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Why is this a "woman's issue" and not merely an issue facing everyone?
And as for women looking to take the reigns, after seeing a mother, aunt or some other woman who didn't fare well after the father died, I've seen that, but I've also see women who were so stubbornly untrusting of men (after being burned by a man), and are so lousy with handling their own money, that they end up hurting themselves far more than the man they left, did. So, it's not a male-female issue. The one who is the CFO of the family should be the one with the greatest degree of scruples and discipline in that arena, male or female. BUT, along with that authority, comes responsibility: If the ship sinks because of how the finances were handled, then the CFO deserves primary responsibility and blame for it.
Don, it's a woman's issue because too many have been blown off by financial advisors and/or have seen their mothers/grandmothers struggle (either for lack of funds or lack of knowledge) upon becoming widows.
As for the writers questions, I started saving at a young age and learned by watching parents who live within their means, make rational choices, use credit wisely, and expect to contribute toward those who need a helping hand. I hope that I can imbue the same values in my children.
I find it hard to believe that *any* woman would be "blown off" by a financial advisor. Why would a financial advisor send away a potential client? I personally helped one elderly woman get set up with a financial advisor, and witnessed nothing but the advisor's desire to sign her up.
And understand, that your 70 year old (grand)mother came from a different world, practically, so it's not like you're teaching your grandmother when she was a child.
I'm not saying you shouldn't teach financial basics to your kids, I just don't know why it should be limited to daughters. What about your sons?
...and now that I think about this more, I find this statement from Linda Descano a bit creepy: "We also found 92% of women are talking to their daughters about money, making it the No. 1 topic of conversation." I'm not saying that money-management isn't important, but the #1 topic? Is there nothing else more important or challenging in life to help your daughter make it in this world? How about talking with your daughter about boys and men? Let me tell you, if there's one thing that post-60s women are woefully short on, it's knowledge about men (and no, I don't mean how rotten, untrustworthy, selfish, violent, cruel, blah blah blah that men are).
I encourage everyone to ignore Don's passages. His sole mission is to disrupt conversation on this blog. His agenda is sadistic and sad, and if others would just write "Please Ignore Don" and go on with conversation, we'd be the better for it; Men and Women Alike. As for the question: I started saving at 27, even though I live paycheck to paycheck. I'm not sure if I can count on Social Security to be there when I need it, so I feel I have to take care of myself. Watching my savings compound makes me feel more in control. As for my parents, I was never talked to about finances, and I had role models with bill collectors calling them all the time. After college, I too had bill collectors calling me, and the stress was surmounting. It took hitting bottom to make me face my finances without emotion. I decided to accept every phone call, and payoff every bill. Now, I never miss payments, and it is much easier to save. Now that I have this discipline and knowledge, I will certainly pass it on to either sex of child. Finally, it is so important for women to save even earlier than I have, because the majority of us do not make the salaries of men. It will take longer for us to build up an equal nest egg, so we have to start saving earlier.
Actually, Min's sole mission is to silence me, because she's incapable of coping with intelligent argument which she doesn't like.
Re: your point of financial discipline, and passing on those habits to your children, well-said, Min. (sorry if that's disruptive for you) and is exactly what I wrote earlier -- that I couldn't understand why this was considered a woman's issue. Financial discipline is important for everyone, so why limit it to daughters?
But I will disagree with you on the salary comment (sorry if that troubles you) because a woman who puts in the same hours/months/years/decades as men, earns nearly the same. And women who are married to men who make more, are in a situation where they share equally in the family's finances.
Don, what hole have you stuck your head in? A woman who puts in the same hours/months/years/decades as men does NOT earn nearly the same. Duh! Or maybe I should ask where you live, so I can move there. And women who make more are in a situation where they share equally in the family's finances? Women are not brushed off by financial advisors? What are you ON, anyway? There are days I might want to share some with you.
Don, please don't worry your pretty little head about this whole big money thing. That's women's work. We'll take care of everything.
You won't need to look at any boring old bank statements or read any of those stupid long wills and trust contracts. I've taken care of all the bills, including those that you don't know exist. Here, here's your allowance. It's fair, I gave myself the same amount. Just be careful of it though, you need to buy the groceries for the whole month with that too. Now go of and do whatever it is that you do!
In fact, go somewhere else where your comments have some contact with reality.
Hi Linda, and hope you're having a wonderful evening
I don't disagree that there are such situations. In fact, I know of such situations. It's called a bad marriage. I was referring to good marriages, where there is trust and responsible money management by husband and wife. Maybe in your experience, you have more contact with those in bad marriages, while I have more contact with those in good ones.
And yes, Linda, when pay is normed for time taken off from work (to do things like raising/loving/spending time with/etc. children) then it's nearly the same already.
Ha, ha.
Don, once again, I really need to ask you where you live. Please tell me which state, county, etc.
Other than that, I think that you live in la la land and are looking for a woman via this blog.
Sexism is alive and well where I have lived, in Southern California and Indiana. Women do not get equal wages when broken down into hourly in most jobs. I have a college degree plus, my IQ is over 135, have good work ethics, but that does not especially equate to good pay.
Women still end up paying in the long run: we tend to live longer, and as I have found, about the time the kids are out of the house, a parent or spouse needs caretaking, and who else is qualified? More years of stress, lack of full pay, etc. It's not all fun and games.
And back to the subject at hand, my mom taught me to be very frugal, as her mom taught her. This is the only thing that has allowed us to have a decent living standard.
In the way of investing the money for growth, however, The Moms have not been too sophisticated. There is still much to learn.
"And as for women looking to take the reigns, after seeing a mother, aunt or some other woman who didn't fare well after the father died,"
Please learn how to spell.
Don has a pencil dick
Of the studies I've seen, where the data is normed for time actually spent in the workforce, the numbers are near equal, nationwide. And yes, I don't deny that one sex often is unfairly slighted over the other, but in 2008, it is women who tend to be favored.
And (chuckle) now you're saying that women have it rougher, because they tend to live longer? I'll gladly switch places with you on that one (ROFL).
As for money management, my only point with regard to the blog post, is to question why this is a female thing -- doesn't your son need good financial skills too?
Do you have a wife and children? Did you have a mom? Do you have any sisters? Do you have a job?
Maybe in another article in a different section there will be a discussion about sons and their financial education. It too is needed.
What's your point? If it's a question of whether I know and empathize with women (and productive) the answer is yes -- far more than the vast majority of men, including feminist men (who are just wimps, going along with whatever the feminist activists say, and feminists don't speak for all women, regardless what they'd like to think).
Anyway, honestly ask yourself this question: If you saw a similar blog, talking about the importance of teaching sons how to handle finances (and no mention in the article about daughters) would you have a similar reaction? I suspect not -- it would be more along the lines of "how sexist! What about the girls! What, you want to keep them barefoot and pregnant, dependent on their husbands?!"
So you assume that women are sexist!
Here we go with the "poor little me" that is the real reason why you are clogging up these blogs.
I have seen both men and women have an obvious lack of financial skill. All people: female, male, black, white, brown and purple need good role models in all the skills in life. This column, however, is focusing on women. I suggest you find a way of having your own column or blog to address the issues you think are relevant.
You may be surprised at the positive response.
No, I don't assume that women are "sexist," just that the culture is such that it's more likely to choose female over male. For example, let's say that company "x" had 90% men and 10% women. What do you think the response might be? Cries of "sexism" keeping women out. But, then let's say that company "y" has 90% women and 10% men. What do you think the response might be to that? Cries of "sexism?" I don't think so. Rather, they'd be more likely to be highlighted on the cover of a magazine somewhere for what a fine job they're doing.
And no, Linda, there's no "poor little me" to be found in anything I've written, anywhere. I personally am not affected by these things very much on a daily basis. It is merely my own objective analysis of the situation (e.g., with the example given above). You, on the other hand, have talked about how you've experienced "sexism" personally, and so if there's a "poor little me" in this discussion, it's you.
Anyway, obviously you're trying your best to get out of this conversation, because you're losing it and can't respond to my points, and resorting to insults-from-nowhere, so I'll leave you alone, for now. Feel free to go back to thinking whatever makes you feel good.
Thank you for your nasty closing comments. Your true spirit.
Oh yeah, right, Linda. And you've been quite the sweetness and nice dialog participant here, full of respect and courtesy. From your very first comment here, you've taken personal-attack shots at Don, and now you're just amazed that I might actually strike back. Oh, how offensive! If you want courtesy, then you'd best make at least some attempt at it yourself. Otherwise, deal with it.
You obviously think you are an expert in women's issues better than women themselves. You have done your in-depth, objective research and have found that women are SO WRONG about their lives, their feelings, their perceptions. You, yes, you, Don know better.
In this and the other Front Line blogs you have argued about everything, being overly condescending to begin with, and then when disagreed with, become more and more agitated. You, Don, you were the first one to volley a nasty shot in all cases.
Admit it -- you are a true CLOSET MISOGYNIST. You cloak yourself in all the family-loving, Christian, conservative trappings, but in your heart you HAVE TO WIN EVERY ARGUEMENT, OR BEAT THE *** OUT OF ANY FEMALE THAT CROSSES YOU.
I would love to have a criminal psychologist examine your writings. What do you think, fellow readers?
I agree with Linda. You have some real passive/agressive control issues, Don.
Go for it, Linda, because if the psych person has his head on straight, he'll find nothing. Not a single woman who knows me in real life, thinks anything remotely even touching on that. But hey, keep trying to find some deep, dark, ugly secret about Don -- you've been trying hard to do that throughout this entire comment section, rather than trying to do what you're supposed to be doing here, which is discussing and debating the topic of the blog post. But as I've said before, and I'll say it again: This is what bad women do, when they don't like someone's ideas: Try to pick apart the other person, rather than contend with the ideas. But hey, if you really want to get personal here, Linda, then tell us a bit about yourself, will you? Got any eating disorders going on there? Struggling with manic-depressive cycles? Sleeping disorders? Drug-alcohol problems? And what's your history in your dealings with men? Relationship with your father? Any really bad experiences you've had with men on a personal level? Apparently issues such as these are important for discussing . . . personal finance education for children, so please do share with us about your life.
Yeah, Don, what does all your rants have to do with the original subject matter? All I see is your uncontrolled anger.
It's been all you, from the beginning...
It's all been about your issues about this being for women, Don, and how you don't like it. You're devolving into your real, "dark ugly" self...
I think the moderator told us all to "Please Ignore Don" long before "Linda" came along...
Don, who said this was an argument that needed to be won? You. You lost. Get over it.


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Power moves: Complementarity in dominant and submissive nonverbal behavior.
Tiedens, Larissa Z.; Fragale, Alison R.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 84(3), Mar 2003, 558-568.
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Two studies examine complementarity (vs. mimicry) of dominant and submissive nonverbal behaviors. In the first study, participants interacted with a confederate who displayed either dominance (through postural expansion) or submission (through postural constriction). On average, participants exposed to a dominant confederate decreased their postural stance, whereas participants exposed to a submissive confederate increased their stance. Further, participants with complementing responses (dominance in response to submission and submission in response to dominance) liked their partner more and were more comfortable than those who mimicked. In the second study, complementarity and mimicry were manipulated, and complementarity resulted in more liking and comfort than mimicry. The findings speak to the likelihood of hierarchical differentiation (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
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The 2016 Camp Adventure Guide will help you plan your Troop, Day or Resident Camp experience! The publication features our expanded summer Equestrian Program at Camp Cedarledge, as well as information about the new climbing wall and zipline at Camp Fiddlecreek.
The publication will be online and in each registered household in mid-November. For questions about any of our camping programs, please contact Kathy Kahn at 314.592.2368.
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When Peter Chiarelli addressed the Boston media Tuesday to announce the signing of Matt Barkowski, the Bruins general manager sprinkled in another piece of news. First round draft pick and development camp standout David Pastrnak was signed to an entry level contract, meaning he can compete for an NHL roster spot later this summer.
The deal signals Pastrnak will be at the Bruins' training camp, vying for one of the final names on the 2014-15 depth chart. With some open forward spots in the bottom six, and a good showing of his skill at development camp, Chiarelli and co. made the decision to give Pastrnak his first pro contract, and see what he can do later this summer.
His place at training camp wont signal the beginning to his entry level deal: that kicks in if Pastrnak plays over nine games in the regular season. The move also saves some Bruins money, as if he was inked after July 15, Boston would have had to pay additional money to the Swedish hockey federation.
Hes a good young player, hes just 18 years old and hes a player; its well-documented that were looking for skill and speed and he fits that bill, but lets not put the cart before the horse with David, Chiarelli said. Were fortunate to get him where we got him and he had a terrific camp, and well see where it goes from there.
So along with the likes of Matt Fraser, Ryan Spooner, and Alexander Khoklachev, Pastrnak will throw his stick in the ring, and attempt to make the team out of camp. That may be a long shot, but is also a strong indicator the Bruins really dont know who will claim those final roster spots. Chiarelli may have hedged his bet by tempering expectations for the teenager, but his inclusion into the conversation says all it needs to.
Pastrnaks ability to play on the wing, along with his aforementioned speed and skill, was enough to keep his name in the mix. With Spooner and Khoklachev natural centers, keeping either player at the NHL level would likely come with moving Chris Kelly or Gregory Campbell to the wing. With Boston missing out on some free agent targets to fill a hole on the right wing of the third line, Pastrnak is a clean fit.
Its hard to put too much stock into his development camp performance, where he was going up against collegiate and minor league players, largely in individual drills. The opportunities to prove himself against stiffer competition will come later this summer.
Hell end up coming to camp now, and hell get the experience of a training camp, and hell get some games, said Chiarelli.


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Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies; Security Freeze
Bars credit reporting agencies from charging consumers who are at least 65 years old a fee for placing, lifting, or removing a security freeze on their credit reports. Provides an expedited manner for temporarily lifting a security freeze.
relating to consumer credit reporting agencies.
SECTION 1. Section 489P-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§489P-3 Security freeze by consumer reporting agency. (a) Any consumer who is a resident of this State may place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report. A consumer credit reporting agency shall not charge a victim of identity theft or a consumer who is at least sixty-five years old a fee for placing, lifting, or removing a security freeze on a credit report but may charge any other consumer a fee not to exceed $5 for each request by the consumer to place, lift, or remove a security freeze from the consumer's credit report.
A consumer who is a resident of this State and has been the victim of identity theft may place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report by making a request in writing by certified mail to a consumer credit reporting agency, at an address designated by the agency to receive such requests, with a valid copy of a police report, investigative report, or complaint the consumer has filed with a law enforcement agency about unlawful use of the consumer's personal information by another person. A consumer who has not been the victim of identity theft may place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report by making a request in writing by certified mail to a consumer credit reporting agency.
A security freeze shall prohibit the consumer credit reporting agency from releasing the consumer's credit report or any information from it without the express authorization of the consumer. This subsection shall not prevent a consumer credit reporting agency from advising a third party that a security freeze is in effect with respect to the consumer's credit report.
(b) A consumer reporting agency shall place a security freeze on a consumer's credit report no later than five business days after receiving a written request from the consumer.
(c) The consumer reporting agency shall send a written confirmation of the security freeze to the consumer within ten business days of placing the security freeze and shall provide the consumer with a unique personal identification number or password, other than the consumer's social security number, to be used by the consumer when providing authorization for the release of the consumer's credit report for a specific party, parties, or period of time.
(d) If the consumer wishes to allow access to the consumer's credit report for a specific party, parties, or period of time while a freeze is in place, the consumer shall contact the consumer reporting agency at a point of contact designated by the agency using the procedures that may be developed by the consumer reporting agency, request that the freeze be temporarily lifted, and provide the following:
(1) Clear and proper identification;
(2) The unique personal identification number or password provided by the consumer reporting agency; and
(3) Clear and proper information regarding the third party, parties, or time period for which the report shall be available to users of the credit report.
(e) A consumer reporting agency [
may] shall
develop procedures involving the use of telephone, fax, the Internet, or other
electronic media to receive and process a request from a consumer to
temporarily lift a freeze on a credit report under subsection (f) in an
expedited manner.
(f) A consumer reporting agency that receives
a request from a consumer to temporarily lift a freeze on a credit report shall
comply with the request [
no later than three business days after receiving
the request.] within:
(1) Three business days after receiving the request by mail; or
(2) Fifteen minutes of receiving the request from the consumer through the electronic contact method chosen by the consumer reporting agency in accordance with subsection (e), if the request is received during normal business hours and includes the consumer's proper identification and correct personal identification number or password.
(g) A consumer reporting agency is not required to remove a security freeze within the time provided in subsection (f)(2) if:
(1) The consumer fails to meet the requirements of subsection (d); or
(2) The consumer reporting agency's ability to remove the security freeze within fifteen minutes is prevented by:
(A) Fire, earthquake, hurricane, storm, or similar natural disaster or phenomena;
(B) Unauthorized or illegal acts by a third party, including terrorism, sabotage, riot, vandalism, labor strikes, or disputes disrupting operations, or similar occurrences;
(C) An interruption in the agency's computer system operations, including electrical failure, unanticipated delay in equipment or replacement part delivery, computer hardware or software failures inhibiting response time, or similar disruptions;
(D) Governmental action, including emergency orders or regulations, judicial or law enforcement action, or similar directives;
(E) Regularly scheduled maintenance of the consumer reporting agency's computer outside of normal business hours;
(F) Commercially reasonable maintenance or repair of the consumer reporting agency's computer that is unexpected or unscheduled; or
(G) Receipt of a removal request outside of normal business hours.
(g)] (h) A consumer reporting
agency shall remove or temporarily lift a freeze placed on a consumer's credit
report only in the following cases:
(1) Upon consumer request; or
(2) When the consumer's credit report was frozen due to a material misrepresentation of fact by the consumer.
If a consumer reporting agency intends to remove a freeze upon a consumer's credit report pursuant to this subsection, the consumer reporting agency shall notify the consumer in writing prior to removing the freeze on the consumer's credit report.
(h)] (i) If a third party
requests access to a credit report on which a security freeze is in effect and
this request is in connection with an application for credit or any other use
and the consumer does not allow the consumer's credit report to be accessed by
that specific party or for that period of time, the third party may treat the
application as incomplete.
(i)] (j) If a consumer requests
a security freeze, the consumer reporting agency shall disclose to the consumer
the process of placing and temporarily lifting a security freeze and the
process for allowing access to information from the consumer's credit report
for a specific party, parties, or period of time while the security freeze is
in place.
(j)] (k) A security freeze
shall remain in place until the consumer requests that the security freeze be
removed. A consumer reporting agency shall remove a security freeze within
three business days of receiving a request for removal at a point of contact
designated by the agency using procedures that may be developed by the consumer
reporting agency; provided that the consumer shall provide the following:
(1) Clear and proper identification; and
(2) The unique personal identification number or password provided by the consumer reporting agency pursuant to subsection (c).
(k)] (l) A consumer reporting
agency shall require clear and proper identification of the person making a
request to place or remove a security freeze.
(l)] (m) The provisions of this
section, including the security freeze, do not apply to the use of a consumer's
credit report by the following:
(1) A person, or the person's subsidiary, affiliate, agent, or assignee with which the consumer has or, prior to assignment, had an account, contract, or debtor-creditor relationship for the purposes of reviewing the account or collecting the financial obligation owing for the account, contract, or debt, or extending credit to a consumer with a prior or existing account, contract, or debtor-creditor relationship. For purposes of this subsection, "reviewing the account" includes activities related to account maintenance, monitoring, credit line increases, and account upgrades and enhancements;
(2) A subsidiary, affiliate, agent, assignee, or prospective assignee of a person to whom access has been granted for purposes of facilitating the extension of credit or other permissible use;
(3) Any person acting pursuant to a court order, warrant, or subpoena;
(4) A child support enforcement agency when investigating a child support case pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. sections 651 to 669b);
(5) The department of the attorney general or county prosecuting attorneys or their agents or assignees acting to investigate medicaid fraud;
(6) The department of taxation, county taxing authorities, or any of their agents or assignees, acting to investigate or collect delinquent taxes or assessments, including interest and penalties, unpaid court orders, or to fulfill any of their other statutory or charter responsibilities;
(7) The use of credit information for the purposes of prescreening as provided by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. sections 1681 to 1681x);
(8) Any person for the sole purpose of providing a credit file monitoring subscription service to which the consumer has subscribed;
(9) A person for the sole purpose of providing a consumer with a copy of the consumer's credit report upon the consumer's request; and
(10) Any person or entity using a credit report in setting or adjusting a rate, adjusting a claim, or underwriting for insurance purposes."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.


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Honestly...Instead of throwing yourself into something so suddenly, think first. Once you've done something you can't change what happened. Far to often people are blind to what is right in front of them, missing what is truly important. Don't waste your time, your heart, your breath on anything that is holding you back or holding you down. Beauty is not flesh, beauty is the soul within a body. You can't be perfect, trying to be perfect will be an endless struggle, so instead show your beauty by seeing the beauty in others. Let yourself be thrown into wolves and return leading the pack. Strength is not saying sorry for showing your pain, strength is admitting you bend and break, strength is getting up after you fall, strength is not pushing others, strength isn't taking advantage of others, strength is pushing past weakness. Love is not ignorant, love is not boastful, love is not angry, love is compromise, love is taking chances, love is staying even when you feel like the world is crashing downMore Like This
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year old girl that likes to play Pokemon and goof off. When I was
younger, I never expected to get into hacks and such in my
games. That changed when I was around 9 or 10. I was at Game
stop when I stumbled upon an Action Replay. My mom bought
it for me and I immediately went home to use it on my Diamond
version. I saw no harm in it, I had already beat the elite four so
what's a little hacking going to do? I got more into hacking
around the ages of 13 and 14. I searched the internet for codes
to get certain Pokemon, modifier codes, item codes, etc. One
code I found changed all of this, though. A shiny Eevee code. The
eevee code that changed my outlook on hacking, whether it be
by using Action Replay or any other device.
It was just another Saturday afternoon. I was talking to a close
friend of mine on Skype and playing Pokemon, as usual. His
birthday was coming up soon and I couldn't ship anything over
to where he lived. M
Pokemon Creepypasta: JessicaI love Pokemon. I always have, and always will. Not just the game... but the characters themselves.More Like This
When I was about six, my Dad bought me my first ever games console; a Yellow Gameboy Colour console with a copy of Pokemon Yellow. I was overjoyed; I had been a hardcore Pokemon fan ever since I started watching the TV shows with my brother and some friends, and every time I would start trying to re-enact some Pokemon. Due to my young age and naive nature, I didn't know it was just a kids' show and a game.
My brother was with me, and his own colourless Gameboy (the see-through one that shows all of the funky machinery inside of it) had a copy of Pokemon Blue. I would have gotten Red, but they were out of stock. My brother began his game, along with me, in the car on the way to my Grandmother's house and we were both instantly hooked. I fell in love with Pikachu instantly, and my mind being naive at a young age made me call it a weird name. Thinking of a girl who I knew who had moved rece
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I am inviting you to join a forty-day marathon or, even better, extend it to two or three months.
This marathon will allow the participants to reach a higher level of spirituality or even perfection. The idea is to keep silence or to speak extremely consciously, politely and honestly.
Bhagavad Gita teaches us to "speak the truth in a pleasing way."
I would recommend you to read the following publications:
- The speech as the foundation and an index of perfection
- "Travels in the search of the meanings of live. Stories of those who found it"
We are dependent on our speech. A person who controls his tongue (speech and nutrition) can change his/her fate and easily achieve perfection (attain Love for the neighbor and succeed daily life, become harmonious on all four levels, and accumulate the subtle energy).
One is unlikely to find a successful influential businessman or a happily married woman, who does not control their speech.
You can start the marathon on any day of the week, however it is best to start on a Wednesday or a Saturday prior to June 2.
We suggest you implement some kind of punishment or penalty for yourself. For example, if you say something unconsciously, you do twenty push-ups or go wash the floors (e.g. in a hallway if you live in a building).
Please feel free to share your achievements with us. Looking forward to your emails at firstname.lastname@example.com
It is recommended to practice more "Mauna" (vow of silence) for the marathon duration: either few hours a day, or one-two days per week.
It is important to observe your thoughts, replacing them with sattvic (mode of goodness) or transcendental thoughts (thinking about God, saintly persons, selfless service, frailty of life and all related subjects).
Please add your comments below if you join the marathon.
Sloth (one of Seven deadly sins in Christianity) is defined as spiritual or emotional apathy, neglecting God, and being physically and emotionally inactive. It can also be either an outright refusal or merely a carelessness in the performance of one's obligations, especially spiritual, moral or legal obligations (Wiki) – from editors.
1. Proper nutrition
2. Spend more time outdoors, in the nature, in the mountains
3. Physical activity, sports
4. To act according to one's dharma (first of all to act according to the nature: feminine or masculine)
You live as you speak. In Buddhist psychology it is said that the main source of energy loss is the speech. Christina religion teaches: "Does not matter what enters the mouth of the person, it matter what comes out". Some people are using this expression to justify their choice of nutrition, which often reminds the style of a pig "eat everything that you see", often ignoring the second part of the expression.
Many followers and saintly people left for the places of solitude so that nothing would involve them into empty conversations. In the Vedas idle talk is called "pradjalpa" It is one of the main obstacles on the path of spiritual and material progress. We usually judge the person, first of all, by how he or she speaks. The speech defines the person.
Recently I have read a quote of one spiritual Master. He said that as long as we are in this material world, and no matter how highly developed we are, even if we reached enlightenment, the ego can pull us down to the bottom again.
I then recalled some events that have changed me radically, one can even say I was reborn. If you listen to my lectures and seminars before and after that outstanding experience, you can see that their contents and energies differ.
Later in life I felt similar experiences and trance states too, but that particular occurrence was memorable due to many factors, including the amount of lessons I was given and considering how painful the events surrounding me at that time in life were.
Below is the recording of my story.
In 2004, I was invited to the International Festival of Psychics and Psychotherapists Stars in Kazakhstan.
In stressful situations, there are certain biochemical processes that occurring our body to allow us to cope with them. There is a number of incredible , extraordinary cases when, for example, one woman saw a wall weighing almost a ton falling on her child and she managed to stop it with her own strength and rescue her child.
On the other hand, fear and stress can cause difficulties in our life, even poison it. Unfortunately, life of modern people is saturated with fear. The thing is the less fears there are in our life, the more opportunities to succeed we have. Practically all successful business trainers warn us: "You will reach nothing, until you get rid of your fears".
In percentage terms, the so-called "necessary" fears only make up 5 to 10 percent of all our fears. However, it cannot be called fear itself because it is just a common sense which prevents us from putting our hand into the burning fire, entering a cage with a tiger, etc.
Recently I have read a research of an American sociologist, illustrating that our generation has undergone what may perhaps be the most rapid paradigm shift (established unquestionable opinions) in entire history.
Merely one generation ago Americans, like all normal nations, considered family as an important main component of a happy, healthy and successful life.
It was those Americans who led the country to huge progress. In the 50's an average American family had at least four children and a small house; the father worked and the mother looked after the children.
But then came this curse – the sexual revolution which has led to the wild and destructive propaganda demeaning family values and chastity, the glorification of onanism (TV shows that show how to masturbate and make light of any detriment to health), pornography, homosexuality, "free" love, early sex, followed eventually by zoophilia and pedophilia.
I am presently living in the countryside in Canada, surrounded by many farms where large families lived happily for many generations – it was indeed these families that created this wonderful country. However today you can hardly see a large family, or even a full family, if it is not a family of devout Christians. Small towns and villages are dying out, and the amount of alcohol consumption is increasing.
02.06.2015|Lecture of Rami Bleckt in May 2014 in Toronto 'How to work with subconscious'
31.05.2015| New book by Rami Travels In Search Of The Meaning Of Life (Stories of those who have found it)
26.05.2015| New Article by Rami Speech as a foundation and an index of perfection
25.05.2015| The Marathon A FAST PATH TO PERFECTION starts now
14.05.2015| Yoga Shakti Program with Yogini Shambhavi Devi in Canada, July 17-19th 2015
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2015 Overnight Summer Camps and Conferences
Maintained by:
Office of Event Management & Space Utilization
800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229
205-726-2107 (fax)
Overnight Summer Camp/Conference Information
Step 1: Submit online Event Request Form prior to December 2014 for Summer Camp in 2015.
Step 2: Submit Summer Camp/Conference Registration Form (This form is due as soon as possible and cannot be edited. Only submit once.)
Step 3: Submit Housing Assignments (These will be forwarded to you the first week of May 2015 and is due 2 weeks prior to camp start date.)
All summer camp reservations are required to be complete 2 weeks prior to the event start date.
Step 2: Submit Summer Camp/Conference Registration Form (This form is due as soon as possible and cannot be edited. Only submit once.)
Step 3: Submit Housing Assignments (These will be forwarded to you the first week of May 2015 and is due 2 weeks prior to camp start date.)
All summer camp reservations are required to be complete 2 weeks prior to the event start date.
Dining services are provided by Sodexo, Samford University's food services contractor. The Office of Event Management & Space Utilization (EMSU) will send your initial dining information to Sodexo upon this form submission. Once EMSU sends this information, all catering, dining, meal cards and billing communications will be directed to Brent Bolton, Sodexo Catering Manager, 205-726-2480 (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Trish Whitehead, at 205-726-2006 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
|Estimated Meal Rates
|*Index code information will be required for Internal guests. Catering rates and prices for boxed meals are separate from the above Cafeteria Meal rates. Please call Brent or Donna Lloyd (205-726-2979) directly to inquire about their catering services.
You will receive at least 2 invoices no later than 10 business days after your event end date:
- From the EMSU office – This invoice will identify all charges other than dining services. For internal groups, a departmental funds transfer will be completed by the EMSU office no later than 10 days after invoice is issued. For external groups, your check is required to be received no later than 30 days after the invoice date.
- From the Campus Dining office – For internal groups, please send your Campus Dining invoice to the Samford Accounting office with a completed Purchase Order number. For external groups, please send your check payable to Sodexo.
Upon form submission, your parking and signage requests will be sent to the Transportation Services office. All reserved parking, parking passes, signage and vehicle needs should be communicated with the Transportation Services office at 205-726-4146 or email@example.com.
Your camp/conference Certificate of Insurance should be sent to the EMSU office. Once received, it is forwarded to the Office of Risk Management for approval. Please be sure that the certificate of insurance meets the following criteria: $1,000,000 liability insurance certificate, which includes Samford University as an additional insured and covers the time period the sponsor will use Samford University's facilities.
Housing fees are $40 per room per night. All rooms prepared according to the 2 week housing assignment deadline will be included in the final invoice. University Space Fees – Summer Camps Conferences that do not maintain an index code to bill back for their event, will be charged for the use of space on campus.
Dorms contain 2 beds in each. Only 2 or less people are allowed to utilize dorm space over night. Linens are not provided. Questions regarding dorm use and assignments will need to be directed to the Residence Life office at 205-726-2596 or email@example.com.
Each camper and/or staff listed on the residence hall assignment sheet, will be issued 2 keys for external doors and internal rooms of their assigned building. The fee for each key not returned at the assigned check-out is $50.00 for each internal key and $100.00 for each external key. Keys must be returned in the same fashion that they were issued, paired internal & external room keys, in key holders with Building Name, Room Number and Camper Name. Keys cannot be combined for any reason. There is a $500 fine for all keys bundled and/or not individually labeled when returned to the assigned check-out location. This fee is in addition to the cost of missing keys not returned at that time.
During your campus stay, summer conferences and camps are responsible for any damage done to, and/or loss of, University property belonging to your assigned residences and all spaces. If damage is found during your program's stay or during the final walk-through of your residence(s) performed immediately after your program's departure by our Summer Staff, you will be notified immediately and your program will be charged accordingly. If you witness damage during your program's stay, it is best to report this immediately to the Residence Life contact for your group or the Event Management office.
Please request your Wifi Password through the EMSU office at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Are there any laundry facilities on campus? Are the facilities free? Do I need to bring my own detergent?
Laundry facilities are located in each residence hall. The laundry facilities are free, but campers must bring their own detergent.
Are there any kitchen areas available for use in the residence halls?
Kitchens are available in most residence halls, but you must bring your own supplies. Not all residence halls have refrigerators.
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Please contact your camp leadership to report the problem and make them aware. Camp and Conference Leadership are asked to contact the HUB at 205-726-2407 for further assistance.
Are there any restrictions in regards to placement or areas in which we can place camp signs?
The University provides all signage for summer camps and conferences. The total cost for the required sign services is $25.00 and includes setup in all assigned locations for your event, including the entrances to both gates, directional signs to the buildings, and parking. Unauthorized signage will be removed immediately. The fee for signage will be included on the final invoice.
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Visitors to campus are allowed to park in most spaces without penalty, except for marked accessibility spaces and fire lanes. Additionally, with summer classes in session, please do not park in the white Faculty/Staff designated spaces on campus. Please contact Transportation Services with any parking questions or concerns at 205-726-4146.
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My children say I look more like my father but have my mother's mannerisms. I know, like KEF, that I am getting my father's eyebrows because I have to pluck his stray long hairs.
My daughter says that when she gets in a tizz she can feel she's behaving like me and I know I behave like my mother when flustered.
Good to have you back Gran.
But I bet you aren't!
Glad you didn't leave. I followed your thread but wasn't expert enough to give advice. I think the Doctor is the best person for that sort of thing. But we are here to listen to worries and offer support.
I'm glad Jake's gone. Want Frankie to win but Caroline was superb this week. I loved the choreography for Mark's rhumba, beautiful and graceful.
I agree, Caroline was superb, then I liked Frankie's A. Tango.
What a lovely clean cooker you have, Tootles.
I made 112 mince pies today, 100 are for Carol Service. Can't buy mince pies or mincemeat in France.
Hostafan, that looks like the one my son has. He's very pleased with it.
I haven't done anything in the garden since it turned chilly. Too busy with Christmas. Still have a packet of tulips, a Buzz buddleia and 3 roses to plant and I need to re-pot the blueberries into bigger pots.
Lovely tree Yvie and I like the decoration around the clock.
Haven't done our tree yet, though it is bought and in the garage.
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Great place! Super service!
Lobster bisque, halibut with butter and garlic
Deep fried calamaries are good
The food is JUST OK. Not bad, not excellent.
Steamed whole crab, please do it
The clam chowder bread bowl here is to die for. The lobster chowder is worth sucking a dick for. Good atmosphere and drinks.
The place decoration is so tacky but they have one dish that i liked mixed seafood plate with rice forgot the name it come with yellow rice
The best clam chowder I've ever had!
Food was excellent and very fresh....like you'd expect of seafood in San Francisco.
Crab chowder is disappointing...
Save your money. Lobster bisque has tons of shells in it, the crab cake was undercooked and hardly filled with meat, and the chowder wasn't that great either.
Regular, overpriced sandwiches. Go for the crab soup.
Good food and good service but be careful they may tell you a cheaper price outside to reel you in then charge you a higher price inside:(
The cannelloni is fantastic! Tip: take an Uber in North Beach for FREE (up to $20) anytime between now until Friday 12/20/13 using the promo code NorthBeachSF. (Excludes TAXI). #NBSF
Clam chowder was great but the service could've been better.
Oh wow. I got a special shrimp scallops linguini Alfredo. I recommend trying a special. Yum!!
You could bypass this place easily: not fancy, nothing special and so on. But the food was awesome and the staff very friendly. Loved the pasta with garlic sauced jumbo shrimps!
While all the big restaurants close early, this little place stays open 'til late at night. The food is very good! I've tried the Bay Shrimp & Scallops Fettucine and loved it. Best of all: low prices.
Staff is indifferent to your presence.
Gr8 chowder !!!
Get de Boston crab chowder, it's really good!
the seagulls can lick my nuts!!
One of the very few places open for Christmas Eve's dinner.
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Food was ok, service mediocre, basically a tourist trap; don't do sit down, eat outside
Go with the spicy garlic (whole) crab.
Great atmosphere and the owner/staff were over accommodating.
Be careful with the lobster bisque and the Neptune salad found many shells and bones, I understand to a point, there shouldn't be that many
Lobster bisque and cannelloni
The Boston Clam Chowder Rocks the House!
Great food. Go to
Try the Blue Point Oysters - Soooo good. With lime and a shot of Tabasco
Deep fried prawns & Spicy garlic butter crab is superb and simply sumptuous....Yummy!
Dungeness crab - and nothing else!
crab chowder n lobster bisque was a joke - go to another stand or restaurant. it is crowded because tourists eat here and we dont know any better.
U should try nicks's bouillabaisse.. It cost you 29.9$ but it's worth trying. :)
3 hour parking validation
Don't eat here. Just don't. I got sick eating 1/3 of the oyster po-boy after we made the mandatory Fisherman's Wharf stop while on business for one of the people who have never been to SF...
I came to eat alone at a busy time. The staff was quick to seat me ( even though only a big table was available) the service and food were the best I have experienced in California.
Got some to go and the service was great
crab sandwich was different than I expected. the bread was so big and hard so I couldn't eat. I just ate crabs with pork & crossain at starbucks
Grab a $6 crab sandwich and sit outside in the sun. That sandwich will taste sweeter than any crab sandwich you've ever eaten.
Staff is not so friendly. Calamari was terrible - not fried to the correct point, turned out to be a chewing gum. Tip is a mandatory 15% and included in the check. Try the crab chowder soup - just per
crab chowder
Service was terrible. Party on my table got their food 40 minutes before me.
Get some chowder, amazing flavor!
Lobster Bisque with Crackers がオススメ。
pregunta por los meseros yucatecos si eres yucateco
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Boxer Carl Froch has seen his odds slashed for BBC1's new celebrity gymnastic show Tumble ahead of its launch tomorrow as viewers predict he could be a big-hitter.
Bookmaker William Hill said half of all the money staked on the show has been for a win by the fighter who retained his IBF and WBA super middleweight titles earlier in the year against George Groves, with his price now at 5-1, from an initial 14-1.
Actor John Partridge is the favourite to triumph in the new series, at 4-1, which will see stars tackle a variety of gymnastic disciplines, under the eye of judges such as Louis Smith and Nadia Comaneci.
Other fancied contestants include former Blue Peter host and actor Peter Duncan at 11-2. He is the oldest figure in the competition at 60, after TV fitness guru Mr Motivator - a year his senior - was forced to withdraw after dislocating a knee in training.
The new Saturday night series will also feature former Sugababe Amelle Berrabah, Lucy Mecklenburgh who features in The Only Way Is Essex and ex-Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding.
The bookmaker is giving figures of 4/6 that Tumble does not get commissioned for a second series.
"It is hard to imagine Tumble being a ratings smash but all will be revealed on Saturday night," said Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams.
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No answer came from the others that remained.
"No seriously --- you can't all seriously believe that that tank was any good. He couldn't hold aggro. He never even tried to mark targets. He didn't give the hunter a chance to CC or allow the mage to polymorph - he just rushed into packs of MOB's. We've wiped how many times? He was a bad tank. This is not WotLK anymore. This is Cataclysm. People have to learn. He was wasting all our time. If I was wrong to vote kick him, than why did all you agree to do it?"
One by one the others blinked out. The healer stood alone in entrance. She cursed under her breath, and then, like the others she ported out of the dungeon.
Well that was fun. Not! Wasted another hour and a half of my play time. Frak...it is 10pm. Bed time. ::sigh:: Main menu. Exit game.
Cataclysm dungeons make even baby Jesus cry. Oh wait...we've been here before. This is suppose to be part 2 of my Cataclysm review. Sorry that I started it on the wrong foot. On to part two of my Cataclysm review.
So as I said in part 1, Blizzard rewrote the book on "How to Make an Expansion", and "How not to Make an Expansion", with Cataclysm. So many reviews, and articles give nothing but kudos to Blizzard saying that Cataclysm is the best expansion ever --- and I mean ever(and not just for WoW but all MMORPG's! ::shakes her head:: really? ) , but these people that are saying this are not looking at the forest. "Wise man say, that in order to see the forest one must first step out from behind the tree." I dunno which wise man said this, maybe it was Mr. Miyagi --- but it is true. To many reviewers, writers, and players of these games forget to step out from behind the tree, and it seems moreso than ever in regard to Blizzard's expansion --- many are standing with their nose firmly planted against the bark of the tree directly in front of them. How do I know this? Take my hand young grasshopper, and follow me as we walk through that forest. I will teach to how to see that forest.
First step out from behind the tree. Second, take off those stupid rose tinted sun glasses, they are so 1980's. Third...stop squinting! Open your eyes! See...you won't go blind...look at all the trees!!!!!!!!!
What is the first tree in the forest you see when you do finally finally step out from behind that tree? You'll see that the forest is the same forest we've been walking through since November of 2004. Nothing has really changed. Just more of the same only more. Sure they remade Orgrimmar and added a few new zones, re-designed character classes, and added some new fluff and a new coat of paint to a few things, like the water in the game - but underneath; it is still WoW. But the saddest thing is that they didn't think about the people that would be walking through that forest, and the things they would encounter. They seemed to have forgotten to remember that there would be people walking through that forest.
Look at this.
How cool is this? In one of the new areas they give you this awesome new underwater mount --- a seahorse. It is so very cool. It allows for you to travel underwater at awesome speeds. Considering how big of zone Vashj'ir is, this is a must have! Now, step out from behind that seahorse tree...look beyond it. Yeah...you see it too. You're level 80 and you have this cool new underwater mount and in your minds eye you envision riding that mount in other places in Azeroth - right? Forget it. That cool new mount is only for Vashj'ir. I guess the developers thought that giving players an underwater mount that could be used in all the waters, seas, and oceans was to OP(over powered) and would allow them to skip content. ::rolls her eyes:: Why else would they disallow the seahorses use beyond the boundaries of Vashj'ir. I mean clearly a level 80+ would WTFPWN questing all the underwater quest the game has to offer if they could ride a seahorse in all of Azeroth.
Wait! Be careful where you walk now. We're getting into a part of the forest where you might be hurt. Look...awesome...it is festival time and with festivals comes achievements! Yeah! Oh wait...be careful, that is a level 85 elite guard! Yeah...see we're suppose to go into Alliance territory and talk to that elder. Yeah that particular elder to get the Lunar Festival achievement is in a starter zone in Darnassus.
Frak! They saw us.
Run back to your corpse. Sorry about that. Ever since Blizzard added the elite guards, going anywhere near Alliance held cities, and places, you are going to be killed, and oh yeah...I am sorry I should have told you to take off your armor. Here, let me pay for that repair bill. Yes, I know it is stupid. But you see, people said that Blizzard needed to do something about ganking in the game. So Blizzard added level 85 elite guards to all the Alliance and Horde faction held areas like Stormwind, Orgrimmar, and what not. Doesn't matter that you, as a level 85, cannot out right attack anyone "not" flagged for PvP in those areas - Blizzard decided to just place elite guards all over the place and call it good. No they didn't think about what it means to players who are trying to do achievements.
Speaking of achievements, did you talk to the elder in Wintergrasp? No. Why not? Oh yeah, I know...sucks doesn't it? You cannot get into Wintergrasp Fortress because ever since Blizzard changed the rules regarding battlegrounds like Wintergrasp our side has not been able to take it back. They insist that the battlegrounds team be balanced and made it so that both sides must have equal number of combatants - a 1:1 ratio. So if only one member of the Alliance queues for Wintergrasp...well than only one member of the Horde will get in. On our server where the Horde dominate the Alliance players just don't care to play Wintergrasp so I know where you are coming from - it sucks...it really does. The imbalance between Horde and Alliance is like 20:1 on our server. Blizzard does nothing to fix this. In fact they still allow for people on our server to switch factions freely. Yeah...that means many Alliance players switch to Horde and that just makes things worse. This is not only the case on yours and the server I play on, it is happening on many others as well. To bad Blizzard doesn't really doesn't care - otherwise they would actively be trying to fix this, but they are not.
Yeah, I know. When Cataclysm released, that same system of BG ratios also effects Tol Barad. Good luck getting into that new battleground. I gave up trying. I have never been there. There is just not enough Alliance members queuing up to allow the Horde players that wish to participate in Tol Barad a chance to get in. Even if you do manage to get in I understand the new BG is a mess anyways. The way Blizzard set it up sounds like a nightmare based on the amount of flack the are catching about it on the official forums.
Let's walk to this part of the forest.
So how is that blacksmithing profession coming along? Cool you made skill level 525, any cool things you can make? Wow...that is cool. A level 359 weapon. Awesome. How about armor, any armor that is awesome. Yeah...I know what you're saying. Tailoring and Leather Working is the same. Just a couple of pieces of PvE gear, all the rest is PvP gear. I mean we play on PvP servers, so being able to make PvP gear is cool. But what about the PvE players or players that play on PvP servers that like to PvE as well...I guess it sucks to be them. They'll have to get their gear by running randoms, grinding rep or J/V points.
LOL! Yeah...I know it is ironic isn't it. Blizzard over-tuned their dungeons so grinding for gear in randoms is a crap shoot at best. I mean since Blizzard insist on not balancing their game with any kind of risk vs reward type mechanism. I mean normal dungeons are almost as bad as heroic ones. On top of that the time it takes to get into one. 25 minutes on your server, you say. You should be in my server group. It can take up to 40 minutes to get into a heroic! If I am lucky and get a good PUG group we can run a heroic with no wipes, but that rarely happens so it takes upwards of an hour and half to run a dungeon. Even with guildies, running HHoO, still takes a good hour! Running HHoO with a PUG it normally takes 2 or more --- that is for a stupid 5-man dungeon! Yeah...I know. Kinda makes grinding dungeons for PvE gear more of a pain. I stopped trying to run more than one a day. I just run with guildies to do my one daily and that is it.
Oh wow...I know, flying in the old zones is cool. Finally we can fly in Kalimdor! That is so cool. I know...flying in some zones is a pain --- Ashenvale comes to mind, because Blizzard in their infinite wisdom put some kind of flying cap in some of the zones, and doesn't allow flying in other old zones all together. Why? I dunno...maybe they thought level 85's would skip content in the starter zones or that we'd see just how ugly the tops of the trees in Ashenvale really are.
Yep, over there...that is the part of the forest that covers the new profession Archeology. It really sucks though. The whole thing seems to have been just slapped together and no real forethought was put into it. I've talked about that all ready and I am tired of talking about it. Let's move on. What...Blizzard says they are fixing it - how? Really! Are you serious. That is how they intend to make it less boring, by making the junk you find via Archeology worth more at vendors. Yep...that'll make it less boring. ::shakes her head::
Speaking of professions again, how do you like herbalism? Really...they nerfed the amount of nodes that spawn again? Why? Wasn't it hard enough to find some herbs all ready? You don't even bother with it any more. Yeah, I would do the same. Taking two hours to get a single stack of Twilight Jasmine would really cut into ones play time.
Enough with this part of the forest...it is like Ashenvale, burned to the ground.
Cool let's walk a little further into the forest. See this part. This use to be Dalaran. Now it is nothing but a ghost town. It use to be a very busy and fun place to hang out with other players. We could even freely mingle with the Alliance side and have fun poking fun at one another and or even duel with one another in the sewers. It was very fun. Then Blizzard said, we're removing the portals to all the different zones. Players asked why. Blizzard's response. We want players to spread out and to get re-aquainted with the old zones. What did this mean? Well let's look at this new part of the forest. The removed the portals from not only Dalaran, but from Shattrath as well. What effect did this have? It moved Alliance back to Stormwind and Horde back to Orgrimmar. In fact, before the portal changes, I would say that people were more spread out than they are currently after the release of Cataclysm. Why? Because we had fast travel to all the given major cities. Now we have to take the airships. This gets tiring. It forces people to waste time waiting on the airships. It has itself become yet another tedious time sink and on top of that it has made the two capitols the main cities and turned all the others to ghost towns - even moreso than before when we had the portals to/from Dalaran and Shattrath. It seems Blizzard didn't care to actually spread people out. All they really wished to do was create another stupid time-sink. They could easily fix this. All they would need to do is create portals from all the major cities to the other cities. Leave the airships in for those that care to use them or to get from say Orgrimmar to Grom Gulch, as we do now, but as it is the other cities are pretty much useless. No reason to visit them when everything you need is in the capitol cities.
How do you like that new talent tree? Yeah...kinda fooled me at first as well. I was like really excited about the how Blizzard took the old system and stream lined it. I thought wow, if we take the new stat system, with the new talent tree, and the new ability to reforge items we could really make some diverse characters. Boy was I mistaken. I thought our classes were cookie cutter before Cataclysm, but Blizzard sure proved me wrong. I never thought I would say this, but Blizzard pulled an SOE NGE on us and maybe a handful even saw it coming. See, even I am guilty of not listening to the wise men once in awhile. I had to step out from behind the tree and take off the rose tinted glasses, too - in this case. Now more than ever there is very little diversity in classes. If my Survival Hunter does not follow a certain build she is guaranteed to be full of fail. Same goes for my healer, my DK Blood Tank and my Troll Shaman. You learned that as well huh. I know, I know...many of us got excited about this new system...but in the end it really is sad that Blizzard followed in the footsteps of SOE. What's worse is Blizzard claimed this would help them balance the classes better, and yet, all we've been seeing since the launch of this expansion is one change after another to classes, and the balancing just goes on, and on, and on. It's like eating from Forest Gump's box of chocolates. You never know from day to day what your character may play like because Blizzard is constantly making changes to the content of the basic ways our characters play.
Where too from here...because to be honest, I dunno...I am sick of Blizzards new forest. It is full of WTF content and BS. Walking through their forest is no longer fun. It's like every other step you encounter a new deadfall or rotting tree because Blizzard failed to take any time to look at it beyond the fact that it is more than just a tree. It is what helped make WoW's forest better than the other forest. If all the trees are not healthy, than whatever is effecting them has an impact on the rest of the forest. It didn't always use to be this way. Now however.
I know...I know, Blizzard did a great job reworking the starter zones. The new quest are fresh and engrossing at times. It really is amazing to see all the reworked zones. The Barrens, Needles, Stonetalon - just to name a few, shows that Blizzard still has some people working there that know what they are doing. Some of the quest in the new zones are fun as well like the Harrison Jones quest lines in Uldum or the quest in Hyjal that takes an old 2D game called "Joust" and makes it a 3D version. Those are healthy trees in the forest. The phasing they did to some of the zones is awesome...if it weren't for the fact that they didn't really think about the ramifications of what phasing would do to general game play. See, the problem is, there is just so few of them and they only go so far. It is the end game that matters most, and I am afraid that this time around Blizzard didn't really use good forest management, or judgment, or put any real thought into some of the things they did. I've only showed you just a small part of their forest. There is so much more. Just walk through it and if you take off those rose tinted glasses and really open your eyes...you'll see the forest I see and that forest no longer looks lush and inviting...it looks burned, dead, or overgrown with Kudzu.
You know Blizzard has said repeatedly that they wished to make WoW more challenging. I am all for that. Make the game more challenging, but while you're at it, remember to keep it fun! You forgot to do that. All that new end game content is not fun! It is not challenging. It is a tedious, boring, and a huge monotonous time-sink --- ad nauseam. We've been there before, we've done that all ready, and the difference this time around is you didn't even try to do anything different - sure you planted a few new trees, but you neglected the rest, and some of the new trees you did plant in your forest were all ready infested with a disease...that disease is called - "same-old, same-old".
I stepped out from behind the tree finally, and took off my rose tinted glasses. Maybe more people should do this, too.