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Book Notes: 'At the Dying of the Year,' by Chris Nickson
"At the Dying of the Year: A Richard Nottingham Mystery," by Chris Nickson. Crème de la Crime; Sutton, Surrey, England, 2013.
I like an author who dedicates his book to his cat: "For August, the best cat." In doing so, Chris Nickson sets up the expectation that there's more to his murder mystery than death and detection. There's the human factor.
And that's exactly what we get — a cast of characters we come to know and like and root for both on the job and at home, where life isn't easy.
In the bone-chilling days of early winter in Leeds, England, 1733, three homeless children are found at the bottom of a deep, dark pit. They've been molested, tortured and murdered. They are three of several who've been prey to one or two men with appetites for sadism.
The community expresses its horror by collecting money for a reward (which only complicates the murder investigation), by attacking people dressed like the killer, and by drowning their anxieties with tankards of ale in the local pubs and, then, erupting into fights that further tap the constable's resources.
Constable Richard Nottingham, just returned after five months spent recuperating from a near-death knifing, must face off with a mayor more interested in maintaining the status quo than catching the killer. When Nottingham starts querying members of the wealthy business elite, the mayor tells him his days as constable are numbered. Deputy John Sedgwick and Rob Lister, who's in love with Nottingham's daughter, are loyal to their boss, Nottingham, and work tirelessly alongside him to track scant clues to their fruitless ends. They have only a couple of days before the ax falls on Nottingham. Up until the last couple of pages, we have no idea how the increasingly dire situation is going to get resolved.
Nottingham is a good mix of likable, vulnerable and assertive. He winces with every step as the painful wound continues to heal and as he continues to regrow his endurance. At the same time, he refuses to back down. At home, he supports his enlightened daughter's desire to be her own woman. She will allow her relationship with young Lister to deepen, but marriage is out of the question. Nottingham makes it possible for the lovers to have time alone at the same time that he takes advantage of Lister's skills on the job. At one point, he takes in a young homeless girl who can identify the killer. He gives her a job in his home to protect her from the fate of her homeless friends who were prey to the sadistic men.
Tragedy continues to befall Nottingham. He's a Job-like character who functions despite mounting miseries. At one point, his wife counts 17 work-related wounds on his prematurely aging body. We hold our breath, hoping that he will survive another of Nickson's Richard Nottingham mysteries.
The setting — Leeds 1733 — reveals people struggling amid crushing poverty, inadequate resources, hostile weather and few barriers against all of it. Their overcoats serve as their blankets. Hearth fires and the arms of loved ones are their only warmth. Bread, cheese and ale are their base sustenance. Death is commonplace but they are far from inured to it. They love passionately and wholly, even though they know the cost for this kind of affection is long and lonely grief. This, for me, is the core of the book. When death is untimely and violent, the community reaches out with its love and support — at least in Nickson's version of 1733 life in England. The detached and wealthy businessman suspected of the violent crimes, on the other hand, has no capacity for love or compassion.
Not all wealthy are bad. Nor is this a black-and-white story. It is short but nuanced, with good men contemplating bad deeds in order to find the justice the mayor inhibits. The ending, just like the dedication to the cat, comes from the heart.
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We've gotten only 14 entries, so far, for our photo contest on your interpretation of any one of Susie Fishbein's 900 plus recipes. Some were shot from afar, centered on an otherwise empty table (thus it was hard to see the actual dish). Some were shot directly from above giving the food a very flat, uninteresting look. Some were out of focus, but two pictures actually stood out. Both came from Lakewood…
Why do I like this photo? Though the photographer obviously did not spend time food styling the shot, nor hours setting up the lighting, the shot is interesting because of the choice of colors which only enhance the actual dish and direct the eye to the food itself. The shadows are soft and the photo was obviously shot with available light rather than flash. The colors of the cauliflower popcorn lack contrast on their own, but the surroundings add interest, so does the slanted angle which brings considerable drama to the shot. Well done!!
Another interesting shot, taken by my granddaughter Leah after she baked it…
She opted for a more traditional angle and relied on the cake's own colors for interest, resisting the temptation of adding unnecessary elements in the foreground or background.
By the way, I was in Lakewood for the weekend, she made the cake on Thursday evening and I got to enjoy its moistness and great taste on Shabbos. It may not have looked fully professional but it was truly delicious, a great testament to Susie Fishbein's cookbooks and Leah's dedication to producing a delectable cake for her zeydeh. She knows I have a sweet tooth!! Very nice!
Is there no one in the 5 New York boroughs capable of taking a memorable food shot? There is still time, we'll extend the deadline from November the 18th to the 25th (one additional week). Please send us your best photos of any of Susie Fishbein's 900 plus recipes to:
Meanwhile, let me repeat a few pointers about food photography:
- Try to get as close a shot of the finished dish as possible.
- If your photo will include something other than just the dish you prepared, make sure that the main object of attention in your composition still remains the item you made from one of theKosher by Design recipes.
- Make sure the lighting (available light, flash, etc.) does not give off some ugly, distracting shadows. If at all possible try to photograph your dish during daylight hours, by a window letting in natural light. If you are using flash bounce it off the ceiling or a wall, as that will balance out the light and diffuse harsher shadows.
- Prepare your settings in advance. Food looks its best during the first few minutes of preparation and its looks deteriorate as the clock ticks. Colors may change, the way you stacked it up may collapse and so on.
- Remember, when you photograph food you want to make it inviting, you want the viewer to imagine and taste it with the mind's eye. As you put the food on the dish, pay attention to the colors, the shapes and the positioning of each piece.
Look at the photos in some of your cookbooks, or look at line at some great food photography by the pros: Lou Manna, Christine Peters, Diana DeLucia, or Michael Ray. You'll find these photographers have different styles, yet all presents their subjects in mouth watering ways.
Look at how the pros do it, and get ideas. We know you will neither spend hours adjusting the light nor doing heavy food styling. We do not expect professional photos, but we do expect a little bit of imagination and interesting shots. Download your free recipe index, cook up a storm and send us your best photos.

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One unusual hypothesis we've covered several times in the past is the idea that cosmic rays—charged particles from beyond our solar system that constantly bombard the Earth—play a significant role in controlling Earth's climate. The claim is that these cosmic rays are an important part of cloud formation, helping create the condensation nuclei that seed clouds by ionizing molecules, encouraging them to glom together. Because the solar magnetic field deflects many of the cosmic rays, the amount reaching the Earth, and thus the clouds on Earth, fluctuate with solar activity.
The hypothesis that this can explain climate changes has two key proponents: Henrik Svensmark and Jasper Kirkby. Recent studies associated with each of them have continued stirring the academic pot this hypothesis has been simmering in.
The secret ingredient
Kirkby organized an experiment (appropriately acronymed the "CLOUD" project) using a CERN particle accelerator to test the mechanism behind the cosmic ray hypothesis. Energetic particles from the accelerator are channeled into a precisely controlled chamber where any ultra-fine particles that form can be measured. Many teensy particles like soot or airborne ocean salt can form cloud condensation nuclei, but about half form from condensed droplets of sulfuric acid.
Early results confirmed that the experimental "cosmic rays" could increase the formation of particles, although the ones that formed must subsequently grow much, much larger before they can act as condensation nuclei. But the results also hinted at something somewhat unexpected. First, the rate at which particles formed was much lower than we know they form in the atmosphere. Second, though great care had been taken to prevent contaminants from entering the CLOUD chamber, some rogue nitrogen compounds found their way into virtually all of the particles.
In a new paper in Nature, the CLOUD team explores those puzzles. They intentionally added the simple nitrogen-containing organic compounds (called amines) to the chamber to see what would happen when more than just a few uninvited molecules were present.
It was thought that amines might have a role in the formation of these particles, but their importance wasn't well understood. That sulfuric acid in the particles comes from the reaction of sulfur dioxide, hydroxide, and water in the atmosphere. In order for these clumps of sulfuric acid to grow, a helper needs to keep the molecules in the clump from popping back into the gas phase. Ammonia is known to be an important one and had previously been included in the CLOUD experiment. But amines can perform this job as well.
Adding just a few parts per trillion of an amine (roughly the concentration you can find in the atmosphere) raised the rate of particle formation in the CLOUD chamber to 1,000 times that seen in earlier experiments. That brought the rate up to what we observe in the atmosphere. This implies that amines are much more important than previously recognized.
About half the amines in the atmosphere come from natural (non-anthropogenic) sources, but the rest come from raising livestock. Since the concentration can vary over time or from place to place, amines could explain some of the variability in cloud formation. It's also possible that other compounds can perform the same role if amines are lacking.
The researchers note that one technique for scrubbing CO2 from emissions relies on the use of amines, which would increase the amount of amines we put into the atmosphere. We'll want to figure out what impact that could have on cloud behavior before relying on that technology.
But what about the cosmic rays that motivated the experiment in the first place? In these conditions, they were largely irrelevant. As long as some amine was added to the chamber, there was no apparent difference in the rate of particle formation whether the experimental cosmic rays were on or off. Ionizing some of the molecules simply didn't make a difference unless there was very little particle formation going on.
In a CERN press release, Jasper Kirkby qualified that "our measurements leave open the possibility that the formation of aerosols in the atmosphere may also proceed with other vapors, for which the effect of cosmic rays may be different." However, since sulfuric acid is the dominant player for cloud formation, this significantly limits the potential influence of cosmic rays on Earth's climate.
Jeffrey Pierce, a researcher at Colorado State who has studied the cosmic ray hypothesis, found the CLOUD study's results interesting. "One thing that they are showing is that when amines are around, the effect of changes in cosmic rays on new-particle formation is suppressed," Pierce told Ars. "In earlier studies by my group and other groups, we found that even if cosmic rays modulated nucleation rates substantially (e.g. a 10 percent change in cosmic rays leads to a 10 percent change in nucleation), we found that the change in [cloud condensation nuclei] was quite small (<1 percent). If cosmic rays modulate particle formation by even less, this effect would be even smaller."
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"Of course," Pierce added, "all of our previous studies assumed that the cosmic rays had no effect on the amount of condensable material (e.g. [sulfuric acid] vapors) that may grow particles to [condensation nuclei] sizes."
Henrik Svensmark's latest study shows that this assumption may not be valid. Svensmark has his own cloud chamber at the Danish National Space Institute (the acronym here is SKY2). Rather than hooking up to a particle accelerator, he relies on the cosmic rays that penetrate right through the building, as well as some radioactive cesium that can be brought in to crank up the ionizing radiation.
In this experiment, Svensmark and his colleagues added water vapor, ozone, and sulfur dioxide to the tank, allowing an ultraviolet light to drive the reaction that creates sulfuric acid. The number and size of particles that resulted were measured. The goal was to find out whether additional ionizing radiation affected the size of the particles that formed.
When the cesium was added (which represents a much larger change than would naturally be seen in cosmic rays), the number of particles of all sizes increased. That takes more than just adding more particles at the bottom end of the size scale. The researchers tried that by fitting the chamber with a device that constantly created an incredibly fine mist of sulfuric acid. While this resulted in more of the smallest particles, it didn't translate into many larger particles.
The researchers think that the ionizing radiation may be helping to increase the sulfuric acid vapor surrounding the particles. If you create more small particles at the expense of the amount of vapor that's available, it becomes more difficult for the particles to grow—less "food" is available. It could be that cosmic rays can boost the production of sulfuric acid from sulfur dioxide, which would be a different link between cosmic rays and clouds than has previously been proposed.
"This study certainly has gotten my attention, and I think the results might be important in the atmosphere, though obviously more work needs to be done in relating the effects to a range of typical atmospheric conditions," Pierce told Ars. "I've been trying to think of global model tests that would allow us to bound the potential effects of this chemistry on [condensation nuclei], which could at least tell us if the mechanism is too weak even in the most favorable (but still realistic) situation or tell us 'wow, there really might be something going on here.'"
While the claim that fluctuating cosmic rays are behind major climate changes has never found the supporting evidence it needed (a couple of recent studies have found no correlation between incoming cosmic rays and cloudiness in recent decades, for example), there are still a few interesting stones left unturned. Even if the cosmic rays themselves prove to be unimportant, research like the CLOUD project at CERN helps us learn more about the basic physics and chemistry underlying cloud formation.
Nature, 2013. DOI: 10.1038/nature12663 (Open Access)
Physics Letters A, 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2013.07.004 (About DOIs).


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PH and Congenital Heart Disease
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- I have a congenital heart defect. How common is this?
- How is CHD connected to PH?
- Why is it important to recognize PH in CHD?
- What can be done for me?
I have a congenital heart defect. How common is this?
Congenital heart defects affect slightly less than 1 percent of the population. Because of the development of successful operative repairs and catheter-based corrections performed at an early age, the number of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) has gradually increased. There are now estimated to be more than a million adults with CHD in the United States and, for the first time in medical history, more adults than children with this problem.
How is CHD connected to PH?
One of the most common and serious complications that CHD patients develop is pulmonary hypertension (PH). The patients most at risk for this complication are those with so-called "shunt lesions." These result in blood flowing abnormally from the left side of the heart (the systemic circulation) to the right side of the heart (the pulmonary circulation).
Examples of shunts include holes between the upper heart chambers (atrial septal defects) and holes through the lower heart chambers (ventricular septal defects). Usually such shunts are present from birth, but in other cases they have been surgically created as a way to temporarily improve blood flow to the lungs. In either case the presence of excessive blood flow to the pulmonary arteries may trigger the development of increased resistance in the arterial vessels and thus PH. Repairing these lesions early, before they have the chance to cause PH, is important. However, many of these lesions are not detected until PH has already developed.
Up to 40 percent of CHD patients have structures in the heart that predispose them to the development of PH, and up to 10 percent of patients will actually develop PH. If PH is unrecognized and untreated, it can result in what has traditionally been recognized as "irreversible" damage to the pulmonary vessels and the shunt flow reverses (now traveling from the pulmonary to the systemic circulation). This results in cyanosis (low oxygen delivery to the tissues), a condition that is referred to as Eisenmenger Syndrome. It is now recognized that Eisenmenger Syndrome is not truly irreversible and that medical therapy may improve exercise capacity and possibly even increase survival.
Why is it important to recognize PH in CHD?
Fortunately the incidence of Eisenmenger Syndrome is now rare in the United States because of improved detection of CHD in children and the availability of simplified and perfected surgical and catheter-based corrections. However, in parts of the world with limited access to healthcare, only 2-15 percent undergo appropriate surgery and up to 30 percent of unrepaired patients develop Eisenmenger Syndrome. This makes CHD-PH a major public health concern.
Even in the absence of Eisenmenger, PH can have a substantial negative health impact. A recent study showed that PH more than doubled the risk of death and heart complications in CHD patients, including heart failure and arrhythmias. In addition, hospitalizations and length of stay in the hospital and in the intensive care unit were almost three times higher when PH was present.
The presence of PH can be detected by performing an echocardiogram. Because PH can be due to an intrinsic problem in the lung vessels (pulmonary arterial hypertension) or from backflow from problems on the systemic side of the heart (pulmonary venous hypertension), a heart catheterization is often required to differentiate these two very different problems, as therapy varies greatly depending on the diagnosis.
What can be done for me?
CHD-PH patients should be closely monitored at regular intervals by physicians experienced in the management of their condition. Although separate guidelines now exist for the treament of CHD patients and for patients with other forms of PH, treatment strategies are, for the most part, still based more on clinical experience than on study evidence.
Eisenmenger patients, in particular, should be managed in centers with experience in the treatment of this syndrome. In general, patients with CHD-PH benefit from a team-based approach to care with input from the CHD specialist and the PH specialist.
There are several facets of care that need to be addressed in the CHD-PH patient:
Oxygen supplementation:Many CHD patients, depending on the degree of shunting, have chronic hypoxia (low oxygen in the blood). Some also have varying degrees of lung disease. Oxygen therapy has not been demonstrated to improve exercise tolerance or survival in patients with CHD-PH, but may improve symptoms. Care should be taken not to over-oxygenate, as improvements in saturation are limited and administration can lead to problems such as nose bleeding when given by nasal cannula.
Aerobic exercise:
It is important to maintain good exercise tolerance, but strenuous exercise generally should be avoided.
Although many patients with PH are anticoagulated, this practice in the CHD patient is controversial. Patients with CHD are prone to bleeding, particular lung bleeding or hemoptysis (coughing up blood). When anticoagulation is used, levels of blood thinning should be monitored very carefully to prevent such complications.
Diuretics should be used sparingly in order to avoid dehydration, which can provoke hyperviscosity (abnormal denseness of the blood that can limit the blood flow) and can also lead to drops in systemic blood pressure.
Treatment of iron deficiency:
Despite having higher hematocrits (red blood cell counts) due to low blood oxygen levels (cyanosis), patients with Eisenmenger Syndrome are actually at higher risk for iron deficiency. The latter can increase their risk for hyperviscosity. Phlebotomy (the practice of removing blood to decrease the red blood cell count) should generally be avoided, as this can worsen iron deficiency. When phlebotomy is absolutely necessary, like when neurological problems result, fluid should always be administered whenever blood is removed.
Avoidance of pregnancy:
CHD-PH is associated with a substantially increased risk for both mother and child during pregnancy. With Eisenmenger Syndrome, there is up to a 50 percent risk of maternal death and 40 percent risk of spontaneous abortion. Patients should avoid pregnancy and discuss contaceptive options with their doctors.
Advanced medical therapy:
Randomized controlled trials demonstrating benefits of advanced medical therapy in PH patients have included a small number of patients with CHD-PH (most of whom had undergone a repair of the lesion). There are now reports of use of all three PH drug classes (endothelin antagonists, phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors and prostanoids) in patients with CHD-PH. In the randomized BREATHE-5 study, bosentan (an endothelin antagonist) improved distance walked and did not appreciably change oxygen saturations in Eisenmenger patients. Recent studies suggest that advanced therapy in CHD-PH may significantly improve quality of life and may even improve survival.
When no other treatments are successful and quality of life is severely impaired, patients with CHD-PH can undergo heart and lung transplantation. Another option is repair of the heart defect along with lung transplantation. The latter, however, is rarely possible or successful. The early death rate after transplantation appears slightly higher than for patients without CHD; but after this early period, most patients experience dramatic improvements in symptoms and quality of life.
By Richard A Krasuski, MD, FACC, FA, HA;
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Robert Schilz, DO, PhD,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,
Cleveland, Ohio
This page last updated December 2013


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Zionism and Israel - Encyclopedic Dictionary
Aliyat Hano'ar - (Hebrew) 1. Department of Jewish Agency. It was founded in 1933 in Germany and adopted in 1934 by Henrietta Szold in 1934, thereafter becoming a project of the Hadassah organization. It continued after World War II in Israel, to save Jewish children and especially orphans from difficulties and danger abroad, to educate them and bring them to safety. 2. Name given to the activities of this department.
Synonyms and alternate spellings: Youth Aliya, Youth Aliyah, Aliyat Hanoar, Aliyath Hanoar.
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Hebrew/Arabic pronunciation and transliteration conventions:
'H - ('het) a guttural sound made deep in the throat. To Western ears it may sound like the "ch" in loch. In Arabic there are several letters that have similar sounds. Examples: 'hanukah, 'hamas, 'haredi. Formerly, this sound was often represented by ch, especially in German transliterations of Hebrew. Thus, 'hanukah is often rendered as Chanuka for example.
ch - (chaf) a sound like "ch" in loch or the Russian Kh as in Khruschev or German Ach, made by putting the tongue against the roof of the mouth. In Hebrew, a chaf can never occur at the beginning of a word. At the beginning of a word, it has a dot in it and is pronounced "Kaf."
u - usually between oo as in spoon and u as in put.
a- sounded like a in arm
ah- used to represent an a sound made by the letter hey at the end of a word. It is the same sound as a. Haganah and Hagana are alternative acceptable transliterations.
'a-notation used for Hebrew and Arabic ayin, a guttural ah sound.
o - close to the French o as in homme.
th - (taf without a dot) - Th was formerly used to transliterate the Hebrew taf sound for taf without a dot. However in modern Hebrew there is no detectable difference in standard pronunciation of taf with or without a dot, and therefore Histadruth and Histadrut, Rehovoth and Rehovot are all acceptable.
q- (quf) - In transliteration of Hebrew and Arabic, it is best to consistently use the letter q for the quf, to avoid confusion with similar sounding words that might be spelled with a kaf, which should be transliterated as K. Thus, Hatiqva is preferable to Hatikva for example.
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As was first reported by the intrepid Chico Harlan, for several innings of tonight's game vs. the Florida Marlins at Nationals Park, Nationals players Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman sported uniforms with the word "Nationals" misspelled. The "o" was missing, making it "Natinals", as you can see in this image from the broadcast.
The players switched jerseys mid-game after the error was noticed.
[May update: the story won't die]
The game was a heartbreaker, with Joel Hanrahan blowing his first save opportunity in the 9th inning. The 4th inning presidents race offered no theatrics — just a convincing wire-to-wire victory for Thomas Jefferson, with Teddy pulling up the rear.
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Before 'American Idol,' Boston had 'Community Auditions'
Decades before CDs, DVDs and MTV.
Before cell phones, cable and online voting.
And before "American Idol," Boston had its own talent search: "Community Auditions."
In 1965, Gary D'Alessandro of Shrewsbury and his band, the Wildcats, performed for Community Auditions. Stephen Rose on lead guitar, Henry Gillam on organ, John "Jack" Moran on drums, and D'Alessandro on rhythm guitar, all freshmen at Hopedale Junior-Senior High School and 14-years-old, competed to win a trophy.
"Even without a prize, we would have done it anyway," he said. "It was a lot of fun."
In the '60s with not a lot to copy, the Wildcats created their own image.
"Whatever came across our little transistor radio, we tried to imitate," said D'Alessandro. "There were the radio and records, if you could afford them, and very little pop. A lot of it we made up. You didn't even know what singers and artists looked like."
Even "American Bandstand" didn't give the rock 'n' roll band what they needed.
"He had mild stuff - sweet girls and guys - not groups like The Animals, The Rolling Stones, and The Kinks," said D'Alessandro. "They were too risque for the day."
The Community Auditions try-outs began with a Rotary Club talent show, according to notes kept by D'Alessandro's mom. The band won second place and headed for the big time.
"I have no idea where we got the nerve to do this," said D'Alessandro. "I don't think we questioned it very much."
The "Community Auditions" selection process differed drastically from "American Idol." About 6,000 contestants competed, in Boston alone, for "American Idol's" fifth season. D'Alessandro's 19-year old daughter, Julie, was one of them.
On Sunday, Feb. 14, 1965, the Wildcats performed for "Community Auditions" live at WBZ's studios in Allston. They sang Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" and took first place.
"I think I remember all the families going on Sunday morning to the show and throwing all this stuff in the back of a 1960 Country Squire station wagon," said D'Alessandro.
Times were different then, as a photo shows the not-so-high-tech backdrop and microphones operated on pulleys.
Six contestants competed on "Community Auditions," according to Dave Maynard, host of the WBZ show for 24 years. The showed aired Sunday morning from 11 to 11:30 from 1950 until 1987.
"It was the number one show in that time slot," said Maynard. "It wasn't prime time, but who cares when you're number one.
"I really loved doing the show," said Maynard. "Everybody was on that show. It was a very honest show with magicians, tap dancers, singers, comedians and impersonators. There were themed competitions just for policemen, firemen, and people in their 80s and over. It was great."
D'Alessandro remembers performing on the show in jazzy bright blue jackets with black lapels, which they ordered from a catalog.
The four teens returned to "Community Auditions" for two more rounds of competition, as D'Alessandro remembers, and made it to the semifinals.
In the '60s voting was done by postcard. It took a week to determine the winner. "Every Friday the winners were called and appeared the next week on the show," said Maynard.
One of D'Alessandro's most vivid memories is when his two younger brothers, Alan and Don, then 7 and 6 respectively, visited the studio. Expecting to see the real thing, they felt betrayed when Rex Trailer's "Boom Town" set was merely a facade.
When not performing at "Community Auditions," the Wildcats performed at high schools in Milford, Hopedale, Bellingham and Upton. At 14, and not old enough to drive, their parents were behind the wheel.
The band also performed in several battle of the band competitions at places like Lakeview Ballroom, later named the Myriad Ballroom in Mendon, as D'Alessandro remembers, where The Animals, the Young Rascals, and the Yardbirds with Eric Clapton performed.
Reflecting on the Wildcats' days of fame, D'Alessandro sees "American Idol" contestants as semiprofessionals.
"Kids now have music videos and a lot to copy," he said.
After college D'Alessandro sang professionally but left the music for the automotive industry. He now owns Quality Auto Body in Holliston.
Combining the old with the new, the popular talent show that ran for 37 years in Boston is back and now called "Community Auditions Star of the Day," according to Maynard, who acts as consultant for the show.
The first show aired May 6 at Mohegan Sun, according to Chuck Armstrong, "Community Auditions" executive producer.
"It runs on three different TV networks: MyTV New England WZMY, WPXT TV in Portland, Maine, and on NESN outside of Boston," said Armstrong.
Anyone in New England is eligible. People submit tapes and DVDs for their audition. If selected, they show up at Mohegan Sun and tape before a studio audience. Tapings, refreshments and audience tickets are all free.
"A new show runs every week, with 35 original shows this season," said Armstrong. "The airing of our final competition is slated for Dec. 16, 2007."
The new version reaches a broader New England audience, compared to the show which originally only broadcast in the Boston area.
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The character and scope of Peter's Second Epistle
The second epistle of Peter is even more simple than the first. Like those of Jude and John, it is written essentially with a view to the seducers, who, with large promises of liberty, beguiled souls into sin and licentiousness, denying the coming of Christ, and in fact disowning all His rights over them. The epistle admonishes the same Christians to whom the first was written, pointing out the characteristic features of these false teachers; denouncing them with the utmost energy; explaining the long-sufferance of God, and announcing a judgment which, like His patience, would befit the majesty of Him who was to execute it.
Exhortations and warnings: the foundation of both
But before giving these warnings, which begin with 2 Peter 2, the apostle exhorts Christians to make their own calling and election sure — not evidently in the heart of God, but as a fact in their own hearts, and in practical life, by walking in such a manner as not to stumble; so that testimony to their portion in Christ should be always evident, and an abundant entrance be ministered to them.
These exhortations are founded, firstly, on that which is already given to Christians; secondly, on that which is future — namely, the manifestation of the glory of the kingdom. In touching upon this last subject, he indicates a still more excellent portion — the bright morning star, the heavenly Christ Himself and our association with Him before He appears as the Sun of righteousness. Thirdly, we shall see that the warnings are founded also on another basis — namely, the dissolution of the heavens and the earth, proving the instability of all that unbelief rested upon, and furnishing for the same reason a solemn warning to the saints to induce them to walk in holiness.
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In response to an openly gay woman being ordained a bishop in the Episcopal Church on Saturday, Anglican leaders from around the world decried the action as "gravely concerning and wrong," with some adding that the move has "hurt and alienated" many within the Episcopal community, reports Catholic News Agency.
Fifty-five year-old Mary Glasspool, an openly parterned lesbian, was ordained a bishop at Long Beach arena on May 15. Some 3,000 people attended the ceremony which featured a procession with liturgical dancers in bright colored outfits, costumed dragons and drums, according to Virtue Online.
This recent move by the Episcopal church in the U.S. has caused tremendous controversy within the global Anglican church, prompting Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to issue a statement of caution when the announcement of Glasspool's ordination was first made last year. He urged church leaders at the time to consider the "implications and consequences of this decision." Archbishop Williams wrote in March that the Episcopal leaders' later confirmation of Glasspool's election as bishop-suffragen was "regrettable."
Several world leaders within the Anglican community denounced Saturday's ordination.
"The decision of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America to consecrate as a bishop a woman in a sexually active lesbian relationship is gravely concerning and wrong," said Rev. Dr. H. William Godfrey, bishop of the the Anglican Church of Peru on May 15.
"It is impossible," he added, "to know by what authority the Episcopal Church is taking this action. It is disobedient to the Word of God, to the teaching of the Church, and deeply hurtful and damaging to their Christian brothers and sisters."
"It appears," the bishop observed, "that their decision is being taken in accord with their instincts and feelings, and the ways of the liberal society in which they live, and that they have forgotten the moral values and teachings of the Holy Scriptures and their Church."
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"Many Christians of all traditions and denominations will share our sorrow and see Mary Glasspool's consecration as a defiant rejection of pleas for restraint and, even more importantly, as a rejection of the pattern of holiness of life called for in Scripture and endorsed by believers over the centuries," they wrote on Sunday.
Rev. Robinson Cavalcanti, Bishop of the Diocese of Recife in Brazil, said in a statement on May 15 that the ordination was "lamentable" and that it has caused "a de facto rupture" within the Anglican community.
The bishop of the Diocese of Caledonia, Rev. William Anderson, added that he "can only hope that the Archbishop of Canterbury will finally accept that bishops and national churches who choose to willfully ignore the teaching of the Anglican Communion and Holy Scripture, ought to suffer the natural consequence of choosing to go their own way – which is to say, that they ought to be considered to have left the Anglican Communion."
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bob Baffert is down to one horse for the Kentucky Derby after early 6-1 second choice Hoppertunity was scratched Thursday because of a sore left front foot.
The colt was to have been ridden Saturday by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith.
"Bad news travels fast," Baffert said outside his barn, where onlookers gathered as word spread around Churchill Downs. "The horse is OK. He's just not 100 percent and it's too close to the race, so I pulled the plug."
Baffert first noticed signs something wasn't quite right on Wednesday, when Hoppertunity took a few steps. The inside quarter of his left foot was sore, so part of his shoe was cut off. As the colt walked to warm up, he didn't appear bothered. But Baffert decided to scratch him anyway.
Hoppertunity will have a full scan Thursday to eliminate any other possible problems than a sore foot, which will be soaked.
In a bit of gallows humor, Baffert joked, "We missed a Hoppertunity."
He said the colt could return in time for the Preakness on May 17.
Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia revised the Derby morning line odds, although California Chrome remained the favorite at 5-2.
Wicked Strong, the colt named for the victims of last year's Boston Marathon bombings, replaced Hoppertunity as the early second choice at 6-1.
Arkansas Derby winner Danza and Intense Holiday were installed as the co-third choices at 8-1. Tapiture was made the fifth choice at 12-1.
The odds for Candy Boy were lowered to 15-1 from 20-1. Louisiana Derby winner Vicar's In Trouble, to be ridden by Rosie Napravnik, dropped to 20-1 from 30-1.
Smith will still be busy on Derby day, ridding in seven of the 13 races on the card.
"I could still have a pretty good day," he said. "I'd rather lose it this way than something happen on the track."
The scratch moved also-eligible horse Pablo Del Monte into the maximum 20-horse field. However, the 50-1 shot would have to start from the No. 20 post position. It wasn't immediately known if Pablo Del Monte's owners want to start under that condition.
"It's amazing to have the opportunity to run," said Wesley Ward, who trains and co-owns the colt. "With my 25 percent there is nothing I'd love better, with a horse that I bred, than to run. But I have to go with what my partners want to do."
The original plan for Pablo Del Monte, who was third in the Blue Grass, was to wait for the Preakness. His other owners are in Europe, and Ward expected to learn their decision later Thursday or early Friday.
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LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer was on the decline — or so the thinking went.
He was past 30. Had back problems. Tried experimenting with a larger racket. Was a family man, a father to two sets of twins now. Slid down the rankings. Reached zero Grand Slam finals over the past two years. Started losing before the quarterfinals at majors, including in 2013's second round at the All England Club, of all places, to a guy ranked 116th.
Look at him now. Federer moved one victory away from a record eighth Wimbledon championship and 18th Grand Slam title overall by reaching tomorrow's final, where he will face Novak Djokovic.
Federer was asked how much it would mean to add to his trophy collection.
"A lot," said Federer, who turns 33 next month and would be the oldest Wimbledon winner in at least a half-century. "I know I don't have 10 left, so I'll try to enjoy it as much as I can."
Could he have imagined 12 months ago, after his startlingly early exit, being back in this year's final?
"I wasn't sure," Federer replied. "I hoped."
After so much buzz about the rise of a new generation to challenge the supremacy of tennis' "Big 4," — a quartet, including Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, that will have won 36 of the past 38 Slams — Federer and Djokovic turned aside up-and-comers in yesterday's semifinals.
Djokovic, the 2011 champion, went first on Centre Court, overcoming dips in his play to beat 11th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7) and reach his third final at Wimbledon and 12th in the past 16 majors.
Federer, tied with Pete Sampras and William Renshaw with seven Wimbledon titles, followed with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory over 11th-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada. Returning serves that topped 130 mph, Federer broke Raonic once in each set and took 61 of 80 points on his own serve.
"Just seeing Roger around, seeing his persona, his aura, you know that a lot of people could have, and have, written him off in a lot of ways," Raonic said, but "you knew this was very" possible "for him."
Dimitrov — who beat defending champion Murray in the quarterfinals — and Raonic — who beat the man who beat Nadal in the fourth round — are 23 and were making their debuts in a Slam semifinal. Federer was in his 35th; six-time major champion Djokovic was in his 23rd.
It was sunny, 77 degrees and windy, and Djokovic and Dimitrov found themselves slip-sliding around the worn court, especially along swaths of brown dirt. One of their many lengthy, entertaining exchanges ended with both face-down on the turf.
Djokovic appeared ready to run away with a win, one point from leading by a set and two breaks. But Dimitrov, cheered on by girlfriend Maria Sharapova, hit an ace to erase a break point and reeled off five consecutive games to grab the second set.
For much of the match, Djokovic was volleying poorly — something that surely bothered one of his coaches, three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker — and generally struggling to find his strokes. After one botched forehand, Djokovic threw his racket end over end in the air and caught it.
"It was a roller coaster," Becker said of his man's up-and-down performance. "It doesn't have to be pretty and perfect all the time. You have to play perfect when it matters most."
Djokovic did. Dimitrov did not, faltering at the end of the last two sets. In the third, his one-handed backhand accounted for three mistakes in the tiebreaker, and he also double-faulted.
In the fourth, Dimitrov wasted four set points, including three in the tiebreaker, which he led 6-3, before losing six of the last seven points.
"I probably won't get an hour of sleep," Dimitrov said.
What keeps Djokovic awake at night is that he lost his past three major finals and five of his past six.
Tomorrow's final will be his 35th match against Federer, who leads 18-16. But it's only their second major final; the other was at the 2007 U.S. Open, won by Federer.
"My game's back where I hoped it would be," said Federer, who lost in the fourth round or earlier at four of the previous five majors but has dropped one set this fortnight.
"Things were difficult all of last year, most of the year, so I'm happy I worked hard off the court to get myself back into shape and back into contention."


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Many of the applications for trademarks fall under that former category, such as Colorado's ReLeaf Center and Total Health Concepts, while some were for specific service names, like Nug Source (an ad company). Foods incorporating marijuana were also a big item for trademark patent, including the now infamous "Dr. Canna Cola."
The well-known Meyer Keegan from Colorado Springs might take the award for largest number of trademarks and patents applied for by a single individual in the now-defunct medical marijuana category. Keegan applied for trademarks on many terms, such as "ganja," "Maui Waui," "Bubblegum," "Island Sweet Skunk," and other common strains and smoker terms.
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The so-far undecided patents that were filed with the TPO before closure of the category are still being vetted. Most agree that while it was a nice try, most of Keegan's attempts at claiming ownership of common names will probably fail. So you won't have to change your business or product names to avoid a lawsuit for using words like "ganja."
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I know many of you used to follow my training blog, Sportyfish. After the horrible-accident-of-footbreaking-doom, the poor little training blog was ignored, but the time has come to suck it up and re-inspire/support vegan athletes!
Double posting hurts my brain, so here's the link to this week's The Long Run post.


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Several '13 football recruits to make presence on UF campus this weekend
Two-thirds of Florida's 2013 football recruiting class is scheduled to be in Gainesville this weekend.
The eight early enrollees on campus will be joined by 10 verbal commitments, including official visitors Alvin Bailey, Marqui Hawkins, Octavius Jackson, Keanu Neal and Antonio Riles.
Five others — Caleb Brantley, Ahmad Fulwood, Vernon Hargreaves III, Jordan Sherit and Nick Washington — are unofficially visiting.
Those 18 future Gators will all be recruiting Robert Nkemdiche, the consensus No. 1 overall prospect in the nation. The five-star defensive end from Loganville (Ga.) Grayson is a heavy lean to Ole Miss because his brother, Denzel, plays for the Rebels. Their mother, Beverly, is a state legislator in Nigeria and prefers for them to attend the same school so she doesn't have to make two trips when she visits the U.S.
The Gators have their work cut out for them, although several UF commits befriended Nkemdiche during Under Armour game week and helped convince him to officially visit Florida. The former Clemson commitment plans to visit Ole Miss on Jan. 25 and LSU on Feb. 1 before making his decision on National Signing Day (Feb. 6).
UF will also host fullback Kennard Swanson (Lakeland Lake Gibson) and Auburn defensive end commit Tashawn Bower (Somerville, N.J./Immaculata) on official visits this weekend.
Swanson has said he will pledge to the Gators if given the green light by Florida's staff. The hold up for the former LSU commit is academics, but his high school finished its first semester this week and the UF coaches should know soon whether or not they can accept his commitment.
Bower claims to be a soft verbal to the Tigers and is giving other schools a serious look, including Florida. The ESPN150 member visited Florida State last weekend and heads to LSU on Jan. 25.
UF currently has 27 commits and three more scholarships available with the recent attrition.
Per SEC rules, 25 is the most a class size can be. However, that number can be exceeded with early enrollees that count toward the previous recruiting cycle.
The Gators had eight this spring, so the maximum number of recruits they can sign in February is 33. To reach the max, they would need three more players to leave between now and when the signees report in June.
Defensive line is the biggest priority remaining for Florida, and the top targets in addition to this weekend's visitors are five-star defensive tackle Montravius Adams (Vienna, Ga./Dooly County), JUCO Ole Miss defensive tackle commit Jarren Reed (Scooba East Mississippi C.C.), defensive tackle Jaynard Bostwick (Port St. Lucie West Centennial) and defensive end Elijah Daniel (Avon, Ind.).
Adams and Reed visited UF earlier this month, while Bostwick and Daniel plan to visit Feb. 1. However, the latter two have grade concerns.
A likely addition to Florida's class could be New Smyrna Beach receiver James Clark. He was offered by the Gators following his unofficial visit to UF on Jan. 6 and is scheduled to return to Gainesville for his final official visit Jan. 25.
Florida is also still in contention for running back Alex Collins (South Plantation) and USC cornerback commit Jalen Ramsey (Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy), both of whom officially visited UF in the fall.
(in alphabetical order)
Name, Position, School, Height, Weight
*Alex Anzalone, LB, Wyomissing (Pa.), 6-3, 233
Alvin Bailey, WR, Seffner Armwood, 5-11, 175
Caleb Brantley, DT, Crescent City, 6-3, 295
Trenton Brown, OL, Milledgeville Georgia Military, 6-8, 350
*Darious Cummings, DT, Scooba East Mississippi CC, 6-3, 305
Jarrad Davis, LB, Camden County, Kingsland, Ga., 6-3, 215
Cameron Dillard, OL, Canton (Mich.), 6-3, 290
Ahmad Fulwood, WR, Jacksonville Bishop Kenny, 6-4, 189
Vernon Hargreaves III, DB, Tampa Wharton, 5-11, 185
Marcell Harris, DB, Orlando Dr. Phillips, 6-1, 209
Marqui Hawkins, WR, Columbus (Ga.) Carver, 6-2, 190
James Hearns, LB, Tallahassee Lincoln, 6-3, 230
*Joey Ivie, DE, Dade City Pasco, 6-4, 270
Octavius Jackson, OL, Moultrie (Ga.) Colquitt County, 6-4, 304
Roderick Johnson, OL, Delray Beach Amer. Heritage, 6-6, 315
Adam Lane, RB, Winter Haven, 5-8, 216
*Daniel McMillian, LB, Jacksonville First Coast, 6-3, 220
*Tyler Moore, OL, St. Petersburg College, 6-6, 305
Keanu Neal, DB, Bushnell South Sumter, 6-1, 203
Antonio Riles, DE, Lawrenceville (Ga.) Archer, 6-4, 267
*Demarcus Robinson, WR, Fort Valley (Ga.) Peach Co., 6-2, 200
*Matt Rolin, LB, Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods, 6-4, 209
Jordan Sherit, DE, Tampa Hillsborough, 6-5, 234
Max Staver, QB, Brentwood (Tenn.) Academy, 6-6, 238
*Kelvin Taylor, RB, Belle Glade Glades Day, 5-11, 216
Chris Thompson, WR, Gainesville, 6-0, 170
Nick Washington, DB, Jacksonville Trinity Christian, 6-0, 183
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I found my long lost twin.
More that, I think every priest has this transmog
I thought I was a unique little snowflake
Priest Blog WOW
Soulbrah looks better. His belt is much better matching the whole outfit with a nice detail of green dot, unlike yours, which is just too green. On the other hand, while his boots are perfectly fitting the set, I kinda like yours as a they make a distinct line between robe and shoes, the different color somehow frames your character and finishes her.
So what I'm saying is change the belt and you're golden. I envision belt in a dark steel blue color already used on your set and bright gem in the middle. I would go for red, it would fit your shoes. There must be belt like this.
Due to the angle of the shot, I first though that you had your own nameplate displayed and you were Soulbrah's companion.


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Today's Music: Kaki King – Playing With Pink Noise
And here we are again. Another Friday, another round of foolishness. But there was foolishness all around the web this week. Even though I was again ridiculously busy and couldn't get around near as much as I wanted, here are just a few of the many posts that stood out to me this week:
Susie Lindau celebrated her blogiversary in a very fun, clever way. Make sure you check out the comments!
Bestbathroombooks revealed the truth about us all. And after hours of frustration, Zannyro finally got the Baldy video up. Check out the few posts before the linked one – they're pretty funny!
Thanks a whole lot to you guys, and everyone else. Like I always say, you make every week a little more fun!
Enjoy checking those out.
And for those of you who were wondering about last weeks poll.
The question was, I think, therefore… And here's what you had to say. (As always, my snark is expressed in italics.)
(Great, now I'm thinking of ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream and sprinkles…)
I dont want a pickle I just wanna ride my motor cy cle.. lizzie
(Are you hitting on my wife? 😉
it's time to get off the pot and flush the toilet. morezennow
(I'd wait til I knew for sure…)
I am superior to "those people" at Walmart. Benzeknees
(I believe "thinking" is grounds for you being barred from there.)
What was I looking for? (Elyse, 54.5)
(I'm not sure, but they're on top of your head.)
I'm spacy.
(No, you're Stacy.)
I'm spacy. (As I just exhibited while forgetting to sign my name.) Stacy Lyn
(I'm Guapo. Nice to meet you!)
…Or does that mean I don't think? Stacy Lyn
(It's hard to tell here in the asylum…)
my BRRRAAAIIINNNSSS smoke. Red.
(You know, Smokey says only you can prevent forest fires.)
I'm in great big trouble. Too much. thinking – BAD!
(Think about ways to cause mischief! -GOOD!)
I am not a Fox News pundit
(See the above about Walmart!)
I drink. Stay Abnormal
(But do you think about what you drink?)
I am sure you don't REALLY wanna know-lizzie 🙂
(We want to know, LizzieC. I just don't think we could handle it!)
i bust my head trying to figure out something clever but picked BRAINS! instead
(BRAINS is always the thinking persons choice. (Just not sure what it means they're thinking about!))
Don't think. Just sleep! –Lily
…people always ask, "Hey, what's burning?" Michelle at Motley News
(I also forget about what I'm cooking when I thin- Oh, good one! hehehe)
Yam — Linda Vernon
(Do you then ask yourself "Tuber or not tuber?")
I have to pay taxes (Why then do politicians have to pay taxes?)
(If you thought more,you might find a way out of that…)
I can't sleep – Hobbler
(Think about sheep. Stalking you. In speedos.)
I love The A-Team (no name for this, but I'm pretty sure it's Howlin' Mad Heather.)
(Do you think they can help? And more importantly, do you think you can find them?)
can usually thwart my cat's attempts to kill me. Usually. (ODNT)
(That's just what the cat wants you to think!)
can usually thwart my cat's attempts to kill me. Usually. (ODNT)
(Hey, did the cat write this?)
the world may continue turning… you're very welcome!
(So this is your fault…)
Wait…I had a thought? How exciting! What was it? Crap…it's gone! –Mel
(When it comes back, you will be the envy of us all!!!)
The pickle selection sounds so naughty. Kinda why I picked it! KJ
(I think you're thinking a bit too much about the pickle…)
Uhh..what was i just doing?? John Phillips
(writing a check to the Guapola concert/vacation fund?)
Sam I am, so bring on the green eggs and ham. (Frank)
(Would you eat them on a roll? Or while you were answering a poll?)
Congratulations to Lily for this weeks winning answer! And the most popular of the offered choices was (by a wide margin) I think I would like a pickle. I think kayjai set a trend!
And that catches us all up just in time for this weeks poll. Like the title implies, I fell a bit behind this week. Honestly, I didn't even realize it was almost Friday until TMWGITU asked me what the poll would be. That was Thursday at 10pm.
And I had nothing.
So once again, real life has inspired me. Because this isn't the first time I had to run like hell just to catch up. It happens to all of us.
So this week, the poll is what you don't remember when your brain feels left behind…
And to help waste your time until next week, here's something that's mildly educational. And relevant to the poll. Or at least my life at the moment!
Have a great week everyone!


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Everyone's experience in gaming is different, especially when it comes to being female and gaming apparently. Some don't see or get any of the harassment in gaming, some see a lot. How much of that experience do we need to take our own responsibility for?
Do I put myself in positions to be harassed? – this is a dangerous question because it implies my experiences are my fault. Could I deal with situations differently? leave at the first sign of potential problems, let 1 person of 8 others in a RBG team ruin my fun, I could sequester myself under the protection of a man, or only ever do anything in-game with a guild. I fly solo a fair bit, does flying solo in a gaming world expose you to more of these issues?
We know in history, and societies, past and present that lone women are considered fair game, and if you're not under the protection of playing with guild people, or a partner, or a group of friends, and maybe you want to do RBG's and no one else wants to, or take an alt to a GDKP because there is gold to be made, and gear to be got. Or take along your own personal knight to protect you, then by refusing to go out into the great unwashed masses are you missing out, or just putting yourself behind a protective wall.
We also have to consider that maybe the bad stories about Girl gamers experiences are over represented, we don't get to hear the guys side – we dont seem to ask what kind of abuse they cop, or how they deal with it, are there things that they inflict upon each other in whispers we don't see and can't talk about because of a Bro code, or do most of their experiences just add up to someone being a d*ck
Some commentors on my last post indicated that female leadership can also creates a toxic playing environment, and yes Women can be petty and bitchy but there seems to be a big difference between how the sexes deal out, and deal with harassment in-game.
Men seem likely to have their sexuality, or masculinity questioned, or have violence threatened. I don't think I have ever heard a guy been threatened with sexual violence or submission though. That would be 'gay' I also don't think they have ever been told to " Get in the backyard you yob and mow the lawn" in-game either, and I have never heard a female gamer threaten another with sexual violence.
Gamer guys are subjected to stereotypes though, and I will admit to laughing along to the living at home in your mums basement stereotype. Women don't seem to get that implied insult. However, generation X and generation Y are taking longer and longer to move out of their parents homes – more likely to get married later. It could actually be true for a lot of people.
In a BG the other day because I notified the BG that 'such and such' was hiding afk in a hut – he said " I'm on the phone. I have a life, not like you who don't work and play wow all day" It was an interesting attack, I noticed because I was trying to heal him and it was the first 30 sec on the bg, and were on the WW offensive, and he wasn't in line of sight. But because he is afk, hiding, and was caught out, I therefore must have no job and play wow all day, and he doesn't so he is better than me.
Kind of a lame attack. It was Sunday and wasn't true, and got a good LOL from the BG when he left or was successfully kicked, but that kind of insulting, heckling even, is gender neutral insult. Scrub, Noob, Fail. Loser, nerd ( yes you can be called nerd in game by someone playing a game ) it's easier not to take that personally.
Often the Harassment directed at women threatens our personal safety or seeks to abuse us. Maybe our reactions, how personal we take it would change if the harassment was more gender neutral, and didn't make us feel exposed or vulnerable, but
Sometimes reacting to gender directed Harassment makes it worse. While waiting for it to fill a RBG another player kept standing on my character in his frog suit, and I kept moving away, and a discussion began along the lines of " Don't you like my frog suit.. and at this point I was on vent and said, 'not really'
"But bitches like frogs"
and I responded something like " Well I'm not a bitch, and I do not like your frog suit" Every reference to females then on was about 'bitches' If I had stayed silent, mounted up and flow away I may not have had to listen to the tirade that followed. Bitches can't heal, Bitches can't play…
One of the arguments defending bully's in general is that people are too soft, and just need to learn how to deal and I've thought about how I react to some situations, do I antagonize the offenders, could I handle it differently. Am I acting with integrity. I already think I leave and abandon places too often because I think I am doing the right thing, and saying nothing would probably do more damage to my own psyche if I found myself being attacked. I wasn't brought up meek, the rest of my life relies on my not being meek, and I will not play meek.
However could we deal with it better than providing screen shots of the abuse, voice clips or sharing stories. I don't think anyone can say that it doesn't ever happen, and we know we need to change it, and awareness seems to be the first step.
If we met cuss for cuss, insult with insult, threatened to cut their balls off and feed them to them one at a time if they ever so much breathed another word – would the harassment stop, or would they only be encouraged with greater, more personal threats,
If you were to do a scale of experiences of good and bad in-game. The bad is just flotsam floating in a sea of goodness, as corny as it sounds. I think as often as the risk of playing with strangers brings, most of the time there is no issue. I don't think Wow society has gone to the dogs. Different people do different things, and have different experiences. Maybe one of the biggest differences is I have chronicled mine, in a blog, much like a Wow diary where they would not be as important, or memorable if I hadn't of recorded them.
I also don't think I have presented many original ideas or thoughts here, but I'm writing again.


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