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Red as a color holds great significance in Asian cultures. It represents, among other things, strength and good fortune. This bright red tea set, with four double-walled porcelain tea cups and a large teapot with dragon-scale accents. Each beautiful glazed piece is stamped with the Chinese character for "fortune." A wonderful tea set in which to serve tea for the Lunar New Year. |


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Kathleen Raine was born in London in 1908, where she grew up; taking on a number of unsatisfactory jobs. Through one of her later jobs she met the nephew of the Indian mystic Rama Coomaraswamy Tambimuttu, who invited her to contribute to his new magazine, Poetry London, she did of course, and soon developed a lifelong passion for all things Indian. Raine began to seriously write toward her late twenties, and by 1943 she had published her first collection of poetry Stone and Flower, which was illustrated by Barbara Hepworth. Three years later the collection Living in Time was released, followed by The Pythoness in 1949.
Raine married twice, each time unhappily due to dissatisfaction with domesticity. She was even quoted as saying she felt "as if I were living in someone else's dream." This unhappiness led to an affair with a gay writer named Gavin Maxwell. This affair helped to inspire the works in The Year One 1952, which she released in 1952. Raine stayed frequently with Maxwell on the island of Sandaig in the Scottish Islands. The relationship ended in 1956 when Raine lost his pet otter, Mijbil, who inspired Maxwell's best-selling book Ring of Bright Water. She published a book of poems called Collected Poems that same year.
She began her autobiography 1973 and it was out in 1977. Four years later Raine had founded her own magazine, called Temenos, to help articulate her views. Raine went on to win several awards, including the Harriet Monroe Prize, Edna St. Vincent Millay Prize from the American Poetry Society, and the Queens Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. In 2000, she was made a Commander of the British Empire.
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Phish at Dick's, Labor Day Weekend, night two, 8/31/13 (photos, review, setlist)
Eric Gruneisen Trey Anastasio of Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on night two of the band's annual three-night Labor Day run at Dick's.
I guess we do really all love Dick's. For the first time last night, Phish sold out Dick's Sporting Goods Stadium, which can hold up to 26,000. Not too bad for some goofy dudes who have never had a hit song. Many assumed the show would sell out, you could see with your own eyes that it was getting more and more packed over the past two runs in Commerce City, and after Chicago sold out a 30,000 venue, it was an obvious "day of" sellout.
See also: Review, photos, setlist from Phish at Dick's, night one, 8/30/13 and night three, 9/1/13
Eric Gruneisen
Once inside, the first thing I noticed was that security had put up an inner metal fence that had staggered openings spaced apart from the stands openings to make it harder to rush the field. Last night was a bit of a mess around sections 121 and 124, from my vantage point, lots of scuffles and flashlights shooting around as people tried to bum rush the floor, and I'm pretty sure I saw a worker get knocked down. The fence wasn't a surprise, and over the course of the night, I noticed that it worked.
See also: Slideshow - Camping with Phish at Dick's
Scattered storms that threatened throughout the day never really showed, leading to a pretty beautiful evening, and by the time it was 8 p.m., the place was packed all the way to the back of the field. "Buried Alive" opened the show, once again like "Ghost" the night before, kicking it off with a bang and causing the crowd to cheer and immediately get down to business dancing at the songs frantic pace.
Eric Gruneisen
Trey Anastasio's guitar work sounded clear once again and the sound in the back stands was just as on point from the get-go. "AC/DC Bag" came next, with Page McConnell throwing down some really chunky chords; offering just a taste of the nonstop dirty funk he would be bringing to the table again and again over the course of the night.
See also: Slideshow - Camping with Phish at Dick's
The funk continued with "Wolfman's Brother," and Page's organ work, combined with Jon Fishman absolutely commanding the lead, had the crowd at full swing. New song "Yarmouth Road," another decent Mike Gordon slightly Caribbean sounding tune, came next. Most of the people around me didn't know the song, and when they asked me, they couldn't figure out what I was saying, but it was favorably received, nonetheless.
Eric Gruneisen
Finally "Fee" arrived, which hadn't been heard since Alpine Valley last year, and Trey sounded great on the vocals, which is key to enjoying the song. The piano solo was particularly poignant on this, leading to a really twinkly light jam that felt right after all that funk and getting down. "Halfway to the Moon" and "The Wedge" were up next, and both were great versions.
See also: Slideshow - Camping with Phish at Dick's
The whole set was played really well. I had to remind myself a few times that it was still first set. When "Halley's Comet" came on, one of those guys that wear the full body suits with a green neon stick-figure-man sewn on, came to the back of the floor, and danced his confident, swagger, stick-figure-man dance for the stands.
Eric Gruneisen
"Bathtub Gin" started with Page pulling off an especially cacophonous intro, and the band charged strong during the jam. Trey was just ripping it up and making his guitar scream, and it made "Bouncing Around the Room" a welcome break afterwards. "Mound" had a minor flub in the beginning; the audience was nowhere close to clapping correctly, but it's not an easy one, and the rest of the song was strong.
See also: Slideshow - Camping with Phish at Dick's
Page once again showed off his chops in "Gumbo" with a sick piano solo. And just in case you didn't recognize how sick of a solo it was, the notion was reinforced by everyone saying, "That's sick! That's sick!" The first set closed out with a bang, an on point "Run Like an Antelope," which made every person in the place take their energy level to full blast.
Eric Gruneisen
Keep reading for more on the show, including setlist and review of set two
See also:
-Review, photos, setlist from Phish at Dick's, night one, 8/30/13
- Camping with Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods Park
- Phish and fans at Dick's Sporting Goods Park
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For Alaskans, this is an invigorating time of year. The snow is finally gone, as the long Alaskan winter gives way to endless summer days. Alaskans look forward to seeing the first salmon return to local streams, and are busy repairing gear and getting ready for spring and summer fisheries.
Salmon have been returning to Alaska for thousands of years. With good stewardship, future generations will continue to enjoy the amazing bounty of Alaska's oceans and rivers. The 49th state will continue to provide the world with high-quality, wild-harvested protein from icy, clean waters.
With Alaska's reputation for sustainable fisheries management, putting the fish first since before statehood, I was asked recently why the state supports a marketing emphasis focusing on its constitutional mandate for sustainability rather than the external certification of the Marine Stewardship Council.
The answer is pretty simple and is based in state constitutional law: When Alaska achieved statehood, well before eco-label programs were imagined, we committed to sustainably managing Alaska's seafood for all generations. Since 1959, the state constitution has mandated management of our fisheries on the sustained-yield principle. We're the only state with such explicit conservation language.
Sustainable fishing is part of every Alaskan's heritage, is embedded in our state's DNA and is a point of pride. Thousands of families make their living from the sea; fishing and seafood processing employ more people than any other industry in our state.
As responsible stewards, Alaskan families know they must sometimes put aside short-term gain. All participants in Alaska's fisheries are committed to obeying fishing regulations that preserve and sustain the yields. We know the value of instituting increasingly careful harvesting methods, accurate reporting and applying scientific data to protect both the fish and livelihoods of current and future generations.
With Alaska's longstanding leadership and commitment, it's no surprise we would be one of the first, along with Iceland, to choose the best possible model of sustainable fisheries certification for our state. The responsible fisheries management certification model Alaska uses is based on the most recognized and internationally accepted set of guidelines, written by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
Many consumers are aware of Alaska's deeply held commitment to sustainability, yet we understand that companies need an independent third party that can certify the responsible management of regional and state fisheries.
As the stewards of Alaska's resources, we agreed to provide independent third-party certification that fits within individual companies' corporate social responsibility framework.
The FAO-based model does just that. FAO documents provide a balanced framework for fisheries eco-certification and have formal International Standards Organization (ISO) Accreditation.
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Our effort to provide choice in credible certification alternatives became embroiled in the debate over who defines sustainability, which is caught up in a market access and governance disagreement that has one non-Alaskan party seeking control.
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The charming village of Ella may be nestled in the middle of world-famous tea plantations, but it is locally renowned for something else: delicious home cooking. The town, located in the foothills of Sri Lanka's lush hill country 200km east of Colombo, offers foodies the chance to dig deep into the country's culinary traditions and learn to eat – and cook – like a local.
Although Sri Lanka only recently emerged from a brutal 25-year civil war, the teardrop-shaped island is quickly emerging as an Asian hotspot for intrepid travellers in search of tropical beaches and ancient temples. Its complex cuisine, however, remains largely unknown, much to the frustration of locals who are inordinately proud of their country's fiery fare, which draws on influences from Portuguese and Dutch colonists as well as culinary heavyweight India, its closest neighbour.
Meals in Sri Lanka are referred to simply as "rice and curry", which belies the wide range of delicious dishes. While many Sri Lankan specialities are vegetarian, such as pumpkin curry flavoured with aromatic fenugreek and mustard seeds, or beetroot with freshly grated coconut and locally grown cinnamon, the island nation has a long history of seafood and mutton dishes as well as "devilled" fish, prawns and chicken, so named for their intense fiery heat. Meals also usually include malum, a salad of chopped leafy greens and coconut, crispy poppadoms (a large circular piece of thin, spiced bread), dal (a type of lentil stew), coconut sambal (a spicy condiment), home-made chutney and of course, fragrant steamed rice.
Spices are a staple of Sri Lankan food, from the cinnamon that drew the colonising Portuguese to the chillies that they left behind. Ella, with its verdant hills and cool nights, is fertile ground for growing many of these spices, such as cardamom, curry leaves and turmeric. As a result, the town is renowned for its delicately flavoured dishes, which use mild coconut milk rather than hot chilli. Locals proudly declare that favourites such as tender jackfruit curry and cinnamon-spiced potato curry are among the best you will ever eat.
Ella Spice Garden started by giving tours of their family-run spice garden, which contains everything from chillies to cinnamon, pepper to pandan. When 24-year-old Chandika Madusanka realised that people wanted to learn not only how the spices were grown but how to use them, he began running cooking classes out of his family's kitchen. He received his culinary training from his mother and younger sister, who still keep an eye on things to make sure he is staying true to their recipes, including several types of curries, dal, sambal, poppadoms and spiced rice. Once the class is over, the participants sit down at the family's dinner table to enjoy what they have prepared together.
Rawana Holiday Resort, known for offering one of Ella's most delicious and best-value dinner spreads, has also given in to traveller demand for cooking instruction. After being inundated with requests for their recipes, they typed them up and also let those with a dinner reservation come early to watch the chefs prepare the night's "rice and curry" in exchange for a small tip. The evening meal consists of a dozen small plates, including spicy curries made from whatever was freshest at the market, such as young jackfruit, okra, pumpkin or bitter melon, and the Rawana speciality, a rich garlic curry simmered in a pressure cooker until soft and creamy. Their dal, made from red lentils and flavoured with coconut milk, cinnamon and turmeric, is simple yet irresistible.
Not just a prime spot for learning how to cook Sri Lankan fare, Ella is also an excellent place to learn about the country's storied history in the world of tea. Tea production took off in Sri Lanka in the late 1800s after disease devastated the country's coffee plantations. The cool, emerald hill country turned out to have the perfect ecosystem for the popular beverage, and it was not long before Ceylon – Sri Lanka's former name – became synonymous with high-quality tea.


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I've just finished hardscaping in my small back patio and need suggestions for something I can plant in a 1'x 4' area to act as a leafy screen. I love the modern look of bamboo, but everyone tells me 1' is too narrow a space for it.
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We have a neighbor who is very much a collector of "stuff". We also live in Southern Oregon where something called, well you know what I mean, is grown out of doors. We have planted a variety of evergreen trees and shrubs to block the view. The most successful and the fastest growing plant has been a laurel. Even the ones in the pots are doing better than other evergreens in the ground. We also have used Micchrorizea in everything we have planted. This has made a major difference in the growth pattern of these plants and trees. The variation of plants we have done will give a very nice backdrop to our "view". In the years to come the variation of greens will be fabulous to look at from our side of the fence. My husband staggered the holes, that makes a big difference in what the end result will look like. Good luck |
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With all eyes on Sweden ahead of the June 19 wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and her former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, the souvenir mugs, chocolates and even dish-washing cloths flooding Stockholm's boutiques are only the tip of the iceberg.
Some 1,200 dignitaries are expected to attend the three-day extravaganza, and local media have been poring over every detail, from the cost of the ceremony to the pastry chef making the wedding cake.
Who will design the royal wedding gown remains a state secret for the time being. Like Denmark's fashion-savvy Crown Princess Mary, who wore a gown by Danish designer Uffe Frank, the 32-year-old Victoria would be well-advised to stick to a local designer.
Billed as the biggest royal wedding since the marriage of Britain's Charles and Diana in 1981, the event will be preceded by a two-week festival dubbed Love Stockholm 2010, featuring concerts, theater, shopping events and children's activities leading up to the big day (lovestockholm2010.se/EN/Info.aspx).
With all the attention on the Swedish capital, it begs the questions: What can visitors expect to find and how does Stockholm measure up to regional rival Copenhagen in terms of style, food and entertainment?
Stockholm: Best known as the home of the Nobel Prize, the Swedish capital doesn't have a single iconic landmark like the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben, but visitors can get an advance glimpse of the wedding preparations by visiting the Royal Palace and witnessing its daily changing of the guard.
Copenhagen: The statue of The Little Mermaid in the Danish capital is one of the world's most popular tourist attractions, but visitors have to make do with a video image of the sculpture after it was temporarily moved to the Danish pavilion at Shanghai's Expo 2010.
Stockholm: Swedish fashion has taken the world by storm, as evidenced by the global success of fast-fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz, and there is no shortage of cool designer pieces to be found in the Swedish capital. PUB, the city's oldest department store, offers a discerningly edited selection of local brands, including Whyred, Acne and Tiger of Sweden. A visit to interior design temple Svenskt Tenn could be costly — vintage botanical-print textiles by Josef Frank are hugely tempting but cost upward of $115 a square meter. Web sites: pub.se/; whyred.se/; acne.se/; tigerofsweden.com/; svenskttenn.se/.
Copenhagen: Denmark's leading style export is arguably model Helena Christensen, but Copenhagen boasts a thriving fashion scene with well-known brands including Day Birger et Mikkelsen, Bruuns Bazaar and By Malene Birger. Also check out the boutiques of local designers like Mads Nørgaard and Heartmade by Julie Fagerholt. The Danish Design Center, meanwhile, is a one-stop shop for fans of Scandinavian interior design, with exhibitions, a store and even a cafe serving the local specialty: open-faced sandwiches known as smorrebrod. Web sites: day.dk; bruunsbazaar.com; bymalenebirger.dk; madsnorgaard.com; heartmade.dk; ddc.dk/.


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Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says that Nintendo is holding internal discussions to figure out how it can make modern games more instantly rewarding - like it's old classics.
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"This is actually a topic that has been a big discussion internally for us lately," Miyamoto told Kotaku.
"I think there a couple of things going on. One is that, often times we're creating games where you're doing a lot of different actions. Zelda is an example of one of those. And, particularly with these types of games, you have to first learn the action and then you have to master the action and then you have to have more actions added in and master those."
Miyamoto later went on, "So one of the things we're talking about internally is how can we get people to that point of fun more quickly, and 'How do we balance the need to teach them how to do something with the need for them to be able to master it and feel they can do it well?'- and also tell the story - and 'What is that overall balance and how we approach it?' That's one of the key things we're talking about with Zelda right now."
If we were in that boardroom, we'd 'A Link to the Past' running on a giant screen and force everyone to watch us playing it over, and over, and over again.
Miyamoto has also recently revealed that he'd like to make a first-person shooter, if only he had the time to do it.


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Grand Prix of America postponed until 2014, organisers confirm
The inaugural Grand Prix of America will be postponed to 2014 due to a financing problem, organisers have confirmed.
Bernie Ecclestone"They've run out of time. They didn't quite think it all through"
The race was pencilled in for 16 June next year but there have been doubts whether it would take place.
Grand Prix of America promoter Leo Hindery Jnr confirmed F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's claim the race was off.
"We're going to be racing at Port Imperial, unfortunately just not as soon as we hoped," said Hindery Jnr.
Earlier, Ecclestone said he "did not think" there would be a replacement for the Grand Prix of America next season.
"They've had a wake-up call but it came too late," said Ecclestone.
17 March - Australia (Melbourne)
24 March - Malaysia (Sepang)
14 April - China (Shanghai)
21 April - Bahrain (Sakhir)
12 May - Spain (Barcelona)
26 May - Monaco
9 June - Canada (Montreal)
30 June - Britain (Silverstone)
21 July - Germany (Nurburgring/Hockenheim)
28 July - Hungary (Hungaroring)
25 August - Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)
8 September - Italy (Monza)
22 September - Singapore (Marina Bay)
6 October - Japan (Suzuka)
13 October - Korea (Yeongam) *
27 October - India (Buddh International)
3 November - Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)
17 November - United States (Austin)
24 November - Brazil (Interlagos)
* Subject to confirmation
Hindery Jnr said he remains "100 per cent committed" to the project despite confirming a postponement of the race.
"We promised [New Jersey] Governor [Chris] Christie, the towns [of Weehawken and West New York], the sport and its international fans the best possible experience," added Hindery Jnr.
"Unfortunately, we need additional time to ensure that happens.
"But we remain 100 per cent committed to the Grand Prix of America at Port Imperial, and the race could have no better partner and friend than the CEO of Formula 1, Bernie Ecclestone.
"We benefit greatly from his experience and counsel, and from his support."
Last month Ecclestone said the organisers had not complied with the terms and conditions of the contract.
On Thursday, New Jersey local media reported that Grand Prix of America officials were due to make an official announcement on Friday.
But Ecclestone confirmed the news himself before that could take place. He said: "They got all the permissions together. Everything was done, that was all fine, but then they missed the boat a little on some financing that was coming in.
"Everything is set up, but it's now too late to finish on time."
The waterfront race, with the New York skyline as a backdrop, had been pencilled in on the 2013 calendar with an asterisk against it.
It was set to be one of two US races on the next season's list, joining the United States Grand Prix, which returns this November at a new track in Austin, Texas.
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Comment number 264.
21st October 2012 - 22:16@263 Yep - I think that's by far the best solution. Oh well goodnight fellas - it's an early start in the morning for me ;)
Comment number 263.
21st October 2012 - 22:00@262
Or just ignore him? If no one responds to him, he'll soon grow tired of it and hopefully give up. Replying to him when he's clearly posting rubbish is just giving him an audience. If people keep responding to him, he'll keep doing it, no responses, regardless of what he comes out with, and he'll stop it. -
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21st October 2012 - 21:29@261 Oh yes, I remember him grilling Rach and your question to him too! Thought it was a bit Strange.
@260 Simplest thing for the beeb to do is ban his IP address if he continues the nonsense. Interesting point you make about trolls on other sites though. Never knew as ive dont visit them. -
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21st October 2012 - 21:21@ 259 He began saying he was a rugby fan and he didn´t care much about F1. So Rach asked him what he was doing here then? And his answer was a questionary to Rach, police style. He looked like he was a police officer. And I told him that. Then all the jokes began but I didn´t see anything harmfull about it
Comment number 260.
21st October 2012 - 21:09Yeah, you do get your 'regular' trolls on these comment boards.
One called 'fallenfaith' who sticks to the cricket feeds, one called 'bob' who crops up everywhere, and one called 'sportingfan123' who just posts rubbish with a link to his equally rubbish website. But no, not encountered this one before friday, hopefully he'll either grow up or get board and stop doing it!
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Hi everyone. I've bought these plants couple of days ago and don't know their names. There are four different plants in that container and the seller says they are all evergreen. I can post close up pictures of them too if necessary. Please help me identify them. Thank you. |
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Pittosporum, pieris & podocarpus? |
- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Fri, Jul 4, 14 at 22:26
I'm familiar with Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Maki' and have forgotten most of what I've read about other Podocarps, so I'm not sure how much my opinion is worth. 8-/ To me, the leaves in the photo look too short to be a Podocarpus. Also, Evergreentall is somewhere in zone 5, and while my two 'Maki' are happy on the east side of the house (supposedly 7a -- but a definite 6b this past winter), zone 5 seems unlikely. Evergreentall, were these sold to you as shrubs which could survive your winter, or as houseplants? Was the seller in your zone 5, or somewhere much milder? |
- Posted by Evergreentall none (My Page) on Sat, Jul 5, 14 at 0:42
Thank you restoner. Now I'm sure that the one with the red leaves on top is definitely pieris. And thank you missingtheobvious.On the description tag there wasn't much information, only "Evergreen". and the seller is also in zone 5. I put the close up picture of the taller plant here. |
- Posted by pitimpinai z6 Chicago (My Page) on Sat, Jul 5, 14 at 1:23
Picea abies glauca |
- Posted by dave_in_nova VA zone 7a (My Page) on Sat, Jul 5, 14 at 6:41
The lowest plant could be some type of boxwood trained to grow downward. Fourth plant could be a juniper of some kind or maybe a chamaecyparis. |
- Posted by gardener365 IL 5b (My Page) on Sat, Jul 5, 14 at 7:18
Nope to Picea abies glauca but close ;-) Picea glauca 'Conica' (Dwarf Alberta spruce) Dax |
- Posted by Evergreentall (My Page) on Sat, Jul 5, 14 at 17:33
Thank you everyone. So the tall one in the back seems to be Picea glauca 'Conica' (Dwarf Alberta spruce). For the two front plant I'll add two more detailed pictures. Lets see if they help better. |
This post was edited by Evergreentall on Sat, Jul 5, 14 at 17:44
- Posted by Evergreentall 5 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 5, 14 at 17:40
- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 14 at 16:51
Pieris japonica dwarf Alberta spruce Juniper, possibly Juniperus scopulorum kinnikinnick, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
- Posted by Evergreentall none (My Page) on Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 21:45
Thank you very much gardengal48. You are very knowledgeable. I would have never found out about kinnikinnick without the help of a horticulturist. Now that I know them all, I love them all. Thank you everyone! |
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CPAs are licensed by the state's Child Care Licensing unit; county social service departments contract with CPAs to place kids in homes, which the CPAs then supervise. When the state began collecting statistics in 1986, there were 49 child-placement agencies in Colorado. As of July 1, 1998, that number had almost doubled. Though some of those CPAs handle only adoptions, both in this country and abroad, Dana Andrews, the state's child-care licensing administrator, describes the increase in private child-placement agencies as significant and says the number of CPAs really began to escalate in the early 1990s, due largely to a rise in drug and alcohol cases that required special care.
At the same time, foster parents who worked with counties began jumping ship. "Foster parents who work for counties became very disenchanted with the level of service they were getting," says Sandra Barnes, a foster-care coordinator at a CPA called Adoption Alliance in Aurora. Barnes says kids were coming into the system at a younger age and with more serious medical and behavioral problems, and the counties were not there to provide therapy or to provide support--24-hour hotlines, a caseworker who came by regularly, someone to listen and offer advice when a kid sawed off the end of a living-room table or set something on fire. "Child-placement agencies rose to fulfill that need," she says.
But it came with a cost.
Colorado counties dole out money to both county-run foster homes and to private CPAs. While most of the 104 CPAs in the state are nonprofits, 28 of them are profit-making entities. And the state pays more for the services of the private agencies: In fiscal year 1997, the state paid an average of $1,058 per month to foster parents in county-administered programs; foster parents who worked through CPAs earned $1,691.
Many observers say CPAs are motivated more by money than by helping children. "We now have profit-making agencies finding homes for kids," says attorney David Littman, who has worked many juvenile court cases as a guardian ad litem, or legal representative for kids.
"I think some CPAs are in this for the business," says Joyce Wilson, the supervisor for foster-care licensing at the Jefferson County Department of Social Services. However, she adds that it's not a job that will make anyone rich. But according to an August 1998 audit of the Child Welfare Services Division, as much as 65 percent of the fees paid to CPAs might be used for administrative purposes or purposes other than those related to the direct care and maintenance of the children in placement. Counties also have administrative and clerical costs, but the largest counties are able to spread those costs among more foster homes than CPAs can. That means the average overhead spent on a county foster home in a large county such as Denver is less than for a CPA home.
Child-welfare workers agree that CPA costs are higher because CPAs provide children with more sophisticated services than county-run foster homes. But the state audit notes that "neither the [state] nor the counties know whether this is reasonable or appropriate or whether the comparable services could be provided more or less efficiently by the state. Consequently, the state may be paying too much for activities and tasks not necessarily related to the direct care and treatment of children in out-of-home placement."
"When you don't know what services you're paying for and what the outcomes are, you get a system that doesn't make a lot of sense," says deputy state auditor Joanne Hill, who led the audit.
"There are a lot of good foster parents out there," notes LaBella. Speaking of a young girl with a long list of medical problems whom she's trying to adopt, La Bella says, "If I wasn't able to adopt her, she'd be stuck in the system. They sound like we're putting kids in the closet and making money."
But Jefferson County's Wilson is wary of private placement agencies. "You start making this a business and you start getting abuses that are pretty significant. Businesses want people. They're gonna say, 'So, they lost their driver's license, but we'll give them a lot of counseling.' They'll take risks county agencies won't."
Colorado is one of only a few states that has a state-supervised, county-administered child-welfare system (most other states have state-supervised and state-run child-welfare systems). That means Colorado's Division of Child Welfare Services, part of the Department of Human Services, lays down the rules for all of the state's child-welfare programs and then passes out the money--$196.2 million in fiscal year 1997--to county social service departments, and each county is essentially autonomous. It's as if the state has 63 separate child-welfare programs. And now the state is in the late stages of shifting to a managed-care model in which counties will assume the financial risk of delivering child-welfare programs; legislators hope they will use their now limited resources more efficiently and with greater accountability.
But part of the system's out-of-control costs are attributable to the fact that CPAs are draining a disproportionate amount of funds from the system.
When child-placement agencies began to emerge, says guardian ad litem Littman, "they came in and represented to the state and county that they would do a better job than social services. The reality is, there have been some very good child-placement agencies and very bad ones."


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noun \ˈam-plə-ˌfī(-ə)r\: a device that increases the strength of electric signals so that sounds played through an electronic system are louder
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Device that responds to a small input signal (voltage, current, or power) and delivers a larger output signal with the same waveform features. Amplifiers are used in radio and television receivers, high-fidelity audio equipment, and computers. Amplification can be provided by electromechanical devices (e.g., transformers and generators) and vacuum tubes, but most electronic systems now employ solid-state microcircuits. One amplifier is usually insufficient, so its output is fed into a second, whose output is fed to a third, and so on, until the output level is satisfactory.
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You belong where all the excitement is! The Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort, ideally located within walking distance to the DISNEYLAND Resort, the Anaheim GardenWalk and the Anaheim Convention Center, is your perfect Southern California haven. Our service team winners of the prestigious Best in Class award from Starwood Hotels looks forward to the honor of welcoming you to our 11 acres of tropical ambience blended with executive elegance. An abundance of upscale amenities will make your experience complete. After a busy day, settle into one of our 490 guest rooms and suites, all featuring private balconies with views of either the lushly landscaped patio and pool area or the DISNEYLAND Resort and GardenWalk. Club Level accommodations provide additional comforts such as complimentary continental breakfast, complimentary evening cocktail service and hors doeuvres, as well as a business center and other exclusive amenities. Stay connected with Wireless High Speed Internet Access, available in our complimentary Link @ Sheraton experienced with Microsoft, or in all guest rooms for a nominal fee. Our flexible meeting space is conveniently located on the ground floor, and also has 10 Mbps of bandwidth to meet your online needs. When its time to relax, take advantage of our multiple dining options and year-round pool bar. Theme parks, shopping, dining, entertainment and thats just within a block of our front door ! Youre never far from something to see or do at the Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort. Its all part of your very VIP experience with us, where youre not just a guest, but our family.
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Son of a Gun
Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook's Son of a Gun is a seafood-driven departure from their meat-obsessed flagship Animal. Here the walls are covered with items like lifebuoys and the food is likewise sea-oriented (shrimp toast sandwiches, brandade with soft egg). One notable exception: their perfect, crunchy fried chicken sandwich piled with spicy pickle slaw, shredded lettuce and Sriracha aioli in a brioche bun.
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After an extensive national search, Governors State University has named one of its own, Deborah Bordelon, to serve as the university's new provost.
GSU President Elaine Maimon praised Bordelon for her distinguished service to the university.
"Under Dr. Bordelon's leadership, our College of Education has received praise from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education in terms unprecedented in my experience," Maimon said. "At this pivotal moment in GSU's history, Dr. Bordelon is fully prepared in background and character to do an outstanding job as provost and vice president for academic affairs. As GSU moves toward the admission of freshmen and the opening of our first residence facility, Deborah Bordelon is the right academic leader for Renaissance 2014."
Before coming to GSU in 2008, Bordelon was dean of the College of Education at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La.
Since 2008, she has been dean of the College of Education; in 2011, she was named dean of Graduate Studies.
Bordelon was instrumental in establishing the doctoral degree program for Counselor Education and Supervision and the doctoral degree program in Interdisciplinary Leadership. Under her supervision, the Family Development Center at GSU received the highest possible accreditation for early childhood centers.
She also co-chairs the Council of Chicago Area Deans of Education.
Bordelon received her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of New Orleans. In addition to her scholarly work in special education and reading, she has a particular interest in high-impact education practices, critical and creative thinking, and in literacy education.
"I am truly honored to be selected for this position. This is an exciting time on our campus as we transform to a full-service university, with first-year students and on-campus housing," Bordelon said in a news release. "I look forward to collaborating with the faculty, staff, administration and community members to bring this renaissance to life."
Bordelon thanked current provost Terry Allison for his leadership in laying the groundwork for the development and expansion of programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Governors State University, 1 University Parkway, University Park, serves more than 7,000 students in undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs.
In 2014, GSU will become a fully accredited four-year university, admitting its first freshman class and introducing apartment and suite-style student housing.
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Re:Good beer for $1 (301 comments)
Make it.
Don't fantasize, make your dreams happen.
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Re:Good beer for $1 (301 comments)
Make it.
Don't fantasize, make your dreams happen.
Been there, done that, so true. (462 comments)
Those of us born before 1985 or so can remember we LIVED WITHOUT INTERNET. We got by just fine. We went to libraries and subscribed to periodicals and bought books for information. We wrote letters on paper, used stamps, and waited days for mail turnaround. We read National Geographic for education and other activities. We survived, we liked it, we didn't notice much missing.
No 'net?
Been there.
Done that.
Was nice.
Don't wanna go back.
Pity the person who does.
East vs. West (292 comments)
In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox
they use for a single day when flower viewing.
Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot.
The end is important in all things. - Hagakure (The Way of the Samurai)
A solution looking for a problem? (248 comments)
Having seen enough similar "out there" products - at least when they were first conceived of - my reaction to your funny was "holy crap he's right!" and started wondering what could be done to bridge the gap from humorous absurdity to marketable product. The sound industry has long touted "1-bit digital audio" - similar concept awaiting for imaging?
/. ate my operator (606 comments)
Heck, that improves the example: if you can't fix the bug in that after 15 weeks of study, reconsider whether you're willing to work as hard as you'll need to for the certification.
I teach intro CS. Sink-or-swim is good. (606 comments)
If you can't grasp the basics of variables, decisions, loops, functions and classes in 15 weeks then you are not ready for what comes next. I've had students who truly could not, and it would be cruel to let them continue on, only to get mired ever deeper and rack up more debt. If prerequisites, declared or implied, are not fulfilled then one is in no position to go farther. Those who take it again and struggle thru may pass (rare), but they have already shown that - aside from special cases and remarkable effort - they are just not equipped to compete in the complexity and speed of the subject.
If you can't grasp
class C { public: void d(int n){ for(int i=0;in;++i) cout"Hi! "; } };
void main() { C c; if (true) c.d(); }
in four months, you're not cut out for the career.
I get students who don't grasp the concept of variables. I mean they truly do not grasp the concept of x=3.
Maybe they can get it at some point, but they don't keep up.
If you can't play standard scales in 4 months, you're not up to compete against talented musicians.
If you can't dissect a frog in 4 months, you're not cut out to do surgery.
If you can't write a poem in 4 months, you won't be teaching college English.
Sure we can hypothesize special cases, or give contrary anecdotes. Building policy on that is like not driving to work because you might be killed in a crash. I know Einstein failed math; he overcame, and so can any special cases - it's not like one is forbidden from the subject everywhere for life.
If you can't grasp a bare minimum level of competency in four months of six hours a week lecture time plus up to all waking hours for assignments, take the hint - go find your talent, which isn't this.
The flaw in FOSS (591 comments)
Hence my #1 general complaint with free open source software: developers tend to fix what they want to fix, not what must be fixed. Stuff which is hard to do, uninteresting, and little-observed (whether during development or in the bug report bin) tends to be passed over by those who have no incentive to do it other than in return for cold hard nasty cash.
...of the summary; the abstract does say: (286 comments)
The association appears to be related to non-caffeine components of coffee.
- from the linked-to abstract.
EDGE fallback? (277 comments)
Lacking 3G coverage, most areas have EDGE network available, and the 3G radio should fall back to that.
Yeah, it's slow - but at least it works (big difference between "slow" and "nothing"). 'tis rare that my iPad gets no service whatsoever, as most "middle of nowhere" areas still have EDGE at minimum.
Upshot: if your cell phone works, and you're not doing international roaming, it will at least function passably until you return to suitable civilization.
So ends an era (277 comments)
I was about to make a snarky comment about turning in your geek card, but then realized we now have a generation of geeks who legitimately don't know that ^W = Control-W => Delete Word.
Design != build (460 comments)
You are suffering the same confusion I'm trying to point out.
Software engineers (and their management) confuse the blueprint with the finished product. Your source code is not the final product, it is the complete detailed blueprint of how to build the final product - from which your compiler chain then builds the final executable (in a manner nigh unto instant and free).
This confusion leads to misapplication of processes, which in turn lead to silly assertions such as TFA. As build time approaches zero, so does the imperative to do correct design.
Distortion: construction is free (460 comments)
In most engineering disciplines, the process of actually building something is long, hard, expensive, and persistent. If the project is build a bridge, you spend a lot of time making sure the design is right; why? because the process of actually building the bridge takes months or years, costs many millions of dollars, and once built is not easily replaced. There is no room for error, so process is taken very seriously as a central part of ensuring timely cost-effective correctness.
In software, the process of actually building something is instant, easy, free, and transient. Type "make all" and go get some coffee; find a bug? tweak a couple lines and do it again. This distorts the development process; "process" gets snubbed as a costly distracting annoyance instead of the means of assuring that what gets delivered is correct, because it's just so dang easy to fix and rebuild in seconds
Welcome to 1983 (138 comments)
Main feature of the HP-150.
Small wonder... (298 comments)
Small wonder they dropped the "unlimited flat rate 3G" plan a month after the iPad 3G was introduced.
Makes me wonder how far the gap between the wonder and the reality of "cloud computing" is. Sounds great to keep all your data/music/video in the "cloud", but throwing around that much data grinds any capped data plan into the ground.
(Advantage to the early adopters: some of us still have that glorious "unlimited 3G" plan. Yay! FYI: they're transferrable.)
Should be a /. poll (697 comments)
...as that's what TFS asks.
My answer:
AppleTV ($99 flat) + Netflix ($13/mo) + Hulu+ ($9/mo).
Considering I'd have Netflix anyway, and will dump Hulu+ for inadequate content, that's cheap and makes upgrading the hardware easy (can upgrade to the latest ATV each year and still save 10 months' cable costs).
Why DVDs? (591 comments)
DVD, WTF is that and why do we still have them.
Because some people want to have unilateral possession of content, not subject to the decisions of others. What is available for streaming now may not be in the future, for many possible reasons. Ownership matters. I've put a lot of movies on my Netflix Instant Queue, which are now not available either via streaming, or at all.
Example: I want a full collection of Looney Tunes, the same ones I grew up with as a kid. Can't get 'em now because many episodes are "politically incorrect". Ditto Disney's "Song of the South".
It's why people buy books instead of relying entirely on the public library. Borrowing (which streaming amounts to) is fine for most content, but sometimes you want to own a copy not subject to whether the library has it available or not, either for your own convenient access or to satisfy "I own a copy."
Tablet plus Desktop greater than Laptop (789 comments)
[Darn thing ate my > character in the title.]
Tablet + Desktop Laptop (789 comments)
You carry a laptop because your desktop is too big to haul around. To get portability, you compromise power & capacity to achieve size and weight.
The iPad-style tablet is a recognition that something like 80% of what you do with a computer doesn't need the capacity, power, and I/O of a desktop, so leave that stuff on your desk and take the screen, connectivity, and not much else with you instead.
A laptop computer is a compromise. A tablet is meant to complement a desktop.
The Freaked-Out Future of Humanity (238 comments)
Natural selection will provide some interesting long-term consequences.
Browser-OS fusion? (95 comments)
So when will the browser and operating system achieve a seamless integration? Why do we keep thinking in terms of "browser" and "web page" for what's becoming just another storage/source of executables?
This has been attempted several times in the past (Java Launcher (?), Active Desktop, etc.). Just fuse them already; the concept of "browser" is becoming an obsolete construct, impeding semantic progress.


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July 18, 2013
- Austin Ingall, 5, of Temperance poses with Civil War re-enactors portraying Gens. Buford and Reynolds.
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Local history buffs visit Gettysburg for commemorations
Saturday, July 20th, 2013 2:00 p.m.
Local men see battle from two vantage points - re-enactor and spectator
For years, the Monroe resident has been reprising Gen. George Armstrong Custer at war re-enactments, historic festivals, and even an upcoming family reunion. Most recently, Mr. Alexander climbed upon his horse to reenact the Battle of Gettysburg to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the conflict.
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Luxembourg, 16 October 2000. RTL Group is stepping up its New Media activities and has launched IP-Web.net, a pan-European network for advertising on the Internet. With nine offices in six countries, IP-Web.net is offering advertisers the unique possibility of running international Web campaigns on branded quality sites all over Europe and combine them with their classical media approaches. IP-Web.net gives access to 75 top European websites, including the online presences of RTL Group's TV and radio properties such as RTL.de in Germany, RTL.fr in France or Channel5.co.uk in the UK but also branded sites of network partners like SNCF.com and Universalmusic.fr in France, the game site Bananalotto in France and the UK, Gamechannel.de in Germany or Rendez-vous.be in Belgium.
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To help your patients understand you better, you should understand there are different learning styles. Three of the main styles are visual, auditory and kinesthetic. Visual people want to see the results, auditory people want to hear about the results, and kinesthetic people want to touch and feel the results. Everybody has elements of all three modes, but one mode usually dominates decision-making, learning processes and how patients perceive information.
You want to present your message in a manner that gets through to patients in the way they understand it best. The easiest way for that to happen is to include all three modes of learning for everyone. For each patient, you should show them things, let them hear things, and attach feelings and emotions to them. Some suggestions to use during the consultation would be to use your hand, a mirror and a cotton swab to show patients facial skin-lifting procedural results, and letting them look at before-and-after photos of patients who sought similar results. Photos are all the more compelling if they are of people of the same age, gender and ethnicity as the patient.
Computer imaging also is popular for illustrating results specific to patients, and videos of procedures and taped patient testimonials also are often well-received, especially when explaining complex procedures. To offer potential patients a spot-on consultation, see tips in The Perfect Consultation.
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text: Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - With several high profile candidates running for positions, it seems as if there has never been more interest in the Buffalo School board than right now. Former Buffalo Mayoral candidates Sergio Rodriguez and Bernie Tolbert have thrown their hat in the ring, so has current School Board President Barbara Seals-Nevergold. All of this attention begs the question, why all the sudden is there so much focus on the school board? "When you're looking at the most fundamental issue in the City of Buffalo, in terms of what impacts crime and poverty, the education system is what impacts everything in the most fundamental way," said Rodriguez. Rodriguez says that the school system is what sets the stage for the future of the city. He also says that running for a seat on the school board shows commitment to the city. School board members do not currently receive a salary, instead just a small stipend. Rodriguez says that fact means only people who are truly interested in public service will run. But what about the tough competition? Rodriguez welcomes it. "Only about five percent of the voting population even participates. So only five out of 100 people even bother to go out there and cast a vote for School Board member. Having big names like Bernie Tolbert, Barbara Seals-Nevergold, I think hopefully that's what it takes to bring the focus to where it needs to be; in the education system." Already on the board is former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino. During his tenure as a high-profile school board member, Paladino has gone as far as calling for the job of Superintendent Pamela Brown. Despite that, Brown says she isn't paying too much attention to the race to get on the board. "I think the democratic process is good for all of us," Brown said when asked about high-profile candidates for School Board. "I respect that process and I respect the right of those who are eligible to run for office to make the decision about doing that." Brown added that her focus is not on who is on the School Board, but rather on running the district to the best of her abilities. Tolbert has previously said that he sees the school board as a microcosm of Washington, with two sides of people firmly entrenched in their positions. Tolbert has been present at several meetings of he School Board since his failed Mayoral bid last September. Both Tolbert and Rodriguez stressed the importance of the education system in their bids to unseat Mayor Byron Brown. Rodriguez says that he thinks people are starting to wake up. "I think it's just people starting to realize that all the problems that we're dealing with in the city of Buffalo stem from the education system."


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Spiel Hosts Successful Open House, Secures Bindery Equipment Orders
November 12, 2010On display were the Sterling line of perfect binders, automatic punches, coil binders and coil formers, as well as the Rilecart line of double loop wire binders. Also showcased were the Graphic Whizard line of creasers and UV coaters. Along with that new equipment, Spiel demoed dozens of used machines, including reconditioned corner cutters, collators, perfect binders and stitchers.
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The course makes good use of a relatively small area. That said, I can see where the front nice could get jammed up with players on a busy day. The back nine was spread out more and had some good diversity. It appears that there is a winter layout too which is encouraging. The baskets themselves, however, need upgrading and work needs to be done to the dirt tees which are pitted. Not a bad 18 overall
Amesbury Pines first of all is in the town park which goes through woods, over ponds/fields. It is a difficut course if your not use to tons of trees. It is an 18 hole course. Which the front 9 is mostly in the woods and then the back 9 is lightly wooded, some open field drives, and a few water holes. As far as the tee boxes go, they are dirt and uneven. If the teeboxes were more put together then I would play there more. Overall this is a great course to play a good easy game on.
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My bedside clock radio has a wireless outdoor thermometer. Occasionally, when the battery dies, the readout stops. No surprise there.
Last year I was pressure washing the windows, and a few days later the temperature stopped displaying. I opened the window and retrieved the remote sensor. The battery case was a little wet, but I didn't think anything of it. A few days later the temp display stopped again, and, deep thinker that I am, I finally remembered the pressure washing. I took the batteries out and let the unit dry out. It never recovered. One night, months later, I noticed the exterior temp was displayed. The sender was long gone, but the display was picking up the outdoor temp... from somewhere. My neighbor's house is probably 30' away from my radio, the next house maybe 50. I haven't noticed any obvious weather station gizmos sticking out of their house, and can't imagine a little sensor would have that much range anyhow. Yet I am getting the interior AND exterior temps, tho the ext temp quits every now and then - but always comes back. And it's a mystery to me. Anyone have any ideas??? The temp it displays seems to be accurate. Someday I'll have to ask the neighbor if he has anything that would transmit the temperature. (this is also the type of radio that picks up the national time beacon) |
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My outdoor sensor is about 60 feet from my display and it works great. |
LOL sounds like you do indeed have a neighbour's transmitter in range, sounds like a win-win and they pay for the batteries... ;) |
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at our old shop we had one like that in teh manager's office. the outdoor unit was actually mounted 325' away inside our tower building. this was so he could tell easily if it was getting too hot in there. the AC unit refused to start on it's own after any power blip, thus the need for the sensor. it sure beat sloshing out there in mud and water to see if everythign was cooling fine. so you could be picking up anybody's transmitter! |
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text: On Saturday, March 26th, the Matoaca High School American Red Cross Club visited the Virginia Holocaust Museum. During the visit faculty advisor to the club, Mrs. Maureen Cheatham, presented a donation to Mr. Jay Ipson, director of the museum. Twenty-one members of the club and a number of their parents were warmly welcome by Mr. Ipson and the museum staff. The group toured the museum after the presentation. It was a powerful history lesson for all in attendance. The Virginia Holocaust Museum is dedicated to depicting the Holocaust as experienced by its victims. A main part of the exhibition is about the family story of Holocaust survivor Jay M. Ipson. The museum features tours, programs, lectures, films and other events, and many of the emphasized stories are about the experiences of Holocaust survivors that reside or had resided in Richmond. The museum offers all tours and other programs free of charge to schools and the general public. Parking is also free.


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Scattered Shots: Grandpappy Frostheim on the end of Wrath {WoW}
Nov 30th 2010 1:25AM None of you are allowed to complain as much as we pallies. Back in MY vanilla days, we levelled with bare autoattacking with shiny, halfassed buffs slapped on our maces, hoping to get into groups and getting laughed out every time we offered to perform a role other than "kings plz". I never got to do any of the admittedly tedious raids, and do you know why? I was foolish enough to think that pallies could do any kind of decent dps! But no, the only way you could even consider asking for a slot was if you had gone out, bought the frilliest, squishiest dress you could find, throwing it on like mother's nightgown, and pledged to traipse about the raid, randomly slapping guildies in the face with your magical fairydust hands. Maybe you would even get some DKP for your rolls on the EPICS, considering you even make it to the last boss without wiping the raid with your ridiculous class
And we LIKED IT.
So don't you come complaining to greatpappy Aeothas about your troubles with the rotation. We didn't even get a rotation! Just got to stand in the back, occasionally whipping out a heal or holy shock, trying as best we could not to die from fire, acid, whelps, general malaise, and crushing ridicule.
And don't even get me started on you Wrath babies! WE're op for the first time in EVER, and all you can think of is how your epic mount should be free at levle 40! If I hadn't already succumbed to buff poisoning...
The Queue: Archimonde mountain {WoW}
Nov 11th 2010 10:17PM I have a question about Cata low-level armor sets.
After I read the article about the gear you will be getting while leveling being upgraded above late-80's-fad cosmetics, is it right to assume that armor from dungeons will set together, such as in Wrath, as well?
Breakfast Topic: What would you tell your level 1 self? {WoW}
Oct 3rd 2010 5:53PM 1) While it may seem practical, leveling Retribution pre-BC with a one-hander and a shield does NOT make you a tank/dps hybrid.
2) Do NOT visit Goldshire on Moon Guard. I know it's tempting, but you will be washing your eyes with acid for SO. LONG.
3) That G.I.R.L priest in your guild flashing the /flirts at you? She will steal your shit.
WoW Moviewatch: In a PUG {WoW}
Aug 27th 2010 12:54PM This is exactly the kind of person I would slap into my ignore list without a second thought.
ESRB unintentionally exposes email addresses of people who filed complaints over Blizzard's Real ID system [Updated] {WoW}
Jul 12th 2010 11:51PM ...That's not at ALL what "custodes" means, eman.
also, non scio.
WoW Moviewatch: Confusion {WoW}
Jun 18th 2010 3:19PM What the...
I was reading the comments and suddenly I scrolled up to watch it again without even thinking.
Enter to win an Ethereal Soul-Trader {WoW}
Jun 4th 2010 1:17AM Waaagh gimme gimme please.
Know Your Lore TFH Edition: Elune is a naaru, page 3 {WoW}
May 1st 2010 11:38PM Fucking fuck, Anne.
I saw the picture, and I was like, "SHIIT SPOILERS" and tried to unsee it.
World of Warcraft Patch 3.3.3 Release Patch Notes {WoW}
Mar 27th 2010 12:44PM YES. YESYESYES
The age of Revenge has begun.
Know Your Lore: The Infinite Dragonflight {WoW}
Mar 24th 2010 10:24PM Deep. Really deep. My brain hurts.
I think this was the best aspect article yet, though. Stellar job.
(line 28) when a dragon, a *CERTAIN RED-HAIRED WIZARD* and an orc went back in time and totally messed with the lore...er, I mean changed history).
Also, do you think it is possible that maybe the infinite dragonflight is a product of both bronze and green dragonflight members with corrupted agendas, possibly under the influence of the Old Gods? It appears that the infinites are trying to alter events that would get rid of most, if not all, of Azeroth's major events. Without these events, nothing would have changed past the well of eternity.
Now then, what does the Emerald Dream look like? That's right: Untouched Azeroth.
It's possible that the Old Gods may have attracted the attention of some of the green dragons, who, as we know, are combating a "nightmare" in the Emerald Dream. They may have presented the idea to the greens that the situation in the Emerald Dream is all but hopeless, but they could still try to revert the Waking World. So, they simply paired these converted greens with bronzes they have also converted, and viola, infinites.
This would be another way to explain why the Infinites are attacking such critical moments in history. With Azeroth reborn without the legion, orcs, draenei, anything past the original Azerothian races, it would be as close to the Emerald dream as the greens can fathom without having to lose countless of their number to the battle against nightmare. And, of course, it would be very easy for the Old Gods to just sweep in and wipe everything clean, remaking the world in their image.
Of course, this is only a theory, and WoW is still just a game.
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