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Of course, Beyoncé is quite different from Sonic Youth or Merle Haggard in that she wanders across those screens a lot. She's also different in that when she does that wandering, I get the strong sense that I'm one of the few folks watching who thinks of her as "that-artist-who-once-made-incredible-music" rather than as "glam superstar diva." Everyone knows she's got a voice of monstrous hog-calling power, and The New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones argued for her merit as a "strange and brilliant musician" a couple of years back. But even he seemed to end up as impressed with her professionalism as with her artistry. More typical is Denette Wilford, who declares, "Beyoncé is one fierce, fabulous, over-the-top bitch who perfects every single move/hair toss/side eye/smile." "[T]hat's what makes her the Queen B," Wilford concludes. It's not the music, but the style, the showmanship, and the attitude.
It's still a lot easier to be declared a musical genius if you're playing a guitar than if you're dancing in heels. And if you're a man.
The focus on style and showmanship is probably in part due to the genre Beyoncé works in—despite the popist efforts of folks like Sasha-Frere Jones, it's still a lot easier to be declared a musical genius if you're playing a guitar than if you're dancing in heels. And part of it is probably gender. Justin Timberlake regularly gets acclaimed as an auteur in a way that Beyoncé almost never does. And of course there's Michael Jackson. If Beyoncé was a guy, it might be easier for people to see her as both musician and god than it is for them to see her as musician and goddess.
But the biggest reason that Beyoncé isn't thought of as a musical artiste is probably because she doesn't want to be thought of that way—or at least doesn't really care whether she is or not. Folks like Prince or Michael Jackson were clearly invested in their musical reputation, but Beyoncé? Like I already said, much of her recent output has been forgettable. And here's a musician, after all, who—based on her Destiny's Child writing and production credits and her general artistic direction of the band even on songs with other producers—has an amazing talent and ear for vocal arrangements and harmony. The Beyoncé co-written/co-produced "Apple Pie a la Mode" from Survivor with its hiccupping nonsense syllables and voices twisting and sliding around each other sounds like it could almost have been put together by a funkier Brian Wilson. But solo artists sing solo—and so Beyoncé's largely abandoned her flair for group dynamics as a facet of her musical personality. When Kelly and Michelle showed up at the Super Bowl performance, their microphones barely even worked.
I don't begrudge Beyoncé her career decisions. I've still got her old albums, after all—and I'm as happy as the next heterosexual guy to watch her shake her thing in some ridiculous micro-outfit at the Super Bowl. Looking at her recent career though, I do have the disorienting sense—perhaps unmerited—that I like The Writing's on the Wall more than she does.
Of course, it's still possible that Beyoncé does think of The Writing's On The Wall as a classic album. But for the most part her focus seems elsewhere—both in the sense that she's looking forward, not back, and in the sense that "classic albums" don't seem like the part of her career she's paying attention to. For selfish reasons, I wish she'd decided to spend more time being a genius. But she probably figured, with some justice, that while there are plenty of geniuses, there's only one Beyoncé.
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|Saturday, August 23rd, 2003
|I don't write in this.
|love star kisses
|Thursday, August 7th, 2003
Fall River Celebrates America is tonight. Whoooo! I can't wait. It was Allyn and I's 1 year anniversary yesterday. He got me a white gold irish claddagh ring. That's spelt wrong. But you know what I mean. We went out to eat and stuff. I just really had a good time. I love him so much. He's so good to me. I don't even realize it half the time. And I should start.
My Uncle Jack is wonderful. <3
Tonight it should be me, allyn, amanda, and megan. And whoever Allyn's bringing. I can't waaaaait. It's going to be so much fun. Too bad I'm missing Saturday and Sunday because of work. :[ Oh, guess what! I got my first car!!!!!!!!!!! :] It's a 1996 Hyundai Elantra. And I love it and I'm oh so excited.
|love star kisses
|Tuesday, July 22nd, 2003
I miss Mikey... Nicky.. and Renee. And I may even miss this BORING summer once is passes. This summer wasn't what I expected it to be. Allyn's birthday just passed. I got him lots of stuff and took him to see Pirates of the Carribean. I loved it. Amanda and Megan are crashing here tomorrow. We're going to go shopping first. School shopping, I suppose. Allyn and I have been better. Yes, we have. I should write something. I think I might try. I have driving school at 5:00. It's real boring. I'm exhausted, as usual.
My Uncle Jack is doing much better. Thank God. He's awake, and can understand what we're saying. He tries to talk, but doesn't get very far. But it's such an improvement and I'm so happy about it. I don't have much to say... never do.
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|Wednesday, July 16th, 2003
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|love star kisses
|Sunday, July 13th, 2003
I don't know what's going on with me and allyn anymore. I bought him things for his birthday a couple of days ago. I'm not sure if I'm done yet though. He got his tattoo. I was pretty pissed off. Basically because I wanted to be there really bad and he knew that but still went on with it without telling me ahead of time. He decided to surprise me instead. Great. I'm over it now. It's okay, If I could I'd make a few changes to it. But it's his tattoo, and his body. So I guess it's fine.
Ian and Kyle came into the bakery yesterday. I was so scared. It's the first time I've seen Ian since last summer. He just got out of jail, or rehab, whichever... maybe both. He didn't say anything, just store at me. I couldn't stop shaking. I kept dropping change. I wish he would've seen me when I looked good, though. Because I work at a bakery I was pretty scrubbed out. For all of you that don't know, Ian's some kid I talked to last summer that ended badly. It's hard to explain the relationship me and Ian had... but seeing him again was way too freaky. The last time I saw him before this one... was at a dance. He was all coked up at disgusting looking. But yesterday, he looked normal. Like Ian.
Allyn's on his way home. I need to get ready.
|love star kisses
|Wednesday, July 9th, 2003
I don't think he did it. We talked about it, awhile ago. I could tell by the look in his eyes... the hurt and disappointment of my 'assumtion'. Could hear it in his shaking voice. Allyn lies at times, yes. But never does he look me in the eye and do it. Last time he acted like this when I accused him of something... it wasn't true. So I believe him. Am I foolish? Probably. But I have been with that boy for 11 months... and I know when he's not lying to me. I can't help the fact that I want to forget everything when I'm with him. I love him. Yes, I do. I love him.. And I've never been so sure of it before until now. So we've been spending days together. Like old times. I never told him it was Jon (one of his best friends) that told me of all these stories. He'd flip. But I did find out that Jon bad talks me a lot. And tells Allyn that he doesn't need to put up with me. So was this little story that Jon told me a way to break us up? Perhaps. It is possible. Jon had told me months ago that he wanted his friend back. But I think this time he went too far. The fact of Allyn getting another girls number is believeable. And I'm not mad about that. Okay, fine... I was mad at first but I'm not mad now. But the kissing... No. He wouldn't.
I started driving school. Talk about fucking easy. 2 hours 3 times a week of watching movies and listening to some lady babble. I'll be done with that in no time. I saw Kyle Brady when leaving driving school yesterday. Kyle Brady's the new boy at work. ;] I used to see him around last summer when I hung around with Ian. I asked him about work and such. Allyn doesn't like him, or his friends. Whatever. Allyn doesn't like anyone, to be honest. I am in no way interested in Kyle... but flirting never hurts anyone. I'll be honest, when I get into work I always check to see if he's working. I haven't flirted with anyone in... haha. Forever. So it's fun. Is there anything wrong with that? Hm?
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|Tuesday, July 1st, 2003
Can you cheat on someone you love?
Everyone comment.
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Kill me. Beat me to a pulp and toss daggers at my eyes. Pour acid over me and watch me burn... burn my heart to a crisp until i learn to never love again.
Because anything is less painful than this...
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|Sunday, June 29th, 2003
I don't know what's goin on. And I don't know if I like it.
Megs sleeping over. Might go to Amandas to swim.
|love star kisses
|Tuesday, June 24th, 2003
|I'm sick of my Bf.
|love star kisses
|My uncles sick. He may have an annerism on his brain. I don't know how to handle this. I have never lost anyone before. Well, besides my grandfather... that I met once. But I was young, and this is different. So different. I went to visit him yesterday and I cried so much. I tried to avoid seeing him but I knew I had to go. I'm so scared. I hate knowing that sooner or later everyone is going to go. Because I really don't want them to.
|love star kisses
|Sunday, June 22nd, 2003
|Huge fight on the phone. I ended up going there. We didn't talk much. Just basically acted as if nothing had happened. It's better that way. It felt good to feel his arms again. To just let everything go.
|love star kisses
|I don't know why I try. With him. Allyn. He makes things so difficult. He's been acting so strange lately and I can't really take it anymore. We were supposed to spend the day together but yet AJs over. I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm breaking. I don't like the feeling. I thought I've grown past this feeling. I guess not. He'll never know how much it hurts me when he does things like this. We had a big discussion last night and all but still... God I can't fucking take it.
|love star kisses
I FUCKING HATE (my x) JEFF!!!!!!!
|love star kisses
Blondie's the one person that can brighten my moods. His winks kill me. I don't know... just something.
I work with Blondie (Jeff). He's like 20 something. I don't like him or anything. But he is the funnest person to flirt with. :P
Allyn and I are supposed to spend the day together. I don't know. I called him last night before I went to bed. I cried. I don't know what to do. I feel so distant from him. He's so out of reach. I both like it and loathe it. It's so twisted.
|love star kisses
its strange. how it is with him and i. the feelings. emotions. im not even sure of it anymore. before it was so simple, i was falling in love and there was no way to stop it. but now that i know that im beyond that point.. i dont know what to do. i almost break into a panic when i feel my feelings filling to their brim. i love him but at the same time i hate him for giving me these feelings. causing me to open up again. ive created this most secure wall, but yes my angel has broken it down. i feel so weak. vulnerable. its someting im not ready for. to feel that turning in my chest when he kisses me. to feel so complete beside him. fulfilled. its past infactuation. im scared... should i be? our last fight ruined us. ruined the amount of closeness I had towards him. I still love him, yes... but it isn't the same. I hate him for that. He had my complete trust... all my love and he threw it in my face. Some think I overexaggerate. That may be true. But it hurts. It's some sort of wretched game he puts me through. I don't understand it. The lies. I could never lie to him like he lies to me. It's almost amusing. Maybe not.
People don't understand it. Why I get so snappy with him. Bite his head off at those little things. Even if there are no little things and he's doing completely nothing wrong... it's because I can't get close to him again. And it's a way of keeping myself away from it. I hate hurting him. Hurting us. But I'm sick of hurting myself. Does that make sense?
I need to sleep.
|love star kisses
I never write in this thing. Why do I have it again? Cause I really have no idea. I work 2 jobs now. I started at Lucitanos a couple of weeks ago. It's pretty fun. I have to wear a bow tie and shit. Marc got stabbed. That shit freaks the hell out of me. Damn. I don't really know what to say. I'm so exhausted. School's over. Thank god. I hope I still see Nicky and Mikey and shit. I hope Renee doesn't move. Allyn and I were doing wonderful until our last fight. Now it's pretty down hill. I get aggravated very easily. It's horrible. I just wrote this, it's in my profile. -->
s0metimes we're hott. other times we're cold.
then theres times you hate me, or so I'm told.
i hate your impatience, you hate my attitude
sometimes i'm bitchy, sometimes your rude
i hate the way you melt me with a smile
you hate how i make you stay for more than awhile
theres times when i need you and your not there
and times where you start to think that i dont care
sometimes we're hott. other times we're cold.
then there's times i hate you, or so your told.
usually we're good. ehh.. sometimes we're rough.
i hate how i <3 you. how i cant get enough.
you hate how i instigate, i hate how you lie.
but i'll <3 you, til theres no stars in the sky.
* allyn -> neva forget h0w much i care.
I did it quick. It's alright. My computers been down for more than a week. I need to start writing again. I really don't anymore. I should. Just haven't really gotten the chance I guess. I feel like crying. It's strange. I've been feeling so down lately. Probably this whole thing with Allyn. I joined the gym finally. With meg. It's pretty fun, actually. I'm still sore. Alright, I'm going to get going.
|love star kisses
|Thursday, May 29th, 2003
Quicky update. Saturday at the feast I looked pretty hott. My hair looked cute. Pin curls (hehe nic<3) back in a black headband with a bang in the front.
Um, let's see..
I'm sick so Allyn got me this HUGE dog. I told him I loved him last night... =/ He got his lip pierced and I should be going to get my tragus done soon if he gets here!!! Schools over in about 3 weeks. Can't wait.
|Read 2 or love star kisses
|Sunday, May 25th, 2003
|It rained during the feast. That sucked. I was so excited about eating the food. Lol, figures. Allyn bought me the dog balloon I've been wanting since forever. :P I saw Catherine. She didn't even look at me or Allyn. I found it funny. Megan's going with me tonight. That should be fun - I told her I'd win her something. We'll see.
|love star kisses
|Thursday, May 22nd, 2003
|I never post. I'm going to start! Allyn and I had a 'discussion' last night. I didn't get much sleep. But besides that we've been pretty good. He's working with his uncle right now, tiling and carpeting. He came over with half a dozen roses for me. :] 1 pink and 5 red. So sweet. For no reason, either. I don't know. I know this should be a nice long post but I have to go! That's why I never post. Feast this weekend. It's supposed to be crappy weather. We'll see. Losers may be there. Most likely. Kyle and things. He called me the other day. I don't know. I still have his letters. I read them, they almost got to me. Almost. That kids a bunch of bull shit anyway. Alright, I have to go. I'll update on how the feast was. Later chickens.
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In TV, emotions and thoughts of characters are generally communicated by their facial expressions and actions. Sure, sometimes characters just spell everything out, but not everything is (insert joke about what you, the reader, think is a badly written TV show here). The viewer is given some of the heavy lifting in TV, because it is left to us to decide what that long look the actor, director, and editor chose actually means. Jealousy? Anger? Hunger? Having edited a bunch of stuff, let me tell you: a surprising number of "waiting for the camera to roll" facial expressions make it into an actual edit.
On the other hand, books are all about the thoughts and emotions of a character. They are literally (literally literally) spelled out. "John felt this, Mary thought that." Sure, a good writer can craft a very complete description that a good reader can interpret. I know this to be true, for say, J.R.R. Tolkein, since I've never met Peter Jackson, and yet somehow he got 90% of all the people, creatures and locations exactly right, at least to my eye. I don't mean plausibly. I mean
the way I pictured them when I was a teenager. And I'm not trying to imply that I'm some kind of wizard at reading. I give the credit to Tolkein for being so good at description.
Still, even with all that great description of what someone looks like, and all of those very accurate descriptions of feelings and thoughts, the writer still must depend on the reader to visualize how the character will look while having those thoughts.
Now I come to my point: books like BBC's
Doctor Who - The Dalek Generation
have an interesting challenge. Doctor Who has, for most people, only been a TV show. Thus, most of us have never actually heard the Doctor's thoughts or feelings. When he stares at the camera and then suddenly decides it's time to RUN! or mess with the bad guys, or use the sonic screwdriver, we don't really know what he's thinking. He could be seeing all of time right in front of his eyes, or wondering why he is still doing this after aeons have passed, or trying to remember a particularly keen crumpet recipe. It's really up to us as the viewers to interpret. Sure, we get clues based on things he's said to various characters, but we don't
This struck me as I first started reading
The Dalek Generation
. The author,
Nicholas Briggs
, who has a lot of Doctor Who bona fides, including numerous previous books (although who interestingly never wrote a Doctor Who episode), clearly has a good idea of where The Doctor's thoughts come from. Still, my first instinct was "I know The Doctor's thoughts? Am I supposed to know these?" Fortunately, Briggs does an excellent job of showing us just enough of what The Doctor is thinking without showing us everything. He also, however, paints a picture of a Doctor Who who, while certainly clever and able to anticipate his opponent's next move, also runs into a lot of
not knowing what's going on
. Which runs counter to my impression from the TV series that he was just
those around him that he didn't know. I kind of always assumed he just said that to put people off guard.
As for the story, I don't want to spoil it, but it definitely covers the equivalent of a 2-3 episode arc of the TV series. Obviously, the Daleks are involved, and they are acting uncharacteristically nicely. I found this a good twist, and of the appropriate order of magnitude of a Doctor Who adventure. There are also three young children who become The Doctor's companions for this tale, and they are fun to visualize. This story also has some sadness, some emotional conflict, and a good dash of bravado. I had a moment after I finished it of "wait, is that a plot hole?" Fortunately, a reread of the final chapter convinced me it all made sense. Otherwise, I found it to be satisfying in its ability to evoke the experience I get from the typical Doctor Who story. The author also does a good job of taking advantage of the medium by creating at least one race of characters that a TV production team would probably say "we can't do that, that would take the whole season's budget". Well done, there.
To be sure, this is light reading. There are some undertones of "what has a soft society come to?", and you could even cast the Daleks as a proxy for the government or corporations if you really tried. There are only a few passages that I could find that suggested this might actually be the author's intent. Meaning it's in there, if you want it to be, but it's not heavy handed. I read it on a 90-minute-each-way train ride, and it was perfect for that. Engrossing, not particularly challenging, but nothing that made me think "that's not what The Doctor would do".
What if you're not familiar with Doctor Who? It's really hard for me to say, as my knowledge of The Doctor makes it hard to fit in those shoes. Still, I believe the author does a reasonable job of limiting inside jokes and references, and explaining the characters that non-viewers won't be familiar with (The Doctor, the Daleks, the TARDIS) without becoming tedious for fans.
And for those fans wondering - this book (along with two more, which I'll be reviewing in short order) takes place apparently between the events of season 7, episodes 7 and 8, the latter of which will air on BBC America March 30, 2013.
For me, then, as a Doctor Who fan of probably the fifth order (I've never dressed up as The Doctor; I can't quote much except maybe "Run!", or "Exterminate!", or "Timey wimey" [which I actually kind of hate]; but I do insist on capitalizing the "The" in "The Doctor"), I found it to be worth the time and quite enjoyable. Should you spend the $10? I'll put it this way: it's a better way to spend 3 hours than most feature films that cost twice as much to see. Especially if you like the TV show.
Doctor Who: The Dalek Generation
by Nicholas Briggs
Published by Broadway Paperbacks
$9.99 cover price
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8 out of 10 Kaleds.
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Fri, Dec. 19, 1:55 PM
- SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (NYSEARCA:XBI) announces quarterly distribution of $0.491.
- 30-Day Sec yield of 0.59% (as of 12/17/2014).
- Payable Dec 30; for shareholders of record Dec 23; ex-div Dec 19.
Wed, Dec. 17, 10:51 AM
- The BioShares Biotechnology Clinical Trials Fund (NASDAQ:BBC) will track an index of biotechnology companies with a principal focus on running human clinical trials, while the BioShares Biotechnology Products Fund (NASDAQ:BBP) will cover biotechnology companies with one or more drugs approved by the FDA and in commercial production.
- Both ETFs feature an equal weight index strategy, giving smaller firms a chance to make a meaningful impact on fund movements.
- "Our BioShares funds are designed with the current biotechnology market in mind and offer investors unique and diversified portfolios of entrepreneurial biotechnology stocks by applying our rules-based index methodology," said LifeSci Index Partners co-founder, Paul Yook in a statement.
- Other biotech ETFs: XBI, BBH, FBT, PBE
Fri, Oct. 31, 12:47 PM
- The ARK Genomic Revolution Multi-Sector ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKG) is an actively managed fund that focuses on companies linked to the genomic industry across a number of sectors.
- The ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKK) will cover all three investment themes ARK now offers ETF coverage of; industrials through the ARK Industrial Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKQ), technology through the ARK Web x.0 ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKW) and genomics with ARKG.
- "Our composite fund is a product of our approach to active management and can bring balance back to portfolios that have become increasingly benchmark-sensitive. Pulling across industries including life sciences, robotics, energy storage, social media, and cloud computing, ARKK will hold some of the most dynamic and innovative companies in the world," stated Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of ARK Investment Management, in a press release.
- Other broad technology ETFs: IPK, IXN
- Other biotech ETFs: XBI, BBH, FBT, PBE
Sun, Oct. 26, 9:44 AM
- Both groups experienced large corrections from February through April and have since corrected, but Biotech has massively outperformed the internet group over the last couple of months.
- Since 2013, Technology SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLK) +38.4%, iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NASDAQ:IBB) +109.3%.
- Source: Bespoke
- ETFs: XLK, XBI, VGT, BBH, SOXL, FBT, FDN, PBE, TECL, USD, SMH, IYZ, TDIV, IYW, ROM, VOX, SOXX, XSD, SOXS, PBS, TECS, FTEC, RYT, IGV, IGM, QTEC, FXL, PSI, PSCT, IGN, SSG, MTK, REW, PXQ, XTL, XSW, PSJ, PTF, FCOM, LTL, TLL
Tue, Jul. 8, 12:26 PM
- Leading this week's decline are a lot of the same names which led March's "momo" selloff, among them the biotechs (XBI -4.5%) and social media (SOCL -4.4%). Also familiar, small caps (IWM -1.5%) are off more than the other major indexes.
- Doing their jobs are the low volatility ETFs like SPLV (SPLV) and USMV (USMV -0.2%), as well as defensive sectors like the utilities (XLU +0.6%).
- Raymond James' typically bullish Jeffrey Saut is out with a note calling for the first decent pullback of the year - a 10-12% decline - to commence later this month or early August, and he suggests investors begin raising cash.
- Biotech ETFs: XBI, BBH, FBT, PBE
- Low-vol ETFs: SPLV, LGLV, CFA, CFO
- Utility ETFs: XLU, IDU, VPU, UPW, FUTY, RYU, FXU, PUI, SDP, PSCU
Mon, Jun. 9, 2:53 PM
- Those ETFs with more small- and mid-cap exposure like the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI +5.7%) and the PowerShares Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome Portfolio (PBE +7.4%) are partying. It also turns out the XBI and PBE are the two largest holders of Idenix stock.
- Biotech ETFs with a focus on large caps - the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBB +0.5%) and the Market Vectors Biotech ETF (BBH +0.4%) - are having more subdued sessions.
- Previously: Merck buys Idenix
- The rally in small cap biotech fueling a positive session for small caps overall, with the Russell 2000's (IWM +0.7%) gain outpacing the flat action in the big-cap averages.
Tue, May. 13, 11:37 AM
- General Electric (GE -0.1%) introduces SPINlab, a Carbon-13-based hyperpolarizing system that enables researchers to visualize metabolic activity at the cellular level using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The system simplifies MRI-based metabolic research by providing reliable access to hyperpolarized compounds in a dedicated unit.
- The system enables the non-invasive real-time study of biochemical changes in disease processes by improving the sensitivity of MRI more than 20,000-fold.
- Related tickers: IBB, XBI, BIB, BBH, FBT, PBE, BIS
Mon, May. 12, 12:10 PM
- The South Korean colossus is investing $2B in the biotech arena in an effort to drive growth from its $347B revenue base. Its main initial focus will be biosimilars with a planned 2016 launch in Europe of an Enbrel biosimilar and a 2017 launch of a Remicade biosimilar.
- The global market for biosimilars, while lagging in the U.S. due to regulatory uncertainty, is expected to grow to $24B by 2019.
- According to unit chief Christopher Hansung Ko, "Our mandate is to become No. 1 in everything we enter into, so our long-term goal is to become a leading pharmaceutical company in the world."
- Related tickers: (IBB) (JNJ) (AMGN) (BIIB) (XBI) (SSNLF) (SSNGY)
Fri, May. 9, 9:59 AM
- The downtrend in the biotech sector that began on February 26 ain't done yet. On a technical basis, (IBB +0.1%) has been trying to hold on to its wobbly base since its snap back move on April 15. Volume has dried up as the index struggles to stay above the key support level of the 200-day MA. This is not encouraging action for longs.
- The relative strength line has dropped from a best-possible rating of 99 down to 68 with no upturn in sight.
- Biotech investors should keep their powder dry until the money flow turns decidedly positive. Based on the chart, there is no indication that this is happening yet.
- ETFs: XBI, BIB, BBH, FBT, PBE, BIS
Thu, May. 8, 7:35 AM
- China intends to end price limits on low-cost drugs after the controls caused quality problems and shortages.
- China's economic planning body, the National Development & Reform Commission, will lift price caps on 280 drugs provided by Western companies and 250 Chinese patent medicines.
- Sanofi (SNY) and Pfizer (PFE) said it's too early to ascertain the impact of the new policy. Other companies that could be affected include GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
- ETFs: IYH, IBB, XLV, XBI, VHT, BIB, PJP, BBH, FBT, PBE, XPH, CURE, FXH, IHE, RXL, IRY, IXJ, PPH, BIS, FHLC, PSCH, RYH, PTH, DRGS, RXD
Fri, Apr. 25, 2:49 PM
- Much of the high tech equipment hospitals use can be easily hacked and could pose a significant danger to patients according to the head of information security at Essentia Health.
- Imaging equipment, insulin pumps, defibrillators and refrigerators that store blood and drugs are examples of networked gear that have remote access control features.
- The devices' software is plagued by common security holes like weak passwords, lack of authentication to access, easy-to-determine default and hard-coded passwords and embedded web servers and administrative interfaces that make it easy to identify and manipulate devices once found on the network.
- Hospital are apparently just waking up to the potential risks.
- Last spring, the FDA and DHS issued a notice to the health care industry about problems with hard-coded passwords after researchers found issues in ~300 devices.
- ETFs: IYH, IBB, XLV, XBI, VHT, BIB, PJP, BBH, FBT, PBE, XPH, CURE, FXH, IHE, RXL, IRY, IXJ, PPH, IHI, BIS, IHF, FHLC, XHS, PSCH, RYH, XHE, PTH, DRGS, RXD
Fri, Apr. 25, 1:31 PM
- Today's selloff is following the pattern of most in the past few weeks, with the small caps (IWM -1.9%) and tech (QQQ -1.5%) leading the way. Pacing declines in the Nasdaq are a 8.8% dive in Amazon post-earnings and a 4.6% fall in Facebook. Setting tongues wagging in FB - but hardly a huge deal - is the sale of another 283K shares by Sheryl Sandberg, bringing her holdings down to 8.7M shares.
- The liquidation in biotech has previously been a convenient excuse for small cap selloffs, but the IBB is off just 1.4% today, outperforming the Russell 2000.
- What's working? Utilities again. The XLU +0.8% today and +13% this year, outperforming the Russell 2000 by about 1.6K basis points.
- Small cap ETFs: IWM, TZA, TNA, UWM, VB, IJR, SLY, RWJ, URTY, SCHA, TWM, RWM, SRTY, SAA, DWAS, VTWO, SDD, VIOO, JKJ, RSCO, SBB, FYX, XSLV, EWRS, TWOK, SMLV, PXSC
- Utility ETFs: XLU, IDU, VPU, NLR, GRID, JXI, NUCL, DBU, IPU, UPW, RYU, PUI, FUTY, FXU, SDP, PSCU, UTLT
- Biotech ETFs: IBB, XBI, BIB, BBH, FBT, PBE, BIS
Fri, Apr. 25, 12:46 PM
- In what may be the first step in discovering how to eradicate African sleeping sickness, scientists decipher the dreaded tsetse fly's genome. The decade-long effort involved more than 149 scientists from 78 research institutions in 18 countries. It's genome contains ~12K genes and 366M letters of genetic code.
- The fly carries the parasitic microorganism, Trypanosoma brucei, that causes Trypanosomiasis in 36 sub-Saharan countries. It transmits the pathogen in its saliva when it bites a victim. The disease is fatal if untreated.
- The disease also afflicts cattle with a disease called Nagana.
- The bug's biology is unusual. It gives birth to live young, it nourishes larvae inside the uterus with a milk-like substance, it finds the colors blue and black irresistible and it feeds exclusively on blood.
- Researchers hope to identify a tsetse-specific reproductive inhibitor that has no mammalian toxicity.
- The tsetse fly has been in mammals' ointment for at least 34M years.
- Sleeping sickness afflicts far fewer people than malaria and dengue.
- In 2012 there were 7,216 recorded cases according to WHO, but the incidence is most certainly under-reported.
- ETFs: IBB, XBI, BIB, BBH, FBT, PBE, BIS
- ETFs: IRY, IXJ
Tue, Apr. 22, 12:14 PM
- The Health Care M&A Report tallies Q1 2014 deal volume of 239 transactions valued at $49.6B. The number of deals for Q4 2013 and Q1 2013 were 278 and 212, respectively. The $49.6B total value was up 11% versus Q4 and up 217% versus Q1.
- The most deals were consummated in long-term care (60), pharmaceuticals (33), biotech (26) and devices (25).
- Healthcare ETFs: IYH, IBB, XLV, XBI, VHT, BIB, PJP, BBH, FBT, PBE, XPH, CURE, FXH, IHE, RXL, IRY, IXJ, PPH, IHI, BIS, IHF, FHLC, XHS, PSCH, RYH, XHE, PTH, DRGS, RXD
Tue, Apr. 22, 11:33 AM
- The FDA proposes an "Expedited Access PMA" (EAP) process for medical devices that treat or diagnose patients with serious conditions whose medical needs are unmet by current technology. The program features earlier and more interactive participation by agency staff to collaboratively develop a plan for the collection of the scientific and clinical data to support approval. The EAP aims to reduce certain devices' development times in addition to the expected shortened premarket review.
- Eligible devices must fit the following profile: 1) be intended to treat or diagnose a life-threatening or irreversibly-debilitating disease or condition and 2) represent one of the following: no approved alternative treatment/diagnostic exists or it represents a breakthrough technology that provides a clinically meaningful advantage over existing technology or offers a significant clinically meaningful advantage over currently-available alternatives or the device's availability is in the patient's best interest.
- The proposed EAP builds on the Expedited Access Program for pharmaceuticals that the FDA launched in 2011.
- Draft guidance
- Healthcare ETFs: IYH, IBB, XLV, XBI, VHT, BIB, PJP, BBH, FBT, PBE, XPH, CURE, FXH, IHE, RXL, IRY, IXJ, PPH, IHI, BIS, IHF, FHLC, XHS, PSCH, RYH, XHE, PTH, DRGS, RXD
Mon, Apr. 21, 12:56 PM
- Three late bull market biotech IPOs are shining examples of the truism of sector rotation and the value of diving through the funding window before it closes.
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE -6.4%) debuted on January 31 on robust volume of 4.4M shares. Trading opened at almost 2x the IPO price of $21 ending the day at $42.25. Prices peaked at $69.77 on March 13. Shares trade hands today at $40. The firm still sports a market cap of $1.2B despite no revenues and two products in Phase 2 clinicals.
- Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (DRNA -1.5%) debuted on January 30 on 4M shares. Trading opened at > 2x the IPO price of $15 ending the day at $46 never to return. Today shares exchange hands at $16, a tidy 65% drop from the peak. The company has no revenues and only one product in Phase 1 clinicals.
- Uniqure N.V. (QURE -1%) debuted on February 5 on 4.7M shares. Prices struggled to stay above the IPO price of $17 and eventually succumbed to selling pressure ending the day at $14.61. Prices peaked at $18.75 on February 26. Shares trade hands today at $8.80 representing a 53% haircut from the peak. The company has no product revenues but plans to launch its gene therapy product, Glybera, in selected European countries in H1 2014.
- Biotech ETFs: IBB, XBI, BIB, BBH, FBT, PBE, BIS
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Report: FAA to loosen rules on tablet usage on commercial flights
In the last couple of years the debate regarding the suposed danger of using electronic devices during airplane takeoffs and landings has heated up. Spurred on by a series of articles from the tech community, as well as voices from within the aviation community, the industry has begun to take another look at its rules and, according to a new report, things may be about to change.
The New York Times reports that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is preparing to announce relaxed rules for the operation of tablets and e-readers during takeoff and landing sometime toward the end of this year. If true, the announcement would come as welcome news to a consumer market absolutely saturated with all manner of tablet devices that become essentially useless during long takeoff and landing sequences due to strict FAA rules.
The rules are made even more frustrating to some, now that it has become known that many airline pilots are being equipped with tablets as part of their standard set-ups. Such a development has caused many to ask why pilots, situated in the most sensitive part of the airplane, are allowed to use supposedly dangerous tablets during takeoffs and landings, while passengers cannot.
However, the report does point out that the rumored electronic device rule change will not apply to cell phones. So airplane mode will still be "a thing," but sometime very soon we may finally be able to comfort ourselves during those rocky landings and rough takeoffs by virtually burying our heads inside our tablets and e-readers.


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My favourite dried meat of this type is the "Procuit" of he former Yugoslavia. The texture is drier and is not "stringy". Serrano, Spanish style is also very nice. Procuit is a great snack with drinks. The very best I have ever eaten is from Montengro, or should I say in Montenegro as it is not exported to the US. The Montenegrin region of Katunska Nahija, with the villages Cevo, Njegusi, and Tresnjevo, is well-known for its traditional production of ham and dried meat, and also cheese called Kajmak. Kajmak is a white cheese. My favourite with Kajmak is lepinja sa kajmakom, but alas I can not find the true lapinja recipe. Of course I do not have the stone oven required for baking this amazing chewey flat bread. Lapinja is often eaten with cevapcici (finger sausages of lamb & beef or lamb/beef/pork).
10/01/2007 - 14:47
I love the thin flat-bread type pizza with procuitto so I am sure I am loving focaccia with procuitto. Too bad you aren't cooking here in the SF Bay Area!


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I've been trying to improve my credit for almost a year now and I'm not getting anywhere. I've sent countless GW letters, paid accounts, tried to open new tade lines but nobody will give me a chance. I don't know what else to do. I want to apply for a USDA loan, but need a 620 mid score. The lender pulled my report yesterday and my mid score is 592. Can someone please look at my report and let me know if there is anything else I can try. I have it saved as a pdf and can email it. I appreciate any help I can get.
I would try like a secured credit card and let it age to start. CapOne or First Premier (I think) are good ones to start. Bring up the score a bit with those, perhaps the shopping cart trick. Then go for the loan. It will get there.
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Can someone please look at my report and let me know if there is anything else I can try. I have it saved as a pdf and can email it.
Just post the pertinant info here, and the peeps will look at it.
In a nutshell, if you want good credit you must show a history of using credit responsibly, and being reliable. So pay on time, all of the time for any existing obligations.
For defaulted obligations, PFD if you can, pay off if you can't, then GW it to death.
To add new accounts, become an authorized user, finance a loan or car with a cosignor, and get a secured credit card. Keep the balance low and pay on time all of the time.
If you add good, and eliminate bad, eventually all of the bad will fade and you'll be golden.
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Frank- it's an old, but previously very reliable, back boiler system, so 'banging' something isnt possible. T'was serviced literally 12mths ago. The company we use are a good local firm, but I know that getting spare parts etc is probably going to get difficult. OH & me have both just said, probably better to get a new, probably more efficient boiler now, before the cold weather really sets in. Joy!
Well at least the water heater works really well. My comments previously re costs of electricity can all now be ignored!!
Yes, I was thinking a new boiler will be needed. No idea whereabouts it'll go. Airing cupboard perhaps? as in a house daughter once lived in of a similar age. Tend to be very much of the 'if it aint broke dont fix it' brigade up here, but somehow not this time. I cant actually remember how old it is, t'was a replacement for the same sort that was here originally. If I say that the first one of these was fitted in '68 at parents' house & Dad had had a replacement that was still going strong when the house was sold last year! Oh well, end of an era. J.
Wettish & windy here in Manchester today.
Slight crisis here as the back boiler pilot light went out last night, so no heating. Noway can we relight the darn thing. We do still have gas, phew, so cooking will be ok & fire in lounge on! Thank goodness we also have an electric water heater, it's just a case of remembering to turn it on/off.
Somehow I suspect my plans for this next week are just about to be altered...... J.
Agree totally with advice given. Leave any pruning until at least late April/May depending on whereabouts in UK you are. Definitely take cuttings. They usually 'take' really easily.
If it's only a 2yrs old plant & you're already finding it too big, is it a case of 'right plant, wrong place'? Possibly consider moving it, or re-siting once the cuttings have taken? J.
Thought the room had gone cold- we've just discovered that the pilot light to the back boiler has gone out & we cant relight it! So no central heating! Yes the pump was wurring away when twiddled thermostat, but no radiators heating up. OH checked have a gas supply- yes- unlike last year when the stupid smart meter kept turning off the supply. (We now have an un-smart gasmeter, fitted literally day before Christmas w/end last year) Luckily the gas fire is independant to the back boiler- well I never knew that! so at least we can warm this room again & have an emersion heater for the water, but layered clothing will be worn.
Somehow my plans for next week look likely to change........... It's actually just under the 12 months since they did the service last year, but somehow I know they wont be impressed as it's an old system, previously totally reliable with no problems- ever!
Oh well at least it's not the depths of winter, but I suspect a new boiler & all the associated faffing around, just what I dont need, will be on the cards. J.
Poor Geoff, personally beans on toast not ideal in that situation, but whatever you fancy I suppose. The plainer the better & lots of fluids- not alcohol!!!
How can someone use soooo many pans? Well I assume he did, so just washed the lot!
Re the sweetpeas on GW, yes I was heard muttering 'David wont like that', but up here an early spring sowing is a lot less faff for me. No having to keep over the winter, although I could be tempted this time & do 1 pot......
Kate- re the dahlias. I suppose if they do 'try' I could keep them going, but am just inclined to store them in the porch later on along with daughters' which is growing strongly again. Am removing all flower buds from it to allow some 'strength' back into the tuber. Have just enough room under plant tables in the porch to store the 3 pots, plus the chocolate cosmos which also is in a large pot.
The new coldframe though is going to overwinter the pots of Agapanthus this year. I think the wooden sides, plus extra polystyrene sheets, will be better than the very cold greenhouse. They do normally survive in there ok, plus fleece & wrapping, but this year I may not be able to push back up a slipped roof panel because as have slightly moved an adjacent compost bin, thus making it rather difficult to get a step ladder put up next to the frame- twit, didnt think that one out.
Once the tomatoes are over shall thoroughly clean the greenhouse out this year. I usually remove them by end of September, but lots of fruit still ripening so thought another week+ shouldnt do much harm. I have to admit that the ones on GW last night growing in those relatively small pots looked wonderful. Rather labour intensive though, which I wouldnt want to do.
Off to go & look at my 50ps... J.
Phew, will catch up with all the posts later, or tomorrow...
At least I did get outside today, but wasnt dry at all. Several sharp showers so no lawn cutting. All being well, shant hold breathe, it's supposed to be dry both monday & tuesday so perhaps lawn will get done after all.
Did do quite a lot though, so less ratty now.
2 of the well chewed dahlias, in pots, are trying to reshoot! Was gaily tipping out the compost when spotted the shoots. No idea which ones as had removed the labels! Anyway as both tubers are still solid have popped them into MP compost in smaller pots & into a closed coldframe. They may come through the winter. Shall wrap/cover the pots, but wont panic if they dont survive. Wouldnt have thought they'd have enough 'energy' to restart, but since they seem to want to.....
OH has cooked, so am now about to find out just how much mess there is in the kitchen. You may hear the scream down South..... at least the meal was yummy. J.
Well it wasnt dry in Manchester all the time, so didnt get the final lawn cut done after all. Pretty windy as well. Wore lots of layers so didnt notice the chill.
Quick shopping trip early on, then outside. Got lots of things done, still loads to do, but at least feel as if getting somewhere now.
Tomorrow looks as if going to be a wash out, but possibly better Mon & Tues, so hope to try do the lawn on Tues. J.
No, not switching suppliers, signing up to a capped price. Switching would be too much hassle for me at the mo. OH living away the majority of the time just doesnt think things through. It doesnt impinge on him so why should he worry.... He also just orders stuff to be delivered here & then gets cross when yours truely has a life & is unlikely to be in, or wont wait in either, for his delivery. Ok rant over.
Seriously Geoff if you're still feeling/being rough after the w/end shouldnt you see your GP? Over 3 days & all that.
Ok signing off now. OH snoring in chair -yay- & GW soon on. J.
Am really, really mad! It's just chucked it down AGAIN! So the poor lawn, well green space, wont get done tomorrow after all.
I have just sat down plus calculator & proved that by NOT doing what our electricity supplier wants us to do, we can save about £40 over 12months. Reverse logic, or am I barking up the wrong tree? Anyway, no doubt if am proved wrong OH will never let me forget it, but t'was his idea to get out all the bills etc. I could have done without having to do it at this time, but ...... I know if OH gets involved it always costs!
Kate- check out any plans at local town hall?
Local paper arrived & our weekly bin collection is becoming 2 weekly, ok can live with that. We do have a food waste set up- it goes in with the garden rubbish if nec. I do sometimes use, but rarely as with being veggie any waste gets composted! The monthly paper or bottle ones are reverting back to 2 weekly instead of monthly- good. That was a problem if you were away for that day & had forgotten to organise with neighbours, particularly with the paper one for us. J.


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Unassisted GDB SessionsDecember 13th, 2008 by Tastic
Bugs can be hard to find, but I guess if it were easy, I might be out of a job. Nah…. they still need someone to fix those bugs. However, the point being that because dev machines are tainted, sometimes you can't find the bugs, sometimes it's because you never take the right path in the software to cause bugs, and almost every time no one can tell you anything relevant about how they ran into the bugs. Ok, the last part might not be fair.
We've found a large number of times that we've had to resort to running a debugger, gdb in our case, and a debug build of the software in question on a client box to find errors. Usually, this sucks as a developer has to babysit the software while waiting for the user to trigger something interesting. Recently, I've found myself in a situation where I need to do this for multiple machines and I'm severely lacking the patience to follow that. So like all lazy programmers, I've been obsessed with finding a way to take myself out of the loop.
The solution was simple once I got it right. Set gdb to launch in batch mode, set some interesting breakpoints, and a loop to backtrace and continue until quit. Get the log file at the end of a few days of testing. Getting that to actually work was a little rough though.
First off, I knew I needed a separate gdbinit file than my normal one and a easy way to launch. I'm in Windows here, so a shortcut could easily handle the launching. A shortcut like the one below works well.
"C:\Program Files\Your Debug Software\gdb.exe" –batch -nx –command=unassisted.gdbinit
This assumes you've bundled gdb, that you don't want it to attempt to use the normal .gdbinit, and you've created a unassisted.gdbinit. The "–batch" option will prevent gdb from prompting the user, and will automatically quit when the command file ends I then named the shortcut something like "Unassisted Debug Session"
Now, to the guts of the gdb batch file:
# Logs will append to gdb.txt in the working directory by default
set logging on
file YourApp.exe
# Settings good for logging in this case
set height 0
set new-console off
# Seems nicer in Windows.
set mapexceptionstosignals off
set debugevents off
set debugexceptions off
# Set first break and run
break main
# For DLLs, I've had problems setting breakpoints before the app actually starts.
break error_log_function
# I program ObjC in windows... yeah, that's weird
break '-[NSException raise]'
break '-[DatabaseConnection postError:]'
# autorelease with no pool in my copy of Foundation framework
break NSAutoreleasePool.m:250
# HERE! This is were the real fun is - $_exitcode gets set in gdb when your app exits
set $_exitcode = 9999
# Corrupt stacks frames break the batch command loop or user-defined function, so continues happen separately from the backtrace. We'll do the backtrace at all stop on a hook instead, as long as the program has not quit
define hook-stop
if ($_exitcode == 9999)
backtrace full
# The continue loop - this will occur until the program exits
while ($_exitcode == 9999)
Now, just run on multiple machine and grab the logs afterward. Hopefully, the backtrace full will be enough to track down your bugs. Happy Hacking.
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Seven Questions for Andrew Wagner
While other crafty magazines may give you step-by-step instructions for making a fetching windbreaker out of discarded FedEx envelopes or creating a kitschy fishbowl out of that Apple IIe monitor sitting idle in the basement, American Craft puts down the Mod Podge and focuses on the creators themselves. The magazine "celebrates the modern makers who shape the world around us" and in doing so, aims to connect the worlds of art, industry, fashion, architecture, and design.
Under the leadership of editor-in-chief Andrew Wagner (a founding editor of Dwell), the 65-year-old, New York City-based magazine has been reborn. The October/November 2007 issue marked the publication's relaunch and full-scale redesign, right down to the new satin 60-pound paper stock on which it is printed. In answering our seven questions, below, Wagner discusses the American Craft of today, his forthcoming book of writings by the late Ettore Sottsass, and a recent scuffle with goldsmiths.
1. You're the editor-in-chief of American Craft. How do you define "craft"?
I like to think of craft as the root of all creative endeavors — the very thing that gives life to ideas and techniques of making. To steal a few lines from a story by writer Marc Kristal from our last issue ("The Hand Meets High Tech," April/May 2008), "craft has less to do with the tools of making than with the sensibility that controls them. Or, as [fashion designer] Natalie Chanin puts it, 'Craft is a state of mind.'"
2. What were the goals for the magazine's fall '07 relaunch and how did you go about achieving them?
American Craft is one of the longest running, continually published magazines in the United States. In it's 65 years of publishing it has had seven editors. The last editor, Lois Moran, had been with the magazine for nearly 30 years and the last creative director, Kiyoshi Kanai, had been with the magazine nearly as long. When they retired I was brought in to take a fresh look at the magazine and to reexamine the how, what, when, where, and why of craft in the current global context.
Not surprisingly, craft was everywhere and on the tips of everyone's tongues across artistic disciplines and professional boundaries. From food to fashion to art, architecture and design, people were really starting to gravitate towards the "making" of cultural output. How are things put together? Where do they come from? What are the materials? Essentially, it's the question 'how does what we consume end up in our hands?' that becomes interesting when we have been so removed from that process for years now. To keep things short and sweet, I went about incorporating this very large idea into the magazine by being able to work with incredible people (writers, photographers, editors, etc.) who truly can "see the forest for the trees." Also, I've been able to work with one of the most talented design teams out there, creative director Jeanette Abbink and senior designer Emily CM Anderson.
3. Do you consider yourself "crafty," or do you make/collect anything?
My making has been mostly confined to writing, editing, and the overall production of magazines though I do play guitar (I haven't played in a band in a while, however, and am looking to come out of retirement) and dabble here and there in filmmaking. As far as collecting goes, my wife (Heather Wagner) and I have a lot of art work that we love but our collection is quite eclectic and runs the gamut, from photography to small-scale sculpture to furniture. Maybe we need to get some focus here!
4. Last book you read?
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Before that was Talk Talk by T.C. Boyle. Both are fantastic!
5. Best/most thought-provoking exhibition or artwork you've seen lately?
You know, I really loved this exhibit called "Street Level" at the ICA in Boston. Los Angeles-based artist Mark Bradford's work is just incredible. I had seen bits and pieces of it here and there but seeing so much of it all together was pretty special. Johannesberg-based artist Robin Rhode's work was very cool as well. I'm looking forward to seeing more of it soon!
6. Best/most memorable art, craft, or design-related encounter?
Getting to spend time with the late architect/artist/designer/writer Ettore Sottsass. He was such a huge influence on me. The way he looked at the world was just so completely unique. I feel really lucky to have gotten to meet him and know him a bit. I'm currently working on editing a collection of his writing that will be published in the spring of 2009 by Princeton Architectural Press. His writing is really incredible — short, funny, honest pieces that really cut through so much of what too often makes life so unnecessarily complicated.
7. Proudest art/craft/design moment?
Ruffling feathers at the recent Society of North American Goldsmiths' conference in Savannah with artist Bruce Metcalf during our presentation "D.I.Y, Websites, and Energy: The New Alternative Craft." It's always fun to get a lot of people really thinking and talking.


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Tallin Arai, the dragon rider, must leave the desert and the city he loves when someone puts a bounty on his head. He suspects the Balborites-a fanatic cult that trains deadly mageborn assassins. He sets out on a journey to save the dwarves from civil war and stop the Balborite assassins once and for all.
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Happily, MMOs are more than willing to dispense titles -- AKA "Name Bling" -- to any and all who show up and perhaps slaughter a town's worth of critters. Warhammer Online, Star Trek Online, Lord of the Rings Online and many of the new MMOs boast a title system. And why not? After all, it's one of the easiest reward systems to throw into the game from the devs' side, and players just go nuts over them.
So what title is your absolute favorite, and what did you have to do to earn it? I was always partial to WAR's "AHHHHHHH" title, which was earned by falling to your death 25 times. Because if you're that accident-prone, you might as well get compensated for it. What about you?
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Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 8:08AM nomoredroids said
Right now I'm pretty partial to Vindictus's "Gnoll Kicker." 100 Gnolls, killed via foot.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 8:18AM (Unverified) said
Warhammer online gives you titles whenever you are *killed* by a certain class in PVP. I didn't realize where it came from at first, but I ran around on my Maurader as "the banished" for about 8 levels before I finally went dumpster diving in my tome and realized i was bragging about getting beat down by a Sigmarite Priest!
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 8:25AM Arkanaloth said
"God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals" in GuildWars *has* to be my favorite title... Though I always laugh a bit when I see someone with "My Guildhall Smells of Rich Mahogany" or "L33t Skillz" dunno why but they're just funny titles to me.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 8:34AM gildhur said
"Creep" in LotRO. Comes from kindred reputation with the Ale Association. It can only be acquired through running meaningless fluff festival games every day for several weeks, but it's super win.
"Crosser of Roads" is also a winner, but there's no way I'm doing that much chicken play. xD
"Crosser of Roads" is also a winner, but there's no way I'm doing that much chicken play. xD
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 8:41AM (Unverified) said
Being able to call yourself a God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals is pretty badass for Guild Wars 1 :D
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 8:43AM MewmewGrrl said
Actually that title that you list there, The Undying in LOTRO is one of my proudest. I'm talking about getting it solo on old characters like Loremaster etc, not the newer easier to play two. And yet as proud as I am about it, I almost never use it. For one I think it's just a little too show off / bragging to go around with it, even tho I earned it, so one of the few times I turn it on is when someone is around me thinking they are showing theirs off. Two - those titles have become linked with the worst type of selfish behavior there is in the game. Personally I just solo myself up to get them, but others don't, and they put getting that title above and beyond the value of anybody else in the party so there is a great history of people ditching you to die and such, hanging back, etc, just trying to get themselves that title and screwing over the rest of the party. So the title has become more of a badge of selfish jerks than much else - despite the number of people like me who actually earn it, the people who put that title above the lives of their party mates have ruined the reputation of holding it.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 8:44AM Monkey D Luffy said
"The Hallowed" on my Forsaken Warlock in WoW.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 8:55AM Ocho said
Anything tavern related are my favs... in WoW, I went around with Brewmaster and in LotRO I'm currently sporting the Shire Brewmaster title.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:02AM ScottishViking said
"Weird of the Worms," "Giant Dues-Collector," or "Dwarf-Tosser." From LOTRO.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:10AM Carolina said
"Pie Eater" in LotRO, and the Vindictus ones are funny!
Wish WoW would add some funny ones like them too!
Wish WoW would add some funny ones like them too!
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:12AM Booda V said
I've been running around with the title "Interceptor" in LotRO for as long as I can remember. Not only is it a perfect fit for my character class since I play a Warden, it's also what is painted on the trunk of Mel Gibson's yellow MFP car at the beginning of Mad Max.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:13AM Xpander said
"Ow My Eye" Title in WAR. It comes with targeting yourself by 100 times
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:29AM Syesta said
FFXI: Tarutaru Murder Suspect
For obvious reasons
FFXI: Roc Star
This one is especially near and dear to me because I tanked that joker on MNK/NIN
For obvious reasons
FFXI: Roc Star
This one is especially near and dear to me because I tanked that joker on MNK/NIN
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:29AM Snorii said
In CoH, I had a couple of Norse themed heroes and loved having the "Destined for Valhalla" title on them.
In Lotro, I like one of the easier ones to get, "Watcher of Roads" and my hobbit usually has "Blind Leaper" on.
In Lotro, I like one of the easier ones to get, "Watcher of Roads" and my hobbit usually has "Blind Leaper" on.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:34AM (Unverified) said
My favourite title is "Legendary" from Star Trek Online. I've only ever seen two other people in the whole game with that title.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:38AM (Unverified) said
I'm hoping to get "Tuckborough Troublemaker" on my Hobbit burglar. >:)
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:39AM Sorithal said
Ridge Racer; Bruised, Used, and Contused (or whatever) for the more comical titles in LotRO, and then probably stuff like the Hero of the titles or "A Light from the Shadow"
Posted: Sep 23rd 2010 9:47AM Hjordis said
WAR has several that you can get for doing stuff naked, those are pretty funny. My other faves in WAR are Death by Pie, from an old live event, and How About Them Apples. No idea what they mean but I chuckle when I see them.
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Lin Anderson has published seven novels featuring forensic expert Dr Rhona MacLeod, which have been translated into several langauages. The latest, The Reborn is out in paperback in May 2011. Her short stories have appeared in a number of collections, most recently Dead Close in the Best of British Crime 2011. Also a screenwriter, her film River Child won a student BAFTA and the Celtic Film Festival best fiction award.
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