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Marvel Cancels Fearless Defenders
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by LoganRSA » Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:06 pm
The covers were beautifully rendered and very creative, but they didn't sell the product. And honestly I don't really care about any of the characters, so it's hard to get enthusiastic for it. Maybe I missed something I would really love, hard to say. It wouldn't be the first time.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:15 pmKnowing nothing about the book except something about Valkyrie set off Punchy's aversion to lesbianism, it's hard to tell from the covers who the Fearless Defenders are. A couple have a giant cast of characters, most seem Valkyrie-centric...was it just a rotating team of female characters, or that whole big cast, or what? The covers might be interesting individually, but they're not telling me much about the Fearless Defenders as a team.
by alaska1125 » Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:25 pm
I love the Dani Moonstar action figure and Street Fighter covers...
by The Old Doctor » Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:59 pmFor me, the attraction was Valkyrie. I've been a bit of a fan of the character since the 70s. So add in that this is called Defenders and it got my attention.
Shiny movey things!
The first issue, that I read way back before getting sick and falling far behind, was not bad. Misty Knight was being awesome and throw in Valkyrie... nice little concept for a series.
Like with Red Shulky, I'm going to read the series through anyway. It was worth it with Red, so I think it should work out the same here.
Also, note the interior art was good as well.
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by Flynn the Pirate » Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:00 pmDamn. This was one of my favorite titles. I'm gonna be sorry to see it go.
by Arion » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:38 pm
Yeah, those are fun to look at.
by S.F. Jude Terror » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:41 pm
The book was Valkyrie and Misty Knight in the lead roles, with a cast of supporting characters and a gimmick that they were all female characters. It featured appearances by a lot of rarely seen characters (like Clea) and some new ones. Female villains as well. It roughly continued Valkyrie's Fear Itself: The Fearless series and Misty's latest Heroes for Hire. It was not high art in times of storytelling, but it was a love letter to a bygone era of superhero comics in a similar way to what Waid's Daredevil has been, IMO. It was one of the first comics I read whenever it came out. I also enjoyed Marvel Knights (the series), which had a similar vibe, to me.
by Arion » Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:15 pm
Sounds like a good title. Why did you never talk about it when it was still being published?
by Steve Kaye » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:02 amFearless Defenders might not get a reboot, and that's a shame. It wasn't drawing the numbers Marvel wanted, but it was a very good book. This concept of cancelling books and then rebooting them, though, is mostly a sham. Marvel are getting rid of all of their $2.99 books so they can bring them back as $3.99. I know FD was jacked up to $3.99 recently. I think Marvel figured not enough people were reading it so it wouldn't matter; the devoted fans would pay the additional buck anyway. And we do. We always do. Daredevil is going to reboot after #36, and it won't surprise me at all when the new volume is priced at $3.99.
by S.F. Jude Terror » Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:17 am
I'm sure I've mentioned it before.
by Arion » Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:56 pm
Oh, maybe I wasn't around when you did it.
by The Old Doctor » Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:00 pmArion had Jude on ignore.
by Caterson Damon » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:52 pmNow if we can just get Captain America to stop wearing his baseball hat slash polo chin strap mask and revert Tony's armor back to the golden and red and stop trying this "kind of reboot" shit. DC screwed up with the reboot, Marvel doesn't have to half-ass a reboot. Just as bad as the Heroes Reborn crap! Another Epic fail there!
by HNutz » Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:37 am
There was a couple of months in a row when it was spoiled and Jude complained...
by Agent Panic » Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:08 pmThat's a bummer to hear. I actually liked Fearless Defenders.
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PIPES: How ObamaCare will kill job-based plans
Americans aren't all that optimistic about ObamaCare, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll: Fifty-seven percent say the law isn't working as planned.
That number will shoot even higher if employer health insurance vanishes, as an S&P Capital IQ report predicts. The financial-research firm forecasts that 90 percent of Americans who now have employer-sponsored coverage will lose it by 2020 -- and have to turn to government exchanges for policies.
The Obama administration has long denied that its health-reform law would cause companies to stop providing insurance. But thanks to an ObamaCare-fueled increase in health costs, employer-sponsored coverage may soon become a thing of the past.
The S&P report comes three years after the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. suggested that 30 percent of employers would dump workers into exchanges to save money.
Democrats weren't convinced. The White House attacked the McKinsey report as "flawed"; Senate Finance Committee then-Chairman Max Baucus blasted its "faulty analysis and misguided conclusions."
ObamaCare's defenders even argued that more employers would provide health insurance once the law went into full effect. Recent history hasn't borne them out.
Health-benefits consultants around the country report that businesses are considering dumping their least-healthy employees onto the exchanges. By doing so, they can lower their own premiums -- and stick taxpayers with the tab for covering their most costly workers.
North Carolina benefits consultant Todd Yates recently told Kaiser Health News about this trend, saying that "employers are inquiring about it and brokers and consultants are advocating for it."
Offloading workers onto the exchanges could pay huge dividends. According to the S&P Capital IQ report, if all employers with more than 50 workers adopted this strategy, they'd collectively save $3.25 trillion. Among 500 of the country's biggest companies, the total savings could amount to $700 billion over 10 years.
Firms will be hard pressed to leave these savings on the table -- especially as their costs shoot up.
According to a recent study from the American Health Policy Institute, ObamaCare will saddle large firms -- those with more than 10,000 employees -- with an added $163 million to $200 million apiece in new costs over 10 years. That's equivalent to $4,800 to $5,900 per worker.
Brokers in Nevada are already reporting premium spikes of 35 to 120 percent for businesses in the state renewing their policies this year.
Rate hikes of this magnitude could put 90,000 employer policies in the state at risk of cancellation, according to William Wright, head of Las Vegas-based Chamber Insurance and Benefits.
The IRS is trying to stop employers from dumping their workers in the exchanges by threatening fines of up to $36,500 per worker. But that fine only applies if an employer tries to subsidize his worker's exchange coverage with untaxed income.
So firms can still offload their employees onto the exchanges -- and even cover a portion of their premiums, as long as they do so with income that's taxed like regular wages.
The IRS may not want employers to dump their workers into the exchanges. But the law's architects seem to want them to.
Former Obama health adviser Ezekiel Emanuel predicts that within the next three years, "a few big, blue-chip companies will announce their intention to stop providing health insurance." Then the floodgates will open."
By 2025, he estimates, fewer than one in five Americans will get insurance through work.
Another Obama ally, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, recently admitted that employer-sponsored insurance isn't long for this world, calling it "a crumbling building."
As the employer insurance marketplace starts to crumble, President Obama continues to say of ObamaCare, "this thing is working."
Tens of millions of employees will soon find out what "working" really means when they are kicked off the health plans they were promised they could keep.
Sally C. Pipes is President, CEO, and Taube Fellow in Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute. Her latest book is The Cure for Obamacare (Encounter 2013).

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Technology giant Apple (AAPL) has again made headlines with the release of its fourth-generation iPhone. This latest device, meant to help the company fend off rivals' Android-powered gadgets, has a sharper display and, thanks to a front-facing camera, is capable of making video calls. (Android is Google's (GOOG) mobile operating system.) It can also record high-definition video, and has a motion detector that turns the smartphone into a versatile gaming machine. The new iPhone will be available in five countries starting on June 24th, and will be rolled out worldwide by year's end.
And with the launch of the redesigned 4G iPhone came the reminder of the end of the road for AT&T's (T) exclusivity. In the short run, the new model will likely boost results at the mobile carrier for the latter half of 2010, as a bevy of upgrades is sure to ensue. However, many potential users were left with an unclear answer as to what the future of the iPhone network options are going to be.
At the new phone's official unveiling, Apple provided little clarity as to where it will move beyond AT&T as its sole carrier. However, that didn't stop the rumor mill from pondering new options, such as a Verizon (V) model.
Also generating some buzz shortly thereafter was the announcement that iPhone users will be able to watch Netflix (NFLX) movies over AT&T's 3G network this summer. Users were obviously pleased by the prospect of improved streaming video capabilities to smartphones. Still, monthly data restrictions are likely to come in play, as it was only weeks ago that AT&T announced it was restructuring data plans.


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The Lake Forest College football team won 27-17 at Beloit College on Saturday. Senior wide receiver Kevin Davis caught five passes for 146 yards and two touchdowns while senior safety Luke Butts led the defense with 10 tackles and an interception.
It was Davis' fourth consecutive 100-yard receiving day and his second game in a row with two touchdown catches. He leads the Foresters with 42 receptions for 678 yards in five games this season. Junior wideout Austin Sobey caught three passes for 35 yards and scored his team-high eighth touchdown of the year. Junior quarterback Pete Scaffidi finished the contest with just 15 completions but they covered 247 yards and three were for touchdowns, giving him 16 scoring passes this year. He needs just five more to set a new single-season team record.
The Forester running game, led by junior tailback Al Mitchell, was also effective. Mitchell carried the ball 24 times for 107 yards and a touchdown. It was his second 100-yard rushing game in the last three weeks. Sophomore tailback Alec Howe added 35 and Scaffidi chipped in with 17 of the team's season-high 157 rushing yards on the day.
Butts recorded his 10th career interception and junior safety Aidan Price his first. Sophomore linebacker Bryce Jones recovered a fumble forced by senior defensive lineman Kenneth Clady Mason as the Foresters won tyhe turnover battle 3-0. Price was also second on the team with seven tackles and sophomore linebacker John Dillon added six.
The first three possessions of the game ended with punts and Jones' fumble recovery concluded the fourth at the Lake Forest 45-yardline. After Mitchell was tackled for a 1-yard loss, Scaffidi completed a 53-yard pass to Davis and, two plays later, a 3-yard strike to the Foresters' leading receiver in the end zone for the first score of the contest.
Davis scored again from 61 yards away on the second play of the second quarter, giving the visitors a 13-0 lead.
The Buccaneers scored on a field goal and got the ball back before committing their second costly turnover of the game. Price picked off a deep pass down the left sideline and returned it 27 yards to the Beloit 14-yardline. A play-action pass from Scaffidi to Sobey in the end zone made the score 20-3 and it remained that way until halftime.
Beloit started the third quarter with a 9-play, 58-yard touchdown drive, trimming the Forester lead to 20-10.
Mitchell started the next drive with a 13-yard run and finished it with a 1-yard plunge into the end zone to restore the Foresters' 17-point lead.
Beloit's next drive was stopped at the Lake Forest 19-yardline. The Foresters were unable to score on their next two possessions but were able to run more than 13 minutes off the clock.
The Bucs scored what truned out to be the final touchdown of the afternoon with 8:09 to play. The home team finally got the ball back with 80 seconds left but any miracle comeback aspirations they had were thwarted by Butts' interception with 31 ticks left.
Lake Forest is now 1-4 overall and in Midwest Conference play while Beloit fell to 1-5 overall and 1-4 in the league. The Foresters wore pink socks as part of the MWC's Playing for a Cure initiative, which is designed to raise awareness and funds for the fight against breast cancer. That cause will continue next Saturday when the Foresters host Monmouth College at 1:00 p.m.


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Friday, June 8, 2007 at 6:58PM
This French house, designed by Antti Lovag in 1968 and photographed by Ken Sparkes in 2006, is a shining example of paleo-futuristic design.
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Devils ready to host 2013 NHL Draftby Mike G. Morreale / NHL.com
TORONTO -- New Jersey Devils director of amateur scouting David Conte said he's excited that fans from the Garden State will have an opportunity to see what an NHL Draft is all about on June 30 at Prudential Center.
Other than that, the draft will be business as usual. Except, of course, for the shorter drive to the arena to begin his work day.
"We want to pick the best player," Conte told NHL.com. "I'm sure the fact we'll be in front of our fans will mean whichever player we choose will feel the impact of that. Me, personally, I'm going to try to block that part of it out."
Chris Lamoriello, the general manager of the team's American Hockey League affiliate in Albany, is excited New Jersey will get a taste of all the pomp and circumstance of an NHL Draft.
"I think the most exciting thing is knowing fans will get an opportunity to share in the draft experience," Lamoriello told NHL.com. "Getting a chance to see that next wave of Devils and being there when the selection is made is going to be special. We've never hosted the draft before, so it'll be a good experience within a new building. We think it's a great opportunity for the fans to get another look at what we do and this whole process of building a team."
The Devils hold the ninth selection in the first round -- the first of four picks that will be made by the team. All seven rounds of the draft will be conducted on the same day for the first time since 2006.
"Are we happy with where we're allowed to pick and the picks we've made in the past? Yes," Conte said. "But we're not satisfied with the performance of our team [in 2012-13], but that's not their fault. It's our fault since we have to help improve the club. As a team, we need to play better, and hopefully our prospects can one day be conduits to that."
Conte said he's been pleased with the recent progression of many of the organization's top draft prospects. Reid Boucher is one such gem. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound right wing was signed to an entry-level contract by the team on March 13 and could turn out to be a draft-day steal.
"It's pretty hard not to be happy with a fourth-round guy who gets 60-plus goals and has done a great job with himself physically," Conte said. "Ironically, his year took off after [Montreal Canadiens rookie Alex] Galchenyuk left [for the NHL]. That showed a lot of impetus on his part to elevate his game, as opposed to cry about not having a great player with him."
The fourth-round draft pick (No. 99) in 2011 has spent the past two seasons with the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League. He led the league with 62 goals -- 12 more than any player -- to surpass Steven Stamkos' club record of 58. Boucher also led the league in power-play goals (21) and finished fifth with 95 points. In 11 games with Albany, Boucher had three goals and five points.
"He's got very good hockey sense, can pass the puck well, and had a nice finish in the two or three weeks that he was [in Albany]," Lamoriello said. "We're looking forward to seeing him in the summer and getting him ready for training camp."
Other prospects Conte has high hopes for are 2012 first-round pick Stefan Matteau and 2010 second-round pick Jon Merrill. Matteau, who played 17 games for the Devils this season, was released by his junior team, the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, in April. It was an unfortunate situation, and Conte said he doesn't feel it will hinder his development.
"He's a man and ready to play," Conte said of Matteau. "I don't think playing was the problem. He's 18. We can't worry ourselves about that stuff; we hope it never happens, but we deal with it as they come."
Merrill played three seasons at the University of Michigan, registering 11 goals, 47 points and a plus-25 rating. The left-shooting defenseman had two goals and 11 points this season.
"Merrill came in and did a great job at the end of the year [in the American Hockey League]," Conte said. "He's had some bumps with a suspension and injuries, but clearly he's an exceptional hockey intellect, so now it's a question of being able to handle the next level. It's not about skill or about hockey sense, it'll be about mental toughness and physical preparation."
Conte was asked if he considers this year's draft to be filled with talented players and big names, and if the Devils might draft for need considering how deep the 2013 class seems to be.
"Maybe," Conte said when asked about drafting for need. "But we're preparing ourselves with a list of the best available players. From there, we may make a change and deviate from that plan on the fly, but that's a decision I won't make. I'll present the options, and that will be made by [Devils general manager] Lou [Lamoriello]. I'll have my say in whatever we do, because we work collectively as a team."
Either way, Conte said he expects to improve New Jersey's prospect pool despite the club being limited to four choices this year.
"Certainly we expect to improve all the time, but every team in the draft expects to improve," Conte said. "We still believe in getting the best possible player for what's afforded us in the picks that we have. Surely, if you're Columbus or Calgary with three picks [in the first round], your chances of getting better are more enhanced than if you have one pick.
"If you're Colorado, Florida or Tampa Bay and picking first, second or third, clearly your chances to get a player having an immediate impact are better."
The fact the Devils failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2012-13 tells Conte the organization, as a whole, needs to work harder. He is confident that will happen.
"I hardly think we're not a good team, but we need to be a better team."
Finding impact players via this year's draft, especially because the organization will have to forfeit its 2014 first-round pick as a penalty for circumventing the salary cap after the Ilya Kovalchuk contract, will play a huge role in that.


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Food Processors Chip Away at Salt
Salty snacks present unique challenges for sodium reduction.
Americans trying to cut sodium from their diets may be surprised to learn that bread, not chips or pretzels, is a leading culprit. The Centers for Disease Control studied 7,227 people and found that bread and rolls are the top source of sodium in America's diet, more than double the percentage of savory snacks.
"Breads and rolls aren't really saltier than many of the other foods, but people tend to eat a lot of them," said Mary Cogswell, a CDC senior scientist who co-authored the report.
Along with bread, which accounted for more than 7 percent of respondents' daily sodium intake, the CDC found that just 10 foods — cold cuts, pizza, poultry, soups, sandwiches, cheese pasta dishes, mixed meat dishes (such as meatloaf) and savory snacks — each added between 3 and 4 percent of the subjects' daily sodium consumption.
"Potato chips, pretzels, and popcorn — which we think of as the saltiest foods in our diet — are only No. 10," said CDC Director Thomas Frieden.
Perhaps that 10th place finish is not so surprising, because the snack food industry has been chipping away diligently to remove salt without affecting taste. But processors in all categories of food have been working hard to reduce sodium in their formulations.
The Institute of Medicine and the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans both provide breakouts of sodium contribution in the diet, including snack categories such as grain-based desserts (3.4 percent), potato/corn/other chips (1.8 percent), quick breads (1.7 percent) and crackers (1.3 percent).
Not just flavor, but cost
The biggest challenges for creating reduced-sodium foods involve flavor and cost. "First, let's look at flavor," says Jackie Van Norden, product line manager - food processing at Minneapolis-based Cargill Salt (www.cargill.com). "Often in salty snack foods a large portion of sodium content is the salt applied topically to provide a nice, initial salty burst of flavor. If the salt is reduced it will minimize this flavor burst, and if a salt replacer is used, it may also impact the flavor profile.
"The second major issue is cost. Salt is a great value considering the price and all of its functional roles that come with it. Just removing it from the formula not only alters the sensory properties, but it also drives up the formulation cost."
"We've done a lot of work with low sodium solutions in the marketplace, but they are double, triple, quadruple the cost of salt," says Joe D'Auria, senior food technologist at Spicetec Flavors & Seasonings (www.spicetec.com), Cranbury, N.J., a ConAgra Foods company.
"In the snack industry, we are trying to save pennies for the customer, so you aren't going to take out something that costs 20 cents a pound and replace it with something that costs $3 a pound. Even if you use a lot less of the salt replacer, it is not usually cost effective."
Salt contributes more than just flavor enhancement and economy. "When reducing sodium in a dough-based snack, the main challenge is in maintaining the structure of the dough system and overall flavor impact," says Emil Shemer, director, food solutions, Indianapolis-based Sensient Flavors LLC (www.sensientflavors.com), a unit of Sensient Technologies Corp. "Salt provides both functional and taste aspects to a dough system, thus both have to be considered and balanced when reducing sodium.
"There is a limit to how much salt can be reduced in a dough-based snack system before the dough begins to break down and negatively impact the manufacturing process." He notes that Sensient has managed a 30 percent reduction in sodium per serving for crackers while maintaining dough functionality and delivering flavor impact through the application of salt enhancer technology.
"Whether working with a dough-based snack system or a topical based system for snacks, it is important to perform sensory profiling of the product so that the complex flavor attributes can be evaluated and determinations can be made about how the sodium reduction is affecting the overall flavor profile and/or texture of the product," emphasizes Shemer. "Then it is possible to change, build back and/or compensate for any notes that become enhanced or reduced with the reduction of salt."
Another challenge is consumer perception. For every consumer who wants to consume less sodium there is one who does not want his favorite snack altered in any way.
"If a consumer sees low sodium, low fat or low sugar, their first thought is the product won't taste as good. So first, we have to get past that perception. ," says D'Auria. "Another is taste. Basically, nothing beats the flavor of salt. If someone had invented a salt substitute that was good for you, they would be rich today."
One solution is for product developers to lower the sodium gradually. "I don't mean 50-40-30 percent. You can do it 5 percent at a time, and I think many snack companies are doing that now without calling it out," D'Auria continues. "By reducing salt 5 percent every couple of months, you can gradually get down to a manageable level, while weaning consumers off higher salt levels."
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MVC Men's Volleyball Team Beats Robert Morris
MARSHALL, MO -- The No. 8 Missouri Valley College Vikings men's volleyball team defeated Robert Morris University in the first game of the St. Ambrose Tournament in Davenport, Iowa.
The Missouri Valley Viking men's volleyball team was down early, but came back strong to defeat the Eagles in four sets 21-25, 25-16, 25-20, and 25-20.
Freshman Outside Hitter Justin Paquin finished with nine kills on 17 attempts. Freshman Outside Hitter Stan Bosovik who finished with eight kills, while Junior Middle Blocker Jake Haar had seven kills, four blocks, and four aces. Sophomore Setter Joao Gurgel contributed 19 assists, five digs, four blocks and Junior Setter Will McCracken had 12 assists six digs and three aces.
The win improves the Vikings to 2-1 overall and 0-1 in MAMVIC play. Robert Morris drops to 1-2 overall. The Vikings will be in action again Saturday as they face Johnson and Wales at 10:00am and host team St. Ambrose University at 12:00pm.


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Theatre in the Mist, a local community theater group, recently presented the Lisa Gravel Memorial Performing Arts Scholarship to two students: Sabrina Kahwaty, a theatre performance major at Niagara University; and Magdalyn Chauby, a senior at Grand Island High School with aspirations to attend college for vocal performance.
Lisa Gravel was a dedicated supporter, volunteer and actress for Theatre in the Mist who suddenly passed away in 2008. The scholarships were presented by Lisa's husband, Mark Gravel of Wheatfield, at an awards luncheon at Stella Niagara.
In recognition of Theatre in the Mist's 15th anniversary, its founding members were also honored at the luncheon. They include Joanne Kinney, Barb and Jim Zubler, the Rev. Ed Tormay and Ed McGreevy of Youngstown; Pat Lindsay and Leonardo LiPomi of Niagara Falls; the Rev. Steven Jekielek of Tonawanda; and Paul and Theresa Thomas, Loretta Madia, Anne Belin, Gern Jaeger, Kathy Halgash and Bruce and Teresa David of Lewiston.
Theatre in the Mist will open its 2014-15 season with "Fiddler on the Roof" in October. For more information, call toll-free 1-877-856-0694 or visit www.theatreinthemist.org.


text: Even if you don't own a dog it's difficult to resist tuning in to the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show if only for the announcement of Best in Show. Oh, the drama, the divas, the dog handlers…and what's with those doggie treats! At any rate, if you are a pet person, you'll be happy to know there are 13 inns in Wisconsin that would be very pleased to host you and your canine companion. So, if you're the type of person who would never dream of leaving home without your prized purebred or mutt with the magnetic personality, the Wisconsin Bed & Breakfast Association has you covered.


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Man dies after eating 28 raw eggs for bet
A young Tunisian man has reportedly died after winning a bet to eat 28 raw eggs in one go.
Dhaou Fatnassi, 20, from the town of Kairouan, swallowed the eggs after his friends challenged him to do so for an undisclosed sum of money.
The young man then experienced stomach pains and was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival, Shems FM reported.
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COLUMBIA — State representatives Wednesday voted to send a bill reforming the state's freedom of information law back to committee, with two members of the House's Republican leadership saying it is not the House's intent to spike the bill despite the blow.
In the S.C. Legislature, recommitting a bill to committee sometimes results in the proposal dying on the legislative vine.
But the bill's sponsor, Aiken GOP Rep. Bill Taylor, said Tuesday's vote is not the death knell for his legislation.
"There's no way this bill's gonna get killed," he said. "It's gonna get fixed. There's too much energy behind this bill."
The House Judiciary Committee, which already cleared the open records proposal once during the ongoing legislative session, will again be in charge of the bill's fate.
Taylor's measure would reduce the time public bodies have to respond to residents' open records requests, limit fees and set stronger penalties for non-compliance, among other changes. The bill passed the House last year but died in the Senate.
Taylor and the House Republican leaders said Wednesday the source of concerns with the bill is an amendment that was added before the bill cleared the Judiciary Committee last month.
The amendment by Rep. Rick Quinn, R-Lexington, does away with the exemption in state law that allows state lawmakers to keep their correspondence and working papers secret.
Quinn has called the exemption "hypocrisy at its core," saying legislators should have to follow the same guidelines as other public officials.
Before Wednesday's vote, Gov. Nikki Haley called on House members to support removal of the legislative exemption. She noted in a statement that an ethics reform commission she created had recommended the reform in a report released earlier this year. While campaigning for governor, Haley declined to waive the legislative exemption amid requests to view her emails from her time as a Lexington state representative. Her campaign eventually released some emails. Her spokesman has said that then-candidate Haley would have supported doing away with the legislative exemption had she been asked during the campaign.
The spokesman, Rob Godfrey, said in a statement Wednesday that the governor was disappointed by the move to recommit the bill to the House panel. "There's no reason for it to go back into committee — the people want this bill, and they deserve this bill," Godfrey wrote.
Quinn said Wednesday that he was surprised by the 72-34 vote to send the bill to committee. A different consensus had seemed to emerge at a House Republican Caucus luncheon before the vote, he said.
Quinn said there seemed to be agreement that the best course of action would be to keep the bill in the House, with the idea being to hold off on floor debate until an amendment could be developed addressing concerns with the bill as written.
Those concerns center on the potential cost of preserving lawmakers' correspondence and the privacy of constituents who write to legislators about sensitive issues, according to members of House GOP leadership.
"Constituents who write legislators about issues with the Department of Social Services or the Department of Revenue have told us they don't want their e-mail inquiries on the front page of our newspapers," said a joint statement by House Majority Leader Bruce Bannister and Assistant Majority Leader Gary Simrill.
"The House does not currently have the full-time staff or technology available to effectively comply with a new Freedom of Information Act while preserving the privacy of our constituents."
Bannister and Simrill said they are not seeking to kill the bill, but asking the Judiciary Committee to address the concerns and move the bill back to the House floor as soon as possible.
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Collection: The flowering heads (umbels) are collected in July and left to ripen. The seeds are then easily collected as they can be shaken off.
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flatulentdyspepsia and intestinal colic, especially in children. It will stimulate the appetite. Its astringency will help in the treatment ofdiarrhoea as well as in laryngitis as a gargle, It can be used in bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Its anti-spasmodic actions help in the relief of period pains. It has been used to increase milkflow in nursing mothers.
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The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal is $1.3 million. Old Dominion bought the terminal in 1996 for $1.5 million.
Vitran provides less-than-truckload, supply chain and logistics services in 34 states and throughout Canada.
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Countywide school board member Martavius Jones is seeking through a state legislator from Shelby County a legal opinion from the Tennessee Attorney General on the municipal school districts legislation signed into law last week by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam.
Only legislators can seek legal opinions from the Attorney General's office. The legislation Jones is questioning permits referendums this year by suburban towns and cities on forming municipal school districts.
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Vickie Brees, Libby Darnall, Jennifer Riley and Kendall Smith, Memphis-based employees of Raymond James/Morgan Keegan, have received the Morgan Keegan Circle of Excellence Employee Awards.
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Brees is an executive administrative assistant in the firm's legal department and has been with the firm for 12 years. Darnall, a registered sales assistant, has been with the firm for 20 years.
Riley and Smith were presented The Outstanding Support Award, which recognizes employees who demonstrate a commitment to client service and dedication and loyalty to employees.
Riley, who has been with the firm for four years, is a registered sales assistant in the firm's East Memphis fixed income office. Smith, who has been with the firm for seven years, is a new accounts clerk in the firm's operations department.
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Fullen Brothers Farms, based in Ripley, Tenn., has been awarded funding from USDA Rural Development to determine the feasibility of processing oil seed locally rather than exporting most of it out of the region for processing.
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Production of winter oilseed crops at this scale is projected to generate an additional $40 to 50 million in farm-gate revenue for West Tennessee. If local processing is found to be commercially viable, even more jobs may be created, and the economic impact could be much greater.
USDA Rural Development's rural business grant programs provide assistance to local governments and nonprofit organizations that assist small businesses, develop local business infrastructure, provide job training, conduct feasibility studies or provide technical assistance to businesses and community leaders.
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Mark Nicolas and Chris Glenn of Memphis CPA and advisory firm Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP will hold a discussion about the common characteristics of fraud perpetrators in the workplace and the types of fraud they commit as a part of the Better Business Bureau's Breakfast Series on Tuesday, May 15.
The breakfast and discussion will be from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau, 3696 Tyndale Drive. Admission is free to accredited businesses and $10 for guests. RSVP to Cheryl Stewart at 757-8603 or email@example.com.
– Sarah Baker
Shares of Dillard's Inc. rose on Friday after the department-store operator reported its first-quarter net income rose 24 percent as customers bought spring clothing and other merchandise.
The strong results sent shares up nearly 9 percent in midday trading.
Department-store operators, particularly mid-priced chains like Dillard's, suffered during the recession as consumers cut back. But operators have revamped their offerings and cut costs and results have improved.
Net income for the three months ended April 28 rose to $95 million, or $1.89 per share, from $76.7 million, or $1.31 per share, last year. Earnings per share benefited from a 14 percent reduction in the number of shares outstanding year over year. Dillards said it spent $27.5 million on share repurchases during the quarter.
Revenue rose 6 percent to $1.55 billion from $1.47 billion last year.
Revenue in stores open at least one year rose 5 percent. The measure is an important gauge of a retailer's financial health because it excludes stores that open or close during the year.
Little Rock-based Dillard's operates 287 Dillard's and 17 clearance centers in 29 states.
It has three stores in the Memphis area – Oak Court Mall and Wolfchase Galleria in Memphis, and Towne Center in Southaven.
– The Associated Press
A big decline in gas and energy costs drove a measure of U.S. wholesale prices lower in April. Outside that drop, prices barely rose.
The Labor Department said Friday, May 11, that the producer price index dropped 0.2 percent last month from the previous month. It was the first decline since December and the biggest one-month drop since October.
Wholesale gas prices fell 1.7 percent last month. That accounted for half the drop in energy costs, which was the only major category to decline.
The index measures price changes before they reach the consumer,
For the 12 months that ended in April, wholesale prices have risen just 1.9 percent.
That's the smallest 12-month change since October 2009. And it's down from a peak year-over-year increase of 7.1 percent last July, when higher gas and food costs pushed up wholesale prices.
Excluding volatile food and energy costs, the so-called core index rose 0.2 percent last month. The core index has increased 2.7 percent during the 12 months that ended in April, down only slightly from March.
Modest wholesale inflation reduces pressure on manufacturers and retailers to raise prices.
That helps keep consumer prices stable, which boosts buying power and drives economic growth. Consumer spending makes up 70 percent of economic activity.
Lower inflation also gives the Federal Reserve room to hold interest rates at record-low levels.


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Freedom Of The Press Foundation Sets Up Shop To Help Fund Journalism Disruptors Like Wikileaks
from the good-to-see dept
Among the high profile folks behind the site are Daniel Ellsberg, of the Pentagon Papers fame, some EFFers, including founder John Perry Barlow and activists Trevor Timm (who's the executive director of this new project) and Rainey Reitman. Then there are people like journalists Glenn Greenwald, Josh Stearns and Xeni Jardin, and filmmaker Laura Poitras (who is working on a film about Wikileaks and internet freedom, and has been "detained and interrogated about her work at the U.S. border over 40 times.") And also actor John Cusack -- whose name appears a bit out of place, but he's been active in these kinds of issues.
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By ESTHER SMITH
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April 6
For the past month James Arp, Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital's new chief executive, has been busy settling into the position vacated by Larry Bowe last year.
Arp, who was offered the job in January after a nationwide search, came to Hood River from the St. Louis area on March 1. Though he is a newcomer to Hood River, the move still felt like a homecoming to him and his wife, Ann.
"I was born and raised in Cottage Grove; my wife moved to Eugene in about the 3rd grade," he said. "We went to high school together in Eugene. We are happy to be back in Oregon."
In the 14 years since graduation and college, Arp has crisscrossed the country to work at hospitals in Colorado, Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia, California, and most recently, Missouri. Though each move brought valuable professional experience, he is glad to say his moving days are over.
"Our kids are to the point where we don't want to be moving around any more," he said. The Arps have three children: Kate, 7, Jack, 5, and James, almost 3.
Arp is also excited to be coming to an organization with such a great reputation for striving for excellence.
"Hood River is the highest ranking facility in the Providence organization for patient satisfaction, physician satisfaction, and quality of care," he said. "My plan is to continue the momentum that the hospital has gained in the three to five years since joining the Providence Health System." Arp said that his biggest challenges are facility-related: How to expand the family birth center, and improving the "flow" in the building. As the facility has grown over the years, each addition has made the hospital's layout more complicated, and getting from one area of the hospital to another is somewhat tricky for those who are unfamiliar.
"On a tour my first day, I noticed it was confusing," Arp said. "I went out on my own later to see if I could find my way around, and I couldn't. So we'll be looking at ways to try and correct that."
According to the hospital's Web site, Arp has a track record of communications with employees, physicians, the community and the hospital board and foundation. The search committee was impressed with his strong history of leadership and his open, approachable communications style. Arp's education background includes masters degrees in business administration and health care administration, and a bachelor of science degree in health services management.
For the past month Arp has been going through the orientation process, trying to meet as many people as he can and getting to know the hospital's history.
"Everyone has been extremely welcoming, and accepting of me in my new role," he said. "We'll be able to do a lot of work together."
Some of that work has already started. Since Arp's arrival, PHRMH has finalized plans to purchase a new CT scanner — upgrading from one that takes one "slice" (image) per revolution to one that takes 16 per revolution — and soon the hospital will be getting two brand-new ultrasound machines to replace the units it has.
"We've also started construction on a new dialysis center to increase the capacity of the current center, which has been running at full capacity," Arp said.
"There is a lot of activity going on in the future," he said." We are growing and the staff has been doing a great job of building confidence."
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Swans Tour 2013
1st April Birmingham Institute
2nd Brighton Concord
3/4 Mouth To Mouth Festival (Curated by M.Gira) London Koko
5th Leeds University
There is a Bristol date too according to this mob...
Jesus Fucking Christ!!
Birmingham in good gig shock!! Awesome. They were tremendous last night at the Koko.
- DaddyorChips and ethricdouble this'd this
Here's the flyer
All I know is
Akron Family are playing
I'd guess it'll be primary Young God bands and collaborators
Would prefer it if he branched out a bit tbh.
oh actually he did mention something;
the original brief had been a retrospective on Swans, with Gira picking bands who had played with them over the last 30 years, and i guess sets showcasing earlier material. he point black refused (i guess obviously)
S W A N S Bristol!!! Yup it's true!
Arnolfini is such an amazing venue...remember seeing EARTH there and it blew my mind.
Need to get there!
what did they sound like at koko last week?
i mean, i've read the post-gig thread, and i know what swans sound like, but i also know what koko sounds like, and can't imagine it working, like even if they bring in tons of extra pa shit the shape of the room is so fucked for acoustics (yeah lol @ "acoustics", ok) that i can't see it being anything other than very very muddy?
or have they cracked it? or was it so loud that it really didn't matter and you felt it rather than heard it anyway? (which i guess might count as cracking it...)
the fact it was in koko was the only thing that stopped me trying to buy a ticket. but i wanna see them next time...
it wasn't bad
i'm not a fan of koko at all but from the floor about halfway back it sounded pretty good. wasn't quite as loud as i'd hoped but it wasn't totally fucked like i feared either.
I was in the same place and would have the same comments tbh
Looks pretty though doesn't it (convinced that's the reason so many bands play there)
sweet, thank you
:) that's enough to convince me.
Swans are fast becoming the new Sonic Youth since Sonic Youth have split up.
You know, the safely alternative band that National/Animal Collective fans say they like to make themselves sound a bit 'edgy'. In reality, real alternative music fans laugh at Swans.
what are real alternative fans listening to then...
enlighten us...matthewdrury this'd this
if you really gave a shit...
you might try something along the lines of "if you like swans...you'll love yellow swans"...but no just go for the self-aggrandising dollar instead
i'm out of the country
for the whole of this tour sadly. just did the 3 uk shows in 3 nights and it was an absolute joy.mouth to mouth looks like it could be a classic event - im guessing some polish neo-classical acts?
Oh shit.
Had to give away my Glasgow ticket but if I can make it to Mouth to Mouth that will more than make up for it.
i wrote about
the manchester show. you can read about it if you like: http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2012/11/21/swans-sound-control-manchester-saturday-17th-november-2012/
Not surprising though, the Arnolfini is pretty damn small.
I think I'm coming to the Bristol one and I was excited to see the venue, now not so much. But still excited to see Bristol for the first time, and Swans. Obvs.
move it forward a week, then im listening (still flying to china that night)
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Re: Why do people think Star Wars is dead?
I haven't seen anyone who said that,but I've definetely seen people saying Star Wars sucks and that it's very childish.They don't have a clue.:P
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I haven't seen anyone who said that,but I've definetely seen people saying Star Wars sucks and that it's very childish.They don't have a clue.:P
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At least one Universal Life Church congregation and two real independent churches based on the Jedi religion exist. In 2003 Jedi Sanctuary was chartered by the Universal Life Church.[2] In 2005 Temple Of The Jedi Order was incorporated as a Texas non-profit religious corporation. The Temple's ministers may legally conduct marriages in the United States. [3][4] In 2007 brothers Barney Jones and Daniel Jones set up a 30-member Jedi church in Holyhead, Anglesey, based on improving life using the Jedi principles
So, it's not a major religion but...y'know...
i cant belive people are doing this... lol
omfg, lmao
this is why SW fans are called nerds... lmao
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, it is still one of the most popular franchises of all time.
It was popular, not so much any more.
SW will definatally die before nearly any religion.
All the new SW stuff sucks, I hope it dies soon.
I agree. Heck I cansay that I was around for 3 of the 6 StarWars movvies and now a 4th! SatrWars is like rock, it will live on in our hearts, in both those who where around when it was made fomous, and to those who found instrest when it was already out.
in the words of Brain Johnsaon- Rock 'n Roll ain't Gonna die"
And in the words of Calvin - StarWars ain't GONNA DIE!
I don't think Star Wars is dead. But I think people say it is dead because the main Six movies are done.
I love both trilogies bye the way.
And though the six films are done there is Force Unleashed, hundreds of books.
I know! And no matter how uhhh "not good" they were they still do have 3 animated things.
It died for me when I realised they'd do anything to squeeze another buck from the already penniless fan.
I might start reading the New Jedi Order series again though. Seems like a good idea for some yuks.
Last thing I read that was Star Wars was the second Bane book. Pretty good, not nearly as good as the first.
Yes it's sad if not pathetic that they would do that. They had a good thing going for a long there.
Some b******s teas me sometimes at school because I like Star Wars, so that makes me feel it is, even if it's not. So I'm trying to hide it (please don't say that's stupid, I already know that). But I think most of them who say "suck your Star Wars, no-one likes it anymore" haven't even seen the movies. Or then they just don't understand what are good films.
And they shall remember, that George Lucas sold an animation studio, which has later made many preferred animations called Toy Story, Bug's life, Toy Story 2, Cars, Ratatouille etc.
Fox, it's ok. Just think, what do they like? Is it something that'll still be going strong in 30+ years? Probably not. Who cares what they like? SW is far superior, and those other kids don't matter. Just be yourself and don't let them turn you away from something as great as SW is. You'll be happier in the long run for it.
Thanks Miba!
I got some new reasons to say Star Wars is not dead. Firstly, I saw some younger kids playing Star Wars on a street and secondly, I heard how younger kids talked about Star Wars.
Those kids are our only hope!
"No, there.... is...... another......"
I remember talking with a comic nook store clerk, kind of like the comic book guy on the Simpsons, about how no one cared about Sw. This was back in about 1987. He was telling me that because of the space shuttle and the growth in personal computers and advanced technology in general that people were not as impressed with sci-fi as they used to be. He had it in his mind that SW was a dead deal. Something from another time. Well, here we are now with the prequels and tons of SW merchandise, SW conventions (Celebrations). Fan clubs like this one as well as many others. New novels, comic books and toys and it's 22 years later. I think the fans will keep SW alive forever. There may not be major productions, films, TV etc. but the fan base will stay loyal and that will generate a community and a demand. Whenever there is a demand for something someone will fill it. So on the positive side , as long as there is money to be made SW will continue. Now, as for the quality of the productions...well that's a different story.
Tachyon, that's exactly what I'm worried about. The quality. I'm afraid the bad quality will start pushing people away.
but then you have to show them the good quality that is there, so that they don't have an extremely biased view.
The quality of the thing is central to the issue. The most difficult thing for me to get my head around is that with advances in technology and all that we should have learned from the past some of the sci-fi films, TV shows, and especially animation is of a lower quality than a lot of what was produced in the 70s and 80s! It should be easier to make high quality entertainment not harder. and less expensive. Instead, it costs more to produce crap!
Again, on the positive side, there will always be people like us. There were the zillions of letter writers who kept Star Trek alive, there again, with varying quality, but nevertheless they kept it alive.
Just think about how long this fan club has been kicking and if the traffic is any indication I think we will all be talking about SW and seeing new SW stuff for a long time to come. I really hope so anyway.
It took me a reeeeeealy long time to get into the novels but I was so in need of a new SW fix that I picked up the Bounty Hunter Wars series. Now I am well on my way to reading all of the novels.
I Think Fett_II is right. the important thing is to highlight the quality work that is out there.
If a may though, I know I am going to get a lot of crap for this....I love the holiday special...Wookie Life Day is on my birthday November 17th! and man, the animated sequence kicked ***!:)
If you think about Star Trek and how long it has been kicking after only two seasons back in 1968, I think it was, here we are at the tender age of 32. I think we have many more years to go and as new blood, new creators, new artists, new ideas filter in, kind of like what we do here at the BFFC we have many more years to come. And the quality issue, well, that's also in our hands to a certain extent. Supply and demand and all that. I mean, George want's to make as much money as possible and if people are not buying his product he will change it...I hope.
Almighty George Lucas, We beg you, Smite the non-believers.
Star Wars is still popular, Clone Wars rates very well on TV I hear.
And Star Wars is timeless. People love it because of its great story and powerful and compelling characters.
SW will die at some point.
All of the movies are good, apart from the CW. That's the one that is making it bad. And possibly the episodes.
But SW is still great, and will possibly last for another five or so years.
I have to take exception with you here Masterchief. I am not chalking everything up to age but I was seven when Star Wars was came out in theaters. At that time if you had asked anybody in the world if Star Wars was going to last 32 years they would have laughed. That was a different time and place but Star Wars started something new, a new kind of social/economic phenomenon. SW tied so many different cultural outlets together at once. I mean they produced everything from blankets to shoelaces to tooth brushed to action figures.. And that formula has been applied through the past three decades to a lot of other media TV, films, books, comics etc. Your generation and those a few years older than you as well were not around to see this evolution. And a really big element that was missing in the 70s and 80s is the internet. Even without the internet SW and Star Trek were able to outlive their original incarnations and to evolve into a discourse that had enveloped the world. Just because we don't see it everyday on the net does not mean that there are not 1000s of people buying novels, figures, dvds...all variety of SW merchandise. People, like myself, watch SW on average twice a month. I only watch the first three films with that amount of regularity. Episodes I,II,III are not so big on my list.
I think SW is here to stay and I don't think its popularity will dwindle until people a few years younger than me start to reach their 50s or 60s. And even then there will still be people "rediscovering" the greatness of the films just as one hears a song that has not been on the radio for many years, one that "takes you back." So there is the nostalgia factor as well. That may wear off a bit, again, as people my age get older but there will always be someone who takes a new found interest in vintage works. Every five or so years someone tries to bring back Flash Gordon, there were the new adventures of Johny Quest, which sucked BTW, They made the Phantom into a bad film almost 50 years after the original series. Hollywood and TV producers don't like new ideas. they like proven material. So there is also that force that will keep SW a viable commodity.
It is a really complex topic and I think predicting the end is a wasted effort because there really is no way to measure the end. Here in Japan they produce new Nightmare Before Christmas figures and various other merchandise all the time. I can go to a stationary shop right now and purchase Nighmare notebooks That movie is old for people in the states but here in Japan it is forever new. Still part of the mainstream popular culture. So there is the spatial aspect to consider as well. Just because something is "dead" in one place dies not mean it is not thriving somewhere else. Another example is how some bands are popular in some countries but completely unknown in others. I mean this is even true from one coast of the US to the other.
As long as it appeals to someone somewhere we will have SW.
I'll shut up now....
I think that is going to be my new signature. lol
It's not dead it's just taking a nap
yeah, when I went to Japan, they surprisingly had SW toys and merchandise in YodoBashi Camera
It was awesome
and, it was in Osaka.
But SW is still great, and will possibly last for another five or so years.
gonna take a little longer, considering A) the live action tv series will end in about five years or so B) the remakes of the films in 3D will keep it alive as well
I can't wait for that I hope they do it soon!!! :):):)
yeah, I saw that on Newsround, and it says they are!!!!!!
I dunno, that rumours been around for years. When theres an official announcement about it, then I'll belive it.
And Star Wars is definitly not dead. A dead franchise would not spawn six sequels, four cartoons, quite a few video games, and a continuous line of action figures. Not to mention clothes, other toys, major conventions, and a massive worldwide fanbase.
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A PlayStation Vita version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 had been in development at handheld-specialist Vicarious Visions before being canned by Activision, a new report has claimed.
Great idea. Let's cancel a "flawed" version of a good game game and give them a half-assed one instead.
I got the bundled Declassified game. Only because the assassin's creed one was out of stock.. I figured how bad could it REALLY be, as it turns out it's REALLY bad. As much as everyone likes to bag on COD, a good port of BLOPS2 on Vita would have been amazing. To top it off, they could have possibly worked out the cross play for it also.. I wish Activision didn't think of us as money bags. I want them to have some kind of self respect and only release good, entertaining products. That will most certainly not happen this gen at least. Fingers crossed for next gen. :)
Oh btw, this is the only article I've ever seen on N4G with NO disagrees.. That's liable to change by the time you've read this though.
Get LittleBigPlanet Vita, people make better shooters than Declassified in it lol.
Makes me wonder what blacks ops 2 on vita would be like *-*
seriously though what were they smoking to decide to ditch a "flawed" product for the monstrosity that is CoDBoD
So instead of fixing the flawed version, they can it and give us a crappy one with more bugs than a woodland forest. This is the same crap that killed guitar hero and Tony hawk.
Activision noticed the lack of pillow talk from microsoft.....remembering their vows "thow shalt not worship anyone above me" They quickly destroyed the golden vita and replaced it with a pile of shit.
The way certain Xbox golden boys (the circle that MS pays a ridiculous amount to for early DLC and such, like $50M for DLC that will never make close to that back) snub anything playstation sometimes makes me paranoid about what's going on behind the curtains. Mostly because they usually snub in a way that makes little or no sense.
Just saying. I mean, they scrapped a "flawed" version of this year's inevitably most popular game and put it in the hands of a historically crap developer. Tell me how that makes the slightest bit of sense business-wise. Tell me how one of the biggest game publishers in the world goofed THAT HARD with such an easy concept.
Call me "paranoid", "fanboy", whatever. Corporations have done worse than get developers to make bad decisions with software regarding their competitors....especially certain corporations that started with a dream of monopolizing the computer industry and more or less achieved that goal.
Your not paranoid. MS has been known to do that very thing. I am curtain there is alot of shady stuff going on out there.
I know I'm not really paranoid.
But there will always be fanatics to call others "paranoid" when they suggest that corporations are doing shady things. Kind of like a child with a lead-painted toy arguing with you that the corporation that made it is on the straight and narrow.
Not that paranoid. There was that one time that Bungie was developing Halo exclusively for Mac, and then Microsoft bought Bungie and took Halo. One of MS's greatest franchises, stolen out from under Apple.
That's actually fair in business. What he's talking about is undermining a customer because he is in competition with another customer who pads your pockets. That's illegal or the very least very unethical.
I think there's a rational reason behind it...albeit disappointing none-the-less.
@ Sheikh
Oh, yeah I know it's fair business. It's still a dick move, though. (I'm glad they did it though, Halo under Apple was a real time strategy game). I was just saying, it's not that big a leap from buying a competitors game out from under them and making a game bomb on a competitors device on purpose. Not sure if MS paying Activision to make crappy Vita game is illegal, but it is definitely an unethical thing to do.
I was thinking lemon laws or selling watered down gasoline. Same thing to me...watered down game.
It's a be a dick or get dicked world.
@Silent - You must be about 17 years old.
Where were you when Sony personally killed the Dream Cast by keeping all the 3rd party developers on the PS2 and yes belive or not Sony paid those 3 party developers good money to keep certain games on the PS2 only - what MS is doing now is what Sony did in the PS2 era to the Dream Cast and Xbox 1.
A companies number one goal is to make a profit, you may think that your favorite console brand loves you but the truth is that they love your money.
Yes MS might be doing shady things but do not think that the other two are saints.
If MS had giving up after the first Xbox then I think Sony would still be acting arrogant and telling people to get two jobs to buy a PS3 and Next gen dos not start until we say so.
@Knight_Crawler You are spot on there but this is still done by sony now. Look at EA some of there games Like Assassins creed have exclusive DLC on them.
Its just business and to give customers a reason to own there console.
Oh no it's all a giant corporate conspiracy!!!
MS are not paying 3rd party developers to deliberately gimp the competitors version of a game.
Have you ever heard of "Occam's razor"?
It is a principle stating that among competing hypotheses, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be selected.
Why would a well known and respected developer put their reputation at risk and deliberately gimp a AAA title that cost millions of $$$ and time to develop so that the other platform would have an edge with performance? Money? Bethesda made more money on sales with the PS3 version then what MS would have paid. Assuming MS would have paid, it would have been much more beneficial and value to MS to have the money go towards exclusive content, NOT gimping the competitors version of the game which would still sell anyways.
No, the real reason is simple. The PS3 is extremely hard to program for and the split RAM makes it difficult to create such large open living worlds. It's no different then the 360 version not looking as good or not performing as well as the PC.
MS paid R* $50 million for timed exclusive content. You are out of your mind if you don't think MS got their money back ten fold from consumers who would have originally bought the GTA IV on the PS3 but instead bought it on the 360? Or how many 360's were sold so that consumers would be able to play the timed exclusive content? The deal worked out for both parties. R* got an additional $50 million in their pocket and MS sold consoles which helped establish a larger console dominance in the market.
So bottom line....Yes SilentNegotiator, you ARE Paranoid.
No Dreamcast dug its own grave with its inferior CD drive = lack of space compared to DVD not to mention it lacked quite a few buttons on the controller including a right analog,L3,R3 and left and right bumpers on the controller how could devs port games to a console that lacks input that and disc space not to mention it was so easy to pirate a DC game you could burn on a blank CD lol
I never said that it was exclusively a MS move. In fact, I made a point that it isn't unusual for corporations to do things like that.
And you must be 10, because there is MAJOR difference between buying developers and bribing developers to make crap software for other systems. Paying developers to do things exclusively for you is 110% fair game. Wink, wink, nudge nudging companies into making shoddy versions of software for other systems is illegal in most parts of the developed world.
Dreamcast killed itself, btw. SEGA didn't have any right trying to have a console at that point with how poorly they had managed themselves for years. Plus, they made MISERABLE design decisions - CD? One control stick? What an outdated system it was for its time. You would have to have a fishbowl for a head to think that Dreamcast had any chance of bringing SEGA above their mediocre position.
I really don't understand how Activision works anymore.
When cod and wow do fall activision is done for hope that happens soon. Disgusting company that shows everything wrong with the gaming industry today minimal effort for max profit.
I agree. Activision represents everything that's wrong with the gaming industry right now, especially with this generation of consoles. this has been the worst generation because publishers don't see us as customers, like I read above they just see us as money bags. I pray we get better next gen.
While I do agree that Activision is bad, I put none of that on Blizzard. I still love their games, especially Starcraft. While they have become a large company, they still seem very passionate about games. I feel their merge with Activision was out of necessity of Blizzard becoming too big too fast and not knowing how to handle it.
I heavily disagree. WoW has been stale for about 5 years and milked beyond belief. Diablo 3 was a catastrophe of a game with an elaborate and convenient real money auction house. Blizzard has become indefensible and has clearly adopted activisions practices.
This absolutely horrendous news. I really wish we'd got this and not Nohilistic's "best effort".
So they took what could have been a decent game for the Vita and replaced it with a game made by one of the worst devs in history (Nihilistic Software).
Wow Kotick just wow.
I have to agree... still have to see a GREAT game from this developer. everything is rushed or just bad
They would have definitely made a better version. Activision clearly didn't care about this.
I remember some other team at Acti a few years ago had a WW2 CoD game with squad commands. Would have been good too probably. BUT NO "theres no audience". I shake my fist at you Activision.
Why that sounds like a brothers in arms rip-off...
as crappy many sites report Declassified to be, it is selling quite good. Which makes you think about the lost opportunity for Activision to expand the COD franchise into more platforms.
They were probably too expensive to employ. For the number of people that will buy Call of Duty on the Vita, it just wasn't worth it. Activision needs to make these calls based on business, not personal feelings, and that's exactly what they did.
Theres no such thing as "Too Expensive" for Activision...Especially when they sell about 20 million copies of COD per Year.
If Activision actually made this a good game, think of the potential real sales it could have been for them. If they had a studio that developed at 60fps, full fledged COD experience on the Vita, it could have elevated the Vita into space!
i think the reason to move it is to release it with black ops 2 ...
Sony should have lent them a 1st party studio to make sure either BO2 Vita turned out to be a decent port, or at least help with Declassified given they only had 4 months dev time.
It is meant to be a console selling game, but it is anything but.
Killzone is the only Vita FPS worth mentioning.
Wow well this sucks, instead we got what is Declassified, possibly first COD on a portable and the worse COD in the series, hopefully their will be a decent cod game coming out for PS Vita.
WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!! !! AND THEY WANNA TELL US NOW!!!! The question I want answered is "How bad was it?" and "Was it better than Declassified?" If it was worser than declassified then i will understand. The thing that really bothers me is if the flawed one have at most 12 vs. 12 in MP and in game chat. That was the dumbest move i ever seen and why TF will you give it Nihillistic. IDGAF anymore. Hopefully, they dont switch Killzone Mercernary to Killzone Unknown.
Will the next Call of Duty on the Ps vita be a port?
I hope so, since Nihilistic is done with Retail games.
Shame they took a studio that had a chance to do something different and gave it to their guys who had been writing this same game for the last 5 years? Way to take the project away from people that probably would have really cared about bringing the best product/game to the table.
Vicarious Visions should make another Spider-Man and Beenox should do something else.
Actually, Treyarch should make another Spider-man and lay off the CoD for a few years.
Why not just release Black Ops 2 on Vita 6 months after with "bonus content" or something? Activision really screwed up.


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