Thursday, March 10, 2011

THE DAILY POST MARCH 10, 2011

THE DAILY POST

MARCH 10, 2011

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Turn up the Volume, we're on the road again!




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From The Editor

Hi Gang!
Well, we are sooo happy to see you again!  As you may have already heard, Facebook had a little noticed glitch for the past couple of weeks. users could not communicate with their complete families but, rather with just a few of those friends that they had the most regular interaction with.
Here at the Post we had noticed a sharp decline in readership but, were at a loss to explain why. Finally Thursday night we caught on and around 5 pm began sending test messages to see if any one would answer. When no one responded to any of our group message sin any of our 7 propietary pages nor on the other 5 we distribute as "guest" admins (about 35,000 people, i.e. jour fan page has 14, ooo+).  We knew there had to be something wrong and posted a query on the Home wall.
Well, right away  the  Wolfpack Clan answered with their own inbox messaging horror story. At least 20 people in as many groups confirmed that this issue had been going on for at least a week and a half. So,our little team did some research and, In fact, we have saved the process as we discussed possibilities and tried different things in our Skype HQ room. We did this so you could get a quick glimpse into your friendly neighborhood reporters when trying to get a grip on an  issue ( see: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=30227&uid=204395652394 ).
We quickly found a potential culprit for  the messaging issue in the new FB privacy settings (see: http://www.facebook.com/about/messages/) And,  a link to report this issue to Uncle Zukcie's troubleshooters (FB Support ).  And, proceeded to explain how we were a small publication with x number of readers  that we were suddenly (for the last couple of weeks) unable to communicate with. Being long time FB residents, we fully expected not much would come of the report. In it's usual cold automated way,  few minutes later we got an email message that read as follows:
"Re: Not Receiving Messages: Messaging failure
The Facebook Team
6:29 PM
Hi,
Thank you for submitting this bug report and taking time to help us improve the site. Unfortunately, we are unable to respond to every bug report individually, but we are reading them.
For more information about issues currently affecting the site, please visit the Facebook Known Issues Page at http://www.facebook.com/KnownIssues. We appreciate your patience and feedback as we work to improve your Facebook experience.
Thanks,The Facebook Team"
Well, as soon as we read the auto responder text we began to look for alternative ways to let our readership know that we had always been there, that there was a glitch in the system. Convinced that there was little help to expect from Facebook Techs.  Well, as alien as the though can be,  while we were busy exploring alternatives, the FB Team was actually working to solve the issue.
Mind you please let's be very clear in that we are not claiming any credit whatsoever for this fix. In all likelihood we just put in  our report as the FB Team was  already finishing repairs prompted by the dedication of solid players like Vinie Vici, and Jess Workland. In fact the dedication of ALL those great community members with the stamina to continue complaining to FB since they noticed the issue.
We all benefit as a community from these fine people's resolve to get answers from our landlords (lol). At any rate, a little while after we made our report, word came in that the FB Team had initiated the fix and, that it was spreading through their servers. Well, even if it just because our own selfish need for a quick solution,  we really have to give big KUDOS to the FB Team (Was that thunder?). They hit this one out of the park  (by all accounts thus far!)
So, at this time we are extremeley pleased to say that it appears the issue is now gone. And, going by the number of responses to our last test message , you should all be  enjoying this intro (Oh well, at least we are enjoying writing  this for you, Happy Hunting!
:) :) :)
Honor and Respect
to all of you,
Fm yr Friends @ The Daily Post
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In the News Today

The Wisconsin effect...(The Daily Post does not advocate any political stance other than that of our democracy. We are proud of our Nation and of the men and women who serve in or out of uniform. And we are brothers to all peoples anywhere seeking to enjoy Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happines . However, we only include these teasers  to keep you aware of the world around you. And, we try to find the most fact based non-partisan voices we can with the limited time he have for this section. Far be it frou to distract you too much , as you get ready to immerse yourselves in Brasil! LOL:) 


BusinessWeek Logo

Dispatch from a Divided Wisconsin

The battle in Wisconsin is about much more than public workers' pay. It's about the future of American government

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_12/b4220072875825.htm


Dalai Lama ready to give up political power

By the CNN Wire Staff
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he speaks during a students gathering at the Mumbai University in Mumbai on February 18, 2011.(CNN) -- The Dalai Lama announced Thursday his plan to retire as political head of the Tibetan exile movement, according to his website.
"Tibetans need a leader, elected freely by the Tibetan people, to whom I can devolve power," the exiled spiritual leader said in a statement. "Now, we have clearly reached the time to put this into effect."http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/india.dalai.lama/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn


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All Things Charlie Sheen Start at TMZ

Charlie Sheen's kept his "Tiger Blood" cocktail a secret while waiting for an official sponsorship deal -- but TMZ has learned the secret beverage he's sipping is something called ... Mangosteen?!
http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/10/charlie-sheen-tiger-blood-xango-mangosteen-drink-winning-two-and-a-half-men-chuck-lorre-cbs-warlock-troll/
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Your Attention Please Moscow is now closed, I repeat Moscow is now closed хорошее Москве пока (Goo bye Moscow)

Hail the Neo-Imperuim

Taking over Bangkok even as you read this...
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JENNIFER’S SPOT

Jennifer Patterson, Editor at Large
All these stories can be read in full at: http://grou.ps/dailypost/blogs
The Loot Lady’s Blog is at: http://mwlootlady.blogspot.com
The Massacre In Moscow is over and all the Moscow pages are locked. Check out the Travel Bar drop menu and Moscow has been moved to the bottom and says "Locked Out". As predicted, The Battle In Bangkok started as soon as the Moscow timer expired and we get another newspaper image after logging in. We get 8 days to complete this Mission and it can be viewed on your Mission Bar or from...




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We've known for sometime that someone at Zynga has a fetish with Pigs. We've seen Reward Point Pigs, Prized Pigs, Pignatas (a cross between a Pig and a Pinata) and Super Pignatas. When the Super Pignatas expired, myself and many others were hoping that the Pigs were gone for good....
Episode 43 is out and it was interesting to listen to Pistol Pete talk to fellow script writer.  Find out who it is by listening now! We also talked more about the Player Advisory Committee. Click Play to listen now! Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator ...
Yesterday Mike Nestor posted the Battle in Bangkok Mission Event 411 & FAQ. It doesn't say when the Mission will start but if the story line follows the current pattern, it should start as soon as the timer for the Moscow Mission runs out which is in a little less than 12 hours from the time of this posting. We will get another Mission centered in Bangkok and we will need to take...
The Underworld Showdown Event ended yesterday and there is already unnecessary panic in the community. A lot of players are freaking out because their Showdown Trophies are not yet added to their inventory. If you are one of these players, go back in time and remember how you felt when you didn't get your Victory Rings....
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Doing a Podcast about Mafia Wars puts all of us in the line of fire to be made fun of by the community.  Here is a video created by ZFail that pokes at Zynga, the Mafia Wars Forums and the The Informant Podcast. I got a kick out of it. Thanks to Ava for sharing. Ar...
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Members Forum

Lynda Taylor-Herndon
YES...WE ARE! I CANT SEND THEM MESSAGES! been having same problem. we are having an event for St. Patrick's Day and cant email our members, well I can email them but they are not receiving them. So I posted an event, created it to send it that way....so whats the problem, do you know?
  • Yes, Bill; I was responding to a message just then, but I had no idea what you were talking about. Now...I get it! No wonder I hadn't seen any messages lately. It appears FB did listen to you this time!
    Working now, :-)
    Works for Infinity on 3 groups after 2 1/2 week outage :D
    I did threaten boycott all the way up to their press department, maybe that influenced it
    Good to know, glad your back up bro...
    Happy now! Missed you guys!
    YIP YIP YIPPEE! lol
    Got it...thx bill! hope you're well!
    Thank for good info you and the crew give your self a pat on the back if the clans can get message to the members again that would be nice
    i can only reach a few not many because of the new fb changes clans are suffering in that respect
    TEST POST RECEIVED AND APPRECIATED
    :o) Missed ya... You guys do a great job helping get info out... Thanks a Lot...
    what was the earlier message? I did not receive it.
    Hi Rob, actually the whole FB system had glitch for a coupe of weeks and you were probably getting just some (not all) of the messages intended for you (including delivery of the Daily Post). However, as of a while ago we reported the issue and, either by coincidence or grace of luck, FB has fixed the issue!
    Cheers!
    Yr friend,
    Bill;)
    Glad we are back in business.... we couldn't afford not to hear from you, we always look out for your posts Bill :)
    Thanks buddy, I really appreciate that so many good folk have missed our little issues of The Daily Post!
    :)
    Yr Friend,
    Bill;)
    Working fine for me.
    Yep! Thx 2 u 2!
    !
    Thank you all for your wonderful responses! Unfortunately space limitations prevent us from posting everything but, I think everyone gets the picture... LOL
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Eclectic Video Gallery

(Given the messaging issues, we are re-posting this set of videos )

The Old Bookmarklet Debate

This is a bit of history on the topic (2009) some of the scripts are no longer up and, others have been either absorbed by MW or, evolved altogether but, this is a really good starting point to understand them...
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Starting a Mafia Wars Looting Account
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Link-A-Nator How To
by pwbowling81
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYOPFYZ6_IM&feature=related
4:04
Mafia Wars Chucker Tutorial
by chromeangel1313
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLOHNREUtWc&feature=related
8:54
How to make free gift links in Mafia Wars
by gile1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kiq2KnZMYTU&feature=related
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Bully Issues?

The Daily Post Hot Tips 1 & Bully Re-Training Page

Join us on this page and drop Joni a line with your issues and comments. Or, if you just derive  an insane pleasure from dealing with the "re-training" of abusive players, how about joining out  Community defense program? Contact Joni or June for  details! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117933167382Please join us in creating an  updated version of the Mafia Wars Code of Conduct. As the game ultimately changes so does the need for an updated Code of Conduct.  Help us out by joining our discussion here:
If your group has an upcoming event and would like to have it distributed through The Daily Post, please forward your information to June via her facebook inbox

St. Patrick's Day Mock War

Details
Hosted by: Chainsaw Chester of [MIG]
Start: March 17th at 10:00AM Zynga time (PST)
End: March 20 at 11:59:59 PM Zynga time (PST)
Loot and Lotto sets and other things will be given away.
Sponsored by The Informant Podcast, Spockholm, Playerscripts.com and Charlie Sheen (not really)
Name the Team Contest!
Submit a name for each team. It must be Irish based (Shamrock, Limerick, Leprechaun, etc….) I will give a lotto set to the winner of each team name I select. Go to The Informant Podcast Fan Page and submit your name on this discussion thread. Good Luck!
~Chainsaw Chester
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Ganstas vs Mobsters
Attention all you mafia'maniacs!!! Please join us Friday April 1st thru Sunday April 3rd as we are hosting a 2 team battle between The Gangstas and Mobsters, sign up for either squad and be prepared to kick back and enjoy 48 hours of non-stop action. Open for all levels, tagged or not, come get some ice and and probably get iced as you meet new people and enjoy the game that we all love to play!!Please sign up here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197647486931759
Time:Friday, 01 April 2011 18:00
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POKERCON - March 18-19, 2011 - Las Vegas, Nevada
Zynga Poker is the world’s largest online poker destination with over 37 million active players. You’ve played online - now take it to the felt at Zynga Poker’s inaugural fan event!
For $125, this two-day event includes:
Entry into a No Limit Hold ‘em tournament with a prize pool valued at over $100,000Zynga Poker School – learn from the best. Top poker pros take your game to the next levelOpportunities to meet and connect with other Zynga Poker players and staffMany more events and activities…Seats are limited and are expected to sell out. Don’t lose your chance to attend - get your ticket today!
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