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He had been with her for quite some time now. He had watched her grow from a green and brown ball of fur into the older Island Xweetok that she was now. She was every inch the Island native with her golden brown fur and lush tan mane, green fur with tiny yellow balls around her neck and chest, and white markings all over her body. In his eyes, she was the most beautiful creature in Neopia but then again, he had not seen much in his life.

      He remembered his first day very well. From the darkness, something pulled him. There was light and he came face to face with a pair of large brown eyes. They belonged to a small human girl with pale white hands and a timid smile. They were in a room with white walls and a white floor. It was empty except for a forlorn-looking, light green sofa with a battered blue pillow on top of it. "Yumih, come see what my Newbie Pack has!"

      A furry brown face with wide inquisitive eyes appeared in his line of sight. "What is it?" she asked. Her nose twitched as she sniffed at him cautiously.

      The girl fumbled with the tag around his neck. After a few minutes, she finally managed to remove it. "It's a…Ditsy. It says here that it won't be too hard to take care of it."

      A paw reached for him and glossed over one of his eyes. "It's made of cardboard," the Xweetok, Yumih, said slowly. "What do I do with it?"

      Cardboard, he thought. Was he really made of cardboard? He tried to open his mouth to ask but found that he couldn't. Ah, well. He would just listen, then.

      The girl shrugged. "I'm not sure. It's supposed to be a petpet. You know, you play with it and stuff. It's…like that Buzzer I pointed at on the way home…"

      Yumih lifted him in the air and traced a circle on his yellow cardboard chest. "Was that the flitting, humming thing we saw with the blue Lupe?" When the girl nodded, she shuddered. "I'm glad my petpet isn't like that one. It scared me."

      He wasn't feeling too comfortable hanging up there. He thought hard of some way to tell her she wanted to go down. Perhaps he could move his paws. He concentrated very hard and attempted to wriggle his paws. He couldn't. Well, maybe he could try screaming. Although he wasn't successful the first time, there was hope. 'Just open your mouth', he thought encouragingly. After a few seconds of utter silence, he added in exasperation, 'Open your stupid mouth!' He couldn't. Well. That was fun.

      The girl giggled. "I thought it was kind of cute."

      "Are we talking about the Buzzer, the Lupe…or the boy they were with?" Yumih said dryly.

      She finally put him down. He was very relieved and hoped she would not do it again. She straightened his ear and dusted off his back absentmindedly as she watched for the girl's reaction.

      The girl smirked. "I wasn't even sure you noticed the Buzzer. You were staring at the Lupe so hard I thought your eyes were going to fall off…"

      "Nayih!" she growled. She snatched the pillow from the sofa and threw it at the girl. It hit her right in the middle of her face.

      Nayih laughed and threw the pillow back. "Okay, okay! So, maybe you weren't staring. I'll go and buy us some food at the Island Market. In the meantime, play with your Ditsy in your room. And, if anyone knocks, don't let whomever it is in. I don't like the looks of this neighborhood…yet." She stood up from her spot on the floor. Upon opening the front door, she smiled mischievously and yelled, "You weren't staring. You were ogling!"

      Yumih gave an outraged squeal. The pillow flew across the room and hit the door just after it closed. She looked at him. "Well, it looks like it's just you and me, little Ditsy…"

      Yumih's bamboo-inspired room was cramped and yet it had the appearance of something very spacious. Generous amounts of sunlight poured through the room by way of the large, open window. A shaggy brown rug covered most of the modest space along with a bamboo bed. A poster hung on one wall, proclaiming "Chomby and the Fungus Balls Forever!" (it had a picture of furry purplish yellow balls on it, rather perplexing, really) beside a banner saying "Sloth Reeks!" featuring a strange black-caped green man with a head that he thought had a weird shape.

      She placed him on the bedside table, near a small lamp and a couple of dried purple flowers. She sprawled on her bed and looked at him. "I'll have to give you a name." She pouted and stared into space for what seemed like forever. He waited patiently for her verdict. "I know!" she suddenly said, raising a paw to the ceiling. "I'll call you…" She paused dramatically. "Shirley!" She grabbed him, jumped off her bed, and began dancing on the rug. "Shir-lay!" she sang in a loud, off-key voice as they went round and round. "You're mmmmyyyyyyyy Shir-lay! We're soooo hap-ayyyyy!"

      He knew better than to try and tell her he was definitely not a Shirley. He would have preferred the name Tom or Rufus. Maybe even Asparagus! Anything but Shirley. Mulishly, he told himself to just stop thinking and get lost in the moment. After all, his owner was playing with him and looking ecstatic. Petpets were supposed to make their owners' lives fun, right? After a while, he felt a warm feeling spreading on his chest. It was too bad he couldn't move his cardboard paws. He had the uncanny urge to dance.

      As days passed, he managed to convince himself that being a cardboard petpet wasn't so bad. Sure, he couldn't see out the window because Yumih had positioned him against the wall, facing her bed. And, he couldn't see much of the world outside the room either because Yumih seemed to have made the weirdest decision to spend most of her time in her room. But, at least, he didn't need to eat the yucky beetle crackers Yumih almost always seemed to be munching on. He couldn't believe how addicted she was to them. Although he couldn't taste one and determine it for himself, they looked atrocious enough: thin beige cookies with dark blue beetles on each one. Who would want to eat a beetle? Apparently, Yumih would (and did).

      Then again, she was spending a lot of time with him, showering him with affection although he wouldn't exactly call it the best kind. For instance, he was now sporting a bright pink bow on his right ear and pearls around his neck. Yumih had even attempted applying red lipstick on his mouth, announced it looked hideous, and hastily removed it.

      She was currently chomping on another beetle cracker, a glum expression on her face. She sighed, picked up a blue marker, and began doodling on a piece of paper. "He doesn't even know I exist, Shirley…"

      Who was this 'he' she was talking about? Yumih had been mentioning 'him' since yesterday but had failed to mention more details. He listened closely, hoping she would say more.

      "Just because he's a stupid Fire Lupe now, doesn't mean he should forget his old friends." She stopped doodling and sighed again. "I miss his company but he's got his own painted Lupe pack now. I can't just approach them and say hi. They'd pounce on me!"

      She grabbed a pair of green scissors doggedly and proceeded to cut circles from the piece of paper. She inspected his body with a frown and stuck a paper circle on his chest. "There's only one solution, Shirley. I don't want to become a Lupe, of course, but maybe getting painted will help me become more…noticeable." She cut up a triangle and placed it below the circle. Then, she stuck another circle. Her expression brightened. "In fact, I'll go and ask Nayih right now. Thanks for listening, Shirley." She kissed his forehead and ran off.

      A few minutes later, a disgruntled Yumih entered the room, a fiery glint in her eyes. "She said we didn't have the money! Didn't have the money!" She crouched in bed and placed a pillow over her head. Her voice was muffled yet unwavering. "Well, I don't believe her. She spends hours in the game room. She's bound to have NP around there somewhere. I'll pester her until she gives in. And she will. That's a promise…"

      In the next few days, he spent his time staring at Yumih's bamboo bed, thinking about his cardboard life and Yumih's predicament. She was never around now except for bedtime. She was too busy arguing with Nayih. He could hear their high-pitched voices from his position on the bedside table.

      "I want to get painted Island!"

      That was Yumih's angry whine, he supposed.

      "Well, Island paint brushes cost a fat lot! I only have, what, like, three hundred thousand in the bank. I could buy you a different paint brush, one that doesn't cost as much."

      "You'll earn more NP, right? You're really good at games."

      "Sure, I'll get more." Nayih sounded slightly mollified. "Still, an Island paint brush costs a million NP. If you'll just wait…okay, so maybe you'll be waiting for a long time, but at least, you'll get what you want."

      "I need to get painted now!"

      He heard a door slamming and then, an infuriated sigh. "It's not like I don't want you to get what you want, Yumih! I do!" There was a strangled sob and the door slammed again.

      Left alone in an empty house, he felt helpless. He wished he could do something, anything, to help Yumih and Nayih but he knew he couldn't. Who decided cardboard petpets couldn't move or talk (even just a tiny beep would be fine), anyway? He was supposed to be a petpet. He was supposed to make his owner's life fun. So far, he seemed to be doing a lousy job. No wonder Yumih left him in her room and never brought him outside.

      He was lifted in the air again. The world began spinning as Yumih danced around the room. When she finally got tired, she placed him on the table and laughed. "Nayih has access to the Secret Lab now. Do you know what that means?" Her eyes sparkled and a wide grin spread across her face. "She can use the Lab Ray on me!" Her smile suddenly looked strained. He noticed that her paws were shaking. "It's kind of dangerous, Shirley. Someone told me that…" Her voice lowered to a whisper. "…it hurts. I don't believe her. Really, I don't. Nayih asked me if I was sure I wanted this. I said yes. It's not like I'll change Species or Gender the first time I use the ray, right?" There was a pleading look in her eyes, a note of hope in her voice. "What matters is, I might change from green to Island." She looked out the window. "Then, he'll notice me again. And, I'll have a friend." She faced him. "Besides you, I mean. You're my best friend."

      Perhaps he was doing okay after all, he thought, as Yumih closed her eyes and drifted off to dreamland. As long as Yumih cared about him, he would be all right. Nothing else mattered. Nothing.

      The first time Yumih came back from a trip to the lab, she was crying. It didn't hurt, she said, but for some reason, she needed to cry. Nayih spent the rest of the day with Yumih, stroking her fur and saying soothing words. He watched them from his spot on the bedside table, yearning to help them. He contented himself with the fact that Nayih was taking care of Yumih.

      "We're not going back if you don't want to," Nayih said as she hugged her Xweetok tightly. He could see she was trying hard not to burst into tears, as well. She was such a young human girl.

      "But I do," Yumih whispered in between tears. "I do…"

      At that moment, he wondered if there was a ray for petpets like himself. If there was, he wanted to use it. Right now, he wanted badly to become a humming, flitting Buzzer for even though it had irritated Yumih the first time she saw one, it was at least more alive than he was. As it buzzed and flew across the sky, it had the power to change its owner's mood from sad to happy, something he couldn't do.

      On the seventh day, the ray finally changed Yumih's colour to Island. She was happy and yet she wasn't. Gone was the youthful sparkle in her eyes only to be replaced by a dull, painful, knowing look. She smiled but what meaning lay behind it? He didn't know. The Lab Ray had changed her.

      Instead of lifting him and dancing around the room like she usually did when she was in a good mood, Yumih merely patted his head. She didn't even say a word. She just up and left.

      He was hurt but he forgave her immediately. She had just gotten what she wanted (well, half of it, anyway) and he should be glad for her. He waited patiently for her return, hoping that the 'stupid Fire Lupe' would notice Yumih's efforts and reward her with his friendship. It was only fitting that he did.

      But when Yumih came back, she was crying. She looked at him scornfully, tore the bow from his ear, tugged at the pearls around his neck. "He didn't even notice! I was stupid to even hope he would. He's changed. I should've known better!" She ripped the paper buttons on his chest. "You should've told me, Shirley! I should never have trusted him!"

      He was stunned and saddened by this outburst. If he could cry, he would have as Yumih grabbed him and shook him repeatedly. Oh, he didn't feel any physical pain (how could he?) but he felt a searing pain in his chest. "Say something, Shirley! Say something! Anything! I'm tired of talking to a petpet that doesn't talk back. Can't you make your eyes whirl or move your paws or something?" She threw him on the floor. "Oh, why am I even talking to you? You're just a piece of cardboard."

      He heard her pitiful sobs from his spot on the floor. He stared at the ceiling, feeling helpless once again. She was right. He was made of cardboard but that didn't mean he couldn't feel. He was a petpet, after all. He was alive.

     As he counted the cracks on the ceiling, he wished with all his might that he could help his owner heal. He wished so hard that he imagined a bright light surrounding his body. He thought he could see the light fading and darkness slowly replacing it. Before the world became black, he thought, 'As long as my owner is happy, nothing else matters. Nothing.'

     When Yumih woke up the next morning, she felt a mixture of sadness and regret. She didn't really care about Mab anymore. He was different now. 'And so am I,' she thought bitterly. She had let her fantasy get the better of her. She sighed. "Chalk it up to experience," she muttered. She stretched her paws above her head and looked towards the window. The morning sun was already peeping into the room.

     With a stab of alarm, she remembered. "Shirley!" she yelped. "Shirley…" She leaped from the bed and searched the floor for her petpet. "Shirley?" She lifted the edge of the bedspread and looked under the bed. "I'm so sorry I hurt you. I didn't mean to. My nasty temper kicked in." Panicked now, she looked at the bedside table. Her eyes widened.

     A beautiful flower, Sponderolas, if she remembered correctly, sat in the spot where she usually placed Shirley. It was shaped like a bell, its delicate petals a yellow splashed with tiny dots of pink and purple. Its leaves were long, smooth and pale green, emphasizing the flower's fragile elegance. The flower itself shone like the sunlight.

     She touched a petal with one paw and felt a warm feeling reach the rest of her body, her chest. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, a smile spread across her face.

The End

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jojerjojer823 likes gathering food.
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Age: 4,132 days old (99,189 hours)
Birthday: 6th May (Y6)
Level: 20
Gender: Male
Height: 113 cms.
Weight: 106 lbs.

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Jobs Failed: 0
Job Rank: Intern

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Movement: GREAT (38)
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You peer into the dimly lit training room. Inside is a lone Chirstmas Uni and his Warf. The Uni rams his horn into a training dummy, oblivious to your prescence. Wincing, you think of what it would be like to be the dummy.

Ouch. Just as you think you better go, he looks up and smiles.

Oh, hi! I didn't see you there. My name is Jojer, what's yours?

You tell him whilst glancing at the torn dummy, still a bit nervous. His eyes follow your gaze and they light up in understanding.

Oh, I was just training! Don't worry about that-I only fight in the battledome.

His warm smile dispells any remaining distrust, and you sit in the corner. So tell me about yourself, you say.

Well, he began, I'm the oldest member of the family. A little over seven years! I was Xamem's fourth pet-she adopted me from the pound ages and ages ago, when I was a yellow Uni. I really love her-she's taken care of me all these years, and I know she'll always take care of me.

We decided I'll be the battle pet,he says, gesturing towards all the training equipment. But it'll be awhile before I can fight hard battles.

A floating battle faerie doll floats by. Jojer glances at it, a little embaressed.

Sometimes mom forgets that boys don't like dolls, since I'm the only guy in the family. (Unless you count Emily, but we don't, since he'll be our first adoption agency pet.) But the Battle Faerie is my hero... I hope I meet her some day! He glances longingly at the doll as you stand up to leave.

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Windows Phone has lacked a major video editing app since the operating system launched, but that's changing today with Microsoft's release of Movie Moments.

The app, which is available for download in the Windows Phone Store, allows users to trim and edit videos with basic features, such as adding captions or music. Users are presented with a basic walkthrough when using Movie Moments, with four steps guiding them through the video-creating process: trimming, creating captions, adding music and saving/sharing the final copy. Videos created with the app are limited to 60 seconds, but users can record lengthier segments and trim them to the minute time frame.

Currently, there are no options for transitions or special effects, though it's likely such features will be added in future releases. Movie Moments is also available on Windows 8.1; it and the Windows Phone 8.1 version are now jointly listed as a universal app. The apps are currently the same in terms of capabilities; they both have the same caption styles, and the same select songs can be downloaded (users can also choose songs from their devices).

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Usenet News is a distributed worldwide discussion system, with different "newsgroups" that are categorized hierarchically based upon subject. Articles (or messages) are "posted" to these newsgroups by people connecting to a Usenet News server, which in turn broadcasts the message to other interconnected Usenet News servers.

The initial purpose of Usenet News was to provide a central repository for accessing discussions on a given topic--in contrast to mailing lists, which send a copy of a message to every person subscribed to the mailing list. People interested in a particular discussion topic can, with the appropriate news reader software on their own computer, connect to a Usenet News server and participate in the different newsgroups available there. Articles belonging to a particular newsgroup are propagated among Usenet sites, creating a network of sites which share common forums.

The Usenet News server for the Berkeley campus is Agate ( Over the last few years, as the level of Internet usage in general has increased, so has Usenet traffic. There are now as many as 30,000 different Usenet newsgroups covering a wide variety of topics, languages, and specializations. Technical improvements in networks and news servers now guarantee that the vast majority of all Usenet articles arrive at major redistribution points within seconds of their having been posted, making Usenet virtually a "real-time" forum. These same changes have also been accompanied by some difficult obstacles for Usenet.

Foremost among these problems are the level of network traffic generated by Usenet services (a Usenet News server receiving all newsgroups now takes in an estimated 18-20 GB of data per day, the volume having doubled every six months for the last 3 years), and the drastic increase in the amount of "spam" (unsolicited commercial or bulk messages posted frequently or to an excessive number of newsgroups). It is estimated that spam articles, and "cancel" messages (messages requesting that an article be removed from Usenet circulation) now account for the majority of Usenet articles.

Spam filtering

One natural response to the increase in Usenet traffic is to filter incoming articles for spam. This has become common practice at most large Usenet sites over the last two years, and CNS has had spam filters in place on Agate since October 1997. Until Agate's article redistribution was offloaded to a dedicated server ( this last July, it typically filtered 250,000 to 300,000 spam articles daily, while accepting the same number of articles. Now that news article redistribution ("news peering") has been offloaded to a dedicated news transit host, which also provides a front line for spam filtering, Agate only has to filter about 50,000 articles daily. (More information on and other recent hardware and software upgrades will be the topic of a future BC&C article). Spam filtering resulted in better server performance, less network traffic, a reduction in server load for peering with other Usenet sites, and, most visible to users, fewer spam articles in newsgroups.

For more information on the details of the spam filter policy in use on Agate, refer to Usenet Spam Filter Policy [Draft] (

The ucb.* and ucb.class.* hierarchies

One of the newsgroup hierarchies available on Agate is the ucb.* hierarchy, which is dedicated to issues specific to the Berkeley campus. There are currently almost 400 different newsgroups within the ucb.* hierarchy, the most widely used being in the ucb.class.* hierarchy.

These "class" newsgroups groups are specifically for the discussion of class-related topics. Increasingly, the class newsgroups have become a critical tool for instruction outside of the classroom. In many cases, homework or other assignments can be distributed via a newsgroup, and the class newsgroups provide an easily accessible forum for students to exchange ideas and questions with instructors as well as other students.

For more information on how to request a newsgroup in the ucb.* or ucb.class.* hierarchies, please see Creating a Newsgroup at UC Berkeley (

Access to Usenet News service and distribution of the ucb.* newsgroups

Access to Agate for reading news and posting news articles is restricted by IP address to UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. Also, because the ucb.* hierarchy is intended for postings from members of the campus community, Agate does not accept articles in the ucb.* hierarchy from other news servers with which it peers.

Many other Usenet sites do carry the ucb.* newsgroups, and receive the articles posted to those newsgroups. In effect, this means that the ucb.* hierarchy is "read-only" outside of Berkeley. There are a few exceptions to this read-only policy, for example the ucb.alumni newsgroup, which is a group for topics related to Berkeley alumni, most of whom do not have access to Agate.

Another exception to the read-only status of the ucb.* newsgroups are the ucb.* email aliases available on Agate, which have been created to forward an email message into a newsgroup posting. The email aliases are of the same format as the newsgroup, with the dots replaced by dashes, and "" suffixed. An example would be the newsgroup ucb.class.cs61a, the class newsgroup for Computer Science 61A. Email sent to

would be forwarded into the ucb.class.cs61a newsgroup.

If you have comments or questions about this article, please send mail to Chris van den Berg, More information about Usenet services, both on the Berkeley campus and in general, may be found at Usenet Services at UC Berkeley (

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My daughter has had bipolar disorder for several years now. But recently she has been progessing back to her childhood by coloring and being scared more often. I was just wondering what that was from?

Thank you for your excellent question! Without knowing your daughter's background, developmental information or conducting a comprehensive psychological assessment of your daughter's symptoms and recent changes in her life, it's really very difficult to pinpoint the cause of her "progressing back to her childhood by coloring and being scared more often." Children with bipolar disorder often have or develop co-occurring anxiety disorders which can cause severe distress, impairment at home/school/friends and can trigger further mood episodes.

Therefore, I'd highly recommend you and your daughter talk to her therapist, if she has one. If she doesn't have a therapist, I'd suggest calling your local university, community mental health center or National Association of Mentally Ill chapter to ask for names, locations and phone numbers of mental health professionals, with expertise in childhood bipolar disorder, whom you can schedule an initial evaluation.

I hope that helps.

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A stunning relocated Queen Anne mansion. Photo: Doug Berman/FlickrIt's a deal that sounds too good to be true: a beautiful historic home offered for free or for a very low price to anyone who's willing to move it, usually by a developer or organization that needs to use a lot, but doesn't want to tear down the historic structure occupying it. This Queen Anne in Riverside, California is a great example: with five bedrooms and four baths, it retains much of the original woodwork, including elaborate and stunning architectural accents. It's a breathtaking showpiece, and the city needs someone to take it so the lot can be used.

If you're tempted to throw everything over and pick up an amazing free historic home, there are similar listings all over the country as developers aquire lots and need them cleared for various uses. Local newspapers can be a good resource for leads, as can organizations that focus on historic conservation and preservation. But before you take the plunge, ask yourself: are you ready for a free house? Because these gorgeous homes aren't really free.

Some come with very specific caveats. For example, you may not be allowed to take the home apart for recycling purposes; the very thought might seem terrible to you, but some firms specialize in dismantling historic homes and selling them for parts, providing a supply of historic details to people restoring other buildings or interested in adding character to new ones. The terms of the deal may also require keeping the home within city limits or adhering to other restrictions. Make sure you know what you're getting into before you take the offer.

Finding a New Place to Call Home...and Moving Your New Home

If you accept a free house, you need to find a new location for it. New lots can be expensive, especially in areas that are being rapidly developed, and the closer the lot is, the less complicated the move, creating an active incentive to keep close to the original locale. Buying a lot for your free house can cost as little as $50,000...or a whole lot more, depending on where you are.

Then you'll have to hire a specialty house moving company. These firms have unique skills allowing them to handle fragile historic homes in a process that can be quite expensive. It can cost you between $12-$16 per square foot, with costs rising rapidly for every complicating factor you add in. You'll also need to prepare a new foundation, hire plumbers and electricians to handle new hookups, and work with other technical experts to get the house settled in place.

About That Restoration

Most free homes are free for a reason: they need extensive work. While they may be absolutely beautiful, they could need months or years of remodeling to get them up to scratch, and during a large part of that period, the house might be totally uninhabitable. Want a glimpse of what it's like to restore a historic home almost from scratch? Check out Casa Decrepit, which documents the process in painstaking detail. Whether you hire a Philadelphia remodeling firm with restoration experience, do it all yourself, or work somewhere in-between, it's going to be very expensive.

When you assess a house, don't get caught up in the gorgeous architectural details. Consider the condition of the roofing and flooring, the amount of rot, mild, mildew, and other damage, and issues like how much reconditioning and repainting you'll need to do. You may need to do asbestos mitigation, remove old materials from the home, and rebuild substantial components. All that adds up.

A relocated historic home can be turned into a gem, but it's a serious commitment. Make sure you're completely ready before you start, because projects abandoned halfway through can be very hard to sell.

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The claims of sociology (socius, companion; logos, science) to a place in the hierarchy of sciences are subjected to varied controversy. It has been held that there is no distinct problem for a science of sociology, no feature of human society not already provided for in the accepted social sciences. Again it has been claimed that while the future may hold out prospects for a science such as sociology, its present condition leaves much to be desired. Furthermore, among sociologists themselves discussion and disagreement abound concerning aims, problems, and methods of the science. Beyond this confusion in scientific circles, misunderstanding results from the popular habit of confounding sociology with philanthropy, ethics, charity, and relief, social reform, statistics, municipal problems, socialism, sanitation, criminology, and politics. It is hardly to be expected that differences of opinion would not occur when scholars endeavour to describe in simple terms the complex social processes; to pack a vast array of historical and contemporaneous facts in rigid logical classes, and to mark off for research purposes sections of reality which in fact overlap at a hundred points. Nevertheless, efforts to create a science of sociology have led to notable results. Minds of a very high order have been attracted to the work; abundant literature of great excellence has been produced; neighbouring sciences have been deeply affected by the new point of view which Sociology has fostered; and the teaching of the science has attained to undisputed recognition in the universities of the world.

It is the aim of economic science to investigate the forms, relations, and processes that occur among men in their associated efforts to make immediate or mediate provision for their physical wants. The science deals with the phenomena resulting from the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. The science of politics is concerned with the stable social relations resulting from the efforts of sovereign social units to maintain themselves in integrity in their internal and external relations and to promote human progress. The state is the institution in which these activities centre. Hence, the forms in which sovereignty is clothed, the processes of change which occur among them, and the varying functions of government are central problems in this field of investigation. The science of religions aims at describing the stable social relations which occur when men collectively endeavour to understand the law of their relation to a Supreme Being and to adjust their worship and conduct to His supreme will. The science of law is concerned with those principles, relations, and institutions through which the more important relations between the one and the many are defined, directed, and sanctioned by the sovereign state. The science of ethics aims at expounding the principles and sanctions by which all human conduct, both individual and social, is adjusted to the supreme end of man; or, in the Christian sense of the term, to the will of God. The science of history, which assumes the law of continuity in human society, endeavours to look out over its whole surface, to discover and describe in a large way the processes of change that have occurred in social relations of whatsoever kind. Each of these social sciences is analytical or descriptive, but in its complete development it should have a normative or directive side. To use the technical phrase, it is teleological. The complete function of each of them should include the setting forth of a purpose for human conduct and should offer direction towards it, which is modified by the relations in which each stands to the others.

Some sociologists endeavour to locate their science as logically antecedent to all of these. According to this view sociology should occupy itself with general phases of the processes of human association and should furnish an introduction to the special social sciences. Others endeavour to locate sociology as the philosophical synthesis of the results of the special social sciences, in which view it resembles somewhat the philosophy of history. Giddings includes both functions in his description of the science. He says in his "Principles of sociology": "While Sociology in the broadest sense of the word is the comprehensive science of society, coextensive with the entire field of the special social sciences, in a narrower sense and for the purposes of university study and of general exposition it may be defined as the science of social elements and first principles. . . . Its far-reaching principles are the postulates of special sciences and as such they co-ordinate the whole body of social generalizations and bind them together in a large scientific whole" (p. 33).

There is a general tendency towards the establishment of a single dominant interest in social groups. Periods of unstable equilibrium tend to be followed by constructive epochs in which some one social interest tends to dominate. This is the case when social groups are primitive and isolated as well as when they are highly organized and progressive. It may be the food interest, the maintenance of the group against invasion, the thirst for conquest incarnate in a leader, or the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth that serves as the basis of social unity. In any case, the tendency of social groups towards unity is practically universal. In earlier stages of civilization the process is relatively simple, but today, when differences of climate, race, environment, type, and place are overcome by progress in transportation, travel, communication, and industry, the process is highly complex. Political institutions, languages, and race traditions no longer bound the horizon of the thinker. Today all states are submerged in the larger view of humanity. All cultures, civilizations, centuries, all wars, and armaments, all nations and customs are before the social student. Origins heretofore hidden are exposed to his confused gaze. Interpretations, venerable with age and powerful from heretofore unquestioning acceptance, are swept away and those that are newer are substituted. Dozens of social sciences flow with torrential impatience, hurling their discoveries at the feet of the student, Thousands of minds are busy day and night gathering facts, offering interpretations, and seeking relations. The social sciences have become so overburdened with facts and so confused by varying interpretations that they tend to split into separate subsidiary sciences in the hope that the mind may thus escape its own limitations and find help in its power of generalization. Economic factors and processes are studied more industriously than ever before, but they are found to have in themselves vital bearings other than economic. Political, religious, educational, and social facts are found saturated with heretofore unsuspected meanings, which in each particular case the science itself is unable to handle.

In this situation three general lines of work present themselves.

Professor Small thus describes the situation: "We need a genetic, static, and teleological account of associated human life; a statement which can be relied upon as the basis of a philosophy of conduct. In order to derive such a statement it would be necessary to complete a programme of analyzing and synthesizing the social process in all of its phases."

On the whole the sociological treatment of social facts is much wider than that found in the other social sciences and its interpretations are consequently broader. An endeavour is made in following out the social point of view to study social facts in the full complement of their organic relations. Thus, for instance, if the sociologist studies the question of woman suffrage, it appears as a phase in a world-movement. He goes back through the available history of all times and civilizations endeavouring to trace the changing place of woman in industry, in the home, education, and before the law. By looking outward to the horizon and backwards to the vanishing point of the perspective of history, the sociologist endeavours to discover all of the relations of the suffrage movement which confronts us today and tries to interpret its relation to the progress of the race. He will discover that the marriage rate, the birth rate, the movement for higher education, the demand for political and social equality are not unrelated facts but are organically connected in the processes that centre on woman in human society. The student of economics, politics, ethics, or law will be directly interested in particular phases of the process. But the sociologist will aim at reaching an all-inclusive view in order to interpret the entire movement in its organic relations to historical and actual social processes. Likewise, whether the problem be that of democracy, liberty, equality, war, armaments and arbitration, tariffs or inventions, the organization of labour, revolution, political parties, centralization of wealth, conflicts among social classes, the sociologist will endeavour to discover their wider bearings and their place in the social processes of which they are part.

The method employed in sociology is primarily inductive. At times ethnological and biological methods have predominated but their sway has been diminished in recent years. Sociology suffers greatly from its failure to establish as yet a satisfactory basis of classification for social phenomena. Although much attention has been given to this problem the results achieved still leave much to be desired. The general point of view held in sociology, as distinct from the particular point of view held in the special social sciences, renders this problem of classification particularly difficult and causes the science to suffer from the very mass of indiscriminate material which its scholarship has brought to view. Hence, the process of observation and interpretation has been somewhat uncertain and results have been subjected to vehement discussion. The fundamental problem for sociology is to discover and to interpret co-existences and sequences among social phenomena. In its study of origins and of historical development of social forms, sociology necessarily makes use of ethnological methods. It resorts extensively to comparative methods in its endeavour to correlate phenomena related to the same social process as they appear in different times and places. The statistical method is of the highest importance in determining quantities among social phenomena, while the prevailing tendency to look upon society from a psychological point of view has led to the general method of psychological analysis. The efforts to develop a systematic sociology deductively have not yet led to any undisputed results although the evolutionary hypothesis prevails widely. The range of methods to be found among sociologists might be fairly well illustrated among American writers by a comparison of the works of Morgan, Ward, Giddings, Baldwin, Cooley, Ross, Sumner, Mayo-Smith, and Small.

In as far as modern sociology has been developed on the philosophical side it has naturally been unable to remain free of metaphysics. It shows a marked tendency towards Agnosticism, Materialism, and Determinism. "He would be a bold man", says Professor Giddings, addressing the Amer. Economic Association in 1903, "who today after a thorough training in the best historical scholarship should venture to put forth a philosophy of history in terms of the divine ideas or to trace the plan of an Almighty in the sequence of human events. On the other hand, those interpretations that are characterized as materialistic . . . are daily winning serious respect." Even when the science has been confined to the humbler rôle of observation and interpretation of particular social facts and processes, its devotees have been unable to refrain from assumptions which are offensive to the Christian outlook on life. Theoretically, social facts may be observed as such, regardless of philosophy. But social observation which ignores the moral and social interpretation of social facts and processes is necessarily incomplete. One must have some principle of interpretation when one interprets, and one always tends towards interpretation. Thus it is that even descriptive sociology tends to become directive or to offer interpretations, and in so doing it often takes on a tone with which the Christian cannot agree.

If, for instance, the sociologist proposes a standard family of a limited number of children in the name of human progress, by implication he assumes an attitude towards the natural and Divine law which is quite repugnant to Catholic theology. Again, when he interprets divorce in its relation to supposed social progress alone and finds little if any fault with it, he lays aside for the moment the law of marriage given by Christ. When, too, the sociologist studies the relation of the State to the family and the individual or the relations of the Church and the State he comes into direct contact with the fundamental principles of Catholic social philosophy. When he studies the religious phenomena of history, he cannot avoid taking an attitude toward the distinctive claims of Christianity in his interpretation of the facts of its history. Thus it is that sociology, not only on its philosophical side but also on the side of observation, interpretations, and social direction, tends to take on a tone that is often foreign to and as often antagonistic to Catholic philosophy. Professor Ward would forbid pure sociology to have anything to do with the direction of human conduct. He says, for instance, in his "Pure Sociology": "All ethical considerations in however wide a sense that expression may be understood must be ignored for the time being and attention concentrated upon the effort to determine what actually is. Pure Sociology has no concern with what Sociology ought to be or with any social ideals. It confines itself strictly with the present and the past, allowing the future to take care of itself." But he would give to what he terms Applied Sociology the function of directing society toward its immediate ideals. He says: "The subject matter of Pure Sociology is achievement, that of Applied Sociology is improvement. The former relates to the past and the present, the latter to the future." Sociology can scarcely avoid interpretation and direction of human conduct and hence it can hardly be expected to avoid taking very definite attitudes towards the Christian outlook on life.

Modern sociology hopes to arrive at a metaphysics through the systematic observation and interpretation of present and past social facts and processes. In the Christian view of life, however, the social sciences are guided by a sanctioned metaphysics and philosophy. This philosophy is derived not from induction but from Revelation. This view of life accepts at the outset as Divinely warranted the moral and social precepts taught or re-enforced by Christ. Thus, it looks out upon the real largely from the standpoint of the ideal and judges the former by the latter. It does not, of course, for a moment forget that the systematic observation of life and knowledge of its processes are essential to the understanding and application of the Divine precepts and to the establishment of the sanctioned spiritual ideals which it professes. But Christian social philosophy did not, for example, derive its doctrine of human brotherhood by induction; it received it directly from the lips of Christ. And the consequences of that Christian principle in human history are beyond all calculation. The Christian view of life does not confound the absolute with the conventional in morality, although in the literature of Christianity too much emphasis may at times be placed upon what is relative. A Christian sociology, therefore, would be one that carries with it always the philosophy of Christ. It could not look with indifference on the varied and complicated social processes amid which we live and move. In all of its study and interpretation of what is going on in life — which is largely the function of sociology — it never surrenders concern for what ought to be, however clearly or dimly this "ought" is seen. While modern sociology is seeking descriptive laws of human desires and is endeavouring to classify human interests and to account for social functions, it is seeking merely for changes, uniformities, and interpretations unconcerned with any relation of these to the Divine law. Christian sociology, on the contrary, is actuated mainly by concern about the relations of social changes to the law and Revelation of God. It classifies processes, institutions, and relations as right or wrong, good or bad, and offers to men directive laws of human desire and distinctive standards of social valuations by which social conduct should be governed.

Economics as it developed under Christian influences related largely to the search for justice in property relations among men rather than to the evolution of property itself. What ever attempts were made to correlate and interpret economic phenomena, they were inspired largely by the search for justice and by the hope of holding industrial relations true to the law of justice as it was understood. Political science as it developed under Christian influence never lost sight of the Divine sanction of civil authority. The study of the forms and changes of government, little as the underlying processes were then understood, never departed far from the thought of the state as a natural and Christian phenomenon and the exercise of its authority as a delegated power from on high. Thus, whatever there was of social science, rudimentary because of the static view of society which obtained, it grew out of the study and application of the moral and social principles derived from the Revelation of God and presented to the believer through the instrumentality of the Church. The great emphasis placed in our days of wonderful social investigation and of world-views of social processes causes those earlier attempts at social science to appear crude, yet they developed organically out of their historical surroundings, retaining, for all time, titles to no mean consideration. Scattered here and there throughout theological and moral treatises in Christian literature there is a vast amount of sociological material, which has its value in our own time. The present-day endeavours of sociology to classify human desires and fundamental interests appear to have been anticipated in a modest way in the work of the medieval Scholastics. Theological treatises on human acts and their morality reveal a very practical understanding of the influence of objective and subjective environment on character. Treatises on sin, on the virtues, on good and bad example touch constantly on social facts and processes as then understood. The mainspring of all of this work, however, was not to show forth social processes as such, not to look for theretofore unknown law, but to enable the individual to discover himself in the social process and to hold his conduct true to his ideals.

To some extent there is confusion in speaking of sociology in this way since reference appears to be made rather to moral direction than to social investigation. The relations between all of the social sciences are intimate. The results established in the fields of the social sciences will always have the greatest importance for Christian ethics. It must take up the undisputed results of sociological investigation and widen its definitions at times. It must restate rights and obligations in the terms of newer social relations and adjust its own system to much that it can welcome from the hands of the splendid scholarship now devoted to social study. Bouquillon, who was a distinguished theologian, complained that we had not paid sufficient attention to the results of modern social research. Illustration may be found in the problem of private property, which is a storm centre in modern life and is the object of most acute study from the standpoint of the social sciences. Suum cuique may be called the law of justice that is back of all social changes and is sanctioned for all time. But the social processes which change from time to time the content of suum may not be neglected. Changes in the forms of property, varied consequences from the failure to have it at all and from the having of it in excess, are seen about us every day. It is undeniably the business of ethics to teach the sanctions of private property and defend them, but it must willingly learn the sociological meaning of property, the significance of changes in its forms, and the laws that govern these changes. This is largely the work of other social sciences. Ethics must proclaim the inviolable natural rights of the individual to private property in certain forms. It must proclaim the pernicious moral consequences that may flow from certain property conditions, but it will fail of its high mission unless in its indispensable ethical work it take account of the established results of social investigation. Economics, ethics, sociology, politics are drawn together by the complex problems of property and each has much to learn from the others. And so, whether the problem be that of the Christian family, the relations of social classes, altruism, the modification of the forms of government, the changing status of woman, the representative of the Christian outlook on life may not for a moment ignore the results of these particular social sciences.

Closer relations have been established between Christian ethics and sociology in modern days. Modern social conditions with their rapid changes, accompanied by ethical and philosophical unrest, have set up a challenge which the Christian Church must meet without hesitation. The Catholic Church has not failed to speak out definitely in the circumstances. The School of Catholic Social Reform, which has reached such splendid development on the European continent, represents the closer sympathy between the old Christian ethics and the later sociological investigation. Problems of poverty seen in its organic relations to social organization as a whole, problems and challenges raised by the modern industrial labouring class, demand for a widening of the definitions of individual and social responsibility to meet the facts of modern social power of whatsoever kind, reaffirmations of the rights of individuals have been taken account of in this whole Christian modern movement with the happiest result. There has been produced an abundant literature in which traditional Christian ethics take ample account of modern social investigations and the theories thus formulated have created a movement for social amelioration which is playing a notable part in the present-day history of Europe.

Since all of the social sciences are concerned with the same complex fact of human association, it is but to be expected that the older sciences would have contained in their literature much that in the long run is turned over to the newer ones. Sociological material is found, therefore, throughout the history of the other social sciences. The word "sociology" comes from Auguste Comte, who used it in his course of positive philosophy, to indicate one of the sections in his scheme of sciences. Spencer sanctioned the use of the word and gave it a place in permanent literature by using it unreservedly in his own system of philosophy. He undertook to explain all social changes as phases in the great inclusive process of evolution. Society was conceived of as an organism. Research and exposition were directed largely by the biological analogy. Schaeffle, Lilienfeld, and René Worms were later exponents of this same view. Later schools in sociology have emancipated themselves from the sway of the biological analogy and have turned toward ethnological, anthropological, and psychological aspects of the great problems involved. Repeated attempts have been made to discover the fundamental unifying principle by which all social processes may be classified and explained, but none of them have met general acceptance. The drift today is largely toward the psychological aspects of human association. Professors Giddings and Baldwin may be looked upon as its representatives in the United States. Aside from these attempts at systematic or philosophical sociology there is scarcely an aspect of human association which is not now under investigation from the sociological standpoint. That this activity in a field of such great interest to the welfare of the human race promises much for human progress is beyond question. Even now statesmen, religious teachers, educators, and leaders in movements for social amelioration do not fail to take advantage of the results of sociological research.

See ETHICS; PSYCHOLOGY; CHURCH; and articles on the other social sciences.
The following text-books summarize the field of sociology from various standpoints: WARD, Outlines of Sociology (New York, 1898); DEALY, Sociology (New York, 1909); GUMPLOWICZ, Outlines of Soc. (tr. MOORE), pub. by Amer. Acad. of Soc. and Pol. Sc. (1899); GIDDINGS, Elem. of Soc. (New York, 1898); BASCOM, Sociology; BLACKMAR, Elem. of Soc. (New York, 1905); STUCKENBERG, Sociology (New York, 1903).
The following general treatises aim to present the new sociological point of view: Ross, Social Control (New York, 1901); IDEM, Soc. Psychology (New York, 1908); COOLEY, Soc. Organization (New York, 1909); SMALL, General Soc. (Chicago, 1905); IDEM, Meaning of Social Science (Chicago, 1910); McDOUGAL, Soc. Psychology (London); BALDWIN, Social and Ethical Interpretations (New York, 1902); KIDD, Soc. Evolution (New York, 1894).
Systematic Treatises: SPENCER, Principle, of Soc.; SCHAEFFLE, Bau und Leben des sozialen Korpers; LILIENFELD, Gedanken über die Sozialwissenschaft der Zukunft (5 vols., Mitau, 1873); LETOURNEAU, La sociologie, tr. TRALLOPE (Paris, 1884); TARDE, The Laws of Imitation, tr. PARSONS (New York, 1903); SIMMEL, Soziologie (Leipzig, 1908); WARD, Pure Soc. (New York, 1903); IDEM, Applied Soc. (New York, 1906); GIDDINGS, Principles of Soc. (New York, 1899); IDEM, Inductive Soc. (New York, 1901).
Periodicals: Annales de l'inst. interna. de soc.; Rev. intern. de soc.; American Jour. of Soc.
Discussions of the nature and relations of sociology will be found in Reports of meetings of economic, historical, and political sciences associations and in text-books on the various social sciences. For discussion of the science from a Catholic standpoint, see SLATER, Modern Sociology in the Irish Theo. Quart., VI, nos. 21, 22.

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APA citation. Kerby, W. (1912). Sociology. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

MLA citation. Kerby, William. "Sociology." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. <>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Douglas J. Potter. Dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. July 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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-They seem to be pretty sturdy but i wouldn't kick them around
-They sound great for headphones
-They charge off a micro usb and still work while charging
-G keys are pretty cool
-Wireless range is pretty good for me
-light to tell when your mic is shut off

-They use 2.4 ghz (same as microwaves, cordless phones and routers) Though for my tests, i had to be pretty much standing right next to the microwave for it to be an issue. A WRT54G router sits on my desk and no problems.
-They can be a little heavy
-The logitech program that worked fine with only my G700 now runs a bit laggy when i go to bring it up. i have a 2.6Ghz I7 with 16 GB of ram so thats not it.

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At the end of the day, these will never fill the role of my logitech Z680 but that being said, for a headset, they are amazing! I can't bring the z680's to lans so these def have a place in my lan bag. Worth every cent. Just hope that logitech releases a driver fix for the slight lag. If they don't, its not that bad.

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3.8 MB
1 min 40 sec
4.55 / 5.00

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You may not use this work for commercial purposes without making specific arrangements with the artist UNLESS your work is a web-based game or animation, in which case you may use this freely.

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A short dance mix with some trance bits in it, make sure to check out some of my other music if you like this.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

Crazy! I love it!!!!
Wow! Respect! Very Good!

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

Started head bobbing at 0:40 really good song. What do you use to make your music? I want to start making my own music but i can't find an easy way to start. Your help would be appreciated. Thanks :D

Omegeist responds:

Mostly used FL studio and Imageline plugins to make this. However the main melodic lead was made using NI massive. You should get the FL studio demo or fork out $100 for the fruity edition of the software so you can save and reload projects. That is how I started. I live in a pretty musical family and have grown up listening to my parents and siblings sing and play musical instruments. I also play the trumpet. I would suggest learning to play a little piano and getting some basic music theory underfoot before jumping into composition. This song I made here is actually very basic. The chord progression doesn't really change. If you get FL studio fruity edition PM me and I can send you a basic composition that shows you some basic techno/trance in light of what I made here. You can also watch YouTube videos. Just keep trying.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

This makes me jizz due to extreme enjoyment... I give you tenouttaten..

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uh.. thanks?

Rated 5 / 5 stars

I absolutely love this! It gives me the image of enthusiasm and enjoyment. Very upbeat and merry aha. If perhaps you'd give me permission to use this as an intro to my youtube videos I'd be very thankful. I will, of course, credit you and your work with a link to your page. =]

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Sure you can :D

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

Eh, isn't this Dream Trance?

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what the hell is dream trance?


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Mar 21, 2005 | 11:17 AM EST

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This is not acctually a movie.
It contains 3 walkcycles of 3 different characters I created using the "frame by frame" method...

Rated 0.5 / 5 stars

Make a movie with those. Get this off the portal.

The portal is NOT where you submit these things. The portal is for completed movies or games.

Rated 2.5 / 5 stars

Make a real flash!

I can tell you're a good animator from this, so do something with your skills! Make a story, not just random characters walking.


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Oct 9, 2007 | 10:45 PM EDT
  • Weekly Users' Choice October 17, 2007
  • Daily Feature October 11, 2007

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Plenty more like this here!

  • Portal
    Portal The insanely popular Half Life mod gets the Flash treatment.

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* For all of the frustrated ones: there's a video walkthrough thread at We Create Stuff > Portal: TFV's forum, and some community help. Good luck :)

We started working on this project a couple of months ago, and now, it is finally done. Lately we've been working on this project none stop, acknowledging if we release it after the real Portal - we fail, and our test will be terminated ( ;). So yes, the last piece of code of this game was programed just a couple of minutes ago. Don't worry - those minutes were on bugs!

Portal: The Flash Version includes over 40 challenging, portals thinking levels, which features almost every feature the real game does, in 2d - energy balls, cubes, turrets and even the famous crusher from the trailer. The game also includes a console to mess around with after finishing the game, or just being frustrated by thinking with portals (Commands are posted in our forums)

Left mouse button - launch a portal.
A W D - movement
Q - launch a blue portal.
E - launch a yellow portal.
R - Close both portals.
F - pick up an object.
~ - open up console (enable through the options)
O - quick quality adjust.
Esc/P - pause game.

Version history:

The game really is heavy on levels 30 and up. We did our best to optimize it, but if you still have a low frame rate simply change your quality and effect settings.

If you find any bugs, please report.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

i love it! ill PM u if i find bugs

Rated 5 / 5 stars

Nice concept and a challenging game

I like the fact that you have to use your brain a bit in this game. There are levels where I found myself becoming quite innovative in how I attempted to conquer the stage, which was nice. Definitely one to play more than once.

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars

this was fun until I used noclip :) and god which should be buddha if you want to keep it like the game

use ~ go in console type noclip you fly around and stuff just like on the actual steam games :)

so im gana beat the game like this lol

Rated 5 / 5 stars

Cake Obtained. lol,great game!

Rated 5 / 5 stars

Great game man...

Great game, well though out, good graphics, good physics (in Halflife fashion) and only minor glitches. Oh, and HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN ON THE FRONT PAGE???

Thankyou for making my life just a little better.


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Nashua officials approve Broad Street Parkway contracts

NASHUA — With construction slated to begin next week on the future Broad Street Parkway, city officials on Wednesday approved an associated $3.8 million in various services for the roadway project.

The aldermanic Finance Committee awarded a construction administration services contract for $1.2 million in bridge and wall work, in addition to a civil engineering services contract in the amount of $2.4 million for construction management and administration support. The panel also approved about $153,000 for the parkway’s final design.

Alderman-at-Large Barbara Pressly questioned when the Board of Aldermen will have an opportunity to review options for the facade of the three bridges included in the nearly 2-mile roadway that will provide another crossing over the Nashua River.

“I thought we were going to be able to see the design work,” said Pressly.

Mayor Donnalee Lozeau acknowledged that there were some challenges with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation regarding bid alternatives. She said federal highway officials would not allow the city to consider bid alternatives until the three individual contracts have been awarded.

So far, just one of three major contracts for the parkway’s construction has been accepted. At least one other bid for another part of the contract work should be advertised this week, according to Lozeau.

Although the safety design of the parkway has been completed, the aesthetic design has not yet been determined, she said, stressing city officials will still have an opportunity to provide input on the facade of the bridges.

Various aesthetic options will be reviewed by aldermen and the Board of Public Works likely in late January or early February, said Lozeau.

Earlier this year, city officials were torn on how much money should be spent to improve the aesthetics of the project’s three bridges — the Nashua River Bridge, Fairmount Street Bridge and Baldwin Street Bridge.

At the time, visual enhancement options such as decorative rails, lights and overlooks were debated by aldermen, as some said the beautifications are unnecessary and others thought the enhancements would be beneficial.

Some of the optional improvements include decorative concrete rails, ornamental lighting, straight or haunched girders, concrete surface treatments with colored tints, pedestrian overlooks, arches and high focus treatments at the entrance and exits of the bridges.

“We can’t revisit that until the bid is awarded,” Lozeau said of the numerous facade options.

The parkway has been in the making for more than a decade. Construction on the first major phase of the roadway is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. City officials previously supported a contract bid of nearly $11.1 million for one of three sections of the Broad Street Parkway. R.S. Audley Inc. has been awarded the largest construction contract for the roadway, which includes building the Parkway North/Baldwin Street section of the road.

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A children’s karate class at East Ham Leisure Centre has seen a massive drop in attendance since it was revealed six men had been arrested for allegedly spying on naked women in its changing rooms.

The instructor of the martial arts class, former women’s world champion, Molly Samuel, claims parents have withdrawn youngsters from her classes, despite police reassurances that none of the alleged offences relate to children.

Ms Samuel, who also teaches adult classes, says those which she runs for children are now “practically empty.”

She said women were still attending, but choosing not to get changed in the premises in Barking Road.

She is angry that she found out about the arrests after a parent read about them in this newspaper.

The 52-year-old has taught at the centre for 10 years and says she has yet to be informed of the arrests by leisure centre managers.

The men were arrested on April 30 for offences relating to voyeurism under Section 67 of the Sexual Offences Act. It is believed personal mobiles and computers are being checked as part of the police enquiry.

Ms Samuel, who holds seven world champion titles, said: “Parents are really upset and worried, and I feel I have a duty of care to inform them of what has happened but I have not been able to.”

She says her attempts at getting more information from activeNewham, who run the centre, have failed despite raising her concerns to their head office two weeks ago.

Ms Samuel said: “I feel it is ‘unprofessional’ and disrespectful of the centre, which I otherwise think is good, not to inform its users.”

Five of the men arrested, all in their 20s, transferred to activeNewham from GLL which ran the centre until January. The sixth man is believed to be a former member of staff who did not transfer.

The alleged offences are thought to have taken place between December 1 and February 15.

The men were bailed to return to an east London police station later this month.

Both activeNewham and Newham Council refused to comment on a current police investigation.

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Washington, May 2 ANI | 1 year ago

A new study has found that the risk of divorce among older married couples rises when the wife, and not the husband, becomes seriously ill.

"Married women diagnosed with a serious health condition may find themselves struggling with the impact of their disease while also experiencing the stress of divorce," Amelia Karraker, a researcher at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, said.

Karraker and co-author Kenzie Latham of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis analyzed 20 years of data on 2,717 marriages from the Health and Retirement Study, conducted by the Institute for Social Research since 1992. At the time of the first interview, at least one of the partners was over the age of 50.

The researchers examined how the onset of four serious physical illnesses-cancer, heart problems, lung disease and stroke-affected marriages.

They found that, overall, 31 percent of marriages ended in divorce over the period studied. The incidence of new chronic illness onset increased over time as well, with more husbands than wives developing serious health problems.

"We found that women are doubly vulnerable to marital dissolution in the face of illness," Karraker said.

"They are more likely to be widowed, and if they are the ones who become ill, they are more likely to get divorced," she added.

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Washington, May 3 ANI | 1 year ago

Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, an accelerator laboratory located in Darm-stadt, Germany, have obtained evidence for the artificial creation of element 117.

The experiment was performed by an international team 72 scientists and engineers from 16 institutions in Australia, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, headed by Prof. Christoph Dullmann, who holds positions at GSI, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM).

In a powerful example of international collaboration, this new measurement required close coordination between the accelerator and detection capabilities at GSI in Germany and the unique actinide isotope production and separation facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the U.S.

The special berkelium target material, essential for the synthesis of element 117, was produced over an 18-month-long campaign. This required intense neutron irradiation at ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor, followed by chemical separation and purification at ORNL's Radiochemical Engineering Development Center. Approximately 13 milligrams of the highly-purified isotope Bk-249, which itself decays with a half-life of only 330 days, were then shipped to Mainz University.

There, the facilities and expertise are available to transform the exotic radioisotope into a target, able to withstand the high-power calcium-ion beams from the GSI accelerator.
Atoms of element 117 were separated from huge numbers of other nuclear reaction products in the TransActinide Separator and Chemistry Apparatus (TASCA) and were identified through their radioactive decay.

These measured chains of alpha-decays produced isotopes of lighter elements with atomic numbers 115 to 103, whose registration added to the proof for the observation of element 117.

In the decay chains, both a previously unknown alpha-decay pathway in Db-270 (dubnium - element 105) and the new isotope Lr-266 (lawrencium - element 103) were identified. With half-lives of about one hour and about 11 hours, respectively, they are among the longest-lived superheavy isotopes known to date.

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Kolkata, Aug 15 IANS | 1 year ago

CPI-M leader and former MP Amitava Nandy died Friday in a hospital here, a party leader said.

"He lost his battle with cancer today (Friday) morning. His last rites will be performed Saturday," Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Gautam Deb said.

Nandy, 71, was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha from Dum Dum constituency in North 24 Parganas and played an important role in the implementation of the metro rail expansion from Dum Dum to Dakshineshwar.

He failed to retain the seat in 2009 losing to Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy.

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