groups, both of which are larger than mine. They are the 757 Furries as mentioned above and the NoVaFurs.
757 Furries
The Northern Virginia Fur Group
There is also the Virginia Furs page on FA.
I hope that helps! See you at AC!
Ooh, didn't know 757 had a Yahoo page XD and thanks for the linksto the different fur clubs! :3
Just posted a video wth clips from a number of our furmeets over the past few years.


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nice guy, doesn't do much, was only a matter of time
Solid knowledgable connected talent. Pedigree from ICM, Gersh, Millenium, would not be surprised if he started a new company or aligned with the endless parade of money out there.
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We sailed the Western Caribbean, Cozumel, Belize, Mahogany Bay & Caymen Island. this was my 8th cruise with Carnival and my boyfriends first, we sailed with another couple who has also sailed with carnival 9 times. We had FTTF and everything went smooth at check in and we were on the ship by 11 am our luggage wasn't delivered though for like 2 hours after we boarded.
This will probably be my last cruise on Carnival,and also the couple we sailed with, there have been too many changes and in MY OPINION not for the good.
First of all I will probably get FLAMED from all the NON-Smokers,but to put us on deck 10 where it is so windy and our hot ashes blowing all over the ship is so stupid, when they talk about fire being the worst thing to happen on a cruise ship,at More least when we were allowed to smoke on the Lido deck the windows were there to shield most of the wind,resulting in a lot fewer hot ashes from flying around! Also there weren't enough ashtrays,or places to sit where there were ashtrays,we felt like we were being punished because we smoke! I mean to be treated like we had some sort of contagious disease, we really felt we were being treated unfairly! We paid for our cruise just like the NON-smokers we deserve to be treated like everyone else! the service on deck 10 was really slowwwww, it took 20-30 minutes to get a drink after you ordered it, maybe they don't like us smokers either????
The server we had in the MDD was not very good at all, We ate there only once because we had such a bad experience, by the time we got served our food(if that's what you want to call it) was cold & tasteless! worst dining I have ever had on a Carnival ship! Our waiter rushed us through the ordering,wouldn't give us what we wanted said that what we wanted wasn't on the menu! I was SHOCKED! since I knew you could get whatever you would like to eat whether it was on the menu or not! We were never asked if we wanted anything to drink with our meal,IE coffee, milk, or wine, it was just unacceptable!
As far as the new menu's go I didn't care for it at all. We ate the rest of our meals on the Lido deck, and the buffetts, Didn't care for much of the choices on the buffetts either, everything was so limited. A lot of changes there also,and not for the better!
our cabin was nice we had a balcony room on the empress deck (7), the only change that I noticed was there was no Ice bucket in the room,I later found out from our room steward that you had to request one.
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Rendition concerns the "extraordinary rendition" of Egyptian-born Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally), who is suspected of ties to a Middle Eastern terrorist organization. El-Ibrahimi is tortured, on behalf of the CIA, in an unnamed North African country. While his wife (Reese Witherspoon) struggles to secure his release, the CIA agent (Jake Gyllenhaal) assigned to monitor his interrogation grows increasingly skeptical of the methods being applied.
Though Rendition is problematic, it does raise questions about American involvement in the practice of torture. Mark Danner, a staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror and The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War's Buried History, discusses these questions with SFR.
SFR: What percentage of those tortured are actually middle-class Americans with PhDs, who are married to beautiful Oscar-winning starlets with connections to US senators?
MD: [Laughs] Well, of course [Witherspoon] is not an Oscar-winning starlet in the movie, she's a housewife. Obviously, the circumstances depicted are unusual if you compare the family to others who have been involved in renditions. On the other hand, the inspiration—though I can't speak for the screenwriters—must be Maher Arar, a Syrian man who was intercepted on a connecting flight at JFK and was rendered back to Syria, where he was very badly mistreated. The Canadian government produced quite an extensive report and it seems quite clear that his rendition was a mistake. The connections were very improbable. One could say it's not typical, but it's also not outlandish. It seems to have happened in at least one very well-documented case.
Did it strike you as unrealistic that El-Ibrahimi would be captured and tortured on such scant evidence? He had only gotten a few calls on his phone.
It's quite possible that someone could be picked up for very similar reasons. This is thought to be very strong evidence-to actually have telephonic connection to someone who is known as part of a terrorist group. Intelligence agencies are trained not to believe in coincidences.
Have the photographs from Abu Ghraib made images of Americans committing torture cinematically acceptable?
It's quite clear that images of torture exert a morbid fascination that's been well known and remarked upon as far back as Plato's Republic, in which there's a little exchange about the inability to turn one's eyes away from scenes of horror. The waterboarding is quite vividly depicted. The position in which [El-Ibrahimi] is suspended is dramatic and horrifying. But one didn't need Abu Ghraib to know that that's the way the procedures generally work. We've known that for a long time. If you go back to The Battle of Algiers, there are very famous scenes of torture.
You've written a lot about how we've moved into the 'age of the frozen scandal.' There was once this narrative arc from 'revelation to investigation to expiation.' Now we just get revelation and then…nothing. With the increasing psychological blur between reality and media, have we now moved into an era where the arc is from revelation to mediation to fictionalization and finally to sublimation?
Yeah, it's one of the weird things about this movie. You said sublimation? I would say there is this gentle melancholy thing watching it—'Oh how horrible, how horrible'—while it's going on. Not something that's happened but something happening.
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Lemon Ice Cream Pie With Pecan Crust
Recipe by diner524
This is a recipe that I adapted to my taste from Bon Appetit. Cook time does not include chill and freeze times.
Top Review by KateL
Winner! This combined 3 of my childhood favorites: pecans, ice cream and lemon curd, and it delivered a perfect slightly tart lemon cheesecake-style taste. I did the "prettier pie" version in a 9.5" pie plate, and quantities were perfect. To save calories (ahem), I dispensed with the least caloric ingredient: the whipped topping; I didn't want to obscure the taste of my lemon confection. The pecan crust was easy and was a nice counterpoint to the ice cream/lemon curd; besides, when some of it crumbled during serving, those pieces can be sprinkled on top of the pie. I was glad I had a fitted double-boiler; that made it so easy to maintain the simmer and whisk away in the top. But I need to get a really fast instant-read food thermometer, because it was a little tricky to wait for my thermometer to read the temperature while I continued to whisk. I used Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean ice cream - Philadelphia-style ice cream that doesn't need additional egg because their PA cows yield such rich milk. The recipe shows total time as 40 minutes, but that is misleading, as there is a 4-hour chilling time for the lemon curd; plus after each layer, I put the pie back in the freezer for 30 minutes before the next layer; and the final 2 hours of freezing. For entertaining for the calorie-conscious, I might make this in a mini-cupcake pan or a rectangular casserole and put all of the crust on the bottom, then cutting into bite-size pieces; it could be kept cold by placing frozen chiller blocks on the bottom of a 13x9 pan, then placing a tray on top, on which the bite-size squares could be stacked. (I could always fit cheesecake into my WW diet.) Thank you for sharing, Diner! Made for Please Review by Recipe tag game.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups pecans, finely chopped
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
Lemon Filling
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups whipped topping (I like Cool Whip)
- 3 cups vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
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- For Lemon Curd: Whisk eggs and egg yolks in medium bowl. Melt butter in medium metal bowl set over large saucepan of simmering water. Whisk in sugar, lemon juice, lemon peel, and salt; gradually whisk in egg mixture. Whisk until thick and thermometer inserted into curd registers 178-180 degrees F, about 8 minutes. Transfer to small bowl. Press plastic wrap on top of curd; chill 4 hours. (this can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.).
- For Crust: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Mix pecans, sugar and butter in medium bowl until moistened. Press pecan mixture onto the bottom and up sides of a 9-inch diameter glass pie dish (mixture will be crumbly). Bake until crust is lightly toasted, about 12 minutes (crust will slip down sides of dish). Use back of spoon to press crust back into place. Cool crust on rack. Freeze crust 30 minutes.
- To put it all together: Put ice cream over frozen crust; spread into even layer, spread lemon curd over ice cream; freeze about 2 hours, until firm. Or for a prettier pie, put 1 1/2 cups ice creams then 1/2 the lemon curd, then rest of ice cream and top with remainder of lemon curd.
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As recently as a decade ago or so, we were a "big tent" culture -- but now the tent is getting very small, and so are the people still in it.
Bill Clinton talked about "the third way," bringing together moderates of all political stripes; George W. Bush campaigned on "compassionate conservatism"; and over in Rome, the traditionalist Pope John Paul II nonetheless created a broad-based excitement for the church through the force of his personality and the generosity of his worldview.
Today, life under the Big Top isn't what is used to be -- Republicans seem to be dragged ever-further-rightward by small factions of their party; cable news divides itself up into ideological camps; and the Vatican appears to be very serious about a wish expressed by some inside the Curia: Better to have a smaller church of fiercely true-believers than a bigger tent of people who don't toe the theological line.
The latest example: Next week, Archbishop-designate Salvatore Cordileone will formally become the leader of the Catholic church in San Francisco. He is, by all accounts, a talented, vibrant and engaging man who speaks Italian and Spanish fluently. But in a city noted for its tolerance (and as the place where people leave their hearts), Cordileone's appointment sends a small-tent message.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the archbishop-designate was one of the key figures in the successful campaign for Proposition 8 -- the California ballot initiative (since overturned by the courts) that outlawed same-sex marriage. Cordileone, in fact, heads a subcommittee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for the promotion and defense of marriage.
His advice for gay and lesbian couples: chastity. He says that through chastity, their lifestyle may be a "call to holiness." Cordileone does admit chastity isn't easy: "It takes a lot of spiritual discipline. Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out a call to holiness." He also told the Times that gays and lesbians involved in sexual relationships of any kind should not receive Holy Communion.
Regarding other church teaching often up for discussion in a town like San Francisco, Cordileone told the Times: "The solution isn't to say, 'Well, I'm going to disagree and continue being a Catholic.' That's not how we arrive at holiness."
Cordileone is, then, a clear choice from the Vatican. For San Francisco, they could have chosen someone who was something less of a flashpoint, but that is not the Roman style these days. The possibility that lock-step conformity free of discussion and debate may drive many from the church seems not to be a concern, but rather a welcome by-product of necessary doctrinal rigidity.
The tent is shrinking all around us, on many fronts. That may be all right in politics, where people can move from party to party, go independent or just sit the whole thing out. But few people want to sit out salvation, sit out faith, sit out Jesus.
But the small tent tells them: tough luck.
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