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Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) - The Binghamton Riverwalk Hotel unveiled their new Garden Terrace Wednesday.
The outdoor venue boasts beautiful flowers and greenery.
The space can be used for anything from wedding ceremonies to cocktail parties and more.
The new Garden Terrace is just one of the several new spaces the hotel is adding with their three phase renovation project
"In all my five and a half years as Mayor I wished for somebody to take over this facility that would make it into a truly beautiful space that would attract people from all over the region and attract business people here, and bring a lot of new activity to this area and we finally have those people," says Binghamton Mayor Matt Ryan.
Phase three of the renovation project will include an auditorium, a basket ball court, and additions to the athletic center.
Hotel owner Alfred Weissmann announced the space would be named Carbo Garden Terrace, in honor of a longtime employee.
Carbo worked as general manager of the hotel for more than 20 years as it went through different owners, as the Sheraton and Regency.


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Twelve colleges and 45 departments across the MSU campus are home to more than 150 Africa-specialist faculty in such fields as agriculture, the social sciences, arts and humanities, communication, education, health and medicine, and the sciences. In 2004-06, 22 new African specialists joined the MSU faculty, six specializing in Islamic Africa.
At least 26 Africanists have received faculty Fulbright awards, seven are MSU University Distinguished Professors, seven others received the MSU Distinguished Faculty Award, two are former presidents of the African Studies Association, and more than a dozen have received teaching awards.
The African Studies Center welcomes faculty with experience in Africa to affiliate with the center. The affiliated faculty meet once each semester, and an elected Advisory Committee is active between meetings.

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M&T Bank is continuing its longstanding support of SUNY Fredonia with two substantial gifts, made through the Fredonia College Foundation, to benefit the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator and the Keeper of the Dream Scholarship and Leadership program.
The Western New York-based bank is providing $75,000 over a five-year period to the technology incubator to help cover general operating expenses. Since its founding, the incubator has admitted 22 tenants, including four that have graduated and relocated to other facilities. At last count, these companies have created 72 jobs. Fifteen tenants currently operate in the incubator, and eight more business opportunities are being evaluated.
At the incubator, which opened three years ago in downtown Dunkirk, tenants receive the support, infrastructure, resources, guidance and expertise necessary to successfully launch a new business.
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Linda Niedbalski, of the M&T Bank office in Fredonia, and Joshua Heim (second from right), of M&T Bank headquarters in Buffalo, deliver a check to Dr. David Tiffany, executive director of the Fredonia College Foundation. Joining in the presentation are SUNY Fredonia's Timothy Murphy (left), director of Development, and Rich Ryan, associate director of Development.
M&T Bank is also affirming its support of the Keeper of the Dream program with a $20,000 contribution.
The program, established by the SUNY Fredonia Office of Student Affairs, provides renewable $4,000 scholarships to five entering freshman based on high school achievement, community service and a demonstrated commitment to multiculturalism. It has produced numerous campus leaders, Chancellor's Award winners and outstanding graduates.
Funding of Keeper of the Dream scholarships by M&T Bank began in 2002.
"M&T Bank has a great and continuing commitment to the communities it serves," said Dr. David Tiffany, executive director of the Fredonia College Foundation. "They have supported our Keeper of the Dream Scholarship for years, and their support for our incubator has been essential to providing the funding needed to assure its growth and success."
The two gifts were arranged with the assistance of Josh Heim, vice president of Government Banking at M&T Bank's headquarters in Buffalo; and Linda Niedbalski, vice president-branch manager of the M&T Bank office in Fredonia. The $75,000 incubator contribution is among the largest gifts ever made by M&T Bank to the Fredonia College Foundation.
In addition, M&T Bank supports SUNY Fredonia in other ways, including sponsorship of the popular Walter Gloor Mainstage Series that brings five theatre and dance productions to Rockefeller Arts Center each year.


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I may be weird, but I am looking forward to the new translation of the Mass.
It's not that I am secretly a Latin scholar who has for years lamented improper translations. I am not. I don't know my e pluribus unum from my ad nauseum. But I like the idea that the language will be fancier. I like fancy language. Fancy makes things seem special.
Fancy can take the the otherwise mundane and elevate it and make it memorable.
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BURTON, MI – Burton officials are putting together a plan to rezone two properties on the city's north side as part of a larger mid-Michigan renaissance zone scheme.
Assessor Stacey Bassi said the Burton property totals 161 acres -- including a 56-acre parcel owned by Racer Trust off Davison Road and Donegal Street, and a portion of 140 acres at Davison and Genesee roads currently held by Farmington Hills-based DPG Burton LLC.
They are part of the I-69 International Trade Corridor Next Michigan Development Corp.'s proposals for a series of transportation-related, property tax-free renaissance zones.
"It's not all set in stone yet," said Bassi of the properties. "We're getting it rezoned so it has a chance to qualify for the renaissance zone."
A 5 p.m., Monday, Feb. 4, special planning commission meeting has been scheduled to rezone the DPG property for a mixed industrial and commercial use. Bassi said Janice Karcher, vice president of economic development for the Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce, will soon address the council on the issue.
Burton Mayor Paula Zelenko said two public hearings -- Feb. 4 and 11 -- have been scheduled to allow for public input on the plan prior to the council members voting up or down on the issue.
A potential 100 percent property tax abatement for up to 15 years for businesses could be available for those that qualify. A requirement is that they use two forms of transportation: rail, air, highway or water.
Proposals from several communities in Genesee County – including Fenton, Grand Blanc, Flint Township, Davison Township, Mundy Township, Burton, Grand Blanc Township, Flint and Mt. Morris Township – and a few in Lapeer, Shiawassee and St. Clair counties are scheduled to be discussed during the corporation's Feb. 12 meeting, with the goal of determining what recommendations will be sent to the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
Albert Ludwig, a member of DPG Burton LLC, said the corporation has "had some conversation with the city" and "there was obviously some details that would have to be worked out," but the landowner was potentially on board with the proposal.
Bassi said there had been some discussions in 2004 or 2005 for development of the property, including single-family homes, apartments and commercial use, but that never came to fruition.
"At the time, we planned to develop, but the economic climate didn't provide the opportunity for that to happen," said Ludwig.
The Racer Trust property has been previously used as an auto test track and landfill. It is described on the company's website as a "vacant, partial wooded parcel" zoned for industrial manufacturing.
Burton Mayor Paula Zelenko said a renaissance designation would provide another reason businesses to move into the area, with the I-69 corridor corporation aiding in advertisement of the zones.
"This is a regional effort, so this would benefit everybody," she said. "That's the reason why the city of Burton wanted to be part of this (NMDC)."


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Are you still looking for things to do this Valentine's Day weekend?
Well, getting reservations at your favorite restaurant may not be easy.
I had dinner with my beautiful wife, Pam, at Amore Trattoria Italiana last night because they did not have openings Feb. 14 or 15. The Comstock Park restaurant is one of the best Italian restaurants in the state, and at last check they still had openings for Sunday.
We're also going with friends to Saturday's sold out Billy Joel concert at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
What are you doing?
If you need help, our reporters at MLive have put together Top 5 lists (or stories) of things to do in Michigan.
Have a great, safe weekend everyone.
Ann Arbor area (Jenn McKee)
5 things to do around Ann Arbor this weekend: My Folky Valentine, UMS shows and more
Bay County (Yfy Yossifor)
Top 5 things to do in Bay County: Love is all around at Valentine's weekend events
Detroit area (Eric Lacy)
All-female Motley Crue cover band Girls, Girls Girls headed to Ferndale's Magic Bag; Broadzilla opens (March 14)
Genesee County (William Ketchum)
5 things to do in Genesee County-Valentine's Day concert at The New McCree Theatre
Grand Rapids area (Todd Chance)
Top 5 things to do in Grand Rapids include Golf Show, Brew Ha Ha, Taste of Soul
Jackson area (Zeke Jennings)
Top 5 things to do in Jackson includes stage shows, Jackson Chorale concert
Kalamazoo area (John Liberty)
Valentine's Day for procrastinators: 10 ways you can make the day special (since you forgot until just now)
'Pint with the Past' fundraiser at Gilmore Car Museum featuring 10 breweries is Saturday (Emily Monacelli)
Lansing area (John Gonzalez)
Lansing area Top 5: MSU Stampede, LSO's Valentine's Day 'Lights, Camera...Oscars!' and more
Muskegon area (Lisha Arino)
Top 4 things to do in the Muskegon area this weekend: Surface, Winter Expo and more
Saginaw County (Jessica Shepherd)
Top 5 things to do in Saginaw County: Outhouse races, Saginaw Spirit Ice Blast and Larry McCray
Statewide Top 5 (John Gonzalez)
Gonzo's Top 5: The UP200 Sled Dog Race in Marquette, Traverse City Winter Comedy Arts Festival and more
Things to Do in the U.P. (Jesse Land)
Jesse Land has a very active Facebook page. One of his readers posted at scrumptious photo of their Valentine's Day Stuffed French Toast at Java By the Bay in L'Anse.
Things to do in the U.P. Facebook Page
John Gonzalez is a statewide entertainment writer for MLive. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.


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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CREWS TO WORK IN SPARTANBURG EARLY THIS MORNING WYFF NEWS 4'S ALY MYLES HAS THE DETAILS. A BUSY DAY FOR SPARTANBURG OFFICIALS-AND C-S-X AFTER A TRAIN DERAILS EARLY THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED NEAR BRAWLEY STREET BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 221 AND 229. WYFF NEWS 4'S ALY MYLES HAS THE STORY. A 90 CAR C-S-X TRAIN-CARRYING MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF ETHANOL. ONE ENGINE AND FOUR CARS-DERAILED EARLY IN THE MORNING. "30:41 its not populated and therefore, at 1:30 this morning, we weren't knocking on peoples doors and trying to evacuate them and trying to find a place to shelter them." ONE OF THOSE CARS-HAD SAND IN IT... CREATING A BUFFER BETWEEN THE ENGINES AND THE ETHANOL-A CLEAR LIQUID- USED TO MAKE GASOLINE- VERY FLAMMABLE AND VOLATILE. That's why official are being so cautious with this cleanup-- to make sure nothing happens when trying to move these cars" "31:45 these tank cars carry 60,000 gallons per car. So we have two cars that are overturned and one that's off the tracks so we have 180,000 gallons involved at this point.' C-S-X TRAINS TRAVEL SLOWLY BECAUSE OF HOW DANGEROUS THESE CHEMICALS ARE. FORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE-THE DERAILMENT DIDN'T CAUSE A LEAK-OTHERWISE THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A MUCH DIFFERENT SCENARIO. "32:04 we would have had a pretty significant fire and would have to try to contain it to that region."
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Flow T2200
If you need a trainer to work on your fitness level in a targeted and efficient manner without interactive options, then the Flow is ideal for you. You are not the only one because the entrance model ergotrainer was and still is many cyclists' first experience with Tacx. The Flow is easy to use. The handlebar computer controls the electromagnetic brake and displays your heart rate, power output, speed and pedalling frequency. While training you can adjust the resistance and slope, choosing from 14 different positions. You can make the transition to an interactive trainer with the Upgrade i-Flow. This makes the Flow suitable for use with a PC and laptop. The Flow cannot be connected to a tablet or smartphone.
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- Operation Handlebar computer
- Resistance unit Electro
- Braking positions 14
- Descent simulation -
- Max brake power (10 sec.) 800 Watt
- Sprint power (1 min.) 700 Watt
- Mass inertia 11,81 kg 2
1 Flywheel effect: the higher the value, the more realistic the cycling experience
Not compatible with tablets and smartphones
Connect to Windows PC
Do you own a Tacx Flow and are you looking to get more out of your trainings? You can achieve this by connecting your trainer to your Windows computer. That way, you can train using the TTS 4, Basic.
To connect the Tacx Flow to your computer, the Upgrade Flow is required. This package contains the Tacx Trainer software 4, Basic, a control box that must be mounted on your handlebar and a cable which enables you to connect your trainer to your computer.
The Flow works with an electro brake. By placing magnets and electro magnets beside a rotating aluminium disc, eddy currents are created which generate an opposing magnetic field. In this way a non-contact, maintenance-free brake is realized that is also silent. Thanks to the electro brake a resistance can be set that you also experience on the road or in a climb.
The electro brake is suitable for an average training level. The gradient of the road is converted into resistance on the bike by creating a magnetic field. It can reliably simulate the road up to 7%. This brake does not simulate any descents.
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The electro brake does not have a downhill drive, such as the motor brake of the i-Genius, and it generates less power while riding uphill. When you are cycling in a virtual terrain or in a film you can get outside the range for which the brake is intended. To allow cyclists with a motor brake and cyclists with an electro brake to ride races against each other in Multiplayer, Tacx has developed the virtual speed. This concept translatesthe energy supplied into a certain speed, which can guarantee a fair contest. If this speed differs from the speed at which the rear wheel is running, the virtual speed will be shown on the screen in red.
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The white lines in the graph shown above indicate the power, cycling speed and slope. The blue areas indicate the operational range: which resistance can the different resistance units apply at certain speeds and gradients and how realistic is the cycling experience?


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A pithering night of food and wine.
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Ouch, my head hurts a little today. I've suffered again my repeated offence of drinking too much wine. I'm starting to wonder if I'm one of those people that never learn.
Oh well nevermind. Yesterday my chef's outfit got another outing as we cooked up a beef Wellington for Kath's father and his wife, in a night that also developed into something of a wine tasting. Having trialled this meal a week earlier, and it being somewhat of a disaster, I didn't really have too many reasons to feel confident about it this time round. Last time I was taken aback by the width of the fillet we'd got, and as a result the stuff (mushroom-mashup) in between the meat and the pasty got spread too thinly. Also I assaulted such a wonderful cut of beef with an overdose of English mustard. And to add insult to injury, I didn't cook the thing for long enough or give it a decent rest either. So all in all, it was a bit of a disappointment. Mind you, it made for very pleasant sandwiches the next day. In retrospect (in an Agile fashion I've starting having impromptu retrospectives on many different things), I suppose I was distracted by a Terry Wogan hosted competition on TV to see which candidate the UK public would put forward to enter the Eurovision song contest. I think the Eurovision's great, it's sheer entertainment.
This time though, the Wellington came out a lot better. By deviously combining the good bits of two or three better recipes on the web, the meal came to much more of a satisfying conclusion. I used a tea-towel to wring the moisture out of the flat mushrooms, as oppose to cooking them for an eternity. As an insurance policy against not having enough of the mushroom paste to provide a filling, we combined the mushrooms with a lovely chicken pate, which I think gave the desired effect. To wrap things up literally, we cunningly used parma ham, a nuance from Gordon Ramsay. All in all I thought it was very nice. I could probably have used a sharper knife the slice the entity up, and it was rareish again, but I declare myself chuffed. I feel obliged to report on this blog how wonderful I think the butcher 'Eastwoods' is from Berkhamstead. Sure, a little more expensive, but this award winning place is a mecca for meat enthusiasts.
So I come to the wine. We chirpy contingent of diners split into two factions: the ladies favouring a bottle of Laurent-Perrier pink champagne, and us world-wise hearty gents opting for an action packed Pernand-Vergelesses En Caradeux. The latter is a white Burgundy, originating from a village living slyly close to the soils of Aloxe Corton, Burgundy's most special wine. This wine in particular, the Pernand-Vergelesse, is one that would be a challenge to find in the UK. Being a lesser known and hence a much cheaper village wine, it is great value for money. In my humble opinion I think of it being slightly similar to a good Saint Aubin. Lovely and jammy, a little peary.
Our two factions continued along separate paths. One strode forward and ripped into a Chablis premier cru Vallions, and the other steered us into Saint Aubin premier cru. I enjoyed the Saint Aubin, although both chaps were in agreement that the former wine of our choice was the victor. It was fun to be able to compare the two. It must be pointed out though, as inconceivable as it may be, that my faculties as a supreme judge of all wine may have been beginning to recede.
Our two factions shook hands and ended a self imposed separation, rejoining in a graceful yet savoury harmony, embellishing the flavours of the main accompaniment to the Wellington. As part of a thankyou to our guests for helping with the wedding, I sourced a Grand Cru Corton, a 'Clos Des Cortons Faiveley' from Berry Brothers. Mmm. Absolutely smooth, that lovely liquorice flavour, gorgeous. We all murmured in contentment as we swished it down. Lovely.
Well, it may have been sensible to end on a high, especially for me personally with my resented attachment to abhorrent hangovers, but we did not. We continued, the four of us proceeding ahead as a single unit. The same wine that I had raved about on this blog that had been consumed at Christmas, had coincidentally made its way here in the back of our guests' car. Since Corton was on the brain, I suppose it was inevitable that was cracked open. This is a lovely wine, the Corton Pouget Grand Cru, and has such presence it felt like there were five of us at the table, plus the cheese. There was however a smidgen of unanimious opinion that it was beaten by the former. Thinking about it today, I wonder if this was because the Berry Brothers one, a 2001 vintage, had a couple of years on the Pouget.
Well, did it end here? Not quite. Making a special appearance, and gracing our table was a Vosne-Romanee, another Burgundian big-gun. We'd picked this up as a present to our guests in Burgundy last year, as part of our wedding wine-buying excursion. It was different, fantastic. Although I am ready to admit my pre-mentioned faculties of a wine taster extraordinaire were pretty much compromised.
Phew! It's made my stomach twist and turn just recounting! A wonderful and wickedley indulgant night of food and wine. I'm sure I'll be fresh as a daisy ready for work tomorrow, but for today, please let me snooze and watch series 6 of the Sopranos on dvd.


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Like it's aerial brethren Altitude, Dogfighter is a plane based combat game with a heavy emphasis on Multiplayer over a standard single player foray. Dogfighter unlike Altitude is a completely 3D experience allowing players to experience gorgeous vistas, scenery and violent explosions.
As the game is majorly focused on Multiplayer, it would obviously have to excel in that field and luckily Dogfighter does. Eight players at a time can take to the skies in a bid to outshoot, outmanoeuvre and all out destroy their enemies. The great thing about combat in Dogfighter is how simple to play yet difficult to master it is. Flight direction is controlled with the mouse, whilst the W key is in charge of boost, A and D barrel roll in their respective directions and S slows down your aerial machine of death.
However as with their real life comparison controlling your plane is never that simple. By hitting various keys on the board you're able to perform numerous aerial acts to get the drop on your opponent. Have a plane behind you shooting you up? Simple, smash down the good old shift key and watch your plane do a full loop and then you have your opponent in a compromising position of death. Maybe you saw someone behind you, hit the Space Bar and do a 180 and roll over to be on a path to destruction right towards the enemy.
Combat isn't all about flying though, well actually it is, but there's also power ups. When you spawn your plane starts off with essentially a pea shooter. Scattered around one of the five maps that ship with the game is a number of weapon power ups. They range from a modest shotgun attachment to a minigun attachment that just reigns death upon your enemies. They're all placed well and really do serve as a great innovative idea that works well with the game. Nothing beats flying through the Volcano level and scooping up a bunch of destructive presents then unleashing them upon your unsuspecting opponents.
As well as the weapon attachment power ups, also included in Dogfighter are what I would call Passive power ups. They do your normal things like make your plane invisible or even give you extra health. Scattered around maps is also balloons you can shoot to access random power ups. There is also malicious tools that can shut opponents engines off, right down to a power up that turns your plane into a skinned version similar to your enemies to help disguise you.
Dark Water Studios has done a great job creating five maps to ship with the game, ranging from a huge mining site right through to an old Egyptian pyramid site. They are constructed really well and offer great strategic options. Is it worth flying through the narrow tunnel and risking death to get the awesome homing rockets? Should you risk getting trapped, but getting more health? Options like that await at every skirmish, and it is really fun to partake in. As well as being constructed well, the maps also look awesome too. I noticed how great the water looks, and I commend Dark Water on doing such a brilliant job of creating lifelike, well textured maps.
To go along with the awesome maps, Dark Water has created a stack of awesome planes, each with their own pros and cons. Do you want to be fast into the combat with moderate weapon power, then zip off into the horizon? Or are you more aimed towards causing as much damage as possible with little to no armour? You're able to change planes whenever you die, so you can always tailor the experience to whatever strategy you've formulated.
Sound wise I feel the game is a bit bland. It would've been nice to hear bullets whipping past my plane as I cut through the air, or a nice Just Cause 2 explosion sound greeting me as I lay waste to one of the many sky bound enemies. The same annoying soundtrack plays over and over too. It's a "Metal" soundtrack featuring guitar riffs, and it gets annoying pretty fast, so fast in fact I turned it off in the first round. To quote the words of a great; "I've had it with this god damn metal soundtrack on this god damn plane game!".
Something I noticed from playing Multiplayer was how difficult it was to find a game. I don't know if that is because of the time I played it or lack of sales, but the lowest latency I could find for a server was showing up as 2000ms. Damien Gallagher, Executive Producer of Dark Water Studios assured me that many additions were coming to the game, including a Dedicated Server Client and your standard add-ons in the form of more maps and gametypes.
On the topic of game types, Dogfighter really doesn't break any new ground there. It is what you would expect to see in any Multiplayer experience, with your usual Deathmatch/Team Deatchmatch based stuff. Something I do enjoy playing is the Survival mode that pits you against numerous enemies, as you fight for your life. The Steam achievements based around the Multiplayer left me scratching my head a bit, too. One of them is rewarded for flying around the inside of a volcano for 60 minutes. Considering flight through the volcano generally takes 10-15 seconds, people are really going to be grinding for these.
In summary, Dogfighter is a brilliant multiplayer experience, but that is where it shoots itself in the foot. Lack of online games really is going to affect playing in my opinion, as the AI is great to play with, but not nearly as fun as a human. If you've got Steam and some money to spend I recommend Dogfighter as an enjoyable new and fresh title. If you want to queue Dogfighter to your Steam account click here, it's definitely worth it.
The rundown:
+ Fun plane combat done the right way
+ Planes and weapons all mix and balance perfectly
– Bland annoying soundtrack
– Not many online games
DogFighter was developed by Dark Water Studios and published by Dark Water Studios for the PC. The game released in the United States on June 15th 2010 with a retail price of $16.99 USD. The copy used in this review was for the PC and sent to us by Dark Water Studios. The game was played to completion for the purpose of this review. Specs of the PC used are as follows: Asus M2A74-AM-SE Motherboard, AMD Quad Core 630 @ 2.81ghz, HIS 5750 1GB DDR5, 4GB RAM, Tritton AX720 Dolby Digital 5.1 Headset, Windows 7 (64 Bit).


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The management of large, established enterprises creates a range of multi-facet challenges for the general manager. A general manager needs to understand the internal workings of a firm, how to assess and create a strategy, and how to take into account increasing, globalization. While these issues are distinct, they are very much intertwined. As a result, this course will provide you with an integrated view of these challenges and show you that effective of an established enterprise requires a combination of insights drawn from economics, sociology, psychology and political economy.


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OTTAWA COUNTY -- Supporters of a ballot proposal to allow the Sunday sales of beer and wine in Ottawa County have raised more than $97,000.
• Say Yes to Sunday Committee
• Secretary of State campaign finance disclosure
Most of the money funded the effort to collect about 43,000 signatures to put the question on the Nov. 4 ballot, said Jim Storey, campaign manager for the Say Yes to Sunday Committee.
"Gathering that number of signatures, tens of thousands of signatures, is a huge undertaking. Anybody in politics will tell you that," he said.
A referendum initiated by petition was required because the public put the ban in place in 1976, county officials ruled. The petition signatures figure was set by a formula based on the number of voters in the last general election.
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Rambler Metals and Mining has added a new project to its stable of gold- and copper-producing mines.
Rambler Metals and Mining's Nugget Pond Crown Pillar is pictured in this submitted photo. Rambler has bought a 50 per cent stake in the Little Deer project.
— Photo courtesy Rambler Metals and Mining
George Ogilvie, president and CEO of Rambler, announced at the provincial mining industry's annual Resource Investors Forum on Tuesday that the company's conditional offer for a 50 per cent stake in the Little Deer copper deposit and Whalesback mine, together known as the Little Deer project, had been accepted by Cornerstone Capital Resources.
"Those are copper deposits consisting of almost four million tonnes, grading over two per cent copper," Ogilvie told the forum at the Sheraton hotel Tuesday morning.
Cornerstone sold its stake for C$550,000, consisting of $200,000 in cash and $350,000 in common shares of Rambler.
"If you look at that on our acquisition cost-per-pound of copper in the ground, for the indicated resources, for our 50 per cent share, that works out to one cent per pound of copper in the ground,
so quite a favourable deal for Rambler and its shareholders," said Ogilvie.
The Little Deer project is less than 140 kilometres from the company's Nugget Pond base and precious metals processing facility on the Baie Verte Peninsula, which the company bought in 2009 to process ore from its Ming Mine site, 40 kilometres away, which started commercial production last year.
It's the company's success with Ming that has it hoping for a similar experience with Little Deer. Earlier this summer, Rambler picked up the Krissy's Buckle property, 40 kilometres from Nugget Pond.
Future priorities for the company are paying down debt and optimization of the milling, crushing and grinding circuit in Nugget Pond, and continuing to explore the Ming mine and Krissy Buckle properties, Ogilvie said.
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The New Orleans Saints announced late Thursday they released defensive tackle Rodney Leisle and added wide receivers Larry Beavers and Andy Tanner, in addition to the previously reported signing of wide receiver Roy Hall.
Leisle, 29, was a fifth-round pick by the Saints in 2004, who played in 18 games. Last year, Leisle appeared in one game before being placed on injured reserve with a knee injury..
Beavers, 5 feet 10, 186 pounds, first arrived in the NFL via Division III school Wesley College as an undrafted free agent with Carolina in 2009. He holds the NCAA record with 13 kick returns for touchdowns (10 on kickoffs; 3 on punts). In the 2009 preseason he caught two passes for the Panthers for 31 yards, averaged 2.8 yards on four punt returns and had one kickoff return for 24 yards before being waived.
Tanner (6-0, 183) played collegiately at Division II Midwestern Sate. In 38 games he caught 120 passes for 1,716 yards and 20 touchdowns. He was invited to the Saints rookie camp last week on a tryout basis.
Hall has seen his NFL career cut short by injuries since being a fifth round draft pick by Indianapolis out of Ohio State in 2007. He has played in just seven career games and has one catch for 9 yards. Hall has also made five tackles on special teams.


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Is it possible that we can have a constructive discussion about our values and ideals here in THIS thread, without attacks? How...Original post made by amy on Jul. 9, 2009
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AROUND TOWNWhere to get a flu shot in town?
I was hoping to get some ideas on where I can get an adult flu shot (if you also know where the H1N1 is being dispensed that...Original post made by Amy on Oct. 22, 2009
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Pop-up dinners, food truck rallies and a Sunday Purloo brunch – not to mention the Jazz Fest food booths -- top this May Day roundup of dining events.
Grazing at the Fest – May 2-5 - Yes, it's going to be wet and muddy at the Fair Grounds this weekend, but that only will make you appreciate Prejean's pheasant, quail and andouille gumbo so much more. If you're hitting up the New Orleans Jazz Fest's second weekend – rain or shine – take this challenge: Eat one dish you've never tried before. My suggestion: the couscous with sweet yogurt and dried fruit by Gambian Foods at Congo Square. It feels like an antidote to all the butter-rich, cream-heavy fest foods.
Purloo brunch – May 5 - The popular pop-up by Ryan Hughes, chef of the soon-to-come Purloo restaurant at the new Southern Food and Beverage Museum, will hold a Sunday brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Creole Gardens Guest House and Inn, 1415 Prytania St. Jazz pianist/vocalist Mitch Woods will perform. Reservations: 504.430.1840 or email@example.com.
"Rolling Through" food truck gatherings – Tuesdays, from May 7 through June 25 – City officials are still grappling over how to regulate food trucks, but that hasn't made the mobile meal-sellers any less popular. A new series of food truck gatherings kicks off Tuesday, May 7, at Bayou Treme Center, 2541 Bayou Road. The series, organized by My House NOLA, will continue on Tuesdays through June 25 at various locations throughout the city. Events take place from 5 to 9 p.m. A complete list of dates and trucks is on the event's Facebook page. Trucks you'll find at the May 7 gathering include: Nola Girl, La Cocinita, Empanada Intifada, Grilling Shelling, Brigade Coffee, Dat Dog Express, NOLA Pie Guy, Rue Chow, Frencheeze and Beignet Roule.
Sippin' In Seersucker – May 10 – More than a dozen restaurants are signed for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art's sartorial-minded fundraiser, Sippin' in Seersucker. The event takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Shops at Canal Place. Some of the participating restaurants include: Chiba, Cleaver & Co., Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse, The Grill Room at the Windsor Court Hotel, Liberty's Kitchen, Maple Street Café, Pralines by Jean, Root and Tivoli & Lee at Hotel Modern, among others. Tickets are $25 for museum members, $40 for nonmembers before May 10, and $30 for members and $50 for nonmembers at the door. Details: 504.539.9650 or at the museum's store.
Filipino Al Fresceaux – May 11 – If you haven't tried Milkfish, the fabulous Filipino pop-up by Cristina Quackenbush, here's another opportunity to taste her cooking. She will be the featured chef at the next Al Fresceaux dinner club. The event includes a five-course meal with wine pairings and cocktails. As with many of these under-the-radar supper events, the location is not announced in advance. Cost is $60 per person. Details: email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo – May 17-19 – The Bayou St. John fun-fest has rounded up more than 20 restaurants to feed the crowd. Not to be missed is Ralph's on the Park's upscale take on yaka mein with beef brisket and bucatini pasta.


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Kids headed back to school, and you haven't picked up the new clothes they need yet? It's intimidating, right? Getting ready to unload hundreds of dollars at the time you can least afford it. Try out a few of our tips below to reduce your anxiety and get the outfits your children need at a reasonable price...
- Gently used clothing- Stock up on sturdy staples like jeans and sweatshirts at used clothing stores as well as yard sales. Since the items are made of heavy material, the wear and tear should be minimal at a smaller price. Some places like Once Upon a Child will buy your gently used items, or let you use them for in-store credit.
- Know when to shop- Specialty chain stores like Gymboree, The Children's Place, Kid's Gap and Old Navy all have terrific end-of-season sales. Consider going shopping a little early to score some great deals.
- Try online- You can find great deals online at Craigslist and Ebay. Often times, sellers will sell entire bags or bundles of clothes for low prices.
- Just ask- Ask your friends, family, neighbors and coworkers if they have any hand-me-downs they would be willing to donate or let you borrow. Be sure to return the favor to somebody else!
- Buy to hand me down- Have more than one child of the same sex? Buy to hand me down, and save money in the long run. Stock up on sturdy and timeless basics like blue jeans, khakis, and solid tees.
- Shop ahead- ...and out of season. If you catch a great deal on a winter coat in the middle of summer, Go for it! Just be sure to buy a size too big.
- Play clothes vs. work clothes- Avoid wasting money on wear and tear of clothing by seperating clothing into "work" and "play" clothes. Don't let your children play in work clothes, and spend less money on the quality of play clothes.
- Outlet Stores- Search for an outlet mall in your area, or stick to discount retailers like T.J. Maxx and Ross.
- Know their sizes- On occasion, you will spot super steals at different stores. Be sure you know your kid's sizes to make sure you participate in these deals. Writing them down on a slip of paper in your purse of wallet isn't a bad idea.
- Set a price limit- Before heading to the store, determine your budget. For example, refuse to spend over $10.00 on a shirt, or $15.00 on a pair of pants.
- Stock up on the basics- Solid tees, underwear and socks are best purchased at discount department chain stores like Wal-Mart and Target. Having a good base of basics will allow your kids to mix to match and get more unique outfits out of the same total number of pieces.
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I like the information...Personally I feel kids also must be taught early in their lives about spending and saving pattern.We can always prioritize our need and definitilyit cut down the cost.Budgetting and planning surely help us avoid the pitfall of financial crunch...Great going .


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Uh, wow.
Actual reporters are the ones who are supposed to provide the pithy baseball ledes. As a link dumper/joke maker I'm pretty much speechless here.
So let's just go into what we know: by virtue of the Texas Rangers beating the Los Angeles Angels of Salt Lake City 3-1, they get home field advantage in the American League Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Tigers, as you know by now, will play Game 1 against the Yankees on Friday night.
But how the Rays actually got into the postseason is what most non-Tigers fans are discussing this morning. Perhaps even Tigers fans, too.
With the help of Evan Longoria home runs and some late-inning pitching by ex-Tiger Kyle Farnsworth, the Rays beat the Yankees 8-7 in 12 innings. The Red Sox, meanwhile, fell 4-3 to the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth thanks to hits by Kyle Hudson, Nolan Reimold and Robert Andino in succession — all with two outs. It was incredible. [TampaBay.com]
• If that wasn't enough, the National League's Wild Card was also decided last night. In a similar vein, the Braves lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in extra innings while the St. Louis Cardinals thumped the remnants of the Houston Astros 7-0 to earn the fourth spot in the senior circuit. Gerald Laird is in the postseason, everybody. [STLToday]
• One of the strange moments in the first inning of the Tigers-Indians game was when Indians manager Manny Acta was ejected in the first inning for arguing balls and strikes. This happened hours after bench coach Tim Tolman announced he would step down after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Some of us thought that Acta did this intentionally so that Tolman could manage in his final game, but according to Indians beat writer Paul Hoynes, it wasn't. [Twitter]
• Typical New York media thinking that the key to the ALDS is going to be Justin Verlander. They're just a one-man team, am I right? [New York Times]
• For those who saw the film Moneyball — this is not a spoiler, really — Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski is mentioned (but not portrayed) in a harrowing scene where Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) starts dealing off players in a fit of exasperation. He asks for Dombrowski on the phone and sends him Carlos Peña in a quick trade. In reality Peña was dealt to Detroit in a three-team deal along with Franklyn German and Jeremy Bonderman which sent Jeff Weaver to the Yankees. But that's why Hollywood uses creative liberties. [Detroit News]
• How cool would it have been if Miguel Cabrera bunt singled on his first at bat then left the game to preserve the batting title? Well that's what Jose Reyes did in the National League. [Big League Stew]


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Inshore anglers from across Louisiana and surrounding regions will meet at Empire May 18-19 for the 2013 Louisiana Division season-opening events of the IFA Redfish Tour and IFA Kayak Fishing Tour.
Both tour events will operate out of The Delta Marina (317 Rose Marie Dr., Empire, LA 70050). The IFA Redfish Tour will begin its activities on May 17, with tournament registration from 5-7 p.m. followed by the captain's meeting. Anglers will launch from The Delta Marina at safe light on May 18 with check-in times assigned at Friday's captain's meeting.
Competitors in the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour will have registration from 6-7 p.m. with captains meeting to follow on May 18 at The Delta Marina. Anglers will launch Sunday from the location of their choice and return to The Delta Marina for the weigh-in. Check-in times will be announced at Saturday's captain's meeting.
Continuing to draw inshore anglers from Texas to the Carolinas, both IFA Redfish Tours include five different divisions, each with a two-event regular season.
Every regular-season IFA Redfish Tour tournament winner will take home a fully loaded 2013 Ranger Banshee Extreme, valued at $30,000. Winners of the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour will win $1,500 guaranteed.
For more information or to become a member of the IFA, visit www.ifatours.com. To discover more about kayaking, go to www.hobiefishing.com.


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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury hotel with 2 restaurants and winery
Situated on a lake, this luxury hotel is 11.7 mi (18.8 km) from Duras Clock Tower and 11.8 mi (19 km) from Duras Castle. Chateau de Bridoire and Chateau de Monbazillac are also within 16 mi (25 km).
Hotel Features
Along with 2 restaurants, this smoke-free hotel has an attached winery and a full-service spa. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a golf course, a fitness center, and a bar/lounge.
Room Amenities
All 39 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and minibars. For a bit of entertainment, guests will find flat-screen TVs with satellite channels, and other amenities include room service and premium bedding.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Château des VigiersLe Vigier - Route D18 Monestier Dordogne 24240
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
A winery is attached to this Monestier hotel. In addition to a full-service spa, Château des Vigiers features a golf course and a spa tub. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. The property also offers a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Event facilities measuring 5864 square feet (545 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, a fitness center, and a sauna. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Château des Vigiers is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 39
- Number of floors - 2
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Pool umbrellas
- Billiards or pool table
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Library
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Garden
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 5864
- Winery attached
- Conference space size (meters) - 545
- Number of meeting rooms - 7
- Golf course on site
- Snack bar/deli
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Snack bar/deli
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Soundproofed rooms
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Individually decorated
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Individually furnished
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
LES FRESQUES - Overlooking the golf course, this fine-dining restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required. Open select days.
BRASSERIE LE CHAI - This poolside brasserie serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
BAR LE CLUB - Overlooking the golf course, this bistro serves brunch and lunch. Open select days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Guests can play rounds at the 27-hole golf course. A seasonal outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Rafting nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Fishing on site
- Golf driving range on site
- Golf lessons on site
- Golfing on site
Spa Services
Maria Galland has 3 treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam.
The spa is open select days. Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
- Steam room in spa
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Number of treatment rooms 3
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.88 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 26 per person (approximately)
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 15.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Chateau Vigiers
- Chateau Vigiers Golf
- Chateau Vigiers Golf Club
- Chateau Vigiers Golf Country Club
- Chateau Vigiers Golf Country Club Hotel
- Chateau Vigiers Golf Country Club Monestier
- Vigiers
- Vigiers Golf Club
- Vigiers Golf Country Club
- Château Vigiers Hotel Monestier
- Château Vigiers Hotel
- Château Vigiers Monestier
- Château Vigiers
- Chateau Des Vigiers Hotel Monestier
- Chateau Des Vigiers Monestier
- Chateau Des Vigiers France/Monestier
We should mention
Reservations are required for golf tee times, massage services, and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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As Apple prepares to unveil the latest iPhone this week, the company's manufacturing partner in China, Foxconn Technology, is coming under renewed criticism over labor practices after reports that vocational students were being compelled to work at plants making iPhones and their components. The NYT reports.
As evidence has mounted that the economy is slowing, Beijing has kept the world on tenterhooks, delivering none of the big stimulus measures many analysts have predicted.
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There is no "right answer" to the IT org-chart.
I was working with a customer recently, and at one point they commented that they were always "too busy organizing to actually do any work." This phrase should be as common as "paradigm" or "transformation" in IT, because many top IT managers are overly obsessed with organization — in particular their IT org chart. Specializing in process improvement I have had many customers ask for advice on their org chart; they want to know what organization structure the best practice frameworks & gurus recommend. They won't come right out and say it; but they strongly imply that if they could just get their org-chart right all of their problems would be solved. It is difficult to quantify, but many re-orgs seem to realize only marginal benefits that are more than off-set by the disruptions they cause.
Unfortunately best practice sources provide little to no guidance on organizational structures. What guidance do they provide?
1) Your organization should be designed to support your business goals.
2) Implement processes that work across the org-chart.
3) Develop a culture that encourages collaboration & the sharing of knowledge
Typically the main area that re-orgs are looking to address is getting different teams to work better together. Having teams that regularly work together report up to the same manager does improve their ability to work together; but in a large company no matter how you slice it there are always going to be teams that have to work with different parts of the organization.
Re-orgs should be occasional adjustments to reflect changes in work volume or business needs; they should occur far less frequently than salary reviews. Focusing on process and culture are how you get disparate teams to work together. Sorry, that isn't very fun or sexy at all.


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Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Review
Posted on May 30, 2008 by GRIM
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Unlike most RPG gamers in existence I didn't come to roleplaying via D&D. My path to gaming ran something like:
Avid Reader > The Hobbit > Fighting Fantasy > The Lord of the Rings > MERP.
Very much in at the deep end and I didn't run into D&D at all as a player or a GM until I was 13, four or five years into my gaming career. When I did play it the relative lack of sophistication and over simplistic constriction on what I could do as a character made me pronounce it 'stupid', the final straw being when I managed to sneak up on a sleeping dragon and the rules couldn't cope with me STABBING IT IN THE EYE before it could wake up.
Aside from a bit of dabbling in 2nd Edition (Dark Sun, great setting, still didn't like the rules) and in computer game versions of D&D (Torment and Balder's Gate) that was pretty much my limit so far as it came to D&D, fantasy appealed (Dragon Warriors, WFRP and others) but D&D didn't because I didn't really buy into its sacred cows so much.
3rd Edition though, and the OGL that went with it, dragged me back into D&D. Now I could engage with it on a design level and the open nature meant not only could I 'fix' it, but I could trade those fixes and ideas with others and get remuneration for it. Which was great! d20 had pretences at being a generic system, but it really wasn't, it got shoehorned into every possible setting and genre under the sun, even when it didn't fit and eventually the d20 bubble burst. and things settled down again.
What we were left with, though, was a rambling and over-bloated beast of a game with masses of WOTC and third party supplements sprawling in all directions, a behemoth filled with munchkinism and twinkish combination exploits so foul that even RIFTS players would turn their nose up at them.
Now we're on to 4th Edition and I've been deliberately staying out of the gossip around it as best I can to come at the books fresh. I won my copies from Dungeon Magazine for the 'best adventure I never wrote' which should be published sometime before June 6th, but since I had books coming for free I didn't see any harm in getting a sneak peak at what would be coming in the post. As such some of these comments are provisional and may be revised when I get to see actual, physical copies.
Going into this I'm coming from two directions, as both a consumer and a producer. As a consumer does 4th Edition deliver the type of game that I want to play? Does it compel and interest me? As a producer I'm looking at it and trying to anticipate where the market might go, what products might emerge, how the system might be customised and altered (if at all) and where problems might arise.
Reading through the books 4th Edition feels, to me, very much like an introductory game in a way that 3rd Edition wasn't. The look, the feel, the language all seem, to me, to be angled towards bringing in new players. This is a really good thing, obviously, but I think that the targetting of the MMO market – which seems to be the aim – is a miscalculation. TTRPGs can't beat MMOs at their own game, D&D aping MMORPGs is a bit like having your dad go through a midlife crisis, dying his hair, driving a porsche and trying to pass himself off as 'Emo'. It's a little embarrassing and not what he's really good at. I think it may have been more productive to go after the areas where TTRPGs still excel over CRPGs and MMORPGs but hey, nobody listens to me.
I'll wait to pass judgement on the D&D Insider computer platform but my gut instinct is that this is a miscalculation as well, charging the same amount as a typical MMO subscription for what amounts to a static graphical chess set that doesn't even take care of some of the rolls etc for you and a few other bits and pieces that they are yet to prove they can deliver seems ludicrous to me, if it's a choice between their WoW subscription and their D&D Insider subscription people aren't going to go for D&DI in my opinion. If it were five or perhaps ten dollars a month I can see people subbing to it on the side but this, to me, seems overpriced.
The three books seem to be going against the grain in terms of where graphic design has been heading in RPG books since the 90s. While the level of production is professional and the artwork standard good overall there's very little 'feel' to the pages. No faux-parchment effect or little notebook conceits, very little ornamentation. It is very clean, very clear, quite minimalistic. On the one hand this makes the books much easier on the eye and a lot more readable, on the other hand it makes them feel rather clinical, perhaps not coincidentally like a computer game manual.
The artwork is fairly good throughout, though there are some disappointing pieces that have a washed out look and what appears to be CGI derived imagery that doesn't really fit. While the overall art is good it lacks cohesion. Love it or loathe it 3rd Edition had a consistent look to it 'dungeonpunk' while 4th Edition is a bit all over the place. The strongest theme to come through is one, again, of computer-gamey feel, a sort of pseudo-anime, pseudo-Warhammer/WoW effort of massive shoulder pads and even larger weapons. Otherwise the rest of the art seems a bit all over the place, technically good but a little schizophrenic.
The writing is fairly clear throughout but a problem I noticed was that things were introduced before they were defined so, for example, if you were reading off the power descriptions they might have a formula. 2 x [Q] + Snarf, but you don't find out what the Q stands for or what a Snarf is until page two-hundred and twelve. On a first read through this lead to a sense of bewilderment and frustration, unable to understand quite what I was reading – and this for someone who has several systems all but memorised.
Another flaw I felt existed in the writing was that there was no attempt, not even a weak one really, to reconcile the rules with reality, or even game reality. Things work as they do because the rules say that they do and that's pretty much it. As someone who values immersion while roleplaying I can't help but feel that this will detract from that experience, and that's not the only place it occurs. Throughout the game characters aren't really treated as characters so much as playing pieces, arrays of powers and abilities rather than personalities. The roles are described, again, in MMO terms so you end up not so much creating the persona of Corvin Ravenfeather the half-elf rogue but rather your 'Assasination/Damage specced Rogue'. While there are paragraphs here and there that encourage roleplaying the overall feel is more like a character card for playing Descent than an actual character role to get into.
The DMs guide is a triumph though, at least in writing. There's great advice in there on player types and typical troubleshooting and it's helpful without being patronising, something that occasionally shines through in the Player's Guide. I particularly liked the boxed out hints and tips, which are very human comments from the developers that give you more of an insight and connection to the game than much else that's present.
There's no real setting to speak of, as such and while much is familiar much is also different, different gods for example and different races, but this comes more under discussion of the rules.
Over all I think the rules are an improvement and a clarification from third edition and they have been streamlined and simplified, at the basic level, by a great deal. I can see this speeding up play and making things much easier for the GM in particular – prepping monsters and encounters is now much faster, but all of this simplicity comes at a cost of depth. Where D&D was more like a bag of lego bricks before – a little crude but you could put it together any way you liked, now it's more like a plastic model. The pieces go together certain ways and you're told how it should be. Everything is channelled, quantified, laid out as to how it 'should' be and while you can fiddle around a bit you're really only making cosmetic changes.
There is a massively heavy emphasis on miniatures and battlemats, though different parts of the book swing between saying their optional and implying that they're essential. While one could easily enough convert the distances and areas back to feet rather than squares it is a pain in the arse to do so and a pain that they're so heavily pushing the minis. I hate using minis and battlemats unless I'm war or skirmish gaming, I feel it detracts massively from the RP but I can see where the business decision comes in here, clearly the figures make the big bucks so anything that encourages their use has to be 'good'. I disagree but then money talks in these instances.
Another thing that has effectively been lost is the capability to multiclass freely and easily. Now you spend feats to gain qualities from other classes but you are still pretty much stuck in your role and using these multiclass feats is 'weak sauce' compared to previous methods of doing so. While you can customise within your role and build to a couple of different specifications this felt stifling to my creativity when I was trying to create a character I really liked, especially at first level. Multiclassing was always an ad hoc solution to the problem of character customisation but it was still better than the solution being presented so on that score I'm not a happy bunny.
The role enforcement problem is made worse by the new skill system. You no longer have varying skill levels, you either have a skill or you don't and that only gives you a +5 bonus within the area of that skill, this means a great deal more emphasis is weighed upon Ability scores and, even more importantly, level. Level rules everything now, giving bonuses across the board and the rewards for levelling are much greater than in 3rd Edition as well, what feels like excessive Ability score increases and a wealth of new powers.
I found the choices for races in the new book peculiar, to excise character types people like and are used to for the Dragonkin, Eladrin (Elves 2.0) and tieflings (but no Aasimar) seems a peculiar choice to me. The exotic and interesting is no longer exotic and interesting if it's the default. It would have made more sense, to me, to retain the Half Orc, Gnome and to have the Warforged in there and to put these new ones in a follow up Player's Guide – but then maybe that's the point to put familiar classes and races in additional player's guides to help them sell, if so that's a touch cynical but perhaps good business sense.
In classes we lose the Sorcerer – the change in magic rules means the spontaneous caster is no longer needed as much (though a magic user with more lower power At Will/Encounter spells would simulate it quite well) but we gain the Warlord – a leader type – and the Warlock, a pact-based magic user. Again these feel like odd choices to me, better suited to expansion books than to the core book, I assume the Warlock is there to appeal to the MMO crowd but the Warlord I can't particularly place, other than they perhaps wanted another 'buffing' class.
Feats are reduced in importance compared to the class specific powers and capabilities and many are, additionally, streamed by class themselves. In some ways this helps remove a problem of 'feat bloat' but on the other hand we now have many, many, many more categories which can bloat independently, all the different tiers of abilities and abilities relating to the Paragon and Epic levels of play (11+ and 21+).
Another metagame intrusion is the idea of 'respeccing' (sorry, retraining) allowing you to replace older, weaker powers with more powerful versions as you advance, effectively rewriting your character's history and allowing you – if you're careful – to maximise your potential every level by playing the system, playing the game rather than playing your character.
One ray of sunshine amongst all the metagaming and immersion breaking is the expanded concept of skill based encounters. These are now more of a creative chess game somewhat akin to the process of making an extended challenge in HeroQuest. Characters get to RP creatively and use their skills creatively to solve extended problems such as, say, tracking enemies through a forest or seducing a noble's daughter. I like the idea as presented and see lots of RP opportunities from it but it also made me feel that in inexperienced groups the skill rolling would replace the RP and the natural back and forth of play.
Long term I can see problems with the approach that WOTC have taken in 4th Edition. While the game has been stripped back and rebooted and while the 3rd party market has calmed down there are now many more things that could suffer game bloat, rather than classes, prestige classes and feats we now have classes, paragon classes, epic destinies, at will powers, encounter powers, daily powers and multi-level equipment which means 4th Edition could end up sprawling out of control twice as fast as third edition did. The other problem is that even though the system is streamlined and simplified there are not twice as many complications, modifiers, exceptions and so forth which in their own way will slow everything right back down again.
* Clean, crisp, readable.
* Honest effort to reach new gamers.
* Forward thinking approach to support.
* Misguided attempt to engage MMO players.
* Returns to the relative constriction of Basic/2nd Edition
* Miniatures emphasis overwhelming.
Style: 4 (Good but falls short of what's expected of the industry leader)
Substance: 3 (All rules and no inspiration makes Jack a dull boy)
Overall: 3.5
Final Verdict
My score would suggest that I rate 4th Edition as slightly higher than average. This may not be revealing my views sufficiently. The Substance score is low (average) because these corebooks do not contain anything in the way of setting information or content past some discussion of dungeons and ruins. These three books represent a game engine and advice and little more. I am almost certain that the new limited three book setting productions will be excellent and that they will provide the substance that the corebooks lack.
In my opinion 4th Edition does deal with many of the flaws from third edition, but it also embraces others – such as metagaming and optimisation. This can be dealt with by a good GM but I have to assess the books from a position of relative neutrality, as such I can't assume every group has a brilliant GM or non-abusive players.
While I have deep reservations about D&D Insider I hope it succeeds and while I have even deeper reservations about trying to beat the MMOs at their own game I do wish D&D 4th Edition and Wizards the very best of luck with it, especially in roping in new gamers. I hope to be writing for 4th Edition – it does make that job a lot easier – and Postmortem Studios will definitely be supporting it.
Review by James 'Grim' Desborough
Tags | d20, dark-fantasy, dungeons & dragons, wotc


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HANCOCK - Although they have taken much different roads to get to Finlandia University, John Kolbas and Jon Michael have something in common: They're both utilizing the GI Bill to enrich their post-military lives.
While they may have taken basic training nearly 20 years apart, both were discharged relatively recently and opted for Finlandia to finish out their education and start a new life on the civilian side.
Kolbas - who is from the Iron River/Gaastra area - entered the Navy right after graduation in 2004, attending basic training in Chicago. He then worked on a cruiser out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was soon deployed into the Northern Gulf, near Kuwait.
After a time in the Northern Gulf, however, Kolbas became severely ill and had to return to the United States. Following a medical discharge, he discovered how difficult the transition back to civilian life can be.
"It was extremely difficult, going from a military standard to having no standard of living," Kolbas said.
However, Kolbas remembered doing a job shadow at a rehab clinic in high school and enjoying it, so he began his journey toward a degree as a physical therapy assistant. After spending a year at Itasca Community College in northern Minnesota and becoming a father to a little girl, Kolbas decided to go to Finlandia to finish his degree and make his daughter proud.
"It's a huge motivation," Kolbas said of his daughter. "I want to show her that there's more than just grunt work, that I can do more to provide for her and myself, and that she can do the same thing."
Michael actually attended college before entering the military - spending three years at a Bible college in Grand Rapids, Mich. - but decided the Air Force was where he was needed. Originally, he planned on a four-year enlistment, but four years turned into 10, 10 turned into 20 and finally in 2007, Michael retired after nearly 23 years in the Air Force.
"I went in and did four years, and absolutely loved it," Michael said. "So we re-enlisted once, and the next time I was up for re-enlistment, my wife says, 'Well, if you re-enlist again, you go over 10, and if you go over 10 you're going to 20.' I said, 'If you're halfway to retirement, you might as well stay for it,' so we spent 10-and-a-half years in Europe."
Dealing with what the Air Force called personnel, Michael worked on evaluations, decoration, deployment orders, records filing and other responsibilities, including flying four-star generals around Europe. Michael and his family ended up spending time all across the continent, from a couple places in Germany to Belgium, even to Iceland.
After Europe, Michael moved to the Copper Country to work with the Michigan Technological University Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps for four years. On the cusp of retirement in 2006, Michael did one last assignment in California, but ended up returning to Hancock after about six months.
"One day, I woke up and thought this isn't fun anymore," Michael said. "When we were gone, my daughter had stayed living in our house here, and had gone to Finlandia that year, so it was kind of an easy decision where to come back to because we still had the house."
After a couple years, Michael decided to put the GI Bill to good use and enrolled in Finlandia in 2009.
"I knew all along that I had 10 years to use my GI Bill," he said. "I wanted to finish my business degree, and the post-9/11 GI Bill came out and was a really good opportunity to get that kind of incentive and push me.
"It's easy to be lazy and hard to be disciplined (after retiring), but that was my motivation to begin again and finish up."
They may have traveled different paths to get where they are, but both Michael and Kolbas agreed the military helped to make them what they are and prepare them for the next chapter.
"I had great experiences in the Navy, and I had not-so-great experiences, but it definitely helps with the maturity of taking responsibilities of school," Kolbas said.


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