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All seven continents
Ladies and gentlemen, we have now reached Antarctica!
How did this happen? Well, it all started when we wrote up a question in our FAQ and decided to make fun of Antarctica:
So far the #1 country in the world for Carrotmobs is Germany, followed by the US, and then Finland. Australia has done the most on a per capita basis, with Canada in the number 2 spot. Asia, Africa and South America have each had Carrotmob campaigns, but Antarctica is our weakest continent, with zero Carrotmob campaigns. Hey Antarctica! You do realize that being a continent comes with certain responsibilities, right? I mean, sorry for melting you, but it's probably in your best interest to pull yourself together and start Carrotmobbing!
So we assumed that the people of Antarctica, to the extent that they exist, would be none-the-wiser, and we would get some mileage out of this joke. But apparently our little diss was "polarizing" enough that they have already banded together to make Antarctica the 7th and final continent to have a Carrotmob presence! This is pretty amazing. They claim that they would have organized a real campaign in Antarctica, but there are no businesses on the whole continent. Being on a continent with no businesses makes organizing a campaign quite an uphill battle. We also learned that the 10 people (presumably including the photographer) are all part of the International Antarctic Expedition 2012 with Robert Swan, OBE and the 2041 organization. Furthermore, they represent the USA (3), UK (1), Australia (2), Argentina (1), China/Hong Kong (1) and India (2). Impressive crew.
So, unless anyone would like to raise an objection over the lack of actual money spent at a business, we hereby "count it," and pronounce this team honorary Carrotmob organizers. Now let's keep organizing before the whole continent melts away!


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Uncommitted quarterbacks anxiously await final months
There is no place for hesitancy on the football field, especially at the quarterback position.
Therefore, it should come as no surprise that QBs are the first to make their college choices.
Of the top 25-ranked, dual-threat quarterbacks, all but one has made his verbal pledge. Also, of the top 35-ranked pro-style quarterbacks, only one signal-caller remains without a college choice.
Louisville (Kent.) Trinity quarterback Travis Wright is ranked as the No. 19 dual-threat quarterback in the country, but does not yet know where he'll be matriculating. Marietta (Ga.) Lassiter quarterback Eddie Printz is the 29th-ranked pro-style quarterback and is also without a university. He committed and de-committed from SMU before committing and having his scholarship offer revoked by UCLA last week.
Even as spots fill up around the country, each said they believe they will find the right place. But patience is the key.
"I am just grateful that schools are recruiting me," Wright said. "There are plenty of kids around the country that aren't getting any calls or any letters, so I am blessed.
"Right now, my recruiting is picking up, so that is encouraging. But, it was a little frustrating earlier in the process."
Wright is listed at 6-foot-1 and weighed in at just under 200 pounds. He is ranked as a three-star player by Rivals.com and led his team to a RivalsHigh 100 national championship as a junior. He has yet to receive his first offer, despite setting numerous passing records and winning multiple state championships.
According to Wright, Georgia Tech and Harvard have increased their interest in him as of late. But, he said, getting his name to the list for college coaches has been tough.
"A lot of places filled up fast and sometimes schools only take one quarterback," Wright said. "I am learning how it all happens, but it seems like once schools get their guy, they are done."
Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Mike Farrell said that Wright is learning the recruiting game the hard way.
"It is a domino effect at the quarterback position," Farrell said. "Once those first kids commit, the rest of the guys start seeing the spots fill up and commit to their highest remaining choice. It starts, usually, in spring and by late summer it is almost a done deal.
"Waiting for that first offer is a tough spot to be in, but some schools will end up with open spots as players at other positions will de-commit or they decide later in the process to take a second quarterback."
Wright is hoping that his stats will push him to the front of the line as schools look for the position.
Wright has completed nearly 70 percent of his passes at Trinity and only threw four interceptions his junior season. He is on pace to break nearly every record held by Brian Brohm, who went on to start at Louisville and was a Heisman Trophy candidate in 2006 and the Orange Bowl MVP in 2007.
He hopes that the history of his high school program is not holding him back.
"Trinity is pretty well known for its offense and I think some schools just wrote me off as a system quarterback," Wright said. "Once people get that kind of stuff in their head about you, it is hard to prove them wrong no matter what you do."
Wright said that his attention to protecting the football is something he prides himself in.
"I am smart with the ball and I am very accurate. I don't make dumb decisions," he said. "I work hard to go through my progressions, I use my feet to make plays if I need to, and I am a good leader."
Wright is leading a Trinity team that is currently ranked No. 17 in the RivalsHigh 100, and he has had teammates Jason Hatcher and Ryan White commit to USC and Vanderbilt, respectively. Meanwhile, his offensive weapons, James Quick and Dayln Dawkins, are piling up offers and prolonging the recruiting process.
Wright remains steadfast that his time will come.
"I have to believe that I will have an opportunity to keep playing," he said. "I know it is getting a little late in the process, but I think my play speaks for itself."
Printz is using his play to push his Lassiter team up the national rankings. Lassiter will be inside the Top 15 in the RivalsHigh 100 this week after another solid performance in the Atlanta area.
His play has also kept him on the radar of many teams, but just being on the field has helped him to stay positive.
"Lassiter Nation has really been great the last week with the UCLA news coming out," he said. "There are no hard feelings on my end or my family's with what happened there. It is something that can be looked at as a positive."
Printz is listed at 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds and is scheduled to play in the Semper Fidelus All-American Bowl in January.
He said that after making quick decisions with SMU and UCLA, he is going to let the rest of this year play out.
"I think I am going to slow play it now," Printz said. "I realize that this is a long process and that it is all going to work itself out."
Waiting, according to Farrell, could be playing with fire.
"If you aren't a guy like Tim Tebow or Gunner Kiel, one of the top prospects, programs are not going to wait for you at the quarterback position," Farrell said. "It really is a risk to wait and let it play out."
Printz has set a visit to Missouri for Oct. 12 and said that Wisconsin, Wake Forest and Oregon State have all been in touch with him since UCLA rescinded its offer.
"Those teams called in pretty quickly," he said. "My coaches are working to line up some things for me and I should know more later, but I think that I am still in a good spot."
Printz said that he would wait until the All-American game to announce his commitment and that he wants to be sure of his decision.
Wright is hoping that he will have a decision to make.
"Football has been part of my life so just stopping won't happen," Wright said. "I want to play and if I have to go to D-IAA I will, or if I have a chance to walk on at Louisville or Kentucky, I will. I just want to play.

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As a curator at Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in Moundsville, West Virginia, I find myself asking this question often, "…and just where did that come from?" This facility houses thousands of boxes of archaeological artifacts, many of which were excavated as far back as fifty to sixty years ago. Most of the boxes had been moved here and there throughout the state of West Virginia until our facility was built in 2008. With all of that "moving," it is no wonder that some of the artifacts' "stories" have been lost to time. On some days, I feel like I'm conducting archaeology on archaeology.
Just yesterday, I opened a box that had simply been labeled "Museum." It contained multiple artifacts including both prehistoric and historic material, some from identifiable sites and others with no provenience at all. Many of the artifacts still had residue from where they had been mounted in an exhibit years ago. Being a historical archaeologist in a state with such an overwhelming prehistoric archaeology presence can be tough sometimes, so you can imagine my utter joy when I retrieved a few late eighteenth/early nineteenth century artifacts from the box. There were bone handled forks, tombac buttons, hand painted polychrome pearlware sherds, and musket flints…oh my! Lucky for me, there was a tiny accession number written on a few of the flint pieces. What a fortunate find indeed! With a little more digging, pardon the pun, I was able to find out that the artifacts had been excavated from a site in the summer of 1970 by Ms. Bettye Broyles (of St. Albans fame) and a team of students from a science camp being held in the Pocahontas County area. The site was described as a farmstead that had been inhabited from the late eighteenth century to no later than 1810. After even more investigating, I discovered that we have six more boxes of artifacts from the site, all patiently waiting to be rehoused into new boxes and bags! What a discovery!
I am looking forward to when I have some "free" time to continue my research into this surprising early historical archaeology site from the Mountain State. Perhaps if you visit the museum in the next couple of months, there will even be a display of the 'treasures' that were excavated there some 43 years ago, and I will be able to tell you even more of the story behind these wonderful, early American artifacts.


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Spartanics Announces Exhibit Plans for GRAPH EXPO
ROLLING MEADOWS, IL—09/28/2010—Spartanics, manufacturers of the high-precision laser die cutting systems with the fastest web speeds for cutting with a single laser source—Finecut Laser Die Cutting Systems (www.spartanics.com/product_groups_detail.cgi?id_num=5), announce their exhibit plans for GRAPH EXPO Booth #2645:
• High Speed Finecut Laser Die Cutting System demonstrations—a narrow web 200 mm roll-to-roll machine capable of cutting at web speeds as fast as 100+ meter/s minute.
• No-cost consultations with engineers from Spartanics Die Cutting Applications Laboratory for Materials Research.
• One-on-one consultations regarding the newest Spartanics Finecut innovation—Spartanics Finecut-Plus-Rotary—Combination Laser Die Cutting and Rotary Die Cutting System.
Mike Bacon, Spartanics VP, comments, "GRAPH EXPO attendees that have not seen what state-of-the-art laser die cutting technology can achieve, will not only be able to see Finecut technology in action but also ask our sales experts about their specific application requirements and whether rotary die cutting, laser die cutting, hard tool blanking systems or steel rule die cutting systems—all technologies that Spartanics offers—are best-fit for their application requirements. Better yet, if samples are brought to Spartanics booth #2645 by October 5, we will be able to give free and detailed engineering analyses and demonstrations of cutting precision and speed with the range of tool-based and tool-free cutting options now available to worldwide printers, converters, and other GRAPH EXPO attendees."
To schedule a one-on-one demonstration of Finecut Laser Die Cutting Systems or to arrange for a materials application test, please contact Mike Bacon, Spartanics VP at +847-394-5700, x1960.
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Extended Hooded Utilitarian piece on R. Crumb's Genesis and the cartoon tradition.
New Yorker Cartoons: A Legacy of Mediocrity
A deadening force at the heart of the art form, smothering the field in bourgeois mediocrity
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The Metabunker summarizes the problems of attribution surrounding the Raphael portrait sold at Christie's in 2007
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Republicans call the changes "amnesty." Democrats dub them "reforms." And immigration advocates see them as "a beginning."
Behind the labels is the reality that the Obama administration has overhauled immigration enforcement over the last three years, with nearly two dozen administrative changes that have lightened the day-to-day burden on many of the law-abiding immigrants who initially entered the United States illegally.
From targeting business owners instead of employees during worksite raids three months after taking office to offering temporary legal residence to as many as 1.8 million children of illegal immigrants last week, the administration has repeatedly exercised "prosecutorial discretion" to enact step-by-step changes without congressional approval or changes in federal law.
Critics fault the administration for the actions and the way they are being carried out.
Permitting the children of undocumented immigrants to remain in the country and obtain work permits reflects the Democratic administration's "determination to carry out a massive amnesty for illegal aliens through illegal and unilateral action," complains Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an organization that backs legal immigration.
The administration has embarked on a "reckless amnesty agenda," says Rep. Lamar Smith, R- San Antonio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee.
The administrative changes at the federal level contrast sharply with recent attempts by states to crack down on illegal immigrants.
The U.S. Supreme Court in June struck down aspects of Arizona's aggressive law that required state and local law enforcement to question people about their immigration status during police stops.
The cumulative changes by the administration reflect an unprecedented effort to transform immigration enforcement into a system "that focuses on public safety, border security and the integrity of the immigration system," counters Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
Major buildup
The targeted internal enforcement is taking place amid a major buildup of law enforcement along the southwestern border, with 18,500 of the nation's 21,000 U.S. Border Patrol agents now operating along the 1,969-mile boundary with Mexico.
"It makes sense to use limited resources in an efficient and intelligent way," says Geoffrey Hoffman, a professor at the University of Houston's law school who supervises the clinic handling immigration cases.
"Obama has shown that he is not afraid to take bold action on this issue," Hoffman said.
"Obviously, presidents attempt to implement their policies by executive order when a legislative roadblock exists." says Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia.
The last time a president made such sweeping unilateral changes to immigration enforcement may have been back in the 1950s, when Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered federal law enforcement agents to deport illegal immigrants, most of them from Mexico, amid concerns over a surge in border crossings and farmers' exploitation of undocumented workers.
Door-to-door roundups in Mexican-American neighborhoods in Texas, Arizona and California led to the arrest and deportation of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants in an onslaught that launched a broader exodus of hundreds of thousands of others who feared being caught.
That crackdown almost certainly contributed to Eisenhower's landslide re-election in 1956, in which he carried 43 states including the four states bordering Mexico.
Today, experts say President Barack Obama's carefully orchestrated overhaul of immigration enforcement could help expand his support among Hispanic voters beyond 70 percent in the race against presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, a hardliner on immigration enforcement.
Sympathetic position
Revising immigration enforcement is "a very politically astute move," says Mark Jones, a political scientist at Rice University in Houston. "By using the administrative tools at his disposal to provide hope and at least a temporary fix for many undocumented immigrants, President Obama is underscoring the stark contrast and making a convincing case that he is clearly the candidate most sympathetic to their position."
Not all undocumented immigrants are happy, however, with changes that have included historically high levels of deportations of both criminal and noncriminal aliens.
"These deportations create a climate of fear because people feel vulnerable," says Nestor Rodriquez, an immigration expert at the University of Texas. "ICE agents may have wider discretion, but to many immigrants the results are just not showing up in lower numbers."
Four of the highest-profile changes are expected to contribute to Latino political support for Obama in the fall:
Children's status: The Obama administration last week began taking applications to permit the children of undocumented immigrants who arrived before age 16 and are now under age 31 to remain in the country on a renewable two-year basis. The change also permits qualifying children of illegal immigrants to work legally.
Worksite raids: The Obama administration imposed more than $18 million in administrative fines on employers in its first three years in office — more than double the $9 million in administrative fines imposed in the 10-year period before that. The focus on employers rather than employees led to the arrest of 1,605 employers on criminal charges during the three years ending in 2011. A total of 4,335 workers faced administrative immigration charges during those years – down from almost 13,000 workers arrested in raids during the final three years of the Bush administration.
Deportations: The Obama administration has focused deportation proceedings on undocumented immigrants with criminal records, largely ending day-to-day deportations of longtime residents who merely entered the United States without legal documentation. Enforcement priorities include identification and removal of criminal aliens, repeat immigration violators, recent border-crossers and individuals deemed "a threat to public safety or national security." In the last 10 months alone, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 326,488 undocumented immigrants including 169,833 with criminal records such as felonies.
Family unity: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has eliminated one of the most frustrating bureaucratic impediments to family unity for undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens who qualify for legal residence in the United States. The agency agreed in January to allow undocumented family members to remain in the United States while their requests for legal residence are processed, ending a requirement that they return to their native countries for as long as 10 years to await processing and re-entry. Undocumented immigrants who are immediate family members of U.S. citizens can now obtain so-called hardship waivers before leaving the United States, enabling them to spend only a few weeks in their native countries before returning to the United States with permanent legal status.


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Joe Buck haters, it is a dark day for you. Remember how much difficulty you had withstanding Joe for three hours a Sunday during the NFL season? Well, that's about to be increased by two hours. Every Sunday.
The big "mystery" of who the FOX NFL Sunday studio host will be has been "revealed:" It's none other than Joe himself, who will join the WACKY studio crew via remote from wherever he's broadcasting this week. We are pleased to see that Sunday football coverage is following the business world's trend and embracing telecommuting.
We don't have the pure hatred for Buck that many — or most — people out there have, though we're the first to admit it's because we have a clear and obvious family bias. (We're also not Randy Moss or a Red Sox fan.) We do hope, however, that Buck continues his relaxation remedy when he's on the road. Ah, what the fingers of a Professional Hitter can do.
FOX NFL Sunday Announces New Host [Fox Sports]
Today's Favorite Unsubstantiated And Repulsive Rumor [Deadspin]
(UPDATE: By the way, The Mighty MJD reminds us why so many hate Joe Buck with video of the famous "that is a DISGUSTING act by Randy Moss" moment. We could live a million years and never understand why Buck got so fired up about this.)
(SECOND UPDATE: As several commenters have pointed out, many of the Fox NFL Sunday pregame shows will be on the road, so Buck will just hop down the studio, and hop back up to the booth. We bet he hops too.)
(THIRD UPDATE: It has been pointed out that it's not 40 percent more Buck but, in fact, 66 percent increase. Math math math: We were told there would be none.)


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@jimlahde If you're looking for a big weekend of games here you go.
If you're looking for a doubleheader that could decide the difference between who wins the Mid-American Conference regular-season title and who doesn't here you go.
All this and more will play out at Margo Jonker Stadium from Friday through Sunday as the Chippewas host Ball State for two games Friday before taking on Miami in single games Saturday and Sunday.
This all-important weekend opens at 1 p.m. Friday when the Chippewas (25-14, 11-3 MAC) host Ball State (30-13, 13-1) in a doubleheader. As it stands the Cardinals are currently the top team in the MAC and lead the Chippewas by two games in the MAC West Division standings. Thus if CMU can get a sweep Friday it would tie with Ball State for the lead. Miami (17-24, 10-4) also leads the MAC East Division.
'It's a huge weekend for us,' said CMU head softball coach Margo Jonker. 'We have the No. 1 team in the conference coming here and another team that we're nearly tied with in number of MAC losses. I'd say it's a big weekend.'
Coming in Ball State leads the MAC in batting average (.321) while CMU is ranked second (.289).
However the Cardinals have three of the top-five hitters in the MAC, headed by 2012 MAC Player of the Year Jennifer Gilbert. For the season she's hitting .493 with 46 runs scored and 58 RBIs. She's also homered 19 times.
As a team Ball State has scored 290 runs, which blows the rest of MAC out of the water, and has belted 52 home runs.
Yet CMU also has the best pitching staff in the MAC (2.18 ERA) while Ball State ranks fourth (2.99).
'They have some really good hitters but so do we,' said Jonker. 'The key is not plating the ball and we have to get the offense going and score runs because we know they are going to score runs.'
With Ball State and Miami both forefront and center the Chippewas could make a move in two directions this weekend.
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Melvin Van Peebles Is Still a Baadasssss
The recent New York Times profile of Melvin Van Peebles finds the 81-year-old filmmaker tired, probably from exuberant sex the night before. The Times is too demure to tell you that, but you can read it between the lines:
Three-quarters of an hour before sunrise, Melvin Van Peebles glided up the sleeping West Side, a slender man in an orange hoodie, leading a reporter on his five-times-a-week morning run. His legs were toned and without blemish, his hair and beard a gentle white. He had a story about why he was tired on this September morning, but it is not suitable for publication, and might not be true, anyway.
That's the lede of John Leland's piece, which is pegged to a new visual art exhibition ("eMerge 2.0: Melvin Van Peebles & Artists on the Cusp" at the Strivers Gardens Gallery) from the groundbreaking director (and star) of the 1971 blaxploitation landmark Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Virtually every following paragraph contains some nugget of gold. Here are all of the ways, in which Van Peebles is terrific:
- He has a "Tuesday girlfriend," who's married. He's cool with her husband.
"My Tuesday girlfriend's husband wanted to take me out on Wednesday," he began one story. (The rest is best left to your imagination.)
- He runs the George Washington bridge.
...He gestured toward the George Washington Bridge in the distance. "Sometimes I run across and then back," he said. "That's about 20 miles."
(The actual length of the George Washington bridge is 4,760 ft.)
- He makes a mean file cabinet (with relish).
On this day in early September, the work hung in the living room of his Hell's Kitchen co-op, surrounded by a decade's worth of his puckish installations: a giant hot dog and bun that double as a file cabinet for his assistant; the back end of a Volkswagen bus, mounted on the wall; a plaster wood stove called "Ancient Tenement Entertainment Center (Minus the Door)"; a rooftop skylight in the middle of the floor, complete with fake bird droppings.
- He believes in breakfast rum.
Mr. Van Peebles offered a tour, brandishing an unlit cigar stub and changing from coffee to a little rum at about 8 a.m.
- With the help of filmmaker Lee Walker, he is launching a line of sportswear that reflects his lifestyle.
"We're looking at some offers now," Mr. Walker said of the sportswear manufacturers. "He's 81 years old with abs."
- He has a great attitude about getting hit.
"I've had very narrow escapes, let's say," he said. "For example, if somebody hits me, or this or that, my first thought is, wow, I'm still around here to get hit. Wow, ain't that great?"
- He's a baadasssss for life.
"Right now I'm a little too dangerous. I intend to stay dangerous."
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I'm not gonna lie. I'm so not feeling it today. And by "it," I mean everything. Ever have those days where nothing seems to please you? I'm starting to feel the stress with work + personal training certification + big move in June. Not to mention, I'm going home tomorrow and I just want to be there already!!!
At least I took a well-deserved rest day today. Okay, all rest days are well-deserved ;) But it also meant I got to eat breakfast in bed and not at my desk! I gave cream of wheat another go, this time on the stove-top.
- 1/3 cup cream of wheat
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup egg whites (whisked in while cooking)
- cinnamon, stevia, vanilla extract
- cashew butter
- Unsweetened shredded coconut
- Drizzle maple syrup
Much better!! First, this was a giant serving. It puffed up huge!!! The texture is a lot like oat bran, very fine, but even creamier. I also found it to be lighter, and milder tasting. Thumbs up though!! Bummer on the fibre, but plus on the iron content ;)
Work was busybusy again. Lots more meetings spent filling up my calendar with projects. Came home to a delicious dinner.
I sautéed onions, bell pepper, spinach, garlic and mushrooms in butter, while nuking a spaghetti squash for about 10 minutes. Once the squash was cooked, I scraped out the insides and added it to the pan with smoked salmon.
For the sauce, I mushed up cottage cheese and laughing cow cheese, adding a little nutmeg, garlic powder and pepper. Then I added it to the pan just to heat it up. Deeeeeelish!!! Tasted just like an alfredo :)
"Recovering Vegetarian"
This is what I call myself these days. Last weekend, I tweeted that I was nervous to watch Food Inc. as a "recovering vegetarian." Heather tweeted back wondering what I meant by the term, and mentioned it would be a good idea for a post. Duly noted!!
So tonight I will talk about how I went from eating veggie burgers on my birthday…
To beef burgers at my cottage…
I should perhaps start at the beginning. When I was in the sixth grade, my family had an exchange student from New Zealand live with us for four months. She was a vegetarian, and my parents, sisters and I were not. So my lovely mother accommodated her diet. Our dinners became mostly vegetarian, and my mother became a very good vegetarian cook. It was a style of eating I was introduced to at a young age and really liked!
In the years that followed, my family ate more and more vegetarian type foods. My mom made delicious veggie chili, lasagna, hummus, vegepate, to name a few. I was also becoming less enthralled with the idea of eating dead things. Finally, when I was 14, I gave up meat for good. Anyone ever see that Simpsons episode where Lisa becomes a vegetarian? She's eating lamb chops when a cute little lamb appears and says "Liiiss-a-a-a don't e-e-eat mee-e-e…"
Well that was me. Except my moment involved a ham sandwich and a cute little pig. At that point, I gave up eating all meat because it grossed me out. Plain and simple. The thought of picking dead bits of animal out of my teeth made me shudder.
Because I was so young when I stopped eating meat, I don't think I went about it in the best manner. Too many carbs, not enough protein, not enough nutrients, and an overall feeling of lethargy.
I should mention there was also a brief period when I was 19 where I tried a strict vegan diet. This included no regular salts or sugars in case they went through an animal charcoal filter. It was a bleak month. I got the flu after four weeks, and when I could finally stomach food again, all I wanted was a cheesy fried-egg sandwich. To this day, that sandwich is one of the best I've ever had.
As I grew up more, I learned more about the local meat industry. I became more used to the idea of killing, cooking, and eating dead animals. I eventually decided that I was ready for fish again. Namely, fish and chips. After six years, I forayed into the world of meat once again.
Greasy and absolutely delicious. The texture was weird, but it was just like I remembered from childhood.
For the next two years, I was a happy pescetarian. I still ate a mostly vegetarian diet, with the odd tuna sandwich, salmon filet, or trip to William's Seafood for the above fish n' chips ;) However, it was during this period that my weight started to increase. By the time I hit 22, I was at an all-time high weight, and I was ready to drop it. I delved into nutrition research and started picking apart the food I was eating. My diet was way too carb heavy, and the measly 5g of protein I got from peanut butter in one meal was nowhere near what my body needed.
During this period I also started weeding out processed foods. I relied too heavily on things like soy slices, fake ground meat, veggie burgers, facon bacon, etc. I was suddenly an active person, and I wanted to fuel that activity with quality food. Not sodium-filled slabs of soy with ingredients I couldn't pronounce.
Thanksgiving 2008, eight years after I'd given up meat, I chose to eat the turkey. It was good. Real good. Again, the food immediately brought me back to my childhood, and I realized how much I missed it. With the elimination of multiple soy products a day, and the introduction of occasional white meat, my body immediately started to feel better. I'll never forget the second time I had grilled chicken. It was like a jolt of energy through my veins.
For a long time, I planned on just eating fish and poultry. But in Summer 2009, my food curiosity got the best of me. Now that I'd crossed the "gross out" barrier, I wanted to open myself up to all foods again.
And that includes my mom's meat pie.
So that's how I went from a veggie to a meat lover!! Mind you, I still cook a lot of vegetarian-type meals. I often rely on tofu, soy, beans, lentils, dairy and eggs for my protein. But adding quality meat products to those things has only improved my body functioning. I recognize this is not the story for everyone, but that's why the man upstairs made us all different ;) I've finally come to peace with the idea that I'm eating cute little piggies and cows. And I thank every single one of them for giving their life for my health :)
But pleeeeeease don't talk about eggs. I don't want to know what's in there. *puts fingers in ears* lalalalalala.
Question of the Day: How about you? Meat? No Meat? Vegan? Raw? Carnivore? Omnivore? Idontgiveacrapvore?
Posted on March 4, 2010, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 53 Comments.
Pescetarian, I guess that's the proper term? I've always call it vegequarium. I'm a happy omnivore; I've yet to meet a vegetarian dish I didn't like, but I will never fully cut meat out of my diet because I just plain like it too much.
I guess I'd consider myself an omnivore if I was going to pick. I have days where my diet looks vegetarian, but my body can't absorb enough iron from non-meat sources. (Tried iron pills and they didn't help my levels)
One of my best friends is a vegetarian and has been for 15+ years. (Aside from not wanting to eat dead animals, she never really liked the taste of meat, so she didn't miss it once it was gone.) She has definitely noticed that she eats way too many carbs and crappy type foods, but we've discussed that her first obstacle to eating better is to work on regular grocery shopping.
Thanks for sharing!
I'm an eat what I want girl. That being said, I've never particularly enjoyed many animal products. LOVE my eggs though. And I think as long as they are cage-free and organic, their the same as the eggs our ancestors have been eating for centuries, so I'm cool with that.
first of all, I love cream of wheat, its awesome
I eat meat, occasionally, mostly seafood. I quit eating pork and beef awhile back, just makes me sick. And chicken im just not a huge fan of. I will eat eggs occasionally, or if its in baking or something. I want to become vegan, or at least mostly vegan foods, and high raw. I plan to do that this summer when produce is cheaper and more available, because i am in Saskatchewan and theres snow at least 1/2 of the year haha
1. Love that Simpsons episode =D
2. I am, although I do not particularly like the word, a flexitarian. Technically, I am an omnivore. I was a vegetarian for a year, and a pescetarian for three. I had a brief stint with veganism as well, for about 3-4 months. However, then I went to Italy, started eating cheese/eggs/fish again, and eventually tried meat again. When I eat with my boyfriend, I tend to eat poultry/fish and the occasional red meat because he likes it, and it is easier to cook the same thing for both of us. However, when I am feeding myself, or just plain feeling like it, I regularly eat vegetarian. Not because I don't like meat- I happen to think pork is one of God's most incredible gifts to man, but because I feel SO much better when I eat vegetarian. However, I don't think I will ever be vegetarian again. I like the way it makes me feel, but I LOVE the taste of fish, chicken and pork. I'm not so much for beef, but that's just a personal choice. I am going to be a chef, as well, and there is pretty much no way for me to be 100% vegetarian as a professional cook. That being said, my dream would be to work/own a vegetarian restaurant! Because I would LOVE to show the world that vegetarian food can be as delicious and innovative as meat dishes. I love my veg!
Phew, sorry I wrote a book =D
This was super interesting to read!! I haven't heard of many people stopping being a vegetarian after so long.
I consider myself a flexitarian. I eat meat 2-3 times per week!
Amazing post!
I really support you decision of cooking vegetarian dishes, but eating meat once in a while. I mean, you´ve been vegetarian for a long time! You already know how it works. But I guess you´re on a different phase of life right now, and maybe it includes eating meat. Who knows? Nobody has the right answer!
Be happy and be healthy. Nothing else will really matter ;)
Have a great Friday, Susan!
Brazilian XOXO´s,
I just kind of eat whatever! I don't eat a lot of meat though. This is for a variety of reasons..many of them health related and many of them ethics related, but the biggest reason why I don't eat it much is that I think it tastes bland.
That is so funny on the Lisa Simpson quote because we always say "I thought you loooooved me!" LOL!
I am an omnivore. However, I really try very hard not to eat what we call corporate meat, which is factory farming. We purchase from small local farms – and are lucky to be able to do so. That means most times when we eat out, it is fish or vegetarian unless the restaurant has local meat.
I need protein, though and it is hard for me to get with just plant sources without overdoing on the carbs or too many calories. Animal protein is just a more efficient delivery vehicle for protein.
I also really try to appreciate the meat by not wasting any of it. I want to respect that animal by not being wasteful.
i love your story of transitioning from vegetarianism to meat, because i don't think we often get that perspective. it really goes to show that any diet can be unhealthy depending on what you eat – you can be a healthy vegan but you can also be a malnutrioned vegan. you can be a healthy meateater, but you can also be an unhealthy meateater.
get to bed early, sleep those zzz's and have a better day tomorrow love :)
I have been a vegetarian for 7 1/2 years. I feel so much better then when I was a meat eater. I became one in college when I did a paper trying to convince my reader to become a veggie and after doing all that research I couldn't go back. I just make sure to get plenty of protein and eat a lot of veggies and fruits. Thanks for sharing your story, I always love hearing about stuff like this.
I un-became a vegetarian when I was in college due to some health reasons after being a veggie for 8 years. It was definitely the best move for me and now even though I eat a mainly vegetarian diet I know my body (and my taste buds!) love my occasional meat filled meal
This was really interesting! Thanks for sharing Susan :)
I'm an omnivore – I don't exclude any foods. I do consider myself an ethical eater though – I try to eat local and organic meat, and shop at my local Farmer's market.
Here is a good video on meat: http://meat.org
It's really late and my story is really long :) but i just want to say i totally respect you for listening to your body and doing what was the best thing for YOU in order to find better health…that's really all that matters and who cares what other people think, say, etc and you're on the right path for you….excellent :)
Wow, thanks for sharing that story- very interesting! I have never been a vegetarian, but I really only eat fish and chicken. I would say I eat fish 3-4 times per week (including tuna sandwiches haha) and chicken maybe once a week, or twice in the summer when I can grill out. I definitely eat a lot of vegetarian meals and I love some of the vegetarian foods like hummus, tofu, and beans!
Great story!
Great post!
I want to start eating chicken once a week, but whenever I have bought chicken in the past I have been so grossed out…..chicken breasts are so abnormally large now and I am scared about antibiotics etc.
Do you buy yours from a farmers market or how do you deal with the modern chicken scariness??
I've been a pescetarian for 4yrs now. It was mainly for health reasons that I cut some things out of my diet but I've always been someone who didn't want to think about it when an animal was on my plate.
At the time I was worried about getting enough protein so I joined one of the free calorie counting sites that let you track specific things. Turns out I had nothing to worry about. I do get excited about things like Greek Yogurt finally hitting Canadian shelves though…I just wish I enjoyed it more. Ah well.
Great post. I have been pescetarian for the last 15 years. Prior to that I was vegetarian (lacto-ovo) for 3-4 years (and omnivore before that). I first became vegetarian in college for health reasons but I really didn't do it properly (high carbs, lots of fake meat, etc) I was always tired and cold and one day decided to eat some shrimp and felt soo good. It was strange, just like you experienced. I felt "alive" again so I added fish/seafood back into my diet. I still have many vegetarian meals but most days have at least one serving of seafood. I mainly buy wild, sustainable fishes and am careful not to consume too much of the ones higher in mercury.
I'm a huge carnivore. I do try to buy the lean and antibiotic free kind. I know it's terrible but most of my meals are red meat. So far my bloodwork comes back excellent so I guess it's ok. Compared to the rest of the comments I feel like a barbarian!
I didn't know you had a background in vegetarianism! Fun story…you know I support meat-eating ;) I definitely try to eat vegetarian meals and be conscious my meat intake, but I love a good burger or steak!
Oh, I haven't had Cream of Wheat since I was a kid! You're right–it is similar to oat bran but sooooo much creamier :)
Happy Friday, Susan!
Thanks for sharing! I love to hear why people make certain food choices. I also love your blog in general, so there you go =-)
Great story! I used to feel pressured to be a vegetarian.. but I really don't like relying on processed veggie foods like you stated. My body likes the "clean" meat.. and although I don't like the idea of where it's coming from, my body functions better with it too! :)
I didn't eat meat for ages but doc told me I desperately needed it so I've started eating it again and am glad I did I'm loving it! x x
I really enjoyed this post! It's funny how are points of view and open-mindedness towards types of food change as we get older (my diet's practically unrecognizable from a couple years ago). That's great you were able to eat meat again. After years of being vegetarian, if my Mom accidentally eats meat, she gets really sick. Happy Friday!
I'm vegan (raised with SAD, was vegetarian for 10 years, vegan for one of those, and then ate meat for a few years but never felt too great about it)…what i really LOVE about this post is that you're staying true to yourself, and doing what works best for *you*. i can't stand when people get all preachy and go on about how EVERYONE should adopt the same kind of diet. when i was vegan at 18, i craved what i "couldn't" have…all i wanted was soy cheese and meat analogues. But at 23, i havent even THOUGHT about eating dairy/eggs/meat since making the switch, and soy + processed "bacon" and the like make rare appearances. Doing what feels right for you is way more important than upholding an image or ideal!
For most of last year I went pescatarian. I did it because I'd gotten sick of eating dead things and frankly I always felt gross afterwards.
At first it went great – I lost like 10lbs right away. I felt bloated. And not so gross. I thought I'd be a pescatarian for the rest of my life.
By early December I felt completely exhausted. I would sleep and it never felt like it was enough. I would wake up tired. And I was always low on energy. I went to the Doctor and it turned out I had managed to become severely anemic. His advice? Workout more, work less, relax more, and eat MEAT!!!
I've taken all of his advice to heart and so far so great! :) I now eat meat and I have so much more energy. I still don't love chicken but I have a better diet over all. And my body loves me more because of it!
This is an old post, but I saw the meat pie and nearly cried. I'm from NB too, but now live in the US. I've been a carnivore all my life until my husband spoke just a few words in passing one day, and I gave it up. I won't tell you what he said, but it was enough to steer me away from red meats and chicken. I'm a happy eater of "poisson" so long as the recipe calls for a lot of flavours and spices – I'm convinced the brain craves flavours not excess.
I found your blog on the Freshly Pressed page. I wish you everything it takes to take on this new chapter in your life. And may many be refreshed and inspired because of you.
What a great post and what thoughtful responses. This is very refreshing to see, especially after reading a similar post by another blogger (also linked via "7 links" as her most controversial post), who was viciously attacked in the comments section by people trying to assert their views on her.
I am starting the journey to be a recovering vegetarian. I had been meat free for about 4 years until this summer when I delved into meat eating while abroad, since I had always said I'd eat the local cuisine. It kind of changed my perspective and i reevaluated my reasons for going veg to begin with. I have so far decided to eat (sustainable) fish once in a while, and once I make that transition I would like to move on to poultry. It's difficult so far, since I've become so used to my diet, but I'm glad to see you went through the same thing successfully and have a healthy, positive attitude about it!
I'm sorry but vegetarianism didn't work for you for obvious reasons…you were eating super crappy processed vegetarian crap. i bet if you stuck to a whole foods vegan diet (and did it right), you would not be sick. please read the china study!
You're fucking disgusting. Those animals didn't 'give their life for your health', their lives where taken for your gluttony.


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CTC welcomes official go-ahead for lights to help cyclists at junctions
The mini, cycle-specific lights help cyclists at junctions because they repeat the signal displayed on the main traffic lights at a level that makes them easier for people on bikes to see. The lights are already a common sight in most other European countries and proved very popular during track-based trials in the UK.
The DfT says that the authorisation clears the way to installing the very first set as a pilot at London's Bow Roundabout in the New Year. The lights will also be implemented at another 11 locations in the capital in the near future.
Campaigners will be monitoring the results at Bow closely, given that this particular junction has witnessed the deaths of three cyclists in recent times and much still needs to be done there to address its notorious safety record.
Low-level lights will greatly save space and reduce the need for the forest of traffic columns that currently festoon attempts to segregate cyclists and motorists at junctions such as Bow Roundabout.
Chris Peck
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Advanced signals can help cyclists because they allow them to get ahead of motor traffic legally, and low-level signals are less likely to confuse other road users. However, all 'early start' systems need to be very carefully planned and designed, particularly in the case of large junctions.
When CTC's Roger Geffen gave evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group's 'Get Britain Cycling' Inquiry back in February 2013, he said that the cause of non-standard low-lights had been hampered by 'red tape', so it is good to see the DfT taking note and changing their minds about permitting local authorities to install them.


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$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';
$packageName= 'PhraseExpress.Install'
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url = 'https://www.phraseexpress.com/PhraseExpressBetaSetup.exe'
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packageName = $packageName
unzipLocation = $toolsDir
fileType = 'EXE'
url = $url
url64bit = $url64
silentArgs = '/RESTARTAPPLICATIONS /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-' # Inno Setup
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Imagine seeing a penguin that's five feet tall and has a very long, straight beak. Imagine a penguin so large it weighs twice as much as a the Emperor penguin, the largest species on Earth. That is, the largest species on Earth currently. If you were alive thirty-six million years ago you might have seen this giant penguin, called the Water King.
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A few weeks ago, when I tentatively told some friends why I probably wouldn't be able to hang out most December evenings, that sort of led to explaining this whole project. That's how I found out one of my good friends had never seen Sense & Sensibility.
So Sophia, in her infinite kindness, after hearing me complain about trying to come up with 25 days worth of topics about a single movie, asked if she could watch it with me some night. Of course I leaped on the opportunity to record her reactions for one of the blogs.
Sometimes when you watch something or do something too many times, it becomes too rote. It's good to see it through someone else's unbiased eyes.
So here, laid bare before all, is a Sense & Sensibility virgin's thoughts on her very first time.
Why does he have two families?
Because that's his shitty son from his first marriage.
…I already feel like he's not going to help them.
You are… not wrong.
That's a sweet tree house.
That's a pretty sweet tree in general though.
He's gonna be cute, right?
Lol yes. It's like, mid-90s Hugh Grant.
So like, you know who Mr. Darcy is right?
This is NOT Mr. Darcy. He's like… sensitive 'n shit.
"Your stables are well-kept"
Oh yeah. Darcy would never say that.
Men in these movies always have the worst pants! They're SO BAD.
He just kinda always has a dopey expression.
Dopey expressions are what mid-90s Hugh Grant does best.
Yeah, I mean, it's a CUTE dopey expression.
I am not a fan of that hat. It's very weird.
The dialogue is like… very formal.
Believe it or not, this is much more approachable dialogue than the novel.
Oh no… is he going to propose?
Jesus this is a weird tangent.
What is your point man?!?
Ahh yes, tell her all about your schooling in Plymouth! And a school run by Mr. Pratt!
Remember that he says that though… I realize it sounds like I'm joking but I'm not.
"Your neck is so dirty you could grow a potato on it!"
Lol that's a good diss.
He's so transfixed! Wait how old is he?
He was 46.
Omg that's too old for her.
Well I think the character is supposed to be about 36 here and she's like, 18 or 19.
Ok that's still weird but better.
This is very sexual… and she is very pretty. I see why the men are like "I must carry you!"
That's intense. Also a good way to get hair in your mouth.
Is Imelda Staunton evil in this movie too???
No she's just annoying as shit.
Lucy Steele is OBVIOUSLY in love with Hugh Grant!
Uh, yeah, something like that.
Ooooh! They're taking a turn about the room! I love it when they do that!
Poor Lucy!
Don't feel bad for that bitch. That was calculated AS FUCK.
Oh. Oh yeah it was. Wow.
Thoughts at halftime:
I feel like I don't know how it's going to turn out and usually I know by now. There's limited men options. There's only so many variations possible.
I think Marianne is gonna end up with Alan Rickman and Elinor is gonna end up with High Grant. Or maybe Elinor with Alan Rickman?
Oh is this gonna be the other brother? It would be nice if they introduced more men into this mix.
Why are his teeth so weird??
Because he's English.
Oooh yeaaaah.
Well maybe he'll be charming?
*10 seconds later*
Oooh no. He's like the boiled potatoes guy.
Wait does Lucy end up with that guy?
Well, she's still engaged to his brother right now.
Ehhh what's one brother to another. Interchangeable brothers!
She's gonna break it off with him now that he doesn't have any money, watch.
That is a dumb hat too.
I like the fervor you have against the hats in this movie.
Well, they're bad.
Most people really like them.
…I feel like that one dog in Go Dog Go that doesn't like anyone's hat.
Oh shit she's really sick.
Wait that definitely did not help her.
I did not see this twist coming.
It would probably help if they stopped BLEEDING HER.
She's trying not to look at his bad pants. That's what that look was.
Yeah he definitely tucks to the left.
And at the end…
I wish I had more snarky things to say but I honestly loved it.
Thanks for being a good sport Sophia!! 😘
What about you? Do you remember watching Sense & Sensibility for the first time? What's your earliest memory of it?


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I also submitted a ticket because my google ads have been removed. I'm paying to have their ads removed so my google ads can run. No response since May 25.
I haven't received a response from the ticket I opened or an email I sent so I'm hoping sombody here can help me.
I upgraded my site to ad free so I could run my own Google AdSense. Upgrading did remove the GoTop ads from my site but my Google ads won't display. It looks like something on GoTop is blocking the ads from displaying.
Looking at my Google AdSense account I see my ad is recording page views. The columns for Clicks, Page CTR, CPC, Page RPM and Estimated Earnings are all on zero because the ad isn't dispaying for people to be able to click on it.
Is anybody here runing their own AdSense on their GoTop site and if you are can you tell me how to fix my ads so they will display please.
I also submitted a ticket because my google ads have been removed. I'm paying to have their ads removed so my google ads can run. No response since May 25.
May 25 is a long time to wait for a response. Even if they are having a problem getting our goodle ads to run it would be nice to be told. I can be patient when I know somebody is trying to fix somthing. But being ignored is not good customer service.
this has happen before...they had problems with Google...and once again no response from the webmasters.
I had a look at bidvertiser.com because they are the ads GoTop are running on their unpaid sites at the moment. Some of the reviews I read about bidvertiser.com weren't very good. Also I don't like that bidvertiser.com doesn't target the ads to the content of the site. When GoTop was running google ads, if you went to a stitching site, you got ads for stitching which the visitors are interested in and will more likely click on.
The bidvertiser.com ads I'm seeing on non paid GoTop sites say 'Download Now, Play Now" Download what and play what? I know I'd never click on an ad like that. The other text ads I have seen on GoTop are for making money online. Also the same ads are repeated on the page over and over. Google used to show different ads on the same page.
I wish goTop would go back to their Google ads. These ads were targeted to the content on the page. If you visited a GoTop site about books, you got ads for books. It makes much more sense to me.
Hi, Sorry for the delay in response.
Currently Google Adsense have disabled ad-serving to GoTop100.com at this time.
We are currently awaiting a response to our appeal and will update everyone on this situation as soon as we know the outcome.
We are currently trialing a mixture of other advertising & once we find one that works for us we can scale it down to be less intrusive.
If you are looking for alternatives I would currently suggest the following networks:
CPC Networks:
CPM Networks:
CPA Networks:
Max Bounty
Most of you would generate more revenue targetting your niche with related CPA - affiliate offers.
However once we have finished trialing alternative advertisers we will post of results on which or what mixture of ad networks yield the most revenue.
I just wanted to clarify -- those of you who have paid to have GoTop's ads removed, ARE the ads removed on your lists? I know that was a problem in the past, the ads weren't removed. Thanks in advance.
Yes the ads were removed from my list as soon as I upgraded.
Thank for the alternative ads. I will look into them but might end up waiting to sign up for anything until you recommend which was the best after your trials.


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Opportunity breeds opportunity. That's our solemn belief at Jersey Mike's Team Washington; where a firm foundation and structured support lead to a lucrative career. It's not just about making high quality submarine sandwiches at a fast pace, while providing genuine and authentic service. It's about creating real opportunities for positive, hard-working, self motivated leaders. Jersey Mike's Team Washington is building for the future of our ever-increasing brand, today, by allowing our people to grow from within the company.
No other brand can offer single or multiunit management and franchising opportunities at the pace in which we can. This is an opportunity to join on the ground level and help build the brand in the market. In order to run exceptional operations while building rapidly, we need true leaders (to coach, motivate and develop other leaders). No other brand gives all of itself to making sure every team member is equipped to challenge their beliefs and to rise above their expectations. We have the keys to a brilliant and fulfilling future.
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Helm's shot and Gustavsson's stop in shootout lifts Red Wings to 5-4 win over Blackhawks
DETROIT - The offensively challenged and banged-up Detroit Red Wings proved to the defending Stanley Cup champions that they're still tough to beat.
Darren Helm scored on Detroit's sixth attempt in the shootout and then Jonas Gustavsson stopped Andrew Shaw's shot, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night.
"We're a little depleted, but we still have a great team and we showed that," said Patrick Eaves, who had the second of his team's three goals in the shootout and a game-tying goal in the first period. "It was nice to get rewarded for playing well."
The Blackhawks faced Detroit for the first time since beating the Red Wings in overtime in Game 7 of their second-round series last year to complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit. They are only scheduled to play one more time in the regular season because the Red Wings were moved to the Eastern Conference this season as part of the NHL's realignment.
"Any time you play the Red Wings, it's going to be an intense game given the rivalry and what's happened in the past," Chicago's Patrick Kane said. "They're playing through some injuries and haven't had any luck as of late in that area, but it's still a dangerous team. Sometimes you get these young guys that come up from the minors, they want to prove themselves and prove they belong."
Chicago captain Jonathan Toews scored on his team's first attempt in the shootout and Patrick Sharp scored on the second before Kane was stopped with a chance to win a game the Blackhawks led 2-0 in the first period.
"They played better as the game went along," Toews said.
Gustavsson, playing for the injured Jimmy Howard, made 31 saves in his first game in nearly a month.
"It was a good test and I felt good," said Gustavsson, who has been on injured reserve three times this season with a groin injury. "I didn't feel any pain."
Corey Crawford gave up four goals on the first 17 shots he faced and finished with 27 saves for the Blackhawks.
"We weren't very good," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "They worked hard. They were a hard-working team."
Chicago took a 2-0 lead when Marian Hossa and Shaw scored 1:45 apart midway through the first period and it looked like the Red Wings were in trouble.
Tomas Tatar, though, scored less than a minute later and Eaves tied the game at 2 late in the opening period.
"To make it 2-1 was a key in the game," Eaves said.
Sharp's slap shot just seconds into a power play early in the second put the Blackhawks ahead again, but Kyle Quincey responded 1:17 later in the period with a game-tying goal.
Detroit's Gustav Nyquist was set up perfectly in front of the net on a go-ahead goal off Henrik Zetterberg's third assist of the night after Justin Abdelkader hustled for loose puck in a corner.
"Abby played hard and chased down the puck and set up Z," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said.
The Red Wings were without injured forwards Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzen, Daniel Alfredsson and Joakim Andersson. They did get defenceman Jonathan Ericsson in the lineup for the first time since Dec. 23 when he broke ribs in a game against the New York Islanders.
"Getting Big E back made a huge difference for us matchup-wise," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said.
NOTES: Datsyuk missed his eighth straight game with a lower-body injury, but has begun to skate again and said he will "for sure" play for Russia has its captain next month at the Winter Olympics. ... Crawford hadn't given up four goals since Dec. 5, 2013, since a 4-3 loss to Minnesota and had allowed five goals in two games earlier in the season. ... Chicago was 9-0-1 in its previous 10 regular season games in Detroit. ... Kane hasn't scored in 11 games, the longest streak without a goal since going 12 games without a goal during the 2008-09 season. ... Detroit plays March 16 at Chicago.


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if not now, when?amy posted this January 16th, 2013 | filed under: inspire me!, moi, ranting, revolution | no comments »
i am not an eloquent writer. i have friends who are, and it is something i genuinely admire. me? i write like i speak. (i was once told that beers with me was basically my twitter feed brought to life.)
this lack of eloquence means i have spent the past week debating how to write about the angry broken heart i have for the death of Aaron Swartz. "ME ANGRY. LIBRARYLAND DO SOMETHING." is the best i had. (have?)
i have never met Aaron, but he was a huge part of my libraryland. he had a hand in many of the tools i use every damn day (RSS? Reddit? Creative Commons?). he fought against SOPA and PIPA. he helped build the Open Library. he fundamentally believed in access to information. he freed up tonnes of public legal info and gave it to public.resource.org.
and yes, he downloaded a chunk of JSTOR (for which he was charged as though he was some kind of terrorist) and he also wrote a Guerilla OA Manifesto. both of which i adore, because every revolution needs someone willing to push the boundaries when those boundaries are rooted in tradition and blind to the future. (watch Aaron talk about this. now.)
and though i fear this will sound trite, he was one of my heroes.
so i read Jonathan Rochkind's post about Aaron's life, and information, and libraries, and most importantly, libraryland's silence and lack of support for Aaron during the JSTOR lawsuit and i got angry. angry because i feel this is a call to arms, a time to FIGHT (now, now now now) and i fear we will just move on doing as we do – talking and not doing. (and i know that a lot of you do things, but FFS, as a cohesive unit, we've not done what we ought to.)
i resolve to start doing. more. anything i can. and you should too. WE MUST.
thankfully the awesome BCLA came up with some ways for us to take action. my faves (as an academic librarylander) are:
TAKE A STAND on political issues affecting access to information, literacy, intellectual freedom, and education. Don't rely on tried-and-true cop-outs like "this doesn't affect my work" or "I can't see how I can make a difference". High level information policy decisions affect all of us – as citizens, scholars, and human beings. Aaron saw this, and he did what he could – whatever he could – to stand up for what he felt was right. Which takes us to:
Don't be afraid to have feelings about what is right and wrong, and don't be afraid to stand up for them. Attempts to disenfranchise and intimidate people should not be tolerated – silence is acquiescence at best and endorsement at worst. Get involved in conversations and advocacy around these issues on Twitter, on Facebook, on Reddit, on your blog, in the press…everywhere. Advocate to your users, to your colleagues, to your friends, to your Board, to your elected officials. Advocate to everyone who will listen – and especially to the people who won't!
If you work at an academic institution, lobby enthusiastically on behalf of Open Access journals and in support of robust – and binding – requirements for making the products of faculty and student research freely available through institutional repositories. Don't be afraid to stand up to bullying from copyright and publishing cabals. If somebody tries to sell your institution garbage while insisting it's lemonade, tell them so – and tell everybody else who will listen.
all this to say… i don't really know what to say. i am sad and angry and think the best way to deal with this is to fuel it into libraryland projects that expand access to information. i have talked a mean game for too long. Aaron just did it.
if not now, when?
[two posts in a row where i talk about the loss of a hero. grrrrrr.]


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Here begins a series of posts, when I remember to do them, in which I will discuss the elements that would make up the perfect MMO for me.
One of the things I hate most in games is levels that "matter". And by that I mean content that is gated or trivialized based entirely on level. However, I do understand the desire to have a constantly rising metric by which players can compare themselves or show some aspect of their selves to others.
In my perfect MMO, there would be levels and there would be experience gained through killing, questing, crafting and any number of other things. These levels would be entirely a measure of effort. If you kill 8,000,000 rats earning 10 exp per rat, your level will be higher than someone who has killed only 1 ogre for 1,000 exp. However, if the two of you were to face off in combat, how you played, what abilities you used and other factors would determine the outcome, not level.
Level would simply be… well… experience. A beginner would be just that a "Beginner". As that person played the game and did things they would become a "Novice" or "Neophyte" and progress up through different titles until they eventually reached something like "Extraordinarily Experienced Grand Master" or some such. This title could be modified by sub-levels determined by the means which you obtained your experience. If you did so through a majority of exploration you might be "Worldly Grand Master", or if you did so by crafting you might be a "Grand Master of Labors".
Looking at a person's "level" (which would not be expressed by a number, at least not a single number) would actually tell you a bit of the story of their lives. And that is why such a system appeals to me. It also appeals because unless you plan so poorly that you exhaust the entire English language by allowing people to gain ten or twenty levels per session, you could literally have infinite leveling. All you need is another tier of words, and a formula to calculate how to gain that next tier.