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How important are consumers to the economy? Very important, as any economist worth their salt will admit. And despite big fiscal problems in Washington D.C., U.S. consumers are not only feeling better, but showing it.
Consumer confidence in November rose to 73.7—its highest reading in four years, according to the Conference Board.
An uptick in home prices has helped lift consumers' mood. Property values in the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City Index advanced 3% from September 2011. Mortgage rates are still at multi-decade lows and home affordability has improved.
Stocks within the S&P 500 linked to consumer spending have been hot performers. The Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY) has climbed 21.02% while the Consumer Staples SPDR (XLP) is ahead by 11% year-to-date.
XLY owns stocks linked to consumer durables, apparel, hotels, restaurants, leisure, media and retailing. Top stock holdings include Amazon.com, Home Depot and Starbucks.
In contrast, XLP is the more defensive consumer focused ETF because it holds stocks covering food and drug retailing, beverages, food products, tobacco, household products and personal products. Top holdings include Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Wal-Mart.
Higher consumer spending has been driving returns in both sectors.
The National Retail Federation reported that a record 247 million shoppers spent an average of $423 during the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday weekend compared to just $398 in 2011.
Over the past few months, consumers have grown increasingly more upbeat about the current and expected state of the job market, and this turnaround in sentiment is helping to boost confidence," said Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at The Conference Board.


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Set Us Free
02. We're In Love 3:27
03. Sho-Nuff Mellow 4:32
04. Mr. Big Stuff 4:37
05. Right On With This Mess 4:38
06. Mercy, Mercy, Me (The Ecology) 3:39
07. Tom's Thumb 5:30
Bass – Richard Davis
Congas – Ray Armando
Drums – Jimmy Johnson
Guitar, Sitar – David Spinozza
Harp – Gene Bianco
Organ – Reuben Wilson
Percussion – Gordon (Spec) Powell
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Jerome Richardson
Vocals – Mildred Brown, Naomi Thomas, Rosalyn Brown
Set Us Free, Reuben Wilson's final album for Blue Note, was issued in 1971. Since that time it has become an immortal and much sought classic by beatheads for a single track: "We're in Love." DJ Premier sampled it liberally -- for its Hammond B-3 vamps, backing vocals, and decorative percussion -- for use on rapper Nas' smash "Memory Lane." Hip-hop fans suddenly had to hear more, and as a result not only is Wilson active again on the circuit, but there has also been terrific interest in his catalog. Not only did Blue Note's Michael Cuscuna reissue this all but forgotten nugget for the label's killer Rare Groove series (before August 2008 it had never been available on CD in America), but Chicago's Dusty Groove re-released 1975's funky Cadet burner Got to Get Your Own during the same month. Set Us Free stands almost completely outside the space inhabited by the rest of Wilson's Blue Note titles. Produced by the late George Butler, it's a wildly textured and seamless aural meld of gritty B-3 jams, smooth yet psychedelic soul, rock, pop, and funk. Wilson and Butler employed a killer band for this date that included reedman Jerome Richardson, bassist Richard Davis, guitarist David Spinozza (who also plays some electric sitar on the date), drummer Jimmy Johnson, conguero Ray Armando, percussionist Specs Powell, and Gene Bianco on harp; the entire proceeding was arranged by the great Wade Marcus.
Vocal arranger Jimmy Briggs was brought in to write charts for a female backing chorus on a funky Latinized blues version of "Mr. Big Stuff," the lush psych-soul babymaker "We're in Love," and Marvin Gaye's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (The Ecology)." This isn't to say that there aren't slamming organ jams on the set; Marcus' "Right on with This Mess" makes that abundantly clear. That said, even on these back-to-basics numbers, Wilson's B-3 may be up front and slamming, but Richardson's sweet soprano saxophone (which, to be fair, wails in its solo), the warm guitar lines, and the congas add depth and dimension -- even while Johnson's drums are breaking all over the place. The title track, written by Eddie Harris, is smooth instrumental soul at its best -- Richardson's soprano and the hand drums are up front with Davis' slowly rolling bassline and the hand drums. But it cuts loose in places, with Wilson adding textural flourishes in his solo rather than soaring above the mix. The closest thing to the hard bopping blues Wilson's other recording showcased are sections of the closer, "Tom's Thumb," but even here, with its harp adornment, augmented major sevenths by Spinozza, and the shuffling one-two one-two of Johnson, this comes off as exotic -- especially with the wonderful percussion section laying in the cut as he breaks often and true. Wilson is the only one letting it rip. Yet somehow, this ambitious, lushly orchestrated album not only sounds current, but still ahead of its time. Highly recommended.

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It's been a good amount of time since I last wrote. What's transpired as time has passed, becoming so very fluid while my thoughts have become firm and my inner self tastes freedom more and more each day..
The last couple weeks in Camden pressed that city inescapably into my heart. I am filled with heaviness and love as I write this now, five weeks after driving away with a screams reverberating within me.
Her leaning into him, shooting into his back outside McDonald's as kids rolled by on bikes and people walked by without a second glance. The emptiness and eerie silence of 500 State the night we drove home to find our house taped off, blood stains from our neighbor's murdered body darkening the steps next door. Standing on the front steps listening to people chat, watching people walk by, all as normal the morning after. That 13 year old boys grinning face looking up at me, "so how do you like Camden now?"
It's the most messed up place I've ever been.
And the service day in the park that had been closed for weeks because of a murder.. the 70 community members who showed up to help clean up the park, their park. The movie night in said park that night.. over a hundred locals showing up to watch Avatar on a blow-up screen with a blasting sound system - too much water-ice.. so much popcorn.. so many people, together in a city with no reason to trust anyone at anytime.
I'll remember the AHEC van, surveying individuals about their thoughts on needle drop-boxes and a needle exchange system.
I can't write about every person, just as there's no way to dive in and go through everything I saw, heard, experienced, felt. I feel I'm doing an incredible injustice to the city as a whole by not telling every story and taking the time to relive it all, but I don't think I'm ready to right now.
Messed up and beautiful. Dead and hopeful. I've never been anyplace so cold and felt so okay. Camden, you certainly made an impression on me.
I spent a week in bed, sick and tired and unable to do anything (something I've also never experienced before). Why, I'm not entirely sure, except that Camden depleted me.
But to switch gears, what's happened since is wonderful wonderful wonderful! I'm living in Virginia Beach, VA in a tiny house three miles from the Atlantic Ocean..
Falling asleep to crashing waves and waking up sandy and happy with the birds and the rising sun will never get old. Just as the constant strumming of guitars and the positive, motivated atmosphere didn't take too long to get used to.
I'm on this brand new composite team for this, my final, round. In two days I begin training for my Wildland Firefighting "Red Card". As for right now, I'm happy. Very happy.
And I walk barefoot down the street in the morning.
And I read Hesse and Kerouac and Dostoevsky, and Whitman.
And I play pianos in tiny churches with people I met only two weeks before (but I've known them forever).
And I talk life with people who make me want to be more alive.
And I feel *sigh* I feel like me.
And that's big.
(oh yeah, and about that photo.. I am officially a dumpster diver.)
(oh yeah, and about that photo.. I am officially a dumpster diver.)


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This week, tens of thousands of students voted on the Quebec government's most recent offer to striking students. However, given that the deal effectively maintains an 82-per-cent tuition increase over seven years (with an ambiguous committee that might reduce non-tuition fees), it's of no particular surprise that the offer has been rejected nearly across the board.
At Concordia University, various student departmental associations, as well as the Graduate Students' Association and the Concordia Student Union Council, took unanimous decisions against the government's offer.
With hopes that this turn of events will force parties back to the negotiation table next week, it might be helpful to take a moment to reflect on these votes and broader democratic issues in the context of the student strike.
Regardless of one's own opinion on the tuition-fee increase, there is a growing consensus that these last months have fundamentally changed Quebec society.
Young people in this province genuinely believe that this fight is for the sake of future generations, our younger brothers and sisters, so that they will have access to the same opportunities that we do.
That intensity of feeling is not something easy to translate into formal party politics. Perhaps because of this, we are increasingly feeling the tension of an intergenerational disconnect between the way traditional voters see government and democracy and the way the new generation sees both.
One thing that should be demystified from the beginning is the process by which these decisions are made by students. While there seems to be specific discomfort among some people regarding votes by "show of hands," students tend to prefer open votes in general assemblies because discussion, debate and the power to amend decisions build a sense of mutual accountability in ways that shoving a ballot into a box simply does not.
Indeed, members of Premier Jean Charest's own Quebec Liberal Party vote by a show of hands at their policy meetings; our elected representatives in Parliament and the National Assembly also vote openly as opposed to secretly.
While episodes of voter intimidation should not be accepted or taken lightly, instances where it happens are addressed swiftly and are isolated if they happen at all. Students have an interest in maintaining the legitimacy of their vote.
This process has taught young people a fundamental lesson: that democracy is not something that happens every four or five years. Democracy is ongoing, collaborative, and occasionally chaotic.
This movement, whatever people might feel about the issue(s) behind it, has put hundreds of thousands of people on the street in the largest demonstrations in the province's history; and it's clear that this has also provoked a level of discomfort in the public mind.
While the occasional violence (both from police and protesters) is undoubtedly unfortunate, it has also served to distract attention from the persistence, resilience and largely peaceful intent of the overwhelming majority of students.
Neither arguments about the legitimacy of a majority government nor constant parroting about a "silent majority" serves to address the heart of the issue. When the electoral process fails an entire generation, when public consultation isn't meaningful, when petitions, letters and phone calls to elected representatives go unheard, there is often no other option than to express those convictions in the street.
It bears noting that never in this province's history has such a prolonged public outcry been left truly unaddressed by those in power. Not all issues are equal: surely some will generate more intense political reaction than others. But this one has captured the public's frustration and imagination, and the attention of young people, in a way that few political causes ever will. And when the government's response is obstinate, dismissive and contemptuous, what kind of democracy is that?
There is a tenacity and spirit behind the student movement that serve to remind us that a ballot in a box every few years should never trump the will of an entire generation. I'll say this for the Charest government: at the very least it has managed to create a social crisis so profound that the myth of our "apathetic youth" is dead.
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If you are interested in following Alexander Caulfield Anderson around the Fort Colvile district, then I suggest that you place your order for this book:
Title: Angus Mcdonald of the Great Divide: The Uncommon Life of a Fur Trader, 1816-1889
Author: Steve A. Anderson
You can pre-order this book through Barnes & Noble (I have already done so), and Steve says that Amazon will carry it, too.
Angus Mcdonald was Alexander Caulfield Anderson's clerk at Fort Colvile and Flathead House -- Anderson's children loved the man and I think that he and Anderson were very good friends, as well.
And Angus Mcdonald was a character!!!! I will write about him in a later column, for sure.
Oh, by the way, Steve Anderson is not one of our Andersons -- he is the Administrator of the Descendants of Fort Nisqually Employees Facebook page and the retired manager of Fort Nisqually NHS.
I don't know how he got interest in Mcdonald, but he did.
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Publication Date: October 2011
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ISBN: 0982522038 [I don't know what the difference between these two ISBN's might be).
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(This post originally ran at Womanist Musings. It has since been updated to reflect the comment thread from the original posting and my subsequent rethinking of this topic. As always, I am thankful for those who take the time to comment, to open up the dialogue, and to help me question/refine my own thoughts.)
I am beginning to wonder – have we become less like Frankenstein's monster, who was horrified by his own monstrous reflection, and more like traditional vampires, who could not see their own reflection? I am in hopes the monstrous acts of violence, war, hate crime, etc will lead us to contemplate our collective reflection in that largest of mirrors – our society – and to become horrified by our own monstrous acts (as well as our monstrous inaction).
As pointed out in a comment from Sparky (of Spark in Darkness), designating people as monsters and their acts as monstrous allows a distancing — as if what she/he/they did is profoundly Other, not human, not us, not a reflection of our society. As Sparky points out, this shuts down analysis and allows for the writing off of certain acts as an aberration. "I hate it when we describe criminals as monsters. Because I think it is used to AVOID showing and AVOID examining. It is used as a simple closing word, a dismissal, and avoidance," he writes. We certainly saw this phenomenon with the Abu Ghraib torture and the writing off of Lindsey England as a "bad apple," a monstrous women.
We also see it in the labeling of Sarah Palin as a monster (as many pundits do and as one comment in the thread named her). While I am no fan of Palin, I think labeling her as a monster demonstrates Sparky's argument. Palin is a product of U.S. culture and politics — in fact a creation that mirrors in many senses what is expected of a powerful woman. It is our society that is monstrous, evil, greedy, sexist, racist, etc — humans like Palin are the products of this, the modern Frankenstein "monsters" that SHOULD reveal to us our insanities and injustices. By labeling her a monster we instead Otherize her, discounting how she is a logical product of U.S. empire.
When I posted a few weeks back at my Seduced by Twilight blog on "What does a monster look like?" someone commented as follows in the thread:
"I think REAL monsters are those that don't look like monsters at all. The most innocent looking, quiet ones that wait in the shadows and kill young women are today's monsters. Monsters are violent and relentless but not always obvious."
While I agree that real monsters are scarier than fictional ones, I am intrigued about the way we use the word monster both to designate creatures of the imagination – vampires, zombies, dragons, etc – as well as to designate people who act in ways defined as monstrous, cruel, and evil.
The etymological roots of the term monster come from "monere" (to warn), "monstrum" (that which teaches), and "monstrare" (to show). As noted in this essay on monsters, "The theme of teaching or guiding is thus implicit in the etymology, with the English word 'demonstrate' turning out to be a cousin of 'monster' in that the Latin 'demonstratum' is a past participle of 'demonstrare', which means 'to point out, indicate, show or prove'."
These etymological roots indicate that monsters (both those we create in our fictional worlds AND those that inhabit our societies) teach, warn, show, prove, and indicate.
Though I agree with Sparky's points that labelling some as monsters can lead to a lack of analysis, I do think that the etymological roots of the word provide us with a critical lens with which to examine today's "REAL monsters" (as they are referred to in the above comment). The daily acts of rape and murder should WARN us that our society condones and perpetuates violence. These monstrosities of war should TEACH as that war is not the answer. The prevalence of hate crime should SHOW as that we are not in a post-racial, post-feminist, or post-heterosexist world. All of these different acts of human monstrosity DEMONSTRATE, INDICATE, and PROVE that our corporate capitalist heteronormative patriarchy breeds monsters at an alarming rate.
Those we generally consider monsters – those that kill/torture/abuse indiscriminately and repeatedly – do serve as a warning – a warning that our society not only allows such monsters, but actively creates them. Are not such monster indicating that our world breeds violence? Do they not point out that the main modes of societal organization – patriarchy, corporate capitalism, militarism – is perhaps the perfect conditions for monsters to thrive? Does not their existence – in exorbitant numbers and in all branches of society – priesthoods, schools, sports, government, media, etc – PROVE that we may be creating more monsters than we can slay or contain, let alone eradicate?
I am focused on such so-called REAL monsters for reasons close to home. Last month, a 17-year-old female from my town was raped and murdered while jogging alone in a local park. This past weekend, on Easter Sunday, the attendance secretary from my son's school was shot in her home, as was her husband, by a disgruntled neighbor who decided the best way to solve their long-standing disputes over a parking space was with a shotgun.
I am also focused on such REAL monsters due to a slew of hate crimes on the campus where I teach – crimes that have largely been ignored by campus administrators as well as the local media.
I know that such incidents are far from unique. I know such monsters lurk in every neighborhood, on every campus, in every corner of the globe, and certainly in many governments, religious organizations, and law enforcement teams. But, somehow, the warning seems more urgent when such monstrous acts become so common as to be expected – as if daily violence, rape, murder, and hatred – not to mention never-ending war – is par for the course.


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It's gotten so that just seeing the words "reboot" or "remake" in a headline about a new version of a popular TV show or movie is enough to make us cringe.
We've been conditioned by years of disappointment to expect the worst. But even after suffering through re-imagined renderings of "Psycho," "Bewitched" and "The Dukes of Hazzard," we maintain a glimmer of hope that Hollywood somehow won't screw it up again. Which, of course, the suits count upon as they use the familiar to lure us to TVs and theaters.
We're going to try to bury past disillusionment and allow ourselves to get excited by the news this week that "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane is digging deep into TV history to unearth "The Flintstones" for Fox.
There's reason for optimism: MacFarlane, as he's shown with "Family Guy," possesses the right mix of pop cultural reverence and irreverence (with an emphasis on the latter) to bring the 1960s modern Stone Age family into the present.
The creators of successful, relatively edgy fare like "Family Guy," "The Simpsons" and "South Park" owe a debt to the folks at middle-of-the-road Hanna-Barbera, who proved that a heightened-reality cartoon sitcom could play in prime time.
But the appeal of a reboot is about more than just paying homage an animated ancestor: "The Flintstones" was a lens through which to view the pop culture of the early-to-mid 1960s (remember the "Way Outs?"), and could prove an effective prism for our era, via MacFarlane's off-kilter, reference- and cameo-heavy style (Stoney Curtis could give way to, well, Joss Stone).
MacFarlane already has demonstrated a knack for adding his own twisted twist to the old "Honeymooners"/"Flintstones" formula with "Family Guy." As he put it in a statement about his upcoming gig: "I think America is finally ready for an animated sitcom about a fat, stupid guy with a wife who's too good for him."
McFarlane has mined "The Flintstones" before for gags on "Family Guy" (including a bawdy cutaway in which Fred and Wilma argue in a divorce lawyer's office) and in a short from his "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" web series, showing Fred and Barney trying to get into a hip nightclub.
"Look at you," the doorman scoffs. "You're the most-out-of-date looking d-----bags I've ever seen in my life. What are those, freakin' animal skins you're wearing?"
It's that kind of sensibility that makes MacFarlane a good retro-fit for "The Flintstones." Check out the "Family Guy" clip below for a glimpse of the new side of Bedrock to come in 2013:
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"Our genomes badly need worming" ( ) 7. "Meine Zeit wird schon kommen"-"My time will come" ( ) 8. "Our doubts are traitors and makes us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt" ( ) 9. "Beer's a food" ( ) 10. "I am not aware that the tone of society [Australia] has yet assumed any peculiar character, but with such habits & without intellectual pursuits, it can hardly fail to deteriorate (& become like that of the people of the United States)". ( ) 11. "Thou, Nature, art my goddess, to thy law My services are bound" ( ) 12. "We can't turn back the days that have gone. We can't turn life back to the hours when our lungs were sound, our blood hot, our bodies young. We are a flash of fire--a brain, a heart, a spirit. And we are three-cents-worth of lime and iron-which we cannot get back." ( ) 13. "...world, world, o world, But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee, Life would not yield to age." ( ) 14. "Men should be what they seem;" ( ) 15. "I returned home, much older after crossing the world. Now I ask questions of nobody. But I know less every day". ( ) 16. "That year all the students seemed to mutate..." ( ) 17. "Clearly, advantageous mutations should be much less frequent than deleterious mutations." ( ) 18. "Education is all right, it's the people that spoil it." ( ) 19. "What I shrink from, I believe, is the shame of dying as stupid and befuddled as I am" ( ) 20. "The day was made for laziness, and lying on one's back in green places, and staring at the sky till its brightness forced one to shut one's eyes and go to sleep; and was this a time to be poring over musty books in a dark room, slighted by the very sun itself? Monstrous! ( ) 21. "In her winter dress, as now, she was like the tiger-beetle, which, when observed in dull situations, seems to be of the quietest neutral colour, but under a full illumination blazes with dazzling splendour" ( ) 22. "I used to love to drift along the pale-yellow cornfields, looking for the damp spots one sometimes found at their edges, where the smartweed soon turned a rich copper colour and the narrow brown leaves hung curled like cocoons about the swollen joints of the stem." ( ) 23. "Sixty-seven years later, alone again, in a Jackson developed beyond her imagining, widowed, nearly all the adventures of her life in the past, she recalled the earlier memory of solitude. Outside, her overgrown garden, full of trees, the ground dry, yellow, waiting for rain." ( ) 24. "of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body" () 25. "There is commonly less money, less wisdom, and less good faith than men do account upon." ( ) 26. "God so loved the world that he made fruit flies" ( ) 27. "Uniform pleasantness is rather a defect than a faculty. It shows that a man hasn't sense enough to know whom to dispise" ( ) 28. "How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!" = ? 29. "I never give them hell, I just tell the truth and they think it's hell." 30. "...natural history, youth's glorious study, has, by dint of cellular improvements, become a hateful and repulsive thing." ( ) 31. "That nobody should remember me who knew me in other days, is natural enough; but there are few people who, seeing me once, forget me now." () 32. "Whatever my hearers might do, I myself always learned something by lecturing. And to those who have experience of what a heart-breaking business teaching is--how much the can't-learns and won't-learns and don't-learns predominate over the do-learns--will understand the comfort of that reflection" 33. Noli turbare circulos meos Don't disturb my circles 34. Nullius in verba Don't take anyone's word for it 35. "You see our pretty things are all outdoors." 36. "You're bound to get ideas if you go thinkin about stuff." 37. "None of us can cast stones, for we are all fellow mutants together." 38. "It seems to me that the earth may be borrowed but not bought. It may be used, but not owned. It gives itself in response to love and tending, offers its seasonal flowering and fruiting. But we are tenants and not possessors, lovers and not masters. Cross Creek belongs to the wind and the rain, to the sun and the seasons, to the cosmic secrecy of seed, and beyond all, to time." 39. "...Nought may endure but Mutability" 40. "And if we seem a small factor in a huge pattern, nevertheless it is of relative importance. ... And so we went" 41. "Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I've got others" 42. "Night was come, and her planets were risen: a safe still night; too serene for the companionship of fear. We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us: and it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence." 43. "It was a fine, busy, breathing, rustic landscape; and as I continued to descend, the highlands of Gevaudan kept mounting in front of me against the sky." 1. "So much things to say" Bob Marley 2. "Frogs, flies, and dandelions" M. Schilthuizen 3. "To Kill a Mockingbird" Harper Lee 4. "The Taming of the Shrew" 5. The Knight's Tale, "The Canterbury Tales" 6. Matt Ridley, "Genome" 7. Gregor Mendel 8. "Measure for Measure" 9. "Green Hills of Africa" 10. Charles Darwin's Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle 11. "King Lear" 12. "Look Homeward Angel" 13. "King Lear" 14. "Othello" 15. "And How Long", Pablo Neruda 16. "Ship Fever, Andrea Barrett 17. "The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution", Motoo Kimura 18. Bartender in movie Easter Parade 19. "Waiting for the Barbrians". J. M. Coetzee 20. "The Old Curiosity Shop" Charles Dickens 21. "The Return of the Native" Thomas Hardy 22. "My Antonia" Willa Cather 23 "A Turn in the South" V. S. Naipaul 24. Ecclesiastes 12:12 25. "The Advancement of Learning" Francis Bacon 26. me 27. "A Pair of Blue Eyes", Thomas Hardy 28. ¼ 29. Harry Truman 30. Jean-Henri Fabre. 1879. "Souvenirs Entomologiques" 31. Dickens "Nicholas Nickleby" 32. Thomas H. Huxley "Man's Place in Nature" 33. Archimedes 212 or 211 BC 34. Royal Society motto 35. Robert Frost "The Housekepper" 36 Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath" 37. H. J. Muller, 1950 38. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, "Cross Creek" 39. Shelley "Mutability" 40. John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts "The Log from the Sea of Cortez" 41. Marx (Groucho not Karl) 42. Charlotte Bronte " Jane Eyre" 43. Robert Louis Stevenson "Travels with a Donkdy in the Cevennes"


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Seven-year-old Jessica Maladecki knows how to get an ambitious political agenda through a body of grizzled lawmakers, and a family of ducks is safer for her skills.
When the Westland, Michigan, girl saw a mama duck padding across a busy neighborhood road with her babies in tow, she wondered why there wasn't a sign warning drivers to slow down for the bird brood. She turned her concern into action, stowing a petition in the handlebar basket of her purple bike and going door-to-door, getting neighbors along Koppernick Road to lend their names to her effort.
She showed up at a City Council meeting and took the podium to make her case armed with four pages of signatures, and stood atop a metal folding chair to stare down the lawmakers from a podium.
"Hi, my name is Jessica," she said. "Could you put a duck crossing sign up on Koppernick Road?"
Even though Jessica is 11 years shy of voting age, the elected officials nonetheless quacked under pressure. A yellow sign was in place within days.
"She really brought a lot of positive energy to that council meeting," said Mayor William Wild.
Duane Maladecki said he's happy his daughter's burgeoning political skills paid off.
"The council members were obviously all excited," he said. Everybody clapped for her, which was fantastic. She did a great thing for the ducks."
Jessica says the sign she helped bring about has drivers slowing down, and she no longer worries about the fate of the feathered family.
"I see the mom on the side of the road with her babies and I feel like they're gonna just cross," she said.


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My recommendations this week. As usual, these are not in any particular order, I normally pick a good post from my week's readings, or left from the prior week! Hope they are useful or at least interesting to you, as well! If it is your first visit, even better! ;-)
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Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London
I recently attended an excellent Made by Many event hosted at BBH which featured a re-presentation by Manuel Lima of his 2009 TED talk on data visualisation. Manuel is the curator of visualcomplexity.com and is an eloquent, modest, charming pioneer in this fascinating field.
As a novice myself, I could not help wondering why we are all so immediately and instinctively attracted to the best of data visualisation.To start with, I'm sure there is some fundamental truth that for most of us data become meaningful only when we can see scale, change, patterns and relationships. Seeing is understanding.
It's also very reassuring to discover that complex, seemingly chaotic data sets and networks can be expressed as elegant, colourful, ordered maps and models. Perhaps there's something akin to what the Enlightenment scientists felt as every new discovery revealed the endless beauty of nature.
Indeed the best examples of data visualisation have their own aesthetic beauty. (I felt a nostalgic pang as I recalled time spent with spirograph in my bedroom as a child.)
To some extent however this elegance, which makes data visualisation so immediately compelling, also represents a challenge. It's possible that the translation of data, networks and relationships into visual beauty becomes an end in itself and the field becomes a category of fine art.
No harm in that perhaps.
But as a strategist one wants not just to see data, but to hear its story. And it can seem that for some visualisations the aesthetic overpowers the story. I spent many hours when younger staring at data tables, yearning for them to reveal a narrative. It is the prospect of bringing articulacy to hitherto cold, laconic facts that should be at the heart of the excitement around data visualisation.
The more compelling projects from Manuel's archive did indeed seem to reveal some insightful truth about the relationships that they considered. Enron's email patterns, the map of Segolene Royal's supporters, the plotting of visitor eye traces in Barcelona, all looked extremely useful.
With this last instance in particular, one can start to imagine how understanding the dynamic patterns of tourist traffic around the city and its most photographed areas might enable the development of all kinds of helpful tools and services for both tourist and city.
Manuel himself talked about 'turning tools of curiosity into tools of functionality'. In this respect he quoted Chaomei Chen: 'A taxonomy of information visualization is needed so that designers can select appropriate techniques to meet given requirements.' And clearly this desire to enable greater utility is driving Manuel's own research into the different methods and models of visual representation.
As a pioneer in his field, Manuel discussed the opportunities emerging in interactive data maps and he described a Californian experiment in which it should be possible physically to interact with a huge data set distributed about a six storey building. Blimey. I think I'll leave that to the true data connoisseurs …
Finally, as a grey haired strategist, I found myself considering how the paucity of visual representation techniques had impacted the way we tackled problems in the past. I think we knew fundamentally that most events were precipitated by complex systemic pressures and relationships. But our limited power to disentangle the many elements in one system reduced us to characterising most strategic problems in rather monochrome ways.
So, this is progress indeed. Data visualisation has radically improved our understanding of these complexities. The real question is: what will we do with that understanding?


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First, the good news: Allianz Life's 2013 Women, Money & Power Study recently found that 60 percent of women say they're the primary breadwinner in their household today. And 57 percent of all women surveyed said they have more earning power than ever before.
Yay, women! Right?
Well, hold on. There's also this: almost half of the women surveyed — 49 percent — said they still fear becoming a "bag lady." Even among those earning more than $200,000 a year, 27 percent said they're afraid they'll eventually wind up broke and homeless.
Many of the women also seemed embarrassed by financial empowerment, with 42 percent saying financially independent women are intimidating to men and will likely end up alone. And 31 percent said those women are hard to relate to and don't have many friends.
What's more, single women were the most vulnerable-feeling and judgy of all, with 56 percent confessing bag-lady fears and fully 47 percent — almost half! — painting financially confident women as unmarriageable.
What?! So, basically, we have more control over more money than ever today. Yet, many of us aren't confident we can handle the responsibility — and even if we can, we're pretty sure we'll become lonely spinsters in the process.
I'm going to go ahead and blame romantic comedies for at least part of this. We've watched too many movies where wimpy women solve their problems with marriage and every tough single woman is painted as a shoulder-pad-wearing harpy.
See also: 7 reasons women biz owners should start thinking big
How do we fix this? We can start by divorcing ourselves of the Paleolithic notion that husband = financial stability. Matrimony is not a panacea; a single girl's financial problems don't disappear as soon as she's got a ring. What's more, a marriage that ends in divorce can ruin finances, and the children that often follow marriage can create their own financial strain.
We can also take a few confidence cues from men. We all suffered through the same recession, but you don't see any Men-Who-Fear-Becoming-Hobos surveys floating around out there. Multiple studies have shown a significant self-assurance gap between men and women when it comes to financial matters. Which means guys are out there making investments and touting their accomplishments at work, while we're sitting around filling out bag-lady surveys and worrying.
But planning is the real answer here — and advisors, that's where you come in. Because single or married, financially confident or not, today's women need at least some basic budgeting skills and the financial products — life insurance, disability insurance — to ensure their bag-lady fears remain unfounded.
Sitting down with a financial pro could not only help us sleep easier, it might also make us realize that financially stable women are actually pretty great. Heck, we'll likely even become one of them — shoulder pads optional, of course.
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The Russell's Viper (Top two pics)
Echis carinatus – the Saw Scaled Viper
Notice how variable the colouring can be.
(the three pics below)
Saranya, my 19-year-old daughter, just recovered from a snakebite last month.
I haven't really kept myself very up-to-date on the developments in
treating snakebites for the last couple of years as my snake rescue work has almost been non-existent of late. It's very good to see that the next generation is showing an interest in preserving these wonderful, though somewhat dangerous creatures! Naja naja, the Spectacled Cobra
Now that I've had to brush-up, I thought I would take the opportunity to summarise the steps to be taken
when bitten by an Indian snake…
The Common Krait Bungarus caeruleus
First and foremost, no snakebite should be ignored. Most bites may be from nonpoisonous snakes and sometimes even venomous snakes do not
deliver enough venom when biting to prove dangerous, but that is no excuse not to go to the nearest emergency room, get evaluated, and if necessary, have treatment started. Early treatment is the key to preventing complications, and to saving lives, limbs and kidneys!
In India, it is conservatively estimated that up to 20,000 people die annually from snakebites. Morbidity is also significant. These are not small numbers, and there seems to have been little improvement in reducing the fatalities over the years in spite of now having good supplies of polyvalent antisnakevenom available in all population centers. The major reason for the high mortality rate (about 5% to 10% of all those reporting bites) is the delay in getting the victim to a well-equipped casualty treatment facility fast enough.
About 80% of the venomous snakebites in India come from the saw scaled viper (Echis carinatus) and this little fellow can cause problems perhaps a little more slowly than the others of the "big four" (cobra, krait and Russel's viper) so it's probably true that a lot of the fatalities that do occur are in fact preventable.
In the absence of a nearby doctor, those accompanying the bitten one need to first calm the victim down and then immobilise the affected limb (if it is a limb). Tourniquets, applying any sort of chemicals or external medicines, and cutting into the site of the bite to suck out the venom (all of which were the mainstays of first aid in my heyday) seem to have fallen out of favour.
The use of pressure bandaging is controversial but if done with something like crepe bandage and not too tightly, perhaps combined with a simple splint or sling, it may help to slow the spread of venom through the lymphatic system. Blood supply must NOT be cut off! On the whole, perhaps if the bitten one will be getting to a HOSPITAL within 3 0r 4 hours, it may be better not to attempt any pressure bandaging but advice on this point varies.
Try to remove any jewelery worn on the affected limb like rings, bangles, bracelets, anklets, or metti (toe rings) as these may cause problems if there is swelling or edema associated with the bite.
Next, get the person to the nearest good hospital as fast as possible. Walking and running for the victim are best avoided as is movement of the affected limb. Try to carry the person at least on a pallet or makeshift stretcher if no vehicles are available.
Giving anything by mouth is best avoided except if dehydration is a risk, in which case oral rehydration fluids (clean water mixed with a little salt and sugar will do OK).
Some poisonous snakes have cardiotoxins (poisons that can slow or stop the heart) so if possible try to keep the affected limb below the level of the heart. The victim should be encouraged to breathe deeply and evenly to bring the pulse rate to a steady state.
Particularly as you move towards the closest hospital, keep a watch on breathing and on keeping airways clear. If the person has difficulty breathing first see that there is nothing blocking the airway (like the tongue, secretions, or vomit) and if necessary be prepared to help the person to breathe by doing mouth to mouth. Rarely will the heart be affected so full scale CPR may not be needed.
Those having cell phones should call ahead so that even if antivenom is not available, it will be made available by the time the patient arrives. remember that 5, 10, or even more vials of antivenom may be needed, so ask whoever is at the other end to ensure an adequate supply, OR in the absence of definite knowledge, try to take the victim to a hospital that is large enough to be likely to have stock of the antivenin. In Tamil Nadu, the government hospitals are expected to have stock of antivenom
Observe the snakebite victim carefully while taking them to the hospital. Note the time and location of the bite and try to get as much accurate information on the appearance and size of the snake. Any symptoms such as discolouration at the site or of the affected limb, swelling, changes in eyes (e.g. droopy lids), eyesight, speech, breathing, sweating, unusual eye movements, bleeding, lowered level of consciousness or other difficulties should be noted.
If the snakebite victim happens to faint the most important thing is to make sure that they are able to breathe. If possible lean the head backward and depress the tongue to keep the throat open. Do not waste time trying to make them recover from the faint. Make sure that they are breathing and concentrate on getting to the hospital fast. If as you move towards the hospital, you do have access to a phone or mobile, ask the doctors who are waiting for you for advice perticularly in case of fainting as sometimes this may indicate that a medical condition called "shock" is setting in and that is potentially more dangerous than even the effects of snake venom!
Try to get information on what snake it was, appearance, size, etc. but please don't waste time on this! Getting the person to a competent hospital is the only major priority!
Mostly, if there are symptoms, the doctors will immediately do a spot test dose in the skin to check for allergies to the antivenom. Depending on the symptoms, they may then start the antivenom treatment and then one will most profitably spend one's time praying that there will be no complications.
On admission, and at relevant intervals afterwards, doctors will probably check on how well the blood is clotting (bleeding time, clotting time, and sometimes tests like PT and aPTT), kidney function (urine output, blood urea, creatinine and electrolyte levels), and of course the vital signs – pulse, breathing, temperature, blood pressure and the amount of oxygen in the blood (pO2). They may also keep tabs on the patient's haemoglobin, blood cell counts, and perhaps the blood gases too.
Sometimes, even after a day or two, things can go wrong with the patient starting bleeding, kidney failure, or even the heart could be affected, so keeping the victim under medical observation even after the antivenom has been administered is important. Most of the time, alert medical staff will successfully deal with the crises as they arise.
Saranya (my daughter) was probably bitten by the Saw Scaled Viper (Echis, see above), but sometimes a non-big-four candidate can cause trouble. In our our area of South India, especially in hilly areas, we do run into bites from the Hump-nosed Pit Viper (Hypnale hypnale pic. above))
or the Bamboo Pit Viper Trimeresurus gramineus
and very, very rarely,
the King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).
There have been so many hits on this article as well as requests for more information that I thought I would share some of the resources that I found most helpful:
Snakebite Envenomation in India: A Rural Medical Emergency
Indian Pediatrics 2006; 43:553-554
Kraits deliver some powerful neurotoxins that cause few initial symptoms at the site of the bite but can be deadly within a couple of hours.
Detailed Instructions for Krait bites can be found here:
http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/DAVIDSON/Snake/Bungarus.htm *Note that Indian polyvalent antivenom is effective against Krait venom also.
The University of Adelaide's toxinology resources website has an excellent database of information on most of the poisonous snakes in the world, first aid, treatment, and antivenins. Use the search engine to find the information you need: http://www.toxinology.com/fusebox.cfm?fuseaction=main.snakes.results&Common_Names_term=&Family_term=&Genus_term=Daboia&Species_term=&countries_terms=®ion_terms=
Snakebite Research Unit, Little Flower Hospital
Angamaly, Kerala
First Aid
A helpful interview with Romulus Whittaker in The Hindu: http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/06/13/stories/2004061300400200.htm


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- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cups refrigerated pomegranate juice (such as Pom)
- 2 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 4 large dried California chiles,* stemmed, seeded, torn into 1-inch pieces
- 1 1/2 teaspoons adobo sauce from canned chipotle chiles in adobo**
- 1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin (not toasted)
- Coarse kosher salt
- 8 5- to 6-ounce boneless duck breast halves, skin and fat trimmed to size of breast
- Coarse kosher salt
- Ground coriander
- Fresh pomegranate seeds
Recipe Preparation
Stir sugar and 1/2 cup water in heavy large saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat; boil until syrup is deep amber color, swirling pan occasionally, about 8 minutes. Add juice, broth, and California chiles. Boil until sauce is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat; cool. Puree in tightly covered blender until smooth, about 2 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Whisk in adobo sauce, vinegar, and cumin. Season to taste with generous amount of coarse salt and pepper. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm over low heat before using.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Score skin of duck (don't cut into flesh) with 5 cuts in 1 direction; repeat in opposite direction, making diamond pattern. Sprinkle duck all over with coarse salt, pepper, and ground coriander. Place 2 large ovenproof skillets over medium-high heat. Add duck, skin side down, to skillets, dividing equally. Cook duck until skin is crisp and deep brown, about 7 minutes. Turn duck over; cook 1 minute. Pour off fat. Transfer skillets to oven. Roast duck until cooked to medium-rare, about 5 minutes.
Transfer duck to cutting board. Let rest 5 minutes. Thinly slice each breast crosswise on slight diagonal. Arrange slices on plates. Spoon sauce over. Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds.


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Even though President Barack Obama isn't expected to face a competitive challenge for the Democratic nomination next year, the Iowa Democratic Party issued a press release today naming its Iowa caucus campaign team.
That's because caucuses are, at their root, a party-building exercise that can keep Democrats engaged, especially as the competitive campaign for the Republican caucuses is drawing attention.
Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky named several players, some new faces and some familiar faces in new roles.
An excerpt from the news release:
"Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky announced Caucus Director Brendan Summers, Field Director Dena Gleason, Communications Director Sam Roecker, Press Secretary Megan Jacobs, and Information & Technology Director Micah Honeycutt, as the 2012 caucus team."
"Caucus Director Brendan Summers served as the Caucus to Convention Director for the IDP in 2008 and returned to the party last year as Convention Director. Prior to joining the IDP as Field Director in 2009, Dena Gleason served as Deputy Field Director for SEIU's Change That Works campaign, Regional Field Director for President Obama's general election campaign, and Field Organizer for Obama for America during the 2007-2008 Iowa Caucus campaign."
Jacobs is a new face on the team, working as communication director for former Texas Congressman Chet Edwards' 2010 campaign and, before that, on the rapid response team for the Democratic National Committee.
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With Gov. Jerry Brown proposing to eliminate city redevelopment agencies, these same agencies are rushing to approve as much spending as possible, according to news reports. Three cities even approved projects in a rush over the holiday weekend.
Why the hurry? It's not merely that Brown is seeking to get his budget proposal, which includes the redevelopment change, by March. No, there is concern among cities about the possibility that the legislature could take quick action before that to prevent the redevelopment agencies from approving more projects and debt in this interim. The Legislative Analyst's Office has recommended as much.
This may be an end-run around Brown, but it's also good news for the new governor, in two ways. First, the cities' hasty approvals means they believe that Brown's proposal has a good chance of passage. And oddly, all of the deals and spending enacted at once may provide a small economic stimulus to some cities around the state.


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The inexhaustible barrel
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah. 1 Kings 17:16
Suggested Further Reading: 1 Peter 5:6-11
If God saves us, it will be a trying matter. All the way to heaven, we shall only get there by the skin of our teeth. We shall not go to heaven sailing along with sails swelling in the breeze, like sea birds with their fair white wings, but we shall proceed with sails torn to ribbons, with masts creaking, and the ship's pumps at work both by night and day. We shall reach the city at the shutting of the gate, but not an hour before. O believer, thy Lord will bring thee safe to the end of thy pilgrimage; but mark, thou wilt never have one particle of strength to waste in wantonness upon the road. There will be enough to get thee up the hill Difficulty, but only enough then by climbing on your hands and knees. You will have strength enough to fight Apollyon,
but when the battle is over your arm will have no strength remaining. Your trials will be so many, that if you had only one trial more, it would be like the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
But, nevertheless, though God's love should thus try you all the journey through, your faith will bear the trying, for while God dashes you down to the earth with one hand in providence, he will lift you up with the other in grace. You will have consolation and affliction weighed out in equal degree, ounce for ounce, and grain for grain; you will be like the Israelite in the wilderness, if you gather much manna, you will have nothing over; while blessed be God, if you gather little you shall have no lack. You shall have daily grace for daily trials.
For meditation: The Christian does not need to go looking for problems they are as fundamental to the Christian faith as any major doctrine (Acts 14:22); but the Christian receives from God the ability to endure (1 Corinthians 10:13).
Sermon no. 290 18 December (1859)
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This super-satisfying, vegetarian bean burger makes a cheap and easy after-work meal for all the family
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- Vegetarian
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- 400g can butter beans, drained and rinsed
- 3 tbsp olive oil
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Stir the onion mixture into the butter beans, along with the cheese, then season. Shape the mixture into 4 patties, cover and chill for 10 mins.
Put the cherry tomatoes in a small roasting tin and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 10-15 mins, until tender.
Tip the flour, egg and breadcrumbs onto three separate plates. Roll each patty in the flour, dusting off any excess, carefully roll in the egg, then finally coat in the breadcrumbs.
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Eye of the Storm Has one objective.
Score 1,600 points before the other team does.
There are 3 targets in EotS:
- The towers/ruins
- The flags
- The opponents
Only one of these matters, the other two are noob bait (unless fulfilling target No. 1).
- If you spend your time capturing or defending the towers/ruins you are a bloody genius in comparison to at least 10 of your team mates.
- If you spend your time mid-field fighting, or trying to capture or return the flag, you are the lowest of the low noob. Worse than the Huntard or the 200dps Deathtard.
The Server Restart was only the beginning of my Saturday Woes
On top of the server issues I had on Saturday night I had two games of EotS that were so full of fail that my normally passive demeanor turned aggressive.
I was frustrated, extremely frustrated.
I was filling BG chat.
To be honest I am not a quiet BG player, I call out opportunities and threats. I praise good game play.
So BG chat was full of:
Please ignore the flag, we can't win while horde hold 3 towers, no matter how many flags we capture (like we were capturing any…)
If there are 15 Horde at DR, there are none at the other two bases. Sure enough, 2 people in the BG were listening and followed the healer to take FFR and BET.
Of course we were soon destroyed without any support from the other 12 players.
But the BG text is so small
I know, in the heat of battle, it's hard to follow the little brown chat. So what's thier excuse for missing the raid warnings popping up in front of their face?
In the 2nd game I was battleground leader, so there was no excuse. They obviously weren't conditioned raiders, conditioned to follow a raid leaders instructions without question.
I don't care
- I don't care what level you enter a BG bracket.
- I don't care if you are a newbie or a veteran.
- I do care if you don't play the game to win, especially when helpful but frustrated people are telling you exactly how to win.
Yes you can
- Yes you can do well in BGs no matter what level you are these days, especially if you are a transient twink.
- Yes you can pop into the BGs from anywhere and then return to your regular program.
- Yes you can bank honor and marks for all sorts of booty
- Yes BGs drip XP these days…
But only when you win…!
If you play to lose, it's just an exercise is frustration and a wasted half hour to hour.
Edumakate yourself in the Art of War
Do yourself a favor before you sign up, spend 10-15 minutes reading wowwiki or one of the plethora of battleground guides that are about, some of which are right here at the home of the Gnome.
Face it, if you ran onto the footy ground for the 1st time, you would listen to your teammates and coach. You would work out the rules and play to them. You wouldn't go kicking goals for the opponents… Repeatedly.
But that's what you do when you fart around on the Battleground with no idea of what you are doing and refusing to follow the guidance of those that do know.
How did Saturdays EotS end up?
I don't know how it ended for everyone else, but I did something I have never done before in 3 years of playing BGs.
At 400/1400 (approx) I announced on BG leaders chat
You are all weak as piss. You are welcome to lose the game, but I won't be a part of it
And hearthed
I did see one WTF!! Before I left the BG. I don't honestly know if it was one of the twelve losers, or one of the 2 heroes of that BG.
There was a crater in my soul, larger than the one left with the removal of Dalaran.
I am truly sorry for deserting you two guys, but I can only handle so much stupidity in my life, and there is enough of that IRL.
So please, I don't care what faction you play…
Ignore the noob bait!
Sunday Night Addendum
I got the chance to log on Sunday night so I decided I was going to chase the EotS win that would complete the daily battleground quest.
I was naively full of hope that the world would have changed over night, and I would walk into a coordinated EotS where we controlled the towers and ignored the flag.
You can see where this is going can't you…
Before I knew it we were 370/1100 down…
I started having flashbacks. That angry little monster in the back of my head started rearing up to unleash a torrent of childish abuse at my team mates before I loaded the character selection screen and typed out DELETE.
I'm not a quitter and I don't usually blow my cool… not even in hopeless battlegrounds.
So once again I started issuing instructions to our 15 man team of fail…
I started trying to solo the towers… then I stepped back a bit, and waited in the middle of the bridges, hoping someone else would join me.
Someone did, a couple of people did, but the flag was still being challenged, even though there was a chorus of agreement with my instructions.
The flag had been taken by one of my team mates /sigh
There were a few people yelling out to hurry up and cap the flag.
Then it happened, then I read these words in my BG chat from the Alliance flag holder.
I will not cap the flag until we have 2 bases!
30 seconds later we had 2 bases.
I added…
Great work folks, let's get the 3rd base, then beat the Horde out of the 4th back into their starting zone.
Then I saw the BG chat gain another entry…
I will not cap the flag until we have 3 bases!
He got to cap his flag pretty soon after that
We won… 1600/1400!
Well done Alliance of Bloodlust, you restored my faith in humanity!
Speaking of gaining faith in Battlegrounds
I joined an Alterac Valley match a little while after it started, reinforcements were pretty even, about 400 a piece.
It was another turtlefest.
We were offensively turtling, the Horde defensive turtling.
But the Horde numbers were going down, fast…
Ours remained pretty much the same.
Then I saw BG chat:
You Healers are awesome… Alliance holds the top 4 positions for heals in this AV.
Sadly I wasn't in that top 4, I was placed 6th after a Horde healer (due to my late arrival I guess), but what the commenter missed was not only did we hold the top 4 positions for healing done, but we held 8 of the top 10 positions.
At least 20% of our AV team was healing, and we were slaughtering the Horde.
/s ty nice heals
I have also seen a lot of folk thanking the healers for their work. They have been doing this is 2 ways.
- Saving the healers' butts
- Thanking us publicly.
So I thank you for protecting our butts so we can heal yours!
[Squidly] <– Resto
I have maintained telling people on entry to a BG that I am Resto. I had the following exchange in a AB on Saturday…
[Squidly] <– Resto
[Healadin] holy
[Retardin] sweet
[Retardin] leet
[Squidly] Excellent, Sweet Leet Retardin is protecting our Holy Resto butts
[bg chat] lol
- Protect our butts they did
- Heal their butts we did.
- Win AB we did.
And we were recognized on subsequent battleground entries by those we had saved before…
Excellent work folks…
Isn't it fun when we work as a team!
Remember: Ignore the noob bait!
Gnomer and Out, Squidly and Stout!
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Mumbai Indians clinched its third IPL trophyMay 22, 2017 10:58
The Final match of the 10 edition of IPL took place in Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad between bitter state rivals, Mumbai Indians who already had won the competition twice and first time finalists Rising Pune Supergiants. After disappointing play-off matches, cricket enthusiasts were excited for a grand clash. It was not just about the trophy. It was the pride that they were craving for as the team lost thrice this season to RPS, twice in front of its own home crowd at Wankhede.
If RPS though that they would boss over two time champions Mumbai, they were in for a rude shock as MI skipper and Co stifled their chase with Jasprit Bumrah and Mitchell Johnson sounding their death knell with two splendid last overs that pinned them to 128/6.
After beating Kolkata Knightriders to reach finals in 2nd qualifies, Mumbai Indians chose to bat first after winning the toss, the summit clash turned out to be a seat of the edge thriller.
Both the teams went unchanged, but definitely the fortunes of Mumbai changed against a team that beat them thrice this season and despite posting the lowest total in an IPL final by a team batting first, Mumbai won the match by 1 run.
In the first 15 overs Mumbai scored just 81 runs losing 8 wickets and in the next 30 balls they added 48 runs bringing the total to 129.
it was apparent that Krunal Pandya (47 off 38balls) could have done some damage on RPS with some support from the top order that hit the self-destruct button a touch too soon.
Bowlers Jaydev Unadkat and Washington Sundar were so brilliant that made it very difficult for Mumbai batsmen to get runs and they slowly perished to ordinary shots.
Shardul Thakur came up with a blinder at deep midwicket to get rid of skipper Rohit Sharma and Manoj Tiwary made no mistake with Kieron Pollard's straightforward chance.
RPS looked confident when its opening batsmen came to bat. It was a low total for a final match. But sometimes overconfidence can eat you up that is what happened to RPS last night. Rohit Sharma tightened the fielding position and bowlers constantly took out Pune Batsmen.
Rahane scored 44 of 38 balls. He added 54 runs for the second wicket with Smith. But Mumbai were not done yet.
Where Mumbai were 81 for seven after 15, Pune were 83 for two with five overs to go.
MS Dhoni playing his seventh final failed to perform and Mumbai made a tight fist of it.
Smith's 51 off 50 balls took his team to the threshold but their inability to force the pace in the middle overs cost them dear as Mumbai closed in for the kill. Pune needed 30 from last three and 11 from the last over when Johnson struck twice to get rid of Tiwary and Smith. The task proved beyond the rest and Mumbai have reason to savor the best of their IPL triumphs.


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Quote from: Annubis on August 11, 2017, 07:33:10 PMAre US import that costly?I could find most of those for much less here (Canada)They can be, if you are in Europe. In some cases the the EU version is less popular among European collectors, and there are many games that simply weren't released here at all. And considering shipping and import fees, buying the expensive copies that are already in the EU can actually be cheaper than importing from the US.That said, some sellers do overcharge and try to make a game seem special just because it's an import. I'm not entirely sure why anyone would want to pay 40 for Granstream Saga when copies on Ebay are $10-20 (low enough to avoid import fees) and the European version can be obtained for 15-25. Not to mention that Granstream Saga is just... not a very good game.


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Dear Abby, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend "Alex's" mom is the most controlling person I have ever encountered. We only get to see each other on weekends because he lives an hour away from me. When we do see each other, it's for one-third of the day. Alex has to spend the other two-thirds with her. I'm 22 and he is 21.
He is also not allowed to stay with me. Alex has to lie to her about where he's staying in order to be able to spend time with me. His mom has added a feature to his cellphone in order to see where he is 24/7, and would cancel his service if he refused it.
I love my boyfriend unconditionally, but his mom is driving us both crazy and turning our relationship into a trio. We have tried getting her to back off, but it just makes her worse. I am at a loss as to what to do. What do you think we should do? -- EXTREMELY WORRIED IN MISSISSIPPI
DEAR EXTREMELY WORRIED: Frankly, you should be worried. Your boyfriend is an adult who seems to be firmly under his mother's thumb. He is completely dependent. At 21, Alex's activities should not be monitored, nor should he be spending two-thirds of his day with his mother. If nothing else, he should be looking for a job so he can sever the umbilical cord before it strangles him. You can't fix this. HE has to do it.
DEAR ABBY: My former roommate and I took a short trip to Florida. We agreed we would split the hotel costs. I'd reserve the room; she would reimburse me after the trip.
She paid me a month later, and I deposited her check as soon as I could get to my bank, which was three weeks later. When the check went through, she attacked me because she said it drained her account! I apologized, but told her I was upset that she was making it seem like it was my fault.
I think that if someone is low on funds, the person should be more diligent in balancing his or her checkbook. Had I known she had money problems, I would have waited to deposit her check. It has been months, and my once best friend still won't speak to me. Was I wrong? -- AT FAULT? IN KENTUCKY
DEAR AT FAULT?: No, you were not. It was your friend's responsibility to make sure there were enough funds in her account to cover the check she gave you. She may be embarrassed, which is why she doesn't want to talk to you. People who are angry at themselves sometimes blame others. It's a sign of immaturity.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DEAR ABBY: I have been dating "Kristen" for seven months. She is great as far as personality, physical chemistry, similar likes and dislikes, and patience go. She is ALMOST everything I have ever wanted in a girl. However, I have never called her "beautiful," although she has made a couple of "fishing" comments to try to get me to say it. In my eyes, that would be a lie.
Kristen is attractive, but not beautiful. I have always thought that anyone I'm planning on spending the rest of my life with would be "beautiful" to ME, and I'd let her know accordingly. I can't discuss this with family or friends because I'm afraid they will think I'm shallow. Your thoughts? -- NOT SHALLOW IN PHOENIX
DEAR NOT SHALLOW: Candidly, I think that in spite of all of her wonderful qualities, Kristen is not "the one" for you. And you are not "the one" for her because what she needs is validation you can't give her. Women need to feel beautiful in the eyes of the men they love, and because you plan to spend your life with someone who is beautiful "to you," you should both move on.


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The Lenoir County Jail is expanding, but the bad guys won�t be the first inside the cells. The good guys will.
The Lenoir County Jail is expanding, but the bad guys won�t be the first inside the cells. The good guys will.
Kinston residents are invited to spend a night in jail to raise money for victim support and violence prevention by assisting an array of local nonprofits. These big-hearted jailbirds will pay $100 to reserve a space in jail and then raise bail money in hopes that they can win early release.
�Locked Up For Loot� is a collaboration between The Rotary Club of Kinston, the project�s organizer, and seven nonprofits, all of which work in the realm of violence prevention, some by getting young people off to a smarter start, others by assisting victims of violence.
Participants can choose which organization they will be �locked up� for. They can register for the event by contacting the participating nonprofits.
With the exception of a small administrative fee that the Rotary club will use for food and other incidentals for the �prisoners,� all money raised will go to the participating nonprofits.
If jail construction is complete by Oct. 19, the booking will start around 5 p.m. that evening with a set $500 bond for those who want to be released before the event is over the next morning. Snacks and games will be issued to the inmates, which will ease their night in jail.
�It gives them a taste of what incarceration is like, but that�s not the purpose of it. The purpose of it is to raise money,� said Chief Deputy Chris Hill. �We hope these people have a good time, but they also get to learn what a jail�s like.�
He said the police department agreed to the event because it helps the community. While the town is going to have fun in the jail-like scenario, the staff will use the time as a training event. Twenty-one jobs were created with the jail expansion, itself necessitated by overcrowding and the cost of housing prisoners in jails outside the county.
�Over $25,000 dollars a week is going outside to somebody else�s jail because we don�t have the beds,� Hill said. The new jail has 188 beds.
�Of course we�d love it to be full because the more people that are here, the more people will talk about the organizations,� said �Locked Up For Loot� Chair Becky Hines, immediate past president of The Rotary Club of Kinston. �We picked organizations that help provide some violence prevention and victim education.�
The new jail is a good way to highlight the obvious connection between violence and jail, which is from where Hines said the idea originated.
�We though about what are the kinds of populations that it (the jail) serves, and obviously those of victims and violence are two things that really fit into the jail,� she said. �It�s awesome to be able to promote that so that people in the community can learn about the organizations that are helping to fight violence in Kinston.�
Hines hopes the special fundraiser creates $20,000 for the six non-profit organizations involved.
Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan.
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Boys & Girls Club of LenoirCounty
Boys & Girls Club of Lenoir County provides positive opportunities for physical, mental and emotional development for boys and girls ages 6 to 18 through a variety of proven programs and activities, both after school and in the summer. The club�s mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who most in need, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens and to show youngsters that someone cares and wants them to succeed.
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The Lenoir Community College Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance for students seeking high quality, affordable, and accessible learning opportunities. With more than 400 scholarship applications submitted each year, the LCC Foundation is only able to award 171 scholarships to deserving students. It is the goal of the Foundation to bridge this gap through community support, fundraising opportunities and other contributions.
Little by Little
Little by Little was started by individuals who believe that systematic change is best done through one-on-one relationships. Applying that belief to the children in our community, Little by Little matches up an adult with a buddy in the third grade at Southeast Elementary, assisting in improving his or her reading skills, earning funds for future college attendance and dealing with everyday difficulties.
P.E.A.C.E. Foundation
The mission of the P.E.A.C.E. Foundation is to educate the public about the dangers of prescription drugs and empower them with the knowledge to recognize and stop abuse before it starts.
The Gate
The Gate of Lenoir County�s mission is to �offer hope and a future to the youth of LenoirCountythrough Christian values and principles.� The nonprofit offers services to at-risk youth and their families with our primary focus of gang prevention.
SAFEin LenoirCounty
SAFEin Lenoir County Inc. provides victims of domestic and sexual abuse in Lenoir and Greene counties 24/7/365 crisis line and shelter services. SAFEassists victims with court advocacy, with related paperwork and victim�s compensation filing, as well as offering empowerment programs, community awareness, professional training and referral information.
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army helps with the spiritual, physical, emotional and physiological well-being of those served. Its community center offers activities and programs for the young (summer day camp, after-school program, basketball, football and more) and the old (men, women, seniors). A Family Store provides free items for those who qualify and items at a reduced cost for the public.