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Police: Parolee caught with drugs
BRIDGEPORT -- Officers looking for suspects in a different case made a drug arrest Tuesday night on Noble Avenue.
Two officers parked in front of the Caribe Market saw a person walk up to a parked car, reach in and retrieve something, tucking it into his waistband, the incident report states.
When they came up to the car, officers said the driver began acting nervous. The driver's hand shook as he showed the cops his ID, and several cell phones were clearly visible on the center console, the report states.
Jose Vargas Delgado, 42, of West Liberty Street, was arrested after he brushed the cell phones onto the floor, exposing what turned out to be 12.2 grams of crack cocaine, packaged in 113 small bags, police said.
One of the phones rang while officers were talking to Delgado, the report states, and the Caller ID showed "Washington Park,'' a frequent site for drug deals, police said.
Delgado was held overnight on a $75,000 bond, charged with possession of narcotics, possession with intent to sell, and possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school.
Delgado is on parole for an earlier conviction and will be remanded to state custody, police said.


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Little Big Town, 'Pontoon' – Song Review
Any country artist that can invent a sound never before heard on country radio deserves a round of applause. In the age of repetition and imitation, Little Big Town releases 'Pontoon,' a song that has no siblings.
This isn't a bad thing. The quartet's originality will scare away some, but those who invest time to pull apart the layers of this lazy lake song will be rewarded with a new toy upon each listen. Enjoy the sitar sound this time, the groovy bass next time, and find the organ during your third try. After a dozen listens there is still something hidden in this masterful production that will cause one to go, "Oh wow! I've never heard that before."
Because of this, the lyrics and message of 'Pontoon' are somewhat of an afterthought. "Pontoon / Makin' waves and catchin' rays up on the roof / Jumping off the back don't act like you don't want to / Party in slow motion / Out here in the open hmm, motor-boatin'," Karen Fairchild sings during the chorus, with her bandmates singing along in perfect harmony.
While the effects on Fairchild's vocals are unique, it's not a perfect marriage with the easy-breezy story she's telling. One has to work too hard to find lines like "Reach your hand down into the cooler / Don't drink it if the mountains are blue."
To criticize Little Big Town for their originality would be like criticizing comedian Lewis Black for being angry. It's sort of who they are. That doesn't mean everyone will like 'Pontoon,' but those who do will applaud their creativity, while the rest of the country audience will just move past it. Either way, it will stand out like a birthmark on country radio. It remains to be seen if Cindy Crawford's or Mikhail Gorbachev's birthmark is a more apt comparison.
Listen to Little Big Town, 'Pontoon'

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Here's the deal: you borrow a normal beer or soda bottle from someone—anybody—at a bar, restaurant, party, or whatever. You grab a couple caps off the bar and give them to the participants to examine; one that will end up inside the bottle and one to cap the bottle with to keep the bottle secured.
You hold the bottle in your hand, snap the cap on the bottom once, twice, and bang! It is inside.
As simple as that!
You immediately hand the bottle back to the person you were working with to be examined; you are totally and unequivocally clean. Believe it. It is that quick. Lighting fast.
Prohibition can be done totally impromptu, completely surrounded, and it is totally visual! Seriously, watch the demo and see if you can catch it; they sure won't. They'll just sit there and look at you with their mouths wide open—totally "gob smacked" as the Scots say.
"If you like wonderful, startling magic done with borrowed articles that looks super clean, Prohibition is for you! A bent cap penetrates the bottom of a capped beer bottle in a striking, visual way and everything is immediately handed out for examination. There is nothing to find! This video not only gives you every performing detail, but a scad of other ideas as well. I love doing it in the spectator's hands! Nothing is left to chance. Finally, you can watch Prohibition being performed live to see the kind of reactions it really gets. I highly - very highly - recommend this effect!" - Richard Osterlind
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Hello Everyone!
My name is Rex and I'm glad to finally be part of the forums! I picked up this RA29 Celica last month. I've still got to organize my garage a bit and get some funds together before I start my build, but I'm aiming to drop in a V6 2GR-FE.
I'm certain to run into plenty of issues while rebuilding this car and will appreciate any help or suggestions you may have. I'll be posting videos and photos to keep everyone up to date on the progress. I will probably create a youtube channel and instagram to follow if you're interested.
My brother took a few pictures the night we picked up the Celica. We actually ended up driving it for six hours to get it back to Georgia. Its super fun to drive and I believe with the engine swap it will only get better!


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Spicy Sriracha White Bean Dip & Signs of Spring!
Homemade spicy sriracha, fresh chilies sauces and pretty much anything with dip recipes has been on our eating repertoire as of late. Since making our last batch of spicy garlic knots, cravings for more heat keeps our stomachs rumbling for daily spice. Just the other day, we were making our latest batch of homemade kim chi and went triple the spicy level! Fingers crossed we don't regret adding all that heat.
In a few weeks, we'll be hosting a fun event at our studio with KitchenAid and menu planning for this luncheon is always creative and inspiring. Spring is nearing so plenty of fresh vegetables, fresh citrus and homemade baked goods will fill the studio. Also on the menu are homemade crackers with parmesan, flax seed and possibly fresh rosemary? Not sure yet, but when we finally figure it out, we'll be sharing it with you all.
To accompany the homemade crackers we wanted to simple, yet flavorful dip recipe and fresh white bean dip seems to satisfy any hungry crowd. Since we still have spicy on the mind, it seems to appropriate to add a bit of fresh heat to this earthy and white bean dip.
The wonderful part of this dip is that is truly is so simple and fresh, yet so flavorful with Asian inspired flavors and heat. Touches of sesame oil, fresh live, zesty garlic and your choice of chili sauce gives this creamy dip so many layers of flavor.
Our spring plum blossoms
On the gardening front, we're finally catching up to some much needed digging. Over the last few weeks, we've been working slowly on adding 4 new citrus trees to our collection. Oro blanco, a second bearss lime, meyer lemon and kishu mandarin have made home in their new planters. We're super excited about all the new sprigs of growth on these baby citrus because that's the first sign of Spring.
Even our flowering plums were showered with blossoms last week and their endless explosion of pink petals from branch to branch!
Hope your weather is warming up slowly for all our friends outside of Southern California!
Here's a collection of our Hot Sauce and Sriracha Recipes, including our version of homemade sriracha hot sauce.
Spicy Asian White Bean Dip
- 15 oz. canned white beans (rinsed) , I prefer the creamy cannellini beans
- 1 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce ( or to taste)
- 2 Tablespoons sriracha hot sauce or any spicy chili sauce, or one fresh thai chili
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/4 cup water (addition water needed if you need to make the dip smoother)
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
- crackers or fried crispy bread
In blender, combine all ingredients (white beans, olive oil, sesame oil, soy sauce, sriracha sauce, garlic, curry powder, water, and lime juice). Blend until smooth.
Serve with your favorite crackers or toasted, fried bread.
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Universal Radio Bag
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This blue insulated bag is great for protecting and carrying your HT or portable shortwave radio.
It comfortably accomodates midsized portables such as the Sony ICF-SW7600GR.
There is plenty of room for your radio, AC adapter, extra batteries and more.
There is a front open pocket for papers.
8 x 6 x 5 inches. Blue with Universal Radio logo.


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To extract rar archives in Ubuntu do this:
Open a terminal and past this command in it
sudo apt-get install unrar
Or if you are using Firefox click here.
This won't install another software on your PC, rather Ubuntu's Achieve manager will get the ability to work with RAR files. Unrar is a small 99 KB package.
Note that unrar isn't an opensource project, so those who live by opensource ideology won't like to install this.
Tombuntu blog has posted another opensource solution here. However the opensource unrar doesn't work with all rar files.


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Skin79 Super Plus Beblesh Balm Triple Functions - VIP Gold
327 reviews
74% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.2
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 4.2
Price: $$$
INGREDIENTSWater, Propylene Glycol, Cyclomethicone, Dimethicone, Isopropyl Palmitate, Titanium Dioxide, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Talc, Methicone, Sweet Almond Oil, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Arbutin, Zinc Oxide, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Magnesium Sulfate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Iron Oxides, Glycosyl Trehalose, Aluminum Stearate, Aluminum Hydroxide, Trihydroxystearin, Silica, Peg-8, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Dimethiconol/Silsesquioxane Copolymer, Butylene Glycol, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Methylparaben, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Fragrance, Tocopheryl Acetate, Propylparaben, Portulaca Oleracea, Piper Methysticum, Peg-8/Smdi Copolymer, Glycerine, Gold, Citrus Unshiu, Ubiquinone, Schizandra Chinensis, Nelumbo Nucifera, Lycium Chinense, Helianthus Annuus, Ivy Extract, Camellia Sinensis, Aloe Barbadensis, Butylparaben, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Phytic Acid, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Adenosine, Cholesterol, Ceramide Iii, Triclosan, Madecassoside, Caviar, Bht, Dipentaerythrityl, Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate, Cornus Officinalis Fruit Extract
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on 5/30/2018 2:31:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
This BB cream was great value because I snatched it up half price on the koreadepart website. I've tried the skin79 orange bb cream and the skin79 green bb cream as well, so I wanted to see how this one would compare in terms of colour and performance (I found the green one much too pink/white, and didn't provide as much coverage as I wanted, while the orange one ended up too yellow for my skin tone).
To me this BB cream was fairly thick and smelled and felt like sunscreen. I like the fleshy beige tone, which blends in nicely to cover the redness on my cheeks and nose. It doesn't seem to provide quite as thick coverage as the Skin79's orange BB cream, and it is only SPF 30+ so I would use this for a day when I'm mostly indoors. I only need a dusting of powder over the top - no blush, no bronzer - to produce a nice minimal daytime make up look.
After a couple of hours on a warm humid day it looks quite dewy or even shiny, so blotting or more powder is needed. I don't have any bad reactions or breakouts to this BB cream, and the colour is quite good so I still like it.
I'll work my way through this bottle, but I won't be repurchasing just because it doesn't do the job (in terms of feel, colour and longevity) as well as the BB cream I'm currently using.
on 11/26/2017 7:25:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Green
I had the older formula, SPF25. The color was really good for me, I usually have issues finding light foundations with a warm undertone.
But unfortunately, it was too oily on my oily skin and settled into my laugh lines pretty bad. I haven't tried it with a primer/powder...I might as well wear foundation if I'm gonna do that.
Also, there is the smallest amount in such a massive bottle its pretty funny :')
on 10/27/2017 3:16:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I wanted to love this product. I tried it on and off in spurts over the last 6 months, so this isn't some "I tried it for a week!" review.
No matter the season I couldn't get it work for me. Lately, I had ran out of my HG bb, but had this so I used it. Then, I remembered why I stopped. Sadly, this formula flares up my general and cystic acne. I have about 5 big red dots on my face.
The coverage is quick thick but not too heavy, blends/adjusts into my skin tone, and does a good job of hiding imperfections. However, Skin79's VIP Gold doesn't last long, even with powder. Within a few hours the spots reappear. While it's initial coverage is great, sometimes if my skin is dry it has a tendency to accentuate patches.
This product seems to really sit into the skin so I'd caution the acne prone. Washing my face couldn't seem to prevent the irritations this product ended up causing me.
on 12/31/2016 4:24:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
I've been using this BB cream for about 5 years and it use to be a staple. During the last 5 years, they've reformulated it twice (at least) with this last one being a somewhat drastic change. The old formula(s) blended in perfectly to my NC15-20 olive skin, offered up medium natural looking coverage, set to a satin finish and wore like a champ no matter what my skin was doing. This new one (purchased 11/2016, exp 2018) is much sheerer, dewier and the color, while it looks more natural coming out of the bottle and going on, turns too pink. It also never seems to set but topping with powder makes it look cakey.
on 7/14/2016 6:50:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I really, REALLY wanted to love this! With all the hype around it, I had big hopes of replacing my No.7 BB Cream.
Packaging makes it look a bit cheap/tacky from the first off, and I wasn't keen on the pump application or knowing how much you have left.
It applies an almost greyish colour, providing a light coverage. It made me look washed out and ill, it didn't last all that long at all either.
With all the BB creams out there, I don't see the attraction to this at all. Really disappointed!
on 7/5/2016 3:38:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Im so pleased I decided on this product after researching various BB creams, wanting a lightweight product for work / day wear.
This product is lightweight compared to foundation and with my 2 buildable applications, this really does even out my complexion and truly covers my dark blemishes and imperfections.
Don't me scared by the grey colour on application because it oxidises and although its slightly lighter than my olive skin, I simply bronze forehead/contour face for warmer appearance.
I have an oily complexion and it absolutely stays on with a lovely dewy finish. I personally should blot at lunch time to remove oil build up, to keep face prestine.
This BB cream is great for youthful look and creating even complexion and brilliant cover, without that heavy foundation feel and stays dewy and in place all day.. Not bad price too :)
on 5/18/2016 2:50:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
Absolutely love it. It has a grey tint to it, so it covers redness really well, but can leave you looking a bit washed out. Smells like sunscreen but the smell fades fast.
on 4/16/2016 5:04:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I bought this on a total whim! I usually use Yves Saint Laurent BB cream and Koh Gen Do foundation. However, I recently moved to Hong Kong and they don't carry Koh Gen Do in this country. I was thinking of ordering some online, but, I'll be travelling to Singapore next month and I was just going to get a few more bottles while in town.
The weather has started heating up and the humidity has been rising, so I didn't want to get a heavy replacement foundation. I read that Skin79's BB cream is lightweight with great coverage. So I did my research on where I could find it and picked up a tube. Before I bought it, it didn't even realize it was an off-the-shelf brand! So, the low price was an awesome surprise.
I've always loved my Yves Saint Laurent BB cream because it "perfected" my skin. Meaning, it blends my lines and pores and gives me a dewy glow. But, none of the three shades available fit my skin tone. I always have to buy 2 shades and mix them.
Skin79 only has one shade, and surprisingly enough it matches my skin beautifully! It's nice full coverage, better than YSL, without feeling heavy on the skin, perfects my skin just as well as YSL, gives me effortlessly glowing skin and it stays in place all day -longer lasting than YSL. The coverage is wonderful enough on it's own, I don't even need to worry about buying new foundation! Good bye Yves Saint Laurent, good bye Koh Gen Do! Instead of 190 dollars (1 foundation + 2 BB creams) only 20 bucks! SCORE!!
on 4/12/2016 5:00:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Other, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
LOVE this bb cream!! It had great coverage and feels weightless. Literally the only reason I took a lippie off is that I wish it came in other shades but I'm very fair and I can make the one shade work for me. This blurs my pores and has replaced my foundation. I love that it has spf and skin care ingredients in it. To make it last longer I just set with powder. Love love love it
on 3/26/2016 7:18:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I've been using this product for a couple of months now and would say it is the closest to hg I have found so far in the arena of bb cream and foundation. The consistency is quite thick, I've used my fingers, a flat brush and some other foundation brush that I don't know the name of (kind of long, pretty thin and tapers at the top to a curved point) with success though I prefer my fingers or the flathead as they spread more evenly. I've tried using it with a damp blending sponge which I didn't particularly like as it spreads the product too thin.
Coverage wise this stuff works pretty well, I'd say with one layer it is somewhere between light and medium and after a second application a good medium. It covers redness and evens skin tone well, does a good job disguising spots- they are a lot less visible and far less red but you can still see them a bit which I can deal with (have all sorts of problems using dedicated spot concealers so I skip that). The one thing I don't like about this is the fact that it's only available in one shade. Although it does match me extremely well (I'm NC15 if not lighter/whiter, think casper), I think it leaves me looking a bit washed out so I top it off with some coloured mineral powder and a bit of bronzer just so I look alive. I'd tag this as more of a base/primer than a bb cream that you can just smack on and leave the house with, though I do do this very occasionally if I'm just popping to the shop or having a cba day.
Packaging, oh the packaging. I had problems with the pump from the start and after a while disaster struck. Inside the gold outer shell there is a white container with a top that the gold bevel and pump sit on top of. Somehow, the product when pumped began to leak out inside the interior white top and the pump failed completely. Now I have to leave the packaging dismantled, screw the top off and take some product off the pump pipe itself in order to get any use of it. Really wish Skin79 would do something about this as I lost a decent amount of product in the aftermath, having to use a small spoon to decant the spillage back into the container.
The product smells quite strongly of spf and it's kind of florally? Not too offensive but not the best smell, kind of like a pensioner left in the sun slathered in Lancaster or something.
It feels nice on the skin, not greasy or too heavy though I am a little skeptical of the whole caviar thing. I would probably buy this again but I would prefer to find something a bit more readily available as I have to hunt eBay for a UK seller as ain't nobody got time to be waiting for this stuff to ship from Korea.
I have since ordered another bottle of this on which the pump has not yet failed so fingers crossed. Still really happy with it but I am trying new things purely because i don't like having to layer bronzer on top to give colour, still recommend!
Pump failed on second bottle. Unfortunately now it's summer and I've recently started working in retail for the minute too so I'm on my feet all day rushing around which has caused my face to go full chip-pan, this bb cream is no longer a viable option for me but i'm sure it's near on perfect for others!
Got this out again this morning to try as since I've stopped using it I haven't really found anything that smoothes out my skin as well. Instantly I notice how pink this pulls- i'm yellow toned but didn't really pay attention to that until after I stopped using this. I cannot understand how I thought I got away with this! My face itself is fairly neutral but my neck is strongly yellow and blending this down is still not the best. Going to try mixing this with a strong yellow biased concealer to see if i can get a better match.
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With productivity growth flagging across the developed world, a range of eminent experts have argued the IT revolution is running out of steam and the promise of future growth illusory. Technological innovation seems to be getting harder, with diminishing returns. But could a new era of technology-driven autonomy and virtualized labor change this dismal outlook?
Here we explain what the technology pessimists are missing and how businesses and governments can respond to the opportunity.


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revmarketers needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
We need a new logo for the school that is bright, fun, and entertaining. The demographic age is 11-18 years old. We need something that looks hip, but is also "parent friendly".
We are definitely open to new and fresh ideas, but we'd generally like to stay within these guidelines:
1) We'd like the main text of the logo to be blue. It needs to be within the vicinity of these colors (#233f7b, #192f62, #1b63ae)
2) We'd like it to be a fresh and readable sans serif font...something that really pops
3) Be reserved when using gradients. We're not opposed to some forms of gradients, but please make sure it will be something that will look sharp in both 4 color and monochrome (newsprint).
4) Feel free to incorporate any musical symbols, ONLY if you have a good idea on how to incorporate them effectively. Don't add them just for the sake of adding them. Remember, this must be clean and readable.
5) MUST be in vector based format (.ai, .eps). No photoshop files, please.
Blue, Fun, Entertaining, Bright, Solid, Engaging, Inviting, A logo that "pops", Must be aesthetically pleasing, Both parent and kid friendly
Serif Fonts, Too arty that it's not readable
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- If you click on any of the links to commercial leveling guides in this post and purchase the guide, I will receive a commission for that sale. I am trying to sell you these products, but I am also giving you my complete and honest opinion.
- My comments are based purely on my past experience with leveling guides. All of the guides I have used I either purchased with my own money or were available to everyone for free.
- I do not have access to the Cataclysm versions for any of the guides, and I have not received anything from the guide makers for free. I cannot definitively comment on the quality of any of the Cataclysm guides. If something changes and the guides lack the quality of the guides I used, I will be just as pissed as you are, because I purchased it with my own money as well.
- If you are not interested in what I have to say about leveling guides please feel free to skip this post. I should have a new one up in a couple of days. That said, any comments that are not on topic and basically "unsubscribe" comments will be deleted. I appreciate you taking the time to express your disapproval, but please do it in an email. Comments that disagree with me or provide other options will not be deleted as long as long as they fit a general guideline of decency
Some gamers like the challenge of going in blind and discovering the right path. To these players looking for an objective online is cheating and spoils the fun of the game.
I'm not one of those players. I'm impatient and get frustrated when I can't find something in game and in real life. It annoys me when I do a quest and then find another quest that wants me to go back to the same exact spot I was before. In short, the more time I spend running the less happy I am, therefore it should come as no surprise that I'm a big fan of leveling guides.
In this post I will take a look at what I like about leveling guides, give a critique of the guides I've used, and try and show you why I think leveling guides are still a good purchase.
My Leveling Guide History:
When I first started playing WoW almost four years ago, I literally knew nothing about the game and MMO's in general. I gave it a try because I was a fan of the Warcraft and Starcraft RTS games. Everything I knew about WoW I learned from the official website and what I learned in game. As a result I made a lot of mistakes, like doing one quest at a time and trying to complete zones before moving to a knew one. It literally took me more then a month to go from level 1 to level 30.
Then I found Jamie's 30 - 60 Alliance Leveling guide on WoWpro.com. It was an "Aha!" moment and I realized many of the things I was doing wrong. It was a website based guide so it required a lot of alt-tabbing, but leveling was still a lot faster with the guide. With easy to understand instructions and pictures, it was easily the best leveling resource I had found up until that point.
There was a problem however. It stopped at level 60. I dinged level 60 in February or March of 2007, a couple of months after TBC was released. Unfortunately, Jamie's guide was not updated with a 60 to 70 section until many months after TBCs release, so I was faced with the choice of buying a guide or go back to doing it myself. In the end I chose to purchase the now defuncted Brian Kopp Alliance leveling guide. At the time it was regarded as the best Alliance leveling guide available. As good as Jamie's guide was, Brian Kopps was better. It was better organized, it offered coordinates for almost every objective and overall had less running around. Though it cost me 50 bucks or so I thought it was well worth the purchase and I leveled Graylo to 70 with it and two other toons from 1 to 70 with it.
Then came WotLK. While I was really impressed with the content of Brian Kopp's guide, the format of his guide was out of date. At this time several competing guides were advertising in-game addons and the promise of no more alt-tabbing. As we got closer to WotLK release date I was getting more and more concerned by the lack of information coming from the Brian Kopp people. I wasn't sure if there was going to be a 70 to 80 guide at all let alone an in-game addon version of one.
So, I took it as an opportunity to try something new and I picked up the Zygor Alliance guide (I did not purchase the Horde guide at the time.). For the most part, I have been very happy with the Zygor guide. The format of the guide is excellent. I was never confused on where to go and was always able to move quickly from one step to the next. I think the content and organization of the Brian Kopp guide were a little better, but the differences were small.
I really only have two negative things to say about the Zygor guide. First, I think they listed some steps in the wrong order. A couple of times it would tell you to kill a named mob after it tells you to kill 20 of his associates. I think it works out better in the opposite order. The other issue I had was that the guide didn't provide alternate areas to complete the quest in the beginning. If you've ever tried to play right after a new expansion you know how some quest areas can be cramped with people trying to kill quest mobs. The guide would point to an area that was heavily camped already, but not provide the other locations at which the quest can be completed. That said, both of these issues got better in later versions of the guide. Zygor started grouping steps together more, and they started offering alternate areas to kill mobs. Also, as a player I found a few easy work-a-rounds. I set up the addon to show multiple steps so that I can read a little ahead to see if some steps can be done together. If the guide doesn't provide alternate locations to complete the quest, the in-game quest helper complements the guide well by giving you additional sites if they exist.
Yes, leveling guides still have value!
The World of Warcraft has changed a lot in the past 6 years, and some of you are probably questioning the value of a leveling guide. In truth, Blizzard quest design has improved a lot, and typically provides breadcrumb quests to show you the path. The new in-game quest helper also shows you the areas in which to completely quests. What could a leveling guide possibly add to the equation?
In truth, questing is a lot easier now then it ever has been before, but these improvements don't have all the advantages that an in-game guide provides. In my opinion, a leveling guide still helps quite a bit. I have been leveling up several horde toons on live without a leveling guide and I've been leveling up Graylo on the beta without a leveling guide. In both cases, I have found myself wishing I had a leveling guide for several reasons.
- Looking at the in-game quest helper is like alt-tabbing. Granted it is quicker and easier then looking something up on WoWhead, but a good leveling guide addon will tell you all the information you need right on your screen. I can't tell you how much time I've wasted or how many times I've died while I was looking at the map or WoWhead to figure out a quest. In short, looking away from your screen costs time that I would prefer to spend completing more quests.
- In a related note to my first point, the in-game quest-helper lacks detail. It's great for finding out where to kill 10 of mob x, but if you need to go to a specific spot it has issues. It will put a marker on your big map showing you where to go, but that's it. If it's in a hard to reach spot like in a cave or up a mountain it doesn't tell you how to get to that spot. You also have to look at the map to find it and it does not provide coordinates for the location. If the quest requires several specific locations, it only shows them one at a time, and you have to look at the map after each objective. A good leveling guide will give you the specific coordinates of where you need to go and an on screen arrow to point you in the right direction. While using a leveling guide I was rarely unsure of where to go and what I need to do next after completing a step in the guide.
- The in-game quest helper lacks organization. Blizzard has made it a lot easier to find quests. The bread-crumb quests and the quest giver icons on your mini-map are a big help, but they don't do enough. While leveling in Mount Hyjal, I missed several quest hubs because there was not a break-crumb quest leading me to it and I didn't travel close enough to it to see the quest icon on my mini map. Also, it doesn't give any indication of what order the quests should be done it.
For example, at one of the Mount Hyjal quest hubs I accepted 3 quests. They were all to be completed in the area around of the quest hub, but two of them were separated from the third by a little bit. What the in-game quest helper didn't tell me was that quest number 3 was the start of a longer quest chain, of which some of the later quests were completed in the same areas as quest 1 and 2. By random draw I chose to do quests 1 and 2 first, and ended up doing more running then I needed to because I had to go back to an area I had already quested in because I did the quests in the least efficient order.
A good leveling guide takes all the guessing out of the equation. It shows you exactly where to go next so you shouldn't miss any quest hubs. Plus it will tell you which mobs will start a quest if you kill them. When you do have all the quests it will tell you the best order to complete them to minimize your running around time.
- Reading Quests takes time. I know some of you love to read the quests for the lore and the story. Personally, I am not that type of player and I get annoyed if I have to read a quest. The quest objectives are usually enough to point you in the right direction, but about 25% of the time they are not. Sometimes you have to collect something to summon the mob you need to kill, or use a quest item on a particular mob to weaken it when the quest objective just tells you to kill mob X. I hate that, because I spend a minute or to looking for mob X, then I take a half a minute to read the quest to figure out what I'm missing. A good leveling guide will tell you the exact steps you need to complete to finish the quest.
Updates vs Upgrades:
I want to explain the difference between guide updates versus guide upgrades. Most of the guide sellers will advertise "free updates" for the life of the guide when trying to sell you a guide. Unfortunately, many purchasers are confused by what that means, and feel cheated when a new expansion comes out and have to buy a guide for the new levels. In a effort to prevent that confusion let me try and explain the difference.
An update is done when Blizzard does something that would change the way an existing guide would function. For example, during TBC Blizzard dramatically reduced the amount of experience needed to level from 1 to 60 and added a new quest hub in Dustwollow Marsh. I was using the Brian Kopp 1-70 guide at the time and he rewrote the guide to take the reduced xp requirements into account and include the new quest hub. I got this update for free as a part of my original purchase.
Another example, would the questing changes coming in Cataclysm. Since Blizzard is redoing a lot of the old world, the guide makers are having to redo their leveling guides from 1-60. As a purchaser of the Zygor 1-80 guide I would getting these updates for free without having to buy the 80-85 guide. This has been confirmed by the Zygor people.
An upgrade is when the guide provides new levels when an expansion is released. Therefore you will have to purchase a new guide for the new levels added in an expansion. I have not seen a single commercial guide that provides free upgrades. If you buy a leveling guide, make sure it includes all of the levels you expect it to, but don't expect it to include any levels beyond those currently available or soon to be available.
Available Guides:
Zygor Level Guides
I used the Alliance guide during the WotLK expansion and got several characters to level 80 with it. I have also preordered the Cataclysm version of this guide.
Pros: Has a very helpful in game addon and is well organized for the most part. It provides the exact coordinates of quest objectives and an arrow point the player in the right direction. I've also experienced excellent customer service. If you purchase the guide after Oct 7th 2010, the Cataclysm update will be included in your purchase.
Cons: It costs money. It also had some organizational issues when first released in WotLK, but I found those problems to be relatively minor and most were eventually corrected.
Jamie's WoWPro.com Guides
I leveled my original Graylo from 30 - 60 with this guide several years ago. I have also used a couple of the starting zone guides, but I have not used their addon or any of their more recent guides.
Pros: It's Free. I have also heard good things about the addon and more recent guides from readers and guildies.
Cons: My biggest issue with the WoWPro.com guides is their availability. I hit level 60 more the 2 months after TBC was released and the 70-80 guide was not released until several months after that. They did provide 70-76 on release of WotLK, but there were only a few updates after that and the guide was never completed to go to level 80. They say they will have the 80-85 guide available on release, but I think you can understand why I am a little skeptical. On a side note, I also found the commercial guides to be a little more organized. Though to be fair it has been several years since I used a WoWPro guide.
Other Guides:
These are other leveling guides that I have no personal experience with. I cannot comment on the quality of any of them. Also, I do not follow their development, so please review their websites closely before purchasing to make sure you know what you are getting.
As best as I can tell the Brian Kopp guide is no longer being updated, but his website has been picked up by another guide creator. That said I have no idea what the connection between the two are.
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NJ Assemblyman Sean Kean Doubles Down On Bad Video Game Legislation
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To all you politicians out there willingly riding the coattails of a massacre into the Big Book of Bad Legislation: Just. Stop. There's too many of you out there right now using your downtime to Pin the Tail on the Scapegoat with poorly conceived bills that aim to clean up a video game market that, quite frankly, is doing a great job regulating itself.
But if you're someone like Sen. Charles Grassley, Rep. Jim Matheson, CT State Sen. Toni Harp or Rep. Debralee Hovey, something needs to be done about this nonexistent problem, and it needs to be done now. Lots of "something" has already been proposed and, fortunately, most of that "something" will be discarded before it ever becomes law, thanks to the Constitution.
However, if you're someone like NJ Assemblyman Sean T. Kean, you're not going to stop at one "something." No, if you're an inspired go-getter like Kean, you're going to introduce two diametrically opposed video game-related bills, hurl them into the legislative chambers and shout: "Now kiss!"
Here's "something" No. 1:
The first proposal prohibits the sale of any video game with an ESRB rating of "mature" or "adults only" to a person under the age of 18. Violating this law would carry a fine of up to $10,000 for a first offense and up to $20,000 for each subsequent offense. In addition, the Attorney General would be given the legal authority to issue cease and desist orders against the retailer and award punitive damages to the minor.Kean is obviously unaware that the video game industry's entirely voluntary ratings system has managed to turn away 87% of underage purchasers. And this is happening without threats, hefty fines or the heavy hand of government intervention. But, as we all have learned over the years, the government simply cannot believe that good things happen without its interference. Politicians' jobs rely on this misconception. And that's how we end up with
Judging by the impressive size of the fines (and the bizarre award of punitive damages to the minor -- what? getting the game isn't reward enough?), Kean is very serious about keeping "violent, sexually explicit" video games out of the hands (and eyes) of children -- so serious, in fact, that he has introduced another bill, which oddly enough, finds a way to put these M-rated games right back in these kids' hands (and eyes).
Under the second bill, minors would be permitted to purchase video games containing mature and adult content only if their parent or guardian is present during the purchase and gives their consent verbally or in writing at the time of the sale. Penalties for any violations are the same as with the first bill.Good news, kids! Know someone over the age of 17? Then you too can own any number of "violent, sexually explicit" titles simply by declaring a random 17+ person your "guardian!" It's called a "two-party sale" and it's no different than hitting up the nearest 21-year-old still wearing his high school letter jacket and asking him (or her -- but it's always a him) to pick you up something to drink from the local liquor jobber. More seriously, why is this even needed? Parents have always had the option to purchase M-rated titles for their kids. This just throws additional pressure on the retailers who now have to make a judgement call as to the legitimacy of the adult accompanying the underaged purchaser. Before Kean's meddling, all a retailer had to do was refuse the sale. If this bill makes it through, retailers will be faced with the dubious pleasure of selling M-rated games to minors simply because someone over the age of 17 said it was OK -- and hefty fines if they screw up.
Here's Kean rationalizing these two bills.
"Just as it's unlawful for minors to purchase alcohol and cigarettes, because it's detrimental to their well being, the same can be said of adult video games, most of which contain extremely inappropriate content for a young viewer's eyes and ears," said Kean. "These two pieces of legislation are intended to protect children."While I can appreciate the tiny bit of deference shown towards parents who may feel their children can handle Call of Duty (or just don't care), I'm of the opinion that Kean's much more fond of the first bill than the second. The first is a deterrent with a government-rewarding fine attached that plays right into his "video games hurt children" mindset. The second is lip service towards individual responsibility. If Kean truly cares about individual responsibility, he'd shut up and get out of the way and let a system that is working extremely well continue unimpeded by unnecessary government interference.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the Fed is in no hurry to reduce its record bond buying with inflation running below its 2% target.
"It is full steam ahead right now," Bullard said today on Bloomberg Radio's "Hays Advantage" with Kathleen Hays. "That is exactly what the committee is doing."
A voter on monetary policy this year, Bullard was one of the first Federal Open Market Committee officials to urge slowing the pace of bond purchases in 2013 if warranted by economic reports, a position taken by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke last month. In 2010 Bullard initiated calls for a second round of bond buying, which ran from November 2010 until June 2011.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell today to a two-month low, showing there's little concern among investors about inflation risk. The note yielded 1.81% at 3:13 p.m. in New York, down from 1.86% yesterday.
Consumer prices rose just 1.3% in February from a year earlier, according to an inflation gauge favored by the Fed, and growth has been too weak to generate jobs for millions of fired workers. Unemployment in February was 7.7%.
Monetary policy is currently "appropriate," Bullard said in the interview, adding that he didn't call for a reduction in asset purchases at the FOMC's meeting in March.
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"I don't think we have to be in any hurry" to cut stimulus, Bullard said. "The committee has more comfort in a situation in which inflation is low."
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High-End Spenders Shrug Off Headwind
Despite continued weak employment data and gridlock in Washington, consumers are showing surprising signs of confidence, and opening their wallets to buy big-ticket items ranging from washing machines to fast boats. Ben Casselman joins MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.
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"Magik": This amazing cat was the sole survivor in a litter of eight kittens. As an older adult, she was diagnosed with breast cancer by Dr. Nicole Leibman, head of the AMC oncology service. Magik underwent a complete mastectomy and then chemotherapy every three weeks. She was cancer-free in four months. The following year an x-ray revealed the cancer was back and had spread to her lungs. Despite a grim prognosis, Dr. Leibman and Dr. Valerie Wiles recommended treating Magik with a targeted chemo drug called Palladia. Two years later at 15 years old, Magik is still enjoying her golden years with her loving family.
"Pauli": Just what is the special "Secretariat" something about Pauli that makes him so in tune with his companion Tom, as well as a longtime survivor, years beyond medical expectations?
Tom Raibaldi of Staten Island has owned two incredible guide dogs from the Guide Dog Foundation in Smithtown Pauli a 12-year-old Lab, defying all odds in his battle against lymphoma; and his predecessor, Sporty, who anticipated and protected Tom by pulling him on the grass prior to a seizure, long before seizure-alert dogs were trained service dogs.
For over 10 years now, effervescent Pauli followed in Sporty's paw prints, sensing danger in the nick of time. He's refused the beckoning of a crossing guard; also stubbornly stopped in a NYC intersection when given the "Forward" command, as cars sped out of nowhere. He pulled Tom away from a telephone pole as a black box was about to fall. Pauli just knew.
When Tom was a toddler, he was bitten by an insect while visiting relatives in Southampton. After six months in a coma, he awoke blind and paralyzed. Over time he regained some mobility but not enough feeling to read Braille. Reading was very difficult for him despite years in schools for the visually impaired. At age 18 a wonderful tutor taught Tom to read large print books, and made a GED possible several years later. Pauli accompanied Tom during eight years at York College, and wore a matching cap and gown when Tom graduated. He's nothing short of a guardian angel.
In 2006 when Pauli was only five, Tom's mother noticed his eyes were a little red. This seemingly harmless symptom led them to Dr. Leibman at the AMC and a shocking diagnosis of Stage 5 Lymphoma with a prognosis of three months without treatment; approximately one year with chemo. Tom opted for chemo to forestall the inevitable.
Thanks to the Frank V. D. Lloyd Fund for Guide Dogs established at the AMC in 1960, Pauli was provided with free veterinary care. (The late Mr. Lloyd, a NJ litigator and philanthropist, was on the Board of Trustees at The AMC and many other charities. This AMC fund gladly accepts donations.)
Pauli began visiting the AMC weekly for chemo. He responded well, and achieved complete remission in one week. He completed a common standard of care chemo protocol six months later. Pauli's been in remission now six years-possibly a canine cancer record.
"More malignant quickly dividing cells respond more quickly to chemotherapy. Low-grade malignancies tend to not respond as well to chemo but these also tend to be slow-growing cancers and animals can live longer with even no treatment. Pauli's case is the longest remission since I have been at the Animal Medical Center," said Dr. Leibman who joined the AMC staff in 2001.
So what factors may have contributed to Pauli's remarkable remission? Could it be his bubbly temperament? Does attitude play a part in recovery? Pauli readily greeted his admirers at the luncheon. Tom jokes that Dr. Leibman calls Pauli that "crazy guide dog" because he happily bounded into chemo and follow-up appointments whereas many other dogs become apprehensive. Or might there be a tad of divine intervention combined with good fortune, chemo and AMC expertise? After Tom's son Michael was born five years ago, the Raibaldi's visited their parish to set a christening date. Tom mentioned Pauli's cancer to the priest who listened intently, held onto Pauli and prayed over him for 10 minutes, finally uttering, "Pauli's gonna be fine." Perhaps he knew the good padre St. Francis of Assisi roots for AMC "Living Legends" too.
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The Thin Blue Line "The Honey Trap" Dawkins is furiously jealous of Fowler's admiration for Habib, albeit as star of his pub quiz team. That worsens when CID needs her as sexy, secret bait for a "honey trap." Alas for Fowler, that part proves incompatible with the quiz.G
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My Family "Kenzo's Project" Kenzo has a school project about his family. He asks Janey what it was like growing up in the house, and Michael chimes in. Ben tries to describe his job while Alfie sings a song about the members of the family. The episode is illustrated with extracts from series 1-6.G
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My Hero "Old Man Riverdance" George's father, Seamus, visits from Flordia where he lives in a home for retired superheroes.G
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Are You Being Served? "Erotic Dreams of Mrs. Slocombe" Dreams of romantic involvement with Mr. Humphries do not easily turn into reality.G
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As Time Goes By "The Country Set" Jean and Lionel visit the Pargetter country home where they are adopted by the country set, who schedule a whirlwind of activities.G
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The Cafe "There's No Place Like Home" Meet the characters of this warm, funny observational series. Sarah without a job or boyfriend moves back home where her mother, Carol, owns a small seaside cafe, where her grandmother, Mary, also works. Colorful characters pop in and out, including Sara's old school friends.G


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The Lady Bisons fell 66-53 to Belmont Wednesday night at the Curb Event Center in the second installment of the "Battle of the Boulevard". The Lady Bisons had won four of the last five meetings between the two teams, including wins on Belmont's home court the last two seasons. The Lady Bisons also beat Belmont 74-68 in overtime Jan. 11 at Allen Arena.
Duerk hit five-of-six shots from the field and grabbed a team-leading eight rebounds.
"Brittany finished very well around the basket," Lipscomb coach Frank Bennett said. "She has gotten to where she can make tough baskets around the hoop. She can also get some tough rebounds. She has shown a lot of improvement in those two areas."
With the Lady Bisons hitting only one-of-16 3-point attempts the inside game, Duerk and center Clair Waggener attempted to fill the scoring gap inside. Waggener had six points, hitting three-of-five tries from the field. She also had four rebounds.
Bennett stressed that his team has to get the ball to Duerk and Waggener inside more often.
"We have to do a better job of getting the ball inside," Bennett said. "They were getting some opportunities to score. Several times we could have fed them the ball and we didn't get it to them."
The game was close from the beginning with neither team leading by more than three points until Alyssa Visbeen hit a two-point shot and a 3-pointer on back-to-back possessions to give the Bruins a 35-30 lead.
"A lot of times you struggle and struggle and then one team gets a little spurt that gives them some confidence and causes the team that didn't have the spurt to hurry a little bit."
The Lady Bisons answered and stayed within one at 37-36 with12:31 remaining in the game on jump shots by Duerk, forward Valerie Bronson and guard Jenna Bartsokas.
Bartsokas scored 11 points and Bronson finished with 10.
Once again Belmont pulled ahead taking a six-point lead at 10:21on a pair of free throws by Kristin Bunch. Waggener dropped in a two-foot jumper at 10:06, but Belmont's Haley Nelson sank two free throws at 9:46 for another six-point lead, 44-38. Nelson went back to the line at 8:57, hitting one for a 45-38 advantage, the biggest lead of the game for either team.
Forward Hannah Phillips connected on a 3-pointer for the Lady Bisons, to trim the lead to 45-41 with 8:37 remaining.
But Belmont pressed the issue taking a nine-point lead at 50-41. With a little over six minutes to play Belmont increased its lead to 10 points, 52-42 as guard Amber Rockwell scored.
Duerk had given the Lady Bisons an early second half lift with four points on jump shots.
Bennett was disappointed with the Lady Bisons defensive efforts in the second half.
"We have to do a better job on defense," Bennett said. "They were able to penetrate and did a great job of executing their offense.
"We had some defensive breakdowns. We gave them a little confidence. The basket got a little bigger all of a sudden. We did some good things to get back into the game but our defense did not give us a chance to make a run. They were scoring when we scored."
Both teams struggled to take control in the first half as well. Turnovers were an issue for both teams in the first 20 minutes with the Lady Bisons and Belmont each making nine turnovers. The Lady Bisons finished with 18 for the game. Belmont made 17 miscues.
Neither team led by more than two points until the 6:10 mark of the first half when guard Anna Bowers hit one of two free throw attempts to give the Lady Bisons a 14-11 lead.
The Bruins hit three-of-four free throw attempts to tie the game at 14-14 with 4:32 remaining.
Bartsokas gave the Lady Bisons a brief two-point lead, 16-14, on a 12-foot jumper at 3:38.
Belmont tied the game at 16-16 on their next possession.
Waggener scored on a two-foot jumper for an 18-16 lead. Again Belmont answered with a jumper on the next possession at 2:29.
Forward Morgan Faulkner hit a free throw to give the Lady Bisons a 19-18 edge at 1:36. Duerk connected on a jumper at 1:09 to give the Lady Bisons a 21-18 edge.
With 47 seconds before intermission Belmont forward Tristan Daniel dropped in two free throws to trim the Lady Bisons lead to one, 21-20.
Bartsokas answered with a jump shot from the left side of the lane with 39 seconds left for a 23-20 edge for the Lady Bisons.
A 3-point shot from Rockwell with nine seconds on the clock tied the score at 23-23 at intermission.
Nelson and Shaunda Strayhorn each scored a game-high 16 points. Rockwell added 10. Nelson also led on the boards with a game-high 11 rebounds.
The Lady Bisons are 4-17, 2-9 in the conference. Belmont is 10-9, 5-.6 in the A-Sun.
The road trip gets longer for the Lady Bisons as they head to ETSU in Johnson City Saturday at 12:30.
Writtten by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations


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Snake (river, United States)
Snake, river, 1,038 mi (1,670 km) long, NW United States, the chief tributary of the Columbia; once called the Lewis River. The Snake rises in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park, flows through Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, then S and W into Idaho and northwest to its junction with the Henrys Fork River. The combined stream runs southwest, then northwest, crossing southern Idaho through the Snake River plain; there are several notable falls. The Snake makes a bend into Oregon and turns north to form the Idaho-Oregon and Idaho-Washington lines (receiving several tributaries, including the Boise and Salmon rivers), then turns at Lewiston, Idaho (at the mouth of the Clearwater River), and flows generally west to join the Columbia River near Pasco, Wash. Hell's Canyon is the greatest of the Snake's many gorges and one of the deepest in the world. Extending c.125 mi (200 km) N along the Oregon-Idaho line, it reaches a maximum depth of c.7,900 ft (2,410 m).
The Snake was explored by the Lewis and Clark expedition (1803–6) and was of major importance in U.S. expansion into the Pacific Northwest. The river is a major source of electricity, having numerous hydroelectric power plants. The upper and middle courses of the Snake and its tributaries are much used for irrigation by private projects (one of the most notable being at Twin Falls) and by projects of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, including the Minidoka project, the Boise project, the Palisades project, and the Owyhee project. Four navigation and hydroelectric power projects along the lower Snake provide slack water navigation from the mouth of the Snake 140 mi (225 km) upstream to Lewiston, Idaho. The projects are linked with the navigation system on the Columbia River. The late 1990s brought efforts to restore portions of the river by removing gravel and establishing new islands.


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/Zimbio/ - Invisible Man is a novel written by Ralph Ellison, and the only one that he published during his lifetime (his other novels were published posthumously). It won him the National Book Award in 1953. The novel addresses many of the social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans in the early twentieth century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Invisible Man nineteenth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.[1]
Historical background
In his introduction to the 30th Anniversary Edition of Invisible Man,[2] Ellison says that he started writing the book in a barn in Waitsfield, Vermont in the summer of 1945 while on sick leave from the Merchant Marine and that the novel continued to preoccupy him in various parts of New York City. In an interview in The Paris Review 1955,[3] Ellison states that the book took five years to complete with one year off for what he termed an "ill-conceived short novel." Invisible Man was published as a whole in 1952; however, copyright dates show the initial publication date as 1947, 1948, indicating that Ellison had published a section of the book prior to full publication. That section was the famous "Battle Royal" scene, which had been shown to Cyril Connolly, the editor of Horizon magazine by Frank Taylor, one of Ellison's early supporters.
Ellison states in his National Book Award acceptance speech that he considered the novel's chief significance to be its experimental attitude. Rejecting the idea of social protest—as Ellison would later put it—he did not want to write another protest novel, and also seeing the highly regarded styles of Naturalism and Realism too limiting to speak to the broader issues of race and America, Ellison created an open style, one that did not restrict his ideas to a movement but was more free-flowing in its delivery. What Ellison finally settled on was a style based heavily upon modern symbolism. It was the kind of symbolism that Ellison first encountered in the poem The Waste Land,[4] by T. S. Eliot. Ellison had read this poem as a freshman at the Tuskegee Institute and was immediately impressed by The Waste Land's ability to merge his two greatest passions, that of music and literature, for it was in The Waste Land that he first saw jazz set to words. When asked later what he had learned from the poem, Ellison responded: imagery, and also improvisation—techniques he had only before seen in jazz.
Ellison always believed that he would be a musician first and a writer second, and yet even so he had acknowledged that writing provided him a "growing satisfaction." It was a "covert process," according to Ellison: "a refusal of his right hand to let his left hand know what it was doing."[5]
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Invisible Man is narrated in the first person by the protagonist, an unnamed African American man who considers himself socially invisible. His character may have been inspired by Ellison's own life. The narrator may be conscious of his audience, writing as a way to make himself visible to mainstream culture; the book is structured as if it were the narrator's autobiography although it begins in the middle of his life.
The story is told from the narrator's present, looking back into his past. Thus, the narrator has hindsight in how his story is told, as he is already aware of the outcome.
In the Prologue, Ellison's narrator tells readers, "I live rent-free in a building rented strictly to whites, in a section of the basement that was shut off and forgotten during the nineteenth century." In this secret place, the narrator creates surroundings that are symbolically illuminated with 1,369 lights. He says, "My hole is warm and full of light. Yes, full of light. I doubt if there is a brighter spot in all New York than this hole of mine, and I do not exclude Broadway." The protagonist explains that light is an intellectual necessity for him since "the truth is the light and light is the truth." From this underground perspective, the narrator attempts to make sense out of his life, experiences, and position in American society.
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In the beginning, the main character lives in a small town in the South. He is a model student, even being named his high school's valedictorian. Having written and delivered an excellent paper about the struggles of the average black man, he gets to tell his speech to a group of white men, who force him to participate in a series of degrading events. After finally giving his speech, he gets a scholarship to an all-black college that is clearly modeled on the Tuskegee Institute.
During his junior year at the college, the narrator takes Mr. Norton, a visiting rich white trustee, on a drive in the country. He accidentally drives to the house of Jim Trueblood, a black man living on the college's outskirts, who impregnated his own daughter. Trueblood, though disgraced by his fellow blacks, has found greater support from whites. After hearing Trueblood's story and giving Trueblood a hundred dollar bill, Mr. Norton faints, then asks for some alcohol to help his condition, prompting the narrator to take him to a local tavern. At the Golden Day tavern, Norton passes in and out of consciousness as World War I veterans being treated at the nearby mental hospital for various mental health issues occupy the bar and a fight breaks out among them. One of the veterans claims to be a doctor and tends to Mr. Norton. The dazed and confused Mr. Norton is not fully aware of what's going on, as the veteran doctor chastises the actions of the trustee and the young black college student. Through all the chaos, the narrator manages to get the recovered Mr. Norton back to the campus after a day of unusual events.
Upon returning to the school he is fearful of the reaction of the day's incidents from college president Dr. Bledsoe. At any rate, insight into Bledsoe's knowledge of the events and the narrator's future at the campus is somewhat prolonged as an important visitor arrives. The narrator views a sermon by the highly respected Reverend Homer A. Barbee. Barbee, who is blind, delivers a speech about the legacy of the college's founder, with such passion and resonance that he comes vividly alive to the narrator; his voice makes up for his blindness. The narrator is so inspired by the speech that he feels impassioned like never before to contribute to the college's legacy. However, all his dreams are shattered as a meeting with Bledsoe reveals his fate. Fearing that the college's funds will be jeopardized by the incidents that occurred, Bledsoe immediately expels the narrator. While the Invisible Man once aspired to be like Bledsoe, he realizes that the man has portrayed himself as a black stereotype in order to succeed in the white-dominated society. This serves as the first epiphany among many in the narrator realizing his invisibility. This epiphany is not yet complete when Bledsoe gives him several letters of recommendation to help him get a job under the assumption that he could return upon earning enough money for the next semester. Upon arriving in New York, the narrator distributes the letters with no success. Eventually, the son of one of the people to whom he sent a letter takes pity on him and shows him an opened copy of the letter; it reveals that Bledsoe never had any intentions of letting the narrator return and sent him to New York to get rid of him.
Acting upon the son's suggestion, the narrator eventually gets a job in the boiler room of a paint factory in a company renowned for its white paints. The man in charge of the boiler room, Lucius Brockway, is extremely paranoid and thinks that the narrator has come to take his job. He is also extremely loyal to the company's owner, who once paid him a personal visit. When the narrator tells him about a union meeting he happened upon, Brockway is outraged, and attacks him. They fight, and Brockway tricks him into turning a wrong valve and causing a boiler to explode. Brockway escapes, but the narrator is hospitalized after the blast. While recovering, the narrator overhears doctors discussing him as a mental health patient. He learns through their discussion that shock treatment has been performed on him.
After the shock treatments, the narrator attempts to return to his residence when he feels overwhelmed by a certain dizziness and faints on the streets of Harlem. He is taken to the residence of a kind, old-fashioned woman by the name of Mary. Mary is down-to-earth and reminds the narrator of his relatives in the South and friends at the college. Mary somewhat serves as a mother figure for the narrator. While living there, he happens upon an eviction of an elderly black couple and makes an impassioned speech decrying the action. Soon, however, police arrive, and the narrator is forced to escape over several building tops. Upon reaching safety, he is confronted by a man named Jack who followed him and implores him to join a group called The Brotherhood that is a thinly veiled version of the Communist Party and claims to be committed to social change and betterment of the conditions in Harlem. The narrator agrees.
The narrator is at first happy to be making a difference in the world, "making history," in his new job. While for the most part his rallies go smoothly, he soon encounters trouble from Ras the Exhorter, a fanatical black nationalist in the vein of Marcus Garvey who believes that the Brotherhood is controlled by whites. Ras tells this to the narrator and Tod Clifton, a youth leader of the Brotherhood, neither of whom seem to be swayed by his words.
When he returns to Harlem, Tod Clifton has disappeared. When the narrator finds him, he realizes that Clifton has become disillusioned with the Brotherhood, and has quit. Clifton is selling dancing Sambo dolls on the street, mocking the organization he once believed in. He soon dies. At Clifton's funeral, the narrator rallies crowds to win back his former widespread Harlem support and delivers a rousing speech. However, he is criticized in a clandestine meeting with Brother Jack and other members for not being scientific in his arguments at the funeral; angered, he begins to argue in retaliation, causing Jack to lose his temper and accidentally make his glass eye fly out of one of his sockets. The narrator realizes that the half-blind Jack has never really seen him either.
He buys sunglasses and a hat as a disguise, and is mistaken for a man named Rinehart in a number of different scenarios: first, as a lover, then, a hipster, a gambler, a briber, and, finally, as a reverend. He sees that Rinehart has adapted to white society, at the cost of his own identity.He decides to take his grandfather's dying advice to "overcome 'em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death and destruction. . ." and "yes" the Brotherhood to death, by making it appear that the Harlem membership is thriving when in reality it is crumbling. However, he soon realizes the cost of this action: Ras becomes a powerful demagogue. After escaping Ras (by throwing a spear Ras had acquired through the leader's jaw, permanently sealing it), the narrator is attacked by a couple of people who trap him inside a coal-filled manhole/basement, sealing him off for the night and leaving him alone to finally confront the demons of his mind: Bledsoe, Norton, and Jack.
At the end of the novel, the narrator is ready to resurface because "overt action" has already taken place. This could be that, in telling us the story, the narrator has already made a political statement where change could occur. Storytelling, then, and the preservation of history of these invisible individuals is what causes political change.