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Morning Walkthrough: "The other cut" made life-long brothers
The Morning Walkthrough is a set of links to Boston Celtics articles throughout the internet, designed to get your day started the right way.
Jessica Camerato, CSNNE – "The Celtics trimmed their roster Wednesday by waiving training camp invitees Stephane Lasme and Mario West. … The Red Claws still have the rights to West, a guard who played the last three years in the Atlanta Hawks organization. In the meantime, West will return home to Georgia and work on improving his offensive game. He sees himself developing into a player like Bruce Bowen or Raja Bell, one who focuses on defense first and then finds his niche offensively. 'I have things I need to work on but I think they were, overall, pleased with the effort I gave,' West told CSNNE.com. 'I was just grateful for the opportunity, to be honest. Any time you get an opportunity to come in with a championship-caliber team, I took a lot of pride in putting on that jersey and practicing with those guys. I feel like I made life-long brothers in this locker room.'"
Julian Benbow/Gary Washburn, Boston Globe – "Still, he scored 12 points last night on 4-of-5 shooting, and has fit in nicely with the Celtics' static starters while injuries have nagged at Jermaine O'Neal, keeping him out of half of the exhibition games, including last night's. 'He's been great,' Paul Pierce said of Shaquille O'Neal. 'He's obviously been a huge presence for us down there. You saw today when we got him the ball, they tried to double-team him and we skipped it to open shooters. That's going to be a big factor going in, a guy who can draw double teams. When you've got two or three guys in your starting five who can do that it just makes things easier on the offensive end. He's a big plus for us.'"
Dan Duggan, Boston Herald – "'Just making the team is not enough for me,' said Wafer, who had eight points last night. "I've been playing in the NBA five years and I've been sitting on the bench for four. You just can't get better sitting on the bench. I want to play, bottom line.' Wafer might get a chance while West is out, but the minutes he covets don't figure to exist here. 'It looks real sketchy because we have so much talent,' Wafer said. 'We got a lot of talent, I don't know. I'm just going to go into it thinking positive.'"
Jessica Camerato, CSNNE – "Wafer felt more comfortable with his game after "finding his legs" and felt that the pace of the game seemed to slow down after doing so. 'I think I showed them that I can get better, that I'm willing to just play defense,' he said. 'I feel like I got a lot better defensively, but hopefully I can continue to play. Just making the team is not enough for me. I want to play. I've been playing in the NBA five years and I've been sitting on the bench for four. You just can't get better sitting on the bench. I want to play, bottom line.' The bottom line on the Celtics, though, is that minutes are not readily available. The team added depth to its bench this summer, making it even more difficult for a player — especially one who has been out of the league for over a year — to get on to the court. 'I would rather be out there,' he said. 'But I've got to take what's given to me.'"
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe – "Lasme, a former UMass standout, was disappointed but said he felt he made a positive impression. 'It was actually longer than I thought it was going to be,' Lasme said. 'They actually liked me a lot. It came down to the end. (Doc Rivers) said I was an NBA player and not to worry about anything.' Lasme said he is open to playing the NBDL. 'It is basically my decision if I want to go,' he said. 'I'm sure somebody's going to call. I'll wait for the phone call and make my decision from there.'"
Chris Forsberg, ESPN Boston – "Celtics starters have lobbied coach Doc Rivers to play extended minutes throughout the preseason, often disappointed with their efforts in the first half and seeking to immediately atone for sloppy play. With no other games standing between Wednesday's preseason finale against the Nets and Tuesday's much-ballyhooed showdown with the Miami Heat, the Celtics' veterans wanted to showcase their potential one last time. Ray Allen fueled a feverish third-quarter outburst by scoring all 14 of his points in the period, connecting on four shots, including a pair of trifectas, as the Celtics embarked on a pair of 13-2 runs to erase a double-digit deficit and build a comfortable cushion that carried them to a lopsided win. 'We came out lackadaisical,' said Shaquille O'Neal. 'But we picked it up. When our guys turn it on, usually the outcome will be like this.'"
Mark Murphy, Boston Herald – "From his left hamstring to his left wrist and now to his back, it's been difficult to keep track of every injury that has nagged Jermaine O'Neal during training camp. The difficult part about the center's plight now, according to Rivers, is that more down time may call into question just how much O'Neal can contribute once the Celtics open their season. 'Yeah, there is (concern),' Rivers said before the game. '(O'Neal) hasn't been able to get on the floor, obviously. It's not going to happen tonight and maybe not for the first couple of practices, so there is some concern about opening night and what he can do for us. JO and I were just talking, and it was, after the first day of training camp, you're never healthy again. You have to get something. But how much can you function? It's what you're going through the rest of the year.'"
A. Sherrod Blakely, CSNNE – "Halftime had arrived, and Ray Allen had as many points as the scribes detailing his struggles. But if there's one thing Celtics Nation has learned about Ray Allen, it's that regardless of how bad he may be shooting, he can get it going at any time, against any team. The New Jersey Nets were reminded of this on Wednesday as Allen scored all of his 14 points in the third quarter to help propel the Celtics to a 107-92 win to close out their preseason. 'I always say when Ray's going, we're a tough team to beat,' said Paul Pierce who had 11 points on 3-for-6 shooting. 'Every game we try to establish him early.'"
Mark Murphy, Boston Herald – "Rondo wouldn't be the first poor free throw shooter (63.0 percent career, 62.1 last season) to shy away from trips to the line. Antoine Walker, who shot 55.7 percent from the line in his last half-season with the C's in the spring of 2005, had become almost exclusively a perimeter player. Some theorized that part of the reason was a fear of going to the line. Rondo lives at the rim. And yet that ability to split the lane doesn't always produce contact. 'I don't know,' Rivers said of whether Rondo is hesitant to draw fouls. 'I just know he has to get there. Why he's doing it, I'm not inside of that brain. I'm not even sure I want to go there. But the fact is, with his speed at point guard – point guards with the rules, where you can't touch a guy above the free throw line, should end up on the free throw line.'"
Steve Bulpett, Boston Herald – "Danny Ainge is as much relieved as he is excited that the roster had shaped up this well. 'If you'd have told me we could have had this team we have now after Game 7 of the Finals, I could have gotten a lot more sleep,' the director of basketball operations said."
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wafer might become a problem… those quotes about wanting minutes and not getting better on the bench are alarming. Once delonte comes back hes the forth best guard off the bench… I wouldn't be surprise if he never finds a role on this team, and starts to speak out about it. There really are not a lot of minutes for him on this team, even in preseason he did his most damage at the end of games when it did not matter one bit.
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In a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2005, researchers from Waratah and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, cultured human islets for four weeks in medium containing neither agent, gastrin or EGF alone, or a combination of EGF and gastrin. The islets were then cultured for another four weeks in a control medium. At the end of the second four-week period, the group receiving the gastrin-EGF combination had three times as many insulin-producing beta cells as they started with.
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Inspired by the rich heritage of Khmer culture, the Mekong Angkor Palace in Siem Reap Center is a modern hotel conveniently located 3 minutes walking distance from Pub Street.
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This isn't new to me. In fact, I've been here before and I know how to get out of the viciously boring cycle. This week's The Digital Continuum is all about renewing the luster to your MMO experience, and maybe a little more.
The Digital Continuum
This isn't new to me. In fact, I've been here before and I know how to get out of the viciously boring cycle. This week's The Digital Continuum is all about renewing the luster to your MMO experience, and maybe a little more.
This week's The Digital Continuum is aimed at discussing practical ways to address this problem. Obviously this is -- as per usual -- my personal opinion taken mostly from my brain and the experience gathering within it.
The Digital Continuum: Catching that All Points Bulletin fever
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Now my knowledge feels mostly complete and aside from actually playing the game I've got a pretty good idea of why it's potentially going to be something no videogame fan -- let alone MMO fan -- will want to miss. So, let me share a few of them with you.
What I mean is that -- and this is obviously just my opinion -- a game should do its very best to make sure the player is always instantly, nearly and eventually involved. I know that sounds confusing, but let me explain before you start attempting to mail me lettuce so that I can pay a friend to throw it at me.
The Fallout MMO has been a long while coming and probably will continue to be "on the horizon" well into the foreseeable future. So, it's with this knowledge that I've put together a grocery list of ideas that would be in my version of the game -- things that would make me decidedly excited to play as soon as possible. Honestly, I'm kind of surprised it took me so long to write these things down.
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I've wanted to create some kind of data point -- even a fairly shaky one -- to prove this statement of mine. So, when the Star Wars: The Old Republic community created this thread to express their fears, I had my opportunity. In a wholly un-scientific manner, I've combed through the entire 17 page thread and tallied up all the fears within. This should be an entertaining ride.
So what will appeal to someone who has never felt a desire to play a game both massively and multiplayer?
The Digital Continuum: Can story supplant grind?
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Before now, I'd always assumed most choice elements within the story of any given class would be mostly binary. That was the easiest solution for BioWare, who has created quite the challenge for themselves with the premise of a full singleplayer storyline experience for each class within the game.
The Digital Continuum: The 'Next Big Thing' in MMOs
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Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2 and All Points Bulletin come from a different school of business models. These games hinge on the idea that most people dislike coughing up 15 bucks a month to keep playing their favorite title. Just look to the success of the original Guild Wars, having a year ago passed six million copies sold. That's a pretty great start for non-subscription MMOs, and because of that success we now have GW's sequel and APB on the way.
I, however, think differently -- and it's probably not what you're expecting.
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Example: Star Wars: The Old Republic will be released in October, 2010.
Yeah, guys, that was never in the wings. The fact of the matter is that the game was never delayed. You need at minimum a projected release date before something can be delayed. I personally find it pretty ridiculous that some people are worried about hype dying down for a game which they themselves thrust a false release date upon because they're so hyped up for it.
Isn't it?
Well actually, that's a tough one. Certainly, the perception that socialization is becoming a lesser factor to more and more developers has become the norm among most people. That doesn't necessarily mean they're correct. So, let's examine the general landscape of yesteryear and beyond to see what's really going on when it comes to human interaction in our massively multiplayer online games.
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Massively's top 5 original features for 2009
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This year was a real breakout year for our original content as we had a bunch of our features rock the traffic charts higher than our news. So, in the spirit of a banner year, it's time to run down the list and name our top five features for 2009.
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The Digital Continuum: SWTOR's content conundrums
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Every MMO that's launched, has launched without all the content its designers wanted it to have. In reality, this is true of every videogame, but for MMOs the desire to "perfect" is significantly stronger because they're an ongoing development project. So, for this game, I find myself wondering what exactly it's going to have missing for launch day. As it turns out, there's a lot of potentials.
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Jan 23, 2013
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I wonder how much of a role unhappiness plays in peoples' ability to plan for success. I was thinking about this lately because I know a lot of successful white-collar types who had unpleasant manual jobs when they were young. In my case, I worked on my uncle's dairy farm in upstate New York. And let me tell you, nothing makes you want to avoid farming as much as actually doing it. When I studied for a test in school, I was keenly-aware that it meant something.
Where I live now, in the San Francisco bay area, most kids either don't have jobs or they have the easy indoor kind, as in scooping ice cream or handing out towels.
During the school year, most college-bound kids in my area have no time for jobs. If you play a school sport and have four hours of homework per night, which is typical for college-bound kids, there's no room for anything else. Weekends too are packed with sports and more studying.
So what happens to a kid who has never experienced a truly shitty job? Will those kids have the same amount of career drive as the folks who have?
I realize every generation has asked the same question. But what is different now is the amount of homework kids are getting. When I was in high school I never took a book home. I could polish off my meager homework during study hall. And while I didn't love schoolwork, I never had so much of it that I developed any kind of deep hatred for mental pursuits.
But I imagine how different I might have felt if I had never experienced unpleasant manual labor - and lots of it - and instead was tortured with several hours of homework every night. I think I might have longed for a simpler future with no books and not so much thinking. In other words, I think the homework would have redirected me away from seeking a career in law or engineering and toward something that didn't require so much damned studying.
Obviously no two kids are alike. You'll always have a Mark Zuckerberg or a Bill Gates who are born into good situations and have the success gene in them. Apparently some people are naturally motivated and some are not. But for average kids, do their childhood experiences make much of a difference to motivation?
Research tells us that piling on the homework doesn't make kids smarter. Schools do it anyway, because although schools teach science, apparently they don't believe in it. We know that too much homework is bad for family life, and we can observe that it keeps kids from more fully enjoying their youth. What I'm wondering is whether homework makes it impossible for kids to experience genuinely shitty jobs that would motivate them to achieve something more comfortable.
I put the question to you, my unscientific sample. Did you ever have a truly unpleasant job as a kid, and if so, did it motivate you toward a career that promised an easier life?
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Feb 7, 2013
There's also the flip side, which is very common:
Kids get a McJob, survive it, and then realize that they can live OK at a crappy job and still be lazy, showing no career oriented drive at all. Maybe YOU don't know those people, but the America (and it's trailer parks) I know are stuffed full of them.
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Feb 1, 2013
"What I'm wondering is whether homework makes it impossible for kids to experience genuinely !$%*!$ jobs that would motivate them to achieve something more comfortable."
I contend that the homework overload is my generation's version of a !$%*!$ job.
I experienced genuine unhappiness during it and it motivated me to finish and never return.
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Jan 30, 2013
Never had anything other than office jobs, some I loved, some I hated, some were so-so.
Didn't stop me from getting a degree in physics followed by a career in IT with a pretty decent salary, a car I didn't need a loan for to buy, and no debts whatsoever except a mortgage that's being paid off every month and should be free by the time I retire hopefully.
And now I sometimes long for the outside world, being locked inside an airconditioned room in an office building with sick building syndrome (are there any others?) from before dawn to after dusk 5-6 days a week, 50 weeks a year, and spending most of the rest of my life commuting, cooking or eating dinner, catching up on lost sleep, or reading the score of books and websites needed to stay anywhere close to current in my profession.
Nice job? Yes. But is it better than a job as a gardener mowing lawns and pruning trees in parks, who's home an hour before dinner every day and in the morning has time to sit down with his family for breakfast, has time in the evenings to play with the kids rather than shush them to silence because he has to study for yet another certification exam for some technology that 6 months from now will have been forgotten?
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Jan 28, 2013
I've worked many !$%* jobs. I weeded cranberry bogs. I fried Quarter Pounders With Cheese at McDonald's. I painted construction sites. I cleaned toilets in office buildings. I worked the shipping line in a factory. I was a clerk at a drug store patronized only by the enraged elderly who would battle you to the death over prune juice coupons. I telemarketed. Meanwhile I attended good schools that assigned unholy amounts of homework.
There's such a thing as too much, when it comes to learning the value of work. The lesson I learned in my bones is that all work sucks and will crush you. The best you can hope for is to avoid it. Later in life, my white collar creative job still felt like cleaning toilets to me.
Brief chronicle of my McDonald's experience:
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Jan 26, 2013
I worked in a supermarket, and then in a big department store from 3pm on Friday until 8pm, then all day Saturday. I wen thome with my hands smelling of metal coins, and I used to dream about working the till. There were no barcodes in those days, we had to know hundreds of prices because the shelf packers didn't always price everything. We stood for 5 hours at a time and then had a 15 minute break. I was a "temp" so all the permanents got their breaks first, so now and then you would stand for 6-7 hours. We didn't know labour law existed.
My parents wouldn't pay for further education for a mere girl (other than secretarial college), so I became a secretary but I studied by correspondence at night. It took me 6 years to get my first degree (BA), and another six to get the second (BSc) - it turns out my mother was right - typing 120 words a minute is a REALLY useful skill! I went into IT, started my own business. I don't know if the lousy jobs made a difference, but thumbing my nose at my parents was something of a critical factor in terms of ambition. My sister and I both had part time jobs while at school, and we have multiple degrees. My brother was handed it all on a plate, and failed first year twice.
Success isn't about being smart or lucky (although it helps). It's about perseverance, so having something to prove does give you a head start.
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Jan 26, 2013
I think you make a lot of broad statements in this entry without any facts to back them up. I don't think easy is defined by what you do that you consider work unless you mean heavy physical labor which can tax a person's energy, especially if they are not paid enough to sustain the exertion. Then there's the work that taxes your cerebral resources. People who've never trained extensively in academics cannot possible understand what it means to break that threshold where you can pull the all-nighters 7 days a week without losing focus or hitting a wall. I've done both and the heavy academic work is ten times more draining on your body, mind and spirit. I will not give solutions to the education crisis for free on your blog because I'm not paid to do so. Overall, our species is a far cry from true modernity and this is illustrated by our approach to younger generations, as well as methods they've adopted to handle the environment they're thrust into. We blame them for failing to acknowledge seniority but we cannot expect better if we refuse to look at your own contributions to this state of affairs. We set an example of how we wish to be treated in how we treat those who would never harm us unless there was no longer any option for survival. I've heard it said a society can be judged by its treatment of the elderly and infirm. I incline to agree, and I feel children are also among the vulnerable. I would like to think those who give the most of themselves and have shown the capacity to do well under exorbitant pressure deserve to have access to the basic means for survival.
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Jan 26, 2013
My first real job was fairly easy and indoors; by any estimation I was a spoiled brat (my parents gave us all choices; I was the only one who chose brat). But I had friends and relations who DID take the **** jobs. Even my siblings put in summers of agricultural labor. As other people's hours, working conditions and finances naturally impacted my own life, I was constantly aware just how unusual and fortunate my own situation was.
I don't pretend I can appreciate air conditioning or non-portable plumbing as much as they do. But I comprehend how damn lucky I was and try to be respectful to whoever is doing the hard work around me. To this day, I'm motivated strongly by the fact I lack the skills, strength or work ethic for **** jobs.
My thought -- and this is obviously an old guy talking -- is that the worst **** work should go to the young, ideally in their intended career field. Sure, you'll always need the old janitor who knows how stuff works. But ideally some of the executives hauled trash cans for him when they began, and consequently learned how stuff works. Plus, one hopes, an appreciation and respect for the lower ranks they managed to rise above.
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Jan 26, 2013
I think there is merit to the argument regarding the tough, menial job as a motivator. While in college, my perceptive father always figured out how to get me summer jobs doing physical work. Two summers I reported to a celery packing shed in Guadalupe California, where I was the only 'anglo' on the line. I didn't even try and use the one year of Spanish I'd had in the eighth grade, but I learned a lot. For instance, you will actually wear your finger nails right to the skin if your hands are wet all day and you keep touching the counter that they stack the stalks on with your finger tips. He also got me a job one summer as an assistant 'bean inspector' walking mindlessly up and down the rows of green bean plants looking for 'bean blight' (and listening for rattlesnakes, as you couldn't see your feet). As usual, I learned from it all. Oh, also having the Viet Nam draft to keep you motivated to stay in school also helped a LOT! My father thought he might have overdone things when I didn't exit college til I had a Phd.
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Jan 25, 2013
Yeah, gonna have to agree in part with this. I delivered newspapers as an adolescent, and it could get mind numbing at times with NO parental help in the least. My first paycheck job was as a janitor cleaning up schools during vacation periods (you know, why your desk is in a different place when you return), then working at a pre-7/11 where I worked until 11PM and the boss wanted me back in a 7 to open up. Then working as an early morning cleaning crew at a Montgomery Wards until my boss disappeared for a 2 weeks leaving me and an ancient guy to clean up. I quit when they wanted me to clean up some little kid's heave at the main aisle intersection. I enlisted in the military and on first KP got stuck in pots and pans. Last KP I was 3rd alternate and the first two got 'sick' or just disappeared - I actually peeled potatos for 3 hours. I made E-5 and 1 month before discharge I was cleaning urinals as E-5's were the lowest rank in that section. When my wife got pregnant and illegally lost her job, I got a second job as a night janitor. Needless to say, I doubt any of my 3 (now adult) children would have put up with much of that (except my son was in the Navy and I'm thinking was on their crap list for his first 2 years until he wised up). But you know, you do what you have to, and some motivation certainly helps focus your life pursuits. I finished my BS (Math) got an MBA, now a health facility consultant and teach part time at a local college. And I'm financially supporting my two way past 25 adult daughters in their return to educational improvement.
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Jan 25, 2013
As a kid, I did farm work with my friends. I lived in a small town in Illinois so almost all my school friends were farm kids and doing work baling hay and walking beans (a job which has disappeared) was just like gravy money. I made $1.25 an hour! I was rolling in dough.
The job that convinced me to get into another line of work was the two summers I worked as a painters/carpenters apprentice. I painted 1000 closets and carried crap around from one side of the house to the other and if it rained I didn't work and didn't get paid. I wanted a job where regardless of the weather I got paid.
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Jan 25, 2013
I don't know about all this. I worked crap jobs, and I've worked good jobs, and excusing some a-holes that I had to deal with, it never really mattered to me where I was or what I'm doing. I mean... I'm a VP in a software job at a fortune 50 company, so compensation has played a deciding factor in my career choices. I wasn't interested in being broke.
But I've worked in a daycare changing diapers, cleaned theaters, put up welded wire fence in the Texas summer, drove tractors, done plumbing and renovation... It's all good work if you have a good attitude. If there was money in any of those things, I'd be happy to do them.
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Jan 25, 2013
Scott, I don't think you're looking at the correct causal relationship here.
The important part of your post is actually about kids being saddled with large amounts of homework. An excellent read, free online, is John Taylor Gatto's "An Underground History of American Education," which points out that education bureaucrats, whose philosophies are rooted in a mix of Marxism and Prussian authoritarianism, actually WANT to saddle public school kids with a bunch of mindless busy work. Not only that, but the busy work is usually in a form that is demonstrably proven to be less effective at increasing intelligence.
For example, schools favoring whole-word reading over phonics, or that present abstraction of mathematical concepts before basic routine arithmetic is ever memorized enough for this to be useful. The correct way to teach is to first learn the basic facts, then broaden them to general concepts later, but they seem to be doing it backwards these days. Also, very young children are not as good at this abstraction, if I recall my developmental psychology.
Gatto's thesis, with which I largely concur, is that all of this (1) conditions children to get used to being told what to do all the time, and never be able to make decisions for themselves, (2) usually makes them hate school, knowledge, and learning, and (3) prevents them from having any time to learn or grow independently.
That level and type of control and conditioning is quite favorable to governments and corporations alike, especially ones that collude. Remember, public education was originally pushed for and financed in this country by corporate interests (Rockefeller, Carnegie), with the ulterior motive of manufacturing a homogeneous corporate working class. Once the system was put in place, it was also seen as a tool that could be used to shape peoples' role in the rest of society as well.
The truth about education is this: it starts at home, with the parents, with the family, reading with and playing with their children -- not dropping them off at a day-care for structured, planned, social activities (yes, I realize many people cannot avoid doing this). Even the Obama administration released a report saying that Head Start is ineffective in the long term (although they released this news on the Friday before Christmas of 2012, because it was such an embarrassing failure). Give kids the tools to do basic reading and math, and then let them explore, discover, learn, and grow.
I'm pretty sure my generation, the end of Gen X / beginning of Gen Y (I was born in the mid-70's) is the last one where parents let us go run around and play unsupervised. I was off in the woods for hours at a time as a kid. Except for the occasional essay/term paper, I probably only had 1-2 hours of homework a night until high school, and I was a perpetual honors student, then dean's list student, summa cum laude, Phil Beta Kappa college graduate. And this was all before grade inflation really took off (although, admittedly, we had some of it already).
And, since we have this really new attitude that everyone's kid is a precious little snowflake who must be coddled through college and even into what is ostensibly supposed to be adulthood (stories of parents calling potential employers are becoming more common), few children will ever know the misery of a truly crappy job, at least until they show up at the unemployment office because their BA in English literature isn't as useful as they were told. They'll just know a quieter kind of emptiness, but they won't quite know why, and they won't quite ever escape from it, because the system was designed to do exactly that.
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Jan 25, 2013
It is a mixed bag. Growing up in Oklahoma, my father and two brothers worked in the hay fields to make extra money. He used to say that baling and hauling hay would motivate us to go to college. My oldest brother is a lawyer; my older brother is an engineer; I am a physician. But now that I am a physician, with all the hassles of the job, factoring in the time and money it took for me to obtain my degree and training, I can vouch that there is something to be said to the relative simplicity that a manual labor job offers in one's life. There is nothing like having an illiterate drop-out for a patient telling you (the physician) that you don't know what you are talking about. I do not have any professional cartoonists for patients, however, so I don't know how they act.
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Jan 25, 2013
Didn't have a crappy job and doing quite well today. Plus my own unscientific polling of friends etc go in a similar direction, i.e. no correlation of crappy jobs when young and extra motivation later. You can take it with a grain of salt because I don't live in America - we don't have the silly 'you-have-to-go-to college-because-it's-the only way-up-in-life' over here.
On homework: I think you are comparing apples and oranges, as you would have to know how much homework a current Scott Adams equivalent would be doing today. Again, non-US, but my son did just as much or as little homework as I did even though other parents were constantly complaining about how much homework their kids had to do.
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Jan 25, 2013
I believe working a crap job at a younger age definitely helps build a stronger work ethic and drive to succeed As long as you utilize the job as a learning experience.
And yes! Too much home work is a mind killer... Home work is used more as punishment than a learning tool. How do teaching administrators expect kids to learn if they are not conditioned to enjoy learning.
In my elementary and middle school years , my parents sent me to my grand parents farm to help out during the summer. During my first two years in high school I Built decks and side walks. And During my last two years of high school, I worked up to a management position in the catering department at a large hotel while still in school.
The best crap job learning experience I have had was When I was 23. I got a job doing manual labor at an uncles heavy bridge contracting firm. Even though I was only doing lowly labor, I spent the time learning hands on, how a bridge works and is built.
After working bridges, I landed a job at a engineering firm.
Now I work hours a day studying bio molecular physics... Knowing how much labor sucks....
But each job I had.
I learned.
I leaned how to learn outside of school.
Something I feel schools may no longer teach.
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Jan 25, 2013
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Jan 25, 2013
Working in Construction industry in India in that inclement outdoors as a field engineer is the worst. We can have a worst-job face-off if you like :)
It was my first job right after a college degree in engineering. The afternoon of the first day at the job, as a saw an older engineer standing in the summer's heat and dust taking some measurements with a dumpy level, I sensed that I am not going to last this one. I still stayed there for two years and picked up an important life-skill (acc. to me) : "to do and complete !$%*!$ tasks no matter how much you hate it and cultivate the habit of finishing things.
Then, I came off to grad school and never left the haven till I got my PhD until recently ... never left till I lapped all the degrees-level till they have no more left to hand out ...
If not that for that 2 year stint, I would have been sitting at my desk job with my ass coolly parked but it's the outdoor job under the Indian climate that set my ass on fire ... and made me run ... at least i think so ...
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Jan 24, 2013
Another chance to talk about myself? Yeeeeeeeeaaaah!!!
Well, I don't know if you could call that a job, but since my weekly allowance was too small, my father used to let me wash his car instead of him for a bit extra cash. I don't quite remember why I hated it so much, but it sure gave me a boost to finish school and college. Also, my parents were very clear that diploma is a sure way to get more money and an easier job.
When I was at the army, I was a very disobedient private, so I got sent to the pig's farm as a punishment. It did not last long, since I enjoyed it there - not too much work and hardly any officers or drill sergeants to yell stupid orders at me. All I had to do was keep everything clean and make sure someone's always there fro inspections.
But since punishment must not be enjoyed, I got a boot from the farm and back to the unit.
All was not lost, since I got back to the farm after my successors made quite a mess (drinking, abandoning their posts, living quarters looking like a pigsty), so a high ranking officer asked his subordinates who was running the farm before, when everything was tip-top during inspections?
Ooooh, they hated to admit it was the least obedient soldier in a whole garrison, but they did it. So I got sent back to the farm for another month.
And thus, everything is a matter of perspective. Following stupid or unreasonable orders - or orders just for the heck of it, or orders made to keep you in line - was a much harder task for me than dirty physical work at that time (I was 19).
But I think you're onto something - I'm wondering how much homework will my daughter get at school when she enters the education system (which is broken at all levels except maybe kindergarten)...
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The only championship course located right on the Las Vegas Strip,
Bali Hai is a tropical golfer's paradise, highlighted by seven
acres of water, a signature island green and more than 4,000 trees,
including 2,500 towering palms and 100,000 tropical plants and flowers.
Transition zones are accented with Augusta white sand and set off by
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Céline Dion and the creators, cast and crew of A New Day bring
to stage an unprecedented combination of performance, passion and
technical innovation. The show, created by Franco Dragone (Cirque du
Soleil), creatively intertwines song, theater, dance and
state-of-the-art technology at the newly built Colosseum at Caesars
Palace. Seating is limited for this Friday, Sept. 10, 8:00 pm performance and it will
sell out. $187.50 per person.
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Red Rock Canyon Conservation area is the dramatic western backdrop to
the Las Vegas Valley. Explore the visual playground of panoramic vistas
and tapestries of reds, maroons and whites. This exclusive 5-hour tour
is hosted by a geology and archeology expert who will explain the
natural history of the area. The tour will provide a nice workout with
plenty of time to enjoy many different areas of the park. The tour will
have special access to the gargantuan Jurassic outcroppings where you
can examine delicate micro-ecosystems and visit signs made by our
ancient ancestors. Tickets for this Saturday, Sept. 11, 7:00 am adventure are $140.00
(beverages included).
Discover the Master of Impressionism—Monet
For the first time in over a decade, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
has agreed to loan the majority of the paintings from its world-renowned
Monet collection. Claude Monet: Masterworks from the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston presents works spanning 50 years of the artist's
career and features many of his most recognizable and important
paintings. Tickets can be purchased for $15 by marking the
appropriate box on the registration form. Tickets can be used anytime
during your stay at the Bellagio, Sept. 9-12.
Here's your chance to see Caesars Palace—a mega-resort
that has redefined the culture of Las Vegas as an upscale travel
destination—like never before. This tour has been scheduled for
ABI members and guests only and is not available to the general public.
Tour guests will experience many behind-the-scenes secrets of one of the
world's most famous hotels. This exciting tour will take you to
the security camera room and other non-public access areas that you will
most likely never again witness, live and in-person. You will also hear
how Caesars Palace deals with casino threats that include forgery, scams
and terrorism. The tour will take place on Friday, Sept. 10 at 2:00
pm Space is limited for
this complimentary tour; please mark the appropriate box on the
registration form.
The American Board of Certification (ABC) will offer its business
bankruptcy, consumer bankruptcy and creditors' rights exams at the
Bellagio on Thursday, Sept. 9 from 9:00 am–5:00 pm. Board certification is the mark of a true
insolvency and/or creditors' rights professional. Details on the
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Founded in 1972, SAP Business Objects (formerly Crystal Decisions) is one of the leading international providers of business software and, based on market capitalization, it is the world's third-largest independent software manufacturer. SAP has more than 97,000 customers in over 120 countries and employ 47,598 people at locations in more than 50 countries in the European, Middle East, and Africa; Americas; and Asia Pacific Japan regions. SAP is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. SAP's core business is selling licenses for software solutions and related services. Its solutions, which cover standard business applications and technologies as well as specific industry applications, are designed to help companies make their business processes more efficient and agile and create sustainable new value. SAP BusinessObjects offers a broad portfolio of tools and applications designed to help you optimize business performance by connecting people, information, and businesses across business networks. SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence (BI) solutions can empower your users to make effective, informed decisions based on solid data and analysis. All users, from the high-end analyst to the casual business user, have access to the information they need with minimal dependence on IT resources and developers.
In this IBM software product gallery you will find a filtered view of our main product catalog, that only contains IBM utilities or IBM development tools that are compatible with other IBM software products, IBM tools or IBM databases. This IBM marketplace enables you to: find the right IBM tool or IBM plug-in for your needs, read other IBM developers comments as IBM reviews, carry out evaluations from our IBM downloads pages, then compare the IBM utility of your choice with other IBM tools that are available and decide which IBM product is right for you. Finally, you are able to buy IBM tools and IBM utilities here, immediately download them from our IBM software marketplace and install, license or activate them.
There is also a wide range of compatible IBM components, IBM plugins, IBM libraries to add to your next IBM software development project. These IBM extensions are either written by IBM partners or third-party software developers or ISVs, or in some cases are IBM products in their own right. So you should be able to find the right IBM library, IBM plugin & IBM addin that is a compatible IBM extension for your next project.
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Ronnie Milsap 'Cowboys and Clowns' KLAW Classic [VIDEO]
From the soundtrack for the Clint Eastwood movie Bronco Billy, today's KLAW Classic was number one on this day 32 years ago today.
From the soundtrack for the Clint Eastwood movie Bronco Billy, today's KLAW Classic was number one on this day 32 years ago today.
For the second year in a row, Chrysler's Super Bowl 2012 commercial featured a big star, and talk of an inspirational turnaround. Last year, in a memorable spot, Eminem informed the Super Bowl's audience that Detroit, embattled hometown of both the rapper and Chrysler, was on the comeback trail.
If you were to name 10 celebrities you would never think would agree to appear on a reality show, veteran actor Clint Eastwood would be near the top of such a list (if not the top). But that's about to change.
Clint Eastwood told reporters in 2008 that 'Gran Torino' was "probably" his last on-screen appearance as he was preparing to retire from acting.
Now it looks like that isn't the case. According to Entertainment Weekly the 81-year-old is currently in talks to star in the baseball drama 'Trouble With the Curve' as a veteran scout losing his vision.
Clint Eastwood isn't exactly known for romances, either as an actor or as a director, so when word surfaced that he was planning to helm a remake of 'A Star Is Born' with Tim McGraw as a possible star, people naturally wanted to know more. We've heard plenty of the rumors as well, including the reported involvement (and subsequent un-involvement) of Beyoncé Knowles and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Little has been made official, however, so you can hardly blame the hosts of NBC's 'Today' for trying to pry the scoop from McGraw during an interview.


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Pentax combines a camera with a robot with a pile of ugliness
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 7:30am
Say hello to Pentax's upcoming limited-edition K-r, perhaps the ugliest DSLR ever made. Oof.
The camera is the Korejanai Robot Edition, and it's strictly a limited edition affair. Only 100 of them will be made, and they'll sell for $1,190. Of course, whether or not it's a limited edition because of its specialness or because there are only 100 people out there willing to pay for such a monstrosity of a camera is up to debate.
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My PRS guitars are wonderful but they're not going to satisfy that need to tinker and experiment (and genrally carve-up). That's what project guitars are for.
At the moment I've got a Fender Modern Player Telecaster (made in China but by God it plays well) which has a pine body. I've just found a traditional Telecaster bridge for it and a second-hand Phat Cat (essentially a P90) for the neck. Looking out for something cool for the bridge position. Going to paint it some or other vintage colour. Already taken all the plastic-feeling shine off the neck and fretboard (maple) with some fine-grade paper.
Also, got this Godin yesterday. Interesting for a Strat in that it's got a Les Paul scale length. 15" radius board. Nice quality parts seemingly too. Looking out for a second-hand EMG for the neck position then it's out with the router!
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THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY Eyes Christian Bale After He Passes on TRUE DETECTIVE Season 2
by Evan Dickson Posted 158 days ago
The film adaption of the John D. MacDonald novel The Deep Blue Good-By has taken a rather convoluted path towards the silver screen. Fox got close to deals with both Oliver Stone and Paul Greengrass to direct the film before going after James Mangold (hot off saving The Wolverine from disaster). Initially Leonardo DiCaprio intended to play the part of Travis McGee in the intended franchise but had to pull out for scheduling reasons. He remains onboard as a producer, but now reports have Christian Bale eyeing the lead role (though a formal offer has yet to be made).
Interestingly enough, this isn't the first time a film has flirted with both Stone and DiCaprio before moving on to Bale (an early version of American Psycho had the pair attached). Now, apparently having passed on True Detective Season 2, Bale is keen on this project as well. Hit the jump for more on Christian Bale possibly joining The Deep Blue Good-By.


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Summer Staff Icebreakers
As new camp staff members arrive, it's important to welcome them and incorporate them into the team.
Try some of these icebreakers to encourage old and new staff to mingle as they prepare for a summer of non-stop camp activities and responsibilities.
Beach Ball Reveal
Before staff members arrive, cover a beach ball with "conversation starters," using permanent marker.
Include questions or statements such as:
• If a movie was made about your life, which celebrity would you want to play you?
• Describe your favorite high-school teacher.
• What would be your ideal job? (Besides this summer-camp position!)
Divide members into groups of 10 to 12 people, and have each group form a circle. Toss the beach ball to someone in the circle. The person who catches the ball answers the question closest to his or her right pinkie finger.
That person then tosses the ball to someone else, who answers the question closest to their right pinkie finger.
T-Shirt Memories
Ask members to bring their favorite T-shirt to training. Each person holds up (or wears) the T-shirt and shares why it is special. It's amazing how much you'll learn about people as they talk about their shirts.
Creative Categories
Ask the group to slowly walk around the room in a random pattern. Call out a "category," such as "eye color." People will then find others with the same eye color and form a group. Take the time to allow each group to introduce themselves.
Other categories may be:
• Favorite flavor of ice cream
• Number of siblings
• Childhood pets
• Favorite sport
• Favorite season
Terrific Tattoos
Ask staff members to pair up with someone they don't know well and sit back to back. Each pair needs a pencil and blank paper. Person A pretends to be a tattoo artist. Person B describes the type of tattoo he or she wants without saying exactly what it is, for example, a heart with a rose in the middle.
As Person B describes his tattoo, the tattoo artist draws it. After three to four minutes, the tattoo artist shows his or her sketch … which usually looks nothing like the person described. Switch roles for lots of laughs.
Chain Reaction
The entire group sits in a circle. The first person says, "Hi, my name is Jacob." The entire group greets the person in the style of a self-help group, with an enthusiastic "Hello, Jacob."
Then the person states an interesting personal fact, such as, "I went to five different high schools."
Here's the tricky part–the next person gives his or her name, is greeted by the group, and then has to say something personal that connects to what the previous person said. In this case, one might say, "My high school in Chicago had only 350 students."
Each person must supply a personal statement that ties in to what the previous person said.
The flow might go like this:
"I went to five different high schools."
"My high school in Chicago had only 350 students"
"We went to Chicago on vacation, and I got food poisoning."
"I always use coupons when buying food."
Frozen T-Shirt Contest
Soak extra-large T-shirts in water, wad each one up in a tight ball, and freeze the shirts overnight. Give one frozen T-shirt to each group of four or five staff members. The goal is to see which group can "thaw" the shirt out and then convince one of the team members to wear it. No liquids allowed!
Groups stomp on the shirts, rub them on their bodies, and try other creative ways to make the shirts "wearable."
Scream Team
The entire group mingles randomly around the room, with their heads down. As you call out "Heads up!" everyone looks up, straight ahead. If someone makes eye contact with someone else, both people scream and leave the game.
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Vince Watson Sublimina
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Detroit techno's detractors will argue that the music is stuck in a time warp circa 1995, and to some extent they're right. After all, the sound is still reliant on the trademark components of jerky funk patterns, sweeping synths, and lush strings. However, the new wave of Motor City-inspired European producers, of which Vince Watson is one, impress with their interpretation and advanced production techniques. While most of the haunting, downtempo material on Sublimina wouldn't be out of place on Carl Craig's 1995 long player Landcruising, Watson's expert craftsmanship and super-rich use of sounds makes it as technologically advanced as the sleek new One-Series BMW.
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congrats to al who made it
i wish to congratulate all those who mad e it. i have no words to express myself. i did my best but i was not successful. despite the fact that i hail from a marginalised area, my voice was silenced. its a very sad moment for me and the women in northern kenya. their voices may never be hard. To God be the glory.
leah cheruto endoo
We are still listening!
Hi Leah,
I know that this is a difficult moment for the women who were not selected as correspondents, but this does not mean that your voice should be silenced. Voices of Our Future was a competition and there will be more competitions here on PulseWire. But VOF is just a part of PulseWire and just because the competition is over, does not mean that the community stops thriving.
You are a gifted writer, a warm spirit and a visionary woman of Kenya. PulseWire was Jensine's dream to connect visionary women around the world and to bring forward the voices of women from every corner. This community is still listening to your voice and still supports you, even after the VOF application period. Please continue to write in your journal because we are listening and we yearn to hear more of your voice, of your insight, of your experiences, of your vision and of your sisters in northern Kenya. Please don't go!
In friendship,
Still have a vioce
It's maybe not what you were going for, and is disappointing to try and not get chosen.
But you still tried the tasks, and are still here. You can give your voice for Kenyan woman through your own experiences. These may seem like shallow words, and maybe you are already cheered up, but I just want you to know that it was not a total loss. You found a part of yourself was willing to commit to try and get your vision to come true, and you should be proud of that. You took a step forward. I'm happy for you, even though you feel sad.
When you feel posting again...


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Google Can't Afford Not to Pay Off Oracle - Outrage
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) - Oracle (ORCL) has Google (GOOG) by the nose. The Java dispute, while somewhat downplayed in the media, is a huge threat to Android.
While Google's patent battles with Apple (AAPL) over similarities between Android devices and the iPhone are getting all the attention, Oracle's shakedown should be taken more seriously.
I guess everyone just figures it will eventually be resolved since the battle with Oracle is just business; it's not personal like the fight with Apple. For now, at least, that may be true. But I wouldn't want to get on the bad side of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
Oracle originally sought $6 billion from Google. It may be only a coincidence, but that happens to be just enough to cover the cost of buying Sun Microsystems plus a little more (based on the $5.6 billion price tag net of Sun's cash and debt).While Ellison was delusional to think he could wring that much out of Google - and the judge in the case ultimately said he wouldn't allow that kind of gold digging -- Google CEO Larry Page needs to get some quick lessons in accounting if he thinks he'll be able to buy his way out this jam for less than the $100 million amount that keeps popping up. At the moment, it's just a question of how many zeroes should go at the end of the check Google will write. Page should be careful to avoid letting this turn into a feud with Ellison, who is a take-no-prisoners kind of competitor as we've seen with his assault on HP (HPQ). The bottom line for Page, who's only been in the CEO role since January, is that he shouldn't try to play hardball with Ellison. Just pay the debt and no one gets hurt. --Written by Glenn Hall in New York. For more Outrage, check out the Today's Outrage blog or follow me on Twitter @GlennHall
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The Rumpus Interview with Edan Lepucki
Author Edan Lepucki talks to the Rumpus about publishing, the craft of writing, teaching, and what to do about the end of the world....more
Author Edan Lepucki talks to the Rumpus about publishing, the craft of writing, teaching, and what to do about the end of the world....more
Dr. Mimi Hoang, psychologist, author, and co-founder of the Los Angeles Bi Task Force and amBi, discusses the lack of a bisexual voice in the national conversation and her long-term work as a mental health advocate and researcher of bi identity....more
He smiled that smile that had led him into the beds of countless women and got him out of trouble with as many cops. He looked happy to see us. Across his arms was a parade of swastikas, iron crosses, and skulls....more
I want to write the world off as brutish and cruel, to go all Gordon Gecko, or maybe Don Draper, to stop worrying about the people around me and start looking out for number one, maybe learn Parkour, or at the very least learn to throw a punch...more
Here's a few very short stories for your Monday morning:
"When a door opens and you can't see who's coming, it's almost always a cat that would like to be your lover." — At BLIP MAGAZINE, "The Cat Lover" by Thaisa Frank.
"We sweet-lipped drag queens for clean sheets." — At The Collagist, "And Then We Were Happy" by T Kira Madden.
"She shakes her head and says, "I don't drink." She did years ago....more
Here are links to stories I read this week that I liked and I hope you'll like too.
"It's not that we wouldn't be able to lay our hands on bodily fluids via some other avenue, says Stephen, it's just that prohibiting their sale on eBay is an egregious encroachment of our rights as Americans." At Necessary Fiction, "Things We Have Tried Unsuccessfully To Purchase On eBay" by Andreas Trolf.
"When Crawford brought back Gabby from the Philippines, he asked what we thought of some green eyed Asian children running around the farm one day," Granny said in a low aside." — At The Dead Mule of Southern Literature, "The Acceptance Speech" by Hope Denney....more
Every Monday I link to very short fiction I like that I hope you'll like too:
"When we reach the street, the houses are dark, except for one—the grey one with the white trim, chain link fence, black oak tree." — At Waccamaw, "A House Made of Stars" by Tawnysha Greene.
"On the street the air is fifty knives of cold. This is not Alaska. Why did we move here?" — At Fiction Southeast, "Winter" by Aimee Bender....more
It's Monday morning, so here's some links to some wonderful very short writing that made my day better and hopefully makes your day better too.
Also, in a side note, I'm very sad to learn that > kill author will be closing down, but I'm excited to read the last issue on Wednesday....more
Here are some excerpts from and links to some very short writing that made my day better and hopefully makes your day better too.
"Doesn't it make you feel like an old-timey big-city career girl, carrying parcels up your stoop, struggling to unlock your door, when a handsome stranger in a suit comes up outta nowhere and offers to lend a hand…" At Anderbo, "My Sister Bags Groceries," nonfiction by Alexandra Tanner....more
It's been awhile since I've been a-Rumpusing, but I got this email from the talented Ashley Bethard thanking me for including her in an old Here Are Some Stories I Like link list, and I got to thinking about how much I loved doing those, so I asked Isaac if I could do them again, and he said yes....more
Back in 2002, when I was still in college, I lived in DC for a quarter in a quad dorm room that felt like the set of a queerish Adam Sandler movie. I—a semi-closeted bisexual drunk—lived with a gay guy from Beverly Hills...more
Sunday the day to catch up with Rumpus Books....more
Rumpus Books was up to a helluva lot this week....more
Writers, listen up: I've got a pretty cool call for submissions for you.
Fiddleblack, a small press and literary journal, is seeking fiction and nonfiction submissions for its digital winter issue and 2012 print annual. There are a few thematic specifics they desire, but overall Fiddleblack is looking for sharp and dusky work with a strong sense of place....more
Ouch. A really harsh rejection to Gertrude Stein.
Here's a lovely essay on hate.
An interview with a conspiracy theorist (via).
Feeling political? Here's some revolutionary reading, from Lewis Lapham's. (via)...more
Kadafi's book bans are over.
At The Guardian, on "the many futures of books."
Three Percent wants you to know what translators look like. (not too bad, not too bad at all.)...more
It was one hell of a week at Rumpus Books. Come see what you missed....more
I'm feeling concise.
You can check out and help build the Occupy Wall Street library catalogue here.
Books that aren't quite books? (via)
How self-publishing is taking off in China....more
"Citizens United may have transformed Corporations into People… And Occupy Wall Street – Occupy the World – has transformed people into Citizens. Into activists. And in the end – I would bet my personal 99 percenter savings on it – real citizenship will trump fake person-hood."
— At CNBC, Jerry Stahl on what makes Occupy Wall Street so powerful to so many....more
Well this is going to be something.
Oakland's general strike is today. Organizers are expecting tens of thousands of people. Almost every labor union has endorsed, and students will be walking out all over the Bay Area (solidarity statements here)....more
So, here's something amazing.
Tomorrow, November 2nd, Occupy Oakland is organizing the first general strike in America since 1946.
Can we just stop and sit with that for a moment?...more
I am freakin' loopy today.
Jessa Crispin explains why you're not really crazy. (and maybe I'm not either!)
Because this is the type of thing that I might get in trouble for posting on The Rumpus, and because I'm gonna do it anyway: "The Presidents of the United States of America, Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses....more
It was a good week at Rumpus Books. Come see what you might've missed....more
By pretty much all accounts, last night was tense but hopeful for the Occupy movement in the Bay Area. (For an account of the national movement, check out Brian Spears' roundup from this morning.)
This is somewhat of a relief after Tuesday night, when a coalition of Bay Area police used tear gas, nonlethal rounds, and more in Oakland, critically injuring 24 year-old veteran Scott Olsen by shooting him in the face with a projectile and then throwing a flash grenade at the people trying to help him....more


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Goat manure spontaneously combusts, sparks fire
Updated On: Aug 23 2013 08:04:28 AM CDT
A 20-foot tall pile of goat manure spontaneously combusted, sparking a fire that turned up noses for miles in Vermont.
Windsor Police Chief Stephen Soares compared the stench to the smell of "burning rubbish" in an interview with the Valley News newspaper.
The manure normally would have been spread around the Oak Knoll Dairy farm earlier in the year, but owner George Redick said lots of rain and other factors prevented that from happening.
The flames were discovered by a worker on her way to milk the farm's 800 goats early Wednesday morning.
Town Manager Tom Marsh told The Associated Press he could smell the fire at his home five miles away.
In fact, the smell was so strong the town even posted a notice on its Facebook page:
"We have been getting a lot of calls about the odor permeating our community that smells like the town is on fire," the posting said. "Here is the answer: Very early this morning a pile of goat manure spontaneously combusted. The fire department is on the scene and taking care of it. There is no danger to life or property."
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