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Way to go ex-ed. I could not have said it better myself!!!!!!
I have no idea if I served with gay people or not.that is how it should be. the military is made up of rules and regualtions for a reason. we do not pick which ones to obey. If someone willingly violates one regulation, what other regulation will they violate?
prE4chEr, I must admit that I couldn't adapt to today's military environment.
Your video is "The dawning of the age of Aquarius"
How do you know if a dead person was a homosexual in the military? All those serving prior to "don't ask, don't tell" were serving in violation of military law. Furthermore, they falsified documentation when asked about their sexual preference. Even after the policy was enacted, one couldn't disclose their sexuality. Please help me out here....................
nope again preach. the military is an organization that operates under good order and discipline. you probably can't comprehend that, but the military is a unique organization that requires things the civilian world doesn't need.
When I enlisted prior to "don't ask, don't tell", I don't remember ever having to mark a document with what my "sexual preference" was...
I think it was more like a yes-no questionire. Perhaps the recruiter filled this out because I specifically recall being asked about sexual preference. Numerous questions were asked from my recollection, similar to that of a medical questionnaire. Obviously we had to sign something for it to be legally binding. Man we're talking 30 years ago here. Feb. 1979
Nope again? As for good order and discipline, that is precisely why eliminating "don't ask, don't tell" will cause little if any problems. If the military is so disciplined, they could handle a little butt sex. You are probably a little right though. If the people on here are any indication, the military could be filled with whiny sensitive homophobes who couldn't do their jobs if they knew there was a gay person around. If they let gay people in, all the current military members are going to get real sad and not do their jobs. It will be a real problem for morale. What exactly does the military require that the civilian world doesn't need?
I no more condone Homosexuality than most of you do, Not for religious reason, it just does not seem right to me, and just grosses me out at the thought. But that does not mean that I nor anyone has the right to bar them from the military nor marriage. I have heard the old religion excuse before. It was used then on why a black man should not be allowed to marry a white women. Thank god we moved passed that huh? So basically this is our next major prejudice right? We are against homosexual marriages the same way our parents were against interracial marriages. It was new and there for not accepted. Same goes for the military. Wasn't too many years ago, Black troops were not allowed to be in the same barracks with white soldiers. And everyone said it was because a white soldier would never allow himself to be in the same room. Glad we moved on past that huh? There is no reason why this can't work. I not only knew plenty of Homosexuals while I was in, and their sexuality never affected their job performance nor effected any of the soldiers they were in the same barracks with, there were plenty of heterosexuals in there that had some very weird ideas about what was normal for sex that I would rather have nothing to do with (I could tell you stories for days) , but they were still good soldiers. Bottom line, a persons color, religion nor his or her preference should never be a factor in being able to serve in the Armed Forces protecting this country.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Throughout his NFL career, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh says he's never been around a team as focused as his current team.
"I think it's really genuine," Harbaugh said. "I think it's the best focus on unity and winning that I've ever seen or been a part of."
Harbaugh was lucky to inherit a fairly veteran team full of talented players when he arrived. Guys like tackle Joe Staley, linebacker Patrick Willis, defensive end Justin Smith, running back Frank Gore, safety Dashon Goldson and tight end Vernon Davis were starving for leadership.
They were also starving to win. Staley believes the way the team has been put together has been key.
"I think (general manager Trent Baalke) has been terrific, the entire front office staff. Not only bringing in great players, but good people, a good locker room," Staley said after arriving in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII. "Great character guys. It's important to bring in talented players but you can have all the talent in the world and be, you know, an ass----."
Staley went on to say the 49ers' front office did a great job avoiding those guys.
This isn't a team full of choir boys, though. There's a great mix of different characters like Randy Moss and Goldson along with example-setters like Willis and Gore. Staley would like you to know there's also a shortage of (expletives). Yes, that's the first time I've ever censored myself.
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By the end of the second week, the House passed more than 100 appropriation bills.
The joint budget committee continues to work to balance a $5 billion budget for the next fiscal year. The committee will soon be hearing proposals on how $126 million in unobligated surplus funds from the current fiscal year should be spent.
Most of our time on the House floor this week was spent debating on HB1150 and SB111. These bills are the House and Senate appropriations for the Department of Humans Services Division of Medical Services. Included in the bills is the appropriation for the Private Option, Arkansas's alternative to Medicaid expansion.
Appropriation bills need 75 votes to pass. HB1150 failed to get the needed votes on the floor three times this week. The Senate passed the identical version of the bill, SB111, on the 20th. The Senate version failed on the House floor with a vote of 71-18.
House rules do not limit the amount of times members can vote on an appropriation bill. It is expected that we will continue to vote on the Private Option bill in the third week of the session.
Meanwhile, the House did adopt an amendment which could help to fund the state's share of the Private Option in future years. Members voted in favor of an amendment which would divert the taxes collected on insurance premiums sold through the Private Option to the Health Care Independence Trust Fund. These taxes could generate more than $20 million a year.
Also this week, the House voted in favor of a resolution to allow us to address vacancy of the office of lieutenant governor. Because fiscal sessions are to be limited to budget bills, two-thirds of the General Assembly must agree to take up a non-budget bill in the form of a resolution. This resolution opens the door to subsequent legislation. Currently, the governor is required to call a special election within 150 days of the office being declared vacant. Lt. Gov. Mark Darr resigned from the office Feb. 1.
We expect to vote on legislation which would allow the lieutennt governor's position to remain vacant until the November election. We will continue to update you on our budget process as we progress.
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As promised, more of the Johnson Sea Link
When we were on the Abrolhos research cruise aboard the HBOI/CEPEMAR ship Seward Johnson recently, I posted a little clip of the outside of the sub. In that post I promised better quality and longer clips when I got back to land. So here, (in HD goodness if you want it) is long-time pilot Don Liberatore giving a neat history of the Johnson Sea Link 2 submersible. What I find most interesting is his comment about how he got into being a sub pilot in the first place: sitting on the dock in the 70's he and some buddies saw the HBOI ship pull into port with the original JSL1 or Clelia (not sure which) on the deck and he thought "how cool is that?". This comment is exactly what I meant in my recent post about the importance of Human Occupied Vehicles (HOVs), or submersibles, for inspiring people to careers in marine science.
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My friend Joel Wolpert recently completed a video about Highlands Sky for Running Times Magazine. He covers some of the trail work that our club recently did on the course and some of the history of the area. He really did a phenomenal job -- check it out here, I'm sure you'll agree.
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I can't wait to catch up with you guys tomorrow. Judging by the bib numbers you're ready to run....fast ;)ReplyDelete
Looking forward to seeing you as well. It's certainly going to be a good race -- gonna be plenty hot though. I'm in shape, but the bib #'s might be a little home cookin'.ReplyDelete
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What a video. Thank yous to all who helped clear our way for this wonderful run. I for one am greatly appreciative to all of you for your hard work. Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow, but I am more looking forward to all of the heat Saturday (NO NO NO)!!!ReplyDelete
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It's long, and couched in archaic language and, even though it is "The Exercise for the Militia of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay ---"Not noting the Plimoth Bay Colony--" and therefore deemable as archaic, the spirit of the times even to the Governor's level at the time is worth noting.
'by Order of his Excellency the Captain General-1758":
(I admit I am going to have to look up who the Captain General (governor) was at this time. But, as they said in the Movie: "Nobody Writes like this anymore:)
"As it is the effential property of a free government to depend on not other Soldierly but it's own citizens for it's defence; fo in all such free Government, every freeholder and ever freedman fhould be a foldier.
A freedman that is no soldier does as much in him lyes, that he fhould be no long free; for if the fame same Spirit was to become general, there would be no soldiery with the goverment; and it muft either ceafe to to be defended and fecure in in it's Freedom, or feek it's Defence in foreign Alliance and fo be not longer independent.
Every man therefore who wifshes to fecure his own freedom, and thinks it his Duty to defend that of his Country, should, as he prides himself in being a free Citizen, think it it trueft honour to be a soldier citizen-------"
"Tis base and slavish not to be allowed to bear Arms in his own country's defence------"
" everyman here knows and is particularly expert in the use of the Firelock: 'Tis almost as constantly as constantly in his hand as any of his implements of Husbandry or of his trade----"
I hope to quote more from this enlightening little manual of arms.
While the second Amendments Definition of a "well regulated militia" may have been interepreted in courts as meaning the right of the state government to maintain a militia, it is clear that even acceding to this point, the Colonial Governors of the time may have well expected the general citezenry to be quite familiar with the use of "hif Firelock".
How exactly, one might ask, would this be accomplished in a society that did not allow the ownership and use of 'firelocks' is, of course, to accept that the thoughts above set forth are completely at odds with with the thoughts and expectations of the governor writing foregoing manual and missive to the people of Massachusetts.
Patton, when asked if he could take a particular objective responded, if memory serves: "give me a bush division, and I will do it in days"
A bush division meaning one raised from a portion of America where the practice of "musketry' ,if you will was a familiar to the freedman and the Governor in the above missive apparently took for granted for all freedmen to be familiar with the 'use of firleock (and ons assumes, other weapons of the times.
i understand that times hae changes, but how far, I ask, can we vary from the thinking set forth and still remain a free people.
It was, after all, not a very long time after the dissolution of the Roman Republic (in part a misnomer as Augustus considerd himself only a legalized "First man in Rome") before the legions, albeit not as often as might be thought, could consider themselves as 'kingmakers'.


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Novel, Submicron Particle, Lower-Dose Diclofenac Demonstrated Relief of Acute Pain in Phase 3 Study
Iroko to Present Pivotal Data of an Investigational Drug as Late-Breaker at American Headache Society Meeting
PHILADELPHIA, June 21, 2012 — Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC today announced Phase 3 study results that showed patients treated with the company's novel, submicron particle, lower-dose diclofenac (18mg and 35mg), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), experienced significant pain relief post surgery compared with placebo (P=0.01 and P
In the 428 patient, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, active- and placebo-controlled, post-surgical pain model Phase 3 study, both the 18mg and 35mg doses of the novel, submicron particle, lower-dose diclofenac met the primary objective of demonstrating significant improvement in pain relief as measured by the combined differences in pain intensity measured at intervals over 48 hours using a visual analog scale (VASSPID‑48) in patients with acute pain. Pain relief scores were 524 for submicron particle diclofenac 35mg, 393 for submicron particle diclofenac 18mg, and 390 for celecoxib. Subjects receiving submicron particle diclofenac capsules 35mg achieved pain relief (P= 0.009) during the first four hours after initiating oral treatment (TOTPAR-4). The incidence of adverse events was generally comparable across treatment groups; the most common adverse events for all treatment groups were post-procedural swelling, nausea and headache. A single serious adverse event, deep venous thrombosis, was reported in the study for one subject in the celecoxib treatment group.
"These pivotal data indicate that submicron particle diclofenac may provide effective pain relief at a lower dose while offering fast onset of action," stated Stephen Silberstein, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University. "In meeting this important study objective, this newly formulated diclofenac could represent a meaningful advance in the management of pain."
"Since existing NSAIDs are often associated with serious dose-related safety concerns, a great need exists for new therapeutics that can provide relief from acute pain and contribute to overall management of pain at lower doses," stated Allan Gibofsky, Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. "By changing the pharmacokinetic absorption properties of diclofenac through innovative technology, we may now be able to offer patients the possibility of achieving pain relief using lower doses of diclofenac."
"This study represents the first of several late-stage clinical programs we have initiated to address the continuing need in pain management, by using scientific innovation to optimize established therapeutics," said Dr. Clarence Young, Chief Medical Officer of Iroko Pharmaceuticals. "These results further our understanding of the therapeutic potential of submicron particle NSAIDs and provide strong rationale for our extensive research program."
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The study was a Phase 3 multi-center, randomized, double-blind, multiple-dose, parallel-group, active- and placebo-controlled study conducted in 428 otherwise healthy persons who underwent surgery (bunionectomy with placement of metal rods) under regional anesthesia, experiencing a pain intensity rating of ≥40mm on a 100mm visual analog scale (VAS) during the nine-hour period after anesthesia was discontinued. Participants in the study were randomly assigned to receive submicron particle, lower-dose diclofenac (18 or 35mg three times a day), celecoxib (400mg first loading dose; 200mg twice a day), or placebo. The primary endpoint was the sum of pain intensity differences measured using a visual analog scale at intervals during the first 48 hours after discontinuation of general anesthesia (VASSPID‑48).
"These findings are a significant step toward our goal of becoming a leader in the area of pain management by offering innovative therapeutic solutions that meet the needs of physicians and patients," said Osagie Imasogie, Iroko Chairman and Senior Managing Partner of Phoenix IP Ventures.
About Submicron Particle, Lower-dose NSAIDs
The risk of adverse events, including ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeds[1], and cardiovascular events[2] associated with currently marketed NSAIDs is higher among patients receiving higher doses and longer duration of treatment[3]. Iroko is at the forefront of the development of submicron particle lower-dose NSAIDs – novel formulations of NSAIDs that are designed to potentially provide effective pain relief at lower doses than existing commercially available formulations. These submicron particle NSAIDs are being developed using iCeutica, Inc.'s proprietary SoluMatrix™ technology, licensed to Iroko for exclusive use in NSAIDs. SoluMatrix™ alters the pharmacokinetic absorption properties of NSAIDs by reducing drug particles to finer particles that are at least 10 times smaller than standard NSAID formulations, thereby enhancing the drug dissolution and absorption properties.
About Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Iroko is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutic products. The company acquires, develops and maximizes the potential of currently marketed products on a global basis through focused selling and marketing efforts and product-life-cycle management activities including development of new formulations that meet patient needs. In addition to Iroko's marketed products which are sold in over 45 countries, the company has a robust pipeline with several late stage NSAID submicron technology candidates using the proprietary SoluMatrix™ platform. For more information, visit www.iroko.com.
About Phoenix IP Ventures
A fully integrated Private Equity and Venture Capital Fund which specializes in life sciences, principally in the pharmaceutical sector, the Firm acquires intellectual property protected assets that meet its criteria for value maximization. Phoenix IP Ventures works in collaboration with major players in the financial community to scale its own proprietary investments in transactions identified and managed by the Firm.
Lisa Gray, Phoenix IP Ventures/Iroko Pharmaceuticals, 267-765-3233
Media Contact: Jessica Donnelly for Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, 212-798-9819
[1] Rahme E et. al. (2001 Aug). Cost of prescribed NSAID-related gastrointestinal adverse events in elderly patients. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 52(2): 185–192.
[2] Howes LG. (2007 Oct.) Selective COX-2 inhibitors, NSAIDs and cardiovascular events – is celecoxib the safest choice? Ther Clin Risk Manag, 3(5), 831-845
[3] Risser A. (2009 Dec). NSAID Prescribing Precautions. Am Fam Physician. 80(12):1371-1378.
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Omelets are a really nice weekend breakfasts. An omelet is eggs cooked in a pan and then folded over some kind of filling. The filling can be whatever you want it to be. The combinations of fillings are almost endless. This time I filled my omelet with sauteed mushrooms, spinach, feta and dill. Omelets are pretty easy to make though you want to be careful that the egg does not stick to the pan. Using a non-stick pan and some butter really helps.
Mushroom, Spinach and Feta Omelet
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 4 ounces mushrooms (sliced)
- 2 ounces spinach
- 1 tablespoon dill (chopped)
- a touch of butter
- 3 eggs (lightly beaten.
- 1 ounce feta (crumbled)
- Melt the butter in a small pan.
- Add the mushrooms and saute until golden brown.
- Add the spinach and saute until wilted.
- Add the dill and the mixture aside.
- Melt the butter in a small pan.
- Add the eggs and spread them out to cover the entire bottom of the pan.
- Cook the eggs until the top is almost set.
- Place the mushroom mixture and the feta on one half of the eggs.
- Fold the uncovered half of the eggs on to the spinach mixture.


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The 2012 presidential campaign has eight months to go, but former first lady Barbara Bush has already given it a bad review.
"I think it's been the worst campaign I've ever seen in my life," she said Monday at Southern Methodist University during a daylong conference on the influence of the nation's first ladies. "I hate that people think compromise is a dirty word. It's not a dirty word."
The comment, which drew applause from the audience of about 300, came about midway through an hourlong discussion with daughter-in-law and fellow former first lady Laura Bush.
It was the only reference to the current presidential campaign in a panel devoted to the reminiscences of the wives of former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
In her criticism, Barbara Bush did not single out a particular candidate. She has expressed her support, however, for Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and has recorded robo-calls for him in Vermont and Ohio, which have primaries on Tuesday.
Laura Bush tended to be more diplomatic. When asked about the loss of civility in Washington, she recalled viewing vicious political cartoons aimed at Abraham Lincoln and said, "You see that, and you realize it's just a part of American politics."
Her mother-in-law disagreed, saying the current political atmosphere was the worst she could remember. "I think the rest of the world is looking at us these days and saying, 'What are you doing?'" she said.
George W. Bush introduced his wife and his mother, joking that "I have the honor of presenting the best first lady ever."
He waited for the laughter to die down and then added: "Mom, will you take a tie?"
During the next hour, Barbara Bush frequently showed her famous wit — which often carried an edge.
When asked about her favorite room in the White House, she said it was her office.
"Before that, it was Nancy Reagan's beauty parlor," she said. "She doesn't like me to call it that. But that's what it was."
While Laura Bush recalled restoring the Lincoln Bedroom, Barbara Bush told a story of how the first of the 41st president's overnight visitors to the White House spent a miserable night there.
"The mattress was so uncomfortable, we had to send it back," she said. "It may have been history, but you couldn't sleep on it."
Her biggest laugh came after she complimented Laura and her husband on the humanitarian work they had done in the Third World, noting that people were appreciative enough to name their children after the former president.
"To this day, there are little George Bushes running around all over Africa," she said.
There were more serious moments, too.
Barbara Bush, in recalling her fondness for her predecessor Lady Bird Johnson, said she was angered when associates of the Kennedy family disparaged the Johnsons.
"They'd talk about these terrible Texans, and I'd say, 'I'm a Texan,'" she recalled, "And they said, 'No, you're from the East.' Then I'd tell them, 'Well, my children are Texans.'"
Laura Bush, too, seemed angered by memories of the criticism her family received while in the White House.
"Nobody likes to see their husband criticized," she said, "and what happens in Washington is that presidents and first ladies are caricatured as something they're not."
The conference featuring the two women also included a panel on the role of their social secretaries and a discussion by photographers who had documented the first ladies.
Anita McBride, who served as Laura Bush's chief of staff in the White House, chaired the conference at SMU, where former President George W. Bush's library is under construction. McBride is now an executive-in-residence in the school of public affairs at American University in Washington.
"It's a very public role," McBride said of the first ladies. "You're not an elected official, but you automatically have a platform and a position you have to fill. Pat Nixon called it the hardest unpaid job in the world."
McBride said that she hoped the conference — a collaboration of the White House Historical Association, American University and the National Archives, which oversees presidential libraries — would help people "gain a broader understanding of the significance of this role."
Though Barbara and Laura Bush were the only first ladies at Monday's event, McBride said aides to other first ladies were consulted and invited to send representatives.
Similar events focusing on other first ladies are being considered, including a conference planned for the fall on the late Lady Bird Johnson at her husband's presidential library in Austin, McBride said.
The George W. Bush Presidential Center, which will feature a presidential library and policy center, is set to open in spring 2013, though the institute has already started programming.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Nearly everything about the way the TTC is structured and governed must change if good advice, wise planning and quality transit at a reasonable price are to be priorities. Otherwise, Andy Byford will go the way of his predecessors.
Good luck Andy Byford!
Next to crime and trauma scene cleanup specialist, leading the Toronto Transit Commission is the worst job in your new home city.
The fact that your three most recent predecessors were forced out by politicians barely scratches the surface of what's wrong with this gig. If you are the man for the job and if you dig deep, you're sure to conclude that starting points must be a new relationship with elected officials, a new corporate culture and a total restructuring, including a spun-off entity that fosters commercial integration of transit and land-use.
Customer service panels, town halls and the addition of citizen commissioners can only diddle with the symptoms of a decades-long decline.
Yes, it was petty and counterproductive for those five commissioners to axe Gary Webster, but you're surely smart enough to see through the political posturing, even if many seemingly intelligent Torontonians swallowed whole. You must have seen similar backstabbing and disingenuousness while working in Australia and the U.K.
TTC managers have been pressured to tailor advice for political purposes going back at least to the 1970s, when we somehow chose to maroon stations of the Spadina subway in the median of an expressway.
Good but powerless experts foresaw woes of the Scarborough RT well before it was built. And those who felt in 1989 that we should cut our losses and scrap that line were effectively silenced.
Pressure to manufacture a case for the Sheppard subway and play down the urgency of a long-proposed line through the downtown core, beginning 30 years ago, will cast a shadow over many debates you'll have to lead.
In fact, there's a good case to be made that all pending plans for Eglinton, Sheppard, Finch or a northerly extension of the Yonge subway are trouble if the so-called Downtown Relief Line can't jump the queue. (Little-known fact: tiny, cramped Yonge-Bloor station sees more daily passenger movements than Pearson airport and Union Station combined).
Of course, politics also played a big role in the rush to create the Transit City plan in March 2007, and to sell it to the public ever since. There are people still shaking their heads over a decision by one TTC manager to attend and appear prominently at the launch of Adam Giambrone's brief run for the mayoralty.
The latest census shows Toronto has 2.615 million transportation experts. But, while many realize transit is a problem of organized complexity, most seem to prefer simplistic debate — black or white, left or right, subway or light rail. This suits our ideologically riven council members who want us to shut off our brains and pick sides. It's also essential to mainstream media, which increasingly cater only to those with short attention spans.
But it doesn't help anybody make wise decisions.
Compounding the mess, Andy, is that Toronto wasn't big when the car became king. The pre-amalgamated cities of Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough have about half the density of old inner Toronto, and the gap isn't closing. Those outer areas were designed for cars and drivers, but are now populated by people who need transit. Alas, the built form makes quality cost-efficient service delivery tough.
Our long-standing assumption that pushing subways into suburbs would automatically drive urbanization turned out to be bunk. However, attempts to get the TTC to seriously consider how to adapt and adopt creative funding models and aggressive value-capture tools, like those used in the Far East, have been met with disinterest at best (while still a city councillor in 2003, David Miller got the TTC to agree to report on transit development corporation models like the one in Hong Kong, but despite repeated requests over years, the TTC has been unable to produce evidence that it did any work on the project).
Even the mayor's office, which purports to favour private-sector involvement, had the most interesting parts of Gordon Chong's report on subway financing chopped before publication (make sure your copy is an early uncorrected proof containing Chapter 7, "Other Value Capture: Revenue Generation Options").
If we truly believe transit spending is an investment, returns on the investment have to start becoming a priority. If we do that, it forces intelligent debate on the real relative costs of subways and light rail. We're likely to still conclude LRT is the way to go in many cases, but the debate will have been honest.
Sorry if you probably know all this, but talk with your vice-chair, Peter Milczyn; he seems increasingly attuned to the possibilities and the shortcomings of our previous model.
Make sure you thank your predecessor for eventually standing up and opposing the loony idea of burying light rail under Eglinton East, but you might ask him where was he on the possibly-as-wasteful design and funding models for the ongoing Spadina-York subway extension. Deep-bore tunnels through low- and no-density areas and grandiose standalone stations make this project far more costly than it needed to be up front, while hindering the long-term development processes that can help it pay back.
Yes, some bad things happened under Webster, but overall he was just the latest fall guy for a dysfunctional organization.
For years, one of Toronto's most revered and entertaining transit experts has been saying, off the record and only partly in gest: "The fastest way to find yourself unemployed in this town is to speak the truth."
Some part of that wisdom will always be true.
You'll have to choose your battles, even in your interim role. But unless you get extremely wise help to start radically altering the rules of the game, you're guaranteed to lose – as is Toronto, again.


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The Online file storage battle seems to be heating up. After Box.net increased their free storage space to 5GB, another sync service, SugarSync, has increased their free online storage space to 5GB.
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Bee Venom Therapy for Skin Cancer
You know me. I'm the one who, in a conversation about too much sun, says, "I'm not worried. I have dark skin and I tan right away. I never burn."
A few years ago I noticed a sore on my forehead. I thought I'd burned myself with a curling iron. But months later the sore kept breaking open. When I mentioned it during an annual exam, my doctor had it tested. Then the dreaded phone call: skin cancer, a basal cell carcinoma. Surgery was scheduled: a scraping-or scrapings-layer by layer, followed by a test to determine when all the layers with cancer cells had been removed.
Meanwhile, my husband, Jim, had neck and shoulder pain from a car accident. Nothing helped. Then a friend, Kristine Jacobson, persuaded him to try bee therapy. "Nothing else is working," she grinned. "It can't hurt!" After a consultation, Jim started on the bee products and bee stings, with immediate results. During one session, he mentioned that I had skin cancer. Two days later Kristine was peppering my sore with bee stings. First one sting, then 2, then 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 stings, in and around the sore.
Surgery day. During the numbing time the doctor noted, "Numb deeply-this has been here too long. We'll need to do more than one scrape." After one scrape I joined other patients who had bandages on their nose, eyes, cheeks, ears, and neck and were waiting for further-2nd, 3rd, even 4th-scrapings. Finally I heard my results: they got everything the first time.
While I was being stitched, the doctor asked what I'd been doing. Had I been poking the sore? There were dead cells or scars all around the cancer cells. "Bee stings," I whispered. Silence. All I heard was a needle stitching my forehead. Finally, he said, under his breath. "Sometimes our bodies do weird things just to protect themselves." That conversation was over!
Later, when having the stitches removed, I learned that the numbness in my forehead might last two years before the feeling returned, so I'd probably want to have plastic surgery and have the other eyebrow pulled higher to make both of them seem more even. I looked like a monster. My eyebrow was shaped like an upside-down 'V,' and the scar was terrible. Fortunately I had long bangs.
I went back to Kristine's house three times a week. As I was numb anyway, there was no reason not to sting. Again the stings: on top of my head, on my forehead, and on the scar. Within a month the feeling was back and my eyebrow began relaxing. Now I can't find the scar, and I don't need plastic surgery. Today Jim and I say, "Thank God for the bees, and thank God for Christine."
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April 01, 2009


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Housed at the Louis B. Mayer Library on the AFI Campus, the Archive comprises nearly 50 years of rare and unique materials from across the history of cinema and television.
Included in this collection are audio and video interviews, conversations, oral histories, photographs, unpublished scripts, production materials, ephemera and transcripts of seminars, interviews, workshops, classes, programming and events. The AFI Archive also serves as a repository for films produced at the AFI Conservatory, including in the AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW).
The AFI Archive is accessible for research by appointment only. Contact [email protected], or 323.856.7654, for more information. Head to AFI's YouTube page for a sample of videos from the AFI Archive.
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Judge bars 9/11 mastermind's testimony in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — The self-described architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks will not be allowed to testify in the terrorism trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, a federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected a request by defense lawyers to call Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as a witness at the trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith using live, closed-circuit video from Guantanamo Bay, where Mohammed is imprisoned.
Abu Ghaith is the highest-level al-Qaeda figure to be tried in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 attacks. His trial is scheduled to resume Wednesday.
The judge told the defense that Mohammed's testimony would be irrelevant because there was no evidence that Mohammed and Abu Ghaith had ever met or even been in the same country. He also criticized Abu Ghaith's lawyers for making the request at such a late stage.
Abu Ghaith has pleaded not guilty to charges he conspired to kill Americans and aided al-Qaeda as the terror group's spokesman after the Sept. 11 attacks. The 48-year-old onetime imam at a Kuwaiti mosque was brought to New York from Turkey last year.
The judge's ruling means the jury also will be barred from considering a 14-page statement Mohammed provided in response to questions from Abu Ghaith's lawyers.
In the statement, Mohammed said Abu Ghaith had no military role in al-Qaeda. The defense has argued that Abu Ghaith had no knowledge of pending al-Qaeda attacks when he warned on a widely circulated video after the 2001 attacks that "the storm of airplanes will not abate."
Mohammed said he never personally spoke to Abu Ghaith about plots to blow up U.S. airplanes with shoe bombs in December 2001, when Mohammed headed al-Qaeda's operations conducted outside of Afghanistan.
He also wrote that he wanted to help Abu Ghaith but was distrustful of the source of the questions posed to him, saying they reminded him of interrogations he underwent after his 2003 capture.
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The Southwestern International Studies program is designed for students interested in understanding other cultures and the global systems—economic, social, religious, intellectual, political, aesthetic and environmental—that influence them and, in turn, the world.
An increasingly global society calls for an increasingly global citizenry. As technology expands our reach, and both culture and commerce move beyond traditional barriers, the ability to understand and move comfortably through multiple cultures and societies is increasingly necessary.
International Studies students explore international issues from a broad perspective, through a variety of means: by studying a particular area of the world in depth; by acquiring an understanding of how that area fits into a global context; by using a particular major as a base from which to explore several disciplinary approaches to another culture; by learning a language used in their geographical area of emphasis; and by the experience of living in another culture while studying it.
The International Studies Program integrates a Disciplinary major with an Area of Concentration, and consists of the following components: disciplinary major; global context; geographic focus; advanced language study; and study abroad. Our curriculum embodies the finest traditions of the liberal arts: Through the knowledge of other cultures, it aims to foster appreciation of the diversity of human experience and to provide a new perspective on U.S. society.
A degree in International Studies is appropriate for students wishing to pursue careers in law, government, business and international agencies, and provides a particularly valuable foundation for graduate study in the humanities and social sciences.


text: Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea is a common disorder that can be very serious. In sleep apnea, your breathing stops or gets very shallow while you are sleeping. Each pause typically lasts 10 to 20 seconds or more. These pauses can occur 20 to 30 times or more an hour. The most common type of sleep apnea is obstructive sleep apnea. During sleep, enough air cannot flow into your lungs through your mouth and nose even though you try to breathe. When this happens, the amount of oxygen in your blood may drop. Normal breaths then start again with a loud snort or choking sound. Your sleep is not restful because: These brief episodes of increased airway resistance (and breathing pauses) occur many times throughout the night. You may have many brief drops in your oxygen levels of the blood. You move out of deep sleep and into light sleep several times during the night, resulting in poor sleep quality. When your sleep is upset throughout the night, you can be very sleepy during the day. People with sleep apnea often have loud snoring. However, not everyone who snores has sleep apnea. Some people with sleep apnea don't know they snore. Sleep apnea happens more often in people who are overweight, but even thin people can have it. Most people don't know they have sleep apnea. They don't know that they are having problems breathing while they are sleeping. A family member and/or bed partner may notice the signs of sleep apnea first. Untreated sleep apnea can increase the chance of having high blood pressure and even a heart attack or stroke. Untreated sleep apnea can also increase the risk of diabetes and the risk for work-related accidents and driving accidents. What Causes Sleep Apnea? Sleep apnea happens when enough air cannot move into your lungs while you are sleeping. When you are awake and normally during sleep, your throat muscles keep your throat open and air flows into your lungs. However, in obstructive sleep apnea, the throat briefly collapses, causing pauses in your breathing. With pauses in breathing, your oxygen level in your blood may drop. This happens when: Your throat muscles and tongue relax more than is normal. Your tonsils and adenoids are large. You are overweight. The extra soft tissue in your throat makes it harder to keep the throat area open. The shape of your head and neck (bony structure) results in somewhat smaller airway size in the mouth and throat area. With the throat frequently fully or partly blocked during sleep, enough air cannot flow into your lungs, even though efforts to breathe continue. Your breathing may become hard and noisy and may even stop for short periods of time (apneas). Central apnea is a rare type of sleep apnea that happens when the area of your brain that controls your breathing doesn't send the correct signals to the breathing muscles. There is then no effort to breathe at all for brief periods. Snoring does not typically occur in central apnea. Who Gets Obstructive Sleep Apnea? Anyone can have obstructive sleep apnea. It is estimated that more than 12 million Americans have obstructive sleep apnea. More than half the people who have sleep apnea are overweight, and most snore heavily. Adults most likely to have sleep apnea: Snore loudly Are overweight Have high blood pressure Have decreased size of the airways in their nose, throat, or mouth. This can be caused by the shape of these structures or by medical conditions causing congestion in these areas, such as hay fever or other allergies. Have a family history of sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is more common in men. One out of 25 middle-aged men and one out of 50 middle-aged women have sleep apnea that causes them to be very sleepy during the day. Sleep apnea is more common in African Americans, Hispanics, and Pacific Islanders. If someone in your family has sleep apnea, you are more likely to develop sleep apnea than someone without a family history of the condition. Obstructive sleep apnea can also occur in children who snore. If your child snores, you should discuss it with your child's doctor or health care provider. What Are The Signs and Symptoms of Sleep Apnea? The most common signs of sleep apnea are: Loud snoring Choking or gasping during sleep Fighting sleepiness during the day (even at work or while driving) Your family members may notice the symptoms before you do. You will likely not otherwise be aware that you have problems breathing while asleep. Others signs of sleep apnea may include: Morning headaches Memory or learning problems Feeling irritable Not being able to concentrate on your work. Mood swings or personality changes, perhaps feeling depressed Dry throat upon awaking Frequent urination at night. Contact Us Today! 617-523-7900


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Saturday's match completes a stretch of three matches in seven days as the Black & Gold look to snap a two-match losing streak ... after a pair of road matches, the Crew looks to enjoy the home-crowd advantage at Crew Stadium ... the last time the Crew was home -- a 1-1 draw against New York on April 26 -- a season-high attendance of 18,026 fans was recorded.
The Crew returns home for the first of only two home tilts at Crew Stadium this month ... thus far in 2014, the Black & Gold have secured points in three of their first four home contests ... the team's lone home defeat came more than a month ago in a 1-0 loss to Toronto FC and the team responded with points in its next two matches -- a pair of 1-1 draws on April 19 (against D.C.) and April 26 (against New York).
The Crew and Whitecaps FC meet for their lone opposite-conference meeting of the season on Saturday at Crew Stadium ... the last time the two teams last played was way back in the Crew's second match of 2013 on March 9, 2013 ... to give a bit of perspective, since the two teams played at BC Place -- a total of 41 regular-season matches ago -- the Crew has played several teams four times ... specifically, the Black & Gold have faced Eastern Conference opponents Sporting KC, Houston and New York four times since the Crew and Vancouver last met.
Vice Captain Wil Trapp is available for selection on Saturday after missing his first match of 2014 ... Trapp was absent from the lineup on Wednesday while he served a mandatory one-match red-card suspension ... Trapp was issued a pair of yellow cards in last Sunday's match at Sporting KC ... Trapp had previously started every game since his debut on July 7, 2013.


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Are you a left handed KERR or CARR?
January 22, 2009 by © Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy.
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Why do I ask? Perhaps this traditional anonymous poem from Scotland will enlighten… "But the Kerrs were aye the deadliest foes That e'er to Englishmen were known For they were all bred lefthanded men And Fence against them there was none." This left handedness may stem back to a time of border wars between Scotland [...]


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The mikromedia Developer Kit 3 for PIC24 gives you a complete multimedia development platform using the C programming language.
It bundles the mikromedia workStation v7 board with a mikromedia for PIC24 with a USB license dongle of mikroC for dsPIC/PIC24, a license key for Visual TFT, plus a stylus for the mikromedia touchscreen, an extra set of Male-to-Male jumper wires (20 wires in total), a mini-USB cable (in addition to the standard USB that comes with the workStation board), a serial cable, a DS1820 temperature sensor, and a 2GB microSD card with adapter. Purchasing this bundle affords you a discount over purchasing the items separately.
There are 18 versions of this kit, made from six different mikromedia boards and three different programming languages. The following table provides a breakdown of the differences between the mikromedia boards, so you can decide which one is right for you. Use the links on the top row to visit each mikromedia board's page for detailed information and user manuals for each one. Use the links in the second row to switch to the order page for a different version of this kit if you decide upon a different mikromedia board and/or programming language IDE.
If you love 8-bit programming, use mikromedia for PIC18FJ. If you need a 16-bit microcontroller with peripheral pin select and loads of modules, choose mikromedia for PIC24 or PIC24EP. If you need motor control, FFT or DSP, choose mikromedia for dsPIC33 or dsPIC33EP. If you want top performance and high processing power, choose mikromedia for PIC32. Whichever mikromedia you choose, it is supported fully by the workStation v7 and its on-board programmer.
Note: The mikromedia boards do not come with headers installed. The headers are provided loose. You will have to solder them before you can plug the mikromedia board into the workStation board.
Each mikromedia board is a compact development system with lots of on-board peripherals which provides a convenient platform for development of devices with multimedia content. The microcontroller on each board comes with a fast USB HID bootloader installed so that you can program from your PC without any extra hardware. It also can be programmed with a Microchip ICD2, ICD3 or compatible external programmer (header pins are provided loose). The mikromedia features integrated modules such as audio module, TFT 320×240 touch screen display, USB connector for communication with the microcontroller, accelerometer, Flash memory, and microSD card connector.
The system is powered by your PC via USB. Simply plug in the USB cable and the TFT display will turn on automatically. It also can be battery powered.
The mikromedia board measures 8 × 6 cm (3.14 × 2.36 inches). All unused microcontroller pins are available via pads along the sides of the board (header pins are provided loose). These allow you to add on mikromedia shields (see options below), or to add the board to the mikromedia WorkStation.
The mikromedia workStation v7 is a powerful development platform on which you can program, debug and test your firmware and connect your PIC-based mikromedia board with the rest of the world. It has an on-board debugger/programmer, and a socket for the mikromedia board. Just plug in the mikromedia board and start having fun or working on serious tasks.
Pin names are organized into five groups and have been given custom names. It's now almost completely irrelevant if you are developing your application on PIC32 or PIC18, because pin names and some pin functions are the same in both cases. A Board Support Package is available with a collection of libraries and sbit variables that will help you in development. After you install the selected BSP package using the Package Manager, you will notice a new library in your compiler's Library Manager window. All function and variable names start with the prefix WS_, which makes them easy to find in Code Assistant.
Each pin group is organized logically to contain related buttons and LEDs. Tri-state switches simplify settings of pull-up and pull-down resistors on each pin.
Four mikroBUS sockets allow you to use plug-and-play Click Boards to add peripheral functions beyond what's already on the workStation board. Your mikromedia with workStation v7 can become a control center, PLC controller, measurement station and more. There are more than 60 Click Boards to choose from.
In order to help you even further, a large breadboard is available at the bottom along with a 52-pin female socket so you can use wire jumpers to connect each mikromedia pin with the breadboard. This is a major advantage if you want to add custom electronics. The high-quality transparent breadboard has 830 points so you can do this with ease.
This board is perfect for education. You can put any PIC-based mikromedia you need, add Click boards and assemble additional electronics on the breadboard. This will allow you carry out dozens of different experiments and educational examples.
Each compiler license includes free upgrades and tech support for the lifetime of the product. The software features a Live Update service so you can get new features and improvements instantly.


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The Board of Education of Harford County, appointed by the Governor, is the policy-making body for the Harford County Public
Schools. The school system is under the day-to-day oversight of the Superintendent of Schools who is responsible
for both the instructional and support functions of the system. A Chief Administrative Officer works with
the Superintendent to provide direct leadership for non-instructional functions of the school system. A Central
Instructional Leadership Team (CILT) provides overall guidance for classroom instruction. Each school has
a School Improvement Team made up of representatives from various areas of the school and its community in
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2009 CMA Awards Nomination Announcement Sep. 9
Don't Forget Your Older Country Music
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Every Tuesday, there is new music hitting the store shelves. Very rarely does a Tuesday come and go without a new album from a country artist. Most of the time its 3-4 new titles to get excited about.
At the quick pace albums are released, due to the vast number of artists, rather than the quality artists releasing music on a rapid pace,(That's for another post one day,) you can easily forget about your older music. Now, I am not talking about going out and purchasing older music; I am talking about the music you already own.
Into today's modern age of technology, the access to your older music is available to you at your fingertip... literally. I mean think about it. Take that I-Pod and move the dial and you just may discover something you haven't listened to in awhile.
I sure did.
Oh, and I'm not just talking about that older hit song you like and that everyone listens to either. I'm talking about those artists and albums that you won't hear right off the radio.
You see, night before last, I was working on a cleaning project. I decided to turn the I-Pod on and see what I could find, rather than putting on one of newest albums. I found Jeff Wood's 1997 release "Between the Earth and the Stars." I don't believe you will be able to purchase this one at a retailer any longer, but wow... what an album ("You Just Get One" charted #44, "Use Mine" charted #55, and "You Call That A Mountain" charted #63.) It was an odd feeling. The album felt like I hadn't heard it, but yet, I new all the words to the songs. Once the 2nd song began, it was a great feeling.
I bet you have an album that you can remember that was your favorite for the longest time, but it was replaced in your routines of listening. It may be one of today's established artists or it could be a one-hit wonder, or heck, someone that never even charted.
So, give it a try, pull out that older CD or take the thumb to the wheel of the I-Pod and see what you can find. I'd love to hear your story.
Big Dreams & High Hopes: Jack Ingram Breaks World Record
Did you hear an interview with Jack Ingram yesterday on your favorite? You weren't alone. He did 215 radio interviews in 24 hours, according to cmt.com.
In promotion of his new album, "Big Dreams & High Hopes" Jack Ingram broke the Guinness Book of World Record for the most radio interviews in a 24-hour period. The previous record was 96.
In case you didn't get to hear one of the 215, Jack Ingram's new album hit stores today that includes the single "Barefoot & Crazy."
Zac Brown Band Goes Platinum
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
According to their Twitter page, Zac Brown Band's album "The Foundation" has gone platinum. Pretty cool... one great album for sure. It's one of those that you can put on and keep listening and listening. If you haven't got your copy of "The Foundation" that includes "Chicken Fried," "Whatever It Is," and "Toes," I think it is about time to get it... it is one highly talented album.
"The Foundation" was released November 18, 2008.
Jason Aldean New DVD "Wide Open & More"
Monday, August 17, 2009
CMT : News : Jason Aldean's Live DVD Certified Gold Prior to Release
Pretty impressive; Having a DVD certified gold before its even available for sale. That means 50,000 units have been shipped and ready for sale next week, August 25, 2009. The DVD is a concert DVD that was recorded in Knoxville, TN and is quiet the treat. It includes a full concert and a great behind the scenes look at the setup that has Jason Aldean discussing many topics; a really enjoyable listen for sure. The video is high quality and extremely enjoyable.
If you have been a fan of Jason Aldean and his 3 albums, this is a must own.
"Jason Aldean: Wide Open and More" is available in DVD or BluRay format for pre-order now from Amazon.com or in stores August 25, 2009.
More on Brooks & Dunn
Friday, August 14, 2009
Above, you will find a great video from CMT.com that discusses the end to Brooks & Dunn. Plain and simple... they believe they have done all they can really. The duo announced on August 10 that they would be parting ways after the release of their greatest hits compilation #1s…And Then Some on September 8 and "The Last Rodeo Tour" in 2010.
Enjoy the video. They do a great job discussing this topic--directly from Ronnie and Kix.
CMT has a special presentation that will start to air in October titled "Invitation Only: Brooks & Dunn."cmt.com photo credit: Photo Credit: WireImage.com/Rick Diamond
Monday, August 10, 2009
Well, it is official. The following information is posted on Brooks & Dunn's official website:
"To Our Fans:After 20 years of making music and riding this trail together, we have agreed as a duo that it's time call it a day. This ride has been everything and more than we could ever have dreamed.... We owe it all to you, the fans. If you hear rumors, don't believe them, it's just time. We will release our #1's and then some" on September 8th and bid you farewell one last time in 2010, with The Last Rodeo Tour...(dates to be announced).Brooks & Dunn"
Wow, well what can I say. Pretty hard news to take in a lot of ways. What a talented and fun duo. They are the masters of a country music duo; they know country music and know how to perform it. Both Ronnie and Kix are so instrumental in the country music community and are pure icons. Yes, I could go on for awhile, but I think I'd rather turn the I-pod on and take a listen to their music. One more album to come, but will be mainly hits from its title.
George Strait New Album "Twang"
Are you ready? Yes... George Strait has another album ready for release tomorrow August 11, 2009. "Twang" includes "Living For The Night," the first single from the albumhit the Top 15 mark in just three weeks making it one of the fastest rising singles of his career. This is Strait's 38th album, yes, you read that right, 38 Strait albums.
Each and every Strait album is special, any country music fan knows that. This one, however, just may be a bit more special than the rest to Strait and his fans. This is the first time since Strait's sophmore release that he has written a song on the album. Furthermore, his son, Bubba Strait, has co-written "Living For The Night" and "He's Got That Something Special" with George Strait and Dean Dillon, "Out Of Sight Out Of Mind" co-written by the father/son pair exclusively. Bubba also has solo writing credit on one song, "Arkansas Dave." That has to be one proud father... having his son write a song for one of his albums. Not only a country album, but a on a Strait album that requires such a high-class penmenship to make it.
Other notable writers on the album include Jim Lauderdale, Sherrie Austin, Blaine Larsen, Delbert McClinton , among many others. I've heard it more than once, writing credit on a Strait album is one of the highest honors a songwriter can have.
Looking through the linear notes, there is even one song fully in Spanish titled "El Ray."
George Strait's 38th album, "Twang," hits stores and available for download tomorrow, August 11, 2009.
Quick Update
Thursday, August 06, 2009
I decided that I did not know enough about CSS to begin design work on the new website... So, I am actively enjoying learning CSS (a web design code) to get things the way I want the site to look like.
It took just a little time to find just the right book that I wanted to use for guidance.
I hope in the next day or so to begin posting more regularly here with country music topics.


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First point - those of you present knew this was coming --
To Loot or Not to Loot
...Sigh. This is a very key thing in the game's current state. RPTs are plot fuel, and if done right the relics of them can bring character-related RP for quite some time, create differences in opinion, and give us some interesting, unique objects as a reward for the trials we overcome. On orcside, when these sorts of combat RPTs happen it follows a satisfying formula. We train in preparation, we sally forth and kill the bads, and often there is something nice waiting at the end, something unique and interesting. There was a whole plot centered around some stuff we recovered once and it felt like a nice pat on the back, especially considering the remarkable threat involved.
Recently, there was an incident involving this where tensions rose to a remarkably high point - not naming names, but I believe it boils down to difference in what players want from the game. Maybe it was fully IC, but it struck me as a stretch, and the response seemed disproportionately high/violent compared to what was being debated, jarring and somewhat out of place in the scene. /justmyopinion
I was in awe of the scene unfolding via staff, and then I was in awe of the buzzkill on offer by those unnamed.
A curse plot is something interesting for all involved, it's very Lord of the Rings-y and for Men of Middle-Earth to readily dismiss things as cursed and thus useless seems far from canon. The idea that the status quo is leaving behind the cool objects that staff put in extra effort to make interesting is somewhat frustrating. Not everyone wants a sharp, bog-iron longsword from the local smith. It's the dream for a lot of combat PCs to get ahold of a cool magic sword or at least a badass unique one.
Because just leaving behind or destroying cool items sucks. It's a bummer, and you know that people involved are groaning behind their screens.
Given that the pool of combatants in Utterby is very limited, these uniques are funneled through a couple of specific people. Which brings me to my next, more controversial point...
Debbie Downers
"Are we going out to the bog today sir?"
A frowning lieutenant laughs in a harsh bark, waving you off.
"You kidding me Recruit? You're shoveling sh!t in the wind again."
It is no surprise to me that numbers are down.
A clanlead position in an RPI is not your opportunity to go on a power trip and ignore the OOC responsibility of the role. While it may be IC for your character to be a recluse, layabout, idler, as you will, you are largely responsible for the enjoyment of those in your clan, proactivity and acknowledging different playstyles being the key concepts here.
Leaving the gates does not equate to fulfillment of the role.
People do not join the Guard to chop logs all day.
People do not join the Guard to mass-hunt solo mobs using the hunting crafts.
People do not join the Guard to do the same patrol between the burned gatehouse and the bridge ad infinitum.
Of these three things, I am positive.
Maybe you, personally, do not enjoy curse plots. Perhaps wandering over to Vadok Mal/Utterby is just such a yawn for you and you couldn't be f'd to stop by the bog. Big reveal here - most people playing combat roles in these games enjoy exciting, challenging activities and could do with a bit less of the everyday rigamarole that sometimes plagues RPIs. Going out, fighting nothing and coming home is by no means a success.Icarus wrote:Staff priority is on you guys having an enjoyable time, not on spending all your time on silly mundane tasks.
To do these fun things, to stumble across something that may or may not be cursed, to do anything except the same downtime crafting/sneaking around and killing boars, they must go through you. The days of Militia and Recruits and Privates running patrols are long since over, perhaps in part due to the fact that everyone hates eachother now. imo, tangentially related.
Let players under your jurisdiction have fun...
It seems obvious at first glance, but efforts seem to be made in the opposite direction at every turn and it is disconcerting, to say the least.
On Parallel, the Families sure were big. They created strict rules about what was allowed on their patrols which made some sense from an IC perspective but was a depressing reality from an OOC one. There is usually only one combat clan that does things of note in an RPI, barring Atonement, so you have to put up with whatever they decide. Despite some very interesting plots, a lot of players quit because there is nothing fun about having a clanlead tell you the RP equivalent of "no and go f yourself" in regard to issues both mundane and important.
The more you do things to frustrate clanmates/others because you can and they have to put up with it, the less motivation they will have to play this game. If you don't take them to do interesting things when they're online, they will log in less and less. Eventually, they will quit and play Skyrim or Dark Souls or Bloodborne whatever the flavor of the year is, because in those games you can do exciting things. Do not blame your neighbour, do not blame staff, don't blame your grandma, your dog, no one else is responsible. You can say "screw them and good riddance", which you have every right to, but your end result is less players, and an overall waning enjoyment for those that remain as combination of the smaller numbers online and the issues above.
Who are you and by who's authority do you stand before me...
I am a concerned player. I would really like things to return to the way they were. What's happening now is sigh-inducingly similar to what happened at the very beginning of the game where we had 12 players out killing single boar sows, on mandatory patrols where the Guard did nothing and with the strict rules that we all cringe about IRL.
The line between what is boring and what is not has always been clear, except when we get into a rut like this...
So, I know that this is going to rustle some jimmies pretty hard but these are things that need to be said, and I'm not afraid to be the one who says them.
Am I just blowing hot air? Are these really issues?
Are you content with the current status quo?
Is mixing OOC consideration into your IC action crazy, or to be expected? <- Views seem to be the polar opposite on this, with individuals sometimes strongly believing in a different side depending on circumstance, but be honest
What is being a clanlead about, in your opinion?
Why do you think that we are seeing such low numbers on WHO nowadays?


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Fan Room Blocks Held For CAA Men's And Women's Tournaments
By ODU Athletics
Jan. 5, 2006
The ODU athletic department has negotiated special fan rates at hotels in Richmond, and Fairfax for the respective 2006 CAA men's and women's basketball tournaments.
Fans following the Monarchs to Richmond for the CAA tournament at the Coliseum, March 3-6, can contact the Quality End West End (804-346-0000)and ask for the ODU fan block. A limited number of rooms are being held on a first-come, first served basis at $62 per night for Saturday, March 4, Sunday, March 5 and Monday, March 6.
Lady Monarch fans attending the CAA women's tournament at George Mason University, March 8-11, can take advantage of the ODU fan block held at the Fairfax Marriott at Fair Oaks, by calling 703-352-2525. A limited number of rooms for ODU fans are held for Thursday, March 9 and Friday, March 10 at $84 per night.
Fans are encouraged to contact the hotels no later than Feb. 16 to receive these special fan discounts.