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- 1. Were you ever part of Clan mFH? (mainly for the older members)
2. How did you come across Clan 3ICE?
3. How often do you play Warcraft?
4. Where are you in life?
5. Do you ever wish you could go back to the old days of Warcraft?
They're simple questions, sure, but I'd like to know where some of you have gone after straying from Warcraft. I know that I'll never get those days back, but the memories I've created with the people I played with will forever be with me. Sorry for the post but I got hit with a huge wave of nostalgia and would just like to check up on my friends.

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Amy Schumer's 12 Angry Men Parody Is the Best Sketch of the Year
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The conversation surrounding the double standards that women - particularly women in Hollywood - face has been covered so exhaustively that the arguments against it have become normalized. And yet not much has changed over the years. Women are still… Read more


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$359 Summer Price ($140 Off Retail) Available through September 6, 2010
Those Who Purchase a Season Pass at Heavenly's Tent Sale Receive a $25 Voucher for Immediate Savings on In-Stock Gear. Heavenly Pass is enabled with EpicMix, a Groundbreaking Application that will Allow Guests to Effortlessly Utilize Technology to Capture Their Ski and Ride Experience and Share it with Friends and Family
Heavenly Mountain Resort, Calif./Nev. – August 31, 2010 – Labor Day, September 6, 2010, will be the last day to purchase or renew Lake Tahoe's best skiing and snowboarding pass product, the 2010-11 Heavenly Pass. At the summer rate of just $359, access to Lake Tahoe's biggest mountain, highest elevation, longest vertical drop, most breath-taking scenery, largest snowmaking and grooming operation, finest tree skiing, and only place-based social network is now available at a $140 savings off the $499 retail price. Teen, child and senior pass pricing is also available.
Heavenly Mountain Resort (www.skiheavenly.com) is celebrating Labor Day by offering an extra incentive to prospective pass buyers. Those who purchase a Heavenly pass at the 24th Annual Heavenly Sports Tent Sale at Heavenly's California Lodge, where overstock of hard and soft goods will be available for as much as 70 percent off, will receive a $25 voucher to be used with any purchase of $250 or more. The voucher is only valid the day the pass is purchased and may not be combined with any other offer. The hours for the tent sale are Saturday, September 4, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, September 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Monday, September 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"With only 80 days remaining until we open, Labor Day is the perfect time to get everything you need for the upcoming ski and snowboard season. At $359, the Heavenly Pass is a virtual steal for Lake Tahoe's premier destination resort," said John Wagnon, Heavenly vice president of Marketing and Sales. "And the added functionality of EpicMix combines the magic of skiing and riding with the latest social media technology to provide an experience you won't get from any other season pass."
EpicMix (www.EpicMix.com) is a digital application that guests can access online, at their computer or via a free mobile application that can be downloaded for the iPhone, Android or other smart phone. EpicMix automatically captures the activity of guests throughout each of its resorts, by leveraging Vail Resorts' state-of-the-art radio frequency (RF) scanners that are being installed at each of Heavenly's chairlifts. An RF-enabled chip embedded in the Heavenly Pass will automatically track guests' lift rides, calculating vertical feet skied and days on the mountain and will recognize special achievements and accomplishments by granting guests commemorative, collectible digital pins. Epic Mix will have hundreds of available digital pins for a multitude of unique experiences available at each resort.
EpicMix will allow guests to share their statistics and accomplishments through updates on Twitter and Facebook and guests can create special EpicMix leader boards with their Facebook friends. The EpicMix mobile application will alert guests when any of their Facebook friends are skiing and where they are on the mountain. The application will also allow guests to send messages to their private groups of Facebook friends on the mountain. The mobile application will also provide trail and grooming information, snow and weather reports, as well as resort news and traffic updates. EpicMix will also have a special website for kids under the age of 14, which will allow them to connect with their parents' accounts, but will have content designed specifically for them and unique pins only kids can earn. The kids' site also will have special privacy restrictions. Parents will also be able to use EpicMix to track the lift rides of their kids in real time.
New passes can also be purchased or renewed online at www.skiheavenly.com or in-person seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Heavenly season pass office located at the Gondola. Those purchasing a Heavenly pass also receive unlimited half-price tickets at any of Vail's Colorado resorts including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone.
About Heavenly
Heavenly Mountain Resort is a world-class destination offering guests a one-of-a-kind combination of scenic beauty and exhilarating on-snow experience. Heavenly is a subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc., the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. In addition to Heavenly, Vail Resorts, Inc. owns and operates the Colorado mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties across the United States and Caribbean. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.
For more information on Heavenly Mountain Resort, please visit www.skiheavenly.com or call 1-800-HEAVENLY.


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Meatline Metal Detector Designed For Integration in Vacuum Fillers
Bunting Magnetics has strengthened its lineup of metal detection equipment with the addition of the Meatline 05 0 Metal Detector.
The Meatline is designed for integration in vacuum fillers to examine liquid and pasty type of food products. It detects and separates any type of metal, encapsulated or free.
The Meatline 05 0 features a reject mechanism which can be taken apart in a few easy steps without the need for tools. All components are linked together with a chain so they cannot get lost. After cleaning, everything easily fits together again.
The Meatline fits all commercial vacuum fillers. It is pressure washer safe and has a stable frame with lockable casters. The Meatline allows for easy and fast operation through a Touch Screen Display which has a self-explanatory menu structure. All components are made of stainless steel or food-safe plastic. It features a responsive, powerful and permanently maintenance-free pneumatic drive for a long lifespan.


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One of only 16 researchers nationwide invited to make a presentation as a "Young Academic Investigator" during the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dr. Jeff Johnson of the chemistry faculty was recognized for the distinction during the fall luncheon of the college's division of the natural and applied sciences on Thursday, Oct. 4.
He was the only speaker from a primarily undergraduate institution at the national ACS meeting, which was held in Philadelphia, Pa., in August. His presentation was on "Transition metal-catalyzed activation of carbon-carbon single bonds: Mechanistic understanding leading to new methodologies."
Johnson, who is an assistant professor of chemistry and Towsley Research Scholar at Hope, has been a member of the faculty since 2007. His research, on which he works collaboratively with Hope students during both the school year and summer, is on developing new organic reactivity catalyzed by transition metals.
He has received more than $1 million in external funding since coming to the college. His grants have included an Undergraduate New Investigator Grant from the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF); a five-year Camille and Henry Dreyfus Faculty Start-Up Award; a Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award; a National Science Foundation (NSF) - Major Research Instrumentation award for a remotely accessible 400 MHz NMR spectrometer; and, earlier this year, a major award through the NSF's "Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program."
He received the division for the natural and applied sciences "James N. Boelkins Research Promise Award" in March 2012, and was named a Towsley Research Scholar by the college in January 2010.
He completed his bachelor's degree at Gustavus-Adolphus College in 2000, and his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin in 2004. Prior to coming to Hope, he served as a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow at Colorado State University.


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I took the weekend off from blogging here and elsewhere to enjoy my annual outing at the beach in California with my best pals from high school and college–something we've been doing on or around Memorial Day for 22 years in a row now. We've even gotten to the t-shirt phase (see below). It's really become just an excuse for our own reality cooking show.
So back to business. I see little changed for the better over the weekend. A few months ago I wrote a blog post over at American.com on "Why Climate Change Reminds Me of a T.S. Eliot Poem," in that case, from "Burnt Norton," one of the Four Quartets. Another line from "Burnt Norton" comes to mind this week: "Human kind cannot bear very much reality." Swap out "environmentalists" for "human kind," and you're on your way. The remove from reality is reaching the farce stage.
Last week the dreary Bill McKibben, one of those environmentalists who embodies Churchill's definition of a fanatic as "someone who can't change their mind, and won't change the subject," took to the pages of the Washington Post with the worn-out refrain that the recent spate of tornadoes and other extreme weather events was the result of . . . wait for it . . . climate change! It was too dreary to bother with a response, but fortunately my frequent writing partner Ken Green was up to the task, and this morning in the Wall Street Journal Don Boudreaux goes through the numbers and offers a $10,000 bet that weather-related deaths and injuries will continue their long-term decline in the United States. He shouldn't expect any takers. Having lost the famous Simon-Ehrlich bet on resource scarcity, environmentalists won't put their money where their mouth is any more. I know; I've tried it, too. When environmentalists started complaining in 2001 and 2002 that the Bush Administration was "gutting" the Clean Air Act, I offered a $1,000 bet (also in the Wall Street Journal) that ozone and particulate levels would be lower in 2009 than in 2001. I got no takers. Once I got Carl Pope of the Sierra Club cornered on an NPR show in 2004 (the Sierra Club put out a press release in 2002 saying air pollution was "out of control" in America's cities), and the host proposed my bet to Pope. Pope changed the subject as fast as he could. (And yes, ozone and particulate levels fell consistently throughout the Bush years.)
But the award for the largest remove from reality goes to the Swedish Academy of Sciences, which recently held a formal trial—for all of humanity. This sentence gives away the game: "'The prosecution will therefore maintain that humanity must work towards global stewardship around the planet's intrinsic boundaries, a scientifically defined space within which we can continue to develop,' says Professor Will Steffen, prosecutor and Director at Climate Change Institute, Australian National University." It gets better. When the verdict is in (gee–I wonder whether humanity will be acquitted?), it will be forwarded to . . . wait for it . . . the United Nations Panel on Global Sustainability. Funny how the cause of "sustainability" always seems to require more "global stewardship," which is code for unaccountable centralized power for global bureaucrats–surely the most unsustainable idea of the last half-century.
By the way, as a special bonus, if you scroll down the list of "jury" members for this trial, you stumble across . . . Hans Blix. Glad to know he got another job.
Meanwhile, as a second special bonus, don't miss this story out of North Carolina about how biodegradable products may be bad for the environment. (Hat tip: Rick Henderson.)
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Rick Wilson wrote:Oh and yes, Van Laird is TOUGH and one of the nicest guys you would ever meet.
Rick, Laird had a great you tube site a few years back with a few applications straight out of kata that were really excellent. Can't seem to find it online any more.Any idea of where that page could be found? I think it would fit in great with this conversation.


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MONTHLY SNOW SAFETY DISCUSSION- SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22ND A new program to Taos Ski Valley, we will be hosting Monthly Snow Safety Discussions. The first of these monthly meetings will take place Sunday, December 22nd at 4pm in the Looking Glass, located within the Tenderfoot Katie Cafeteria. Discussion starts with viewing of the movie Know Before You Go. Skiers and snowboarders of all abilities are invited to come talk about avalanche prone snow conditions, terrain, rescue equipment and local backcountry areas. There is no charge for this event.


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Nothing is as personal as color. Choosing a color palette is both the most important part and yet the most daunting part for many when it comes to decorating their homes. Read on and get some great tips as we help guide you to create the color palette that best suits your style, personality and lifestyle. Specifically, the living room, dining room and entry way. Choose a color scheme for those areas first, then pull one color from the scheme. For example, take the red sofa and tone it down (say, to burgundy) for an accent in more private spaces such as the den, office or bedroom.
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Fully featured Audio and Data CD/DVD writing.
Write on DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM, CD-R/RW, and DVD+R DL (Dual Layer)
Write Audio CDs, recorded in TAO (Track-at-Onc
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My digital Diary 3 offers you everything you need to write your personal digital diary. You can easily write, read, edit and attach files and pictures to your entries. Multiple entries per day and memoirs are supported too. You can find your...
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One-click CD/DVD Writer is a handy program that allows you to write your files and audio to CD or DVD disks directly from Windows Explorer or "My computer". Just choose the files and folders you want and right-click to burn them to disk instantly.
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FD Desktop Notepad is a program which displays the text on your desktop wallpaper. Now you can write directly on a desktop! FD Desktop Notepad is user-friendly and feature-rich tool. You can write down reminders or work plans or anything else.
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18-February-2007Shareware(Free To Try)
Visual Studio .NET add-in that completes code as you write it. Instead of multiline coding constructs such as if..then..else, you just write a 3-letter shortcut. Works with any .NET language such as VB, C/C++, C#, HTML, XML, XSLT.
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i*write has been designed from the ground up as the journal writing tool for professionals. It runs on operating systems from Windows 98 to Windows XP and beyond and has very strong navigation capabilities and industrial-strength full-text search.
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Rolling show XML/RDF news. Gmail Notifier. Write Gmail. 1.Latest Version Notification 2.Write mail using your Gmail account 3.Gmail Notifier 4.Mouse over to show news/email abstract 5.Use picture as TTNews's background 6.Multi-line rolling, mul
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This utility helps you to write 100*100kb unique texts with right keywords.
It is to hard write a text especially when you do not understand English. Now you can create more then 10000 texts for your website in one minute.
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Split WAV files from any source. Supports up to 24-bit multi-channel. Automatic and easy manual splittin. Records audio from any source, open existing files, DAE, and write MP3/OGG/FLAC encoded files. CUE sheet editor for CDRwin. Schedule recordings.
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Mp3s ID3 tags group edits tool with sorting, copying & renaming functions. Features: ID3 V1 full Read/Write Support and ID3 V2 Basic Read/Write Support; group ID3 V1,V2 or both editing/updating/removing; copying/renaming files with advanced options
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Desktop Notepad is a tool which displays the text on your desktop wallpaper. It is user-friendly but feature-rich tool. Now you can write down reminders or work plans and you will see them on the screen. Desktop Notepad can be used to streamline...
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This Word Add-in will allow you to use Word as an interface for importing and exporting tables to and from your Access database. Read and write without SQL knowledge. You must have Word installed on your machine.
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24 chapters on preparing to write the letter and finding the proper viewpoint; how to open the letter, present the proposition convincingly, make an effective close; how to acquire a forceful style and inject originality;
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Ape2CD can split a big .Ape file to some CD track files based on .Cue file and then burn them to CD.
Make your favorite music CD is no longer inconvenient!
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A tool to browse Oracle's library cache to locate SQL statement to tune. Shows the execution plan in the classical hierarquical view, shows complete SQL text (without having to write complex joins to V$SQLTEXT). Compatible with Oracle 9i and later.
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Audio SixPack WILL HELP you to convert your audio CD collection into the DVD-Audio standard WITHOUT QUALITY LOSS. Using Audio SixPack you will be able to write 6 audio CDs — at the standard 44.1Khz/16bits — to 1 DVD-audio disk.
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Bodie's Hi-Fi System is a player of musical files (MID, MIDI, AIFF, AIF, AU, MP3, WAV, WMA) and CD'S.
The program allows to save list of sounds, read and write the data TAG of each song, etc...
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Erp Objects is a set of tools and controls which allows you to write erp applications very quickly by making Erp Object Sets, which are replacement to conventional datasets of ASP.NET.
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Hiding in his sister's stroller. Less crying. but still me prying him out and carrying him to the pool.
This was a new experience for me. My older two had no problem, and who wants to watch their kid cry for 30 minutes? Not me.
Here is what day 10 {the last day} looked like...
And even a lot of this...
Is that a smile I see?
Yes it is!
Nothing like waiting til the last minute kid.
I'm so thankful he finished strong and happy.
Proud of you little man.


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AT&T might bring ultrafast Internet to Cary
AT&T might bring ultra-high-speed Internet service to Cary.
The company announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement with an alliance of municipalities and universities that would enable it to begin rolling out its Internet service to parts of the Triangle and the Triad.
The agreement identifies Carrboro, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh and Winston-Salem as cities where the company believes there is enough customer demand and local government support to warrant making the costly fiber installations that are necessary for such a network.
The agreement must be ratified by the six municipalities, all of which are members of the N.C. Next Generation Network. The network, which also includes UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, N.C. State University and Wake Forest University, has been negotiating separately with eight private companies to build a "gigabit" network, in part by using existing fiber-optic lines, underground conduits and data centers.
Time Warner Cable, which is being acquired by Comcast, and AT&T are the only two companies that have publicly acknowledged being involved in the negotiations, and AT&T is the first company to reach an agreement.
"This is a huge milestone and I think a really important recognition that gigabit networks are not just something of the future but something we all have to be paying attention to today if we want to be competitive in the new marketplace," said Tracy Futhey, chair of the network's steering committee and Duke University's chief information officer.
It's also a sign that Triangle consumers may ultimately benefit from increased competition in a business that has historically been dominated by Time Warner Cable.
Google in February identified the Triangle as one of nine metropolitan areas where the search giant is considering expanding its high-speed Internet and TV service known as Google Fiber. The company expects to decide by the end of the year which markets it will enter.
The five Triangle cities targeted by AT&T are also being considered by Google. Google has asked the municipalities to work through a checklist of items designed to expedite the construction of a fiber-optic network. AT&T's agreement with NCNGN covers similar ground.
"What they have stated to us is they would help ensure that we had streamlined processes that would prevent delays and costs in deploying the network," said Vanessa Harrison, president of AT&T North Carolina. "They would also work with us as we go through this to ensure any roadblocks were removed."
AT&T's gigabit service, called GigaPower, offers speeds that are about 20 times faster than most broadband connections. The service is currently available in only one market: Austin, Texas. The company says it has signed up tens of thousands of customers in that city since it began offering the service in December, with demand outpacing expectations.
"We're hoping that will happen here and expedite further expansion," Harrison said.
AT&T declined to provide a time frame for when it might move forward with building its network and signing up customers. The timing will depend in part on how quickly the municipalities ratify the agreement with the company.
Google a catalyst
AT&T introduced GigaPower in Austin after Google Fiber announced its intention to enter the market.
Harrison said AT&T's efforts to bring the service to the Triangle and Triad shouldn't be viewed simply as a response to Google. She noted that while Google plans to offer its service only to residential customers initially, GigaPower will be offered to both businesses and homes. She said AT&T had been in negotiations with NCNGN since May, well before Google announced its intentions.
But Jeff Heynen, a Wake Forest-based analyst with Infonetics Research, said there's little doubt that Google's actions are prodding other players to act.
"Obviously Google has been this catalyst for AT&T and others to respond to what they've done in Kansas City and Austin," he said. "Here's an opportunity really for AT&T and Time Warner to respond and get ahead."
Heynen said the Triangle is an ideal market for rolling out a high-speed network. The region has the large universities and high-tech workers that drive demand, and the efforts of NCNGN are making it more economical for companies to build a network over a sizable area.
"Other areas of the country, it's either been a university initiative or individual towns or municipalities," he said. "This is a fairly unique situation where you've got a number of towns that have signed on to it as well as universities."
Hefty margins
While building a high-speed fiber network requires a considerable investment upfront, Heynen said the profit margins on the service can be as much as 60 percent or more.
AT&T, in particular, may have an advantage over its competitors, he said, because it has already deployed quite a bit of fiber in Triangle neighborhoods while it rolled out its U-verse cable television service.
GigaPower provides customers download and upload speeds of 1-gigabit. By comparison, AT&T's existing Internet service in the Triangle offers download speeds of 45 megabits-per-second and upload speeds of 6 megabits-per-second.
AT&T charges as low as $70 a month for the service in Austin, according to the company's marketing materials. In Kansas City, the first market that Google Fiber entered, the company is charging $70 a month for 1-gigabit-per-second uploads and downloads.
Heynen said the presence of multiple competitors should ultimately lead to lower prices, particularly given how aggressive Google has been in offering its service at a low cost.
"This is certainly one of those regions where competition, especially on the fiber side, would be welcomed from all of us as consumers because it's going to keep pricing down," he said.


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Freezing Rain Advisory Issued for Bangor + Downeast Maine
The National Weather Service in Caribou has issued a freezing rain advisory for the Bangor area and Downeast Maine lasting until the morning of Monday, Jan. 6.
A tenth to a quarter inch of ice is expected from the storm, which is expected to hit the Bangor area around 7 p.m. on Sunday.
The National Weather Service is warning motorists in the area to be prepared for slippery roads, as a glaze of ice on the roads is expected to create hazardous conditions.
The warning is in effect until 7 a.m., Monday, for southern Penobsoct and interior Hancock and Washington counties including Bangor, Brewer, Old Town, Orono, Eastbrook, Orland Dedham, Perry and Princeton.
Coastal Hancock and Washington counties, including the Ellsworth, Mount Desert Island and Machias areas are expected to see the most of the freezing participation end before midnight, with the advisory expiring in that area around 4 a.m.
The warning will remain in effect until 10 a.m., Monday, for northern Piscataquis and southern Aroostook counties including the towns of Dover-Foxcroft, Milo, Greenville, Millinocket and Houlton.


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Party of four naughty skeletons!
Dimensions: 3.05″ tall x 3.9″ wide x .8″ thick
Weight: 33 grams
Moose antler is collected from male Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family. Found in the forests of North America, Siberia, and Scandinavia, their population is stable and thriving. The male moose sheds and grows a new pair of massive antlers each year providing a beautiful, renewable carving material for the artisans of Indonesia.


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owenshooter wrote:i don't really care about issues that have arisen with the popularity of 1v1 games. this map is clearly meant for larger games, and if you choose to play 1v1, deal with the issues that happen. the only problem that i see often in my team games, is that the plane bonus (multiple at times), is far too easy to land on with only needing 2. bump that up to 3, and the game is more fair. other than that, i love the map... still one of the best on the site!!-0
p.s.-hey, cairns, remember when me and cooper played you and lack on the day it was released, and we were passing armies from the guns to the planes and onto the center island?!! ha!!! that was a GREAT bug that you had to run off and fix, missing turns in the process!!!!
Gawd no, i don't remember that. Too long and 16 maps ago.


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Mum ties up her 4 kids in a viral Christmas photo
Photo of a black mum in the United States who tied up her 4 kids in a family christmas photo has gone viral.
Though she shared other photos where the kids aren't tied up but mixed reactions continue to trail the photo.
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Son Heung-min becomes top scoring Asian in Champions League history
Tottenham star Son Heung-min has become the top scoring Asian in Champions League history with his quick-fire double against Manchester City.
Spurs went down 1-0 in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg, with Raheem Sterling scoring City's fastest ever Champions League goal just three minutes and 51 seconds in the game.
But Tottenham's South Korean star popped up with goals in the seventh and 10th minutes to give his side the lead.
That lead wouldn't last long though in a wild first half, with Bernardo Silva levelling the match just a minute after Son's second and Sterling scoring his second and City's third 10 minutes after that.
Son, however, had already made history after he scored the game's only goal in the first leg in London last week.
With 12 goals, Son is now the leading goalscoring Asian in Champions League history, passing former Dynamo Kyiv star Maksim Shatskikh (Uzbekistan) for the record.
It has been another prolific season for Son, with the 26-year-old having now reached 20 goals in all competitions for Spurs this season.
Wednesday's game saw other records set, with the frantic start setting the mark for the fastest four goals ever scored in a single Champions League match.
In addition, Son and Sterling's early goals meant Wednesday was the first time in Champions League history that two players have scored two goals in the first 21 minutes of the same game.
4 – Four goals in the opening 11 minutes of Manchester City vs Tottenham is the fastest four goals have ever been scored in a single Champions League match. Bonkers. #MCITOT
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Nigerian Senate passes police reform bill
Nigerian Senate has passed the Police Reform Bill 2019 during today's plenary session. The bill titled, Senate Bill 683 bill was passed after the third reading.
Senator Tijjanj Kaura (APC-Zamfara North) had presented the report, and it was seconded by Senator Mao Ohuabunwa (PDP-Abia North). They both asked the Senate to consider the report of the Committee on Police Affairs on the Police Reform Bill, 2019 (SB. 683), following which the Senate moved into the presentation and consideration of report.
The Senate, in considering the bill, dissolved into the Committee of the Whole for its clause-by-clause consideration.
In his response to the passing of the bill, Senate President Bukola Saraki noted that the bill was passed to "ensure that the Police officers are of better condition and are more productive."
"We want to ensure that our people are protected at all time. I think this is a very great achievement for all of us and I hope we continue to provide better security for our people, protect lives and citizens.
"This will go a long way to show that we are a listening Parliament, listening Senate and there is nothing better we can do in honour of those who have lost their lives along the way due to the fact that our laws at that time were not in line," Saraki added.
He expressed gratitude to "the Deputy Leader and all those who had contributed for this very important Bill."
Saraki noted that since 1943, nothing has been done in addressing the Police Act as a reform; expressing thanks to the Senate Police Committee. "I want to thank particularly the Police Committee; the Chairman and members, and our colleagues for their contributions and their work in passing this Bill," Saraki said.
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'We will not fail Nigerians' – President Buhari Promises Bill Gates
President Buhari last night commended one of the world's richest men, Bill Gates for his consistent and generous support to public causes around the globe, and specifically for supporting the eradication of polio and HIV diseases in Africa and Nigeria in particular.
Speaking in a telephone call to congratulate the President upon his resounding election victory, winning a second four-year term of office, Gates, who said he was happy to be associated with the President, restated his commitment to the success of the administration as well as the progress, prosperity and well-being of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He expressed willingness to do more for the country.
President Buhari reiterated his opinion that Mr Gates' wealth has benefited Nigeria's development, and expressed appreciation for the call.
"I am very happy the way your projects have touched the life of the average Nigerian. The people of this country have given their verdict. This verdict says we have to work hard to meet their expectations. God willing, we will not fail, " the President said.
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Ex-President, Alan Garcia Commits Suicide To Avoid Arrest Due To Corruption Scandal
Alan Garcia,Peru's former president died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday, hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday.
Garcia had been one of nine people a judge had ordered to be arrested on Wednesday for alleged involvement in bribes distributed by Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company that triggered Latin America's biggest graft scandal when it admitted in 2016 that it had paid kickbacks to politicians across the region to secure lucrative contracts.
Members of his party announced his death to crowds gathered outside of hospital Casimiro Ulloa, where he suffered three cardiac arrests and underwent emergency surgery.
President Martin Vizcarra said on Twitter that he was "consternated" by Garcia's death, and sent his condolences to his family members.
Garcia governed as a nationalist from 1985 to 1990 before remaking himself as a free-market proponent and winning another five-year term in 2006.
He had denied wrongdoing involving Odebrecht, and blamed his legal troubles on political persecution.
"Others might sell out, not me," Garcia said in broadcast comments on Tuesday, repeating a phrase he has used frequently as his political foes became ensnared in the Odebrecht investigation.
Interior Minister Carlos Moran said at a news conference before Garcia died that the former president had told police he needed to call his attorney after they arrived at his home in Lima to arrest him.
"He entered his room and closed the door behind him," Moran said. "Within a few minutes, a shot from a firearm was heard, and police forcibly entered the room and found Mr. Garcia sitting with a wound in his head."
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FG Declares Friday And Monday Public Holidays To Celebrate Easter
Minister of Interior, Lieutenant Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Retd) who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoined all Christians to emulate the exemplary attributes of Jesus Christ amongst which are tolerance, love and peaceful co-existence.
This was conveyed in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Barr. Georgina Ekeoma Ehuriah, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.
Dambazau, urged all Nigerians at home and abroad to use the occasion to pray for the peace,unity, and progress of Nigeria irrespective of diversity in religious beliefs.
The Minister while wishing all Nigerians a happy and peaceful Easter celebration, further called on them to support the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in its determination to take the country to the next level.
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According to a report by Vanguard, the Olowo of Owo in Ondo state, Oba Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi CFR is dead.
Oba Olagbegi who died last night was 77 years.
He was installed as the traditional ruler of the ancient town in 2003 by the late governor Olusegun Agagu. He was appointed Chancellor of the University of Benin in 2005 and later chancellor University of Abuja.
He is currently chancellor of the University of Jos and former chairman of the Ondo council of Obas.
He was married to Olori Ololade Olateru Olagbegi and the family was blessed with children and grandchildren.
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Businessman, Igho Sanomi Forfeits Private Jet, London Homes To Swiss Bank Over $3m Debt
Igho Sanomi, is set to lose his three apartments in London to a Swiss bank over $3 million debt, Bloomberg reports.
The bank, Credit Suisse, has already put the jet seized from Sanomi up for sale.
Sanomi was said to be guarantor for a credit facility extended to one of his companies by the bank.
In a written submission to a London court last week, counsel to Credit Suisse, Andrew Brown, said: "three properties owned by Sanomi, including apartments in Chelsea, West London, and Belgravia, in the heart of London's diplomatic quarter, have already been identified as assets that may have to be forfeited if he loses."
Sanomi was not represented in court. Bloomberg also said his lawyers did not respond to requests for comments.
Several firms are also filing suits against him for unpaid debts.
Sanomi's company, Taleveras Energy founded in 2004, trades more than 100 million barrels of crude oil annually and is targeting investments in biofuel.
Taleveras has offices in London, Geneva, Cape Town, Dubai, Ivory Coast, Abuja and Lagos.
Sanomi was born in Agbor, Delta State, in 1975 to a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police. He is a graduate of Geology and Mining from the University of Jos.
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Female Corper Dies In Bauchi State NYSC Orientation Camp (Photo)
Female Corper Dies In Bauchi State NYSC Orientation Camp
According to a report by Independent Nigeria, the tragedy occurred barely four days after the 2019 Batch "A" corps members reported for the three weeks orientation course at the Wailo NYSC camp in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
It was gathered that on that fateful morning of April 1, Miss Magdalene had reportedly complained to NYSC officials about her protracted asthma illness and how she would not be fit to attend the 'morning meditation' but her complainants fell on deaf ears.
Against her will, she was forced to attend the 'meditation' and collapsed a few minutes later. She was immediately attended to by corps member doctors and nurses, but when attempts to resuscitate her were not yielding results, she rushed to ATBUTH to save her life.
Further inquiries from medical doctors at the hospital concerning what could have led to the untimely death of Miss Magdalene had no answers as they were not authorized to speak to anyone about her demise.
It was learned that Miss Magdalene Yohanna, an orphan, sponsored her education throughout her higher institution. She has been buried at her home town in Kaduna amidst tears and pain.
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Progress in the Corridors at the Convention on Biological Diversity
Sometimes, international convention meetings can be heart-breakingly slow-moving. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – one of the three conventions born after Rio in 1992 to drive sustainable development – which has been meeting in Hyderabad in India this week, is no exception. I've seen tough negotiators from all corners of the Earth emerge from conference rooms wearing pained expressions.
It's outside the negotiating rooms – where the major topic of the moment is how to mobilize the financial resources needed to meet the CBD's ambitious Aichi Targets – where things are a lot brighter.


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Portland State University honored its outstanding student employees April 11 at an awards ceremony in Smith Memorial Student Union.
Thomas Curtis won the top campus award, Student Employee of the Year, and was named Oregon Student Employee of the Year by the Western Association of Student Employment Administrators.
Curtis, an online orientation specialist, was selected from a pool of 92 PSU student employees who were nominated for the campus-wide award, before going on to the statewide competition.
"I have worked at PSU Since 1999, and Tom has initiative like no other student assistant I have had previously," wrote his supervisor, Hillary Paasch. "Up until two years ago, Online Orientation didn't exist. Hiring Tom allowed us to create a program that is engaging, captivating, pleasing to look at, and really supports the professional brand of PSU."
Other award winners are:
Best Campus Leader: Kari Anne McDonald
Best Customer Service: Emma Neiworth-Petshow
Best Technical, Supportive or Operational: Anthony Vu
Best Receptionist: Ali Nasiri
Best Role Model: Molly Biehl
Most Dependable: Courtney Stoneburg
Runners up for Student Employee of the Year: Deanna Gende and Britni Mimms


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Comment of the Day: The Sexiest Obama Scandal Yet
Today science told us that Obama is going to have a scandal sometime in the near future. Ruh roh! What will it be? Well, one commenter thinks they know and boyyy is it a corker.
"Travelgate II?"
Ha! I don't know if that's original or not, but it makes me laugh.
Also, I like this comment on that same post, from ArgusRun:
There's been no major scandal because of all the little ones that Republican pundits and talk show hosts keep pushing. They're lobbing spitballs at the President instead of saving up for a pipe bomb.
Birth Certificate
Ipod gift to the Queen
Flag at Ground Zero
Flag Pin
Expensive Hotel meals in NYC
$200 million/day trip to India
Michelle not wearing at hat in Ireland
Not saluting or doing the hand over heart thing during the anthem
Showing up too early to a disaster
Showing up too late to a disaster
Half of them are false, half of them are unimportant. They've wasted their ammo on bullshit and are now screwed. Even with a major scandal, no one of consequence will believe you or pay attention.
They're like the screw up in class. They start playing pranks on the teacher. The first few times it's funny. You are conditioned to make fun of the teacher. It's us against her. After a while, it gets old, so you stop laughing. Then she helps you on your homework or gives you extra credit and you start to feel bad for her when she sits on a tack for the 20th time because she can't turn around and slap the kid. Eventually everyone turns on the the kid who lacked the social insight to know when the tide turned and everyone realized he was a bully.
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The Hope College Wind Ensemble will perform on Monday, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The 46-member Wind Ensemble will be starting its season with a concert featuring an international theme, playing works from Russia, Africa and England. The program will include selections by Dmitri Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams and Guy Woolfenden.
Director Gabe Southard, who joined the Hope faculty in 2007, completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in conducting at Michigan State University. Prior to his residence at MSU, he served as wind symphony conductor and flute studio teacher at the University of Michigan-Flint, where he also taught orchestration, music appreciation and advanced conducting.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.


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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
Making Media Development More Effective
"CIMA is pleased to release a special report, Making Media Development More Effective, by Tara Susman-Peña, a media development and communications consultant. She was the director of research for Internews's Media Map Project, which informed this paper. A wealth of research demonstrates that a healthy media sector is consistently paired with better development outcomes and can contribute to better development. However, media development–donor support for strengthening the quality, independence, and sustainability of the news media–has comprised only about 0.5 percent of overall aid to developing countries. Should media development's track record earn it a more central place in international development? A strong evidence base of original research conducted for the Media Map Project, a collaborative effort between Internews and the World Bank Institute, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, provides the opportunity to analyze the extent to which donor support to media has helped the media sector fulfill its promise to strengthen development. This report points out that donors to media development have a number of blind spots that prevent their interventions from being more effective and that media development stakeholders could improve their efforts by applying aid effectiveness principles to their practice." READ MORE
DFID Research for Development
Emerging Implications of Open and Linked Data for Knowledge Sharing in Development
"Movements towards open data involve the publication of datasets (from metadata on publications, to research, to operational project statistics) online in standard formats and without restrictions on reuse. A number of open datasets are published as linked data, creating a web of connected datasets. Governments, companies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across the world are increasingly exploring how the publication and use of open and linked data can have impacts on governance, economic growth and the delivery of services. This article outlines the historical, social and technical trajectories that have led to current interest in, and practices around, open data. Drawing on three example cases of working with open and linked data it takes a critical look at issues that development sector knowledge intermediaries may need to engage with to ensure the socio-technical innovations of open and linked data work in the interests of greater diversity and better development practice."READ MORE
Guardian Africa Network
Pinterest: What Sierra Leone teenagers 'really' want
"Anti-poverty campaigns using social media are falling into the old trap of stereotyping the people they're meant to serve. Ami Musa is a 13 year old girl from Sierra Leone. She wants things like soap, shoes, water and education. She is also sharing those wants on Pinterest. Well, that is at least the set-up of a campaign by UNICEF UK that uses a fictional girl to show "what 13-year-olds like Ami from Sierra Leone really want."
Pinterest users are encouraged to repin each of the things that Ami wants in order to "remind people of what the world's poorest children dream of." A link then takes a user to the UNICEF UK campaign where they can show their support. "Children like Ami need basics that many of us take for granted: food, education, healthcare, a clean supply of water. Your donation can help us provide these and other essentials. Thank you," says the site to a visitor." READ MORE
Poverty Matters Blog
Innovative funding model allows urban poor to determine their own future
"The first global fund to give poor people direct control over urban development spending is having more than just a local impact. Rose Molokoane, who helps allocate millions of dollars to urban improvement projects around the world, lives in a South African informal settlement. She has spent more than 20 years organising urban poor communities, helping them to pool savings and obtain land and housing. Molokoane is also a prominent member of Urban Poor Fund International, the first global fund to give poor people direct control over development spending in cities. "We are sick and tired of becoming the objects of development," she told an audience at a conference in Brazil last year. "We want to build our own destiny."" READ MORE
The World We Want 2015
Global Consultation on Governance & the Post-2015 Framework
"This space is dedicated to the global thematic consultation on Governance and the Post-2015 Framework, co-convened by UNDP and OHCHR, in partnership with the Government of Germany. It is an open and inclusive forum for civil society, policy makers, government officials, donors, UN staff and all other stakeholders to discuss the scope and priorities of a post-2015 development agenda.
Experience to date has shown that sustained progress towards the MDGs has been underpinned by strong democratic governance and hampered by its absence. In view of this and the fact that the global political and economic context has shifted dramatically since the inception of the MDGs, a new development agenda needs to reflect these trends, whilst building on the positive achievements of the MDGs." READ MORE
BBC Media Action
Accountability in action: Sudoor Sawal
"Nepal boasts 326 FM stations, a phenomenal figure for a country of 27 million people. Both commercially and community-owned, they operate in 74 of Nepal's 75 districts.
But local stations are often criticised on a number of accounts: they are accused of weak editorial standards, an over-dependence on programmes produced from Kathmandu and even of acting as mouthpieces for local politicians and their agendas.
In fact, from my experience working with stations in remote parts of Nepal, they help to break valuable local stories and are vital in giving their audiences a voice. With the help of BBC Media Action, our partner stations in remote parts of Nepal have successfully brought local government to account.
One such example is our latest local partner station Radio Ramarosham, which broadcasts in the district of Accham in the far western region of Nepal. BBC Media Action started working with them in August 2012, helping to build their production capacity and providing basic necessary equipment. One of the programmes we have helped the Ramarosham team to create is a weekly discussion programme based on BBC Media Action's national debate show, Sajha Sawal (Common Questions). The question-and-answer format allows people to ask questions of their leaders about issues that matter to them." READ MORE
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In the few days since I met him here at Oshkosh, it's become abundantly clear that Calin Gologan, designer of Elektra One, is not a man who gives up easily.
Every time there's been an obstacle here at AirVenture (and there have been many), he has responded with a German-accented, "Oh, zat's easy!"
But Calin may not be able to overcome a decision by show organizers this morning that Elektra One will not fly today. He still hasn't given up; I saw him pressing his case to an official a little while ago. But the combination of last night's epic rainstorms and two planes that went off the end of the runway yesterday — including an F-15 that evidently experienced a mechanical problem without injury in either case, other than to pride and wallet — has bottle-necked the flight schedule.
Weather is no deterrent to catching the action
Consequently, the entire Elektra One team is looking a bit morose, despite today's glorious flying weather. I am certain that Calin will pull every string he can grasp to get his pride and joy into the air. But I may not be here in Oshkosh to report on it.
As for other news from the show, today's star attraction was the arrival this morning of the brand-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. I happened to be on a shuttle bus when it was spotted on final approach, so the driver pulled over to the delight of the photographers aboard.
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FTW For the When
The comments from the early beta have continued to help us craft Wasteland 2 and the next beta update will reflect the changes we have made based on your feedback along with the many scheduled additions. We've made great progress on this beta update and are currently putting it through final balancing and testing touches: it will go live on Steam next Monday, the 24th. But I know the question on everyone's minds (and tweets and Facebook posts) is "When will Wasteland 2 be done?" Of course there is always the glib answer of "when it's done" but we owe you more detail on the process than that.
I've always envied when big developers like a Blizzard or Id were able to give such answers as there is huge correlation on iteration time and the final game quality. It's why so many classic games stayed in development for the time that they did.
To date we have had a total of 2,300 bugs and suggestions (not counting duplicates) reported from the beta testers and from our outside compatibility testing group since December. We have fully addressed over 1,100 of these items including a host of compatibility issues. On top of that production is moving forward on all fronts, you will see in the next update we have a new inventory UI, new locations on the map to explore, changes to existing locations to add depth, destructible objects, more satisfying combat animations, more ambient sounds, etc.
I promise I'll soon stop boring you with yet more statements about how great this process is but it truly has been invaluable. Having a large passionate group like yourself playing the game early assures we don't miss any critical details.
I must confess that we dared to make an ambitious game. Wasteland 2 is big in every conceivable way, from the amount of writing, hours needed to complete, re-playability options, graphic diversity etc. One might argue that it's more ambitious than it needed to be but from the outset we wanted to create a classic that would hold a spot in your mind along with the other top RPGs of our time. We know we have some big shoes to fill and we want to push the envelope for what makes a great RPG.
As we've said before we wanted to use the beta period to evaluate our release window. To outline our current plan: we will have the team working to lock down every aspect of the game within three months such that we are only addressing bugs. On the systems side of the game, over those three months you will see a number of iteration passes on combat which covers things like crouched stance, ambush mechanics, weapon jamming, special attacks, further UI enhancements, and a few surprises. On the skills we need to make several more passes on making them more useful or better message how they are working. We are adding AI to the remaining enemy types and adding the appropriate animations. Art wise we are wrapping up the LA maps and adding additional combat animations and particle effects to give the game more flavor. And most importantly we are continuing our iteration passes on choice and consequence, providing new options that come from the results of your actions.
We know better than to give an exact date at this point because in addition to pushing the game in the ways we'd planned, we're going to continue to incorporate player comments that make sense for us to address. But we are in the final stretch, and are thankful our backers have consistently agreed we should take the time we need. Our current three month plan will create a significantly better game as we are in an important development phase with each week taking huge steps to improve the game. As we progress through this plan we'll of course keep posting updates to let all our backers know how the game's progressing. But do be aware the end of this three month plan does not represent the finish line, at that point there will still be work to do before we can release the game.
OSX owners will be happy to know that Wasteland 2 will be available for their platform at the same time as we're putting the beta update out. We're making progress on the Linux version and it will follow sometime after.
We of course wanted to share screenshots of the upcoming update with all of you, and to do something a little different we shot them in 4K resolution (3840x2160). Click on the screenshots to view at full resolution.
Other News
A pair of Kickstarters caught our eye of late. One is the massively ambitious Kingdom Come: Deliverance, in the final 24 hours of its funding period and well over 300% funded, they are looking to lock up their final stretch goal. At the start of their campaign is the Middle Eastern culture inspired Zaharia, a unique project which offers a prototype for you to try before you decide on backing it.
If you want to read a little more about the upcoming update, we did a short dev blog post on it on the Wasteland 2 tumblr. There is also this meaty Eurogamer interview with me that digs in on both Early Access, the upcoming update and future plans for Wasteland 2.
As we mentioned in update #41 we are going to make the beta available for purchase to backers who don't already have access in a limited time $10 deal. This will launch at the same time as the update. We will be doing another Kickstarter update on Monday with specific instructions.
And lastly we will be giving a live feed of the new features of Wasteland 2 via TwitchTV on Monday, February 24th at 11am PST (UTC 19:00). Please come watch us play if you want a greater understanding of the new UI and the subtle reactivity of the game.
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Lars H on
@Rafael: Yes it WAS clear from the beginning. Just look on the pledge levels. They are displayed there, you know? Let's see, what they are stating:
$15:Digital Downloadable copy of game DRM free for PC or MAC OSX or Linux.
$55: and premiere access to an early playable beta on steam.
Just be repeating it, YOU don't change the facts, that the game itself will be released DRM-free (or on steam if you want to), BUT the beta was supposed to be on steam. FACT! It's not like they were offering beta access to a drm-free version at ANY time.
It is not possible to change the pledge-levels (you can only close them and open another, but the closed ones still are visible) after the start of the campaign. Though there are NO levels that offer beta access WITHOUT steam, you should consider yourself wrong, period.
Rafael Lopes Vivian on
@dungeoncrawl @Lars H
>> what's wrong with steam
That's beyond the point, period. This campaign marketed heavily how the game would be DRM-free and SOLD access to the beta. Now the beta isn't DRM-free, which wasn't clear at the beginning. These are the facts.
Many people don't mind using Steam, which is good for you but doesn't change the facts. Some like me won't download and install a third party DRM machine on their PCs, so we're off the beta now.
Rafael Lopes Vivian on
>> I can't help with debugging the beta because it is limited to Steam, even though I pledged for a DRM-free game and thus sure as hell don't want to deal with Steam.
I'm with you dude.
Matt Payte on
@British "@Lars H/Tobi: So just because they said it from the start, it's fine ?
Then, for example, whenever a project starts asking for a higher fee for DRM-free versions over Steam, it will be OK... because they said it from the start ?"
Hi British! Your utterly substance-less straw man aside, YES, it is ok! The fulfillment conditions were made clear since before you, or anybody else, gave money. If you had such mouth-foaming objections at the time, they evidently weren't enough to stop you from going ahead with backing.
You're arguing that this project did what it said it would do and that that's wrong. It's like you paid for vanilla ice cream and you're mad that they didn't give you chocolate. If you think that what you're doing is a "fight for freedom," I don't think that you know the meaning of the phrase.
Steve Dozniak on
Looks much more playable now! Good job, keep it up!
Steve Dozniak on
So, where?
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Thanks for the update!
Lars H on
Hey british. You may complain about a beta only on steam because you don't like it. But feeling bitter because YOU decide not to use steam? How lazy of you not to install it.
I think it is pretty easy: If you back a project, you accept the terms. If a project does something you don't like, don't back it. That's what I would do if a game would charge a higher pledge for different platforms. In fact there were some iOS game projects that looked quite neat but wanted a higher pledge for a Windows version of the game.
Did not like it, did not back it. For me, it is that easy, for you it seems a little bit more complicated.
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No Linux release date? Shadow Run Returns all over again. Now I KNOW I will NEVER do a kickstarter again. This is bull! I thought you were using Unity! Doesn't it build the Linux version for you? Also, why can't you give us poor Linux Gamers access to the Beta while you are working on the Linux Binaries so we can STFU. This is malarkey, plain and simple. Poor development decisions!
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@british - so what's so wrong with steam? I really never understand what all the fuss is about. All my games in a central location ready for me to dload at anytime, share with family, great community, great sales, etc. Are you one of those 'information wants to be free, capitalism is evil, there should be no software protection' guys?
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@madGamer: I'm actually pondering limiting myself to backing projects that propose a DRM-free version *only* at release, but I'm not planning to let the ogre win that easily.
For projects that do offer a DRM-free version and are not crystal-clear about the alpha/beta distribution, I now always ask them about it.
@Lars H/Tobi: So just because they said it from the start, it's fine ?
Then, for example, whenever a project starts asking for a higher fee for DRM-free versions over Steam, it will be OK... because they said it from the start ?
Also, wouldn't it also make sense for the devs to beta-test the distribution of DRM-free versions as well ?
Here's your laziness.
For the lot of you annoyed by my constant bickering about Steam, I'm sorry (ok, probably not) but I'll continue to do so everywhere it applies, as long as this fat octopus stays on its path to hegemony.
"Fight for freedom", and all that shizzle ^^
David Nielsen on
I personally detest Steam with the burning fiery passion of a million desert suns but I think it's currently the best option from the standpoint of offering a cross platform delivery method where pushing updates doesn't involve a ton of reviews which would delay the beta process. Thus I have no serious problem tying alpha and betas to it.
What I do for all these Kickstarters is pledge for a DRM-free option and then I buy the game separately via the Mac or iOS App Store upon release since that is my preferred delivery method.
As Apple are not on board with the level and type of gifting or redeeming that would be required that is a price I pay (e.g. you can't gift items between international stores). On the plus side it means additional sales for the projects I support which I assume they like. I can always give the GOG.com or other service redemption codes away as gifts to my gamer friends. I do wish this would change and I hope that more Kickstarter projects would be open to supporting the Mac App Store e.g. via an extra pledge of say 5$ to cover their additional costs and the hassle Apple imposes on them.
Tobi (Crusader Kickstarter pls!!) on
@British - it says in the pledge description that beta is only for steam. So imho no justified reason to be bitter. And good point in telling KS Support, i'll do that!
David Nielsen on
I am all for ensuring that the game is released in the best shape possible and with bug fixes rather than hack arounds to meet a deadline. This is after all going to be the base of a game that I hope will live as long as Fallout 1+2 did for me (1997, can't believe that it's been 17 years now, I still play them) as well as hopefully form a basis for upcoming titles. I am confident that Wasteland will continue to get more installments or that or that the engine (along with the Pillars of Eternity engine) will continue to fuel cRPG's for the next decade or so. I consider such work and the delays it entails an investment in my happy future as an OS X and iOS gamer.
I know first hand the ugly crap game developers tend to do late in the cycle to make performance goals or workaround release critical bugs.
Besides the game has grown and inXile has been great about sharing progress updates.
Next time though, can it please be a priority to get betas out cross platform on the same date. I will happily pay for it, as well as provide my time and experience as a beta tester towards breaking the game early but I'd prefer not to have to wait. All the fun crashers will be solved by the time I get to play (yes, I derive fun from breaking software.. I am strange that way).
Neurothustra on
I think the communication is great, and I'm looking forward to the final game in a polished state, instead of Battlefielding the thing. Although I don't echo the sentiments of the people saying "take AS MUCH time as you need." How about something in the middle? I'm sure the game will be good, but I don't want to wait until 2015 to find out.
Lars H on
The 55$ pledge level states that the beta will be on steam. I would be with you, if the whole game now would be on steam and not DRM-free, because this is not what they said.
There might be better ways for betas for some people who reject to use steam. But talking about double standards or the devs beeing lazy or subverted or feeling bitter when the standard for this beta is CLEARLY set is just ridiculous.
British on
@madGamer: No I can't install Steam, because Yes it's against my principles.
My problem with the way betas are mostly treated nowadays is that it feels like project makers do mention DRM-free versions to appeal to that crowd and get some more money, but then they slap them in the face by limiting the betas/alphas to Steam.
It may be easier for them to distribute, but that's still double standards when it comes to how DRM-free users and Steam users are treated (and some rare KS projects are still able to distribute their games on their own, even with "only" a few thousands backers... makes you wonder how lazy or subverted the rest of the devs can be).
madGamer on
1- For that i dont have a answer, but they have their reasons i thinks. unfortunately linux is always put to secondary, maybe because the most backers has windows. i dont know... but hapens almost in all game agencies.
2- like i said the game is 3 times bigger, if a game is bigger more time they need make the game and to clear the bugs. the worst problem that i can see is about the linux backers. :(
3- everyone makes mistakes at least they are trying to solve :)
4- its true :)
Valeriy on
1) "... why don't bought the beta tiers?"
Maybe because they are under Linux or Mac OS? Maybe they hate Steam? Reasons can vary. The result is the same. :-(
2) No, I don't want to cast a shadow on inXile's name. But I didn't see any result of their work despite all approximated dates were busted... And if a company delaying release for general bugs for a year (at least) but can not spare additional week to test Linux build... I dunno, something seems fishy. And if they need more then a week to shape up Linux build then there is definitely some fundamental flaw in their work-flow! I'm no programmer though... yet.
3) As did I! :-) Initially they made a lot of ugly moves. If you are a backer then you should remember: No_manual_save, No_inventory, Steam-only, No_DLC_for_DRM-free, No_Editor_for_Linux... Aahh, good old times! But they are doing better and better now. All of their wrong moves were or are being corrected, so I'm satisfied with them! But it would be a lot better if they did not make that mistakes.
4) That was kind of joke :-)
In my country there is a proverb "Better a titmouse in hands then a crane in the sky".
Perfection is unattainable, but there are degrees of approximation, of course. WL2 will not be perfect no matter how much time inXile will spend polishing it. Process of its improvement will continue after release and after inXile itself will give up on the game by community efforts, I hope.
madGamer on
@madGamer: yes i understand that. But you can install steam, you dont have a gun pointed in the head stopping you to download. Could be against your principles but still you can. you will not lost so much time installing it and create an account. its bad, but use it only for the beta games, many developers uses steam because have many good features that can help for the debugging of the game. i dont hate steam, but i prefer one thousand times GOG because of the drm. at least the full game will be drm. For me its the most important.
British on
To add my experience to the matter at hand, I pledged $150, and I can't help with debugging the beta because it is limited to Steam, even though I pledged for a DRM-free game and thus sure as hell don't want to deal with Steam.
You hopefully can imagine how bitter I feel.
Tell it to KS support !
Let us be heard !
Tobi (Crusader Kickstarter pls!!) on
+1 what madGamer said!!!
@Paul - i don't like the new KS-design either for the sdame reasons! with the previous design you could hover and see which projects posted updates and junp directly in. now you have to load a page and scroll through it to find the update.
madGamer on
1) yes i understand that, but if people want to particape why dont bought the beta tiers? people that are complaining are the one with the lower tyers. i pledge the 15$ and i will not complain because people of the steam bought the game for 44.90 € . if people want to particape in the beta, inxile will give that option for 10$ dolars. i think its fair even for the higher tiers.
Pirates its bad but inxile cannot be blamed because of that. The game will be release and will be pirated and many people will play the game for free. All backer will ask for a refund because of that?
2- it can be true. but what could be more? inxile do not care about linux backers?, want mess his name in game industry? i dont believe that. i know that programing its not so simple even with the help of the unity they need invest some work / time. Unity prevents to create from scratch all the programming. i am a programer and i know that sometimes its easier to start in one plataform and in the end move to other plataforms. its what most of most devolopers do unless they have multiple teams. but i dont think thats the case.
3- i back for Shadowrun: Returns and im not regretted. they offer everything they said. They have some problems but solve almost all. Im not a oracle to, its possible inxile can have change of planes, but so far have not failed at all, except in time, so i will not be pessimist, not now :)
Even players that cant play, can see in videos that the game is gaining good shape.
4- do you want to have a buggy game? or wait and have a better game with only minor bugs?
Clearing the bugs and balacing can take a long time. wasteland its in that stage.
i dont want to say that there will be no problems, but they are doing a great job until now.
British on
@Valery: Spot on !
@Paul Andersen: The new KS layout annoys me very much as well.
If you haven't already, you might want to consider sending a message about it to KS support.
I did, begging for the old layout to be added as a skin (or something like that), but my voice alone doesn't have much weight.
Valeriy on
1) "I can't understand why people are complaining because of a beta."
Different people have different tastes and goals. Some of them wanted to not just observe but to participate in the process of creation, to become part of something great, to tell others "Look, I helped this game became that good!" Others got annoyed with the fact that just about everyone including "pirates" already tasted the product (some ars saying "OMG! Greatness!!!!111", others complain about shallow combat, dump and broken stats e. g. "Charisma" and "Awareness" and generally giving 100500 reasons why the game suc^W is bad) but those who not in beta are unable to make their own impression thus far .
2) "...its very complicated to make a version of windows and linux, all at the same time". And "they have to... focus in one platform at a time..."
A common misconception. In fact, focusing on one platform is sure way to increase total cost of development. "Strike Suit Zero" is one of the most recent examples. After releasing initial game on "primary target" platform developers had to rewrite their graphics engine from Direct3D to OpenGL for Mac and Linux which costed them 2/3 of a year and additional separate beta-testing. And that all resulted in hilarious situation with users of Windows XP (XP still hold ~30% of total PC ecosystem) were unable to play because of DirectX 10! Later they accepted that was not their brightest idea ever. Needless to say that Unity3D can build all three PC versions simultaneously, and if for some reason it can't then you screwed somewhere and will be forced to fix this sooner or latter.
3) "In the end we will receive a drm free game without dlcs and microtransations".
I'm not Wanga, Nostradamus or so some other oracle and can not foresee what will be in a year. We already have examples of sudden "changes in plans": "Shadowrun: Returns", "The Banner Saga" etc. Sorry to appear pessimistic but I believe only in proven facts. Words without action are lotta hot air...
4) "All the good rpg game take at least two years".
Debatable! "Fallout 2" took less than a year! Granted, it was built upon existing engine and was buggy as hell, but still... I will tear apart anyone saying "Fallout 2" is not a Great RPG!
Paul Andersen on
I probably need some sleep. I read that first line as "The communists from the early beta..."
Yeah, though. Take your time and make a good product. I tend to view Kickstarters as a long term investment into games that I'll want to play for years to come. Like a lot of the classic collection of games found on GoG. There's no rush on my part, and I imagine many others.
In other news, I really don't like the new Kickstarter layout design. I have to hop through several pages to sign in and comment, and it's much more difficult to find the updates through the website itself
madGamer on
I can't understand why people are complaining because of a beta. its incomplete and with lots of bugs. i prefer waiting and play a complete game than ruin my first experience.
The delay of the game for 8 months its understandable. they received tree times more money for the game, and will have at least 60 hours.
For the people waiting the linux version i can understant your feelings but its very complicated to make a version of windows and linux, all at the same time. they have to be objective and organized and have to focus in one plataform at a time or the budget decrease very fast.
the budget its very small compared to aaa game, even so they are making an amazing job.
people forget why they did the game in kickstarter. At least they are not lying. in the end we will receive a drm free game without dlcs and microtransations. it will be a pure old school rpg. :) think about that
Or you prefer to have a game like dragon age2. (they make the game in one year). all the good rpg game take at least two years.
Lars H on
Please take your time and make this game awesome. I did not pledge for a beta and I will not die because of the delay. It sais "estimated" not "promised", by the way. Thanks for the possibillity to gain beta access for just 10 bucks, but I want the finished game. The Screenshots look nice and I'm looking forward to play the game ... when it's done. :)
Theobeau:OOoE\Mad man with a box/Exiled on
Good to hear that not only is WL2 is on track for a 2014 release but that everything sounds very, very solid.
Also kudos to President inXile for supporting only KS campaigns; followed his advice, looked at Zaharia and decided to back it. Mr. Fargo is definitely still kicking it forward!
British on
Now that the beta is available (for a fee) to backers that didn't initially choose the "proper" pledge, how about making it available to backers that have pledged enough for it, but gave their monies for a DRM-free game ?
That way we can stop lurking in the darkest corners of the intarwebz...
(Yes, it was announced early that the beta would be on the darn Steam. No, that still doesn't make it "right" for the rest of us.)
Claudio on
> At the start of their campaign is the Middle Eastern culture inspired Zaharia, a unique project which offers a prototype for you to try before you decide on backing it.
I would point out this kickstarter. The devs are a young group of people, RPGs passionate and gamers that realle deserve to be funded. Check out their kickstarter and website for more info!
Takashi Matsuoka on
Please, take all the time that you need to get this game right.
I agree wholeheartedly with what dungeoncrawl said.
Tobi (Crusader Kickstarter pls!!) on
1) take all the time you need, dont put out a date until you are comfortable with it
2) what dungeoncrawl said.
3) the eurogamer Interview was great
4) i read the novella and it was awesome!!!!
MarialmPontes on
A good game that is late will always be better than a buggy,shoddy game released on-time, I've waited 15 years already. 3-6 more months will not kill me.
Michael Chen on
I'm in no rush to play Wasteland 2 since I have plenty to occupy myself right now; however, I would still like to register the game on Steam so that I have one less Kickstarter project to keep track of. So I would say I position lean on releasing beta to all backer since you guys did in fact fell through on your promise; on top of that, neither the beta backer or the developers have anything to lose by offering access to beta - well, maybe except a sense of exclusivity.
Gillsing on
I was planning to buy a computer that can actually run this game. And it looks like I won't have to do that for a while. Which is fine by me. Take as much time as you want, and spend as much money as you can. I like getting a big bang for my buck, even if I have to wait. There's no shortage if things to occupy my time with while waiting. In fact, I'm currently wondering how I'm even going to have time to play the game when it's done. ;-)
dungeoncrawl on
@all you guys asking for a free beta - I would be PISSED if they handed you the beta that I paid $20 for in the Tides of Numenara kickstarter. You paid to get it when it's released. Oct 2013 was an estimate....not a promise. It's software development guys where NOBODY makes their initial estimate (not promise). Also, complaining about Stream users getting it before backers.....ITS $60 for them. I paid $15 to back + $20 for a total of $35. You could have paid $15 + $10 for a total of $25 come Monday. How can you complain that somebody paying $60 gets access?!?!? I know you're disappointed but at least think it through logically....or just using simple math. InXile put a lot of thought into making sure that everybody got what they paid for (read some interviews where thy cover this very topic).
InXile has done an AMAZING job keeping us in the loop. You should back other projects where you beg for updates, see no progress, etc.
Nerdy Suit on
On the bright side, HOPEFULLY it will be out by the summer time. I can treat it as my reward for (hopefully) passing comprehensive exam in May for my doctoral program.
Nerdy Suit on
With the way WL2 is going, I'd be absolutely shocked if Torment came out before 2016.
Nerdy Suit on
I know. How crazy of us to think that we should be allowed access to a beta that has slipped its promised ship date numerous times. How crazy of us to think that we should be allowed access to a beta that is now being offered to whoever has a big pocketbook over us "cheap" backers who originally had faith and backed it 2 years ago without a screenshot or really anything beyond a basic idea. How crazy of us to think it's pretty ungrateful of Brian and InXile to ask for MORE money when we already gave them money two years ago. *Gasp* that's just so unreasonable and "petty".
Stephen "Stoibs" DSuperbackeron
What is this phenomenon on Kickstarter.
There's a clearly labelled 'Get access to the Beta' tier; people don't back that tier; said people are then dumbfounded and aghast that they *Gasp* don't have access to the beta... -_-
As for the steam availability for non-backers 'not being fair', did you lot skim over the last part of this update where they said all you cheap $15 or so backers will be able to add $10 for access? Again that's still mightily cheaper than the current steam $60 price for Early access if you do the math, a lot cheaper than what I paid for my Beta access, and more then what a lot of other Kickstarters offer. Just, wow. Can't believe people are complaining and this petty...
The unpolished, buggy, laggy-at-times initial build I played back when it first came out last year was a clear runner for 2014 GOTY in my eyes as a long time, old school fan of turn based RPG's and Fallout. Possibly still is, unless Pillars of Eternity indeed makes a 2014 release as they stated in the most recent update, then there'll be some competition ;)
Nerdy Suit on
@Turk - You're 100% wrong. First off, the beta backers already got their beta. Second, InXile has opened up beta to those who didn't even back it in the first place (as has been mentioned before). At this point, there's no good reason for InXile to not release it to all backers free of charge (shame on Brian and InXile to ask for MORE money from those that already backed it...talk about ungrateful).
I have mixed feelings about all of this. On one hand, I want InXile to take their time and release the best product they can. On the other hand, this delay has really gone on long enough. It is starting to get silly. They could really solve this problem and appease a lot of folks by releasing the beta to all backers.
Brandon Ericksen on
Take your time! Make it in your vision, and don't release it until you're very happy with it!


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