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Check out Faith's cute image from the Bloom, Grow Dream set at Designed2Delight! I colored my image with Copic Markers. Designer paper is BasicGrey.This card features the Lucky Bird and Balancing Hearts Sets. Papers are by Archivers and BasicGrey.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Designed2Delight Duo
Posted by Michelle Pearson at 1:01 AM
6 comments:
- Peggysue said...
Great cards Michelle. Incredible coloring of the watering can. And I really like the bird in the burgundy (or is it red?) color. Beautiful background paper.
- April 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM
- Ellie said...
These are gorgeous Michelle. Such beautiful images and love the colors you chose.
- April 6, 2011 at 10:16 PM
- Lorie Hethorn said...
What a unique card design!
Love the colors, and I love birds!
Very cute!!
Thanks for sharing!
- April 7, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- Bananastamper said...
Beautiful! I especially love the birdie card!
- April 7, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- Rebekah said...
Love that watering can...very Mary Engelbreit style!
- April 11, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Faith S. said...
Wonderful cards, Michelle!! Your cards always are just so well "put together"...pulling out all the colors of the DP. Beautiful work!
- April 17, 2011 at 7:31 PM
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Bob Chance - It's Broken!, 1980
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Brilliant stuff, this one has been sitting in my amazon wish list for about a year ever since encountering the title track on YouTube. Must get round to it!ReplyDelete
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Oh man, this is amazing. I was trying to buy it but I keep being told that it's not available in my iTunes region (presumably Trunk's US distribution deals are messed up right now...?)ReplyDelete
I've been hooked on "It's Broken" for a few months now, but the other cuts on here are pretty good too. The Van Man has excellent musical sensibilities (though it is pretty creepy in subject matter), and Jungle Talk's synth breakdown is pretty interesting.
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What are we to make of scenes of grief-stricken North Koreans weeping publicly over the death of the their leader Kim Jong-il and the state newscaster fighting back the tears as she announces the death of 'Dear Leader'?
Are these the requisite tears brought on by fear in a country known for its political prisoner camps, famines and food rations? Or are they genuine, spontaneous scenes of a people mourning their departed 'Dear Leader'?
"I think what we're seeing in the news reports of people spontaneously crying in the street is genuine. All they've ever known is Kim Jong-il and his father Kim Il-sung so this is a nightmare for many people," photographer Mark Edward Harris told the BBC World Service. Mr. Harris has visited North Korea seven times and published his photo journey "Inside North Korea" in 2007. A selection of those photographs can be viewed here.
During a live Globe and Mail chat on Kim Jong-il's death, the Globe's International Affairs and Security Correspondent Paul Koring had this to say about the outpouring of grief: "In closed societies where relentless propaganda portrays the leader as the saviour of the nation, as the great protector in the face of terrible outside dangers, then the loss of the leader is a traumatic moment."
The power of North Korea's subtle and not-so-subtle myth-making machine around the Kim dynasty has been well-documented by The Globe and Mail's Mark Mackinnon: from the deification of Il-sung, who remains "eternal leader" so many years after his death; the myth surrounding Jong-il's birth, foretold by a swallow, unfolding at the foot of a sacred Korean mountain (when most academics say he was born in the Soviet Union), and met with a double rainbow and brand new star in the sky; and the ramped-up efforts to glorify the little-known successor Kim Jong-un, who is now leader.
But these scenes of grief do not tell the entire story of how North Koreans, in spite of the myth-making, viewed the leadership of Kim Jong-il.
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, who visited North Korea in 2007 and 2008, made the interesting observation today that North Koreans, in fact, "never really warmed up to" Kim Jong-il.
Starvation, widespread poverty, and a military-first policy no doubt contributed to that lack of warmth to 'Dear Leader'. Compare today's scenes to the outpouring of grief, bordering on hysteria, when his father Kim Il-sung , or 'Great Leader', died in 1994.
With Kim Jong-il's state funeral scheduled for December 28th, there will be more scenes of public grief and more North Koreans weeping in the streets asking, "How could he leave us like this?", there are two things to keep in mind:
1) North Koreans understand the consequences of any 'misstep.' Amnesty International has documented the existence of political prisoner camps that hold an estimated 200,000 political prisoners and their families. In the Yodok camp, which holds an estimated 50,000 men, women and children, the winter temperatures can drop to -30 degrees Celsius, there are few blankets to go around, 40 per cent of prisoners die of malnutrition, and there are regular public executions by firing squad or hangings in front of prisoners.
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Impressive villa in Mimizan North Beach. 5 minutes walk to the beach without crossing Any streets along a wooden boardwalk by the forest, Reviews arriving by the life guard station, beach cafes, surf rental and surveyed swimming area of Beach Remember. Into 5 minutes downtown and all the restaurants, cafes, ice cream parlors, entertainment, indoor and outdoor organic market, the wide open market square and bandstand, etc.
The area is ideal for recreation. Surfing, playing in the waves, and sunbathing are steps away and Among the best in Europe. Within Mimizan aussi area can be found a golf course, horseback riding, lake sailing, stand up paddle boarding, canoeing, paintball and more. Bikes can be rented for a reasonable weekly rate at one of the bike shops in Mimizan.
The house has a total of 3 Bedrooms, 3 baths. Downstairs are the foyer, living room, dining room, modern kitchen (with dishwasher), 1 bedroom with a double-bed, en suite shower room and sink, and toilet in the hall. Upstairs Has Two master bedroom suites: one with wide (160cm wide) bed and full bathroom, and l'autre with double bed (140) and a set of bunk beds, and a full bathroom with standup shower, toilet and sink. The rooms are all good sized, with tall ceilings, and new beds.
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My husband and I spent a fantastic two weeks in Mimizan with our two children and one of their friends. Villa De Surf is one of the nicest looking houses in Mimizan Plage and on arrival we were delighted to see that inside the house was spacious, clean and very well equipped. The garden was ideal for outdoor dining or just sitting beneath the canopy, provided by the mulberry trees, with a glass of wine. It's large, private and we cooked on the barbeque a number of times while we were there. When we didn't eat a home, we explored the town's numerous casual restaurants and wine bars serving great regional Landes and Basque food, most of them surprisingly good. For a bit fancier we recommend Au Courant and Cabine des Resiniers - both excellent and higher-end.
The house is situated conveniently between the beach and town. The town is safe and the boys took care of themselves there (ages 15 and 20), and there is a team of lifeguards on the beach all day. As a result we felt comfortable giving them a certain level of independence. Our younger son had so much fun at surf school and made lots of friends there. While they were at the beach somedays my husband and I rented bikes and enjoyed the many trails through this beautiful region. Mimizan Plage was the perfect holiday for our family. We are already planning to return next year and hope to stay at Villa De Surf again!
Beautiful big house on a quiet street. Big garden with nice 'parasol' trees for some shade.
Nice porch to sit in garden if's rainy. The grass is not soft but that is normal in sea villages.
Inside the house everything is really nice. Not the latest furniture but not scrubby.
Nearby the beach. You can walk on wooden duckboards to the Northern beach. About 300 meters.
Contact with the owner and service employee was perfect.
I would for sure recommend it.
La situation de la maison est parfaite, à 2 pas du centre, de la plage et des pistes cyclables, mais assez en retrait pour ne pas avoir de nuisances. On peut facilement se passer de la voiture pour la vie quotidienne.
C'est une très jolie maison, avec un grand jardin. L'intérieur est bien équipé et fonctionnel , question déco, la maison est "dans son jus", mais rien de rédhibitoire non plus, on passe facilement outre car ce serait le seul point qui clocherait s'il fallait en trouver un.
Le propriétaire est charmant, difficile de faire plus accommodant.
Bref un endroit où nous retournerons avec plaisir, c'est idéal pour des vacances avec les enfants, en famille ou avec des amis.
La "Villa de Surf" était une location fantastique!
James, le propriétaire, était très gentil et s'occupait tout de suite de toutes questions qui étaient à répondre - même pendant il était lui-même en Ètats-Unis...
Il y a beaucoup des avantages de cet lieux: D'un côté la plage et n'est pas loin, de l'autre côté vous êtes vite dans le centre pour faire les courses.
Et bien sûr un peut rayonner - il y a beaucoup des destinations! La Dune du Pilat peut être atteinte, Arcachon et Bordeaux... Pour nous St. Jean de la Luz était mieux...
La maison offre le charme du style nouille et est en même temps très bien équipée, spécialement la cuisine.
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Boyd: Yeah, I felt like we played great in the second half. In the first half we messed up. We had little mistakes that messed us up, but I feel like we are going to improve on those for the next games.
Tell us about the long touchdown catch and run you had in the fourth quarter.
Boyd: It was tough. I had just a little room. The ball came perfect. I rely on my speed. I just burst it out and scored.
How did you handle all of those double and triple teams tonight?
Boyd: They were triple teaming me and doing some cheap shots. It was a lot of stuff. I can't really do much about that except tell the refs. I played through it. I feel like I did good tonight.
How do you feel the younger quarterbacks did tonight?
Boyd: I feel like the younger quarterbacks did well tonight. They will get better as the games progress. It was the first game so they were probably a little nervous. I was just trying to motivate my team to keep their heads up. You see what happened the second half. Like coach Briggs said this offense is explosive. You can score 50 points in this offense if you want to. We just have to work out a couple of things.
How could it have been different without the turnovers and mistakes?
Boyd: I feel like if we didn't make those little mistakes we could have definitely put up 40 points tonight.
Now that the focus is on your season does that give you more reasons to go ahead and amke your decision?
Boyd: Yes, I am making my final decision October 10. I don't think I need to wait until signing day. I don't think anybody needs to wait that long. I am going to take some visits and go to the colleges again. I am going to get some game time experience and make that decision.
How do you get along with coach Napier and where does Clemson stand right now?
Boyd: I like coach Napier and coach Swinney. Clemson is at the top of my list. Clemson is one of my favorite schools and one of my first loves. Clemson is always going to be at the top.
Which other schools are at the top for you right now?
Boyd: I like Florida and you know Auburn.
How are you going to work towards a decision the next few weeks?
Boyd: I will probably be gone for the next couple of weekends going to some games. My decision is going to come down to coaches and how coaches coach. I don't want to be around a coach that cusses, yells and flips like that. I want to be around a coach that can make me a better person and a better man in life. .
What visits do you have planned?
Boyd: I am definitely going to the Florida-Miami game and the Virginia Tech-Carolina game and probably the Clemson-State game. I still need to look at the schedules and figure out everything.
Who is going to help you make the decision?
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Sam's Mam found her swimsuit and went to the pool. Sam's Pap found his wallet and went to the bar.
Sam was left all alone, though he'd promised to be good. He knew this was his moment, He knew that he should grab it with gusto, grab it with glee, let none take his passion for the fair blonde Sally.
Sam felt excited; Sam felt relieved. He called the desk clerk and ordered dinner for two. His passion grew stronger; his vision grew dim, he showered and shaved; he practiced kung fu. He called Sally up and invited her in; her family didn't know he was planning such sin.
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The Linux kernel mailing list comprises the core of Linux development activities. Traffic volumes are immense, often reaching ten thousand messages in a given week, and keeping up to date with the entire scope of development is a virtually impossible task for one person. One of the few brave souls to take on this task is Zack Brown.
Our regular monthly column keeps you abreast of the latest discussions and decisions, selected and summarized by Zack. Zack has been publishing a weekly online digest, the Kernel Traffic newsletter for over five years now. Even reading Kernel Traffic alone can be a time consuming task.
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Supporting More Real-Time Clock Chips
Steven A. Falco has added support for the ST M41T65 real-time clock chip. Because this is very similar to the M41T80, which already has a driver, it was decided to just extend the existing driver. Alessandro Zummo and Maciej W. Rozycki both pointed out that this would be best for code maintenance, although if larger changes were needed later, it might be OK to split out the drivers into a common portion and several satellite portions.
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Tomas Winkler of Intel announced that he'd modified the iwlwifi driver to support the Wifi Link 5000 and 5100 series adapters. This was very welcome news to Will Simoneau, whose new Sager laptop came equipped with a 5300 card; he helped Tomas track down a bug in the code that Tomas had known about but had been unable to reproduce on his own hardware.
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Thomas wants to have the kernel log the results of these sanity checks. This way userspace programs would be able to respond better to BIOS bugs, vendors would have an easier time testing, and users would have a better sense of how to proceed when they encountered system problems, as Thomas pointed out.
Andi Kleen was in favor of the general idea and offered suggestions for some implementation changes, whereas Bjorn Helgaas felt the whole thing might be a case of over-engineering.
The work required to maintain all the specific log output would be intense and would also be prone to rapid aging. Andi just wasn't sure the benefits would be worth it. But his misgivings didn't prevent him from offering up a variety of implementation suggestions. So it does seem as though this idea will be going forward.
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Microsoft is Shutting Down CodePlex
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America loves seeing if America has talent.
The NBC reality show, from American Idol cocreator Simon Cowell, looks poised for a good summer run. In its premiere last Wednesday, Talent was the number one show of the night.
For the week, Talent was the number two show in adults 18-49 (4.6/14) and overall total viewers (12.4 million). ABC's NBA Finals telecast kept Talent from the ratings crown, but the reality show was number two overall out of the 111 shows on the prime-time schedule.
Talent looks to continue the tradiiton of summer-fun reality hits started by Dancing With the Stars. Part of Talent's draw is its stable of celebrity judges: Piers Morgan sates viewers' desire for a snarky Brit; pop star Brandy proffers her own brand of Paula Abdul-ish warmth; and ex-Knight Rider David Hasselhoff emits tan-faced proclomations of comforting, moderate intensity.
Other highlights of the show were a grandmother who rapped and a man who played sounds with his nose, which he called a "nose flute."
Cowell has been squeezing out America-themed reality shows with clockwork regularity. Last season, ABC aired his American Inventor, a contest where people vied to be the top inventor and win $1 million toward the development of their idea.
While NBC took a drubbing this past regular season, the peacock is doing well in the summertime ratings race. Reality competition Last Comic Standing is also performing well in its fourth cycle, placing number five for the week.


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Fear and loathing at Boardertown.
A Chapter, the first.
I don't own Harry Potter. He's Rawlings. I don't own Bordertown, or any of it's inhabitants. They belong to Will Shetterly and Terri Windling. I hope you like what I do with them though.
The story begins as I tell it, and the point where I begin telling it happens to be on a train. Well, that's as good a spot as any to begin telling it. I suppose, in a chronological sense, my story began some time earlier, but I'm certain that most of you who read this are already aware of the basics.
I'm starting this all wrong. Let's try again, only proper like this time. My name... is Harry Potter. At the moment where I choose to start this narration, I'm riding a train. It is an old looking train, spouting steam, and only a few cars long. Seeing as you all have chosen to read this, I can only assume that you are a little familiar with my story, in the least. I'm sure, due to this supposed familiarity, many of you are thinking, "The Hogwarts Express.".
If that is so than you are wrong. Tough luck that.
The train where I chose to begin this story is known as The Elfland Express. It's the quickest way for one to pass between the World and Bordertown, and at the moment, Bordertown is precisely where I'm heading.
But I've scarcely begun to tell my story and already I find myself off track.
It was while I was sitting at the window seat of the Express that I first saw a wild elf. I had been staring, lackadaisical like, out the window when this event occurred, and it startled me just a bit. Then I smiled slightly. A wild elf like that is a sure sign that we have to be in NeverNever by now. The smile must have been a bit less slight than I had thought it was, because the bird sitting in front of me spoke up at it.
"First time to Bordertown?"
I take a glance at the lady sharing my window across from me. It's tough to say precisely what stood out the most about her. It could have been the satchel of books on the chair next to her. It could have been the hair died brightly red. It could have been the knowing grin that matched my own before I stopped. It could have been the fact that she had no arms.
I think it was the books myself, but then Hermione had rubbed off on me…
I break off my train of thoughts and answered her.
"Aye. That a big deal?"
I take a moment to try and imagine how I look to her. A scruffy looking lad of mid-teenage years. I had taken pains to make sure that none who knew me would recognize me. I had thought at first that the best thing to do would be nondescript. But from what I had heard about Bordertown, nondescript would just stick out more. So I had settled on 'so outrageous the eye slides away in vain attempt to preserve itself'. My hair uniformly to just below shoulder level, colored an obvious and eye drawing blonde, falling in a lank semi-dreaded fashion around my head, covering much of my face. I couldn't bring myself to change my eye color, the green I had inherited from my mother, so viridian orbs still peered out from behind my shaggy curtain. My clothes were muggle, but the kind of muggle that would have driven my dear ol' Aunt Petunia into an foaming seizure of self righteous indignation. Beaten and ragged trainers topped by a pair of blue jeans so faded, torn, and patched as to leave an observer wondering just how much of the original fabric still remains. My shirt was a faded grey, in better shape than my jeans, and across my shoulder was a strap of good canvas attached to a satchel that sat half on my lap and half beside me, scrunched in the space at my side I had gained from leaning on the window. I could only hope I came across as just another hopeless (hopeful?) runaway to the border.
"Yes, actually it is," the woman across from me smiled. "The nature types rarely come by the train. They dislike technology."
"I hear they don't be liking iron or something," I acknowledge with a glance back out the window. The view passing is very pretty. Old trees, wide for their kind, dotted the land around the tracks. Roses bloomed wild and red, and ravens flew free and dark. I closed my eyes briefly, and for a moment I let myself truly feel the magic that surrounded NeverNever. It was rich and wild, and my own magic purred quietly within me. It made me feel warm.
"Not the iron. The technology," the armless lady said. "Though considering how the magic around here acts, technology can get a little bit whimsical."
"I'd heard about that," I admitted, as I turned fully away from the window to the woman across from me. I adjusted my pack slightly so that it rested more fully in my lap as I did so. "It has something to do with the return of Faerie, I hear it said." Back when Bordertown was still a city of the World, back before Faerie had returned. When the Border came back into being, the magic that it held swallowed the city up. Most everyone had fled at that. But time passes and the indomitable human spirit (or is curiosity? Nihilism?) returned, and mankind had returned to the city eventually. It's a place where elves and humans mix freely, though perhaps not flawlessly, now a days.
She grins and lifts her beaded moccasins to point at my arm. I glance at my watch, a cheap little thing I had picked up for convenience sake a month or two back. The digital face was blank for a second, and then while I watched all the numbers that should be telling me the hour and minute began cycling backwards at various paces. The date displayed was the thirteenth month, day number thirty eight. Than it went blank again. I snorted at it quietly, before turning my attention away.
"So if you've heard that than you must wear the watch because you like the armband, right?"
"Got it in one," I smile slightly in return. The watch on my left hand had just been a thing to tell the time. Now it can just be an ornament. They both work the same to me. I glance out the window again, and than back to the armless bird in front of me. I reach my hand out, as though to shake hands, but I aim it at her feet. "I'm B.S.P." I say as way of introduction.
She lifts her leg up with a delighted chuckle, perhaps at the ease with which I dealt with her handicap, and places it in my hand, and we shake limbs briefly. "I'm Mickey. Glad to meet you."
I quietly chuckle in return, before glancing out the window again, almost reflectively. I keep looking for the Border. I knew that most people can't see it. I can't honestly say that I was really expecting to see it. But I can freely admit that I hoped to see it. The tracks had come along parallel to the Mad River. It had a proper name once, but ever since the return of Faerie it had become something different. The waters were red all through the Borderlands, until it finally reached the World again. Something about the way it came out of Faerie had changed it, for better or worse. The magic made it dangerous to drink. Well, maybe not dangerous. Addictive. The cheapest, most addictive, and most intoxicating drug in the world. For humans at least. Flowing free and easy through Bordertown and NeverNever. I break my thoughts away and turn back to Mickey.
She had seen my look, and the direction it was turned to. "Looking for the Border? Not many can see it. Humans anyway. Most humans can't see it, and none can cross it. The ones who can see it say it's beautiful."
"Great shimmering opalescent haze, from which all the stars save the morning one reflect their effervescent light in a grand collusion of universal harmony?" I ask while looking back out the window briefly before turning back to her with a perfectly bland expression on my face. She lowers her head and gives me an amused look. "Nope. Can't see it either." She snorts and I smile back at her.
"B.S.P was it?" Mickey asks, still chuckling at my shameless lie. "Dare I ask what it stands for?"
"Ask away," I gesture grandly. "If you get it right you get a prize."
"Better Start Praying?" she hazards. We grin at each other briefly and I shake my head 'no'. "Well, it's better than some." I cock an eyebrow at her, and she continues. "A lot of people come to Bordertown, looking for new starts. Your name is your first impression, and some people choose names that just don't give a good one. I met one kid who was dead set on calling himself 'Ron Starbuck'. Lasted a week before he turned around and headed right back to wherever it was he came from." I briefly sink into memories at the mention of the name 'Ron', but quickly shake it off. "Another tried to call herself Jinian L'Etoile. Everyone called her Jiggle Le Toilet. She lasted about as long." Mickey stopped here and smiled at me while I chuckled a bit at the image. "So. Dare I ask? Running from or to?"
I looked at her, quicker than I intended to, and she smiled slightly. I realized that I may have changed enough so that people who knew me wouldn't any more, but that doesn't change the fact that those who have known people like me wouldn't have recognize the signs. She had nailed me dead on in one aspect at least. I was running.
I lean back in my chair for a second, feeling pensive, before responding. "You make it sound like there be a different between the two."
"There is, though," she responds. Her voice is kind, and I meet her eyes briefly. The good intentions I find there are only reinforced by the brief flash of legilmancy I touch her with.
"Only to some." I smile at her, softening my harsh response. She bows out of the topic gracefully.
"Got place waiting, or a job, or friends?" I shrug. She continues "It can be tough…"
I shrug, a small smile on my face, as she trails off. "I'm sure that can be true, but you needn't be worrying your pretty young head about it." She gives me a smile and a glance that reads 'don't smooth talk me, I'm not that gullible' and I realize almost reflectively that she probably had a decade on me year wise. I continue on anyway. "I've been in tough spots before. I can handle myself if it comes to it again."
Mickey gives me a softly searching look at that. I'm not sure what she found, but she looks like the kind that has been around the block a fair bit. I don't know if she drops the subject because she's to use to dealing with touchy runaway kids, or if she can really see that yes, I have been in tough spots before. You don't get much tougher than some of the spots I've been in…
I pull myself out of that train of thoughts and look at her satchel. I change the subject. "So if you're a Bordertowner," I wonder quickly if that's a real word, "what is it that brought you on this brief, yet seemingly fruitful trip to the humble World?"
Mickey accepts the obvious change of topic with good grace, following my gaze to her satchel, before answering. "I'm a dealer. Books, rare and used. We're down on Mock Avenue, a few blocks down from Ho."
"Really?" I ask, thinking back again to Hermione. Then to Ron. The weight of the bracelet on my right hand and the necklace resting on my chest both felt heavy for a second, but I dragged myself back to the present with the ease of long practice. "What are you called?"
"Elsewhere," Mickey grins easily. "Look us up when you get settled."
"I just might…" I begin with a nod when behind me the ticket taker announces the next stop to be Bordertown. I hunch over a bit at how close the voice had been. Uh oh.
"Something wrong?" Mickey asks, than realized the situation when the taker stepped from behind to abreast.
"I don't remember collecting your ticket," the taker, female in blue with big reflective glasses, says to me. I give my best innocent look to her, but she doesn't seem to fall for it.
"Really? Maybe one of you coworkers got it?" I hazard and I sound so innocent that butter wouldn't melt in my mouth. My eyes are a study, wide and artfully confused, and my lips hover on the verge of pouting.
"Only coworkers I got are driving this heap," she tells me, not buying it for a second. "Care to show me a seat check?"
I pat myself down, knowing damn well I haven't got a ticket. I didn't want to risk the ticket booth finding out my name or remembering me at all. I had spent most of the ride in the washroom at the back of the train. I had only come out because I wanted my first view of Bordertown to be a little more memorable than the tracks under the toilet when I flush.
"Oh dear," I proclaim, "I can't find it! What if somebody stole it?" I see my reflection in her glasses as she gives me a 'do you really expect me to believe that, because I know I'm not that dumb' look. My expression is so comical that I give up all pretense with a laugh. "Alright, you got me."
"You have enough to buy a ticket on you?" she asks.
"Sorry, gorgeous," I return easily. "If I be havin' enough in the first place, I needn't be sneakin' in the first place." I give a shrug as I lounge back in my stolen chair, seemingly completely at ease. The taker's eyebrow raises above her glasses at 'gorgeous' and turns her eyes to an amused Mickey.
"Sweet talker, isn't he?" she says to the armless woman. Mickey nods, her amusement plain.
"I had noticed it myself. We only have a half an hour left, maybe you could…" Mickey trailed off.
"I don't know," the conductor frowns. "Policy is clear…"
I decide to milk the situation. Truthfully, it doesn't matter to me what they try to do. If they let me finished the ride with a warning, I can deal with that. If they try to lock me up afterwards, I can escape,. If they try to throw me out, I can cushion my landing and finish the walk easily. But now might be a good time to have a little fun.
"Oh please, Madam," I get out of my chair and fall to one knee in front of her, arms clasped in front of me as I groveled, shamelessly. "Surely someone as wonderful and talented as yourself can be sparing some generosity to this poor wretched boy in front of you. Surely someone as blessed with grace and talent, whose beauty shines through like a light to the rest of us poor mortals, can be sparing just the tiniest of- and you're not buying it at all, eh?" I finish in a completely different tone of voice while looking up calmly. The silver glasses shake back and forth, though the smile struggling not to show on the mouth below lessened the effect. Mickey had her head turned into her shoulder as she shook slightly with repressed mirth.
Sighing I stood up and brushed myself off while adjusting the strap of my satchel on my shoulder. "Well, rules be rules," I allow. "This be the point where you be tossing me from the train?" The conductor nodded, though she did look apologetic. "Wells, well. I needed a smoke anyway." I turn to Mickey with a nod that she returns. "Elsewhere, was it? Maybe I'll drop by."
"Please do," Mickey smiled at me.
I turned back to the conductor. She gestured ahead of her towards the back. "Let's be getting myself tossed than, shall we?"
'Well,' I thought to myself as we headed to the back. 'I'm here. Let's see how Bordertown can handle Harry Potter."
And with this I end my first publishing on Fan fiction net. I hope to be well received here. Feel free to review.


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Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan Gets A 'Lift' From Cops In Flood-Hit Madhya Pradesh
India News | Reported by Siddharth Ranjan Das, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday August 22, 2016
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was caught on camera today, being carried by two policemen during his visit to the flood-hit areas of the state.
Odisha To Install Early Warning System In Coastal Districts
India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 6, 2016
Prone to calamities like flood and cyclone, the Odisha government has started work on installation of an Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) in the coastal districts, officials said.
Odisha Likely To Receive More Rain In 24 Hours
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 4, 2016
While incessant rains have thrown normal life out of gear in several parts of Odisha, the Met department today forecast that the state will receive more rainfall over the next 24 hours.
Over 100 Killed In Rain-Related Incidents, Bihar And Assam Worst Hit
India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 2, 2016
72 deaths have been reported in rain-related incidents this year with Bihar and Assam facing the worst of floods in the country.
No Let Up In Assam, Bihar Floods; House Collapse Kills 9 In Maharashtra
India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 1, 2016
The flood situation in Assam and Bihar remained grim on Sunday even as a rain-triggered building collapse in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi claimed at least nine lives while the death toll in lightning strikes in Odisha went up to 32 with three more casualties.
Odisha Offers Help to Flood-Hit Tamil Nadu
India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday December 3, 2015
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday offered "all help" to flood-ravaged Tamil Nadu in view of its "vast experience in the disaster rescue operations".
Nearly 200 in Floods, Lakhs Displaced; Bengal Worst Hit
Cheat Sheet | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Rohit Bhan and Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday August 4, 2015
Around 200 people have died and nearly one crore people have been affected in floods caused by heavy rain in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Manipur and Odisha. In Gujarat, 70 people have died since June, news agency Press Trust of India has reported. Large scale relief and rescue operations are underway in all the affected states.
More Than 180 Dead So Far in Floods in Bengal, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Odisha
India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 4, 2015
More than 180 people have lost their lives and nearly one crore people were affected in floods in West Bengal, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Odisha.
Flood in 3 States Kills 70, Village Badly Hit in Leh
Cheat Sheet | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday August 3, 2015
At least 70 people have been killed in floods in three states, Bengal, Odisha and Manipur, because of rain in the aftermath of cyclone Komen. There are reports that a flash flood has destroyed a village in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mamata Banerjee's All-Night Vigil in Office as Flood Batters West Bengal
India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday August 3, 2015
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spent Sunday night in office to monitor the flood situation in the state in the aftermath of Cyclone Komen which has hit large parts of Bengal, Odisha and Manipur. Around 70 people - 48 of them in Bengal alone - have died so far.
Around 70 Dead as Floods, Landslide Hit West Bengal, Manipur, Odisha
India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday August 3, 2015
The aftermath of Cyclone Komen has hit large parts of Bengal, Odisha and Manipur, causing floods and landslides in which over 60 people have died so far.
20 Killed in Manipur Landslide After Heavy Rain; Floods in Bengal, Odisha, Mizoram Too
India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Sunday August 2, 2015
A day after 20 people died in a landslide caused by heavy rain in the Joumol village in Manipur's Chandel district, rescue teams are still having a tough time in reaching the spot.
Naveen Patnaik Orders as Flood Situation Turns Grim in Odisha
India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 30, 2015
With flood situation in northern Odisha districts turning grim, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today asked officials to evacuate people to safe places and send ODRAF personnel to affected areas for rescue operation.
Boatmen Rescue Marooned People in Odisha
India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 20, 2014
As people in the flood-affected areas are heaving a sigh of relief following receding water in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha, several incidents of bravery and survival have come to light.
Odisha Floods: PM Modi Announces Rs 2 lakh Ex-Gratia
India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 16, 2014
Expressing grief over the loss of lives in the recent floods in Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs two lakh for the next of kin of the deceased.
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On 23rd of January, Chelsea FC showed interest in the Egyptian player Mohamed Salah, who gained a great popularity during his career with FC Basel, since that date and till now, Chelsea Facebook Page is suffering Egyptians' comments in Arabic with thousands of likes on each comment. Hence, we decided to analyze what's happening and present a full image about fans' behavior and social media statistics to understand the impact on Chelsea's social media presence and how can they tackle that in the future.
First, let us show you the full image from the beginning with Mohamed Salah's transfer and how was it trending worldwide.
Chelsea Announcement on Twitter:
Agreement reached with FC Basel for the transfer of Mohamed Salah. http://t.co/PwpJRF3agP #CFC
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 23, 2014
Buzz Trend: 270K tweets in the first 5 days after Chelsea's announcement, peak time was Jan 23rd
* Trend is based on Mohamed Salah keywords in Arabic & English on twitter in the last 30 days.
What Is Happening On Chelsea Facebook Page?
- Starting Jan 23rd, Massive comments from Egyptians on Chelsea's Facebook posts
- Type of comments is all sarcastic, showing support for Mohamed Salah, and threatening Chelsea if Salah didn't play
- Chelsea's fans from all over the world started to notice the Arabic comments and ask the Egyptians to comment in English instead
- Chelsea's fans got annoyed because of the massive comments and started to ask the Egyptians to stop spamming the page
We collected few examples of what happened, and still happening on Chelsea Facebook Page:
That leads us to ask a series of serious questions:
1- How Many Egyptian Fans Do Big Four Have On Facebook?
2- What Happened after Mohamed Salah's transfer? — Chelsea Facebook Page fans growth!
Manchester United Arabic Post For Egyptian Fans
Finally, Chelsea Fans From Egypt Are Growing Rapidly, And In 5 Years They May Reach +5 Million!
- Why don't Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Man hire Egyptian Social Media Agencies to manage their Facebook Pages and keep the Egyptian fans positively engaged?
- Does Chelsea online team have any future plans for their Egyptian fans after Mohamed Salah's end of contract?
- Can Chelsea have a better opportunity to gain fans from Egypt like this?
- Will other clubs in the premier league start looking for Egyptian players to expand their popularity in Egypt?
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Triangle, Angles, Congruence. Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry
Post your solutions or ideas in the comments.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Elearn Geometry Problem 9
11 comments:
- Nilton LapaDecember 17, 2011 at 11:40 AM
I am brazilian, sorry for the bad english.ReplyDelete
Let E be the intersection of AC and BD. For triangle AED, angle(AEB) = x + 60. For triangle EBC, angle(ECB) = angle(AEB) – angle(EBC) = x + 60 – (x + 30) = 30.
So angle(ADB) = 2.angle(ACB), points A, B and C belong to a same circle with center D, AD = DC, triangle ADC is isosceles and x = 10.
The solution is uploaded to the following linkReplyDelete
As Nilton has pointed out: angle(ADB) = 2* angle(ACB) AND AD = BD which implies that D lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB which, in turn, means that D is the circumcentre of Tr.ABC; hence etc.ReplyDelete
- Nilton LapaApril 21, 2012 at 9:26 AM
To Ajit: You're right, the condition AD = BD should be mentioned explicitly, though it is said in the enunciate. Thanks for your help.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 8, 2015 at 2:37 PM
Let perpendıcular bısector of AB (passing through D) intersect AC at E; <ADE=30, so <CED=30+x=<CBD and BEDC is cyclic, so <DBE=<DCE=10. As, by symmetry <DAE=<DBE, our answer is <DAE=10.ReplyDelete
Best regards,
Stan Fulger
- AnonymousJanuary 8, 2015 at 2:42 PM
Triangle ABD is equilateral; let the perpendicular bisector of AB intersect AB at E and, clearly <CED=30+x=<CBD, so BEDC is cyclic and <DBE=<DCE=10 ( 1 ). Since by symmetry <DAE=<DBE, we have our answer, x=10.ReplyDelete
Best regards,
Stan Fulger
Extend BD to E such that BD = DEReplyDelete
Then < EAC = < EBC = x+30 and so ABCE is cyclic with D as centre
Hence Tr. ADC is isoceles and x=10
Sumith Peiris
Sri Lanka
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Global variables are global, and @_ are aliases. This is easily replicated and tested with the following code (your while loop will never terminate so I used a for loop instead):
If you
I suggest to use a lexical iterator instead of $_, and don't have your callees change elements in @_. Using a lexical iterator prevents action at a distance from called subroutines. Using @_ will need more changes and information about $finder->isExist(...).
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Patient safety is a concern worldwide and is a significant challenge facing healthcare systems today. An important part of patient safety is medication safety, as medication incidents are a leading cause of patient injury. Health Canada, as the federal regulator has a role to play in reducing and preventing harmful medication incidents, particularly those that result from a health product's name, package or label.
A medication incident, also referred to as a medication error, is a mistake with medication, or a problem that could cause a mistake with medication. Medication incidents are generally preventable and include errors like receiving the wrong medication or dose, or using the wrong route of administration.
Medication incident and adverse reaction reports are both important sources of information about the safety of a health product.
Adverse reactions, also known as side effects, are unwanted effects that happen when drugs are used under normal conditions. Reactions may appear within minutes or years after taking a drug, and may range from minor reactions like a skin rash to serious and life-threatening events such as a heart attack or liver damage.
Unlike a medication incident, an adverse reaction doesn't involve a mistake and typically can't be prevented.
Adverse reactions should be reported to Health Canada's Canada Vigilance Program.
Medication incidents should be reported to
Canadian Medication Incident Reporting and Prevention System (CMIRPS) via the Institute for Safe Medication Practices in Canada (ISMP).
Medication incidents may involve a range of health products, including prescription and non-prescription drugs and natural health products. The health effects of a medication incident can range from no harm to very serious harm, even death.
Many factors can cause or contribute to a medication incident. These may be related to the health products themselves - i.e. problems with a product's name, package or label - or they may be related to professional practice, procedures and systems, including prescribing, order communication, compounding, dispensing, distribution, administration, education, monitoring and use.
When used safely and appropriately, health products play a vital role in the prevention and treatment of disease. Well-designed health product names, labels and packages can support their safe and appropriate use by healthcare professionals, patients and consumers.
Poorly designed health product names, labels and packages can however, contribute to or cause medication incidents.
For example, look-alike and sound-alike (LA/SA) health product names (products whose names share similar spellings or pronunciations or both) have been known to increase the risk of product 'mix-ups.' The Institute of Safe Medicine Practices maintains a list of look-alike, sound-alike drugs.
As with LA/SA product names, product labels and packages may be confusingly similar to those of other products. Other sources of confusion and potential medication incidents include labels or packages that:
Health Canada, as the federal regulator with its authorities to regulate the pharmaceutical industry derived from the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations has a role to play in reducing and preventing harmful medication incidents, particularly those that result from a health product's name, package or label.
The prevention and management of medication incidents requires a collaborative approach between Health Canada, industry, healthcare professionals and facilities, patient safety organizations, patients and consumers. Using a partnered approach, Health Canada works to minimize and prevent the risks associated with medication incidents, with a primary focus on managing and preventing harmful medication incidents that result from a health product's name, package or label.
Health Canada conducts ongoing analysis of medication incident reports to reduce and prevent the occurrence of medication incidents related to health product names, packages and labels. The Department also develops standards, guidelines and best practices to support the safe use of health products through optimal health product naming, packaging and labelling. This includes a Guidance for Industry to help identify potential LA/SA health product name issues during the review process.
Health Canada has working groups in place, with participants from Health Canada, external patient safety organisations and other regulatory bodies, that focus on reducing the risk of harm due to health product names, labels or packages. The Department is also an active partner in the Canadian Medication Incident Reporting and Prevention System (CMIRPS).
The Canadian Medication Incident Reporting and Prevention System is a national program that collects, analyzes, and distributes information on medication incidents. The knowledge gained through analyzing reports submitted to CMIRPS is used to make medication use safer.
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada), Health Canada, the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute worked closely together to develop and implement CMIRPS, and to coordinate CMIRPS with other patient safety initiatives.
The goal of the program is to reduce and prevent harmful medication incidents. CMIRPS supports a safe medication use system by:
Health Canada is an active partner in CMIRPS. In addition to funding support, Health Canada contributes knowledge and expertise from its perspective as the federal regulator of health products, particularly with respect to mitigating health risks related to a health product's name, package or label. As well, Health Canada uses information gathered through CMIRPS as part of its ongoing activities to monitor and improve the safety of medications and other health products in Canada.
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Judge Won't Release Records of Chafee Party Probe
NewsRadio 920 WHJJ and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island judge has rejected a newspaper's request for records of a police investigation into a party hosted by Gov. Lincoln Chafee's son, saying disclosing the documents would be an "unwarranted invasion" of privacy.
State police investigated the graduation party hosted by then-18-year-old Caleb Chafee at the family's horse farm in Exeter on Memorial Day in 2012. Caleb Chafee was charged with violating the state's social host law and sentenced to community service, and an 18-year-old woman was hospitalized for suspected alcohol poisoning.
The Providence Journal reports that it sued state police in October 2012 for rejecting its requests for investigation records, but Superior Court Judge William E. Carnes Jr. struck down the newspaper's efforts Tuesday over privacy concerns.
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|Cuthbert of Canterbury a medieval Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury in England. Prior to his elevation to Canterbury, he was abbot of a monastic house, and perhaps may have been Bishop of Hereford also, but evidence for his holding Hereford mainly dates from after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. While Archbishop, he held church councils and built a new church in Canterbury. It was during Cuthbert's archbishopric that the Diocese of York was raised to an archbishopric. Cuthbert died in 760 and was later regarded as a saint


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The Underground City Paperback
by Anne Forbes
Part of the Kelpies: Dragonfire series
On the eve of his return to Scotland, Lewis Grant is dared to spend the night at a haunted desert oasis.
The Bedouin refuse to visit Al Antara at night knowing that a mighty djinn lives there.
But this doesn't worry Lewis, who promptly rises to the bait.
However, things don't go according to plan and Lewis' subsequent arrival in Edinburgh is accompanied by a series of events that defy explanation.
Set against the backdrop of the spooky Mary King's Close, Neil and Clara Maclean find themselves embroiled with ghosts, super heroes and bank robbers, not to mention the Christmas pantomime.
Will the MacArthurs get back from their holiday in time to avert disaster?
Enjoy a third outing for them and their dragon, as monsters and mayhem return in a breathtaking tale of magic and nightmare.
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- Publisher: Floris Books
- Publication Date: 24/04/2008
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The Year of Living Virtuously (Weekends Off): A Meditation on the Search for Meaning in an Ordinary Life
Jordan, Teresa
Place Published: Berkeley
Publisher: Counterpoint
Date Published: 2014
Edition: Second printing
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Book Id: 42114
310 pp. Octavo [22 cm]; black paper covered boards with gold stamping to spine. Illustrated dust jacket.
"Temperance? Humility? Frugality? Teresa Jordan spends a year trying to live Benjamin Franklin's list of thirteen virtues. Jordan offers a wry and intimate journey into a year in midlife devoted to the challenge of trying to live authentically. Through her explorations, we come to understand the ethics of time, the importance of mindfulness, and the profound societal cost of our contemporary epidemic of distraction."


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Jan 25, 2014 at 4:15 pm #1312443
just Justin WhitsonMember
nmJan 25, 2014 at 5:12 pm #2066181
Sumi WadaBPL Member
@detroittigerfanLocale: Ann Arbor
>> what you folks think about selling gear at gear swap for more than you paid for it later on down the line?
In your shoes, as the buyer, I wouldn't care.
The "value" of an item is what I'm willing to pay for it. For me, that's based on the current new retail price, the condition, and maybe the age. How much the seller paid for it at one time doesn't affect the value *for me*.
But I think, for you, the value does include what the seller paid for it. So you made a counter-offer for what it's worth to you… and the seller, as is his prerogative, declined your offer.
IMO, I think that's exactly how "gear swap practice" is supposed to work.Jan 25, 2014 at 5:21 pm #2066189
I don't see anything unethical about the price.
Lots of people make their entire life around buying low and selling high. That's the way that the stock market works, at a minimum. Besides, some people buy a commodity at a market price, then hold onto it until the value goes up, perhaps in a different season.
–B.G.–Jan 25, 2014 at 5:32 pm #2066197
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
It's a free market. BPL does not have any official position on this.
PS: the stock market analogy is a good one.Jan 25, 2014 at 5:39 pm #2066201
Brian MixBPL Member
@aggroLocale: Western slope, Sierra Nevada
Buy low sell high whatever. I do that with some aspects in life but when it comes to gear and backpacking and this forum I don't. I feel if I can pass on a deal to a fellow hiker then I will. Sometimes I will opt for Ebay to off an item. So on principal I don't agree with it and as a seller I can and will choose my buyer. If I look at your posting history and it is only in gearswap buying many similar and redundant items, plan for me to skip right over you. My items, my decision etc…Jan 25, 2014 at 5:47 pm #2066208
Edward JursekBPL Member
@nedjursekgmail-comLocale: Pacific Northwest
Justin – Sadly, there are a lot of Adam Smith, Ayn Rand laissez faire types that see the Gear Swap Forum as "market place" and not part of the BPL "community." I wish they would all go to Ebay where they belong. I feel that the Gear Swap Forum is part of the BPL community and I am not looking to profit off of fellow BPL members when I sell gear. I think having quality light weight gear available at low prices aids and enriches all BPL members as we fiddle and experiment with our kits. I say shame on those members seeking to profit off of other BPL members.Jan 25, 2014 at 6:13 pm #2066216
Agreed Sumi. Something costs what people will pay for it. Stuff can be difficult to find, has long wait lists, is discontinued, whatever…all those things make a difference in what something will sell for. If you don't want to pay that then don't…your prerogative.
Speaking for myself, I've had a few catch and release items and to be honest, I frequently don't remember what I paid for it. So I guess…based on what I think I'd pay for it. No malice there at all…just a lack of desire to look up what I paid for it.Jan 25, 2014 at 6:23 pm #2066217
todd harperBPL Member
@funnymoLocale: Sunshine State
Granted, I don't know how close the price was to what the last buyer paid, but since you said the asking price was close I would say it may be to cover shipping to you so he/she doesn't lose money.Jan 25, 2014 at 6:25 pm #2066218
Stephen CollinsBPL Member
@scwcollinsLocale: New England
[edit: apparently as I was writing this others made a lot of the same points, so sorry for the repeat!]
The economics major in me agrees with Sumi. It's just two parties doing a transaction. What price the seller is willing to sell for is his choice, and it's up to you whether you want to accept it. The past is the past; doesn't matter if he acquired it for free or paid $1 million for it.
Compare swapping gear to the stock market, where buy-low sell-high transactions take place all the time. One person will buy a stock at a certain price, say $10 per share, and then sell it for a higher price later on, say $20 per share. No one I'm aware of questions whether this is ethical.
HOWEVER I think Justin brings up a good point about this being a community. It's not the stock market or any other typical market. And personally, buying low from one BPLer and selling high to another BPLer strikes me as pretty sketchy. It doesn't sit right in my stomach.
But circumstances can vary, and I think intent matters.
If, for example, someone came in here and bought a bunch of 3-season tarps and clothing in the dead of winter (when demand for 3-season stuff is lower) without the intention of ever using them, and then sold them at a profit in the summer (when demand for 3-season stuff is higher), that might strike a lot of us as unethical.
In comparison, if someone buys, say, a stove 10 years ago for $25 and now it's a rare and coveted stove, would it be ethical for him to sell it for a profit? Personally I would have no qualms whatsoever with that.
Even in the first example, where someone is buying stuff with the sole intent of profiting off it, I think there's an argument for it being ethical. The guy is providing a service to the seller by taking it off their hands, and providing a service to the buyer by selling them something that's worth it to them at that price.
For example, say I posted a tent on gear swap this week and really need the cash. I wait a week and no one is biting. Then some guy comes in out of the blue and buys it. I'm relieved. I got the cash I needed to buy those new winter boots I wanted. Fast forward six months, summer is here. Guy who bought my tent hasn't used it once and posts it on gear swap again. He ends up selling it for $100 more than what he paid for it.
Is there anything wrong with that? I'm happy because I got the money when I needed it and no one else was biting; he's happy because he made $100; and the buyer in the summer is happy because they got a tent they wanted when they wanted it at a price that was agreeable to them. And put yourself in the poor gear swap profiteer's shoes. He lost the opportunity cost of the money he paid me for the tent and took a risk. He had no guarantee that he'd be able to sell the tent for a profit.
That being said, it still strikes me as kinda skeezy to take advantage of the goodwill of community members who are willing to sell their stuff at a good price for the sake of giving other members a good deal. So think what you will…Jan 25, 2014 at 6:26 pm #2066219
Dan YeruskiBPL Member
@zelphLocale: www.bplite.com
I recently had a bad experience with a dishonest individual regarding the return of a stove. I googled the persons name and several listings on the google page showed that person to be here at BPL. I then searched his name and the only forum he has ever participated in was the gear swap. Buying and selling is all he did. In one of the threads a member was in disagreement with him on a sale. It was mentioned the individual was also using other website sale forums. I'll be watching closely his sales format from now on. PM me if you want the name of the individual.Jan 25, 2014 at 6:29 pm #2066220
I will add to my previous statement and say that I, a liberal commie pinko, also think it's not necessarily NICE to jack up prices. I get it, I understand why people do it, but I like being part of this community. I also kind of feel weird when people's only participation is gear swap. This is NOT ebay or craigslist, and I appreciate the folks here quite a lot.Jan 25, 2014 at 7:11 pm #2066231
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
Both ways like if someone bought it for $100 and was offering to sell it for $50? Would you then offer to pay $100 so he wouldn't lose? I think not :)
Other things to consider: were improvements made to the product, like seam sealing, adding guy lines and stakes? Do you know that actual selling price? You really have no concrete idea what kind of deal or trade was made.
In this case how much are we really taking about? I can't imagine there being some huge amount involved with an item that sells for $135 new. There can't be much room for villainous profiteering with an item like that.
Good bargaining tactics would dictate that you make an offer from your informed position. If you know what he paid for it, make a counter-offer based on your knowledge. Taking someone to task on what price they bought it at just makes them defensive and sours the deal as appears has happened. There's a little poker playing in all of this.
I think the real issue to be concerned with is the integrity of the seller: is the item in the stated condition, shipped promptly, etc? If there are issues, will the seller back it up? The market will level out the asking price if it is too high.
If this is all so bothersome, why not support SMD's good work and buy a new one?Jan 25, 2014 at 7:24 pm #2066236
Steven DiogenesMember
While you may not find anything wrong with upcharging on something you got at a discount, I think there is something to be said for the choice you make. I'd rather help one of you folks than try to make $50 off of you.
I like the idea of cooperation and kindness more than profit. I like the idea of giving what you don't need to those who do need it. Hiker boxes, free boxes, Really Really Really Free Markets, and gifts are good examples.
I really appreciate the folks here who try to help people and sell their stuff at cost/below cost or PIF instead of just trying to make money off of trade. Of course, some people have to recoup their losses or whatever, no problem, but it's the really blatant profiteering that is unfortunate.
The whole idea of the Gear Swap board being full of arbitrage and not community members helping eachother out is a sad one.Jan 25, 2014 at 8:36 pm #2066265
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
OK, so I am trying to sell a $600 down jacket for $400 (I don't like it/need the money, who cares why)
Now Joe Citizen is advertising the same jacket for $200 because he bought for that from someone else here ,however it does not really fit him very well.
Eventually Joe Citizen does sells his for $200 (because he is a nice and ethical guy) so by doing so he forced me to drop my price by $200.
(why are you asking $400 when J Citizen just sold one for $200? question from concerned BPL member)
I am starting to dislike that Joe Citizen and all of his nice ethics.
Note that by now 3 of those $600 jackets have been sold for $200, so that is the going price.
So now, the original seller, Joe Citizen and myself are heros in the eyes of some and villans in the eyes of others.Jan 25, 2014 at 8:48 pm #2066270
"Eventually Joe Citizen does sells his for $200 (because he is a nice and ethical guy) so by doing so he forced me to drop my price by $200."
Joe did not exactly force you to drop your price at all. His cheap sale put some pressure on you to drop your price, but you were not forced to do anything. Won't some buyers buy from you just because of your sterling reputation?
Besides, if a seller is seen continally lowering prices, then he gets a reputation for continually lowering prices, so his original higher prices all start seeming overblown and will be ignored.
I guess that is just a harsh reality of the free enterprise system.
–B.G.–Jan 25, 2014 at 8:54 pm #2066273
Steven DiogenesMember
Franco, I don't think anyone is saying you'd be a villain for selling a jacket for less than you bought it for. I think that would be cool of you.
If people were just coincidentally deeply discounting the same jacket for no reason other than to help BPL members, and you couldn't/didn't want to sell it for less, then there are other options like eBay or GearTrade. I honestly don't see that really happening though.
I think that's sort of an exception that doesn't really disprove the general idea of an ethos of helping each other out.Jan 25, 2014 at 9:00 pm #2066275
Franco DarioliBPL Member
@francoLocale: Tarptent
No , Joe Citizen was gone by then.
It was Mr Concerned BPL Member that shamed me in dropping the price by pointing out in my for sale thread that the same item just sold for $200 less.
Just to make it clear for some, my example was just about how others may perceive these kind of transactions.
We have had here,within BPL Gear Swap, both people complaining that items were advertised at too high prices as we also have had others complaining that some were posting too low prices therefore devaluing what they had to sell.
The reason for the high or low price is not all that relevant
None of the above has anything to do with me, my way of thinking, ethics, ethnic background, religious affiliations or not, it was just an example.Jan 25, 2014 at 9:02 pm #2066276
Franco, get a new sales manager.
–B.G.–Jan 25, 2014 at 9:45 pm #2066282
Mark HeiserMember
@74kilosLocale: Mid-Atlantic
This is a market of people highly aware of brands and what a given piece can fetch in terms of price.
I think it makes more sense to list a piece for sale at around "market price" and perhaps accept a lower offer (even if is garners slight profit) than to list a piece for a slash and burn deal which really only hurts other members trying to receive a fair price for their product (as opposed to a PIF which I think is awesome and should only be taken advantage of by people who will likely get good use out of the piece). I don't know if it's most ethical, or if it serves the greater good, but that's the way I would operate.
The one other caveat I will provide is that I would feel terrible, and would never take advantage of someone selling their gear because of some hardship they've suffered only to turn around and sell within the same community to turn a profit. I would prefer to pass on the deal to let another capitalize and benefit from the enjoyment of actually using that gear piece.Jan 25, 2014 at 11:14 pm #2066299
Trace RichardsonBPL Member
@tracedefLocale: Southern California
"End of rant, and i will leave this thread. So i guess i got my answer from and by the majority of folks, it's ok to buy something here for lower and turn around and sell for higher as long as some sucker is willing to buy it. Greed, it's what's great about America and the general Western mind set."
As adults, we're responsible for doing our own diligence and making our own assessment of what an item is worth to us. The beauty of a free market is that both parties have a CHOICE as to whether they want to enter into a transaction or not. Your opinion on the value of an item does not make a seller anymore greedy then it does the buyer a masochist or "sucker" for purchasing items that you deem to be over priced.
Community should mean that members help each other out, it does not mean that members are in any way expected to take less than what they deem to be their definition of a fair market value for items they are selling. By definition, if their items are truly over-priced, their likelihood of being sold is low. In short, just because you can't agree on the value of an item, doesn't mean the other person is greedy. One could argue that using your logic in the footsteps of the seller, you're the greedy one because you aren't willing to pay a price they have deemed to be fair.Jan 26, 2014 at 12:28 am #2066305
William FMember
@wkfLocale: PNW
Hello all, I'm new to the forum. I've been lurking around for some time now and just decided to join as a forum member.
I personally would not list gear I wanted to sell at a higher price than what I paid for it because I would feel bad (self-conscious) about it. I think most people who post at BPL regularly would also feel this way. I think this is what Justin is getting at, and why he feels disillusioned. It's interesting to hear people defend this other guy with there hypotheticals, though these scenarios appear to be far more a reflection of posters' personal political philosophies than addressing the issue Justin has run into. Not that there's anything wrong with that. A major issue I see is that members of BPL have different interpretations of "community" and the moral obligations we have to each other as people who have come together (and across many boundaries such as age, economic standing, and political perspective; race not so much) under a common interest. Hence the idea that Ebay and Gear Swap are different and therefore we would expect more intimacy, more care, respect, trust, sincerity etc. to be present at BPL than Ebay but maybe I'm just being naive.
For better or worse, Gear Swap is designed to function as a free market. People who participate in it acknowledge and accept that, and with it you've got to accept the presence of some scumbags. Unfortunately, a capitalist system has no soul so the people who, like Justin, are "nice" or would "feel bad" about charging more than they had paid for the product originally are the "suckers" or "sentimentalists". While I don't think BPL is the place to pick this fight (it's far far bigger than that), I will say that I share your disillusionment Justin. It's kind of a bummer to hear people argue that essentially because there is no rule saying it's illegal/not permitted it's therefore okay. Again, because I think we would all agree on a personal level that selling something for more than you paid for it to an ignorant buyer is being less than honest/genuine/transparent. And if not, if these anecdotes that have been offered up have actually taken place in reality, it would be interesting to hear some real accounts of people on this forum who have done this and feel justified in having done so. I'm willing to guess either no one has done this, or if they had, there not the kind of person who would share that story.Jan 26, 2014 at 5:29 am #2066314
Mark HeiserMember
@74kilosLocale: Mid-Atlantic
I don't think many here could be classified as truly ignorant buyers. Many are gear heads, and many more are at the very least pretty interested in what is highly specialized gear in a niche market. As such regular market pressures such as depreciation don't always apply.
A better analogy (from the stock market analogy already provided) might be to consider that we are selling classic cars here, or better yet, dragsters. A dragster is the type of vehicle only a very small number of people may find valuable at the prices they go for. It also is the case that if we assume the condition is good, and all parts are in good work order that these items generally have a "bottom" price that is generally agreed upon in the community. They'll seldom sell for cut rate prices in a market full of people looking for and willing to pay for highly specialized gear.
That being said I probably wouldn't buy something within this community for a cut rate price to turn around and sell it at a substantial gain within the same community. If I say bought it on eBay for a steal I view that as slightly different, but that's a different topic altogether.
So I don think it's about "screwing" anyone so much as you know you have a product that is valued and that will always be able to bring in X dollars. Shipping is the only tax paid by the seller so in many cases they may try to build that into their set price.Jan 26, 2014 at 6:37 am #2066320
I like this conversation. I have, for many years now, been frustrated at what is considered rampant greed in America (I'm assuming all western societies, but I'll not generalize here…) and the worship of all things business and corporate.
Gear swap is interesting…yes, it is a community and I've been helped MANY times by people here. I've had people offer to cheaply sell me things, or lend me things that I've asked about in other forums…honestly it makes me happy and smile inside and feel good about the world. I've also done the same to others…including sending people things for free that they've asked to buy. It's my way of contributing to the community and again, it makes me feel good.
Are there "outsiders" here who just want to take advantage of the market/audience here to sell highly specialized and marked up goods? Yep. Do people sell things for more than they should? Sometimes. But speaking for myself, sometimes it's hard to come up with a good, fair price…and I know that some of my buyers may be those people just trolling for deals. I feel bad when someone I know and "like" chimes in for something I'm selling but I already promised it to someone else…and I wouldn't think twice about making sure a BPL friend got a good deal from me.Jan 26, 2014 at 7:51 am #2066332
Andy AndersonBPL Member
@iandersLocale: Southeast
Life isn't fair to everybody. It's just a fact. My thought is if own a piece of gear, I can sell it for whatever I choose to sell it for. If it's too high, it won't sell. The demand for the item will set the price. Everybody has a different price threshold, on an item that I think is worth $50, someone else may have no problem paying $75. Just look a the full retail price on most outdoor items. They are really high. Boutique style shops sell at full retail. I don't ship there, but lots of others have no issue with it. Im shopping the clearance rack. It's nice to pass along a good price to other BPL members, but it shouldn't be a requirement. I'm not a fan of more regulation on most things.Jan 26, 2014 at 8:13 am #2066335
Kenda WilleyMember
The Gear Swap and Gear Deal forums are very informative for me as a latecomer to ultralight. I'd call myself a semi-ultralighter: interested, but I also buy and use non-UL. I have seen some good deals on Gear Swap, but no screaming' deals. And sometimes the prices are what I'd consider to be way too high for used items; so I'm glad there are GS participants who are willing to criticize. Just because it's fairly unregulated doesn't mean that it's okay to try to make money off of it, but it is okay to inform people of attempts to do so.
So far, I've made a couple of attempts to buy from GS sellers, but was always a little too late. If you look around the other BPL forums, you can usually find reviews or mentions of the item being offered. In this way, I've learned a lot about non-UL as well as UL.
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