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Pakistani Kite Flying Competition Disaster[web]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3491057.stm[/web]
Interesting co-incidence, as my girlfriend just finished reading and gave to me a novel called "Kite Runner" about 2 Pakistani boys growing up focused around this tradition. Seeing this news article really makes the book seem that much more poignient.
Is it a good book that you'd recommend?
That's OK, every book I read usually has little to do with kites, I just like to hear what other people are reading...
Good booksOllie - some good books I've read recently:
1. Blink - a book about our minds, how decisions are made. 2. Life of Pi - great book, about survival in the ocean. Good wind + waves, Zeev
Excellent. I've seen both of those around lately. I just finished A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson and starting one called In Praise of Slowness, How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed, a book about, you guessed it, slowing down in life.
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ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference
Due to the unexpected passing of a family member, I will not be attending the ACRL 2011 Conference on-site in Philadelphia this week. However, I will be attending the virtual conference in full force, including blogging about the live webcasts and even presenting online. While I am disappointed to miss the in-person interaction with my academic library colleagues over the next few days, I look forward to participating electronically and connecting with many of you over Twitter, Facebook, and the virtual conference website.
As a reminder, the virtual conference website is open to anyone registered for the virtual conference AND everyone who is attending on-site in Philly. Conference material will be archived there for up to a year later, so face-to-face attendees can go back at any time and watch the webcasts they may have missed. Slidecasts (recorded PPTs with synched audio) from every contributed paper, cyber zed shed presentation, invited paper, and panel session presented in Philadelphia will be posted to the virtual conference site a few days after ACRL wraps up, so they can be accessed as well. Handouts can already be downloaded, for attendees to preview before sessions.
I want to thank my co-chair Scott Vine from Franklin & Marshal College as well as our entire ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference Committee for their hard work on organizing an excellent slate of online programming for Thursday and Friday. I am honored to be presenting "Personal Branding for New Librarians" with Kiyomi D. Deards (www.libraryadventures.com / @kiyomid) and Bohyun Kim (www.bohyunkim.net/blog / @bohyunkim) on Thursday at 10:30 AM EST. Maybe I'll see some of you there!
What are your plans for ACRL? Is this your first time attending?
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[…] I will be giving a webcast for ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference with Kiyomi Deards and Erin Dorney. The webcast is open to all attendees of either ACRL 2011 Conference or ACRL 2011 Virtual […]
So sorry for your loss, Erin. Please know that you are in my thoughts, and I hope to see you next conference.


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tunctl — create and manage persistent TUN/TAP interfaces
tunctl [-f tun-clone-device] [-u owner] [-t device-name] tunctl [-f tun-clone-device] -d device-name
This manual page documents briefly the tunctl command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in HTML format; see below. tunctl allows the host sysadmin to preconfigure a TUN/TAP device for use by a particular user. That user may open and use the device, but may not change any aspects of the host side of the interface.
To create an interface for use by a particular user, invoke tunctl without the -d option: # tunctl -u someuser Set 'tap0' persistent and owned by 'someuser' Then, configure the interface as normal: # ifconfig tap0 192.168.0.254 up # route add -host 192.168.0.253 dev tap0 # bash -c 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tap0/proxy_arp' # arp -Ds 192.168.0.253 eth0 pub To delete the interface, use the -d option: # tunctl -d tap0 Set 'tap0' nonpersistent
The UserModeLinux-HOWTO (link to URL http://user-mode- linux.sourceforge.net/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.html)
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Alicia Keys has confirmed that she is indeed pregnant and is engaged to her boyfriend Swizz Beatz.
According to CNN, weeks of photos have shown Alicia Keys noticeably fuller in the mid-section and sporting a collection of loose-fitting black tops.
The publicist would not say when the child is due.
The father is Alicia Keys' fiance, producer/DJ/rapper Swizz Beatz.
The couple is engaged to be married in a private ceremony later this year.
"They're very happy," says a friend of the couple. Swizz Beatz (real name: Kasseem Dean) is father to sons Kasseem Jr., 3, and Prince, both from previous relationships.
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Lobitos - Nothing there but surf..
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So anyhow, Lobitos is a ghost town, used to be a big hub for the America oil companies who lived here, but was reclaimed by the Peruvians, and now is basically unused, and still used as a military training camp, but the pier is still used by the locals for trading with the local fishermen.
We bought this giant squid one day for the crack, and got the local fishermen to chop it up`and clean it for us, and ate 2 meals out of it, good ould crack. Ed wasn�t feeling the best though, and nearly calfed when he saw us eating the raw calamari on the second day in a typical Peruvian dish!
We were travelling with 2 guys that we found in Huanchaco too, Clarlos, a dude from Minorca, who knew little english, but was great crack, and couldn�t get enough of our eejiting, and Frenchie, Elo from the north of France, who decided that she�d take a trip to Lobitos with us. So all of us stuck together in the house, and had good crack, even though there was nothing much to do.


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Former New York CIty Mayor (1978-1989) Ed Koch is combative, funny, and blunt. He is also intensely private. In "Koch," first-time filmmaker Neil Barsky gives us an intimate portrait of the 86-year-old "quintessential New Yorker," along with a history of a city on the precipice. This illuminating documentary confronts the most gut-wrenching issues we face as a country - race, homelessness, AIDS, an gay rights - while revealing the personal toll of being mayor in the world's most wondrous city. In English. 95 minutes.
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Even with his name and age confirmed, Jenrry Mejia's hardball identity remains defined by a string of question marks. Starter or reliever? Legit prospect or dated heirloom? Someone the Mets can trust or someone they cannot?
A few years ago, Mejia – not Matt Harvey, not Zack Wheeler – was the most prized piece on the farm. Now he's an arm of last resort, a fifth starter if Johan Santana is not healthy, if Jeremy Hefner stumbles, if, if, if …
On Tuesday afternoon, he added another pin to this clothesline of doubt. Mejia pitched just one inning. He allowed five runs, four earned.
The mistakes he made Tuesday mirrored the mistakes he made when he was called up last September. Of the eight batters he faced Tuesday, six were given the benefit of a 1-0 count. It was reminiscent of his first start last autumn, when he threw first-pitch balls to 14 of the 19 hitters he saw in a 9-6 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
"I [felt] ready," Mejia said after leaving the 7-5 loss to the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium.
He did not look ready. It took just three pitches before the afternoon slid from his grasp.
Marlins outfielder Juan Pierre bunted a 1-1 pitch back toward the mound. Mejia fielded the ball cleanly, then rifled it down the right-field line.
"That happens sometimes," Mejia said.
He gave up two singles and a walk before Casey Kotchman, a nine-year veteran who has never hit more than 14 home runs in a season, smacked a grand slam. Mejia fell behind 1-0. Then he threw a fastball.
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Garnett parents plead for help
As a demonstration school, R.C. Garnett was hailed as a model where educators could implement and learn from teaching practices that enhance children's education.
It was built so that educators could watch educators at work. They could observe, form strategies and confer with their peers.
It was the first of its kind in Langley when it opened in September, 2006. It also didn't have enough children to fill the Grade 6 and 7 classrooms.
Today, R.C. Garnett has become a model of what has plagued schools on the Willoughby slope: planning gone awry.
Many of the school's 500-plus students are learning in portable classrooms as overcrowding in Willoughby schools continues to worsen.
Now it has emerged that Lynn Fripps Elementary, a new school opening in Willoughby in September, could pluck students out of Garnett to finish their elementary education away from their friends and siblings.
Many parents are not happy.
"Please help!" Christy MacLeod wrote in a letter to The Times.
MacLeod, whose children have attended the school since Kindergarten, was informed by the school and PAC last week that the board of education is proposing changing the school's configuration to Kindergarten to Grade 5.
That leaves Grade 6 and 7 students without a school they grew up attending, MacLeod said.
"Our beloved and voted school board trustees believe that the Grade 6s and 7s will be bused to the new school — Lynn Fripps Elementary. Bus transportation will cost a family between $250-$525," she said.
Garnett is at 7096 201 St.; Fripps is under construction at 21020 83 Ave.
MacLeod said that when the site for the new school was announced, "the community voiced to the school board that this was the wrong place to put a new school, as the capacity issues at R.C. Garnett and surrounding Willoughby schools will not be solved."
She said that the board of education "is now trying to make the new school look 'full' by using our children to fill it."
She added: "As a parent I feel misled by our school trustees who . . . cannot come together as a united front."
A meeting at the school to discuss the proposal and other growth-related challenges at Garnett is set for Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m.
The meeting is to discuss issues specific to Garnett. The school district will hold a public meeting this spring to discuss its plans for schools in the Willoughby area.
Kristina Wilson is another parent who is upset. Her children have attended R.C. Garnett since day one, and now her son Carter "will be kicked out of his school" and be bused to Lynn Fripps for his last year of elementary school.
"He will miss out his Grade 7 year at his school, and we feel that we are being kicked out of our school because they are making way for new Kindergarten (students) coming in," she said.
The Wilson family lives in the R.C. Garnett catchment and fully expected all their children to attend school there until it was time for high school.
Families recall promises of a building extension, but that has not materialized.
"Parents are infuriated," Wilson said. "It's a slap in the face. We have raised $38,000 to pay off our playground, and we have created the community atmosphere at this school."
In November, parents received a letter from then-school superintendent Cheryle Beaumont who stated that the rate of enrolment of students living in the Willoughby school communities, and the continuing pressure to accommodate all students, continues to increase.
"As a district, we must manage this enrolment," said Beaumont, who was fired by the board in early January.
The school district decreed that Lynn Fripps will open as a K-5 school, and will develop into a K-7 school.
All current K-4 students living within the newly-developed Lynn Fripps Elementary catchment will be expected to enroll and attend Lynn Fripps Elementary School, the letter stated.
The letter went on to say that the district was not "at this time" planning for Grades 6 and 7 at Lynn Fripps.
"We do realize, however, that in preparation for the middle school, and until it is complete, there will be an accommodation of Grade 6 and 7 students at Lynn Fripps for a time. Should there be sufficient interest for a Grade 6/7 class, we will start that right away this coming fall," Beaumont wrote.
"We recognize that students in their last two years of elementary school may very much wish to finish off at their existing school before heading off to secondary school. We can accommodate that, for those two grades alone, and manage enrolment in the area. We do realize, however, that in preparation for the middle school, and until it is complete, there will be an accommodation of Grade 6 and 7 students at Lynn Fripps for a time. Should there be sufficient interest for a Grade 6/7 class, we will start that right away this coming fall."
A more recent note to parents from director of instruction Claire Guy said that moving the two higher grades to Fripps is "the preferred option . . . until the completion of the middle school in two years. The move would reduce the student population this September by approximately 133 students and free up valuable classroom (sic).
"Honouring the sentiment of keeping families together, the school district would cover the cost of bus service for these students with pick up to and from R.C. Garnett to Lynn Fripps Elementary, allowing for older siblings to remain with younger ones before and after the school day. Another added benefit to this change is that R.C. Garnett would now be able to accommodate all students on the current wait list who reside within the school's catchment area," Guy said.
Meanwhile, the board of education meets on Tuesday to decide if it will sign off on a controversial plan to give up a school site in the Routley area, on 70 Avenue west of 200 Street, as part of a land swap. This would give the district another school site west of 208 Street, in the Yorkson area.
— with files from Frank Bucholtz


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The Cars to rev up return with Palladium show
The long-awaited reunion of the Cars, one of the best and most popular bands of the new wave and early-MTV era, is finally creeping into view.
Hints of new music surfaced late last year, and now the first two songs from Move Like This, the group's first album in nearly 24 years, are starting to get noticed. The video for lead-off track "Blue Tip" (above) arrived in February, while the first single, "Sad Song" (which is anything but that), was released a month ago.
So far all indications are that the Cars have returned to what made them great in their heyday: chugging staccato guitar riffs, turbo-charged yet synthetically crisp drums, keyboard washes backing electro grooves (what we've heard of Greg Hawkes' keyboard parts evokes Devo, Pet Shop Boys and an obvious progeny, the Killers).
Lest there be any misunderstanding, it's worth reiterating that this is the real Cars, not that aberration the New Cars from 2006-07. That was a Todd Rundgren-led tribute devised to reap nostalgia money. This reunion, on the other hand, is legit: bassist and co-vocalist Benjamin Orr died of pancreatic cancer in 2000, but the remaining members -- guitarist/vocalist Ric Ocasek, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, Hawkes and drummer David Robinson -- comprise the rest of the original group that ran from 1976 to 1988.
As expected, the band is also hitting the road, ramping up promotion of Move Like This with a month-long tour that launches in Seattle on the same day the album drops, May 10. Two days later, the Cars cruise into Southern California to headline the Hollywood Palladium. Tickets, $48.50, go on sale Friday, April 8, at 10 a.m.
The outing also stops in Oakland, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York and finally, on May 26, in the band's native Boston, where they will play House of Blues. Presumably, if these dates go as well as they should and the new album takes off even slightly, there would be a larger tour to follow.
I can easily see them filling the Greek or Gibson. I suspect the Palladium date may sell out rapidly, but I wouldn't expect a second show there (the night before is the only opportunity to add another gig). Also, there will be no opening act -- this is billed as "an evening with the Cars."
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Craig Middle School eighth-grade basketball scoring summary from Saturday's game:
Team First Second Third Fourth Final
Craig 11 8 7 9 35
Hayden 2 2 8 7 19
— The seventh-grade team lost, 19-18
Tyler Davis has grown accustomed to winning this year.
After a 7-0 season on Craig Middle School's eighth-grade football team, he wants to remain undefeated in every sport he plays. The transition to basketball season hasn't slowed his winning ways.
The CMS eighth-grade boys hoops team won, 35-19, in its Saturday morning game against Hayden. It was the first home game of the season for the 3-0 Bulldogs, who have previous wins against Steamboat Springs and Meeker.
CMS had a healthy 19-4 lead by halftime, allowing first-year coach Steve Loveland to shuffle his players.
"The B-team played most of the game and they did great, and A-team was just awesome," Loveland said. "This was kind of a practice game for us."
Without enough players to sustain both an A-team and a B-team, Hayden's small roster couldn't keep up with the Bulldogs.
Loveland kept his leading scorers in for the first quarter and pulled them until the fourth.
Davis was responsible for 15 of the team's points.
"I was trying to focus more on defense out there," he said.
Davis, who started as the quarterback during the middle school's undefeated football season, said he is ready to keep up the winning streak the eighth-grade boys have established.
"Hopefully, we can keep it up and just have a good year," he said.
Loveland said Davis and Phillip Chadwick are two of his strongest players on a team that is already well-rounded.
"Phillip is awesome and if there's any justice in the world, Tyler will start on varsity next year as a freshman," he said. "These guys are all awesome, but those two are my go-getters. I don't plan on losing any games any time soon."
The seventh-grade team has not been as fortunate this season. They are 0-3 after a 19-18 loss Saturday.
Seventh-grade coach Drew Morris said the game was closer than the team's losses in Steamboat and Meeker. Hayden won with a last-minute three-pointer.
"It was a heartbreaker," Morris said.
Morris said the team is "getting better and better" as the season progresses.
"The first couple of games were an eye-opening experience for them, but they're improving on offense and they're just competing better," he said.
The seventh- and eighth-grade teams will next play Rangely, with games starting at 9 a.m. Nov. 6 at CMS, 915 Yampa Ave.


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Representatives from the largest medical care providers in Rockaway joined with Congressman Gregory Meeks Wednesday in calling for a moratorium on Medicaid cuts at a press conference held in front of the future Joseph P. Addabbo Health Center.
"It is very short sighted to cut Medicaid which is critical to the services for the most vulnerable in our population in a heavy handed, slash and burn fashion," said Dr. Peter Nelson, Addabbo center executive director. "There are good and cost-effective solutions to reducing Medicaid costs without reducing the quality of care."
Meeks called for a national and state-by-state dialog on the issue.
They were joined by Peninsula Hospital Center's president and executive director, Robert Levine and St. John's Episcopal Hospital spokesperson Penny Chin.
Each of the representatives said Medicaid is a significant revenue source and that cuts would be disastrous. Levine said Medicaid accounts for about 40 percent of PHC's revenue.
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Inspector Zen has a problem: an impossible murder, recorded on the closed-circuit video of Oscar Burolo's top-security Sardinian fortress. As Zen gets to work, he is once again plunged into a menacing and violent world where his own life is soon at risk. A major TV drama series on BBC One starred Rufus Sewell as Zen.
©1988 Michael Dibdin; 2014 Audible, Inc.
"Dibdin and Zen and Kitchen...a great combo"
The combination of compelling story telling, trenchant humor and delicious characterizations conspire to make this a classic Zen mystery. Michael Kitchen owns this series in his mastery of the ironies and complexities of tone in Dibdin's terrific book.
It took me a while to warm up to Kitchen's venomous delivery, but he settled down and the brilliance of Dibden's plotting and characterization took over. Dibden communicates a wonderful sense of place and a subtle humor. While the elegance of his style comes through with every sentence and transcends genre, it took me a while to appreciate the economy of the writing. Worth every minute!
Desperately waiting in anticipation of the next Harry Hole
"Well written and well narrated"
Yes, particularly if they have been to Rome or Sardinia
Obviously has to be Zen, tries his best to be high moralled but really just wants an easy life without having to put in too much effort
It took me a while to get into Kitchens style but have since bought another in the series. It's worth persevering because he is a great fit to Zen's laid back personality.
No I listen while commuting by bus.
I look forward to more books in the series but it's disappointing there are gaps. I would like to know why.
"Michael Kitchen's narration is superb."
Michael Kitchen brings this to life. Great actor, great reader. Perfect for mystery lovers looking for something a little different.
Classics, history, historical fiction, marketing, Napoleonic stuff and of course 'Boys own Adventure'. This is my bent. Occasional self help as well.
"This series just gets better"
Michael Dibdin has really improved in his writing and his descriptions are fantastic. Michael Kitchen does an excellent job narrating this book. Aurelia Zen character is further developed nicely and it is a shame that the BBC cancelled the TV Series. Great book which you could read on its own. I am going to pass this onto my mother who I am sure will enjoy this book.
"Looking for more!"
All about revenge!
The quirky, unconventional protagonist. The intimate navigation of Roman streets and neighborhoods.
No I haven't, but will actively seek him out.
I rarely have extreme reactions to books, but that doesn't mean that this one wasn't a very pleasurable experience from beginning to end.
This was my first Aurelio Zen experience, but will certainly not be the last.
I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it. - Salinger ^(;,;)^
"Now and ZEN"
"Everyone who used him for their own purposes seemed very satisfied with the results."
-Michae Dibdin, Vendetta
This is my third Zen novel and I really seem to be c()cking up the order of it. I started with Book One (Ratking), fair enough, but I also bought and read Book Five (Così Fan Tutti), so now I'm trying to bring some order back into my life. There really is something attractive about these novels. I'm certain half of the mild success these novels have had are due to Dibdin discovering a near perfect character (Zen) and a near perfect setting (Rome, Sardinia). Zen isn't perfect. He lives with his mother. He exists in an almost Kafkaesque Italian police bureaucracy where his competence almost nearly costs him either his life or his job. But still he grinds on, and things seem through Karma to sort themselves nearly out at the end.
If you like Raymond Chandler or Hammett's noir novels, these ones won't disappoint you too much. They also reminded me a bit of Church's Inspector O (A Corpse in the Koryo, Bamboo and Blood, etc) novels (police investigations in North Korea). I guess there really are unlimited ways you can tell a story about an ethical man trying to escape the maze of an unethical bureaucracy while hot on the trail of a killer.
Also, one final note, the BBC's Zen 3 episode series is also worth checking out. I'd read the first three Zen novels first (Ratking, Cabal, Vendetta), but even without the novels the show is interesting.
"We meet Tania"
Ellen was Zen's lover in the first book. She is American and leaves for NY. In this book he is passionately in love with Tania, but in the book, she is not Tania Moretti, but another last name. The film series differs in that way and others. The property where the killing occurred is on the island of Sardinia instead of near Rome. The author does a good job describing Sardinia. But after listening to this story, I am NOT going to put Sardinia on my top ten places to go to, haha.
Zen's mother is also different from the film series. In the book she is older and pettishly boring. She complains all the time about Rome. She is taken care of by another woman all day so she has nothing to do except to watch tv all day. In the film series and book, Zen does not "connect" with the women in his life, especially in the first book; resulting in Ellen the American leaving him. I think he is just too stressed out from his job to have any energy left over for any kind of normal relationship. He needs more vacation days.
As usual, Kitchen does a fantastic job and I think he conveys Zen's personality really well.
"Great performance of a good story"
Michael Kitchen -- Inspector Foyle in the great BBC Foyle's War series -- delivers a magnificent reading, combining world-weariness, wry humor, and dramatic tension, emphasizing each exactly as appropriate. The story is a bit far fetched, but the settings in Rome and Sardinia are fun ( a flash map of Rome is handy) and the portrayal of a deeply corrupt and cynical law "enforcement" establishment is fascinating.
"Plot is a real stretch"
Possibly, but only for Michael Kitchen's superb narration. He reads women's voices incredibly well.
Dual vendettas was a good plot device but was dragged out for far too long.
Zen and the Mercedes had me laughing out loud.
I find Italian justice from Michael Dibdin's perspective fascinating and, given that the author apparently lives in Seattle, wonder how closely it reflects reality.
"Poor Delivery"
Unfortunately I had to give up on this because the narrator's careless delivery got on my nerves so much.
"Too many pauses in mid sentence !"
I love Micheal Kitchens voice and as his Character in Foyles War, but his constant pausing in mid sentence delivering each.....word.....with.....a......long....pause spoilt this book for me.
As much as I like the TV series I cannot listen to another Zen audiobook, I wish I had tried the samples first !
"I love this character!"
The main character, Zen displays the complete range of human traits. Humorous, clever, pathetic, brave etc. The context of the story is terrible good. Divdin catches our concept of Italy completely. Michael Kitchens's laconic narration suits the whole endeavour exceptionally well. Enjoy!
"great 2nd book"
I think this is the beginning of zen as a character developing rather than the first book which could have been a one off murder mystery. looking forward to the next book in the series!
"Almost fell asleep"
I love Michael Kitchen as an actor but someone else should have read this book. His voice was excellent at sending me to sleep!
I'm sorry but I couldn't get to the end because I did not enjoy the reader.
Someone with more animation and flow.
I'm afraid it wasn't. I'm disappointed as it's just the sort of book I love reading . (I love Donna Leon books and hoped this might have the same sort of atmosphere.)
My first completely disappointing Audible purchase.


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In Southeastern San Diego, The Fine Line Between Gang Policing And Gang Behavior
Monday, March 3, 2014
Aired 3/3/14 on KPBS News.
Some community members community have likened members of the San Diego Police Department's gang suppression unit to Stormtroopers or a gang itself.
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As Shelley Zimmerman takes the helm of the San Diego Police Department, she faces a tall order: Regain community trust amid renewed concern over racial profiling, sexual misconduct and officer discipline.
In southeastern San Diego, patching that trust will take a concerted look at gang policing.
Members of the community addressed Zimmerman and former Chief William Lansdowne about police racial profiling at a January hearing of the City Council's public safety committee. Some of the department's biggest offenders, they said, are officers on the street gangs unit.
"The gang suppression team, they roll like a mob," said Lincoln Park Minister Hugh Muhammad at the hearing.
Others in the community have likened the officers to "stormtroopers" or a gang itself — known for sporting sunglasses and shaved heads.
"They roll deep. They roll three, four, five cars," Muhammad said. "They're very disrespectful. Matter of fact, in my opinion, sometimes they think they're above reproach."
The unit's 24 uniformed officers and 18 sergeants and investigators track gangs citywide. But they spend most of their time where gang activity is heaviest. Right now, that's in neighborhoods south of state Route 94.
The unit is made up of three teams: gang suppression officers who patrol areas with known gang activity, graffiti strike force officers who target taggers before they take up more serious crimes and gang investigators who track high-level gang crimes. The unit has one intervention officer who connects youth at risk of joining gangs, or those who want to leave the lifestyle, to social programs.
Gang investigations Lt. Keith Lucas said together the officers make 700 to 1,000 contacts — what law enforcement calls interactions with citizens – each month. He said they include responding to calls for service, assisting officers in neighborhood police divisions and specialty units and acting on intelligence.
A 2004 report to the U.S. Department of Justice by criminal justice researchers at North Carolina State and Florida State universities on gang units in San Diego and Indianapolis suggests the goal of most gang unit contacts is to conduct field interviews. They're considered consensual contacts and don't require wrongdoing for officers to carry out, as long as the individual being stopped participates willingly.
Two San Diego gang officers called field interviews their "bread and butter" in a 2010 issue of Police Magazine. They allow them to gather intelligence on gang patterns or build a case for documenting individuals as gang members. The label allows prosecutors to enhance sentencing on criminal convictions.
While protected by law, the field interview could be what makes the gang unit seem ubiquitous and its approaches an overstep. Community members with and without criminal records report regular contact with the police. Most say they're routinely asked whether they're in a gang.
"They're not stopped every time they come out," Muhammad said. "But I've heard youth say [to gang officers], 'Listen, you know who I am. You stopped me two days ago. Why you stopping me again for walking down the street? I go to work. I have a job. I live in this community.''"
Lucas grew up in Skyline and knows both sides of the coin.
"Having left the ones that could have been done better feeling like I had been marginalized, that's just a horrible feeling. You just feel powerless because no one has explained anything to you and you just learn to live your life that way," Lucas said. "So yeah, I've felt that and I don't want people to feel that way."
The Racial Makeup Of SDPD's Gang Suppression Team*
White: 42 percent
Hispanic: 28 percent
Black: 11 percent
Asian: 11 percent
Middle Eastern: 8 percent
*Does not include gang investigations team, graffiti strike force and gang lieutenants. Source: San Diego Police Department
Lucas works closely with community-based gang intervention programs and gang commissioners.
"We text every day," he said. But Lucas admits his officers are less connected with the community than they should be.
"Because the officers and sergeants are so busy, they don't get to attend [community meetings] as much as we would like them to. We really would like to expose them more to community members because I think that would fill a lot of gaps," Lucas said.
Muhammad, a representative of the Nation of Islam who runs Mosque No. 8 on Logan Avenue, has worked closely with police leadership in downtown and southeastern San Diego over the past decade to mitigate the impacts of their interactions in the community.
He said he helped the department develop its policy for notifying parents when their children are documented as gang members. The practice became state law last year. And he helped push the department to take a stance against curbing – the practice of sitting detainees on the curb instead of inside police cruisers. Curbing is considered unnecessarily degrading, especially in the black community. (Department leaders had to renew their stance earlier this year when residents at town hall meetings said it's still a problem.)
But Muhammad said the gang unit is insulated from that work.
"They're separate outside of the community, so when they come in, the relationship that we've crafted — how we're going to treat the citizens, how we're going to treat our youth — is not followed," Muhammad said.
Eduardo "Kiki" Ochoa teaches a social justice class for ninth graders at Lincoln High School. He said many of his students feel police have wrongly profiled them as gang members. He conducts informal surveys asking his students if they've been followed by police or asked whether they're in a gang.
"Maybe a quarter of the boys, if not more, [raise their hands]. I'm trying to be conservative, on the safe side. But I wouldn't be surprised if half," Ochoa said. "I have kids that are making bad choices on our campus but it's a minority. It's a small minority. And to have such a large group of kids who have those types of experiences, it's saddening."
Ochoa said criminalizing youth could impact their psychological development.
"It causes kids to be angry and upset and to be apathetic and to not trust the system or the things that are supposed to protect them," Ochoa said.
Lucas said he's instructed officers to disengage quickly if they find they've stopped a juvenile who isn't a gang member. And when he was promoted to gang lieutenant just over a year ago, Lucas and his leadership began pushing officers to give those they stop the courtesy of explaining their rationale.
"We're going in the right direction and that's because officers are spending a little bit more time talking to people," Lucas said.
Under his watch, professionalism complaints against gang officers represent less than 4 percent of complaints department-wide and less than 2 percent of more serious complaints regarding use of force, arrests and discrimination. The unit makes up a about 2 percent of the entire department's 1,841 sworn staff.
But there is a case for drawing a hard line. National and local research shows the average age for joining a gang is 13. Cynthia Burke, a criminal justice researcher with the San Diego Association of Governments, said once youth do join, the succession of criminal behavior can be rapid.
"They're doing more burglaries, more violent crimes. It's not just a chance random act," Burke said.
Though gang-related homicides in the city decreased from 16 in 2012 to three last year, Burke said there is concern gang crimes are getting more complex and harder to police.
In January, 24 San Diego gang members were indicted for involvement in a sex-trafficking ring spanning 23 states. In February, 45 San Diego gang members were charged in federal court for distributing methamphetamine, some across state borders. Lucas said his team's investigations contributed to the arrests.
But Burke sat in on the racial profiling hearing where Minister Muhammad railed on the police department's gang unit. She said the community has valid concerns.
"The individuals who are coming forward, their voices mean something and they need to hear that," Burke said. "The police department is committed to maintaining public safety. So how do we do that in a way that everyone feels respected?"
Her advice: "Have faith in each other."
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philosopher3000 | March 3, 2014 at 10:52 a.m. ― 3 years ago
Good report, about time people started taking the side of the kids over the authorities.
Until we stop hiring PTSD Soldiers to be Cops and start requiring a college education for all police hires, we will never get rid of the 'Thin Blue Line' gang mentality. Police should be pursuing white collar criminals in suits and ties, in the Downtown high-rise offices, not the poor kids trying to get an education without resources.
progressivebuthey | March 3, 2014 at 1:46 p.m. ― 3 years ago
give me a break. police should not be beyond reproach, but when we start worrying about gang suppression, we're mexico.
JeanMarc | March 3, 2014 at 3:26 p.m. ― 3 years ago
The cops here definitely run around like a bunch of armed thugs. There are a lot of punk cops with little man syndrome and they love using physical force, cussing, yelling, and treating people like trash. Cops should not be people that everyone is scared of. They are here to enforce the law, we pay them to do this. We don't pay them to act like robocop.
JeanMarc | March 3, 2014 at 3:27 p.m. ― 3 years ago
philosopher what laws do you think all of the people in downtown are committing in their office buildings? We have the IRS and SEC for those kinds of criminals, the police need to stop dangerous drivers and car thieves. Not white collar criminals.
Right_sure | March 3, 2014 at 4:45 p.m. ― 3 years ago
I gather none of you has ever been out of your lily white neighborhoods...
trolley1 | March 6, 2014 at 3:51 p.m. ― 3 years ago
There is a difference between doing your job and going beyond! The same is with the Trolley Systems "Crime Suppression Unit", which is a joke. First of all they are not law enforcement officers. Their Code Compliance Unit (which is small) are the same a "Meter Maids" they write, issue citations. State certification in PC832 does mean your a law enforcement officer. They are small about 25 employed by MTS, the rest you see are security guards (which there are about 120 contracted privately). There CSU acts like a bunch of wannabe cops in plain clothes, unmarked SUV's and doing the same shit as SDPD's gang unit. They have the same mentality or worse because they are not LE's. If you look into MTS's information under there Transit Enforcement you'll see "MTS Police" what a joke. They have no police force or sworn officers, their main director or Chief of Police as he likes to be called is Bill Burke a retired pd officer from? SDPD has better quality people with clean backgrounds, many of MTS's CCI's all have shady criminal pasts, they are there playing "cop" because they know they will never be real cops. Only a handful of the CCI's are good and stand up. As with the security guards doing undercover work, if I remember the State of CA defines what they can do and not do. But SDPD turns a blind eye.


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Anyone who's had a couple of successes with home brewing will quickly grow tired of bottling 5 gal batches of beer and change over to kegging. Once you start kegging you want better and better ways to ease access to your 'food of the gods' as well as ways to show off your craft.
The Kegerator is something that's relatively easy and not too expensive to build. Especially if you already have the kegging hardware.
This is how I took a used chest freezer and made a custom beverage cooler and dispenser.
Steps 1&2 are for refurbing a freezer that is in bad shape. If you have a new one or one that's Aluminum lined just go to step 3.
Find yourself a used chest freezer. This is a 15cuft model but you can go bigger or smaller depending on what you can find. I recommend Craigslist as there are always people needing to get rid of their bulky freezer when they move.
This one was in fine working condition but did have a fair amount of surface rust on the inside so it needed to be cleaned up and repaired.
To clean it up wash the inside with some mild detergent and a Scotchbrite pad. This should remove most of the big stuff.
Next you will want to clean up the rust spots with with a wire brush. I used a wire brush cup attached to a handheld drill. Gently clean the rust spots until you don't see rust but only shiny metal. But don't get too aggressive and start tearing all the existing paint off just hit the rusty areas.
Once you have removed all the rust wipe down the inside with a cloth with some rubbing alcohol. This way you can wet the areas to wipe them clean without introducing water to the fresh metal. Be careful when leaning into the freezer. You have a confined space with fumes in it.


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Samson SR950
"Just got these, and right off the bat they're very impressive. Full, clear sound, plenty of energy & balance throughout the entire audio spectrum, with slight humps in the 20 - 100 Hz region (+3.5 dB) and from 6 KHz on up to 14 KHz (also around +3.5 dB). I flattened these right out with Peter Verbeek's excellent APO EQ system. Everything sounds very natural and clean. Sound stage..." --Trevayne10
SR850 Professional Studio Reference Headphones
" Samson SR850 An inexpensive semi-open high performer First let's get some information across. The Samson SR850 is a clone of the Superlux HD668B. Same headphone. They simply rebranded it and changed the style of the headband. The Samson SR850 more resembles the AKG series headphones. The Superlux HD668B more resembles the AudioTechnica series. Keep that in mind depending on which..." --MalVeauX
Samson RH600 Headphones
"I must begin by stating I am an aspiring audiophile since I heard a HE6 connected to it's EF6 and actually was able to listen to the direction of a jazz singer's voice realtive to the microphone and got chills up and down my spine. I currently cant afford such an expensive setup but it does not stop me from trying to find cheaper gear to enjoy my extensive and rather eclectic music collection...." --egosumlux
Samson Z55
"SAMSON'S Z55 <<Fiio A1 Amplifier Review Index Klipsch XR8i>> INTRODUCTION The ATH-M50/X is perhaps one of the most widely recommended headphones for entry-level and portable use. And it's not a huge mystery why–a fairly engaging sound..." --thatonenoob
Stanton Dynaphase Sixty
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The action has been addressed in the Horizon 2020 Commission proposal adopted by the Commission on 30 November 2011 and by the Council on 3 December 2013.
What is the problem? Procedures for EU research funding are perceived as too complex
Current procedures to access EU research funds are cumbersome. They deter potential participants, particularly new and small research organisations, young researchers and SMEs.
Why is EU action required? To encourage participation of the best research organisations
Regional, national and European public funding initiatives for research and innovation should be as effective as possible in order to promote the highest quality research. They need to be highly attractive and accessible to:
- The best researchers worldwide;
- Europe's industry and entrepreneurs;
- Universities;
- Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs);
- Other research and innovation actors.
What are the Commission's plans?
To improve the quality of funding initiatives, in particular:
- Make objectives and instruments clearer;
- Provide consistent and stable rules for EU research funding;
- Ensure administrative procedures are light and speedy (from application through reporting to auditing).
What has the Commission done until now?
Support for SMEs is foreseen in both FP7 and the ICT Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation framework Programme (CIP). An SME-specific initiative has been piloted under WP 2011-12 in the area of "Digital Content and Languages". With respect to simplification the commission has launched the communication on simplification as well as the FP7 interim evaluation.
Several specific activities were piloted in WP2013. A set of specific SME-targeted activities including open schemes are proposed in the areas of web based applications, cloud computing, components and systems, content analytics, Future Internet and in FET. WP2013 also included horizontal activities on access to venture capital and supporting clusters and incubator environments for SMEs.
What will the Commission do next?
- Simplification has been a central goal when designing Horizon 2020, through the programme architecture, a single set of participation rules applying to all funding provided under Horizon 2020, electronic signature of grants and amendments to simplify and speed up administrative procedures, simpler funding rules, and fewer controls and audits.
- Support for SMEs will remain a focus for both WP2014-2015 as well as Horizon 2020. SMEs are encouraged to participate across the whole Horizon 2020 programme, and can engage in collaborative projects as part of a consortium, or seek support through a new dedicated SME instrument for highly innovative smaller companies. ODI (Open Disruptive Innovation) is the main area supported through the new SME instrument of Horizon 2020. It will directly support startups and innovative SME for concept feasibility (phase1) and validating/demonstrating innovative solutions to be proposed on the market in the following year (phase 2).


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Crowns, Bridges, Dentures, Implants |
Upper denture and gagging11/13/2007 |
I have a upper denture with a portion of the pallet cut out so I won`t gag. My new dentist says I will lose bone if I do not get a full pallet no cut out. This has me upset.
Do you agree with this. Thank You.
It is true that dentures are ususally supported by both the roof of the mouth (hard palette) and the bone under where the teeth are located (residual ridge), and we would prefer to have the palette as part of the denture. I am not aware of any evidence that you will lose more bone without the palette, however; the absence of a palette would place the enitre load on the bone under where the teeth are located instead of sharing it with the roof of the mouth.
So, I suppose it is possible. It is preferred to at least try wearing a denture with a palette. It sometimes takes time to get used to. Gagging can also be caused by overextension of the denture in a posterior direction. It would be best if you were evaluated by a prosthodontist who has had more training with dentures.
Nancy L Clelland, DMD, MSD Professor of Restorative & Prosthetic Dentistry College of Dentistry The Ohio State University |


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High School: | Philips Academy |
Major: | Biology and Economics |
2013: (Indoor): Came fifth in the 5000m at the Alumni Meet (1/12) with a time of 20:11.18.
Off the Track: Majoring in biology and economics … also competes on the MIT cross country team.
High School: A 2012 graduate of Philips Academy … NEPSTA All New England XC Team … third place at the New England Prep School Championships … captain … varsity letterwinner in cross country and track and field … was on the Emerging Elites club team … Cum Laude … National AP Scholar … student alumni representative … board member of Andover Oxfam Chapter … peer tutor … National Merit Scholarship finalist … U.S. Presidential Scholar nominee.
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America's 10 Best Winter Beach Retreats
White sand and warm waters are closer than you think. When winter's chill sets in, escape to one of these laid-back, sun-drenched spots—no passport needed.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Average highs of 71/69 in December/January
(Average water temperatures of 64/62)
Not so long ago, St. Pete's was considered the land of the silver-haired, but in the past few years, an influx of trendy restaurants, coffeehouses, and galleries—and the young people who tend to follow those things—has revived the sleepy spot. Downtown is particularly hopping, with Kahwa Coffee's roasting plant and a hip espresso bar at its heart (kahwacoffee.com). And St. Pete Beach, with its white sand and turquoise waters, stretches along the Gulf of Mexico for five sun-kissed miles. The warm Gulf is a popular hangout for dolphins—spot one from a three-person WaveRunner, a Hobie sailboat, or a kayak from St. Pete Beach Waverunners (stpetebeachwaverunners.com, from $20 an hour for kayaking).
REFUEL: Traditionally, restaurants in St. Pete have been high-end and stuffy or low-end and divey. St. Pete Brasserie is something else entirely, with a menu full of serious-but-simple French food and inventive cocktails served in an edgy, industrial-looking space (stpetebrasserie.com, entrées from $12).
SLEEP: The 1-year-old Postcard Inn on the Beach has been the talk of the town lately—drawing from the bright colors of South Beach with its own laid-back surfer vibe in each room. Outside, the beach bar has old license plates nailed to the weathered-wood siding, and in the courtyard, a fire pit surrounded by Adirondack chairs is the perfect place to wind down after a day at the beach (postcardinn.com, from $99).
EASY ESCAPE FROM: Tampa (22 miles; about 30 minutes by car), Orlando (106 miles; about two hours by car), D.C. (two-and-a-half-hour flight).
Laguna Beach, Calif.
Average highs of 67/69 in December/January
(Average water temperatures of 58/57)
Done the right way, this SoCal beach town (made famous by a reality show of the same name) can be incredibly down-to-earth. After all, some of its first citizens were not glamorous teenagers or housewives but early 20th-century struggling artists such as William Wendt and Lolita Perine.The arts still play a big role here, thanks to the Laguna Art Museum, galleries along the waterfront, and the Laguna Playhouse. Still, the seven miles of classic California coastline are the big draw. Beaches fill up during the summer, but in the winter months they're blissfully crowd-free—especially 1,000 Steps Beach, just off 9th Street (don't let the name scare you; there are actually only 230-something steps leading down to the beach). The waves are perfect for boogie boarding, and the views—golden cliffs and multimillion-dollar houses, some with elevators—are pure southern California. Post-beach, drive a mile and a half along Laguna Canyon Road to Laguna Canyon Winery, where you can sample award-winning reds and whites in the cozy, low-lit barrel room (lagunacanyonwinery.com, tasting fee $10, waived with bottle purchase).
REFUEL: The first thing you'll notice when you walk into Sorrento Grille Martini & Wine Bar is the intoxicating smell coming from the fruitwoods and grapevine cuttings that fuel the grill. Order a few small plates with one of the 11 original martinis or nine classic cocktails. Specialties include the oysters on the half shell, which would be great by themselves, but the shallot-grape mignonette and the watermelon-cucumber relish they're served with transform them into something special. Pair the oysters with the Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top Brut, a sparkling wine from France (sorrento-grille.com, entrées from $14).
SLEEP: Originally built in 1929, La Casa del Camino has a range of accommodations from La Casita, a Craftsman-style cottage that sleeps six, to the impossibly cool rooms created for the 2010 Casa Surf Project, when 10 designers each remade a different suite (casacamino.com, from $149).
EASY ESCAPE FROM:L.A. (50 miles; about one hour by car), San Diego (73 miles; about 90 minutes by car), Chicago (four-an-a-half-hour flight).
Grand Isle, La.
Average highs of 67/63 in December/January
(Average water temperatures of 65/61)
In the winter, the population of this barrier island off Louisiana's Gulf Coast shrinks back down to its 1,600 permanent residents from its summer high of 14,000. But temperatures remain warm enough to sunbathe, and you can do so without the crowds. Anglers adore this island thanks to the more than 280 species of fish in the surrounding waters, and many flock to Grand Isle State Park to fish in its calm waters. Those not obsessed with reeling in The Big One head to the beaches. Although the 2010 oil spill closed all beaches on the seven-mile-long island this summer, a three-mile stretch of golden sand recently reopened in August, with a full rollout coming soon, after an intensive cleanup effort.
REFUEL: Most of the restaurants on Grand Isle specialize in—what else?—fresh fish, particularly catfish and trout. So make like a local and indulge in the fish sandwiches and po'boys at Starfish Restaurant (3027 Hwy. 1, 985/787-2711, sandwiches from $4.50).
SLEEP: The old-fashioned, no-frills Cajun Tide Beach Resort sits beachside and caters to anglers with a fish-cleaning room, a screened-in cooking room, and enough barbecue pits for guests to cook up feasts from the day's catch (cajuntidebeachresort.com, from $50).
EASY ESCAPE FROM:New Orleans (109 miles; about two hours by car), Baton Rouge (160 miles; about three hours by car), Chicago (three-hour flight to New Orleans), Detroit (four-and-a-half-hour flight to New Orleans).
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Garlicky Roast Chicken
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- Servings: 4
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- One 3 1/2-pound chicken
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 heads of garlic, cloves separated but not peeled
- 3 tablespoons water
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 400°. Rub the butter all over the chicken and inside the cavity. Season the skin and cavity with salt and pepper. Put half of the garlic in the cavity. Tie the legs together.
Spread the remaining garlic cloves in the center of a medium roasting pan and set the chicken on top. Pour the water into the pan and roast the chicken for 1 hour, basting occasionally; the bird is done if the juices run clear when an inner thigh is pierced. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board, cover loosely with foil and let rest for 10 minutes. Discard the string. Carve the chicken and serve it with the roasted garlic cloves from the pan.
Suggested Pairing
The garlic flavors of this roast chicken suggest a light-bodied, juicy red. Try one from the local appellation of Buzet, made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.


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One of the world's top researchers of childhood lung diseases will become the interim director of the BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona, starting next week.
Fernando Martinez is the Swift-McNear professor of pediatrics, the director of the UA College of Medicine's Arizona Respiratory Center and a longtime BIO5 faculty member.
"I am very grateful for this unique opportunity to take my commitment to interdisciplinary research in life sciences to its highest level," Martinez said in a statement. "There are few other examples in this country of a research institute in which bioengineers, biostatisticians, basic biological scientists" plant geneticists and biomedical researchers collaborate and pursue common goals.
The BIO5 Institute plays a role in regional and statewide bioscience economic and workforce development plans, a release said. The institute helps spur interactions between researchers and industries.
Martinez has published 160 original research papers and authored 20 book chapters. His work has given him a major policy voice with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, the release said.
He also is the principal investigator on the UA portion of the NIH's National Children's Study, a major effort to investigate the interaction of genes and the environment on children's health. The UA's Department of Pediatrics received $44 million to participate in the study.
Martinez will assume his new post at BIO5 on Monday, Feb. 9.


text: An evil genie, the Djinn (Andrew Divoff), escapes from an ancient statue and wreaks havoc in this horror film from director Robert Kurtzman. The devious Djinn can regain human form permanently if he grants someone three wishes. The Djinn at first is trapped in a statue, which falls and cracks open when a drunken worker unloads it from a ship. The genie is inside a precious gem that a puzzled pawnbroker gives to university gemologist Josh (Tony Crane). The Djinn kills Josh, and Josh's friend and colleague Alexandra Amberson (Tammy Lauren), who had been resisting Josh's romantic advances, sets out to find the killer. She follows a trail of carnage, and she soon learns the truth about the genie from anthropologist Wendy Derleth (Jenny O'Hara). The Djinn presents itself to Alexandra, who resists his seductive offers to grant wishes, but then the fiend sets his sights on Shannon (Wendy Benson), Alexandra's younger sister. The genie makes his final stand to grant a third wish at a party where antiquities collector Anthony Beaumont (Robert Englund) is displaying the statue. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi


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Kinda preaching to the "choir" here, people buy the new Madden's and NBA2K's when they already have online free roster updates.
Not much you can do about it by not buying it, since the masses will do that for you.
Kinda preaching to the "choir" here, people buy the new Madden's and NBA2K's when they already have online free roster updates.
Not much you can do about it by not buying it, since the masses will do that for you.
if you want to check out my game progress: http://soggybreadgm.tumblr.com/
So anyone worked on good tag cancel combos? Im working on some with King/Julia and getting about 515-600 damage with 2 meter.
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My god it's like talking to a newt. Suppose SFxT has a roster of whatever the hell it is. Then they charge you $20 for 12 additional characters. OK. Why can't Capcom just ensure those 12 additional characters make the game without forcing the gamer to pay for DLC?
Have you been to the Fuck You Capcom thread? I could have sworn I left a link on your page. The reason why people are hating on Capcom en masse is because Capcom is the worst offender out of all companies. It's true that everyone is boning the gamers with DLC but Capcom is by far the worst. Their business practices (which includes these clusterfucks they call DLC) have made them hated within the gaming community. You don't sound like someone who has been gaming for years so I'll give you some leniancy. However, if you live in this current era of gaming and still can't tell why people revile Capcom more than any other company then you obviously don't pay attention to details whether they be large or small.
Like it or not, DLC is necessary for some games. Yes, 8-128 bit games didn't have DLC, but at the same time, the concept of used games wasn't all that frequent. Nowadays, people don't have to directly pay Capcom for their game. People can wait until the game is used or buy the game from someone else, and half the time, that method is cheaper. With games being bought used, sometimes companies don't make money.
Yes, it sucks and is completely crude of them to have the content already on the disc, and for you to purchase those additional characters purely because they won't you play them otherwise. However, it's barely different to any other case of DLC. Most DLC is already being worked on by the time the game is already finished, before the game is released. A lot of DLC could easily be added before the game is made, and they DON'T put it on the disc, but they release it shortly after the game comes out.
Sure, you may think it's unfair, but:
-You don't have to buy another whole game. In the past (cause the past was so glorious and perfect), we'd have to buy a whole new game for not only new characters, but patches to the game. Patches! We fucking get patches for free now!
-This allows game companies to actually make money. Ever notice that nowadays, games sometimes come with benefits inside the box when you buy it completely fresh and new? Like free DLC that comes with the purchase or maybe a month of free XBox Live service? Those are benefits for people who buy the game fresh, and not used. Cause when games are bought 'used', game companies don't make money. I'm sure you're going to say that's 'greedy', but...no....that's business. Welcome to reality.
I will remain pissed off over UMvC3, because that game had NO EXCUSE to exist. Zero. It made a $60 game that I bought completely worthless, and forced me to pay $40 dollars for me to have 12 characters (2 of which are characters I actually wanted). I'm sure you all will say, "But Insider, you weren't forced!" Yes. Yes I was. Like I said, MvC3 became OBSOLETE! Fewer people played it, and honestly, I wanted to keep up with my friends in the different games we were all playing.
UMvC3, I do not tolerate, and I regret buying it completely. I wish I could take it back.
I've enjoyed SFxT, and so far, there is no real reason to make a 'Super Street Fighter x Tekken'. There are no characters that NEED to be in this game that we have to make another whole game. If we need a follow up game to this, it will be TxSF. If they do make SSFxT, I won't buy it.
But if they're going to give me inexpensive options to add to my game....I'm not going to complain. I'm not going to complain because I don't have to wait 10 months to buy another $40 dollar game that I already have that will have characters that I want. I can enjoy the game to my leisure, and if I get tired of the game before the DLC comes out, I don't have to get it.
I think it's funny as well because if you told someone 20 years ago that they could pay a fraction of the price of a full game for extra content added into whatever game they were playing, I'm sure that they would have jumped on the idea as something awesome. But now that it's here nobody likes it.
I like SFxT, and I won't harp against it's DLC because I have a choice to get it. Yeah, they could have put it on the disc. Well, other games could also have their dates pushed back and have more content on it. Doesn't matter. DLC is going to exist because game companies want to make money, and I understand that.
I will not, however, support UMvC3 and any game like it unless they give an abundance of new content that makes the game seem like it's more than worth that cost. UMvC3 was faaaaar from that border. SSF4 was right on the line.
I know we like to worship the past of video games because we lived through it and loved it, but that era was the era of the 'Super Hyper Chocolate Banana Nut Street Fighter 2: Ultimate Tofu Edition". But you know what: We didn't have a choice then. DLC didn't exist. We have a choice now. I choose DLC over Super Caca Fighter EX Diarrhea Edition.
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Wait, people are still mad over BBA Mega Man? Come on! That guy's awesome! This is coming from a guy still hoping for Mega Man Legends 3.
The major complaint I have with DLC (by that I mean "honest" DLC) is that if I purchased it and want to visit a friend to play it, I can't because the extra content is in my PS3, not in my disc. Therefore without bringing my system with me, we can't play the game and its extra content.
That's why I prefer when they propose both the "super" version and the DLC option, like they did with SSF IV AE or Red Dead Redemption.
I know some people prefer digital releases and I can perfectly understand why but it's not my case.
They DEFINITELY should have proposed the DLC option for UMvsC 3 and BlazBlue Extend.
You're mistaken. If I bought Castlevania III and someone told me that for an extra $20 I could get Sypha, Grant, and Alucard I'd be pretty pissed off that they weren't in the actual game. Same goes for Mega Man. If someone told me I could just tank some extra cash into Mega Man 4 for extra powers it wouldn't fly with me.
I understand your argument but it's flawed. You claim that DLC is like paying a fraction of a price for a new game so the consumer is coming out on top. That's nonsense. It's nonsense because those companies still make sequels which still contain loads of cosmetic DLC and so the cost of a new game is never offset it's only increased. If you buy SCIV for instance and there is DLC (for arguments sake) it doesn't prevent you from buying SCV and the DLC in SCV doesn't eliminate the need for SCVI.
I'm more referring to additional content, not stuff that should have been in the game originally. It's kind of a thin line I suppose though. And stuff is still way more expensive than it should be.
I understand what you're saying and I am more inclined to lend a sympathetic ear to your views rather than KiShiDo's. In my view, I could get with DLC if it wasn't so forced and if the extras weren't as BIG and expensive. For example, Arkham City you just got a few extra costumes and a stage or two. No big deal, buy the DLC or leave it, doesn't make or break the game. In a fighting game though, missing TWELVE characters is bullshit, and it's rape. It is RAPE on behalf of any game developer as some people might only use those 12 characters or maybe even a fraction of them.
I play UMVC3 a couple times a week and while I've had the game since it came out, there is an entire handful of characters I never use. You might say that I only use 12 characters, same goes for Tekken. Now imagine just imagine for a minute that Wesker, Akuma, Vergil, Dante, X-23, Trish, Deadpool, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, Nova, and Iron Man are ALL missing from MVC3 and Capcom says you need to pay for them. I'd be pretty pissed and I'd have every right to be. This is even worse with FFXIII-2 because while I've been a long, long-time fan of Square this game might have been the one to end all that for me. I forked over $80 for the special edition, another $30 for the limited edition guide and there is still a ton of crap that SE expects me to pay for via DLC. I'm playing FFXIII-2 and the damn game feels rushed like they wanted to sell us half of it and then make up for it with patches. BIG, expensive patches.
DLC is OK if you don't "really" need it but when you do we have to face the facts that these companies are blasting us in the ass. Gaming nowadays is a multiplatform Ass Blast.
Oh, I'm not going to support the bullshit that is the FFXIII-2 DLC. That is a huge pile of horseshit.
I can play SFxT and not buy the characters, but still fight the character online by people who bought them. FFXIII-2? I gotta fucking buy an extra portion of the game so I can know the real ending to the game. THAT is bullshit.
This game is fun as fuck
love my poison
Loving Julia so much. Need to learn how to effectively use her wind rolls moves @_@
Your Poison is good hh.
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The sports games alot of the time changes things drastically from animations to gameplay/visual overhauls. You could say the same about ANY game that has sequels as it's really just more of the same with slight upgrades (Uncharted, Fallout, Arkham series, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, etc....)
It was extremely rare back then, I can literally think of only about 3 franchises off the top of my head that did things like this. Right now almost EVERY game does it and it can easily be seen as "milking" as much as "expanding on the experience".Plus alot of the things that are DLC today (color/costume changes, characters, weapons, etc...) were unlocked by playing the game instead of spending an extra $1-20 per unlock.
COD offers a different experience than the previous games and, again, it's not like Modern Warfare 2 was on the Modern Warfare 1 disc. Do you honestly not see the difference between these two?
What movie is played in 3D but not 2D? I can't really think of one but regardless your analogy is a bit off: This is like paying for the advertised movie, learning that a third of the plot was removed from the final cut and then being asked at the theater to pay an extra 5 dollars to see the movie with the plot intact. So, imagine going to see Hangover and they go from waking up in the hotel room into being in the elevator with the kid/tiger and being charged more to see that part in between.
Yeah, I can "choose" to pay for the 12 DLC characters, keeping in mind I'm gonna be entering a tournament with 1000 dollar guaranteed pot in November (this is true) and not paying for them not only limits my practice against these characters but also limits my team as I could end up maining one of those 12 (including Sakura, my main from SFIV). Yep, 20 dollars for 600 kbs of code really is a steal.
You must only visit Capcom threads/sites as there has been bile and outrage for on disc/rehashed map packs for COD, the day one DLC for Mass Effect 3, Story DLC for FFXIII-2, etc...... BTW, using the "Capcom isn't the only one to do this so why are you only getting mad at them?" is a very bad argument. ALL companies get backlash against them when they do shit like this but Capcom just KEEPS DOING IT, especially to the fighting game division: U/MvC3, S/SFIV:AE/2012, SFxT, 3rd Strike, etc...Hell, they sold Dead Rising 2 TWICE including charging for cheats and the worst of it is they offer bullshit explanations/apologies and do NOTHING to rectify it. They simply want you to buy it or the upgrade or the dlc or w/e and they keep doing it because people are just gonna KEEP buying it.
Bring Back Sarus!
Without KOS the forum is a POS.
Gaming is a leisure activity. Let's talk about combos or something.
Id love to join this DLC discussion, but it feels like I've had it many times before. Capcom treats us so poorly, yet makes such delicious games. Sigh...
This game is really fun and good too. Need to play it more. But then there is mass effect. Dern
I got a 475 damage combo using 1 meter with a tag cancel with Julia/King.
Or more if I use more meter.
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And how will you use...
The forbidden fruit?
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