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Being a paranormal investigator, it is my responsibility to report as accurately as possible and in as much detail as possible, any strange occurrence or sighting that happens my way. Over the last several years of doing this research, I have grown fairly adept at being able to discern small details in photos and videos. I use this same learned ability when doing ghost research, UFO skywatching or any other research activity. It is in this same vein that I will share an occurrence/sighting that I personally witnessed on July 20, 2005. I will not state emphatically that what I witnessed was the actual "Mothman" creature, but what I did witness had the general overall appearance of the creature as described by others.
The time was around 10:30 pm. The night sky had intermittent clouds, but I do not remember the fullness of the moon. I was traveling west on Bethesda-Arno road in the Thompsons Station/Bethesda/Williamson county area of Middle Tennessee, about 25 miles south of the Davidson county line of Nashville. My speed was 40 miles-an-hour though the road is posted for 50. Bethesda-Arno is a typical country road, curvy and straight, fairly narrow and bordered more by farm land than homes. At the exact spot of my sighting there are three homes set back several hundred yards off the road on a fairly steep grade on the north side of the road. The south side of the road is bordered by a fairly steep slope with a thick hedge row of mangled brush and trees, and is offset some 20 feet from the road. There were no others vehicles on the road, and my headlights were on full brightness.
I first noticed the creature as I rounded a curve and continued onto a short straight away with a slight rise in elevation. My estimated distance from the creature was 300 feet and I immediately began to slow my car. The creature was standing a foot or two off the side of the road on the south side. In back of him was the back side of a 7 ½ foot tall road sign. The sign was attached to a grated metal pole, and the sign itself was triangular and 3 ½ feet in width from point to point, and attached some 3 ½ feet up the pole from the ground. The top of the creatures head was several inches above the sign, though his feet were on the ground. This would have put the creature nearly eight feet tall. The creature's body was covering about 1/5 of the triangular sign. The head of the creature was human in shape but with a peculiar triangular appearance as well. The head seemed a tad bit to large for the rest of the body. The neck was normal in appearance and attached to narrow shoulders. The chest appearance was normal, though narrower than one would have imagined. The chest area tapered down to a very thin looking waist. The legs of the creature were long and slender, almost skinny, especially the thigh area extending down to the knees. Both arms were long and thin and connected to hands with long, slender fingers, four or five, I am not sure. The face of the creature was shrouded in a shadow like appearance. I could discern no facial features. The creature arms were outstretched, and attached to the wrist of both arms was dark webbing that extended downward and attached at the knees, and also was attached to the torso of the body directly at the underarm and extending downward to the knees. The webbing was solid in structure, with a slight tapering that came to a point mid way to the knees, and then continued to taper as above to the knees. From the shoulders down to the feet, with the exception of the arms and webbing, the color of the creature was bright, reflective red. The color reminded me of paintings that depict the Devil with the ever present pitchfork, though I had absolutely no gut feeling that this creature was either the Devil or any other type of religious portrayed demon. My gut feeling told me that this was some type of unknown species that modern day science insists does not exist. The duration of my sighting was a brightly lit 7 to 8 seconds and at one point not more than 7 feet from the open window of my car and as I passed the creature. Never once did the creature move or make any type of hostile gesture toward me.
I managed to bring my car to a full stop some 100 yards from the creature. I immediately turned my car around in the middle of the road in the hopes of seeing the creature again, but it was for naught. Being a researcher intent on being accurate, I decided to retrace my path several times in the attempt to dismiss any status quo explanation for what I had witnessed. I have traveled down this road numerous times day and night, and have never once mistaken a tree limb, brush, road signs, or the rarity of nighttime walkers for a creature such as I witnessed. The rather tall and thick hedge growth on the south side of the road, and the distance from the road to the nearest house on the north side, precludes an attempt by someone playing a practical joke. The distance to run and hide in a matter of just a few seconds would have been impossible. The road sign is a typical road sign, and there was no mistaking that a very tall creature with a slender body and wings was obscuring part of the sign. There was no bright color hindrance reflecting from the headlights of my car to skew my vision since the creature was standing on the back side of the sign, the dark side. My conclusion then was simple to deduce, I had seen this creature in all of the details I have just shared.
I do not know what type of creature I witnessed on July 20, 2005. Was it the same "Mothman" creature of West Virginia fame? I do not know. Have any disasters happened near Nashville as was the basis for the story and movie "The Mothman Prophecy?" Not to my knowledge. As with many other things paranormal I've investigated that cannot be quickly explained, it is a wait and see attitude that takes much patience before the final answer reveals itself.
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Science fiction and fantasy are genres where almost anything can happen — as long as the author can make it seem plausible, and as long as it's part of a good story. But that doesn't mean there are no rules. If anything, the fact that these genres are so wide open mean that there are tons of rules out there, some unspoken and some written in black and white.
And sometimes, breaking the rules is the only way to tell a really fascinating story. Here are 10 rules of SF and fantasy that more authors should consider breaking from time to time. [jump]
Note: We're not saying you must break any of the rules below. You can craft a brilliant work of fiction while still following all of the rules below. And most of these rules exist for a reason — because if you break them without knowing what you're doing, you can screw up horrendously. Some of the rules below represent things that may have been done to death in the past, so it's best to make sure you have a fresh spin. But at the same time, too many rules can be a creativity-killer, and sometimes it's good to bust out some illegal moves.
Third-person omniscient used to be the default mode for a lot of novelists — a lot of the classics of literary fiction as well as science fiction are written in third person omniscient. This means, in a nutshell, that the narrator can see what's going through any character's head, and can flit around as the story requires. But in recent years, fiction writers have opted for first person or limited third — in which only one person at a time gets to be a viewpoint character. The thing is, though, when you have tight third person with multiple viewpoint characters, it often feels like an omniscient narrator who's choosing to play games.
1) No third-person omniscient.
And actual third-person omniscient can be fantastic — you need look no further than Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which freely lets you know what Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect and assorted other characters are thinking at any given moment. Or countless classic SF writers, for that matter. But I also want to put in a plea: anyone who's serious about writing genre fiction should read Henry Fielding, who makes third-person omniscient into an art form. In novels like Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones, Fielding draws these brilliant tableaux where he pauses to show what everyone's thinking, and how much at cross-purposes everyone is. It helps him be a keen observer of people, and also creates these beautifully funny set pieces.
2) No prologues
This is one I've been hearing for years — some agents and editors say they stop reading immediately if they see that a book has a prologue. But prologues have their uses, especially if you want to set a mood or establish some crucial backstory before you start introducing your main characters. Like most of the other things on this list, prologues can be done well, or they can be done horrendously. Luckily, we don't have to reach far to think of an example of prologues done well — George R.R. Martin starts every one of the Song of Ice and Fire books with one, and it's clear why these prologues are there. They help set up the conflicts of each book, via the experiences of a throw-away character. (Literally, in fact.)
3) Avoid infodumps
Like its cousin, "show don't tell," this injunction can be a great idea but can also get you into trouble. Sometimes an infodump can be a horrendous load of backstory or technical schematics, rammed down your poor reader's throat. But at other times, authors can go to huge, insane lengths to avoid having to come out and explain something. Like having contrived conversations, or weird "teachable moments" to convey a basic bit of worldbuilding to the reader, with the effect that the story grinds to a halt. We posted a collection of 20 well-done infodumps a while back, just to prove it can be done well. Perdido Street Station art by Les Daniels.
And you may have noticed that whenever literary writers tackle science fiction or fantasy, they include tons of infodumps? Maybe this is one of those instances where they're not as familiar with the genre conventions, and thus fall into habits that many "real" SF and fantasy authors would avoid — but in this instance, they may just be right. Sometimes you just have to explain something, as painlessly as you can.
4) Fantasy novels have to be series instead of standalones
We love a good epic trilogy (or decalogy) as much as the next fantasy addict. But sometimes a nice done-in-one story is also exceedingly welcome. And this is one area where science fiction seems to have a slight advantage over fantasy — both genres have tons of sprawling series, but science fiction at least sometimes spawns one-off novels. And there's something to be said for getting a satisfying story in one volume, without a cliffhanger or any loose ends afterwards. And sometimes, characters can actually be developed more fully if the author doesn't have to hold anything back for future books. A character who gets a full arc in one book can be a richer character.
5) No portal fantasy
The "portal fantasy" is a mainstay in both science fiction and fantasy, even though it's mostly used in the latter. (You could argue that Hitchhiker's Guide is a "portal fantasy.") In this type of book, someone from our world discovers a pathway to another world, where he or she is our relatable everyhuman explorer, and we discover this new world through his or her eyes. It's a tried and true notion, and Lev Grossman gets a lot of mileage out of it in The Magicians — both Brakebills and Fillory, in different ways, are strange worlds that Quentin visits from the "real" world, and there's a lot of portaling. But we've heard many people say that "portal fantasy" is over, and so is the neophyte who learns about the magical world over the course of a book. Now, everybody wants stories where the main character is already steeped in the magical (or science-fictional) world as the story begins.
But as we argued a while back, there's still a lot of awesomeness lurking in the concept of an ordinary person travelling to a strange world. There are so many ways to tell that story, and so many metaphors buried in the notion of someone being thrust into a weird new world. Isn't that what we all do when we start exploring genre fiction? I think to some extent, this is something that die-hard genre fans have seen too much of, but these sorts of stories could still have a lot of appeal to mainstream and newbie readers.
6) No FTL
Yes, our current understanding of physics tends to frown upon faster-than-light space travel — no matter what a few weird neutrinos may or may not have done. And there's definitely a place for totally rigid, scientifically plausible fiction in which the very real difficulties of exploring our own solar system are explored. But then again, there's something undeniably awesome about being able to jump to hyperspace, or warp speed, or whatever. And maybe a little bit less realism is needed sometimes, to amp up the excitement of space travel. Most of us grew up on big, bold space operas in which interstellar travel was unrealistically, thrillingly fast — and that's still the portrayal of space that resonates with many people. Plus, FTL makes all sorts of other stuff possible, including space warfare and lots more first contact.
7) Women can't write "hard" science fiction.
This is one "rule" that most people are at least sensible enough never to say out loud — but it often seems as though "hard SF" refers to novels and stories written by mostly white dudes. And women often seem to be shunted more into soft science fiction or fantasy. And then you get these discussions where people debate whether a particular woman author really counts as "hard science fiction." To some extent, this comes from preconceptions about the types of people who read hard SF, and that indirectly influences expectations about who's going to be writing in that genre. But especially once you broaden your sciences to include biology or computer science, you start finding lots and lots of hard SF written by woman authors.
8) Magic has to be just a minor part of a fantasy world
This is one I've heard a lot lately — probably because of the success of George R.R. Martin's novels, in which magic starts out as a quiet rumour at the fringes of Westeros, something most people don't really believe in. It's only once you get to the later books that magic really starts to become something that most of the characters are aware of. And this is an absolutely brilliant approach to fantasy writing, and a breath of fresh air — but it's not the way all fantasy novels should be written from here on out. There shouldn't be a law saying that magic should be kept to the margins of a fantasy world, any more than you'd say a space opera shouldn't have too many spaceships. Magic should be limited, sure — but it can have limits and still be central to the characters' worlds.
9) No present tense
At least, I've heard some people say this is a big no-no. It can be a bit disconcerting when the narrator is telling you about stuff as though it's happening now. But present tense can also really work to make the story feel more immediate. And it can feel more arty, since a lot of vaguely literary writing is in the present tense. But also, if you want to see present tense working to create a dark, intense mood, check out Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim novels. Image by The Green Giant.
10) No "unsympathetic" characters
It's certainly true that if you're going to have a main character who's a total bastard, you're going to have work harder to win over the reader — a likable character is just obviously easier for readers to get on board with. But at the same time, feeling constrained to make your protagonist — or all your major characters — as sympathetic as possible can put a straitjacket on your writing. You're stuck trying to create characters who will seem sympathetic to all your readers, no matter what cultural context or attitudes they bring to the story. And you're putting severe limits on what sort of actions your characters can take. The bottom line is that "sympathetic" isn't the same thing as "compelling" — a character can be unsympathetic but utterly fascinating and spellbinding. Like a lot of the things on this list, this is all in the execution — if you're going to go with a protagonist who's fundamentally unsympathetic or unrelatable, you're going to have to do an amazing job of making the reader care about him or her in spite of everything. Steel Remains art by Vincent Chong, via Pat's Fantasy Hotlist.
Thanks to Annalee and Genevieve for the suggestions! An earlier version of this article appeared back in 2012.
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Sohan Singh's shoeless children have spent most of their lives hungry, dirty and hot. A bean farmer in a desert land, Singh could not afford anything better than a mud hut and a barely adequate diet for his family.
But it just so happens that when this hard little bean is ground up, it becomes an essential ingredient for mining oil and natural gas in a process called fracking.
Suddenly, halfway around the world, earnings are down for an oil-services giant, Halliburton, because Singh and his fellow farmers have raised the price – of their beans. Halliburton's loss was, in a rather significant way, Singh's gain serving up a rare victory for the littlest of the little guys in global trade.
The increase in guar prices is helping to transform this part of the state of Rajasthan, one of the world's poorest places. Tractor sales are soaring, land prices are increasing and weddings have grown even more gaudy.
"Now we have enough food, and we have a house made of stone," Singh said proudly while his rail-thin children stared in awe.
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For centuries, farmers here used guar to feed their families and their cattle. There are better sources of nutrition, but few that grow in the Rajasthani desert, a land rich in culture but poor in rain. Broader commercial interest in guar first developed when food companies found that it absorbs water like a souped-up cornstarch, and a powdered form of the bean is now widely used to thicken ice cream and keep pastries crisp.
But much more important to farmers here was the recent discovery that guar could stiffen water so much that a mixture is able to carry sand sideways into wells drilled by horizontal fracturing, also known as fracking.
The fracking boom in the United States has led to a surge in natural gas production, a decline in oil imports and a gradual transition away from coal-fired power plants. Fracking may also have spoiled some rural water supplies and caused environmental damage in parts of the United States, but it is hard to find anyone in Rajasthan who sees fracking as anything but a blessing.
"Without guar, you cannot have fracturing fluids," said Michael J. Economides, a professor of engineering at the University of Houston who is a fracking expert. "And what everybody is worried about is that there is virtually no guar out there now."
India produces about 85 per cent of the world's guar. As worries rose about the prospects for this year's monsoon, which is vital for an adequate crop, speculation over guar production built to a frenzy. Trading in guar futures was even suspended, and with the monsoon still behind schedule, it remains postponed. Ramesh Abhishek, India's chief commodities market regulator, said guar trading would resume when supplies proved adequate.
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Many farmers sold their seed stock last year when prices shot up, so Vikas has held rallies in small towns to pass out free seeds, including new high-production hybrids. The company persuaded farmers with irrigated land in the state of Punjab, north of Rajasthan, to plant guar in the spring instead of cotton. That crop is now coming to market.
And Vikas signed contracts with farmers guaranteeing a return of nearly $800 per acre if they planted guar, no matter what this year's monsoon brought. "Whatever they produce, we will buy," said Sanjay Pareek, a Vikas vice president. Anticipating a heavy crop, Vikas is more than doubling its processing capacity by building two new plants in Jodhpur, the second-largest city in Rajasthan. By next year, the company will be able to produce 86,400 tons of guar powder each day, it said. Smaller producers are taking similar steps. "Last year was an extraordinary year," said S K Sharma, managing director of Lotus Gums and Chemicals in Jodhpur. "In 35 years in this business, I've never seen that."
Sharma said his company would soon open a second plant dedicated entirely to serving gas companies, adding that he was cautiously optimistic that guar prices would remain robust. "But we know there are efforts to grow guar in China, Australia, California and elsewhere, and it has us worried," he said.
Despite the expanding supply, many analysts believe that guar prices will remain high for the foreseeable future. Neil Beveridge, an oil analyst at Sanford C Bernstein & Co., said demand for fracking services should continue to grow rapidly as the industry expanded outside North America. "We're already starting to see a big increase in Eastern Europe, Argentina, Australia, China and India itself," he said. Susan L.Sakmar, an energy analyst in San Francisco, cautioned that the fracking boom could slow and that guar alternatives could be developed. But Economides, the Houston fracking expert, dismissed such talk. "There are no easy or cheap alternatives to guar," he said.
That is good news for guar producers. Farmers, traders and processors around Jodhpur admitted fulfilling some long-held dreams with the profits they made last year. Some took trips to Europe; some bought gold; others got married.
At a Massey Ferguson tractor dealership in Jodhpur, where sales have doubled in recent years, Nathu Parjapat of Haripura was buying a tractor for his father-in-law, whose own profits from farming guar allowed him to provide a dowry of 12 grams of gold and half a kilogram of silver when Parjapat married his daughter.
"So now I'm buying a tractor for him," Parjapat said as his father-in-law stood next to him, nodding with grave approval.
Singh, the farmer with the new house, said he would plant his entire field with guar this year instead of spreading his risk among other crops. His family is able to sleep on the stone roof, where a constant breeze keeps them cool. His old mud house, now occupied by goats, has a roof made of sticks that did not allow such a luxury.
Singh's sister, Issa Rathore, showed off a silver ankle bracelet and a toe ring, both bought with guar profits. But her smile quickly vanished when she was asked whether she expected a similar windfall in the coming months. She glanced at the sky, and the children around her grew hushed. "Will the monsoon be enough this year?" she asked. "Who knows?"
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It is rather scary that a church which claims to have Apostolic Succession would allow female priests and yoga meditation within its walls. Anglicanism, in placing human reason and personal interpretation over the patristic witness, is flawed from the start. The case is much different for the Oriental Orthodox Churches. We have a 2,000-year-old theological, liturgical, and ecclesiological tradition. We are not anti-Chalcedonian but pre-Chalcedonian. It's hard enough keeping the Orthodox faith strong and growing in the Western world, why not have all Orthodox Christians unite? Our hierarchs have not always been right on every decision, why not realize that the schism of Chalcedon was an unfortunate mistake? Love and our common faith should matter more than whatever may have divided us in the past. Peace.
AFAIK, Anglo-Catholics don't have female priests or allow yoga in church. Try again and see if you can correctly articulate your arguement.
Since the 1970s at least the Anglo-Catholic party in the Anglican church has been fracturing in two divergent directions, though in retrospect the tensions could be traced back to Charles Gore's work in the 19th century. The Oxford Movement had been inspired in the first place by a rejection of liberalism and latitudinarianism in favour of holding to the traditional faith of the "Church catholic", defined by the teachings of the Church Fathers and the common doctrines of the (Roman) Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy. Thus until the 1970s most Anglo-Catholics, emphasising the need to stay in line with tradition and the doctrines of Rome and the East, would have rejected such innovations as the possibility of women receiving Holy Orders. However, Gore's work, bearing the mark of liberal Protestant higher criticism, paved the way for an alternative form of Anglo-Catholicism influenced by liberal theology. Thus, in recent years, many Anglo-Catholics have accepted the ordination of women. Furthermore, in many places, Anglo-Catholic parishes also drew a large following of gay communicants, and many Anglo-Catholic parishes have been at the forefront of inclusion and acceptance for openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people  including non-celibates  in the priesthood and throughout the Church. Many Anglo-Catholics have embraced other aspects of liberalism such as the use of contemporary and inclusive language in Bible translations and the liturgy. Thus today there are two strands of Anglo-Catholicism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Catholicism
Quote from: ozgeorge on November 04, 2006, 03:52:42 AMAnglo-Catholics are Conservative Protestants who are not "Sola Scriptura". Your premise is false.That depends on whether one is an Evangelical Anglican, or a supporter of the Oxford Movement.
Anglo-Catholics are Conservative Protestants who are not "Sola Scriptura". Your premise is false.
Brian,I have to admit that the original Lutherans, who are immediate offspring of the Roman Catholics as opposed to the Evangelicals who came in much later, are much less carnal in their worship. I would also confess that since becoming Orthodox, I have developed a tendency to lump together all the groups that formed after 1517 into one denomination and dare call it "Protestants" in much the same way that a typical Christian would lump together the various forms of Islam. For this, I apologize. I suppose that slight differences in doctrine become irrelevant when one discovers a totally different brand of Christianity. Take note that I am not the only one who sees it this way. The chart in the following doesn't even mention the names of the splinter groups!http://www.saintignatiuschurch.org/timeline.html#timechartAnyway, you have made it perfectly clear that you are a Lutheran. We appreciate that. You have also expressed the importance of being specific when conversing with "Protestants." I now realize that there is no single approach to introducing Orthodoxy in the West. It is imperative therefore that we employ specific methods for each "Protestant" denomination. More importantly, after opening your mind to Orthodoxy, I suppose that you are in the best position to suggest as to how we Orthodox could effectively share what we know to your Lutheran brethren. For instance, Where do we begin? Do we go about discussing Church history, or is questioning the validity of the juridic concept of atonement a valid starting point? Finally, it would also help us if you could relate your experience and identify the points of interest which led you to explore the Orthodox Church.
I'm lost for words as to why the Church of England would be defended by Orthodox Christians on an Orthodox forum. Would this happen at Saint Euphrosynos Cafe? What's next, a defense of the filioque and papal supremacy by Orthodox Christians? Peace.
I'm lost for words as to why the Church of England would be defended by Orthodox Christians on an Orthodox forum. Would this happen at Saint Euphrosynos Cafe? What's next, a defense of the filioque and papal supremacy by Orthodox Christians?
It is rather scary that a church which claims to have Apostolic Succession would allow female priests and yoga meditation within its walls. Anglicanism, in placing human reason and personal interpretation over the patristic witness, is flawed from the start.
Why don't you go there and take over the forum as you do here?
Matthew777 has not "taken over" here. Perhaps his posts are standing out to you, but have a read of some of the insightful, informative, well thought out and well written posts others have made.Matthew777 has made an assertion in starting this thread, and he is being challenged to defend it. As Christians, we know that there are no "idle words" and that we will be called to account for everything we have said. How much moreso for things we have said in broadcast to an international audience on the internet?Unless we call people to account here on this forum for they say on it, the forum will just descend into a soapbox for trolls and whackos posting their stupid ideas with no one challenging them.This is why I am insisting that this thread stay on track.
So it would appear to US. But to visitors?
I'll be taking another long vacation until this is over or M777 starts over with the Lord's first two new commandments.
Anglo-Catholicism came out of the Oxford Movement, the Evangelicals did not.
And as for human reason, well, it is there in the patristic witness too.
See, here's the problem: it's perfectly obvious to me (an Anglican) that you don't know anything substantial about my church.
But you will not back down from your assumed position of superiority, so you grasp the first point that comes along and wave it about as if it were some sort of all-refuting argument, which it (so far) never is.
Your arguments are apparently grounded in the belief that you don't need to know much about any particular Protestant body.
The truth is that there are plenty of Protestant theologians (and even clerics and laymen) out there who do study patristics, but who come to conclusions that differ from yours.
I'm sorry if I seem like the willfully ignorant one.
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You Set Up A Blog Called 'You Know You're Over 40 When…'
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking: "How come it's taken you so long to write this blog, Andrea? How come you didn't start writing 'You Know You're Over 40 When…" when you were in your twenties?'.
I have no good answer, I'm afraid. Maybe it's just taken me to be over 40 to understand what it's really like to be over 40.
Or maybe it's only now that I finally accept that I'm over 40. Now that I'm in my 42nd year. (Wait – I turn 42 this year. That makes this my 42nd year, right? Or does it make it my 41st? Math was never my strong point; mainly because I'm not American. Maths, I'm much better at. Though still not good enough to know if this is my 41st or 42nd year.)
Growing up, I often thought that it was ridiculous that women – and it was usually women – lied about their age. Actually, I say 'usually women' but that should strictly be 'usually famous women or women I'd been told about'. Because I was never aware of any women in my own life actually doing this. Probably because the only grown-up women in my life were my mum, my aunts and my teachers. The former, I knew the age of, as one does with family (unless you're my friend Sarah's flamboyant great aunt, who lied about her age so consistently throughout her life that not even her closest family – or she herself – knew how old she was). The latter, I of course didn't know the age of, because, well, I was told that it's rude to ask a lady how old she is. Plus it could land you in detention.
So throughout my life, I never lied about my age. Not even to get cigarettes. Mainly because I didn't smoke.
No, I didn't lie about my age – until I reached my late thirties. And then, I didn't start lying, as such, but simply failing to reveal my age.
There were three main reasons for this, I've realised. Firstly: I simply didn't – and still don't – feel my age. I suspect this is true for nearly everyone (who doesn't feel like an eight-year-old operating in an adult world sometimes? I mean, apart from actual eight-year-olds?). I've been stuck in a state of arrested development for a great part of my adult life so far – or as polite society might put it: I'm a late-starter. For example: despite being a Western, middle-class 42-year-old, I don't have children, am unmarried, only just bought my first property, and don't know how to drive. All of which will no doubt affect the nature of my witterings on this blog (the inability to drive possibly less so) and all of which probably give an insight into who I am, how I got here, and how I got here so late.
Secondly: In my thirties, I often got the "But you don't look it!" response (these days, less so. But more of that another time). And while this made me secretly half-happy because I knew that it was meant to be a compliment, it also left me feeling secretly quite sad – because what it gave with one hand, it took away with the other. It was simultaneously complimenting me on something external while slapping down the reality of who I was inside. So while the external me was flattered, the inner me felt rather unloved. Or at least: unappreciated. When someone says that a woman 'doesn't look her age', the implication is that this is a good thing, because she shouldn't look her age. Because we don't like our women to age.
And the third reason I was failing to reveal my age to people was because I did want them to think I was younger than I was. (Which I know must sound strange, given my second reason above – but women are complex creatures, right? For example: I am against anti-ageing skin products, but I do dye my grey hair. I like cats, but also dogs. And so on.) The reason I wanted people to assume this was simple: I'd started writing comedy. Specifically: jokes and sketches for live shows, radio and TV. And contrary to what you might think, I can confirm that comedy writing isn't dominated by men – it's dominated by men who started doing it from a relatively young age. And so I thought there would be some stigma attached to launching a career in this in my late – as opposed to, say, early – thirties. So I kept schtum about my age, in case people dismissed me, or thought I was odd, because of it. After all, the only thing worse than a women who's ageing is a woman who's ageing, and odd.
And yet now, in my 41st/42nd year, I just don't care so much. I don't care so much about being over 40, and about what other people think of me. Or more accurately: what I fear they might think of me. I don't want – or am unable (I suspect it's a combination of both) – to hide my age.
But even more than not wanting or being able to hide it, I rather want to embrace it. And as I sit here – a glass of red on the go, 'Kind Of Blue' playing on the stereo* and my boyfriend sitting across from me playing computer games (he's 13 years younger than me – and before you ask, yes, I do see that fact featuring in this blog) – I feel ready to embrace it. To celebrate it. Yes, goshdarnit, to blog about it.
Here I come, forties! Don't try to get away from me! I can run faster than you! Actually, these days I can't. Not with my stiff knees. But more about those later.
*Note to under-40s: A 'stereo' is a hifi unit. No, wait: a music system. You still say 'music system', right?


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So...ya'll remember my Cathedral. Big ole' white building.
This creation's gone through many phases. From it's humble beginnings, the Cathedral has grown from convention to convention, changing with each showing. But, I'm sad to say...it was time. It was time to tear down the building, sort everything out, and start anew. And while the original took me literally years to build, it only took four hours to tear apart.
Buuuuut I'm not one to let good brick go to waste [And let's face it: I needed a distraction from the rest of my world, which is going the way of the previous Cathedral....]. So I'm rebuilding. And once again, I'm being ambitious.
Thus I present some WIP photos. These aren't necessarily the final pieces, but they're certainly more than simply WIP. I'm putting a lot of thought and care into the interior on this one.
Base of a Statue
Repurposed Stained Glass
Apse of the Cross-Design
Floor design work
What you see is about 8 hours worth of work, from laying the base, outline, foundation, landscaping. I spent about an hour working on layouts on graph paper, to figure out angles and what I want to see.
And that's only three bricks high off the base!
It's 3x3.5 green baseplates, or 96x112 studs. It's actually two modules, for easier transportation.
The design itself is based on real-world designs for the great structures of Europe. Wikipedia has a pretty good article, if you're curious.
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4 lb plums, pitted and quartered
8 oz pitted Rainier cherries
1 3/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
Place all ingredients in a 4 quart slow cooker, stir. Turn on low and cook overnight (about 8-10 hrs) with the lid slightly askew to allow for some evaporation to occur. The mixture should be thick and paste-like when ready. If the mixture isn't totally smooth, pulse it with an immersion blender. Prep your jars and lids. Pour the butter in the jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
Yield: about 4 8-oz jars
Note: A great source for canning information is the Blue Book guide to preserving. I highly recommend it for learning how to can. Here are some of my other favorite canning books and supplies.


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High performance polyurethane seals for wind turbines
2015 September 30, 13:00 CEST
SKF has developed a new generation of highly effective and easily maintained shaft seals for wind turbines that can prolong service life.
Gothenburg, Sweden, 30 September 2015: Wind power has entered the mainstream. By the end of 2014 global wind generation capacity had reached 369.6 GW according to Global Wind Energy Council.
The share of wind energy in electricity production is expected to increase the coming years as wind has become increasingly competitive. Demand for wind will also shift to developing countries where there is an increasing demand in electricity.
To keep delivering on its potential, however, the global wind energy industry must maintain high levels of reliability and availability. As the number of turbines in use worldwide increases, operation and maintenance is becoming an ever more significant business. It is a challenge that is compounded by the fact that turbines are often installed in remote places, from mountaintops to offshore locations.
In modern wind turbines, the main shaft seals provide the first line of defence between the external environment and the critical main bearings and gearbox components. These seals play a dual role: protecting turbine components from contamination and stopping lubricants escaping into the environment. Now engineers at SKF have developed a new generation of seals – the HRS range – specifically to meet the challenges of the wind energy industry.
Light, compact and versatile
The machined polyurethane HRS seals weigh less and take up less space than labyrinth seal designs – a characteristic appreciated by equipment manufacturers looking to maximise space utilization and minimize the weight of turbine nacelles. They are available in three different designs to suit different applications. The HRS1 seal is designed to keep lubricant inside the turbine's bearing and gearbox, while coping with the large misalignments experienced in this kind of equipment. Depending on the size of the shaft, HRS seals can accommodate coaxial misalignment of up to 3mm. For applications where protection from external contamination by dust or moisture is also a priority, customers can add the HRE excluder seal to the HRS1, providing an additional external lip. Alternatively, they can use the HRSA version of the seal, which incorporates an auxiliary lip into its design.
The HRS seals are manufactured from G-ECOPUR polyurethane, which is an ozone, UV and water-resistant material that offers excellent wear resistance compared with the rubber materials commonly used elsewhere. In tests, the G-ECOPUR has proved to be five times more abrasion resistant than the next best performing elastomer material, a characteristic that translates into longer service life and less chance of premature failure. G-ECOPUR also allows the HRS seals to be machined with an exceptionally smooth surface. This means that the seals have less of a tendency to make grooves in the surface of the shaft, helping to maintain system performance over the life of the turbine. The seals' smooth outer surface, meanwhile, also prevents the leakage of lubricant between the seal and housing, a condition that commonly affects rougher phenol-impregnated fabric seals.
"In wind turbine design, seals haven't the highest priority," says María Concepción Martín Product Manager, Wind Energy at SKF. "But they have a high impact on system performance, which is why they have been an important area of focus for SKF. The new HRS machined polyurethane seals have been developed to deliver exactly what the wind energy industry needs: greater turbine reliability with reduced maintenance requirements in a cost effective package. And when seal replacement is eventually needed, these seals offer a quick, easy and safe solution."
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The whole HRS range is available in solid or split designs. Solid seals are designed for installation during manufacture where operators can access the end of the shaft. Split seals are ideal for in-service replacement, or manufacturing applications where there is no access to the end of the shaft. The smooth outer diameter of the HRS seals also makes them easier to install than fabric reinforced seals, saving time and cost in manufacture or replacement.
Carefully optimized seal geometry means the sealing lip cannot contact the seal carrier, so minimizing the risk of inverting the seal or losing the stainless steel garter spring during assembly. Meanwhile, the design of the seals themselves, with stiffer materials further simplifies installation, saving up to four working hours per seal compared to alternative fabric designs.
For maintenance and repair applications, the split HRS seals are provided in special transport packaging that contains all the materials necessary to complete the job, a boon for service teams working in cramped and remote conditions.
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HRS seals are manufactured in a full range of standard sizes to suit modern wind turbine applications and can also be made to meet specific customer requirements. The seals are already available through SKF's worldwide distribution network, helping to support manufacturers and operators that are working on an increasingly global basis. They can also be supplied as part of an integrated SKF solution that includes bearings, seals and lubrication.
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According to a release, the newly created position was formed to address "the growing political attention" high street betting shops are receiving.
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Thorne commented: "The new role at Gala Coral is an exciting opportunity for me to be part of a fantastic management team running a business that is well loved by many but not without its challenges and critics."
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ICR published an article written by Mr. Jagdeep Verma on 'Future on M&As in Cement Industry' as cover story.
ICR published an article written by Mr. Jagdeep Verma on 'Future on M&As in Cement Industry' as cover story.
Holtec has been awarded Project Engineering Services for Captive Power Plant for Shwe Taung Cement Co Ltd in Myanmar
Holtec has been awarded Project Engineering Services for a 3,000 tpd clinker project in Rourkela, Odisha.
Mr. Jagdeep Verma (Head-Business Consulting, Holtec) and Mr. S K Gupta (Head-EPCM, Holtec) presented a paper on "Indian Cement Industry-A Perspective " and "Role of a Project Management Consultant (PMC)", respectively, at the 16th NCB International Seminar on Cement, Concrete and Building Materials held in New Delhi, India, 03-06 December 2019.
Mr. Jagdeep Verma (Head-Business Consulting, Holtec) presented a paper on "Indian Cement Industry: Key Challenges and Way-out" at Intercem 2019 held in Dubai from 4th to 6th March 2019.
Holtec to act as interim management team for managing ARM plants on behalf of PwC.
Holtec has been awarded Project Engineering Services for RCCPL/ Birla Corp's 8,000 tpd Greenfield Integrated Cement Plant at Mukatban, Maharashtra
Mr. Jagdeep Verma, Head - Business Consulting was quoted by Business Standard in an article on Indian Cement Industry. Please click here for the article.
Mr. Kamal Kumar, Chief General Manager - Process Department represented in a panel of Judges constituted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2017 in Cement Sector.
Mr. Kamal Kumar (Chief General Manager-Process, Holtec) has been re-nominated as a member of Research Advisory Committee (RAC) of National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCBM) for the year 2017.
Holtec has been awarded a Project Review Engineering Services for 5,000 tpd Greenfield Cement Plant in Ethiopia
Holtec has been awarded a Project Engineering Services for 1 million tpa Greenfield Grinding Unit in Oman
Holtec awarded Project Engineering Services for Waste Heat Recovery Based Power Plant in Cement Plants based in Chhattisgarh, India
Holtec has been awarded a Project Engineering Services for 10,000 tpd Greenfield Clinkerisation Plant in Gujarat, India.
Holtec awarded project engineering for a cement plant in Myanmar
Mr. Jagdeep Verma (Head-Business Consulting, Holtec) presented a paper on "Indian Cement Industry" at Intercem 2017 held in Dubai on 6-8 March 2017.more...
Mr. Jagdeep Verma, Head Business Consulting participated in a panel discussion at the 2nd Indian Cement Conference 2016 held by CII. The discussion was telecasted live on national TV. You can visit the link by clicking here to view the discussion.
ICR published an article written by Mr. Jagdeep Verma on 'Acquiring to Grow'. It talked about M&A in Indian Cement Industry.
Holtec's Executive Chairman, Mr. Umesh Shrivastava, awarded the title of Senior Professional Engineer by Engineering Council of India.
Our Dy Managing Director Mr. Saumen Karkun presented a paper on "Remote Monitoring of Limestone Quarries" at Cemtech Middle East & Africa 2016 held in Dubai on 7-10 February 2016.more...
Holtec receives the prestigious and coveted IEI INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARD 2015 for its ACHIEVEMENT & PERFORMANCE in the category Engineering Services & Consultancy.
Our Executive Chairman, Mr. Umesh Shrivastava, was invited to chair a session on "Environmental Management and Mitigation of Global Warming-II" on 4th December 2015 at the 4 day 14th NCB International Seminar on Cement and Building Materials, organised by National Council for Cement and Building Materials, at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi from 01- 04 December 2015.
Mr. Jagdeep Verma of Holtec presented a paper on "India Cement Industry - New Horizons" at CII's The Indian Cement Conference 2015" held in Delhi on 16 December 2015.
Wonder Cement is adding another line to their existing cement plant in Rajasthan and Holtec is the engineering consultant for the same. Bridge Gap Engineering Llc of USA sent an appreciation letter for excellent execution of line 2 at Wonder Cement (Appreciation letter).
Mr. Jagdeep Verma of Holtec was invited to present a paper on "Philippines: Riding on Construction Boom" at 17th Asia CemenTrade Summit held on 20-21 October 2015 in Bali, Indonesia.
Holtec is executing a site option evaluation study followed by TEFR for a cement plant in Somaliland.
ICR published an article written by Mr. J K Singh & Mr. Sunny Mulchandani on 'Engineering Progress'. It talked about Holtec's role in Reliance Cement project from concept to commissioning.
Holtec has undertaken a technical due diligence study for a private equity firm for cement plants in South Korea.
Holtec is carrying out a market tranparency study to understand the market for processed fly ash for a presitegious client in India.
National Highways Authority of India has awarded a detailed project report study for construction of fly over to Holtec.
Holtec is excuting a mine planning and mine closure plan for limestone deposit in Timor Leste.
Mr. Jagdeep Verma of Holtec presented a paper on "The Indian Cement Industry: Myths vs. Facts" at Intercem Cement Industry Conference held in Doha on 8-10 March 2015.more...
ICR interviewed Mr. Kamal Kumar (Chief General Manager, Holtec) on PAT scheme and energy consumption levels in the cement industry.more...
Holtec is executing a detailed geological study for investigating availability of limestone for setting up a Greenfield cement plant in D R Congo. This will be followed by a detailed techno-economic feasibility study.
Holtec has been awarded a prestigious contract for executing a study for setting up a cement plant in Zambia. It is a turnkey project encompassing geological investigation study to confirm the availability of the desired quality and quantity of limestone requisite for the establishment of a cement production plant. This study will be followed by a detailed techno-economic feasibility study and preparation of Bidding Document.
Process & Plant Engineering Journal published an article written by Mr. J P Gupta and Mr. P K Mittal of Holtec in its July-Sept 2014 edition, which was a Special Issue on "Cement Industry and Infrastructure". The article talked about adoption of new concepts in Material Handling in Cement and Other Mineral Industries.
PPC Ltd has announced that it is preparing to expand into the Algerian cement market and Holtec Consulting Pvt Ltd will provide project management support.
Dalmia Cement has contracted Holtec as the main engineering consultant for its soon to be commissioned (second half of 2014) new greenfield cement plant in Gokak, Karnataka.
Holtec Consulting has won a tender to prepare a feasibility study for the first cement plant to be established in Palestine.
Our Dy Managing Director Mr. Saumen Karkun presented a paper on "A Roadmap to Strategic Capacity Creation in KSA" at Cemtech Cement Industry Conference held in Dubai on 2-5 February 2014.
ICR published an article written by Mr. Kamal Kumar & Mr. Dinesh Satija on 'Maximising existing potential'. It talked about the cost benefit of a capacity upgarde vis-a-vis constructing a greenfield plant.
Mr. S S Rawat and Mr. P K Sarkar of Holtec received the award for Best Paper at 13th NCB International Seminar on Cement and Building Material Seminar, which was held in Delhi from 19-22 Nov 2013. Mr. S S Rawat and Mr. P K Sarkar presented a paper on Remote Quarry Management.
ICR interviewed Mr. Jai Gupta (Chief General Manager, Holtec) to understand his views on growing need of bulk bandling in Indian Cement Industry.
Process & Plant Engineering Journal published an article written by Mr. S K Gupta, Mr. P K Mittal and Mr. Rishi Raj of Holtec in its July-Sept 2013 issue. The article talked about the consulting services, rendered by Holtec, for the recently commissioned, second 10,000 tpd cement project of Jaiprakash Associates Limited.
Mr. P K Mittal, Chief General Manager, Holtec talked about the important role of asset management in sustainable development.more...
Mr. Jagdeep Verma presented a paper on "The performance and potential of the Indian cement market" at INTERCEM Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand in September 2013.
Cement InfoBank 2013 interviewed Mr. V K Batra, Dy Managing Director, Holtec on various aspects of cement industry.
ICR published an article written by Mr. Jagdeep Verma on the concept of asset management in the cement industry.
CDC inteviewed our Executive Chairman Mr. Umesh Shrivastava on a number of issues related to consultancy profession. The interview was published in CDC's mouthpiece (quarterly issue) "Consulting Ahead", Volumes 7, Issue 1 of April 2013.
Indian Cement Review published a cover story on the cement, concrete, concrete equipment sector in the coming year. It featured expert opinions including Holtec's forecast on the year ahead for the cement industry. ICR interviewed Mr. Jagdeep Verma, Head Business Consulting, to understand Holtec's stand on the cement sector.
Our Executive Chairman presented with CEAI's Lifetime Achievement Award
Our Executive Chairman, Mr. Umesh Shrivastava, has been honoured by the Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI) with its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. In a glittering ceremony held at New Delhi on 12 December 2012, the award was presented to Mr. Shrivastava in recognition of his exemplary contribution towards supporting the promotional, collaborative and regulatory role of the association, in the development of the engineering consulting profession.
With academic credentials from the BanarasHinduUniversity and the HarvardBusinessSchool, and pursuant to a decade-long corporate career, Mr. Shrivastava founded Holtec Consulting in 1967. Under his inspired tutelage, Holtec has grown to become one of the best cement advisories in the world, with a footprint spanning almost four thousand consulting assignments in over eighty countries.
Indian Cement Review published an article by Mr. Saumen Karkun, Dy Managing Director, Holtec Consulting on the need of integrated approach in marketing strategy. He emphasized on the importance of dovetailing marketing strategy into an integrated corporate strategy to achieve the desired effect.
Mr. J P Gupta and Mr. Rakesh Kalra of Holtec wrote an article on 'Adoption of New Concepts in Material Handling'. It talked about the concepts which could substantially reduce loading and unloading time, area of grinding units and reduce quantity of material movement.
ICR's June 2012 issue featured an article written by Mr. S K Gupta and Mr. Rishi Raj on how cement companies in India are setting up big plants of >10,000 tpd capacity and reaping the benefit of economies to scale. The article talked about the successful commissioning of Jaypee's 10,000 tpd plant in Andhra Pradesh for which Holtec Consulting was responsible for the project from start to finish.
One of our Dy Managing Director Mr. V K Batra talked about why WHR power plants are becoming an integral part of combined operations and explained the imperatives of customizing WHR solutions
Holtec was invited at Loesche's Round Table in February 2012 to share its expert views on cement industry outlook in India and its neighboring countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan and Sri Lanka for the next 10 years.
Najran Cement Company (NCC) Saudi Arabia has a cement plant of clinker capacity 9,000 tpd in Najran Province of Saudi Arabia. Najran plans to expand its capacity by adding another clinker line of 7,000 tpd and has appointed Holtec Consulting Pvt Ltd as the Engineering Consultant for the project.


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The LFR Drinking Game 5.0
- Hi folks. It's been a while, hasn't it? Let's get down to business.
- The old LFR drinking game is horribly outdated. It needs updating. Wait a minute, wouldn't the opposite of "outdated" be "indated"? And "updating" would be the opposite of "downdating." THESE ARE WORDS? WHAT IS GOING ON.
Also, due to the tragic deaths of a guild in South Dakota after their attempts to complete my original drinking game, I am now legally obligated to severely reduce the number of reasons to drink to make the game more "realistic." Realistic for who, a fucking pussy? Anyways, if you want to play "LFR Classic Crunksauce Drunkboss Mode" then just quadruple all of the given values for how many drinks you should take. LET'S GO!!!
Aldous the Boozekin Announces Plans to Make 'Dwindling Tentaclechins' a 30-Part Series
Originally planned as only a four post series, Aldous the Boozekin announced today that his popular blog series "Dwindling Tentaclechins" would be extended to thirty posts.
I've just created far too many interesting characters that I want to continue to explore further. It would simply be impossible to cover that much ground with just one more blog post.
Fans of the series are excited, to the point that Dwindling Tentaclechins-mania was spreading all over social media this afternoon, making it a trending topic on several networks including Twitter and Pinterest.
But not everyone is excited about today's announcement. Some fans are heavily criticizing Aldous' announcement today.
He's lost control of his universe. He's just made it too massive and now he has no idea what he's doing. Don't get me wrong, I loved post two. By far, the best in the series. It provided just enough depth to really give his world the proper sense of grandeur while still keeping things manageable. But in post three it just felt like he was moving into completely different directions that had nothing to do with the central plot. I'm worried this is just gonna keep on going and we're gonna end up getting posts about characters we just don't have any investment in at all.
Other fans have their own concerns as well.
Oh man, no way is he actually going to finish it. Have you seen how fat this dude is? He's gonna die and they're just gonna get someone else to finish the series like they always do. It's totally gonna suck.
Despite these concerns, the majority of fans were thrilled to hear about some exciting possibilties that the Boozekin had to share. When asked about the possibility of an adaptation, Aldous had this to say:
It's true, I've been in talks with HBO and there's the possibility that they'll be picking up Dwindling Tentaclechins for a mini-series. Nothing is final and it would be a long road to travel to actually get there, but it seems like there's actually a pretty good chance that it could happen.
We'll keep you updated with more news as it's revealed. In the meantime, like most of you, this news has gotten us so excited that we're going to go back and reread what's written of the series so far. Happy trails!
Dwindling Tentaclechins: Why the Naaru should be evil, part 3/4
cuz everyone knows horns and goatees are evil
Dwindling Tentaclechins: Why the Naaru should be evil, part 1/4
cuz fuck 'em that's why
News Bulletin: IT Companies Around The Globe Forced To Schedule "Dark Days"
Fiscal September will come to a very strange close for many IT companies who collectively announced today that they would go dark in the last week of the month. A spokesperson for IBM gave the following statement, nearly identical to statements given by upwards of ten thousand different companies worldwide:
Unusually, over ninety percent of our techs have requested time off during this week of the year. We typically handle our requests for time off in a simple "first come first serve" manner, but when we began telling our employees that we couldn't fulfill their requests they began raving and violently thrashing about our offices. We were concerned at first, but when we realized how many of our peers in the industry were experiencing the same thing we realized it would just be best to just let them take the week off.
A spokesperson for Symantec detailed their rationale for the decision:
Honestly, it works out best for our company. Our employees have vacation time that they are entitled to. Going dark for this week, during a relatively slow period of business in the year, allows us to ensure that our staff will be at optimal efficiency going into what is sure to be another very profitable fourth quarter.
EMC Corporation gave the following statement as well:
This event is eerily similar to what we went through during the second week of fiscal December back in 2010, when the majority of our employees all called out sick during the exact same days. We never discovered the exact reasoning behind the mass unavailability of our employees, but considering that it had little to no effect on our business we're really not too concerned with going dark between September 23 and September 28.
We highly recommend checking any networks that you or your company uses prior to these dates, as finding a support technician will be very difficult during this time. We are doubtful that we'll learn what is going on behind these strange occurrences, but we'll be sure to get that information to you if it ever becomes available.
Blizzard Announces Plans To Just Fucking Release A Goddamn Difficulty Slider Already
In a press conference held earlier today, Blizzard President Mike Morhaime announced their latest plans to "just fucking release a goddamn difficulty slider already" for their popular online video game, The World of Warcraft.
We're tired of this shit. Half of you fuckers are like "this is too easy" and the other half of you are saying "this shit's too hard" and we're just standing here looking like a bunch of goddamn assholes because you fuckers can't make up your minds. We're tired of it. We're fucking done with it.
Later that day, the latest patch for the beta version of their next expansion, The Mists of Pandaria, included an early prototype of the difficulty adjustment option.
So we're gonna test some shit out on the beta where you can pick from ten different difficulties. It's not enough. We know it's not, that would just be retarded. You know how many people play this game? I don't have the numbers here but it's probably more than the population of the fucking city you live in. You think ten difficulty settings is enough for that many assholes? We're just gonna test this shit out with ten and then if it works we're gonna throw in a percentage slider thingy so you can pick from a hundred difficulty settings.
Morhaime explained that they receive fan criticism on a daily basis and that they're hoping this new system will quell some of the most common complaints directed at raid difficulty.
Not a single one of you fuckers is gonna be able to say shit. You want easy? You got easy. You want hard? You got hard. You want something in between? You got something in between. YOU. CAN'T. SAY. SHIT. FUCKERS.
The Blizzard president went on to explain that each level of difficulty would result in players being able to obtain progressively better levels of gear. For example, difficulty level 5 would drop items of level 485, difficulty 15 would drop 495, difficulty 40 would drop 520, and so on and so forth.
That oughta keep you twats busy. And you know what? We're gonna make level 100 so goddamn impossible that not a single one of you sponsored fuckers is gonna be able to beat it. Actually, check this shit out: if you can beat level 100 then you get to be Blizzard president. What? Yeah, I just fucking did that. Come at me.
When asked if Blizzard had any plans to change the "Raid Finder" version introduced in their previous expansion, Morhaime responded:
LFR is a bag of dicks. And if you're doing nothing but LFR… well, quite frankly, a bag of dicks is where you belong. We're just gonna take out the item level restrictions and the "once a week" loot limit and make it a shitty cesspit where you go to drown in buckets of green quality gear and semen. We're hoping this will result in making the system as big a bag of dicks as we originally intended it to be.


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OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill – Knowing the early signs and risk factors for stroke and understanding that a stroke is a "brain attack" requiring immediate action can significantly improve a patient's recovery and prevent future strokes, according to The Joint Commission's new Speak Up™: "What You Should Know About Stroke" educational campaign. The Joint Commission is launching this campaign, which coincides with the International Stroke Conference 2012 (February 1-3), to help Americans understand the importance of preventing strokes and seeking immediate treatment when they occur. The campaign was developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, National Stroke Association and NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The Joint Commission's new campaign covers topics such as the early signs of stroke, stroke risk factors, what to do if you are at increased risk for stroke, what happens after a stroke, and what to expect during recovery. The campaign provides helpful tips and encourages people to take action to improve their health.
"A stroke can be a devastating event, but there are many things we can do to reduce our risks," says Ana Pujols-McKee, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer, The Joint Commission. "By learning about stroke, you can protect yourself and your loved ones from one of the leading causes of death in America."
The Joint Commission's new stroke education campaign is part of the award-winning Speak Up program. Speak Up brochures are available in English and Spanish at www.jointcommission.org. The Joint Commission's Speak Up program urges people to take an active role in their own health care. The basic framework of the Speak Up campaign urges patients to: Speak up if you have questions or concerns, and if you don't understand, ask again. It's your body and you have a right to know. Pay attention to the care you are receiving. Make sure you're getting the right treatments and medications by the right health care professionals. Don't assume anything. Educate yourself about your diagnosis, the medical tests you are undergoing, and your treatment plan. Ask a trusted family member or friend to be your advocate. Know what medications you take and why you take them. Medication errors are the most common health care errors. Use a hospital, clinic, surgery center, or other type of health care organization that has undergone a rigorous on-site evaluation against established state-of-the-art quality and safety standards, such as that provided by The Joint Commission. Participate in all decisions about your treatment. You are the center of the health care team.
Speak Up brochures also are available on the topics of breastfeeding, dialysis patients who are hospitalized, diabetes patients who are hospitalized, visiting the doctor's office, understanding medical tests, recovering after leaving the hospital, preventing medication mistakes, preventing infections, health literacy, preparing to become a living organ donor, avoiding mistakes in your surgery, and preventing errors in care. The brochures can be found at http://www.jointcommission.org/speakup.aspx. To sign up to receive future issues of Speak Up™, please go to http://www.jointcommission.org/thickbox/NewsletterSignUp.aspx?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=480&width=640 to join the Speak Up™E-alerts list.
Statements of support for the Speak Up™: "What You Should Know About Stroke campaign "Hours or even minutes can mean the difference between life and death or significant disability when it comes to having a stroke. That is why the American Academy of Neurology is pleased to be involved in The Joint Commission's new Speak Up campaign to help people recognize the signs of stroke. With stroke, every minute counts, so it's important people pay attention to any symptoms and call 911 to get to an emergency department as soon as possible." Bruce Sigsbee, M.D., FAAN, president, American Academy of Neurology
"Time is the most powerful tool in battling a stroke. Early recognition of the signs and symptoms of stroke is key to giving a potential stroke patient the best treatment options. Time to ask the appropriate questions is also a vital component to a stroke patient's recovery. That's why the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses is pleased to collaborate with The Joint Commission's Speak Up for Stroke campaign to increase awareness of stroke and empower patients and caregivers with the questions to improve their care and outcomes." Kathy Helmick, M.S., CNRN, CRNP, president, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
"The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association continues to be a leader in the charge to reduce stroke deaths nationally and build public awareness of the stroke warning signs. From expanding primary stroke centers nationwide to releasing the latest stroke treatment recommendations, AHA/ASA has been dedicated to stroke care and issues for decades. While we have made great gains in helping to reduce stroke from the #3 killer to the #4 killer in the United States, there are still too many people disabled by stroke. There is a pressing need to improve acute stroke care and public awareness of stroke warning signs. The AHA/ASA has partnered with The Joint Commission in its goal to educate the public about stroke and to help improve stroke care in hospitals nationwide." Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., FAHA, FAAN, immediate past president, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
"Supporting those at risk for stroke and those already impacted by stroke are important elements of the National Stroke Association's mission. Stroke is far too common and few people are properly informed about how to recognize warning signs or know about available treatment. Moreover, stroke survivors face unbelievable challenges trying to navigate through recovery. We are very pleased to be collaborating on The Joint Commission's new Speak Up campaign that will educate people about what they should know about stroke because it tackles these very issues. The National Stroke Association is committed to raising stroke awareness and this is one more excellent way to reach patients that are part of The Joint Commission's invaluable network." Jim Baranski, CEO, National Stroke Association
"Building on the research that led to the first treatment for acute stroke, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke recognizes that public education about the early signs and risks of stroke can be a rallying point for everyone involved in stroke research, treatment and care. The Joint Commission's campaign is sure to enhance the goals we are all striving for – to motivate people to take an action that could spare them from lifelong disability and to reduce the tremendous medical and economic burden of stroke." Marian Emr, communications director, NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 10,300 hospitals and home care organizations, and more than 6,500 other health care organizations that provide long term care, behavioral health care, laboratory and ambulatory care services. The Joint Commission also provides certification of more than 2,000 disease-specific care programs, primary stroke centers, and health care staffing services. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Learn more about The Joint Commission at www.jointcommission.org.


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What Is Strategy?
My post on Product>Strategy>Business Model got a lot of comments and other reactions out there on the social web and from that I realized that many confuse strategy and tactics. And so I thought I would attempt to define strategy in business.
I like this definition that I got at wikipedia:
Strategic management is a level of managerial activity below setting goals and above tactics.
Strategy takes what you want to achieve and develops a plan to get there. From strategy you can develop tactics and implement them.
For me, strategy is as much about what you are not going to do as what you are going to do. Also from wikipedia:
Strategy is important because the resources available to achieve these goals are usually limited.
Strategy also involves how you are going to differentiate from competitors. Competitors are a given in business. How you compete with them will define the business. I like this framework a lot:
The basis of competition
Companies derive competitive advantage from how an organization produces its products, how it acts within a market relative to its competitors, or other aspects of the business. Specific approaches may include:
- Differentiation, in which products compete by offering a unique combination of features.
- Cost, in which products compete to offer an acceptable list of features at the lowest possible cost.
- Segmentation, in which products are tailored for the unique needs of a specific market, instead of trying to serve all consumers.
Strategic thinking can be seen in other disciplines outside of business. Two areas I have studied carefully are sports and the military. Winning teams and winning armies have often won because they have out strategized the losing team. You can see that in the Revolutionary War when Washington was outmanned and outgunned. And yet his strategic moves put the British on the defensive and eventually won the war.
Don't think you are going to win in business with a better product, more capital, or a bigger team. You can't just throw resources at a market and expect to win. The winner in a market most often has the best strategy and exectutes it well.
So read up on strategic thinking. Chandler and Drucker would be my two choices. Sun Tzu would also be on the list. Henry V by Shakespeare might also be worth reading.
And make sure that your company has both mission and vision (goals) and a strategy. It's too easy to skip from goals to tactics and you will not be well served by doing that.


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This well-done, Canadian documentary (20 minutes) on shadeism and light-skin privilege features the stories of young womyn of colour from Toronto:
Nayani Thiyagarajah narrates:
Four women, four stories, all connected to my own. We represent the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and South Asia. We represent Grenada, Venezuela, Trinidad, Angola, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. We represent Canada. Really, we represent an international narrative of sorts, a collective Herstory of womyn of colour. These are my friends, womyn I talk to, spend time with, and share with. And we all share the issue of shadeism from within each of our own cultures. Because of this, I knew it was important for us to come together, to talk about where shadeism comes from, how it affects us, and how we can possibly move forward together.
Link: Shadeism documentary (via Racialicious)


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- Valid as far north as Albany, south as Manurewa, east as Howick or west as Waitakere
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Ah, the carpet. A rich tapestry of memories.
The soda stain from Gerald's sixth birthday party. The mud prints from the puppy's first time outside.
The spaghetti smudge from last night's dinner...
Okay, granted I could be taking better care of the carpet. I'll give it a quick vacuum and snap up this treat and get the whole house taken care of!
Prime Carpet Cleaning has four options depending on the size of your house, starting at just $49.
Goodbye memories! You are now confined to my brain. Oh, that works fine.


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- 50% off
- Only on the App
- East Village
- Middle Eastern, Pizza, Sandwiches
Whatever you order, rest assured that your food comes from the heart. Before opening, Balade's owner flew in his mother and grandmother straight from Lebanon to help put together the menu with their family recipes.Being the first to do something in New York is a challenge. In a city of 8-million-plus and a history as rich as ours, it seems like everything's been done already. So it was a pretty cool day when we walked into Balade and learned that this beautiful little spot in the East Village was the first in Manhattan to offer Manakeesh (Lebanese-style pizza). These thin crusted, tasty delights come with various exotic toppings like traditional Lebanese white cheese, ground beef seasoned with a secret recipe, or Zaatar, a spice mixture of dried wild thyme, sesame seeds and sumac. Other treats include platters like the House of Lamb Kabab with char-grilled tenderloin lamb served with rice and grilled vegetables, or the Hummus Shawarma which features homemade hummus topped with their signature beef shawarma, tomatoes, scallions and parsley.
Whatever you order, rest assured that your food comes from the heart. All the dishes on the menu are traditional recipes that the owner grew up eating himself. The beautifully designed interior looks like it could be straight from one of the vintage photos of pre-war Lebanon that cover the wall. To say you've been transported to a different era is somewhat of a simplification, so you'll just have to experience it yourself.
Menu Highlights:
Tabouleh, $8
Jebneh Manakeesh, $11
Hummus Shawarma, $18
Daily, 11:30a.m. to 11p.m.