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Browser games have a bad reputation, and you know what? For the most part they deserve it! For every one of them that tries something daring and different, for instance Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms, you have a half a dozen sloppily put together efforts which are nothing more than thinly veiled money extractors.
Thankfully City of Steam belongs in the former catagory not the latter, and for a game that you can play entirely in your browser it looks pretty solid. Boasting a fantasy world which has experienced an industrial revolution much like our own, with sleek Harleys and long trains which look as though they've stepped out of a substantially more bad-ass version of Back to the Future II,I means this online-only game is set to get a lot of attention. And best of all beneath this impressively different and sleek looking exterior is still a fully fledged MMORPG.
We had the pleasure of the being the first journalist on the planet to step foot in the town of Refuge and we have to admit it felt pretty good. From the start we created our a simple Goblin Gunner who specialised in chemical weaponry from a wealth of different race, class and combat specification options. As the product of just thirty developers, a bunch of ex-pats mostly located mostly in China, this hack-n-slash MMO follows a familiar structure.
There's no need to download a client of any size or pre-load any software like most browser games (we're looking at you F1 Online and Auto Club Revolution), instead you simply log into your account and the game's main menu is waiting for you. All the content is streamed in, including cutscenes, gear choices, randomised dungeons, environments and everything else you can think of.
City of Steam follows a heavily instanced format, with all the commonly corridor-like dungeons entirely separate entities to the town locations which link them all together.
During the hands-on we didn't really get a sense of the overarching story, which involves the titular city being invaded by a massive skyscraper-sized technological construct, but there was plenty of humour inherent in the game's design with our NPC uncle telling us to rush into the next area while not addressing the army of Clockroaches amassing around our embattled avatar. Terrible puns aside it seems the story and the overall atmosphere doesn't take itself too seriously.
Every fantasy staple seems to have been given a Steampunk lick of paint with the skill tree resembling gears and piping and weapons which are able to be modded in real-time, with your in-world offering resembling exactly the same customisable construction that you've fiddled around with in menus.
Another cool feature was the ability for players to auto-pathfind their way around big settlements simply by clicking on interactive icons on city billboards, and before we forget there were also challenge quests for players to test themselves, with goals ranging from clearing a dungeon full of monsters to taking out liberally sprinkled boxes around an area.
It's hard to judge the overall quality of City of Steam, as a lot of its core systems were still being tinkered with during our hands-on, but Machinist games certainly has big plans. Each race in the game will have their own storyline and with each update the 'Epic Questline' (not LOTRO-related before you ask) will be extended onwards with the developers taking feedback from players in accordance to judge where to stir the plot next. That kind of openness is brave and refreshing in the often closed off world of big budget MMO development, but then City of Steam isn't your typical MMO and it certainly isn't big budget.
This most impressive part of City of Steam is the browser-based technology behind it and how economical and efficient Mechanist have been when it comes to world design and data usage. The opening tutorial area only clocks in at a couple of megs, yet the environment still seems varied and welcoming. We suspect that this is the game's most important strength at the moment, the rest is clearly still in development, but seeing as City of Steam is still just finding its feet – still months away from a proper launch – Mechanist has plenty of time to add more content and polish up their efforts.
If you'd like to try City of Steam for yourself, feel free to pick up a Closed Beta key by clicking on this link.
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Academy Award-wining director Steven Spielberg teams up with Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln," a portrait of our 16th president in his last four months in office as he tries to abolish slavery. NY1's Neil Rosen filed the following review.
Director Steven Spielberg has tackled history before, and now latest film "Lincoln" takes on America's 16th president, portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis.
The movie takes place four months before Abraham Lincoln's assassination. The South is losing the civil war and Lincoln's goal is to pass the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery. The president realizes that if the South were to surrender and be brought back into the fold, the amendment would have no chance of passing.
Even without the South in the mix, Lincoln has a very tough road, as he needs 20 more congressional votes for it to pass. Spielberg shows how Lincoln and his cabinet do whatever it takes to secure the votes.
In the process, we get a lesson on how the U.S. legislative process works, circa 1865, courtesy of Tony Kushner, who based his screenplay, in part, on a book by presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.
As Lincoln, Day-Lewis is amazing. Previous biopics of Honest Abe have made him this larger than life, mythic figure. But Lewis humanizes the man. From Lincoln's striking physical resemblance, to his folksy voice, to capturing his sense of humor and his desire to tell long anecdotes, this fascinating portrait is a revelation.
Spielberg opens the film with a bloody Civil War, hand-to-hand combat battle scene. It reminded me of the opening of "Saving Private Ryan," except this time with mid-19th century weaponry.
It's a bit long, close to two-and-a-half-hours, there's a hokey contrived scene early on, and if you don't like history, you might find it a bit tedious.
But visually it's extraordinary. The drab, darkly lit White House never looked so bad.
Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln adds dimension to a woman who previously was just written off in most movie portrayals as merely crazy. The entire supporting cast, particularly Tommy Lee Jones and David Strathairn, are also top-notch.
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The "Project Runway" season is barely past the halfway point, but last weekend the judges were busy picking the winner following the show's annual extravaganza at New York's Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.
In keeping with tradition, the eight designers still alive after last week's episode aired all got to exhibit collections - ensuring that the next few eliminations would not be spoiled.
There were plenty of celebs on hand for the shows, but only one was there on business: singer Jennifer Hudson, who got the seat as the guest judge.
The folks at the excellent fansite Blogging Project Runway have excellent shots of all of the collections, ranging from Elena Slivnyak's bright colors to Melissa Fleis's black-and-white selections.
The Watcher is notoriously bad at judging these thing, but it seemed to me like Ven Budhu had the best-looking line - although it doesn't appear particularly daring. Of course, we don't know if Ven stuck around long enough to have his collection count toward the show's prize.
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The Chargers had a rare Sunday off to sit back, relax and watch some football.
What they saw out of Tampa Bay's rookie running back Doug Martin, who they face next, certainly caught their attention.
"I saw most of their game, and he looks very, very good," said
Martin certainly did all that Sunday afternoon, setting a Buccaneers franchise record with 251-rushing yards and four touchdowns to lead Tampa Bay to a 42-32 victory over the Oakland Raiders. The performance comes on the heels of another impressive one where he posted 135 yards on the ground, 79 through the air and a pair of scores against the Minnesota Vikings.
"He's explosive, strong and very balanced," said
Defenders aren't the only ones who have taken notice of what Martin has done lately, as
"He's been awesome," said Rivers. "I was able to watch some of the Thursday night game when they played Minnesota, and yesterday he made some huge runs putting up 250-yards rushing. So he's certainly an impressive runner."
While the Chargers are busy implementing a game plan to limit Martin, according to the players, what they must do is rather simple; the team must get all 11 defenders converging on the running back.
"We have to gang tackle him," said Bigby. "If we stay in our gapes and maintain our lanes and get all 11 of us to the ball, I'm confident we will be able to stop him."
"We just have to play sound, fundamental defense and keep doing what we've been doing," he said. "We've been real good against the run all year long, so we've got to keep that going. If we get 11 guys to the ball, I think we can handle him."


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The plan is a very small chin implant (I have a fairly weak chin), smaller nostrils, some tip refinement, and hump removal.
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Bourbon Street
Although this historic French Quarter street has a bawdy reputation due to the burlesque clubs and all-night partying, "Rue Bourbon" is steeped in history and folklore. It dates back to 1718 when New Orleans was founded.
D.B.A is located next to the French Quarter and just a block past Esplanade Avenue. They offer one of the largest selections of beer and spirits in the city of New Orleans.
618 Frenchmen St
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Frenchman Street
Removed from the glitzy neon lights and blaring cover music of Bourbon Street is a compact musical enclave where the "locals" hang out. A 2-block-long entertainment district with live music, cheap drinks and no cover charge at most bars.
Old Absinthe House
For almost 200 years, the Old Absinthe House has been a staple of life in the French Quarter. Sit at the cooper-topped wooden bar as you sip your favorite beverage and take in the sights and sounds of the French Quarter.
240 Bourbon St
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Pat O'Brien's
At the end of prohibition in 1933, Pat O'Brien converted his speakeasy into a legitimate drinking establishment called, of course, Pat O'Brien's. The brand has expanded over the years, and is now world-famous for the "Hurricane" cocktail.
718 Saint Peter St
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Spotted Cat
All sorts of funky roots music can be heard here on a nightly basis, ranging from blues to traditional jazz to Latin. The Cat is a favorite hangout for many on the Frenchmen Street scene.
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St. Louis Cemetery
Located on historic Basin Street, St. Louis Cemetery #1 is the burial place of Marie Laveau, the legendary "voodoo queen." Believers and non-believers alike make pilgrimages to her tomb to make offerings to her spirit.
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The most abused beings in the United States are those whom we raise and kill for food. The numbers of dead are staggering. Most are victims of the severe and almost entirely unregulated practices that Americans permit on their factory farms. According to the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, in 2007, a total of 10.4 billion land-based animals were killed by the American food industry. These included 9.4 billion broiler chickens, 450 million laying hens, 317 million turkeys, 121 million pigs, 39 million bovines, 28 million ducks, 10 million rabbits, and 4 million sheep and goats-fifty times the number killed in biomedical research, for sport, as pests, and for all other reasons combined, carrying a value of hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The degree to which animal enslavement is embedded in our society is difficult to calculate or fathom. In commenting on human slavery, slave historian David Brion Davis wrote in the New York Times that
[a]fter decades of research, historians are only now beginning to grasp the complex interdependencies of a society enmeshed in slavery. There were shifting interactions among West African enslavers, sellers and European buyers; European investors on the slaver trade, which ranged from small-town merchants to well-known figures like the philosophers John Locke and Voltaire; wealthy Virginian and Brazilian middlemen who purchased large numbers of Africans off the ship to sell to planters; New Englanders who shipped foodstuffs, timber, shoes and clothing as supplies for slaves in the South and the West Indies; and, finally, the European and American consumers of slave-produced sugar, rum, rice, cotton, tobacco, indigo (for dyes), hemp (for rope-making) and other goods.
Brutalized as they were, at least human slaves in the United States were not eaten.
I. Legal Rights and Nonhuman Animals
Twenty-three years ago, as officers of the California-based Animal Legal Defense Fund, Michigan State University Law Professor David Favre and I commenced work in earnest on a long-term attempt to solve some of the most desperate problems posed by the legal thinghood of every nonhuman animal. As legal things, nonhuman animals lack all legal rights and remain entirely the object of the rights held by us legal persons-that is, the beings with rights. We understood that, with the exception of those few nonhuman animals protected by such statutes as the American Endangered Species Act, it is extremely difficult to protect and advance the interests of rightless beings in the courts. All legal history bears this out, whether those rightless things have been black slaves, women, children, the insane, or nonhuman animals. Most legal protections for nonhuman animals remain indirect (mostly anti-cruelty statutes), enforceable only by public prosecutors. Even the Endangered Species Act requires a human plaintiff to have standing sufficient under Article III of the United States Constitution.
Our years of practicing animal law and our knowledge of legal history convinced Professor Favre and me that no meaningful percentage of nonhuman animals will ever be treated well or fairly until they attain some minimum degree of legal personhood-that is, until they achieve some minimum level of fundamental legal rights. All legal history bears that out, too. Precisely because whether one is classified as a legal thing or a legal person determines who dies and who lives, who may be enslaved and who may not, who does not count and who does count within our legal system, legal personhood is the most important individual issue that can come before a court.
The arguments for the fundamental legal rights of any being, human or nonhuman animal, are strongest when they are most firmly grounded on accepted legal principles. Therefore, in arguing for the fundamental rights of a nonhuman animal, I rely upon bedrock principles of Western law: liberty and equality. Liberty entitles one to be treated a certain way because of characteristics one may possess. Presently for humans, some irreducible degree of bodily liberty and bodily integrity are everywhere protected. If we trespass upon this deeply personal liberty, we commit the terrible wrong of treating a person as a thing. Equality means that likes should be treated alike and unalikes can be treated unalike.
II. Fundamental Liberties Apply Not Just to Humans
"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free," said Abraham Lincoln in his 1862 message to the United States Congress. After centuries of struggle, it is clear that humans may not be legally enslaved and they may not be legally tortured, no matter how beneficial their enslavement or torture might be to others. Today virtually no legal scholar or moral philosopher seriously contends that rational arguments support a claim that all and only human beings ought to possess fundamental liberties. Yet these most fundamental liberties are denied to every nonhuman animal. This not only inflicts grave injustice upon its victims, but underlines the arbitrariness of claiming fundamental liberties only for human beings.
Dignity mandates fundamental liberties. Dignity is, significantly, a product of the capacity for autonomy and self-determination. Things are not autonomous. Persons are. Things do not self-determine. Persons do. This entitles them to fundamental liberties. Most moral and legal philosophers, and nearly every common law judge, recognize that a normal human possesses autonomy and self-determination if she has preferences and the ability to act to satisfy them, can cope with changed circumstances, can make choices-even ones she cannot evaluate well-or has desires and beliefs and can make appropriate inferences from them.
I call these basic autonomies "practical." Practical autonomy is not just what most humans have, but is what most judges think is sufficient for basic liberties. Any being possesses practical autonomy and is entitled to personhood and basic liberties if she can desire, can intentionally act to try to fulfill her desire, and can possess a sense of self-sufficiency to allow her to understand, even dimly, that it is she who wants something and is trying to get it. Consciousness, though not necessarily self-consciousness, and sentience are implicit.
How do we know when nonhuman animals possess practical autonomy? The more their behavior resembles ours and the taxonomically closer we are, the more confident we can be that they do. Chimpanzees, for example, are quite close to us taxonomically and genetically. Further, chimpanzee behavior resembles that of humans. They are conscious, probably self-aware, possess some or all the elements of a theory of mind (i.e., they know what others see or know), understand symbols, use a sophisticated language or language-like communication system, deceive, pretend, imitate, and solve complex problems that require mental representation. We can therefore be highly confident they possess practical autonomy sufficient for basic liberty rights.
The animals most commonly used for food (pigs, sheep, goats, cows, chickens, turkeys, and ducks) may have all the cognitive characteristics of chimpanzees. They may have none. Or they may have some; or perhaps they possess some simpler consciousness, are able mentally to represent and act insightfully, use symbols, think, use a simple communication system, and have a primitive, but sufficient, sense of self. The stronger and more complex these abilities are, the more confident we can be that a being possesses practical autonomy. We do not know much about the cognitive abilities of farmed animals, because those who make billions of dollars exploiting them have never bothered to conduct significant research into what sorts of beings they are. A leading twenty-first century text on pig production, Pig Production: Biological Principles and Applications, states that, despite the fact that tens of millions are raised in horrendous factory farm conditions then brutally slaughtered, "[l]ittle is known about the behavioral needs of pigs." Scattered academics have recently begun to investigate farm animals' cognitive abilities, but there remains little research on the subject.
In light of what we know-and we do know some things-it may be appropriate to apply the precautionary principle that is often used in the field of environmental law. Depriving any being with practical autonomy of basic liberty rights-treating a being as a thing rather than as a person-is the most terrible injustice we can inflict. When there is doubt and serious damage is threatened, we should err on the cautious side where evidence of practical autonomy exists. More than a million animal species exist. Darwinian evolution postulates a natural continuum of mental abilities. In Drawing the Line, I demonstrate that we know that all four species of great apes and at least some cetaceans, for example, possess practical autonomy, and that African elephants and African Grey Parrots probably do, too-or at least come close.
We could deal with this problem in another way. Personhood and basic liberty rights might be given in proportion to the degree a farmed animal possesses practical autonomy. If you have it, you get full liberty rights. But if you don't, the degree to which you approach it might make you eligible to receive some proportional liberties. This idea of receiving proportional liberties accords with how judges often think. They may give fewer legal rights to humans who lack autonomy. But they do not make her a legal thing. A severely mentally limited human adult or child who lacks the mental wherewithal to participate in the political process may still move freely about. A court may give narrower legal rights to her. A severely mentally limited human adult or child might not have the right to move in the world at large, but may move freely within her home or within an institution. A court may give parts of a complex right. A profoundly retarded human might have a claim to bodily integrity, but lack the power to waive it and be unable to consent to a risky medical procedure or the withdrawal of life-saving medical treatment. Elementary justice demands that research on what sorts of beings farmed animals are begin in earnest.
III. Equality Rights and Nonhuman Rights
Finally, recall that liberty is not the only ground for the allocation of basic legal rights and that equality demands that likes be treated alike. Equality rights depend upon how one rightless being compares to another being with rights. An animal might be entitled to basic equality rights, even if she is not entitled to liberties, because she is similar to another with basic liberty rights. Equality rights require a comparison. Since like beings should be treated alike, something can only be equal to something or someone else. The strongest argument for equality rights of a farmed animal is simple: even very young or severely cognitively-impaired humans possess the basic right to bodily integrity, though they lack autonomy. Presently, such nonhuman animals as chimpanzees possess very complex minds, yet lack all rights, as they are things. This offends equality. To the degree that the animals we raise and kill for food also possess complex minds, the refusal to recognize their basic rights also offends the principle of equality. Only careful scientific investigations will answer the questions of what kinds of minds the various farmed animals possess.
There is only one reason not to determine what rights farmed animals are due and recognize them. That is the reason that once justified human slavery: powerful economic interests are arrayed against it. This is a practical reason why beings who ought to have liberty or equality rights do not, but it in no way justifies it. I leave the last words on that subject to David Brion Davis:
Considering that slavery had been globally accepted for millennia, it is encouraging that people were able to make such a major shift in their moral view, especially when a cause like abolition conflicted with strong economic interests. We can still learn from history the invaluable lesson that an enormously powerful and profitable evil can be overcome.


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RIPLEY, Tenn., Apr 16, 2012 -- As gas prices fluctuate, the call for an alternative energy solution has become more important. The reduction of our carbon footprint through solar and wind projects is assisting in the fight, but one West Tennessee Company is researching another alternative energy solution. With the help of USDA Rural Development (RD) they are one step closer to understanding its feasibility.
Representative Stephen Fincher and RD State Director Bobby Goode was joined recently by Fullen Brothers Farms President Scott Fullen and other local officials to announce federal funding of a research and feasibility study to identify the potential uses of an alternative crop crushing facility. The study will identify the needed components to produce optimal outcomes for specialty oilseeds and their introduction to new bio-based products.
The study is being conducted with the assistance of BioDimensions Renewable Oils, Inc. and will look at specific types of oilseeds, their individual qualities and subsequent production as well as crop planning and rotation. The findings of the study hold numerous outcomes for the Mississippi Delta region.
"Taking the time to research environmentally responsible, renewable energy sources helps our local businesses take the steps in reducing their carbon footprint," said Goode. "These investments also help create good jobs in the renewable energy sector and promote the development and use of renewable, American-made energy alternatives."
Others participating in the event included Ripley Mayor Jon Pavletic, Tennessee Economic Development Council representative Melissa Cox-Rayner, Tennessee Farm Bureau Regional Field Service Director Joe McKinnon, Fullen Brothers Farms Partners Andy and Jimmy Fullen, BioDimensions Renewable Oils, LLC President Chris Ramezanpour, BioDimensions Renewable Oils, LLC Director of Business Development Peter Nelson, RD Area Director Arlisa Armstrong and Area Specialist Joel Howard.
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The psychology of money: Why we sacrifice our financial future for instant gratification
By Steve Savant
Ash Brokerage Corporation
Financial literacy can only be applied after consumers understand the psychology of money. Just referring to the American population as consumers reveals our core identification as the minions of material consumption. We're trading instant gratification from the purchase of an item for our long-term financial security.
Financial literacy is the greatest educational scandal in America. We teach math, but not its economic application in daily life. The consequences of the lack of financial literacy include maxed out credit cards, leveraged second mortgages and long-term auto financing that busts household budgets — if there is a budget at all. Financial literacy can only be applied after consumers understand the psychology of money. Just referring to the American population as consumers reveals our core identification as the minions of material consumption.
Our vulnerability to overspending is a result of a generation of conditioning by psycho-marketers that play on the low self-esteem issues of our souls. That conditioning causes a false self-image that relies on symbols of success like our home, cars, clothes and jewelry. So in reality, they are marketing to our chronic insecurities, causing us to ignore the basic need to feel financially secure, in favor of the need to raise our self-esteem. We're trading instant gratification from the purchase of an item for our long-term financial security.
Psycho-marketers play on our human weakness to belong, to be loved, and our desire to appear important. They also understand the role of core irrational beliefs in spending habits, some of which are so habitual that they've morphed into full-blown spending addictions.
There's a book by psychologist Harriet B. Braiker, Ph.D. called "The Disease to Please." Following are a few extrapolations on irrational beliefs from her book and from an interview with nationally recognized sports psychologist, Dr. Jack Singer.
If you don't go to great lengths to please others, they will abandon or reject you. This false belief is a by-product of low self-esteem. If you sacrifice your "needs" to please others, most will simply take advantage of you and expect you to continue to do so. An example of this is the baby boomer generation, also known as the "sandwich" generation, by virtue of their spending on their children and caring for their parents. They've burned both ends of their checkbook while losing significant equity positions in their home and 401(k)s through the housing bust and market meltdown.
Now the reality of retirement looms large in the near future with inadequate accounts and projected life expectancy. The old Star Trek adage, "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few," may have been the boomer mantra, but now they must turn inward to secure their own lifestyle in retirement. They need to assert themselves by understanding the needs of their future.
When people disapprove of you, it is often internalized in the form of bad emotions and, in turn, sparks chronic anxiety in interpersonal situations. It suggests that one fault or unattractive feature renders you worthless. Codependent relationships that center on your money are destructive, especially when they orbit around a character flaw your abusers constantly address. You need to make a quantum leap to a universe that prioritizes your needs first. Another irrational belief is that your self-worth as a person depends on how much you achieve and produce or, in economic terms, your self-worth is based on your net worth. There's nothing wrong with accomplishments and successes, but when failure occurs, and it will, it often tailspins into depression and the loss of self-worth and self-esteem, or worse, the sense that you've lost control. In truth, you have some control over much in your life and much control over how you interpret and emotionally respond to life events. Financial crisis can generate great despair. Financial insecurity strikes at the heart of your well-being.
The addictive idiosyncrasies of excessive spending come after surrendering to a habitual obsession. Behavior that impairs the performance of a vital function is a harmful development. Addiction causes you to lose your sense of balance and rationality. Beneath all addictions is a longing for immediate gratification — to feel good, powerful, worthy of admiration and problem-free — and an insistence on ignoring the long-range, self-destructive implications of the behavior.
A spending addiction is an attempt to try to buy happiness — to feel admired, to feel accepted, to feel empowered, to push away troubling feelings like self-doubt or self-disappointment — and can ruin everything you hold dear.
Spending addiction is a symptom, a flashing warning sign hat there are deep-rooted feelings you're trying to avoid facing. Indulging yourself in shopping temporarily numbs troubling feelings, but only for for a while. Every time you try to stop the pattern of compulsive spending, you find you still have to deal with distressing feelings — the panic and fear that pops up is almost indescribable. Even though you may have promised yourself you were going to curb your spending, you go on yet another shopping binge in an attempt to feel better fast.
What feelings could be so distressingly terrible that they're capable of sending you on a spending path of self-destruction? Maybe you're afraid that you're not as attractive or successful as you'd like to be. Perhaps your fear stems from believing that the real you isn't lovable. Or maybe you're afraid that the façade, the outer you that you've worked so hard to build and have maintained so painstakingly, will crack and that others will then see what, in your mind, is behind that front: that you're a fraud, a pretender, a failure.
When you have spending addiction, what you're actually attempting to buy is the admiration and affection of others. To erase self-doubt and self-disappointment. It doesn't matter how much money you have, how successful you are, or what prestige you hold in your community; it's the inside of you that feels empty and insignificant. When you're out there spending money, that gaping emotional Grand Canyon inside of you feels nearly filled and, if only for a little while, you feel on top of the world. Heavy-duty denial is a major component of addictive behavior. In order to determine whether or not you're suffering from spending addiction, you're going to have to do a scathingly honest audit of your spending habits: How much and how often do you spend? What damage does your spending cause to your bank account, your work, your family, and your personal life? And, most importantly, what feelings of fear and/or insecurity do your spending habits attempt to cover up?
It's no secret that recognizing you may have an addiction is the first big step towards recovery. If you suspect that spending is a likely source of problems for you, you might consider talking with a therapist.
We need to change our core beliefs so we can change our life. Examine your internal dialogue and look for distortions, such as mind-reading, "catastrophizing," and over-generalization. Then, change your beliefs to more rational ones.
"If I don't go to great lengths to please others, they will abandon or reject me." Is there any real proof of this? "My worth as a person depends on how much I achieve and produce." This is catastrophizing that you will never get the accolades you deserve. "When people disapprove of me, it invariably means that I am wrong or bad." Is this coming from overgeneralizations from childhood and/or marital situations?
Consumer overspending is based on our distorted views of what we need versus what we want. Our desire for immediate gratification is creating a perilous financial future. Financial literacy is important, but it's meaningless without correcting the emotive drivers that are steering us into a ditch. To get back on the road to recovery, we need to drive out of the ditch with a self-image that believes in long haul thinking. After all, it's smoother on the road.


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First year resident students are required to be on one of the A meal plans. Sophomore, junior, and senior resident students living in a traditional residence hall or suite can choose one of the A or B meal plans. Students living in a townhouse or apartment may choose any of the A, B, or C meal plans or may elect to be off the meal plan altogether. Students are released from the mandatory meal plan only for documented and approved medical reasons that cannot be accommodated by our food service contractor. These requests must be submitted to the Health Center by June 9. The meal plan rates are listed below.
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I am already spayed, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Baby was surrenderd to Pittie Me with her siblings a few months back. Now that she has been here a while, she's decided it's time to find her forever home! This adorable chiweenie mix is approximate 12 weeks old, but he will remain small in size. Baby's adoption fee is $225, which includes her spay, vaccines, rabies, and microchip.
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A Letter from the Comptroller
Across Texas
- San Antonio's century-old Gibbs Building, the city's first office building, has been renovated and recently opened as the 91-room Hotel Indigo San Antonio, part of an international hotel chain managed by InterContinental Hotel Group.
- Austin developer Capital City Partners LLC has announced plans for a new 15-story office building on the shores of Austin's Lady Bird Lake. The project should be completed by April 2012.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has awarded a $900 million contract for construction and related services to Balfour Beatty Construction, as part of a project to renovate the airport's terminals and build a rail station to connect it with future routes of Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
Texas is home to many larger-than-life characters, both real and fictional, who personify our state's independent spirit, our optimism and our grit in the face of adversity.
In the book The Time it Never Rained, author Elmer Kelton created a fictional character that reminds me of a very real person in my life – my father, David Combs.
The novel's protagonist is a crusty rancher named Charlie Flagg who made it through the Texas drought of the 1950s with fierce determination and a wisdom honed on the range. In resisting offers of federal assistance, he said, "What I can't do for myself, I'll do without."
Likewise, my dad had the good foresight and business sense to lease part of our ranch land during the lean years, rather than taking on more financial burden. He always called that the best financial decision he'd ever made.
You see, both Charlie Flagg and my dad understood that you can't simply borrow your way out of drought.
They also knew that you have to be very sensitive to the burden you're putting on your back during lean times, because it can stay with you after good times return.
Those are timeless lessons. But I'm afraid they're forgotten from time to time.
In this issue of Fiscal Notes, we take a look at the massive federal budget deficit and our expanding national debt, and the implications they will have for the country's economy – and for our children and grandchildren, as taxpayers.
Today, we need sound and sensible strategies to meet our challenges.
As an eternal optimist who likes roses as much as bluebonnets, I've always hoped for the best. But as the proud daughter of a West Texas rancher, I also know that you can't take hope to the bank. That's never worked.
What does work is discipline and common sense. In today's climate, we must know what we can truly afford to do for ourselves. Or do without. We get that here in Texas.


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Tamil Actor Vijay celebrated his 37th Birthday today(22 June) in Shobha Kalyana Mandapam. Ilayathalapathy Vijay donated his eyes and urged his fans to donate eyes on this day. Director Seeman, Jayam Raja, Perarasu, Kalaipuli S Thanu, Moser Baer Dhananjayan and MS Bhaskar wished his birthday.
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As one of the most seasoned emcees in the game, Bumpy Knuckles has recorded nine albums over a massive 23-year period. So if anyone has a right to call out what exactly is wrong with hip-hop, it's him – he's seen and heard it all. Teaming with DJ Premier for The Kolexxxion, a sequel to his 2003 LP, The Konexion, Bumpy doesn't break the formula over 17 tracks of raw, unabashed production.
The album begins with the smoked out intro, "My Thoughts", where Bump trades his usual abrasive delivery for a more laid-back approach, as you can almost hear him exhaling the smoke with each line. This doesn't last however, as the up-tempo "Shake The Room" follows, finding him teamed up with Flavor Flav for a knocking "club banger". The Public Enemy influence continues later with the Sista Soulja sampled "We Are At War", where he laments about piracy of his music, suggesting "I used to beat a bootlegger to death / now I gotta send a legal letter / I wish the fans would treat me better". On "P.A.I.N.E." he really lets the Foxxx out, bitch-slapping rappers with a cabal of hilariously threatening rhymes. This style picks up later on "The Lah" over an unsympathetic Preemo track, while he delivers another smackdown to just about every corner of the rap industry.
Premier's production takes on many forms on this LP, as he seemingly digs through every corner of his crates for different sounds. The cinematic "Eveneverputmy4cusaway" is a beautifully mellow concoction, while the Nas featured "Turn Up The Mic (DJ Premier Remix)" rings in as an instant classic. Even the paired down four-bar loop "Own It" is simplified brilliance in sampling, as Preem shows his knack for finding the perfect sample, turning the sound of a broken record into a infectious head-nodder.
While packed with bangers of every variety, perhaps the best track here is still "The Gang Starr Bus", which originally dropped last year's Get Used To Us compilation. This scathing, indirect dis to Solar bangs with it's classic Daily Operation-esque jazz loop, as Bumpy recounts the early Gang Starr tours with M.O.P. and Big Shug, as a well timed Guru sample from beyond the grave brags, "you don't even know the half about me."
With careers that touch four decades of rap, DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles not only show a talent to create timeless music, but also a testament to their legacy. Even this deep into their respective careers, they each individually show their long-standing strengths with The Kolexxxion.
This was the most non skippable full album that have purchased this year.
Album is fantastic, even the old tracks fit in so well they sound fresh again. Exactly what I expected from these two.
Real Hip Hop LP… Amongst all the crap that is out I hope to YOU this stands out!
Got mines this am & must admit that this ish is choice.
Great album but it's 2012; are we supposed to be accepting racist remarks in any context?
How many times throughout the album are white people referred to as Crackers? If this was reversed and a white rapper started dropping N-Bombs on his album there would be outroar; I love the 90s feel of the album but there is no need to be returning to a 90s mindset. During the records released in that period there was a lot of angst toward racial differences and it was deemed 'acceptable' by the masses for honky, cracker refs but man, come on, it's 2012. Progression people please.
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Two Week Intensive: July 28th through August 8th, 2014
The School of Missouri Contemporary Ballet's mission is to cultivate the artistic and personal development of our students by providing a supportive environment of dance study to motivate and inspire. The 2-week summer intensive is designed to give serious students an opportunity to train under MCB's Artistic Director, Karen Mareck Grundy, as well as guest teachers from across the country. Students will enjoy a rigorous schedule, dancing 6-7 hours a day, focusing on ballet and modern technique, supplemented by Pilates, jazz, and contemporary repertoire, culminating with an end-of-program performance.
Audition Date: April 27th, 3:00p, Registration 2:00p
- $25 on-site audition fee, $30 DVD audition fee
- Headshot and first arabesque photo are required.
- Videos should be no longer than 5 minutes and must include ballet center work consisting of pirouettes, adagio, petite and grand allegro, and pointe work. A contemporary solo (no longer than 1 minute) is also preferred.
Results will be sent within three weeks of the audition.
"The MCB summer intensive was a great experience. Dancing all day gives it the same feel of a large institution, yet you get great one-on-one attention here. I highly recommend it for anyone who aspires to dance or wants to get a feel for dancing professionally." — Camille Laboile, ballet student 2013
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This recipe from British chef Jamie Oliver is a great way to use up your garden's bounty this summer, when tomato plants are thriving and herb boxes are full. It's an "absolute celebration of the summer," Oliver says.
1 pound dried fusilli
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
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2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
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1 1/4 pounds mixed cherry tomatoes, roughly chopped
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Viclovesmakeup on 6/22/2013 2:59:00 AM more reviews by Viclovesmakeup
Age: 19-24 Skin: Dry, Fair Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I have dark brown hair so I purchased deep brown. It's a very waxy eye brow pencil and is an okay product because it blends nicely. But the worst thing is the fact that it cannot wind up and down and needs to be sharpened! Given the plastic wrapping around it you can imagine how annoying that is. Oh, and the pencil itself snaps super easily. Will not repurchase.
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EllieDavionte on 6/13/2013 9:30:00 PM more reviews by EllieDavionte
Age: 19-24 Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool Hair: Red Eyes: Green
Pros: the waxy texture means that the colour stays on your brows and doesn't wear off during the day until you want to take it off! I find the light brown is perfect to darken up my brows.I haven't found anything else that does the job like this stuff! Plus the brush on the other end is useful for spreading the colour to the right areas and just tidying your brows in general.
Cons: There appears to be a limited amount of product - I had to do some extensive internet searching before I realised you are supposed to just sharpen it like a pencil - including the plastic area! As far as I'm aware, there was no indication of this on the product packaging, so this is something Maybelline need to fix. I'm also not looking forward to having to sharpen the plastic... hopefully it won't be too messy! I will update this once I've attempted it.
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apricotcloud on 6/3/2013 5:56:00 PM more reviews by apricotcloud
Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Green
Ugh thought this would be a HG product but I was wrong. It was a complete bargain at £2.99 but I guess you get what you pay for with this as even on purchase, there didn't seem to be much there... then you sharpen it and it literally goes down in a day! You have to sharpen it again the next day so I'm going to get through this so quickly... I echo what someone else said about 'blonde' being actually even a bit too dark even though it's the lightest colour. It's alright, but nothing very special.
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annahogan on 6/3/2013 5:38:00 PM more reviews by annahogan
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Straight, Coarse Eyes: Green
Not much fun using a brow liner that is completely waxy, you can't sharpen the tip and the only thing just a-ok on it is the little brush on the end. No way. Don't waste your $!
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*TOP REVIEWER* VegetaFanGirl on 6/2/2013 8:04:00 PM more reviews by VegetaFanGirl
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Brown
Personally, I felt like this was an okay product. I have dark brows and needed a brow liner for a show I was doing, so it actually came out really well and matched nicely. I think it stayed on pretty well, and looked very good on my brows. It is a more waxy pencil, and if you have long brow hairs or thick brows, then it will not get through really well- just draw on the hairs. However, after a while of trying to get the hang of it, I felt like the pencil worked pretty well, and I was impressed with the color and staying power. However, one huge con completely ruined this product for me: sharpening. It is IMPOSSIBLE to sharpen this pencil! Like everyone else here, I thought it was either a twist-up product or something that is easy to sharpen, like most pencil liners. I was sooooo wrong. The packaging is made of some weird plastic that would not sharpen; and when it did, it always broke the actual insert of product. What a pain! The spoolie at the end of the pencil was kind of helpful, but it didn't do much for me. So, unfortunately, although this was a good brow product for a good price ($9 or so, I think), I will not repurchase because it is just impossible to sharpen.
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*TOP REVIEWER* vickibetty on 5/29/2013 6:30:00 PM more reviews by vickibetty
Age: 44-55 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Blond, Kinky, Medium Eyes: Green
What the hell is with sharpening this bloody thing? I had to use the exacto knife out of the toolbox!! Dammit I wouldn't have bothered if I didn't like it! So, A for product, downgraded to F for the hour spent rummaging in the basement for the toolbox, and the 30 minutes hacking pieces off the end...
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kelslynie on 5/16/2013 11:43:00 PM more reviews by kelslynie
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
I've been using this for a few days, and so far it's perfect. But then my eyebrows aren't like everyone's. I have naturally full, dark brows that do not need any product... however I wanted something to just fill over them a little bit, give me a little more polished look. This does very well for that purpose. I can't say for women who have much thinner brows. I like the waxy consistency, and it stays in place all day long (for me). Color selection was pretty simple for me as well, having very dark eyebrows, I went with Black Brown color and it works great.
I took off a lippie because I haven't had to sharpen yet, but I know when I get to that point I'm going to have a problem with this. Disapponting... wish it came with a sharpener.
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hopelessheart on 5/12/2013 9:11:00 PM more reviews by hopelessheart
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Tan, Warm Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
At first I loved this product, the waxy consistency worked well with my brows and the color was a good match (I got the darkest shade, which doesn't have and red undertones). The problem with the waxy consistency is that the product runs down and flat very quickly, leading to the next problem of sharpening it. It was difficult to sharpen this pencil, I like everyone else thought it was a twist up before buying. Also, about halfway through the product became dried out and whenever id sharpen it the tips would break off and fall out. I was happy when I was finished with this product.
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*TOP REVIEWER* seaswan on 5/12/2013 6:36:00 PM more reviews by seaswan
Age: Unknown Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Other, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Other
I agree with everyone on the aggravation of sharpening this pencil. I did manage to successfully sharpen it with a metal sharpener. (Plastic would not work.)
I like the spoolie at the other end and also the texture was okay for me.
So why don't I like it overall? The color: I bought blonde, lightest shade, and it is more like a brown hue.
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SofiaRN421 on 4/24/2013 9:59:00 AM more reviews by SofiaRN421
Age: 30-35 Skin: Oily, Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
Product is terrible! The wax dries and rips out your natural eyebrows when you try to take it off with makeup remover wipes. The worst eyebrow pencil ever!
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As students of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire College of Business, we receive an exceptional education, but have you ever wondered how your experience could be enhanced by improvements to Schneider Hall? What could the facility that houses the College of Business look like if space and money were not issues?
To learn what changes students and faculty would like to see made to Schneider Hall, we sent a survey to all 2,100 COB students. We heard back from 229 individuals. We also conducted personal interviews with several faculty members.
The survey revealed that the features students would like to see changed in Schneider Hall include adding study lounges and laptop charging areas, providing additional computer labs (including an Apple computer lab) with more printers, updating and modernizing the business and classrooms, creating a career services center dedicated to business students, creating a large gathering space for receptions and other events, and adding food and drink vendors. Many students also would like to see Schneider Hall designated entirely to the College of Business. They felt this would create a greater sense of community among students and faculty.
With one or more of these improvements, 94% of students surveyed said they would spend more time in Schneider, while 89% said it would enhance their overall college experience.
To better understand the desires of the business faculty, we interviewed three faculty members: Dr. Dawna Drum, coordinator, College of Business Instructional Technology, Dr. Jack Hoggatt, assistant dean, undergraduate student affairs and director of the Center for Advising, Development and Enrichment, and Dr. Paula Lentz, program director, Department of Business Communication. Dr. Drum would like to see some improvements in the functionality of the building, which could include more shared space for relaxing and working, and updated and more comfortable classrooms. "The addition of more electrical outlets in classrooms so students can use COB-required laptops would be a good idea, too," Drum said. Dr. Hoggatt felt small breakout rooms, mentoring rooms, and meeting rooms for student organizations "would be a nice addition to Schneider". Dr. Lentz agreed with Hoggatt that Schneider is in need of a greater variety of rooms for students to work in. "My dream would be to add a business communications lab," she said.
While dreaming of an ideal College of Business may be exciting, Dr. Hoggatt offered an interesting point of view. "The faculty and students make a great school, not the building," he said. "The facilities are the icing on the cake; they don't make the education." UW-Eau Claire already has a great College of Business because we have a fantastic student body and dedicated, committed faculty members.
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Could Schneider Hall see significant changes in the future?
It's possible. A general reshuffling of space will occur throughout the UW-Eau Claire campus with the addition of the new College of Education and Human Sciences building. The new education building will house the college's administrative offices, the departments of English, foreign languages and special education; and select student support services, such as the Office of Multicultural Affairs. As English and other units move from their current locations into the new building, space will open up in other buildings. Non-business units in Schneider Hall, for example, may choose to relocate to this vacated space. If this were to happen, it is possible that one day Schneider Hall may be totally dedicated to the College of Business and its academic departments and programs.
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