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At around 10 p.m. on March 17, I was sitting on my bed in Village C East, crying and holding both a bag of ricin and my scared friend, Daniel Milzman. For the next hour, I tried to convince him to stay, to hand the ricin to me and to identify a target, but he left.
After eight months, the case of United States v. Milzman is coming closer to a resolution, and those of us involved can turn our attention to moving past the fear, confusion and anger that hung over campus when the case began. However, this healing requires that everyone involved must be held accountable. While the facts of the criminal investigation are now settled, it is due time that the university response be more thoroughly examined.
I have privately voiced concerns since the incident occurred, as my proximity to the events revealed serious flaws in the systems that responded. Unfortunately, systems rarely change with just one person's scrutiny. Therefore, I have decided to share my story and challenge our community to prepare and plan so that we might better support our student body in future situations.
The story began that night in March, after he left. I called two of my closest friends to join me in my room, told them about what had just happened and made them promise to stay with me until I did what we knew we had to do.
We decided to call the Counseling and Psychiatric Service on-call line first. I called the CAPS operator and explained that a student had just expressed a desire to kill another with a substance I had just held. The operator instructed me to wait 20 minutes for a counselor to call me back. After 20 minutes of anxious waiting, I called again. "Wait 20 more minutes."
I spent this time making sure my door was still locked while constantly checking my peephole. Twenty minutes passed again. I called a third time. Twenty minutes passed. I called a fourth time, and again I am told just to wait. Over an hour after my initial report that a student had produced the means to kill another, I received a call from a CAPS counselor.
Our conversation was brief. I described my conversation with Milzman in detail, and the counselor responded: "Well, you're an RA, right? Do you know anyone you should call to help this student? Whoever you call, have them follow up with me tomorrow or later this week."
The call ended, and I was left to consider the next steps on my own. Had I not called my two friends to be there with me, it would have been too easy to pretend nothing happened and hide away in bed. The response time of CAPS on-call, as well as the quality of response, was and remains dangerously inadequate, not only to the threat with which they were presented but also to my own obvious imminent trauma.
Soon after, my resident assistant training kicked in and I called the community director on duty, who in turn brought me in to a meeting with the Georgetown University Police Department.
The next day, McCarthy's sixth floor was evacuated, its residents were put up in hotels and HAZMAT teams swept for a biotoxin. My room in Village C East, where the bag of ricin was thrown around, remained untouched and unsearched. I was not among those put in to temporary housing. At that point, I was too scared to even recognize this failure of the university to ensure the safety of its first responder. It was not until a week later, when my parents requested remediation of my room, that officials offered it to me, stating that it was not originally deemed necessary to check my room for toxins because I would have shown symptoms of exposure within 24 hours.
Some members of the Residential Living team reached out via email, thanking me for my work that night but offering no particular action plan or next steps. Eventually, I broke down in front a friend who happened to work for the Georgetown Voice, and while I refused to give a statement, I knew my name would be revealed. On some level, I wanted it to be, if only so I wouldn't have to process these feelings alone and in silence.
What followed next was a curious conversation. An assistant dean from Residential Education requested a meeting with me because of my recent name release. The meeting was short, as I explained that I didn't mean to create a situation where my name would be released but that my emotional state made it obvious. I was told that had I intentionally spoken about the experience, "It would have been a very different conversation." Here began what felt like a pattern of exploitation, intentionally or not, of my position as an RA to limit to whom I speak.
A day or two later, a reporter from The Washington Post called asking for comment, and I declined based on what seemed like the reasonable advice of one of my supervisors. But a passing comment, used to deflect another question, was itself quoted in a story.
After the piece was released, I received a call from the director of Residential Living within a few hours making sure I was not intentionally speaking to media. This conversation was more overt, referencing how it is a violation of my role as a university employee to speak to anyone about the situation without clearance, if at all. I was told to avoid my entire network of friends, faculty and other support and speak only to either CAPS or my chaplain-in-residence in the future. The rules of confidentiality and my terms of appointment seemed to be bent to keep my own trauma confidential, against my wishes.
CAPS counselors were already overwhelmingly overbooked, and a timely appointment was impossible — not that I really wanted an appointment anyway, after the treatment I had received in my call to the emergency on-call line. That left my only immediate resource to be my chaplain. While my chaplain is an incredible resource, her expertise on biotoxins was limited. Instead, I sought help from the director of the LGBTQ Resource Center, someone whom I trusted and whom I knew to be a part of the university "safety net."
To my dismay, some employees in Student Affairs had already been informed of my situation, and they were discouraged from making themselves potential subpoena targets by speaking to me about the situation. While it is unclear how overt these instructions were — in part because no employee would disclose those instructions — it is obvious that they were not encouraged to act as my supports. The safety net had been cut open, and I was falling through the hole.
My role as a student leader and my job that makes my attendance at this university affordable had both seemed to worsen my situation. There had to be some silver lining. Two weeks after the incident, my parents came down from New York and joined me in a meeting with the director of residential education, the assistant dean and a representative from Georgetown's Office of General Counsel. In this meeting, I raised the question of legal protection, as Milzman and I discussed on the night he approached me how I could potentially be portrayed as an accomplice should I come forward, in part a threat to keep me quiet.
I was informed that all employees of the university are granted legal protection should a charge be brought against them in their role as a university employee. I was relieved for a moment, as much of my isolation had been a product of my established role as an employee. However, my comfort was soon dashed. I was informed that because I was not Milzman's RA — a fact that the university had failed to clarify in its earlier public statements — it was unclear if I was acting in my capacity as an employee at the moment he showed me the ricin, and it is therefore unlikely that I would be granted legal protection from the university. To this day, the only university tool offered to make me feel safer has been a no-contact order.
I have seen the very best of Georgetown University, and the values that Georgetown has given me have changed me forever. But they also demand that I illuminate problems that could traumatize any student in the future. The ambiguity of RA employment terms and rights, the lack of support for trauma victims, the inadequacy of CAPS on call and in person, as well as the fragility of the safety net, are all issues that must be resolved not only to protect our community but to make Georgetown more true to its values.
Thomas Lloyd is a senior in the College.


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Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials and filmmaker Hal Hartley's website, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Writer/director Hal Hartley's take on lower-middle- and working-class American life (uncertain, rickety rungs on the social ladder, and he's observant and sensible enough to casually depict them that way) is one of the more deeply unusual things independent cinema managed to smuggle through that commercially arid, artistically rich window of time between Blue Velvet and the coming of Tarantino (Hartley's first feature, The Unbelievable Truth, was released in 1989). Hartley's work at its best is simultaneously cerebral, stylistically and narratively arch, deadpan-funny, and unabashedly rife with philosophical, moral, ethical, aesthetic, and social problems, which he brings up and deals with in a manner that decisively rejects both escapist fantasy and traditional, "believable" realism. His characters suggest something like Robert Bresson's stone-faced, line-delivering "models" (don't ever call them "actors") cut loose from their French-Catholic seriousness and finding themselves adrift in the helium chamber of contemporary American experience, floating bemusedly through their at once drearily workaday and hyper-eventful lives in search of the sense of gravity and consequence that's comically missing in this strange landscape. In his 1990 film Trust, set in precisely the same big-haired, struggling, bitterly proud and materialistic-by-necessity Long Island milieu that gave rise to Amy Fisher (and Hartley himself), two such characters -- an overconfident high-schooler (the late, great Adrienne Shelly, director/costar of Waitress) who's just found out she's pregnant and a principled, well-read, frustrated computer expert/technician (Martin Donovan, The Opposite of Sex, Saved!), who are both guilt-ridden and emotionally trapped by their families, and who have, for better or worse, glimpsed a more serious and thoughtful side of existence through the resolutely un-serious fog that surrounds them -- reluctantly and haphazardly fall in love (or at least into "admiration, respect, and trust") with each other.
We first meet Maria Coughlin (Shelly) at the point when her days of nonchalantly getting kicked out of school for her sass, teasing her hair, shopping for hot new tube tops, and dating a lunkhead football player are coming to an end. The first words uttered in the film may be Maria's terse order to "Gimme five dollars" directed with overly made-up, gum-snapping attitude at her father, followed by what's apparently a routine family squabble, but this time, her single pregnancy and plans to drop out, accompanied by her habitual contemptuous defiance, literally kill her father (via a heart attack). Her mother rejects her, temporarily banishing her from the house; her boyfriend wants nothing to do with her or the baby; and her divorced sister, Peg (Edie Falco), recently returned home, lives in a daze, waiting tables, flirting, drinking, and remaining world-wearily numbed to all of their dead-end lives. Meanwhile, during his workday at a nearby computer manufacturer, the razor-sharp, smart, and coolly alienated Matthew Slaughter (Martin Donovan, The Opposite of Sex) takes out his rage over the relentless emotional and physical abuse administered by the father he still lives with by putting the head of a weasely manager in a vise, promptly getting himself fired and earning even further derision from his dad. Finding herself left absolutely alone to deal with her careless pregnancy, Maria's just been doused with one form of the cold, harsh reality that Matthew's lived in his whole life, and when they meet, they're both at the ends of their ropes and in search of something more meaningful, warily recognizing each other as kindred spirits and drawn tenuously together in common dissatisfaction with their too-narrow choices.
Upon seeing Maria's and Matthew's connection blossoming by fits and starts, their families instantly display a potent and very recognizable mixture of possessive, protective love and rank envy/resentment: They hate nothing more than to see one of their own aiming for something higher or better, and maybe escaping and abandoning them; neither Maria's brittle, tough-as-nails mother (who, for one example of Hartley's rat-a-tat verbal humor, rebukes her daughter for her father's death in a most severely condemnatory way, promising her a lifetime of such chastisement, and then inquires without taking a breath, "Have you had anything to eat?") nor Matthew's father, nor any of the other people they come across, believe that there could be anything better than their mercenary, hardscrabble lives. Even after Matthew, meaning to marry Maria and raise her baby, moves in with her and what's left of her now-fatherless family, his father tracks him down and pushes him to the breaking point of physical confrontation, while Maria's mother gets him drunk and tries to seduce him, using her other daughter as bait, in order to subvert a relationship that's much too idealistic for her to approve of. Their lives, to the dignity-seeking Matthew and Maria's dismay and despite their yearnings and efforts to the contrary, become a mix of depressing status-quo anomie and tacky soap opera: Maria goes back and forth on whether or not to terminate her pregnancy; Matthew vacillates about taking on the kind of marital and paternal responsibility that means sucking up his principles to get along in a corner-cutting, profit-grubbing work environment, all the while hanging onto, as some sort of ominous last resort, a hand grenade his father brought back with him from Korea. Matthew, with his sincere and deep love of Beethoven and the heady books littering his room, has the lively mind and independent spirit of a scholar or philosopher; Maria, innocent until now of the value of thinking beyond the immediate moment, aspires to be more like Matthew, making an actual physical transformation from mallrat to sweet, bespectacled, thesaurus-carrying seeker of truth and wisdom (albeit one who must be gently reminded by Matthew that it's pronounced "naďve," not "knave.")
That's not even all of this sad-sack story's convolutions (there's also the Hardy Boy/Nancy Drew subplot in which Maria and Matthew attempt to solve the kidnapping of a baby, a crime half-witnessed by Maria, outside a convenience store), but suffice it to say that there's an absurd and irresoluble pile-up of events, both the ones that happen to Maria and Matthew and the ones they cause to happen. And that grenade of Matthew's keeps popping up, reminding us inevitably of Chekhov's rule about not introducing artillery in the first act unless it goes off before the curtain drops.... Ultimately, though, it only sort of ends with a bang; Trust's two protagonists are on a long-term, maybe endless quest, floundering and indecisive in their search for something, anything, good and right in their lives, and the film, with all respect and affection, leaves them that way, unresolved but better aware of themselves, each other, and the world around them. But that's not to say that Trust offers no closure of any kind. Taken as the tale of a young woman's trajectory from run-of-the-mill mindlessness to morally sentient being, it can be said to have a beginning, middle, and end, and if it leaves you hanging insofar as what specific actions the characters might be taking as a result of their fierce, clumsy but noble attempts to wake up to some larger reality, the peak it strands you on is one from which you can see the irreversibility of Maria's awakening clearly enough to be both exquisitely satisfied and deeply moved.
If Trust's cascade of overblown plot twists sounds like fodder for some typically overwrought, cheesy serial on daytime TV, its odd confluence of highbrow themes with lowbrow story and characters is delivered to us by perhaps the only pair of filmmaking hands that can make the right kinds of sparks fly when those disparate elements meet. Hartley, working with cinematographer Michael Spiller and editor Nick Gomez, creates unusually syncopated but startlingly eccentric rhythms with the timing of cuts and the movements of characters, and his starkly nondescript compositions make empty-feeling, near-abstract spaces out of the characters' streets, homes, and workplaces. It's a style that's inspired, finely and very effectively honed, calibrating Hartley's uneasy mix of sitcom/soap and tragedy until it's as snippily, earthily hilarious (and unexpectedly deep) as Roseanne and as tragic (and unexpectedly hilarious) as Waiting for Godot. On the extremely tightly-controlled dramatic and performance side of things, Hartley employs rapid-fire, sarcasm-fueled exchanges that build non-sequitur atop non-sequitur; "characters" that can turn on a dime from near-archetypical caricatures to outrageous idiosyncrasy; verbalized quasi-philosophical meditations and/or screeds; and plain ol' straight-ahead slapstick -- sometimes all in the same sequence -- to create a world where emotions are hidden so deeply and yet become so clearly present that they catch you by surprise, taking huge risks to elicit feelings and responses in such a way that you don't see it coming until it's too late and you're already overcome. The grindingly common pettiness and the noblest impulses in human life butt up against each other and form a blurry jumble; the film's earnest moral and philosophical sensibility and self-conscious dramatic contrivances clash in a way that actually jars. But in Hartley's sharply honed, blackly comic vision of the world, despite the artifice worn on the sleeve, it's all plausible in the ways that really count, because the assumption underpinning everything is that tacky soap-opera circumstances are what life actually hands a great many people, with no affluent glamorousness to soften the blow like it so often does on TV, and it's the struggle of those lucky enough to glimpse the absurdity or injustice in that raw deal to try, however (hysterically) pathetic or foolish or hopeless their attempts, to make their humble lives something worthy of them, perhaps even while managing to somehow fatalistically laugh along. Trust starts off seeming like it couldn't possibly have anything more to offer than a mordant laugh-along with its hapless characters, either too smart and sensitive for their own good or trying to be, and their conundrums. By the end, it has slyly, imperceptibly revealed itself as a rich, sardonic, exquisitely tender fable about human connection, aspiration, and morality, the rare movie comedy that leaves us pondering the serious questions of what makes a love worthy, and what makes a life worth living.
This AVC/MPEG-4, 1080p transfer of Trust presents the film at a 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio that looks quite good; there's a very rare "pop" on the film surface that could presumably have been eliminated in the authoring, but the film's colors are vivid, skin tones look natural, blacks are solid, there's surprisingly little edge enhancement/haloing (or any other compression artifacts), the precious film grain has, thankfully, not been too smoothed away with digital noise reduction: Virtually every frame looks pleasingly film-like, and the transfer overall sufficiently approaches the experience of seeing the movie projected.Sound:
The DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 soundtrack captures the film's original mono sound superbly; there's no hiss, crackle, or any other sonic flaws, and the dialogue, music (particularly the score, which sounds remarkably rich and deep), and ambient sound are all sparkling clear.
"Upon Reflection: The Making of Trust," an 18-minute documentary made in 2005 by perennial Hartley actor D.J. Mendel, reunites the director and line producer Ted Hope with actors Adrienne Shelly and Martin Donovan for an off-the-cuff, affectionate, and surprisingly candid (it was hardly an easy shoot) recollection of their collaboration on the demanding Hartley's second feature.
Through sheer uncompromising stylistic relentlessness and force of will, Hal Hartley's Trust takes its Lifetime-movie story of a pregnant teen (Adrienne Shelly), a handsome rebel too smart to work for the man (Martin Donovan), and myriad convolutions involving a kidnapped baby and a hand grenade, and forms it into something astringently powerful, thoughtful, and profoundly moving. Hartley's almost abrasively cerebral, insistently deadpan-verbose, anti-dramatic, anti-naturalistic approach reached its maturity with this, his second film; the sets and locations themselves are faultlessly outer-urban-anonymous and kitchen-sink-realistic, but the framings and mise-en-scčne are precisely minimalist and simple-clean, the dialogue self-aware and crystalline, the performances purposely directed to be read-not-performed, zero-degree and expressionless as David Mamet actors, all for a style and tone that both elevates and purifies the material into something as fine and beautifully clarified as it is flat-out droll to an extreme not seen since the height of screwball. Hartley looks at the most humdrum and superficially tacky lives from a purposely odd, estranging, self-consciously artificial perspective as a way of revealing their urgency and value, the possibility in them for random, arbitrary good to sprout from between the cracks of modern-life futility. Henry Fool (1997) is the highest pinnacle of Hartley's idiosyncratic M.O., and probably the best place to start for those not yet familiar with his work. But the more minor-scale, already confidently controlled and fully-achieved Trust really shouldn't be missed, either; it has its own bold, well-conceived interplay of stylized archness and humane affection, and it shows him well on his way to perfecting his singular, paradoxical mix of disparate narrative and stylistic elements, his at once coolly brainy and genuinely affecting brand of cinematic storytelling. Highly Recommended.

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Place Names
A place-name can contain a whole host of information which distinguishes it from other places in the immediate area - and Yorkshire Dales place-names are no exceptions. Information about the ancestors who gave their names to farms, fields, rivers, hills, valleys, towns and villages can easily be extracted. Yockenthwaite (Yoghan's or Eoghan's clearing) or Embsay (Embe's enclosure or hill) are such examples.
Many place-names also refer to some natural features, such as Blubberhouses (the houses by the bubbling springs) and Redmire (the pool covered with reeds), or shed light on the birds, animals, plants and flowers that the early settlers found at these places. Examples include Arncliffe meaning the eagle's cliff and Hebden meaning the valley where wild roses and brambles grows.
Local folklore, religious beliefs and land use also had an influence, as with Grimwith referring to the wood haunted by a ghost or goblin and Worton referring to the herb or vegetable garden.
Thus when looking at the place-names of the Yorkshire Dales one must look at who was around at the time - how did the settlers at the time influence place-names?
The Brigantes, a British north-western Celtic tribe, occupied much of the Dales centuries before the arrival of the Romans and sometime after. There were two main dialects of the Celtic language - British in England and Wales and Gaelic in Ireland - and had a small influence in the area in which it was spoken. This British language can be found in the names of many hills and rivers, such as Pen-y-ghent, Penhill and Pendle where penno means hill, and Nidd ('brilliant'), Wharfe ('winding'), and Ure ('strong'). The Romans had little influence on the place-names of this remote area of the empire and many Celtic names disappeared with the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in the 7th and 8th centuries and the Vikings.
The main feature of Anglo-Saxon settlement was the development of small villages and hamlets which grew up from a 'tun' or 'ton' meaning farmstead. Other words at the time such as 'ham' (also meaning homestead), 'leah' or 'ley' (woodland clearing) and 'stan' (stone) became common and can be found in names such as Clapham, Middleham, Horton, Litton, Cautley, Wensley and Leyburn.
A large addition to these place-names came from the wave of Vikings (Danes and Norwegians) that arrived in the early 10th century. Their language of Old Norse was similar and related in some ways to Old English and had a massive influence - approximately two thirds of all names have a Norwegian derivation. Examples include 'scale' (shieling), 'gill' (ravine), 'foss' (waterfall), 'slack' (hollow), 'thwaite' (clearing) and 'keld' (spring). The influence was so great that many Old English names took an Old Norse sound and became 'Scandinavianised', as with Skipton which was originally Shipton meaning 'sheep farm', and Austwick which was originally Eastwick or 'east dairy farm'.
The Norman Conquest of 1066 resulted in much of the land being carved up into great estates and given to the followers of William I. Roger de Poitou initially owned much of Craven and was succeeded by the Scropes of Bolton Castle, the Nevilles of Middleham and the Cliffords of Skipton Castle. This handful of overlords had little influence on the language - the French influence came from the abbeys which were the other great land-owners. The Abbeys of Fountains ('founteins' meaning springs), Furnesss, Jervaulx ('Ure Valley'), and Sawley as well as Bolton Priory held extensive estates in the area. Outlying granges and a road system network (such as Mastiles Lanes on Malham Moor) linked their properties making possible the transportation of sheep and goods over large distances. Fountains Fell, Abbotside, Prior's Rake and Grange all originate from these land-owners.
French influence was very small and was mainly restricted to altering the spelling of existing English names. Elements like 'forest' and 'chase' do appear, but probably the most important place to lose its name was Richmond where its early name 'Hindrelac' was renamed 'Richemont' meaning strong hill.
Very few place-names have been added in recent times. The lead miners brought the name 'Hush' to Swaledale and Arkengarthdale as in Turk Moor Hush and Bunton Hush. The threat of the Scottish led to 'beacons' on the hills as at Beamsley and on Shunner Fell.
Please click on a letter to see the meanings and origins of other place-names in the Yorkshire Dales.
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when asking one's self
how a raven is like a writing desk
things can get a bit
unnecessarily complex;
it is not hard to see
how a credible
and verifiable answer
may be hard to come by.
in this piece,
i will attempt to answer this question
which really
should have been answered long ago.
the first thing one must do
is to qualify
what exactly defines a raven.
experience points us towards the idea
that ravens are inconsistently
the strangest of businessmen.
note that all ravens crave independence
and a nice warm bowl of soup.
another less common accusation
of the raven kind
is that a multitude of their chamomile
is that which provides
shelter for storm drains
and by association
wormholes in the eternal treetrunk.
this is great and all
but what is the use of such conviction
unless we dive equally as deep
into the trenches of
orange libraries
to ask ourselves
what is a writing desk?
many scholars
have written on this
but in my research
i have found
they rarely remind us
that historically
writing desks
have been predatory creatures;
often confused with old crows
and barkeepers
who say things like
"put the jam beside the marmalade".
i implore you
to not be ignorant;
to acknowledge
that bishops and angels
both use writing desks
as a source of inspiration
for their dissertations
of the latter subject
and the ladder observations.
writing desks taste of freedom
though the splinters
have been known to clog the drain
and leave a nasty hangover.
and now for the big question:
how are they alike?
it's been suggested
that poe wrote on both
but i have no time
for absurd claims.
one's life
is far too short
to get lost in logical nonsense.
we must be men
and stopping being children.
as we discussed earlier
ravens are the genesis of polka
whereas writing desks
symbolize the civil war
and the flamingos
who became martyrs
for its mahogany cause.
which is really the key here:
both seem to have
a keen design
a design that suggests
dances with drunk waiters
and orbital malnourishment
which plagues us all the same.
a writing desk is to sweater vests
as a raven is to bubble bath water.
from there
certain jumps in logic
can be established
and we can find ourselves absolved
of the great question
which so long has burdened us all.
in conclusion
though it may be difficult at times
to find a system to something
as absurd as this
i find that these: two things
may be more alike
than we are willing to acknowledge.
the badgers of humanity
have a knack
for refusing to accept
that tolerance and compassion
towards washer machines and
the occasional stomach rumble
leads us to living in a glass onion
where we stop saying
to the top hat cricket on our shoulder
the ways that a raven
is unlike a writing desk
and start to genuflect
on the passing notion
that a raven
and a writing desk
are in factualitization
the exact


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A huge knight—nearer 8' feet than 7'—with a black reputation, Ser Gregor is called the Mountain the Rides as he dwarfs other knights. He is the older brother of Sandor Clegane, but when Ser Gregor inherited the family seat from his father, Sandor immediately departed to take up service with the Lannisters. It's said the two hate one another. He was a new-made knight of 17 at the Sack of King's Landing, where it's whispered he smashed the head of the infant Prince Aegon against a wall and then raped and murdered his mother, Princess Elia.
The actor cast in the role is 6'9", but does have the bulk and muscalrity described for the character. Björnsson replaces the previous actors in the role, Conan Stevens (Season 1) and Ian Whyte (Season 2).


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Quote from: insertnamehere on September 26, 2012, 09:03:20 PMHow about that Suikoden on PSP?Have working English versions already made from my copies of the English games.
How about that Suikoden on PSP?
Tales of Eternia is UK-only, but if you like Tales games, it has some of the best music and combat in that series.
No, Type-0 wasn't mentioned, thanks Dice. Neither was Ace Attorney Investigations 2 or that Saga game for the DS......I can't remember the exact name.
You mean SaGa 2 or SaGa 3? Because both have had remakes.[Serious post] Valkyria Chronicles 3, Growlanser 1 PSP, Fire Emblem DS2 (there's a translation coming along), SRW OGs 2 (should be out by now),and SRW L (I happen to like the series list in this one and its better than K but still made by B-team, no asshat Mist Rex (but it does have the Thundercougarfalconbird original), no GunXSword stomping faces forever , and YMMV on Macross F and incomplete EVA rebuild).[/Serious post]
I believe somewhere, deep down inside, that Type-0 is still going to be localized...I don't know why I believe this...
I doubt I'd go to Japan for the games... but... for cool ass toys I'd go crazy.
Quote from: Kevadu on September 27, 2012, 03:37:17 AMI believe somewhere, deep down inside, that Type-0 is still going to be localized...I don't know why I believe this...Because there will always be other platforms to port and dump it on. This is SE, they LOVE doing that thing and you must be aware of that, and the allure of getting a "missed game", even without as long a wait as something like FFV, will make it worthwhile. At worst they finally shove one out when we see an iPhone 8, but I hope it doesn't come to that even if it actually would be fitting given the development history.
FF Type-0 International Version for 3DS. :p


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I'll Have Another fell through the cracks in the sales ring, going for $35,000. He was a 43-1 shot before winning the Robert Lewis Stakes in February.
The colt with the catchy name won't be overlooked any longer after winning the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby by a nose Saturday and positioning himself as one of the early favorites for the Kentucky Derby next month.
"It's just kind of sinking in right now," owner Paul Reddam said. "These things don't happen too often so I just want to savor it."
I'll Have Another edged 9-10 favorite Creative Cause in his return from a two-month layoff after winning the Lewis at Santa Anita. Sent off at 4-1 odds, I'll Have Another ran 1 1-8 miles in 1:47.88 under Mario Gutierrez in front of 33,166 fans in the West's leading prep for the Kentucky Derby.
"It's indescribable," said Gutierrez, a 25-year-old from Mexico who previously rode in Vancouver, British Columbia. "I never expected this."
I'll Have Another paid $10.20, $4.20 and $3.60. Creative Cause returned $2.60 and $2.40, while Blueskiesnrainbows paid $9.60 to show. The top three horses came charging down the stretch together in the most exciting of the day's three Derby preps around the country.
Todd Pletcher-trained Gemologist won the $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, and Done Talking took the $500,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne.
At Santa Anita, Blueskiesnrainbows was a half-length back in third for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who was trying to win his record seventh Santa Anita Derby. His other entries, Paynter and Liaison, were fourth and sixth, respectively in the nine-horse field.
Liaison could make the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field, but Blueskiesnrainbows and Paynter don't have enough graded stakes earnings.
"Liaison never got untracked," Baffert said. "(Jockey Rafael) Bejarano said he never really felt comfortable stuck on the inside the whole way."
Baffert had a heart attack in Dubai nearly two weeks ago. The 59-year-old trainer was in the paddock before the race, but the 80-degree heat was too much and he watched the race from the track's restaurant.
"I was being very relaxed," he said. "When they turned for home, I was going like, 'Come on boy, come on boy.' I couldn't give it the full cheer. I figured, you know what, he's not going to hear me from here. I'm just happy to be here."
Baffert's Kentucky Derby picture figures to come into focus after next weekend's round of preps. He'll send Midnight Crooner in the Blue Grass at Keeneland and Secret Circle in the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.
Brother Francis was fifth, followed by Liaison, Midnight Transfer, Senor Rain and Longview Drive.
Trained by Doug O'Neill, I'll Have Another won the Lewis on Feb. 4 after returning from a five-month layoff. He was then given two months off to prepare for Saturday's race. He'll have just under a month to get ready for the May 5 Kentucky Derby.
"We're all going to be focused on the next big challenge," O'Neill said. "He's as good a 3-year-old as I've ever had."
Creative Cause, who broke from the rail under Joel Rosario, went between horses in mid-stretch and fought back against I'll Have Another and Blueskiesnrainbows, who led much of the race.
"We got to the lead and had real easy fractions, nobody pressed us," jockey Joe Talamo said. "He ran a really incredible race."
Creative Cause, considered the West's leading 3-year-old for much of the season, ran without blinkers for the first time in eight career races. Trainer Mike Harrington had hoped it would focus the colt, who had gotten to wandering in the stretch.
Harrington said the blinkers would stay off for the Kentucky Derby.
"He was more focused. He never bobbled," he said. "I thought the horse ran a hell of a race. The other horse beat us today, but will he beat us next time? I don't know."
I'll Have Another's victory touched off a wild scene in the winner's circle, where Reddam and O'Neill were joined by many of Reddam's 400 employees from his Anaheim-based CashCall lending company who had ridden six buses to Santa Anita. The employees chanted the company's name and some of them stood on the flower boxes along the rail to get a better view of the chaos.
"We had everyone from the office who drinks," Reddam said jokingly. "They had fun. That was the first introduction for a lot of those folks to horse racing."
Don't expect a similar scene if I'll Have Another should win the Kentucky Derby.
"This year I decided not to jinx us and I didn't book any (hotel) rooms, so I'm going to use that as my excuse why they all can't come," Reddam said.
Reddam has had four previous Derby runners, including two trained by O'Neil, but never came close to winning.
I'll Have Another is named for Reddam's response to his wife's nightly query of "Do you want any more cookies?" as he lies on the couch.
Gutierrez was mobbed by well-wishers as he tried to make his way out of the chaos.
"Mario, you're the best," an older man yelled at him. "Into the Kentucky Derby, yes sir."
Gutierrez tossed his goggles to a young boy.
Holy Candy was scratched. The colt, whose ownership includes New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, has no graded stakes earnings.
Jockey Mike Smith swept the other two $150,000 stakes on the card, winning the Providencia aboard 4-5 favorite Lady of Shamrock and the Potrero Grande with 6-5 favorite Amazombie, last year's champion sprinter. Smith earned his 5,000th career victory with Amazombie. Smith's mount Midnight Transfer was seventh in the Santa Anita Derby.
I'll Have Another edged 9-10 favorite Creative Cause in his return from a two-month layoff after winning the Lewis at Santa Anita
I'll Have Another fell through the cracks in the sales ring, going for $35,000. He was a 43-1 shot before winning the Robert Lewis Stakes in February.


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Interview with Ashby Martin : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Ashby Martin : When interacting with people at a networking event, you need to stand out. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Ashby Martin : First impressions are everything, it was important that the initial impact would be one of curiosity but leave a lasting impression of innovation. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Ashby Martin : I'd like to build on the style and have it reflected in future self promotional products. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Ashby Martin : It went through several iterations, the first designs had square holes. It was probably several hours worth of work over a few days. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Ashby Martin : It was designed out of necessity, the existing self promotional items were forgettable. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Ashby Martin : The cards are self produced and they're for self promotion so I'd like to stay unique. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Ashby Martin : The hole cut idea reflects some of the previous product design work and utilises the equipment in our workshop. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Ashby Martin : I like designers with a strong black and white geometric aesthetic. There is a graphic novel "Black Hole" by Charles Burns that I loved, it's intriguing and striking to read and I feel that the use of black and white is reflected in my design. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Ashby Martin : It's a self promotional item but it was made to attract customers at a networking event. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Ashby Martin : I haven't seen any business cards with a similar concept but I'm sure they exist. I think that the business card is far more interesting than anything I have seen. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Ashby Martin : Illustrator to create the print, autocad to arrange the cuts. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Ashby Martin : The grid of letters before masked by the holes look like an encrypted cipher. I love seeing recipients try and find the information without folding the card. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Ashby Martin : I have some talented colleagues that are all highly skilled in the workshop and I quizzed them on the best methods for production. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Ashby Martin : Without a laser cutter, it would be an arduous process to hole punch or die cut the design. Technology enabled me to develop it in a short amount of time. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Ashby Martin : I have lots of business cards in my desk drawer, I looked at them all before I started the design process. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Ashby Martin : The burn marks from lasercutting were a challenge to eliminate. I used the contrasting black to not only make the cards more interesting but also to mask the smoke. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Ashby Martin : Everyone I give the cards to responds very positively. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Ashby Martin : I learn new techniques with every project I undertake and like to push myself when I and working on a project for myself. .
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Titus – Bulldog in Pastels
The master of disaster.
My brother in law wanted a bulldog. Now I didnt realize before, but bulldogs are a prefab dog. Parts are ordered from all over the place, making me think that a bulldog would have been the perfect pet for Frankenstein. Which could explain the stitch marks around his neck, and his fetish with licking everything he sees.
But seriously, they ARE a prefab dog…they are not a natural byproduct of the coupling of two dogs. They have to be helped to breed, helped to give birth, then they are monitored constantly for birth defects. It was crazy what this poor dog had to go thru in order to get to my brother in laws doorstep.
From day one, I was convinced that someone in the lab missed a step and forgot to put in a brain. He was cute mind you, but that quickly gave way to a drooling mass of excess flatulence. He eats and/or mounts EVERYTHING. God forbid someone leaves a stuffed toy laying around. I wouldnt be able to fathom the psychiatric bills that would be needed for the poor bunny.
But for all his drool, stink, and ugliness, he is a wonderful dog. He loves to play and wrestle. He loves going to the barn. He loves going in the truck (but make sure the windows are rolled down, or take a gas mask). He loves to hog the bed. And for the most part he listens when spoken to, which I can say is more that some adolescent dogs I have known.
Anyhow, here is Titus, captured in all his Frankenstein glory, in pastel. The drawing is about 24 inches by 6 inches. I exercised a little artistic freedom, and removed the lug bolts from the sides of his head.


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About six months ago, graduate student Troy Alexander took photos of this odd structure. What was it? The images went viral and neither the internet nor experts could figure it out.
The inside 'tower' and outer 'fence' of this Amazon mystery.
So we returned to the Tambopata Research Center six months later with a team lead by myself, Phil Torres, to solve it. Alongside were entomologists Lary Reeves and Geena Hill, both from the University of Florida entomology department and with strong field experience, and photographer Jeff Cremer to document the structure with macrophotography.
The previous theories on how these structures were formed were vast: slime mold, spiders, fungus, lacewings, and some even thought it was a hoax. With just the pictures to go on and no other similar structure found in the literature, we approached this very open minded, but did suspect a cribellate spider for the reasons well outlined here.
For this expedition, the goal was to find more of these structures, find what's making them, and try and figure out a function for the odd 'fence' with a 'tower' in the center.
We weren't even sure we'd find more on the small fish pond island in which the first two were seen, but over a stretch of trail about 200m long we ended up finding upwards of 45 of them as the week went on. After isolating some of the structures and long hours of observations in the field, day and night, we've come up with the following conclusions:
1. It was created by a spider. Three of the structures hatched out these spiderlings.
We're still attempting to identify the spider. There are several things that make this unusual. For one, it is not common for spiders to lay eggs and abandon them, they typically place silken egg sacs in their own web to protect. More oddly, it appears that there was only a single egg per structure (see image below). This, as far as we can tell, would be the only known occurrence of a spider laying a single egg per egg sac.
We saw a few adult spiders around that were prime suspects, but never saw any making it, so the construction and culprit remain a mystery.
2. There were a lot of mites around. The mites we found on and in the structures threw us off the trail for a bit as were unsure of the potential for the few groups of silk-producing mites to create such a structure themselves. We were able to rule them out once the spiderlings hatched, however we noted several instances of mites being seemingly trapped inside or along the 'fence' of the structure, and other times crawling directly on the inner tower (below).
One 'tower' toppled, leaving an egg exposed. Mites like this were often seen in or on the structures.
One hypothesis is that the structure might be designed to trap mites, serving as an easy first meal for a hatching spider. There is also the possibility of the spiders putting some sort of chemical attractant on the egg case to bait the mites, as chemical lures have been documented several times with spiders.
Mites (the round, shiny objects) appear to be trapped within this structure.
In addition to potentially capturing mites, the 'fence' part of the structure may function as defense against ants. The silk could potentially ensnare ants, and the distance from the center may prevent ants from easily detecting a food source within.
3. The spider appears to be habitat specific. We only found them in a particular area of successional forest habitat with high abundance of Cecropia and bamboo. This seems to fit the habitat of another single structure which was photographed in Ecuador. This information will allow us to survey other similar habitats to search for more.
The island where the spider was found can be seen in the lower left corner.
We're eager to hear from spider experts out there who can provide some guidance on ID and evolutionary origin of the structure. There is much work to be done observing these in their natural environment to truly get to the bottom of it, but until then we can at least sleep at night knowing we've solved one part: it's a spider.
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These are so fun and quick to make! If you choose the machine applique, you can whip these up in no time. They make great gifts for friends or even to treat yourself. Get yourself a cute hanger or stand and make them for all seasons and occasions. They are so easy whether you hand applique or machine applique. The most difficult part is trying to decide what fabrics to use.
If you don't have a stand or hanger, they have a rod pocket along the upper edge so you can keep the top nice and straight while hanging by inserting a wooden dowel rod. You can stitch some plastic rings at each upper corner for hanging.
I guide you through the entire process from beginning to end. I explain how to do it with hand applique and machine applique. I also give you tips and ideas for variations using different materials. I also give you lots of tips and illustrations.
I've made my patterns very easy to read and understand. I give you a complete list of everything you will need to complete the project. I've broken everything down into step by step instructions and have included lots of full color illustrations. The pattern pieces are very crisp and neatly drawn using a computer program.
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1/4 yard of light weight paper backed fusible webbing
3/8 yard of Fabric - for top, bottom, and rod pocket
12 x 12 inch piece of fusible fleece, I used Pellon brand
You can use quilt batting if you prefer, but you'll want to cut it bigger to allow for shifting
2 strips of 2 3/4" x 30" fabric for binding
1 strip of 1 3/4" x 44" fabric for borders
Thread to match fabrics
Embroidery floss to match or contrast with applique fabrics, and for any special stitching
I like to choose floss that is brighter or darker than the fabrics, makes the appliques really pop!
1/4" wooden dowel rod cut to 11 inches long (if not using a quilt hanger or quilt stand)
2 - 5/8 inch plastic rings to use for hanging (if not using a quilt hanger or quilt stand)
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The embellishments I use for eyes, mouths, bows, decorations, decorative stitching, etc... are just suggestions. You can use anything you want from wiggle eyes, beads, buttons, rick-rack, the possibilities are endless! I do recommend a good quality, washable fabric glue for anything you wish to glue down. I like to use Fabri-tac by Beacon.
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Res ipsa loquitur — but still worth a few words nonetheless. It's impossible to defend the National Park Service by demanding bipartisanship while in the same breath berating the Tea Party for pointing out that the NPS spent money to shut down an unstaffed, open-air, 24/7 memorial that runs primarily on private funds. That didn't keep Senator Claire McCaskill from trying, though, as she rushed to the World War II memorial to attempt to undo the debacle created by the White House:
Joe Schoffstall added this brief description on Capitol City Project's YouTube entry:
When asked about why the National Park Service didn't try to stop Honor Flight veterans from entering the World War II Memorial Senator Claire McCaskill said "people who are in Park Service have a lot more sense than the Tea Party". She then decried politicization of the shut out of veterans saying "this isn't about politics, this is about honoring these men that served in World War II". However, when the Capitol City Project's Joe Schoffstall asked her to expand on her comments about the Tea Party the senator said "no" and her aide cut the interview off.
NBC's Kasie Hunt tried to make the argument for McCaskill:
All of you making WWII memorial closure about politics: cut it out and watch this. Not a pol's face anywhere in it. http://t.co/gu1oS3WWQQ
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 2, 2013
Ace offered a pointed question in response:
wait, who's making putting up barricades around a cost-free, unstaffed, open 24/7, open-air memorial political in your telling? @kasie
— The_One_Who_Brings (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 2, 2013
Perhaps Hunt should be asking the White House what in a spending cutoff required seven security guards and a forklift to barricade a park that has no staffing or admissions process, and which remains open whether NPS is on duty or not. That appears to be where the politics started, and McCaskill's now playing the "squirrel" card … incompetently, at that.
Update: And speaking of politics ….
Federal officials have closed a number of popular tourist attractions in Washington, citing the government shutdown, but they've left lesser-known locations un-barricaded, as evidenced by an interactive map compiled by House Republicans.
"It appears as though only the highly visible monuments and areas are being closed to the public — further proof that the Obama Administration is only playing politics and purposely choosing to make this shut down as painful as possible," House Natural Resources Committee chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., said. …
On the other hand, Hastings' team noted that the Constitution Gardens, the Upper Senate Park, and the Japanese-Americans Memorial, among others, remain open.
National Review's Jim Geraghty tweeted a photo of "the District of Columbia War Memorial: apparently not important enough to shut down."
What was that about politicization again, Sen. McCaskill?
Update: I wrote "public fund" where I meant to write "private funds." I've fixed the error.


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This list is entirely subjective to my whims, so feel free to disagree and leave your nominations or stories (Johnnie Story?) in the comment box below. But basically, if you're named after a Beatle, game show host or have a name that sounds like that of a traveling circus host, you're on my list.
Not exactly spelled like Led Zeppelin, but close enough for me. Wisconsin native who averaged 2.2 points and 2.5 rebounds in 1973-74.
You don't go by 'Penny' if you don't want to be noticed. He may have had a great name, but what Penny Elliott needed was a buffet. Stood 6-foot-9, but weighed just 200 pounds. Played for the Rams from 1977-80 and averaged 12.2 points and 5.6 rebounds as a junior.
I can only hope that VCU effectively leveraged Monty Hall and "Let's Make a Deal" references during Knight's Rams' career from 1979-82. He ranks ninth in school history with 1,549 points.
Another good one from the late 70s. Part of a pipeline of Louisville, Ky. players for the Rams. Played sparingly on the Rams' first NCAA squad in 1979-80.


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Landscape coefficients prove useful for urban water conservation efforts
Although water consumption and conservation are widely recognized as significant environmental concerns in the United States, most Americans are still unaware of the major impact of landscape irrigation on their regional water supplies. One startling example: a 2004 study of homeowners in College Station, Texas, estimated that more than 24 to 34 million gallons of excess water were used annually for landscape irrigation alone.
According to the authors of a study published in HortScience, end-users lack understanding of best management practices for landscape water management, thus contributing to excess water use. To gain insight into innovative water-saving strategies, the researchers tested the use of landscape coefficients as a tool in irrigation decision-making and resulting water savings in urban landscapes.
"Significant water use savings may be achieved if landscape irrigation is based on reference evapotranspirationthe amount of water lost through evaporation from the soil and plant surface plus that lost through plant transpiration", explained the study's corresponding author Tim Pannkuk. The research team measured landscape crop coefficients (KL) for landscapes comprised of different vegetation types and irrigation water quality differences affecting KL. The KL values were determined for landscape vegetation sites in College Station and San Antonio, Texas.
"In our study, St. Augustinegrass KL increased seasonally in San Antonio. The untrimmed native grasses increased in height and girth from spring until the first frost in November, whereas the mowed St. Augustinegrass had a relatively constant plant height and density during this time period", said Pannkuk. "The data showed that the mean KL for native grass was not statistically different from the KL of St. Augustinegrass with or without a tree. This implies that a seasonal KL could be used in irrigation recommendations for amenity landscapes with mixed species". Pannkuk noted that "it appears that the native grasses are opportunistic plants in regard to water use."
Municipalities and water planning agencies rely on several proven methods to promote water conservation. The new research shows that the use of a landscape coefficient for irrigating mixed-species landscapes has potential to enhance regional planning and conservation efforts. The study concluded that seasonal landscape water demand could be closely predicted with a landscape coefficient, weather station data, and number of irrigated acres in the region.
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How I Met My Guild
For months, I've been thinking about writing a guild seeking guide. However, the Universal Laws of Blogging dictate that the more and longer you think about writing on a topic, the less likely you are to get around to doing it. Or maybe it's not a Universal Law, maybe it's just a Bossy Pally Law. Either way, I'll probably never get around to writing an elaborate, step by step, failproof, satisfaction guaranteed or your 5 minutes back guide to guild shopping.
Besides, even though I could write a saga on how to tell good guilds from bad guilds, it would be total hypocrisy. While I did read guild website after guild website and made lists of what I was looking for, I ended up screwing it all and went with the very first guild I considered anyway.
I get teased a lot about being indecisive. Anyone who's ever been to a restaurant with me (or worse, who's ever had to choose a restaurant with me) has some pretty dramatic stories to share. But it's actually the other way around: I know exactly what I want. If what I want isn't an option, then I don't care what I end up getting.
I love telling the story of how I met one of my best friends. I'd been in the US for a total of two days as a very exotic Canadian exchange student (while Americans are not exotic to Canadians, apparently Canadians are exotic to Americans). I ran into another girl from my home school who invited me to a party at her dorm. I had other plans (I think they involved playing WoW) but my roomate kicked me out for the night and I ended up at the dorm party. I walked into the room, looked around, picked out one guy and thought "that one". Even though it turned out that we were both silent types who don't speak to strangers, we somehow ended up talking. Until 4 am. 5 years later, we're still super close.
Picking a guild was just like that. I was listening to a podcast. I can't remember if it was the WoW Insider Show or The Elitists (which at the time was a WoW podcast), but Matticus was there and talking about the hard modes his guild was doing and how they raided on tight schedule. I thought to myself "I wish that was my guild".
A few weeks later, I was in that guild.
I wouldn't say it was impulsive. I did think long and hard about whether I wanted to leave the guild I was in at the time. I did go guild shopping, trying to find a serious raiding guild with a middle-of-the-Atlantic-ocean-pharmacy-student-friendly schedule. I browsed the recruitment forums, I browsed WoW Progress, I fine-tooth combed WoW Headhunters. I bookmarked a few interesting guilds and followed their progression for a little while.
I did everything by the book, but the more I research I did, the more I realized that I had my mind made up all along.
I get attached to guilds, so the transition was painful. The culture shock was also…shocking. I came from a guild mainly composed of professionals in their mid 30s to mid 40s. My current guild has an age range of 15 to 38 with players from all walks of life. The dirty dirty humour from my old guild (I guess older people who are married with kids are more comfortable with their sexuality or something) was replaced by the rowdier, more aggressive joking around of a younger crowd.
There were a few "OMIGOSH" moments.
The very first raid I ran with them was a ToC 10 alt run. I'd just server transferred, so I was feeling a little spooked. I was eager to get involved, though, so I jumped at the occasion.
As we were zoning in, I noticed we'd be 2-healing ToC. Until then, I'd always 3-healed ToC, but I had been wanting to try 2-healing since, like, forever. Early on Northrend Beasts, I was welcomed with this conversation:
Random person: The healing is really bad.
Me: *Thinking* Shit.
Random person: The healing sucks and it's not the pally.
Me: *Relieved*
Sure enough the priest was a dusty alt that hadn't been played in months. He stood around trying to find where he put his spells. So I can almost say that on my very first raid, I was forced to solo heal ToC. (Note that this was back in October, before everyone was solo healingToC.)
Another memorable first impression moment was also in ToC. I can't remember if it was my first or my second 25 man, but it was 25 man and it was heroic. I'd never done heroic before. I was terrified during Northrend Beasts, I was terrified during Jaraxxus. And then I was standing in front of Faction Champs. We did pretty badly. We came back and did pretty badly again. After a few times of doing pretty badly, the raid leader lost his shit. Or maybe he didn't, but compared to the soft, gentle, soothing voice of my old guild's raid leader, this certainly sounded like someone losing their shit.
I don't like the word petrified because its been abused too much by bad fanfiction writers, but there's no better way to describe me at that moment. I stared at my screen with my eyes wide open wondering if my muscles would let me try to hide under my bed. I couldn't really make out what was being said, I get confused when people use too many swear words, but I was sure it wasn't very good.
A few of the guys protested. Tempers all around were getting heated. Then those angry guys went and destroyed those Heroic Faction Champs.
I learned quite a bit about men, motivation and mobilization that night.
Even during those first few awkward weeks, I never looked back and I never regretted my decision. It's been, what, about 10 months? I still haven't had any second thoughts.
A few weeks ago, my GM asked everyone, one by one, what their plans for Cataclysm were. When asked why I'd be sticking around, I thought of Zath who yells "HI RYKGA HI RYKGA HI RYKGA HI RYKGA" everytime I log onto vent. I thought of the guildie whom I shall not name who gave me a Stratholme Lily after I gave him a Paper Zeppelin Kit for Christmas. (I still carry that flower in my bags all the time.) I thought of Kimbo and his many hilarious attempts to get a reaction out of me. (I'm not a reactive person, but I do love attention.) I thought of how I've always felt welcome on vent, even though I rarely say anything. I thought about how there's always one or two people noticing my absences if I've been critted by real life a few days in a row. Had I been asked the question today, I would have also thought about how they make room for me in raids, rustiness and outdated gear and all, on the rare nights I'm not working.
It was too long and complicated to explain so I just answered "because I'm happy here".
The point I'm trying to get to isn't really that my guild is more awesome. I'm happy, but there have been others who weren't happy and who moved on. The point is more that I think, deep down inside, we all know what we want. It's good to look around, to consider all our options, but really, sometimes we look too far. I don't get people who want one thing, purposely go after something else then complain about it. Be honest with yourself, take things for what they really are and listen to your gut.
So I suppose my guild shopping guide could be reduced to one line: stop bullshitting yourself and go to do what you've secretly always want to do.Explore posts in the same categories: Guild thoughts
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23 Comments on "How I Met My Guild"
August 4, 2010 at 2:59 pm
As the guild leader of a small casual guild, I'm faced with a task from the diametric point of view .. finding members who will be happy with us, and who my members will be happy playing with.
We've done pretty well so far. 🙂
August 4, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Reading this made me think about the whole guild Odyssey for me this past year.
Honestly think that Matt and Company have really grown as leaders and I honestly don't have to think about things as much and I can concentrate on tanking. The guild is focused on progression and the overall environment is much more enjoyable then its ever been for me at least
August 4, 2010 at 7:39 pm
"So I can almost say that on my very first raid, I was forced to solo heal ToC."
Ok, you're doing this all wrong. Say something like, omg it's ME I can solo heal anything lol cos I'm a grrl irl.
Where in the world is snottydin?
August 5, 2010 at 1:37 am
I envy you your confidence.
sometimes we cannot get what we want because we're not good enough and after beating your head against the wall for a while, you realize that no matter how much you want something, no matter how positive you are, how patient, how hard you try…its just not happening.
and it feels so much worse in the end.
August 5, 2010 at 9:42 am
While yes, this is true, it doesn't have to end there.
Just over a year ago I decided I wanted more and applied to an awesome guild maybe just a little "out of my league." I worked harder than I ever had, and played better than I ever had. And I didn't pass my trial period. I was crushed. I considered giving up, thought about what my play time might be like if I couldn't play the way I truly wanted to.
In the end, stubbornness won out, and I spent months learning how to play all over again. All the details are probably too long for this comment, but I put a lot of work in as an investment in what I *really* wanted to do. About two months ago it paid off when an amazing opportunity opened up, and I made a grab for the brass ring one more time.
This time it worked–this group is everything I've ever wanted, and and a few things I didn't even know to dream about.
How you handle failure makes all the difference.
August 5, 2010 at 1:54 am
My experience, at least finding a guild, was pretty similar to yours.
"I wish that was my guild…" Well, why not try it and see?
A few months ago I was hating wow, burning out and generally very unhappy with awful attendance problems and lack of raiding. I knew I had to leave. But where to go? Guild hopping is scary, and I'm a "comfort zone" person. I love offtanking, but I have to tank with someone I have a good relationship with. That's part of it for me – tanking is all about strategy, and having a partnership with your fellow tanks is so vital to that. I had visions of grizzled old MTs who wouldn't give me the time of day. Who wouldn't seek me out to talk about gear or strategy. People who wouldn't take me seriously because I was a pally, or a girl, or sounded young on vent or something. I wanted to tank with a friend and a partner and the prospect of starting "from scratch" to get to know someone was literally terrifying.
Well, I read a lot of blogs. Rhidach's blog was one of my must-reads every day – his site taught me a scary percentage of what I know. And he posted a lot about his guild and their raiding. I kept on thinking, "Man, that sounds like fun." "Why couldn't my guild be more like Rhidach's guild?" "I want to join a guild just like that."
Well… why not? Why shouldn't I just ask him if they were recruiting? It was worth a try. I had a general idea of the kind of person Rhidach was. We'd probably get along really well. He would definitely talk to me about strategy and such. And he knew who I was.
So I took a shot in the dark and DM'd him. Lo and behold, he'd been missing a second tank. It was like it was meant to happen.
Now… well, I gained a good friend out of the bargain and the perfect wow home. Couldn't imagine life without my guild now.
Guild hopping is scary. I hear horror stories about friends who joined guilds that were really not fun places to be, who wasted money server transferring only for the guild not to work out. I took 4 people with me from my old guild to Rhidach's guild, and I am so thankful that I actually had an idea of my new guild would be like before I transferred. I knew what I was in for because I'd read about it already. The character of a guild is vital to my enjoyment of the game.
Having to guild hop – especially as a tank – without knowing what I was in for – it would have sucked. I was lucky and my heart goes out to anyone seeking a new guild right now.
August 5, 2010 at 12:21 pm
It's kind of like answering a multiple choice question. If you are not entirely sure of the answer, go with your first instinct because it will usually be right. I think that applies to finding a guild (or ordering off a menu.. I have the same affliction but it seems to bother those I go out for dinner with more than it bothers me hehe). I love my guild, I feel so at home there and it offers exactly what I need and want from the game. I really want everyone to feel as happy with their own chosen guild as I do.


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #6
Psalm 22:23ff.
All ye that fear Jehovah's Name,
His glory tell, his praise proclaim;
Ye children of his chosen race,
Stand ye in awe before his face,
Stand ye in awe before his face.
The suffering one he has not spurned,
Who unto him for succor turned;
From him he has not hid his face,
But answered his request in grace,
But answered his request in grace.
O Lord, thy goodness makes me raise
Amid thy people songs of praise;
Before all them that fear thee, now
I worship thee and pay my vow,
I worship thee and pay my vow.
The Lord's unfailing righteousness
All generations shall confess,
From age to age shall men be taught
What wondrous works the Lord has wrought
What wondrous works the Lord has wrought.
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1970 Plymouth GTX - Second Time Around
A Restoration Not For Show, But For Sentimentality
With all the guys out there restoring classic Mopars to make a quick buck, it's not often that we feature full-on restorations unless there's a good story behind it. Gary Franklin's '70 GTX is just that, a good story, so we'll let him tell it.
"I had just graduated from high school and was driving down Main Street one day when this Lime Green '70 GTX screamed past me. I followed the owner to his shop where, after some cajoling, he let me testdrive it. The previous owner traded it in because he thought a rod was knocking, when, in fact, the pressure plate was chattering badly. I knew exactly what the problem was, and two days later I was driving my first Mopar. It cost me $1,300 and another $75 more for a new clutch setup, but the car was mine!
"The options read off as follows: FK5 Lime Green, black vinyl top, hood stripe, four-speed, 3:54 Dana, side stripe delete, road wheels, buckets, non-console with the fold-down buddy seat, pistol grip shifter, AM/eight-track radio, power steering, power brakes, and rear window defroster. Not only was it one of the fastest cars in town, but it was also one of the most maintenance-free and dependable cars I have ever owned. I even got 18 mpg on the highway. A new set of plugs every year was about the only thing I had to do to it.
"During college, I lived with a bunch of friends in an old house, and the GTX quickly became known as the party car. Our driveway consisted of a '70 340 'Cuda, a '71 340 'Cuda, a '68 Camaro SS, and a lowly MG. Back then we shared cars, and I got to drive the 'Cudas while my roommates borrowed the GTX whenever they had a hot date. straight out of college, thinking I was a sensible adult, I sold it in 1978 for $1,300 and moved on to other 'regular cars.'
"In the early '90s, I spotted an ad in a trader magazine for a Lime Light four-speed '70 GTX in Florida. I called and talked to the guy's wife; she told me all about the GTX, which was exactly like my first GTX, but unfortunately a deposit was already placed on it from somewhere in upstate New York. Five years later, I saw an ad in Hemmings Motor News for a '70 Lime GTX from upstate New York. I immediately called and found out it was the car from five years before. Within weeks, I was the proud owner of the car like the one I sold before I knew better.
"This '70 originally came from California, and spent most of its life in Arizona. The list of factory options are: four-speed, power steering, power brakes, front discs, Trac-Pack rear, Air Grabber hood and hood pins, hood-mounted turn signals, console, go-wing, factory undercoat, road wheels, clock/tach, and the $14.05 Hi-Impact FK5 paint. It has the numbers-matching motor, trans, all original sheetmetal, and has never been wrecked. The engine is balanced and blueprinted, .030 over, with a stock Six-barrel cam. There was never any rust on the body or undercarriage. The paint job is 10 years old and was painted by Larry Gibb.
"Since I have owned it, I have added 15-inch Ralleys, Goodyear polyglas tires, new exhaust tips, restored the grill, re-restored the engine compartment with all correct hoses, clamps, battery, and decals. I polished all the stainless and chrome trim, and every year I do a couple of little things to it. I only put new parts on it, but use exact reproduction and date-coded pieces. In a year or so, I plan to redo the dash and possibly replace some original wiring. It will never compete in an OE class, but it's very close and that's good enough for me. I rebuilt the carbs last year, and, like my first GTX, it's very maintenance-free and dependable.
"I would not hesitate to drive it any distance as it gets 17 mpg on the highway and runs a cool 170 degrees idling all day long in traffic. It runs great and starts on the first crank. I am seriously thinking about taking it down the track this summer. Once a year I put it on the rack, clean and detail the undercarriage, cruise, and hit the shows. It always draws a big crowd, and I get a lot of enjoyment talking with people about it and their cars."
Fast FactsOwner: Gary FranklinBody: '70 Plymouth GTXColor: Lime Light greenEngine: 440 RB, .030 over, balanced blueprinted, stock 440 Six-barrel crank, Six-Barrel cam, stock 906 heads, Six-Pack intake and carbs.Transmission: A-833 four-speed, HurstPistol Grip shifterRearend: Dana 60, 3.54 gearsWheels/Tires: Front: Ralley 15x7, Goodyear Polyglas GT F60-15; Rear: Ralley 15x7, Goodyear Polyglas GT F60-15


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Latest > R&A Confirm Phil is OUT if he repeats US Open fiasco
Jul 19th, 2018
R&A Confirm Phil is OUT if he repeats US Open fiasco
Words: Conor Froud
The R&A have released a disguised message warning Phil Mickelson against repeating his antics from Shinnecock Hills where he hit his ball in the hole whilst it was still moving, potentially rolling off the green.
US Open officials hit Mickelson with a two shot penalty, however many experts reckoned the much loved American should have been disqualified for a serious breach of etiquette. Now heading into the Open the R&A have set out the law to ensure we don't see a repeat at Carnoustie.
"We understand the USGA and the referees' decisions that were made at Shinnecock, and we completely respect those decisions," Martin Slumbers, the R&A chief executive, said.
"But we have looked very carefully at the rules and I don't think it was good for the game and not the right way to have played this wonderful sport. We would make a decision based on the facts of any incident that happened later in the week.
"There are other parts of the rule book which refer to etiquette and the powers of the committee, and we're fully aware of those clauses that are in that rule."
Here at Golf Punk we're hoping Phil has learnt from his mistakes and fall out with the media (as you'd expect), but the R&A have ensured that either way, the rules will be upheld.


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Beware Michael Jackson Internet Scams
July 6, 2009
Since the day Michael Jackson died, the public's thirst for Michael Jackson news has been increasingly exploited by Internet hackers intent primarily on identity theft. Sophos, a highly regarded computer security company, detected the first scam — which was an email promising readers a "breaking news video" — on the same day that the "King of Pop" died. Readers were sent to a bogus Web site.
Sophos warns in particular against one Internet virus that arrives in an email with a "Remembering Michael Jackson" subject line. Supposedly sent by sarah (at sign) michaeljackson.com, the email promises that a zipped file attachment contains "secret" pictures and unreleased songs by Jackson. If the email is opened, a worm infects the user's computer and spreads to the user's email contacts. (Sermon here: As usual, don't open email attachments and stop sending email jokes, pictures, etc. to everyone in your email address book. Many people won't tell you this, but it's not appreciated, it wastes bandwidth and it exposes your friends' email addresses to complete strangers.) Similar emails offer supposed videos of Michael Jackson. If there's not an attachment containing a worm or a virus, there's a clickable link in the suspect email which goes to a rogue website that either installs malware or tries to collects personal information for identity theft purposes.
Consider also the purported source of email you receive. One making the rounds in Great Britain claims to be from Barry Gordy, founder of the Motown Record Corp., which discovered the Jackson 5. The email offers a chance to win free Michael Jackson CDs. But think about it. Why would Barry Gordy be taking the time to email you, a complete stranger, particularly in the immediate aftermath of Michael Jackson's death?
To a lesser extent, similar scam emails are circulating regarding the death of Charlie's Angel star Farrah Fawcett. Scammers and spammers are quick to seize on current events of interest, such as the swine flu outbreak and the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean which killed thousands. All together now: "There is no such thing as a free lunch. I am not receiving unseen Michael Jackson videos or photos and I'm not going to be listening to unreleased Michael Jackson songs, nor will I be receiving free CDs. I'm just not that. . . "special."
Read more Michael Jackson news.
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|Jul 31, 2013
Using gold nanoparticles and light to study molecules in water
|(Nanowerk News) Thanks to a new device that is the size of a human hair, it is now possible to detect molecules in a liquid solution and observe their interactions. This is of major interest for the scientific community, as there is currently no reliable way of examining both the behavior and the chemical structure of molecules in a liquid in real time.
|Developed at Boston University by Hatice Altug and her student Ronen Adato, the process brings together infrared detection techniques and gold nanoparticles. It could potentially make a whole new class of measurements possible, which would be a critical step in understanding basic biological functions as well as key aspects of disease progression and treatment. "Our technology could prove useful for studying the behaviour of proteins, medicines and cells in the blood or pollutants in water", says Hatice Altug.
|Now a researcher at EPFL Dr. Altug has had her results published in Nature Communications ("In-situ ultra-sensitive infrared absorption spectroscopy of biomolecule interactions in real time with plasmonic nanoantennas").
|Like a guitar string
|The device is based on a well-known detection technique called infrared absorption spectroscopy. Infrared light can already be used to detect elements: The beam excites the molecules, which start to vibrate in different ways depending on their size, composition and other properties. "It's like a guitar string vibrating differently depending on its length," explains Hatice Altug. The unique vibration of each type of molecule acts as a signature for that molecule.
|This technique works very well in dry environments but not at all well in aqueous environments. "A large number of molecules need to be present for them to be detected. It's also more difficult to detect molecules in water, as when the beam goes through the solution, the water molecules vibrate as well and interfere with the target molecule's signature," explains Dr. Altug.
|Using nanoparticles to capture and illuminate molecules
|To get around these obstacles, the researchers have developed a system capable of isolating the target molecules and eliminating interferences.
|The size of a penny, the device is made up of miniature fluidic chambers, which are covered on one side with nano-scale gold particles with surprising properties. "We cover the surface of the nanoparticles with, for example, antibodies, in order to make a specific protein or chemical stick to them," explains the researcher. "Once the solution containing the targeted elements is introduced into the chamber, the nanoparticles act as molecule catchers." This technique makes it possible to isolate the target molecules from the rest of the liquid.
|But this is not the only role the nanoparticles play. They are also capable of concentrating light in nanometer-size volumes around their surface as a result of plasmonic resonance.
|In the chamber, the beam doesn't need to pass through the whole solution. Instead, it is sent straight to the nanoparticle, which concentrates the light. Caught in the trap, the target molecules are the only ones that are so intensely exposed to the photons.
|The reaction between the molecules and the infrared photons is extremely strong, which means they can be detected and observed very precisely. "This technique enables us to observe molecules in-situ as they react with elements in their natural environment. This could prove extremely useful for both medicine and biology," states Dr. Altug.
|Use in medical research
|Another advantage is that the chip is extremely compact and can be connected to microscopes already in use. "We don't need large sample sizes to conduct our analyses," says Ronen Adato.
|Going forward, Hatice Altug intends to continue her research with a focus on medical applications. The first tests have been conducted with ordinary antibody molecules, and the analyses now need to be fine-tuned. "I'd really like to work with other life-science researchers, hospitals and biologists. I'm especially interested in using my method in the study of diseases, including cancer and neurological disorders, to observe the effect of certain medicines on diseased cells or to detect disease biomarkers, for example."
|Source: Ecole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne
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Its been a complete Shambles, England have been simply badly led in ever department. Australia have not played that well to get the Ashes back, Duncan Fletcher has simply lost the plot the man is simply turning himself into a bit of a joke and the ECB should do the decent thing and SACK HIM picking Giles over Panesar was shocking. Flintoff has showed that like Botham he is out of his depth as a Skipper he simply cannot lead the troops and a lot of the time his fielding postions has been woeful.
Here a Small Blueprint of what should happen:-
1) Sack Duncan Fletcher
2) Appoint Strauss as Skipper until Vaughan is fit
3) Giles, Mahmood, G Jones and Trescothick should never wear an England shirt again
4) Sack Shine and double Cooleys wages to get him back
5) Sack Graveney and Appoint Graham Gooch as Chairman of Selectors
6) Get Bowlers playing more County Cricket
7) Sack Phil Neale as the Tour as been a shambles, should have bee 2 4 days games before the First Test
8) Play Panesar ever game he is class
9) Steve Davies should be Englands Wicketkeeper
10) give Harmy, Anderson one last chance
11) Hold an Academy to find a good quick Bowler
12) Aboilsh the Academy as we cannot beat Second Xi state sides
and dont get me started on the Domestic issues
One last note my Best Wishes goes out to Ashley Giles Wife who i hope gets better soon
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The London Daily Telegraph reported in August 2006 that "People of European descent may be five percent Neanderthal."
The events of September 11, 2001 are etched on my mind. I know precisely what I was doing on that day, when the airplanes were crashed into the Twin Towers. I was planning my father's funeral.
A reader writes, "If evolution is wrong, then that means that god created every single species that now exits. Given this, how did all these species fit on Noah's single ark?" Paul Taylor responds.
When I became a schoolteacher in the early 1980s, the school at which I taught had a "hidden curriculum."
On July 9, the internationally respected Sunday Times (of London) published an article by Richard Woods on the digital revolution.
Debating evolutionists is one of the things we often have to engage in at the AiG ministries.
A large number of international academies of science have issued a statement on the teaching of evolution, calling for the teaching of molecules-to-man evolution as if it were factual and proven.
Why should Christians witness to others? What evidence is there that the Bible is the true Word of God?
In the UK last February, the Equality Act became law. There is a little-noticed section of the Act that gives the Government the right to introduce "Regulations" on sexual orientation discrimination.
What should one call it if pupils are taught something which is factually incorrect? Whose fault is it if pupils pick up factually incorrect information?
controversy has been heating up, because Guy Consolmagno has declared that a belief in the doctrine of God creating the universe in six days is "pagan superstition."
The existence of other creation myths actually lends strength to our case rather than weakening it.
"I am writing in about the articule expressing doubt on a PBS evolution program, about sponges being the first animals..."
Recently Paul Taylor has been busy participating in media interviews concerning the newest controversy in the UK over creation/evolution in British schools.
The mental image inferred by the suggestion of granting "humanity" to chimps owes more to a "chimp tea party" mentality than to actual science.
A recent interview in The Guardian with Dr. Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is titled "Archbishop: stop teaching creationism."
The media in the UK have been alight in recent days, following allegations that the teaching of creationism is being introduced to state schools.
Mark Henderson of The Times of London, UK has published a provocative article entitled "Junk medicine: creationism." His article is a mixture of half-science and pseudo-science.
In the last few years, another compromise of biblical truth has emerged, actually from within what might be termed the 'Young Earth Creation' movement. This compromise is the 'Recolonisation Theory.'
Should we keep the Bible out of science? Is that even possible?
We find that, when viewed without prejudice, the scientific evidence is entirely consistent with our rational presupposition in the Creator God of the Bible.
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Filed under: Developing Nations, Environment, Humor, Junk Science, News the Media Doesn't Want You to Hear | Tags: Massive Cover-Up!, UN Environment Programme, United Nations
Back in 2005, The United Nations Environment Programme predicted that climate change would create 50 million climate refugees by 2010. These people would be forced to flee a range of disasters including sea level rise, increases in the numbers and severity of hurricanes, and disruption to the production of food.
The United Nations Environment Programme even provided a handy map. The map shows us the places most at risk included the very sensitive low-lying islands of the Pacific and the Caribbean.
Back on April 11th, Gavin Atkins of the Asian Correspondent asked a simple question:
"What happened to the climate refugees?
Anthony Watts explains the whole embarrassing story. The UN somehow made the handy map vanish, just like the 50 million refugees simply vanished. Then they moved the goalposts. There's even a dandy picture of people at the beach waiting for the rising of the tides. But scroll down, the refugee map is recaptured, and all is exposed. If you are unfamiliar with Watts Up With That, Anthony's splendid and popular website, be sure to bookmark it.