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SHADES OF BLACK (PART 2): HAUNTER, MUSEUM OF PAST ARTIFACTS, GRUE, ARGHAST, ORISON WRETHE SEEN AND HEARD: DARKENED, GRAVEYARD, ZURIAAKE, GEIST, KARST
AN NCS PREMIERE: SADOKIST — "DRIVEN BY DISGUST"
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In many of their outward trappings, Sadokist come across as a crude-and-rude, foul-and-filthy, hell-blazing band of blasphemous barbarians. And yeah, they really are all that. "Evil Sado Fuckin' Speed Metal of Death!!!" is their mantra, and those aren't empty words in their case. But one listen to the song we're premiering today is convincing evidence that these Finnish devils are much more nuanced and diabolically dynamic songwriters than the most superficial trappings might suggest. Their songs are meant to electrify the senses, but a lot of the undeniably high voltage derives from how much they pack into each track.
The song we're presenting today, "Driven By Disgust", is one of nine tracks on Sadokist's shit-hot second album, Necrodual Dimension Funeral Storms, which follows 2014's Thy Saviour's Halo, Held by Horns. It's set for release by Hells Headbangers on August 30, on CD, LP, and tape.
"Driven By Disgust" is a bit more than 5 minutes long — greater than the song lengths favored by a lot of angel-raping speed metal cults — and the reason for the length (and the justification for it) becomes apparent, because the music is in constant flux. It's unmistakably a nasty piece of work — the vocalist's goblin snarls are convincingly vicious, and the boiling riffs in the song channel blood-lusting cruelty and blood-chilling lunacy. Likewise, the pummeling bass and hammering drums add to the music's ferocity. Yet when the rampaging pace relents, the music takes on an eerie and foreboding atmosphere — before an explosion of pure chaos, even more unhinged than before. That amalgam of shrill, shrieking guitar, high-speed percussive clobbering, and spirals of esoteric melody is itself a multi-faceted experience, notwithstanding its berserker qualities.
When that orgy of sound abates again, and the pace slows even more than before, the music becomes cloaked in morbid gloom. But Sadokist still have more devilish tricks up their sleeve, including a riff that's tailor-made made for headbanging, one last manifestation of bestial chaos, and an anthemic finale that's pure heavy metal gold.
Pre-orders for Necrodual Dimension Funeral Storms are being accepted now, and we're also including the stream of a previously released track ("Beater of Children of God") along with our own premiere.
https://sadokist-finland.bandcamp.com/album/necrodual-dimension-funeral-storms
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module Styles
  module Properties
    class MatchFontWeight < Base
      sub_engine :color

      COLOR_PROPERTY_TYPE = :match

      VALUES = [:normal, :bold].freeze

      def valid_value?
        [value].flatten.all? { |sub_value| VALUES.include?(sub_value) }
      end

      def color_to_use
        if value.is_a? Array
          value.map { |sub_value| sub_value == :normal ? :no_bold : sub_value }
        elsif value.is_a? Symbol
          value == :normal ? :no_bold : value
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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The Omar Dengo Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes educational innovation and technology use in schools, celebrated its 20th birthday this week by launching its new Innova@ Institute, designed to disseminate information and allow educators to share ideas.
The institute will offer courses on digital technology in education, as well as teacher training; provide consultations for governments or international organizations seeking to develop local projects; implement research projects on the social impact of technology in schools; offer specialized teacher training and other initiatives; and design programs for any organization seeking to improve productivity through technology, according to the foundation's Web site, www.fod.ad.cr.
President Oscar Arias applauded the initiative at the institute's inauguration Tuesday and called technological innovation in education among the "more efficient catalysts of the process of decreasing inequalities.
The Omar Dengo Foundation's projects have benefited more than 1.5 million Costa Ricans, from students and teachers to senior citizens, according to the organization.
Named after a renowned Costa Rican educator, the foundation has helped many schools and educators to not only obtain access to new technologies by installing computer labs in schools and other efforts, but also to take advantage of the possibilities they offer.


One of the author's first RPL programs. To pull the lever press A. To hold or nudge a reel press B, C or D. To exit press E.
This library works on the S/SX/G/GX and provides assembly language routines to turn on, turn off and test pixels in any grob, draw lines and draw circles (very quickly). Also includes a pair of detailed documents (in Word and plain text format) explaining how to do fast graphics in assembly language.
A simple RPL program which draws and labels a pie chart using commands from the author's own Graphics Library. This is like the pie chart program in the owner's manual but uses a specified column from the sigmaDAT array (like the built-in BARPLOT it uses XCOL - the first parameter in the sigmaPAR list).
DEC VT52 terminal emulator library. As well as the normal behavior, the emulator can be run in local echo or logging modes (captures the received data in a string). The library also provides convenient functions to access additional Kermit commands which would normally need to be accessed using the PKT function. Written in System RPL for both the S and G series.


Would you like to learn more about George Washington? Morristown National Historic Park hosts author of first president books.
Morristown National Historical Park welcomes author Jeff Finegan to speak on his book series, "I Knew George Washington," at 1 p.m. Saturday at Washington's Headquarters Museum, 30 Washington Place. Admission is always free. For more information, call 973-539-2016, ext. 260 or visit www.nps.gov/morr.
The GFWC Woman's Club Denville/Rockaway will host a Dining to Donate fundraiser through Friday, at Brick 46 Restaurant, 68 Route 46 east. Twenty percent of lunch and dinner receipts will go toward the GFWC Woman's Club of the Denville/Rockaway Area Scholarship Programs for local middle and high school students. Flyers must be presented to the server. Call Patti at 973-919-8054 or email to GFWCdenvrock@aol.com for flyer.
The Mendham Twp. Library will host teen movie night, Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at 2 West Main St. "Mrs. Doubtfire" will be presented. Refreshments will be served. Registration is required by calling 973-543-4018 or emailing programs@mendhamtwplib.org.
The Roxbury High School's 2018 media conference will benefit from a fish and chips fundraiser set for Friday, 4 to 8 p.m. The dinner will be catered by the Thistle Restaurant and Caterers of Lyndhurst at Eisenhower Middle School, 47 Eyland Avenue. Ticket are $15 per adult and $10 per child in advance. $20 at the door for adults. For tickets, email to RoxMediaConference@gmail.com.
The Madison Area YMCA will hold Bounce for a Cause for children ages 4-13 from 5-6 p.m. Friday at the Y's Family Center, 111 King's Rd. All proceeds benefit the Madison Area YMCA's Annual Fund. Cost is $20 per child. For more information, contact Gymnastics Director Ellen Gavin at 973-822-9622, ext. 2240, Associate Gymnastics Director Christina Lopez at ext. 2264 or Preschool and Ninja Program Coordinator Gus Ibranyi at ext. 2339.
The Morristown & Morris Twp. Library will host a meeting of the North Jersey Sewing Circle, "Make an au-courant Cover-up: The Custom Cape/Coat" from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at 1 Miller Rd. The event is free. The NJSC hosts European-trained designer and educator Adua Celentano, who will share her unique design for a super elegant and super easy to make coat/cape. Participants will draft and take away a custom-fit pattern. For more information, call 973-538-6161, visit www.jfpl.org or email to info@jfpl.org.
The Great Swamp OEC will host "Maple Sugaring Demonstrations" for all ages from 1-2 p.m. or 2:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the OEC, 247 Southern Blvd. Experience the fascinating process of maple sugaring from start to finish. The event is rain or shine. Cost is $3 per person ages 3 and up. For more information, call 973-635-6629.
Madison Music & Arts invites area residents to an evening of dessert and jazz at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Madison High School, 170 Ridgedale Ave. Dessert and jazz features jazz ensembles from Madison's junior and high schools as well as individual and small group performances. Proceeds support arts programs in K-12 district schools. Cost is $25 per person. To make reservations, visit https://www.madisonpublicschools.org/mma. For more information, email to Dessertandjazz@madisonmusicarts.org.
The Roxbury Public Library will host "Teen Painting" for students in grades 7 to 12 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, at 103 Main St. Paint along with a YouTube video to create your own work of art. All supplies provided. Registration is required by calling 973-584-2400, ext. 503 or visit www.roxburylibrary.ticketleap.com.
Great Swamp Watershed Association will host a Popcorn and a Movie with the GSWA from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday at the GSWA Headquarters, 568 Tempe Wick Road. "An Inconvenient Truth" is an action-inspiring documentary that follows former Al Gore on the lecture circuit. Registration is required by calling 973-538-3500 or visit www.GreatSwamp.org.
Snowshoe Sundays at Pyramid Mountain for ages 10 and up start 1 p.m. on Sunday, and continue through March 11. No experience necessary. Shoes can be rented from 9-11 a.m. or bring your own. Cost is $5 per trek, $15 for trek and snowshoe rental. Enjoy an afternoon of guided snowshoeing and trekking through the winter landscape. Pre-registration is required by calling 973-334-3130. Pyramid Mountain is located at 472 Boonton Ave.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern NJ will host Bowl 4 Kids' Sake 80's Bowl-A-Thon on Sunday at Boonton Lanes, 720 Myrtle Ave. Times are noon and 2:30 p.m. Bring your own team and support BBBSNNJ in your '80s costumes. For more information or to register, call 973-335-3044, ext. 119 or visit www.bowl4kidsnnj.org.
The Morristown & Morris Twp. Library will host "Social Injustices and the Black Lives Matter Movement" at 2 p.m. Sunday at 1 Miller Rd. The event is free. Presenter T'Anna Kimbrough, the founder of Black Lives Matter Morristown, will discuss racial injustice in American society, as well as the history, mission and goals of the BLM Movement. For more information, call 973-538-6161, visit www.jfpl.org or email to info@jfpl.org.
The Parsippany Main Library will present "Jazz at the Library" from 2-3:30 p.m. on Sunday at 449 Halsey Rd. Come for an afternoon of music performed by the MRB Jazz project. For more information, visit the library, call 973-887-5150 or visit www.parsippanylibrary.org.


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Liz Truss slams regulations in speech to US think tank backing environmental roll-back after Brexit
Treasury minister was speaking on the same day the Cato Institute called for softer environmental rules and NHS competition
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A hard Brexit think tank told a potential donor it could influence its research reports in exchange for funding
A leading think tank brokered access to ministers for US donors looking to influence Brexit
Channel Island banks fund IEA research defending tax havens
Liz Truss told a right-wing US think tank that "a thicket of regulation and control" is holding back business and called for a new "Anglo-American dream" while the group published details of a proposed deregulatory US-UK trade deal.
Her speech – given at the Cato Institute during a taxpayer-funded trip to Washington – came as Cato and other right-wing think tanks launched a major report at joint events in London and US outlining an "ideal" free-trade agreement after Brexit.
The proposed deal would threaten environmental regulations, remove current rules on imports of chlorine chicken and hormone-fed beef and open up the NHS to competition from the American healthcare industry.
Good to talk about the importance of rapidly negotiating a UK/US Free Trade Agreement at @Heritage. Lots of very interesting questions from a young audience. You can read the full text of my speech here: https://t.co/REJsxY7zw4 pic.twitter.com/ad7cu4eSQd
— Owen Paterson MP (@OwenPaterson) September 19, 2018
At the Washington DC launch of the report yesterday, Truss delivered a speech entitled 'Market Millennials' in which she described Brexit as a "huge opportunity" to "shape a new relationship with America" and "turbo charge freedom".
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The DC launch was also attended by former UK environment secretary Owen Paterson, Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee, and MEP Daniel Hannan, who edited the report.
Speaking at the London launch of the report in Westminster, the Cato Institute's Daniel Ikenson said workplace and environmental rules do not belong in trade agreements, insisting that companies can be "self-regulating" when it comes to environmental standards.
Ikenson also suggested "local farmers" had been "scaring" people about chlorinated chicken and suggested that "incumbent" providers such as the NHS should be opened up to competition as part of a de-regulatory trade deal.
I don't think labour and environmental provisions belong in trade agreements
That report, an "ideal" version of a US-UK trade agreement, was a collaboration between 11 influential right-wing US and UK think tanks – including the Institute of Economic Affairs, which enjoys close ties to trade secretary Liam Fox and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, and the Initiative for Free Trade.
The report calls for an extensive free trade deal between the US and the UK, with no tariffs on any goods, reductions in regulation, and equivalence between the UK and USA's rules, which could open up the UK to the sale of chlorinated chicken, hormone beef, and other products.
In remarks at the report's London launch, its primary author Daniel Ikenson, the director of Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute was blunt about its effects – and his view on regulation.
"Healthcare is a service, we call for opening services to competition," he said. "And I know some people are worried about what happens to the NHS, for example. We think competition is a good thing and it would lead to better quality healthcare."
Ikensen noted the report would allow the UK government to protect up to 10% of its service sector from the full effects of competition – but noted that even if this full allocation was used on the NHS it might not be enough to shelter it, given the organisation's scale.
"If the UK government were to choose to want to insulate the NHS or other services they have an allotment of 10% of the economy, though that might not be enough to cover all of the NHS but there is room for carve-outs," he said. "But this is a free trade agreement, the purpose of liberalising trade is to expose incumbent business to competition, including healthcare."
Ikenson also admitted the "ideal" trade agreement the 11 think tanks had drafted included no protections for workers or the environment, and was dismissive of their existence.
"Labour and environmental provisions are in most trade agreements nowadays, I don't think they belong in trade agreements," he said. "Couple of things the left insists on having that I disagree with … I would like to have a much cleaner, smaller set of rules that gives maximum flexibility to transact as they wish."
Ikenson continued: "Are there labour violations on occasion involving Western companies? Yes. Are there environmental issues and externalities? Yes. But I've got to say they're the exception and not the rule and these companies, for a lot of these companies, their most important asset is their brand, and they want to do their utmost to avoid these things, and so they make amends – I think it's self-regulating."
'Flooding our supermarkets with chlorinated chicken'
Amy Mount of the Greener UK coalition responded to Ikensen's remarks to Unearthed.
"This is a depressing vision for our future. Flooding our supermarkets with chlorinated chicken, undercutting our farmers and lowering standards for chemicals would be a strange way to take back control," she said.
"The UK has benefited from trade deals that embrace high standards, and enjoyed high quality food and safer products as a result. Our blueprint for post-Brexit trade should be defined by a lighter footprint on the global environment, not a low-standards free-for-all."
At the launch, the report's authors noted trade deals provided an opportunity to lock-in rules and prevent "backsliding", dismissing concerns around trade deals and food as lobbying and scaremongering, attacking UK farmers in the process.
"There's a lot of politics involved [in trade deals]," Ikenson noted. "A lot of bootlegger and Baptist stories where you have interests that want protection … and they enlist the support of unknowing groups who have social consciences, for example they don't want to eat chlorinated chicken – and chlorinated chicken, there's nothing wrong with it scientifically, it's available for sale.
"The local farmers who benefit from scaring people about chlorinated chicken have won them to their side, to do their bidding for them. There's a lot of that going on in trade policy."

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JOE PATERNO'S NEVER HEARD OF YOU
By Orson Sep 6, 2007, 10:34am EDT
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We have a friend who once, in all seriousness, said to us: "What, you're not into tentacle porn?" This seems like a joke. It wasn't. At moments like these, you feel a subway car loaded with not one, but hundreds of things you never knew about someone all rushing past you at once.
Pete Thamel's article on Joe Paterno is such a moment, reader. JoePa's not into tentacle porn, and we'd bet our right leg on it. In fact, he's just getting around to M*A*S*H, so anime/hentai pr0n would be well past any potential learning curve we can imagine.
Who is this witty young hipster rapscallion, Sue?
"We discovered 'M*A*S*H,' " Sue Paterno said, laughing. "I had heard about it, but I didn't know what it was about."
Sue Paterno has plans, though, for what happens when they get through the piles of Alan Alda smirks on tape. She's heard of this...other...show...
"They don't show 'M*A*S*H' anymore," Sue Paterno said. "But we haven't seen 'Cheers' yet. Maybe we'll find 'Cheers' soon."
WHOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHH...there's that subway car we were talking about. Don't look inside. It's scarier than you think. Not like Jacob's Ladder freaky, but more like a subway car full of men wearing spats, ties, and checking out dames while urchins shine their shoes and beg for nickels.
Addendum: Our Samoan lawyer adds the omitted hypothetical absurd quote: "We just turned on the electro-spectrometer and there was a tiny man, speaking to us!"


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Q: SQL Server : comma-separated List based on offset values The SQL query looks like this:
Declare @Values nvarchar(max) , @From int , @To int
Set @Values = 'a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j'
Set @From = 3 , @To = 7

The values must be split into rows based on @From and @To. Based on the above query, required output is
 c d e f g

Any help would be appreciated.

A: You need a string splitter for this. Here is DelimitedSplit8k by Jeff Moden.
DECLARE @Values NVARCHAR(MAX),
        @From   INT,
        @To     INT

SELECT  @Values = 'a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j',
        @From   = 3,
        @To     = 7

SELECT STUFF((
    SELECT ' ' + Item
    FROM dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(@Values, ',')
    WHERE ItemNumber BETWEEN @From AND @To
    FOR XML PATH('')
), 1, 1, '')

A: You can use this query:
declare @Values nvarchar(max)
      , @From int
      , @To int

set @Values = 'a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j'
set @From = 3
set @To = 7

;with cte as(
select substring(@Values, charindex(',', @Values, 1) + 1, 4000) as st
     , substring(@Values, 1, charindex(',', @Values, 1) - 1) ch
     , 1 as rn
union all
select substring(st, t + 1, 4000) as st
     , substring(st, 1, t - 1) ch
     , rn + 1 as rn
  from cte
    cross apply (select case when charindex(',', st, 1) = 0 then 8000 else charindex(',', st, 1) end) t(t)
  where rn < @To
    and datalength(st) > 0)

select stuff((
select ' ' + ch as 'text()'
  from cte
  where rn between @From and @To
  order by rn
  for xml path('')), 1, 1, '')
  option (maxrecursion 0)

A: Disclaimer: I'm the owner of the project Eval SQL.NET
If you have a C# background, you may might consider this library which let you use C# syntax directly in T-SQL
DECLARE @Values NVARCHAR(MAX) ,
    @From INT ,
    @To INT

SELECT  @Values = 'a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j' ,
        @From = 3 ,
        @To = 7

-- The index start at 0 and not at 1 in C#
DECLARE @sqlnet SQLNET = SQLNET::New('
values.Split('','').Skip(from - 1).Take(to - from + 1)')
.ValueString('values', @Values)
.Val('from', @From)
.Val('to', @to)

-- In multiple rows
SELECT  *
FROM    [dbo].[SQLNET_EvalTVF_1](@sqlnet)

-- In same rows
SELECT  SQLNET::New('
var splits = values.Split('','').Skip(from - 1).Take(to - from + 1).ToList();
return string.Join('' '',  splits);')
.ValueString('values', @Values)
.Val('from', @From)
.Val('to', @to)
.Eval()

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Vrbovik är en ort i Bosnien och Hercegovina.   Den ligger i entiteten Federationen Bosnien och Hercegovina, i den centrala delen av landet,  km nordväst om huvudstaden Sarajevo. Vrbovik ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Vrbovik är huvudsakligen kuperad, men den allra närmaste omgivningen är platt. Vrbovik ligger nere i en dal. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Vratolom,  meter över havet,  km norr om Vrbovik. Runt Vrbovik är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.. Närmaste större samhälle är Sarajevo,  km sydost om Vrbovik.

Omgivningarna runt Vrbovik är en mosaik av jordbruksmark och naturlig växtlighet.  Trakten ingår i den hemiboreala klimatzonen. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är februari, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med  mm nederbörd.

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Re-implemented from scratch for the highest quality demands and cross-platform support, Acoustica 7 is now the perfect tool for editing, mastering and restoration work on both Mac and PC (32 and 64 bit). The brand new user interface comes with a modern dark theme and appears crystal sharp on retina style displays.
• Acoustica Premium Edition now includes the award winning processing tools from Restoration Suite 1.8. The Standard Edition contains the same tools except for a light version of DeNoise without adaptive filtering and with fewer parameter settings.
• Acon Digital Equalize is seamlessly integrated in the Premium Edition and a light version with only the minimum phase response is included in the Standard Edition.
• Acon Digital Verberate is seamlessly integrated in the Premium Edition and a light version with a limited parameter set is available in the Standard Edition.


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Is Your Case Criminal or Civil?
A criminal case — whether or not something is a criminal action — is defined by state or federal statute. This means a law has been written that specifically makes an action illegal in our society. For example, designer drugs are so lucrative and popular when they are initially introduced because they are NOT illegal.
The legislatures must MAKE them illegal by statute before individuals can be prosecuted for making, distributing, or using these products. Criminal cases require that an individual be deemed guilty beyond a reasonable doubt for convictions.
If you are looking for defense from criminal charges, visit our Criminal Law Defense page.
In a civil lawsuit the Plaintiff sues the Defendant to get the Court to order the defendant to either perform some sort of action or to pay the plaintiff money for something the defendant did or did not do. For example, if a neighbor damages your fence with their lawnmower and then refuses to repair the damage they caused, you might pursue this as a civil action to get the court to order your neighbor to pay for the repairs to the fence, or to repair the fence themselves.
Sometimes, civil actions can arise out of a criminal action. For example, in an assault case, the attacker may face both, criminal charges for the crime of assault and a civil lawsuit in which they are required to pay for the medical bills, lost work time and/or emotional distress of the victim. Civil actions usually have a lower burden of proof (which is called "a preponderance of evidence") for a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
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We are planning to open in the context of existing clinics 2 HEALTH OPTIMIZING franchising clinics in Italy and Switzerland by December 2020. We are looking for partners who want to invest in opening clinics in Italy and Switzerland.
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Penalties related to some HIPAA violations are lowered
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is adjusting the monetary penalties it imposes on healthcare providers found to be in breach of HIPAA data protection law.
HHS will lower the maximum fine given to an organization that fails to protect sensitive patient data without being aware it is in violation, the Office for Civil Rights announced in a filing on Friday (PDF).
A business entity that breaches HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996) without knowledge of the rules is liable to pay an annual fee of up to $25,000 – a decrease from the $1.5 million maximum, originally applied to all violations no matter what their severity.
The maximum annual penalty for wilful neglect of patient data or healthcare plans remains the same at $1.5 million.
HIPAA was introduced in 1996 and was strengthened by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical (HITECH) Act, published in 2013.
The bill made several changes to HIPAA, including increasing the penalties for HIPAA violations.
HHS has now ruled that some of the penalties are inconsistent, and has introduced new rules based on the extent of the violation.
HHS expressed how its initial enforcement penalty scheme was "inconsistent with the HITECH Act's establishment of different tiers based on culpability, because the outside limits were the same for all culpability categories".
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"I think this was a good move, as it brings the annual limit more in line with the levels of culpability established under HITECH," Joseph Lazzarotti, attorney at law at Jackson Lewis PC, told The Daily Swig.
"It is hard to say how this will change levels of enforcement. It seems that OCR has been increasing enforcement over the years. One item to note there is that in the 'Outcome of Breach Compliance Review Investigations', the rate of 'Corrective Actions Obtained' has been increasing while the 'No Violation' categories flattened and then decreased.
"From the stats noted above and other information available on the site, the OCR seems to be strengthening its enforcement role.
"This likely is in response to some pressure from privacy advocates over the years and OIG (Office of Inspector General) which suggested a lack of enforcement by the agency. However, complaints have been increasing."
The calls also come despite last year's record breaking $28 million in data breach settlement fines, up from $19 million in 2017.
Last year, for example, US insurer Anthem paid a fine of more than $16 million for exposing the personally identifiable information of 79 million people – one of the biggest healthcare breaches in American history.
HIPAA is operating under the new rules as of its filing to the Federal Register last week.
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Kalank shoot Stalled! Aditya Roy Kapur gets Injured on the sets of the film
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Last month, we already came across reports that Kalank co-stars Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt suffered injuries on the sets of Kalank. And now we hear that Aditya Roy Kapur too suffered a similar fate. The actor ended up injuring himself whilst shooting an action sequence. And now the shooting of the film has been stalled owing to the mishap
If recent reports are to be believed, Aditya Roy Kapur slipped whilst shooting for an action sequence. He further hurt his jaw and even ended up breaking a tooth in the process. He was immediately taken to the hospital. Although he was given medical attention as soon as possible, the doctors have reportedly advised him to take bed rest at least for the next six to seven days.
Owing to the incident, the shooting of Kalank has been stalled and it will only resume after he recoups. There is also another reason for pushing the shoot which is heavy rains. It is a known fact that the film is being shot in Film City in Mumbai. And readers may also be aware that the city has been facing heavy rainfall. Keeping in mind the same, the team of Kalank is planning on taking it slow.
As of now, sources have been quoted in reports that the makers are worried about the constant mishaps happening on the sets. With three lead actors of the film facing injuries and wounds, it is being said that the makers are now prepping to take extra precaution on the sets.
Kalank, also starring Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt and Sonakshi Sinha, is directed by Abhishek Varman. While Madhuri Dixit had earlier shot with Varun and Alia, Sanjay recently joined the schedule of the film. But it seems as of now, he is on a break too. The actor is on a family vacation to Singapore after the shoot got stalled.
Produced by Dharma Productions and Sajid Nadiadwala, Kalank is slated to release on April 19, 2019.
Also Read: Revealed: Sanjay Dutt kicks off SHOOT for Kalank with Sonakshi Sinha and Aditya Roy Kapur
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In what could be a major blow to Motherwell, manager Mark McGhee has told the Motherwell Times that influential midfielder Stephen Pearson could be set to leave the club and move to India.
Pearson (33), played 17 games for Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League two seasons ago.
And McGhee is concerned that the goalscoring midfielder – who netted seven times for 'Well last season – may head out to India once again.
Motherwell's pre-season training will start next Monday, June 27.


5 days: Five (5) Days Masai mara budget camping safari tour is a five day low cost tour to Masai mara, lake Nakuru and Mt Kenya national parks to see the big five, game drives, game viewing, Mt Kenya viewing, flamingos, bird watching, hiking, Masai mara safari walk and much more. The five day Masai mara budget camping safari is one of the most popular shared or joining in tour to see the great wildebeest migration in Kenya from Nairobi.
This is your first day of safari in Kenya and the driver will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel. The tour starts with a drive North West of Nairobi and into the great rift valley with a scheduled stop at the great rift valley escarpment. You can see the magnificent floor of the Great Rift Valley below with Mountain Suswa and Longonot and the lake Naivasha to the North West. The steam pillars of the Olkaria geothermal hotsprings and geysers at a distance.
Drive up the western escarpment and drop into the Masai mara plains checking into your budget tented camp for lunch at 1:00pm. You will relax after the lunch with a siesta and go for an evening game drive at 1600hrs until dusk. The Masai mara is a game drive paradise like no other in the world. The Masai mara game reserve is a 1510sq km which is an extension of the larger Serengeti game reserve in Tanzania.
It's the only place where you have over 3 million animals in plains undulating savannahs uninterrupted with any trees or forests making a game drive here a lifetime experience. It's only in the Masai mara that you have the highest concentration of big cats in one place including lions, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas.
The Masai mara is however widely known for hosting the greatest wildlife migration in the world involving 2 million wildebeests, zebras and gazelles in a match across 3000km of a circular route in search of green pasture. The Masai mara wildebeest migration takes place in the months of July and October. The Masai mara game reserve is usually very busy in this month since they correspond with summer in Europe and the Americas.
Enjoy a dinner and overnight in your budget tented camp.
You will spend the whole day doing a day long game drive looking out for all the big five animals including the lions, elephants, buffalos, leopards and rhinos. You will go to the mara river to see the hippos and crocodiles in the water including the wildebeest river crossing if the season is right.
Mara river is a scenic river with hundreds of hippos and crocodiles and there is never a dull moment as wildlife come to drink the water. The crocodiles are always on a feeding spree while the hippos, well the hippos are always lazing about in the water grunting.
Enjoy your picnic lunch by the river and later go on to an afternoon game drive across the plains until late afternoon when you saunter back to camp exhausted but with a camera full of great pictures. Dinner and overnight at the Masai mara budget tented camp.
This is your last day in Masai mara and you will dash for a morning game drive after breakfast until 1000hrs. You will be looking for all the animals you may have missed in Masai mara. A morning game drive is always very interesting and you are in luck to catch a cheetah chase or a lion hunt that early.
After your game drive, you will return to the camp for check out and depart Masai mara for Lake Nakuru national park. You will have an enroute lunch at Narok and arrive in Nakuru late evening to check into a budget hotel in Nakuru town and relax or probably enjoy a walk around the town. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
On this day you will wake up early and go on a morning game drive in Lake Nakuru national park. Lake Nakuru is a 177 Sqkm national park which is fully fenced off and is world known as the biggest bird spectacle due to its over 2 million flamingos. There are also more than 600 bird species in Lake Nakuru national park and it was established as a bird sanctuary. Lake Nakuru is an important bird area as well as a Ramsar site which means its an important wetland.
Nakuru national park has many animals including rhinos, leopards, lions, hippos, buffalos, baboons, hyenas, jackals, zebras, giraffes, cheetahs and many others. You will continue with your game drive until 1200hrs when you exit the park for a drive to Mt Kenya with a lunch at Nakuru town. Proceed on to Mt Kenya arriving at 1600hrs.
Check into Mt Kenya Lodge and enjoy dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Mt Kenya –Nairobi.
Wake up to the mountain air and enjoy a breakfast. Depart the hotel at 8:00am to go and climb Mt Kenya. You will start your climb from Old Moses or the met station depending on whether you are using the Sirimon or the Naro Moru gate respectively. You will climb for about 1500m up to 4,000m when you get out of the rain forest and reach the moorland or bog region.
Here the views of the peaks Lenana, Batian and Nelion are great and you can take as many pictures as you want. You will also most likely see animals as you climb including elephants, rhinos, buffalos, giant forest hogs and many others. Enjoy a picnic lunch at the moorland and start your trek back to the gate.
You will exit the Mt Kenya national park at 3:00pm and check out of your hotel. Start your drive back to Nairobi arriving at 6:00pm and drop off in your Nairobi hotel.
Find out more details on the 5 days Masai mara, Nakuru and Mt Kenya safari tour for Sojourn Safaris by calling us on +254722661827 or fill in the form below for an instant response.


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Turkey's New Year was marred by a terrorist attack, claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS), that killed 39 people and injured many more at a famous nightclub in Istanbul. After nearly two years of deadly incidents and alarming political instability, Turks were once again left counting the dead – and wondering how much more their country can take.
In the last 18 months, Turkey has seen 33 bomb attacks that have claimed 446 lives, 363 of them civilians. Some commentators even claim that low-level terror is now almost the norm in Turkey.
To make things more complicated still, the latest attack comes only six months after a bizarre failed coup, undoubtedly one of the most significant events in Turkey's modern history.
The coup's planners had little public support, and opposition leadershave also constantly underlined that it would have been a tragedy if it had succeeded. So, the aftermath was a huge opportunity for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish president, and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to correct the country's disturbing course: to restore trust between various ethnic and religious communities, to start a new peace process with the Kurds after the last one failed in 2015, and to bring greater democracy to the country.
But instead of trying to put Turkey back on the right track, the AKP government has done quite the opposite.
Divide and rule
The post-putsch period has brought chaos and enmity as well as a total crackdown on groups and individuals, including academics, journalists, teachers, lawyers and judges. Some of them were supposedly linked to the followers of exiled religious leader Fethullah Gülen, while others support different opposition groups.
This sort of authoritarianism has been brewing in Turkey for some time, especially since the elections of June 2015 failed to hand the AKP a ruling parliamentary majority. There followed an increased level of political violence and terrorism for a period of four months, enough to convince Turkish voters that without an AKP majority, there would be no end to the bloodshed the country was witnessing. After campaigning on that basis for a re-run of the June elections, Erdoğan won the majority he so badly wanted – but the result did nothing for peace and security.
The coup attempt was the next critical turning point. Erdoğan himself called it "a gift from God" that enabled the rulers of "New Turkey" to shore up their power with ever harsher policies. Only five days after the attempted coup, the AKP government declared a state of emergency; it was originally scheduled to last three months, but was then extended until mid-April 2017. It has become a useful tool for the government, which is still using the failed putsch as an pretext to crack down on opposition.
A tank taken over by civilians in Istanbul, July 15 2016. EPA
Rather than downplaying the divisions among different ethnic and religious groups in Turkey in the post-putsch period, the ruling party and the president are deepening the country's many divisions, all the while assisted by the mainstream media. They are creating a fractured political environment which will enable them to promote constitutional amendments, in the long run presenting Erdoğan's long-held dream of an executive presidential system as the only thing that can bring Turkey back from the brink.
But the strategy may yet backfire.
In the broadest sense, the country's social and political order has proven remarkably resilient in the face of terrorism, disasters and civil unrest, but it is now under more pressure than ever. Despite the strictures of the state of emergency, Turkey clearly remains vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
The violence of the last few years has so far boosted Erdoğan's already strong public support, with many Turks trusting him to keep them safe – but with fear and uncertainty is on the rise.
Erdoğan is feeling pressure on various fronts. For example, IS recently released a video in December purporting to show two Turkish soldiers being burned alive in Syria; the authorities could not give a satisfactory answer on whether the claim was actually true. Then the Russian ambassador was assassinated by a Turkish policeman in the capital city, sending a message that no-one in Turkey is really safe. The continuing insecurity is already devouring the tourism sector, tanking the Lira, and undercutting the economy in general (with exports in particular on the wane).
All this will make it increasingly hard for the AKP to consolidate its voter base. The government seems incapable of safeguarding the basic conditions of security and stability, and if IS and other groups mount further attacks like the one on New Year's Eve, indecisive voters might actually start to move towards other political parties. The very insecurity that helped Erdoğan strengthen his power base could yet be his downfall.
Originally written for 'the Conversation'.
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Erich Möller (* 3. Mai 1905 in Hannover; † 24. Mai 1964 in Bad Harzburg) war ein deutscher Bahnradsportler und Steher-Weltmeister.

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Mit 14 Jahren sah Erich Möller sein erstes Radrennen in Hannover, das vom RV Zugvogel Hannover organisiert worden war. Kurz danach trat er selbst dem Verein bei und begann mit dem Radsport. Sein erstes Rennen fuhr er mit 15 Jahren auf einem alten, selbst umgebauten Rad und wurde Dritter. 1921 fiel der begabte junge Sportler dem Hannoveraner Sportjournalisten Heinrich Jeier auf, der sich seiner annahm und ein Trainingsprogramm für ihn aufstellte.

1922 wurde Möller im Alter von 17 Jahren überraschend Dritter bei den Deutschen Straßen-Radmeisterschaften; das Ziel befand sich nach 316 Kilometern auf der Radrennbahn von Hannover, wo Möller begeistert vom heimischen Publikum gefeiert wurde. 1923 siegte er bei Rund um Berlin der Amateure. Im Jahr darauf gelang ihm der Gewinn des deutschen Titels in Frankfurt, zudem siegte er bei kleineren Straßenrennen wie Rund um Bonn.

Im Jahre 1925 entschied sich Erich Möller für den Stehersport, drei Jahre später wie auch 1932 wurde er deutscher Meister in dieser Disziplin, 1931 wurde er Vize-Meister. 1930 wurde er in Brüssel Weltmeister der Profi-Steher, 1931 in Kopenhagen Zweiter und im Jahr darauf in Rom WM-Dritter.

1937 trat Möller vom Radsport zurück, eröffnete mehrere Fahrradgeschäfte und später eine beliebte Milchbar in Hannover. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg produzierte er eigene "Möller"-Fahrräder. Zudem initiierte und unterstützte er Radsportveranstaltungen, u. a. Sechstagerennen in Hannover, und war auch als Funktionär tätig. 1948 war er der erste Präsident des wiedergegründeten Verbandes Deutscher Radrennveranstalter nach dem Krieg.

1946 organisierte Möller deutsche Straßenmeisterschaften in Hannover. Im Zuge der Vorbereitungen kam es zum Streit mit dem Berliner Funktionär Fredy Budzinski, der daraufhin die Behauptung verbreitete, Möller sei Mitglied der NSDAP gewesen und habe zu seiner, Budzinskis, Entlassung beim Verbands-Organ Die Bundeszeitung im Jahr 1933 beigetragen. Diese Vorwürfe ließ Budzinski später fallen.

Literatur
 Walter Euhus: Speichensport. Hannovers historischer Radsport, Langenhagen 2001, S. 142–149.
 Dirk Böttcher: MÖLLER, Erich. In: Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon. Von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9, S. 257.
 Dirk Böttcher: Möller, Erich. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (Hrsg.) u. a.: Stadtlexikon Hannover. Von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9, S. 448.

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 Der Spiegel v. 9. Februar 1950: "Wenns einen so packt"

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inXile Entertainment joins Microsoft Studios
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Re: inXile Entertainment joins Microsoft Studios
Post by kilobug » November 22nd, 2018, 12:36 am
November 21st, 2018, 1:49 pm
kilobug wrote: ↑
For myself, currently playing Pathfinder: Kingmaker, which does a Linux version
I've heard it has some issues with missing add-ons in Linux versions. I haven't bought it yet, but plan to.
On the GOG version yes, the add-ons are Windows-only, but it's not like they are very important, and in the (upstream) release notes for v1.1 recently released they said they added support for add-ons on Linux, so GOG will likely catch up soon.
Apart from that, there is a known glitch (you need to overwrite a Unity dll with the version from another Unity game or there is no music), but else the game works very smoothly on Linux.
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Post by Gillsing » November 22nd, 2018, 5:09 am
That's why I'm skeptical about "we'll continue doing the same" in regards to acquisition.
Yes, it does seem unlikely that they will continue to crowdfund DRM-free games for Linux, as I don't believe they think that's the 'kind of games' they were making. I'm pretty sure the genre and gameplay defines a game for them and for the vast majority of their fans, not how it's funded or distributed.
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Post by demeisen » November 22nd, 2018, 8:04 am
I'm playing it on Linux, but didn't back the kickstarter, so can't comment on missing add-ons. Anyway, it's quite good. Early versions were rather buggy, but they've been patching the hell out of it, and it's solid now so long as you have a recent patch.
Don't expect Pillars of Eternity level artwork or emotional poignancy. They're not at Obsidian's level when it comes to visual gorgeousness (I'm not sure anyone is), but it's still quite acceptable, and in certain other ways it's a nicer game than PoE was, so all told it's worth a play. The studio appears to have talent and potential, so here's hoping they pick up the ball and run with it.
Post by shmerl » November 22nd, 2018, 10:10 am
Gillsing wrote: ↑
November 22nd, 2018, 5:09 am
That contradicts what Brian Fargo himself said. See the video I linked again. So inXile just won't care about their backer audience, they'll target different people. Whether that's "same type of games" would then depend on whom you ask. For former backers - for sure not, if they won't release them the same way. Arguably, for inXile it can be more profitable. Xbox people who don't care about things that crowdfunding backers care about are more numerous. But for backers this isn't a good thing.
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Post by PsychicMonk » November 22nd, 2018, 12:46 pm
In his latest interviews Mr Fargo was pretty clear that they pretty much won't do any crowdfunding for future projects since they are now owned by Microsoft who will fund future projects. So what will change from my understanding is that Microsoft gets to decide which of InXile's future project ideas will happen at all. But once a project happens Microsoft lets Inxile pretty much work on the game like they are used to do (That's the "nothing changes" part).
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Post by kanisatha » November 22nd, 2018, 2:27 pm
PsychicMonk wrote: ↑
In his latest interviews Mr Fargo was pretty clear that they pretty much won't do any crowdfunding for future projects since they are now owned by Microsoft who will fund future projects. So what will change from my understanding is that as the owner of InXile Microsoft get's to decide which of InXile's future project ideas will happen at all. But once a project happens Microsoft lets Inxile pretty much work on the game like they are used to do (That's the "nothing changes" part).
Very true. But isn't it the case that the funding source is always instrumental in deciding whether a game project idea is a go or not? So now, instead of a bunch of KS backers greenlighting a project, it will be the head of Microsoft Studios. Personally I think this is for the better.
Post by shmerl » November 22nd, 2018, 4:06 pm
kanisatha wrote: ↑
November 22nd, 2018, 2:27 pm
Very true. But isn't it the case that the funding source is always instrumental in
deciding whether a game project idea is a go or not? So now, instead of a bunch of KS backers greenlighting a project, it will be the head of Microsoft Studios. Personally I think this is for the better.
That depends. As a crowdfunding backer, I could vote with my wallet in a positive manner, backing their games since they planned to release for Linux and DRM-free and of course because I was interested in those games. Now MS will decide to ignore this audience, and I'll be able to vote negatively only (by not buying new games if they'll be DRMed and not available for Linux). I.e. through crowdfunding we could show demand. Through MS funding - we can't.
Post by PsychicMonk » November 22nd, 2018, 4:22 pm
So now, instead of a bunch of KS backers greenlighting a project, it will be the head of Microsoft Studios. Personally I think this is for the better.
The wishful thinking of many KS backers is/was that it is possible to greenlight "niche games" that no sane publisher would touch otherwise. Now I don't see InXile/Obsidian beeing able to so without Game Pass and a lot of people don't want Game Pass.
Also if the budget for future titles is twice as much then they will need to earn twice as much money and it's pretty unlikely that they will sell that many additional copies just because of the better polishing. It's much more likely that they will also have to streamline the game to widen the audience.
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Post by Woolfe » November 22nd, 2018, 5:20 pm
In all fairness, that is exactly what they have been doing. If anything we the backers keep getting in their way.
I for one am glad to see them lose the nostalgia wagon that they have been riding to fund their games.
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Post by kanisatha » November 23rd, 2018, 8:21 am
Crowdfunding backers are a very small group that ends up coercing developers to produce games that are exactly as they want them, with zero tolerance for even the smallest of deviations or creative differences from their absolutist demands. They are far too often whiney and entitled. And these particular backers I speak of are not even representative of all backers; rather, they're a very tiny minority within that small group of backers. But they're extremely vocal and in-your-face, and they pretend that they are the majority voice. They are the reason I no longer bother with engaging in threads on this forum. So I'd much rather see decisions about what games to make and how to make them be made by some dispassionate studio exec than these backers that I speak of.
Post by shmerl » November 23rd, 2018, 11:21 am
November 23rd, 2018, 8:21 am
Crowdfunding backers are a very small group that ends up coercing developers to produce games that are exactly as they want them
It's a two way street. Backers also allow developers making games that publishers don't care about.
I think crowdfunding as a model today hit a limitation of scale. Studios like inXile and Obsidian want to make their games bigger, but crowdfunding didn't manage to cope with the growth.
Another issue is the growing competition. There are a lot good of games coming out in RPG genre. It's not that people don't want to buy them, but what's the point in buying them all at once? It will only boost people's backlog. For instance I haven't bought Pathfinder: Kingmaker, because I have a ton of games in my backlog to play. Yet I plan to buy it.
This naturally poses a problem for developers, who can't wait that long to recover their expenses. So one way to deal with that is to make games that stand out from the competition (think The Witcher 3). But to do that you need a ton of money, and the problem is only amplified. This pushes developers into publishers' field unfortunately.
I wonder what can be done to make crowdfunding more sustainable so independent studios could continue being successful.
Post by svdp » November 23rd, 2018, 12:33 pm
Luckily you nuanced it a bit at the end, because at the start I would have said: I'm a crowdfund backer, and I didn't make any demands whatsoever. I just wanted to see what they could do, and their enthusiasm was pretty cool, and the genre looked like I like it, so I went with it.
now, I do agree there are many, many whiners on the fora. And they're only a vocal minority of 1%, but they make nice like they're the 99%.
That said, most are reasonable, and I don't think big companies/publishers are any better, and, in fact, much worse - since once they have the IP, they actually own you. I'm always reminded of the happenstances with Larian, years ago.
Yes, because it's proven again and again, being bought out by a megacorp is always better for the indie. They can work independently - assuredly so, then, and MS makes far better choices than their fans, because they *know* better than the fans, and they have an excellent track record of good decisions and making their indies thrive. One has only to look at FASA STUDIOS, BUNGIE, DIGITAL ANVIL, ENSEMBLE, RARE, LIONHEAD, BIGPARK, TWISTED PIXEL GAMES, etc. All indies bought by MS. Real success-stories! And that's because the head of MS has greenlighted things, and it sure turned out to be for the better. It sure did.
Post by Woolfe » November 23rd, 2018, 1:14 pm
svdp wrote: ↑
Soooo... whilst I somewhat agree, you do realise that all of those studios produced some great games under microsoft.
I would be curious to see how long they lasted compared to other independent studios. It may simply be that most of those studios would have folded sooner had MS not taken them on. It's not like there isn't a litany of indies that collapse.
Honestly if not for KS, InXile wouldn't be where they are today.
Post by svdp » November 23rd, 2018, 3:27 pm
Woolfe wrote: ↑
November 23rd, 2018, 1:14 pm
I beg to differ. Most produced very little, and most of what they produced, was not great anymore - compared to the original. Most got shut down. Some fought to get free again; which is strange, no, if it was such a good deal for indies?
As for your last part... well, that's a difficult one. Would they have succeeded on their own? I assume it would depend how you look at that. Things actually improved by things like kickstarter and such, because now indies have an alternative, as Inxile and Larian have demonstrated. It used to be, they had to beg money from the same big gamehouses or publishers we're actually talking about, and they often wanted their IP as collatoral as well.
So in fact, the reason they disappeared, often was the same, whether they were gobbled up, or they got forced into servitude by loans of the big corps; point is, that most of them went bust because of them. I mean, I'm sure there were some that just couldn't make it on their own as well, granted. But most of them seemed or have suffered the actual lethal blow once they were in the clutches of others, be it by directly being bought-up, or by having the loans and their IP.
Of course, you actually have those that succeeded small, but DID make it. The irony to me, is that once they get big enough, they do the same as the others. Look at Bethesda. It's a pity, but I guess that, unless you fight it actively, the bigger you are, the more inclined you are to lose your touch, zeal and actual game-drive, and thus the 'soul', if you will, of the indie company, and slowly managers and accountants and CEO's of third parties that know nothing of games take over, and from their it goes down the drain, in regard to quality and novelty of the game. IT's just about mass-producing games and moneygrabbing, after a while.
Fallout 79, anyone? Mind you, I'm not saying good games can't come out anymore. I've played skyrim lots, and liked it. But compare the 'feel' of the company now with what it was when they released Morrowind, and you can already sense the difference. Gone are the days, for instance, that you got DLC's and extra stuff for free, and they actually listened to their fans. Now it's: we're asking half of what the game costs for a DLC that gives around 1/20th of the gameplay the main game has. Or: we'll ask 5 dollars for some cosmetic horse armor... that's where you saw it started. It caused outrage then, but now it's a currentl business model/practice for hundreds of games, and people have been lulled into believing its normal. And Bethesda started gobbling up other indies as well.
Is that the inevitable fate: either go down, or do the same? Either eat them, or get eaten? Become them, or become nothing?
I dare say there are some exceptions that give me hope, like Larian, but only if you have some 'known' IP (in their case; Divinity) you can still survive, me think, as a pure indie, especially with the alternative ways to get money these days.
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Post by Drool » November 23rd, 2018, 3:33 pm
Gone are the days, for instance, that you got DLC's and extra stuff for free
When was this?
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Post by _noblesse_oblige_ » November 23rd, 2018, 4:23 pm
So I'd much rather see decisions about what games to make and how to make them be made by some dispassionate studio exec than these backers that I speak of.
As long as they're paying for it with their own money, rather than someone else's (like that of crowdfunders), then that is perfectly reasonable. But, we saw what happened with the Barrows Deep game, where inXile execs made dispassionate decisions which went in the face of what they told crowdfunders they were going to deliver. Not surprisingly, they got some blowback from some of the people whose money they took.
Post by demeisen » November 23rd, 2018, 5:15 pm
Crowdfunding backers are a very small group that ends up coercing developers to produce games that are exactly as they want them, with zero tolerance for even the smallest of deviations or creative differences from their absolutist demands. They are far too often whiney and entitled. And these particular backers I speak of are not even representative of all backers; rather, they're a very tiny minority within that small group of backers. But they're extremely vocal and in-your-face, and they pretend that they are the majority voice.
I agree that is an effect which exists.
On the other hand, without crowdfunding, would we ever have seen Pillars of Eternity? Wasteland 2? Pathfinder Kingmaker?
The classical, pre-crowdsource funding model was rapidly headed towards an industry kicking out little but Call of Duty 47 clones and Madden #394. Appealing to the biggest part of the market, but everyone else's preference was marginalized into nonexistence. There was a real dark era for RPGs, not to mention other niche genres. You can argue about the exact degree to which it was responsible, but crowdfunding helped bring about a resurgence of genres that had been deemed commercially non-viable by big studio execs because they couldn't move a hundred million units to pay for their 500-man studios. ("Taco Bell was the only restaurant to survive the franchise wars. Now, all restaurants are Taco Bell!")
That's not even to mention that DRM-free sales were the bread and butter of crowdfunded games, where the big studios were pushing heavily the other way.
I agree there are drawbacks to crowdfunding, including the one you identified, but on the flip side, the majority of games I've enjoyed in the last 5-odd years have been crowdfunded, and probably would not have happened otherwise. It's very easy to point out flaws in WL2-DC, but I still had more fun with it than anything that's come out of EA or a Bethesda for a very, very long time.
Yes you have said all this already, and I said I somewhat "AGREE", just in case you missed it.
But the reality is some of the games these studios released under the MS banner were great. You can beg to differ all you want, but there were a number of successes in that lot.
My point was though, that had MS not bought them, there was no guarantee the games they produced would have eventuated, back then they pretty much had to work with publishers or find their own investors, which was often worse than the publishers due to .
This was one of the reasons Kickstarter was seen as a saviour for mid sized Devs. It allowed them to produce something without the need to get publishers involved. It also allowed them to keep their devs between games. Very few small devs that grew into mid sized survived. They either broke apart, stayed deliberately small, or were purchased by a larger company. Now the cynic says that some of those sales were purely about the money, but not all, a lot of companies simply could not continue at the time without the assistance of larger companies.
And yes you are right at that time, during the height of the consoles, the big names, EA, MS, Sony, etc etc etc would buy up the devs and either relegate them to a single task, or take/drive away the talent and let the company die.
Today however quite a few mid sized devs have shown they can operate without the Big names. And the Big names seem to be realising that their behaviour of the past contributed to certain failures of IP, and certainly to a loss of talent.
But don't imagine for a second that this isn't to some degree about money. InXile have grown themselves to a size where 2 commercial failures in a row is not going to fly. The way I see it is that without the KS funds they probably would have sold out some time ago.
Sure, and I am not going to say that there wasn't cutthroat behaviour going on. These companies ARE businesses. But you are taking it to an extreme that it doesn't need to be at.
And microsoft is a company that has had to change in the last years. You may not be aware of the sort of goings on in the MS world, but they are definitely a different company today than they were 20 or even 10 years ago. Apple's success hit them a lot harder than a lot realise. There is a reason Microsoft have now positioned themselves as a service provider, of which their OS's is just another element. They realise that controlling the whole market ends up working against them, so they want to control as much as they can, and then have their fingers in the rest. I don't know if you are aware but there has been a big push to make MS products like Office as the most obvious example, available on IOS, Android, Even moves towards linux.
I disagree, pretty much everything I have read or heard (Bryan Fargo even talked about it) was that prior to Crowdfunding, mid sized devs were pretty much screwed. They couldn't hold staff(because they couldn't pay them without an active project, and they generally weren't big enough to be able to do multiple projects at once), so they would lose the talent they had, which meant each project would bring more variables in staffing, plus they were beholden to the publisher's whims anyway, because were invariably the companies that invested the cash, and they would spend lots of resources on showing that they were making progress to the investors etc.
So pretty much everytime they finished a product, they would lose their staff etc, then they would need to bank on the profits of whatever release to ensure they could keep their doors open long enough to start a new project. So if the product didn't do well.... They died.
Crowdfunding has allowed a lot of smaller and mid sized devs to garner cash and support for a product, which then gives them greater bargaining power, both because they don't need as much from the investor/Publishers, but also because they can show an interest in the product immediately etc.
There are some devs that stay deliberately small, as they can manage it better, and any wealth they make allows them to move onto the next game. But at a cost of not being able to do really big games.
As I said, I do somewhat agree.
Yep Pretty much, and yeah of course there are exceptions. And Larian didn't come from nowhere they built themselves up from a small spot, with a modest return each game, they found there own investors that supported them. They were a long game.
Most business is about the short game remember. I hate it as much as you, but remember that a lot of the people who worked in those great studios went on to other studios/projects. They are still creating, just not the same IP. Which IS sad. But reality is people need to make money to make games.
Welcome to capitalism at its finest.
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Post by anastiel » November 24th, 2018, 7:07 am
Good luck, and I wish you the best Inxile thanks for the best games