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Does Heroes of the Storm need saving?
@Calib4n @Binba442
This is the other point, the LoL and DOTA2 communities perpetuate that its a dumbed-down baby game. It may be a more simplified but that doesn't mean the skill ceiling is lower.
Its more focused on PvP team fights and removes some of the weird hangups that DoTA inherited from the Warcraft 3 engine like last hits, individual character levels and items. Its just "Different" in a lot of ways, things that define what MOBAs are to a lot of people. Reply +7
Timing is important with any game that relies on a large player base. Unfortunately Heroes of the Storm came out after LoL and DOTA2 had already hit critical mass. I've seen plenty of people start playing it and really enjoy it but if you already have a MOBA you love and are invested in (emotionally and financially) why would you change? Reply +17
Microsoft reveals Minecraft Store with virtual currency
@oliverlittle Yep, it really cheapens the site. Reply +26
Guild Wars 2 fastest-selling MMO ever apparently
It clearly isn't to everyone's taste but there certainly is content once you hit 80. It just isn't raid progression.
They are currently pushing new content every two weeks. It isn't small content either. Reply +11
Prison Architect dev Introversion explains the struggles indie developers face trying to get their games in shops
@RichieTenenbaum Bluetones! Reply 0
Microsoft creative director dismisses "drama" around always-online consoles
@djronz. It has never been confirmed that it needs to be online.
This is quoted from the SDK which caused all of the hub-bub in the first place.
"Durango will implement different power states so that it can always be powered on, but will draw minimal electricity when not in use"
"he console will be ready instantly when users want to play, and will always maintain a network connection so that console software and games are always current. With this "Always On, Always Connected" design, users will quickly and easily enjoy their connected entertainment experiences, with no waiting for the console to restart or install games"
It doesn't say anywhere that it is required Reply -7
I wish people would stop saying "Always On" means "Always Connected DRM" , its like the internet has had a collective reading comprehension problem.
It means it is "Always On" so that it can pull updates, receive messages and have background services running. In the same way that your smart phone runs in low power mode but still receives messages, email and calls when you aren't actively using it.
The PS4 has exactly the same functionality but they didn't use the words "always on". When it is running in standby it will still be on so that you can connect to it using your Vita etc. Reply -43
Current-gen PSN games won't transfer to PS4
Surface with Windows 8 Pro priced at $899 for the 64GB version
Nintendo removes Mario Wii U 1080p claim
I'm wondering if they just removed "1080p" because it doesn't mean anything to their general audience. Reply 0
Guild Wars 2 paid tournaments, rentable arenas are first steps towards eSports goal
Just play sPvP, the chests always seem to have tickets in Reply 0
Digital Foundry vs. Warface
@makeamazing Tribes Ascend seems to be doing very well for itself and a good game to boot.
Someone does however need to make the F2P model work for Single Player games. May I suggest people look at Shareware, it made ID what it is today. Reply +8
Uniloc founder hits back after Minecraft fans vent fury in "disgusting" emails
"inflammatory remarks from the cheap seats".
I quite like this guy :)
On Topic: I hate software patents like this but I can't help thinking all of the people sending hate mail are letting the side down. Reply +44
Ellie Gibson returns to Eurogamer, Oli Welsh becomes Deputy Editor
Its starting to feel a lot more hyphenated around here again Reply +2
Age of Empires Online now entirely free-to-play
Exactly what they should have done in the first place. Too late for me I'm afraid. I Blogged the following during beta just before they slammed the restrictions in to it.
Age of Empire itself is free to play, all of the basic content is there for you to play without spending a penny. You could happily play the game like this and never get bothered by someone trying to sell you things. You can however spend money and buy extra civilisations and bonus units. This model seems to be channelling the spirit of Shareware. You get a good full chapter of the game for free which everyone can try, if you like it you buy more content. This is exactly how the Free-to-play premium model should be done. I hope Robot Entertainment and Gas Powered games the best of luck with this project as it deserves to do well.
And then this afterwards
Age of Empire Online finally emerged in to the wild, boy have they hacked up the free version.
A most of the payment structure which I talked about in my last Age of Empire's post is now wrong. Gas Powered games, what the hell are you guys doing there? You can't play for 5 minutes without being reminded that you are on the crippled version. You guys seem to have made the best attempt possible to butcher the game up to limit the free to play players. You can't even equip most of the drops you get it chests.
Next little annoyance I found with it was that you could only buy items from the shop using MS Points. Points which you can only buy in bulk. Bulk which is larger that a Premium Civilisation but not large enough for you to actually buy anything else with. I've never really had a problem with Games for Windows Live before but you guys really are a crafty bunch of jackals.
I was really hoping the AOE:O was going to be the return to form of the RTS genre. The game itself is solid, classic RTS with a spattering of RPG and gear elements. If you are willing to pay for a premium civilisation it is still well worth playing but don't fool yourself in to thinking this is free. It's a demo that unlocks when you feed it money. Reply +2
Spec Analysis: Microsoft Surface
but third-party applications cannot be installed using itYou might want to reword that. Yes they have to be come the built in Store but they can come from 3rd parties. Just like Xbox Live Arcade games I suppose Reply +13
Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event date, details
@WillyWongler which capital city are you talking about? The norn one is quite sparse but the others were really big and full of life. Reply 0
Grand Theft Auto 5 vehicle list found on Max Payne 3 disc
Oh Rockstar, you would have thought after hot coffee they would have had a memo about this sort of stuff Reply -5
PlayStation 4 codenamed Orbis, has anti-pre-owned system - report
and the same anti pre-owned system that was said to be used by the PS3? Reply +66
Mistborn author collaborating on Mistborn RPG
The four books are extremely good and very creative. I don't hold out much hope for a game though :( Reply +3
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Preview: Revenge of the Fallen
"Tell Grimlock about petro-rabbits again"
Am I doing this right? Reply +8
Sony has shipped 10.5m PlayStation Move units
The Hardware itself is "successful" , it works accurately and smoothly.
The software line up that backs it up and makes the whole thing worthwhile. Not so much.
Other than a small wave of launch games it has been more or less dead in the water. Reply +7
Blizzard tempts WOW players back with Scroll of Resurrection
Jumping the shark Reply -1
Mobile Controller Group Test
They are made by the same people, using the same parts. Reply +1
Capcom announces Resident Evil 6
I was excited watching the dark moody section with Leon in it.
Then Chris turned up.... Reply +11
Sony patents biometric controllers
Didn't we hear most of this about before the PS2 and it Analog buttons came out? Reply 0
SWTOR pre-order in-game extras detailed
HoloCam - lets your character take high-resolution images of anything you encounter during your journey across the galaxy
*Looks at print screen key* Reply +3
Nintendo 3DS second circle pad revealed
Ugghhhhh what a mess Reply +49
Sony Ericsson: No need for Xperia Play 2
I was looking for a new phone when this came out. Even on launch day the specs were behind the times, the only thing this device has going for it is the control pad.
"When you go into things like dual core versus single core, what a lot of people don't understand or appreciate is the actual benchmarking and the ability of a device to do what they do, dual core doesn't mean it's faster"
This is very true....if the parts weren't standard industry parts that are clearly not at the cutting edge any more. This isn't an exotic device with a never seen before design. Its a standard phone with a slide out joypad.
"This is PlayStation Certified, and it's been proven by all of the discussions of a very technical nature we're having with publishers"
They have talked about it and its so awesome they put their name on it! Reply +1
Nintendo eShop update - 08/09/11
"After last week's flurry of ten NES titles for 3DS Ambassadors, this Thursday's downloadable roster is a return to business as usual. No, don't go to sleep yet.
Minecraft fans! Ever wanted to race cars as well as build giant structures/reproductive organs? 3D Pixel Racing blends arcade driving action with distinctive blocky visuals, reminiscent of Minecraft's angular world."
Made me think 3D Pixel Racing was for the 3DS, realised i was wrong , going back to sleep now Reply 0
NCsoft reveals first Wildstar images
"Guild Wars 2 Screenshots & Images" Reply 0
3DS price cut sees Japanese sales soar
I bought mine at the weekend. The hardware itself is up to Nintendo's usual standards and I've quite happy with it. However I can see exactly why Nintendo are having problems with it and there seems to be exactly the same feelings here. Where are the games, i mean like anything, please!
I know all consoles have fairly dry periods at launch but this is ridiculous. Even the eShop seems empty. It was summed up for me when i was looking at 3DS game trailers on it and noticed that half of them weren't even in 3D. Half Arsed Launch Reply +1
Minecraft Pocket out on Xperia Play
Sony: Sorcery "still in development"
Such a waste, so much potential that will never be tapped. Will this be the Move's Milo? Reply -9
PS3 owners get free Music Unlimited trial
Free stuff.....something must be wrong Reply +1
Star Wars Old Republic intro cinematic
Ok that was actually surprisingly good. If they keep that up for the whole game I'm in. Reply 0
NGP's backwards compatibility unveiled
The backwards compatibility for the PlayStation products always works out well doesn't it.... Reply 0
Frozen Synapse
Well Done Mode 7, I hope many other small developers follow the pre-order beta access like you guys have done. I'm sure without it there is no way so much time, effort and care could be spent getting the game up to the standard it is today.
Oh and it doesn't hurt that the concept is brilliant. That always helps Reply +4
Civ World for Facebook gameplay trailer
Collect my harvests... yeah this isn't aimed at me Reply 0
Age of Empires Online out this Autumn
This deserves to do extremely well. It is plays the Free to play / Premium content model perfectly. Reply 0
Age of Empires Online beta open to all
I've been in the closed Beta as well, I would recommend it to any RTS fans. It is a very good blend of traditional AoE RTS with some mmo mechanics Reply 0
Portal 2 Steam release today?
I don't want to put a downer on the vibe but perhaps this is just when the predownload becomes available in preperation for release next week? Reply -9
Mortal Kombat has online pass - report
I can see where you are coming from. I thought it would be a good time to start a rental account, it would also be the first time I've actually rented a game in years. I've cancelled the rental, I've cancelled my rental account.
I would normally buy a new Ł40 game every month however WB games won't have any of my money and nither will any one else who keeps up with this Online Pass bullshit. Its not causing any additional load on their servers, its just plain money grabbing.
I'm expecting someone will say "If you buy it new you don't have to buy the pass, so whats the problem?". Its the principle thats the problem. Also what happens if i go to sell it a year down the line, I get less money for it as the new owner has to splash out another chunk on top of what they pay me. Reply -1
Oh lovely I was due to rent this....so I won't be able to play online properly....Great...Thanks Guys
I'm just going to dispair now.
In fact I will be voting with me wallet, this isn't OK Reply +2
Darkspore open beta goes live
Playing the beta has actually put me of this completely. A lot of people seem to like it but for me the it seems like they have taken the best part of spore (the creation tools) and removed a lot of the flexability from them. Reply +1
Full Mortal Kombat roster revealed
as DDevil has said Dan Forden the "Toasty!!!" guy is in the new one as well. He is also sporting a shirt with a slice of buttered toast on it. Reply 0
Top Spin 4
I have to agree with the others, this review needs so information about the motion control options. Considering motion controllers usually sit quite well with Tennis games it seems odd to overlook what could be a showcase for them. Reply +4
EA: 1.5m register SWTOR beta interest
I agree, thats why I haven't been playing them :)
There is a major difference though with MMOs though. With FPS you can be sold the game based on hype, once you have the game it doesn't matter how you feel about it, the company has its sale. With MMOs if you buy the game based on hype but then don't continue playing it the company suffers. They need you to keep playing and paying for the model to work. Reply 0


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The British & International Franchise Exhibition in London
High quality franchises, accredited by the British Franchise Association, will be present at the British & International Franchise Exhibition next year, offering top opportunities from a cross-section of business sectors – from management consultancy and recruitment to food & drink, health & fitness, cleaning companies, and children's activities.
As well as being able to source franchise opportunities, the exhibition is also a great place to visit to receive free, expert advice and gain essential information on franchising in the UK. A number of special features have been organized including free franchising seminars from the British Franchise Association (bfa), an Exhibitor Presentation Theatre, the Growing Your Own Business Exhibition & Conference, the Women in Franchising Zone, a Franchisee Forum and the Find Your Franchise Zone
Next year's exhibition is being held at Grand Hall, Olympia, in London on Friday 20 March 2009 and Saturday 21 March 2009.

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One of the most important milestones in the evolution of life occurred when paired fins (and later limbs) appeared, leading to new types of locomotion. Now, in the advanced online issue of Nature, scientists show that, although originating from different cell types, human limbs and median fins share a common developmental mechanism. These results support the idea that it was from median fins that all fins and limbs evolved, a hypothesis that has been around since the 19 century, but, until now, has never been proved.
The earliest vertebrate fossils show only well-developed dorsal and ventral (median) fins what has led researchers to suspect that these were the basis for which all paired fins and limbs evolved. However, their different location (median versus side of the body) seemed to indicate that they appeared from different cells in the embryo, which challenged the common-origin idea.
In order to investigate the issue, Renata Freitas, a Portuguese scientist, together with Guang Jun Zhang and Martin J. Cohn, all working at the department of Zoology, University of Florida, studied the embryonic development of Catshark's fins. Catsharks are sharks found in the Atlantic and owe their name to their flat heads and long, catlike eyes.
The researchers started by marking the different cells from the embryo and following their development, in order to understand which cells originated the different parts of the shark's body. Next, they investigated the activity of different genes during fin development. From these two experiments, Freitas and colleagues discovered that the median fin of Catsharks, although originating from different embryonic cells, uses the same genes (Hox and Tbx18) during development as limbs and paired fins.
"Given that paired fins made their evolutionary debut at a particular location on the sides of the body, intuitively one would think the genetic tools for fin development would be brought together in that place," said developmental biologist Martin Cohn, an associate professor with the University of Florida (UF) departments of zoology and anatomy and cell biology and a member of the UF Genetics Institute. "We've discovered that the genetic circuitry for building limbs first appeared in an entirely different place — the midline of the animal."
To further confirm this hypothesis, Freitas, G Zhang and Cohn decided to study lampreys, which developed into an independent lineage before the appearance of the first modern fish (and so before the appearance of paired fins). Again, they found that lamprey's median fin used the same developmental program as catshark's median fins or human limbs.
"That we see these same mechanisms operating in lamprey fins tells us they must have been assembled in the median fins first, and later in evolution this entire genetic program was simply reutilized in a new position to build the first paired fins," Cohn said. "It tells us our own arms and legs have their evolutionary roots in the dorsal, caudal and anal fins of our fishy ancestors."
Furthermore, the fact that lampreys – one of the most primitive of living vertebrates- already use this fin's developmental mechanism raises the possibility that this genetic program might have developed even before vertebrates. To investigate that, the researchers now plan to see if cephalocordates, which have appeared before the vertebrates, share a similar genetic mechanism behind the development of their fins.
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A couple have celebrated spending 70 colourful years together in two separate hemispheres.
Len and Beryl Sexon met in Rhodesia, Beryl's homeland, during the Second World War.
And after a whirlwind courtship, the couple tied the knot during the hostilities.
After the war, they returned to England for two years, then went back to Rhodesia for 33 years, before finally settling in Northampton 34 years ago.
Mr Sexon, aged 94, and Mrs Sexon, aged 89, of Little Billing, celebrated their platinum anniversary yesterday.
They have an impressive 10 children, 25 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
The couple met when Beryl was in the Rhodesian Air Force and Len, an armourer in the RAF, was posted overseas.
Len, who is originally from Wales, said: "The first time I met my wife I was at a dance with the WAAFs. I'd had a few too many and I was doing the jitterbug when everyone else was waltzing."
Beryl was with a friend, Don, who would eventually be Len's best man. Len told Don he was going to ask Beryl out.
He said: "Don said she would never go out with me. I said I'd bet him a week's wages she would. He never did pay the bet!"
Beryl said: "I would not change him for anything. He has been the best."
The post-war years were eventful ones for Mr and Mrs Sexon. When they returned to Rhodesia after two years in England, Len enjoyed a varied life. He worked as an engineer for Rhodesia Railways, and also served as mayor of Bulawayo for two years, and was a city councillor for 16 years.
After returning to England, the pair both worked for Tesco in Northampton, first in Gold Street and then Mereway.
Len was 74 before he retired from his role as a security guard.


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As for other marquee destinations, Ring of Honor seems like an awkward fit – Anderson's ring style doesn't seem like it would mesh well in an organization that prides itself on high flyers and technical wrestlers. Anderson's biggest strength has always been his booming voice and his witty mic work, but as user FitFinlay4Life points out, that strength would be negated in Japan or Mexico. Anderson would be in heavy demand on the indie scene – in fact, he would instantly become one of the biggest names and most talented performers available for independent shows. But that seems to be a stressful life of travel and constant searching for the next check. Bill Barnwell of Grantland.com wrote an article a few months ago about the "hometown premium," a psychological phenomenon that often leads athletes to refuse to sign a smaller contract with their current employer. I hope, for Anderson's sake and ours, that he remains open to negotiating a pay cut with TNA.
Granted, there's no guarantee that TNA is motivated to re-sign Anderson, but I think it would be a mistake for them to let him walk. They've invested a lot of money, time, and energy into that King of the Assholes character, and he's still solid in the ring and one of their very best with a microphone. Mark Madden thinks TNA needs to do "a legitimate reset," and I'm inclined to agree – the recent wave of layoffs implies that the organization is leaking money like a sieve. But even if they bring in an all-new roster of young talent, they'd need a few veterans to attract interest and get them over. Presuming that Anderson will sign for less than his current salary, he's still a guy who can build feuds and deliver on a pay-per-view.
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A Science paper on which Dr. Jaime Grunlan and his graduate student Greg Moriarty were co-authors has made the list of most-cited papers in chemistry.
The paper, "Two-dimensional nanosheets produced by liquid exfoliation of layered materials" (Science331, 568, 2011), was the fourth most-cited paper in chemistry for the two-month period of May to June 2012.
Grunlan is an an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and holds the Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Career Development Professorship. He has a joint appointment in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering and is a faculty member in the interdisciplinary Materials Science and Engineering Program.
Grunlan and Moriarty were co-authors on a paper published in the journal Science that was part of an international research collaboration with faculty in the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and the University of Oxford.
In the paper, principal investigators Dr. Jonathan Coleman of Trinity College Dublin and Dr. Valeria Nicolosi of Oxford explain a new way of splitting layered materials to give atom thin "nanosheets." This discovery has led to a range of novel two-dimensional nanomaterials with chemical and electronic properties that have the potential to enable new electronic and energy storage technologies.
The scientists have invented a versatile method for creating these atom thin nanosheets from a range of materials using common solvents and ultrasound, utilizing devices similar to those used to clean jewelery. The new method is simple, fast and inexpensive, and could be scaled up to work on an industrial scale.
Grunlan said, "My Ph.D. student did some measurements on films produced in Coleman's lab to show that they exhibit thermoelectric behavior (i.e., could convert heat into electricity). We were approached by Dr. Coleman because we already have a reputation for producing novel thermoelectric materials."
For decades researchers have tried to create nanosheets from layered materials in order to unlock their unusual electronic and thermoelectric properties. However, previous methods were time consuming, laborious or of very low yield and so unsuited to most applications.
"Our new method offers low-costs, a very high yield and a very large throughput: Within a couple of hours, and with just 1 mg of material, billions and billions of one-atom-thick nanosheets can be made at the same time from a wide variety of exotic layered materials," Nicolosi said.
These new materials are also suited for use in next generation batteries - "supercapacitors" - which can deliver energy thousands of times faster than standard batteries, enabling new applications such as electric cars. Many of these new atomic layered materials are very strong and can be added to plastics to produce super-strong composites. These will be useful in a range of industries from simple structural plastics to aeronautics.
Moriarty is a Ph.D. student in the Materials Science and Engineering Program.
Grunlan joined the Texas A&M Engineering faculty in 2004. He received a bachelor's degree from North Dakota State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. In 2007, he received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for his research into controlling the microstructure of high aspect ratio nanoparticles (e.g., carbon nanotubes) using stimuli-responsive polymers.
Earlier this year he received the L.E. Scriven Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Coating Science and Technology "for innovative and high-impact research into coating methods and materials for barrier, flame resistance and electronic applications."
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July 6, 2011
BOSTON — Reputed mobster James "Whitey" Bulger pled "not guilty" Wednesday to an indictment accusing him of participating in 19 murders.
The 81-year-old former gangster was the leader of the notorious Winter Hill Gang, a Boston outfit involved in drugs, loansharking, extortion and murder. He was also an informant for the FBI, and provided the agency with information on his rivals in the New England mob. He fled Boston in 1995 when his FBI handler tipped him off that the government was building a case against him, and was discovered last month in Santa Monica.
Last week, a federal judge granted Bulger access to a public defender paid for by taxpayers. The lawyer is Jay Carney Jr., a veteran Boston criminal defense attorney, who previously represented the gunman behind the 1994 shooting spree at two Brookline abortion clinics. Legal observers say Carney is well-suited to the job of defending Bulger, but Carney is asking that attorney Janice Bassil be appointed to help him with what he says will be a very "complex" case.
In a separate ruling last week, a judge granted the prosecution's request to drop an earlier indictment against Bulger to focus on the murder charges.
Bulger is currently being held in the Plymouth House of Correction. If convicted, he faces life in prison. He may also face the death penalty in Florida and Oklahoma, where he is wanted on murder charges.
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Candy Crush Decoration Theme is inspired from an android application which originally was a Facebook game. Candy Crush is a match-three puzzle game which make use of different colored candies such as red jelly bean, yellow lemon drop, blue lollipop head and others. Same concept with the game, the Candy Crush Decoration Theme is comprised of different colored balloons. However, you may specify colors like blue, purple, lime green, orange, yellow and red as these are the regular colors in the game. And so, let your child's party feel the sweet yet yummy set-up with the balloon decorations.


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The New York Times bestselling author of modern and authoritative historical narratives, Nathaniel Philbrick's works include the National Book Award-winning In The Heart of the Sea and Boston Globe Horn Book Award recipient Revenge of the Whale, which both recounted the mythically tragic 19th century sinking that inspired Melville's Moby Dick. Philbrick's other books include Mayflower, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; Sea of Glory, which circled the earth's oceans with the U.S. Exploring Expedition of the 1840s; and The Last Stand, a chronicle of the iconic clash at Little Bighorn in 1876 that gave birth to the legend of Custer's Last Stand. In Bunker Hill, Philbrick offers a fresh perspective on the first major battle of the American Revolution, closely examining the cataclysmic nature of how our country began.
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A while ago some Diablo 3 strings were datamined about launching the game from the battle.net launcher. Ghostcrawler also speaks about this new feature that hasn't been announced yet.
I keep coming back to this idea of battle.net become the outer layer of all the blizzard games. They wrap together the game launchers, the blizzard store, the forums, into this one overarching feature.
I have always thought its stupid to lose your chats with people using real ID or battle tags when switching between characters. These chats should be at a battle.net level, so when I switch characters I can continue my chat logs. This also ties into this new battle.net layer having an better built in voice chat.
Possibly this upper account layer would allow for cross-realm items like heirlooms.
With Heart of the Swarm, I believe they are adding in the chat channels and clans? (I can't remember) But maybe that isn't just for SC2, maybe we can go back to the old battle.net days of having WC2/WC3/SC1/and D2 people all chillin in the same chat channel.
I think I'm getting a bit off focus, I just see this integration known to be coming, and wonder what it will bring. And of course, some people would be like: is that it?


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Tuition Set By Board of Regents For FY '98
Atlanta — April 9, 1997
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia today (April 9) approved a 6 percent general tuition increase, effective July 1, 1997. The action was taken at the board's April meeting, held at Atlanta Metropolitan College.
At the System's two-year institutions, resident tuition will increase by $22 per quarter, from $360 to $382. Undergraduate tuition at the University System's regional and state universities and four-year colleges will increase by $32 per quarter for in-state students, from $528 to $560 per quarter. At the System's research institutions, resident undergraduate tuition will increase from $705 to $747 per quarter for in-state students, a $42 difference over last year.
"The Board of Regents' strategic plan makes a formal commitment to guaranteeing educational access and affordability, even as we pursue academic preeminence," said University System Chancellor Stephen R. Portch. "We are moving forward in implementing the board's ambitious plan for enhanced academic quality, yet Georgia is still a low-tuition state. Both among our peers in the Southern region and nationally, we are exceptionally competitive in keeping our costs low and quality high. Students are benefiting from unprecedented support for public higher education in Georgia, which allows us to offer such an outstanding educational bargain to our citizens."
Nationally and regionally, Georgia enjoys excellent rankings for affordable tuition. According to an annual study conducted by the Washington University System, the 1996-97 average national cost for undergraduate attendance at a research university is $3,358 compared to $2,694 in Georgia. At the college and state university level, that average national cost is $2,645 compared to $1,932 in Georgia. At the two-year college level, the average national cost is $1,457, compared to $1,190 in Georgia.
Within the 15 states served the by Southern Regional Education Board, Georgia ranks sixth of 15 states for the cost of tuition at a research university. The regional average is $2,193 compared to Georgia's $2,559 for university matriculation. Among SREB colleges and state universities, Georgia ranks seventh of 15, with a cost of $1,965 compared to the regional average of $1,917. Among two-year and community colleges in the region, Georgia again ranks sixth of 15, at a cost of $1,128 compared to the regional average of $1,000.
Out-of-state students attending University System institutions will pay from approximately 7 to 12 percent more than last year, depending on the category of institution they attend. In line with its Policy Direction on Tuition approved in 1995, the board continues to implement its four-year phase-in plan aimed at having out-of state-students pay their full cost of education. That policy results in the following tuition increases for non-resident undergraduate students: At The University of Georgia, 12.3 percent; at Medical College of Georgia, 12.3 percent; at Georgia State University, 7.4 percent; and at Georgia Institute of Technology, 7 percent. At the regional and state universities and the four-year colleges, out-of-of-state student tuition will increase by 12.4 percent overall, and by 8.4 percent at the two-year colleges.
Board of Regents' tuition reform policies also call for a 5 percent differential between graduate and undergraduate tuition charges. To implement this policy in-state, tuition will increase by approximately 11 percent (excluding the professional degree programs). Non-resident tuition at The University of Georgia, The Medical College of Georgia, the regional universities and the four-year colleges will increase by approximately 18 percent. At Georgia State, out-of-state graduate tuition will increase by about 12 percent.
By 1998, out-of-state students will pay 100 percent of their educational costs.
The Board of Regents also voted to approve a tuition differential for professional programs at the state's research universities, to bring tuition rates for those programs more in line with rates at identified peer institutions. The policy will impact the doctoral-level pharmacy, veterinary medicine and law programs at UGA; the master's program in management at Georgia Tech; and the master's of business administration and the graduate-level nursing program at Georgia State. Current rates are not competitive with comparable regional and national institutions.
"Professional programs in Georgia's University System are enjoying national preeminence, yet we are providing these programs at bargain prices," Portch state. "We are extremely proud of the academic quality and the national reputations of our professional degree offerings, and we must charge the market rate in order to pay for the investments we are making in these high-profile programs," Portch stated.« News Releases


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The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design, Second Edition presents practical guidelines for applying environmental strategies during the initial stages of the design process.
- Forty two strategies include brief descriptions of principles and concepts, step-by-step approaches, annotated tables, references to the most recent international standards, rating systems, guidelines, and internet sources.
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The Acts of Trinity
Followers of any religion should be evaluated first and foremost by their acts, not by their words. Just as the Trinity can be recognized and made real for Christians by its known Acts, so any follower is recognized, not for what he or she professes by word, but by how he or she acts toward all peoples. This book asks the question What is distinctive about the action of any religion's claimed discipline? It delves into the fact that all religious leaders and all followers utter words of information or of instruction, but these verbalizations are often subject to misunderstandings, or even are subsequently distorted in their meaning. The standard for understanding must come only from watching what the leader does. Actions can make the religious view stable, but words cannot.
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So The Dark Knight Rises comes out next week. In preparation, we're taking a look at one of the issues from The Dark Knight. Specifically… isn't Coleman Reese violating the rules of professional ethics? (Spoilers below!)
I. The Setup
Coleman Reese is an attorney hired by Wayne Enterprises to assist with the pending merger with LSI Holdings. While "running the numbers," Reese discovers some irregularities and goes on a fishing expedition. He finds blueprints of the Batmobile (aka the Tumbler) and—correctly!—concludes that Bruce Wayne is Batman. One of the funnier moments in the movie is here, where Reese attempts to blackmail Wayne Enterprises by confronting Lucius Fox about this discovery. Suffice it to say that he hadn't crunched all of the relevant numbers.
Later, Reese goes public, or at least tries to. This is after the Joker threatens to kill people if Batman doesn't come forward. Things don't go as planned, and the Joker changes his mind, but that's the basic idea.
II. The Blackmail
Clearly, blackmail is a bad idea. Blackmailing Batman is a worse one. But apart from the blackmail, Reese was right to go to Fox about his discoveries. ABA Model Rule 1.13, Organization as Client, reads, in part, as follows:
(b) If a lawyer for an organization knows that an officer, employee or other person associated with the organization is engaged in action, intends to act or refuses to act in a matter related to the representation that is a violation of a legal obligation to the organization, or a violation of law that reasonably might be imputed to the organization, and that is likely to result in substantial injury to the organization, then the lawyer shall proceed as is reasonably necessary in the best interest of the organization. Unless the lawyer reasonably believes that it is not necessary in the best interest of the organization to do so, the lawyer shall refer the matter to higher authority in the organization, including, if warranted by the circumstances to the highest authority that can act on behalf of the organization as determined by applicable law.
Bruce Wayne is certainly a "person associated with the organization," and he's definitely acting in a manner related to the representation—spending Wayne Enterprises' money, if nothing else—which is probably a violation of a legal obligation to the organization, i.e., not wasting shareholder dollars or using corporate assets for personal projects. That's called "embezzlement". It's also "likely to result in substantial injury to the organization," as that cellphone surveillance project wasn't exactly free. Not to mention any negative press or damage to the corporation should Batman's identity be discovered. And the right thing to do if a lawyer for a corporation discovers something like that is to go to the CEO. Which Reese did. And if he'd simply said "Mr. Fox, we've got a problem here," he'd have been entirely in the clear. Unfortunately, he got greedy, with hilarious results.
III. The Media Interview
But when the Joker threatens mayhem should Batman not step forward, Reese decides to go to the media. This time, he's actually in the clear, completely. ABA Model Rule 1.6, Confidentiality of Information, reads, in part:
(b) A lawyer may reveal information relating to the representation of a client to the extent the lawyer reasonably believes necessary:(1) to prevent reasonably certain death or substantial bodily harm;
It doesn't say that the client will be causing the death or injury, just that revealing the information is reasonably necessary to prevent such. So if a lawyer has information about a client, and the lawyer reasonably believes that revealing it will save someone's life, they can reveal it (NB they don't have to, but they may). That's what Reese decided to do. The Joker threatened to kill people unless he got this information, and Reese reasonably concluded that revealing that information might save people.
Of course, the Joker changed his mind, at which point revealing that information would not be reasonably calculated to save anyone's life. So if he had revealed the information after the Joker changed the terms, he'd have violated the rules of ethics.
III. Conclusion
So while Reese trying to blackmail Wayne was a problem, going to Fox wasn't. And going public when the Joker threatened Gotham City was actually fine. We'll have another post about the potential embezzlement issue next week as we prepare for the release of The Dark Knight Rises!


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Man uses Plenty of Fish dating website to lure teenage girls to motel to sell them for sexBy Mason White 1:03 PM September 11, 2016
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(Scroll down for video) A man was arrested after holding two girls hostage in a motel room.
Police said that the teenage victim's met 23-year-old Edward Alvarez of Florida, on the Plenty of Fish dating website.
The girls who are 15 and 16 years old, signed up for the dating website despite the fact that the Plenty of Fish app clearly states that a person has to be over the age 18 to participate.
Police said that the teenagers recently ran away from a group home in Polk County. Sadly, the girl's met the wrong person who allegedly forced them into prostitution.
One the victim's arrived to the motel, where Alvarez took nude photos and posted them to Backpage.com to get men for sex, according to police.
Authorities rescued the girls after they were being held against their wills for three days.
Alvarez was charged with trafficking the two teenagers and selling them for sex. He is being held in the Orange County Jail without bond.


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Once again, the forces of tolerance are skewering an individual for showing independent thought. Kirsten Dunst stepped on a Cultural Marxist land mine when she stated that men and women had roles.
Here's what she said in an interview with Harper's Bazaar in the UK:
"I feel like the feminine has been a little undervalued," she says. "We all have to get our own jobs and make our own money, but staying at home, nurturing, being the mother, cooking – it's a valuable thing my mum created. And sometimes, you need your knight in shining armour. I'm sorry. You need a man to be a man and a woman to be a woman. That's why relationships work…"
Of course, feminists are freaking out that Dunst suggested that women have an important role in the home as homemakers. In an age where women who freely choose to be homemakers are demeaned by feminists for not being "strong and independent," it's refreshing to see someone in liberal, pro-feminist Hollywood embrace traditional gender roles and reject political correctness.
If you recall, I discussed what the feminists are really thinking just a short time ago…
One way to crush the family is to prevent women from staying home and being mothers. Feminists recognized that early on, and made it a battle cry.
Today's young women are empowered to choose career, family, and all sorts of combinations of both. But the words of Steinem and other liberal feminists revealed what they believed about American women…
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Steinem: "[Housewives] are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites."
Simone de Beauvoir: "No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one."
Betty Friedan: "[Housewives] are mindless and thing-hungry…not people. [Housework] is peculiarly suited to the capacities of feeble-minded girls. [It] arrests their development at an infantile level, short of personal identity with an inevitably weak core of self…. [Housewives] are in as much danger as the millions who walked to their own death in the concentration camps. [The] conditions which destroyed the human identity of so many prisoners were not the torture and brutality, but conditions similar to those which destroy the identity of the American housewife."
Steinem has never been a fan of women who didn't think like her or buy in to her radical feminist political agenda. "Having someone who looks like us but thinks like them (meaning men) is worse than having no one at all."
So much for tolerance—and the belief that women are individuals who should be free to think and make choices for themselves.(emphasis added)
Kirsten Dunst has to be attacked-she ran counter to the narrative. You see, feminism isn't about women actually having a choice, it's about forcing women to make the choice that the feminists want. And, like all of the "forces of tolerance," they have no tolerance for anyone who departs one iota from the plantation.


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JERUSALEM, Sept. 27 (JTA) — The contentious issue of land expropriation has spurred one of the worst clashes in recent years between Israeli Arabs and police. A riot Sunday in central Israel left at least 62 Arabs and six police injured. The clashes occurred after Israeli Arab demonstrators gathered to protest the confiscation of land from the town of Umm el-Fahm and the nearby village of Muawiya for use as army training grounds. The army spokesman confirmed that the army had confiscated some 125 acres for training purposes, but added that it also returned to local residents some 500 acres that had been expropriated in the past. Sunday's confrontation began after police tried to dismantle a protest tent at Muawiya. Police charged that the tent was placed provocatively inside the training area's fire zone. Local residents charged that the confrontation escalated after police burst into a high school in Umm el-Fahm. Arab youths threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the police, who fired rubber bullets in response. Elik Ron, an Israeli police commander, compared the violence to the intifada — the Palestinian uprising in the territories that occurred from 1987 to 1993. He said police had to use rubber bullets after they had been attacked with gasoline bombs. The riots continued throughout Sunday until the evening hours, bringing to a halt traffic on the Wadi Ara road, a central artery that passes by Umm el-Fahm. Among the wounded was Sheik Ra'ed Salah Mahajneh, the mayor of Umm el-Fahm, who also is one of the leaders of the Islamic Movement in Israel. From his hospital bed, Mahajneh said he expected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Public Security Minister Avigdor Kahalani to announce that the government had erred and that all the confiscated land would be returned to its owners. Yossi Sarid, leader of the Meretz Party in the Knesset, called for the establishment of a commission to investigate the land confiscation.
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A 2-year-old record high was broken Saturday when temperatures in the Twin Cities reached 69 degrees.
The previous record set for Nov. 10 was in 2010, when the temperature reached 68 degrees, according to data collected by the National Weather Service.
According to the weather service, the record high for the month of November is 77 degrees. The high was set in both 1933 and 1999, on Nov. 1 and Nov. 8, respectively.


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The Vegetarian Resource Group in the Media
In an article about Jay-Z and Beyonce, Forbes magazine linked to VRG's protein information. Our vegetarian scholarship was featured in a 51-second video on the Kaplan Prep Test website. The Washington Times called us about alternatives to turkey being served to the military. As a result, they mentioned Tofurky's items being sold at military commissaries around the country. In October 2013, 426,000 people visited our website, www.vrg.org, for information. Vegetarian Resource Group Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, spoke for one hour on the Dr. Don radio show about vegetarian diets for teens.
VEGAN Outreach to Health Professionals
2014 will be our 27th year of having an outreach booth at the annual meeting of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (previously American Dietetic Association). Thank you to Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, and Catherine Conway, MS, RD, for volunteering at the booth this year. The Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutrition from Elsevier will be reprinting our My Vegan Plate. We had a table at the University of Maryland dietetic internship day, which was held at the National Agricultural Library. This was attended by 70 dietetic interns. Our educational materials were included in packets given out at the annual meeting of The Tennessee Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.


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(note: although experts agree that it is an "early warning sign" when one begins adding prefaces to one's emessages, i wanted to state up-front that the bulk of this emessage is simply me thinking aloud in response to your post, the thrust of which i support, but which i approach with a particular perspective -- that of someone who experiences the web as a purely temporal, mostly linear, expression of content without the ability to achieve a gestalt view of the document and/or application or widget with which i am interacting... thus the following is based on my experience and the experience of others whom i have worked with or assisted, and is offered solely in the spirit of inquiry and explanation...) aloha, shane! no opposition here to making our host language conformance rules more flexible, as that will lead to more widespread implementation, or so logic would seem to dictate... shane wrote, quote: >Obviously this can't be a blanket change. The rule of thumb in >identifying things that a host language could omit / reduce should be >"will a document that conforms to this language work correctly in an >xhtml family user agent? And will it work in legacy user agents when >relying upon their interpretation of XHTML as HTML?" Omitting the "em" >element, for example, would work fine. Lots of documents don't have >"em" elements. unquote on the other hand, a hell of a lot do -- what is needed for backwards compatibility is a mapping between the old and the new -- mapping EM to I would be a solution, but how good a solution is it and what problem is it actually solving? i use EM in conjunction with :before and :after CSS-generated text to provide em-quotes (what some would express verbally with air quotes -- as when quotes are used for emphatic or ironic intent, thereby providing a semantically and stylistically sensible means of demarcating a false quote in a manner that can be expressed stroke rendered successfully and accurately in many (often overlapping) modalities... so should the mapping be EM to I, or I to EM? EM marks an "issue"; STRONG marks a "big-issue" (classes borrowed from standard W3C stylesheets), I means what? B is superior to STRONG, why? i know that I and B are far more common than EM and STRONG, but i also know what EM and STRONG mean -- moreover, in braille, there is no bolding, italicizing, or even effective means of underlining, so B and I have no meaning in those modalities (refreshable and embossable braille, which are 2 different media-types), while STRONG and EM do, or, rather, can, and are more intuitive labels to someone who doesn't know what bold or italics look like or the impact that they can have on a document and its perception by the user... shane also wrote: > Omitting the "tr" element from the table module, on the other hand, > would be a disaster! not if one is of the opinion that i am, that TABLE should be deprecated from markup languages, as it is a purely presentational means of displaying relationships through the brain's ability to perceive disparate items and associate each item with the headers (real or presentational) that mark its X/Y axis and each item's relationship to each other item in the TABLE, which becomes a three dimensional problem with heavily nested tables... just some off the cuff remarks which somehow didn't make it out of my mail client the day i received shane's original post... gregory. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Accessibility, Internationalization, and Interoperability are not "features", "overlays" or "add-ons". Rather, they are core components of any architecture -- programmatic or otherwise. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita, firstname.lastname@example.com Vice-Chair, WebMaster & Listmaster, Open Accessibility Workgroup http://a11y.org/ http://a11y/specs ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Shane McCarron <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: XHTML WG <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:20:41 -0600 Subject: Modules, Modularization, and the XHTML Family > (I just had a call with Markus where we went over some > deliverables related to module implementations. During that > call, we got onto the topic of host language conformance > requirements. In particular, we wandered into the topic of > subsetting of modules. I want to give Markus full credit here - > he really helped focus my thinking.) > > Many of you will remember that I am fierce opponent of > subsetting. The conformance rules related to module integrity > are largely the result of my lobbying back in the day. So it > may come as a bit of a shock when I say that I have changed my mind. > > The primary argument for modules, and the composition of modules > into markup languages, is that the structure of the resulting > "host" languages will be similar enough that they can be a > member of the XHTML Family. Languages that are part of the > XHTML Family are in theory portable among XHTML conforming user > agents. We get to use terms like "graceful degradation" and we > sound all cool and stuff. > > In retrospect, I think I "grabbed the wrong end of the stick". > The key to portability of content is NOT that the host language > support everything in a module. The key is that the USER AGENTS > support the core functionality of the module so that languages > that rely upon that functionality will have the portability we desire. > > "So what?" I hear you saying. Well, I was thinking that it > would be possible to broaden the utility and appeal of our > modules by loosening our rules for how the modules can be used. > Specifically, identifying the places where it is permissible for > host languages to further restrict the content model, eliminate > elements, or eliminate attributes from attributes - while at the > same time making it clear that user agents are *required* to > support the entire module. > > Obviously this can't be a blanket change. The rule of thumb in > identifying things that a host language could omit / reduce > should be "will a document that conforms to this language work > correctly in an xhtml family user agent? And will it work in > legacy user agents when relying upon their interpretation of > XHTML as HTML?" Omitting the "em" element, for example, would > work fine. Lots of documents don't have "em" elements. > Omitting the "tr" element from the table module, on the other > hand, would be a disaster! > > If we were to identify the things that can be safely "subsetted" > in our modules, what would be the upside? Some obvious items: > > 1. More flexibility in the application of our modules. > > 2. Greater appeal to the "structured" markup community. The > folks who brought us SGML in the first place because they > wanted very tight document construction rules. > > 3. Less need to create lots of little modules since a language designer > can just ignore the bits they don't like. > > What are the risks? Well, first there is the significant risk > we will get it wrong. Identifying candidate elements and > attributes is going to be painstaking. Then there is the > collateral risk that user agent implementors will ignore our > requirements and start implementing subsets that support only > the host languages they care about. Finally, there is the less > obvious risk that this will jump-start a plethora of xhtml > family host languages with their own "minted" document types > that existing user agents will misinterpret. > > What do people think? Am I missing something? Would anyone > oppose an effort to make our host language conformance rules > more flexible? > > -- > Shane P. McCarron Phone: +1 763 786- > 8160 x120 Managing Director Fax: +1 > 763 786-8180 ApTest Minnesota Inet: email@example.com ------- End of Original Message -------Received on Wednesday, 11 February 2009 14:14:12 UTC
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I got The Mind is a Razor Blade by Max Booth III and when I opened it, you won't guess what happened next!
I turned the page! I kept doing that until I had finished the book! OMG!
Okay.. I'll admit it, I'm not very good at doing a grab like other websites are. You know..
"This man found a box and you won't believe what was inside!"
"A woman bought a house and won't believe what she discovered in the basement!"
Oh well. I'll try another time.
Okay, where was I? Oh yeah.. I read The Mind is a Razor Blade by Max Booth III. What actually happened next didn't actually happen after I read it, it started to happen during the very first chapter.
What happened ZombieMall? What happened??!?
Well.. In the 1st chapter our main character wakes up in the pouring rain, naked, and next to a river. He also has no memory of who he is. THAT is when a seed was planted, THAT is what actually happened next that I mentioned a few sentences ago…
ZombieMall.. you have gone off the deep end. You are talkin' gibberish now.
Okay, let me back up..
I read Max's book Toxicity a while ago. Then I read his novella, Black. The moment I picked up The Mind is a Razor Blade, I started to suspect something. I started to formulate a theory.
Yeah? Go on..
My theory is that all three of the writings are connected. As in.. they all take place in the same universe… I'll explain..
A lot of writers create an entire universe in which their tales take place. Look at pretty much anything Stephen King writes; the most recent example that rolls off the top of my head, IT and Under the Dome – in IT there is a symbol in the cave, above a door, where they find the creature. In Under the Dome, that same symbol shows up. It's a tiny connection, but a connection it is.
Back to Max's books; Toxicity introduces a drug called Purple. When inhaled it causes one to "see" things. In this instance it is black flies. It also causes one to go into a strange trippy frenzy in which almost anything can seemingly happen. One moment you can be flying, the next you may see zombies. And there is Johnny Desperation… (wait for the bonus!)
Fast forward to The Mind is a Razor Blade.. While flies are not here, there are black spiders. BrianSpiders, uh er.. I mean BrainSpiders. We also have a character named Indigo.. Kindav a, how should I put this, a ring-leader, of sorts. He seems to be a head guru for a cult following a demon they call Conundrae. And there is.. (wait for the bonus!)
The world in which this all takes place seems.. oddly familiar as well. When our lost soul awakens and starts to stumble around the city we see total chaos. Almost as if…
Ahh.. but I gotta wait to explain that.. THAT'S the bonus at the end of the review!
NOW, step backwards to Max's novella Black. Charlie and a demon. Not flies, not spiders, but oh yes, indeed there are thousands of insects.. and.. of course.. there is the demon. While it's never given a name (at least not that I can recall), for the sake of my theory, I'm going to consider it to be Conundrae.
Did that blow your mind?
Put simply, Max has weaved a very complex universe (and in only 3 books!). Yes, I may be trying to read way too much into all of this, but isn't that the point? I mean.. If you like something you read, isn't it your job to explore every shadowy corner contained within those writings?
But ZombieMall, there is not much of a review here! And what about the bonus?
If you have failed to see my review here, then to be totally blunt, you have missed the entire point of what I have written. And the bonus.. the bonus will be given in just a moment.
For now let me break it all down; Would I put this much thought and consideration into trying to connect these books together if I didn't enjoy them? Hell no! Hell yes, I loved The Mind is a Razor Blade, and just because of my personal theory I WILL get Max's next book just so I can confirm it for myself.
I'd say that, all in all, makes this one hell of a review, it's a damn good book. Go buy it, hell buy all of his books.
You can get it here: The Mind is a Razor Blade
The Bonus
Okay kids, this bonus is for the Max Booth III fans. My theory that at least two of Max's books are connected turns out to actually have some merit. Check this shit out; Johnny Desperation is actually in both Toxicity and The Mind is a Razor Blade. It took me 3 reads to catch it (plus some prompting from Max himself), but oh yes, Johnny is most certainly confirmed as being in both books. Plus there is this little bit that Max told me during a little chat:
Max Booth III: "Razor actually takes place as an aftermath of the drug introduced in toxicity. But I've never told anyone that before. Haha."


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|McIntosh Intros the XCS200 Center Channel Speaker
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According to the company, the XCS200 excels as a left, right, or surround loudspeaker, so there's no limit to where you can place it. It's got a frequency response from 80Hz all the way up to 45kHz. They've got a custom aluminum enclosure crafted to resist standing waves and massive gold input connectors that allow for bi and tri amping.
McIntosh's XCS200 speakers have a pair of eight inch woofers behind a custom baffle housing, eight separate two inch midrange drivers and five 3/4-inch titanium dome tweeters.
"The creation of the XCS200 loudspeaker was a true labor of love," says McIntosh president Charlie Randall. " Our innovative multi-driver approach," he adds, "offers wide bandwidth and is phase-coherent within the audio band for an astoundingly lifelike and non-fatiguing sound." You'll be able to pick up an XCS200 speaker for an MSRP of $6,000 when they start shipping later this month.


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me and wani watching a movie, sinister. i gave 5 out of 10. we actually good in making our face ugly.
after that we took that luxury bus and went to carrefour. well, i called it luxury because of seats is very comfortable. at carrefour we met aliff. the end :)


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EVERETT — Over the years, Snohomish County has had its share of scrap-metal thefts.
The crimes have brought a spectrum of reactions and consequences: anger, sadness, irritation and risks to public safety.
Crooks have stolen church bells, funeral urns, bronze vases from grave sites, catalytic converters from cars, brass fittings for firefighting, sewer grates, manhole covers and even a 3,121-pound propeller.
These days, the hot target is copper cable wire used for Internet access, television and other telecommunications.
Culprits are willing to go to great heights to swipe it.
Frontier Communications locally has seen seven cable cut-and-runs in recent weeks.
In the days leading up to Labor Day, thieves struck in Everett and Gold Bar, leaving 350 customers without telecommunications service. In July, Frontier reported four cable thefts in an eight-day period in the Marysville, Snohomish, Skykomish and Granite Falls areas. No arrests have been made. Across the mountains, the thieves twice sliced and scrammed with Frontier cable lines in Yakima.
"It's a very large safety concern and it does cost us a lot of money" between supplies and repairs, said Ken Baldwin, Frontier Communications general manager for the Everett area.
The cost, however, isn't Baldwin's major concern.
Many customers, particularly the elderly, can't call 911 in an emergency after their cable is cut.
"For many, their phone is literally their lifeline," Frontier spokeswoman Emily Tantare said.
Then, there is the concern for the thieves themselves.
Telecommunications companies often share poles with power suppliers. Many Frontier lines are located near electric lines carrying high-voltage currents. As little as four feet routinely separates a cable line from a live wire. Nationally, dozens of people have been electrocuted over the years trying to strip metal from power poles.
"You can't put a value on a life," Baldwin said.
Statewide, Frontier has had 16 cable thefts during the past 12 months., including a dozen that happened well above ground level.
During the previous 12-month period, there were 11 cable thefts, including four off the ground.
There have been no arrests.
Telecommunications thieves haven't been so lucky in West Virginia, where there were 48 arrests in 2012 and 12 through May of this year, according to statistics kept by Frontier.
During a theft in Granite Falls last month, someone climbed up poles and cut the cable with a hacksaw.
"It appears the crooks were scared off (and were) interrupted because the majority of cable was left on the ground," Snohomish County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Shari Ireton said.
In Marysville, thieves cut a support cable at midspan, causing the telecommunications line to droop, which made it easier to access, collect, coil and store the wire in a vehicle.
Some of the crimes have been committed in remote areas. Machetes have been found where the thieves apparently were cutting their way through brambles and brush to reach the poles. It can be a work-intensive crime. After the theft, someone has to melt the plastic and rubber casings off the metal, typically over a burn barrel or fire pit.
The thefts from telecommunications companies aren't just happening in Snohomish County.
In August, Verizon Communications reported more than $300,000 worth of FiOS installation equipment, tools and copper wire stolen from three work centers in Maryland. It also reported copper wire stolen from 13 other locations in the same state.
In April, Verizon offered up to $50,000 in reward money as it tried to catch scrap-metal thieves in Pennsylvania. They were blamed for stealing 9,000 feet of copper cable and causing $62,500 in damage by cutting cables.
Scrap metal is an $87 billion industry each year in the United States, according to the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries in Washington, D.C. Thieves follow the market and know the metal can be hard to trace.
"It has been a problem that seems to creep up when the cost of metals goes up," Snohomish PUD spokesman Neil Neroutsos said.
Over the years, the PUD has worked more closely with law enforcement agencies, and it has been stamping identifying information on its wire to alert scrap-metal dealers.
"We just felt it was one more thing we could do to try to minimize the thefts," Neroutsos said.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported an 81 percent increase in insurance claims stemming from metal theft when comparing three-year periods between 2008 and 2011.
Metal theft has been making headlines across the Puget Sound region this summer.
In June, the FBI announced that two men were arrested after allegedly stealing 7,200 feet of copper wire from runway light towers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The thefts rendered the light towers inoperable, which posed a threat to airline safety. The wire cost $77,000 when it was first installed in 2008.
Around the same time, King County prosecutors announced criminal charges against two men who allegedly stole more than four miles worth of copper wiring from Sound Transit light-rail tracks in 2010 and 2011.
One of the men pocketed $39,000; the other, about $4,000, officials said.
The man who made the most money had a state-issued business license, which allowed him to scrap the metal with little, if any, scrutiny by the metal buyers, prosecutors said. The replacement cost of the 70,000 pounds of copper wire is estimated at $1.3 million.
State lawmakers have tried to crack down on scrap-metal theft.
In 2007, the Legislature tightened the rules for scrap-metal companies and how they keep records. Since then, lawmakers have toughened penalties for metal thefts to account not only for the cost of the stolen material but the cost of repair and the damage to public safety. A new law strengthens requirements for scrap-metal buyers to document their purchases from would-be sellers. Those requirements include either videotaping the sale or taking copies of the seller's valid identification.
Frontier officials hope people who suspect metal theft near power and telecommunications lines will report what they see.
They suggest calling 911 immediately and then notifying Frontier's security hotline at 800-590-6605.
"Call 911," Baldwin said, "You could be saving someone's life."
Eric Stevick: 425-339-3446, firstname.lastname@example.com.


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If there was any doubt what Sony was talking about with its mysterious "see the future" teaser last night, it now appears likely that the Japanese electronics company will indeed by unveiling the next iteration in the Playstation series on February 20th. Sources for Edge, Polygon and Wall Street Journal have all said that that is what they anticipate happening.
So what can we expect? Rumors have been swirling around for months, some more legitimate than others. We can be fairly certain that the new system will represent a step-up in graphical and processing horsepower, likely with an AMD CPU that would be slightly easier to work with than the PS3's boutique hardware. So when Elder Scrolls 6 comes out, Playstation owners may not have to wait an entire year to get their DLC.
The controller is the biggest change we've heard about so far, with a small touchpad based on the back of the PS Vita reported to take up the center of the screen. Multiple sources have also a reported "share" button, which could allow for easy social sharing of screenshots and video from any number of games.
It's all rumors, but they should be put to rest by February 20th. I'm most interested in what that "share" button might mean for the identity of the console as a whole – it would be a great tool for groups ranging from core gamers to casual players, tipsters and professionals. I think that connectivity will determine winners and losers in the upcoming console – last generation established the console as a connected, communicative device, so its up to the next generation to define its capabilities.
The Verge also suspects that Microsoft will announce its new console in the spring, giving both companies ample time to establish themselves and get a few games readied for E3 this summer.
With that, both companies would be expected to launch for the holiday season in the US and Japan, though Edge says that distribution complications will mean that Sony will have to wait until early 2014 for Europe.


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Insurrection is an english speaking 10 man raiding guild. We are looking for a second tank (with OS dps) for our raiding group.
Current progression:
Mogu'Shan Vaults (6/6 Normal, 0/6 Heroic)
Stone Guard Normal - Yes
Feng the Accursed Normal - Yes
Gara'jal the Spiritbinder Normal - Yes Heroic - WIP
Zian of the Endless Shadow Normal - Yes
Elegon Normal - Yes
Qin-xi Normal - Yes
Heart of Fear (3/6 Normal, 0/6 Heroic)
Imperial Vizier Zor'lok Normal - Yes
Blade Lord Ta'yak Normal - Yes
Garalon Normal - Yes
Wind Lord Mel'jarak Normal - WIP
Amber-Shaper Unsok
Grand Empress Shak'zeer
Looking for a tank with offspec dps of any class (our current MT is warrior).
Please apply on our guild site: w w w.insurrection-hellscream.com
Raiding 4 nights a week: Sunday to Wednesday 9.30pm -12.30 server time (8.30pm -11.30 UK time)
Other roles will be consider for the right candidate.
Looking forward to raiding with you soon.


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Holiday Shopping, Ways We Can Be Environmental Friendly
Buying holiday gifts should start earlier, you might want to do your shopping while on vacation. The best place to do shopping is in the Philippines, one of the top shopping center in Asia Pacific with its numerous malls such as SM, Mall of Asia, Robinsons, Rustans, Gaisano, and so forth located almost in every corner of the cities. Take advantage to wander to Philippines wonders www.travelmedium.com such as Boracay, Baguio, Palawan, etc. Go on holidays, shop, and be more environmentally friendly as what Mark Jeantheau said in his article called "How You Can Give Better Holiday Gifts AND Be More Environmentally Friendly." He said and i quote:
the holiday shopping season, and Grinning Planet would like
to point out that the holiday phrase "Ho, ho, ho!" also
relates to being green--it's the Jolly Green Giant's tagline.
Well, OK, that doesn't exactly get us to the "eco-friendly"
meaning of being green. But when shopping for holiday gifts,
there are a number of ways we can be environmentally friendly.
A different approach is to ask your giftees for wish lists,
which works especially well within families, where social
protocols and rituals can be more easily adjusted. This
lessens the surprise factor but guarantees that you're giving
a gift that the person will use.
It may be too late this year to implement such a strategy, but if you'd like to try it next year, suggesting the change to your family/friends just after this holiday season will give people time to think about it and adjust to the idea. Regardless of how you arrange your gift giving, choosing environmentally friendly products will be better for the planet than buying everyone an economy sized bottle of cloying cologne or some other non-green item.
looking at items claiming to be green, the US Federal Trade
Commission advises that shoppers look for quantitative or
specific claims, rather than general claims like "green,"
"eco-friendly," or "environmentally safe," which are open
to interpretation. Better descriptions are things like "made
from organic cotton," "made from 50% recycled materials,"
or "manufactured without animal testing."
Fair trade -- Buying fair-trade items--items typically made
by indigenous peoples--often helps the creators sustain
themselves without resorting to environmentally unwise practices
such as clearcutting forests. Whether it's art, coffee,
chocolate, soaps, or carpets, buying items labeled "fair
trade" lets you avoid purchasing gifts that were produced
by companies that use exploitative labor practices.
To some extent, a nice holiday get-together with family
and friends, full of good cheer and warm conversation, is
as good a gift as many of us really need.


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Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah and Obama's former ambassador to China, had a lengthy interview with RedState's Leon Wolf. A key nugget from that: their discussion of China's one-child policy, which is much loathed by American pro-lifers. Huntsman claimed that by adopting a Chinese daughter, he had "probably done more than anybody" to help convince China to overturn that policy. See the text below.
Q. What, if anything, and let me break this up into two questions. What, if anything should be done by the United States to encourage China to change its "one child" policy?
A. Well, uh, I probably did more than anybody. Uh, because my daughter Gracie was known by 1.3 billion people in China. Everybody heard her story. They knew that we had adopted her and given her life. Uh, they knew that she got to seek a great educational opportunity – a young, pretty, brilliant girl who was, I mean, it was all the time in China. I dare to say that our one act of adopting a girl, as United States Ambassador to China, in many minds – and this would be impossible to quantify – but I tell you, may have had more of an impact in that country, one thing, than all the speeches combined of U.S. government officials over the years.


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INTERVIEW: 5 Questions with Corey Paul
Sketch the Journalist continues his "5 Questions With…" interview series with Houston's Corey Paul.
In this discussion, the two talk about Corey's early reaction to Sketch's criticism of his work, how marriage has impacted his faith, the origins of his "Black Hearse" song/hook, and why he raps.
Sketch also FAILS miserably at an attempt to ask a "funny" question and gets Corey's take on the 5 Guys/In-n-Out/Whataburger debate.…
Lecrae, Trip Lee, and ESPN's Chris Broussard cap Christian hip hop events during NBA All-Star weekend
The NBA's All-Star weekend and hip hop go together like Comic-Con and superhero costumes. So it's no surprise that Christians in that community are also in the mix.
Two of the more high-profile gatherings include a "Family & Family Event" at Second Baptist Church and an "All The K.I.N.G.'s Men" brunch at the downtown YMCA.…


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Are you having a party or a huge event but need help in organizing everything and bringing your idea to life? You definitely need the assistance of an experienced events organizer. The Philippines is one of the most fun-loving countries in Southeast Asia. All sorts of exciting events from concerts to mall shows happen in the country's major cities all year round. Whatever event you are planning, no matter how big or how small, EVENTS UNLIMITED is ready to help you with the aid of its energetic and creative events coordinators in the Philippines.
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Joy is a very particular emotion. It's not just happiness, which is too vague and encompassing a positive feeling. It's not contentment, with its snug, muted warmth, but it's also not spine-tingling ecstasy, nor is it the zen-like feeling we call bliss. Joy inhabits that ineluctable space between wonder and pleasure, neighboring delight, but somehow more profound. Joy is momentary, but not temporary. Surprising, but not necessarily in a spectacular way. It is personal but at the same time universal, an essential emotion that renews and uplifts the human psyche.
Joy's defining feature is that it is renewable. The first day of spring is always joyful. So is Christmastime. So is blowing bubbles or hearing your favorite song or flying above the clouds. Joy is the renewable resource of positive emotions. Like bamboo or sunlight, it will never run out.
Aesthetics of Joy is about tapping into this renewable resource of emotion to design objects and experiences that are emotionally sustainable: pleasurable not just on the first encounter, but for the long term. By identifying the elements—aesthetic, sensory, and cognitive—that trigger joy, my goal is to suggest a way for design to foster a healthier culture of consumption, based on relationships between people and objects that are meaningful and rewarding.
Aesthetics of Joy began as my masters thesis in the field of industrial design, and I'm now in the process of turning my research into a book. The project has its own site, AestheticsofJoy.com, where I share examples of joyful objects, spaces and experiences, excerpts from interviews, and some of the theories that comprise the book.


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On almost every site on the Web, there are advertisements. Sites sell "space" on their site to make money. Sometimes funny and usually flashy, ads try to get you to do everything from applying for a credit card (which kids are way to young to do anyway) to buying the latest, greatest toy.
Ads are usually more of a pain than anything else, but you should always be careful when you click on an ad. Sometimes they will try to divert you to a totally different site or will even take you to a site that's inappropriate for kids.
If you ever have a problem with ads, tell your parents or another adult. Or try using sites that don't have ads (like 4Kids).
Chat rooms are a great place to talk to other people about a lot of different things - but kids especially have to be very careful. You should never give out personal information to anyone you meet in a chat room. Even if you've been chatting with someone for a few weeks, you should keep your personal information private. And you should never agree to meet a cyberfriend in person, even if they seem really cool.
If you're ever unsure if a site is okay to use, or if someone you're chatting with makes you feel uncomfortable, tell your parents.
What is personal information and how do I know when its okay to tell others about myself?
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5 Things Your Holiday Catalogs Will Need This Season
Your catalogs will need some reinforcement and of course some very creative designs this holiday season. The best custom catalogs for the holidays are always the ones that have very distinct holiday designs and content strategies that help them get the best opportunities for this highly lucrative time. You can do this as well in your own catalogs easily.
You just need to know the right elements to put into your catalogs. Luckily for you, we already have this basic and essential list for you that you can follow. Just go through the list and see what you will want to have for all your holiday catalogs this season.
1. Fresh new color themes – Look at most of the typical holiday catalogs today in the market and you will see of course an obvious trend. They use the typical holiday colors, using red, white and green as their base, with gold and silver additions whenever possible. While these are great and pretty impressive for the most part, they are also of course pretty common.
In this holiday season, your own custom catalogs need something more than that. Since everybody is using the same traditional color schemes, you will benefit more if you go the other way and use something a bit more unique. For example instead of red, green and white, why not go for something like blue, yellow and silver?
This still has some of the festive mood in the scheme, but by using these elements as the dominant colors you complete change the whole holiday catalog's look. Doing this makes your catalogs more distinct, giving it a high chance of getting picked up.
2. Updated fonts – Every holiday season, you should use more updated fonts for your catalog content. While it is subtle, people can feel how old some text documents are simply because the font looks a bit outdated.
Using old Arial and Times New Roman fonts for example will mark your catalogs as a bit old, while using some of the web 2.0 fonts of course will make these designs look more trendy and in with the times. So consider using more updated holiday fonts for the sake of the effectiveness of your catalogs.
3. Modernized holiday symbols – We all know the typical holiday symbols and logos that get thrown around in holiday marketing. The best thing that you can put into your catalogs to make it effective this season is to modernize these holiday symbols.
Do not just use the traditional form of these logos, remake them into sleeker shinier versions fit for the modern digital kind of design trends. These will essentially upgrade your catalogs this season into truly modern, popular and of course effective tools for the holiday market.
4. A different call to action – Instead of using the typical "buy now" call to action in your a catalogs, today's holiday catalogs typically have something totally different. Since people are already numb to the call of that invitation to buy, you can just invite them to visit your website, follow them on twitter or just go to a marketing event with free stuff.
By doing an alternative invitation, people won't feel that they are being sold to, though you are already encouraging them to actually buy. Thus, you are generating sales leads now with your catalog, not merely just blatantly selling. This is oftentimes more effective today than direct selling.
5. More contact and response methods – Finally, if your audiences do want to respond to your catalogs, it will be good for them to be able to respond using lots more different methods. This gives them an option to go for the most reliable and easiest way for them to respond. So give them your shop address, telephone numbers, website url, social networking handle as well as other alternative response methods that they might like. The easier it is for them, the more likely they will respond.
So that is all the things your catalogs need for this holiday season. Good luck with implementing all these elements into your color catalogs. It should be easy if you are serious about this.
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The 29-year-old Monona police officer captured the title Friday after he slung his 103-pound wife over his shoulders and completed the obstacle course in a minute flat. With the victory he takes home $525 — plus his wife's weight in beer, the Wisconsin State Journal reported (http://bit.ly/1seUyWQ ).
The contest, an internationally sanctioned event, was a big attraction at the Monona Community Festival. More than a dozen couples competed in front of hundreds of cheering fans.
The course challenges runners to slog 850 feet through tires, bales of hay and a water pit. It only took Fenrick 60 seconds to complete the course, but he said it was the longest minute of his life.
"Absolutely, without a doubt," he said. "This is awesome."
His wife, Angie, weighs 103 pounds, 2 pounds under the required minimum weight of 105, but the couple wasn't penalized. Their prize was $5 for every pound, based on her weight being 105 pounds, as well as her weight in beer — five cases' worth.
The generally preferred carrying position is to have the wife hang down the man's back with her legs over his shoulders. The women are required to wear bicycle helmets, and each couple has to sign a liability waiver.
The event is open to straight and same-sex couples, and the entrance fee is $40.
The cash and beer awards are enticing, but some people are intimidated by the race course "because it is somewhat challenging," organizer Eric Redding said.
Newlyweds Todd and Anna Robinson, of San Jose, California, can attest to that. Todd Robinson, 57, a Milwaukee native, said he wished he'd trained more.
He also promised his wife beforehand that if he got too tired he'd slow to a walk rather than risk dropping her.
"On that last hay bale when my legs were rubber, I remembered my promise not to drop her," he said.
As Wisconsin champs, the Fenricks are now eligible to represent the state at the North American Wife Carrying Championships in October in Maine.


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