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Welcome to Don Militello's website. From here you, find out where he is playing, read his bio, and obtain booking information
Don Militello at the
1998 Jazz Festival of Turin, Italy
Jazz pianist/organist, Don Militello has performed extensively with the legendary jazz vocalist, Irene Reid. Their group has performed throughout Italy, France, Morocco, the Continental U.S. and the Bahamas. The band has also been featured on numerous festivals including The East Coast Jazz Festival in Washington, and the '2000 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in New York
Check out Don's new performance/ demo series for children and their parents!
From hand clapping over the blues to hands-on piano improvisation, "What to Listen for in Jazz" offers children and their parents a special opportunity to learn more about jazz while listening to great music. Pianist. educator Don Militello discusses the elements of jazz, rhythm, harmony, melody and improvisation in this hour long program of music, discussion and demonstration.
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Performance Credits
Don has also made appearances with or has been a sideman with: Dizzy Gillespie, Red Rodney, Etta Jones, Gloria Lynne, Arthur Prysock, George Benson, Dave Liebman, Tal Farlow, Roy Haynes, Eric Alexander and Della Griffin. Of late, Don has been performing with his own quartet featuring jazz guitarist Randy Johnston.
...on the Hammond B3 with Della Griffin
Don Militello's latest CD,
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Randy Johnston and bassist Dennis Irwin.
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Born in Harlem, New York, MedySun7 grew up during the era of hip-hop that was influenced by many different styles and sounds. In the times where conscious/gangsta/southern bass music was on the rise, MedySun7 received inspiration from various Artists and groups of the time from Rakim, KRS-1, Nas, Jay-Z, Killah Priest, F the Elemental to Wu-Tang Clan. MedySun7 began rhyming at the tender age of eleven as a way of holding on to his hip-hop culture when he moved to Island of Bermuda to live with his Father. His love for music allowed him to explore the world of sounds from dance hall, reggae, afro beat, brasilian, latino, traditional indigenous music to jazz, rock n roll and rhythm and blues as he himself states; "I'm inspired by all forms of art, I love to see how people express themselves, self expression is very important in human development." "Hip Hop is the genre I use to produce my sound. I find inspiration from music outside of the "hip hop genre". I'm an Alchemist so I use my creative genius to make my elixirs." "Once I'm in, I planned to stay and make my mark and leave a legacy of good conduct, character and works all for the sake of a better world, ya dig? sounds corny to some but I'm not concern with all that, I'm happy and blessed to be me, no one else can be me, thank you God"


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Gameiversary: The Video Game Anniversary Project
Introducing Coin Arcade's video game anniversary project, Gameiversary! Supplying the (probably unnecessary) niche for video game anniversaries, Gameiversary alerts you daily to that day's video game anniversaries.
Gaming Merch of Etsy – Pokeballs, Chocobos and Portal Guitars
Ash talks about Etsy and some of the sweet gaming merch that can be found on the site.
Nintendo Still Don't Get PR and Branding: UK Division Fires All of Their PR Field Agents
Now, don't get me wrong: I love Nintendo. I love them for all of their charm, their uniqueness, the memories they invoke in me and their joy-filled games. However, I've always felt that at times, Nintendo simply don't know what they're doing – especially when they make stupid moves like firing their entire field PR division.
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French Language Placement Advisory Test
French Language Placement Advisory Test
Students with previous background in the study of French (in high school, another school or college, etc.) may take an online placement test in French and receive e-mail notification of which French course they should best enroll in at City College. In addition, based on the placement result and after consultation with the test advisor, the student may sign up to earn extra units based on the previous study. Thus, if you had, for example, two years of high school French with good grades, you take the placement test and talk to the advisor. If the test and advisor recommend you enroll in French 2, you take that course and upon completion of French 2 with a grade of A or B, City College will award you units for both French 1 and 2 (5 units per course for a total of 10 units). Here are the procedures:
- GO to the internet site of the placement test from any Internet connected computer - you can take the test in the CCSF Language Center (Rosenberg Library, R-403) if you like. It should not take more than 30 minutes.
- Click here to go straight to the WebCAPE portal (will open in a new window). NOTE: This optional advisory now has a $10.00 charge, payable by credit card.
- Choose your school, "City College of San Francisco", then "French" from the drop down menus.
- Enter your information, your billing information, and your credit card information.
- Click Submit Information.
- Follow the directions to take the test. After taking the placement test, you will AUTOMATICALLY receive an email with your result. Then you must e-mail your result to the FRENCH ADVISOR, Isabelle Motamedi: firstname.lastname@example.com She will get back to you with her recommendation. You will also need to complete a form so that we know you want us to grant the credit for previous study upon completion of your CCSF French course. You may earn the same number of units for previous study that you earn for the French course you enroll in, i.e., if you take a three unit course successfully, we grant the previous three units; if you take a five unit course, we grant the previous five units. There is no charge to the student for the extra units.


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Youth Soccer News: Long Island Junior Soccer League and TOPSoccer
Randy Vogt for Eastern New York Youth Soccer on SoccerNation News
When the Huntington Boys Club and Massapequa Soccer Club separately started Special Children's Programs in 1979, they were the first special soccer programs not only in the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL) and Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) but in all of humanity. At a time when Special Children playing sports was not nearly as accepted as it is today. Soccer in the United States was not as accepted back then as it is today either even though the NY Cosmos were attracting record crowds to the Meadowlands. Over three decades later, the LIJSL TOPSoccer Special Children's Program is still going strong with 20 LIJSL clubs from Queens to Suffolk now fielding teams. The Cosmos have rebooted and are playing at James M. Shuart Stadium on the campus of Hofstra University. These two integral parts of New York soccer––a vibrant TOPSoccer Special Children's Program and the Cosmos––will come together this Sunday, October 20. The Cosmos will be hosting FC Edmonton at 4 pm at Shuart Stadium. Before the game, the LIJSL's Special Children will be playing at Shuart from 2 to 3 pm in front of thousands of people coming for the Cosmos game. Tickets are available for the Cosmos game for the Special Children and their families for the discounted price of $10. This has been a very busy fall for the Special Children as many played in the Special Olympics in Cantiague Park in Hicksville on September 28 and in the New Hyde Park Special Children's Tournament on October 5. Some 500 people are expected to attend the LIJSL Special Children's Awards Lunch at the Huntington Hilton on Sunday, November 10 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Using the slogan of "Come Play With Me," the LIJSL TOPSoccer Special Children's Program is for those kids with mental and/or physical challenging conditions and accommodates those children who are not able to participate in a regular or mainstream soccer activity. It provides an opportunity for that child who deviates from the average or normal child in mental, physical or social characteristics to such an extent that he or she requires modified educational practices and services in order to develop to his or her maximum capacity. For more information about registering your child in this very special program, please contact chairperson Ann Marie Toth at 516-694-3567.
Randy Vogt is Director of Public Relations, Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association
About the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association: With 123,843 youth soccer players––68,587 boys and 55,256 girls––and more than 25,000 volunteers, the non-profit Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association (ENYYSA) stretches from Montauk Point, Long Island to the Canadian border. Members are affiliated with 12 leagues throughout the association, which covers the entire state of New York east of Route 81.
ENYYSA exists to promote and enhance the game of soccer for children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 19 years old, and to encourage the healthy development of youth players, coaches, referees and administrators. All levels of soccer are offered––from intramural, travel team and premier players as well as Special Children. No child who wants to play soccer is turned away.
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Scaffolds and cells – making replacement body parts in the lab
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- Professor Richard OC Oreffo
- Dr Jonathan Dawson
- Professor Ian Sinclair
- Dr Nicholas D Evans
The science behind the exhibit
Medical advances have led to a welcome increase in life expectancy but with this comes problems associated with tissue loss and a need for replacement tissues.
We are using stem cells isolated from adult tissues such as the bone marrow, and engineered materials as scaffolds, to develop pieces of bone and cartilage tissue in the lab. We are also interested in finding ways of coaxing the body to regenerate itself with drugs and chemicals and to harness the repair capacity of our bodies. Our ultimate aim is to deliver stem cells together with the right scaffolds and factors to generate and repair damaged or diseased tissue for patient use.
What to expect
- Stem Cells Cascade Pinball – a fully functioning pinball machine to illustrate stem cells
- Take a 3D journey through bone and skin
- Engineer-it-yourself cartilage implant made by casting 'stem cells' in a moulded gel
- A range of hands-on biomaterial prostheses (hip implants, artificial joints)
- A range of 3D printed bone and cartilage constructs, interactive computer displays and large (dual 47" monitor) 3D images (with glasses)
- Southampton Imaging – 22 May 2014
A one day workshop on Imaging for Regenerative Medicine - Southampton General Hospital Public Open Day – 27 September 2014, 11am-3pm
News and updates
Exhibit information for the Great British Bioscience Festival will be present on their Centre website ( www.stemcells.org.uk) and Southampton Imaging website (new site under construction to match launch of Southampton Imaging).
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With a spike in auto thefts across the Upper Valley, San Juan Police starts an Auto Theft Task Force.
"Beep, beep," the sound of a driver locking their car with a remote control lock button on their key chain.
Police said that sound alone is the best way to avoid having your vehicle stolen. Especially with car thefts on the rise in the Upper Valley.
"Within the past two weeks we've had a rash of stolen vehicles. Last week alone we had seven stolen trucks," said Cpl. Jose Trevino, San Juan Police Department.
Because of these high numbers, the San Juan Police Department recently formed an Auto Theft Unit. The two investigators that make up this task force have been through advanced auto theft prevention training.
But local citizens can also help by registering their vehicles with the San Juan 'Help End Auto Theft' program, called HEAT.
Once registered, the San Juan Police Department will gives a sticker to place on the back of the car. This way the police are able to pull over any vehicles bearing the sticker after 2:00 p.m., without probable cause, to verify ownership.
Police said the two most likely vehicles to be stolen are Ford F250's and Dodge Ram pick-up trucks. Recent arrests and recovery of four vehicles, police said those individuals taking these vehicles are Mexican nationals.
"These people that are brought over illegally are just used solely to steal and drive stolen trucks back into Mexico," said Trevino.
The vehicles are used to transport drugs, illegal immigrants, weapons, ammunition and money.
"We try to target hot spot areas, we try to target any vehicles that have any damage to the doors, that they might have made any type of forced entry, things of that nature" said Trevino.
Police said before leaving your vehicle to lock your doors and to remove any valuables from plain view. Police also recommend installing an alarm system.


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Mahbubani and Ferguson avoid the loaded term "democracy" as a norm or an application. For Ferguson, "competition" would seem to encompass not only multi-party contests, but also meritocratic performance competition within one party, as in China. For Mahbubani, the West was the first to leap ahead by destroying feudalism, but democracy is not yet universally shared. In China, he nonetheless sees a kind of systemic accountability of the party to the masses since it must "earn its legitimacy daily" through performance.
It is in this interstice, which separates values from norms and apps, where the rub lies. The challenge is precisely how to establish effective institutions of governance based on common interests – or even "one logic" – but not preceded by a common identity rooted in a common value system.
For Mahbubani, employing the one logic of common norms that we all share as an operating system is sufficient to sustain a rules-based system.
This, however, implies tilting toward the geo-civilizational worldview of the East, in which incommensurate values coexist in one world with many systems. That contrasts with the stubborn geo-political worldview of the West, which sees territories and ideologies as either won or lost.
Mahbubani is not naive. He exhaustively inventories the geopolitical stumbling blocks that can throw a wrench into his optimism (e.g. China vs. India, sea lanes between Japan and China, an Iranian nuclear detonation, etc). At the same time, his trust in the allegiance to a rules-based system in the West from whence it emanated seems to me grounded in a time warp.


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Last Night On @midnight: Jen Kirkman, Greg Fitzsimmons, Doug Benson
By Perry Michael Simon on May 23, 2014
The panel on @midnight with Chris Hardwick on Comedy Central last night included Jen Kirkman, Greg Fitzsimmons, and our own Doug Benson, waxing humorous about Etsy Pac-Man items, depressing songs, Spotify playlists, and, yes, you guessed it, "more."
And "more" is here, in clips:
Spotify Playlists – Hand Job Songs
Rapid Refresh – I'll Put Tobacco in That
#HashtagWars – #MakeASongDepressing
X Marks the Art – Could Iceman Teabag Me?
Live Challenge – Wrong Hole
See the whole episode by clicking here.
Next week, the show takes a break for an extra-long Memorial Day weekend. Extra long. But it'll be back live on June 2nd with some classic (that's TV-speak for "repeat") episodes next week, so tune in at 12/11c on Comedy Central, right after The Colbert Report. Follow the show's Tumblr and, of course, make sure you're following the Twitter account. If you want to see the show tape in person here in L.A., you can, for free; just click here for details. And you can watch full episodes of @midnight via the new Comedy Central App for iPhone and iPad: click here to get it.


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The WAB Board consists of 15 members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners. Appointments are made for 3-year terms with no one serving more than two consecutive terms.To apply for the board, please submit an application to the BOCC.
The WAB meets on the fourth Monday of each month from 5:30P to 7:00P.
The WAB meets at the Hal Marshall Building located at 700 N. Tryon St., Charloltte, NC 28202.
WAB Mission Statement
The WAB is to identify periodically the status of women in Mecklenburg County; to recommend ways to work toward the betterment of the status of women in education, employment, family, community, health, law, finance, and social services; to work collaboratively with other organizations; and to provide community leadership opportunities by initiating and promoting programs designed to serve the needs of women.
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Any citizen of Mecklenburg County can apply for membership on the WAB by submitting an application to the Board of County Commissioners or the City Council. To apply for the board, please submit an application to the BOCC.
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Established in 1925, Trinidad State Junior College was the first community college in Colorado. With campuses in Trinidad and Alamosa, Colorado, we provide an affordable and accessible education to students in southern Colorado and beyond. Trinidad State offers unique academic programs in fields such as Aquaculture, Cosmetology, Welding and Massage Therapy. We also have two Line Technician programs as well as Nursing, Art, Theatre and Machining in addition to traditional Arts and Sciences classes and a guaranteed transfer program through a partnership with four-year colleges and universities in Colorado. We are also home to the oldest, and by most accounts, best Gunsmithing School in the country.
Our tuition rates are consistently at least 40 percent less than Colorado's four-year colleges and universities.
We also feature eight sports, from baseball to basketball and soccer. And we offer the full college experience in a small town setting including dining and residence halls. Our spacious 17-acre Trinidad Campus is also home to the Louden-Heinritze Archaeology Museum.


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Cooler temperature is good reminder to be safe with heating devices
POSTED: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 12:11pm
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BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) — Freezing temperatures are threatening us for the first time this fall, and many may be tempted to crank up the fireplace or a space heater. However, when the temperature drops there's an increased potential for dangerous situations.
"Every year, we have a number of instances that are caused by either flue leaks in fireplaces or space heaters or heating units," Eldon Ledoux, St. George Fire Department, told NBC33 News in a past interview.
Although this cold front isn't expected to last, it is a good reminder that cooler temperatures are right around the corner.
"Unfortunately a lot of people get complacent - they get the attitude it can never happen to me, but it does," Curt Monte, Baton Rouge Fire Department, said. "We see so many times where people use an extension chord for a space heater and run it through an area rug. That's a big no-no. We don't recommend that you do that we have seen fires cued from that."
But space heaters are not the only dangers. A fireplace is another potentially dangerous heating element for your home.
"You want to make sure those embers stay in the fireplace where they are supposed to be," Monte added.
This snap of cool weather may be a great time to snuggle up or enjoy some gumbo, but it should also let you know that it's time to get prepared for winter.
Click here for tips to keep your home winter weather safe.
Click here for tips on how to establish an emergency escape plan for your home.


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BELLE ROSE- Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack calls it one of the most bizarre crimes he's ever investigated.
Around 7 p.m. Tuesday, two men took a wrong turn on Tigerville Road and their night took a horrifying turn, according to investigators.
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Keyboard player Danny Federici, left, guitarist "Miami" Steve Van Zandt and sax player Clarence "Big Man" Clemons gather around a microphone to provide backup vocals on a song.
Federici died of melanoma in April 2008. "Danny and I worked together for 40 years. He was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician. I loved him very much ... we grew up together," Springsteen said in a statement posted on his website at the time.
Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt participate in a pre-Super Bowl news conference Thursday in Tampa.
The Boss and the E Street Band are this year's halftime act.


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Capping of the initiated 5' ends of RNA polymerase II products is evolutionarily and functionally conserved from yeasts to humans. The m(7)GpppN cap promotes RNA stability, processing, transport, and translation. Deletion of capping enzymes in yeasts was shown to be lethal due to rapid exonucleolytic degradation of uncapped transcripts or failure of capped but unmethylated RNA to initiate protein synthesis. Using RNA interference and Caenorhabditis elegans we have found that RNA capping is also essential for metazoan viability. C. elegans bifunctional capping enzyme was cloned, and capping activity by the expressed protein as well as growth complementation of yeast deletion strains missing either RNA triphosphatase or guanylyltransferase required terminal sequences not present in the previously isolated cel-1 clone. By RNA interference analysis we show that cel-1 is required for embryogenesis. cel-1(RNAi) embryos formed cytoplasmic granules characteristic of a phenocluster of RNA processing genes and died early in development.
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Reserve driver Giedo van der Garde will demonstrate a Caterham in front of his home crowd in Rotterdam as part of the annual City Racing event. Mercedes have already confirmed the participation of their driver Nico Rosberg at the motorsport spectacular, which will take place on August 26.
For years I have been following City Racing Rotterdam and Im delighted that the organization has invited Caterham F1 Team and I to take part, said Van der Garde. I will make sure that the huge crowd will not be short of excitement! Last weekend I took part in the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England and I am looking forward to showing all the fans the Caterham F1 Team car and we will make sure we put on a spectacular show.
City Racing co-organiser Herman Vaanholt added: We are happy to add Giedo and his team to our line-up. He is joining a list of Dutch drivers who have taken part in our previous events including Christijan Albers, Robert Doornbos, Ho-Pin Tung and Jos Verstappen. We are proud that yet again a Dutch driver will be driving a Formula One car at a City Racing event.
It will be the eighth time Rotterdam has hosted the demonstration, which allows Dutch fans to get up close to Formula One cars and a host of other international racing machinery. Among last years star turns were Mercedes third driver Sam Bird and Ferrari tester Marc Gene.
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Known as "almonds ascended to heaven", these sunflower oil-fried nuts are ultra-crispy, well-salted and very addictive. They're a natural alongside Spanish cheeses like Manchego or Garroxta, but also very good with English Cheddar and a good stout.
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Colonial Hills Park Water Quality & Stream Stability
- Contact Person:
- Ben Higgins
- 402-441-7589
- Type of Project:
- Design and Construction
- Best Management Practice
- Description:
- The goal of this project is to reduce the erosion problems, improve water quality and direct overflow away from the playground area in Colonial Hills Park. This will be done by stabilizing the channel banks, constructing small grade control structures and creating a water quality cell near the north end of the park.
- Note: There is no placement of an icon for this project on the accompanying map.
- Project Status:
- Construction Complete
- Consultant:
- The Flatwater Group
- Contractor:
- Gana Trucking and Excavating
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Colonial Hills Park eroding stream banks
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Colonial Hills Park streambank eroding under concrete liner
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2012 Christmas In The Valley Production
No Christmas is complete without a "Christmas in the Valley" Show at Renfro Valley!
Renfro Valley Entertainment Center presents CHRISTMAS IN THE VALLEY, NOVEMBER 16TH THRU DECEMBER 22. Featuring an all new Christmas in the Valley production and matinee shows, but that's only the beginning.
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Make your plans now to attend Christmas in the Valley. Along with Renfro Valley's Christmas production there will be a country gospel christmas with THE ROARKS NOVEMBER 9 THRU DECEMBER 22. And while in the Valley you will want to top off your visit by Christmas shopping in the Village, Dining at the historic Lodge Restaurant and don't forget a visit with Santa himself. Or just come to see the Valley's beautiful display of Christmas Lights.
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Making Halloween Jewish
Transforming the October holiday into a Jewish celebration.
Can we perform a similar transformation on Halloween? It is, after all, a well loved holiday for many people, and would thus be a highly attractive means of communicating some Jewish message. Let's see what happens when we try.
Making Halloween Jewish
First of all, we need a date for the celebration. The eve of All Saints' Day is clearly not useful as a carrier of Jewish meaning. If we look at the Hebrew date equivalent of October 31 over a 20 year period (1989-2008) we find that, although it can fall as early as 28 Tishrei or as late as 26 Cheshvan, the average date is 11 Cheshvan.
Given the traditional imagery of the full harvest moon at Halloween, the full moon of Cheshvan seems a likely choice. But since, for American Jews, holidays that fall on Sunday allow for more relaxed celebration (since we can party late on Saturday night without concerns of work or school Sunday morning), I suggest the motzei Shabbat (Saturday night) closest to the full moon (i.e., the 15th) of Cheshvan.
Now for the basic meaning-framework. The season of Halloween is roughly mid-way between the early fall harvest time marked by Sukkot and the dead of winter darkness kept at bay by the Hanukkah lights. The winter darkness is beginning to be apparent, as is the chill in the air. This is truly the season of transition to winter. I suggest, therefore, that the primary meaning of this new Jewish observance be the transition from a warm, light, outdoor world to a colder, darker world in which we seek indoor shelter.
The home, and the warmth and protection it provides, are central themes. We celebrate the physical haven of our homes, and the spiritual haven of long winter nights spent indoors with family or friends. This leads to a central symbol and a central mitzvah. The symbol is the Ya'akov lantern, the hollowed-out and carved pumpkin (carved, perhaps with Jewish symbols--Star of David eyes?) with a candle (kindled from the Havdalah candle) burning inside.
The pumpkin symbolizes the Jewish home--its walls are filled with nourishment, but there is ample room inside to create family experiences. It is lit with a warm glow which not only provides warmth and light for the inhabitants, but shines out as a beacon of invitation to those outside, as if to say, "Kol dichfin yaytay v'yaychol --all who are hungry, let them come and eat." Of course, like its cousin the Jack o' Lantern (and, coincidentally, like the Hanukah candles), the Ya'akov lantern must be placed in a window, since an invitation is only genuine if others can see it.
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By Sharon Ko CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — Fourth of July is over, but city crews are dealing with the mess left behind. Central Point Parks and Recreation took pictures of that mess. In the pictures, there's garbage scattered everywhere in the park, with water bottles and firework wrappers. City crews say they expect a mess … Continue reading »
Celebrating & Clean Up Come Together After 4th of July
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Most RPG fans are big fans of being able to sculpt their own destinies in games, and there have been plenty of developers that have taken advantage of that to create more personal experiences. Oftentimes, it's a key selling point, and not having some sort of morality system built into a game can leave it looking dated. Kingdoms of Amalur, though, despite having no formalized morality mechanic, actually has some of the best moral decision-making I've seen in a game in some time. It breaks and surpasses the standards set by most other games and produces choices that are genuinely intriguing and effective. Though this article is partially about Reckoning, more broadly it is an articulation and demonstration of a framework for developing interesting and effective moral decisions.
Why Moral Choice?
I suppose it's best to start at the beginning for this one. While many developers integrate moral choice into their games, often it's considered a virtue in and of itself to include. Players want options, they want to role-play, so why not give them to them? The reality is that it's a little bit more complicated than simply giving the player choice or not giving the player choice, and I'm not even talking about the obvious increase in development time and complexity.
Generally, moral choices and morality systems exist in games not for their own sake, but in order to give the player a feeling of authorship over the world, and, more importantly, to create a power fantasy. This is especially true in Western games. The story of just about every Western game (and most other media) can be summed up as: hero rises from low status and fights against all odds to defeat a bad guy. The Western world is built upon this idea of self-actualization, of taking advantage of your skills, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, and claiming victory through your own strength of will and abilities, and this carries over into almost all of our stories.
Dragon Age: Origins offers a variety of shades of grey between the yes and no - these options are often cosmetic, but often enough are neither simple, or the outcomes predictable. |
Many games often come under fire for stupid, illogical, or unrealistic moral choices. The Fable series has been oft-criticized because it provides ridiculous scenarios and responses to them, either because they are cartoonish and pointless, or because sometimes the "good" and "evil" options are ambiguous enough that they could be interpreted either way if it wasn't for the devil horns or halo your character springs. Fallout 3 is another game I've railed against in the past for its juvenile and simplistic approach to morality in what is ostensibly a realistic and serious world.
However, it's also important to recognize that, in a sense, the actual details of moral choices are incidental. The purpose of them isn't just to give the player a brain teaser to mull over - sometimes it's the act of choice and not he consequences that lend power to an experience. Just as purely cosmetic decisions, like an avatar's hairstyle, can have lots of appeal, the cosmetic value of choices can't be understated. It's why, as much as I protest, Shepard in Mass Effect has no arc, or Fallout 3's karma system can be so easily gamed - it's about the player projecting themselves onto a world and being given a sense of mastery over it.
What's in a Moral Choice
That out of the way, it's worth stating: if you make sloppy, pointless, or stupid moral decisions for the player, and the players notice, then they will probably feel cheated or insulted. This is still bad design, and building moral choices only on the cosmetic value, or only to achieve the end power fantasy is a quick way to leave your players feeling disillusioned, or to have them stop taking your game seriously. Creating moral choices that are interesting and difficult is challenging. While it's easy to tug on the player's heartstrings by giving them a cute kitten to kick around or play with, or to play Emperor Palpatine and do counter-intuitive, stupid-evil things for the fun of it, to do anything beyond that involves a good deal more work.
There are several steps I have identified to ensure a moral decision doesn't fall flat. Admittedly, these are a bit rough, and not incredibly specific, but I do think they stand up under scrutiny.
- Build the context. Most good moral decisions have a background to them. In Mass Effect 2, for example, the Krogan-Salarian conflict is something bubbling under the surface of many scenarios in both the story and gameplay, and it occasionally rises to the top. This is impossible to do without solid universe design and background lore to accompany the choice. When you're getting the player to care about two factions, or a bunch of strange-looking alien creatures, you need to inform them what's at stake and why they should care.
- Set up the choice. A good moral decision is something the player should be able to anticipate - not necessarily the specific details, but the nature of that choice being made. Much like setting up the context, the player needs to be given an understanding that a certain decision is coming up, before being called upon to actually make the decision. This gives the time for a player to contemplate and prepare for when the choice finally comes, and can help avoid the whole "sitting in front of the screen for 15 minutes trying to make up my mind" problem.
- Foreshadow the outcome. This isn't so much about telling the player exactly what's going to happen if he/she presses that big red button - a failing in a few games, especially in their endings - but rather in giving the player a hint of what to expect. A good moral choice is not a choose-your-own-adventure where the player is allowed to flip the page ahead and see what happens; likewise, it is not about springing the outcome of an action on the player out of nowhere ten hours into the story. The Witcher largely got this right by hinting at future events, such as the stolen Witchers' secrets and supplies leading to tougher mutated enemies earlier in the game - it's a surprise otucome, but a logical one.
- Provide a gameplay consequence to match. This doesn't have to be a 1:1 ratio - if the player makes a universe-altering decision, it's unrealistic to give the player a whole other game to play. At the same time, games speak through mechanics just as much (if not more) than cutscenes and dialogue, so it's a good idea to give the player an outcome that is expressed in those mechanics. This can be something as simple as money or new items to play with, but it's generally best when it leads to new content, or a different type of challenge to overcome.
Breaking Step
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is one of the few games that manages to, in most cases, hit every one of these points. The reason for this is largely because it offers up relatively few moral decisions that are expressly presented in expensive cutscenes and plot lines, and instead offers them up in proportion to the size of the scenario, whether that's a small in-game bonus or a world-altering moment. You might not be making a moral decision in every single situation, or an important one at that, but when you do, chances are you'll think about it more than in many other games. In order to do this, I'm going to use one of the shortest and most insignificant parts of the game to demonstrate this.
An early quest sees the player hunting antelopes and retrieving their heads in order to recreate a folk tale - placing the heads in the right place summons a troll to kill, who guards a magic ring, which is then presented to a damsel. The player is able to follow the quest forward without any dialogue options or cosmetic choices. The decision made available at the end is a simple one, but has more depth than your typical good/evil or saint/jerk response: do you give the ring back to the person who asked you to retrieve it, or do you keep it for yourself?
Right off the bat, we have context. The player has been given a quest that not only has a definite end goal behind it and a set of steps to complete, but there's also a larger world that it fits into. In the Amalur universe, Fate dictates that the events of stories play out time and time again over the ages - the recreation of this story is something that is logical within the game world, and has been established at the point the player receives the quest. This is important, because the universe of Amalur is fairly alien, and the regular concepts of good and evil don't really apply - they are embodied as Summer and Winter in natural, symbiotic magic and creatures, and questions are less about good and evil and more about change and constancy (which in itself makes most choices about five times more interesting).
The way the quest is set up here is a bit more subtle. As a Fateless One, the player's character is not bound by Fate in the same way that everyone else in the universe is - unlike others, he or she has the power to change destiny and, perhaps more importantly, change the story being retold. The player's status as Fateless is important, because it gives the choice weight and meaning, The foreshadowing in this case is fairly simple, and admittedly a bit weak, but it does what it needs to, specifically: the player gets the ring as a reward rather than keeping it. Similarly, the consequence is the magic ring the player gets - probably one of the first and best rings the player will have access to (I used it for several hours afterwards).
In Amalur, even a simple quest can have interesting decisions, and demonstrates consequences don't always have to be huge or dramatic in order to be effective. |
Still, all this done for a simple side-quest the player will finish in five minutes? It likely wasn't any more work to include in the game, but it's a far more satisfying decision than choosing to, say, shoot or not shoot a faceless NPC without good reason.
Closing Thoughts
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has more of these decisions - dozens more, in fact, and just about every quest that revolves around obtaining an item gives the player the option of keeping it, either through a skill check or some other means. This extends from the big decisions to the small ones - while the example I gave was mostly spoiler-free and fairly unimportant in the grand scheme, it applies even more effectively when hunting down and killing former Red Legion bandits to save another man, or when the player is asked to save the Fae's Summer Court and maintain the rigid adherence to tradition, or to let the Winter Court's Maid of Windemere establish a new paradigm and change the very nature of an entire race.
The power fantasy is not harmed, but enhanced by these proportionate and meaningful decisions - the small ones are necessary for the big ones to matter, to build up expectations, introduce the moral codes and systems of the world, and provide a sense of growing authority and mastery over the game. While games like Mass Effect will often throw life-or-death decisions at you in their earliest hours (or minutes) and take it as a given that a death in and of itself is dramatic, Kingdoms of Amalur creates strong foundations for all of its choices, so when they do come along, the player will feel comfortable, confident, and rewarded, but not without difficulty in the choice-making itself.
I think that a lot of game developers can learn from the decisions Reckoning provides the player. They very often play to the player's power fantasy, yes, but they do so without being cheap, pandering, easy, uninteresting or lazy. All it takes is a little thought about what you're asking the player, a desire to go beyond simply providing the ends, and crafting an interesting means. While Reckoning doesn't always follow the framework I've established here, it does so more than any other game I've played in a while, and it's all the better for it. Writing and logic are cheap - not every player will notice the effort put in, true, but those that do will be rewarded with a far more rewarding narrative experience.


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The multigenerational family under one roof used to be standard. But over the years, the nuclear family has left and created its own home and often grandparents are scattered far and wide. Grandparents and other extended family members might still live in the original family home or have retired to another state. Other than holidays or summer vacation visits, families don't get to see their parents and grandparents often. If a young family prefers urban living to have access to work and city amenities and grandparents are content in the suburbs, neither may consider moving to be closer. Fortunately, these younger parents are realizing the importance of having grandparents more involved in their children's lives and are seeking solutions to the distance factor.
An article in the New York Times suggests that finding a living space for a grandparent in the city nearby is one viable answer to staying connected. Instead of subjecting parents to a pullout sofa bed and lack of privacy when visiting a smaller city apartment, couples are suggesting grandparents move to the city. A condo in the same building where good neighbors are important in the grandchildren's lives would be ideal. Although the young mother interviewed said her mother isn't really a city person, she hopes the proximity to her grandchildren and becoming a "part of our block family" will be enticing.
In a different twist from parents helping their children buy their first home, the article cites that a more affluent younger generation can buy a city apartment for their parents. A win-win – seniors get to be close to family and have the safety and amenities of a full-service, upscale living space. It's also a solution for a parent considering moving to an assisted living facility. Having grown children close enough to ensure the parent(s) is doing well lessens concerns about living alone. Combining peace of mind with urban restaurants and grocery stores within walking distance makes an attractive alternative to a senior living community.
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Before the year ends, the president's fiscal commission will bring forth a plan for cutting the deficit. While commission co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles have announced that everything that costs the government money is on the table—wars, hunger programs, agricultural price supports, entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, and thousands of other programs—only Social Security has risen to the top. That's largely because of the public relations machine created by billionaire investment banker Peter G. Peterson and a mainstream news media that have paid scant attention to Social Security. (Peterson is a CJR funder.) If anything, Peterson's message has gotten through. A Gallup poll found that more than half of current retirees expect their benefits to be cut, and sixty percent of all Americans believe that Social Security won't be able to pay benefits when they stop working.
The stories and columns that have appeared border on the wonkish and elliptical, and have failed to tell ordinary Americans what's at stake. What does all this talk mean for them? CJR went to America's Heartland—the metropolitan area of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois—to find out. This is the first of a series of posts that discuss how possible changes in Social Security will affect the area's residents. The entire series is archived here.
Jennifer Tayabji is the kind of person that Alan Simpson likes to talk about. She's young, and fits his conception of some retiree's grandchild. As the former Wyoming senator likes to say, we have to fix Social Security for our grandchildren. The twenty-nine-year-old Tayabji has heard that kind of talk. "I don't have confidence Social Security will be there when I do retire, especially if they raise the retirement age," she told me. "A lot of people in the lower income bracket will be alive, but by the time they get to that point, the idealized notion of what retirement is will be gone."
Tayabji has a lot of work responsibility for someone her age. She is the executive director of the Illinois Disciples Foundation, a local philanthropic organization that makes grants to non-profits in the area. Once a chemistry major in college, she didn't finish her degree because she didn't want to be a chemist. So she got a job as an administrative assistant at the foundation, quickly learned the business of giving away money, and moved up the ranks. She has been the executive director for a year and a half, and now makes $35,000 a year. Each pay period, $80.83 comes out of her check for her Social Security taxes.
Like it does for all workers under the system, the Social Security Administration sends her an annual statement giving an accounting of the amounts she has paid into the system and what her benefits are likely to be given her current income at this point in her career. If she were to retire at age sixty-seven, currently the normal retirement age for someone her age, her benefit would be $1358 per month, about the average benefit someone retiring today at age sixty-five now receives. At age sixty-two it would be $956, and at age seventy, with delayed retirement credits which are available to workers who postpone taking their benefits, she'd get $1684.
Of course, if Tayabji's income rises substantially, those benefits would also increase, since the more someone earns, the larger the benefit. The problem is, as Tayabji sees it, her income won't go up that much more. Her partner just started a business, so she wants to stay in the Champaign-Urbana area and continue to work for a non-profit with a mission to improve health care and mental health services. "That's where my strong passion is," she says. She's not sure she will finish her degree, and thinks that her income potential is somewhat limited. "$45,000 or $50,000 is realistic," she says. "A lot depends on the economy. I had a different outlook three or four years ago. I was younger and had more hope. I thought then it wouldn't be hard to get his great job that pays all your expenses, and now I'll be happy to have a job."


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David Lopez Archives - Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
Well, world domination may be a bit excessive, but all in all the news coming out of NYCC (and some that came before NYCC) was incredibly positive. Hard to argue with such a killer week of news. Let's start with some cool stuff that actually happened last week, prior to NYCC.
EDIT: Just to be clear, since people are going nuts in the comments. This post is SPECIFICALLY about the news that was announced this weekend at NYCC 2013. While I talk generally about Marvel and DC and their approach to "women in comics" the catalyst is all the NEW THINGS that were announced this weekend. To summarize: yes, DC has some lady-led comics right now (more in fact than Marvel) but short of the Stephanie Brown announcement they made ZERO exciting moves on the "women in comics" front this weekend. So, yeah, that's gonna skew what I'm talking about. Try not to cry.
She Has No Head! – Mission Accomplished?
I started blogging in 2007 and in the spring of 2009 two things in comics caused me to start blogging about comics. The first was the nightmare Cry For Justice promo image from DC in which Supergirl had no head – and you guessed it – that was the primary inspiration for the name of this very column. The second, which is what we're going to discuss today, was the promotional announcement for the book Marvel Divas.
And so today I can't help but compare everything that was the utter fail of the Marvel Divas pitch (which was everything except the gorgeous Tonci Zonjic interior art) with how right Marvel and Brian Wood are getting Wood's new all-female X-Men team so far.
Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 316: Catwoman (volume 2) #53
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today's page is from Catwoman (volume 2) #53, which was published by DC and is cover dated May 2006. Enjoy!
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Blake Mathys on the ABA blog had a nice piece recently where he posed the question: Why is sound so hard? In the piece, he laments, "I find identifying birds by sound to be extremely difficult." Of course there are many, many birders who share his feeling.
So why IS sound so hard? Or at least, why do people think it is? I made some comments on the ABA blog, but wanted to expand on them here, mainly because I want to counter the suspicion many people have that it's because they lack some native ability. In short, my answer is: Sound may be hard—but it's not that hard.
Yes, there are some things that make sound inherently challenging, including:
1) Greater variability (esp., songs), compared to (many) plumages;
2) Transience (it's much easier to compare something seen to a drawing or photo, than something heard to a recording);
3) Most people are visually dominant.
But these difficulties of sound are not the interesting part and not the main story. Every birder out there has already mastered a far more complex auditory skill: human language, and the same skills apply to bird sounds. (Scroll down to the bottom of the Larkwire Glossary to hear some examples of this.)
The problem is not that sound is inherently hard, it's that the variability and the transience simply make clear that our approach to learning sounds is often flawed.
The fact is that cognitive psychologists could take you into the lab and train you up on nearly any skill, and do so very efficiently. They would do this by carefully controlling three things: 1) the timing of practice; 2) the structure of practice (roughly, from easy to hard); 3) the type of practice (basically, quizzing rather than sheer repetition).
Control these three factors and sound will not be hard.
So why is sound hard outside the lab? Because for most of us, the natural pattern of our exposure to bird sounds violates all three of these critical factors. Timing is too spaced out. Difficulty is random, not controlled. And when we do control timing and difficulty (using CDs), most of us just listen on repeat rather than test ourselves. The very gifted among us learn despite these hurdles; for the rest of us, it's too hard!
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This month's ABA Winging It (subscription required) has a fascinating article by John Berry about a habitat restoration project just outside of Newark, NJ. The gist of it is that one simple intervention—managing the deer population—has dramatically changed the landscape and created habitat that is attracting a wide variety of birds that previously did not use the park (South Mountain Reservation).
This is a great story for several reasons. It shows how powerfully resilient nature can be—this heavily suburbanized park rebounding into plant, insect and bird life as soon as the burden of overgrazing is removed. And it's a reminder that habitat loss (a key factor in most bird species decline) isn't just about clearing land for condos, it includes habitat degradation even in places that are supposedly preserved for nature.
Which leads to the topic of shifting baselines. I grew up in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We went into "the woods" and thought we were out in the wild. In fact, we were in an impoverished landscape, like a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing. I think it's harder for kids to fall in love with nature with so many parts missing.
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Environmental Anthropology, Gender and Development, Indigeneity, Territorial Rights, Conservation, Voluntourism and Sustainability, Social Justice, Applied and Engaged Anthropology, Applied Qualitative Methods, Central America,US
Bio Dr. Keri Vacanti Brondo received her PhD from Michigan State University in 2006. Dr. Brondo is active in leadership within the American Anthropological Association (AAA). She served as the Chair on the Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology (COSWA) from 2006 to 2007 and currently serves as the Chair on the Committee on Practicing, Applied and Public Interest Anthropology (CoPAPIA). She was also one of the principal actors in developing the AAA "Guidelines for Evaluating Scholarship in the Realm of Practicing, Applied, and Public Interest Anthropology for Academic Promotion and Tenure," adopted by the AAA Executive Board in 2011. Dr. Brondo just completed her first solo-authored book, Land Grab, an ethnographic account of the relationship between identity politics, neoliberal development policy, and rights to resource management in afroindigenous Garifuna communities on the north coast of Honduras. The book employs feminist political ecology and critical race and ethnic studies to shed light on current development paradoxes in Honduras. Dr. Brondo is the former Chair (2010-2012) and active member of the Engaged Scholarship Committee and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Anthropology at the University of Memphis. |
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Dr. Brondo's scholarship contributes to basic research, theory, and application in the areas of 1) the anthropology of environment and development; 2) the anthropology of work; and 3) gender and social justice. Her international research focuses on the relationship between indigenous rights, tourism development, and territorial control in Honduras' Garifuna communities. Her current project in Utila, Honduras, developened in consultation with Honduran environmental NGOs emphasizes enhancing collaborative conservation through research voluntourism. In the United States, Brondo's work centers on gender equity in anthropological careers; collaborative research on the interconnection between parks, people, and conservation; and green infrastructure in the City of Memphis. Most recently, she and her students have been exploring the relationship between public fisheries in Shelby Farms Park and regional food security. Dr. Brondo is also the founder of an interdisciplinary reading group for faculty and graduate students interested in "Gender, Justice, and the Environment Issues."
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2013 Brondo, Keri Vacanti. Land Grab: Green Neoliberalism, Gender, and Garifuna Resistance. University of Arizona Press.
2012 Brondo, Keri Vacanti and Linda Bennett. Career Subjectivities in American Anthropology: Gender, Practice, and Resistance. American Athropologist. 114(4): 598-610.
2011 Brondo, Keri Vacanti and Natalie Bown. Neoliberal Conservation, Garifuna Territorial Rights, and Resource Management in the Cayos Cochinos Protected Area. Conservation & Society. 9(2): 91-105.
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My opinon on AJ WWE and also how her pushing is kind of similar to Ryback
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I feel like a broken record but the reason Internet marks put over AJ so hard is because they are so backed into a corner. All the various darlings like Gail, Mickie, McCool, Melina are gone. All the developmental girls they put over like Savannah, Serena, Courtney, Tiffany, amounted to nothing. Kharma chocked with her big opportunity.
So that is why Internet marks and their leaders like Jim Ross and Joey Styles have all their hopes pinned on AJ. If she gets injured or something the IWC is basically screwed for having a girl they are willing to put over that they can realistically envision as being high level. Who else is there for them? A charisma-less Naomi? A blind hope an average packaged Paige can stand the test of time in WWE? So you can see how this is kind of their Alamo.
If anyone else copied Mickie James character the IWC would be endlessly burying them. But because its AJ they put lavish praise on her and act as if she reinvented the wheel. These are the same guys who buried Kelly for doing a fricken Molly Go Round. A move of a girl who has been out of WWE for several years. And don't delude yourself, it is a Mickie James impression. Granted, not every storyline is going to be exactly the same. But here is a girl who is a known Mickie mark who has largely tried to pattern herself after her.
My opinions on AJ...
- She is essentially a comedy character. With this character it has made her like a female Tom Green who has to do more and more outlandish type things to get a reaction.
- She has an offputting personality. This type of personality doesn't connect with a lot of people and a lot of the time is is frankly annoying. Internet marks love to try to push a laughable slogan "everyone loves AJ". It should more be "all Internet marks love AJ and general fans like to see her do outlandish things for a cheap laugh".
- Following up on that point, shes really mainly just over with smarks. I don't think a general audiance is really into her and just react for really outlandish things like making out with Kane. Part of Internet marks agenda is to say "how over she is" but she really isn't especially considering how much major exposure she has been given the last month.
Some of these shows have been largely all about her and on Monday she barely got anything on entrance and like nothing in the various backstage cutaways they did to her.
- The whole psycho character was completely unnecessary. They could just have her act normal instead of being typecast as a nutty comedy character. And would rise naturally up the face ranks as girls like Kaitlyn, Alicia, Tamina, Layla are no real obstacle.
- She really hasn't been relied on at all as a wrestler. A few sporadic TV and houseshow matches over the past almost year. What is going to happen when they need her to wrestle a ton of houseshow matches. What is going to happen when shes shoved down peoples throats and given tons of TV wins. Is she going to hold up physically. And how annoying will she become in a overexposed wrestling role.
- In my opinion its going to turn out that the source of her political support is going to end up being something shady. Why did they do jack shit with her for years, have her rot in FCW way too long, have her lose NXT, and now they are giving her a bunch of time on their main programs. Isn't that kind of fishy?
Why is she even needed in a CM Punk and Daniel Bryan feud. They paired her with Bryan to try to get him a lot of heel heat. It didn't work. So what do they do, make her role even bigger?
- The exposure they are giving her is just masking that during a time they are giving AJ the most TV time the Diva division is getting more and more in the toilet. So while AJ is getting cheap laughs for making out with Kane, the division is dying a death.
What is really the end game for AJ? Heres a girl that has an offputting personality that is going to keep a lot of mainstream fans from being into her. A girl that has an OK look but clearly not the high end look they want to plaster all over the company. Shes typecast as nuts and has to do more and more outlandish things to get attention. Shes too small to really ever be a believable heel.
And Internet marks wish is for KK to leave, and some want Eve to leave too. How exactly would it help the division to lose their most popular most marketable face and the the most marketable and most heat getting heel? We have seen with them taking a vacation that the division is sinking to an abyss never seen before. The Divas are lucky to have a match these days. Theres nothing being put into the Diva title and its feuds.
Take those two away then the powers that be realize they have no real marketable girls and they are left with a poor mans Mickie James. An aging Beth with her credible ruined. An old Kharma will flame out fast because of injuries or heat. Layla is old and can't carry a top spot. There aint a hell of a lot on the horizon.
That would just make the powers that be more turn the Divas into a much more reduced niche part of the company. It would probably be more like it was like pre 2000 where they would have a Diva title feud here and there then its forgotten for long stretches. And the girls maybe given more high level non wrestling roles but nothing put into the wrestling aspect. Kind of sounds familiar to right now. And that is likely HHH's view on how the women should be.
Now onto my comparison to Ryback. Ryback was known as Skip Sheffield and then after years randomly made a Goldberg type character. The company is endlessly pushing him down peoples throats hoping it will work. You see company men like Jim Ross trying to talk about how Ryback has a lot of star potential which is a joke. And you see Internet marks like that trying to say he is "getting over" which is laughable. The reality is the guy is nothing special, is doing a bad Goldberg impression, and its funny to see him toss around guys that weigh 100 pounds soaking wet. As soon as they try to put him in more of a legit feud its going to become more and more apparent that fans don't give a shit about the guy.
I see AJ in kind of the same way. She was normal for years then randomly turned psycho. She is doing a Mickie James impression. One of the differences is Mickie came into WWE with her psycho character. Its kind of hard to have someone in the company for years then randomly turn nuts and have people buy into it. That just makes them more of a caricature of themself and obvious they are just biting someone. Internet marks bend over backward to try to convince themself how "over" she is and how much star potential she is on the back of getting laughs for doing outlandish things.
The more they tone down AJ's nuttiness and the more shes not around star males, the more fans are going to show their indifference.
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