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Description: Kelly Pender's final provocative suggestion-that it is precisely through the apparent opposition between "closed" and "open" that writing itself has been marginalized within the writing classroom-is an extraordinarily insightful point, one that deserves serious consideration within the rhetoric and composition community. -John Muckelbauer, author of Invention and the Future: Rhetoric, Postmodernism, and the Problem of Change The word techne has no equivalent in English and so is usually understood as one of the three terms that approximate its original Greek meaning: art, skill, craft. As a kind of productive knowledge, techne is often defined by its close association with rationality and instrumentality. TECHNE, FROM NEOCLASSICISM TO POSTMODERNISM: UNDERSTANDING WRITING AS A USEFUL, TEACHABLE ART is a book about the relationships among the many meanings of this complex term. Kelly Pender tells the story of techne's presence in the development of rhetoric and composition as an academic discipline in the mid-twentieth century, the influence of postmodern theory on that development, and what is often taught or not taught under the rubric of "writing" in contemporary composition courses. The arguments TECHNE, FROM NEOCLASSICISM TO POSTMODERNISM makes about these relationships are deconstructive and seek to challenge some of the field's most firmly entrenched binaries about what writing is and how (or if) it should be taught. To make these arguments, TECHNE, FROM NEOCLASSICISM TO POSTMODERNISM uses Samuel Weber's retranslation of the Heideggerian term "Ge-stell" as a form of emplacement to show how composition theories and pedagogies based on techne work simultaneously to both "close down" and "open up" possibilities for experiencing writing as an inherently valuable, nonrational mode of bringing-forth. KELLY PENDER holds a PhD in English from Purdue University. She is an assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech, where she teaches courses in professional writing, public discourse, critical theory, and classical rhetoric. She has presented papers at numerous conferences, and her work has appeared in journals such as Postmodern Culture, Composition Studies, and Rhetoric Society Quarterly. Her research interests include the history and theory of rhetoric and composition, critical theory, and, medical rhetoric, particularly rhetorics of genetic risk and disease prevention.
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Yesterday I made my first visit to Mor Dhona, which was in parallel with the R34 storyline quest. Getting there wasn't as easy as it used to be from Camp Crimson Bark. Apparantly, SE hasn't lost the evil aspect of their sense of humor in placing various mobs along the way that can 2X my HP, one-shot me through protect and stoneskin, but I made it the second attempt, and was able to complete the quest.
While I was up there, I decided it would be a good idea to get access to one of the aetherytes, for future tele purposes. However, in looking at the map, it wasn't all that evident to me which of the 2 camps would be easier to get to, nor was it all that obvious the route I should take to get to either of the 2 camps.
Long story short, I chose Brittle Bark, which I think was a bad choice, having entered from the Black Shroud, and I ended up aggro'g a Pugot, which again, one-shotted me for about 2K damage.
I was hoping someone might give me some guidance here, maybe even a hilighted map would be sincerely appreciated.
Also, I have a couple of noob questions that I should know the answer to by now, but I don't lol.
- Can someone who has that aetheryte tele you there, even if you haven't visited that particular aetheryte yet? I believe the answer is yes.
- If I make my way to a node, will it give me the option to tele to the nearest aetheryte crystal, even if I haven't visited that particular aetheryte?

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The Mares of Diomedes, also called the Mares of Thrace, were four man-eating horses in Greek mythology. Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to the giant Diomedes, king of Thrace, a son of Ares and Cyrene who lived on the shores of the Black Sea.
Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse was said to be descended from these mares.
The Eighth Labour of Heracles
After capturing the Cretan Bull, Heracles was to steal the Mares. In one version of the story, Heracles brought a number of youths to help him. They took the mares and were chased by Diomedes and his men.
Heracles was not aware that the horses, called Podagros (the fast), Lampon (the shining), Xanthos (the blond) and Deinos (the terrible), were kept tethered to a bronze manger because they were wild; their madness being attributed to an unnatural diet of human flesh.[1] Some versions say that they expelled fire when they breathed. They were man-eating and uncontrollable, and Heracles left his favoured companion, Abderus, in charge of them while he fought Diomedes, and found out that the boy was eaten. In revenge, Heracles fed Diomedes to his own horses, then founded Abdera next to the boy's tomb.
In another version, Heracles stayed awake so that he didn't have his throat cut by Diomedes in the night, and cut the chains binding the horses. Having scared the horses onto the high ground of a peninsula, Heracles quickly dug a trench through the peninsula, filling it with water, thus making it an island. When Diomedes arrived, Heracles killed him with an axe (the one used to dig the trench), and fed the body to the horses to calm them.
Both versions have eating make the horses calmer, and Heracles took the opportunity to bind their mouths shut, and easily took them back to King Eurystheus, who dedicated the horses to Hera. In some versions, they were allowed to roam freely around Argos, having become permanently calm, but in others, Eurystheus ordered the horses taken to Olympus to be sacrificed to Zeus, but Zeus refused them, and sent wolves, lions, and bears to kill them. Roger Lancelyn Green states in his Tales of the Greek Heroes that their descendants were used in the Trojan War. After the incident, Eurystheus sent Heracles to bring back Hippolyta's Girdle.
- ↑ Horse madness (hippomania) and hippophobia, Yiannis G. Papakostas, Michael D. Daras, Ioannis A. Liappas and Manolis Markianos, History of Psychiatry 2005; 16; 467
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Siam to Saigon
de Lewis Steven Silverman
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In a follow-up to 2013's Ode to Indochine, the photographer returns to Southeast Asia and focuses on Thailand and Vietnam, two nations integral to the region's complex history, cultural tapestry and economic vitality.
Características y detalles
- Categoría Fotografía artística
Apaisado grande, 33×28 cm
108 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación mar. 26, 2014
- Idioma English
- Etiquetas lewis silverman, lewis steven silverman, ho chi minh city, thailand, vietnam, siam, saigon, bangkok, thais, vietnamese
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For more than forty years, Lewis Steven Silverman has been a journalist, reporting stories and taking photographs in far off places. His fine art black-and-white photographs have been shown around the world. He learned his technical craft with the camera and in the darkroom at The Parsons School of Design in Paris studying under Benedict Fernandez and at The New York Camera Club. Group and solo exhibitions of his work include, The Center For Photography at Woodstock, Parsons School of Design – Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, The Cork Gallery at Avery Fischer Hall in Lincoln Center – New York, The Soho Photo Gallery of New York, The Lowenherz Gallery at the Alfred Stieglitz Camera Club of New York, The Westside Arts Coalition Gallery of the City of New York, The Sedona Arts Council, Numerous Private Collections in Latin America, Europe and the United States and the Permanent Collections at Morgan Stanley and Prudential Life Insurance Company.
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Deputy City Manager Matt Lutkus, a 32-year employee with the City of Westminster, is leaving the city Dec. 15 for a town manager position in Maine.
Lutkus will become the manager in Damariscotta, a town of just over 2,000 on the Maine coast.
As deputy city manager in Westminster, Lutkus has served as director of the General Services Department, which includes key city services such as Building Operations and Maintenance, City Clerk, Environmental and Administrative Services, Fleet Maintenance, Human Resources, Municipal Court, and Risk Management.
He has also been the city's lead staffer for transportation issues, including the U.S. 36 corridor and FasTracks. Lutkus has served as chair of U.S. 36 Commuting Solutions and the Adams Community Transit Policy Council. He is a current member of the North Area Transportation Alliance Steering Committee and the U.S. 36 Mayors/Commissioners Coalition.
Lutkus is past winner of the Vocational Service Award from the Westminster Rotary Club, was named the Mentor of the Year by Goodwill Industries and selected as Outstanding Board Member by the Adams County Community Mental Health Center.
"Matt Lutkus has been the very model of a public servant for the many years he has served his city and his community," said Westminster City Manager Brent McFall. "His dedication and professionalism have established Westminster as a leader among Colorado municipalities, and his service to local nonprofits has made him a valued contributor throughout the region."
"Matt has played a key role in working with our coalition to develop funding for U.S. 36 improvements, RTD FasTracks, I-25 improvements and so much more," said Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally. "Matt will be missed not only by Westminster, but by all of our colleagues in the North Metro area who have come to rely on his steady advocacy for our region."
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"Counting Stars," one of the newest songs by the band One Republic, has turned out to be an enormous hit for them. With over 140 million views as of now on YouTube's Vevo channel and the number three spot on Billboard's hot 100 list, it seems this song will be staying with us a little longer...
Just 24 hours after the biggest night in country music, three country artists received big honors at the 2011 Billboard Touring Awards. Joining rock greats like U2 and Journey, country stars Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Taylor Swift received acclaim at the 8th annual awards, which were held at New York's Roosevelt Hotel.
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The strategic advisory boards were established by John McAfee to assist in steering the Company's technology in the ever changing field of cyber security threats.
Each board member comes with unparalleled insight into the types of threats the Company aims to combat through its acquisition and evolution of cybersecurity technology. Currently, the advisory boards include a Hacker Advisory Board, Cryptocurrency Advisory Board and Emerging Large Scale Technology Advisory Board (ELSTAB).
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The Cryptocurrency Advisory Board will ensure that MGT remains current in the protection of this critical field and provide the most state of the art products to its customers.
Roger Ver
Roger Ver was an early investor in Bitcoin currency and his venture MemoryDealers.com, a website that sells discounted computer parts, was the first mainstream business to accept bitcoins as payment. He has since helped seed approximately a dozen different businesses involving bitcoin and actively promotes the currency, earning him the nickname the "Bitcoin Jesus."
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Erik Voorhees is an American and Panamanian startup founder. Currently, he is the founder and CEO of the instant bitcoin and altcoin exchange ShapeShift.io. ShapeShift provides APIs and Web plug-ins that allow users to exchange a wide variety of cryptocurrencies and easily convert from one cryptocurrency to another.
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Dear lovelies♥ It feels good to write here again after a short time I must say!
I'm proud though today, I made it, finally!
This will be the first part of many posts with pictures and talkings about my trip
to Japan in last october/november! Yeahh!
Only about 6 months later, I happened to feel like I had to, lol~( ///v///)
But it's the result that counts, in the end!
So no more excuses and let me show you this first introduction post and of course, pictures!
I apologize in advance for the bad quality of these first pictures (it was that day when you arrive exhausted and you only get to use your phone ahah)
anyway I loved to edit them to be more bright and kinda toy camera-ish~♥
Although it's only the second time I visit Tokyo I feel like I found my very own home in this quiet, darling and lovely neighbourhood and I feel I couldn't stay in another place even though I'm very curious of course and I'd love to stay sometimes around other cool mid-central areas like Harajuku, Koenji, and lots of others more~
Nakano is really a lovely place to visit, I would recomment it to everyone!
From here you can for example walk to Shinjuku by foot in like 40 minutes, that's really not bad if you consider how long the distances usually are in this awesome huge city!
From here you can for example walk to Shinjuku by foot in like 40 minutes, that's really not bad if you consider how long the distances usually are in this awesome huge city!
There's something so fascinating to me about the thousands of electric cables all across the streets which you usually see drawing lines and geometric figures right above your head, I can't explain how this touches me and get me all emotional and in a dreaming mood but it does...
Here you can see the apartment windows,
I was at third floor but my windows are not located by this side of the building~
Right down the street you have literally EVERYTHING you might ever need.
Three conbini, (one Seven Eleven, one Sunkus and one Family Mart) which you will easily switch from, depending on your pickyness and tastes lol.
Two italian restaurants, ahah this is so silly I know! But as a very pizza junkie as I am,
Two italian restaurants, ahah this is so silly I know! But as a very pizza junkie as I am,
I already know that at some point of the trip I WILL GO CRAZY if I won't have a good pizza.. huhu I'm such an obsessed girl (♥ // ㋭// ਊ// ㋲//)
This is another thing I absolutely adore about this part of Nakano, this cute red bridge which stands above a small stream, which I think belongs to Kanda river, but not sure, and where you can get a panoramic overlook at an amazing Shinjuku with skyscrapers and buildings~
This might sounds strange but I am in love with big metropolis sceneries eheh!
Another street view of the long road which also has a subway line station, just called Nakano Shimbashi~ You have several shops and restaurants like, a very convenient and super good take away sushi shop, a ramen restaurant, a katsudon restaurant, various cosmetic shops, Pachinkos, a news-stand, and many others nice places~
That day I had a walk around Shinjuku to head off the apartments company office and get everything done, ahh everytime I see Shinjuku I die!
(wait this is actually a very popular proverb but about another city ahah)
(wait this is actually a very popular proverb but about another city ahah)
Even taxy cars have bright and lovely design, a bit retro!
You know I can't stop gazing and admiring and being all silly with my head up looking at how this city develops in height, rather than or not only in width.. this is quite fascinating to me also, considering I live in a very very different kind of city, which is Rome!
Also, skyscrapers are so friendly! ; v; Yeah, I said friendly.. when I walked down the street at night all alone.. watching those big, weird things all dominating from the above, with robot-looking red blinking lights and opened illuminated windows really made me feel like I wasn't alone, like if you always have something to look at and to feel close to. I know this may sound stupid but really that was pretty much the feeling I had!
Cute AKB48 board~♥
Lots of inviting ufo catcher over there, so so many!
damn I don't always resist lol!
Look at these chubby adorable silly Pompompurins, damn I was about to spend all my money trying to get at least 10 but then I remembered how these evil machines really can turn you out super poor if you're not good enough, and I'm not, ahah ; v;
awww so cute!
A classic but never old 太鼓の達人 (Taiko no tatsujin, one of my favourite eheh) game!
I need someone who will feel enough crazy and silly to play with me for an hour in a neverending battle huhuhuhu! (๑•̀ुᴗ-) ̑
And for lunch that day I had some good sushi with green tea
And of course, as always, let's visit Takashimaya(a very nice shopping mall full of things),
for sweet and darling and NECESSARY (╬ ಠ 益ಠ) (lol) stationery stuff like Little Twin stars (several) diaries/pens/memos which I will never use them all it's just obvious x3
But I HAD to have them ; u ;
And it's all for today!! I hope you enjoyed a bit this story and pictures~ (◡ ‿ ◡ ☆ミ)
As I am super busy I will try to post twice in a week, hopefully!~~


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Handy location for railway station and excellent views over the Douro Single room for our daughter was expensive
proximity to boat, train and bus transport, great views of river, restaurant: good food, wine and service, and moderately priced, would have liked more tourist information available
Right on river with good views, and close to best restaurants in town. Important to get the river views. A couple of the reception staff were not that helpful and spoke little English. One was very good.
The room was spotlessly clean and the view from the balcony was exceptional!!! I also loved the lobby mural and view. The town of Regua is wonderful, and we found it the nicest and most charming in the whole Douro area. We actually booked in Regua because we were taking the Douro Azul cruise and it left from there. We felt extremely lucky to have happened upon your hotel. No.
great view of the river, upgrade to a suite rooms need restoration, swimming pool not working
excellent position with easy transfer to rooms overlooking the douro river and vineyards good restaurent and other restaurants nearby.excellent staff nothing
The hotel is excellently located at directly at the river Douro in the heart of the Douro region. We received an upgrade and had a suite available with a perfect view to the river. Ask for a room with river view, because the rooms to the street side may be noisy due to heavy traffic. Also the breakfast buffet is really good. We could not find anything negative during our stay.
The balcony overlooking the beautiful Douro river. Spacious room and facilities. Wonderful breakfast.
View over the river was worth the extra cost
The view and the restaurant They need a lift to the car park
Although situated about 20 minutes' walk from the centre of this little town, there was a delightful path alongside the Duoro River, or a slightly shorter walk along the street. Our room gave a superb view over the river to the hills beyond, with terraces of grapevines everywhere. Room was not huge, but clean and perfectly comfortable. Good breakfast. There was a good value dinner menu prominently displayed on the reception desk, which we took to be their in-house offer. Not so - it was from a sister hotel at the very opposite end of town. However, all was not lost, as a hotel right next door did do dinner, and we enjoyed a great meal there instead.
convenient to river quay and river trips
Air condition one of the staff understood english easy to find Small room No refrigerator Only one of the staff understood english
It was near the center of the city and it was clean and nice for the price paid.
Clean, comfortable room. Good value for the money. Good included breakfast. Excellent restaurant next door. Remodeling currently underway -- pretty noisy.
Staff were polite and friendly and the breakfast was good. Beds were quite comfortable. our room had a wonderful view over the river and surrounding hills. Cleanliness of the car parking area around the front of the hotel could have been better.
Hotel was in need of a make-over and has been somewhat neglected. Pool was brown and not in use, breakfast buffet was average - compared to other hotels in Portugal. Bed and pillows hard and found much better hotels at the same price in Porto.
The location was ideal for guests with a car. Rooms were clean and neat. Staff didn't have much English and couldn't provide advice on reasonably-priced restaurants in the vicinity.
The Breakfast was very poor with no personnel touch. Beds are very hard. Personnel not very helpful at the Breakfast room and at the reception, they are more interested on watching TV.
My whole stay process handled very professionally; very good value; comfortable & location. No elevator, a minor point for me.
clean, good value for money
Automatic lights in corridor. Cleanliness of room. Everything else was okay. Traffic noise but not too bad.
First evening no warm water
In general everything was good, but really nothing special - for to stay one night - ok.
The fair price. The croissants served at breakfast were delicious. The cleanness of the rooms. The hotel location, next to the river Douro (but not facing it), is very convenient. The noise from the street. The hotel is great for a short stay while on a trip but not for relaxing. Some of the rooms face a very busy street and not even the double glass windows prevented the noise.
location of hotel close to railway station no internet connection for guests, limited information about location for the tourists, level of english of staff
position for going on to other places
Friendly hotel staff. Hotel could use some fresh paint and furniture.
Location of hotel The rooms are a bit basic, pipes along the walls in the bathroom
Very quiet location. Room was very hot. In August that is a big issue! Breakfast very very poor.
Very quiet environment in a lovely 18th century house. Most frendly owners who speak English (and Frensh). A "must" if you want to relax. Rooms are cool at night. A little bit hard to find when you arrive at te first time, but people in the villages arround are most frendly to help. Housekeeping is doing everything to please you, the environment is very clean.
The setting of the hotel Difficult to find, be prepared when you go there and do not believe only your navigation system
Staying with Isobel and Eric was a unique experience. Our evening meal 'en famile' was a delight with four languages used. The site has fabulous views. The ancient buildings, decor and furnishings provide an unusual and delightful experience. This is is not your average hotel! There is nothing we didn't like, but here are some tips. You need a sat nav to find it - or good portuguese - it is remote.The Tourismo sign is the only clue. Ring in advance to book for your first evening meal. We didn't know that, but Isobel directed us to the local village restaurant here we had a good, cheap meal with the locals. Isobel doesn't take credit cards.
The hospitality and friendliness No
Breakfast was good. The pool looked dirty and the room wasn't comfortable.
The welcoming feeling by the hoster Isabel and the setting of the whole Quinta I loved every single bit. Shame that I couldn't be on a holliday
Isabel & Henrique were kind, friendly & most obliging hosts at this charming and well appointed quinta close to Mesão Frio. Thye breakfast table could have benefitted from a little more variety & choice!
This place is amazing. It's a 'Quinta' so a Portuguese wine estate. It's set in the heart of the Douro valley in a stunning location. Although this estate does not produce wine, the views from the Estate are amazing and it's a very quiet and comfortable place to stay. The owners are very friendly and accommodating. I had dinner there and the food was amazing. Typical Portuguese food with traditional music playing in the background and of course porte wine. Had a very pleasant stay and would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for accommodation.
We spent two wonderful nights in Quinta do Ervedal in early october. The house and its surroundings are breathtaking and beautiful! The scenery is really something to remember. A nice pool, the comfortable bedroom, friendly staff and delicious food - all was there. You can easily take walks to the nature or maybe trips further up to the Douro valley. Or perhaps you just relax, read a book and enjoy the sunshine on the front yard. So thank you Isabel and Henrique for all your hospitality. We will definitely recommend your quinta to anyone who is interested!
The location was superb but without the help of a local who we followed by car it would have been VERY dificult to find. This is more like staying in a private house rather than a hotel. We had dinner on three evenings and it was excellent. Just excellent produce and traditional/simple Portugese cuisine (good portions) with wine from the estate which just kept flowing ! Cost 30 euros a head. The owners were charming and spoke pretty good English, but the star of the show was the cook/maid/ you name it, who spoke no English but was simply delightful and could not have done more to make our stay there very memorable. It is very informal and relaxed, the pool was great the views superb and would be happy to go again and again and yes again !! The lack of really clear directions for say the last say five miles from all directions.
The optional tour of the quinta was wonderful
Our hosts were very pleasant and we learn things about the area which we would not have learnt if we had not staid with them
Go there! This really is a very nice B&B (dinner can be ordered and self catering seems also possible, but ask in advance). Small but very cosy and clean rooms. Breakfast is served in a beautiful furnished room the main building. Guests can enjoy the nice garden, the terrace and the swimming pool. Very kind owners, who even gave us a tour to their mountain vineyards and wine cellars. Very good location for visiting the Douro region.
Stunning location/property-car essential.
We had a lovely 4-day stay at Casal Agricola de Cever. The accommodation was immaculately clean and very comfortable. The owners/hosts could not have been more welcoming or helpful and the surroundings were beautiful (set in a working vineyard). We requested a meal on the last night as it was a special occasion and the owners provided a lovely meal in the beautiful old dining room (where breakfasts were also served). We definitely plan to return in the future and would unreservedly recommend it to our friends.


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This is America, a place where most of us are blessed to have more stuff than we can ever want, need, or use. Sadly, a lot of the stuff that we want to get rid of ends up in landfills. That's exactly what happens when you put your stuff out for garbage pickup!
But, you can easily convert your junk to cash on Craigslist, while keeping it out of the landfills.
I know – you've probably heard a few Craigslist horror stories, and you don't want to get tied up with it. In truth, Craigslist is really nothing more than the traditional local newspaper classified ads gone cyber. People are hardly reading local newspapers anymore, which is making it almost impossible to either buy or sell through the print media classifieds. That's why there's Craigslist!
Whether you love or hate Craigslist, it is quickly turning into the preferred place to buy and sell secondhand merchandise at the local level.
I know this to be true because I have been increasingly working on Craigslist in recent years, and that is on both the buying and selling side. Not only can you sell your used items for cash, but you can also buy good secondhand items for a small fraction of their retail price. And sometimes, you can even buy an item on the cheap and sell it for profit.
Learn what sells on Craigslist – and what doesn't
As a rule, you can sell anything on Craigslist that you can sell in the classified section of your local newspaper. You can easily learn what types of items sell by perusing the Craigslist site. There you will find everything from books to automobiles.
Common items in good working condition are an excellent start. Higher-priced, more exotic items that you might find on eBay are usually not good choices. There just aren't enough people looking for those items through the site. But anything like furniture, computers, entertainment equipment, appliances – items of practical everyday use – are good candidates.
Clean up your merchandise and get it ready for sale
If you try to sell junk on Craigslist, you will probably waste a lot of time meeting with prospective buyers but not making the sale. People are looking for items that work and will fill a need in their lives. You can sometimes sell defective items if they have a high value, but simply need some work. But, you will have to disclose that in your ad and price it accordingly.
Whatever you are trying to sell, clean it up as well as you can, and make sure that it is in good working order. If you have the original paperwork and/or manuals that go with it, that will be a plus.
Make sure your title is descriptive and direct
Your title should be as descriptive and direct as possible, and avoid marketing fluff. The reason for this is that your ad will be one among many, and people will scan the titles to determine if they're even going to click through to your ad. That being the case, your title must describe exactly what it is they're looking for in as few words as possible.
You can be more explicit in the description section. There you can give more details on the item, as well as its finer points. Just be careful not to overstate your case – people who shop on the site tend to be very practical minded, and will be turned off by too much sales jargon (this is important!).
If you are not sure what to write, check out other ads on the site and see what they have used. Another little secret: go to the manufacturer's website, look for the product description for the item, and use some of the more factual language from that.It's worth repeating: people who shop on Craigslist are looking for facts, not fluff!
They also like photos. You can easily take pictures of your item using a digital camera or your cell phone. Craigslist will allow you up to eight photos per ad, and as a rule, eight is the number of photos you should have. Take the pictures from different angles, as well as close-ups of significant features.
Make sure you stay within the posting guidelines! Familiarize yourself with the Craigslist terms of use to make sure you aren't violating them. For example, don't call an item "new" if it isn't, and even avoid using the term "like new". Be sure to place your ads in the right section. Don't place furniture in auto parts because you think you'll get more activity there. If complaints are filed, Craigslist can flag your account. Too many flags can lead to a temporary or permanent ban from the site.
Once your ad is up and running, it will be good for 30 days. After that you can renew it as many times as you like. Best of all, there is no fee for running an ad on Craigslist!
Price your merchandise reasonably
When you're pricing your items for sale, always remember that the people who come to the site are looking for a bargain. They are not the least bit interested in paying you an inflated price for an item because you need to get a certain minimum amount for it. These are savvy bargain hunters who know how much the item is worth.
Find out what the retail price is for the item you're selling, but understand that you must price it substantially lower than that. Also check to see what comparable items are going for on the site, and adjust for quality and condition. If you price too low, you would be losing money. But price it too high, and you will not make a sale.
Be available, and be fully prepared to negotiate
Craigslist gives you different options for customer contact. The most common is email, but you do not need to give your personal email in the ad. Once you register with the site, your email will be on record, but a specific site email address will be used to preserve your privacy. You can of course disclose your actual email, but that is entirely unnecessary.
You can also list your cell phone number, but a lot of people don't for security reasons. I always include my cell phone number, because the easier it is to reach you, the more likely it is that you will make a sale. And for what it's worth, most of the people will respond by text, rather than with a phone call.
Price negotiations often begin on the first contact – as I said, Craigslist shoppers are practical minded people looking for bargains. In fact, I generally prefer to handle negotiations before meeting with anyone. It establishes the fact that they are serious, and that the price will be reasonable.
In negotiating, you must be prepared to compromise! Wheeling and dealing is part of the process, and you must get comfortable with it. If you insist on getting your asking price you'll almost certainly come away with no money at all. I generally set my prices 20% to 30% above what I hope to get for the item, and negotiate down from there. However, there have been a few times where I got full price! Just never expect that to be the rule.
Meet your buyers at a safe but remote location
Unless you are selling a large object, such as a large appliance or piece of furniture, it is best to meet prospective buyers at a remote location. There are two reasons for doing this:
- You don't want people coming to your house unless it is absolutely necessary, and
- it is usually easier for people to find a common commercial location than a home.
Whenever possible, I try to meet people at Starbucks. For one thing, their stores are all over the place. For another, buyers tend to feel more comfortable at a commonly recognized meeting place. It also means that there are other people around, which minimizes the possibility of anything bad happening. I will usually meet people in the parking lot, but very close to the building. Occasionally I have met people inside the store, but I try to avoid it as a rule.
Payment: Never – never – accept checks!!!
Finally we come to payment, and here is the absolute rule of Craigslist: cash on the barrel only! Never violate this rule because that's where trouble can happen. If you accept checks – even once – you expose yourself to the possibility of a bounced check. When you're dealing with strangers, you have no idea if they are the true issuers of the check, or if they are passing you a bogus check from a closed account or another party. If the check bounces, you will not only be out the amount of money that you should have gotten from the sale of your item, but you'll be hit with a bounced check fee on top. I suspect that this is where Craigslist's bad reputation comes from. People are overly trusting, accepting checks and get burned. Make sure that all of your transactions are in cash that way there will be no repercussions later. That goes for buying as well. If you write a check to pay for item that you buy, you'll be turning important personal information over to a potential thief. The check contains your name, address, your personal account number, the bank routing number, and your signature. That will be handing your identity to an identity thief on a silver platter.
How about you all? Have you ever bought or sold on Craigslist? What advice would you give to someone was never done it before?
Share your experiences by commenting below!
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Not too long ago, I shared some photographic evidence of our superior organizational and housekeeping skills. I told you it was bad, and you probably thought I was kidding or overstating or just generally making a mountain out of a molehill or whatever. And then you saw the pictures and probably squirmed a little in embarrassment for me, that I would actually choose to share snapshots of that nature, and then maybe you patted yourself on the back because your basement might be bad but it doesn't look like that, and you felt better about your choices. So... you're welcome.
But in that same post wherein I broadcast my hoarding shame to the Internets, I ALSO promised it was actually a good news story, and it is! Here's the good news:
We broke our backs, and nearly died of the allergies (because if there's one thing we can barely tolerate, it's dog-sized balls of fur and dust, dust, dust... which was precisely what the entire basement was coated with, so it was totally: bring on the snot-faces! but we persevered.) And we succeeded. Mostly.
Check it out!
There's still a screaming ton of work to be done, not least of which is putting up some "walls" over the framing/insulation (which are in quotations because we can't afford real walls right now, so I'm experimenting with some other, creative solutions -- I'll update you as soon as I find something that works) and clearing out the area behind the furnace that's still packed solid with boxes. At Christmastime we'll tackle the boxes piled up outside the cabinet opposite the stairs (the second-to-last photo); no word of a lie, that's ALL holiday gear. We feel like the Grinch after he pillaged Whoville... the hoarding has got to stop!
It's definitely a process, but we're wrangling it. Rejoice in the progress! We are :)


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Early this afternoon the United States Senate overwhelmingly passed a new credit card regulation bill. Initial reports of the legislation seem to indicate that the Durbin amendment to permit merchants European-style credit card fees did not make the cut.
Instead, the bill seems to mandate "further study of interchange fees."


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The Battle of Spain was initiated by the Spanish declaration of support for Russia. A threat so close to Germany could prove devastating, so Germany invaded and annexed Iberia to avoid these potential problems. This invasion occurred at the same time as that of Poland, Turkey, and Egypt.
April 2021
- Apr. 5: Spain announces its support of the Russian war effort, but does not join the Axis Coalition.
- Apr. 6: Dominik Müller delivers a speech and announces that a threat so close to home cannot be tolerated and declares war on Spain. He also announces that the German government is tripling its funding of military research. Later in the same speech, he emotionally vows to protect his people his Putin's lunacy and to stop the destructive forces of the Axis Coalition.
- Apr. 7: Germany invades Cataluna, Aragòn, and Navarra.
- Apr. 8: The Germans capture all 3 of these territories and devastate the small Spanish military.
- Apr. 9: Germany captures the northern half of Iberia.
- Apr. 11: Madrid falls into German control.
- Apr. 16: Germany reaches the southernmost point of Spain.
- Apr. 17: Dominik Müller renames the German air force "Luftwaffe" as it had been in World War II.
- Apr. 18: Russia bombs Berlin and destroys several historic buildings. Belgium and the Netherlands request to be absorbed by Germany.
- Apr. 19: The Germans fully occupy Spain and force the Spanish into a draft. German rockets bomb Minsk.
- Apr. 23: Iberia is annexed by Germany. Putin refers to Dominik Müller as "Dominik Hitler" in a speech. The war tensions reach a fever pitch in Europe. Belgium and the Netherlands become a part of Germany.


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If someone told you that land along U.S. 50 Highway in Sedalia's west-side retail corridor was "undevelopable" or blighted, you likely would raise an eyebrow. But that is part of the city's argument in pursuit of a Tax Increment Financing zone for a pair of undeveloped parcels: the strip of land west of Winchester Drive in front of the Econo Lodge motel and the land that stretches from the back of Galaxy Theater to the intersection leading to the new Menard's complex that includes Kohl's and Steak 'n Shake.
According to the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, "Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a financing and development tool that allows future real property taxes and other taxes generated by new development to pay for costs of construction of public infrastructure and other improvements. TIF encourages development of blighted, substandard and economically underutilized areas that would not be developed without public assistance."
In essence, the city wants to redirect 50 percent of the sales tax revenue generated by new retail on those two plots back to the developer to help cover the developer's costs to turn vacant property into viable businesses. In addition, the developer would not have to pay increased property taxes on the parcels for up to 23 years; despite higher valuation due to the improvements, the developer would pay the current property tax rate on the land.
"It's a complex issue and the Legislature wrestles with the TIF issue every year," said Sedalia City Administrator Gary Edwards, "so I can understand why someone would say it's not adding up."
Star Development, of Liberty, now owns the parcel behind the theater and has an agreement in place for the two parcels in front of the Econo Lodge. Star hired Polsinelli PC to create its TIF proposal to the city and to conduct a blight study for the properties in question; a blight study is required for any TIF proposal.
Missouri Revised Statutes Section 99.805.1 defines a "blighted area" as "an area which, by reason of the predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site improvements, improper subdivision or obsolete platting, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, retards the provision of housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or social liability or menace to public health, safety, morals or welfare in its present condition and use."
Edwards said another determiner for blight is whether the property is developable.
"Historically, no one has developed that for whatever reason," he said of the land in question. "And if there is a way for someone to come in and develop it, we're anxious to talk with them."
Differing viewpoints
In addition to the blight study, state statutes also require a "but for" determination – basically an examination of the developer's projected costs and revenues to determine if the project would be completed "but for" the tax incentives. The city hired Springsted, an independent financial and management services company that only works with local governments, to provide that report.
Tom Kaleko of Springsted said the firm determined that the difference between the development costs and projected revenue was too great for the project to be completed without assistance.
"For this project, we would have to see a 39 percent reduction in cost to see a market rate of return," Kaleko said. "It's a combination of the cost of developing the sites and what they could derive in income from the sale to a third party to build a business or from the lease of the property or building by the developer, and it's just not there. It costs too much to produce."
Edwards said he knows other developers have attempted to buy the parcels in front of Econo Lodge and they have been unsuccessful. The city's motivation to provide the tax redirection is to realize "additional revenue that is not coming into the city and additional services not provided to residents via retail (Star Development) plan to put in," Edwards added.
The city does not know what specifically is planned for the sites, but, "It's got to be something somebody is going to buy or that they are going to use or it's going to fail," Edwards said. "This is a no-risk TIF – there is no risk to the city in this. … If it fails, it is something the developer carries, not the city."
The city had to appoint a TIF Commission, which includes representatives of the taxing bodies that would be affected. Commission member Allen Rohrbach, a member of the Pettis County Ambulance District board, represents some of the county's smaller taxing bodies including the ambulance district, State Fair Community College and the Center for Human Services, among others. The TIF Commission will make a recommendation to the Sedalia City Council on whether to enact a TIF, but that recommendation is not binding – by a super majority, the council can vote to put a TIF into place.
The groups Rohrbach represents are against creation of the TIF; one reason is freezing the property tax proceeds on the parcels for such a long time.
"I hate to see public schools of any kind be limited … on any piece of property within the city limits," Rohrbach said. "It's not a whole lot of money, but if you have been in the education business very long, you know a little bit can go a long way. … I'm sure everything they have done is legal, but how ethical is that treatment of those particular groups?"
Edwards said one of the misunderstandings on TIFs is that the taxing entities lose money.
"They are not going to lose what they are getting right now – they lose nothing, and they stand to gain a lot of money," he said, referring to potential sales tax income and later, higher property tax proceeds. "They also stand to gain what (services and amenities) those businesses bring into the community, which is not happening right now."
Unanswered questions
From the perspective of the proposal's critics, Kaleko "can see where a person intuitively might say, 'Gee, why is assistance needed?' We all know we can't rely entirely on intuition – it will lead us astray. The numbers here indicate is that when you look at the cost of developing those sites compared with the income that can be derived from them, it doesn't work, and maybe that is why they are still sitting vacant."
Rohrbach sees it another way.
"Supply and demand will take care of those issues if given time," he said. "If you price them too high and you want to get rid of them, the price will have to come down."
City officials contend TIFs were created by the Legislature "specifically for things like this – if something has not developed, let's get something in there that will be of benefit to the community," Edwards said. "If this doesn't happen, it's going to sit there. Nothing is going to happen with that piece property. … We are trying to change that."
Still, Edwards acknowledges that "these questions are out there, and they are understandable questions, and they are questions that we are going to need to answer."
Bob Satnan is the communications director for Sedalia School District 200.


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I still remember the phone call. I took it on our portable phone, back when everyone still had landlines. The literary agent said that he'd read my manuscript and loved it. He was convinced my book was going to sell. And this wasn't just any agent, either. He'd represented a number of best-selling authours. As we hung up, he praised my writing and promised that he'd be in touch.
I remember going to the balcony and weeping, unabashedly. The twelve years of hard work, years that had produced three complete novels and two unfinished pieces, had finally paid off. I was thirty-one years old, not young, but about the age when new authours begin to have success. I fully understood that most novelists weren't rich, and that it took years to build an audience, but none of that fazed me. For the moment, I was overwhelmed with gratitude – for the people who had supported me and helped me, for a life passion that had taught me so much and would teach me more, and for realizing a dream. A dream I hadn't expected to achieve.
The agent called me a few weeks later. We chatted about future projects. He emailed me a few more times and then… stopped. Stopped calling. Stopped emailing me. I tried to contact him, but he refused to take my calls. People in the industry told me that this was part of the business, and that it happened sometimes when an agent had second thoughts.
I tried to push the disappointment aside, but I didn't know how to do that. For the past decade, I'd studiously avoided a career in anything except a nomadic existence in youth work, which meant my jobs, while rewarding, paid me as though I were still in college. I became so discouraged that I couldn't bring myself to put my novel back on the market, couldn't bring myself to write another one. I spent the next two years writing a spiritual memoir, but I never ended up sending it out or seeing if anyone was interested in publishing it. One crushed dream was enough.
Five years ago I decided it was time to try again. Only this time I would write in a genre that, when done well, had always been my favourite. My past work had been thriller novels, but a fantasy novel would allow me to speculate on my favourite subjects – theology and philosophy, sociology and family dynamics and politics – in a broad, sweeping manner. I could draw on my favourite Edgar Rice Burroughs novels as a child, my youthful love for adventure. I could pour my life's worth of reading and experience and work into something familiar, yet something new. Unlike a thriller, a novel like this would take years to complete. I was ready. I was no longer the young writer on the verge of success. I had become just another dreamer, another wanna-be with decreasing chances of ever seeing my dream become reality.
Two years flashed by. Even with the work of some brilliant alpha readers, I knew that my book wasn't ready. Not yet. I asked my wife if I could work part-time, focus on my writing. I could do this, I told her. I can get there. She believed in me, and for two years, I spent six to seven hours a day hammering away at every Starbucks in the city. The work got better, but was it good enough? I wasn't sure.
Along the way, I battled despair and a deepening sense of guilt. We weren't making any money, thanks to me, and the debts were piling up. Every week I looked at the calendar and felt myself age just a little bit more. This past year I finally accepted that we could not afford to live that way. I went back to work. I still wrote, every morning, but there was a sense that this great dream I'd held for so long might be over. Every writer is neurotic, but sitting down to the blank screen had become more difficult, and after the positivity of my younger years, it was like walking uphill.
It still feels that way. That is nature of a dream, the core of being a dreamer. If it doesn't feel impossible, at least sometimes, then it's not a dream.
This past month I finally finished the manuscript, five years to the week of when I started it. I don't know if I'll be able to sell it. I don't know if I'll ever be able to call myself a novelist or an author. I don't know if I'll ever realize my dream. What I do know is that I've reaped great reward from my failures. I've been encouraged, time and again, by friends choosing to walk the journey with me. I've found a true partner – a love for the ages – in my wife, who has shared my dream with me, given everything she could possibly give to make it a reality. And I've learned the benefit of perseverance, the hard lessons forged only in the face of bitter disappointment. They have changed and shaped my character in unexpected ways, helped me to become more empathetic, helped widen my worldview regarding the challenges different people face.
These are not small things. And yet, there are days I feel small. That I sacrificed my life for a one I could not achieve. For as much as dreams teach us, they still cost. Those wounds eventually heal and become scars, but you never forget. For many, this is a reason NOT to pursue your life's passion. What if you never make it? What if all you ever experience is rejection? Why put yourself through the agony of striving for something you may never achieve?
All I can tell you is that while hope casts long shadows, under its wings we often find unexpected growth. Unexpected joy. Today may be difficult, but dreams give us something that nothing else can: they give us tomorrow. They give us a vision of change – of ourselves and our world – that nothing else can match. Sure, they give us scars. And some days it is all we can do to lift our head and scream at the heavens, at the injustice of it all. But what they teach us is more important than the small aches they leave in their wake.
When I look back at the journey now, my dream feels just that: like a dream. Some days I think of that phone call so many years ago, the excitement of it, the unrestrained joy scampering around my limbs as if I'd been bathed in the brightest of suns. I remember feeling that I'd finally found my place in the world, that my days of roving the classifieds in search of another job, another life, were over. That I was finally coming home.
Eleven years later, and I'm still wandering. Still wondering. Still pushing towards the dream. I can't imagine my life as something other than an aspiring writer, and though my successes in my chosen field have been few, I have no regrets. Who I am and what I've become, the inroads and stumbles, the triumphs and failures, these I lay quietly at the feet of my God-given passion.
That email from a publisher may not appear in my inbox this afternoon, and the phone call I've spent years waiting for may never come again, but tomorrow I'll wake up and sit before a blank screen.
Tomorrow, I'll write something great.
Tomorrow, everything will change.


text: Treyarch have announced the punishments for illegal activites in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It seems they are going to come down real tough on modders, with a Permanent Ban. Boosters get their stats wiped, while those who wish to have an emblem showing a dinosaur fornicating with a horse get their emblems reset. The full list can be found at: http://www.callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=341470


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ATA (ATAI) Earning Somewhat Favorable News Coverage, Analysis Shows
Media coverage about ATA (NASDAQ:ATAI) has been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. ATA earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. Accern also gave news articles about the company an impact score of 100 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.
Several brokerages have recently commented on ATAI. ValuEngine upgraded ATA from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, June 10th. TheStreet downgraded ATA from a "c" rating to a "d+" rating in a research report on Friday, June 2nd.
ATA (ATAI) opened at 4.83 on Friday. The stock's market capitalization is $110.60 million. ATA has a 12 month low of $2.95 and a 12 month high of $5.32. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $3.91 and a 200 day moving average price of $3.73.
ATA (NASDAQ:ATAI) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, June 1st. The company reported ($0.34) EPS for the quarter. ATA had a negative net margin of 2.39% and a negative return on equity of 2.80%. The business had revenue of $5.37 million for the quarter. Equities analysts predict that ATA will post $0.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 33.95%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 8th. ATA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -487.44%.
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We live in CO and have passes at Copper and Epic Pass. Was thinking of driving over to park city the week of new years and going to Park City resort and Canyons, using our discount.
Are conditions pretty sketchy this time of year like in CO?
Any good cheaper places to stay? we will have a car.
It will be my son (11)=ussa ski racer, myself (skier) and my wife (observer).


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This has happened to me twice. Both times I was upset. Is this a symptom of high blood pressure?READ MORE
The tips of my ears burn, and it lasts a long time, like hours. Why is this hapening?
hot around the ears,
Thanks for your question. This is not a typical symptom of high blood pressure. When people get upset they often become flushed, which is caused by a widening of small blood vessels in the skin, especially the face. Some people get more flushed than others, and some people manifest this same reaction in their ears. The length of time this lasts can be variable. Sometimes, in cold weather, if you vigorously rub your ears, it will cause this same reaction, which in this scenario is beneficial because it will keep your ears warm.
Though this does not necessarily mean that you have high blood pressure, a person's pressure can rise if he/she becomes upset. If your pressure has not been officially checked, I suggest you make arrangements for a reading by a nurse or physician, preferably when you are not upset.
Best wishes.
Martin Cane, M.D.
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The Associated Press
The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion, saying that is not an adequate solution.
"If every player were a medical doctor that could recognize symptoms of concussions, then that would be a great idea," NFLPA assistant executive director George Atallah said in a telephone interview Friday.
"I hope that that league — instead of asking players to police each other — would consider calling on team medical staffs and independent doctors to police the situation as closely," Atallah said.
During interviews of 160 NFL players conducted by The Associated Press from Nov. 2-15, 30 replied they have hidden or played down the effects of a concussion. Half said they've had at least one concussion playing football.
THE HUDDLE: Ex-NFL executive opens up on concussions
Told of those findings this week, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello wrote in an e-mail to the AP that Goodell recently spoke to NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith "about the importance of players reporting head injuries no matter how minor they believe they might be. The commissioner said that process needs to include players observing and reporting to the team medical staff when a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion."
Aiello said Friday the league is considering "a number of steps" related to player health and safety. Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy has been picked to lead a new NFL advisory forum that will meet with players about various issues, including concussions.
"It's not that player safety is not a priority of ours," Atallah said, "it's that (Goodell's) suggestion is not adequate."
Reaction was mixed among a handful of players asked about Goodell's idea.
Goodell, New England Patriots running back Kevin Faulk (FSY) said, "is looking out for the safety of the players, and you can't knock that at all."
Washington Redskins fullback Mike Sellers' (FSY) take: "We ain't no snitches over here! ... That is not happening."
Pro Football Hall of Fame member Gary Zimmerman said: "I don't like that idea at all. What if you're competing against somebody and you rat them out? ... It should be your personal responsibility and your decision."
Other current players, such as Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (FSY), Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey (FSY) and New York Jets offensive lineman Damien Woody (FSY), said players already keep an eye on teammates.
"It's your personal responsibility to look out for your teammates, just because there's life after football and you want to live a normal life," Bailey said. "It might help because guys don't want to be in that training room, guys don't want to sit out and miss games. Guys do push it as much as they can without realizing the damage they're causing to their brain. They might not realize they're impaired; they might just be in denial."
Green Bay linebacker Aaron Kampman (FSY) said he's pointed out teammates' issues to Packers staff in the past.
"Guys are going to naturally look out for each other," he said. "I see that now. I see a guy come off, and he's woozy, I say, 'This guy here."'
Kampman is expected to return to action Sunday against San Francisco after missing last weekend's victory over Dallas because of a concussion. He took a blow to the head on the fourth play of the Packers' loss at Tampa Bay on Nov. 8, but didn't come out of the game until the fourth quarter. Kampman put the onus on himself for not seeking medical attention sooner.
Dr. Joseph Maroon, Pittsburgh's team doctor and a member of an NFL committee on concussions, said members of the Steelers "not infrequently ... will say, 'You should look at him' or 'You should look at that.' That's being done now. They realize that an individual who's not processing information properly isn't going to benefit the team."
As a former player and head coach in the NFL, Herm Edwards has seen concussions up close. He likes Goodell's position.
"To me, that's not snitching," said Edwards, now an ESPN analyst. "That's protecting your teammate."
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