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Why were the crowd still eating chips when the chips were down for Ireland?
Some fans did make it in before the kick-off at the Aviva on Sunday, but the crowd failed to maintain the kind of fevered atmosphere that greeted Brian O'Driscoll try against France at the old Lansdowne Road in 2007. Photographs: Inpho/Eric Luke
On Sunday morning, I woke up at seven and the first thing I thought about was the game against England. Three o'clock couldn't come quick enough. I went on Twitter to gauge what people were saying about it. I read the papers. I wasn't doing it as a rugby analyst or even as an ex-player – I was doing it as a supporter.
I was really looking forward to going to the stadium and getting a feel of the atmosphere.
I presumed it would be electric. Why wouldn't it be? With France losing a second home game on Saturday, we couldn't have asked for better:England in the Aviva with a chance to take a huge step towards winning the competition outright and maybe start thinking about a Grand Slam.
But it didn't turn out that way at all. And look, before I get into it, I know there are loads of reasons why it didn't and I totally understand them.
A Sunday afternoon kick-off will always bring a different atmosphere to a Saturday tea-time one. The weather was miserable and some people would have been cold and wet for long spells of the game.
Above all, Ireland didn't play well – or weren't allowed to by a really professional and well-drilled England team.
I'm not arguing with any of that. But I'd love somebody to explain to me what any of it has to do with the stadium being half-empty as the Ireland team ran out on the pitch.
I'm talking about 10 minutes before the game kicked-off, when nobody knew how the day would pan out. Nobody had dropped a ball yet or knocked on or pulled up injured. Surely at that point, every Irish supporter must have been full of hope and raring to go?
So where were they? I looked around as the teams came out of the tunnel and the amount of empty seats was baffling to me.
Why wouldn't you want to be there to have the place shaking as Jamie Heaslip led the team out? This is England at home, a game you only get to see every two years.
Every half-interested sports fan in the country would have snapped your arm off for a ticket. So why not be in your seat in time to welcome the team?
New stadium
There's no doubt the new stadium has changed what it means to be a supporter. In the old Lansdowne Road (and in the old Thomond Park), the terracing meant people had to get in early to get a good spot. So you regularly had a decent enough crowd in a half an hour before the game.
They stood and watched the teams warm up and got the atmosphere bubbling up the closer it got to kick-off.
I'm not saying this happened all the time – there's nothing more boring than someone who goes on about how it was all better in the old days – but I guarantee you an England game in those circumstances would have had the old Lansdowne Road buzzing 20 minutes before the game.
As it was, you could almost have counted the people who were in their seats during the warm-up. That's down to the make-up of the stadium, no question about it.
People will hang on as long as they can to get a last pint in at the bar, to get a bit of food or a coffee, or whatever. They're in the stadium alright, just not in the seats. They can watch the teams come out on one of the wall TVs all over the place.
Overall, everything possible is done to distract people from going to their seat, purely so they will spend more money. The stadium is a business after all and it needs a revenue stream.
Maybe I'm a bit naive and maybe I'm hoping for too much here. But I don't really get the mentality of somebody who has spent a fortune on a ticket to go and see a game like this but isn't there to relish the atmosphere 10 minutes before the game.
And I'm not talking about the prawn sandwich crowd here – I mean the ordinary Joe Soaps with normal stand tickets. I couldn't understand why the stadium wasn't jammed to the roof in time for the anthems.
In fairness, they were mostly in for the kick-off but as soon as the initial roar died down the stadium was very quiet. Again, I know the Sunday afternoon is a factor here. And of course the team didn't exactly set the world alight from the beginning. The amount of handling errors was obviously costly because it meant the ball kept getting turned over but it also killed any chance of building up intensity or momentum in the crowd.
When I wrote before about the problems there had been in Thomond Park with some people just turning up to be entertained, I had plenty of fellas pulling me aside and saying the players had to take some responsibility here. Their point was you can't expect supporters just to blindly roar their team on if what they're seeing out on the pitch isn't up to scratch. I see what they mean but I don't think it totally stands up – in fact, that sort of thinking releases the supporters from any responsibility.
You might argue that just buying the ticket is your only responsibility as a fan but I don't believe that and what's more, the Ireland supporters at the game on Sunday didn't believe that.
The reason you know they didn't is the noise they made every time the England supporters started singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. It was met with boos and whistles each time and then a bit of a roar from the Ireland fans before it all settled down again.
To me, it seemed like the Ireland supporters knew they were supposed to be getting involved and they were annoyed at the England fans who were showing them up. You shouldn't have to wait for the opposition's fans to get going before you react.
The worst thing I saw on Sunday, though, came at the start of the second half. I was working for RTÉ Radio and we were on air all the way through half-time. So once we handed back to the commentary team, I took the chance to head off to the toilet.
Blown away
When I came out to go back to my seat the game was back on and running but I was blown away by what I saw. There were hundreds of people just milling around, standing there having a drink and watching the game on the screens. They weren't queuing for a pint or for food, they were just standing there looking up at the TV.
I couldn't believe it. Why would you bother making the effort to go to the stadium if all you were going to do was stand there and watch it on TV?
Ireland were 6-0 down but they were starting to come back. They had won that first scrum penalty and were starting to build a bit of momentum. I found it a totally unreal situation that the game was going on just through the gangway to their right and yet people were in no rush to get back to their seats. Instead they were just chatting away, not a bother on them.
I actually got pretty angry about it. You go to a sporting occasion because of what's happening on the pitch. In a game like this one, where the tide was against Ireland but they were coming back into it how can you just be casually sipping at a drink or picking away at a bag of chips? Why not bring them to your seat? At least then when something happens, you can be a part of it.
If you go to a game, you have to try and get behind your team. It can't just be entertainment or a social occasion – those things have to be secondary, especially on a day when the whole Six Nations could possibly be up for grabs. That was the case on Sunday but it never really felt like it.
I'd love to say it was all down to the weather or the timing or the players but anybody who was in that stadium on Sunday knows there was more to it. They know in their heart and soul that the crowd just didn't play its part.
You can't blame the players for not being in your seat as the team walks out and being 6-0 down while playing poorly is no excuse for waiting 10 minutes after half-time to rejoin the action.
Handling errors
On a wet day, players are going to make handling errors. Ireland made enough to last them a lifetime on Sunday and England made hardly any.
I thought those two scrums at the start of the second half looked like being a turning point but it just never happened because England were so good at keeping Ireland pushed back and under wraps. We're very quick to criticise the Irish team and I don't think England have got enough credit for the way they played on Sunday. They shut Ireland down from start to finish.
But as good as they were, I'd say they were pleasantly surprised by how easy they found it to silence the crowd. This wasn't a win they had to dig out in a hostile atmosphere.
Given the circumstances and what was at stake, that's a sad indictment of the home crowd.


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Measuring levels of fatigue is possible, scientific and vital
Tired drivers are at a higher risk of causing severe road crashes. Uncontrolled reflexes when "waking up", extended reaction times or the complete absence of reaction can lead to road accidents resulting in severe damage, injuries and fatalities.
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47-2031.01 - Construction Carpenters
Construct, erect, install, and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools.
Sample of reported job titles: Assembler, Cabinet Maker, Carpenter Foreman, Carpentry Foreman, Concrete Carpenter, Construction Superintendent, Construction Worker, Foreman, Framer, Production Worker
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Follow established safety rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean environment.
- Study specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required.
- Measure and mark cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.
- Shape or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws.
- Install structures or fixtures, such as windows, frames, floorings, trim, or hardware, using carpenters' hand or power tools.
- Verify trueness of structure, using plumb bob and level.
- Select and order lumber or other required materials.
- Arrange for subcontractors to deal with special areas, such as heating or electrical wiring work.
- Maintain records, document actions, and present written progress reports.
- Build or repair cabinets, doors, frameworks, floors, or other wooden fixtures used in buildings, using woodworking machines, carpenter's hand tools, or power tools.
- Erect scaffolding or ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
- Inspect ceiling or floor tile, wall coverings, siding, glass, or woodwork to detect broken or damaged structures.
- Assemble and fasten materials to make frameworks or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue.
- Remove damaged or defective parts or sections of structures and repair or replace, using hand tools.
- Finish surfaces of woodwork or wallboard in houses or buildings, using paint, hand tools, or paneling.
- Apply shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative paneling to ceilings or walls.
- Cover subfloors with building paper to keep out moisture and lay hardwood, parquet, or wood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base.
- Fill cracks or other defects in plaster or plasterboard and sand patch, using patching plaster, trowel, and sanding tool.
- Perform minor plumbing, welding, or concrete mixing work.
- Prepare cost estimates for clients or employers.
- Construct forms or chutes for pouring concrete.
- Work with or remove hazardous material.
Technology Skills
- Accounting software — Intuit QuickBooks ; Intuit Quicken; Job costing software
- Computer aided design CAD software — Drawing and drafting software
- Information retrieval or search software — Renaissance MasterCarpenter
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Project management software — Bosch Punch List; Craftsman CD Estimator; Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal; VirtualBoss (see all 5 examples)
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Web page creation and editing software
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word ; Wilhelm Publishing Threshold
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Air compressors
- Alignment jig — Baluster jigs; Level jigs
- Bandsaw wheel — Bandsaws
- Belt sander — Belt sanders
- Bevels — Sliding t-bevels
- Biscuit jointers — Biscuit joiners; Joiners
- Calipers
- Caulking guns
- Cheesegrater file — Wood files
- Compasses — Pencil compasses
- Conventional truck cranes — Truck cranes
- Drilling machines — Drill presses
- Drum sander — Drum sanders
- Feeder jig — Push sticks
- Forklifts — Pettibones; Rough terrain forklifts
- Gas generators — Power generators
- Guide jig — Chain saw jigs; Mortise jigs
- Hammer drills — Rotary hammers
- Hammers — Framing hammers
- Hard hats
- Impact wrenches — Electric impact wrenches
- Jacks — Beam-lifting jacks; Screw jacks; Wall-lifting jacks
- Ladders — Extension ladders; Fold-up ladders; Non-conducting ladders
- Laser measuring systems — Laser measuring tools
- Level sensors or transmitters — Transit levels
- Levels — Calibrating electronic levels; Laser levels; Torpedo levels; Visible beam laser levels (see all 15 examples)
- Metal markers or holders — Marking gauges
- Moisture meters
- Needlenose pliers
- Notebook computers
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers — Personal digital assistants PDA
- Planes — Rabbet planes; Shapers
- Plumb bobs — Plumb lines
- Pneumatic nail drivers — Pneumatic nail guns
- Pocket calculator — Handheld calculators
- Power drills — Cordless drills
- Power grinders — Disc grinders
- Power planes — Electric planers
- Power routers — Plunge routers; Portable routers; Trim routers
- Power sanders — Handheld rotary tools; Random orbital sanders
- Power saws — Beam saws; Circular saws; Reciprocating saws; Worm-drive saws (see all 7 examples)
- Power staple guns — Brad tackers
- Protractors
- Pry bars — Mini pry bars
- Pullers — Cat's paws
- Respirators
- Rulers
- Safety boots — Work boots
- Safety harnesses or belts — Fall arrest systems
- Saw blades — Dado blades
- Saw guide — Saw guides
- Sawing machines — Compound miter saws; Miter saws
- Saws — Hand saws
- Scaffolding — Ladder jacks; Pump jacks
- Scaffolding stabilizers — Ladder levelers
- Screwdrivers — Multi-tip screwdrivers; Phillips head screwdrivers; Straight screwdrivers
- Sledge hammer — Sledgehammers
- Squares — Combination squares; Framing squares; Layout bars
- Staple guns — Hammer staplers
- Tape measures — Cross-curve tape measures; Measuring tapes; Story pole tape measures
- Templates
- Theodolites
- Tinners snips — Snips
- Triangles — Right triangles
- Utility knives
- Wood auger bit — Auger bits
- Wood chisels — Draw chisels; Morticers
- Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Stamina — The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Depth Perception — The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
- Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Work Activities
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Detailed Work Activities
- Clean work sites.
- Review blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements.
- Mark reference points on construction materials.
- Measure materials or objects for installation or assembly.
- Cut wood components for installation.
- Install wooden structural components.
- Install building fixtures.
- Install doors or windows.
- Verify alignment of structures or equipment.
- Order construction or extraction materials or equipment.
- Select construction materials.
- Coordinate construction project activities.
- Prepare operational reports.
- Estimate construction project costs.
- Assemble temporary equipment or structures.
- Inspect work sites to determine condition or necessary repairs.
- Remove worn, damaged or outdated materials from work areas.
- Build construction forms or molds.
- Apply decorative or textured finishes or coverings.
- Prepare hazardous waste for processing or disposal.
- Install trim or paneling.
- Apply material to fill gaps in surfaces.
- Install carpet or flooring.
- Mix substances or compounds needed for work activities.
- Weld metal components.
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Work Context
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 86% responded "Every day."
- Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 81% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Standing — 68% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 67% responded "Extremely important."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 78% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 81% responded "Every day."
- Exposed to Hazardous Equipment — 68% responded "Every day."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 56% responded "Extremely important."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 59% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Contact With Others — 59% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 63% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 61% responded "Very important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 52% responded "Important results."
- Outdoors, Exposed to Weather — 49% responded "Every day."
- Physical Proximity — 58% responded "Moderately close (at arm's length)."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 49% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 51% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — 51% responded "Every day."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 47% responded "High responsibility."
- Spend Time Walking and Running — 39% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Exposed to Contaminants — 35% responded "Every day."
- Time Pressure — 32% responded "Every day."
- Very Hot or Cold Temperatures — 35% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body — 41% responded "More than half the time."
- Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled — 37% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 36% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions — 42% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Outdoors, Under Cover — 30% responded "Every day."
- Deal With External Customers — 35% responded "Extremely important."
- Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings — 40% responded "Once a year or more but not every month."
- In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment — 48% responded "Every day."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 63% responded "40 hours."
- Exposed to High Places — 44% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting — 38% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- In an Open Vehicle or Equipment — 33% responded "Once a year or more but not every month."
- Level of Competition — 58% responded "Moderately competitive."
- Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling — 53% responded "About half the time."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 27% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
Job Zone
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|These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
|Related Experience
|Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
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- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Work Values
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Arrived, look great, thanks!
Query: How is it we could group buy a relatively small quantity for under $1, and the BSA with its' buying power charges $2.50 for a merit badge patch?
Arrived, look great, thanks!
Query: How is it we could group buy a relatively small quantity for under $1, and the BSA with its' buying power charges $2.50 for a merit badge patch?
+1 .....
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How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. - Psalms 119:9
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Enjoy the outdoors wisely and elevate your perspective.
Modified Penny Wood Stove instructional Video-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fPlHqsYy38
Hammock Wheel https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...09#post1035609
Another Really cool JC Penny Puffer instructional- https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...141#post953141
I am glad that BSA is a wealthy organization. It's a fantastic program, they have some tremendous real estate (Philmont, etc.) that I am sure they don't pay taxes on and 98% (my guess) of their labor is unpaid. Scouting is expensive and worth every cent but if you can't afford it, you can't be a Scout. We have lost boys (who needed Scouting) due to cost and IMO BSA's overcharging for required items is a major factor. Yes, we have addressed this on a Troop level but most Troops have limits to how far they can go and many families are too embarrassed to say that they can't afford it. I am familiar with OA's Campership program, etc. but BSA is raising funds in the wrong way IMO. BSA has also put amateur's in position to make decisions regarding large capital investments or sales of real estate that fell far short of the return they could have obtained.
Guys, the BSA-costs angle should go to the Off-Topic forums. This thread is about the patches.
I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt. - Cormac McCarthy
Regarding the patches, I came across your patch while searching for a "hammock" patch for one of our BSA patrols. Some of our boys like hammock camping when the mosquitoes and weather agrees.
All I can find is the Banana Hammock patch. Surprised there isn't another choice available. I would guess a customized design would be pricy in small runs.
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By Michael Schulder, CNN
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(CNN) - This afternoon – the wealthiest coach you've never heard of will be taking the college football team you've never heard of to a playoff game they were not expected to make.
In fact, given his path in life, it's hard to believe Joe Moglia, at this stage in his life, has finally achieved his dream of being a head coach.
But when you listen to his voice (in the player above) and to the obstacles he has overcome and about the doors he opened for himself despite the fact that, as he put it, he had the wrong "pedigree," you'll know why Coach Moglia can inspire young men on the football field and off. In fact, Moglia's life story provides a lesson for us all in the value of pursuing the things in life you're passionate about - and having the patience to see them through.
When you listen to his words flow, it's hard to imagine the speech hurdle he had to overcome, which he movingly describes in this interview.
It's hard to imagine the work it took to break through the doors of a world of finance so far removed from the son of a poor Italian grocer.
To all of us parents who wish great things for their children, and to all of us who still have dreams, Joe Moglia is a reminder of the X factor necessary to fulfill those dreams.
You'll hear that X factor in Moglia's voice. You'll hear the inner drive. The honesty about one's strengths and shortcomings. And more. On this edition of CNN Profiles.
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So how much do the pay him? Where did his money come from? Major holes here. The links only go to his twitter account not a backstory.
...it said wall street. And that is how he got his money...college football is his passion. Comprehensive reading has gone out the window.
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Usually I feel that people have no right to make opinions of journalism from their couches but I agree with most of you. HORRIBLE ARTICLE. I'm assuming we have to GUESS where he coaches. FAIL.
His school is named in the 1st 30 seconds of the podcast
Well Duh... I didn't listen to the podcast... this article is a FAILURE!!!!!
Hey, Schulder, you screwed up so shut up. When you have to write an explanation of your little "article" you know you screwed up. Not naming the school was ridiculous. The podcast button is above your article so people naturally scroll "down" not up to find it [the podcast].
After reading the article, I still do not know where he coaches football. I guess I need to click a link or Google the man to find out more since that crappy article did not give much information.
Coastal Carolina University-@ 10 miles from Myrtle Beach SC
Wonderful and very inspirational man.
Amazing. An article with no facts or substance.
You seem very uneducated.
Seriously Michael... keep up the good work. This comment thread is blowing my mind.
Tyler, part of the reason for the negative comments with this item is that the length gives it the appearance of a real article, instead of as an introduction to an audio-cast. I have not encountered that many audio-casts on CNN, and would have missed it if not for all of the comments. Many of the video-casts only provide a two line introduction. The introduction for this story does inform the reader of the audio-cast "(in the player above)", but this might have been lost by most readers as poor editing, since the story was about a football coach, and implicitly football players. The word "player" should have been corrected to read "audio player" and hyperlinked. Also, Mr. Schulder could have informed the readers of what school Mr. Moglia coaches. For a 200 word introduction, Mr. Schulder and his editors could have provided the basic Who, What, Where, and When. The audio-cast would be perfect for obtaining the Why and How.
Really inspiring interview...thanks for posting! Thankfully this guy has a better attitude that most of the folks posting on this comment thread. Click the audio above... it's an *audio interview, not an article.
Can't comment on the football aspect of the interview, but loved the business portion and the message of pursing whatever you are most passionate about. He overcame diversity and crafted his path to success. I found it inspirational.
"He overcame diversity". Can I have this inscribed on my tombstone?
You know that diversity is such a hard thing. Anyone who overcomes it needs to feel proud.
Seriously? People dream of becoming football coach? I always thought what this guys were making on the field is just disablilty pay for brain damage and lives devoid of any meaning...
It's a sound wave article, not a new article. Click the play button, and you'll get all the information you need, in about the first 10 seconds. Idiots.
You cant do anything about it.These colledge coaches do nothing but take advantage of the billion dollar footbnall craze
Podcast or article is irrelevent, it totally sux!
Why do we have football in college ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
what are toothless southern inbreds supposed to do in college?
Morons who aren't really "college material" are supposed to be there anyway to sell weed to real students, duh, not just play football.
I'm very happy I'm not the only one who thought this was a horrible article. You could've at least mentioned where he coached. It's the "where" in the 5 W's.
You seem very uneducated.
Another piece of crap CNN "article" that somehow passes for journalism
On line and published media have been giving out teaser expecting you to subscribe. I don't fall for it anymore.
Very misleading title meant to get you to buy into his sales pitch. "Weathiest" is not referring to money but rather spiritual wealth. He is the coach at Coastal Carolina, which gives you an idea of how successful he really is.
At the least, they could have said which *College or University* the man coached for. I realize this is just a teaser, but the omission of a basic piece of information like that is just stupid.
Seriously. I'm curious, but not going out of my way to find out such basic information. A "news" article should provide it. I'll continue not hearing or caring about this guy, I guess.
19 seconds in to the interview it says he is the coach of the Carolina Coastal University Football Team
Like where IS HE coaching ?
the WORST = JOURNALIST AND THE LIBERAL BIAS AND UNPRFESSIONALISM ...SEE IF I PURCHASE YOUR PUBS EVER !
i agree with everyone who says this article sucks because it truly does i cant believe people that writes shit like this have a job .. cnn you suck !!!
Amazing...another right wingnut whinning and crying and then can't even use spell check....LOL LOL
This is literary quality??? Hogwash! This is filler material that conveys one single fact in 7 paragraphs, the coach's name. Apparently, the author of this little 'nothing' is paid by the number of words used, or the inches of column filled without regard to content. I say this because the lack of content is so glaringly apparent I actually found myself wishing that CNN had at least put some advertisement with at least a gleam of entertainment value in front of this so I would have gotten at least a modicum of value in response to my click of the mouse. As it turns out, I was just totally disappointed in both the misleading nature of the title of the piece as well as it's lack of meaningful content.
um....dude, it's a podcast, not an article. You are supposed to click on the little red circle arrow underneath the picture above.
Dude, why are you being such a douchebag? If you don't have anything positive to contribute, no one wants to read your complaining..Stop being a d-bag!
Thanks for clarifying, they would have been blaming Obama next.


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In a race between Newt and Mitt, for me the issue is not so much which man is more conservative but which man is more representative of the status quo and the establishment and which one is more representative of reform and the anti-establishment sentiments that gave birth to a whole movement that was based in part on a an extraordinary anti-establishment sentiment. Of the two, given that criteria, Newt wins hands down. Which is why I have become so utterly disappointed in Newt Gingrich's campaign.
While I understand how much pride Newt takes in running an untradition campaign that does not focus on fundraising and consultant rich decision making that forces one to produce poll driven policy positions, I am incredibly frustrated by Newt's unwillingness to accept the fact that any effective campaign requires a degree of proper planning and strategizing. It does not necessarily have to be traditional planning and strategizing but it has to be at least a semi coordinated effort that covers some of the most basic aspects of the purpose behind any campaign. One such purpose is that of delivering a message.
What is Newt's message?
Well he has had quite a few and most all of them have been good. But when asked that question, voters should not have to decide what a candidate's message is. They should clearly know one carefully crafted message that is clear and immediately resonates. Unfortunately, Newt's message has not been clear. For that to happen, Gingrich needs to strike a theme or a string of theme's that easily tie together to form one message. A smart campaign will use themes that creates a message which not only advance the candidate's cause, but also takes the sting out of their rivals attacks. In Newt's case a perfect string of theme's that create just the right message for him would consist of his being a reform minded, anti-establishment, leader.
Let's look at each of these areas individually:
As Speaker of the House, Newt established himself as a true leader and America is yearning for one that can take them in the right direction. Do they want the type of leader who can create a Contract With America that led America in to a Republican revolution that changed the way Congress does business and led to some of the most conservative reforms in generations while working with Democrats? Or do they want the type of leadership that worked with Democrats to create such things as RomneyCare and ObamaCare?
That is a theme not only works for Newt, it works against Mitt Romney?
Here again, one can turn one of Romney's weaknesses in to a Gingrich strength.
Do we we want the type of Gingrich reforms which led to the greatest reform of the last 30 years…..welfare reform, or do they want the type of Romney reforms which created Romney and Obama style government-centric healthcare?
This theme is probably the most fertile for Gingrich.
It allows him to remind people that when Newt became Speaker, he reformed the House and made many changes that forced its members to live by the same rules they create for others. The scandal which saw members of Congress involved The House banking scandal when it was revealed that the United States House of Representatives allowed members to overdraw their House checking accounts without any penalties, prompted Newt to enforce rules that made it harder for legislators to live above the law.
But there is much more to point to when it comes to Gingrich's proven record of reform. Some of the most dramatic include:
- The Fiscal Responsibility Act
- The Taking Back Our Streets Act
- The Personal Responsibility Act
- The American Dream Restoration Act
- The National Security Restoration Act
- The "Common Sense" Legal Reform Act
- The Job Creation Act
- The Wage Enhancement Act
- The Citizen Legislature Act
All of these major changes offer Newt a wealth of issues to introduce in to the election and provide all the evidence people need to establish just how reform driven he is and each one of them strike chords among the electorate that are just as important and topical today as they were yesterday and will be tomorrow.
The Anti-Establishment Candidate;
In this anti-establishment, TEA movement environment, the status quo is out and the defenders of the status quo are the enemy. People do not trust the establishment of either Party. They believe that each Party has betrayed the ideologies they represent and have forgotten that the people are in charge in government and not the government which is in charge of the people. At this point in time, it seems that the people are having to answer to government, far more than government does to the people.
Meanwhile scores of establishment Governors, Senators, Congressman are coming out and endorsing Mitt Romney. They are making it clear that the Mitt Romney is the establishment candidate………the defender of the status quo. Meanwhile those members of the establishment are attacking Newt. From Bob Dole on down, the establishment has soundly rejected Newt and if that is not enough to convince anti-establishment voters that Newt is one of them, than nothing is.
Add to that Newt's willingness to stray from Party orthodoxy on occasion, and his instinctual desire to question traditional political thinking and approaches to problems and what you have is a candidate who represents anything but the status quo.
Combined together, all three of these qualities could provide Gingrich with the keys to the Republican presidential nomination. In many cases, despite poor messaging by Gingrich's campaign, they have already been responsible for what success Gingrich has had. But until and unless he can run a campaign that reinforces these themes with clear, consistent messages, the opportunity to exploit them will be lost. And right now, Newt is losing.
In his desire to be unconventional, Newt is unwilling to be scripted. And while there is a degree of political attractiveness to that, it also makes it impossible for Newt to stay on message and drive it home and the result is sometimes disastrous.
It is what led to his hurting himself a few weeks ago when he offended supporters of capitalism by going to far with an improper assault on Mitt Romney for his work as a venture capitalist. It is also what led to Newt's most recent blunder, claiming that he could not focus because the audience in the most recent debate was a distraction.
That off-the-cuff remark was so wrong on so many levels that it could very well cost him the winner-take-all, victory in Florida's Primary.
That statement allowed Mitt Romney to undermine Newt by him seem week and it also allowed Romney to undermine Newt's greatest strength, his superb debating skills.
Such results are bound to happen when a candidate is unwilling to stay on message and when they fail to settle upon a winning theme that they can build on.
Whatever the result in Florida, if Newt intends to remain in this contest to win, he better get his act together and admit to himself that he needs a competent organization that coordinates his ground game, and does things such as spearhead an aggressive absentee ballot operation in key states, and he must succumb to the fact that if he wants to win, he needs to focus on developing a winning strategy.
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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 13 August 2012. OCLC, along with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), today named five librarians chosen to participate in the Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program for 2013.
The 2013 Jordan IFLA/OCLC Fellows were announced by Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO, at a news conference during the World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly in Helsinki, Finland. The 2013 Jordan IFLA/OCLC Fellows are:
- Mr. Dwaymian Brissette, Librarian, Myers, Fletcher & Gordon Law Library, Kingston, Jamaica
- Mrs. Caroline Nyaga, Librarian, Kenya Education Management Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
- Mr. David Ofili, Assistant Librarian, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
- Mrs. Rozita Petrinska-Labudovikj, Librarian, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
- Miss Chona San Pedro, Librarian II, National Library of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program supports library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. The program provides advanced continuing education and exposure to a broad range of issues in information technologies, library operations and global cooperative librarianship. With the selection of the five Fellows for the class of 2013, the program will have welcomed 65 librarians and information science professionals from 34 countries.
"The fellows are chosen not only for what they have done thus far in their careers, but also for where they are headed," said Mr. Jordan. "The OCLC community looks forward to exchanging ideas with the 2013 class and supporting their potential for leadership."
During the four-week program, which will take place in April and May 2013, the Fellows will participate in discussions with library and information science leaders, library visits and professional development activities. The program will be based at OCLC headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA. Topics and issues explored include information technologies and their impact on libraries, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship.
The program also gives Fellows the chance to share their home customs and cultures with other Fellows, with colleagues they meet during the program, and with their hosts. The Fellows' visits to libraries provide other opportunities to broaden their knowledge about issues facing libraries today. They observe portions of the OCLC Global Council meeting, gaining insight into issues affecting global library cooperation and the governance of a global library cooperative. They visit selected libraries and cultural heritage institutions to meet with leading information professionals and discuss real-world solutions for libraries.
The Fellows give formal and informal presentations about their home countries and libraries, and the challenges facing libraries in their home countries. As their program concludes, Fellows translate their program experiences into specific development plans to guide their continued growth and personal contributions to their home institutions and countries of origin.
"This is a wonderful program and has been the highlight of my career. I have learned so much more than I expected or imagined," said Njeri Mungai, 2012 Fellow from Kenya.
The selection committee for the 2013 Fellowship program included: Sarah Kaddu, National Library of Uganda; Hella Klauser, German Library Association; Janet Lees, OCLC; Nancy Lensenmayer, OCLC; George Needham, OCLC; Gwenda Thomas, University of Cape Town, South Africa; and Ingeborg Verheul, IFLA.
In 1999, OCLC and IFLA created the early career development program to bring promising librarians from developing nations to OCLC for training and interaction with OCLC staff and librarians in the United States.
In 2008, to commemorate Jay Jordan's 10th year as OCLC's President and CEO and to acknowledge his role in creating the fellowship program, the OCLC Board of Trustees renamed the program the "Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program."
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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession. Founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1927 at an international conference, IFLA now has 1,600 Members in approximately 150 countries around the world. IFLA was registered in the Netherlands in 1971. The Royal Library, the national library of the Netherlands, in The Hague, generously provides the facilities for IFLA headquarters. More information can be found at www.ifla.org/.


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Big news coming out of Oslo, Norway. Opera Software, the browser firm behind Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, is working on a new mobile browser called Opera Ice. Ice is being billed as the future of web browsing, and will be shaking things up in more ways than one.
Technically, the biggest difference between Ice and other Opera products will be its engine. Opera is one of the few browsers to have its own rendering engine, which is called Presto. The other layout engines are from Microsoft (Trident), Apple (Webkit), and Mozilla (Gecko). We might have several dozen browsers spread across numerous platforms, but all of them use one of these engines. Opera's engine has been a source of pride for it, and has allowed it to shape web standards and lead the way with innovative features. However, it's also the least popular of the existing engines. Since, no two engines are completely alike, this often means additional headaches for Opera in terms of website compatibility. Desktop websites have traditionally been optimized for Trident, due to Internet Explorer's dominance. Mobile used to be a segment where Opera ruled the roost. It's still a major player with more than 215 million mobile users. However, Webkit has emerged as the leading mobile browser engine. Google Chrome uses a modified version of Webkit, and the default Android browser as well as Chrome for Android uses Webkit. Apple's Safari for iOS also obviously uses Webkit. Moreover, since Apple strictly restricts third-party layout engines on iOS, all iOS browsers are forced to employ Webkit. A a result of Webkit's dominance in mobile browsers, mobile websites are invariably solely optimized for Webkit. Perhaps not wanting to play the catchup game all over again, Opera is ditching its venerable browser engine for Ice.
The change in browser engine will also help Opera to get into Apple's iTunes App Store. Opera already has Opera Mini for iPhone and other Apple devices, but Opera Mini isn't a complete web browser, and is ill-suited for modern, dynamic websites. "Opera mini is great, but it is not a fully-fledged offering like Chrome or Safari. There are too many sites it doesn't work with," noted Opera's CEO Lars Boilesen.
Engine isn't the only thing Opera Software is changing in Ice. It introduces a new paradigm for web browsing that is better suited for modern touch-enabled devices. Ice gets rid of the chrome entirely, and makes use of the full screen space to display content. This lends a web-app like feel to the web pages. Ice doesn't look or feel like anything we have seen before from Opera Software. Opera's products have never been about minimalism. They have been power horses, which offered gazillions of features to please the power users. With Ice, the priorities have changed. In fact, Opera is even going so far as to get rid of tabs. Internally, the browser will maintain tabs, but it will be abstracted from the user. One existing feature that will still be present in Ice is speed dials. However, Opera is ditching thumbnails for icons in Ice. Web search will also be retained in Ice. However, it will be completely redesigned to show live previews of results from various sources as you type your query. Check out the video embedded below to get a glimpse of Opera Ice in action. It was recorded during an internal all-hands meet held before Christmas, and was obtained by Pocket-Lint.
To be honest, I have mixed feelings about Opera Ice. I love the idea of a browser designed from the start-up for touch; however, I am also worried that Opera might end up hindering usability and productivity by taking minimalism too far. I will reserve my judgement for now, since we don't have enough information. However, I really hope that Opera nails it, and will definitely be taking Opera Ice for a ride, when it shows up next month.


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Re: Detect STX and ETX hex in received stringby jagexCoder (Novice)
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|Need Help??
thanks for the assistance guys, I would like to further add that the packets (the payload, not STX/ETX) that are coming in are coming as a 'String of characters' in ASCII hex format. So the STX will be sent as a '2' and ETX will be sent as a '3'. The packets in between, for example if the payload has a '15' it will be sent as 2 bytes '1' and '5'. I did something like this:
I am using Docklight to send the serial commands, if I transmit in hex: "02 32 34 23 23 23 03" the output is showing:
I was expecting the buffer to show [02|32|34|23|23|23|03]. Also because since it shows the buffer char array as 1, I can't do ,buffer[0], buffer[1] etc if I want to pick out certain parts of the received string of characters (which I will need to later on to distinguish between the payload and CRC between the STX and ETX). Any ideas? Is my code in the right direction? Thanks EDIT: I would like to mention that the "byte" array is displayed properly, though on the forum the STX and ETX is not showing however it is showing just fine on my console window.
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Jimquisition: Breaking the Bones of Business
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Breaking the Bones of Business
A new business model comes along, designed to attract gamers with interesting ideas and consumer-friendly pricing.
yeah I love dead space as well I know how you feel Jim
LOL at the ending great job Jim
How many Jim Bucks do I need for the hidden erotic gay fanfiction ending with Yahtzee?
I agree. I find myself getting sick of gaming and the industry more and more. I'm getting Dead Space 3 because like you, as much as I dislike EA's practices, I genuinely enjoy the series. I am getting Bioshock Infinite because I love the look of it. Beyond that though? I look at most developers and most games and I don't see an enjoyable game, I see for the lack of a better description, a bunch of politicians trying to see what they can claw from us.
I totally agree, I just don't want the industry to crash again.
Jim, your desk is awesome. Where did you get the terminator and darksiders mask?
Good episode though, I do completely agree, I saw something promising but now I see some sort of frankenstein monster that these ideas have become.
I...I want Euro Truck Simulator 2... reminds me that I need to get around to getting my HGV licence.
Haven't bought an EA or Activision game in ages now, because fuck them and their fucking greed.
Brilliant ending, bravo!
RRRRAAAAAGE! Pretty much sums up the situation. I don't even buy DLC unless it's bundled with the whole game and at a ludicrous discount. Don't see any reason to pay for something that's obviously a missing part of the main game
Who says the subscription based model is dead? It just migrated.
In short, "This is why we can't have nice things."
I'd say the failure of TOR, most likely.
My my that was maginficent. "Fuck you, games industry" indeed.
I feel like just holding up this video and saying "this" even though I can't think of what I'd be responding to. Kudos Sir Jim, you the are the hero we need right now.
Watching these videos where you spew hatred at the industry's anti-consumer behaviour is like therapy for me, it stops the hate and bitterness from boiling over. Thank you!
I am so bloody tired of unimaginative AAA-games made by a committee of old greedy men who have tweaked the product so it will have such a broad market that it in reverse effect becomes virtually indistinguishable to all other AAA-games being made with the same goal in mind. I am so tired of watching through last years "best games"-lists or the games coming out in 2013 and seeing virtually nothing I feel like playing anymore. I just stopped having fun with the whole AAA-industry and if it weren't for old games, indie-games and smaller titles such as Xcom and Baldurs Gate: EE I wouldn't have anything to play. Maybe its better this way.
I hope SterlingCorp takes south african rands. i need me some JonCon merch
At this point I want to see the industry crash again. Maybe then publishers will get it through their thick skulls that the way they do business only hurts the industry.
So what you're saying is "Death to EA". I am 100% behind this! Burn EA to the ground! Chase Bioware into the waiting arms of Valve!
Yeah the video game industry needs another crash or at the very least a serious kick in its ass.
There really is an easy way to do this, though it's already been said many times before. Simply let publishers know with your wallet what you'll accept and not accept. I buy EA games when they don't screw me over. I bought ME3 used, but I bought SSX new... because one had DLC practices I liked and the other didn't. I don't buy Ubisoft games on the PC period. I haven't bought a Final Fantasy game since 12, but I bought Sleeping Dogs and Deus Ex: HR because those were good games that Squeenix had other developers make. Capcom is virtually dead to me, but I'll buy Okami HD just so they know that's the last thing decent they published. And I haven't bought anything from Sega since Valkyria Chronicles since they've shown they can't make and keep an IP to save their life save perhaps Total War, and a dev they own makes that instead.
Again, never say you'll boycot... because hardly anyone ever perseveres enough to stick to it. Buy what's good, buy what's fair, and let everything else fester as a signal to all publishers concerning what you're willing to put up with.
Ha! Jim was raving about that Euro Truck simulator thingy game on Podtoid xD
Awesome show. I saw the worrying trend to monetisation of every little shit in gaming, coming ages ago and now it's starting to unfold - I still hate it.
Also maybe in theory Tribes' free-to-play model was alright but in practice I thought it wasn't very good at all, a fair bit imbalanced and a lot expensive. This might have changed by now but when the game was first released I didn't like it's model at all.
I'm playing PlanetSide 2 at the moment and that has one of the better free-to-play models I've come across.
On a side note: I wouldn't have thought but Jim and I have similar tastes in movies. Alien and Event Horizon. I adored Event Horizon and not that many people around me ever seemed to like it all that much.
It is getting well out of hand now. There's been precious few examples of good micro transactions, but City of Heroes' Paragon Market stood as a good example to me. The heavy restrictions on chat for free players and the veteran rewards were a bit cack handed, but the fact they gave you store points every month (500 points, enough to buy a full costume set with change left over) if you were subscribed, not to mention free powers and costume sets with every major issue (of which there were plenty) and premium powers and costume sets that were worth the money (not to mention that you could buy individual parts of a costume set if you didn't want the whole thing, something Champions Online should learn) and were frequently designed based on requests and input from the players.
Sadly, the owners of Paragon Studios, NCSoft, sit at the table next to EA and got ideas about forcing players to pay, so all their attention went on Guild Wars 2 with CoH getting no advertising in years and eventually being shut down on some strange wimp despite CoH still paying for itself and making money. GW2 has been a reasonable success but it won't be long before NC will be nickel and dimming players if they want to stand a chance against a mutant vole that's actually 3 levels lower then them but as the player isn't wearing premium armour they're getting torn apart.
Slightly off topic maybe, but NC's actions to a reasonably successful niche title are indicative of the larger industry. Apparently making money isn't enough, it has to make Cruise Liner loads of cash right now and for as long as possible and so they'll twist and push the player as much as they can for as long as they can and I wouldn't be surprised if it brings a massive crash in AAA gaming.
I cannot lie, I'll be slightly happy the day one of these truly despicable publishers bites the dust. It's a shame THQ went under when it was one of the better examples.
Like I said in another post at the rate things are going the Elder Scrolls are going to offer a full set of Daetric armor and weapons right from the getgo next game (for the low price of $15), or how about GTA 5 offers all the weapons in the game in a "Weapons Stash" DLC ($10 of course).
I'm going to wait until the PC version of Dead Space 3 gets hacked and EA has to give everyone all the DLC for free again, just so I can choose not to use the overpowered, game breaking bullshit.
Not all DLC is just a missing part of the game. Admittedly a lot of DLC has turned into that.
The major problem with gaming and these perverted business models is that distribution services do not release any data about sales as a whole. This generates a huge amount of risk (specifically when introducing new IP) and basically forces the developers to take advantage of the people who love their games the most. Hopefully one of these services will do IT sometime (I'm looking at you Steam). It would be an awesome shot in the arm for the industry.
Wait... There are micro-transactions in Dead Space 3 for the weapon bench? Why is EA so stupid? It's one of the reasons I stopped playing Mass Effect's multiplayer.
There goes a sale from me then and, like Jim, I actually liked the other two Dead Space games. I honestly don't understand why companies want to nickle and dime their customers. All it does is make the customer not like you and make it so they are less likely to buy the next game. If it's straight up greed, then wouldn't it make more sense to keep your customers as happy as possible and earn their loyalty? I just don't get it. Are companies so short sighted that they no longer care?
This is a difficult media at the moment to be asupporter of... when the Origin chaos of computer scanning in the EULA happened, it stopped me playing games I wanted to play. Mass Effect 3 was a fight I wanted to finish (at first then I heard they cheated and thought twice) but due to this I took the moral ground and didn't buy it.
The problem is the big businesses are in a constant spiral of trying to create the big games that require that much money that the only way they see to get that money back is to squeeze every penny out of the end user just to please investors that have no idea what a game is (not all of them I'll admit). Unfortunately they can do because they take it on the chin... while they have the money and this is the problem, money is now a scarce resource and the games industry has become to big to sustain itself on the old, high ground, methods of yesteryear.
The games industry needs to collapse and major players disappear but the fallout due to the nature of the beast would be way too dangerous to the greater scheme of things... it would only be ok to collapse if there is a new more forward facing (marketing jargon, great the accountant in me's rearing its ugly head) market replacing it that created the jobs and entertainment to take over... unfortunately the indie market (although it has some gems that could drive the market forward) isn't strong enough and the social market is a different animal meaning there is none.
EA and others have it in their hands to solve the problem the right way or seriously apolagise to all those employees when they file for bankrupcy and those employees who make games have NO JOBS... which they won't because...
Wow Jim, for once I agree 100%. No aside, buts, criticisms, or anything else. Sounds like a lot of what I've been saying but articulated better, from a larger platform.
I myself am torn on Dead Space 3... I really want it, but at the same time I'm not sure if I can bring myself to support it. As I've said before, that's the bottom line, going without intentionally, passing on a game you want to send a message, as opposed to buying it anyway and QQing about the policies.
I agree Capcom has been of late a pile of shit. Numerous DLC that could have easily been on the disc at launch, instead people are turned away from even buying the game in fustration, instead of them getting the extra sales of the DLC character. I couldn't even look at DMC because not only did the game's story turn me off, but the "not in a million years" look of classic Dante, was put in a week later for 4 bucks. At this point the only games I may even concider getting from Capcom are future Dragon's Dogma games, or if they ever get back to Breath of Fire. Though the former is already littered with shitty DLC.
I LOVED this episode. I really hope that you talk about the mobile market and SE a bit more because FF:ATB was a bi-product of final fantasy teatrarythem where its a free game with 2 songs and to buy all the songs and characters that were in the 39.99 release of the DS would be someone around 120 bucks which is insanity.
Or as much as I like the game Final Fantasy Dimensions which did episodic gameplay that resulted in a 2D generic final fantasy from the SNES era to be charged for over 30 bucks.
The greed and audacity is quite frankly disgusting and I no longer feel guilt for enacting the P word on companies that do this. They are more morally bankrupt that I can ever be so screw them. lol.
Edit: I think the only DLC I bought in 2011-today is skyrim DLC. Besides that game I have become numb to even considering DLC. I just see it as unnecessary crap or cash grabs to the point where I know they are overpriced.
I remember around 7 years ago how excited I was that DLC would extend the life of the games I already love. Fast forward to today and you can see the horrible slow moving car crash that is DLC.
Jim, you forgot to add a link for us to buy JimBucks.
Besides all the things already said in the comments I also find this shit to be really confusing too. How am I supposed to know what Ill get from the start, what I need to buy additionally , what I can buy with ingame money, what is cosmetical, what was part of preorders and from what shop, what was promotional and so on....
...It is now official. I'm not touching that game. That's just plain disgusting.
If they keep pushing like this, the industry is gonna come crashing down. ...You know, looks like Razorfist was right. The industry has already hit the iceberg and is taking on water, but they're not getting on the lifeboats.
Street Fighter x Tekken... it was fun making fun of all the BS in that game.
I see sometimes people defending EA's decisions by saying that "they're just a company doing business". Fuck that, what a load of bullshit. There are tons of companies who do very well without behaving like they're related to the Antichrist. It's still their own, conscious decision to do those things, nothing else. Them being a company doesn't excuse that in the slightest.
Also, nice ending. Very well done.
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DEAR ABBY: I am a divorcee with college-aged children. I love my children, and I thought I loved my ex. However, after my divorce I wonder if I'm capable of loving anyone other than my children again.
Two years after the divorce I started a relationship with a man who is 10 years older. He had recently ended a longterm dating/living together relationship. I wasn't particularly drawn to him, but he was very persistent. We finally, jokingly, agreed to be "exclusively casual" and began dating. My children don't dislike him; they are indifferent to him.
We have been dating for six years. I do not love him. He, however, professes to adore me and wants us to spend our lives together. I do NOT want this to go on any longer. I have some serious health issues and I'm not interested in having him as my caretaker. He has already made plans for us to be together for this. I don't want him doing this for me.
He's a good man. He deserves someone who wants the devotion he is so willing to give. How do I tell him to move on? I'm financially stable. He's not after my money; he's very comfortable on his own. I need to force him to go find a woman who needs or wants him.
Many of his friends think I take advantage of his feelings. I don't want to be in this position any longer. Any advice you could offer would be a gift.
DEAR DRAGGING YOUR FEET: The longer you put this off, the harder it will be, and if you don't open your mouth you are going to find yourself in exactly the position you say you don't want to be. The magic words are:
"'John,' I have enjoyed your friendship, but I'm not in love with you. I had hoped that as time passed I would fall in love with you, but it hasn't happened and now I realize it isn't going to. I want to deal with my health issues on my own. I don't want you to be my caretaker. What I DO want is to end our relationship so you can find a woman who will love you the way you deserve to be loved. Sadly, that's not me — but I wish you well and … goodbye."
Do not expect him to welcome this dose of reality, but those are the words that will set you — and him — free.
DEAR ABBY: I am a veteran and while I have spent this past year in school, I can't seem to connect with any of the younger students there. It's disheartening, to be honest, and I feel it's part of the reason I can't enjoy school at my age (23) after all my experiences in combat.
I can't decide whether to drop out and join a private security company, or tough it out and deal with these kids who don't take education seriously.
I miss work at the same time. Any thoughts?
DEAR TORN: The students you describe are at a very different level of maturity than you — and I don't mean chronologically. After having experienced combat, you have a different perspective on what's important in life than someone who hasn't been tested.
You have EARNED the right to a college degree, so please don't waste the opportunity. If you complete your education, you will have more career options than if you quit now. If you feel you want to go into security work after graduation, that option will still be open. Others may not be.
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