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Jimquisition: Online Passes Are Bad For Everybody
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The jewelery business is completely dead due to pawn shops. They make no money whatsoever. Didn't you hear? That entire industry went under. If only they had found a way to screw with their paying customers, they may have been able to save themselves. Why would anyone buy new jewelery when used (stolen) jewelery at a pawn shop is cheaper. Oh, right...
Jim's first point is right on. If I could never ever trade in my games, I would be forced to buy far fewer new and used. Guess who loses on that deal: all the game new publishers who aren't making AAA titles.
Anyone else remember Nintendo trying to sue Blockbuster because they thought game rentals would drive them out of business?
Have you been to a GameStop lately? Their new game selection is terrible. I find more new games at my local Best Buy, Target and Walmart.
Hell, not a single GameStop within 40 miles of me got Demon's Souls in for 3-4 weeks after it was released in the States. I know, because I checked back frequently and they eventually said they'd inform of when they got it in stock. I already had it of course, because flipping Super Target got in Demon's Souls before a store dedicated ENTIRELY TO GAMING.
Also they're refusal to carry more than 15 PC games makes me want to punch walls. Why would they? No ability to resell those.
I agree. It can't be THAT hard to come up with an amicable solution can it? I was thinking something more along the lines of movies where every period they drop the price, getting maximum cash from the must-haves, decent cash from the wants and then cleaning up whatever is left with the bargain hunters. Every six months would be adequate I think to seperate the buyer types and would mean you could cut out the shops altogether.
An addition like a trade-in shop would allow something e-Bay like with each publisher allowing them to cream off 1% of any transaction fees while allowing others to trade out their title and another to trade in for earlier access.
This can't be that hard!
Man, remember the (short lived) days when you could go to a flea market and barter for used snes games and no one gave a damn? Those were the days...
I still collect pre PS2 era games and I don't order online, what's the problem paying for old used games?
I don't trade in any games, I'm a collector.
They only real way they would make more money if games didn't cost $60+ and if they changed the base price to what was in that used game range of 10-45$. Yet most likely you know most Publishers aren't gonna fly with that at all. So when publishers as a collective decide to lower prices they're just gonna have to live with the fact is used games are here to stay and they kinda need to realize they're pretty much the reason why people go for used games as well. Think about the Holiday torrent of games that come out days apart if not on the same day. All said games been hyped all year and they know people want to buy them yet most can only buy 1-3 new while most are gonna wait till January for a used copy or wait until summer when its really cheap. Once they treat us better they'll get treated better simple as that. Most people aren't gonna to just deal with the bullshit.
I don't normally like the jimquisition but this one is pretty damn good.
Used games don't hurt the market, we need to get that through the game industry's thick skull.
What if we simply can't afford to buy it new? Hrm? You gonna tell us to go without food or fuel instead?
I buy used games because I have no choice. I can't afford to buy them new.
That last part really stood out for me. Publishers are treating me like a fucking criminal until I prove otherwise and after that they still are suspicious of me so they have DRM. I don't have to be treated like this. Niche devs like Atlus and NIS are happy to take my money and treat me like a paying customer.
well if people buy used games the publisher don't really get any cash from those.. (even though jim argued they'd get some when the sequel game comes out)
I'm for online passes. ^^ never really sold any of my games to some store eighter, and games in norway costs abot 100-120 USD new.
Did you ever play the original xbox with LIVE? None of the publishers nor microsoft got all bitchy when used games could access the same content, patches and multiplayer as original owners.
It's only recently they're getting more whiney about the subject because they feel like nickle and diming customers in a new way. Wether it's been stopping expansion packs and charge for individual digital content, stopping dedicated servers, or day one DLC, they've always had to roll out the "PIRACY AND EVIL USED GAMES" bullshit so people will put up with it.
That's fine, I agree that the way developers and publishers treat their customers, by and large, sucks. It's true that they set themselves up for some used game sales by releasing games on the schedule they do. I never said anything to the contrary. The problem is that you were claiming that these people want Gamestop to go out of business (or something), which is just absolutely wrong.
Well dang, I'm going to see Jim Sterling holding that sword in my nightmares now.
The very existence of used game selling (in this format) is total bull.
How about if everyone quits trying to devalue the complaints of others because products are priced differently in different countries. The American who is paying $60 isn't to blame for the cost of games in Australia and the Americans complaint is just as valid as the Australians. $60 here is becoming harder and harder to come by but if you live in Australia, you wouldn't know that.
I wish Jim would do a show about that. "I pay more than you so you need to shut the fuck up!" = Bullshit!
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The closest GameStop to me has a pretty decent selection but its on a main road, next door to a starbucks, across the street from a IHOP, Taco bell and Burger King so it's mainly popular games now a days. I noticed its the GameStops that are more out of the way that have really good selections. Plus I been noticed all GameStops aren't ran equally. Different locations you'll get different consumer base and needs. Plus if you wonder if GameStop doesn't have something like Demons Souls sold in 40 miles of you. You aren't the only people looking for that game as well. Supply and Demand bit you in the ass, so its not their fault that you couldn't find something and most likely a few 100 or so people are looking for as well.
Tell me sunshine, what other industry that produces and sells goods gets a percentage of used sales? What's that? None you say. What makes games so special?
Gaming is a luxury hobby. If you can't afford it, then you need to find yourself other hobby. It's quite easy to avoid buying used games and still save a ton of money. There are plenty of free to play games and plenty of deals. Especially Steam and other DD services have tons of good deals all the time. And of course retailers have their own bargain bins. You don't always have to buy games at day one.
I know what he's trying to say to game publishers.
I.E. I bought Oblivion for £15 from Game and loved it, then a friend told me that Fallout 3 was better so I bought that second-hand too and LOVED it. New Vegas came out and I gave Obsidian 40 of my pounds. They win.
I don't know where in GODS name you are getting those props but my goodness they are a funny edition to the show.
First the 40k chainsword and now War's sword from Darksiders?
Everything goes down in price when nobody wants it anymore to help clear stock. If you're going to complain about economics, how can you forget that? You pay another form of currency if you can't afford to get it early and that is time.
Fuck, next thing you know people who watch sky movies instead of going to the cinema are going to be called self entitled film brats.
And it's still fairly much crud. While it's better than some, it's still a bad way of doing it with a dodgy offline functionality, hilariously bad customer service, silly pricing (in Europe at least) and god damn hats. Gamers Gate is much superior.
No, it's the publishers and devs that have no respect for their customers. It's really that simple. While one minute indeed is not much it's still too much. As a PC gamer I know where it leads when the publishers treat you like shit. Oh, it starts out harmless enough but before you know it you're trying to play your game, only you cannot because Steam fucked up a CD key with TAGES or the secuROM client can't connect or StarForce forgot to make a 64bit version of their DRM or printed the wrong key in the cover or Steams offline function craps out again. That all started with a simple cd check. That hurt nobody, right? So don't just accept this crap like it's a fair deal.
Perhaps the publishers should think a bit about why the games are being sold on after so short a while then? I propose that they themselves has created a market of disposable games by over saturation and shovelling a million titles out. Add to that the blatant disrespect for their own customers and it's a small wonder.
Furthermore, if P2P servers cost them very little I imagine. It's not like they are hosting a lot of it, and Microsoft makes sure they get paid as well.
If somebody knows John Riccatello (or whatever he's name is) please do sen him this video and tell him that I said Fuck You!
This problem will disapear, if digital distribution takes over, because somehow DD seems to get away with having no second hand market, because they're the only ones capable of providing it on their platforms, and somehow, people don't seem to care about it that way...
This is the whole reason why I didn't buy a current generation console yet: It's already takes pretty long to set up a modern game, and stuff like online passes and always-online DRM genuinely makes me feel like the publishers and the developers simple don't understand what people generally want from a game: Turn it on, and have fun.
If someone from the industry is reading this: Seriously, reconsider your strategy. It already sucks that you'll seem to need to have online multiplayer in every game nowadays, but it sucks even more that you charge everyone for it and let us type in a code just so we can use it.
I can kind of understand why you'll want to charge for multiplayer: Servers don't run on air. But there are better, more respectable ways to ask money for it. Like "Extra Credits" suggested once: Charge 30 bucks for a brand new copy of a game without the multiplayer, and then charge 15 bucks to unlock it. That way, it's cheaper for everyone, you don't overcharge people who just want the singleplayer, and you even make more money from it.
Seriously, think about it. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would buy games again if you treat your customers better.
But I also don't have to buy a second car if I want someone to ride in my passenger seat.
And I'm not in any great danger of the highways being revoked due to lack of interest.
A difference in format does not justify a reduction of rights.
I buy used most of the time and I almost never play online, except for King of fighters, for wich i'm going to make an exception and buy KOF XII new. Good thing it's going to cost 49.99 usd, here's going to be around 700 pesos. Games that are 60 usd are 1,000 pesos here in mexico, screw that.
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Here here. If more AAA games could just be dled to my PS3 I would love it. I have a great connection and with proper preloading its no problem for slower connected users. But no they dont want to alienate brick and mortor stores like gamestop...who they hate...idiots.
Too bloody right Jim! I hate the online pass system! But the biggest problem I have with it is just the concept in itself. Publishers have no right to the money of a game being sold pre-owned. I have no idea where they got that idea because it exists nowhere else in consumer products! It's unbelievably greedy and selfish to believe that you are entitled to everything that happens to that game in the future! Once you sell the game that's it, you have no right to say what happens to it. The agreement involved in selling a game means that you have to give up a product in return of money, you're not allowed to then choose what happens after that. You don't expect Universal or Disney or anyone to want to take your money when you buy a movie in the bargin bin at Blockbusters. It would be insane if Ford demanded you pay them when you buy a second hand car! Games are no different! The whole idea is just insane!
So tired of online passes, online activation and DRM.
And any Moroccan who complains about game prices should try bumming a guard dog...
OT: Sorry Jim but;
You're right, you're points are solid, but I fail to see the need to dedicate a whole episode to explain this very simple concept. Or maybe I just don't spend enough time on the internet.
Don't buy the game/s?
Buy 1/3 the games you normally would?
Wait until the game's older and cheaper, but still buy it new?
Make more money?
Start a pool with your friends/family and buy games together, then share them.
Spend less money in other aspects of your life (for instance, my mom's recently gotten into extreme couponing, and she now pays $50/month on groceries for two people. I spent more than that on groceries when I was in college and "groceries" meant "ramen".)
Now, right at this moment, I am not saying that used games shouldn't exist. I'm saying that you saying you buy used games because you have "no choice" is:
1. A lie.
2. Disingenuous.
3. A lie.
You have many, many choices, you are simply choosing the easiest one for you at this moment. Don't pretend otherwise.
never trust your customers, i work in fast food and we require people who walk in with a problem to show is their receipt and we'll help them, yet almost half the people i give the recites to don't take them.
also we once had a coupon special and we had to start making sure we rips the coupon as soon as they gave it to us because we had instances of people taking their coupons back when he turned our back to make their order, and reusing them the next day. before we wold have a stack of five or six coupons since everybody and his bother was coming in with them, and they even took the stack a few times and came back with tree of four of them. never trust the consumer.
Yes, it's funny how people seem to ignore the example that is right in front of them. Somehow they believe that what publishers did to the PC via DRM can't possibly happen to consoles even though it's happening right under their noses. Online passes are really just activation keys that will lead to the end of the used market when they take the next logical step and completely lock down games until you input an activation key.
Point 1: Valid, but not really what is concerning companies. I guess I speak for myself when I say that the $5 difference in price is never the selling point for used games for me. I'd rather pay the extra $5 and be sure I got an unabused copy. The same applies to trying new titles. $5 off isn't going to get me to try the new risky game. I wait at least a year for 20 - 30 off. Yeah, it's true that the used market has got me waiting with baited breath for the new releases later, but they're after the quick turnarounds, not the more general used market. Besides, if $5 is really going to break your budget, perhaps you should be in the gaming world in the first place.
Point 2: only recently valid. Those of us resistant to the whole digital thing have pointed out the possiblity off massive server outages to general dismissal. We only recently have a real life example of it being a real issue.
Point 3: not related as it's a technical issue. They could easially embed the code in the game and link the code to your account the way it does now without the manual entering. That is more a courtasy to show that yes, this code has yet to be redeemed.
Additional point: the type of gamer inclined to trade in the game in two weeks may not even redeem the pass. I've received day one DLC in used games that could still be claimed, so I imagine there's going to be a few unclaimed online passes in the used section, game depending.
I've always said the best thing for publishers to do is to try and make a deal with gamestop for used games, controling when games may be offered used and a cut of the price. It could be tiered by age, as in, 50% percent of the profit for a game less than 6 months ond, yet only 5% of the profit on soething more than 3 years old. Sadly, Gamestop has no reason to bargin. These things have yet to sut into their sales, and probably even help the more profitable used sales as we wait unti the savings catch up to the extra costs. With games going the digital route, their days as a software seller are numbered anyway, with the used market being their only use, and even that's limited.
Well then what's the alternative, let Gamestop pocket 100% of used game sales and make the gaming industry that much less lucrative, in turn cutting down on the number of companies with the cash and will to actually release tangible game copies?
Yeah, flow-on effects can be used to prove anything, and the argument is not one-sided, hell my take on it here is dramatically abridged and misses several of the relevant points I've forgotten.
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Can Bud Light and Budweiser Ad Campaigns help predict who will win in November?
Political experts generally agree that one of the key elements to winning the general election in November for any candidate is to excite "the base," in order to maximize turnout. Candidates that reinforce voters' beliefs and vision for the future of America drive a personal connection – and in turn increase the likelihood that someone will actually go out and vote.
Borrowing a page from the DC playbook, AB InBev has spent much of 2016 positioning their two highest-selling beers, Bud Light and Budweiser, for a November showdown by dialing up issues and imagery that, while do not explicitly show support for a given party, tend to be ones that traditionally lean left or right.
Since its launch at February's Super Bowl, the Bud Light Party campaign uses celebrities Amy Schumer, Seth Rogen, and Michael Pena to, with humor, address social issues like equal pay and marriage equality.
Budweiser has rebranded itself as America, incorporating imagery of farmers and hard-working Americans to exude patriotism. While aired during the Rio Olympics, a uniquely non-partisan event, the campaign is expected to run through November, the timing of which is not so coincidental.
The fact that bottles and cans of Bud Light are blue while America, er Budweiser, is red, only play further into the narrative.
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Phoenix Marketing International, a leading market research firm, tested both campaigns in their ongoing Beer Category AdPi ® Advertising Tracking study. In addition to evaluating the ads, respondents were asked to self-report their political affiliation. Since launch, the campaigns were evaluated by over 500 Democrats and 350 Republicans.
Did the "blue", Bud Light message resonate with Democrats? Did the "red", Budweiser message resonate with Republicans?
In short, response to the campaigns is indeed highly correlated with political affiliation.
After seeing Bud Light's Rogen and Schumer ads, Democrats were 33% more likely than Republicans to purchase Bud Light, also finding the ads to show a relevant, relatable, and aspirational brand that "shares my interests." This relevance, along with significant media support, drew the attention of Democrats as the campaign was recalled nearly two-thirds more frequently than the average beer ad in the same time period. One viewer noted, "It identifies with the philosophy that emphasizes the common man over so-called intellectuals and elites, and Bud Light is the drink of choice for the everyman."
Many Republicans, however, were turned off by the campaign, and in turn, Bud Light. Comments like the following were common, "The wage gap is a myth and it's upsetting to see Bud Light jump on the feminism bandwagon," or "I'd like to believe Bud Light supports equal pay for women, but I feel like they're really just saying anything to get more women to drink their beer."
In a similar way, Budweiser America resonated much stronger among those who identify as Republican. GOP-leaning beer drinkers were 24% more likely purchase Budweiser than Democrats, with the brand positioned as "great for me," aspirational, and trustworthy. Recall among Republicans was 21% higher than among Democrats, a nod to its ability to draw in its target, perhaps with a media plan geared toward right-leaning programs. Those who liked the campaign said so because it showed, "An American beer for the American people" and "It made me feel proud to be an American."
But as Bud Light polarized, so too does Budweiser America, as many Democrats found the ads to be generic, transparent or disingenuous. One noted, "Changing the name of the beer to 'America' is comical and seems to pander to dumb people who are easily influenced." The company's Belgian ownership was also not lost on some as, "I do not like that they changed the name of the beer to America after becoming a foreign company."
Given all this, it would seem that AB InBev's strategy of "divide and conquer" has been an effective one at reaching the "base." By using politically charged imagery, Democrats are more likely to choose Bud Light to almost the same degree that Republicans are to choose Budweiser. Though as long as a consumer is willing to choose one brand or the other, it is a win for the broader AB InBev brand.
That is not to say the strategy is without risk. Unlike the upcoming election, beer drinkers have almost limitless choices. In the short term, the plan to piggyback on the election may increase sales, but the long-term impact of polarizing potential customers remains to be seen, as some may dismiss Bud Light or Budweiser in the future based on these ads.
In terms of predicting election results, even the most complex polling models struggle to project this very unique campaign year. Given the relative equal resonance of each brand's campaign with its respective "base," this one is probably too close to call.
Of course this is irrelevant to AB InBev – they just hope these campaigns keep drinkers engaged and thirsty through November.
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Amyaronson 07/18/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
Rating of 2/4
The Academy's obligatory nod to independent films this year. It's a small, bleak, intimate film that comments on poverty, feminism, race, and illegal immigration. It's so low-key, that it gets kind of dull. The dialogue is really subtle, and the performances are so under-performed that it almost just looks like really bad acting. This movie leaves you feeling like something AWFUL is about to happen through the whole thing. It's a two-hour anxiety attack. The visual design and mood is cool, but the story and characters don't really hold up.
owenw405 11/29/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
Rating of 4/4
This one had me sitting on the edge of my seat at times. What a great look at the other border we rarely hear about and the human smuggling going on from The Great White North over the border to the US. Melissa Leo and Misty Upham give stand up performances as two unlikely friends trying to help each other in desperate times. One of my all time favorite indie films.
patjohnson76 04/12/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
A pretty good movie about two women who are both on hard economic times that form a business friendship smuggling illegal immigrants across the Canada-U.S. border. A good script and strong characterization from everyone, particularly Melissa Leo, who carries this film. It's a pretty bleak view on life, and I have to admit the ending was a little surprising, not ending quite the way I would have liked, but if you're looking for a well-acted indie, this is a good one to check out. There were times I forgot I was watching a movie and seemed like I was watching something real.
12/22/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
Dark & Chilling, But Excellent
Frozen River is Courtney Hunts directorial debut and this work was honored at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Filmmaking. If youve never heard of this title, its understandable. This is yet another gem of an independent film that pretty much flew under the wire with regard to general movie audiences due to a limited release. Thanks to DVD, you can still enjoy this masterful work.
Ms Hunts story centers on two women who are both in difficult straights and reluctantly partner in the smuggling of illegal immigrants across the border in upstate New York. Melissa Leo (Righteous Kill, American Gun) plays Ray Eddy, a struggling mom with two sons; a husband who can only be counted on to let the family down; and a pipe dream of purchasing a doubl...
Rating of3/4
04/06/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)
Leo's best film performance of her career.
A desperate single mother living on the Canadian border, teams with a widowed tribe member to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States. This is first-time director/screenwriter Courtney Hunt's indie drama that won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Nominated for multiple Independent Sprit Awards, including Best Feature. Starring Melissia Leo (in an Oscar-nominated role) as Ray Eddy when just two days before Christmas, her husband leaves her and their two sons taking with him all of the family savings to gamble away. Leaving her dream to upgrade the family home to become futher distant. While out looking for him she makes the acquaintance of a Mohawk woman Lila Littlewolf (Misty Upham). Lila's a smuggler, taking illegal immigrants ac...
Rating of3.5/4
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Nenagh gardai seize quantity of heroin
Nenagh Gardai are anxious to hear from anybody who may have information on two thefts in the area in the past week.
A generator for a boat was stolen in Dromineer on May 23, and Gardai are looking for a blue car, possibly a Ford Focus, that was seen leaving the area. They are also looking for the culprits who broke into a number of cars in Kilruane on the same night while people were at Bingo. One car had a handbag, credit cars and about E100 in cash taken from it.
About E3,000 worth of items were taken from Killavilla, Roscrea, on May 21. The thieves made off with a red twin-axle trailer, a chainsaw, powerwasher, an angle grinder. The Gardai are looking to trace a dark coloured estate that was seen leaving the area.
The Gardai are also concerned at the number of thefts of car spoilers in the past few months, with another one taken from a car in Nenagh on May 23. On the same day, 10 solar lights were taken from a garden belonging to a house on Borrisokane Road. A car was stopped at Streamstown, Roscrea, on May 23, by the Gardai and a number of CS gas cylinders were seized. About E50 worth of cannabis was seized on Borrisokane Road, Nenagh, while a quantity of heroin was seized in William Street, Nenagh, on May 22.
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Dear Colleagues!
This time it`s Krefeld, again! On behalf of the scientific committee it is a pleasure to invite you to the 5th International Symposium Vitamin D and Analogs in Cancer Prevention and Therapy.
During the past years our knowledge about molecular biology, metabolism and biologic effects of vitamin D and analogs has exploded.These findings have lead to new concepts for the application of vitamin D and analogs to cancer, and it is obvious that enormous progress is beeing made on this area. This meeting is specifically designed to offer scientists and clinicians insights into the latest developments in this intriguing research area. The program will include keynote lectures as well as free communications. You are cordially invited to join this meeting.
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Jörg Reichrath
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- Prof. Carsten Carlberg, PhD
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- Prof. Dr. med. Michael Friedrich
Helios Klinikum Krefeld
Klinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe
Lutherplatz 40
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- Michael F. Holick
Boston USA
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Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes (UDS)
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I. Molecular Biology of Vitamin D
- The current understanding of the function of the nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR) – a genome-wide perspective
- Vitamin D and calcium signaling
- New insights in nongenomic actions of 1,25(OH)2D3
- Synthesis and metabolism of vitamin D analogs
- Extrarenal synthesis of 1,25(OH)2D3 and the physiological consequences
- Epigenetic modulation of vitamin D signalling pathways Vitamin D and nutrigenomics
II. The Vitamin D Endocrine System in Cancer
- Expression and function of VDR in cancer: VDR microRNA and beyond
- The vitamin D endocrine system and tumor stem cells
- The vitamin D endocrine system and angiogenesis in cancer
- VDR/DBP and CYP2R1- polymorphism: relevance for cancer risk and prognosis?
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Just put in the remaining necessary cache headers on my kungfu club mobile site and I ran a YSlow! test on it and it got a 100! I've never had that before.
Admittedly, this is like cheating since the site is for mobile use it's kept very very simple and has no external dependencies so no need for a CDN. Getting a Grade A on YSlow! is very hard if the site needs to really blink. This one is built dedicated for small mobile phone screens on slow connections. I think now the bottleneck isn't in the rendering but in the connection latency for the remote database.
It also got a 4.9 (max 5.0) on ready.mobi which is the highest I've ever achieved there.
This site was developed in Django, fronted by Nginx with a remote MySQL connection to a server far away. Because of that connection I really had to get the caching right to avoid excessive SQL calls. The Debug Toolbar was instrumental to make that happen. I also used this snippet to allow me to use inline CSS and have it whitespace optimized.
Django's templates are really simplistic. I couldn't work out a way to specify cache unique keys depending on parameters so I had to do all the caching in the views.


text: TNT's remake of Dallas is moving right along . And as is typical, if not particularly advisable (Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty appearing on the new 90210 worked out really well, huh?), a number of the stars of the original Dallas have agreed to appear in the pilot. Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, and Linda Gray will all be reprising their roles. In fairness, the main characters in the remake will play the children of Hagman and Duffy's characters, so at least they won't be showing up, coincidentally, on some random oil field. [ArtsBeat/NYT]


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You suffer from an enlargement of prostate gland
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Water tablets (thiazide diuretics)
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Medicine used during surgery like general anaesthetics
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Medicines used to treat stomach ulcers or excess acid e.g. Cimetidine
Medicines used in colds and flu medicines e.g. Phenylpropanolamine
Medicines for Parkinson's disease (such as levodopa or methyldopa)
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Medicines for diabetes
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Metrizamide – used to help with tests such as X-ray examinations
Amfetamines – used for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
Cocaine or Ecstasy (MDMA)
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Studies
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having Fluphenazine Decanoate injection.
Having Fluphenazine Decanoate injection with food and drink
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that treatment is essential.
The following symptoms may occur in newborn babies, of mothers that have used Fluphenazine
in the last trimester (last three months of their pregnancy): shaking, muscle stiffness and/or
weakness, sleepiness, agitation, breathing problems, and difficulty in feeding. If your baby
develops any of these symptoms you may need to contact your doctor.
Fluphenazine may cause an incorrect pregnancy test. You should not breast-feed if you are
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Ask your doctor or nurse for advice before taking any medicine if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Do not drive or operate machinery whilst you are taking this medicine. When your Fluphenazine
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(6.25mg) if you are over 60 years of age. After your first injection, your doctor will decide on
what further doses you require and how often they should be given. Most patients can be
successfully maintained on doses of between 12.5mg and 100mg given every two to five weeks.
If you are resuming treatment with a long-acting injection form of fluphenazine, you may bee
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Low concentration of sodium in blood
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Impairment of judgment and of mental skills
Skin rashes
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High levels of prolactin in the blood which may cause abnormal production of breast
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cholesterol shown up on blood test
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As with other phenothiazine medicines, there have been very rare reports of sudden death with
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15 Dec
Greening up Heworth Holme
Fri 15 Dec 2017 at 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Heworth Holme, Bad Bargain/Tang Hall Lane entrance, York, YO31 0RE
After a productive summer of monitoring the becks and their wider habitats, we are back to weekly conservation sessions. We will continue to develop the wetland meadow through seed sowing, further developing the wildlife scrapes and improving access with the new footpath. These events are funded thanks to the 2016-17 Lord Mayor's fundraising activities.
This work is part of our York Becks Project, which includes restoring the wetland meadow at Heworth Holme. Our aim is to make this valuable green space more colourful and attractive for both the local community and wildlife. Heworth Holme is a remnant of old countryside in the town, protected from development by its regular winter flooding and part of a wildlife corridor between St Nicks Nature Reserve and other green spaces along the Tang Hall Beck.
Who is the event suitable for?
Anyone who'd like to have a go at volunteering, meeting new people and enjoying the outdoors while doing something useful as part of One Planet Living. Families and younger people are welcome – there will be a range of tasks for all ages. Please note that under 18s need parental consent and under 13s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Free entry, please contact email@example.com for more details or to confirm you are planning to attend
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Straight Ahead Saturday is your Twilight Jazz Series late evening blend
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Last night John Edwards asked his audience a question that I believe he intended to be rhetorical. (Click here for the text of the speech.) Here's the question:
John Kerry and I believe that we shouldn't have two different economies in this country: one for people who are set for life, they know their kids and their grandkids are going to be just fine, and then one for most Americans, people who live paycheck to paycheck. You don't need me to explain this to you, do you?
You know exactly what I'm talking about Can't save any money, can you? Takes every dime you make just to pay your bills. And you know what happens if something goes wrong, if you have a child that gets sick, a financial problem, a layoff in the family, you go right off the cliff. And when that happens, what's the first thing that goes?
I heard the convention audience trying to answer the question; I tried to answer it myself. In case you missed the speech, here's the answer:
Your dreams.
I have a couple questions of my own. Can there be a single person in the audience who correctly answered that question? Or who wasn't thinking about the top of the ticket and his spouse with respect to "the first economy"? Or who didn't contemplate that the Democrats' program is to put us all in "the second economy"?
HINDROCKET adds: This "two Americas" thing puzzles me a bit. I can understand how it could be a winning approach with Democratic primary voters, who represent only a small slice of the population and are driven mostly by resentment. But it strikes me as an odd theme for a general election. While virtually everyone–maybe even Kerry and Edwards–has financial worries at some level, the number of people who perceive themselves as downtrodden, hopeless and unable to save a dime can't possibly approach a majority. An odd approach, I think.


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MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway says it is making progress to meet the government's target of increased grain shipments, but the railway drew a rebuke from Western Canadian grain elevator companies after calling on them to "step up" their own performances.
"The fact that CN is making this comment is just an attempt to deflect attention from the real issue," said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association.
He said the main challenge is getting enough capacity and receiving cars throughout the week and "appropriately apportioned" to the country's four grain delivery corridors — Western Canada, Thunder Bay, the United States and Eastern Canada.
"It doesn't make sense that they're asking us to do a better job when we're already performing," he said in an interview.
CN said it is troubled by the association's concern that too many grain loads are being sent to the West Coast and the Great Lakes terminal in Ontario.
"Having wrongly singled-out railways and unrealistically called for a near-doubling of rail car capacity since last fall, it is now time for grain elevators companies to step up to the capacity they claim to have, and do so in the corridors that will benefit Canadian farmers the most," CEO Claude Mongeau said Monday.
The country's largest railway (TSX:CNR) said it provided 5,102 hopper cars for loading last week, the most in its history at this point of the season.
It marked the fourth week in a row the railway has delivered more than 4,000 cars. The average of 4,550 cars per week is 21 per cent greater than CN's average March performance for the last decade.
Calgary-based Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP) said it is not disclosing the weekly grain car numbers it has been reporting to federal officials. However, CP spokesman Ed Greenberg also said the results "show the railway is continuing to move record amounts of grain."
The federal government passed an order-in-council on March 7 that imposes a daily fines of up to $100,000 on CN and rival CP should they fail to double the volume of grain shipments.
Both CP and CN have blamed abnormally cold weather for much of the slowdown in shipments. For safety reasons, the railways reduced the number of cars their locomotives pull in winter to 70 per cent of what they move during warmer months.
Mongeau said it continues to make "significant progress" to reach its goal of transporting close to 5,550 gain cars per week, but can only meet its commitment "if other key players in the supply chain are equally held to account for their performance."
But Sobkowich said grain companies are already held accountable for their performance by tariffs which allow the railways to penalize them if they are unable to load or unload rail cars within a specific time.
Sobkowich said what's needed now is for railways to be subjected to fines payable to grain companies and passed on to farmers if they can't deliver rail cars on the days they promise.
Last week, CP's chief executive decried the speed and lack of consultation before the government changed the rail transportation system, that could result in "unintended consequences."
"Instead we should all focus on commercial solutions to maximize overall capacity in the grain supply chain," stated Hunter Harrison, especially if larger crops become the new normal.
"If this is true, a system grounded in commercial principles, not regulation, is required to address the capacity constraints and the significant investments required, including replacing Canada's aging grain hopper fleet."
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Heya! This is just my new project for the summer, since I have nothing better to do. It's my first Naruto fic, so be nice! Important note: Sasuke is two years older than Sakura and Naruto.
Summary: It was five years ago. I was nineteen. I had just passed my Jounin exam. And then I met him..."You conceited, stuck-up, selfish, pathetic excuse of a man!" Unfortunately, the man I would fall in love with was the man I passionately hated. Life's funny like that.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or any of its characters. I only own the plot.
Chapter One: Clash of the Jounins
If I tried to describe the last five years in a single sentence it would be: the most entirely contradicting five years I have ever experienced. It even managed to beat the hustle and hazards of hormonal teenage years when you dabble in everything and get yourselves into Kami knows how much trouble.
My best friend Naruto suggested I write everything down, tell the story of my life through ink and paper. A memoir, so to speak. It is, perhaps, one of the few good ideas he's had off the battleground. Nothing against him, of course, it's just that when he's not fighting or training, he's eating ramen or sleeping. Or possibly down at the local inn having a pint. Not having good ideas.
So, my life. I won't bore you with my childhood; I was too busy being shy and teased about my big forehead. I attended the Academy, set on becoming a ninja if only to prove that I was worth the space I take up. I graduated with top marks and became a Genin under Hatake Kakashi. Normally there would be teams of three, but thanks to unequal amount of people who graduated, it was just me and Uzumaki Naruto.
From then on I trained as hard as possible, and Naruto and I quickly climbed ranks. His incredible stamina and cheeky nin-jutsus worked in his favour, and my brains and healing skills got us through tough times alive, although not unscarred.
And then things got interesting. I was nineteen. I had just passed my Jounin exam. And then I met him.
My name is Haruno Sakura. And this is how I, very reluctantly, fell in love.
Five years ago
3rd September
Six a.m., or around somewhere there.
"And good morning Konoha! It's six a.m., a bit misty so don't forget to wrap up if you plan on leaving the house early, although it's bound it warm up later. And for you all Jounins out there, yes, that means you Haruno Sakura, its time to get out there and celebrate your first day as a Jounin!"
The voice was cheerful and excited, more so than normal on this particular day. Usually Haruno Sakura would just snuggle into her warm covers and tell the owner to shove off, but today was an exception. Because, just as he had mentioned, today was her first day as a Jounin.
So she opened her eyes, revealing apple green orbs, and grinned at the blonde standing over her.
"Good morning Naruto!" the nineteen year old chirped, sitting up and letting the covers fall to her waist. "Ah, isn't it such a great morning and all?" she said, beaming at her best friend of seven years. To say she was happy would be an understatement. Ecstatic might just cover it.
Naruto grinned back at Sakura, his baby blue eyes alight with cheerfulness and amusement. "You bet Sakura-chan! So get up! We're going to celebrate with me treating you to breakfast!"
"Not ramen?" Sakura said suspiciously.
Naruto pouted. "Unfortunately, no ramen."
The roseate haired young woman laughed, and it brought a smile to her teammate's face. Sakura was a free spirited, that was for sure. Perhaps constant associating with the always hyperactive blonde had made her this way, but as much as he liked to believe that, he knew it was simply finally having self-confidence that she had been lacking a few years ago.
Naruto shook his head and left the room to allow the still laughing Haruno to get up and dressed. She emerged not five minutes later, fully dressed and washed. She had an amazing ability to be ready and wide-awake within minutes of getting up; one ability Naruto was hard pressed to find in other females.
"Okay!" Naruto said, getting up from the crimson sofa that dominated the small living room, "Lets go!"
Half an hour later found the friends sitting in a small café, tucking into a hearty fried breakfast. Naruto held a glass of milk up, clinking it against Sakura's glass of orange juice.
"To Sakura becoming a Jounin!" Naruto yelled, before diving for the food piled high on his plate.
Sakura giggled and took a swig of her orange juice before attacking her food with as much vigour as her blonde teammate, only with a lot more manners, something which wasn't that hard to accomplish.
Sakura remembered when Naruto had passed the Jounin exam a year ago. They had both participated, but when it had come to the finals the two had a sudden bout of extremely bad luck and been pitted against each other. They had resented needing to fight each other, but gave it their all, and, with no surprise to anyone, Naruto won. But Sakura did give him one hell of a fight.
Sakura had not once resented her best friend for going on to become a Jounin while she stayed a Chuunin; the fates had been against them that day. She did, however, occasionally feel like she had been left behind again, both Kakashi and Naruto being Jounins meant they very little free time.
But the roseate haired nineteen year old was finally a Jounin along with her ex-sensei and her friends. And boy did it feel good. She could almost feel the power and self-importance rushing through her. Whoops. Lets not get too ahead of ourselves, Sakura thought to herself sternly. Its one thing to be proud and happy about passing the exam, but to think you're all that great because of it? Yes, okay, a nice stroke of the ego is fine, but Sakura always avoided getting an overly large ego…she had met to many arrogant bastards for her liking, and she had no desires to end up like them.
Sakura blinked, emerging from her musings slowly. She looked up at the smiling silver haired copy-nin known as Hatake Kakashi, and grinned.
"Kakashi-sensei!" they chorused.
"Kakashi," he corrected lazily, "I haven't been your sensei for a while, you know."
Sakura nodded while Naruto just shrugged and leapt at his food again. The nineteen year old smiled up at the older Jounin. "Sit with us Kakashi."
Kakashi shook his head, lifting up the take away Styrofoam cup of coffee as if that was all that needed saying.
Sakura glared.
Kakashi blinked.
Sakura pouted.
Kakashi sat down.
"So," Naruto said through a mouthful of fried rice, once Kakashi had settled at their table, "I forgot to ask. What did you think of Sakura's new gen-jutsu? I helped her create it!" the blonde said proudly, swallowing that mouthful of rice.
Kakashi rolled his one visible, droopy dark eye at Naruto's poor table manners and looked at Sakura. "It was very interesting. Figures you would use bright yellow canaries, I think you blinded your opponent."
"That was the point!" Sakura cried in exasperation, knowing full well that silver haired ninja was only teasing her. "You're so difficult to please, Kakashi." The emerald-eyed woman pouted.
Kakashi smiled through the material of his mask, reaching over and ruffling Sakura's roseate locks as he often done when she was younger. She waved him away with a mock angry look.
"Well done, Sakura. I'm proud of you."
The rare appraisal from her ex-sensei caused her apple green eyes to widen and a huge smile to spread across her face. "Anyway," Kakashi said hurriedly, feeling slightly uncomfortable with Sakura beaming at him. Usually, she was yelling at him for being late or a pervert, although he was inclined to disagree with the latter. "Everyone's meeting up at the inn tonight to celebrate the initiation of the new Jounins. Genma is rather looking forward to seeing you as well."
Sakura's beam immediately slipped, to Kakashi's immense relief. Genma was that womanising, arrogant flirt with an oral fixation who called himself one of Kakashi's best friends. Of all the egotistical jerks Sakura had met, she had to admit, she rather liked this one. Despite his major flaws, he was rather funny, and a good friend. If only he wasn't so bent on bedding her.
"Sounds good to me," Naruto said, finally finished with his mountain of food. "Should be a blast, right Sakura-chan?"
"Right," she agreed weakly.
10 a.m.
Tsunade surveyed the four newly charged Jounins before her. They all stood in a line, backs straight and eyes forward, save one. This military like precision was something Tsunade found almost annoying at times, but it was something that they all seemed to do in her presence. Thank Kami for people like Uzumaki Naruto, who she had long ago deemed a nutcase, and Haruno Sakura, who was now smiling at her respectfully. Tsunade would've smiled back, had there not been other people with them.
Aside from her medic student, there was a twenty one year old young man called Takashi Akito, and the nineteen year olds Hyuuga Hinata and Inuzuka Kiba. All talented, all deserving of the Jounin title. Good.
"Congratulations," She finally said, a smile on her face, "You have all passed the Jounin exam and from today, you will be known as Jounins. You will complete B and A Rank missions and sometimes you will be away from Konoha for a long period of time. Your duty is to Konoha and as a Jounin; everything else comes second, sometimes including your lives. Is that understood?"
"Hai Hokage-sama!" three cried in unison.
"Of course, Tsunade-sama." Sakura smiled, despite having just been told that she might have to lay her life down for her village. She was rather hoping it wouldn't come to that, and, well, Sakura was an optimist. Lets just leave it at that.
"You all know where the Jounin Headquarters are, right?"
They all nodded.
"Right, well, go and meet your new comrades. Dismissed."
Immediately Kiba and Akito disappeared through the large double doors, while Sakura and Hinata lingered. Tsunade sighed, and counted. Three. Two. One—
"WE DID IT!" Sakura suddenly yelled, jumping from one foot to another in happiness, "It's official, Hina, we're Jounins!"
Tsunade was sure that the pink haired woman was spending too much time with Naruto. It was obvious. Only Naruto had jumped around her office like that when he had been declared a Jounin, although he hadn't even waited for the others to leave. At least Sakura had retained some common courtesy, no matter how much Naruto was turning her into the female version of himself. Kami forbid that thought.
All thoughts stopped when Sakura threw her arms around Tsunade. "Arigato, Tsunade-sama! I wouldn't've been able to do this without you!"
"Don't be silly, Sakura." Tsunade muttered, "You would've done just fine without me."
Sakura frowned and pulled away, giving Tsunade a stern look. "Don't go turning into Kakashi, never accepting a compliment. Never gives one, never accepts one. Honestly!"
Tsunade chortled. No matter how much the apple green eyed girl cursed her former sensei, anyone with common sense and eyes could tell she loved him to bits and wouldn't change him for the world. Tsunade sometimes wondered whether Kakashi was actually aware of this; teenage girls tended to baffle him, even ones he had trained.
"Ano, arigato Tsunade-sama, for taking the time to train me as well." Hinata mumbled from beside Sakura.
"Nonsense," Tsunade chastised gently, "All I did was show you a few tricks, and you did the rest. You're not like Sakura, who needs her hand held through out the entire thing."
"Excuse me?" Sakura pouted.
Hinata giggled.
"Off you go, then. I'm sure Naruto is waiting for you both." Tsunade smiled.
Hinata flushed at the thought of the blonde and both of the other women caught it, smiling knowingly.
"Lets go Hina!" Sakura chirped, taking her friend's arm and dragging her off. "Ja ne Tsunade-sama!"
"Ja ne!" Tsunade called after the two young women who were now barrelling past several ninjas and civilians, intent on getting to the Jounin HQ.
"Gomen!" Hinata called over her shoulder as Sakura dragged her on, having accidentally barrelled into someone's shoulder. Sakura looked over her shoulder to see who Hinata was apologising to, and consequently smacked straight into someone herself. Someone with a very muscular chest, as it was, and Sakura, had she been intoxicated, would've thought she had run into a wall.
"Wha—" she gasped, as she bounced backwards and landed on her ass, cushioning her fall at the last minute with a well-placed jutsu that was usually used for suffocating people like a pillow would. A flair of creativity that had just saved her buttocks from being bruised. "Gomen-nasai!" Sakura said quickly, looking up at him.
And she had to admit, she liked what she saw. He was tall, slender yet you could see the powerful muscles, and handsome, with smooth features, onyx eyes that held little warmth and charcoal black hair styled in spikes. He was dressed in ANBU uniform, and it suited him well. Very well. The vest clung to him like a second skin and the swirly tattoo on his left bicep seemed to flatter him perfectly.
And then he sneered at her. "Watch where you're going." He spat, stepping around her and walking off. Sakura sat there, dumbfounded for only a split second, before reality –and her anger of being treated like a grotty child- caught up with her.
Her opinion of him took such a steep dive it was almost vertical.
"Excuse me?" she shrieked, jumping to her feet and whirling around to glare at his retreating back. "You! You ANBU shithead!"
Hinata winced.
He stopped in his tracks, turning around with an almost shocked look that was near instantaneously replaced with a cold sneer.
"Where the hell do you get off treating people like they're beneath you?" she spat angrily, her cheeks turning pink in rage. "I concede, it was my fault I ran into you, but I apologised to you! Do you even have manners?"
"What?" he replied coldly, "Why should you even care? You ran into me. You apologised. I gave you some advice. End of."
"Advice? You call that advice? I don't call sneering and looking down your nose at me advice!" Sakura snarled, her eyes darkening to the point of dark, deep green. Hinata sighed. She wanted to intervene, but common sense told her that if she wanted to keep her life intact, she should just…stay away. Yeah. That's a good idea.
"You were sprawled on the floor, how else am I meant to look at you?" the onyx eyed man retorted sarcastically.
"I meant metaphorically!"
"Well, thanks for clearing that up!"
Hinata was getting all too aware of the stares they were receiving. She was tempted to start begging the floor to swallow her up whole. Where was Naruto when you needed a funny moment?
Sakura looked just about ready to spit deadly nails. Hinata was rather grateful Genma had yet to teach Sakura how to shoot senbon needles from her mouth, because that would've been a disaster at that very moment.
"You conceited, stuck-up, selfish pathetic excuse of a man!" Sakura suddenly screamed.
"Go to hell you psychotic, interfering bitch!" he yelled back.
At that point, both decided to turn on their heels and stomp off.
That guy really made me all riled up. It was only later did I discover who he was from Hinata's cousin, Neji.
I had just called the genius ANBU Captain and only survivor of the Uchiha massacre a conceited, stuck-up selfish pathetic excuse of a man.
Uchiha Sasuke.
The orphan everyone loves.
Oh how I hated him.
Well, that's it. Tell me if it's worth continuing or if I should just give up now! Review!


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Hotel at a Glance: Best Western Fallsview Hotel
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- Distance from the falls: half a mile
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- Sip local varietals using the wine-touring pass included with the couples package.
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Niagara Falls, Ontario: Panoramic Views of the Falls near Vegas-Style Casinos and Water Parks
At Niagara Falls—considered by many to be one of the world's seven natural wonders—water thunders downward from a height of nearly 200 feet, crashing onto craggy boulders below. The falls straddle the border between Canada and the United States, with segments located in both New York and Ontario, but the Canadian side of the Niagara River is universally hailed as the finest vantage point to take in all three of Niagara Falls' photogenic brinks: American, Bridal Veil, and Horseshoe Falls.
Hornblower cruises ferry raincoat-clad passengers around the base of the falls from April through October, depending on the river's ice conditions. Year-round, Journey Behind the Falls grants a glimpse behind the curtain of Horseshoe Falls—board an elevator that descends 150 feet into the bedrock, then stand at an observation deck steps away from the cascading water.
A 10-minute walk from the falls, you'll see the neon glow of the Clifton Hill neighborhood. Its Fallsview Boulevard has plenty of Vegas-style kitsch, including glitzy casinos, indoor water parks, and restaurants.


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Alumni and friends returned to campus to celebrate Homecoming Oct. 19-21!
Megan Scott
Editor, Knox Magazine
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
Fax: 309-341-7770
Mike Hendrick '13
Hometown: Smithton, Illinois
Majors: Secondary Education and Social Sciences
Fraternity: Beta Theta Pi
As a linebacker on the Prairie Fire Football Team, Mike Hendrick led the nation in tackles in 2011 with 157, a school record, and was named Knox's first American Football Coaches Association All-American his senior year. He holds the school records for tackles in a game with 26, solo tackles in a game with 14, solo tackles in a season with 81, and solo tackles in a career with 200.
1. His favorite subject is history. "I'm a big history buff. It's always intrigued me." 2. He wasn't heavily recruited to play college football while in high school. "People are really surprised by that." 3. He wants to be a high school teacher and coach. "The techniques you use in teaching and coaching are intertwined."
How do you balance athletics and academics?
Here at Knox, it's stressed the first year that athletes are students first, and balancing athletics and academics takes time management skills. You have to do the work first before anything else.
What do you enjoy most about your team?
The camaraderie. I know everyone has my back.
Do you have a pre-game ritual or superstition?
For home games I go into the gym with my iPod and my basketball and shoot baskets for about an hour before I have to get ready. It calms me down and gets me into the zone.
What are your favorite things about Knox?
Being able to play football. I also like the small school feel. Everyone, no matter what happens on campus, is going to be together.
How do you think being a football player at Knox will benefit you after you graduate?
Earning a degree from Knox and playing football demonstrates discipline, the ability to effectively manage your time, and maturity.
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Mission Possible: portrait of hope – Riley
CARD is proud to introduce you to Riley Salz and his family. Seven-year-old Riley Salz is on the road to recovery from autism.
He receives 40 hours a week of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy (home services and school shadowing) from CARD. Riley has been in treatment with CARD since August, 2008, and has experienced remarkable progress, including learning to speak, starting conversations, making requests, and commenting about his environment.
Riley's personal journey through autism is now featured in CARD's "Mission Possible: Portraits of Hope" online series.
Watch with us here: http://portraits-of-hope.centerforautism.com.


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