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[*] Champions (Modified): Most LH Champion Camp Recruitment Texts no longer generic [Now using FE versions][*] Champions (Modified): Rahelle the Scorpion gains 'Immune to Poison' and loses 'Dodge I'[*] Equipment (Accessory): Gorget of Discipline[*] Equipment (Accessory): Whip of Submission[*] Equipment (Consumable\Crafted): Forged Flask[*] Equipment (Consumable\Crafted): Flask of Death Concentrate[*] Equipment (Consumable\Crafted): Flask of Life Concentrate[*] Fixed issue w/ Coup d'Etat (Can't be dispelled anymore; as it should have been since the beginning) thanks to Hellions![*] Fixed issue w/ Dragon Queen (Faith Air Tier IV Unit)[*] Fixed issue w/ Fafnir (Faith Fire Tier IV Unit)[*] Fixed issue w/ Mass Curse (Path of the Shaman) thanks to Hellions![*] Fixed issue w/ Remnants of the Inferno (Delin's Lair) not clearing[*] Fixed issue w/ Soulspark erroneously predicting 0 DMG [but doing DMG] thanks to StormBandit2[*] Fixed issue w/ StaticBlast erroneously predicting 0 DMG [but doing DMG][*] Fixed issue w/ The Dead TM Units [DLC04][*] Fixed various display issues w/ XP Scrolls[*] Improvements (Modified): Forge of the Overlord now unlocked by Arcane Scriptures[*] Improvements (Modified): Rebalanced Produce Beers, Horses, and Wargs[*] Improvements (Modified): Research Towers I can now only be build in 3 Cities [Only 1 active at any time][*] Improvements (Modified): Research Towers II can now only be build in 2 Cities [Only 1 active at any time][*] Improvements (Modified): Research Towers III can now only be build in 1 City[*] Path (Modified\Assassin): Death Blow now +40 ATK against targets w/ less than 40 Base HP[*] Path (Ranger): Kill Shot[*] Path (Shaman): Shamans now also gain +1 Alchemy Power [Which lets them Craft Potions][*] Path (Warrior): Astral Warrior rebalanced[*] Profession: Planeswalker[*] Screen (.dxpack): Title Screen slightly modified [No more ads][*] Screen (.dxpack): Trophy Screen now available in 1440 x 900[*] Special: "1 unit deserted" Message changed to "1 unit disbanded"[*] Special: Resized Denizens units so that they generally fit the various screens[*] Special: Resized Faith Air units so that they generally fit the various screens[*] Special: Resized Faith Fire units so that they generally fit the various screens[*] Spells: Create Portal[*] Spells: Death Concentrate[*] Spells: Life Concentrate[*] Spells: Planeswalking[*] Spells: Tech Victory[*] Spells: Whip of Submission[*] Spells: Wonder Victory[*] Spells (FaithFire): Devour [Fire Wisp][*] Spells (Modified): Chimerical Imagination now +1.25 Research/Essence[*] Spells (Modified): Coup d'Etat now available through Entertainment Tech for all[*] Spells (Modified): Reduced cost for Assassination (Champion) & Assassination (Sovereign)[*] Spells (Modified): Reduced Spell of Making casting time from 40 to 25 Seasons[*] Spells (Modified): Seppuku is now a Tactical Ability[*] Spells (Ranger): Kill Shot[*] Tech (Civilization): The Nexus [Wonder Victory][*] Tech (FaithAir): Storm Elementals[*] Tech (FaithFire): Balrogs[*] Tech (Modified): Tech Cost per Tech Researched now increases by 3% instead of 5%[*] Tech (Modified): Sword of the Sun and Moon Tech now Star Forged Longsword Tech[*] Tech (Warfare): Technocracy [Tech Victory][*] Unit Design: Gorget of Discipline[*] Unit Design (FaithAir): Storm Elementals [Tech: Storm Elementals][*] Unit Design (FaithAir): Will O'Wisps [Tech: Arcane Gardening][*] Unit Design (FaithFire): Balrogs [Tech: Balrogs][*] Unit Design (FaithFire): Fire Wisps [Tech: Arcane Gardening][*] Unit Design (Modified): Star Forged Longsword replaces Sword of the Sun and Moon (Which still exists)[*] Unit Template (FaithAir): Storm Elementals[*] Unit Template (FaithFire): Balrogs[*] User Guide (Modified): Streamlined installation guide some more[*] Victory: Added a Tech Victory [Requires Spell of Making Victory Condition enabled; Player Only][*] Victory: Added a Wonder Victory [Requires Spell of Making Victory Condition enabled; Player Only][*] Wonder: The Nexus [Wonder Victory]
Hey Primal, been playing and I like your planeswalker
Quick question, is there a way to make a spell or item to summon a specific champion, that you know of?
Hi Primal, great mod first of all.
Second of all, question about faction mass effect spells. I have faction tutelage, but it only affects those champions I had when I cast it, newer champions don't get it. Is there a way to make it auto-apply to new units, or do I need to cancel and recast it?
Also, are the Arcane Monolith scrolls working? Whenever I've tried to use one, the are you sure dialog box pops up, I click on yes but the dialog box stays there and nothing happens unless I click no and the dialog box goes away.
Thanks for the heads-up on this Primal.
Just reinstalled my game and I have a gfx glitch with the faith fire and air sovs I call helmet head.
Primal, can you tell me how to fix it?
Probably something I failed to do upon re installation. I checked the user guide but didn't see a solution.
Nope, thats it. Looks weird to me thought it was a bug )
BTW. Your summon champion works great and you can summon more than one of the same champ without any problems so far.
I still can't get the scrolls to work.
I have tried using the scroll from the use button in the equipment screen, as mentioned above, and absolutely nothing happens, no confirmation dialog box or anything.
When I try and use the scroll from the map, by clicking on it in the quick inventory slots you can see when clicking on the character (bottom left of screen), I get the confirmation dialog box, click "Yes", but nothing happens. The confirmation dialog box stays up, can click yes all I want and nothing happens unless I click cancel and it stops.
Running XtraD over vanilla LH, first and only mod installed for LH. Made just about all of the suggested optional changes (to interface, etc.) from the install guide, everything but CoS.
This is a bit of a bummer because I really like arcane monoliths and always take that faction trait. However seeing the scrolls in the mod made me decide to create a new faction with a different trait and to count on finding some scrolls to use. I like using monoliths to be able to cloud walk to the other side of the map (thanks to XtraD it's a really, REALLY big map, I likey ), and I have a half-dozen monolith scrolls I would love to be able to use.
Ah, I see what I did, installed DLC02-05 but not BMB or Champ Bonanza. Thanks.
Nother question, is the Planewalker a COS class? I don't see it as an option, and the only thing I knowingly excluded was COS. Did I miss something else again?
Ah. Tks.
Wow - this looks great! Does it allow a faction trait to let them recruit Umberdroths as in the 'Lady Umber's legacy' mod? Or can it work along with Lady Umber's Legacy mod?
If not, does the 'Monster Affinity' faction trait let the faction recruit monsters, and if so, which ones?
Stamina mod sounds great too - it makes no sense for units to start a battle with little or no stamina
Am i right that if i have all DLCs then i need to download the third version of the mod in the download list? Also what are the BMB, CB and CoS mods it says i need too? Where do i download them?
EDIT : oh, nm, sorry, i see them on the same page when i scroll down
Thanks very much for the replies. Is your stamina mod compatible with the Demons and Wizards mod?
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Party arm! Been waiting 4 years for a new album from The Offspring, now comes word from Dexter Holland that the album is complete. This is like my ears have won the lottery.
I loooved 'Rise, Fall, Rage & Grace' and spent a lot of 2008 and even 2009 listening to it over and over and over. The band actually began working on this new album in 2009 and it's taken 'em this long to finish it, so it better be amazing, although I have no doubt that it will.
Bob Rock is on board as producer again and rumor had it that super, fantastical, legendary drummer Josh Freese was on the project but that's not the case. The band's touring drummer Pete Parada is actually behind the kit on this album.
Last month I read that the band had entered the mixing phase of the project, and according to Dexter, that is now complete.
Leaving the studio in Hollywood now. The record is finished. – Dexter
Just waiting on a title and release date as The Offspring head to Japan for 3 tour dates. And you know they'll do a big U.S. tour, totally stoked, I'll keep ya' posted.

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OverviewThis is perhaps the easiest route up "Ptarmigan Flat Top". A good trail is followed up Mandall Creek to near Black Mandall Lake. From there an indistinct trail is followed to Mandall Pass followed by an mostly easy cross country hike to the summit.
This route is 11 miles round trip with about 2500 feet elevation gain.
Getting ThereFrom Yampa, look for the sign on the west side of Highway 131 that points the way to "National Forest Access". Turn west on to County Road 7. Follow County Road 7 for seven miles, to where the road becomes FR 900. The parking lot is 12.7 miles from Yampa (the junction at Antler's Inn) and is just beyond the Bear Lake Campground.
Route DescriptionFrom the trailhead, follow the well marked trail to the northeast. Part of the trail has been rerouted and is in a different location than shown on the topo maps. It has more elevation gain than the old trail and climbs over a hill and past a pond before descending down to Mandall Creek. Once at the creek the trail follows the creek at a gentle grade into the upper basin.
After about four miles, the trail reaches a trail junction with the trail to Black Mandall Lake. Although the main trail continues left, much more traffic heads right and to Black Mandall Lake.
Stay left and follow the faded trail through the meadows to the base of the pass. The trail is marked by poles and cairns and is hard to follow in places. Aim for the right side of a small knoll below the pass. The real trail is here and the false trail on the left side of the knoll is tedious and unpleasant.
See the photo diagram. Stay away from the "X" area:
Mandall Pass is reached after about five miles from the trailhead. Ptarmigan Flat Top is not far to the southwest. Climb the faded trail and cross country route southwest to the plateau top. Once on the plateau top, head west to the highest point, which is marked with a cairn. It really is flat up there and several other points look higher, but if you wander around to them you will find that this is really the highest point. Enjoy the huge expanse of tundra before heading back the same way.


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The instrument seems such a natural fit in his large, graceful hands that it's hard to imagine a time when Buddy Guy wasn't playing the guitar. Truth is, the 59-year-old blues legend had no idea what a guitar was as a child. "I grew up on a farm near Simmesport, Louisiana, and we didn't even have electricity in the house till I was about thirteen," recounts Guy, speaking over the phone from Birmingham, England, a stop on his recent European tour. "I just took rubber bands or string and stretched them tight as I could across the wall and banged on them to see what sound I could get. Then I saw a picture of a guitar in a magazine and I tried to make my own. I used to take a Prince Albert tobacco can and attach a stick to that and run strings along it. Or I'd take a can of lighter fluid and cut a hole in that and string it up. You could cut your damn hand playing that, if you didn't watch it.
"Finally, my dad found a guitar with two strings and paid a few bucks for that. Well, one day I was on our porch banging on that thing when this gentleman passes by. A stranger, I mean. He saw me playing and took me straight downtown and bought me my first real guitar, a Harmony. To me that was a God-sent man," Guy says, his raspy lilt a bit dreamy at the edges. "I spent years trying to track him down, to thank him. But I never did."
Thanks to that man might just as well go out from the swelling legion of fans who have followed Guy's career. His style, which weds finger-flying abandon to forthright lamentation, has ranked him as one of the finest electric blues guitarists in the world. His work is notable mostly for its stylistic range: Whether as a Young Turk sitting in with the Muddy Waters Blues Band at Chess Records or an elder statesman making his own star-studded recordings, Guy's fretwork accommodates both showy arpeggio runs and sustained single notes, squalling outbursts and soft melodic interludes. His virtuosity, and the raw Southern grit of his best recordings, have made him a role model for a legion of players, from Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan to Johnny Clyde Copeland and Robert Cray.
Much of Guy's genius lies in his ability to absorb styles from a variety of mentors, a skill established early in his life when Guy's parents managed to purchase a radio-phonograph. "They had a program on the radio every afternoon that played B.B. King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and when I heard that I said, 'This is it.' I taught myself to play for the love of the music."
By the time Guy was in his early teens, however, his family's economic woes forced him to quit high school and seek work. "We were sharecropping cotton and corn," he remembers. "Whatever else we had to eat we grew ourselves. Peaches and figs and tomatoes. I look back every day and I don't know how in the hell my parents managed with five children."
In 1957 Guy struck out for Chicago, hoping to find a day job, and, more remotely, aiming to make his name as a bluesman. But the city that greeted the young country boy was, in his own words, "a jungle," with a cutthroat blues community overpopulated with ace guitar slingers. "They had so many guitar players there already I just about gave away my guitar," he recalls with a husky laugh. "Fact is, I did give up my slide. I went to watch Guitar Slim play one night, and after the show I came up to him and said, 'You just go ahead and take my slide. I got no use for it after what I seen. I'll just work with my fingers.'"
With the market for fret men glutted, Guy knew that he needed some kind of gimmick to make an impression. That's when he hit on the idea of giving himself a 150-foot lead on his guitar so he could walk around while he jammed. His break came in 1958. "I was invited to play at a battle of the guitarists," he recounts. "This was at a club called the Blue Flame, at the corner of Drexel and 39th. I had my lead hooked in and I walked in that door banging on my guitar and everyone in the room hollered, 'Where is he?'" The trick -- which was to become Guy's trademark -- along with an incendiary solo won him the attention of veteran players Magic Sam and Otis Rush, who took Guy to Cobra Records, their Chicago-based label, where he cut his first single, "Sit and Cry and Sing the Blues."
Guy soon earned a reputation as one of Chicago's preeminent session players. His fiery style A which incorporates the influences of Elmore James, Guitar Slim, and B.B. King A helped shape some of the classic Chess Records sides by blues pioneers such as Howlin' Wolf (check out the scorch on Wolf's "Killing Floor"), Muddy Waters, and Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller). He also collaborated frequently with youthful contemporaries such as Junior Wells, the harp man with whom Guy cut the seminal 1965 album Hoodoo Man Blues. His soulful vocal style was showcased on a series of solo singles and albums released on Chess, including "My Time After Awhile" and "Stone Crazy."
It was the mid-Sixties British Invasion, though, that fueled Guy's career trajectory. "I was shocked when the Rolling Stones recorded Muddy Waters's music and made a million dollars," Guy says, still faintly bemused. "And then came Eric [Clapton] and those guys. They knew all about Chess. It was a funny thing, because it took those British cats coming over here for white America to pick up on what we'd been doing all along and give us a boost. I thank God they did."
Indeed, Clapton -- a Guy disciple who has long lauded him as the greatest living blues guitarist -- was instrumental in launching a series of European tours for Guy in the late Sixties. (The late Stevie Ray Vaughan would repay his creative debt to Guy by exposing him to a wider audience in the Eighties through tours and shows together.) "I first came over here, to England, in 1965," Guy recalls. "And you know who my valet was on that first tour? Rod Stewart. Sure enough. He was just struggling then. Tomorrow I'm fixing to chase him down."
Throughout the Seventies and Eighties, Guy continued to tour across the globe and record as a sideman and a bandleader; he also devoted himself to his rapidly expanding family and opened two clubs in Chicago, the Checkerboard Lounge and Legends. In 1990 Silvertone offered Guy a contract, and over the next five years he released three star-studded albums -- Damn Right I've Got the Blues, Feels Like Rain, and Slippin' In -- each of which won a Grammy Award; they sold a combined two million copies worldwide. Guests on the albums include everyone from Bonnie Raitt and Travis Tritt to Jeff Beck and John Mayall, but it's the durability of Guy's playing and the urgency of his vocals that make his Nineties recordings worthy additions to his vast canon.
For Live! The Real Deal, his latest release for Silvertone, Guy runs through some old classics and new cuts at Legends, with white-hot backing from G.E. Smith & the Saturday Night Live Band. "I was on the show a couple of times and the folks at the record company said it sounded real good," Guy notes. "So we did a live record with a full band. I wanted that live sound because you hear so much fake stuff these days. I listen to some records and say, 'What the hell is that?'"
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Though he turns 60 next month and has to incorporate an afternoon nap into his daily regimen, Guy performs with the same sweat-soaked intensity he did years ago: "I got a guitarist on this tour, a young fella, and he came into my room the other night and said, 'Mr. Guy, I want to ask you something. How do you go out every night and never have a bad show?' I said, 'Son, if you're playing for someone else and have a bad night, that's when you put down the guitar.'
"See, that's the reason I like to come off-stage -- so the fans can shake my hand or put their arms around me. That's like my way of saying, 'You made me. You can break me.' I wouldn't like to be like no Michael Jackson, so isolated. I like to go to my club and sit and answer questions all day, though you gotta let me take a bath [after the show] or you're gonna smell me. But just because I got a little name for myself don't mean I'm different from you."
In keeping with that thinking, Guy will be taking part in an upcoming benefit concert for San Francisco's Milarepa Fund, which is designed to help promote and preserve Buddhist philosophies and practices. The concert is being organized by the Beastie Boys and features a motley crew that includes Sonic Youth, Santana, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. "I love doing benefits, 'cause that's the way I was brought up," Guy explains. "If all of us who could help would help, the world would be a different place. When I talk like that, my sister tells me I should go into preaching. But you got to know the Bible backwards and forwards to do that. It ain't right to preach if you don't know the book, and there's already too many corrupted preachers out there.
"No," Guy concludes, "it was the Good Lord who sent the man that bought me my first guitar, and I expect He knew what He was doing. So I'll stick with my guitar and just keep preaching with that.


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Former Consultant Sounded Alarm Over Zimmer Knee Replacement Problems
After years of paying a prominent orthopedic surgeon millions of dollars to train doctors and serve as consultant, Zimmer Holdings dismissed their star surgeon's concerns about problems with Zimmer NexGen knee replacement systems and cut off their relationship.
In an investigative story in the New York Times, Dr. Richard A. Berger indicates that his relationship with the company disintegrated after he voiced concerns over the safety and durability of the Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex. Dr. Berger claims that when he pointed out that the adhesive-free version of the implant was not fusing to patients' bones as it should, the company told him that the problem lay with his inability to implant the knee device properly.
Zimmer reportedly paid Dr. Berger more than $8 million over 10 years for orthopedic consultation, then the medical device manufacturer unexpectedly ended its relationship with the doctor last year, the Times reports. The company claims that the decision not to renew his contract was just a regular rotation of consultants, but many believe the action underscores the consequences such prominent doctors face when they speak out against medical device manufacturers who pay them large consulting fees.
Recently, Dr. Berger and another surgeon presented a study at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual conference in New Orleans, which suggested that the Zimmer NexGen knee replacement problems resulted in nearly a 10% failure rate.
In early 2008, Zimmer made similar attempts to shift blame for problems with their products to the surgical technique of the doctor. Dr. Larry Dorr, a prominent Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon, presented data to members of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in April 2008 about a higher-than-expected rate of revisions among patients who received the Zimmer Durom Cup hip replacement. After initially dismissing Dr. Dorr's concerns and blaming the surgical technique, Zimmer eventually conducted their own investigation and acknowledged the problems.
A temporary Zimmer Durom Cup recall was issued in July 2008 so that changes could be made to the warnings and instructions provided with the product. The company now faces a number of Zimmer Durom Cup lawsuits filed by individuals who have experienced problems with the hip replacement.
Following the release of Dr. Berger's study, some product liability lawyers have begun investigating potential Zimmer NexGen replacement knee lawsuits for individuals who have experienced complications, such as loosening of the knee implant or the need for further revision surgery.
Dr. Berger says he has shifted away from the use of Zimmer products after his experience, telling the New York Times that he no longer has confidence in the company's products.
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can someone make me a sprite sheet wich features the following mobiles in all side? Thank you!
these are the phones:
Nokia Lumia 800 Nokia Lumia 800CNokia Lumia 710,Nokia Lumia 900, Nokia Lumia 610,Nokia Lumia610c Nokia Lumia 510,Nokia Lumia 820,Nokia Lumia 822 Nokia Lumia 810,Nokia Lumia 920 Nokia Lumia 920TNokia Lumia 505,Nokia Lumia 620 Nokia Lumia 520 Nokia Lumia 720 Nokia Lumia 720TNokia Lumia 928 nokia Lumia 920,Nokia Lumia 925 Nokia Lumia 925TNokia Lumia 1020 Nokia Lumia 1320Nokia Lumia 1520.Nokia Lumia 2520Nokia Lumia 625 Nokia Lumia 525 Nokia Lumia 930Nokia Lumia Icon Nokia Lumia 525 Nokia Lumia 635.
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Advice on how to handle a school mum(51 Posts)
I would welcome some advice please or a kick up the bum if I am being over sensitive.
There is a school mum who does not appear to like my Dd for some reason. I have gathered this impression over the last year. She makes jokey negative comments to me about her. She also praises the other kids in a totally over the top way while ignoring my dd. 2 recent examples this week to illustrate what I mean.
We were both watching a sports team of 7 which included my dd and not hers. She kept up a conversation of how fabulous each if the team members are and how the deserve to be in the team. eg, fab shot Anna, she is an excellent player, really deserves to be in the team. Amazing defending Evie, Jess you are fantastic etc... The only player that did not get a mention was my Dd (who did play well and that is according to other parents)
A few of the girls, including my dd, are auditioning for a part in the school play. She bought the subject up whilst talking in a group of mums including me and most of the the other mums with Dd's auditioning by saying 'so I hear dd is auditioning' . She then proceeded to tell me who else is, how good they are and how she would be 'happy for either x,y or z to get the part' . Again my dd was the only child not mentioned.
These are not isolated events but frequent occurrences.
I handled this usually by smiling and agreeing how fab the other girls are. But yesterday I was surprised how upset and rattled I felt about the latest incident and I have a sinking feeling in my stomach about facing this again for a whole year...
Am I being over sensitive ?
It sounds as if your dd is one of those kids who's pretty good at lots of things and this woman's jealous to me. Smile sweetly and ignore, it will annoy her.
No you're not. She sounds like a nasty cow. She is testing you with indirect bullying to see how much you'll take. She's likely to escalate this.
Two options: ignore, so each time she says something like this just act like you haven't heard a word of it, or call her on it every time.
I think maybe some people will say you are being oversensitive, but I think if I were in your situation, it would get to me too.
No real advice except to say that I think you're handling it the right way by just smiling and nodding, retaining your composure. With the school play thing, it almost sounds like she was trying to bait you into either bragging about your daughter or bitching about the girls - something she could then repeat to other mums to make you sound bad. By handling it the way you did, you prevented her from doing that.
She sounds energy sapping and I sympathise.
I'd be tempted to shut her up with a comment like 'unfortunately it's not your opinion that counts though!' On things like auditions and team selections.
And as tempting as it is, I'd resist the urge to do down her own DD, rather 'kill her with kindness' to make a point - your DD is doing so well! I was so pleased! Etc etc. ( I know you didn't say you had that urge - that may be just me!)
It might help to think what a saddo she is to need to behave this way. Just have pity for her don't pay a blind bit of notice to her games.
Rise above it, she sounds like a tool.
I don't think so. You now need to step up and tell her directly that she praises all but one child. It just happens to be your child though. She seems to be getting a kick out of it too as she is a repeat offender.
I speak from experience. My DD has had nothing but grief since a certain girl got moved into her class. However, DD isn't a pushover. But this other girls mum spoke to me about their difficulties and she said she had sat her DD and their other friend down and asked them outright what it was about DD they didn't like! I was so shocked, I gave a passive response that 'we all have faults even HER DD' but later, and even now, I am fucking cross with myself for not pulling her up on asking her why the hell she felt the need to ask such a petty question.
Bloody hell, you're all so patient. I'm not sure I'd be able to stop myself from asking her expert opinion on my DD, whilst surrounded by several other mums.
Why was she even watching the sports team if she didn't have a child participating? I can think of better things to do with my time than watch other people's children!
Poppa - I'd probably say "God you'd swear my dd didn't exist!" but according to my friends I only get away with saying things like that because I have an Irish accent.
Just give her a wide berth but back away slowly so she doesn't notice. Foster relationships with other mums/groups.
She sounds like a pathetic cow. I would be tempted to say Yes, these other girls are great, but also praise your own dd to the hilt, not defensively but in an upbeat, cheerful way. If she actually disagrees, to your face, and tells you that she thinks your dd is bad at x, y or z activity, then she is more transparently overstepping the mark, and you can tell her how rude she is being.
Also avoid her and walk away as much as you can. You may have to bump into her at times but your not married to her, related to her or working with her, so really you have only the loosest of obligations to acknowledge her existance at all. Good luck!
Oh my goodness....she sounds awful. I would try to rise above it if I were you. Not terribly helpful I know but I wouldn't say anything or youll end up looking like the one with the problem. Just remember that she is the one with issues and is obviously insecure with how great your daughter is.....my dd1 starts school next September. From what I hear from my friends this kind of thing is common....not looking forward to school gate politics!!!!
Good luck
I personally would steer clear of her but i know often this isnt possible. If it isnt a possibility then you should say out right "so that leaves DD. what do you think of her chances?" Dont pull her in a way she knows shes annoyed you, but dont ignore her either or as someone says she will just escalate her bullying. its shit that this happens when all ur doing is collecting ur wee woman. good luck.
Why is this woman's opinion so important to you?
Jealous jealous jealous. And nasty. Avoid, life is too short for people like that who are pretty unimportant in the scheme of things anyway.
Thank you all, I feel a little better now. It is a tricky one as she comes across all friendly but then after any encounter I feel wrong footed!
I think in an odd way she is jealous whocansay. Her own dd is a lovely girl and fab at dance drama and she child models. She is a competitive mum though.
callindana interesting you use the word bully as I totally agree but didn't want to put that in my opening post.
She will also bitch about other girls and I make a point if never joining in and actually disagree with her.
beck and call as I have justifiably praised her dd !
I think if I was ever to bite back, or say aloud what is in my head then I may cause outright antagonism. Eg at the team event I really wanted to say to her 'so my dd is crap is she? Why don't you just sat so'
So, I will try to carry on just smiling sweetly and ignore, never be drawn in to any negative comments but feel justified in thinking her a right bitch and a bully with isshooos...
Thank you for making me feel better
I wouldn't pull her on it at all. That just shows her you've noticed and care. Feel sorry for her, it must be very stressful to be that interested in every detail of school life, even when your own DC are not involved.
Ignore and avoid.
Ignore her. Tbh I bet you're not the only one who finds her and Little Miss Ballet Pumps a bit of a pain in the arse
I agree with cailindana , it helps to realise that these types are insecure wrecks, but, still, it's so unpleasant to be picked as their whipping boy. And it could escalate. There's a mum at the school gates who tried similar shit with me, I ignored it to be begin with because it's hard to know what else to do. standing in front of me when I was actually mid conversation with somebody, interrupting me, cutting me down to size with such patronising comments in public...... Eventually I said in a calm voice please don't stand in front of me when I'm talking to somebody there was a moment of extreme awkwardness afterwards. She didn't apologise. She looked put out. But.............. she thinks twice about interrupting me, knocking me out of a conversation. She was unbelievable really but I think she has a personality disorder. If you have been to the moon she has a season ticket.
Meh, who cares about this woman's opinion? Assuming you are not friends outside of school, why do you care what she thinks?
Just keep telling yourself that she is being a bit of a sad case and leave her to it!
ps, and although this woman is not nice to me now, I think she has detected juuuuuust enough 'don't fuck with me bitch' from the fact that I asked her not to stand in front of me when I was talking to somebody. But like I said, and like Cailin Dana said, she is not a 'centred' individual. I think she has an ego the size of king kong and self -esteem of a mouse. So she comes across like a bulldozer.
lovingfreedom her opinion is not important to me and I do not seek it out. She volunteers her opinion on everything and everyone.
Neontetra I love your comment 'so where does that leave DD.... I could have used that in the sports example. I really doubt she would outrightjy say anything nasty she would probably not comment/respond.
Oh, and I will be avoiding like the plague...
These types of people are known as jellyfish. You only start to notice you've been 'stung' about 20 minutes after the encounter when you look done and notice ruddy great red, angry welts down your entire left side.
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When is the accepted time to start winter sowing veggies for a spring garden in zone 6?
So far as my experience has told me, the "accepted" time is when the deciduous trees in your area have finally shed ALL their leaves, then you know you TRULY have Winter, and it's safely time to winter sow. In a zone just a tad "warmer" than yours (6b, for example, not sure which "6" you're in), I would also suggest to not only watch for the leaf-fall on the deciduous tress, but ALSO for the official Winter Solstice. (just in case the leaf-fall comes prematurely due to other conditions/situations).
I hope this has helped you, and sorry it's so late!
The seeds will know when to germinate.
Some start at winter solstice.
Here in zone 3-----March is fine for veges.
Perennials which need stratification should probably be done by February here.
Oh yes, CL, for you in your area, your timing will be very different than in a warmer zone, absolutely. The trick though is to not put some stuff out too soon, so-as to prevent them from germinating too soon, and causing the new tender little seedlings to freeze to death. < =/ Eeeeek! (been there, done that, it's no fun) :(
Yes, that can happen here too.
We get some warm Chinook winds,--- which can spur germination too early also.
It can be really frustrating, huh? Especially when ya think "Aaaaaah, Winter at last, where are all my milk jugs? I'm ready to Winter Sowwww!! :)"... then that warm spell hits outta the blue, just long enough to trick some of the less sensitive seeds to germinate. It either takes ya right back to the jugging board, or leaves ya fretting about those
little ones until Spring. < =/
Ooops, I think we've lost our little CajuninKY!
I'm still here. Just trying to decide what to do.
Well, whatever you decide to do, and when, be sure to have fun! :)
I think I may do a bit of experimenting with the things I have lots of seeds of.
here in 9a winter sow did not work for me. They all sprouted too quickly or not at all. Now I have better luck with putting the seeds in the freezer and sowing indoors about 2 months before I want to plant. sometimes here the spring leaves push off the brown leaves from the year before. This is especially true for live oak. My maple tree hasn't even turned color yet and half the leaves are still on the Tallow treel. That is right now. With this wind we are getting, they will probably be all on the ground by tomorrow.
Down the bayou there are two seasons; green and dead. LOL
There's a gator season that fits in there somewhere too, no? =) I hear gator is really yummy; do you get to eat it? That's on my "Would Love To Try One Day" list.
One of the "biggies" to remember about winter sowing is that not all seeds are alike, and some won't necessarily do well with winter sowing in some zones, no matter what. In a warmer climate like yours, Steadycam, if you've got seeds that give you any indication at all that they'll need cold stratification, then, for you, they wouldn't work well winter sown, you have to do like you've been doing; throw 'em in the fridge or freezer for a while first. Those indications could be anything from actual instructions ("needs stratification", "needs pre-chilling", stuff like that), to the name of the flower/plant itself ("Siberian", "Mountain", "Desert"... names that indicate where they grow naturally and what those conditions are like).
Of course the reverse is true as well. Seeds that indicate a warmer clime, like ones with the word "African", would not necessarily work being winter sown in, say, a zone 3b.
Isn't nature cool!? =)
I am constantly amazed at our Mother (nature, that is). I think that is what makes gardening so much fun. There is hardly anything more exciting for me than waiting for seeds to come up!!! And waiting for fruit or veggies to form? Wow, better than TV any day.
I am constantly amazed at our Mother (nature, that is). I think that is what makes gardening so much fun. There is hardly anything more exciting for me than waiting for seeds to come up!!! And waiting for fruit or veggies to form? Wow, better than TV any day.
I could not agree more with you on that one. We are all from the earth and being in tune with our planet through the beautiful act of gardening is a gift.
I love alligator.
What sorts of ways do you cook yours? Not meaning to totally derail the whole point of the thread here, I'd also enjoy you keeping us posted on how your winter sowing adventures unfold as well. :)
Enjoying nature and working in/with it... sorta like language(s), there are always so many variables, always something new to learn, always something fun and different and exciting. (yeah, more so with nature than with language.. but, work with me here!) ;) I think it's the trillions of variances and suprises that keep me hooked. :)
I like sauce picant. That's a red gravy. It's great fried too if it's a small gator.
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Indianapolis Colts 2011 Season in Review: What Went WrongDecember 29, 2011
The Colts season ended before it even began. Although Peyton Manning's neck hadn't healed from recent offseason surgery, his playing status had been held in limbo through most of the preseason.
This pissed off thousands of fantasy football players nationwide when about a week before the start of the regular season, it was announced that Peyton would be out indefinitely.
I have a couple friends who identify as Colts fans. They had no hope in Curtis Painter. The rest of the nation had no idea who the guy was. He soon became known as the long, blonde-haired guy who has thrown almost twice as many interceptions as touchdowns.
Although Painter has no business being in the NFL as a starting quarterback, you can't put the blame solely on him for the Colts downfall this season.
It starts with drafting. The Colts have blown a fair number of high picks in the last few seasons. Top picks like Jerry Hughes and Mike Pollak come to mind. A far greater number of lower round picks have gone on to do very little for the franchise as well. Compare that to the drafting through the early 2000's, when they found guys like Reggie Wayne or Dwight Freeney, and it's easy to see why the team is missing young playmakers on the roster.
The Colts offensive line has never been questioned in the Peyton Manning era. Manning gets the ball out so fast and directs his protection schemes so masterfully that he very rarely got hit. Peyton was sacked 16 times all of last year. This season, that number more than doubled for Indianapolis QBs.
Th Colts running game took a hit too. They averaged 4.3 yards a carry in 2010. That number fell to 3.8 in 2011. This can be attributed to opponents loading up the box to stop the run, as very few teams feared the long ball from the Indy passing game.
Pierre Garcon continues to improve as the Colts' next top wide receiver. Despite inconsistent quarterback play, Garcon's reception numbers improved compared to last year. His yardage and touchdown numbers suffered due to the Colts' short, low risk/reward passing game. Reggie Wayne saw his numbers drop seriously in 2011. He went from well over 100 catches to under 80 this season. It's hard to tell whether age is catching up with Wayne. My guess is that his numbers will be up to their usual amount next season with a better passer.
Defensively, there really weren't any surprises by their lack of success here. When your offense goes three and out more times than any other year in the 21st century, the defense is going to break down. Dwight Freeney was still a monster, beating the league's best tackles on a regular basis. Robert Mathis saw his production drop. Why that happened to Mathis and not to Freeney can be attributed to the Colts playing from behind for most of the season. Mathis typically gets his sacks late in games, when the Colts would be protecting a lead, and often rushing the passer. With the 2011 team losing so often, opposing teams ran much more during the second half of games. This greatly limited the effectiveness of Mathis.
Pat Angerer and Antoine Bethea quietly had good years. If the Colts can add to that young nucleus with more fast, good-tackling players, then the defense will be better. The Colts forced five fewer turnovers this season, another sign of playing from behind, as the opposition stays conservative.
It's hard to debate how many wins Peyton Manning adds to this team if healthy. But it's harder to believe they wouldn't be a playoff contender if number 18 was active. So what do they do with the Andrew Luck situation? I say they should absolutely pick him up if they can. Manning is due 28 million dollars in March, which ads to the growing pressure to trade him if the Colts can get Andrew Luck. Some team like the Redskins, Seahawks or 49ers may feel like they are a quarterback away from being really good, and would trade away good players/picks to get him. Redskins owner Dan Snyder would stop at nothing to get a quarterback, but I like San Fransisco, depending on if Alex Smith struggles in the postseason. The 49ers have a great offensive line, good running backs and a killer defense. They could trade a couple first-round picks and one of their many young talents on defense, and maybe Indy would bite at that offer.
Do they need to fire Jim Caldwell? I don't think so. Yes, he did a questionable job keeping his team motivated—they appeared to quit on him a couple times in the middle of the year. But he did win a couple games. He worked with a team that totally lost its identity and the face of its franchise the last 12 years. He's won a couple playoff games and has a fair amount of respect around the league. However, I do think he's on the hot seat. If Indy fails to win their division next season with either Manning or Luck under center, he could be looking for a new job.
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Update: 12/2/13
A Monongalia County judge has set a new trial date for a teenager accused of killing 17-year-old Skylar Neese.
Judge Russell Clawges has re-scheduled Shelia Eddy's trial for Jan. 28, 2014, according to the Monongalia County Prosecutor's office. It was originally scheduled to begin Feb. 11.
Eddy, 18, faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy.
Update: 10/15/13
A Monongalia County teen charged in the death of Skylar Neese will be tried in February.
Judge Russell Clawges granted Shelia Eddy's motion to continue her trial during a hearing October 15.
Eddy, 18, faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy.
Judge Clawges deferred motions to bring in an outside jury, to change venue, and to suppress Rachel Shoaf's testimony upon request by the defense.
Michael Benninger, Eddy's lawyer, asked the court to defer until he could file evidence to support the motions.
On May 1, Shoaf pleaded guilty to second degree murder. She told prosecutors that on the night of July 6, 2012, she and Eddy drove Skylar Neese to Pennsylvania where they stabbed her, and tried to bury the body.
Eddy's defense challenges Shoaf's mental state-of-mind when she pleaded guilty and named Eddy as a co-conspirator.
Judge Clawges denied Eddy bail, but granted a motion to continue.
Eddy's original trial was set for October 22. Benninger told the court he needed more time, and said he would be ready for a January term trial. Clawges moved the trail date to February 11, the first day of that term.
Dave Neese, Skylar's father was in attendance for the hearing and spoke with reporters afterwards.
"I want Perri and Marcia to be as prepared as they can be, so in that aspect I'm happy. For it to go on and on, I want it over with. I want to, somewhat, start living a normal life again," said Neese.
"Not that I, my family, or Team Skylar would do anything to her but there are a lot of cuckoos around here. I think for her own safety she should be in there, plus I don't want her out, she's done a horrible, horrible crime," he added, "I don't want her out. I want her to stay the rest of her life in prison where she belongs."
The prosecution said Eddy may also face charges in another jurisdiction.
Update: 9/17/13
Shelia Eddy, 17, who is accused of killing Star City teen Skylar Neese, was in open court for the first time Tuesday for her arraignment.
Eddy pleaded not guilty to four charges including first degree murder and kidnapping.
She was indicted by the Monongalia County grand jury on Friday, days after her juvenile status was moved to adult.
Judge Russell Clawges set Eddy's trial for the week of October 22, and the deadline for motions for September 30.
About a dozen people where in the courtroom, including Dave Neese, Skylar's father. This was the first time Dave Neese had seen Eddy since her arrest.
"There were a lot of emotions, a whole lot of emotions," Neese said. "I miss Skylar that much more when I see her."
In the past, Neese has described Eddy as a close friend of the family and Skylar's best friend.
"You think someone's your best friend and they turn around and kill you, come on, that's not how this is supposed to work. Best friends are supposed to be best friends. They're not supposed to turn around and kill each other," he said.
In January, Rachel Shoaf helped lead investigators to Neese's body in Wayne Township, Pa.
Then, on May 1, Shoaf pleaded guilty to second degree murder. She told prosecutors that on the night of July 6, 2012, she and Eddy drove Skylar Neese to Pennsylvania where they stabbed her, and tried to bury the body.
Shania Ammons, a Blacksville teen, sat with the Neese family. She said she was a good friend of both Skylar and Shelia.
"I talked to Shelia every single day, I stood up for her every single day until she got arrested. I talked to Shelia the morning of. She lied to me everyday, but her story never changed though," Ammons said.
"She's the one that told me Skylar was missing," she added. "I was on my way home from Myrtle Beach and I got the text about it, and said what do you mean she's missing. She said nobody can find her. I went to Shelia's house the next day and cried with Shelia, and went to Dave and Mary's and cried with Dave and Mary with her."
Update: 9/4/13
The authorities changed the status of a teenager charged in the death of Star City teenager Skylar Neese Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf, 16, conspired to kill Neese last summer.
On Friday, Eddy was indicted by a grand jury in Monongalia County. She faces one count of kidnapping, one count of first degree murder and one count of conspiracy.
Eddy's arraignment is set for Tuesday, September 17 at 9 a.m. in Judge Clawges' chambers.
In May, Shoaf pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Neese's death and faces up to 40 years in prison.
Shoaf told prosecutors she and Eddy picked up Neese, drove her to Pennsylvania, and stabbed her to death and buried her, according to court documents.
Monongalia Prosecuting Attorney Marcia Ashdown released this statement within minutes of the hearing:
"On September 4, 2013, the juvenile matters pending against Sheila Eddy were transferred to the adult jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County. All further proceedings will take place in the criminal court jurisdiction."
Eddy's involvement was long known by the Neese family who said Shelia was very close to them.
"She was basically like our daughter. She was very close to Skylar or course, and very close to all of us. To know someone like that betrayed you, in that manner is horrible," Dave Neese said.
"This whole thing is a lose-lose situation for everyone involved," Neese added. "The only thing now is Shelia Eddy is what her name is. That's about all it came down to. It's not a win, if anything else it just starts a new chapter."
Neese went missing July 6, 2012 and her case has received national attention. In January Shoaf helped lead investigators to Neese's body.
The Monongalia County Prosecutor's Office said it could be months before we learn more about Rachel Shoaf's involvement in Skylar Neese's death.
But the involvement of a second teen arrested last week could soon be known.
Star City Police chief Vic Propst said prosecutors could motion to change the juvenile's status to adult, during a preliminary hearing.
Shoaf, 16, pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder.
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Charges were filed Wednesday against two teenagers in connection to the death and disappearance of Star City teen, Skylar Neese, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II.
Rachel Shoaf, 16 of Morgantown, was charged with the murder of Neese, whose body was found in January 2013 in Pennsylvania, according to the news release.
Shoaf pleaded guilty to second degree murder during an appearance in Monongalia County Circuit Court Wednesday, after agreeing to be transferred to adult status.
Court documents indicate that Shoaf pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing Neese. Officials said Shoaf is in custody awaiting sentencing.
In a statement, Shoaf's family said they are at a loss for words to comfort the Neeses' pain.
"We were shocked to learn of our daughter's involvement and there is no way to describe the pain that we too are feeling knowing that our daughter was involved in Skylar's death," the statement said.
To read the full statement, click here.
Officials said charges are pending against a second juvenile who is currently in custody in Monongalia County, but due to the nature of the proceedings, no further information is available at this time.
A continuing joint state and federal investigation conducted by the Star City Police, the W.Va. State Police, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies resulted in the charges filed Wednesday.
The pending cases will be prosecuted by Monongalia County Prosecuting Attorney Marcia Ashdown and Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Perri Jo DeChristopher.
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NEW YORK — The globe's icy poles took center stage in Washington last week at the first joint meeting of those international bodies governing — or trying to govern — the ever-more fragile Arctic and Antarctic regions.
According to the U.S. State Department, the joint conference brought together 400 diplomats and assorted regional managers from 47 countries last Monday — all keenly attuned to one latitude or another, as represented by either the Arctic Council, which tends to things up north, or the Antarctic Treaty System, which keeps watch down below.
Much was on the agenda — including the implications of a warming Arctic and the emergence, amid the northern thaw, of new commercial shipping routes where once there was only ice. But it was almost certainly the Antarctic tour operators in attendance who perked up when Hillary Rodham Clinton, the U.S. secretary of state, delivered her keynote address.
"The United States is concerned about the safety of the tourists and the suitability of the ships that make the journey south," she said.
"We have submitted a resolution that would place limits on landings from ships carrying large numbers of tourists."Continue reading the main story
Ms. Clinton also called for "greater international cooperation" to avoid further degradation of "the environment around Antarctica."
Certainly, tourism to the region is on the rise. In 1992, about 6,700 tourists visited Antarctica, according to data from the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators. For the 2008-2009 season, the association estimates the number will exceed 34,000.
What effect that increase is having on the Antarctic environment is difficult to measure — though certainly a spate of inadvertent landfalls (two tourist ships ran aground last season) and the widely reported sinking of a Canadian tourist ship in 2007 (no one was injured) have raised concerns about fuel spills and other eco-blights.
Add to that data from the United Nations Tourism Organization, which estimated last year that tourism was responsible for about 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and Mrs. Clinton's call for stricter controls over Antarctic adventures would seem to raise a more fundamental question: How to strike a balance between appreciating the natural world through firsthand experience and protecting it by staying away — and staying at home?
"I think it's fair to say that 'sustainable tourism' is an oxymoron," said Auden Schendler, the executive director of sustainability at Aspen Skiing Co. in Colorado and the author of a new book "Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution."
"In a sustainable world," Mr. Schendler wrote in an e-mail message, "we're probably not flying all that much, or flying to ski, for example, or taking cruise ships to the Antarctic. But the problem now is, we don't have a moral magic wand that allows us to banish certain energy-intensive activities — like skiing," he said. "And even if you had that magic wand, where would you draw the line?"
In the case of the Antarctic, the question might also be, "Who should draw the line?"
Steve Wellmeier, the executive director of the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators, said last week that the limits discussed by Mrs. Clinton — which, among other things, would forbid ships carrying more than 500 passengers from allowing any of them to disembark and put foot on the continent and would limit the size of groups from smaller ships to 100 in any particular spot — have been observed by members of the Antarctic tour organization for some time.
The problem is, not every ship operator is a member of the industry association — and even for those who are, there is really no mechanism in place for enforcing the rules. The Antarctic, after all, has no internationally recognized governance, which leaves the 46 members of the Antarctic Treaty System — with widely ranging national interests and an only mildly binding rule-making apparatus — as the next closest thing.
"There are no policemen, per se," Mr. Wellmeier said. "It's largely an honor system — but there are many things in our society that function that way."
That honor system has functioned well enough so far, according to Bruce Poon Tip, the chief executive and founder of G.A.P. Adventures, a Toronto-based member of the tour operators group that includes Antarctica among its destinations. (It was a G.A.P. ship that sank in rough waters off the continent in 2007.)
"I don't know if my views are very popular," said Mr. Poon Tip, who seemed to agree in spirit with the idea that tighter regulations might be needed for Antarctic travel. But he also worried aloud that blanket regulations were wrong-headed, given that all travelers are not alike.
"There are two types of travelers who go down there," he said in quibbling with the visitor statistics published by the tour operators group. Those numbers, Mr. Poon Tip said, do not distinguish between visitors who make landfall (a number that has increased little, he argued, and usually includes careful, eco-minded travelers) and those merely riding cruise ships through the area.
The latter group is where things are growing, Mr. Poon Tip said, adding that "mainstream tourism is naturally not as sensitive to fragile ecosystems."
The fragile ecosystems themselves might not make the same distinction.
At least one study has shown that, even in protected areas where human activity is carefully managed, the effect on biodiversity can be profound.
Writing last year in the journal Conservation Letters, Sarah E. Reed and Adina M. Merenlender, both researchers in the department of environmental science, policy and management at the University of California, Berkeley, reported that even "quiet, non-consumptive recreation" — defined as things like hiking, biking and horseback riding — "may not be compatible with biodiversity protection."
Their study, which looked at the presence of mammalian carnivores in 28 parks and preserves in northern California, suggested that those comparatively low-impact activities still led to a steep decline in the density of native carnivores.
"Demand for recreation and nature-based tourism is forecasted to grow dramatically around the world," the researchers concluded, "and our findings suggest a pressing need for new approaches to the designation and management of protected areas."
Which gives added impetus to Mrs. Clinton's call for stricter regulations on tourism to the Antarctic last week — though both Mr. Poon Tip and Mr. Schendler emphasized that it was fundamentally unrealistic to expect people to stop globetrotting.
The trick, they both said, is to minimize the environmental and climate impacts of doing so — whether it's a ski vacation in Aspen or an adventure tour to Antarctica.
"There's a compelling argument to be made that eco-tourism is a huge piece of the conservation movement," Mr. Schendler said, "which would drop off if the travel stopped."
"You protect what you know, what you can see and feel," he added. "That's why solving climate is so hard."Continue reading the main story


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Casino operators with millions of dollars at stake in Maryland's plans to expand gambling by allowing a site in Prince George's County have ramped up spending again, giving more than $15 million to pro- and anti-casino groups as the November election draws closer.
The battle of gambling ads in the Washington and Baltimore media markets has played out much like a high-stakes poker game -- a game that will be allowed in Maryland casinos if voters approve a ballot question authorizing a sixth state casino, table games such as blackjack and roulette, and 24-hour operation.
When one gambling company raises the stakes, donating millions of campaign dollars, a competing group is there with millions of dollars more.
The Peterson Cos., developer of National Harbor -- the likely destination of a Prince George's casino if the ballot question is approved -- entered the fray last week, contributing $400,000 to the pro-casino committee For Maryland Jobs and Schools.
The company was joined by first-time contributor CBAC Gaming LLC, a collection of business groups led by Caesars Entertainment Corp. that want the authorization to include table games at a downtown Baltimore casino.
Not to be outdone, Penn National Gaming Inc. donated $4 million to anti-gambling committee Get the Facts - Vote No On 7 after news broke of the Peterson Cos.' first contribution.
Penn National, which would lose business at its casino in West Virginia if a gambling site opened in Prince George's, had given $9.5 million to the committee as of Friday, according to elections officials.
The Caesars group contributed $1.1 million, according to the latest filings with the Maryland State Board of Elections. Combined with contributions from MGM Resorts International, the group has spent $5.3 million so far.
For Maryland Jobs and Schools rolled out a new TV ad on Friday afternoon touting the jobs and business that a Prince George's casino could bring to Maryland.
Casino ads have become a mainstay of commercial breaks during local news broadcasts, prime-time television shows and Sunday afternoon football games -- between ads for the presidential election and the U.S. Senate race in Virginia, there's little time for other commercials.
"There's just no room," said Trevor Parry-Giles, a professor of political communication at the University of Maryland, College Park. "Even the mattress folks and car ads are being crowded out."