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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House on Wednesday elected its first Black speaker to replace the longest-serving legislative leader in modern U.S. history, picking Democratic Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch for the job and pushing aside Michael Madigan after he was implicated in an ongoing bribery investigation.
Welch, an eight-year House veteran from the Chicago suburb of Hillside, garnered 70 votes from the 118-member House just days after emerging as the front-runner alternative to Madigan, 78, who was first inaugurated as a House member a half-century ago.
Madigan has wielded the gavel for 36 of the past 38 years and had sought another term in his post despite 19 members of his caucus announcing their opposition in the past six months. But after coming up short in a Sunday caucus vote, Madigan suspended his campaign, allowing lawmakers to consider others rather than force a potentially drawn-out floor fight that would paralyze all other business.
"It is time for new leadership in the House," Madigan said in a statement. "I wish all the best for Speaker-elect Welch as he begins a historic speakership. It is my sincere hope today that the caucus I leave to him and to all who will serve alongside him is stronger than when I began."
Last summer, Madigan was identified in a Justice Department investigation as the beneficiary of a yearslong bribery venture involving ComEd. It has thus far yielded a $200 million fine on the utility giant, a ComEd executive's guilty plea and indictments of four others, including Madigan's closest confidante. Madigan has not been charged with a crime and has denied wrongdoing.
Illinois' considerable challenges await Welch. COVID-19 has claimed 17,800 lives in the state and forced a House retreat to the downtown convention
The first Black leader of the House follows two African American Senate presidents: Cecil Partee from 1975 to 1977 and Emil Jones Jr., who
Welch has been part of Madigan's inner circle, serving as chairman of the powerful Executive Committee. He was chosen last fall to be chairman of an investigative committee demanded by Republicans to review Madigan's involvement in the ComEd scandal. Welch abruptly brought the probe to a close, claiming that the Republicans had staged a "sham show trial."
That incensed House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, who had prompted the committee review by filing a charge of conduct unbecoming a legislator. On Tuesday, with Welch's prospects rising, Durkin derided him as a continuation of "the model of Madigan Inc."
In his first comments as speaker, Welch tried to bridge the decades-long partisan divide.
"Today will be the last time I talk about us as Democrats or Republicans, because I want to talk about us being united," he said. "We're going to work together to move this state forward."
Durkin, who was elected to his fifth term as minority leader, welcomed Welch's comments but urged Welch to keep his promise of independence and "avoid taking hand signals and homing pigeons from the 13th Ward," a reference to Madigan's southwest-side Chicago home. Welch rolled his eyes and shook his head.
Madigan's leadership has been questioned in recent years, even before the ComEd allegations surfaced. The scrutiny included his handling of sexual harassment allegations and a scathing report which he commissioned that detailed the environment of bullying and intimidation in the speaker's office under his chief of staff of 25 years.
Welch's connection to Madigan is especially disturbing to opponents on the issue of gender relations. The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday that Hillside police were summoned in 2002 when a woman claimed Welch repeatedly slammed her head into a kitchen countertop. She declined to press charges, and Welch denied the claim. When he was a school board president, Welch faced a 2010 federal lawsuit filed by a dean who claimed she lost her job in retaliation for ending a relationship with Welch. Settlement talks had begun when a motion was filed to dismiss the case.
It is unclear whether Madigan, who took his first House oath in 1971, will remain in the Legislature. He took over as speaker just as a
Madigan was long considered among the state's most powerful politicians, right alongside Chicago's mayor, six of whom have occupied city hall during Madigan's reign.
Former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who tried to bring Madigan down, famously claimed that it was Madigan, not he, who was in charge of the state. The Rauner-Madigan rivalry led to a two-year stalemate over a state budget, driving the state's debt deeper, before Madigan convinced some Republicans to add needed votes for an income tax hike to settle the matter. It was Madigan's intractability during that stretch that his allies used to bolster his standing in recent weeks while lobbying for his reelection.
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Shortly before the recent US presidential election, a dedicated cybersecurity hotline with Moscow was used by president Obama to warn the Russian government not to interfere with the election process through hacking operations.
Press reports compared the cybersecurity with the "Red Phone", which many people believe is used on the Hotline between Washington and Moscow. That's not true, and also Obama's message seems not to have been transmitted by phone, but through an e-mail channel which is maintained by the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC).
The Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC) at the US State Department,
which also maintains the cybersecurity communications link
between US and Russian Computer Emergency Readiness Teams
(screenshot from a State Department video)
Obama's message
The fact that on October 31, US president Obama sent the Russians a direct message through the cyber channel was first reported on December 16. Three days later, NBC News came with some details about the content of the message. According to anonymous officials, it included phrases like "International law, including the law for armed conflict, applies to actions in cyberspace" and that the US "will hold Russia to those standards."
However, another senior intelligence official told NBC that the message was "muddled" because there was no bright line laid down and no clear warning given about the consequences. According to the official, the Russian response was non-committal. It's worrying that these government officials are leaking the content of the message, thereby undermining the necessary confidentiality of such an important hotline.
Obama's warning message was not about the hacking of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) or of it's chairman John Podesta, which director of national intelligence James Clapper had previously said was conducted with the knowledge of the Russian leadership. Instead, the warning reportedly only referred to the concerns about hacking around the election process itself.
On December 29, 2016, the White House announced actions "in response to the Russian government's aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at our election." As most visible action, 35 Russian intelligence operatives under diplomatic cover were expelled and two Russian compounds were closed, but although that seemed to be a response to the Russian hacking operations, it was actually a retaliation for the harassment of US diplomats over the past 2 years.
Regarding Russian hacking, only several GRU officials, two Russian hackers and a few Russian companies were named. Also some technical information was published in a Joint Analysis Report (JAR) by the FBI and the US-CERT, to identify Russian cyber attacks, but experts considered this information inconsistent and hardly useful.
US president Obama and Russian president Putin during
the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland in June 2013
(photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters - click to enlarge)
The cybersecurity link
On June 17, 2013, shortly after the start of the Snowden-revelations, the White House announced that during the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, Russia and the United States had agreed upon several confidence-building measures (CBMs) to reduce the mutual danger from cyber threats. This includes the regular exchange of technical information about malware and other kinds of risks to critical systems, which appear to originate from each other's territory and/or could be misperceived as an attack.
Such information is exchanged between the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), which is part of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and its Russian counterpart. To provide secure and reliable communication lines for the formal inquiries about cybersecurity incidents, this task was delegated to the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC - see below).
Secure voice line
Besides the information channel via the NRRC, the White House and the Kremlin also agreed to set up a direct secure voice communications line between the US Cybersecurity Coordinator at the White House and the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, in case there should be a need to directly manage a crisis situation arising from a cybersecurity incident.
The announcement said that this direct voice line "will be seamlessly integrated into the existing Direct Secure Communication System ("hotline") that both governments already maintain" - which indicates that this line runs over the same redundant and secure satellite link as the Direct Communications Link (DCL, which is the official name of the Hotline) and the Direct Voice Link (DVL) between both heads of state.
We have no information about how this direct cybersecurity voice line is secured, but earlier, similar high-level bilateral telephone links consisted of Secure Telephone Equipment (STE), provided by the US.
As the press reports say that Obama's message was sent via the NRRC, we have to assume that it was in the form of an e-mail, and not a call through the secure voice channel. It was also reported that "the Obama administration had never used the cyber line before", but it's not really clear whether that means that the president never sent a message this way, or that the system was never used in any way.
The latter would mean that since 2013 no information about suspicious network intrusions has been exchanged between Russia en the US. The secure voice line for cybersecurity incidents has then probably also never been used - this kind of high-level direct phone lines seem rarely used in general.
Watch center of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC),
which includes the US-CERT. On the right there's an STE secure telephone.
(photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images - click to enlarge)
The Nuclear Risk Reduction Center
The relay of cybersecurity messages is now one of the tasks of the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC), which is located in the US Department of State (DoS). Its Russian equivalent is part of the Russian Ministry of Defence. The Cyber Security Protocol agreed upon in 2013 is the latest of 14 arms control treaties and agreements for which the NRRC exchanges information with more than 55 foreign governments and international organizations.
The NRRC consists of a watch center that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and is staffed by Department of State Foreign Service officers, civil servants, and technical support personnel. They provide and receive inspection notifications, exchanges of data regarding strategic offensive arms, prior notifications of major exercises or unit restructurings, and other treaty-required communications.
The NRRCs were established by an agreement between the United States and the former Soviet Union from September 15, 1987 in order to build confidence through information exchange about their nuclear arsenals. The centers became operational on April 1, 1988. After the split-up of the Soviet Union in 1991 this secure data link, officially called Government-to-Government Communication Link (GGCL), was extended to Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Initially, these communication links consisted of facsimile devices, with (one-time pad) encryption conducted by personal computers and the random keys provided on 5¼ inch floppy disks, just like on the Washington-Moscow Hotline. As of late 1995, the NRRC communications shifted to encrypted e-mail with an additional chat channel for coordination purposes.
State Department video about the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (2012)
(click to play)
Red Phone versus Hotline
It may be more than clear now that Obama's warning message had nothing to do with a "Red Phone", but it should be mentioned that the White House and the military did use red phones, although not for international, but for internal communications between the president and the military command centers. This was achieved through a secure military telephone network: the Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN).
Through popular culture, the image of a red telephone became projected to the direct communications link between Washington and Moscow, but this is false: the Hotline was never a phone line, as it was set up in 1963 as a teletype connection, which in 1988 was replaced by facsimile units. Since 2008 the Hotline is a highly secure computer link over which messages are exchanged by e-mail.
What the Hotline terminal at the Pentagon looks like nowadays can be seen in the following picture, which was released on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of this communications link in 2013:
The Washington-Moscow Hotline terminal room at the Pentagon (2013)
(photo: www.army.mil - click to enlarge)
Other options?
Besides the cybersecurity channels, the NRRC and the Hotline, the US government has two additional channels for direct communications with the Kremlin: the Foreign Affairs Link (FAL) between the State Department and the Russian foreign ministry, and the Defense Telephone Link (DTL) between de defense ministries of both countries. Both are secure phone lines, which also exist with a range of other countries.
This means that president Obama had several other options for transmitting his warning to Russia. It seems the NRRC cybersecurity channel was chosen because it was about the threat of cyber attacks, but still, such a warning message seems not what that channel is meant for, which is the exchange of technical information about actual intrusions that could be misinterpreted as a deliberate attack.
Therefore, the Foreign Affairs Link (FAL) would probably have been more appropriate: US secretary of state John Kerry could have called his Russian counterpart to issue the warning. But generally, for important messages in which every word counts, written communications are preferred, so that left only the NRRC or the Hotline.
Using the Hotline was probably considered too dramatic, and therefore the remaining option was the cybersecurity channel maintained by the NRRC.
Links and sources
- The Washington Post: Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault (2017)
- New York Times: Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking (2017)
- NextGov: Obama's cyber legacy: He did (almost) everything right and it still turned out wrong (2017)
- The Washington Post: Obama administration is close to announcing measures to punish Russia for election interference (2016)
- EmptyWheel: Now the spooks are laking criticism of Obama's sole use of the "Red Phone" (2016)
- NBC News: What Obama Said to Putin on the Red Phone About the Election Hack (2016)
- The New York Times: White House Confirms Pre-Election Warning to Russia Over Hacking
- The White House: U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Information and Communications Technology Security (2013)

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Unable to sleep tonight due to my brain going on and on about various things.
The 18th, today, now, is the 3 year anniversary of my dad's death.
I took the day off from work since it appears I'm not sleeping tonight.
You'd think after 3 years I'd be over it but I think, like most American males, when it happened, I bottled up my feelings and let mental scar tissue grow over and once again it's festering in there and starting to poison me.
I think I'm going to need to anesthetize myself someday soon and stick a needle in there, let it all flow out. It'll probably be messy.
I haven't felt very motivated for a while now. Haven't read hardly anything. Obviously don't write in the blog anymore. Mostly watch movies/tv or play video games.
Getting old and facing mortality sucks. Having both my dad and brother in law die right after another the way they did seems to have short circuited some part of my brain. I get depressed more often. Days where I look to the future and see nothing but boring and annoying work till I keel over.
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GENEVA - American actress Angelina Jolie will help bring awareness about refugees as the U.N. refugee agency's Goodwill Ambassador. At a ceremony Monday (27 August) with staff at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, the 26 year-old Jolie will be given the honorary title by Mr. Ruud Lubbers, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
"We are very pleased that Ms. Jolie has generously agreed to give her time and energy to support UNHCR's work," Mr. Lubbers said. "She can help give a voice to refugees, many of whom live in the shadows of forgotten tragedies. We are proud to welcome her to the UNHCR family."
Several months ago, Ms. Jolie approached UNHCR saying she wanted to learn more about humanitarian action for refugees. Since March, she has made arduous field visits to refugee camps in Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Cambodia and Pakistan. She insisted on covering all costs related to her missions and shared the same rudimentary working and living conditions as UNHCR field staff.
"I was shocked by what I saw," Ms. Jolie said of her field visits. "We cannot close ourselves off to information and ignore the fact that millions of people are out there suffering. I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us."
Reflecting on her time spent with humanitarian field workers, she added, "you go to these places and you realize what life's really about and what people are really going through. These people are my heroes."
Ms. Jolie kept a journal of her mission to Africa which can be found on the website www.usaforunhcr.org. Her journals for Cambodia and Pakistan will soon follow.
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Ernesto Livon-Grosman on Jerome Rothenberg's anthologies
Of Jerry's many works, there is one that in spite of being just a very small fraction of all his books was key for my own experience as a reader.
Anthologies are, with different degrees of intensity, the creation of a new field made out of preexisting elements; for the most part they define anew what was there before. Only once in a while an anthology can change not only what we know about poetry but the way we read beyond its own selection. Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Europe & Asia is that occurrence, a turning point that made visible what wasn't before. Even more than an anthology it's the blue print for a strategy, one that works his complexity up from multiple poetics to present at the same time, and without ever taking them apart, the particular and the whole.
As an anthology Technicians came to offer not a canon but a new poetics of reading and by extension a new reading of the culture we live in. By bringing together what was separated before, the anthology pointed at a new reality, or at the impulse to form a new reality which is worth pursuing because its intelligence comes from its capacity to flow. A flow very much in the sense in which Marx thought that a new reality would melt solid states, and in that sense Technicians of the Sacred makes poetic reality fluid again, not a small feat when we think that today the recognition of any identity runs the risk of very easily turning into a dividing line and turning any border into a dam.
It is a hinge that wraps time around poetics or is it the other way around? When commenting one of the first poems of the anthology, Genesis I from the Kato Indian, Jerry Rothenberg points out in the notes:
What's of interest here isn't the matter of the myth but the power of repetition & naming (monotony, too) to establish the presence of a situation in its entirety. This involves the acceptances (by poet & hearers) of an indefinite extension of narrative time, & the believe that language (i. e., poetry) can make-things present by naming them. (p. 441)
It is a comment that reads in 1968 as the poem to come.
For an anthology that recovers, makes visible, and associate texts that were never seen before together, Technicians is less concerned with the search for an origin or the construction of a genealogy than with a practice. It is the search for a "know how," for the techné that is anticipated in the title, that would make possible to read multiple texts not only together but in conjunction by way of those hinges that Jerry created. It does so by reconnecting Dadaist and Maori poetry and bringing together for the first time poets such as Lorca and Klebnikov for whom translation is one more way of writing. In fact, translation is for this anthology the meeting point of theory and practice where the way we read the poems is also the way we write the anthology and by doing so it retrieves a use value without ever loosing its metaphysical value. This is crucial because it would be tempting to confuse collecting with accumulating but what prevents this from happening is precisely the techné that shows that the sacred is always material, that there is no separation. Translation is for this anthology what supports its view of poetry as synchronic coexistence that frees us in the reading of the poems, among other things, of national boundaries.
In that sense Technicians was, already in the 1960s, a great move forward toward the notion of the Americas by stating there were not several Americas but one that the anthology inscribed in different ways by making clear that the Americas are one and many at the same. That dialectics of the one and the many that we find in the anthology is what years later would make possible to talk about the Americas as a system of ever changing relations where similar poetics meet without ever knowing each other.
As many of Jerry's other anthologies, Technicians, was and is a new meeting point, and as Spinoza used to say love is nothing else but a happy encounter.
Ernesto Livon-Grossman is the editor, with Cecilia Vicuna of The Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry. Presented the the celectration for Jerome Rothenberg's 80 birthday on December 9, 2011.


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Overall, it's been a very mild winter again here in Portland. The weekend before last, however, we got our first real frost (at least in my 'hood)! Not only did we get frost...but it was really foggy in the early morning hours. I was surprised how many people bemoaned the fog. While it's not exactly fun to drive in, I LOVE fog. There's nothing quite like that surreal quality that a dense fog imparts onto the world. Your own neighborhood suddenly feels mysterious...even a little foreboding...I love it!
As soon as I realized we'd had frost, I dashed out in my PJs to get some pics. I love how quiet and still the neighborhood felt, as if the whole world was holding its breath for that moment.
Scenes which just the day before had seemed drab were suddenly thrown into relief.
The tiered spires of Agastache suddenly reminded me of a Pagoda.
Allium seed heads seemed like earthbound snowflakes.
The multihued ribbons of Anementhale had gained lace trim.
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This Pennisetum was especially spectacular, each individual awn delineated with white.
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While it's a somewhat unpopular sentiment...over the years, I've really come to value winter.
True...for us gardeners, it's not full of the non-stop excitement of spring, the lustiness of summer, or the abundance of fall. Still, there is a special value to the quietness of winter that I find appealing.
After a busy year in the garden, I need a break...and, if nothing else, winter forces me to take a few months off. The break in activity isn't just physical, but mental. I appreciate the perspective it gives me. When I'm in the midst of planting, watering, moving things around, etc., it's harder to see the big picture at times.
Truth be told, for me, part of the joy of gardening (a large part) is marking the season, and celebrating each of them in their turn. Without fail, I tire of them at some point, and feel the urge to move on to the next. I could never live somewhere without clearly-defined seasons...I think I'd go mad!
As I grow older and older (not by choice, I guarantee you), I also find that I appreciate the winter garden for it's own charms. There is something visceral about winter...as we move inside to snuggle up in blankets to watch re-runs of The Wonder Years and pour over seed catalogs, outside my window the garden contracts. It withdraws too.
We are not so different...and I feel a sort of kinship with the garden in winter. There's a sort of unspoken agreement that we'll wait this out...and meet up again in a few months.
I always think of the gardening year as a symphony. Without tempo changes or crescendos and decrescendos, it wouldn't be nearly as dynamic or entertaining
There is a truth in the withered forms and blackened seed heads in the winter garden...an honesty. This is life. It's a cycle, with beginnings and endings in continuous motion.
I hope you're making the most of winter wherever you are...


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Wednesday 20 October 2010
What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday
104 comments:
- Pam said...
Oh Julia...Amber and I are laughing so hard! We feel like we won the LOTTO being #1! I think this will be a lucky week for us ;) I love your space and Coffee, tea or me! What a wonderful way to spend a day! Thanks for the fun!
- 20 October 2010 at 05:39
- Ciara said...
Wahey, check me out being number 2! Knew that one day I'd see a benefit to getting up at 5:30am!
Wow Julia, what fun playing shopkeeper in a craft shop - move over kids in sweet shops! Hope you continue having lots of fun :-)
xx - 20 October 2010 at 05:49
- Terry said...
I'm so excited being #3, and so envious of your time as a shopkeeper, Julia! It sounds like so much fun - especially since you get to play and not have all the responsibility. Have a great week!
Terry #3 - 20 October 2010 at 05:55
It's been a while since I've tried to comment. Fingers crossed it might work this time. Oops - not acually sir Mr Linky worked either! Oh my
Mary Anne - 20 October 2010 at 05:56
- HeARTworks said...
Wow Julia you are so early! I saw your post on my bloglist which is the only reason I caught it! Usually I check about 2:30 pm Philippine time. What a great time you'll be having as a shopkeeper- I'm sure you'll meet a lot of new friends! But...you'll probably get to buy a lot too, if you keep looking at the merchandise! Patsy #3 from
HeARTworks - 20 October 2010 at 06:00
- peggy gatto said...
10:05 pm here, now I am off to bed!
Have a great WOYWW! - 20 October 2010 at 06:06
- Sue from Oregon said...
Oh goodness...I would be in 7th heaven to be in a lovely craft store like this! What a fun place to work in! Thanks for posting early tonight...so much easier for us west coast USA players!!!
- 20 October 2010 at 06:15
- A Hovel to Home said...
Lovely shop, I need to come and visit.
Kay (#11) - 20 October 2010 at 06:16
- Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...
Wow, I was just playing around till it was time to visit and saw you had already posted. Boy, I'm late, late today! Love your "work desk" today. Had to laugh about how much space you're taking over, too! Nothing changes except location (grin).
- 20 October 2010 at 06:36
- Hope and Chances said...
It does sound heavenly being a shop keeper and getting to craft too - I want that job! :-) Christine
- 20 October 2010 at 06:47
- Candace said...
Like all that yummy paper & to it and play there all day everyday would be heaven!
Can I ask what time are you scheduling this post? Thought it went up around 8 so was not posting before work (usually leave at 6 but had lie today) and so was not linking up until Thursday evening usually but if Mr Linky goes up each week around the same time as this post may be joining Wednesday mornings - 20 October 2010 at 06:47
- Sue said...
Hi Julia
oh wow what fabby pics, looks a huge shop, i could spend all day mooching, of course you had to buy some sale stamps, only polite to, have great day, happy WOYWW, sue,x - 20 October 2010 at 06:47
- Kath Stewart said...
heaven heaven heaven playing at shoppies....especially in a crafty shop...hugs kath xxx
- 20 October 2010 at 06:50
- Spyder said...
ohooo fabulous! I want to come and play!! I have to read it again to find out where it is!
Have a great day!
(Lyn) - 20 October 2010 at 06:51
- Morti said...
Hehehehehe - glad to hear you're having fun, Julia!
- 20 October 2010 at 06:54
- Sandy's Cards said...
Great shop. Have a great day
- 20 October 2010 at 07:00
- Mandi said...
Hi Julia
What a fab shop, I used to work in a craft shop for a couple of years, dunno why but I seemed to work there for nothing heheeh
Super pics
LOVE wendesdays!
Happy WOYWW and have a great week
madni xx - 20 October 2010 at 07:03
- Tracy Evans said...
Wow look at all those goodies, love the shop Julia, I too would be in heaven especially if I was just looking after the shop without any of the worries LOL. Great desk you have today, so much space, again I would be in my element. Have a great day, Tracy Evans x
- 20 October 2010 at 07:09
- cheryl said...
oh awesome pictures hun and gosh what a shop oh what fun to be able to not only browse through all thos yummy goodies,but to be the owner too he he not a bad days work,hun have a great day hun hugs cheryl x
- 20 October 2010 at 07:15
- The Crafty Goat Girl said...
Hi Julia, wow what a dream come true, I would absolutely love to own my own shop. I want to come and play and never leave, lol!
Am loving that little card on the table, but the table does look bear, it needs me there playing with all of your stash, lol!
Have a super day and thanks for sharing, hugs Heidi xx - 20 October 2010 at 07:21
- Daniele said...
now that sounds like heaven playing shop without the stress.....trouble is you end up spending more money but what fun
hugs from Daniele x - 20 October 2010 at 07:24
- Milliesmarvels said...
Oooooooh! Lucky you! I am sooooooooooooooooo envious! I would love to do a stint working in a craft shop.
x - 20 October 2010 at 07:27
- voodoo vixen said...
I am so with you about the Julia, I would love to sit and play and pretend it was mine... but perhaps not if it were really!! Love the fact you have totally made yourself at home and hogged all the table space!!
- 20 October 2010 at 07:34
- Chrissie said...
Stamps on sale?
Where's the shop?
One can never have enough stamps!
Chrissie - 20 October 2010 at 07:35
- Kate said...
Totally fantastic photos....I would so love to be able to view all the goodies for real instead of always shopping online.
Kate x - 20 October 2010 at 07:38
- Annie said...
You must be in seventh heaven today with all that lovliness all round you. Have a great time playing shop :-)
A x - 20 October 2010 at 07:38
- Helen said...
Wow - for once, being off work today - I am doing this live - and you're way early, and I'm all the way down at 38. Love the look of the shop, wish I was nearby (or maybe not, wallet-wise!) to pop in. Have a great time playing Shopkeeper-Gal mark 2, don't buy too many stamps!
- 20 October 2010 at 07:42
- Pam said...
Oh how I wish I lived a little closer, not sure of the distance, I would have popped over Friday to visit you in your little empire! And to raid those stamps of course!!!! Hugs Pam xx
- 20 October 2010 at 07:44
- akilli melek said...
Hi Julia, I am drooling at those lovely photos this morning. love the penguin card too.
Hope you dont get too addicted to being shopkeeper or we might not be able to resist all the lovely stash photos, lol.
have a lovely day playing with everything.
caroline #36 - 20 October 2010 at 07:46
- Twiglet said...
Oh yes - I think Wipso and I need to pop over to keep you company in that big shop! We could play all day with all those goodies! Enjoy your week.
- 20 October 2010 at 07:46
- misteejay said...
Oooo lucky you, such a lovely large work area.
I couldn't work in a craft shop as there would be too much temptation - I would want everything LOL
Toni :o) - 20 October 2010 at 07:48
- dandelion dreamer said...
oh it sounds so blissful!
- 20 October 2010 at 07:57
- Gez Butterworth said...
OOh looks like stamap heaven.. how I would love a good rummage :)
Have a great day.xx - 20 October 2010 at 08:08
- TinaB said...
Morning Julia! Hope you are well hun xx Have a great WOYWW xx Hugs Tina xx
- 20 October 2010 at 08:13
- Lisa said...
Yes, this is heaven Julia!!
- 20 October 2010 at 08:15
- Cardarian said...
Ha, ha....I see you are very much enjoying your shopkeeper week...huh I would enjoy that job too - but not all of it - just sitting in there amoungst all those lovely crafty things, the chat - I love that and also a bit of cardmaking - nice! Yep the worry bit is not for me though...
Enjoy your shopkeeper week!
Cardarian - 20 October 2010 at 08:16
- Kirsty.A said...
I'm posted - no 52 - and I'm off to work. Hav a great day, everyone. Byeee!
- 20 October 2010 at 08:16
- JoZart Designs said...
I envy you.. ..we'd all love that job! It just wouldn't be the same selling spuds and turnips, now would it?...Enjoy it until you get made redundant!! Don't you wish your own desk was so wide?
hugs JoZarty x - 20 October 2010 at 08:19
- Kaz said...
Have fun playing shop....lucky lady!
have a great week
kazx - 20 October 2010 at 08:21
- Phree said...
Oooo what fun - looking after a craft shop! Would love a real life snoop through those clearance stamps.
- 20 October 2010 at 08:45
- Nicks said...
wow what a shop, can i come and play please
- 20 October 2010 at 08:53
- Susie Sugar said...
Hello Julia ...Yes its me ....Me and my desk are back , I have missed you and your's
Looks like you have had a day of sheer bliss playing shop keeper
Hugs Susie xx - 20 October 2010 at 09:03
- Claire said...
WOW you are a lucky girl - I'd like to play that game too if you don't mind? LOL. Sounds like you had fun and all that crafty stuff in the background looks amazing .... and where is this shop? Have a fab day. Hugs, Claire x
- 20 October 2010 at 09:12
- Elizabeth said...
Hi Julia - looks like crafting heaven, all those stamps, all that workspace, all that fun! I'd love to come and help, pleeease. It's clear I'm never going to make #1 (what time do you have to get up?)I have gone from number 87 to 60 this week so that's an improvement. Elizabeth #60
- 20 October 2010 at 09:24
- Jules said...
Wow I'm so jealous! I'd love to run a craft shop, maybe one day.... Enjoy your time as the boss!
- 20 October 2010 at 09:32
- nnalorac said...
Lucky Lucky You! looks so much fun and no worries with it! have a fab day. nnalorac.xx 64
- 20 October 2010 at 09:41
- Lothian Crafts said...
Wow how lovely that shop looks, there is lots of lovely stash there. Your desk is brilliant this week wish I lived near and could come and visit.
Elaine no 66 - 20 October 2010 at 09:47
- Angela Toucan said...
sounds like you are having lots of fun Julia, had any craft students in there?
- 20 October 2010 at 09:55
- Rosie said...
Oh yes! I would totally LOVE to play shopkeeper lady for a day, OK maybe half a day ... but am pleased to report that my desk makes me happy just about every day. That makes me a fortunate woman doesn't it?
- 20 October 2010 at 09:59
- Zue said...
You seem to have had a ball... am I missing a trick or do we already know the name of the shop and its whereabouts..I am not sure which one it is.
Have a great day
Sue xx - 20 October 2010 at 10:09
- Joanne said...
Oh a dream come true. I could live that life quite happily.
Luv Joanne xx - 20 October 2010 at 10:11
- Kate said...
Now that shop looks familiar. i might have to get over there soon and snap up some clearance stamps!!!!
** Kate ** (# who knows I will have to look into it, I'm just not awake yet even if it is gone 10am) - 20 October 2010 at 10:17
- Kate said...
Yes, I know I'm not awake but I've just realised you have been left in charge of the entire shop! How did that happen? Is Shopkeeper Gal off looking for her marbles? And I can well believe that there is some serious chatting, drinking of coffee and crafting going on, but does actual work come into it anywhere?
** Kate ** - 20 October 2010 at 10:21
- Helen said...
This looks fun and bargain stamps too!
Helen (75) - 20 October 2010 at 10:27
- Cath said...
Looks like you are having fun. Keep some of those cheap stamps for me I will be there in a few weeks!
Cathx 75 - 20 October 2010 at 10:27
- Siobhan Brignull said...
ooh Julia I think youve hit the nail on the head, who wants to be the owner with all the worry, when you can just sit there and play and pretend its your shop, defn the best of both worlds. Im going to Pickleberry tomoz, wonder if they will let me pretend as well. no 78
- 20 October 2010 at 10:35
- Unknown said...
Have fun playing shop Julia ... shop keeper gal could have several weeks off and let us all have a go ... would n't that be fun :0)
This week I am link number 67 :0) - 20 October 2010 at 11:23
- Holly (83) said...
You have to be in HEAVEN!!! Look at all that stuff, I say play, play, play while the mice are away!! Sounds like your having a great time.. I wanna see what you been making when your all done!
- 20 October 2010 at 12:05
- Jan Hennings said...
This shop looks amazing and I could spend hours shopping and creating! - 20 October 2010 at 12:06
- Turtle In The Sand said...
You are one lucky person this week and your friend is one lucky person to have you! Enjoy your week in paradise! Linda C 86
- 20 October 2010 at 12:56
Best job in the world bet you're lovin' it! Wow, clearance stamps, wish I lived closer! Don't be spending all your wages now!
Brenda (Ooh, only 87 this week, that's good!) - 20 October 2010 at 12:59
- Scrapcollectr said...
Yes! Isn't that every paper crafter's dream? To own a shop for a day or two? Lol. No headaches, just the fun part. Enjoy! Love all that workspace area you have!
Happy WOYWW! - 20 October 2010 at 13:07
- Blueberry Moonlight said...
#62 Isn't that just our idea of heaven, playing for hours and hours in your very own craft shop wiht every single craft item at your finger tips. BLISS!!
- 20 October 2010 at 13:37
- Carola Bartz said...
Oh Julia, I L-O-V-E your photos!!! I used to work in a scrapbook store for five years (best job I ever had!) - until the shop had to close because of the freakin' economy. I loved it. It was so good to be in a creative environment. I bet you had a ball! - Carola 93
- 20 October 2010 at 14:31
- Shirl said...
Lucky you Julia as # 62 says heaven is in a craft shop playing and creating. I would have a smile on my face all day.
- 20 October 2010 at 14:32
- Bluefairy4U said...
Oh how I wish I was with you and just to chat to all the customers would be heaven for me and also be able to demonstrate as well. The plus side as you say is not having the headache to own it. Love your pics. Love and Hugs JO. - 96
- 20 October 2010 at 14:44
- Unknown said...
OMG - you ARE in Heaven!!!! Can I come too - this must be like being in a sweet shop when you're a kid... FAB!
Lovely that you have somewhere else to post from - great post.
Paula x x x - 20 October 2010 at 14:47
- Michelle said...
OMG what a fabulous way to spend the day, that would be like a dream for me :-) Thanks for sharing.
Michelle (100)
x - 20 October 2010 at 15:21
- Sherry said...
Oh Julia, it sounds as though you're having soooo much fun! Those stamps sound like a bargain - where is the shop - as I really do need more stamps (not!!) Thanks for sharing.
Sherry (103) - 20 October 2010 at 15:44
- peggy aplSEEDS said...
wow, what a lot of great things to buy! how tempting! do you get a special discount?
- 20 October 2010 at 16:01
- donnalouiserodgers said...
mine's a hallway and i'm 104 today
- 20 October 2010 at 16:26
- Lou Mac said...
Get the whole view of my awesome corner desk!! :) (With a lack of scissors..)
Lou Mac #105 - 20 October 2010 at 16:36
- Linby said...
Certainly looks like heaven to me and a lot less fattening than running a sweet shop LOL! I wish I was nearer. I will get to back playing to WOYWW soon!
Linbyx - 20 October 2010 at 17:24
- Create With Joy said...
Oh what a delightful post! It's been so long since I've been in a good stamping store. All of our specialized stores have closed where I live - all we have are the big chains. My how I wish the days of walking in where "everyone knows your name!"
Thanks for putting a much needed smile on my face today. Have a wonderful week!
#108 I think! - 20 October 2010 at 18:45
- DW Peot said...
Fabulous! Cheers!
- 20 October 2010 at 19:14
- Anne said...
I'm so lucky to play ( ooops! work - if Jacqui's reading this) in a craft shop and love meeting and chatting to like minded crafters and who could resist bargain stamps !!!!
Anne xxx - 20 October 2010 at 19:32
- lisa said...
I'm drooling this week, Julia. How lovely to be able to play at shops, every crafters heaven and bargain stamps to boot. I'd be hopeless owning a shop, I'd be always buying the stock and never making any money!!
Fabby photos.
BTW, re embossing cuttlebugged images. I always wipe them over with talc and then use a little veramark ink pad, although you still get powder were you don't want but it brushes off with a paintbrush. A bit fiddly but I love the results.
Happy WOYWW.
Hugs Lisa (117) - 20 October 2010 at 20:24
Thanks for setting this up, it is so much fun!
www.queenmarcyoriginals.typepad.com - 20 October 2010 at 21:21
- Lavinia said...
OOo lucky you! All them goodies in that shop, did you spend much? I wouldent trust myself in there for too long! Hope you can forgive me for the teasing of your ATG....!!! I am now proud to say "I too Love the ATG, well I am learing to, once I get the hang of it"
x - 20 October 2010 at 21:25
- Unknown said...
So excited to discover WOYWW! I started my first one today! Thank you for the creative ideas and fun!
- 20 October 2010 at 21:31
- kelly said...
Hi Julia,
I think people must think I am the shopkeeper at the local craft store. I seem to be there alot lately!!
Kelly #124 - 20 October 2010 at 22:05
- Theresa Plas said...
I'm thinking that shop really suits you Julia! A person could be very content for hours playing with all the stuff there...and hopefully, someone else would be in charge of clean up;)
Thanks for hosting another WOYWW! - 20 October 2010 at 22:08
- oneoff said...
You must really be enjoying surrounding yourself with all that stash; I'd be in heaven. Hope you manage to restrain yourself from being your own best customer...
- 20 October 2010 at 22:35
- Neet said...
How fantastic - you must be in craft heaven. Hope you can get some time to play with all the goodies that are not for sale.
- 20 October 2010 at 22:41
- Ann Freeman (mafswife) said...
Heaven indeed! *i am not jealous*
Thanks for another WOYWW, I got to play this week! - 20 October 2010 at 22:51
- Leonie said...
thanks for another
fairy fantastic WOYWDW!
fairy leonie (129) xxxxxxx
http://purplefairylady1.blogspot.com/ - 21 October 2010 at 01:13
Is that heaven? ;) What an exciting shop to "own", even for a little while. Thanks so much for sharing Julia!
~Shari #123 - 21 October 2010 at 02:58
- Jennie -The Artistic Stamper said...
This morning I have internet, but too late!! so I am number 0 !! we had blackout, so I am suffering withdrawal symptoms... lol Looks like you are having fun playing shopkeeper :))
See you next week, power permitting!
Hugs x - 21 October 2010 at 08:08
- Sarah said...
Stay away from those stamps, you do not have to buy them all!
Seriously enjoy your time playing shopkeeper.
And yes I am well behind schedule this week but I just couldn't stay away - 21 October 2010 at 08:47
- Lizzie J said...
Ooooo - so jealous , I would love to have a whole shop to play with. Sounds like you were having a lot of fun.
Lizzie x
(no 132) - 21 October 2010 at 09:14
- Ohhh Snap said...
Crafters are like goldfish, we will expand to the size of our workspace lol. Have a wonderful time playing Shop! Sooooo many toys you have at your finger tips. I would be in debt by the time I finished working there, if I was in your shoes. TFS :D
#101 - 21 October 2010 at 12:53
- Unknown said...
Wahoo, its my first time, i'm a virgin WOYWW lol x
- 21 October 2010 at 18:24
- Chrissie said...
Can anyone tell me why some names on Mr Linky have changed colour even BEFORE I've clicked on them?
It doesn't help me sort out which numbers I have commented on!
Chrissie #27 - 21 October 2010 at 18:56
- MadeByKarla said...
I'd love to be a shopkeeper sometime! so jealous of your desk this week!
- 22 October 2010 at 00:38
- Sunshine Girl said...
Oooh looks like you are having lots of fun Julia! enjoy
- 22 October 2010 at 02:28
You crack me up. I Love acting like I own places that I totally don't. I settle right in at a friend's booth and boss customers around. Pretty much I do the same thing at other people's houses, so I'm good at it.
A - 22 October 2010 at 06:11
- MaggieC (Silvercrafter) said...
What a great site to view. Love your rocking horses too. Glad they are not full size, though. Thanks for sharing so much with us all.
- 22 October 2010 at 12:46
- shazsilverwolf said...
So cool looking at all this- sorry, I must have clicked twice!
- 23 October 2010 at 17:04
- Sarah Anderson said...
I love playing shop, and get excited when Wendy leaves me in there alone to go and do a job! Unfortunately I only get down there once a month, or maybe fortunately, Wendy might get fed up with me living in the shop if I lived closer lol!!
- 26 October 2010 at 22:12
- Auntie Em said...
Wow, what an awesome shop!!! I wish I was close enough to just be a customer, let alone play shopkeeper! What a great space to play!
Thanks for sharing! :o) - 29 October 2010 at 20:12
- alexa said...
Glorious scene of creative endeavour :) I understand about needing the space though - when I am at a crop I tend to spread into at least two tables! Delighted to be joining in with WOYW, and think it's going to focus me nicely into doing some more creating, so thank-you!
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All credit for the logo goes to Hitei
Yes, I've read the post on the homepage. Yes, I understand it may be a hoax. But I don't care. I had fun writing this thread, so here you go, enjoy it anyway.
With the fall of Garrosh Hellscream and the destruction of the Dark Heart, Y'shaarj was silenced once more, it's whispering fading from the lands of Pandaria. The Matid have retreated, and the Mogu are broken. All is quiet on Pandaria. Meanwhile, in the depths of the Great Sea, N'zoth; the drowned Old God, stirs uncomfortably. His brethren Old God's have been subdued. Deathwing, arguably his greatest feat, has failed. The Emerald Nightmare has been tamed. N'zoth is angered. Seeking revenge, it is time for the final push. It is time to take on the world of Azeroth with an army almost as powerful as the Legion itself. An infinite arsenal or Naga, Kraken, Leviathens and Faceless ones. It is time for the horrors of the deep to rise up against the world.
Level Cap raised to 100.
Blizzard are well aware that the majority of their player base HATED the Vash'jir realm. I can guarantee you, without speculating, that there will be perhaps at most ONE underwater zone, but not more. If they do decide to have an underwater zone, they will most likely redesign it to work better than Vash'jir.
Blizzard aren't stupid -- they know they'd risk losing a lot of subscribers if they had the whole expac based underwater. So what's the solution to this? Raise the depths of the ocean up. Underwater zones such as Nazjatar and Ny'alotha will be raised above sea level, creating new landmasses around the Maelstrom.
Playable Nagas?
I'm not going to go into races and classes, but hopefully we will see new character models. Perhaps a neutral playable race of Naga that escaped the grasp of their wicked witch queen will be available to play. But then again, there's the issue with the Foot Gear slot and gear design for the Naga (not having legs and all) as well as Ghostcrawler mentioning he didn't like how the neutral race thing turned out. I don't think the Naga will be a playable race, but hey, I've been wrong before.
Jinyu will NOT be a playable race unless Blizzard reinvent their models. They're just night elves for heaven's sake. Murlocs will NOT be a playable race, they lack the intelligent and they are only loyal to the beasts of the deep. Ogres? Yeah, maybe, but Blizzard will need to design a female Ogre version. It's open to debate. But I'm not here to discuss races.
As for new classes? Perhaps a Hydromancer, Tinker, Ranger or something. Not entirely sure. There are lots of class threads out there, go look them up, some of them are really inventive.
The Broken Isles (Level 90-92)
A collection of both large and small islands south of the Maelstrom.
Subzones include; Stormreaver Bay (Horde), New Balor (Alliance), Izal-Shurah (Dungeon), Tomb of Sargeras, Tel'Abim
Plunder Island (Level 92-94)
Once home to the Bloodsail Buccaneers, the island has been overrun by Queen Azshara's Naga forces. The Bloodsail have retreated within their Bloodsail Hold where they are bargaining with Azshara for their survival.
Subzones include; Bloodsail Hold (Dungeon), Den of the Cold Eye (Dungeon), Blackwater Front
Zandalar (Level 93-95)
What's an expansion without more trolls? The island of Zandalar has is mostly ruined from the Cataclysm, however is partially still stands. King Rastakhan will make an appearance as a friendly NPC, in desperate need of salvation to stop Zandalar sinking into the sea.
Subzones include: Mount Magamba, Zaldazar.
Drowned Reaches (Level 94-96)
This will be the only underwater zone in this expansion. Come on, there has to be at LEAST one, right? But I promise it will be better than Vash'jir! This zone is filled with sunken ships and the dead sailors that sunk with them. Naga fear and avoid the undead, making this zone mostly occupied by other sea creatures and undead. No Naga here.
Subzones include: Boiling Terrace, Scintal Reef, Mak'aru (Dungeon), The Restless Pit (Changed from "Restless Bottom", inb4 gay jokes)
Gishan Caverns (Level 95-97)
This zone is a complex of caves and tunnels located underwater, but it is mostly dry. Don't worry, you only have to swim to get there. The Naga once feared this place due to the gargantuan creatures and sea giants that resided here, but today these creatures now follow the will of the Corrupted Neptulon who serves N'zoth's arsenal.
Subzones Include: Pillar Deep, The Hydrovents, Ozumat's Lair (Dungeon), Kraken Cove
Nazjatar (Level 96-98)
N'zoth rose Nazjatar from beneath the ocean so it could become the new stronghold for his forces. Occupied by Naga and Faceless ones primarily. Nazjatar is heavily fortified and equipped ready for a world-wide war. It is the pinnicle of Queen Azshara's offences.
Subzones include: The Forgotten Shore, City of Nazjatar, Abyssal Maw (Dungeon)
The Rift of Aln (Level 97-100)
This is the Dark Below. Azeroth's very own heart of black ice. The unnatural realm of the shadowey unkown. The rift is both on Azeroth, and far, far away at the same time. It is the realm between realms. There is no day, no night, only eternal darkness. The horrific fortress city of Ny'alotha resides here, and chained beneath it, N'zoth himself. This nightmare of a world is teeming with the most violent, dark and monstrous creatures to ever have been created.
Subzones: The Wandering Woods, Ruins of Suramar, The Black Forest, Ny'alotha
The Wandering Woods was once a part of the Emerald Dream. N'Zoth, using the woods as a backdoor entrance into the Dream, has exposed it to Ysera as a gateway into the Dream and so Ysera severed the woods from the rest of the Dream, trapping it forever inside the Rift of Aln to wander endlessly.
The Ruins of Suramar have been scattered across the bottom of the ocean, but the majority of the city has been enveloped within the Rift. The once great elven city is now a haven for the most horrific of faceless creatures.
The Black Forest surrounds the sin city of Ny'alotha. It is known as "Purgatory" by some, as lost souls are sent there after death when they have no other place to go. "When you'll walk among the black forest, you will see." - Y'Shaarj
(5) Izal-Shurah (90-93) Once a great highbourne library, now ruined and ancient. Occupied by the Makrura.
Mobs include: Makrura, Highbourne Undead
(5) Bloodsail Hold (92-95) Home to the Bloodsail Buccaneers, who have now bargained with the Naga for their survival.
Mobs include: Humans, Goblins, Naga
(5) Den of the Cold Eye (92-95) The breeding grounds of the Basilisks. A cave complex filled with statues of wondering adventurers.
Mobs include: Basilisks
(5) Seige of Zaldazar (94-97) Help King Rastakhan protect Zaldazar from the invading Naga and Faceless forces.
Mobs include: Naga, Faceless Ones, Sea Trolls (New Mob)
(5) Ruins of The Titanus (94-97) Venture into the wreckage of this once mighty sea vessel, the Titanus. Put to rest its vengeful captain.
Mobs include: Undead, Various Sea Creatures, Makrura
(5) Caverns of Time: Tomb of Sargeras (97-100) Travel back in time and raid the Tomb of Sargeras with Illidan Stormrage.
Mobs include: Undead, Demons, Warlocks, Night Elf Wardens
(5) Court of the Serpent (97-100) Penetrate Nazjatar's fortifications and face off against the Naga's most powerful lieutenants
Mobs include: Naga, Faceless ones
(5) Karazhan Crypts (97-100) Deadwind Pass and surrounding areas are under attack by a malevolent force originating from beneath the tower of Karazhan.
Mobs include: Undead, Demons
(R) Ozumat's Lair (Tier 16) Venture into the Mother of all Kraken's lair.
Bosses: 2
Final Boss: Ozumat, Fiend of the Dark Below
(R) The Abyssal Maw (Tier 16) Delve into the abyssal vaults beneath Nazjatar and fight against the Naga's most powerful weapon; Neptulon.
Bosses: 6
Final Boss: Corrupted Neptulon (Neptulon is lost to N'zoth's influence. He must be taken out.)
(R) Mak'aru (Tier 16) Battle through the ocean reef capital city of the Makrura, the Naga's sworn enemies.
Bosses: 7
Final Boss: King Claxx'kar
Heroic-Only Boss: The Leviathan
(R) Bastion of the Sea Witch (Tier 18) Queen Azshara has opened the doors to her royal stronghold. Brave the citadel and end her rule.
Bosses: 12
Final Boss: Queen Azshara
(R) Ny'alotha, City of Sin (Tier 19) The very citadel that houses the Old God N'zoth. If you thought you killed Azshara back in the Bastion, think again. She's too powerful to accept death.
Bosses: 16
Final Boss: N'zoth & Azshara Incarnate
All images used in this thread do not belong to me, they were found using google. The logo image at the top was taken from various other threads here, its author is unknown to me, but I did not make it.
Okay, so, as far as PvE content goes... thoughts?


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Fifty years ago today (Feb. 2, 1974), Dolly Parton earned her second No. 1 hit with her song "Jolene." The tune, written by Parton, was the title track of her 13th studio album.
With lines such as "Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / I'm begging of you, please don't take my man / Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / Please don't take him just because you can / Your beauty is beyond compare / With flaming locks of auburn hair / With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green," "Jolene" sounds as though it was inspired by trouble between Parton and her husband Carl. However, the singer says that it was actually based, at least partly, on an innocuous relationship her husband had with a red-haired bank teller.
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[ultra- + sound]
1. Inaudible sound in the frequency range of approx. 20,000 to 10 billion (109) cycles/sec. Ultrasound has velocities that differ in density and elasticity from one kind of tissue to the next. This property permits the use of ultrasound in outlining the shape of various tissues and organs in the body. In obstetrics, for example, identifying the size and position of the fetus, placenta, and umbilical cord enables estimation of gestational age, detects some fetal anomalies and fetal death, and facilitates other diagnostic procedures, e.g., amniocentesis. In physical therapy, the thermal effects of ultrasound are used to treat musculoskeletal injuries by warming tissue, increasing tissue extensibility, and improving local blood flow. Ultrasound is used to facilitate movement of certain medications, e.g., pain relievers, into tissue (phonophoresis). Ultrasound is also used with electric current for muscular stimulation.
FETAL ULTRASOUND IMAGE ; SEE: phonophoresis; SEE: sonographer; SEE: ultrasonography
2. A diagnostic test or examination using ultrasound.
A-mode ultrasound
In ultrasonography, a display in which imaging data are represented as echo amplitudes (on the y-axis) and time (on the x-axis), similar to the way electromagnetic waves are represented on an oscilloscope.
SYN: SEE: A-mode (amplitude modulation) display
B-mode ultrasound
In ultrasonography, a display that uses dots of differing intensities to represent echoes received from tissues that more strongly or weakly reflect sound waves.
SYN: SEE: B-scan; SEE: B-mode ultrasound
continuous wave ultrasound
In echocardiography, a form of ultrasound used in which a dual crystal transducer continuously generates and receives an ultrasound signal. It is used to measure blood velocities, e.g., across heart valves. A serious shortcoming of continuous wave ultrasound is its inability to identify depth accurately.
continuous wave Doppler ultrasound
Doppler ultrasonography that uses spectral Doppler in a constant series of echoes both originating and being received by the same transducer. It is used to study obstruction of blood flow through vessels.
duplex Doppler ultrasound
Doppler ultrasonography that uses a transducer with two functions: pulsed-wave Doppler and B-mode imaging.
endobronchial ultrasound
ABBR: EBUS The use of ultrasonic transducers carried within a bronchoscope to evaluate tissues in or adjacent to the trachea and bronchi. EBUS can be used to identify solid masses to be biopsied. It helps distinguish solid masses, which may be malignant, from blood vessels such as the aorta or pulmonary arteries, which should not be penetrated with a biopsy needle.
endorectal ultrasound
1. An imaging technique in which an ultrasound transducer is placed inside the rectum and used to evaluate the depth of colon and prostate cancers and the extent to which they have spread to neighboring lymph nodes. SEE: 2. Transrectal ultrasound.
endovaginal ultrasound
focused cardiac ultrasound
ABBR: FoCUS Limited point-of-care echocardiography, used in emergency medicine during bedside examinations to evaluate conditions such as cardiac arrest or cardiac tamponade.
high-frequency ultrasound
Ultrasonic frequencies that range from 5 to 10 megahertz (MHz).
high-intensity focused ultrasound
ABBR: HIFU A noninvasive form of thermotherapy in which ultrasonic energy is used to generate heat for therapeutic purposes within the body. The ultrasound transducer is placed on the skin and the energy from the transducer is directed at radiographically localized tissue depths and volumes. HIFU has been used to cauterize internal blood vessels, to cavitate or coagulate growths or solid cancers, and to neuromodulate psychiatric or neurological diseases.
interventional ultrasound
The use of ultrasonography as a guide for local injections or for the placement of catheters, needles, or probes into body cavities or tumors. Interventional ultrasound is used to treat hepatocellular carcinoma, prostate cancer, and other solid tumors.
intravascular ultrasound
ABBR: IVUS In ultrasonography, a technique for imaging intimal tissue proliferation and blood vessel blockages.
keepsake fetal ultrasound
A colloquialism for a three-dimensional image of an unborn child visualized in the womb with ultrasonography treated as a memento. The image is kept by expectant parents as part of a scrapbook of pregnancy and anticipated childbirth.
M-mode ultrasound
An ultrasonic display mode in which the motion of structures is seen on the vertical axis of the display, used, e.g., to show the movement of the heart's valves and walls during diastole and systole.
SYN: SEE: motion-mode display; SEE: time-motion mode ultrasound
pelvic ultrasound
Examination of the pelvis with an ultrasonic transducer placed inside the vagina. It is used in assessment of diseases or conditions affecting the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, or ovaries.
SYN: SEE: endovaginal ultrasound
point-of-care ultrasound
ABBR: POCUS Ultrasound performed by a health care professional at the point of care to make immediate decisions often in settings such as an ER, ICU, or combat zone.
power doppler ultrasound
SEE: Power Doppler.
pulsed-wave Doppler ultrasound, pulsed Doppler ultrasound
quantitative ultrasound
ABBR: QUS Measurement of the density of a body tissue, e.g., bone, by determining how rapidly sound travels through the tissue and how different sonic wavelengths are absorbed. QUS is used to diagnose osteopenia and osteoporosis.
real-time ultrasound
A sonographic procedure that provides rapid, multiple images of an anatomical structure in the form of motion.
time-motion mode ultrasound
SEE: M-mode ultrasound.
transrectal ultrasound
ABBR: TRUS Imaging of the prostate gland and periprostatic tissues with an ultrasound transducer inserted into the anus and directed toward the anterior rectum. It is used to identify malignant tumors, guide biopsies, and provide assessments of tumor staging.
SYN: SEE: endorectal ultrasound (2)


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