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by Christopher DePaul
Josh McIlvain, a Chestnut Hill playwright, is spearheading a two-night theatrical experience at Moving Arts Studio of Mt. Airy, 6819 Greene St. (at Carpenter Lane), next door to Weavers Way. Titled "Stratagems for Common People: A Pop-Up Performance of New Theater and Dance Works," the performances will take place Friday, April 5, and Saturday, April 6, with two back-to-back performances each night at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets are just $5, both at the door and online at stratagems.brownpapertickets.com.
"We want a neighborhood feel, and Mt. Airy is a perfect spot. It's very artsy," said McIlvain, 42, on a recent afternoon upstairs at Chestnut Hill Coffee Company. "We have always wanted to produce a show in the area we live in, where I think there is a real audience for contemporary performing arts, not to mention a lot of artists. Nearly all the shows I have produced in Philly were downtown, so it's great not only to put up my stuff but to bring other artists like Shannon Murphy and John Rosenberg to Mt. Airy to produce their works as well."
A remarkably prolific playwright and director, Josh is the artistic director of SmokeyScout Productions, which he co-founded with Deborah Crocker (now his wife) in 2008. He has had more than 115 productions of his 70 plays performed throughout the country, including 38 in New York City. SmokeyScout Productions stages plays written and often directed by McIlvain, usually with minimal props and sets, fluid transitions and close interaction with audiences.
Josh left New York City to return to his native Philadelphia, wanting to create something that saves parents with younger children from going downtown to see a show.
"We hope to attract parents who still want to get out and do stuff (without the kids). What's unique about this is they can get somebody to watch the kids for an hour-and-a- half, not five or six hours," said McIlvain.
Indeed these performances, loosely rated in the "PG-13 to R" spectrum, are not plays you'll want to take small children to. McIlvain warned, "A 10-year-old is not going to be into it." There will be three entirely different, stand-on-their-own performances, running for 15 to 25 minutes each. Over last Thanksgiving weekend, Josh completed writing his part, a monologue by actress Anna Watson.
"It's a one-woman play and it's a direct address. She'll be speaking directly to the audience." It's all scripted with wiggle room for impromptu. If you go, prepare to be sitting in a different part of the studio at the end of the performance than the one you chose at the beginning. "We're thinking about switching the audience around for each act to give them three completely different views," Josh said.
The first part of the show will be a dance routine, and the final act will be a tale of two servers at an Olive Garden restaurant preparing for an impending birthday party.
McIlvain seemed genuinely excited about the opportunity to perform his show in a space not usually utilized for such performances: "People will be very surprised with what you can do with movement. The idea is not to work so hard to make a non-traditional space traditional because what's the point? Don't just work with what you have, but take advantage of it."
Though he's seasoned in production, writing and directing from his days in New York's One Act festivals, this will still be a dry run of sorts. Josh is thinking of setting up shop at a to-be-determined venue in Chestnut Hill this fall, and "outdoors would be super fun." He also mentioned the idea of performances in a garage.
Josh apparently thinks that performances pack a bigger punch when moved away from the traditional stage-and-curtain venues. The audience for this weekend's performances will be in for an intimate 70 minutes, as the capacity will only be 25-35 people.
"We want to make this into something where you can go into a town, set up for a weekend simply, and move on, like a rock band," Josh noted.
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Second half run powers Duke past Davidson
Amidst a sea of fans wearing red and blue at Time Warner Cable Arena on Wednesday, the Duke men's basketball team overcame a tidal wave first half against Davidson with a second half typhoon.
The top-ranked Blue Devils (13-0) scored 12-straight points to start the second half on their way to a 67-50 victory against the Wildcats in Charlotte.
"It was a good win for us," said Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski. "No one has any more respect for (Davidson) than I do. We've always had battles against them. Tonight was another battle."
Tied 29-29 at halftime, Duke outscored Davidson 38-21 in the second half on its way to finishing its non-conference schedule unbeaten.
Quinn Cook led the second half charge for the Blue Devils, scoring 13 of his 15 points in the second half.
"He kept the ball well, and he finished," Krzyzewski said of Cook. "He made a couple of outstanding plays. He is playing with a lot of confidence. He should be because he's played well to earn his own confidence and the confidence of others."
Ryan Kelly also played solidly for the Blue Devils, making 3-of-4 attempts from behind the 3-point line. Kelly led all Duke scorers in Wednesday's game with 18 points.
Davidson (7-6) kept its first half score with Duke knotted by holding a 22-15 edge in rebounding, including nine offensive boards.
De'Mon Brooks grabbed eight rebounds to led the first half effort on the glass for the Wildcats.
Despite a solid start to its game, Davidson fell behind in the early going of the second half by missing its first five shots and committing five quick turnovers.
Chris Czerapowicz broke the Wildcats' long cold shooting streak at the 13:51 mark of the second half, but Davidson was already behind at that point by double digits.
"Our defense was outstanding tonight," Krzyzewski said. "In the first half, we gave up offensive rebounds, but in the second half, we didn't. To me, that was the key to the ball game. They played really good defense, too, but our execution in the second half was really good."
Wildcats forward Jake Cohen tried to get his team back into the game, scoring 13 of his game-high 19 points in the second half.
However, the Blue Devils made clutch shots and free throws down the stretch en route to defeating the Wildcats for the 24th consecutive time.
Brooks chipped in eight points and 12 rebounds for Davidson.
Duke and Davidson are both back in action Saturday.
The Blue Devils start ACC play Saturday when they host Wake Forest (7-5), while the Wildcats continue their SoCon slate when they welcomes UNC-Greensboro (2-9, 1-0).
Krzyzewski said his team's early success is a positive, but this weekend's match up with the Demon Deacons will be a challenge.
"Sometimes a non-conference schedule like that can wear you out," he said. "We want to make sure we're refreshed. For our guys go 13-0 with our schedule is just magnificent. It's just terrific, but we're all 0-0. We play Wake Forest. They beat Xavier tonight. They'll be good. They are hungry."

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Samuel Krueger likes Los Angeles. A lot. Which is noteworthy because he grew up in Portland, Ore., where the word "Californication" was coined to describe L.A.'s baleful influence.
Portland has a well-defined urban core, while Dorothy Parker's description of L.A. — 72 suburbs in search of a city — has stuck with us, for good reason. Krueger, however, says L.A. and Portland have the same energy. And now he's discovered from where it springs: L.A. has an urban center after all.
Krueger, 29, works in geographic information systems for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He is tall, bearded and resembles both a Pacific Northwest mountain man and an academic. His find came in an award-winning masters' thesis in geography studies at USC.
Krueger used an algorithm to map concentrations of overlapping urban features like high-end retail shopping, restaurants, nightclubs, theaters and museums. These clusters of "urban amenities," he said, comprise Los Angeles' urban center. Krueger named this core the "Santa Monica/Wilshire Corridor," after the main arteries that run through it.


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Taylor1027 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 126 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
PMG Sports
We are an Olympic Sports Agency located in Raleigh, North Carolina in need of a new, more modern logo to launch with our new website. Future work is a possibility.
Some of our clients include Dara Torres, Nastia Liukin, Bruce Jenner, Mark Spitz, Greg Louganis, and Aaron Peirsol. We also represent a handful of celebrity trainers. Our company has exclusive representation of its clients-- handling everything from their media and PR requests, to one off appearances (including speeches, autograph signings, charity events, meet and greets, question and answer sessions) to their larger endorsement deals. We work with a number of different companies and coorporations-- ranging from Olympic Sponsors like AT&T and Deloitte Touche, to other companies with a vested interest in using celebrity spokespeople like Johnson and Johnson, Nike, Allstate, etc.
We also work with a larger number of smaller businesses like swim and gymnastics clubs that bring our athletes in for clinics and speeches for their kids.
Because of our relationships with larger companies and our experience within the Olympic sport movement, we also provide corporate consulting as a service. We provide each company we consult with a customized plan. While some businesses need help deciding on a celebrity spokesperson, others want to plan and implement programs using our knowledge of the marketplace.
The people we work with:
Olympic athletes and celebrity trainers
Larger corporations ranging from Olympic sponsors, sport related companies, health and fitness related companies
Mommy bloggers
Speakers Bureaus
Gymnastics and Swim teams
A handful of our clients are moms and we do a lot of work with the mommy blogger demographic.
We're looking for more of a sports feel than an Olympic feel. Something modern. The International Olympic Committee has all rights to the Olympic rings and we are unable to use them in our logo. The biggest problem we have with our current logo is that it doesn't translate well to the web. Also, we feel that it is extremely dated. Because of the multitude of people and companies we work with, we would like to be able for the PMG to be the most prevalent part of the design. From there, we would like to be able to add "Corporate Consulting," "Sports," "Trainers," etc.
We would like something that is very clean. We are in the process of launching a new website which can be found at http://test.pmgsports.com/. We feel that the logo that is currently in place there doesn't do much to help the design of the website and we would like to launch both together.
Something clean, fresh, and modern. Main focus on PMG - can incorporate "Premier Management Group" in the tagline, but again make it something easy for web and twitter, etc. Blue coloring and clean fonts prefered.
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Will I quit WoW permanently over this change? No. But I will also never again participate on any Blizzard forum. Scott over at Broken Toys sums up my feelings pretty much, and presents a reasoned defense of online anonymity.
The folks running around calling people who have a problem with this change 'irrational' and 'paranoid' must be really happy in their privileged denial bubbles where the world is always safe and where losing your privacy online couldn't possibly have any negative repercussions.
Plus there's the fact that MMORPGs were originally based around creating an 'alternate persona' separate from real life, so why would folks be surprised that a lot of people who enjoy that aspect would consider bringing RL into their game as a sort of violation?
EDIT: Oh look, Blizz made a deal with Facebook to share RealID info across platforms. So at least now we know the monetary reason for this change -- the claim that it's all 'to improve the forums' is just PR bunk. You don't need to strip away pseudonyms in order to properly moderate an online community.
EDIT2: After the enormous outcry provoked by this announcement, Blizzard has pulled the idea.
Jul 7, 2010
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- Aspendawn said...
What a mess this whole thing is. Thanks for the links; some additional interesting articles I hadn't read.
While I'm not playing, I can only think that I'd sign up with a fake name if ever I did subscribe again just as a precaution, even though I'd probably never post on their forums. Just nothing good can come of this whole thing.
- Pai said...
I've just finished reading this: A short history of Activision Blizzard
I think it puts into context what's happening here. Blizzard is no longer the company it was when WoW began, and it's going to be more and more obvious as time goes on.
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Mirror/Mirror Episodes
Born Again Vintage
Want one-of-a-kind outfits that don't cost a lot of money? Reinvent what's already in your closet with these vintage looks.
"The judge pulled me aside and was like, 'Oh, wow. You like vintage, huh?' and I'd never heard of vintage. So, I went home, Googled it and was like 'Wow!' -- not realizing every single piece I picked was vintage," she explains.
It was the birth of her Born Again Vintage line.
"Born Again Vintage is just really giving vintage or old clothes a second chance," Bridgett says. It's something that green store owners, like Sherri Eichberger, say more and more clients are looking for.
Bridgett's signature style is putting together pieces that normally wouldn't be paired together.
"I'm usually driven by the piece. So, I buy the piece because I like the texture, I like the color, I like the pattern, and then it might sit for a year. You know, because I really don't know what to do with it. Then, all of a sudden I'll buy another piece and it's like, 'Oh my God! That goes with that!' Then, it's just magic. Magic happens," she says.
It's the same sort of thing Bridgett teaches in her book.
"There are 25 demonstrations broken into five categories: four seasons and then one for prom dresses and matron of honor dresses and all those things that definitely sit in your closet and you don't know what to do with. And it gives you step by step on how to cut it, what type of seam to use, what type of thread. It literally breaks everything down for you to be able to do it yourself," she says.
Here's how to make Bridgett's Born Again Bolero:
- Start with a large, outdated or men's cardigan sweater.
- Shorten it to your desired length by cutting off the bottom.
- Reshape the sweater by cutting from the bottom of the sweater to the neckline, along the buttons (cutting the buttons off).
- Next, thread an embroidery needle.
- Fold the edge you just cut under about a half an inch and start sewing! Just up and down, through the fabric. (Be sure to tie a knot in the thread before doing your first stitch)
- When you get to the other side, tie another knot.
- Do the same thing until all of the edges you cut are sewn under to keep them from fraying.
- You're done!
Bridgett Artise, owner
Born Again Vintage
Check out her book, Born Again Vintage, on Amazon.
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CHICAGO – Labeling it a must-win game beforehand, D.J. Augustin helped the Chicago Bulls temporarily find their playoff swagger, providing much-needed offense in stale moments.
The only problem? Bradley Beal was doing the same thing for the Washington Wizards.
Beal's jumper over Joakim Noah, who received the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award before the game, fell short at the end of regulation. But the Bulls' offense went dry in overtime as Washington prevailed 101-99 in a Game 2 thriller to stunningly go ahead 2-0 in the Eastern Conference series.
BOX SCORE: Wizards 101, Bulls 99 (OT)
PLAYOFFS: First-round schedule, TV info
The Bulls had a chance to force a second overtime with 2.4 seconds left, but guard Kirk Hinrich missed both free throws.
The Wizards backcourt took a backseat in Game 1, but in Beal (26 points) and John Wall (16 points) gave Washington its main offensive life in Game 2. Wall went scoreless in the second half after having a hot hand in the first and the second half belonged to Beal, who hit a momentum-shifting three-pointer with 2:47 left and a tear-drop with 1:23 remaining.
"He hit a lot of big shots for us," Wizards coach Randy Wittman said.
Nene, Game 1's top player, came up big in overtime and finished with 17 points and seven rebounds.
The Bulls started off sluggish in the first half, falling behind by 17 before Augustin sparked a comeback behind three consecutive three-pointers to help Chicago trail 56-49 at halftime.
GALLERY: Top shots from Bulls-Wizards series
The Bulls had the momentum for much of the second half. Augustin, who finished with 25 points off the bench, continued his crafty play and a mix of second-chance points and clutch shooting helped recharge Chicago's offense. Taj Gibson also provided a boost off the bench with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Noah added 20 points and 12 rebounds.
Tempers flared in this one. Hinrich and Beal were whistled for technical fouls after a mini scuffle in the second quarter. And later Noah and Trevor Ariza had to be separated in a third-quarter scuffle that led to another double-technical.
The series goes back to Washington for Game 3 Friday with Chicago needing to make adjustments.
"During the regular season, you get different stretches where it's spread out," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "In the playoffs, you're on equal footing. ... It gives you more time to prepare."
Eddie Johnson breaks down Bradley Beal's role on the Washington Wizards.


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LOS ANGELES – A UC Irvine medical professor suing Johnny Depp for injuries she allegedly suffered at the hands of security guards protecting him at an Iggy Pop concert can seek punitive damages against the actor, a judge ruled today.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson denied a motion by attorneys representing the 49-year-old Depp, the Hollywood Palladium management company and several security guard firms to only allow Robin Eckert to pursue her claims for compensatory damages.
"I think the allegations here are sufficient; whether they can be proved or not or whether they are exaggerated is a different matter," Johnson said.
Eckert, a 53-year-old mother of two, sued Depp, Palladium management company Live Nation Worldwide Inc. and the security firms April 16 in Los Angeles Superior Court. She says she went to the Iggy and the Stooges show last Dec. 1 with her husband, Eric Eckert, at the Palladium to celebrate his birthday.
Eckert, who is on leave from her medical practice and her job at UC Irvine, bought tickets to the VIP area because she is disabled, according to the suit.
Between the opening and main acts, Eckert left the VIP area and tried to return, the suit states. A series of confrontations occurred in which Depp and his entourage became confrontational with her, the suit alleges.
Depp's guards and those of the Palladium dragged her across the floor, according to the suit.
"This case arises from a highly painful and embarrassing attack, which occurred without cause or justification on my part …," Eckert says in a sworn declaration.
"Depp witnessed the attack, however, despite being his security guards' direct manager, did nothing to stop the attack," according to Eckert's court papers.
Depp's lawyer, Andrew Brettler, said his client did not escalate the incidents.
"They can't prove anything except that he stood there passively," Brettler said.
Brettler said only two of the four security guards involved were protecting the actor.
The security firms being sued are Premier Group International, Damian Executive Production Inc. and Staff Pro Inc.
According to a police report of the incident attached to Depp's court papers, Eckert reported the incident to the LAPD by telephone, saying she could not go to the Hollywood Station because of her disability.
After the officer took the report, he received a call from Irvine police, who told him Eckert came to their station "extremely intoxicated and irate" to tell them what happened to her at the Palladium, according to the LAPD report.
The Los Angeles police officer told his Irvine counterpart that he had already taken a report and that he did not need to do anything further, according to the LAPD report.
Eckert told the LAPD officer she did not drink alcohol during the concert, according to his report.


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Glovers leave Pools floundering
Yeovil bounced back from consecutive defeats to secure a narrow 1-0 victory over League One basement boys Hartlepool.
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Yeovil bounced back from consecutive defeats to secure a narrow 1-0 victory over League One basement boys Hartlepool.
A first-half strike from on-loan midfielder Joe Edwards fired the Glovers to their fourth home league win of the season - heaping further misery on the beleaguered Pools, now winless in 16 games in all competitions.
The hosts started brightly and took the lead after seven minutes when Sam Foley's teasing cross was turned home by Edwards, in his second loan spell at Huish Park from Bristol City.
The Somerset side continued to control a first half devoid of both tempo and fluency, with Daniel Johnson and Paddy Madden coming closest to doubling Yeovil's advantage before the break.
Hartlepool, yet to taste success on their travels, rallied in the second half and were left to rue a host of missed opportunities.
Striker James Poole was twice thwarted by Marek Stech before seeing his looping cross hit the bar, while Antony Sweeney thought he had found the net only for his strike to be ruled out for offside.


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If there are spells missing for your class please make a ticket or add a comment, also please tell me of spells that have been removed so I can remove them from the list as well
Releases means stable and working except no guarantee and limited support on sticky bars.
This is an Addon to create timers for your own buffs and debuffs.
player bars on left, target in middle, focus on right, all can be moved
To track CC Effects you must set the CCed mob as your focus if its not your target.
Only icons and time can be shown if you don't want bars.
The text can be customised in the options by using, "%s for spell name", "%a for applications", "%u for unit name eg target or player", "%n for mob name"
This mod is set up with AceLocale so anyone who wants to add other locals feel free :)
If you want other textures for the bars, get the AddOn SharedMedia.
- /ClassTimer or the LDB Launcher
Must give nymbia credits as he is a legend
#124 exc20002001 Posted Dec 10, 2014
Unable to get Druid guardian form buff <Pulverize> to show. This is a last tier talent ability.
#121 BamBamBeano Posted Oct 30, 2014
Can't seem to get Blade Flurry (rogue) to show. Its checked but (and I've tried adding it as an extra) but I can't seem to get the bar to show up.
#120 quentinshen Posted Oct 19, 2014
thanks a lot, hope it can monitor fatal strike
#119 user_805625 Posted Dec 2, 2012
I can no longer get ClassTimer to show the Dancing Steel buf. It was working, but a recent blizzard patch or hotfix seems to have broken it.
2x AceLocale-3.0-6: ClassTimer: Missing entry for "DoTs" ClassTimer\ClassTimer-r380.lua:222: in function <ClassTimer\ClassTimer.lua:199> (tail call): ? <in C code> <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":9: in function <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":5 (tail call): ? AdiBags-v1.5\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-11.lua:514: in function "InitializeAddon" AdiBags-v1.5\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0-11.lua:629: in function <AdiBags\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:621>
Locals: nil
#115 Bluehawaii7 Posted Aug 29, 2012
There is missing for Mage:
Ignite New Pyromaniac Buff
Troll: Berserker
Blastwave (Mage) can be removed.
Shaman Update
Frostbrand Weapon Gone
2 spells listed in lua for Earthliving - One for weapon enchant and other no idea
Now have 4 weapon buffs - None showing at this time with current version:
Windfury Weapon
Flametongue Weapon
Rockbiter Weapon
Earthliving Weapon
Also, didn't see a timer for:
Fire Nova
Chain Lightning
Lava Burst
Lightning Bolt
Primal Strike
Unleash Elements
Ancestral Spirit
Healing Rain
Water Breathing
Water Walking
Wind Shear
Spirit Walker's Grace
Feral Spirit
Ghost Wolf
Various Totems: Big ones being Earth Elemental and Fire Elemental Totem
The spells listed are all those that either are on cool-down small or large or invoke a cool-down (reincarnate doesn't specify a cool-down time on the spell tool-tip as the rest do, but there is a limit attached to it).
I like this mod and its well done. I like the customization of it and your great work you've put in thus far.
As an idea, during encounters, I have to watch my Maelstrom Weapon get to 5 stack to generate a free instant cast of a mana consuming, long-cast spell. I was thinking this is similar to a rogue's combo points and maybe a similar bar instead of watching the amount of time for certain abilities, a stacking bar telling you how many stacks you've got in a more focused place might alleviate the cluttered mess of numbers and icons. With your mod, I seem to watch the cool-down bars once I get into the cycle to keep DPS up, but have to keep glancing at my toon's buffs to see what stack and how long before I lose it (once maelstrom builds up, you have a limited time to use it and it disappears). Maybe a combo-bar where part tells you the stacked amount and a timerbar background that tells you how long until it runs out. This also works out to be the same case for a handful of other classes spells like a warrior's Sunder Armor is just one other spell that works like Maelstrom Weapon. This idea could benefit others classes besides my own.
Again, great addon. I wish you the best of luck with developing it to see the day when there's not much that NEEDs to be added and you spend more time enjoying your own work than working on it to add another feature.
#107 obscurescience Posted Feb 22, 2011
Any chance this addon will support showing dot ticks in the future?
#105 LightsfuryUther Posted Feb 4, 2011
I noticed that the repository is marked as "open". Are there any guidelines or rules for committing changes?
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Knuckles' Chaotix (カオティクス Kaotikusu?, lit. "Chaotix") is a 1995 platform video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega 32X. It is the only Sonic-related game released for the Sega 32X. Unusual for the Sonic series, the game stars Knuckles the Echidna as the main playable character, instead of Sonic the Hedgehog (who makes no appearance in the game besides the good ending), and features a new "Combi system", which allows the player to use two characters at once, who are joined together by Ring Power.
The game introduces the group later known as Team Chaotix to the Sonic series, composed of Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon and Charmy Bee. It also includes the brief return of Mighty the Armadillo.
The story of Knuckles' Chaotix varies between the Japanese and Western releases of the game with completely irreconcilable storylines.
A mysterious island rose from the southern sea a few months after the events of Sonic & Knuckles. Dr. Eggman discovers the island, and found a mysterious little ring inscribed with text dating from a legendary civilization. Eggman soon after found another ancient ring resembling one of the Super Rings of the Floating Island, which turned out to be the Special Ring once used by that lost people. The mysterious space the Special Ring created was filled with the Master Emerald Pillar's energy, which crystallized into six Chaos Rings. After this phenomenon, Eggman decided to continue the investigation of the Special Ring in order to uncover the secrets of the rings used by Sonic and friends, as well as theoretically summon the coveted Master Emerald. Inspired, Eggman quickly converted the island into a resort he dubbed Newtrogic High Zone, serving as his high-tech research fortress. He crystallized energy into artificial Dark Rings for his machines, and began to develop Ring Power, which would create a space-time connection between Rings. Mighty the Armadillo, Espio the Chameleon, Vector the Crocodile, and Charmy Bee all arrived at the island for different reasons, and ended up being captured and placed in the Combi Catcher machine by Eggman and Metal Sonic. Knuckles the Echidna, deducing that something was amplifying the power of the Master Emerald Pillar, also headed to the island and managed to rescue Espio along the way. They make their way to the World Entrance where they find the others, and go on to stop Dr. Eggman from succeeding in his plans.
The plot starts out on the day before the opening day of Carnival Island, a huge amusement resort with the latest in high-tech rides and games. As the guardian of the island, Knuckles' job was to make sure nothing went wrong before the grand event.
Behind the scenes, however, Dr. Robotnik was cooking up a new dastardly scheme. To fuel for his latest diabolical device, Robotnik went to Carnival Island to find the Power Emerald that supplies electricity to the entire island which would fit into his plan perfectly. To further ensure that Knuckles and his friends would not interfere with his plans, Robotnik used his Combi Catcher to freeze Mighty the Armadillo, Espio the Chameleon, Vector the Crocodile, and Charmy Bee in time.
When Knuckles returned from patrolling the far end of the island, he found Dr. Robotnik as he was imprisoning Espio the Chameleon in a Combi Catcher, and chased him away, saving Espio. After that, Knuckles discovered that he could rescue his other friends one at a time by using Ring Power, a power that holds two partners together like a magical rubber band. Never held back for long, Knuckles set out with his team to save Carnival Island from Robotnik before tomorrow's grand opening.
Knuckles Chaotix marks the debut of Team Chaotix. The group has five members: Knuckles the Echidna, Mighty the Armadillo (who also featured in the arcade game SegaSonic the Hedgehog two years earlier in 1993), Vector the Crocodile, Espio the Chameleon and Charmy Bee. Unlike Espio, who appears as one of the playable characters in Sonic the Fighters a year later, Vector and Charmy until the GameCube Nintendo game Sonic Heroes in 2003, and Mighty didn't return until the release of Sonic Mania's Encore DLC in 2018.
Each character in Knuckles Chaotix has his own special abilities. Knuckles still glides and climbs as he did in Sonic & Knuckles. Espio has the ability to walk upright on walls and ceilings, and instead of curling up into a ball when performing the spin dash, he twists into a tornado, and can destroy unguarded enemies by running headlong into them at full speed. Mighty is the fastest runner in the game and has the ability to scale walls with his feet and push himself upward. Vector is the largest member of Chaotix. His moves include a mid-air dash and the ability to climb on walls. Charmy is the smallest character in the game but his ability to fly gives him a definite edge over the other characters. In contrast to Tails in the earlier Genesis games, Charmy will never tire of flying (possibly because he is a bee, and in more recent Sonic games it is very rare for Charmy to not be seen flying).
Aside from Knuckles and co., the game also introduces Heavy and Bomb, two robots who claim to have escaped from Dr. Robotnik's evil clutches, and want to help the main player character. Heavy & Bomb cannot be selected from the character select screen, but instead are picked up through the Combi Catcher. Neither of the two robots can attack. Just as his name says, Heavy is heavy and slow, yet he is indestructible and has the ability to destroy enemies and monitors by simply walking against them. Bomb on the other hand is tiny and quick, but he explodes when he is hit. Both of these characters can only be playable directly if the Stage Select is activated through the game's Color Test. They can also be played as normally in Special Stages if the player has one of them as their partner and throws them into the Special Stage ring.
Heavy and Bomb were likely intended as booby prizes: when selecting a partner character, the player has to act quickly, as the characters shuffle around. Poor timing can result in selecting a different character than intended. Heavy and Bomb are generally considered to be nearly useless in action, making them the worst possible selections.
Playable characters
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Vector the Crocodile
- Mighty the Armadillo
- Charmy Bee
- Espio the Chameleon
- Heavy the Robot*
- Bomb*
* Only available as Combi characters outside of secret Stage Select.
Gameplay Elements
The primary objective of the game is mostly unchanged from previous Sonic titles. The player must finish each level in under ten minutes and defeat Dr. Robotnik's Badniks along the way. Rings still constitute the player's life energy and can be collected to gain entry into special stages, but since the player has unlimited lives, collecting 100 or 200 rings won't get the player an extra life unlike in other Sonic games.
The levels are divided into five worlds (called "attractions" in the game), each one consisting of five different Levels. After every two Levels played, the time of day will change (morning, day, sunset, and night). The time of day affects enemy placements and boss difficulty. At the end of Level 5, the player confronts Dr. Robotnik in one of his contraptions.
The most fundamental change in Knuckles' Chaotix involves the special ring force bond between characters dubbed the "Ring Power". In earlier Sonic games, two-player mode would consist either of a traditional split screen race or a joint single player effort with Tails as a secondary character. In the latter case, this meant that Tails could move off screen and get lost for a few seconds until he returned to Sonic.
In Knuckles' Chaotix however, both players are at all times connected on one single screen while neither player acts as the dominant force to move the game forward. Besides the staple of traditional Sonic moves and individual abilities this means some new tricks can be executed with the elastic force of the ring bond. For example, player 1 can hold his position while player 2 runs forward and stretches the bond to gain maximum speed. In mid-air the bond can be used to generate an upward momentum. Additionally, players can toss each other toward platforms or use the call-button to reunite (at a cost of ten rings, which meant that for the first and only time the ring count could dip below zero in a Sonic game). Should the player use the call-button so that ring counter becomes negative 99 or below, the player is immediately sent back to Newtronic High Zone. Similarly, if the player is hit while they have no rings and no shield, they'll lose their partner, or if they don't have their partner, they'll also be immediately sent back to Newtronic High Zone.
Recently, some elements of the game have received new life with Espio, Vector and Charmy returning to the series as of Sonic Heroes. Also, the concept of a player controlling two characters is reused for Sonic Advance 3.
Known Pre-releases
- Sonic Crackers
- Prototype 0111
- Prototype 0119
- Prototype 0202
- Prototype 0208
- Prototype 0209
- Prototype 0210
- Prototype 0213
- Prototype 0214
- Prototype 0216
- Prototype 1207
- Prototype 1227
- Prototype 1229
- Isolated Island: A special isolated area played before the main game to get players acquainted with the special unique maneuvers introduced into the game.
- Botanic Base: The island's most natural attraction is this giant greenhouse, filled with oddly geometric trees, and a jungle of hostile flora.
- Speed Slider: A roller coaster reminiscent of Casino Night Zone and Carnival Night Zone, Speed Slider is the fastest attraction in Knuckles' Chaotix. The level moves all the way to a confrontation with Dr. Robotnik on his carousel.
- Amazing Arena: At the start of this stage, the player is in the dark, but once the light switch is hit, Amazing Arena turns bright and colorful. If the player fails to locate it, the stage starts all over again.
- Techno Tower: A futuristic-styled tower that the player must climb. In Level 5, the player can hop on a drill machine that burrows through solid walls.
- Marina Madness: A cruise-themed attraction with, curiously, no water. The player must jump from ship to ship to complete this level while dodging flying fish and sailing stingrays.
- World Entrance: Between each stage the player visits the World Entrance. Here, one can choose to end the game, select a new partner, and/or choose a new stage. It is also home to the final boss battles.
Bonus Stage
The bonus stage can be accessed by collecting twenty or more rings and jumping through one of the giant rings found hidden throughout a level. In the stage, the character free-falls down a long spiral of rings, power-ups, blocks and exits while the player's rings gradually count down to zero. The stage ends when the ring count reaches zero or when the character hits an exit. Possible bonuses include a slow-down at the attraction roulette screen or a free pick from the Combi Catcher.
Special Stages
In the Special Stages, the player moves their character through a hexagonal, fully rendered 3D course to collect a specified set of blue spheres. Rings are collected as seconds and when the count reaches zero or the player falls from the course, the stage ends. When successfully completed, the player is awarded one of six Chaos Rings. Contrary to earlier games in the series, collecting all Chaos Rings does not award the player with special powers.
Special Stages can only be accessed through a single Giant Ring at the ending of each level, but the player must have collected at least fifty rings for it to appear, similar to the original Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog CD. After a player wins all six Chaos Rings, the Special Stages start over in a wire-frame mode. This mode also gives the player 50,000 points for completing the stage.
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Knuckles' Chaotix received mixed to somewhat positive reviews from critics, and was a commercial failure, mostly due to its limited availability in the Sega 32X, which itself was an unsuccessful system, becoming one of the most obscure Sonic games in the history of the series, although it was the best-selling title released on that platform.
While it was praised for its graphics and music, many criticized the bland level design and low difficulty, and believed Knuckles' Chaotix did not push the hardware's power to the top. It was one of the last "classic" 2D-sidescrolling platformers in the franchise before the series moved into 3D with the release of Sonic Adventure, in 1998.
Next Generation felt the bond was tiring and not truly innovative,[1] called it Knuckles' Chaotix's biggest flaw, finding it frustrating and choppy. The reviewer also found that the bond complicated gameplay and compared it to being handcuffed.[2] In 2008, GamesRadar wrote that Knuckles' Chaotix was the best game for the 32X and was underrated,[3][4] though it still considered the game a "wasted opportunity".[5]
On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 25 out of 40. 1up praised the new dimension of gameplay over the Mega Drive/Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog games, by having a second character, but criticized how this also slowed down gameplay. IGN offered similar sentiments, admiring the attempt to both "breathe life into a series that was running out of steam" and fix the lopsided multiplayer aspect of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 where Tails would always get lost off-screen, but disliked the clunky nature of the "rubber band" physics of the game's "buddy system", and the lack of variation between acts of each world. Gamesarefun called it a "love it or hate it" type game, that would be fun for hardcore Sonic fans, but would likely scare off casual ones
Comic adaptation
Archie Comics published an adaptation of this game in Archie Knuckles Chaotix. It was only loosely based on the game however, featuring a new plot integrating the Archie-original characters and replacing Chaos Rings with Power Gems. It featured the first appearances of every Chaotix member from the game, including Heavy and Bomb, whose designs were completely redone for the comic.
- Sonic and Tails have a cameo appearance in the good ending. In this appearance Sonic's legs are miscolored, matching his arms. Amy also appears in the sound test via a cheat code.
- This is the only game that uses the partial ring system and the second to use centiseconds for the time display. The first was Sonic CD.
- This is the first Sonic game that has each level play through a day/night timeframe (i.e.: Act 1 in the day, Act 2 in the night, etc., though not exactly like that). The second game to do so was Sonic Unleashed.
- Sonic's sprites from the Sonic Crackers prototype, an early version of Knuckles' Chaotix, were the basis of Mighty the Armadillo's sprite in the final game.
- The main playable characters all have a way of ascension: Knuckles and Vector can climb walls, Espio can stick to walls and the ceiling, Charmy can fly, and Mighty can wall kick. Heavy and Bomb have no way of ascending on their own.
- This game was originally planned to be included in Sonic Gems Collection, but wasn't due to the difficult nature of emulating the 32X software.
- The stage on the box art for the American and European version is Speed Slider.
- If the player is idle for a minute, Metal Sonic will appear and use his Plasma Pulse Attack. If the player starts moving when Metal Sonic appears, he will chase the player until they stop moving and he will then use his Plasma Pulse Attack. The concept of something happening if the player is idle for a certain amount of time is similar to Sonic CD, but the player won't lose a life or get a Game Over in Knuckles' Chaotix.
- A remix of Isolated Island song Door into Summer can be heard in the Collection Room in Sonic Generations.
- For a brief time while activating the Ring Time Skill, A remix of Tube Panic, (Special Stage) can be heard in Sonic Generations, while playing as Classic Sonic.
- This is the first game where the entire story takes place in a theme park. Later, Sonic Colors reuses the same concept.
- Both games also feature more than the usual number of acts per zones. Five for Knuckles' Chaotix, six for Sonic Colors (Wii version).
- This is the first game believed to have Metal Sonic as the penultimate and final boss of the game, although this is unconfirmed. The second game to do so is Sonic Heroes, as Metal Madness and Metal Overlord. Metal Sonic later returns as the final boss for Sonic Free Riders.
- The Enerbeam mechanic from Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric/Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal is based on the Ring Power in this game.
- In an interview for Sonic Heroes, Takashi Iizuka stated that Vector, Espio, and Charmy had been "reimagined" and re-introduced as new characters in that game, ignoring their depictions in Knuckles' Chaotix.[6]
- However, at a later date Iizuka went on to imply that the events of the story depicted in Knuckles' Chaotix were canon.[7]
- If the player does not collect all six Chaos Rings, the ending will depict Metal Sonic terrorizing a burning city during the credits.
- Knuckles' chest is colored yellow in the game. This appears on the Main Menu and during levels. However, the boxart shows his chest colored white.
- ↑ Knuckles Chaotix". Next Generation. Imagine Media (6): 104. June 1995.
- ↑ ProReview: Knuckles Chaotix". GamePro. IDG (81): 62. June 1995.
- ↑ Reparaz, Mikel (23 February 2008). The 10 worst consoles ever. Gameradar+. Retrieved on 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Rudden, Dave (14 August 2014). 25 reasons we love the Sega Genesis, 25 years later. Gameradar+. Retrieved on 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Roberts, David. 11 games that embody the spirit of the '90s. Gameradar+. Retrieved on 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly (3 February 2004). Afterthoughts: SONIC HEROES - A candid chat with Sonic Team's lord of the rings.. Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on 30 March 2004.
- ↑ AAUK (Kevin Eva) (17 August 2015). Sega's Secret Sonic Bible that we'll probably never see "TO MARS!". Sonic Stadium Message Board. Retrieved on 20 August 2015.


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Dave Koz, MC Lyte host 2012 GRAMMY Pre-Telecast Ceremony
The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-Telecast Ceremony will take place on Sunday, Feb. 12 from 1–3:30 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will be streamed live in its entirety internationally at www.grammy.com/live and www.cbs.com.
Attended by nominees and industry VIPs, the star-studded ceremony with be co-hosted by current GRAMMY nominee Dave Koz and Recording Academy Los Angeles Chapter President and rapper MC Lyte.
The Pre-Telecast will feature performances by current nominees Kim Burrell, Le'Andria Johnson, Kelly Price, and Trin-I-Tee 5:7 in a "Ladies of Gospel" segment as well as current nominees mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singer/songwriter Steve Earle and New Orleans' Rebirth Brass Band.
Presenting the first GRAMMY Awards of the night in 68 categories will be current nominees Gerald Clayton, Chick Corea, Brandon Heath, Arturo O'Farrill, OK Go, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Esperanza Spalding as well as GRAMMY-winning producer Jimmy Jam.
Co-host Koz is nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Hello Tomorrow.
Performers Burrell, Earle, Johnson, Rebirth Brass Band, and Trin-I-Tee 5:7 each have one nod: Burrell for Best Gospel Album for The Love Album; Earle for Best Folk Album for I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive; Johnson for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance for "Jesus"; Rebirth Brass Band for Best Regional Roots Music Album for Rebirth Of New Orleans; and Trin-I-Tee 5:7 for Best Gospel Album for Angel & Chanelle Deluxe Edition. DiDonato has two nominations for Best Opera Recording for Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte and Best Classical Vocal Solo for "Diva Divo." Price has three nods for Best R&B Performance (with Stokley) and Best R&B song for "Not My Daddy" and Best R&B Album for Kelly.
Presenters Clayton, O'Farrill, OK Go, Rae, and Spalding each have one nomination: Clayton for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Bond: The Paris Sessions; O'Farrill for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for 40 Acres And A Burro; OK Go for Best Short Form Music Video for "All Is Not Lost"; Rae for Best R&B Performance for "Is This Love"; and Spalding for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Bird Songs (with Joe Lovano/Us Five). Corea has two nominations for Best Improvised Jazz Solo for "500 Miles High," and Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Forever (with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White). Heath has three nominations for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance and Best Contemporary Christian Music Song for "Your Love," and Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for Leaving Eden.
The live stream of the Pre-Telecast will remain on GRAMMY.com as video on demand for 30 days following the event. Following the ceremony, the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. ET/PT.
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The small town of Waterford, Maine over the weekend became the third town in the state to pass a resolution declaring opposition to a plan aimed at bringing Canadian tar sands oil through an existing oil pipeline running from Montreal to the New England coast.
"This project is about money," said pipeline opponent and town resident Paula Easton ahead of the vote. The risks to the local environment—including the Crooked River watershed that provides drinking water to a huge portion of southern Maine—were "unacceptable and irreversible" she said.
According to the Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal, Easton was in the majority who ultimately voted for the resolution in a 56-34 split at the open town meeting on Saturday. Residents were especially concerned about the possibility of a spill and remained unconvinced by industry executives present at the meeting.
"The 7.8 mile Waterford section of the pipeline holds nearly one million gallons of oil. From the Raymond shut-off valve to the Waterford shut off valve the 25 miles holds over 3 million gallons of oil," says Waterford resident and retired scientist and educator Earl Morse. "If this antiquated, 62 year old pipeline carries tar sands and ruptures like what happened in Kalamazoo, Michigan in July 2010, the Crooked River watershed and Sebago Lake would be devastated."
In addition to concerns about protecting local waterways and drinking water, the resolution stated concern for larger environmental and public health hazards of tar sands in the context of a town and region heavily dependent on a clean environment for recreation, tourism, and the economy at large.
"We congratulate the town and citizens of Waterford on passing this important resolution," said Todd Martin, Outreach Coordinator for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. "Once you learn about tar sands and pipelines, it's not hard to see that it would be a bad deal for Maine. We expect dozens of other towns along the pipeline to speak out in the coming months."
The current pipeline, owned by the Exxon Mobil subsidiary Portland-Montreal Pipeline Company is a pipeline system for conventional oil that begins at a coastal terminal in the city of South Portland and carries the fuel 236 miles to Montreal.
As part of a quiet yet controversial push by those trying to find export outlets for Alberta tar sands, the PMPC said it would welcome an opportunity to reverse the flow of its pipeline, even though tar sands is much more corrosive than its conventional cousin and despite the fact that the pipeline is over sixty years old.
"After hearing from experts on both sides, and after more than an hour of discussion, the people of Waterford have spoken," said Waterford Select Board Chair Randy Lessard. "We feel as a town that transporting tar sands oil through the Portland-Montreal pipeline poses unpredictable risks to the health, safety, natural resources, property and economic welfare of Waterford residents."
President of the PMPC Larry Wilson spoke ahead of the vote as well, saying that once residents "heard the truth," they wouldn't oppose the pipeline. He tried to calm fears of a spill by saying, "Spills are difficult; they're challenging. Companies don't have the option of devastating the environment and walking away. You have to clean up the spill."
It's possible he had not yet read this report from Michigan, where the Enbridge pipeline company continues to fight even its obligation to fund independent studies designed to determine the ongoing impacts of an oil spill that spewed nearly one million gallons of Canadian tar sands into the Kalamazoo River 2010. Regardless, Wilson was not successful in his attempt to persuade the majority, including town resident Bart Hague.
"As a landowner of 480 acres along the Crooked River and a mile of land that the pipeline traverses in Waterford, my land would be directly affected should tar sands be pumped through the Portland Montreal Pipeline," said Hague. "A tar sands oil spill in the wetland habitat along the Crooked River would be nearly impossible to clean up since tar sands is heavier and thicker than conventional oil."
In January, thousands of people from all over New England converged in the city of Portland to voice their opposition to the pipeline. An upcoming town forum in South Portland, where new pumping stations would have to be built, is scheduled for next week.
The complete language of the Waterford municipal resolution follows:
WE, the citizens of Waterford Maine, have come to understand that the Portland-Montreal Pipeline which runs through our town is being considered for the transport of tar sands oil from Montreal to South Portland, which would be a reversal of flow and change from its original use.
a) We are opposed to any change in either the flow direction or the type product pumped for any of the current crude oil pipelines that flow through Waterford and cross the Crooked River it's tributaries, wetlands and aquifer.
b) Through the adoption of this resolution, the Town of Waterford expresses its opposition to the transport of tar sands through our town via the existing Public Utility Easement. We feel that such transport is of no benefit to Waterford and entails unacceptable risk to our river, our public health and safety, property values, recreation resources, water quality, and the pristine natural resources upon which our community depends.
c) Through the adoption of this resolution, the town of Waterford calls upon the Maine State Legislature, United States Congress, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and State Departments to require thorough environmental impact reviews of all tar sands pipeline proposals, including a complete evaluation of the health, safety and environmental risks.
d.) Through the adoption of this resolution, the town of Waterford supports the creation of clear Federal and State guidelines for tracking the chemical composition of pipeline transported fuels so that local governments, citizens, and first responders can better understand, and plan for, the risks associated with the specific type of fuel flowing through or to their communities.
e.) Through the adoption of this resolution, the town of Waterford encourages the State of Maine and other states in the northeast to support policies that help develop and shift fuel use away from high impact fuels such as tar sands.
f.) Through the adoption of this resolution, the town of Waterford will transmit a copy of this resolution to the Maine State Congressional delegation, Maine State Representative of Waterford, and the Maine State Senator representing Waterford, the US EPA and State Departments.


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Fishing to return after three-year renovation project The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has announced that Douglas State Fishing Lake, near Lawrence, will reopen for public fishing on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, after a three-year closure for lake renovation. Construction projects completed include resurfacing the north side of the dam, extending the outlet, slip-lining the valve intake, replacing the drain valve, and fencing off the dam. To improve the fishery, the existing fish population was removed and the lake restocked, more than 270 brush piles were constructed, and 20 rock-pile fish habitat structures were built. In addition, Lawrence Fly Fishing Club built and helped place 70 PVC stake habitat structures. Largemouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill, redear, and black crappie were stocked. Angling for channel catfish should be good immediately, with many fish larger than 15 inches. Largemouth bass, bluegill, and redear should provide fair fishing. Black crappie will need two years to reach keeper size. Saugeye will be stocked in 2010 to provide another angling opportunity. Special regulations are in place to protect this fishery, including an 18-inch minimum length limit on largemouth bass and a 15-inch minimum length limit on channel catfish. Both of these species are further protected by a two-fish daily creel limit. These and other regulations are posted at the lake. For more information, phone David Farmer at 913-845-2665, Richard Sanders at 785-832-8413, or the KDWP Region 2 Office, 785-273-6740.


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ASLA has released its 2011 professional and student awards call for entries. Award recipients receive featured coverage in the October issue of Landscape Architecture magazine and in many other design and construction industry and general-interest media. Award recipients, their clients, and student advisors will be honored at the awards presentation ceremony during the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in San Diego, October 30 – November 2, 2011. The award winning projects will be featured in a video presentation at the ceremony and on the awards website following the event.
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• Mark Hough, ASLA, Duke University, Durham, NC
• Ilze Jones, FASLA, Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, Ltd, Seattle
• Elizabeth Meyer, FASLA, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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Members of the student awards jury convening in June 2011 includes:
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• Thomas Balsley, FASLA, Thomas Balsley Associates, New York City
• Gary A. Brown, FASLA, University of Wisconsin—Madison
• James Burnett, FASLA, The Office of James Burnett, Houston
• Shane Coen, ASLA, Coen+Partners, Minneapolis
• Diane Dale, FASLA, William McDonough + Partners, Charlottesville, VA
• M. Elen Deming, ASLA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• John King, Hon. ASLA, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco
• Karen Phillips, FASLA, New York City Planning Commission
The ASLA awards program features six categories: General Design; Residential Design; Analysis and Planning; Research, co-sponsored by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture; Communications; and The Landmark Award, co-sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The student awards program also features the Student Community Service Award and Student Collaboration categories.
Entry forms and payment must be received by:
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• Friday, May 6, 2011, for Student Awards
Submission binders must be received by:
• Friday, March 11, 2011, for Professional Awards
• Friday, May 20, 2011, for Student Awards
In need of inspiration? View the ASLA 2010 Professional and Student award-winning projects.
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Om Malik says GPS on the iPhone is locked and loaded:
[T]here is one thing that's for sure: The new iPhone has Global Positioning System (GPS) built into it, thanks to legal requirements put in place by the FCC.
The GigaOmster further says that new-to-the-space-space Broadcom has nailed the contract, which is great for them but panic-inducing for the stand-alone GPS market. (We know Google sees positively HUGE maps usage from the GPS-less iPhone already, so that makes the kind of sense that does.)
But Brian Lam of Gizmodo thinks the whole GPS on the iPhone thing is pretty poorly thought out:
No thanks. Don't need it. I'm fine with the current location technology. It works for walking and that's all I need it for.
Lam's reasons? Current cell and WiFi location services are much quicker than GPS, they better suit walking and the iPhone is less useful while driving anyway, GPS kills battery life dead, and GPS chips would significantly fatten up the iPhone.
Personally, both 3G and GPS are still bleeding edge tech when it comes to realistic day-to-day usage in everywhere, USA when not hooked up to a generator, so while nice to have as an option, and fetishized by the tech media and the blogphere commentorati, neither will have the impact on my life that the 2.0 software update likely will. It just ain't mainstream enough for me to be melodramatic about yet.
What do you think?
[More on the Broadcom GPS story, with thanks to reader southerntraveltourism]


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Familiar fraud: When family and friends steal your identity
Broken bonds of trust leave lasting emotional, financial damage
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When identity fraud victims know their impostors, it can tear through both relationships and financial well-being.
"Familiar fraud" occurs when a friend, extended family member or even a parent uses a close relationship for their own financial gain. The thief takes advantage of bonds of trust, making the crime hard to measure -- and emotionally devastating.
Axton Betz-Hamilton battled a case of identity theft for 16 years, working to remove fraudulent credit accounts and collection agency demands from her record. In February 2013, she finally learned who the thief was: her mother, who had just passed away.
Betz-Hamilton and her father discovered that her mother opened fraudulent accounts in her name, her father's and grandfather's, racking up debt and unpaid taxes, and draining savings.
"We were unaware of so much because she handled all the family finances," said Betz-Hamilton, an assistant professor of consumer studies at Eastern Illinois University. "She had my name and Social Security number and that's all she needed."
Measuring the problem
According to Javelin Research and Strategy's 2014 Identity Fraud Report, familiar fraud victims made up 0.35 percent of adult consumers in the U.S. in 2013. If projected across the population, that figure would mean 847,000 American victims of identity theft knew their thief. Experts say that projection is likely too low.
"Based on my experience, it's pretty regular and it's pretty underreported," said Jennifer Peters, a certified credit counselor with Consumer Credit Counseling Service of West Georgia/East Alabama. "Very often [victims] know and aren't going to do anything about it."
Knowing your perpetrator often makes it difficult for victims to seek legal prosecution, said Eva Velasquez, Identity Theft Resource Center CEO."This is often a crime of opportunity, and the fact is your information is simply exposed more often to those close to you rather than to complete strangers," she said.
Many cases of familiar fraud go undetected for years. For example, when parents use the financial identities of their children, the fraud often goes undiscovered until the children attempt to build their own credit. Betz-Hamilton discovered her mother's thievery in college, when utilities companies red-flagged her credit, prompting her to check her record. Her 10-page-long credit report contained fraudulent credit entries and collection agency notifications dating back to 1993. But it wasn't until Betz-Hamilton's father sorted through her mother's papers after her death that they discovered her mother had opened (and defaulted on) numerous fraudulent credit accounts, including those in Betz-Hamilton's name.
If many familiar fraud cases go unreported or are reported long after they happened, yearly statistics become unreliable. But according to Experian's Director of Public Education Rod Griffin, the effects of familiar fraud are more important than the numbers.
Battling the emotional components
When an identity theft victim discovers he or she knows the perpetrator, the emotional impact increases dramatically, making the effects of fraud theft last even longer, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.
It was the shock of the deception by a trusted family member that made the deception so difficult for familiar fraud victim and certified credit counselor Thomas Nitzsche. Nitzsche hired a cousin to remodel his bathroom in 2007. Just before the job ended, Nitzsche reviewed the statements of the credit card they used to purchase project materials and found some unusual charges.
After asking a few questions, Nitzsche learned that in addition to construction materials, his cousin used the credit card to purchase gift cards he then sold on the street for extra cash.
He caught the fraud early, but Nitzsche still describes the situation as an awful ordeal for the whole family. He had worked with other victims of familiar fraud before, but never expected to deal with it himself.
"It makes you feel pretty violated," he said. "If he was capable of that, what else would he have done if I hadn't caught it?"
Identity theft by a trusted close family member or friend triggers different feelings than theft by a stranger, experts say. Victims may identify with, or even feel responsible for protecting the thief.
In addition to internal emotional turmoil, familiar fraud victims face concerns about what may happen to their family and friends, fearing retaliation and damaged relationships, if they make the situation known.
"A lot of people give me grief for standing up and telling my story," said Betz-Hamilton. "'What a horrible thing to say about your mother who died,' and that sort of thing. Something I've found throughout this whole process is that many people are not going to support you." As hard as it may be, victims should focus on repairing the financial damage. It's too easy to get caught up in the emotions and freeze, according to Peters.
"I just remind people, not to be ugly, but obviously this person didn't care about you if they did this," she said. "Good credit is so important and anything negative will stay on your record for seven years, so you have to be proactive. You have to look out for yourself."
Resolving familiar theft crimes comes down to two options: Keep it personal, or prosecute. Making the right choice will depend on the victims' evaluation of their financial situations and their perpetrators. Victims can start by carefully reviewing credit reports from each of the three major credit bureaus.
Resolution option No. 1: Keep it personal
Settling the situation without going to the police or lawyers may work if you caught it early and not much was taken. This option would involve working with the creditors of any fraudulent accounts and the thief to determine an effective repayment plan.
A keep-it-personal settlement requires two key ingredients: the cooperation and trust of all parties. In an already delicate situation that might not be easy or work for everyone, according to Nitzsche.
"I wouldn't hand over the bill and say, 'Take care of this,' because it likely won't be taken care of. You have to have a close relationship to feel comfortable bending over backward like this," he said.
If a family wants to independently handle the matter, or a victim has decided that he doesn't want his relationship with the thief complicated any more, this resolution option may be very appealing, but it won't necessarily be as effective. Betz-Hamilton started clearing her credit history without the help of a police report around 2001, but doesn't think that method would work now.
"No one really knew what ID theft was back then," she said. "It wasn't nearly as pervasive as it is now. Now you need proof for everything."
Resolution option No. 2: Go to the authorities
Experts advise victims of familiar fraud to approach their situation just as they would if they didn't know their perpetrator by placing a 90-day fraud alert on their credit, filing a police report and disputing all fraudulent accounts and charges.
Victims "need to file a police report for us to be able to proactively remove information" from a credit report," said Experian's Griffin. "The same thing will likely happen with lenders. We need to somehow verify that it is in fact fraud, especially if it is a case within a family. The police report does that."
Filing a police report also gives victims easy access to additional long-term fraud protection. "If you are willing to file a police report, you can also file for an extended fraud statement that will last for seven years from each of the bureaus," Griffin said. "And if your situation is extreme, you would also have the option of requesting a credit freeze from each of the credit bureaus at no cost if you have a police report."
The police report may play key role in clearing up a victim's credit, but the decision whether to file a police report is often a difficult one, according to Velasquez."They might fear retaliation because the relationship is a toxic one; other times it could be that the individual thought they had a good relationship with the thief and are so devastated when this turns out to be untrue, they simply cannot admit that identity theft is actually occurring," she said. Victims will look for any reason for this to be a mistake. "By filing a police report, they are admitting that it's real, and that they have been betrayed."
Nitzsche confronted his cousin about using his credit card illegally, then decided to take the case to authorities because he couldn't rely on his cousin to help resolve the situation another way.
"If it's not taken care of, you have to be willing to press charges," Nitzsche explained. "I did and it resulted in my cousin actually going to jail for a period of time. You don't want to be accountable for their irresponsible actions."
Regardless of the path to resolution, a victim should not give up. "Part of this process involves digging your heels in," Betz-Hamilton said. "I never let it go. If you want to know the answers, keep digging. If you need to, find a different angle to get the results you are looking for. The truth shall prevail."
A long road to recovery
Recovering after identity theft can be a slow process, and especially so when dealing with a case of familiar fraud.
In Betz-Hamilton's case, the damage is much more extensive than they could have imagined. "My credit report didn't clear of fraudulent entries until 2009," she said. "My credit report was damaged for 16 years and as a result of that, my first credit card interest was set at 29.8 percent. I've had to pay higher auto insurance rates and made pre-deposits for electric accounts and such, too. It's affected everything."
Her mother's deception also took a toll on her father. "My dad is nearing retirement and the financial security that he thought he had is not there," she said. "He thought things were taken care of and they aren't. So for him, he has to sit down and think and kind of re-plan his golden years because it's not going to be the vision he had."
In addition to making annual credit report checks, pay close attention to account statements to routinely check for irregularities, regardless of your fraud history. "A lot people come to us and don't want to see the amount that they owe, so they don't even open it," Nitzsche said. "If you aren't even opening your bills, you aren't going to catch on to fraud until it's a serious issue. If I wouldn't have taken a closer look at my credit card statement, I wouldn't have caught on to what my cousin was doing right away. "
Because familiar fraud is often a crime of opportunity, the more securely individuals can hold onto their personal information, the better. For example, if you need to lend money to a friend or family member, give them cash instead of letting them borrow your credit card.
"You can't trust anybody," Nitzsche said. "Not even your own cousin. That's unfortunately the lesson I've learned from all of this."
See related: Take these steps when a minor's identity is stolen, Stolen: True tales of identity theft
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's foreign minister has taken to Twitter to tell Turkey its efforts to block access to the social media network were "stupid."
Carl Bildt says the blockade "isn't working and also backfiring heavily."
Bildt, known for being very active on Twitter, made the remark Saturday, a day after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan imposed a ban on the network.
The blockade came after links proliferated on Twitter to recordings that appear to incriminate Erdogan and other Turkish officials in corruption, including one in which Erdogan allegedly tells his son to dispose of large sums of money from a residence amid a police graft probe.
Tech-savvy users in Turkey quickly circumvented the ban and users swapped instructions online on how to change settings.
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Elliot and four friends were amateur astronomers and often spent nights together observing the stars through their telescopes. Recently, they'd discovered a new way to enjoy their passion – not just observing the heavens but also photographing them. Using laptops and digital cameras connected to the telescopes, they scanned the sky for astronomical phenomena to photograph. On Friday night, the five friends met for the evening to view the stars. It was a beautiful night for astronomy. Weather conditions were perfect for viewing, the sky clear and brilliant with stars; even the temperature was pleasant, warm but comfortable. As a result, some of them stayed out quite late and all shot some great photos. Each had two photos in particular that were just fantastic images. By happy coincidence, each happened to be shooting something different when those photos were taken so by the end of the night, they had a phenomenal collection of images to show off (each managed to capture a different planet and a different nebula). Determine the full name of each amateur astronomer, the time each packed up for the night (between midnight and 4am), and the planet and nebula each captured with a fantastic image.
1. Mr. Masters got a terrific picture of the Ring Nebula. Felix didn't get a picture of the Orion Nebula.
2. Nick Spade didn't get a picture of the Crab Nebula but he left two hours later than the one who got a picture of Saturn.
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4. The friend who took a picture of Venus also got a picture of the Cat's Eye Nebula. Ms. Carter got a picture of the Omega Nebula.
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6. Felix left at 4am but he didn't get a photograph of Mars. Sheila's last name wasn't Packet and she didn't leave at 3am. The friend who got a picture of the Orion Nebula left at 1am.
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This is the first in a two-part series focusing on how the formation of clergy has changed since the advent of the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
More than a decade after the priest sex abuse crisis shook the Catholic Church from its pews to the altar, American seminaries increasingly are focusing on forming the man before forming the priest, according to rectors and staff psychologists at seminaries across the United States.
Seminary applicants today undergo screening that includes written psychological tests and intensely personal interviews to determine if their emotional development is appropriate to their age. Such screenings show what further growth they need to serve as a priest or whether they are afflicted by serious mental health issues that should prevent them from priestly formation.
"You have the human, the spiritual and the academic to consider," said Father Troy Przybilla, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in the vocations office at The St. Paul Seminary at St. Thomas University in St. Paul. "In the personal interviews for applicants we are looking at human formation: Where is this guy at? Does he seem like a real person? Does he interact well? Can he carry a conversation? Is there something off about the guy? Is something not right? If it is not a mental illness, then what is going on?"
What is going on with the men who profess a calling to the priesthood is a critical determination that the nation's seminaries stake their reputations on. With the shadow of the priest sex abuse crisis still hovering like a dark cloud over the Church, recent disclosures of sexual abuse by clergy in the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese, as well as in the Archdiocese of Chicago, has brought the scandal back into the news and raised questions about what seminaries are doing to prevent it from happening again.
Let us pray for seminarians, that they may listen to the voice of the Lord and follow it with courage and joy.
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Let us pray for seminarians, that they may listen to the voice of the Lord and follow it with courage and joy.
"Our society has malformed, and it has a tendency to malform us, so someone who has a tendency to be malformed must be identified at the beginning of the process to enter a seminary," Father Przybilla told Our Sunday Visitor. "For our diocese that is particularly important coming at this time. People are asking of the seminary, 'Are they doing their job?'"
In December, the Minnesota archdiocese released the names of 30 priests that it suspects, based on "substantiated claims," sexually abused children over six decades up to 2013. This month the Chicago archdiocese, as part of lawsuit settlements with abuse victims, released 6,000 pages of documents that identified 30 priests whom the Church found had sexually abused children and subsequently covered up. Church officials contend most of the abuse occurred before 1988 and up to 1996.
All Catholic seminaries in the United States submit applicants to a comprehensive psychological assessment, which helps the candidate and seminary faculty gain a greater understanding of development, psychological and other personal factors at work in the life of the candidate, and how these may strengthen or hinder an authentic vocational discernment, said Dr. Fernando Ortiz, director of the Counseling Center at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., who does the psychological evaluations for many prospective seminarians in the Northwest who have applied to enter Bishop White Seminary at Gonzaga.
The evaluation is done by professional clinicians, and often the resulting psychological report identifies areas that need to be more fully screened or identifies features that raise serious concern or further discernment by others, Ortiz said.
"Responsible psychological assessment, as required by the Catholic Church, usually consists of several clinical interviews and testing sessions comprising a battery of tests selected to serve specific areas of assessment," Ortiz said. "As a screening instrument the psychological assessment can provide information in regard to three of the four pillars of formation: human, intellectual and pastoral. The assessment focuses on evaluating the candidates' mental health history, treatment history (if any), problem behaviors, any history of trauma, family mental health history, family history, developmental history, academic history, sexual history, relational history and vocational background."
Not all problems call for disqualification, said Dr. Michael Hansen, a psychologist in Narragansett, R.I., who is employed part time by the Diocese of Providence at Our Lady of Providence Seminary in Providence.
"What we would look for in applicants is an individual openness to be formed, to be working with their personality," Hansen said. "As long as there are no serious impediments they would be accepted. This is a college program [seminarians attend Providence College or Rhode Island College where they earn bachelor degrees], so some of our candidates have just graduated from high school, 18 years old, so there is a lot of room for further development at that stage. They will be in a seminary for eight years of formation and study for the priesthood."
The looming question is one that likely was ignored decades and unasked: Is the candidate a homosexual?
"In the area of human sexuality there is much more attention paid to that today than there has been in the past," Hansen said. "Normal sexual attraction wasn't dealt with then. Now it is on the table. We ask candidates, 'Could you talk about your sexual orientation?' If the candidate says, 'My orientation is homosexual,' a number of questions will follow. They will be asked about their sexual history. The candidates are asked to share their sexual experiences. The goal in that is to make a determination. How recently has the candidate been sexually involved in those experiences?"
In deciding on a candidacy, much "depends on how integrated one's sexual orientation is to chaste celibacy. If a candidate identifies as homosexual, but there is no sexual experience, and if he is accepting of that and has no strong proclivity to act on it," admission would be possible, he said.
St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, like most seminaries, has a psychologist on its staff. Dr. Christina Lynch is the director of Psychological Services. She said the outcome of the psychological testing for candidates by both their own diocesan vocation office and the seminary is to produce well-adjusted priests.
"The current effect the testing is having at SJV is to permit a system which helps admission teams determine if a man is suitable for candidacy and, if so, permits a process whereby formation advisers can develop concrete steps for growth," Lynch said. "The result is that the majority of the men accepted in formation at SJV are open to growth and willing to seek help when needed, first in their life's journey toward holiness, then priesthood."
Joseph R. LaPlante writes from Rhode Island.
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The University of Iowa College of Engineering Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering will begin offering senior undergraduate- and graduate-level courses aimed at preparing students for possible careers in the wind power industry.
Beginning with the start of the spring 2008 semester on Jan. 22, the college will offer courses in wind turbine design and wind power management. According to Andrew Kusiak, professor of industrial engineering, the location of five new wind power companies in Iowa will result in the creation of hundreds of new jobs for the state.
'The Wind Power Management Program at the UI is intended to educate professionals for design, operations and management of wind farms deployed in massive numbers all over the country,' Kusiak says. 'The graduates will be able to fully understand the system and management of wind power facilities and their interactions with other alternative and conventional power generation systems.'
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