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The Moral Case for Globalization
There is lots of debate on the impact of globalization on the US and on poorer countries. Here I lay out the moral case for globalization and why it is good for the world.
By globalization I am taking about increased trade between nations. In particular I am focusing on jobs that are created in 3rd world countries to create goods for the first world. This covers the most talked about aspect of globalization: outsourcing to India and manufacturing in China.
I am excluding the trade of natural resources in this topic. Natural resource wealth such as oil or minerals can lead to the resource curse of corruption, competitive rent-seeking, and exchange-rate appreciation crowding out other economic activity. Natural resources can cause these problems even when they aren't traded between nations. So, I don't see this as a problem caused by globalization but globalization does exacerbate it.
Lets let the maestro Greenspan define globalization and give the key moral argument for it:
Globalization as generally understood involves the increasing interaction of the world's peoples through their national economic systems.
Indeed, probably the single most effective action that the industrial countries could implement to alleviate the terrible problem of poverty in many developing countries would be to open, unilaterally, markets to imports from those countries.
I have 3 main points why globalization is good.
1) Globalization leads to faster economic development in poor countries helping to bring them out of poverty
From an article in the Washington Post:
Why is openness important? According to World Bank economists David Dollar and Aart Kraay, developing countries that have opened themselves the most to trade have outperformed all other economies. In the 1990s alone -- and this excludes the East Asian tigers -- the gross domestic product of poor but open countries rose twice as fast as that of rich nations. Thanks to the economic growth brought on by trade, millions were spared the misery of abject poverty.The opening up of economies brings the rich countries' capital and knowledge to poor countries. China has been accused of "stealing" the intellectual property of other countries that do business there. While the fairness of this is up for debate, this is a transfer of know how from the rich countries to a poor country. Such transfers will help poor countries build stronger economies and bring more out of poverty.
Outsourcing in particular is good for poor countries as Salon explains:
There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population. Compare it to anything else a developing nation can sell -- natural resources like oil or minerals or agribusiness, hard labor in manufacturing, for instance -- and you'd probably find that white-collar jobs would be the most sustainable and most eco-friendly of any of them.There is also a case that can be made that trade is better than foreign aid. While both have their places, foreign aid can lead to dependency. It can lead to government officials becoming good at attracting aid money from rich countries rather than building a robust local economy which they can tax. While there should be no taxation without representation, the converse is also true that there is no representation without taxation. Accountability goes to those that pay the bills. If a country's government gets a lot of money from aid they are accountable to the donor nations rather than to their local people. Trade builds up local businesses which allows the people to be taxed which makes the government accountable to their people.
Economic growth is good beyond lowering poverty. Women's rights are stronger in industrialized countries. Women who can choose to work can support themselves and therefore have control over their lives. They can choose when and who they want to marry rather than this being determined by their parents.
Industrialization also leads to smaller families. If you look at birth rates between poor and rich countries, they are much lower in rich countries. Almost all agricultural based economies have high birth rates, while the industrialized countries like Japan and Italy have the lowest. Fewer children means that more resources can be given to them such as better education. They also are much healthier as seen by the lower infant mortality and higher life expectancy in rich countries.
As Benjamin Friedman writes in his book "The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth":
A society experiencing economic growth is likely to be happier and more successful than another that is not, even if the no-growth society has achieved a higher (but stagnant) standard of living.Trade helps poor countries to develop faster economically which helps to bring millions out of poverty. It is likely more valuable than aid to help poor countries. Beyond lowering poverty, economic growth also leads to increased women's rights, better health and education, and more tolerance and happiness.
Growing prosperity, history suggests, makes people more tolerant, more willing to settle disputes peacefully, more inclined to favour democracy. Stagnation and economic decline are associated with intolerance, ethnic strife and dictatorship.
2) Globalization leads to the world being more interconnected
As issues become more global, we need more connections with the rest of the world. Free trade and business are a great way to create those connections. By being economically linked, the citizens of the US now have a stake in problems that occur throughout the world.
As stated in WorldChaning:
Some people say that one of the biggest challenges facing us as a planet is that our problems are all global, and so their solutions must necessarily be global, but our circles of compassion -- the kinds of people who we feel are worth our empathy and help -- remain generally local and provincial.One way to start solving this problem is to switch the Buy Local campaigns into Buy Global campaigns. While local community ties are valuable, so are global ties. Having the connections makes it easier to deal with global environmental issues like climate change, loss of species and loss of forests. Americans would be much more concerned about climate change leading to less water for African agriculture if we were importing those agricultural goods.
If the US had stronger economic ties to Rwanda or Darfur, do you think we would just idly sit by? It is much easier to ignore parts of the world that we have no trade with.
Because we are trading with China, we have a say in how they produce the products. We can have an impact on the way they produce them. Hank Paulson as the CEO of Goldman Sachs (now the Treasury Secretary) had many opportunities to speak with the leaders of China. He is an strong environmentalist and used his leverage to push the Chinese leadership on this issue. In Myanmar on the other hand, we have no trade and therefore have little say about the environmental damage that is going on there.
Because Nike produces shoes in Thailand, Americans now have a say in how workers are treated there. We can use globalization as a way to push for stronger worker rights as we believe they should be. Poorer nations are usually more corrupt. Interacting with them through trade gives us an opportunity to push for better reporting, transparency and accountability.
NPOs like Clean Clothes are able to fight for the rights of garment industry workers in the 3rd world from the 1st world because of globalization. Working conditions in Somalia are probably much worse than those of the sweat shops but because we have no trade with Somalia, no NPOs are able to fight to improve the living condition of Somalians.
A world that is more interdependent due to increased trade is also less likely to go to war. When India and Pakistan were thinking about going to war, the Indian government was protested by the high tech industry that knew that they would lose their outsourcing business to the US if India went to war. As Tom Friedman said "the cease-fire brought to you not by General Powell, but by General Electric". If India and Pakistan's economies were isolated, they could have gone to war with each other with much fewer repercussions. But, by being integrated in the world economy, going to war now had a much larger economic impact.
And there is Tom Friedman's Golden Arches law that no two countries that have a McDonalds have ever gone to war with each other. By being economically linked, the chances of going to war are greatly reduced. There is always an economic reason for going to war, and if businesses are going to lose, they will be against it. There are those that argue that America would be secure if everyone bought locally. I would argue the opposite. By having trade between countries, be being dependant and interdependent on each other for things as important as food, there is very little chance that they will go to war with each other. If the US were to go to war with China, we would risk losing all sorts of cheap goods, and China would lose all sorts of jobs. By being economically dependant on each other it makes the risk of war much less likely.
Globalization and trade leads to a more interdependent and connected world. This is valuable when dealing with global issues like climate change and loss of wilderness. It also makes the US more aware of problems throughout the world, and gives us influence to push for stronger environmental and worker protection.
3) Freedom
In general, I think we should give adults the freedom to engage in any business transactions they would like with each other. There are some exceptions to this, but the goal should be to allow for the maximum amount of freedom unless there is an overriding concern. Globalization allows people the freedom to have those business transactions with people in different countries.
Along with this, people should be allowed to immigrate to the country of their choice, as much as possible. Allow people to decide where they would like to live, and where they think their talents would best be used. In some cases this does lead to a brain drain, such as when doctors get trained in Africa and then immigrate to the US. But as stated in the Economist:
"Better brain drain than brain in the drain," was the much-quoted verdict of theAs I wrote about in the Brain Drain Myth, the brain drain is over rated as the immigrants earn more money in America and send large amounts of it back home via remittances. As the situation improves in their home country, they have skills they would never have learned at home which they can bring back and build 1st class companies. Devesh Kapur and John McHale argue in "Give Us Your Best and Brightest" that the threat of losing high skilled workers to America causes countries to invest more in education.
late Rajiv Gandhi, an Indian prime minister.
There are other issues with immigration as well such as how many people can be assimilated at a time. Also with freer trade there is less reason to immigrate as individuals are now able to do the same job in their home town and then trade the good over the border.
Globalization leads to greater freedom and this is a good thing.
Now lets take a look at 4 commonly heard points against globalization
1) It costs American workers jobs
When outsourcing to India was starting to take off, there was lots of press about it and how Americans were (supposedly) losing jobs. As Greg Mankiw explains on his blog, this is not the case.
Job outsourcing increased productivity and real wages for low-skilled U.S. workers (1)As long as productivity is increasing due to outsourcing, new jobs will be created to replace those that are lost. It is true that some Americans will lose their jobs, and that some might not be able to find a new job that was as good as the old. In general Americans will be better off.
McKinsey researchers tallied up the costs and benefits associated with outsourcing and found that for every dollar the United States sends abroad, we get back about $1.12, resulting in a net gain of $0.12.(2)
However, it also finds that offshoring has boosted labor productivity in the United States and that, partly because of this, there has been offsetting job creation elsewhere in the economy.(3)
But, even if it did cost American jobs, I would argue that from a global standpoint we are still better off. If outsourcing causes 1 job to be lost in America but creates 2 in India (as you can employ more for the same amount of money), this is a good thing. If we believe that we are all human, and use the concept of greatest good for the greatest amount of people and that we should help the least fortunate, such outsourcing leads to a better world.
As Peter Singer writes:
Half the point of NAFTA was to ship American jobs to Mexico, which is bad for American labor but great for Mexicans. "Any transfer of work from the United States to Mexico can be expected to raise the income of people who are, on average, much worse off than those U.S. workers who lose their jobs," Singer writes. "Those who favor reducing poverty globally, rather than just in their own country, should see this as a good thing." Indeed, NAFTA has always struck me as a huge gift from the people of the United States to the people of Mexico, if a gift that not all Americans wished to give. Why the globalization debate does not see it this way is hard to fathom, other than that, perhaps, it is simply taboo to say anything favorable about the current trends in free-market economics.
2) Workers are exploited
Some argue that globalization exploits workers in poor countries. For many, being "exploited" is actually better than how they are currently living. In poor countries, there are people earn their livelihood by going through the garbage searching for anything of value. For them having a chance to work at a sweat shop even in bad conditions would be a step up.
Nicholas Kristof explains more:
Mr. Shaanika and the other young men noted that the construction jobs were dangerous and arduous, and that they would vastly prefer steady jobs in, yes, sweatshops. Sure, sweatshop work is tedious, grueling and sometimes dangerous. But over all, sewing clothes is considerably less dangerous or arduous -- or sweaty -- than most alternatives in poor countries.I would disagree with Kristof in that I think that NPOs should fight to make sure that owners abide by the local laws and push for better worker conditions. As I argued above, globalization gives NPOs more leverage to help the workers.
Well-meaning American university students regularly campaign against sweatshops. But instead, anyone who cares about fighting poverty should campaign in favor of sweatshops, demanding that companies set up factories in Africa. If Africa could establish a clothing export industry, that would fight poverty far more effectively than any foreign aid program.
So companies like Nike, itself once a target of sweatshop critics, tend not to have highly labor-intensive factories in the very poorest countries, but rather more capital-intensive factories (in which machines do more of the work) in better-off nations like Malaysia or Indonesia. And the real losers are the world's poorest people.
This raises the question of how far the companies can be pushed. From the Seattle Times:
"It's good that they monitor, but not if it costs our jobs," said the Shenzhen factory worker, who has performed a variety of tasks for a Mattel contractor in the last two years, most recently stamping eyes onto plastic animals. "It's better to have bad conditions than no job at all."It is a fine line between trying to improve the workers conditions, and pushing too hard and having the factory move somewhere else.
For a company like Mattel, it is a tricky matter figuring out what its obligation to workers — as well as to society — should be.
"Is it Mattel's responsibility to determine and pay a living wage? I don't think so," said Walter, the company's quality-assurance chief. "But should Mattel prompt a local government to determine what a reasonable wage is? We should have some impact on that."
The struggle between morality and profitability goes right to the top of the company.
"Do we want to make people's lives better? Absolutely," said Eckert, Mattel's CEO. "Do we want to unilaterally do things that make us uncompetitive and therefore our products don't sell and therefore nobody gets employed? No."
In fact, it is questionable whether paying above market wages really ends up going to workers as Kristof reports:
Moreover, when Western companies do pay above-market wages, in places like Cambodia, local managers extort huge bribes in exchange for jobs. So the workers themselves don't get the benefit.While unions and other pressures can help to improve workers wages and conditions, the greatest impact can be had by a strong economy with low unemployment. This is starting to occur in China:
But as labor shortages develop, Chinese workers are starting to demand more money, adding to cost pressures from more expensive commodities and creating the classic conditions for rising export prices.So even when exploitation occurs it is only temporary until the economy improves and everyone is better off. Going once again to Kristof:
Over the past 50 years, countries like India resisted foreign exploitation, while countries that started at a similar economic level -- like Taiwan and South Korea -- accepted sweatshops as the price of development. Today there can be no doubt about which approach worked better. Taiwan and South Korea are modern countries with low rates of infant mortality and high levels of education; in contrast, every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea.While the exploitation issue is real and should be fought against, many workers are better off at sweat shops then they are without it. Ultimately as the economy develops, the sweat shop phase of development will be passed through and all workers will be better off.
3) The environment is harmed
Some argue of globalization causing environmental harm due to a "race to the bottom". Companies will move to countries with the lowest environmental regulations. While this is possible, but I have seen no evidence that this is actually happening to a serious degree. There are many factors that come into play when a company is determining where to locate and environmental regulations are low on the list.
It is just as possible that there will be a "race to the top". Europe is imposing strong environmental standards on any products sold in Europe. Electronic manufacturers just want to make one version of their products to be sold everywhere in the world, so when the EU adds a restriction, it is actually added for all products globally. Certifications like FSC for sustainable logging can help to minimize the unsustainable activity on the global scale.
Globalization allows the best environmental practices to be implemented worldwide. When an engineer in Silicon Valley creates a new more efficient and economical way to make solar cells, with globalization the Chinese will be able to buy the product and benefit from this success. Likewise, if that solar panel breakthrough happened in China, I could benefit as a consumer in the US.
Another issue is that globalization uses more transportation fuel as goods have to travel a longer distance. This is true and something to be aware of. But, I think the amount of energy used to transport goods is small when compared with the amount of energy required to make them in the first place. The transportation from China to the US via barges is extremely efficient. It might actually take less fuel to travel across the ocean via a barge than it does to go from the port to your local store via a truck.
To the extent which poor countries use production techniques that are not as clean as those in the US, such as China using coal to power its industrialization, I am ambivalent. On the one hand it creates lots of environmental damage in the form of particulate matter emissions, carbon dioxide emissions, acid rain and polluting rivers. This will likely cause the premature deaths of many hundreds of thousands of Chinese. The increase in CO2 will lead to global warming impacting all people on earth.
On the other hand, higher incomes also go along with greater environmentalism. China is going through a dirty phase right now, but when incomes increase a bit more then the citizens will push for stronger environmental laws just like they have in Europe and the US. And as I mentioned before, the US can now push China for greater environmental action because we have so much trade between us.
4) It is better to buy local.
The basic premise on this is that it is better to support your neighbors and those that you can physically interact with. It builds stronger communities and deeper customer to business relationships. There is less of a chance for a company to exploit the environment or its workers because of the closer ties and the ability for everyone to see what the company is doing for themselves.
It is true that the farther away that something is, the harder it is to keep track of. Environmental degradation that is going in in China due to manufacturing plants is much easier to hide from America consumers than a plant in Detroit. There is more reporting that is going on as well as citizens that can view what is happening first hand.
But, with the internet it is now possible for reporting going on in China to be as accessible as anything that is published in the US. Transparency and reporting on companies is key not their location. Just as the internet and globalization have made it easy to manufactured products anywhere in the world, it should also be possible to monitor companies anywhere they operate in the world.
As I stated before, there are lots of benefits to greater economic integration with other countries. It gives us influence in their country and therefore gives us a right to press for better worker conditions or better environmental standards. It builds more ties between the countries and makes it easier to deal with global issues like climate change and loss of wildlife. It makes us more concerned about people throughout the world because things that affect them now affect us. And greater interdependence leads to greater peace.
The impact of globalization on the world is a contentious subject. There are those that don't like it because they believe it harms the US. There are those that don't like it because they believe it exploits workers in poor countries.
I believe in general that globalization is a force for good. It brings faster economic development to poor countries, reducing poverty along with other positive changes. It makes the world more interconnected so we can solve the worlds problems and reduces the chance of war. Globalization promotes freedom.
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You'd think that no time had passed at all. Back from a fabulous holiday I was secretly hoping that all would be sorted, that I would sashay gently into an exchange and move. Ignorance really is bliss.
Don't get me wrong, things have moved on a little bit and we are now the other side of a successful survey and valuation; yet it still feels like there's a long way to go and the bank still need this, that, and the other before making the official offer. The key problem at the moment being that they've suddenly decided they would like evidence from my current company that I will be continuing to freelance for them once I move to Cornwall. Hmmmm… difficult. Considering that I haven't actually handed my notice in yet, I'm not quite sure how that conversation would go…
"Excuse me boss, just wondered if I could run something by you. I'm planning on leaving at the end of February but don't want to hand in my notice now just in case it all goes tits up and I end up not wanting to leave after all. However, if I DO leave (and I fully intend to) I would like to continue to work for you so if you could just write a letter saying if I leave you are happy to let me do freelance work that would be ace, because that would help me get the mortgage and help me leave. Obviously, this is on the understanding that if it all falls through you should just forget all of this 'handing my notice in' rubbish, and I will continue to stay on at the company. Thanks so much."
It's a bit of a Catch 22 don't you think?
Am hoping that the bank will just take my word for it, and this will not be a deal breaker.
Meanwhile I have since decided that I have far more to worry about, and last night 'The Fears', or as my Mum would say 'The Willies', hit me like a ten ton truck. In no particular order:
- Fear that this will fail
- Fear that my marketing skills are all well and good when they're for someone else, but putting my own business on the line is a different story
- Fear that no one will want to stay
- Fear that we will go broke in the first year
- Fear that I am leaving behind all my friends and family and won't have a support network
- Fear of going it alone
- Fear that we have massively underestimated the cost of all this and we won't be able to afford to do what we need to do
Being quite risk averse as a person I am appalled to find myself in a highly risky situation. Luckily Danny, who is possibly the most optimistic person I have ever met, doesn't actually believe that this could fail; suggesting that this entire scheme is a 'no-brainer' and through the powers of persuasion and a winning smile managed to convince me that my fears were all unfounded.
I suspect it was reading all the mortgage jargon that sent me into a tailspin; triggering the realisation that we are ploughing EVERYTHING we own into this venture. We are selling our flats in London, we are leaving our jobs, we are basing our whole future on the fact that we think we might be able to market and run a guest house, and we think we will be able to do this without killing each other. (Don't tell the banks this, according to our business plan we are highly confident, skilled individuals that will be running the most successful guest house in the world within 3 years).
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by dakky21 » Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:10 pm
Yeah, much better now.
Though, you could just make all territory names in CAPITALS, without the first letter being BIG It would still look cool!
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Here you go Seamus. Good luck in the main foundry.
koontz1973 wrote:Call me biased Seamus, but I do think that makes Dead Sea 2 a lot more relevant. I don't think you need the swords in the sea. I take it it is a two way border?
How do the bonuses stack up compared to the finished Tribal war map?
Seamus76 wrote:That dead sea is a two way border. I like the swords to make sure there is no confusion to players, but it's also reminiscent of the Florida maps fort and conquistador area.
I really didn't do much calculating for the bonuses. I know rimmon should probably go up to +2, but other than that I was just ballparking them.
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Welcome to the OFFICIAL site of
The Bryan Adams High School Alumni Association
We want to welcome all Bryan Adams Alumni to the Bryan Adams Alumni Association website. All who attended or graduated from Bryan Adams are considered members of our alumni association, but we invite you to pay your annual dues too!
When alumni begin looking to plan their reunion, we are often the first place they stop. You can help your class find you by registering with us (it's free) and keeping your information updated. Additionally, alumni dues are only $15.00 a year or $200.00/lifetime and help keep things going here and with provisions the Alumni Association makes for our alma mater, including yearly scholarships. Show your support by paying dues.
We invite you to participate in our activities this year. The purpose of our alumni association is to provide:
Please consider supporting your alumni association by paying your annual dues!
Annual dues - $15.00
Lifetime dues - $200.00
For those of you have been a part of the association, attended events (found your future spouse even!), and have been able to plan better reunions as we continually gather updated alumni information, you know that this is a great deal and helps defray the costs of the association.
If you want to pay dues for the first time, renew your annual dues or become a lifetime member - visit here:
If you have not already updated your information with us, please help us keep up with you for your class reunions and other alumni information by clicking here and searching for yourself, then update your information.
You will be able to choose a username and password (all alumni can do this - we will update paid alumni who will have higer access), plus change any incorrect information. We still have several things to finish, as you will see, but this will help us insure that your data is as up to date as possible, make sure that we get information from people we may not have it on, and insure that when your class has a reunion, they can get the information to you at the correct address.
We have added PayPal so that you may easily order your bricks / tiles (check out our gorgeous wall!) or pay/renew your dues.
If you have not already added yourself, or confirmed the move of your information from our other site, please be sure to Join the Mailing List to be notified of "All things BA" that the Association is involved with.
We are looking for Class Representatives for each year to help with keeping information accurate for their classmates. Please contact us if you can do this for your class.
If you have received an email from a BA Alumni "like" site - please click here!
"On our city's eastern border - Neath the Texas sky
Proudly stands our Alma Mater - As the years go by.
Forward ever be our watchword - Conquer and prevail.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater - Bryan Adams hail!"


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Some famous Boston beards fell victim to the razor on Monday.
Red Sox players David Ortiz and Shane Victorino were part of a promotion at Gillette headquarters in Boston.
They were joined by city policeman Steve Horgan, who was stationed in the Red Sox bullpen at Fenway Park. He became a fixture in Beantown after he was photographed with his arms in the air celebrating Ortiz's grand slam in the AL championship series against Detroit.
Michael Grant, a Sox fan chosen by social media, also took part in the shave-off.
The promotion was a charity event, with Gillette making a $100,000 donation to the One Fund Boston.
The Red Sox players' beards became a symbol of their solidarity as they went from worst in the AL East last year to first this year by winning the team's third World Series title in a decade.
Red Sox Stars Shave Beards to Benefit Charity After World Series Win
Gillette made a $100,000 donation to the One Fund Boston as two players shed their playoff beards.
Some famous Boston beards fell victim to the razor on Monday.


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Country and Christian music stars converge to help Haiti with the "Healing 4 Haiti" music project.
Vince Gill, Wyonna and the Oak Ridge Boys joined forces with Michael W. Smith, The Afters, Amy Grant and Hawk Nelson, just to name a few of the artists, to produce a 15 song CD. The CD is available on iTunes and will be in stores March 16.
At least $5 of every record sold will be donated to Samaratian's Purse and the Red Cross for Haiti earthquake relief to provide water, medical care, shelter and other aid. Money will also go to Bill Graham Evangelistic Association's Rapid Response Team, which provides emotional and spiritual support.


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Updated: Fire At House on Benvenue Displaces Berkeley Family of 5
A three-alarm fire at a Berkeley home this morning displaced a family of five, a deputy fire chief said.
Firefighters responded to the single-family home in the 2900 block of Benvenue Avenue, near Ashby Avenue, after the fire was reported at 12:18 a.m., Berkeley Deputy Fire Chief Gil Dong said.
The blaze was under control by 3 a.m., Dong said.
No one was injured in the fire, but five people were displaced, including a woman confined to a wheelchair who was rescued by two Berkeley police officers before firefighters arrived, Dong said.
As of 9:30 a.m., a crew was still at the scene and investigators were looking for the cause, Dong said.
Dong said the fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the house. Most of the damage was to the rear of the home, he said.
The American Red Cross helped set up the family with temporary housing, he said.


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Brookfield family searching for stolen trellis
A Brookfield family is searching for a prized family item: an outdoor trellis.
The decorative, hand-made wooden trellis used to stand in Chastity Moore's backyard. Her father built it. She got married underneath it. It bears the family's name.
But some time in May, Moore said the trellis was stolen from her yard.
"A lady who walks her dog on this trail every day said she noticed a couple load it in their vehicle and drive away," she said.
The path tracking the trellis-robbers is not an easy one. WISN 12 News anchor Marianne Lyles said whoever took the trellis had to travel a busy stretch of Calhoun Road that has no shoulder to park on.
"It's not light," Moore said. "It took three of us to move it."
The robbers likely went down across a steep ditch and crossed a bike path to reach the backyard decoration.
Moore said the trellis was a wedding gift that was built by her father.
"We said our vows under this trellis," she said. "It's pretty sentimental to us."
A neighbor believes the couple who may have taken the trellis was traveling in an older blue or green Ford pickup truck.
If you have any information on the theft, call Brookfield police at 262-787-3702.


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Here's a little experiment I'm playing with.
A round up of postings I've found from my twitter feed from around the world of bike related material.
Bike Rater sent out this video: The US Open of Mountain biking. More at: Pinkbike.com
Sydney Cyclist linked me to the Slow bicycle movement […]


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The Tibesti Mountains, located mostly in Chad with the northern slopes extending into Libya, are captured in this Envisat image.
This range of inactive – with some potentially active – volcanoes in the central Sahara desert covers about 100 000 sq km. Home to the Toubou people today, the region is known for its ancient cave paintings, mostly dating from the fifth to the third millennium BC.
The isolated area with little vegetation is known as the 'mountains of hunger' because they can feed few people. Some plant life does exist, supporting populations of gazelle, Barbary sheep and cheetah.
The mountains' highest peak is Emi Koussi – pictured here as a circular structure in the lower-right portion of the dark area. Standing over 3400 m high, it is the tallest mountain in Chad and in the Sahara.
The westernmost volcano is Toussidé. Our satellite view shows the dark peak with lava flows extending to the left. The white depression to the southeast gets its colour from the accumulation of carbonate salts, creating a soda lake.
There are a number of hot springs and geysers throughout the mountain range. Local people use the hot and warm springs for medical purposes.
Surrounding the Tibesti Mountains, the sands of the Sahara appear like orange, yellow and white brushstrokes.
This image was acquired on 4 March by Envisat's MERIS instrument.
The Image of the Week is featured on ESA Web-TV, broadcast online every Friday at 10:00 CET.


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Ivar's Seafood Bar (Issaquah)
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Ivar's Family Dinner
- The Full Boat 10pc SpecialEnough to feed 3-4 famished crew members — comes with 10 pieces of wild-caught Alaska True Cod, French fries, 2 coleslaws, and a bowl of chowder.$27.25
Fish and Chips
- Fish & Chips - Original CodOriginal recipe since 1938! Alaska True Cod served with French fries.$9.20
- Salmon & ChipsFour Wild Alaskan Salmon Filets served with French fries.$10.20
- Fresh Alaskan HalibutFresh Alaskan Halibut, hand breaded served with fries.$15.99
- Full Boat SpecialIvar's Original recipe Alaskan True Cod, Bowl of chowder, two sides of cole slaw served with French fries.$27.25
Seafood Entrees
- Jumbo Prawns & ChipsSix Jumbo Tiger Prawns served with French fries.$10.65
- Clams & ChipsOur famous deep fried clams served with French fries.$8.80
- Scallops & ChipsNew England's best Scallops deep fried and served with French Fries$11.50
- Baby Prawns & ChipsBite size baby shrimp deep fried and served with French Fries.$8.50
- Seafood Combo & ChipsOne piece of Original Recipe Alaskan Cod, 3oz Baby Prawns, 3oz Fried Clam Strips and served with French fries$9.65
- Chicken & ChipsThree deep fried chicken strips served with French fries$8.65
Grilled Entrees
- Grilled Wild Alaskan Salmon DinnerGrilled Wild Alaskan Salmon Filet, wild rice, cole slaw, and cornbread.$13.25
- Grilled Wild Pacfic Halibut DinnerGrilled Pacfic Halibut Filet, wild rice, cole slaw, and cornbread.$16.65
- Fish SandwichAlaskan Cod Fish Filet on a bun with cole slaw and tartar sauce, served with French fries.$6.55
- Salmon BLTA Wild Alaskan Grilled Salmon Filet on a toasted Ciabatta, with Aioli sauce, two strips of bacon and lettuce leaf served with fries.$8.85
- Caesar SaladEntrée portion with croutons, Parmesan Cheese and Caesar Dressing.$6.00
- Caesar Salad with Grilled Wild Alaskan SalmonWild Alaskan Salmon Filet served on a Caesar Salad with croutons, Parmesan Cheese and Caesar Dressing.$12.00
- Caesar Salad with Grilled Wild Alaskan HalibutGrilled Wild Alaskan Halibut served on a Caesar Salad with croutons, Parmesan Cheese and Caesar Dressing.$16.15
- Caesar Salad with Dungeness CrabFreshly made and hand-tossed with Dungeness Crab.$15.50
- Shrimp Caesar SaladBaby Shrimp served on a Caesar Salad with croutons, Parmesan Cheese and Caesar Dressing.$8.00
- Kids Fish and Chips12 and under. - Two pieces of original recipe Alaskan True Cod served with 3oz French Fries with soft drink and a surprise.$6.50
- Kids Chicken & Chips12 and under. - Two Chicken Strips withy 3oz French Fries with soft drink and a surprise.$6.50
- Kids Macaroni and Cheese12 and under. - Beechers Macaroni & Cheese, soft drink and a surprise.$6.50
- White ChowderAward winning Pacific Northwest original$4.20
- Red ChowderThick hearty and tomato based$4.20
- Alaskan Smoked Salmon ChowderWild Alaska smoked salmon pieces in a slightly spicy chowder$5.25
- Chowder at HomeMake Ivar's Famous White Chowder at home! Sold in a frozen sealed bag. Serves eight 8-ounce cups and comes with easy-to-prepare cooking instructions.$17.99
Sides and Desserts
- Shrimp CocktailCelery, cocktail sauce and 3oz of Bay Shirimp$4.00
- Dungeness Crab CocktailChopped Celery, cocktail sauce and 3oz of Dungeness Crab$9.99
- Side Caesar SaladCaesar Salad with croutons, parmesan cheese and Caesar dressing.$2.79
- Cole SlawFresh made cup of our secret recipe cole slaw$1.99
- Corn BreadTwo Cornbread Muffins with butter.$2.49
- French Fries$2.79
- Specialty DessertA Slice of Chuckanut Cheesecake$2.79
- Salted Caramal Cheesecake$2.79
- Fountain$2.69
- Iced TeaFresh brewed Lipton Iced Tea.Sold out•$2.49
- Bottled Water$2.00
- Bottled BeverageSold out•$2.89
- Bottled MilkSold out•$2.29
- Hot Tea$1.49
- Coffee12oz Cup of JavaSold out•$1.49


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It is easy to read a book about history or watch a film or google the internet to find information, but when you are standing where that history took place and it is actually family members lives explained, then it is very confronting. It also makes you realize that those historical events have given us the lives that we have today and we are grateful for that. It was for me a very overwhelming experience and I really cannot find the words to accurately describe my time there. I really hope that I can come back one day soon.
We are concluding our two tours of legendary life-time experiences. This arrangement and the guides exceeded all expectations(...) Thanks so much for offering this kind of comprehensive regional and heritage experience. The experience of a lifetime will enriches during the coming decades and will be passed on as a legacy to our children and grandchildren as well as living relatives.
The tour was wonderful! It was an experience I will cherish always. Your planning was brilliant; transpired from a gift of extraordinary intelligence..I applaud you Aga, Zenon and Pawel! (Pawel's mother should be proud of him.). Thank you PolishOrigins for awakening from a dream to a reality!
What I learned about my family in the past few days is absolutely incredible and I cannot wait to get home and share all of it with my family! (...) There was something about leaving Poland and so many great experiences behind that really hit me. Although it is your job, know that I was greatly touched by your hard work and perseverance in finding all that information and so many relatives. Each day your effort gave the impression that you were searching for your own family and I am grateful.
Wow, we did it! My two sisters and I (all seniors) traveled to Poland after contacting PolishOrigins and combining the Galicia Tour with two extra days for genealogy research. It was the best thing we ever did together! The data and pictures we collected was immense(...) Zenon and his 'little elves' at PolishOrigins co-ordinated a trip that was a life altering event.


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Projects Abroad's Soccer Academy Receives Support from Arsenal Star
Emmanuel Eboué of English Premiership team, Arsenal has recently thrown his support behind the latest Projects Abroad sport project. Projects Abroad have set up a soccer academy to help develop the talents of a local community team based in Ghana. The academy, which has 3 youth teams and 1 senior team, provides top quality coaching for over 80 players in the Cantonments area of Accra, the capital of Ghana.
Eboué, a graduate of the Jean-Marc Guillou's soccer academy in Abidjan, knows the importance of soccer academies for a player's development, "At the academy we were taught to keep possession and control the ball," he says. "The focus was more on the technical and tactical side of the game. There is less emphasis on physical conditioning because that probably tends to come more naturally. "After years at the Jean-Marc Guillou academy he moved with a few graduates to K.S.K. Beveren in Belgium in September 2002. But he has never forgotten his roots in Africa and is committed to helping with soccer development.
The Cantonments Soccer Academy caters for local boys aged six to seventeen, providing age-specific coaching and competitive league matches throughout. Having developed over a number of years in the local Cantonments community, this club truly offers a unique playing experience, including professional European coaching methods combined with a lively and caring Ghanaian family atmosphere.
Projects Abroad's sport co-ordinator, Scott McQuarrie, says "The support Emmanuel is giving our soccer academy is great. His interest in the academy highlights to our players that even if you have a humble beginning in the game, you can, with hard work, achieve your goal. Like many of our players, Emmanuel knows exactly what it is like to grow up in a disadvantaged neighborhood with limited facilities, equipment and coaching. He is proving a real inspiration for our players and many like them in West Africa."
The support from Eboué comes at an opportune time for the Cantonments Soccer Academy - two of their players have just been selected for trials with a team in Cyprus. For further information on Cantonments Soccer Academy please visit www.ghana-football-academy.org.


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New Mexico regulators have approved a plan that spells out how much electric utilities can spend and what renewable energy sources they can tap to meet state standards.
The Public Regulation Commission voted 4-1 Tuesday in a rule-making process aimed at establishing a methodology for utilities to calculate costs for renewable energy.
The annual cost cap that limits renewable energy expenditures will be 3 percent of customers' bills starting in 2013. That's up from the current 2.25 percent.
Ensuring utilities use a certain mix of renewable energy has made compliance with the cost cap difficult.
So the commission is allowing more flexibility by increasing the amount of wind power utilities can use to 30 percent. Solar remains at 20 percent, and other categories such as biofuels and geothermal power have been reduced to 5 percent.


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(CNN) – Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a rising superstar among conservatives, said Thursday he has no "intention" to run for political office anytime soon–but left he left the door open to the idea.
"If a year and a half goes by and people are still clamoring for me to do that and there's no other very good candidate, I would certainly have to seriously consider it," he said on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper."
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But, he added, "the likelihood of that is incredibly small."
Carson won conservative acclaim last month when he criticized Democratic policies on taxes and health care while giving the keynote address at the National Prayer Breakfast. President Obama was sitting just feet away as the renowned neurosurgeon openly chided some of Obama's positions.
He was invited to this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, where his address on Saturday was greeted with great fanfare. He stoked speculation of political ambition when he announced he'd be retiring from medical practice in three months.
He also drew enthusiastic applause when he asked, hypothetically, "What if you magically put me in the White House?"
WATCH: Getting to Know Dr. Ben Carson
While Carson is a registered independent, he's known for giving voice to right-leaning ideas. Conservative radio talk Rush Limbaugh argued Tuesday that Carson, an African-American, would be a tough candidate for Democrats to target.
"I think Dr. Benjamin Carson has probably got everybody in the Democrat Party scared to death. It's going to be really hard to demonize this guy, really, really hard, partially because of his race, but not just because he's African-American," Limbaugh said. "It's because you can call this guy all kinds of demonic names, he just doesn't fit the bill."
Asked Thursday why he thinks a strong majority of African-Americans vote Democrat, Carson said they tend to view the Democratic Party as the one that's protecting their rights.
"Whether that's true or not, I don't know. But in fact, that is the perception," he said "But, you know, the deeper issue is why do people feel that they need to be protected?
Carson said he would rather see a situation were "we can all rise together, rather than pretty much having a class of people and we kind of pat them on the head and say there, there, you poor little thing, we're going to take care of you."
He also talked about his opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying there are better ways to fight terrorists rather than engaging in combat. The best way, he said, is to become petroleum-independent.
"If we become petroleum-independent, we almost win that war on the terrorists immediately, because their funding disappears," he said. "We have to begin to think that way rather than bombs and missiles. That's sort of archaic, to be honest with you."
Wonder if he GOP will refer to him as the Affirmative Action candidate?
Excuse me while I scream. HOW MANY FREAKIN' RISING STARS DO THESE REPUGS HAVE?
For a party so out of touch with humanity in general they certainly have a lot of losers pretending, now, that they care about anything or anyone.
Limbaugh talks racism out of BOTH SIDES of his trashy mouth.
The GOP thinks that by just putting an African-American face out there they can attract more black voters. What they don't seem to understand is it's their policies that drive away blacks, Latinos, gays and women and they have no intention of changing those policies and therefore they'll continue to lose. But of course, they still have the old voter suppression trick up their sleeves...
wishful thinking
"....and say there, there, you poor little thing, we're going to take care of you."...........so the GOP-TeaParty is taking of the rich big thing?!!!!
So this fake doctor insinuating that ALL African – Americans and minorities are poor people?........there are more White people who are welfare recipients than blacks or hispanics!!!
BTW, why wait a year and a half to go by before you throw your hat in the ring?....scared maybe? afraid that prime little secrets will start coming out like 999 Herman Cain?...........and here is the big one; once you get endorsed by RUSH LIMBAUGH..........you are DOA on the political arena!!!!!
This man is the real deal. In addition to his brilliance as a brain surgeon, he respects and honors America, and all that it stands for – and has no intention of fundamentally transforming it. He wants to preserve all that's great about it, and has sound ideas on how to accomplish that. I'm in.
Great! Please come back to your roots, here in Michigan and run for Mr. Levin's Senate seat. We desperately need common sense Senator from Michigan on the Hill.
No gop conservative trash are going to take power in 2024 ,if ever in this century . The gop garbage nerds to be swept out for our country to move forward ..
Common Sense ???
Limited Government ???
Self Reliance ???
Balanced Budget ???
NO debt ???
Low Taxes ???
This guy MUST be a heretic !!!
Dr. Carson, you seem to be a brilliant and rational man. I doubt the knuckle dragging Cretins who make up the Republican base will vote for you though.
Lets be clear here, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Herman Cain and Bobby Jingdal are embarrassments to their respective ethnic groups, I live in Florida and it's no secret how younger and more progressive Cubans feel about Rubio and Cruz for that matter.
Their policy's don't align with the Majority in their cultures, Mr. Carson will be no different, when will Republicans understand this is smoke and fire, once it clears, the reality is the Republican Policy's are dispised in America, who ever they bring forward to push their agenda will be to no avail, good luck with Mr. Carson.


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4hr Rafting Gift Certificate
- 위치: Green Oaks, NS
Ride the tides of the Bay of Fundy on this epic 4hr tour. The tour will start on the lazy outgoing tide, and we will make out way out to the mouth of the river. There we will get to stretch our legs on a 200 acre sand bar until the Tidal Bore arrives. Then we will catch the Tidal Bore and start riding the rapids inland for approximately 20km of non-stop roller coaster rapids. We will experience rapids ranging in size from 3-14ft.
**Booking online will not charge your card**
Duration: Approximately four hours
Included: Rafting, Mud-sliding, and Post-tour snacks and refreshments


text: Saturday I stopped by Duke's Barbershop to check out the launch of his new clothing line DBSMC (Dukes Barberhop Mercantile Company). It was nice to see the all the barbers, family and friends help out Duke as he was prepping for this big day. I was even able to sample a freshly grilled pita courtesy of Freddy! Duke has been my barber for what has to be close to 5 years now and I had to help support the cause. Initially I was going to DJ the event but due to prior bookings, I was only able to pay a short visit. No worries though as DJ Wolverine was the DJ. Look him up, he is one of Albany's most promising dj's with a bright future ahead of him. For those that know Duke and know anything about street wear, then you know Duke is always dressed to the nines. Whether it's a pair of limited New Balance's or Asics, Duke is the only guy I know in town that is consistently pardon the expression…"killing the game". So with that said, it was to no surprise that his line DBSMC was truly impressive as well. His colors and pattern selection were first rate. The hats were all amazing. I'm regretting not buying one now. Duke, if you are reading this…save me a floral brim snapback! If your in the Albany area, stop by Dukes Barbershop and get a great haircut and some really fresh DBSMC clothing. Congrats on the launch Duke!


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Connecticut officials seek information on money from Newtown charities
HARTFORD -- Connecticut officials are seeking more information about the amount of money collected and the intended purposes of dozens of charities related to the Newtown school shooting.
Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein sent out letters Thursday with a short survey to 69 charities registered with the state or identified as having accepted donations related to the tragedy.
The letter says donors need information to help make informed giving decisions and to understand the purposes for which their gifts will be used.
Officials cited estimates that more than $15 million has been donated to Newtown-related charities since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December in which 20 children and six educators were killed.


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Although Maine has been a popular American vacation spot for many years, the resorts for which the state is famous have not always been open to everyone.
In the early 20th century there was a rising national trend of excluding Jews from hotels and resorts, and Maine was no exception.
Poland Spring, for example, was a popular resort that welcomed wealthy Jews during its first half-century of existence, but potential guests reported that the hotel turned to a policy of discrimination as anti-Semitism rose nationally in the early 20th century.
Jews, however, were not left out in the cold as other resorts friendly to Jews started to appear.
The Jewish-owned Summit Springs, located on the next hill over from Poland Spring, offered wealthy out-of-state Jews an alternative place to stay during their jaunts into Maine.
Summit Springs is an example of how the presence of Jews in Maine altered the local culture and how Jews carved out a space for themselves in the face of adversity.
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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsProject Vehicles
2013 Ford Focus ST Exhaust System Install and Test - Project Silver Lining
Installing and testing Ford Racing's Focus ST exhaust system
Horse Sense: In addition to the exhaust and cold-air intake, Ford Racing Performance Parts (www.fordracingparts.com) offers a number of upgrades for the Focus ST, including a short-throw shifter, lowering springs, several wheels, and even the ST2-spec Recaro front seats with Ford Racing logos.
Making a car your own means making a few crucial decisions. Choosing new wheels can make or break your car's look, and choosing an exhaust can enhance or detract from your driving experience. Both are important, but the wheels aren't always in view, however, you will hear the exhaust every time you're behind the wheel.
When it came to Project Silver Lining, I was looking for an exhaust that would give the car some personality, but not drone on unbearably. Ideally it would announce itself when the pedal is to the floor, and retreat to the background the rest of the time. This is, after all, my daily driver.
To meet those requirements, I chose Ford Racing Performance Parts' '13-'14 Focus ST Cat-Back Exhaust System (PN M-5200-FST; $995). From a sound perspective, it suited my preferences to a T. It offers a slightly more prominent note at idle and around town, but really sings at wide-open throttle.
Not sure of what to expect in the way of a performance improvement, we headed out to the SIM Tech Center in Tampa to photograph Tech Center Manager Darrell Kunda performing the install. Then we put PSL on our in-house Dynojet to see what the exhaust had to offer. The results were a pleasant surprise, so keep reading to see what we gained.
Dyno Test
If you haven't been following along, Project Silver Lining, my daily driven '13 Focus ST, already wears a Steeda cold-air intake and a Steeda/Magnaflow downpipe with a high-flow catalytic converter. As such, the stage was set for it making the most out of a the larger-diameter, freer-flowing FRPP exhaust.
The results from the exhaust swap came as a welcome surprise. While the peak-to-peak gains were in the high single digits, it was at the top of the tach where the freer-flowing exhaust really let the Ecoboost 2.0-liter work, with gains of 33.33 hp and 28.69 lb-ft gains at the front wheels.
These gains were impressive, but even more so when you consider that so far PSL is still running on its factory calibration, so these gains are unaided by any tuning trickery.
Scoop It Up
After adding the exhaust, I also added the scoop from FRPP's new '13-'14 Focus ST Cold Air Intake Kit (PN M-9603-FST; $299). I didn't install the rest of the kit, which is essentially just a high-flow filter, as the car is already wearing Steeda's CAI. However, the scoop in the FRPP kit appears a much better solution to feeding fresh air to the air box than the simple flange on the core support opening that comes from the factory.


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Mortgage registration firm sued for fraud, billions in penalties in Nevada, California
By Frank X. Mullen Jr. • June 25, 2010 RGJ.com
A Reno law firm has filed two lawsuits alleging fraud against a nationwide mortgage registration firm, and if those legal actions prevail, the firm and dozens of mortgage lenders could be liable to Nevada's counties for billions of dollars in compensation and penalties.
Law partners Robert R. Hager and Treva J. Hearne, with Reno attorney Mark Mausert, have filed a case in Nevada and one in California against Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, which operates an electronic registry of mortgage loans in the United States. MERS serves as the mortgagee of record for lenders, investors and loan servicers in county land records, but doesn't own any mortgages.
By using the firm's names on deeds and other paperwork, the lenders are able to avoid county recording fees, according to the firm. MERS has no financial interest in the loans, but is listed as actual owner or surrogate for the owner on millions of deeds of trust, even as individual mortgages are repeatedly traded and packaged inside of mortgage pools.
The lawsuits argue that listing the firm as the owner of mortgages in which it has no interest in order to avoid filing fees and taxes that are legally required constitutes fraud.
"We look forward to holding these financial institutions and foreclosure mills responsible for their actions that have deprived the states and counties of much-needed revenue," said Hager.
Karmela Lejarde, communications manager, for the Reston, Va.-based firm, noted that the attorneys general of two states declined to take on the cases as false claims suits pressed by the government, instead leaving the plaintiffs to pursue the civil suits in the court systems.
"The lawsuits are completely without merit," Lejarde said. "…The suits were filed by the same lawyers who have brought countless lawsuits against MERS, and every single one of them has failed. The most recent (fraud case) actions are just the latest in a line of baseless claims."
Christopher Peterson, a law professor and associate dean of the University of Utah Law School, has written articles and lectured about MERS's activities. He said the firm being listed as proxy owner of more than half the nation's mortgages is contrary to 200 years of American legal precedent.
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Hi, I'm back. Sorta. Not WoW, sorry. Finances and time preclude. I almost started another blog for this, in fact, but I've got a little bit of a reputation here so…
I'm going to try something and would like to document the attempt in semi-live time. The game is Eve Online. The short-term goal: earn enough while playing a trial account to pay for the next month's account – and keep that up while I continue to play.
The simple outline goes this way. Eve Online offers a trial account of 14 days. They also have a 21 day trial account; an existing account can issue a buddy offer to another player.
A month of play costs $14.95. Yes, for some that's a pittance. However, I'm in a situation where I have to be tight with my money – that amount pretty much kills my "fun" budget for the month. Besides, there's this challenge.
See, you can purchase a month in-game. A player can buy a month supply, go into the game, and offer it for sale. Right now the prices are running between 450M and 550M ISK. (ISK: InterStellar Kredits, the unit of exchange within the game). The last time I had a trial account I fiddled around, did a little money stuff on the side, and had 20M ISK over ten days – of which I only played about six.
Yeah. 20 is a bit short of 550, or even 450. It's a challenge.
Part of the work is done. I'm not a good PVP so that route's out – even if it were likely. And it's not, not at the start, not when I'm flying low level stuff against other good gear players. PVE is a nice solid route but it's too slow. Mining and various industrials are like PVE (with one possible exception I'll mention in a moment).
ugh. I'm wasting your time. Let me get down to tacks.
I will see if I can get an ingame player to send me one buddy trial. I will then run that account through one set of beginner tutorials in each of the four factions: Minmatar, Gallente, Caldari, and Amnar. That's 50 missions in each place. I'm going to wind up with a range of supplies, several ships I will need to move or dispose of, and money. I will also increase standing with all the main factions.
With the exception of the exploration series, each set of ten takes less than an hour to complete. Exploration can take as short a time or it can take forever, it depends on skill with the scanner probes. Regardless I should be able to finish a region in five to six hours of play – call it two days apiece at worst. That gets me to ~100M ISK (yes, that much) at the end of day 8 – or more likely day 7.
It took me three days of casual play to double that amount. I need to double it twice at least. It is tight at that point for the two week trial, easy for the three week trial. I'm going to be doing region hauling and station trading at one of the second tier trade hubs – something like Agil or Nourvukaiken. Which actual hub? Well, I'm still figuring the details – this is still planning stage.
I also I mentioned I was going to try one set of production, but I need to do a bit of research first. I'm going to see about setting up a Planetary Interaction (PI) base. As a trial account I'm limited to the smallest which means it's not going to generate lots of income. That said it looks like it'll do enough to make some difference. Even better it's income that requires minimal action from me – not quite absentee landlord, but close.
Last thing before I close. I'm going to keep a full and open journal. I am aware that this may screw me as anybody playing can see what I'm buying, what I'm selling, and grief me. The thing is, even if they do I'll learn. The only thing I won't do during the trial is to tell you my name – I only need it to last for a short time. But I'll tell what mission I did where, what happened, how much ISK I got for what equipment, and so forth.
If it fails, well, I'm no worse off. If it succeeds, however, I might wind up writing a guide or two – doing what I did here for WoW.
So hi, all, whoever is still there.
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This is why I always move defunct blogs to the "Inactive" folder of my feed reader instead of deleting them.
Good to see you up again, you old fluggernubber. Eve's not my game, but I'm still interested to see how your project turns out. Best of luck with it!


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Had it not been for her friend Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, South Jersey's Deena Nicole Cortese might have become a dental assistant. Instead, the 23-year-old is now the newest cast mate on MTV's hit series "Jersey Shore," joining Snooki and the rest of the gang for the show's third season, which will air Thursday.
And already it appears she fits right in. Cortese recently told the New York Post about getting naked in front of Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino on Thursday's episode.
"I was drunk and trying to show off my bathing suit," Cortese said. "I was so drunk I didn't realize that I took off my bottoms with my skirt. I was mortified."
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Cortese replaces much-maligned former roommate Angelina Pivarnick, who was on the first two seasons of "Jersey Shore." The self-described "party in a body" was selected by Snooki to be part of the cast's latest adventures in Seaside Heights.
"Snooks and I are two peas in a pod when it comes to partying," Cortese said in the Post interview.
The new member also said that her parents are accustomed to her behavior and that they are supportive of her.
"In high school, I started peaking into the person I am now," Corse said to the newspaper. "Me and my two girlfriends, we started dating outside our school, wearing the pouf and coming into our own. We were known as little divas in high school."
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Patton wrote:...hat trick tonight against the worst team in the NHL.
netwolf wrote:Take this with a grain of salt, but I heard Sullivan, for whatever reason, wanted a 2 year deal to stay here. Pens weren't willing to oblige, thanked him for last season, and told him to start looking elsewhere.
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Maybe he already had a house in Phoenix, and said the only way I can stay in Pittsburgh is to give me 2 years to commit so he could buy a house here, instead he went back to his already owned home in Phoenix. A lot of factors we don't think about. Sully worked out for the price but even as good as it worked, I still don't think he was that great of a fit in some areas.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are trying to determine if Richie Incognito is a good fit for their struggling offensive line.
Coach Lovie Smith confirmed Monday he was going to meet with one of the central figures of the bullying scandal that engulfed the Miami Dolphins last season, but also cautioned the ''visit'' might not necessarily end with the free agent guard resuming his career with the Bucs.
An NFL investigation determined Incognito and two other Dolphins offensive linemen engaged in persistent harassment of teammate Jonathan Martin, who left the team in the middle of last season. Incognito was suspended and missed the final eight games before becoming a free agent when his contract with Miami expired.
Smith said it would ''jumping the gun'' to assume the Bucs will sign Incognito but that he would enter the meeting late Monday with an open mind.
''If you know my history, I do believe in second chances. To me, nobody should have a death sentence. If you should, you're probably in jail,'' Smith said.
''From there, what does it hurt to talk to someone? For me, as we go forward, I'm not holier than thou. I'm going to give everybody the benefit of the doubt until I have information that tells me otherwise,'' the coach added. ''That's where we are right now. Part of that process is Richie coming in.''
The Buccaneers overhauled their offensive line after last season, beginning with the release of two-time Pro Bowl guard Davin Joseph in a cost-cutting move.
Plans for the restructured unit suffered a setback on the opening day of training camp when general manager Jason Licht announced the team was parting ways with another incumbent starter, guard Carl Nicks, who missed most of last season with a MRSA infection.
Smith bristled when he was repeatedly asked if bringing in Incognito for a visit, and possibly signing him, might upset the locker room.
''We look at all available guys, period. What does it hurt to look at someone who's available,'' the coach reiterated.
''Would I have a football player on our team that I thought would mess up our team chemistry? The answer is no. Simple as that,'' Smith added. ''But I can't assume that's the case. To me, you go through the process. You look and you talk face to face with everybody that's available. That's what we're doing.''
Incognito has long been labeled one of the NFL's dirtiest players with a reputation for out-of-bounds behavior off the field.
''I've heard what happened down (in Miami). But for me, I think it doesn't hurt anything to talk face to face with anybody that's available,'' Smith said, later adding: ''I can't go on hearsay. I need to see for myself.''
Several players, including quarterback Josh McCown and Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said Incognito would be welcomed to the team if Smith and general manager Jason Licht winds up signing Incognito, who has also played for the St. Louis Rams and Buffalo Bills during a nine-year career.
''I don't know him personally. In these situations, you trust Jason and Lovie and the guys as they try to help our football team,'' McCown said. ''No matter who it is, if someone is an addition to our team, Lovie always talks about embracing them and making them feel like one of us. So if that's the case, we'll do that with him.''
McCoy agreed.
''As long as he can help us win, then that's all I'm concerned about,'' McCoy said. ''If there's a problem, we'll deal with it accordingly. As long as he's doing what he's supposed to do on the field, I'm not concerned about anything else.''
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