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The following is excerpted from the team chapters of the always-excellent Football Outsiders almanac. Buy the PDF for $12.50 or order the printed book from Amazon.
AFC North
Baltimore Ravens: The 2011 season was just a slight variation on the 2008, 2009, and 2010 seasons. The strategies were familiar. Ray Rice rushed 291 times, with 239 of those carries from a two-back formation: the Ravens are one of the last NFL teams for whom you can pencil in 15 I-formation handoffs per game. Rice provided the jabs, Flacco and the receivers the roundhouse wallop. Flacco threw 78 passes that traveled 20 or more yards in the air (third in the league), completing 21 for 686 yards. The Ravens also drew five pass interference penalties for 219 yards on 20-plus-yard passes, fringe benefit yardage for a team that constantly challenges man defenders deep down the sidelines. When the receivers were covered, Flacco checked down to Rice: 61 of Rice's 104 targets were classified as "dumpoffs" by our game charters. Run, bomb, run, dumpoff, run, run, bomb. In an era when playbooks are downloaded onto iPads, offensive coordinator Cam Cameron keeps his on an 8-track.
Cincinnati Bengals: While Bengals fans stagger woozily away in search of Dramamine, DVOA paints a different picture, one of a team that has spent the last three seasons walking an efficiency line so straight it would pass a field sobriety test. In 2009, Cincinnati finished 19th in DVOA at -0.1%. In 2010, the Bengals were 19th again, at -3.4%. Last year, when they made a playoff appearance, DVOA still ranked them only 17th overall at 0.1%.
Cleveland Browns: From afar, it sounds promising: a pair of new blue-chippers on offense and a strong defensive talent base moving into year two of a new scheme. So why is our 2012 projection so poor, and why is there so little optimism by the Lake? To begin with, there is the AFC North, a relentless cauldron that makes breaking out of the cycle of suckitude difficult. The Browns have won but three division games in four years. The rest of the slate figures to stiffen as the NFC East and AFC West make up half the Browns' opposition this season. Less tangibly, the Browns seem to be following an outdated model in building the team, at least on offense. In a pass-first, -second, and -third league, Cleveland has turned over its offense to a highly-drafted running back and a rookie quarterback with a closer sell-by date than preferred, two moves that certainly shun modern team-building wisdom.
Pittsburgh Steelers: In 2009 and 2010, according to J.J. Cooper's time-to-sack data, Ben Roethlisberger averaged 3.4 seconds per sack in a league where quarterbacks average 3.1. Furthermore, with Roethlisberger at quarterback, the offensive line gave up 45 "long" sacks (i.e., 3.0 seconds or slower) as opposed to only 22 "short" sacks (i.e., 2.5 seconds or faster). In other words, at least through 2010, Roethlisberger was holding onto the ball longer than the amount of time his offensive line should be expected to block. Three-tenths of a second may not seem like much, but it's an eternity for an offensive lineman trying to keep faster pass rushers at bay. A funny thing happened in 2011, though: Sacks became far less attributable to Roethlisberger. His average sack time decreased to the league norm (3.1), and he only had two more long sacks (18) than short sacks (16). With blame for sacks shifting to the offensive line, and questions surrounding whether or not Roethlisberger could stay healthy enough to finish out the final four years of his contract, Pittsburgh decided that the optimal way to get full value was a modest return to their smash-mouth days of old. It would be a win-win for everyone, including a Pittsburgh fanbase accustomed to lunch pail offense.
AFC East
Buffalo Bills: Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick's numbers, and the offense's numbers as a whole, tailed off drastically in the second half of the season. Buffalo's pass DVOA was positive in every one of their first eight games, and negative in six of the final eight. After the season, it was reported that the downturn coincided with Fitzpatrick cracking two ribs in a win over Washington, and that he played out the season with the unreported injury. Now let's be honest, the effects of "unreported injuries" are often exaggerated. However, if the injury really did slow Fitzpatrick down, then a return to health would make Buffalo a top 10 offense again. The Bills were seventh in offensive DVOA through Week 9 of last year, compared to 24th in Weeks 10-17.
Miami Dolphins: Jeff Ireland is the new Matt Millen. Once you accept that simple fact, everything the Dolphins have done in the past three years makes perfect sense. Analyzed logically, their indecision at quarterback, on-and-off flirtation with gadget offenses, incapability of landing premium free agents, indifference toward upgrading their skill positions, and seeming satisfaction with six or seven wins looks like directionless foolishness. Seen through the Prism of Millen, though, the last three years are the clear product of highly directed foolishness. Ireland may have no idea what he is doing, but no one can question his dedication to doing it. He really thinks that his lurching, reactionary managerial approach is the right way to do business.
New England Patriots: Has a defensive mastermind ever fielded a defense this bad? Not in the last two decades, certainly. The worst performance by any Bill Parcells defense was his first season in New England, when he took over the least talented team in the league. New England's defensive DVOA that year was 5.9%. Tony Dungy came to Indianapolis and fitted his Cover-2 scheme to a Colts team that put the bulk of its resources into the offensive side of the ball. His worst season? The 2006 Super Bowl team, which had a DVOA of 8.5% thanks to an extraordinarily bad run defense that allowed 5.3 yards per carry for the season. Neither Bill Cowher nor Rex Ryan ever fielded a defense with a positive DVOA, while Andy Reid's Eagles teams with Jim Johnson running the defense saw their DVOA dip into the black only once, in the 2003 season when Philadelphia finished at 3.0%. New England's defensive DVOA last year was 13.2%, 30th in the league. This shocking state of affairs raises two questions: 1) How did it come to this? and 2) How quickly can Bill Belichick turn this thing around?
New York Jets: There's a good chance that all of the Jets' talk about their Wildcat package is just coded language, and Tim Tebow will become the starter after Mark Sanchez's first stalled drive. Keeping Tebow in the game and letting him throw wobblers makes more sense than shuttling Sanchez on and off the bench to attempt passes with slightly less wobble. The threat of a Tebow scramble is more likely to keep the defense honest than the threat of Sanchez suddenly figuring out what he is doing. If the Jets persist in trying to develop a Sanchez-Tebow platoon, they risk the worst of all worlds: Tebow running telegraphed options into a prepared defense; an angry, uncomfortable Sanchez shunting into and out of games; and teammates and fans taking sides in what could become an ugly controversy.
AFC South
Watch Blaine Gabbert's tape last year and you will see a boy playing with men.
Houston Texans: The Texans had arguably the best offensive line in the NFL by the end of the season, but running up against the salary cap forced the departures of right tackle Eric Winston and right guard Mike Brisiel. Winston fell off a bit in 2011, especially in pass protection, but the decision to let him walk in favor of re-signing center Chris Myers was fascinating. Neither Myers nor Winston is an upper-echelon pass protector. Both excel in the run game, but Myers will turn 31 shortly after the season starts, while Winston will turn 29 in November. Perhaps the Texans valued Myers' line calls more highly than Winston's steady play, or perhaps Winston's drop-off was disconcerting to them.
Indianapolis Colts: Their lack of pass defense is really what keeps the rose off the bloom for Indianapolis this year. It doesn't take an incredible amount of wishful thinking to conjure up a best-case scenario where Andrew Luck has a Newton-esque rookie season, the offensive line gels quickly, someone establishes himself at the second wide receiver spot, and the run defense is addressed by some of Chuck Pagano's Baltimore legacy signings. Turning around the trends of their pass defense is almost entirely reliant on rebound seasons from two players over 30 that are changing positions.
Jacksonville Jaguars: Watch Blaine Gabbert's tape last year and you will see a boy playing with men. There were a few minor signs of improvement, and a few nice throws down the stretch, but nothing that would lead you to suggest that he had turned a corner. This is a quarterback that made the vast majority of his throws within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage. This is a quarterback that showed signs of panic even when his pocket was relatively clean—though he did get a bit better at this as the season wore on. What was most galling about watching him was his footwork. He correctly stepped into maybe one of every nine throws, and that absolutely killed his accuracy.
Tennessee Titans: The interior line was the source of most of Tennessee's problems last year. Leroy Harris wasn't constantly terrible, but our game charters noted some fairly magnificent lowlights. "Roos has [John] Abraham blocked. Harris comes off and helps and instead shoves Abraham into Hasselbeck as he's throwing." "Harris clips AND holds [Pat] Sims on the same play. Really impressive." "RIP Leroy Harris. Fat Albert [Haynesworth] drives him 3 yards backwards at the snap."
AFC West
Denver Broncos: Peyton Manning proved in Indianapolis that he doesn't need a dominant defense to win games, just a steady defense that shows up every week. That's good news, because while Denver's defense wasn't particularly good last year, it's hard to find a defense that was more steady. The 2011 Broncos had the second-lowest game-to-game variance of any defense in the 21 years for which we have DVOA stats, behind only the 2001 Chiefs. That's a credit to head coach John Fox and defensive coordinator Dennis Allen (now gone to Oakland) for getting their players to show up and perform every week.
Kansas City Chiefs: If there's one thing Crennel can do to improve this club, it's to keep his team focused and playing at their best week in and week out. Under Todd Haley, while they played very well at times, they also tended to get blown out with annoying regularity. They lost five games by at least three touchdowns last year. Even in their 10-win 2010 campaign, they lost four games by 20 or more points (including the Wild Card game against Baltimore). The Chiefs ranked 11th in Football Outsiders' variance stat in Haley's first year in 2009, but 24th and 29th in 2010 and 2011 (including three games under Crennel last year).
Oakland Raiders: They're coming off their two best seasons in the past nine years. Granted, those seasons were both only 8-8, but after years of four to six wins, that in itself is a great improvement. Those eight wins represented a bit of an overachievement, as the Raiders had 7.5 Estimated Wins and 6.1 Pythagorean Wins. Given the limitations in what they could do this offseason, they're unlikely to be much improved from that, meaning they're a fringe playoff team at best. Both GM Reggie McKenzie's background working for Ted Thompson in Green Bay and his public comments indicate he prefers to build through the draft, probably with the occasional judicious free-agent signing. That's generally the right way to build a consistent winner, but it is also a multi-year process.
San Diego Chargers: Quietly, one of the NFL's most impressive multi-year team records came to an end in 2011. For the first time since 2003, the San Diego Chargers finished with fewer than 10.0 Pythagorean Wins. That streak of seven consecutive such seasons was the second-longest in the NFL since the expansion to a 16-game season in 1978, trailing only San Francisco's Brobdignagian streak of 16 consecutive years. One reason the ending of the streak was so quiet was 2011 didn't feel that much different from 2010, or for that matter 2005 or 2008. In each of those seasons, the Chargers underperformed their Pythagorean record and ended up 8-8 or 9-7.
NFC North
Chicago Bears: The Bears would have very likely reached the playoffs had quarterback Jay Cutler (whom fired GM Jerry Angelo traded for in 2009) and Matt Forte (whom Angelo drafted in 2008) not gotten hurt late. Cutler's injury was a particularly big blow. In Weeks 1-to-11, when he was healthy, the Bears offensive DVOA was -7.5%, ranked 23rd in the league; in Weeks 12-to-17, with him out, it was -44.9%, dead last. The "with-Cutler" DVOA isn't great, of course, but the "without Cutler" DVOA would be the worst in history if it spanned over an entire season.
Detroit Lions: Detroit used shotgun on 68 percent of offensive plays, the highest rate in NFL history. Shockingly, the Lions were worse in shotgun (4.9% DVOA, 16th) than they were with Matthew Stafford under center (11.0% DVOA, fourth).
Green Bay Packers: Statistically, the Packers defense was lower-echelon in 2011, but the talent they have suggests they're much closer to the top echelon. They're almost like a B-grade version of the Ravens (which is a compliment). But because the Packers offense is so explosive, this defense gets stuck in a lot of shootouts. A team with an inconsistent pass rush is going to take a lot of bullets in a shootout. If the Packers' pass rush were to regain its form, Green Bay would be able to withstand a rash of injuries or unexpected regression from the offense and still remain the best team in the NFC.
Minnesota Vikings: On the surface, GM Rick Spielman is rebuilding the Vikings with a conservative model of running and defense. In today's NFL, however, those conservative values create huge risks. Spielman is trying to win by putting a premium on defense (control the clock, keep the score close and low) but he starts with a defense that is miles away from elite. In Adrian Peterson, the Vikings have hitched their wagon to their most vulnerable horse, but as a violent 27-year-old runner with a history of injuries that date back to his college days, Peterson almost certainly has no more than three good seasons left in him. Perhaps the biggest risk is relying on a ground game when the rest of today's NFL recognizes that most games are won and lost through the air. With a strategy that looks like he's playing it safe, Spielman is actually rolling the dice.
NFC East
Dallas Cowboys: The Cowboys' projected starting line has one former first-rounder, two seventh-rounders, and two undrafted players. This is why the Morris Claiborne trade was a questionable move. The Cowboys gave up a second-round pick, which they could have used to boost their offensive line, to take a cornerback, who will probably play badly in his first season. In all likelihood, that trade makes Dallas a worse team in 2012, even if Claiborne improves them in the long term.
New York Giants: Sometimes a mediocre-to-good team gets lucky every week for a month. Sometimes a mediocre-to-good team plays a little bit better during a string of games, based simply on natural human variation. Sometimes a team plays its opponents to a standstill for a few weeks in a row, but wins each game close thanks to a fortuitous break here or there. When the team is closer to mediocre, and the string of luck comes in November and December, you end up with the Tebowmania Broncos. When the team is closer to good, and the string of luck comes in January, you end up with that team winning a Super Bowl. The fact that it has been the same team twice in five years could also just be part of that randomness.
Philadelphia Eagles: The problems in the secondary actually lasted longer than the problems with the front seven, which is a bit odd since it was obvious to pretty much anyone who understands football that the Eagles were using Nnamdi Asomugha wrong. The Eagles were so happy about signing one of the best cornerbacks in football that they totally ignored the roster problem they had created for themselves: They now had three cornerbacks who were much better on the outside and only two places to put them. So defensive coordinator Juan Castillo decided to use Asomugha as a "joker" defender who could move all over the field. He played slot corner. He played deep safety. He played strong safety, almost like a dime linebacker. He did crossing moves where he started at corner and then switched with a safety. He blitzed a little bit. None of these are things Nnamdi Asomugha is good at.
Washington Redskins: It's really hard to overstate just how valuable first-round draft picks are in the NFL. Using that classic draft value chart, Washington gave St. Louis more value for the rights to draft Robert Griffin III than the Giants gave San Diego for Eli Manning, or the Falcons gave San Diego for Michael Vick. And those picks are worth even more now than they were in 2001 or 2004 because of the new slot-controlled salaries for first-round picks. There's no way Griffin can live up to the hype without making double-digit Pro Bowls. An essay by the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective suggested that for the Redskins to get equivalent value for the picks they gave up, Griffin will need a career as productive as Tom Brady's.
NFC South
Atlanta Falcons: Marcus Hayes condemned cornerback Asante Samuel as "a fraud, wrapped in a mirage, inside an illusion" in a Philadelphia Daily News article after the trade. That was actually the nicest thing he said in an exit-interview article about a player who earned three Pro Bowl berths in Philly. Samuel's tackling has always been reminiscent of a mother daubing an infant's cheek with a cotton ball, but his performance in coverage has been excellent according to our data. Last year, he led the NFL in adjusted yards allowed per pass with 4.4 yards. He finished fourth in Success Rate, holding his receivers to an incomplete pass, interception, or minimal gain on 66 percent of pass attempts. Samuel finished first in both metrics in 2010. As for the tackling, in 2011 Samuel allowed an average of just 2.2 yards per catch after receptions, fifth best in the NFL, and could actually be seen delivering forceful blows on occasion. Given the choice of dispassionate numbers and a columnist with a grudge preaching to the knockout-hungry base, erring on the side of the stats is always wise. Samuel still performs at or near a Pro Bowl level.
Carolina Panthers: Dear Cam Newton, On behalf of doubters everywhere, we would like to apologize. We thought you were just another spread-option scrambler destined to suffer through a rough rookie year on a last-place team. We assumed we would see a handful of exciting runs, a bomb or two to Steve Smith, and lots of bad reads and scared-squirrel behavior in the pocket. We misjudged you. Badly. We hope you understand why we made the mistakes we made, wrote the things we wrote and projected the numbers we projected. It had nothing to do with race. Well, maybe not quite nothing, because it is impossible to eliminate race from any discussion of a black quarterback. But it had little to do with race. It was about your limited experience, only one year as a starter at the Division I level. It was about the hinky, customized Auburn offense, with all of its option runs and tunnel screens that were essentially handoffs. It was about your evasive interview and press conference style: You sounded scripted and unprepared, mentally and emotionally, for life as an NFL starter. It was the high expectations and the short training camp. We are skeptics, by nature and profession, and we were forced to conclude that you were not ready to perform well, based on all available evidence. We were not just wrong, but totally wrong. You did not just play well. You accomplished the unprecedented. The 2011 Panthers achieved the largest single-season offensive DVOA improvement in history, by a wide margin.
New Orleans Saints: The Saints are going in a bold new direction on defense. Ironically, the paradigm shift was planned and had nothing to do with bounties or suspensions. Gregg Williams lost his job the old-fashioned way long before we heard creepy audiotapes or saw suspicious ledgers. He coordinated a blitz-heavy defense to a mere 33 sacks last year, with the Saints plunging to 28th in the league in defensive DVOA. Two high-profile defensive failures provided bookends to the 2011 season: Williams's defenders did not seem to know where to line up or who to cover in the 42-34 season-opening loss to the Packers, and the final four minutes of the playoff loss to the 49ers constitute a "What Not to Do" primer for late-game strategy.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The offseason talent infusion gives Josh Freeman opportunities while taking away excuses. Freeman's public image took an abrupt about-face in the course of a few months last year. During the lockout, he was portrayed as a fiery organizer of player practice sessions and a star on the rise. By the December of Dismemberment, Freeman was an undedicated goof-off whose hand injuries were too serious to allow him to throw straight but not serious enough to keep him away from the pistol firing range on off days. Freeman's interception totals ballooned and his accuracy dropped, but there were many factors involved: the hand injury, some bad bounce luck, receivers who could not get open, backs who could not catch or block, and a fluky 2010 interception total that set expectations a little high for a young quarterback. (Freeman had eight likely interceptions dropped by defenders in 2010, compared to just two in 2011.) Whether he was a cause or product of the late-season malaise is impossible to determine from tape: It's like trying to determine who is drunk from examining crowd footage at a Jimmy Buffett concert. Freeman still has the talent to be a productive starting quarterback. This year, he has something close to the supporting cast.
Flynn's floor is a league average starter who, with the right supporting cast, could earn a few trips to the Pro Bowl.
NFC West
Arizona Cardinals: Coach Ken Whisenhunt's offseason comments about the quarterback position make it clear that he's a believer in "quarterback wins" as a viable statistic. John Skelton opened training camp on equal footing with Kevin Kolb, although by our metrics Kolb (-18.5% DVOA, -133 DYAR) was better than Skelton (-27.6% DVOA, -326 DYAR) in 2011's battle of lame and lamer.
St. Louis Rams: The team's ultimate fate will lie in the hands of coach Jeff Fisher's first acquisition in St. Louis, new offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. Son-of-Marty's primary task will be to turn Bradford into an efficient NFL quarterback, something he hasn't been in his first two seasons. The jury's still out on Schotty Jr. as a quarterback whisperer, though, because the best DVOA ranking for a quarterback playing in his offense was Chad Pennington finishing 13th in 2006. The past five years, his quarterbacks have ranked no higher than 25th.
San Francisco 49ers: The 49ers are this year's poster children for the "plexiglass principle," which states that a team showing dramatic improvement one season tends to decline the following season. Bill James coined the term for major league baseball, but it works just as well for the NFL. San Francisco's total DVOA was 29.8 percentage points better in 2011 than it was in 2010. If you look at the 41 teams between 1992 and 2010 that showed similar improvement from one year to the next (i.e., between 25 and 35 percentage points), you find that they declined an average of 12.1 DVOA percentage points and 2.3 wins the following season.
Seattle Seahawks: What do we really know about a seventh-round pick with just two starts on his NFL resume? The answer may be "more than you think." Matt Flynn's huge performance against Detroit in Week 17 (31-of- 44 for 480 yards and six touchdowns) was good for a 273 DYAR, which makes it one of the 20 best passing performances of the last 20 years. Our own Vince Verhei noted in a January article for ESPN.com that even the worst starting quarterbacks to post a single-game DYAR of 270-plus—Marc Bulger, Randall Cunningham, and Trent Green—made a Pro Bowl. The only one who never made a Pro Bowl, Scott Mitchell, was at least a league average starter for a number of seasons. That puts Flynn's floor at a league average starter who, with the right supporting cast, could perform at a level where he could earn a few trips to the Pro Bowl—in other words, Matt Hasselbeck.
Excerpted from the Football Outsiders almanac, which can be purchased as a PDF or a book. The almanac was written by Aaron Schatz, Andy Benoit, Bill Connelly, Brian Fremeau, Tom Gower, Matt Hinton, Sean McCormick, Rivers McCown, Brian McIntyre, Mike Tanier, Danny Tuccitto, Vince Verhei, and Robert Weintraub.


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Perry also scored in regulation, while Matt Beleskey provided a goal and an assist, and Kyle Palmieri also scored. Viktor Fasth turned aside 35-of-38 shots to earn the victory, which increased the Ducks' divisional lead over Los Angeles to 10 points.
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Waiting for that sweet release
That's assuming you had any to start with.
Yesterday I heard from Sourcebooks about my official release date. Though they've said from the start that MAKING WAVES will be an August release, I never had an exact day to mark on my calendar.
Add to that the fact that several authors I know had their release dates change along the way – my agency sistah Kiersten White learned last June that the scheduled September release of PARANORMALCY was switching to August. Two authors blogging with me at The Debutante Ball (a group blog chronicling the debut year of five authors from different genres) have had their release dates changed, with Eleanor Brown's THE WEIRD SISTERS recently moving from February to January, and Sarah Jio's THE VIOLETS OF MARCH switching from August to May.
And though those examples might suggest it's more common for a release date to move to an earlier slot, I've heard the opposite is true – that you're more likely to get bumped a couple months later than originally planned.
On top of all that, there will always be part of me that remembers my first book deal – the one that disappeared when Harlequin/Silhouette cancelled the Bombshell line one month prior to my scheduled debut of February 2007 (go here if you don't know the story).
All that buildup is my great big caveat to announcing that MAKING WAVES is officially scheduled to hit shelves August 2, 2011.
Part of me is doing a happy dance over having a date to mark on the calendar.
Part of me is gun-shy about the whole thing. Experience has taught me things can change. That it's more likely they will change than won't.
But the happy dance part is winning, and frankly, always has. That right there is the single biggest factor I can point to for any successes I have – the fact that even in the face of the most brutal rejections and heartbreaking setbacks, I never seem to lose faith. Even when logic has screamed at me that another disappointment was inevitable, a silly, hopeful part of me always hung in there expecting the best.
I'm not suggesting a moving release date is anything like a rejection. It's not that big a deal, and if a publisher decides to make a switch, there's typically a strategic reason behind it. I'm only pointing out that there are a million little uncertainties in publishing, and a million ways the pessimist inside you will insist you shouldn't pin your hopes on anything.
But what fun would that be to never kick back and enjoy the fantasy something great is going to happen? You can't let fear of disappointment keep you from enjoying the possibility you won't be disappointed. That much I know.
Are you a pessimist or an optimist by nature? Do you allow yourself to celebrate little milestones even when overwhelming evidence suggests a less desirable outcome is likely? Please share.
My inner-optimist and I will be busy re-hanging the calendar on the wall.
24 comments :
- Penelope said...
Congratulations!! Your release date is in the same week as my birthday, so Happy Early Birthday to me! I can't wait to read it.
- December 16, 2010 at 7:31 AM
- Patty Blount said...
Circled the date! Party on Twitter!
I waffle between pessimism and optimism, depending on the day. There are days it's easy and days I really have to work hard to see silver linings in all my clouds. Those are the days I turn to my twitterati for help. Best med? Elisabeth Black's blog; she sees wonder in everything.
- December 16, 2010 at 7:37 AM
- Patrick Alan said...
I stopped eating pessimists years ago, so I am pretty sure I don't have any inside me anymore.
- December 16, 2010 at 7:37 AM
- Teri Anne Stanley said...
I consider myself a cynical optimist: if I expect the worst, then I am usually pleasantly surprised.
- December 16, 2010 at 7:42 AM
- Sarah W said...
Congratulations! How nice to have a date - even if it's as ballpark as most due dates.
After good news, I give myself half a day to do the Crazy Happy Dance before getting back to Real Life(TM), without which things to Crazy Happy Dance about tend not to happen.
- December 16, 2010 at 7:56 AM
- Linda G. said...
Oh, congratulations!!! Now I can't wait for August. Or whenever they wind up changing it to. :)
I'm another silly optimist. Do you think Michelle attracts people like us?
- December 16, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- Avril Ashton said...
Whoot, whoot! Congrats!!
- December 16, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Sierra Godfrey said...
Congrats, Tawna!
Isn't life much more fun when you're an optimist about things? That's been my experience.
- December 16, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Nate Wilson said...
Surely, your book being released on my birthday is a sign. Next August, for the first time ever, I will buy and read a romance novel. It might even be yours.
(That is, unless your release date changes. Then I might decide to wait a couple months before taking the plunge.)
- December 16, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- Unknown said...
Congrats! Doing a happy dance for you and I may have wine. Is 11am too early? It's for you after all. I just feel like you'd want me to have some:) I'm a pessimist turned optimist. I think believing in ourselves is a process that just happens over time or it just doesn't. For me, being optimistic is the one way I can prove to myself that I do believe in me and in this business you have to have that most of all. Love the drunk snail in the Vaseline analogy!!
- December 16, 2010 at 8:29 AM
- Joyce Tremel said...
Congratulations on the release date! I'm looking forward to reading it.
I'm either an optimist or extraordinarily stubborn. I refuse to give up.
- December 16, 2010 at 8:34 AM
I once had a release date moved up for good behavior, though that's hardly ever been the case.
Maybe I'm off topic.
Congrats Tawna... by August you will be due for a high-seas caper/vacation of your own.
- December 16, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Anne Gallagher said...
Congratulations, that's awesome. Now I'll have something to celebrate in August (because you know there are no major holidays in August).
And I am definitely a pessimist in real life, but a foolish optimist in my writing life.
- December 16, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Melissa Gill said...
Great to have a date! I've been telling my book club we need to read one/all of your books, but wasn't sure when they'd come out. Looks like we can plan on reading one next fall! Yeah.
- December 16, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- The Novel Road said...
Think of everytime they move a relsea date as another reason to have a Wha-Hoo! day.
Your date also says the want to include you in "Summer Reads", a powerful sales sector.
As to your positive personality, it's not only what makes you great, it's what the industry is going to be looking for now.
One of the most powerful literary agents in the business actually says this on his website under what he's looking for:
"Happy, upbeat subjects. I believes a lot of misery memoirs, terrorists bent on destroying civilization, and post-apocalyptic disasters are going to be difficult to sell."
If you were any more upbeat, you'd be Max Weinstein (Springsteen's drummer)
Tomorrow, your fans will see once again your positive outlook (and that your oars don't quite touch the water :-))
See you then!
P.S. - I still like the other version of your page. Maybe I should send it to Pythagoras as a "guys" version? lol
- December 16, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- Christina Auret said...
Congratulations, I'm pretty sure that this is the kind of news for which all manner of happy dances is appropriate. I hope you enjoy them all.
- December 16, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Nicole Zoltack said...
Congrats! I try to be an optimist but that doesn't always happen.
- December 16, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- Danica Avet said...
Congrats, Tawna!! Your book will be an early birthday present for myself! *beam*
For most of my adult life, I can say I've been a pessimist. Why get your hopes up for something only to have them explode in your face leaving nothing but a greasy smear on the ground where you were standing? However, since I've become a writer, since I've been cautiously optimistic. I have no idea why. Probably because I'm finally writing, finally taking charge of my writing destiny. Or, it could be that if I give up all hope for getting published, I'll become the bitter, wanna-be writer who drinks scotch and mumbles pseudo-intelligent things at people who will never understand me. And I don't like scotch.
- December 16, 2010 at 1:20 PM
- Debra Lynn Lazar said...
Congrats, girlfriend! I can't wait to read it. And, I'm a total optimist. Why be anything else?
- December 16, 2010 at 5:41 PM
- TAWNA FENSKE said...
Penelope, it's 10 days before my birthday, so we should probably just celebrate the whole month!
Patty, I agree, Elisabeth Black IS the best!
Patrick, have you tried a laxative, just to be sure?
Terri Anne, not a bad approach!
Sarah, I should probably start working on cooler moves for my Crazy Happy Dance. Right now I just look like I'm having a seizure.
Linda G, funny you should say that, I DO think Michelle draws natural optimists. As you know, she doesn't take on many new clients, and the ones she DOES take on seem to have the optimism thing in common. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Avril, thanks!
Sierra, indeed it is! It's also more fun when you have monkey toes. Just sayin'
Nate, yaaay, August 2! I take this as a good omen.
TC Mckee, it's never too early for wine. It's always 5:00 somewhere.
Joyce, in my experience, optimism works best when combined with a bit of stubbornness!
Mark, funny, I think I remember exactly the occasion you're referring to.
Anne, WHAT!?!?! There are no major holidays in August? My birthday, hello!!
Melissa, happy to chat with a book club, just tell me when and where!
Douglas, looking forward to showing off the interview tomorrow!
Christina, this really seems like an occasion for a naked happy dance, doesn't it?
Nicole, at least the intention is there :)
Danica, even cautious optimism will carry you far in writing. It's the pessimists who struggle, IMHO.
Debra, where have you been all my life, girl?!!?! Missed you!
Thanks for reading, guys!
- December 16, 2010 at 8:57 PM
- Neurotic Workaholic said...
I wish I could say I was an optimist, but I'm more of a the glass is half empty kind of person. In fact, I'm wondering why my glass hasn't been refilled yet.
- December 16, 2010 at 10:43 PM
- LR said...
Congratulations to you! Really looking forward to reading it. :)
Will mark August calendar now.
- December 17, 2010 at 12:35 AM
- Abby Minard said...
Yay for a release date! So exciting! I hate to admit it, but I think many times I'm a pessimist. But I try to be optimistic...I really do.
- December 17, 2010 at 3:07 PM
- Alyssa Kirk said...
Of course you should celebrate even the smallest milestone (especially in this business) but your release date is anything but small!
CONGRATULATIONS! Can't wait to see it on the shelves!
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10 Lessons in 10 Years: Commit to Bliss
Ten years ago, Co-Founders Mari Kuraishi and Dennis Whittle launched GlobalGiving in the United States. In honor of these past ten years and in the spirit of one of our guiding core values, 'Listen. Act. Learn. Repeat,' we have launched a monthly blog series guest-written by former and current staff members. Each writer will speak candidly about their experience with GlobalGiving and offer up something that they have learned. This month's writer, KC Ellis Sledd, shares two of the most important lessons she's learned.
"Donor Relations Specialist?" I asked.
"No, no, get more creative," Kevin Conroy, Director of User Experience and Product Innovation, pushed me as I was creating a title for my new customer service position on the Unmarketing team at GlobalGiving.
I churned, wondering what kind of a title I could possibly invent that A) made sense for my never-existed-before job, B) wouldn't look too silly on a business card, and C) made Kevin happy.
I studied my job description and parsed through the goals of my position. I recognized that I wanted my title to reflect our value of being committed to WOW. The other values are important, of course, but a commitment to WOW resonated with me most of all. A brand new position pioneering a devout love for customers felt like it needed to embody this value most ferociously out of the four that GlobalGiving holds dear.
Knowing that Kevin would never settle (value #3) for anything less than a fantastic job title, I iterated again and again on a series of possibilities, when suddenly, I remembered something he had told me in a conversation about his own role: "I'm like the Lorax; I speak for the users."
With this in mind, I decided that I wanted to speak for our customers, too. I would fight for their needs and fight to make them happy. After all, without our donors, GlobalGiving couldn't exist, and our partners wouldn't be able to fundraise for the projects that help make our world a better place.
And then it hit me. I could be more than a fighter, I could be a champion: a Champion for Customer Bliss (and yes, that is what is on my business card).
So, every day, I try to delight the crew of GlobalGivers who support projects on our site. It's not always easy, but our donors (and even the folks who decide they don't want to give through us) make each interaction worth it. They are our reason to be, and I am so grateful that I get to learn their stories, answer their questions, and help them give. Our donors are a pretty awesome group of people!
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I have learned that if you truly dedicate yourself to your customers, your customers will love you back. Our donors and supporters humble and inspire me daily with their benevolence, their generosity, and their compassion.
To our customers reading this, I'd like to say, with unwavering appreciation, thank you. This whole operation hinges on you, and I am grateful that you give us the opportunity to help you find your little earth-changing idea. Thank you for letting me be your Champion.
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- Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add apple, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cook, sitrring occasionally, 3 to 5 minutes or until apple is tender; set aside.
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We have arrived in Santiago. We walked for 33 straight days. Some days were 12 milers and as many as 18 miles or more in one day. We reached our destination. We decided not to rush to reach the city. Mary had accidentally banged her knee on the table at the restaurant the night before and it was a little tender.
Today we started early because we had reserved a room at an albergue and we had to get there by 2pm or we lost the reservation. Mary set a blistering pace in the dark morning mist. Sunrise is at 8 am but this morning we had clouds and fog so it was darker than yesterday. The path through the city was okay but then leaving the city it became more difficult.
We have walked for 30 days with only 3 days till we reach our destination of Santiago de Compostela. It has been an amazing journey. We are in the Galicia region of Spain known for the rain it receives. Well we are extremely lucky because the weather has been beautiful for walking. It starts out cool in the high 40s but then warms up to the low to mid 70s. With plenty of sunshine.
Today we started late at 8 am. We were almost the last people out of Triacastela walking the Camino.
We are sitting in a restaurant in the little village of Triacastela on day 27 having tapas. It was a short 12 miles that were mostly down. Tomorrow we hope to go to Sarria.
We visited Leon, Spain yesterday and then we walked 35Km today. Leon was wonderful. Today we walked in rain for the first time. We went 35 KM yesterday for no other reason than we could.
Today we are sitting at the albergue in Terradillos de las Templarios. We are at the halfway point in our journey. We have walked over 250 miles or 400 kilometers. I truly didn't think we would be able to do this. Mary has been a real trouper walking through bad knees and the pain of shin splints.
Today finds us in Ages, Spain only 14 miles from Burgos. We are quite excited that we have managed this distance. We hoped we could but we had doubts especially those first few days where we hurt so much.
We have been walking for 8 days now. It has been interesting, tiring, painful, fun and a real learning experience.
Mary and I started our journey to Santiago Spain. The first day we started in Saint Jean Pied de Port in France. The goal was to arrive in Roncevalle, Spain before nightfall.
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GILMER COUNTY is the MOST CORRUPT COUNTY in CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA and currently is BROKE as HELL for the reason of BAD MANAGEMENT and inept leadership, so lets review how this sort of thing happens. Here is an article published by RGW this same time of the year, FIVE YEARS ago, which will give us insight into our totally fucked up present.
By Free Bird – Revenge of the Ghost Wolf Reporter for the Secret Seven Coalition/Hurricane Rina McCoy – Crooked County Crooks Editor for the Concerned Citizens Free Press /Editor Edison – CalPatty Press Editor
"Frequently inexperienced and sometimes inadequately educated local authorities known as the CPS from across this state get to judge whether hundreds of young, low income mothers and fathers are fit to be parents in West Virginia. Simply asking the question "Are you depressed?" and getting a yes answer gives them license to misdiagnose those parents as having mental disorders and allows social services to remove children from the home. Well duh, CPS has been called and whether right or wrong of course they're depressed, wouldn't you be?"
Child Protective Services (CPS)
Child Protective Services is a specialized Child Welfare service provided by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. This service is provided to families on behalf of children who are neglected or abused by their parents or by the guardians or custodians responsible for the care of children.
I know there are some people who are really trying and use their skills and education to benefit under privileged children. But, in this part of the state, I do know of a lot of people who use their kids for the free stuff and I have seen them sell their stamps for half price to buy drugs. There are rumors people are even selling their children via CPS employee's to families looking to adopt or possibly into white slavery!
Some children in this part of the state are still doing without and the parents are spending the money on drugs and if those parents are drugged out of their minds, or drinking at Tallies Duck, how safe are those kids?
God Bless the ones who are responsible and take advantage that all the CPS has to offer to the parents that if they did drug test they would not have anything to worry about anyways. And I know kids who have been taken out of homes for petty stuff and then, there are the individuals who live in hell each and every day! Nikki Harris and Teresa Williams, are two CPS workers in West Virginia that can make peoples life a living hell, according to citizens complaints.
"I don't see how those two sleep at night. What if it was your kids or a family kid and a CPS worker acted like they did and did not do nothing to look into it or spend no more than a trip to ask a couple of questions and dropped it and forgot about it all together and did not investigate into it further?"
Those two CPS workers won't even pick up a phone and call and ask witnesses to see if they can tell you something to back up a report.
Without tax payers CPS would have no financial support, so the specialty now of CPS is to steal from and destroy the people that actually put food on all their tables, which seems counterproductive to me.
Gilmer County, the home of RAPE and MURDER in Central West Virginia is certainly no stranger to child rape and child molestation, and some well known people are guilty as hell, but protected quite adequately by the local Church of Ike as this account attests to…
"I feel so sorry for these children that have been let down. I didn't realize the justice system was failing so many children!"
"I thought that my situation was just a fluke or an accident or just simply an unwillingness to take on someone with money and a prominent name but to know that so many children have suffered the way one child in Gilmer County has …"
"It just truly saddens my heart and for the person that said parents are bad just cause our teenage daughter was molested by a supposed leader of the community is just wrong."
"I trusted my ex-husband with our child on weekends, because I thought a father would protect his little girl, but he let something happen to her for promise of advancement at his work. I was wrong he allowed someone to repeatedly hurt her and introduce her to Cocaine! And when something was said to him he covered it up and refused to believe it. So sometimes it is out of your hands and when u go to the system for a protective order and the judge throws it out even though the women's and children's abuse center said it happened and my daughter named him 3 different times, but since he is a man of money and power in Glenville, he got away with rape just like so many of them do."
"I just don't know why so many children just slip through the cracks and something needs to change but how do you go about changing it?"
"I am grateful for one CPS worker she told my ex that she believed it happened and she made him see the light so my daughter has not been around this person and since she was 16. I think she forgot most of those bad days, or repressed it, but u can never be sure!"
Have you ever had the WV CPS beating on your door for stupid reasons? According to an actual account…
"My child, who was 4 at the time had stepped in a pile of dog poop while he was getting on the school bus. I saw it, told the aid to bring him back off of the bus because of it.
The Aid says "Oh don't worry about it we ll clean it off". I say OK thank you. 2 days later CPS is at my door because my son went to school with dog poop on his shoe. Then a week later, same 2 women from CPS are back because " your sons hair wasnt brushed when he went to school the last few days". Ummmm its WINTER he wears a knit skull cap. DUH his hairs gonna be a mess when he takes it off!"
"Seems to me that the only time CPS gets involved is if a School calls, not when a parent calls. Why bother people who ARE taking care of the kids?"
I know as citizens it is out duty that we go to every extent to make CPS do their job and help these kids in Central WV that are being taken from their homes. It is time to CLEAN HOUSE at CPS!
For too long Child Protective Services have stolen children for profit. The parents are not allowed due process, not allowed to question witnesses or face their accuser. In West Virginia the parents are railroaded, lied about — and their children are bought and sold like a commodity!
Families are torn apart, destroyed and forever changed by a government agency that has no scruples, no morals and no standards, because that's how they always do it in Gilmer County!
The West Virginia CPS have no one to make sure they don't abuse the very system they were put in place to protect. Money has become the issue not the children and not the family. This is just the beginning of the misery many people see down in Crooked County down by the Crooked River!
Maybe if all the CPS workers lost their jobs they could get on welfare their damn selves and see how these kids feel about the poor service and abandonment by society.
Here is a personal account of bad actions from a citizen of Wood County down in Parkersburg…
"I am a former employee of the CPS unit at the Jackson County DHHR and can personally attest to the many allegations against them. Nikki Harris has no morals. She will and has covered up huge mistakes and illegal behavior on the part of one CPS worker alone. She and the worker should have been fired had the CSM at the time not have been so close to retirement and therefore didn't want to "stir the pot." Also, I know that many of the CPS workers would sign themselves out on home visits and never return. Instead of doing home visits they would run personal errands or anything else non-work related. However, because of the irresponsible nature of their supervisor, Mrs. Harris, no questions were asked. Most of the workers in that unit were not there to do their job, they were there because that was one of the only jobs in the building where they could do whatever they pleased without punishment. I will say that the only worker in that unit who was an honest, hardworking, genuine and caring person was the CPS case aide. I am not sure if she is still there or not. Most of the decent employees at that place have since moved on to other positions elsewhere."
"The CPS pick on the families who are not in danger, and need the least help and then, help destroy the families who the CPS leave in danger. The CPS is a self serving entity and just as self serving as the CHURCH of IKE and all the power elite in Gilmer County, West Virginia!"
"Jackson County CPS is horrible!!!! They do not protect children!!! They refuse to act until a child is hurt or dead. One mother I know has been reported repeatedly for drug abuse, alcoholism, beating her teen daughters and nothing has been done because apparently they are too lazy to do anything for these girls who are suffering mentally and physically. This office needs to be investigated before someone else gets hurt!"
CPS in rural West Virginia has long made a business of stealing children. Families who are new to the area do not know that, however. They are attracted to the "People that Shine" in the Glenville Democrat, the bullshit rhetoric about the worst school academically in the entire state of West Virginia, oh, and also, the beauty of the area.
If the new people to the area knew about the horrors of Glenville, and Crooked County many would never have taken the job at the federal prison or settle anyplace in Gilmer County, which has a very corrupt law enforcement and court system in the state of WV. The County is run by a Board of Commissioners who are constantly screwing the citizen with levies and bond issues geared toward making the rich in the area richer and the poor people of this part of Central WV even poorer.
Children are a commodity for which there is a steady and growing market both in the United States and across the world, so WV will grap their piece of the action just like they did the marijuana trade and the PILL MILLS that rule the state and have even effected the elite with rampant prescription drug abuse.
Child sex-slaves arrive in Europe and elsewhere from unspecified locations, even West Virginia! Children taken from homes routinely end up in the porn industry, believe it or not. It has been going on for many years but since it did not impact most of us it was easy to ignore.
But as counties across the state have cycled down into bankruptcy like Gilmer County has, the need to pump harder for every buck to be made has become more compelling. Today it is not just the most vulnerable who are targeted, but families that would before have been passed over as too well connected that are currently also in jeopardy from all the crime, dope and corrupt law enforcement.
Here is a latest comment from a reader of the many Secret Seven Coalition articles …
"Let's see the raucous party up Rt. 33 did not happen, the Charleston romp didn't either with all the pomp and booze supplied by the Gerry Hough household, and the sexual molestation by the Coaching Staff in which the Gilmer Sheriff Mickey Metz does not have the qualifications for! What about CPS? Where in the HELL is the CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES when children need protected from the METZ GANG and the lawless Hough Starletts! In WV what the hell, where is the CPS? Where are they to protect the children, they steal the children. Why not do a story about what Gerry Hough, Tara Kennedy, the County Commission and the big muckitty mucks do to our children, by way of torture, denial and mistreatment. As for everyone questioning what happened to the kids that were assaulted by the Metz gang. If one of those parents or someone that knows the truth calls in to CPS and pushes the issue you might find some resolution there. However, I have a much diminished view of that organization but they seem to be able to run their own witch hunt when given just the right amount of information but it would have to be someone who knows and is aware of the facts. As well if Mrs. Nasia Butcher had knowledge or report had been made to her then she too would be legally liable as a mandated reporter to have filed a CPS report.
Failure to do so would make her guilty by association and therefore place her job in Jeopardy. I think she should be in Jeopardy, in fact I think she should be in a zoo for outdated back woods feeble minded whores raising nitwit bitches, but they probably couldn't get all that on the sign in front of her cage!! YOU MAKE ME NAH SHA'S NAY SHA!"
Local psychiatrists, psychologists, attorneys and physicians become little more than hired guns for authorities trying to take children from their parents into foster care.
As the fear fades and justifiable anger comes to the forefront falsely accused parents are shining a spotlight on a family court system normally shrouded in secrecy. This raises the crucial question of who should be allowed to determine the most fundamental rights of parents to bring up their own children and what standards are used to make such a serious and life altering decision. Who is truly working in the best interest of the children? Many times it may be the parent.
"Another filthy CPS pedophile busted …."will most likely be an upcoming headline on some future Revenge of the Ghost Wolf article. Mark Levriers a CPS worker had 23 years of access to vulnerable, defenseless children, before he was found out and caught for child molestation!
There are many more Mark Levriers in CPS, count on it. CPS is a magnet for perverts and pedophiles. Even a braindead pedophile knows you don't have to hang around playgrounds = you can get a job at CPS and get paid to be a pervert, just like Gerry Hough gets two paychecks from the state of West Virginia to engage in criminal activities, like subornation of perjury and felony conspiracy, and even white collar crimes to help out his friend Timothy B and R Terry Butcher!
Children, the latest victims being snatched in broad daylight by CPS, should be a serious concern for law enforcement agencies. We must have better coordination among state and local agencies of all levels to ensure that children are unharmed and not victimized by our own institutions. They must put forth better efforts to ensure that the price of children as individual human beings is not being calculated in cold cash.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than $1 million in federal funds have been approved for West Virginia to encourage more adoptions of children in foster care.
"The funding was announced in September of 2010 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The department said the adoption incentive awards are intended to improve states' child welfare programs, but for many it was just a license to steal!!"
We must be concerned because this could well be a precursor of graver problems like child sex trafficking, and other illegal operations which use children to commit crimes. The local CPS must take steps, in coordination with law enforcement, society at large and the media, to warn the public plus assist and advise parents on how to protect their children against not only street abduction by criminals but also by legal criminals of their making like they have in Gilmer County down by the Crooked River!
What is happening here is not an oddity and unfortunately it is not new. Children are being taken from their families prematurely or unnecessarily because federal formulas give states a strong financial incentive to do so rather than provide services to keep families together. Taking a child and paying a middle class family to care for them has fast become the latest form of middle class welfare. All available help goes to foster and adoptive parents. About the only parents the federal government won't help indefinitely are birth parents. What's wrong with this picture?
Laws give bounties to states of up to $8,000 or more per child for every adoption they finalize over a baseline number. But the injustices don't stop there, because in order to get that money, states have to have children to take away and place them – and therein lay the incentive to falsely accuse parents of harming their children and to forcibly remove children even when there is no evidence to do so.
MARTINSBURG — Just a short few months ago Louis Palma was wrestling with more than just 40-plus vacancies for Child Protective Services workers across the state.
In addition to the 10.8 percent vacancy rate for CPS staff, another 17 percent of the CPS work force has been on the job for less than a year, Palma said. Many of those hired to work for CPS don't hold degrees in social work but in fields deemed related: criminal justice, sociology, education or psychology, Palma said.
"CPS is doing a job they have never been trained to do. They are investigating people who have never been charged, calling them child abusers, taking kids away and getting paid to do it. The money that follows a child abuse accusation and subsequent placement of the so-called endangered children into foster care or adoption is the real catalyst for the epidemic of child abuse accusations!"
And there is no incentive for any physician or anybody involved to be intellectually honest in court about this because the law also gives them immunity if they're wrong. So what happens is that the minute CPS is involved – or the second the EMTs are called (for example, in sudden infant death, choking or alleged shaken baby cases), parents are already labeled as child abusers. They never had a chance.
Families are coerced into participating by intimidation and the threat of losing their children. In return for fraudulently collected profits, the contracted "vendors" (physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists) provide trumped up "evidence" of child maltreatment to support the claim that they need to keep the child in foster care. In return for this they receive more federal funding. Now this is truly job security.
Nothing in our life experience is more devastating than the abrupt, brutal, and unwarranted forced separation from family and loved ones by strangers. The parent-child bond is our strongest instinct, taking precedent over all else. To have this bond severed by state agents who possess unhindered power, and give no thought or consideration to the fear, anxiety, and trauma that their actions cause, is a crime against humanity.
Removal of non-abused children is an act of emotional and psychological terrorism. CPS does not follow established law and policy. They face no consequences for their illegal behavior. Law enforcement routinely submits to the whims of social workers as do family court and magistrate judges in the majority of cases. Children failed by the system have died while in the protective custody of the State, in the care of CPS and in foster care. Citizens should NOT be removed from their homes and family members based on nothing more than hearsay.
May you never experience an introduction to that Kafka-esque world of state child-snatching. It illustrates so many of the reasons why, hidden behind its self-protective wall of secrecy, this ruthless and corrupt system is fast becoming one of the most serious problems faced by families living at poverty level today.
"No Child Left Behind Says CPS!"
Parents have experienced that in these "Secret Courts" that are ran and administered by the same people that are taking the children, that it is in fact a Kangaroo or Tribunal Court where there is no justice and no help. There is virtually no possible way the parents can win. In these courts, parents are placed with Gag Orders, instructed to 'Not discuss the case', this way, the social workers, crooked probation officers like Tara Kennedy and dishonest prosecutors like Gerald B Hough can conduct their business outside of scrutiny, and they can lie on the reports and to the judges like Richard A Facemire — free to perjure themselves without question, after all who will complain? Parents are often not even allowed in the court rooms while their cases are being discussed. All the people involved are playing the parents like a fiddle. Social Workers may be very nice, claiming they are there to "help" and they are sure 'you'll probably get your children back', however each time the "defendant" expresses any type of conflict with them or their decisions; something to either expose them, or to prove innocence, they threaten that they will and can "put the child up for adoption".
The children are being taken at an alarming rate, and although they are only investigating ONE child…. they will take them all, regardless of the circumstances. They are stealing the children legally. It is reported that Social Workers have no problems falsifying documents or lying about parents and extended family members. They may threaten the parents into so called "services" such as parenting classes or anger management which by parents taking these services is an automatic admission of guilt (even if they have done nothing); Many Social Workers will do whatever it takes to ensure your child WILL be placed up for adoption. It's like they're bounty hunters.
Children may also be placed and deemed "special needs" ensuring more Federal Funding and Non Profit Grants for the authorities. It has been documented that babies as young as a few months old are considered to have "mental issues" and are given strong psychotropic drugs. With each issue that can be found (or created) the state and Federal Government gets more money, not just from the demand for more taxes, but also from non-profit grants one may donate to.
The Governments motto "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" was meant to be a slogan for better education. Today, "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND seems to have become the slogan used by Social Services and CPS. No Child Left Behind, means that the Social Workers, the State, and Federal Government including Non Profit groups, Adoption Agencies and all their agents and affiliates have a guaranteed income, and it seems the economics involved is not trickle down.
The state of West Virginia and the office of the CPS have been known to parade our children in front of adoptive parents like cattle at an auction. They do it under the disguise of fun and games. "Come and pick out a child" is the mantra.
"Why not put them on an auction block and sell them to the highest bidder. These children are innocent pawns in a game of greed, politics and corruption. If you don't believe it is going on in the state of West Virginia, think again!"
Can you imagine the hurt, anger, frustration and guilt these children feel when they are alienated from their own flesh and blood, treated like a lost dog from the pound and then are not "picked" for one reason or another. This is a travesty in the worst possible way.
Talk about illegal adoptions- This is just one of the many reasons the corrupt office of the CPS in West Virginia snatches children from home of parents who are uneducated, poor and who don't know the system and the crime that goes on in its underbelly. It is time to stop the madness, stop the corruption and stop the selling of our children.
Where were you When I needed you Ms CPS?
Well you could not be found!
What can I do Oh I believed in you
You're running me around
Well you can take it as a warning
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It's the lightning not the thunder of the SS!
You never know where it's gonna strike
Our love's in jeopardy baby!
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"There is West Virginia JUSTICE and then there is JUSTICE FOR ALL!"
…On Revenge of the Ghost Wolf this FRIDAY the 13th!
Come on by the Concerned Citizens Free Press if you would like to watch JUDGE WATKINS go CRAZY in court just like Judge Facemire did in the Travesty of Justice case!
Of course Facemire lied to the Judicial Investigation Commission about the entire incident, actually flat denied it like a lying little bitch, but FACEMIRE was caught on tape too! How will the JIC get out of covering for Richard DICK Facemire when the truth is revealed to all of AMERICA soon? Here are two promo video for the Watkins video as well as a link for the current article that can be found at the Concerned Citizens Free Press!
Secret Seven members and affiliates and associates of the Secret Seven were instrumental in investigating JUDGE WATKINS for his blatant misconduct and stuck with it long enough to get FOX NEWS coverage.
The Supreme Commander of the Secret Seven Coalition has been in direct contact with the Chief Counsel of the Supreme Court for the last two months, and many hours were spent in direct communications and on telephone conference calls, and it was mentioned to Terri Tarr of the WV Supreme Court the Chief Counsel of the Judicial Investigation Commission, WEEKS AGO, that eventually, there would be NATIONAL TV coverage for the tremendous amount of misconduct by judges like Watkins and Judge Facemire.
The JIC is aware that just Richard A Facemire also went on a long rant and tirade during the Travesty of Justice case, similar to the rant of Watkins, and that will be the next issue exposed along with the criminal actions of Gilmer County Prosecutor Gerald B Hough.
"Courtroom Video REVEALS ABUSIVE CONDUCT of WV JUDGE WATKINS Reminiscent of the RANT of JUDGE FACEMIRE During the Travesty of Justice Trial"
"There is West Virginia JUSTICE and then there is JUSTICE FOR ALL!"
….coming up on Revenge of the Ghost Wolf this FRIDAY the 13th!


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Back in February file storage service RapidShare angered a lot of users by introducing a severe speed cap for free account holders. Downloading a file became painfully slow as the transfer rate never went above 30kb/s. Even worse was the fact RapidShare was adding pauses to the download, which could easily be interpreted as the download failing.
The only fix for this problem was to upgrade to a premium RapidPro account, which cost $12.90 for 30 days, or the best deal was $130 for two years. Even so, that's a lot to pay out for your file transfers.
RapidShare introduced the speed cap not long after the MegaUpload raid occurred, and has since admitted the cap was a reaction to that. Megaupload users were streaming on to RapidShare as an alternative and the company was worried about piracy. The speed cap was meant to act as a major deterrent to that.
Any RapidShare free account users who stuck with the service and endured the 30kb/s speeds will be glad to hear that the speed cap was a temporary measure and is being removed. In fact, your account may already be benefiting from much higher transfer rates.
RapidShare's CEO Alexandra Zwingli has stated the speed cap removal isn't because the threat of piracy has disappeared, but because the service now has a range of other measures in place to deal with it.
I'd be surprised if RapidShare hadn't seen a lot of users go elsewhere for their file storage and sharing needs since the cap was introduced. 30kb/s is very low and would make downloading even relatively small files a painful process. With it removed the service is sure to gain in popularity again, but does need to keep a lid on piracy.
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The KPWT has been in material and persistent breach of the sanctioning agreement between IKA and KPWT, and has failed to remedy this breach after being requested to do so. Therefore the IKA had to terminate the sanctioning agreement with immediate effect to protect the interest of their national members and competitors.
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"I want to just shout out whoever it was at the Teen Choice Awards who decided to put the itty bitty pretty kitty committee on this surf board," smiled Taylor Swift, accepting the first ever Icon Award this weekend at the award show. "These are my furry children."
Swift walked away with the very special and unique trophy this weekend at the Teen Choice Awards, thanking the fans with surfboard in hand. After a tribute to the US Women's Soccer Team and Alex Morgan, who presented her with the award, Taylor continued with gushing praise for the people who helped her to her best life.
"I just want to talk to the fans for a second," she continued. "You make me so happy. You make me laugh every day online, I love meeting you, I love loving you. You are just the most amazing, generous people. Thank you for giving me the life that I have. Every single minute of every day I know that you are the reason that I have the life I have and I that I get to do what I love doing."
Earlier in the weekend, Swift was celebrating in a very different way. The singer rounded up the stars of her "You Need To Calm Down" video, including Laverne Cox, Hayley Kiyoko, and Chester Lockhart, to toast to her 10 nominations at the upcoming MTV VMAs. Clips flooded our timeline of Swift dancing and singing to her own song at the party, as others laughed and looked on.
"Threw a party to celebrate with the people who made the ME! & YNTCD videos with me - and we had so much fun that 'Drunk Taylor' is trending on Twitter. CHEERS" she wrote.
This weekend Swift also announced that she will reveal the title track from her upcoming album, Lover, on Friday.
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Elsewhere at the Teen Choice Awards, Shawn Mendes and BTS went home big winners, and the Jonas Brothers picked up their own achievement, taking home the Decade Award. "We couldn't do any of this without you," they wrote to the fans after.
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Class-action lawsuit launched against XL Foods
Alberta Health Services links 5th E. coli case to meat recall
An Edmonton man who became ill with E. coli after eating a steak has launched a class-action lawsuit against XL Foods, the company at the centre of a massive national meat recall.
Matthew Harrison ate the meat at a friend's home in Edmonton on Sept. 5. The steak was purchased at an Edmonton Costco store and came from the XL Foods meat processing plant in Brooks, Alta.
"Ultimately, I would like for somebody to be held accountable ... and most importantly is that they do come up with some way of screening this, so that it doesn't happen again," Harrison said.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has so far recalled more than 1,500 products processed at the plant due to possible E. coli contamination.
Harrison was hospitalized for several days and still feels the effects of his illness. The Edmonton realtor was off the job for a week and says he is still too weak to work longer than four or five hours at a time.
"I still have some stomach pain," he said. "I get weak and I get dizziness ... if I don't eat like literally every half an hour, I'm starting to feel almost nauseous again."
Harrison is the representative plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit, which must be certified by a judge before it can proceed.
The statement of claim was filed Tuesday in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench.
5th E. coli case linked to XL Foods
On Tuesday, Alberta health officials linked a fifth E. coli case to the XL Foods plant.
Pat Lees, from Grand Prairie, became ill after eating a steak at her son's home in Edmonton, the same barbecue attended by Harrison.
"I had some diarrhea issues and Tuesday and Wednesday, I was really sick," said Lees, 62. She didn't get tested for E. coli until Sept. 19, after her five-year-old grandson Elijah became ill.
While Lees still has lingering effects from her illness, she's doing better.
"I'm feeling generally OK," she said. "I will say that the stomach area is still tender. I'm eating more of a bland diet."
In addition to the Grande Prairie case, Alberta Health Services announced a second new case in Edmonton on Tuesday.
The cause of the Edmonton case is still under investigation. Alberta Health Services is investigating a total of 10 E. coli cases.


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1991 Saturn Price List
Sometimes its fun to pause for a moment at take a look back at how much things cost years ago. Take for instance Saturn's 1991 lineup, when base SL sedan was sold for less than $8000! The SL2, shown above, could be purchased for just over $10,000. Note the simplicity of the option sheet, along with the available anti-lock braking system (ABS) and unavailable airbags.
Saturn Lightship Blimp
Saturn Corporation was the first North American auto manufacturer to utilize aerial advertising when the Saturn Lightship made its debut in the summer of 2001. The Saturn Lightship, a 165-foot, 6,335-pound A150 blimp, traveled across the United States supporting a variety of events and promotions held to promote the launch of the company's first sport utility vehicle, the Saturn Vue.
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Classic Saturn Brochure Covers from 1991-99
In Saturn's early days, the company's brochures were always a little bit different from your "typical" vehicle brochures. In addition to showcasing that model year's new features, Saturn used the pages of its brochures to tell a story about what made its cars different. You'll notice how none of the brochures below even show a car on their covers.
Original Saturn Pricing Principles
The price for each Saturn vehicle was determined by the independent decisions of three stakeholders: Saturn Corporation, the Retailer, and the Customer.
The Saturn Consultative Sales Process
Saturn's Consultative Sales Process was developed for Sales Consultants to work with customers focusing on their wants and needs in order to help in the decision to purchase a vehicle.
Flashback to October 1990: Meet Saturn
The following is an excerpt from Saturn's 1991 brochure. The first Saturn was a 1991 SL2 sedan sold on October 25, 1990.
Aerial Coverage of the 2012 Saturn Reunion Provided by a Stuffed Replica of the Saturn Lightship Blimp?
Circling high above SaturnFans.com World Headquarters (that is, my desk) is a stuffed replica of the Saturn Lightship. If it was a little bit larger (this plush blimp is only about 5 inches long) and able to fly through the air (it just hangs from a ceiling fan fixture by a piece of string) it might be able to provide a live video feed of me sitting in front of my PC feverishly typing Saturn updates for the next 24 hours.
The 2012 Virtual Saturn Reunion Starts Now
Thanks for visiting! So what's this all about? The reunion was envisioned to be a way for Saturn owners from around the world to gather, reconnect, learn, share experiences, and express enthusiasm for their cars. What can you expect? For the next 24 hours: lots of fun, tons of Saturn-related content, and something new posted throughout the day.