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- Harry: "I don't want it."
- Ron: "What? Are you mental?"
- Harry: "I know it's powerful. But I was happier with mine."
- — Harry Potter on his desire to give up the Elder Wand in favour of his own wand.[src]
Harry Potter's wand was 11 inches long, made of holly and had a phoenix feather core.[1] The feather was donated by Fawkes, Albus Dumbledore's phoenix. It was revealed by Garrick Ollivander that Tom Riddle's wand core also came from Fawkes, making the two wands "brothers". Harry's wand was described as being "nice and supple."[1]
- "The wand chooses the wizard. That much has always been clear to those of us who have studied wandlore... These connections are complex. An initial attraction, and then a mutual quest for experience, the wand learning from the wizard, the wizard from the wand."
- —Garrick Ollivander on wands.[src]
Harry obtained his wand from Ollivander, at a price of seven Galleons, just before his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He had tried out many other wands first with little success, but felt a warm feeling upon being handed the holly wand.[1] Despite his wand being brothers with Lord Voldemort's wand, noted by Ollivander after Harry's wand had been chosen, Harry generally did not put much thought into this connection at first, regarding the relationship as something that the wand could not help, any more than he could help being related to his aunt.
Harry attended the Quidditch World Cup with the Weasley family and Hermione Granger. During this time, Barty Crouch Jr. managed to fight off his father's Imperius Curse long enough to take Harry's wand and cast the Dark Mark into the sky with it. This caused some Ministry of Magic officials to be suspicious of Harry, after it was discovered, upon using Prior Incantato, that his wand had cast Morsmordre (the spell that conjures the Dark Mark).[3]
Harry's wand and Voldemort's wand
- Harry Potter: "Professor, when I was in the graveyard, there was a moment when Voldemort's wand and mine sort of...connected."
- Albus Dumbledore: "Priori Incantatem."
- — Harry and Albus Dumbledore.[src]
When Lord Voldemort returned and forced Harry to duel him in the Little Hangleton graveyard, the rare magical effect of Priori Incantatem was triggered. Their wands recognised each other as "brothers" and refused to attack one another. A battle of wills began, and Harry's wand forced Voldemort's to regurgitate its spells, resulting in the emergence of the spirits of James and Lily Potter, Bertha Jorkins, Frank Bryce and the recently murdered Cedric Diggory. After Harry broke off the connection, they lingered for a while to hinder Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters. This gave Harry enough time to escape.[3]
When the Order of the Phoenix evacuated Harry from 4 Privet Drive, they were ambushed by over thirty Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort himself. When Lord Voldemort attacked Harry, Harry's wand recognised him as an enemy, despite the fact he was using Lucius Malfoy's wand instead of his own, in order to avoid causing the reverse-spell effect. Harry's wand shot "a spurt of golden fire" at Voldemort, destroying Lucius's wand and allowing Harry and Rubeus Hagrid to escape to safety.[4]
- Hermione Granger: "You're still really angry at me, aren't you?"
- Harry Potter: "No. No, Hermione, I know it was an accident. You were trying to get us out of there alive, and you were incredible. I'd be dead if you hadn't been there to help me."
- — Harry and Hermione after the latter accidentally broke his wand.[src]
On Christmas Eve of that year, Harry and Hermione ventured to Godric's Hollow during their search for Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, hoping to speak to Bathilda Bagshot. Voldemort had foreseen Harry's intentions, and had planted his snake Nagini in Bathilda's corpse beforehand. As soon as she had Harry alone, Nagini attacked him. Hermione raced to his defence, using a Blasting Curse to repel the snake. The curse ricocheted, damaging Harry's wand. Harry asked Hermione to repair it afterwards, but it was too badly damaged. Harry was very upset at the loss of his wand, though he was not angry with Hermione, recognising that she had saved his life. Despite its destruction, Harry kept the pieces of the wand in his mokeskin pouch.
Harry and Hermione took turns using her wand, until Ronald Weasley returned to them carrying wands he had taken from Snatchers. Thereafter, Harry made do with a blackthorn wand, although it did not work as well for him as his own wand had. However, the trio was caught by Fenrir Greyback's Snatcher gang and taken to Malfoy Manor, in the spring of 1998, and all their wands were confiscated. In the ensuing fray, Harry disarmed Draco Malfoy and took his wand.[4]
During the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry duelled Lord Voldemort for the final time. As the Elder Wand, which Lord Voldemort wielded, was loyal to Harry, the Killing Curse directed at Harry rebounded and killed Lord Voldemort. Harry then used the Elder Wand to successfully repair his original wand and planned to return the Elder Wand to the grave of Albus Dumbledore.[4]
Other Wands
Harry Potter has owned several different wands up until the end of the Second Wizarding War, though only the Holly & Phoenix feather wand is considered truly his. Other wands include:
- Hermione Granger's wand - Vine, dragon heartstring, 10¾ inches. This was the wand carried by Hermione Granger throughout her years at Hogwarts. When she accidentally broke his wand, she shared her own with Harry. The wand was lost after it was left behind after their escape from Malfoy Manor.
- Snatcher's wand - Blackthorn, 10 inches, core unknown. This wand was stolen by Ron from a Snatcher and gifted to Harry when the former returned to the group. As its allegiance was not won by Harry, the wand did not respond well to him, making all of his spells seem weaker than they had before. It was left behind at Malfoy Manor when the group escaped.
- Draco Malfoy's wand - Hawthorn, unicorn hair, 10 inches. This was the wand carried by Draco Malfoy throughout his years at Hogwarts. During the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor, Harry wrested this wand from Malfoy's hands, winning its allegiance. He used this wand until the end of the Second Wizarding War. Its ultimate fate is unknown.
- The Elder Wand - Elder, thestral hair, 15 inches. The Elder Wand had a long and bloody history until it finally came into the hands of Albus Dumbledore. Though Lord Voldemort stole the wand itself from Dumbledore's grave, its true allegiance lay with Dumbledore's disarmer: Draco Malfoy. Thus when Harry won the allegiance of Draco's wand, he also won the allegiance of the Elder Wand. However, he was only in possession of the actual wand for a very short time, and performed only one spell with it - Reparo on his broken Holly wand.
- Voldemort's wand (possibly) - Yew, phoenix feather, 13 1/2 inches. This was the wand that Lord Voldemort carried for most of his life. After his final duel with Voldemort, Harry likely won the allegiance of the wand (if it was still intact at the time). However, given the fact that Voldemort used this wand to murder Harry's parents, it is highly unlikely that Harry will ever physically possess, let alone use, the wand.
Behind the scenes
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, when Harry, Ron, and Hermione are captured by the Snatchers in the forest, Greyback searches Harry and it is just seen that he finds his broken wand and throws it away. This would justify his actions Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, when he simply breaks the Elder Wand and throws it away as opposed to the seventh book where he repairs his holly wand.
- In the film adaptations, Harry's wand is 14 inches long, as opposed to 11 inches in the books.
- In film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, Harry's wand is a smooth wand, unlike the tree-trunk style wand in movies 3-8. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, director, Alfonso Cuarón offered actors Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron), and Emma Watson (Hermione) a selection of new wands to choose from, that would reflect their character's personality better. Designers liked Daniel's choice of a tree-trunk style wand, as it is more magical.[citation needed] It can also be said that they are smooth in the beginning because they're rather new, having only served their masters for some months and later transformed to match their masters.
- Harry's wand is #963 according to film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when Garrick Ollivander chooses this wand off the shelf.
Author's comments
J. K. Rowling has explained her choice of holly for Harry's wand wood:
- "It was not an arbitrary decision: holly has certain connotations that were perfect for Harry, particularly when contrasted with the traditional associations of yew, from which Voldemort's wand is made. European tradition has it that the holly tree (the name comes from 'holy') repels evil, while yew, which can achieve astonishing longevity (there are British yew trees over two thousand years old), can symbolise both death and resurrection; the sap is also poisonous. Some time after I had given Harry his holly-and-phoenix wand I came across a description of how the Celts had assigned trees to different parts of the year and discovered that, entirely by coincidence, I had assigned Harry the 'correct' wood for his day of birth. I therefore decided to give Ron and Hermione Celtic wand woods, too... I liked having a hidden connection between Harry, Ron and Hermione's wands that only I knew about (until now, anyway)."[5]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Appears in flashback(s))
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
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North Korea today unleashed its deadliest threat so far in a campaign of mounting rhetoric that began with its failed long-range rocket launch on April 13.
Coming after a series of tirades against the South, the North threatened "special actions" that, as reported by Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency, went well beyond the rhetoric in which Pyongyang has been engaging for years. This time, the military command was quoted as saying, "Once special actions kick off, they will reduce all the rat-like groups and the bases for provocations in three or four minutes."
Although there were no signs that a North Korean attack was imminent, the rising rhetoric disturbs commanders at a time when US and South Korean forces are devising ways to be able to coordinate closely under battlefield conditions.
"I worry more about readiness," says Major Gen. Edward C. Cardon, commander of America's forward-most combat troops in Asia, the Second Infantry Division. "There's always the potential for something to happen here."
Cardon, headquartered north of Seoul, cites "provocations over the past two years" as evidence that North Korea might again try to take the South by surprise. Those incidents, he notes, include the sinking in March 2010 of the South Korean ship the Cheonan in which 46 sailors died and the shelling eight months later of nearby Yeonpyeong Island that killed two South Korean marines and two civilians.
Today's North Korean tirade was worded to evoke memories – and to fuel fears of a sudden artillery barrage or even a short-range missile shot across the demilitarized zone that has divided the Korean peninsula since the Korean War ended in an armistice in July 1953.
The Korean Central News Agency warned that attacks would involve "unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style" – turns of phrase contrived to keep South Koreans and their American allies guessing. The sense here is that North Korea might well be planning a third underground nuclear test after the humiliation of the failed rocket shot on April 13, two days ahead of the 100th anniversary of the North's founding "Great Leader" Kim Il-sung.
Concerns for US commanders
One overriding question confronting US commanders is how to assess the role of the country's new leader Kim Jong-un, how much power he really wields over his generals and how he's likely to want to lead North Korea.
"Kim Jong-un does things that are different," says Cardon. He cites Mr. Kim's 20-minute address to the nation in the centennial ceremonies as a surprise considering that his father, Kim Jong-il, who died last December, hardly spoke in public.
Cardon is reluctant "to reach conclusions," but there is no doubt the guessing game is a particular source of concern for the 28,500 US troops now stationed in South Korea preparing for South Korea's armed forces to be ready by 2015 to take over operational command in the event of war.
The transition from US to South Korean command presents extraordinary problems for Cardon, whose 10,000 troops form the core of US combat forces in South Korea. Some analysts doubt if the change from US to South Korean command will work out in the event of a second Korean War.
Bruce Bechtol, author of books and studies on North Korea's military structure, believes "there really is no 'replacement' command and control arrangement that can be as effective as the Combined Forces Command," the top-most command, now led by a US four-star general.
"It is my hope," says Mr. Bechtol, who was stationed here as an intelligence analyst in the Marines, "that before dismantling CFC, both nations will conduct a fair unbiased evaluation of whether or not CFC should in fact be dismantled in 2015."
"Not all options and capabilities have to do with new equipment," says Cardon, talking at his residence at the main US military base in Seoul. "You can have better leaders and training." Moreover, he adds, "A lot has to do with the ability to adapt."
Concern about South's military ability
The general, an Army engineer who has led troops in eastern Europe and Iraq, took command of the Second Infantry Division amid a complicated transition in which it's supposed to deploy to an expanded US military base well south of here by 2015.
He speaks highly of South Korean troops but is concerned about their ability to defend the South at positions along the demilitarized zone, which stretches 150 miles across the Korean peninsula. No US troops are now stationed in the northern reaches of South Korea with the exception of a token force at the truce village of Panmunjom, 40 miles north of here.
"The ROK" – for Republic of Korea forces – "has to have capable, better training, better leader development," says Cardon.
Meanwhile, he is determined to make sure US and South Korean forces learn to coordinate far more effectively than they are now able to. "The more we can interoperate with each other, the more powerful we are," he says. "I am interested in communications."
Yes, he says, they're "a lot better in the last several months," adding, "There's work being done, and I'm happy."

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On Dec. 31 of last year I wrote that my big goal for 2009 was to take care of my mental and emotional health. I knew I needed to do this for a few reasons. Not only was I treating my children and husband with the love and respect they deserve, but I felt my physical health was starting to suffer as well. I had started having anxiety or panic attacks – again.
I thought they were a thing of my past. I had experienced anxiety attacks while Jody and I were trying for month after month after month to conceive Ava. It was a difficult time in my life. I so wanted to be pregnant and to be a mom. I was charting using the Fertility Awareness Method and we seemed to be doing everything right, but it was not happening for us. It obviously eventually did happen (with a little help) and the anxiety attacks went away. That is until several months ago.
I don't remember exactly when they started up again and because the symptoms weren't consistent with what I'd experienced in the past, I wasn't entirely sure they were anxiety attacks. My heart would start racing which would make breathing a little more difficult. I was also feeling dizzy at times, tired, lethargic and sometimes depressed.
Over the past month, the frequency of the attacks increased dramatically. I started having several anxiety attacks a day or ones that would last for a long, long time. I started getting worried that this was more than just anxiety. After consulting Dr. Google and my favorite resource, Twitter, 😉 I thought I might have a thyroid issue or even a heart problem. After a particularly bad attack, I finally called my doctor's office and scheduled an appointment. It was five days out. Five very. long. days.
During those five days the attacks continued. I debated about going to urgent care once or twice. I thought about going straight to the ER. And then, the night before my appointment, as I tried to go to sleep I had one of the worst attacks ever. My heart would not stop racing no matter what I tried to tell my brain to calm myself down, no matter how much I focused on my breathing. I told Jody I was doing really bad and that I wanted to call the doctor on call (while I was really thinking, "maybe you should call 911"). I had all of these fears that I would die the day before my appointment because I had put it off too long. That I was going to leave my children motherless and my husband a widower. It was too much.
I called the doctor's office and spoke to the woman at the answering service. She told me to stay on the line and she would try to call the on-call doctor (not my doctor, but one in the same practice). To my relief the doctor answered the phone (even though it was 12:30 a.m.). I talked to the doctor for about 20 minutes. She reassured me, based on the symptoms I was describing that it was likely anxiety and not a heart issue, but she was also glad I was scheduled to come in for an appointment. I felt better the longer we talked and had calmed down a fair bit by the time we hung up. Of course, my heart started racing again after we were off the phone and there was no way I was going to sleep any time soon, but after watching Scrubs with Jody for an hour, I felt better and was able to go to sleep at 2 a.m.
The next morning I happily went to see my doctor. I told her my symptoms, she examined me and said she felt I was likely experiencing anxiety. My blood pressure was normal and my heart sounded, in her words, "perfect." She did want to rule out thyroid and heart issues just to be sure, so she sent me for blood work and an EKG.
I had told her that I did not want to go on medication unless absolutely necessary, but I was looking for natural ways of treating this. She recommended a therapist, acupuncture, a $300 biofeedback video game called The Journey to the Wild Divine (it looks really cool, but pricey!), as well as fish oil (double the amount recommended on the bottle). She gave me a prescription for Xanax too, just in case I really needed it. (I haven't taken it, although I was tempted to today.) She said she felt confident that we could get this under control and she wanted to see me back in two weeks.
In the meantime, I had my blood drawn and my first EKG. The EKG came back normal, but the bloodwork revealed that I am mildly anemic, so it was recommended that I go on an iron supplement and increase my green leafy vegetables.
It's been nearly two weeks since my appointment and while the anxiety attacks do not seem to be happening as often, they are still happening – some worse than others (like last night's when I was up until 2 a.m.).
I really want to believe that everything I've been experiencing is just from anxiety and anemia but honestly, I feel like it could be something more. And I don't think I will be satisfied until I've ruled out those other possible issues.
This week I'm going back to my doctor for a follow-up appointment and I have a therapy evaluation scheduled. I might be making an eye appointment with the doctor who did my strabismus (eye muscle) surgery several years ago and revisiting my old neurologist too. I just want to get to the bottom of all of this. While I feel like there have been improvements in how I feel just in these two weeks, I still have a long way to go before I'm back to feeling like my old self. I miss my old self and am going to keep trying to get her back.


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Rays, Tribe hoping 'pens will be saving grace
Masterson may be relief ace in hole for Francona in AL Wild Card tilt
CLEVELAND -- Hey, Joe Maddon, how's that Rays bullpen looking? Have you hugged your relievers today?
"When I wake up in the morning, I think about the bullpen," the manager said on Tuesday afternoon. "When I'm riding the bike, I'm thinking about the bullpen."
Maddon could have been speaking for every other Major League skipper. There's no part of their job more challenging and more important than managing their bullpens.
It's not simply knowing how to work the late-inning matchups, although that's obviously part of it. It's also keeping every reliever fresh. That is, tracking how often they warm up and watching them work, and listening to what they have to say about their aches and pains. Like a lot of other aspects of managing, it comes down to trust and open lines of communication.
Which brings us to Wednesday night's American League Wild Card game between two teams that have had a bullpen problem or two in recent weeks. If this game at 8 p.m. ET on TBS is decided by the bullpens, which team has the advantage?
Is it the Indians, who may lean on their Opening Day starting pitcher in the late innings? Or is it the Rays, who say they're feeling good about their bullpen after hitting a bump or two during the season?
Cue the confident managers.
"I have a ton of faith and confidence in all these guys," Maddon said.
Cleveland's Terry Francona spoke from a similar script.
"We have the guy we sent to the All-Star Game," he said. "I think it's going to end up being a good thing."
If Francona does use his Opening Day starter, Justin Masterson, to close out the Wild Card Game, it may end up being unorthodox, creative and effective. It's just not the way he drew things up during Spring Training. Back then, Chris Perez was his closer.
But Francona removed Perez from the role after a couple of tough recent outings. The Indians have used veteran Joe Smith late in games recently.
However, Masterson offers an intriguing option. The Indians are trying to build up his innings as he recovers from a pulled muscle in his side that kept him on the disabled list for three weeks in September.
Since returning last week, Francona has used Masterson three times for a total of 3 2/3 innings. Masterson has been as good as ever, allowing one hit and striking out seven.
The Indians could use Masterson as a starter if they keep going in these playoffs. For now, though, they may need him to take the ball late in games. This is a new role for Masterson because his next career save will be his first. Until late this season, he'd made one relief appearances in the last three years.
But because Masterson is such a special talent, he may end up solving a problem that surely is keeping Francona up at night.
"The way we viewed it is that when Masty got hurt, we lost our ace," Francona said. "Then when Masty got healthy, we acquired a guy that can pitch out of the bullpen multiple innings so we went from feeling like we lost one of our key guys to gaining a huge weapon. And that's the way we kind of plan on using him."
If the Indians get, say, six innings from rookie starter Danny Salazar on Wednesday, Francona might ask Masterson to take the ball in the seventh and then go as long as he can.
Few teams could run a more accomplished pitcher out to potentially shut down a game. Francona had to adjust on the fly because only the Red Sox and Astros converted a lower percentage of save opportunities than the Indians (63 percent).
Maddon has a much more stable arrangement. Fernando Rodney had 37 saves in the regular season, and Joel Peralta has been solid as the setup man.
But the Rays almost lost a 7-0 lead last Sunday, and Rodney's eight blown saves were tied with three others for the second most in the Majors.
And there's the workload. The Rays' bullpen combined for 109 innings in September, second most in the Majors.
Still, Maddon feels good about his guys, naming at least five relievers he's comfortable putting in games in which the Rays are tied or have a lead.
"The guys who can pitch even or ahead are really, really important to victory," Maddon said. "I think we have five, six or maybe even seven guys who are even or ahead guys."


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I wanted to make a healthy cake for my daughter's cake smash photo session, so I scoured the web until I found a sugarless banana bread recipe that didn't use those terrible fake sweeteners (that are COMPLETE neurotoxins). Luckily it didn't take too long for me to come across a recipe that used zero sugar and no other type of sweetener, except the sweetness of the actual bananas.
My daughter is almost two, so I try my best to avoid sugary products when I feed her. She doesn't even get juice because not only are those empty calories, but they promote tooth decay. Anyway, like I said, I found a recipe from Shape's website. I changed a couple of things to suit what I wanted (ie. no adding vegetable oil or pumpkin pie spice).
Sugarless Banana Bread Recipe
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1/3 cup applesauce
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup water
2 cups whole-wheat flour, plus more for pan
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
For the icing, I needed a butter cream icing recipe, so I found a yummy classic vanilla buttercream frosting recipe from Savory Sweet Life. After mixing all of the ingredients together, I then added green food colouring to the mixture because I wanted green icing for the top of my cake. NOTE: I would have preferred to have not used sugar, but I didn't plan well enough to search what I would need for a sugar substitute (fake sweeteners are NOT an option).
Anyway, I used the Wilton giant cupcake pan as I wanted a giant cupcake to use for my daughter's cake smash photo session.
Side note for using the Wilton giant cupcake pan:
- 6 cups of batter
- Each pan should be filled up to 2/3 full with batter to leave room to rise.
- Preheat oven to 325 F
- Grease pan & pour in cake mix
- Bake for 60-70 minutes or do toothpick test to make sure it's done
- After cooling, turn cake pan over to release each cake onto a plate. (If it gets a little stuck, use a rubber spachula to release).
- Apply frosting between both cake pieces in order to keep them sticking together.
Enjoy more photos from my daughter's cake smash session with my home made giant cupcake.


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Down the road just one clue opens up new avenues.
Like this picture with the young woman sitting on the rear fender of a Model T Ford.
Dennis says it's a 1914 Model T Ford. I think it's a 1917 Model T.
You be the judge.
Dennis and I won't start a family quarrel over this.
So what about this 1917 picture of a 1917 Model T?
We are in Connecticut, in 1917. No argument here.
The clue is the license plate…
I think the driver was Marie Rose Elmira Lagasse, the woman with the straight face on this picture Lionel sent last year.
But what about the girl on the left with the quiet smile?
Well I thought I had identified her as Antoinette Lagasse until I saw the license plate and looked more closely at this picture.
Antoinette was born around 1907, she would have been only 10 years old when that picture was taken. The young woman sitting on the rear fender of a Model T Ford is more than 10 years-old.
So who could she be?
Alice Rose Lagasse who is seen also in this picture.
If she is not Alice Rose Lagasse, then I really wonder who she is.
Addicted to old pictures like Dennis IV is?
I know someone who will treasure this picture forever.
And we have got about 100 more pictures to go and I am not even finished with this one yet.


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Speculative buying pushed cotton prices 18% higher over the first quarter of 2013, and USDA's Prospective Plantings report, which sharply reduced cotton acreage, added to the gains. But the outlook for cotton is not all that rosy. Last week, China announced it would sell more government held reserves of cotton, a move that's expected to have a price dampening effect.
Since 2011, the Chinese government has purchased about 10 million metric tons of cotton, equivalent to roughly 60% of world's cotton stocks. On March 26, an international farm group official said China plans to sell 3 million tons from those reserves.
Two days after that announcement, USDA released its Prospective Plantings report that showed the nation's cotton producers intend to plant 10 million acres of cotton, 19% less than last last year. Projected acreage for upland cotton of 9.82 acres was 19% less than last year, while American pima acres of 206,000 are projected to be 14% lower than a year ago.
The Prospective Plantings report has been friendly to cotton, says John Anderson, agricultural economist with Texas A&M University. But USDA's report shows 1 million more acres than the National Cotton Council's survey released in early February.
Cotton Remains Uncertain
"It's an uncertain situation," says Robinson. "If it stays dry, acreage could increase 300,000 to 500,000 acres in West Texas. Drought will induce producers to plant more cotton."
First, he says, if the crop is a complete loss, insurance will pay more on cotton than on other crops, and if the crop emerges and the producer realizes some yield, cotton will produce more than other crops in dry conditions.
While planting has begun in the Coastal Bend and Rio Grande regions of Texas, Robinson expects delayed planting this spring as producers continue to monitor the weather and weigh options.
"Where the largest concentrations of dryland cotton are, drought is the worst," says Robinson. "We could have a lot of abandonment this year."
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the worst areas of drought, which include the Rolling Plains and Coastal Bend regions in Texas, and the southwestern corner of Oklahoma, all areas with large concentrations of dry-land cotton.
Long-term consequences
"Five out of the last six years, have been dry years in Texas," notes Robinson. "And one of those years, 2011, was the absolute worst drought ever." Robinson says that it has been so bad for so long in Texas that bankers could start closing some operating loans.
Conditions in the heart of Oklahoma cotton country are extreme. "We are looking at severe shortages. We haven't had any subsoil substaintal runoff since the fall of 2010," says Randy Boman, Oklahoma State University Extension.
The reservoir that serves the area around Altus, Oklahoma, is at 16% capacity, Boman says. While precipitation in January and February was okay, rainfall in March has, once again fallen way off. At the University's research station in Altus, only 0.25 inches of precipitation fell in March, compared with the long-term average for March of 1.8%.
"April and May rainfall is critical for getting the crop established, both dry land and irrigated," says Boman.
Many cotton farmers in southwest Oklahoma, where a majority of the state's cotton is grown have had back-to-back years of total losses. That has reduced their average production history (APH) for insurance purposes. Boman notes that the question for producers with a history in both cotton and sorghum is whether they continue to drive their cotton APH lower or take a hit on grain sorghum.


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LONDON – Clara Hughes may yet become Canada's most decorated Olympian, but it will have to come in Wednesday's time trial.
"Going into the time trial, I have really good sensations," Hughes said in the mixed zone following the women's 140km Olympic road race, practically calling her shot. "I am really excited for Wednesday."
Competing in her sixth Olympics, Hughes led her Canadian teammates Joelle Numainville and Denise Ramsden through a gutsy ride in horrific English weather, often pushing the pace at the front of the peloton. In the end, a pivotal breakaway by Russian rider Olga Zabelinskaya with 45 kilometres to go led to a golden finish for Marianne Vos of the Netherlands.
Zabelinskaya initially broke free on her own, but was soon joined by Vos, home course favourite Lizzie Armitstead and American Shelley Olds. Olds dropped back with 30 kilometres remaining and as the gap grew to nearly a minute, the medallists were determined – only the order of finish remained a mystery.
In the sprint just past Buckingham Palace, Armitstead finished second to the Dutch rider, nearly catching Vos at the line, to record Great Britain's first medal of the Games. Zabelinskaya took the bronze.
"It's all intuition in the final sprint," said Vos. "I saw Armitstead come next to me, but she didn't come through."
Perhaps not, as far as the finish line, but Armistead came through for Britain, and those were tears of joy she shed as she spoke about the final push.
"In retrospect, I should have tried to jump Marianne [earlier]," Armitstead said. "She's the fastest ... but it feels so good."
A two-time Dutch athlete of the year, Vos won gold in the points race at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
In her first Olympics, Numainville, 24, of Laval, recovered from a crash with 15 kilometres remaining to finish 12th, Canada's top placing on the day. Ramsden was 27th and Hughes, 32nd.
"It was such a hard race," said Numainville, her shorts ripped, a road rash showing on her right leg, just below the hip.
To the 39-year-old Hughes, Canada's treasure, the victory belonged to women's cycling.
"It was epic," Hughes said. "It was awesome, there were so many people on the course. We were wondering if people would come out and watch the women's race – it was amazing. I can't say enough about the support in the pouring rain."
As much as any particular nation, weather was a threat and a worry all afternoon. Before the riders set away at noon local time, a band of thunderstorms bringing hail stones and heavy rain passed through southwest London. Lightning was spotted near the start area, just down the street from Buckingham Palace.
As if on cue, the clouds parted and the 66 riders representing 35 nations assembled at the line under sunny skies, however briefly. The rain returned, sparking crashes and punctures. Thrills and spills for the crowd on Box Hill.
"It was terrifying. The course was really technical and the roads were slippery," Hughes said. "Today was gambling. We don't have the strong team, we don't have the maximum numbers of four ... even Germany [with four] missed the breakaway."
With that, Hughes left to dry off and fish some dirt out of her left eye, the other one already eying Wednesday's time trial.


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With an MFA from Arizona State University, David Dornan currently resides in Helper, Utah. His artwork exists in numerous public and private collections throughout the United States. David has produced a sizable body of work, focusing most recently on a series of still life motif paintings. He resigned a 17-year university faculty position to pursue his painting career full time. Throughout his career he has received purchase awards, prizes, best of show awards, and/or high placement in nearly every exhibition he has entered. David has also won many academic and professional awards, and he has exhibited nationally for nearly 20 years.
Remarkable things happen to commonplace objects in David's paintings. A can or jar, a flower, a paint brush- a palette as a sole subject or as elements in a complex composition take on a monumental quality through scale changes and central placement. The objects painted assume a commanding presence through his assertive paint application. Immediacy and spontaneity are achieved not only with a brush, but also through the smear of a thumb, the wipe of a rag, and the "weight and speed" of a drip.
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1982 MFA, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1976 BFA, Dept. of Art, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Solo Exhibitions
2016 CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2006-11 CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2001-05 CODA Gallery, Soho, New York
2000-04 CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, California
Group Exhibitions
1998 "Blue", Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
1996-97 "Tempe Suite" Group Print Portfolio
1996 "The Reality of Abstraction", Nora Eccles Harrison Museum
1995-96 Summer Show, Allan Stone Gallery, New York
1989 Purchase Award, National Drawing Invitational, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
1987 Utah Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship
1987 Utah Arts Festival "Impact" Project Grant
1987 Purchase Award, Cliff Lodge Inaugural Painting Exhibition, Snowbird, Utah
1988 Keynote Speaker, Utah Arts Council Annual Conference
1985 Painting Commission, Department of Health Building, Utah State Fine Art Collection, SLC
1982 Abraham & Bessie Lehrer Memorial Award, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1980-81 Graduate Students Academic Fellowship Arizona State University
1996 "New American Paintings", April '96 #VI, pp42-43, Open Studio Press
1991 Utah Art, Vern Swanson, Robert Olpin and William Seifrit
1990 "A View of Four" Exhibition Catalogue, Text by Will South, Salt Lake Art Center
1986 A Drawing Handbook, Nathan Goldstein
Teaching Experience
1991–Pres Summer Solstice/Fall Equinox Painting Workshops
1996-98 Assistant professor U of Utah, Salt Lake City
1988-96 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
1983-87 Associate Instructor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
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1995 College of Eastern Utah, Price, UT
1995 Ricks College, Rexburg, Id
1990 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1989 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
My imagery is created as a result of the painting process. I do not set these containers and brushes in front of me and make a still life from how they appear. Rather, I try to build the forms out of paint. Colors, textures and shapes change repeatedly during my process, which is largely abstract. I then add light theory to these abstract marks to create a visual equivalent to the objective world.
During my studies as a young artist, peer interaction centered on issue related discussions about art. I discovered, however, that my motivation to paint is not reason and issues but passion and the beauty of light and color. I am most engaged and fascinated when my work is primarily visually stimulating. Some of my paintings may imply meaning to the viewer but I hope the visual dynamics and excitement rise above issues and ideas: I want my viewers to feel their sight.
When I am painting, a visual dialogue develops between the medium's inherent qualities and the form I am trying to depict. My paintings are a record of this visual dialogue. I do not begin a painting with a fixed idea of what the painting will look like. The methods and techniques, which I employ during the process of painting, determine the final results. Sometimes I dominate this process with concepts and techniques, which are too familiar to me, and the result is always lifeless. When this happens I will destroy or alter the image by employing haphazard, naive, or accidental paint applications. This will open the painting up, forcing me to react rather than to dictate. Painting is almost always more interesting to me when the process is pulling me as much as I am pushing it. My most successful works seem to result when there is a meeting ground between total chaos and absolute control.
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If NPD sales results can be epic, then this Thursday's expected sales data from the research group will be epic. Microsoft and Sony went head to head with near identical versions of Grand Theft Auto IV, a battle sure to result in carefully crafted post-NPD reveal statements with spun gold. GTA IV assuredly moved some hardware, but who will win the April skirmish? In that particular head-to-head Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter says the PlayStation 3 pulled ahead—his SimExchange counterparts disagree. Neither, Pachter predicts, will be able to overcome the staggering power that is the Wii.
Pachter puts the PS3 slightly ahead of the Xbox 360, but the Wii is envisioned to outsell both combined. That may be largely due to Mario Kart Wii sales, but we suspect that a good portion of those Wii sold are simply due to rabid demand.
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ATLANTA – On Friday, March 7, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Clemson University to enhance research, teaching, outreach, career development, and stewardship in environmental and mathematical sciences. As a part of the MOU, EPA will commit to enhance the university's environmental policy and science curricula and offer opportunities for students interested in environmental careers.
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Two New Kensington soccer players named to all-conference teams
Penn State New Kensington placed two players on the all-conference soccer teams of the Penn State University Athletic Conference. Michael Killian earned first-team honors, and Casey Cavanaugh received second-team recognition.
Killian, a sophomore forward from Highlands High School, scored a team-leading 16 goals, third best in the PSUAC, and had a team-best 11 assists, tops in the PSUAC. His 43 total points (two points per goal and one point per assist) was third best in the conference. Nationally, in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, he was ranked No. 12 in goals, eight in assists and 11 in points. In addition to all-conference team recognition, Killian was named PSUAC Newcomer of the Year. Cavanaugh, a sophomore center back from Burrell, was named to the all-conference team for the second consecutive year. He was the team captain.
The New Kensington Lions, under the direction of first-year head coach Jordan Valentine finished with a 5-6 PSUAC record and a 6-8 overall mark.
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BROCKVILLE, Ont. – Via Rail says it expects disruptions on the Toronto-to-Montreal and Toronto-to-Ottawa routes to continue well into Friday morning after the derailment of a CN freight train near Brockville, Ont., early Thursday.
"Morning trains for tomorrow (41, 43, 51, 61, 50, 60) will be replaced by bus and we will be announcing when there will be line clearance," the company tweeted on Thursday afternoon.
Via said that about 3,600 passengers were affected on Thursday by the derailment.
Later in the day, spokeswoman Mylene Belanger said the company had secured buses for the rest of the day to transport passengers.
"We don't expect line clearance by the last departure, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight," Belanger said.
She said Via hadn't received any confirmation from CN to resume service.
CN said on Twitter late Thursday afternoon that crews were clearing derailed cars so the damaged rail line could be repaired and it hoped to have one line open late Thursday or early Friday.
CN said it was investigating the incident along with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Lindsay Fedchyshyn, a CN spokeswoman, earlier said no one was injured.
Twenty-five cars on a 68-car eastbound freight train derailed, CN said.
The train included two loaded automobile carriers and had five cars carrying carbon powder and 13 unloaded fuel tank cars, she said.
The site was being assessed by local emergency crews for any possible leaks, Fedchyshyn said.
Jacques Gagnon, another Via Rail spokesman, said it can be difficult to find buses to transport passengers during the summer peak vacation season when charter buses are in high demand.
But the company managed to secure enough buses to maintain service until the cleanup is done, he said, calling the situation "a logistic challenge."
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While many Mega DOers spent their first night in Houston eating BBQ and the FT Awards brain trust thrashed through their final preparations, I had a chance to catch up with Captain Denny Flanagan, who's in town to present a special award during Thursday night's ceremony. Capt. Denny is, of course, the revered UAL 757 pilot most famous for "FlyerTalk 1," and unlike a great many of his colleagues appears to have never doubted FlyerTalk as a force for good. "They really make a difference for the flying public," he told me. "They're spokespersons and investigative reporters. Do you know what a PAC is? They're kind of like a FAC — a flying action committee."
He's still averaging six of his trademark dinner DOs per year, and still bringing his co-pilot and fellow pilots, "just to let them have an experience with the customer," he said, "to hear their praise and their complaints."


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The Marketing Facilitator was founded by Cecilia Panichelli. Cecilia has an international background and is fully bilingual having leaved in Argentina for 20 years and in the US for 10. She graduated with a Bachelor in International Relations, and moved to Austin to pursue her MBA- Marketing. Her work experience extends from Mortgage Business to Food Manufacturing. Cecilia worked in the US with several small businesses and leading marketing departments, directing projects from catalog-mail order business to licensing. Later, she moved to her native Argentina where she currently works as a consultant for the public sector while she continues to coach medium size companies and entrepreneurs from Argentina and the US.
A year ago we discovered that most small and mid size businesses were looking to grow but needed the right marketing strategy and the right team to execute it and couldn't afford a full time Marketing Department. That is how The Marketing Facilitator team was born. We provide the expertise and creativity that big companies enjoy but at a fraction of the cost. We are your full service marketing department. Doing business in the US or looking to expand to emerging markets, we can help you with that too. Our office in Argentina can help you invest, export or develop new businesses south of the border.
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From our CMDS race on saturday..
Just wanted to let you guys know the above pic was used on the front page of our locla papers sports section to announce a tv show about the r/c drags here in rockingham NC and as promo for our National event this weekend also....
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Got her today !!!!
First day out with the new Traxxas Funny Car on 3s lipo. I had no intention of ever buying one of these, yet i found myself walking out of the hobby shop with it the other day. No regrets, its a fast car and impressive to see up close. Getting it up to speed can be a little tricky, but just like the xo-1, the faster it goes the more it stays planted to the road. The on the fly torque control is a wonderful thing for sure and a must for launching on a low traction surface, but when you do a burn out and catch enough traction for a high torque launch....whoa man does it take off! Endpoint settings for the steering are a necessity for this unit because the steering is very touchy and responds to the slightest adjustments.
Never trust an "Atom", they make up everything.
Speed runs with onboard contour gps camera showing heads up display of gps verified speeds.
Never trust an "Atom", they make up everything.
My lil guy running the new unit!
Never trust an "Atom", they make up everything.
50mph with stock gearing on 3s.
Never trust an "Atom", they make up everything.
just recently bought this with a friend and i have non stop fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4REismuDJZM and part2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPUISnRx46k&feature=plcp they are both on 2s batteries stock gearing new videos coming with 3s batteries
Here's the pictures all put into one, using the traxxas logos, all copyright to them on the logos!.
Loving this car! - unfortunately i need to get another 3S for it with a TRX connector and the weather outside is very stormy, so maybe later this coming weekend I'll be able to take it out for a test run
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Blue Max painted by Scott Black at Indy hobbies. Clear windows, name paint not decals.
Come race with the RCDRL of North Texas!
My traxxas funny car. Changed the rear tires to the jaco foams for better consistency. plus i put some stiffer springs on. I didnt have the camera with me but with the changes i made i was able to launch at 100% on the ground you see in the pic on 3s.
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great tips!
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Cute styles, and goos tips.
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"Your Child Has Autism, a Developmental Disability," What to Do When You Receive a Diagnosis
It is important to be aware that negative feelings will arise. Try not to get attached to those feelings, don't numb them out, and don't bury them. They will shift over time. Remember, it is a process. We are all different, but I have found that surrendering to "what is" helps one to move through the acceptance stage more quickly, as resistance to "what is" will only prolong it. When you are able to face the diagnosis head-on the negative feelings will begin to fade away, and acceptance is right around the corner.
1. Gather as much information as possible.
2. Join support groups.
3. Talk about your child's disability.
4. Keep a journal, and write down anything and everything.
5. Find one person you can share your innermost feelings with.
6. When you are ready talk to other parents. They can be a great source of information and support.
7. Try to live in the present moment whenever you can.
8. Be courageous, and believe in yourself.
9. Trust your feelings. 10. Be kind to yourself.
Do not keep secrets, especially about a health condition. It causes more harm than good.
My son, Brandon was diagnosed with epilepsy and learning disorders at age nine. The pediatric neurologist told us to tell no one, including Brandon that he had epilepsy, due to the stigma attached. For several years, I did what she said. That was one of the worst things I could have done.
I know from personal experience, that when our children are helped at an early age, they have a much better chance of changing negative behaviors, improving performance, increasing self-acceptance, and self-esteem. However, if you missed that opportunity as I did with Brandon, do not give up. We did not find out Brandon had autism until he was thirty-two years old.
Early intervention is key, but I know firsthand it's never too late to get help. The professional who worked with Brandon deemed it impossible for him to live on his own. They were wrong. Brandon has been living in his own apartment for the past thirteen years. Life is far from perfect and he has many hurdles to get over each and every day, but he does get over them and that is all that matters. The longer he lives out in the "real world" the more he learns. Allow your child to do things for himself. Experience is the best teacher. The only way to learn life is by living it.
A) What I wish I knew early on about having a child with special needs:
1. Do not take it personally. 2. It is not your fault. 3. The sooner you give up resistance, the sooner you can help your child. 4. Trust yourself. 5. When traditional treatments are not working, look into alternatives. 6. Doctors are not always right. 7. Find a physician you and your child like, and who understands your situation. 8. Acceptance comes only when you are ready. 9. Take care of yourself first so you can live on this planet as long as you can to advocate for your child. 10. Get as much help, assistance and support from people who care, as often as possible. 11. Hold onto HOPE, and never let it go.
As parents, we must remember raising a child with special needs is a process. There will be days when we do not know how we can hang on, but somehow we make it through. The tools I found to be the most helpful were living in the moment, and having hope.
When we live in the moment, not out into the future, it helps to eliminate fear and anxiety. I also found that holding onto hope was not a luxury, it was a necessity.
This is a guest post by Amalia Starr
Bio: Amalia Starr is a mother, author, autism motivational speaker, and founder of the Autism Independence Project.
For more information on how to help your child with special needs reach his or her full potential please visit: http://www.AmaliaStarrSpeakerAutism.com, and www.AutismIndependenceProject.org. Follow Amalia on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/autismmomexpert
For more on my story read this.


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LINK: pre-show warm-up! Hasbro Pulse unveils high rez photos of package art from upcoming Titans Return figures: Hardhead, Mindwipe, Scourge and Blurr. - Complete with Q&A with the artist Ken Christensen.
LINK: Notes from Hasbro - Transformers Team Presentation (no photos or videos allowed.)
LINK: Rescue Bots toy display.
LINK 1 and LINK 2: Debuted at Hasbro ToyFair preview event, Robots In Disguise Supreme Class Power Surge Optimus Prime! The second link is to a video demonstration of his Mini-con unlocking features...
LINK: New Robots in Disguise Mini-cons on display at ToyFair!
LINK of all LINKS! Debuted at ToyFair 2016, Titan's Return, Titan Class, FORTRESS MAXIMUS!!!
LINK: Titans Return Chromedome! info and images
LINK: Powermaster Optimus Prime! info and images
LINK: Robots in Disguise Bisk!
LINK: remainder of Titan's Return Deluxes Wave 1: Blurr, Mindwipe and Scourge
LINK: Officially licensed Metal Earth, 3D metal modeling kits!
LINK: Photos and info on the upcoming Platinum Series, Generations figure sets: Armada of Cyclonus and Planet of Junk Clash
LINK: Lots of other (non-Transformers) cool toys from the show floor of ToyFair 2016.
LINK: Platinum Grimlock and Bumblebee from the RID cartoon series!
LINK: More new Robots in Disguise Warrior Class toys revealed: Windblade and Scorponok
LINK: Titan's Return, Legends Class Wheelie
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We the People have sold our last shares in the American Insurance Group or AIG. While there were many firms that contributed to the Great Recession, AIG was arguably the number one culprit in sinking the economy and throwing millions of hard-working middle class taxpayers into the misery and chaos of unemployment. Including by the way, your humble blogger.
Wapo — AIG, which is based in New York City, nearly collapsed at the height of the financial crisis. The company suffered massive losses from financial instruments whose value was based on mortgage securities.
AIG became a symbol for excessive risk on Wall Street and a touchstone of public anger. It was criticized by some members of Congress for spending $440,000 on spa treatments for executives only days after it was bailed out and for millions of dollars in bonuses it provided executives.
When the company could not make good on their trillions in unregulated bets back in 2008 they came begging, hat in hand, for a taxpayer bailout. Principles of free market magic and moral hazards preached from the pulpits of capitalism for decades evaporated faster than morning dew under a blowtorch. At several points hired panhandlers bleated repeatedly that they, American Insurance Group, the largest and most successful risk manager on earth mind you, simply had no idea they were taking on so much risk! Save us!
It worked, the bankstas got oodles of money and free loans from We the People, companies like AIG were nationalized and survived, the banks were saved, and Wall Street rebounded, but not before tens of millions of taxpayers lost their jobs and thousands of those lucky duckies lost everything including their homes. After AIG and their banking buddies got bailed out of their bad debts by We the People and paid themselves a round or two of lavish multimillion dollar bonuses, top executives and their lobbyists went strutting around like carefully groomed peacocks scolding the rest of us on the evils of taking on the very debt that saved them.
Socialize the losses, privatize the profits. Most crooks would stop right there and thank what gods that be they're not in several rotting pieces hanging from a light post on the edge of town. But these are in the words of Diehard's head bad guy 'most uncommon thieves,' they weren't satisified. The banksta gang moved on to the next part of their caper: fighting regulations that would prevent another meltdown tooth and nail and demanding We the People sacrifice even more so the perps, now remarketed as Job Creators, could get another tax cut. They found eager partners among the conservative elite and armies of volunteer citizen foot soldiers among the religious right and neoconfederates, and went on to label those of us who objected to the ongoing heist, mainly middle class and former middle class folks like me who paid dearly with our livelihood and savings, with names like moocher, socialist, and the '47% who expect government gifts'.
Whaaaat; you want the government that bailed out AIG to make good on the decades of premiums you've paid into Social Security and Medicare? Class warfare! Class warfare! IOW, carefully managed projection on an heretofore unseen industrial scale.
When the majority of us rejected their scam and their lead toadie Mitt Romney, they were stunned — somehow the smartest guys in the room could not understand why they lost that argument? But despite getting their gold plated asses kicked in the election, those dark forces of insatiable greed continue fighting against the middle class taxpayers who saved them to this day. See the scary Deficit Monster and its sidekick the terrifying Fiscal Cliff for today's rendition of the same old song.
Americans are often criticized for having short memories. But this just happened over the last four years and it's pretty simple, We saved their asses, They trashed us. Remember this sordid tale when your crazy Teaparty uncle decides to lecture you on the evils of government spending over the holidays.


text: I usually avoid Tabloids like the plague. Nevertheless I am using public transport a lot more these days, and there is this rag that's for free available at those boxes in railway/underground stations. So I took one recently. And, while tabloids never were hotbeds of information in the written form, that one basically looked like printed out (bad to mediocre) memes with a right wing/celebrity/anti-selected minorities tendency to it. Lots of unintentional humor in it, and of course massively popular with people on the trains etc.


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The people who walk in darkness
will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark land,
Those who live in a dark land,
the light will shine on them. (Isaiah 9:2)
Arise, shine; for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. (Isaiah 60:1)
Thousands of years ago God made this promise through the prophet Isaiah to send His light to shine on those living in the shadow of death. That light came through the birth of a baby - Jesus.
Ironically, it is the death of babies that is casting a shadow over families in China.
Under China's One Child Policy, mothers who become pregnant with a second child are assessed huge fines (more than their annual salary); they face imprisonment, forced abortion and sterilization. Mothers who can avoid the authorities and give birth are often forced by their families to abandon their daughters in hopes of trying again for a son. Families who choose to keep their second child do so under the burden of huge fines that make it difficult to feed their families; these children are often refused schooling and health care.
Today, Pop Scripture Songs releases our first Christmas single – Arise, Shine! (Featuring our talented friend Chris Coleman and my husband and four kids!) The digital download is available here. All proceeds will go to an organization for the prevention of gendercide in China - All Girls Allowed. When you download this single, you'll be helping mothers in China who are desperate to save their babies from abandonment or forced abortion. The minimum is $1 to purchase. However, you can give more or buy the song to send to others.
All Girls Allowed will use proceeds from our sales in two ways: to pay government fines for a mother so she is not forced to abort her baby and to give a monthly stipend to mothers who are trying to keep their babies but cannot afford to feed and clothe them. All proceeds go directly to China.
Please share this Christmas single with your friends and family. Let's spread the word and help save lives in China this Christmas!


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1 pack 3 grain organic tempeh(can use any regular tempeh),slice or cut small
1 pound head on shrimp,washed
3 tbsp sambal-belacan-paste or more if you like spicy(or use sambal olek)
1 tbsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp tamarind powder
1/2 cup water or more if you like extra saucy
1 tbsp oil
1 stalk scallion,washed and cut 2 inch
1:Heat large skillet or wok at medium high heat with oil .Place cut tempeh onto the skillet,fry for 1-2 minutes before add in sambal-belacan-paste and shrimp.
2:Sauteed all ingredients well combine before add in salt,sugar ,tamarind powder and water.Stir-fry for another 5 minutes or until it's cooked.
3:Check the seasoning before remove from heat.Sprinkle cut scallion in before dish out and serve warm with rice or noodles.


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In parts 1 and 2, I presented the data and calculations that led us to the analytic forms of the new diminishing returns (DR) formulas. However, while having the formulas is a great thing, most tanks are probably more curious about what it means for them. In other words, "how does this change how I approach gearing?" That's what I'll try to address in this blog post.
Recap – The Formulas
Before we get there though, let me quickly re-post the formulas once again. Between taking and analyzing the data and writing these blog posts, a new build went live that added 2% dodge to Sanctuary. While I haven't tested it yet, it's almost certain that this 2% dodge will not be affected by diminishing returns. As such, it's just an addition to base dodge (check for yourself – your level 90 paladin should have 5.01% dodge while naked if I'm right). So to summarize the last two posts, the new dodge and parry DR equations are:
$\Large {\rm totalDodge} = {\rm baseDodge} + \left (\frac{1}{C_d}+\frac{k}{\rm preDodge} \right )^{-1}$
$\large {\rm totalParry} = {\rm baseParry} + \frac{\rm baseStr}{Q} + \left (\frac{1}{C_p}+\frac{k}{\frac{{\rm totalStr}-{\rm baseStr}}{Q} + {\rm preParry}} \right )^{-1}$
with ${\rm preParry}$ and ${\rm preDodge}$ being the pre-DR avoidance values as read off of the respective tooltips, and the following constant values:
${\rm baseParry}=3.00$
${\rm baseDodge}=5.01$
${\rm baseStr}=176$ (for a BE, varies per race)
$C_d = 65.631440$
I chose Q to represent the Strength-to-Parry conversion factor because it takes us from "S" to "P" in "PQRS", and Q is more fun than R.
What Does It All Mean?
Now that we have the formulas, let's look at what they mean. First of all, here are the DR curves plotted for you:
It's clear that by 10% worth of dodge rating, we're already seeing the effects of diminishing returns (which is why the L90 dodge data was easy to fit, the curvature starts to happen much earlier). But it takes 2-3 times as much parry to start seeing distinct curvature. This means our gearing is going to be very lopsided – we're going to want a lot more parry than we have dodge.
To illustrate that more clearly, let's look at the differential gain in avoidance. The following plot shows how much avoidance you gain by adding 1% pre-DR avoidance, plotted as a function of your post-DR avoidance level. To put that in less technical terms: if you already have X% post-DR dodge (i.e., as read off of your character sheet), then adding another 1% pre-DR dodge will give you Y% post-DR dodge, where X and Y are the values on the plot.
The dotted lines are guides to help us see how to "balance" dodge and parry. You're probably familiar with the Cataclysm rule of thumb, which is "keep dodge and parry rating approximately equal." But with different diminishing returns curves, keeping them equal isn't optimal anymore, because dodge will be much more severely diminished. As a result, adding 10 parry rating would give us more net avoidance than 10 dodge rating.
That's what the dotted lines tell us: "how much parry do we want to have at 10%, 15%, and 20% dodge to keep dodge and parry balanced?" Again, "balanced" means that adding 10 parry rating gives us the same amount of post-DR avoidance as adding 10 dodge rating. Note that I've already included base dodge and parry in this plot, so that's accounted for.
This plot tells us exactly how bad the discrepancy between dodge and parry is. If we have 10% total dodge on our character sheet, we'd want to stack up to 21% parry to make sure that we're not being inefficient with our diminishing returns. And it gets worse as we go higher – at 15% total dodge, we'd want 39% parry, and at 20% dodge we'd want 57% parry. The ideal ratio of parry:dodge gets larger as we stack more dodge (though to be fair, this is only because of base dodge and parry – the ideal ratio of pre-DR parry and dodge is a constant).
We can express this mathematically as follows. The differential gain in post-DR dodge and parry $dA_d$ and $dA_p$ due to a small amount of pre-DR dodge and parry $da_d$ and $da_p$ are:
$dA_d = \frac{1}{k} \left (1-\frac{\rm postDodge}{C_d} \right)^2 da_d\large$
$dA_p = \frac{1}{k} \left (1-\frac{\rm postParry}{C_p} \right)^2 da_p\large$
where ${\rm postDodge}$ and ${\rm postParry}$ are the post-DR dodge and parry values gained purely from sources subject to diminishing returns (i.e., subtracting out base dodge and base parry). I have also called these "${\rm netParry}$" in the previous posts, and I'm being sloppy here for the moment and rolling the parry granted by ${\rm baseStr}$ into ${\rm baseParry}$. If we set $dA_d = dA_p$ and $da_d = da_p$, we can solve for ${\rm postParry}$ in terms of ${\rm postDodge}$:
${\rm postParry} = \left ( \frac{C_p}{C_d}\right ) {\rm postDodge}\large$
If we want to compare total parry $( {\rm totalParry = baseParry+postParry})$ to total dodge $( {\rm totalDodge = baseDodge + postDodge})$, we get:
${\rm totalParry} = {\rm baseParry} + \frac{C_p}{C_d} \left ( {\rm totalDodge}-{\rm baseDodge} \right )\large$
which we could plot if we wanted to know exactly how much parry we should aim for at a given dodge level. If you're interested, here is that plot.
We can also consider the ideal parry-to-dodge ratio, $R_{\rm pd} = {\rm totalParry}/{\rm totalDodge}$. That's simply:
$R_{\rm pd} = \frac{\rm totalParry}{\rm totalDodge} = \frac{C_p}{C_d} – \frac{(C_p/C_d){\rm baseDodge}-{\rm baseParry}}{\rm totalDodge}\large$
which looks like this when plotted:
As you can see, the ideal parry-to-dodge ratio quickly jumps up to 2:1 and then slowly increases to 3:1 and higher as you stack more dodge. It saturates at $C_p/C_d = 3.588.$ This is going to make balancing slightly annoying, since we'll have to keep referring to the above equation (or using a spreadsheet or a tool like askMrRobot) when our gear changes.
It's worth noting that there's an easy solution to this, if Blizzard wanted to implement it. If strength granted parry rating rather than invisibly giving pre-DR parry percentage we'd have it pretty easy. In that situation, all we'd have to do is make sure that the ratio of our parry rating to dodge rating was 3.588, regardless of what our post-DR values are. That's all the equation is doing, in fact; it's complexity is purely due to accounting for the invisible parry granted by strength that isn't showing up in the tooltip.
In summary, we're going to value parry a lot more than dodge at level 90. Expect to have 2x-3x as much parry as dodge under normal conditions.
I said this in the last post, but it bears repeating: while I have only tested this with a paladin, it's a reasonable assumption that these formulas will work for warriors and DKs. Since druids can't parry, their DR formula is likely to have a different (i.e. much higher) value of $C_d$, otherwise they'll be severely disadvantaged compared to tanks that can parry. I wouldn't be surprised if their value of $C_d$ was the same as our value of $C_p$, in fact, but that's just wild conjecture at this point. If there are any druids in the audience that want to submit some data to me (naked agi/dodge as well as agi/dodge rating/pre-DR dodge/post-DR dodge in various gear sets), I'll be happy to perform the fitting and figure out what your $k$ and $C_d$ value are.
It's less clear whether Monks will use the same constants as the plate tanks. My guess is no, simply because while they can parry, they won't be getting much parry rating if they share gear with druids. A small amount from rings, amulets, cloaks, and trinkets, perhaps, but probably not enough to make a huge impact. Most of their avoidance will probably come from dodge, and as a result I'd expect their value of $C_d$ to be a little higher. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they were just swapped for monks, such that their dodge cap was around 235% and their parry cap was around 65%. But again, that's wild speculation. And again, if any monks want to submit the appropriate data sets, I'll be happy to do the rest of the work.