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Compassionate Fashion: Reformation's "Don't Call Me Cute" Petites Collection
Fellow shorties, rejoice! Reformation, an eco-friendly company based in LA, has launched a petites collection. Aptly titled "Don't Call Me Cute" (oh, how I can relate), the collection features timeless sexy and stylish looks because, in Reformation's words, "You're not cute. Children and koala bears are cute. You're hot." THANKS REFORMATION, I NEEDED TO…
Claire Hannum
March 4, 2015
Compassionate Fashion: Leggings To Love From Emily Hsu Designs
Emily Hsu Designs was launched by dancer, singer, and actress Emily Hsu and offers a host of bright leggings, capris and shorts that are handmade in the USA. The looks are made to flatter with a high waist that can either create a smooth visual line or be folded down. With so many quirky patterns to…
Claire Hannum
February 23, 2015
We Live In A World In Which You Can Crowdfund $30,000 For A Mannequin
Welcome to 2015, in which you too can donate your hard-earned cash to help a mannequin travel across the ocean to be reunited with his (plastic) lover. What a world. Meet Léo, a mannequin for French underwear brand Le Slip Français, who fell in love with an American mannequin during Paris Fashion Week, only for her to be…
Claire Hannum
February 19, 2015
Compassionate Fashion: 10 Cozy Must-Haves From Appalatch
Appalatch is a North Carolina-based apparel company "with a rebellious spirit to upend the clothing industry for good," and it embodies every "practical Americana" cliche of my dreams, so I'm obsessed. The company is so committed to ethics that it eschews sustainability programs altogether. Instead, Appalatch's website reads: "Sustainability shouldn't be a buzz word that i…
Claire Hannum
February 15, 2015
Compassionate Fashion: Cute, Functional Pieces From Tiffany Cruikshank's Fitness Wear Line!
Yoga teacher and wellness expert Tiffany Cruickshank teamed up with her friend Renata Facchini of Liquido to put together a limited-edition fitness wear line with a focus on styles that will hold up in everyday life as well as at the gym. I love the concept of BFFs working together, but what'…
Claire Hannum
January 17, 2015
Compassionate Fashion: Use Threadflip For Ethical Gifting This Season
Am I the only person on the planet who wasn't yet addicted to Threadflip? If so, why was I not enlightened sooner? The site is kind of like a much cozier, style-focused and user-friendly version of eBay, and it's a perfect way to buy fashionable holiday gifts without contributing to a less-than-stellar, sweatshop-fueled clothing…
Claire Hannum
December 10, 2014
Try Bamboo Leggings To Stay Extra Toasty This Winter
I have yet to try out the magic warming powers of fleece leggings, but that's because I've been too busy obsessing over my cozy bamboo-lined pair. Bamboo leggings can probably be found on many corners of the internet, but mine come from a kickass small business called Toast, known for its ultra-warm …
Claire Hannum
November 20, 2014
This Vintage Pin-Up Runway Show Is The Stuff Fashion Dreams Are Made Of
This year's Lingerie Fashion Week in New York coincided with the 75th anniversary of the invention of nylon stockings, and the pin-up inspired lingerie line Secrets In Lace celebrated with a vintage runway show and burlesque performance. From the sounds of it, the show was the kind of fashion celebration vintage dreams are…
Claire Hannum
November 8, 2014
This Germ-Resistant Scarf Can Protect You From The Flu (And Chemical Warfare)
The Scough, a scarf embedded with the same high-grade germ filters that the military uses to protect against chemical warfare, is the fashionable answer to flu season. Instead of boarding the subway or walking near car exhaust with your face covered by a surgical mask, you can ward off illness in an infinitely more stylish…
Claire Hannum
October 1, 2014
Compassionate Fashion: Help This Ethically Made Line Of Pashminas Support Kashmir Artisans
As many of us have learned the hard way, ethically made clothing can be really, really hard to find. Shawl Wallah is a refreshing alternative to sweatshop-made scarves -- the brand creates Pashminas by employing a cooperative of families in Kashmir, Northern India, where Pashmina originated. To make the beautiful scarve…
Claire Hannum
September 24, 2014
Compassionate Fashion: TOMTOM Limited Edition TRIBE Necklaces
TRIBE, a social business that works with women in Uganda to help them sell their wares, is teaming up with L.A. jewelry brand TOMTOM to sell limited edition necklaces. Each piece combines the signature hand-rolled paper beads of TRIBE craftswomn together with tiny geometric brass beads that reflect the architectural aesthetic of TOMTOM Jewelry. The results are two beautiful statement necklaces that embody…
Sophie Leon
August 10, 2014
Compassionate Fashion: Della X Urban Outfitters
I often hear complaints that compassionate fashion is difficult to identify and access. Los Angeles-based fashion line Della is attempting to bring handcrafted clothes made in Ghana to the masses. This week, Della launched its new eight-piece capsule collection (items start at $50) in Urban Outfitters in hopes of…
Sophie Leon
July 9, 2014
Compassionate Fashion: 10 Eco-Friendly Summer Shoes From Timberland
I've found that it's surprisingly easy to find clothing and accessories that are up to ethical and sustainable standards, but when it comes to shoes, the pickings are few and far between. There's certainly stylish, handcrafted, responsibly sourced footwear out there -- if you're willing to spend a minimum of $300 on a pair of…
Winona Dimeo-Ediger
June 12, 2014
Levi's CEO Wants You To Stop Washing Your Jeans — And He Has A Point!
Chip Bergh (best name), the CEO of Levi Strauss & Co, made major waves earlier this week when he implored people to stop washing their jeans. Bergh made the statements at a sustainability conference, and revealed that the jeans he was wearing at that moment were almost a year old -- and had never see…
Winona Dimeo-Ediger
May 22, 2014
Compassionate Fashion: Hands-Free Bags From Hipsters For Sisters
Hipsters for Sisters is an accessories company founded by designer Debra Denniston and her two daughters. Their mission is to "liberate women from their baggage," and they mean it, both literally -- they specialize in hands-free belt bags -- and figuratively -- 10% of their profits are donated to organizations that aim…
Winona Dimeo-Ediger
May 11, 2014
Compassionate Fashion: Noodle & Boo's Skin Care Products
In addition, to celebrating our own mothers this Mother's Day, let's celebrate all of the loving mothers around the world. Noodle & Boo creates products that are recyclable, nontoxic, biodegradable, natural, organic, and sensitive enough for the most delicate skin. This environmentally and socially conscious company has a variety of skin care…
Sophie Leon
May 8, 2014
Less Is More: How To Apply Minimalism To Your Wardrobe
The wildly popular website Zen Habits debuted in 2007. Miss Minimalist started blogging in 2009, and The Minimalists followed in 2010. There's a subreddit each for minimalism, anti-consumption, and decluttering. There's also one for tiny houses, and if you happen to downsize to the point that you can fit…
Rebecca Vipond Brink
May 8, 2014
Do You Know Who Made Your Clothes? Take An #InsideOut Picture For Fashion Revolution Day!
Today is the one year anniversary of the tragic collapse of Rana Plaza, a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh. Over 1,100 workers died in the collapse, and more than 2,500 were severely injured, making it the deadliest garment factory "accident" in history. I'm putting "accident" in quotes because the fact is this tragedy…
Winona Dimeo-Ediger
April 24, 2014
Compassionate Fashion: Handmade Scarves & Accessories From FashionABLE
FashionABLE is a company based in Nashville, Tennessee that seeks to create sustainable business opportunities for women in Ethiopia through stylish, handmade scarves and leather goods. FashionABLE is committed to creating long-term poverty solutions instead of a cycle of dependence, so they help women set up business collectives, assist with job training and…
Winona Dimeo-Ediger
April 17, 2014
Compassionate Fashion: Jewelry Made With Love
Made is a UK brand offering affordable fashion forward jewelry crafted by skilled artisans using environmentally sound materials. Rest assured, no sweatshops were utilized to create these beauties. The company offers their Kenyan artisans training, job security, and safe work environments in an effort…
Sophie Leon
April 11, 2014
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Suspicious Package Stops Traffic Near Rockville Court House
February 12, 2013 9:30 AM
LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) – Streets in front of the District Court in Rockville have reopened after a suspicious package brought traffic to standstill.
Police closed the roads as they investigated the package, which was reported around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The court house was not evacuated, but entry into the building was denied during the investigation, police say.
Authorities were able to determine the package was not a threat shortly before 9:15 a.m.

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Use for favorite kitchen towels
About the only souvenir I look for on a trip is a 100% linen towel. You know the kind -- a famous building or other landmark. Museums are the best sources, with great florals and even images of some of their art. These towels are getting hard to find so when I buy one I want it to last forever. When they are too beat up to display I fold them to line the produce and deli drawers of my fridge. This makes cleaning the drawers a snap and they always remind me one more time of that place we visited.
Great idea! We have a few hand embroidered towels that SIL made a few years back. I didn't have the heart to use them, stain them, wear them out, etc. We have some serving plates that store in a drawer and towels those are used to divide those and keep them from getting damaged. I love the idea of using that type of thing in the produce drawer where it would be seen regularly and enjoyed still.
I made pillows out of three of my favorite kitchen towels, and a valance out of two others.


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Wage war against different eras of soldiers as you build your city, purchase weapons and armor, and cast powerful magic spells.
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Linux Wi-Fi: Supercharge a Buffalo (Part 2)Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 16th of May 2007 12:27:00 PM Filed under
enterprisenetworkingplanet: In last week's installment, we installed DD-WRT on a Buffalo wireless broadband router. Today we're going to learn how to do package management, TurboBoost, access restrictions and WPA/WPA2 authentication and encryption.
What's a GNU/Linux distribution?Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 16th of May 2007 10:41:17 AM Filed under
Free Software Magazine: By now, almost everyone who has a computer has heard about something called "Linux". What people generally mean by the word "Linux" is Linus' kernel combined with all of the GNU programs, which together function as an operating system.
How to dual boot Windows XP and UbuntuSubmitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 16th of May 2007 10:30:37 AM Filed under
apcmag: You want to install Linux on your system which is already running Windows XP. This tutorial has been tested on an AcerPower SK50 desktop system and a VMWare 6 virtual machine.
Being NiceSubmitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 15th of May 2007 10:19:34 PM Filed under
Lxpages: Most people don't even know that running processes at at a different priority is an option. Many have never even heard of the nice command. In this article, I will discuss what the nice command can do for your processes.
KDE tip - speed up KDE launch timeSubmitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 15th of May 2007 09:21:59 PM Filed under
FOSSwire: Here's a really simple but very effective tip for speeding up the time it takes for KDE to start up.
Also: Sharp Fonts On A KDE Desktop
The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 7.04Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 15th of May 2007 04:24:13 PM Filed under
howtoforge: This tutorial shows how you can turn Ubuntu Studio 7.04 into a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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Server Monitoring With munin And monit On Debian EtchSubmitted by falko on Tuesday 15th of May 2007 07:36:22 AM Filed under
In this article I will describe how you can monitor your Debian Etch server with munin and monit. munin produces nifty little graphics about nearly every aspect of your server (load average, memory usage, CPU usage, MySQL throughput, eth0 traffic, etc.) without much configuration, whereas monit checks the availability of services like Apache, MySQL, Postfix and takes the appropriate action such as a restart if it finds a service is not behaving as expected.
MOC — Console Audio Player for LinuxSubmitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 15th of May 2007 05:33:23 AM Filed under
polishlinux: MOC is a console-based (build on ncurses library) audio player for Linux/BSD. It's very easy to use, fast and functional so basically it has all the features of a decent player except for a fancy GUI. What is more — it takes a fraction of system resources consumed by most popular GUI players but still plays all popular formats "out-of-the-box".
Some Howtos:Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 14th of May 2007 07:19:00 PM Filed under
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A brief introduction to mutt-ngSubmitted by srlinuxx on Monday 14th of May 2007 03:15:20 PM Filed under
Debian Administration: mutt is a well known and much loved mail client well suited to the efficient handling of a large volume of email. One of the things which makes it so powerful is its extreme flexibility and customisation options. The next-generation mutt package builds upon the core mutt with some additional features; most noticeably the introduction of a sidebar, which this article introduces.
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moreThe polar regions have experienced some remarkable environmental changes in recent decades, such as the Antarctic ozone hole, the loss of large amounts of sea ice from the Arctic Ocean and major warming on the Antarctic Peninsula. The polar regions are also predicted to warm more than any other region on Earth over the next century if greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise. Yet trying to separate natural climate variability from anthropogenic factors still presents many problems. This book presents a thorough review of how the polar climates have changed over the last million years and sets recent changes within a long term perspective. The approach taken is highly cross-disciplinary and the close links between the atmosphere, ocean and ice at high latitudes are stressed. The volume will be invaluable for researchers and advanced students in polar science, climatology, global change, meteorology, oceanography and glaciology. less
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Mac High bands to perform Tuesday
McMinnville High School bands will perform Tuesday, Oct. 29, in their first concert of the year. The free concert will start at 7:30 p.m. in the high schoo auditorium.Jeff Hornick will direct the Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band and Symphonic Band.Ann Kosanovic-Brown will be featured as a guest soloist. She is the first woman to have been a member of the bassoon section in the Berlin Philharmonic.The Concert Band: will perform "Genius" by Harold Bennett, "Psalm 42" by Samuel Hazo, "Diamond Joe's Riviera Clu" by David Weirich and "Moscow 1941" by Brian Balmages.The Symphonic Band will play "Dawn Breaks at a Shinto Shrine" by Urato Watanabe, "At Morning's First Light" by David Gillingham, "Andante and Hungarian Rondo" by C.M. Von Weber" and "Oh, Henry!" by Ryan Nolan.


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Azalia spots.. lace bugs
I posted this in another forum with no idea what was going on and someone asked me to look on the underside of the leaves for little black spots.. I saw them and then did spot a lace bug. As I went back to the plant it was hard to find another bug.. I have three Azalia's all with the same leaves. So next step is to treat. I always prefer natural but don't want to fail at getting rid of them.. So what should I do.. THANKS
Definitely lace bug damage. The safest treatment is probably one of the hoticultural soap products. Trouble is, though, you have to hit the lace bug nymphs directly because there's no residual action. This means timing is critical. Your extension service or state department of agricultural should be able to help with this. The already damaged leaves will remain this way, so spraying at the correct time next year before damage occurs is important.
The most natural treatment is to move them to a more shady area. Some azaleas are more naturally susceptible to lace bug and some are quite resistant. You need to grow the more resistant varieties in sunny locations and keep the susceptible varieties in more shady areas. This is because the natural predators of lace bugs do not like direct sun.
Second, don't fertilize if you have lace bug. The National Arboretum warns: "Excess nutrients may promote larger than normal populations of azalea pests like lace bugs and azalea whiteflies."
The following azalea cultivars have resistance to azalea lace bug: 'Boldface,' 'Cavalier,' 'Cooperman,' 'Dawn,' 'Delaware Valley White,' 'Dream,' 'Elsie Lee,' 'Ereka,' 'Flame Creeper,' 'Fourth of July,' 'Gumpo White,' 'HahnâÂÂs Red,' 'Hinocrimson,' 'Indica alba,' 'Koromo Skikibu,' 'Macrantha,' 'Marilee,' 'Mrs. G.G. Gerbing,' 'Pink Fancy,' 'Pink Star,' 'Red Wing,' 'Rosebud,' 'Salmon Beauty,' 'Salmon Pink,' 'Seigei,' 'Sunglow,' and many of the Encore Azaleas including 'Autumn Amethyst,' 'Autumn Cheer,' 'Autumn Rogue,' 'Autumn Royalty,' 'Autumn Sangria,' and 'Autumn Twist.'
Here is a link that might be useful: Azalea Lace Bugs, Stephanitis pyrioides


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What caterpillar is this?
I can's find the name of this caterpillar anywhere? I assume it is rare? I would also like to know what butterfly or moth does this turn into? Please help me.
I can't see the head but based on body markings, I would say that it is the Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth. Not alot of info on them tho.
Here is a link that might be useful: Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth
Looks more like a sawfly larvae, to me....though not sure which one. It would be simple to ID if we could see the head capsule and the prolegs.
Here is a link that might be useful: Compare with your larvae.
Since you live in South Africa, I'm afraid we won't have much info for you here. Our primary focus is on lepidoptera of the U.S.
I did a quick search and did find a website with images of South African leps, and have attached the link for you.
Good luck, and be sure to post the ID if you find one.
Here is a link that might be useful: South African Lepidoptera
Note that when identifying many caterpillars and adult moths, the pattern is much more important than the colors.
The pattern of the above larva matches the sawfly rather than the moth cat.
That they were both orange with black dots was a coincidence.
I think I found it! Its not a sawfly. We don't really get sawfly's in Southern Africa, very rare.
Caterpillars on Prickly Pear Cactus - Cactoblastis cactorum
Must bet this, it has the same markings and same colours. Some are brighter than others.I guess it depends what type of cactus they feeding off. You get the Green Prickly Pear cactus and the Red prickly Pear Cactus. It would make sense because Namibia is partly dessert and grows a lot of wild cactus plants. I saw you get them in Florida and Texas too.
I am just waiting for a confirmation on this. But I am 99% sure its correct.
Here is a link that might be useful: Bug Guide Net
Very interesting. We learn so much here. If we see this in the US. It is imperative to isolate it and contact either the USDA or the state pest control program.
If you go up the hierachy on the list, to the moth family (cactus borers) on bugguide, and click on "Cactus Borers", it has interesting info on this bug. It native of S. America and was introduced in Australia. It has now been seen in the US. It has the potential to wipe out native cactus species. It is a big one on the USDA's hit list. It looks like they are trying to set up monitoring programs in key states like Mississippi (So, Miss Sherry, be on the lookout!).
It was introduced into S. Africa to deal with invasive cactus species with some success. For more info;
Again, thanks for sharing. It helps us learn and keep up with what is happening in the Lep world.
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Its amazing, I've read both articles and its very interesting. But now I wonder if this caterpillar is also a pest in Namibia because the cactus here are also native as its part of the country. I am going to try my best to find out. But Namibia has very little resources.
Thankyou for your information. :)
Uh oh! We sure don't need another invasive pest here!
The only cactus that grows here is Opuntia humifusa/prickly pear cactus. There are large stands of it on sand bars on the side of the Pascagoula River, so I imagine it also grows on sand bars on the tributary rivers, the Leaf and the Chickasawhay. I was surprised to see them growing in a spot that must be wet, despite being pure sand. I saw them when they were in bloom, and they were a sight to behold - beautiful!
Well, since they are not native to Africa, I would assume if it is eating native cactii, that it is a pest. I would contact the author of the second link (H.G. Zimmerman, Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X 134, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, E-mail: email@example.com)and show him your photos and document the cactus species. See what they have to say about it. They might be able to put you in contact with someone in Namibia.
Miss Sherry, you will just have an excuse to visit the cactus more. Tell your family you are monitoring for invasive pests :).
Good luck Tarynw. Let us know how it goes.


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On Randomness, Again
A little over a year ago, I talked about randomness in Hearthstone. Since that time, the amount of RNG cards has only increased. In fact, the Goblin vs Gnomes expansion added a full 24 cards with the word "random" on it, some of which have gone on to be staple cards in many decks:
At the time of the article, I mentioned that Blizzard's stance on RNG was possibly at a turning point given how Hearthstone's nascent e-Sports scene was starting to take off, much to the surprise of Blizzard itself. As we well know today however, Blizzard has stuck with their RNGuns and doubled-down on wild board swings.
And… I think I can appreciate what they're doing.
The downsides to randomness are rather apparent to most people, insofar as you can go from winning to losing by virtue of a coin-flip. Watching Pro Players losing tournaments on the back of a 1% chance (or even less) of bad luck makes the game look like amateur hour sometimes.
On the flip side (har har), an element of randomness allows one to stage surprising comebacks. Top-decking just the right card to win a game has always been a staple of even the highest levels of the Magic: the Gathering professional scene. Since Hearthstone has less than half as many cards as Magic (and no land cards to gum up the works), Hearthstone arguably needs the extra randomness just to be less deterministic. Nobody likes playing unwinnable matches.
The real upside to Hearthstone's randomness though? The stories.
If you were the other guy playing this match, you would probably be justifiably upset about how utterly screwed you got from that Piloted Shredder outcome. Or would you be justified? As I mentioned before, randomness is just another consideration that skilled players need to account for in their strategies. Getting Lorewalker Cho out of a Piloted Shredder as Oil Rogue is bad, but there was always a 1.5% chance of it happening in every game; if you don't want to sometimes lose to the randomness of your own card, take it out of your deck. About 70% of the time, Piloted Shredder summons a better-than-expected minion, which is why so many people run it.
But as I was saying, that match went from "just another video demonstrating a deck" to "high-class entertainment" in my eyes. You can see the gears whirling in the streamer's head as soon as Cho hit the board; it was unexpected, and the unexpected is much more fun for the viewers at home. Even if I were playing that game though, I think I'd be alright with it. Nobody really cares that you won yet another game as Oil Rogue or whatever is Flavor of the Week. Winning in spite of Cho? That would be epic. And even though the other rogue loss due to Cho, he/she now has the option to mentally blame bad luck instead of being outplayed. That attitude can prevent new players from improving of course, but it can also prevent new players from simply giving up in the face of veterans.
The next Hearthstone Adventure set, Blackrock Mountain, is due to be released sometimes in April. We haven't seen nearly all the cards yet, but we already know about a reverse-Shredder card called Hungry Dragon, which summons a random 1-mana minion for your opponent. So at this point, I believe it safe to say that randomness is here to stay. Time will tell if Hearthstone in general does the same.
(I give it a 92% chance.)
Winning for Losing
Way back before I got distracted with Crowfall news, Rohan had an interesting few posts exploring the challenges of structured PvP vs transient PvP. Namely, how do you solve the "3rd/4th faction" problem of people migrating to the winning side in structured PvP? The clear answer involves incentives to stay on the losing/outnumbered side, but the implementation is tricky.
Or is it?
I consider one of the gold standards of loss incentives to be Titanfall's Extraction phase. At the end of each match – be it CTF, Death Match, etc – there is a no-respawn phase in which the losing team tries to make it to a waiting drop ship. If all losing members make it, the entire team receives a significant bonus (less than a win, but not by much). The winning team will of course try and kill the stragglers, but they can also destroy the drop ship and get bonus points. While it is still possible to queue into a complete blowout match in which the other team practically insta-kills the drop ship, most battles end with the drop ship taking off. Not only do the extra points for an Extraction soften the blow of losing perhaps a close match, the psychological reward for "escaping" is immense.
You lost, but you didn't lose. And, yes, there is a difference.
This might seem weird to say, but I actually enjoy hopeless defenses in many games. Whenever I
play used to play PlanetSide 2, for example, I looked for the bases under attack by near-overwhelming odds. From my perspective, such bases present A) easy opportunity for kills in the chaos, B) no expectation for success, C) small chance for epic comeback. Being spawn-camped by tank spam is miserable, but anything less can be great low-pressure fun.
The same sentiment existed even in WoW PvP for me. Being farmed at the Graveyard in WSG is enough to make one ragequit. Dial it back a few notches though, and I found it immensely entertaining simply being annoying, e.g. by tanking DPS as a healer, taking potshots and then forcing someone to chase me for two minutes, and so on. My team might lose, but I still won. Some of my favorite PvP memories was on my Rogue, when I ran around Sapping everyone into diminishing returns and watching their futile attempts at unstealthing me.
All of the above examples (except for PS2) are from transient PvP rather than structured PvP. Still, I think you can achieve a similar incentive structure using the same principals. For example, if a certain team is way behind or outnumbered, start giving them an alternative currency (call it Honor or whatever), or even a bonus to the normal PvP currency. In this way, winning becomes much less of a zero-sum game, and offers an "out" for those players who would, strictly speaking, be better off defecting to the winning side. Plus it would attract goofballs such as myself to hopeless defenses, thereby making the match more entertaining for everyone involved.
Impression: Kingdom Rush
So… anyone got mobile strategy(-ish) game recommendations? I'm on a bit of a kick here.
I am currently playing Kingdom Rush and finding it rather fantastic. Tower Defense is one of those genres that seems sort of shallow on the face of it – and perhaps even is in the scheme of things – but I'm liking how it's presented here in Kingdom Rush. You have the standard lanes, tower placement, and varied enemies with their rock-paper-scissors attributes. Even the implementation of a somewhat controllable hero and magic powers seems almost standard these days.
The thing that strikes me though is that the lanes in KR are wide. In other words, the enemies marching down the road and the resulting battles feel a bit more organic, as your soldiers might engage near the edge of the lane and allow a few enemies on the far end slip past. There is a granularity there, a sense that slight tweaks to troop or hero placement will result in better outcomes. Tower choice is such a huge change that there are clearly better options given the enemies you face (high magic defense vs high armor defense). Moving your troops just slightly to the left of the corner though? The result might be better just 5% of the time, but that 5% chance gives you the opportunity to demonstrate mastery over the game mechanics.
Of course, just like with most other Tower Defense games I have played, discovering OP combinations of towers usually results in me going through the motions for the rest of the game's duration. I am definitely at that stage with Kingdom Rush right now, although it has lasted longer than other, similar games like Bloons.
So, yeah. I'm also playing Clash of Clans (near max TH7 base) at the moment. I have enjoyed the aforementioned Bloons TD 5, iBomber Defense, and the Anomaly series. I recently picked up Ironclad Tactics from the latest Humble Bundle but haven't played it yet. Heard good things about Card Crawl too, and might actually pick it up if I can mentally prepare myself for playing on my tiny iPod Touch screen. Speaking of iPods, that reminds me of Hero Academy… another good one from back in the day. And presently perhaps? It's been a while.
Give me your best strategy, Tower Defense, and/or card game games. Apps. Whatever.
Performance Enhancing F2P
As I was browsing reddit a few days ago, I found my way into a thread talking about how you can play the Star Citizen alpha for free until March 15th (or March 20th depending on the code used). This is a game that I am somewhat interested in playing, but not 22gb of files interested. Makes you wonder about what the final download size is going to end up being. The Secret World is already over 40gb and making me think deleting it would be better than keeping it around in the off-chance I feel like… Googling the answers to ridiculous in-game riddles.
In any case, I continued reading the various comments to try and glean where Star Citizen was in development. As it turns out, they're still in the "sell $2700+ ship packages in the store like it ain't no thing" stage.
The Completionist Package is actually much more expensive at $15,000, although for some reason the $2700 tier galls me a bit more than the other. I think it's because at some point the amounts are too ridiculous to contemplate, but these smaller ones are more "reasonable." Could you even build a gaming PC that cost $15,000 without spending money on the equivalent of Monster Cables?
Once the game officially launches, the idea is that the cash shop for ships is going to close; thereafter, the only things sold for real dollars will be customization options… and a "small" amount of in-game currency, with a daily cap. The amount is supposed to be "miniscule" and the equivalent to whatever it costs to refuel and rearm a ship. Whether that amount will just cover a normal ship maintenance cost or one of the $200+ ships you can outright purchase right now, is anyone's guess.
What is not anyone's guess are the fascinating arguments being made that such purchases aren't P2W:
There is insurance on the ships, if you bought the ship early you are granted free insurance.
Insurance will be cheap though, so if you lose your ship without insurance you kinda have to blame yourself. You won't get a huge advantage with free insurance.
And what's the problem with buying ingame cash? If I only have 6 hours/week to play the game I should be able to spend cash so I won't get left behind by the players sitting 6 hours/day.
This bolded sentiment simply boggles my mind. I don't even know where to start.
Perhaps I could start with an analogy: performance enhancing drugs in sports. If you only had six hours/week to train for a competition whereas your opponent trained six hours/day, I think everyone would still say that that is fair; if you wanted to legitimately compete with this person, you would put in the necessary hours to do so. I don't think there is anyone here that would say you should just pop some steroids so you "don't get left behind" by the person who is clearly more committed to playing the game than you. But suppose you do believe it's fair, and everyone should have freedom to take whatever drugs give them an edge. In such a scenario, what happens to your advantage when the 6 hours/day person just, you know, takes performance enhancing drugs themselves? You end up where you started, except now everyone with even a modicum of desire to win is taking drugs.
Meanwhile, the people selling steroids are making bank.
The other problem I have with the bolded sentiment is what it says about time spent playing the game. If you are paying dollars to skip content, that implies the content being skipped is the unfun, grindy parts of the game. Which means all the players you are bribing your way past are stuck doing content they probably don't find fun either. Which means that the game designers have a dilemma: they can either make the unfun, grindy parts more fun for everyone (and lose money), or they can do nothing and make more money. Or, you know, make that payslope even steeper.
Is that a little too tinfoil hat thinking? Maybe. Maybe there are good, legitimate reasons why my Air Defense tower in Clash of Clans takes six real-world days to upgrade. Whatever those reasons are, they can't be too important though, as I can buy my way past the timer. As I've mentioned before, these sort of cash shop designs immediately throws every designer action under suspicion.
The final problem I have with the bolded sentiment is difficult to put into words. It's like, when did we start expecting to have better outcomes than other people who play a game more than us? I would agree that a design in which no one can catch up to Day One veterans is bad, but I feel like there is a crazy expectation that skill should triumph over time-spent and yet the game still have character progression somehow. How would that work, exactly? And when did it become unfair for someone else to spend six/hours a day playing a game? And then fair for you to bring resources completely outside of game (i.e. cash) to make things even?
Sometimes I feel like we're all just lost in the woods here.
I officially change my book answer on Wednesday to the Discworld series. Eternal apologies to Terry Pratchett (RIP) for not remembering how much I miss Rincewind, Two-flower, Luggage, Granny, Nanny, Magrat and Agnes, Vetinari, Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Colon, Nobby, Littlebottom, and Moist. And Death, Susan, Death of Rats, and… all the rest. The stories starring Vimes are probably the most famous for being "the good ones," but I enjoyed the subtlety of the Granny series as well.
Actually, they were all really enjoyable.
God damn.
"All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need… fantasies to make life bearable."
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"
"So we can believe the big ones?"
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME…SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"
Liebsteri Fatali
So apparently there's this Liebster thing going around, and since I'm still kinda wiped out from traveling, let's dive right in.
1. What was your very first MMO character and why did you choose that race?
Blood Elf warlock in WoW named Izuko. When I first decided to get into WoW, I had to decide early on whether to buy just the base game or the game plus Burning Crusade expansion. Since I went with the latter, I also knew that companies have a tendency to make expansion races/classes overpowered, which meant I needed to roll either Blood Elf or Draenei. While I clearly ended up sticking with Azuriel the Draenei paladin overall, Eversong Woods was perhaps the best possible starting zone for anyone new to MMOs.
Useless personal trivia: I quit playing Izuko after my leveling guild fell apart while I was in the mid-40s in Hinterlands. I was ready to quit WoW entirely at that point – old-school Hinterlands was awful at the best of times – but felt like that I wouldn't get my money's worth if I didn't at least roll a Draenei. So I did. And here I am, blogging about going to PAX East with my former WoW guildmates, whom I've only ever met in person once before, at GenCon. Then again, I've probably talked to them over Vent for more hours over the past six years than any of my IRL friends.
2. Would you rather have a tiny elephant as a pet, or a tiny kangaroo?
Neither. I enjoy other peoples' pets and have owned some in the past myself, but having to literally manage their shit has lost all appeal. If I had to pick though: tiny elephant, no question.
3. Do you overuse any figures of speech in your writing or speaking?
So… yeah. About that. For the most part, I write like I speak, including adding what probably amounts to superfluous commas all over the damn place. I have also noticed that an embarrassing number of sentences are bisected by "but," but I'm not sure what I can really do about it. And the "so" thing.
4. You can snap your fingers and visit any city in the world. Where are you?
It's a bit pretentious, but… Kyoto. Been there both times I traveled to Japan and plan on including it on any future Japanese itinerary.
5. What was your first (real life) pet? Who is your favorite pet?
I believe it was a gecko, which soon got lost in the grass when I tried to "walk" it. My favorite pet was probably my dog, Bo (we had a cat/dog pair named Rocky and Bullwinkle). Bo was one of those pets that spanned multiple Ages, from elementary to college.
He's been dead for a while now, thanks for asking.
6. You're on a desert island and only have one album, one movie, and one book. What are they?
The album question is a bit tough, as I have zero loyalty to specific artists, only good songs. Based on number of top-rated songs on my iTunes account, it looks like Auidoslave's debut album and/or the soundtrack to Her would win overall. Hmm, apparently Fort Minor's Rising Tied is also up there. On an island though, I'd probably need to relax, for which the Her soundtrack is most conducive.
In terms of being able to rewatch/reread something over and over, I have to go with Fifth Element and… uh… the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Because who reads one book over and over?
7. Why did you start a blog?
I was pretty active on the WoW forums back in TBC and Wrath. Over time, I realized that the same (discredited) arguments were being trotted out again and again, so I figured that I could save myself time by copy/pasting a well-sourced post rather than spamming the same text. Additionally, things on the forums had tendency to go "poof," so I also wanted some way to preserve Blue posts and the like. It was a pretty poorly thought-out plan, I admit.
Later on, I found that I played WoW for the AH shenanigans, so it made sense to make Player Vs Auction House. This was followed later on by the realization that, no, I did like arguing with strangers over the internet more after all. And still do, to this very day.
8. What's your favorite video game soundtrack?
I'm changing this question to favorite video game composer. In which case, Yasunori Mitsuda, hands down. Being forced to choose between the Chronos and Xenogears soundtracks is simply cruel. Although have you listened to Xenogears Creid? Hmm… now that I think about it, I'll go with Xenogears straight-up.
9. Which writers have been the most influential in your own writing?
I'm not entirely sure how influenced I am in writing style, but I am quite often in utter awe over Jerry Holkins' (of Penny Arcade) poetic prose. Something something Dickwolves, I know. But seriously, read this shit:
It must be said, though, that they have a different kind of cold than I have in my town. Brenna wanted to take a walk before she had to fly out one year after the show, and I said no, that was a terrible idea, because people were freezing in place where they stood out there and being loaded onto trucks like cordwood, bundled for quick sale, to those for whom freshness was paramount.
Somehow we ended up on the walk anyhow, because whatever, who cares, and we hadn't gotten three blocks before we turned back. I would like to say that this was a choice we made, turning back, but we were turned back because your cold is of a fundamentally different sort. We went back because we could not go forward. It wasn't a land habitable by people. Their cold is the great Leviathan, which marks the edge of the map.
That was just a recent example in my spartan, verbal shrine to well-crafted sentences.
10. What is your favorite virtual hat in any game?
T6/Veng Glad paladin helm in WoW. I'm a sucker for halos, especially since I usually turn helms off.
And that's it.
While I answered the questions, this was a half-assed commitment, so I'm breaking the chain.
PAX Day Three: Final
And thus PAX came to an end.
The more charitable conclusion is that I simply came during an off year. Or perhaps an off PAX. But what I truly want to say is that the show sucked. At least to this particular non-con going groupie. And I'm thinking that the allure of cons are getting diminished by the same forces that generated a niche market in making physical boxes for all-digital games.
The Twitch booth out on the show floor was extremely hard to miss. After a few minutes, the irony of my having spent a considerable amount of money to fly into the Boston snowpocalypse just to come to PAX and watch a Twitch stream in person was too much to bear. The same principle held for Overwatch and the new expansions to GW2 and FF14 – why stand in line for 2+ hours to play these particular games that will either be released or in public beta in a number of months? Maybe it made sense back in the days when we got our gaming news from magazines (remember those?), but not today.
I mean, they had a bunch of booths for iPad games for god's sake.
Luckily, I came because of friends. PAX definitely had a better setup for free-playing various games than GenCon. But that was about the long and short of it. If I could do things over again, I probably would have bought a PS4 and just took a 5-day staycation.
PAX Day Two: Lined
Went to two major panels on Saturday, one after the other. First was FF15 and the second was Pillars of Eternity.
In regards to FF15, I actually haven't been following the already-released information close enough to tell what was breaking news. The panelists mainly drove home the "road trip" and "Buddies" aspect of the game. Which, if I'm honest, probably wouldn't have been nearly as interesting if I were not hearing their passion in person.
There was a moment while watching the gameplay that I asked myself "is this a Final Fantasy game at all?" I never really played 12 or the 13 series, so I'm not sure if there's a huge precedent for the sort of Action RPG gameplay I watched on-screen – especially the bit where he hook-shotted up a telephone tower to wait for his MP to regen. The panelists did sort of address this subtly as they mentioned the kind of themes common throughout the series, such as the hero never being alone.
It's not that seeing the party run down a highway avoiding traffic or that the lack of an ATB gauge is throwing me off; FF7 and 8 had a number of similar high-tech elements, and they are amongst my favorites. Honestly, it could just be that the last Final Fantasy game I completed was FFX-2. This series went from being the single most important thing in my gaming life – I jumped on the original Playstation precisely because I was following Squaresoft – to something I pick up on Steam sales, like everything else. And so "Final Fantasy" to me is/was a game that defines a particular gaming epoch, or it isn't one at all.
Baggage aside, the game looks great, the road trip thing could be interesting, party banter is always welcome, and the remixed music was pure nostalgia.
The Pillars of Eternity panel was pretty much the devs just playing the game for about twenty minutes. Which certainly isn't the worst kind of panel, and there wasn't much they needed to sell for me to be onboard in the first place. They even had an Oprah moment with the whole "check under your chair for a prize." Everyone got a free upgrade to the Champion edition, assuming you purchase the base game, and a few got upgrades to the highest tier.
While Pillars is a guaranteed purchase by me at some price-point, the pause-based tactical combat really hit home how much I prefer the FFT or other Tactics game type. It's fun queuing up that initial volley of attacks in these sort of CRPGs, but things quickly end up coming down to micromanaging one or two characters, at best, and hoping that a third character is actually going to finish their attack animation and drink a potion before they die. The devs mentioned that there wasn't going to be anything much in the way of AI, so you are kinda left with the worst of both worlds.
One day to go.
PAX Day One: That's A Lot of People
I wouldn't say this was the most amount of people I've been around, even at a convention, but still:
Place was packed, in other words. To be expected.
I didn't actually stand in any lines, as while playing the new GW2 expansion sounds somewhat fun, waiting two hours to do so does not. The line for Overwatch was… well:
I missed a chance to meet some of the Wildstar devs at a local bar, but I'm not too tore up about it. We'll see if any similar opportunities present themselves.
PAX Day Zero: Schmoozing
So, hey, I'm (hopefully) at PAX East!
I'm not sure yet what the internet situation is going be like, so you can expect either radio silence or frequent updates. Probably the former, let's be honest. That said, I am fully prepared for the PAX schmoozing campaign:
Of course, if any developer scans the QR code the day I start reverse-pickpocketing these on their person, they're going to see this post up top.
In which case… hello! Please send me all the review copies you have. Thank you.


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A compelling fanale to the Lord of the Rings saga. If you read and loved the first two, do not think about missing out on The Return of the King, You will regret it if you do.
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It made me cry...
The part that made me cry was when Theoden died even though Eowyn fought to save him (darn Snowmane, he was his master's bane). I loved it how the Eagles came to help...I love this story too much. What helped me the most were the Appendices he had in the back. They had interesting things such as some histories, references, family trees and the like.
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I know this is sometimes not what people trying to decide will find most helpful but: BEST BOOK EVER!!! O.K. to anybody who has read the series this is my favorite book in it.To people who have'nt has a Wonderful end story, but also the most violence and suspense. I still highly recommend it.
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The best!
Don't be deterred that The Lord of the Rings--unlike The Hobbit--is typically found in the adult section; that is mainly based on reading level or the age of characters, not the content. I recommend LotR for 12 and up. If they have been able to understand the first two volumes, this will be a worthy reward (and please, read before you see the movies). Mainly, the only things that could be considered an issue here is the use of "ass" (only once, I think), which Pippin uses (ironically) to refer to a foolish Merry. Also, there is some love between Eowyn and Faramir and Aragorn, but there are no references to anything beyond wedding, etc. The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen in the Appendicies is also of similar nature. There is also plenty of violence, but nother gory or disgusting is depicted in detail. And I must warn you: have some tissues ready for the end.
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A brilliant (if sad) ending to the trilogy, which is no less than what we could expect from Tolkien.
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a perfect climax!!
this is a great book in itself and also a totally perfect ending to the trilogy!!! im so glad it wasnt one of those disappointing "last books" but it was great and kept me hooked!!! tolkien of course adds more the flavor of the story by mixing the elements already there with new characters, and of course new adventures! i warn you tho, the ending is kinda bitter-sweet, but for me that only makes the book better! its a truly real story and a classic! i love it!!


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Written for students, this book presents mathematical techniques applicable to models involving differential equations that describe rates of change. The book details the process of constructing a model, including the conversion of a seemingly complex problem into a much simpler one. It uses flow diagrams and word equations to aid in the model building process and to develop the mathematical equations.
An introduction to MATLAB is included. In addition, MATLAB is used to solve many application examples in the book.
Belinda Barnes, Austrialian National University
Glenn Fulford, Queensland University of Technology
CRC Press, Inc., 2009
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|AP sources: Phillies agree to re-sign Carlos Ruiz
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The people spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal hasn't been officially announced. The contract also includes a club option for 2017.
The 34-year-old hit .268 in 92 games last year after serving a 25-game suspension for using a banned amphetamine.
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it did have way too many pointless episodes but it still was a good show so no it ended perfectly
This series was defanintly dragged in faaaaaaaaar too long. They couldn't kill enough, so that had to talk all the time, entirety of episodes were wasted on BS!
Only those who put their mind to it, can recive all the power available to them
omg, thank you so much for making this thread.
this is what ive been saying in every inu yasha thread i could find
the entire series was like the bount arc in bleach times 100. there were one or two episodes with action, and the rest was constant filler.
i believe inu yasha dragged on for too long, as i didnt even know there was an ending until i searched around this site. So yes, i agree with you 100 percent to anyone who said it did.
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With no disrespect intended for Inuyasha fans, in my humble opinion yes it dragged on waaaaayyyyy too long. Though i never really had problems with fillers, Inuyasha is a different case. I never really liked Inuyasha in the first place with its all too generic plot, characters, and its sucky storytelling but its same-old-s*** episodes made it much much worse to the point that i even consider it as one of the worst anime series in my book. 167 episodes ain't bad by the numbers but it's full of sucky episodic storytelling, we're not new to fillers and super-long series (DB, Naruto, etc) but those shows never got as out of hand as Inuyasha. Because the series got stretched out too much it became an episodic anime that isn't even supposed to be.
i think it dragged on. the beginning was great, and i loved the movies, but the series was way too long, and it got pretty boring. to me, Rumiko Takahashi gave the characters too hard of a task and plot to complete, and naraku just wouldnt die. it would take a lot of patience to finish it.
it dragged on for way way too long
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at least answered some unknown questions
It dragged on for way too long, but for some reason I never lost interest in the anime. And I believe it's because the characters were so well thought-out and had traits that viewers could relate to, [as well as] everyone always waiting to see if Inu & Kag would finally shut up and make out.


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Not far and not close to Male' city. What a place to relax. Thank you for giving me wonderful memories
...BUT BY THE MOMENTS THAT TAKE OUR AWAY!!! And I had a lot of breathtaking moments togther with one of the best dive crew I've ever met!! The Island Diver guys love their job, the underwaterworld and try every day their very best to give guests some breathtaking moments
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We returned 2 weeks back. We had a very good time. However, it was a disappointing beginning.
We booked a water villa from OV Holidays. But had to re-schedule due to personal emergency. After re-schedule we were promised water villa or refund of difference amount for any other kind of accommodation, however we were given superior beach bungalow without any...
We visited 10 years ago and returned last October the place is stunning, the snorkelling is second to none and the wildlife is everywhere. Best part of our trip was gobi out bartender such a lovely man who we kept in regular contact with. This place is so relaxing yet there is plenty to do.
We only went there for a day trip but as it was so big it was a little impersonal. Still a lovely Island though.
Went here in 2006 for a pre wedding holiday the food was not the best but I'm not into seafood but the burgers in the bar were amazing !!! The. Whole place was out of this world and we are returning for. Our 10 year anniversey get your selfs there !!!!!!
Stayed on sun island for our 2 week honeymoon back in Dec '05.
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It is very nice place to visit. Warm and clean water, white sand and beautiful see world - very good place for snorkling!
I swam with fishes in the ocean , it was the best experience in my life,i love that.
Foods in the islan was good.
Loved pretty much everything except the rudeness of the Russians.
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In the kitchen with Jimmy Gibson: Keep your foam sauces. This chef cooks up 'food with no attitude'
CINCINNATI - We invite you to dig into our weekly column spotlighting different chefs from the Greater Cincinnati area. Each Sunday, WCPO Contributor Grace Yek takes you into their kitchens and talks to them about their food. The chefs reveal their inspirations, philosophies, and provide a glimpse of their authentic selves.
Jimmy Gibson
Go ahead, make his day. Eat Jimmy Gibson's food, and tell him what you think. This chef has been in the culinary trenches long enough to tell you, it's not all the glamor you see on television.
Born in Latrobe, Penn., and raised in nearby Jeannette, Gibson stumbled upon his calling in the food business when he was roaming the country as a young man.
In the early days, Gibson lived with his grandparents, where he got to eat his grandmother's home cooking.
"Everything was done from scratch in the kitchen, milk was delivered to the house, gardens were out back, and the neighbors had chickens," Gibson recalled.
The oldest of his siblings, he helped in the kitchen and around the house.
His mother, a single parent, went to school and worked.
"There were holidays where everybody cooked, and eventually I started helping, but I never thought I would do this for living," he said.
Gibson said he was a rambunctious kid who liked to explore. He pushed--and often broke boundaries--because he "wanted to see stuff."
After high school, Gibson hitchhiked his way to California, and got his first taste of the restaurant world: Working as a dishwasher.
Gibson liked the camaraderie, and felt comfortable in the kitchen.
"Sometimes it didn't feel like work. Plus you ate for free," he said.
As Gibson moved around the country, he honed his cooking skills in a variety of restaurants, from fine dining to casual eateries. When he got his chance at the grill, he discovered he was a natural, and was soon grilling steaks like nobody's business.
Gibson moved to Cincinnati to work at The Phoenix. He went on to open Ciao Baby, and later, worked for Jeff Ruby as his corporate chef. According to Gibson, he opened a few restaurants for Ruby, including Tropicana, Carlo & Johnny, and Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse downtown.
In 2012, Gibson opened Jimmy G's (dining room pictured above), a restaurant he says his customers describe as "a steak place for foodies." Gibson didn't want the restaurant to be his namesake, but his business partners insisted on it.
"I just want to cook. I'm a hardworking cook, and that's what I want to be known for."
Food and cooking philosophy
"I make food with no attitude. There's no need to overcomplicate things. By the time you get everything on the plate, and get it all sculpted, the food is cold. Besides, you can only taste so many things at once."
Gibson, too, has put too many things on a plate. Over the years, though, he's learned to keep things simple.
"You realize what belongs, what doesn't, and what's superfluous."
Gibson appears to have transcended the thinking stage of his craft. His approach to food just comes naturally.
"I don't even think about it. I could start with a technique, then pick a food to do it with. Or I could start with food, and match the technique to bring out the best in the food," Gibson said. Sometimes, it could be something he sees that has nothing to do with food, that sparks the creation of the next great dish.
"I see things moving back to being simpler. People are going back to the basics," Gibson said.
He's not a fan of foam sauces, a product of a cooking style loosely referred to as molecular gastronomy. It lacks the tactile sense Gibson believes is a crucial part of the eating experience.
"It was more of a novelty, and I see the foam sauce going away," Gibson said.
For the young cook, Gibson staunchly believes in paying attention.
"Keep your eyes and ears open, and your mouth shut. When someone's showing you how to do something in the kitchen, listen to every word, and watch their hands," he said.
Gibson sees commercial cooking as being intellectually driven.
"You have to have a vast library of knowledge in your head to do this," he said. Gibson describes it as a "white collar job with tough blue collar working conditions."
"If you're all hat and no cowboy, you're not going to make it."
Essential ingredients & tools
Gibson's kitchen must-haves include:
- A wood-burning grill--for steaks, beef, some fish, octopus, and vegetables
- Knives: Gibson has a working set of 7-8 knives, including chef, boning, paring, and slicing versions
- Vitamix blender
- Salt--kosher salt for cooking, and sea salt for finishing. Gibson's current go-to finishing salt is Murray River pink salt
- Vinegar, or some type of acid
- Fresh herbs, like sage, chervil, and thyme, depending on what's cooking
- Spices: star anise, cinnamon,
- fennel seed
What are the ingredients that give Gibson's food a little "something?" They are: Konbu, a type of seaweed (for extra flavor in stocks) and yuzu juice, his preferred citrus zing.
Jacque Pepin's books, La Methode and La Technique are Gibson's chief sources of inspiration.
"I still have the original books when they first came out," he said. "I was probably still doing pantry work then. These books changed my life in this business."
Gibson doesn't believe in quitting. It's that doggedness that inspires him to step up his game. He credits some of that tenacity to his mother, who at one time, not only raised her children by herself, but also carried a full work load.
"When things are hard and difficult, that's when I do my best work. I'm not only going to finish the work, I'm going to do it ten times over and beyond what anyone expects," Gibson said.
While some culinary aspirants may be inspired by celebrity chefs--or television shows about chefs that abound in recent popular culture--Gibson entered the cooking profession for the simple love of it.
"I dedicated myself to this because I loved it. It wasn't cool to be a cook or a chef back then. I saw nothing in this that was going to make me famous, or a lot of money," Gibson said.
- RELATED: In the Kitchen with Matthew Buschle - Gibson is Buschle's inspiration.
Does Jimmy G. cook at home?
Not so much. His home dining methods are usually simple: Carry-out or delivery.
When he does cook, it's likely a meal-in-a-bag that he can throw in a skillet.
"I don't have a chef's knife in my house. I only have butter knives," Gibson said. If he has to cut something, he turns to his trusty pocket knife, an item that rarely leaves his side.
(All photos by G. Yek)
Grace Yek is a faculty member at the Midwest Culinary Institute, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. Connect with her on Twitter: @Grace_Yek .


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