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Crushing student crushes
Hugo Schwyzer, a Pasadena City College professor, blogs on educational issues and at times on matters relating to student prof consenting sexual relationships. He strongly disapproves of these relationships, and has expressed his strong disapproval of my writings on the subject. He indicates in his last post and in his other posts on this subject that in the 1990s when he was single he engaged in a number of sexual relationships with students. But now such relationships are in the past since presently he is married. To a cynical outsider, it may appear that Schwyzer engages in an ethic of convenience- when single it was OK for him to find partners who were students, but now that he is married he disapproves of such relationships. Of course, such a cynical view also reflects a basic sociological tenet- ones attitudes change as a function of changes in ones social positions.
Schwyzer's change in his attitudes and behavior in regards to student prof sex would have been of no importance to me except for the fact that he uses his past experience in part as a rationale for coercing students and professors in matters relating to their sexual behavior. Schwyzer admits to having done the wrong thing when he slept with some of his students.
He feels guilt about the errors of his past ways. Given his past wrongdoings, he wants to redeem himself. He states:
"Part of my own redemptive work was to chair a committee to write a policy for Pasadena City College on consensual relationships, a policy that was not in place during the years in which I was conducting a series of these affairs."
So in order for him to feel good about himself, he is willing to take away the rights of others to engage in mutual date/mate selection where the dyadic relationship is student/professor.
Or to make this matter more personal for me, he would have supported policies that would have barred my dating/mating with my wife to be in the 1990s. Why? To relieve his sense of guilt. To stop students from acting on their crushes for particular profs. Crushes are his words. Its always student crushes, never professor crushes; he sees profs as falling in love. Profs don't have crushes since profs are not children. For Schwyzer, students have crushes since students are de facto children. They are not yet grownups who can experience a mature love. Or translated- they have not yet graduated; once they graduate then they are adults. Reminds me of the old idea that a girl cannot become a woman, remains a girl or a child until she married.
Schwyzer states-
If we're doing our job right, we have the power to change the way a student thinks about himself or herself. At our best, those of us who love to teach are practiced seducers, Casanovas of the classroom. But my agenda isn't about sexual conquest, it's about creating an interest and a passion where none previously existed. It's about getting students to want something they didn't know they wanted! Though some students may sexualize their crushes, what they really want is to continue to feel the way you make them feel: excited, energized, provoked, challenged.
The key is to remember that old mantra of youth workers everywhere: "affirm, and re-direct." Though it is surely almost always best for a faculty member not to name out loud his or her responses to a student, it is the job of teachers to say to themselves: "These feelings I have are normal, and quite understandable, and not bad at all. But desire is not an irresistible predicate to action, and while I affirm that there may be 'something here', I'm going to take the responsibility to re-direct all of that intoxicatiing intellectual/sexual energy on to the work itself."
When a student has a crush on a teacher or mentor, it's the job of that prof to "affirm and re-direct." The affirmation doesn't have to be as obvious as calling the student out on the crush, unless the student has already confessed it. The key is avoiding three "wrong" responses: shaming or belittling the student, withdrawing from one's mentoring role, or engaging in amorous relations. Each of these responses represents a different sort of betrayal, and a sensible teacher ought to avoid them all…
Advise and redirect reminds me of the "advice" of the elders of bygone days- to go take a cold shower, to deal with your needs in a solitary manner. Or going back a 100 years or so, children were coerced via having their hands forcibly tied at night. Crushes were obliterated by crushing children and others who had sexual desires. Oppression and repression were the traditional ways of dealing with those who deviated from sexual norms in an anti-sexual society.
And being anti-sexual is what Schwyer is ultimately "all about". He often dresses up his rhetoric in a garb of maturity, responsibility and self-control. But his bottom line is the same as all the others who are at the core anti-sexual- coercion.
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Hi, Mr Dank! Have been a huge fan of your blog for a long time now, and I must say I feel this assessment is spot on…having also read quite a bit of Mr Schwyzer's work, I have to say I feel he seems to be on somewhat of a personal quest concerning this topic…as if he's a ˝born-again˝ zealot trying to atone for his ˝sins˝,so he's is trying to fit everything into tidy little drawers in order to support this new lifestyle. But every situation is different, and there are students (and professors) of all shapes and sizes, of all ages (!) and levels of maturity…so forcing the students-as-children paradigm as he and many others do is quite questionable indeed. Perhaps by favourably comparing himself to these immature children incapable of making proper decisions, he is strengthening his own ˝rhetoric of maturity˝ (to paraphrase your post) and boosting his sense of self-worth, which is obviously still somewhat impaired by guilt over his past.
Freedom for all to make their own decisions, I say…and once again praise to your lovely blog. I hope you will respond to Mr Schwyzer's answer to this post, as this is an interesting discussion indeed.
P.S- There is one thing I never really understood – many say that, in a prof-student relationship, a prof would become partial to his student/lover and this would influence his judgement, i.e. grades, which would in turn be unfair towards others. But how does that differ from him/her having a mere crush on a student, as he might give the equal preferential treatment (even more so, probably, as I'd imagine that, in a relationship, the two might discuss the issue more and come to an agreement of sorts about it), even though a relationship is not realised? What about other types of preferential treatment, like a prof being friends/relatives with someone or simply liking somebody more and thus being biased? I don't understand why all the big fuss just because sex is in the question…but then again, everything obviously still seems to be a ˝big deal˝ and touchy when it involves sex, even in the 21st century, while many people continue to give themselves the (undeserved, I should say) right to preach whether two consenting adults ought to have sex or not.
Comment by Cornelia | September 30, 2010 |
Great Response to Hugo Schwyzer, Dank Professor!
I can actually agree with Professor Schwyzer, concerning HIS present married status precluding HIM from getting involved with female students now. However, this hardly gives him the right to dictate to unmarried professors & students to "do as I presently say, not as I formally did"!!
I especially like the expression, "ethic of convenience" and the statement, "He often dresses up his rhetoric in a garb of maturity, responsibility, and self control".
That last one reminds me of priests who, when I was a kid, often taught the "evils" of heterosexual sex-even fantasies, outside marriage. Yet, as we now know, at least some of those priests were engaging in pedophile sex-what sorry hypocrites!!
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Johannes Gunnar wrote:you got a point. We should focus on Bungie related games before we'll loose ourselves in other games. So the Carnage Fests will primarily focus (from now on, unless anyone got objections) on Bungie related games.
I do, I tend to get tired of Marathon quickly.
So what would you people want to play next Saturday?
Any specific netpack? scenario? or a specific bungie game? whatever?
I think we need to get more people with some Myth II playing, some UrT (and StarCraft), and maybe some TC++ 1.4, if we feel like it.


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crawl back to (one)
To return to someone in a dejected or humbled fashion. Maybe if you went crawling back to your boss, you could get your job back.
crawl back to someone
Fig. to go back to someone humbly, perhaps asking for forgiveness. I knew you would come crawling back to me! I wouldn't crawl back to him for all the tea in China.


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Do not weep...
Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glints on snow;
I am the sun on ripened grain;
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awake in mornings hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight;
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.
~Author Mary Frye
Posted in tribute to my beloved Little John whom I lost to cancer on February 13, 2007. He was my guardian, protector and best friend to man and dog.


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Hi. I'm looking at purchasing a single family home in Austin soon that we will occupy. Depending on which property we choose, we might be able to simply take out a conforming ($417K) 15-year loan or need to bump a bit higher (e.g., $500K). Down payment would be >$200K, so it'd be under 75% LTV either way. Credit rating is superb and income is well above what's needed to qualify.
My question is regarding the situation where I want to borrow over $417K. Is it best to simply do a jumbo? Or separate first ($417K) and seconds (remainder)? I seem to recall that Texas has somewhat unusual rules regarding mortgages, and it was only fairly recently that second mortgages and LoCs were legal in Texas due to components of the Texas constitution that limit the ability to foreclose on somebody's primary residence.
On a related note, which I hope is ok to ask, does anyone have suggestions for a specific broker/lender, should I need to go the jumbo/second route? For my last four or five purchases/refis, I've just used Provident (low rates, extra .25% credit due to employer, simple).
Actually, Texas only has unusual rules on home equity loans. Second liens have always been available.
I find it is best to avoid jumbo financing and go with a conventional first lien and a second lien for the remaining amount.
Perhaps the best answer on whether to choose a jumbo vs a first and second is to count the costs of each loan. Take a five year mortgage holding period - just to keep it simple - and look at the closing costs, loan fees and points and interest rates. Over the next five years, which loan is the best financial option?


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I'm sure by now you've seen the video and read numerous blogs discussing the incident that took place during last night's Rangers game. If by some chance you haven't, CLICK HERE to watch the video.
After watching the video several times my first thought was: "What's the big deal?" The ball was tossed in the general direction of the kid, but there's no way to know for sure as to whether or not he was the intended target. The ball was lobbed into the air, and thus was fair game.
The guy who ended up with the ball is getting tons of critisism because he didn't give the ball to the kid. That doesn't make sense to me. The guy did nothing wrong. He didn't knock the kid down. He didn't snatch it out of his hand/glove. Heck, he didn't even reach in the kids direction. He picked the ball up off of the ground after it deflected off the hands of the 10 other guys in front of him who went for the ball. Why aren't we upset at those guys too?
I truly don't understand what makes kids so special that people seem to believe that if a ball lands within 100 feet of one, and an adult gets it, that they should immediately hand it to them. For a lot of people (adults included) they've never even come close to catching a ball. You know they have to be extremely excited when their moment of glory finally comes, and they get a ball. Why should they be required to hand over their souvenir?
Remember last season when the kid reached in front of the younger kid and snatched the baseball, only to return it back to the smaller kid moments later? Well, he was rewarded with tons of stuff. I guarantee you that the adult that came up with the ball last night would've recieved zip if he had of done the same. Why is that? What makes kids so much better than fully grown men? It baffles me.
I've never been lucky enough to get a baseball at a game. I'm sure I could easily get one if I tried hard enough, but for now I'm content with just sitting there observing. However, if that day in which I finally get a baseball comes in June, in Cincinnati, or 15 years down the road, I'm not going to hand the ball over to a kid; unless it's my own. I don't see why I should.
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to sound like a kid hater. I'm not by any means. (I have 4 cousins between the ages of 6 and 12, and I love them to death.) I'm simply saying that there is something wrong if you're expected to hand over a baseball, or face being booed by thousands of people. It's just a baseball.
I'll admit, I've witnessed (in person) people tackle little kids for baseballs and keep them for themselves, but that guy last night did absolutely NOTHING wrong. Had he of tackled the kid, or snatched the ball from him I'd be bashing him like everyone else. But from my point of view, he was just doing what any person would do. He was just a fan, fulfilling the dream of any baseball fan: Catching a ball at a Major League Baseball game.
I'm aware of the more recent incident in Miami, and I still stand with my original thoughts on the matter. While it looked like the grown man took the ball from the girl, it actually appears to me that the ball would've been caught by the boy WITH THE GLOVE anyway. Whatever the case, for all we know, it might be the first ball that guy has EVER gotten. He shouldn't be critisized just because of his age and size.
Please leave a comment with your opinion of the whole situation. Whichever side you're on, I want to see what you (the reader) has to say.


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|French Iron Screen Porch.
|Russian, Downstairs Entrance hall, Originally burned Candles, 18th Century.
|Pink Beaded Italian, Main Bath
|Italian, Porcelain, Capa- De -Monte, Guest Room.
I have been asked by several followers to do a blog about the chandeliers at, My Old Historic House. So here goes. I am afraid my chandeliers are all newer. I had a slight budget problem and could not afford the price tag of the real old Astral or Gas light chandeliers,that would be proper for the age of my house(1845-1860), so I oped for the $900ish ones ,verses the $9,000ish ones. I had a shop in St.Louis for years and one of the main things I sold was chandeliers. Old ones, used ones, vintage and yes, even new ones. I have always had a passion for chandeliers. I saved my money when I was about 14 and ordered my first one from the Sears catalog.It was crystal and had glass shade and glass prisms and ropes. I think it had 8 lights. My Mother thought I was strange, but she always encouraged me to be creative, so when it came in the mail, we hung it in the dining room at the old farm house where I grew up. I paid $69.00 plus shipping. I sold that same type chandelier, over and over in my shop for around $250-$350. It was a smart investment and I did not even realize it.
|Vintage Powder Room Chandelier.
|Purple Beaded Italian in the Purple Bed room.
|Cranberry one of a pair, double parlors.
|Dining Room, 5 foot tall.
The chandelier has been a symbol of luxury and an exhibition of wealth since the 15th century. The powerful perception of grandeur lent it by Kings, has proven timeless. In the 21st century, a chandelier still breathes an aristocratic air to any room.
The earliest Gallic designs, those iron circles of the dark Ages, have proved with perfect achievement of balance and austere beauty that the same styles endure, ignoring the passage of time, even through to the electric age, when the basic candle-burning design is obsolete.
The decorative arts, not to mention candles, remained almost exclusively in the hands of the aristocracy until the 18th century and the arrival of the Industrial Revolution. So to trace the history of the chandelier styles, one has to follow the Kings.All candle holders, including hanging ones ,were called candlelbra. A chandelier with crystals and drops was called a luster, the same word used to mean splendor.The gilt metal chandelier decorated with rock crystal would soon become the epitome of luxury, a must-have for Europe's most illustrious palaces and cha'-teaux.. 17th century advances in glass making would give luster.makers a more affordable way to add light and sparkle to their creations. However, over the centuries, many lighting manufacturers continued to produce a few special fixtures hung with rock crystal..Makers soon began to make molded glass drops and pendants with the specific goal of looking like rock crystal.Soon Venetian glass masters were adding there touches and a whole new world opened up for chandelier makers.Flowers of color and feather like spikes decorated chandeliers.
Early chandeliers were all lite with candles. And that was not all glamour. Hundreds of candles created heat, dripping wax was dangerous, a smoke discolored walls and made a foul smell. Because of the dripping wax, people began to dance around the edge of a ball room instead of the center and that tradition continues today.
|French Iron, Screen Porch.
|Russian 18th century, down stairs entrance hall.
|Pink Beaded Italian, Main Bath.
Iron, brass and bronze frames were soon changed over to glass. This came about in the second half of the 19th century. Hollow arms were soon made to accommodate gas lines and electric wires.And then even porcelain was made into chandeliers.From companies like Sevres and Capa De Monte. Chandlers were hung in almost every room ,even the garden room or sun porch.
Robert Adams created a chandelier style that would influence all Georgian crystal chandeliers and he was one of the first to make a solid color chandelier of all red, blue, green or amber glass.
At the end of the 18th century, France introduces the brass bird cage frame, hung with prisms, drops and glass ropes. This style is very highly looked for on todays market and is the style of French chandelier that one things of for there homes today.
Russian chandeliers were known for their lightness and delicacy, but later the styles became heavier,more opaque and dense with crystal.
|Older, Vintage Chandelier with blown glass bubbles, guest room.
|Older French with Cranberry, dressing room.
|Italian, Metal, My Bath Room.
Today chandeliers are for almost every one, rich, poor and the middle class. The prices have come down and there is a price range for almost every budget, The Shabby Chic style , brought a big interest back in buying, selling, hanging, decorating with and collecting crystal chandeliers of all types. Home Depot and other do-it-yourself stores even carry some fun and affordable styles. I have to draw the line with the ones that have plastic prisms. I say it should at least be glass. Chandeliers on todays market can be found at yard sales, Craig's list and resale shops for all different prices. They really make a room and I could not imagine my life with out them. I hope you enjoy my collection as much as I have enjoyed collecting them. Come by any time for a tour and I will leave the," lights up above", on and Sissy Dog will meet you with a jump and a kiss. SPARKLE_SPARKLE!!!
|Red Beaded, Pewter, Italian, upstairs, Entrance Hall Landing.
|French Black Iron and Huge Prisms, Library
The June,2011 issue of Victorian Homes magazine , with a 12 page article about,My Old Historic House, is out on news stands now. I have just ordered more copies and if you are having trouble finding them, just email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I can mail it. They are $5.00 and shipping is $2.00. You can send me a check. Thanks, I hope you get a copy and see me in print.Richard


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- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 small red onion, coarsely chopped
- Grated zest of 1 tangerine or orange
- 1 quart tangerine juice or tangerine-orange juice (not from concentrate)
- 4 fresh thyme sprigs
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
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- 2 green onions, white and green parts, thinly sliced
- 4 (8-ounce) boneless chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over high heat, add the onion, and cook until soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the zest, juice, and thyme; bring to a boil; and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and reduced to approximately 1/2, cup, 20 to 25 minutes.
Strain the mixture into a bowl and whisk in the syrup, soy sauce, and pepper. Let cool to room temperature. The glaze can be made 2 days in advance, covered, and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before using.
Brush the glaze on the chicken breasts during the last minute of grilling. Remove from the grill, place on a platter, and brush with more of the glaze. Tent loosely with foil and let rest for 5 minutes. Garnish with the green onions before serving.
Heat your grill to high.
Place the chicken between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and, using a meat mallet or the bottom of a heavy sauté pan, pound the chicken lightly to an even 1/2-inch thickness.
Brush the breasts on both sides with the oil and season with salt and pepper. Place the breasts on the grill, skin side down, and cook until golden brown and slightly charred, 4 to 5 minutes. Flip the chicken over and continue grilling until just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes longer. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should register 155°F.
Remove from the grill, tent with foil, and let rest for 5 minutes before serving.
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Far From Heaven
Far from Heaven marks the second teaming of Julianne Moore with writer/director Todd Haynes and producer Christine Vachon, following the trio's collaboration on the acclaimed 1995 drama Safe.
Haynes's film tells the story of a privileged housewife in 1950s America, and is inspired by the great Hollywood dramas of that era. Haynes lovingly depicts the gorgeous and placid surfaces of mid-century suburban family life, even as his story breaks them open to reveal a repressed world of limitless emotions and life-shattering desires that cross the boundaries of racial and sexual tolerance with tragic results.
It is the fall of 1957. The Whitakers, the very picture of a suburban family, make their home in Hartford, Connecticut. Their daily existences are characterized by carefully observed family etiquette, social events, and an overall desire to keep up with the Joneses. Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) is the homemaker, wife and mother. Frank Whitaker (Dennis Quaid) is the breadwinner, husband and father. They have two pre-teen children, a boy and a girl. As the story unfolds before us, Cathy's pristine world is transformed. Her interactions with her gardener, Raymond Deagan (Dennis Haysbert); her best friend, Eleanor Fine (Patricia Clarkson); and her maid, Sybil (Viola Davis), reflect the upheavals in her life. Cathy is faced with choices that spur gossip within the community and change several lives forever.


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Double talking: essays on verbal and visual ironies in Canadian contemporary art and literature
ECW Press, 1992 - 220 pages
In the mass media today, as well as in high art and academia, there seems to be what one recent magazine has called an irony epidemic. This collection of essays considers irony in its Canadian literary and artistic context, with titles such as "Who Says That Canadian Culture Is Ironic?" and "Ironies of Color in the Great White North: The Discursive Strategies of Some Hyphenated Canadians."
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Five Secrets to Life
>> Sunday, April 10, 2011
Today was a changing day for me and my relationships with my sons. Specifically my eight year old. Yesterday he was well behaved for a majority of the day and I couldn't stop praising him for each thing he did that was kind or considerate or helpful. Honestly, at this age, days like this one, is hard to come by. Even during bedtime he wished I would stop kissing him as he had tired himself out with play.
I realized he needed a really good day to understand what I wanted to teach him. Now my son is great to everyone and almost an angel out of the house. In the house he is comfortable enough to get sassy, pretend he did not hear me and take 1 hour to write one homework sentence. Well today I told him I had 5 secrets to life that I wanted to share with him. He is maturing, I am getting closer to departure and I felt the need to give some jewels of wisdom. He was eager to hear and searched for a pen and paper. We headed out to the car and while my husband was driving and his little brother adding to the discussion we started our 5 point lesson with full description and questioning if he could first tell me what he thought they meant.
He put them away and my younger son wanted to add more of his wisdom to the list and made some of his points such as be kind and love your friends. Of course I told him he was absolutely correct. So here are the Five Secrets to Life; by yours truly, listed below:
- Intelligence-Always growing in your knowledge and bettering yourself academically.
- Social Intelligence-Understand your environment in order to act accordingly.
- Emotional Intelligence-(Harvard Study) Have appropriate emotions (control & consideration)
- Spiritual Intelligence-Have a connection with God through scriptures & People with the same values.
- Financial Intelligence-Enjoy it, give it to those in need and save a lot of it.


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The polls show a close race, so predicting the outcome of Prop 29 is hard. But here's one prediction that can be safely made: if the initiative wins, you can expect to see more propositions as follow-ups.
Why? Because the budget is broken and the state needs money.
And because Prop 29 locks up an estimated $735 million annually in cigarette taxes in special funds for cancer research that can't be touched.
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Elected officials are sure to look for ways to tap that money, particularly given the consistent cuts to health and human service and universities.
First, those officials will look for loopholes in the measure that permit taking that money for other purposes. But by my reading of the measure, such loopholes don't appear to exist.
So the only other way to get the money? Ask voters to permit a raid. This will require a ballot proposition in California because initiatives can only be changed by another vote of the people. Prop 29, better than many initiatives in this regards, does permit changes after 15 years.
There is plenty of precedent for just this kind of ballot proposition (to grab money from an earlier ballot proposition). In 2009, for example, the legislature asked voters to grab money from funds for early childhood development and mental health -- locked-up funds that had been established by voters. The voters said no, but elected officials, in the face of constant budget pressures, are still trying to grab that money.
Prop 29's funds will be similarly tempting. If it wins, get ready for more "sons" of 29 on future ballots.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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text: Three comments. 1. Assumptions that we'll never get any value out of Alonso except in trade are based on the further assumption that Joey Votto will sign a long-term deal beyond his arb years. There's no evidence for this assumption. 2. Regarding strength and certainty, it certainly doesn't seem to me that RZ represents the attitude of negotiating from strength. People are falling all over themselves to come up with ever greater packages to trade for Lee. If he's negotiating, I hope Walt's a little more measured. 3. Is it at all bothersome that we now seem to be investing all of our hopes in acquiring something we do not have rather than in concentrating on what we do have? Does that strike people as the characteristic of a good organization? I'm happy to go on record as opposing a trade for Cliff Lee, as I also opposed trading off many of the players RZers now love for Bedard some time back; and this is not simply because I'm opposed to trading, as I supported the trade for Scott Rolen--for real, longer-term value--as strongly as anyone on RZ.


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Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have demanded allocation of a part of CDMA spectrum in 800 Mhz band for GSM services in a letter to the Department of Telecommunication.
"We recommend that the 800 MHz spectrum band is harmonized with the international band plan to become part of an "extended" 900 MHz band; this will increase the availability of spectrum in the 900 MHz band by up to 10 MHz (or over 40 per cent)," said a letter written by the three companies to DoT.
The letter is signed by Bharti Airtel CEO (India and South Asia) Sanjay Kapoor, Idea Cellular Managing Director Himanshu Kapania and Vodafone India MD and CEO Marten Pieters.
At present, airwaves frequencies in 900 Mhz band are used for transmitting signals for GSM mobile services.
The reach of signals transmitted in 900 Mhz band is around two-times more than that transmitted in 1,800 Mhz band, for which the government had fixed a base price of Rs 14,000 crore for 5 mhz pan-India spectrum in the recent auction.
Telecom operators prefer 900 Mhz band as they need to deploy less telecom towers compared to that in 1800 Mhz band.
The CDMA spectrum provides more coverage than 900 Mhz band but business eco-system for CDMA business is not well developed compared to GSM services.
The three GSM operators have demanded to earmark airwaves frequencies from 880 Mhz onward for GSM players instead of current practice of allocating it from 890 Mhz onward.
"With the diminishing interest of operators in CDMA and the reducing subscriber base of the technology, we believe that we need to harmonise and reconfigure the existing Indian CDMA band in line with the global practice," the letter said.
The telecom companies added that it will lead to optimum utilisation of 800 Mhz spectrum and "the Government will also be able to generate revenues that were denied due to the absence of bidders for the 800 MHz spectrum during the auctions."
Government had fixed price of 800 Mhz spectrum at 1.3 times higher than that for 1800 Mhz band.
The telecom majors said, "The Reserve Price for this 800 Mhz band is kept at reasonable level in congruence to the market realities and all existing Operators be allowed to bid."
Government may re-auction 800 Mhz band by March 2013.
Immediate comments from Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) that represents CDMA operators were not received.


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Blue Residences, a condominium resort in Aruba, promises luxurious accommodations and services when it opens March 1 on Eagle Beach. The resort will consist of three residential towers, featuring unobstructed views of the ocean, elevated ceilings, private Jacuzzi terraces, Wi-Fi access throughout and fully equipped kitchens with upscale appliances.
On-site amenities include a private beach protected by a jetty, two infinity pools, a full-service spa, a fitness center, a sundeck, a mini market, a restaurant and a bar. In addition to poolside butler service, guests will have access to a Thrifty Car Rental desk and concierge services by De Palm Tours. Guests can also request pre-arrival grocery stocking and daily maid service. Activities include water sports at Eagle Beach and golf privileges at two nearby courses, including the 18-hole Tierra del Sol, which was designed by Robert Trent Jones.
"This is the first luxury resort to open on Eagle Beach in the past 20 years, and we are excited about the prospect of promoting this to loyal Aruba vacationers as well as those coming to the island for the first time," said Herber Valkenberg, president of Icon Hotel Marketing, the North American representative for the resort.
Blue Residences is currently undergoing the final phase of development, with the debut of its first tower scheduled for March 1. The first tower will consist of two five-bedroom penthouses, four three-bedroom penthouses, 12 three-bedroom units and 24 two-bedroom units, for a total of 42 units. A second tower is scheduled to open in May 2014, and the third tower will open in January 2015. Upon completion, the resort will have 124 total units.
The resort is offering a Grand Opening Special with regular rates discounted 20 percent. Blue Residences' deluxe hotel rooms start at $120 per night during the summer season, while one-bedroom apartment suites start at $180 per night. Two-, three- and five-bedroom units are also available at discounted rates. Travel agents earn 10 percent commission on all bookings. The Grand Opening Special is valid on bookings made through Jan. 31 for travel March 1 – Dec. 20.


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A brief list of Do's and Don'ts to help visitors fit in with the locals!
Do shake hands when meeting people; conservative veiled women may not reach out.
Do stand up when greeting others.
When finished with your cup of Arabic coffee, shake your cup from side to side in order to let your host know that you do not wish to drink more. If more coffee is desired, then simply hold your cup out to the person carrying the coffeepot.
Do accept when Arabic coffee is offered to you by your host, as coffee is an important cultural symbol of hospitality, simultaneously extended and accepted as an act of reciprocated goodwill.
Do carry plenty of loose change with you, as many Jordanians usually do not carry adequate change.
Do tip waiters approximately 10% gratuity in addition to the bill (unless a service charge is included in the total bill).
Do round your taxi fare up to the nearest tenth when paying your driver.
Do haggle with merchants when shopping.
Do dress conservatively when exploring public areas of Jordan.
Do be aware that Arabs tend to stand a fraction of the distance closer when conversing than people do in the West.
Do feel free to consume alcoholic beverages, but not in outside public areas.
Don't interrupt, or pass in front of, a Muslim who may be praying in a public place.
Don't openly consume food, beverages, or cigarettes in public places during the holy month of Ramadan.
Don't dress provocatively when walking outdoors.
Don't panic if an acquaintance "pecks" you on the cheeks when greeting you, as Arabs have traditionally kissed each other on both cheeks as a warm gesture of welcome and affection.
Don't feel uncomfortable if your host insists on "over feeding" you during a meal, as Arabs traditionally view food as an important symbol of hospitality, generosity, and goodwill – the more the better!
Don't feel that you are required to tip your taxi driver, as tipping in such a scenario is not necessary, but is certainly appreciated.
Alcohol is widely available at bars and hotels across Jordan. During Ramadan, drinks are only available to visitors in their hotels. Alcohol can also be bought from supermarkets.
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By Tom Knudson
Sacramento Bee
Inside a government warehouse along a noisy freeway in West Sacramento is a set of metal shelves holding more than 100 carefully labeled cardboard boxes.
Inside those boxes are tens of thousands of state records that could help scientists and water policy specialists better understand and protect California groundwater.
But while all other Western states make such records – known as well completion reports, or well logs, for short – open to the public, California does not.
Here, access to the documents is restricted. While some government agencies and researchers can view them, many scientists and the public at large cannot, a barrier many say reins in knowledge about groundwater supplies as the state struggles with one of the worst droughts in recorded history.
"We're basically blindfolding ourselves," said Laurel Firestone, co-director of the Community Water Center, a Visalia-based nonprofit, who argues that access to the records could help improve water quality. "If California is going to be serious about managing its groundwater, it can't possibly do that without accessible and transparent data."
By now, the contours of California's groundwater crisis are familiar: the dried-up wells, sinking farmland, over-tapped aquifers and growing push for more state oversight. But on the edges of that drama is a back story that's been largely overlooked about groundwater data, government secrecy and scientific opportunities lost.
Groundwater is critical to California. Without it, agriculture collapses, cities shrink, ecosystems die. Yet while our knowledge of rivers and reservoirs is exhaustive, we know far less about water stored inside the earth, including how much can be safely pumped without depleting aquifers and sowing long-term harm.
"Imagine trying to manage a reservoir where you're not sure what the boundaries of the reservoir are. You're not sure how much water gets in, how much water gets out, or what the level is," said Graham Fogg, a professor of hydrogeology at UC Davis.
"Groundwater management is kind of like that," Fogg said. "You are trying to manage systems that are ill-defined and ill-understood."
Well completion reports help chart that underworld. Like medical charts, they are filled with data and notes that help researchers and water managers understand a complex system they can't actually see.
In all other Western states, such records are accessible to whomever wants to see them – from university professors to civil engineers, real estate agents to the media. But in California, well logs are barred from public inspection by a 63-year-old law written to keep data gathered by well-drilling companies from falling into the hands of competitors.
"The lack of information about well logs makes no sense, particularly as we are trying hard to manage a diminishing public trust resource," said Jeffrey Mount, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonpartisan think tank in San Francisco. "This is another one of those anachronistic statutes that does not belong in a modern water management system," Mount said.
As water tables drop to record lows, even some drillers now favor more transparency. "We know there can't be very good planning without some availability, because that's the only knowledge we have – all of us," said John Hofer, executive director of the California Groundwater Association, which represents well drillers.
"By and large, we are much more amenable to making them available," Hofer added. "Personally, I think the time has come to have better science and regulations. We want to be on the cutting edge of the new science."
Two legislative efforts in the past three years to make the records more accessible have failed. Opposition remains strong among farmers who fear release of the records could raise questions about who's pumping how much and where, and invite lawsuits and restrictions on groundwater use that is unregulated in many places. Others worry that disclosing the locations of public supply wells could lead to an act of terrorism.
"I don't see a real benefit for throwing a lot of that information out for public demand," said Paul Wenger, president of the California Farm Bureau, the state's largest farm organization. "Those who are in authority and who have a need to know have access to it now."
Gov. Jerry Brown disagrees. In 2011, he vetoed a bill that would have expanded well log access to academics and other groundwater professionals because he felt it was still too restrictive.
"The original intent of this bill recognized that wise management and use of groundwater supply requires public disclosure of well logs," Brown wrote in his veto message. "Unfortunately, as amended, this bill now unduly restricts the use of these reports and imposes severe criminal penalties for disclosure.
"California is the only Western state that does not provide ready access to well reports," Brown added. "That should be changed."
Connecting the dots
The roots of California's closed system reach back to post World War II when sewage and industrial waste were fouling groundwater, in part because of poorly built wells that transported pollution into aquifers.
Lawmakers wanted information. They passed a law in 1949 requiring drillers to submit reports for wells they bored. "Such information … would be invaluable" for managing groundwater quality, a legislative committee reported. "It would also provide a tremendous fund of geologic information which is now lacking with regard to many of the underground reservoirs of the state."
Compliance, though, was spotty because drillers did not want to disclose data that might help competitors find the best places to drill. So two years later, lawmakers came up with a solution. They passed a law, California Water Code Section 13752, declaring that well logs "shall not be made available for inspection by the public…."
"It is believed that if such information is not open to public inspection, more complete and accurate information will be received," said a 1951 memo from the state's deputy director of public works to Gov. Earl Warren.
The strategy worked. Over the past six decades, California's stockpile of well logs has grown to about 800,000 documents. Laid end to end, that's enough paper to circle Lake Tahoe twice.
Well logs are short – but not simple. Only one page long, they are crammed with data about well drilling that is squeezed onto a maze-like grid of lines and boxes. Filling one out is so complex, the state provides drillers with a 29-page instruction manual, complete with references.
But while the quality of the data varies, those dry forms help scientists navigate a subterranean landscape that provides 30 percent to 40 percent of the state's water, even more during a drought. Logs don't record how much water is pumped, but they do reveal where wells are located, their depth, diameter and the geological material they are bored through.
Researchers can use such information to create computer images that chart the size, shape and thickness of water-bearing layers and how water cycles through and between them. Such efforts help managers better understand how aquifers function and – in an era of drought and climate change – how much pumping they can withstand without being depleted.
"It's kind of like playing dot-to-dot," said Chris Petersen, vice president of the Groundwater Resources Association of California, which represents professionals in the field. "If you have a lot of dots – and those dots are drillers' logs – you can put together a high-resolution picture of what's happening in the sub-surface.
"If you have limited dots, you're still going to get some picture, but it may or may not be accurate," Petersen added. "That's why logs are so important."
While the public can't view logs, the Legislature did make an exception in the 1951 law that allowed access "to government agencies for use in making studies." That passage has been narrowly interpreted, so that even scientists who work for public universities sometimes can't gain access.
"It was maddening, absolutely maddening," said Fogg, the UC Davis hydrogeologist who three years ago was thwarted in his attempts to obtain well logs for a study of groundwater sustainability and contamination on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley funded by the National Science Foundation.
"I don't know of any state that makes these proprietary the way California does," Fogg said. "I've been in California for 25 years. Before that, I worked 11 years in Texas.
"In Texas, the drillers' log information is public. You would think that Texas – with a much more pro-business climate – would allow this stuff to be proprietary. But it's never been that way. California, in that respect, is backward. You are operating with a hand tied behind your back," Fogg said.
State officials say UC Davis does not meet the definition of a government agency, nor does the National Science Foundation, which is funded by the federal government.
"The law doesn't include him," said Paula Landis, a division chief with the Department of Water Resources, when asked about Fogg. "He has to ask somebody who fits within the definition of the law. The National Science Foundation doesn't."
For official eyes only
Water department spokeswoman Nancy Vogel said her agency takes its cue from the Legislature, which differentiates between which government agencies can access logs and which can't.
"Most requests for well reports come from entities that are obvious government agencies, as defined by Government Code section 1150," Vogel said by email. Examples include counties, cities, municipal corporations and water districts.
"But if a request comes to us from someone who does not fit that definition, we look to how that entity is treated by the Legislature," she added. "The University of California, California State University and community colleges are not defined as governmental agencies by the Legislature for most purposes. So DWR does not define them as governmental agencies, either.
"The Legislature could change the law to say universities are governmental entities … and we'd turn over the data to university researchers," Vogel added. "It would be simple for us."
Even researchers who do obtain logs by going through a state-approved agency face restrictions. They must sign a release agreement promising that "information obtained from these reports shall be kept confidential and shall not be disseminated, published or made available for inspection by the public. Copies shall be stamped CONFIDENTIAL and shall be kept in a restricted file accessible only to agency staff or the authorized agent."
For nongovernment scientists, access is so restricted that most don't try. That means questions about where and how groundwater is polluted and how much can be pumped without depleting water supplies often go unanswered.
"Right now, we have communities whose wells have gone dry, completely. They are literally living out of water in buckets for their basic bathing needs," said Firestone, co-director of the Community Water Center, which works in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
Is agricultural pumping causing the problem? Well logs could provide a clue by showing where wells are located – but the Community Water Center can't access them. "Knowing where wells exist seems fundamental to being able to manage groundwater," Firestone said.
Data on logs also show at what depth wells are perforated to tap into groundwater – a detail that can help reveal how agricultural chemicals, such as nitrates and pesticides, flow from one part of an aquifer system to another.
"It's a really important thing to know," Firestone said. "We can't access any of that information because well completion reports are confidential.
"In California, we are a center of innovation. We've done incredible water management and engineering feats – and yet we are living in the Dark Ages with access to basic data," she said.
Petersen, vice president of the Groundwater Resources Association, echoed those concerns: "Why are we so worried about the sharing of well log information when it affects our ability to manage an incredibly huge water resource in the state?" he said.
"I am always bumping up against trying to understand subsurface conditions with limited information," Petersen added. "There is such a need for improved management of groundwater in the state. We need to have our hands on this basic information."
Last year, even the California Department of Water Resources joined the ranks of those calling for transparency.
The agency spelled out its position in a comprehensive draft management blueprint called the California Water Plan, 2013 Update. In a chapter titled "Roadmap for Action," the department called on policymakers to "make publicly available existing Well Completion Reports to allow improved analysis of groundwater data."
"You can definitely say DWR favors making the well logs public," Vogel, the department spokeswoman, said in an email .
'Bread off my table'
But in a state where groundwater is tied to property rights, and management of the resource plays out at local and regional levels, many remain wary of making the records public.
In some cases, that resistance comes from public water suppliers worried about the risk of sabotage by terrorists. "Although many other Western states are doing this, I am not of the mind that just because everyone else has a black eye, I should have one, too," said Meg Catzen-Brown, a lobbyist for the Central Basin Water Association in Los Angeles County, at a 2011 Senate hearing.
"We are very concerned about the security implications of making these well logs available to the general public," Catzen-Brown said.
Supporters note that more than 150 California public water suppliers – including the city of Davis and the Sacramento County Water Agency – already make such information public.
"You can do Google searches for urban water plans and they have city wells located in those plans," said Vicki Kretsinger Grabert, principal hydrologist for Luhdorff & Scalmanini Consulting Engineers in Woodland. "You can find the information. It seems like a rationale that doesn't hold much weight."
Although opposition from well drillers has softened over the decades, many still worry about divulging data on logs to competitors. "We have records going back to the 1920s. On occasion, it gives us an advantage," said Augie Guardino, general manager of Guardino Well Drilling in Morgan Hill. "I don't want to hand that over freely to someone who might take bread off my table."
Some of the stiffest opposition comes from the state's farmers who have long tapped groundwater at will and view disclosure of well drilling data as a potential conduit for regulation or litigation.
"Folks are afraid, frankly, that as the general public goes out and looks at that well construction data, they start infringing upon and creating individual personal property risk," said David Orth, general manager of the Kings River Conservation District, which promotes the efficient use of groundwater in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
"What's to preclude somebody from suing somebody because they've concluded that well construction creates a contamination plume or impacts indirectly the water supply of a neighboring well or community?"
Orth said his district already helps groundwater researchers obtain well logs for a variety of studies. "The question is: What additional public interest is served if we let the public have access to those things?" he said.
But even in California's agricultural heartland, where water tables are dropping as large swaths of land are converted to almond orchards and other water-intensive crops, many people want to know more about what's happening to the aquifers under their feet.
That includes Mary and Gerald Vieira, a retired couple who have lived in rural Denair southeast of Modesto since the 1970s.
After their well went dry last year, they paid $14,000 to have a new one drilled. Now – as the drought intensifies and groundwater pumping in the region increases – they worry how long current reserves will last.
"I'm a lot more scared this year than I was last year," said Gerald, 71. "I thought maybe we were going to have a place to pass onto our kids. I'm not so sure that is going to happen now."
"Or even that they would want it," said Mary, 68. "It's such a can of worms."
They keep the well completion report for their new well locked in a fireproof safe along with other important documents. But they are frustrated that data on the form are confidential under state law. "It doesn't make sense," Mary said. "Why are they compiling the information if they're never going to do anything with it?
"They should be utilizing it to protect all of us," she added. "What if they did that with cancer patients? They would never find a cure."


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'Accomplice' doing more time
Due to popular demand — or is it some kind of conspiracy? — La Jolla Playhouse has extended the run of its upcoming, participatory crime saga "Accomplice."
It's the first time since the Playhouse's site-specific "Without Walls" series was launched in 2011 that a show has been extended before it actually opened.
"Accomplice," which begins previews March 26, now has additional performances from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 16-19 (starting every 30 minutes within that time window), and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. April 20-21 (same 30-minute interval between performances).
There also are newly added Tuesday-Wednesday performances (April 2-3 and 9-10), again starting every 30 minutes between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
"Accomplice," a kind of mystery stroll that will involve playgoers in a shady (fictional?) crime scheme as they make their way around the Little Italy neighborhood, was previously scheduled to close April 14.
Accomplice San Diego
The New York Times has compared previous editions of the piece to the Michael Douglas movie thriller "The Game." (Which probably is better than, say, "Lost.")
More details: (858) 550-1010 or lajollaplayhouse.org. (And look for our Spring Preview piece on "Accomplice" online soon, and in this Sunday's U-T Arts section.)
And speaking of theater on the hoof:
The collaborative San Diego troupe Circle Circle Dot Dot never quite seems to stop moving — and we mean that pretty literally. Their last show was "San Diego, I Love You," which, like "Accomplice," involved telling playgoers to take a hike (in this case to various locations in Hillcrest).
Now C2D2 already is getting set to roll out its next show — and again, we mean that pretty literally. (We just can't seem to figure this figurative thing.)
The show is called "Derby Wise," and it looks at the sport of roller derby through the eyes of Erika "Jezebel" Simms, a member of the San Diego Derby Darlings.
The company's artistic director, Katherine Harroff, wrote the play. She and company member Shaun Tuazon are co-directing its maiden production — a fitting description, given its all-female cast.
The show goes off April 6 at the Tenth Avenue Theatre downtown, and runs through April 20. Details: circle2dot2.com.
And one more newly announced show: An event that also has its site-specific angle.
Vantage Theatre, the longstanding (although only occasionally producing) local company that teamed with San Diego Rep and La Jolla Playhouse in 2011 on the local presentation of Anna Deavere Smith's "Let Me Down Easy," is partnering on a play about Mozart.
Vantage, along with Mainly Mozart and the Timken Museum of Art, will present a staged reading of "Cadenza: Mozart's Last Year" as part of the Mainly Mozart Festival.
The reading of Robert Salerno's play, which dramatizes the great composer's confrontation with mortality, takes place at 7 p.m. May 25 at the Timken in Balboa Park, with a champagne reception afterward.
More info: (619) 466-8742 or vantagetheatre.com.


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Garden lovers in Dorset will be able to step back in time and see a newly-restored Victorian orchid house which re-opened today 9 May at Kingston Lacy.
The orchid house was an important part of the kitchen garden at the house over 100 years ago but had tumbled into ruin over time. It has now been restored by the National Trust and is once again home to delicate orchids.
For fashionable Victorians a fascination with orchids was common with the word orchidelirium coined to describe the obsession. The passion for the exotic and fragile flowers was particularly seen at Kingston Lacy in Dorset, where Walter Ralph Bankes, and later Henrietta Bankes, developed their collection. The orchid house was part of a large complex of glass houses built at the kitchen garden which gradually fell into disrepair.
Since the National Trust took over Kingston Lacy in 1982, it has been a long held ambition to restore the orchid house.Thanks to a grant of £38,345 from Local Action Group Sowing Seeds, the National Trust has been able to restore the orchid house to its former glory.
The glasshouses are adjacent to the 118 Growing Spaces community allotment plots in the kitchen garden which has allocated spaces for local families and individuals, as well as community groups and schools.
The repairs have returned two of the glasshouses – one of them a 'sunken' glass house – to use again along with the small boiler house and cold frames, creating a new public area in the kitchen garden. The buildings were dismantled brick by brick and timber frames carefully dismantled so the replacements matched the originals as closely as possible.
Visitors will now be able to explore the glasshouse and an exotic variety of orchids – replicating those owned by the Bankes family – which were generously funded by a donation from the East Dorset National Trust Association.
Steve Candy, Head Gardener at Kingston Lacy, said: "Our gardens team has looked through the extensive archives from the Bankes family to find out more about the orchid collection at Kingston Lacy and how the Victorian gardeners cared for these plants. It's really good to be able to allow people to experience Walter and Henrietta's passion for orchids. Everyone will be able to enjoy the decorative and colourful, flower spiked displays in one of the few remaining examples of glasshouse in the UK."
The Trust gardeners have also worked hard to save a 100 year old Wisteria which was growing on the Orchid House. The plant has been pruned back and supported on a specially made frame
Steve continued: "Saving the Wisteria is quite a challenge but it is an original feature of the building and as important as preserving the glasshouse itself."
Researchers were able to draw on specific references to the orchids in the personal garden diary of Walter Bankes dating from 1896. On the Kingston Lacy library shelves is a copy of the "Amateur Orchid Cultivators' Guide Book" (by H. A. Burberry published in 1894), inscribed with handwritten notes by Henrietta Bankes. The archives also hold receipts for the purchase of orchids from specialist nurserymen and even a schedule of work to fit wooden blinds to the orchid house to provide shading.
An important link to the past is a slipper orchid (Paphiopedilium insigne) with distinctive coppery gold colouring on its flower. This was grown and assembled with ferns, for posies and corsages, for sale at Wimborne market as late as the 1960s.
More information is available on www.nationaltrust.org.uk/kingstonlacy


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A Claytons Post (The post you have when you aren't having a post).
I noticed a few things of interest while I was trawling the Twisted Nether Wiki the other day.
- Episode 8- A Bird in the Nether is up.
- I found some interesting resources I had never seen before on the Twisted Nether Resources page.
Gear: Lootrank
A site where you rate the various gear stats, select the potential sources, and get a list. I must admit I have never been particularly good with this stuff, and it doesn't meet my needs from my earlier post LFT: (Looking For Tool) Mage gear comparison spreadsheet but it still looks pretty cool.
Reputation: WoWJuju – Wold of Warcraft Reputation Calculator
By entering your Realm and your Character name you'll be able to see what repeatable tasks you have to perform to advance from your current reputation level to the next one for the ALL Factions, both Alliance and Horde.
Character History & Tracking: WoW Character Watch
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How does WCW work?
When you "watch" a character it is added to our global Watch List and every 24 hours we scan the WoW Armory and look for changes to the attributes and gear of those characters. If there are any changes we add them to the history we maintain so we can display them when needed.
There's some great stuff going on down at the Twisted Nether Wiki… a personal thanks to all involved, and remember if there is a site or a blog that isn't there, you can nominate it…
Gnomer and Out!


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California sculptor William Wareham is known for constructions made up of sections of spheres and segments of rings, put together in fanciful—even whimsical—arrangements. Made from polished steel, these assemblages represent an exploration of the relationship between a two-dimension form (circle) and a three-dimensional shape (sphere).
One striking example is on the campus of Santa Rosa Junior College. Titled Lackawanna and installed in 2008, this polished steel sculpture of arcs and quarter spheres displays a finely calibrated balance that is almost mathematical.
"To activate space with steel is a challenge," Warham has stated. "I try to resolve this with both knowledge and intuition. I rework and change the forms to get a more dynamic relationship, interesting intervals, tension in the negative volumes, or contrasting scale; all with the purpose of bringing a great sense of visual delight to our lives."
Intriguingly, three ring segments at the top combine to form what, from some angles, looks like the Greek symbol pi—standing for the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
The sculpture's title comes from a name stamped on recycled steel that the sculptor used to fabricate the structure. The Lackawanna Steel Company, founded in 1840, became a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel in 1922, before closing in 1983. From 1902, it was located in Lackawanna, New York.
Photos by I. Peterson