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A record attendance boosted ACBS' cumulative donation to local charities to more than $40,000 for the past four years. This year's recipients were the Tahoe Maritime Museum, the Boys & Girls Club, the Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe, the Tahoe Heritage Foundation and the Thunderbird Preservation Society.
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You don't build houses with crude political games
In the hours before the recent long weekend, when most people's thoughts turned to families, holidays and grand finals, Labor's political spin machine was still running on high rotation.
And it appears that even the bipartisan goal to close the gap on indigenous disadvantage by providing clean and safe housing for indigenous Australians is not immune to Labor's political tactics.
On Friday, 28 September, Minister Jenny Macklin wrote to Queensland Housing Minister Bruce Flegg in response to Mr Flegg's correspondence regarding the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing; a seemingly routine matter.
However, Ms Macklin then proceeded to jawbone the Queensland Government on the front page of The Australian the following Wednesday, saying that cutbacks to Queensland's public service risked "stalling initiatives to close the gap on indigenous housing disadvantage".
The article suggested that this was main the purpose of Ms Macklin's letter to Mr Flegg, but bizarrely, the letter made no reference to public service cuts affecting indigenous housing.
Undeterred, Ms Macklin kept up the attack: "I am concerned that the cuts the Queensland government is making to its housing workforce could put at risk delivering better housing for indigenous people".
Also, it appears Ms Macklin's staff forgot to put the letter in an express post envelope as her comments appeared in The Australian on Wednesday morning before Mr Flegg's office had even received the letter, much less had a chance to actually respond.
It is profoundly disappointing but unfortunately hardly surprising that this government would resort to playing politics with an issue as important as indigenous housing.
However, it reflects a wider malaise within the Labor Party; that it is only interested in scoring political points and clinging to power.
With these antics, Ms Macklin has betrayed her own fine sentiments when she said during the national apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008:
"What we need is a new era of cooperation and responsibility and a new way of doing things."
"I truly hope will be a new era of bipartisan support for Indigenous issues. This is too important to be politicised. We must all rise above politics. As the Prime Minister said, we should 'elevate this one core area of national responsibility to a rare position beyond the partisan divide'.
How has Ms Macklin upheld those lofty ambitions by making the relationship between the Federal Government and Queensland State Government almost untenable?
This is a Minister and a government who are out of ideas, out of touch and who no longer live up to the high standards and hopes of 2008.
And importantly, this type of political game won't deliver one extra house for indigenous Australians.
This lamentable one act play should not distract attention from the fact that not enough houses are being built under the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing.
In Queensland, just 171 houses have been built since the partnership was launched in 2008 under the Bligh and Rudd governments, and at this rate, less than 40 per cent of the target of 1140 homes will be delivered by the deadline of 2018.
It is no secret that both sides of politics have to shoulder the responsibility for the high levels of indigenous disadvantage that still exist today, not only in housing but in health, education and employment, despite efforts to turn things around.
We all need to work together to provide hope and opportunity for our first Australians, not play blame-games and drive wedges between different levels of governments.
This is one issue that deserves better.
Senator Marise Payne is the Opposition spokesperson for Indigenous development and employment.
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andrew says:
"It is no secret that both sides of politics have to shoulder the responsibility for the high levels of indigenous disadvantage that still exist today, not only in housing but in health, education and employment, despite efforts to turn things around."
No they don't. Positive discrimination for aboriginals has existed now for decades. As with any other australian, if they take advantage of the free education provided to them, medicare funded health care, consume alcohol responsibly and avoid other drugs there is no reason they cannot live a long, healthy and succesful life. And why should anyone, aboriginal or not be given a house they did nothing to earn?
Yes in some cases they may actually need to move away from a remote camp in the middle of nowhere to find work. That has not, and never will be a reasonable excuse to justify a life on welfare.
It's time for many aboriginals to get the massive chip off their shoulder and take responsibility for their own outcomes in life. Continuing to throw resources at them will do nothing until they actually want to improve their situation.
Craig says:
Having an opposition spokesperson comment adds I the politicization of this issue.
Do the honorable member alert Roxon to allow her a right of reply?
Too many black pots in parliament.
Tom says:
Don't forget that Labor State and Federal have already frittered away the money on their white elephants and from greasing the palms of indigenous spokespersons.
Al says:
Re: "We all need to work together to provide hope and opportunity for our first Australians…"
Umm, No.
It is not governments or any other persons responsibility to provide hope for someone. Hope is generaly a delusion anyway, the delusion that things will turn out the way the individual wants.
As for providing opportunity for our first Australians, yes the exact same oppurtunities that are available to every Australian.
iansand says:
An article decrying (quite rightly) the politicisation of indigenous affair which then goes on to make political points.
I despair. You really are all as bad as each other. Could you all take a step back from this week's shemozzle and take stock of the damage you have done to the reputation of and respect for all politicians? Do you think you will be proud or ashamed?
Bris Jack says:
They are running the country with crude political games.
As Macklin said "political ploy"
Cobbler says:
I guess you don't have to be able to keep a straight face when you suggest 'Labor's political spin machine' exists and imply that the LNP doesn't have the exact same machine punching out fake political pamphlets, astroturf and spin, while writing a print article….......
AdamC says:
When will politicans (and everyone else) realise you magically cure sick communities by changing the built environment?
Sqaulor is a symptom, not a cause of poverty and idleness.
In another thirty years, we will have another indigenous affairs minister trumpeting how they are bringing in outside contractors and bureacrats to build shiny new houses for the broken people of dysfunctional communities once the ones Macklin is building today decay away decades before they should. (Much like many indigenous Australians themselves do, sadly.)
It is not the houses that are thr problem, it is the communities themselves.
Steve of QBN says:
When the Labour NSW government suspended it's program to build new houses for Aboriginals, they said they said it was because they didn't have enough money to complete the work. An article in the SMH March 2009 showed that houses being built were more expensive (by $100,000 in some cases) than better built house on sale in the same area.
Further, one has to finally consider WHERE these houses are being built. Why build a house where there is no infrastructure, no schools, no shops and no work? While the Greens might believe in the "noble savage" BS, most people really want to live in the 21st century, find jobs and make their way in the world.
As a final word, Aboriginal people must be encouraged to buy their homes as ownership instills pride. How you treat a possession is directly attributed to how much you paid for it. You pay nothing, you don't care how you treat it.
notworldlyelly says:
Just out of curiosity, is the Government taking away the single parent pension from Indigenous women in remote communities too and forcing them to find work or will they be an exception because a) they're Indigenous and therefore more needy than the rest of the single mothers or b) they live in a remote community too far from where they could be expected to get work.
Sam says:
Yes , yes !! Lets build more house, that way we can see them in two years all spray painted, with holes in the walls, mattresses on the front lawn, seven dogs running in and out the broken front door.
Im sorry but if you or I got Government housing, proceeded to destroy it, what do you think the chances of getting another would be ?? NIL, ZIP, ZILCH !!
I am always amazed at how I hear so much about how bad off they have it, no jobs, no services, damaged houses !! Heres an idea, how about they move to somewhere that has services and facilities ! How about they sign up for Government Housing just like everyone else and if they damage the place then they dont get another, but "OH NO ,we cant do that !", thats racist isnt it.
Mick In The Hills says:
Let's not get sidetracked by minor issues like only having 171 houses built out of a target of 1180.
The real crisis is - when are they due to be connected to the NBN?
SAm says:
Housing isnt just an indigenous problem, but thats another topic.
Anyway I see it like this. Government builds a bunch of houses, the community moves in, likely feels no connection and trashes the place. Its only been happening for a hundred years or so, but we continue down that road..
Why dont the communities be EMPOWERED to build their OWN houses, that way they can take pride in doing something worthwhile, will give them purpose, and ultimately, will likely leave the houses standing and well looked after.
Boz says:
I have lived and worked in and around indigenous communities for many years. Houses that were built in my local community 15 years ago no longer exist as they have been completely trashed and burnt down. So new ones are constantly being built to replace them. As most indigenous communities are in remote areas, it costs a considerable amount more to build a standard three bedroom home there then it would to build a five bedroom home in the suburbs of Brisbane. Those in housing that is still standing do not have to take any responsibility AT ALL for damage they cause to a house while they reside there. Tenants are not even required to change a light bulb - they report a job and a government agency sends an electrician out to replace it. As for indigenous employment in the area - its seems that once you are 'employed' you are not required to actually show up for work in order to get paid. You could rock in six months after the last time you showed up and no-one bats an eyelid. But apparently 'white Australia' is not doing enough. Responsibility needs to come from both sides and quite frankly, I think I have handed over enough of my hard earned tax dollars to supporting people who are completely unwilling to support themselves or even try. I don't care how many people call 'racist', if you do, it means you haven't gotten out of your metro area and seen the real indigenous Australia. I guarantee that if, as a continuously tax paying worker since I was 14, I were to lose my job, I would barely be able to feed my family on the benefits I would receive and probably be required to uproot my family and life to move to an area with higher employment in order to get anything at all.
Build your own house with your own 3% interest loan from the bank.
John T says:
Why can't they get a mortgage & build their own houses?
Why must I pay for other peoples housing-for that matter why can't the Government build me a house for free?
bananabender56 says:
I would suggest that most of the comments above are by people who have never lived or worked in remote Australia. I saw new Aboriginal housing built in WA, complete with solar hot water systems and 3 months later when I returned, the windows were broken, the solar hot water panels were smashed and the doors had been burned. We use the Western definition of 'poor' and apply it to people who would define it differently. Did the Aboriginal community have 'jobs' before we introduced the 9-5 concept? If they did then perhaps they would have invented the car or something significant. I've visited a number of Aboriginal communities and without exception they are shit holes - with rubbish lying everywhere. I was told the reason - everything a bush Aboriginal uses is bio degradeable and returns to the land once discarded. FFS - how long does it take to realise the beer bottle you left on the ground 3 years ago is still there?
Thorburn says:
What happened to the $750 million Rudd pledged for aboriginal housing??? Did anyhing actualy get built? What happened to the taxpayers money??
We all know how good Labor are at burning houses down, but how many have they actually built???
Rose says:
The Liberal Party can not lecture anyone on Aboriginal Affairs. When presented with the "Little Children are Sacred" report they ignored the recommendations and went for the political quick fix (designed to quick fix the Libs election chances, not Aboriginal disadvantage) and introduced The Intervention. The Intervention is failed policy, the Labor Opposition of the time were stupid to vote for it and then cruel to continue and extend it. this is not the first time that politicians have ignored reform in favour of reverting back to paternalistic 'solutions' which have already proven to fail. You cannot help people by taking away the last remnants of autonomy that they had. You can't help people by removing their rights as Australians.
It's very easy to see the problems in Aboriginal communities, but it will take a complete rethink to fix them, we can't keep doing things such as the Intervention which only serve to increase the us versus them mentality that has existed ever since colonisation.
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Way to go Rick - I like protein pudding too .... my husband thinks it is gross. I make my own most of the time but by the little cans of ready to eat protein pudding for travel and when I don't have any made (it is meal 6 most days for me). Homemade is better but hey pudding is pudding :-)
Good morning all....everyone still going at it? Today is day 29 and the beginning on week 5. Memorial Day weekend was tough for me; did all of my workouts but diet was definitely lacking. But a few bad days won't stop things. I'm looking forward to the next 8 weeks. Would love to hear from anyone out there on how you guys are doing.
Well, how this guy is doing ranks somewhere between pitiful and pathetic.
Was starting to get my meals back in order, then was hit by a double-whammy of relationship issues followed by getting laid off. Emotional eating took over from there. I've wiped out what little progress I'd made since the start of the challenge.
My focus right now (besides trying to get a new job before my severance runs out) is working on strategies to handle my emotional eating "triggers". If I don't learn to deal with those, I could have a fantastic challenge only to wind up back where I started six months later because I let the latest round of stresses get to me. Trying to "willpower through it" - even when I have willpower - is not going to work long-term.
Does anyone have any recommendations for good books or online resources along those lines? I'm currently working through the chapters on "Overcoming Emotional Eating" and "Rewiring Your Sugar-, Fat-, and Salt-Loving Brain" in Bob Greene's The Life You Want, and I'm finding some good ideas, but I'd welcome other suggestions too.
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How's everyone doing? I'm down 10.5 lbs since we started, and have only missed 2 cardio workouts due to travel. Eating has been consistent, except for Memorial Day, but oh well, so I had 2 cheat days in a row. It actually cost me a little in that I didn't lose that week, but by Saturday morning I was right back to where I was the Sat before.
OK, here's my cheat: I start my off day at 5pm on Saturday. And I take my off day seriously. I eat bad things, and then eat some more. I usually feel like crap Monday morning, but then I get back into it.
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The boiler i am using is a Clare HMT with water heater coil which is removed, would the wiring to the aquasat need to be modified without the coil possibly?
My boiler is set to the aquastat all the way down to 140 and the burner will fire until 200 is reached then shut off after the relief valve shoots out steam and water. I am not sure if it does this because there is a limit, but seems like the connection from my thermostat to the boiler isn't working. Thermostat is wired properly, but when I set the thermostat to 15C, it goes up to 20C at times, can anyone help? I have a technician coming in during the week but is cold and would like to see if i can fix this. I have heat just have to manual shut down the power to the boiler because it reaches 200 which throws the relief valve open. With the high and low points on the relay set to the lowest, why is it going to 200? wiring problem? I can manually turn on the power and run the burner until 160 and shut it down but the curc pump will not run as well. The boil was to heat a small apartment building maybe 8 units, would i have to replace the nozzle to a lower btu nozzle?
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The boiler i am using is a Clare HMT with water heater coil which is removed, would the wiring to the aquasat need to be modified without the coil possibly?
If your high limit is set at 140 and the burner continues to fire past that setting then the aquastat is bad or the thermocouple is not fully seated in the aquastat well
As Tom said or an accumulation of mud or crud on the outside of the well restrcting heat transfer.
Many boilers rely on a well into the water where a sensor is installed. The sensor stays dry, but it must be fully inserted. It might be somethings (as already noted) as the sensor (aquastat) is not seated all the way in, and is thus sensing air temp, rather than the water temp. It could be bad as well. Testing the sensor can usually be done with a multimeter and the spec sheet. The resistance across it will vary based on the temperature.
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Thanks to a dual credit agreement with College of DuPage, Jesus Pineda first began taking classes in electronics and electrical engineering at the Technology Center of DuPage while still in high school.
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The rest of government, whether it's a small town mayor or the president of the United States, are left to carry out what state and federal legislators produce. It's one of those things that makes America great – well, sometimes.
It's also what brings me to a more recent example involving the man responsible for Florida's Stand Your Ground law, state Rep. Dennis K Baxley. The Ocala Republican knows something about making things up as he goes along. Truth is, he's good at legislating.
Baxley has represented his central Florida district for more than 10 years, and he currently chairs the influential House Judiciary Committee. a coveted spot for anyone interested in making laws.
A funeral director in real life, Baxley's profession has morphed into one of the Legislature's best nicknames, "The Undertaker." He picked that up after years of using his influence to kill bills he opposes. The tales of woe from South Florida Democrats are legend.
His track record is undeniably conservative. Baxley led the charge to stop a judge from ordering the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. He later sponsored an election-reform bill he said would prevent fraud but his opponents believed would suppress votes.
Baxley is also the sponsor of the 2005 bill that became Stand Your Ground. The law gives people the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if the individual reasonably believes it's necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm.
Baxley stands by his bill, but he's concerned about how others are interpreting the law.
In an Ocala Star Banner interview published this week, Baxley insists the self-defense gun law was never meant to provide lawbreakers with immunity from prosecution, and he wondered why state attorneys weren't prosecuting drug dealers and other convicted felons who shoot someone and then claim self-defense.
"Stand Your Ground was written for law-abiding citizens who are doing nothing wrong," Baxley said. "I think it's perfectly clear that this doesn't apply if you're doing something illegal."
The case that upset Baxley involves Tyrone Pierson, 17 year-old from Ocala who fatally shot Julius Jacobs, a 40 year-old man who had threatened to beat Pierson and his friends with a stick. Witnesses said Pierson jumped from his truck and rushed the group. The other boys ran, but Pierson stood his ground and later claimed self defense.
The state attorney's office agreed with Pierson, even though carrying a concealed firearm without a permit and possession of a firearm by a minor are illegal in Florida. Baxley, the lawmaker, believes that should be enough for a prosecution. Not so, say the proescutors.
Ric Ridgeway, the chief assistant state attorney, told the paper the law is clear that individuals can't claim self defense after committing a "forcible felony." Carrying a gun is not a "forcible felony," he said.
What seems crystal clear in a legislative chamber can get awfully muddled in a courtroom where laws are argued.
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Kyle Hogg is desperate to end Lancashire's seven-year wait for a Lord's final appearance in this summer's Yorkshire Bank 40 competition, which continues with a crunch clash against Hampshire at Emirates Old Trafford on Tuesday evening.
The Lightning seamer knows the floodlit encounter with the Group B leaders could be do or die for his side with only two group matches left, including Bank Holiday Monday's home meeting with Essex.
Lancashire have named a 13-man squad, with Simon Kerrigan the only change due to his England call-up for the 5th Ashes Test. Hampshire have been forced into making four changes with England Lions call-ups for Michael Carberry, James Vince and Danny Briggs while overseas player Sohail Tanvir is with Pakistan in Zimbabwe.
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Hampshire are without key trio Carberry, Vince, and Briggs due to Lions duty this week, plus Tanvir is absent and Hogg continued: "We got a bit of a bad start in this competition, but I think if we win the next two games we've got a good chance of going through.
"They're probably the form side in one-day cricket, but I think they've got a few missing who are involved in the England Lions. It will be good not to see Carberry for once!
"But you've got to play the best teams, and beat them, to win the competition. They are three massive players for them, but all we will do is try to go out there and perform well.
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Without a doubt the best shopping experience I have ever had!! (and I hate to shop!) I brought my daughter in to purchase her first pair if high heals to go with a beautiful special occasion dress. The owner was extremely knowledgable, kind, helpful and a very very generous person. My experience at this wonderful boutique was above and beyond any store I have ever shopped at before. I ended up purchasing a gorgeous purse and belt for my self and a lovely pair of fashion heals that go perfectly with the dress and my daughter was very happy Erica (the owner) even gave at no charge my daughter her very first purse. The purse was a returned item that Erica was considering having fixed but when she learned my daughter had never owned a purse she just gave it to her and it was a high quality lovely purse. The owner was the most pleasant person I have ever dealt with, she had no pretensions and seemed to honestly love her work and her customers. This is a very classy yet very affordable store.
Gotta Have The Best birthday present – My girlfriend hinted where to go, she said go to Gotta Have Shoes in Bellevue the sales lady Erica Asahan was great! We cannot wait to see another Gotta Have Shoes open in Seattle! thank you ma'm for your help!
One of the Best! – This boutique came highly recommended by many because they have wall to wall shoe & handbags! From $30.00 pumps to $900.00 Pucci's, I am in. Old Main is really becoming alive! The parking is great because it's in door.
Located in Old Bellevue, this cozy boutique offers fashionable shoes to wear in the daytime or for partying at night. – In Short
Warm hospitality, friendliness and personalized service draws repeat customers to this Eastside shoe shop. Co-owners Gregory McKim and Philippine-born Erica Asahan give homage to world-known shoe-lover Imelda Marcos by showcasing sassy designs from Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, and Emilio Pucci. Fun candy-colored pumps from Oh Deer appeal to the younger crowd, while handcrafted vegan shoes by Mink provide another option to the animal-friendly. Offering wall-to-wall of footwear and accessories, there is something to suit each style.
Hits: The neighborly approach to customer care makes the shopping experience special.
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GREAT SHOES! GREAT PRICES! – I go to college in New York and everytime I talk to my mom on the phone she just couldn't stop raving about the shoe stores in Bellevue, especially GOTTA HAVE SHOES! She was right this boutique has a lot of shoes! My very first impression was, WOOH, very dizzying! I just had an stilleto overload, but managed to recover! I'm going to need to get a second job once I get back to NYC! Thank you owner for offering to ship my shoes! I cannot wait! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! And I absolutely love the name!
IS THIS SHOE HEAVEN??? YES!!!!! – Heard about this store during Bellevue Girls and Boys Club luncheon! I can't believe I have been missing out! I went in and bought the most comfortable pair of 1803's! Selections we're awesome, prices are awesome!
Best shoe place I have ever been in!!! – My girlfriends and I were having a brunch at Gilbert's and happened to looked across the street...I only noticed the windows with shoe displays!?? Mind you, I walked out, before I could finish my MATZO soup and headed towards this little boutique, GOTTA HAVE SHOES! ~ What a name! I bought some really nicely priced shoes and a gorgeous ISABELLA FIORE!!! The owner gave me one on one attention and stuffed me truffles!!! Haaa, heaven on Main Street is all I have to say!! I highly recommend this shoe store to all the ladies out there!
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Welcome to what I hope will be a reoccurring article where I take a look at a few PC games and see how well they play in 3D. Currently, the market only has one player and that's NVIDIA's GeForce 3D Vision kit so that's what I'll be using for this piece. The GeForce 3D Vision kit consists of shutter glasses and an IR emitter that controls when the lenses turn on or off in the glasses. Paired up with a 120Hz monitor, you can get some pretty impressive 3D effects depending on the game. Any Direct3D game is supported so what I'm going to do is look at one or two games per article and let you know how well I think they work. I'm going to leave the depth dial at the default setting on all tests.
The current setup for testing is:
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 reference video card
EVGA GeForce GTS 250 for PhysX
Windows 7 64-Bit
Note: I just built an i7 rig so this will be the first and last article I use this setup on.
Today we are going to look at Dragon Age: Origins and Dark Void.
Dragon Age: Origins
is the awesome RPG from the folks at BioWare. It's a single player RPG that builds on a brand new IP created by BioWare.
What works well:
Walking around in a true 3D world was really a great deal of fun. Seeing a large city or outdoor area with the job done by the glasses made it seem like I was really there. Having the trees, buildings, tents, and so forth at various depths on the screen made for a cool experience when wandering around the world that BioWare has created. Some of the cool spell effects were enhanced by the ability to see it in full 3D.
The main character at the default view sat at a little bit above the screen. When zoomed completely out, the game looked like a 3D table top experience. I just wished the cursor was at a good level because this would've been a pretty cool 3D view to play with. I've played a few D&D games in my old days using miniatures but seeing a view that looked like a little live 3D world at a 3/4 perspective was really, really awesome.
The HUD was positioned at a good distance as to not be distracting. Bringing up the inventory screen, it looked pretty cool to have the model of your character in the book a small distance back making the book seem magical. For the most part, the HUD was placed at a good plane and worked well with the rest of the game.
What doesn't work well:
Some of the cut scenes would produce some very distracting pop out effects. Depending on the angle when viewing some characters, it would sometimes produce a very close up image of the him or her that hovered really far above the screen. When compounded with the effect of other characters sitting farther back from the plane of the screen, my eyes would have trouble focusing on the entire picture.
Another issue that I ran into was that the cursor floated in a plane that was above where it was accurate. A half inch or so farther in and I think the cursor would be at the ideal depth for Dragon Age. At the current depth, it was distracting at times and made me miss a few areas here and there that I needed to click.
Finally, there were a few times I saw a slight after image on some characters. The most prominent example was the white mabari dog where I could distinctly see a transparent marbari dog offset with the main model in my view. It was visible enough to be distracting and not something I liked to see for long periods of time walking around with the dog.
Overall 3D experience:
While it may be kind of fun to go through the RPG in 3D mode, I didn't do it for long stretches of time. The fact that the cursor wasn't at an ideal level as well as some scenes that had characters or objects just way too close to you made it an uneven experience. You do get some long periods of great 3D action and some of the special effects really pop with the glasses in play. Reading text when interacting with characters wasn't a problem which was good. In the end, I only used the GeForce 3D Vision for small bursts of playing time with Dragon Age and preferred to play the game sans glasses.
Dark Void
from Capcom brings to you the action of flying with a jetpack. It's got the great Nolan North, from the Uncharted series, voicing the main character. Capcom has worked with NVIDIA to try and produce a solid 3D gaming experience. Beginning with Resident Evil 5, Capcom is looking to build upon the success of the 3D experience in that game and bring it forth with Dark Void.
What works well:
The radar and targeting reticle are at the perfect depth on the screen. The main character didn't float above the screen and was positioned right at the plane of the screen. Dark Void's 3D mostly consists of depth and it does a good job at making sure everything appears as exactly as it should be. During the scenes where you had a vertical attack, it made the scenario even more fun as it really felt like you were hanging on a ledge looking up at the sky. If you didn't get a sense of vertigo in these parts in 2D, the 3D aspect presented by the NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision kit might really bring it out for you as it did for me.
When flying around, you got a better sense that you were really in the air with the 3D effect. Seeing other ships far in the distance getting closer to you was much more impressive with the glasses on. Really, I had a ton of fun just flying around enjoying the 3D view that was presented to me and it really added to the experience, more so than walking around.
What doesn't work well:
There weren't too many issues but the one glaring one was shadows. Shadows on the characters flickered at times causing some minor distractions. I've circled the areas in the screenshot below where it was causing issues. In fact, most of the shadows that were visible would flicker more often than not. At times, it got pretty annoying though which is a disappointment seeing as the rest of the 3D experience was pretty good.
Overall 3D experience:
Flying around in a 3D environment was a ton a fun. You really got a better sense of the world and the action with the added depth produced by NVIDIA's GeForce 3D Vision. It's just too bad that the shadow issue pops up in the game. Otherwise I'd be using the GeForce 3D Vision glasses for my majority of the playing time. When combined with PhysX to generate some cool particle effects, Dark Void's 3D gaming experience was certainly one of the better ones I've viewed with the setup. If NVIDIA can get correct the shadow issue, I would use the glasses with Dark Void all the time. As it stands now, I used the GeForce 3D Vision glasses for a majority of my playing time with the game with some minor breaks here and there.
I'd like to thank NVIDIA for providing the hardware for this article. There you have the first two games in this series that I'll be producing. Next up I'll be looking at Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Until next time, thanks for reading.
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