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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:A classic!, October 19, 2018
(Spoiler - click to show)the secrets of the egg) and even making the maps on my own, though I can see how those can become tedious as well.
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed myself and look forward to picking up Zork 2 and 3 for the first time ever, soon.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:Play it, but don't play it first., December 31, 2017
by lastplaneout (Boone, NC)It almost goes without saying that the original Zork trilogy is a must-play for most interactive fictions enthusiasts. As someone who is relatively new to the medium/genre, it was gratifying to play through the first part of the trilogy (and then the sequels) after I had experienced some more recent works first. This set me up to have a whole bunch of "Oh, this is where that came from" moments as I played through Zork's underground that would have been lost on me otherwise. The narrative style of the game works really well for me when paired with a sense of vague familiarity.
The modular structure and dubious geometry of the underground may not earn the game points for realism, but I enjoyed mapping the maze-y areas with Trizbort while playing. There was also never a sense of "What do I do next?" at any point, I think due to the clear association of specific rooms with specific puzzles and functions. The puzzles themselves were hard as hell, but gratifying to complete.
While the game is obviously littered with ideas that become genre tropes and conventions later on, there are also some things that I am glad didn't stick. For instance, I never would have completed the meta-parser puzzles (e.g. (Spoiler - click to show)the cyclops and echo puzzles) without using a walkthrough. The (Spoiler - click to show)sceptre puzzle was also maddening, seemingly requiring knowledge of previous games and/or a willingness to brute-force every possible command into the parser.
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2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:Heaven in text form, April 24, 2017
by H. W. Wiliams (Sweden)One of the finest IF games I've ever played. I remember sitting at my old computer for hours just mapping out this game. If you like massive adventures, then this one's for you.
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A nice commercial clean-up of the MIT version, February 3, 2016
by MathBrushUntil last week, I had no idea that Infocom games were still available on current platforms. After downloading an iPad app, I had the pleasure of trying my first commercial game after 5 years of free interactive fiction.
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The manual and feelies were great, and the parser was very smooth, with great runtime. I missed several of Inform's features, especially when killing enemies. Overall, the game felt thoroughly tested, and a large number of the annoying features of MIT Zork were removed. Examples include a better coal maze, some of the smug writing, and better correlation between exits and etrances of nearby rooms.
I thought at first it was silly to split up the game into three, but having started Zork II, I am really enjoying the expanded versions. Very few of the free games I have played rival this kind of polished game, with Curses! and Anchorhead as my main examples of great gameplay.
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0 of 6 people found the following review helpful:Great Game, October 4, 2013
by Bron (Florida)This is one of the best ones out there
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:What We Talk About When We Talk About Zork, January 21, 2013
by ifailedit (arkansas)Looking at the back of the 1984 "grey box" release of Infocom's "Zork I," you, a prospective player, are promised that "during your amazing journey, you'll come face to face with creatures so outlandish, they defy description. And youll wander through an underground domain so vast, it can offer you new surprises no matter how many times you explore it." What a thing, all those years ago, to be told. We are also, helpfully, told what Interactive Fiction is: "You can talk to the story, typing in full English sentences. And the story talks right back, communicating entirely in vividly descriptive prose." Earlier (1983) promotional packing for the Commodore 64 focuses more on the technical possibilities of "Zork I," and provides a short matrix of what were most certainly impressive possibilities at the time--a vocabulary of "600+ words," "35-40 hrs." of play time, and a "multiple save feature." Players of available "hi-res" adventures like "The Wizard and the Princess," would find the promised vocabulary an incredible offering. The 1983 packing, in itself, is far more communicative than the 1981 "Barbarian Package" released by Personal Software, which came in a plastic bag and featured a heavily-muscled, bare-legged gentleman swinging a sword at a cowering, tan-skinned humanoid creature. This misleading illustration is accompanied by hardly any text at all save the requirements for operating the software: "For Model III BASIC TRS-80 with 32K and One Disk Drive." What one finds, considering the early history of Infocom's promotional material, is a company learning to explain what it is and what its products are. What on earth was this thing? The term "IF" itself had yet to be coined in 1981.
Enter the contemporary reviewer, who most likely has no such difficulties. Instead, many writers understandably take for granted that a reader will know just what IF is, and focus on whether "Zork 1" is a good game and attempt to answer the question of whether or not, as a piece of IF, it "holds up" in comparison to the works of today. "Holding up" is a problematic thing to measure. Certainly, were one able to visit the Globe Theater of Elizabethian times, one could complain that the actor portraying Ophelia is a man, but complaining thus would reveal a lack of understanding. "Zork 1" lacks the "AGAIN" command and many other modern conveniences, but pointing out said absences, while a helpful heads-up to the prospective player, is a misdirection, unless additionally explaining that "Zork's" publisher later invented these conveniences. One would hardly fault Intel for producing the Pentium II before producing the Pentium III.
Whether the modern player can ENJOY "Zork 1," then, is really a question about the player as opposed to one about "Zork." Can one adequately bring to to the GUE an understanding of IF's history? Can one know and marvel at the difference between, as an example, "Zork 1" and Sierra's "The Wizard and the Princess?" Can one, quite simply, accept "Zork 1" on "Zork 1's" terms? If not, players will probably find more rewarding entertainment elsewhere. If so, then there is much to do and enjoy in "Zork 1." The game world is vast, and many puzzles are quite challenging, affording a real sense of satisfaction when solved. Most of them do, that is. Some seemed, even at the time, unfair, especially when considering the fact that the most-readily available hints were, pre-InvisiClues, available via postal mail. Even guessing at the objective of "Zork 1" is difficult at first. The playfulness of the narrator will either amuse or grate, depending on the player's perspective--at times the narrator seems the primary antagonist.
Easily rendering the game unwinnable? Check. Save and restore combat? O mai oui. Guess the verb? Yes indeed. Inventory management? Certainly. One-dimensional NPC's? Present. "Zork" does not speak contemporary IF, in the same way that John Donne did not write in contemporary English. Donne is not for everyone, and neither is "Zork." Recommending "Zork," again, is a question of what interests a reader of IF. It ultimately has nothing to do with "Zork," which is and always will be "Zork"--the first but not best large example of z-code and all that it promises.
Perhaps a compelling piece of meta-IF could be crafted to simulate the experience of an early-eighties player confronting a game that troubles itself to provide responses to commands that do not advance the story, or includes objects as complex as the jewel-encrusted egg. Barring that, the player will have to bring his or her own sense of history to the piece, which may or may not be sufficient motivation to see beyond its now-dated technical and narrative techniques. Not every fan of "Black Ops" likes "Space Invaders," no matter how great an improvement it is, technically, over "Pong." Those who wish to know the giant upon whose shoulders "Anchorhead" stands will enjoy seeing firstand, or at least appreciate, how far IF has come, though one hardly need love "Zork" to love "Anchorhead." Which type of IF reader are you?
I myself still like "Pong," and occasionally see, depicted in hideous, pale blue text, a brief description of that silly white house and its boarded door. I see it in my dreams, all these years later. Five stars.
Again, from the 1984 packaging: "For the first time, youre more than a passive reader." Does what it says on the tin.
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0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:Zork, October 22, 2011
Enemies are easy and far in between so after a good 20 minutes of game play It becomes more of a exploring game; But your one light source is not eternal so saving often and then going back to get items using less moves is a must. You'll also find that many of the puzzles in the game are quite challenging.
the downsides are that the movement in certain areas are off, no real story line and most the game is spent trying to find out how to get around quickly.
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0 of 10 people found the following review helpful:AMAZING!!!, September 27, 2011
by Inventorman101I am thrilled with this game. It is amazing. This is one of my many favorite text-adventures. FIVE STARS!
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Note: this review is based on older version of the game.
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0 of 11 people found the following review helpful::), May 31, 2011
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:addicting and fun, even for the young generation of IF players., June 26, 2010
by lagran-G-an (Tel-Aviv, Israel)I enjoyed Zork very much, I thought it was brilliant. It is important to me to emphasize that Zork isn't only good for the sense of nostalgia.
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When Zork was at its glory commercial days I was still in diapers, so I cannot be blamed for having special feelings for the game. I have played it on a modern laptop using gargoyle, and have never seen it on flickering green commodore screen. Still, I enjoyed it very much.
after I got the point, the game-play was addicting. Zork has no story, but none is needed. The game has a huge world full of puzzles, that are very interesting and lots of fun. Thats all there is to it. The game can be played for a long time. I still haven't gotten all the points available. ((Spoiler - click to show) weird egg that keeps on breaking.)
Of course, it took me awhile to get used to some strange things that I had not encountered in more "modern IF" such as a limit in inventory, a limited light source, mazes and a thief. The vocabulary was not as good as I had usually seen in polished games, and the descriptions were minimal. But, after I got used to the thief and the limits these seemed strong points to me, that added to the depth of the game-play.Also, I didn't feel like anything was missing from the descriptions.
I must also say some parts of the game can be frustrating since it is easy to make the game un-winnable, and you'll probably have to play it a few times through ( (Spoiler - click to show) once for example, the thief stole my matches and i couldn't find them in any room, so I couldn't banish the demons or complete the puzzle with the gas room ).
Even though it has flaws, and needs getting used to (to players of more modern IF). After a short while it's flaws are barely noticeable, and the game flows. It has addicting gameplay and fun puzzles. A definite must-play In my humble opinion... even if you are from the younger generation of If players, like me.
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LETTERS & MESSAGES - April 2010
This article was originally published in the April 2010 edition of Soul Search, the journal of The Sole Society
From Armando Framarini - Soule Origins
I am just passing this along in case this has not been reviewed yet and may help in someone's research.
I am still of the opinion many Soule, Soles and variants of England are descendants of a Sol/Solle/Sold/Soldt that may have come with de Montfort to England from Belgium/Flanders area. My main interest is to see if there is a relation between my van Soldt/Solt family and German, Alsace, and American Soldt/Solt/Sold families. The Mayflower Soule name only became an interest of mine because of certain factors of time, location, background that there may be a possible connection.
I have included a "de Sole" wax seal recorded between 1295-1320 which may or may not help. It is inscribed S.R.DE.SOLE.SCABIN.BVSCO.DUCIS and is attributed to R. de Sole, Hendrik van Son, schepen van's Hertogenbosch, 1295-1320.
Also the Last will of John Sowle, but I noticed the use of Johannes instead of John on the document.
Click here to view the Will of John Sowle.PDF
From Roger Sutton:
On page 48 of the December 2009 Soul Search it said that "The Denne family tree is traced back to 1004". I enclose a paper produced by Paul Collins of North London in which he questions the Denne pedigree. Paul has been looking at primary sources in East Kent. He does not think the pedigree can be proved any earlier than the 1300's. I am sure he knows what he is talking about. It is virtually impossible to prove a pedigree back to 1004. I believe there is only one pedigree that can be proved back to Anglo-Saxon times.
I think the Journal is excellent, probably the best I have seen.
Ed: Only "probably the best" ?! I visited Hatfield House recently and was interested to see an impressive 22 feet long parchment showing the pedigree of Queen Elizabeth I back to Adam and Eve! Beat that!! Joking apart, Roger is of course right about the impossibility of tracing back to 1004 – unless you know better?
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Any parent knows the feeling of helplessness that overcomes you in the middle of the night when your child wakes up crying, they feel warm, and you see a number on the thermometer, like 104.0. You know you're in for a long night of holding, cuddling, comforting, and trying to bring that fever down.
But if it's your new baby, you're already sprinting into action, putting on pants, and finding a matching pair of shoes to take them to their first ER trip. This was me. I was the mom wearing the sweatpants, the robe, and a very tired but worried face. To complicate things more, I was out of town alone with my 5 month old and 3 year old.
This started out like any other common childhood illness.
ERs give me anxiety. I tend to word vomit every single thing that has happened leading up to whatever the reason is for our ER trip.
"There was fever of 104.0." I'll spare you with the condensed version.
Then there's vitals, needles, fluids, and tests. You sit there holding your breath, all while you know something is wrong and as much as you hate for there to be something wrong, you hope they just find something. You also hope its minor and easily treated.
For us, the first answer was minor and easily treatable; it was a UTI. A round of antibiotics was the plan.
When you finally get out of the ER, after what always feels like an eternity and your bones are practically frozen from the cold, you go home and back to the cyclical motions of cuddles, snuggles, and medicine. The medicine should start to make them feel better, right?
For us, it didn't. In between what should have been cuddles and snuggles, was fussing, crying, vomiting, and a lot more temperature taking. I can now tell you from experience, nothing sinks your heart more than seeing a number like 105.0 on the thermometer. We repeated the entire last 24 hours: ER, vitals, needles, fluids, and tests. Only to come back with the exact. same. answer.
At that moment, "ok, thank you." was all that came out in an effort to convince myself that a UTI was all that was wrong with him.
We all have that mommy instinct. It's that internal alarm that goes off when we feel something is just not right when it comes to our kids. Mine was blaring.
We went back to our cyclical days of crying, holding, fever, medicine. I tired so hard to ignore my mommy instinct and convince myself that it really was just a UTI. As the day went on, new symptoms were thrown into the mix and in an effort to further convince myself this was nothing serious, I came up with an excuse for every single one.
He developed a rash…must a reaction to antibiotics.
He lips got really chapped…we were visiting Chicago and he's never been in such cold.
His hands and feet looked swollen…no, he was just my super chunky baby.
But as a few days passed his eyes became so bloodshot that he looked like he hadn't slept in days (we hadn't). My baby who was big enough to look like he has never skipped a meal, stopped eating.
This wasn't a UTI. I couldn't ignore that instinct anymore. I can't believe I found myself walking through those automatic ER doors again with my baby lost somewhere in the bundle of blankets I was holding.
More vitals….wait, that's all they were going to do?! I was now the "crazy mom" who keeps bringing her son back to emergency room, where real emergencies are happening for what was eventually diagnosed now as "just a virus".
I lied above. Nothing sinks your heart more than knowing there was something seriously wrong with your child, to not be able to shake the feeling that if you don't get an answer, that your child might die, and only be told that this was "just a virus". I wanted to believe it was just a virus, but I couldn't.
I counted down the hours until our flight home and I could go straight from the airport to our pediatrician. When I finally stepped into her examine room, she listened, she looked, and asked, "Have you googled all these symptoms?"
Google? Dr. Google only says I have a brain tumor or I'm dying so of course, this would have been my usual go-to. But between the holding, worrying and temperature taking,I realized that I hadn't. How un mom-like of me.
"What day of fever is this?
"I don't think he has a UTI. I don't think this is just a virus. I think your son has something called Kawasaki Disease. He fits all the criteria and it's only day 6 of fever, meaning he is within the 10 day window, making this highly treatable and I would expect a full recovery. But you need to go to the children's hospital, like right now."
*Big sigh* Not sure if it was relief, as a wave of terror still flooded over me but I was relieved that we did have an answer. Kawasaki Disease became the official diagnosis at the hospital where we stayed for several days while he received a treatment called IVIG, its high dose immunoglobulin, and steroids.
We were lucky. Continued tests and monitoring showed that because he was treated on time, he did not develop the biggest complication of Kawasaki Disease, coronary aneurysms.
Many kids aren't that lucky. Kawasaki Disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children because they were misdiagnosed over and over. Kawasaki Disease attacks the heart by causing inflammation in the coronary arteries, which can lead to aneurysms. Had my pediatrician not been on top of it, missed the diagnosis, and we didn't receive treatment in the 10 day window, he would have had a 30% chance of developing an aneurysm.
If your child exhibits a high fever over 101.0 for more than 5 days and any combination of:
Cracked lips
Red eyes
Swollen lymph node
Red and swollen hands and feet
Strawberry-like tongue
Please bring up Kawasaki Disease to your pediatrician. It can often be confused with other illnesses. We were misdiagnosed 3 times by other doctors while we were out of town. You know your child best and with this disease, you just KNOW something isn't right.
Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day is January 26th. For more information, please visit Kawasaki Disease Foundation
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In the years since our Rotary Club was chartered in February of 1980 the membership has changed as individual members move to other parts of the country, pass away, or career changes make continued membership difficult at that time. But what has never changed in all those years is the strong sense of family that exists within the membership. We all feel close to each other and when one of us encounters a personal crisis they find out how quickly their fellow club members rally to their support.
As with any Rotary Club, members are generally invited by another Rotarian to join the club. That is not to say someone couldn't just say they would like to join but that is a rare occurrence. The 23 original charter members were all invited to help form the new club. Today there are still four surviving charter rc_members.
Our Rotary Club has a strong sense of community participation as we encourage our members to bring to the board service projects that are either in need of financial support or a hands-on effort to get completed. Some of our projects continue from year to year while others are a one-time participation. One such annual project is Fishing In The City, done in conjunction with the Silicon Valley Boys and Girls Clubs, the Santa Clara County Parks & Recreation Dept. and the California State Fish & Game Dept. Each year in February we provide an opportunity for about 250 boys and girls to go fishing. Often this is their first time ever being able to go fishing. Prior to the day of fishing we hold classes in how to fish and in water conservation. On the designated Saturday we provide them with both a breakfast and barbecued lunch and a morning of fishing. Whether the kids ever catch a single fish, they always have a good time and return home with big smiles.
Our biggest ongoing project is the support of Grant Elementary School in San José. This is a school of varied ethnic groups among the students and for nearly 80% of them English is a second language. Each year the school experiences nearly a 45% turnover in students. Our objective is to provide support on several different levels. First we recognize the teachers for their loyalty and efforts by providing a "Back To School" breakfast and then a lunch at the end of the year. All of this is our way of saying thank you for a job well done.
Throughout the school year we provide student and parent support. Each fall they have a Harvest Festival where members of our club operate various game booths (many of the games were built by our members) or other activities for the fund raising for the school's parent association. Each spring we provide scholarships for the fifth grade students to attend a week long science camp. For many of the kids this is their first time away from home. At Christmas time the school works with us to identify a dozen or so of the most "at-risk" families and we adopt them for the holidays. We determine what their gift wishes are and fulfill them along with providing each family member a blanket along with food and other items. There is great joy on the part of our members on the day we deliver all of the goodies to the families.
The Rotary Club of San José Silicon Valley doesn't limit itself to just the local community in reaching out to make the world a better place. In the past we have helped with a hospital in Santiago, Chile, helped build classrooms in a part of earthquake ravaged Peru, provided funding for a micro-credit program in Nepal, and other worthwhile endeavors around the world.
Rotary International is committed to the concept of World Peace and Understanding. Our Rotary Club shares that commitment. When we hold our annual charity auction in the spring, it is with the knowledge that the money we generate from this one-night event will be what enables us to fund our various projects the following Rotary year. It is those projects that are our contribution to Rotary's objective. Each and every member of this club is proud to be a Rotarian and proud to be a member of the Rotary Club of San José Silicon Valley.
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From the Nova Scotia Archives – 'A Vision of Regeneration' – Archives Halifax Explosion. Advertisements
From the Nova Scotia Archives – 'A Vision of Regeneration' – Archives Halifax Explosion. Advertisements
Chicago Herald masthead, December 7, 1917. Aerial view of the damage to Halifax as a result of two ships colliding in the harbour (one filled with 3,000 tons of explosives). The city was destroyed in the world's biggest explosion until the advent of nuclear weapons. The explosion was followed by a tidal wave, city-wide fires … More Chicago Herald Tells All!
Babies whose mothers had not been located and children injured in the Halifax Explosion on Dec. 6, 1917, were cared for in the YMCA temporary hospital. It was for babies to be identified if their mothers were dead.
Soldiers engaged in rescue work after the explosion, Halifax, 1917.
These following images were all taken by Lt Victor Magnus a officer in the Royal Navy stationed in Halifax at the time of the explosion. The images show the moment two warships collided into each another in December 1917, triggering an explosion which killed nearly 2,000 people. Amateur photographer Victor, who was based in Halifax … More Images Captured By A Sailor!
Explosion aftermath: Halifax's Exhibition Building. The final body from the explosion was found here in 1919.
A view across the devastation of Halifax two days after the explosion, looking toward the Dartmouth side of the harbour. Imo is visible aground on the far side of the harbour.
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Recently, when I was a booking a train ticket found the sentence 'Do you Want Travel Insurance'. After booking the ticket, one email consisting of travel policy document reached to my inbox.
After that, I started to enquire about this travel insurance. We have seen an extra price is to be added to the air ticket for the travel insurance. Now, it is also applicable for Indian Railway and specifically tickets booked through IRCTC.
We will look into the features, benefits of this IRCTC travel insurance. As we all know the importance of life insurance, this travel insurance is also important.
What is travel insurance?
Travel insurance is the insurance coverage when the person is in travel and this coverage is for life and any medical emergencies. The insurance is covered by a general insurance company. It will cover in case of train accident like collision, derailment etc. and terrorist attack, violence, robbery etc. The following three insurance companies have been appointed for the insurance.
- ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited
- Royal Sundaram General Insurance Co. Limited and
- Shriram General Insurance Company
Features & Benefits:
The insurance covers the death or permanent total disability benefit of Rs 10 lakhs, permanent partial disability of Rs 7.5 lakhs. It also covers hospitalization cost of Rs 2 lakhs due to injury and Rs 10000 for transportation of mortal remains.
The insurance is now free for all tickets booked through IRCTC. Earlier IRCTC used to charge Rs 0.92 for each ticket.
Also Read: What to Take Care Before You Buy Car Insurance Online
This insurance is applicable for all classes of travel in a train.
The insurance is applicable for all passengers booked under single PNR no.
The policy settlement time is very less i.e. 15 days from the claim submission.
Claim Procedure:
The insured person or nominee or legal heir should file the claim within four months from the date of occurrence. All the proofs including policy details have to be furnished to the insurance company. The documentation is clearly specified in the policy guidelines in case of various claims.
Terms & conditions:
- The policy is valid from the time when the train departs to the time when the train arrived at the final station.
- The accidental falling of any passenger from a train carrying passengers is also applicable for this insurance.
- The insurance has to be claimed within four months from the date of occurrence. The registered nominee or legal heir of the insured person can lodge the claim.
- The insurance benefit shall be paid within 15 days from the date of claim.
- All the insurance benefits shall be payable in INR only.
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You probably already know that you can enter azimuths or distances between two points implicitly by entering from-number comma to-number. For example, "12355,12366" is an expression for the azimuth or distance from point 12355 to point 12366.
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If you have checked Auto export coordfiles to Ascii on closing, in General Program Settings, then Copan automatically saves a list of coordinates in fixed-text format whenever a coordfile is closed. The precision of the coordinates has now been increased from 4 to 10 decimals.
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Bowling Green native and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart introduced himself to casual baseball fans last night with his impressive home run derby first-round, but he'll look to add to his reputation tonight when he starts the MLB All-Star game for the National League. Tonight marks Hart's second all-star selection putting him in an exclusive club of Kentuckians with multiple all-star appearances. Check out that state and others below in an All-Star edition of facts and figures:
- In total, 16 players born in Kentucky have been selected as MLB all-stars.
- Just 11 have been selected to multiple all-star teams.
- Hall-of-famer Pee Wee Reese leads all Kentuckians with 10 all-star selections.
- Ashland native and Arizona Diamondbacks right-handed pitcher Brandon Webb leads active Kentuckians with three selections.
- Florida Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla, born in Louisville, and Colorado Rockies right-handed pitcher Aaron Cook, born in Fort Campbell, are the other active Kentuckian all-stars.
- Former MLB outfielder David Justice, who was born in Cincinnati but attended high school in Covington and college at Thomas More was selected to three all-star games.
- Webb (UK), Justice and Paul Derringer (Georgetown College) are the only alumni of Kentucky colleges to be selected as all-stars.
Check out the full list of all-stars born in Kentucky with number of appearances below with active players in italics:
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- Jim Bunning — 9
- Paul Derringer — 6
- Travis Fryman — 5
- Stan Spence — 4
- Gus Bell — 4
- Brandon Webb — 3
- Dan Uggla — 2
- Mike Greenwell — 2
- Woodie Fryman — 2
- Corey Hart — 2
- Aaron Cook — 1
- Len Barker — 1
- Jay Buhner — 1
- Vern Bickford — 1
- Paul Byrd — 1
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Yet, on the Internet, more than anywhere else, your advertisement will be "buried" amongst thousands of other, similar, job offers. Therefore, it has to stand out for candidates to say "that is the job for me"! It has to do that without exaggerations and without creating unrealistic expectations in the potential candidates!

Here are a few points that might guide you to write an appropriate jobs advertisement on the Internet.

1. Select the appropriate site to place your advertisement.

Posting one, or several jobs, on a site has to be done with some strategy. You cannot just post on any site. Recruiters and Professionals will look at sites related to their profession or their skill level. There are some sites that give an overview of professional sites, though we found most of them not very informative. The person posting has to have a real understanding about where in the commercial-industrial hierarchy the offered job is located and then select the appropriate site. Over time, a human resource manager should be able to build up a list of appropriate sites for his job vacancies.

2. The Job and Company Description

The job description is not only about the job, but should also include some information about the type of organization a candidate is joining. The title of the job should be attractive to the potential candidate, but also descriptive so that the applicant immediately knows what the employer is looking for. That way the applicant knows, whether he/she can fill the offered position. If you are looking for an administrative assistant, you might phrase that as "Require a dynamic talented Administrative Assistant with initiative". Provide specific details of such as the skills requirement, the job location and for lower level jobs, the working hours. If you offer "flexitime" state that clearly, because for many employees it is an attractive feature.

For some applicants it is important whether they work in a "well established family owned business", a "large international corporation". or "a young and fast growing company".

3. Political Correctness

In the U.S.A., and to a lesser extent in the UK, Canada and Australia, "Political Correctness" is paramount. Be careful about the wording of your text to avoid any unintentional racist remarks or denigration of a specific social group. When you hire internationally, make sure that your text reflects the country or geographic area where you intent to hire. The rules there might be different from your home country. In many places you can specify without any problem "Looking for young dynamic, well educated Engineer between the ages of 30 and 45". You will not be able to write that in the USA because it would be seen as age discrimination.

4. Key Words

Because people will search for advertisements on the Internet with a search engine, selecting key words that give a short description of what you are looking for are essential, if you want your job vacancy to be found. The key words have to be correctly placed and must have a certain density to be recognised and found by the search engines.

5. Compensation and Fringe Benefits

Financial remuneration is an important aspect of the job search and the hiring process. Only in a few countries are actual amount shown in adverts. Sometimes a range is provided. Spelling out what else comes with the basic salary, the fringe benefits, paid vacation, children's school fees, paid further education and similar non salary items are usually important elements of the overall compensation. Similarly,the future development of the overall compensation package can be alluded to.

The final piece of advice is to structure your Internet advertising campaign for one of several jobs carefully, so that your search will be successful.

JobLine Internationalhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-818729948436531309.post-69433877141305631832010-11-07T10:56:00.000-08:002010-11-07T10:56:38.933-08:00Looking for a Job in the Worldwide Job Market - A Simple GuidelineAfter having looked for jobs at home, first within your area, then nationwide and not found anything, you might consider looking for a job abroad. You cannot lose anything! At worst, you get a few more rejections and what are a few more of those, when you did not get any positive responses at home! You have to think positively and take some chances!

The possibility to learn about new surrounding, new cultures contributing with your expertise, maybe even boost your earnings potential can boost your confidence and do wonders for your own system. Not every job offered abroad is for the high flyer. If you are hard working and willing to adapt, you are in with a realistic chance. Lets face it, you got yourself a reasonably good education for which you still pay through the loans you took as a student So, you better get the best use out of your investment.

While it is true that many jobs abroad will require knowledge of local languages, this does not apply for every job and in every area. Think of all the geographical area once colonized by the British. They are all English speaking and can be an excellent source for jobs. It is true that many of these countries have restrictions about who can get a work permit, and who can't, but there are possibilities where they need your expertise. Let's look at a few points that will help you redirect your job search strategies:

Select target countries and activities where the primary business language is English. As a native speaker you will have an advantage. This might include former British possessions, but should not be limited to those. There are jobs to be found in Paris, Geneva, Madrid or Sao Paulo, where knowledge of French, Spanish or Portuguese in the performance of the job offered is of peripheral importance. Think, for instance, of their local export industry. They need native speakers to make the advertising sound and look right, when they export to the USA or Canada. In other areas they need English native speakers to write user manuals, instructions or training manuals for their export products. If it is a technical product English speaking engineers are required to help in their after sales service and manage their technical help desk. In India for instance, they need language instructors and accent trainers, to teach the appropriate use of the language, including technical terminology to people who will later man the call centers. Whether that is for credit cards, airline bookings, searching for lost luggage, or software help is really immaterial. They all need language or accent training.

Once you have decided which country and which business area might be of interest to you, look at their method of hiring. Are they using staffing agents, executive search, temporary agencies or can you approach potential employers directly? Remember, high level Executive Search agencies are not really interested in getting your resume. They like to keep their hiring low risk by searching and poaching amongst the currently gainfully employed in the country. Thus keep your searches at the level where you really have a chance to be listened to and at least can present yourself in an interview!

One you have identified the country where you would like to work and the method or methods through which you would like to apply to employers, you will have to take a close look at your resume or Curriculum Vitae. Most American resumes read like a big sales document for the applicant, basically saying "I am the best, and if you do not consider me, you will be sorry for the lost opportunity". In many places this is seen as unnecessary boosting about your abilities. Write your CV coherent, factual, interesting by not getting into endless repeated statements. Cover the first five years thorough with specific statements, the five years before that a little more general and the five years before that with more global statements. Be specific about where you studied, with the name of the city and University, what you studied, naming the subject, and what degree you obtained. You might want to go through several iterations in your CV writing. If you need some help, look at JobLines resume page, which might put you on the right track.

Now you can start to select specific employers in the desired country. You could make two choices: Approach the major employers in that country, or go for the smaller less well known companies. These last ones are not that easy to find. Unless you have reliable local contacts, you will almost certainly be restricted to companies that have an Internet presence. One of the sources for the smaller employers might be the lists of the American-Country x Chamber of Commerce. Not all of these Chambers have well organized lists. Though, from most of the Chambers, you can buy the booklet with the list for around $30-$50. Another source can be local trade associations. Many of them have now websites. That will at least give you their contact address and phone numbers. You can also try their embassies here in the USA or wherever you are. Though, if you do that, you can easily end up in endless rounds of "Press seven"....."Now Press four" occupying your phone line for hours on end. Yet, another option is to find their local newspapers, though, that might only be easy if you live in places like New York or Los Angeles. Often you can also try local consulates of countries. These are usually located in major USA and Canadian cities, such as Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco etc. These consulates often have small libraries that keep up to date news papers from their home country. Another good source for companies and knowledge about the various countries are the Financial Times Country Surveys. Although, most of the Financial Times is now on a pay site, you can get the address and details here to order the country survey.

When you have identified a possible target company, you should go back to your CV and make it specific to the company you intend to approach. The same applies to writing a good cover letter. We can not over emphasize the need of some details in your CV. Create a Personal Detail Sheet that will give details such as Date of Birth, Place of Birth, a passport size photo, Nationality (Passport holder of....) Marital Status, Children (e.g., just state 3 boys (6, 7, 8). If you need some help, you can find inspiration here on our Cover letter page!

Never state your Passport Number or your Social Security Number. Never send original certificates to anyone. Though, in some, especially Asian and European countries it is normal to send photo copies of you university or other diploma with your CV. In some European countries you will also get a Certificate of Employment, every time you leave a job. If you have those, you should also enclose a copy (never the original) of those with your application.

Now, read and reread your application and your CV to make sure you do not have any mistakes or typos. Also make sure that if you do not know the name of the Human Resources Manager, you address him/her with Dear Sir/Madam. If you know the name, make sure you spelt it correctly. We have a simple rule here that is followed by many HR managers: If the name is not spelt right, the application ends in the wastepaper basket!

Now, you can send the application off and hope that it will do the trick! We will tell you in the next blog entry, what you have to do at the next stage!JobLine Internationalhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-818729948436531309.post-66009737250506652282010-11-02T16:42:00.000-07:002010-11-02T16:42:27.093-07:00Finding a Job in the present economic TurmoilFinding a job is always a difficult task. Finding the right job, is even more difficult. Current economic conditions are not a great help and whether new stimuli programs actually have a significant impact is somewhat in the stars.

When I was a young economist, I had always been taught that fiscal (taxes and subsidies) and monetary (printing money or in some other ways increasing the amount of money in circulation) measures need six to eight quarters to be seen to take effect within the economy. Current politicians, and even worse, the technical people who support them, appear to have forgotten that.
As a result, they implement measure after measure to satisfy populist demands for more jobs without really knowing, what the measures they have already taken, will do. Short of replacing the government through the ballot box, the individual cannot do much about the prevailing economic conditions. Even todays elections, may only lead to another set of opposing populist policies with uncertain outcomes.

Which really leaves the individual job seeker, where he has always been, relying on his own devices to get a decently paid and satisfying job, using the information at his disposal and a set of tools, such as a good and truthful resume and proper preparation for an interview to attain his/her goal.

This is how JobLine International can help you: By providing the right information with the right tools, so that you can present yourself in the best possible light to a new employer. JobLine Internationalhttp://email@example.com


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Blade Review: the Superhero Movie that Started it All
Hollywood is enjoying the box office success of superhero movies -headlined heavily by Marvel and DC based titles. But the road to having a good superhero movie is paved with a lot of lesser known films. Technically speaking, Blade is the very first modern superhero movie, making it a great film to study for those interested in the new trend. Of course, if you are a fan of the comics, then watching this movie also a must -because Blade is the first film that heavily influenced the comic book it was based on.
Meet the Daywalker
Eric "Blade" Brooks is a vampire hunter, and audiences get to know that pretty quick when Blade is first seen in the film obliterating a clubful of vampires. The fight scene is an action packed gory mess that sets the pace and tone not only for the rest of the film, but also for the sequels in the trilogy. Blade is quickly established as a cold hearted badass whose sole drive is to wipe out the vampires, and he does it with brutally stylish efficiency. But he is more than just a guy who hunts vampires. Blade is a hybrid -part human, part vampire. This gives him access to many of the vampire's powerful abilities, like speed and strength. But he is also immune to sunlight, and most vampire weaknesses do not work on him. The only problem that he has is the need to feed on blood -something he counteracts by using a chemical mix.
Despite having a rich comic book world to draw its mythos from, the expositional scenes move along at a pretty good pace. This orients the audiences about the uneasy balance between the more conservative and ancient vampire council as well as the brashness of the ambitious Deacon Frost. Not surprisingly, since Frost is the big bad who wants rule over humans while the other old vampires simply do not want do any unnecessary acts that would bring about conflict with humans, Frost manages to get on top (because if he didn't this movie would be without a central villain). His obsession with power also makes him target Blade, as Frost knows that obtaining the ability to day-walk would make him all the more powerful.
This Film Nailed It
Director Stephen Norrington is not all that well known (his list of films is not that many either), but his work in Blade is exceptionally good. The man has an innate sense for framing and many scenes on Blade would not look out of place as a dynamic shot for comic. There are even plenty of sequences that would be amazing as two page spreads. The way the film's point of view changes, shifts, pans, and even chases, brings the user much closer to the action. For a movie based on a comic book, the camera work for Blade is downright superb.
Casting Wesley Snipes as Blade is perfect, while Denzel Washington and Lawrence Fishburne were also considered for the role (at one point, so was rapper LL Cool J). But Snipes brings this degree of aloofness that is unique to the film version of Blade, and this makes his take on the character so iconic and memorable that it managed to be even better than the original one in the comics.
Evolving the Source Material
Comic book Blade started out as a side character who eventually got more interesting stories to get involved with (most prominently, before he had his own print, Blade got to hang out with the different Ghost Riders in Midnight Sons). While Blade has his own series by the time this film was made, it was Snipe's version that people started looking for in the comics. The concept of a Blade being a daywalker was added to the comics thanks to the film -they explained this by having vampire anti-hero Morbius bite Blade.
Overall, Blade is an amazingly fun movie to watch. The action sequences are top notch, the hero is someone that really feels like a great fit for the lead role, and the way that everything is pretty much resolved at the end gives the audience a satisfying level of closure.


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School Vision
'Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.'
W.B Yeats'Love learning and grow your brain!'
Staff, pupils and parents at Garsington CE Primary
School Aims
Our Red Kite school values (Responsibility, Enthusiasm, Determination, Kindness, Independence, Teamwork and Enrichment) are embedded into everything that we do within a nurturing and supportive Church of England school.
Everyone supports the school values that underpin our Christian ethos. Our values prepare children for living in a multi-cultural society.
We prepare our children with excellent life-long learning skills to meet the demands of a fast changing world.
We promote the growth mind-set approach to learning. Everyone feels fully involved and responsible for their learning.
The school is a vibrant, engaging and positive place where pupils and staff love learning.
Children leave our school confident, ambitious and independent, ready for the next stage of their learning.
We enrich the learning experience using the school environment, local facilities visits and visitors.
Our curriculum is exciting and fun and makes full use of our own school facilities, grounds and the local area.
Creative links are made with parents and those living in the local area.
Children are actively involved in our local community and the local community are actively involved with the school. Strong links with the local Church reinforce our Christian values.
Our Red Kite Values
Each letter in Red Kite reflects one of our school values.
We all aspire to be Red Kite Learners who are:
R: Responsible
E: Enthusiastic
D: Determined
K: Kind
I: Independent
T: a Team Player
E: Enriched
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On a fine Thursday evening, a little research on Google landed us on Quench's page, and we were absolutely blown by the whole 'night happy hours' deal. Hello there, drunken happiness. But only if life was that fair!
We believe that Andheri needs to be declared as a separate district. It's bloody huge. Being a bunch of directionless (in everyday situations and in life) adults, we had to heavily depend on Google maps to reach the destination. Now here is the tricky part. There is more than one Quench in Andheri. And each of us ended up at a different one. It took us an hour or so to coordinate and figure out which one to go (we had already dreamed of all day happy hours). Quench might be the easiest title that you can come up with for a bar, but try harder.
Now, Quench is written like 'Quence' and that causes a bit of confusion. A host who looks pretty Mumbaikar and spoke a Mexican accent (why though?), welcomes you. The cafe bar, which is divided into an open and air conditioned section, was practically empty. The ambiance is all the more ambiguous. There are pictures of pop music stars on one side of the wall (we could only identify Bob Marley and Beyoncé, not because we are bad with faces, but because it's that badly painted). They have chandeliers made out of empty beer bottles. One quote on the wall says 'Alcohol is the Photoshop for mind' and we just kept wondering how to make some sense out of it.
The DJ was good. He had the basic understanding of latest hits (lately, we have had a fuck-all DJ streak) and managed a good mix of EDM and house. Till our drinks arrived at our table, the music kept us in this. However, their TV screens kept playing another set of pop songs which gave us a hilarious trip once we were tipsy. Imagine a DJ playing 'Closer' while the screen showcases a bunch of girls running away from Justin Bieber.
We called for a round of Woo Woos (one on one at 420 bucks) which is basically vodka, peach schnapps and cranberry juice. Vodka and cranberry juice is a classic, and the peach flavor made it a little more vivid; we loved it. Four glasses disappeared in sharp four minutes. You could taste the vodka while feeling the soothing aftertaste of peach and cranberry. To be fair, this cocktail did 'woo' us over.
After falling in love with the first drink, we called for a 'Between the Sheets' which wasn't even a little dirty. It was supposed to be brandy, triple sec, white rum and lime juice, but fell flat on its face. Heartbroken, we went back to beer which was 109 bucks per pint, so that was an emotional roller-coaster. We finished our order off with 'Chicken Nachos with Cheese' at 300 Rupees (funny name though. Nachos come only with cheese, OKAY?) and Paneer Skewers. Both turned out to be pretty mediocre. Also, their presentation gave us heavy 'Social' flashbacks.
It's a nice cozy place to chill with a bunch of friends, but if your group is bigger than 4 people, don't go here because their seating arrangement sucks. Also, some of their drinks are superb, while some on their menu appear to sound just plain boring. Choose wisely.
Which Quench did we go to?: 1, Bharat Ark, Azad Nagar, Veera Desai Road, Andheri (W)
Cuisine: Multiple
Food you must try: Finger food
Cocktails you must try: LIT Pitchers and Woo Woo
Kind of music played here: EDM, Pop
Is there a dance floor: No
Average Price Per Head: INR 1000


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Oprah Winfrey breaks fans' hearts with sad announcement
Sorry, Oprah Winfrey fans!
If you wanted to see another celebrity delve into politics, it won't be Oprah.
The former talk show host has revealed that she will never run for US President.
The 63-year-old revealed the news in a podcast with The Hollywood Reporter.
"I will never run for public office," she said. "That's a pretty definitive thing."


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MUM vs BLR : RESULTS 4-3. Where is Joachim Fischer Nielsen?
Ivanov continues to win 2 matches at a time, irrespective of his partner!
Who is Robert Blair and where is Joachim Fischer?? Bengaluru lost another match they should have won
Malayasian team Hoon Thien How, Khim Wah Lim continue to under perform.
Captain Srikanth Kidambi continues to be reason Bengaluru TopGuns are staying afloat.


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Shakira takes her two kids to Miami museum
Shakira was seen last Friday with her two sons (dad is star footballer Gerard Pique) at Miami Children's Museum about which she was overheard saying is "the best children's museum I have ever been to in the world!"
Becca Tilley, a favorite contestant from last season of ABC dating show "The Bachelor," was spotted last week at Kimpton's EPIC Hotel, where she was seen cozying up to Robert Graham, a fellow alum from Season 9 of "The Bachelorette." The two spent their stay lounging in a cabana on the 16th floor pool deck and hanging on their balcony.
Portugal's star full-back Cedric Soares took a break from the soccer field Saturday to wine and dine his girlfriend Filipa Brandão at Seaspice. Arriving by boat, the couple sat by the riverbank for a romantic candlelit dinner. On Sunday, World Boxing Council middleweight Canelo Alvarez docked his yacht there and had a dance party with friends.
Manchester United player Blaise Matuidi and Paris St. Germain player Eliaquim Mangala were seen kicking back Monday night at Rockwell, where the DJ switched up his playlist to play French rap songs for them.