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Everywhere tonight throughout this great land, there are plans afoot; plans that will include scones, and friends, and tea. There may even be costumes. The SconeLady herself has been invited to, and will attend, one of these gatherings. She can hardly wait and is going to bake up some of her best scones from The Digey Food Rooms of Cornwall. And what is all this excitement? Why all the buzz? Don't you know? It is because tomorrow night is...
The Season Premiere of Downton Abbey Season 5!
Yes! It has been such ages since the season finale that we have hardly known what to do with ourselves. It is the same every year. The season finale happens, leaving everyone in a funk, and bereft. A swift depression descends (at least for a few weeks) and then we gradually forget - until Masterpiece emails start coming in to remind us that Downton Abbey still exists. And then the whole rigamarole starts all over again.
And who, really, can blame us? We have been drawn in, and we do not wish to be drawn out (even if I have been known to accidentally fall asleep from time to time..). Walking once again with the Crawley's every Sunday night is exactly where we want to be. Do NOT feel sorry for us, I beg.
In all of this preparation I could not avoid thinking back with nostalgia to Matthew Crawley, who so horribly left us at the end of Season 3. I have vaguely wondered as to whether the series has quite recovered? Whether Mary's search for a new Beau has been at all successful? I can't begin to remember them all, but surely none of them will be able to take Matthew's place! Oh sigh.
But let us put away such sad and gloomy thoughts, shall we? Let us look ahead to a new season, certain to be filled with all sorts of new surprises and mysteries that will both shock and awe. And while I won't be dressing 'in character' tomorrow night, I will certainly be ready to laugh at the Dowager Countess, be scandalized by Thomas Barrow, cheer on Mr. Bates, and adore Mr. Carter.
(I only hope I don't fall asleep).
See you along the way!
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Kevin Durant undoubtedly deserves the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award up to this point of the season because of his amazing season with the Oklahoma City Thunder, so far. If Durant was to win the MVP for the 2013-2014 season, it would be his first ever award that honors the top player in the regular season. Not only does Kevin Durant need the award for his career, but the NBA needs him to win the MVP to market his elite success as the primary challenger to Lebron James.
Look at Steve Nash, for instance, to observe how important MVP awards can be. Nash, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, was the premier point guard in his prime. He impressively won two consecutive MVP award in during a time where Lebron James and Kobe Bryant were both near their prime. After he is retired and is a candidate for the Hall of Fame, Steve Nash's two MVP awards will dramatically improve his chances of being inducted into the Hall. Without them, Nash, who has never won a championship, would likely be seen as a Hall of Fame candidate who is "on the fence" about getting in. His MVPs will also back up the great career that Nash has had.
Durant had an amazing month of January in which he put up incredible numbers by averaging 35.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 6.1 assists per game. Kevin Durant had to step up in the absence of star teammate, Russell Westbrook, who is suffering another knee injury. The Thunder went on a hot streak as they became the team to beat with Durant leading the way. This is definitely how MVPs play in crucial times, and it shows that Kevin Durant undoubtedly deserves the MVP this season.
Michael Jordan is considered one of the best players to ever play in the NBA because he had a remarkable amount of awards and championships to back up his greatness. Jordan finished his career with five MVP awards and six NBA championship rings. After being criticized for not winning a title early in his career, Lebron James signed with a talented team so that he could compete for a championship with Wade and Bosh. Lebron now has four MVPs and two championships. Kevin Durant, who has the talent to be among one of the game's elite players, needs to start building his resume in order to be considered a NBA legend.
The main scenarios that would challenge and inhibit Durant in obtaining his first MVP award involve Lebron James or an unfortunate injury. Lebron James could go on another hot streak like he did in the early part of the season, which had him shooting above .600 percent. Lebron has completely dominated the MVP award as of late, as he has won four out of last five. The other main scenario that would keep Durant from being crowned the MVP would be an unfortunate injury. This would be absolutely devastating to the competitive franchise and the talented phenom.
The NBA has seen its fair share of elite stars competing for supremacy: Wilt Chamberlain vs. Bill Russell, Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan vs. Isiah Thomas, Lebron James vs. Kobe Bryant. With Kobe Bryant being injured and not getting any younger, Lebron will need a viable contender to battle for overall supremacy as the NBA's best player; Kevin Durant is the man to challenge him. The fans absolutely love watching the best two players in the league battling it out, and if the Heat and the Thunder met again in the NBA Finals with both players near their prime, it would be a historically popular event.
With the MVP representing the top award a player can receive for their performance in the regular season, it undoubtedly deserves to go to Kevin Durant this season because of his phenomenal play, so far. Unless an unlikely cold streak or unfortunate injury occurs in the second part of the season, Durant looks like he will earn his first MVP trophy. He also needs to win the MVP award to begin building his resume as a future NBA legend.
By Glen Parris
Sports Illustrated
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Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday full of family and food. Honestly, what's not to love about Thanksgiving? In case you forgot about all the awesome perks that come along with this holiday, here are some reasons to love Thanksgiving!
1. Carbs on carbs on carbs.
Give me all the mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, and pie. I want it all!
2. Turkey: The Main Event
Ok, so yes the array of carbs may be my favorite part of Thanksgiving, but how could you not love turkey?
3. It's socially acceptable to go back for seconds, or thirds...or fourths.
There is plenty of food to go around, literally. So there's no shame in going in for your 4th serving of mashed potatoes and gravy. The only thing you'll feel ashamed about is NOT eating after you're full.
4. Quality family time.
No work, no school, no distractions. Just a full day dedicated to spending time with the ones you love and making memories that will last forever.
5. More than one dessert!
Our parents always told us we could only pick one dessert after we finished our meal, but on Thanksgiving, they tell us, "come on, pick another!" And I will never argue against more dessert!!
6. A day to be thankful.
We all live busy lives and sometimes we forget everything good in our lives that we are thankful for. Thanksgiving is a day we get to reflect and feel grateful for everything we have been given in our lives. You're reminded how special it is to be you!
7. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
There are few things more satisfying than watching giant floats move through the street of New York. It's a weird concept, but an awesome tradition we all share as a nation!
8. Thanksgiving day football.
Whether you're watching a game on TV or playing your own game outside, Thanksgiving football is a family event! Thanksgiving football is especially a big deal for my family because we are all huge Cowboys fans!
9. Food coma naps are what dreams are made of.
There's nothing like that feeling of exhaustion you get after eating a huge meal and being able to kick your feet up and PTFO.
10. Leftovers.
Turkey sandwiches are lunch for the next week and I am not complaining.
11. There's no bedtime on Thanksgiving.
It's not bedtime once your bellies all full from delicious food, it's shopping time! Black Friday is calling our names & who doesn't love pulling an all-nighter on Thanksgiving for the sake of a good sale?


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2019 NFL – Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins Preview & Prediction
When is Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins taking place? Sunday 8th September, 2019 – 18:00 (UK)
Where is Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins taking place? Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
What is the expected weather for Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins? 32c with some clouds above as well as a small chance of rain
What television channel is Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins on? Sky Sports will be showing live NFL games during the season so it is worth checking their schedule
Where can I stream Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins? Subscribers to NFL GAMEPASS can stream matches live on their platform
Where can I get tickets for Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins? Check Ticketmaster for ticket information on selected games
What was the outcome in the last meeting? Baltimore Ravens 27-10 Miami Dolphins
- Baltimore ended last year as AFC North champions but couldn't overcome Los Angeles Chargers in the first week of the play-offs and will be hoping to go deeper into the post-season this time around.
- The Ravens allowed QB Joe Flacco to move on over the off-season as they look to build their franchise around Lamar Jackson and he will be tasked with throwing the ball more after showing his running threat last year.
- Only CB Brandon Carr appeared on the Baltimore injury report at the start of the week as he was a limited participate with a hip complaint but he should be fit enough to suit up for this game against Miami.
- Miami lost their final three matches of last season as they fell to 7-9 which saw them blow a great chance to make the play-offs and cost head coach Adam Gase his job with Brian Flores appointed as his successor.
- The Dolphins made a big move in the off-season as they traded for a new QB with them managing to acquire Josh Rosen from Arizona which will see them go in a different direction from Brock Osweiler in what proved to be an expensive mistake.
- Ryan Fitzpatrick also arrived and he has edged out Rosen to the starter's job this week whilst the Dolphins will hope to have WR Albert Wilson available for the season opener after he was limited at practice during the week because of a hip injury.
Miami and Baltimore could both have big seasons in store but a lot will revolve around how their QBs perform. Josh Rosen will be tasked with making the Dolphins into a play-off side but he needs to wait for his shot to start under center whilst Lamar Jackson's passing game will come under scrutiny as he attempts to demonstrate his throwing ability. Jackson could be one of the big hits of the year and that will ultimately lead to a successful season for the Ravens with them able to win this season opener although the Dolphins could make it difficult for them.


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Sudden Strike 4 - Road to Dunkirk (DLC)
Sudden Strike: Road to Dunkirk is an expansion to the beloved real-time strategy game developed by Kite Games. This expansion centres on the events surrounding the famous rescue of Allied soldiers in the French coastal town of Dunkirk during WWII, the events are also known as 'Operation Dynamo'. Shift the axis of power in the fiercest war throughout our history, play in two mini-campaigns and execute new single-player missions and evacuations!
The German campaign offers you an opportunity to break the French defences in the Battle of Lille, take over the town of Dunkirk, and destroy the British battleship! Play as the French war commander Charles de Gaulle!
The Allied campaign will task you to initiate in the British counter-offensive fronts during the Battle of Ypres-Comines and save as many of your fellow soldiers as possible in the 'Operation Dynamo'! Play as the British Expeditionary Force division commander Harold Alexander and execute your missions to your maximum ability!
Sudden Strike 4: Road to Dunkirk Expansion also introduces over 10 new destructive units!
Game details
- Single-player
- Multiplayer
- Bird-view
Works on:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Korean
- Polish
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
- Traditional Chinese
Release date:
October 20, 2017
Kite Games
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Minimum system requirements
- System requirements: Windows 7, 8, 10
- Processor: AMD or Intel, 3 GHz Dual-Core or 2.6 GHz Quad-Core
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7850, NVIDIA GeForce 660 series
- Storage: 12 GB
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DetailsReady to rack up the smiles, this beloved 15" Teddy Bear arrives dressed in a brown chenille fleece moose costume. One of the cutest keepsakes in our collection, it's right at home in an outfit inspired by the great outdoors. Always up for hugs and happy adventures, this floppy Bear is a friend that comforts in good times and bad, with no joints so it's soft all the way through. One-piece fleece costume has a zip-front design and extra-soft feel to rival the super-smooth Bear fur. Makes a perfect gift for holidays, birthdays and other special occasions. Moose pajamas include front pockets and a hood with soft nose and antlers. Stuffed with love in Vermont, USA, using 100% recycled stuffing. Guaranteed for life.
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In today's post we want to present the best 5 sites to convert GIF to PDF online in a completely free way without using special programs to install and configure on your PC.
These resources, which we will list and describe in detail later, essentially allow you to load a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) and get a single PDF file after conversion, containing all the frames in the original GIF.
The tools of the article are very simple and intuitive, so they can be used by all users, even those who have little experience in the field of conversion.
But now let's get to know the complete procedures to convert in a few simple steps our GIFs into PDF files to keep and use when you need them.
Content index:
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- Convertio GIF to PDF Converter
- ConvertImage
Ezgif.com GIF to PDF Converter
Ezgif.com is the first site that we analyze and essentially it is a very complete tool that allows an easy and fast conversion of GIF files to PDF. Before starting the real conversion process, you have to reach the site via the link provided a little higher and then you have to perform the following summary:
- Select the GIF file to be converted from the PC
- Choosing the image just click on Upload
- To convert, use the Convert to PDF button
- The converted file will appear in the PDF Output Box
- Click on the new file to view and download it
Online Converter
Another excellent and complete alternative to convert GIF files to PDF is the Online Converter that provides a complete set of tools to perform any type of conversion, even if we are more interested in the management of GIFs.
What you need to do to make the conversion with this tool is summarized in the few steps listed below:
- Reach the service home page
- Choose the source of the File (PC or URL)
- Click on Browse to upload our GIF
- Click on Convert to get the PDF file
- We wait a few seconds for the conversion
- Save the file in the new format
Another resource that becomes part of our post is PDFConvertOnline.com and is a service completely dedicated to the conversion and management of files in PDF format. This is a very simple and effective site, just think that conversions occur instantly with a click simply. Now let's see how to move within the service:
- Visit the service page to convert GIF to PDF
- Load the GIF using the Browse button
- Click Convert Now to start the conversion process
- The file to be downloaded will appear on the new page
- Click on the link of the file to view and save the PDF
Convertio GIF to PDF Converter
Convertio GIF to PDF Converter perhaps among all the sites in the post is the best but also the most complete because it allows you to simultaneously convert two GIF files into a single PDF file. How does this excellent resource work?
- Reach the site of the service
- Choose where to upload the GIF (PC, google drive, dropbox or URL)
- Uploaded the photo now you have to click on Convert
- Finally you can choose whether to reduce the file size or download the newly converted file
The last tool we're going to describe at the end of the post is ConvertImage. Essentially it offers the same characteristics of the "colleagues" mentioned in the previous paragraphs. Its basic functionality is to convert any file in GIF format to PDF and keep the new file for a maximum period of 15 minutes. To convert our files you must:
- Visit the homepage of the site
- Choose the Output format (in our case PDF)
- Load the GIF using the Select Your Image function
- Accept the Terms of Use
- Click on Convert This Image
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Faculty DirectoryRon Deverman
Adjunct Professor
Associate Vice-President and Principal Environmental Planning Manager, HNTB
Contact2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
BS, Civil/Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana
MA, Literature and Creative Writing, University of Illinois, Springfield
Ron Deverman is Associate Vice-President and Principal Environmental Planning Manager for HNTB, a national engineering, architecture and planning firm, managing environmental impact assessment projects for transportation infrastructure improvements such as transit, passenger and freight rail, roadways, and bridges. Ron has over 32-years-experience in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) with special expertise in community impact assessment, cumulative effects analysis, and other federal environmental regulations, such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and Threatened and Endangered Species Act. Ron is currently the Program Manager for IDOT's Office of Intermodal Project Implementation for the CREATE Program, a program of 70 rail improvement projects in the Chicago area; Ron is managing all activities for Phase I environmental, Phase II design and Phase III construction (see www.createprogram.org).
His education includes a BS in civil/environmental engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana, an MA in literature and creative writing from the University of Illinois in Springfield, and post-graduate studies in NEPA and related environmental studies. Ron is a Past President of the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP). He has also chaired their national NEPA Symposium, NEPA Working Group, Transportation Working Group (co-founder), and NAEP's 2016 Annual Conference, among other positions of leadership. He is a Past President of IAEP, the Illinois chapter of NAEP, founded in 1975 as one of the original three chapters of NAEP. Ron has authored articles for, Environmental Practice, published by Cambridge University Press, and Environmental Law Reporter.
Ron has conducted numerous training courses on NEPA, environmental compliance, project and interdisciplinary team management, and effective community engagement. He has also been a key speaker for several national webinars for NAEP and American Public University. Ron is also a published poet and has spoken nationally on many subjects, including key competencies for environmental professionals, environmental stewardship, and public health impacts and benefits of our transportation choices. Ron comes from generations of farmers in Illinois' heartland and has farmed for a living. In 2009, the U of I Alumni Association awarded Ron the John Knoepfle Creative Writing Award for Poetry, a particularly memorable award as John Knoepfle has been a life mentor to Ron since his days at the university.
Selected Publications
"Cohen NEPA Summit: Developing a 21st Century Impact Assessment Structure," Key Speaker, 41st NAEP Annual Conference, April 2016, Chicago, Illinois.
"Cultural Landscapes – Deep Culture," Panel Speaker, 41st NAEP Annual Conference, April 2016, Chicago, Illinois.
"Setting Policy and Precedence: CREATE in Motion," Co-Author, peer-reviewed article, Environmental Practice, Volume 17, Number 4, December 2015, Cambridge University Press.
"Palpable Outcomes: Team Learning and Leadership in Transportation," Author, peer-reviewed article, Environmental Practice, Volume 17, Number 4, December 2015, Cambridge University Press.
"Changing Perspectives: EIA and HIA Workshop," presentation for the 1st International Conference on Transport & Health, July 2015, University College, London, England.
"Setting Policy and Precedence: CREATE in Motion," presentation, NAEP Annual Conference, April 2015, Honolulu, HI.
"Environmental Assessments: Guidance on Best Practice Principles," Co-Author, Environmental Law Reporter, 45 ELR, February 2015, Environmental Law Institute, Washington D.C.
"Guidance on Best Practice Principles for Environmental Assessments," Co-Author, NAEP Report to President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), CEQ Pilot Project, August 2014, NAEP.
"Health Impact Assessment and Transportation Decision-Making: Environmental Nexus," 5 Presentations: APA-TRB Summer Conference, August 2014, Nashville, TN; NAEP Annual Conference, April 2014, St. Petersburg, FL; ITE Annual Conference, May 2013, Seattle, WA; APHA Midwest Regional Conference, October 2012, Grand Rapids, MI; APHA Annual Conference, February 2012, San Francisco, CA.
"Our Choices in Motion," Environmental Practice, Volume 13, Number 1, March 2011, Cambridge University Press.
"Water's Gift – Life in Balance," Environmental Practice, Volume 12, Number 4, December 2010, Cambridge University Press.


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Italian - Continuers
At Bromyard Road Methodist Church - Meeting Room, WR2 5DL on Wednesday at 10:30hr
Leader and Contact: D. Hall
This group follows on from last year's 3rd year, consolidating and enlarging upon what was achieved last year. The group is full, maximum 9
We use the Berlitz "Italian in 30 Days". It is optimistically named, as many language courses are. The range of activities includes conversation, grammar and translation among other things.
Everyone in the group has a love of things Italian and a willingness to learn, but we laugh a lot because we do not take ourselves too seriously.
Please note that as Daphne is unable to offer a Beginners' Group this year. please do not contact her about Beginners Italian at the moment.
D. Hall
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Finally a boy Christmas card! Yay! This time I've really tried to keep everything at its minimal. I have to say I absolutely LOVE the sentiment. It came out clean and clear on this simple card.
Products Used:
The Greeting Farm – I love Sweaters
Hero Arts – Holiday Sayings
American Crafts – Shortbread (trees)
Spellbinders – Classic Oval, Classic Scalloped Ovals
Farm Fresh Friday – Clean and Simple
Stamp and Create – Winter Wonderland
CHNC – No Patterned Paper
One Stitch At a Time – One for Christmas
Crafty Catz – Male Cards
Paper Shelter – Anything Goes
Brown Sugar – Anything Goes
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ArtReach (http://www.artreach.biz) is a dynamic cultural development charity that helps support and drive high-quality arts and heritage initiatives.
ArtReach is at an exciting point of its development, in its second year as a Band 2 Arts Council England NPO, developing new projects locally and nationally, and providing strategic consultancy support to a variety of important cultural organisations. ArtReach has also recently been successful in securing funding for a large-scale Creative Europe project, LIBERTY, this is a major 3-year project with 12 partners across 10 European countries.
We are looking for a full-time producer to join our team. The role will focus on the delivery of ArtReach's Night of Festivals (http://www.nightoffestivals.com) with additional responsibilities across a range of other ArtReach and client projects.
The role includes fundraising and strategic planning in relation to Night of Festivals, developing artistic ideas and initiatives, delivery and management of outdoor festivals and events, project management, working with partners and funders.
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Simon Kennedy
Wednesday, 22 October 2014 01:44 PM
Two weeks ago, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde retold the scene in which Alice reaches a fork in the road and asks the Cheshire Cat for advice on which direction to head. Lagarde told the IMF's annual meeting that policy makers should choose the route to faster economic growth.
Now it's the turn of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s Peter Oppenheimer to turn the pages of Lewis Carroll's classic for inspiration.
Just as Alice was confused by the strange world she found herself in, Oppenheimer said in a report published that investors face the unfamiliar in an environment of zero interest rates and low economic growth.
Further complicating matters is that some old relationships have also broken down since the financial crisis. "Curiouser and curiouser," he writes, quoting from Alice, in noting equities and bonds have often both performed well at the same time. Some of the strongest market performances have also been in the weakest economies.
Road Fork
So which fork in the road should investors now take? Oppenheimer, Goldman Sachs's chief global equity strategist who correctly predicted in March 2012 that stocks would keep climbing, lists three possible paths, all with different economic and investment outcomes.
The first is "secular stagnation" in which growth remains well below its pre-crisis trend and inflation remains sluggish, generating weak returns for equities over bonds and low market volatility.
Another route is a return to normal in which a new engine of expansion emerges such as a revolution in U.S energy or surge in Chinese consumption, leaving stocks a winner.
The final option, and the one viewed most likely by London-based Oppenheimer, is a "Great Moderation" in which growth recovers yet not enough to raise inflation pressures, which are also restrained by technological innovation. Interest rates rise slowly and there is enough growth to generate profits.
Such a backdrop would encourage the bull run and four-year outperformance in equities to continue, although it would eventually spell low returns, according to Oppenheimer.
Bubble Threat
It could also push down bond and credit yields further, creating the threat of a bubble which would burst when interest rates are raised and investors are caught off guard, having discounted such risk.
Oppenheimer's assessment seems to mesh with that of his colleagues in Goldman Sachs's economics team. In a separate note they said that although global growth remains sluggish, the U.S. should be able to grow faster than trend next year and beyond due to its lack of reliance on exports and the fact its outperformance is in keeping with past patterns.
While his favored outlook is for moderate expansion, Oppenheimer still notes "markets seem to be pricing in a growing probability of stagnation, particularly in Europe." That leaves them prone to a shift in risk from equities to bonds if, as he expects, growth conditions stabilize.
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Since she had some time to spare, what better way to enjoy it than to make herself look incredibly hot. Once she was naked in front of us, this babe displayed her stripped stockings and her shaved pussy. She enjoys posing in her house and playing with herself.
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Its strange: ever since I decided to start a blog a couple of weeks ago, my life has had a running commentary to it. I've been engorged with the need to tell complete strangers from all around the world of my joys and woes as I clamber back onto the rodeo bull that is craft. Like a squirrel expecting a heavy winter, I have been storing other crafters blogs, soaking up inspiration like my liver to real ale, drowning in a sea of metaphor of my own making.
But I digress....
Its all go at the moment.
After getting back in the crafters saddle with this
(a blanket made from scraps of fabric I've been saving for...well, who knows what for...a fabric drought?)
I got the bag making bug again, which was a relief as I'd been suffering from a severe creative block. The idea was to use up all the bits of fabric that I have languishing under my bed to make some space for the stuff that is still homeless: our house is tiny so every little inch of space counts. So I thought I'd throw it out to the world to see what people thought, and hopefully buy, thus making space for me and the family. Although I wouldn't mind keeping them!
I've set up a shop at Etsy: I'd love to know what you think.
I've started putting up my photos on Flickr: your comments will be gratefully received!
But its been tricky keeping focused on setting up the shop and Flickr with all this gorgeousness shouting at me:
says it all
yummy blues n greens
sexy reds (can you have sexy buttons?)
oh how I love ebay! They all came in the tin, each one put away for when its needed. Each button with a tale to tell.
I also got these beauties in the post:
the obligatory Japanese sewing book
cups of tea! Its a sign!!!
I love this naive style of embroidery
Not many magazines can claim this, although this magazine does it for me!
I'm off to put the last bits on Etsy so that Bernina and I can create some more gorgeousness!
Have a lush weekend!
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
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Violent Storm
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Violent Storm (バイオレントストーム) is a 1993 side-scrolling beat-'em-up for the arcades produced by Konami.
|Violent Storm
U.S. arcade flyer of Violent Storm.
|Kenichiro Fukui
Seiichi Fukami
|August 30, 1993
|Beat'em up
|Up to 3 players simultaneously
|Arcade system
|Mystic Warriors-based hardware
|384 x 224 standard resolution
In the 1990s, World War III has at last ended. The people are left to pick up the pieces and rebuild their civilizations. However, vicious gangs that prey on these defenseless citizens are obstructing the reconstruction.
The main protagonists are Boris, Wade and Kyle, vigilantes who protect the fearful and helpless. Their largest problem is the corrupt, incorrigible, ruthless and lethal gang known as The Geld Gang. They have commissioned every type of person imaginable: purple-haired, leather-clad, chain-wielding, lead-pipe swinging, masked, martial artists, orange-mohawked, and men who use manhole covers as shields.
One day, when the trio is patrolling the streets, alert, ready and able to help those in need, they see a woman named Sheena (a friend of theirs) waving at them as she walks across the street from a supermarket with groceries. A moment later, Lord Geld's right-hand man, Red Freddy, snatches her away on his motorcycle. Now, the three braves must save Sheena from the grips of Lord Geld.
In Violent Storm, up to three players can choose between Wade, Boris and Kyle, who have different fighting styles, speed and moves, some of which are hidden. Players must guide them through 7 different stages, in order of appearance: a declined town, a runaway train, in the taverns with trap doors, inside a metal furnacery, a botanic garden, a bay area near the sea and finally Lord Geld's museum. Along the way, if the players clash with any enemy, they will wallop, sock, pommel, whip and slug against the players, sometimes with weapons like knives, lead pipes, bombs, bolts of electricity, spiked balls on chains, garbage cans, vise grips, molten metal and a myriad of other deadly armament.
Bonus StagesEdit
If you beat the entire game with just one credit, you'll get to play "Violent Round". The bonus round will start after you manage to kill the last stage boss. The "Violent Round" goes again through the same 7 stages but this time you will face an increased number of enemies.
- Wade – The balanced character and the de facto leader of the trio. His specialty is the uppercut.
- Boris – The powerhouse of the group with unmatched damage. He has four different devastating throws and backbreakers at his disposal, and is able to hit fallen enemies with the pipe.
- Kyle – The quick character of the three, whose lower damage is compensated for by his speed. He can fire off rapid kicks that are excellent at stopping charging enemies.
If Wade or Kyle attempt a regular throw on a heavy enemy or boss, the foe may sometimes free himself and flatten them instead (unless the player presses the Attack button repeatedly). Only Boris is capable of lifting all enemies above the ground to throw or piledrive them into a location of the player's choosing.
In Japan, Game Machine listed Violent Storm on their November 1, 1993 issue as being the twenty-first most-successful table arcade unit of the year.[1]
External linksEdit
- Violent Storm at Arcade History
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 460. Amusement Press, Inc. November 1, 1993. p. 25.


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The Perfect Packaged Diet
With the proliferation of packaged fish diets on the market these days, hobbyists are turning to retailers for help in finding the most ideal products for their fish.
I remember walking into a pet shop in 1965, the first year I ever kept tropical fish, looking at the selection of packaged fish foods and thinking, "How do I know which of these I should feed my fish?" Segue to the present and imagine the angst experienced by novices as they stare at a wall of fish food. Back in the old days, there were only a few brands. Today, there are so many choices that no single store can—or should—carry all of them. So how do retailers know which foods to carry and how best to market them to customers?
The key to successfully retailing packaged fish diets is to have a useful, working knowledge of the subject and the ability to share that vital information with customers—an area in which pet specialty retailers can truly differentiate themselves from the competition.
Big-box stores are in business to make money, as are independent pet specialty retailers. However, unlike the big-box competitors, indie specialty stores are the backbone, the lifeblood, and the heart and soul of fishkeeping. Without them, the tropical fish hobby would die off in short order. Their knowledge and passion for this business can never be matched by endless aisles of merchandise. And since fish food is at the very foundation of this industry, it is the most important item specialty retailers sell.
Still, as we all know, it is next to impossible to personally wait on every single customer who comes into the store. Many of them come and go with their purchases and never speak to any employees except at the cash register. There is nothing wrong with this, but if you see someone standing in the fish food aisle and taking an inordinate length of time to shop, the odds are that they can use some help. Here's a good way to do something about that. First, put the fish food in a prominent location where people working at the front counter can see the comings and goings in that department. This will allow you to help more of your customers (as well as discourage shoplifting of these often pocket-sized items).
Secondly, even though people are frequently reluctant to seek out help, you can provide a tool for them to use. Place a buzzer right in the middle of the fish food section with a sign underneath that reads, "Help Me, My Fish Need the Right Food." If a customer pushes the buzzer, they should be guaranteed help within two minutes. This is a simple, painless method for someone to request help. You will be surprised to discover how many people will take advantage of this service. It's customer satisfaction to the max. And while you are at it, you can convince the customer to try more than one selection. It's extra sales with a minimum of effort.
Over the years, while the variety of items finding their way into packaged diets has grown, the value of many of these items as nutritional components is, at best, questionable. In other words, there is a lot of filler in many fish foods, and this material is of extremely limited value to the fish. Still, a food of low nutritional value but heavily spiked with flavor attractants will be gobbled up posthaste. Fish cannot tell which foods are the best for them. You are a better judge of that.
Customers should always read the contents on a package of fish food, but even when they do, it doesn't mean they understand what they are reading. You and your employees should be the interpreters of this jargon. Let's look at a couple of examples. Staple or basic diets typically imply that everything a fish needs nutritionally is in the food. While this matter is up for debate, let's move over to the specialty diets. If you are trying to feed vegetarian fish, such as a headstanders or Leporinus, you will want a food that appeals to these species. The ingredients should be primarily derived from plants, not animals. Many foods aimed at plant-eating fish have animal protein as their first, or primary, ingredient.
High-quality plant-based foods that would be good for fish are frequently expensive to cultivate, grow or collect. Low-grade, animal-based proteins are available from animal-processing facilities at cheap prices. It's common practice to find these substandard or incomplete herbivorous fish food products. What you should look for are foods with items like algae as the primary ingredients. Further down the list, it's perfectly acceptable to have an animal protein, since it will serve as a good appetite stimulator by helping the food smell good to the fish. It's all about evoking the olfactory response first and satisfying the dietary requirements second.
What about the reverse of this equation? Suppose you are looking for a really good source of animal protein for carnivorous species of fish. Obviously, animal proteins should come primarily from prey that a fish might actually encounter in the wild. This is unlikely to be anything that comes from cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, etc. You should look for ingredients such as fish, shrimp, squid, crabs, etc. These are higher-priced sources of protein than items that are usually farmed.
Flake foods are the gold standard, but they are not the perfect food for many fish. Large specimens frequently inhale a cloud of flakes only to exhale most of it through their gills. After that, the fish may or may not scavenge the substrate for leftovers if the filter does not suck everything up. A better choice than flakes would be large pellets, sticks or discs. These can be taken in and crushed by the jaw or pharyngeal teeth. This way, very little goes to waste.
Try to convince your customers to feed a variety of packaged fish foods in a variety of forms. After a short period of experimentation, it will become abundantly clear which items the fish prefer. After that, it will only be necessary to tweak the diet if new types of fish are introduced to a tank. Even people can get bored feeding the same foods to their fish, so you should encourage experimentation as long as the results are positive.
If you decide to start carrying a new fish food, be certain you are doing it for the right reasons. Making more money is a good thing, but not at the expense of your customer's good will and their fish's health. There are some really good fish foods out there, and I highly recommend stocking the brands that the big-box stores eschew. You can't compete with them on price, so go the other route and sell what they don't or, in a few cases, can't stock. It's always good to be a leader and not a follower.
Edward C. Taylor has been in the pet industry for over 30 years as a retailer, live fish importer and wholesaler, and fish-hatchery manager.


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FBI takes over Bridgeport scrap metal probe
BRIDGEPORT — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken charge of the city's internal criminal probe into illicit scrap metal sales and other allegations against the Public Facilities Department made in an anonymous letter.
"We have been instructed to back off," Police Chief Armando Perez told Hearst Connecticut Media Thursday afternoon. "They have it."
Perez and Mayor Joe Ganim confirmed the FBI's involvement, rumored for weeks, after Hearst reported that federal agents visited the downtown government center Thursday morning. One source claimed to have witnessed the agents in the public facilities office, while others said they heard about the visit from alarmed municipal workers.
Ganim, whose first administration in the 1990s was toppled by a federal corruption probe, emphasized he and his staff are fully cooperating with the FBI.
"Everyone has an obligation to cooperate with law enforcement," said the mayor, who was re-elected in 2015 after appealing to Bridgeport voters for a second chance. "There is no gray area here."
Ganim also said, "If there's public money missing, it's got to be acted on by law enforcement."
Perez said he did not know who the FBI agents interviewed Thursday, but he, too, had heard they were at Public Facilities.
The massive department oversees the maintenance of roads, city buildings, sidewalks, vehicle fleets and parks, along with trash hauling and recycling operations. Public Facilities has been run since 2016 by John Ricci, a veteran public servant who has helped advise Ganim's mayoral campaigns and the mayor's failed 2018 bid for governor.
"It was not a surprise they were in the building," the police chief noted of the FBI agents. The chief said he, at Ganim's request, had gotten the bureau involved last fall.
Side sales
Hearst first reported in early November on the anonymous letter to the City Council accusing public facilities of maintaining a secret petty cash fund for off-the-books scrap metal sales to Bridgeport-based P.C. Metals. The letter writer alleged revenues of over $25,000 over two years.
Profits from the sale of municipal property are supposed to be deposited with the Finance Department. And excess scrap metal is normally collected at the Bridgeport dump to be sold by the city to Sims of New Haven.
The letter writer also alleged that Public Facilities has improperly awarded large, no-bid contracts for different projects, including the ongoing construction of a new municipal garage.
Ricci acknowledged in a November interview the existence of the scrap metal petty cash fund. But he told Hearst that only around $5,500 had been raised over two years, and that the money was spent on staff morale — birthday cakes, meals, event tickets and donations to various causes — and on small equipment purchases.
But documents obtained by Hearst in December corroborated the anonymous letter and showed over $35,500 worth of cash-for-scrap transactions between municipal workers and P.C. Metals. It is unclear where those profits went.
Thursday was the first time Perez told Hearst that he had called in the FBI. In November, he confirmed that his department's Office of Internal Affairs, which typically investigates cops, had opened a criminal probe into the scrap metal and other anonymous charges. And the City Attorney's and Labor Relations offices had also been looking into the allegations from the anonymous letter.
In the meantime, Finance Director Kenneth Flatto took control of Public Facilities' petty cash account, and Ganim and Ricci ordered all city staff to properly dispose of excess scrap metal at the transfer station.
Criticism of mayor
Ganim has sought to distance himself from the Public Facilities' controversy. He was convicted in 2003 of running a pay-to-play operation in City Hall and served seven years in federal prison before 2015's improbable political comeback. The mayor is up for re-election this year and may face challenges from fellow Democrats state Sen. Marilyn Moore and state Rep. Charlie Stallworth.
In mid-December, the mayor stated his administration "may have inherited past practices that are unacceptable." On Thursday Ganim said the anonymous allegations against public facilities were "certainly nothing I knew about."
Stallworth, who campaigned for Ganim in 2015 and briefly worked for the administration, recently complained that were it not for Ricci's political connections — he is also close with Democratic Town Chairman Mario Testa — the Public Facilities director would have been terminated by now.
Ganim said Thursday that no action has so far been taken against any city employees because the investigations have not reached any conclusions.
Moore, reacting Thursday to the news about the FBI's involvement, took aim at Ganim's criminal history.
"If the FBI is investigating Bridgeport, it has to be rooted in fact," she said. "They are busy people and must have something solid they're working on. What is going on in the city? Are we back to where we were in the past? ... It reflects on (Ganim's) leadership."
It is also possible the FBI's involvement may not lead to the kind of smoking gun that Ganim's critics are looking for.
The Chief State's Attorney and local police investigated a similar scrap metal controversy involving Stamford's vehicle maintenance operations in 2010 and 2011. That probe found that for years, Stamford municipal workers sold small quantities of scrap metal for cash, and used the proceeds — no more than $3,000 annually — for "morale-boosting purposes" like annual Christmas parties.
The investigation found "no evidence that either the employees or the supervisors kept any of the cash for themselves (and) ... this practice has been the norm in Stamford for at least 35 years." But three city employees were temporarily suspended without pay, and Stamford tightened its scrap metal procedures.


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As most of you know
I'm supposed to be in the U.K. right now
But I'm not
I'm still at home in Chicago
I've been delaying the inevitable
Hoping that my passport & work visa will miraculously turn up on my doorstep
And I'll race to the airport and make it in time
In reality, I've already missed one show
And even if I left this minute, I'll miss the second
I received an email late yesterday afternoon from the New York office of UK visa processing
(the first correspondence from them in over a week – I have emailed them no less than 24 times and called non-stop, daily – with no reply)
Telling me it will be at least 5 more days until they process my application
This is the application that was filed online weeks ago
That I paid a lot of (additional) money to have priority processed
Couriered my passport to them – along with copies of my previous work visas, dating back 10 years
And everything else they asked for
And then some
Flew to New York to have biometrics done (fingerprinting)
All while being assured by them that if approved, I would have it in time for my trip
It would seem that's not the case
They're telling me they didn't get it in time
I have the UPS delivery confirmation that proves that they did
So what, now we get in a pissing contest to see who's right?
When really, it doesn't fucking matter
I won't get there in time
I have to cancel the shows
I want to say sorry to all of you that had made plans to come to the shows
And to all the venues that gave me a second chance after the last fuck up of monumental proportions
Thanks for giving me that second chance
As for a third, well…I doubt it
From my end and yours
Don't even get me started on all the work Anne has put into getting the shows booked etc
And that now, for a second time, my sound guy Dave has a week with no work, thanks to me
I don't even want to add up how much this costs me, and others, in lost revenue, non-refundable travel costs and blah blah fucking blah
But I DO appreciate all the comments, calls and emails you guys have sent through
The funny ones have been exactly what I've needed
While I'm always happy to have extra time at home
Like today, being able to take Magoo on her school field trip, is nothing but a bonus
I love my job
And was so excited to be getting back to the UK & Ireland again
Even for such a short time
I'm pissed off and I'm
still sulking
But I'll get over it
It's not the end of the world
But it does fucking suck
A lot.
I think Dad summed it up best, "……they need fucking with a pineapple"
I couldn't agree more


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Elvenking Welcomes New Drummer
Italy based folk metal act ElvenKing, has announced their newest drummer, Lancs. This past year,Lancs has been a part of the bands European tour, and summer festivals. He is also been a part of the bands latest album, which was recorded in May 2017.
The band posted the following on their Facebook page:
We have asked LANCS to join as session drummer in our European tour only 2 weeks before the kick off. He was on tour with DGM at the time, and he studied all the 1,5 hour set in the tourbus" tells the band "He then jumped in our tour and we were all impressed on how he was nailing the songs every night!"
Also we have entered the studio only one week after the tour's end . We had all the tracks recorded in a good pre production form but LANCS recorded them in an incredible way and we cannot wait you guys to hear his drumming on the new album. It is simply overwhelming!
Elvenking says we can expect some additional information to be released on the upcoming album, in the following weeks.


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Story by photos Nancy E. Spraker
The latest Atlanta Boat Show at the World Congress Center in January exhibited 15 percent more boats than the last three shows. More than 600 boats dazzled southeastern mariners with more sails poking above rows of motor yachts. The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), producer of the show, says "recreational boating is seeing some of its healthiest gains in nearly a decade."
With the improving economy, the organization expects the upturn to continue into 2018. This year's trends include larger cruising boats, intuitive marine technology like joystick steering and shared boat ownership.
More affordable and versatile small boats are luring a new generation to fun on the water as well. With its enormous array of boats, educational seminars, a bass tub, sailboat and powerboat simulators, Miss Geico Offshore Racing Boat, a Lotus Submarine car, the island vibes of Frankendread's calypso, soca and steel pan music, the Atlanta Boat Show was a good value. Despite competing with the Falcons' playoff game, many attended.
A boat show would be nothing without great boats, great ideas and great people, and this year's show was no exception. At each turn, something caught your eye and friendly folks were eager to share knowledge and information. Take the Windcraft Multihulls booth. Don Wigston proudly showed off his Corsair Pulse 600 trimaran with folding floats, a mast that rolls up the mainsail, furling jib and reverse sheer bows. He tells me that these bows, with their longest point underwater, "skim better." The new 760 is available soon. Designed in France and manufactured in Viet Nam, these boats are very sporty.
A 420 sailboat was around the corner at the Lake Lanier Sailing Club's booth. The Jacksons and LLSC waterfront director, Alex Padgett displayed lake sunsets shot from their lawn. It is one of the best views on the lake. An aerial shot included their peninsula dedicated to junior sailing. Wonderful Brian Clark video of racing highlighted what the club is known for.
An immense fan next to a Walker Bay sailing dinghy appeared at the next stop. Lightweight Judy James turned on the fan and demonstrated broad reaches and jibes on a sailing simulator without a hitch. Her husband, Captain Rob, pitched American Sailing Association courses to me. He's an advanced Coastal Cruising instructor.
Can't pass Barefoot Sailing Club by. Another Brian Clark video highlighted its cruising and racing, Lobster Boil and annual Barefoot Open Regatta. Commodore Joyce McIntosh reminded passersby of the club's affordability. First year's dues include a free sailing course. A passing smart aleck wisecracked, "Hey, you're Barefooters but you're wearing shoes!"
Next was the Fred Shed seminar on ethanol in gas. Larry Jenc explained that 10 percent is the cutoff for ethanol content in gas, marinas sell gas without ethanol and diesel is highly recommended when cruising internationally. It's more readily available, and outside the U.S., gasoline is dirty. Ongoing seminars in sailing, fishing and boating safety were also held during the show.
After class, a catamaran with pedals in its cockpit beckoned. Kurt Welch, who just purchased it from Outside World, explained that his pedal-and-sail-propelled Hobie Tandem Islander has forward and reverse pins, too. He plans to sail his craft on Carter Lake, then sail in the 300-mile Everglades Challenge.
Beyond the Islander loomed the sexy, sleek hull of a 34-foot Beneteau from St. Barts Yachts of Charleston. Its roomy cockpit had two enormous wheels, and below deck its well-heeled cabin boasted two heads with a spacious aft cabin. Bonafide windows, not tiny portholes, provide plenty of natural light. The only large sailing vessel at the show, it was a beauty.
Chuck Laughlin of St. Barts said that land shows are more expensive for him than in-the-water shows. Hopefully the rows of large sailboats from past years will return soon.
On the way to the food court, Scott Randall demonstrated the Power Squadron's Boating Simulator. It had a steering wheel and a Mercury throttle that drove a 20-foot console boat in all conditions and skill levels. Past the simulator, a bass-stocked aquarium full of bass lay waiting for casting demonstrations.
A more sedate, but nonetheless, curious vessel was the James Bond Lotus Esprit Submarine Car complete with a revolving license tag, periscope and fins. The replica of the original from the 1977 Bond film 'The Spy Who Loved Me" travels on land and sea. It's driven onto Lake Lanier several times.
Sandwiched between all the fiberglass and aluminum hulls, the mahogany sheen of the Grand-Craft was a standout. It's a 26-foot classic runabout ready to pick up lake residents for a dinner out at the Ritz-Carlton or Lake Lanier Islands.
A stroll down Entrepreneur Alley did not disappoint. MixItUp of Memphis greeted me with wine slushes made with both white and red. The one-ounce samples were quite potent, so an Air Chair was a great place to sit it out. Made from canvas, rope and wood, the chairs suspend from rigging and are very relaxing. The Bum Float, at a nearby booth, serves the same purpose in the water. It straps around your derriere for hands-free flotation.
Strapped in a Bum Float you might transport yourself to an Aqua Bar. The sturdy boat-shaped foam float holds all manners of libation with snacks and a cooler, all shaded by an umbrella. It can be tethered to the bottom of the lake or pool with its own anchor.
It's amazing that lakes in the south stock themselves with saltwater fish. Captain David Hare of Lake Martin's Alex City Guide Service says his lake drops 250,000 into the lake each year. He says the saltwater stripe fish "grows big and gives a good fight." Growing up to 54 inches long and 60 pounds, they can live 30 years. Two stripe heads were sticking out of his cooler at his booth.
Some of the most unique watercraft at the show were at Robert Rothley's Leisure Lifestyle Products booth. He specializes in vessels under 20-foot that are virtually maintenance-free. This year he showed off his HydroBikes, Mini Pontoon Boats, Aqua Cycles and Ultraskiffs. The HydroBike is a floating bike, the Mini Pontoon Boat fishing boat is only 14-foot and the Ultraskiff, another fishing boat, is round and can be rolled into the water. The Aqua Cycle is a pedal-powered pontoon boat. Rothley gives free test rides and delivers purchases to the owner's dock. One test ride location is at the Port Royale Marina on Lake Lanier.
Eagles Nest Outfitters of Asheville was the final stop with a swing in their Eno hammock. Eric Dahlgren shared a few pointers for a hammock purchased at Barefoot Sailing Club's silent auction. We said our goodbyes and that was that. Inspired, I walked into a balmy, moonlit night with much anticipation for a new boating season on Lake Lanier.


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Why do we have/need reviews?
Okay, if you are still here from yesterday (or more likely and more accurately have come back for more) here is more. If you haven't read Part One then believe me, you need to before you can make sense of Part Two. That's why it was split into Three Parts. They work together. In an ordered way. No short cuts. No spiritual enlightenment in 10 minutes a day here.
To summarise though: yesterday I suggested that
Writing is a communicative act.
Reading is a communicative act.
Writing might be termed a communicative act of intention. (CAi)
Reading might be termed a communicative act of interpretation. (CAii)
But greater than both of these parts is the sum – together, writing and reading become (at best) a communicative interaction. (CIA) Which brings responsibilities on both parts. (writer and reader)
And I further suggested that
A review is another communicative act (which when read becomes an interaction). It's more complex because it is a second order communicative interaction – an interaction about an interaction if you like. Or we might term it a 'mediation' which I'm defining as the act of bringing about agreement or resolving differences (of understanding). So we could say it's a CIM
Before you completely give up and go home let me get to today's central point and questions.
Why do we have or need reviews?
I'd suggest there are three main reasons which are:
Product placement
Critical appraisal
It should come as no surprise that I'm more interested in the second and third of these two reasons. But we must deal with the first. I suggest it is particularly important for 'indie' publishing . And its importance is one of the reasons why it is such a 'hot topic' of debate.
If we 'have' reviews for the purpose of product placement what do we mean?
Okay. Writing is a Communicative act (of intention). Reading is Communicative Act (of interpretation). The goal of both is a communicative Interaction. Got it
W=CAi, R=CAii and x + y = (we hope) CIA (not, of course the organisation!)
And a review is a means of mediating this CIA, which is an example of CIM
(Okay, I know it's not E=mc2 but seeing literature/narrative in terms of equations is at least as cool as recognising that science is a form of narrative right?)
Which brings me to the thorny question of who mediates communicative acts/interactions? (And why?) Well in terms of fiction/literature and writing in general, it is publishers in the first instance (by bringing the communicative act into the arena of interaction) and distributors or others with a financial incentive in the second instance.
Are you beginning to see where I'm driving at? The mediators are the ones who want to say whether something is 'good' or 'worthwhile'.
In general mediators don't like unmediated communicative interaction because it might cost them money and/or diminish their power. In the virtual world of the likes of Amazon or Goodreads (to give two examples) mediation itself isn't the issue. Because in the first instance we are selling product, any product and in the second instance we are selling the idea of 'being a mediator'. Well, not selling anything of course, the site is a self styled 'community.' However it is struggling to be a community of equals because the old hierarchical and power dominance rules are heading to the surface. I haven't the time or scope to go into the whole notion of 'community' here but I'd simply point out that it comes from the same Latin root – mun which is to do with 'sharing' – words/ideas in the sense of communication and sharing (anything) in common in the sense of community. Snd 'comm' (together). We might then say that Goodreads aspires to be a community of communicative interaction. I leave it at that. It's not for me to suggest here how far it lives up to its ideal. I have my own ideals to grapple with.
In the world of publishers, unmediated communicative interaction is definitely very threatening to both their power and their bank balance. It could even put them out of business. Because for publishers the mediation is more about shifting 'their' product as opposed to other peoples. Therefore their mediation tends to focus on the 'quality' of their product or of their 'reputation' or 'popularity.'
I suspect that the traditional/mainstream publishers argument is that allowing the lunatics to take over the asylum is what's going on when unmediated communicative interactions are 'allowed' (be they 'indie' publishing or the complete democratisation of reviews) by distributors or others.
The virtual sellers/distributors have a different angle. From their point of view they just want the maximum number of people talking about a product in order to get the maximum chance of selling it. They have lots of products to sell and it's the visibility of all the products that matters to them, not the individual product in and of itself. This can only really be the case in the 'virtual' world where product does not take up space.
For the 'indie' publisher or writer as publisher it's a bit different. To each of them by dint of their individual and independent nature, the individual 'product' (we might term it a creative work of course) is vitally important. You'd think perhaps that they could have the best of both worlds but inevitably, at the moment, it seems they have the worst of both. That's because they are subject to mediation from all sides and they threaten all of the financial and power oriented goals and aspirations of the mediators. Which offers something of an explanation as to why the 'indie' is getting it in the neck from all sides. And even from within!
What's potentially so good about 'indie' publishing in the virtual environment is that it's cheap (for everyone) and largely unmediated. A writer can perform their communicative act (CAi) and for little or no money but considerably more effort, offer this straight to the reader to perform their CAii. Beautiful. Simple. CIA without any intervention. You'd think.
So what's the problem. Well, it's twofold.
Step in the reviewer as mediator. And the question of why indie (not only indie) writers get so upset by unmediated reviewers? Because there is no basic agreement of the terms. No control for the reviewer to live up to their (difficult) part of the communicative interaction of mediation. No. What's happened is that by removing most of the mediation we have allowed the playground bullies to rule the roost and he who shouts loudest to be heard, not he who speaks quietly with a voice of reason. It takes another act of communicative interpretation for a reader of reviews to work out whether the reviewer actually has any authority in what they say and if the review reader simply takes an unknown reviewer's word as authoritative (because let's say they don't have the skill or will to work out good from bad communicative acts or intents) then the writer suffers. The reviewer doesn't. (Except in so far as they may make themselves look a poor writer/communicator – but they don't lose out financially. Nor do they lose the chance to make an unmediated communicative interaction between writer and reader) The reviewer, in other words, has power.
Remember I said the problem was twofold. The reviewer has the power of mediation. And with this power in the 'indie' field comes the power to reduce visibility. And visibility is one of the most important tools the indie has to rely on in an unmediated relationship. If no one knows you exist you don't (to all intents and purposes) exist in the virtual world. And if a reviewer with the power of mediation destroys your credibility your visibility will suffer.
Traditionally in publishing visibility is bought. It still is to an extent even in the virtual world. Distributors such as Amazon offer all kinds of ways of you 'buying' visibility. As do many 'review' sites. Even those touting the word 'indie'. If you don't buy visibility all you have to rely on is reputation. And if the mediating reviewer exerts power to deny you this reputation you are as we say in theoretical circles, well and truly screwed.
So. We have reviews (and reviewers) primarily because there is money to be made and power to be wielded in mediation of communicative interactions. You should always look at the motives of a review/reviewer as well as their 'credentials' and 'authority'. There are reviews/and reviewers which/who seek not to dominate or express power but to engage in communicative interaction sensitively, intelligently and with the purest of motives. They are few and far between and their price is above gold! But always, always remember that every review is written with a motive. And if the motive is not transparent there may be a reason for that! Your part in the communicative interaction as reader is to interpret, remember, so always look at whether the motive is product placement, communication or critical analysis. Or which combination of them and why.
Reviews are not there to give you all the answers they are there to help you ask questions. And make choices. They are a communicative interaction that you have to actively engage with to get the most out of them. And this means switching on your own critical faculties.
We need reviews because it's a way for the reader to explore what communicative interaction he wants to engage in. It's about visibility and mediation. And it's a heavy responsibility to be a mediator. It should be used wisely.
Which is where Part Three comes in. Which of course is what all this has been leading up to.
I've told you what reviews are and how and why we need them. All that's left is for me to suggest how to do the mediated communicative interaction justice – that is – how to write a 'good' review. (Remember we use 'good' not as a moral definition but as a functional/practical one – achieving the desired goal). And that will happen tomorrow!


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Ableism, prejudice against disabled people stereotyped as incompetent and dependent, can elicit a range of reactions that include fear, contempt, pity, and inspiration. Current literature--often narrowly focused on a specific aspect of the subject or limited in scope to psychoanalytic tradition--fails to examine the many origins and manifestations of ableism. Filling a significant gap in the field, Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice is the first work to synthesize classic and contemporary studies on the evolutionary, ideological, and cognitive-emotional sources of ableism. This comprehensive volume examines new manifestations of ableism, summarizes the state of research on disability prejudice, and explores real-world personal accounts and interventions to illustrate the various forms and impacts of ableism.
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Joni Whitaker has been teaching math for around 23 years! During term time she is a high school teacher but also teaches K-9 during the summer months at her MathTree summer camps. She spoke to Silly Fish about her career and how she uses art in her math classroom.
SF: What made you want to teach math?
Joni: I didn't want to be a teacher….but I knew that the more skills I developed the more employable I was. So, I decided to earn a BS in Math with a teaching certificate….you gotta get those college credits doing something! When I did my student teaching I fell in love with teaching….now 26 years later I'm still at it!
I began my career in Charlotte, NC, as a middle school math teacher. Then, moved to Chapel Hill and taught for a few years. My husband and I moved to Rocky Mount, NC, I taught 3rd – 6th graders at a small, private school. When my children came along I began homeschooling. That was a 14-year long adventure! Now, I teach high school math for Fairfax Public Schools in VA.
SF: Wow, what a diverse career! With so much experience you must have some great stories. Have you got a silly one to share with us?
Joni: I had a ninth grader who routinely entered the classroom, placed his books under his desk, laid his head down, and promptly went to sleep. I called his parents to find out if there was anything happening at home that would cause this. The mother assured me that she would "take care of the situation." The next day the boy entered and did exactly the same thing as before. Then, about 10 minutes into the class, a woman appeared at the door. I recognized her as the boy's mother. She quietly slipped into the room and sat at a desk behind her son. The boy slept the entire period. The bell rang. It shook him to consciousness. He reached under his desk to grab his books and out of the corner of his eye saw his mom! Oh, my. He never fell asleep again!
SF: I'm sure he learned his lesson after that! Do you think there was a lesson for anyone else?
Joni: My students learned….Don't go to sleep in Mrs. Whitaker's class!
I learned….Involve parents!
SF: Math is quite a difficult subject to be creative with. How do you incorporate creativity in your classroom?
Joni: I love drawing and painting! Instead of posters of "math facts and formulas" on the walls, I cover my boards and walls in my art along with my students'….all math related and (I think) beautiful!
SF: And do you have a piece of advice for other teachers?
Joni: I have two.
- You are a teacher, not a fireman. No one can't drink from a firehose. Give it to them as a steady flow. It's more refreshing for you and productive for them!
- [bctt tweet="Always remember that students are people first and students second. Don't forget to listen to their story. – Joni Whitaker of @MathTree" username="SillyFishLearn"]
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