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Anderson Japanese Gardens has been named one of the highest quality Japanese gardens in North America by Sukiya Living Magazine since 2004. Inspired by calm and tranquility, this 12 acre award winning landscape is comprised of koi-filled ponds, winding paths, gentle streams, cascading waterfalls, raked gravel gardens, beautifully trained pines, and more. Master craftsmanship and 16th century traditional architecture is found throughout the garden.
Enjoy recreation on 385 acres, much of it forest, with a state park lodge and provisions for tent and trailer camping. It is also noted for its vine-covered limestone bluffs.
CITY:Mount Morris
Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary
Take a tour of Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary. Personally guided tours are available seven days a week year round for up to six people per tour, but all tours are by appointment. Animal lovers can learn about, pet, hold, and feed some of the 350 rescued animals, comprised of 30 different species. All income supports the rescued animals. Critter Camp is a non-profit, tax exempt, charitable, volunteer operated, no-kill facility that does not buy, sell, or exploit any animal.
CITY:German Valley
Play miniature golf on the ground-shaking Volcano Course under the shadow of a three-story erupting volcano or take it easy on the nine-hole Palm Course. Sharpen your sports skills in batting cages and the area's only soccer cages; enjoy "combat" with your friends in the Laser Zone; and race around the Go-Kart track.
CITY:Loves Park
Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens
Situated along the banks of the beautiful Rock River in Sinnissippi Gardens, the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens brings the tropics to the Midwest. The entire facility is the third largest conservatory in Illinois with a total of 22,000 square feet, and at the highest point stands 52 feet. A tropical setting includes an 11,000 square foot plant exhibition area complete with water features, seating areas, and sculptures, all in a tropical plant setting. Changing seasonal floral displays, a gift shop and special events; educational programs where children can learn the importance of plants; special workshops and lecture series for adults; the perfect place to host your event--small weddings, receptions, business meetings.
This beautiful 715-acre state park with a 40-acre lake derives its name from a combination of the town of Lena and the Latin work for water, aqua. Lake Le-Aqua-Na offers a variety of outdoor recreational activities including more than 10 miles of mult-use trails. The large tracts of wooded land include oak, hickory, walnut and pine trees. Woodland flowers are on display, especially in the spring and early summer, and wildlife is abundant. There is boating, fishing, a children's fishing pond, swimming, picnic and playground areas, shelters, trails for mountain biking, hiking and cross-country skiing, equestrian trails, sledding, hunting and camping.
The museum campus consists of a Victorian village with 26 historical buildings filled with artifacts of the era as well as several beautiful 19th century gardens that depict life in northern Illinois from 1890 to 1910. Interpreters in authentic period dress are available seasonally for guided tours. The main museum building holds large group meeting rooms and exhibit space with a number of permanent exhibits reflecting Rockford's history and culture. Special events throughout the year include a World War II re-enatment, Sock Monkey and Scarecrow Harvest Festivals, and more. Free recreational path located on property.
Trolley Car #36 is a turn-of-the-century, open-air trolley, the kind your grandparents might have taken to work, except you don't have to go to work. Board the Trolley at the Trolley Station in Riverview Park (on Thursdays, board at Nicholas Conservatory), ride along Madison Street beside the scenic Rock River Recreation Path, stop for a brief visit to the Eclipse Lagoon and Gardens, travel to the Symbol, then turn around and return to the Trolley Station. Trolley Car #36 is wheelchair accessible; however, the trolley is limited to 2 wheelchairs per ride.
Famous Fossil Vineyard & Winery
Taste soft reds, crisp whites, and luscious fruit wines all made at the winery using the best of Illinois grapes. Watch wine being made and then relax and enjoy a glass of wine in the tasting room or on the deck overlooking the vineyard. The Sweet & Savory Plate of meats, cheeses, fruits and chocolate is available daily for a light lunch or snack. Special events are help throughout the year including vineyard tours, festivals, and wine and food pairings. A small private room is available for showers, parties, and meetings. Visit their website to learn more about Famous Fossil wines or upcoming events. Open: June thru December: Daily: 11 am to 6 pm; January thru May: Wednesday thru Saturday: 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday: Noon to 5 pm.
Lions Park, at over 20 acres, features Splash Land Family Aquatic Center with a 180' water slide, zero depth entry, many shade shelters, wet sand play area, water features and drop slide. The Splash Land Mini-Golf offers one of the nicest 18 hole miniature golf courses in the Midwest. It has over 275 plant varieties, 4000+ square feet of water areas, three waterfalls and challenges that the entire family will enjoy. The course is ADA compliant. Added in 2014 is a 9 hole frisbee gof course. Quench your thirst and your appetite at the Splashland Snack Shop. Full restaurant offering sandwiches to soft serve and smoothies to salads - a true family food court. The park also offers picnic and playground areas, flower gardens, shelter house, a concession stand, volleyball and basketball courts, lighted ball diamond, batting cages and restrooms. A 110x110' ice rink is available in season.
Rockford Ski Broncs Water Ski Show
This world-class water ski team gives free shows from early June until Labor Day at Shorewood Park.
CITY:Loves Park
With over 3,000 acres of rolling plains and two lakes, Rock Cut State Park is a hiker's paradise. It's also home to some of the best mountain biking in northeastern Illinois, offering 10 miles of dirt and sand terrain, doubletrack and singletrack trails. One of the loops is 4.25-miles, the Main Trail, which runs around Pierce Lake. Another loop snakes around the northeast corner of the park and leads through dense trees and hills.
CITY:Loves Park
Bobber's is an open-deck, outdoor bar along the banks of the Pecatonica River. It is a relaxing stop for travelers by road or river. Bring your own pole or just sit and relax with a cold drink as you watch the river flow by. Weekly entertainment on the Pontoon Boat stage; never a cover charge. Open: May thru October: Sunday: 11 am - 10 pm; Thursday thru Saturday: 11 am - 1 am.
The Forest City Queen gives you an up close and personal glimpse of some of the most stately homes gracing the banks of the Rock River. You will hear about Rockford's humble beginnings on the Rock River and its continuing influence today. A variety of cruise options are available, from hourly narration tours, private rentals, family-style picnics, Ski Broncs performances, to elegant dining.
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden is a 155-acre living museum filled with spectacular gardens and rare trees. There's beauty in every season from fragrant magnolia trees in spring and a butterfly garden in summer to the brilliant colors of fall and snow-capped evergreens in winter, when trails are cleared for walkers, cross-country skiers and snowshoeing. A 1.8 mile, handicapped-accessible paved path winds through the arboretum plus many secondary, chipped trails. Kids will have fun navigating the maze in the Children's Garden. Klehm is dog-friendly and any leashed dog is welcome. Filled with four season beauty, Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden is waiting for you to explore.
This beautiful Freeport park offers an antique carousel, waterfall, seasonal duck pond, miniature golf course, 18-hole disc golf course, tennis courts, a baseball diamond, 3 miles of recreational paths, paddle boats, canoes, kayaks, fishing, hiking, biking, a performance amphitheater, gardens, picnic areas, shelters, boat rentals, playgrounds including "Kid's Kastle", a carousel and sledding in the winter. The Yellow Creek Adventure Golf Course (miniature golf) is open daily from Memorial Day thru Labor Day from Noon to 8 pm. The Disc Golf Course is open during regular park hours and is free to play. Park attractions are open seasonally; call ahead to confirm availability of specific attractions.
Home of Winnebago County Fair, considered one of the best county fairs in the Midwest, plus The Pec Thing, a huge semi-annual flea market and antiques fair with acres of vendors inside and out. Various racing organizations use the Fairgrounds track for racing events.
See top-name NASCAR racing on a quarter-mile, high-banked track. From Kid's nights to monster trucks, fireworks, fantastic NASCAR racing action, you will enjoy an exciting night of affordable family fun at Rockford Speedway.
CITY:Loves Park
Considered a "must play" course in the Midwest, Aldeen has an impressive list of accolades, including being voted best municipal course in Illinois by Golf Digest, and ranking number 38 in Golf Magazine's Thrifty 50 list.
This nine-hole course, located in Sinnissippi Park, offers challenges for advanced golfers and novices. The 3,230-yard course is best known for its hilly layout and tree-lined fairways.
Nature lovers will enjoy 369 unspoiled acres with an unusual 90% concentration of native wildflowers, a paved path and 2.5 miles of trails. The Nature Center features a butterfly garden, gift shop, aquarium and library. The Grove is an area designed with the intent to bring children back to nature using fallen logs, tree stumps for seating, vertical logs for forts, and nature music and art areas.
Carlson Ice Arena and Sapora Playworld
Located near the I-90 tollway at Riverside Boulevard and Perryville Road, the Carlson Ice Arena features a 200 x 85 feet ice rink with seating for 600 spectators. This facility is also home to the Sapora Playworld, a three-level soft play structure designed for children ages 5-12 and a Tiny Tots Playspace designed for children 4 and under. For fun, family-friendly-priced recreation, Rockford Park District's Sapora Playworld at Carlson Ice Arena offers discounted rates weekly on "Half-Price Tuesdays and Thursdays" at the three-level indoor soft play structure for ages 5-12.
CITY:Loves Park
Downtown park on the banks of the Rock River. Site of several Native American "Effigy Mounds," which have been preserved.
Edwards West is a popular destination for families to enjoy the sights, tastes, and activities of an apple orchard and farm market. For a fun family outing, enjoy the experience of picking your own apples, pumpkins and raspberries. Visit the play area featuring the wooden bus and train, the corn cribs, the wagon slide and our animals in the "Petting Farm." Stroll through the over 100 year old dairy barn with displays of bright colored apples, freshly squeezed cider, fresh apple cider donuts, and wonderful gift items that are on display.


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Right on trend, Audrey Brooke brings us another fabulous leather handbag perfect for the season! The Ashley Color Block Clutch has plenty of space for all of your essentials and a classic style that will last for years to come.
- Genuine leather foldover clutch
- Top flap with zip and foldover magnetic closure
- Fringe tassel zipper pull
- Back zip pocket and hidden front zip pocket
- Fabric lining with zip pocket
- Dimensions 15" x 1" x 7"
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February 18, 2013
Gorgeous Clutch!!
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February 12, 2013
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Featuring work by:
Michael Bancroft, Noah Berlatsky, Dayton Castleman, CThrough Outfit, Chelsea Culp, Derek Erdman, Gina Grafos, Jacob C. Hammes, Jaime Lynn Henderson, Hideous Beast, Thaddeus Kellstadt, Paul Mack, Rachel Pollak, Yvie Raij, Oliverio Rodriguez, Christopher Santiago, Dewayne Slightweight, Edra Soto, Bert Stabler, Matthew Steinke, Susannah Kite Strang
Curated by Bert Stabler
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3219 S. Morgan, Chicago.
Open hours 1-4 pm Saturday July 11, Saturday July 18. Closing party Saturday July 18,
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Here's what I'd go to, if I were you…
1. Co-Prosperity Sphere
Bert Stabler is bending you brain this 4th of July with SALAD-CHURCH-EXERCISE: A show about self-improvement through self-denial. With work by over 20 local artists, a massive salad potluck, and taglines like, "While large-scale organs of control, such as schools, hospitals, and prisons, enforce the social contract through a restriction of choice and a remote delegation of authority, personal or cultural techniques for redirecting and mastering libido, the inner primordial chaos we carry within, can be found in the options represented by salad, church, and exercise." How could you go wrong. You can take the Orange Line to Ashland, Saturday from 2-6pm.
For the day after Independency Day, lets raise our torn jean jacket clad arms an Question Authority! Mmm…high school. But seriously, Kaylee Rae Wyant and Jerome Acks are doing something cool over at Julius Caesar called Hear Here. Framed as work "examining the many ideals and complexities encompassing freedom, democracy and revolution" it should be interesting to contemplate after a flag choked day of "patriotism".
How many ways can you put your own name on a show? Well, if you are Ben Russell, as many as humanly possibly. How is "Ben Russell, presented by Ben Russell, at Ben Russell" for ya? Weird thing is, it ain't a solo show. Ben Russell is a new space in Pilsen, go there and check out work by Marco Kane Braunschweiler, Martine Syms, Paul Chan, Miguel Cortez, Roxane Hopper, Julie Rudder, and Kelly Kaczynsk are doing their performance piece at 9pm the opening night. Drop by for the Sunday opening from 6-10pm.
As a celebration of the closing of the Bucky Fuller exibition, the MCA is hosting Jen & Ira & You at the MCA Meet Buckminster Fuller Meeting the Hippies in Golden Gate Park, a performance piece by Jennifer Karmin & Ira S. Murfin. Ever wondered why hippies loved this son of the atomic age? Well, here's your chance to find out. The performance is free with the cost of admission, so if you get into the MCA free, you're good to go.


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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Rescuers have recovered a dozen more bodies after a ferry reportedly carrying up to 100 passengers capsized on a river in central Bangladesh, raising the death toll to 14.
Dozens of passengers were rescued or swam to shore after the ferry went down Friday on the River Meghna in Munshiganj district, 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of the capital, Dhaka.
Rescuers retrieved two bodies Friday, and 12 more were recovered Saturday.
Local government administrator Mohammad Saiful Hassan said the search for survivors was called off after Saturday's recovery, but some relatives say their loved ones are still missing.
There was confusion over the number of passengers on board the ferry. Ferry accidents are common in Bangladesh, and it is frequently unclear how many people are aboard the often overcrowded vessels.
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It's the 23rd Century and at age 21... your life is over! Logan-6 has been trained to kill; born and bred from conception to be the best of the best. But his time is short and before his life ends he's got one final mission: Find and destroy Sanctuary, a fabled haven for those that chose to defy the system. But when Logan meets and falls in love with Jessica, he begins to question the very system he swore to protect and soon they're both running for their lives. When Last Day comes, will you lie down and die... or run!
©1967 William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
"[T]he story of a reluctant rebel fighting back in a computer-run world in which people voluntarily submit to death at the age of 21 is a fascinating adventure. Narrator Oliver Wyman's excellent vocal performance guides listeners into this harsh world where children rule. He does a credible job imitating children's and women's voices. When he speaks as Jenny, Logan's running mate, one can clearly see the character in one's mind. The book differs from the popular film of the same name—and has a far superior ending." (AudioFile)
I read, I write; I listen
"A Different Logan's Run"
Throughout the years since its release in 1976, I???ve watched the movie more times than I can remember and is a favorite of mine but have never read the book, so the audio book intrigued me. What I found is this is a very different Logan???s Run; but still entertaining. The basic premise is the same; people must die at a certain age and Logan has reached that age and decides to run.
Written in 1967 Logan???s Run is set in a future world of 2116. The population has reached ???critical mass??? and a law has been passed dictating all people must report to ???Sleep Centers??? at the age of 21, If anyone refuses to report, a Deep Sleep Operative, (also called a Sandman) is assigned to hunt the runner down and terminate their existence. Logan is a Sandman who has reached his twenty first birthday and while on an assignment discovers there might be another alternative to the Sleep Centers called ???Sanctuary.???
It took me a little time getting used to the narrator, Oliver Wyman, because I was used to Michael York???s English accent as Logan in the movie, but after adjusting I thought he did a good job. I would recommend this audio book for those, like me, who have known the story from the movie and everyone else as well.
Rob Thomas
"Logan 3 <3 Jessica 6"
Most science fiction stories have some action components and some more cerebral components. Logan's Run definitely has both, but excels in the action components. That's nice for a change. I really enjoyed being able to turn off my brain at times in the story and just go along for the exciting ride. Wun Logan, WUN!
And even though it was written in the late 1960s, the story has a next sci-fi generation (post-Asimov, etc.) feel, with lots of freaky drug and sex references. Another really neat thing about the story is that it takes a refreshingly brave poke at the youth culture, which was very strong when the book was published. Take that, you self-absorbed hippies (and future yuppies)!
I wish I had read the book before I saw the movie. I couldn't get Michael York and Jenny Agutter out of my head even though I saw it back in the 1970s. I guess the movie made a big impression because it was one of the first sci fi films I saw. I've read that someone is now making another movie adaptation that is supposed to be truer to the book. If so, that's good news. I look forward to it. I hope they can capture the story's great dystopian feel and unique messages.
The book is very well narrated and I highly recommend it to fans of sci-fi.
PS: Coincidentally, I just saw the Family Guy tribute to Logan's Run, in which Brian imagines himself as a runner. Great timing. Very funny.
My taste differs from kid books to gory horror books.
"Cub Scouts"
Kind of a mixture of A Brave New World and Animal Farm and Lord of The Flies. The first five chapters make the book worth buying. Very different from the movie, more better. The underwater city and Hell were cool. This has two authors and I kind of wonder if one of them wrote the first five chapters and the other wrote the next five. I am going to have to look at the reviews to see if I want to continue this series. The first five are five star chapters and the last five are three star chapters, totally it is a 3.5 star book.
"If you liked the movie, you'll like this series"
This is book 1 of 3, which I'm reviewing as a set. I enjoyed the movie (and somewhat, the TV series), so I was drawn to the audiobook. I wouldn't consider Logan's run good writing, at all, but I found it entertaining, none-the-less. The characters are extremely shallow, the plot contrived, and there are serious flaws in the whole concept. Still, if you have good feelings about the movie, you'll find this series tolerable.
The first book in the series is the movie (with some differences). The second two books in the series continue the story. Book two is essentially a "return of Logan" that quickly breaks down into a haphazard search for his lost wife ending in a somewhat disappointing battle royal. Book three is an alternative reality 'cheat' to put a different twist on the first book.
The performance is not good. The reader talks very slow which tends to sap the energy out of the story. However, I found that my iPod allows me to increase the speed (x2) which made it very comfortable with minimal distortion in only a few spots. I would totally recommend you do the same. I find it hard to beleive that the producers couldn't do this for us!
All-in-all, if you are listening to the series for the sake of nostalgia, then you'll probably have a good time.
"Vintage SciFi Experience!"
Retro Distopian Classic! Somehow the subtle 70's infleuence seeps into the weave of the fabric of this accessable SciFi Classic. With its own unique mix of futurism and societal decay it is Not an experience to miss!
Easily at home among others of its day, I would compare it to Issac Asimov, or similar...
Somehow accomplishes the impression of sound effects in the background in retrospect... With such an adventurous tale in such futuristic locations, one not only finds each character represented well and seemlessly, but afterward you find yourself questioning just which of the various environments were actually presented as expressly as you remember them...
In the right environment, I could see myself listening to this completely in a single day, however, I think it more reasonable to break it up into two or three bits...
not Too long to stop you, but quite possible to take in smaller doses...
Having been familiar with the movie, I went into this read with an interest in discovering the hidden depths of the original novel... As is almost cliche in its occurrence, I was pleasantly rewarded in uncovering a deeper understanding to the more complete reality presented by the author and was additionally surprised to find the novel a Series of books to go on with...
Beyond the simple reality and poorly explained spectacle of the film, there is a deeper commentary on society which is the rare mindstretch I seek out most actively in all my reading. While I've had other series prove less enthralling in future installments, I am nevertheless left with higher hopes and greater interest in persuing the rest of the story having read this book.
A Classic in its tone, texture, and underlying principles... everything I most look for in my delvings into the older science fiction genre... Worth a Look.
"Goss rendition of an excellent book"
The story and the faithful way that the narrator had in evoking the feel of the book.
There were many, but I particularly liked the way that the story opened.
His feeling for the characters, and his characterisations.
Dystopian. I want more!
"took long enough"
Yes because it was awesome
where logan was running
i did and loved every minuit of it
it was really awesome worth the wait
"great read."
book is about the apocalypse. overpopulation and cult leaders eventually throws the world into a ditch. about half way in it gets a bit wordy but picks up again in last hour
"Listened to it because of the movie"
I listened to this because I've seen the movie for years, and thought the movie was too simple or campy.
The story is much more interesting. Logan's "run" truly is that: a great epic run.
I do find it hard to believe Logan could come up with the idea to destroy Sanctuary on the fly, and if that was his idea, then the culture of Sandmen should have been expanded.
The big shocker was that the life span is 21 years, not 30 (like in the movie). I thought 30 would be more appropriate... it gave more depth.
Overall great sci fi work from the 60s and worth the read/listen.
"don't expect this to be exactly like the movie"
I found the movie at a local store and it had been years since I watched it.
I bought the Blu-ray, Iwatched it I and felt that it held up pretty good then I decided to get the book or in this case the audio book to see how the book and movie matched up.
if you're a fan of the movie it's well worth reading or in this case listening to the book
you can see where they taken the basic elements and use that for the movie and you can also see where they've deviated or perhaps I should say you can see where the movie when its own direction as well
I also learned that there are actually several books in the series and eventually I do plan on listening to them as well.
if you are any fan of Science Fiction then this is well worth listening too.
"Get ready for carrousel"
I've been a fan of the film from an early age, so was interested to see how the original source material compared to the film. The story contains interesting social comment, and you can certainly tell it was penned in the late sixties.
I enjoyed the utopian feel and hedonistic life style portrayed in the book and the "idea" of a voluntary euthanasia system force upon people who reach 21, not the liberal 30 as indicated in the film.
Logan, he's an unusual anti-hero with a skill for violence.
Great reading; you know who's speaking all the time and he fills the characters with depth and emotion.
Been there, done that!
Highly recommend even if you've seen the film.
"A stunningly awful book"
Having always enjoyed the Logan's Run film adaptation, I was keen to listen to the book, as I heard it was rather different. Different it is, at least after the first quarter or so. What follows is an insane, incoherent, fever dream of a book, which is far and away the worst written book I have ever read. Sentences are often a random collection of unmatched words, character names are usually omitted leading to confusion, and the plot bounces around from one utterly bizarre scenario to the next with nothing to connect it. It's like The Wizard of Oz as written by someone on extra strength hallucinogenic drugs.
The narrator is unfortunately no help at all, speaking as he does at a lugubrious pace, and so dragging out this dreadful story even further. I ended up using the 1.25x and 1.5x playback options in the Audible app to get him to speak at a more normal pace.
This book is a mess. It makes no sense, the story is the type of thing a small child would come up with, and it's technically so poorly written it should never have been published. The movie took the one good idea of the book (that everyone dies very young due to over population) and span it out into an entertaining film, although even it couldn't free itself entirely from the insanity of the book's ideas.
There are lots of great sci-fi books, but this certainly isn't one of them. Avoid at all costs.
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Originally posted by Hokie
I was playing EVE actually. Thats not a smak towards WoW at all. But I did have the elitist attiude of most EVE players at the time (and most still have), thats its a cartoon game for kids. I found out about three years later that it was a damn fun game to play. I count it among some of my best MMO memories, with people I still have contact with, though somewhat irregularly.
Haha!-me too bro!
peeps at work were trying to get me to play during BC year- but was too involved with my corp! (4yrs).
Finally i gave it a shot-and it was pretty dam fun- cought the mini expansion , and entered the LK era - in beta and onward leveling to 85 was a blast!!!! Looking forward to cataclysm found other games that cought my interest- and well WoW will always have a fond memory in my gaming.
Originally posted by Suzie_Ford
Blizzard Entertainment has released a brand new video to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the world's top MMO, World of Warcraft. Where were YOU the day WoW opened? Tell us your story in the comments after checking out the video!
I was there in beta as well..and I miss the old WoW - as do many (I assume). Long before cash shops and flying reindeer, panda bears and Tauren paladins...we had an amazing mmorpg. Now folks either ressurect scroll toward end game or just solo quest to get through the easily forgotten zones of the past. It's sad, really. But that's the industry I suppose.
Originally posted by wireded21
Originally posted by Kyleran
Ah yes, I remember having fun in WOW 8 years ago, when my son (who was 12 at the time) and I first logged into Azeroth. Now he is 20 and so much has changed.
Well except that almost every MMO since then has been practically the same damn game.
How bizarre, same experience for me. I got into MMO's a few years before WoW. WoW was one of the first MMO's I played together with my Son who also is now 20.
Since then he's gone on to beome a bit more hardcore than myself... playing GW, DF, Rift, LoL... others...
My son continued to play WoW including all the expansions but stopped after Catacombs. I stopped after I hit level 30 on vanilla WoW and started playing SWG, PS, WWIIOnline.
My son and I played a few games after WOW together, LOTRO, AOC,& Rift being most notable, but he always stuck with WOW while I went off to play other MMOs such as EVE.
On hiatus from EVE Online since Dec 2016 - Screw off-grid PVE boosting changes
Pouring on extra "Salt" for 2017
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
Originally posted by zymurgeist
"Asking why we fight is like asking why leaves fall." Leaves fall because deciduous trees go dormant in the winter. Pandas aren't very bright. I guess that's why they're becoming extinct. Grats Blizzard. So what are they going to do for the ten year anniversary?
I don't know about Panda's, but don't bears go dormant in winter too? /wink
maybe i got bored of it. maybe i had a wow overdose the past years. maybe maybe maybe...but hell even in its current state its by far the best and more complete mmo in the market.
i left many times to play eve, war, swtor, rift, gw2 but in the end i m always back. maybe only for a few months each time, but i always want a bit of wow taste.
thats what makes it unique, at least for me
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"Asking why we fight is like asking why leaves fall." Leaves fall because deciduous trees go dormant in the winter. Pandas aren't very bright. I guess that's why they're becoming extinct. Grats Blizzard. So what are they going to do for the ten year anniversary?
Obviously your not very bright, watch the rest of the trailer he follows up with "because it is in there nature." Sounds correct to me, also meaning that fighting is in nature for humanoids.
I was not there at the very start, but I was there soon after. My memories were almost all positive, except for the server rollbacks. It was just so much fun! I made friends there that I still talk to, even if they mainly moved on from WoW.
The excitement of going to Wailing Caverns for the first time (first dungeon I went to), leaving the Valley of Trials and going into the big bad world and getting killed by a scorpion I didn't see, and PvPing in Stranglethorn Vale and just outside the Scarlet Monastary dungeon entrances forged some of the best memories. I had to level slowly since I was busy with irl around that time, but my guild made sure I had enough cash to get my first mount, and I did the same for those who hit 40 after me. I remember also starting up my tailoring business and selling bags I had made to players at Crossroads.
Even though there were bugs, lag, queues and rollbacks, the player community was very social back in those days. The game was much easier to die in too at low level, so people grouped up more often, even if it was just to quest out in the open world.
this video was great.
Shame wow isnt anymore
I have a lot of fond memories of WoW.
I have a feeling that we are all waiting for the next knockout experience.
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Priority: Critical
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.2
Fix Version/s: 2.3
Component/s: Workshop
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Testing difficulty: MEDIUM (requires cron job running)
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Workshop doesn't automatically switch phases which is a significant problem. It makes more work for the teacher to have to manually switch phases. There should be the option to automatically switch phases including allocation and release of grades. If there was a release of grade date than even the grades could be calculated and release. Once a workshop has been appropriately set up a teacher should not have to monitor it to do anything.
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Increasing the priority for this and setting 2.3 as the milestone. There is a strong demand for this feature. Many people see this as a regression and they are actually right.
I am glad to see this in priority. Missed deadlines seriously affected my evaluations. No matter what time I set to "switch" either something would come up or I would forget. I have been hanging with the idea this would be fixed.
Attaching some screenshots that illustrate the UI of the new feature.
General information about how I implemented this: With regards to automatic phase switching, the only real trouble was to make sure that submissions are allocated for assessment. Till now, all allocation methods were interactive (ie they required teacher's assistance). In the subtask of this issue, a new allocation subplugin workshopallocation_scheduled was developed. It internally uses workshopallocation_random in that way that it lets the teacher to pre-define parameters for the random allocation and executes it later.
So now, when the teacher defines the submissions deadline and enables the automatic phase switching, two things happen:
- the first cron job after the submission deadline executes the scheduled allocation
- right after that, the phase is switched from the submission phase to the assessment phase
Note there there is no support for automatic switching to other workshop phases for 2.3 planned. That is, the teacher still has to come at the end of the assessment phase and evaluate assessments, let workshop to calculate final grades and close the workshop. Some folks demanded this to be automated, too. But that will not happen in 2.3.
So for Clarification
(1) Teacher Setups workshop
(2) Teacher has to manually switch from Setup to Submission
(3) Workshop can be switched to Submission far in advance of submission date because Workshop won't accept any submission until the date and time.
(4) At the close of the submission date, Workshop automatically closes the submission phase
(5) if teacher, during setup phase, selected random allocation, workshop automatically allocates the submitted work and opens the assessment phases.
(6) if teacher, during setup phase, did not select random allocation, teacher has to manually allocate and manually switches from submission to assessment phase
(7) once assessment phase is completed teacher has to manually switch from assessment phase to grading phase
(8) once grading phase is complete, teacher has to manually close the workshop.
Is this correct? Do you anticipate making the rest of workshop automatic? If so when? If not, Why not?
Hi David,
This looks good - some comments nothing particularly major just my own observations.
- workshop_scheduled_allocator::delete_instance() is //TODO
- (Caveat: I'm not well versed on the limits of workshop subplugins). It feels a bit wrong to me to be hardcoding workshopallocation plugin in workshop_cron(), why not do it 'properly' so all plugins can have cron? Would that also make it possible for someone to make a modified version fo your allocator? (perhaps not, but still seems like we could just avoid this hardcoded plugin choice).
- Strict Standards: Declaration of mod_workshop_mod_form::validation() should be compatible with that of moodleform_mod::validation() in /Users/danp/git/moodle/mod/workshop/mod_form.php on line 40
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+ // $result->log('circle groups = ' . json_encode($circlegroups), 'debug');
Are they being used regularly for debugging? Should they use debugging properly?
- Why create the workshop_random_allocator_setting::instance_from_object factory method over using the constructor?
Hi Dan. Thanks for detailed review.
1. Yes, workshop subplugins do not support uninstall yet. I discussed this issue with Petr yesterday and I suggested an approach of a general uninstall helper method being part of the plugin_manager that would deal with it. Hence to be solved in separate issue.
2. Note that I am not hardcoding a particular subplugin - what is hardcoded is a particular subplugin type. So if somebody writes another allocation plugin (eg. scheduler that work differently), they can have a cron method there. I just don't give other workshop subplugin types (such as grading strategies or grading evaluators) a chance to have their cron yet. There would be no point of loading all their libraries during the cron just to realize they have no cron method. Once there is a good reason to add cron support for them, we can easily let workshop core to call them. Same approach is used by mod_quiz, for example.
3. Right. I was just trying to have better code that the parent method has. I did not realize the strict standards here. Will fix.
4. Change of that comments must be seen in the context of the whole commit. These commented lines were useful during the development but they are just too much verbose even for normal debugging purposes. I just did not want to remove them in case they would be useful one day again.
5. That's standard factory pattern. There are two factory methods to create instance of the class, depending on the type of given data (text or stdClass). If PHP supported http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_overloading I would have two __construct() methods in the class, each of them taking different type of parameters.
Hi Vernellia. Thanks for your consideration of this.
Yes, all your points are almost correct. Just to clarify some details:
(re 5) The teacher actually sets up "scheduled allocation" during the setup phase. But yes, at the end the random allocation is automatically executed on submissions deadline, right before the workshop switches into the assessment phase
(re 6) The workshop would switch into the assessment phase anyway, even if the scheduled allocation was not set up. Those are two independent features.
Do you anticipate making the rest of workshop automatic? If so when? If not, Why not?
Well, no. I don't plan to extend these automatic switching to other phases. For the following reasons.
- The Setup -> Submission switch is useless for the reason you mentioned in (3) - the workshop can be put into the submission phase in advance.
- The Submission -> Assessment switch was just implemented and will be available since Moodle 2.3
- The Assessment -> Evaluation switch is semi-useful for the same reason as in the first one. If the assessment deadline is defined, the workshop can stay in the assessment phase safely.
- The Evaluation -> Closed auto switch phase would be conceptually wrong, as I was trying to explain several times in the forum. I believe that there must always be a real person who comes to the workshop, checks the automatically calculated grades and makes sure they are valid. This person (typically the teacher) is the one who "signs off" the given grades and pushes them to the gradebook (by closing the workshop). This can't be done by the LMS itself. Workshop is not the Quiz. Quiz has pre-defined rules how grades are calculated. In the Workshop, grades are given on the peer-assessment basis and just must be checked.
Thanks David,
Regarding 5) I understand the use of the factory method for text but don't really understand the advantage of using a factory method in the case of the stdClass over its natural constructor (it seems like passing the stdClass would be 'natural' way to construct this object).
Well, my understanding of the factory method pattern is that it sort of implies protected constructor. Once a factory pattern is implemented, the factory method(s) should be the only allowed way of instantiating objects. IMHO.
Rebased against the latest origin/master and fixed the strict standard warning spotted by Dan during the peer-review.
Submitting for integration.
In response to Vernellia's comments and your responses . . .
First, I appreciate the work you've done here and will be very happy to have some of this functionality back. Second, the remainder of my comments are likely similar to those I've made before, but I want to go on record again and hopefully improve my previous arguments.
In particular, I'd like to see the automatic phase switching extended through the grading evaluation and closing phases of the workshop.
First, the release of grades and publishing to the gradebook were automatic features in the past, so we're still talking about a feature regression. On the plus side, if we add this automation, we're looking at a big improvement because the grades aren't revealed as they're being calculated so students aren't seeing the average change with each submission--something that caused my students concern in the past.
Second, while there are plenty of situations where a teacher does need to come into a workshop to "sign off" on the given grades, there are situations where it's not necessary either. For example, if I create a really simple yes/no assessment form or if I have a really good, detailed rubric and/or an experienced set of users, then there's usually little to no intervention required. There have been numerous times where I make no adjustments to workshop grades and it would be great to be able to automate that process so I'm not a roadblock in the process.
If you do automate that portion of the workshop, it would be really great if the workshop could be set to proceed with a set of either/or options. For instance, I would like to be able to switch to the next phase based on date, but if everyone finishes the assessments early, it would be nice to go ahead and release the scores then. Or, I might want to just set the workshop to release when the assessments are complete without any date condition; this option is less likely, but may meet someone's needs.
As I think of it, it would actually be nice to have a similar option from the submission to assessment phase too-to have the workshop switch to assessment when all submissions have been received as opposed to switching based just on date. I realize this makes for a new feature request, one I would qualify under "nice to have"-if there's any chance it might be implemented, let me know and I can capture it in a new tracker item.
Hi David,
The changes here look very good, there were only two things that caught my eye.
1. The changes to the workshop allocation subplugins appear to require any existing allocation subplugin to be revisited, albeit the changes don't appear to be too difficult to wrap ones head around. I see the docs required label has been added so I assume you're on top of documenting the changes and how people can upgrade the custom allocation plugins (do you know if there are any actually?)
2. There are several todo's in this code, I grep'd the rest of workshop and see that there are already many. Perhaps it would be an idea to try to link those to MDL issues creating them where required. Not worth delaying these changes over by any means.
Hi Sam. Thanks for the review. No, I am not aware of any custom allocation subplugins out there. The Plugins registry is empty http://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=17 and nobody even mentioned any work on their own solution in the forum. It seems to be a good idea to describe the changes in upgrade.txt though, for sure.
Yes, many todos are left from the development of the workshop rewrite. I am continuously dealing with them as I work on workshop from time to time (like a bulk of improvements for 2.3 that will remove some of them). Do you think it worth creating a new issue to add MDLs to all those todos? If so, I can do it after 2.3 coding freeze.
Hi Michelle. Thanks for the comments.
After reading your post, I can see the point of automatic phase switching from Evaluation to Close. Although the same effect can be reached by using the "hidden until" feature of the gradebook, right?
With regards to automatic calculation of workshop grades, I am not sure I'm convinced still. If such a feature is ever implemented (and of course, the issue can be reported for it), it will definitely require more complex setup than just date-based. But still a lot of unanswered questions are at the table - like what user should be recorded as the one who actually approved (gave) the grade. Imagine there are multiple teachers in the course. At the moment, the one who closes the workshop is the one who is recorded in the gradebook as the responsible grader. I can imagine pretty difficult consequences. Imagine you as the teacher are blamed for grades that some student got, that are signed off by yourself even if you never actually saw them. That even hits some legal apects IMHO. Grades in LMS require special care...
Thank you for your consideration of my ideas--you raise some interesting issues. I'm going to process what you've said and will try to talk to some other workshop users to see what they think too.
Hi David,
Thanks for thinking about the documentation.
In regards to the todo's I think it is entirely up to you, if you're on top of them and are working your way through them then I am happy
Having MDLs created and noted for them just helps frame up the work still required, and ensure that none get forgotten and all end up in someone's todo list in tracker.
Of course workshop is your module and it's a shining example of a module so I do think it should be up to you how you manage it.
During testing, when I enabled scheduled allocation, I saw this notice...
It looks like a debug message, but it could be intending to be informative.
Test result: Success
Tested in master only.
Phase was automatically shifted and student reviews were automatically allocated to students who had submitted.
The following message was shown during manually running cron...
Processing module function workshop_cron ... processing workshop subplugins ...
Starting workshop allocation methods
Processing cron function for workshopallocation_scheduled...
... executing scheduled allocation in 1 workshop(s) ... done. (30 dbqueries, 0.05 seconds)
Finished workshop allocation methods
Processing automatic assessment phase switch in 1 workshop(s) ... done
... used 41 dbqueries
... used 0.087053060531616 seconds
Thanks for testing this Michael. Confirmed, that encrypted JSON message is actually a debugging-level message and it was expected to see.
Bonza mate!
Your changes have made it into the Moodle release! Its time to celebrate! Put a shrimp on the barbie and grab a stubby.
Thank you David!! I am so please to know that is coming in the next release. Thank you for all the work you put into workshop. My university supports saki and I have refused to move because there is nothing like workshop in Saki and this fixes a significant useability issue. Vernellia
David and everyone else working on this project, thank you so much! This is an amazing tool and significantly better than any other out there as far as I could find.
I would like to throw my emphatic support behind having the option for the review process to close automatically. My guess is that it comes down to use case. Here is mine:
I have 200+ students. I believe in the power of articulation and written assignments. I also believe in peer review.
Each week I assign 3 brief writing assignments to each student, that means I have 600+ papers to grade each week. Normally this would not be feasible and the students would have to make due with a less impactful learning experience.
With moodle 1.9, I set up everything in workshops, the students are assigned papers to review, grades are given, averaged, and automatically assigned to the grade book. Students know that if they are unhappy with the grade they receive, than can appeal to me, and I will grade their paper. Each week I read a fair representation of the papers. (as an aside, automating this appeal would be a nice feature request)
As far as grading goes, the papers are subjective responses to case studies and self assessments, there is no right answer. Peer reviewers are simply evaluating level of effort using a rubric. 0 for 0 work, 4 for poor work, 8 for acceptable work and 10 for "it is so good it makes you want to cry". As they make this evaluation, they are exposed to the opinions and experiences of 3 of their peers, broadening their own experience. Each semester each student is peer reviewed 105 times, some reviews are too high, some are too low, but in the end I have a pretty solid assessment of each student's performance.
Now, this process is quite a bit more difficult in the current work shop. Each week I must update 6 workshops for each of my 5 courses, 30 processes to complete. If I am late, or forget, or make a mistake, I receive a maelstrom of email from inconvenienced students.
While this is better than nothing, it is not better than the old system for me. I hope this use case demonstrates at least one scenario where a beginning to end automated process makes sense.
Jared, Over a year ago, I made the same case. I continually have problems remember to switch the phases. I just had a major end of the year assignment messed up because I forgot to switch phases. I think that it is a major step to have it switch from submission to assessment. The next step is to allow the total automation if that what a teacher wants.
The ability to switch phases automatically has been added to 2.3 docs. http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Workshop_settings#Access_control
Just noting that the new setting is also mentioned in http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Workshop_FAQ
My testing seems to indicate that the phases on switch the next time cron runs after the schedule phase switch time. Is that how it's meant to function?
Yes, the first cron.php job execution after the scheduled time actually switches the phase. There is no other way in Moodle. That is why the cron.php should be executed every couple of minutes.
Help me understand this. Why do some events in Moodle, a Quiz open and close schedule, for example, happen exactly when scheduled and don't seem to be dependent on the cron schedule? Why can't Workshop behave like that? I see in the Moodle cron docs that the burden to the server isn't so great that scheduling cron to happen often is a problem but not everyone has the ability to change that on their server.
Quiz open/close schedule is not actually an operation to execute. It is just a condition checked at every time the user comes to the Quiz page. If the current time is within the allowed interval, quiz can be taken. If not, the user is informed. On contrary to that, the scheduled allocation is an operation that must execute something (it must allocate submissions and - in the future - it might send email notifications etc.). It is not just a yes/no check. It's more like sending the subscribed forum posts via email (which happens via cron, too).
There is a space for improvements, for sure. For example, the Workshop could check for the need of scheduled allocation every time when some user opens the workshop main page. For example, let us say the phase switching (and thence the allocation) is scheduled to 12:40 PM and the cron runs every 30 minutes. So the cron execution at 12:30 did not trigger anything yet, the next execution at 13:00 would do it. We could improve Workshop so that when some user (teacher, student or even a guest) looks at the workshop page at 12:43 PM, it would trigger the phase switch (so the result is what the user expects). Let me know if this would be suitable for your needs and we can open a new issue for that.
Hope this explains.
Thanks for the explanation. I suspected that Quizzes worked as you describe so thanks for confirming.
Our cron job runs at 19 minutes after the hour but not after every hour. I could certainly try to convince my web server admin to change that but, as I said, I am certain that other institutions using Moodle, especially some who host externally, don't have any control over the frequency of their cron job. I believe it would be a great improvement if Workshop changed phase based on user views rather than cron. Otherwise, people are going to be surprised when they discover that the phase hasn't switched when it was scheduled to switch. I had that happen with one faculty member who set a workshop activity for 8 sections of a class taught by 4 different professors. It was awkward having to explain to her that the phases would switch at 19 after the hour following her scheduled switch time/date, but only if she scheduled it between 6am and 8pm.
OK, makes perfect sense and your use case is serious. I just created
MDL-37781 to track this.


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