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(re-post from Google+ — seriously, that's where I most ramble now but someone suggested I should make this mutter more permanent, so it goes here)
I think I stumbled on what I dislike about "railroaded" game campaigns and, as usual, it's by way of an analogy.
First, railroading is obviously a continuum. It's a kind of failure in scenario design but it's not a make-break failure. As with any design defect (I'm thinking of other design contexts, like hardware or software, and there's the analogy pointed out for those of you that don't like solving my little puzzles) it's not necessarily catastrophic in itself but rather makes the follow-on work (the implementation and the maintenance) harder and that's what's a problem.In system design we'd call this a problem of brittleness: increasing railroading makes the design more brittle. That is, it's less resistant to unanticipated events. It's harder to change a small part without impacting other aspects of the design. So if a railroad (and this is funny to me since I design real railroads sometimes) is a brittle design, maybe the reasons for brittleness in system design are similar?
Usually it's a problem with coupling. You see coupling errors (they aren't really errors, but from my perspective they break things so I flag them as errors) in software all the time and often they are a result of Bad Laziness (distinct from Good Laziness): part of the problem is hard to solve so the designer makes it someone elses problem and now an inappropriate subsystem has to do work that impacts the appropriate subsystem. Now changing one black box affects the functionality of another in ways not covered by the interface spec. This is brittle: I can't change the design of one component without investigating other components. In a big system this becomes a whack-a-mole game worth millions of dollars and thousands of ergs of customer good-will. Brittle is bad.
Coupling is the problem in railroading, too. Events later depend on the outcome of events earlier in a way that is inappropriate. In system design we'd solve this in a way that's useless to a scenario designer though: in a game we want more flexibility with less dependence whereas in a system I'd just lock down the functionality and the interfaces and analyze for coupling, moving functions and features as necessary to recover the design. In a scenario this might be boring as hell. It might not even be possible. I'm not even sure where the analogy goes if you head down that route.
The coupling in scenario design happens when a planned scene can only happen if a previous scene resolves in the way predicted by the designer. This strikes me as a red flag right out of the gate: the scenario design depends on reliable prediction of the future. You need a fair amount of magical thinking to believe that will work. When trying to plan for the future (this actually relates to safety design methods by the way) you can try to enumerate all possible outcomes and address each, of course. This will not work. It's a novice's first guess at solving this kind of problem and it fails because you will miss something.
What you can do, though, is categorize the kinds of future events rather than plan in detail, and create plans that are similarly categorized. If the villain is thwarted in this scene then we need some kind of new threat. If the players decide their characters are interested in another direction of exploration then we need something there to explore. This leads to general solutions: I need a map that extends in all directions. I don't need to know in detail what's everywhere, though, I just need some tools to slow pace until I can go home and plan the next session (here's where I fall in love with random encounters, by the way — they don't need to fit the plot because everyone already knows they are random and, frankly, if the players cleverly find a way in which the encounter is consistent with the plot, well, yoink, I am totally using that). If they are disinterested in the objective I thought was interesting, then I need a few ways to make it interesting (your tool here is the character sheet: what did they say was interesting?) and see if those work. If not, listen and delay!
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A 20-year-old Utah woman accused of kidnapping her child during a supervised visitation and then fleeing to Washington has been arrested.
KUTV reported that the U.S. Marshal's Service arrested Lady Ashley Marks at a home in Spokane. The Marshal's Service announced the arrest Saturday, the television station reported.
Authorities did not immediately disclose the whereabouts of the boy, 15-month-old Giovanni Marks.
Salt Lake County prosecutors had been trying to get authorities in Washington state to arrest Marks since October after she allegedly took her son from a Murray home during the supervised visit Oct. 14.
The toddler's father had been awarded legal custody.
Marks was in the custody of the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, awaiting extradition back to Utah, KUTV reported.
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Eden Skye is a former Catholic schoolgirl who evolved into a highly sought after sex maven after a steamy encounter with several members of a visiting football team during her senior year of high school. What she learned that fateful night has stayed with her, providing her with memories she will never forget and a never-ending appetite for new and raunchier sexcapades. These days, when not working as an office assistant, she can be found writing erotic fiction alongside her partner-in-crime Estaban Steel. On the weekends, she conducts hands-on research with Estaban to ensure her writing, and his, is authentic and believable.
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October 27, 2011
Which brings me to the end of ideology. H. L. Mencken remarked in an interview that "The whole country is full of propagandists who are bothering everybody." I recall my undergraduate days at Columbia University toward the end of the Vietnam War. Several avowed communist groups on campus competed with one another to spread the party line. These ranged from genuine hard-core Maoists to Trotskyites and everything in between. The war was a disaster which lent these characters a degree of credibility. They were running with it.
The campus was in a constant state of flux and hyperventilation, of Sturm und Drang. Nobody was doing any homework. Everybody was racing around, agog with politics.
In the meantime, at the other end of the spectrum, I had founded a short-lived movement called The Douglas MacArthur Society. I still worship MacArthur as a great man and thinker, but in retrospect all these efforts spent upon politics and ideology in my salad days now seem like a horrible waste of time. Many of the student commies at Columbia made the transformation into stockbrokers. For them it was all a mistake, a phase.
Something along these lines may have belatedly occurred to Deng Xiaoping and his associates when they stopped taking Mao and communism seriously and tried instead to advance China in a less artificial way—without drama, murder, and hysteria. In retrospect, the 1989 crackdown at Tiananmen Square was a bump in the road. Without it, Apple would not be manufacturing the iPhone in China.
At about the same time, similar thoughts must have occurred, out of necessity, to Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin in Moscow. Before ideology strangled humanity to death, it had to be thrown overboard in Russia in favor of reality and what worked.
In this regard, a letter to the editor of the Financial Times dated August 31st is worth noting. I came across it a few hours before discovering the Fowler sisters in the same stack of newspapers. The letter is from a professor at the University of California:
As a visitor to Moscow in June 1983…in an academic conference, the only question was whether the bear would go down quietly or otherwise. The shops were empty; the lines were long; the people were despondent; there was only ice-cold water to bathe in at the hotel of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The decay from within was obvious. And the Leninist babble that our Russian colleagues were obligated to espouse somewhere in their talks, no matter how irrelevant, was clearly just that: an obligation, not a belief. The system was indisputably unsustainable.
All this misery and wasted energy because of a misbegotten idea from an intelligentsia too arrogant, misguided, and hateful to think clearly. That is the epitaph for the age of "socialist" and Marxist ideas that roughly covers the past hundred and fifty years. It's over.
Henceforth, my solution is to not think at all, but rather to go on instinct. With rare exceptions, the fashion layouts are more significant than the written page. We should rejoice in the fact that, as bad as things may be with the economy, they could be far worse. The grocery stores and pharmacies are still amazingly well-stocked. School is out. Don't waste your time. For starters, go watch the latest video from Elle and Blair.
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- NN Odhiambo 4
- CO Obuya 0
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- DO Obuya 8
- SO Ngoche 0
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Rankin to Obanda, OUT, fishing outside off, edging it to the keeper.
AA Obanda c †Wilson b Rankin 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Rankin to Allan, OUT, varied the lengths cleverly, short ball followed by a yorker.
DI Allan b Rankin 3 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 37.50
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CO Obuya c Cusack b Rankin 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Johnston to Odhiambo, OUT, chopped it on.
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Cusack to Patel, OUT, faint edge, good take by the keeper standing up to the stumps.
RR Patel c †Wilson b Cusack 2 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00
Cusack to Aga, OUT, playing across the line, pretty straight forward decision for the umpire.
RG Aga lbw b Cusack 3 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 37.50
Mooney to Mishra, OUT
T Mishra c Cusack b Mooney 28 (32b 3x4 0x6) SR: 87.50
Mooney to DO Obuya, OUT, Mooney on a hat trick.
DO Obuya c †Wilson b Mooney 8 (22b 0x4 0x6) SR: 36.36
Dockrell to SO Ngoche, OUT, given this time, Kenya in deep trouble.
SO Ngoche lbw b Dockrell 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
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It's been about a week now since the Classic has been over. I have a few more thoughts about it that I'd like to share. Maybe some of them will help you in your fishing this year. I hope so anyway.
As you know, I stuck with my spot through thick and thin. I made a long run two days in a row after a long fog delay knowing I'd only have a couple of hours to fish. Several fans and writers have asked me about that. Although they won't say it out loud, the thought behind their inquiry is that I could have fished closer to the ramp and had a lot more time to catch them.
There's some truth in that, but you have to remember where and what I was fishing. The Louisiana Delta is a big place. It takes a long time to get from one spot to another. And, the Classic is a one-shot event. You're either the champion or you're not. There are no points or standings other than first place.
I had quality fished marked; I just couldn't get them to bite. I might have done better if I'd changed tactics the first couple of days. Of course, that insight comes with the benefit of hindsight. We're all real smart after we look in the rearview mirror. It's human nature for us to say, "If only ..."
The Classic rules affect things, too. The money difference is so huge between winning and finishing anywhere else that it doesn't pay to try to catch a few more pounds unless you think it'll be enough for a win. All the money is at first place.
I suspect that if there weren't such a different between first and the rest of the payout, you'd see a different type of event. At some point reality sets in and, when it does, some anglers would start fishing for a bigger check.
I'm not advocating that kind of change. I like the Classic the way it is now. All I'm saying is that it affects how we fish.
Basically, the same thing is true — only on a different level — in your club championship. Most of them are designed to be one tournament for all the marbles at the end of the year. When you fish one, you're not interested in finishing anywhere other than first place. You're either the champion or you're not.
So, the next time you fish a championship, I suggest you find a spot with the potential to produce winning weight, and fish it as best you can. You won't always win. In fact, you'll lose more often than not. But when you do win, you'll know the thrill of victory, and it'll be all the more sweet because you've tasted the bitterness of defeat.


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Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown used Gene Hickerson's induction in Canton Saturday as a platform for getting increased pension and medical benefits for retired players.
Hickerson, 72, played for the Browns from 1958-60 and 1962-73. He is battling Alzheimer's and vascular dementia and is confined to a wheelchair.
"We're trying to get the right medical care for all our old warriors now," Brown said. "We're trying to fight the League and the Players' Association for a better pension plan.
"What better example can you have than a man going into the Hall of Fame who had concussions that never were reported? Are we going to argue whether they were football related? That should not be the argument. People need help and he was one of our warriors. It should make a lot of people think. Let the good come out of what is happening for Gene. That's the way I'm thinking."
HONORING THE BROWNS: Army Sgt. Richard Zurga, from the Cleveland suburb of Eastlake, was at practice Aug. 3 after serving 51 weeks in Iraq to present the Browns with an American Flag and a Browns flag that flew over a fire station in the town of Al Qayyarah. Coach Romeo Crennel was honored by his gift. The Browns presented him with a Charlie Frye '9' jersey autographed by the entire team.
During his visit Zurga met and shook hands with Jim Brown. "I'm honored," Zurga told him. "You're the best that ever played."
"No," Brown answered. "I'm honored."
COVER BOY: Browns RB Jamal Lewis is on the cover of the Sports Illustrated fantasy football issue. He is the first Browns player on the cover of S.I. since Bernie Kosar in 1988.
Tim Couch was on the cover wearing a Browns jersey in a pre-draft issue in 1999 and in 1995 an artist's sketch of Art Modell punching a dog was on the cover after Modell announced he was moving the team, but as far as actually being on the roster goes Lewis is the first to be on the magazine's cover in nearly 20 years.
EXPENSIVE MEDICINE: Ryan Tucker was to make $2.55 million in 2007. His four-game suspension for violating the league's steroids policy is costing him $600,000. He is not appealing the suspension.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I'm not going to say I'm as good as I was (in 2003) but I'm smarter now, more patient with my running style and I'm much wiser. That's what a veteran offers to a team and to this position." - Running back Jamal Lewis.


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SHEPHERDSVILLE - Serving on city government is nothing new for the appointed member of the Shepherdsville town board.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Business owners should not be shocked if a member of the Shepherdsville Fire Department comes calling.
HILLVIEW - It all started as a hobby. Kay Cornett had 360 potted plants at her home and was preparing meat and cakes for her husband's coworkers and friends every weekend for years before realizing she was doing it enough to turn it into a business.
This week Paul Coyle takes a look at the occupational tax issue involving Bullitt County and the cities
You probably didn't see a clip on an evening newscast.
There is no rumor about this -- property owners in Shepherdsville may face a tax increase.
FRANKFORT – "Buy land," Mark Twain once said. "They're not making any more of it."
CLERMONT -- Bernheim has something for everyone on Saturday, September 17. Kids of all ages will be enthralled with creative entomology at BugFest; mom, dad and friends will find great plants for the landscape at the Fall Plant Sale and gardeners will learn how to deal with invasive species in the yard at the Smart Gardens and Landscapes program:
Shifting in response to the increase Bullitt County Public School emphasis on early mathematical literacy, Community Partners for Learning (CPL) has expanded its scope.
HEBRON ESTATES - The Bullitt East Lady Chargers ran their winning streak to seven games on Wednesday as the red and gold pulled away from a tight match early to beat North Bullitt 4-1.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Harry Potter and the Neutrality of Fatness
It doesn't need to be said that JK Rowling has exercised a lot of power over the imagination of millions of fiction lovers, young and old, in the last decade. I would not be surprised if the Harry Potter series turns out to be the longest lasting and most consequential work of literature from the turn of this century. And she has often used her wide audience to decry injustices. In "For Girls Only, Probably", she states eloquently, "is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'?". This post on her website is not perfect – there is some troubling devaluation of thin bodies and ableism around eating disorders – but in places, it's a very well-articulated argument against the veneration of thinness.
In re-reading her Harry Potter series, I was initially discouraged by her explicit early associations between fat and evil and fat and lazy and fat and unhealthy. But as the series progressed and Rowling found her voice, I found an interesting evolution of her attitude towards fatness. Though there are very dim notes in her characterization of fat bodies (the Dursley family in particular), Rowling usually presents fatness as neutral and natural – some bodies are fat, some bodies are thin, and none are worth less for it.
In the early Harry Potter books, I was initially struck by the rampant sizism in her description of the Dursley family. Rowling echoes tired media tropes when she reduces prominent fat characters to one-dimensional comic relief, using many other harmful stereotypes in the process. Harry's cousin Dudley is dehumanizingly described as "the size of a young killer whale" and "a pig in a wig", and his uncle Vernon is "beefy". Petunia, too, is targeted because of her size: her thinness is as grotesque in characterization as Dudley's fatness. Their size is also explicitly connected to harmful stereotypes about fat people: Dudley is lazy and eats in an exaggeratedly unhealthy fashion, and he uses his size to menace people up through book five. Dumbledore, the most authoritative character in the series, even describes Dudley's appearance in book six as "abuse".
However, these insults are softened considerably in the later books (the above quote from Dumbledore notwithstanding). After book five, Dudley's body is no longer a point of mockery, but a sign of his maturation and growth as a person – though he is still big, his size is connected to his physical ability and activity in boxing, rather than his laziness. This is tempered by Rowling's portrayals of Horace Slughorn and Hepzibah Smith. The size of both are painted in exagerrated terms, and in both fatness is connected with luxury. Neither depiction connects fatness with lack of health, which is something, I guess. But neither are particularly positive: both are slightly grotesque because of their fatness, and Smith's lack of beauty was noted several times. Aside from this, the later books treat people of size much better. I believe this is because of Rowling's growing awareness of the impact of her words; the social relevance of the series grew considerably in the later books, and I hope that Rowling reread these early characterizations and cringed and changed.
Though the early books in the series are more frequently plagued by sizism, there are some positive depictions of fatness early on. Most radical and normative of these (to me) was the presence of the Fat Lady as the guardian of the Gryffindor common room. The Fat Lady is a minor character most often used for texture comic relief, but she is still a major presence throughout the first six books. Like many peripheral characters, she is given a good deal of shading throughout the books; she is friendly, dependable, and sometimes a little bit irritable. Though fatness is her distinguishing characteristic, it is not a judgement on her value or attractiveness; much like the bloodiness of the Bloody Baron or the state of Nearly Headless Nick's neck – though I will note that it would have been nice if she'd gotten an actual name, like Sir Cadogen. She is fat, and she is funny to the reader. But what's funny are her quips in replies to students seeking entry – not her size. Most appealing to me is the use of fat as a neutral adjective in its application to her. She is fat, and that's how she's distinguished, and that's okay.
Another strong positive depiction of fatness throughout the series is Molly Weasley. Her plumpness is neutral to positive; she is described warmly, and her size is part of her appeal as a mother figure. Mrs. Weasley's constant busyness as a member of the Order of the Phoenix and a mother of seven are also a counter to the connection of fatness and laziness. The association between fatness and maternal qualities is not exactly trope-busting, but it's positive nonetheless – full-time motherhood and fatness are often devalued, so I was happy to see them embraced in this series. Mrs. Weasley is also an opportunity for Rowling to explore sizism; she is negatively described as "fat and ugly" by Draco Malfoy, and this is seen as a part of his distasteful and hateful character.
The Weasley family as a larger unit does a great deal to disassociate size from health and eating habits. Ron, who is described as slender, eats a huge amount of food, particularly sweets; he is always eating Chocolate Frogs and Cauldrons and reaching for yet another helping of treacle. This gluttony from a thin rather than a fat character is a helpful counter-example to the blatantly sizist descriptions of Dudley Dursley mentioned above. When Mrs. Weasley is described as "thinner", it's not seen as a triumph of weight loss but instead a sign of her ill health. This characterization of thinness is repeated throughout the series; it's also applied to Tonks and Lupin, particularly in book six. Lupin's thinness throughout the series is a sign of his inability to gain employment because he is a werewolf. Tonks' size is a matter of illness – she is sick for love with Lupin. Women losing weight for unrequited love is a well-worn cliché. But both of these examples present thinness as not a matter of will or a matter of morals, and that contributes to Rowling's disassociation between thinness and health and worth in her later books.
"Fat" is not quite the right word for Hagrid, but he is certainly relevant to discussions of size in this series. The clearest description of him as "twice as tall and three times as wide as a normal man", which suggests that he is fat as well as tall. Again, his size is seen as neutral and just a fact of who he is. Unlike Dudley, his size is not threatening – he is one of the sweetest characters in the series. Like Mrs. Weasley, he receives discrimination for his size: Professor Umbridge and others openly question his competence because of his size. Though the discrimination that he receives is more about his birth and not solely his girth, his oppression is relevant to sizism.
The magical intersection of fatness and part humanity also brings about my favorite writing of fatness in the series by far: Madame Maxine, headmistress of Beauxbatons. Maxine is, explicitly, both huge and beautiful. She is introduced alongside the most emphatically beautiful woman in the series, Fleur Delacour; in many writer's hands, this would be an opportunity to achieve comic relief through making fun of the fat lady. But Maxine's comparative body is presented as complementary to Fleur rather than contrasting. Maxine's attractiveness and polished presentation are consistently emphasized alongside her size (she is described as "handsome" and "well-dressed" repeatedly). Her comparative size is not a point of mockery, but a fact of her existence.
Though there are problems with Rowling's depiction of both ends of the size spectrum, the Harry Potter series is generally successful in communicating that there are not defined relationships between weight and health, or weight and beauty. In general, Rowling treats both fatness and thinness as neutral adjectives that imply different things for different kinds of bodies. This is not a radical act, but for a writer with the audience of Rowling, it is a positive and a productive one.
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I agree that it's true that fat and thin should be equally depicted negatively - that fat characters should be no more exempt from negative depictions than thin characters are. I think it's more Dudley's particular traits -- spoiled, lazy, gluttonous -- that RMJ points out as being particularly linked with fatness in outer society and notable here.ReplyDelete
But, the whole point that RMJ seems to be making is that JKR did a good job with size depictions.
I don't think it's unfair to also point out that perhaps some of the books could have used improvements while others pushed the series into a positive mark on the literary world.
Personally, I found the early depictions a little Roald-Dahl-esque (someone who OFTEN uses size or beauty as a visual aid to persona), and I think in the beginning, when it wasn't as clear (or perhaps was too defined) where the books fell in terms of genre, it might have been that she took the characters less seriously. The first book made caricatures out of almost all the characters - enormous Dudley and Mr. Dursley, grotesquely thin Aunt Petunia (even the names are somewhat Dahl-like), Hermione with her buck teeth and frizzy hair, freckly redhead Ron. But as the books became more serious, less supernatural fun for children with light social satire, and more evocative of real horrors of the past, she managed to take these characters and make completely real rounded out human beings out of them, while introducing new ones that stayed within the same tone.
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Rhosymerda, first off, I am absolutely not saying that Rowling is "hating on fat people" at all in the series. Past the third and fourth paragraph, I make quite the opposite argument: I think that her writing of fat bodies is as a whole very positive.ReplyDelete
I don't know how to counter your argument that JK didn't mean to associate his size and negative personality characteristics and that he just happened to be fat and it had nothing to do with his also being lazy and unhealthy. It is very clear to me that she used his size as shorthand for his shortcomings, and does so in exagerratedly stereotyped ways. Here is one example, from book one:
Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise.
The early books are filled with descriptions of just how very fat Dudley and Vernon are, and they are not meant to be nice. But, as I also noted in the fifth and sixth paragraphs, there are positive depictions in these early books.
And also, I don't think that Dudley using his size to enact violence is to his credit, at all. Dudley was using his size to bully, and bullying is crappy.
But again. I generally think highly of JK's writing of fat bodies. I would appreciate it if future commenters took note of this.
I think Dudley's size is meant mostly to illustrate how his parents allow him to have anything he wants. Of course, he then in turn uses the outcome bully other kids. I always saw it as less "fat kids are mean" as "his parents let him get away with everything."ReplyDelete
For every fat and mean character in the book, I can think of a thin and mean character as well. Dolores Umbridge was pudgy and evil, Argus Filch was thin and mean, Draco Malfoy was thin and a bully, Crabbe and Goyle were fat and bullies, etc. etc.
It seems to me that Rowling used size as simply another attribute to each character, rather than letting size define whole characters. In the first book or two, this was not always so, but as the series progressed, even minor characters were given more and more layers of personal history.
This may also just be my memory failing me, but I can't remember explicit descriptions of Hermione's size from the books. We're constantly reminded of how skinny Harry is compared to his classmates (especially early in the series), but not much is made of Hermione other than the size of her hair. I find this interesting, given how focused society is on the size of girls' bodies.
I'd love to see further examination of book characters and their physical descriptions or their relationships with each other, in either the Harry Potter books or other series. It's not something that is always widely discussed (Twilight excluded).
This is such an excellent study of the language in these books! I just found this blog, and I really hope you post some more.ReplyDelete
This is an old article and I doubt this comment will be seen but I'd like to argue on the affront you took that Dudley's fatness is seen as abuse. Firstly, that comment was not solely about his fatness. Think of his character: spoiled rotten, throws temper tantrums when he only has thirty seven birthday presents, bullies eleven year olds, breaks public property. Do you think that maybe a firmer hand with him would have perhaps kept him from acting as such? Dudley's weight is the product of excess. His mother let him eat whatever he wanted and refused to listen to health professionals when they told her he was morbidly obese. Even if it is not abuse as we normally see it, it is still a most definitely shoddy method of parenthood when you favor their immediate happiness over their longterm health.ReplyDelete


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The Nike T90 Holdall is my current gym bag; it is perfect as a kit bag because of the number of pockets, the size and overall feel of the bag. After my last bag started looking grubby and used, I decided it was time for a new one!
I bought the Nike bag from Argos in the summer sale, there was a number of other sports bags at a similar price but none that seemed to fit my requirements more than this one. I paid £12.99 for the bag and was really pleased with it.
*The exterior*
The holdall I got was medium sized which is perfect for lugging a sports kit around and a change of clothes. The bag is around 26 cm tall by 50 cm long and has a depth of about 32cm. The bag comes in a number of different colours, I saw the same bag in JJB for £24.00, however it was sporting a new look design with blue and black swirls on. My bag is from the previous seasons range and is not so attractive; it is a plain red colour with black straps and a black mesh pocket.
The bag is made from a really thick nylon material and at the bottom of the Nike bag it is made from a waterproof tarpaulin material. This means that the bag is perfect for taking on a football or rugby pitch as you can set it down on wet grass and your belongings stay dry. It also supports the bag and helps keep its shape.
There are two carrying options for this bag, which is useful and depending on the weight of what I am hauling around depends how I carry it. There are two handles which meet together with a Velcro fastening. These handles are double stitched on with the material running all the way across the bag. This not only strengthens the handles but also helps to evenly distribute the weight; assisting with the carrying. The bag also comes with an adjustable shoulder strap, this has a section which is padded for comfort and prevents the bag from digging into your shoulder. This padded section is adjustable too so it doesn't matter what height you are. I like to use this strap but I wear it across my body as I find it much more comfortable.
*Interior and pockets*
I love pockets! I have a touch of OCD and like things to be in the right place and filed away! Therefore for me, it is important for a good bag to have enough pockets and places to stash things. The main body of the bag opens with a D shaped opening. Once fully open you can see the majority of the space, which means there is less chance of things getting lost down flaps and it also assists in being able to put items in quickly as there is plenty of room for manoeuvre. The zips on the main section are dual and you able to secure the bag with a small padlock as there is room for it to slip through. This is another very important feature, especially if you wanted to take the bag on board a plane and check it in.
At the left side of the bag there is zippered pocket and on this there is mesh pocket, which is deceivingly big! You can get a football in here and there is a Velcro fastener to secure it in place. A great place to store your ball! On the other side to this mesh pouch, there is another large zippered section which is big enough to hold a pair of dirty football boots or your trainers. I like this because it means I can keep my dirty shoes away from my clothes and towel etc.
This is a great sports bag and really meets my needs. My only concern comes with that the material my bag is made from gets really dirty really quick. My bag is a light red colour and it shows up all the dirt. I should really have gone for a darker coloured bag. I have put the bag in the washing machine before and it came out brighter and stain free, however a few weeks later it looked dirty again!
Nevertheless, a great bag and for £13.99, I have a good bag made by a well known sports brand that does exactly what I want it for!
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Welcome to the one-hundredth and twenty fifth installment of the Weekly WAYP or "What are you playing?" As usual, I included a song at the end of this blog. Please let me know in the comments if you listen to/like the songs I post. Also, feel free to tell me about any interesting media you've enjoyed over the past week, whether it's games, music, movies, books, comics, or anything else.
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Finished it. Pretty great campaign. The story is actually rather thoughtful, touching upon themes of the responsibility that comes with power. It's standard superhero stuff, but its darker tones give its moral message a bit more weight than it wouldn't have necessarily had. Again, I like how accessible a fighter it is, yet still has enough of a skill ceiling to feel like you have something to strive towards.
Playing it has made me realize how shit the Xbox controller's d-pad is.
Bioshock Infinite
Played it, beat it. The narrative is of course a cut above your usual video game story, though the fact that it's so focused on American history made it slightly more alienating than Bioshock was. The characterization of Booker and Elizabeth, however, is excellent, and the relationship that blossoms between them is wonderful. Elizabeth herself also grows as an individual, and her transformation from the young naive innocent girl, to a young woman understanding her place in the world, rivals the character development that we see in most RPGs.
Yet, for all that, I still consider Bioshock to be a better game. Firstly, the gameplay, I feel, doesn't sit as well with the narrative as it could have. The unending heaps of shootouts - while by all means excellently designed - begin to grow wearisome. This world's destruction is caused by you the player, and thus, it's somewhat more difficult to sympathize with Booker. Perhaps this is intentional, and serves as a commentary on shooters in general, but I feel that's making an excuse, given the great lengths it goes to vilify Columbia and its inhabitants.
Basically, I feel everything could have been handled with more imagination than simply having it all end in a shootout. Unlike others, I believe the first person perspective is fine. This is basically back-seat developing, but I would have much preferred a stealth route, something with disguises and such. I feel this would have also afforded a better understanding of Columbia itself, because it's difficult to do that when all you could do to interact with the place is stare down the barrel of your weapon.
Columbia's downfall is instigated primarily by Booker, and thus there's somewhat less space to fully analyze the kind of society it is. That isn't to say that it isn't isn't well imagined - it clearly is - yet I feel it lacks the smaller, more intimate touches that the original had. Yes, we see the collapse of a racist society, and the dark underside of the populist movement, but I feel that it's simply not as strong as when we fully grasped why Rapture fell. Infinite is more interested in exploring characters and metaphysics, as well representing parts of American history and that's perfectly fine. I just preferred Bioshock's analysis of the thoughts of a political theorist.
Also, the Voxophone system is ridiculous, and hides far too much characterization and plot from the players. This form of storytelling in video games is becoming redundant.
Fallout: New Vegas
Restarted it with the aim of completely avoiding the main quest. Rather enjoying it so far.
Oz: The Great and Powerful - ★½
The Wolverine - ★★½
The Bling Ring - ★★★★
Movie of the week - The Bling Ring
★★★★★: Cinema at its very best.
★★★★½: A fantastic piece whose qualities push it into the upper echelons of great cinematic works.
★★★★: Excellent; a film that successfully delivers on nearly most of its ideas.
★★★½: It may have some minor flaws, yet is still very good despite them.
★★★: Perfectly fine, yet is marred by some noticeable problems.
★★½: Though it may have some good elements, they're counterbalanced by negative ones.
★★: Unsatisfying, which is confounded by the fact that it could have been something special.
★½: It might have one, or possibly two elements that are appreciable, yet they're drowned out by a host of flaws and failings.
★: An example of how a possibly good idea can be utterly ruined.
½: Absolute rubbish - it should only be watched in order to remind yourself how wrong a film can go.


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The housing market continues to show minor signs of improvement. After reaching their worst level in more than two years, pending home sales in the United States posted their second consecutive monthly gain in April. However, the results were weaker than expected.
The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, increased 0.4 percent to 97.8 in April from an upwardly revised 97.4 in March, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors. On average, economists expected sales to gain about 2 percent. Furthermore, sales are still 9.2 percent below the April 2013 level of 107.7. In February, pending home sales declined to their lowest reading since October 2011.
Many analysts are expecting the uptrend in home sales to continue, albeit very cautiously. "Higher inventory levels are giving buyers more choices, and a slight decline in mortgage interest rates this spring is raising prospective home buyers' confidence," said Lawrence Yun, the National Association of Realtors' chief economist, in a press release. "An uptrend in closed sales is expected, although some months will encounter a modest setback."


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I have begun to experiment with using an induction burner and so far, I have been extremely impressed with the performance. So far, I have two pans - a stainless steel saucepan with a steamer insert and a cast iron square grill pan. The stainless steel pan works fine with no issues and even the steamer insert works great. The cast iron square grill pan works great too but it always causes an error code on the induction burner which causes the unit to shut off. I am able to turn it back on again but after about 15 or 20 seconds, the same error and shutdown occurs. I assume this built-in overheat protection is built into many or perhaps all induction burners as I hear talk about it occuring on several brands other than mine (Aroma brand).
For those of you who have a single induction countertop cooktop, do you get overheat errors when using cast iron and if so, how do you prevent them ? I have the perception that I need to turn it on high to grill food but maybe that's not necessary. I have 5 heat settings and I use "5" on a scale of 1-5. I know cast iron retains heat a lot better than stainless steel - perhaps that's why my overheat protection is coming on. Any thoughts and any ideas about what I could do different to try to prevent those errors based upon your experience ?


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Mainstays 15x20 poly cutting board is great for everyday use!
Pros: Large work surface, channel for catching juices when cutting meat
Cons: shows knife marks fairly fast, have to scrape it with a dough scraper to smooth
I have 3 of these in the kitchen. One is dedicated to raw poultry only and I marked a corner with a permanent marker to tell it apart.
One of the others has a permanent spot on my main prep area for making my daily salad etc. The large work surface means plenty of space to work on.
The last one is the one I use when cooking outside. A slab of ribs fits on the board without hanging off, the channel on the board contains the meat juices so I don't have a mess to clean up. I has a few BBQ grease stains on the back from sliding it on the shelf in front of the smoker but otherwise they clean up nice.
Only downside is they show knife marks pretty fast. I use a stainless dough scraper to smooth the top, it cuts off the worst of the knife marks and makes keeping the board sanitary a lot easier.
The ones I have are at least 10 years old and just needing replacement so overall they are a good value for a poly cutting board!


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>Suggestions and Feature Requests>Streak - Multiple Activities
I was wondering if it would be possible to have the streak counter count multiple activities. For example, I routinely log both running and Biking, but not on the same day. I would like a streak counter that counted the number of days in a row in which I had logged an activity. Ideally, we would be able to select the activities we wanted included in the count (via a multi-select list), but if it simply counted all of your activities (excluding health notes) that could work as well.
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I've added this in my code base and will be available as part of the next release.


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wikiHow to Attract More Love Into Your Life
If you are yearning to love and to be loved, here are some tips for you to attract the love into your life.
1Be a magnet of love. You attract love by being a magnet of love. Love is what you are. The people you attract are the reflection of who you are. If you are loving, cheerful, or positive, you will attract that kind of people into your life. If you are angry, negative, or doubtful, you are more likely to attract that into your life. How do you practice being a magnet of love? It is simply by filling your heart with love and thinking happy thoughts. Think of a time when you first fell in love. Feel it. Truly feel it. How wonderful and blissful does it make you feel? Then, act upon it. Act as if you are already in love with your ideal partner. What does he/she look like? What are the values/qualities in the other person that you want to see? Imagine he/she is here right beside you. Imagine how great it feels for you to be loved by that special someone. Imagine the touch, the kisses, and the love making. Feel the softness of his/her skin, hair, the warmth of his/ her body, and hear the voice. See you both together being deeply in love, hear the laughter, and feel that strong bond of love between the two of you. When you imagine, it becomes real. Allow yourself to be unlimited. That is what you are. You are unlimited. Why limit yourself? Imagine, think, act, feel, and act upon it. Then, you will manifest it. When your heart is filled with love, you become a magnet of it.
2Know who you are and what you want. Here are some important questions to ask yourself: 1. Who am I? 2. What do I want? 3. What is my life purpose? 4. What qualities/ values of my ideal partner that I am searching for? 5. What is acceptable and what is not?
3Believe in yourself. What you believe, you achieve. Believing in yourself is a requirement for success in each area of your life. If you believe that you would attract the right partner, you will succeed. If you believe that there was no right person for you, then, you would attract the wrong person. It is very important to recognize your highest potential and be aware of how you talk to yourself. Is it positive or negative? Any time when your negative voice appears, acknowledge it and ask yourself if it is true. Then, change that thought to be a positive and loving thought. Believe that you are deserved to be loved and to be cherished. Believe that you are worthy of love. Believe that you are love, loving, and lovable.
4Give love freely. When you believe in yourself, you become confident. When you are confident, there is nothing to hold you back. One of the secrets of getting love is by giving it. True giving is when you give without expectation. When you give love freely, all that you give out comes back to you. It might not come back in the way you expect it, but you would truly feel it in your heart. If you can picture when you throw a boomerang, you will see how it comes back to you. What you give out comes back to you. When that love comes back to you, your heart will be filled with it. Then, you become a magnet of love and attract more love into your life.
5Keep your heart open to love. One simple way to keep your heart open to love is to be grateful. Get a pen and a piece of paper. Count your blessings. Write down what you are grateful for. For example:
- I am grateful for the gift of life to experience how to live, love, learn, and grow.
- I am grateful for the all the challenges I face and all the mistakes I've made. The experiences have taught me to become wiser and stronger.
- I am grateful for those who hurt me because they teach me to be compassionate, loving, and forgiving. There are many things in life to be grateful for. A heart that is filled with love and gratitude is a powerful magnet of love. When you are grateful, you are happier. When you are happy, you attract happy people.
6Be present. This is very important. Being in the present means you are here at this moment where you are manifesting love. Stop thinking about someone who broke your heart yesterday, last week, last year, or last decades. The time is now for you to start your new life, new relationship, and new love. Let go of all the past by being here now. A simple way to practice being in the now is by focusing on your breathing. Here is how:
- Notice where you are right now.
- Take a deep breath all the way down your belly. Hold the breath. Then, let go.
- Feel the body. If you feel any tension in your body, put your attention to it. Notice how it feels.
- Focus on your deep breathing. As you exhale, let go of the tension.
- Repeat the first step through this step. As you practice being present, you will be at peace with yourself. The present is all there is. There is no past to haunt you. There is no future to frighten you. The golden moment is here and now.
7Dare to dream big. Dreams come true when you believe in your dream. When you dream, it gives you hope, courage, and inspiration. Anything is possible when you believe in yourself and allow yourself to be unlimited. Your dream has to be big enough that when you think about it, you feel inspired, empowered, and energized. You even smile to yourself when you think about it. If you dream of finding your ideal partner, see yourself with that person, feel the love that you are receiving, and know that you deserve this special someone to truly love you. Be in the relationship that you have always dreamed of. Dare to dream big and start living it. You will see a miracle.
8Practice love. Find ways to express love everyday. Give love to yourself first. Be kind and gentle with yourself. Then, be kind and gentle with others and love others. Do something for someone each day without expecting anything in return. See only the best in others. When you see the best in others, you see the best in you. When you give love to others, love always is given back to you in many different miraculous ways.
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- A simple way to attract more love into your life is to be love, loving, and lovable.
- A simple gift of love you can give to others is your smile.
- Be a powerful magnet of love.
- A simple way to keep your heart open is to be grateful for everything in life.
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Our printed plus size kimono wrap robe is an ultra cozy piece to lounge around the house in.
Plus size nighties, robes - print kimono wrap robe, sizes M (14W-16W), L (18W-20W), 1X (22W-24W), 2X (26W-28W), 3X (30W-32W), 4X (34W-36W), 5X (38W-40W)
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Rubbery Fabric
By Syl
from Oregon
Comments about Dreams & Co. Printed Kimono Wrap Robe:
I hate this fabric Some sort of rubbery stuff that slips around awkwardly and does not sit nicely like on the model. Bought this to go with the lounger set to get the pants but it only includeda tank in the same too-bright rubber fabric. It must be returned.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Best Robe ever!
By GeeMa
from Tulsa, OK
About Me Casual Dresser
Very comfortable. The material is so light and soft on your skin.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
By Njlili
from Jersey Shore, NJ
About Me Trendy/Stylish Dresser
Good if you don't like a full-length robe but still enough coverage to keep warm. Soft fabric.
Uncomfortable Kimono
By CristinaB382
from SW Missouri
Absolutely not for wearing outside!
Its super soft
By Sharen
from Mobile, AL
About Me Classic Dresser
Its super soft and smooth. I want the lounger and the tank next.
Loved the way this feels
By miayoung
from Florida
I really like how the material feels. I have washed it only once and air dried. It still feels soft. It conforms to my body. My only complaint is it isn't longer. I am 6'4".
Amazingly soft!!
By Pinky
from Seattle, WA
The fabric used for this wrap/robe is fantastic!! Cannot stress how much I love it, and the print and color are so wonderful!!
Comfy and elegant
By WM
from Texas
Stretchy and drapy all at once. Love it.
By Peg
from Massachusetts
This robe is very comfortable! I purchased both the robe and gown underneath and I wear them often!
(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Very pretty and soft, but I returned it
By cJ
from Atlanta, GA
This robe is lovely and so attractive when wearing. The fabric is soft and feels wonderful. The prints and colors are pretty. I tried this in the pink print and the black print. The pink was nice, but the black looked amazing and sexy. However, the black print robe arrived in my mail without a belt! I returned both of them but my reason is because the waist tie, which is on the inside, is made of thin, lightweight ribbon. When I wear a robe, it seems that I'm always putting it on, taking it off, and this little ribbon is just not sturdy enough for me. Seems like a small reason to return an item, but it's my reason. Still, a lovely robe!
Absolutely Love It!
By Bern
from Denver CO
It's Soft, Cool,and Sexy. I usually stick to basic and muted colors, so my night gowns tend to be black. So this robe goes will all of them.
Lovely robe
By Clare
Lovely fabric, generous cut, so comfortable for lounging. I would have preferred a longer version, but paired it with the long nightdress of same colour & pattern and it makes a beautiful ensemble.
Great cruise wear robe
By Phoebus Teapot Lady
from Phoebus, VA
Purchased for family cruise to Bermuda.
By lulu
from Ormond Beach, Florida
About Me Comfort Driven
This has to be the softest, most comfortable robe I've ever had.
(9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)
cool touch kimono
By susan
from miami, florida
About Me Comfort-oriented, Conservative, Practical, Stylish
i will say i really like all of dream & co. cool touch products; that is why i own all items in both berry & navy. however, this could have been constructed with detail in mind. the bottom border does not run evenly around the bottom....that is a shame & does take away from the beauty of this item. other that that....it is a wonderful kimono. if you think this was a one time error, see my pix. i have two berry & one navy color. they are all uneven. for comfort & ease of wear...i love them.
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(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
By Robric2
Very nice light fabric and like the design patterns and color. Comfortable. My favorite sleepwear at the moment.
love this robe
By granny
from Brighton, MI
About Me Comfort-oriented, Practical
this is a very nice robe
Classy and regal
By Jack
from Bastrop la
About Me Comfort-oriented, Conservative
Very well crafted, will be useful for a very long time.
By Dee
from Ohio
About Me Comfort-oriented
Love it
Exactly what I wanted
By Road Warrior
About Me Comfort-oriented, High-end shopper, Practical, Stylish
I wanted a comfortable robe for travel and for a short hospital stay. I don't like the ugly hospital gowns and prefer elegrant privacy to the total lack of respect hospital gowns inspire. Most robes I found were either too bulky to pack, or they looked like honeymoon attire. This robe is perfect for my purposes.
Very nice
By patti48
from Missouri
I like this robe. Its comfortable.
By Jen
This is a robe you wouldn't be sad about receiving as a gift. I love this robe for spa days because their robes are never comfy enough for the bigger girls and for doctor appointments where you know you are going to have to wear a robe or paper sheet; no need to hate going to the doctor when you have this robe. I also use it around the house when I need some comfy time. Amazing robe!
Truly beautiful but shrank, so size up
By Plus size woman
from San Jose, CA
Beautiful pattern; stays soft and comfy after washing; but shrank a bit, so I'd say size up if possible.
(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Love this robe!
By Holly
from Pittsburgh Pa
About Me Comfort-oriented, Stylish
Cute robe, lightweight but substantial. Very pleased.
Must have
By Di66
from Ct
About Me Comfort-oriented, Practical, Stylish
Just love this robe , perfect for the summer . super soft and well made . washes and dries great . it's a must have !
Very pretty robe
By Liz
from Hutto, TX
About Me Comfort-oriented, Conservative, High-end shopper, Practical, Stylish
It isn't as roomy as the pictures would have you believe. If you want it to drape nicely when closed, you might consider going up a size.
I Want It In Blue Too!
By Dorothy
from Oz
I can't wait to undress and get into this robe as soon as I get home! Soft comfortable lounging robe. Lot's of stretch. Great for the warmer months of the year. The cinnamon is not as red as pictured, but I'm still in love with the spicy color.
The cool touch kimono robe is a winner!
By Sweetie
from MetroBoston
About Me Comfort-oriented, Conservative, Practical
Great for lounging around. Light and cool touch as promised, no hype about that. Plus I especially like the exotic appearance, I can imagine being in the Orient with it on.
Comfy not luxe
By Chup
from Philadelphia, PA
I originally bought this robe as a gift, but didn't give it - it was not as sexy and luxurious as the photos. Main issues: reverse side of the fabric is white-ish, ruining the look when it shows. Cinnamon red is not as rich dark red as photos suggest - actually more of an sepia brown. It is a soft, comfortable, wear-around-the-house robe & it packs well - just not sexy or luxe.
Love it!
By Gigi
from Forest, VA
This is a great short robe!
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