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The fourth annual Chestnut Hill Book Festival may be a slightly smaller-scale event when it returns on Sunday, Sept. 30,, but it will not be lacking in focus or in impressive headliners, including former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.
Rendell, always popular in Philadelphia if not all of Pennsylvania, will read from and discuss his latest book, "A Nation of Wusses:How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great" at the SugarLoaf campus of Chestnut Hill College, Germantown Avenue and Bells Mill Road. His appearance will begin at 3:45.
Rounding out the festival are appearances by other local authors, workshops and even sketch comedy.
The first Philadelphia Stories workshop will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the Bombay Room at the Chestnut Hill Hotel, 8229 Germantown Ave. The workshop will focus on performance practices for writers who want to read to an audience. The workshop will be led by Philadelphia Stories Editorial Director Carla Spataro, and participants are urged to bring a sample selection of their work to practice delivery.
Philadelphia Stories will also hold another workshop at the same location at 2:15 on writing techniques. Writer Susan Barr Toman will facilitate the workshop.
"Another key event is a panel discussion including four well known local mystery writers. Cordelia Frances Biddle, Hugh Gilmore, Solomon Jones and Jon McGoran (AKA D.H. Dublin) will discuss the secrets and strategies of mystery writing. That panel will be held at 1 p.m. at Roller's Flying Fish, 8142 Germantown Ave.
Other authors appearing at the Book Festival include Dan Biddle and Murray Dubin, authors of "Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America"; Salome Thomas-El, author of "The Immortality of Influence"; Leslie Daniel, author of "Cleaning Nabokov's House," and Miles D. Orvell, author of "The Death and Life of Main Street: Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community."
In addition to authors, the Chestnut Hill Improv comedy group will perform at 5 p.m. at the Bombay Room. At 2 p.m., Ted Fink's songwriter slam will take place at Buckley Park, Germantown Avenue and Hartwell Lane.
"Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma'am," the poetry slam event of Painted Bride Quarterly, begins at 7 p.m. at Musehouse, 7924 Germantown Ave.
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Denise Richards has vowed to be on hand to look after her ex-husband Charlie Sheen's twin boys with Brooke Mueller as their mom tries to get a grip on her addiction issues.
The former Bond girl took in Sheen and Mueller's kids, Max and Bob, 3, when their mother entered a treatment facility to deal with a prescription pill problem earlier this month.
It is believed the children will remain with Richards over the holidays, as Sheen is filming his new show "Anger Management," and the actress insists she will always be there to take in the twins whenever Mueller needs her.
She tells Us Weekly, "This is not the first time I've had all five (kids). Brooke knows, and Charlie, that anytime they need help with the boys, I'm there.
"They're our family, and they're Sam and Lola's brothers. I can't imagine growing up without my sister, so anytime (Brooke) needs help, I'm there for the boys. Sam and Lola are the best big sisters to the boys, and they love them. I know it doesn't seem normal, but it is our normal."
Richards was married to Sheen for four years and the pair share two daughters, Sam, 8, and Lola, 7.

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What's in the Black Box? A Mind-Numbing Dance
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A gifted, bipolar woman struggles to stay on her meds to function in her high-demand job and has a thing for jazz. If Black Box sounds like Homeland, Kelly Reilly doesn't know it."I've only seen a little bit of Home… Read more


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For millions of Americans, regular emissions tests — sometimes called smog tests — are part of vehicle ownership. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia have at least one county that requires them, according to the EPA. But if you just bought a newer car or moved into one of those counties, these tests might come as a surprise. Not to worry: With proper maintenance and knowledge of a few warning signs, your car should pass with no problem.
So, what does an emissions test involve? It used to require putting your car on a dynamometer, or vehicle treadmill, and hooking up equipment to the tailpipes. Nowadays, technicians usually hook up a device to your onboard diagnostics II port, or OBD-II, to check through a number of monitors. Those are test cycles of various systems in your car, and you'll pass or fail depending how they perform.
Now, if you fail a test, it's because those monitors signaled a problem. That will often coincide with an illumination of your check-engine light, which indicates the OBD-II has detected a malfunction in your car's emissions controls. The reason might be as simple as a loose gas cap or as serious as a cylinder that's lost compression.
Experts tell us you shouldn't just go to a different testing station, as OBD-II emissions tests are considered reliable and don't have a lot of variance. You also shouldn't try to use a diagnostic tool just to off the light without getting the root problem fixed. But if your car is in good working order and you've addressed whatever reason the light came on — or it's not even on in the first place — you shouldn't lose sleep over an upcoming test. Chances are, your car will pass with flying colors.


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As I mentioned in yesterday's blog post, I am building a Tiny House! One thing I have been doing as part of my planning is a lot of research. Part of that was to talk to a lot of people about their experiences and I found it very helpful. So I thought I'd see if I could find other people that are building their own Tiny House that are either within a month of starting to build or just started themselves.
The idea would that as we work on our own houses, I think it would be great to do a google hang out with a group of these people every now and then to kick around ideas, share challenges, offer solutions and Etc. We could help each other out with helpful advice and how we decided to do things.
So I figure I'd put a call, do you all know any Tiny House bloggers just starting out? Are you just starting out? Let me know!
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Rush offers diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers — using minimally invasive approaches whenever possible. This results in smaller incisions and a shorter recovery time.
Genetic testing and counseling are available for patients who have a family history of gastrointestinal cancers. The Sandra Rosenberg Registry for Hereditary and Familial Colon Cancer provides care for patients at risk for inherited colon cancer and conducts research to further the understanding and management of the disease.
Patients can receive care through the Coleman Foundation Comprehensive Clinic for Gastrointestinal Cancers, which brings together a team of doctors with specialized expertise in gastrointestinal cancers. New and second opinion patients meet with the team in a single visit to discuss diagnosis and treatment options. At the end of this meeting, patients walk away with a well-defined treatment plan designed to meet their specific needs.


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2005-2004 | Convertible
The Mazda Miata MX-5 is credited for starting the sports car boom in the 1990s.
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The Mazda Miata is a compact roadster that became an instant hit when the company unveiled it in 1990.
Mazda Miata MX-5
2005-2001 | Convertible
Mazda MX-3
1995 | Coupe
The Mazda MX-3 did not debut in the North American market until 1992.
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The Mazda MX-6 debuted in 1988 as a close relative to another Mazda car, the Ford Probe.
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The Mazda RX-7 debuted in 1979, using a rotary engine.
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The 2004 Mazda RX-8 invokes memories of the RX-7, but this is a completely different type of sports car.


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Much fondness for both Vince Vaughn and John Cusack and the sentiment is not unique. They are funny and quirky …and bloated.
Getting older and getting bloated.
Check out Vince earlier this week at some event and John in London yesterday for the premiere of his new movie Grace is Gone – two renowned bachelors whose hard partying days have caught up with their faces.
Vince's troubles are well known, John's are more undercover.
In film, he's adorable. I'll see almost anything with John Cusack – even suffered through Serendipity because he's just so damn cute.
In real life, word is he's a dog. And an asshole. Allegedly prone to developing relationships on location only to dangle women on his booty call while romancing others. Also rumoured to be a bad, bad, bad drunk…which could account for the bloat.
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Bartlett Arboretum, Sumner County, Kansas
The Bartlett Arboretum is a private fifteen acre park in rural Belle Plaine, Kansas, that evolved in early 20th century from a recreational park and conservation area to an arboretum with formal gardens and experimental plots and nurseries. The arboretum largely reflects the influences of professional landscape architect and horticulturist Glenn Bartlett, his wife and floral expert Margaret Bartlett, and Glenn's father who first purchased the property in 1910 to be used as a public athletic field for the small community and as a natural reserve complete with water fowl and non-indigenous trees. After years of being under maintained, the Bartlett Arboretum is currently being restored with the goal for it to serve as an educational and events space.
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The bad news for the Vikings is that running back Adrian Peterson (abdomen) and cornerback Antoine Winfield (knee/hand) is that they didn't practice — again — on Thursday. The good news is that their coach says both will play on Sunday.
According to Judd Zulgad of 1500ESPN.com, Leslie Frazier said there's no doubt Peterson and Winfield will suit up when the Vikings host the Packer for a win-and-in regular-season finale.
After missing practice on Wednesday with a shoulder injury, defensive end Jared Allen returned to practice on Thursday, as a full participant.
Peterson need 207 yards to tie and 208 to break the single-season rushing record, currently held by Eric Dickerson.


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There was a time this season when the Mets could count on a win, or at least a good chance at one, when they sent Mike Pelfrey to the mound. For the most part, until late June the Mets knew they'd get a quality start from him.
No longer.
Pelfrey surged to a 9-1 start and was on the cusp of dominance until he lost his mechanics, and not shortly after, his confidence. He's been in a tailspin since with little indication of snapping out of his funk.
Pelfrey hasn't gone through six innings in any of his last six starts. In that span he is 0-3 with a 9.59 ERA and hitters are batting an astronomical .446 against him.
Included in that span was a 4-0 loss to the Braves, July 10, when he gave up four runs on 12 hits in four innings. Pelfrey didn't get a decision in last Friday's 9-6 loss to Arizona in which he gave up five runs in 5 2/3 innings.
Pelfrey's problems start early. He didn't allow a run in the first inning in his first 11 starts, but 16 in his next 10.
"Everybody else in the rotation has been throwing the ball great and I've kind of taken a step back from early in the year,'' said Pelfrey. "I definitely plan on getting this thing turned around and back on track so we can start winning some games.''
A win tonight at Atlanta will pull the Mets within 5 ½ games of the Braves with a three-game series coming up this weekend at Philadelphia.


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- Festival fashion - Make your own brooch
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- Create a dice - Cut out and fold a Roman dice
- Pocket money pouch - Make your own bulla, a Roman bag
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Links in the BBC
- A History of the World: Objects from Ancient Rome
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- BBC History: Romans
- BBC Scotland: The Romans in Scotland
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- The British Museum: Rome: The Empire
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- You Wouldn't Want to be a Roman Gladiator!
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The destroyer rises from the ocean, utterly unexpected, leaves untold destruction in its wake; and gives rise to the threat of nuclear destruction.
If the themes of the 1954 Japanese monster flick Gojira (Godzilla to us here in the U.S.) eerily echo the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown nightmare unfolding in Japan, the similarities are not completely coincidental. The fact is, while we consider Godzilla to be a cheapo thriller starring a guy in a lizard suit, for Japanese filmgoers less than a decade after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Gojira touched on fears that had long populated the nation's nightmares…and which persist until this day.
For centuries, Japan lived and died through its relation to the sea; fishermen have always fed the country; typhoons have been causing upheaval there just about forever. So it makes perfect sense that that Gojira, like a tsunami, arrives from the ocean-the logical path of any island nation's most grievous threats (Compare that to most U.S. science fiction movies-The Day the Earth Stood Still, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and even this month's Battle Los Angeles-in which the creatures arrive from the skies, the most logical threat to a vast continental power). What's more, besides flattening Tokyo with his stadium-size footprints, Gojira breathes thermonuclear fire, an apparent consequence of his close proximity to a nuclear test blast. So in the movie's universe, even as Japan rebuilds after the real-life nuclear incineration of two cities, the fires of a new nuclear holocaust return to its shores. Today, while Japan's latest nuclear threat plays out in the ruins of its quake-damaged power plants, we are reminded by Gojira that the nation's uneasiness with the atom is well-earned.In a radio show I did on the movie a couple of years back, I noted that you can't judge Godzilla by the version we grew up with-you know, the one with a pre-Perry Mason Raymond Burr as an American journalist (named Steve Martin!) witnessing the havoc as it unfolds in Tokyo.
The Burr character was created, and his scenes filmed, exclusively for the U.S. release, and large portions of the original version were cut. Most egregiously, the "mad scientist" of the U.S. version is, in the original, a humanitarian scientist trying to balance the destruction of Gojira with the implications of his new monster-killing technology being loosed on the world at large.
If you do yourself the great favor of getting a hold of the recently restored Gojira director's cut, you'll find amidst all the explosions and fleeing citizenry a solemn meditation on the seemingly endless cycle of human invention, the unintended consequences of human invention, and the creation of new inventions to undo the damage done by the old inventions.
Gojira doesn't often get mentioned in the same breath with the works of Akira Kurosawa (The Magnificent Seven, Ran), or the great animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away), but like them, it reflects that unique Japanese knack for incorporating the culture's distinctive mix of history, myth, and complex sociology into its art.
As the talking heads at CNN and Fox News continue to speculate about how the people of Japan will respond to this unprecedented disaster, I'm pretty sure the definitive answers will come in the next few years, as the nation's artists come to terms with the awful events of the past weeks.


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From The Files Of December 14, 1989 '89 A light covering of snow dusted the area on Tuesday. According to Game Commission officials, 8,800 antlerless licenses were issued
in Fulton County while only an estimated 450 does were taken on Monday. However, the estimate count was up from last year's first day estimate of 325. Officials also report that it was an accident-free first day in our region.
A new area business just might be the only one of its kind in the United States, according to business owner Paul Politis of McConnellsburg. Politis opened his new business, Autos' Literature Shoppe, along U.S. Route 522 just south of the Fort Littleton turnpike interchange in Dublin Township in early November. The shop serves the collector car hobby and motoring public with more than 1 million items such as shop manuals, owner manuals, sales brochures, paint chip sets, postcards and miscellaneous automotive memorabilia.
Specials at the IGA: turkey breast, $1.69 lb.; California navel oranges, $2.99, 10-lb. bag; Longhorn cheese, $2.79 lb.; Pepsi products, 89 cents, 2-liter bottle.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Knepper of Waterfall are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Ann, to Daniel Merl Smith, son of Oliver and Bertha Deshong, Hustontown.
Deaths: Clarence R. Strait, McConnellsburg; Anna M. Hollinshead, Harrisonville; Gladys Rhodes, Warfordsburg; Eliza J. Puderbaugh, Wilton Manors, Fla.; Claude "Kelly" Sipes, McConnellsburg; Gertrude Carey, formerly of Mossic; Katherine E. Burrall, McConnellsburg.
Births at the Medical Center: A son to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sheeder of Big Cove Tannery on November 30; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Black of Three Springs on December 1; a son to Mr. and Mrs. John Rourke of Hustontown on December 3; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Poole of St. Thomas on December 4; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Book of Blairs Mills on December 5; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boor of Mc- Connellsburg on December 5.
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From The Files Of December 13, 1979 '79 For the first time in many years there will be no Christmas lights in downtown Mc- Connellsburg. Efforts by the Tourist Promotion
Agency to decorate the town with new decorative lanterns were thwarted by the prohibitive cost of installation, and the Chamber of Commerce's $150 incentive to the fire company to put up the lights from prior years, now in storage, was turned down by the firemen, who felt that the decorations were not in good enough repair to hang.
Dennis L. Seiders, 30, McConnellsburg, was killed near Everett on Saturday when the car he was driving ran into a telephone pole. A passenger in the car, LeRoy Ingram, 31, McConnellsburg, suffered a neck injury in the accident and was admitted to Bedford Memorial Hospital for observation.
Engagement: Mr.and Mrs. Frank Eisenhower of Mc- Connellsburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Anne Elizabeth, to Paul Mitchell Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Minor Robinson of Fort Loudon.
Specials at the IGA: Heinz homestyle gravy mixed, 49 cents; IGA macaroni and cheese, 4 for $1; fresh roasters, 69 cents lb.
Now playing at the Reality Theatre in Robertsdale: "Breaking Away." Playing at Fulton Theatre: "Good Guys Wear Black."
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Keith, Three Springs, on November 30; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Swope of Needmore on December 1; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Darrell B. Reeder of Blairs Mills on December 1; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James R. Fortney of McConnellsburg on December 1; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Bilovecky of Hustontown on December 3; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald O. Keefer of McConnellsburg on December 5.
Deaths: Clyde S. Mellott, Needmore; Mrs. Sara Horton, Wells Tannery; Ellsworth W. Pyles, Cocoa, Fla.; Ms. Helen Barber, Baltmore; George B. Woodring, Mercersburg; John E. Bishop Sr., Hagerstown; Mrs. Elizabeth James, Johnstown.
40 Years Ago
From the Files Of December 25, 1969 '69 Rodney Keefer and John Cutchall, seniors in vocational agriculture and members of McConnellsburg FFA Chapter at
McConnellsburg High School, have been selected by the Pennsylvania State FFA Association to receive the Keystone Farmer Degree. The degree is awarded to the top 2 percent of the FFA members in the state.
A heavy snowstorm that occurred on Sunday evening blanketing the county, closed the schools and made driving hazardous.
Dr. Frederick Funk has been appointed assistant professor of microbiology in the College of Medicine at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University. He is a 1958 graduate of Forbes Road High School and is married to the former Elizabeth Malot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Malot of Hustontown.
Ricky and Gene Leese, son of Vernon and Velma Leese of Needmore, were named to the dean's list at the Pennsylvania State University for the fall term. Ricky is majoring in veterinary medicine and Gene in education.
Paul Mack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mack of Mc- Connellsburg, has enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
Specials at the IGA: turkeys, 37 cents lb.; Prell shampoo, 69 cents; oranges, 69 cents; Libby peaches, 29 cents 1-lb. can.
Miss Caroyn Fagley and Daryl Scott exchanged wedding vows on Saturday evening, November 29, in Tonoloway Bible Church of Hancock. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Fagley of Harrisonville. Parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Voss of Windermere, Fla.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buterbaugh of McConnellsburg on December 13; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McCuskser of Little Orleans, Md., on December 14; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Detrich of Greencastle on December 7; a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Hovermale of Hancock on December 18; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Walters of Needmore on December 19.
Employees of The First National Bank enjoyed a Christmas party at Johnnie's Diner on Friday evening.
Deaths: Mrs. Beatrice Carnell, Hancock; Raymond Park, Three Springs; Martha Mae Martin Swope, Mc- Connellsburg; Harry McQuade, McConnellsburg; Maude Barnhart, Everett.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 31, 1959 '59 A brief but moving ceremony was held on Sunday at Fulton County Medical Center when the oil painting of the late Dr E.H.
MacKinlay was unveiled in the hospital waiting room by his daughter, Jane S. MacKinlay.
A Hancock man, James H. Montgomery, was featured in the syndicated column "Strange As It Seems" on December 26. It said: "Montgomery spends six hours each day, five days a week, commuting 200 miles to and from his job in Baltimore. In the last five years, he has spent almost one year's time riding the bus for a distance of 250,000 miles."
Fulton County received a $9,876 allocation from the State Gasoline Tax Fund for the period between June 1 and December 1, 1959.
Mrs. Blanche Patterson of McConnellsburg underwent surgery at Chambersburg Hospital for a broken hip, which happened when she fell on the ice outside her home on Monday.
Lester Burdette, livestock specialist from Penn State, will give a meat-cutting demonstration at the Center Community Building on January 6.
Five Hancock youths were taken into custody and charged with larceny of three mailboxes and a highway sign after J.R. Blankley of Thompson Township caught them in the act of taking his mailbox.
Mrs. William Abercrombie of McConnellsburg suffered burns of the hand and face on Christmas Day when a cooking stove she was lighting exploded.
Ben Cline of Knobsville underwent surgery at Chambersburg Hospital on Saturday after falling at his home on Tuesday and breaking his hip.
Thomas Taylor Jr., 34, of Mercersburg, was killed on Christmas Eve, five miles south of Mercersburg, when the convertible he was driving failed to negotiate a curve. He was the brother of Lewis W. Taylor, Mc- Connellsburg, and Joseph Taylor of Hustontown.
Mrs. Marjorie Crippen, the News correspondent for Wells Tannery, reports that dandelions are blooming in the yard at her home.
Dr. and Mrs. R.C. McLucas have moved into their newly built home on West North Street.
Grayson Davis, now serving in the U.S. Navy, is spending a month's leave with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ensley, Harrisonville.
Kenneth Levi Strait of Harrisonville and Lunda Martha Williams of Needmore applied for a marriage license at the local courthouse. There were 56 marriage licenses issued in 1959 and 57 in 1958.
James Wible received his discharge from the Air Corps and is now at home with his mother and family, Mrs. Myrtle Wible of Fort Littleton.
Hank Wible of Fort Littleton is a patient in the Medical Center with a broken leg.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sheffield and family of Fort Littleton attended the funeral of Mrs. Sheffield's mother, Mrs. David Powell, who was buried in the Saltillo cemetery on Saturday.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bolinger of Wells Tannery, who were married in Everett on December 20.
Douglas Shaffer, his wife and son have returned home to Wells Tannery from Fort Knox, Ky., where Douglas was stationed.
The Wells Tannery correspondent extends sympathy to the Mrs. Debby Fix family in the sudden death of her husband, Norman Fix.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mellott, Needmore, on December 24; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanton, Mc- Connellsburg, on December 25.
Harold Spade, an 8-year U.S. Navy man, is now stationed in Washington, D.C., and visited last Saturday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Spade of Amaranth.
Deaths: W.M. Lodge, Mc- Connellsburg; Norman C. Fix, Wells Tannery; Wellington Bland Deshong, Harrisonville.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of December 29, 1949 '49 Disaster descended in all its fury on the little town of Hyndman
in Bedford County on Saturday night when the entire business section of the village was wiped out in a tragic fire that started form a Christmas tree. The Christmas Eve fire burned three blocks in the center of town. The bank, 12 business buildings, about 20 homes and the post office were reduced to twisted, charred wreckage. An unofficial estimate of damage compiled by businessmen was placed at around $1,000,000 – a staggering loss for a town of about 1,500.
Herbert D. Layton and Doris E. Smith were married on December 24.
A report from the Mc- Connellsburg Fire Co. shows that approximately 1,000 new and used toys were distributed to needy children throughout the county last week.
Eston Paylor, 24, of Mc- Connellsburg, suffered severe burns of the right hand and toes last Thursday while working on a high tension line at Fort Littleton. The wrench he was using came in contact with a 2,300-volt line, and the charge threw him onto the top of a transformer, thus preventing his fall to the ground since he was not waring a safety belt. His father, also a lineman and working on the same project, went up the pole and lowered his son to the ground with ropes.
George Wayne Brant and Zoe Arlene Sipes were married recently
Mr. and Mrs. Ebert Lake of McConnellsburg celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on Sunday.
Deaths: Harry Kettering; Mrs. Merrill Souders of Hancock; John Rasp Sr., who died in Dr. MacKinlay's office in Mc- Connellsburg; Mrs. Emory Wible of Three Springs.
70 Years Ago
From The Files of December 28, 1939 '39 Deaths: Mrs. Robert A. Bender of Chambersburg; John
Eichelberger of Hopewell; H.N. Freeman of Sterling, Kan.
Frank E. Truax and Grace E. Fink were married December 22.
Alvin M. Linn and Blanche E. Burton were married recently.
Timber Ridge Sportsmen's Club will hold its next meeting at the Center schoolhouse on January 2. Music for the occasion will be furnished by the Douglas sisters.
Miles C. Greenland, 98, of Bedford, formerly of Fulton County, died on Saturday of heart ailment incident to old age. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was one of the first to answer the call of 75,000 men and was stationed in Chambersburg when it was burned. After two months, that company was discharged, and he immediately reenlisted but, being under age, he was rejected. In 1863, he enlisted in the Calvary Service and was finally discharged because of physical disability. After two years spent in the West, he returned to Wells Valley and, with his father, erected a woolen mill which he operated for 20 years. He then rented the mill and farmed until 1913 when he moved to Bedford.
Three local carpenters were victims of thieves while working on the super highway in Taylor Township last week. The sets of carpenter tools stolen belonged to W.H. Buterbaugh, $22.50; Norman Helman, $18; and T.R. Shives, $22.
Paul Shimer Jr. and Marian Mehaffey were married October 19.
Donald McQuade of Mc- Connellsburg and Woodrow Thomas of Mercersburg were drivers of vehicles which collided head on three miles west of Needmore on Sunday morning. Clarence Gordon, an occupant in the Thomas car, received a cut above the right eye and laceration of the nose.
Three FFA members from Warfordsburg have won awards in the State Project Contest this year. Paul Gift won sixth place in the dairy records contest. Maynard Wilkins won 13th place in poultry. Frank Palmer, a member of the eighth grade, won fourth place in the junior poultry contest.
Crosby Tappen, civil engineer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, reported seeing dandelions in bloom last week at the Samuel Steele home near Burnt Cabins.
W.R. Linn of McConnellsburg has been reappointed mercantile appraiser for Fulton County by Auditor General Warren R. Roberts
Frederick Olson of Bolivar, now residing in Wells Tannery, was injured last Wednesday while at work on the Sideling Hill Tunnel. He received a broken neck and lacerations of the neck. He is now at patient in Everett Hospital.
Misses Bess and Lillian Grissinger entertained at a family dinner on Christmas Day. Covers were laid for 29 for the noon and evening meals.
Following a custom set by her parents, the late Dr. and Mrs. William Trout, Miss Mary Trout entertained family and friends on Christmas Day. Maurice, a brother in Detroit, whose thought no doubt turned to the happy party, sent his greetings via telephone.
Mrs. Enoch Kerlin of Knobsville continues seriously ill.
Fulton countains admitted to Everett Hospital dur-ing the past week included Miss Rella McClain of McConnellsburg, emergency appendectomy; Mrs. Cora Lynch of Big Cove Tannery, surgical treatment; Charles Moore of Bill's Place, infection of the right leg; Aaron Hess of Warfordsburg, medical treatment.
Bill's Place, the nation's smallest post office, was given recognition in John Hix's cartoon, "Strange As It Seems," last Wednesday. A drawing of the post office was reproduced, noting that it measures only 6 by 8 feet.
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From The Files Of December 26, 1929 '29 Under the auspices of the Supplee- Wills-Jones milk receiving
station at Mercersburg, a cow-testing association has been formed in this vicinity. Local dairymen who have joined thus far are James H. Kendall, George A. Comerer, Will Brewer, Robert Cromer, George Bard and Joseph F. Purnell. The work consists of estimating the value of the feed given each individual cow and checking it against the cow's production, thus making it possible to eliminate the boarders. The work is carried on for a year at a time, at a cost of $10 per quarter.
Richard Wallace Kendall and Sarah Belle Dunlap were married December 21.
Amos and John Sharpe, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sharpe of Thompson Township and seniors at Juniata College, Huntingdon, are spending their Christmas vacation at home.
The mother of Scott Runyan died at her home in Springfield, Ohio, on December 13.
The Odd Girls Club held its Christmas party on Friday evening at the home of Dorothy Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mellott celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary last Sunday.
Ernest Grant Harr and Virginia Maye Gordon were married on December 18.
Recent births: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Cam Mellott of Cito on December 14; a son to Mr. and Mrs. John Wiley of Cito on December 8; a daughter, Freda Faye, to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Souders of Cito on December 8; a daughter, Helen LaRue, to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Knable of near Mc- Connellsburg on December 6; a son, Clarence Ray, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gress of Ayr Township on December 2; a son to Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Elbin of Big Cove Tannery on November 22; a son, Carl Sheldon, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brown of near Fort Littleton on November 18; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Bivens of near Big Cove Tannery on November 18; a daughter, Ruth Maytta, to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin M. Fix of Ayr Township on November 16; a son, Samuel Robert, to Mr. and Mrs. Preston Wilson of Fort Littleton on October 30.


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Ubisoft's wee Assassin's Creed adventure is getting its own PlayStation Portable "Entertainment Pack," a bundle that might make it worth your while to invest in Sony's portable platform. What's in the box?
Obviously, you're getting Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines when the PSP game ships this November. But you'll also get the standard Entertainment Pack stuff, included an Altair-white PSP and ample storage. The official bundle includes the following, with one item still to be determined.
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Onkyo is cranking up its 2012 receivers with cloud storage. The company just announced plans to partner with MP3tunes.com, meaning that Onkyo owners can access the service's cloud-based Locker.
That Locker provides up to 2GB of music storage absolutely free. Once your music is in the cloud, it can be streamed directly to any of the company's 2012 network-capable receivers.
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Onkyo plans to add MP3Tunes capabilities as a standard feature on new Onkyo network-capable receivers starting in the first quarter of 2012.


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Vince Carter capped a 22-point performance with a 3-pointer that gave Dallas the lead with 6.5 seconds left, and the Mavericks held on for their third straight victory, 104-100 over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points for the Mavericks, while Elton Brand added 13 points and Darren Collison 11, including a pair of key free throws in the final seconds.
Eric Gordon scored 23 for the Hornets, who've lost three straight. Anthony Davis added 10 points and 11 rebounds, but left the game in the third quarter with a sprained right knee.
Jason Smith added a season-high 22 points for New Orleans and Ryan Anderson had 20, including a 3 that gave the Hornets a 100-96 lead with 55.5 seconds left.
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Vegetable Oils Refining is necessary for vegetable oils & fats or animal oils & fats so they can be used for cooking and frying foods. Chemically speaking, oils are Tri-Glycerides or "Fatty-Acid Glycerin Esters" (FAGE). One Glycerin molecule combines with three Fatty-Acid molecules to form one FAGE. Oils are a blend of different types of FAGEs. The Oils can be differentiated on the basis of the length of carbon chain in the Fatty Acids and the number and location of double bonds in the carbon chains of the Fatty Acids. LDer the number of double bonds between two carbon atoLD, the LDer is the extent of "unsaturated" fatty-acids in the fatty-acid profile of the oils. "Unsaturated" oils and fats are considered more desirable than "saturated" oils and fats from health point of view.
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Vegetable Oils are obtained from a variety of seeds, grains and nuts. Most common types of oil-bearing seeds and nuts are Canola, Castor, Coconut, Corn (Maize), Cottonseed, Mustard, Olive, Palm, Palm-Kernel, Peanut (Groundnut), Rapeseed, Safflower, Soybean, and Sunflower. Other major specialty oils are obtained from Almond, Avocado, Cashew, Grapeseed, Jatropha, Pecan, Pine, Shea, and Walnut. There are literally hundreds of other seeds and nuts that are available regionally around the world.
What are Animal Oils and Fats?
Animal Oils are obtained from a variety of animals. Most common types of oils and fats include Chicken-Fat (Chicken), Fish-Oil (Fish), Lard (Pigs), and Tallow (Cows). Each one of these oils and fats comes in edible and non-edible categories and multiple grades within each category.
Why is Vegetable Oil Refined?
Vegetable and Animal Oils and Fats have impurities such as Moisture, Solids (Insolubles), GuLD (Lecithins), Free-Fatty Acids (FFA), Waxes, and Compounds of Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, and other metals. These impurities must be removed to improve the functionality of the oils. Other characteristics of oils (such as Color, odor, and taste) are also considered impurities by modern consumers. These impurities are removed in a series of steps such as degumming (to remove guLD), neutralizing (to remove FFA), bleaching (to remove color), deodorizing (to remove odor and taste), and dewaxing or winterization (to remove waxes).
What is RBD Oil?
Refined Vegetable Oil is commonly called Refined, Bleached, and Deodorized (RBD) oil. As described earlier, these are the three main steps in the refining process; although additional steps are required in most cases.
Chemical Refining
In Chemical Refining, Vegetable Oil is treated with caustic lye for separation of free fatty acids from oil. This is a conventional process that can be applied to all oils. A byproduct of alkali refining is soap-stock, which is used for manufacture of low quality washing soap. Alternately, the soap-stock can be treated with acid to recover fatty acids. The waste-water from refinery requires extensive treatment. This can be avoided by alternate Physical Refining process.
Physical Refining
In Physical Refining, Vegetable Oil is subject to distillation to remove free fatty acids. The alkali treatment is completely avoided. This reduces the amount of waste water and eliminates production of soap. This process is becoming more popular.
The purpose of Degumming Vegetable Oils is to remove GuLD. All oils have hydratable and non-hydratable guLD.
a. Water Degumming: Hydratable guLD are removed by treating oils with water and separating the guLD. The guLD can be dried to produce lecithin.
b. Acid Degumming: Non-Hydratable guLD are removed by treating oils with acids and separating the guLD.
The purpose of Neutralizing Vegetable Oils is to remove Free-Fatty Acids (FFAs). Traditionally, FFAs are treated with caustic soda (NaOH). The reaction produces Soaps which are separated from the oil. Because trace amounts of soaps remain in the oil, the oil is either washed with water or treated with Silica. Some processors prefer not to perform caustic neutralizing. Instead, they prefer Physical Refining in which the FFAs are evaporated from the oil under high temperature and vacuum. This process can be combined with deodorization step described under FFA stripping. Physical Refining process is preferred because (a) it does not produce soaps; (b) it recovers fatty acids that provide better cost recovery; (c) there is smaller yield loss compared to caustic refining—especially for oils with higher FFAs; and (d) it is a chemical-free process. Bleaching
The purpose of Bleaching is to remove color pigments contained in Vegetable Oils. The oil is treated with Bleaching Clays that LDorb the color pigments. The clay is filtered and the clean bleached oil is stored for further processing. Process flow diagram is attached. Deodorizing
The purpose of Deodorizing Vegetable Oils is to remove odor substances. The oil is subjected to steam distillation under high temperature and vacuum to evaporate all odor substances. The resulting deodorized oil is almost bland and tasteless. FFA Stripping
As mentioned previously, the Deodorizing equipment can be modified to achieve Physical Refining. Since the conditions for deodorization and physical refining are almost identical, the modified equipment can be employed to achieve deodorization as well as physical refining. Fatty-Acid Recovery
Fatty-Acids are evaporated (distilled) in FFA Stripping. The Fatty-Acid vapors are condensed by direct contact with liquid Fatty-Acids to recover the evaporated Fatty-Acids. The distillation and condensation of Fatty-Acids is accomplished under very high vacuum to lower the boiling point of Fatty-Acids and prevent them from oxidizing. Dewaxing/Winterizing
The purpose of Winterization Vegetable Oils is to remove waxes especially in those oils that contain waxes. Such oils are subjected to chilling and filtration to remove waxes and other high melting point substances.
Winterizing is also used to separate the unsaturated fats from unsaturated fats—especially in Palm Oil or other saturated fats. The chilling process solidifies the saturated fats; thus enabling separation via filtration. Hydrogenation
Vegetable Oils have varying degrees of saturation levels. Some food products can only be prepared in saturated oils & fats. Hence, some food companies hydrogenate vegetable oils to produce desired level of saturation in the Oils & Fats. Vegetable oils can be hydrogenated under high temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst.
Bakery Fat
The bakery industry uses hydrogenated oil (i.e., shortening). However, the shortening for bakery application should be of smooth texture. Granular texture, while desired in vanaspati ghee, leLD to bleeding of fat in bakery products. Hence, hydrogenated oil is cooled under controlled conditions to get a product with smooth plastic texture suitable for the bakery industry. Technochem manufactures scraped-surface heat-exchanger to produce bakery fat.
GuLD (Lecithin) present in Vegetable Oils are valuable emulsifier and an additive in prepared foods. Hence, it may be profitable to recover them for sale to food companies. The degumming process described above produces a mixture of guLD, oil, and water. The mixture of guLD, oil, and water is introduced in a thin-film evaporator operating under vacuum to remove water. The resulting dry mixture of guLD and oil is sold as crude dry guLD or lecithin. The main design concerns are that the evaporation of water should be quick and take place under higher vacuum to prevent charring and discoloring of guLD.
Soap-Splitting (Acidulation)
The caustic neutralization process described above produces Soap Stock—a mixture of Soaps (Fatty-Acid Salts), Oil, and Water. Soap Stock, by itself, is a low value by-product—usually a waste product. However, it contains considerable amount of Fatty Matter, which may be profitably recovered for sale as a higher-value product. This is accomplished by converting Soaps into Fatty Acids by reacting with an Acid. The resulting product is a mixture of Fatty Acids and Oil (commonly called Acid Oil).
The physical refining process described above produces Fatty Acid Distillate—a mixture of Fatty Acids and Oil. The value of the Distillate may be enhanced by converting Fatty Acids into Oils through Glycerolysis. This is accomplished by reacting Fatty Acids with Glycerin to produce Oil. The resulting product is dried to recover oil for sale as a higher-value product.
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By Megan Smith
I have just completed my six week internship in the RSC's Education Department following completing a
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While playing around with FPGA-based sparse-matrix vector accelerators on the Avnet Spartan-6 LX16 Evaluation Kit I realized I needed a utility for uploading binary files to the board for testing. The board supports programming over a USB serial connection, but Avnet only provides a Windows-only utility for this purpose, which doesn't have the option to select and send binary files. I was also getting rather sick of having to switch to a Windows virtual machine just to run the programming utility, not to mention this beautiful user interface with jelly buttons and everything:
So I decided to make a small utility that would run on Linux, with simple text-based rx/tx as well as support for FPGA bitfile configuration and sending binary files. The "hardest" part was deciphering the text-based protocol for talking to the on-board PSoC, which is responsible for manipulating the necessary FPGA pins and pushing in the new configuration file. Since the PSoC firmware documentation was nowhere to be found on Avnet's download pages, I ended up using a serial port sniffer to see what the protocol looked like, which was something like this:
(lines prefixed with >> are TX from the progutil to the board)
>> get_config
>> get_ver
3.0.2 ack
>> load_config 1
>> drive_prog 0
>> drive_mode 7
>> spi_mode 1
>> drive_prog 1
>> read_init
>> drive_mode 8
>> fpga_rst 1
>> ss_program
>> read_init
>> read_done
>> spi_mode 0
>> load_config 0
>> fpga_rst 0
It took a little bit of trial-and-error and some reading of documentation on QThreads (for data rx-tx without blocking the user interface), and the result ended up looking like the following:
I cannot claim huge improvements on the user interface front, but at least it works on Linux and supports the minimal feature set needed to be useful. I'm planning to add support for power measurements, and the code certainly could use lots of cleanup, but we'll see how much time I have for that. If you are interested, the sources are available at:
I eventually managed to Google my way into finding the firmware documentation, which I've also put on github, in case someone has need of it at some point.
I eventually managed to Google my way into finding the firmware documentation, which I've also put on github, in case someone has need of it at some point.


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On Tuesday, Birmingham-Southern Biology major, Kate LeCroy, dropped by The Gardens to begin a project. Kate is trying to learn more about moth pollination. She placed a trap here here to attract moths. When she collects the moths, she will look at their tongues for pollen. "That way, I hope to make a moth visitation network," she said.
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This thought has come to mind a little too often for me, lately. Do we enjoy difficulty? If we claim a game we are playing to be difficult, is this a good thing, or a bad thing? On the surface, I would say my individual answer is yes. I know I personally enjoy a game that is more challenging, one that takes a bit of thought process or learned skill to get through. But are the games we are playing really difficult, do we just convince ourselves that they are, and do gamers today really want difficulty?
This topic is a lot more complex than the surface belies. As so happens, one of the myriad podcasts that I listen to, How To Murder Time (which I highly suggest you listen to as well), recently delved into the topic of difficulty, covered it pretty extensively, and led me to this post.
MMO Skill is an Illusion
What is difficulty, anyway? I think this is where the root of the issue lies. Difficulty can have a whole plethora of different meanings. The first one that jumps to mind, and the first one the podcast brings up, is "twitch" skill. It's found in it's purest form in games that don't offer many character development options and has level design that keeps getting more and more challenging, like Super Meat Boy. The Super Mario games are a great example, too. Sure, Mario can get larger by ingesting fungus but overall it's the levels that increase in difficulty. Completing the game becomes the accomplishment. It pits a specific level of skill that, if yours is too low, you'll never beat the game.
But what game nowadays has that kind of challenge? Even FPS multiplayer shooter games like Titanfall, which just released, has leveling progression in which you gain experience to attain access to better weapons and a bigger toolset to use against your foes. If you're then faced against a new, lower level player, sure, the lower level has a chance to use their skill to beat you, but the higher level players still have a decided edge. In this sense, are we leveling just to make content easier? Do we even want difficulty at all, if we work hard to nullify it?
You've seen the roosters strutting around in whatever MMO you're playing these days. Those peacocks of the gaming world, strutting around in all the best and shiniest gear. And good for them, it shows their dedication to the game that they were able to get their hands on said loot. But was it really difficult to do so?
In the grand scheme of things, here is the defacto MMO progression:
- Do content, get loot, level up.
- Use levels and loot to do higher level content, get better loot, level up.
- Repeat until max level.
- Continue to run content and get more loot (or just take the shortcut and buy it from other players on the auction house), which makes top level content easier.
- Keep running content until maximum loot power is achieved and game becomes too easy.
- Leave game out of boredom/complain about not having enough content on forums.
At that point, even the most difficult content becomes a cakewalk, but we've earned that through the time we put in to get that loot. Reward is good. But the entire time during this progression, the difficulty really hasn't changed. We level up, our gear levels up, and the content matches difficulty stride for stride. It's a linear progression. We do normal dungeons until they get too easy, then we do elite dungeons until they get too easy, then we do nightmare dungeons until we gear up to maximum and stop running them as they become too easy.
Our reward for running content is just to make content easier.
I've even heard content in The Elder Scrolls Online becomes trivial if you come back to it overleveled. A boss that gave you a hard time in the past suddenly is not so tough when you're 10 levels higher, are they? The difficulty in TESO, then, just comes in rushing forward too fast. I am starting to hear more and more good things about the "exploration" aspect of TESO, but have yet to be convinced that it's more than an illusion buried in the willing suspension (which relates to the next section).
Puzzle Solving is Entirely Optional
But difficulty through skill is not the only level of difficulty. As Jon and Tim go on to discuss, it could also be about puzzle-solving. This is my favorite, by far, and one of the reasons I love The Secret World. As a content filler gap they recently just added four new investigation missions to the game, which I consider to be the real meat and potatoes of TSW. I've already completed one, and without giving away any details, I had to pull some real mind-bending out-of-game stuff to figure it out (keep a smartphone handy).
But this kind of difficulty is only challenging to the player that wants to do it in the first place. Puzzle difficulty is entirely by choice if the player wants to challenge themselves or not. I'm not one to cheat, but sites like Youtube, Dulfy.net, TSWDB.com, Star Trek Online wiki, and a plethora of others just hand out the answers to anyone willing to search. I even had a search term today that led someone to this site where they were looking for the answers to one of the new TSW missions! They just came out on Tuesday! They didn't find it here, of course, but that they even were looking in the first place means something.
This isn't a recent issue, though. I remember buying games at Gamestop and part of the salesperson's spiel was to try to sell the guide to go along with it. Nothing has really changed, except it now costs a lot less effort and money to find the answers to these puzzles and quest guides.
/rant start
And find those answers gamers do in droves. So much that it's even demanded by the community in some situations:
Oh, going into a dungeon you've never been in before and you haven't researched it? What a scrub. What, do you just want to be carried by everyone else? You want to waste everyone else's time? How lazy and selfish!
Seriously, this is why I don't PUG or have any want to run group content at all. The communal expectation to be professionally knowledgeable about dungeons you've never set foot in are too high. There is no such thing as a noob the second those guides hit the internet, only "selfish" gamers.
Then it comes back to the skill to perform the guides steps, but "skill" in MMOs is really intrinsically linked to one's Gearscore (read: random loot tables over time). That's why the demands you see from the community for running PUGs keeps getting more and more ridiculous. These elitists don't want a challenge! They don't want to enjoy content with strangers! They're lazy and want the most reward given for the least amount of effort, and so demand that from others, unceremoniously booting those who don't live up to their demanding standards. Only those on the right side of the bell-curve may apply.
Can you tell I'm a little burnt out and jaded?
/rant end
Wrangling Herds of Cats, Though
Finally, there is, arguably, the only real true form of challenge left posed by MMOs today: dealing with each other. Kind of the point of MMOs right? Playing with others? But the highest level raid content, or just content made too difficult to solo is in these games for a reason. And that is the challenge of working with and coordinating a group of people who are all only looking out for their own self interests. The content itself may not even really be that difficult (of course it's not, "correctly" geared players mitigate the risk of failure), but organizing a group of 10-15 people to all do the same thing at the same time, with no real guarantee of reward, is impressive as hell!
The amount of time and energy driven to herding players to a single goal is outstanding. I know. Not from gaming, mind you, but I was a higher-up in a student run theatre company, and the experience is very similar. In the professional world, at least employees are being paid, but getting people to be dedicated to a common goal when it won't put food on their table is not exactly easy. It's why I put my time in theatre on my CV. It shows the skill of leadership when your charges are only present of their own whims. Having formal education in human psychology and group dynamics, though, doesn't hurt.
However, I'd still caution against putting "Raid Leader" on a resume, if only because the social stigma against gamers is still heavily present in society. The skill, though, the pure skill of human wrangling, is universal and still quite impressive.
More Than A Struggle
Aside from having to deal with each other, we've gone from the days of a game's content becoming easier with actual time, practice, and mental gymnastics, to becoming easier through in-game power ups and cheats. Do we get the same amount of accomplishment, though? I think what we gain is a lot more tangible.
We get great stories, we get great visuals, we get a sense of accomplishment not only at the end, but all the way through. We get lost in a great world. We get shared achievement. We get a thriving community that we can gladly raise our hand and claim to be a part of. We get a sense of belonging.
We get everything but difficulty.
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