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Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls
- Genre: A-RPG
- ESRB Rating: M
- Platform: PC
- Max-Players: 4
- Added on: 2014-03-26 by machvergil
The expansion to the third game in the Diablo series. This time players must stop the angel of death from whatever designs he has for the black soul stone. Play with the new Crusader class, raised level cap, and loot 2.0 system that promises to keep the game interesting for a long time.
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|#0: 03-26-2014 @ 07:03:03 am
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So how is it? I'm still waiting on my copy, don't know when it's getting here.
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|#1: 03-26-2014 @ 07:17:04 am
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Shieke picked it up and sounds like she's been thoroughly enjoying it so far. Even got a crusader to a decent level and sounds like it was pretty fun. I haven't bought it myself but that's more because I've been distracted by Fire Emblem Awakening at the moment. I will probably pick it up soonish myself.
"Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock and roll." Shigeru Miyamoto
|#2: 03-26-2014 @ 10:55:22 am
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I picked it up, but had just recently reset my quests so last night finished running the quests through killing Diablo last night. I'll start the new content soon. The level scaling definitely works, though. Before leveling past 60 I had been running at Torment 2 difficulty and not having much trouble with it. I didn't kill things fast, but nothing killed me either. In order to move through the quests faster I bumped it down to Master difficulty (the step below Torment). After leveling up 3 times my gear wasn't providing me with a huge edge any longer and it felt as tough as Torment 2 had been. After leveling up a couple more times I found it hard. At level 67-68 I actually have been dying to certain combination of elite/legendary monsters! Glenn and J were playing last night in the new content and sounded like they were enjoying it. I'm looking forward to starting the new stuff.
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|#3: 03-26-2014 @ 03:04:15 pm
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I've been having fun with the new act. I managed torment 1 up til 63 I think, then I kicked it down to master (I think) when I couldn't defeat a boss. The story is kind of interesting. They have A LOT of side conversations in the town, and your companions give you some side quests which is kind of cool. Also, I recommend making sure you do all the little side "mini dungeons" or "caves" or whatever the heck they are, at least in the first section. There's a whole rather interesting subplot you miss if you don't do so.
Also... Space Marine.
|#4: 03-26-2014 @ 05:55:27 pm
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*WARNING: Mild non-story-related spoilers which you all probably already know may be below*
This post was edited by BountyHunterSAx on March 26, 2014, 8:55 pm
|#5: 03-27-2014 @ 08:10:33 am
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Adventure Mode, Bounties, and Nephalem Rifts?
Short answer: The most amazing Diablo 3 experience.
So... have now done a good 3-4 hours of this post-game stuff. Don't ask when I went to sleep last night please. And as I 'alluded' to before - this is quite simply the best feeling I've had playing D3 in ages. There will be one vaguely-story-related spoiler below, which I will use spoiler tags for. The rest is only a 'spoiler' inasmuch as it discusses game mechanics / rewards.
You are the Nephelem -- and the world is your oyster! All the Acts, all the checkpoints -- they're all readily accessible from the map menu. the hub-city in an act has a quest-giver, but you don't even need to interact with him to get those. The 'quests' at this point are 100% not-story related. Instead, there's a variety of miniquests that you can be assigned called 'bounties'. You teleport to the checkpoint and go to town on it; ya'know - since you're the uber-elite nephelem. This felt so awesome I can't really do it justice. For the first time playing D3, I really felt like Sanctuary was a *place* and I was traveling across it doing my deeds. Typical bounties include:
can take a good 5-10 minutes has been my experience thusfar.
In many ways, this really feels like doing what I like to do anyways when playing: Pick a nice 'high density' spot, and go kill many mans. Except *now* they're calling it a quest. And thanks to the random nature, you get to go where you please and the content remains at least a little fresh throughout :).
You get to GO places and DO things. As much as I loved doing Azmodan runs and Pony-runs, it's fantastic to be able to do similar styled runs and see DIFFERENT places and things! But then...wouldn't that make it low yield?
** Completing a quest will net you in the 1-5 millions of EXP at Master. it scales with the difficulty you play on (obviously). But thanks to the downscaling for exp rewards in campaign quests, this is a huge boon. Further, i think this is BEFORE modifiers; so things like playing on harder difficulties will multiply it out much much higher.
After you complete 5 such bounties, you are given a fat stack of quest rewards, tons of money, and MORE exp. I felt like loot was raining on me with how MUCH i got -- and even got a nice legendary or two. Among these rewards (and rewards from the bounties) are items that build towards letting you into the Nephalem Rift...
This post was edited by BountyHunterSAx on March 27, 2014, 11:17 am
|#6: 03-27-2014 @ 10:33:51 am
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So JonTron, Markiplier, and two guys I've never heard of played Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls, HARDCORE mode. It may contains lawls. Your mileage may vary.
EDIT UPDATE: apparently there are two teams. The other one includes a bunch of Polaris personalities like JessieCox, WoWCrendor, Peanut Butter Gamer, and Criken
This post was edited by machvergil on March 27, 2014, 1:45 pm
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|#7: 03-28-2014 @ 06:25:41 am
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As I'm sure most of you noticed last night when Battle.net said I was playing Act V, my copy of Reaper of Souls came in. My goal is to blitz the storyline of Act V asap solo so I can enjoy exploring and the story with no social pressure or risk of accidental cutscene skips. Once I'm done with that I'll rejoin the multiplayer community and start earning Paragon Levels again. I've even placed this a higher priority than my Pokemon Y progress for the moment (though once I beat Act V, Pokemon Y will regain priority). Wizard is 66 and is moving on to the second major location in Act V after beating the boss in the tower with all the fire (that should be a sufficient spoiler free way to explain my progress).
As an aside I have to hand it to Blizzard. I never thought they'd convince me to take Archon off my bar, but the synergies between black hole, the new Wizard spell, and blizzard are insane.
As another random, grammar aside, are spells, powers, skills, etc proper nouns? As I wrote this post it occurred to me I'm not sure if it is "arcane orb" or "Arcane Orb."
We set Wednesdays on Fire!
|#8: 03-30-2014 @ 11:49:57 am
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I got the Deadmau5 trinket for my wizard. Just when I thought Black Hole had replaced Archon on my bar.
This post was edited by machvergil on March 30, 2014, 2:50 pm
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|#9: 03-30-2014 @ 11:55:45 am
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The week at school went better by the day. Of course there are always irritants but when I am with the students I am really in my element. Each day the children's theatre class rehearsals went better and better to the point I am hopeful I won't be embarrassed. They even made efforts to come in and rehearse at lunch time (which meant I didn't get to eat, but hey that's okay!)
I helped out a bit at the elementary school disco even though Mo wouldn't participate (parents help a lot more with elementary than high school) as I finally have time and they are constantly seeking volunteers. Then Mo went to spend the night with Axel and I forced myself to go to a cocktail party, and although it wasn't fun, it wasn't boring either. It was nice to chat with people at school that I never really get to talk to because being in the PAC (Performing Arts Center) we (me especially) are distanced and separate from the rest of the school.
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The JoomlaMailer plugin allows core Joomla! features and third-party extensions (Community Builder and JomSocial) to automatically subscribe users to one of your MailChimp lists. In other words, when a new user registers at your Joomla! website, the user will be automatically subscribed to the selected list. This plugin does not need to be enabled for proper function of JoomlaMailer. To enable the plugin, navigate to Extensions -> Plugin Manager, then click System – joomlamailer MailChimp Signup.
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As mentioned previously, JoomlaMailer is not able to create new lists; these must be created directly in your MailChimp account. But, JoomlaMailer does allow you to manage your list by letting you import your existing Joomla! users, viewing all of your subscribers' fields, and directly unsubscribing users when necessary. To manage your lists, log in to your Joomla! website's administrator control panel and go to the JoomlaMailer Lists section (Components -> Newsletter -> Lists). You can also get to the Lists section by clicking the Lists tab while inside the JoomlaMailer extension.
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By now everyone has heard the story of the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship and its captain, Francesco Schettino, who has come under fire for abandoning the ship as it was sinking. Although the saying is, "the captain should go down with the ship," many people are not exactly sure of the ethical consequences of the situation.
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Britain's Prince William and his wife, Duchess Kate Middleton, attended the Brooklyn Nets game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday and got to meet some American royalty — Jay Z and Beyonce.
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The season-ticket-holding music power couple were introduced to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a time-out.
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Standard & Poor's raised the credit ratings of Ford Motor Co. by two levels due to expectations that it will remain profitable and signs that that its vehicles are having a better impression on customers. In a statement, S&P said that the rating was raised to B+, the fourth level below investment-grade, from B-. The outlook is positive.
S&P said that Ford has substantial cash balances and it's likely that it will still generate free operating cash flow. The ratings firm added that the retail market has an improved perception of Ford's vehicles and its moves to launch more fuel-efficient models within the next few years.
Kirk Ludtke, senior vice president of CRT Capital Group in Stamford, Conn., said that this step is in the right direction. He added that it was largely anticipated and that it will be a while before they return to investment grade. The reason for Ford having more debt than its US rivals is because it borrowed $23 billion in late 2006.
Ford incurred the debt before credit markets froze, helping the company avoid the bankruptcies that struck General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC.
However, Ford is now left with obligations that put it at a competitive disadvantage, according to CEO Alan Mulally. On June 30, Ford's automotive operations had $21.9 billion in cash, a drop from $25.3 billion on March 31.
During the second quarter, Ford paid down $7 billion in automotive debt, reducing it to $27.3 billion from $34.3 billion at the beginning of the quarter. Ford claims that by the end of 2011, it will have a positive automotive net cash position. S&P added that Ford's annual automotive debt maturities are less than $2 billion until 2013.
This debt reduction has lessened the risk that Ford's liquidity could fall to dangerously low levels in the succeeding years. Ford overhauled its vehicle lineup, launching redesigned versions of the Taurus and Fusion, and installing added features such as heated leather seats and voice-activated electronics.
Quality was also improved. In the second quarter, it won price gains of $1.1 billion on cars and trucks, contributing to all of its auto units worldwide to become profitable.


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Agar khayalas karikh qulf ti takhayul baneov aseer
Sajji kya daaman samajuk mokhti ross, laagith zanjeer
Agar khootz aech bandh karith raat kis angatiss
Wuchav kith peath adluk taruq ti noor e benazeer
Agar afsaan e hayaat faqat aalimas nish rotuth
Yii bujar kya banakh kith peath almuk faqeer
Agar qalaam buzith wathi dil as tse taas zahn
Chui behtar kitaab saas travith saadun tabeer
Agar fasith gokh khayalan darmiyaan sana
Gai rattin suai razza yeath preznavi zameer
Dublin, December 18, 2014.
9:30 pm.
A rough translation of this Kashmiri poem read like this:
The Future Star
If thoughts gets enchained and imagination rendered a prisoner
What grace for a society – unadorned, laying bound in fetters?
If we close eyes in the scare of darkness of the night
How can we see the star of future and the light incomparable?
If you only listen to a savant for the story of life
How can you mellow? how can you become a wanderer of letters?
If ever some new words make your heart ring with unease
Better to renounce thousand books and find the message therein
If you got stuck in the warp of your own thoughts
Grab the rope which your own conscience would determine.
Translated: Dublin 19 December, 2014


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ON February 9, 1969, the Boeing 747 took its first flight. A year later, it entered service for the first time with Pan Am, and has since become one of the most widely-used and recognisable aircraft in existence.
Nicknamed the Jumbo Jet, it is an icon that many viewers will probably have travelled on at some point.
The documentary Jumbo: The Plane That Changed the World charts the plane's development, and reveals that it wasn't all plain sailing (or flying).
Chief engineer Joe Sutter and his team take us on a tour of the original prototype and reveal that exploding engines and destructive vibrations threatened its chances of taking off, while test pilot Brien Wygle explains how some creative wiring proved crucial on the 747's first flight.
There is even a cameo from John Travolta, who explains how he qualified as a 747 pilot, although apparently even he can't afford to own one himself.


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God's Power and Men's Wisdom
Reflection: 1 Corinthians 2: 1 – 5
This was Paul's first letter to the Corinthian church after his visit with them. His goal here was to reinforce what he had addressed in the earlier part of his epistle, reminding them that their faith ought to be based on God's power (i.e., to be empowered by God to live within the Holy Spirit's purpose) rather than the wisdom of men (v.5). A challenging undertaking for us today too, but an excellent understanding of the basis of Christian ministry! As long as Christ is the object of their faith, why was it important for Paul to articulate further the basis of their faith? For Paul, it was imperative that the Corinthians do not buttress their faith on the wisdom of this world, as the substance of such a faith will cease to be a saving faith, thereby no longer bearing witness to what God had done in Christ to effect salvation (1:18-25).
How is the wisdom of men destructive towards genuine faith? God Himself passed judgment on worldly wisdom by the foolishness of the cross' message of Christ crucified; an eternal salvation through a humiliating execution of a humble Jewish carpenter's son turned teacher, who called Himself the Son of God. It is the world's foolishness that is at the root of pride, that dares to rear its head against God for which He judges (vv. 19-21); so that no one can boast before Him who is wisdom personified (vv. 27-29). In this conclusion, it then becomes clear that all wisdom created in the human mind becomes fertile ground for boasting before God. Hence, to embrace the cross is to admit to themselves the repulsiveness of their own sinfulness for which they could do nothing about. This leaves the Corinthians two choices with respect to the death of Christ: either consider it foolish and move on in life in their own self-sufficiency, or respond as Paul did, "but may it never be that I would boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world" (Gal 6:14). If Paul is to be believed, they were to surrender all grounds for boasting in their lives, for to maintain any worldly basis of pride in their hearts became a contradiction to and a denial of Christ's sacrifice.
How then does the power of God pan out in Paul's efforts to strengthen the Corinthians' faith? Worldly wisdom would consider the power of God released to save sinners as weakness, but it was exactly this weakness that God used to demonstrate to the world, in order to shame the things that are strong (v.27). Christ's weakest moment on the cross was God's most powerful manifestation (vv. 1:20-24), that resulted in the gracious transformation of each human sinner – an act which conclusively determined that the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and His weakness is stronger than men (v.25).
In fact, Paul modelled this power in weakness and humility as he taught them in person and through his letters (vv.1-4): all the time being absolutely aware of his own limitations and failings. And his enemies reminded him of them too (2 Cor 4:7-11; 10:10; 12:8). His point was that the real danger in preaching is self-reliance, where the content and form became paramount, thereby jeopardizing the work of the Spirit in changing lives through the human-divine encounter. His motto was ""My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Cor 12:9-10). This inverse logic is anathema to the wisdom of men, but when it is received, it sets us free to serve in humility in the Spirit's presence.


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Thursday, November 30, 2006
On Living Together
So Imagine his mirth when he opened up the Red Eye yesterday to an article entitled "Planning to live together? Only fools rush in." He showed it to me and I was hoping for some really interesting commentary on how living together is hard, and how long most people should wait, some statistics maybe (not that they'd be valid, but y'know... they're kinda factual).
But I should have expected less from a column entitled "Sex Playbook":
"I've grown accustomed to my alone time. I can't imagine a woman moving in with me. Like in the movie "Independence Day": When the aliens invaded, their plan to cohabit Earth didn't work. It wouldn't work if my personal space were invaded, either."
Clearly Jon watched a different version of Independence Day. The Aliens weren't looking to cohabitate with humans, they were looking to exterminate. I know they both end in ate, but surely someone who writes for a newspaper can tell the difference. And if your girlfreind is working on exterminating you...well... then perhaps we need to be a bit more choosy, eh?
He Goes on:
Yes, guys, your past can slowly slip away from you during a live-in situation. I once was exclusive with a woman who never wanted to sleep in my bed because she knew I'd had sex with other women in it. As comfy as the bed was, she said if we ever lived together I'd have to get rid of it. The bed's still here, so you know how that relationship turned out
It seems to me Jon, that your problem isn't so much that you don't want to live with women, it's that you don't want to live with PSYCHO women. This is NOT normal behavior, and that you tolerated it leads me to believe that this woman was either VERY hot, or that you are VERY dumb.
I keep waiting for the part where he talks about how he wouldn't be able to watch porn and jerk it anymore. That part is true. But y'know having a sex partner around all the time is pretty fun.
He ends with some good advice. "If, like me, you are not thrilled with the thought of living with your girlfriend, don't do it. Decline until you're sure you can handle it." This has been an update from the department of DUH! If you don't jump at the chance to spend every spare moment possible with someone, (well maybe not EVERY spare moment, but most of them)then you shouldn't even be considering living together.
The reason, in my opinion that Jon doesn't want to live with a girl, and therefore thinks it is a bad idea for everyone else, is that he hasn't actually dated a girl he really liked as a person. He probably liked them as girls, strange entities with breasts and nice concave parts. But it turns out girls are people too, we have interests and personalities. I know in his strange world where only getting a peice of tail matters this doesn't actually matter.
His view of women seems to be this shrill force that will invade your home and change all your habits. Well I have a few suggestions for him:
1. Date women you actually like as people ( see above) preferalby reality based life forms that understand you have a past and wont manipulate you with it.
2. Get to actually know them as a person before you consider moving in together. This means you have to like them beyond liking nailing them.
3.Don't move them into your house, or you move into theirs, move into a new place together. This way you can both bring your individuality together, to create a space where you will both be comfortable, but neither of you will be on "home" turf.
Or, y'know, keep dating multiple crazy chicks at a time. Sounds like it's workin for ya.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
On Being Overplayed
(stolen from a facebook group)
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Single Sex Schools
However do think that they students can benefit from being split up during middle and highschool. Why? Because of sex.
I don't care if teenagers have sex, I'm not a prude. I remember very well that they do, and there is nothing we can do to stop them. In fact, I went to a single sex school. All girls, catholic, uniforms, blah blah naughty male fantasy blah blah. And nobody had any trouble getting laid.
I remember in high school I'd occasionally go out with public school kids, and they'd recoil with horror, "how do you go to single sex school, how BORING what do you DO all day."
Shockingly, we learned stuff.
Without the distraction of flirting during school hours us ladies were able to show up, sans makeup and actually get some actual learning done. This is not to say that it is impossible to learn in a co ed environment, it is demonstrably not. But for some girls I think having the opportunity to focus on school without having to worry about the guy they liked sitting behind them was a big benefit. And I can imagine that guys would reap similar benefits. (Though I am not a guy, so...yeah)
I've heard arguments that single sex school makes it harder for the students to interact with members of the opposite sex. But in my experience, areas with a lot of single sex schools (St. Louis, where I grew up, being one) have a lot of co ed extracurriculars. Tons of events are created simply for the purpose of having different schools get to gether so guys and girls are able to mingle. Theaters open auditions to members of the opposite sex from other schools. There are even cross over classes in some schools, my school offered Latin III with another nearby guys school. And another area girls school had joint group projects with nearby guys schools, making the two genders work together on occasion.
So you go to school, all day and learn, and then AFTER school you flirt. I think this is a good plan. It takes some of the sexual focus away from school. Not that school shouldn't be social, after all, students need to learn to work together, but we all know how distracting having a crush can be, or wanting to flirt with someone, or impress someone. Taking those people away (for the straight folks at least) will help minimize the sex related distractions.
This is mentioned in the slate article Jill links to breifly. But I think it is more important than they realize. I think Most teenagers are distracted by attraction to others. It's a distracting thing, and I presume it has something to do with hormones, but I could be wrong. Another thing they mention breifly:
Proponents of single-sex education would protest that their approach gives
children more latitude to carve out a distinctive identity. Removing "the other"
from the classroom can help kids conceive of themselves as individuals rather
than as members of a gender.
This, to me is very personal. Because that has been my experience. I don't think of myself as a girl, I think of myself as a person, who happens to have female genetalia. I think the biggest effect my gender has on me, is making me a feminist, because I feel (now, I never did in highschool) that I am being pushed into traditional gender roles that I don't identify with. Now maybe that's just because I'm a masculine girl, that could be argued, I suppose. But I think it is because I am independant of gender classifications. I do girly things because I like them, not because I'm supposed to, and I do guy things because I like them, not because I'm trying to be a guy. It's not about gender, it's about doing what you enjoy and being who you are.
But ultimately I think schools should be a choice. A single sex school wont be a better place for a kid if it is a bad single sex school. Parents should be able to evaluate the schools and choose based on a free market type system. They know their child best, and know what kind of environments they will thrive in so they should be the "decider"s when it comes to their kid.
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Friday, November 10, 2006
Jon Stewart: Jokemaker
But I think that the article couldn't be more wrong. While I agree that Jon Stewart gives voice to liberal frustrations with government through humor, I don't see him as a bastion of liberalism. And nothing he says changes my mind, but it does make me laugh, even when I disagree.
Rusty compares The Daily Show to Rush Limbaugh in the 90s. Seriously... What are you smoking?
What's wrong with Rush Limbaugh you say? Ah yes, I don't like him, this clearly must be because I am a liberal communism loving hippie who's about to go out and preform 1000 abortions. Or it could be because he is close minded and represents no opinions but his own.
Rusty seems to think that this is what Jon Stewart does as well. But he often has right leaning authors and political figures on his show. And while sometimes Jon will strongly and respectfully disagree with these figures, it rarely gets to the point of, lets say The O'Rielly Factor. He lets these people talk and sometimes one even comes away from the interviews finding common ground with the other side.
One of the things that Daily Show segments frequently poke fun at is the partisanship and combativeness of most news shows. (Not to mention some of the TERRIBLE coverage on 24 hour news networks.) The Colbert Report alone is a huge spoof on The O'Rielly Factor, the idea that one man's opinions are all that matters when it comes to news. And there used to be a segment called Steven versus Steven where Steven Colbert and "The guy from 40 year old Virgin" argued about absolutely nothing. This mocking isn't brainwashing college students against network news, or telling them to go vote democrat. It is pointing out how ridiculous our news coverage has be come, and laughing at the ridiculous things the folks in washington do.
The Daily Show is making Jokes, and Rusty has it right, the audience already knows the punchline to all these jokes. The Daily Show is giving vent to a frustrated younger audience who are tired of combative political commentary and ridiculous headlines that don't mean anything. It allows us to laugh at the painful news coverage of other networks, and the cringeworthy stupidity of some of our politicians.
Jon Stewart didn't make the Democrats more popular. He made Jokes. The Democrats were more popular because they haven't been able to screw anything up for the last 6 years.
Maybe the reason the Democrats won is just what it seems like, people were tired of the Republicans.
Below is a quote from a commentor at townhall called FlimFlamman, I'm re-posting it because I can't link it and I think it is a much better rebuttle of Rusty's article than my post was:
flimflamman writes:
Friday, November, 10, 2006 10:45 AM
Same-old, same-old
Even for its great length, this column is just the same tired, specious argument against The Daily Show. For starters, the main thesis -- that Jon Stewart and cohorts scored the election for the Dems -- doesn't even make sense. Shackleford charges that the nation's youth are zonked out on Stewart's anti-GOP yuks. But that didn't help back in 2004, when the show kicked into far higher gear than it did this past month. (Indeed, the Daily Show mocked the importance of midterm elections as recently as Monday night.) Not to mention: have you not read the polling data? It wasn't only the youth who came out, but everyone. Even 1/3 of Evangelicals turned their back on their conservative brethren and voted Dem. Betcha they're not injecting the Daily Show into their veins every night!
But the problem with this column runs far deeper. The Daily Show has a liberal bias?! What a scoop! Shackleford tries to balloon this into a case that Stewart and Rush Limbaugh are one and the same. But he fails to remotely back this up with evidence -- unless you count claiming that both are stumping for one side of the political spectrum is proof of equivalence. If we're going to define partisanship so narrowly, then who isn't an extreme lunatic who mocks and questions the validity of those suffering from major diseases for ratings and attention?
Shackleford asserts that Stewart's attempt at bi-partisanship has failed miserably, but can't cite a single example, or at least one that holds up to scrutiny. He mentions Bill O'Reilly getting booed when he comes on the show. But that wasnt' Stewart encouraging the boos; in fact, if anything it was O'Reilly who was explicitly encouraging the boos, even scolding the audience. Stewart tries to engage those who disagrees with in a debate. His problem is that he's actually too polite, and winds up cowering when his opponent gets worked up. A year or so ago, he had Rick Santorum on the show. Stewart was nothing but polite to him, and sincerely tried to get to the bottom of his extreme beliefs. When Santorum ducked a question and went off on a rant, Stewart all but hid underneath the desk. Just like Rush Limbaugh! Oh wait...
You also cite Dan Rather being on the show Tuesday night, and how Stewart joked with him rather than grilled him on the events that caused him to prematurely retire. But he fails to mention that this wasn't a typical interview -- it was a special, covering the Midterm Elections. They were joking, sure, but they were joking about...the Midterm Elections. It wasn't a typical interview. He was there as a specialist, someone who's covered elections for most of his life.
There's no doubt that Stewart is a little easier on those with whom he agrees. But not by much. Shackleford claims, "Conservatives are lampoon for being conservative, liberals for not being liberal enough" [sic]. But he fails to cite a single example of Stewart and co. being extreme. They mock the democrats for being wimps (like conservatives!), but never for not being extreme.
And then there's the claim that they have it out for Fox News. What Shackleford fails to note is that they back this hatred up with evidence on a near-daily basis. The way Shackleford words it, it's as though they simply mock Fox News for no good reason. But that hatred is well-founded and buttressed by a neverending supply of clips and analysis.
Lastly, there's this sorry claim: that the youth are getting all their news from The Daily Show. To even understand what the Daily Show does (or for that matter, The Daily Kos), one has to have a working knowledge not just of the news that day, but of news history -- news in general. Young people may not be watching CNN, Fox News or the 6:00 network news. But you don't have to these days. The web has many places one can get news, analysis, and so forth. These days, it's next to impossible to remain ignorant of the news.
The saddest part? Had the Dems won in 2004, this column could've come out, with only minor variations. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Shackleford had written it before Election Day '04 and dusted it off after Election Day '06. That's how relevant and trenchant it is.
P.S. Jon Stewart's name is spelled "Jon." It does alternate between having an "h" and not having an "h," as it does serially throughout this column. Not that fact-checking need be applied to soapbox rants.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Update On Anand and Sudeep
It is now up to the ADA to prosecute. But as far as I know the two are still being held with $1 million dollar bond.
Evidence indicates that they were in fact trying to shoot a music video. Which may in fact be the dumbest idea two seemingly smart kids have ever had.
But if people went to jail for being dumb, lets just say I'd spend a lot less time being pissed off.
CMU students are starting to get organized and have a facebook group put together. (Free Anand and Sudeep!) But no one has been able to get in touch with either of their parents. And as far as we know no hearings have been scheduled to get their bond reduced.
UPDATE: Anand and Sudeep were released on recognizance. I hope the rest of their legal issues are speedily resolved!
Monday, November 06, 2006
A Funny Story
Heinz Field security officers spotted the men on a security camera trying
to enter the stadium, a Steelers spokesman said. They first opened an exterior
door at Gate B without going inside, police said. They then took a folding chair
to the fence at Gate 5 on Art Rooney Drive, and one student allegedly stepped
up on the chair to scale the fence.
Heinz Field security officers then approached the pair, and as they
tried to walk away, they were apprehended by Pittsburgh police officers who had
been summoned. They told police initially they were trying to check out the
stadium because they had tickets to yesterday's 4:15 p.m. game against the
Denver Broncos, Chief Harper said.
Oh Ha Ha, college prank:
He said they told investigators later that one student was trying to
complete a music video featuring the other, and they intended to do the
last scene inside Heinz Field. A video camera and tripod were found inside the
vehicle, parked nearby, which police towed away.
Both were charged with criminal conspiracy, one with criminal trespass. The $1 million straight bond has to be paid in full for release.
Doesn't this seem just a tad extreme? A little odd that they would arrest some kids for trying and failing to get into a football stadium? I mean I've never tried to break into anything, but I imagine that security would just tell you to get the hell out. I know Pittsburgh loves their football, but listen to the bios on these two kids:
University-related Web sites suggest that both men have been active, involved
students one student is listed as activities director of the Undergraduate
Finance Association, and the other as a committee chairman of the Undergraduate
Entrepreneurship Association. Both also were involved in Carnegie Mellon's Mock
Trial competition, a program in which students take on judicial roles to
practice their speaking and analytical skills.
One student, on his own Web home page, lists his grade point average as 3.7 out of 4.0. He made the dean's list last spring.
They sound like real troublemakers.
Until you find out that these two students are arabic.
I took their names out of the excerpts from the PPG article above. What would have seemed a harmless prank by two white students is now treated as a potential terror threat because of the color of these boy's skin.
I don't know either Sudeep Paul or Shankar Durvasula, they are several years younger than me and in different departments. And I don't know if they are terrorists.
But I do know that they deserve a speedy investigation and bail that reflects the crimes for which they are being held.
The CMU community has started a petition group on face book to free them. And I am posting this here in the hopes that publicising this incident will prevent them from being sent to any "secret prisons." These boys are Americans born and raised and I hope that they are treated as such.


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text: Department of Biology Biology Master's Thesis Collection | Faculty Publications and Research | Bios | Biosphere http://hdl.handle.net/10211.2/845 2019-05-19T10:33:44Z 2019-05-19T10:33:44Z Molecular divergence between Gryllus rubens and Gryllus texensis, sister species of field crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) Gray, David A. Barnfield, P. Seifried, M Richards, M.H. http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/201953 2019-01-28T19:18:49Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Molecular divergence between Gryllus rubens and Gryllus texensis, sister species of field crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) Gray, David A.; Barnfield, P.; Seifried, M; Richards, M.H. We assess the degree of sequence divergence in the maternally inherited mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) and cytochrome b (CytB) genes between two sister species of field crickets, Gryllus rubens Scudder, 1902 and Gryllus texensis Cade and Otte, 2000. We analyzed 1460 base pairs from 10 individuals of each species; individuals were sampled from areas of both allopatry and sympatry. Overall average pairwise mitochondrial sequence divergence between species was 1.4% ± 0.1% (mean ± SD); however, there was almost an order of magnitude more divergence in COI (2.59% ± 2.25%) than in CytB (0.35% ± 0.24%). Gryllus texensis appears to harbor a much greater level of genetic variation than does G. rubens. Phylogenetic trees constructed from these sequences show reasonable separation of species; however, sequences are not reciprocally monophyletic. Gene tree polyphyly may reflect recent species-level divergence and (or) interspecific gene flow. The pattern of sequence divergence and genetic variation in these taxa is consistent with allopatric or peripatric speciation in Pleistocene glacial refugia in the southeastern (G. rubens ancestral lineage) and southcentral United States (G. texensis ancestral lineage). 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The effect of freezing on seaweed photosynthesis Davison, Ian R. Dudgeon, Steve Ruan, Hang-Ming http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/201954 2019-01-28T19:18:50Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The effect of freezing on seaweed photosynthesis Davison, Ian R.; Dudgeon, Steve; Ruan, Hang-Ming The effect of freezing on photosynthesis was studied in a variety of brown and red seaweeds from the Gulf of Maine, USA. Photosynthesis in sublittoral fringe and rock pool species was adversely affected by a single 6 or 12 h exposure to -20 °C even after a 7 d recovery period in sea water at 5 °C, whereas most intertidal forms were unaffected by this treatment. Three h at -20 °C resulted in an immediate reduction in photosynthesis of most intertidal seaweeds, with the degree of inhibition corresponding to zonation on the shore. For example, photosynthesis in the upper shore fucoid Fucus spiralis was unaffected by 3 h at -20 °C, whereas that of the low-intertidal Fucus edentatus was reduced by 97 %. The percentage of frozen tissue water after 3 h at -20 °C was similar in all species, suggesting that differences in susceptibility to freezing are attributable to physiological tolerance rather than avoidance. Freezing intolerant species exhibited massive amino acid release on re-immersion in sea water following freezing. In contrast, amino acid release was much lower in freezing tolerant species. The release of amino acids is believed to be due to loss of plasmalemma integrity, suggesting that the freezing tolerance of seaweeds may be controlled by the plasmalemma. Overall, the results of this study suggest that freezing may play an important role in structuring sub-arctic and boreal intertidal communities. Freezing can operate in 2 ways: (1) as a disturbance excluding sub-littoral and rock pool species from the eulittoral and (2) as a physiological stress affecting relative competitive abilities of eulittoral forms via differential reduction in photosynthesis and hence growth. 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Influences of predators and conspecifics on recruitment of a tropical and a temperate reef fish Steele, Mark A. Forrester, Graham E. Almany, Glenn R. http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/201956 2019-01-28T19:18:50Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Influences of predators and conspecifics on recruitment of a tropical and a temperate reef fish Steele, Mark A.; Forrester, Graham E.; Almany, Glenn R. An active debate has focused on whether patterns in the abundance of reef fishes are primarily determined by the supply of larvae or by subsequent interactions occurring on the reef. By manipulating the presence of predators and the density of older conspecifics on small standardized reefs, we tested the influences of these 2 factors--and interactions between them--on recruitment of reef fishes. To assess the generality of our findings, we conducted similar experiments on 2 closely related species in 2 different systems: 1 tropical and 1 temperate. At Santa Catalina Island (a temperate site in southern California, USA) we worked with the blackeye goby Coryphopterus nicholsii and at Lee Stocking Island (a tropical site in the Bahamas) we studied the bridled goby Coryphopterus glaucofraenum. Predators reduced recruitment of blackeye gobies, but in contrast, in one experiment, recruitment of bridled gobies was positively affected by 1 class of predators (reef residents) and unaffected by transient predators. In another experiment, recruitment of bridled gobies was unaffected by either class of predators; however, there was little statistical power to detect a similar positive effect of predators. Older conspecifics (adults and subadults) did not significantly influence recruitment of blackeye gobies, but recruitment of bridled gobies was negatively related to density of adult conspecifics. For both species, the presence of predators did not influence the relationship between recruitment and the density of older conspecifics. Our results suggest that patterns of abundance among local populations of reef fishes can be decoupled from patterns of larval supply by reef-based biotic processes (namely predation and intraspecific interactions). However, the influences of older conspecifics and predators varied widely between the 2 quite similar species that we studied. This underscores the need to understand the specific reasons for such differences in order to make predictions regarding the relative importance of these processes in novel circumstances. 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A simple method for estimating larval supply in reef fishes and a preliminary test of limitation of population size by larval supply in the kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus Steele, Mark A. Malone, John C. Findlay, Amy M. Carr, Mark H. Forrester, Graham E. http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/201955 2019-01-28T19:18:50Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A simple method for estimating larval supply in reef fishes and a preliminary test of limitation of population size by larval supply in the kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus Steele, Mark A.; Malone, John C.; Findlay, Amy M.; Carr, Mark H.; Forrester, Graham E. This paper describes a method for estimating larval supply of a temperate reef fish, the kelp bass Paralabrax clathratus, that is simple, inexpensive, requires relatively low effort, and integrates larval supply over time, Using this method, we sampled larval supply concurrently at 4 sites spread over about 35 km for nearly an entire settlement season, With these data and visual estimates of recruitment (the density of young-of-the-year after the end of the settlement season), we tested the hypothesis that spatial patterns in recruitment were set by larval supply. This hypothesis was rejected: kelp bass recruitment to the 4 sites was not related to patterns of larval supply, Furthermore, in contrast to the findings of an earlier study, recruitment was not related to the density of the macroalga Macrocystis pyrifera. Recruitment was, however, strongly correlated with the density of 1 yr old kelp bass, suggesting that spatial patterns of recruitment were consistent between the 2 cohorts. Recruitment, however, was not correlated with the density of bass 2+ yr old. We also measured larval supply in a second year and found that spatial patterns of supply were strongly correlated between years at a relatively small scale of 10s to 100s m, but not at a larger scale of several km. This finding suggests that some deterministic process (or set of processes) sets spatial patterns of larval supply at small, but not large scales. At large scales, consistent patterns of recruitment between 2 cohorts in the face of variable larval supply suggest that deterministic, postsettlement processes may generate predictable patterns of recruitment even when the supply of larvae is variable. In addition to demonstrating that spatial patterns in the abundance of demersal fish are not always well predicted by larval supply, this study introduces a technique that may facilitate more thorough exploration of the role of larval supply in determining the dynamics of populations of reef fishes. 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z


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The following report was sent to me by resident of Tasmania, an island south of the main continent of Australia.
"Hi everyone. My name is Dannii. I am what the world at large calls a 'multiple', as found in Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), which is a bit misleading since I don't actually have MPD, but rather I am a product of it. By that I mean I am an Alter.
"I was created in late 2000 as an Administrator, during a period of great upheaval and trauma, eventually taking executive control of the body in 2003. If you think of our body as a business that has been declared insolvent, I am the Administrator appointed to run the business until the problems are sorted out and the business gets back to normal trading.
"Within our system there are the usual protectors, rescuers, persecutors, false fronts, etc, but because our primary abusers were Christian zealots and a paedophile priest, we also have a powerful witch and a rather nasty demon called Defer. One might say they were created "to fight fire with fire". On the subject of fire, we collectively possess psychic abilities such as telekinetic energy with all that implies, as well as an ability to see, though not always communicate with, spirits.
"All up there are 29 of us in the system, though some are fragments, that is, they hold specific and detailed pieces of memory associated with the more horrific aspects of the abuses and nothing else.
"We live on the island of Tasmania, the southern most state in Australia. In Tasmania there are, to my knowledge, some 30 other 'multiples', some of whom I know personally, but they are all 'DID multiples', meaning they are diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder, whereby the 'Original' is still in charge. I don't know how many 'multiples' there are Australia-wide, be they MPD or DID, but there are a number of organisations and support groups operating in different regions, so there must be some at least.
"Finding a suitable therapist, be they a counsellor, psychologist or psychiatrist, is very difficult since, a) they tend to congregate in the bigger coastal cities, b) there are so very few of them versed in dissociative disorders, and c) the greater majority seem to be of the opinion that MPD/DID doesn't actually exist. This element seem to believe that MPD/DID can be explained as Schizophrenia, Bipolar or Borderline Personality Disorder!
"As an example of what I mean, I was for a time seeing a particular psychiatrist privately, but in order to be able to access government mental health services, I had to have a government psychologist as a case manager. My psychiatrist dealt with the MPD issues, whilst my psychologist, who accepted the MPD label though she didn't properly understand it, taught me living and coping skills over and above those I had been programmed with. When my psychologist quit her job, her client workload was re-appraised, and shock-horror, the mental health service found they had a 'multiple' on their books. I was promptly 'dumped' as a client, and later informed by my lawyer that the mental health service could not treat me since technically I didn't exist. I had no legal recourse since the decision was a clinical one made by a clinician, who incidentally didn't believe in MPD.
"In contrast, on another occasion, I sought to have a testamentary will made by a solicitor's firm, which, because of the complicated nature of that will, required that I disclose the MPD. Whilst the lawyers accepted I was a 'multiple' and part of a MPD system, I was informed that I could not make a will because under Australian Law, I lacked what they called 'legal personality', i.e. I was not 'born of the womb', therefore I was declared, by them, to be a non-legal entity.
"In 2006, in an effort to create a legal precedent under State Law, I challenged the jurisdiction of the local state court, claiming the Law could not hear my case, let alone convict me, since it held no jurisdiction over me because I lacked 'legal personality' as defined by Australian Law. The Judge promptly dismissed the case on 'discretionary grounds' since with no precedent to guide him, the Judge was reluctant to initiate one, so did the next best thing and ignored the whole episode by dismissing the case!
"Interestingly, we have found that, in Tasmania at least, if one claims to be a multiple, particularly in regard to the Law, one is immediately considered to be 'non compos mentis', i.e. of unsound mind! "nos turba sumus ~ we are a multitude"
Sunday, July 1, 2007
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