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September 10th, 2013 04:10 PM #11
Saskia is beautiful, and does share many of the same sounds, without being too heavily reminiscent of the state. Fab suggestion, @emsky!
September 10th, 2013 04:16 PM #13
"Alaskah, like Alaska, but with in H on the end."xx - Claire Elisabeth Lynne - Juliet June - Abigail Margot -
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September 10th, 2013 04:32 PM #15
I dislike Alaskah (its a recognized place, and I'm pretty sure every American--not to mention many, many other people know how to spell that--taking a common place name and changing the spelling won't help you or your child, I would think), but I do like Alaska! I remember it being on one of my friend's lists once. I think it lends itself well to nns (Ally, etc.), and it could be really wearable. Besides, Alaska really is beautiful. I am not generally a fan of too many place names, but I do love Alaska a lot, and would love to meet a little girl with the name.Ashley
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I think it has a pretty sound but agree with others that adding the h is a bit silly. If you like the name Alaska because the state is special to you, why change the spelling to take the name further from the state?
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A counterpick to cass and orianna is also Kattarina becouse of her shunpo so the misses their ultis! her shunpo togheter with her W is a great comp for dodging aoe and skill shots!
you could add nunu as a counter to udyr as the constant slow keeps udyr down, same goes for ashe. An another thing to note also is that Katarina can counter Xerath during lane phase as Katarina can Shunpo stright over Xeraths Q. Otherwise good. +1
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Doubt it. Udyr has a spammable shield and tons of sustain. I don't think Nunu would have nearly enough damage to significantly harass him.
I never said that Nunu would kill Udyr, which is very unlikely. However a counter is not only about killing an enemy champion, but to nullify his/hers abilities to function with the rest of the team. Everyone knows, and I am sure that you know as well, that Udyr is easily kited. Since Udyrs mostly tries to run towards the enemy carry and wreck havoc on them Nunu will often be able to slow down Udyr, same goes for Ashe.
nice guide, i wanted to see this for a while now. BUT I want to see it finish to the max potential.
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Good guide. Only thing I saw was to build armor against Mundo? In the current meta he is a jungler. Which means he gets his w first which does magic damage. His cleave ALSO does Magic Damage. The only reason you would build armor is if he was full-on DPS Mundo. Which ofc nobody builds. Just nit-picks.
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Thanks for all feedback guys, I'll try to finish the guide ASAP. Been working a lot lately and been trying do climb the elo laddder on my spare time. :)
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Of course that's what important, hence including what he actually did in the first paragraph. But the brony aspect is the frosting on this lil' shit cupcake.
Accurate. I'd never thought of it that way, but you know I stashed that shit in my bag.
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Some people in this world just don't know when to be quiet. Just when you think you've seen it all, there's someone on either side of the aisle who just has to take idiocy to a new level. Shaking My Damn Head
It's like there's an ignorance competition that no one should want to enter… but there's entrants every single day.
Yeah, NOW he is… and for that, I'm deeply sorry that he occasionally emerges from his cave of darkness in Jackson Hole, hisses at the people, and then returns to slumber and feed.
But he's not a Wyoming native, dammit. Nebraska spawned him.
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We just had a similar demonstration in Austin! :)
I'll be damned. They just came from Texas! Small world, no?
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I know someone who is buying her son, a felon, any gun he wants, including assault rifles. Background check wouldn't prevent that. It pisses me off, but what can we do about that?
You call the police or the ATF right goddamn now and tell them she is making straw purchases on behalf of a felon. What she is doing is against federal law, specifically 18 U.S.C. § 922. If a felon possesses a firearm, that can mean up to fifteen years in a federal prison with no parole. Something may come of what you do, or they might shrug it off. But departments of probation and parole — and most federal and state laws — require that a felon live in a home without firearms because of the concept of constructive possession.
In order to demonstrate constructive possession, the Ninth Circuit (and other federal jurisdictions) state that the government must prove a connection between the felon/defendant and the firearm or ammunition sufficient "to support the inference that the defendant exercised dominion and control over" the prohibited items (United States v. Carrasco). Also, joint control of the premises (i.e. residence) where the firearm or ammunition are located may establish possession when a felon "has knowledge of the weapon and both the power and the intention to exercise dominion and control over it."
So there is something we can do about that. They're both breaking the law, and I suggest you blow the whistle if you can do so safely. Good luck.
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I did. It ran out this summer.
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*if* they are gloating that isn't nice. but if they are getting that much they probably aren't "lucky". They are probably in a financially worse situation than you are. (not to dismiss your woes: the meager size of your pell grant is bullshit)
Under the previous version of the law, I was eligible for the full amount. The meager size is due to the law changing, not my income.
So in my eyes, they're lucky. See my previous post. My EFC is $0 — meaning I was eligible.
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Brilliant post, CD. Legit laughing out loud.
Thank you!
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Why do you presume forced pregnancy? I would think forced abortion is much more common. It is the man's support as well for the next 18 years and he has no say.
I don't presume it. The study backed linked shows a significant correlation between birth control sabotage, sexual assault, threats, and abuse linked with pregnancy among victims of domestic violence.
Abusers will sometimes cause an unintended pregnancy by these methods above and use that as leverage or an excuse for abuse in order to attempt to force their partner to stay with them, especially if said partner is threatening to leave. And yes, it is his child to support for the next 18 years, meaning that even if their partner leaves, that person has an 18 year link to him.
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Regulatory agencies require testing of substances for acute skin corrosivity (burns/permanent scarring) and irritation (reversible skin damage) hazards. Results of these tests are used to label chemicals so that consumers and workers can take appropriate precautions. Test results are also used to determine appropriate packaging to minimize potentially dangerous spills and appropriate procedures to safely handle spills that may occur during transport.
When conducted on animals, a test for acute skin corrosivity may cause significant pain and distress. ICCVAM has conducted independent scientific peer reviews of the usefulness and limitations of four non-animal (in vitro) corrosivity test methods for use as alternatives to the in vivo rabbit skin test. Based on these reviews, ICCVAM recommended that all four methods could be used as part of a weight-of-evidence approach in an integrated testing scheme for dermal corrosion/irritation. In this approach, positive in vitro corrosivity responses do not generally require further testing, and can be used for classification and labeling without animal testing. ICCVAM is currently involved in the development of OECD test guidelines for similar methods to be used for identifying potential skin irritants. Descriptions of these activities and links to more information can be found below.
At the request of the U.S. EPA, ICCVAM established performance standards for in vitro test methods for skin corrosion. These performance standards were based on four in vitro test methods evaluated by ICCVAM for the identification of substances with the potential to cause skin corrosion. These performance standards can be used to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of other unvalidated test methods that are based on similar scientific principles and that measure or predict the same biological or toxic effect.
The European Centre for the Evaluation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) conducted validation studies of three in vitro methods for dermal corrosivity testing, EpiDerm, EPISKIN and the rat skin transcutaneous electrical resistance assay. ECVAM concluded that these methods were able to distinguish between corrosive and non-corrosive chemicals for all of the chemical classes considered. In 2000, subsequent to the ECVAM recommendation, the European Union accepted these methods for corrosivity testing.
In 2001, ICCVAM conducted an evaluation of the ECVAM studies and all other available data on these assays, and recommended that they may be used for assessing the dermal corrosion potential of chemicals in a weight-of-evidence approach in an integrated testing scheme.
An ICCVAM-sponsored independent Peer Review Panel ("Panel") met in January 1999 to evaluate the Corrositex assay for the identification of potential dermal corrosive substances. The Panel concluded that for certain testing circumstances Corrositex is useful as a stand-alone assay for evaluating the corrosivity of acids, bases, and acid derivatives. In other testing circumstances, and for other chemical and product classes, the Panel concluded that Corrositex may be used as part of a tiered assessment strategy. The peer review panel also concluded that Corrositex offers advantages with respect to animal welfare considerations.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the Department of Transportation, an ICCVAM member agency, announced amendments to the Hazardous Materials Regulations in January 2011. These revisions will maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport limited quantities, and vessel stowage requirements. These revisions are necessary to harmonize the Hazardous Materials Regulations with recent changes made to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, the International Civil Aviation Organization's Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, and the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods--Model Regulations.
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A little sketch for our friend Jack that came down to visit us a few weeks ago. He's super adorable and cuddly and served as one of my victims for a drawing. He was giggling when he saw the drawing and that made it all worth it. :)
When hornyness meets wanting to draw and sci-fi. Used a few shots from the one and only spartacubs to use as reference. I might not look like him but I like it nonetheless (and I'm glad to know he liked it too).
This was a sketch to make a reference for a project for a friend. The end result was good but I forgot to take a picture.
This is fast furry cartoon of a close and dear cubby I been talking to. He's been extremely nice and kind to me and always cheers messaging him. He asked me to draw him as a squirrel and I thought he would look adorable as one. Here you go Joey, thanks for being so awesome! ;)
"Kiki's Delivery Service" has to be one of my favorite Studio Ghibli movies ever. I always felt identified to Kiki in her sense of adventure, modesty, kindness, and, often times, stubbornness. I often times feel like I lost my way and my inspiration just get spirited away. Just wanted to let some steam out with this one. I felt a whole lot better after I finished it.
Points if anyone gets what I did. ;)
I was bored and wanted to do a bear mechanic. Need some elbow grease, bub?
I was inspired by the Scottish Highland Games here in Orlando and I was fascinated with the players. I did a lot of studying and made a few sketches and after decided to use what I was studying to do this. Needless to say, there was a lot of eye candy.
I wanted to assess my skill doing details and complicated structures. Purely an exercise at the beginning, it became a thing and I loved the finished drawing so much I named her. This is Holly, a synthetic person.
Scott and I as Greed and Gluttony from Full Metal Alchemist. I think it suits us. "Can I eats'em? Bones n'all?"
Old project remade with new colors. Practicing coloring. Done in 3 hours. My current locked screen image for my phone. More to come. ;)
Rey as Shulk from Xenoblade Chornicles. I used this drawing to practice new ways of coloring. I think I'm on to something.
A drawing for one of my best friends and most amazing person ever. Jordan. Sorry for the late delivery but I hope you like it!
Bored, horny, and adventurous combined. LOL
These are drawings are my partner's and my fursonas. Scott's fursona is called Allen, a bunny, just like his user, and mine is Bartholomew, a tanuki whose friend call him Bart.
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Just 2.8pc of Spaniards plan to buy a home in 2013, according to the latest survey by Spain's CIS research group, which produces the national consumer confidence index.
Consumer confidence fell 13.4pc in April compared to the previous month, one of the worst falls since the index started in 2004.
43pc think that house prices will fall more next year than this year, whilst 46pc think prices will stay the same. Only 5pc think house prices will actually start to rise next year.
79pc think the economic situation is worse today than 6 months ago, and more than half think it will get harder to find a job.
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After police sting, Manchester man's job on hold
Alexander Ramasci of Manchester was arrested Monday night for theft of lost or mislaid property during a Manchester Police sting operation at a South Willow Street shopping plaza. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
MANCHESTER - Arrested in a shopping-plaza police sting on Monday, a Manchester man said he's been told not to show up to work until the matter is resolved.
Alexander Ramasci, 23, who works as a part-time clerk at the New Hampshire liquor store in Hooksett, said his hopes for a higher-paying, full-time job have also been put on hold. Ramasci was charged with misdemeanor theft Monday, after he took a purse and electronic consumer good from an unattended shopping cart and put them in the trunk of his car.
As reported Wednesday morning on UnionLeader.com and in the New Hampshire Union Leader, police had set the snare at the T.J. Maxx parking lot as part of a sting operation to ensure shopper safety. But Ramasci has maintained he planned to bring the purse home and try to trace the owner.
Ramasci, who lives with his parents in south Manchester, said he won't be able to pay his bills if he can't work. He ticked off credit card bills, student loans, car insurance and cell phone charges.
"Especially during the holiday season, this is killing me," Ramasci said Wednesday.
The human resources director at the New Hampshire Liquor Commission confirmed that Ramasci works as a part-time, temporary position and earns $11 an hour. But she said she cannot talk about his status.
"We go by the Division of Personnel rules. It all depends on the outcome of what's going on," said Kelly Mathews, human resources administrator for the Liquor Commission. Asked if Ramasci is not innocent until proven guilty, she said "it's supposed to be that way."
Ramasci said he was on his way to work Wednesday when his manager called him and told him not to show up. The manager also said not to bother with an interview, scheduled for Monday. Ramasci said he was hoping for a full-time job that paid a couple dollars more an hour and benefits.
"For me to have a theft charge at a liquor store, (they're thinking) why wouldn't he be stealing from us?" he said.
Ramasci is scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning in Manchester District Court.
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Shaquille Cleare and Charles Mitchell are complementary forces. Here's how the (friendly) threat of a fist fight helped push Cleare to a breakout game vs. FAU.
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Jake Layman's big three sealed a Maryland win on Saturday afternoon. How long until he becomes option No. 1 or No. 1a in late-game situations?
Maryland made it more interesting than perhaps they would have liked, allowing Florida Atlantic to claw back into it before shutting the door in a 66-62 win.
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A wise gentleman once told me that "town-life along the Snake River would dry up if agriculture was gone, but town-life along the Snake River would spring up if agriculture was present".
Agriculture, it's what drives our state's economy. Keeping family farms and ranches a viable way to make a living will be a challenge. With rising transportation costs, diminishing Idaho water rights, limited marketing opportunities and costly solutions to federal regulations, Idaho agricultural operations need legislators who will be vigilant in advocating for their essential needs.
Idaho's water rights will be challenged again not only within our state but to outside interests. Being watchful and creative in keeping and maintaining adequate water flow for our county is one of the duties of our legislators, but it cannot be done without the help of local residents. As your legislator I want to work with you to address this necessity.
We know that being good stewards of our land benefits all Idahoans. In Idaho we protect our land and natural resources. Extremist environmental and animal rights agendas have no place in our state. Environmental lawsuits are putting our ranchers and farmers out of business by increasing production costs and disallowing productivity. Idaho decision makers must be willing to do all they can to curb this extreme, destabilizing agenda.
In 2011 the Idaho Legislature passed a sweeping education reform package that changed the landscape of education in our state. I believe that the students, education staff and parents of our state deserve efficient, effective implementation of this plan for the stabilization of our schools.
Managing Idaho's new Students Come First education reforms has become a cumbersome process for local school boards and their employees. The Idaho Department of Education seems to be learning and adjusting themselves in the process as they proceed with assisting the local school districts to implement it. I want local district boards to have needed latitude, with guidance, in a timely manner when implementing these reforms.
Through the years as I volunteered in the classrooms throughout my school district I became aware of the demands and mandates enforced on teachers and administrators. It seemed to me that there was never a reduction in what was required, just a replacement or addition. With the increased amounts of technical knowledge and skills that teachers will be receiving, I would like to make it possible for them to rid their plates of the amount of requirements that have been building up over time. The stage has been set; now let educators do what they do best, educate students.
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Sonam, Rhea and their friends Samyukta, Karishma, Pernia and Shehla were in Delhi for the wedding of their friend Karishma Boolani. They pretty much covered the whole thing on instagram. It all looks so pretty!
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Today is the first day of Spring! When will it feel like Spring? This past winter was horribly cold and often snowy.
It's been a long time since I've written anything here, but with the end of the Errandonnee challenge I will get out the wireless keyboard and carry on…
The Errandonnee calls for 12 errands by bike from March 7 through March 20 (after an added snow day). I told you it was a bad winter! There are 11 categories to choose from and each category can only be used twice. There are a few other rules, but that is the basic idea.
Category: Work
Destination: Work
Observation: 19 degrees doesn't feel so cold anymore.
Miles: 12.06 one way
Date: 3/7/14
The photo is taken on a short path just as I arrive on the hospital campus. It was dark at the start of the ride and I used my Cygolite 500 Lumen headlight with a Bontrager tail light.
Category: Bike Shop
Destination: Dutch Wheelman
Observation: I don't like the riser handlebars on my new (to me) beater bike. Miles: 12.62
Date: 3/7/14
I bought handlebars that are more flat and some cheap clip-on fenders. The mud splatters everywhere convinced me to get these. The handlebars were easier to switch out than the fenders were to put on the bike. Hmm….
Category: Any store that is not a grocery store
Destination: Big Lots
Observation: I like the new handlebars.
Miles: 4.67
Date: 3/9/14
Category: Grocery store
Destination: Weis Markets
Observation: The wind was really bad today.
Miles: 2.11
Date: 3/9/14
My weekly attempt at bargain shopping…the buy one, get one free deals. I bought a lot of coffee.
Category: Work
Destination: Work – Geisinger Medical Center
Observation: Most of the ride is in the dark since the time change.
Miles: 24 – round trip
Date: 3/10/14
I used my 500 Lumen Cygolite, Princeton Tec headlamp and Bontrager tail light along with my cheap reflective vest.
Category: Coffee or Dessert
Destination: Bloom Naturally
Observation: I always buy sweets and junk food at the Health food store.
Miles: 17
Date: 3/11/14
I rode here because I really wanted a cookie! They have huge vegan cookies from Alternative Baking Company. Yum! Double Chocolate.
Category: Community Meeting
Destination: Credit Union and group member's home
Observation: The headwinds really tanked my average speed.
Miles: 24.26
Date: 3/15/14
We needed to go to the bank to change the group's treasurer and from there we went to one of the member's house to chat about the banking business.
Category: Bike Shop
Destination: Dutch Wheelman
Observation: Those Surly fat bikes look like they would be a blast!
Miles: 10.47
Date: 3/17/14
I went to the shop to get a mirror for the new beater bike. I really missed not having that extra look behind me.
Category: Wild Card
Destination: First Columbia Bank/ATM
Observation: This ATM gives you multiples of $5.
Miles: 0.32
Date: 3/17/14
I left the bike shop and went to get some cash. I never have cash on me….
Category: Any store that is not a grocery store
Destination: Bloom Naturally
Observation: They always think I am my sister-in-law when they look up my rewards account by last name.
Miles: 0.91
Date: 3/17/14
I left the bank and went to the health food store. I got vegan chocolate chips (see, sweets at the health food store again!) for the GORP and a few other odds and ends.
Category: Personal Care and Health
Destination: Dentist
Observation: I have a broken filling that needs to be fixed!
Miles: 4.02
Date: 3/18/14
I went to get a broken tooth fixed. I broke it on an especially crunchy piece of pizza crust (pizza without cheese). They discovered I have a broken filling on the other side of my mouth that needs fixed. I also got my teeth cleaned since they had a last minute cancellation.
Category: Wild Card
Destination: Vreeland's Harley Davidson
Observation: Harley's are huge! I'll stick with my bicycle.
Miles: 12.79
Date: 3/18/14
My boss is a biker too (motor). We all pitched in for his 40th birthday and got a gift certificate. I biked to the bike shop to pick it up.
Lucky #13
Category: Breakfast or Lunch
Destination: Bloomin' Bagels
Observation: They are not busy at 6AM; any other time they are.
Miles: 0.97
Date: 3/19/14
Why not add and extra errand since we got an extra day?
Total errandonnee miles: 126.2
Total miles through errandonnee dates: 291.71


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"It was probably because I was so often taken away from Cambridge when I was young that I loved it as much as I did . . ." So begins this novel-from-life by the best-selling author of Girl,...More
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"It was probably because I was so often taken away from Cambridge when I was young that I loved it as much as I did . . ."
So begins this novel-from-life by the best-selling author of Girl, Interrupted, an exploration of memory and nostalgia set in the 1950s among the academics and artists of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
London, Florence, Athens: Susanna, the precocious narrator of Cambridge, would rather be home than in any of these places. Uprooted from the streets around Harvard Square, she feels lost and excluded in all the locations to which her father's career takes the family. She comes home with relief--but soon enough wonders if outsiderness may be her permanent condition.
Written with a sharp eye for the pretensions--and charms--of the intellectual classes, Cambridge captures the mores of an era now past, the ordinary lives of extraordinary people in a singular part of America, and the delights, fears, and longings of childhood.
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It was probably because I was so often taken away from Cambridge when I was young that I loved it as much as I did. I fell in love with the city, the way you fall in love with a person, and suffered during the many separations I endured.In the summer before our October departure for England, the screen door to the backyard broke and had to be replaced. The new door had a hydraulic canister that hissed when it opened or closed instead of smacking, thump, thump, the way the old door had. I didn't like this. Neither did my cat, Pinch. Cats and children are conservative. Pinch would use the new door to go out of the house, but she refused to come in through it, and she'd sit by the front door waiting for someone to notice that she'd decided it was time to come home. After three weeks in England, I felt the same way: Okay, let's go home now. It's time to go home. But my parents, looking out their new, hydraulic door to England, didn't notice me, and like Pinch I had to sit there hoping and hoping.
For my father it was a kind of homecoming. He'd spent the war in London analyzing aerial reconnaissance photographs of German cities to pick targets for the Air Force. Midnights, he and his comrades stood on the roof of the townhouse where they were billeted and watched the bombs fall, heedless, twenty-two and abroad for the first time. The damask and mahogany hotels, the parks and the Embankment, the Rosetta Stone back from where it had been hiding from the Luftwaffe--now he could show all this, his former kingdom, to my mother.
My mother was preoccupied with the oven. She'd been forewarned that there wasn't any heat; nobody had mentioned the oven. The burners worked, but the oven was in a coma. She enshrouded a whole chicken in aluminum foil (aluminium in England) and roasted it over the coals in the living room fireplace in an attempt to make a nice dinner--a nice dinner being something other than a greasy chop or noodles (this was the era before noodles became pasta). It was a failure. It was a poached chicken, pallid, wet, raw in places. The oven, the oven. When was my father going to get somebody to explain or fix the oven?
My father had gone to France for the day to get us a car. It was a tiny English car named a Hillman. How or why it had emigrated to France was unknown. He went with a friend who was a French count, who had found us the car. Why my parents had a friend who was a French count and how they had finagled him into finding them an English car in France were not questions I asked at the age of seven. The car, my father, and the count all appeared at our London doorstep just as my mother was unveiling the disastrous chicken she'd made as a thank-you dinner for the count.
But they were young and full of life and they went out for dinner instead, leaving me with the somber Swedish nanny who made noodles on the stovetop.
Nanny is a misnomer. Frederika was my mother's aide-de-camp. She came from an aristocratic Swedish family. Her father had dropped the von in solidarity with Socialist ideals. She had little experience of stovetop noodles, either eating or cooking them. It turned out when she came to live with us in Cambridge that she was a marvelous cook, but she needed six fresh herring or a whole side of salmon or a handful of cardamom and a long twisty ginger root to do her Swedish magic. Barely ten years after the war, England didn't supply this sort of thing. Noodles and candy, with the occasional tough hunk of mutton, was what was on offer.
She was only eighteen. I thought of her as a grownup, but she was a kid away from home for the first time, just like me. Our family must have been a puzzle to her....
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Monday, 19th March, 2012, 02:52 PM #11
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Monday, 19th March, 2012, 02:57 PM #12
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Problem with this is there's a huge difficulty difference between some amount of XP spent on a single fight, and that same amount spread across individual monsters encountered one at a time. So I don't think a simple per-adventure XP pool accomplishes much of anything. If you want balanced fights, it really has to be per-encounter design.Originally Posted by Mike Mearls
But, old-school D&D isn't about balanced fights. And if you don't care about balanced fights, then there's little point in having an XP pool at all.
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I think 'encounter' vs 'adventure' focus is a matter of presentation though. I also think that speed of combat is more a matter of tuning than anything else (and I don't see with 3e or at least 4e that anything outside of combat is slow). You could make combat fast in 4e with basically just tuning the existing rules a little differently. As for XP budget for adventure, I already do that. In fact it is a well-discussed concept here and in other forums at this point, so not even notable.
I think my point is really that I don't get why we have to have a whole entirely new set of core rules to accomplish this goal. It is overkill. Might be a nice way to sell more books, but I'm getting tired of total rewrites of the system for reasons that aren't compelling.
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I doubt I'll ever find a one hour game interesting as anything else than an introduction to an actual adventure.
That said, I'm more interested in Mearl's proposition of allowing for a variable number of combats in a single adventure. When I GM, I like to have a flexible flow and use as many combats as seem appropriate, that means I sometimes have one big battle, sometimes I have two setup battles and a larger finale and, sometimes, I just have several skirmishes leading to a complex social encounter at the end.
Where the system fails, I believe, is how it handles the refreshing of abilities. If I have several skirmishes before the final complex social encounter in a single day, its alright, but if it is meant to represent several ambushes during a journey to meet some NPC, the dynamics are completely different, instead of small ambushes, it has to be several complex and demanding battles or the PCs just nuke their way through. So, Mike's suggestion to have an XP budget for the adventure is interesting, but I believe it fails to address the bigger problem with the number of combats per adventure.
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It sounds so simple, but playing a game in an hour and getting something meaningful done and feeling satisfied is really quite a radical idea. I have a hardtime imagining it happening. Would be nice to shoot for that though.
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That's a fantastic benchmark. I hope they can achieve it.
Monday, 19th March, 2012, 03:21 PM #17
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The one hour adventure sounds hard to do, but if you've played BECMI (or probably OD&D) you would understand that it is perfectly feasible. Back when:
- Character sheets were on one page and you even had room to draw a picture of your character.
- There were only one or two rule books, and people knew the rules or learned them quickly.
- Combat was quick, without the need for a battle grid to adjudicate rules like flanking or opportunity attacks.
- The DM had to make more decisions on the fly, and couldn't rely on the rules as much.
The downsides are obvious: less detail, fewer options, less tactical gameplay, and more of a chance of a DM making bad decisions.
But a modular system would allow all that detail if you wanted it, and still allow players to master the rules if the DM doesn't try to use too many optional systems at the beginning.
I like where Mearls' head is at. Then again, I always have, it's just the execution of his ideas by his team that leaves something to be desired sometimes.
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This sounds great, but it runs the risk of being anticlimactic. One on end of the gaming experience, you'll have very fast games, but no sense of tension that builds up and the other end, you have combat grind where you're slogging through hp just to end the thing. The tension was there, but now you've gone waaaaaaaaaaaay past it.
I want my combats to be fast, scenarios to play out fairly quickly, but I need tension to build up in the mechanics of the game that gives BBEG "staying power" so that they won't blow us out of the water in the first round or for us to do the same.
It's a tough order to fulfill. My idea of that "perfect combat" length is going to be different than someone else's, but I think what they are doing now for the next iteration is definitely a step in the right direction.
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A scene is, usually, some set number of actors interacting with each other, essentially simultaneously. In a combat encounter, an XP pool helps ensure that the NPCs are balanced with the PCs.
But over the course of an adventure? Without assumptions on the distribution of XP (which Mike did not make, and it seems to be the point of his idea to not make), I'm not seeing the value.
But what are you getting out of that XP budget, aside from predictable advancement rates? Is it really getting you much in the way of building balanced challenges? Can you spread that XP across an adventure and be confident of a balanced challenge? Because that's what encounter XP pools get in 4E, for the most part. Follow the encounter building guidelines, use that XP, and as long as you don't do weird stuff with terrain, etc., it's quite likely that you'll end up with a balanced encounter. Do that with Adventure XP pool, and the difficulty will vary wildly between "big battle" adventures, and "a monster in each room" adventures. What is that pool getting you then? Are you making assumptions about the adventure structure when you use that pool?As for XP budget for adventure, I already do that. In fact it is a well-discussed concept here and in other forums at this point, so not even notable.
Ultimately, a adventure XP pool is like an encounter XP pool, but only if there's an assumption that "wave" encounter designs are just as challenging, for the same XP, as "all at once" designs. That's obviously not true. 4E's DMG2 discusses wave design, and what it boils down to is that there should be more XP in the pool in an encounter with waves, but it's really a judgement call. That encounter pool gives a reasonable baseline for 2 waves, but past that, it's more DM judgement than rules. And once that happens, there's little point to having those rules.


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On Wednesday June 4th, the Charlotte Hornets will host former North Carolina Tar Heels star P.J. Hairston to a pre-draft workout. Many believe the Hornets have a strong interest in drafting Hairston with their 24th pick in the 1st round.
When the Hornets are on the clock with the 24th pick in the NBA Draft, and P.J. Hairston is still on the board, what should Charlotte do?
First of all, I will be shocked if P.J. is still on the board at 24. Getting dismissed from UNC is the reason he is this low in expert's mock drafts. It is hard to name 24 players in this draft that are better than Hairston. In fact, you can't tell me there are.
There might not even be 10-15 players in this draft that are better than P.J. Hairston. What is giving NBA GM's second thoughts about him? It's definitely not what he does on the basketball court.
It's what he does off the court.
As I said before, P.J. was dismissed from the UNC basketball team for various reasons. First it was marijuana possession, then accepting illegal benefits, and he also got a speeding ticket. All of this during one off-season.
On the court though, P.J. Hairston is exactly what the Hornets need. He can play the 2 guard, and maybe even the 3 position in some small lineup situations. P.J. can shoot the three-pointer very well, and he is athletic and has an NBA body. Most shooters don't have the body strength P.J. does.
If I was the Charlotte Hornets, I would even trade up to draft him. It is very likely he will not fall down to 24th, picking Hairston anywhere after 15th overall is a steal.
Here is the scouting video for P.J. Hairston, it is a lengthy video, but I highly recommend watching it.


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And then I sit under a tree
It gave me shade and breeze
It made my feel supreme and spree
But then I heard a noise behind;
The bush that is white then a light
Came out that could make you blind
I open my eyes when the light is already gone and;
I saw a two headed dog standing at my front
And I thought it is my end
The dog left head speak and says
Why are you here what are you doing?
What for the visit you pay
I reply with a cold voice that is shaking
"Sir the beast at the field send me here
And he says I should go to the fairy that is grinding"
The right head of dog raise his head,
And laugh like a thunder that is full of might
I feel like I am standing at a fire bed
"You fool" it said with roar
"Cause nothing you can do
Even you try to soar
The left head defend me from him
"You must give the child a chance
Before we judge if his mind is slim
Therefore you go at the wild
Deep inside the forest of terror
And learn how to grind
I continue my journey even thou
I didn't understand what they mean
I must find it out, I must know
Then I saw a stream the is very cool
I knee down to take a sip
"Stop you stupid fool"
A voice came frome nowhere appear
I feel a great terror
Because of what I hear
Then a small bird that it eyes
Were shut by needle and thread
It is crying with blood and lies
"You must not drink the water of eternity
We were created to give joy and happines
But you just put us pain and misery
You squashed our head with your thumb
You think were are stupid but no;
You are the dumb"
I can't understand what he means
Cause I was been born yesterday
And I am only a young human being
I try to comfort him but he
Refuse and speak
Like a guillotine in the darkness flee
You were his favorite because
You had his image even you kill us
Without any cause
"What do you mean I cannot uderstand" I reply
"Maybe you didn't remember but;
In the end you cannot escape you cannot deny"
Then it flew away above the golden clouds
With bloody wings of joy and pain
And it lift it's head with proud
I continue my journey through the woods
Without knowing the consequences that;
Will happen in the end of any goods
I walk and walk and at last I came
To the fairy's house with grinder
I try to find his entity and shame
When I try to knock the door It open with please
Then with a psalm she came
Full of clarity and heavenly beast
I know you will came to enlightened your mind
To distinguish the truth
And the sins of your kind
But first go inside and then
Get the mystical grinder
It is behind the astonishing pen
Then I enter his house and do what she want
I get the grinder behind the pen
And it is the same with a powerful enchant
Like a crocodile in the nether swamp
I go inside her prosperity and kind
To reveal the wicked the lamp
"Now" she speak with a soft voice in;
The rose of thorns and blood
"Reveal your truth behind thy kins"
I cannot understand what she meant by that
I didn't had the eyes of cat
Nor the percepetion of a bat
But she walk toward me and touch my cheek
Like a snow in the middle of the land
Or the lava at the volcano's peak
You must not hesitate to do what it is
Necessarily: yes or no?
Decide with out any tease
"You will grind your shell to reaveal
What is inside and broke
The dreaded seal
I closed my eyes and focus my brain
And a shadow appear in my mind
"Lets play if you lose, all of your memory will ddrain"
I didn't speak for a while
Cause I must find out if I was still there or already exiled
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On Sunday, August 5, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, known as Curiosity, will make its dramatic descent onto Mars's surface. Once it lands, the rover will check its instruments to make sure everything's functioning properly—and then it will get right to work. Caltech's Ken Farley and Bethany Ehlmann will be among the 300 scientists working here on Earth, taking the information Curiosity sends home and trying to figure out what it all means.
Over the past several years, the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft—from the heat shield to the rover to the supersonic parachute—has gone through extensive and painstaking testing. This Sunday, it will finally land on Mars. In anticipation of this upcoming milestone, here are some of the best images of MSL's journey from Pasadena and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Cape Canaveral and onward to the Red Planet.
After years of planning and months of travel, the journey of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) will culminate with a challenging entry, descent, and landing event on August 5 that will take just a few minutes to complete. But for those in mission control, those final moments—from the time of the spacecraft's entry into the Martian atmosphere to the Curiosity rover's final landing on the Red Planet—will undoubtedly feel like a lifetime.
Since launching in November 2011, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has been traveling full steam ahead on a journey that will traverse over 350 million miles, ending on the Red Planet at 10:31 p.m. on Sunday, August 5. Tucked into a spacecraft for safekeeping during flight, MSL contains a rover named Curiosity. Here are some facts about Curiosity and the mission.
After journeying more than 340 million miles over the course of eight months, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)—the most capable robotic mission ever sent to the Red Planet—is quickly approaching its destination. The spacecraft is scheduled to touch down on the evening of August 5. A feature-length story about this Mission to Mars appears in the Summer issue of E&S magazine.
Increased confidence in the landing technology aboard the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft has enabled NASA to narrow the ellipse where its newest Mars rover plans to touch down on the Red Planet. Upon landing, at around 10:31 p.m. PDT on August 5, the rover will be much closer than originally planned to the primary science target—a layered mountain called Mount Sharp in honor of the late Caltech geologist Robert Sharp (BS '34, MS '35).
The international science team of the Mars Science Laboratory mission has decided to honor legendary Caltech geologist Robert P. Sharp by dubbing the mountain that the rover will study "Mount Sharp."
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Katie Couric gets fired every time she bombs, why hasn`t Gregory gotten the axe?
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Tim Russert had his staff do extensive reviews of past comments made by guests, and if there were inconsistencies, Tim would challenge the guest, using the tapes.He was interesting.Gregory is a snarky punk, in the style of David Letterman. In fact,when connie chung would appear on letterman, and break walnuts with her hand, she was more interesting than Gregory on MTP. And connie is a dim bulb.
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Ms. Malkin at her finest.A cathartic read. Thanks for posting.
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FTA:"Since Gregory doesn´t have the intellectual heft to carry in-depth interview segments the way Russert did, "Meet the Press" producers have reduced substantive exchanges to a few minutes and larded the rest of the show with fluff and stunts."Oucchhhhhh! That´s gonna leave a mark. Michelle sure spanks hard for such a tiny little thing.
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Russert was no bargain. On camera I don´t think there is much difference between Russert and Gregory, if anything Gregory is nicer. I couldn´t watch Russert either. Maybe he was nicer off-camera, but Russert´s on-camera manner was rude and crude.I can´t watch *any* of the Sunday morning shows anymore, Chris Wallace has always been a waterhead and Fox overall has drifted left over the last few years. I usually turn on ABC´s Stephanpolouza, but the last couple of years I can´t make it to the end.Gregory is only doing what NBC demands of him, I doubt anyone can do it better. NBC is the problem and nobody is going to do much better than Gregory, from what little I´ve seen of him, unless the network changes majorly.
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Michelle would take the show beyond any ratings ever if ratings were the objective! Socialist agenda will die of it´s own lie!
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The context for the work of the 6th Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations (BEIR VI), in the National Research Council's Board on Radiation Effects Research (BRER), has been set by concern about the risk posed to the public by indoor radon. As a basis for developing public policy on indoor radon, the risks associated with indoor radon across the range of residential exposures received by the population must be characterized. That range extends from exposures at the higher end comparable to those received by miners found to be at increased risk lung-cancer for down to exposures at an average indoor concentration of about 50 becquerels/cubic meter, or 50 Bqm-3 (1.4 picocuries/liter, or 1.4 pCiL-1), which are much lower than the exposures of most of the miners included in the epidemiologic studies. The degree of uncertainty in the risk estimates increases from the high end of the exposure range where risks are


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Was it the times in which she lived? Women were not necessarily pursuing careers or independent lives, especially if they married and had children. Finding role models for the life she had wanted were in short supply.
So, in many ways, it was not inconceivable for women like Cassia to succumb to a more subordinate role.
How does the unexpected legacy change everything for Cassia? What starts as an exploration into buying a few treats and investing in a friend's theatrical production extends to renting a little house in London so she can resume her medical career in clinics nearby. What other dreams and fantasies will be unleashed, once she reconnects with old friends and unrequited loves?
But will her husband fight her efforts? Will he sabotage her at every turn? And what about the suddenly unanswered questions that have cropped up about the true source of the money left in the trust that has wrought all these changes for Cassia?
The upper echelon of society populates Windfall, with characters who are friends to Cassia, some of whom were debutantes with her when she was living in London with her godmother. Their riches, their values, their own flaws and failings bring many layers to the story and the reader starts to invest in their happiness as well as their sorrows.
The richly layered story casts its net wide upon the social scene of England, with its interesting backdrop of the new King Edward VIII, who will eventually abdicate the throne for his love Wallis Simpson. It is a story about love, lust, greed, envy, loss, and numerous misunderstandings. Weaving together the complicated threads to the mystery behind the legacy creates enough tension to keep the reader moving along quickly through this rather dense novel to create a colorful tapestry of characters, plots, and subplots. A captivating five star read.
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Thank you for recommending so many great books this year, Laurel. You've out done yourself. I just hope I can keep up. Merry Christmas and best in the New Year.ReplyDelete
I left comment earlier, but I'm not sure it worked. My poor computer lost power twice in two days. Not its fault.ReplyDelete
If it didn't work, just know that I love your blog. I love all your reviews. I think you're pretty terrific too!
Merry Christmas, Laurel!
This does sound good. Although women have many more choices today, things are still not "equal";this book sounds as if it would resonate with many of us.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful Christmas,Laurel.
Thanks so much, Joylene...and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas too! I'm glad that you enjoy visiting my reviews.ReplyDelete
Yes, Suko, we still have a long way to go to be truly equal in this society. A couple of steps forward and three steps back, it seems.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you liked the review.
I really like the sound of this one and have enjoyed this author in the past. Time to revisit her.ReplyDelete
Hope 2013 has gotten off to a good start for you.
Yes, I do enjoy this author...a lot. In spite of the number of pages.ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by, and so far, I'm enjoying my reads for the year.
If you're feeling blue, try my prescription and read, read, read!! And if you'd like to give this blog an award, thanks! But I prefer your comments....


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The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Pack Your Baggageby Nosy Neighbor at . Comments
The Real Housewives of New Jersey are headed to Napa...the long way. "Pack Your Baggage" finds the ladies camping in heels. We recap all of the stupidity in our THG +/- review.
The show opens with the recap of Caroline commenting that Albie hasn't had a serious girlfriend in about two year but how he should really be concentrating on work. Minus 7. Albie's a grown man. Can't he have a career and a girlfriend? You'd think mom would want him to be happy.
Well Momma Caroline might not be pleased when she hears that Albie's asked Lindsey to move in. Actually Albie, Chris and Greg all ask her to move in and it really is kind of sweet. Plus 10. Nice job boys.
But the trip to California is closing in almost as fast as hurricane Irene but that's not about to stop this crew. With the airports closed they ditch their kids on their parents and drive several hours to catch a flight out of Pittsburgh. Plus 8 for sheer determination.
Did we really have to witness both Joes peeing on the side of the road? Were the fast food restaurant bathrooms not good enough for them. Do their mommies need to remind them to go before they leave? Minus 12.
It takes a road trip and two flights to get this crew to San Francisco. What do they do when they're bored on a road trip? Watch videos of cows having sex of course. Minus 9.
They finally make their way to Camping World to pick up their RVs and buy some camping gear and that's where the real stupidity begins.
They have no plan. They have no list. They have no brains but they have plenty of disposable cash. Minus 10.
At least Kathy picks up the RV's For Dummies handbook. Plus 15. Talk about truth in advertising.
At least Teresa's heels have fringe. Plus 8. It's her idea of going for a western theme. Then she locks herself in the RV bathroom and announces her stomach troubles, which her husband then broadcasts to the other RVs. Thanks for sharing. Minus 9.
Joe Gorga's driving the Gorga/Guidice RV even though he's never driven anything even close to this size. Why? Because Joe Guidice still doesn't have a valid license.
Guidice starts cutting sausage with a huge knife in the RV kitchen while they're driving down the highway. Minus 8. I think someone needs to read the RVs For Dummies book before he loses a finger.
Just when I think the stupidity factor can't get any higher Lauren asks what the number 12 means next the city name on the road sign. Um..perhaps 12 miles more until you get there? The scary part is I don't think she's joking. Minus 12.
When this crazy crew finally rolls in to the RV park the locals come out to watch the show. The looks on their faces are priceless. Plus 7.
It's all going so well. Melissa and Teresa are feeling one another up. Joe Gorga's showing his equipment (and I don't mean his camping gear) to the Manzos. We find out Kathy's a screamer and Richie's standing at attention for all to see. I don't even know how to issue points for that.
As happy as every one seems, Teresa can't let that silly pizzelle comment of Kathy's go. I'll give her a plus 6 for telling Kathy about how she feels and not stewing about it.
But then she has to dredge it all up to Melissa. When Melissa brings up that maybe Teresa needs to look at her own behavior I thought for sure all Hell was going to break lose but somehow the comment seems to roll right off her. Plus 8.
Teresa does promise one thing…she won't put any of her family or friends in her next book. Minus 13. Does she really believe people are buying these books for the recipes?
The first California episode has everyone smiling. What are the odds they stay that way?
Let me start out by saying to RTeresa that I thought that she was wrong in her toast and leaving out Kathy,esp when you included everyone else around the table. Next, Caroline should SHUT HER FREAKING MOUTH AND STAY THE HELL OUT OF EVERYBODIES BUSINESS!!!! She just sits around waiting to jump on Teresa for anything. Get a life Caroline. Take care of YOUR family before you start to mess around with other's!!! Nobody died and left you the title of "Godmother". Why are you even on the show? You are a "NON-M----- f------ factor" as Evelyn on Basketball Wives would say. You only keep S--- stirred up!!! As far as Teresa's problem with HER HUSBAND goes, YOU NEED to worry about what your husband is doing!!!! You are a BITTER OLD BIDDY and VERY jealous of Teresa!!! Do us ALL a favor Caroline and get OFF the show!!!!
Theresa isn't the problem . They r jealous of her success period . Did any of u hear Melissa admitting to what she said to Danielle .? They r ganging up on her . Am so disappointed in joe for talking about his sister like that . Teresa never discusses joe it's usually Melissa and we now all see she had a reason for that
Caroline manzo is just a bitter miserable person . I can't see why she wants Jacqueline to stop talking to theresa . Caroline you need to start focusing on ur family . You are just a bitter person get a life. These women are so jealous of Theresa . Why can't we just support each other . Caroline Theresa doesn't need to talk about u or ur kids to make u look bad . U seem to be doing that all on ur own
Teresa feels compelled to make EVERYONE aware of their transgressions towards her. She is constantly finding fault and accusing. This time it was Kathy's turn with the recipes. However, there has never been a time when she has accepted responsibility for any or even a teeny bit of her actions towards others. She obviously has not become a complete,secure self-actualized person. Such a human being accepts themselves and takes full responsibility for their actions because they know that anyone who tried to put over on anyone that they are blameless is a complete fool. People know better. She's pathetic.
Chris is more than just a "roommate" to Albie!
Exactly what does Greg bennett do for a living? Heseems to be a sponge, and always right in the middle of family business, and nOT his family.
why would he go on this Napa trip? I'm so curious to know why is in the 'HOUSEWIVES show, he's not related to anyone or is he? Hmmmm
Theresa, the back stabbing- liar. she has recipes from many family members...she is a plagerist, if tghat fits in this case. She should donate ALL her proceeds to the charity of Kathy's choice
Don't know why I read this. Hoping someone got some class I suppose, but obviously not. Goes to show you don't have to live in a trailer park to be trashy.
so I guess teresa won't be all crazy town until the next episode?
Now I get why Kathy said what she did at Teresa's book signing. As much as I like Kathy, that did seem like a dig, esp since she had the book and it couldn't have been the first time she had seen those recipes in there. She wanted credit where credit was due....to her mother. If Teresa's mother called and asked specifically for those, we all know they were Kathy's mom's and not Teresa's. Come on Teresa...fess up and be gracious. Also, you DO hold grudges. Kathy seemed happpy to put that behind her...YOU, ont the other hand were the one who couldn't drop it!


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The NFL has suspended referee Roy Ellison for one game for his comments to Washington Redskins OT Trent Williams, per Ian Rapoport. The NFL followed up and said that he was suspended for a "profane and derogatory" statement.
There was a history of Ellison doing this in the past:
"Years ago, he allegedly shouted and swore at players, and it was a big issue that I had to deal with," Pereira said of Ellison, the NFL's only full-time umpire. "I actually had to talk to him in the office to make sure that none of this is going on."
"So the fact that this happened twice now with the same individual has to really concern the league. And I know that they're taking a strong look at this." – NFL.com
The NFL released a statement saying:
"NFL game officials are expected to avoid personal confrontations with players and be respectful of players and coaches at all times," the NFL said in a statement. "The NFL-NFLRA Collective Bargaining Agreement states that 'at no time will a Game Official engage in any conduct which adversely affects or reflects on the NFL or which results in the impairment of public confidence in the honest and orderly conduct of League games or the integrity or good character of its Game Officials.'" – NFL.com
What did Ellison say?
NFLRA accuses Trent Williams of provoking Roy Ellison by saying, "F–k you, 'N' word."
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The completely unprofessional storytelling support group.
I have huge problems in finding podcasts that are aimed toward freelancers or storytellers. While there are tons of agency-focused stuff out there, I've always wanted to be able to listen and talk to people who are struggling, usually on their own, to create the content they need.
The first part of that was to start StorytellersAZ, a place for anyone who tells stories in their job.
Second step is to record a podcast, which we start tomorrow night.
We have room for three people in the podcast studio and we'll be recording for 30 minutes. After that 30, our regular meeting will proceed as normal.
Show up. You'll like what you see.
Posted on May 23, 2011
Thanks to all who came out for the last StorytellersAZ meetup and contributed to the discussions. I apologize that our presentations didn't turn out quite as we had planned, but there were some interesting points of view shared on blogging, creativity, and copyright laws nonetheless!
Tyler Hurst returns for the next meeting on Tuesday, April 12th with a presentation on how journalistic style can protect you from having to worry about getting cease and desist letters. Join us at Gangplank from 7-9PM for some support and inspiration with your storytelling endeavors.
Posted on April 7, 2011
The very first regular Storytellers AZ meeting kicked off last Tuesday, March 15th at Gangplank with a strong showing of 14 attendees even though quite a few of the original organizing members were off enjoying SXSW.
Rather than having speakers on a particular subject this time, we broke into smaller groups to discuss individual concerns like overcoming grammar issues, maintaining a regular creation schedule, how to get inspired, and more. Group leaders shared their advice from personal experience with these challenges.
Following that exercise, we took more time to discuss some of things we'd like to address in future Storytellers AZ meetings in a full group chat led by co-founder Tyler Hurst.
The greatest strength of this group may be our diversity. So far we have a motley crew including poets, novelists, a rap artist, technical writers, and bloggers on a wide array of subject matter! We also have mix of ability levels of all types from a wide range of backgrounds, so we certainly have much to learn from and share with one another.
The next Storytellers AZ meeting will be held at Gangplank on Tuesday March 29th from 7PM to 9PM, and subsequent meetings are currently slated to be held every two weeks thereafter. All are welcome to attend!
(Also posted at wendyconeybeer.com)
Posted on March 21, 2011
This is a list of everyone's names with links to their blogs, in alphabetical order by first name. I'll be updating it as we get more members.
Elizabeth Newlin
Jeff Moriarty
Joy Thompson
June Cline
Matthew Jalayer
Tyler Hurst
Wendy Coneybeer
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Posted on March 20, 2011
We're a group of storytellers that want to learn from and teach each other.
Inspired by the Domino Project, we've decided to meet every other Tuesday from 7-9pm at Gangplank in downtown Chandler.
Each week we'll have 1-3 ten-minute presentations on a specific subject, followed by a workshop time when people can ask for specific help on projects, seek out new ideas for the group or use the other storytellers for support.
While a lot of what we do is write, we're all storytellers first. If you're salesperson, work in HR, communicate with co-workers, host a podcast or in any way tell stories for fun or for a living, we'd like to meet you.
Our next meeting is March 15.
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Holiday Food Hack #2: Don't Start from Scratch
We say - don't start from scratch? Have we lost all our principles? Hardly. We are not in any way, shape, or form above the idea of starting with a good commercially-made base and creating something new and unique with it. For instance, Sara Kate suggests a Homemade-Not-Homemade Holiday Ice Cream:
Slightly soften vanilla ice cream and stir in a nice spice mixture (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger) or powdered espresso or some caramelized nuts then re-freeze before serving.
Click for another quick holiday dessert idea...
Another way to hurry along your holiday dessert plans is to make bread pudding with those rich panettone cakes that are so popular at Christmas. Here's an easy recipe from Real Simple - just add a few eggs, some milk and sugar and bake and you have a special holiday dessert.
What sort of food hacks do you employ around the holidays to keep everyone fed, warm, and happy?
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What is this, Rachel Ray?
Carrier, I hear you, lol, but I do think sometimes you can take shortcuts and still be a fine cook. I like to use this mix here http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w21/scrap2day/PillsburyQuickBread.jpg and add 2 tablespoons of fresh squeezed orange juice and a 1 tablespoon of finely grated orange zest to the mix. Tastes wonderful and I get loads of compliments every year when I hand them out. Shortcuts during the holidays that don't sacrifice flavor are okay in my book. Not everyone I give a gift to is going to get the made from scratch candies but I do want to give them something tasty and somewhat homemade.
Every time I see panettone, now, I think of the Iron Chef episode where Mario Batali made a zuppa inglese using a panettone ... it looked so delicious, and the judges loved it!
I was always under the impression that bread pudding was a way to use up leftover breads and pastries. Is it meant to be done from scratch and not "à la Rachel Ray"?
You all need to chill. Maybe you have 4 hours to make dessert, but I'd rather take some shortcuts using quality products. I'm making a trifle for our holiday dinner using a pound cake from a local bakery.
I love using Panettone for as many things has possible during the holiay season. It's delicious in bread pudding, as french toast, in a triffle, you name it


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Special guest Ehsan Azad from the Landry Hat and the EA Sports Show joins us on today's podcast. We are also again joined by our co-host Kyle Minton, as we discuss the Dallas Cowboys vs. Houston Texans preseason game as well as our predictions for the regular season.
Here are some of the highlights from today's show:
- Texans run all over Cowboys, 24-6
- First Cuts announced
- Questions from around the Internet
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For $15, you could buy a useless gadget for your loved one, ensuring that the next day, it will be tossed into a kitchen drawer, where it might remain for eternity.
Or, for $15, you could buy an EVE ticket, a community celebration of music, theater, art, film, dance and fireworks that begins tonight downtown Salt Lake City. The event will continue through New Year's Eve until fireworks usher in 2012 at midnight.
One ticket gets you three nights of revelry. But once you arrive at the event — which spreads from West Temple between 100 and 200 South to Gateway on the west and Temple Square on the east — it can be hard to prioritize.
After all, the world will most definitely end next December, according to a Mayan predictions, so this might be your last chance to celebrate a new year.
You'll want to make sure you do the following things:
• Indiana Jones' "The Temple of Doom" had the hero's 11-year-old Chinese sidekick Short Round, but the Temple of Boom takes over much of West Temple nightly. It's described as an electronic music installation with a 40-foot Mayan temple with fire that shoots 30 feet in the air and serve as a not-subtle reminder of John Cusack's role in the doomsday film "2012," contending the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012. That's a bummer, because that means sometime between now and Dec. 12, 2012, I will inevitably get assigned a story to write about the phenomenon of 12/12/12 and how it happens only once a century. (As if 12/11/12 happens more than once a century.)
• Bouncetown, the inflatable playground inside the Salt Palace, is limited to kids only this year. (To the adults of Salt Lake City, I apologize for my actions at Bouncetown last year. It seemed like a good idea at the time.)
• The Ballroom inside the Salt Palace will be a playground for all ages with DJs, dancing, light shows and 2,012 beach balls, ranging from a reported "1 foot to 7 feet." (I don't know if that's radius or diameter.)The beach balls might make you feel somewhat like you're at a warm beach in Mykonos hanging out with supermodels, instead of being in Utah on a cold night with your snot-nosed nephew.
• Friday or Saturday night, visit the Clark Planetarium for the 11 p.m. cosmic light show of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." But instead of watching the light show, bring in a portable device that allows you to watch "The Wizard of Oz" while listening to the music simultaneously. It's sure to blow your mind.
• The Nashville Tribute Band will perform at 10:40 p.m. at the Tabernacle on Dec. 31, which will be a rare chance to experience country music inside the Tabernacle. Sweet.
• If there's only one thing you do this EVE, try this: Stay indoors. Like inside the Off Broadway Theater, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Palace or Clark Planetarium. The weather suggests it will be under 30 degrees each evening. But if you find yourself freezing outside, don't worry too much. After all, if we celebrate the New Year right, we'll warm up once we enter hell come Dec. 21, 2012.
For more info on EVE, go to http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment/53155849-81/salt-temple-eve-palace.html.csp