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Random Japanese sentence: このようにして、おじいさんは、あたりをみまわすたびに、きれいなねこがみつかっておいていくことができなくなりました。そして知らない間に、そこにいるねこをみんな拾い上げてつれていくことになってしまいました。 So it happened that every time the very old man looked up, he saw another cat which was so pretty he could not bear to leave it, and before he knew it, he had chosen them all. Kono you ni shite, ojiisan wa, atari o mimawasetabini, kirei na neko ga mitsukatte oite iku koto ga dekinakunarimashita. Soshite shiranai aida ni, soko ni iru neko o minna hiroiagete tsurete iku koto ni natte shimaimashita.
My Moleskine notebook is the perfect size for my conversation notes. The back flap is great for storing business cards and index cards. I've numbered every other page, which makes it easy to keep an index at the back of page numbers and contents. This was really handy when I used my Moleskine to keep lists of random things. Now that I'm using it for more chronological notes, I don't need to update the index that often.
I start the day by writing the date. Throughout the day, I scribble down names of people I talked to and what I talked to them about. If I need to follow up with someone, I add a star and a note about what to say. Action items also get stars - anything I need to do or write. =)
I love having a record of the conversations I've had and the people I've met. I hate just having names and contact information in my address book. I'd rather having stories and vivid memories of people! This also forces me to listen better and interact more deeply with people, because I have to be able to write down at least one interesting thing about them. =)
This also allows me to keep a richer history of the people I've met. I used to keep detailed notes on the people I met through e-mail and IRC, writing down little tidbits that showed up on my screen whenever they e-mailed me or chatted with me. For example, one of my entries starts: "Left-handed, red-headed, uses a kinesis keyboard with a Dvorak layout, into unicycles..." Bringing my computer out and adding notes to people's records while I'm talking to them is really awkward, though. (Believe me, I've tried!) I write notes in my Moleskine instead, adding them to my computer when I get the chance.
I can add hyperlinks on paper by flipping back to the last time I mentioned a person, adding an arrow and a note to the current page, and doing the same to link the current entry back to the previous one. For example, when I met Himy at the Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market, I knew that I had written his e-mail address down before, and I trusted that my Moleskine would have it. That allowed me to focus on our conversation and scribble down things like "giant outstallation art" and "Toronto psychogeography".
When I reviewed my notes, I linked the entries together. I met him at the Mesh afterparty, and it was easy to go back and find his e-mail address (on page 93!). I then added a forward-link to p118 and a backward-link from p118 to p93, remembering in the process more details of our previous conversation. Then I added the data to my contacts. (Still not complete, but growing bit by bit...)
Good stuff. Very good stuff.
Next step: I'm planning to make a cover for my Moleskine so that I can keep my fountain pen with it all the time. That way, I'll always know where both of them are. I might also keep a tiny, cheap mechanical pencil with my Moleskine so that I can sketch things. I can also lend the pencil to people who need something for writing.
Once I finish this notebook (only 68 pages to go!), I'll try using one of the thinner notebooks with detachable pages. That would be more elegant than carrying around a lot of index cards. I've gotten used to being able to just strap random stuff into the notebook, though, so we'll see how that works out. Or maybe I should just print more business cards and put a lot in the back pocket of my notebook...
I'm still figuring out a good way to make incomplete followups jump out at me. If I was more diligent about margins, I could use circles in the left margin to indicate the need for a followup. I could then shade the circle when I've followed up with that person.
This is also great when I'm doing something like Greg Narain's Stranger-a-Day project. I still haven't quite gotten the courage to approach random people and say hi to them, but I'm working my way up from being able to converse with practically anyone. =) I'll get there soon!
I'm still bad at following up with people immediately after events. I need to put aside more time after get-togethers to do that.
I'd love to have a Blackberry so that I can ping people while walking on my way to class or taking the train to work. Nothing really major, just quick thinking-of-you things. As small as my laptop is, it's just not as convenient as my Moleskine or my cellphone, and wireless internet isn't available everywhere. But I can't send e-mail from my cellphone, much less my Moleskine. Oh well. I'd like to plan a career that'll make something like that cost-effective. =)
Would a PDA be better for this kind of notetaking? I like not having to look at the paper while I'm writing. I can usually read my handwriting afterwards. I can use digital ink, I guess, but it doesn't quite feel the same. Besides, my fountain pen gets oohs and aahs. ;) (Yes, I'm silly!) Sure, I have to copy information out again, but that reinforces the links. (And I don't have to worry about battery life...)
Still, I'll try firing up my iPaq again and seeing if that works for me. Could it be any better than my beloved Moleskine, my little black book? =) I want to meet more people and learn more things and make more connections between others. My Moleskine's a terrific tool for the job, and I love how it feels, too: cream paper, red-black ink... It makes me happy, and it makes getting to know people so much fun. =)
Said Bill of Praxis 101:
Sacha, found your nice little post on Moleskine practice via Stowe Boyd.
I use many of the same practices, but I really like your idea for linking. I've done it in a more haphazard way.
Re action items: my practice is to mark actions with an underscore before them. Like this:
_____ Do this
Then I just put an "X" in the box when it's done, or a check mark if partly done. And I cross it out completely when I choose to not do it.
I also carry blank index cards with me at all times. Sometimes these end up being copied or pasted into my notebook.
I'm not worried about the indexing problem, but I have lost track of a few references and good ideas.
Thanks again for the practice description.
Said Jason Evans:
I think you will be disappointed if you try to use an electronic notetaking method over paper. You really already made the argument against the switch yourself. Paper and pen are less distracting, never run out of power, and simpler to use for notes like you are trying to do. You want the flexibility to jot a networking note anywhere, anytime, very quickly at the time it is in your brain. I've been through various handheld computers trying to do what you're describing, and I was surprised how much I fell in love with my Hispter PDA that I made from a stack of notecards. I've since converted my Hipster cards into pages in my Moleskine pocket edition and it goes with me everywhere. For someone like you, your Moleskine won't be the only place you keep your ideas and you'll often need other resources to take action (like sending and email), but the ease of use of paper and a nice pen (mine's a Fischer Bullet Space Pen) means you're more likely to capture the idea/conversat!
ion/contact in the first place. Like you said, copying it to another resource (an online to do list, an email server, etc.) reinforces the item in your head and can be done when you have more time. Use your iPaq for databases (I'm a physician and I keep a medication database on my Palm that is updated via the Web when I HotSync), highly detailed contact info, and maybe your calendar. Program your email address into your cell phone and send yourself short SMS reminders about other emails ("lynn meeting" to remind yourself to email lynn about that meeting you wanted to schedule the next time you sit in front of your email). Keep the Moleskine.
Welcome to the lifehack.org folks! By the way, I'm into social computing (blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, etc.) and I want to learn more about technology evangelism. Check out my about:me. =)
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Random Japanese sentence: 猫が部屋から飛び出した。 A cat dashed out of the room. Neko ga heya kara tobidashita.
I had such a strong reaction against his ideas that I had to stop myself from being frustrated. I recognized that I felt he didn't understand what unconferences were about. I also recognized that I couldn't yet articulate the differences between unconferences and conferences in a way that would make the changes and benefits clear. I was frustrated, yes, but I was frustrated with myself for being unable to figure out how to hack unconferences into Filipino culture without turning the event into yet another thing that divides speakers from audience instead of creating a community of participants.
I knew Dominique wanted to help me think things through, but the strength and irrationality of my reaction made me realize that I needed to first think things over with people who know the unconference culture and who may have insights into helping a new community adapt.
I need more insight from people like Chris Messina and David Crow. How does one hack unconferences into a society's culture? How can I help people go from a strongly hierarchical culture to a flatter one? Must ask Don Marti, too...
I don't have answers. I don't even know where to start. One good thing is that I can recognize when I'm hitting a wall, though. When I heard Dominique repeat his suggestion for inviting talks from outside disciplines and I knew I just couldn't listen well enough to do him credit, I thanked Dominique for sharing his thoughts and confessed my inability to discuss things further at this time. I need to talk to the others first. I need to figure things out.
You know, it's just _so_ tempting to not think about how to hack something like unconferences into Philippine society. It would be so easy to just enjoy the fruits of other people's labor in a tech culture that's starting to take off. But I want to bring these ideas home...
And you know what? Maybe I don't need to figure out how to get people out of their chairs and into the conversation. Maybe I can focus on just meeting the Web 2.0 entrepreneurs, the connectors who are reaching out to me and to each other. I'd like to meet them in person and get them to talk to each other. Maybe I don't have to think about doing that this August. Maybe I can do that this December, if I can afford to go home.
I don't feel bad about being asked tough questions. I feel bad about not knowing the answers and not even being able to explain why something doesn't feel right. I just need to talk to more people and try more things in order to figure out what to do.
And I seriously need hot chocolate and a hug, but that's just because I'm feeling all lost again... I'll try to postpone thinking about it until Friday, as I'm booked until then.
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Random Japanese sentence: うちの猫って甘えん坊で、どこでも私のあと着いて来るのよね。 My cat is such a baby, she follows me around wherever I go.
I personally am not tired of conferences. I am just tired of tired conferences. Particularly the ones with the same group of twenty talking heads saying the same twenty things. - Stowe Boyd
I know public speaking scares the heck out of most people, but maybe we can get more people into the conversation...
I remember facing two hundred people at one of the PLUG technical sessions, all quiet as a mouse. I remember feeling _really_ frustrated by the notion that they might just be there to listen to people talk (possibly over their heads, eh?), get their certificate and go on with their lives. Or maybe they were just thinking about lunch. Ah, well.
I want small groups, so no one can hide in the anonymity of crowds. ;) I'm tired of audiences. I want participants. I don't want to hear presentations. I want to be part of conversations.
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Random Japanese sentence: 猫はネズミを追いかけた。 The cat ran after the rat.
I usually hover about #3 on hottest blogs within IBM. Stephen thinks it's because my blog title is "geek - girl - dogear dogmatist," and the combination of "geek" and "girl" makes most people click. ;)
Random Japanese sentence: 太った白い猫が塀に座って、眠そうな目で二人を見ていました。 A fat white cat sat on a wall and watched them with sleepy eyes.
It's good to know that the fMRI console is a Unix box. I can recognize the fvwm window manager anywhere. ;) Besides, the tech knows at least a little about Unix. I saw some command-line use over there, and I think he was using vi too...
Random Japanese sentence: その猫はミルクを飲む。 The cat drinks milk.


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Charles Schwab Corp. announced Thursday that a division of Envestnet Inc. will participate in the Schwab Intelligent Integration plan to better integrate custody data on platforms that serve independent investment advisors.
The integration of Tamarac, the Envestnet division that provides a cloud-based client relationship management system to advisors, will bring real-time custody data from Schwab Advisor Services to the Tamarac Xi web-based platforms Advisor CRM and Advisor View.
Stuart DePina, group president of Envestnet | Tamarac, said advisors using the solution can expect to see "dramatic gains" in their ability to serve clients and scale their businesses more profitably.
Tamarac uses a customized version of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM as part of its platform. Tamarac will be the second provider using Microsoft CRM to become part of Schwab Intelligent Integration. The first, Salentica, is currently in beta and is expected to enter a pilot program this summer.
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Despite the fact that plenty of warm summer days are still ahead, it's never too early to prepare for the icy winter blasts to come ... and one of the best "cold resisters" available is goose down, when packed into jackets, vests, comforters, and sleeping bags.
Yet anyone who's shopped for such articles lately will be well aware of the high prices that feather insulation brings. In fact, even synthetic fibers such as Dacron aren't much less expensive ... and are heavier, bulkier, and less compress able than is prime goose or duck down, as well! There is, however, a near-perfect solution to the soaring cost of clothing fillers: the "cotton" from cattail plants is a proven insulation that's free, widely distributed, and light in weight.
A Cattail "Catalog"
The idea of putting mature cattail spikes to use is nothing new. Members of several native American tribes once used the soft fluff to line such items as moccasins and papoose boards. Later on, pioneers employed the down when stuffing quilts and dolls, dressing wounds, and providing tinder for fires sparked by flint and steel.
You may be surprised to know, though, that almost every part of the Typha latifolia plant has been found to be useful at one time or another. The stems once served as candlewick holders, the leaves will make fine woven chair seats, and (as any wild plant forager can tell you) the stems, pollen, spikes, shoots, and roots can—at different times of the year—be prepared as tasty and nutritious food.
However, the potential of cattail down as an inexpensive but quality alternative to waterfowl feathers was recognized (briefly) only during World War II, when shortages and embargoes forced the warring nations to seek substitutes for traditional materials. Since the compacted fluff was found to have excellent heat- and sound-insulating properties, for example, the Germans used boards made of compressed cattail fibers in construction. Prior to the war, the United States had imported 90% of its kapok supply from the Dutch East Indies (in the days before the introduction of man-made fillers, the tropical plant fiber was an important padding in such items as life jackets and mattresses). When the islands fell to the Japanese, our kapok supply was cut off ... and some form of replacement had to be found immediately.
It was then that a Chicago company began to substitute cattail cotton in furniture cushions and baseballs. Soon afterward, the Navy decided to look into the possibility of using the fuzzy heads of the aquatic weed in life belts and aviation jackets. Sure enough, a wartime water-resistance test demonstrated that even after 100 hours of submersion, the "swamp down" was capable of maintaining buoyancy. So, cattail fluff (along with milkweed down) was briefly seen as a "war effort resource."
After the shortages ended, however, cattails were once again relegated to their former status of "useless weeds." But even though the valuable plants are still ignored by the world at large, there's no reason you shouldn't take advantage of the free down they produce by gathering the material to fill such items as clothing, comforters, and pillows.
Cattail Creativity
There're many sewing kits available (from suppliers of outdoor equipment and fabric shops), which—along with their instructions for cutting and sewing down-filled vests, jackets etc.—will show you how to construct the tube-like channels necessary to prevent the insulation from shifting around in the garment. You'll want to purchase a package that furnishes a pattern only ... rather than pay for the goose down included in some kits.
My first item using cattail insulation—a padded vest—cost less than $10 to produce, including the cash spent in buying some ripstop nylon material, a zipper, and the pattern kit.My garment is warm, waterproof, and washable ... and its cattail-fiber filling is almost as compressible as goose down.
And, though I haven't gotten around to sewing one yet, I'm sure that a sleeping bag stuffed with the swamp-produced material would be a viable alternative to one filled with down ... although such a large project would be time-consuming.
Be sure, when working with cattail fluff, to insert the material into the tubes loosely, making certain that it doesn't clump. Remember, too, to use tight stitches ... at least 10 per inch. Other than the fact that it requires that you keep those two considerations in mind, sewing down-filled clothing demands about the same needlework skills as does making any other type of garment.
Cattail Collecting
You'll want to forage your supply of wild cattail insulation on a calm day. Otherwise, the wind might blow away much of your crop as you try to collect the down. Since the useful plants mature in late summer, the fluff can be gathered from then until early spring. It's best, though, to do your harvesting after a spell of dry weather ... when the spikes are fully dehydrated. Choose only the firm, brown 'tails to put in your collecting sack. The cotton from already exploded blooms is of lesser quality, and discouragingly messy to gather. When you locate a "ripe" stand, snap off the entire sausage-shaped head from each plant ... and remember always to handle your harvest by the stems to prevent accidentally breaking the seed "parachutes" loose.
Next, the down must be stripped from the heads. This can be done either in an outdoor, sheltered location, or—better yet—indoors.
If you decide to de-fluff your cattails in the house, spread out some newspapers before you begin work so you won't create a "carpet" of blown-out seeds. Then just take hold of each spike by the base of its stem and pull gently. The fuzz will unwind from the core, and each mature head will yield about a double-handful of the fluffy material. You'll need to strip only around a dozen good-sized cattails to gather sufficient down for a vest. (Naturally, the larger the item, the more plants you'll have to collect.)
After the furry seeds have been freed from their "cobs" (and the cores and stems discarded), you'll have a bagful of clean, downy fleece. While most commercial manufacturers who once used cattail down employed machines to beat out the small seeds, the little propagators are so tiny that their removal really isn't necessary. (Three hundred thousand seeds—enough to plant six acres—weigh only one-third of an ounce!)
Just work the material with your hands (while it's inside the sack, to avoid scattering your down) until it's loose and fluffy, and no lumps remain. It can then be stuffed into cushions, clothing, or whatever you like.
A Future Crop?
Cattails, in addition to their insulating qualities and their potential for feeding a hungry world with food grown on marginal land, can provide raw material for many products (including alcohol fuel, adhesives, and fibers to name just a few). It's surprising to me that the plants aren't being investigated more thoroughly.
Perhaps someday farmers will produce more of the useful aquatic plants ... instead of draining marshes (and thereby destroying valuable wildlife refuges). A portion of our future, in other words, may lie not in the chemist's laboratory, but in Mother Nature's swamps.


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The United Nations, blamed for causing the outbreak of cholera in Haiti which killed over 7000 and sickened over half a million, has rejected a November 2011 claim for compensation on behalf of victims of the disease, stating, "claims are not receivable."
"Today, the United Nations advised the claimants' representatives that the claims are not receivable pursuant to Section 29 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations," a spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated on Thursday. "The Secretary-General telephoned Haitian President Michel Martelly to inform him of the decision, and to reiterate the commitment of the United Nations to the elimination of cholera in Haiti."
There is a mountain of evidence showing cholera was brought to Haiti by U.N. forces, as Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and president of Just Foreign Policy has pointed out, and former President Bill Clinton, U.N. special envoy for Haiti, has stated that cholera was brought by UN forces as well.
Weisbrot slammed today's decision as a failure by the U.N., the U.S. and its allies:
The scientific and forensic evidence that UN troops brought cholera to Haiti is far beyond the standard of "reasonable doubt" required in the U.S. criminal justice system, let alone the less exacting standard of "preponderance of the evidence" in a civil suit. It included studies by independent scientists, articles published by the New England Journal of Medicine, the U.S. Center for Disease Control, and even the UN's own research.
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If this were a private corporation that could be sued in a U.S. court, there is little doubt that it would end up paying hundreds of millions if not billions in damages. The UN's denial represents a failure not only of the UN system, which is abused by the rich countries, but a failure by the U.S. and its allies, who sent those troops to Haiti without proper safeguards and against the will of the Haitian people.
The U.N. statement added that it has "worked closely with the people and government of Haiti to provide treatment, improve water and sanitation facilities, and strengthen prevention and early warning. In December 2012, the Secretary-General launched an initiative for the Elimination of Cholera in Haiti, which aims to strengthen Haiti's own National Cholera Elimination Plan through significant investments and the use of an oral cholera vaccine."
Weisbrot has previously said that the U.N.'s cholera elimination plan "falls short," and said "It is unclear where the money for this is going to come from, and whether the international community, which has chronically underfunded responses to disasters in Haiti, will treat this any differently, and actually put up the cash to stop needless deaths."
Weisbrot stated today that they do "have the resources to put an end to cholera in Haiti for less money than they are going to spend in the next year or two on keeping U.N. troops there. But they're in no rush to right the wrongs that they have done."


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We've all tried this one, right? Line up on the wrong side of the ball so the defenders get confused and try to gain position on the wrong basket? And we stopped trying it after realizing that it never, ever works, right?
But, then, there are reasons why the Hornets are 20 games under .500, and why the Lakers closed the game on a 20-0 run.


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Is there any better hero than Santo?
Most people in Mexico, when they hear the name of Santo, will laugh. Then, they will think for a moment about all of the Santo movies they have seen, their friends, the theaters, the times that el Santo may have been wrestling in their city, the fun of watching a Santo re-run on Mexican cable TV.A friend of mine, Angel, from San Miguel, chuckled when I asked him about Santo. Then he slowly began remembering stories. His older sister gathering a group of kids from the neighborhood and shuffling (more like shepherding, I imagine) them all down to the old movie theater off the Jardin.
Ahh. The Saturday Matinee. Masses of maniacs crowding in to see the King of Luche Libre, Santo El Enmascarado de Plata. Undoubtedly it was a double feature. And a scene repeated in towns and cities across the world with different movie heroes and different maniacs.
Angel said each kid would have a torta tucked into a pocket for a snack during the movie. Of course, the basic formula for a Santo movie is some 40 minutes of wrestling sequences with some 20 minutes of story built around them. Angel said when the "King was in the ring" the dark, old theater became a room full of little upturned faces reflecting back the light of the big screen in rapt attention.
If it looked like the big guy was in trouble, you know, if say, for instance, Santo happened to be fighting an invisible time traveler from the 16th century running around with a huge hatchet, or a mechanical clone created by some diabolically mad Mexican scientist, all the kids in the audience would begin rhythmically clapping and chanting in unison: "Santo, Santo, Santo". Usually in chorus with the audience on the screen.
Many of the wrestling clips appear to have been shot live, including plenty of crowd response, which only goes to show that some things are constant across time and cultural boundaries, for example: wrestling fans!
Invariably the encouragement worked its magic and Santo recovered his bearings and pulled out a decisive victory, to the cheers of the, by now, decidely, enthusiastic crowd.
I've seen Santo driving everything from a dune buggy to a space ship. But he has used a variety of snazzy sports cars ( I think they made, like, ninety movies over a forty year period). Angel remembered that whatever Santo was driving in his latest movie was the car that everyone wanted to have. In Mexico, Santo masks were as popular with kids as Daniel Boone 'coonskin caps in the U.S.
In his career Santo fought everyone (the titles were always "Santo contra someone or something") from space aliens and ghosts to neo-nazis and crooked art dealers. (There's even a Santo vs Capulina, for those that know their Mexican film icons. I don't want to give away the story, but it turns out to be a clone of Capulina, made by some evil guy; rest assured that Santo would never do anything to hurt the real Capulina).


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Casey Anthony Trial: In a new book, defense attorney Jose Baez makes the case for his client's innocence
(CBS) In his new book, "Presumed Guilty - Casey Anthony: The Inside Story," defense attorney Jose Baez comes out swinging. He calls the media a "monster," the police "careless," and the prosecution "scheming, ruthless."
Pictures: Casey and Caylee Anthony, Personal Photos
"This was not real life," writes Baez, "it was the media's Casey Anthony reality show, a show that depended on name-calling and controversy for television ratings."
What began with a phone call about representing a young woman accused of lying to law enforcement and child neglect turned into a three-year child-murder case that made international headlines and turned him into the lead advocate for "the most hated woman in the world."
In "Presumed Guilty," Baez makes a compelling case for Anthony's innocence, revealing bits of evidence not introduced at trial - including rips in the shorts Caylee was buried in, and phone records that he says correspond with Casey's version of what happened the day Caylee died.
On the eve of the anniversary of Anthony's acquittal, Crimesider spoke with Baez about preparing for the trial, confronting Casey Anthony's father with allegations of incest, and why he believed Casey when she told him Caylee drowned in the family pool.
Crimesider: Why did you write this book?
Jose Baez: I always thought the verdict would have at least drawn people to ask, "Why did the jury reach this verdict?" as opposed to criticizing that the jury reached this verdict. Part of my dedication to the book is to the jury who made the sacrifices that no one else made in this case.
Crimesider: What kind of pressure did you feel as you prepared for this case?
Baez: My client hadn't had hadn't her day in court and what was happening right away was this vilification of her. The biggest pressure I had was trying to minimize that or deflect it. As it turns out there was really was nothing I could do about it.
Crimesider: What did you think about the anger people felt toward Casey?
Baez: I was kind of shocked by it because, as a defense lawyer, you see far worse. You know, there are crime scenes where you see two, three people deceased. I was kind of thrown back by it a little bit, like, why is this case getting people so much angrier than the others?
Crimesider: Was it something about Casey herself?
Baez: I think Casey Anthony's story, the whole case, was a media phenomenon. And I say that because she was young, pretty and white. If it didn't have those elements to it I don't think it would have taken off.
Crimesider: Before going to trial, what were your fears?
Baez: I was afraid that this trial would be decided on emotions, and not the evidence.
Crimesider: In the book, you write about the day you confronted George Anthony and accused him of sexually abusing Casey. What was his reaction?
Baez: When we sat him down and we talked to him he didn't deny it. He just sat there and wanted to know what more she had to say.
Crimesider: You mention in the book that you were surprised and saddened to learn that Casey basically had no friends or supporters. Why do you think she didn't have people who she was close to and who came to her side?
Baez: There's a clear indication that she had issues with building relationships and that those are a recognized symptom of sexual abuse. Trust issues, is what I should say. And in order to build relationships you need to build trust. If you can't trust people, then your relationships are pretty much superficial.
Crimesider: You also write that it seemed as though Casey actually enjoyed being in jail. Why do you think that was?
Baez: I think it was a safe place where she had structure, you know. If you look at some of the computer searches [on Casey's home computer], everybody made a big deal of the "neck-breaking" searches. Well, the neck-breaking came from a self defense kung-fu website. And the searches prior to that were using household items as weapons - self defense for women. What does that tell you? It told me that somebody doesn't feel safe in their home.
Crimesider: One of the things everyone talked about was the fact that Casey lied a lot. In fact, the only thing she was convicted of in this case was lying to police. Did you worry that she was lying to you? Did you catch her lying to you?
Baez: Whatever she told me I had to corroborate it. The position that we were in when she had been caught in all of the lies was that no one would believe her. It was like the boy who cried wolf.
Crimesider: When she first told you that Caylee had died by drowning in the family's backyard pool - the scenario you raised as the truth about Caylee's death - did you believe her?
Baez: When I initially heard it I thought it made sense, but I wasn't so ready jump onboard. When you do this long enough you start to take a less emotional and more objective approach. And my objective approach was okay, I'm going go back and look at every single piece - every document in this case and every single piece of evidence and I'm going try and disprove what she said. And I couldn't do it. In fact, to the contrary, I started finding things that I missed that actually helped prove it.
Crimesider: What kind of things?
Baez: [Casey's mother] Cindy's testimony that the day Caylee died, she comes home and finds the ladder [to the pool] up - not a week, not a month later, not a couple weeks before, but the actual day of June 16th. Something so out of the ordinary occurred that day that she remembers - so much so that the very next day she went to work and told people about it.
Crimesider: In the book you go over a couple pieces of evidence not revealed at trial that bolster your theory that Caylee died in the family's pool while both Casey and her father were home, and that her father buried the little girl. What do you think is the most important thing people should know that you didn't get to put out there during the case?
Baez: I think there were several pieces. One is the phone records that showed that she hadn't left the area of the home until 4:16 p.m. [on June 16, 2008 - the last day anyone saw Caylee alive, and the day Baez believes the little girl drowned in the pool] and that she headed directly towards Tony Lazzaro's house, contrary to her leaving at 12:50 [as her father had said she did] and then going somewhere else.
And Dr. Henry Lee [a forensic scientist] found actual rips on [Caylee's] clothing that showed that perhaps these shorts didn't fit her. The testimony that we were able to get out of trial was that she hadn't worn those shorts in almost a year because she had outgrown them. And so whoever put those clothes on her was not familiar with dressing her. As a mother you know what fits your child and what doesn't fit your child.
Crimesider: Watching the trial unfold in the media, two pieces of evidence I remember being trumpeted as damning were the duct tape found on Caylee's skull, and the smell in Casey's car trunk. You write in the book, that there was never any physical evidence that Casey touched that tape, nor was there evidence of human decomposition in the trunk.
Baez: Correct. There was never any evidence whatsoever. And that's why the jury voted the way they did. They required evidence, not speculation and not guesswork. They wanted evidence - and [the prosecution] just didn't deliver it.


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Big East signs 4-year deal with Champs Sports Bowl
The Big East Conference has agreed to a four-year deal with the Champs Sports Bowl that will send the league's second-place team to Orlando beginning in 2010.
The Champs Bowl, which is played at the Florida Citrus Bowl, will have the first pick from the Big East after the league's champion is slotted in a BCS bowl.
As with many of the Big East's bowl agreements, this includes Notre Dame. The Champs Bowl can select the Irish once over the four-year period.
The payout to the Big East's representative in the Champs Bowl could be as large as $2.4 million.
"We place a high value of importance on maintaining a Florida presence at the top of our bowl lineup," Big East Commissioner John Marinatto said during a teleconference announcing the partnership Tuesday.
The Big East's relationship with the Jacksonville-based Gator Bowl, which dates to 1994, expires after this season. Under the current deal, the Gator Bowl and Sun Bowl were only required to select a league team or Notre Dame twice in a four-year period, and would take a Big 12 team in the other seasons.
Marinatto had said before any new bowl agreements were signed he wouldn't agree to another hybrid deal such as that one. Still, Marinatto says there were negotiations between the Big East and the Gator Bowl to extend their relationship.
"What we told both Gator as well as Champs that the first of the two that came to us and wanted to make a deal would be the first one we committed to," Marinatto said. "Obviously the Champs Bowl people were aggressive in coming to us."
Moving away from the Gator Bowl, or at least a situation in which a bowl could opt for another conference's team on occasion, seems to please the Big East's coaches.
"I totally agree with John and Nick (Carparelli)," UConn coach Randy Edsall said Monday of the league's commissioner and associate commissioner. "They didn't want to be in a hybrid situation."
The Big East's champion plays in either the Orange, Sugar, Rose or Fiesta bowls, or the BCS National Championship Game.
The Champs Sports Bowl will continue to be played on Dec. 27, 28 or 29. It will be shown on ESPN.
"This is a top conference, a conference that delivers top teams and ranked teams," said Steve Hogan, the CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, which runs the Capital One Bowl and the Champs Sports Bowl. "It has been our mission here in Orlando both with our New Year's Day game and the Champs Sports Bowl to bring the absolute best teams we can to town."
For Notre Dame to be selected to the Champs Bowl, it must be at least 7-5, and within at least two wins of the Big East's second-place team. For example, the Irish could go to Orlando -- though only once in this four-year deal -- over a Big East team that is 9-3.
The Big East's opponent in the game has yet to be announced. The Champs Sports Bowl will feature a Big Ten team against an ACC team this season, with the ACC likely to remain in the lineup.
"We're evaluating the ACC relationship as we speak," Hogan said. "I'm hopeful we can close out that side of our game in the next week to 10 days."
The rest of the Big East's bowl lineup has yet to be revealed. Marinatto said the conference and Sun Bowl officials continue to talk about a new deal, and that the Sun is still in the running to land the league's third pick.
"They certainly are," Marinatto said. "We're not prepared today to make any specific announcements. ... We continue to talk with them, as well as others."
The Big East has also sent a team to the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, N.C., in recent years. That relationship may also continue, though it too officially ends at the end of the season and the current BCS cycle.


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Friday, February 03, 2012
When I got on the elevator this morning, early because WheelTrans decided I needed to start my day with a tour, there were already two fellows on it. Joe stepped on and I wheeled myself backwards into the thing. I said 'Good morning,' as I always do because I believe in public civility. I glanced up and saw not one but two angry faces. Apparently, and I'm only guessing here, they were both annoyed at having to wait for me to back on to the elevator. Admittedly this takes me a little more time in my manual than in my power, but only just. Besides, they could have spent an extra few minutes just waiting for the elevator to have arrived and all would have been equal. But no. They both decided that anger and annoyance would be their response.
I wondered about the effect of that decision. Is that how they both, as individuals, want to start a fresh new day, a day that hasn't yet begun? Is anger that anyone, disabled or not, takes a second or two to get on the elevator a good start point for the real frustrations and the real problems and the real annoyances that will come up? If anger is the start point for this minuscule moment that means nothing, do they have to ramp up to shouting, then swearing, then physical violence on issues that do matter? Do they even realize, I wonder, that they had a choice in the matter? That they could have chosen a bit of patience, a bit of generosity as a response instead of anger? Or, have they made the decision that anger would be their default position and now have done with making any more decisions, weighing out differing responses for differing situations? I don't know. I just worry, in the abstract way that strangers worry about strangers, about their days.
And last weekend, when we were in the museum in Ottawa. We had all lined up to see a glassed in display of dinosaur eggs. The kids, both Ruby and Sadie, were excitedly pointing at the big eggs and talking with their mom and dad. I couldn't see as I was in my wheelchair and my view was blocked. But, though, I couldn't see, I had lots to see. I could see Ruby and Sadie and the joy on their faces. Then when they moved away, I went to push in to see the display. A woman, maybe in her early thirties, purposely stepped in front of me, and picked up her child and stood him on the rail in front of the display. She knew I was there and had been waiting when she arrived. She stood beside me after all. However, she chose to step ahead and did so because she had both greater agility and greater speed. I could not see any part of the display because she was standing in front of one side and her child in front of the other.
She made a decision. No question here. She had two options, wait her turn, or bully her way through. She chose a kind of unacknowledged form of social violence. What she did not see, because she was looking at the display was that her little boy turned and looked at me, and saw that I could not see and that he and his mother were blocking my view. He expanded his arms to make sure that I couldn't see anything and then grinned a mean, 'So There,' smile. I wonder if she knew that her decision was more than about what she did to me, it was also about what she taught her child? Children learn what they see. Children learn what they experience. He did not experience the dino eggs, he experienced something much more frightening. I worried, the abstract way that old people worry about the state of the world, about who that child would become.
A couple of days ago I was going to do a video-conference. I went somewhere I'd not been before and when we got there, Joe parked in front of the front door and unloaded the wheelchair and I had gotten out of the car and was about to sit in the chair when someone showed up to say that the video conference room had been set up at the back of the building. There was no access through the building and we'd have to load the chair and load me back in and drive around back. I was immediately annoyed. Not because I'd been bothered but I don't like it when Joe is put to extra stress and strain for no real purpose. Now he had to load it back in and then take it back out a few minutes later. I wondered why I hadn't been told about where the room was and that there was no accessibility through the front door. I made a decision. I got upset. I let the fellow know that I was annoyed and he tried to just make it all better. Joe, who was the person really put out by this, was not, in fact put out by it at all. So the apologic behaviour was aimed at me, the person who, in reality, didn't need an apology. But he offered.
I was having none of it.
Once I'm sliding down the slippery slope that exists between well mannered adult and pouty spoiled child, I can never break the fall. I slid down and was truculent at best. And there was a cost to my participation in the meeting and my sense of where I was. More than that, I knew that the fellow knew who I was and now he has a perfectly good, 'I met Dave Hingsburger and he's really not very nice,' story to tell. I'd 'Clooney'd' my day. I took whatever reputation I had and made a decision to throw muck on it. Great. Don't you just love being your own worst enemy. I worried, in the concrete way we worry about ourselves, what kind of person I really am, deep down.
We make them and they have consequences. Even the tiniest little decision - like being mad at the two seconds it takes for a wheelchair to back on to an elevator, or to step in front of someone already waiting to see a display, or to behave poorly to someone who had no control over what happened. Consequences. There are consequences.
When I was young, like every other child, I wanted the responsibility to make my own decisions. I didn't realize then that the responsibility to make a decision involves the responsibility for the consequences that arise form that responsibility. I don't know why I wasn't told that.
Or maybe that's what Grandma meant when she said, 'One day, you'll see.'
10 comments:
- Kristin said...
Great post, Dave. Thanks for the reminder to think about what our decisions really mean.
- 3 February 2012 at 08:04
Dear Dave:
You ask what kind of person you are deep down - a human person - full of beauty and foibles like the rest of us.
The one that worries me the most is the one with the mother and child. That child has already learned some awful things and apparently the lessons continue. What a tragedy that this child has already learned to be selfish and disrespectful at the hands of his mother.
You talk about a slippery slope when deciding how to react to a circumstance - few people have that kind of insight I find or bother to reflect on their own behaviour. Few people take responsibility for the effect they have on others. I think that is why the world is such a mess.
- 3 February 2012 at 08:13
This morning I was unduly annoyed by a woman at the gym who was using the "community" hair dryer for a lengthy style. Didn't she care that you are only supposed to use it for a quick dry so that it's accessible to others?
Thanks, Dave, for re-framing. Maybe she was inconsiderate. Maybe she forgot her hair dryer. Maybe she can't afford a new one. Maybe she doesn't know the "rule". Maybe that's just MY rule & my one minute limit is a factor of my shortish, thinish, quickly drying hair.
I don't want to go on & on about something so trivial, either in my head or in the comment section of this blog, but if I get stuck on "inconsiderate", I do.
When I learned how to pack for backpacking trips someone told me that "if you watch the ounces, the pounds will take care of themselves" (see Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods for a very funny scene resulting from not following that axiom)...wisdom, really, for everyday living.
- 3 February 2012 at 08:29
- joanne said...
"I'd Clooney'd my day" expresses it all very well....I'll adopt it if you don't mind...(as I sometimes fall into that pit too)...thanks for your ongoing honesty David, and your sense of humour. :)
- 3 February 2012 at 09:19
I think you may have coined a new phrase here, Dave. I Clooney'd myself recently -- in a big way. There was no real reason for it. I saw myself doing it and did nothing to stop myself. As a result, I will live with the consequences, a stain on my normally tidy reputation.
I feel pretty miserable about the whole thing. But now, at least, there is a appropriate term for what I have done.
Thank you for sharing your stories and perspective. I never miss a post.
hj wallace
- 3 February 2012 at 11:44
- Ceeej said...
Great, enlightening post. I truly believe you help me be a better person - closer to the one I want to be and further from that mean-spirited one I often see come out.
But I have one nitpick, which I hope you will appreciate:
"Once I'm sliding down the slippery slope that exists between well mannered adult and pouty spoiled child, I can never break the fall."
Yes, we CAN each break our falls. And you have demonstrated that in your posts from previous stories. Sometimes we manage it, sometimes we wallow in our pouty-headed 4 year old. But I know, thanks to reading your blog regularly, I catch myself much more often. I can choose roadrage or to slow down and allow a fellow traveler in. Depends on whether I recognize the fall before I'm my nasty self or my Mary Poppins self.
Thanks, as always, for your thoughtful post. I'm choosing Mary Poppins today, all day.
- 3 February 2012 at 12:22
I think people are not very kind with one another, sometimes because they are having a bad day and many times because they just don't care. I notice that some act like they are the only people on the world or the most important ones and if anyone interrupts them they react with anger or rudeness.
This made me think in how I try to be considered but on social situations I must look rude (or weird), I don't always notice people around me and if I do they are too scary, I can't always have the courage or ability to be nice and say something pleasent as 'Good Morning', I try when I notice others to smile and make some kind of gesture but many times I can't. I learned those rules because I know it makes people feel nice if someone greets them and I think that's important so it's strange that people that could do this easily don't do it because they don't think it's important. I think many children are learning bad examples from their parents but that doesn't say who they are going to become, I learned by myself those things and not by example so maybe some will become considerate people.
I enjoyed this post like always.
- 3 February 2012 at 13:57
- Susan said...
So you too are a bunny eater... Well, you're in good company. :)
- 3 February 2012 at 22:24
- rickismom said...
great post
- 4 February 2012 at 18:23
Late posting: I have noticed that only a few years ago, it was "I'm OK, you're OK" It seems to have changed to "I'm OK, fuck you". I am not sure what could possibly be next...
- 7 February 2012 at 13:46


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Happiness Index
At GIIS, we believe that a happy class is a productive class, and more happy classes make for a highly productive school. No matter how brilliant the curriculum might otherwise be, children need to be happy to engage and learn.
About Happiness
So what does it mean to be happy within the context of a school?
It means knowing, believing in, and loving what you're doing. With happiness as the cornerstone of everything we do at GIIS, our students learn to love not only school, but also lifelong learning.
Measuring Happiness
While happiness may be both relative and subjective, it's not unquantifiable. Because we strive to ensure optimal happiness at GIIS, we measure it according to the following factors:
- A questionnaire through which the happiness index is computed
- Feedback from children
- Testimonials from parents
- Regular attendance
- Positive referrals and sibling admissions
- High academic performance
- High level of participation in school activities
Is it working? An upward trend over the past three years among the indicators above affirms that GIIS students are organically engaged and thereby happy. In nurturing this engagement and happiness, we're nurturing learning.
Nurturing Happiness
Cultivating an environment which maximizes both development and delight among students is an overarching learning outcome at GIIS. It involves very distinct yet interrelated factors:
GIIS offers a warm, secure and comfortable setting for students leaving the familiarity of their homes. Bright colors, open spaces, green lawns, and well-lit classrooms are conducive to individual instruction as well as group work and peer teaching. Classrooms also have locker facilities to save children from carrying books back and forth.
2. Curriculum
While every outstanding school has a comprehensive and meaningful curriculum, our internationally renowned GIIS Nine Gems model elevates learning to another level. In addition to carefully constructed syllabi, we also offer enrichment opportunities, including self-learning, peer-learning and group learning, to further engage students.
3. Faculty
The adults who interact with the students are a key differentiator within any schooling system. At GIIS, our teachers are the medium through which we nurture happiness in our students. Because we believe that each of them must understand our unique philosophy, all candidates undergo a rigorous recruitment process which factors in not only academic qualifications and experience, but also attitude. Our staff members have the desire to teach, but they also have the desire to learn -- not only from other adults, but from the students, too.
The atmosphere our students dwell in helps them in becoming emotionally secure and balance, and allows them to process and understand a lot of information happening around them. Students are exposed to a judicial mix of scholastic and co-scholastic life enriching activities that help them enjoy multiple aspects of learning, so much that coming to school every day is like an exciting journey for them to start and gain wisdom.
Students love doing things when they know what they are doing and believe in it. We at GIIS believe in treating every child as a distinct individual having an unmatchable personality and talents to nurture. Each GIIS campus works on various dimensions of a child so that they enjoy every part of schooling.


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Weekly Photo Challenge: Share an image of a wall that reveals something about a place, people, or you.
I took this photo when I visited Kalabagh, Nathia Gali, Pakistan few weeks ago. This is the wall of the suite in which we stayed. 15 represents the suite number. While 1908 represents the year it was constructed in.
This is photograph of a random wall in somebody's house. I liked the arrangement of different stones and uniqueness of this wall.
These are another random road side walls with different advertisements on them.


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- There shouldn't be any major long-term oil market effects because of U.S. and European sanctions on Iran, an executive at the IEA said.
The U.S. and European governments targeted sections of Iran's energy sector as punishment for a nuclear program, which Tehran maintains is for peaceful purposes. Critics, however, say the program is a precursor to nuclear weapons development.
Richard Jones, deputy executive director of the International Energy Agency, told the Platts news service that there was no current market disruption because of restrictions placed on Iranian crude.
"No disruption has occurred," he said. "And even if there is a disruption, it may well be like the Libyan issue where it starts because a country decides not to take Iranian oil and then maybe Iran finds buyers for 80 percent of that oil or 60 percent of that oil."
The IEA last year called on member states to release oil from strategic reserves to offset market disruptions brought on by the war in Libya last year. Disruptions from Iran, said Jones, would be short-term.
"When we look at the Iranian sanctions, especially the European boycott, if the oil flows somewhere, there will be short-term dislocation effects but it shouldn't have a huge impact on the overall market unless some of the oil just is never picked up," he said.


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Use this space to share your custom scenarios!
Get other player feedback, share your scenarios, and all that jazz!
The Yeti Handler
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The Yeti Handler
Last edited by sara.miguel; 03-18-2015 at 05:30 PM. Reason: Made it sticky!
was thinking of something medieval since there was a scene with Ray in the movie where he is a prince.. and the whole ghost princess scene and in the cartoon series egon is a blood relative to a wizard who owned a dragon .. still thinking of a senario. Also was thinking of making some senarios from the comic book where they travel around the US.. one that needs to be done is the civil war fort
I like the idea of a reselection scenario with Idulnas inspired by the 1st volume of the comic- obviously the game isnt even out so who knows what you guys have up your sleeves, but it's fun to speculate and give out ideas.
Reselection- can be inserted as a normal boss scenario at the end of a campaign, or as a bonus boss scenario after defeating Gozer/ Mr Stay Puft.
Gozer's power has weakened and Idulnas has been sent to bring about reselection of a more suitable destructor form and prevent another bout with the now "all too easy" Mr Stay Puft. The new destructor will be chosen if he can wear down the Ghostbusters will.
Setup: scenario starts with Idulnas in play, each GB is given 3 markers on their player card to represent willpower.
Goal: Defeat Idulnas and the destructor form.
Rules: When a Ghostbuster misses Idulnas and resolves the possession action, remove 1 willpower from that GBs card.
If Idulnas is defeated while any GB still has willpower, summon Stay Puft with 1/2 of "To Trap" amount (so 10 streams). Secondary Goal: Defeat Stay Puft to win.
If all GB lose their willpower before defeating Idulnas, replace Idulnas with Cathulu (no gates on board so "to trap" is 20 instead of 23). Secondary goal: defeat Cathulu to win.
You can interchange/alter whover you like as the harder destructor form, cathulu just seemed like a good choice since he's the same size figure as stay puft.
We should just start working on Peoplebusters scenarios, you know we're getting those next year!
Here's another one I thought up…When the game comes out and I know exactly what the tiles looks like I'll be able to create a more detailed starting map with ghost placement, but these are just basic concept idea for scenarios to be fleshed out a little. This one's really just a standard close the gates scenario but with a twist in ghost movement and rules.
Double Trouble-
Twins are creepy, right? I am one myself so it's ok that I admit to that.
Some people believe that twins hold a strong psychic bond in life; well it appears that some bonds are even stronger in death! Ghostly twins are running wild in the park, and they don't stay separated for very long. It'll take quick coordinated attacks to catch these dastardly duos!
Setup: 4 gates centered near 4 edges of map (about 2-3 spaces in), opposite each other. GB/ Ecto-1 starts in the center, ghosts on map 8GG, 4GT and 2BM set up in pairs adjacent to each other, these ghosts are twins. In spirit world: 4GG, 2GT, 2BM
Rules: Twin ghosts act in unison when any movement is required (Example- when a GG is missed, the missed ghost moves and its twin follows its movement and remains adjacent). If moving requires one to land on a GB, that GB is slimed per usual and the ghosts move until both twins are clear of any GB. Twins can still combine into stronger versions (ex. twin GG hit another pair of GG, turn into twin GT) When a twin is trapped, its other half remains in play and performs miss action (it's angry). When a ghost is summoned from a gate, the ghost is placed per normal rules if there are no other single ghosts in play, otherwise it attaches itself to the nearest single ghost on the map. To close gates: 4+ to hit (3 streams per gate to close) When a gate is closed, be careful, the gate will still unleash ghosts until its mirrored gate (on opposite end of the map) is also closed.
To win: Close all gates before spirit world emptys.
I have many ideas about using my other great love (heroclix) in some custom scenarios. They have some really great generic figures like con artist, thug, police officers and scientists. I was thinking of placing them on the maps in adjacent squares to ghosts. They would get to move towards the bystander each of their turns. Your team must rush to the bystanders and bust the ghost that are harassing them. Kind of incorporating the clix system every time they are slimmed you would clix their dial. Once they are turned to their K O clix they are removed from the game and are replaced with a ghost from the sprit world. Game is over if more than half of the civilians are possessed.
To rescue a bystander you have to move through their square and take them back to the ecto one. These are just some rough ideas.
That's a great idea, Starheart! I have a bunch of maps and clix.
I also have a ton of old clix
I thought about a competitive mode called Ghostbuster of the Year. Make the biggest map you can or find. Place four portals that cannot be shutdown. Take a d20 that will represent how many rounds are left. I was thinking starting with 20 turns. Each plays tries to bust as many ghost as they can. Rolling the event die and constantly replenish how many ghost are left on the battlefield. Using any and all available ghost. You get credit only for depositing ghost in the ecto one. Ecto one cannot be moved and needs to be placed as close to the center of the map. This can create scenarios where players may try to steal your ghost from you that you have two streams on. Perhaps you camp yourself by portals just busting ghost after ghost. Players will be forced to decide when is the best time to deposit ghost. Do you keep catching ghost or risk it and go back at the last second. Maybe you get slimmed and loose an entire turn trying to deslime yourself. These are just a few thoughts.
This would be a scenario suitable for an even number of 4-10 players (more on the 10 player game below).
Characters are divided into two teams/groups. This scenario is a modification of Capture the Flag. Characters race to seal fissures in their Ecto Containment Units. You can choose to split a team in any number of different ways, but for thematic purposes I like the ides of:
Original Ghostbusters versus New Ghostbusters
Original Ghostbusters would consist of:
New Ghostbusters would consist of:
For 10 player games, you may want to clone the Rookie. An appropriate proxy will be required to represent this character. Assume this Rookie is a different person than the one who appeared in the Ghostbusters Video Game (unless you want to explain it away as a side effect of a Weird Science experiment gone terribly, terribly wrong).
You'd have to make the following modifications to the standard rules:
- For the purposes of movement, teammates are considered friendly spaces. Members of the opposite team are not considered friendly spaces.
- You can only deposit traps in your own ECU.
- You can only remove slime from a teammate.
- You may only transfer Ghosts to or from a teammate.
- Character sheet abilities that interact with other Ghostbusters or All Players only benefit teammates.
Gates are evenly distributed for maximum bilateral symmetry, about a third of the way up and in on each side. They represent Breaches in the Ecto Containment Unit.
Instead of an Ecto-1, you have two team portable Ecto Containment Units located on opposite sides of the playing fields, each one corresponding to a team (think of them as goals at the end of the map). Traps may only be deposited in your own team's Ecto Containment Unit. Each Ecto Containment unit can only be sealed if at least four fissures (gates) have been closed by your team. A character must be adjacent to the Ecto Containment Unit to seal it, and it requires a standard action.
An opposing team can also shut down their opponents Ecto Containment Unit. This requires them to be adjacent to it and requires a standard action. This reopens any gates which the opposing team has sealed. It also prevents any traps from being deposited until the Ecto Containment Unit has been turned back on.
SCENARIO SUCCESS: Seal your team's Ecto Containment Unit.
SCENARIO FAIL: Ecto-containment unit not sealed.
SCENARIO DRAW: If you are required to summon a Ghost from the Spirit World (off Map) and cannot, neither team wins the scenario.
(6) Class 1Note: Zombie Taxi Drivers won't work in this scenario.
(2) Class 2
(2) Class 3
(6) Class 1
(2) Class 2
Spectral Ghostbuster (1 per player in play)
Rolling an Open Gate Symbol:
A Ghost from the Spirit World is summoned through the Gate matching that symbol.
Rolling a Closed Gate Symbol:
No effect.
Closing a Fissure (Gate): To Hit: 4+
When Hit: Place a Proton Stream Marker on that space.
When Missed: A Ghost from the Spirit World is summoned through that fissure.
To Close: 2 Proton Stream Markers from the same team are on that space.


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Weekend Cook and Tell Round Up: Cookie Season
For last week's Weekend Cook and Tell we asked all of you to break out the flour, butter, and sugar in honor of holiday cookie season. Our plan was to do a little vicarious baking by heading into your kitchens to see what sorts of cookies all of you were pulling hot and fresh from the oven. Here's a peek at some of your sweetest batches.
A warm combo of cayenne and ginger spiced up claireOOTO's dashing Chocolate Covered Reindeer Cutout Cookies.
Erin_in_AR had a full weekend of cookie baking. Her cookie roster included Smitten Kitchen's Jackson Pollack Iced Oatmeal Cookies, dark chocolaty Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies, Chai-Spiced Snickerdoodles, and a grownup version of Rice Crispy Treats using salted brown butter.
zahavah likes her chocolate chip cookies even better with almond butter which adds not only nuttiness but moisture that keeps these Not So Traditional Chocolate Chip Cookies nice and chewy.
snucci has been baking up some real show-stoppers, just take a look at these Sparkling Peppermint Sugar Cookies and Whoopie Pie Pops rolled in crushed candy canes.
mangotomato asked "what's not to like about cookies?" and we have to say, nothing at all, especially when you're mangotomato, baking up batches of Dry Tart Cherry, Nuts, and Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pistachio Butter Cookies, and Homemade Milanos.
dbcurrie's kitchen had turned into a veritable cookie and she just can't stop (which is fine with us). Get a load of her Almond Chocolate Chips, Oatmeal Cookies, cookie-cutter-ready Spice Cookies, and these awesome Chocolate Chip Cookies adapted from the Serious Eats book.
May_be has yet to do any baking this year but if last year was any indication there are sure to be good things to come, maybe even a repeat batch of Dorie Greenspan's World Peace Cookies.
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According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Reds scouts suspect that Ryan Wagner might be available through a trade.
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This post is part of a series called Create the iPhone 4S in 3D Studio Max.
In this new multi-part project, we'll be creating the iPhone 4S in 3d Studio Max using tried and true poly modeling techniques. You'll learn how to setup and model from six view blueprints, create precision cuts and holes, terminate edge loops and how to add proper supporting geometry to retain surface shape when adding subdivision.
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