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Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: Flogger23m
Registered: 05/24/01
Posts: 1231
Loc: Dublin, Ireland
Originally Posted By: Flogger23m
Originally Posted By: PFunk
Is there any chance, ANY chance, we could see the simplified avionics from BS2 and A-10C in FC3?
Yeah, I've asked before.
As in a simplified Black Shark and A-10C? I would like that. At least the A-10C part; I am getting used to the KA-50 even if I do not understand most of the functions.
I would wish that instead they made all of the modules on the same engine (Flaming Cliffs, A-10, KA-50, ect.) and when you buy one plane you get the engine and updates free. This way you can play online with everyone and the community is not broken up. To take control of other aircraft though, you must buy them as well.
Think of it like Rise of Flight's system, accept keeping the community integrated (but not selling maps and theaters as separate content).
They are thinking along those lines for DCS - not sure about FC3 - see -->
Moving to Core-Based System
Later in 2012, The Fighter Collection and Eagle Dynamics will transition the DCS series to a core-based system. What do we mean by a core-based system? This means that the main DCS engine that includes the GUI interface will serve as the core that content modules plug into it. Such content could include vehicles, maps, campaigns, etc. This will allow purchased DCS content to be accessed through a single DCS core hub.
Not only will this allow previous and future DCS aircraft to be fully integrated, but it will also allow 3rd party content to be easily integrated into the DCS series.
Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: Nate
Registered: 05/24/01
Posts: 1231
Loc: Dublin, Ireland
Hey ZZZ let me know what you think.
Russian attack aircraft from FC2 is free as part of the DCS download with P-51 - Download it, it's free.
Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: Nate
Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 871
Loc: Birmingham, UK
I am interested in this news (sorry it's news to me as I usually only frequent the WW2 forums) but would really like to know if the Graphics engine is to get an update?
Currently it looks like IL2 detail (and I like IL2 so don't take that the wrong way) but times have moved on considerable. Looking at Wings of prey with realtime dynamic HD lighting and reflections and Cliffs of Dover (buggy but getting there) I would love to see a new era of Jet Combat Simulation that is also graphically stunning.
Is this something that is being planned or is FC3 just an update to the original engine?
Cheers, MP
Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: Nate
SimHQ Redneck
Registered: 07/03/03
Posts: 12404
Loc: N. Central Texas
From what I gather, the only thing getting upgraded is functionality, not graphics. Which I prefer. I'll take gameplay over looks every time.
If you can't get everyone to get on board with you, scaring the living hell out of everybody is the next best way to get attention and feel needed.
Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: Nate
Senior Member
Registered: 12/17/03
Posts: 4373
FC3's graphics are better than FC2's.
When Nevada comes around, EDGE's graphics will rock your boat.
44th VFW
Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: Nate
Registered: 09/26/11
Posts: 131
Loc: Australia
Originally Posted By: Nate
Hey ZZZ let me know what you think.
Russian attack aircraft from FC2 is free as part of the DCS download with P-51 - Download it, it's free.
Re DCS:-World Low-level flight.
Initial observations:
I made a test mission very similar to the previous one I used in FC2.1 and DCS:-A10C; A flight of 2 x Tornado, then 2x F/A-18C, then 3x F-15E - all following the same waypoint path.
The low-level flight profile for tactical fighter/attack aircraft now more-or-less works within DCS: WORLD. It's is a significant improvement to tactical flight planning. However this now casts the limelight on the low-level problems that were also present in DCS:A10C, but were absent from FC2.1.
Namely, the problem caused by open-formations in deep-close valleys.
But before I go into that;
First, I'm going to make a suggestion about the new low-level mission planning waypoint editing tab:
The "Waypoint Settings" area of the mission planner is now much less buggy and glitchy, with better low-altitude setting options. I particularly like that the altitude reset 'bug' due to terrain height effects is now gone when you move an existing waypoint around the map (thank f**k for that!). And also seamlessly inserts the last-used setting in the next waypoint. This is much better.
Now it mostly works like it ALWAYS should have.
Throttle control and engine spooling by Ai is much smoother, thus the use of afterburner is much reduced and improved in DCS:-WORLD. FINALLY! So now there's less fuel being unnecessarily wasted by Ai flights.
However, the Ai still use airbrake much too often, bleeding energy for no clear reason, then 'requiring' more fuel to re-accelerate. This likewise should be addressed because the Ai aircraft at times repeatedly open airbrakes for a second or so, then immediately close them again, and again, and ... it's quite dippy - please quash this.
Air brake is for when you REALLY need to slow for essential reasons, like tanking, landing, ground attack approaches, reducing speed to reduce turn radius, to increase instantaneous pointing and agility.
In other cases the Ai aircraft should 'coast', or, if appropriate, climb slowly to wash off unwanted speed, as altitude can be turned back into speed without using more fuel. The realistic flight-model and flight envelope is not worth much if the Ai 'flyer' is not flying realistically and efficiently in the way a human would.
If they do, then the real performance capability of the jet, it's effective achievable tactical range and available tactical loiter, will have effect in missions - as it should.
More efficient flight and fuel use also means the fight can use more flanking and high-speed manoeuvre, and achieve more altitude, as well as orderly RTB, to the correct planned base landing point.
Plus they are then less prone to suddenly bug-out, due to early bingo, abandoning the planned return waypoint route, that the flight's planner designed to reduce vulnerability and provide some protection so that they wouldn't be targeted during RTB. Which was a real problem with all previous versions.
So any improvement to fuel use by things like sensible use of airbrake and of coasting will have effects on tactical outcome plus help broaden-out tactical planning possibilities and reliability of the Ai.
The more the Ai flight is optimised for realistic flight behaviours, the better.
The actual flight at tree-top-level is now very good, EXCEPT for one important aspect. Aircraft approach ridgelines very well. They rise up its face properly, they seem to avoid structures over towns, and then they fly over the top of a ridge at genuine low-level, with flat aspect and profile - all very good. BUT! ... the flight then tends to remain above the terrain that's now falling away rapidly beneath it, so can still end up a few thousand feet AGL, for 20 seconds or so.
It seems to be less of a problem over very steep terrain, where they tend to swoop down more, but more of a problem over flatter coastal terrain (where you actually do need them to get down low fairly fast).
What the Ai should do is to more quickly commit to a "swoop" manoeuvre, down to a level significantly below the ridge-line, rather than taking their time to get down there again after the ridge has been passed.
More swoop please!
It's vital the opponent's EW radar and AEW struggle to paint the flight. Lingering nearly level with the ridgeline is not the way to achieve radar-masking, and to frustrate successful engagement by SAMs.
Overall low-level flight gets a score of 7.5 / 10 from me, which is up from a dreadful 0 / 10 within DCS:A-10C
I say only 7.5 because there's another vitally important issue that needs to be rectified within DCS: WORLD, one that was not an issue at all in FC2.1, but that will have to be fixed.
Regarding this, I'm going to suggest an important new inclusion is needed within the "waypoint settings" area, within the mission planner.
First, I need to describe the problem that's now occurring in DCS:-WORLD namely;
Although the low-level flight basically works the first mission I made quickly highlighted that a low-level flight using waypoints down the very centre of a narrow twisting deep valley, is quite incompatible with the standard open-formation flight in DCS:WORLD, even when using just two aircraft within a flight.
My last test round, a few months back, within DCS A-10C, also demonstrated that these lose open-formations are NOT VIABLE for low-level flights of more than one aircraft.
And the more aircraft in the flight the more acute the problems become, because aircraft #3 and #4 end up flying kilometers away from the plotted waypoint, and up along the TOP of the ridge-line (!).
Thus completely defeating the purpose of low-level tactics--to deny the enemy information about where you are, what you are doing, and how to kill you. So yes, the low-level flight is fixed, but the formation flight issue has yet to be fixed to the point where you can actually use low-level mission planning of multi-ship flights.
The solution is obvious;
The mission planner needs a NEW checkbox option within the "waypoint settings" area, so that the mission builder can select "line a-stern formation" (or alternatively, "close formation") as an actual option to be selected between planned waypoints, such as when flying down a valley. Then de-selecting it (i.e. going back to a standard lose open-formation) when executing the final run-in on the assigned target(s), etc. Thus you need "Line A-Stern" formation up to the IP for low level flights, then open-formation for the final lead in to the attack (ingress), then the next waypoint must converge on a "line a-stern" formation again, as egress occurs, until the flight is clear of threat zones, and steep terrain. Then to use open-formation again once the flight has exited high-terrain areas, and for flying circuits to a landing, etc.
"Line A-Stern" formation is necessary as it is in fact the one that's commonly used by military fast-jet flights, in deep and narrow valleys, as these U-Tube videos all depict:
The bottom line is, no one tries to fly a low-level line-a-breast open-formation through narrow valleys. There are scores of videos of air force's practicing low-level flight through mountain regions, and it's all Line-A-Stern, with flights of two or more aircraft typically displaced by about 500m behind the lead aircraft (probably to get some smoother air).
Plus there are several compelling 'wingman-stability' issues demanding a line-astern formation option for low-level flight waypoints.
Nate, I'll describe next what commonly occurred during low-level tests within this new DCS:-World, by breaking it down into separate digestible elements:
As in DCS:A-10C the flight struggles to remain 'cohesive', as an open-formation, because the guy in the valley floor (following the exact waypoint path plot) must fly slower than the guy on the side of the ridge.
This seems to be because the turns in the valley are sharper for the guy down in the valley floor, so the LEAD uses the waypoints and the terrain map to anticipate what turn radius and speed will be needed to achieve the upcoming turn, at the next waypoint.
As a result it appears the Ai in DCS:-WORLD is looking at the next waypoint turn and is independently (and actually correctly) judging and adjusting 'his' speed to a level lower than that which was set in planning, in order that the turn can be made, within the available space to do so, at that altitude. The tighter the turn and the closer the waypoints the slower the LEAD Ai pilot in the floor of the valley must fly the turn.
This is actually pretty clever.
I like that it now does this, but it also becomes problematic as for one thing, it means that if you insert a cruise speed of 420 knots into your flight plan, for the entire flight, but this Ai LEAD dude instead thinks it can only manage 330 knots (on average) in practice, then the mission-planner's time estimates of when you'll reach your IP, ends up being several minutes too optimistic.
So you don't get there when the planner says you will, in fact, you're going to be very late.
That makes it much more difficult to plan any highly coordinated multi-flight and multi-type as well as multi-role attack and 'supported' and covered strike, from different directions, with down-to-the -second planned TOT, for each flight, and each member of each flight, for maximum assault impact (and also for de-confliction).
The solutions are obvious though;
(1) The planner must use a few less waypoints (so not track the valley floor's path so accurately) and to leave more room to get the turns done in particularly tight valleys, by cutting the corners a bit (which unfortunately increases the chance of being detected and targeted) and/or/else;
(2) To reduce the planned transit speed for the whole leg to the IP, so that the time of arrival estimates for each waypoint become more or less accurate;
All though this can still potentially generate problems for the Ai; namely, if the flight is then to slow, and it is cutting the corner of a spur, and it is hot a day, and the weapon and fuel load is near MTOW (heavy), then the available lift is going to be much lower, and the manoeuvre room and options in tight terrain become even more reduced and constrained.
And when you do this, the flight of the aircraft does indeed become increasingly less stable and erratic, as the speed decreases to less than 300 knots.
Again; the answers are available and logical; you must therefore carry less heavy weapon loads (so you must be more precise and adept with targeting and optimising the launch conditions to get a hit), and you must aslo carry less fuel, so plan to use a tactical tanker on RTB (and try to fly only on cold days ... I keeed!).
So the planner can probably allow for all these time and speed factors in planning the flight and coordinating the attack phase. It is of course never going to be perfect in the real-world either, but real-world digital autopilots do in fact deliver split-second TOT capabilities, so ED should also attempt to provide that to the tactical SIM-er.
I like it though, as it increases the practical and mental challenge of creating a low-level attack plan that will come together and work, plus het you back on the deck in one piece (I just hope I can master refuelling techniques again). It will definitely give a thrill if you get it all 'just-right'.
This ability is what I really missed in LOMAC and FC, as it just didn't work (but in earlier strike combat SIMs from other producers it did all work), so this is getting a lot closer to working properly, within DCS:-World.
It's closer, but its not quite there, yet.
But what occurs with the open-formation, is that the 2nd wingman tends to always fly faster than the LEAD aircraft, down in the valley floor. Or more accurately, on average the guy who is higher up the valley wall tends to fly faster than the guy lower down, within the valley.
So #2 may fly 2.5 miles past the next waypoint BEFORE the LEAD even gets to it, and #3 will go even further! So what then happens is, #2 does an afterburning MID-LEVEL U-TURN, at high speed (i.e. large radius, so flys higher and higher, often above the ridgeline!) then comes screaming back along the roof of the valley (i.e. exposed to AEW, EW, SAM & fighter sensors who know are alerted that something is going on down in that valley) then #2 does another U-turn once it gets back to the waypoint that it missed going through, well behind the LEAD.
This is FUBAR Nate.
But it gets even worse because #2 then usually accelerates to catch up to LEAD, but then doesn't slow down, so rockets forward past LEAD again, at >600 kts. And the further the flight goes down the valley in this open-formation, the worse this gets, because then #2 finally burns up enough fuel from A/B use, that if begins to fly slower. But now it loses the energy and lift and thrust needed to fly OVER the spurs, that are jutting out from the ridgelines ...
KA-BOOM! ... crashes into ridge! ... dumkoff!!! ... lol
So the open-formation in low-level flight ... HAS TO GO!
It will need to be replaced with a waypoint-planning section option for an open "Line A-Stern" formation, BUT, where the flight's overall speed is constrained and governed by the LEAD aircraft's speed (as we can't have #2 becoming a butt-plug for #1).
Obviously ED's DCS programmers have attempted to allow individual aircraft, within each flight, to remain lose and somewhat autonomous, whilst in transit, and to not necessarily stay line-abreast, nor even to do the same speed. i.e. they have tried to remove the 'fake' looking scripted moves that forced wingmen to act as definite in-sync formation with respect to the LEAD aircraft.
The result of this is an indefinite and unpredictable flight formation, with regard to position and speed.
So what happens if you forced that somewhat randomised speed behaviour into a "Line A-Stern" formation? Will #2 then stay behind the LEAD aircraft?
I don't know, but I suggest ED looks into this very soon, because this is what must happen, in order to get the low-level flight planning and tactics sorted out properly, so it will work with flights of more than one aircraft. Which is obviously essential.
So we will need a "Line A-Stern" formation option as a tick-box, to be integrated into the Mission Planner's "Waypoint Management" tab to get this working in planning, and in actual flight. As those videos show, low-level line-a-stern open-formations are tactical de rigueur for any air force flying down narrow valleys.
Getting back to that #2 plane, that crashed into the mountain side ... the reason why that happened is quite simple, the Ai tried to fly over it when it was in no condition to make it, it was too heavy, and too low energy and slow, plus not enough thrust to weight available to push it over the top.
BUT, the real problem is this; it didn't TURN AWAY from excessively steep terrain while in that energy-incapable flight condition.
It just kept on going ... like the little train the could ... it was so sad. </sniff>
Just make them turn away when in the state ED. Make them try a different path.
That's what a human would do. The solution is that simple.
But of course, this situation wouldn't have even developed if #2 had not been charging up and down the valley with A/B lit, due to these open-formation issues.
My final point, for now, is related to something I saw in the Su-25T Campaign, namely;
Su-25T at about 1,500feet AGL fires at SAM site.
SAM site naturally fires back at Su-25T.
Su-25T pulls it into steep missile-defeating fast dive.
But Su-25T completely fails to stop diving toward ground ... KA - BLEWIE!
No more Su-25T!
My suggested Ai missile evasion response tactic would go something like this:
Tell Ai that below 1,000ft AGL dives must not exceed -30 degrees.
Tell Ai that below 500ft AGL dives must not exceed -15 degrees.
Tell Ai that below 250ft AGL dives must not exceed -10 degrees.
Tell Ai that below 250 feet to pull-out and offset 135 degrees to the SAM and increase to max power while making vigorous and rapid yo-yo vertical manoeuvres, while flying along that 135 degree offset to the SAM launchers, between a max of 500 feet AGL, and minimum of 100 feet AGL, while popping chaff and flares, as necessary.
Tell Ai pilot to head for the nearest negative-aspect terrain, within three miles of its forward 60 degree FOV, once in this 135 degree offset to the SAM launcher.
Tell the other Ai wingman in the flight to lend support and immediately attack the SAM site's radar trackers.
I also made a few missions with SAMs and SEAD aircraft and found that many of the SEAD jets were crashing into terrain or even into water much too often when trying to dodge Buks and Hawks.
They don't all crash, as some do manage to pull out of the dive in time, but a lot do crash. This missile evasion manoeuvre (script) is going to have to be adjusted so the aircraft pull up a bit earlier.
I'll do some experiments with planning multi-type low-level strike/attack packages as these may actually work ok, IN MORE OPEN TERRAIN, where there are no steep or narrow confines that interfere with open formation transits to target.
I won't bother testing the low-level flights down deep valleys any further, as it's thoroughly dysfunctional, until a line a-stern formation is available for such flight plans.
I notice the SAMs seem to have a much slower reaction time, which is more realistic, and also good news if using a low-level approaches, thus making successful engagement more difficult, thus more survivable. But the SAMs do seem more lethal if they do fire at you and you are positioned in a clear line of sight (like when flying into a targeting and attack mode flight profile).
I think I also noticed that a Buk missile did not lose track when an aircraft went behind terrain. It appeared that it was still illuminated by a networked enemy EW radar (but not by a tracker), from another direction ... I think that missile should have lost track on the aircraft, but it continued to LEAD navigate the fighter, even when the fighter had dropped behind a ridge (from the F6 key missile view perspective).
If I see this again I'll make a track of it, as I forgot to save the track from it this time around.
Also, the fighter missiles, even older types, seem more lethal. Which is all the more reason to get the low-level radar-shadow use working and optimised properly for lights, to avoid detection and interceptions.
For some reason the F-15C seemed to be getting it's butt handed to it in an odd way, as it seemed reluctant to engage as early as it used to. Perhaps it's the response and targeting time also being delayed for it?
Dunno, I may be wrong about this, but the Eagle didn't seem as aggressive and bad-ass to me, as in FC2.1. Perhaps they are also looking and waiting for a better nav and kinetic vector for the missile engagement now? Whatever, but old Mig-23s with older generation missiles had no problem taking down the Eagles.
The AEW's racetrack loiter option is also a good one, it took while to find it in the planner though.
I can see the planner has much more specificity built into its planned actions, triggers and options now. Good, as long as the interface is intuitive, and bug-free (which I'm reserving judgement on until I know more).
It's going to take awhile to learn the new system, and what it can do, but it's nice to see it's much less buggy, and what I've tried messing around with has eventually worked ... so far ... but I haven't even looked at a manual for the planner yet.
The dynamic weather rocks, and it looks especially life-like. It's really well done. I was shocked by the new cloud formations and the whispy 'showery' appearance under some of the clouds in the mountain valleys and passes--love that!
I also like the smoke plumes from the burning vehicles I just think the fire and smoke disappears much too soon after a strike or a plane crash. I also think the new explosion smoke and dust fades away too quickly. It would be nice to have an option to vary the time such things are visible for. I'd personally leave vehicles and crash sites burning for an hour.
What I see so far in DCS WORLD feels much more compelling than in DCS:A10C and Black Shark, SIMs that I weren't that impressed with as a user and didn't find that interesting, so I stuck to FC2.1. Going by user polls many other users felt the same ambivalence toward them, but DCS:WORLD is much more interesting, for me (i.e. not just another tired old re-hash of LOMAC ... Mutton dressed-up as Lamb).
I'll let you know if I find something else that is worth reporting, but please get the open-formation and controlled flight into terrain issues looked at, soonest.
Edited by zzzspace (
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Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: Nate
Registered: 09/26/11
Posts: 131
Loc: Australia
I'm cross-posting into this thread a post I made at LockOnFiles, namely because
most of the serious issues affecting low-level flights and tactics have now been demonstrated to have been solved within ED's DCS:-WORLD BETA release
-- --
As Jonafsf at LockOnFiles pointed out the "
" option in a
does in fact work properly.
I'd only tried trailing OPEN formations and got the usual problems, but just tried a few experiments with the TRAIL CLOSE formation option and I got a perfectly viable and useable result.
Proof flights do work at low-level as well:
"F16C Flight 4 Trail Close Formation Lead Shotdown and RTB.trk"
In it the LEAD aircraft is shot-down by a TOR, at the end of the valley - unfortunately the flight didn't engage as it popped out from behind the ridgeline too close to do so, so they turned away. Need to move the waypoint to get a better line of sight. Maybe they'll nail the TOR instead next time.
But the wingmen took the loss of the LEAD in stride and assumed #2 was the new LEAD aircraft. They all hit their burners to get out of range, and all kept following the return waypoints back along the valley (having ignored at least one turning-point during the evasion).
In the track you can see that #4 went to fast in catching-up and couldn't slowdown, so overshot the formation, but #3 did slowdown, and stayed behind the lead aircraft. Excellent!
Whereupon #4 aborted the remaining return waypoints and flew south at low-level, but to the correct RBT landing strip, and did the transit at the correct (planned) speed and altitude until entering the circuit. It just ignored the remaining waypoints in between is all.
The other two did not ignore them, but followed them precisely back to the assigned airfield.
So #4 got a bit screwy, but still behaved in and orderly way.
The low-level attack flights of four now work, and wingmen basically obey planning orders, and completed the flight in an orderly acceptable way.
That is a massive improvement over any previous version - impressive!
I'm a much happier camper after seeing this ...
except it should have worked precisely this way since 2004, 8-years of f*cking nonsense ... ED!!
Detailed planning and tactics development are now viable and flyable.
Going to try a few elaborate strike packages against defended targets and see how that goes.
If what Nate has said yesterday about controlled flight into terrain being already sorted, then it's all looking good for what comes next.
Flyable DCS:F-15E in FC3 with new maps? ... if so ... I'm buying that one.
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Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: zzzspace
Registered: 05/24/01
Posts: 1231
Loc: Dublin, Ireland
Originally Posted By: zzzspace
I believe tens of thousands of people would flock back to FC, and its sister products, if you got this low-level flight operations working properly so that what you planned tactically, actually was executable, in practice .
I await flocking the tens of thousands of extra DCS fliers.
Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: zzzspace
Registered: 05/24/01
Posts: 1231
Loc: Dublin, Ireland
Originally Posted By: zzzspace
Flyable DCS:F-15E in FC3 with new maps? ... if so ... I'm buying that one.
The Flyable DCS:F-15E will be a separate product to FC3
Re: FC3 Confirmed.
Re: Nate
Registered: 01/13/09
Posts: 206
I saw your post somewhere on ED forum thats saying resource management is far from perfect at this moment.
If the resource management system is delaying release of FC3 planes for DCS world, can I suggest that ED should release the new system after the FC3 release like Nevada for A-10C beta?
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Apple's $600,000 Weapon
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"Luminas, Galaxies and Droids, Oh My!"
With so many phones offering comparable, if not legally indistinguishable (see Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) vs Samsung) features to the iPhone, one might argue that the market should or could level out among phone makers.
But it won't…
That's because right now Apple has something no other phone maker has, and due to recent events I am able to simply call this the "$600,000 Weapon."
What's the Weapon You Say?
Well first let me explain where the $600,000 dollars was spent…
Earlier this month a Californian Apple store was visited "head-on" by a blue BMW that exploded through it's doors and glass windows. The driver then inched the vehicle deeper into the Apple showroom as a person exited the vehicle and began grabbing as many iPhones and iPads as possible (as if they were on "minute to win it"). Unfortunately for the thieves the security gate closed on them quite readily and trapped them in the store. Despite their efforts to smash through it to escape an arrest was made. The driver's bail was set to- you guessed it: $600,000 (which was reportedly the cost of damage to the store).
Now in addition to why anyone would use a BMW on a smash and grab run the other question in your mind has got to be why is this a "$600,000 Weapon"?
Well think about it, when is the last time you heard of someone driving a car through a window to get a hold of Google's Droid? Or selling their kidney just to get their hands on a Nokia Lumina? Or waiting with baited breath outside in ridiculous lines to be one of the first to have a Samsung Galaxy?
You haven't.
That is because Apple has what none of these other smartphone manufactures have: Fanaticism
No matter how much bigger another phone's screen size is, or how much more battery life it has, or how sweet (or fake) the camera is – it just won't do, because people want an iPhone. This seemingly insatiable drive among the masses has made its products (and its shares) the "Apple" of many an investors' eye.
How is This a Weapon?
To answer that question let's look at it from a corporate viewpoint:
From a corporate standpoint the fact that having to advertise against the sheer force of "Apple Fanaticism" (or the "$600,000 Weapon") is sure to drive up marketing costs. It has always been said that word of mouth is the best form of advertising, but for most smartphone makers getting consumers to just "stop talking about Apple for five seconds" is the best form of advertising. Some like Samsung have simply conceded to this fact and have cleverly just included Apple in its ads, comparing the iPhone 5 to its newest offering, the Galaxy III.
Will This Last Forever?
If we follow the advice of our teachers, and regard history as not to be subject to err in the future, than belief in Apple's sovereign technological reign would be unwise. You'd need look no further than Sony's "Walkman", Research in Motion's "Blackberry" and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) "Windows" (priorVista) to see that the shine of the technological crown fades.
You can see from the chart below that over the past year no company but Apple has really made any gains:
From the chart you can clearly see that this rate the only company with a chance to execute some comparative gains (without divine intervention) would be Microsoft. Their release of the Windows Phone (a little late if you ask me) and the soon to be Windows 8 product are possible catalysts for the mild mannered stock.
Note for all you Microsoft fans, you can get a look at the new Windows software and vie for a pre-release download here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview
Sum of the Chart
Each of these companies ruled in their day making headlines and stocks jump up at their every turn. So it indeed would not be smart to hang your hat on Apple as a never ending bet. However, grumbling from the sidelines and ignoring the tremendous profit opportunity that Apple's shares provide (or ignoring the possibility of a Microsoft comeback) would be just as ill advised.
Foolish Bottom Line
While consumers wait in line for the latest offerings and discuss features around the water cooler, investors should not lose sight of the fact that smart buying opportunities abound no matter who is currently wearing the technological crown.
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So here's what BeetMum, BeetBro and I got up to in New York last week:
Central Park
This was my absolutely favourite bit of New York. It's enormous and it's really easy to get lost in because of all the trees so it feels properly wild and like a real escape from the city.
We did the obligatory horse drawn carriage ride, and the driver told us where all the celebrities lived (we didn't ask). And we went out in a rowing boat on the lake and spotted the terrapins. There's also a zoo which is quite small but has a very good tropical house. There were loads of brides wandering about getting photos taken as well, it was like one of those Moonie mass weddings.
Some autumnul foliage – Americans seem obsessed with this. They have a leaf forecast with the weather forecast.
Madison Square Garden
I had booked tickets to the ice hockey. We spent quite a while trying to track down a giant foam finger that I had promised to bring back for Mr Beet. This was my first ice hockey game and I really enjoyed it. It's easy to follow and very fast. The players show immense skill in moving the puck up and down the rink, which then all seems to go out the window when they get near the goal and it just disintegrates into an undignified scuffle with everyone piling in.
It's a pretty rough game: bodily slamming a player from the opposing team into the wall without any attempt to go for the puck seems to be a favoured tactic, rather than something that is in any way frowned upon. And there were a couple of scuffles that broke out – I think we would have been disappointed if there hadn't been.
I always had the impression that Americans were dead keen on sports, but the crowd were really quiet. They kept flashing up signs on the big scoreboard trying to encourage the fans to sing and make noise, but to no avail. Also, there seemed to be a lot of other things going on to distract you from the actual ice hockey – loud music, quizzes on the big screen, people in the crowd winning prizes every couple of minutes. It's almost as if they were catering to a crowd that they didn't really expect to be interested in the main event.
Empire State Building / Rockerfeller Center
We went up to the Top of the Rock by day, to get views Central Park and the skyline including the Empire State. Then we did the Empire State by night and the lights just stretch on and on. It was chilly up there but worth it, especially as it was designed by the Daleks.
Bus Tour
BeetMum and I took a bus tour. I've done them in London and Paris and think that they are a good way to get an overview of the city and work out how it all fits together, so I'm a fan. The spiel from the tour guides was pretty informative too – luckily they did not confine themselves to celebrity residences and actually told us a bit about the city.
We did three tours over two days – Downtown (Empire State, Flatiron, Greenwich Village, Soho, Chinatown), Uptown (Central Park, Harlem) and Brooklyn (good views of the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan, a look round the more residential part of New York and a stop for pizza).
Statue of Liberty / Ellis Island
We queued for about 2 hours to get the Ferry over to the Statue (which is cool, but actually would probably have been just as good to see it from the free Staten Island Ferry) and then Ellis Island – which has a museum about the immigrants that laid it on a bit thick. I find I'm less likely to be moved or impressed by something if I'm constantly being told how incredibly moving and impressive it is. I probably should have just turned off the overly earnest audio tour.
Broadway Shows
BeetBro queued up at the half-price ticket booth in Times Square to get us some tickets to some shows. We plumped for West Side Story and the Addams Family. Because we really, really like finger-clicking.
West Side Story had a young cast and was a pretty straight performance with no updating from the original. The one change was that the Puerto Ricans (some of whom looked distinctly pasty – surely it couldn't have been that hard to cast Hispanic actors, or at least break out the fake tan) sang and spoke their parts in Spanglish. So my ten-year-old A-level Spanish came in handy. I guess that was supposed to make it more authentic, but if you're portraying gang violence via the medium of ballet, then I think that authenticity is probably the least of your concerns.
The Addams family was much more fun. Nathan Lane was Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth (Lilith from Cheers and Frasier) was Morticia. Cheers was about 25 years ago, so she must be in her 50s (*Google tells me she is 51*) and she was incredibly glamorous. The songs weren't very memorable, but it was an old-fashioned farce with really slick and funny performances.
Metropolitan Museum
BeetMum was not keen on too much museum action, but we did spend a day in the Metropolitan. It was incredible, you could easily spend weeks there. We only did about half the first floor, taking in the Greek and Roman section, Africa and Oceania, Modern Art, Art Deco Design and the Armoury. Fantastic – even BeetMum loved it.


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What is your favorite Zero Isle Dungeon?
Have you gotten the treasure(s) at the end of each?
Theres treasures at the end? O.0
those dungeons are way too hard and with the wm generator u can create easy missions to get those items(like magikarp outlaw beach cave fl2 for golden seed) Great job completing Zero ISle North!
Favorite Zero Isle? Is that possible? I'd have to say North, because I don't go down to level 1
I haven't tried them yet.I am going for North today or tomorrow.How many floors are there?
2 + 2 = 5. Prove it.
im not going im a chicken to go there
I have claimed
I completed Zero Isle North just a few miniutes ago as I was looking at this topic lol weird... that place was very hard!! but that does not stop Team Fox-Hound from defeating Metal G- *team members cover My mouth* mmfffmm!!
umm I mean dungeons! yeah, yeah, that's it d-dungeons... *sigh*
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The only one I've ever tried was Zero Isle North because you aren't downgraded to lv 1, but I stopped after completing the mission I was doing (only 20 or so floors). It's not terribly bad, can't speak for the others though...
Right when I unlocked them, I went to the North Isle, I believe, and I thought maybe I would breeze through it. Bahaha. I was dead by the 10th floor.
And the emotional scars refuse to let me go back in there. Or any of them, for that matter.
So I don't really know which would be my favorite. Probably North.
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I just made it through Zero Isle East as Mudkip, Cyndaquil, Gallade and Pikachu! I brought in 16 reviver seeds and used 10
At least I made it.(Barley though i went into a monster house filled with zangooses, manectrics and octillerys)


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Genetics of Peanuts As the nation's top producer of peanuts, Georgia is closely associated with the crop both economically and historically. In 2007 peanuts
Peanut farmers in Georgia and elsewhere have turned to the field of genetics to help advance the peanut industry's profitability through better breeding and trait selection. In a process known as genetic crossing, or hybridization, researchers have bred peanut plants that allow farmers to produce higher-yielding crops with qualities desired by the public. The Hybridization Process Hybridization is the combination of deoxyribonucleic acid (commonly known as DNA, the genetic material of an organism) from two different species of plants to produce a new generation of plants with a desired trait, such as increased tolerance to stress or heat. The hybrid seed will possess traits from both parent plants, creating a new, distinct breed. Plant hybridizers have determined that the best environment for producing hybrids is a hot and humid climate, which makes Georgia greenhouses ideal growing locations. The
Peanut Research in Georgia Historically, the association between Georgia and peanuts began for many Americans when Jimmy Carter, a Sumter County peanut farmer, became president of the United States in 1976. But the
In the twenty-first century, scientists at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station are researching ways to produce a hypoallergenic peanut, or a peanut that will not provoke an immune response. A peanut allergy affects the human immune system's ability to recognize a nontoxic food protein, and may cause hives, dizziness, swelling of the throat, and even death. The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 requires food manufacturers to label products with the words "contains peanuts" if peanuts are present in any amount, or to indicate if the food is processed in the presence of peanuts. But these safeguards do not prevent all accidental peanut consumption. Peanuts contain eleven known allergenic proteins, and removing these proteins may produce a hypoallergenic peanut. The genes that encode for these proteins can be intentionally mutated, and even a single change in the DNA sequence can dramatically lessen the allergenic effects. Mutations, or errors in DNA replication, can be detected using a special enzyme that locates mismatched genetic material. If these mutations produce peanuts that do not trigger the allergy immune response, the sequence of mutated DNA can be inserted into the normal peanut genome, creating the hypoallergenic peanut. Environmental Obstacles Peanut plants are vulnerable to pests and diseases that threaten to destroy crops, and fungi in particular are a major health concern for farmers. The ongoing research to develop hypoallergenic peanuts raises concerns for some about the side effects of these genetic modifications, including the peanut plants' decreased resistance to toxin-producing fungi. Of particular concern are the common molds Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, both of which produce a toxic and carcinogenic substance known as aflatoxin. Peanuts and peanut products, as well as milk, figs, and corn, must be tested for aflatoxin before being distributed, since the mold is invisible to the naked eye. Researchers at both the NPRL and Coastal Plain Experiment Station are investigating ways to combat aflatoxin contamination. Another disease affecting peanuts is TSWV, which has become more common in Georgia since 1986. The virus is transmitted through small, winged insects called thrips, which feed on crops and pass on the disease. Infected plants wilt and die, causing large losses in crop yield. TSWV is difficult to control because it affects a variety of hosts, including peanuts, vegetables, and weeds. To battle this disease, growers in Georgia hybridize crops to be resistant to TSWV and monitor the occurrence of weeds in the croplands. Suggested Reading Allan Franklin et al., Ending the Mendel-Fisher Controversy (Pittsburgh, Penn.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008). Adrian Slater et al., Plant Biotechnology: The Genetic Manipulation of Plants (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008). Dale Walters, Adrian Newton, and Gary D. Lyon, Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection (Ames, Iowa: Blackwell, 2007). Abigail Boorstin, University of Georgia Brittany Cantrell, University of Georgia Published 4/27/2009 |
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John Garnaut The aims of 'enemy work', as they still call it today, have not much changed in 2500 years.
Seven deadly signs of naivety expose Defence
Hugh White The first assumption is that America and China are going to get along fine.
A bland defence posture that may be just right for our times
Daniel Flitton Stephen Smith tried to pass the Goldilocks test on Friday when serving up Australia's latest military blueprint.
Howard fails in his defence of road to war
Malcolm Jorgensen John Howard's decision to commit Australia to the 2003 Iraq war remains as indefensible as it was 10 years ago.
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Peter Hartcher It is marvellous that the Australian Defence Force is able to help the emergency services deal with the Queensland floods - and this will be one of the only purposes it is good for on the federal...
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Mud is already flying in defence policy war
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Obama gets real with appointment of new defence secretary
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His body was found around 10:30 p.m. inside the doorway of his house.
Family has identified the victim as Jamar Washington, a father of seven who worked with his mother at Rochester Family Mission. The church is located down the street from his house.
Rochester police say someone called 911 for the report of a person shot. When officers arrived they found Washington shot in the chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony scored 35 points, J.R. Smith hit the tiebreaking shot with 1:10 left, and the New York Knicks overcame Stephen Curry's NBA season-high 54 points to beat the Golden State Warriors 109-105 on Wednesday night.
Curry was 18 of 28 from the field, finishing one shy of the NBA record with 11 3-pointers. The Knicks finally stopped him with 1:28 to play when Raymond Felton blocked his shot with the score tied at 105. That led to a jumper by Smith, who finished with 26 points. Anthony followed with another basket and the Knicks hung on to spoil former Knicks star and Warriors coach Mark Jackson's homecoming.
It was the most points by an NBA player in a loss since Kobe Bryant had 58 in a loss to Charlotte on Dec. 29, 2006
Curry finished with seven assists and six rebounds while passing his previous career best of 42 points, and Kevin Durant's 52-point performance that had been the best in the NBA this season. But he had little help without All-Star forward David Lee, who was suspended one game for his role in an altercation Tuesday night in Indiana.
Tyson Chandler had 16 points and a career-best 28 rebounds for the Knicks, who won their second straight after a season-high, four-game losing streak.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, Kevin Durant recorded his third career triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder finished a perfect three-game homestand by routing the short-handed New Orleans Hornets.
Durant had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists as Oklahoma City finished a dominant four-game sweep of the season series against New Orleans, which was without starters Anthony Davis (shoulder) and Eric Gordon (knee). The Thunder led by at least 29 in three of the four meetings this season,
Ryan Anderson started in place of Davis and led New Orleans with 14 points.
The margin of victory matched the largest of the season for Oklahoma City and was the biggest blowout the Hornets have suffered this season. It also marked the first back-to-back blowouts by at least 30 points by the Thunder franchise since 1994, when it was located in Seattle. Continued...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Zach Randolph scored 22 points and Marc Gasol added 21 as the Memphis Grizzlies matched their largest comeback in franchise history, rallying to beat the Dallas Mavericks.
Quincy Pondexter finished with 12 and Austin Daye added 10, all in the first half, for Memphis, which trailed by 25 points in the second quarter but stormed back to win its eighth straight. Gasol had 12 rebounds and Randolph 10 as Memphis outrebounded Dallas 46-34.
The comeback matched a 25-point winning rally at Portland on March 25, 2002.
Shawn Marion led the Mavericks with 16 points, Elton Brand finished with 12 off the bench, and O.J. Mayo added 11, despite going 5 of 13 from the field. Dirk Nowitzki had 10 for Dallas, which dropped its third straight.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Dion Waiters scored 23 points, Shaun Livingston added 15 and the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a horrendous start and playing without injured All-Star Kyrie Irving for the second straight game, beating the Toronto Raptors.
The Cavs made only one of their first 15 shots, but recovered and finished February at 7-5, their first winning month since March 2010, when LeBron James was still around.
Tristan Thompson scored 14, Wayne Ellington added 13 and Luke Walton had seven rebounds and seven assists for the Cavs, who closed with a 10-2 run.
DeMar DeRozan scored 34 and Rudy Gay had 24 for the Raptors. Toronto was within three at 93-90 when Waiters hit a 15-foot jumper with 1:43 left. Continued...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Brandon Knight returned from a right knee injury to score a career-high 32 points, Greg Monroe added 26 points and 11 rebounds on the court where he played college home games for Georgetown, Jose Calderon finished with 18 assists, and Detroit escaped with a victory over Washington.
The Pistons have won six games in a row over the Wizards, and 14 of their past 16 meetings. And Wednesday's result represented a reversal of fortunes for both clubs: Detroit had lost three straight games; Washington had won three straight.
But the Wizards were without starting center Nene (sore right shoulder) and got a poor game from point guard John Wall, who had more turnovers (seven) than points (six) or assists (four). Trevor Ariza led the Wizards with 22 points, and his 3 with 34.1 seconds left got Washington within 96-93.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — John Salmons had 21 points to lead six players in double-figures and the hot-shooting Sacramento Kings cruised past the Orlando Magic.
The Kings were coming off a double-overtime loss to Miami on Tuesday, but showed few signs of a hangover, knocking down 10 3-pointers. Reserve Marcus Thornton added 20 points.
The win ends a six-game losing streak and snaps a string of nine consecutive road losses. It also marks the Kings' first season sweep of the Magic in nine years.
Tobias Harris led the Magic with 23 points, followed by Arron Afflalo with 15. Continued...
Orlando has lost 29 of its last 33 games and hasn't won back-to-back games since mid-December.
HOUSTON (AP) — Monta Ellis sank an off-balance 3-pointer just before the final buzzer to give the Milwaukee Bucks a victory over the Houston Rockets.
Ellis scored 27 points and handed out 13 assists, Ersan Ilyasova added 20 points and the Bucks won in Houston for the second straight season.
The Bucks went down to the wire again after beating Dallas 95-90 on Tuesday and losing their previous three games by no more than three points. Ellis took a pass from Brandon Jennings and heaved a shot off one foot as time was winding down. The referees watched a replay and ruled that Ellis shot it in time.
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:48 am
Post subject: Losing the ability to speak
Is it possible to lose the ability to converse with people after a long period of isolation?
Lately it seems that I just cant speak to people, my mind will constantly just draw a blank in conversation like my mind is filled with a thick fog. I remember being able to talk to people in the past, I was even described as "witty" at one point. Even typing out messages like this on forums or talking to people in chat rooms is a struggle, I just cant find the words as effortlessly as I used to.
Im not sure if its the fact that Ive isolated myself away from people for so long (pretty much agoraphobic for the past year after a hard breakup), or the seroxat im taking (weaning myself off now actually, down from 30mg to 15 for the last month), but something seems to have gone from the social part of my brain and I desperately want it back. It almost feels as if my autism is getting worse over time, is this possible?
Anyone else had anything like this happen to them?
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Never personally happened to me, though I am quite isolated.
Like many things, conversations require practice, those areas of the brain controlling conversation need regular exercise to stay in tip top shape.
Consider the stories of wild children who grew up in forests and never spoke: because they never exercised this "muscle" they could
learn how to speak, even when taught later in life by civilized folk.
'not only has he hacked his intellect away from his feelings, but he has smashed his feelings and his capacity for judgment into smithereens'.
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Yes me too
personally, I like being more non verbal than I ever have before
congratulations... most people talk poop anyways
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happens to me sometimes but not after long isolation (which i never experienced personally) - i hate not beeing able to react propperly and it feels very awkward while it lasts. via messenger it's even worse, i feel the need to express myself but my mind get's blank and my dialog partner has to wait up to 30 minutes while i try to figure out how to reply. -.-
but i think it's somehow part of my dissociations though.
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When overwhelmed, yeah.
Perhaps you're more anxious around people due to not being used to them and all of the unpredictability and sensory bombardment (isolation can make these things worst when exposed again), which leads on to being overwhelmed for you.
Dill don't do PM.
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I am a huge talker...too much of a talker actually.
But when I am overwhelmed or afraid, I can't get more than one word out at a time. When I am in work situations, this is a problem because people assume that I am deep in thought when I am actually unable to think at all.
When I am among people that really know me and I clam up, they know immediately that they should try to get me out of whatever environment is causing the overwhelmed state of mind. Friends are good to have in those times because not only can I not talk, I can't even walk on my own. It is a total freeze for me.
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I have fluctuations in speaking ability, but not from lack of use. I've been living like a hermit for about 10 years, but can still usually manage basic, short exchanges (I was never very talkative in the first place), and the occasional extended one, if necessary. I do get a little rusty, but it seems limited. I was about to say that maybe the headaches and exhaustion were worse, but they're probably just more noticeable because they aren't happening all the time, anymore.
Other things like lack of sleep or overload are what give me those "blank out" moments. For me the big problem with conversations is how slow my brain is at processing the words.
But I've never been very talkative, so maybe you're (OP) talking about a higher level of conversation that I ever get to in the first place.
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That happens to me a great deal. I've never been much of a word person but inability to use language worsens after a longer period of isolation. It's like I forget elementary rules, which is not so suprising I guess. So I would say this is a 'natural' outcome..
Which is not to say that I dislike talking to people, however mostly I dislike them themselves, or that I am somehow disabled in language. I self-taught myself to read at the age of 5 and do appreaciate complex language etc. It's just I at times language seems rather alien to me (only human-word language, though, I do with numbers and computers just fine).
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Yes, it happened to me when I stopped going out for a while. I was writing almost everyday and did nothing but that for many months. Fortunately now I live with three people so I won't lose the skills again.
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Thanks for the replies guys.
I know I should get out more and keep my social skills trained up, its so hard to know how though when you find talking to new people so hard. I wish there were more social groups for adult aspies in my area.
Im gonna try my hardest to find work again this year though, maybe that will help.
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for me conversation is like a skill that takes practice and warming up. i can get a little rusty if i've been isolated for a long period. doing a job where i can chat pointless crap with random members of the public has helped somewhat, as i don't really have many friends i speak to in person and i'm not that chatty with most of my family either
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EDITORIAL: Education should be Legislature's top priority
Now that our illustrious state Legislature has completed its final three-day session before breaking so they can all concentrate on getting re-elected, it might be a good time to a look at what they accomplished.
Don't hold your breath waiting for the demise of the state Liquor Control Board. These bureaucrats are tougher to eradicate than bedbugs.
The latest effort to get Pennsylvania out of the booze business and bring some common sense and consumer convenience to the antiquated way the state sells alcohol went nowhere this fall.
Yes, you will still have to make one trip for wine and spirits, another for a case of beer, and maybe one more if you only want to buy a six-pack.
On the bright side, a bill to increase penalties for those who take part in "straw gun" purchases is now on its way to the governor's desk. A straw purchase occurs when a person buys a gun for someone who would not be allowed to do so. The proposal gained momentum in this session after it was learned the Montgomery County police officer Brad Fox was gunned down with a weapon that had been obtained in a straw purchase. The law should be a much-needed deterrent.
In a sign of the times, Corbett also has a bill that would create criminal penalties for minors who transmit nude or sexually explicit images of themselves or other youths. It would impose a summary offense or misdemeanor. Anything that puts a lid on this new tech craze would be welcome.
Maybe most surprising, however, is something the Legislature did not do. And, in this instance, that's not entirely a bad thing.
Most people believe the state's burgeoning charter school business is in dire need of reform – both when it comes to how much public money is being funneled into their coffers, and what kind of bang we're getting for all those bucks. In other words, some accountability.
And most in Harrisburg believed the Legislature was about to do just that. The Senate passed SB1115 by a more than 2-1 ratio. It included a host of amendments tacked on that would expand the original scope of the bill to include bringing charters under the state ethics laws, as well as other auditing and accountability standards. Continued...
What the Senate version did not include was two controversial elements that would have exempted charter school management firms from the state's Right to Know Law, and also to create a new state board that would take the decision on granting a charter out of the hands of local school boards.
Axing both of these proposals was a step in the right direction.
But a funny thing happened in the House.
Not only did the bill not get approved, it never even came to a vote.
Many state reps still believe the bill failed to address the major complaint aimed at charters these days, the funding issues that see public dollars flow out of public schools and into the coffers of the charters when a student enrolls there.
What was behind this sudden case of angst in the House?
Not surprisingly, it appears to be about money. And the fact that the bill seemed to tilt too much in favor of the charters and cyber schools that are popping up like a rash all across the Commonwealth.
Among the most vocal critics of the bill, also not surprisingly, were local school boards and superintendents.
Mark Miller, a school board member from Bucks County and vice president of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, did not bother to sugarcoat his distaste for the measure. Continued...
"It was presented as charter reform, but it wasn't," he said plainly. "It was a dismantling of public education."
Here in Delaware County, all 15 public school district superintendents stood against the measure, saying it "reinforces a blatant disregard for the equitable treatment of public school districts."
In particular the local school execs were apoplectic at the prospect of power to grant a charter being taken out of local hands, and instead into the grubby mitts of the governor and his cronies in Harrisburg.
As too often happens in Harrisburg, there also was collateral damage in the charter school bill's failure. It had been inserted into legislation overhauling the funding formula for special education. It was a good plan that was spoiled by the charter school controversy.
Now both sides will start over.
Let there be no doubt, the state needs charter school reform, as well as changes in special education funding.
This just wasn't the way to go about it.
We hope the Legislature does not wait until the last minute the next time.
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LUMBERTON — Angie Hunt, of East Ninth Street, reported on Friday that someone broke the back window of her home, causing $100 in damages.
LUMBERTON — Christina Bass, of Meadowview Road, reported on Thursday that someone broke into her apartment and stole a $30 DVD player, $80 in jewelry and $280 cash. Damage to the window was valued at $40.
LUMBERTON — Bonnie Dimmal, of Milk Drive, reported on Thursday that someone stole her $150 glasses from her walker.
The following people reported break-ins to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office:
Mariah Chavis of North Chicken Road, Lumberton; Ronnie Ray Hunt of Starlite Drive, Lumberton; Ashley Cummings of Parnell Road, Lumberton; and Trinity Holy Church of 1931 Shaw Mill Road, St. Pauls.