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[1. Local]: Psychology {WoW}
May 2nd 2010 2:21PM I'm sorry that I missed the original article. First, the lettuce "response" that Brian gave is plagiarism of an article written back in 2001 by Microsoft researcher John Hopson called "Behavioral Game Design" and which is still on-line here:
(See page 2.)
Second, I'd like to point out that this study upon which John's point was based has been thoroughly discredited by primate researchers. It has no psychological validity whatsoever.
The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Undertuned {WoW}
Apr 30th 2010 8:58PM I don't agree with your conclusion. The Crab has mentioned more than once in the past year about how Warriors are overrepresented in raiding guilds as tanks and bears are underrepresented. I suspect that there is a deliberate, although sly, effort to make sure that that Cata gives bears and other tanks a chance to catch up. I think how fast they fix warriors is going to depend to a large extent on how players react to the changes. I certainly think the goal is to make warriors less appealing (which is not the same thing as unappealing).
Shifting Perspectives: Eclipse come Cataclysm, page 2 {WoW}
Apr 30th 2010 4:41PM I have never understood this logic: random=uninteresting. Randomness is interesting to me. It's interesting to all the people who go to Las Vegas and who play the Powerball and other assorted lotteries. I personally thought that one of the worst things they ever did was take the stun proc off of Starfire. I had so much fun with that proc I miss it to this day.
Warcraft movie update: Metzen says "still getting it together" {WoW}
Apr 29th 2010 6:34PM It means that nothing is sacred. From what I have seen Blizzard actually seems quite protective of its lore. At the same time, it's a game and a creative endeavor and not the tax code. That means that if they have to do something that doesn't fit with the lore in order to make the movie work or to make the game fun, they'll do it.
It's better to see the lore as a set of design guidelines rather than a mandatory set of rules that must be followed.
WoW.com reacts to Cataclysm raid changes, page 2 {WoW}
Apr 28th 2010 11:52PM "I'm one of probably a very, very few players that feel this way, but somewhere along the line, Blizzard lost that "Dear god we are all about to die" feeling, that awe-inspiring shock that you get when you see a new raid zone, and part of that for me is that just taking 10 people to kill the flipping Lich King feels so ridiculous from a logical standpoint of "This is how the story goes, this is how horrible this villain is." He can't be that bad if it only takes 10 people to kill him."
I know this is buried deep in the thread but I hope it finds its way to you. When I read that comment I wanted to hug you. Know that there is at least one other person in this universe that feels *exactly* the same way.
I understand the desire to make the game more friendly. I do. But the epic feeling is part of what made WoW, WoW. Yes, it was a game. But we were involved in a effort and a struggle that was much bigger than just ourselves and a few of our friends. I honestly think this entire focus on friends is misguided. Life is more than family and friends. It is. It's got to be otherwise the word "epic" wouldn't exist. 10 people can't be epic. It just can't.
PTR character copy service active (Updated) {WoW}
Apr 28th 2010 5:57PM @jr. Apparently not ALL the comments. Go to that thread and read reply #12.
PTR character copy service active (Updated) {WoW}
Apr 28th 2010 5:10PM It's the Beta. Boubouille thinks so and in all the years I have been following MMO Champion he has never been wrong on a release date. He actually predicted sometime in April. He might have missed it by a few days but it's the Beta. Count on it.
Cataclysm badge and PvP point changes {WoW}
Apr 26th 2010 11:39PM I know its a tiny little thing but what was wrong with Emblems. I don't like "points" it's like I'm playing basketball or football or something. It doesn't have to be emblems but something that fits the milieu better than "points".
Will I need to yell gooooooooooooooooooooal! when I finish a dungeon?
The danger of looking backward {WoW}
Apr 26th 2010 7:16PM And yet the counterpoint to what you just said is that Blizzard shouldn't be releasing any information at all. It seems to me that Blizzard is not only trying to convey information but also to control the message. There isn't anything per se wrong with that. But the question then becomes is letting out information in drips the best way to control the message.
When a company releases information in bits and pieces people are going to speculate. That's just human nature. Some of that speculation is going to be counterproductive and plain wrong. But what's the alternative? The alternative is for Blizzard to just shut up. I don't think most people want that. At least I know I don't.
I really don't understand the constant fretting about players being off message. Relax. Chill. Calm down. It's normal. Blizzard doesn't get bugged out about it so why should anyone else.
Insider Trader: 7 things that should stay in Cataclysm {WoW}
Apr 26th 2010 3:54PM I agree with most of what you said but I strongly disagree on the daily quests. I concur that it is nice to see profession associated content. I concur. But daily quests are NOT the way to do it.
First, there are too many daily quests as it is already, especially as rep grinds. The idea of daily quests is not bad but it has become a crutch IMO. I prefer the old style profession quests where you had to do a series of quests in a particular location in order to get that rare recipe.
The other way to do it was with the Waterlogged scroll for cooking where you could skip the dailies and buy them on the AH.
At the end of the day I found myself resenting that I had to log on at least once a day just to do the dailies and nothing else. WoW become a chore instead of fun.
I guess what I'm trying to say is this: dailies are OK when there are only a few of them and you don't have to do them. But when there are a lot of them and you must do them then I resent it. I think I logged on every day for three months just to get the Chef title. That wasn't fun and I won't do it again.


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DREAMer Francisco Hernandez Set for Deportation; Community Urges USCIS to Grant DACA
Supporters of Francisco Hernandez (A# 205-210-075) gather to urge United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to grant Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Charlotte. NC— Francisco "Paco" Hernandez, now 23, came to North Carolina from Mexico at the age of 14. He graduated from McDowell High School in 2009 and was attending McDowell Technical Community College when he was taken into immigration custody. Paco filed for Deferred Action, yet he is still being forced to see an immigration judge and could be deported any day.
When: After 1pm Immigration Court Hearing, Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Where: 5701 Executive Center Drive, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28212
Who: Francisco, family, friends, and community supporters.
On May 13, 2011, Paco was wrongfully arrested. Paco and two friends were coming home from a party where Paco had been drinking. Being responsible, Paco let one of his sober friends, Luis –on leave from the military- drive. On their way home Paco's car broke down; so all three friends got out to push it and Luis handed Paco the keys. While pushing the car, the police showed up to help the boys but instead (despite the care being completely off and immobile) arrested Paco and charged him with a DUI.
Despite his innocence, Paco was charged and sentenced to 30-months of probation. He didn't miss a single check-in with his officer. However, at his November 28, 2012 check-in, ICE was waiting for him. Paco was detained and forced to spend nearly 2-months in immigration detention in Georgia Paco was finally released on a $15,000 bond, allowing him to fight his case from the outside. In June of 2013, he applied for DACA, and now we as a community supporting Paco, are asking USCIS to grant his application and help keep his family together.
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My name is Enriqueta Martinez. I've lived in North Carolina for 1O years and I am undocumented. I have three children who qualify for what is deferred action. I came here in 2003 and got my driver's license in 2004. I used my license to go to work and pick up my children from school. I will always remember the day I got a call from school because my son had an accident. Without thinking it twice I jumped in the car and drove to the school. On the way to school I got tailed by a cop. Probably because I look Latina, but my license plate said I had a license, so he didn't even stop me since he knew I was licensed and he could not get away with pulling me over for no reason.
When I finally got to the school I was desperate and just wanted to see my son. The receptionist at the front desk told me she needed to see a state issued ID before I walked inside. Thank God I had my driver's license.
In 2009 my license expired on my birthday. It was one of the saddest days of my life. I could not even leave my house, I thought that just by going outside a cop out there would be waiting for me. I became depressed, I began to miss work, and I even had to change my schedule to mornings so that my son could pick me up from work.
It's been 4 years since my license expired and since then I've only driven like 7 or 8 times, only for emergencies. And when I got tailed by a cop during those times, I felt like my heart was about to split in two. Really, it's a feeling I would not wish even on my own enemies. That's why I decided to write this letter today. I have followed the proposal that will give us our licenses back. And most of all the controversy. I applaud all legislators who are putting their two cents. I'm not stupid, I know there are several things that are wrong, but it's a start. And it's not like the bad things are not happening already. I've been waiting for this day for four years. I'm tired of living like this and even more tired of listening to all the people against it. Most of them are not even illegal and obviously not in a million years will they be able to stand in my place and feel that desperation. So to them I say thanks but no THANKS. I want my LICENSE and I want it now!
An undocumented woman
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This year's celebration will be on July 9th in Washington, DC.
LOCATION: Lutheran Church of the Reformation (212 East Capitol St., NE, Washington, DC 20002)
DREAM Graduation will be an especially important moment for our movement this year. As Congress considers comprehensive immigration reform, thousands of people continue to be detained, kept out of reach with their families, and subjected to unjust deportation. As well, same-sex couples are denied equal rights under immigration law, and will likely continue to do so after the passage of whatever proposal ultimately becomes law. We will not allow such critical issues for our community to pass silently away from the public debate. Our movement will continue to fight for them.
Commencement speakers and a full list of activities and sponsors will be released soon. If you have been looking for an opportunity to learn more and get involved in the movement, this is your chance! RSVP here and if you can't make it, help someone else make it!
by Cinthia Marroquin
Last year in June I traveled to Washington DC for the annual DREAM graduation. The National Immigrant Youth Alliance organized the DREAM Graduation as a way to reflect on the accomplishments of undocumented youth leaders within the last year, and to welcome yet another class of DREAM activists into the movement; and welcome I felt. As each person on stage told his or her story, parts of my story and parts of the stories of other undocumented youth were reflected in their words. Because of their encouragement, I can finally say that I am undocumented. I am unafraid to say so and I am compelled to take action.
I'm writing this post in anticipation of the 2013 Dream Graduation, and the first anniversary of my coming out of the shadows. This movement has become an inspiration to me. It has taught me that in order to generate change at a mass scale, you have to be willing to put yourself out there. My coming out publically with my story has allowed me to be part of this movement which has most importantly redefined the immigrant community itself. Being Undocumented is no longer something that I am ashamed or afraid of.
The Graduation and convening of hundreds of other undocumented people from around the country really opened my eyes and made me realize how privileged I am; so I decided to join this amazing group. In the past 10 months I've learned so much from stopping deportations to infiltrations, and it all started at the graduation. You can read about my experience at last year's graduation here!
This year's celebration will be on July 9th in Washington, DC.
LOCATION: Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St., NE, Washington, DC 20002
RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BkIsPu9lQ_D7Qu2_anlvDEn9W3TaldhJt7wRhvdjGo8/viewform
FACT: More people have been deported under President Obama than under any other president.
Despite the hype about comprehensive immigration reform, we can smell the horse manure from miles away. We continue to get calls from people in our community who are getting deported. Mothers like Lorena and Maria Juana, fathers like Isaias, grandfathers like Miguel, and dreamers like Flavio, are the gangbangers President Obama has tried to deport.
This was taken at McLeansville Elementary School. It is a note Maria Juana Perez dropped off at the front desk explaining why her daughters, 9 year-old Nayely and 7 year-old Blanca, missed school the previous day. They were at Senator Hagan's office asking her to help stop their mother's deportation. Maria Juana was set to be deported 6 days from the day this note was written.
You see, as undocumented youth who belong to undocumented families, we cannot afford to wait around for comprehensive immigration reform to happen. We at the North Carolina Dream Team have decided to take matters into our own hands. We are securing our own families and in doing so, we plan to secure our own community.
On Sunday, February 17th, NCDT members and our families gathered for an afternoon of information and preparation. We shared with our parents and aunts and uncles and cousins the work we have been doing in the past year. Our families had heard about our work but there's nothing like bringing them all together. Everyone left with an emergency packet ready to go in case of an arrest by the police or ICE. You see, it is not only us – undocumented youth – who want to no longer remain in the shadows. Our entire families want to no longer remain in the shadows. And it's our responsibility as undocumented youth to inform and prepare our families for whatever may come. We are our own voice. We are our own power!
If you are interested in having a Secure Your Own Community training, get in touch with Cinthia Marroquin. That's her in the picture above. You can email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Why are we bothering Rep. David Price, who supported the DREAM Act? Well, because we had some important questions to ask him about his support for Secure Communities:
According to Rep. Price:
"The Secure Comm program…represents an effort to do a couple of things. One is to focus immigration enforcement on people who have committed serious crimes as opposed to workplace raids…as opposed to more discriminatory forms of enforcement. Number two, it's an effort to clean up the so-called 287(g) program, which has proved to be…a very problematic program. It mixes up state and local law enforcement responsibilities for immigration in a very dangerous way. It makes local law enforcement appear to be the long arm of ICE."
The most obvious problem with the statement above is that the reasons he cites for 287(g) being a "problematic program" all also apply to Secure Communities. In Florida, non-criminals accounted for 42 percent of detentions under Secure Communities between October 2008 and November 2010. In some counties the number was as high as 62 percent. Doesn't sound like a "reform effort" against "indiscriminate enforcement" to us.
Also, the idea that "indiscriminate enforcement" happened only in the Bush years is just plain wrong. Obama has deported record numbers of undocumented immigrants–a great many of whom were good, decent people.
Rep. Price had more courage than other politicians (Kay Hagan) to support the DREAM Act, and for that we thank you. But Secure Communities needs to end, which as it stands is deporting DREAMers and their families as much or more as anyone else.
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Maximizing the Worship Space, Part 2
Show 98-2
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In this edition of the SVC Podcast, SVC Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Brent Hayes of SVL Productions about the lighting and video components of the recent technical upgrade for the First Free Church in Rockford, Illinois. Brent describes the removal of many PAR 64 instruments and the addition of LED lighting instruments and control for the church. He also provides details on the addition of three Panasonic projectors and three large projection screens, the center on of which is motorized.
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So I found this beautiful 'bargain' door on craigslist, to replace my old & beat up, leaky front door. This turned in to tearing down a wall, ripping up the entry tile & replacing it, moving electrical, repairing the hardwood floor, & of course I need to re-paint the entire living room & entry & replace some of the baseboard & crown molding.
Since the olde baseboard & CM are truly fugly, I decide it's time to replace those as well. First step: remove the old baseboard. Trying to carefully remove the old baseboard & not ruin the wallboard behind it, & it is NOT wanting to come off easily.... Yeah, that worked....& I find out why it's not coming off easily....Not only is there no wallboard behind the baseboard, the baseboard is actually a 1x6 that the wallboard is sitting on top of. See the 100-yr old wallpaper covering the original wood walls? I was hoping to re-texture the hidden wallboard, & then install much shorter baseboard, but in order to do so, I now need to patch in a new piece of wallboard first. All the way around the living room. Either that or find some 6" baseboard & tack in something to even out the wall. *Sigh* I should know by know that there's a hidden surprise behind everything I try to do in this house!!!! Thanks for listening - just needed some understanding folk to rant to.... |
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- Posted by lukkiirish (My Page) on Thu, Oct 23, 08 at 16:18
uuuuggghhhhh...that sucks. Sometimes it doesn't seem fair, bet it will look lovely when it's done. If it were me and I could get enough of it from behind the fake wall, I'd frame a square of the wallpaper and hang it. Once you're house is finished it will remind you of how far you and your home have come! |
gmta lukkiirish :) Not this wallpaper, but I do have a piece from earlier in this process - still attached to the wood as well! I was making a dump run, & had that piece in my hands & realized it was a keeper :) I have a number of objects that I refer to as "basement art" - stuff that has no place in my home in the public eye, but much too wonderful to toss. The walls in the basement are filled with them, & they always make me smile :) |
How old is your home? You might be throwing away what others want. |
gammyt I am a recycler born of recyclers, & I re-use everything possible & look for used whenever possible. Believe me - if I'm taking it to the dump it's because no one wanted it for free! House is a shade over 100 yrs old. & it goes under the category "Old", not "Historical" lol |
Moonkat - the house I grew up in was built during the post WWII boom (1948). I remember some of the shoddy techniques my Dad found when he took on repairs with that house. I also remember learning lots of "new words" during that time. Good luck with your house. |
- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Sun, Nov 2, 08 at 11:23
Found some suprises behind my floor moldings also.. open walls, 6" baseboards hiding a 4" crack. I didn't get the new baseboards because I was off on a quest to find the most effective and efficient way to seal them. This 'diy charmer' is behind every baseboard interior and exterior wall ... in my house. Thankfully it is a small house! I truly get your frustration. Having never thought about Best of luck..and the old wallpaper is kind of pretty. Glad |
- Posted by bill_g_web (My Page) on Sat, Nov 8, 08 at 13:39
Mooncat99 - You must be in N. Cali. - That sure looks like old redwood you're tearing off there - nice stuff and at 100yrs of age, it's likely old growth. With an old house, you've gotta love the process - and have a little cash lying around. |
lol bill g - you nailed it! (so to speak) Just trying to drive a nail (the old fashioned way) into some of these walls is tedious. I cut the new baseboard with my handy little Stanley miter box, not too bad, but it took me the better part of a day! So I decided to have my GC's guys do the crown molding. Then got the bill from them for their last month's work, & decided I could do the CM myself. So I've just bought a used miter saw, & now I'm looking for a nail gun. I'll learn to work elegantly with this old growth wood yet! |
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Title: Claiming the Courtesan
Author: Anna Campbell
Publication Info: Avon 2007
Genre: Historical: European
Yo. Bitch. Why is it such a challenge for you to write this review?
A few reasons, but mostly because I'm having a hard time balancing my thoughts on the reaction to the story, and the story itself.
Jeez. Whiny bitch, much?
Well, yes. And also, bite me.
If I had to line up my first reactions to this book, which has been discussed much everywhere and by many (and by some who haven't read the book in the first place and what is UP with that?)
I agree. Cranial-rectal impaction is just heartbreaking to see, isn't it?
Truly, it is.
Anyway, my primary reaction is as follows:
If you are sensitive as a reader to scenes of sexual coercion, forced seduction, or rape, as well as emotional abuse and feelings of terror and helplessness, I don't recommend this book.
This is not your standard spun sugar Avon release. It doesn't allow you to remain complacently amused and merrily entertained. It's more than a little angsty, and it attempts to do many things in its approach to the genre.
If I were to judge the book purely on Campbell's ability to make me uncomfortable, this book would score highly.
(Caution: continuing review is all kinds of spoilerish, so be ye warned.)
Uncomfortable? Does romance do that?
Good question. Generally I personally don't look for romance to give me a major case of the squicks, particularly since this book is trying to do so deliberately, I think. I have to be in a specific mood to read, for example, an author I know to be emotionally demanding of the reader. I was not expecting that from this book, even given the cover summary.
That said, some of my favorite romances are those that made me think deliberately and with some difficulty on larger themes, particularly issues of sexuality. This book could have been one of those, but wasn't.
Plot details please?
Verity Ashton, known in London as infamous courtesan Soraya, is currently under the protection of Justin, aka the Duke of Kylemore. Soraya is Kylemore's idea of a perfect woman and wants to throw societal expectations into the Thames and marry her. But he is horrified to return to her townhome to find that she's disappeared.
Verity had chosen a life as a courtesan out of necessity, and longed to save up enough money to escape into anonymity into the English countryside. When she gets her chance, she doesn't expect to see Kylemore again, much less that he'd come looking for her.
Kylemore not only finds her, but kidnaps her, dragging her to his most remote estate in Scotland, where he attempts to forcibly recreate the relationship they had in London.
"Forcibly recreate?"
Yes, it's an anagram for "Or by Carefree clit."
Also, an allusion to a scene and section of the book where in "forcibly" comes damn close to, if not becomes, rape.
Rape in romance? How do you define that?
That's part of the controversy, I think. In the larger history of the genre, there's a lot of subtle variations of sexual dominance: for example, there's forced seduction of a not-always-very-resistent heroine, tied-her-down rape by a villain (especially prevalent in old bodice rippers), and rape by the hero, usually redeemed by a great deal of groveling.
Where this scene fits into the varying types of sexually dominant scenes is part of the problem, I think, that leads to the wildly varying reactions to the book.
One reader I discussed the novel with posits that it's not rape so much as forced seduction along the lines of BDSM, though I don't know that I agree with that since I don't think Verity agreed to any of it.
Personally, I think it was rape. But my discomfited reaction to the book is not based on that fact.
So what are the flaws that bothered you?
One reviewer on Amazon said the following:
I think most people who dislike this book will do so based on the plot, and not on the writing skills of the author.
My problems are with the writing skills of the author in finishing what she started in terms of writing a believable ending for these characters, both in terms of development, and in terms of finale. Part of necessary writing skills IS plot, and this plot left a lot to be desired. The alleged rape scene aside, my problems are all with the story arc itself.
First, I think the rape scene was meant to be read as rape. Justin forces himself on Verity, and in one respect the book is about exploring the balance of sexual power between a protagonist pair whose relationship is based largely on sexual and commercial transaction. She was his courtesan; he was paying for her lifestyle in return for sexual favors. Removing the commerce of that relationship and attempting to replace it with traditional emotional connection and romance was more difficult than Kylemore anticipated (to say the least!) and he didn't take into account that the person he was with in Soraya wasn't the real, whole, or even complete woman.
Campbell's attempt at the exploration of sexual dynamics in a romance is a huge undertaking, and I can respect her ballsy decision (no pun intended) in taking on such a potentially prickly (again, no pun intended) plotline.
Dude. Flaws? Hello? Quit skirting the question.
Ok, my three major problems with this book:
1. The heroine: Stockholm Syndrome much? She kept repeatedly seeking to excuse or explain or even come to sympathetic terms with his actions against her body, even as he treated her heartlessly – complete turnaround from his behavior prior to her removal from London. And what was the underlying message of the consequences of that removal – that you cannot Run from True Love or it will find you and force you to have sex whether you want to or not?
Furthermore, in the end, the character that could have developed the most, from a sexually provocative courtesan to a staid "widow" to a blending of the two into a much more vibrant and real character, developed the least.
2. The Hero: "Rebalancing" was a major element to this plot, and really, the sexual exchange of power was like being on a ship that had absolutely no port-to-starboard stability. Kylemore's actions were so dastardly, so cruel, and so callous, that by the time the backstory of his motivation and his apology rolled into the reader's view, it was too little, too late, and he was much, much too awful to ever be redeemed in my eyes. Campbell created a hero who was already somewhat pathetic, and made him completely unredeemable.
As I wrote in an email discussing the book:
"The imbalance in positions of power shifted back and forth but then toppled to one side. First, Soraya was in possession of slightly more power due to her emotional detachment and position as a courtesan – an ironic possession of power because as the ho, she should have been in his control and possession. She knew she planned to leave and had no intentions of permanence, while he was clearly mad for her – literally.
Then she escaped him for a time, living in deeply treasured autonomy while he socially ruined himself looking for her. Then he kidnaps her, forces her in all manner of situations trying to regain some of his pride and what he thought was his control over their relationship, and in doing so, creates an untenable situation: he is in possession of more physical power because (a) he can get her to respond against her will, (b) she can't really successfully fight him off because, well, he's bigger than she is, and (c) he's got the penis what's doing the raping.
By the time he has seized the sexual and emotional power from Verity, and then realizes his error and attempts to return to morality, so to speak, it's impossible for sexual and emotional balance to be restored between them, in my opinion. It's not so much complementary strengths developing on each side as it is the power struggle inherent in dominating sex – the idea that rape is about power, not sex, specifically. He repeatedly uses sexual force and manipulation to achieve power over her in such a way that there's no restoring him in my eyes to any possibility of honor by the end of the book."
3. The Ending: How in the name of potpourri was I was supposed to buy a happily ever after for disgraced lord and his now-noble courtesan? For one thing, I could see them twenty years in the future with her carrying this deep emotional scar from when her beloved husband scared the shit out of her and emotionally abused her for awhile. Can you imagine that ammo in an argument? "Oh yeah? I didn't shine your shoes properly? Well at least I didn't KIDNAP AND RAPE YOU, huh, dude?!"
And for another, what about their future? Were they going to embark on the Child-Free movement of their age? Because Lord knows no one would ever socialize with their children, what with the ass-backwards-but-still-happening-even-now judgment of an individual's Quality based on who their parents are/were. The son or daughter of a humiliated Lord who married his ho? Forget it. The daughter's season will be miserable if she's even let in the door of the Duchess' cousin's maid's little sister's chimney sweep's house. I can't see a happy ending, and there's really no way to achieve one unless they leave the country and pursue anonymity in every regard. Otherwise, the both of them are too infamous and too likely to be subjected to total ostracization for there to be a hint of permanent happiness for them, let alone their offspring.
And what about The Scene in Question?
The scene in question isn't as memorable for me now that I've read the book as the disappointment that more could have been done to make this an extraordinary novel. I'm not surprised it's created the rancor and brouhaha that it has, as Campbell attempted to challenge head-on some very large issues in romance, including rape, sexual power, virginity, prostitution, and social status. I didn't read the scene in question and chuck the book at the wall; I thought, "Now that hero is in a deep moral hole (no pun intended) and this author will have to work hard to redeem him." I don't think the work was done: I think Justin made too quick a turnaround in his regret, and too fast a realization that oops, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to use force on Verity. That coupled with the other flaws I mentioned made this book far less satisfying than it could have been. I've got no beef (N.P.I.) with angsty romance, even if I didn't expect it when I picked up the book. But for all the angst, there has to be adequate emotional redemption and satisfaction for the development of the protagonists, and I didn't get that in the ending of this novel.
So what's your grade, Beeyotch?
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I'm curious if anyone has grown Urginea maritima from seed, and if so has any experiences to share. Since it's such a large bulb I assume it takes several years to reach this size and bloom, but how big will the bulb get after 2,3,4...etc. years? Personally I think the bulb and leaves are at least as appealling as the flowers. My seeds are fresh, taken from the pods immediately as they mature and split. Thanks. The info below say hardy to zone 10a. This plant has been growing in the open ground in zone 9b for years and has taken at least 25 F no problem. |
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Don't have a clue as to your question, but I just wanted to say that even in zone 6 you can grow these over the winter in front of a window and bloom them over the summer....a fun bulb for every climate and highly recommended!!! Besides, a monster blooming size bulb is only $25 so I would suggest everyone try one :o) Dan |
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Primes p such that x^4 = 2 has just two solutions mod p. Subsequence of A040098. Solutions mod p are represented by integers from 0 to p - 1. For p > 2, i is a solution mod p of x^4 = 2 iff p - i is a solution mod p of x^4 = 2, so the sum of the two solutions is p. The solutions are given in A065907 and A065908. - Klaus Brockhaus, Nov 28 2001
Is this the same sequence as A141175?
As this is a subset of A001132, this is also a subset of the primes of form x^2-2y^2. - Tito Piezas III, Dec 28 2008
Primes that are the sum of no fewer than four positive squares.
Subsequence of A141164. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 26 2011
Also a subsequence of primes of the form x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 1. - Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Apr 05 2012
Primes p such that p XOR 6 = p - 6. - Brad Clardy, Jul 22 2012
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 870.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..1000
M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Applied Math. Series 55, Tenth Printing, 1972 [alternative scanned copy].N. J. A. Sloane et al., Binary Quadratic Forms and OEIS (Index to related sequences, programs, references)
Equals A000040 INTERSECT A004215. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 22 2006
a={}; Do[x=8*n-1; If[PrimeQ[x], AppendTo[a, x]], {n, 10^2}]; a - Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Apr 29 2008
(PARI): A007522(m) = local(p, s, x, z); forprime(p = 3, m, s = []; for(x = 0, p-1, if(x^4%p == 2%p, s = concat(s, [x]))); z = matsize(s)[2]; if(z == 2, print1(p, ", "))) A007522(1400)
a007522 n = a007522_list !! (n-1)
a007522_list = filter ((== 1) . a010051) a004771_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 29 2013
(MAGMA) [p: p in PrimesUpTo(2000) | p mod 8 eq 7]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jun 26 2014
Cf. A040098, A014754, A065907, A065908.
Cf. A010051, subsequence of A004771.
Sequence in context: A089199 A014663 A141175 * A157811 A227421 A098029
Adjacent sequences: A007519 A007520 A007521 * A007523 A007524 A007525
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Do you work at Cisco? How did you find the job? How did you get that first interview? Any advice for someone trying to get in? |
subhash in Mitcham, United Kingdom 91 months ago |
hai |
CiscoPerfect in Seattle, Washington 90 months ago |
Kay in Plano, Texas 89 months ago |
Good luck getting past the recruiters. I was contacted about a position in Richardson and could never get the recruiter back on the phone. She called, left a message and I immediately returned her call and all I got was her voice mail. I tried over 10 times to get her on the phone with no success. She finally called me back 3 weeks later and notified me that they were no longer looking to fill the position. I think what happened is while she wasn't returning calls another recruiter filled the position. My advice is live by the phone, because if they call you then you better be able to answer immediately or you'll be well on your way to a cat and mouse game with HR. |
joe contractor in sanford, North Carolina 89 months ago |
unfortunately, what is a more likely scenario is that the recruiter didn't call you back because they were busy trying to fill that position with somebody they thought they could make more money on, etc.. recruiter will throw several candidates at a job, and also keep other candidates "handy" in case their first picks don't cut it, cost too much, etc.. don't trust recruiters to represent you; they represent the client company and their own interests. - getting a good word from an inside employee is best;
jade in France 88 months ago |
Hi all, I have applied to few positions online a couple of weeks ago. To date, I'm no reply and the status of my candidacies are not indicated in my account... The positions match pretty well my skills since my last assignment fit almost exactly what the positions require. So I' m a little skeptical not to hear from the company. I know I'm not the only one who apply and they receive lots of candidacies every day. I'd like to follow up my candidacies but I have no contact inside. Does any one know how long it takes to get a reply? |
MR PS in birmingham, United Kingdom 87 months ago |
i think that if you have good network / cisco experience it certainly helps to get into cisco direct. whilst there are lots of cisco related jobs about it is always about finding a good recruiter to get you the right openings.
openmic in Winston Salem, North Carolina 87 months ago |
I have a friend who works for Cisco locally, and he admits that Cisco is only looking for top talents right now. Meaning, people with lots of experience integrating Cisco products into large companys' infrastructures. And if you fit that bill, Cisco already probably knows you because you've been a customer. Cisco does show up at technical job fairs, so you might actually get to talk to a hiring manager at one of those. When I talked to them at a fair in Raleigh about a year ago, they were looking for engineers and programmers with direct Cisco experience -- for jobs in Southern California. However, none of their four recruiters were very positive. Two had arrogant attitudes. |
jade in France 87 months ago |
Hi, Thank you for replying to me and for the tips :-)
MRPS: thanks for the link, but I'm looking a position in USA. Sorry, I didn't indicate it in my previous message. Just hope to have news from them soon following my applications on line... |
Lana_M in San Jose, California 85 months ago |
I just got an offer from Cisco. The outsourced recruiter sourced my resume through Monster or Hot Jobs (my resume was out there on both). I recieved an email from a recruiter and they conducted a phone screen. I made sure to specify that I was not interested in temp positions. From there, they schedued my interviews (7 total) and I got a full time regular offer within 2 days of the last interview. I know no one in Cisco, so it is possible to get in right off the street. |
Inder_S in san jose, California 83 months ago |
Hi, What is your background ?. CS OR EE. I hear they hire a lot of programmers. I guess it must be a good match if they hire someone. |
SamathaVa in San Rafael, California 76 months ago |
Hi, I also just got an offer. My resume was also submitted by an external recruiter, whom I had never spoken with, and I was contacted directly from Cisco. I didn't know anyone there. After just a few interviews, I was offered a job. I really think if you know your stuff and are experienced then you have a very good chance. However, if you are new to the business (or have only worked for small companies) and don't have a proven track record then why not go in as a temp? It will give you an opportunity to impress them and they can get to know and trust you. This is exactly how I got into the business when I was first starting out (with IBM) and I was the first to be considered once there was an opening. They actually look at it as "hiring internally". Don't get discouraged...there are tons of things outside of your control (hiring freezes, restructuring, etc.) but once you are inside the company, all you have to do is prove yourself. Good luck. |
Bill Sm in Jackson, California 74 months ago |
I agree with an earlier post that Cisco is going to be one of the safer job bets over the next few years. A former colleague started with them a few months ago, and said that the pressures are on par with what you'd expect with this economy. I *highly* recommend the advice over at www.geocities.com/ciscosystemsjobtips if you are thinking about applying. Also, there is no guarantee on how much time it takes from submitting an application to getting an interview. It could be days, but usually at least a few weeks. |
Engineer in Hamilton, Ontario 11 hours ago |
I have been interviewed for cisco systems engineer position last week. I had 3 interviews; hiring manager, SE team and AM team interviews. All took place in 3 days only.
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Silas went to the gas station. The attendant asked him if he'd found the girl he was looking for. "Yes, I did. And then she shot me," he cracked. He said he was a little bit angry and a little bit hungry. He grabbed a knife and a big gulp cup. "Fill her up," he told the guy, handing them to him. The man cut his wrist and bled into the cup. Just then, Nadia and her unnamed male friend arrived. Apparently they were once known as gypsies, but now they're called Travelers. "You can call me whatever you want when I'm gutting you," the guy said. Matt had been the man's host to spy on Silas. Question: Can they still see through Matt or did that end for good when Matt momentarily died? I'm guessing the latter. The Travelers want Silas back in the tomb sealed away for eternity. That's what the Travelers have always wanted, Nadia said. Then she killed her cohort. Luckily for Silas, she's never really considered herself a Traveler. She knew he could read her mind. He could see she has her own agenda. He seemed okay with it. I WANT TO SEE! (Patience, friends.)
At Whitmore, Elena said goodbye to Caroline. Caroline's staying at school to figure out what's happening there while she goes off with Damon to find Stefan. Dr. Maxfield stopped by and said he didn't think Elena Gilbert would give up so easily. He apologized for being such a hardass earlier. It's his thing. He knew of her father, he said. He's a legend around Whitmore. He's studied all of his research and can only hope to do the kind of work he did. UH-OH. WHAT WAS ELENA'S DAD INTO? Does that mean her father forged death certificates, too, Elena asked? Maxfield told her to come by his office hours the next day to chat. But Elena said her plate was full at the moment. He told her to let him know when it clears.
Damon walked up as Maxfield walked away. That's how a hero gets information, Damon said, with honesty. That moment with them was so great. Damon showed her that he'd snagged Stefan's daylight ring back from Silas the day before. And then Damon said he's secure enough in their relationship that her having psychic dreams about her ex-boyfriend doesn't bother him, but it still sucks. Totally fair. I think you can always tell when two people are really in love when they're embracing while having a disagreement. No one's threatening to walk away. That's secure. They kissed, and Elena told Damon they were going to save Stefan and she would still love him. More kissing. It was sweet and hot at the same time. I believed her. Did you?
Liz phoned Damon. Her people didn't find anything in the quarry, but they found the safe on land a few miles away. They hadn't opened it. She knew if Stefan's been in there for three months, he'd be hungry. They opened it, and it wasn't Stefan they found. It was a drained human body. "You're right, he was hungry... and he still is," Damon said. WHAT?
My theory: Silas knows he has a better chance of catching Katherine if Damon and Elena are preoccupied trying to find human blood-drinking Stefan, so he let Stefan out. As the promo for next week told us, "For three months he starved. Now the ripper is back." THE RIPPER IS BACK! So. Great.
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I bought a 10 year old home that had complete new flooring and new paint. At first I thought the odor was just the off gassing on the new flooring/paint, but it has been 8 months now and the smell is just as strong. I cant quite describe the smell...it is not a wet/mold smell, not urine, not smoke. I says it is a dry/chemically smell I guess. The home is in a very dry climate with no obvious water damage. The people renting the home before we bought it were smokers, but we have been told they were mostly outside. Again, the smell does seems like smoke to me or the people I have come in to help me determine what it is.
I have had the vents and furnace professional cleaned, the carpets cleaned and added a new fresh air system to bring outdoor air in. I have had a carpet preofessional come in and look to make sure the carpet pad had been replaced. I had an smoke restoration company come in and run a ozone machine in the home for about 6 hours. I had an air blower test done on the home to make sure we didn't have any leaks in the home. I am at a loss for what this can be! Does anyone have any suggestions? Similar experiences? I am too the point of thinking I should repaint the entire house with Kilz and then regular paint. Maybe even replacing all the carpet and vinyl floors. I am just not convinced this will help either and I am ruuning out of funds to do so. Help! |
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We bought a 50's house last year that had the same problem. The previous owner painted the entire house and basement. He carpeted the second floor, the stairs as well as steps into the basement. There was a chemically smell that caused the back of my DH's throat and eyes to burn and gave him headaches. We tore out the carpet and left the windows open all last summer to air it out. It finally went away. Have you checked for sewer problems? We had a new sump pump installed and our basement waterproofed. That smelled for awhile until it finished airing out. Here are a few links that might be helpful: Mysterious odor! Can a new roof installation make your house stink Building Odor Guide: How to Find, Test, & Remove Odors, Odor Detection and Methods to Remove Smells, & Gases in Buildings inspectapedia.com/sickhouse/Odor-Diagnosis-Cure.htm An architect with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity writes about healthy houses What Are the Dangers of Breathing Sewer Gas? The Invisible Epidemic Causing Headaches, Fatigue and Depression articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/12/26/how-to-purify-the-air-in-your-home.aspx?e_cid=20111226_DNL_art_1 |
Has the house been through a heating season since the "new flooring and new paint"? It can take a heating season to bake everything out. You should try and have the smell identified, but it can often be very hard. Some people are just more sensitive to certain smells that others do not even notice. You should try and not use simple masking agents (AKA 'room freshers'). They can introduce a whole new set of chemicals and smells. The tart from cigarettes does not smell like what most people describe as 'smoke' or 'smokey,' so that still may be your source of the smell. You could try paint a single room after washing the walls thoroughly with TSP (if you can get it in your area). Running the temperature higher can help 'bake out' any volatiles, but that means they can be in the air at a higher level till they are baked out and dissipate. |
GF had house she bought to rent out. old man had lived there until he had to go in nursing home & he was a heavy smoker. We washed down walls with bleach water before we painted everything. She gutted kitchen & installed new cabinet,shower & toilet in 1 bathroom & new sink,toilet in other 1 & we got cleaning stuff from janitor supply to clean the tub. It looked like it was working out fine until we turned on the furnace 1 cold day & whole house smelled. We looked in the furnace closet & it was 1 place we had not painted or cleaned out. It was a dingy brown/tan. She spent couple of days cleaning & painting around it & still there was some odor. She put out bowls of vinegar & that helped some. She did get some renters & later sold it. Good Luck! |
Tara, you said "I cant quite describe the smell...it is not a wet/mold smell, not urine, not smoke. I says it is a dry/chemically smell I guess." If it smells "dry/chemically, it isn't smoke. After 8 months I doubt it is the carpet. I suspect cat pee saturated the subfloor under the new carpet and tile. I bet the smell gets worse when you have the carpet cleaned. |
- Posted by toxcrusadr (My Page) on Fri, Jan 20, 12 at 14:12
It's possible it's related to the paint or new carpet/pad. They've been reducing the volatile content of paints, which means the stuff that's in paint now is less volatile. Not only a different odor from paints of old, but evaporates out more slowly. Or, it could be something in the manufacture of the carpet or pad - glue, plasticizers, etc. Do you have any spare pieces of the carpet? Put one in a sealed bag, wait a couple days, take it outside and sniff to see if it matches. Hope you get it sorted out. |
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First off, if you have pods that you want to harvest seeds from to grow next season, what is the best way to do it? Is it OK to dry the seeds along with the pod in a dehydrator or should you only air dry the seeds. Is it better to harvest the seeds and dry them separately? How dry should you get the seeds.
Second: I grew some Hot Hungarian Wax peppers in close proximity to other varieties. What can I expect from the seeds that I harvest from the pods the Hot Hungarian Wax peppers produce? Will they grow new hot hung wax peppers or possibly hybrids of the Cayennes, Habaneros and Charlestons growing near it? I would just buy new pure seeds from a reputable dealer except that I really like the peppers I got from my two Hot Hungarian plants and I am not even positive that is what they are. I bought them as Hot Banana Peppers but I have since been advised that they are probably Hot Hungarian Wax Peppers. So, if i grow plants from their seeds, will they produce identical plants or can I expect some hybridization.
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Not an expert in this area, but, I have had success cutting open a fresh ripe pod and just saving the seeds on a paper plate. I have never tried drying them in the pepper and germinating them. regarding saving your seeds / cross pollination... There's a good chance they will not be hybrids, just because they are perfect flowers...better chance they will pollinate themselves. But, if you want to be sure, you can bag (tulle fabric is good) a couple blooms before they open. Then when/if a pod is produced inside the bag, keep a twist tie for a marker so you don't loose track of the one you bagged. Use those seeds for certainty. Of course, if they were a hybrid to start with, no guarantees on the traits in the successive generations. Depends on how stable the hybrid was. |
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Not too sure if your peppers crossed always a possibility at least you bagged some of your Bhuts. I had success with Bhut pods by cutting in 1/2 leaving the seeds in and air drying as well as plucking seeds out of the pods and drying on a paper towel. As for how long never measured but you will know by looking at the pepper and it's so dried it can't dry any further. Then I put in a zip lock freezer bag with a napkin or paper towel to absorb any moisture if any became present and stored in the kitchen cabinet. I had 90% germination the next season. |
Thanks tsheets. Pretty much answered my questions. I know about bagging blooms. I did that on one of my Ghost Pepper plants this year...I wound up with three pods that are guaranteed to be pure. |
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I've grown impatiens for 30 years at this location, mostly from seed but from purchased plants the past few years. This is the first time I've experienced non-blooming, non-growing plants. They didn't look sickly; they just sat there doing nothing. The only variables I can think of are the unusual heat we've had this summer, and weekly applications of Miracle-Gro Bloom Booster. I stopped the MG a few weeks ago, and we got relief from the intense heat around the same time—although we had a 100-degree day last week. The impatiens have started to grow, and are putting out a few flowers. I think by the time a killing frost hits, they'll be looking really good. :-)
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Susan I know Imps will stop blooming when it gets hot but this is mostly for species. My wild forms of Impatiens walleriana stoped blooming or if they did bloom they were small and sickly looking. But these were ones sitting in a sunnier spot the ones in the shade had some blooms. Most of the cultivars out there are bred to take more heat though. To much fertilizer will cause distortion in the leave and some times even kill the plant, I've done this before. Hmmm So, my guess would be the heat. |
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Blogs don't have limited space, but with everybody in the game it's not exactly Journalism with a capital J. Editing and fact checking and professional scrutiny are largely history, so what do we get instead? Yep, a lot of pep. The big publishing networks that distribute our posts, too, have little impact on what we write and can't risk offending an advertiser, so it's safer to stick to recipes, yoga, and all things smile-inducing.
I get it. A 24/7 stream of negativity would be unbearable. But I'm bummed that serious thinking has been hijacked by bumper sticker philosophizing.
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I follow Chris Rock on the Book of Faces, and he made a status out of one of his Tweets yesterday.
I laughed my ass off. Snarky, funny, ironic, and TRUE.
I didn't get the sense he was trying to bust the chops of Caucasians or make them feel bad for celebrating Independence Day, just humorously pointing out that it's a mixed bag for minorities .
But apparently some people did take offense, and they berated the comedian for being racist, divisive, and unpatriotic, and a bit of a brouhaha has erupted.
Some blogger I've never heard of (he's a Libertarian, no wonder) named Jeff Schrieber had this to angrily say to Rock:
…………..while someone named David Burge had this snappy comeback:
"Good one! I bet your Guatemalan house staff got a good chuckle."
Ha ha! Because Chris Rock is RICH and totally like Donald trump, who has a house staff bigger than the crew of Rock's last film and who openly stated that he will NEVER change a diaper for any of his children EVER. Chris Rock has a basement FULL of Guatemalan he keeps in line by posting the ICE hotline numbers all over his house!!!!
Back and forth the internet went, both supportive and condemning, but perhaps the most sensible response in the "Twiterverse" belonged to Elon James White, who asked this simple question:
WAS he wrong?
Only a historical idiot would answer that with a "yes", but it is HIGHLY evident that we are awash in historical idiots. For the sake of those idiots, White further breaks it down for the Huffington Post:
"I find this Chris Rock backlash absolutely ridiculous. Really? Someone tells the truth and you mad? I'm American. I never claim otherwise. I never give the "We didn't land on Plymouth rock" speech unless its in a really funny way. But part of being American, to me, is that I have to acknowledge all the bullshit that comes with it. Basically some folks came over, stole other people's land, killed them, then started a country on the backs of my people, while killing them, and then at some point they freed the slaves but then oppressed them and killed them some more. Do I have the ability to do things here that I wouldn't in some parts of the world? Yes. But my family paid the price for that in actual blood, sweat and tears. If more people were like Rock and acknowledged the truth maybe we'd be in a better place as a Nation."
We live in a nation where stupid people read a news story about a mostly white town that is upset because a group of racist pastors plastered their city (in the middle of the night, so as not to be seen!) with flyers for a three-day "whites only" pastor's conference that will end with a "Sacred Christian Cross Lighting Ceremony", and decide that the main point of the story is that "there's no Miss White America Pageant or NAAWP" and "Al Sharpton doesn't care about white people" ……..
……….rather than the fact that supposed "men of God" are openly practicing racism and bringing it to a town that by and large wants NO PART OF IT .
Yeah, stupid people ABOUND, so sometimes a brother like Elon just has to break it down for them, and even then they STILL don't get it.
It was a fucking joke, with a back-story of truth, and instead of being able to see the irony and the humor of it, people have to get all White Man's Burden-y and spill their clueless Butthurt-itis all over the internet.
LAUGH, motherfuckers.