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Issue Type: Bug Created: 2010-03-12T04:45:50.000+0000 Last Updated: 2010-06-18T11:19:33.000+0000 Status: Resolved Fix version(s): - 1.10.6 (22/Jun/10)
Reporter: Robert (rs) Assignee: Joel Clermont (jclermont) Tags: - Zend_Json
Related issues: Attachments: - req_types.zip
This piece of JSON was created with Zend_Json_Encoder::encode
{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TTrip","IDuser":1,"Smoker":"flex","NumberPlate":"WI-EN 89","Places":2,"Contactlandline":"0221 54899","Contactmobile":"0175 54899","Description":"ich fahre nach k\u00f6ln","ClientIP":"192.168.1.20","Triptype":"offer","Routings":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TRoutingCollection",0:{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TRouting","Origin":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TPlace","Address":"K\u00f6ln, Deutschland","Accuracy":4,"CountryCode":"DE","CountryName":"Deutschland","Longitude":6.9599115,"Latitude":50.9406645,"Placetype":"geo","LatLonBox":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TLatLonBox","North":51.0530233,"South":50.8280335,"East":7.2160303,"West":6.7037927,"Destination":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TPlace","Address":"Hamburg, Deutschland","Accuracy":4,"CountryCode":"DE","CountryName":"Deutschland","Longitude":9.9921962,"Latitude":53.5534074,"Placetype":"geo","LatLonBox":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TLatLonBox","North":53.6593331,"South":53.4472158,"East":10.248315,"West":9.7360774,"RoutingIndex":-1}
During Decoding using Zend_Json_Decoder::decode this exception is thrown:
Message: Missing key in object encoding: {"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TTrip","IDuser":1,"Smoker":"flex","NumberPlate":"WI-EN 89","Places":2,"Contactlandline":"0221 54899","Contactmobile":"0175 54899","Description":"ich fahre nach köln","ClientIP":"192.168.1.20","Triptype":"offer","Routings":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TRoutingCollection",0:{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TRouting","Origin":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TPlace","Address":"Köln, Deutschland","Accuracy":4,"CountryCode":"DE","CountryName":"Deutschland","Longitude":6.9599115,"Latitude":50.9406645,"Placetype":"geo","LatLonBox":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TLatLonBox","North":51.0530233,"South":50.8280335,"East":7.2160303,"West":6.7037927,"Destination":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TPlace","Address":"Hamburg, Deutschland","Accuracy":4,"CountryCode":"DE","CountryName":"Deutschland","Longitude":9.9921962,"Latitude":53.5534074,"Placetype":"geo","LatLonBox":{"__className":"fgSDK_Types_TLatLonBox","North":53.6593331,"South":53.4472158,"East":10.248315,"West":9.7360774,"RoutingIndex":-1} Stack trace:
Posted by Ben Scholzen (dasprid) on 2010-03-12T04:47:55.000+0000
Could you please provide the source data (array/object) for debugging?
Posted by Robert (rs) on 2010-03-12T05:21:20.000+0000
Please see the attached files.
You need to extract the ZIP file (required types)
in the zend.php you can see the object creation and structure.
Do you need anything else?
br robert
Posted by Robert (rs) on 2010-03-13T03:45:15.000+0000
Hi again,
sorry but its the first issue which I'm reported here.
What are the next steps? Is there a quick FIX available?
Can sombody here help in a short term?
br robert
Posted by Matthew Weier O'Phinney (matthew) on 2010-03-13T08:46:14.000+0000
Fixes to issues are prioritized by severity; that said, they're also going to occur based on availability of the contributors/maintainers of the components in question. The easier it is for a contributor to reproduce the issue, the easier it will be for them to work on it.
Is there any chance you can simplify the reproduce case further?
Posted by Robert (rs) on 2010-03-13T10:49:30.000+0000
I attached already this 2 Files, including only a few files to reproduce the issue. It should be very very easy to reproduce and debug it.
For my client SOA architecture this functionality is key.
Is there a timeframe which I can communicate anyhow?
Posted by Núria Aloy (nuqqsa) on 2010-04-14T15:04:23.000+0000
This bug is related to the fact that one of the classes is an instance of Iterator. In that case the encoder iterates the object itself instead of its variables to produce the JSON string.
It can be reproduced in the following scenarios:

class A implements Iterator {
protected $_stack;
public function __construct(array $array)
$this->_stack = $array;
public function rewind() {
public function current() {
return current($this->_stack);
public function key() {
return key($this->_stack);
public function next() {
return next($this->_stack);
public function valid() {
return $this->current() !== false;
$a = new A(array("foo"));
$encoded = Zend_Json_Encoder::encode($a);
$decoded = Zend_Json_Decoder::decode($encoded);
// Exception 'Zend_Json_Exception' with message 'Missing key in object encoding: {"__className":"A",0:"foo"}'

class B extends ArrayIterator
$b = new B(array("foo"));
$encoded = Zend_Json_Encoder::encode($b);
$decoded = Zend_Json_Decoder::decode($encoded);
// Exception 'Zend_Json_Exception' with message 'Missing key in object encoding: {"__className":"B",0:"foo"}'
Posted by Joel Clermont (jclermont) on 2010-05-20T15:15:23.000+0000
ZF-9416.patch includes a test that demonstrates this bug. The problem relates to the fact that ArrayIterator gets encoded as an object in JSON, which requires a string key for each value. However, when an array without keys is encoded it is an array in JSON, which does not have keys. I'm not sure what the proper behavior should be. Do we convert numeric keys to strings and preserve it as an object? Do we embed an array within the JSON object and follow the same rules for encoding arrays?
Posted by Joel Clermont (jclermont) on 2010-05-20T15:23:04.000+0000
I think the proper behavior is demonstrated by json_encode:

$iteratorA = new ArrayIterator(array('foo'));
$encoded = json_encode($iteratorA);
This produces:

string(11) "{"0":"foo"}"
I am going to follow this behavior in Zend_Json::encode and add the numeric keys as strings for safety.
Posted by Joel Clermont (jclermont) on 2010-05-20T17:14:04.000+0000
In the sample code, it is calling Json_Encoder and Json_Decoder directly. A better approach is to use Json::encode and Json::decode. This way, if you have json support in PHP it will use the native functions json_encode and json_decode. Not only is it faster, but this bug does not occur. The bug only exists in the internal class Json_Encoder (which I will soon fix).
Posted by Joel Clermont (jclermont) on 2010-05-20T17:56:54.000+0000
ZF-9416-2.patch fixes the bug and includes a better unit test. I fixed the bug by using the internal _encodeString function for keys within an object, since JSON requires that object keys always be strings. This handles the encoding of numeric keys in the same way as the native json_encode feature now. Unit test now passes. Should be ready to commit.
Posted by Joel Clermont (jclermont) on 2010-06-04T19:14:14.000+0000
Unit test written to demonstrate the problem and prove that the patch fixes it. Please use the ZF-9416-2.patch file.
Posted by Ralph Schindler (ralph) on 2010-06-18T11:18:47.000+0000
Was not resolved in code (yet).
Posted by Ralph Schindler (ralph) on 2010-06-18T11:19:33.000+0000
Resolved in r22452 in trunk and in r22453 in release branch 1.10 with patch "-2" from above.
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Australian stocks have closed weaker as declines among the major miners dragged the broader market lower and snapped a two-day rally.
At 4.15pm on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.9 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 4723.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 18.5 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 4742.9 points.
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The Australian market opened down about 0.3 per cent, following a disappointing night on Wall Street as US investors reacted negatively to news the US central bank may consider ending its quantitative easing program earlier than expected.
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This week saw the ongoing implosion of a once-likable figure who gave a crazy interview, refused to apologize, and made it worse the more he kept talking. I'm referring, of course, to Mike Huckabee (sorry, Charlie) -- who, in an interview with a birther radio host, repeatedly claimed that Obama's worldview, particularly "his view of the Brits," was shaped by "having grown up in Kenya." When it was pointed out that Obama never even visited Kenya until 1987, Huckabee claimed he'd misspoken and meant to say Indonesia -- even though it was a Dutch, not a British, colony. This pandering to the worst elements of the Obama-hating fringe is especially disappointing because Huckabee has previously dared to speak eloquently against immigrant bashing and in favor of poverty fighting. Now he'd rather channel his inner Dan Quayle and criticize unwed-but-pregnant Natalie Portman. Maybe he misspoke and meant to slam Bristol Palin.
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ExtraCouricular: Wadlow film on 1,600 screens
On September 16, when his film Cry Wolf opens on 1,600 screens across the country (including at the downtown Regal Cinema), director Jeff Wadlow won't be celebrating the big day in California or New York.
"Friends asked, 'Don't you want to be in L.A. seeing if there are lines?" Wadlow recalls. "I said, 'No, there's nowhere else I'd want to be but Charlottesville."
A man of his word, on Friday night he'll host a special screening and answer audience questions in UVA's Newcomb Hall to benefit the Virginia Film Festival and UVA's Clinical Care Cancer Center.
Wadlow's local ties run deep. His late mother, State Senator Emily Couric, raised him and his older brother in a Rugby Road home and encouraged her younger son's love of film.
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The final version, renamed Cry Wolf, has a group of prep school students, inspired by a murder in their town, getting tangled in a deadly game. Shot at the University of Richmond and various other Richmond sites, the story is a modern retelling of Aesop's fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."
"While it is a scary film, and horror fans will like it," says Wadlow, "it will have a broader appeal because there's a lot more going on than that. I hope we succeeded in that endeavor and that people will be surprised."
Universal Studio was pleasantly surprised by the outcome.
"We had mentors at Universal who said it would have taken $10-15 million" to make the movie, Wadlow says, adding that his success on a shoestring is "due entirely to support we got in Virginia."
That support came in many forms.
Wadlow, who once attended the Governor's School at the University of Richmond, wrote a letter to administrators at the University explaining how important that experience had been.
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"The fact that they were willing to come and work on our little film was incredible," says Wadlow. But the person he says was most vital to the film's success is Virginia Film Office director Rita McClenny.
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The feeling's mutual.
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Wadlow's persistence paid off when Universal division Rogue Pictures– which also released Shaun of the Dead, Seed of Chucky, and Assault on Precinct 13– agreed to distribute Cry Wolf.
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Trailers and TV ads have run, and a "Cry Wolf" game has been set up by AOL at crywolfgame.com.
Wadlow has done his part for publicity as well, including a September 13 appearance on the Today Show, where his aunt, Katie Couric, is cohost.
While the fact that Wadlow has a famous relative at Universal's sister company, NBC, might suggest nepotism, McClenny says that's simply not the case.
"There are lots of examples of people who have access but don't have talent," she says. "He has talent."
L.A.-based Wadlow says he's not living the flashy lifestyle of a famous director– not yet, anyway.
"I live in the same place now," he says, "and my window overlooks a dumpster." Thanks to his regular visits to the East Coast, "My granny refers to me as the poorest bicoastal man in America," he jokes.
No matter how Cry Wolf does in theaters, Wadlow says he'll be okay.
"I actually believe in my heart of hearts that I'm in a win-win situation," he says. The distribution of Cry Wolf, he adds, "sort of guarantees that I will work again."
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This is the time of year when everyone starts filing their tax returns. This can be a great thing because you are getting money back or a bad thing because you are going to have to pay. Either way, we all know it's one of the two unavoidable things in life. What I don't understand is all the commercials I have been seeing offering people loans on their tax returns with no questions asked.
This is the time of year when everyone starts filing their tax returns. This can be a great thing because you are getting money back or a bad thing because you are going to have to pay. Either way, we all know it's one of the two unavoidable things in life. What I don't understand is all the commercials I have been seeing offering people loans on their tax returns with no questions asked.
Let me begin by saying I am no accountant, nor do I have even the slightest knowledge of the rules and regulations concerning the IRS. Like most Americans, I believe becoming involved with the IRS is slightly above being on trial with a life sentence hanging over your head. We just fill out our little forms and take what they give us with a grateful heart that we don't have to gather 15 years of receipts and endure an audit. So it confuses me even more when I see these commercials offering thousands of dollars to anyone who walks in their doors and presents a W-2.
Everyone knows that filling out tax forms is a tedious and time-consuming process that depends on every line and number being correct. There are services whose only purpose is to make this complicated procedure easier while charging a hefty fee. This I can understand. You give them your documents, they tell you how much you are getting back, and you pay them for their time.
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It's not like these people are captains of industry rolling in the money; most of the time they are unemployed or living on public assistance. How can someone receiving money from the government get money back when they didn't earn any income?
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Regardless of whether you are paying or receiving money back, I'm glad I only have to file my taxes once a year. It's a headache to have to wait, but for me I would rather receive all my money than to pay someone else just to get it right now.
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A successful K9 program can be a huge asset.
Managing Successful K9 Teams
By Steve Dunham
Properly selected and trained K9 teams are an invaluable asset to law enforcement. The mere presence of a K9 team can deter crime and reduce the likelihood of use of force by officers. A dog's excellent scenting ability can quickly locate the presence of contraband, evidence, concealed suspects, or missing endangered persons. Through asset forfeiture, my dogs have paid for themselves many times over.
Some law enforcement agencies start and end K9 programs that could have been – should have been – very successful. In order for a K9 program to be successful there are certain criteria which must be present. They are: 1) proper handler selection, 2) proper K9 selection, 3) selecting the right trainer for your program, and 4) provide adequate supervision and support for your teams.
Proper Handler Selection
Proper handler selection is one of the most critical tasks that will determine the long term success or lack thereof with your program. Selecting a good handler prospect may be the most difficult portion when establishing or adding a K9 handler position.
There are certain "perks" officers receive when assigned as a K9 handler. Some of these are a take home vehicle, extra compensation for care and maintenance of the animal, not having to work in patrol districts, not having to respond to certain types of calls. Many very good officers and prospective handlers are attracted to the position for the wrong reasons and sometimes administrators select these people to become K9 handlers. Handlers may be selected as a reward for years of service, for being a good officer, or for many other reasons that are not enough to ensure the long term success of a program.
When handlers are improperly selected, the teams almost never reach their potential. The program usually starts to suffer when the novelty wears off, which sometimes shows itself soon after the inception of the team. If a good candidate is not available, it may be better to put the addition on hold until the right person is ready.
To be a successful K9 handler, one requires a level of dedication that extends far beyond what any law enforcement agency could ever compensate. As almost all police service dogs in North America live at home with their handlers, this is a job that literally goes home with the handler every day, and dogs are a long term commitment. Most police service dogs are high energy animals that are not always the best house pets. And they shed a lot.
The ideal handler should have a genuine love for dogs and strong desire to work with them. The handler should be a leader, self-motivated, open minded, and patient; a person that makes sound decisions both on and off duty. Handlers should not have a history of questionable use of force incidents as they need to respect the rights of others and become experts in case law, staying current with the law as it evolves.
In addition to the above, some of the best handlers are those who have volunteered their off duty time to train with working dog teams, before becoming a handler themselves. These people, who participate because they enjoy it, usually understand the level of commitment needed to be successful.
Proper K9 Selection
When it comes to law enforcement, not all dogs are created equal. Police service dogs are frequently asked to perform tasks in environments that are very stressful. We must have dogs that possess strong nerves and drives, dogs that are not overly concerned about their own safety. These traits are genetic and the dog is born with them; no one can train this behavior into a dog.
A good training program is necessary for a team's success, but good training alone is not enough. Your trainer should possess a strong working knowledge of K9 behavior and be able to select high-quality working dogs. Thorough selection tests show a trainer the strengths and weaknesses of the dog in question and if this dog will be a good candidate as a police service dog.
Selecting the Right Trainer
For agencies that do not have a trainer assigned to your unit, selecting a quality trainer is imperative. A good trainer will try to meet your needs, guarantee their work, and be able to provide references. Do your homework, inquire about the training, and ask how the trainer has addressed any training or other issues that have arisen after the team has left basic K9 training.
Meet with prospective trainers and have them perform a demonstration to show you what they have to offer. Trainers who deal in large volumes do not always provide the best quality service. There are large volume vendors / trainers who consistently provide high quality dogs and some who consistently provide dogs that possess inadequate traits to fulfill the function in which they are sold.
Quality is more important than quantity. Cost should not be the main factor when selecting a trainer. Prices should be fair, but should you sacrifice quality for the sole purpose of saving money, what you save now you may pay for later.
Adequate Supervision and Support
Selecting a K9 Supervisor may be as important to long term success as selecting the right handler. They have to believe in the program, support and promote the program. Supervisors should be involved with their handlers and make regular appearances during K9 maintenance training.
A K9 supervisor should be aware of his / her team's strengths and weaknesses, ensuring the team has what they need and is making adequate progress. K9 supervisors should attend training workshops and also stay current on issues that will affect the unit. A "hands-on" approach to K9 team supervision can reduce liability and increase productivity.
Like learning a foreign language, a dog's training is perishable. If skills are not practiced regularly, they will diminish. With all teams, handlers are going to make mistakes that will cause undesired results in K9 behavior. When addressed early, most of these mistakes are minor setbacks and can be fixed without much difficulty.
However, if these problems are not addressed, they can develop into bigger long term problems. Due to a lack of experience, new handlers may not initially recognize these problems and not know how to correctly remedy them. New handlers should attend weekly maintenance training with a trainer and experienced handlers. Teams should also be encouraged to attend workshops and advanced training on a regular basis.
If you follow these guidelines, you should experience the benefits of a successful K9 program, a program that will be an asset your agency will not ever want to work without.
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I feel like the gameplay failings on SS13 are like the giant purple elephant in the room that nobody is noticing but me. Whenever an argument is made about game quality on BYOND, SS13 is inevitably drawn up as a high quality game. Its been driving me absolutely insane every time i play it because i keep expecting to uncover some form of coherent gameplay element that doesn't exist.
First of all, everybody on BYOND will go off and criticize any other shoddy game that has such unintuitive verb use abuse and clunky GUI. For instance, if you want to pick up a shirt, you click on it. It goes into your right hand and then you have to click it in your right hand, and click it onto your body. I spent the first 15 seconds trying to drag and drop expecting a game that is heralded as well programmed to have such simple features. It takes basically 3-4 attempts before a shirt will be equipped and thats just the tip of the frustration for any new player. Joining the game gives you a pretty good feel for what a letdown the game will be. You pick your name and if you feel like it you can even chose to give yourself a debilitating illness for some reason. No actual character stats or class or anything like that is assignable at creation. Only poor vision, epilepsy and such. Why? when i first played I thought itd be funny to give myself a few illnesses but all it did was confuse the heck out of me. I would pass out, be unable to talk and couldn't see anything. Attempt two would come a week later. I would walk around and try and catch a roleplay, those who play CowRP will tell you that you'll easily get swept up into some sort of story-tangent but in SS13 there isnt anything like that at all. Everybody is going off doing science experiments (a redeeming feature) however theres a huge lack of actual player interaction. The closest thing to player interaction is when i for no reason whatsoever found myself being cracked on the head by a guy wearing guard apparel and being welded into a locker. That really sucked, i had to come back a while later to bother giving the game another chance.
I'll evaluate the graphics quickly because its easy to. The graphics in SS13 are the worst graphics i have ever seen in a game that has more than 3 players on at at a time. I really thought the zeta rips would have been tacky enough, however SS13 is the epitome of lazy when it comes to graphics. The GUI is all grey gradients with terribly drawn symbols. There are no directions for the characters and the turfs are all solid colored shapes and really the ugliest imaginable on a game. Heres a tip guys, if a game gets even modestly popular, see if theres somebody who isnt ridiculously bad at drawing to do your graphics for you. I know that this game is full of people who think graphics dont matter, AT ALL, however it actually detracts from the enjoyment of the game when it gets this bad. It is simply laziness considering the street credit the game has, recruiting icon help would have been a breeze.
Now to code, since most people who play SS13 will almost certainly argue that code makes up for a game i think its important for me to address the fact that this game is incredibly lazily coded. There is nothing about this game that is impressive in terms of its code. You always find situations where somebody who was good at BYOND code would have made it more convenient or more effective, but no. Joining a game shouldn't be a matter of walking up to wall, getting a done verb, pressing it and getting a enter game verb. Thats garbage! for gods sake why isnt there any sign of game design in that at all? The code is poor but it works I guess, the problem then becomes the lack of game design. The game is supposed to be RP, however the game doesn't play like an RP game. There are hundreds of ways to grief somebody and the incentive to do it is there as there is no entertaining alternative to finding an excuse to putting somebody in a straight jacket, injecting somebody with plasma or putting them in a airlock chamber.
The game is by no means the worst, obviously there is some fun to it but the content and entertainment in the game is buried and hidden and it requires a huge time investment to really get into it, and even when you do you can expect the majority of players to just ruin it for you anyway because the game really lacks any sort of guidance to keep new players from doing anything more than bashing each other with crowbars.
Now, the game is original i suppose. I don't really see why people think it is so impressively original however. The game basically is sci-fi, your in a space station and while it hasn't been done much on BYOND, what makes it really original? Its just a generic space themed game with an absence of ingenuities in the game play department, so originality is more than a binary evaluation, its not a it isnt based on something or it is. This game doesn't really break any molds, it doesn't do anything that made me think, oh thats neat. And it wasn't even fun. I think SS13 is pretty much just a big chat room.
The initial spawn point, where you build your character.
Inside the space station!
Alright, to give the gameplay a two you obviously didn't play it for very long.
Yes, the community is one of the worst on BYOND, but the gameplay is excellent when you actually play in a good game.
elaborate please. I tried playing the game on 4 separate occasions and i didnt find the gameplay impressive at all.
Masterdan wrote:
elaborate please. I tried playing the game on 4 separate occasions and i didnt find the gameplay impressive at all.
It takes quite a few more plays then four. I do agree, there is a massive learning curve and most new players will quit after a few tries. But if you actually force yourself to learn how to play and the tricks of the game, you will start to enjoy it. The game consumed literally months of my life.
There is also much more to the code then what you had seen. There are somewhat advanced DNA sequences, really bizarre teleporters, chemical reactions, and various other things like that. You just have to give the game a chance.
Well i heard about that stuff, and its really why i gave the originality score a 7 because i thought it was interesting. However i personally wasnt able to enjoy these features as i couldnt figure any of the stuff out! Massive learning curve is right, and i think a review that goes to the mass public should be indicative of what somebody who is only willing to invest 3-5 hours of their life to a game before seeing signs of fun or gameplay.
I would like to say, this is my review, my opinion. If somebody wants to write up a review explaining the merits, go right ahead!
Masterdan wrote:
Well i heard about that stuff, and its really why i gave the originality score a 7 because i thought it was interesting. However i personally wasnt able to enjoy these features as i couldnt figure any of the stuff out! Massive learning curve is right, and i think a review that goes to the mass public should be indicative of what somebody who is only willing to invest 3-5 hours of their life to a game before seeing signs of fun or gameplay.
BYOND RPG isn't the mass public. It's a small portion of BYOND who who enjoy RPGs, and I know a very large portion of the BYOND RPG community has hung around SS13 at one point or another.
as far as an RPG game goes, SS13 does a poor job being one. So i think my review is relevant. And i personally like RP games, CowRP is my favorite game on BYOND besides my own obviously. I put hours and hours into that sucker. However SS13 is by comparison a very lame game.
Thank goodness, finally a well-written SS13 review on BYOND RPG. The last one was a complete waste. I have no experience playing this game myself, but I did pop in once early in development and saw the graphics issues you mentioned, plus the incredible lack of guidance as to what to do. But that was when it was still unfinished and I figured the author had a plan to make it more of a playable game at some point. Looks like gameplay kinda fell by the wayside there.
I think ExAdv1's problem was, he seems to have started out with a premise something like Spacetug, and he inherited all of that game's worst problems. SS13 really isn't a role-playing game in my mind, but a long-term action game. Which is just fine, because I like action games with long play times like Lode Wars, but Lode Wars has the advantage of being relatively easy to learn. Also the graphics are awesome. It's a pity Hobnob and Slurm didn't decompile that instead, so someone could at least get the savefile bug fixed, but I digress.
On another note, you might want to consider uploading some screenshots since they'll illustrate your point about the graphics. Also, screen shots are always great.
Lummox JR wrote:
Thank goodness, finally a well-written SS13 review on BYOND RPG. The last one was a complete waste. I have no experience playing this game myself, but I did pop in once early in development and saw the graphics issues you mentioned, plus the incredible lack of guidance as to what to do. But that was when it was still unfinished and I figured the author had a plan to make it more of a playable game at some point. Looks like gameplay kinda fell by the wayside there.
Just wondering how you could call it a fitting review when you hadn't played the actual game.. >_>
Ryokashi wrote:
Just wondering how you could call it a fitting review when you hadn't played the actual game.
Because I saw the game in its early stages, and saw these problems that have widely been identified as having continued (Spuzzum went off on the game too).
But I said "well-written", not necessarily "fitting". What I've seen agrees with the analyses by Masterdan and Spuzzum. My own comments about the game's conceptual similarity to Spacetug come from my brief experience with it, and others' descriptions of its gameplay. But when I said the review was well-written, I was in particular referring to the fact that it's informative, especially when compared to that other post.
I cant edit the review lummox, if you could edit it to have the following pictures:
Then thatd be great :3
Thanks for the high praise by the way. Negative reviews tend to just get angry critisism.
You're totally overlooking the massive amounts of fun that can be gleaned from beating ignorant newbies over the head with a crowbar, putting them in a stright jacket, injecting them with plasma and then welding them into a locker! At least, until you get the air lock ready...
Sounds like the perfect game for griefers. And we all know the anime community is full of them.
However, while the graphics might be primitive, aside from the stars (ugh!) I don't think they're all that bad. Not for a BYOND game, anyway.
the anime community doesnt know what the word griefer means man. SS13 is full of griefers but anime games at least have game design set up in such a way that the objective of the game is in tune with how people play it, aka PvP is the objective and theres no constant strife between administrating and greifing. Greifing means you did something wrong.. the word doesnt exist in the vocabulary of the PvP heavy anime guild enthusiasts.
So what you mean is anime games typically cater to griefing to the extent that "anime guild enthusiasts" consider it normal? Sounds about right to me.
Do you know what a PvP game is? Thats all i meant, while i wont defend that anime guild players are incredibly frustrating people on average. I was not aware that the word griefer was akin to the word troll. I thought it was just somebody who broke the rules by killing.
Without the Wikipedia definition, in my mind at least a griefer is someone who's goal is to make other people's playing experience suck in order to enhance their own. PvP or not.
Needs screenshots.
Look about 7 comments down.
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Masterdan, you fail. If you would of played SS13 back in the good ol' days you'd understand why many old players still like it.
If the game is only fun for people who played it in the good ol' days, then maybe it doesn't deserve a great rank?
I don't know about SS13, I haven't had a chance to play it.
I'm not saying it's bad or anything.
Just thought I'd say that.
I'll add the pictures if you scale 'em down by ~25%. Right now they don't work too well with the thumbnail viewer, which is my feature of preference. =p
And on a side note, I deleted all of the flame-baiting and irrelevant posts. Please keep this on track.


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SARASOTA, Fla. - Jon Lester threw two innings against Northeastern March 3, then what amounted to three innings in a "B'' game against Minnesota Twins prospects four days later.
Sunday marked his first day of major league competition and the lefthander looked sharp, throwing four scoreless innings against the Baltimore Orioles in a 6-1 victory for the Red Sox.
Facing a representative lineup. Lester gave up one hit, walked four, and struck out two. Only 37 of his 66 pitches were strikes, but that seemed to have more to do with umpire Chad Fairchild than it did Lester.
"We had a hard time figuring out where the plate was,'' Lester said. "I was just missing on a lot of pitches, but I felt good and I limited the damage. That's the main thing.
"I'll take those if I'm close. There were a couple of times the ball got away from me. But for the most part I was on the side of the plate I wanted to be.''
Adam Jones had the only hit against Lester, a single in the first inning. Of the 15 batters he faced, only three got the ball out of the infield.
"It was good, a little more realistic,'' Lester said. "Getting in the crowd atmosphere and to face pretty much their everyday lineup was nice. You can tell with the different at-bats these guys were putting together as compared to the 'B' game.''
Manager Bobby Valentine has not announced his starter for Opening Day in Detroit April 5. But if Lester stays on a five-day schedule from now, that would line him up for that game.
He started Opening Day last season.
Cook debuts
Aaron Cook made his spring debut, throwing two scoreless innings and not giving up a hit. He walked two and struck out one.
The 33-year-old righthander is coming off a shoulder injury and was held back as a precaution.
"It was kind of difficult but I knew it was for the best,'' Cook said. "When you put your career first, you trust the trainers and do what they say and hopefully it will all work out.''
A sinkerball pitcher, Cook got four outs on the ground and showed good command of his most important pitch.
"His sinker, I thought, he had about eight of those that we need to see - 89, 90, great movement at the plate,'' Valentine said.
Cook is hopeful of showing enough to make the rotation to start the season. But the Sox view him as being part of their depth in the minors, at least for now.
"I'm not sure there are enough innings between now and whatever that magical day is,'' Valentine said. "But with those two innings under his belt, that day he'll be ready to help us seems to be not so far away. It seems it will happen if he keeps throwing like that.''
Treatment for Iglesias
Shortstop Jose Iglesias stayed behind in Fort Myers, Fla., to get treatment on a minor right groin strain.
Iglesias suffered the injury last Monday but didn't say anything until Saturday night. He told the trainers that he hoped to play Monday, but Valentine won't take any chances.
"I'm going to see how it is when he comes in tomorrow,'' the manager said. "I have the inclination to not play him through the off day [Wednesday] unless he's perfect.
"He's a kid who has great desire. Right now I'm not going to let it get any worse. That's for sure.''
Lefthander Andrew Miller, who missed his last start with a sore elbow, threw again Sunday and is scheduled for a bullpen session Tuesday. He could get into a game as early as Thursday.
Carl Crawford is making progress with his left wrist and soon will be cleared to start swinging a bat again.
"He's just about ready.'' Valentine said. "We don't want to say what day. It's a very monitored program he's going to have.''
Wilson in command
The Orioles beat the Red Sox, 4-1, in a "B'' game played on a practice field at 10 a.m.
Righthander Alex Wilson, who will start the season in Pawtucket but could emerge as an option, went two innings, allowing one run on two hits.
"Much more in command,'' Valentine said. "It looked like he was a little outside of himself last time. This time he was in full control.''
Chorye Spoone, Chris Carpenter, and Drake Britton each went two innings. Carpenter struck out two without a walk.
Juan Carlos Linares singled and homered.
Alarming situation
The folks who put the schedule together didn't help the Sox much. They had a road day game after a night game and lost an hour of sleep to Daylight Savings Time. "We had like 14 different alarms set this morning,'' Lester said. "I didn't miss waking up on time.'' . . . Lester pitched to Kelly Shoppach for the first time since 2005. Lester was 21 then and still in the minors. "I was a kid, basically,'' Lester said. Shoppach said the biggest difference was that Lester now has a devastating cutter, a pitch he had just learned in 2005 . . . The game ended on an unusual double play. With Baltimore's Steve Tolleson on third base and one out, Cory Aldridge hit a fly ball to right field. Jason Repko caught the ball and fired to the plate. Tolleson beat the throw but never touched the plate. As Tolleson walked away, an alert Ryan Lavarnway tagged him. Fairchild pumped his fist and that was the game. "I work on that,'' Lavarnway joked . . . Dustin Pedroia was 2 for 3 with two RBIs before leaving in the seventh inning. The Orioles have security walk the players through the crowd to the bus when they leave the game, but Pedroia left on his own. "I fear no one,'' he said. "They got their money's worth.''Peter Abraham can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @PeteAbe.


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In the battle for online gambling in cyberspace, Nevada casinos and multiple state lotteries could be close to a showdown — one that will shape the U.S. gaming industry forever.
The lottery, referred to as "the most popular form of gambling in the world" by Illinois Lottery Superintendent Michael Jones, just months ago broke ground on the Web. Jones, who was speaking on a panel at G2E held Monday in Las Vegas, has so far seen about 100,000 people in his state use the Internet to buy tickets.
Lotteries are powerful entities, gaining acceptance from the residents of a state because a large chunk of the money they lose goes to "good causes," as lottery directors say.
In order to generate even greater revenues, lotteries are also eying casino gambling. Some in Illinois want it under the control and supervision of the lotto. In Delaware, which has legalized web gambling, a synergy will be formed between the lotto and the three local casinos. The District of Columbia once had online poker approved under the control of its lotto, but the law was reversed under a cloud of controversy.
On the other side of the aisle are Nevada and California, who have strong casino interests vying for control of the U.S. web poker market. Despite legalizing it for intrastate business, gaming executives in the Silver State want a federal bill. Not surprisingly, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid is behind efforts on Capitol Hill, and he's trying to exclude the lotteries from the game.
In response, the lotteries have talked about lobbying together against a federal bill, according to Scarlet Robinson, an Internet gaming consultant and owner of Rungood Gaming LLC. The lotteries also don't want any legislation to limit games to only poker.
However, unlike the casino giants located in the U.S. pushing for such authorization, state lotteries don't have the lobbying money to oppose a Reid bill with equal force, according to Rick Weil, president of Scientific Games, a maker of lotto systems.
The lotteries' motivation stems from the fear of an aging customer base. The era of Facebook's "social" gaming, as well as a once healthy, but illegal, U.S. web poker industry, has created a fear that younger generations just don't have an interest the lotto.
In an effort to further protect its future, the Illinois lotto will soon launch on mobile devices. The goal is "seductive" front-ends that will one day help replace the baby boomers.
A Nevada casino and a state lotto are now on the cusp of offering similar products.
"The notion that lotteries and casinos are separate industries is outdated," Michael Pollock, managing director of Spectrum Gaming Group, said at the G2E conference.
Once separated by the types of brick-and-mortar joints where the gambling occurred, both will tap into the Internet to appeal to the same demographic.
While lotteries shun web poker run by the feds, some are busy with their own battles on a more local level. In Maryland, the convenient store chain 7-Eleven has "drawn a line in the sand" against Internet lottery tickets, said Stephen Martino, the leader of the state's gambling industry.
According to Martino, Maryland doesn't have a "firm stance" on current federal online gaming efforts, but it wants "states rights" to be preserved. The state recently flirted with the idea of legalizing web casino games for itself.
"States want max profit and more control," Robinson said. "They don't want the feds in gaming."
Nevada, which doesn't have a lottery, also wants power in how it regulates web gambling but only so that its casinos can leverage their exclusive right to intrastate Internet poker by making southern Nevada the hub of a nationwide network. Nevada-based companies also have longstanding relationships with gambling in California and New Jersey.
With widespread Internet lottery sales likely to help escalate jackpots to unprecedented heights, brands will only grow stronger with time. Jones said he envisions a purse reaching $1 billion in the future, which could even attract casino gamblers who wouldn't typically play the lotto.
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Wish i could hit the fast forward button to see how this will play out
It will wind up like everything else, the ones who have the most money to promote their side will win.
They need to talk about better games for the players. Those online poker sites..are sucky at best.
If you know your number is going to hit, have patience and then KILL IT!
You never know when you will get another hit.
This will probably never get solved. Uncle Sam is getting $ from both sides and it would make no sense to favor one side. Nevada should start their own pb/mm game if they lose.
..and the more they dig and dig and root out any competition, you'd better believe the 5 D everyone loves here will be no more...or at least our access to it.
"No matter how bad things may get, I'd like to thank my middle finger
for always sticking up for me.."
Even though Online Gambling is making its way to the top, still a lot of lottery players are playing manually. They are after the thrill and excitement seeing how their numbers are playing...
The Republican Party platform calls for a ban on all Internet gambling including state lotteries so it depends on who wins the Presidential election next month.
Thanks Stack, I guess I am now no longer undecided on who to vote for.
As for online poker, i think thats stupid. How can you trust the computer programs? Although the same can be said of RNG's i suppose, but i wouldn't trust it. Good thing New York still has good ole fashioned balls. But i would really prefer the option of buying tickets online.
If 7-11 is so intent on drawing a line in the sand then maybe they should have some sort of freebie offer for buying in store, such as a BOGO offer.
The Justice Department, through its interpretation of the Wire Act, has already virtually opened the door to internet gambling and it's extremely doubtful with the mess we're in from the current administration that the new administration would waste any time acting on one obscure sentence added to the Platform to assuage a special interest group when Platforms are routinely ignored.
No one swears any oath to uphold or enforce any item in any Platform and very few even pay any attention to it. Dam* few read it or have any idea what's in it. It's largely ceremonial and soon forgotten. Most people know what each party's general principles and core values are and don't have to look up chapter and verse to find out.
And even if it were a looming threat (which it isn't), anybody who would cast their vote to ensure a convenience in lottery playing over the survival of the nation in one of the most dangerous times in world history would have to be a complete imbecile.
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"
--Edmund Burke
If you are undecided and dont know who to vote for than just think who of the two candidates is the lesser of the two
If you are a lottery player,
Vote Democrat
Not repugnikan.
Besides the only sane vote is for ron paul.
But the insane establishment would never let a sane man on the ballot. Who would of thunk?
P.S. With all the turmoil in the Middle East and world wide It seems that Democrats and Republicans cant stop their murderous ways and blood lust, but please please, please
dont murder Big Bird.
Sorry to break it to you Ridge, but there is a slight chance, maybe the odds of winning the PB chance, that you or anybody can do anything to save the nation.
We dont have enough money.
We dont have enough guns.
We dont have enough love.
And we cant agree on what it takes to even win the lottery.
I know ridge, if you and your conservative cronies had their way they would ban chocolate milk in the cafeterias at school.
Of course if you were in office they would replace it with Baileys.
"Sorry to break it to you... but there is a slight chance... that you or anybody can do anything to save the nation."
So said King George and all his yeomen.
"We dont have enough money. "
Oh, we have plenty of money.
"We dont have enough guns."
Oh, we have plenty of guns.
"We dont have enough love."
"What's Love Got To Do With It?"
-Tina Turner
"And we cant agree on what it takes to even win the lottery."
That don't matter a hill o' beans.
"I know ridge, if you and your conservative cronies had their way they would ban chocolate milk in the cafeterias at school."
I can see you don't follow politics after that remark.
Or current events.
The Democrats and Liberals (redundant, I know) have already banned chocolate milk in school cafeterias along with soda and candy.
They are forcing the kids to take vegetables they don't want now with the school lunch and the kids dump them in the garbage.
Now they are installing cameras by the garbage cans to see who is not eating the food that the government has ordered them to eat.
That is the kind of world the Democrats want us to live in.
That is the kind of world that "me and my Conservative Cronies" have always stood against.
"Of course if you were in office they would replace it with Baileys."
I'm glad to see that you're not totally without redeeming qualities.
"...the only sane vote is for ron paul."
You said "sane" and "Ron Paul" in the same sentence, lol. That's rich. The guy who wants to dismantle our military in today's dangerous world.
Isn't Obama dismantling it fast enough? Hell, our navy is already down to the size it was in 1917 and he's going to cut another half trillion dollars out of the military across the board on January 1st when Sequestration starts.
"If you are a lottery player,
Not repugnikan."
Yeah, base your vote on a rumor about the lottery, not the fate of the nation.
Makes perfect sense.
Maybe the lottery will survive after the economy collapses.
"With all the turmoil in the Middle East and world wide It seems that Democrats and Republicans cant stop their murderous ways and blood lust..."
Yeah, we're the bad guys, us d*mn Americans.
We should stop hijacking their planes and flying them into their buildings and killing their innocent people with all our murderous ways and blood lust.
"...dont murder Big Bird."
Nobody's out to murder Big Bird. But he's a big enough bird to support himself like all the other kiddie shows that don't get the luxury of confiscating money from people's paychecks every week to keep them on the air along with a bunch of liberal yappers who couldn't make it in the free market.
If there's a big enough audience for Big Bird and the lib yappers to attract advertisers they'll survive like every other show does. But to force taxpayers to donate money to keep them all on life-support is ridiculous. Especially when we have to borrow the money from China to do it.
Actually I do keep up with some current events. I did see the 7 year olds having their hands scanned at the cafeteria line. ( NWO Indoctrination)
As far as the military goes. It doesn't matter how big your military is if as on 9-11, the brass in charge yells "STAND DOWN!!"
You can have the most HUMONGOUS military in the world. Its still not gonna protect you from false flag attacks.
Apparntly you dont remember your history. The gulf of tonkin and the reichstag?
I thought you were a Republican? Ron Paul is not a good enough patriot for you? Go ahead vote for Obama again.
But I am totally for Carolans at lunch time. It would give me something to look foward to after all those teachers put me to sleep.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – Matt Margaritonda tossed his first career complete game recording a career-high 11 strikeouts in Marshall's Conference USA series clinching win over East Carolina, 5-2, Sunday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Margaritonda (1-2), who was making just his fourth career start, scattered nine hits on the afternoon allowing a pair of runs (one earned) en route to The Herd's (5-9, 2-1 C-USA) first-ever series win over the Pirates (8-7. 1-2 C-USA). The right-hander punched out at least one batter in eight of nine frames and recorded multiple strikeouts in the second, third and seventh stanzas.
For the 14th time in 15 games, ECU fell behind early when Marshall scored a pair of runs in the second inning for a 2-0 advantage. Chase Vogelbach singled to right field and rounded the bases on a Matt Reed walk, a Pirate error off the bat of T.J. Diffenderfer and crossed home on Eric Escobedo's sac fly to right field. Reed would score two batters later on Robert Fajardo's single to right field.
Marshall scored the would-be game-winning run an inning later on Fajardo's sac fly to center pushing across Cory Garrastazu, who pinch ran for Reed after injuring his hand sliding into third. Vogelbach plated The Herd's final two runs, which came on a solo blast to left field in the fifth and a sac fly to center in the seventh.
Davis Kirkpatrick (1-1) took the loss for the Pirates working three full frames where he was touched for three runs (all earned) on two hits with three free passes and a strikeout. Brett Mabry made his fifth appearance out of the pen tossing five full innings of long relief where he gave up two runs (one earned) on two hits with a pair of punch-outs. Drew Reynolds came in and worked a perfect ninth recording one strikeout.
Trailing 5-0, ECU finally scratched across a couple of runs in the seventh pulling within three. Zach Houchins, who was 2-for-4 on the day and 7-for-12 in the series, singled to left to start the inning and came around to score on Ben Fultz' RBI triple to right center. But that's as close as the Pirates would get as miscues on the base paths and in the field would come back to haunt them.
Limited to just three hits through five innings, Eric Tyler started the sixth by reaching on an infield single to third. Kirk Morgan followed with a bunt single and the Pirates looked poised to break through. But on the same play that Reynolds popped up on moon-shot to short, Tyler was picked off at second making it two quick outs for The Herd. Morgan would end the stanza when he was caught stealing on the next pitch thwarting a potential run-scoring frame.
Despite allowing four hits on the day, the ECU pitching staff walked four, plunked two and the defense committed four errors.
The Pirates will look to right the ship quickly as they head into their spring break with a five-game week. Next up will be a re-match with instate foe UNC Greensboro on Tuesday, Mar. 11 at home (5 p.m.), followed by a neutral site contest in Wilson, N.C. against Atlantic Coast Conference member Wake Forest on Wednesday, Mar. 12 at Fleming Stadium with a 6 p.m. (EST) first pitch scheduled. ECU will close the week with a home league series against Tulane, Mar. 14-16.


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I'm a latecomer to the roasted chickpea party! They took the blog world by storm a while back and I foolishly hesitated to make them. While everyone around me was gushing about how good they were I ignored their claims, even though I am a chickpea lover through and through.
Now it's my turn to rave about these nutty, little, golden nuggets of joy! Roasting gives them a different texture then cooking them in other ways. They become starchier, kind of crunchy and depending on what spices and herbs you coat them with they can be sweet, savory, spicy hot or a combination of all three.
I seasoned these with chile powder, cumin, cinnamon and cayenne with plenty of salt and pepper. They were a little bit smoky, with a kick from the cayenne and a hint of sweetness from the cinnamon. I ate them warm and cold right from the refrigerator. Indeed they are as delicious and addicting as everyone claimed and are also excellent added to salads.
I found that a precise recipe isn't really needed, they are so versatile and mild they take well to almost any spices or herbs you want to use. I've seen recipes with sugar and super spicy versions served with a squeeze of lime. Simply roasting them with salt and pepper is enough to produce good results; it's all about the technique.
Just promise me you won't wait too long to make them and deprive yourself the way I did!
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I first heard of Nathan Cullen when I read his blog, which was featured on rabble.ca on December 1st, 2011. This blog briefly outlined his plan to cooperate with Liberal and Green Party members and hold joint nomination meetings in Conservative held ridings. This would leave only one candidate to face-off against the Conservative incumbents for certain seats, making it, at least, less likely that they could get a majority government with only 39% of the vote, as in the last federal election.
A few days later, the first leadership debate was held in Ottawa. 8 other candidates joined Cullen, including Thomas Mulcair, Peggy Nash, Brian Topp, Paul Dewar, Niki Ashton, Martin Singh, Romeo Saganash, and Robert Chisholm. Saganash and Chisholm have since dropped out of the race.
In this debate, Cullen clearly stood out as one of my top choices. It was his charisma and passion for the environment that caught my attention the most, plus, he made me laugh a couple of time, which is always good.
As former NDP environment and natural resources critic, and with his strong opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline – which would pass through his Skeena-Bulkley riding in BC – it is clear that environmental issues are one of Nathans top priorities. With the current Conservative governments total neglect of the environment, this is exactly the kind of leader we need to get our country back on the right track. Also, being a 4th term MP, he has more parliamentary experience than any other candidate in the race, and he is the only one to ever defeat a Conservative incumbent.
On top of his experience in parliament, Nathan Cullen has also operated a successful small business, spent time as a community organizer, and has done development work in Africa and South America. He has worked with diverse groups, from business executives to indigenous elders, and speaks 3 languages (English, French, and Spanish).
With his small business background, Cullen is also less likely to be feared by more moderate Liberals who might otherwise vote Conservative if they were cooperating with the NDP. In an interview with the Star, he calls himself "a pro-business New Democrat" who believes "in the private sector's capacity to innovate and create the kind of wealth we need to pay for the social programs we deserve". He also believes in protecting small and medium sized businesses from unfair interest rates imposed on them by large banks an credit card companies, as he explains in the clip from a debate below.
Nathan has come under attack for his joint nomination plan, mainly from his opponents and other die-hard NDP supporters. He addresses many of these criticisms in an interview with MacLeans magazine.
The main criticism is that his plan is undemocratic. Opponent say that it would prevent them from getting the unexpected victories that led to their success in Quebec on May 2nd. Cullen points out that he was not proposing this in the last election. Also, it's difficult to say what would have happened in May if the parties had held joint nomination meetings. Perhaps the NDP would have given up some of their victories to the Liberals, but at the same time, both the NDP and the Liberals would most likely have taken some victories from the Conservatives. And maybe the Green party could have even won a seat or two.
This is nothing like a coalition government, like the the Canadian (Reform/Conservative) Alliance that existed from 2000 to 2003. It is also nothing like the imaginary Liberal/NDP coalition that Harper used to scare people into voting for him in the last election.
Furthermore, it's not as if candidates would be forced to drop out of the race. Every candidate would have the choice, and if their polling numbers are low, they would be encouraged to get behind another progressive candidate, so that Conservatives don't benefit from the splitting of the progressive vote.
Some NDP and GPC supporters would argue that Liberals are not progressive. This is a misunderstanding of the diversity of the Liberal base. I, like many progressives, have voted Liberal in the past because in my riding they were the only ones able to beat the Conservatives. Strategic voting, or voting for the lesser of two evils, although you don't necessarily get to vote for the party that best represents your views, is smart. A vote for a party that has no chance of winning the seat, while it does give a dollar or two to the party of your choice, has no effect on the outcome of the election, and is essentially wasted. The Cullen plan is not strategic voting, but strategic nomination.
As Prime Minister of Canada, Nathan Cullen would also introduce proportional representation, where the number of seats won are proportional to the number of votes received. This would erase the need for joint nominations and strategic voting.
The bottom line is, progressives are starting to realize, after less than a year of a Harper majority, that we can't keep going in this direction for much longer. Harper once said "You won't recognize Canada when I'm done with it", and people are starting to see what he meant.
With a new and expensive crime bill (C-10) at a time when crime is at it's lowest point in decades, attempting to pass an internet spy bill (C-30) that would allow the government to monitor peoples online activity without a warrant, abandoning the Kyoto protocol, and advocating tar-sand pipelines that put communities in danger of a spill, it's becoming clear what kind of vision he has for the country. If we don't want a police state, controlled by oil companies, we need to do whatever we can to stop Harper before our country becomes completely unrecognizable.
Nathan Cullen started his campaign for NDP leader as a virtual unknown, but has now gained a considerable amount of momentum, mainly because of his joint nomination plan, and also his charismatic performance in the debates. Unlike many of the other front-runners, he is not backed by large labor unions. His support comes from people coming together to support progressive values over partisan politics.
The NDP leadership election is March 24th, but in order to vote, you must become a registered member of the NDP before February 18th.


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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
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Posted by Serena at 10/04/2006 07:16:00 PM
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- Mary Uible Crowson said...
Don't know that I've ever seen RUK in a library WITH a book. In fact that may be the question she's asking in this picture: "IS THIS A BOOK? YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT WITH THIS?"
- Wed Oct 04, 11:48:00 PM 2006
- serena said...
I LOVE this photograph of Roberta - it is even better than her senior picture. Perhaps I should post that again.
- Thu Oct 05, 12:36:00 AM 2006
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The Associated Press interviews Michael Thorpy, M.B., Ch.B., about a new study showing that regular disruption of nighttime sleep can lead to elevated blood sugar levels and a sluggish metabolic rate, setting the stage for diabetes. Dr. Thorpy notes that diabetes isn't the only worry; impaired sleep has been linked to high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, depression, memory impairment, a weakened immune system and even cancer. Dr. Thorpy is professor of clinical neurology at Einstein and director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center.(Tuesday, April 17, 2012)
The New York Times' Consult blog hosts Michael J. Thorpy, M.B. Ch.B., and Shelby Freedman Harris, Psy.D. The two will answer reader questions about insomnia and sleeplessness the week of June 21. Dr. Thorpy is professor of clinical neurology at Einstein and director of Montefiore's Sleep-Wake Disorders Center. Dr. Harris is assistant professor of neurology and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Einstein and director of Montefiore's behavioral sleep medicine program. (Wednesday, June 23, 2010)


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I dont get this super Harbaugh hate. People are always saying he is an overated bag. His teams are good. Real good.
Its nice to have a new nemesis in the division. The winning Rams teams were good to finally take the division from.
This article linked above I found when looking at a diff post. This is taking the reaction to the 12/23 game a bit far.


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Posted on: 23 November, 2015
East Central University will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, beginning Wednesday, Nov. 25 and running through Friday, Nov. 27. Tuesday night classes, on Nov. 24, will still be in session. The campus will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30.
Posted on: 19 November, 2015
Dr. Jimmy V. Scales has been a pioneer, whether it's being one of the first two African American football players at East Central University in the 1960s or being the first African American appointed to the Oklahoma State School Board in 1984.
Scales, a nationally-recognized educator, civic and social leader and former superintendent of Hamilton County Schools in Chattanooga, Tenn., will address 232 bachelor's degree candidates and 101 master's degree candidates during the 2015 ECU Fall Commencement Ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Kerr Activities Center.
Posted on: 17 November, 2015
Four East Central University students – Hillari Snider, Ben Godwin, Baylee Williams and Yin Lai – are fine and doing well in France after terrorists ravaged portions of the city of Paris Friday, killing in excess of 120 people.
Dr. Mara Sukholutskaya, director of ECU's Global Education Program, was able to contact those four students, who are attending the University of Limoges through ECU's Study Abroad Program, over the weekend. Limoges is a three-hour train ride from Paris.
Posted on: 13 November, 2015
For Keli Steen, science fairs go way beyond achieving awards.
The Grove High School anatomy and physical science teacher has developed a curriculum called "Independent Scientific Research", a program which takes place at the school, during the seventh and final hour of the day.
Posted on: 13 November, 2015
By Lacey McAdoo
Hobbit enthusiasts will be thrilled to know J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit: An Adventure Play," adapted by Edward Mast and published by Dramatic Publishing, will be the next East Central University Theatre Department performance of the season.
The show will be performed Nov. 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ataloa Theatre inside the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center. There will also be school performances on Nov. 19 and 20 at 10 a.m.
Posted on: 11 November, 2015
Tiger Connection, a preview day for all senior high school and transfer students at East Central University, is set for Thursday, Nov. 19, in the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.
The event is designed for prospective students to check out what ECU has to offer and enables participants to view what being an ECU student is like, from attending a class to eating in the cafeteria and talking with current ECU students. A free t-shirt will be given to each prospective student.
Posted on: 11 November, 2015
Joe Franco, a senior early childhood education major from Purcell representing Pi Kappa Tau, serves cookies during last year's annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner in Ada. The East Central University Human Resources Club is hosting this annual event again from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 23, at the Pontotoc County Agri-Plex and Convention Center in Ada. The dinner is free and open to everyone in the community.
Posted on: 10 November, 2015
ECU SCREENS concludes its fall season with "The Hard Problem" at 1 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16, in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center.
Written by "notoriously knotty" (Daily Mail) Tom Stoppard, "The Hard Problem" wrestles with questions of faith, evolution and human consciousness.


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When Niagara coach Joe Mihalich tells you the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is wide open, he means it.
And he�s not just talking in coach speak.
�Every coach in America is going to say it�s wide open and anybody can win it. If anybody really means it, it�s the 10 coaches in this league,� said Mihalich, whose Purple Eagles are the top seed and await the winner of the play-in game between eighth-seeded Marist and ninth-seeded Siena.
Niagara went 18-12 this season and 13-5 in the league, claiming the regular-season title outright.
Rider and Loyola finished one game behind with Canisius and Iona coming in two back.
�The charm of our team is that we can lose to anybody,� Mihalich said.
Really, anybody in the top eight has a chance to get to the final. It�s what makes this tournament so compelling.
�I think we have the best true mid-major league in the country,� said outspoken Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos, whose team is trying to repeat as tournament champions in its last season in the MAAC before leaving for the Patriot League.
�Our teams just rotate. We�ve been bad. We�ve been good. Rider is probably the surprise team this year. This is a tough league. It�s a great mid-major league. � It�s not just 1 and 2 playing and saying what a great game.�
Players to Watch
MoMo Jones (Iona) � Senior guard leads the league in scoring at 23.2 points per game which also ranks him third nationally. He�s the best pure scorer in the conference and has the ability to get 35-40 points on any given night and beat you by himself.
Juan�ya Green (Niagara) � Purple Eagles� point guard does it all. He can score (17 ppg) or set teammates up (5 apg). �He makes this team win,� Mihalich said. �He put his team in first place. Juan�ya Green�s team is in first place.�
Antoine Mason (Niagara) � Second to Jones in scoring at 18.3 ppg, Mason, the son of former NBA All-Star Anthony Mason, missed four games with a sprained ankle but returned for the final three contests. Mihalich said he�s ready to go and 100 percent.
Billy Baron (Canisius) � What a difference a player makes? Baron�s a major factor in Griffs� turnaround. He averages 16.6 ppg, while dishing out a league-best 5.1 assists per contest.
Erik Etherly (Loyola) � Greyhounds forward averages 16.2 ppg and gives them an inside presence that�s tough to stop.
O.D. Anosike (Siena) � Last song for Saints� senior, who once again leads conference in rebounding at 11.4 per game. Siena�s bad, but Anosike�s had a fine career.
Danny Stewart (Rider) �� Junior forward can put up a double-double on any given night and undersized Broncs need him to clean the glass.
The Favorite
Niagara�s the top seed and has the dynamic Green/Mason backcourt.
�Last year, we played all those freshmen and they got better,� Mihalich said. �They got more confidence and they�re pretty darn good. It�s a good group of guys that has a will to win and a toughness about them.�
The Sleeper
It�s hard to call the No. 2 seed a sleeper, but Rider still seems to fly under the radar.
The Broncs are the hottest team, coming in winners of five straight and seven of eight and have the best player nobody talks about in Jon Thompson.
The Pick
Loyola leaves with a nice going away present.
The Greyhounds get after it defensively and stifle Jones� Iona in the final.


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Hey remember when Microsoft announced during their E3 2012 conference that they teamed up with Gore Verbinski to make a Kinect game called Matter? Anyone? No? Yeah, well it's been canceled.
"Microsoft Studios is no longer pursuing this title," a company Microsoft representative told Joystiq. "We have no further details to share at this time."
Microsoft teamed up with the Pirates of the Caribbean movie director to make a game about a Portal 2 Core fighting future flying boxes with arms. Or something. I don't know. The trailer was weird then, and it's still weird now.
It's odd a Kinect game was canceled. I mean, I thought the Kinect was supposed to be the future of gaming! It's almost as if the Kinect doesn't ... Matter anymore.
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Lincoln Countians are being urged to join County Mayor Peggy Bevels and Fayetteville Mayor John Ed Underwood, in recognizing February as Spay/Neuter Awareness Month locally and Feb. 28 as World Spay Day.
Both Bevels and Underwood signed Spay Day proclamations designating Feb. 28 as Spay Day in Fayetteville and Lincoln County.
The idea of a World Spay Day originated with the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International. It has become a collaboration with animal welfare organizations like the Middle Tennessee Spay and Neuter Clinic and the Humane Society of Lincoln County, veterinary professionals, businesses, and individuals worldwide in an attempt to make all pet guardians aware that spay/neuter surgery is the best proven means of saving animals' lives.
The Spay Day proclamation authored by the Middle Tennessee Spay and Neuter Clinic in Shelbyville and supported by the Humane Society of Lincoln County encourages pet owners to sterilize their pets to reduce the number of unwanted cats and dogs surrendered to shelters.
The Middle Tennessee Spay and Neuter Clinic is a low-cost clinic specializing in spay/neuter surgery for low-income pet owners. Surgery for cats is $30 and $45 for dogs. Rabies inoculations are $10. Call the clinic at (931) 684-5353 to see if your pet qualifies.


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Posted on: 27 October, 2017
Perpetual Motion Dance, a modern and aerial dance company in Oklahoma City, will be performing Quinze, the company's 15 anniversary concert, on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in East Central University's Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
Perpetual Motion Dance blends postmodern and aerial dance techniques with a signature grace and technical ingenuity to create dance on all planes.
Advanced tickets are $15. ECU students are free with identification. Tickets are $20 at the door on the night of the performance.
Posted on: 26 October, 2017
East Central University is proud to announce "King of Ragtime: ECU Commemorates the Life and Music of Scott Joplin" to be held on Monday, Nov. 6, in the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
Preconcert cakewalks, with gourmet cake prizes, will begin at 7 p.m. The formal program will commence at 7:30 p.m.
Posted on: 25 October, 2017
Donna Graves, instructor of communication studies at East Central University, was recently presented the D.J. Nabors College Forensics Coach Award during the Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communication Association meeting held at ECU's Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.
"I am honored to have received it on behalf of my students who work so hard to try to explore new areas and challenges," said Graves.
Posted on: 24 October, 2017
East Central University junior Kelsey Anderson took first place in the Student Research Poster Competition at the Second Annual Oka' Institute Sustainability Conference held recently in ECU Foundation Hall of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.
Anderson, a chemistry major from Lancaster, Ohio, worked with Dr. Randall Maples, ECU assistant professor of chemistry, on the project and poster entitled "Nanoremediation – An Assessment Model of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Mobility in Groundwater."
Posted on: 24 October, 2017
Dr. Bernida Webb-Binder will present East Central University's 2017 Lockmiller Lecture in Art History on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center.
Her topic will be "Jewell Castro's Representations of Family and Identity in Samoan American Art."
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Posted on: 23 October, 2017
Barbara J. Corcoran wanted a way to express the journey her and her husband Bob have been through and has done so through her book Our Mountains to Climb a Journey of Love and Faith Through Trials.
The 1972 East Central University graduate will conduct a book signing on Friday, Oct. 27, from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. in the lobby directly in front of the ECU Bookstore. The cost of the book is $13.95 plus tax and will be available for purchase.
Posted on: 23 October, 2017
Jon Hazell, 2017 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year and science teacher at Durant High School, will deliver East Central University's 2017 Marvin Stokes Lecture on Monday, Oct. 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Room of the Bill S. Cole University Center.
Posted on: 18 October, 2017
"Oh! The Places Tigers Will Go!" is the theme as East Central University will conduct its 2017 homecoming with activities on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 27-28.
Highlights include the alumni golf tournament at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, at the Oak Hills Golf and Country Club in Ada; homecoming parade on Saturday, Oct. 28, at noon and the football game at 4 p.m. Saturday against Arkansas Tech on Norris Field at Koi Ishto Stadium.
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