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Time to Move the Bus Stop Back to a Safer Location @ Southridge Mall
There comes a point in time when something looks good on paper, but in reality it is a terrible idea and it comes time to re-evaluate that original decision.
Take Simon Properties decision to move a bus stop that dropped you off on the curb, near an entrance to Southridge Mall, 1000 feet and through the parking lot to get to the stores. It is time to realize this is a terrible idea and it is time to allow the buses to return to dropping off employees and shoppers where it is convenient for them, isn't that what most of the merchants are preaching to their employees, customer service? In this case, it doesn't seem like Simon Properties cares about those people who ride the bus.
One of the reasons given is that it is safer. Safer for who? How many accidents have occurred with buses near the mall entrance or with buses in general leaving the mall with people who have spent their hard earned dollars spending money inside the mall?
There has been talk, particularly within the disability community, about how this is cause for a great deal of hardship for individuals with disabilities. Take this YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrI7RUeNkvk&feature=youtu.be) showing an individual navigate from the bus stop to the stores in his wheelchair. This is not something that I would wish on anybody, I know many individuals that ride the bus and rely on it to be connected to their community. Not just individuals with disabilities, but also teens, my daughter and her friends take the bus to the mall. People who work in the mall. There is the elderly population that also rides public transportation. Can you imagine leaving the mall after dark and having to navigate your way back to the bus stop with your arms or lap filled with shopping bags??
The video did not show sidewalks and lighting all the way from the bus stop to the mall entrance. How is this safer? If it is not well lit? God forbid something happens to one of these individuals at night and there is no lighting, who is liable? Who thinks that it is safer to have individuals with disabilities, frail elders or anybody for that matter, navigate more than 3 football fields to come to work or to spend money? For those of you who drive often, how often do you see drivers give the right of way to pedestrians? Heck, do they even know they are supposed to? Watch the video closely and you will see where cars don't even appear to be paying attention to the gentleman in the wheelchair.
A lot of this came to a head for me today when I heard a news commentator state that Transit Plus is still allowed to drop off at the curb in front of the mall entrance. For years, there has been this misconception that just because you have a disability means you automatically qualify for Transit Plus. This is far from the truth. Ask anybody with a disability, regardless of a physical disability or a developmental disability, if they know of people who have failed to qualify for Transit Plus. I would say that the vast majority will tell you that they have. I know dozens of people who at one point in time qualified for Transit Plus, but no longer qualify. They rely on the Milwaukee County bus system. They still have a disability, they still move slower than most, yet they are expected to navigate more than 3 football fields to enter the mall, uphill. Navigate more than 3 football fields just to be a part of their community.
I spent many years in the transportation industry and had deliveries to Southridge mall. Trucks driving to the various docks around the mall on a daily basis, how are these trucks safer, yet a bus is not?
Simon Properties, it is time to admit that this is a bad idea and move the bus stop back to the entrance today, not after there is a tragic event.
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Security for middle and elementary schools, redesigned classrooms and almost 7,000 new computers are among the changes Douglas County School District students will notice when they return to school.
They'll also experience some intangible changes in the form of updated teaching methods, revamped lesson plans and, in a handful of schools, the introduction of themed education models.
Most of the county's schools open for the 2013-14 academic year Aug. 12, though a handful started classes Aug. 5.
"There are a lot of really exciting things coming this year," Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen said. "This has been the busiest summer I can remember in education."
The most visible change will be at the district's middle and elementary schools, where armed, plainclothes law-enforcement officers will patrol buildings through a district partnership forged in early summer.
A school resource officer also will split time between Sky View Academy and the STEM high schools. The officers already are fixtures at the district's other nine high schools.
"The marshal program obviously is a huge thing for parents to really have that sense of another layer of safety for our middle and elementary school students," Fagen said. "It's also part of our commitment to partnering with folks in the community, using that common-sense approach to improving and innovating."
Three years of curriculum changes designed to provide a 21st-century education now are hitting the ground, Fagen said.
"I feel like we spent one year talking about why American education needs to change," said Fagen, hired as DCSD's superintendent in June 2010. "The next two years we started working together to build new curriculum, write new assessments and units. This is the year where we have these pioneer teachers, who've really had enough time and opportunity to learn and grow, launching these units.
"Not everybody's there yet, which is perfectly fine. But now we have these people in front, ready now to launch something different than they did before."
Fagen hopes that will help district staff, students and parents understand the district's education reform efforts.
"We do spend a lot of time talking about things," she said. "Implementation is so key to people actually feeling 'We've made it somewhere,' so they have that inspiration to move another step forward."
DCSD introduced during the 2012-13 school year a controversial new teacher evaluation system. This year, it also will launch principal evaluations and, as required by the state, student growth assessments.
Schools also are upgrading technology, purchasing nearly 7,000 computers, iPads, and Chromebooks for the new year.
Two new charter schools will debut in September. Castle Rock's Aspen View Academy plans a Sept. 3 opening and Parker's American Academy – the second American Academy in the county – is set to open Sept. 23. Both will help offset high student growth pressures in the rapidly expanding communities.
DCSD also added about 150 new teachers to its staff, now at 3,600.
"It's been a long recession for everyone," Fagen said. "To see our schools starting to build back is a really good feeling."

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Excellent food in a casual atmosphere serving truly innovative New American cuisine. Including everything from Jambalaya to Rack of Lamb, and eclectic selections such as ostrich, buffalo and elk. Full service Bar too.
CITY:Crystal Lake
A unique, contemporary and nostalgic restaurant offering food that is created with heart and soul in a 'from-scratch' kitchen. Serving locally grown products, whenever possible, to create great meal choices. From hamburgers to steak, soup and salad, sandwiches, Friday night fish fry, and Sunday's Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Serving up comfort food with a twist. We are an American bar and grill with a distinct urban vibe located in the heart of Historic Downtown Libertyville. Menu includes salads, choice entrees, sandwiches and burgers, seafood and much more.
All Seasons Apple Orchard is a u-pick apple orchard located in Woodstock, the county seat of McHenry County in Northern Illinois. We have more than 11,000 apple trees and 12 varieties of apples, including Honey crisp and the Asian pear. We also have a pick your own pumpkin patch (pumpkin picking), with six different varieties of pumpkins for your decorating and baking needs. Starting Labor Day Weekend, explore our 10 acre Corn Maze with 3 miles of pathways and 2 bridges. Spend time in our petting zoo, country farm market, or indoor grill restaurant which offers seasonal favorites like homemade apple donuts, apple cider, caramel apples, local honey and much more! At All Seasons Orchard, the hay ride (wagon ride) will take you on a tour through our beautiful orchards and is essential to a complete fall season experience! In our 20th year, we continue our commitment to producing the best apples in Illinois for you and your family!
Overlooking a gently-flowing, tree-lined river with scenic views in every season, this award-winning restaurant offers American fare with an eclectic flair. The comfortable yet sophisticated atmosphere is accented with beautiful decor, distinctive artwork, and soaring vaulted ceilings that compliment the exquisite culinary creations of the chef. Noted for the Friday Seafood and Prime Rib Night, the succulent specialties are impeccably presented in a lovely setting. Open Sundays for spectacular Champagne Sunday Brunch featuring over 100 items from fresh seafood to omelet stations and decadent desserts.
Come to altThai for lunch or dinner, or order online and pick-up your food hot and ready! altThai offers an extensive menu of asian cuisine and drinks.
CITY:Arlington Heights
American Cafe - International House of Wine and Cheese
Located in the International House of Wine and Cheese, home of fine wines, champagne, Wisconsin cheese, specialty spirits and gifts. Breakfast: specializing in omelettes, Belgian waffles, pancakes. Lunch: burgers, sandwiches. Dinner Friday & Saturday.
Anastasia's Restaurant & Sports Lounge
Established in 1992. Family owned & operated, proudly serving Lake County families breakfast, lunch, and dinner all day. Famous for our pizza, pasta, steaks, seafood, ribs, and homemade soups. Our sports lounge is separate from our dining room area. Enjoy Anastasia's Outdoor Beer Garden with a full service bar. Take advantage of our speedy delivery and catering services. Private meeting room for Navy families to meet and greet every Thursday. Bring your family by to meet ours.
Anastasia's Restaurant & Sports Lounge
Family owned & operated proudly serving Lake County lunch and dinner. We offer the finest quality cuisine in a modern atmosphere. Famous for our pizza, pasta, steaks, seafood, ribs, and homemade soups. Take advantage of our speedy delivery and catering services. We cater to everyone of all ages. Anastasia's is the place to be for a late night bar scene with a DJ on the weekends and economic friendly drink specials. Bring your family by to meet ours!!!
Established in 1956, The Anvil Club is a premier private dining club, renowned for great steaks & seafood and unsurpassed service.
CITY:East Dundee
Apple Villa Famous Pancake House & Restaurant
Only the highest quality ingredients used and baked fresh every day. Distinctive freshness, flavor, and quality! Enjoy omelettes, pancakes, french toast, blintzes and crepes!
CITY:Hoffman Estates
Arlington Heights Downtown Business Association
Stroll through our 8-block Downtown Business Association and find a great array of shops, many of which have provided quality services to our community for decades. The Downtown Business Association is home to a pharmacy and grocery store, to jewelry stores and art galleries, to clothing stories and home décor boutiques. Transportation services are also available if you wish to take in other Illinois sites.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Armand's Pizzeria is a family owned business that has been delivering some of the best thin crust pizza since 1956. Besides pizza, Armand's also offers a variety of other signature dishes.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Around the Clock Restaurant and Bakery
We offer quality food at a great value - breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week, along with delicious specials and seasonal features and our own in-house bakery, featuring the best in homemade pies, cakes, pastries and other tempting desserts. Our on-site bakers will also be happy to create any specialty-themed item appropriate for your special event.
CITY:Crystal Lake
Asian bistro has a modern, contemporary environment, fusion presentation of entrees and authentic in taste. Specializing in SzeChuan and Mandarin Cuisine as well as some popular Thai entrees and Vietnamese noodle soups.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Asian Tokyo, located in Rolling Meadows, offers an all you can eat sushi deal Sunday thru Thursday for $21.95.
CITY:Rolling Meadows
Established in 1996, home of the Jumbo Sliced Pizza and Free Pop! Our pizza dough and sauce are made fresh daily with only the best ingredients and our own recipes.
Serving authentic, home style Thai Cuisine to the Northwest Suburbs since 1994. We offer traditional flavors that delight your taste buds and warm your soul. Fresh from our kitchen to your table.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Casual or intimate gourmet dining for lunch or dinner.
Come to Barnelli's where secret family recipes and the freshest ingredients combine to bring you the best homestyle Italian cooking. Including favorites such as gourmet salads, award winning ribs, homemade pasta dishes, great sandwiches, and much more.
CITY:Crystal Lake
Japanese Hibachi style cooking - a chef prepares for you at your table. Steak, chicken, shrimp, scallops & lobstertail.
Big Shot Piano Lounge & Restaurant
Big Shot is an upscale Restaurant & Piano Bar. A cozy place to meet, eat, and drink while listening and interacting with talented musicians. From the warm atmosphere to the variety of enticing menu items, this intimate spot will showcase live talent every night. The extremely friendly restaurant will invite its patrons to participate and sing along with new songs performed by talented professionals. This will definitely be a place to start and end an evening.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Bill's Pizza & Pub is a family-friendly restaurant, since 1957, with a unique, comfortable, rustic, northwoods-inspired dining room with incredible wildlife mounts. World's renowned first double-decker and famous thin crust pizzas are outstanding! Bill's also offers delicious sandwiches and desserts. The atmosphere is relaxed, the beer is cold and served in a frosty mug, and the food is great. Throw your cares out the window and your peanut shells on the floor. Have Kids? Great! Bill's offers a large selection of video games for children. Convenient carryout and prompt delivery service, allows quality pizzas, sandwiches, and munchies to be enjoyed in the comfort of home or a hotel.
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Berkley Havoc Larry Nixon Bottom Hopper 6.25" 12pk
Pro designed to help you catch more fish, the Berkley HAVOC Bottom Hopper was designed by veteran professional bass angler, Larry Nixon. Arguably the finest worm fisherman the sport has ever known, he has over 34 years of experience in the pro ranks, as well as a Bassmaster Classic title and two BASS Angler of the Year titles to his name. Nixon used the old straight tail Creme Scoundrel (originally introduced by Nick Creme in 1949) as his inspiration for the Havoc Bottom Hopper, and channeled his vast experience and knowledge base to make a few key adjustments.
First off, Nixon made the nose more rounded, so it was a little more user-friendly for either a Texas-rig or shakey head, and he also thinned out the tail a little bit to give it some extra action and vibration. In order to ensure maximum hooking potential, he took out some additional plastic where you insert the point of the hook. Nixon got his hands on the finished product just in time to fish it at the 2011 Hartwell FLW Tour Major. The Bottom Hopper produced every fish he caught, and helped him lock in a 6th place finish. A deadly new bait based on a classic, the Berkley Havoc Bottom Hopper is available in a range of colors.
"Probably the biggest reason I go with the bigger over the smaller or vice versa, is based on the quality and type of fish a place has to offer. If I'm fishing for spots or smallmouth, or a mixed bag, then I'll use the smaller worm. But if it's basically a largemouth lake with a lot of quality fish, then I'll use the bigger one." - Larry Nixon, FLW Tour pro.
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Scientists treat Staphylococcus aureus skin infections using lotions made with bacteria from atopic dermatitis patients' own microbiomes.
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Sister Mary Megan Blackburn has been called to serve in the Argentina Salta Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She will enter the Missionary Training Center on August 17, 2011.
Mary is the daughter of Debra Blackburn and the late Dennis Blackburn. She will speak at the Gordon Creek Ward on Sunday, July 24, 2011, at 11:30 a.m.


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By Brad Locke/NEMS Daily Journal
This time, Darius Slay got the first look.
The former Mississippi State cornerback was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the NFL Draft on Friday, with the 36th overall pick. Slay went seven picks ahead of teammate Johnthan Banks, who was taken by Tampa Bay.
Banks was the more prominent corner at MSU. A full-time starter for three years, he tied the school record for career interceptions with 16 and won the Jim Thorpe Award as a senior.
But Slay started turning heads last season. He made a team-best five interceptions – one more than Banks – and proved just as tough to throw against when teams looked away from Banks. A Senior Bowl appearance and strong showing in the NFL Combine – where he ran a 4.36-second 40-yard dash – gave Slay's stock a big boost.
"He's really good in press coverage, he's physical against the run, so we like this player," Detroit GM Martin Mayhew said.
Banks, meanwhile, slipped down draft boards after getting some early first-round buzz. His 4.61-second 40-yard dash at the Combine was a big reason for it.
"When you watch the tape, it not same as what he ran at combine. That's a big difference," Tampa Bay general manager Mark Dominik said.
After two years at Itawamba Community College, Slay was a reserve for MSU his junior year. He made one interception, which he returned 72 yards for a touchdown against Georgia.
Slay earned a starting role last season, and together he and Banks formed one of the SEC's best cornerback tandems.
Banks was a multi-sport star at East Webster with no other Division I football offers, but he burst onto the scene as a freshman. In a game against Florida, he intercepted Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow twice, returning both for TDs, including a 100-yarder.


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Skip to comments.MONUMENTAL INTERVIEW: 'We Run This Country, Not You!'
Posted on 01/04/2013 4:10:15 PM PST by Jayster
Hurricane Sandy victim Scott McGrath unloaded on President Obama and Washington elites in an interview with Neil Cavuto today on "Your World." Here are some great quotes from Scott McGrath. Full Transcript to follow McGrath: 'This country is in debt. We are so eager to help other countries that we forget our own people.' 'They have to change this and cut out the pork. We can't accept it if it's gonna put us in more debt down the road.' 'A quick fix is not gonna help us....in the long run I don't want to be paying more taxes down the road.' (Obama) 'is a phony, he's a liar. Straight out liar. He said to me face to face he's gonna cut the rep tape. We're two months now no red tapes been cut.' 'There's jobs out there. People have to get off their rear ends and find the jobs and stop taking hand outs.'
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Isn't it interesting that every bad thing that happened after Katrina was the President's fault, but every bad thing that has happened after Sandy is the fault of the House of Representatives?
I was yelling at the TV going........YEA!!! Say it Scott!!!!
Why don't we have politicians while being interviewed saying Obama is lying.
Could say that every day that Obama speaks. I don't know of one time that he has been in front of the camera where he DID NOT lie.
This guy reminds me of me if I was being interviewed.
Tired of PC BS!!! Tired
>>Hurricane Sandy victim Scott McGrath
I was a Hurricane Hugo "victim" in 1989. By the time 2 months had passed, the people of SC had pretty much cleaned up and moved on. There were still a lot of broken buildings, but no one was standing around crying about red tape holding up their gummint handouts.
"'There's jobs out there. People have to get off their rear ends and find the jobs and stop taking hand outs.'"
I am one of those unemployed people who cannot even get an interview. College educated, decades of experience but haven't worked for 12 years due to taking care of my dying parents. I am NOT taking any government handouts.
I'm trying the self-employed route, but this economy sucks.
"....havent worked for 12 years due to taking care of my dying parents."
Your payoff will come, I'm sure.
Can't tell you how much I admire you.
Poor guy just give him his piece of pork and he will love Obama again.....
Somebody remind me, why do I have to pay to fix his house? Nobody paid to fix mine in the 1971 California earthquake
(Obama) 'is a phony, he's a liar. Straight out liar. He said to me face to face he's gonna cut the red tape. We're two months now no red tapes been cut.'We've been saying Zero's a liar for over four years, and bupkis.
Thank you.
2012 was a really lousy year for my family. As an optimist I like to think there is nowhere to go but up.
Somewhere else on the internet I read that the Obama Administration is gearing up to impose Martial Law this year. They're just waiting for an excuse.
Martial Law: THAT would make 2013 a really lousy year for many, many of our families.
"Somebody remind me, why do I have to pay to fix his house? Nobody paid to fix mine in the 1971 California earthquake"
Easy explanation: Hurricane Sandy was caused by global warm...climate change, or whatever it's called this week, and the Saugus quake happened before global whatever was invented. The government should have already raised taxes enough to stop climate whatever but they have not, thus it is the government's, i.e. the tax payers' fault his home was damaged by Sandy. We must pay!
We must pay!
Ahhhh got it.....
My roof leaked from the heavy rains last month can I get in on this?
Sadly, not enough people watched that interview and many of those that did see it did not get the gist of the conversation.
However, what we have here is a guy going irate about not getting his handouts fast enough... other people's money. He's saying it himself; I want my handout money but cut out the pork... what?
Although I feel bad when I see that happen to someone, why are the taxpayers of America expected to rebuild his house in a zone that will likely get washed away by another hurricane at some point in the future? Same with NO... we should have just filled in the hole and told people to build elsewhere, the location is unsuitable for safe habitation and the taxpayers aren't going to be held accountable for building new homes below sea level on the damn coastline! geez...
Well yes and no.
No because the guy does pay his own money for his flood insurance through FEMA and he's complaining that FEMA is dragging their feet.
But yes, FEMA and the US Government should be out off the flood insurance biz. If somebody can't get flood insurance from a private company then they shouldn't be living in such a flood prone area.
Depends, had the statists implemented your carbon tax scheme by then? Might be a grey area...
"Tired of PC BS!!! Tired"
Every person being interviewed about the hurricane should begin with, "Well, first off, Obama is a corrupt liar and should be impeached!"
"Tired of PC BS!!! Tired"
Every person being interviewed about the hurricane should begin with, "Well, first off, Obama is a corrupt liar and should be impeached!"
This man should have a job; and now - in Congress!
Perhaps a 'Public Awareness Campaign'. . .
At least we already know his price. A government handout to fix his house.
Of course when he gets to Washington and meets all the lobbyists his price will go up. They ALL have a price.
Many from the Northeast went down South and donated to help out with Katrina. Sucks to hear the shallow disregard for those now struggling to replace their homes destroyed by Sandy.
Just imagine (it shouldn't be difficult to do) what a furor there would have been in the Lap Dog Press if the Hurricane Sandy aftermath debacle had occurred on George W. Bush's watch.
IIRC, many from the South went to the North to help and were turned back at the northern borders by the Union hacks.....ain't that a shame.....I'm not going to shed a tear for 'em.
He'll be audited by the IRS and/or found to have "child porn" on his computer.
that fatso cretin Chris Christie was crying for at least 60 billion $ in federal money . socialist idiots. I was here for Katrina in new orleans. Saw them steal hundreds of billions of $ from the rest of America. don't give them a sent to the begging idiots. they have their eyes big looking at that 60 billion $ they will steal.
Although we were spared the brunt of the storm in the Cape May and Wildwood communities, I can tell you many of us at the Jersey shore pay their own way through private insurance. I have a modest home and pay $1500/year just for flood insurance. I don't understand why FEMA gets involved at all. If you can't afford the insurance, then you can't afford the home - sell it.
Same excercise after the flood in Iowa. People simply cleaned up and repaired and moved on. Big difference between the doers and achievers and the parasitic demrats. I have several relatives in the Greenville area and out state. Good people. My two Uncles once had a cardboard business there with KFC as their largest client.
Well, we heard all over the press that help was on the way, FEMA was moving in at the gallop, zillions of people and FEMA trailers .... well, maybe not FEMA trailers, but living assistance, anyway, so nobody had to live in a cold, structurally-unsound house -- at least that's what we heard over the bassoons and French horns of the MSM hailing Obama's magnificence and his munificent visit to the Jersey Shore to distribute money, money, money to the slurping Joizy governor.
It was being handled. Don't you remember?
yea, just keep voting for democrats because as we all know, the government is totally reliable.
When a guy pays for home insurance and federal flood insurance is it asking too much that he be able to collect in a reasonable time? I had minimal Sandy damage. Actually most was caused by the follow on nor'easter, but my insurance company covered my losses within two weeks. I don't consider that as receiving a handout. Rugged individualism is fine but if taxpayers from NY, Pa. Mi. Etc. had
not ponied up the bucks for Hoover Dam, Phoenix and San Diego would still be one horse towns. This argument has gone on since 1789 when Hamilton and Jefferson dueled and it has never been settled. One thing is certain. Neither extreme side in that argument is good for the nation and the People.
I'd say he should run for Congress, but he believes people should be self-reliant, and that won't get him any votes.
IRS audit in his future do you think?
The muslem thug will have his minions combing through this guy's records in no time.
Not only that, but most of the destroyed beachfront properties on the Jersey Shore are owned by rich, hipocritical Demonicrat 1%'ers who love big government more than the New Orleans poor big government losers!!!
I don't see anything in this thread about denying homeowners reimbursement for their insured losses. Taking tax payer money and giving it to those who refused to buy insurance - that's a different story.
'Somewhere else on the internet I read '
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Some blogs cannot be mentioned on Jim Robinson's Free Republic. I respect his limits. Some do not, but I do.
That doesn't mean the information there on the unmentionable blogs isn't accurate, because the blogs I go to aren't gossipy.
The tip about Martial Law came from someone working in Law Enforcement in a deep South state. He, and others in Homeland Security, aren't liking what they're seeing from this administration.
I combined his interview with other information picked up from varying sources over the past two months, and the picture forming of this administrations plans is alarming.
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The 9 billion that 67 conservatives voted against was to give the authorization to borrow to allow FEMA to pay the benefits to those who had federal flood policies. It is also a fact that those representatives present in '05 voted to assist the Gulf states after Katrina. But I guess since they're from NY or NJ it's acceptable to label these victims as moochers and freeloaders. They are not the rugged Amricans who inhabit flyover country. Butyou might investigate the work of the Catholic Charities, Salvation Army and hundreds of other private groups and 10,000s of individals who've worked constantly to alleviate the suffering. Even the rugged individualists here would have to admit that those marxist NYers and Jerseyans did quite a lot for each other.
I can't imagine how frustrating and sad it must be for those people who were victims of Sandy, but the problem is, as you state FEMA has to "BORROW" the money to pay promises the Gov't made when the Gov't didn't have the $$$ in the first place to make those promises. You see, the gov't FORCE private insurance companies to back their claims not only 100% but 300%, however the gov't does not have to adhere to their own asinine rules they require private insurers, which is ludicrous!
Vermont had a little hurricane up here a year ago named Irene which wiped out homes and half the Rural Route roads in the state and people are still bitching about not getting gov't assistance to rebuild. This was over a year ago, where's Vt's baby mama?
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The bill that 67 conservatives voted against included FEMA money for all disasters last year - not just you folks in NY. No problem with that. The problem was the bill was loaded with pork and paybacks to special interests e.g., millions to fix uninsured losses, cars for homeland security, 150 million for the fishing industry, and even money to put a new roof on the Smithsonian.
You may want to believe they voted against the bill to make New Yorkers suffer but that's not the case. The bill was an attempt to funnel money to special interests under the guise of disaster aid to those with federal flood insurance.
The president got 63% of the vote in NY and 58% in NJ. I doubt seriously they're that upset with him. With all due respect to the victims of Sandy, I'm so damn sick of know-it-all libs from debt-ridden, leftist destroyed, economic craphole northeastern states like NY and NJ. Long before Sandy these people created an economic hurricane by adhering to a liberal ideology and continuing to elect one tax and spend buffoon after another to elected office. The next time I hear another whiny New Yorker spout about how conservatism is bad for the country I'll remember the real ignoramuses in this country reside in cities like New York City, Albany, Trenton, and Jersey City.
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Gaming communities suffer now days because players enter with the intent to maximize their players level/complete the game as fast as possible and I think this has a lot to do with the linearity of the games now days.
Take for example a game like Ultima Online, as old as it is, it's a good example because there was no storyline or quest to linearize the game and to this day I still believe the community felt the best. With a quest line to follow, you instantly make the game so anyone not on the same stage as you serves you no purpose to interact with. You have a goal to find people on the same step so you can get to the next. Of course removing quests from a RPG makes little sense so it's up to the developers to think of ways of incorporating players in quests they have no real stake in.
Another thing that makes for a poor community is having a level system where the maximum level player can squish the lowest level like an insignificant bug. This is counter intuitive to creating a game in which you want to have as many players as possible interacting with each other. With a system like this you are not only dividing your players but you are also creating zones in your world, divided by levels, which become obsolete once the majority of the population progress to the next and in result making a wasteland of a community for new players to the game. Who wants to start playing a game and believe that no one else is playing the game because in reality no one goes to the starting zones because there is no reason to go back? Taking Ultima Online as example again, I can still remember to this day players of all skill levels interacting together as you could serve some purpose even if you weren't maxed out in melee or magery whether it be casting a low level spell to deactivate someone magic reflect or throwing some explosion potions.
Finally I think games need to do a better job of implementing interfaces for communication. Chat boxes are what they are and for me conversations often times go overlooked, but I could imagine a game with a text based application similar to a phone for notification and message sending. On receipt of a text you can hear a notification via sound or visual aid. In addition visual and audible notifications of events in the world could be clearer. Some games are better than others at this but for the most part I have played games where I'm often left in the dark on what's going on and the last thing to help build a in game community is giving your player a sense of loneliness.
I actually wish these "communities" were more friendly towards mmo gamers, anything to keep you glued to an electronic device in your homes for 4+ hours a day/night gives me a slightly less clogged road and/or sidewalk. And I don't have to look around mammoths at the pub to catch the eye of a good looking woman.
Please be more friendly to these people.
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lol what the heck dude?
At any rate, I have found finding a good community in wow pretty easy, same with rift and same with swtor believe it or not.
GW2 could use some serious help in this dept.
I know I said irl friends, but it doesn't stop there, right now I have no irl friends in my main game (WoW) and the community I am involved in couldnt be much better. I attribute it to the various leaders and the passion players for both factions are playing with.
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Well I'm not quite sure what exactly makes a good online community. I do know however I see little perecentage in discussing such a topic with a person who would use a regime known for its systematic murder of millions of innocents as a comedy exmaple of a bad one.
A little harsh perhaps but you have a point.
The problem anyone is going to have in discussing this issue is the divide between "Carebears" and "PK scum".
If you believe an MMORPG is all about competition, adrenaline rush and ego you will have no common ground with someone that believes an MMORPG is about cooperation and friendly shared "role play" .
An inherently fluffy piece like this will in no way bridge this divide or even subtantially assist any group of MMO players in forming communities.
This was kind of an introduction. I think community is a term that gets tossed around and we judge rather quickly these days. Some might feel MMOs today are becoming single-player oriented and thus community isn't relevant. Some might claim it's more relevant for 'lacking'. There will be other topics down the line, so I did hope to get input as to what you guys might feel is missing in this particular discussion. I started in DAoC but still love playing today and I'll admit that, like many here, I have a sense of nostalgia that can affect my POV in modern MMOs.
As far as the images for this piece, I didn't select them.
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Originally posted by Sijjistoryus
There were 4+ year veterans in SWG that had never held a single weapon.
This is the largest failing of the MMO format (in my opinion only, of course).
Encouraging a mindset that the only things worthwhile to do are things with rewards, or it's complement; unless it Gets Stuff, it is not worth my time.
I don't think that is the games fault. I believe it is player mindset which comes from society. It a time when people are pushed to their working limits for less money and others are getting paid tons of bonus money to buyout and breakup companies, I think greed has affect everyone to some degree.
You see it in the little things like travel times and down times. To people bitching about a boss drop should be for their character rather than ANYONE else. People want to be productive and anything that takes away from it is a negative.
I don't think it's a problem that a game can fix as it comes from outside.
Originally posted by Maephisto
Is it possible to hire more assistants for Bill Murphy so he could have time to write more, instead of a bi-weekly article about MMO communities? What is there to say about MMO communities, twice a week no less? IMO, have Mr. Murphy write more or get the Coyote back.
Bi-weekly means every other week, not twice in one week.
And community is a tricky concept. There are communities within communties online, so who knows where this column might take us? Let's wait and find out, shall we?
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Originally posted by Seshat
Hello, This was kind of an introduction. I think community is a term that gets tossed around and we judge rather quickly these days. Some might feel MMOs today are becoming single-player oriented and thus community isn't relevant. Some might claim it's more relevant for 'lacking'. There will be other topics down the line, so I did hope to get input as to what you guys might feel is missing in this particular discussion. I started in DAoC but still love playing today and I'll admit that, like many here, I have a sense of nostalgia that can affect my POV in modern MMOs. As far as the images for this piece, I didn't select them. Kyleran - My site was indeed hacked over the weekend, but I'm working on restoring it.
I'm sorry that happened to you, and I hope it wasn't due to your affiliation with this site. (what in the world is wrong with people like that?)
Interesting that you started in DAOC, that title IMO had a perfect storm of game design elements that really fostered a strong community, more so than any title I played before or since.
For those who weren't there during it's heyday, they really have no concept of what it was all about, and of course, not everyone felt the same way as I did apparently.
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What makes a good community?
And it isn't simply in game. In MMOs in particular "Communities" begin forming from the instant a game is announced.
The start (often) on developer forums and on fan forums - and it's the standards set there, right from the very beginning, that shape your community.
Dev Comments and Moderator actions create good or bad commmunities sometimes years before a game even gets to Beta.
Pirates of the Burning Sea by Flying lab Software:
I joined that community more than a year before the Beta and it was already pretty horrible. Fanbois were running amok and the phases "teh DEVs no best" and "STFU and go back to WOW" were common.
When the SOE deal was announced a Mod called Danicia appeared who was a complete idiot and was both played (and openly sided with) several Fanbois.
From then on the technique of "Fanboi Flame and Lock" was perfected buy the 'community' there. Any thread that dared to question any element of design would get a post from a Fanboi saying "this thread should be locked." which was then followed by Fanbois subtly flaming the OP until the OP would be goaded to respond... at which point the tread would be locked.
It was a technique that they attempted to bring to the mmorpg.com boards too - but failed here because the moderator staff (at that time) were better and didn't fall for it.
At the same time some of the Dev blogs were very short sighted and supported the general tone.
The end result was a Beta where actual problems with the game design were suppressed by "Fanboi Forum Ganking" and a community was created where this was an acceptable standard.
So when the game went live... guess what? The same standards prevailed in game becuse the community had come to believe this was acceptable.
The PotBS community moved on to another community with a bad reputation at the time... Darkfall... and again a lack of standards there certainly didn't help.
WAR at the time made a classic mistake of not having Dev forums (IIRC?) and allowing fans to create the comminity for them... another gankfest IIRC?
I also play a Browser based MMO at the moment where the Devs have lost interest and the game is pretty much run by a "Super-Moderator" who is openly biased in favour of a few friends... it is destroying the community and the game.
On the positive side a well run community with high standards can be a pleasure. WWIIoL community as an example.
There is a hardcore RvR game - but with very little 'hate' simply because that attitude was not accepted by the Developers, the moderators and hence the community. So you had an RvR game where players would have friendly discussions about what was good for the game with their 'enemies'.
You tend to find IMHO that standards filter down. If Devs accept (or create) rifts in the community, by siding with 'old timers' and friends, allowing double standards or favouring "premium" accounts for example. Allowing flaming, trolling, spamming (posting cat memes is a classic example) and outright internet bullying then the Mods will allow it... and the community will grow to accept it as normal behaviour.
Locking threads and banning users is not always the answer either. That doesn't really help shape anything.
Incidently, you find the same things in forum communities without games too (such as mmorpg.com forums). A dizzy modererator or two can really do some damage in the long term.
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I do think your definition of a bad community is off. I've been PC gaming since Quake 1 was released and the best communities I've been apart of are the PvP oriented ones. Planetside 1, EQ1, DAoC, WAR, and Darkfall. Certainly it's a different civility in EQ1 than in Darkfall, but the community itself was more or less the same. There's respect for the incredibly good a-holes while also respect for the best crafter in PvP games.
For me, community comes straight down to the people and the game is mostly not important. I'd argue that Quake2 xCTF was the best community of any game I've ever played because of the people, and 15 years later I have more contact with those individuals than any game I've played. I also think that age plays a major factor in community, and for me this may be more of a personal opinion. The reason I dislike the WoW community because they tend to be younger(under 20) and very full of themselves. They all seem to think they're the best, meanwhile have no means to prove it. That's also why I believe the best years of WoW were pre-BC when it still contained the former players of DAoC, UO, EQ, etc. I think the same reason is why people feel the EVE community has turned for the worst, because the game is now flooded with the casual younger crowd. I think PvP games, or even 'Hard-core' games tend to attract a more mature crowd because they require more thought generally. With the mature crowd comes the community of intellect, IMO.
If this is going to be about specific games, then I'd probably put DAoC at the top. It's the only game that I've played throughout the years that created a community by design. It created factions that mattered and the people you played with were all you knew at the start. Later on with transfers and such it lost a bit of the community part of the game, but the communities stuck together because of the game design. You needed your allies, whereas most other games solo was a viable option and you could simply 'tag-a-long' to continue playing the game.
I think you should write an article on why recent games have failed so miserably to create these communities. A particular game has staying power only if the community behind it is strong.
A good topic for an article. Unfortunately the OP doesn't seem to understand the meaning of a community.
If he did, he would know it takes communication to make a community work. Positive communication that is. Games like Rift and GW2 promote teamwork yes, but they do not however promote communication. I played both games for extended periods of time and more times than not, players rush in to join in on the XP, but then vanish just as quickly as they arrived without a single word exchanged.
Early online gaming communities were not like this because devs did not cater to the type of gamer that demanded "instant reward" for less time spent to achieve it. As a result back then, gamers knew in order to accomplish achievements that required more time to accomplish, one had to use a certain ammount of social skill.
These days, since most games allow for little time spent to grant rewards, many gamers don't feel obligated to use little if any amount of social skills.
There's nothing more gratifying than playing an MMO for free.
I've given a lot of thought to these issues of community. To tell you the truth, I honestly don't think we're going to have a game community the likes of the early games any time soon.
Teamspeak/Ventrillo/Skype killed the concept of the cosmopolitan MMO. The metrics are rather stable in this regard: one third of gamers won't team without access to voice, one third of gamers refuse to use voice apps, and the remaining third doesn't care. It's hard to have a community if you refuse to communicate in the way that someone else does.
This has caused people to think of their community as centered around the guild over the game. The guild's social hubs, forums and voice server (if applicable), are all the social hubs today's player seems to want or need. It used to be that players would start a game as individuals, and then form guilds naturally in the course of play. These days, however, the players come to games already in a guild. Why care about anyone else when you already have everyone--and everything--you need?
In fact, guilds establish themselves in games even before the games launch. Players have self-selected their community, and the goal seems to be to get in a position where the guild can function as a community unto itself.
This has a lot to do with the games themselves. These days, the games gate group slots, gate content, and put a high premium on hard to acquire loot. None of the features in a game like World of Warcraft are amicable to gaming with strangers who are entitled to make mistakes. These days, the games promote efficiency over community; there is just too much to risk when you work outside your comfort zone, with people you don't know well.
Now the best community I found in an MMO was City of Heroes. The key to its success, in my opinion, was that it didn't penalize players from taking chances. You could group with anyone, regardless of level, and do pretty much any activity, regardless of setup. It was the easiest--simply the best--grouping system I found. People grouped with you--regardless of guild, voice chat use, or playstyle.
And not only that, but it allowed people a ton of opportunities for self-expression: from costumes, to player written content, to playstyles, to player architecture. It encouraged diversity which, to me, is an important aspect of community as well. There's no sense of being in a cosmopolitan community if we can't create something unique from ourselves, and there's no point in being ourselves if we have to bury our preferences for the sake of efficiency.
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Originally posted by Rossboss
...End-game players are generally the most serious and focused of the players, they often plan out their time in their game. Trolls are the exact opposite, they spend the least amount of time being serious and often have their lives scheduled out for them. ...
So people who have to log in certain hours for pre-planned raids = good players. Players who spontaneously play when they feel like it and don't care about grinding dungeons = trolls...?
You missed the part where I said they were not mutually exclusive. I was just laying out what I thought to be the two extremes of MMORPG players. I think to have a good community, it takes both good players and bad players to make a level playing field for all to enjoy. Trolls and End-gamers are not so simply described as being good and bad players. I know players who are well geared and know their classes like no one else does that are also the biggest and most annoying trolls. I also know players who are kind souls and have awful gear and know nothing of their class. I've met people from every bit of the spectrum in-between the two as well.
You can think of MMORPGs as a game like Baseball. Players are ranked on their stats and skill levels, the best ones make it to the Big League and the rest fall off the radar. The Big League players are the end-game players. The trolls and people not as committed usually fall off the radar. The most notable players are always the ones with the most skill or the most public exposure. I'm not saying these are always going to happen or that I want this to happen, but this is what I have observed.
I played WoW up until WotLK, played RoM for 2 years and now Rift.
I am F2P player. I support games when I feel they deserve my money and I want the items enough.
I don't troll, and I don't take kindly to trolls.
After playing a number of games over the years where either a) you need other people and the community was made up of venomous, entitled, spoiled rodents (wow) or b) games where the community didn't matter a toss to progress and other players might as well be NPCs in an offline game (GW2), I think I'm starting to understand what makes a good community. IMO, It's best seen in LOTRO (I can only speak for the Snowbourne server).
1. Respect, humour and basic human kindness - Higher levels giving up a lot of their time to help randomer non-kinnies is the norm. Virtually ever time I group, it's packed full of funny, intelligent people who are considerate about loot and quest items and it is the norm for people to stay far longer than they need to be there so you can finish your stuff and rarely bitch when there's a careless wipe. Obviously, you get the odd nobhead who has temporarily borrowed/stolen his older brothers login ID until he gets it banned or finds out it's not like wow and ragequits, however, absolute gents are the standard in my experience.
2. Maturity - part of point one. Whilst, in general, LOTRO undoubtedly has an older audience (as it's slower, more cerebral pace doesn't cater for the MTV generation of 'gimme, gimme, gimme, now, now, now!'), I have learned it's not an age thing but a maturity thing as even younger peeps seem to understand point one.
3. A game that is not predicated on or rewarded for vicious one-up-man-ship and gear hoarding - obviously it does have an end game tier grind but for some reason (with a few exceptions) the people I come across are more concerned with enjoying the world and getting on with/helping others that spending their time doing that.
It's not the best coded game in the world (buggy, long load times, awkward animations) and some of the questing structure leaves a lot to be desired but it's the community that keeps me there and grouping is a pleasure rather than a necessary chore. And, I think the structure/nature of the game both attracts and cultivates these features in players. Lot to be learned in that imo. My only complaint about LOTRO is that it only allows a 50 person friends list which was maxed out in a the first month and I keep having to delate older gents to make way for newer nice people.
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Originally posted by Seshat
Hello, This was kind of an introduction. I think community is a term that gets tossed around and we judge rather quickly these days. Some might feel MMOs today are becoming single-player oriented and thus community isn't relevant. Some might claim it's more relevant for 'lacking'. There will be other topics down the line, so I did hope to get input as to what you guys might feel is missing in this particular discussion. I started in DAoC but still love playing today and I'll admit that, like many here, I have a sense of nostalgia that can affect my POV in modern MMOs. As far as the images for this piece, I didn't select them. Kyleran - My site was indeed hacked over the weekend, but I'm working on restoring it.
Well then I'd like to offer my apologies for being a dick to you Christina. However I still hold the position that whomever on this site thought that using a picture of such cold blooded murderers as a bit of humor was ok, could use a swift kick in the butt.
If you dont do stupid things while youre young, youll have nothing to smile about when youre old.
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Originally posted by XcomVic
Who is the girl in the pic, that's all I want to know!
Just some random girl! No, it's the writer. :P
beautiful writer
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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
A good 'MMO' community is one that exists outside of the MMO community rather than formed within that single MMO.
Gives people other ways to connect and a desire to stay within that community; less drama.
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Amazing Freaks and Geeks episode on tonight... the one where Sam and his friends switch out the keg at Lindsay's party with a non-alcoholic one, so that the freaks don't trash the Weir's house.
Reason one that this episode rules: Haverchuck.
Reason two: Nick and Millie's unexpected Doobie Brothers duet -- followed by a classic Early Seth Rogen moment. (Click to watch the clip.
And reason three: the school assembly about designated drivers. You'll have to watch the episode for that one.
God I love this show.